Nepal has improved three places in the FIFA rankings. Nepal has improved three places to the 168th position in the new men's football rankings released today by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the apex body of world football. Earlier, Nepal was ranked 171st.
Nepal is ranked third in the list of South Asian nations. When the last FIFA ranking was made public at the end of May, Nepal's score was 968. In the current new rankings, Nepal has collected 97 points by collecting four points.
India and Maldives are ahead of Nepal. India is ranked 105th while the Maldives is ranked 158th. Below Nepal are Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan. Bangladesh is ranked 188th and Bhutan is ranked 187th. Similarly, Pakistan is in the 198th position while Sri Lanka is in the 205th position.
Belgium tops the FIFA rankings, followed by Brazil. France is third, England is fourth and Italy is fifth. Argentina is sixth, Spain seventh, Portugal eighth, Mexico ninth, and the United States tenth.
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