Wednesday, September 2, 2009

September 2009: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Central African Republic 202 154 48
Tajikistan 172 127 45
Solomon Islands 162 119 43
Guinea-Bissau 184 141 43
Jordan 129 89 40
Tahiti 189 149 40
Papua New Guinea 203 165 38
Montenegro 89 53 36
Syria 95 59 36
China PR 107 76 31

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Luxembourg 116 172 -56
Burkina Faso 52 90 -38
Philippines 158 193 -35
Antigua and Barbuda 106 139 -33
Northern Ireland 31 62 -31
Gabon 35 65 -30
Grenada 108 136 -28
Guyana 122 150 -28
Nicaragua 141 169 -28
Benin 78 105 -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 60 38 22
Saudi Arabia 65 45 20
Mexico 24 10 14
Japan 40 26 14
Turkey 27 14 13
Honduras 42 29 13
Korea Republic 49 36 13
Finland 61 48 13
Uruguay 28 17 11
Chile 21 12 9

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Northern Ireland 31 62 -31
Gabon 35 65 -30
Algeria 44 67 -23
Israel 22 40 -18
Greece 12 28 -16
Scotland 30 46 -16
Australia 14 25 -11
Egypt 32 43 -11
Hungary 47 56 -9
Cameroon 29 37 -8

Matches I would have liked to see in September:

Iran - Northern Ireland
Saudi Arabia - Gabon
Mexico - Israel
Japan - Scotland
Turkey - Greece
Honduras - Slovenia
Korea Republic - Latvia
Finland - Burkina Faso
Uruguay - Slovakia
Chile - Bosnia-Herzegovina

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.

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