Friday, November 23, 2012

November 2012: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


South Sudan 200 131 69
Syria 147 82 65
Fiji 167 120 47
Mauritania 206 163 43
China PR 88 49 39
Thailand 152 113 39
Finland 91 58 33
New Zealand 93 60 33
Eritrea 192 159 33
Papua New Guinea 195 162 33

 Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Central African Republic 52 117 -65
St. Kitts and Nevis 106 161 -55
Sierra Leone 61 114 -53
Dominican Republic 92 141 -49
Algeria 19 65 -46
Haiti 57 100 -43
Puerto Rico 130 171 -41
São Tomé e Príncipe 133 172 -39
Togo 73 110 -37
Cape Verde Islands 63 99 -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 88 49 39
Scotland 70 48 22
Costa Rica 64 44 20
Poland 54 37 17
Venezuela 48 32 16
Ukraine 55 40 15
Honduras 56 43 13
Brazil 13 2 11
Sweden 23 12 11
Peru 44 34 10

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Algeria 19 65 -46
Mali 28 54 -26
Slovakia 43 63 -20
Zambia 39 57 -18
Ghana 29 42 -13
Slovenia 49 62 -13
Montenegro 34 46 -12
Tunisia 46 56 -10
Greece 12 21 -9
Hungary 30 38 -8
 

Matches I would have liked to see this month:

China PR - Central African Republic
Scotland - Algeria
Costa Rica - Sierra Leone
Poland - Slovakia
Venezuela - Mali
Ukraine - Haiti
Honduras - Georgia
Brazil - Greece
Sweden - Montenegro
Peru - Slovenia

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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