tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post2172937310359953464..comments2024-03-28T13:48:51.077+01:00Comments on Football rankings: 2010 World Cup seeding: Portugal or France?Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06640136267487836463noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-22109408877795807362009-10-28T07:47:36.281+01:002009-10-28T07:47:36.281+01:00Hello again, Andrew!
Please see this Wikipedia ar...Hello again, Andrew!<br /><br />Please see this Wikipedia article:<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup_seeding" rel="nofollow">2006 FIFA World Cup seeding</a><br /><br />and this official FIFA document (also found on that Wikipedia article):<br /><br /><a href="http://eur.i1.yimg.com/eu.download.yahoo.com/fifa/fu/finaldrawpot1.pdf" rel="nofollow">Seeding of Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03420252819752301980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-80960208948748240232009-10-27T05:21:33.705+01:002009-10-27T05:21:33.705+01:00I think that our inconsistency arises from our ran...I think that our inconsistency arises from our rankings of France and Portugal for the 2002 WC. I'm not sure what rankings are used, but going by FIFA's technical report from the tournament, Portugal were ranked 21st and France 28th:<br /><br />see p 111 of this document http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/08/41/fwc_korea_japan_2002_a_part1_265.pdf<br /><br />SO Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-38487433899138008762009-10-26T07:37:25.698+01:002009-10-26T07:37:25.698+01:00@Andrew
22.3 for France?
8 points for 2002
31 po...@Andrew<br /><br />22.3 for France?<br /><br />8 points for 2002<br />31 points for 2006<br /><br />(8 + 31 * 2) / 3 = 70 / 3 = 23.3<br /><br />For Portugal<br /><br />9 points for 2002<br />29 points for 2006<br /><br />(9 + 29 * 2) / 3 = 67 / 3 = 22.3<br /><br />Is there something wrong in my calculations?Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03420252819752301980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-46723871023779350272009-10-26T01:40:59.282+01:002009-10-26T01:40:59.282+01:00I calculate that France has a World Cup performanc...I calculate that France has a World Cup performance co-efficient of 22.3, and Portugal has 23.3. The FIFA technical report from 2002 has Portugal 21st and France 28th, and obviously 4th and 2nd respectively in 2006.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-53873454358310612562009-10-19T17:22:04.225+02:002009-10-19T17:22:04.225+02:00Nice Wikipedia job!Nice Wikipedia job!Dorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593860384754349051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-91398371957032223272009-10-19T08:19:31.646+02:002009-10-19T08:19:31.646+02:00Thanks for the info, Dorian! I didn't bother t...Thanks for the info, Dorian! I didn't bother to check the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup_seeding" rel="nofollow">2002 seeding</a> table, although I did write that article on Wikipedia :)<br /><br />I'll look into it later today or on Wednesday.Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03420252819752301980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-62251379804307234762009-10-19T00:46:17.339+02:002009-10-19T00:46:17.339+02:00Looking back at the last two World Cup seedings, t...Looking back at the last two World Cup seedings, there were five cases where two teams had identical FIFA Ranking points on the FIFA monthly Rankings webpage. Interesting to see how these were handled by FIFA (as shown on Wikipedia with footnotes back to the original FIFA Final Draw documents):<br /><br /><br />For the 2006 WC, there were three cases:<br /><br />(1) Dec. 2003: Portugal (listed Dorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593860384754349051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-61492719203815067162009-10-19T00:18:05.294+02:002009-10-19T00:18:05.294+02:00Fascinating! In the case that Portugal gets 3 team...Fascinating! In the case that Portugal gets 3 teams qualified between it and France, then in your two approaches, France is seeded in the first approach, and Portugal is seeded in the second approach! It would seem that should this case arise, and FIFA chooses one of the approaches, then the team that does not get seeded would point to this situation and loudly claim that the other approach Dorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593860384754349051noreply@blogger.com