Africa: Fifa Rankings - Côte d'Ivoire Dethroned, Algeria New King of Africa
Côte d'Ivoire is no longer leader on the African
continent in the FIFA rankings of national teams
released Thursday. The Elephants of Cote d'Ivoire have
lost their place in favor of Algeria. The Desert Foxes
have won 3 seats and are found in the first spot on the
continent and globally 22nd while Ivorians lost two
seats and occupy the second African and 23rd place
with the same number of points as Denmark. Egypt,
Ghana and Cape Verde respectively close the top 5.
Nigeria and Cameroon who will compete in the World
2014 respectively rank 6th (44th worldwide) and 10th
(56th worldwide).
Note that no African country is in the top 20.
African Top 10
1. Algeria (22nd)
2. Côte d'Ivoire (23rd)
3. Egypt (36th)
4. Ghana (37th)
5. Cape Verde (39th)
6. Nigeria (44th)
7. Tunisia (48th)
8. Guinea (52)
9. Sierra Leone (54)
10. Cameroon (56th)
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