Bafana Bafana climb six places in Fifa rankings after win against Burkina Faso
But at 16th in Africa, Bafana Bafana remain far short of Safa’s stated aim of regularly being in the top three on the continent
South Africa’s fine 3-1 World Cup qualifier victory over Burkina Faso earlier this month has seen them climb six places in the latest Fifa world rankings released on Monday.Bafana Bafana are now at number 74 in the world and 16th on the African continent and they remain far short of Safa’s stated aim of regularly being in the top 20 in the world and top three in Africa.But they have the chance to improve that record significantly when they face Senegal home and away in their final World Cup qualifiers in November.Tunisia have climbed three places to number 28 in the world, and have taken over from Egypt as the top-ranked side on the continent.Tunisia beat Guinea 4-1 away in their latest qualifier and lead their pool by three points ahead of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with a home game against Libya to come.Egypt remain at number 30 in the world‚ while Senegal climbed a single place to number 32.The remainder of the top 10 in Africa includes DRC‚ Nigeria‚ Cameroon‚ Morocc...
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