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]]>Despite not qualifying for the 2018 AFC Asian Women’s Cup Finals, Islamic Republic of Iran’s efforts at the qualifiers proved to be notable as the team moved up to 55th place.
Iran was also previously unranked, the-afc wrote.
Jordan is the biggest Asian movers in the ranking, while Japan continue to lead.
In the recent 2018 AFC Women’s Asian Cup Qualifiers, Jordan finished undefeated in a six-team Group A with five wins. Its impressive performance was rewarded by the previously unranked team moving to 50th in the FIFA World Ranking.
Come next April, host Jordan will square off against Asia’s best for the continental title.
Asia’s Top 10 (global rankings in brackets):
Japan (6th)
Australia (7th)
DPR Korea (10th)
China PR (14th)
Korea Republic (16th)
Thailand (29th)
Vietnam (32nd)
Uzbekistan (41st)
Chinese Taipei (42nd)
Myanmar (45th)
The next FIFA Women’s World Ranking will be released on September 1.
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]]>Team Melli defeated Uzbekistan 2-0 in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium.
The two teams observed one minute of silence as a mark of respect to those who lost their lives in terror attacks in Tehran.
Sardar Azmoun, who was chosen as the Man of the Match, opened the scoring for Carlos Queiroz’s team in the 23rd minute. The Rostov striker has scored 19 goals in 26 matches for Team Melli.
Iran could have scored the second goal in the 48th minute but Masoud Shojaei missed penalty kick.
Mehdi Taremi finished off Uzbekistan in the 88th minute, finding the back of the net from inside the area.
Iran cemented its position at the top of Group A with 20 points.
South Korea is second with 13 points with one game in hands.
Uzbekistan sits third with 12 points.
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]]>Iran women football national team has been drawn in Group D of the meet along with host Vietnam, Myanmar, Syria and Singapore.
The squads to take part in the tourney are the Korea Republic, Thailand, Vietnam, Jordan, Myanmar, Chinese Taipei, Uzbekistan, Philippines, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Bahrain, Islamic Republic of Iran, India, Palestine, DPR Korea, Guam, Iraq, Singapore, Syria, Tajikistan and the UAE, the-afc.com reported.
Draw result of AFC Women’s Asian Cup Jordan 2018 qualifiers
Groups are as follows
Group A: A1. Jordan, A2. Philippines, A3. Bahrain A4. Iraq, A5. UAE, A6. Tajikistan (host)
Group B: B1. Korea Republic, B2. Uzbekistan, B3 Hong Kong, B4. India, B5. DPR Korea (host)
Group C: C1. Thailand, C2. Chinese Taipei, C3. Lebanon, C4. Palestine (host), C5. Guam
Group D: D1. Vietnam (host), D2. Myanmar, D3. IR Iran, D4. Syria, D5. Singapore
The three highest-ranked women’s national teams from the last AFC Women’s Asian Cup — Japan, Australia and China PR — received automatic qualification into the eight-team finals. The group winners of each of the four qualifying groups will qualify for the finals in Jordan.
Jordan as host also received automatic qualification, but it has expressed interest to participate in the qualifiers. Therefore, in case it finishes top of its qualifying group, the runner-up team will also advance to the final competition. The qualifiers will kick off on April 3, 2017.
The finals, which will be held from April 7 to 22, 2018, will also serve as the Asian qualifiers for the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019.
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Held at the drenched Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium in Malaysia, the match was delayed for 45 minutes due to wet conditions which also made playing tough for both sides.
The Persians maintained the upper hand all through the encounter against Syria though they failed to find the net and ended the fifth game in the third round of qualification with only one point.
The draw against Syrians, however, confirmed Iran’s position on top of Group A with eleven points followed by South Korea and Uzbekistan who have so far bagged 10 and 9 points respectively.
Meanwhile, Syria’s national football team stays in the fourth place with five points after five games in the FIFA Asian qualifiers.
“I have nothing to say about the game, just that I’m proud of every single one of my players,” said Iran’s coach Carlos Queiroz.
He went on to note that “They gave their best right until the end. These were tough conditions to play football in. We are top of the group after five games and there are still five games to go. There is still lots of hard work ahead but we are working hard and we are still unbeaten and have not conceded a goal. We now look towards the next game.”/MNA
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Iran faced Uzbek rivals on Monday evening in Manama’s Bahrain National Stadium in quarterfinals of the AFC U-19 Championship Bahrain 2016 where the Persians handed Uzbekistan a 2-0 defeat.
Reza Jafari gave Iran the lead after just 13 minutes although the Uzbeks dominated possession for what remained of the first half.
A second goal for Jafari less than two minutes into the second half left Uzbekistan with a tough task.
Uzbekistan pushed for goals throughout the match though their attempts were futile thanks to Iran’s disciplined backline
Given the sweeping victory over Uzbekistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran qualified for the finals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017 for the first time in 16 years.
