Module:SportsRankings/data/World Football Elo Ratings
local data = {}
 
 -- information about other templates used by module
 data.templates = { flagged_team_link = &quot;fb&quot; } -- template for flag icon and team link
 
 -- general information about ranking and website being cited
 data.source = {
 	name    = 'World Football Elo Ratings',
 	text    = 'Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. ',
 	url     = 'https://www.eloratings.net/',
 	title   = 'World Football Elo Ratings',
 	website = 'eloratings.net'
 }
 
 -- date of latest update
 data.updated = {
 	day = 26,
 	month = 'அக்டோபர்',
 	year = 2022
 }
 
 -- see &quot;Generating code&quot; section on doc page for how to update the rankings
 
 data.rankings = {
      { 'Brazil', 1, 0, 2169 },
      { 'Argentina', 2, 1, 2141 },
      { 'Spain', 3, 4, 2045 },
      { 'Netherlands', 4, 7, 2040 },
      { 'Belgium', 5, -1, 2025 },
      { 'France', 6, -4, 2005 },
      { 'Portugal', 7, 1, 2003 },
      { 'Italy', 8, -3, 1993 },
      { 'Denmark', 9, 0, 1971 },
      { 'Germany', 10, 0, 1960 },
      { 'Uruguay', 11, 3, 1936 },
      { 'Switzerland', 12, 1, 1929 },
      { 'Croatia', 13, 5, 1922 },
      { 'England', 14, -8, 1920 },
      { 'Colombia', 15, -3, 1911 },
      { 'Serbia', 16, 7, 1892 },
      { 'Peru', 17, 7, 1843 },
      { 'Ecuador', 18, 9, 1840 },
      { 'Hungary', 19, 23, 1828 },
      { 'Ukraine', 20, 5, 1822 },
      { 'Iran', 21, -1, 1818 },
      { 'Mexico', 22, -7, 1813 },
      { 'Poland', 23, 3, 1809 },
      { 'United States', 24, -7, 1798 },
      { 'Japan', 24, 10, 1798 },
      { 'Wales', 26, -5, 1790 },
      { 'Czechia', 27, -8, 1788 },
      { 'South Korea', 28, 1, 1783 },
      { 'Canada', 29, 3, 1770 },
      { 'Russia', 30, -2, 1763 },
      { 'Scotland', 31, 13, 1761 },
      { 'Morocco', 32, 7, 1754 },
      { 'Norway', 33, -2, 1748 },
      { 'Paraguay', 34, 1, 1739 },
      { 'Costa Rica', 35, 22, 1737 },
      { 'Sweden', 36, -20, 1736 },
      { 'Austria', 37, 0, 1729 },
      { 'Algeria', 38, -9, 1722 },
      { 'Australia', 39, -6, 1719 },
      { 'Chile', 40, -18, 1703 },
      { 'Greece', 41, 2, 1702 },
      { 'Turkey', 42, -4, 1693 },
      { 'Tunisia', 43, 3, 1687 },
      { 'Senegal', 43, -7, 1687 },
      { 'Finland', 45, -4, 1685 },
      { 'Ireland', 46, 8, 1683 },
      { 'Venezuela', 47, -7, 1681 },
      { 'Ivory Coast', 48, 2, 1680 },
      { 'Georgia', 49, 33, 1665 },
      { 'Qatar', 50, 1, 1659 },
      { 'Panama', 51, 10, 1656 },
      { 'Slovenia', 52, 6, 1651 },
      { 'Egypt', 53, 3, 1644 },
      { 'Nigeria', 54, -2, 1640 },
      { 'Saudi Arabia', 55, -8, 1637 },
      { 'Israel', 56, -1, 1633 },
      { 'Bolivia', 57, -4, 1621 },
      { 'Bosnia and Herzegovina', 58, -9, 1616 },
      { 'Romania', 59, -14, 1615 },
      { 'Mali', 59, 3, 1615 },
      { 'Cameroon', 61, 4, 1613 },
      { 'Jordan', 62, 19, 1593 },
      { 'Burkina Faso', 63, 4, 1591 },
      { 'Slovakia', 64, -17, 1577 },
      { 'Iraq', 65, -5, 1573 },
      { 'Uzbekistan', 66, 7, 1567 },
