The recent FIFA ranking updated on Thursday confirmed the first African place to Ivory Coast. The Elephants always monopolize the ranking at the continental level but lose a rank worldwide. They are 19th.
Ghana maintains its second place with 815 points and is ranked 24th worldwide. The Black Stars are followed by Algeria (28th) and Cape Verde (31st). The African top five is completed by Nigeria, 37th worldwide.
Egypt qualified for the 2014 World Cup World 7th in Africa and 49th worldwide, followed by Burkina Faso (50th). Tunisia even though eliminated from the playoffs is ahead of Cameroon, which completes the African Top 10.
Senegal is the only team qualified for the World Cup qualifiers dams that is not included in the Top 10. They are ranked 11th and 66th worldwide. Ethiopia also qualified for the play-offs dosen't even match in the Top 20. Walyas are 25th in Africa.
Well we are in the Top 50 thats a great Achievement for me as a Nigerian personally .Here is the full Top 20 list :
1. Ivory Coast
2. Ghana
3. Algeria
4. Cape Verde
5. Nigeria
6. Mali
7. Egypt
8 Burkina Faso
9. Tunisia
10. Cameroon
11. Senegal
12. South Africa
13. Libya
14. Zambia
15. Sierra Leone
16. Morocco
17. Guinea
18. Togo
19. Uganda
20. Gabon
While the Top 10 list in the World is as follows :
The full list is as follows:
1. Spain
2.Argentina
3.Germany
4.Italy
5.Colombia
6.Belgium
7.Uruguay
8.Brazil
9.Netherlands
10.Croatia
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