Iran’s Drop in FIFA Rankings
With the completion of the group stage of the 2022 Qatar World Cup, the global rankings of the teams participating in this tournament have been updated, and Iran’s national team has fallen four places, losing the top spot in Asia.
The group stage of the 2022 Qatar World Cup concluded last night, revealing the 16 teams advancing to the knockout stage of the competition. The website Footy Rankings, which calculates the points of teams participating in the World Cup using FIFA’s formula, updated and published the new rankings with the end of the group stage. Iran’s national team has dropped four places compared to the last official ranking announced by FIFA before the start of the World Cup. Before the World Cup, Iran was ranked 20th in the world and first in Asia, but it is currently ranked 24th in the world and second in Asia.