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Friday, February 1, 2013

January 2013: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Syria 136 75 61
South Sudan 198 141 57
Fiji 169 123 46
Mauritania 206 163 43
Iraq 89 52 37
Korea DPR 99 63 36
China PR 86 51 35
Kuwait 120 85 35
New Zealand 91 57 34
Eritrea 195 161 34


 
Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Central African Republic 51 118 -67
Haiti 38 95 -57
Equatorial Guinea 73 129 -56
Sierra Leone 62 116 -54
Algeria 22 69 -47
Dominican Republic 94 137 -43
Suriname 112 152 -40
Puerto Rico 131 171 -40
St. Kitts and Nevis 121 160 -39
São Tomé e Príncipe 133 172 -39

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 


Costa Rica 66 44 22
Venezuela 55 35 20
Scotland 69 50 19
Egypt 54 36 18
Poland 56 38 18
Honduras 59 41 18
Brazil 18 2 16
Iran 60 45 15
Australia 36 22 14
Uzbekistan 56 45 11

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Haiti 38 95 -57
Algeria 22 69 -47
Gabon 49 79 -30
Mali 25 53 -28
Zambia 39 67 -28
Libya 47 67 -20
Slovakia 44 61 -17
Montenegro 31 47 -16
Slovenia 47 62 -15
Bolivia 41 55 -14
 
Matches I would have liked to see before the next ranking:

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


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