Iraq moves 9 positions ahead in FIFA’s world ranking

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi soccer team has moved up to the 77 th rank in FIFA’s June World Ranking from the 86 th position last month. Scoring 450 points, Iraq has moved up two positions to  the7 th among the Asian teams, while maintaining its 8th position among Arab teams, following Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Libya, and Bahrain. The FIFA World Rankings is a ranking system for men’s national teams in Association football, currently led by Spain. The teams of the member nations of FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), football’s world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest. A point system is used, with points being awarded based on the results of FIFA-recognized international matches. Under the existing system, rankings are based on a team’s performance over the last four years, with more recent results and more significant matches being more heavily weighted to help reflect the current competitive state of a team. MH (P)/SR 1