Wednesday, February 3, 2010

January 2010: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Central African Republic 200 132 68
Solomon Islands 171 118 53
Guinea-Bissau 195 142 53
Tahiti 195 148 47
Oman 93 55 38
Papua New Guinea 203 166 37
Syria 100 65 35
New Caledonia 146 115 31
Niger 162 132 30
Libya 115 86 29

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Luxembourg 124 169 -45
Gabon 44 87 -43
Algeria 31 71 -40
Burkina Faso 51 88 -37
Faroe Islands 118 154 -36
Northern Ireland 40 72 -32
Benin 67 97 -30
Bangladesh 150 180 -30
Sri Lanka 151 181 -30
Mozambique 82 111 -29

Top 50 nations only (in the top 50 in at least one of the rankings)

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Japan 40 17 23
Turkey 42 22 20
Iran 63 44 19
Sweden 43 26 17
Korea Republic 49 32 17
Saudi Arabia 59 43 16
Romania 38 27 11
Venezuela 47 36 11
Mexico 17 8 9
Honduras 34 25 9

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Gabon 44 87 -43
Algeria 31 71 -40
Northern Ireland 40 72 -32
Latvia 49 74 -25
Nigeria 15 39 -24
Cameroon 20 37 -17
Israel 27 41 -14
Ghana 27 40 -13
Slovenia 33 46 -13
Slovakia 36 48 -12

Matches I would have liked to see before the next ranking:

Japan - Northern Ireland
Turkey - Algeria
Iran - Gabon
Sweden - Latvia
Korea Republic - Slovenia
Saudi Arabia - Burkina Faso
Romania - Slovakia
Venezuela - Hungary
Mexico - Greece
Honduras - Israel

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.

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