Friday, December 9, 2011

November 2011: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Solomon Islands 179 120 59
New Zealand 119 66 53
Syria 115 64 51
New Caledonia 163 119 44
Mauritania 201 157 44
Fiji 158 117 41
Vanuatu 171 131 40
Tahiti 182 144 38
Cyprus 126 96 30
Iraq 81 52 29

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Puerto Rico 106 170 -64
Algeria 30 90 -60
Sierra Leone 61 116 -55
Grenada 106 156 -50
Cape Verde Islands 57 104 -47
Antigua and Barbuda 83 127 -44
St. Kitts and Nevis 117 153 -36
Luxembourg 127 163 -36
Armenia 46 81 -35
Nepal 143 178 -35

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 66 38 28
Ukraine 55 28 27
Ecuador 42 25 17
Romania 56 39 17
Iran 45 30 15
Costa Rica 64 50 14
Czech Republic 33 22 11
Colombia 36 27 9
Scotland 49 40 9
Mexico 20 12 8

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

 
Algeria 30 90 -60
Armenia 46 81 -35
Slovakia 40 68 -28
Slovenia 26 50 -24
Bosnia-Herzegovina 23 41 -18
Switzerland 17 29 -12
Greece 14 24 -10
Serbia 27 36 -9
Hungary 37 46 -9
Senegal 44 53 -9

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

Poland - Algeria
Ukraine - Slovenia
Romania - Armenia
Ecuador - Slovakia
Iran - Bosnia-Herzegovina
Costa Rica - Sierra Leone
Czech Republic - Hungary
Scotland - Cape Verde Islands
Colombia - Estonia
Mexico - Switzerland

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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