{"id":296316,"date":"2011-03-09T14:38:54","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T14:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/09\/black-stars-remain-africa%e2%80%99s-best-but-slip-on-fifa-ranking\/"},"modified":"2011-03-09T14:38:54","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T14:38:54","slug":"black-stars-remain-africas-best-but-slip-on-fifa-ranking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/09\/black-stars-remain-africas-best-but-slip-on-fifa-ranking\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Stars Remain Africa\u2019s Best But Slip On Fifa Ranking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"53\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- google_ad_section_start -->Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/blackstarsdisappointed1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24750\" title=\"Ghana\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/687ee6efed1-300x169.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ghana players after the World Cup quarter-final defeat<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ghana still remains Africa\u2019s highest ranked team in the latest edition of the Fifa World ranking released on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a thumping 4-1 win over Togo last month in an international friendly, the Black Stars dropped a significant 9 points to slip a place down on the overall ranking table to 16th.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars now have a 931 points and are the only side from the continent in the top 20.<\/p>\n<p>Ivory Coast still stay second with Egypt in third in the continental ranking.<\/p>\n<p>According to Fifa, a total of 55 friendly matches were taken into account for the March edition of the world rankings.<\/p>\n<p>Not many changes were recorded as world champions, Spain still leads the the overall standing followed by the Netherlands and Germany in third position.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: Ghanafa.org<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<div><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div><\/div>\n\n --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/687ee6efed1-300x169.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/03\/black-stars-remain-africas-best-but-slip-on-fifa-ranking\/\" title=\"Black Stars Remain Africa\u2019s Best But Slip On Fifa Ranking\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black Stars Remain Africa\u2019s Best But Slip On Fifa Ranking<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website. 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