AFC MA Ranking update (21 April 2017)

Weighting for the FIFA ranking part of the formula dropped from 30% to 10%. The MA ranking at the end of the club season (November 2017) will be used to determine the slot allocations for the 2019 and 2020 seasons.



FIFA ranking points computed for November 2017, considering scheduled matches as defeats.

See previous update.

West

Bahrain overtook Jordan, and their champion will play away to the Indian champions instead of Uzbekistan's 3rd team who will host the Jordanian champions.

Rank - Association - Total - NT Points - Club Points

1	United Arab Emirates	94.082	4.082	90.000
2	Qatar	83.085	3.407	79.678
3	Saudi Arabia	77.007	7.331	69.676
4	Iran	65.768	10.000	55.768
5	Uzbekistan	45.227	6.107	39.120
6	Iraq	36.668	3.783	32.885
7	Kuwait	27.535	0.816	26.719
8	Syria	26.844	5.149	21.695
9	India	25.692	2.512	23.180
10	Bahrain	25.438	2.418	23.020
11	Jordan	24.687	3.312	21.375
12	Lebanon	20.475	2.433	18.042
13	Tajikistan	18.249	1.852	16.397
14	Oman	11.896	2.716	9.180
15	Turkmenistan	11.567	2.684	8.883
16	Maldives	9.919	1.287	8.632
17	Palestine	8.753	2.998	5.755
18	Kyrgyzstan	4.782	3.093	1.689
19	Yemen	2.669	2.669	0.000
20	Afghanistan	2.090	1.884	0.206
21	Bangladesh	1.967	0.597	1.370
22	Bhutan	1.069	0.863	0.206
23	Nepal	0.659	0.659	0.000
24	Sri Lanka	0.388	0.251	0.137
25	Pakistan	0.235	0.235	0.000

Using the same conditions as those in the 2017 AFC CL (i.e. Kuwait suspended; Iraq, Syria and Lebanon with no licensed clubs), these would be the allocations:

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

Matches:

UAE 4 vs. (IND 1 vs. BHR 1)
QAT 4 vs. (UZB 3 vs. JOR 1)
KSA 4 vs. IRN 4
IRN 3 vs. UZB 2

East

Malaysia closing in on Hong Kong and the coveted 6th place (that grants a direct ACL GS slot). Malaysia were 1.368 points behind in the last update. Now the difference was halved - only 0.662 points.
Singapore leapfrog Myanmar. That's the second drop in as many updates for Myanmar - Philippines passed them in the previous update. Singapore's champions will travel to Philippines instead of Indonesia, with Myanmar doing the opposite. In the AFC Cup, Singapore will play against Cambodia instead of Laos.

Rank - Association - Total - NT Points - Club Points

1	Korea Republic	89.834	7.347	82.487
2	China PR	74.467	6.436	68.031
3	Japan	70.742	8.603	62.139
4	Australia	66.264	6.797	59.467
5	Thailand	38.488	2.794	35.694
6	Hong Kong	31.419	1.617	29.802
7	Malaysia	30.757	1.366	29.391
8	Vietnam	27.988	2.684	25.304
9	Indonesia	18.932	2.261	16.671
10	Philippines	17.035	2.967	14.068
11	Singapore	16.087	1.334	14.753
12	Myanmar	15.470	1.586	13.884
13	Korea DPR	4.041	2.214	1.827
14	Laos	3.919	0.973	2.946
15	Cambodia	3.389	1.083	2.306
16	Chinese Taipei	1.319	1.319	0.000
17	Brunei Darussalam	0.706	0.706	0.000
18	Macau	0.691	0.691	0.000
19	Guam	0.675	0.675	0.000
20	Timor-Leste	0.502	0.502	0.000
21	Mongolia	0.267	0.267	0.000

I assume Indonesian clubs will participate.

Korea Republic 3+1
China PR       3+1
Japan          2+2
Australia      2+1
Thailand       1+2
Hong Kong      1+1
Malaysia       0+1
Vietnam        0+1
Indonesia      0+1
Philippines    0+1
Singapore      0+1
Myanmar        0+1

Matches:

KOR 4 vs. (HKG 2 vs. MAS 1)
CHN 4 vs. (THA 3 vs. VIE 1)
JPN 3 vs. [THA 2 vs. (IDN 1 vs. MYA 1)]
JPN 4 vs. [AUS 3 vs. (PHI 1 vs. SIN 1)]

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