Nigeria moves ahead of Ghana as Brazil back on top of FIFA world ranking

Nigeria’s Super Eagles are ahead of the Black Stars of Ghana in the latest FIFA world rankings despite missing out on the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

The Super Eagles ranked 30th in March ranking released by FIFA on Thursday.

The Black Stars of Ghana ranks 60th best team in the world, while Senegal national team rank number one in Africa and 20th best team in the world.

Morocco ranks the second best team in the continent, while Nigeria is the third-best team in Africa.

Egypt, Tunisia, and Cameroon are in fourth, fifth, and sixth place, respectively.

Having already spent the longest time at the top of the FIFA World Ranking (4,731 days), Brazil (1st, +1) returned to the summit in March 2022, five years after they were last there.

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Recent wins for the Seleçao over Chile (4-0 at home) and Bolivia (4-0 away) in the qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ enabled them to overtake Belgium, who had been in first place for the past three years but who failed to get the better of Republic of Ireland on 26 March, drawing 2-2 in a friendly.

The March 2022 table is therefore a new chapter in rankings history, but more than that, it will be used to calculate the seeds for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Final Draw which will take place this Friday 1 April.

Pot 1: Qatar (host nation), Brazil, Belgium, France, Argentina, England, Spain, Portugal
Pot 2: Mexico, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Uruguay, Switzerland, USA, Croatia
Pot 3: Senegal, IR Iran, Japan, Morocco, Serbia, Poland, Korea Republic, Tunisia
Pot 4: Cameroon, Canada, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, Ghana, winner of intercontinental play-off 1, winner of

Belgium (2nd, -1) are now on the second step of the podium, ahead of France (3rd) who remain unchanged. Behind this top three, Argentina (4th), England (5th), Spain (7th) and Portugal (8th) are the next best-placed teams with regard to the Draw, keeping in mind that Italy (6th) will be absent following their defeat in the play-off semi-final.

Mexico (9th, +3) and Uruguay (13th, +3) are the biggest movers inside the top 20, while overall, it is Costa Rica (31st, +11) and then New Zealand (101st, +10) who have made the most progress. Also of note is the fact that Kosovo (107th, +2) have achieved their highest ever ranking to date.