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Friday, April 10, 2009

April 2009: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Montenegro 117 55 62
Guinea-Bissau 187 139 48
Central African Republic 201 154 47
Solomon Islands 164 120 44
Jordan 127 87 40
Tahiti 189 149 40
Papua New Guinea 202 166 36
Syria 97 64 33
Turkmenistan 157 126 31
Korea DPR 104 75 29

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Luxembourg 126 172 -46
Bermuda 114 155 -41
Gambia 69 109 -40
Northern Ireland 27 62 -35
Congo 67 101 -34
Burkina Faso 56 89 -33
Philippines 162 194 -32
Rwanda 83 113 -30
Nicaragua 139 169 -30
Equatorial Guinea 117 146 -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

Iran 53 34 19
Denmark 29 14 15
Venezuela 58 46 12
Korea Republic 45 34 11
Chile 26 16 10
Costa Rica 40 30 10
Saudi Arabia 55 45 10
Republic of Ireland 34 25 9
Egypt 37 28 9
Japan 35 27 8

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Northern Ireland 27 62 -35
Gabon 48 71 -23
Scotland 24 43 -19
Israel 21 39 -18
Mali 49 67 -18
Bosnia-Herzegovina 38 54 -16
Cameroon 19 33 -14
Greece 13 24 -11
Ghana 31 41 -10
Czech Republic 12 21 -9

Matches I would have liked to see in April:

Iran - Northern Ireland
Denmark - Bosnia-Herzegovina
Venezuela - Burkina Faso
Korea Republic - Hungary
Chile - Scotland
Costa Rica - Latvia
Saudi Arabia - Gabon
Republic of Ireland - Israel
Egypt - Slovakia
Japan - Slovenia

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