Monday, August 30, 2010

CONCACAF qualifying system news update

18 games to reach the 2014 World Cup, according to Diez.hn.

This time the info comes from Mr. Alfredo Hawit Banegas, member of CONCACAF's Executive Committee.

There's also this article in LaPrensa.hn, with the info provided by Mario Monterrosa, CONCACAF's deputy secretary.

The system

  1. Preliminary round (if needed) to trim the number of teams to 32.
  2. 8 groups of 4 teams. Top two in each group through to the next round.
  3. 4 groups of 4 teams. Top two in each group through to the next round.
  4. 2 groups of 4 teams. If CONCACAF will have 3.5 spots, the winners of the groups will qualify directly to the World Cup, while the second placed teams will play-off against each other first, then against a team from another confederation (CONMEBOL). If CONCACAF gets 4 spots as they hope, the top two teams in each group will qualify to the World Cup.

The system needs to be approved by FIFA's Executive Committee in September and I can't see why FIFA wouldn't approve it. Also according to Mr. Hawit, the allocation of places for the 2014 FIFA World Cup will be announced in October. Mr. Monterrosa, however, thinks the allocation will be known in December.

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Monday, August 16, 2010

August 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 169 120 49
Guinea-Bissau 188 141 47
Canada 101 55 46
Tahiti 188 149 39
New Caledonia 154 117 37
Papua New Guinea 202 166 36
Iraq 106 74 32
Haiti 131 99 32
Saudi Arabia 70 39 31

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Luxembourg 117 169 -52
Gabon 34 82 -48
Algeria 33 77 -44
Burkina Faso 45 87 -42
Benin 61 100 -39
Faroe Islands 118 155 -37
Mozambique 80 116 -36
Malawi 74 109 -35
Togo 75 103 -28
Latvia 49 76 -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

Saudi Arabia 70 39 31
China PR 77 48 29
Ecuador 58 37 21
Iran 65 44 21
Sweden 35 18 17
Korea Republic 44 28 16
Mexico 25 11 14
Venezuela 47 33 14
Costa Rica 53 39 14
Turkey 28 17 11

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Gabon 34 82 -48
Algeria 33 77 -44
Burkina Faso 45 87 -42
Latvia 49 76 -27
Greece 12 38 -26
Peru 39 64 -25
Slovenia 19 42 -23
Slovakia 27 47 -20
Belgium 48 66 -18
Nigeria 30 43 -13

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

Saudi Arabia - Algeria
China PR - Gabon
Ecuador - Peru
Iran - Latvia
Sweden - Greece
Korea Republic - Slovakia
Mexico - Slovenia
Venezuela - Burkina Faso
Costa Rica - Belgium
Turkey - Lithuania

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Mexico - Spain not an "A" match

The friendly match Mexico - Spain played on August 11th, 2010 ended as a 1 - 1 draw. Both teams used more than 6 substitutes (Mexico 7, Spain 8) as you can see in the match report.

According the FIFA circular no. 1150, in national A team matches up to a maximum of six substitutes may be used.

The match won't be included in the FIFA ranking calculation.

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Friday, August 13, 2010

2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying - Asia official format

AFC have announced today the format of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. It will be the same format used for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Because the first round takes place in June 2011 - before the official FIFA draw, I think AFC will seed the teams based on their 2010 FIFA World Cup performance. The order of the first four teams is: Japan, Korea Republic, Australia, Korea DPR.

MATCH DAYS

Round 1

MD1: June 29, 2011
MD2: July 3, 2011

Round 2
MD1:
July 23, 2011
MD2: July 28, 2011

Round 3
MD1:
September 2, 2011
MD2: September 6, 2011
MD3: October 11, 2011
MD4: November 11, 2011
MD5: November 15, 2011
MD6: February 29, 2012

Round 4
MD1:
June 3, 2012
MD2: June 8, 2012
MD3: June 12, 2012
MD4: September 11, 2012
MD5: October 16, 2012
MD6: November 14, 2012
MD7: March 26, 2013
MD8: June 4, 2013
MD9: June 11, 2013
MD10: June 18, 2013

Round 5
MD1:
September 6, 2013
MD2: September 10, 2013

Round 6
MD1:
October 15, 2013
MD2: November 19, 2013

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EURO 2012: Final draw coefficients (13 August 2010)

The coefficients for the EURO 2012 final draw will take into account results from:

EURO 2008 (qualifiers and final tournament) - 20% of total weighting
2010 World Cup (qualifiers and final tournament) - 40% of total weighting
EURO 2012 (qualifiers) - 40% of total weighting

Click here for more info on the coefficient system.

