Ivory Coast have leapt up the latest Fifa world rankings after winning the Africa Cup of Nations.
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Equatorial Guinea, hosts of the Nations Cup which ended on Sunday, soared into the top 50 for the first time.
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The National Lighting leapt 69 places and are joint 49th with Congo after reaching the semi-finals, albeit in controversial style.
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The Ivorians moved up eight places to 20th although Algeria remain Africa’s best-placed team in 18th.
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The Elephants are ranked second in Africa behind the Desert Foxes, the team they beat in the quarter-finals.
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Nations Cup runners-up Ghana moved up 12 places to 25th.
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The worst movers in the world this month were Libya, who dropped 35 places to 113th.
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At the top, Germany maintained their number one ranking ahead of Argentina, Colombia, Belgium and the Netherlands.
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There were no new entries into the world’s top 10.
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