CAIRO: Egypt have marched on four spots in the monthly Fifa World Ranking published by the world governing body.
The African champions reached 39th position in this month s edition after a 1-0 CAN 2008 qualifier victory over Botswana, and despite a 4-1 drubbing defeat to Japan in a friendly.
The top three places witnessed a major change as Argentina claimed top spot after registering back-to-back victories over Chile and Venezuela in the South American 2010 World Cup qualifiers.
Brazil jumped from third to second, while world champions Italy slipped two places to lie third.
The best move came from Georgia that jumped 33 spots after stunning Scotland 2-0 in the Euro 2008 qualifiers.
