The World Football Elo Ratings is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football. The method used to rank teams is based upon the Elo rating system method but modified to take various football-specific variables into account. Elo should not be confused with the FIFA World Rankings, which is more prevalent because it is the official rating system used by the international governing body of football to rank national teams.
The ratings take into account all international "A" matches for which results could be found. Ratings tend to converge on a team's true strength relative to its competitors after about 30 matches. Ratings for teams with fewer than 30 matches should be considered provisional.
The FIFA Women's World Rankings uses a modified version of the Elo formula. The FIFA men's ranking, however, uses a non-Elo formula.
Read more about World Football Elo Ratings: Top 100 Ranking, Strongest Teams Since The Mid To Late 1960s, List of Number One Teams, Ranking By Days As Leader Since 1 January 2000 (as of 1 August 2012), All-time Highest Ratings, Highest Rated Matches, History, Overview, Basic Calculation Principles, See Also
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