The latest FIFA ranking published by the World Football governing body on 8th May shows Iran is still number 1 team in Asia ahead of Japan , Uzbekistan an South Korea.
Iran with 715 points has also remained in its last world ranking of number 37 in the list.
Nigeria, Iran’s first opponent in the World Cup has climbed 1 place to # 44 with 631 but dropped 1 place to 6th in Africa.
Argentina with a total of 11784 points dropped 1 place to # 7 in the world ranking while dropping one place also to # 4 in the CONMEBOL zone ranking.
Bosnia & Herzegovina with a total of 795 maintained its position at #25 in the world Ranking while placed 16th in UEFA.
In Asia , Korea Republic overtook Australia at 4th , while most of the teams maintained their ranking with minor changes,
FIFA RANKING
AFC Zone
| Rnk | Zon. Rnk | Team | Pts | +/- Pos | |||
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| 37 | 1 | Iran | 715 | 0 |  |
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| 47 | 2 | Japan | 613 | 0 | |
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| 53 | 3 | Uzbekistan | 577 | 0 | |
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| 55 | 4 | Korea Republic | 551 | 1 |  |
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| 59 | 5 | Australia | 545 | 0 | |
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| 64 | 6 | Jordan | 510 | 0 | |
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| 67 | 7 | United Arab Emirates | 499 | 0 | |
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| 75 | 8 | Saudi Arabia | 455 | 0 | |
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| 82 | 9 | Oman | 418 | -1 |  |
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| 95 | 10 | Qatar | 338 | 0 | |
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| 96 | 11 | China PR | 333 | 0 | |
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| 100 | 12 | Iraq | 321 | 0 | |
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| 105 | 13 | Bahrain | 289 | 0 | |
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| 108 | 14 | Kuwait | 283 | 0 | |
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| 114 | 15 | Lebanon | 251 | 1 | |
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| 116 | 16 | Vietnam | 242 | 0 | |
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| 121 | 17 | Tajikistan | 229 | 12 | |
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| 128 | 18 | Afghanistan | 204 | -6 | |
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| 134 | 19 | Syria | 190 | -3 | |
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| 137 | 20 | Korea DPR | 175 | 0 | |
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Last Updated 08 May 2014 , Next Release 06 Jun 2014