February 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	131	69
Guinea-Bissau	195	142	53
Solomon Islands	171	119	52
Tahiti	195	148	47
Oman	93	55	38
Papua New Guinea	203	166	37
Syria	101	67	34
China PR	83	50	33
Niger	164	131	33
Libya	116	87	29

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Gabon	43	88	-45
Luxembourg	126	169	-43
Algeria	32	70	-38
Burkina Faso	51	89	-38
Faroe Islands	118	154	-36
Northern Ireland	39	71	-32
Benin	65	96	-31
Mozambique	84	111	-27
Latvia	47	73	-26
Malawi	82	108	-26

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

China PR	83	50	33
Iran	67	44	23
Korea Republic	53	31	22
Turkey	41	21	20
Sweden	42	25	17
Denmark	33	17	16
Saudi Arabia	57	43	14
Venezuela	49	36	13
Honduras	35	24	11
Japan	46	35	11

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Gabon	43	88	-45
Algeria	32	70	-38
Northern Ireland	39	71	-32
Latvia	47	73	-26
Slovenia	27	46	-19
Nigeria	21	39	-18
Cameroon	20	37	-17
Slovakia	31	48	-17
Israel	26	41	-15
Ghana	28	40	-12

Matches I would have liked to see on March 3rd:

China PR - Northern Ireland
Iran - Gabon
Korea Republic - Algeria
Turkey - Slovenia
Sweden - Latvia
Denmark - Slovakia
Saudi Arabia - Burkina Faso
Venezuela - Hungary
Honduras - Israel
Japan - Austria

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