Friday, February 20, 2009

FIFA Ranking: November 2009 ranking to be postponed?

If FIFA will use the same formula as in 2006 to determine the seeds for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, they might be forced to postpone the November 2009 release. As of now, it's scheduled for November 11th, but this means the last two match days (14 and 18 November) will not be included in the calculation.
The UEFA playoffs (between the 8 best runners-up) and the intercontinental playoffs (CONMEBOL vs. CONCACAF and AFC vs. OFC) will be played on those dates. Also, the last match day of the CAF qualifiers is scheduled for November 14.

With the final draw taking place on December 4th in Cape Town, they can't use the December ranking (to be published on December 16th). And bringing the December release date forward doesn't seem to be an option.

Most likely, they will postpone the November 2009 ranking, from November 11th to November 20th, as they did in 2007, in order to use the November 2007 for the preliminary World Cup draw.

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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

February 2009: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Montenegro 111 52 59
Guinea-Bissau 188 139 49
Central African Republic 200 154 46
Solomon Islands 163 119 44
Tahiti 190 149 41
Jordan 126 87 39
Syria 96 61 35
Korea DPR 119 84 35
Papua New Guinea 201 166 35
Palestine 180 146 34


Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Luxembourg 120 171 -51
Bermuda 116 155 -39
Nicaragua 132 169 -37
Gambia 73 110 -37
Congo 69 103 -34
Burkina Faso 62 95 -33
Puerto Rico 144 176 -32
Philippines 164 193 -29
Sierra Leone 109 137 -28
Algeria 66 94 -28
Northern Ireland 49 77 -28



Top 50 nations only (in the top 50 in at least one of the rankings)

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Iran 44 23 21
Venezuela 67 47 20
Colombia 51 34 17
Wales 65 49 16
Denmark 34 19 15
Jamaica 64 50 14
Finland 61 48 13
Norway 56 44 12
Chile 31 21 10
Saudi Arabia 55 45 10

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Northern Ireland 49 77 -28
Mali 47 71 -24
Israel 18 36 -18
Guinea 45 59 -14
Hungary 43 56 -13
Slovakia 42 55 -13
Panama 50 62 -12
Cameroon 16 28 -12
Ukraine 14 24 -10
Scotland 32 41 -9
Nigeria 23 32 -9


Matches I would have liked to see on February 11th:

Iran - Northern Ireland
Venezuela - Slovenia
Colombia - Hungary
Wales - Macedonia
Denmark - Slovakia
Jamaica - Burkina Faso
Finland - Mali
Norway - Bosnia-Herzegovina
Chile - Israel
Saudi Arabia - Lithuania

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Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.

Friday, February 13, 2009

2010 WC: Seeding formula based on the latest FIFA Rankings (11 February 2009)

Qualified teams determined using only the latest FIFA rankings.

Romania/Costa Rica replace Greece/Honduras.
 1 Germany        60.3 30.3 30.0
2 Brazil 58.3 29.3 29.0
3 Italy 56.7 27.3 29.3
4 Spain 56.3 25.3 31.0
5 England 50.3 26.3 24.0
6 Argentina 49.7 21.0 28.7
7 France 46.0 23.3 22.7
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8 Portugal 44.3 22.3 22.0
9 Netherlands 42.7 14.7 28.0
10 Croatia 34.0 9.0 25.0
11 Mexico 33.3 19.3 14.0
12 Turkey 31.7 10.0 21.7
13 Czech Republic 29.3 6.0 23.3
14 USA 29.0 13.7 15.3
15 Paraguay 29.0 11.7 17.3
16 Russia 24.0 3.0 21.0
17 Ghana 21.7 13.3 8.3
18 Japan 21.0 13.3 7.7
19 Korea Republic 20.7 15.7 5.0
20 Cameroon 20.0 3.0 17.0
21 Australia 19.3 11.3 8.0
22 Nigeria 17.7 2.7 15.0
23 Romania 17.3 0.0 17.3
24 Uruguay 15.3 2.7 12.7
25 Israel 15.0 0.0 15.0
26 Cote d'Ivoire 14.3 6.0 8.3
27 Egypt 12.3 0.0 12.3
28 Costa Rica 11.3 8.3 3.0
29 Saudi Arabia 10.7 8.0 2.7
30 Iran 10.7 5.3 5.3
31 Chile 7.0 0.0 7.0
32 South Africa 4.0 3.0 1.0
Top 7 + South Africa seeded.

