2014 FIFA World Cup seeding: (Almost) official AFC 4th round

Update: 3 February 2012

See the updated seeding list.

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Update: 30 January 2012

On the morning of 27 January, the release date for the March 2012 ranking was 14 March. Later that day, FIFA brought the date forward by one week, thus the ranking will be published on 7 March, two days before the draw and what is written below is no longer true (i.e. the games on 29 February will now affect the seeding).

I did write on Friday to FIFA, AFC and all the involved FAs, but I can't claim the change of release date is because of me.

Original article follows:
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The AFC have announced yesterday the draw for the fourth round will take place on March 9.

Last August, AFC's Competition Committee decided to use the latest FIFA rankings to seed the teams for the fourth round draw.

Looking at the FIFA ranking schedule, this means the February ranking will be used, thus the 29 February games (last match day of the third round will not affect the seeding).

It would be better (in my very humble opinion) to postpone the draw for March 16 (two days after the released of the March ranking).

Already qualified: Jordan, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Japan, Australia and Iran.

Only one match left before the February ranking is released: a friendly involving the United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan, on January 29th. However, Uzbekistan are safe between Iran and Iraq (that's a difficult place to be in, isn't it?).

Here's the table, with Uzbekistan's friendly counted as a defeat. With a win, Uzbekistan would have 469 points, not enough to overtake Iran.

1	Australia	832
2	Japan	762
3	Korea Republic	714
4	Iran	606
5	Uzbekistan	455
6	Iraq	439
7	Jordan	431
8	Saudi Arabia	407
9	Kuwait	399
10	Oman	377
11	Qatar	372
12	Bahrain	366
13	Lebanon	299
14	Thailand	235

4 years ago, the 4 lowest seeded teams of the 10 qualified for the 4th round were placed in a single pot.

Pot 1: Australia, Japan
Pot 2: Korea Republic, Iran
Pot 3: Uzbekistan, Iraq
Pot 4: Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar.

If Korea Republic don't qualify, Uzbekistan will climb to Pot 2, while Jordan will climb to Pot 3.

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Team GB - what do you make of it?

As far as I understand, most of the Welsh and Scottish football fans are against the idea of "Team GB", a Great Britain football team that will participate as hosts at the 2012 London Olympics.

The Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish football associations are reluctant to participate, because they fear they will lose their independent status within FIFA and their IFAB spots.

However, it seems the English FA have approached players from the other home nations despite the opposition of the FAs.

More in this Telegraph article.

I've been asked by a Welsh reader to write an article about this to see "how this is received by a global audience". :)

There's nothing in the FIFA statutes to stop the English FA from selecting Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish players for the Olympics.

So, two questions:

1. Should the English FA be allowed to select players outside of England, even though the Welsh, Scottish are Northern Irish football associations are against it?
2. Is this story making headlines (or at least the back page) in your country and what are your national media saying about it?

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Something happening in the Gulf of Guinea

In Africa, all eyes are on Equatorial Guinea's achievement (and rightly so). The Equatoguineans (or well, the football players mainly born outside of the country) managed to qualify for the quarterfinals, eliminating Senegal in the process and will climb at least 33 places, from their current ranking of 151st.

However, another nation from the Gulf of Guinea is also making waves. Sao Tome and Principe (population: 163,000), have eliminated Lesotho (population: 2,067,000) in the first round of the 2013 Africa Cup of nations qualifiers after winning 1 - 0 in Sao Tome and getting a goalless draw in Maseru.

They will climb 28 places to 168th, their best ever ranking. Their previous record was 179th in August 2000. Just a quick reminder, Sao Tome have played no games between 16 November 2003 and 11 November 2011.

The Santomeans will now face Sierra Leone in the next round: 29 February at home and 15 June in Freetown.

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2013 UEFA Under-21 play-off seeding

The coefficients for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship playoff draw will take into account results from:

2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (qualifiers and final tournament) - 20% of total weighting
2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (qualifiers and final tournament) - 40% of total weighting
2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (qualifiers) - 40% of total weighting

More info about the Under-21 coefficient on UEFA.com (PDF file).

