{"id":346283,"date":"2017-02-12T04:26:15","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T04:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/02\/12\/ghana-up-nine-places-in-fifa-ranking\/"},"modified":"2017-02-12T04:26:15","modified_gmt":"2017-02-12T04:26:15","slug":"ghana-up-nine-places-in-fifa-ranking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/02\/12\/ghana-up-nine-places-in-fifa-ranking\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana up nine places in FIFA ranking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The senior national team, Black Stars, have moved up nine places in the latest FIFA ranking after finishing fourth at the just concluded Africa cup of Nations in Gabon.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars moved from 54<sup>th<\/sup> to 45<sup>th<\/sup> but one place up on the continent to 8th place.<\/p>\n<p>Champions of Africa Cameroon have climbed up 29 places into 33rd position and third on the continent.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst Silver-medalist Egypt moved 12 places up to the 23rd spot and are now the highest ranked team.<\/p>\n<p>In total, 60 matches counted towards the latest ranking.<\/p>\n<p>These included the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (32 games), the 2017 Copa Centroamericana (15 games) and international friendlies (13 games).<\/p>\n<p>Despite the many successes from the Americas and Africa over the preceding weeks, the composition of the top five teams remains unchanged for the February ranking.<\/p>\n<p>Argentina (1), Brazil (2), Germany (3), Chile (4) and Belgium (5) hold onto their positions.<\/p>\n<p>The next FIFA\/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be published on 09 March.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The senior national team, Black Stars, have moved up nine places in the latest FIFA ranking after finishing fourth at the just concluded Africa cup of Nations in Gabon. 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