The pots:

Pot 1: Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, South Africa, Spain
Pot 2: Croatia, Czech Republic, Israel, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Turkey
Pot 3: Australia, Costa Rica, Iran, Japan, Korea Republic, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, USA
Pot 4: Cameroon, Chile, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria, Paraguay, Uruguay

Possible draw (using random.org):

Group A: South Africa, Croatia, Mexico, Paraguay
Group B: Argentina, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Cote d'Ivoire
Group C: Spain, Israel, Japan, Cameroon
Group D: Brazil, Czech Republic, Iran, Nigeria
Group E: France, Turkey, Korea Republic, Egypt
Group F: Italy, Romania, Costa Rica, Chile
Group G: England, Netherlands, USA, Ghana
Group H: Germany, Portugal, Australia, Uruguay

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2010 WC: Seeding formula based on current standings (11 February 2009)

Seeded teams for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.

Qualified teams determined using the current standings (including matches played on February 11th) and the FIFA rankings.

Korea DPR/Costa Rica/Trinidad and Tobago replace New Zealand/Mexico/Honduras
 1 Germany             60.3 30.3 30.0
2 Brazil 58.3 29.3 29.0
3 Italy 56.7 27.3 29.3
4 Spain 56.3 25.3 31.0
5 England 51.0 26.3 24.7
6 Argentina 49.7 21.0 28.7
7 Netherlands 43.7 14.7 29.0
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8 Croatia 35.0 9.0 26.0
9 Turkey 33.0 10.0 23.0
10 USA 31.7 13.7 18.0
11 Paraguay 31.3 11.7 19.7
12 Ghana 25.3 13.3 12.0
13 Russia 25.3 3.0 22.3
14 Japan 24.0 13.3 10.7
15 Cameroon 23.7 3.0 20.7
16 Korea Republic 23.0 15.7 7.3
17 Nigeria 22.3 2.7 19.7
18 Australia 21.7 11.3 10.3
19 Greece 19.7 0.0 19.7
20 Cote d'Ivoire 18.3 6.0 12.3
21 Israel 18.0 0.0 18.0
22 Denmark 17.7 7.7 10.0
23 Uruguay 17.7 2.7 15.0
24 Egypt 17.7 0.0 17.7
25 Serbia 17.3 5.3 12.0
26 Costa Rica 13.3 8.3 5.0
27 Iran 12.0 5.3 6.7
28 Chile 9.3 0.0 9.3
29 Trinidad and Tobago 7.3 5.3 2.0
30 South Africa 6.0 3.0 3.0
31 Slovakia 5.0 0.0 5.0
32 Korea DPR 1.0 0.0 1.0
Top 7 + South Africa seeded.

The pots:

Pot 1: Argentina, Brazil, England, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, South Africa, Spain
Pot 2: Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Israel, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey
Pot 3: Australia, Costa Rica, Iran, Japan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic, USA, Trinidad and Tobago
Pot 4: Cameroon, Chile, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria, Paraguay, Uruguay

Possible draw (using random.org):

Group A: South Africa, Israel, Costa Rica, Chile
Group B: England, Turkey, USA, Cameroon
Group C: Spain, Slovakia, Korea DPR, Paraguay
Group D: Brazil, Denmark, Australia, Ghana
Group E: Argentina, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, Egypt
Group F: Italy, Croatia, Japan, Uruguay
Group G: Germany, Serbia, Iran, Nigeria
Group H: Netherlands, Greece, Korea Republic, Cote d'Ivoire

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EURO 2012: Qualifying draw coefficients (11 February 2009)

The coefficients for the EURO 2012 qualifying draw will take into account results from:

2006 World Cup (qualifiers and final tournament) - 20% of total weighting
EURO 2008 (qualifiers and final tournament) - 40% of total weighting
2010 World Cup (qualifiers) - 40% of total weighting

Click here for more info on the coefficient system.

As mentioned before, I assume UEFA will use a qualifying system with six groups of six teams and three of five teams (Poland (24960) and Ukraine (23026) - automatically qualified as hosts).

