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World Football Elo Ratings: World Cup
Latest results and Elo points exchanged date match tournament rating rank February
04 Cote d'Ivoire
Cameroon 1
1 African Nations Cup
in Egypt +5
-5 1718
1780 0
0 35
24 February
04 Nigeria
Tunisia 1
1 African Nations Cup
in Egypt -7
+7 1785
1698 0
+3 23
37 February
01 Denmark
South Korea 3
1 Carlsberg Cup
in Hong Kong +13
-13 1869
1694 +2
-1 10
38 January
31 Zimbabwe
Ghana 2
1 African Nations Cup
in Egypt +34
-34 1500
1567 +7
-2 78
58 January
30 Guinea
Tunisia 3
0 African Nations Cup
in Egypt +64
-64 1642
1691 +9
-12 49
40 January
29 United States
Norway 5
0 Friendly
in the United States +10
-10 1822
1719 +3
-2 13
35 January
29 Angola
Togo 3
2 African Nations Cup
in Egypt +24
-24 1554
1492 +5
-2 65
79 January
29 South Korea
Croatia 2
0 Carlsberg Cup
in Hong Kong +32
-32 1707
1802 +5
-5 38
18 January
28 Egypt
Cote d'Ivoire 3
1 African Nations Cup
in Egypt +32
-32 1728
1713 +4
-5 34
36 January
27 Ghana
Senegal 1
0 African Nations Cup
in Egypt +35
-35 1601
1676 +3
-7 55
43 January
27 Saudi Arabia
Lebanon 1
2 Friendly
in Saudi Arabia -18
+18 1600
1366 -2
+5 56
108 January
26 Tunisia
South Africa 2
0 African Nations Cup
in Egypt +14
-14 1755
1472 +3
-3 28
85 January
25 Mexico
Norway 2
1 Friendly
in the United States +8
-8 1820
1729 +1
0 14
34 January
25 Ecuador
Honduras 1
0 Friendly
in Ecuador +7
-7 1697
1693 +2
-2 38
40 January
25 Cameroon
Togo 2
0 African Nations Cup
in Egypt +16
-16 1772
1516 +4
-8 23
77 January
25 Angola
Dem. Rep. of Congo 0
0 African Nations Cup
in Egypt -2
+2 1530
1506 -1
0 70
79 January
25 Saudi Arabia
Greece 1
1 Friendly Tournament
in Saudi Arabia +3
-3 1618
1771 0
-1 54
24 January
25 South Korea
Finland 1
0 Friendly Tournament
in Saudi Arabia +14
-14 1675
1620 +1
-3 44
53 January
24 Cote d'Ivoire
Libya 2
1 African Nations Cup
in Egypt +8
-8 1745
1446 +3
-1 30
93 January
23 Nigeria
Ghana 1
0 African Nations Cup
in Egypt +14
-14 1762
1566 +4
-1 24
57 January
23 Jordan
Sweden 0
0 Friendly
in United Arab Emirates +8
-8 1526
1862 +4
-1 73
11 January
22 United States
Canada 0
0 Friendly
in the United States -8
+8 1812
1553 -1
0 15
65 January
22 Tunisia
Zambia 4
1 African Nations Cup
in Egypt +22
-22 1741
1509 +5
-7 30
78 January
21 Cameroon
Angola 3
1 African Nations Cup
in Egypt +19
-19 1756
1532 +5
-3 26
68 January
21 Dem. Rep. of Congo
Togo 2
0 African Nations Cup
in Egypt +51
-51 1504
1532 +12
-12 80
68 January
21 Cote d'Ivoire
Morocco 1
0 African Nations Cup
in Egypt +24
-24 1737
1671 +3
-4 32
43 January
21 Greece
South Korea 1
1 Friendly Tournament
in Saudi Arabia -5
+5 1774
1661 0
0 23
45 January
21 Saudi Arabia
Finland 1
1 Friendly Tournament
in Saudi Arabia -4
+4 1615
1634 0
+1 54
50 January
18 Saudi Arabia
Sweden 1
1 Friendly
in Saudi Arabia +4
-4 1619
1870 0
0 54
10 January
18 United Arab Emirates
South Korea 1
0 Friendly
in United Arab Emirates +13
-13 1459
1656 +4
0 89
45 January
17 Cote d'Ivoire
Jordan 2
0 Friendly
in United Arab Emirates +8
-8 1713
1518 +1
-5 35
78 January
17 Morocco
Angola 2
2 Friendly
in Morocco -6
+6 1695
1551 -1
+1 38
65 January
15 Tunisia
Ghana 2
0 Friendly
in Tunisia +6
-6 1719
1580 0
-1 34
57 January
12 Tunisia
Libya 1
0 Friendly
in Tunisia +2
