Friday, July 13, 2012

July 2012: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings


Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Syria 132 66 66
Solomon Islands 174 131 43
Mauritania 202 162 40
Bulgaria 92 53 39
Fiji 161 122 39
New Caledonia 143 106 37
Cuba 150 113 37
Israel 82 48 34
Moldova 139 108 31
Eritrea 189 158 31


Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Sierra Leone 65 120 -55
Luxembourg 110 164 -54
Algeria 35 81 -46
Haiti 62 102 -40
Central African Republic 73 113 -40
St. Kitts and Nevis 112 151 -39
São Tomé e Príncipe 132 171 -39
Belize 131 167 -36
Gabon 45 77 -32
Estonia 56 87 -31

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

Israel 82 48 34
China PR 68 47 21
Romania 52 33 19
Iran 50 32 18
Poland 54 39 15
Costa Rica 57 43 14
Panama 48 35 13
Egypt 42 30 12
Ukraine 46 34 12
Nigeria 58 46 12

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Algeria 35 81 -46
Gabon 45 77 -32
Libya 39 67 -28
Slovakia 44 68 -24
Mali 40 63 -23
Wales 38 57 -19
Bosnia-Herzegovina 30 45 -15
Slovenia 34 49 -15
Greece 12 24 -12
Hungary 31 42 -11

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

Israel - Algeria
China PR - Estonia
Romania - Slovakia
Iran - Wales
Poland - Armenia
Costa Rica - Sierra Leone
Panama - Slovenia
Egypt - Bosnia-Herzegovina
Ukraine - Libya
Nigeria - Haiti

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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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