Panafrican News Agency

FIFA restarts int'l rankings, Senegal leads Africa and Belgium rules globally

Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Football Governing Body, FIFA, on Thursday resumed its international ranking for national teams after suspending the measure because of the Coronavirus pandemic

"Although club football has slowly restarted or been scheduled to restart in various leagues around the world, the spread of COVID-19 remains an obstacle to the staging of international matches. This has again affected the latest FIFA World ranking, which remains unchanged," FIFA said in a statement.

Belgium remains at the summit ahead of France and Brazil, who complete the podium, while England and Uruguay continue to occupy fourth and fifth positions respectively.

Outside of the top 10 rankings, 200 other national teams are waiting to get back in action and shake up world football's hierarchy, FIFA said.

The resumption or start of qualifying for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 in the respective confederations is awaited with eagerness and should see plenty of movement in the Ranking in the months ahead.

In the rankings for African countries, Senegal is on top ahead of Tunisia and Nigeria in second and third places respectively.

Here are the rankings at a glance:-
Senegal
Tunisia
Nigeria
Algeria
Morocco
Ghana
Egypt
Cameroon
Mali
DR Congo
Burkina Faso
Côte d'Ivoire
South Africa
Guinea
Uganda
Cabo Verde
Gabon
Benin
Zambia
Congo
Madagascar
Mauritania
Libya
Mozambique
Kenya
Central African Republic
Zimbabwe
Niger
Namibia
Sierra Leone
Guinea-Bissau
Malawi
Angola
Togo
Sudan
Rwanda
Comoros
Tanzania
Lesotho
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Botswana
Burundi
Liberia
Eswatini
Gambia
South Sudan
Mauritius
Chad
São Tomé and Príncipe
Djibouti
Somalia
Seychelles
Eritrea

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