Friday, January 27, 2012

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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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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