Nepal in 177th position in FIFA World Ranking
Nepal has moved one position up in the recently announced
FIFA ranking despite having 3 wins and 2 losses in five
international matches played last month.
Nepal reached to 177th position with 66 points. Nepal
defeated Cambodia and Macau in the AFC Challenge Cup
Qualifiers and won against Pakistan in SAFF Championship
but lost to India and Maldives.
From South Asian Region, India still leads in the recently
announced FIFA ranking but with no increase or decrease in
their position. India is at world's 153rd and Asia's 25th
while Maldives lies at 156th and 27th position.
Maldives had beaten India 1-0 in the final of recently
ended SAFF championship and earned three positions and 13
points in the ranking compared to that of June 2008.
Not surprisingly enough, Bhutan has the best achievement
compared to June with a six position jump and 21 point
increment. Similarly, Pakistan dropped 9 positions in the
ranking.
Behind Maldives lies Sri Lanka at 161st (Asia's 29th),
Pakistan at 169th (32nd), Nepal at 177th (36th),
Afghanistan at 181 (37th), Bangladesh at 182nd (38th) and
Bhutan at 190th (42nd).
A total of 46 countries are listed from Asia. nepalnews.com bt July 06 08
