Ghana storm into FIFA's top 20

African Nations Cup hosts Ghana climbed 29 places to joint 14th in FIFA's world rankings following their third place finish at the tournament.

Ghana are now the highest ranked African nation in the standings, which are published monthly by world soccer's governing body.

Cameroon, who lost 1-0 to Egypt in the final, are up eight places to 17th. Egypt are ranked behind Ghana, Cameroon and Ivory Coast at 29th.

India are ranked 144, while Argentina tops the list followed by Brazil.

The top 10 remains largely unchanged due to few competitive internationals in South America and Europe over the last month.

FIFA rankings (previous position in brackets)

1. (1.) Argentina

2. (2.) Brazil

3. (3.) Italy

4. (4.) Spain

5. (5.) Germany

6. (6.) Czech Republic

7. (7.) France

8. (8.) Portugal

9. (9.) Netherlands

10. (11.) Greece

11. (12.) England

12. (10.) Croatia

13. (13) Romania

14. (43.) Ghana

14. (14.) Scotland

16. (17.) Mexico

17. (25.) Cameroon

18. (16.) Turkey

19. (18.) Bulgaria

20. (23.) Poland