November 2009: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings ~ Football rankings

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February 2010 FIFA ranking preview and probable ranking (3 February 2010).

UEFA national team coefficient (final) (20 November 2009)

EURO 2012 final draw coefficients (04 December 2009).

2012 Africa Cup of Nations seeding for the preliminary competition (1 February 2010).

AFC Asian Cup 2011: Seeding for the final draw (04 December 2009).

2014 FIFA World Cup seeding: UEFA (23 November 2009) | CAF (23 November 2009) | CONCACAF (23 November 2009) | AFC (final).

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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

November 2009: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Solomon Islands 171 119 52
Guinea-Bissau 190 140 50
Tahiti 195 149 46
Central African Republic 200 155 45
Papua New Guinea 203 165 38
Tajikistan 162 126 36
Niger 164 130 34
Libya 118 86 32
Sao Tome e Principe 203 174 29
Syria 91 64 27

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Luxembourg 128 169 -41
Burkina Faso 49 87 -38
Grenada 103 137 -34
Faroe Islands 120 154 -34
Nicaragua 134 168 -34
Benin 59 92 -33
Northern Ireland 39 71 -32
Gabon 48 77 -29
Philippines 165 194 -29
Algeria 28 56 -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

Japan 43 17 26
Iran 63 41 22
Saudi Arabia 65 44 21
Korea Republic 52 32 20
Turkey 41 23 18
Sweden 42 26 16
Venezuela 50 37 13
Colombia 40 30 10
Denmark 26 17 9
Finland 54 45 9

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Burkina Faso 49 87 -38
Northern Ireland 39 71 -32
Gabon 48 77 -29
Algeria 28 56 -28
Latvia 45 70 -25
Israel 25 40 -15
Slovenia 33 47 -14
Slovakia 34 48 -14
Czech Republic 23 36 -13
Mali 47 60 -13

Matches I would have liked to see in December:

Japan - Northern Ireland
Iran - Latvia
Saudi Arabia - Algeria
Korea Republic - Slovakia
Turkey - Slovenia
Sweden - Burkina Faso
Venezuela - Gabon
Colombia - Israel
Denmark - Czech Republic
Finland - Benin

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