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Post by Shireblogger on Dec 19, 2022 9:24:43 GMT 1
Brilliant coverage, from the first qualifying match to the penalty shoot-out in the final. Thank you very much Panda.
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Post by Panda on Dec 19, 2022 22:00:12 GMT 1
Panda's world rankings return for a post-World Cup update. METHODOLOGY: Teams score points for all international matches played in the previous two years or their last 25 matches, whichever figure is smaller. Teams score 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a defeat. This varies slightly for matches at major tournaments that are decided by extra time/penalties. In those games, its 3 for a win in 90 minutes, 2.5 for a win in extra time, 2 for a win on penalties, 1 for a defeat on penalties, 0.5 for a defeat in extra time and 0 for a defeat in 90 minutes. That number is multiplied depending on the opponent: UEFA = 1.05 CONMEBOL = 0.825 CONCACAF = 0.675 CAF = 0.65 AFC = 0.6 OFC = 0.525 Unaffiliated = 0.25 Those multipliers are based on performance at previous World Cups and are reviewed after each World Cup. The match score is then multiplied again, depending on the competition: World Cup Final = 5 World Cup knockout stages = 4.5 World Cup group stage = 4 Continental championships = 3 World Cup/Continental qualifiers = 2 Nations League = 1.2, 1.15, 1.1, 1.05, depending on tier All other matches = 1 All members of FIFA and the six confederations are given a ranking, even if they haven't played a game. Teams that aren't members must have played at least one game against another eligible team in the last two years to receive a ranking. In the event of a tie, points per game is used as a tie-breaker. If there is still a tie, the most active team gets the higher position. Post-2022 World Cup rankings: Rank | Team | Score | 1 | Argentina | 133.58 | 2 | Netherlands | 122.69 | 3 | England | 115.23 | 4 | Brazil | 114.83 | 5 | France | 113.25 | 6 | Croatia | 98.78 | 7 | Spain | 97.04 | 8 | Morocco | 96.45 | 9 | Italy | 96.29 | 10 | Portugal | 96.23 | 11 | Belgium | 96.15 | 12 | Denmark | 91.75 | 13 | Germany | 88.02 | 14 | Switzerland | 83.19 | 15 | Senegal | 81.28 | 16 | Scotland | 76.45 | 17 | Sweden | 75.18 | 18 | Cameroon | 73.95 | 19 | Serbia | 70.20 | 20 | Ukraine | 69.88 | 21 | Uruguay | 69.75 | 22 | Hungary | 69.30 | 23 | Japan | 67.80 | 24 | Poland | 67.40 | 25 | Austria | 65.42 | 26 | Australia | 64.65 | 27 | Iran | 63.95 | 28 | Norway | 63.53 | 29 | South Korea | 63.23 | 30 | Turkiye | 62.92 | 31 | Russia | 62.85 | 32 | Egypt | 60.98 | 33 | Peru | 60.30 | 34 | United States | 59.12 | 35 | Tunisia | 58.33 | 36 | Czech Republic | 58.29 | 37 | North Macedonia | 57.44 | 38 | Colombia | 56.55 | 39 | Wales | 54.36 | 40 | Slovakia | 54.06 | 41 | Ivory Coast | 53.95 | 42 | Burkina Faso | 53.95 | 43 | Nigeria | 53.30 | 44 | Costa Rica | 51.56 | 45 | Ecuador | 51.00 | 46 | Canada | 50.51 | 47 | Mali | 49.40 | 48 | Israel | 49.26 | 49 | Algeria | 48.95 | 50 | Slovenia | 48.80 | 51 | Greece | 48.75 | 52 | Romania | 48.35 | 53 | Albania | 47.12 | 54 | Finland | 46.41 | 55 | Mexico | 46.14 | 56 | Ghana | 45.70 | 57 | Saudi Arabia | 44.70 | 58 | Cape Verde | 43.93 | 59 | Georgia | 42.33 | 60 | Latvia | 42.23 | 61 | Ireland | 41.30 | 62 | South Africa | 40.95 | 63 | Guatemala | 40.53 | 64 | Equatorial Guinea | 39.65 | 65 | Gambia | 39.60 | 66 | Montenegro | 38.90 | 67 | Panama | 38.72 | 68 | Estonia | 37.91 | 69 | Kosovo | 37.40 | 70 | Iceland | 37.36 | 71 | Jordan | 37.28 | 72 | Paraguay | 37.25 | 73 | United Arab Emirates | 36.95 | 74 | Haiti | 36.90 | 75 | Bulgaria | 36.65 | 76 | Bahrain | 36.38 | 77 | Chile | 36.35 | 78 | Oman | 36.23 | 79 | Uzbekistan | 35.25 | 80 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 34.66 | 81 | Indonesia | 34.65 | 82 | Gabon | 34.45 | 83 | Luxembourg | 34.31 | 84 | Northern Ireland | 34.13 | 85 | Armenia | 34.07 | 86 | Thailand | 32.95 | 87 | Jamaica | 32.30 | 88 | Trinidad & Tobago | 31.96 | 89 | Iraq | 30.38 | 90 | Guinea | 29.55 | 91 | Malawi | 29.25 | 92 | Eswatini | 28.60 | 93 | Suriname | 27.81 | 94 | Mauritania | 27.65 | 95 | Zambia | 27.30 | 96 | Bolivia | 27.15 | 97 | Qatar | 26.90 | 98 | Kazakhstan | 26.58 | 99 | Andorra | 26.52 | 100 | Vietnam | 26.40 | 101 | Malta | 26.27 | 102 | Faroe Islands | 26.04 | 103 | Guinea-Bissau | 26.03 | 104 | India | 25.80 | 105 | Cyprus | 25.73 | 106 | Ethiopia | 25.35 | 107 | Nicaragua | 24.98 | 108 | Venezuela | 24.83 | 109 | Tajikistan | 24.73 | 110 | Angola | 24.70 | 111 | Malaysia | 24.60 | 112 | Moldova | 24.31 | 113 | Palestine | 24.15 | 114 | China | 24.00 | 115 | Azerbaijan | 23.70 | 116 | Curacao | 22.68 | 117 | New Zealand | 22.13 | 118 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 22.10 | 118 | Tanzania | 22.10 | 120 | Mozambique | 22.10 | 121 | Cuba | 21.84 | 122 | Uganda | 21.70 | 123 | Namibia | 21.45 | 124 | Libya | 21.30 | 125 | Comoros | 20.80 | 126 | El Salvador | 20.40 | 127 | Benin | 20.15 | 128 | Nepal | 19.50 | 129 | Kuwait | 19.05 | 130 | Honduras | 18.96 | 131 | Togo | 18.20 | 132 | Lesotho | 18.20 | 133 | Guyana | 18.16 | 134 | Syria | 18.15 | 135 | Belarus | 17.64 | 136 | Sierra Leone | 17.55 | 137 | Kyrgyzstan | 17.40 | 138 | Montserrat | 17.18 | 139 | Kenya | 16.90 | 140 | Rwanda | 16.90 | 141 | Niger | 16.25 | 142 | Sudan | 16.25 | 143 | Singapore | 16.20 | 144 | Antigua & Barbuda | 16.13 | 145 | Puerto Rico | 15.93 | 146 | Maldives | 15.45 | 147 | Lebanon | 15.30 | 148 | Bermuda | 15.26 | 149 | French Guiana | 15.19 | 150 | Saint Kitts & Nevis | 15.12 | 151 | Botswana | 15.03 | 152 | Philippines | 15.00 | 153 | Guadeloupe | 14.41 | 154 | Zimbabwe | 14.30 | 155 | Dominican Republic | 14.28 | 156 | Liberia | 12.35 | 157 | Lithuania | 12.26 | 158 | Cambodia | 12.00 | 159 | Congo | 11.70 | 160 | Solomon Islands | 11.55 | 161 | Dominica | 10.84 | 162 | Madagascar | 10.40 | 163 | Gibraltar | 10.23 | 164 | Hong Kong | 10.20 | 165 | Bangladesh | 10.20 | 166 | Fiji | 9.98 | 167 | Aruba | 9.72 | 168 | Papua New Guinea | 9.45 | 169 | Barbados | 9.45 | 170 | South Sudan | 9.10 | 171 | Saint Lucia | 8.66 | 172 | Central African Republic | 8.45 | 173 | Mongolia | 8.40 | 174 | Burundi | 8.30 | 175 | Anguilla | 8.24 | 176 | Grenada | 7.94 | 177 | Afghanistan | 7.80 | 178 | Bonaire | 7.43 | 179 | Turkmenistan | 7.20 | 180 | Saint Vincent & the Grenadines | 6.85 | 181 | Seychelles | 6.45 | 182 | Belize | 6.45 | 183 | Bahamas | 6.28 | 184 | Martinique | 5.54 | 185 | Sao Tome & Principe | 5.20 | 186 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 4.25 | 187 | Mauritius | 3.90 | 188 | Sint Maarten | 3.71 | 189 | US Virgin Islands | 3.65 | 190 | Brunei | 3.60 | 191 | Guam | 3.60 | 192 | Laos | 3.60 | 193 | Sri Lanka | 3.60 | 194 | Saint Martin | 3.51 | 195 | Myanmar | 3.00 | 196 | Cayman Islands | 2.90 | 197 | East Timor | 2.40 | 198 | Liechtenstein | 2.10 | 199 | Djibouti | 1.95 | 200 | Chinese Taipei | 1.80 | 201 | British Virgin Islands | 1.55 | 202 | San Marino | 1.33 | 203 | Chad | 1.30 | 204 | Yemen | 1.20 | 205 | Jersey | 0.75 | 206 | New Caledonia | 0.00 | 207 | Somalia | 0.00 | 208 | Vanuatu | 0.00 | 209 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.00 | 209 | Tahiti | 0.00 | 211 | Cook Islands | 0.00 | 211 | Guernsey | 0.00 | 211 | Pakistan | 0.00 | 214 | American Samoa | 0.00 | 214 | Bhutan | 0.00 | 214 | Eritrea | 0.00 | 214 | Macau | 0.00 | 214 | North Korea | 0.00 | 214 | Samoa | 0.00 | 214 | Tonga | 0.00 |
