Friday, April 22, 2011

April 2011: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Solomon Islands 182 117 65
Fiji 156 111 45
Papua New Guinea 202 164 38
Bolivia 102 69 33
Lebanon 178 145 33
Venezuela 67 35 32
Iraq 91 60 31
Kuwait 101 70 31
Wales 115 84 31
New Caledonia 151 121 30


Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Algeria 40 92 -52
Puerto Rico 133 176 -43
Armenia 62 104 -42
Luxembourg 126 166 -40
Antigua and Barbuda 100 137 -37
Albania 50 86 -36
Dominica 131 167 -36
Grenada 99 133 -34
Burkina Faso 42 75 -33
St. Kitts and Nevis 119 152 -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


Venezuela 67 35 32
China PR 77 49 28
Poland 71 44 27
Colombia 49 26 23
Ecuador 56 36 20
Scotland 66 46 20
Iran 47 30 17
Jamaica 64 47 17
Sweden 29 14 15
Egypt 36 21 15

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

 Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference
 
Algeria 40 92 -52
Albania 50 86 -36
Burkina Faso 42 75 -33
Slovakia 27 56 -29
Slovenia 17 42 -25
Greece 12 29 -17
Lithuania 46 62 -16
Montenegro 24 38 -14
Norway 11 24 -13
Serbia 16 28 -12

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

Venezuela - Slovakia
China PR - Algeria
Poland - Albania
Colombia - Slovenia
Ecuador - Armenia
Scotland - Burkina Faso
Iran - Lithuania
Jamaica - Georgia
Sweden - Montenegro
Egypt - Greece

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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