TEHRAN (Iran News) Japan maintained its status as Asia’s top-ranked team, with Korea Republic sitting third.

Japan, who registered two victories in the recent international window, moved up one spot to 18th while Iran also improved by one to 20th.

Korea Republic remained at 22, Australia dropped by one to 26th while Uzbekistan, who has qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time, jumped an impressive five places to 50th.

Qatar, who has qualified for the FIFA World Cup on merit for the first time, improved by one spot to 51st.

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TEHRAN (Iran News) The Samurai Blue, who defeated five-time world champions Brazil 3-2 in an international friendly earlier this week, remained unchanged at 19th and is Asia’s top team.

Korea Republic moved up one spot to 22nd while Australia was unchanged at 25. Qatar, who qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2026 by defeating the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, improved one spot to 52nd.

Uzbekistan dropped one spot to 55th while Iraq improved one rung to 58th. Saudi Arabia, who also sealed FIFA World Cup qualification on Tuesday, improved by one to 58th.

Jordan dropped four spots to 66th with UAE (67th, unchanged) and Oman (79th, dropped one) completing Asia’s top 10.

Syria impressed by moving up six spots to 86th while Thailand and Malaysia improved by five to 96th and 118th respectively. Sri Lanka jumped four rungs to 193.

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TEHRAN (Iran News) The Iranian men climbed one spot to sit behind world champion Brazil, Portugal, Spain and Argentina.

In the FIFA Futsal Women’s World Ranking, Thailand leads the Asian teams at the fifth place. The Thai women have moved one rung up below Brazil, Spain, Portugal and Argentina.

Iran (9), Japan (10) and Vietnam (11) are the next best ranked Asian women’s teams with Indonesia and Chinese Taipei both moving seven rungs up to 17 and 18 respectively.

Australia made its debut in the 59th spot on the back of an impressive performance in qualifying for the AFC Women’s Futsal Asian Cup China 2025.

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TEHRAN (Iran News) Mehdi Taj, who serves as president of Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran, said on Tuesday that he had discussed the issue with FIFA President Gianni Infantino and AFC President Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa.

Taj said that matches involving Iranian teams were moved to third-party countries because of regional tensions that led to Iran’s massive missile attacks on the Israeli regime in early October.

“We all believe that the usurping Zionist regime had to receive a jaw-breaking response and this response was delivered,” he said.

Taj reiterated that Iran’s right to host football matches would be restored if international airlines resume their flights to Iran and if nothing special happens in the coming weeks.

Taj said that matches involving Iranian teams were moved to third-party countries because of regional tensions that led to Iran’s massive missile attacks on the Israeli regime in early October.

“We all believe that the usurping Zionist regime had to receive a jaw-breaking response and this response was delivered,” he said.

Taj reiterated that Iran’s right to host football matches would be restored if international airlines resume their flights to Iran and if nothing special happens in the coming weeks.

Taj said that matches involving Iranian teams were moved to third-party countries because of regional tensions that led to Iran’s massive missile attacks on the Israeli regime in early October.

“We all believe that the usurping Zionist regime had to receive a jaw-breaking response and this response was delivered,” he said.

Taj reiterated that Iran’s right to host football matches would be restored if international airlines resume their flights to Iran and if nothing special happens in the coming weeks.

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Hossein Abdi’s boys left no room for doubt as they defeated New Caledonia 5-0 on Friday, ultimately finishing third in Group C alongside former champions England and Brazil, both with six points.

With six points, Morocco secured victory in Group A in Indonesia, defeating Panama (2-0) and Indonesia (3-1) while losing to Ecuador (2-0).

Iran had a goal difference of +5 in the group stage, scoring 9 goals and conceding 4.

Goalkeeper Arsha Shakouri is considered one of the national team’s standout players, specifically due to his exceptional performance against Brazil, resulting in a monumental 3-2 triumph for the Iranian team.

With 34.74 kilometers covered, Mirmohammad Razaghinia was the most active player in the group stage. He also recorded 105 passes, a good statistic. Esmaeil Gholizadeh is also seen as one of Iran’s main players to achieve the goal.

On November 25th, the winners of the Iran-Morocco match will face off against the winners of the Mexico-Mali match.

Majid Jalali, an Iranian football expert, believes that the Iran U17 players surprised everyone with their impressive performance against Brazil.

“Hossein Abdi, the team’s head coach, played a crucial role in the success, particularly in the win against Brazil. Despite conceding two goals in the first half and a demoralized state, he restored the players’ confidence, and paved the way for a comeback,” Jalali told Tehran Times.

“The team’s accomplishment highlights our football prowess and emphasizes the need for better planning in order to succeed in future international competitions,” he added.

Iran and Morocco have a history of World Cup clash in the senior age category. Their meeting in 2018 at St Petersburg Stadium ended with Iran securing a 1-0 victory through a 95th-minute own goal by Morocco.

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While the eyes of the planet have been trained on the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 for the last couple of weeks, women’s football has not stood still. Some 48 women’s internationals have been played since October, resulting in some significant changes in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking.

The U.S. (1st, -) holding on to first place, which has been theirs since 2017. That said, the gap between them and their new closest challengers, Germany (2nd, plus 1), is narrowing, with the U.S. having lost three of their last four matches, including a 2-1 defeat to the Germans.

Some 187 FIFA member associations featured in the December 2022 Ranking, out of 211 in all, the highest number ever recorded at the end of a calendar year.

The next FIFA Women’s World Ranking will be published on 24 March 2023.

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TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian football federation says it has lodged a complaint against AFC for choosing Bahrain as the host country of World Cup and AFC Asian Cup qualifying matches.

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