Original title: the ranking of national football dropped to 75, the lowest in 2019
4hw.com.cn's ranking of national football dropped to 75, which set the worst ranking. In the latest FIFA ranking, China's men's football ranked 9th in Asia, and the world's ranking dropped 6 places from the previous period, falling to 75th, the lowest ranking in 2019. China's men's football team lost 2-1 to Syria in this month's world preliminary Asian qualifier, after which national team coach Marcello Lippi resigned.
On January 14, Lippi's Chinese national team lost 1-2 to Syria in the world's top 40 preliminary match in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. After the match, Italian coach Lippi resigned, and the Chinese Football Association accepted the resignation request. The loss almost deprived the Chinese football team of the hope of directly advancing to the top 12 in group A. meanwhile, it also made the Chinese national team, which is currently "the best in the world", lose a lot in the ranking of FIFA men's national team.
Compared with last month's announcement, China's ranking points decreased by 14 points, and the latest points were only 1325 points; the total ranking dropped 6 places to 75th, thus creating the lowest ranking so far in 2019, one lower than the 74th in April.
It also dropped one place in the ranking of Asian teams, dropped to ninth place, was overtaken by Iraq, and was only 11 points ahead of Syria, the 10th team in Asia. In the group drawing ceremony of the top 40, the ranking of China's team ahead of Syria's team was 12 places higher than that of its rivals, and the score gap was more than 55 points.
The ranking of the national football team dropped to 75, and the top of the list of Asian teams also changed hands this month. Because Iran's performance in the preliminary match was also poor, it was finally pulled down from the top by Japan. This is also the first time that Japan has ranked first in the list of Asian teams in nearly five years since November 27, 2014.