* Africa Cup of Nations semi-finalist, Equatorial Guinea makes the biggest move by points(up 370 points),they also make the biggest move by rank this month(up 69 ranks).
* There were no moves into the top ten this month and no moves out of the top ten as well.
* New Asian champions Australia (63rd, up 37 ranks), beaten finalists Korea Republic (54th, up 15 ranks), United Arab Emirates (66th, up 14 ranks), Iraq (94th, up 20), China PR (82nd, up 14 ranks) and Iran (41st, up 10 ranks) have all climbed at least ten places.
* Costa Rica (13th, up 3 ranks) reached their highest-ever position
1. Germany 1729 points
2. Argentina 1534 points
3. Colombia 1456 points
4. Belguim 1430 points
5. Netherlands 1385 points
6. Brazil 1333 points
7. Portugal 1189 points
8. France 1168 points
9. Uruguay 1146 points
10. Spain 1144 points
11. Switzerland 1117 points
12. Italy 1112 points
13. Costa Rica 1074 points
14. Chile 1037 points
15. England 1028 points
16. Romania 1022 points
17. Czech Republic 990 points
18. Algeria 981 points
19. Croatia. 945 points
20. Cote d’Ivoire 932 points
Africa top ten teams in the World Ranking ;
1. Algeria (18)
2. Cote d’Ivoire (20)
3. Ghana (25)
4. Tunisia (26)
5. Cape Verde (35)
6. Senegal (36)
7. Nigeria (42)
8. Guinea (43)
9. Cameroon (45)
10. DR Congo (46)