As mentioned before, I think there's a mistake in the regulations regarding the qualification points for teams that have hosted one of the last two final tournaments.

For Sweden (hosts of the 2009 final tournament) I used the 2011 qualification results (as in the regulations), while for Denmark (hosts of the 2011 final tournament) I used the 2009 qualification results, since I couldn't use the 2011 qualification results as in the regulation.

For the play-off draw, the seven group winners with the best coefficients will be seeded. Israel as hosts are already qualified. Their coefficient is 30302, good enough for 6th in the ranking.

Current standings available on UEFA.com.

Rank - Team - Points

1 Spain              36715
 2 Italy              31383
 3 Germany            31183
 4 England            30925
 5 Switzerland        30434
 6 Czech Republic     30125
 7 France             29392
 8 Russia             29222
 9 Netherlands        29074
10 Sweden             28861
11 Turkey             27342
12 Serbia             26819
13 Belarus            26678
14 Wales              25871
15 Scotland           25684
16 Romania            25585
17 Greece             25431
18 Denmark            24809
19 Croatia            24771
20 Austria            24552
21 Belgium            24426
22 Portugal           24326
23 Slovakia           24189
24 Ukraine            23279
25 Montenegro         23039
26 Finland            22306
27 Iceland            22158
28 Armenia            21631
29 Slovenia           20378
30 Poland             20201
31 Norway             19989
32 Moldova            19671
33 Hungary            19388
34 Bosnia-Herzegovina 18856
35 Georgia            18561
36 Ireland            18471
37 Northern Ireland   18364
38 Latvia             17646
39 Bulgaria           17538
40 Cyprus             16561
41 Albania            16046
42 Macedonia          15513
43 Estonia            15410
44 Faroe Islands      15085
45 Kazakhstan         14563
46 Lithuania          13370
47 Azerbaijan         12401
48 Malta              12043
49 Luxembourg         10963
50 Andorra             9356
51 Liechtenstein       8563
52 San Marino          7790

Using Wikipedia to determine the best second-placed teams, this is how the pots would look now:

Pot 1

Spain          36715
Italy          31383
Germany        31183
England        30925
Czech Republic 30125
France         29392
Russia         29222

Pot 2

Switzerland *  30434
Netherlands    29074
Turkey *       27342
Serbia         26819
Slovakia *     24189
Montenegro *   23039
Slovenia       20378

* - second placed teams

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January 2012: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Solomon Islands	180	121	59
Syria	117	64	53
New Zealand	118	67	51
Mauritania	204	157	47
New Caledonia	166	120	46
Vanuatu	174	130	44
Fiji	161	118	43
Tahiti	184	145	39
Papua New Guinea	193	161	32
Poland	68	38	30

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Puerto Rico	108	169	-61
Algeria	32	90	-58
Sierra Leone	60	117	-57
Cape Verde Islands	58	105	-47
Antigua and Barbuda	84	127	-43
Samoa	150	192	-42
St. Kitts and Nevis	114	152	-38
Bermuda	106	143	-37
Armenia	45	81	-36
Luxembourg	127	163	-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	68	38	30
Ukraine	54	28	26
Ecuador	42	25	17
Romania	55	39	16
Costa Rica	62	47	15
Iran	44	30	14
Czech Republic	31	21	10
Mexico	21	12	9
Colombia	35	27	8
Scotland	48	40	8

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Algeria	32	90	-58
Armenia	45	81	-36
Slovakia	39	70	-31
Slovenia	25	51	-26
Bosnia-Herzegovina	19	41	-22
Switzerland	16	29	-13
Greece	14	24	-10
Hungary	37	46	-9
Senegal	43	52	-9
Norway	24	32	-8

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

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

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Possible error in the UEFA Under-21 regulations

In Annex I of the UEFA European Under-21 regulations, article 3 b) says:


In the case of an association that hosted a UEFA European Under-21 Championship final tournament during one of the last two full cycles and therefore has no points from the respective qualifying competition, the points earned in the qualifying competition of the 2009-11 UEFA European Under-21 Championship are used.

