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Friday, December 17, 2010

December 2010: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Solomon Islands 177 119 58
Kuwait 102 54 48
Fiji 152 112 40
Saudi Arabia 81 42 39
Papua New Guinea 203 165 38
Tahiti 184 147 37
Wales 112 76 36
China PR 87 52 35
Iraq 101 66 35
New Caledonia 156 121 35

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Algeria 35 96 -61
Botswana 53 102 -49
Gabon 39 84 -45
Armenia 60 105 -45
Puerto Rico 133 175 -42
Dominica 129 168 -39
St. Kitts and Nevis 121 158 -37
Grenada 94 129 -35
Burkina Faso 41 74 -33
Luxembourg 134 167 -33

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 81 42 39
Iran 66 35 31
Poland 73 46 27
Venezuela 60 35 25
Costa Rica 69 44 25
Colombia 48 24 24
Ecuador 53 33 20
Romania 56 37 19
Sweden 33 15 18
Ukraine 34 16 18

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Algeria 35 96 -61
Gabon 39 84 -45
Burkina Faso 41 74 -33
Guinea 46 77 -31
Slovakia 20 50 -30
Northern Ireland 43 71 -28
Slovenia 17 40 -23
Tunisia 45 64 -19
Greece 11 27 -16
Austria 46 62 -16

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

Saudi Arabia - Algeria
Iran - Slovakia
Poland - Armenia
Venezuela - Northern Ireland
Costa Rica - Gabon
Colombia - Slovenia
Ecuador - Burkina Faso
Romania - Botswana
Sweden - Montenegro
Ukraine - Greece

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