Today WFDF released an update to the World Ultimate Ranking list for WFDF member nations who have participated in major events over the past 4 years. This update takes into the account the recent results from the WFDF World Under 23 Ultimate Championships, held from July 11 to 18 in London.
Rankings are based on the finishing position of each country’s top team in each playing division from the most recent Ultimate events as follows:
– World Ultimate Club Championships (2014), WUCC
– World Ultimate and Guts Championships (2012), WUGC
– World Under-23 Ultimate Championships (2015), WU23
– World Ultimate Junior Championships (2014), WJUC
– World Championships of Beach Ultimate (2015), WCBU
“Points are accumulated based on the finishing position of the highest ranked team for each country in each playing division, with a maximum number of points awarded to the first place team equal to the number of countries participating in that division,” explained WFDF Ultimate Committee chair Brian Gisel. “The number of points awarded is reduced by 1 for each lower finishing position. For example, in a division with 10 different countries, the highest ranked country receives 10 points, the second ranked country receives 9 points, the third 8 points and so on. These rankings will be updated at the conclusion of each major event listed above.”
“The ranking shows the relative strength and depth of WFDF member associations and their Ultimate teams resulting from participation in our top events over a quadrennial basis,” added WFDF President Robert “Nob” Rauch. “The USA has retained the top spot, followed by Canada and Great Britain. Germany has moved one position past Japan for the 4th place in the rankings. Australia, Colombia, France, Italy and Finland round out the top 10. New Zealand has moved up 2 spots to 11th and are now just 10 points out of the top 10, while India, a relative newcomer to International events, also improved 4 spots to 31st. Other positive moves were made by South Africa (+4 to 28th) and Chinese Taipei (+4 to 36th).”
WFDF underlined that the ranking is presented to illustrate relative strength and depth of various countries’ teams but is not used for technical reasons such as ranking, seeding, bid allocation or World Games or major event qualification purposes.
WFDF World Ultimate Rankings – 2015-08-31
|
Rank |
Country |
Points |
Change from Previous Ranking |
|
1 |
United States of America |
294 |
|
|
2 |
Canada |
276 |
|
|
3 |
Great Britain |
210 |
|
|
4 |
Germany |
210 |
+1 |
|
5 |
Japan |
205 |
|
|
6 |
Australia |
190 |
|
|
7 |
Colombia |
135 |
|
|
8 |
France |
117 |
|
|
9 |
Italy |
103 |
|
|
10 |
Finland |
100 |
|
|
11 |
New Zealand |
90 |
+2 |
|
12 |
Russia |
89 |
|
|
13 |
Austria |
88 |
-2 |
|
14 |
Switzerland |
76 |
|
|
15 |
Sweden |
73 |
|
|
16 |
Ireland |
61 |
|
|
17 |
Philippines |
52 |
+1 |
|
17 |
Denmark |
52 |
+1 |
|
19 |
Singapore |
48 |
-2 |
|
20 |
Czech Republic |
43 |
|
|
21 |
Netherlands |
39 |
|
|
21 |
Spain |
39 |
+2 |
|
23 |
Latvia |
37 |
-1 |
|
24 |
Poland |
35 |
|
|
25 |
Mexico |
31 |
|
|
26 |
Israel |
29 |
-1 |
|
27 |
Belgium |
27 |
|
|
28 |
South Africa |
21 |
+4 |
|
29 |
Slovakia |
19 |
-2 |
|
30 |
Estonia |
18 |
-1 |
|
31 |
India |
16 |
+4 |
|
32 |
Portugal |
15 |
-2 |
|
33 |
Hong Kong |
13 |
|
|
33 |
People's Republic of China |
13 |
|
|
35 |
South Korea |
12 |
|
|
36 |
Hungary |
10 |
+1 |
|
36 |
Chinese Taipei |
10 |
+4 |
|
38 |
United Arab Emirates |
8 |
+1 |
|
39 |
Venezuela |
7 |
-9 |
|
39 |
Dominican Republic |
7 |
-2 |
|
41 |
Ukraine |
6 |
-1 |
|
42 |
Slovenia |
4 |
|
|
43 |
Brazil |
3 |
|
|
43 |
Uganda |
3 |
|
|
45 |
Kenya |
2 |
|
|
46 |
Turkey |
1 |
|
|
46 |
Qatar |
1 |
|
|
NR |
Belarus |
0 |
NR |
|
NR |
Croatia |
0 |
NR |
|
NR |
Luxemburg |
0 |
NR |