Hosts Poland (23806) and Ukraine (28029) will be seeded for the final draw, along with 2008 winners, Spain, if they qualify.

Only one match played on August 11th: Estonia - Faroe Islands 2 - 1. Estonia climb two places to 37th.

Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points
 1  1 Spain              30615
2 2 Netherlands 29479
3 3 Germany 27905
4 4 England 24262
5 5 Russia 23751
6 6 Croatia 23702
7 7 Italy 23596
8 8 Portugal 22976
9 9 Greece 22674
10 10 Switzerland 22194
11 11 Serbia 21954
12 12 France 21888
13 13 Sweden 21674
14 14 Denmark 21479
15 15 Czech Republic 21381
16 16 Slovakia 21094
17 17 Turkey 20761
18 18 Finland 20672
19 19 Israel 20501
20 20 Slovenia 19962
21 21 Bulgaria 19939
22 22 Ireland 19642
23 23 Northern Ireland 19439
24 24 Romania 19288
25 25 Bosnia-Herzegovina 19018
26 26 Norway 19018
27 27 Scotland 18951
28 28 Latvia 18844
29 29 Austria 18465
30 30 Hungary 18349
31 31 Lithuania 17431
32 32 Belarus 17418
33 33 Wales 17232
34 34 Belgium 16418
35 35 Cyprus 15836
36 36 Macedonia 15684
37 39 Estonia 15154
38 37 Albania 14444
39 38 Montenegro 14375
40 40 Iceland 13542
41 41 Kazakhstan 13398
42 42 Moldova 12902
43 43 Armenia 12705
44 44 Georgia 12602
45 45 Azerbaijan 12450
46 46 Luxembourg 11905
47 47 Liechtenstein 11355
48 48 Faroe Islands 10955
49 49 Malta 10539
50 50 Andorra 8947
51 51 San Marino 8622


If the teams with the best coefficient qualify the final draw pot would look like this:

Pot 1: Poland, Ukraine, Spain, Netherlands
Pot 2: Germany, England, Russia, Croatia
Pot 3: Italy, Portugal, Greece, Switzerland
Pot 4: Serbia, France, Sweden, Denmark

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FIFA Ranking: September 2010 probable ranking (II)

Probable results computed using the Elo Ratings. See the list of results used for this ranking.

Next update: September 6th, 2010.

We could see some teams improving their best ever ranking: Slovenia, Burkina Faso, New Zealand, Cyprus, Uganda and Botswana.

Also, Zimbabwe could return to their worst ever ranking, while Poland, Ecuador and Mauritius could have their worst ever ranking.

