Wednesday, December 19, 2012

December 2012: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Syria 144 86 58
South Sudan 199 142 57
Fiji 169 122 47
Mauritania 206 163 43
Saudi Arabia 126 84 42
China PR 88 51 37
Bahrain 119 83 36
Korea DPR 99 64 35
Eritrea 196 161 35
New Zealand 91 57 34


Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Central African Republic 52 118 -66
Haiti 39 98 -59
Sierra Leone 62 116 -54
São Tomé e Príncipe 119 172 -53
Algeria 19 70 -51
Equatorial Guinea 79 130 -51
Dominican Republic 93 138 -45
Puerto Rico 132 171 -39
Suriname 114 152 -38
Gabon 42 79 -37


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

Venezuela 57 35 22
Costa Rica 66 44 22
Uzbekistan 67 45 22
Scotland 72 50 22
Poland 55 37 18
Honduras 58 40 18
Brazil 18 2 16
Australia 36 22 14
Iran 59 45 14
Peru 46 34 12

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Haiti 39 98 -59
Algeria 19 70 -51
Gabon 42 79 -37
Mali 25 52 -27
Zambia 34 55 -21
Montenegro 31 48 -17
Slovakia 47 62 -15
Slovenia 49 63 -14
Tunisia 45 58 -13
Bolivia 42 54 -12


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

Venezuela - Algeria
Costa Rica - Haiti
Uzbekistan - Central African Republic
Scotland - Sierra Leone
Poland - Gabon
Honduras - Mali
Brazil - Greece
Australia - Montenegro
Iran - Albania
Peru - 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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