      { 'Iceland', 67, 4, 1566 },
      { 'North Macedonia', 68, 0, 1557 },
      { 'Jamaica', 69, -3, 1553 },
      { 'South Africa', 70, -1, 1546 },
      { 'Montenegro', 70, 8, 1546 },
      { 'Oman', 70, 7, 1546 },
      { 'Albania', 73, -10, 1544 },
      { 'Ghana', 74, -16, 1540 },
      { 'Northern Ireland', 74, -10, 1540 },
      { 'Haiti', 76, -1, 1536 },
      { 'New Zealand', 77, -1, 1527 },
      { 'Kosovo', 78, 6, 1518 },
      { 'Bulgaria', 79, -1, 1508 },
      { 'El Salvador', 80, 0, 1498 },
      { 'Bahrain', 81, -9, 1495 },
      { 'United Arab Emirates', 82, 4, 1485 },
      { 'Cape Verde', 82, 8, 1485 },
      { 'Honduras', 84, -10, 1472 },
      { 'Gabon', 84, 15, 1472 },
      { 'Zambia', 86, 12, 1471 },
      { 'China', 87, -4, 1469 },
      { 'Democratic Republic of Congo', 88, -1, 1458 },
      { 'Northern Cyprus', 89, 0, 1457 },
      { 'Armenia', 90, -20, 1456 },
      { 'Guatemala', 91, -3, 1442 },
      { 'Syria', 92, 5, 1440 },
      { 'Luxembourg', 93, 10, 1437 },
      { 'Equatorial Guinea', 94, 8, 1434 },
      { 'Palestine', 95, -1, 1430 },
      { 'Gambia', 96, 17, 1425 },
      { 'Kurdistan', 96, -1, 1425 },
      { 'Estonia', 98, -5, 1421 },
      { 'Belarus', 99, -8, 1415 },
      { 'Kazakhstan', 100, 22, 1402 },
      { 'Guinea-Bissau', 101, 4, 1394 },
      { 'Uganda', 101, -16, 1394 },
      { 'Angola', 103, 17, 1392 },
      { 'Benin', 103, -12, 1392 },
      { 'Mauritania', 103, 9, 1392 },
      { 'Vietnam', 106, 2, 1391 },
      { 'Thailand', 106, 32, 1391 },
      { 'Azerbaijan', 108, 10, 1390 },
      { 'Martinique', 109, -5, 1387 },
      { 'Guinea', 110, -14, 1386 },
      { 'Curaçao', 111, -11, 1384 },
      { 'North Korea', 112, -5, 1376 },
      { 'Kenya', 113, 3, 1375 },
      { 'Botswana', 114, 18, 1373 },
      { 'Réunion', 115, -5, 1370 },
      { 'Namibia', 116, -10, 1369 },
      { 'Ethiopia', 117, 12, 1352 },
      { 'Cyprus', 118, 15, 1350 },
      { 'Latvia', 119, 17, 1349 },
      { 'Libya', 120, -2, 1344 },
      { 'Trinidad and Tobago', 121, -10, 1340 },
      { 'Sierra Leone', 122, -7, 1338 },
      { 'Lebanon', 123, -23, 1337 },
      { 'French Guiana', 124, 17, 1330 },
      { 'Zanzibar', 125, 1, 1328 },
      { 'Suriname', 126, -2, 1327 },
      { 'Mozambique', 127, 7, 1325 },
      { 'Togo', 128, 11, 1320 },
      { 'Zimbabwe', 129, -2, 1318 },
      { 'Tajikistan', 129, 15, 1318 },
      { 'Tanzania', 131, -15, 1316 },
      { 'Cuba', 132, 9, 1315 },
      { 'Liberia', 133, -10, 1311 },
      { 'Sudan', 133, -19, 1311 },
      { 'Madagascar', 135, -14, 1303 },
      { 'Congo', 136, -8, 1302 },
      { 'Faroe Islands', 136, 11, 1302 },
      { 'Eswatini', 138, 10, 1299 },
      { 'Kuwait', 139, -30, 1298 },
      { 'Malawi', 140, -10, 1296 },
      { 'Rwanda', 141, -6, 1274 },
      { 'Indonesia', 142, 36, 1270 },
      { 'Central African Republic', 143, -12, 1266 },
      { 'Kyrgyzstan', 144, -4, 1265 },
      { 'Burundi', 145, 4, 1260 },
      { 'Niger', 146, 6, 1259 },
      { 'Malta', 147, -2, 1255 },
