With the triple playoff date completed in October, La Tri will drop three positions in the list that FIFA will make official this Thursday.
There is a new fall of the Ecuadorian soccer team in the ranking FIFA, that although it will be made official this Thursday it is already anticipated that the Tri will be located in the position 55, with a decrease of 3 positions in relation to the classification of last September 16.
Despite the victory over Bolivia (3-0) at home and the draw in visit to Colombia (0-0), the national team does not get promoted in an always questioned ranking FIFA, prepared based on mathematical formulas and the results obtained according to the strength of the rivals and their confederations. In its last games, the national team also lost a defeat in Venezuela (2-1).
A) Yes, The results of the triple date FIFA for the South American qualifier to the Qatar 2022 World Cup leave Ecuador in 55th place, according to the Spanish statistician Alexis MartÃn-Tamayo, known as Mister Chip, who presented his calculation on Wednesday for the new list that will be made official by FIFA.
In the new classification, and According to the Spaniard, the Belgium team remains at the top, followed by Brazil, France, Italy and England, who complete the Top 5.
Then the national teams of Argentina, Spain, Portugal, Mexico and Denmark appear to close the top 10 finishers.
Uruguay, in position 15, Colombia in 16, Chile in 21, Peru 24, Paraguay 38 and Venezuela in box 50 have better ranking that La Tri, which adds 1,417 points, only to surpass Bolivia (position 78) among the Conmebol teams.
For him calculation of ranking, FIFA considers the results obtained by each selection, which are part of a algorithm baptized by FIFA as “SUMA”, which considers the status of the party, the strength of the opponent and the strength of the confederation of the rival he faces.
This result goes into another calculation that considers percentages of the averages of points obtained by the national teams during the period of the last four years, a figure in points that is finally reflected in the ranking as the present of each national team. (D)
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