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Friday, July 8, 2011

June 2011: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Solomon Islands 180 116 64
Fiji 156 113 43
Vanuatu 173 133 40
Papua New Guinea 203 164 39
Wales 114 77 37
Iraq 96 60 36
Ecuador 68 35 33
Venezuela 69 36 33
New Zealand 97 64 33
Oman 107 75 32

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Algeria 51 93 -42
Puerto Rico 137 176 -39
Luxembourg 128 166 -38
Faroe Islands 114 148 -34
Dominica 133 167 -34
Sierra Leone 95 128 -33
Liechtenstein 120 153 -33
St. Kitts and Nevis 121 154 -33
Armenia 70 102 -32
Suriname 108 139 -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


Ecuador 68 35 33
Venezuela 69 36 33
China PR 75 46 29
Colombia 54 26 28
Poland 67 44 23
Chile 27 8 19
Iran 50 32 18
Scotland 61 45 16
Ukraine 42 27 15
Romania 53 38 15

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Burkina Faso 37 67 -30
Slovakia 28 57 -29
Montenegro 16 40 -24
Slovenia 21 43 -22
Greece 12 31 -19
Belarus 40 58 -18
Bosnia-Herzegovina 39 56 -17
Belgium 35 49 -14
Norway 11 23 -12
Senegal 43 54 -11

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

Ecuador - Slovakia
Venezuela - Montenegro
China PR - Algeria
Colombia - Slovenia
Poland - Burkina Faso
Chile - Greece
Iran - Belarus
Scotland - Albania
Ukraine - Bosnia-Herzegovina
Romania - Georgia

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