By Adeyinka Akintunde, Lagos on July 14, 2016

The Super Eagles of Nigeria has fallen by nine places in the July 2016 FIFA Rankings. The Super Eagles, who were 61^st in the world and 13^th place in Africa in June 2016, now occupies 70^th place in the world and 16^th in Africa.

This month’s rankings see Algeria, one of Nigeria’s foes in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, occupy 32^nd place in the world and First in Africa. They are closely followed by Cote d’Ivoire, who is 35^th on the world scale and 2^nd in Africa and Ghana (36^th in the World and 3^rd in Africa).  Other top Africans, according to the latest rankings include Senegal, Egypt, Tunisia, Cameroon, Morocco, Congo DR, Mali, Cape Verde Island, Guinea, South Africa, Benin Republic, Uganda and Congo.

Generally, Argentina remain in the number one spot in the FIFA rankings,  with Belgium and Colombia following closely, while the UEFA EURO 2016 winners, Portugal leapfrog Spain and Brazil to occupy 6^th place with silver medallist at the championship, France in 7^th position. The biggest movers in the month’s rankings are the New Zealand, moving up by 54 places to 93^rd position on the back of an OFC Nations Cup victory that qualified them for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia.

The next FIFA rankings will be published on 11th August, 2016

•Photo shows Super Eagles of Nigeria.

Source Daily Sports

Posted July 14, 2016

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