Fifa world rankings: Nigeria drop three places to 36th

Nigeria drop three places to 36th in the Fifa world rankings, despite winning the African cup of nations and qualifying for the world cup 2014.

The fall of three places under Stephen Keshi is meaningless after Nigeria became the first African nation to qualify for Brazil..

The ranking table on the world football body’s released on Thursday showed that Nigeria has 710 points, 14 points less against the 724 points it had with the last ranking in October.

The latest ranking places Nigeria fourth in Africa, behind Algeria, Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire, who have 800, 849 and 918 points, respectively.

Spain maintained the first spot ahead of Germany, Argentina and Colombia who also maintained the second, third and fourth spots respectively