FIFA Ranking: Challenge Cup impact (II)

Last Friday I posted the top 20 differences in peak rankings achieved in the "normal" FIFA rankings compared with those recomputed considering AFC Challenge Cup matches as continental qualifiers. In order to do this, I've computed the April 2008 through March 2012 rankings with AFC Challenge Cup matches as continental qualifiers.

I've been asked to post a list of point differences.

Top 15 point differences

Team - Peak points in the normal rankings - Peak points in the modified rankings - Difference

Turkmenistan	182	409	227
Tajikistan	250	407	157
Myanmar	163	306	143
Maldives	156	295	139
India	174	281	107
Philippines	139	244	105
Sri Lanka	115	220	105
Afghanistan	85	188	103
Bangladesh	183	278	95
Pakistan	111	193	82
Korea DPR	399	474	75
Chinese Taipei	116	191	75
Mongolia	106	173	67
Palestine	137	196	59
Macau	39	92	53

Top 20 differences (in %)

Team - Peak points in the normal rankings - Peak points in the modified rankings - Difference (%)

Macau	39	92	135.90%
Turkmenistan	182	409	124.73%
Afghanistan	85	188	121.18%
Sri Lanka	115	220	91.30%
Maldives	156	295	89.10%
Myanmar	163	306	87.73%
Philippines	139	244	75.54%
Pakistan	111	193	73.87%
Chinese Taipei	116	191	64.66%
Mongolia	106	173	63.21%
Tajikistan	250	407	62.80%
India	174	281	61.49%
Bangladesh	183	278	51.91%
Palestine	137	196	43.07%
Cambodia	114	158	38.60%
Bhutan	33	42	27.27%
Nepal	193	241	24.87%
Kyrgyzstan	253	303	19.76%
Brunei Darussalam	52	62	19.23%
Korea DPR	399	474	18.80%

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