Ghana’s senior national football team has ended the year 2021 as the 52nd best team in the world.
The black stars of Ghana remain unmoved in December’s ranking published by FIFA on Thursday, December 23.
According to FIFA, the Covid-19 pandemic reduced the number of international matches to a record low, falling only behind the number for 1987.
“Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, only 352 full internationals were played in 2020. Not since 1987 (323 matches) had so few games been played in a calendar year. By contrast, planet football made up for the lost time in 2021 with a record-breaking 1116 matches played.
“And while the quantity of games changed radically from one year to the next, the top-ranked team in the FIFA/ Coca-Cola World Ranking has remained the same! For the fourth year in a row, Belgium (1st) ends the calendar year in pole position, albeit only just ahead of Brazil (2nd) by 2.1 points. France (3rd) complete the podium for 2021.
“For their part, Canada (40th) are the year’s ‘Most Improved Side’ having picked up no fewer than 130.32 points over the last 12 months. Their journey to the semi-finals of the 2021 Gold Cup as well as impressive results in FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ qualifying have been major factors in their rise.”
Ghana amassed a total of 1424.00 points on the continental table and behind champions Ivory Coast, who are in second. Algeria is still in the lead.
While Belgium finished number one in the world, followed by Brazil, France, England, Argentina, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, and the Netherlands, making the top 10.
The next FIFA rankings will be published in February 2022.
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