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Ranking Table Asia 1987 - 1998.
Extracted from the World Football Ranking Table 1987 - 1998.
(*) 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 | ( 59 ) | Saudi Arabia | 62 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 106 | 46 | 118 | 75.927 |
| 2 | ( 61 ) | South Korea | 63 | 38 | 13 | 12 | 144 | 53 | 127 | 75.141 |
| 3 | ( 79 ) | United Arab Emirates | 54 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 84 | 50 | 96 | 71.059 |
| 4 | ( 80 ) | Iran | 64 | 35 | 16 | 13 | 156 | 52 | 121 | 70.885 |
| 5 | ( 83 ) | Japan | 54 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 113 | 40 | 99 | 69.995 |
| 6 | ( 88 ) | China | 59 | 33 | 11 | 15 | 112 | 49 | 110 | 67.948 |
| 7 | ( 91 ) | Qatar | 43 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 78 | 42 | 73 | 67.244 |
| 8 | ( 92 ) | Kuwait | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 77 | 34 | 72 | 67.158 |
| 9 | ( 94 ) | Iraq | 29 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 72 | 30 | 54 | 66.535 |
| 10 | ( 95 ) | Syria | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 70 | 33 | 57 | 65.847 |
| 11 | ( 106 ) | North Korea | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 50 | 34 | 57 | 63.381 |
| 12 | ( 108 ) | Tajikistan | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 62.932 |
| 13 | ( 112 ) | Uzbekistan | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 41 | 31 | 28 | 61.766 |
| 14 | ( 125 ) | Malaysia | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 32 | 39 | 55.717 |
| 15 | ( 129 ) | Jordan | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 55.012 |
| 16 | ( 130 ) | Lebanon | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 54.854 |
| 17 | ( 131 ) | Bahrain | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 54.654 |
| 18 | ( 133 ) | Kyrgyzstan | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 54.064 |
| 19 | ( 137 ) | Oman | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 49 | 28 | 35 | 52.392 |
| 20 | ( 138 ) | Thailand | 37 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 62 | 63 | 46 | 51.731 |
| 21 | ( 141 ) | Singapore | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 44 | 40 | 36 | 50.383 |
| 22 | ( 142 ) | Yemen | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 22 | 50.042 |
| 23 | ( 146 ) | Indonesia | 31 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 52 | 29 | 47.143 |
| 24 | ( 151 ) | Hong Kong | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 49 | 23 | 44.329 |
| 25 | ( 152 ) | Turkmenistan | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 42.452 |
| 26 | ( 155 ) | Bangladesh | 27 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 67 | 15 | 40.338 |
| 27 | ( 158 ) | India | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 50 | 13 | 37.557 |
| 28 | ( 160 ) | Macao | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 90 | 11 | 36.718 |
| 29 | ( 165 ) | Vietnam | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 19 | 44 | 9 | 34.489 |
| 30 | ( 166 ) | Taiwan | 20 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 70 | 8 | 34.307 |
| 31 | ( 167 ) | Sri Lanka | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 55 | 10 | 34.071 |
| 32 | ( 170 ) | Pakistan | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 98 | 0 | 32.039 |
| 33 | ( 174 ) | Nepal | 22 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 80 | 2 | 29.039 |
| 34 | ( 175 ) | Maldives | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 89 | 0 | 28.533 |
| 35 | (.) | Myanmar | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 7 | . |
| 36 | (.) | Cambodia | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 1 | . |
| 37 | (.) | Guam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 0 | . |
| 38 | (.) | Philippines | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 0 | . |