Winner of the African Cup of Nations, Côte d’Ivoire does an excellent operation in the FIFA ranking, updated this Thursday.
Côte d’Ivoire remains on its cloud! Four days after the Elephants’ victory in the final of the African Cup of Nations, the FIFA ranking confirms their return to the forefront of continental football. Thanks to the third title in their history at CAN, after 1992 and 2015, they are back in the top 5 CAF selections.
Classified 49e Before the start of the competition, Sébastien Haller’s teammates leap ten places and are only preceded by four teams in the African hierarchy: Morocco (12e+1), Senegal (17e+3), Nigeria (28e+14) and Egypt (36e-3). Note the very strong increase in Super Eagles, unhappy finalists.
Tunisia and Algeria plunge
Disappointing during this CAN, which they left in the first round, ending their group’s latest with 2 points, Tunisia and Algeria plunge 41 respectivelye And 43e ranks. A decline of 13 places for the Carthage Eagles and the Fennecs, now threatened by Mali (47e+4), Cameroon (51e-5) and South Africa (58e+8).
With the Asian Cup, the FIFA ranking of the AFC zone has also evolved. If Japan remains in the lead despite a lost place (18e-1), in front of Iran (20e+1) and South Korea (22e+1), the best operation is carried out by Qatar. The country of the Gulf, winner of its second continental title, earns 21 places (37e+21) and incorporates the top 5.
