DJHazey

Thanks! Yes, I will just post the latest in a new reply and then link to it on the first post at all times.

Current Ranking (as of February 20, 2019) 1. Brazil - 21.840 2. Belgium - 19.998 3. France - 18.914 4. Spain - 18.389 5. England - 16.629 6. Portugal - 16.592 7. Colombia - 16.099 8. Argentina - 16.045 9. Germany - 15.648 10. Denmark - 15.183 11. Switzerland - 14.818 12. Morocco - 14.746 13. Croatia - 14.650 14. Netherlands - 14.306 15. Iran - 13.801 16. Russia - 13.774 17. Japan - 13.571 18. Uruguay - 13.556 19. Peru - 13.407 20. Venezuela - 13.186 21. Australia - 12.628 22. Serbia - 12.520 23. Turkey - 12.507 24. Senegal - 12.352 25. Italy - 12.323 26. Tunisia - 12.309 27. Bosnia-Herzegovina - 12.292 28. Mexico - 12.213 29. Ukraine - 12.107 30. Costa Rica - 12.096 31. Sweden - 12.071 32. United States - 11.931 33. Republic of Ireland - 11.913 34. Poland - 11.737 35. Romania - 11.594 36. Chile - 11.447 37. Egypt - 11.158 38. Saudi Arabia - 11.154 39. Austria - 11.105 40. Bulgaria - 10.999 41. Qatar - 10.941 42. Iceland - 10.927 43. Honduras - 10.864 44. Slovakia - 10.857 45. Korea Republic - 10.784 46. Nigeria - 10.629 47. Scotland - 10.488 48. Cameroon - 10.424 49. Wales - 10.392 50. Finland - 10.266 51. Norway - 10.259 52. Paraguay - 9.966 53. Haiti - 9.855 54. Congo - 9.705 55. Ecuador - 9.666 56. Ghana - 9.586 57. Liberia - 9.550 58. Czech Republic - 9.345 59. Syria - 9.342 60. Panama - 9.324 61. Israel - 9.308 62. China PR - 9.233 63. Mali - 9.233 64. Hungary - 9.181 65. Kosovo - 9.167 66. Bolivia - 9.025 67. Sudan - 8.955 68. Iraq - 8.953 69. Benin - 8.919 70. Congo DR - 8.769 71. Northern Ireland - 8.761 72. Togo - 8.742 73. Slovenia - 8.738 74. Ivory Coast - 8.583 75. Uzbekistan - 8.582 76. Georgia - 8.580 77. Guinea-Bissau - 8.500 78. Central African Republic - 8.462 79. Namibia - 8.435 80. Greece - 8.417 81. Canada - 8.380 82. Algeria - 8.286 83. Jamaica - 8.278 84. South Africa - 8.260 85. FYR Macedonia - 8.245 86. Rwanda - 8.229 87. Zimbabwe - 8.213 88. Mauritania - 7.989 89. Gabon - 7.966 90. Burkina Faso - 7.949 91. Albania - 7.939 92. Niger - 7.928 93. Guinea - 7.910 94. Curacao - 7.835 95. El Salvador - 7.832 96. Cape Verde Islands - 7.806 97. Luxembourg - 7.797 98. Gambia - 7.787 99. Lebanon - 7.703 100. Estonia - 7.663 101. Oman - 7.636 102. Guatemala - 7.625 103. Mozambique - 7.550 104. Montenegro - 7.481 105. Angola - 7.429 106. Libya - 7.416 107. Kuwait - 7.318 108. Tanzania - 7.306 109. Botswana - 7.304 110. Zambia - 7.255 111. Kyrgyzstan - 7.217 112. Cyprus - 7.206 113. Comoros - 7.179 114. Bahrain - 7.154 115. Kazakhstan - 7.143 116. Azerbaijan - 6.951 117. United Arab Emirates - 6.905 118. Jordan - 6.769 119. Sierra Leone - 6.748 120. Trinidad & Tobago - 6.667 121. Uganda - 6.661 122. Belarus - 6.659 123. Lesotho - 6.629 124. Ethiopia - 6.594 125. New Zealand - 6.491 126. Faroe Islands - 6.430 127. Armenia - 6.281 128. Burundi - 6.232 129. Swaziland - 6.161 130. Moldova - 6.073 131. Korea DPR - 6.023 132. Vietnam - 5.921 133. Thailand - 5.688 134. Nicaragua - 5.657 135. Dominican Republic - 5.635 136. Kenya - 5.623 137. India - 5.537 138. Madagascar - 5.486 139. Andorra - 5.389 140. Palestine - 5.315 141. Turkmenistan - 5.310 142. Malawi - 5.252 143. Latvia - 5.213 144. Sao Tome e Principe - 5.205 145. Lithuania - 5.194 146. Equatorial Guinea - 5.150 147. Tajikistan - 4.916 148. St. Kitts/Nevis - 4.906 149. Gibraltar - 4.836 150. Philippines - 4.828 151. Cuba - 4.798 152. Yemen - 4.747 153. Montserrat - 4.622 154. Malta - 4.635 155. Suriname - 4.318 156. Dominica - 4.133 157. Belize - 4.105 158. Liechtenstein - 4.029 159. Seychelles - 3.941 160. South Sudan - 3.877 161. Afghanistan - 3.778 162. Hong Kong - 3.443 163. Indonesia - 3.392 164. Mauritius - 3.322 165. Myanmar - 3.266 166. Grenada - 3.221 167. Singapore - 3.198 168. Chinese Taipei - 2.994 169. St. Lucia - 2.970 170. Malaysia - 2.935 171. Barbados - 2.930 172. Papua New Guinea - 2.838 173. Djibouti - 2.828 174. Maldives - 2.811 175. Fiji - 2.696 176. Cayman Islands - 2.667 177. Antigua & Barbuda - 2.662 178. Puerto Rico - 2.567 179. Pakistan - 2.552 180. Soloman Islands - 2.551 181. New Caledonia - 2.492 182. San Marino - 2.454 183. St. Vincent/Grenandines - 2.379 184. Vanuatu - 2.367 185. Aruba - 2.552 186. Guyana - 2.212 187. Nepal - 2.082 188. Cambodia - 2.057 189. Tahiti - 1.920 190. Bermuda - 1.861 191. Samoa - 1.833 192. Bangladesh - 1.810 193. Chad - 1.800 194. US Virgin Islands - 1.569 195. Turks & Caicos Islands - 1.348 196. Bhutan - 1.267 197. Mongolia - 1.256 198. Laos - 1.228 199. Anguilla - 1.154 200. Guam - 1.073 201. Macau - 0.971 202. Tonga - 0.931 203. British Virgin Islands - 0.856 204. Timor-Leste - 0.840 205. Bahamas - 0.829 206. Sri Lanka - 0.794 207. Somalia - 0.600 208. Brunei - 0.058 209. American Samoa - 0.000 209. Cook Islands - 0.000 209. Eritrea - 0.000

