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Ghana slips three places on FIFA world ranking

Xinhua, December 4, 2015 Adjust font size:

Ghana has slipped three places down to 33rd in the November edition of the FIFA World Ranking released on Thursday.

The Black Stars, runners-up at this year's Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), lost 15 points to reduce its total points build-up from November's 793 to 778 points.

The Black Stars were ranked 30th in the last edition.

Ghana is still third on the continental table behind Cote d'Ivoire and Algeria.

Belgium has moved to the first spot behind Argentina while Spain moves to third.

The December edition of the FIFA World Ranking was dominated by 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia qualifiers.

Of the 137 matches taken into account for the latest ranking, more than two thirds (92 games) were World Cup qualifiers; eight were playoff matches to determine the final four teams to qualify for EURO 2016, and the remaining 37 matches were international friendlies. Endit