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:

Years prior to current season	0	1	2	3	4	5
Scaling factor	100%	80%	60%	40%	30%	20%

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:

Winter Olympic Games

Final rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Points	480	400	360	320	280	240	200	180	160	140	120	100

World Curling Championships

Final rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Points	240	200	180	160	140	120	100	90	80	70	60	50

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 2013–14 season
Current rank	Country	Points	2012–13 final	Change
1	Canada	1286	1	0
2	Sweden	1057	3	1
3	Scotland Great Britain	998	2	1
4	Norway	942	4	0
5	Switzerland	699	5	0
6	China	684	7	1
7	Denmark	574	6	1
8	United States	487	8	0
9	Germany	458	10	1
10	Russia	369	12	2
11	Czech Republic	262	11	0
12	France	262	9	3
13	Japan	206	16	3
14	New Zealand	129	13	1
15	Finland	122	15	0
16	Italy	121	14	2
17	Latvia	117	18	1
18	Korea	113	17	1
19	Hungary	101	20	1
20	Netherlands	95	21	1
21	England	83	22	1
22	Estonia	78	26	4
23	Australia	77	18	5
24	Poland	63	29	5
25	Austria	63	27	2
26	Spain	63	25	1
27	Wales	61	28	1
28	Belgium	58	24	4
29	Ireland	58	23	6
30	Chinese Taipei	50	32	2
31	Croatia	49	31	0
32	Slovakia	42	30	2
33	Turkey	37	35	2
34	Lithuania	35	33	1
35	Belarus	22	34	1
36	Romania	15	43	7
37	Iceland	15	36	1
38	Slovenia	13	41	3
39	Serbia	12	40	1
40	Luxembourg	10	39	1
41	Greece	9	37	4
42	Kazakhstan	6	41	1
43	Bulgaria	5	38	5
44	Brazil	3	44	0
45	Andorra	0	45	0
	Armenia	0	46	1
	Georgia	0	–	–
	Israel	0	–	–
	Kosovo	0	46	1
	Liechtenstein	0	46	1
	Mongolia	0	46	1
	Ukraine	0	–	–
	United States Virgin Islands	0	46	1

Women

Final rankings for the 2013–14 season
Current rank	Country	Points	2012–13 final	Change
1	Canada	1216	2	1
2	Sweden	1125	1	1
3	Switzerland	963	3	0
4	Scotland Great Britain	848	4	0
5	China	658	5	0
6	Denmark	617	6	0
7	Russia	615	9	2
8	United States	576	7	1
9	Korea	499	11	2
10	Japan	467	10	0
11	Germany	394	8	3
12	Czech Republic	178	14	2
13	Italy	171	12	1
14	Norway	154	13	1
15	Latvia	151	15	0
16	Finland	119	16	0
17	Hungary	105	17	0
18	Austria	100	18	0
19	England	96	19	0
20	Estonia	95	21	1
21	New Zealand	92	20	1
22	Poland	75	22	0
23	Spain	68	24	1
24	Turkey	66	27	3
25	Slovakia	66	23	1
26	Australia	62	26	0
27	Belarus	46	31	4
28	Netherlands	45	25	3
29	Croatia	44	28	1
30	Slovenia	34	34	4
31	Wales	27	29	2
32	Ireland	20	30	2
33	Romania	15	33	0
34	France	13	32	2
35	Kazakhstan	10	35	0
36	Serbia	9	36	0
37	Belgium	5	37	0
38	Andorra	0	39	1
	Armenia	0	39	1
	Brazil	0	39	1
	Bulgaria	0	39	1
	Chinese Taipei	0	38	1
	Georgia	0	–	–
	Greece	0	39	1
	Iceland	0	39	1
	Israel	0	–	–
	Kosovo	0	39	1
	Liechtenstein	0	39	1
	Lithuania	0	38	0
	Luxembourg	0	39	1
	Mongolia	0	39	1
	Ukraine	0	–	–
	United States Virgin Islands	0	39	1

Notes

1. ^ Armenia is currently a suspended member of the World Curling Federation.

External links

• World Curling Federation – Rankings