World Rankings
The World Curling Federation World Rankings track and list the success of all Member Associations at the Pacific-Asia, European, World Wheelchair, Women’s, Men’s and Mixed Doubles Curling Championships and the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
Points are assigned based on performance at each competition and are awarded once per season to Member Associations, either after the World Curling Championships or the regional qualifiers.
Member Associations gain points over six seasons and with each new season the value of the points awarded, in the previous years, decreases.
At the World Curling Championships, the following points are awarded - first: 240 | second: 200 | third: 180 | until 12th: 50
Finishes at the Olympic and Paralympics Winter Games count for double points – first: 480 etc…
Teams that do not qualify for the Worlds, but participate at the Pacifics and Europeans get from 50 points down to one point. This system is in place to be fair to all nations because Canada and USA do not participate in any regional qualifier.
The World Rankings were developed by 1998 Olympic gold medallist and World Curling Hall of Famerecipient Patrick Huerlimann of Switzerland, who was Vice-President of the Federation from 2010 to 2012. The World Rankings were first introduced in 2006.
In February 2013, the World Curling Federation released the first wheelchair curling World Ranking.
2018 |
Association |
Points |
|
1 |
Sweden |
1084 |
4 |
2 |
Canada |
1072 |
-1 |
3 |
Scotland/Great Britain |
830 |
1 |
4 |
Russia |
804 |
-1 |
5 |
Switzerland |
788 |
-3 |
6 |
Korea |
784 |
2 |
7 |
Japan |
729 |
0 |
8 |
United States |
625 |
-2 |
9 |
China |
556 |
1 |
10 |
Denmark |
435 |
-1 |
11 |
Czech Republic |
262 |
1 |
12 |
Germany |
232 |
-1 |
13 |
Italy |
174 |
0 |
14 |
Finland |
144 |
0 |
15 |
Norway |
125 |
0 |
16 |
Hungary |
117 |
1 |
17 |
Latvia |
114 |
-1 |
18 |
Estonia |
113 |
0 |
19 |
Turkey |
109 |
0 |
20 |
England |
93 |
0 |
21 |
New Zealand |
87 |
0 |
22 |
Netherlands |
72 |
3 |
23 |
Poland |
71 |
0 |
24 |
Belarus |
64 |
2 |
25 |
Slovakia |
62 |
-1 |
26 |
Australia |
62 |
2 |
27 |
Spain |
61 |
0 |
28 |
Austria |
59 |
-6 |
29 |
Hong Kong |
54 |
6 |
30 |
Lithuania |
42 |
4 |
31 |
Slovenia |
40 |
-2 |
32 |
Croatia |
37 |
-2 |
33 |
Ireland |
34 |
-1 |
34 |
Kazakhstan |
26 |
-3 |
35 |
Romania |
22 |
-2 |
36 |
France |
12 |
0 |
37 |
Qatar |
6 |
0 |
38 |
Brazil |
4 |
4 |
39 |
Afghanistan |
0 |
- |
39 |
Andorra |
0 |
3 |
39 |
Belgium |
0 |
1 |
39 |
Bulgaria |
0 |
3 |
39 |
Chinese Taipei |
0 |
3 |
39 |
Georgia |
0 |
3 |
39 |
Greece |
