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Post by Panda on Jul 14, 2006 23:26:09 GMT 1
FIFA's new world rankings were published on Wednesday. They're the first since the World Cup and also the first rankings calculated using a new system, designed to make them less sh*te.
Number in first brackets is ranking before World Cup, second brackets is Elo ranking.
1(1)(3) Brazil 2(13)(1) Italy 3(9)(4) Argentina 4(8)(2) France 5(10)(5) England 6(3)(6) Holland 7(5)(7) Spain 8(7)(9) Portugal 9(19)(8) Germany 10(2)(11) Czech Republic 11(11)(22) Nigeria 12(15)(21) Cameroon 13(35)(12) Switzerland 14(22)(14) Uruguay 15(45)(24) Ukraine 16(5)(27) USA 17(11)(10) Denmark 18(4)(16) Mexico 19(33)(28) Paraguay 20(32)(25) Ivory Coast 21(27)(26) Colombia 22(16)(13) Sweden 23(23)(19) Croatia 24(51)(50) Guinea 25(48)(35) Ghana 26(25)(15) Romania 27(14)(20) Turkey 28(39)(28) Ecuador 29(17)(31) Egypt 30(29)(28) Poland 31(21)(48) Tunisia 32(20)(23) Greece 33(42)(18) Australia 34(37)(33) Russia 35(28)(46) Senegal 36(44)(40) Serbia & Montenegro 37(37)(42) Bulgaria 38(42)(37) Honduras 39(31)(17) Ireland 40(36)(47) Morocco 41(59)(44) Scotland 42(66)(49) Peru 43(63)(54) Bosnia 44(41)(45) Slovakia 45(26)(51) Costa Rica 46(64)(39) Chile 47(23)(32) Iran 48(61)(93) Togo 49(18)(34) Japan 50(60)(65) Uzbekistan 51(49)(43) Israel 52(40)(35) Norway 53(64)(64) Guatemala 54(83)(58) Canada 55(57)(56) Angola 56(29)(38) South Korea 57(56)(41) Belgium 58(74)(60) Wales 59(81)(91) Panama 60(79)(55) Austria 61(71)(62) Slovenia 62(57)(74) Zambia 63(66)(68) Mali 64(47)(70) Trinidad & Tobago 65(85)(84) Albania 66(55)(76) Zimbabwe 67(69)(80) DR Congo 68(71)(59) Venezuela 69(93)(88) Lithuania 70(49)(53) Finland 70(91)(82) Macedonia 72(53)(94) South Africa 73(65)(71) Belarus 74(89)(99) Burkina Faso 75(96)(85) Northern Ireland 76(78)(63) Qatar 77(104)(102) Moldova 78(46)(52) Jamaica 79(86)(91) Libya 80(107)(110) Malawi 81(34)(67) Saudi Arabia 82(70)(83) Latvia 82(77)(100) Estonia 84(76)(61) Hungary 85(102)(69) Bolivia 86(82)(66) Oman 87(101)(86) Georgia 88(52)(75) Iraq 89(68)(57) China 90(71)(79) United Arab Emirates 91(88)(78) North Korea 92(100)(97) Cyprus 93(87)(98) Algeria 94(54)(81) Bahrain 95(154)(165) Equatorial Guinea 96(107)(104) Gabon 96(80)(72) Cuba 98(84)(77) Jordan 99(97)(105) Uganda 100(74)(96) Kuwait 101(112)(95) Ethiopia 102(123)(125) Cape Verde Islands 103(94)(127) Rwanda 104(103)(123) Botswana 105(109)(107) Armenia 106(114)(140) Benin 107(99)(87) Iceland 108(111)(115) Congo 109(112)(121) Azerbaijan 110(90)(90) Syria 111(92)(121) Singapore 112(122)(110) Lebanon 113(108)(118) Thailand 113(97)(130) Sudan 115(131)(138) St. Lucia 116(121)(103) Tajikistan 117(95)(108) Kenya 117(118)(73) New Zealand 117(116)(147) Hong Kong 120(115)(135) Palestine 121(147)(155) Kyrgyzstan 122(125)(149) Malta 123(106)(88) Haiti 124(123)(173) Liechtenstein 125(132)(145) Yemen 126(127)(131) Mozambique 126(137)(179) Maldives 128(159)(125) Chad 129(133)(119) St. Vincent 130(117)(160) India 131(162)(169) Guyana 131(129)(176) Andorra 133(141)(166) Lesotho 134(142)(108) Fiji 135(146)(136) Mauritius 136(143)(139) Liberia 136(133)(144) St. Kitts & Nevis 138(136)(188) Sri Lanka 139(110)(129) Indonesia 140(135)(124) Kazakhstan 141(126)(151) Vietnam 141(176)(172) Seychelles 143(140)(180) Bangladesh 143(167)(157) Tanzania 145(160)(170) Antigua & Barbuda 146(127)(153) Malaysia 147(129)(112) El Salvador 148(120)(113) Turkmenistan 149(156)(191) Chinese Taipei 150(158)(145) Surinam 151(144)(105) Solomon Islands 152(119)(137) Barbados 153(138)(158) Swaziland 153(153)(192) Pakistan 155(165)(120) Sierra Leone 156(151)(158) Madagascar 157(150)(143) Burundi 158(166)(117) Gambia 159(155)(148) Grenada 160(162)(162) Bermuda 161(157)(181) Nicaragua 161(148)(133) Vanuatu 163(149)(168) Myanmar 164(145)(131) Tahiti 164(169)(199) Nepal 166(178)(167) Mauritania 167(164)(162) Namibia 168(173)(190) British Virgin Islands 169(177)(128) Niger 169(139)(161) Faroe Islands 171(188)(141) New Caledonia 172(181)(150) Central African Republic 173(188)(198) Afghanistan 174(168)(171) Papua New Guinea 175(182)(175) Cayman Islands 176(170)(164) Netherlands Antilles 177(171)(174) Eritrea 178(193)(212) Brunei 179(186)(142) Guinea-Bissau 179(185)(187) Somalia 181(179)(211) Mongolia 182(172)(196) Laos 183(174)(185) Dominica 183(184)(208) Cambodia 183(192)(206) Macao 186(175)(177) Dominican Republic 187(190)(223) Bhutan 188(183)(204) Samoa 189(187)(199) Tonga 190(196)(197) Puerto Rico 191(161)(194) San Marino 192(191)(214) Philippines 193(194)(206) Bahamas 194(195)(202) Cook Islands 194(152)(189) Luxembourg 196(180)(182) Belize 196(200)(205) Djibouti 196(198)(186) Sao Tome e Principe 196(201)(193) Aruba 196(197)(213) US Virgin Islands 196(204)(217) Turks & Caicos Islands 196(203)(227) Guam 196(205)(226) American Samoa 196(202)(220) Montserrat
