|
Ranking
|
Team
|
Played
|
Weighted
|
Points
|
Rating
|
|
1
|
Australia
|
34
|
26
|
4589
|
177
|
|
2
|
New Zealand
|
30
|
21
|
3471
|
165
|
|
3
|
England
|
34
|
21
|
3206
|
153
|
|
4
|
Jamaica
|
33
|
21
|
2,827
|
135
|
|
5
|
Fiji
|
15
|
10
|
1286
|
129
|
|
6
|
South Africa
|
26
|
17
|
2130
|
125
|
|
7
|
Malawi
|
23
|
17
|
2047
|
120
|
|
8
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
23
|
14
|
1519
|
109
|
|
9
|
Samoa
|
17
|
12
|
1185
|
99
|
|
10
|
Cook Islands
|
13
|
8
|
784
|
98
|
|
11
|
Barbados
|
22
|
14
|
1216
|
87
|
|
12
|
Northern Ireland
|
22
|
17
|
1361
|
80
|
|
13
|
Papua New Guinea
|
13
|
9
|
718
|
80
|
|
14
|
St Lucia
|
10
|
8
|
599
|
75
|
|
15
|
Sri Lanka
|
14
|
7
|
508
|
73
|
|
16
|
Scotland
|
31
|
22
|
1535
|
70
|
|
17
|
Wales
|
17
|
11
|
759
|
69
|
|
18
|
Botswana
|
18
|
12
|
782
|
65
|
|
19
|
Singapore
|
27
|
17
|
978
|
58
|
|
20
|
St Vincent and Grenadines
|
12
|
9
|
378
|
42
|
|
21
|
Tanzania
|
11
|
11
|
334
|
30
|
|
22
|
Canada
|
20
|
16
|
476
|
30
|
| 23 |
Malaysia |
18 |
12 |
301 |
25 |
| 24 |
Namibia |
10 |
10 |
146 |
15 |
| 25 |
Lesotho |
10 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
This rankings system was developed for IFNA by David Kendix.
The first list was published on 11 February 2008. The latest list has been updated on 29th August 2010.
The ranking list relates to senior teams of member countries that are playing regular international test matches.
Ranking and Rating
A rating is a measure of the average performance of a team over a series of matches. Each team earns a certain number of points from each international match. Their rating is the total number of points earned divided by the number of matches played.
The team with the highest rating is ranked first in the world. The next highest rating is ranked second and so on.
Weighting
Matches played a long time ago are a poorer guide to current form than more recent results. Therefore past results are weighted, giving a lower weighting to earlier results.
For the purposes of this list, matches played since July 2009 currently have a full weighting (100%). Matches played in the two previous years (July 2007-June 2009) have a weighting of 50%. Earlier matches are not directly included in the ratings at all.
Each July, the oldest year of results will drop out of the ratings and the weightings redistributed. This is the one annual occasion when the rankings list could alter other than through a match being played.
Points
The number of points earned by a team for any match depends on two factors.
1) The result (won, tied or lost)
2) The opponent against whom the result was achieved. The higher an opponent’s rating the more points are earned for beating them
Rating Period
It is not meaningful for a team to claim a world ranking if they have only played a small number of matches. As soon as a team has played eight International test matches over the rating period then they will have earned an official world ranking.
If a team has played fewer than eight matches, they will still have a rating, but without a corresponding ranking.
The following teams currently have a rating in the system and could become ranked once they have played 8 matches.
Hong Kong
India
Maldives
Pakistan
Swaziland
Thailand
USA
Uganda
Vanuatu
Chinese Taipei
Any country that is playing international Test Matches should contact ifna@netball.org