FIFA Ranking: November 2008 preview (III)

Point totals for teams from the top 20 of the October 2007 ranking should be 100% correct. For the others, there's the issue of historical rankings published before July 2006.

I don't know whether I will have the time next week to post the ranking, so this may also be the final preview for November.

The deadline should be on Thursday, but FIFA may include more matches. There are 3 matches left until the deadline, but FIFA may include as much as 8. The November 2008 FIFA Ranking will be published on November 12th.

Australia become the top AFC team.
Ghana fall from the CAF podium, being replaced by Nigeria.
Mexico fail to knock the USA from the CONCACAF top spot.
Paraguay replace Uruguay as CONMEBOL's third team.
Germany up to second place in the world and in UEFA.
First ever points for Timor-Leste after a 2 - 2 draw with Cambodia.

Highest climbers:

33 - Jamaica (116 -> 83)
28 - Laos (190 -> 162)
25 - Cuba (98 -> 73)
21 - Iceland (103 -> 82)
18 - Switzerland (45 -> 27)

Worst movers:

27 - Cyprus (80 -> 107), Kyrgyzstan (127 -> 154)
26 - Hong Kong (130 -> 156)
21 - Suriname (108 -> 129)
19 - Guatemala (89 -> 108)

Three countries will improve their best ever ranking:

Israel (15th - 16th in October 2008)
Montenegro (116th - 117th in October 2008)
Philippines (157th - 162nd in August 1993)

Timor-Leste return to their best ever ranking - 198th first achieved in November 2006.

Two countries will return to their worst ever ranking:

Macau (197th - August 2008)
Cook Islands (201st - February 2008)

Ten countries will have their worst ever ranking:

Norway (54th - 52nd in July 2006)
Congo DR (95th - 85th in April 2008)
United Arab Emirates (113th - 111 in October 2003)
Kuwait ( 128th - 124th in October 2008)
Malta (149th - 146th in October 2008)
Hong Kong (156th - 154th in February 2003)
Andorra (194th - 188th in May 1997)
Central African Republic (200th - 199th in August 2008)
Papua New Guinea (201st - 200th in August 2008)
San Marino (201st - 200th in May 2008)

Best movers in the Top 50:

18 - Switzerland
15 - Slovakia
11 - Serbia and Ecuador
5 - Paraguay and Nigeria

Worst movers in the Top 50:

-15 - Norway
-7 - Scotland and Northern Ireland
-6 - Japan and Colombia
-5 - Finland

