Thursday, June 26, 2008

FIFA Ranking: Bulgaria vs. Paraguay

As promised, here's a quick analysis of total points for Bulgaria and Paraguay

The "Points" value is computed this way:

FIFA match points * date multiplier / total number of matches in that 12 month time frame.

Example:

Bulgaria - Romania 1 - 0

FIFA match points: 1410
Date multiplier: 1
Total number of matches: 8

Points: 1410 * 1 / 8 = 176.25

The total number of points is computed this way: sum of the average for each year * date multiplier.


Bulgaria

Last 4 years:

39 matches - 10 defeats.

Year - Average (Total FIFA match points/number of matches)
-4 274.99
-3 413.691
-2 502.728
-1 502.375


Total 932.844

Most valuable matches:

17/11/2007 Bulgaria - Romania 1 - 0

EURO 2008 qualifier

FIFA match points: 1410
Points: 176.25

21/11/2007 Slovenia - Bulgaria 0 - 2

EURO 2008 qualifier

FIFA match points: 930
Points 116.25

06/02/2008 Northern Ireland - Bulgaria 0 - 1

Friendly

FIFA match points: 504
Points 63

26/03/2008 Bulgaria - Finland 2 - 1

Friendly

FIFA match points: 495
Points 61.875

06/09/2006 Bulgaria - Slovenia 3 - 0

EURO 2008 qualifier

FIFA match points: 1065
Points 48.409

These five matches make up close to 50% of Bulgaria's July 2008 total.

Paraguay

Last 4 years:

53 matches - 19 defeats

Year - Average (Total FIFA match points/number of matches)
-4 528.419
-3 427.606
-2 430.64
-1 373.003


Total: 822.287

Most valuable matches:

15/06/2008 Paraguay - Brazil 2 - 0

FIFA World Cup qualifier

FIFA match points: 1455.3
Points: 90.957

02/07/2007 USA - Paraguay 1 - 3

Copa America

FIFA match points: 1515.24
Points: 84.18

17/10/2007 Paraguay - Uruguay 1 - 0

FIFA World Cup qualifier

FIFA match points: 1330.35
Points: 83.147

28/06/2007 Paraguay - Colombia 5 - 0

Copa America

FIFA match points: 1490.58
Points: 82.81

21/11/2007 Chile - Paraguay 0 - 3

FIFA World Cup qualifier

FIFA match points: 1139.25
Points: 71.203

These five matches make up close to 50% of Paraguay's July 2008 total.

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