      { 'Nicaragua', 148, 2, 1252 },
      { 'Turkmenistan', 149, -12, 1249 },
      { 'Moldova', 149, 9, 1249 },
      { 'Fiji', 151, 2, 1248 },
      { 'Lithuania', 151, -26, 1248 },
      { 'Comoros', 153, -2, 1247 },
      { 'Mayotte', 154, 0, 1225 },
      { 'Papua New Guinea', 155, 14, 1223 },
      { 'Lesotho', 155, 2, 1223 },
      { 'India', 157, -1, 1217 },
      { 'Guadeloupe', 158, -3, 1216 },
      { 'Solomon Islands', 159, 8, 1208 },
      { 'Malaysia', 160, 1, 1206 },
      { 'Bermuda', 161, -15, 1205 },
      { 'Chad', 162, 0, 1189 },
      { 'Dominican Republic', 163, 1, 1188 },
      { 'Guyana', 164, 6, 1184 },
      { 'Saint Kitts and Nevis', 165, -7, 1177 },
      { 'New Caledonia', 166, -23, 1172 },
      { 'Antigua and Barbuda', 167, -1, 1164 },
      { 'Tahiti', 168, -8, 1158 },
      { 'Eritrea', 169, 2, 1144 },
      { 'Hong Kong', 170, -2, 1139 },
      { 'Grenada', 171, 3, 1136 },
      { 'Vanuatu', 172, -9, 1125 },
      { 'Singapore', 173, 2, 1122 },
      { 'Andorra', 174, 10, 1118 },
      { 'South Sudan', 175, 5, 1104 },
      { 'Yemen', 176, -11, 1099 },
      { 'Philippines', 177, -4, 1095 },
      { 'Afghanistan', 177, -1, 1095 },
      { 'Puerto Rico', 179, 5, 1088 },
      { 'Belize', 180, -3, 1077 },
      { 'São Tomé and Príncipe', 181, 1, 1071 },
      { 'Saint Vincent and the Grenadines', 182, -10, 1064 },
      { 'Saint Lucia', 183, 3, 1055 },
      { 'Gibraltar', 184, -2, 1053 },
      { 'Barbados', 185, -4, 1007 },
      { 'Somaliland', 186, 4, 1002 },
      { 'Bonaire', 187, 6, 999 },
      { 'Western Sahara', 188, 3, 996 },
      { 'Dominica', 189, -2, 991 },
      { 'Liechtenstein', 190, -11, 986 },
      { 'Montserrat', 191, 3, 965 },
      { 'Greenland', 192, 0, 963 },
      { 'Mauritius', 193, -5, 951 },
      { 'Maldives', 194, 2, 935 },
      { 'Myanmar', 195, -6, 930 },
      { 'Aruba', 196, 2, 928 },
      { 'Nepal', 197, -2, 927 },
      { 'Monaco', 198, 1, 903 },
      { 'Somalia', 199, -2, 899 },
      { 'Seychelles', 200, 0, 884 },
      { 'Taiwan', 201, 2, 879 },
      { 'Pakistan', 202, 2, 873 },
      { 'Djibouti', 203, -3, 864 },
      { 'Bahamas', 204, 1, 862 },
      { 'Cambodia', 205, 1, 847 },
      { 'Bangladesh', 206, 2, 843 },
      { 'Cayman Islands', 207, -5, 841 },
      { 'Saint Martin', 208, -1, 840 },
      { 'Mongolia', 209, 4, 802 },
      { 'Sint Maarten', 210, 2, 780 },
      { 'San Marino', 211, -2, 777 },
      { 'Chagos Islands', 212, -1, 776 },
      { 'Tuvalu', 213, 1, 738 },
      { 'Turks and Caicos Islands', 214, -4, 730 },
      { 'Saint Barthélemy', 215, 0, 715 },
      { 'Guam', 216, 1, 704 },
      { 'Wallis and Futuna', 217, -1, 701 },
      { 'Macao', 218, 0, 696 },
      { 'Vatican', 219, 0, 692 },
      { 'Cook Islands', 220, 1, 683 },
      { 'Samoa', 221, 1, 678 },
      { 'Saint Pierre and Miquelon', 222, 1, 677 },
      { 'Sri Lanka', 223, 2, 673 },
      { 'US Virgin Islands', 224, 0, 662 },
      { 'Laos', 225, -5, 652 },
      { 'Tibet', 226, 1, 630 },
      { 'East Timor', 227, -1, 623 },
