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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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