Abram Jones
New Member
1872-2017 available: http://internationalsports.nfshost.com/index.php/home/load_sports/5/2017
note: alternative flags are used in some cases
The workings of this system are quite simple. The first step is completing a simple calculation involving each nation's population amount and economic strength (this is known as e-determinant). After this, each match score is adjusted depending on the difference in the e-determinant of both nations involved in the game. Lastly, the Elo rating system is used to determine ranking order. The Elo Rating system may be replaced by another in the future.
FUNDAMENTAL CHALLENGES
OTHER SPORTS COMPLETED
note: alternative flags are used in some cases
The workings of this system are quite simple. The first step is completing a simple calculation involving each nation's population amount and economic strength (this is known as e-determinant). After this, each match score is adjusted depending on the difference in the e-determinant of both nations involved in the game. Lastly, the Elo rating system is used to determine ranking order. The Elo Rating system may be replaced by another in the future.
FUNDAMENTAL CHALLENGES
- lack of games played: this is a problem that any rating system must face when dealing with international sports. in addition to this, results are sometimes hard or impossible to find.
- poor methods of scoring in certain sports: some sports have fundamental mathematical problems in the way they are tallied. the result of this is often a scoreline that does not represent the true performance on the field. this can also compound the problem when adjusting the score for wealth and population. examples of these sports are soccer football and ice hockey (which have severely limited scoring opportunities making it too easy for the defense), and baseball (there is too much randomization in scoring opportunities as a result of it being too easy for the pitcher).
- vast difference in nation sizes: finding a one size fits all system is very difficult. extremely small countries are always going to be at an exponential disadvantage because of minimum amounts of wealth and population required to build a satisfactory sports infrastructure. when measuring the performance of very large nations 2 things must be considered. 1. the rating must not represent the average of the nation, this would make it much more difficult for large nations than smaller nations in maintaining high scores. 2. the rating must not represent the region that performs the best within the nation, this would make it much more easy for large nations than smaller nations in maintaining high score.
- gathering accurate economic and population data: especially in the case of historic data, in some cases only estimates from the world's top scholars can be used.
OTHER SPORTS COMPLETED
- American Football (appears to be quite accurate, but it looks to me as Austria is overrated due to lack of games played. they should be in between Japan and Germany. This problem will resolve itself when more games are played).
- Australian Rules Football (this is looking pretty good, but Nauru should be above Samoa in All Time, this is the result of a technicality (Samoa stopped playing internationally regularly). however, this problem should be resolved after the intercontinental cup this year.
- Circle Kabaddi
- International Rules Football
- Standard Kabaddi
