Egypt dropped one place to slip down to 36th in the monthly FIFA ranking for national teams. The African champions were defeat 1-0 in South Africa last month; a result which could see them eliminated from the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers for the first time. Ghana remained the best-ranked nation from the Dark Continent as they moved up to 15th, six places above Ivory Coast. In the top 10, Italy replaced Croatia as world champions Spain remained in charge of the table, followed by Holland and Brazil.