Three matches played: Republic of Ireland - Georgia 2 - 1, San Marino - Northern Ireland 0 - 3 and Malta - Albania 0 - 0. The Irish teams both climb 4 spots and are now in the same pot, as Northern Ireland jumped to the 3rd pot.
 1  1 Spain              32484
2 2 Germany 31633
3 3 Italy 30097
4 4 Netherlands 30045
5 5 England 28478
6 6 Croatia 28436
7 7 Czech Republic 27111
8 8 Turkey 26647
9 9 Greece 26425
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10 10 Portugal 26319
11 11 Russia 25986
12 12 Sweden 25355
13 13 France 25231
14 14 Romania 25025
15 15 Israel 24711
16 16 Switzerland 24614
17 17 Serbia 24451
18 18 Denmark 23481
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19 23 Ireland 23248
20 19 Slovakia 22848
21 20 Scotland 22771
22 21 Bulgaria 22718
23 22 Norway 22135
24 28 Northern Ireland 21318
25 24 Finland 21187
26 25 Lithuania 20951
27 26 Belgium 20405
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28 27 Austria 20360
29 29 Bosnia-Herzegovina 20025
30 30 Hungary 19447
31 31 Wales 18954
32 32 Slovenia 18761
33 34 Albania 18079
34 33 Latvia 18003
35 35 Macedonia 17534
36 36 Belarus 17394
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37 38 Cyprus 15591
38 37 Georgia 15579
39 39 Moldova 15074
40 40 Estonia 15072
41 41 Iceland 15004
42 42 Kazakhstan 13770
43 43 Armenia 13664
44 44 Liechtenstein 13441
45 45 Azerbaijan 12060
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46 46 Montenegro 11950
47 48 Malta 11817
48 47 Luxembourg 11812
49 49 Andorra 9697
50 50 Faroe Islands 9640
51 51 San Marino 8423

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FIFA Ranking: March 2009 preview (II)

Point totals for teams from the top 20 of the October 2007 ranking should be 100% correct. For the others, there's the issue of historical rankings published before July 2006.

Only one match left until the deadline for the March 2009 ranking: Australia - Kuwait on March 5th - Asian Cup 2011 qualifier. Obviously, these are the only countries that will change their total points as follows: Australia (W: 756, D: 735, L:724), Kuwait (W: 298, D:257, L:236).

Portugal return to the top 10.

Best movers:

16 - Equatorial Guinea
12 - Cyprus and Korea DPR
11 - Norway and Kazakhstan

Worst movers:

-11: Slovakia
-8: Grenada and Nicaragua
-7 - Austria

Lebanon will return to their worst ever ranking - 151st, first achieved in October 2008. Same goes for Mongolia, back to 193rd, first achieved in in December 2002.

Five countries will have their worst ever ranking:

Denmark (38th - 37th in December 2008)
Congo DR (95th - 94th in September 2008)
Zimbabwe (102nd - 101st in August 2007)
United Arab Emirates (115th - 114th in January 2009)
Kuwait (129th - 128th in November 2008)

