{"id":15701,"date":"2025-11-20T10:42:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T08:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/bafana-bafana-slip-in-fifa-rankings-drop-out-of-africas-top-10\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:27:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:27:50","slug":"bafana-bafana-slip-in-fifa-rankings-drop-out-of-africas-top-10","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/bafana-bafana-slip-in-fifa-rankings-drop-out-of-africas-top-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Bafana Bafana slip in FIFA rankings, drop out of Africa\u2019s Top 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Bafana Bafana have fallen on the FIFA rankings from 59 to 61 and subsequently dropped out of the top 10 on the continent.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>FIFA will use the November rankings to determine both the seeding and pots for the World Cup draw <span dir=\"ltr\">on Friday, December 5<\/span>, in Washington DC, United States.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>While Hugo Broos\u2019 team recorded a 3-1 win over the lower-ranked Zambia during the just ended international dates, it brought no benefit of a move up the standings.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Confederation of African Football\u00a0(CAF) \u00a0Play-Offs winners DRC have elbowed out Bafana in climbing into Africa\u2019s top 10.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>As it stands, only four countries outside CAF \u00a0Jordan, Curacao, Haiti and New Zealand, that have confirmed their World Cup qualification, are ranked lower than Bafana.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2014SABC\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12715,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-15701","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"CAF Play-Offs winners DRC have elbowed out Bafana in climbing into Africa\u2019s top 10.","published_date":null,"news_description":"CAF Play-Offs winners DRC have elbowed out Bafana in climbing into Africa\u2019s top 10.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/15701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/15701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19826,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/15701\/revisions\/19826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=15701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}