Egypt dropped down to 31st place in the monthly FIFA ranking for national teams for the month of November. The Pharaohs, who lost 2-0 to Brazil in a friendly this month, relinquished the lead of Arab nations to North African neighbors Algeria. Algeria became one of three African nations in the top 30, even though they have failed to qualify for CAN 2012. The other two are Ivory Coast and Ghana. Lebanon made a huge jump this month by moving up 35 places, thanks to their remarkable results in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers.