Nigeria’s women national team, Super Falcons, kept their 37th
position for the third time in a row this year in the latest Fifa
rankings for women released by Fifa on yesterday.
The reigning African champions also kept their spot at the summit as the best women national side in Africa.
Despite failing to attend the Olympic women’s football event, Florence
Omagbemi’s side are unmoved as they hope to defend their African title at the 2016 African Women Cup of Nations in Cameroon.
Reigning
world champions the United States retained their place as number one
women side in the world, followed by Germany while Olympic bronze
winners Canada moved up six places to fourth.
Sixth to tenth places have Australia, Sweden, Japan, Brazil and Korea DPR completing the top 10 best women teams in the world.
In
Africa, top three places remained unchanged with Ghana [46th] and
Cameroon [47th] holding sway in second and third respectively. The next
Fifa Women’s World Ranking be released on 23 December, 2016.
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