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World Cup qualifiers Tunisia top Africa rankings
World Cup qualifiers Tunisia remained the number one national team in Africa when the monthly FIFA rankings were released Thursday .The ‘ Carthage Eagles ’ are 14 th in the overall placings and the lone African nation among a top 20 headed by World Cup title – holders Germany .
Tunisia and Panama start as outsiders in a World Cup group completed by Belgium and former champions England .
The north African country travel to Russia next month to compete for a fifth time in the global football showpiece and try to improve a poor record at the four – yearly tournament .
Since debuting in 1978 in Argentina with a 3 – 1 victory over Mexico , Tunisia have failed to win a World Cup match in 11 attempts .
The other African qualifiers for Russia — Senegal , Morocco, Egypt and Nigeria — are among the top six ranked African teams .
Africa top 10
1 . Tunisia ( 14 world ) , 2 . Senegal ( 28 ) , 3 . Democratic Republic of Congo ( 38 ) , 4 . Morocco ( 42 ) , 5 . Egypt ( 46 ) , 6 . Nigeria ( 47 ) , 7 . Cameroon ( 50 ) , 8 . Ghana ( 50 ) , 9 . Burkina Faso ( 54 ) , 10 . Cape Verde ( 58 )
( AFP )
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