Ranking football clubs by the dominant eigenvector of the normalized points-won matrix.

FIFA 1986-93

1985-92 1987-94

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 South America 43.766 73 20 13 8 53 35 41 2
2 Europe 25.832 90 24 18 17 83 59 59 1
3 CONCACAF 16.038 20 6 2 9 17 26 17 3
4 Africa 9.325 17 4 5 8 14 27 17 4
5 Asia 2.850 4 1 1 12 12 31 14 5
6 Oceania 2.188 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 6

EigenPoints, Points, Wins, Draws, Losses, GoalsFor, GoalsAgainst, GamesPlayed, PointsRank.

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Includes 75 international matches. 37 within-confederation matches removed.
Confederations Cup 1992 (4)
World Cup 1986 (34)
World Cup 1990 (33)
World Cup Qualifying Playoffs 1989 (2)
World Cup Qualifying Playoffs 1993 (2)

Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.


South America 5 countries, 59.35% of possible points (1st).
Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay.

Europe 22 countries, 50.85% of possible points (2nd).
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, France, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, West Germany, Yugoslavia.

CONCACAF 4 countries, 39.22% of possible points (3rd).
Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, United States.

Africa 5 countries, 33.33% of possible points (4th).
Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Morocco.

Oceania 1 country, 16.67% of possible points (5th).
Australia.

Asia 4 countries, 9.52% of possible points (6th).
Iraq, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, United Arab Emirates.