Probable September 2010 rank - Team - Probable September 2010 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1 Spain 1835 0 -48
2 Netherlands 1663 0 4
3 Germany 1490 1 26
4 Brazil 1482 -1 -42
5 Argentina 1326 0 38
6 Uruguay 1182 0 30
7 Portugal 1136 1 74
8 England 1120 -1 -5
9 Croatia 1102 5 134
10 Egypt 1051 -1 -2
11 Chile 1045 -1 57
12 Russia 1030 4 74
13 Serbia 1009 0 40
14 Greece 972 -2 -3
15 Italy 965 -4 -17
16 Slovenia 946 3 29
17 Switzerland 922 0 -18
18 Paraguay 913 -3 -48
19 USA 899 -1 -32
20 Turkey 882 8 72
21 Côte d'Ivoire 877 5 34
22 Ghana 876 1 2
23 Australia 855 -3 -56
24 France 849 -3 -41
25 Czech Republic 840 6 71
26 Norway 838 -4 -40
27 Ukraine 827 -3 -43
28 Slovakia 820 -1 -9
29 Mexico 811 -4 -42
30 Israel 796 8 63
31 Denmark 781 -2 -4
32 Gabon 768 2 13
33 Sweden 760 2 13
34 Japan 757 -2 -11
35 Algeria 756 -2 -3
36 Republic of Ireland 745 0 11
37 Burkina Faso 733 8 87
37 Nigeria 733 -7 -40
39 Cameroon 717 1 7
40 Romania 703 2 6
41 Colombia 664 -5 -70
42 Bulgaria 662 1 -10
43 Korea Republic 658 1 7
44 Scotland 617 -3 -82
45 Finland 614 6 38
46 New Zealand 605 8 48
47 Tunisia 596 17 77
48 Bolivia 591 2 14
49 Bosnia-Herzegovina 589 8 43
50 Honduras 577 -4 -50
51 Costa Rica 571 2 9
52 Hungary 567 10 33
53 Cyprus 547 10 24
54 South Africa 545 12 41
55 FYR Macedonia 544 11 40
56 Mali 535 -1 -13
57 Peru 531 -18 -195
58 Austria 528 2 -8
59 Belgium 526 -11 -63
59 Venezuela 526 -12 -66
61 Uganda 523 8 64
62 Benin 520 -1 -15
63 Lithuania 517 -11 -54
64 Poland 516 -8 -31
65 Iran 496 0 -21
66 Latvia 494 -17 -85
67 Montenegro 465 6 17
68 Saudi Arabia 460 2 5
69 Albania 452 1 -3
70 Northern Ireland 444 -11 -96
71 Zambia 433 1 -16
72 Belarus 432 6 29
73 Wales 427 11 61
74 Panama 422 23 108
75 Bahrain 416 -7 -50
76 Togo 412 -1 -9
77 Jamaica 409 5 37
78 Ecuador 400 -20 -145
79 China PR 396 -2 -10
80 Malawi 394 -6 -30
81 Estonia 375 13 54
82 Mozambique 374 -2 -7
83 Morocco 373 0 2
84 Trinidad and Tobago 369 -8 -49
85 Syria 356 7 20
86 Senegal 350 5 12
87 Guinea 346 15 60
88 Gambia 345 15 60
89 Botswana 344 4 15
90 Canada 342 11 55
90 Oman 342 -9 -35
92 Angola 341 -5 -16
93 United Arab Emirates 329 -3 -19
94 Uzbekistan 327 -6 -24
95 Kuwait 323 -10 -42
96 Jordan 318 2 18
97 Iceland 308 -18 -77
98 Cape Verde Islands 298 10 37
99 Azerbaijan 286 6 20
100 Qatar 278 -2 -22
101 Thailand 276 3 0
102 Korea DPR 271 -2 -17
103 Iraq 262 3 -1
103 Libya 262 -9 -59
