As of June 20, 2023, the Chinese women’s football team ranks 14th in the world.
In the latest women’s football world rankings released by FIFA, the Chinese women’s football team ranked 14th, and the U.S. women’s football team still ranked first in the world. The Chinese women's football team's points dropped from 1856.98 points to 1854.49 points, and the ranking dropped one place. The drop in points is due to the fact that in two European warm-up matches in April, the Chinese women's football team tied with the Swiss team 0:0 and lost 0:3 to the Spanish team. The Danish team surpassed the Chinese team and occupied the 13th position.
The top five teams in the world have not changed. They are still the United States, Germany, Sweden, England and France. The Spanish team surpassed the Canadian team to occupy sixth place, and the Canadian team ranked seventh; the Brazilian team surpassed the Dutch team to rank eighth, and the Dutch team ranked ninth; the Australian team is still tenth, and the Japanese team and the Norwegian team ranked 11th and 12th respectively.
History of the Chinese women's football team:
In the 2022 Indian Women's Asian Cup semi-finals, the Chinese women's football team defeated the Japanese team on a penalty kick on February 3, 2022 to advance to the 2022 Women's Asian Cup final. On February 6, the Chinese women's football team defeated the South Korean team 3:2 in the 2022 Indian Women's Asian Cup final, winning the Asian Cup again after 16 years. On February 10, the jersey signed by all members of the Chinese women’s football team was put into the collection of the China Sports Museum.
On the afternoon of March 25, FIFA announced the latest FIFA women’s national team rankings, which is also the first ranking in 2022. Compared with the 2021 end-of-year rankings, the Chinese women's football team's ranking has risen by 3 places to 16th, surpassing South Korea and returning to the top 4 in Asia.
On the afternoon of June 17, FIFA released the latest world ranking of the women’s national team on its official website. The Chinese women’s football team ranked 16th in the world and 4th in the AFC. On July 20, in the first round of the East Asian Cup women's football team, the Chinese women's football team defeated the Chinese Taipei women's football team 2-0 and got off to a good start.
On the evening of July 23rd, Beijing time, the Chinese women’s football team drew 1-1 with the South Korean women’s football team in the second round of the 2022 East Asian Cup. After two games, they had 1 win and 1 draw. On July 26, in the final round of the 2022 East Asian Cup women's football team, the Chinese women's football team drew 0-0 with the Japanese women's football team and won the runner-up of this East Asian Cup with 1 win and 2 draws.