Vietnam women's football team celebrate their gold medal victory at SEA Games 30 on December 8, 2019. (Photo: VnExpress)

Despite playing no games in 2020, the women's football team of Vietnam still ascended the FIFA Women’s ranking since North Korea would not compete in any international football tournament under FIFA management for the next two years, seeing them exit the ranking. This caused many teams in the top 50 to move up a spot.

With North Korea’s departure from the ranking, Vietnam moved to 35th in the world and entered the top five teams in Asia with 1,657 points. At the top of Asia is Australia with 1,963 points, followed by Japan (1,937), China (1,867) and South Korea (1,818).

In Southeast Asia, Vietnam are number one, with 61 more points than arch-rivals Thailand in second. The remaining teams in the top five are Myanmar, the Philippines, and Malaysia.

The top five teams in the world are the US, followed by Germany, France, the Netherlands and Australia.