In my opinion, this is wrong.

Denmark hosted the 2009-11 final tournament, thus it can't use the points from 2009-11 qualifiers. Maybe it should use the points from the 2011-13 qualifiers.

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FIFA Ranking: February 2012 probable ranking

Next update: 3 February 2012. 

FIFA will publish the ranking on 15 February.

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

Lots of movement in the top 10:

- Germany will overtake the Netherlands for 2nd in the ranking.
- Portugal will overtake Brazil
- Italy will overtake Croatia
- Denmark will overtake Argentina

Australia will overtake Japan at the top of AFC.

El Salvador will overtake Honduras and Costa Rica, climbing to 5th in CONCACAF.

Turks and Caicos Islands will join the group of teams with 0 points.

Côte d'Ivoire could enter the top 10 if they win all their matches and meet Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia in the knock-out stages.

Probable February 2012 rank - Team - Probable February 2012 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Spain	1566	0	2
2	Germany	1369	1	24
3	Netherlands	1359	-1	-6
4	Uruguay	1317	0	8
5	England	1179	0	6
6	Portugal	1155	1	55
7	Brazil	1152	-1	9
8	Italy	1115	1	33
9	Croatia	1101	-1	10
10	Denmark	1090	1	58
11	Argentina	1081	-1	14
12	Côte d'Ivoire	1038	6	149
13	Chile	996	-1	23
14	Russia	989	-1	18
15	Greece	979	-1	15
16	Ghana	973	10	194
17	Switzerland	950	-1	52
18	France	930	-3	15
19	Sweden	924	-2	33
20	Bosnia-Herzegovina	920	-1	51
21	Republic of Ireland	893	2	29
22	Mexico	882	-1	16
23	Australia	832	-2	-34
24	Norway	793	0	5
25	Serbia	791	2	16
25	Turkey	791	4	22
27	Paraguay	781	0	6
27	Slovenia	781	-2	1
29	Czech Republic	775	2	26
30	Japan	762	-11	-107
31	Senegal	761	12	136
32	Colombia	746	3	37
33	Peru	743	1	31
34	USA	735	-1	14
35	Korea Republic	714	-5	-38
36	Israel	708	1	43
37	Algeria	684	-5	-50
38	Hungary	678	-1	13
39	Slovakia	675	0	27
40	Belgium	663	0	16
41	Ecuador	644	1	10
42	Armenia	639	3	27
43	Wales	635	6	44
44	Venezuela	615	-3	-27
45	Morocco	608	16	85
46	Iran	606	-2	-17
47	Panama	604	0	4
48	Scotland	602	0	3
49	Jamaica	589	3	16
50	Montenegro	585	0	0
51	Romania	583	4	21
52	El Salvador	576	12	70
52	Estonia	576	0	3
54	Nigeria	573	-9	-39
55	South Africa	559	1	8
56	Honduras	549	-5	-30
56	Ukraine	549	-2	-19
58	Egypt	545	-22	-153
59	Tunisia	542	0	1
60	Costa Rica	539	2	17
61	Sierra Leone	533	-1	0
62	Burkina Faso	528	4	29
63	Guinea	510	16	74
64	Cameroon	502	-8	-49
65	Belarus	494	0	-7
66	Libya	489	-3	-25
66	Mali	489	3	13
68	Gabon	487	23	100
69	Cape Verde Islands	477	-11	-72
70	Poland	470	-2	-24
71	Austria	469	0	10
71	Canada	469	3	14
71	Haiti	469	9	36
71	Uzbekistan	469	-4	-26
75	Latvia	463	-5	-3
76	China PR	456	-2	1
77	Iraq	453	-4	-4
78	Albania	452	-1	2
79	Georgia	436	-3	-15
80	Jordan	431	1	5
81	Trinidad and Tobago	430	-3	-18
82	Guatemala	422	7	22
83	Finland	416	2	11
