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Friday, August 17, 2012

August 2012: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Syria 147 67 80
South Sudan 199 128 71
Bulgaria 94 53 41
Mauritania 203 164 39
Cuba 149 113 36
New Caledonia 141 106 35
Israel 82 48 34
Fiji 155 122 33
Moldova 137 108 29
Kyrgyzstan 196 167 29



Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Sierra Leone 57 119 -62
Luxembourg 110 165 -55
Algeria 34 80 -46
Dominican Republic 118 161 -43
Central African Republic 71 113 -42
São Tomé e Príncipe 131 172 -41
St. Kitts and Nevis 113 152 -39
Estonia 49 86 -37
Belize 132 168 -36
Gabon 43 76 -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


Israel 82 48 34
China PR 69 47 22
Panama 54 35 19
Costa Rica 62 43 19
Romania 51 33 18
Iran 48 32 16
Poland 54 39 15
Venezuela 52 38 14
Nigeria 58 46 12
Ukraine 45 34 11

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Algeria 34 80 -46
Estonia 49 86 -37
Gabon 43 76 -33
Slovakia 42 68 -26
Mali 39 64 -25
Wales 37 59 -22
Libya 38 55 -17
Slovenia 33 49 -16
Hungary 28 42 -14
Bosnia-Herzegovina 31 45 -1
 
Matches I would have liked to see on 15 August:

Israel - Sierra Leone
China PR - Estonia
Panama - Algeria
Costa Rica - Slovakia
Romania - Wales
Iran - Slovenia
Poland - Armenia
Venezuela - Gabon
Nigeria - Central African Republic
Ukraine - Hungary

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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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