Canada plummeted 11 spots to No. 82 in November's FIFA soccer rankings released Wednesday.
The Canadian men, who are coming off a 1-0 loss in Hungary, are sandwiched between Peru and the United Arab Emirates. Hungary, meanwhile, climbed nine places to No. 67.
Canada stands eighth among CONCACAF countries, just ahead of No. 87 St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Brazil remained No. 1 overall while Nigeria moved up to ninth and Russia jumped 10 places for its highest position in more than three years.
Brazil has 1,588 points, with World Cup champion Italy second with 1,560.
Italy's 1-1 draw with Turkey in a Nov. 15 friendly in Turkey would have been enough to pull even with Brazil in ranking points. But the Brazilians increased their lead at the top by beating Switzerland 2-1 in a friendly the same night.
Argentina moved up to No. 3 with 1,551 points, swapping places with France (1,523).
England, Germany and the Netherlands remain at Nos. 5, 6 and 7, with Nigeria moving up two places from 11th and the Czech Republic falling two places to 10th.
Spain fell two places to 12th. Russia is No. 23 _ its highest position since early 2003.
The United States fell two spots to No. 31. One of the biggest losers was Uruguay, which fell 12 places to No. 29.
© The Canadian Press, 2007