Best movers in the top 50

11 - Norway
7 - Northern Ireland
6 - Costa Rica
4- Scotland, Colombia, Belgium

Worst movers in the top 50

-11 - Slovakia
-5 - Hungary, Guinea
-4 - Denmark, Lithuania

March 2009 rank - Team - March 2009 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1 Spain 1666 0 -27
2 Germany 1366 0 -37
3 Netherlands 1317 0 -40
4 Italy 1284 0 -34
5 Brazil 1260 0 12
6 Argentina 1219 0 38
7 Croatia 1169 0 -6
8 Russia 1128 1 9
9 England 1083 -1 -53
10 Portugal 1025 2 5
11 Turkey 1010 -1 -30
12 France 1004 -1 -22
13 Czech Republic 998 -1 -22
14 Ukraine 927 0 -5
15 Paraguay 908 0 -15
16 Cameroon 900 0 0
17 USA 896 3 38
18 Israel 887 0 10
19 Greece 863 0 -1
20 Romania 849 -3 -31
21 Uruguay 836 1 -13
22 Switzerland 831 -1 -26
23 Mexico 784 1 -7
24 Nigeria 783 -1 -44
25 Sweden 780 0 0
26 Republic of Ireland 772 3 25
27 Bulgaria 756 -1 -16
28 Scotland 755 4 16
29 Australia 752 -2 -8
30 Poland 747 -2 -7
31 Chile 739 0 -4
32 Costa Rica 728 6 34
33 Egypt 727 -3 -17
34 Ghana 717 1 3
35 Japan 709 2 12
36 Serbia 708 -3 -29
37 Côte d'Ivoire 704 -1 -5
38 Denmark 700 -4 -24
39 Ecuador 695 1 4
40 Honduras 674 -1 -19
41 Morocco 638 0 -18
42 Iran 618 2 -5
42 Northern Ireland 618 7 25
44 Korea Republic 617 2 9
45 Norway 615 11 62
46 Mali 605 1 4
47 Colombia 599 4 15
48 Hungary 595 -5 -34
49 Belgium 591 4 23
50 Guinea 582 -5 -29
51 Panama 578 -1 -8
52 Lithuania 573 -4 -22
53 Slovakia 569 -11 -66
54 Tunisia 560 -1 -8
55 Saudi Arabia 541 0 -14
56 Bolivia 537 1 0
57 Finland 534 4 11
58 Bosnia-Herzegovina 529 1 -6
58 Slovenia 529 -6 -43
60 Senegal 526 0 -8
61 FYR Macedonia 525 -4 -12
62 Congo 507 7 21
63 Gabon 505 0 -9
64 Algeria 501 2 4
65 Venezuela 498 2 6
66 Burkina Faso 495 -4 -25
67 Bahrain 483 7 27
68 Wales 482 -3 -21
69 Uganda 478 2 0
70 Jamaica 476 -6 -32
71 Latvia 471 -4 -21
72 South Africa 469 -2 -16
73 Gambia 465 0 0
74 Uzbekistan 449 -2 -27
75 Trinidad and Tobago 441 3 2
76 Iceland 440 1 -3
77 Peru 431 -1 -21
78 Angola 430 -3 -23
79 New Zealand 424 3 5
80 Albania 421 -1 -14
81 Oman 419 6 19
82 Sudan 412 2 0
83 Iraq 411 2 4
83 Libya 411 -3 -21
85 Rwanda 406 1 0
86 Cyprus 405 12 39
87 Benin 397 -6 -26
88 Belarus 395 2 0
89 Qatar 394 2 6
90 Austria 393 -7 -23
91 Togo 384 -3 -13
92 Zambia 383 0 2
93 Canada 379 -5 -18
94 Mozambique 377 1 5
95 Congo DR 373 -1 0
96 Kenya 367 0 0
97 Syria 366 -1 -1
98 Moldova 362 1 0
99 Cuba 360 -6 -20
100 China PR 354 4 15
101 Ethiopia 348 0 0
102 Zimbabwe 345 -2 -4
