{"id":429611,"date":"2017-10-17T18:30:32","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T18:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/17\/ghana-maintains-52nd-position-on-fifa-ranking-for-october\/"},"modified":"2017-10-17T18:30:32","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T18:30:32","slug":"ghana-maintains-52nd-position-on-fifa-ranking-for-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/17\/ghana-maintains-52nd-position-on-fifa-ranking-for-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana maintains 52nd position on FIFA ranking for October"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Tuesday, 17 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghananewsagency.org<\/p>\n<p>2017-10-17<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/70250158.295.jpg\" alt=\"Black Stars At AFCON Gabon\" title=\"Black Stars At AFCON Gabon\" width=\"295\" height=\"189\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Senior national team, Ghana Black Stars<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1508265032_763_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghana remain unchanged on the Federation of International Football Association\u2019s (FIFA) world ranking for the month of October released on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana is 52nd on the world ranking but are ranked 8th on the African continent.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars have played two matches this month, drawing 0-0 with Uganda in Kampala and winning 3-0 over Saudi Arabia in an international friendly in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>Tunisia is Africa\u2019s highest ranked team on the world ranking after moving three places up the ladder to the 28th position.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s 2018 world cup qualifier group opponents Egypt, following their decent run of form in recent matches that sealed their world cup qualification are second on the continent and 30th in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Africa champions, Cameroun have been ranked 42nd in the world but 6th on the continent.<\/p>\n<p>The top ten ranked teams in Africa with their positions on the world:<\/p>\n<p>Tunisia (28), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nEgypt (30), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSenegal (32), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nDR Congo (35), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNigeria (41), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nCameroon (42), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMorocco (48), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nGhana (52), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nBurkina Faso (55), and <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nCote d&#8217;Ivoire (61).<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 66 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Tuesday, 17 October 2017 Source: ghananewsagency.org 2017-10-17 Senior national team, Ghana Black Stars &#13; Ghana remain unchanged on the Federation of International Football Association\u2019s (FIFA) world ranking for the month of October released on Monday. 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