CONCACAF qualifying system news update

18 games to reach the 2014 World Cup, according to Diez.hn.

This time the info comes from Mr. Alfredo Hawit Banegas, member of CONCACAF's Executive Committee.

There's also this article in LaPrensa.hn, with the info provided by Mario Monterrosa, CONCACAF's deputy secretary.

The system

1. Preliminary round (if needed) to trim the number of teams to 32.
2. 8 groups of 4 teams. Top two in each group through to the next round.
3. 4 groups of 4 teams. Top two in each group through to the next round.
4. 2 groups of 4 teams. If CONCACAF will have 3.5 spots, the winners of the groups will qualify directly to the World Cup, while the second placed teams will play-off against each other first, then against a team from another confederation (CONMEBOL). If CONCACAF gets 4 spots as they hope, the top two teams in each group will qualify to the World Cup.
   

The system needs to be approved by FIFA's Executive Committee in September and I can't see why FIFA wouldn't approve it. Also according to Mr. Hawit, the allocation of places for the 2014 FIFA World Cup will be announced in October. Mr. Monterrosa, however, thinks the allocation will be known in December.

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August 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	202	132	70
Solomon Islands	169	120	49
Guinea-Bissau	188	141	47
Canada	101	55	46
Tahiti	188	149	39
New Caledonia	154	117	37
Papua New Guinea	202	166	36
Iraq	106	74	32
Haiti	131	99	32
Saudi Arabia	70	39	31

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Luxembourg	117	169	-52
Gabon	34	82	-48
Algeria	33	77	-44
Burkina Faso	45	87	-42
Benin	61	100	-39
Faroe Islands	118	155	-37
Mozambique	80	116	-36
Malawi	74	109	-35
Togo	75	103	-28
Latvia	49	76	-27

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

Saudi Arabia	70	39	31
China PR	77	48	29
Ecuador	58	37	21
Iran	65	44	21
Sweden	35	18	17
Korea Republic	44	28	16
Mexico	25	11	14
Venezuela	47	33	14
Costa Rica	53	39	14
Turkey	28	17	11

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Gabon	34	82	-48
Algeria	33	77	-44
Burkina Faso	45	87	-42
Latvia	49	76	-27
Greece	12	38	-26
Peru	39	64	-25
Slovenia	19	42	-23
Slovakia	27	47	-20
Belgium	48	66	-18
Nigeria	30	43	-13

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

Saudi Arabia - Algeria
China PR - Gabon
Ecuador - Peru
Iran - Latvia
Sweden - Greece
Korea Republic - Slovakia
Mexico - Slovenia
Venezuela - Burkina Faso
Costa Rica - Belgium
Turkey - Lithuania

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Mexico - Spain not an "A" match

The friendly match Mexico - Spain played on August 11th, 2010 ended as a 1 - 1 draw. Both teams used more than 6 substitutes (Mexico 7, Spain 8) as you can see in the match report.

According the FIFA circular no. 1150, in national A team matches up to a maximum of six substitutes may be used.

The match won't be included in the FIFA ranking calculation.

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2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying - Asia official format

AFC have announced today the format of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. It will be the same format used for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Because the first round takes place in June 2011 - before the official FIFA draw, I think AFC will seed the teams based on their 2010 FIFA World Cup performance. The order of the first four teams is: Japan, Korea Republic, Australia, Korea DPR.

MATCH DAYS

Round 1
MD1: June 29, 2011
MD2: July 3, 2011

Round 2
MD1: July 23, 2011
MD2: July 28, 2011

Round 3
MD1: September 2, 2011
MD2: September 6, 2011
MD3: October 11, 2011
MD4: November 11, 2011
MD5: November 15, 2011
MD6: February 29, 2012

Round 4
MD1: June 3, 2012
MD2: June 8, 2012
MD3: June 12, 2012
MD4: September 11, 2012
MD5: October 16, 2012
MD6: November 14, 2012
MD7: March 26, 2013
MD8: June 4, 2013
MD9: June 11, 2013
MD10: June 18, 2013

Round 5
MD1: September 6, 2013
MD2: September 10, 2013

Round 6
MD1: October 15, 2013
MD2: November 19, 2013

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EURO 2012: Final draw coefficients (13 August 2010)

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

EURO 2008 (qualifiers and final tournament) - 20% of total weighting
2010 World Cup (qualifiers and final tournament) - 40% of total weighting
EURO 2012 (qualifiers) - 40% of total weighting

Click here for more info on the coefficient system.

