Nepal has climbed 12 spots in the latest FIFA rankings released on Wednesday despite a 9-0 drubbing at the hands of Jordan last week. With the new release, Nepal, ranked 136 in the world, leads the South Asian region followed by Bangladesh at 147.
India is ranked third in South Asia after it slipped six places to 153 in the world rankings released every month by football´s world governing body FIFA.
Nepal and Bangladesh are the only two countries to improve in the FIFA rankings among eight in the South Asian region. All other countries have fallen back except Bhutan, which remains unchanged at the bottom, ranked 201.
Nepal´s new ranking is the second best in its history. The highest ranking Nepal had ever achieved was from December 1993 to February 1994 when the national team was placed at 124. The lowest ranking was in February 2008 when Nepal slumped to 188.
Nepal ranks 20 among the 46-member nations of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). In the last release, Nepal was ranked 28 in Asia. Japan slipped two points to 16 in the world ranking but remains unmoved at the top of the AFC rankings.
Nepal´s new ranking is based on three international matches played recently within a month. Although Nepal lost against Jordan with a huge margin, it was able to defeat East Timor 2-1 and 5-0 in two legs of the first round of 2014 World Cup Asian zone qualifying matches.
Meanwhile, Jordan dropped seven points from 84 to 91 in the new release. Besides beating Nepal, Jordan had played four friendly matches out of which it had won two and lost the other two.
Published on 2011-07-28 01:30:46
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