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OK, some sense prevails. Algeria v Serbia is now a...

2010-03-11T23:25:42.851+02:00

OK, some sense prevails. Algeria v Serbia is now also removed from the official FIFA records.

I would have liked to have seen these: Israel v I...

2010-03-10T22:40:44.742+02:00

I would have liked to have seen these:

Israel v Iran
Germany v American Samoa
Thailand v Cambodia
Turkey v Cyprus
China v Tibet
Netherlands v Cote d'Ivoire (but with both teams wearing Orange shirts)

This is unbelievably strange because in the follow...

2010-03-10T22:28:17.887+02:00

This is unbelievably strange because in the following more than 6 substitutes were used by teams also:

Algeria v Serbia (Serbia used 11 substitutes!!!)
Angola v Latvia (Angola used 7 substitutes)
Belgium v Croatia (Croatia used 7 substitutes)
Macedonia v Montenegro (Macedonia used 7 substitutes)
Portugal v China (both countries used 7 substitutes)

And

Edgar, Thanks for sharing! A few comments: (1) T...

2010-03-10T19:28:50.034+02:00

Edgar,

Thanks for sharing! A few comments:

(1) Taking the fourth root seems a bit arbitrary -- why not the fifth root or third root? Guess it's a rhetorical question...

(2) Would be interesting to see the post-WC2006 calculations.

(3) Would also be interesting to see pro forma post-WC2010 calculations (using either Elo-based results or Voros

Hi, thanks for the tips. That was a great help to ...

2010-03-10T12:13:05.974+02:00

Hi, thanks for the tips. That was a great help to me.I really like this blog, It's always nice when you can not only be informed, but also get knowledge, from these type of blog, nice entry. Thanks

According to this FIFA ranking preview in March 20...

2010-03-08T17:47:54.924+02:00

According to this FIFA ranking preview in March 2010, these would be the results at the World cup:

1/8
France-Greece; England-Serbia; Netherlands-Paraguay; Brazil-Chile; Argentina-Mexico; Germany-USA, Italy-Cameroon; Spain-Portugal

1/4
France-England; Netherlands-Brazil; Argentina-Germany; Spain-Italy

1/2
England-Brazil; Germany-Spain

Thanks for the info. That wouldn't be very surpris...

2010-03-08T14:03:10.649+02:00

Thanks for the info. That wouldn't be very surprising. AFC have a habit of constantly chancing things around.

Some media reported the AFC will select the host Q...

2010-03-08T13:44:40.025+02:00

Some media reported the AFC will select the host Qatar and 2007 top-3 teams Iraq, Saudi, Korea Rep as top seeds and the remaining qualifiers will be ranked by the FIFA March ranking.

Thanks! Fixed it now.

2010-03-08T11:53:15.450+02:00

Thanks! Fixed it now.

Thanks for the great work Actually Iran is 5th in ...

2010-03-08T11:50:14.809+02:00

Thanks for the great work
Actually Iran is 5th in AFC

According to FIFA ranking in March 2010, these wou...

2010-03-06T04:33:52.569+02:00

According to FIFA ranking in March 2010, these would be the results at the World cup:

1/8
France-Greece; England-Serbia; Netherlands-Paraguay; Brazil-Chile; Argentina-Mexico; Germany-USA, Italy-Denmark; Spain-Portugal

1/4
France-England; Netherlands-Brazil; Argentina-Germany; Spain-Italy

1/2
France-Brazil; Germany-Spain

Final

this will be the final seedings according to the F...

2010-03-04T06:48:04.736+02:00

this will be the final seedings according to the FIFA Rankings as Wednesday March 3rd 2010 before the final round of qualification matches for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup Finals in Doha Qatar as follows: if iraq get kicked out of the tournement as expected due to their fifa suspension for government interference which is stil current as of today thursday march 4th our time then turkmenistan goes to

Hey guys, question for those of you in Europe. I'...

2010-03-04T04:41:43.107+02:00

Hey guys, question for those of you in Europe. I'm looking to purchase an Ireland football national team jersey. Any idea of a good site to make this purchase? I want to hae the last name Doyle(Kevin) on the back.

On Wednesday morning - I need FIFA to publish the ...

2010-03-01T08:38:21.519+02:00

On Wednesday morning - I need FIFA to publish the official rankings first.

Hi! When are you going to make the probable result...

2010-02-28T19:23:28.116+02:00

Hi!
When are you going to make the probable results-post for the friendlies at Wednesday?

Hi Bryan, I already replied to the first question...

2010-02-26T08:35:49.826+02:00

Hi Bryan,

I already replied to the first question by email. For those interested, look at the detailed totals section.
For the date part - I use the release date - March 3rd for the next ranking.

I don't understand why, but I can not come up with...

2010-02-25T22:03:49.067+02:00

I don't understand why, but I can not come up with the same numbers as you. I've been trying multiple times with different countries and different time periods, and I just can not come up with the same number FIFA has used.

It has to either be something with the numbers used for the opponent strength, or the weights associated with the last 48 months of results. So, two

You can find many post on my website regarding the...

2010-02-22T08:38:13.973+02:00

You can find many post on my website regarding the fixtures and results section on FIFA.com.

I also help FIFA with fixtures so it's a win-win situation.

And FIFA doesn't have any notice regarding the fixtures ;)

So, where did you get the fixtures from on your si...

2010-02-21T21:44:29.453+02:00

So, where did you get the fixtures from on your site when you quote the "probable results" for the next FIFA ranking? Didn't notice a link with the source! ;-)

Academicloody, Brahim gave you a very good explana...

2010-02-15T08:43:34.371+02:00

Academicloody, Brahim gave you a very good explanation.

Thanks Brahim!

Giving more chances to the little teams to get som...

2010-02-15T08:36:19.259+02:00

Giving more chances to the little teams to get some games.

I will reply to Academicloody African teams loose...

2010-02-12T10:53:09.530+02:00

I will reply to Academicloody

African teams loose points in February as a result of african cup of nations. As Fifa ranking accounts for results in the last four years. In February 2010, results from the COCAn 2006 are not accounted anymore and the coefficient for the COCAN 2008 get reduced from 0.50 to 0.30. All this can affect the ranking. The same happens for UEFA members in June

Hi Edgar! date limit for ACN 2012 engagement was...

2010-02-11T18:58:04.899+02:00

Hi Edgar!

date limit for ACN 2012 engagement was 12/31/09. So why CAF is still talking about confirmations?

Jose

Hi Edgar Your site rocks it has alot of impor...

2010-02-11T01:18:45.179+02:00

Hi Edgar

Your site rocks it has alot of important information , thanks for the effort and keep going man
I just wonder why do African teams always loose alot of ranking in feb. after gaining alot in jan. thats question I really hope to get your reply about cause i never knew why !?

Hi Jose! CAF are not exactly very straightforward...

2010-02-10T08:26:03.923+02:00

Hi Jose!

CAF are not exactly very straightforward when it comes to information. We'll probably know the teams only on February 21st.