Team Melli maintained it top place in the Asian FIFA Ranking while climbing two steps up to number 42 in the world.
According to the latest FIFA ranking published today for the month of March in Zürich, Iran was ranked ahead of Senegal while one rank below Denmark.
In Asia , Iran was top with 672 points followed by Australia with 601, Korea Republic 579 and Japan 577.
| 2016 (100 %) | 2015 (50 %) | 2014 (30 %) | 2013 (20 %) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | Total Points | Previous Points | +/- | Positions | Avg. | AVG WGT | Avg. | AVG WGT | Avg. | AVG WGT | Avg. | AVG WGT | |||
| 42 |  Iran |
672(672.3) | 627 | 2 | 321.98 | 321.98 | 336.87 | 168.43 | 439.32 | 131.80 | 250.48 | 50.10 | ||||
| 50 |  Australia |
601(600.64) | 506 | 17 | 353.81 | 353.81 | 272.17 | 136.09 | 240.62 | 72.19 | 192.79 | 38.56 | ||||
| 56 |  Korea Republic |
579(579.33) | 566 | 1 | 304.20 | 304.20 | 312.46 | 156.23 | 217.75 | 65.32 | 267.84 | 53.57 | ||||
| 57 |  Japan |
577(577.02) | 575 | -1 | 266.44 | 266.44 | 335.96 | 167.98 | 213.61 | 64.08 | 392.56 | 78.51 | ||||
| 60 |  Saudi Arabia |
559(559.01) | 562 | 0 | 380.91 | 380.91 | 118.20 | 59.10 | 297.06 | 89.12 | 149.41 | 29.88 | ||||
| 66 |  Uzbekistan |
549(548.8) | 484 | 8 | 311.74 | 311.74 | 181.07 | 90.54 | 303.39 | 91.02 | 277.53 | 55.51 | ||||
| 68 |  United Arab Emirates |
521(520.95) | 517 | -4 | 256.74 | 256.74 | 242.20 | 121.10 | 291.77 | 87.53 | 277.90 | 55.58 | ||||
| 81 |  China PR |
423(423.24) | 351 | 15 | 234.48 | 234.48 | 245.50 | 122.75 | 132.40 | 39.72 | 131.43 | 26.29 | ||||
| 82 |  Jordan |
418(418.02) | 414 | 0 | 257.18 | 257.18 | 61.72 | 30.86 | 272.08 | 81.62 | 241.77 | 48.35 | ||||
| 83 |  Qatar |
416(415.92) | 441 | -3 | 251.18 | 251.18 | 171.62 | 85.81 | 160.54 | 48.16 | 153.89 | 30.78 | ||||
| 99 |  Oman |
346(346.42) | 342 | -2 | 176.62 | 176.62 | 124.70 | 62.35 | 242.23 | 72.67 | 173.89 | 34.78 | ||||
| 100 |  Kyrgyzstan |
340(340.42) | 324 | 5 | 255.80 | 255.80 | 66.96 | 33.48 | 41.48 | 12.44 | 193.50 | 38.70 | ||||
| 105 |  Iraq |
333(332.97) | 371 | -14 | 157.68 | 157.68 | 218.68 | 109.34 | 119.25 | 35.78 | 150.88 | 30.18 | ||||
| 110 |  Syria |
316(316.38) | 279 | 13 | 207.54 | 207.54 | 131.58 | 65.79 | 85.69 | 25.71 | 86.70 | 17.34 | ||||