Belize loses 60 spots in FIFA World Ranking

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By Erwin Saravia: In the last two months, the Belize Men’s National Football Team made it for the first time to the 114th spot in FIFA World Ranking, but this month took a downturn. Belize currently holds the 164^th spot in the latest FIFA World Ranking which was released on 14^th of July, 2016. This has been the worst ranking since 2007 when Belize was ranked 201st, but some might say that it is a deserving and not at all surprising ranking, since it is a fact that Belize International Football has been at a pause.

The last time the Belize National Football Team played an International game was when they were eliminated from the FIFA World Cup Russia Qualifiers last September, which is almost 11 months ago.  When they played against Canada, they tied 1-1 at the FFB Project stadium but lost 3-0 in Canada.

FIFA ranking procedures are as follows:

Calculation of points for a single match
The number of points that can be won in a match depends on the following factors:

• Was the match won or drawn? (M)
• How important was the match (ranging from a friendly match to a FIFA World Cup™ match)?  (I) 

How strong was the opposing team in terms of ranking position and the confederation to which they belong? (T and C)

These factors are brought together in the following formula to ascertain the total number of points (P):

P = M x I x T x C

The following criteria apply to the calculation of points:

M: Points for match result

Teams gain 3 points for a victory, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a defeat. In a penalty shoot-out, the winning team gains 2 points and the losing team gains 1 point.

I: Importance of match

Friendly match (including small competitions): I = 1.0

FIFA World Cup™ qualifier or confederation-level qualifier: I = 2.5

Confederation-level final competition or FIFA Confederations Cup: I = 3.0

FIFA World Cup™ final competition: I = 4.0

T: Strength of opposing team

The strength of the opponents is based on the formula: 200 minus the ranking position of the opponents. As an exception to this formula, the team at the top of the ranking is always assigned the value 200 and the teams ranked 150th and below are assigned a minimum value of 50. The ranking position is taken from the opponents’ ranking in the most recently published FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking.

C: Strength of confederation

When calculating matches between teams from different confederations, the mean value of the confederations to which the two competing teams belong is used. The strength of a confederation is calculated on the basis of the number of victories by that confederation at the last three FIFA World Cup™ competitions. Their values are as follows:

CONMEBOL 1.00
UEFA 0.99
AFC/CAF/OFC/CONCACAF 0.85

It is a sad reality that the Belize National Football Team cannot host International games or Travel due to its financial cost.

Will it ever get better for Football in Belize?

The views expressed in this article are those of the writer and not necessarily those of Breaking Belize News.

 

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