Copper queens drop on latest FIFA ranking

The Zambia Women’s National team have dropped one step on the latest October FIFA ranking.

The Copper Queens who were one of the biggest climbers in August after climbing 23 steps from 103 to 80 have now dropped down to 81.

The girls did not have a FIFA-recognized engagement since August with their supposed friendly match during the last international break against the Netherlands cancelled due to logistical glitches.

Despite the drop in the latest rankings, they have maintained their position as the 10th-ranked women’s national team in Africa with Nigeria also still ranked number one and South Africa sitting in the second position.

Meanwhile the United states of America women’s team have maintained their top spot as the World’s number one ranked.

Below are the top 100 from the latest rankings via FIFA

RK		Team	Total Points	Previous Points	+/-	Positions
1		USA	2087.48	2111.47	-23.99
2		Sweden	2066.3	2050.18	16.12
3		Germany	2064.75	2059.75	5.00
4		England	2051.61	2039.44	12.17
5		France	2023.09	2037.69	-14.60
6		Spain	1997.74	1983.13	14.61
7		Canada	1997.31	1986.51	10.80
8		Netherlands	1994.69	2002.99	-8.30
9		Brazil	1989.98	1975.82	14.16
10		Korea DPR	1940	1940	0.00
11		Japan	1918.16	1917.07	1.09
12		Norway	1910.78	1889.96	20.82
13		Australia	1903.1	1906.2	-3.10
14		Italy	1865.09	1868.29	-3.20
15		China PR	1862.87	1862.87	0.00
16		Iceland	1850.91	1870.66	-19.75
17		Korea Republic	1849.16	1850.09	-0.93
18		Denmark	1847.17	1855.49	-8.32
19		Austria	1793.68	1813.37	-19.69
20		Belgium	1791.37	1823.83	-32.46
21		Switzerland	1777.65	1775.36	2.29
22		New Zealand	1743.72	1741.94	1.78
23		Portugal	1742.25	1688.06	54.19
24		Republic of Ireland	1739.46	1695.26	44.20
25		Scotland	1727.97	1739.83	-11.86
26		Russia	1716.57	1717.04	-0.47
27		Colombia	1706.46	1700.4	6.06
28		Czech Republic	1689.06	1675.21	13.85
29		Argentina	1660.37	1660.37	0.00
30		Finland	1655.04	1669.24	-14.20
31		Wales	1652.67	1665.24	-12.57
32		Poland	1652.49	1647.92	4.57
33		Ukraine	1644.97	1643.46	1.51
34		Vietnam	1643.66	1643.66	0.00
35		Mexico	1623.1	1628.95	-5.85
36		Serbia	1622.84	1630.68	-7.84
37		Costa Rica	1604.91	1612.44	-7.53
38		Chile	1583.86	1580.9	2.96
39		Romania	1581.28	1574.3	6.98
40		Chinese Taipei	1581.2	1581.2	0.00
41		Thailand	1555	1555	0.00
42		Slovenia	1549.26	1536.95	12.31
43		Jamaica	1544.86	1543.93	0.93
44		Hungary	1543.19	1538.35	4.84
45		Nigeria	1537.65	1535.09	2.56
46		Slovakia	1534.03	1541.41	-7.38
47		Uzbekistan	1523.83	1523.83	0.00
48		Myanmar	1517.95	1517.95	0.00
49		Northern Ireland	1516.47	1511.13	5.34
50		Papua New Guinea	1512.43	1512.43	0.00

RK		Team	Total Points	Previous Points	+/-	Positions
51		Paraguay	1508.56	1510.53	-1.97
52		Venezuela	1494.4	1494.4	0.00
53		Philippines	1483.06	1479.91	3.15
54		South Africa	1462.12	1464.36	-2.24
55		Belarus	1447.37	1457.75	-10.38
56		Haiti	1445.71	1445.71	0.00
57		Panama	1432.87	1425.65	7.22
58		Cameroon	1417.44	1417.44	0.00
59		Ghana	1416.77	1416.77	0.00
60		Croatia	1410.32	1404.39	5.93
61		India	1405.79	1425.51	-19.72
62		Greece	1404.05	1409.31	-5.26
63		Bosnia and Herzegovina	1392.46	1385.2	7.26
64		Côte d’Ivoire	1379.39	1379.39	0.00
65		Jordan	1375.37	1377.44	-2.07
66		Uruguay	1374.14	1374.14	0.00
67		Türkiye	1373.01	1374.84	-1.83
68		Ecuador	1370.61	1377.83	-7.22
69		IR Iran	1364.73	1364.73	0.00
70		Israel	1360.76	1365.34	-4.58
71		Fiji	1345.58	1345.58	0.00
72		Equatorial Guinea	1344.47	1344.47	0.00
73		Albania	1342.43	1346.01	-3.58
74		Peru	1334.47	1334.47	0.00
75		Trinidad and Tobago	1318.11	1318.11	0.00
76		Morocco	1315.57	1315.41	0.16
77		Hong Kong	1314.35	1314.35	0.00
78		Tunisia	1298.6	1298.6	0.00
79		Azerbaijan	1296.27	1274.5	21.77
80		Algeria	1288.27	1288.27	0.00
81		Zambia	1282.5	1280.19	2.31
82		Mali	1273.24	1273.24	0.00
83		Guatemala	1259.69	1259.69	0.00
84		Senegal	1258.35	1258.35	0.00
85		Laos	1257.98	1257.98	0.00
86		Bahrain	1254.12	1254.12	0.00
87		Guyana	1247.77	1247.77	0.00
88		Malta	1236.19	1231	5.19
89		Malaysia	1231.94	1231.94	0.00
90		Egypt	1229.98	1228.15	1.83
91		Montenegro	1224.47	1251.28	-26.81
92		Bulgaria	1223.98	1229.79	-5.81
93		Tonga	1221.48	1221.48	0.00
94		Guam	1218.07	1218.07	0.00
95		Cuba	1217.56	1217.56	0.00
96		Estonia	1216.98	1180.34	36.64
97		Indonesia	1213.69	1209.02	4.67
98		Bolivia	1213.1	1213.1	0.00
99		Samoa	1212.01	1212.01	0.00
100		Kazakhstan	1205.62	1234.3	-28.68