November 2008 rank - Team - November 2008 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Spain	1657	0	14
2	Germany	1413	1	77
3	Italy	1356	-1	-9
4	Netherlands	1306	1	48
5	Brazil	1286	-1	6
6	Argentina	1181	1	-19
7	Croatia	1158	-1	-65
8	Russia	1079	1	3
9	Czech Republic	1062	-1	-49
10	England	1058	4	76
10	Portugal	1058	0	-17
12	France	1035	-1	0
13	Turkey	1031	0	10
14	Cameroon	1011	-2	-16
15	Israel	1004	1	43
16	Bulgaria	949	-1	-20
17	Paraguay	935	5	75
18	Greece	907	-1	-38
19	Romania	892	-1	-35
20	Ukraine	887	-1	-6
21	Egypt	876	1	16
22	Nigeria	852	5	34
23	Uruguay	838	-3	-49
24	USA	834	-3	-27
25	Mexico	827	-1	-14
26	Ghana	805	-1	-34
27	Switzerland	799	18	158
28	Côte d'Ivoire	782	1	3
29	Serbia	777	11	104
30	Sweden	775	-2	-19
31	Ecuador	770	11	109
32	Poland	765	-2	2
33	Scotland	761	-7	-59
34	Denmark	760	-3	0
35	Chile	752	1	38
36	Republic of Ireland	749	2	48
37	Australia	748	-3	11
38	Japan	719	-6	-28
39	Colombia	692	-6	-47
40	Guinea	691	1	21
41	Lithuania	678	-4	-28
42	Northern Ireland	670	-7	-51
43	Morocco	648	0	6
44	Iran	638	4	19
45	Slovakia	628	15	107
46	Honduras	622	4	21
47	Tunisia	613	0	-11
48	Finland	611	-5	-31
49	FYR Macedonia	603	-3	-34
50	Mali	601	3	14
50	Senegal	601	-1	-14
52	Saudi Arabia	593	-1	4
53	Korea Republic	588	2	36
54	Norway	574	-15	-106
55	Belgium	571	-4	-18
56	Hungary	551	6	44
57	Slovenia	542	16	85
58	Costa Rica	541	11	65
59	Gabon	534	8	53
60	New Zealand	533	-6	-51
61	Burkina Faso	521	2	19
62	Wales	518	-1	0
63	Algeria	514	-7	-28
64	Belarus	507	-5	-15
65	Latvia	500	-1	-1
66	Venezuela	497	0	13
67	Bosnia-Herzegovina	493	8	47
68	Angola	474	0	-5
68	Congo	474	-11	-62
70	Bolivia	469	4	13
71	Zambia	466	-1	-2
72	Peru	465	-14	-68
73	Cuba	460	25	94
74	Iraq	452	3	9
75	Bahrain	450	-3	-15
76	Moldova	449	-11	-51
77	South Africa	443	8	32
78	Qatar	439	0	3
79	Uzbekistan	438	-9	-30
80	Canada	434	4	19
81	Trinidad and Tobago	429	7	25
82	Iceland	422	21	77
83	Jamaica	421	33	126
83	Uganda	421	12	45
85	Libya	419	-9	-25
86	Kenya	412	-7	-21
87	Albania	409	-4	-7
88	Rwanda	406	-1	-4
89	Panama	404	2	19
90	Gambia	400	0	11
91	Austria	395	-9	-27
91	Togo	395	0	10
93	Mozambique	391	7	36
94	Benin	388	-13	-41
95	Congo DR	387	-10	-24
96	Oman	384	-2	4
97	Zimbabwe	374	-6	-11
98	China PR	371	-2	-3
99	Georgia	364	-2	-4
100	Barbados	361	14	61
101	Sudan	360	5	34
102	Ethiopia	348	0	0
102	Syria	348	-3	-13
104	Malawi	346	5	36
105	Haiti	341	-1	1
105	Tanzania	341	5	34
107	Cyprus	337	-27	-93
108	Guatemala	315	-19	-79
109	El Salvador	305	11	20
110	Cape Verde Islands	303	-6	-37
111	Armenia	302	-10	-51
112	Korea DPR	300	-5	-15
113	United Arab Emirates	297	-3	-10
114	Guyana	290	4	0
114	Namibia	290	12	31
116	Montenegro	285	1	-9
116	Thailand	285	-4	-18
118	Jordan	284	-6	-19
119	Botswana	277	-4	-19
120	Equatorial Guinea	275	1	-9
120	New Caledonia	275	2	0
122	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	268	3	7
123	Chad	260	-4	-28
124	Kazakhstan	252	7	5
124	Sierra Leone	252	9	20
126	Bermuda	251	3	0
127	Luxembourg	245	-4	-28
128	Kuwait	242	-4	-30
129	Suriname	239	-21	-72
130	Burundi	237	-2	-15
131	Estonia	235	6	17
132	Indonesia	220	7	9
133	Madagascar	209	3	-11
134	Azerbaijan	208	9	17
135	Singapore	205	-3	-28
136	Antigua and Barbuda	202	-3	-30
137	Eritrea	200	3	0
138	Fiji	199	0	-18
138	Grenada	199	3	7
140	Swaziland	181	1	-11
141	Puerto Rico	180	3	0
142	Liberia	179	11	20
143	Vanuatu	175	4	0
144	India	172	4	-1
145	Yemen	169	3	-4
146	Tajikistan	166	9	11
147	Niger	157	3	-15
148	Turkmenistan	154	10	39
149	Malaysia	153	11	44
149	Malta	153	-3	-23
151	Lebanon	151	0	-18
152	Liechtenstein	145	-17	-82
153	Maldives	129	1	-27
154	Kyrgyzstan	128	-27	-125
154	Netherlands Antilles	128	-3	-41
156	Hong Kong	119	-26	-131
157	Philippines	118	8	29
158	Myanmar	116	-1	0
159	Vietnam	115	6	26
160	Mauritania	112	-15	-66
161	Lesotho	109	-2	-4
162	Laos	108	28	80
163	St. Kitts and Nevis	105	-7	-18
164	Cayman Islands	101	-2	0
165	Solomon Islands	100	-2	0
166	Seychelles	93	-2	-3
167	Pakistan	90	1	3
168	Sri Lanka	89	-3	0
169	Turks and Caicos Islands	83	0	0
170	Chinese Taipei	82	3	11
171	Bahamas	81	-1	0
172	St. Lucia	77	-11	-31
173	Mauritius	74	-2	0
174	Cambodia	72	8	29
174	Guinea-Bissau	72	-2	0
176	Belize	71	-3	0
177	British Virgin Islands	67	-1	0
177	Nepal	67	-2	-1
179	Dominican Republic	66	-2	0
180	Samoa	64	-2	0
181	Bangladesh	53	-2	-2
182	Brunei Darussalam	52	2	16
183	Palestine	49	-3	-1
184	Afghanistan	46	-2	3
185	Nicaragua	45	-4	0
186	Faroe Islands	37	12	30
187	Bhutan	32	0	0
187	Djibouti	32	-1	-3
187	Tahiti	32	0	0
187	Tonga	32	0	0
191	Dominica	25	0	0
192	Mongolia	24	0	0
193	Aruba	22	0	0
194	Andorra	19	-10	-17
195	US Virgin Islands	17	-1	0
196	Comoros	13	-1	0
197	Macau	10	-1	-1
198	Somalia	8	-1	0
198	Timor-Leste	8	2	8
200	Central African Republic	6	-1	0
201	American Samoa	0	-1	0
201	Anguilla	0	-1	0
201	Cook Islands	0	-1	0
201	Guam	0	-1	0
201	Montserrat	0	-1	0
201	Papua New Guinea	0	-1	0
201	San Marino	0	-1	0

