Baghdad – IA
Today, Friday, Iraq returned to the list of the monthly women’s national team rankings issued by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA).
According to the list released today, Iraq ranked 172nd after the women’s national team participated in the West Asian Federation Championship, which was hosted by the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last February.
Regardless of the results recorded by the team, it succeeded in officially returning to the classification list after an absence that lasted for years following the last participation of our advanced women’s national team in the Asian Cup qualifiers in Tajikistan in 2017, which placed Iraq in the classification list. However, the failure to form a national team The absence of entries pushed Iraq off the list before returning to the rankings, with a total of (862.8) points, ranking (172).”
The Women’s Committee in the Iraqi Football Federation seeks to take advantage of the pause in FIFA DAY during the coming months with the aim of continuing to play friendly international matches and participating in regional, Arab and continental competitions in order to advance to more advanced positions.”
According to the list, “Iraq came before Bhutan, Lesotho, Saudi Arabia, Gabon, Macau, and Guinea Bissau.”