Egypt have slipped down two places to lie 36th in the monthly FIFA ranking for national teams. The seven-time African champions played one game since the last ranking update, losing 2-1 to Sierra Leone in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. The Pharaohs, however, remain on top of Arab nations, but are still behind 16thplaced Ivory Coast continentally. At the top of the table, Spain regained first place from Holland after thrashing Liechtenstein 6-0 in the Euro 2012 qualifiers.