A new technical ranking system of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has placed India in 22nd spot among the continent’s 46-member countries, the highest among South Asian nations. The new ranking system is based on the performance of the national team and clubs (at AFC competitions) of a particular country in the last four years. National team’s performance is based on lastest FIFA ranking points and this carries 30 per cent weightage in the calculation. The performance of the clubs of a particular country carries 70 per cent weightage and this is calculated based on the four latest Asian Champions League or AFC Cup seasons.
India, which lies at 27th spot among AFC countries in the latest FIFA rankings (at 155th), has 18.636 points (11.951 for performance by national team + 9.318 for performance by clubs) in its kitty in the latest technical rankings.
South Korea leads the technical rankings chart with 88.354 points (63.326+25.028), followed by Saudi Arabia (84.666), Iran (79.435), Japan (71.191), UAE (68.261), Australia (65.395), China (61.229), Qatar (56.280), Uzbekistan (52.334) and Kuwait (43.635) in top 10.
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