In Asia, Vietnam ranked 16th, also up one place from the previous month, and maintained the No 1 position in Southeast Asia.

Vietnam stand at the 95th position in the world and 16th in Asia on the March FIFA world rankings.

Meanwhile, Thailand, the Southeast Asian runner-up, fell three places to the 114th globally.

The top five in Asia remained Japan (20th globally), Iran (24th), the Republic of Korea (27th), Australia (29th), and Saudi Arabia (54th).

Argentina topped the March rankings, followed by France and Brazil.

The March FIFA men’s world rankings are particularly important to the teams competing at the 2023 AFC Asian Cup since their positions in this list will be the basis for the Asian Football Federation (AFC) to seed them before the tournament draw.

With the 16th place in Asia, Vietnam will be in Pot 3, together with Bahrain, Syria, Palestine, Kyrgyzstan, and Lebanon. Meanwhile, other Southeast Asian teams, namely Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia, will be in Pot 4 together with India, Tajikistan, and Hong Kong.

Pot 1 comprises host Qatar, Japan, Iran, the Republic of Korea, Australia, and Saudi Arabia. Pot 2 gathers Iraq, the UAE, Oman, Uzbekistan, China, and Jordan.

Vietnam women’s football team enters top Asian rankings for first time

Vietnam’s national women’s football team has appeared in the top 5 of the Asian Football Confederation for the first time.

Vietnam women's football team to get at least $1.5M at World Cup

The women’s national football team will receive $1.5-1.87 million just for playing the group stage of the 2023 Women’s World Cup as a result of the increase of the prize pool to $110 million.

Vietnam, South Korea eye football cooperation

The K. League 2 in South Korea has started with Vietnamese young players Nguyen Van Toan in Seoul E-Land, and Vu Minh Hieu and Nguyen Canh Anh both in Cheonan City FC.

National women's football team to train for World Cup in three countries

Vietnam's national women's football team will train in Japan, Germany and New Zealand to prepare for the upcoming 2023 Women's World Cup.

“White witch doctor” Philippe Troussier to coach Vietnam football team

French manager Philippe Troussier has reached an agreement with the Vietnam Football Federation to become the new head coach of the national football team from March 1.

Source: VNA