Bafana
Bafana have moved up seven places to 61st in the latest FIFA/Coca- Cola World
rankings released on Thursday, 17 October 2013.
South
Africa shares that position with Libya, who are 11th on the continent, a spot
above Bafana Bafana.
Last
month South Africa occupied position 68 on the world rankings, and were 12th on
the continent.
Africa
top 10:
·
Ivory
Coast [world ranking: 17]
·
Ghana
[23]
·
Algeria
[32]
·
Nigeria
[33]
·
Mali
[41]
·
Cape
Verde Islands [42]
·
Tunisia
[47]
·
Egypt
[51]
·
Burkina
Faso [52]
·
Cameroon
[59]
·
Libya
[61]
South
Africa [61]
Meanwhile,
world and European champions Spain are set to finish the year at the top of the
world rankings for the fifth year in a row.
Germany have
pushed Argentina out
of second place, with Switzerland (up 7) and England (up 7) the new entries in
the top ten. Italy has paid heavily for the draw against Armenia, dropping four
places to eighth.
The
2014 World Cup hosts Brazil have dropped three places to 11th.
World
top 10:
·
Spain
·
Germany
·
Argentina
·
Colombia
·
Belgium
·
Uruguay
·
Switzerland
·
Netherlands
·
Italy
·
England.
The
next FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be published on Thursday, 28 November
2013.