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Mr. Blatter needs a new ranking system

Sepp Blatter was asked during his visit in Israel about Israel's unrealistic FIFA ranking.

Here's his answer (from The Jerusalem Post):

"We used to calculate the ranking with a university formula and help from experts, but then we decided to implement a similar system to the one the ATP uses," Blatter explained.

"I don't know why you're complaining? You're 16th in the world.

"If anybody's got a better system to rank the teams, please tell me about it."

Perhaps Mr. Blatter should take a look at these ranking systems:

World Football Elo Ratings

Based on the Elo rating system, developed by Dr. Arpad Elo. Here's the system behind the rankings.

AQB International Soccer Ratings

Developed by Michael Cameron of the University of Waikato (New Zealand). More details on the system.

Voros McCracken's International Team Ratings

Developed by Voros McCracken. He's famous in the world of baseball for his Defense independent pitching statistics work. The starting point was KRACH (Ken's Ratings for American College Hockey), "an implementation of a sophisticated mathematical system known as the Bradley-Terry rating system". It is the single iterative system of the three I've listed. It is also my favourite, but unfortunately Voros stopped updating it after May 2007 due to other commitments and right now I don't have the time to implement it.

Update 30 October 2008:

As I already mentioned, KRACH is just the starting point. Here's what Voros said about the system:

"However a bunch of modifications were made to how to do the iterations, home field advantage, partial wins awarded based on scores and also a separate system that evaluates teams based on goals instead of wins and losses. These systems also account for how long ago the match took place and also the type of match it was (IE, friendly, World Cup Qualifier, World Cup Final, etc.)

The idea is at the end of all of the iterations, the predicted win percentage for the teams in their games based on their ratings is the same as their actual. So that if a team wins 85% of their games, the ratings are such that if you add up all of the expected results that's the win percentage the team will have.

Ultimately I believe iterative methods are the best and most reliable way to encompass all of the data. If you don't do an iterative method, it's difficult to go back and interpret past results based on new information (eg, if you lose to Ghana one week when they're rated low and then next week they beat Brazil, that information should be used to re-evaluate what losing to Ghana means. A system like ELO doesn't do that).

Testing of the system against actual results tends to have it do slightly better than ELO and significantly better than FIFA."

