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WFN Men's World Rankings post Round 1 IC14

  • Sunday, August 10 2014 @ 08:36 pm ACST
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All the matches in Round 1 went pretty much as the Ranking Scheme predicted, that is, higher ranked country prevailed over its lower ranked opponent. Six of the seven matches that had a +/- 10.00 rating gap all produced over a +100 point wins for the favoured nation, although Great Britain’s win over France couldn’t be called close or lineball either, eg 12.17 (89) to 1.1 (7).

The two remaining matches that were expected to result in changes in rating points also were +100 point wins, South Africa 23.22 (160) d. Pakistan 2.2 (14) and Canada 19.5 (119) d. China 0.1 (1). This loss by China as predicted has seen China (31.36 rating points) fall to 18th below Germany (34.09).

Click full story to see the World Rankings standings after today's play.

World Footy News Men's World Rankings 10th August 2014

nb "Games played" refers to international matches played at least 16 a side, under IC eligibility rules.

RankCountryPointsGames played
1.AustraliaN/AN/A
2. Ireland 55.15 45
3. PNG 54.56 30
4. NZ 53.00 34
5. Nauru 51.17 23
6. Sth. Africa 49.47 23
7. G. Britain 46.88 50
8. USA 46.61 38
9. Tonga 44.73 10
10. Denmark 43.67 47
11. Croatia 40.35 8
12. Fiji 40.18 10
13. Canada 40.08 38
14. Peace Team 36.46 11
15. France 36.09 9
16. Sweden 35.74 31
17. (+1) Germany 34.09 16
18. (-1) China 31.36 12
19. Japan 30.39 25
20. Finland 29.02 14
21. India 28.45 12

Provisional Nations

RankCountryPointsGames played
##Indonesia40.001
##Pakistan39.561
##Iceland35.644
##Timor Leste27.406

Dormant Nation (over five years since last played an International)
Samoa, 41.85pts, 18 games played