Comments on: TUNISIA RANKED 21 IN THE WORLD http://tunisia.worldcupblog.org/group-h/tunisia-ranked-21-in-the-world.html World Cup 2010 - South Africa Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:35:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Euler http://tunisia.worldcupblog.org/group-h/tunisia-ranked-21-in-the-world.html/comment-page-1#comment-37 Euler Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:35:30 +0000 http://tunisia.worldcupblog.org/group-h/tunisia-ranked-21-in-the-world.html#comment-37 The Fifa ranking is really not about who is better NOW, its about who have been better in the past and in present time. Look: The factors used are: * Friendly match x 1.00 * Continental championship preliminary x 1.50 * World Cup preliminary match x 1.50 * Continental championship finals match x 1.75 * FIFA Confederations Cup match x 1.75 * World Cup finals match x 2.00 This means that qualifying matches are weighted 50% higher than friendlies, continental final round matches 75 % higher and matches during World Cup finals twice as much. Read more here: http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/statistics/rank/procedures/0,2540,3,00.html The Fifa ranking is really not about who is better NOW, its about who have been better in the past and in present time. Look:

The factors used are:
* Friendly match x 1.00
* Continental championship preliminary x 1.50
* World Cup preliminary match x 1.50
* Continental championship finals match x 1.75
* FIFA Confederations Cup match x 1.75
* World Cup finals match x 2.00

This means that qualifying matches are weighted 50% higher than friendlies, continental final round matches 75 % higher and matches during World Cup finals twice as much.

Read more here:

http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/statistics/rank/procedures/0,2540,3,00.html

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