The Football Thread - 17/18 Season

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Barozi said:

mZuzek said:

I guess the other ones are weird af, but I wouldn't say much about Brazil being #1, given that I actually think they're gonna win that tourney next year.

But the ranking is not about future years but the past 4 years.

Brazil:
2014 - World Cup 4th place
2015 - Copa America Quarter Final
2016 - Copa America Group Stage
          - Olympic Games Winner

1st place WC 2018 qualifier (currently)

vs.

Germany:
2014 - World Cup Winner
2016 - Euros Semi Finals
          - Olympic Games Runner Up
2017 - Confederations Cup Winner

1st place Euro 2016 qualifier
1st place WC 2018 qualifier (currently)

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The joke is that Germany just won the Confederations Cup one month ago, got #1 and now they are back to #2, while Brazil didn't play a match since June.
Also in the mean time, Argentina made it to 3 finals and Chile won 2 Copa Americas.

It's because it doesn't count them equaly. Germany's WC gives them less points each month that passes, same for Chile's Copas (Both were counted as ties anyway), Brazil points are more recent (Except for the confed cup, which I guess doesn't give that many points since neither of the finalist got a better ranking).

I might be wrong but at least that's what our local media says about us loosing spots despite confed final and both copas