Hosts Poland (23806) and Ukraine (28029) will be seeded for the final draw, along with 2008 winners, Spain, if they qualify.

Only one match played on August 11th: Estonia - Faroe Islands 2 - 1. Estonia climb two places to 37th.

Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points

 1  1 Spain              30615
 2  2 Netherlands        29479
 3  3 Germany            27905
 4  4 England            24262
 5  5 Russia             23751
 6  6 Croatia            23702
 7  7 Italy              23596
 8  8 Portugal           22976
 9  9 Greece             22674
10 10 Switzerland        22194
11 11 Serbia             21954
12 12 France             21888
13 13 Sweden             21674
14 14 Denmark            21479
15 15 Czech Republic     21381
16 16 Slovakia           21094
17 17 Turkey             20761
18 18 Finland            20672
19 19 Israel             20501
20 20 Slovenia           19962
21 21 Bulgaria           19939
22 22 Ireland            19642
23 23 Northern Ireland   19439
24 24 Romania            19288
25 25 Bosnia-Herzegovina 19018
26 26 Norway             19018
27 27 Scotland           18951
28 28 Latvia             18844
29 29 Austria            18465
30 30 Hungary            18349
31 31 Lithuania          17431
32 32 Belarus            17418
33 33 Wales              17232
34 34 Belgium            16418
35 35 Cyprus             15836
36 36 Macedonia          15684
37 39 Estonia            15154
38 37 Albania            14444
39 38 Montenegro         14375
40 40 Iceland            13542
41 41 Kazakhstan         13398
42 42 Moldova            12902
43 43 Armenia            12705
44 44 Georgia            12602
45 45 Azerbaijan         12450
46 46 Luxembourg         11905
47 47 Liechtenstein      11355
48 48 Faroe Islands      10955
49 49 Malta              10539
50 50 Andorra             8947
51 51 San Marino          8622

If the teams with the best coefficient qualify the final draw pot would look like this:

Pot 1: Poland, Ukraine, Spain, Netherlands
Pot 2: Germany, England, Russia, Croatia
Pot 3: Italy, Portugal, Greece, Switzerland
Pot 4: Serbia, France, Sweden, Denmark

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FIFA Ranking: September 2010 probable ranking (II)

Probable results computed using the Elo Ratings. See the list of results used for this ranking.

Next update: September 6th, 2010.

We could see some teams improving their best ever ranking: Slovenia, Burkina Faso, New Zealand, Cyprus, Uganda and Botswana.

Also, Zimbabwe could return to their worst ever ranking, while Poland, Ecuador and Mauritius could have their worst ever ranking.

