Rwanda up two places in Fifa world rankings

Rwanda has moved two places up to 127th in the latest world rankings released by the Federation of International Football Association (Fifa) on Thursday.

Friday, November 29, 2013
Amavubi Stars have moved one place in the latest Fifa world ranking. Times Sport / File.

Rwanda has moved two places up to 127th in the latest world rankings released by the Federation of International Football Association (Fifa) on Thursday.Amavubi’s last competitive match was against Uganda away in Kampala which ended goalless and helped Rwanda to move from 129th to 127. While Rwanda moved to 129th in the world, it is placed in 38th position in Africa.Neighbours Uganda have dropped one place to 86th spot after their draw against Rwanda. Nonetheless, Uganda remains the best placed East African country and 22nd in Africa.Ghana is leading in Africa but dropped one place in world to 24th position; Algeria is in second position and improved six places on Fifa ranking to 24th position.The second placed in Cecafa, Ethiopia improved two places to 93rd position in the world and one place in Africa to rank 24th. Neighbours Burundi have improved nine places and stayed in 112th in world and 32nd in Africa.Kenya moved one place to 117th position in the world and 33nd in Africa, while Tanzania improved five positions to 124th, and 36th placed while Sudan is in 130th position in world and 39th in Africa.In the top ten, only Spain’s position at the summit remained unchanged, while Germany have pushed Argentina out of second place.FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking remains unchanged, with Spain leading the way ahead of Germany, Argentina and Colombia.Thanks to their two wins over Sweden in the European play-offs, Portugal have managed to secure fifth position and have climbed back into the top ten along with World Cup hosts Brazil after improving by one position.