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Super Eagles of Nigeria
The Super Eagles of Nigeria ranked 30thin the 2024 Mens World ranking, dropping two places from the previous 28thposition.
The ranking, as released by the Federation of International Football Association on Thursday, revealed that the Eagles topped the 2023 CAF African Cup of Nations winner, Cote dIvoire, and seven-time AFCON winner, Egypt.
Having participated in two friendly matches after the AFCON tourney, the Eagles earned a 2-1 win against neighbouring rivals, Ghana, and fell to a 2-0 defeat against Mali.
As observed by PUNCH Online, the Eagles rank third in African football, falling only behind the Atlas Lions of Morocco and the Teranga Lions of Senegal.
Ranking first is 2022 World Cup winner Argentina, followed by the tourneys first runner-up, France.
In the third position is Belgium while the Three Lions of England hold the fourth place.
See the list below for the top 50 teams:
Argentina
France
Belgium
England
Brazil
Portugal
Netherlands
Spain
Italy
Croatia
USA
Colombia
Morocco
Mexico
Uruguay
Germany
Senegal
Japan
Switzerland
IR Iran
Denmark
Ukraine
Korea Republic
Australia
Austria
Hungary
Sweden
Poland
Wales
Nigeria
Ecuador
Peru
Serbia
Qatar
Russia
Czechia
Egypt
Cote dIvoire
Scotland
Turkiye
Tunisia
Chile
Algeria
Mali
Panama
Romania
Norway
Slovakia
Canada
Greece
(The PUNCH)
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