Friday, August 5, 2011

July 2011: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Solomon Islands 181 116 65
Canada 105 59 46
Fiji 156 113 43
Iraq 108 66 42
Vanuatu 169 130 39
Syria 104 68 36
Kuwait 95 60 35
Wales 112 77 35
New Caledonia 164 129 35
Oman 107 74 33

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


US Virgin Islands 149 197 -48
Algeria 52 94 -42
Nepal 136 176 -40
Luxembourg 128 165 -37
Sierra Leone 93 128 -35
Faroe Islands 112 147 -35
Dominican Republic 132 167 -35
Liechtenstein 118 152 -34
Puerto Rico 141 175 -34
Dominica 133 166 -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


Ecuador 67 39 28
China PR 73 47 26
Poland 69 45 24
Iran 54 34 20
Ukraine 45 27 18
Romania 53 38 15
Scotland 61 46 15
Republic of Ireland 33 19 14
Korea Republic 28 16 12
Ghana 36 25 11

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Burkina Faso 39 69 -30
Slovakia 29 57 -28
Montenegro 17 41 -24
Slovenia 22 44 -22
Greece 13 33 -20
Belarus 42 58 -16
Bosnia-Herzegovina 41 56 -15
Belgium 37 50 -13
Norway 12 24 -12
Denmark 21 31 -10
   
Matches I would have liked to see before the next ranking:

Ecuador - Slovakia
China PR - Albania
Poland - Algeria
Iran - Montenegro
Ukraine - Slovenia
Romania - Burkina Faso
Scotland - Georgia
Republic of Ireland - Belarus
Korea Republic - Greece
Ghana - Bosnia-Herzegovina

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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