VAN · National Team

Vanuatu ☆

Statistics
Team strength · Elo all ratings ›
Rating 1,490 everyone starts at 1500
Peak 1,671 reached 19 May 2004
Rank #201 of 336 national teams
Matches rated 215 last 6 Jun 2026

What this team's results have earned: every match in the database is replayed in date order, both sides start at 1500 and the winner takes points from the loser. The rating is the one it held after its last rated match, and the rank counts every national team ever rated, sides that no longer play included. A measure of strength, not a forecast of the next result. Computed 3 Nov 2026.

Longest no-draw runs all on the records page ›
By competition (all-time)
CompetitionPDDraw%
South Pacific Games 53 7 13.2%
Oceania Nations Cup 40 1 2.5%
Friendly 37 7 18.9%
Melanesia Cup 27 4 14.8%
FIFA World Cup qualification 17 2 11.8%
South Pacific Mini Games 12 4 33.3%
Pacific Games 12 1 8.3%
MSG Prime Minister's Cup 10 2 20.0%
Pacific Mini Games 5 1 20.0%
FIFA Series 2 0 0.0%
By calendar year
YearPDDraw%Max
2026 6 1 16.7% 3
2025 3 1 33.3% 2
2024 12 1 8.3% 10
2023 12 1 8.3% 9
2022 2 0 0.0% 1
2019 7 1 14.3% 4
2018 2 1 50.0% 1
2017 6 1 16.7% 3
2016 3 0 0.0% 3
2015 2 1 50.0% 1
2012 3 0 0.0% 3
2011 11 3 27.3% 6
2008 5 1 20.0% 4
2007 10 0 0.0% 10
2004 11 1 9.1% 8
2003 6 3 50.0% 2
2002 5 0 0.0% 5
2001 4 0 0.0% 4
2000 10 0 0.0% 10
1998 6 1 16.7% 4
1996 2 1 50.0% 1
1995 5 0 0.0% 5
1994 4 1 25.0% 2
1993 5 1 20.0% 3
1992 8 0 0.0% 8
1991 5 0 0.0% 5
1990 4 2 50.0% 1
1989 4 0 0.0% 4
1988 4 0 0.0% 4
1987 7 1 14.3% 3
1983 6 1 16.7% 3
1981 7 3 42.9% 3
1980 4 0 0.0% 4
1979 5 0 0.0% 5
1978 1 0 0.0% 1
1975 3 0 0.0% 3
1973 5 0 0.0% 5
1971 4 1 25.0% 2
1969 5 1 20.0% 4
1966 4 1 25.0% 2
1963 1 0 0.0% 1
1957 1 0 0.0% 1
1953 2 0 0.0% 2
1951 1 0 0.0% 1

Over 223 matches (Oct 1951 – Oct 2026), Vanuatu drew 29 where the draw model expected 34.2 from those particular fixtures — about 5 fewer, or 1.0 standard errors, which is what the model expected, near enough.

A flat league average would have expected 35.9 instead — "more draws than the league" and "more draws than these fixtures deserved" are different claims. 8 of the matches carry no model probability and are left out. These matches were part of the model's own training set, so its chances were fitted already knowing the results.