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Originally Posted by Bagor
Does anyone even pay attention to those ridiculous rankings and outside of World Cup draws do they have a function?
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they have a function for all draws. Canada's poor ranking gets them into difficult Gold Cup and WCQ groups (having to play extra rounds)
It's also difficult to book friendlies as there are calculations for beating high ranked teams in high ranking confederations so who wants to play a lower ranked team for little reward?
Canada got 331.5 points for beating Curacao last week
3 points for a win
x
1 point for a friendly
x
200-70 (Curacao's ranking is 70)
x
0.85 (CONCACAF Coefficient)
playing French Guyana didn't count
Canada got 443.7 points for the draw against Costa Rica last night.
1 point for a draw
x
3 points for Continential Championship match
x
200-26
x
0.85