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Post by Panda on Jul 14, 2006 23:36:00 GMT 1
Teams in Elo ranking but not in FIFA ranking:
101. Northern Cyprus 114. Guadeloupe (members of CONCACAF but not FIFA) 116. Martinique (members of CONCACAF but not FIFA) 134. Reunion (associate members of CAF but not FIFA) 152. Zanzibar (associate members of CAF but not FIFA) 153. Mayotte 156. French Guiana (members of CONCACAF but not FIFA) 178. Sint Maarten (members of CONCACAF but not FIFA) 183. Saint Martin (members of CONCACAF but not FIFA) 184. Nauru 195. Tuvalu 201. Greenland 202. Comoros (members of FIFA but haven't played since joining) 209. East Timor (members of FIFA but haven't played since joining) 210. Wallis & Futuna 215. Northern Mariana Islands (associate members of OFC but not FIFA) 216. Monaco 218. Micronesia 219. Anguilla (members of FIFA but have only played twice in last 4 years) 221. Vatican 222. Niue (associate members of OFC but not FIFA) 224. Tibet 225. Kiribati 228. Palau
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Post by Matt Aloud on Jul 14, 2006 23:44:16 GMT 1
thanks for these England 5th #rofl# almost as ridiculous as the USA being 5th
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Post by Admin on Jul 15, 2006 9:27:40 GMT 1
We are consistently good at getting to the quarters though, and that puts us in the last 8 Great to see the USA and Mexico knocked right down as well, top 20 is much fairer.
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Post by Thor on Jul 15, 2006 9:54:52 GMT 1
How are Nigeria 11th?
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Post by rubcale on Jul 15, 2006 11:41:14 GMT 1
England 5th in the World?!!!!
Shows how useless these rankings are!
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Jul 15, 2006 12:28:26 GMT 1
so who are the top 5 in the world then? based on the last few years
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Jul 15, 2006 12:32:00 GMT 1
certainly not mexico or the usa...
england should maybe be 6th or 7th but then again we did better than spain and holland in the world cup and equal to argentina...
germany have played crap for 4 year baring the world cup hence why they are so low...
the only team you can argue should be above us in the rankings is portugal
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Post by Panda on Jul 15, 2006 13:35:18 GMT 1
I suppose it's because they've finished 3rd in the last 2 Nations Cups and only missed out on World Cup qualification because of their head-to-head record against Angola. (If it had come down to goal difference, they would've qualified.)
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Post by Panda on Jul 15, 2006 13:47:10 GMT 1
I must say I have no idea why Guinea are 24th.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jul 15, 2006 23:06:07 GMT 1
England have narrowly failed to get into the last 4 of competitions, so we are just outside the top 4 here...
Don't know how Portugal could have moved below us when they knocked us out, although they did do badly in the 2002 world cup.
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Post by Panda on Jul 15, 2006 23:10:42 GMT 1
England have narrowly failed to get into the last 4 of competitions, so we are just outside the top 4 here... Don't know how Portugal could have moved below us when they knocked us out, although they did do badly in the 2002 world cup. The 2002 World Cup doesn't have any bearing as only the last 4 years of results are used now. That would explain the big drop for South Korea. I don't know how we're ahead of Portugal, though.
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Post by Zodiac on Jul 16, 2006 17:26:55 GMT 1
Oh wow, those rankings are far less crappy than FIFA's usual lot. They actually seem to have some basis in reality. Oh, and Englands ranking is hardly that inflated is it really? We're definitely top 8... and I certainly wouldn't rank many of those teams that sit below us any higher.
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Post by Matt Aloud on Jul 16, 2006 23:16:17 GMT 1
and I certainly wouldn't rank many of those teams that sit below us any higher. not even Montserrat
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Post by Zodiac on Jul 17, 2006 0:12:37 GMT 1
Ooh, it could be a close run thing Arrange a friendly IMMEDIATELY Actually, i'm surprised Montserrat even have a football team. Not bad for a little island dominated by a great big volcano
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Post by mypcsarabbtintwat on Jul 17, 2006 1:58:24 GMT 1
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