Nigeria, who have competed at four World Cups and won two Africa Cup of Nations
tournaments - have now dropped below countries that have not participated in the World cup before, Sierra Leone and Gabon in the new FIFA rankings.
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In comparison to last month, there were only a few changes to the latest edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking. In many countries, the national championships are drawing to a close, which explains the small number of matches played at international level: only eight, all of which were friendlies, unfolded over the past month.
Spain continue to top the global ladder ahead of Germany and Uruguay, followed by the Netherlands and Portugal. The only change in the top 30 has been Argentina’s ousting of Denmark to occupy ninth place.
Ivory Coast remains the highest ranked African team, 15th in the world, and first in Africa, followed closely by Ghana, 22nd in the World, 2nd in Africa.
The composition of the top 50 remains unchanged: with 28 teams, UEFA remains the best represented confederation in the top 50, followed by CONMEBOL (9), CAF (7), CONCACAF (3) and the AFC (3). In 130th place, New Zealand are Oceania’s top-ranked team.
The June edition will undoubtedly bring more movement with it, as friendlies are played in Europe to warm up for UEFA EURO 2012 and another batch of 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ qualifiers influence the calculations.
The next FIFA/Coca-Cola Ranking will be published on 6 June 2012. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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