Morocco’s ahead Youssef En-Nesyri celebrates after successful the Africa Cup of Nations semi-final. Picture: AFP
RABAT:
Morocco have achieved their highest FIFA males’s world rating, rising to eighth, regardless of dropping the Africa Cup of Nations last to Senegal, who climbed to twelfth on Monday.
Morocco had been by Senegal within the decider in Rabat on Sunday, however the hosts had an opportunity to win the trophy with a last-gasp penalty on the finish of regulation time.
Nonetheless, Brahim Diaz squandered the kick after having to attend some 14 minutes for the Senegal gamers to return, as they walked off the sector to protest the penalty determination.
Morocco moved up three spots within the January rating to eighth. The 2022 World Cup semi-finalists’ earlier finest was tenth in April 1998.
The best rating achieved by an African staff was Nigeria’s fifth in April 1994, whereas Egypt posted the perfect rating amongst Arab nations after they reached ninth in July 2010.
Champions Senegal, who emerged victorious for a second time within the final three editions, moved up seven spots to succeed in their highest-ever rating. Their earlier finest was seventeenth, achieved in 2024.
The AFCON outcomes have had a big impact on the rating of African groups, as a number of positions have shifted.
Bronze medallists Nigeria (twenty sixth) had been the staff that gained essentially the most factors, amassing 79.09 factors to maneuver up 12 spots, the identical as Cameroon (forty fifth), making them the most important climbers.
Egypt, who reached the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations, climbed 4 locations to thirty first, three spots behind Algeria.
Gabon, who had been eradicated within the group stage, misplaced 44.97 factors to turn into the staff that misplaced essentially the most factors, dropping to 86th. Equatorial Guinea, in the meantime, suffered the most important fall, sliding 10 spots to 107th.
European champions Spain stored high spot, forward of World Cup holders Argentina. France are third, adopted by England, Brazil, Portugal and the Netherlands, with no change within the rating of the highest seven groups.
