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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

March 2010: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Central African Republic 202 132 70
Solomon Islands 170 119 51
Guinea-Bissau 192 142 50
Tahiti 192 148 44
Oman 96 59 37
Niger 165 129 36
Papua New Guinea 202 166 36
Syria 97 63 34
China PR 84 51 33
New Caledonia 146 115 31

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Algeria 27 75 -48
Luxembourg 124 169 -45
Gabon 43 87 -44
Benin 61 104 -43
Burkina Faso 52 88 -36
Faroe Islands 125 155 -30
Pakistan 153 182 -29
Malawi 81 109 -28
Latvia 46 73 -27
Northern Ireland 50 76 -26

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

Korea Republic 49 24 25
Sweden 40 21 19
Saudi Arabia 62 43 19
Iran 63 44 19
Turkey 35 17 18
Republic of Ireland 44 28 16
Denmark 34 20 14
Japan 45 31 14
Poland 59 46 13
Colombia 39 27 12

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Algeria 27 75 -48
Gabon 43 87 -44
Latvia 46 73 -27
Northern Ireland 50 76 -26
Slovenia 29 47 -18
Greece 11 28 -17
Cameroon 20 37 -17
Nigeria 22 39 -17
Slovakia 33 49 -16
Ghana 31 41 -10

Matches I would have liked to see before April 28th:

Korea Republic - Algeria
Sweden - Latvia
Saudi Arabia - Gabon
Iran - Northern Ireland
Turkey - Slovakia
Republic of Ireland - Slovenia
Denmark - Greece
Japan - Bolivia
Poland - Burkina Faso
Colombia - Hungary

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