Nigeria has moved up four places and now ranks 32nd in the latest FIFA rankings despite an early exit from the 2021 African Cup of Nations in Cameroon.
In Africa, Nigeria ranks third behind Morocco(second) and AFCON
2021 winners, Senegal, which ranks first. Others behind Nigeria are
Egypt, Tunisia, Cameroon, Algeria, Mali and the Ivory Coast.
Senegal currently sits at the 18th position in the world ranking after
emerging champions of the 2021 AFCON.
Previous AFCON champions, Algeria, who were number one in Africa,
slipped to 43 in world ranking while Mali occupy the 48th position and
Ivory Coast in 51st spot.
The number one team in the world ranking remains Belgium followed
by Brazil, France, Argentina, England, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Denmark
and Netherlands.
FIFA said the new ranking method named relies on adding/subtracting
points won or lost for a game to/from the previous point totals rather
than averaging game points over a given time period as in the previous
version of the World Ranking.
