African champions Cameroon dropped four places to 36th (5th in Africa) after their poor showing at the FIFA Confederations Cup, while Nigeria dropped one place to 39th.

Egypt maintained their status as Africa’s highest ranked team despite falling four places to occupy 24th spot overall.

Congo (28) and Tunisia (34) were the biggest climbers in Africa moving up 11 and 7 places respectively.

Germany overtook Brazil and Argentina to go top of the rankings after their success at the just ended FIFA Confederations Cup.

Top 10 African Nations
Egypt
Senegal
Congo DR
Tunisia
Cameroon
Nigeria
Burkina Faso
Algeria
Ghana
Côte d’Ivoire

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The Black Stars are down to 49th spot, ninth in CAF, while West African neighbours Senegal, Cameroon and Nigeria all moved in the opposite direction. Senegal are up three places to 27th (second in Africa), followed by Cameroon (32nd) and the Super Eagles (38th).

Another West African nation, Burkina Faso, slipped six places to 41st, level with Tunisia. Egypt remain the top-ranked side on the continent, though they have dropped one place in the overall rankings to 20th.

The biggest movers in Africa were Madagascar, who jumped 14 places to 97th in the world, while Mauritania dropped all of 13 places to 104th.

There was no change to the top 10 ranked nations, with Brazil still leading the way from Argentina, Germany, Chile and Colombia.

Top 20 African nations
1. Egypt (20th overall)
2. Senegal (27th)
3. Cameroon (32nd)
4. Nigeria (38th)
5. DR Congo (39th)
6. Tunisia (41st)
6. Burkina Faso (41st)
8. Cote d’Ivoire (47th)
9. Ghana (49th)
10. Algeria (53rd)
11. Morocco (56th)
12. South Africa (65th)
13. Mali (66th)
14. Uganda (71st)
15. Guinea (72nd)
16. Kenya (74th)
17. Benin (81st)
18. Cape Verde Islands (84th)
19. Congo (85th)
20. Gabon (86th)

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The Black Stars are now ranked 45th in the world but still remained eighth in Africa as FIFA took into account 129 games played.

Egypt remained the Africa No.1 country as they moved up one place to 35th on the table; followed by Senegal, Cameroon and Burkina Faso.

Ghana could not accumulate points after failed to arrange for friendlies due to the lack of cash by the Football Association.

Brazil capped off a fine fortnight of football as they moved to the top of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, reclaiming their seat at the top of the podium after a seven-year hiatus.

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By Rahman Osman/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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