{"id":16189,"date":"2013-10-17T12:56:35","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T19:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=16189"},"modified":"2013-10-17T12:58:04","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T19:58:04","slug":"fifa-ranking-iran-remain-second-in-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2013\/10\/17\/fifa-ranking-iran-remain-second-in-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA ranking: Iran remain second in Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Persianfootball.com &#8211; ZURICH, <strong>Iran lost one spot in the latest FIFA ranking, but retained the second position among all AFC teams, following the 2-1 win over Thailand in AFC Asian Cup qualifying.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Iran stand in 49th position of the ranking, five spots behind Japan and six spots ahead of Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow World Cup participants Korea Republic (56th) and Australia (57th) as well as hopefuls Jordan (70th) follow.<\/p>\n<p>The current ranking already determined the top seeds of the eight World Cup final groups next year, with the top seven &#8211; Spain, Germany, Argentina, Colombia, Belgium, Uruguay and Switzerland joinin Brazil as group heads.<\/p>\n<p>Should Uruguay lose the intercontinental playoffs against dark horses Jordan in November and surprisingly miss out on the World Cup, the Netherlands would take Uruguay&#8217;s place.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/c.gigcount.com\/wildfire\/IMP\/CXNID=2000002.0NXC\/bT*xJmx*PTEzODIwNDEwOTQ*NDImcHQ9MTM4MjA*MTA5Nzc1NCZwPTExMjQxMjEmZD13b3JsZHJhbmtpbmdfZW4mZz*yJm89MGE5\/MDA5MTgyNzRlNDM4YTgwMjMyZmFiYWJkNDdmNzUmb2Y9MA==.gif\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" border=\"0\" \/><object id=\"WFHost\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" align=\"top\"><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"Partner=1124121&amp;theme=New Classic&amp;widgetW=300&amp;widgetH=400&amp;widgetX=0&amp;widgetY=0&amp;stickyType=&amp;WFBtnX=0&amp;WFBtnY=0&amp;defaultPreviewURL=http:\/\/www.fifa.com\/flash\/widgets\/worldranking\/images\/image_en.png&amp;useFacebookMystuff=false&amp;buttonURL=http:\/\/www.fifa.com\/flash\/widgets\/worldranking\/images\/button.png&amp;URL=http:\/\/www.fifa.com\/flash\/widgets\/worldranking\/app.swf%3FteamId%3Dirn%26lang%3Den\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/cdn.gigya.com\/wildfire\/swf\/WildfireHost3.swf\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"Partner=1124121&amp;theme=New Classic&amp;widgetW=300&amp;widgetH=400&amp;widgetX=0&amp;widgetY=0&amp;stickyType=&amp;WFBtnX=0&amp;WFBtnY=0&amp;defaultPreviewURL=http:\/\/www.fifa.com\/flash\/widgets\/worldranking\/images\/image_en.png&amp;useFacebookMystuff=false&amp;buttonURL=http:\/\/www.fifa.com\/flash\/widgets\/worldranking\/images\/button.png&amp;URL=http:\/\/www.fifa.com\/flash\/widgets\/worldranking\/app.swf%3FteamId%3Dirn%26lang%3Den\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"pluginspage\" value=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" \/><embed id=\"WFHost\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.gigya.com\/wildfire\/swf\/WildfireHost3.swf\" FlashVars=\"Partner=1124121&amp;theme=New Classic&amp;widgetW=300&amp;widgetH=400&amp;widgetX=0&amp;widgetY=0&amp;stickyType=&amp;WFBtnX=0&amp;WFBtnY=0&amp;defaultPreviewURL=http:\/\/www.fifa.com\/flash\/widgets\/worldranking\/images\/image_en.png&amp;useFacebookMystuff=false&amp;buttonURL=http:\/\/www.fifa.com\/flash\/widgets\/worldranking\/images\/button.png&amp;URL=http:\/\/www.fifa.com\/flash\/widgets\/worldranking\/app.swf%3FteamId%3Dirn%26lang%3Den\" wmode=\"transparent\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" flashvars=\"Partner=1124121&amp;theme=New Classic&amp;widgetW=300&amp;widgetH=400&amp;widgetX=0&amp;widgetY=0&amp;stickyType=&amp;WFBtnX=0&amp;WFBtnY=0&amp;defaultPreviewURL=http:\/\/www.fifa.com\/flash\/widgets\/worldranking\/images\/image_en.png&amp;useFacebookMystuff=false&amp;buttonURL=http:\/\/www.fifa.com\/flash\/widgets\/worldranking\/images\/button.png&amp;URL=http:\/\/www.fifa.com\/flash\/widgets\/worldranking\/app.swf%3FteamId%3Dirn%26lang%3Den\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" quality=\"high\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" align=\"top\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Persianfootball.com &#8211; 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