Cote d'Ivoire remains Africa's top-ranked African football team

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana and Algeria maintained their 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions respectively in Africa in the month of June, according to the latest monthly rankings released by world soccer's governing body, FIFA.

However, Libya moved up from 7th to 4th place in the current rankings, replacing Mali which fell to 5th place.

African champion Zambia however dropped from 5th to 6th place.

Following are the full rankings for Africa:

1 Côte d'Ivoire
2 Ghana
3 Algeria
4 Libya
5 Mali
6 Zambia
7 Tunisia
8 Egypt
9 Gabon
10 Sierra Leone
11 Nigeria
12 Senegal
13 Cameroon
14 Guinea
15 South Africa
16 Morocco
17 Benin
18 Cape Verde Islands
19 Congo
20 Angola
21 Burkina Faso
22 Central African Republic
23 Uganda
24 Togo
25 Sudan
26 Zimbabwe
27 Malawi
28 Gambia
29 Kenya
30 Chad
31 Equatorial Guinea
32 Botswana
33 Mozambique
34 São Tomé and Príncipe
35 Rwanda
36 Niger
37 Liberia
38 Congo DR
39 Ethiopia
40 Burundi
41 Namibia
42 Tanzania
43 Madagascar
44 Guinea-Bissau
45 Lesotho
46 Swaziland
47 Comoros
48 Seychelles
49 Eritrea
50 Somalia
51 Mauritius
52 Djibouti
53 Mauritania
-0- PANA SEG 7June2012