AFC MA Ranking update (10 June 2016)

The 2016 edition of the MA ranking, set to be announced at the end of the AFC club competition season, will be used to determine the slot allocations for 2017 and 2018 seasons. This had been announced by the AFC Competitions Committee on 12 April 2016.


See the previous update.

Club points updated after the end of the AFC CL and AFC Cup rounds of 16.

FIFA ranking points computed for November 2016, considering scheduled matches as defeats.

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

1	Korea Republic	97.942	27.942	70.000	1
2	United Arab Emirates	93.501	24.511	68.990	7
3	Saudi Arabia	88.071	18.898	69.173	2
4	China PR	84.674	22.391	62.283	8
5	Iran	84.108	30.000	54.108	3
6	Japan	82.993	25.946	57.047	4
7	Australia	80.402	26.570	53.832	6
8	Qatar	78.719	14.782	63.937	9
9	Uzbekistan	59.804	20.395	39.409	5
10	Jordan	44.698	23.202	21.496	12
11	Kuwait	42.757	7.297	35.459	11
12	Iraq	41.737	15.281	26.457	10
13	Thailand	40.636	11.975	28.661	13
14	Syria	38.306	15.156	23.150	19
15	Vietnam	35.883	13.285	22.598	15
16	Hong Kong	35.001	8.545	26.457	20
17	Bahrain	34.194	14.719	19.475	16
18	Malaysia	32.492	8.607	23.885	22
19	India	32.327	13.035	19.291	23
20	Tajikistan	24.565	13.909	10.656	28
21	Oman	24.509	14.220	10.289	14
22	Lebanon	23.614	8.732	14.882	17
23	Philippines	22.637	15.655	6.982	27
24	Myanmar	22.203	8.607	13.596	21
25	Indonesia	21.865	3.493	18.373	18
26	Maldives	18.026	7.921	10.105	26
27	Singapore	17.669	8.482	9.186	24
28	Turkmenistan	16.883	12.474	4.409	30
29	Palestine	16.020	12.162	3.858	25
30	Kyrgyzstan	15.149	14.782	0.367	32
31	Afghanistan	13.784	13.784	0.000	29
32	Yemen	11.476	11.476	0.000	35
33	Korea DPR	9.356	9.356	0.000	31
34	Laos	8.442	6.237	2.205	33
35	Cambodia	7.048	7.048	0.000	42
36	Bangladesh	6.030	4.927	1.102	37
37	Guam	5.052	5.052	0.000	34
38	Nepal	4.553	4.553	0.000	38
39	Timor-Leste	3.742	3.742	0.000	39
40	Chinese Taipei	3.243	3.243	0.000	43
41	Sri Lanka	3.181	3.181	0.000	36
42	Pakistan	2.495	2.495	0.000	39
43	Bhutan	1.996	1.996	0.000	46
43	Brunei Darussalam	1.996	1.996	0.000	45
43	Macau	1.996	1.996	0.000	41
46	Mongolia	0.249	0.249	0.000	44

Jordan overtook Kuwait and are 6th in the West - this means a direct CL slot.

Tajikistan's two wins in the AFC Asian Cup 2019 play-offs helped them jump from 27th to 20th, pushing Indonesia out of the CL spots.

The fight between Vietnam and Hong Kong is getting very interesting (well, at least for me). They met a couple of days ago in a friendly and Vietnam prevailed on PSO. Vietnam then added a win vs. Singapore, while Hong Kong lost to Myanmar. Thus Vietnam are back in 6th (within the East region and with a direct CL slot), but by less than 1 point.

Using the same conditions as those in the 2016 AFC CL (i.e. Kuwait suspended; Iraq, Oman, Bahrain, Lebanon and Syria with no licensed clubs), this is how allocations and qualification shape up - assuming Tajikistan's champions get the license (yes, I'm being nice to them, isn't it?). I also assume Tajikistan will be moved to the East - to have 12 MAs in each region.

West

GS = Group Stage
PO = Play-off
PR2 = 2nd preliminary round
PR1 = 1st preliminary round

Association - 2016 [GS - PO - PR2 - PR1] - 2017 [GS - PO - PR2 - PR1]

United Arab Emirates	2	2	0	0	3	1	0	0
Saudi Arabia	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0
Iran	3	1	0	0	2	2	0	0
Qatar	1	2	0	0	2	2	0	0
Uzbekistan	3	1	0	0	1	1	1	0
Jordan	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0

Matches

Preliminary round

[1] Uzbekistan 3 vs. Al-Ahli (Jordan)

Play-off round

Al-Wahda (United Emirates) vs. Match [1] winners
Al-Taawoun (Saudi Arabia) vs. Uzbekistan 2
Persepolis(Iran) vs. Al-Sadd (Qatar)
Esteghlal (Iran) vs. El Jaish (Qatar)



East

GS = Group Stage
PO = Play-off
PR2 = 2nd preliminary round
PR1 = 1st preliminary round

Association - 2016 [GS - PO - PR2 - PR1] - 2017 [GS - PO - PR2 - PR1]

Korea Republic	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0
China PR	2	1	1	0	3	1	0	0
Japan	3	1	0	0	2	1	1	0
Australia	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0
Thailand	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
Vietnam	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
Hong Kong	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Malaysia	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
India	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Tajikistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Philippines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Myanmar	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1

Matches

Preliminary round 1

[2] Bengaluru FC (India) vs. Myanmar 1
[3] Tajikistan 1 vs. Philippines 1

Preliminary round 2

[4] Japan 4 vs. Match [3] winners
[5] Thailand 1 vs. Match [2] winners
[6] Thailand 2 vs. Malaysia 1
[7] Vietnam 2 vs. Eastern (Hong Kong)

Play-off round

Korea Republic 4 vs. Match [7] winners
China PR 4 vs. Match [6] winners
Japan 3 vs. Match [5] winners
Brisbane Roar (Australia) vs. Match [4] winners

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