{"id":4327,"date":"2026-10-07T14:38:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T14:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/?p=4327"},"modified":"2026-10-07T14:38:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T14:38:41","slug":"amavubi-climb-nine-places-to-119th-in-latest-fifa-ranking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/07\/amavubi-climb-nine-places-to-119th-in-latest-fifa-ranking\/sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Amavubi climb nine places to 119th in latest FIFA ranking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-20-at-13.57.06-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-20-at-13.57.06-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-20-at-13.57.06-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-20-at-13.57.06-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-20-at-13.57.06.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rwanda\u2019s national football team has climbed nine places to 119th in the latest FIFA men\u2019s world ranking, marking its return to the top 120 for the first time since 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ranking released Wednesday puts Rwanda on 1,156.16 points, up from 1,126.62 in the previous edition. The team\u2019s nine-place rise was the biggest improvement among the teams around its position in the latest table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move follows two wins in the opening matches of Rwanda\u2019s 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign. Amavubi beat Liberia 3-1 before edging Cape Verde 2-1, giving Rwanda six points from its first two games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is the first time Rwanda has won its opening two matches in an AFCON qualifying campaign, adding to a run of improved results under coach Stephen Constantine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rwanda\u2019s latest position is its best since 2017, when the team reached 113th before climbing further to a record 93rd place that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The national team\u2019s all-time best FIFA ranking remains 64th, achieved during Constantine\u2019s previous spell in charge between 2014 and 2015. Rwanda rose from 134th to 64th during that period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest ranking is led by Spain, followed by Argentina, France, England and Brazil. Morocco is Africa\u2019s highest-ranked side in sixth place globally, followed by Senegal, Egypt, Nigeria and Algeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rwanda\u2019s next FIFA ranking will be released on Nov. 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwanda\u2019s national football team has climbed nine places to 119th in the latest FIFA men\u2019s world ranking, marking its return to the top 120 for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,41,36,27,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current_affairs","category-hot_topics","category-international","category-sports","category-top_stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4330,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4327\/revisions\/4330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}