Ghana Advances in FIFA Ranking after Qualifiers Glory
Ghana has achieved a significant milestone in the football world, having moved up in the latest FIFA Rankings following their back-to-back victory in the recent World Cup qualifiers.
The national team has recorded consecutive drops in the ranking in the past years following their unimpressive performances. However, the latest score had them moving four places up.
In the last ranking, Ghana occupied the 68th place.
Continentally, Ghana ranked 12, the data released by the world football governing body on June 20, 2024 showed.
Meanwhile, countries like Nigeria and Mali made some massive drops by eight and six places respectively.
The Black Stars in their last two marches, first thrashed Mali by 2-1 in Bamako on Thursday, June 6, 2024, and then defeated the Central Africa Republic (CAR) by 4-3 on Monday, June 10, 2024.
About FIFA Ranking
The FIFA ranking method is named “SUM” as it relies on adding/subtracting points won or lost for a game to/from the previous point totals rather than averaging game points over a given time period as in the previous version of the World Ranking.
The points which are added or subtracted are partially determined by the relative strength of the two opponents, including the logical expectation that teams higher in the ranking should fare better against teams lower in the ranking.