84	Northern Ireland	412	3	9
85	Uganda	411	-3	0
86	Bulgaria	408	-3	-2
87	Saudi Arabia	407	0	4
88	Antigua and Barbuda	405	-4	-2
89	Angola	404	-4	-1
90	Kuwait	399	5	27
91	Guyana	388	1	2
92	Zambia	386	-21	-73
93	Lithuania	383	0	1
94	Togo	380	6	30
95	Oman	377	-5	-16
96	Qatar	372	1	8
97	Bahrain	366	-2	-6
98	Malawi	362	1	3
99	Zimbabwe	348	3	7
100	Vietnam	347	1	3
101	FYR Macedonia	345	2	10
102	Mozambique	332	3	13
103	Iceland	330	1	5
104	Botswana	328	-10	-45
105	Bermuda	321	1	7
106	Korea DPR	314	1	2
107	Bolivia	309	2	0
108	Rwanda	308	2	4
109	Azerbaijan	306	2	6
110	Niger	302	-12	-59
111	Puerto Rico	301	-3	-9
112	Gambia	292	6	21
113	Cuba	290	0	0
114	St. Kitts and Nevis	287	0	2
115	Faroe Islands	285	-1	0
116	Congo DR	281	0	5
117	Lebanon	272	-5	-21
118	Namibia	271	4	12
118	New Zealand	271	0	0
120	Syria	270	-3	-5
121	Kenya	267	0	7
122	Liechtenstein	263	8	17
123	Liberia	258	0	0
124	Suriname	254	1	0
125	Cyprus	252	1	-1
126	Central African Republic	251	2	0
127	Sudan	250	-7	-15
128	Dominican Republic	247	1	0
129	Congo	245	2	0
129	Thailand	245	-5	-12
131	Grenada	240	1	-1
131	Luxembourg	240	-4	-12
133	Belize	238	0	8
134	Benin	237	2	9
135	Ethiopia	230	-2	0
136	Kazakhstan	225	3	5
137	Tanzania	224	0	-1
138	Tajikistan	218	2	0
139	United Arab Emirates	212	-1	-11
140	Chad	207	2	19
141	Moldova	205	-6	-24
142	Burundi	199	-1	0
143	Nicaragua	189	2	24
144	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	172	0	1
145	Indonesia	161	-2	-22
146	Yemen	159	3	6
147	Singapore	155	0	-6
148	Turkmenistan	154	-2	-10
149	Malaysia	153	-1	-4
150	Lesotho	152	3	8
151	Samoa	149	-1	0
152	Nepal	144	1	0
153	Curacao	142	-1	-4
154	Bahamas	141	1	0
154	India	141	4	3
156	Philippines	139	1	0
157	Bangladesh	138	1	0
158	Madagascar	135	2	0
159	Fiji	133	2	0
159	Malta	133	-3	-7
161	Palestine	128	1	7
162	Hong Kong	126	6	17
162	New Caledonia	126	4	10
164	Equatorial Guinea	123	-13	-24
165	Aruba	120	-1	0
166	Chinese Taipei	116	1	6
166	Guinea-Bissau	116	-4	-5
168	Barbados	107	-3	-12
169	Mongolia	106	0	0
170	Laos	105	4	9
171	Cambodia	104	-1	3
172	Vanuatu	103	2	7
173	Myanmar	99	-1	0
174	Maldives	98	-1	0
175	Dominica	95	-4	-5
176	Sao Tome e Principe	91	20	64
177	Tonga	88	-1	0
178	Afghanistan	85	-1	0
179	Swaziland	83	1	8
180	US Virgin Islands	82	-2	0
181	Pakistan	76	-2	0
182	Solomon Islands	75	-2	0
182	Sri Lanka	75	-2	0
184	Tahiti	73	0	0
185	Cayman Islands	72	-2	-2
186	St. Lucia	65	-1	0
187	American Samoa	61	-1	0
188	Comoros	55	-1	0
189	Seychelles	53	-1	0
190	Eritrea	45	-1	0
191	Somalia	43	-1	0
192	Kyrgyzstan	42	-1	0
193	Guam	36	-1	0
194	Papua New Guinea	34	-1	0
195	Mauritius	32	-1	0
196	Macau	29	1	3
197	Cook Islands	28	-2	0
198	British Virgin Islands	23	0	0
198	Djibouti	23	0	0
200	Anguilla	9	1	0
201	Bhutan	6	1	0
201	Brunei Darussalam	6	1	0
203	Mauritania	4	1	0
204	Timor-Leste	2	1	0
205	Andorra	0	1	0
205	Montserrat	0	1	0
205	San Marino	0	1	0
205	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	-5	-13

