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Mali close in on Brazil in FIFA rankings
Brazil keep slumping in FIFA world ranking to be only six spots above African Mali who never appeared in the World Cup
Reuters Published in Ahram Online on 14 - 03 - 2013

Five-times world champions Brazil remained at a record low in the FIFA world rankings on Thursday, below Ecuador, Switzerland and Greece and only six places above Mali.
The 2014 World Cup hosts are 18th in the table while Mali, who have never played at the World Cup, are 24th after climbing one place.
South America's 10 teams all remained in the top 50, with the lowest-ranked Venezuela occupying 43rd place.
Brazil are not involved in the World Cup qualifiers and have plummeted down the rankings as friendlies earn fewer points than competitive games in the completed rankings calculations.
Afghanistan, languishing near the foot of the table until last month, leapt 48 places thanks to wins over Laos and Sri Lanka, leaving them 141st out of 209 teams.
Japan are Asia's highest-ranked team in 26th while Ivory Coast, 13th, are the top Africans and Mexico, 15th, are the CONCACAF region's top-ranked side.
There was no change among the leaders where world and European champions Spain are top, followed by Germany, Argentina, England and Italy.
Egypt hit by their worst ranking ever since the kick-off of the ranking system in 1993 to be the world's 75 after making it to the top ten in 2010.
Top 10: (February's positions in parentheses)
1. Spain (1)
2. Germany (2)
3. Argentina (3)
4. England (4)
5. Italy (5)
6. Colombia (6)
7. Portugal (7)
8. Netherlands (8)
9. Croatia (10)
10. Russia (9)
Top 5 African teams:
13. Ivory Coast (12)
20. Ghana (19)
24. Mali (25)
30. Nigeria (30)
34. Algeria (34)
36. Zambia (42)
Top 5 Arab teams:
34. Algeria (34)
44. Tunisia (42)
65. Libya (62)
75. Egypt (70)
77. Morocco (74)
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