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2010 World Cup: African final stage draw and fixtures

Group A

Cameroon, Morocco, Gabon, Togo

Matchday 1: 28-29 March 2009

Togo vs. Cameroon
Morocco vs. Gabon

Matchday 2: 6-7 June 2009

Cameroon vs. Morocco
Gabon vs. Togo

Matchday 3: 20-21 June 2009

Gabon vs. Cameroon
Morocco vs. Togo

Matchday 4: 5-6 September 2009

Cameroon vs. Gabon
Togo vs. Morocco

Matchday 5: 10-11 October 2009

Cameroon vs. Togo
Gabon vs. Morocco

Matchday 6: 14-15 November 2009

Morocco vs. Cameroon
Togo vs. Gabon

Group B

Nigeria, Tunisia, Kenya, Mozambique

Matchday 1: 28-29 March 2009

Mozambique vs. Nigeria
Kenya vs. Tunisia

Matchday 2: 6-7 June 2009

Nigeria vs. Kenya
Tunisia vs. Mozambique

Matchday 3: 20-21 June 2009

Tunisia vs. Nigeria
Kenya vs. Mozambique

Matchday 4: 5-6 September 2009

Nigeria vs. Tunisia
Mozambique vs. Kenya

Matchday 5: 10-11 October 2009

Nigeria vs. Mozambique
Tunisia vs. Kenya

Matchday 6: 14-15 November 2009

Kenya vs. Nigeria
Mozambique vs. Tunisia

Group C

Egypt, Algeria, Zambia, Rwanda

Matchday 1: 28-29 March 2009

Rwanda vs. Algeria
Egypt vs. Zambia

Matchday 2: 6-7 June 2009

Algeria vs. Egypt
Zambia vs. Rwanda

Matchday 3: 20-21 June 2009

Zambia vs. Algeria
Egypt vs. Rwanda (to be played in July 2009 due to FIFA Confederations Cup)

Matchday 4: 5-6 September 2009

Algeria vs. Zambia
Rwanda vs. Egypt

Matchday 5: 10-11 October 2009

Algeria vs. Rwanda
Zambia vs. Egypt

Matchday 6: 14-15 November 2009

Egypt vs. Algeria
Rwanda vs. Zambia

Group D

Ghana, Mali, Benin, Sudan

Matchday 1: 28-29 March 2009

Ghana vs. Benin
Sudan vs. Mali

Matchday 2: 6-7 June 2009

Benin vs. Sudan
Mali vs. Ghana

Matchday 3: 20-21 June 2009

Mali vs. Benin
Sudan vs. Ghana

Matchday 4: 5-6 September 2009

Benin vs. Mali
Ghana vs. Sudan

Matchday 5: 10-11 October 2009

Benin vs. Ghana
Mali vs. Sudan

Matchday 6: 14-15 November 2009

Sudan vs. Benin
Ghana vs. Mali

Group E

Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Malawi

Matchday 1: 28-29 March 2009

Côte d'Ivoire vs. Malawi
Burkina Faso vs. Guinea

Matchday 2: 6-7 June 2009

Malawi vs. Burkina Faso
Guinea vs. Côte d'Ivoire

Matchday 3: 20-21 June 2009

Guinea vs. Malawi
Burkina Faso vs. Côte d'Ivoire

Matchday 4: 5-6 September 2009

Malawi vs. Guinea
Côte d'Ivoire vs. Burkina Faso

Matchday 5: 10-11 October 2009

Malawi vs. Côte d'Ivoire
Guinea vs. Burkina Faso

Matchday 6: 14-15 November 2009

Burkina Faso vs. Malawi
Côte d'Ivoire vs. Guinea

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FIFA Ranking: Israel November 2008 detailed point totals

The columns are as follows: Match date, Opponents' FIFA trigramme, FIFA match points for Israel.

"0.2 time frame"

17-Nov-2004	CYP	712.5
9-Feb-2005	CRO	177
26-Mar-2005	IRL	470
30-Mar-2005	FRA	495
4-Jun-2005	IRL	462.5
15-Aug-2005	UKR	328
17-Aug-2005	POL	0
3-Sep-2005	SUI	395
7-Sep-2005	FRO	375
8-Oct-2005	FRO	495

"0.3 time frame"

1-Mar-2006	DEN	0
15-Aug-2006	SVN	139
2-Sep-2006	EST	915
6-Sep-2006	AND	510
7-Oct-2006	RUS	402.5

"0.5 time frame"

15-Nov-2006	CRO	0
7-Feb-2007	UKR	187
24-Mar-2007	ENG	485
28-Mar-2007	EST	705
2-Jun-2007	MKD	1102.5
6-Jun-2007	AND	375
22-Aug-2007	BLR	0
8-Sep-2007	ENG	0
13-Oct-2007	CRO	0
17-Oct-2007	BLR	390

