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Belgium top FIFA world rankings for first time

Belgium top the ranking for the first time in history.

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Chris Coleman’s men drop seven places to 15th, once again leaving them behind England who rise one place to 9th.

Ghana’s Black Stars are third in Africa with their number 30 on the ranking with Cape Verde (32), Senegal (39), Tunisia (41), Cameroon (51), Congo (52), Guinea (53), DR Congo (55) completing Africa’s Top 10 in that order.

Belgium moved to the top of the Federation Internationale de Football Association world ranking list for the first time on Thursday after overtaking Argentina and world champions Germany following their victories in last month’s European qualifiers.

Uruguay are up eight places to 12th after winning their opening two World Cup qualifiers and Italy are a place behind in 13th thanks to a jump of four spots.

The last FIFA/Coca-Cola World ranking of 2015 will be published on December 3.

The biggest fall of the month belongs to Sudan, who dropped 44 places to 128th.

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A team’s total number of ranking points over a four-year period is determined by adding the average number of points gained from matches during the past 12 months and the average number of points gained from matches older than 12 months.

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