My Dear Country Nigeria Rises From 44 To 34th On FIFA Ranking After World Cup Outing

The Super Eagles have risen up 10 places from 44 to 34 in a new FIFA World Ranking released today July 17th. 

FIFA released the new list based on countries performance at the just concluded World Cup in Brazil. Nigeria went up 10 spots courtesy of the Super Eagles' second round finish at the World Cup.

The Super Eagles now rank third place in the African continent after Algeria and Cote d'Ivoire who came 24th and 25th respectively on the World list.

World champions Germany was ranked number one on the list while Argentina was placed second and Netherlands 3rd. Colombia came 4th, Belgium 5th, Uruguay 6th, Brazil 7th, Spain 8th, Switzerland 9th and France 10th. 

Ranking In Africa
1. Algeria
2. Cote d'Ivoire
3. Nigeria
4. Egypt
5. Ghana
6. Tunisia 
7. Guinea
8. Cameroon
9. Burkina Faso
10. Mali