African champions, the Falcons of Nigeria, have climbed three places in the year end Fifa ranking for women.<br /><br />Nigeria are in the 32nd position in the global ranking compared to the last quarter that they occupied the 35th position.<br /><br />The Falcons are the top team in Africa followed by Ghana, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and South Africa in that order.<br /><br />Our rivals at the Women&rsquo;s World Cup - United States, Sweden and Australia - are ranked 2nd, 5th and 10th respectively.<br /><br /><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate">Germany, USA, France, Japan and Sweden, who will all feature at next year</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>&rsquo;s tournament in Canada, <span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate">are the top five countries in the world.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <br /><br /><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate">The next world ranking will be published by the official website of Fifa, fifa.com, on </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>27 March 2015.<br /><br />Photo Credit : fifa.com<br />