FIFA World Rankings of CECAFA Teams
Here You will get the FIFA World Rankings of CECAFA Teams. The Council of the East and Central Africa Football Association is an association of countries playing football in East and Central Africa. Joining the Confederation of African Football (CAF), the oldest sub-regional football organization on the continent.
The CECFA was founded unofficially in 1927. The competition was sponsored by Nairobi-based soap maker Gosage, owned by British Lever Brothers. Its design is often mistakenly attributed to Gossage company founder William Gossage. However, he died 50 years before the CECAFA was established.
The tournament was known as the “Gossip Cup” until the mid-1960 when it was renamed the “East African Challenge Cup”. It consisted of only 12 teams.
CECAFA is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. The first tournament was played between Kenya and Uganda in which the Kenyan team won both the matches 3-1 overall.
FIFA World Rankings of CECAFA, Update: 31 March 2022
| No | FIFA Code | Team | Rank | Points | Confederation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UGA | Uganda | 86 | 1275.50 | -2 |
| 2 | KEN | Kenya | 104 | 1202.26 | -1 |
| 3 | TAN | Tanzania | 130 | 1123.79 | +2 |
| 4 | SDN | Sudan | 132 | 1118.40 | +1 |
| 5 | RWA | Rwanda | 136 | 1097.16 | 0 |
| 6 | BDI | Burundi | 139 | 1080.62 | +2 |
| 7 | ETH | Ethiopia | 140 | 1076.67 | -2 |
| 8 | SSD | South Sudan | 161 | 998.45 | +7 |
| 9 | DJI | Djibouti | 194 | 875.98 | -2 |
| 10 | SOM | Somalia | 202 | 857.39 | -8 |
| 11 | ERI | Eritrea | 204 | 855.56 | -2 |
What are FIFA World Rankings?
The FIFA World Rankings Association is the ranking system for men’s national soccer teams, currently led by Brazil. The men’s governing body of FIFA, soccer’s world governing body, ranks teams based on the results of their games, with the most successful teams taking the top spots. The rankings were introduced in December 1992 and eight teams (Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain) occupy the first position, with Brazil being the oldest number one.
A points system is used, in which points are awarded based on the results of all FIFA-recognized international matches. The ranking system has changed on a number of occasions, usually in response to criticism that previous calculation methods have not effectively demonstrated the relative strength of national teams. As of August 16, 2018, the current version of the rating system has adopted the Elo rating system used in Chess and Go.
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