      { 'Anguilla', 228, 4, 621 },
      { 'British Virgin Islands', 229, 0, 616 },
      { 'Brunei', 230, -2, 613 },
      { 'Falkland Islands', 231, -1, 580 },
      { 'Federated States of Micronesia', 232, -1, 564 },
      { 'Bhutan', 233, -1, 563 },
      { 'Kiribati', 234, 0, 545 },
      { 'Tonga', 235, 0, 528 },
      { 'Niue', 236, 0, 496 },
      { 'Eastern Samoa', 237, 0, 472 },
      { 'Northern Mariana Islands', 238, 0, 404 },
      { 'Palau', 239, 0, 403 },
 }
 -- alias list 
 -- list of  country codes  (the countries need editing to match countries names in list above)
 data.alias = { 
         { 'AFG',  'Afghanistan' },
         { 'AIA',  'Anguilla' },
         { 'ALB',  'Albania' },
         { 'ALG',  'Algeria' },
         { 'AND',  'Andorra' },
         { 'ANG',  'Angola' },
         { 'ARG',  'Argentina' },
         { 'ARM',  'Armenia' },
         { 'ARU',  'Aruba' },
         { 'ASA',  'Eastern Samoa' },
         { 'ATG',  'Antigua and Barbuda' },
         { 'AUS',  'Australia' },
         { 'AUT',  'Austria' },
         { 'AZE',  'Azerbaijan' },
         { 'BAH',  'Bahamas' },
         { 'BAN',  'Bangladesh' },
         { 'BDI',  'Burundi' },
         { 'BEL',  'Belgium' },
         { 'BEN',  'Benin' },
         { 'BER',  'Bermuda' },
         { 'BFA',  'Burkina Faso' },
         { 'BHR',  'Bahrain' },
         { 'BHU',  'Bhutan' },
         { 'BIH',  'Bosnia and Herzegovina' },
         { 'BLM',  'Saint Barthélemy' },
         { 'BLR',  'Belarus' },
         { 'BLZ',  'Belize' },
         { 'BOE',  'Bonaire' },
         { 'BOL',  'Bolivia' },
         { 'BOT',  'Botswana' },
         { 'BRA',  'Brazil' },
         { 'BRB',  'Barbados' },
         { 'BRU',  'Brunei' },
         { 'BUL',  'Bulgaria' },
         { 'CAM',  'Cambodia' },
         { 'CAN',  'Canada' },
         { 'CAY',  'Cayman Islands' },
         { 'CGO',  'Congo' },
         { 'CHA',  'Chad' },
         { 'CHG',  'Chagos Islands' },               -- missing template country data
         { 'CHI',  'Chile' },
         { 'CHN',  'China' },
         { 'CIV',  'Ivory Coast' },
         { 'CMR',  'Cameroon' },
         { 'COD',  'Democratic Republic of Congo' },     -- 'DR Congo' also used
         { 'COK',  'Cook Islands' },
         { 'COL',  'Colombia' },
         { 'COM',  'Comoros' },
         { 'CPV',  'Cape Verde' },
         { 'CRC',  'Costa Rica' },
         { 'CRO',  'Croatia' },
         { 'CTA',  'Central African Republic' },
         { 'CUB',  'Cuba' },
         { 'CUW',  'Curaçao' },
         { 'CYP',  'Cyprus' },
         { 'CZE',  'Czechia' },
         { 'DEN',  'Denmark' },
         { 'DJI',  'Djibouti' },
         { 'DMA',  'Dominica' },
         { 'DOM',  'Dominican Republic' },
         { 'ECU',  'Ecuador' },
         { 'EGY',  'Egypt' },
         { 'ENG',  'England' },
         { 'EQG',  'Equatorial Guinea' },
         { 'ERI',  'Eritrea' },
         { 'ESH',  'Western Sahara' },
         { 'ESP',  'Spain' },
         { 'EST',  'Estonia' },
         { 'ETH',  'Ethiopia' },
