TY - JOUR
T1 - How to improve a team's position in the FIFA ranking? - A simulation study
AU - Lasek, J.
AU - Szlavik, Z.
AU - Gagolewski, M.
AU - Bhulai, S.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - In this paper, we study the efficacy of the official ranking for international football teams compiled by FIFA, the body governing football competition around the globe. We present strategies for improving a team's position in the ranking. By combining several statistical techniques, we derive an objective function in a decision problem of optimal scheduling of future matches. The presented results display how a team's position can be improved. Along the way, we compare the official procedure to the famous Elo rating system. Although it originates from chess, it has been successfully tailored to ranking football teams as well.
AB - In this paper, we study the efficacy of the official ranking for international football teams compiled by FIFA, the body governing football competition around the globe. We present strategies for improving a team's position in the ranking. By combining several statistical techniques, we derive an objective function in a decision problem of optimal scheduling of future matches. The presented results display how a team's position can be improved. Along the way, we compare the official procedure to the famous Elo rating system. Although it originates from chess, it has been successfully tailored to ranking football teams as well.
U2 - 10.1080/02664763.2015.1100593
DO - 10.1080/02664763.2015.1100593
M3 - Article
SN - 0266-4763
VL - 43
SP - 1349
EP - 1368
JO - Journal of Applied Statistics
JF - Journal of Applied Statistics
IS - 7
ER -
