The Super Falcons of Nigeria is sitting on top of the pack of African contingents in the recent FIFA women’s ranking released on Friday.
According to the report, Nigeria and two other African teams – Cameroon and South Africa – made the world’s top 50 list.
While Nigeria ranked 38th in the world, Cameroon ranked 46th and South Africa 49th respectively.
See the latest women’s ranking table below:
1 USA 2101 2123 0
2 Germany 2072 2057 0
3 England 2049 2021 1
4 France 2043 2046 -1
5 Canada 2006 2006 0
6 Australia 2003 1999 0
7 Japan 1991 1984 1
8 Netherlands 1967 1987 -1
9 Sweden 1962 1976 0
10 Brazil 1944 1964 0
11 Korea DPR 1940 1938 0
12 Norway 1915 1902 1
13 Spain 1913 1920 -1
14 Korea Republic 1883 1880 0
15 Italy 1868 1859 1
16 China PR 1866 1871 -1
17 Denmark 1840 1842 0
18 Switzerland 1828 1832 0
19 New Zealand 1815 1819 0
20 Scotland 1812 1810 0
20 Belgium 1812 1803 1
22 Iceland 1806 1798 0
23 Austria 1798 1797 0
24 Ukraine 1714 1728 0
25 Russia 1713 1713 0
26 Mexico 1700 1698 1
26 Colombia 1700 1700 0
28 Poland 1676 1656 6
29 Czech Republic 1669 1668 2
30 Portugal 1668 1665 2
31 Republic of Ireland 1666 1663 2
32 Finland 1665 1672 -4
33 Wales 1663 1670 -4
34 Thailand 1658 1670 -5
35 Vietnam 1638 1638 0
36 Costa Rica 1630 1630 1
37 Argentina 1626 1631 -1
38 Nigeria 1599 1586 1
39 Chile 1589 1601 -1
40 Chinese Taipei 1574 1577 0
41 Romania 1551 1549 0
42 Uzbekistan 1545 1557 -42
43 Serbia 1539 1543 -1
44 Myanmar 1530 1519 0
45 Hungary 1527 1524 -2
46 Slovakia 1499 1509 -1
46 Cameroon 1499 1499 0
48 Paraguay 1494 1494 -1
49 South Africa 1485 1480 -1
50 Papua New Guinea 1479 1479 -1
