The Egyptian national team jumps 4 places in the FIFA rankings.. a fiery struggle with Nigeria for the fifth place in Africa

Today, Thursday, 10/21/2021, the International Football Association (FIFA) announced the monthly ranking of the world’s teams, which saw Egypt’s national team advance 4 places by being 44th in the world, fifth in the Arab world, and sixth in Africa.
Although Egypt advanced to 4 places, it remained in sixth place in the African continent with 1434.62 points, behind Nigeria in fifth with 1492.37, and before Ghana in seventh with 1411.3 points.
Thus, the Egyptian team will be in the second level in the draw for the second round of the African qualifiers for the World Cup Qatar 2022, except in the case of winning all the upcoming matches in the qualifiers and in the Arab Cup that are not included in the international agenda, but matches outside the international agenda are counted in the classification, but with points Less than its counterpart on the docket, with Nigeria losing some points so we can finish fifth.
The national team played two matches in October against Libya in the third and fourth rounds of the African qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, where the Pharaohs won the two matches with a score of 1-0 and 3-0.
The ranking of the African teams was as follows:
Egypt’s ranking with the African teams before the draw for the second round of the African qualifiers for the World Cup Qatar 2022
Senegal (20) – Tunisia (27) – Morocco (29) – Algeria (30) – Nigeria (36) – Egypt (48) – Ghana (52) – Côte d’Ivoire (53) – Cameroon (54) – Mali (57) .
Belgium maintains the top spot in the world rankings, followed by Brazil (second place), France (third place), Italy (fourth place), England (fifth place), Argentina (sixth place), Spain (seventh place), Portugal (eighth place). Mexico (ninth place), Denmark (10th place).
The ranking of the Arab teams is as follows:
Tunisia (27) – Morocco (29) – Algeria (30) – Morocco (33) – Egypt (44) – Qatar (43) – Saudi Arabia (49) – UAE (71) – Iraq (72) – Oman (78) – Syria (81).