{"id":6913,"date":"2019-04-04T17:10:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T17:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=6913"},"modified":"2019-04-04T17:10:37","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T17:10:37","slug":"warriors-make-slight-improvement-on-fifa-world-ranking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/warriors-make-slight-improvement-on-fifa-world-ranking","title":{"rendered":"Warriors make slight improvement on FIFA World Ranking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Warriors made a slight improvement on the latest FIFA World Ranking released today.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ajdg_bnnrwidgets-19\" class=\"widget ajdg_bnnrwidgets \"><\/div>\n<p>They, however, remained outside the top 100 despite qualifying to the 2019 Afcon after beating Congo Brazzaville 2-0 during the just ended March international break.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe climbed three places up to number 110 while in Africa, they are now on position 26 with 1190 points.<\/p>\n<p>Senegal remains the best-ranked nation on the continent with 1515 points while Belgium top the world chart with 1737 points.<\/p>\n<p><strong>World Top 10:<\/strong>\u00a01. Belgium, 2. France, 3. Brazil, 4.England, 5. Croatia, 6. Uruguay, 7. Portugal, 8. Switzerland, 9. Spain, 10. Denmark.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Africa Top 10:<\/strong>\u00a01. Senegal, 2. Tunisia, 3. Nigeria, 4. Morocco, 5. DRC, 6. Ghana, 7. Cameroon, 8. Egypt, 9. Burkina Faso, 10. Mali.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ajdg_bnnrwidgets-20\" class=\"widget ajdg_bnnrwidgets \"><\/div>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Warriors made a slight improvement on the latest FIFA World Ranking released today. They, however, remained outside the top 100 despite qualifying to the 2019 Afcon after beating Congo Brazzaville 2-0 during the just ended March international break. 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