Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa which is bidding to host the 2006 World Cup finals has been ranked third in Africa, according to the latest rankings from world governing body, FIFA.

The full list of African teams is: 1) Morocco 2) Tunisia 3) South Africa 4) Zambia 5) Egypt, 6) Cote d'Ivoire 7) Angola 8) Ghana 9) Cameroon 10)Democratic Republic of Congo 11)Zimbabwe 12) Burkina Faso 13) Mali 14) Gabon 15) Nigeria 16) Senegal 17) Namibia 18) 19)Algeria 20) Togo 21)Guinea 22) Mozambique.

Other rankings are: Congo, Kenya, Liberia, Uganda, Malawi, Mauritius, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Sudan, Swaziland, Burundi, Madagascar, Libya, Benin, 36 Ethiopia, Lesotho, Gambia, Mauritania, Rwanda, Niger, Botswana, Eritrea, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde, Chad, Seychelles, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Djibouti, Sao Tome & Principe and Somalia.