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Friday, February 27, 2015

AFC member association ranking update (27 February 2015)

After the first match days in the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup.

No association has dropped out of the top 24 - those are the associations eligible to receive direct slots in the AFC Champions League.

More info about the AFC MA ranking.

For the FIFA ranking part I've computed the October 2015 ranking, considering scheduled matches as defeats.

Best movers in the top 24:

2 - Australia and Kuwait

Worst movers in the top 24:

-3 - Uzbekistan and Lebanon

Rank - Association - Total - NT Point - Club Points - 2014  Rank


1 Saudi Arabia 83.801 13.801 70.000 2
2 Korea Republic 80.818 22.595 58.223 1
3 Iran 77.295 30.000 47.295 3
4 Australia 68.206 25.245 42.961 6
5 Japan 63.175 21.627 41.548 4
6 United Arab Emirates 60.996 21.332 39.664 7
7 China PR 55.827 15.316 40.511 8
8 Uzbekistan 54.338 19.102 35.236 5
9 Kuwait 43.090 9.299 33.791 11
10 Qatar 42.751 12.791 29.960 9
11 Iraq 41.424 15.610 25.814 10
12 Thailand 32.378 6.564 25.814 13
13 Jordan 30.691 12.791 17.900 12
14 Vietnam 24.217 7.447 16.770 15
15 Bahrain 23.696 12.202 11.494 16
16 Oman 23.259 12.707 10.552 14
17 Indonesia 22.505 4.039 18.466 18
18 Syria 20.542 5.091 15.451 19
19 Hong Kong 20.374 4.923 15.451 20
20 Lebanon 18.896 6.648 12.248 17
21 Malaysia 18.740 4.797 13.943 22
22 Myanmar 16.929 6.942 9.987 21
23 India 13.307 2.567 10.740 23
24 Singapore 12.734 5.386 7.349 24
25 Maldives 11.011 4.039 6.972 26
26 Palestine 8.962 8.962 0.000 25
27 Philippines 8.036 8.036 0.000 27
28 Korea DPR 5.049 5.049 0.000 31
29 Afghanistan 4.755 4.755 0.000 29
30 Tajikistan 4.584 4.208 0.377 28
31 Turkmenistan 4.376 4.376 0.000 30
32 Yemen 4.326 2.819 1.507 35
33 Kyrgyzstan 3.953 3.576 0.377 32
34 Guam 3.871 3.871 0.000 34
35 Laos 3.703 3.703 0.000 33
36 Bangladesh 3.576 3.576 0.000 37
37 Pakistan 2.861 2.861 0.000 39
38 Cambodia 2.314 2.314 0.000 42
39 Timor-Leste 2.146 2.146 0.000 39
40 Sri Lanka 2.062 2.062 0.000 36
41 Chinese Taipei 1.599 1.599 0.000 43
42 Macau 1.136 1.136 0.000 41
43 Nepal 0.884 0.884 0.000 38
44 Brunei Darussalam 0.631 0.631 0.000 45
45 Mongolia 0.252 0.252 0.000 44
46 Bhutan 0.000 0.000 0.000 46

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7 comments:

  1. Hi,for the draw of April 8 for Afcon 2017 qualifiers,what will be the pots?

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  2. CAF uses their own ranking list to determine the seeds for the AFCON17-qualifiers. If that list is calculated in the same manner as it was calculated for the AFCON15-qualification (the 2015 AFCON finals (weighted by 3) and qualifiers, the 2013 AFCON finals (weighted by 2) and qualifiers (weighted by 0.5), the 2012 AFCON finals, and the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers) then the following points order appears. The details of the qualification process are not published, so the distribution over different pots can not be established yet.

    1 Côte d'Ivoire 48.5
    2 Ghana 43.5
    3 Tunisia 27.5
    4 Nigeria 27.5
    5 Mali 26.5
    6 Burkina Faso 26.5
    7 Algeria 24.5
    8 Zambia 23.5
    9 Congo DR 22.5
    10 Cape Verde Islands 21.5
    11 Guinea 19
    12 Equatorial Guinea 17
    13 Gabon 17
    14 Senegal 17
    15 South Africa 17
    16 Congo 16.5
    17 Cameroon 16
    18 Togo 10.5
    19 Morocco 10.5
    20 Angola 10.5
    21 Ethiopia 10.5
    22 Egypt 8.5
    23 Niger 7.5
    24 Sudan 7
    25 Malawi 7
    26 Uganda 7
    27 Libya 6.5
    28 Botswana 6
    29 Mozambique 6
    30 Sierra Leone 5
    31 Lesotho 4
    32 Benin 3.5
    33 Kenya 3.5
    34 Tanzania 3.5
    35 Rwanda 2.5
    36 Central African Republic 2.5
    37 Zimbabwe 2.5
    38 Liberia 2.5
    39 Gambia 2
    40 Namibia 2
    41 Guinea-Bissau 1.5
    42 Seychelles 1.5
    43 Mauritania 1
    44 Burundi 1
    45 Madagascar 1
    46 Chad 1
    47 Sao Tome e Principe 1
    48 Comoros 0.5
    49 Swaziland 0.5
    50 South Sudan 0.5
    51 Mauritius 0
    52 Djibouti 0
    53 Eritrea 0
    54 Somalia 0

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  3. I see that the format of the qualification process is announced already: 13 groups of 4. Morocco is excluded. The host, which will also be announced on April 8th, doesn't need to qualify, but will be placed in a group nonetheless to play friendlies against their group opponents. The results of these friendlies do not count for the group ranking. I think that Gambia is also still excluded.
    So the pots are 1-13 (Gabon has a better record in the AFCON15 qualifiers than Senegal), 14-27 (Morocco excluded), 28-41 (Gambia excluded; Guinea-Bissau has a better record in the AFCON15 qualifiers than Seychelles) and 42-54.

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  4. So,if Ghana or Algeria are chosen to host the 2017 edition,we could have a group like this:Ghana,Malawi,Liberia,Somalia and one among Malawi,Liberia and Somalia qualify? It would be a massive chance for these small teams.

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  5. What is the formula to calculate club points? It is not revealed by AFC

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    1. Not entirely sure, but I think it's basically the same as the one used for MAs. Seems AFC also take into account play-of games.

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