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Latest FIFA Ranking:Zambia Moves To 4th Place in Africa, 43th Place In The World
The CAF Africa Cup of Nations has left its mark on the latest edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, with Zambia, who won their first continental title in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, climbing to 43rd. This is the first time since February 2001 that the side, coached by Herve Renard, have made it into the top 50.
Despite losing on penalties in the decider, Côte d’Ivoire (15th, up 3) remain Africa’s highest-positioned team. Aside from the two finalists, third-placed Mali (44th, up 25) as well as host nations Gabon (45th, up 46) and Equatorial Guinea (110th, up 41) have made considerable ground.
Changes are also to be seen in the top ten, with Germany (2nd, up 1) bumping the Netherlands out of second place to take up position behind Spain, and Portugal (6th, up 1) and Italy (8th, up 1) also making headway. Denmark have moved into the top ten (10th, up 1), pushing Argentina down to 11th.
All of these changes in the FIFA/Coca-Cola Ranking are due to the devaluation of matches from previous years, as no top-ten team has played a match in the last month.
The balance of power between the confederations remains relatively unchanged: UEFA has 27 teams in the top 50 (down 1), CONMEBOL has nine, CAF six, CONCACAF four (up 1), the AFC four and the OFC zero.
The results of 51 international matches have been taken into account in compiling the current edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola Ranking, of which 32 took place as part of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations and 19 were friendlies.
The next FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be issued on 7 March 2012, one week earlier than originally planned.
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Chinyopilo
February 15, 2012 at 6:53 pm
Ba Tumfweko, there you go again with your grammatical mistakes. Just as one can’t say ‘twenty-twoth’(22th),you’re off the mark when you report ‘fourty-threeth’(43th).Please improve.
Zed sharks
February 15, 2012 at 8:11 pm
Eliens mother z no 4 n africa &43 in de world & not zambia.zambia 1 n africa & 4th worldwide.no further boooooooooooooooooooshit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!a!!!!a
Solicitor General
February 15, 2012 at 8:53 pm
mmmmm 43th. Wa tyola boyi!!
Alinany Sikazwe
February 15, 2012 at 9:17 pm
We deserve that position, Hope we raech namba 1 soon enough.
Alien
February 15, 2012 at 9:31 pm
Am sorry bloggers. My comments were just meant to bring in different opinions. Sorry if my comments had caused any injury!
Sikufele
February 16, 2012 at 1:39 pm
FIFA rankings are a shum. Why should a team that lifts the continental cup be forth (4th) to the team that it beat hands down? Why should the Chipolopolo be fourth to countries that failed to even qualify to the just wound up edition of the AfCoN? Why were the so- called football pundits persistently refering to such teams like Egypt, Nigeria, Cameroon, South Africa etc as the giants of African football? The fact that they failed to qualify mean that they are currently minnows in African football until they proove themselves on the pitch. Abash FIFA. Hayatou also should not just fold his hands, say something about this injustice. Maybe you prefered a French speaking country to lift the trophy???? I have said my own ooooh
e-mac
February 16, 2012 at 1:47 pm
ba tumfweko some of us are not as educated as others.please it is your responsibility to get the news and communicate it to a common Zambian in a simplfied version.
bobo
February 16, 2012 at 4:41 pm
I share the same views with Sekufele, we are the champions and wether FIFA rank us 4th or last, their favouristes failed to beat us we buchered them and wired the Elephants. So we deserve to be number one. FIFA should explain to us not just ranking us 4th injustly. Does it mean that even FIFA has failed to accept that we are the Champions? Please FIFA accept reality Zambia is the champion.
ray
February 16, 2012 at 5:37 pm
Iwe ka alien what’s wrong with you, *****
Just go back where aliens will tolerate you