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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

March 2009: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Montenegro 112 53 59
Guinea-Bissau 188 139 49
Central African Republic 200 154 46
Solomon Islands 163 120 43
Tahiti 190 149 41
Jordan 127 88 39
Syria 96 60 36
Papua New Guinea 201 166 35
Korea DPR 107 75 32
Turkmenistan 156 126 30

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Luxembourg 122 171 -49
Congo 62 105 -43
Equatorial Guinea 109 147 -38
Bermuda 118 155 -37
Gambia 73 109 -36
Northern Ireland 42 76 -34
Puerto Rico 145 177 -32
Burkina Faso 66 96 -30
Philippines 164 194 -30
Algeria 64 93 -29

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

Jamaica 70 49 21
Denmark 38 18 20
Venezuela 65 47 18
Iran 42 27 15
Colombia 47 35 12
Chile 30 21 9
Saudi Arabia 55 46 9
Finland 57 48 9
Uruguay 21 14 7
Egypt 31 24 7

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Northern Ireland 42 76 -34
Israel 18 36 -18
Mali 46 64 -18
Scotland 28 42 -14
Guinea 50 62 -12
Nigeria 24 33 -9
Cameroon 16 24 -8
Greece 19 27 -8
Hungary 48 56 -8
Australia 32 39 -7

Matches I would have liked to see in March/April:

Jamaica - Northern Ireland
Denmark - Israel
Venezuela - Congo
Iran - Hungary
Colombia - Slovakia
Chile - Scotland
Saudi Arabia - Macedonia
Finland - Iceland
Uruguay - Greece
Egypt - Bosnia-Herzegovina

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