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Ghana have moved up places on the February edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking released Thursday.The Black Stars are also 19th ranked nation in the world for the month of February; one place behind Brazil.Nigeria won their first Nations Cup trophy in 19 years to climb 22 places to 30th-their best ranking since August 2010.Losing finalists Burkina Faso moved up a massive 37 places to 55th.Ivory Coast despite bowing out at the quarter-final stage is Africa best team.The Elephants have also achieved their best-ever world ranking (12th position).Spain continue to reign supreme ahead of Germany and Argentina. England moved to fourth place after their home win over Brazil.The February edition of the ranking is dominated by the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa and the CONCACAF qualifying matches for the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals.
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