Warriors move three places up Fifa rankings

released yesterday.
According to the rankings, updated yesterday, Zimbabwe moved one place on continental rankings to 35.
Last month, Zimbabwe were placed 36th in Africa, out of the 52 football playing nations, and tied with the Democratic Republic of Congo who tumbled 10 places.
Zimbabwe are now a far cry from the Dream Team era when they enjoyed their place among the top 10 teams in Africa.
Because of their poor ranking, Zimbabwe will be made to play preliminary qualifiers for the World Cup in November against some of the continental lightweights
The Warriors have amassed 219 points during the period under review while Ghana remained the best team in Africa with 918 points.
The Black Stars are ranked the 15th best team in the world while Cote d’Ivoire are the second best team in African on 21.
Didier Drogba’s Elephants have 867 points while Egypt have 676 points and South Africa climbed fourth in Africa as they displaced Nigeria.
Senegal, who are sixth in Africa, were the biggest movers as the are now in the world’s top 40. There were no changes at the top of the World rankings with 2010 World Cup finalists, Spain and Netherlands, still holding first and second positions.
Brazil remains third, followed by Germany and Argentina in the top five.
England, Uruguay, Portugal, Italy and Croatia make up the top 10.