FIFA rankings
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FIFA rankings are the official system used by football’s global governing body to periodically rate and order national teams based on their international match results and performance.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| FIFA rankings canonical | 7 |
| FIFA World Ranking | 3 |
| FIFA official records | 2 |
| FIFA Men's World Ranking | 1 |
| FIFA Women's World Ranking | 1 |
| FIFA World Rankings | 1 |
| FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2577607 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FIFA rankings Context triple: [GER, usedIn, FIFA rankings]
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A.
FIFA FIFPro World XI selection
The FIFA FIFPro World XI selection is an annual all-star football team composed of the best players in the world at each position, as voted on by professional footballers worldwide.
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B.
FIFA Competitions Division
The FIFA Competitions Division is the department within FIFA responsible for organizing and overseeing its major international football tournaments and events.
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C.
World Rugby Men’s Rankings
World Rugby Men’s Rankings are the official global standings that rate and compare the performance of international men’s rugby union teams.
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D.
IIHF World Ranking
The IIHF World Ranking is the official system used by the International Ice Hockey Federation to rate and seed national ice hockey teams based on their performance in recent international tournaments.
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E.
FIFA Member Associations
FIFA Member Associations are the national football governing bodies from around the world that collectively form FIFA’s global membership and administer the sport within their respective countries or territories.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FIFA rankings Target entity description: FIFA rankings are the official system used by football’s global governing body to periodically rate and order national teams based on their international match results and performance.
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A.
FIFA FIFPro World XI selection
The FIFA FIFPro World XI selection is an annual all-star football team composed of the best players in the world at each position, as voted on by professional footballers worldwide.
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B.
FIFA Competitions Division
The FIFA Competitions Division is the department within FIFA responsible for organizing and overseeing its major international football tournaments and events.
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C.
World Rugby Men’s Rankings
World Rugby Men’s Rankings are the official global standings that rate and compare the performance of international men’s rugby union teams.
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D.
IIHF World Ranking
The IIHF World Ranking is the official system used by the International Ice Hockey Federation to rate and seed national ice hockey teams based on their performance in recent international tournaments.
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E.
FIFA Member Associations
FIFA Member Associations are the national football governing bodies from around the world that collectively form FIFA’s global membership and administer the sport within their respective countries or territories.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
football ranking system
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sports ranking system ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
men's national football teams
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women's national football teams ⓘ |
| basisOfRanking |
international match results
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match importance ⓘ match outcomes ⓘ opponent strength ⓘ regional strength ⓘ team performance ⓘ |
| currentMethodologyBasedOn | Elo-type rating system (men) ⓘ |
| dataSource | official international matches ⓘ |
| excludesMatches | non-official friendlies ⓘ |
| fullName |
FIFA rankings
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking
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| governingBody | FIFA ⓘ |
| governingBodyHeadquarters |
Zurich
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surface form:
Zurich, Switzerland
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| includesMatches |
FIFA World Cup
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surface form:
FIFA World Cup finals
FIFA World Cup qualification matches ⓘ
surface form:
FIFA World Cup qualifiers
continental championship finals ⓘ continental championship qualifiers ⓘ official international friendlies ⓘ |
| introducedBy | FIFA ⓘ |
| introducedYear |
1992 (men's ranking system)
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2003 (women's ranking system) ⓘ |
| methodologyChange | 2018 overhaul of men's ranking formula ⓘ |
| namingRightsSponsor | Coca-Cola ⓘ |
| outputFormat |
ordinal ranking list
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points total per team ⓘ |
| previousMethodologyBasedOn | averaging points over a period (men) ⓘ |
| primaryUnitOfAnalysis | national association team ⓘ |
| regionCoverage |
AFC
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CAF ⓘ CONCACAF ⓘ CONMEBOL ⓘ OFC ⓘ UEFA ⓘ |
| scope |
international level
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national teams ⓘ |
| sponsor | Coca-Cola ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| timeWeighting | recent results weighted more heavily ⓘ |
| updateFrequency |
approximately monthly (women)
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monthly (historically for men) ⓘ periodic ⓘ |
| usedBy |
FIFA competitions
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football analysts ⓘ media ⓘ national football associations ⓘ |
| usedFor |
assessment of national team strength
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seeding in FIFA World Cup draws ⓘ seeding in FIFA tournament qualifiers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: FIFA rankings Description of subject: FIFA rankings are the official system used by football’s global governing body to periodically rate and order national teams based on their international match results and performance.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
FIFA Women's World Ranking
this entity surface form:
FIFA World Ranking
this entity surface form:
FIFA World Ranking
this entity surface form:
FIFA official records
this entity surface form:
FIFA World Ranking
this entity surface form:
FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking
this entity surface form:
FIFA Men's World Ranking