FIFA Finally Changes the Rankings
At long last. It has taken some time but finally FIFA has announced that they are overhauling the present system of World Rankings and implementing a new system on July 12th, 3 days after the World Cup final.
The present system is a joke. FIFA claims the rankings to be "a reliable measure for comparing national A-teams." reliable it is not. In the latest rankings the USA is ranked No.5 in the world behind Brazil, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Mexico. If this is a reliable comparison then Group E in the World Cup must be the Group of Death with the teams ranked as follows: Czech Republic (2), USA (5), Italy (11), Ghana (48). Is FIFA trying to say that they expect Italy to struggle to get progress to the Second Round? This will not happen, I find it hard to predict the Americans going through to the Second Round. Based on rankings the semi-finalists would be Brazil, Mexico, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic. Brazil would beat Mexico in the final.
Under the new system FIFA will take into account games played over the last four years unlike the present system which was eight years. How can you judge a nation over an eight year period? Hardly the age old adage, "you're only as good as your last game" is it?
I will not bore you with how exactly FIFA give points for the type of game, the teams, home/away and all that jazz. FIFA has said that the new system will be based on the same factors but will weight them differently and let's hope more accurately.
Only time will tell if FIFA's new ranking system is an improved system but I can guarantee when the new rankings are released Australia will be far higher than their current ranking of 42.
The present system is a joke. FIFA claims the rankings to be "a reliable measure for comparing national A-teams." reliable it is not. In the latest rankings the USA is ranked No.5 in the world behind Brazil, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Mexico. If this is a reliable comparison then Group E in the World Cup must be the Group of Death with the teams ranked as follows: Czech Republic (2), USA (5), Italy (11), Ghana (48). Is FIFA trying to say that they expect Italy to struggle to get progress to the Second Round? This will not happen, I find it hard to predict the Americans going through to the Second Round. Based on rankings the semi-finalists would be Brazil, Mexico, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic. Brazil would beat Mexico in the final.
Under the new system FIFA will take into account games played over the last four years unlike the present system which was eight years. How can you judge a nation over an eight year period? Hardly the age old adage, "you're only as good as your last game" is it?
I will not bore you with how exactly FIFA give points for the type of game, the teams, home/away and all that jazz. FIFA has said that the new system will be based on the same factors but will weight them differently and let's hope more accurately.
Only time will tell if FIFA's new ranking system is an improved system but I can guarantee when the new rankings are released Australia will be far higher than their current ranking of 42.
posted by Simon Ainsworth at 7:35 am
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