Jarrek Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 78 Canada 492 78 0 70 -8 I guess that win against 18th place Costa Rica didn't do much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sstackho Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 Well, losing to Cuba sure doesn't help. They jumped 10 spots to 53rd in the past month. 'Shawn' on the old board... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 quote:Originally posted by sstackho Well, losing to Cuba sure doesn't help. They jumped 10 spots to 53rd in the past month. 'Shawn' on the old board... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 Sorry if this is a naive question - Are the ratings done on a continuous basis or once a month or year etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N-A Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 Just had a look at the points difference from June 2003 and July 2003. In June Canada was ranked 78 with 482 points In July Canada was ranked 78 ( still )with 492 points So the win against Costa Rica meant we gained a 10 whole points for that win. As for Cuba In June Cuba was ranked 63 with 532 points In July Cuba was ranked 53 with 544 points So that means that for beating Canada 1:0 and losing to Costa Rica 3:0. Then losing in the Quarters to USA 5:0 means that Cuba gain 12 point and jump 10 places. The main reason I can see for Cuba to rise 10 places is that the other teams around them were not active this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdroze Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 quote:Originally posted by canuck Sorry if this is a naive question - Are the ratings done on a continuous basis or once a month or year etc. The rankings are released once a month, and can be seen at: http://www.fifa.com/en/rank/index.html Under the FAQ link, you can find a full explanation of how they do the rankings. But I don't put much stock in their rankings, which are often quite strange. Other folks out there have made their own rankings, which often make more sense than the FIFA rankings. See http://home.sprynet.com/~ronkessler/rankings.htm for an example (though not quite current), and links to others. But since FIFA rankings are actually used for things sometimes (eg, which teams get byes in qualifying), they are actually "important". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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