The Black Stars’ defeat to Egypt in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers cost the team a significant fall in the FIFA ranking for the month of November.<\/p>\n
The Black Stars are down eight places on the world ranking to the 53rd position and four places down to ninth in Africa.<\/p>\n
Ghana lost 2-0 to the Pharaohs of Egypt at the Borg El-Arab Stadium in Alexandria to lose grounds in Group E of the qualifiers.<\/p>\n
Egypt leapfrogged ten places to the 36th position and Number 4 in Africa.<\/p>\n
Senegal, despite losing 2-1 at South Africa, remains the continent\u2019s highest ranked nation and 33rd in the world followed by Cote d\u2019Ivoire and Tunisia, who are tied in the 34th position.<\/p>\n
Argentina remain tops for November, but have seen their command on the summit weakened by close rivals Brazil.<\/p>\n
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Top 10 in the world<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Argentina<\/p>\n 2. Brazil<\/p>\n 3. Germany<\/p>\n 4. Chile<\/p>\n 5. Colombia<\/p>\n 6.\u00a0 France<\/p>\n 7. Portugal<\/p>\n 8. Uruguay<\/p>\n 9.Spain<\/p>\n 10. Switzerland<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Top 10 in Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n 1.\u00a0 Senegal<\/p>\n 2. Cote D\u2019ivoire\/ Tunisia<\/p>\n 4. Egypt<\/p>\n 5. Algeria<\/p>\n 6. Congo DR<\/p>\n 7. Burkina Faso<\/p>\n 8. Nigeria<\/p>\n 9. Ghana<\/p>\n 10.\u00a0 Morocco<\/p>\n <\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Black Stars’ defeat to Egypt in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers cost the team a significant fall in the FIFA ranking for the month of November. The Black Stars are down eight places on the world ranking to the 53rd position and four places down to ninth in Africa. Ghana lost 2-0 to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":141126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[11108,2560,13915,13916],"yoast_head":"\n