Ghana head into FIFA World Cup as lowest-ranked nation
The Black Stars of Ghana will head into the 2022 FIFA World Cup as the lowest-ranked country after dropping to 61st place on the latest log.
Ghana, four-time African champions were ranked 60th in last month’s FIFA World Cup ranking and dropped after a 3-0 loss to the highest-ranked team Brazil and a 1-0 win against minnows Nicaragua.
Of all the 32 teams to have qualified for the World Cup, the closest to Ghana on the ranking is Saudi Arabia in 51st place and World Cup hosts Qatar in 50th place.
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Brazil (1st) will embark on their bid to win a sixth world title as ranking leaders.
In beating Ghana and Tunisia in their two friendlies last week, the Seleçao widened the gap between themselves and their nearest challengers, Belgium (2nd), who lost to Netherlands (8th) in the Nations League and Argentina (3rd) who complete the podium.
Just behind lie reigning world champions France (4th), followed by England (5th).
The only change in the top 10 saw Italy (6th, plus 1) leapfrog Spain (7th), who drop down a place.