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FIFA Ranking: February 2012 probable results

Here are the probable results used for the February 2012 probable ranking. They are generated using the Elo Ratings.

Before posting comments like: "Hey my team actually beat the other team! It's a mistake!" please read the previous paragraph again and look when these results were posted (Yes, before the matches actually took place!) ;)

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

21/Jan USA - Venezuela 1 (Friendly)
21/Jan Equatorial Guinea - Libya 2 (Continental Final)
21/Jan Senegal - Zambia 1 (Continental Final)
22/Jan Lesotho - Sao Tome e Principe 1 (Continental Qualifier)
22/Jan Lebanon - Iraq 2 (Friendly)
22/Jan Trinidad and Tobago - Finland X (Friendly)
22/Jan Côte d'Ivoire - Sudan 1 (Continental Final)
22/Jan Burkina Faso - Angola X (Continental Final)
23/Jan Gabon - Niger 1 (Continental Final)
23/Jan Morocco - Tunisia X (Continental Final)
24/Jan Ghana - Botswana 1 (Continental Final)
24/Jan Mali - Guinea X (Continental Final)
25/Jan Panama - USA X (Friendly)
25/Jan Mexico - Venezuela 1 (Friendly)
25/Jan Libya - Zambia X (Continental Final)
25/Jan Equatorial Guinea - Senegal 2 (Continental Final)
26/Jan Sudan - Angola 2 (Continental Final)
26/Jan Côte d'Ivoire - Burkina Faso 1 (Continental Final)
27/Jan Romania - Turkmenistan 1 (Friendly)
27/Jan Niger - Tunisia 2 (Continental Final)
27/Jan Gabon - Morocco X (Continental Final)
28/Jan Botswana - Guinea 2 (Continental Final)
28/Jan Ghana - Mali 1 (Continental Final)
29/Jan United Arab Emirates - Uzbekistan 2 (Friendly)
29/Jan Equatorial Guinea - Zambia 2 (Continental Final)
29/Jan Libya - Senegal 2 (Continental Final)
30/Jan Côte d'Ivoire - Angola 1 (Continental Final)
30/Jan Sudan - Burkina Faso 2 (Continental Final)
31/Jan Gabon - Tunisia X (Continental Final)
31/Jan Niger - Morocco 2 (Continental Final)
01/Feb Ghana - Guinea 1 (Continental Final)
01/Feb Botswana - Mali 2 (Continental Final)
04/Feb Senegal - Burkina Faso 1 (Continental Final)
04/Feb Côte d'Ivoire - Zambia 1 (Continental Final)
05/Feb Ghana - Tunisia 1 (Continental Final)
05/Feb Gabon - Guinea X Gabon PSO (Continental Final)
08/Feb Senegal - Ghana 2 (Continental Final)
08/Feb Gabon - Côte d'Ivoire 2 (Continental Final)
11/Feb Senegal - Gabon 1 (Continental Final)
12/Feb Ghana - Côte d'Ivoire X Côte d'Ivoire PSO (Continental Final)

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FIFA Ranking: February 2012 preview

Next update: 3 February 2012. 

FIFA will publish the ranking on 15 February.

Lots of movement in the top 10:

- Germany will overtake the Netherlands for 2nd in the ranking.
- Portugal will overtake Brazil
- Italy will overtake Croatia
- Denmark will overtake Argentina

Australia will overtake Japan at the top of AFC.

El Salvador will overtake Honduras and Costa Rica, climbing to 5th in CONCACAF.

Turks and Caicos Islands will join the group of teams with 0 points.

