The latest FIFA world rankings are released, which once again shows the position of China men's soccer team in international football. China ranks 80th in the world. Although this is not a satisfactory ranking, there is still some hope for China's future World Cup qualifiers.
The first and second stages of the United States-Canada-Mexico World Cup in 2026 and the Saudi Asian Cup in 2027 will be held according to the current FIFA ranking. As the team ranked 80th in the world and 1 1 in Asia, China Men's Football Team has decided to take the second place in the group draw of the World Cup Top 36. This also means that China men's soccer team will have a greater chance to avoid being in the same group as the top Asian teams.
For China Men's Football Team, the lottery process is very important. If you can meet weaker opponents, such as Oman and Vietnam. The possibility that China men's soccer team will advance to the top 18 will be greatly increased. However, if China meets Japanese, Korean, Iranian, Australian, Saudi and other Asian seed teams, the road to promotion will become extremely difficult.
Detailed introduction of FIFA ranking rules:
1, integral calculation: FIFA rankings use the ELO grade integral system to calculate the points of a national team or region. The score is calculated according to the result of the game, the strength level of the opponent and the importance of the game. Victory can add points, and failure will reduce points. The key factor is the strength of the opposing team. Beating a stronger opponent will get more points.
2. Importance of competition: Different types of competitions have different effects on ranking. For example, the World Cup and intercontinental competitions have great influence on the ranking, while friendly matches have relatively little influence.
3. Time weight: The time weight of the game is also considered in the integral calculation. The latest competition results have a great influence on the ranking, while the influence of earlier competition results on the ranking gradually decreases.
4, draw and penalty shootout: draw and penalty shootout have little effect on the ranking. The team that wins in the normal competition time will get more points.
5. Ranking of national teams: After integral calculation, the national teams of each country or region will get a specific ranking to reflect their strength level in the world. The national teams in the ranking list are ranked according to points, and the higher the points, the higher the ranking.