Previously, China ranked 37th in Horton1998 65438+February, and 88th in 2000 65438+1October. After the implementation of the new calculation method, China's world ranking dropped from 68th to 89th, and Asia 103 and 15. China has been surpassed by Uzbekistan, Qatar, Oman, North Korea and Iraq, indicating that the team has become a third-rate team in Asia.

The new calculation method of world ranking is obviously not the main reason for China's decline. In the previous four years, although China won the runner-up in the Asian Cup, it did not have a good record in other international A-level competitions. Most of the teams defeated in the warm-up match are much weaker than themselves, and there is no victory against the teams ranked higher than themselves in the world. Even the Asian World Cup qualifiers in Germany failed to score in the 1/4 final. China's record in the past four years shows that the new FIFA ranking rules truly reflect the current situation and level of China football in the world and Asia.