tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post1097878480397851840..comments2024-03-28T17:34:31.597+01:00Comments on Football rankings: 2010 WC: Seeding formula based on current standings (14 January 2009)Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06640136267487836463noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-61406830711471772952009-01-29T00:18:00.000+01:002009-01-29T00:18:00.000+01:00I never realized that their non-advancing teams we...I never realized that their non-advancing teams were simply broken into ranks of 8 by points etc., rather than by positional finish in their group. I've been telling people otherwise, I'll have to correct that going forward.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230182384316801468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-87240692146027651172009-01-28T23:42:00.000+01:002009-01-28T23:42:00.000+01:00Thanks, Count PK's as a draw, and move on from the...Thanks, <BR/><BR/>Count PK's as a draw, and move on from there, just like in group.Searching For Pericleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09085859315172559483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-50163834119546779032009-01-28T08:00:00.000+01:002009-01-28T08:00:00.000+01:00Hi! I assume you're TrueCrew from BigSoccer.This i...Hi! I assume you're TrueCrew from BigSoccer.<BR/><BR/>This is not official, but I get the same results as FIFA do using these rules.<BR/><BR/><B>Bottom teams</B>:<BR/><BR/>It's based on total points, not ranking within the group. In 2002, Ecuador (ranked 4th in a group with Mexico, Italy and Croatia) receive 9 points, while Uruguay (ranked 3rd in a group with Denmark, Senegal and France) receive Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03420252819752301980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-26400939574419165292009-01-27T19:33:00.000+01:002009-01-27T19:33:00.000+01:00To follow up my confusion:Take WC '98: Italy is ra...To follow up my confusion:<BR/><BR/>Take WC '98: <BR/><BR/>Italy is ranked 5, Argentina 6.<BR/><BR/>Argentina has a better record in Group (3-0-0) vs. Italy's (2-1-0).<BR/>As they lost in the same round, they have a better record overall. And a better GD.<BR/><BR/>Yet, Italy gets ranked above Argentina, why? Even if one county the game as a draw, they are still behind on points.<BR/><BR/>Yet Searching For Pericleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09085859315172559483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-17128521736142830842009-01-27T18:42:00.000+01:002009-01-27T18:42:00.000+01:00Thanks Edgar, but I'm still unclear on the tie-bre...Thanks Edgar, but I'm still unclear on the tie-breakers for 1-16.<BR/><BR/>I was using:<BR/><BR/>1) Pts (overall record, including knock-out games).<BR/>2) GD<BR/>3) Goals scored<BR/>4) FIFA Ranking<BR/><BR/>But this also produced inconsistent results, is there some sort of preference for teams knocked out in a.e.t. or on penalties?<BR/><BR/>And I'm still unclear on the rankings of the bottom Searching For Pericleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09085859315172559483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-41417037135006617102009-01-27T07:55:00.000+01:002009-01-27T07:55:00.000+01:00South Korea gets 9 points for 2006, not 16.See thi...South Korea gets 9 points for 2006, not 16.<BR/><BR/>See this <A HREF="http://eur.i1.yimg.com/eu.download.yahoo.com/fifa/fu/finaldrawpot1.pdf" REL="nofollow">pdf document</A>.Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03420252819752301980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-29510184416528546262009-01-26T19:39:00.000+01:002009-01-26T19:39:00.000+01:00Can you please break out your computations for eac...Can you please break out your computations for each team, I get different numbers for many teams.<BR/><BR/>The error could obviously be mine, but if so I'd like to understand were my calculations went awry.<BR/><BR/>Assuming the 2006 formula carries over.<BR/>50% Past 2 WC's (1/3 '02, 2/3 '06)<BR/>50% Last 3 FIFA Ranks (1/3 each).<BR/><BR/>Now, you can't do the FIFA Rankings yet, as the 32 Searching For Pericleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09085859315172559483noreply@blogger.com