{"status":"ok","feed":{"url":"http://www.football-rankings.info/feeds/posts/default","title":"Football Rankings","link":"http://www.football-rankings.info/","author":"Edgar","description":"FIFA ranking, seedings and simulations","image":""},"items":[{"title":"My Final Post","pubDate":"2026-03-06 05:48:00","link":"http://www.football-rankings.info/2026/03/my-final-post.html","guid":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-6886593029278646089","author":"Homer","thumbnail":"","description":"Hi everyone, for quite a while I've been considering whether I wanted to continue posting to this site given that it takes quite some personal time and there's seemingly not so much interest. Initially I had suggested to do updates together with others, but even though I contacted a couple of people I unfortunately didn't receive any replies at all. So today I have taken the final decision to","content":"Hi everyone, for quite a while I've been considering whether I wanted to continue posting to this site given that it takes quite some personal time and there's seemingly not so much interest. Initially I had suggested to do updates together with others, but even though I contacted a couple of people I unfortunately didn't receive any replies at all. So today I have taken the final decision to","enclosure":{},"categories":[]},{"title":"FIFA Ranking - January 2026 - Expected Ranking","pubDate":"2025-12-20 06:06:00","link":"http://www.football-rankings.info/2025/12/fifa-ranking-january-2026-expected_20.html","guid":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-4593635240603368965","author":"Homer","thumbnail":"","description":"While I don't see any signs of a FIFA ranking being published in January 2026, looking back at previous years with African Cup of Nations taking place in January, I expect we'll have a ranking being published, probably on 22 January 2026 after the final. To date we've had a handful of friendlies, the conclusion of the MSG Prime Minister's Cup, and qualifiers for the Arab Cup and the final","content":"While I don't see any signs of a FIFA ranking being published in January 2026, looking back at previous years with African Cup of Nations taking place in January, I expect we'll have a ranking being published, probably on 22 January 2026 after the final. To date we've had a handful of friendlies, the conclusion of the MSG Prime Minister's Cup, and qualifiers for the Arab Cup and the final","enclosure":{},"categories":["fifa ranking"]},{"title":"FIFA Ranking - January 2026 - Expected Results","pubDate":"2025-12-20 06:00:00","link":"http://www.football-rankings.info/2025/12/fifa-ranking-january-2026-expected.html","guid":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-1029284631786843471","author":"Homer","thumbnail":"","description":"Here's the point exchanges for the matches already played, and the point exchanges for the fixtures yet to be played.ResultsDate                                              Tournament                 I  R       We","content":"Here's the point exchanges for the matches already played, and the point exchanges for the fixtures yet to be played.ResultsDate                                              Tournament                 I  R       We","enclosure":{},"categories":["fifa ranking"]},{"title":"2026 World Cup - 10000 Simulations (13 December 2025)","pubDate":"2025-12-13 13:24:00","link":"http://www.football-rankings.info/2025/12/2026-world-cup-10000-simulations-13.html","guid":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-9089151360796088176","author":"Homer","thumbnail":"","description":"Following on from the earlier post http://www.football-rankings.info/2025/12/2026-world-cup-10000-simulations-7.html, here's the remaining data, and some extras.Group Stage"Qual" represents the percentage in the simulation that the country qualified for the round of 32, "elim3" represents the percentage in the simulation that the country finished in third place and didn't qualify for the round of","content":"Following on from the earlier post http://www.football-rankings.info/2025/12/2026-world-cup-10000-simulations-7.html, here's the remaining data, and some extras.Group Stage"Qual" represents the percentage in the simulation that the country qualified for the round of 32, "elim3" represents the percentage in the simulation that the country finished in third place and didn't qualify for the round of","enclosure":{},"categories":["2026 FIFA World Cup","simulations"]},{"title":"2025 African Cup of Nations - 10000 Simulations (13 December 2025)","pubDate":"2025-12-13 10:09:00","link":"http://www.football-rankings.info/2025/12/2025-african-cup-of-nations-10000.html","guid":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-8732460177233553097","author":"Homer","thumbnail":"","description":"Morocco is hosting the 25th African Cup of Nations from 21 December to 18 January, and of course they are favorites to win. 