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Qatar have climbed a huge 38 places in the latest Fifa world rankings released on Thursday, reaching their highest position in more than quarter of a century on the back of their victorious Asian Cup campaign.
The Gulf state, who will host the World Cup in 2022, are now ranked 55th – just ahead of Cameroon and Egypt – after beating Japan 3-1 in last week’s final in the United Arab Emirates. It is their highest ranking since 1993.
Meanwhile, Japan’s run in the same competition has seen them shoot up to 27th, a rise of 23 positions.
Belgium remain first in an unchanged top 10, just in front of world champions France.
1. Belgium, 2. France, 3. Brazil, 4. Croatia, 5. England, 6. Portugal, 7. Uruguay, 8. Switzerland, 9. Spain, 10. Denmark
Selected others
22. Iran (+7), 27. Japan (+23), 38. South Korea (+15), 55. Qatar (+38)
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