Probable September 2010 rank - Team - Probable September 2010 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Spain	1835	0	-48
2	Netherlands	1663	0	4
3	Germany	1490	1	26
4	Brazil	1482	-1	-42
5	Argentina	1326	0	38
6	Uruguay	1182	0	30
7	Portugal	1136	1	74
8	England	1120	-1	-5
9	Croatia	1102	5	134
10	Egypt	1051	-1	-2
11	Chile	1045	-1	57
12	Russia	1030	4	74
13	Serbia	1009	0	40
14	Greece	972	-2	-3
15	Italy	965	-4	-17
16	Slovenia	946	3	29
17	Switzerland	922	0	-18
18	Paraguay	913	-3	-48
19	USA	899	-1	-32
20	Turkey	882	8	72
21	Côte d'Ivoire	877	5	34
22	Ghana	876	1	2
23	Australia	855	-3	-56
24	France	849	-3	-41
25	Czech Republic	840	6	71
26	Norway	838	-4	-40
27	Ukraine	827	-3	-43
28	Slovakia	820	-1	-9
29	Mexico	811	-4	-42
30	Israel	796	8	63
31	Denmark	781	-2	-4
32	Gabon	768	2	13
33	Sweden	760	2	13
34	Japan	757	-2	-11
35	Algeria	756	-2	-3
36	Republic of Ireland	745	0	11
37	Burkina Faso	733	8	87
37	Nigeria	733	-7	-40
39	Cameroon	717	1	7
40	Romania	703	2	6
41	Colombia	664	-5	-70
42	Bulgaria	662	1	-10
43	Korea Republic	658	1	7
44	Scotland	617	-3	-82
45	Finland	614	6	38
46	New Zealand	605	8	48
47	Tunisia	596	17	77
48	Bolivia	591	2	14
49	Bosnia-Herzegovina	589	8	43
50	Honduras	577	-4	-50
51	Costa Rica	571	2	9
52	Hungary	567	10	33
53	Cyprus	547	10	24
54	South Africa	545	12	41
55	FYR Macedonia	544	11	40
56	Mali	535	-1	-13
57	Peru	531	-18	-195
58	Austria	528	2	-8
59	Belgium	526	-11	-63
59	Venezuela	526	-12	-66
61	Uganda	523	8	64
62	Benin	520	-1	-15
63	Lithuania	517	-11	-54
64	Poland	516	-8	-31
65	Iran	496	0	-21
66	Latvia	494	-17	-85
67	Montenegro	465	6	17
68	Saudi Arabia	460	2	5
69	Albania	452	1	-3
70	Northern Ireland	444	-11	-96
71	Zambia	433	1	-16
72	Belarus	432	6	29
73	Wales	427	11	61
74	Panama	422	23	108
75	Bahrain	416	-7	-50
76	Togo	412	-1	-9
77	Jamaica	409	5	37
78	Ecuador	400	-20	-145
79	China PR	396	-2	-10
80	Malawi	394	-6	-30
81	Estonia	375	13	54
82	Mozambique	374	-2	-7
83	Morocco	373	0	2
84	Trinidad and Tobago	369	-8	-49
85	Syria	356	7	20
86	Senegal	350	5	12
87	Guinea	346	15	60
88	Gambia	345	15	60
89	Botswana	344	4	15
90	Canada	342	11	55
90	Oman	342	-9	-35
92	Angola	341	-5	-16
93	United Arab Emirates	329	-3	-19
94	Uzbekistan	327	-6	-24
95	Kuwait	323	-10	-42
96	Jordan	318	2	18
97	Iceland	308	-18	-77
98	Cape Verde Islands	298	10	37
99	Azerbaijan	286	6	20
100	Qatar	278	-2	-22
101	Thailand	276	3	0
102	Korea DPR	271	-2	-17
103	Iraq	262	3	-1
103	Libya	262	-9	-59
105	Moldova	259	-16	-91
