The latest FIFA rankings

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The Super Falcons of Nigeria have been given a big boost ahead of the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup as they have soared in the latest FIFA’s world ratings. The Super Falcons of Nigeria have become the highest rated team in Africa.

The latest FIFA rankings will not have gone down well with the other African powerhouses of female football as the Banyana Banyana of South Africa dropped down a few places just like the Black Queens of Ghana.

Nigeria’s Super Falcons climbed one place to 38th position in the World in Fifa’s latest women’s world rankings as mixed fortunes hit a host of the continent’s heavyweights. Thomas Dennerby’s team dropped one place to 39th in December despite winning the African Women’s Cup of Nations in Ghana.

However, an encouraging record of three wins in six international friendlies in 2019 lifted them to 38th and remain top of the log in Africa. The top four teams in Africa stay unchanged with 2019 Women’s World Cup campaigners Cameroon, South Africa and Ghana occupying the second, third and fourth positions respectively.

Cameroon remained motionless, occupying the same 46th spot with no top friendly in 2019, while South Africa dropped one place to 49th after failing to secure a win in six games since January.

On the global scene, world champions USA and Germany retained the top two spots, while England climbed to third following their SheBelieves Cup triumph as World Cup hosts, France dropped to fourth in the world. England leapfrogged France into third position in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s Ranking – the last edition ahead of this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup™.

The in-form Lionesses swapped places with Les Bleues on the back of winning the SheBelieves Cup earlier this month and, in doing so, struck the latest blow in an increasingly long-running battle. This, in fact, is the fourth successive ranking in which England and France have exchanged positions behind the leading duo of USA ) and Germany who have continued to retain their positions at the top of the log.

With the next ranking set for July 12, African representatives Nigeria, Cameroon and South Africa will be hoping to excel at the global women’s football showpiece which kicks off in June in France.

Fifa Rankings: Top 10 in Africa

1. Nigeria
2. Cameroon
3. South Africa
4. Ghana
5. Cote d’ivoire

6. Equatorial Guinea
7. Morocco
8. Algeria
9. Mali
10. Senegal

FIFA Rankings: Top 10 in the World

United States of America

Germany

England

France

Canada

6. Australia

7. Japan

8. Netherlands

10. Brazil

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