{{Amavubi stars who face Mali ahead of Sunday’s 2014 World Cup qualifier return leg, tie with Sudan at 135 positions according to the latest rankings released by the World football governing body, Fifa yesterday.}}
The Amavubi, who departed to play Mali at Bamako National Stadium yesterday afternoon? Dropped from 132nd in the world and climbed to 38th from 39th position.
Meanwhile, In the East African region, Uganda’s rankings have continued to slip as they are now ranked 93th after dropping 2 points. They also dropped from 22nd to 24th behind Angola in Africa.
Tanzania however, moved 10 places to 109th in the world and took the 32nd position in Africa. Burundi dropped 9 places to 124th in the World and are ranked 36th in Africa.
Kenya’s ranking moved up to 123th position in the World and 35th in Africa despite of being stunned 1-0 by Nigeria (African Champs) in a crucial 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying match in Nairobi. Burundi drops to 125th in the World and to 36th in Africa.
Ivory Coast are still Africa’s number one ranked country and stay 13th by Fifa ranks. Mali continues to scale the ranking as African surprise package in 23rd position in the World and 3rd in Africa.
In many countries, the national championships have drawn to a close, In comparison to last month’s action; there are only a few changes in the current edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking but No changes in the top ten.
Spain retains the top spot followed by Germany, Argentina, England, Italy and Colombia correspondingly.
More movement is to be expected in the table this June, when the teams qualified for the FIFA Confederations Cup play their first warm-up matches ahead of the face-off in Brazil.
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