Egypt moved up one place in the FIFA rankings to place 45th on the list of national teams just one week before the start of the 2018 World Cup in Russia
The Pharaohs, who have qualified for their first World Cup competition since 1990, failed to win any of their four pre-World Cup friendlies,losing to portugal drawing with Kuwait and Colombia and losing to Belgium
Egypt rank fifth among African countries in the FIFA rankings, behind Tunisia 21, Senegal 27, Congo DR 38 and Morocco 41. Egypt has a bumpy road ahead facing Uruguay on the second day of the World Cup in a match that can determine how Egypt's world cup journey goes.
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