Friday, March 16, 2012

March 2012: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Solomon Islands 182 120 62
Syria 126 65 61
New Zealand 119 69 50
Turkmenistan 166 119 47
Mauritania 203 157 46
New Caledonia 162 118 44
Vanuatu 172 130 42
Fiji 157 116 41
Tahiti 183 145 38
Poland 75 38 37

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

São Tomé e Príncipe 115 169 -54
Sierra Leone 73 126 -53
Algeria 35 86 -51
St. Kitts and Nevis 109 151 -42
Samoa 150 192 -42
Bermuda 103 143 -40
Antigua and Barbuda 95 134 -39
Estonia 47 85 -38
Cape Verde Islands 62 98 -36
Puerto Rico 134 170 -36

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 75 38 37
Egypt 64 33 31
Ukraine 49 27 22
Cameroon 66 44 22
Iran 51 32 19
Romania 53 36 17
Ecuador 39 23 16
Costa Rica 59 43 16
Nigeria 57 45 12
Scotland 51 40 11

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Algeria 35 86 -51
Estonia 47 85 -38
Armenia 44 78 -34
Slovakia 35 65 -30
Gabon 43 72 -29
Slovenia 28 53 -25
Bosnia-Herzegovina 21 41 -20
Mali 42 58 -16
Ghana 23 37 -14
Greece 13 26 -13

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

Poland - Armenia
Egypt - Slovakia
Ukraine - Algeria
Cameroon - Estonia
Iran - Slovenia
Romania - Bosnia-Herzegovina
Ecuador - Montenegro
Costa Rica - Gabon
Nigeria - Cape Verde Islands
Scotland - Libya

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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