FIFA ranking: Nigeria's Super Falcons finish 39th best team in the world
- FIFA ranking for December 2019 has been released
- Super Falcons finished 39th on the table after failing to qualify for 2020 Olympics
- The Nigeria women's team remains first in Africa, flanked by Cameroon and South Africa
Nigeria's Super Falcons slipped three places on the latest FIFA ranking to finish the year 2019 as the 39th best women's team in the world.
This is coming after the country's women senior national team failed to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Cote d'Ivoire edged the African champions out on away goals after playing 1-1 on both legs of their encounter in October.
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However, their slip-up on the global ranking does not affect their position on the continent as they remain at the summit of the table.
Cameroon are the second-best team in Africa after finishing ten places behind Nigeria on the world raking.
While South Africa, Ghana and Ivory Coast complete the top five best teams on the continent according to the ranking released by the world football governing body on December 13.
FIFA Women's World Cup-winning country, United States are number one on the table, with Germany and the Netherlands making the top three teams in the world.
Brazil finished the year outside of the top five teams as France and Sweden performed better to merit the positions.
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Meanwhile, the next editions of the ranking will be done on March 27, 2020, with the Nigerian women's team getting ready to defend their Africa Women's Cup of Nations title.
The Super Falcons crashed out of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup at the round of 16 stage in France this summer.
Legit.ng earlier reported that the Super Falcons did not move any spot in the latest FIFA ranking for Women’s national teams.
According to the ranking made public by world football governing body FIFA, on Friday, September 27, the Falcons remain Africa’s highest-ranked team at 36 spot.
During the previous ranking exercise that was held in July, Nigeria gained two spots in the world but did not move in September with the quartet of Cameroon, Ghana, South Africa and Ivory Coast making Africa’s top five.
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