(2) Linguistic heterogeneity has a detrimental effect on technology transfer for the developed countries but not for the developing countries. S larger for developing countries than for developed countries. The major findings are: (1) the learning effect from the most developed countries on team performance i
Georgia was ranked 93rd in Jan 2004, 94th in Feb 2004.This paper used the Fédération International de Football Association (FIFA) world ranking points data to examine how linguistic heterogeneity has an impact on technology transfer from the most developed countries. Opponent strength = (200 - Opponent Ranking)/100 (for countries ranked lower than 1 and higher than 150) Let's calculate the assumed Georgia ranking:īoth countries are from UEFA: Regional strength = 1 Romania gets 432 points for this match according to FIFA. In a couple of days I will post all the differences I've found. Remember the November rankings will be used to seed the UEFA teams for the 2010 WC preliminary draw. Of course, it's not a big difference, but this is proof that FIFA has some problems with the ranking software. Total points (published by FIFA): 1086.28 Assumed FIFA Ranking based on the official FIFA points (taken from a recent FIFA media release - see the image above) Basically, all matches played before the 2006 WC have errors, although FIFA states the same formula applies for those matches too (check the match examples at the end of the FIFA Ranking method).ħ.
No fewer than 18 matches have the wrong total. I will illustrate these errors using my home country, Romania. The results are available at this location: I've taken the FIFA Ranking method from this document: The original article follows (just to better illustrate my mistake):įIFA has some errors in their latest ranking published in October. The rankings prior to July 2006 are purely historical and are not used in the calculations of points. November 14th, 2007 : There is no error - see the explanation.
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