DUBAI: The Saudi Arabian national football team have jumped three places in the FIFA World Rankings, which were announced this week following the World Cup.
Spain, who beat Argentina 1-0 on Sunday to claim their second World Cup triumph, climbed to top spot.
The Saudi team are now in 58th place globally, and fifth in Asia. The highest-ranked nations from the Asian Football Federation are Japan in 17th, Iran (22nd), Australia (28th), and South Korea (32nd).
Qatar (59), Uzbekistan (60), Iraq (63), the UAE (68), and Jordan (73) all dropped in the rankings.
Behind Spain in the rankings come losing finalists Argentina in second place, France in third, England in fourth, and Brazil in fifth.
