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Kuala Lumpur: Japan maintained their status as Asia’s top side in the latest FIFA Men’s World Ranking released on Thursday, despite slipping two places to sit 19th globally, with the top 10 remaining unchanged.

Kuwait made the biggest jump, moving three spots to 135 and 25th in Asia.

There were also positive moves for Tajikistan (104), Malaysia (123), Turkmenistan (138) and the Philippines – who all improved their global rankings by two spots.

Islamic Republic of Iran also dropped one spot to 21st but held on to second position in Asia, while Korea Republic strengthened their hold on third, remaining 23rd in the world. .....

🇯🇵 Samurai Blue continue their dominance while 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan, 🇯🇴 Jordan, 🇴🇲 Oman and 🇧🇭 Bahrain all improve in the latest #FIFARanking! pic.twitter.com/0QFaobN5DA
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