Monday 16 October 2017

Tunisia top African rankings for first time since 2002

Tunisia have moved best of Fifa's African rankings without precedent for a long time. 

Tunisia national team players

The last time the North Africans were positioned the best group on the landmass was back in January 2002, a position the Carthage Eagles had expected the past July.

Overseen by Nabil Maaloul, Tunisia - who require only a point at home to Libya one month from now to fit the bill for the World Cup - supplant Egypt at the highest point of the African standings.

Not long ago, Egypt achieved the World Cup out of the blue since 1990.

In the mean time, kindred African sides Eritrea and Somalia shar e the most reduced spot in the rankings - 206th - with four different countries.

Africa's best ten on October's Fifa rankings - worldwide positioning in sections: 

  1. Tunisia (28)
  2. Egypt (30) 
  3. Senegal (32) 
  4. DR Congo (35) 
  5. Nigeria (41) 
  6. Cameroon (42) 
  7. Morocco (48) 
  8. Ghana (52) 
  9. Burkina Faso (55) 
  10. Ivory Coast (61)

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