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Post by Panda on Dec 20, 2022 0:56:03 GMT 1
Projected line-up for the 2026 World Cup, using the above rankings: * = didn't play at 2022 World Cup ** = debutant HOSTS CANADA MEXICO UNITED STATESEUROPE (16 places, up from 13) Netherlands England France Croatia Spain Italy * Portugal Belgium Denmark Germany Switzerland Scotland * Sweden * Serbia Ukraine * Hungary * SOUTH AMERICA (6.33 places, up from 4.5) Argentina Brazil Uruguay Peru * Colombia * Ecuador AFRICA (9.33 places, up from 5) Morocco Senegal Cameroon Egypt * Tunisia Ivory Coast * Burkina Faso ** Nigeria * Mali ** CONCACAF (6.67 places, up from 3.5, minus the 3 host spots) Costa Rica Guatemala ** Panama * ASIA (8.67 places, up from 4.5) Japan Australia Iran South Korea Saudi Arabia Jordan ** United Arab Emirates * Bahrain ** OCEANIA (1.33 places, up from 0.5) New Zealand * PLAYOFF TOURNAMENT Algeria * Paraguay * Other teams in playoff tournament: Haiti, Oman, Jamaica, Solomon Islands 2022 qualifiers projected to miss out: Poland Wales Ghana Qatar
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Post by Panda on Dec 22, 2022 21:34:16 GMT 1
FIFA's new rankings have been published. Make of these what you will.
(Panda's rankings in brackets)
1(4) Brazil 2(1) Argentina 3(5) France 4(11) Belgium 5(3) England 6(2) Netherlands 7(6) Croatia 8(9) Italy 9(10) Portugal 10(7) Spain 11(8) Morocco 12(14) Switzerland 13(34) United States 14(13) Germany 15(55) Mexico 16(21) Uruguay 17(38) Colombia 18(12) Denmark 19(15) Senegal 20(23) Japan 21(33) Peru 22(24) Poland 23(17) Sweden 24(27) Iran 25(29) South Korea 26(20) Ukraine 27(26) Australia 28(39) Wales 29(19) Serbia 30(35) Tunisia 31(77) Chile 32(44) Costa Rica 33(18) Cameroon 34(25) Austria 35(43) Nigeria 36(22) Hungary 37(31) Russia 38(36) Czech Republic 39(32) Egypt 40(49) Algeria 41(45) Ecuador 42(16) Scotland 43(28) Norway 44(30) Turkiye 45(47) Mali 46(72) Paraguay 47(41) Ivory Coast 48(61) Ireland 49(57) Saudi Arabia 50(42) Burkina Faso 51(51) Greece 52(52) Romania 53(46) Canada 54(40) Slovakia 55(108) Venezuela 56(54) Finland 57(80) Bosnia & Herzegovina 58(56) Ghana 59(84) Northern Ireland 60(97) Qatar 61(67) Panama 62(50) Slovenia 63(70) Iceland 64(87) Jamaica 65(37) North Macedonia 66(53) Albania 67(62) South Africa 68(89) Iraq 69(66) Montenegro 70(73) United Arab Emirates 71(75) Bulgaria 72(58) Cape Verde 73(118) DR Congo 74(126) El Salvador 75(78) Oman 76(48) Israel 77(79) Uzbekistan 78(59) Georgia 79(82) Gabon 80(114) China 81(130) Honduras 82(96) Bolivia 83(90) Guinea 84(71) Jordan 85(76) Bahrain 86(116) Curacao 87(74) Haiti 88(95) Zambia 89(122) Uganda 90(134) Syria 91(127) Benin 92(83) Luxembourg 93(113) Palestine 94(137) Kyrgyzstan 95(85) Armenia 96(100) Vietnam 97(135) Belarus 98(64) Equatorial Guinea 99(159) Congo 100(147) Lebanon 101(139) Kenya 102(162) Madagascar 103(94) Mauritania 104(88) Trinidad & Tobago 105(117) New Zealand 106(104) India 107(69) Kosovo 108(109) Tajikistan 109(68) Estonia 110(105) Cyprus 111(86) Thailand 112(214) North Korea 113(123) Namibia 114(120) Mozambique 115(98) Kazakhstan 116(136) Sierra Leone 117(110) Angola 118(103) Guinea-Bissau 119(63) Guatemala 