Vietnam team rises 5 places on FIFA rankings

Vietnam team progresses under coach Kim Sang-sik.

The two wins against Laos and Cambodia have brought the Vietnamese team a total of more than 6 points. Although the points are not large, because the neighboring teams did not achieve high results, the Vietnamese team still jumped 5 places on the rankings to return to the world's Top 110. 109 is the highest position of Vietnam under coach Kim Sang-sik.

This promotion continues to show the progress of the Vietnamese team after a period of ups and downs a year ago. That was the time when the team fell to 119th place in the world in October 2024.

With a five-place climb, Vietnam is the second-biggest Southeast Asian team after Myanmar. Good results in the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers helped them jump seven places to 162nd in the world, right behind Singapore.

Meanwhile, despite winning all 2 matches in March, Thailand still dropped 2 places in the rankings. The reason is that their defeated opponents (Afghanistan and Sri Lanka) have very low rankings in the FIFA rankings, so the points that Thailand accumulated were not many.

During the same period, the teams next to them achieved good results, especially Trinidad and Tobago won all 2 matches against Cuba to gain 14 points, Kosovo also had good results to jump 2 places.

All of this has caused Thailand, despite gaining 3 points, to fall to 99th place in the world, 10 places above Vietnam. The gap between the No. 1 and No. 2 positions in Southeast Asia has been shortened. Following behind is Indonesia. Despite losing to Australia, thanks to the victory over Bahrain, Indonesia still advanced 2 places to 123rd in the world.

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