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<\/a><\/p>\nBonnie Mugabe<\/p>\n
22 December 2011<\/p>\n
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RWANDA has been given a Christmas and happy New Year package on back of moving eight places in the latest Fifa rankings released yesterday in Zurich, Switzerland.<\/p>\n
Sredojovic Milutin Micho’s men rose to 106th from 114 after reaching the final of the just concluded Cecafa Challenge Tusker Cup held in Dar es salaam, Tanzania unbeaten.<\/p>\n
Rwanda lost the title 2-3 on penalties after 2-all draw after 120 minutes of play to ensure a 12th Cecafa title for the Uganda Cranes.<\/p>\n
Rwanda is also ranked 27th in Africa and the second highest ranked team in Cecafa behind Uganda who moved up two places to 89th position.<\/p>\n
Neighbours Kenya was the highest climber in Africa after moving 13 places to 120 and fourth in Cecafa behind Sudan who dropped one place to 113.<\/p>\n
Nigeria, opponents in the preliminary round of 2013 Africa Nations Cup qualifiers remained on 43rd position in the world and 5th in Africa.<\/p>\n
Cote d’Ivoire remains Africa’s best ranked team in the world. The Elephants are on 16th position followed by Ghana (29) and Algeria (30) respectively.<\/p>\n
World and European champions Spain remain unchallenged at the top of the table, followed by the Netherlands, Germany and Uruguay who are all still competing in an exciting head-to-head battle for second place.<\/p>\n
As the top team at year-end, Spain is the Team of the Year for the fourth year in a row.<\/p>\n
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