105 Moldova 259 -16 -91
106 Yemen 254 3 5
107 El Salvador 237 -21 -123
108 Congo 236 -2 -27
109 Guatemala 234 10 33
110 Georgia 232 0 -5
111 Armenia 225 -15 -93
111 Rwanda 225 0 -10
113 Cuba 218 1 3
114 Kenya 216 2 6
115 Sudan 214 5 16
116 Namibia 212 -1 -1
117 Tanzania 210 -6 -25
118 Congo DR 191 5 4
119 Singapore 189 1 -9
120 Zimbabwe 187 -7 -37
121 Guyana 182 1 -8
122 Barbados 180 5 6
123 Haiti 175 8 9
124 Vietnam 174 3 0
125 Kazakhstan 171 0 -13
126 Antigua and Barbuda 165 3 -3
127 Fiji 161 3 -6
127 Grenada 161 5 -2
129 Turkmenistan 154 4 2
130 Luxembourg 153 -13 -56
131 Indonesia 152 4 9
132 Ethiopia 150 12 34
133 Chad 142 -9 -43
134 Hong Kong 135 -1 -17
135 Suriname 133 -9 -48
136 Faroe Islands 132 -18 -74
136 Liberia 132 20 38
138 Myanmar 126 2 -1
139 Swaziland 122 -3 -14
140 Burundi 119 2 -6
141 Maldives 117 2 0
142 Malaysia 111 -3 -17
143 Bangladesh 108 9 4
143 New Caledonia 108 11 9
143 Tajikistan 108 5 2
146 Sri Lanka 104 7 3
147 Liechtenstein 102 -6 -24
148 India 98 -10 -31
149 Malta 96 2 -9
150 Lebanon 94 -2 -12
151 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 93 9 6
152 Madagascar 91 -4 -15
152 Niger 91 -7 -19
154 Lesotho 88 1 -8
154 Nepal 88 5 0
156 Nicaragua 86 5 0
157 Kyrgyzstan 83 6 5
158 St. Kitts and Nevis 81 -13 -29
159 Eritrea 80 -2 -12
160 Bermuda 75 -2 -16
160 Pakistan 75 4 0
162 Equatorial Guinea 73 -17 -37
163 Philippines 67 2 0
164 Netherlands Antilles 63 1 -4
164 Vanuatu 63 -2 -21
166 Sierra Leone 62 -29 -68
167 Guinea-Bissau 55 21 36
168 Mauritania 53 0 -9
169 Chinese Taipei 52 -4 -15
169 Puerto Rico 52 1 0
171 Palestine 49 0 -1
172 Comoros 43 0 0
173 Solomon Islands 40 -4 -20
174 Somalia 39 -1 0
175 Laos 37 -2 -2
176 Cambodia 33 2 0
176 Dominica 33 2 0
178 Belize 32 2 0
178 Mongolia 32 2 0
180 Cayman Islands 26 -7 -13
180 Dominican Republic 26 4 0
180 Samoa 26 -4 -12
183 Seychelles 22 2 -2
184 Brunei Darussalam 21 3 0
185 St. Lucia 19 3 0
185 Turks and Caicos Islands 19 -5 -13
187 British Virgin Islands 18 4 0
187 Djibouti 18 4 0
189 Cook Islands 17 4 0
189 Guam 17 4 0
189 Tonga 17 -3 -6
192 Mauritius 16 -9 -11
193 Afghanistan 13 2 0
193 Bahamas 13 -16 -21
193 Tahiti 13 -5 -6
196 Macau 12 0 0
197 Bhutan 9 0 0
198 Aruba 7 0 0
199 US Virgin Islands 5 0 0
200 Timor-Leste 4 0 0
201 Andorra 2 0 0
202 American Samoa 0 0 0
202 Anguilla 0 0 0
202 Central African Republic 0 0 0
202 Montserrat 0 0 0
202 Papua New Guinea 0 0 0
202 San Marino 0 0 0