"1.0 time frame"

17-Nov-2007	RUS	1380
21-Nov-2007	MKD	937.5
6-Feb-2008	ROU	561
26-Mar-2008	CHI	478.17
20-Aug-2008	FIN	0
6-Sep-2008	SUI	392.5
10-Sep-2008	MDA	1140
11-Oct-2008	LUX	577.5
15-Oct-2008	LVA	340

Adding it up:

Year - Points - Matches - Multiplier - Total

-4	3910	10	0.2	78.2
-3	1966.5	5	0.3	117.99
-2	3244.5	10	0.5	162.225
-1	5806.67	9	1	645.1856

Total for the four years: 1003.600556, rounded to 1004.

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Cupa Romaniei Timisoreana 2008/2009 - Urnele pentru optimi

Rezultatele optimilor: FRF.ro.

Urna A: CFR Cluj, Rapid Bucuresti, Dinamo Bucuresti, Unirea Urziceni, FC Timisoara
Urna B: FC Vaslui/Politehnica Iasi, Otelul Galati, Universitatea Craiova, Gloria Bistrita, Pandurii Targu Jiu, FC Brasov, CS Otopeni
Urna C: FC Botosani, Dunarea Galati, Sportul Studentesc Bucuresti, International Curtea de Arges

Se imperecheaza echipe din urna A cu echipe din urna C (4 jocuri) si, in continuare, ultima echipa din urna A cu o echipa din urna B (1 joc). Cele 6 echipe ramase in urna B se imperecheaza intre ele.

Tragerea la sorti va avea loc luni, 27 octombrie.

Optimile de finala se vor disputa pe 12 noiembrie, pe teren neutru.

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EURO 2012: Qualifying draw coefficients (15 October 2008)

The coefficients for the EURO 2012 qualifying draw will take into account results from:

2006 World Cup (qualifiers and final tournament) - 20% of total weighting
EURO 2008 (qualifiers and final tournament) - 40% of total weighting
2010 World Cup (qualifiers) - 40% of total weighting

Click here for more info on the coefficient system.

As mentioned before, I assume UEFA will use a qualifying system with six groups of six teams and three of five teams (Poland (24960) and Ukraine (23026) - automatically qualified as hosts).

A change in the calculations - using amirbachar's idea. Every team gets the 10000 points for every match they will play in their group.

Current ranking - Previous ranking - Team - Points

 1  1 Spain              32484
 2  2 Germany            31633
 3  3 Italy              30097
 4  5 Netherlands        30045
 5  6 England            28478
 6  4 Croatia            28436
 7  9 Turkey             26647
 8  8 Greece             26425
 9  7 Portugal           26319
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10 13 Russia             25986
11 14 Czech Republic     25851
12 10 Sweden             25355
13 11 France             25231
14 12 Romania            25025
15 15 Israel             24711
16 18 Switzerland        24614
17 19 Serbia             24451
18 17 Denmark            23481
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19 23 Slovakia           22848
20 16 Scotland           22771
21 20 Bulgaria           22718
22 21 Norway             22135
23 22 Ireland            22028
24 26 Finland            21187
25 25 Lithuania          20951
26 27 Belgium            20405
27 24 Austria            20360
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28 28 Northern Ireland   20058
29 29 Bosnia-Herzegovina 20025
30 36 Hungary            19447
31 31 Wales              18954
32 33 Slovenia           18761
33 32 Latvia             18003
34 35 Albania            17679
35 30 Macedonia          17534
36 34 Belarus            17394
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37 38 Georgia            15599
38 37 Cyprus             15591
39 39 Moldova            15074
40 40 Estonia            15072
41 43 Iceland            15004
42 41 Kazakhstan         13770
43 42 Armenia            13664
44 44 Liechtenstein      13441
45 45 Azerbaijan         12060
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46 51 Montenegro         11950
47 47 Luxembourg         11812
48 46 Malta              11417
49 48 Andorra             9697
50 49 Faroe Islands       9640
51 50 San Marino          8543

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FIFA Ranking: November 2008 preview (II)

Point totals for teams from the top 20 of the October 2007 ranking should be 100% correct. For the others, there's the issue of historical rankings published before July 2006.