Côte d'Ivoire could enter the top 10 if they win all their matches and meet Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia in the knock-out stages.

Most points dropped (best case scenario):

-153 - Egypt
-107 - Japan
-72 - Cape Verde Islands
-50 - Algeria
-49 - Cameroon
-39 - Nigeria
-38 - Korea Republic
-34 - Australia
-30 - Honduras
-26 - Uzbekistan

Most points gained (worst case scenario):

70 - El Salvador
64 - Sao Tome e Principe
58 - Denmark
55 - Portugal
52 - Switzerland
51 - Bosnia-Herzegovina
44 - Wales
43 - Israel
37 - Colombia
36 - Haiti

January 2012 rank - Country - January 2012 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1564	1566	1566
2	Netherlands	1365	1359	1359
3	Germany	1345	1369	1369
4	Uruguay	1309	1317	1317
5	England	1173	1179	1179
6	Brazil	1143	1152	1152
7	Portugal	1100	1155	1155
8	Croatia	1091	1101	1101
9	Italy	1082	1115	1115
10	Argentina	1067	1081	1081
11	Denmark	1032	1090	1090
12	Chile	973	996	996
13	Russia	971	989	989
14	Greece	964	979	979
15	France	915	930	930
16	Switzerland	898	950	950
17	Sweden	891	924	924
18	Côte d'Ivoire	889	732	1104
19	Bosnia-Herzegovina	869	920	920
19	Japan	869	762	762
21	Australia	866	832	832
21	Mexico	866	858	882
23	Republic of Ireland	864	893	893
24	Norway	788	793	793
25	Slovenia	780	781	781
26	Ghana	779	647	1036
27	Paraguay	775	781	781
27	Serbia	775	791	791
29	Turkey	769	791	791
30	Korea Republic	752	714	714
31	Czech Republic	749	775	775
32	Algeria	734	684	684
33	USA	721	700	750
34	Peru	712	743	743
35	Colombia	709	746	746
36	Egypt	698	545	545
37	Hungary	665	678	678
37	Israel	665	708	708
39	Slovakia	648	675	675
40	Belgium	647	663	663
41	Venezuela	642	615	660
42	Ecuador	634	644	644
43	Senegal	625	490	912
44	Iran	623	606	606
45	Armenia	612	639	639
45	Nigeria	612	573	573
47	Panama	600	594	624
48	Scotland	599	602	602
49	Wales	591	635	635
50	Montenegro	585	585	585
51	Honduras	579	549	549
52	Estonia	573	576	576
52	Jamaica	573	589	589
54	Ukraine	568	549	549
55	Romania	562	572	583
56	Cameroon	551	502	502
56	South Africa	551	559	559
58	Cape Verde Islands	549	477	477
59	Tunisia	541	452	838
60	Sierra Leone	533	533	533
61	Morocco	523	464	928
62	Costa Rica	522	539	539
63	Libya	514	409	916
64	El Salvador	506	576	576
65	Belarus	501	494	494
66	Burkina Faso	499	462	927
67	Uzbekistan	495	455	469
68	Poland	494	470	470
69	Mali	476	363	899
70	Latvia	466	463	463
71	Austria	459	469	469
71	Zambia	459	343	749
73	Iraq	457	439	453
74	Canada	455	469	469
74	China PR	455	456	456
76	Georgia	451	436	436
77	Albania	450	452	452
78	Trinidad and Tobago	448	417	457
79	Guinea	436	401	875
80	Haiti	433	469	469
81	Jordan	426	431	431
82	Uganda	411	411	411
83	Bulgaria	410	408	408
84	Antigua and Barbuda	407	405	405
85	Angola	405	335	715
85	Finland	405	405	439
87	Northern Ireland	403	412	412
87	Saudi Arabia	403	407	407
89	Guatemala	400	422	422
90	Oman	393	377	377
91	Gabon	387	348	830
92	Guyana	386	388	388
93	Lithuania	382	383	383
94	Botswana	373	328	708
95	Bahrain	372	366	366
