Vietnam remains 127th in FIFA world rankings

Published: Wednesday, August 18, 2010

The Vietnam men's football team remain in 127th place in the latest FIFA world rankings for July with 174 points.

In the Southeast Asian region, Vietnam stands third behind Thailand and Singapore who rank 102nd and 120th in the world rankings respectively.

Spain still top the rankings with 1,883 points, followed by the Netherlands , Brazil , Germany and Argentina .

The world rankings saw almost no changes post-World Cup. However, significant changes are expected as more than 50 international friendlies will be held this month.

Meanwhile, for Vietnam women's football team, despite not having played since the AFC Football Championship in May, they stood at 1,612 points topping Thailand in FIFA's July world rankings for Southeast Asia .

They jumped a place in the world rankings to 31st.

After leaping three impressive steps in the previous quarter, Thailand had its score deducted by 6 points to fall to 32nd position.

Myanmar sustained its third position in Southeast Asia and climbed up three steps to 47th place in the world./.

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