WCF World Team Rankings

Introduction

The World Team Rankings for Association and Golf Croquet are derived from the World Individual rankings.They purport to show the overall level of success of players from a WCF member association together with a measure of the development status of that member.

Purpose

The compilation of the World Team Rankings does not in itself convey any special privileges but is designed to foster a competitive spirit at International level, across all events. In addition, it can be used as a measure of the development in a particular member association by indicating the overall standard and number of players competing on a regular basis.

Methodology

On a quarterly basis, the individual WCF World Rankings for both codes will be analysed.  The top players in ranking order, subject to a maximum of six from each member association that complies with the criteria below, will have their grade aggregated with the other chosen players from the same association, and averaged.

Where a member association does not have six players that meet the criteria, the top “n” players that do meet the criteria will have their grades aggregated and averaged.

The World Team Rankings will then be calculated by placing, in descending order, the member association with the most players in the calculation, then the highest average grade.

Therefore, a member association with five or less players in the calculation can never be placed higher than an association with six players in the calculation, and so on.

Why Six Players?

The number six is not entirely arbitrary. It is based on the MacRobertson Shield team composition that is recognised by the WCF as The World Team Championship for Association Croquet. Whilst It is acknoweldged that other prominent International Series feature fewer that six players per team, it is considered that the aspirations and eventual accomplishment can best be based on the higher number.

Criteria

Each player in the calculation must:-

• be qualified and eligible to play for the relevant WCF Member Association at International Level;
• in Association Croquet have played a minimum of 10 (ten) competitive ranked games in the preceding 12 months;
• in Golf Croquet have played a minimum of 20 (twenty) competitive ranked games in the preceding 24 months;
• have a minimum ranking grade of 1 (one).

As at 1st April 2008
AC World Team Ranking
Place	Country	Players	Grade
1	England	6	2681
2	New Zealand	6	2533
3	Australia	6	2461
4	USA	6	2399
5	Scotland	6	2275
6	Ireland	6	2250
7	Wales	6	2228
8	Canada	6	2123
9	Jersey	6	2046
10	Spain	6	1649
11	Germany	6	1498
12	Switzerland	4	1756
13	Austria	4	1599
14	Sweden	3	1778
15	Italy	2	1909
16	Isle Of Man	2	1709
17	Belgium	2	1427
18	Czech Rep	2	1377
19	South Africa	1	2743
20	Japan	1	1772
21	Norway	1	1269

As at 1st April 2008
GC World Team Ranking
Place	Country	Players	Grade
1	Egypt	6	2699
2	England	6	2523
3	South Africa	6	2320
4	New Zealand	6	2298
5	USA	6	2265
6	Australia	6	2209
7	Italy	6	2121
8	Ireland	6	2102
9	Austria	6	2082
10	Germany	6	2082
11	Sweden	6	2024
12	Belgium	3	2052
13	Switzerland	3	1815
14	Wales	2	2112
15	Isle of Man	2	1903
16	Scotland	2	1754
17	France	1	2143
18	Finland	1	1954
19	Czech Republic	1	1885
20	Norway	1	1859