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Old 07-17-2014, 08:07 AM
 
Location: Germany
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1 Germany
2 Argentina
3 Holland
4 Colombia
5 Belgium
6 Uruguay
7 Brazil
8 Spain
9 Switzerland
10 France
11 Portugal
12 Chile
13 Greece
14 Italy
15 USA
16 Costa Rica
17 Croatia
18 Mexico
19 Bosnia-Herzegovina
20 England
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Old 07-17-2014, 08:29 AM
 
Location: Florida
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Originally Posted by hhwdavid View Post
1 Germany
2 Argentina
3 Holland
4 Colombia
5 Belgium
6 Uruguay
7 Brazil
8 Spain
9 Switzerland
10 France
11 Portugal
12 Chile
13 Greece
14 Italy
15 USA
16 Costa Rica
17 Croatia
18 Mexico
19 Bosnia-Herzegovina
20 England
Seems about right. Cool to see Spain drop 7 spots!
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Old 07-17-2014, 08:31 AM
 
Location: Finland
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The FIFA ranking is crap and totally inaccurate. The ELO ranking which is used in sports like tennis and chess is much more accurate, as they are much more balanced: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_...Top_60_ranking
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Old 07-17-2014, 09:13 AM
 
Location: Castlederp
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I still can't believe FIFA rankings are actually used to determine seeds.. they are utter bull.

Granted England are not great.. but 20 seems a bit harsh. Brazil, Uruguay and Greece have no business being as high up as they are
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Old 07-17-2014, 09:16 AM
 
Location: Finland
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I still can't believe FIFA rankings are actually used to determine seeds.. they are utter bull.

Granted England are not great.. but 20 seems a bit harsh. Brazil, Uruguay and Greece have no business being as high up as they are
13th in the ELO ranking.
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Old 07-17-2014, 09:33 AM
 
Location: Castlederp
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13th in the ELO ranking.
13th is probably too high, but I don't think we are worse than Greece!

ELO ratings are pretty good in my opinion.. before the WC 2006 I think USA were ranked 2nd or something on the FIFA rankings
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Old 07-17-2014, 09:40 AM
 
Location: Bel Air, California
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HA! HA! In your FACE Costa Ricans!
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Old 07-17-2014, 11:03 AM
 
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Switzerland is ahead of France, Portugal and Chile??? What a bunch of BS this ranking have always been.
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Old 07-17-2014, 01:38 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles County, CA
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The FIFA ranking is crap and totally inaccurate. The ELO ranking which is used in sports like tennis and chess is much more accurate, as they are much more balanced: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_...Top_60_ranking
Soccer is a chaotic game of chess.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O06Zp3gCT3c
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Old 07-17-2014, 04:07 PM
 
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands
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FIFA Ranking:

1 Germany
2 Argentina
3 Netherlands
4 Colombia
5 Belgium
6 Uruguay
7 Brazil
8 Spain
9 Switzerland
10 France
11 Portugal
12 Chile
13 Greece
14 Italy
15 USA
16 Costa Rica
17 Croatia
18 Mexico
19 Bosnia-Herzegovina
20 England[/quote]

Switzerland over France, Portugal over Chile, Greece over Italy, Bosnia over England



ELO Ranking:

1.Germany
2.Netherlands
3.Argentina
4.Colombia
5.Spain
6.Brazil
7.Chile
8.France
9.Portugal
10.Belgium
11.Mexico
12.Uruguay
13.England
14.Italy
15.Costa Rica
16.Switzerland
17.USA
18.Ecuador
19.Ukraine
20.Greece

Portugal over Belgium, Mexico over Uruguay, England over Italy, Ukraine over Greece



How it should be...
1.Germany
2.Argentina
3.Netherlands
4.Colombia
5.France
6.Belgium
7.Brazil
8.Chile
9.Spain
10.Costa Rica
11.Uruguay
12.Mexico
13.Italy
14.Portugal
15.England
16.Switzerland
17.USA
18.Croatia
19.Ecuador
20.Greece
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