FIFA Rankings: Super Falcons Climb To 38th Position - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 29, 2019
Nigeriahas climbed to the 38th position in the latest FIFA women’s world rankingsreleased on the FIFA official website on Friday.
TheSuper Falcons maintained their position as number one in Africa after amassinga total of 1,599 points and moving just one spot upwards from their previous39th position on the 155 team rankings.
theranking is coming barely three months ahead of the Women’s FIFA World Cup,which is scheduled to hold in France from June 7 to July 7.
TheSuper Falcons current position was boosted by their third place finish at afour-nation invitational tournament in China and an impressive run in a12-nation tourney in Cyprus.
Thereigning African champions ended the competition on a positive note with twowins and two defeats after beating Slovakia 4-3 and trouncing Thailand 3-0 tofinish on seventh position.
Nigeriawas followed on the rankings by Cameroon who maintained their 46th positionwith a total of 1,499 points, while South Africa dropped one spot to the 49thposition with 1,485 points to finish third on the continent.