LIBYA managed to hold on to their 81st placing in the FIFA/Coca Cola World Ranking list for November, a position they managed to occupy after jumping 26 places in the October edition of the Ranking. Libya also places in 20th position among the CAF member nations.

The November list shows very little changes overall with the finalists in the last edition of the FIFA World Cup, Spain and The Netherlands retaining the top two places. The only change is the top 10 is in the number 10 position with Egypt replacing Russia who have also been overtaken by Greece and Norway.

As such, the top 10 list is made up of: Spain 2. Netherlands 3. Brazil 4. Germany 5. Argentina 6. England 7. Uruguay 8. Portugal 9. Croatia 10. Egypt

Meanwhile, another African team is on the up, namely the hosts of this year’s FIFA World Cup, South Africa, who have moved up two places to enter the top 50 for the first time since February 2006.

Obviously, Egypt also occupy the top spot among the African countries, followed by, 2. Ghana 3. Ivory Coast 4. Nigeria 5. Algeria 6. Gabon 7. Cameroon 8. Burkina Faso 9. Tunisia 10. Guinea. Libya occupies 20th place.

However, the biggest winners in the November edition all hail from the Caribbean, with the numerous matches played at the Caribbean Cup, which also serves as a qualifying tournament for the CONCACAF Gold Cup, bringing some participating teams major gains in terms of points.

These include Trinidad and Tobago (78th, up 28), Guyana (86th, up 12) and Grenada (91st, up 34), who are the highest climbers in the entire ranking.

Outside CONCACAF, only Botswana (67th, up 12) and Cambodia (170th, up 12) have moved up more than ten places. Inside the top 50, however, the situation has remained relatively settled, with no teams climbing more than two places and only one, Burkina Faso (41st) dropping four.

The results of 34 new 'A' international matches were factored into the current edition of the world ranking, bringing the total number of matches taken into account this year to 673. Almost half of the matches played this month (16 games) were qualifiers for the Gold Cup, meaning that it was mainly teams from the Caribbean who enjoyed big gains in points and places in the November edition of the ranking.