Friday, September 7, 2012

September 2012: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference 


South Sudan 197 128 69
Syria 148 86 62
Mauritania 204 164 40
Finland 96 58 38
Cyprus 135 98 37
Bulgaria 89 53 36
Moldova 141 107 34
Cuba 147 114 33
Fiji 155 122 33
Indonesia 168 138 30


Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference



Luxembourg 106 166 -60
Sierra Leone 59 118 -59
Dominican Republic 103 161 -58
Algeria 28 78 -50
Central African Republic 64 114 -50
Bermuda 102 145 -43
Cape Verde Islands 65 105 -40
São Tomé e Príncipe 133 172 -39
St. Kitts and Nevis 113 151 -38
American Samoa 173 209 -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
 
China PR 78 49 29
Israel 75 47 28
Iran 54 32 22
Romania 57 36 21
Costa Rica 66 45 21
Peru 51 34 17
Panama 50 34 16
Venezuela 52 39 13
Poland 56 43 13
Jamaica 60 48 12

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference
 
Algeria 28 78 -50
Mali 32 66 -34
Gabon 44 75 -31
Slovenia 24 46 -22
Wales 45 64 -19
Libya 36 52 -16
Slovakia 45 61 -16
Tunisia 41 55 -14
Zambia 42 55 -13
Denmark 10 22 -12

Matches I would have liked to see this month:

China PR - Algeria
Israel - Sierra Leone
Iran - Slovenia
Romania - Armenia
Costa Rica - Estonia
Peru - Mali
Panama - Wales
Venezuela - Slovakia
Poland - Central African Republic
Jamaica - Gabon

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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