Wednesday, May 26, 2010

May 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 191 142 49
Tahiti 191 148 43
Papua New Guinea 202 166 36
Oman 91 57 34
Syria 98 64 34
China PR 84 51 33
Niger 162 129 33
Cuba 126 94 32

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Algeria 30 76 -46
Benin 60 104 -44
Luxembourg 127 169 -42
Gabon 42 83 -41
Burkina Faso 48 88 -40
Faroe Islands 125 155 -30
Mozambique 85 114 -29
Latvia 46 74 -28
Swaziland 131 157 -26
Togo 76 99 -23

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 23 24
Saudi Arabia 66 43 23
Iran 61 44 17
Denmark 36 20 16
Sweden 37 21 16
Venezuela 49 33 16
Republic of Ireland 41 27 14
Turkey 29 17 12
Poland 58 46 12
Colombia 35 25 10

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Algeria 30 76 -46
Gabon 42 83 -41
Burkina Faso 48 88 -40
Latvia 46 74 -28
Slovenia 25 47 -22
Cameroon 19 36 -17
Nigeria 21 38 -17
Lithuania 49 64 -15
Greece 13 27 -14
Slovakia 34 48 -14

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

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

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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