         { 'FIJ',  'Fiji' },
         { 'FIN',  'Finland' },
         { 'FLK',  'Falkland Islands' },
         { 'FRA',  'France' },
         { 'FRO',  'Faroe Islands' },
         { 'FSM',  'Federated States of Micronesia' },    -- 'FS of Micronesia' and 'FS Micronesia' also used
         { 'GAB',  'Gabon' },
         { 'GAM',  'Gambia' },
         { 'GEO',  'Georgia' },
         { 'GER',  'Germany' },
         { 'GHA',  'Ghana' },
         { 'GIB',  'Gibraltar' },
         { 'GLP',  'Guadeloupe' },
         { 'GNB',  'Guinea-Bissau' },
         { 'GRE',  'Greece' },
         { 'GRL',  'Greenland' },
         { 'GRN',  'Grenada' },
         { 'GUA',  'Guatemala' },
         { 'GUF',  'French Guiana' },
         { 'GUI',  'Guinea' },
         { 'GUM',  'Guam' },
         { 'GUY',  'Guyana' },
         { 'HAI',  'Haiti' },
         { 'HKG',  'Hong Kong' },
         { 'HON',  'Honduras' },
         { 'HUN',  'Hungary' },
         { 'IDN',  'Indonesia' },
         { 'IND',  'India' },
         { 'IRL',  'Ireland' },
         { 'IRN',  'Iran' },
         { 'IRQ',  'Iraq' },
         { 'ISL',  'Iceland' },
         { 'ISR',  'Israel' },
         { 'ITA',  'Italy' },
         { 'JAM',  'Jamaica' },
         { 'JOR',  'Jordan' },
         { 'JPN',  'Japan' },
         { 'KAZ',  'Kazakhstan' },
         { 'KEN',  'Kenya' },
         { 'KGZ',  'Kyrgyzstan' },
         { 'KIR',  'Kiribati' },
         { 'KOR',  'South Korea' },
         { 'KRD',  'Kurdistan' },                         -- missing template country data
         { 'KSA',  'Saudi Arabia' },
         { 'KUW',  'Kuwait' },
         { 'KVX',  'Kosovo' },
         { 'LAO',  'Laos' },
         { 'LBR',  'Liberia' },
         { 'LBY',  'Libya' },
         { 'LCA',  'Saint Lucia' },
         { 'LES',  'Lesotho' },
         { 'LIB',  'Lebanon' },
         { 'LIE',  'Liechtenstein' },
         { 'LTU',  'Lithuania' },
         { 'LUX',  'Luxembourg' },
         { 'LVA',  'Latvia' },
         { 'MAC',  'Macao' },
         { 'MAD',  'Madagascar' },
         { 'MAR',  'Morocco' },
         { 'MAS',  'Malaysia' },
         { 'MCO',  'Monaco' },
         { 'MDA',  'Moldova' },
         { 'MDV',  'Maldives' },
         { 'MEX',  'Mexico' },
         { 'MKD',  'North Macedonia' },
         { 'MLI',  'Mali' },
         { 'MLT',  'Malta' },
         { 'MNE',  'Montenegro' },
         { 'MNG',  'Mongolia' },
         { 'MOZ',  'Mozambique' },
         { 'MRI',  'Mauritius' },
         { 'MSR',  'Montserrat' },
         { 'MTN',  'Mauritania' },
         { 'MTQ',  'Martinique' },
         { 'MWI',  'Malawi' },
         { 'MYA',  'Myanmar' },
         { 'MYT',  'Mayotte' },
         { 'NAM',  'Namibia' },
         { 'NCA',  'Nicaragua' },
         { 'NCL',  'New Caledonia' },
         { 'NED',  'Netherlands' },
         { 'NEP',  'Nepal' },
         { 'NGA',  'Nigeria' },
         { 'NIG',  'Niger' },
         { 'NIR',  'Northern Ireland' },
         { 'NIU',  'Niue' },
         { 'NMI',  'Northern Mariana Islands' },
