This November, we saw some actions from FIFA World Cup qualification, and also some friendly matches. We have many rankings changes this month, and we are excited to share it with our readers.
If we look at the rankings table of Asian national teams only, there are many changes happening. While Iran and Japan still stay in the top-two, Korea Republic overtakes Australia to take the 3rd spot. Saudi Arabia completes the top five, after impressive performance in World Cup qualifiers. Some nations which also go up this month are China PR, Bahrain, Palestine, Hong Kong, and Afghanistan.
Five nations become the most improved nations in Asia this month. Japan, Korea Republic, Palestine, India, and Afghanistan are all predicted to go up by 2 spots. While Korea Republic is also the one which got the most points this month with 18.14 points added to their account. On the opposite side, the nation which its ranking dropped the most is Qatar which fell 5 spots to 51st spot. While the nation which lost the most points is Lebanon, with 16.32 points deducted this month.
Please look at the table below for the details
| AFC | FIFA | Nation | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 (+1) |  IR Iran | 1557.58 (+12.56) |
| 2 | 26 (+2) |  Japan | 1531.53 (+13.84) |
| 3 (+1) | 33 (+2) |  Korea Republic | 1507.24 (+18.14) |
| 4 (-1) | 35 (-1) |  Australia | 1484.88 (-4.98) |
| 5 (+1) | 48 (+1) |  Saudi Arabia | 1441.17 (+8.96) |
| 6 (-1) | 51 (-5) |  Qatar | 1431.01 (-6.72) |
| 7 | 70 (+1) |  United Arab Emirates | 1350.41 (+0.99) |
| 8 (+1) | 74 (+1) |  China PR | 1337.33 (+3.13) |
| 9 (-1) | 75 (-3) |  Iraq | 1335.58 (-10.62) |
| 10 | 78 (-1) |  Oman | 1307.09 (-7.27) |
| 11 | 84 |  Uzbekistan | 1274.58 (-5.15) |
| 12 | 85 |  Syria | 1269.96 (-4.76) |
| 13 (+1) | 90 (+1) |  Bahrain | 1255.75 (+4.84) |
| 14 (-1) | 91 (-1) |  Jordan | 1252.95 (-1.17) |
| 15 | 94 (-2) |  Lebanon | 1233.76 (-16.32) |
| 16 | 96 |  Kyrgyz Republic | 1228.69 (-1.91) |
| 17 (+1) | 98 (+2) |  Palestine | 1211.32 |
| 18 (-1) | 99 (-1) |  Vietnam | 1209.22 (-13.68) |
| 19 | 104 (+2) |  India | 1182.75 |
| 20 | 109 (+1) |  Korea DPR | 1169.96 |
| 21 | 115 (-1) |  Tajikistan | 1152.56 (-5.21) |
| 22 | 118 (-1) |  Thailand | 1148.63 |
| 23 | 126 (+1) |  Philippines | 1131.93 |
| 24 | 133 (-2) |  Turkmenistan | 1117.6 |
| 25 | 142 |  Kuwait | 1064.02 (-1.29) |
| 26 (+1) | 147 (+1) |  Hong Kong | 1053.39 |
| 27 (-1) | 148 (-3) |  Myanmar | 1052.57 (-4.87) |
| 28 (+1) | 150 (+2) |  Afghanistan | 1049.77 (+4.43) |
| 29 (-1) | 152 (-1) |  Yemen | 1046.26 |
| 30 | 154 (+1) |  Malaysia | 1034.87 |
| 31 | 157 (-1) |  Maldives | 1021.58 (-9.34) |
| 32 | 158 |  Chinese Taipei | 1017.78 |
| 33 | 160 |  Singapore | 997.42 (-2.93) |
| 34 | 166 (-1) |  Indonesia | 981.18 (-4.43) |
| 35 | 169 |  Nepal | 972.45 |
| 36 | 170 |  Cambodia | 970.42 |
| 37 | 182 |  Macau | 922.1 |
| 38 | 184 |  Mongolia | 916.68 |
| 39 | 185 |  Laos | 912.07 |
| 40 | 186 |  Bhutan | 910.96 |
| 41 | 187 |  Bangladesh | 907.83 (-0.01) |
| 42 | 188 (+1) |  Brunei Darussalam | 903.9 |
| 43 | 194 |  Timor-Leste | 879.43 |
| 44 | 198 (-1) |  Pakistan | 866.81 |
| 45 | 204 |  Sri Lanka | 842.8 (+2.69) |
| 46 | 206 |  Guam | 838.33 |