Germany up to 2nd.
England return to the top 10.
Paraguay enter the top 20 and are 3rd in CONMEBOL, overtaking Uruguay.
Israel will improve (again!) their best ever ranking, climbing one place to 15th. With a win (instead of a draw) against Latvia they would have been tied for 8th place with Russia...
Ireland overtake Northern Ireland.
USA still in front of Mexico.
Switzerland climb 18 places after defeating Greece.
Australia top the AFC ranking.
Ghana continue to fall, now they're fourth in Africa.
Jamaica will be the highest climbers on the back of their two qualifying wins - 34 places.

There are still some matches to play: ASEAN Cup preliminaries, Caribbean Championships preliminaries, Merdeka Cup and a couple of friendlies.

Rank and points as of today, October 20th.

Next update: November 6th.

November 2008 rank - Team - November 2008 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Spain	1657	0	14
2	Germany	1413	1	77
3	Italy	1356	-1	-9
4	Netherlands	1306	1	48
5	Brazil	1286	-1	6
6	Argentina	1181	1	-19
7	Croatia	1158	-1	-65
8	Russia	1079	1	3
9	Czech Republic	1062	-1	-49
10	England	1058	4	76
10	Portugal	1058	0	-17
12	France	1035	-1	0
13	Turkey	1031	0	10
14	Cameroon	1011	-2	-16
15	Israel	1004	1	43
16	Bulgaria	949	-1	-20
17	Paraguay	935	5	75
18	Greece	907	-1	-38
19	Romania	892	-1	-35
20	Ukraine	887	-1	-6
21	Egypt	876	1	16
22	Nigeria	852	5	34
23	Uruguay	838	-3	-49
24	USA	834	-3	-27
25	Mexico	827	-1	-14
26	Ghana	805	-1	-34
27	Switzerland	799	18	158
28	Côte d'Ivoire	782	1	3
29	Serbia	777	11	104
30	Sweden	775	-2	-19
31	Ecuador	770	11	109
32	Poland	765	-2	2
33	Scotland	761	-7	-59
34	Denmark	760	-3	0
35	Chile	752	1	38
36	Republic of Ireland	749	2	48
37	Australia	748	-3	11
38	Japan	719	-6	-28
39	Colombia	692	-6	-47
40	Guinea	691	1	21
41	Lithuania	678	-4	-28
42	Northern Ireland	670	-7	-51
43	Morocco	648	0	6
44	Iran	638	4	19
45	Slovakia	628	15	107
46	Honduras	622	4	21
47	Tunisia	613	0	-11
48	Finland	611	-5	-31
49	FYR Macedonia	603	-3	-34
50	Mali	601	3	14
50	Senegal	601	-1	-14
52	Saudi Arabia	593	-1	4
53	Korea Republic	588	2	36
54	Norway	574	-15	-106
55	Belgium	571	-4	-18
56	Hungary	551	6	44
57	Slovenia	542	16	85
58	Costa Rica	541	11	65
59	Gabon	534	8	53
60	New Zealand	533	-6	-51
61	Burkina Faso	521	2	19
62	Wales	518	-1	0
63	Algeria	514	-7	-28
64	Belarus	507	-5	-15
65	Latvia	500	-1	-1
66	Bolivia	497	8	41
66	Venezuela	497	0	13
68	Bosnia-Herzegovina	493	7	47
69	Angola	474	-1	-5
69	Congo	474	-12	-62
71	Zambia	466	-1	-2
72	Peru	465	-14	-68
73	Iraq	452	4	9
74	Bahrain	450	-2	-15
75	Moldova	449	-10	-51
76	South Africa	443	9	32
77	Qatar	439	1	3
78	Uzbekistan	438	-8	-30
79	Canada	434	5	19
80	Trinidad and Tobago	429	8	25
81	Iceland	422	22	77
82	Jamaica	421	34	126
82	Uganda	421	13	45
84	Cuba	419	14	53
84	Libya	419	-8	-25
86	Kenya	412	-7	-21
87	Albania	409	-4	-7
88	Rwanda	406	-1	-4
89	Panama	404	2	19
90	Gambia	400	0	11
91	Togo	395	0	10