103 Tanzania 336 0 -5
104 Fiji 333 1 0
105 Cape Verde Islands 332 1 0
106 El Salvador 328 1 -1
107 Korea DPR 325 12 45
108 Equatorial Guinea 317 16 61
108 Malawi 317 -6 -25
110 Sierra Leone 315 -1 0
111 Georgia 314 -3 -13
112 Montenegro 310 -1 0
113 Guatemala 306 -3 -8
114 Namibia 297 -1 0
115 United Arab Emirates 295 -1 -1
116 Haiti 293 -4 -9
117 Bermuda 292 -1 0
117 Thailand 292 0 7
119 Armenia 285 2 7
120 Botswana 283 -2 0
121 Luxembourg 280 -1 1
122 Grenada 279 -8 -17
123 Antigua and Barbuda 272 -1 7
124 Chad 263 2 17
125 Estonia 259 -3 -6
126 Jordan 257 0 11
127 Guyana 255 6 37
128 Barbados 244 0 2
129 Kazakhstan 243 11 37
129 Kuwait 243 -4 -4
131 Suriname 231 -2 0
132 New Caledonia 229 -2 0
132 Singapore 229 -1 3
134 Azerbaijan 217 2 4
134 Burundi 217 0 0
136 Vietnam 216 -1 0
137 Indonesia 210 0 0
138 Madagascar 209 1 2
139 Swaziland 208 -1 -1
140 Nicaragua 195 -8 -26
141 Hong Kong 181 2 7
142 Liberia 179 -1 0
143 Vanuatu 176 -1 0
143 Yemen 176 3 13
145 Puerto Rico 170 -1 0
146 Malta 169 8 35
147 Niger 168 -2 0
148 Tajikistan 166 -1 4
149 India 156 -1 -5
150 Mauritania 149 0 0
151 Lebanon 145 -2 -5
152 Liechtenstein 144 -1 -3
153 Netherlands Antilles 142 -1 0
154 St. Kitts and Nevis 139 -1 0
155 Kyrgyzstan 134 4 22
156 Turkmenistan 131 -1 0
157 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 130 -1 0
158 Maldives 126 -1 0
159 Myanmar 121 -1 0
160 Eritrea 108 0 0
161 Malaysia 107 0 3
162 Lesotho 105 0 2
163 Solomon Islands 100 0 0
164 Philippines 98 0 0
164 Sri Lanka 98 0 0
166 Pakistan 87 0 -2
167 Chinese Taipei 81 0 -4
168 Cayman Islands 76 0 0
169 Bahamas 74 0 0
170 Laos 73 1 0
171 Seychelles 72 1 0
172 Nepal 70 1 0
173 Mauritius 69 -4 -5
174 Bangladesh 65 0 -3
174 Palestine 65 6 10
176 Samoa 64 -1 0
176 St. Lucia 64 -1 0
178 Belize 62 -1 0
179 Somalia 57 -1 0
180 Cambodia 56 -1 0
181 Turks and Caicos Islands 51 0 0
182 British Virgin Islands 50 0 0
183 Brunei Darussalam 45 0 0
184 Afghanistan 44 0 0
185 Faroe Islands 42 0 0
186 Djibouti 41 0 0
187 Dominican Republic 40 0 0
188 Guinea-Bissau 38 0 0
189 Bhutan 33 0 0
190 Tahiti 32 0 0
190 Tonga 32 0 0
192 Aruba 22 1 0
193 Mongolia 19 -1 -5
194 US Virgin Islands 17 0 0
195 Andorra 14 0 0
196 Dominica 12 0 0
197 Macau 10 0 0
198 Timor-Leste 9 0 0
199 Comoros 8 0 0
200 Central African Republic 4 0 -2
201 American Samoa 0 0 0
201 Anguilla 0 0 0
201 Cook Islands 0 0 0
201 Guam 0 0 0
201 Montserrat 0 0 0
201 Papua New Guinea 0 0 0
201 San Marino 0 0 0

