Harambee Starlets have not made any change in the latest FIFA Rankings released by the world football governing body on Friday 9 December 2022 as they are still locked in position 149 out of the 187 ranked nations.This is despite the team failing to play any international match for the last nine months owing to the suspension the country had been facing facing since February 2022 when FIFA ratified their decision to indefinitely suspend the country as a result of government interference on Football Kenya FederationThe final #FIFARanking of the year is here! 👊🇺🇸 remain at the top, 🇩🇪 and 🇸🇪 swap places, while 🇨🇦 and 🇪🇸 also trade positions. pic.twitter.com/Z7kuejDID6— FIFA Women’s World Cup (@FIFAWWC) December 9, 2022 Back in August, Starlets dropped down two places from 147 to 149 as a result of the continued inactivity which saw the team miss out on qualification for the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) and from taking part in the regional CECAFA Women Championship won by hosts Uganda.In the East African region, Kenya are only behind DR Congo (113) and Ethiopia (126). Tanzania (152), Uganda (161), Rwanda (163) and Burundi (174) are all behind Starlets.Harambee Starlets maintain their spot (149) in the final #FIFARanking of the year.Tanzania (152) and Uganda (161) are still behind despite the team not playing for nine months.#HarambeeStarlets pic.twitter.com/LSQ8S0EHns— Ochieng’ Stephen (@soo_ochieng) December 9, 2022 Continentally, Nigeria’s Super Falcons continue to lead the way as they sit 45th on the overall standings. Reigning African champions Banyana Banyana from South Africa sit second on the continent and 54th worldwide with Cameroon (58), Ghana (59), and Cote d’Ivoire (65) closing the top five.It is as you were at the top, however, with USA (1st, -) holding on to first place, which has been theirs since 2017. That said, the gap between them and their new closest challengers, Germany (2nd, plus 1), is narrowing, with USA having lost three of their last four matches, including a 2-1 defeat to the Germans. Sweden (3rd, minus 1) have dropped one place to the third, ahead of England (4th, -) and France (5th, -) who close the top five.##NAJAVA_MECA_6877797##Turkey (64th, plus 3) had the biggest jump in terms of points (+10.23 pts) and Estonia (91st, plus 5) were the highest climbers when it came to places. No side suffered a bigger fall in places than Montenegro (96th, minus 5).Some 187 FIFA member associations featured in the December 2022 Ranking, out of 211 in all, the highest number ever recorded at the end of a calendar year.The next FIFA Women’s World Ranking will be published on 24 March 2023Cape Town 7s: School boy errors cost Shujaa against Argentina
