Soccer
Thai League is ranked 9th, the best league in Asia, is ranked 4th in East Asia.
"Revo Thai League", the highest league of Thai teams, ranked 4th in the East Asian professional football league. And is ranked 9th in Asia in the AFC Club Competition Ranking 2021, retaining ACL 2023 in the 2+2 quota for one more season.
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) website has announced the AFC Club Competition Ranking for the 2021 season. Thailand received a total score of 51.92, ranked 9th in Asia. and is ranked 4th in East Asia after the professional soccer leagues of the People's Republic of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea.
Thailand's aggregate scores for professional football clubs for three seasons from 2018, 2019 and 2021 (2020 will not be scored because the AFC Cup matches were canceled due to the COVID-19 situation. in that season), in which the scores of the domestic league (In East Asia) Thailand's total is 29.750 points, second only to the Chinese Super League with 34.350 points, Japan's J-League at 53.525 points and South Korea's K-League at 54.700 points, respectively.
Combined with the club's performance in the AFC Champions League last season, Made Thailand get a total of 51.92 points, ranked 9th in Asia.
The results of the AFC Club Competition Ranking for the 2021 season in the top 10 (with all scores) are as follows:
1. Saudi Arabia 100 points
2. Republic of Korea 95.462 points
3. Japan 93.412 points
4. Islamic Republic of Iran 77.792 votes
5. Qatar 75.131 points
6. Uzbekistan 64.712 points
7. People's Republic of China 59.948 votes
8. United Arab Emirates 52.588 votes
9. Thai 51.920 points
10. Jordan 46.131 points
causing Thailand to have a quota to compete in the AFC battle Champions League or Asian Club Football Championship With the number of teams 2 + 2 (2 teams are eligible to play in the automatic group stage with 2 teams playing in the play-off / qualifying round) for another season, the AFC CLUB COMPETITIONS RANKING's scoring principle is to bring the points that Each nation's clubs compete in the two Asian Cups, the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup, each year, combined and averaged. It is the raw score of the club each year. Which will use the score from the past 4 years to be combined to become the raw score of all clubs (Club Point)
Then the club's raw scores are taken. To hit a percentage with a nation that has a score in this section, No. 1 of the continent, comes out as a total score (Total Point) and is taken in order. to allocate quotas to each nation Quota announcements will change every 2 years, starting with odd-numbered years (2021, 2023), and new quotas will be announced at the end of the Asian Cup. Of the year that ends with odd numbers (2021, 2023) Thai League would like to thank all professional football clubs for their contribution and full performance in the AFC's continental football tournament. The Thai League will continue to maintain standards at the Asian level.