Hong Myung-bo's Hong Myung-bo Team FIFA ranking also crashed in shock, heralding the 'lowest ranking' after Klinsman.

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As the South Korean national soccer team lost two consecutive games in the final mock test ahead of the 2026 FIFA 2026 FIFA North and Central America World Cup, the FIFA ranking also fell.

According to the FIFA official website on the 1st, South Korea's real-time FIFA ranking has fallen three places from 22nd to 25th in January. FIFA has been releasing FIFA rankings in real time since last month.

There may be changes in the final ranking depending on the results of other teams during the remaining A-match period, but the decline in the ranking itself cannot be avoided.

South Korea lost 5.73 points in the FIFA rankings due to its 0-4 defeat against Ivory Coast on the 28th of last month, and lost 0-1 to Austria in Vienna, Austria, on the 1st, down 5.05 points more.

FIFA ranking points are calculated in consideration of the difference in points between the two teams and the weight of games such as World Cup finals and friendly matches, and South Korea suffered a large loss of FIFA ranking points due to consecutive losses to Ivory Coast and Austria, which have lower FIFA rankings.

South Korea, which lost more than 10 FIFA ranking points in the A-match evaluation match alone in March, recorded 1588.06 points, falling from 22nd place in January to 25th place.

If South Korea's ranking is confirmed at 25th in the April FIFA rankings, which will be announced this month, South Korea's FIFA ranking will be the lowest since September 2023 (26th) under Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany).

South Korea's FIFA ranking, which was 22nd right after Klinsmann's replacement, remained 22nd to 23rd since Hong Myung-bo was appointed, and the shock of the second consecutive defeat has inevitably led to a drop in the ranking.

In Asia, it will remain in third place first, but the gap with Japan, which narrowed to three steps in January, is expected to widen to seven steps.

Japan accumulated 3.66 FIFA ranking points with a 1-0 victory over Scotland last month, and added a whopping 6.65 points on the 1st along with a stunning 1-0 victory over England, which is ranked fourth in the FIFA rankings. The FIFA ranking point gap between Korea and Japan widened to 71.77 points.

Meanwhile, Spain, which has been ranked first in FIFA rankings for a long time, beat Serbia during the A-match period in March, but drew with Egypt, reducing FIFA ranking points, and Argentina defeated Mauritania and Zambia, but the difference in power was so large that FIFA ranking points were only 0.63 and 0.86 points, respectively, falling one place by one. France, which defeated Brazil and Colombia in a row during the same period, is expected to rise to No. 1.

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