Nigeria to drop to 44th in FIFA Ranking

[Synopsis]

Down from 38.
CHAN matches shouldn't be included in the calculation.

[marutimon]

Yeah, that sure was Africa shooting itself in the foot.

[pajimoh]

Yeah, that sure was Africa shooting itself in the foot.

Forget the ranking. We need to develop our game and CHAN helps the local lads. FIFA ranking I nothing more than bragging rights

[EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA]

It affects our players ability to get a work permit

[Field Marshall Ogolo]

Down from 38.
CHAN matches shouldn't be included in the calculation.

The natural number for Naija should be around 100. It is a fair position given your population.

[Kabalega]

Down from 38.
CHAN matches shouldn't be included in the calculation.

How many CHAN games did Naija play?

Cameroon won AFCON and dropped. So did many other AFCON teams, while a dormant Naija rose up in rankings.
Now that you are finally playing games and dropping, you blame CHAN in which you played only two games?
One of which you won via off side goals?

[Its a Goal]

It affects our players ability to get a work permit

Please explain.

[ikemba_nacho]

It affects our players ability to get a work permit

Please explain.

Onazi's failed move to Birmingham

[Synopsis]

Down from 38.
CHAN matches shouldn't be included in the calculation.

How many CHAN games did Naija play?

Cameroon won AFCON and dropped. So did many other AFCON teams, while a dormant Naija rose up in rankings.
Now that you are finally playing games and dropping, you blame CHAN in which you played only two games?
One of which you won via off side goals?

Are you ok? Cameroon moved up 29 spots after they won AFCON.

Nigeria lost a CHAN qualifier match and they dropped. Why should they be punished? Nigeria's CHAN team is nothing close to our strongest team. I have nothing against the CHAN, great for development, I just think it shouldn't be included in the calculation. It is unfair to teams where the majority of their players play outside of their country.

See the lopsided groups CAF has in WCQ.

[Kabalega]

Down from 38.
CHAN matches shouldn't be included in the calculation.

How many CHAN games did Naija play?

Cameroon won AFCON and dropped. So did many other AFCON teams, while a dormant Naija rose up in rankings.
Now that you are finally playing games and dropping, you blame CHAN in which you played only two games?
One of which you won via off side goals?

Are you ok? Cameroon moved up 29 spots after they won AFCON.

Nigeria lost a CHAN qualifier match and they dropped. Why should they be punished? Nigeria's CHAN team is nothing close to our strongest team. I have nothing against the CHAN, great for development, I just think it shouldn't be included in the calculation. It is unfair to teams where the majority of their players play outside of their country.

See the lopsided groups CAF has in WCQ.

Not true! Then why didn't they climb after beating the same team by a wider margin?

Care to explain why a dormant Nigeria kept climbing after missing out on AFCON, while AFCON bound teams were dropping in ranking?

How come Nigeria that failed to qualify for the last two AFCONs, is now ranked higher than CIV and Ghana?

[Synopsis]

Down from 38.
CHAN matches shouldn't be included in the calculation.

How many CHAN games did Naija play?

Cameroon won AFCON and dropped. So did many other AFCON teams, while a dormant Naija rose up in rankings.
Now that you are finally playing games and dropping, you blame CHAN in which you played only two games?
One of which you won via off side goals?

Are you ok? Cameroon moved up 29 spots after they won AFCON.

Nigeria lost a CHAN qualifier match and they dropped. Why should they be punished? Nigeria's CHAN team is nothing close to our strongest team. I have nothing against the CHAN, great for development, I just think it shouldn't be included in the calculation. It is unfair to teams where the majority of their players play outside of their country.

See the lopsided groups CAF has in WCQ.

Not true! Then why didn't they climb after beating the same team by a wider margin?

Care to explain why a dormant Nigeria kept climbing after missing out on AFCON, while AFCON bound teams were dropping in ranking?

How come Nigeria that failed to qualify for the last two AFCONs, is now ranked higher than CIV and Ghana?

FIFA ranking doesn't take into account goal margin.

Nigeria has been performing better than Ghana and CIV over the last year. CIV didn't win a single match at the AFCON and look at Ghana's recent results:

[marutimon]

Yeah, that sure was Africa shooting itself in the foot.

Forget the ranking. We need to develop our game and CHAN helps the local lads. FIFA ranking I nothing more than bragging rights

No one says we shoudln't play CHAN games, but since they count as friendlies they negatively affect Africa's already low rankings making World Cup pot 1 seeding virtually impossible. You can win games at CHAN and drop as a result, the more you play the lower you will be ranked, because their weighting is just 1 as compared to World Cup games having 2,5.

