Thailandalso rose one spot with 1,620 points, but was two spots behind Vietnam in theworld rankings and one spot in Asia rankings.
InAsia, Australia took the lead with 1,963 points, followed by Japan, theDemocratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), China and the Republic of Korea(RoK).
Inthe world rankings, the US came first with 2,174 points while Germany rankedsecond with 2,078 points. The Netherlands was third with 2,035 points andFrance next with 2,033 points.
Afterwinning the championship at the recently-ended 30th SEA Games, theVietnamese women football team set the goal of winning a ticket for the OlympicTokyo 2020, with the qualifying round scheduled for February 3-9 in the RoK.
Vietnam isin Group A with the RoK, the DPRK and Myanmar. The top two teams in the twogroups will progress to the play-off round scheduled for March 6 (first leg)and March 11 (second leg). The two play-off round winners will represent Asiaat the 2020 Summer Olympics, along with Japan which is qualified as the host./.