Vietnam women's team drops 2 places after World Cup 2023

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) updated the women's national team rankings today (August 25). The change in the teams' rankings is mainly due to the results of the 2023 Women's World Cup.

According to the estimated formula, when coach Mai Duc Chung and his team finish their journey in the 2023 Women's World Cup group stage, the Vietnamese team could drop 4 places. However, in reality, the Vietnamese team only dropped 2 places to 34th in the world. The position of the reigning SEA Games women's football champion in Asia (5th) and Southeast Asia (1st) remains unchanged.

Vietnam women's team dropped 2 places after the 2023 Women's World Cup.

At the 2023 Women's World Cup, coach Mai Duc Chung and his students played 3 matches and suffered 3 defeats, losing 25.94 points. The Vietnamese women's team dropped below Ukraine (a team that has not played any matches in the past 2 months).

In addition, Huynh Nhu and her teammates dropped another rank due to the remarkable progress of the team that made a strong impression at the 2023 Women's World Cup. The Nigerian team ranked 40th in the world in June 2023. They reached the round of 16 and only lost to England in the penalty shootout. With this impressive achievement, the African team was added nearly 100 points and increased 8 places on the FIFA rankings.

The most notable change in the FIFA Women's World Rankings is the No. 1 spot in the world. For the first time since 2017, the United States has been knocked off the top spot. The American team was deducted 38.82 points for failing to defend their title at the 2023 Women's World Cup and dropped 2 places.

The 2023 Women's World Cup winners, Spain, are not the team that took the top spot in the FIFA rankings. They only moved up four places to second place in the world. The 2023 Women's World Cup runners-up, Sweden, became the world's number one team - the highest position in Swedish football history and one they have never achieved before.

Han Phong

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