Ghana is Africa's top team according to the latest rankings released by world football's governing body FIFA. The Black Stars are 14th in the world after coming third at the Nations Cup. The hosts of the recent Africa Cup of Nations are now above newly crowned champions Egypt, who is fourth on the list despite their back-to-back titles. Nigeria's Super Eagles dismal outing in Ghana has seen them dropped from first place in Africa to sixth, and slide 26 places in the world to 45.
Ghana's world rank of 14 is the highest place ever reached by the Black Stars. Although Egypt beat Cameroon twice at the Nations Cup, the Indomitable Lions are rated second on the continent.
Egypt move up six places in the world rankings but is unmoved in Africa.
A FIFA representative told BBC Sport that the rankings are not a reflection of a team's present performance, but a reflection of performance over the past four years, and are derived using a weighting system.
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