FIFA today Thursday Nov.3rd announced its latest rankings with South Africa moved from 75th to 72nd in the world and 16th in Africa. 2014 AFCON winners Cote d’Ivoire continued their domination while Algeria came second and Ghana’s Black Stars third. while South Africa moved from 75th to 72nd place in the latest FIFA ranking while Cote d’Ivoire are still on top of Africa.

After the cut is the top 20 teams in the African continent:

World ranking/ Team / Points

  • 19/ Côte d’Ivoire/ 950
  • 28/ Algeria/ 845
  • 33/ Ghana/ 778
  • 39/ Cape Verde Islands/ 745
  • 40/ Tunisia/ 711
  • 44/ Senegal/ 661
  • 48/ Congo/ 638
  • 50/ Guinea/ 621
  • 57/ Egypt/ 585
  • 59/ Cameroon/ 583
  • 60/ Congo DR/ 580
  • 62/ Mali/ 552
  • 63/ Uganda/ 550
  • 66/ Nigeria/ 541
  • 69/ Equatorial Guinea/ 498
  • 72/ South Africa/ 487
  • 73/ Zambia/ 481
  • 75/ Morocco/ 469
  • 76/ Gabon/ 468
  • 78/ Benin/ 461