Football is the world's number one sport, while Asia is the world's number one continent of population. As we all know, Asian football started late and the overall average level has long been admired by the last place among all continents of the world. Asian teams' performance in the World Cup final circle has also been hovering between the group's exit and the top 16 for a long time.
In addition, the development of internal football in Asia is also quite unbalanced. There is a big gap between the top Asian teams and the last Asian teams. Tragedy of 7-8 goals or even more than 10 goals occurs from time to time in the Asian intercontinental FIFA competitions.
needs to be supplemented first. According to statistics, there are currently 210 countries and regions participating in the FIFA ranking ranking, of which 46 are from Asia. First of all, the ranking data of the above countries that are often mentioned are China currently ranked 75th in the world (8th in Asia), Vietnam currently ranked 98th in the world (17th in Asia), India currently ranked 104th in the world (19th in Asia), and Myanmar currently ranked 152th in the world (29th in Asia).
off-topic, although national football team plays Vietnam as the eighth and seventeenth in Asia, in fact, there are 11 Asian teams in the range from 75th to 100th in the world. In fact, there are not too big gaps in the Asian teams in this range.
So, when it comes to the weakest team among the weakest teams in Asian teams, I wonder which team you will think of? In this article, the author will take stock of the five weak teams in the bottom of the Asian football ranking based on the latest World Football Ranking so far for reference.
The fifth last team in Asia: Brunei
Asia ranking: 42nd; World ranking: 188.
Brunei is an economically developed small Asian country. The degree and scope of social welfare are very complete. The country has the conditions for developing football. There are many stadium facilities for the nationals to play football. The Brunei Football Super League was established early. However, Brunei people are not enthusiastic about sports. The strength of Brunei football has always been the bottom team in Asia, and FIFA competitions focus on participating in the level of participation.
. Is it the most representative player in Brunei football? I have to mention their captain Faik Bauchia, who is a member of the Brunei royal family. His father is the prince of Brunei and his uncle is the king of Brunei. The rich and prosperous Brunei royal family has always supported the royal prince in pursuing his football dream. He sent him to the UK early to learn football and used the means of recharge krypton gold to keep him practicing in the youth training camp of a well-known Premier League club for many years.
Before adulthood, Fiek stopped in the youth training echelons of Southampton, Chelsea, and Leicester City . Unfortunately, after all, he was just talented or had a lot of retreat and had insufficient motivation to move forward. Faique, who has enjoyed first-class football education since childhood, finally failed to gain a foothold in the Premier League even in the English Championship. Currently, the 23-year-old Faik plays in the midfield team of Chonburi, the top Thai league team.
The fourth last team in Asia: East Timor
Asia ranking: 43; World ranking: 196.
For a long time, East Timor was a colony. In history, it changed hands between Portugal, the Netherlands, Japan and Indonesian . It was not until May 20, 2002 that it got rid of this identity and became a real country. In terms of economy, East Timor, located near the equator and with a hot climate, is considered a very backward country in Asia. It is still laying the foundation in terms of transportation systems, culture and education, and the national illiteracy rate is very high.
However, East Timor still attaches great importance to football, a sports event that can bring happiness and health to the people. In 2002, when the founding of the People's Republic of China, the East Timorese, who were in disarray, immediately established the Football Association and entered the AFC . Later, they became a member of FIFA in 2005. As for the level of Timor-Leste football? Judging from the current situation, it can only be said that the East Timor football team focuses on the degree of participation, and most of them ended in Asian competitions with a crushing defeat.
I remember that in 2011, there was a Korean movie called "Barefoot Dream" that once entered the selection of the best foreign language films in the Oscars. The film was adapted from an inspirational sports story that happened in the real world, telling the story of this: Kim Shin-hwan, a former Korean professional player who was heavily in debt, went to East Timor to look for business opportunities to open a sports goods store in 2004. Finally, he found that children in East Timor could not afford football shoes and all played barefoot. So Kim Shin-hwan was deeply attracted by the pure love for football in the East Timor children and stayed to form the East Timor Youth Team, which was incredibly leading the team to win the championship in the International Junior Championships.
The football level in different countries is high and low, but the pursuit of excellence and hard work on the football path no matter where it happens, such as in East Timor, is actually worthy of recognition.
The third last team in Asia: Pakistan
Asia ranking: 44th; World ranking: 198.
Asian football world ranked third from the bottom and belongs to our Pakistani brothers. In terms of climate, Pakistan is not a country suitable for football development. Except for the conditions for developing football and building green courts in the south, other places are mostly deserted places with snow or extremely drought all year round. The progress of domestic football professionalization is slow, and the national team has never appeared in the final circle of the competition.
In fact, Pakistan has attended many FIFA events, mostly looking for players of Palestinian descent outside to represent the country. The most representative of them is the central defender Zesh Rehman , who has left footprints in several British clubs such as Fulham , Queen's Park Rangers, Bradford . When will Pakistan's football have the opportunity to develop? Perhaps it is only a day when the national football team Lao Tie understands the trick and has the spare time to support Pakistan's construction.
Primary team in Asia: Sri Lanka
Asia ranking: 45; World ranking: 204.
If Asia is the largest football desert, then South Asia located in Asia is the desert in the football desert, and the island country Sri Lanka, which has a population of more than 20 million, is the bottom team in South Asia.
How bleak is Sri Lanka’s football? The Sri Lankan men's football team, founded in 1939, has never qualified for qualifying in both the World Cup and the Asian Cup and the peripheral stages. In the history of the World Cup peripherals, they waited until last year's match against Lebanon to score the first goal in the history of the World Cup qualifying match.
Asia's last team: Guam
Asia ranking: 46; World ranking: 206.
Guam is the territory of the United States in the Western Pacific. It is geographically close to Oceania and Asia, and the registered Football Association is also owned by the AFC. According to statistics, there are about 160,000 residents in Guam, a size of 540 square kilometers, which has long been regarded as an island. Due to its dependence on American sports culture, for two reasons, the atmosphere of football and the number of participating people are difficult to compare with many Asian teams.
Strictly speaking, Guam’s team is just a half-professional team, with the top players playing in regional leagues in the United States or still playing in college leagues. Therefore, my long-term image is the weak team that scores goals for the opponent.
Time goes back to January 26, 2000. The Chinese men's football team , which is in the top team's history, defeated Guam 19-0 in the Asian qualifiers, creating the biggest score in the team's history. In that game, even Li Tie was able to blossom and score a goal.
In the top 40 World Cup held in May last year, the Chinese national football team won Guam 7-0 under the leadership of Li Tie. Many years later, Guam is still the team that is weak in Guam and is at the top five in the world, and the national football team is no longer the first-class national football team in Asia.
