Fifa published yesterday the new ranking of the national teams of the member nations of the international body. The Big Island loses eight places and is in 110th place.

Predictable. Madagascar downgrades eight places in the FIFA rankings. The International Amateur Football Federation (Fifa) yesterday published the new updated world ranking of the two hundred and eleven national teams that are members of the international body. Fixed twice in 102nd place in the world during the publications of December 22 and October 5, 2022, the Big Island has since yesterday been in 110th place with 1181.21 points. This slide is expected following the recent results of the national A team in the first four days of qualifying for the 2023 African Cup of Nations. In four meetings, the Barea have suffered three defeats and recorded a draw . The proteges of coach Nicolas Dupuis lost from the start 0 to 3 once morest the Black Stars of Ghana, then held in check one everywhere once morest the Angolan Palancas Negras. And recently, they lost in the double confrontation once morest the Central African Fauves, 0 to 3 at home on March 23 and 0 to 2 on the return on March 27 in Douala in Cameroon. Madagascar has already entered the top 100 for a year and four months, between July 25, 2019 and November 19, 2021, following the extraordinary feat of Barea at Can 2019 in Egypt. From 108th place, Madagascar propelled itself to 96th place in the world then climbed one step on September 19 and was then in 95th place, which it retained until October 24 of the same year.

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The Malagasy national team occupied 91st place for the first time, the best historical ranking in the ranking published on November 28. She kept the same rank in six publications of the ranking from the end of November to September 17, 2020 before losing a place. From November 26, 2020 to April 7, 2021, Madagascar was in the 94th step, before falling to 100th place twice until May 27. In the top 100 still but up and down, it was in 97th place on August 12, 100th on September 16 and 99th on October 21, 2021. From November 19, 2021, Madagascar left the top 100 and moved to 101st place. He was ranked 102nd then 105th from March 31 to August 25 of the same year before climbing on October 5 to 102nd place.
At the top in the top 10, reigning world champion Argentina climbs a step and settles at the top ahead of France, Brazil, Belgium and England. The Netherlands are in 6th place ahead of Croatia, Italy, Portugal and Spain. On the African continent, Morocco, the highest ranked country, retains 11th place in the world, followed by Senegal (18th) and Tunisia (28th). In the Indian Ocean, Madagascar is still the best ranked (110th), followed by the Comoros (131st), Mauritius (180th) and the Seychelles 197th.