Nigeria have dropped one spot to 38th in the latest Fifa rankings released on Friday, April 16 as similar misfortunes hit a host of the continent's heavyweights, including Tokyo-bound Zambia.
Randy Waldrum's team climbed up one place to 37th in December 2020 despite failing to regroup since Caf's Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games qualifying elimination at the hands of Cote d'Ivoire in September 2019.
However, an incredible success at the Turkish Women's Cup in February 2021 was not enough to save the Super Falcons from dropping to 38th, although remain top of the log in Africa.
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On the continent's stage, the top ten places are unchanged as Cameroon, South Africa, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Tunisia, Morocco, Mali, Algeria, Senegal occupy the positions, in that order.