The latest FIFA women’s ranking has been released with an improvement from the Zambia and South Africa National teams in the latest ranking.

July 2022 was a busy month for women’s football, with five major tournaments taking place across the globe. In addition to the to 2022 Women Africa Cup of Nations, continental championships were held in Europe, South America, North America and Oceania, all serving as qualifying events for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

New African champion South Africa jumped four places to No. 54 in the world and 2 in Africa rankings which now include a record 185 of the 211 FIFA member federations.

Semifinalists at the 2022 WAFCON  Zambia (No. 80) are this edition’s most-improved side after surging 23 places. Nigeria (No. 46, down seven), who surprisingly went down 1-0 to the She-polopolo in the match for third place, registered the biggest decline in terms of points (minus 69.33).

The United States women’s soccer team still the remains the world number one extending its five-year reign atop the FIFA rankings on Friday and new European champion England moved up to No. 4

Four new teams have joined the ranking since June 2022: Cambodia (No. 120), Turkmenistan (No. 137), Timor-Leste (No. 152) and Guinea-Bissau (No. 169), giving the August 2022 edition a record-breaking 185 FIFA member associations.

The next edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking will be published on Oct. 13, 2022, ahead of the draw for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2022 on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022 in Auckland.

Below are the top 10 African Women teams.

1. Nigeria

2. South Africa

3. Cameroon

4. Ghana

5. Ivory Coast

6. Equatorial Guinea

7. Morocco 

8. Tunisia

9. Algeria

10. Zambia