106	Yemen	254	3	5
107	El Salvador	237	-21	-123
108	Congo	236	-2	-27
109	Guatemala	234	10	33
110	Georgia	232	0	-5
111	Armenia	225	-15	-93
111	Rwanda	225	0	-10
113	Cuba	218	1	3
114	Kenya	216	2	6
115	Sudan	214	5	16
116	Namibia	212	-1	-1
117	Tanzania	210	-6	-25
118	Congo DR	191	5	4
119	Singapore	189	1	-9
120	Zimbabwe	187	-7	-37
121	Guyana	182	1	-8
122	Barbados	180	5	6
123	Haiti	175	8	9
124	Vietnam	174	3	0
125	Kazakhstan	171	0	-13
126	Antigua and Barbuda	165	3	-3
127	Fiji	161	3	-6
127	Grenada	161	5	-2
129	Turkmenistan	154	4	2
130	Luxembourg	153	-13	-56
131	Indonesia	152	4	9
132	Ethiopia	150	12	34
133	Chad	142	-9	-43
134	Hong Kong	135	-1	-17
135	Suriname	133	-9	-48
136	Faroe Islands	132	-18	-74
136	Liberia	132	20	38
138	Myanmar	126	2	-1
139	Swaziland	122	-3	-14
140	Burundi	119	2	-6
141	Maldives	117	2	0
142	Malaysia	111	-3	-17
143	Bangladesh	108	9	4
143	New Caledonia	108	11	9
143	Tajikistan	108	5	2
146	Sri Lanka	104	7	3
147	Liechtenstein	102	-6	-24
148	India	98	-10	-31
149	Malta	96	2	-9
150	Lebanon	94	-2	-12
151	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	93	9	6
152	Madagascar	91	-4	-15
152	Niger	91	-7	-19
154	Lesotho	88	1	-8
154	Nepal	88	5	0
156	Nicaragua	86	5	0
157	Kyrgyzstan	83	6	5
158	St. Kitts and Nevis	81	-13	-29
159	Eritrea	80	-2	-12
160	Bermuda	75	-2	-16
160	Pakistan	75	4	0
162	Equatorial Guinea	73	-17	-37
163	Philippines	67	2	0
164	Netherlands Antilles	63	1	-4
164	Vanuatu	63	-2	-21
166	Sierra Leone	62	-29	-68
167	Guinea-Bissau	55	21	36
168	Mauritania	53	0	-9
169	Chinese Taipei	52	-4	-15
169	Puerto Rico	52	1	0
171	Palestine	49	0	-1
172	Comoros	43	0	0
173	Solomon Islands	40	-4	-20
174	Somalia	39	-1	0
175	Laos	37	-2	-2
176	Cambodia	33	2	0
176	Dominica	33	2	0
178	Belize	32	2	0
178	Mongolia	32	2	0
180	Cayman Islands	26	-7	-13
180	Dominican Republic	26	4	0
180	Samoa	26	-4	-12
183	Seychelles	22	2	-2
184	Brunei Darussalam	21	3	0
185	St. Lucia	19	3	0
185	Turks and Caicos Islands	19	-5	-13
187	British Virgin Islands	18	4	0
187	Djibouti	18	4	0
189	Cook Islands	17	4	0
189	Guam	17	4	0
189	Tonga	17	-3	-6
192	Mauritius	16	-9	-11
193	Afghanistan	13	2	0
193	Bahamas	13	-16	-21
193	Tahiti	13	-5	-6
196	Macau	12	0	0
197	Bhutan	9	0	0
198	Aruba	7	0	0
199	US Virgin Islands	5	0	0
200	Timor-Leste	4	0	0
201	Andorra	2	0	0
202	American Samoa	0	0	0
202	Anguilla	0	0	0
202	Central African Republic	0	0	0
202	Montserrat	0	0	0
202	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0
202	San Marino	0	0	0