         { 'NOR',  'Norway' },
         { 'NZL',  'New Zealand' },
         { 'OMA',  'Oman' },
         { 'PAK',  'Pakistan' },
         { 'PAN',  'Panama' },
         { 'PAR',  'Paraguay' },
         { 'PER',  'Peru' },
         { 'PHI',  'Philippines' },
         { 'PLE',  'Palestine' },
         { 'PLW',  'Palau' },
         { 'PNG',  'Papua New Guinea' },
         { 'POL',  'Poland' },
         { 'POR',  'Portugal' },
         { 'PRK',  'North Korea' },
         { 'PUR',  'Puerto Rico' },
         { 'QAT',  'Qatar' },
         { 'REU',  'Réunion' },
         { 'TRNC', 'Northern Cyprus' },
         { 'ROU',  'Romania' },
         { 'RSA',  'South Africa' },
         { 'RUS',  'Russia' },
         { 'RWA',  'Rwanda' },
         { 'SAM',  'Samoa' },
         { 'SCO',  'Scotland' },
         { 'SDN',  'Sudan' },
         { 'SEN',  'Senegal' },
         { 'SEY',  'Seychelles' },
         { 'SIN',  'Singapore' },
         { 'SKN',  'Saint Kitts and Nevis' },
         { 'SLD',  'Somaliland' },                         -- missing template country data
         { 'SLE',  'Sierra Leone' },
         { 'SLV',  'El Salvador' },
         { 'SMN',  'Saint Martin' },
         { 'SMR',  'San Marino' },
         { 'SOL',  'Solomon Islands' },
         { 'SOM',  'Somalia' },
         { 'SPM',  'Saint Pierre and Miquelon' },
         { 'SRB',  'Serbia' },
         { 'SRI',  'Sri Lanka' },
         { 'SSD',  'South Sudan' },
         { 'STP',  'São Tomé and Príncipe' },
         { 'SUI',  'Switzerland' },
         { 'SUR',  'Suriname' },
         { 'SVK',  'Slovakia' },
         { 'SVN',  'Slovenia' },
         { 'SWE',  'Sweden' },
         { 'SWZ',  'Eswatini' },
         { 'SXM',  'Sint Maarten' },
         { 'SYR',  'Syria' },
         { 'TAH',  'Tahiti' },
         { 'TAN',  'Tanzania' },
         { 'TCA',  'Turks and Caicos Islands' },
         { 'TGA',  'Tonga' },
         { 'THA',  'Thailand' },
         { 'TIB',  'Tibet' },                      -- missing template country data
         { 'TJK',  'Tajikistan' },
         { 'TKM',  'Turkmenistan' },
         { 'TLS',  'East Timor' },
         { 'TOG',  'Togo' },
         { 'TPE',  'Taiwan' },
         { 'TRI',  'Trinidad and Tobago' },
         { 'TUN',  'Tunisia' },
         { 'TUR',  'Turkey' },
         { 'TUV',  'Tuvalu' },
         { 'UAE',  'United Arab Emirates' },
         { 'UGA',  'Uganda' },
         { 'UKR',  'Ukraine' },
         { 'URU',  'Uruguay' },
         { 'USA',  'United States' },
         { 'UZB',  'Uzbekistan' },
         { 'VAN',  'Vanuatu' },
         { 'VAT',  'Vatican' },
         { 'VEN',  'Venezuela' },
         { 'VGB',  'British Virgin Islands' },
         { 'VIE',  'Vietnam' },
         { 'VIN',  'Saint Vincent and the Grenadines' },   -- 'St Vincent &amp; Grenadines' also used
         { 'VIR',  'US Virgin Islands' },
         { 'WAL',  'Wales' },
         { 'WLF',  'Wallis and Futuna' },
         { 'YEM',  'Yemen' },
         { 'ZAM',  'Zambia' },
         { 'ZAN',  'Zanzibar' },
         { 'ZIM',  'Zimbabwe' },
 }