Eagles fly high on FIFA ranking

Interestingly, the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking is unsurprisingly heavily influenced by the African Cup of Nations, which recently reached its climax in Tunisia.

Making the biggest gains are new African champions Tunisia, who surge up to 31st place (up 14). Bronze medallists Nigeria (21st, up 14) make an equally impressive impact to secure their highest ranking in almost nine years. With Senegal (27th, up 6) also climbing, unseated African champions Cameroon (13th, up 1) – the undisputed number one team on the continent in recent years – are now within striking distance. Algeria (52nd) move up 11 spots; Morocco (33rd) and Mali (46th) both climb 5. Meanwhile, Kenya (70th, up 6) and Rwanda (100th, up 9) secure their highest ever positions in the ranking.

Nigeria defeated Cameroon 2-1 in the quarter final stage but the 2000 and 2002 winners still managed to stay above the Super Eagles in 13th position.

Rank:	Team:	Points: Feb 04	Rank: Jan 04	Change Since Jan 04	Rank: Dec 03	Change Since Dec 03
1	Brazil	846	1	0	1	0
2	France	828	2	0	2	0
3	Spain	795	3	0	3	0
4	Netherlands	749	4	0	4	0
5	Mexico	742	7	2	7	2
6	Argentina	741	5	-1	5	-1
7	England	740	8	1	8	1
8	Czech Republic	739	6	-2	6	-2
9	Turkey	737	8	-1	8	-1
10	Italy	731	10	0	10	0
11	United States	729	11	0	11	0
12	Germany	727	12	0	12	0
13	Cameroon	720	14	1	14	1
14	Denmark	712	13	-1	13	-1
15	Ireland Republic	709	14	-1	14	-1
16	Belgium	693	16	0	16	0
17	Portugal	681	17	0	17	0
18	Costa Rica	679	17	-1	17	-1
19	Croatia	676	20	1	20	1
20	Sweden	674	19	-1	19	-1
Rank:	Team:	Points: Feb 04	Rank: Jan 04	Change Since Jan 04	Rank: Dec 03	Change Since Dec 03
21	Nigeria	672	35	14	35	14
22	Uruguay	669	21	-1	21	-1
23	Korea Republic	665	22	-1	22	-1
24	Paraguay	661	22	-2	22	-2
25	Russia	657	24	-1	24	-1
26	Poland	654	25	-1	25	-1
27	Senegal	651	33	6	33	6
28	Romania	650	27	-1	27	-1
28	Japan	650	29	1	29	1
30	Saudi Arabia	648	26	-4	26	-4
31	Iran	646	28	-3	28	-3
31	Tunisia	646	45	14	45	14
33	Morocco	644	38	5	38	5
34	Egypt	641	32	-2	32	-2
35	Slovenia	640	31	-4	31	-4
36	Greece	639	30	-6	30	-6
37	Bulgaria	625	34	-3	34	-3
38	South Africa	620	36	-2	36	-2
39	Norway	619	42	3	42	3
40	Ecuador	613	37	-3	37	-3
Rank:	Team:	Points: Feb 04	Rank: Jan 04	Change Since Jan 04	Rank: Dec 03	Change Since Dec 03
41	Colombia	609	39	-2	39	-2
42	Finland	607	40	-2	40	-2
43	Serbia and Montenegro	602	41	-2	41	-2
44	Iraq	592	43	-1	43	-1
45	Switzerland	590	44	-1	44	-1
46	Mali	586	51	5	54	8
47	Jordan	573	59	12	47	0
48	Jamaica	570	46	-2	46	-2
49	Zimbabwe	567	49	0	53	4
50	Slovakia	562	47	-3	50	0
50	Honduras	562	47	-3	49	-1
52	Algeria	555	63	11	62	10
53	Scotland	553	51	-2	54	1
53	Israel	553	50	-3	51	-2
55	Latvia	549	53	-2	51	-4
56	Congo DR	548	54	-2	56	0
56	Venezuela	548	55	-1	57	1
58	Qatar	547	61	3	65	7
59	Iceland	546	56	-3	58	-1
59	Kuwait	546	56	-3	48	-11
Rank:	Team:	Points: Feb 04	Rank: Jan 04	Change Since Jan 04	Rank: Dec 03	Change Since Dec 03
61	Bosnia-Herzegovina	545	58	-3	59	-2
62	Thailand	543	60	-2	60	-2
63	Ukraine	542	61	-2	60	-3
64	Bahrain	537	63	-1	64	0
65	Estonia	534	67	2	68	3
66	Oman	531	65	-1	62	-4
67	Wales	530	65	-2	66	-1
68	Trinidad and Tobago	524	70	2	70	2
68	Austria	524	68	0	67	-1
70	Kenya	523	76	6	72	2
71	Zambia	522	69	-2	68	-3
72	Côte d'Ivoire	519	70	-2	70	-2
73	Burkina Faso	517	72	-1	78	5
74	Cuba	514	74	0	75	1
74	Hungary	514	72	-2	72	-2
74	Peru	514	74	0	74	0
77	United Arab Emirates	511	77	0	75	-2
78	China PR	509	85	7	86	8
79	Guatemala	508	78	-1	77	-2
80	Ghana	506	79	-1	78	-2
Rank:	Team:	Points: Feb 04	Rank: Jan 04	Change Since Jan 04	Rank: Dec 03	Change Since Dec 03
81	Chile	504	80	-1	80	-1
82	Libya	503	83	1	83	1
83	Australia	496	81	-2	82	-1
84	Uzbekistan	495	82	-2	81	-3
85	Angola	488	83	-2	83	-2
86	Syria	481	86	0	85	-1
87	Guinea	480	102	15	101	14
87	Canada	480	87	0	87	0
89	New Zealand	478	88	-1	88	-1
90	Albania	477	89	-1	89	-1
91	Belarus	474	90	-1	90	-1
92	Indonesia	473	91	-1	91	-1
93	Macedonia FYR	470	92	-1	92	-1
94	Haiti	467	93	-1	96	2
94	Georgia	467	93	-1	93	-1
96	Togo	461	95	-1	94	-2
97	Turkmenistan	459	96	-1	99	2
97	El Salvador	459	96	-1	95	-2
99	Cyprus	456	98	-1	97	-2
100	Rwanda	452	109	9	109	9

Table courtesy FIFA.COM