tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post253218202361911970..comments2024-03-28T17:34:31.597+01:00Comments on Football rankings: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying draw seeding for UEFA (6 December 2013)Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06640136267487836463noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-9838661532209060042013-12-10T21:29:02.096+01:002013-12-10T21:29:02.096+01:00Makes a lot more sense for the top seeds! Nice to ...Makes a lot more sense for the top seeds! Nice to see my Greece unchanged.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221845663860421421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-69282559572839398202013-12-10T16:15:10.597+01:002013-12-10T16:15:10.597+01:00I hope FIFA takes a look at this when/if they dec...I hope FIFA takes a look at this when/if they decide to revise their ranking procedure.Juanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07553859396621029721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-79628325211913256982013-12-10T11:11:30.767+01:002013-12-10T11:11:30.767+01:00I too like this and as I suggested in another thre...I too like this and as I suggested in another thread, for the purposes of seedings it should actually be calculated excluding friendlies.Nigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09176615873594890190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-59080071233073143662013-12-10T06:47:40.893+01:002013-12-10T06:47:40.893+01:00Ed, thank you very much for these calculations! I ...Ed, thank you very much for these calculations! I too find them a bit more balanced. It's good to see Brazil would be much higher. I also feel the top 8 would make better seeds. It also points out how the second 8 (teams ranked 9-16) probably deserve a 9-16 seeding along with the 1-8 seeds. A little surprised to see Mexico above the USA based on the hex and Gold Cup, but we all know that Dorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593860384754349051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-76778499537334476052013-12-09T22:04:49.880+01:002013-12-09T22:04:49.880+01:00Dorian,
Here's the top-30 of the October 2013...Dorian,<br /><br />Here's the top-30 of the October 2013 ranking calculated with no time frame weighting (each time frame has a weight of 1.0) and the sum of match points divided by the sum of I's over the matches played instead of the number of matches played. In parentheses the difference in position compared to the real October ranking.<br /><br />1 Spain 1555 (-)<br />2 Germany 1382 (Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06640136267487836463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-74025230210636211862013-12-09T15:22:42.685+01:002013-12-09T15:22:42.685+01:00I like your proposal for the ranking.
Although y...I like your proposal for the ranking. <br /><br />Although you should know that the next world cup will be during winter, not summer. In june/july it's gonna be winter in Brazil, except for the northern parts close to the Equator, where there are no seasons year round.<br /><br />Juan (Arg.)Juanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07553859396621029721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-74462154281190385142013-12-08T23:48:16.402+01:002013-12-08T23:48:16.402+01:00I hope that FIFA decides to revise their ranking s...I hope that FIFA decides to revise their ranking system after next summer's World Cup (just as they revised in after the 2006 World Cup). A few simple tweaks would go a long way: (1) Eliminate weighting results by year and instead consider all matches over the 4-year period to be averaged together. (2) The "I" in the formula for importance (1.0 for a friendly and 4.0 for a World CupDorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593860384754349051noreply@blogger.com