All Whites coach Anthony Hudson has plenty to smile about, after his side moved up to 93rd in the latest Fifa world rankings.

The benefits of the All Whites' win at last month's Oceania Nations Cup in Papua New Guinea have kept on coming.

As well as a ticket to next year's Confederations Cup in Russia, and a significant financial boost, they have also moved up 54 places in the Fifa world rankings, to 93rd.

They are tied with Libya, having amassed 366 rankings points. By comparison, leaders Argentina have 1585. Points accumulated over a four-year period, with weighting given for recency and importance.

It is their highest ranking since Anthony Hudson took over as coach. They were ranked 90th in the world in 2013, before a loss to Mexico in the World Cup qualification playoffs and a dearth of fixtures left them sliding downwards.

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They bottomed out at 161st in the world in April and May this year, but having had a decent run of games for the first time in three years, they have begun to climb back up. Their highest ranking was 49, achieved in 2002.

With plenty of fixtures to come over the next 18 months, and Oceania World Cup qualifying set to restart in November, they should at least be able to stay around there, if they don't indeed climb further.

The All Whites were hoping to confirm a friendly for the October international window, but there has been no further news since that was revealed at the end of the Oceania Nations Cup.

They will pay two games, home and away, against New Caledonia in November, with two more to follow against Fiji next March, in the next stage of World Cup qualifying.

The team that tops their pool will then play the winner of the other pool - the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, or Tahiti - in a two-legged playoff, with the winner of that tie progressing to the intercontinental playoff, where they will play the fifth-placed side from South America next November.

The All Whites were the biggest movers in the July edition of the world rankings, rivalled by Puerto Rico, who rose 46 places to 112th, and Belize, who fell 50 places to 164th.

The next highest ranked Oceania side is New Caledonia, who are now 161st.

The top five are all unchanged from the last update, with Argentina leading the way from Belgium, Colombia, Germany and Chile. Portugal, who won Euro 2016 on Monday (NZ time), have moved up to sixth, one head of France, who they beat in the final.

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