tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post2215639935905764310..comments2024-03-27T11:07:13.708+01:00Comments on Football rankings: Confederation weightings updateEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06640136267487836463noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-61499070231429466552014-06-27T11:48:28.057+02:002014-06-27T11:48:28.057+02:00Thanks everyone.Thanks everyone.Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03420252819752301980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-80042100750983070262014-06-27T10:11:02.126+02:002014-06-27T10:11:02.126+02:00At this point, the values are as follows:
CONMEBO...At this point, the values are as follows:<br /><br />CONMEBOL: 1<br />UEFA: 0.98<br />CONCACAF: 0,86<br />AFC: 0,85<br />CAF: 0,85<br />OFC: 0,85<br /><br />So nothing changed, except the value of CONCACAF. Honduras is the team to blame for that, losing their 2 games last week. AFC is done, OFC wasn't even in the WC and CAF has little chance of improving their value.<br /><br />All comes downTobcoachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09741550015164246753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-29487703389140486382014-06-23T22:12:15.165+02:002014-06-23T22:12:15.165+02:00A few things to point out:
CONCACAF is losing thei...A few things to point out:<br />CONCACAF is losing their best World Cup result(5.5 out of 10) from the past 3 so they need to maintain their success in this world cup to stay above .85 (coupled with CONMEBOL not producing as much).<br /><br />Despite UEFA falling a little so far, they are going to replace the worst of the last 3 world cups.(22.5 out of 44 in 2002) They are currently under that Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07225132884399101151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-54898384820200811212014-06-23T22:04:08.100+02:002014-06-23T22:04:08.100+02:00I've been doing the same calcs since the begin...I've been doing the same calcs since the beginning and have been thinking the same thing.Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07225132884399101151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-52205373632708390202014-06-22T16:08:34.834+02:002014-06-22T16:08:34.834+02:00Thanks. I figured the avg/max, it was the fourth ...Thanks. I figured the avg/max, it was the fourth root that was getting me.CWY2190https://www.blogger.com/profile/07489877587725781507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-70348603439864470302014-06-22T12:18:20.915+02:002014-06-22T12:18:20.915+02:00In Excel it's the following formula:
(avg_con...In Excel it's the following formula:<br /><br />(avg_conf/MAX(avg_confs))^(1/4)<br /><br />It says: divide the average of a confederation by the maximum of the average over all confederations and take the 4-th root of the resulting value.<br />The average of a confederation is computed as the average points won (1 point for a win, 0.5 point for a draw) in all interconfederational matches Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06640136267487836463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-46777486365021413272014-06-22T12:09:29.041+02:002014-06-22T12:09:29.041+02:00This comment has been removed by the author.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06640136267487836463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-80884083953330692762014-06-21T01:33:02.182+02:002014-06-21T01:33:02.182+02:00One more question.
Example from a previous post ...One more question. <br /><br />Example from a previous post when it was just wins. How did you go from the raw average to the final weight?<br /><br />Confed Av02-10 FVal<br />AFC 0.22 0.8<br />CAF 0.21 0.79<br />CONCACAF 0.22 0.8<br />CONMEBOL 0.53 1<br />UEFA 0.50 0.99CWY2190https://www.blogger.com/profile/07489877587725781507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-86083054358543300662014-06-21T00:30:27.506+02:002014-06-21T00:30:27.506+02:00Obviously this can't stand. FIFA will have to...Obviously this can't stand. FIFA will have to come up with something.CWY2190https://www.blogger.com/profile/07489877587725781507noreply@blogger.com