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Zimbabwe warriors move three places up in the Fifa World rankings
06 Jun 2013 at 18:36hrs | Views
The Warriors have moved three places up the FIFA ladder following latest rankings released by the world football mother body this Thursday.
Zimbabwe is now ranked number 102 in the world, up from last month's number 105.
However, the Warriors are still number 26 in Africa.
In the period under review, Zimbabwe drew 1-all with Malawi in an international friendly match.
Zimbabwe's group mates in the World Cup qualifiers, Mozambique, also moved three places up the ladder, but are one place below the Warriors, sitting on number 103.
Egypt, who play Zimbabwe this Sunday, dropped three places and are now on number 71, while Guinea fell by a massive 15 places falling from number 70 to number 85.
Cote d'Ivoire, however, remained the highest ranked African nation on position 13 followed by Ghana on 21 and Mali on 23.
Nigeria, Algeria, Tunisia, Zambia, Burkina Faso, Central Africa Republic and South Africa complete the continent's list of highest ranked teams.
Meanwhile, world champions Spain maintained their grip on the number one position followed by Germany, Argentina, Croatia and Netherlands.
Portugal, Colombia, Italy, England and Ecuador are the other teams in the world's top 10.
Meanwhile, FIFA Confederations Cup and 2014 World Cup hosts Brazil slipped to an all time lowly ranking of number 22.
Zimbabwe is now ranked number 102 in the world, up from last month's number 105.
However, the Warriors are still number 26 in Africa.
In the period under review, Zimbabwe drew 1-all with Malawi in an international friendly match.
Zimbabwe's group mates in the World Cup qualifiers, Mozambique, also moved three places up the ladder, but are one place below the Warriors, sitting on number 103.
Cote d'Ivoire, however, remained the highest ranked African nation on position 13 followed by Ghana on 21 and Mali on 23.
Nigeria, Algeria, Tunisia, Zambia, Burkina Faso, Central Africa Republic and South Africa complete the continent's list of highest ranked teams.
Meanwhile, world champions Spain maintained their grip on the number one position followed by Germany, Argentina, Croatia and Netherlands.
Portugal, Colombia, Italy, England and Ecuador are the other teams in the world's top 10.
Meanwhile, FIFA Confederations Cup and 2014 World Cup hosts Brazil slipped to an all time lowly ranking of number 22.
Source - zbc
