Friday, October 12, 2012

October 2012: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Syria 150 82 68
South Sudan 198 132 66
Fiji 167 117 50
Mauritania 205 164 41
China PR 85 48 37
Finland 88 53 35
Latvia 118 83 35
Moldova 145 112 33
Indonesia 170 140 30
Papua New Guinea 193 163 30

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference 


Central African Republic 49 108 -59
Dominican Republic 102 155 -53
Algeria 24 74 -50
Sierra Leone 67 115 -48
Cape Verde Islands 51 96 -45
Haiti 60 102 -42
São Tomé e Príncipe 132 172 -40
Puerto Rico 129 167 -38
Mali 27 62 -35
American Samoa 175 209 -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
 
China PR 85 48 37
Costa Rica 72 49 23
Honduras 66 47 19
Romania 46 29 17
Iran 58 41 17
Poland 54 40 14
Scotland 56 42 14
Nigeria 63 50 13
Brazil 14 2 12
Ukraine 42 31 11

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference
 
Central African Republic 49 108 -59
Algeria 24 74 -50
Mali 27 62 -35
Gabon 47 77 -30
Slovenia 35 55 -20
Norway 26 39 -13
Slovakia 48 61 -13
Greece 10 22 -12
Ghana 31 43 -12
Tunisia 45 57 -12

Matches I would have liked to see this month:

China PR - Central African Republic
Costa Rica - Algeria
Honduras - Cape Verde Islands
Romania - Slovenia
Iran - Mali
Poland - Haiti
Scotland - Sierra Leone
Nigeria - Georgia
Brazil - Greece
Ukraine - Slovakia

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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