.17th
in Africa
Nigeria’s
Super Eagles dropped nine spots to occupy 70th position in the
latest FIFA world ranking released on Thursday. The Eagles
were 61st in the month of June and 12th in the continent.
The latest
ranking showed that Eagles are miserably placed in the 70th spot and poorly
17th on the continent while Algeria maintained their number one spot on the
African.
The
Elephants of Ivory Coast are second in Africa and 35th in the world while
Ghana’s Black Stars are rated third best in Africa and 36th in the world and
Senegal are fourth and 41st in the world.
Other better
and highly rated African countries are Egypt, Tunisia, Cameroon, Morocco, Congo
DR, Mali, Cape Verde Island, Guinea and South Africa in the 5th – 13th
positions respectively.
The other
countries that occupied the 14th – 16th positions are Benin Republic, Uganda
and Congo.
Nigeria once
a powerhouse in African football are now overtaken by hitherto lowly rated
countries like Benin Republic, Uganda, among others.
Argentina
remain at the summit of the July Fifa world ranking but only after a tumultuous
month of action that resulted in plenty of movement further down.
Belgium
occupy the number two spot and Colombia, Germany, Chile and Euro 2016
champions, Portugal taking the number three – six positions.
The Euro
2016 runners-up, France, Spain, Brazil and Italy make up the top 10 spots in
the world.
A total of
228 ‘A’ internationals contributed to the new order with those big events in
Oceania, Europe and the Americas especially important in propelling nations
upwards.
New Zealand
emerged as the month’s biggest climbers moving up a whopping 54 places to 93rd
on the back of an OFC Nations Cup victory that both qualified the All Whites
for the 2017 Fifa Confederations Cup and furthered their Fifa World Cup
qualifying ambitions.
The next
Fifa world ranking will be published on Thursday, August 11, 2016.
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