Members of the Filipinas in the course of the launch of its World Cup kits. –PHILIPPINE WOMEN’S FOOTBALL TEAM PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines–The Filipinas climbed as much as a document forty sixth spot within the newest world rankings which was launched a month earlier than the Fifa Women’s World Cup takes place.
Coach Alen Stajcic’s squad moved three locations larger from its latest place final March primarily based on performances within the first spherical of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament and the Southeast Asian Games.
With its latest soar, the Philippine facet is now eighth amongst nations beneath the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and nonetheless third in Southeast Asia behind fellow World Cup participant Vietnam (No. 32) and Thailand (No. 44).
During the interval after the March rankings, the Filipinas received all three matches within the preliminary spherical of qualifying for the Paris Games on the expense of Pakistan, Tajikistan and Hong Kong in Group E.
In that match, the Philippines scored a complete of 16 objectives and conceded none.
It was the identical end in Cambodia, nonetheless, because the Filipinas missed out on a semifinal look within the SEA Games.
A 1-0 loss to Myanmar was adopted by a dramatic win over Malaysia by way of the identical scoreline earlier than defeating eventual gold medalist Vietnam, 2-1, to shut the marketing campaign within the regional meet.
The United States, in search of a 3rd straight World Cup title, stays on high of the rankings adopted by Germany, Sweden, England, France, Spain, Canada, Brazil, Netherlands and Australia, the highest crew beneath the AFC banner.
Japan is second behind Australia amongst AFC nations, with China in third and South Korea in fourth.
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