On March 25th, Beijing time, the international soccer authority unveiled the first national ranking list of women's soccer teams in 2022 on its official website. China's women's soccer team, which successfully won the Asian Cup in February, surged by 44.77 points with this excellent performance, making the total points soar to 1858.99 points, and the ranking also jumped three places to 16th; in the ranking of the AFC, it even overtook South Korea and ranked the fourth in Asia, only after North Korea, Australia and Japan.
It is worth noting that this is the first time FIFA has ranked women's soccer teams in early 2022, nearly six months after the last ranking on 10/12/201. In the latest scoring cycle, the country's women's soccer team, coached by Qingxia Shui, won the Asian Cup for the ninth time, and for the first time since 2006, with four wins and one draw in the tournament, which was held from late January to early February.
The specific records are as follows: in the group stage, they defeated Chinese Taipei with a score of 4-0; they thrashed Iran with a score of 7-0; in the quarter-final, they lost a goal and then reversed the situation to win 3-1 against Vietnam; in the semi-final, they fought with the defending champions, Japan, for 120 minutes, and were twice behind and twice equalized, and eliminated the strong enemy in the penalty kicks; in the final, they narrowly defeated South Korea with a score of 2-3, and claimed the Champion.
The outstanding performance of the Asian Cup, so that China's women's soccer team points increased by 44.77 points, the total points reached 1858.99 points, ranking rose three places, ranked 16th; in the AFC rankings beyond the South Korean team, rose to fourth place, only after North Korea, Australia and Japan. Although South Korea's points also increased, the increase was not as large as our team's, resulting in a drop rather than a rise in its Asian ranking.
In FIFA's overall list of women's soccer teams, the U.S. still occupies the top spot with 2,104.06 points, despite having 5.03 fewer points, with Sweden in second place by a margin of 22.52 points, and France overtaking Germany to move into third place. Ranked four to ten in order are Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Spain, England, Brazil and North Korea. FIFA will next release its women's soccer team rankings on June 17th.
