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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

June 2009: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Montenegro 110 55 55
Guinea-Bissau 187 139 48
Central African Republic 201 154 47
Solomon Islands 164 121 43
Tahiti 189 149 40
Syria 104 65 39
Jordan 126 89 37
Papua New Guinea 202 165 37
Turkmenistan 154 123 31
Korea DPR 106 76 30

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Sierra Leone 85 137 -52
Luxembourg 120 172 -52
Gambia 65 109 -44
Bermuda 114 155 -41
Burkina Faso 50 90 -40
Northern Ireland 27 63 -36
Philippines 160 194 -34
Algeria 66 95 -29
Grenada 102 129 -27
Nicaragua 142 169 -27

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 52 34 18
Japan 31 19 12
Chile 37 25 12
Egypt 40 28 12
Korea Republic 46 34 12
Costa Rica 41 30 11
Venezuela 56 45 11
Denmark 24 14 10
Saudi Arabia 56 46 10
Republic of Ireland 34 26 8

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Burkina Faso 50 90 -40
Northern Ireland 27 63 -36
Gabon 48 71 -23
Bosnia-Herzegovina 33 54 -21
Scotland 22 42 -20
Israel 25 39 -14
Cameroon 21 33 -12
Slovakia 42 52 -10
Hungary 43 53 -10
Australia 29 38 -9

Matches I would have liked to see in June:

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

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