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Titolo: [Fifa] l'Italia perde una posizione

Calcio, classifica Fifa: l'Italia perde una posizione
Perde una posizione, da 11/a a 12/a, l'Italia di Trapattoni nella classifica
Fifa del mese di settembre. In testa resta il Brasile davanti a Francia e
Spagna. Passo avanti della Repubblica ceca, che guadagna tre posizioni (dal
12° al 9° posto), passo indietro dell'Olanda (da 4/a a 7/a). Sale al quarto
posto l'Argentina, passi in avanti anche per Inghilterra (6/a), Belgio
(16/a) e Svezia (18/a).
Classifica (tra parentesi le posizioni guadagnate o perse)
1. Brasile 855 pts
2. Francia 829
3. Spagna 767
4. Argentina 750 (+2)
5. Messico 746 (-1)
6. Inghilterra 745 (+2)
7. Olanda 744 (-3)
8. Turchia 743 (-1)
9. Repubblica Ceca 736 (+3)
. Germania 736
11. Stati Uniti 731 (-2)
12. Italia 726 (-1)
13. Camerun 710
14. Eire 708 (-1)
. Danimarca 708
16. Belgio 692 (+2)
17. Portogallo 687 (-1)
18. Svezia 684 (+2)
19. Costa Rica 681 (-2)
20. Romania 663 (-1)
(Spr)

 Fifa del mese di settembre. In testa resta il Brasile
Bah, ma come funziona questa classifica? abbiamo vinto tutte le partite e
pareggiato solo l'ultima e perdiamo posizioni??? Non mi pare che altre
nazioni come Inghilterra stiano andando meglio di noi, eppure questa ha
guadagnato ben 2 posti.....

 (16/a) e Svezia (18/a).
Ma come cazzo funziona sta classifica ?!?
Io avevo letto che per esempio dipendeva anche dalla quantità di partite
disputate e l'Italia, a parte le ufficiali, di amichevoli ne gioca
pochissime. Forse per questo perdiamo posizioni. Il Brasile gioca 2000
amichevoli l'anno in tutto il mondo (giocando con le peggio pippe) e quindi
guadagna un sacco di punti.

 pippe) e quindi guadagna un sacco di punti.
Per la procedura:
http://www.fifa.com/en/rank/procedures.html
Riguardo le amichevoli:
3.4 Status of a Match 
The importance of a game is also considered - a World Cup encounter is 
weighted more heavily than a friendly match. The method applied here is to 
use a pre-calculated factor by which the points totals of a given match are 
multiplied. 
The factors used are: 
 Friendly match	x 1.00	
 Continental championship preliminary	x 1.50	
 World Cup preliminary match	x 1.50	
 Continental championship finals match	x 1.75	
 FIFA Confederations Cup match	x 1.75	
 World Cup finals match	x 2.00	
This means that qualifying matches are weighted 50% higher than friendlies, 
continental final round matches 75 % higher and matches during World Cup 
finals twice as much.
5.1 The Number of Matches Played 
So that teams playing more international matches are not favoured over 
those playing fewer, only a limited number of games are taken into 
consideration. This number has been determined by deciding on what could be 
termed the "averagely active teams", and these were agreed on as those 
having played between seven and ten matches per year. 
So that less active teams are not disadvantaged in the ranking, the 
calculation initially considers only the seven best results. Further 
results are included, by working out an average for them. 
The situation is best clarified by means of an example. Suppose a team 
plays twelve matches; then the calculation would run like this: 
The best seven of the 12 results are identified 
The total score for these seven matches is calculated (X) 
The total score for all 12 matches is calculated 
This total is divided by 12 and multiplied by seven (Y) 
The total for the seven best results is added to the seven "average" 
results (X+Y) 
This total (X+Y) is divided by two for the final score
Riguardo il giocare con le pippe (secondo me questo criterio lascia un po' 
a desiderare, e lo sanno anche loro se non ho capito male, dovrebbero 
considerare la posizione in classifica delle singole squadre):
3.5 Regional Strength Factors 
It is accepted that there are differences in strength between the various 
continents. To take these into account in an objective manner, weighting 
factors are worked out each year for each of the confederations. The basis 
of evaluation for each continent is the performance of its teams in direct 
intercontinental encounters. At the end of every year a continental ranking 
list is calculated, based on the same criteria as used for the FIFA/Coca-
Cola World Ranking. 
Taken into consideration are not all the intercontinental matches played by 
teams from a given continent, but only the direct confrontations between 
the strongest teams from each continent. Specifically this means that what 
is included are matches between the best 25 per cent of the teams from a 
given continent (with a minimum of 5 teams being considered). This way the 
danger is averted of errors possibly being introduced by considering 
matches between strong teams of a weak confederation against weak teams of 
a strong one. 
The weightings are applied in the form of multiplication factors for teams 
from the same continent (see below). If teams from two different 
confederations are involved then the factor applied is the average of the 
two continental weightings. 
For 2003, the following weighting factors will apply: 
 CONMEBOL	x 1.00	
 UEFA	x 1.00	
 AFC	x 0.95	
 CONCACAF	x 0.95	
 CAF	x 0.93	
 OFC	x 0.93
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