{"id":247497,"date":"2026-04-21T14:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T14:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsworldghana.com\/?p=247497"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:18:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T14:18:00","slug":"black-queens-climb-in-fifa-rankings-strengthen-position-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/2026\/04\/21\/black-queens-climb-in-fifa-rankings-strengthen-position-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Queens climb in FIFA-Rankings, strengthen position in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong> Black Queens<\/strong><\/span> have recorded a positive rise in the latest FIFA Women\u2019s World Rankings, moving up to 59th place globally from their previous 62nd position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The improvement reflects the team\u2019s recent performances and steady progress on the international stage, signaling renewed momentum within the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rise also highlights the impact of ongoing efforts to strengthen the squad aiming to return to the top tier of global women\u2019s football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the continental front, the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Black Queens<\/span> continue to assert its status as one of Africa\u2019s elite teams, currently ranked 3rd in the Confederation of African Football (CAF) standings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This places Ghana among the leading nations in women\u2019s football on the continent, reinforcing the team\u2019s competitive pedigree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest ranking boost will serve as a confidence injection for the team as we prepare for the upcoming Women\u2019s African cup of Nation (WAFCON) which also serves as qualifiers foe the next FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Black Queens have recorded a positive rise in the latest FIFA Women\u2019s World Rankings, moving up to 59th place&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[395,35],"class_list":["post-247497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-stories","tag-black-queens","tag-fifa-ranking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247497\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}