Indian football team rises two places to 101 in FIFA rankings

NEW DELHI: The Indian football team gained two places to rise to 101 in the

FIFA rankings

issued on Thursday.


With 1219 total ranking points, the Indian team lies 18th among the Asian countries.

The team did not play any international match after the last rankings on February 7.

Iran

continued to top the Asian rankings at 21, followed by

Japan

(26), South Korea (37), Australia (41) and Qatar (55).

Overall,

Belgium

remained on top with 1737 points, ahead of France (1734), Brazil (1676), England (1647) and Croatia (1621).