FIFA standings and rules - Apr 2014 update

FIFA standings and rules – Apr 2014

FIFA standings of top – 20 teams as on 10 Apr, 2014.

FIFA standings for the teams in 2014 are decided on various factors:

Points are calculated on adding the sum of past 4 year points tally:

2011- 20% Weightage
2012- 30% Weightage
2013- 50% Weightage
2014- 100% Weightage

Points from each match are calculated based on 3 parameters:

Result (M): Draw, Win or Loss

M= 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and no point for a defeat. In a penalty shoot-out, the winning team gets 2 points while the losing team gets 1 point.

Importance (I) of the match: Friendly to FIFA World Cup match

I= Friendly match plus small competitions gets a team a total of 1 point. A FIFA World Cup qualifier or confederation-level qualifier earns team, 2.5 points. Confederation-level final competition or FIFA Confederations Cup gets the team 3 points. For each match in a World Cup final competition, a team gets 4 points.

Opposition (T and C): Ranking position of the team (T) plus confederation they belong (C)

T= Ranking of each team; the top team gets a score of 200, while a minimum score of 50 is given to every team having a rank greater than or equal to 150.

C= Points allocated to confederation are as such:

UEFA and CONMEBOL= 1
CONCACAF= 0.88
AFC and CAF= 0.86
OFC= 0.85

The total points are calculated by a formula, P= M*I*T*C