The Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana retained their second position on the continent and 54th in the latest FIFA/Coca Cola Women’s World Rankings released today (Thursday, 13 October 2022).
Despite lifting their maiden continental title in July, the South Africans were not able to unseat Africa’s number one team, Nigeria who moved just one step up to 45 in the world.
Cameroon, Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire are third, fourth and fifth respectively.
Completing the top 10 are Equatorial Guinea, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Zambia.
The quartet of South Africa, Nigeria, Morocco and Zambia has qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, and the latest rankings will be used to determine their seedings for the final World Cup Draw later this month (22 October).
World champions USA remain top of the rankings, followed by Sweden who took the place of Germany as the latter has fallen into third place. England and France make up the top five.
Completing the best 10 in the world are Spain, Canada, Netherlands, Brazil and Korea DPR.
A record 187 national teams have now been listed in the rankings after the inclusion of Syria and Pakistan from the August rankings.
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The next FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking will be published on 9 December 2022.
| Leader | USA (unchanged) |
| Moves into top 10 | None |
| Moves out of top 10 | None |
| Matches played in total | 133 |
| Most matches played | Tanzania, Bangladesh, Bhutan (5) |
| Biggest move by points | Portugal (plus 54.19) |
| Biggest move by ranks | Estonia (plus 10) |
| Biggest drop by points | Belgium (minus 32.46) |
| Biggest drop by ranks | Kazakhstan (minus 11) |
| Newly ranked teams | Syria, Pakistan |
| Teams that are no longer ranked | None |
