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Ranking Table Asia 1977 - 1988.
Extracted from the World Football Ranking Table 1977 - 1988.
(*) within brackets: ranking in the corresponding World Football Ranking Table.
| Rank | (*) | Team | Mat- ches |
Wins | Draws | Los- ses |
Goals Fore |
Goals Against |
Points | Rating Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( 69 ) | Iran | 41 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 74 | 27 | 82 | 64.236 |
| 2 | ( 71 ) | Kuwait | 48 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 82 | 37 | 89 | 61.946 |
| 3 | ( 74 ) | South Korea | 52 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 95 | 39 | 103 | 61.005 |
| 4 | ( 82 ) | Saudi Arabia | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 26 | 50 | 57.613 |
| 5 | ( 83 ) | Iraq | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 17 | 31 | 57.229 |
| 6 | ( 91 ) | China | 46 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 99 | 27 | 87 | 51.454 |
| 7 | ( 93 ) | North Korea | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 24 | 44 | 48.811 |
| 8 | ( 95 ) | Syria | 37 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 34 | 58 | 47.632 |
| 9 | ( 98 ) | Qatar | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 63 | 35 | 55 | 46.122 |
| 10 | ( 99 ) | United Arab Emirates | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 49 | 28 | 41 | 45.024 |
| 11 | ( 100 ) | Japan | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 21 | 31 | 41.050 |
| 12 | ( 103 ) | Malaysia | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 43 | 34 | 37 | 38.119 |
| 13 | ( 104 ) | Bahrain | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 36.074 |
| 14 | ( 105 ) | Jordan | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 35.040 |
| 15 | ( 107 ) | Hong Kong | 39 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 49 | 57 | 43 | 31.300 |
| 16 | ( 108 ) | Indonesia | 31 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 31 | 50 | 38 | 30.584 |
| 17 | ( 111 ) | Thailand | 29 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 42 | 55 | 35 | 26.702 |
| 18 | ( 112 ) | India | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 26.349 |
| 19 | ( 113 ) | Taiwan | 20 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 69 | 6 | 25.214 |
| 20 | ( 114 ) | Singapore | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 13 | 20.053 |
| 21 | ( 115 ) | Sri Lanka | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 17.265 |
| 22 | ( 116 ) | Bangladesh | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 57 | 17 | 17.012 |
| 23 | ( 117 ) | North Yemen | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 34 | 6 | 16.941 |
| 24 | ( 118 ) | Nepal | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 15.447 |
| 25 | ( 119 ) | Macao | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 9 | 11.787 |
| 26 | ( 120 ) | Pakistan | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 11.470 |
| 27 | ( 121 ) | Afghanistan | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 7.922 |
| 28 | ( 123 ) | Philippines | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 29 | (.) | Oman | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 4 | . |
| 30 | (.) | South Yemen | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2 | . |
| 31 | (.) | Lebanon | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 1 | . |
| 32 | (.) | Brunei | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 0 | . |