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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

FIFA Ranking: March 2009 probable results

Here are the probable results used for the March 2009 probable ranking. They are generated using the Elo Ratings.

1 - First team wins
X - Draw
2 - Second team wins

11/Feb Cyprus - Slovakia X (Slovakia PSO) (Friendly)
11/Feb Serbia - Ukraine X (Ukraine PSO) (Friendly)
11/Feb Germany - Norway 1 (Friendly)
11/Feb France - Argentina X (Friendly)
11/Feb South Africa - Chile X (Friendly)
11/Feb Tunisia - Netherlands 2 (Friendly)
11/Feb Turkey - Côte dIvoire 1 (Friendly)
11/Feb Israel - Hungary 1 (Friendly)
11/Feb Portugal - Finland 1 (Friendly)
11/Feb Greece - Denmark X (Friendly)
11/Feb Algeria - Benin X (Friendly)
11/Feb Belgium - Slovenia X (Friendly)
11/Feb Wales - Poland X (Friendly)
11/Feb Iceland - Liechtenstein 1 (Friendly)
11/Feb Latvia - Armenia X (Friendly)
11/Feb FYR Macedonia - Moldova X (Friendly)
11/Feb Cameroon - Guinea X (Friendly)
11/Feb Peru - Paraguay X (Friendly)
11/Feb Libya - Uruguay 2 (Friendly)
11/Feb Venezuela - Guatemala 1 (Friendly)
11/Feb Egypt - Ghana 1 (Friendly)
11/Feb Burkina Faso - Togo X (Friendly)
11/Feb Colombia - Haiti 1 (Friendly)
11/Feb Iran - Korea Republic X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
11/Feb Mozambique - Malawi X (Friendly)
11/Feb Uzbekistan - Bahrain X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
11/Feb Lithuania - Andorra 1 (Friendly)
11/Feb Kuwait - Azerbaijan 1 (Friendly)
11/Feb El Salvador - Trinidad and Tobago X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
11/Feb Morocco - Czech Republic X (Friendly)
11/Feb Estonia - Kazakhstan X (Friendly)
11/Feb USA - Mexico X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
11/Feb Japan - Australia X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
11/Feb Malta - Albania 2 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
11/Feb Republic of Ireland - Georgia 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
11/Feb Nigeria - Jamaica X (Friendly)
11/Feb Romania - Croatia X (Friendly)
11/Feb San Marino - Northern Ireland 2 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
11/Feb Austria - Sweden X (Friendly)
11/Feb Switzerland - Bulgaria X (Friendly)
11/Feb Costa Rica - Honduras X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
11/Feb Spain - England 1 (Friendly)
11/Feb Tanzania - Zimbabwe X (Friendly)
11/Feb Angola - Mali X (Friendly)
05/Mar Australia - Kuwait 1 (Continental Qualifier)