120(124) Libya 121(115) Azerbaijan 122(144) Niger 123(102) Faroe Islands 124(91) Malawi 125(154) Zimbabwe 126(65) Gambia 127(131) Togo 128(142) Sudan 129(125) Comoros 130(118) Tanzania 131(144) Antigua & Barbuda 132(172) Central African Republic 133(60) Latvia 134(162) Philippines 135(179) Turkmenistan 136(160) Solomon Islands 137(140) Rwanda 138(106) Ethiopia 139(93) Suriname 140(150) Saint Kitts & Nevis 141(174) Burundi 142(107) Nicaragua 143(92) Eswatini 144(157) Lithuania 145(111) Malaysia 146(164) Hong Kong 147(132) Lesotho 148(129) Kuwait 149(151) Botswana 150(156) Liberia 151(81) Indonesia 152(155) Dominican Republic 153(99) Andorra 154(204) Yemen 155(177) Afghanistan 156(146) Maldives 157(200) Chinese Taipei 158(168) Papua New Guinea 159(195) Myanmar 160(143) Singapore 161(206) New Caledonia 162(209) Tahiti 163(166) Fiji 164(208) Vanuatu 165(170) South Sudan 166(169) Barbados 167(101) Malta 168(121) Cuba 169(148) Bermuda 170(145) Puerto Rico 171(133) Guyana 172(171) Saint Lucia 173(176) Grenada 174(112) Moldova 175(128) Nepal 176(182) Belize 177(158) Cambodia 178(180) Saint Vincent & the Grenadines 179(138) Montserrat 180(187) Mauritius 181(203) Chad 182(214) Macau 183(173) Mongolia 184(161) Dominica 185(214) Bhutan 186(185) Sao Tome & Principe 187(192) Laos 188(214) American Samoa 189(211) Cook Islands 190(190) Brunei 191(214) Samoa 192(165) Bangladesh 193(199) Djibouti 194(196) Cayman Islands 195(211) Pakistan 196(214) Tonga 197(197) East Timor 198(198) Liechtenstein 199(181) Seychelles 200(163) Gibraltar 201(214) Eritrea 202(167) Aruba 203(183) Bahamas 204(207) Somalia 205(191) Guam 206(186) Turks & Caicos Islands 207(193) Sri Lanka 208(189) US Virgin Islands 209(201) British Virgin Islands 210(175) Anguilla 211(202) San Marino
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Post by Panda on Dec 22, 2022 21:52:26 GMT 1
If we use FIFA's rankings, this is the projected line-up for the 2026 World Cup: HOSTS CANADA MEXICO UNITED STATESEUROPE France Belgium England Netherlands Croatia Italy * Portugal Spain Switzerland Germany Denmark Poland Sweden * Ukraine * Wales Serbia SOUTH AMERICA Brazil Argentina Uruguay Colombia * Peru * Chile * AFRICA Morocco Senegal Tunisia Cameroon Nigeria * Egypt * Algeria * Mali ** Ivory Coast * CONCACAF Costa Rica Panama * Jamaica * ASIA Japan Iran South Korea Australia Saudi Arabia Qatar Iraq * United Arab Emirates * OCEANIA New Zealand * PLAYOFF TOURNAMENT Ecuador Burkina Faso ** Other teams in playoff tournament: El Salvador, Oman, Honduras, Solomon Islands 2022 qualifiers missing out: Ghana
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 23, 2022 10:39:54 GMT 1
I'd rank France above England. Ok I know in the last Euros they lost in the last 16 round and we reached the final, so we have a runner-up and quarter-final and they have a runner-up and last-16. We're way above Belgium now though, they're football has-beens.
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Post by Panda on Dec 23, 2022 13:45:00 GMT 1
I'd rank France above England. Ok I know in the last Euros they lost in the last 16 round and we reached the final, so we have a runner-up and quarter-final and they have a runner-up and last-16. We're way above Belgium now though, they're football has-beens. There's barely anything between them on my list. Had France not lost to Tunisia at the World Cup, they'd have been above England. The same applies for Brazil v Cameroon. Belgium being 4th on FIFA's list is absolutely baffling.
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