FIFA RANKING: Germany return to top, Nigeria rise to 34th..3rd in Africa

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Germany’s charge to claim Sunday’s World Cup title has seen them return to the top of FIFA’s world rankings for the first time in around 20 years. The latest list, published on Thursday, has Germany moving up one place on the strength of their 1-0 defeat of Argentina at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana. Lionel Messi’s Argentina are placed second, an improvement of three places, with the Netherlands leaping 12 rungs into third after their impressive World Cup third place finish. The James Rodriguez-inspired Colombia move up to fourth (+4), ahead of Belgium (+6) and Uruguay while disappointing Brazil dropped four spots to seventh. Deposed world champions Spain slumped seven spots to their new modest placing of eighth, with Switzerland and France (+7) completing the top ten. Costa Rica’s remarkable charge to the quarter-finals was rewarded with a jump of 12 places to 16th. England’s woeful first round exit resulted in Roy Hodgson’s side dropping ten places to 20th. In the CAF rankings, Algeria are at the top, followed by Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria in 2nd and 3rd places, respectively. By this ranking, released today by FIFA, the top ten teams in Africa are 1 Algeria 2 Côte d’Ivoire 3 Nigeria 4 Egypt 5 Ghana 6 Tunisia 7 Guinea 8 Cameroon 9 Burkina Faso 10 Mali Below are the top 100 teams in the world 1 Germany 2 Argentina 3 Netherlands 4 Colombia 5 Belgium 6 Uruguay 7 Brazil 8 Spain 9 Switzerland 10 France 11 Portugal 12 Chile 13 Greece 14 Italy 15 USA 16 Costa Rica 17 Croatia 18 Mexico 19 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20 England 21 Ecuador 22 Ukraine 23 Russia 24 Algeria 25 Côte d’Ivoire 26 Denmark 27 Scotland 28 Romania 29 Sweden 30 Venezuela 31 Serbia 32 Turkey 33 Panama 34 Nigeria 35 Czech Republic 36 Egypt 37 Slovenia 38 Hungary 38 Ghana 40 Honduras 41 Armenia 42 Tunisia 43 Austria 44 Wales 45 Japan 46 Slovakia 47 Iceland 48 Paraguay 49 Iran 50 Montenegro 51 Guinea 52 Uzbekistan 53 Norway 53 Cameroon 55 Finland 56 Korea Republic 57 Jordan 58 Burkina Faso 59 Peru 60 Mali 61 Poland 62 Senegal 63 Libya 64 Sierra Leone 65 United Arab Emirates 66 South Africa 67 Albania 67 Israel 69 Oman 70 Republic of Ireland 71 Bolivia 72 Bulgaria 73 Azerbaijan 74 FYR Macedonia 75 Cape Verde Islands 76 Australia 77 Zambia 78 Saudi Arabia 79 Morocco 79 Angola 81 Belarus 82 Congo 83 Jamaica 84 Trinidad and Tobago 85 Palestine 86 Qatar 87 Uganda 88 Togo 89 Northern Ireland 89 Iraq 91 Benin 92 Estonia 93 Gabon 94 China PR 95 Kenya 96 Congo DR 97 Georgia 98 Zimbabwe 99 Botswana 100 Niger Nigeria rose up ten spots to 34th place in the Fifa rankings , courtesy of the Super Eagles’ second round finish at the World Cup in Brazil.

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