Iran is scheduled to take on Saudi Arabia on Thursday evening in their upcoming encounter of the Asian tournament while Vietnam and Japan comprise the second leg of the semifinal round.
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]]>Its remarkable performance recently has placed it on top with Australia (40th) being the second highest ranked, followed by Korea Republic (44th) in third, Uzbekistan (48th) fourth and Japan (51st) fifth in the Asian ranking, the-afc.com reported.
These top five Asian teams are currently competing in the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 Asian Qualifiers, and are in the top three of their respective group. Iran however, has proved to be a formidable force by being at the top of its group with three wins and a draw to their name.
Some of the top movers up the ranks are Syria with an 18-rank jump to 96th, followed by Chinese Taipei which leaped 17 ranks to 161st, and Iraq with a 15-rank increase to 113th.
Despite the conflicts at home, Syria is Asia’s biggest movers this month, helped by its performance in the World Cup Asian Qualifiers, which includes beating China 1-0.
Asia’s top 10:
Iran 27th
Australia 40th
Korea Republic 44th
Uzbekistan 48th
Japan 51st
Saudi Arabia 54th
United Arab Emirates 70th
China PR 84th
Qatar 91st
Syria 96th
The next FIFA World Ranking will be released on November 24.
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Carlos Queiroz’s boys entertained second-placed South Korea today in group A of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Asian Qualifiers Final Round and pulled out a convincing 1-0 victory over East Asian rivals to solidify their hopes of securing a place at the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018.
The Iranian outfit comprised Alireza Beiranvand, Seyed Jalal Hosseini, Morteza Pourali Ganji, Milad Mohammadi, Ramin Rezaeian, Saied Ezatollahi, Ehsan Hajsafi, Vahid Amiri, Ashkan Dejagah, Alireza Jahanbakhsh (81-Mahdi Taremi) and Sardar Azmun (85-Anderianik Teimuorian).
Iran’s single and decisive goal was scored by Sardar Azmun 25 minutes into the first half of the match in front of a crowd in excess of 70,000 at the Azadi Stadium to move on to 10 points from their opening four games.
Video: Iran vs South Korea, FIFA world cup qualifiers, 11 Oct. 2016- Tehran
The victory for Cheetahs marked their second consecutive 1-0 win in less than a week since they beat Uzbekistan with the same result last Thursday to secure the top position in Group A.
Now national football players of Iran are scheduled to take on Syria in their upcoming showdown to be held on the 15th October in the third-party venue of Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium located in Paroi, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia./ MNA
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]]>Futsal players grabbed the bronze after a six-round penalty shootout in the Coliseo El Pueblo stadium, in Cali, Colombia, on Saturday.
Iran suffered a 4-3 loss at the hands of Russia on Wednesday and lost the chance to reach the event’s final and entered the semifinals winning the play against Paraguay 4-3 on Sunday.
Portugal also lost to Argentina 5-2 and failed to book a place in the final and faced Iran in the match for the third place.
The eighth edition of the Futsal World Cup kicked off on September 10 and wrapped up on October 1 with Argentina defeated Russia 5-4 in the final and took its first ever title./MNA
Video: Iran Vs Portugal, Futsal world cup 2016
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Before the eyes of 80,000 spectators at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, Team Melli (Iranian national men’s football team) lined up against the Maroons (Qatari national men’s football team) on Friday to open their first match of the third round on the way to Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup.
While the regular time of the game ended with a scoreless draw, Reza Ghoochannejhad of Iran took advantage from the mistake by Qatar goalkeeper Amine Lacomte and put the hosts ahead four minutes into injury time.
After a brawl following the host’s goal, Alireza Jahanbaksh scored a magnificent goal for the Iranians to ensure the host a 2-0 victory.
Reza Ghoochannejhad was announced the best player of the event.
Video: IRAN vs Qatar, Highlight
The third round of AFC matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification opened on Friday September 01, with three matches in the Group A and three matches in the Group B.
In Group A, South Korea defeated the People Republic of China 3-2, while Uzbekistan edge passed Syria 1-0, and Iran won over Qatar 2-0.
In Group B, the Australians thrashed their visitors from Iraq 2-0, Japan conceded to a defeat from their visitors from the UAE with a 2-1 score, and Saudi Arabia won a listless 1-0 victory over visiting Thais with the penalty kick of 84th minute of the event.
In the Group A of the third round of the AFC 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification competitions, the Islamic Republic of Iran is pitted against South Korea, Uzbekistan, China, Qatar and Syria while Japan is drawn in Group B, along with Australia, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq and Thailand.
A total of four teams, the winner and runner-up of each group, will qualify for Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup, while the third-placed teams of each group (two teams in total) will head to the play-off round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
The winner of the Asian play-off round will then face twice the fourth-placed squad in the fifth round of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) qualifying games.
video: Iran first goal to Qatar, By Reza Qouchannejad
Video: Iran super goal to qatar, By Alireza Jahanbakhsh
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