Warriors inch up rankings

have improved two places to number 104 in the world.
They also moved in Africa from 27th to 25th after taking advantage of neighbours Botswana and Mozambique who slipped down the rankings.
Botswana’s Zebras dropped seven places to number 107 while Mozambique who tumbled two places down for the second month in succession swapped places with

Zimbabwe and are now ranked 106 in the world and 27th in Africa.
Last month Zimbabwe dropped seven places as they paid the price for their surprise defeat to Burundi in a 2013 African Cup of Nations qualifier. The Warriors lost the match 2-1. They are now waiting for the return leg in Harare in June when they also begin their journey for the 2014 World Cup qualifiers with matches against Egypt and Mozambique.

The Warriors were ranked 99 in February and stayed in the top 100 despite being absent from the 2012 Nations Cup which was jointly hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.

Cote d’Ivoire still top the African charts followed by Ghana and Algeria. Zimbabwe’s neighbours Zambia, who are the reigning African champions moved one place down to fifth in Africa but gained one rung up in the world on number 40.
World champions Spain still sit on top of the ladder followed by Germany and Uruguay. Netherlands dropped two places to fourth in the world.
South Africa’s Bafana Bafana continued with their downward spiral and are now 71st in the world and 15th in Africa.

 

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