Thursday, May 25, 2006

FIFA's going to re-rank after the WC, thank God

FIFA will finally get serious about its rankings.

Under FIFA's old computer ranking system, explained in 2,750 words on its Web site, it awarded team ranking points based on the importance of the games _ World Cup finals vs. friendly matches, for example _ the relative strength of the teams, goals scored and conceded home or away, etc.

The new system takes into account most of the same factors, but weighs them differently.

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