I just wanted to have a thread that keeps tracks of my rankings, posts all fixtures in the world of international football, tracks results, and keeps up on what teams have qualified for all tournaments. Whenever the World Cup or EURO is discussed here I tell people how I follow all matches in every corner of the world and this thread is the proof. :cheer: The ranking thing is something I've been doing as a hobby since 2012. I've updated the format a couple of times and the latest one is what I'm most comfortable with. I won't bore anyone with the math but basically it takes into a account the result of a match (win/loss/draw), the goal differential (blowouts are marginalized to not give a bonus if you beat San Marino 10-0), and the importance of the match (matches are weighted so friendlies are worth least, then qualifiers/small tournaments, then major continental tournaments, then World Cup), and all of it multiplied by the quality of the opponent. This gives each team a rating based on the average match performance over a four year span where matches in the past two years are slightly weighted higher. If you don't care about the ranking I post or think it's bogus, that's fine just ignore it. :lol:

I just casually watch the races I can (some of them are at inconvenient hours over here in the U.S.) I think I've become a bit of a Max fan, so I'd like to see him continue to improve this season.

Will there be any more parody this season or will it be Mercedes/Ferrari/Red Bull dominating again?

Group A: (7) England, (42) Czech Republic, (61) Bulgaria, (76) Montenegro, (55) Kosovo Group B: (6) Portugal, (29) Ukraine, (24) Serbia, (149) Lithuania, (112) Luxembourg Group C: (15) Netherlands, (9) Germany, (44) Northern Ireland, (109) Estonia, (96) Belarus Group D: (13) Switzerland, (10) Denmark, (48) Republic of Ireland, (65) Georgia, (153) Gibraltar Group E: (14) Croatia, (37) Wales, (34) Slovakia, (85) Hungary, (124) Azerbaijan Group F: (3) Spain, (16) Sweden, (41) Norway, (33) Romania, (134) Faroe Islands, (162) Malta Group G: (26) Poland, (32) Austria, (89) Israel, (92) Slovenia, (57) Macedonia, (148) Latvia Group H: (4) France, (53) Iceland, (43) Turkey, (97) Albania, (143) Moldova, (152) Andorra Group I: (2) Belgium, (36) Russia, (56) Scotland, (122) Cyprus, (127) Kazakhstan, (182) San Marino Group J: (22) Italy, (20) Bosnia-Herzegovina, (73) Finland, (54) Greece, (100) Armenia, (161) Liechtenstein Those are my world rankings above. Based on that I'd say England has one of the tougher groups based solely on the fact that no team is a cakewalk, especially on the road. They only need to place top 2 though, so I don't see an issue.

