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FIFA RANKING - IVORY COAST - move up Fifa rankings

Ivory Coast have leapt up the latest Fifa world rankings after winning the Africa Cup of Nations.

Equatorial Guinea, hosts of the Nations Cup which ended on Sunday, soared into the top 50 for the first time.

The National Lighting leapt 69 places and are joint 49th with Congo after reaching the semi-finals, albeit in controversial style.

The Ivorians moved up eight places to 20th although Algeria remain Africa's best-placed team in 18th.

The Elephants are ranked second in Africa behind the Desert Foxes, the team they beat in the quarter-finals.

Nations Cup runners-up Ghana moved up 12 places to 25th.

The worst movers in the world this month were Libya, who dropped 35 places to 113th.

At the top, Germany maintained their number one ranking ahead of Argentina, Colombia, Belgium and the Netherlands.

There were no new entries into the world's top 10.


Africa's top ten:

01. Algeria
02. Ivory Coast
03. Ghana
04. Tunisia
05. Cape Verde
06. Senegal
07. Nigeria
08. Guinea
09. Cameroon
10. Congo DR

 

World's top ten:

01. Germany
02. Argentina
03. Colombia
04. Belgium
05. Netherlands
06. Brazil
07. Portugal
08. France
09. Uruguay
10. Spain

 

 

20 Feb 2015
(BBC Sport UK)

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