Black Queens are ranked the third-best side on the continent after the latest ranking of women's national teams was released by FIFA on Friday.

The senior national women's team are behind leaders Nigeria and Cameroon in that order with 1459 points for the month of March.

Ghana dropped two places to the 50th position in the overall rankings from their previous 48th place in the rankings released every quarter.

USA retained first place followed by Germany and Japan.

According to FIFA, a total of 142 matches were taken into account for the latest edition of the women’s world ranking.