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Sports News of Wednesday, 6 June 2012

Source: GFA

Ghana slip on ranking table

Ghana have surprisingly dropped three places on the monthly FIFA world ranking table.

The Black Stars are now placed 25th on the overall table released today as the June edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking showed changes.

Ghana's point accumulation which stood at 816 in the past month, appreciated to 818 points.

The Black Stars, who kicked off their qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in June with a 7-0 win over Lesotho are still Africa’s second best side behind Ivory Coast.

Algeria remain third with Libya overtaking Mali to the fourth position on the continental ranking table.

Spain continue to top the global ladder which has seen Uruguay move second, thus relegating Germany to third.

A total of 115 matches have been taken into account for the current edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, 28 of which were Brazil 2014 qualifiers and the remaining 87 friendlies.

With the 2014 World Cup qualifying continuing, OFC Nations Cup matches currently being played and the UEFA EURO 2012 about to start, more changes will reflecte in the ranking in July.