FIFA Rankings: Eagles Drop Three Places Despite defeating Ethiopia to pick ticket to the 2014 World Cup and also playing a 2-2 draw with former world champion, Italy, the Super Eagles slipped three places from 33rd to 36th in the latest FIFA Rankings released Thursday. The African champions however remained rooted to the same fourth position in the continent with 710 points behind the trio of Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Algeria who all interestingly will be flying the continent’s flag at next year’s World Cup in Brazil having secured tickets in the recently concluded World Cup Play-offs. Ivory Coast remains the highest ranked team in Africa and 17th in the world on 918 points. The Black Stars are 24th in the world with 849 points, while Algeria third in Africa are 26th in the world on 800 points. Spain head the global list, ahead of Germany, Argentina, Colombia and Portugal. All teams in the top 20, except for Ukraine (18th, up 2), have booked their tickets to Brazil next year and just three teams outside of the top 50 have managed to qualify for the 2014 showpiece, namely Cameroon (51st, up 8), Korea Republic (54th, up 2) and Australia (59th, down 2).