August 2013: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Syria	147	82	65
South Sudan	203	139	64
Fiji	185	123	62
Korea DPR	110	58	52
Kuwait	112	72	40
China PR	95	58	37
Gambia	163	128	35
Guinea-Bissau	182	147	35
Vanuatu	178	144	34
Papua New Guinea	197	164	33

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Cape Verde Islands	36	91	-55
Suriname	100	150	-50
Dominican Republic	86	135	-49
Albania	38	80	-42
Afghanistan	139	180	-41
Puerto Rico	130	170	-40
Central African Republic	88	126	-38
Sierra Leone	80	115	-35
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	133	168	-35
St. Lucia	142	174	-32

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	72	46	26
Egypt	61	42	19
Israel	63	45	18
Finland	65	47	18
Australia	46	29	17
Republic of Ireland	44	28	16
Iran	52	36	16
Korea Republic	56	40	16
Sweden	30	18	12
Bulgaria	53	41	12

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Cape Verde Islands	36	91	-55
Albania	38	80	-42
Algeria	34	63	-29
Mali	32	57	-25
Montenegro	28	51	-23
Burkina Faso	48	67	-19
Slovenia	45	60	-15
Wales	46	61	-15
Norway	25	38	-13
Hungary	31	43	-12

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


Poland - Albania
Egypt - Cape Verde Islands
Israel - Montenegro
Finland - Algeria
Australia - Slovenia
Republic of Ireland - Mali
Iran - Dominican Republic
Korea Republic - Wales
Sweden - Norway
Bulgaria - Iceland

Sweden - Norway actually happened this month - Sweden won 4:2.

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