Winning 3 Asian Cup qualifying matches in 2023, Thailand is still behind Vietnam

However, even if you win all 3 matches in Group C at Asian Cup 2023 3rd Qualifier including the Maldives, Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan team extremely strong is ranked 83 worldthen the best rank of Thailand team on the FIFA rankings for June announced later this month could be in 104th place.

Coach Mano Polking and the Thai team hope to catch up with Vietnam on the increasingly difficult FIFA rankings FAT

This is also considered the best position of the Thai team in the past 21 years on the FIFA rankings. However, with this position, the “War Elephants” are still far behind the Vietnamese team after the 2-0 victory over Afghanistan on June 1, which has now increased by 1 rank from 96th to 95th in the world.

Meanwhile, the Thai team in the FIFA Day competition from the end of May to mid-June (including the third qualifying round of the 2023 Asian Cup) has cherished the ambition to keep the unbeaten circuit since December last year to close. Vietnam team on FIFA rankings.

Sheet Thairath said, the Football Federation of Thailand (FAT) has set expectations after the match in this June, the Thai team will be at least ranked 100 in the world. If successful, then the possibility of surpassing the Vietnamese team by the end of this year with matches at the tournament AFF Cup goal can be achieved.

However, Thailand only won 1 (Turkmenistan 1-0) and lost 1 (Bahrain 1-2) in 2 friendlies, making it impossible to increase accumulated points but also lost 1.85 points to only 1 point. a total of about 1,165.83 accumulated points on the FIFA rankings, so it is still temporarily ranked 111 in the world.

Therefore, the Thai team’s goal to continue to accumulate points is only based on the matches in the third qualifying round of the 2023 Asian Cup. In which, if they beat the Maldives at 19:00 tonight, 8.6, the score will be increased to 1,174, 97 points, winning against Sri Lanka at 19:00 on June 11, raised to 1,180.63 points and will rise to 106th in the world. In the last match, if Thailand wins against Uzbekistan (at 22:30 on June 14), the cumulative score will increase sharply by about 1,195.80 points and can rank 104 in the world.

With this possible score, the Thai team is still far behind the Vietnamese team, which has accumulated 1,218.84 points (up 3.46 points) and is definitely ranked 95 in the world.

But taking this possibility into account Thairath obviously being quite optimistic with the possibility that the Thai team will win against the home team Uzbekistan. Because if there is a case of losing the match against this powerful opponent in Central Asia, the “War Elephants” may also lose their accumulated points even if they win the Maldives and Sri Lanka.