Coach Kim Sang-sik's team achieved 1,225.68 points, an increase of 36.17 points compared to the previous update. This is also the team with the largest ranking improvement in this announcement.
Behind the Vietnamese team in terms of ranking increase are the Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nepal and Bhutan teams, all increasing 6 places. In the opposite direction, the Malaysian team dropped 17 places to 138th in the world, and also fell to 5th place in Southeast Asia after being overtaken by the Philippines.
In Asia, the top 5 leading teams still include Japan (18th in the world), Iran (21st), South Korea (25th), Australia (27th) and Uzbekistan (50th).
Meanwhile, in the world rankings, the top three positions respectively belong to the French national team, the Spanish national team and the Argentine national team.
A noteworthy point in the FIFA Days in March 2026 is that FIFA for the first time applies a real-time ranking update mechanism. Accordingly, the scores and rankings of national teams can change immediately during international matches. However, these changes are only temporary and the official rankings are confirmed after the entire matchday ends.
Returning to the world top 100 is considered a positive sign for the Vietnamese team, creating more basis to aim for professional goals in the next stage, especially the campaign to defend the championship at the ASEAN Cup 2026.
