Nepal Drops Four Position Down To 174 In FIFA Ranking

Nepal have dropped four position down to 174 in FIFA World Ranking for the month of February 2013. Nepal ranks 174th in the world according to newly updated FIFA ranking while Maldives tops the group lying unchanged at 159th position. FIFA released the ranking on Thursday in which Nepal collected mere 80 points.Nepal recently lost two match friendly series against Pakistan. Pakistan have jumped 19 position up to 170.

Nepal National football team

Similarly despite of 7 steps fall, Japan still remains top in Asia ranking 28th, 9 place ahead of second placed Australia while Spain are unmoved world champions.
Here is the list of South Asian countries along with their FIFA ranking:

Position	Country	World Rank	Points	Change
1	Maldives	159	130	0
2	India	167	98	-1
3	Bangladesh	169	90	-1
4	Pakistan	170	88	+19
5	Nepal	174	80	-4
6	Afghanistan	189	39	-3
7	Sri Lanka	193	36	-3
8	Bhutan	207	0	0