AFC MA Ranking: Tajikistan eyeing Champions League

AFC announced the MA ranking in November 2014, using the October 2014 FIFA ranking for the NT ranking part of the formula. So should they announce a new ranking (possibly used to determine the allocations for the 2017 club competitions), Singapore are in for some bad news.

Here's how things stand after the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup.



Tajikistan replace Singapore in the top 24 - those are the associations eligible to receive direct slots in the AFC Champions League. Granted, Singapore received only a play-off spot for the 2015 and 2016 editions.

Best movers:

9 - Bhutan
5 - Syria, Hong Kong
4 - Tajikistan, Timor-Leste

Worst movers

-8 - Sri Lanka
-5 - Nepal
-4 - Uzbekistan, Lebanon, Macau

Rank - Association - Total - NT Point - Club Points - 2014  Rank

1	Korea Republic	87.290	25.178	62.113	1
2	Saudi Arabia	86.387	16.387	70.000	2
3	Iran	78.310	30.000	48.310	3
4	United Arab Emirates	71.993	20.953	51.040	7
5	Japan	71.933	24.836	47.096	4
6	Australia	65.605	24.196	41.408	6
7	China PR	61.725	17.283	44.442	8
8	Qatar	56.985	15.576	41.408	9
9	Uzbekistan	52.488	19.801	32.687	5
10	Kuwait	46.032	11.095	34.937	11
11	Iraq	40.561	16.899	23.662	10
12	Thailand	38.245	8.364	29.881	13
13	Jordan	33.507	14.851	18.657	12
14	Syria	30.733	12.077	18.657	19
15	Hong Kong	27.551	7.681	19.870	20
16	Vietnam	25.120	7.980	17.140	15
17	Oman	25.041	14.424	10.618	14
18	Indonesia	24.759	4.737	20.022	18
19	Bahrain	23.301	12.077	11.224	16
20	Malaysia	23.242	4.737	18.505	22
21	Lebanon	19.043	8.578	10.466	17
22	India	17.142	5.462	11.679	23
23	Myanmar	16.739	6.273	10.466	21
24	Tajikistan	14.241	6.657	7.584	28
25	Singapore	13.369	6.999	6.371	24
26	Palestine	12.318	10.498	1.820	25
27	Philippines	11.673	10.156	1.517	27
28	Maldives	11.226	4.097	7.129	26
29	Korea DPR	10.754	10.754	0.000	31
30	Turkmenistan	9.160	7.340	1.820	30
31	Kyrgyzstan	8.625	8.321	0.303	32
32	Afghanistan	7.809	7.809	0.000	29
32	Guam	7.809	7.809	0.000	34
34	Laos	5.144	3.627	1.517	33
35	Timor-Leste	5.036	5.036	0.000	39
36	Yemen	4.713	3.499	1.213	35
37	Bhutan	4.523	4.523	0.000	46
38	Pakistan	3.798	3.798	0.000	39
39	Bangladesh	3.286	3.286	0.000	37
40	Chinese Taipei	2.945	2.945	0.000	43
41	Cambodia	2.817	2.817	0.000	42
42	Brunei Darussalam	2.603	2.603	0.000	45
43	Nepal	2.176	2.176	0.000	38
44	Sri Lanka	2.091	2.091	0.000	36
45	Macau	2.048	2.048	0.000	41
46	Mongolia	0.256	0.256	0.000	44

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