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FIFA Ranking: September 2010 probable results (II)

Here are the probable results used for the September 2010 probable ranking (II). They are generated using the Elo Ratings.

1 - First team wins
X - Draw
2 - Second team wins

28/Aug Guyana - Trinidad and Tobago 2 (Friendly)
29/Aug Madagascar - Mauritius 1 (Friendly)
03/Sep Andorra - Russia 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Congo DR - Senegal X (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep China PR - Iran X (Friendly)
03/Sep Kuwait - Syria X (Friendly)
03/Sep Algeria - Tanzania 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Benin - Burundi 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Botswana - Togo X (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Cape Verde Islands - Mali X (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Côte d'Ivoire - Rwanda 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Egypt - Sierra Leone 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Ethiopia - Guinea X (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Gambia - Namibia 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Guinea-Bissau - Kenya X (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Liberia - Zimbabwe X (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Mauritania - Burkina Faso 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Mauritius - Cameroon 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Morocco - Central African Republic 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Mozambique - Libya X (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Nigeria - Madagascar 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep South Africa - Niger 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Sudan - Congo X (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Swaziland - Ghana 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Tunisia - Malawi 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Uganda - Angola 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Zambia - Comoros 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Panama - Costa Rica X (Friendly)
03/Sep Armenia - Republic of Ireland 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Belgium - Germany 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Faroe Islands - Serbia 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep France - Belarus 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Estonia - Italy 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Greece - Georgia 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Latvia - Croatia 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Liechtenstein - Spain 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Lithuania - Scotland X (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Luxembourg - Bosnia-Herzegovina 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Iceland - Norway 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Portugal - Cyprus 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Romania - Albania 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep San Marino - Netherlands 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Slovenia - Northern Ireland 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Sweden - Hungary 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Israel - Malta 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Slovakia - FYR Macedonia 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Kazakhstan - Turkey 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Moldova - Finland 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Montenegro - Wales X (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep England - Bulgaria 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Switzerland - Australia X (Friendly)
03/Sep Qatar - Bahrain X (Friendly)
04/Sep El Salvador - Honduras 2 (Friendly)
04/Sep Canada - Peru X (Friendly)
04/Sep Poland - Ukraine X (Friendly)
04/Sep Japan - Paraguay X (Friendly)
04/Sep Guatemala - Nicaragua 1 (Friendly)
05/Sep Jamaica - Costa Rica X (Friendly)
07/Sep Austria - Kazakhstan 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Belarus - Romania X (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Croatia - Greece 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Denmark - Iceland 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Hungary - Moldova 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Georgia - Israel 2 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Germany - Azerbaijan 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep El Salvador - Guatemala X (Friendly)
07/Sep Canada - Honduras X (Friendly)
07/Sep Argentina - Spain X (Friendly)
07/Sep Peru - Jamaica X (Friendly)
07/Sep Albania - Luxembourg 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Korea Republic - Iran 1 (Friendly)
07/Sep China PR - Paraguay X (Friendly)
07/Sep United Arab Emirates - Kuwait X (Friendly)
07/Sep Poland - Australia X (Friendly)
07/Sep Republic of Ireland - Andorra 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Italy - Faroe Islands 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Malta - Latvia 2 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Netherlands - Finland 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Norway - Portugal X (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Sweden - San Marino 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Scotland - Liechtenstein 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Russia - Slovakia 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Turkey - Belgium 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Czech Republic - Lithuania 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep FYR Macedonia - Armenia 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Serbia - Slovenia 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Bosnia-Herzegovina - France X (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Estonia - Uzbekistan X (Friendly)
07/Sep Japan - Guatemala 1 (Friendly)
07/Sep Bulgaria - Montenegro 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Switzerland - England X (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Qatar - Oman X (Friendly)
08/Sep Madagascar - Gabon 2 (Friendly)
08/Sep India - Thailand X (Friendly)
08/Sep Mexico - Colombia 1 (Friendly)
08/Sep Zimbabwe - Ghana 2 (Friendly)
08/Sep Belize - Trinidad and Tobago 2 (Friendly)

