World Curling Rankings

The World Curling Rankings system is designed to track and list the amount of success achieved by each member association of the World Curling Federation (WCF) in a given curling season. The system, which was implemented in December 2006, is similar to the ranking system used by FIFA. The events taken into account when calculating each nation's score include the Winter Olympics, the World Curling Championships, the European Curling Championships, and the Pacific Curling Championships. The system was developed by Patrick Hürlimann, who is a former Olympic champion and was the vice president of the WCF from 2010 to 2012.

Method of calculation

The points are calculated for each nation based on performance during the last six curling seasons. Results in seasons prior to the current season are scaled by the following factors:

Points distribution

Points are allocated based on the final rankings of each nation at an eligible event.

International events

The points distributions are given for each event as follows:

Regional events

All nations that qualify for the World Curling Championships receive 50 points, regardless of final ranking in regional events, if applicable.

Nations in the European or Pacific Curling Championships that do not qualify for the World Championships receive less than 50 points. Based on their final ranking in the tournament, nations receive 49 or fewer points, in decrements of 1 point.

Rankings

Men

Final rankings for the 2015–16 season, as of 10 April 2016[1]
Current rank	Country	Points	2015–16	Change
1	Canada	962	1	0
2	Sweden	824	2	0
3	Norway	691	3	0
4	Scotland  Great Britain	608	4	0
5	Denmark	492	5	3
6	United States	487	6	1
7	Switzerland	460	7	2
8	China	446	8	2
9	Japan	339	9	3
10	Russia	313	10
11	Germany	275	11	2
12	Finland	264	12	1
13	Czech Republic	231	13	2
14	Italy	146	14	1
15	South Korea	140	15	2
16	Latvia	117	16
17	Netherlands	105	17	2
18	New Zealand	102	18
19	France	93	19	5
20	Hungary	88	20
21	England	87	21
22	Austria	84	22	2
23	Australia	73	23	1
24	Turkey	65	24	5
25	Estonia	61	25	2
26	Poland	57	26	2
27	Wales	56	27	1
28	Belgium	55	28	3
29	Lithuania	54	29	5
30	Croatia	53	30	3
31	Chinese Taipei	50	31
32	Spain	50	32	2
33	Slovakia	46	33
34	Israel	43	34	3
35	Slovenia	38	35	3
36	Ireland	37	36	4
37	Belarus	22	37	2
38	Romania	20	38	2
39	Serbia	16	39	1
40	Kazakhstan	14	40	2
41	Luxembourg	12	41
42	Iceland	12	42	3
43	Bulgaria	9	43
44	Bulgaria	7	44	1
45	Hong Kong	6	45	1
46	Greece	2	46	2
47	Andorra	1	47	1
48	Georgia	0	48	2
	Liechtenstein	0	48	2
	Mongolia	0	48	2
	Qatar	0	48	2
	Ukraine	0	48	2
	United States Virgin Islands	0	48	2

Women

Final rankings for the 2015–16 season, as of 27 March 2016.[1]
Current rank	Country	Points	2015–16	Change
1	Switzerland	900	1
2	Canada	884	2	1
3	Sweden	660	3	0
4	Scotland  Great Britain	637	4	0
5	Russia	618	5	0
6	Japan	509	6	3
7	United States	432	7	1
8	Denmark	429	8	1
9	China	402	9	3
10	South Korea	399	10	0
11	Germany	260	11	0
12	Finland	162	12	4
13	Italy	154	13	1
14	Czech Republic	152	14	2
15	Norway	143	15	2
16	Latvia	132	16	1
17	Estonia	115	17	0
18	Hungary	111	18	0
19	England	92	19	2
20	Austria	88	20	1
21	Turkey	86	21	1
22	New Zealand	80	22	2
23	Poland	76	23
24	Slovakia	68	24	2
25	Spain	56	25	1
26	Netherlands	55	26	2
27	Belarus	55	27
28	Australia	43	28	3
29	Slovenia	40	29	1
30	Croatia	37	30	1
31	Ireland	34	31
32	Kazakhstan	28	32	2
33	France	25	33	2
34	Romania	21	34	2
35	Wales	10	35	2
36	Serbia	5	36	0
37	Belgium	2	37	0
37	Andorra	0	38	0
	Brazil	0	38	0
	Bulgaria	0	38	0
	Chinese Taipei	0	38	0
	Georgia	0	38	0
	Greece	0	38	0
	Hong Kong	0	38	0
	Iceland	0	38	0
	Israel	0	38	0
	Liechtenstein	0	38	0
	Lithuania	0	38	0
	Luxembourg	0	38	0
	Mongolia	0	38	0
	Qatar	0	38	0
	Ukraine	0	38	0
	United States Virgin Islands	0	38	0

Notes

References

External links

• World Curling Federation – Rankings