About me:

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FIFA Ranking: March 2009 probable ranking (I)

Probable results computed using the Elo Ratings. See the list of results used for this ranking.

Probable March 2009 rank - Team - Probable March 2009 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1 Spain 1666 0 -27
2 Germany 1393 0 -10
3 Netherlands 1335 0 -22
4 Italy 1284 0 -34
5 Brazil 1260 0 12
6 Argentina 1187 0 6
7 Croatia 1141 0 -34
8 Russia 1128 1 9
9 England 1083 -1 -53
10 Turkey 1029 0 -11
11 Portugal 1025 1 5
12 France 1017 -1 -9
13 Czech Republic 998 -1 -22
14 Ukraine 910 0 -22
15 Paraguay 889 0 -34
16 Israel 887 2 10
17 Cameroon 867 -1 -33
18 Romania 866 -1 -14
19 Greece 863 0 -1
20 USA 843 0 -15
21 Uruguay 836 1 -13
22 Switzerland 831 -1 -26
23 Mexico 808 1 17
24 Nigeria 783 -1 -44
25 Republic of Ireland 772 4 25
26 Sweden 764 -1 -16
27 Australia 756 0 -4
27 Bulgaria 756 -1 -16
29 Scotland 755 3 16
30 Egypt 753 0 9
31 Poland 730 -3 -24
32 Serbia 723 1 -14
33 Chile 722 -2 -21
34 Japan 709 3 12
35 Ghana 705 0 -9
36 Denmark 700 -2 -24
37 Ecuador 695 3 4
38 Honduras 692 1 -1
39 Côte d'Ivoire 690 -3 -19
40 Costa Rica 679 -2 -15
41 Morocco 638 0 -18
42 Iran 618 2 -5
42 Northern Ireland 618 7 25
44 Korea Republic 617 2 9
45 Colombia 599 6 15
46 Guinea 597 -1 -14
47 Hungary 595 -4 -34
48 Slovakia 588 -6 -47
49 Mali 582 -2 -19
50 Panama 578 0 -8
51 Lithuania 573 -3 -22
52 Belgium 558 1 -10
53 Slovenia 545 -1 -27
54 Tunisia 543 -1 -25
55 Norway 541 1 -12
55 Saudi Arabia 541 0 -14
57 Bolivia 537 0 0
58 Finland 534 3 11
59 Bosnia-Herzegovina 529 0 -6
60 Senegal 526 0 -8
61 FYR Macedonia 525 -4 -12
62 Congo 507 7 21
63 Gabon 505 0 -9
64 Wales 499 1 -4
65 Venezuela 498 2 6
66 Burkina Faso 495 -4 -25
67 Algeria 481 -1 -16
68 South Africa 479 2 -6
69 Uganda 478 2 0
70 Jamaica 476 -6 -32
71 Latvia 471 -4 -21
72 Uzbekistan 467 0 -9
73 Gambia 465 0 0
74 Bahrain 459 0 3
75 Albania 452 4 17
76 Peru 448 0 -4
77 Angola 444 -2 -9
78 Trinidad and Tobago 441 0 2
79 Iceland 440 -2 -3
80 New Zealand 424 2 5
81 Oman 419 6 19
82 Sudan 412 2 0
83 Iraq 411 2 4
83 Libya 411 -3 -21
85 Benin 410 -4 -13
86 Austria 406 -3 -10
86 Rwanda 406 0 0
88 Belarus 395 2 0
89 Qatar 394 2 6
90 Togo 384 -2 -13
91 Zambia 383 1 2
92 Canada 379 -4 -18
93 Congo DR 373 1 0
94 Kenya 367 2 0
95 Syria 366 1 -1
96 Cyprus 365 2 -1
97 Mozambique 363 -2 -9
98 Moldova 362 1 0
99 Cuba 360 -6 -20
100 China PR 354 4 15
101 Ethiopia 348 0 0
102 Zimbabwe 345 -2 -4
103 Tanzania 336 0 -5
104 Fiji 333 1 0
105 Cape Verde Islands 332 1 0
106 El Salvador 328 1 -1
107 Korea DPR 325 12 45
108 Malawi 324 -6 -18
109 Equatorial Guinea 317 15 61
110 Sierra Leone 315 -1 0
111 Georgia 314 -3 -13
112 Montenegro 310 -1 0
113 Guatemala 306 -3 -8
114 Namibia 297 -1 0
115 United Arab Emirates 295 -1 -1
116 Haiti 293 -4 -9
117 Bermuda 292 -1 0
117 Thailand 292 0 7
119 Armenia 285 2 7
120 Botswana 283 -2 0
121 Luxembourg 280 -1 1
122 Grenada 279 -8 -17
123 Antigua and Barbuda 272 -1 7
124 Estonia 264 -2 -1
125 Chad 263 1 17
126 Jordan 257 0 11
127 Guyana 255 6 37
128 Barbados 244 0 2
129 Kuwait 243 -4 -4
130 Suriname 231 -1 0
131 New Caledonia 229 -1 0
131 Singapore 229 0 3
133 Kazakhstan 224 7 18
134 Burundi 217 0 0
135 Vietnam 216 0 0
136 Azerbaijan 212 0 -1
137 Indonesia 210 0 0
138 Madagascar 209 1 2
139 Swaziland 208 -1 -1
140 Nicaragua 195 -8 -26
141 Hong Kong 181 2 7
142 Liberia 179 -1 0
143 Vanuatu 176 -1 0
143 Yemen 176 3 13
145 Puerto Rico 170 -1 0
146 Niger 168 -1 0
147 Tajikistan 166 0 4
148 India 156 0 -5
149 Mauritania 149 1 0
150 Lebanon 145 -1 -5
151 Liechtenstein 144 0 -3
152 Netherlands Antilles 142 0 0
153 St. Kitts and Nevis 139 0 0
154 Malta 136 0 2
155 Kyrgyzstan 134 4 22
156 Turkmenistan 131 -1 0
157 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 130 -1 0
158 Maldives 126 -1 0
159 Myanmar 121 -1 0
160 Eritrea 108 0 0
161 Malaysia 107 0 3
162 Lesotho 105 0 2
163 Solomon Islands 100 0 0
164 Philippines 98 0 0
164 Sri Lanka 98 0 0
166 Pakistan 87 0 -2
167 Chinese Taipei 81 0 -4
168 Cayman Islands 76 0 0
169 Bahamas 74 0 0
170 Laos 73 1 0
171 Seychelles 72 1 0
172 Nepal 70 1 0
173 Mauritius 69 -4 -5
174 Bangladesh 65 0 -3
174 Palestine 65 6 10
176 Samoa 64 -1 0
176 St. Lucia 64 -1 0
178 Belize 62 -1 0
179 Somalia 57 -1 0
180 Cambodia 56 -1 0
181 Turks and Caicos Islands 51 0 0
182 British Virgin Islands 50 0 0
183 Brunei Darussalam 45 0 0
184 Afghanistan 44 0 0
185 Faroe Islands 42 0 0
186 Djibouti 41 0 0
187 Dominican Republic 40 0 0
188 Guinea-Bissau 38 0 0
189 Bhutan 33 0 0
190 Tahiti 32 0 0
190 Tonga 32 0 0
192 Aruba 22 1 0
193 Mongolia 19 -1 -5
194 US Virgin Islands 17 0 0
195 Andorra 14 0 0
196 Dominica 12 0 0
197 Macau 10 0 0
198 Timor-Leste 9 0 0
199 Comoros 8 0 0
200 Central African Republic 4 0 -2
201 American Samoa 0 0 0
201 Anguilla 0 0 0
201 Cook Islands 0 0 0
201 Guam 0 0 0
201 Montserrat 0 0 0
201 Papua New Guinea 0 0 0
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About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.