If Vietnam wins against Thailand, how many places will the Vietnamese team move up in the FIFA rankings?

Vietnam team beat Thailand from the field to FIFA rankings

With a 2-1 victory in the first leg of the AFF Cup 2024 final on January 2, the Vietnamese team not only gained an important advantage in terms of score before the second leg of the final on January 5 at Rajamangala Stadium, but also won 2.79 points from the Thai team. Thereby, accumulating up to now 1,172.24 points on the FIFA rankings, to continue to rise from 114th to 112th in the world.

Striker Nguyen Xuan Son is determined to help the Vietnamese team continue to win.

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In total, thanks to the outstanding and undefeated performance in the AFF Cup 2024, with 6 wins and 1 draw, the Vietnamese team has won 7.45 points from opponents, to accumulate and gradually move up the FIFA rankings.

From 119th place in October 2024, the lowest position in many years, coach Kim Sang-sik's team has risen again since the November 2024 ranking (up 3 places to 116th place without playing any official matches).

Signs that the Vietnamese team will win the AFF Cup

Next, thanks to the performance in the AFF Cup 2024, although this tournament is only awarded points on a 5-point scale (the lowest in the scoring coefficients on the FIFA rankings, because it is not included in the FIFA Days schedule), the Vietnamese team also accumulated a significant number of points to increase its ranking to 112th in the world.

If they win the second leg of the final against Thailand on January 5, the Vietnamese team promises to be awarded almost the same number of points on the FIFA rankings as after the first leg victory. The Thai team has now been deducted a total of 3.28 points over the AFF Cup campaign, but still holds the 97th position in the world.

Vietnamese players prepare for the second leg final against Thailand on January 5.

Meanwhile, the Vietnamese team, currently ranked 112th, has surpassed the Lebanese team (113th). If they continue to win against Thailand in the second leg of the 2024 AFF Cup final and win the Southeast Asian championship for the third time in history, coach Kim Sang-sik's team is likely to rise at least 2 more places to enter the world's top 110.

The rise in the FIFA rankings thanks to the performance in the AFF Cup 2024 will be a great encouragement for the Vietnamese team to continue their journey back to the world's top 100, with the upcoming important campaign being the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers taking place in March 2025.

Before this campaign, when the FIFA rankings for February 2025 are officially updated, the position of the Vietnamese team will also change significantly compared to position 119 in October 2024, which caused much disappointment and fierce debate.

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Source: https://thanhnien.vn/thang-tiep-thai-lan-doi-tuyen-viet-nam-se-tang-may-bac-tren-bang-xep-hang-fifa-185250104090524198.htm