Despite Nehru Cup win, India slip to 169th in FIFA rankings

India have gone a place down to 169th position in the FIFA rankings despite winning the recently concluded Nehru Cup football tournament here. However, India are 32nd in Asia. [caption id=“attachment_444875” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] India are 32nd in Asia. PTI[/caption] India are behind neighbours Maldives (159) and Nepal (166) who also participated in the Nehru Cup. Syria too went a place down to 148 while Cameroon are 61. The matches against Cameroon at the Nehru Cup weren’t considered for the FIFA rankings because the African nation had sent a ‘B’ team to India. IANS