TANZANIA climbed one place in FIFA's July rankings released yesterday and moved to 27th place among African countries.

In June, Taifa Stars climbed five places in the FIFA’s world rankings after securing an away victory over Zambia in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers group stage, moving from 119th to 115th place. They haven’t played since then. 

Taifa Stars currently do not have any official games scheduled until September when they host Ethiopia in the opening game of their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers campaign. 

Four days later, Taifa Stars will make a trip to West Africa to face Guinea in another AFCON qualifier Group H match. 

Morocco remains top of the African continent despite falling two places down to 14th in the world rankings. 

Behind them are 2021 Africa Cup of Nations winners Senegal, who moved down to 19th in the world rankings. They are followed by Egypt, who retain their place at 36th in the world. 

Completing the top five are AFCON winners Ivory Coast in 38th place in the world rankings and Nigeria who are one spot behind them. 

On the global front, the top two in the FIFA rankings remain unchanged, with Argentina still ranked No. 1 after winning Copa America and France second despite a semi-final exit at the hands of Spain at the 2024 European Championship. 

European champions Spain have climbed five places to third after a 2-1 victory over England in Sunday’s final to secure a first major trophy in 10 years. 

Euro 2024 runners-up England have moved up from fifth to fourth after reaching a second successive Euros final. 

England have swapped places with Brazil, who dropped a place to fifth following a disappointing quarter-final exit at the hands of Uruguay in Copa America. 

Venezuela is the biggest climber after moving up 17 places to 37th following a quarter-final exit at Copa America. 

Canada is also among the biggest climbers, rising eight places to 40th following its historic run to the Copa semifinals. 

The Czech Republic has dropped the most places, falling 13 spots to 47th after taking just one point from three group-stage matches at Euro 2024.