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Well, after adapting my software to be able to deal with the combinations for third place I've been able to run the first simulation, but it's not ideal yet. For now I base first/second/third/fourth place on points, goal difference and goals scored","content":"That's the craziest draw I ever witnessed, and I had to wait until around 02:15 local time to before I saw the full results. So what does it all mean? Well, after adapting my software to be able to deal with the combinations for third place I've been able to run the first simulation, but it's not ideal yet. For now I base first/second/third/fourth place on points, goal difference and goals scored","enclosure":{},"categories":["2026 FIFA World Cup","simulations"]},{"title":"2026 World Cup Qualifying UEFA Playoffs - 10000 Simulations","pubDate":"2025-11-20 15:36:00","link":"http://www.football-rankings.info/2025/11/2026-world-cup-qualifying-uefa-playoffs.html","guid":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-7027108279822382303","author":"Homer","thumbnail":"","description":"Following today's draw, here's the result of the simulation run.NOTE: the "SimWin" represents the percentage of the 10000 simulation runs that the team won the match. The "win %" represents what percentage of the time the team won when it reached the final.Path ASemi Final                        SimWinWales        &","content":"Following today's draw, here's the result of the simulation run.NOTE: the "SimWin" represents the percentage of the 10000 simulation runs that the team won the match. The "win %" represents what percentage of the time the team won when it reached the final.Path ASemi Final                        SimWinWales        &","enclosure":{},"categories":["2026 FIFA World Cup","simulations"]},{"title":"2026 World Cup Qualifying Inter-confederation Playoffs - 10000 Simulations","pubDate":"2025-11-20 15:02:00","link":"http://www.football-rankings.info/2025/11/2026-world-cup-qualifying-inter.html","guid":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-2698350263887584303","author":"Homer","thumbnail":"","description":"Following today's draw, here's the result of the simulation run.NOTE: the "SimWin" represents the percentage of the 10000 simulation runs that the team won the match. The "win %" represents what percentage of the time the team won when it reached the final.Pathway 1Semi Final                      SimWinJamaica        &nbsp","content":"Following today's draw, here's the result of the simulation run.NOTE: the "SimWin" represents the percentage of the 10000 simulation runs that the team won the match. The "win %" represents what percentage of the time the team won when it reached the final.Pathway 1Semi Final                      SimWinJamaica        &nbsp","enclosure":{},"categories":["2026 FIFA World Cup","simulations"]},{"title":"FIFA Ranking - November 2025 - Sneak Preview","pubDate":"2025-11-19 05:08:00","link":"http://www.football-rankings.info/2025/11/fifa-ranking-november-2025-sneak-preview.html","guid":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-735876907917955227","author":"Homer","thumbnail":"","description":"Here's the preview of the FIFA Ranking that will be published later today. There may be exclusions of friendly matches, especially for Tunisia perhaps. Further below what it might mean for the seeding pots.Pos   Country                          Rnk Pts   +/-      +/-  1   Spain ","content":"Here's the preview of the FIFA Ranking that will be published later today. There may be exclusions of friendly matches, especially for Tunisia perhaps. Further below what it might mean for the seeding pots.Pos   Country                          Rnk Pts   +/-      +/-  1   Spain ","enclosure":{},"categories":["fifa ranking"]},{"title":"FIFA Ranking - November 2025 - Expected Ranking","pubDate":"2025-11-10 13:27:00","link":"http://www.football-rankings.info/2025/11/fifa-ranking-october-2025-expected.html","guid":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-5091796714573677056","author":"Homer","thumbnail":"","description":"Here's the expected ranking given the expected results posted earlier today.Update 2025-11-12 05:13 UTC: Fixed match for 14 November Slovakia which was listed as being played against Luxembourg, but will be against Northern Ireland.Pos   Country                          Rnk Pts   +/-      +/- ","content":"Here's the expected ranking given the expected results posted earlier today.Update 2025-11-12 05:13 UTC: Fixed match for 14 November Slovakia which was listed as being played against Luxembourg, but will be against Northern Ireland.Pos   Country                          Rnk Pts   +/-      +/- ","enclosure":{},"categories":["fifa ranking"]}]}