-2 1713
1465 0
-1 34
86 January
11 Togo
Ghana 1
0 Friendly
in Tunisia +11
-11 1583
1586 +1
0 57
56 January
07 Guinea
Togo 1
0 Friendly
in France +12
-12 1518
1572 +1
-1 78
58
Ratings and Statistics as of Saturday February 4 2006 rank team rating highest 1 yr change matches goals local global rank rating rank rating total home away neutral wins losses draws for against 1 1 Brazil 2002 1 2151 +3 +56 792 291 263 238 489 135 168 1730 767 2 2 Netherlands 1959 1 2065 +5 +54 621 292 260 69 298 181 142 1291 835 3 3 France 1946 1 2105 -1 -11 653 331 253 69 304 211 138 1177 972 4 4 England 1933 1 2039 0 -13 831 362 398 71 467 162 202 1855 849 5 5 Czechia 1931 1 1999 -2 -18 652 264 316 72 319 189 144 1246 824 6 6 Spain 1928 1 2008 0 -7 515 244 207 64 273 108 134 984 504 7 7 Italy 1909 1 2078 +1 +33 638 300 242 96 342 127 169 1120 643 8 8 Argentina 1908 1 2112 -7 -94 849 307 336 206 448 187 214 1610 925 9 9 Portugal 1880 3 1983 0 +8 440 215 179 46 195 145 100 700 570 10 11 Germany 1868 1 2097 0 +13 764 321 325 118 434 172 158 1694 922 11 12 Sweden 1862 2 1955 +1 +21 856 382 387 87 422 246 188 1813 1162 12 13 United States 1822 11 1869 +6 +19 490 270 166 54 189 187 114 654 682 13 14 Mexico 1820 6 1936 -4 -42 677 235 198 244 333 175 169 1230 732 14 16 Poland 1812 1 2045 +8 +45 652 273 311 68 281 216 155 1128 939 15 18 Croatia 1802 5 1967 -1 -7 158 66 70 22 76 34 48 265 163 16 19 Iran 1801 15 1825 +2 +9 415 153 108 154 222 99 94 785 367 17 21 Japan 1796 8 1867 -7 -36 527 177 118 232 230 193 104 874 729 18 26 Serbia and Montenegro 1761 2 1961 +3 +21 625 221 304 100 292 199 134 1211 910 18 26 Australia 1761 9 1867 -8 -45 391 180 142 69 199 110 82 842 434 20 28 Paraguay 1755 5 1927 -1 +3 561 156 256 149 208 211 142 770 832 rank team rating highest 1 yr change matches goals local global rank rating rank rating total home away neutral wins losses draws for against 21 29 Switzerland 1747 8 1875 +11 +86 653 310 303 40 206 306 141 930 1199 22 30 Ukraine 1739 20 1782 +1 +33 116 50 61 5 43 35 38 132 120 23 35 Cote d'Ivoire 1718 24 1745 +3 +39 358 134 130 94 179 88 91 563 368 24 36 Costa Rica 1710 14 1798 +3 +48 485 178 170 137 238 143 104 956 567 25 37 Tunisia 1698 24 1755 +13 +81 460 223 144 93 185 147 128 641 519 26 38 Ecuador 1697 20 1763 +6 +43 369 120 136 113 98 179 92 411 649 27 39 South Korea 1694 15 1819 -2 +13 836 235 202 399 464 176 196 1579 762 28 56 Saudi Arabia 1600 27 1731 +12 +57 450 174 74 202 215 129 106 712 502 29 58 Ghana 1567 16 1774 +28 +87 435 140 177 118 203 121 111 664 463 30 63 Trinidad and Tobago 1560 35 1651 +19 +69 427 185 169 73 191 158 78 726 554 31 65 Angola 1554 63 1554 +5 +16 204 82 102 20 75 60 69 246 222 32 80 Togo 1492 56 1605 -4 -13 279 105 123 51 93 115 71 300 376
One month ago, the French soccer team took its revenge over Italy (World cup title holders) but the gap to stay number one remains slim.

Most of this margin is only due to the victory over Brazil in ''Mondial'' quarter finals but any further loss (not expected against Faroë Islands next Wednesday) is enough not to stay in the leading chair.

Both teams are likely to be hoping for a draw as the worst result, which would leave the situation as:

* Scotland top of the round-robin group;
* France World #1.