BY OWN CORRESPONDENT
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s senior soccer team rose six places up the ladder on the Fifa/Coca-Cola world rankings, to number 87 with 383 points, despite not kicking a ball since their match against Malawi last month.
That is six places better than last month’s 93rd place, and they gained 14 points on September’s ranking.
Zimbabwe are also back in the top 20 on the Confederation of African Football rankings, as they moved three places up into 19th position.
In gaining three places on the African rankings, Zimbabwe moved above Algeria, Libya and the Cape Verde Islands.
This year saw Zimbabwe slump to 101, the worst-ever ranking for Zimbabwe since
1993 when the standings were introduced.
The latest rankings mean that Zimbabwe are assured of a favourable draw when Fifa conduct the pairings for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, which will also be used to determine finalists for the Nations Cup finals set for Angola.
The draw will be conducted in Durban, South Africa, on November 25, two days after Fifa would have released the November rankings.
Country Points:
(1) Nigeria 841, (2) Cameroon 822 , (3) Guinea 727, (4) Cote d’Ivoire 722 , (5) Senegal 717, (6) Egypt 698, (7) Mali 694, (8) Morocco 674 , (9) Tunisia 668, (10) Ghana 632, (11) Zambia 508, (12) Togo 472, (13) Equatorial Guinea 431, (14) Angola 428, (15) Mozambique 419 , (16) DRC 410, (17) South Africa 389 , (18) Benin 388, (19) Zimbabwe 383, (20) Algeria 381.
Post published in: Zimbabwe Sports News