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FIFA Ranking: September 2010 probable results (II)

Here are the probable results used for the September 2010 probable ranking (II). They are generated using the Elo Ratings.

1 - First team wins
X - Draw
2 - Second team wins

28/Aug Guyana - Trinidad and Tobago 2 (Friendly)
29/Aug Madagascar - Mauritius 1 (Friendly)
03/Sep Andorra - Russia 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Congo DR - Senegal X (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep China PR - Iran X (Friendly)
03/Sep Kuwait - Syria X (Friendly)
03/Sep Algeria - Tanzania 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Benin - Burundi 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Botswana - Togo X (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Cape Verde Islands - Mali X (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Côte d'Ivoire - Rwanda 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Egypt - Sierra Leone 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Ethiopia - Guinea X (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Gambia - Namibia 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Guinea-Bissau - Kenya X (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Liberia - Zimbabwe X (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Mauritania - Burkina Faso 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Mauritius - Cameroon 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Morocco - Central African Republic 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Mozambique - Libya X (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Nigeria - Madagascar 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep South Africa - Niger 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Sudan - Congo X (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Swaziland - Ghana 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Tunisia - Malawi 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Uganda - Angola 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Zambia - Comoros 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Panama - Costa Rica X (Friendly)
03/Sep Armenia - Republic of Ireland 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Belgium - Germany 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Faroe Islands - Serbia 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep France - Belarus 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Estonia - Italy 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Greece - Georgia 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Latvia - Croatia 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Liechtenstein - Spain 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Lithuania - Scotland X (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Luxembourg - Bosnia-Herzegovina 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Iceland - Norway 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Portugal - Cyprus 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Romania - Albania 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep San Marino - Netherlands 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Slovenia - Northern Ireland 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Sweden - Hungary 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Israel - Malta 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Slovakia - FYR Macedonia 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Kazakhstan - Turkey 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Moldova - Finland 2 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Montenegro - Wales X (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep England - Bulgaria 1 (Continental Qualifier)
03/Sep Switzerland - Australia X (Friendly)
03/Sep Qatar - Bahrain X (Friendly)
04/Sep El Salvador - Honduras 2 (Friendly)
04/Sep Canada - Peru X (Friendly)
04/Sep Poland - Ukraine X (Friendly)
04/Sep Japan - Paraguay X (Friendly)
04/Sep Guatemala - Nicaragua 1 (Friendly)
05/Sep Jamaica - Costa Rica X (Friendly)
07/Sep Austria - Kazakhstan 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Belarus - Romania X (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Croatia - Greece 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Denmark - Iceland 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Hungary - Moldova 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Georgia - Israel 2 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Germany - Azerbaijan 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep El Salvador - Guatemala X (Friendly)
07/Sep Canada - Honduras X (Friendly)
07/Sep Argentina - Spain X (Friendly)
07/Sep Peru - Jamaica X (Friendly)
07/Sep Albania - Luxembourg 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Korea Republic - Iran 1 (Friendly)
07/Sep China PR - Paraguay X (Friendly)
07/Sep United Arab Emirates - Kuwait X (Friendly)
07/Sep Poland - Australia X (Friendly)
07/Sep Republic of Ireland - Andorra 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Italy - Faroe Islands 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Malta - Latvia 2 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Netherlands - Finland 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Norway - Portugal X (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Sweden - San Marino 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Scotland - Liechtenstein 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Russia - Slovakia 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Turkey - Belgium 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Czech Republic - Lithuania 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep FYR Macedonia - Armenia 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Serbia - Slovenia 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Bosnia-Herzegovina - France X (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Estonia - Uzbekistan X (Friendly)
07/Sep Japan - Guatemala 1 (Friendly)
07/Sep Bulgaria - Montenegro 1 (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Switzerland - England X (Continental Qualifier)
07/Sep Qatar - Oman X (Friendly)
08/Sep Madagascar - Gabon 2 (Friendly)
08/Sep India - Thailand X (Friendly)
08/Sep Mexico - Colombia 1 (Friendly)
08/Sep Zimbabwe - Ghana 2 (Friendly)
08/Sep Belize - Trinidad and Tobago 2 (Friendly)

