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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

April 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 169 119 50
Guinea-Bissau 189 142 47
Tahiti 189 148 41
Oman 97 59 38
Papua New Guinea 202 166 36
Syria 98 63 35
China PR 85 51 34
Niger 161 129 32
New Caledonia 146 115 31

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Gabon 41 87 -46
Benin 59 104 -45
Algeria 31 75 -44
Luxembourg 127 169 -42
Burkina Faso 52 88 -36
Faroe Islands 125 155 -30
Latvia 46 73 -27
Malawi 82 109 -27
Swaziland 131 157 -26
Mozambique 89 114 -25

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 47 24 23
Saudi Arabia 66 43 23
Turkey 33 17 16
Sweden 37 21 16
Republic of Ireland 43 27 16
Iran 60 44 16
Denmark 35 20 15
Venezuela 49 34 15
Poland 58 46 12
Honduras 40 30 10

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Gabon 41 87 -46
Algeria 31 75 -44
Latvia 46 73 -27
Slovenia 23 47 -24
Nigeria 20 40 -20
Cameroon 19 38 -19
Greece 12 27 -15
Lithuania 48 63 -15
Slovakia 38 49 -11
Portugal 3 12 -9

Matches I would have liked to see before the next ranking:

Korea Republic - Slovenia
Saudi Arabia - Algeria
Turkey - Latvia
Sweden - Gabon
Republic of Ireland - Lithuania
Iran - Benin
Denmark - Slovakia
Venezuela - Northern Ireland
Poland - Burkina Faso
Honduras - Greece

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