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FIFA Ranking: September 2010 preview (II)

FIFA will publish the September ranking on September 15th.

Included: matches up to and including August 11th, 2010.

Next update: September 6th, 2010.

August 2010 rank - Country - August 2010 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1 Spain 1883 1800 1857
2 Netherlands 1659 1575 1663
3 Brazil 1524 1482 1482
4 Germany 1464 1381 1490
5 Argentina 1288 1313 1351
6 Uruguay 1152 1182 1182
7 England 1125 995 1191
8 Portugal 1062 1023 1205
9 Egypt 1053 1026 1051
10 Chile 988 1045 1045
11 Italy 982 856 965
12 Greece 975 920 1080
13 Serbia 969 869 1009
14 Croatia 968 820 1102
15 Paraguay 961 897 945
16 Russia 956 821 1030
17 Switzerland 940 868 1030
18 USA 931 899 899
19 Slovenia 917 858 1063
20 Australia 911 834 898
21 France 890 758 900
22 Norway 878 664 958
23 Ghana 874 846 876
24 Ukraine 870 811 859
25 Mexico 853 789 811
26 Côte d'Ivoire 843 842 877
27 Slovakia 829 749 919
28 Turkey 810 693 882
29 Denmark 785 724 781
30 Nigeria 773 713 733
31 Czech Republic 769 717 840
32 Japan 768 739 773
33 Algeria 759 720 756
34 Gabon 755 753 768
35 Sweden 747 632 760
36 Colombia 734 664 735
36 Republic of Ireland 734 629 745
38 Israel 733 621 796
39 Peru 726 491 613
40 Cameroon 710 699 717
41 Scotland 699 482 740
42 Romania 697 561 771
43 Bulgaria 672 556 823
44 Korea Republic 651 640 658
45 Burkina Faso 646 679 733
46 Honduras 627 551 589
47 Venezuela 592 526 526
48 Belgium 589 526 871
49 Latvia 579 456 633
50 Bolivia 577 591 591
51 Finland 576 521 779
52 Lithuania 571 467 774
53 Costa Rica 562 553 606
54 New Zealand 557 605 605
55 Mali 548 518 568
56 Poland 547 491 565
57 Bosnia-Herzegovina 546 482 678
58 Ecuador 545 400 400
59 Northern Ireland 540 444 638
60 Austria 536 448 528
61 Benin 535 473 520
62 Hungary 534 474 704
63 Cyprus 523 547 835
64 Tunisia 519 528 596
65 Iran 517 487 546
66 FYR Macedonia 504 446 706
66 South Africa 504 527 545
68 Bahrain 466 407 433
69 Uganda 459 419 523
70 Albania 455 374 600
70 Saudi Arabia 455 460 460
72 Zambia 449 415 433
73 Montenegro 448 428 684
74 Malawi 424 394 456
75 Togo 421 386 463
76 Trinidad and Tobago 418 321 369
77 China PR 406 377 434
78 Belarus 403 396 626
79 Iceland 385 308 570
80 Mozambique 381 357 406
81 Oman 377 333 359
82 Jamaica 372 369 490
83 Morocco 371 308 373
84 Wales 366 382 518
85 Kuwait 365 311 348
86 El Salvador 360 225 328
87 Angola 357 341 406
88 Uzbekistan 351 311 360
89 Moldova 350 259 528
90 United Arab Emirates 348 319 349
91 Senegal 338 322 405
92 Syria 336 346 376
93 Botswana 329 321 388
94 Estonia 321 366 510
94 Libya 321 210 365
96 Armenia 318 225 544
97 Panama 314 396 473
98 Jordan 300 318 318
98 Qatar 300 261 314
100 Korea DPR 288 271 271
101 Canada 287 301 424
102 Guinea 286 322 394
103 Gambia 285 235 345
104 Thailand 276 272 285
105 Azerbaijan 266 286 420
106 Congo 263 202 305
106 Iraq 263 262 262
108 Cape Verde Islands 261 235 422
109 Yemen 249 254 254
110 Georgia 237 232 607
111 Rwanda 235 225 366
111 Tanzania 235 210 300
113 Zimbabwe 224 178 243
114 Cuba 215 218 218
115 Namibia 213 212 337
116 Kenya 210 206 235
117 Luxembourg 209 153 409
118 Faroe Islands 206 132 535
119 Guatemala 201 187 361
120 Singapore 198 189 189
120 Sudan 198 174 295
122 Guyana 190 182 248
123 Congo DR 187 144 284
124 Chad 185 142 142
125 Kazakhstan 184 171 561
126 Suriname 181 133 133
127 Barbados 174 180 180
127 Vietnam 174 174 174
129 Antigua and Barbuda 168 165 165
130 Fiji 167 161 161
131 Haiti 166 175 175
132 Grenada 163 161 161
133 Hong Kong 152 135 135
133 Turkmenistan 152 154 154
135 Indonesia 143 152 152
136 Swaziland 136 122 350
137 Sierra Leone 130 62 308
138 India 129 82 131
139 Malaysia 128 111 111
140 Myanmar 127 126 126
141 Liechtenstein 126 102 551
142 Burundi 125 119 298
143 Maldives 117 117 117
144 Ethiopia 116 108 234
145 Equatorial Guinea 110 73 73
145 Niger 110 91 264
145 St. Kitts and Nevis 110 81 81
148 Lebanon 106 94 94
148 Madagascar 106 65 396
148 Tajikistan 106 108 108
151 Malta 105 96 390
152 Bangladesh 104 108 108
153 Sri Lanka 101 104 104
154 New Caledonia 99 108 108
155 Lesotho 96 88 88
156 Liberia 94 94 207
157 Eritrea 92 80 80
158 Bermuda 91 75 75
159 Nepal 88 88 88
160 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 87 93 93
161 Nicaragua 86 86 129
162 Vanuatu 84 63 63
163 Kyrgyzstan 78 83 83
164 Pakistan 75 75 75
165 Chinese Taipei 67 52 52
165 Netherlands Antilles 67 63 63
165 Philippines 67 67 67
168 Mauritania 62 53 253
169 Solomon Islands 60 40 40
170 Puerto Rico 52 52 52
171 Palestine 50 49 49
172 Comoros 43 43 208
173 Cayman Islands 39 26 26
173 Laos 39 37 37
173 Somalia 39 39 39
176 Samoa 38 26 26
177 Bahamas 34 13 13
178 Cambodia 33 33 33
178 Dominica 33 33 33
180 Belize 32 32 97
180 Mongolia 32 32 32
180 Turks and Caicos Islands 32 19 19
183 Mauritius 27 16 250
184 Dominican Republic 26 26 26
185 Seychelles 24 22 22
186 Tonga 23 17 17
187 Brunei Darussalam 21 21 21
188 Guinea-Bissau 19 19 127
188 St. Lucia 19 19 19
188 Tahiti 19 13 13
191 British Virgin Islands 18 18 18
191 Djibouti 18 18 18
193 Cook Islands 17 17 17
193 Guam 17 17 17
195 Afghanistan 13 13 13
196 Macau 12 12 12
197 Bhutan 9 9 9
198 Aruba 7 7 7
199 US Virgin Islands 5 5 5
200 Timor-Leste 4 4 4
201 Andorra 2 2 437
202 American Samoa 0 0 0
202 Anguilla 0 0 0
202 Central African Republic 0 0 151
202 Montserrat 0 0 0
202 Papua New Guinea 0 0 0
202 San Marino 0 0 544

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.