You win CHAN with 7 games straight and you can even drop in the rankings as a result as it massively increases the number of friendly games as compared to other confeds!

[pajimoh]

Yeah, that sure was Africa shooting itself in the foot.

Forget the ranking. We need to develop our game and CHAN helps the local lads. FIFA ranking I nothing more than bragging rights

No one says we shoudln't play CHAN games, but since they count as friendlies they negatively affect Africa's already low rankings making World Cup pot 1 seeding virtually impossible. You can win games at CHAN and drop as a result, the more you play the lower you will be ranked, because their weighting is just 1 as compared to World Cup games having 2,5.

You win CHAN with 7 games straight and you can even drop in the rankings as a result as it massively increases the number of friendly games as compared to other confeds!

Where is CHAN counted as friendly's? It's a tournament and played under tournament rules

[100%Naija]

Down from 38.
CHAN matches shouldn't be included in the calculation.

The natural number for Naija should be around 100. It is a fair position given your population.

When people from football playing nations are talking, you should take out a notepad and write bullet points so when you return to your marathon runners forum, you can share how "they reason." olodo rabata

[Bigpokey24]

Una still dey cry about rankings? SE was ranked low before the 3rd round of the qualifiers

[The YeyeMan]

Yeah, that sure was Africa shooting itself in the foot.

Forget the ranking. We need to develop our game and CHAN helps the local lads. FIFA ranking I nothing more than bragging rights

No one says we shoudln't play CHAN games, but since they count as friendlies they negatively affect Africa's already low rankings making World Cup pot 1 seeding virtually impossible. You can win games at CHAN and drop as a result, the more you play the lower you will be ranked, because their weighting is just 1 as compared to World Cup games having 2,5.

You win CHAN with 7 games straight and you can even drop in the rankings as a result as it massively increases the number of friendly games as compared to other confeds!

That's right. CHAN should be reclassified as a B team tournament so it doesn't affect the rankings.

[Odas]

Down from 38.
CHAN matches shouldn't be included in the calculation.

The natural number for Naija should be around 100. It is a fair position given your population.

You no well at all

[metalalloy]

Down from 38.
CHAN matches shouldn't be included in the calculation.

The natural number for Naija should be around 100. It is a fair position given your population.

When people from football playing nations are talking, you should take out a notepad and write bullet points so when you return to your marathon runners forum, you can share how "they reason." olodo rabata

[Bigpokey24]

Down from 38.
CHAN matches shouldn't be included in the calculation.

How many CHAN games did Naija play?

Cameroon won AFCON and dropped. So did many other AFCON teams, while a dormant Naija rose up in rankings.
Now that you are finally playing games and dropping, you blame CHAN in which you played only two games?
One of which you won via off side goals?

Are you ok? Cameroon moved up 29 spots after they won AFCON.

Nigeria lost a CHAN qualifier match and they dropped. Why should they be punished? Nigeria's CHAN team is nothing close to our strongest team. I have nothing against the CHAN, great for development, I just think it shouldn't be included in the calculation. It is unfair to teams where the majority of their players play outside of their country.

See the lopsided groups CAF has in WCQ.

Not true! Then why didn't they climb after beating the same team by a wider margin?

Care to explain why a dormant Nigeria kept climbing after missing out on AFCON, while AFCON bound teams were dropping in ranking?

How come Nigeria that failed to qualify for the last two AFCONs, is now ranked higher than CIV and Ghana?

FIFA ranking doesn't take into account goal margin.

Nigeria has been performing better than Ghana and CIV over the last year. CIV didn't win a single match at the AFCON and look at Ghana's recent results:

wow 3 Wins 8 loses and 2 draws.. they've been losing a lot, that Grant really yeye ghana

[marutimon]

Yeah, that sure was Africa shooting itself in the foot.

Forget the ranking. We need to develop our game and CHAN helps the local lads. FIFA ranking I nothing more than bragging rights

No one says we shoudln't play CHAN games, but since they count as friendlies they negatively affect Africa's already low rankings making World Cup pot 1 seeding virtually impossible. You can win games at CHAN and drop as a result, the more you play the lower you will be ranked, because their weighting is just 1 as compared to World Cup games having 2,5.

You win CHAN with 7 games straight and you can even drop in the rankings as a result as it massively increases the number of friendly games as compared to other confeds!

Where is CHAN counted as friendly's? It's a tournament and played under tournament rules

CHAN games count as friendly games in FIFA ranking points.

[The YeyeMan]

You're actually better off not playing friendlies - or playing a few against higher ranked teams AND defeating them. That's how Poland and Switzerland are gaming the system.