Friday, April 20, 2012

April 2012: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings


Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference
 
Solomon Islands 184 120 64
Syria 126 64 62
New Zealand 130 68 62
Mauritania 202 157 45
Fiji 160 117 43
Vanuatu 172 130 42
Bulgaria 96 56 40
Cyprus 133 96 37
Moldova 142 106 36
New Caledonia 154 119 35

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Sierra Leone 63 126 -63
São Tomé e Príncipe 116 170 -54
Algeria 38 87 -49
Luxembourg 119 163 -44
Libya 46 86 -40
St. Kitts and Nevis 111 150 -39
Samoa 155 192 -37
Vietnam 97 132 -35
Antigua and Barbuda 100 134 -34
Bermuda 108 142 -34

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 65 38 27
Egypt 55 32 23
Ukraine 49 27 22
Cameroon 64 44 20
Iran 51 33 18
Costa Rica 59 43 16
Nigeria 60 45 15
Ecuador 37 23 14
Korea Republic 31 21 10
Jamaica 56 46 10

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Algeria 38 87 -49
Libya 46 86 -40
Armenia 47 80 -33
Gabon 42 72 -30
Slovakia 35 64 -29
Slovenia 28 53 -25
El Salvador 49 70 -21
Mali 39 58 -19
Ghana 22 37 -15
Bosnia-Herzegovina 27 41 -14

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

Poland - Slovakia
Egypt - Armenia
Ukraine - Slovenia
Cameroon - Algeria
Iran - Estonia
Costa Rica - Sierra Leone
Nigeria - Libya
Ecuador - Bosnia-Herzegovina
Korea Republic - Wales
Jamaica - Gabon


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