Vietnam team accumulates significant points on FIFA rankings
The Vietnamese team has been awarded 2.72 points from the victory over Cambodia, an official international friendly match in the FIFA Days calendar. These points are accumulated with the points achieved after the successful campaign to win the AFF Cup 2024, helping the "Golden Star Warriors" continue to rise in the FIFA rankings in 2025, which will be announced on April 3.
Vietnam team still achieves many goals after winning against Cambodia
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At the AFF Cup 2024, the Vietnamese team with an unbeaten record of 7 wins and 1 draw has accumulated 10.22 points. The victory over Cambodia was added 2.72 points, helping Kim Sang-sik's team accumulate 12.94 points in the process. Thereby, the total score is 1,177.73 points. It is expected to rise in the FIFA rankings to 111th in the world.
Previously, there was a time when the Vietnamese team continuously dropped in the FIFA rankings, facing the risk of falling out of the world's top 120. However, thanks to the step-by-step return orientation since the AFF Cup 2024 campaign, the team has stopped this downward trend and increased its ranking again.
After the victory over Cambodia, if the Vietnamese team wins against Laos in the opening match of the 2027 Asian Cup 3 qualifying round at 7:30 p.m. on March 25, also at Go Dau Stadium in Binh Duong, they will continue to gain points and move up the FIFA rankings.
Coach Kim Sang-sik is still not satisfied with the performance of the Vietnamese team.
PHOTO: NGOC LINH
International friendly matches and 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers are awarded points with a higher coefficient by FIFA, compared to matches at the AFF Cup.
However, because the Cambodian and Lao teams are ranked low in the FIFA rankings, at 180 and 184 respectively, the extra points will not be significant. However, they are all valuable points during the process of the Vietnamese team gradually accumulating to gradually return to the world's top 100.
In Southeast Asia, the Thai team is still leading, followed by the Vietnamese team, Indonesia, Malaysia...
The Thai team will also play two matches this time, including a friendly match with Afghanistan (March 21) and a match with Sri Lanka (March 25) in the 3rd qualifying round of the 2027 Asian Cup. The Indonesian team will play two matches in the 3rd qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup in Asia, against Australia at 4:10 p.m. on March 20 and Bahrain on March 25. The Malaysian team, in the same group as Vietnam in the 3rd qualifying round of the 2027 Asian Cup, will only play one match against Nepal on March 25.
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