Friday, April 19, 2013

April 2013: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


South Sudan 200 139 61
Korea DPR 115 57 58
Syria 137 80 57
Fiji 177 121 56
Kuwait 113 70 43
China PR 98 56 42
Iraq 96 59 37
New Zealand 86 52 34
United Arab Emirates 89 55 34
Guinea-Bissau 180 147 33

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Equatorial Guinea 59 123 -64
Central African Republic 64 117 -53
Sierra Leone 67 114 -47
Puerto Rico 125 171 -46
Algeria 35 78 -43
Afghanistan 139 180 -41
Haiti 61 101 -40
Dominican Republic 96 134 -38
Suriname 113 150 -37
Albania 48 82 -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


Finland 82 50 32
Egypt 68 43 25
Australia 46 29 17
Poland 63 46 17
Brazil 19 3 16
Korea Republic 42 27 15
Ukraine 37 26 11
Iran 56 45 11
Sweden 24 14 10
Paraguay 43 34 9

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Algeria 35 78 -43
Albania 48 82 -34
Zambia 45 72 -27
Mali 26 51 -25
Burkina Faso 50 71 -21
Tunisia 41 61 -20
Ghana 22 40 -18
Montenegro 27 42 -15
Wales 49 63 -14
Greece 13 23 -10

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

Finland - Equatorial Guinea
Egypt - Albania
Australia - Algeria
Poland - Central African Republic
Brazil - Greece
Korea Republic - Montenegro
Ukraine - Mali
Iran - Slovenia
Sweden - Hungary
Paraguay - Zambia

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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