Friday, February 4, 2011

February 2011: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Solomon Islands 178 118 60
Wales 116 77 39
Fiji 151 112 39
Papua New Guinea 203 165 38
Tahiti 183 147 36
New Caledonia 153 120 33
Bolivia 99 67 32
Iraq 88 58 30
Oman 110 81 29
Vanuatu 163 135 28

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Puerto Rico 130 175 -45
Armenia 62 105 -43
St. Kitts and Nevis 118 158 -40
Dominica 128 168 -40
Algeria 55 93 -38
Grenada 92 128 -36
Luxembourg 131 167 -36
Cape Verde Islands 73 108 -35
Botswana 67 101 -34
Northern Ireland 38 71 -33

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

Venezuela 63 37 26
Poland 71 45 26
Colombia 50 26 24
Ecuador 54 34 20
Romania 57 38 19
Egypt 33 15 18
Ukraine 34 17 17
Mexico 27 11 16
Jamaica 59 44 15
Sweden 29 16 13

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Northern Ireland 38 71 -33
Burkina Faso 41 74 -33
Guinea 46 78 -32
Slovakia 20 49 -29
Slovenia 16 41 -25
Greece 10 28 -18
Hungary 37 53 -16
Austria 45 61 -16
Montenegro 25 40 -15
Tunisia 48 63 -15

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

Venezuela - Northern Ireland
Poland - Armenia
Colombia - Slovakia
Ecuador - Slovenia
Romania - Burkina Faso
Egypt - Montenegro
Ukraine - Hungary
Mexico - Greece
Jamaica - Algeria
Sweden - Austria

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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