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| Flames drop further on Fifa rankings,Flames drop further on Fifa rankings |
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Leonard Sharra,Leonard Sharra, 07 January 2004
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Whoever takes over the coaching job for the Malawi National Football Team, the Flames will have a huge task of bringing the Flames back on a two-digit position on the Fifa/Coca Cola World Rankings as the Flames continue nose diving on the world ranking chart.
The latest Fifa rankings released towards the end of 2003 indicate the Flames have dropped further from the 103rd to 105th position.
This is far below the Flames World/Africa Cup group five opponents Morocco, Tunisia, Kenya and Guinea, who are ranked on positions 38, 45, 72 and 101 respectively. Only Botswana, which is ranked 112th is below the Flames in the group.
Commenting on the Flames’ status, Fifa/Caf Instructor Bester Kalombo, who is also director of Sports in the Sports and Culture Ministry attributed the Flames’ poor fairing to a number of factors.
“The bad fairing of a country is not only to do with playing games. It means other countries, who are doing better have been promoted to our position hence pushing us backwards. Had we won against Ethiopia in the second leg of the World cup group qualifier, we could have gone up.
“But a draw is as good as a loss,” said Kalombo, who added that the administration problems facing Football Association of Malawi, (Fam) must have also contributed to the fall.
“The squabbles in Fam must have also contributed. That’s why Fifa official Ashford Mamelodi has said the current ugly scenario is not good for the development of Malawi football.
“We have to be stable and developmental in terms of administration if we have to progress because administrative issues are also put into consideration. Of course the main factor is winning games,” said Kalombo.
World Cup holders Brazil continue to rule the world on the top followed by previous holders France then Spain.
Cameroun, which is Africa’s top team, lies on the 14th position followed by Egypt, Senegal, Nigeria and South Africa, who lie on positions 32, 33, 35 and 36 in that order.
Meanwhile, the Confederation of Southern Africa Football Associations, (Cosafa) has released fixtures for this year’s Cosafa Castle Cup competition, which kicks off this Saturday in Curepipe, Mauritius with a match involving the host nation and South Africa.
According to the information posted on the Cosafa Website, holders Zimbabwe, losing finalists Malawi and semifin,
Whoever takes over the coaching job for the Malawi National Football Team, the Flames will have a huge task of bringing the Flames back on a two-digit position on the Fifa/Coca Cola World Rankings as the Flames continue nose diving on the world ranking chart.
The latest Fifa rankings released towards the end of 2003 indicate the Flames have dropped further from the 103rd to 105th position.
This is far below the Flames World/Africa Cup group five opponents Morocco, Tunisia, Kenya and Guinea, who are ranked on positions 38, 45, 72 and 101 respectively. Only Botswana, which is ranked 112th is below the Flames in the group.
Commenting on the Flames’ status, Fifa/Caf Instructor Bester Kalombo, who is also director of Sports in the Sports and Culture Ministry attributed the Flames’ poor fairing to a number of factors.
“The bad fairing of a country is not only to do with playing games. It means other countries, who are doing better have been promoted to our position hence pushing us backwards. Had we won against Ethiopia in the second leg of the World cup group qualifier, we could have gone up.
“But a draw is as good as a loss,” said Kalombo, who added that the administration problems facing Football Association of Malawi, (Fam) must have also contributed to the fall.
“The squabbles in Fam must have also contributed. That’s why Fifa official Ashford Mamelodi has said the current ugly scenario is not good for the development of Malawi football.
“We have to be stable and developmental in terms of administration if we have to progress because administrative issues are also put into consideration. Of course the main factor is winning games,” said Kalombo.
World Cup holders Brazil continue to rule the world on the top followed by previous holders France then Spain.
Cameroun, which is Africa’s top team, lies on the 14th position followed by Egypt, Senegal, Nigeria and South Africa, who lie on positions 32, 33, 35 and 36 in that order.
Meanwhile, the Confederation of Southern Africa Football Associations, (Cosafa) has released fixtures for this year’s Cosafa Castle Cup competition, which kicks off this Saturday in Curepipe, Mauritius with a match involving the host nation and South Africa.
According to the information posted on the Cosafa Website, holders Zimbabwe, losing finalists Malawi and semifin |
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