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Friday, March 18, 2011

March 2011: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Solomon Islands 178 117 61
Turkmenistan 154 113 41
Fiji 152 112 40
Wales 116 78 38
Papua New Guinea 202 165 37
Tahiti 184 148 36
New Caledonia 153 121 32
Iraq 89 58 31
Kuwait 103 73 30
Poland 70 42 28

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Luxembourg 117 166 -49
Puerto Rico 131 175 -44
Armenia 65 106 -41
Cambodia 154 195 -41
Guinea 44 84 -40
Burkina Faso 40 79 -39
Algeria 55 94 -39
St. Kitts and Nevis 119 158 -39
Dominica 130 168 -38
Antigua and Barbuda 101 137 -36

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


Poland 70 42 28
China PR 76 50 26
Venezuela 63 38 25
Colombia 50 26 24
Egypt 35 16 19
Mexico 27 11 16
Sweden 30 14 16
Ecuador 49 34 15
Romania 52 37 15
Ukraine 33 20 13

 Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference  

Guinea 44 84 -40
Burkina Faso 40 79 -39
Northern Ireland 40 74 -34
Slovakia 22 53 -31
Slovenia 17 39 -22
Greece 10 29 -19
Tunisia 45 64 -19
Montenegro 25 40 -15
Hungary 36 51 -15
Belarus 37 49 -12

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

Poland - Northern Ireland
China PR - Slovakia
Venezuela - Burkina Faso
Colombia - Slovenia
Egypt - Montenegro
Mexico - Greece
Sweden - Hungary
Ecuador - Guinea
Romania - Armenia
Ukraine - Belarus

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