FIFA ranking shows Mali stronger than Ghana ahead of AFCON clash
Posted On Friday, 28th December 2012
Mali's Seydou Keita, left, is challenged by Ghana's Anthony Annan during their African Cup of Nations Group D soccer match at the Stade de Franceville in Franceville, Gabon, Saturday Jan. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Ghana’s Group B opponents Mali are highly-rated in the world and on the continent ahead of their 2013 Nations Cup meeting.
The Eagles are ranked the 25th best team in the world by FIFA and Africa’s third best.
Ghana ended 2012 in 30th position and also fourth in Africa.
The Black Stars will play Mali at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on 24 January in a repeat of their 2012 Nations Cup Group stage and third/fourth placed play off match.
Ivory Coast are Africa’s best team and ranked 14th in the world.
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we shall prove fifa wrong, we beat nigeria 4 goals to 1 in London when nigeria was ranked # 9 and ghana somewhere 30′s.also 2006 world cup ghana was 45 but beat chech which was #2 and usa, #5 GOD BLESS GHANA
You r dem ryt brah, rankings r gaint on paper we will prove them wrong cos we’ve than it b4.
nyc 1 dere kwame
Ha, finaly u’ve come to your senses…dem FIFA rankings mean jaaack!!!
YENI ABRE, YENI ABRE KOOOOO!
What was Zambia’s ranking when they beat Ivory Coast?
The result between Zambia and Ivory Coast is considered a draw for ranking purposes.Zambia only beat Senegal,Equatorial Guinea,Sudan and Ghana at the last Afcon.
Zambia was ranked Something like 79.
Forget Fifa and CAF.
Total madness, CAF and FIFA are not thinking right.
They just work-up one morning and decide to rank countries[CRAZY BALDHEADS] apart from the top 2,all is bogus nd mixed-up.
Stupid Zambians you can’t keep losing to Tanzania and Uganda and expect to be ranked high! Just get out of here!
I have never seen a zambian before, just wondering how they look like..and im always wondering why they keep on commenting on this site, don’t they have sport sites, which ghanaian would even bother to see whats goin on in that wilderness…to conclude I think that thing called zambia is too basic for me to make comments bout them.im out, Gh we outchea
Its a free world dummy!
Ioso, zambiafootball.net is temporary unavailable and had rendered many Zambian football lovers, network homeless. Mali after afcon competed among the likes of Algeria, Benin and Botswana and is yet to face a top team in a competition. Let see on 20th.
Seriously, does anyone take this stupid FIFA rankings seriously? Does anyone believe that Mali is better than Ghana. With a world organization like FIFA, one will think their rankings will actually reflect the actual strength of the team but honestly it is not.
And Mali is not better than or stronger than Ghana.