Ghana has maintained her rank as the World’s 25th best team in the latest edition of FIFA/Coca-Cola world ranking released for this month.

Despite the Black Stars’ 2-0 win over Togo’s Hawks in an international friendly on Tuesday, the outcome of that game did not alter Ghana’s position on the ranking log.

Ghana’s ascendancy was due to an impressive performance at the World Cup where the Black Stars beat former number two, the Czech Republic and the United States - then ranked as fourth best side.

The Black Stars were rewarded with an improved 23 steps up on the FIFA ranking log for the July edition of the monthly ranking schedule.

Ghana, the only African Nation to manage a second round qualification at the World Cup are still ranked 25th from the 48th position held prior to the competition.

With only 24 'A' international matches played in the past month, August's FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking sees no change in the top 15 announced Wednesday.

No African side could secure a place in the top ten though Nigeria, Cameroon and the Ivory Coast are among the top 20 sides.

Brazil still lead the pack with World champions, Italy who leapt 11 places to second after winning the world cup still behind the Brazilians.

Argentina are third with France and England all in pursuit.

On the African continent, Ghana has slipped a step down to the sixth position.

African champions, Egypt has overtaken Ghana to the fifth place.

Nigeria are still overlords of the African continent with Cameroon placing second.

Ivory Coast, who also secured World Cup qualification are third with Guinea taking the fourth spot.

A new method has been used to calculate this eagerly awaited first World Ranking since the 2006 FIFA World Cup which not only introduces major changes in points allocation and the assessment of the opposition's strength, but also makes such factors as the importance of the match and regional strength easier to understand.

This new formula and the big points hauls gained from World Cup matches has led to a complete shake up in the ranking.

Besides the effect of the World Cup matches, the change in the evaluation period has also led to a major shift.

Now only the last four years (48 months) count, with each year weighted differently.