Cameroon Gains 7 Places in July FIFA Rankings

It is a remarkable rise for Cameroon, which has gained 7 places in the World Football Governing Body, FIFA rankings for the month of July. The national football team, the Indomitable Lions, which were 49th in June, are now ranked 42nd this month.

This gain is attributed to the team's recent victories over Burkina Faso, the D.R.C and Mauritania, in friendlies and official matches recently. 

The Super Eagles of Nigeria, who just fired their coach, Stephen Keshi, are gnashing their teeth this

month, as they dropped 14 places from 43rd in June, to 57th in July.
On the African continent, Algeria are number one, followed by Ivory Coast, Ghana, Tunisia, Senegal, Cameroon and Egypt in that order.

Following the second place finish at the Copa America, Argentina have leapfrogged Germany in the ranking (Germany is paying the price of their recent loss to the U.S.A), with Belgium, Colombia and Holland completing the top five positions.
According to FIFA, 28 teams have managed to climb by more than ten positions, including Belize (118th, up 37), Copa América semi-finalists Paraguay (56th, up 29), the Faroe Islands (74th, up 28) and Venezuela (45th, up 27).