91	Austria	395	-9	-27
93	Mozambique	391	7	36
94	Benin	388	-13	-41
95	Congo DR	387	-10	-24
96	Oman	384	-2	4
97	Zimbabwe	374	-6	-11
98	China PR	371	-2	-3
99	Georgia	364	-2	-4
100	Sudan	360	6	34
101	Ethiopia	348	1	0
101	Syria	348	-2	-13
103	Malawi	346	6	36
104	Tanzania	341	6	34
104	Haiti	341	0	1
106	Cyprus	337	-26	-93
107	Korea DPR	315	0	0
107	Guatemala	315	-18	-79
109	Barbados	309	5	9
110	Cape Verde Islands	303	-6	-37
111	Armenia	302	-10	-51
112	El Salvador	299	8	14
113	United Arab Emirates	297	-3	-10
114	Namibia	290	12	31
114	Guyana	290	4	0
116	Jordan	289	-4	-14
117	Montenegro	285	0	-9
118	Thailand	278	-6	-25
119	Botswana	277	-4	-19
120	New Caledonia	275	2	0
120	Equatorial Guinea	275	1	-9
122	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	268	3	7
123	Chad	260	-4	-28
124	Suriname	258	-16	-53
125	Sierra Leone	252	8	20
125	Kazakhstan	252	6	5
127	Bermuda	251	2	0
128	Luxembourg	245	-5	-28
129	Kuwait	242	-5	-30
130	Burundi	237	-2	-15
131	Estonia	235	6	17
132	Indonesia	220	7	9
133	Madagascar	209	3	-11
134	Azerbaijan	208	9	17
135	Singapore	205	-3	-28
136	Antigua and Barbuda	202	-3	-30
137	Eritrea	200	3	0
138	Grenada	199	3	7
138	Fiji	199	0	-18
140	Swaziland	181	1	-11
141	Puerto Rico	180	3	0
142	Liberia	179	11	20
143	Vanuatu	175	4	0
144	India	172	4	-1
145	Netherlands Antilles	169	6	0
145	Yemen	169	3	-4
147	Tajikistan	166	8	11
148	Niger	157	2	-15
149	Turkmenistan	154	9	39
150	Malta	153	-4	-23
151	Lebanon	151	0	-18
152	Liechtenstein	145	-17	-82
153	Malaysia	131	7	22
154	Maldives	129	0	-27
155	Kyrgyzstan	128	-28	-125
156	Philippines	126	9	37
157	Myanmar	121	0	5
158	Hong Kong	119	-28	-131
159	Mauritania	112	-14	-66
160	Lesotho	109	-1	-4
161	St. Kitts and Nevis	105	-5	-18
162	Cayman Islands	101	0	0
163	Solomon Islands	100	0	0
164	Vietnam	99	1	10
165	Seychelles	93	-1	-3
166	Pakistan	90	2	3
167	Sri Lanka	89	-2	0
168	Turks and Caicos Islands	83	1	0
169	Chinese Taipei	82	4	11
170	Bahamas	81	0	0
171	St. Lucia	77	-10	-31
172	Mauritius	74	-1	0
173	Guinea-Bissau	72	-1	0
174	Belize	71	-1	0
175	Cambodia	69	7	26
176	British Virgin Islands	67	0	0
176	Nepal	67	-1	-1
178	Dominican Republic	66	-1	0
179	Samoa	64	-1	0
180	Bangladesh	53	-1	-2
181	Afghanistan	51	1	8
182	Nicaragua	45	-1	0
183	Brunei Darussalam	39	1	3
184	Faroe Islands	37	14	30
185	Palestine	34	-5	-16
186	Bhutan	32	1	0
186	Tahiti	32	1	0
186	Tonga	32	1	0
186	Djibouti	32	0	-3
190	Laos	31	0	3
191	Dominica	25	0	0
192	Mongolia	24	0	0
193	Aruba	22	0	0
194	Andorra	19	-10	-17
195	US Virgin Islands	17	-1	0
196	Comoros	13	-1	0
197	Macau	10	-1	-1
198	Timor-Leste	8	2	8
198	Somalia	8	-1	0
200	Central African Republic	6	-1	0
201	American Samoa	0	-1	0
201	Anguilla	0	-1	0
201	Cook Islands	0	-1	0
201	Guam	0	-1	0
201	Montserrat	0	-1	0
201	Papua New Guinea	0	-1	0
201	San Marino	0	-1	0

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About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.