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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

December 2011: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Solomon Islands 180 121 59
New Zealand 119 66 53
Syria 114 64 50
Mauritania 204 157 47
New Caledonia 166 120 46
Vanuatu 174 129 45
Fiji 161 118 43
Tahiti 184 146 38
Papua New Guinea 193 161 32
Cyprus 127 96 31

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Puerto Rico 108 169 -61
Algeria 30 90 -60
Sierra Leone 60 117 -57
Cape Verde Islands 58 105 -47
Samoa 149 192 -43
Antigua and Barbuda 87 127 -40
St. Kitts and Nevis 116 153 -37
Bermuda 107 143 -36
Armenia 46 81 -35
Luxembourg 128 163 -35



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


Poland 66 38 28
Ukraine 55 28 27
Ecuador 42 25 17
Romania 56 39 17
Iran 45 30 15
Czech Republic 33 22 11
Mexico 21 12 9
Colombia 36 27 9
Australia 23 15 8
Scotland 47 40 7

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Algeria 30 90 -60
Armenia 46 81 -35
Slovakia 40 69 -29
Slovenia 26 50 -24
Bosnia-Herzegovina 20 41 -21
Switzerland 17 29 -12
Greece 14 24 -10
Serbia 27 36 -9
Hungary 37 46 -9
Israel 37 45 -8


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

Poland - Algeria
Ukraine - Slovenia
Ecuador - Slovakia
Romania - Armenia
Iran - Bosnia-Herzegovina
Czech Republic - Estonia
Mexico - Switzerland
Colombia - Hungary
Australia - Serbia
Scotland - Sierra Leone

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