'World Cup Elimination' China's All-Time Humiliation, Worst Situation Since Introducing FIFA Ranking... Passes Thailand "Endless Fall, Deep Abyss"
'World Cup Elimination' China's All-Time Humiliation, Worst Situation Since Introducing FIFA Ranking... Passes Thailand "Endless Fall, Deep Abyss"
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Chinese soccer is now on the verge of losing ground to Thailand.
"The fall of Chinese soccer is endless and there is only an abyss," China's Sohu said on Sunday (Korea time). The Chinese national team is seriously collapsing. When calculating the latest FIFA rankings, China has plummeted to 1,235.9 points, ranking 99th in the FIFA rankings. It is the 15th in Asia. Thailand won the friendly match to bring its score to 1,238.34. It became 98th in the FIFA rankings, beating China to the 14th in Asia. Thailand has led China for the first time since FIFA's introduction of the rankings.
When the FIFA rankings were announced in April, China was ranked 94th, down four notches from the previous 90th. It was leading Thailand by 16 points with 1,250.95. Things drastically changed after the June A-match. There has been no official announcement yet, but when calculating China's FIFA ranking scores in real time, China's score drops significantly as the country loses to Indonesia 0 to 1.
In comparison, Thailand won 2-0 in a friendly match against India. FIFA ranking scores drop even further if the higher ranking country loses to the lower ranking country. Indonesia is rated higher than China in the immediate history, but Indonesia was ranked 123rd in the FIFA rankings, 29 places lower than China.
Thus, China lost 15 points in the real-time FIFA ranking. Thailand, ranking 99th, moved up four points by beating India, ranking 127th in the FIFA rankings. As a result, the gap between the two teams disappeared, and Thailand turned the tables on China. There is still one A-match left in June, but Thailand is leading China in real-time. In other words, the fall of Chinese soccer is not over yet due to the fall of the World Cup.
This means that Chinese soccer is in crisis. China's lowest FIFA ranking is 109th. With this atmosphere, China may be able to change its worst ranking ever. The current ranking is also the lowest in nearly a decade.
The reason why China is shocked by the drop in FIFA rankings is that it will adversely affect the organization of the 2027 Asian Cup teams, depending on their FIFA rankings. The Asian Cup teams will be divided into ports in the order of FIFA ranking. There are 1 to 4 ports, and six countries will be assigned to each port. Except for the host countries, other countries will be placed in the order of FIFA ranking.
If the current trend continues, China will be deployed to the three ports of the group. This itself is a bad thing, but it will be a more difficult tournament as it reaches the difficult level of the group stage.
China was even lagging behind Thailand not only in national team but also in league level. Sohu said, "Shameful overtaking is foreseen. Just last month, the Chinese Super League (54.682 points) was overtaken by the Thai Super League (54.873) in the latest technology points rankings announced by the Asian Football Confederation (Asian Football Association). This was the first time in more than 20 years that the Asian Football Confederation (Asian Football Association) club's points system had been operated, and the Chinese Super League's qualification for the next season's Asian Champions League was reduced by one." 안전놀이터