Indonesia makes a big jump in FIFA rankings, how are the Vietnamese and Thai teams?

Indonesia's 1-0 win over China in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in Asia on June 5 helped them jump up the FIFA rankings. Vietnam and Thailand have to worry.

Indonesia's Huge Leap Forward

The Indonesian team has increased 4 places in the April FIFA rankings to 123rd in the world . But in the near future, they can increase at least 7 more places to 116th in the upcoming rankings on July 10 of the world football body.

The Indonesian team not only advanced to the fourth round of the Asian qualifiers to continue their hopes of winning a ticket to the 2026 World Cup, but also rose sharply in the FIFA rankings.

Photo: Reuters

The Indonesian team just defeated the Chinese team (ranked 94th in the world), thereby not only officially winning a place in the 4th qualifying round of the Asian region to continue to maintain hope of competing for a ticket to the 2026 World Cup. They also received an additional 15.05 points, according to Footy Rankings (specializing in calculating FIFA rankings) for a total of 1,157.98 points, and jumped to 116th place in the world.

In this position, the Indonesian team ranked 3rd in Southeast Asia, far ahead of the Malaysian team (currently ranked 131st in the world), and not far behind the Vietnamese team (ranked 109th) and the Thai team (ranked 98th).

The upcoming match, the Indonesian team will play away against the Japanese team (June 10). However, this match will no longer affect their position in the 4th qualifying round of the Asian region. The Japanese team has also secured a ticket to the 2026 World Cup, so they will only use mostly young and reserve players for the test match.

Therefore, if they take advantage of the opportunity to achieve a positive result, a draw is the best, the Indonesian team will be awarded significant points and continue to jump up the FIFA rankings. The Japanese team is currently ranked No. 1 in Asia and No. 15 in the world, the loss to the Australian team (0-1) also on June 5 caused them to lose 14.83 points and fall 2 places to No. 17 in the world.

According to CNN Indonesia , coach Moriyasu of the Japanese team, before the match against the Indonesian team at 5:35 p.m. on June 10, has also continued to eliminate at least 3 more important players including Minamino, Morita and Sugawara.

Previously, Mr. Moriyasu also did not call up key players such as Mitoma, Junya Ito, Ritsu Doan or Daizen Maeda, Ko Itakura... Thereby, using most of the young players to play in the remaining 2 procedural matches in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. Therefore, the Indonesian team will probably have a balanced match against the strongest team in Asia.

Defender Cao Pendant Quang Vinh is a significant addition to the Vietnamese national team.

Photo: Thuy An

Vietnam team will...

With the possibility of Indonesia making huge leaps in many aspects and on the FIFA rankings, the Vietnamese and Thai teams competing in the third qualifying round of the 2027 Asian Cup will also be under pressure to win against their upcoming opponents to maintain their positions.

The Vietnamese team will not play any friendly matches in the FIFA Days schedule in June, but will have a very difficult match when meeting the Malaysian team with many changes in force (most of the players are naturalized), at 8:00 p.m. on June 10 at Bukit Jalil Stadium in the second round of Group F, qualifying round 3 of the 2027 Asian Cup.

If Vietnam wins against Malaysia, they will be awarded about 11.01 points because it is an Asian Cup qualifier, but they will likely move up one or two places compared to the current position. If they draw, they will lose about 1.49 points and if they lose, they will be deducted up to 13.99 points, according to Footy Rankings. Thereby, they may drop in rank from the current position of 109.

Meanwhile, after beating India 2-0 (international friendly on June 4 and gaining 4.03 points to 98th place in the world, pushing China down to 99th), Thailand will also have an official match in the 3rd qualifying round of the 2027 Asian Cup in Group D when they meet the strong Turkmenistan team away (10 p.m. on June 10).

In this match, the "War Elephants" must beat Turkmenistan to take the top spot, as they are losing on goal difference to this Central Asian opponent.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/indonesia-dai-nhay-vot-tren-bang-xep-hang-fifa-doi-tuyen-viet-nam-va-thai-lan-the-nao-185250607083531423.htm