The Vietnamese team has widened the gap with the Indonesian team from 9 to 13 places in the FIFA rankings, after defeating this opponent 1-0 on December 15 in the group stage of the AFF Cup (ASEAN Championship). At the same time, the Malaysian team has a new coach.
How many points did the Vietnam team get?
The victory of the Vietnamese team against Indonesia in the second match of Group B of the 2024 AFF Cup helped them gain 2.37 points in the FIFA rankings. Before that, the 4-1 victory over Laos helped coach Kim Sang-sik and his team earn a total of 3.68 points after 2 consecutive wins, accumulating 1,164.79 points to move up 2 places to 114th in the world.
Quang Hai scored the only goal to help the Vietnamese team beat Indonesia 1-0 on December 15.
Photo: Ngoc Linh
Compared to the official FIFA rankings announced on November 28, the Vietnamese team with its current position (114 compared to 116) has widened the gap with the Indonesian team from 9 places to 13 places (125 compared to 127 currently). The Indonesian team has played 3 matches, including a 1-0 win over Myanmar, a 3-3 draw with Laos and a 0-1 loss to the Vietnamese team, a total of 1.68 points have been deducted, leaving 1,133.43 points, down 2 places.
On December 19, FIFA will announce the final rankings for 2024. With no FIFA Days scheduled at the moment, only the AFF Cup taking place and gaining points on the FIFA rankings, the current position will remain the same. Thereby, helping the Vietnamese team maintain a safe distance from the Indonesian team, which has been making strong progress recently thanks to the results in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
Thailand still holds the 97th world ranking despite two wins against East Timor 10-0 and Malaysia 1-0, as they were only awarded 2.92 points to accumulate a negligible total of 1,231.16 points.
Without naturalized players, the Indonesian team returns to normal
Photo: Reuters
In the upcoming matches before the final FIFA rankings for 2024 are announced, the Vietnamese team will play the Philippines away on December 18. Indonesia is off and will host the Philippines at home on December 21. Meanwhile, the Thai team will play Singapore away on December 17.
Malaysia has a new coach, who was an assistant to coach Ange Postecoglou, who is currently leading Tottenham.
On December 16, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) officially appointed coach Peter Cklamovski, 46 years old, Australian, former coach of FC Tokyo (Japan), as the new coach to replace coach Pau Marti Vicente right after the AFF Cup 2024 journey ends.
Mr. Cklamovski was an assistant to coach Ange Postecoglou, who is currently leading Tottenham Club in the English Premier League. During his time working for the Australian team that won the 2015 Asian Cup and won the J-League 1 with Yokohama Marinos Club in 2019.
"FAM today officially announced the names of two important figures who will lead and restructure the Malaysian national team and the U.23 team, they are Peter Cklamovski, head coach of the national team, and Mr. Nafuzi Zain will be the coach of the U.23 team. These coaches are expected to help the Malaysian teams regain their inherent strength, and conquer the goal of winning tickets to the 2027 Asian Cup".
At the 2024 AFF Cup, the Malaysian team is currently ranked 3rd in Group A with 4 points after 3 matches. They need to beat Singapore in the final round on December 20 to hope to have a ticket to the semi-finals. The Singapore team (6 points) currently ranked 2nd in the group will meet the Thai team (ranked 1st with the same 6 points but with a better goal difference) on December 17, in the 3rd round of the group stage. Thailand will also play the Cambodian team at home on December 20.
Meanwhile, in the third qualifying round of the 2027 Asian Cup, which will begin in March 2025, the Malaysian team will be in the same group as the Vietnamese team, along with two opponents, Nepal and Laos.
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