Friday, July 19, 2013

July 2013: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Fiji 191 122 69
Syria 143 83 60
South Sudan 198 139 59
Korea DPR 112 58 54
Vanuatu 189 144 45
Kuwait 110 72 38
Gambia 164 128 36
Guinea-Bissau 180 147 33
Eritrea 196 164 32
Papua New Guinea 197 165 32

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Equatorial Guinea 67 124 -57
Dominican Republic 90 135 -45
Albania 37 81 -44
Cape Verde Islands 49 91 -42
Suriname 109 150 -41
Puerto Rico 131 171 -40
Afghanistan 140 180 -40
Central African Republic 89 125 -36
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 132 168 -36
Tajikistan 106 141 -35

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
 

Poland 75 46 29
Egypt 62 41 21
Israel 64 45 19
Finland 65 47 18
Iran 52 36 16
Australia 40 25 15
Republic of Ireland 44 29 15
Sweden 31 18 13
Bulgaria 52 40 12
Costa Rica 39 28 11

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference 


Albania 37 81 -44
Cape Verde Islands 49 91 -42
Mali 28 57 -29
Algeria 34 62 -28
Montenegro 28 52 -24
Burkina Faso 42 65 -23
Tunisia 47 63 -16
Slovenia 45 59 -14
Wales 46 60 -14
Norway 25 38 -13

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

Poland - Albania
Egypt - Montenegro
Israel - Cape Verde Islands
Finland - Equatorial Guinea
Iran - Mali
Australia - Slovenia
Republic of Ireland - Algeria
Sweden - Norway
Bulgaria - Wales
Costa Rica - Burkina Faso

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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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