Thailand continues to rise in the rankings, approaching the position of the Vietnamese team in the June FIFA rankings. Southeast Asian media pays attention to this event.
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| The Vietnamese team is leading the Southeast Asian region in the FIFA rankings for June 2023. (Photo: Minh Tu) |
Thailand's leading daily Thai Rath wrote: "The Thai team is still only behind one Southeast Asian opponent in the June FIFA rankings."
Thai Rath newspaper added: "The Golden Temple team moved up one place after a win (1-0 win over Hong Kong (China)) and a draw (2-2 draw with Chinese Taipei), the team received 2.49 more points for a total of 1174.37 points, from 114th to 113th in the world."
With a FIFA ranking of 113, Thailand is now only 18 places behind the Vietnamese team. Thai Rath newspaper shared: "Thailand still holds the second position in Southeast Asia after the Vietnamese team, which is currently ranked 95 in FIFA."
Following the Vietnamese and Thai teams are the Philippines (FIFA rank 135), Malaysia (137), Indonesia (150), Singapore (158), Myanmar (160), Cambodia (176), Laos (188), Brunei (191) and Timor Leste (195) respectively.
Malaysia's New Straits Times commented on the June FIFA rankings: "Malaysia rose one place from last month to 137th in the world. This is the best ranking the Malaysian team has had in the past 17 years, since the team ranked 127th in May 2006."
The New Straits Times added: "Malaysia picked up another 9.44 points from two international friendlies this month, beating Solomon Islands 4-1 and Papua New Guinea 10-0. South Korean coach Kim Pan Gon's side now have a total of 1,091.57 points."
Among the Southeast Asian teams, Indonesia dropped in the rankings, despite having just played against the world's number one team, Argentina. The New Straits Times wrote: "Indonesia dropped one place from themselves, to 150th in the world. In Southeast Asia, the Vietnamese team leads with a ranking of 95, followed by Thailand, the Philippines, and Malaysia."
Also according to Malaysia's leading English daily, the mission of coach Kim Pan Gon's team is to join the world's top 130 by the end of this year.
Meanwhile, Indonesia's Indo Sport clearly stated the reason why the archipelago team was relegated: "Indonesia has officially been relegated, even below lesser-known teams. The reason comes from Indonesia losing to Argentina in the FIFA Days series in June."
Indo Sport wrote: "The team from the archipelago lost 0-2 to the team from the land of Tango. This is a historic match for Indonesia, but the defeat to Argentina still makes Indonesia currently ranked lower than the Hong Kong team (China).
The Hong Kong team (China) currently has 1049.74 points (ranked 149), while Indonesia has 1047.46 points.
The loss to Argentina cost Indonesia 0.45 points. The 0-0 draw with Palestine a few days earlier only earned Indonesia 1.32 points.
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| Southeast Asian team rankings in June (Photo: Asean Football) |
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