Nigeria’s Super Eagles has now 31st best team in the world and third in Africa on the back of their remarkable performance at the 2021 African Nations Cup, AFCON in Cameroon.
Eagles under Interim Coach Augustine Eguavoen moved five spots from the December 2020 ratings in the FIFA Rankings.
It would recalled that Nigeria is the only team to record a per cent record in the group stage of the continental tournament after they beat Egypt 1-0, went past Sudan 3-1 before beating Guinea Bissau 2-0.
Kelechi Iheanacho was the official Man of the Match against Egypt after his match winner, Moses Simon scooped the award in the comfortable win over Sudan, while stand-in captain William Ekong took the top individual prize in Wednesday night’s victory over Guinea Bissau.
The Eagles will be one of the five seeded teams for the draw of the 2022 World Cup final playoffs on Saturday.