95	Kuwait	372	399	399
97	Qatar	364	372	372
98	Niger	361	302	767
99	Malawi	359	362	362
100	Togo	350	380	380
101	Vietnam	344	347	347
102	Zimbabwe	341	348	348
103	FYR Macedonia	335	345	345
104	Iceland	325	330	330
105	Mozambique	319	332	332
106	Bermuda	314	321	321
107	Korea DPR	312	314	314
108	Puerto Rico	310	301	301
109	Bolivia	309	309	309
110	Rwanda	304	308	308
111	Azerbaijan	300	306	306
112	Lebanon	293	272	299
113	Cuba	290	290	290
114	Faroe Islands	285	285	285
114	St. Kitts and Nevis	285	287	287
116	Congo DR	276	281	281
117	Syria	275	270	270
118	Gambia	271	292	292
118	New Zealand	271	271	271
120	Sudan	265	250	519
121	Kenya	260	267	267
122	Namibia	259	271	271
123	Liberia	258	258	258
124	Thailand	257	245	245
125	Suriname	254	254	254
126	Cyprus	253	252	252
127	Luxembourg	252	240	240
128	Central African Republic	251	251	251
129	Dominican Republic	247	247	247
130	Liechtenstein	246	263	263
131	Congo	245	245	245
132	Grenada	241	240	240
133	Belize	230	238	238
133	Ethiopia	230	230	230
135	Moldova	229	205	205
136	Benin	228	237	237
137	Tanzania	225	224	224
138	United Arab Emirates	223	212	243
139	Kazakhstan	220	225	225
140	Tajikistan	218	218	218
141	Burundi	199	199	199
142	Chad	188	207	207
143	Indonesia	183	161	161
144	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	171	172	172
145	Nicaragua	165	189	189
146	Turkmenistan	164	154	221
147	Singapore	161	155	155
148	Malaysia	157	153	153
149	Yemen	153	159	159
150	Samoa	149	149	149
151	Equatorial Guinea	147	123	620
152	Curacao	146	142	142
153	Lesotho	144	120	152
153	Nepal	144	144	144
155	Bahamas	141	141	141
156	Malta	140	133	133
157	Philippines	139	139	139
158	Bangladesh	138	138	138
158	India	138	141	141
160	Madagascar	135	135	135
161	Fiji	133	133	133
162	Guinea-Bissau	121	116	116
162	Palestine	121	128	128
164	Aruba	120	120	120
165	Barbados	119	107	107
166	New Caledonia	116	126	126
167	Chinese Taipei	110	116	116
168	Hong Kong	109	126	126
169	Mongolia	106	106	106
170	Cambodia	101	104	104
171	Dominica	100	95	95
172	Myanmar	99	99	99
173	Maldives	98	98	98
174	Laos	96	105	105
174	Vanuatu	96	103	103
176	Tonga	88	88	88
177	Afghanistan	85	85	85
178	US Virgin Islands	82	82	82
179	Pakistan	76	76	76
180	Solomon Islands	75	75	75
180	Sri Lanka	75	75	75
180	Swaziland	75	83	83
183	Cayman Islands	74	72	72
184	Tahiti	73	73	73
185	St. Lucia	65	65	65
186	American Samoa	61	61	61
187	Comoros	55	55	55
188	Seychelles	53	53	53
189	Eritrea	45	45	45
190	Somalia	43	43	43
191	Kyrgyzstan	42	42	42
192	Guam	36	36	36
193	Papua New Guinea	34	34	34
194	Mauritius	32	32	32
195	Cook Islands	28	28	28
196	Sao Tome e Principe	27	91	156
197	Macau	26	29	29
198	British Virgin Islands	23	23	23
198	Djibouti	23	23	23
200	Turks and Caicos Islands	13	0	0
201	Anguilla	9	9	9
202	Bhutan	6	6	6
202	Brunei Darussalam	6	6	6
204	Mauritania	4	4	4
205	Timor-Leste	2	2	2
206	Andorra	0	0	0
206	Montserrat	0	0	0
206	San Marino	0	0	0

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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.