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Chipolopolo slip in rankings
African Champions Zambia have slipped to fifth place on the continental ranking from fourth place which they occupied after winning the Africa Cup in Gabon in February.
This is despite the Chipolopolo boys climbing one place on the latest FIFA Coca Cola rankings posted today and monitored by QFM Sports News.
Zambia who have accumulated 640 points are now ranked 40th in the world from the previous 41st.
Mali the 2012 AFCON third finishers have leapfrogged Zambia to move in fourth position on the continent and 39th in the world.
Zambia’s slip from fourth to fifth position on the continent could be attributed to the Chipolopolo boys’inactivity since returning from the Africa cup.
Ivory Coast, Ghana and Algeria have maintained their positions of first, second and third respectively.
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paul mbebeta
April 11, 2012 at 7:47 pm
pipo educate me! why shud we slip when we are the champs,is it bcoz its zambia ?
shipolopolo
April 11, 2012 at 7:49 pm
They have gone to sleep bafikala nokuntomba
musochita
April 11, 2012 at 7:50 pm
Guess Power’s lose to TP Mazembe of DRC has contributed to the slip up ( Am jst saying)… Pull up ur socks Chipolopolo & b active. Stil African Champions!!
Fiasco
April 11, 2012 at 7:52 pm
I always emphasise on friendlies cos most o da squad members are inactive therefore we need to regroup as early as possibo so that we install continuity in the team..
luksy
April 11, 2012 at 7:57 pm
zambia has slipped becoz every team in the world has points,and evry win gives points… zed hasn’t played any games and mali has hence, mali has accumulated more than zed…..its like a league..
Fiasco
April 11, 2012 at 8:02 pm
And we dint play our friendly wich was on the fifa calenda..hence the drop..so weneva there are friendlies we need to pla em..
paul mbebeta
April 11, 2012 at 8:03 pm
i think they are still lookn at the cup.eeeeh imwe!!! imwe!! woke up alaaa! shaaa!
paul mbebeta
April 11, 2012 at 8:04 pm
i think they are still lookn at the cup.eeeeh imwe!!! imwe!! woke up alaaa! shaaa! filekeni ifyo go to the pitch
komfwa kelula
April 11, 2012 at 8:37 pm
wake up guys!!!!! mwanwasana fi shekas its tym you went back to the pitch to defend th cup. cerebration tym is over.
Adolf Hitler
April 11, 2012 at 8:39 pm
to hell with the rankings. they can rank us number 70 in Africa but we will beat them
Jmc007
April 11, 2012 at 8:50 pm
Isaa Hayatou is corrupt, he has been at CAF longer than Ililonga Ililonga @ Zambia Consumers Association! The.drop has nothing to do with not playing freindlies, it’s disrespect for us as African Champions. Come hell or high waters Brazil 2014 here we come, mark my words!
Ukwa
April 11, 2012 at 8:53 pm
Vitumbuwa!! Kekekekeke….
Blatter
April 11, 2012 at 8:59 pm
Fifa/caf too corrupt to respect zambie, we at fifa only respect west african countries like it or not.
Fault Finder
April 11, 2012 at 9:38 pm
Ranking depends on wins and the rank of the team you beat or which beats you. When South Africa won the African championship, Zambia ranked no.1 in Africa. But because they were new comers and ignorant about rankings they complained against Zambia being no.1. So you all soccer novices, please leave this ranking issue to soccer fans. It’ll just enrage you for nothing. Just concentrate on the AFCON cup.
PROF [email protected]
April 11, 2012 at 9:55 pm
@Adolf uli chaume. Whateva de rank, Zambia…,we’re de best team so far in Africa! We made lvory C. cry. Evn 100th is ok!
Independent Observer
April 11, 2012 at 10:23 pm
We deserve it, we were suppose to have played a few friendlies just to keep up the form and the team spirit. Remember every country on the African continent wants a piece of our Chipolopolo boys.FAZ, the Government and the Coach should wake up, otherwise bounce back to the lamentation corner. Ghana has some unfinished business with us, mark my words.
Wanu Ngwee
April 11, 2012 at 10:41 pm
FAZ needs to get back to work and keep chipolopolo busy with regular international fixtures and other local programmes such as “All Satrs Vs The Rest”. This is a must to enhance cohesion in the team so that we do not embarrass ourselves at AFCON 2013. The pressure will be on us to prove that our 2012 AFCON win wasn’t a fluke!!
Morph
April 11, 2012 at 11:35 pm
Mayb th boys wnt 2 b cald undrdogs again n’thn swp th whole world off their fit by beat’g th # 1. Twaliyendelela
Nafyelwe nensele
April 12, 2012 at 3:17 am
Imwe, Football Association Zambia made a wise decision to rest the national team when the whole world was playing friendlies. I cant believe pipo are stil concerned about rankings when we are african champions! Rankings are useful only because big teams wud want to play u if u are high up in the rankings. But if u are champions, big teams wil target u anyway, so rankings go outside the window. Atleast while we hold the title. Why are we worried about rankings? Its like someone completes his medicine studies and is now called doctor. But is worried whather the ka certificate he gained in public health before he did medicine wil be recognised. His doctorate is enuff evidence of his intelligence even without the certificate. Just like us, our title is far more attractive and superior to whatever monthly rankings. Rankings shud worry us only wen we loose our title.
shii
April 12, 2012 at 3:33 am
to hell they can go wit those rankings firth or tenth we’re stil the champs bafikala ba caf naba fifa
The Pheonix
April 12, 2012 at 3:33 am
rankings are important because they determine what kind of groups you are drawn during world cup qualifers, Afcon qualifiers, At world cup tournaments And at afcon tournaments. The higher ranked you are the better seeding you get. Now the only person to blame here is kalusha bwalya the man is too busy with dirty deals that he cannot even organize a friendly. i do not even know why he was re-elected. kalu out, Kalu out, Kalu out, kalou out. we want to bring A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE.
penalty
April 12, 2012 at 7:16 am
2 hell wit yo ranking & friendlies. our boys ar busy goin round da country 2 show us the trophy! The boss was busy wit elections 2b re erected! Mind u we r set now & kamn bac wit a bang!
Ken
April 12, 2012 at 7:56 am
Even after becoming Champions, Kalu and his team cant organise freindlies. By now we should have played Gabon and Ginea to thank them for the hospitality, We should have played Egypt to rallies behind us.
mc
April 12, 2012 at 9:11 am
Kalu talk to your boys there is no tyme to play around.other teams are busy training while our boys are busy playing. change for the beta. we still need more happiness in Zambia.
njongis
April 12, 2012 at 6:06 pm
Lyashi lyenu ilyo ifwe Tuli mä African champions. Viva sipolopolo.