Banyana remain second best in Africa rankings

CAF Women’s Africa Cup of nations Champions Banyana Banyana did not move a place in the latest FIFA rankings released on Thursday. 

Banyana are second behind Nigeria on the continent and 54 in the world. A position they have held since the 5 August 2022 rankings.

TOP TEAMS IN AFRICA

Nigeria moved one place in the world from 46 to 45 but remains the best team in the continent. South Africa, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria complete the list of the top 10 teams.

The latest Women’s World Ranking will be used to determine the seedings for the draw for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023.

The draw will be held in Auckland, New Zealand, on 22 October, with the draw for the play-off tournament taking place eight days earlier.

The following ten teams have qualified for the play-off tournament:

Portugal, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Haiti, Panama, Cameroon and Senegal.

WORLD TOP TEAMS

The three teams at the top in the August 2022 ranking are still there, with one slight change in the order. Though the USA remain top of the world, Sweden have jumped into second place at the expense of Germany. England and France complete the top five.

Spain (6th) climbs two places, while the Netherlands (8th) drops two.

Korea Republic are the top-ranked team in Asia, the USA in CONCACAF, Brazil in Conmebol, New Zealand in Oceana and Sweden in UEFA.

Two new teams have joined since the publication of the previous ranking in August: Syria (157th) and Pakistan (160th). This takes the total number of FIFA member associations now included in the women’s ranking to 187. FIFA has 211 member associations in all.

The next Women’s World Ranking will be published on 9 December 2022.

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