On Thursday morning, Football's governing body, Fifa released its monthly ranking of national teams.<br /><br />The Super Eagles of Nigeria, on the back of winning the African Cup of Nations in February, have made remarkable progress as they are ranked in the 28th position.<br /><br />In comparison with last month's ranking, Nigeria, who are the 4th best team in Africa, climbed three places.<br /><br />World Cup qualifying group opponents Malawi, Kenya and Namibia are ranked 109th, 122nd and 125th respectively . <br /><br />In the continental ranking, the Flames are ranked 32nd, Harambee Stars 34th while the Brave Warriors are placed 37th.<br /><br />European and World champions Spain continue to top the ranking followed by Germany, Argentina and Croatia.<br /><br />Fifa Confederations Cup foes Uruguay are in 17th position while Tahiti occupy the 135th place.<br /><br />The next ranking will be published by the official website of Fifa, <i>fifa.com</i> on June 6, 2013.<br /><b><u><br />Top 20 African Teams</u></b><br />1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C&ocirc;te d'Ivoire&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ghana &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mali&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nigeria &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Algeria&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tunisia &nbsp; <br />7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Zambia &nbsp; <br />8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Burkina Faso &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />9&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; South Africa &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />10&nbsp;&nbsp; Equatorial Guinea&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />11&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cameroon &nbsp; <br />12&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Central African Republic <br />13&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Libya &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sierra Leone &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />15&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Egypt &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />16&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Guinea &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />17&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Togo &nbsp; <br />18&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Morocco &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />19&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cape Verde Islands&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Senegal<br />