Uzbekistan climb 6 places in the FIFA World Ranking

Islamic Republic of Iran remain as the Continent's highest ranked team while AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 champions Qatar moved up 38 spots.

Qatar improved to 55th, just missing out on their best ever FIFA World Ranking of 53. Japan, whose bid for a fifth AFC Asian Cup title was thwarted by Qatar in the final, also saw a surge in their ranking as they improved by 23 spots to 27 to sit behind Iran, who improved by seven to move up to 22.

The United Arab Emirates' run to the semi-finals of the AFC Asian Cup improved their ranking by 12 to 67 while Saudi Arabia dropped by one to 70. China PR (72), Iraq (80) and Syria (83) complete the Asian top 10.