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FIFA Ranking: September 2010 preview (II)

FIFA will publish the September ranking on September 15th.

Included: matches up to and including August 11th, 2010.

Next update: September 6th, 2010.

August 2010 rank - Country - August 2010 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1883	1800	1857
2	Netherlands	1659	1575	1663
3	Brazil	1524	1482	1482
4	Germany	1464	1381	1490
5	Argentina	1288	1313	1351
6	Uruguay	1152	1182	1182
7	England	1125	995	1191
8	Portugal	1062	1023	1205
9	Egypt	1053	1026	1051
10	Chile	988	1045	1045
11	Italy	982	856	965
12	Greece	975	920	1080
13	Serbia	969	869	1009
14	Croatia	968	820	1102
15	Paraguay	961	897	945
16	Russia	956	821	1030
17	Switzerland	940	868	1030
18	USA	931	899	899
19	Slovenia	917	858	1063
20	Australia	911	834	898
21	France	890	758	900
22	Norway	878	664	958
23	Ghana	874	846	876
24	Ukraine	870	811	859
25	Mexico	853	789	811
26	Côte d'Ivoire	843	842	877
27	Slovakia	829	749	919
28	Turkey	810	693	882
29	Denmark	785	724	781
30	Nigeria	773	713	733
31	Czech Republic	769	717	840
32	Japan	768	739	773
33	Algeria	759	720	756
34	Gabon	755	753	768
35	Sweden	747	632	760
36	Colombia	734	664	735
36	Republic of Ireland	734	629	745
38	Israel	733	621	796
39	Peru	726	491	613
40	Cameroon	710	699	717
41	Scotland	699	482	740
42	Romania	697	561	771
43	Bulgaria	672	556	823
44	Korea Republic	651	640	658
45	Burkina Faso	646	679	733
46	Honduras	627	551	589
47	Venezuela	592	526	526
48	Belgium	589	526	871
49	Latvia	579	456	633
50	Bolivia	577	591	591
51	Finland	576	521	779
52	Lithuania	571	467	774
53	Costa Rica	562	553	606
54	New Zealand	557	605	605
55	Mali	548	518	568
56	Poland	547	491	565
57	Bosnia-Herzegovina	546	482	678
58	Ecuador	545	400	400
59	Northern Ireland	540	444	638
60	Austria	536	448	528
61	Benin	535	473	520
62	Hungary	534	474	704
63	Cyprus	523	547	835
64	Tunisia	519	528	596
65	Iran	517	487	546
66	FYR Macedonia	504	446	706
66	South Africa	504	527	545
68	Bahrain	466	407	433
69	Uganda	459	419	523
70	Albania	455	374	600
70	Saudi Arabia	455	460	460
72	Zambia	449	415	433
73	Montenegro	448	428	684
74	Malawi	424	394	456
75	Togo	421	386	463
76	Trinidad and Tobago	418	321	369
77	China PR	406	377	434
78	Belarus	403	396	626
79	Iceland	385	308	570
80	Mozambique	381	357	406
81	Oman	377	333	359
82	Jamaica	372	369	490
83	Morocco	371	308	373
84	Wales	366	382	518
85	Kuwait	365	311	348
86	El Salvador	360	225	328
87	Angola	357	341	406
88	Uzbekistan	351	311	360
89	Moldova	350	259	528
90	United Arab Emirates	348	319	349
91	Senegal	338	322	405
92	Syria	336	346	376
93	Botswana	329	321	388
94	Estonia	321	366	510
94	Libya	321	210	365
96	Armenia	318	225	544
97	Panama	314	396	473
98	Jordan	300	318	318
98	Qatar	300	261	314
100	Korea DPR	288	271	271
101	Canada	287	301	424
102	Guinea	286	322	394
103	Gambia	285	235	345
104	Thailand	276	272	285
105	Azerbaijan	266	286	420
106	Congo	263	202	305
106	Iraq	263	262	262
108	Cape Verde Islands	261	235	422
109	Yemen	249	254	254
110	Georgia	237	232	607
111	Rwanda	235	225	366
111	Tanzania	235	210	300
113	Zimbabwe	224	178	243
114	Cuba	215	218	218
115	Namibia	213	212	337
116	Kenya	210	206	235
117	Luxembourg	209	153	409
118	Faroe Islands	206	132	535
119	Guatemala	201	187	361
120	Singapore	198	189	189
120	Sudan	198	174	295
122	Guyana	190	182	248
123	Congo DR	187	144	284
124	Chad	185	142	142
125	Kazakhstan	184	171	561
126	Suriname	181	133	133
127	Barbados	174	180	180
127	Vietnam	174	174	174
129	Antigua and Barbuda	168	165	165
130	Fiji	167	161	161
131	Haiti	166	175	175
132	Grenada	163	161	161
133	Hong Kong	152	135	135
133	Turkmenistan	152	154	154
135	Indonesia	143	152	152
136	Swaziland	136	122	350
137	Sierra Leone	130	62	308
138	India	129	82	131
139	Malaysia	128	111	111
140	Myanmar	127	126	126
141	Liechtenstein	126	102	551
142	Burundi	125	119	298
143	Maldives	117	117	117
144	Ethiopia	116	108	234
145	Equatorial Guinea	110	73	73
145	Niger	110	91	264
145	St. Kitts and Nevis	110	81	81
148	Lebanon	106	94	94
148	Madagascar	106	65	396
148	Tajikistan	106	108	108
151	Malta	105	96	390
152	Bangladesh	104	108	108
153	Sri Lanka	101	104	104
154	New Caledonia	99	108	108
155	Lesotho	96	88	88
156	Liberia	94	94	207
157	Eritrea	92	80	80
158	Bermuda	91	75	75
159	Nepal	88	88	88
160	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	87	93	93
161	Nicaragua	86	86	129
162	Vanuatu	84	63	63
163	Kyrgyzstan	78	83	83
164	Pakistan	75	75	75
165	Chinese Taipei	67	52	52
165	Netherlands Antilles	67	63	63
165	Philippines	67	67	67
168	Mauritania	62	53	253
169	Solomon Islands	60	40	40
170	Puerto Rico	52	52	52
171	Palestine	50	49	49
172	Comoros	43	43	208
173	Cayman Islands	39	26	26
173	Laos	39	37	37
173	Somalia	39	39	39
176	Samoa	38	26	26
177	Bahamas	34	13	13
178	Cambodia	33	33	33
178	Dominica	33	33	33
180	Belize	32	32	97
180	Mongolia	32	32	32
180	Turks and Caicos Islands	32	19	19
183	Mauritius	27	16	250
184	Dominican Republic	26	26	26
185	Seychelles	24	22	22
186	Tonga	23	17	17
187	Brunei Darussalam	21	21	21
188	Guinea-Bissau	19	19	127
188	St. Lucia	19	19	19
188	Tahiti	19	13	13
191	British Virgin Islands	18	18	18
191	Djibouti	18	18	18
193	Cook Islands	17	17	17
193	Guam	17	17	17
195	Afghanistan	13	13	13
196	Macau	12	12	12
197	Bhutan	9	9	9
198	Aruba	7	7	7
199	US Virgin Islands	5	5	5
200	Timor-Leste	4	4	4
201	Andorra	2	2	437
202	American Samoa	0	0	0
202	Anguilla	0	0	0
202	Central African Republic	0	0	151
202	Montserrat	0	0	0
202	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0
202	San Marino	0	0	544

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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.