Friday, May 27, 2011

May 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 155 111 44
Papua New Guinea 202 164 38
Venezuela 68 35 33
Bolivia 102 69 33
Lebanon 178 145 33
Kuwait 101 70 31
Wales 114 84 30
Turkmenistan 141 111 30
Vanuatu 165 135 30

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Algeria 41 92 -51
Puerto Rico 132 176 -44
Armenia 62 104 -42
Luxembourg 125 166 -41
Antigua and Barbuda 100 137 -37
Albania 50 86 -36
Dominica 131 167 -36
Grenada 98 133 -35
St. Kitts and Nevis 119 152 -33
Burkina Faso 44 75 -31

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 68 35 33
Ecuador 64 35 29
China PR 77 49 28
Poland 71 44 27
Colombia 50 26 24
Scotland 66 46 20
Iran 48 30 18
Mexico 28 12 16
Egypt 36 21 15
Sweden 28 14 14

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Algeria 41 92 -51
Albania 50 86 -36
Burkina Faso 44 75 -31
Slovakia 26 56 -30
Slovenia 17 42 -25
Greece 12 29 -17
Lithuania 47 62 -15
Montenegro 24 38 -14
Senegal 40 54 -14
Norway 11 24 -13

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

Venezuela - Slovakia
Ecuador - Slovenia
China PR - Algeria
Poland - Albania
Colombia - Montenegro
Scotland - Armenia
Iran - Lithuania
Mexico - Greece
Egypt - Belgium
Sweden - Serbia

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