{"id":105215,"date":"2025-07-10T17:26:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T17:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking"},"modified":"2025-07-10T17:36:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T17:36:07","slug":"rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda moves three places up in new FIFA World ranking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Rwanda has moved climbed to 127th position up from 130th in the world and stayed in 37th place in Africa in the latest FIFA World ranking released on Thursday, July 10.<\/p>\n<p>Despite losing both of their recent two international friendly games against African giants Algeria, some of the teams who were above Amavubi either lost to lesser opponents or didn&#8217;t play any friendlies.<\/p>\n<p>That prevented Rwanda from dropping points and instead improved three places on the world rankings with 1127.36 points.<\/p>\n<p>Argentina leads the world followed by Spain, France. England and Brazil who make up the top 5.<\/p>\n<p>The highest ranked African team is Morocco who are 11th in the world followed by Senegal 19th, Egypt 34th, Algeria 36th and Nigeria 44th.<\/p>\n<p>The best team from the CECAFA zone is Uganda who are 88th in the world and 19th in Africa. Tanzania, Kenya, Sudan and Rwanda follow in that order.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Rwanda has moved climbed to 127th position up from 130th in the world and stayed in 37th place in Africa in the latest FIFA World ranking released on Thursday, July 10. Despite losing both of their recent two international friendly games against African giants Algeria, some of the teams who were above [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":105214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[6047,758],"class_list":["post-105215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-fifa-world-ranking","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rwanda moves three places up in new FIFA World ranking - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rwanda has moved climbed to 127th position up from 130th in the world and stayed in 37th place in Africa in the latest F ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rwanda moves three places up in new FIFA World ranking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rwanda has moved climbed to 127th position up from 130th in the world and stayed in 37th place in Africa in the latest F ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-10T17:26:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-10T17:36:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/sm_1752156340.715504.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"666\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Rwanda moves three places up in new FIFA World ranking\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-10T17:26:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-10T17:36:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking\"},\"wordCount\":170,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/sm_1752156340.715504.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"FIFA World Ranking\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking\",\"name\":\"Rwanda moves three places up in new FIFA World ranking - Rwanda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/sm_1752156340.715504.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-10T17:26:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-10T17:36:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Rwanda has moved climbed to 127th position up from 130th in the world and stayed in 37th place in Africa in the latest F ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/sm_1752156340.715504.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/sm_1752156340.715504.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":666,\"caption\":\"Rwanda moves three places up in new FIFA World ranking\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rwanda moves three places up in new FIFA World ranking\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/\",\"name\":\"Rwanda\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rwanda moves three places up in new FIFA World ranking - Rwanda","description":"Rwanda has moved climbed to 127th position up from 130th in the world and stayed in 37th place in Africa in the latest F ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rwanda moves three places up in new FIFA World ranking","og_description":"Rwanda has moved climbed to 127th position up from 130th in the world and stayed in 37th place in Africa in the latest F ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking","og_site_name":"Rwanda","article_published_time":"2025-07-10T17:26:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-10T17:36:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":666,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/sm_1752156340.715504.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Rwanda moves three places up in new FIFA World ranking","datePublished":"2025-07-10T17:26:54+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-10T17:36:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking"},"wordCount":170,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/sm_1752156340.715504.jpg","keywords":["FIFA World Ranking","Rwanda"],"articleSection":["all news","Sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking","name":"Rwanda moves three places up in new FIFA World ranking - Rwanda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/sm_1752156340.715504.jpg","datePublished":"2025-07-10T17:26:54+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-10T17:36:07+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Rwanda has moved climbed to 127th position up from 130th in the world and stayed in 37th place in Africa in the latest F ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/sm_1752156340.715504.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/sm_1752156340.715504.jpg","width":1000,"height":666,"caption":"Rwanda moves three places up in new FIFA World ranking"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-moves-three-places-up-in-new-fifa-world-ranking#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rwanda moves three places up in new FIFA World ranking"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/","name":"Rwanda","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}