The only way the minnows are going to really improve is playing in competitive games, not playing against top teams with considerable more talent that end up not taking the match as seriously when they're up 8-0. They gain more confidence playing well against teams on level playing field. It's good to see the League C and League D action.

If they televise them for American audiences, I'll be watching for sure.

League A Matches - Autumn 2018 6/9 - Munich - Germany vs. France 9/9 - Saint-Denis - France vs. Netherlands 13/10 - Amsterdam - Netherlands vs. Germany 16/10 - Saint-Denis - France vs. Germany 16/11- Rotterdam - Netherlands vs. France 19/11 - Gelsenkirchen - Germany vs. Netherlands 8/9 - St. Gallen - Switzerland vs. Iceland 11/9 - Reykjavik - Iceland vs. Belgium 12/10 - Brussels - Belgium vs. Switzerland 15/10 - Reykjavik - Iceland vs. Switzerland 15/11 - Brussels - Belgium vs. Iceland 18/11 - Lucerne - Switzerland vs. Belgium 7/9 - Bologna - Italy vs. Poland 10/9 - Lisbon - Portugal vs. Italy 11/10 - Chorzow - Poland vs. Portugal 14/10 - Chorzow - Poland vs. Italy 17/11 - Milan - Italy vs. Portugal 20/11 - Guimaraes - Portugal vs. Poland 8/9 - London - England vs. Spain 11/9 - Elche - Spain vs. Croatia 12/10 - Rijeka - Croatia vs. England 15/10 - Seville - Spain vs. England 15/11 - Zagreb - Croatia vs. Spain 18/11 - London - England vs. Croatia The winners of each group make it to the semifinals to be played June 2019. Hope you don’t mind, but I’ve changed the dates to the more familiar European format - Suedehead.

I enjoy International far more. There's always enough qualifiers and tournaments going on throughout the year, that I never lose interest...especially since I pay attention to all regions, not just Europe. Then you get nice little 1-2 month breaks like from the World Cup this year to the start of UEFA Nations League and the next set of 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers in September.

Europe only get 3 additional teams in 2026. Europe 13 --> 16 Asia 4 --> 8 Africa 5 --> 9 CONCACAF 3 --> 6 South America 5 --> 6 Oceania 0 --> 1 Intercontinental Playoffs (no Europe) 2 = 48.

Belgium 3-1 England France 2-0 Croatia

France 3-2 Belgium Croatia 2-1 England

This will be something like 1-1 early second half and then France pulls away.

I'm rooting for the Red Devils here.

France 4:1 Uruguay Brazil 2:3 Belgium Russia 0:2 Croatia Sweden 1:1 England (sound familiar? -- England on PK's)

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France 3:1 Argentina Uruguay 1:1 Portugal (Portugal on PKs) Spain 3:0 Russia Croatia 2:0 Denmark Brazil 3:2 Mexico Belgium 4:0 Japan Sweden 1:0 Switzerland Colombia 1:1 England (England on PKs)

I might be out but we gave everyone the result of the tournament so far!

I told everyone months ago to watch out for Iran and Morocco.

Germany were dropped from #2 to #7 from that one loss to South Korea in the ELO rankings. South Korea went from #45 to #25. Based on points, it was the third biggest upset in the history of the World ELO rankings. Norway beating England in the 1920 Olympics and Ghana beating Czech Republic in the 2006 World Cup were the only bigger upsets.

Gimenez in the 89th minute. 1-0 Uruguay.

Haha, yeah we'll see when Russia takes on Egypt, that's the real match of this group. Russia just took the energy of opening night and an inferior opponent and ran with it.

The United States has more than 40 venues that are World Cup quality while most other countries in the world are lucky to fill in the 8-10 stadiums. Also: "The 1994 World Cup, staged by the US, had the highest average attendance in the tournament's history" This can't be over-stated as far how much money gets spread among the FIFA member nations which only works (in theory) to help grow football in the world.

It's not an issue as long as the countries involved are viable, meaning they'd probably qualify anyway. This applies here accept for Canada obviously. Qatar is a joke auto-qualifier. I've made peace with the 48 teams idea, it just makes more of 'World' Cup in a way. I just wish the format was different because the groups of 3 thing is really dumb.