tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post1820498242835513689..comments2024-03-28T17:34:31.597+01:00Comments on Football rankings: FIFA Ranking: November 2017 final previewEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06640136267487836463noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-15195523203261562612017-12-15T10:55:25.678+01:002017-12-15T10:55:25.678+01:00FAM announced in July they hired a FIFA ranking co...FAM announced in July they hired a <a href="http://www.espn.com/soccer/blog-football-asia/story/3154417/malaysia-to-hire-fifa-rankings-consultant-after-falling-to-167th" rel="nofollow">FIFA ranking consultant</a> and yet they returned to their worst ever ranking.Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03420252819752301980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-31198355903491562102017-12-15T10:53:33.864+01:002017-12-15T10:53:33.864+01:00Done. See here.Done. See <a href="http://www.football-rankings.info/2017/12/applying-2026-allocations-to-2018-world.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03420252819752301980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-12743854981923999062017-12-08T12:19:33.092+01:002017-12-08T12:19:33.092+01:00Edgar - will you be doing a World Cup simulation n...Edgar - will you be doing a World Cup simulation now that groups have been drawn or will it be closer to the tournament ??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-45527733507711004542017-12-01T18:17:35.682+01:002017-12-01T18:17:35.682+01:00Fun fact: The 2018 World Cup will be opened by the...Fun fact: The 2018 World Cup will be opened by the two lowest-ranked teams participating: Russia and Saudi Arabia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-49300392044632359392017-11-25T21:56:30.672+01:002017-11-25T21:56:30.672+01:00can u tell me about meaning this words "I sus...can u tell me about meaning this words "I suspect the FIFA ranking consultant left Malaysia for greener pastures :)" ???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-68507093903018110242017-11-24T12:50:35.192+01:002017-11-24T12:50:35.192+01:0089 in 3 days time.
Saudi Arabia 112 611
Korea R...89 in 3 days time.<br /><br />Saudi Arabia 112 611<br />Korea Republic 111 880<br />China PR 108 550<br />Egypt 108 649<br />Iran 105 521<br />Japan 104 639<br />Morocco 100 523<br />Tunisia 100 565<br />Cameroon 95 475<br />South Africa 91 383<br />Australia 91 500Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03420252819752301980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-59189664104716133932017-11-23T12:27:27.221+01:002017-11-23T12:27:27.221+01:00Hi Edgar,
thank you for the enormous work you do!...Hi Edgar,<br /><br />thank you for the enormous work you do! I saw from the 2012 flag collecting post that you made the ranking about which country has played most opponents in the world. Saudi Arabia and Korea Republic were first with 106 opponents. <br /><br />Do you have an updated top for that? I counted that Estonia should have now some 89 countries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-88687495682755974682017-11-21T18:09:46.338+01:002017-11-21T18:09:46.338+01:00BTW, Estonia will also visit Vanuatu and New Caled...BTW, Estonia will also visit Vanuatu and New Caledonia. What an impressive collection of flags theirs is going to be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-90268983115903678572017-11-21T07:08:52.614+01:002017-11-21T07:08:52.614+01:00Would Poland switch pots with Spain in case they h...Would Poland switch pots with Spain in case they had scheduled friendlies on dates that were available to them in the highest yielding timeframe?<br /><br />Instead of three friendlies Poland only played one. I believe that had Poland lost two more friendlies you can deduct 158 points. Then Poland would have 1165 points (1164.91 according to my calculation) and be ranked 10th, below Spain and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-34090002061670172572017-11-20T22:21:43.026+01:002017-11-20T22:21:43.026+01:00Although I like the idea of FIFA changing their po...Although I like the idea of FIFA changing their policy and basing ALL 4 pots on world rankings, I actually think the old system would produce a similar, if not better, balance on this occasion.<br />Let's assume they would have put the 8 "unseeded" UEFA teams in one pot, and Africa/Conmebol in another, with Concacaf/Asia in the remaining pot. With the exception of Mexico and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-85962834051068997932017-11-20T21:43:52.869+01:002017-11-20T21:43:52.869+01:00We can conclude now that the rescheduling of the p...We can conclude now that the rescheduling of the publishing date of the all important October 2017 ranking from originally October 19th to October 16th (to accommodate the UEFA play-offs draw on October 17th) was of no influence whatsoever on the pot-distribution of the World Cup draw.<br />Of the qualified countries only Senegal and Egypt switched ranking places but both remained safely in pot 3.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06640136267487836463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-77180585562520897462017-11-20T21:32:48.310+01:002017-11-20T21:32:48.310+01:00When only taking non-friendlies into account for t...When only taking non-friendlies into account for the October 2017 ranking these would've been the pots for the World Cup 2018 draw:<br /><br />pot 1:<br />Russia (82)<br />Germany (1)<br />Brazil (2)<br />Portugal (3)<br />Argentina (4)<br />Belgium (5)<br />Poland (6)<br />Spain (7) (is pot 2)<br /><br />France (9) (is pot 1)<br />England (10)<br />Switzerland (11)<br />Iceland (12) (is pot Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06640136267487836463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-31629696543138754362017-11-20T20:49:55.805+01:002017-11-20T20:49:55.805+01:00Could you do this for 2018:
http://www.football-r...Could you do this for 2018:<br /><br />http://www.football-rankings.info/2017/03/applying-2026-allocations-to-2014-world.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-39166695423799588732017-11-19T23:00:32.253+01:002017-11-19T23:00:32.253+01:00can you tell us, how the seedings would have looke...can you tell us, how the seedings would have looked like in october, if only competitive matches would have been considered? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252531939757132708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-56747911493182609702017-11-17T10:54:21.146+01:002017-11-17T10:54:21.146+01:00No worries - always enjoy the site, keep up the go...No worries - always enjoy the site, keep up the good work!mikecoxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07807817920068529100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-11564729898822907522017-11-17T10:17:20.356+01:002017-11-17T10:17:20.356+01:00Those are actually worst ranking in the last coupl...Those are actually worst ranking in the last couple of years. The lists should be switched. Will fix it. Thank you!Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03420252819752301980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-20581352322422398012017-11-17T10:12:06.659+01:002017-11-17T10:12:06.659+01:00I think you've made a mistake there saying Uru...I think you've made a mistake there saying Uruguay are returning to their highest ranking in recent times - they were second as recently as 2011.mikecoxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07807817920068529100noreply@blogger.com