Russia 2018: FIFA to release special African ranking by June 21

Idris Adesina

World football governing body FIFA has said a special ranking will be established for African countries for the Russia 2018 World Cup qualifiers.

In a letter sent by mail to the football federations of the 20 countries in the last stage of the qualifiers, FIFA said it would release the ranking on June 21 following complaints from several of the teams.

The previous ranking, which was done by FIFA last week, was fraught with complaints as some countries believed it should have been done with the June FIFA ranking.

Egypt were reportedly among the countries who complained about the seedings, which put them in Pot two along with Nigeria. They argued that they should be in Pot 1, which is reserved for the top seeds.