The Super Eagles, who reached the last-16 of the World Cup for the first
time since France 98, garnered 660 points and moved up 10 spots to 34th as
against their previous 631 points which left them 44th position in June.
Algeria, who got to the second round of the World Cup for the first time in
their history, has 874 points to occupy the 24th position in the world and be
the best team in Africa, while Cote d’Ivoire has 850 points for 25th place in
the world and consequently dropped to second in the continent.
The Black Stars of Ghana, slipped down by one spot to 38th in the world and
fifth in Africa, behind Egypt, who remained static with 645 points.
Tunisia, Guinea, Cameroon, Bukina Faso and Mali makes up the top ten in
Africa in that order.
On the global scene, 2014 World Cup winners, Germany, as expected, are in
number one on the rankings for the first time in 20 years with 1,724 points,
reaping the reward of their fourth triumph at the expense of Argentina, who
are second on the list with 1,606 points.
Third-place finishers, Netherlands, have moved 12 positions up the table and
are now third in the world with 1,496 points while Brazil, has dropped four
places to the seventh position.
South Africa 2010 World Cup winners, Spain, have fallen from the top spot to
eighth place, while Portugal is now 11th, down by seven spots, and Italy is
14th, down by five spots, while England is now placed 20th, down by 10 spots.
Criteria for arriving at a country’s placing/position on the monthly rankings
is determined by the result(s) and number of matches placed by a particular
country in the month under review.
FIFA, in a statement, said that the results of 111 international “A” matches
have been taken into account for the current edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola
World Ranking.
“Sixty-four out of these matches were played at the World Cup in Brazil, 46
were friendlies and one was a CONCACAF continental qualifier. The total
number of international “A” matches taken into account so far this year is
now 362″, the FIFA Media Office said in a statement.

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