According to the latest rankings released by the organisation from Switzerland ahead of the weekend, The Warriors, as the team is otherwise known, are now ranked joint 86th in the world out of a total of 203 ranked national teams.
A win over Mali in an African nations Cup 2012 qualifier and an indifferent set of results from rivals in the rankings table meant Zimbabwe moved a place up the rankings, a development FIFA said was testament the sport was on a revival in the country after years of decline tied to the economic problems that battered Zimbabwe over the years. The team has been on a steady rise since the beginning of this year and put their African Nations Cup 2012 campaign back on track.
The latest ranking, which the team shares with West African outfit Benin, is nonetheless a far cry from the 40th spot the team occupied for some time in 1995 during the ‘Dream team’ era when the team was under the late German coach Reinhard Fabisch.
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