| Organization name | : | Council of Southern Africa Football Associations |
| Abbreviation | : | COSAFA |
| Type | : | Sports federation |
| Purpose | : | Sport governance |
| Founded | : | 1983 |
| Headquarters | : | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Membership | : | 14 national associations |
| Region served | : | Southern Africa |
| Website | : | https://www.cosafa.com/ |
The FIFA World Ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football. The teams of the member nations of FIFA, football's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest. A points system is used, with points being awarded based on the results of all FIFA-recognised full international matches. The ranking system has been revamped on several occasions, generally responding to criticism that the preceding calculation method did not effectively reflect the relative strengths of the national teams. Since 16 August 2018, the ranking system has adopted the Elo rating system used in chess and Go.
Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (French: Conseil des Associations de Football en Afrique Australe; Portuguese: Conselho das Associações de Futebol da África Austral), officially abbreviated as COSAFA, is an association of the football playing nations in Southern Africa. It is affiliated to CAF. COSAFA organise several tournaments in the Southern African region, and its most renowned tournament is the COSAFA Cup.
FIFA World Rankings Southern Africa Zone (COSAFA)
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| FIFA World Ranking |
| Europe | : | UEFA |
| South America | : | CONMEBOL |
| North, Central America and Caribbean | : | CONCACAF (CFU, NAFU, UNCAF) |
| Asia | : | AFC (AFF, CAFA, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF) |
| Africa | : | CAF (CECAFA, COSAFA, UNAF, UNIFFAC, WAFU-UFOA) |
| Oceania | : | OFC |
