ZURICH (Reuters) - Belgium reached a best-ever sixth place in the FIFA rankings on Thursday while Japan, Asia's highest-placed team, dropped five positions to a modest 42nd.
The standings continued to make embarrassing reading for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) with Iran (48) their only other team in the top 50.
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