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Friday, February 24, 2012

February 2012: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Solomon Islands 182 120 62
Syria 122 64 58
New Zealand 120 65 55
Mauritania 203 157 46
New Caledonia 163 118 45
Fiji 159 116 43
Vanuatu 173 131 42
Tahiti 184 145 39
Poland 70 37 33
Bulgaria 88 55 33

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Puerto Rico 113 169 -56
Algeria 36 89 -53
Sierra Leone 64 117 -53
Armenia 41 82 -41
Samoa 151 192 -41
Bermuda 105 143 -38
Antigua and Barbuda 90 127 -37
Cape Verde Islands 69 104 -35
St. Kitts and Nevis 117 152 -35
Vietnam 100 133 -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

Poland 70 37 33
Ukraine 59 27 32
Egypt 61 33 28
Cameroon 66 47 19
Iran 47 29 18
Costa Rica 63 46 17
Ecuador 40 24 16
Romania 52 36 16
Nigeria 56 43 13
Japan 30 18 12


Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Algeria 36 89 -53
Armenia 41 82 -41
Slovakia 38 70 -32
Gabon 45 72 -27
Slovenia 27 52 -25
Bosnia-Herzegovina 19 41 -22
Ghana 23 37 -14
Mali 44 57 -13
Switzerland 16 28 -12
Wales 42 53 -11

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

Poland - Armenia
Ukraine - Slovakia
Egypt - Algeria
Cameroon - Estonia
Iran - Slovenia
Costa Rica - Sierra Leone
Ecuador - Bosnia-Herzegovina
Romania - Gabon
Nigeria - Libya
Japan - Israel

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