Nigeria moved upwards

Super Eagles

After the glorious victory at the African Cup of Nations which was held in South Africa, Nigeria jumped 22 steps upwards from 52nd to 30th in the world. Nigeria claimed their third title in 19 years since they last won  the competition. In Africa, Nigeria is 4th best.
 Burkina Faso, the second best in the just concluded tournament, moved up 37 places to 55th in the world and 9th in Africa. Ivory-Coast, though beaten by Nigeria in the quarter final, moved 2 places upward to 12th in the world and remains number 1 in Africa. Hosts South Africa is 60th in the world and 10th in Africa.
 Click below to see first thirty ranked country in the FIFA ranking table for February

	Rnk	Team	Pts	+/- Pos
	1	Spain	1590	0
	2	Germany	1437	0
	3	Argentina	1281	0
	4	England	1160	2
	5	Italy	1157	-1
	6	Colombia	1129	-1
	6	Portugal	1129	1
	8	Netherlands	1108	0
	9	Croatia	1059	1
	10	Russia	1055	-1
	11	Greece	1020	0
	12	Côte d'Ivoire	999	2
	12	Ecuador	999	0
	14	Switzerland	993	-1
	15	Mexico	968	0
	16	Uruguay	950	0
	17	France	929	0
	18	Brazil	924	0
	19	Ghana	865	7
	20	Belgium	864	0
	21	Sweden	863	-2
	22	Denmark	825	1
	23	Chile	815	7
	24	Bosnia-Herzegovina	814	2
	25	Mali	813	0
	26	Czech Republic	797	3
	27	Norway	780	-3
	28	Japan	779	-7
	29	Montenegro	756	2
	30	Nigeria	747	22