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Ghana Slips Yet Again

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 Source: --

Despite some impressive results in the last three friendlies, Ghana has slipped four places down Federation of International Football Associations's (FIFA) rankings for November.

Ghana is now 28th (6th in Africa) on the latest world football rankings released Wednesday by FIFA.

Nigeria is still Africa?s best and have broken into the top ten at the expense of Spain.

Brazil remained at number one ahead of World Cup winners Italy, with Argentina third, France fourth and England fifth.

Top 20 rankings (previous month in brackets, points total):

1. (1) Brazil 1 588
2. (2) Italy 1 560
3. (4) Argentina 1 551
4. (3) France 1 523
5. (5) England 1 359
6. (6) Germany 1 348
7. (7) Netherlands 1 305
8. (9) Portugal 1 258
9. (11) Nigeria 1 242
10. (8) Czech Republic 1 190
11. (12) Cameroon 1 160
12. (10) Spain 1 154
13. (13) Ukraine 1 054
14. (16) Sweden 958
15. (19) Croatia 948
16. (14) Greece 945
17. (15) Switzerland 937
18. (18) Ivory Coast 919
19. (23) Romania 912
20. (19) Mexico 887
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Despite some impressive results in the last three friendlies, Ghana has slipped four places down Federation of International Football Associations's (FIFA) rankings for November.

Ghana is now 28th (6th in Africa) on the latest world football rankings released Wednesday by FIFA.

Nigeria is still Africa?s best and have broken into the top ten at the expense of Spain.

Brazil remained at number one ahead of World Cup winners Italy, with Argentina third, France fourth and England fifth.

Top 20 rankings (previous month in brackets, points total):

1. (1) Brazil 1 588
2. (2) Italy 1 560
3. (4) Argentina 1 551
4. (3) France 1 523
5. (5) England 1 359
6. (6) Germany 1 348
7. (7) Netherlands 1 305
8. (9) Portugal 1 258
9. (11) Nigeria 1 242
10. (8) Czech Republic 1 190
11. (12) Cameroon 1 160
12. (10) Spain 1 154
13. (13) Ukraine 1 054
14. (16) Sweden 958
15. (19) Croatia 948
16. (14) Greece 945
17. (15) Switzerland 937
18. (18) Ivory Coast 919
19. (23) Romania 912
20. (19) Mexico 887
FULL LIST

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