china's men's football world ranking drops to 91st, lowest in eight years
2024-09-19
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xinhua news agency, geneva, september 19 (reporter shan lei) in the latest men's football world rankings released by fifa on the 19th, the chinese team dropped 4 places to 91st.
on september 10, in the second round of group c of the 2026 fifa world cup asian qualifiers held in dalian, the chinese team played against the saudi team at home. the picture shows the starting players of the chinese team taking a group photo before the game. photo by xinhua news agency reporter pan yulong
the chinese men's football team lost 0:7 to japan in the 2026 mexico city world cup asian qualifiers on september 5, and lost 1:2 to saudi arabia on september 10. the two losses reduced the chinese team's points by 13.74 points, and the total score dropped to 1253.77 points, surpassed by uganda, benin and other teams, falling to 91st place. this is also the first time in eight years that the chinese men's football team has fallen out of the top 90. the last time was in march 2016, when the chinese team ranked 96th.
world champions argentina and france both lost in this month's matches but still maintained their first and second positions. the top 15 teams remained unchanged. japan moved up two places to 16th thanks to its victory over china and a 5-0 win over bahrain. another asian team, iran, also moved up one place to 19th.
source: xinhua news agency client