0 |
3 |
39 |
Guyana |
0 |
3 |
39 |
Iceland |
0 |
3 |
39 |
Israel |
0 |
3 |
39 |
Kosovo |
0 |
3 |
39 |
Kyrgyzstan |
0 |
- |
39 |
Liechtenstein |
0 |
3 |
39 |
Luxembourg |
0 |
3 |
39 |
Mexico |
0 |
3 |
39 |
Mongolia |
0 |
3 |
39 |
Portugal |
0 |
- |
39 |
Saudi Arabia |
0 |
- |
39 |
Serbia |
0 |
2 |
39 |
Ukraine |
0 |
3 |
39 |
US Virgin Islands |
0 |
3 |
39 |
Wales |
0 |
0 |
|
2018 |
Association |
Points |
|
1 |
Sweden |
1210 |
1 |
2 |
Canada |
1081 |
-1 |
3 |
United States |
951 |
2 |
4 |
Switzerland |
820 |
2 |
5 |
Scotland/Great Britain |
772 |
-1 |
6 |
Norway |
732 |
-3 |
7 |
Japan |
502 |
2 |
8 |
Korea |
447 |
7 |
9 |
Denmark |
425 |
-1 |
10 |
Italy |
382 |
4 |
11 |
China |
353 |
-4 |
12 |
Russia |
274 |
-2 |
13 |
Germany |
229 |
-2 |
14 |
Finland |
201 |
-2 |
15 |
Netherlands |
169 |
1 |
16 |
Czech Republic |
160 |
-3 |
17 |
Austria |
111 |
1 |
18 |
Latvia |
97 |
-1 |
19 |
Slovakia |
86 |
5 |
20 |
Poland |
81 |
3 |
21 |
Turkey |
80 |
1 |
22 |
New Zealand |
77 |
-3 |
23 |
England |
76 |
-2 |
24 |
Israel |
75 |
1 |
25 |
Hungary |
73 |
-5 |
26 |
Australia |
72 |
2 |
27 |
Chinese Taipei |
67 |
-1 |
28 |
Spain |
60 |
5 |
29 |
Lithuania |
58 |
1 |
30 |
France |
58 |
-3 |
31 |
Wales |
53 |
-2 |
32 |
Estonia |
48 |
-1 |
33 |
Belgium |
45 |
-1 |
34 |
Slovenia |
44 |
0 |
35 |
Croatia |
34 |
0 |
36 |
Hong Kong |
33 |
2 |
37 |
Ireland |
28 |
-1 |
38 |
Belarus |
22 |
-1 |
39 |
Kazakhstan |
21 |
1 |
40 |
Romania |
18 |
-1 |
41 |
Bulgaria |
17 |
2 |
42 |
Serbia |
16 |
-1 |
43 |
Qatar |
14 |
3 |
44 |
Brazil |
14 |
0 |
45 |
Luxembourg |
11 |
-3 |
46 |
Iceland |
6 |
-1 |
47 |
Andorra |
5 |
0 |
48 |
Afghanistan |
0 |
- |
48 |
Georgia |
0 |
0 |
48 |
Greece |
0 |
0 |
48 |
Guyana |
0 |
0 |
48 |
Kosovo |
0 |
0 |
48 |
Kyrgyzstan |
0 |
- |
48 |
Liechtenstein |
0 |
0 |
48 |
Mexico |
0 |
0 |
48 |
Mongolia |
0 |
0 |
48 |
Portugal |
0 |
- |
48 |
Saudia Arabia |
0 |
- |
48 |
Ukraine |
0 |
0 |
48 |
US Virgin Islands |
0 |
0 |
|
2017-2018 |
Association |
Points |
|
1 |
China |
878 |
1 |
2 |
Norway |
808 |
1 |
3 |
Russia |
784 |
-2 |
4 |
Canada |
752 |
0 |
5 |
Korea |
580 |
2 |
6 |
Scotland/Great Britain |
534 |
-1 |
7 |
United States |
406 |
-1 |
8 |
Switzerland |
404 |
3 |
9 |
Slovakia |
402 |
-1 |
10 |
Finland |
350 |
-1 |
11 |
Germany |
346 |
1 |
12 |
Sweden |
337 |
-2 |
13 |
Czech Republic |
77 |
0 |
14 |
Latvia |
76 |
0 |
15 |
Japan |
70 |
1 |
16 |
Italy |
67 |
-1 |
17 |
Denmark |
59 |
0 |
18 |
England |
57 |
1 |
19 |
Slovenia |
56 |
-1 |
20 |
Poland |
51 |
0 |
21 |
Estonia |
44 |
0 |
22 |
Israel |
28 |
0 |
23 |
Turkey |
27 |
0 |
24 |
Lithuania |
16 |
0 |
25 |
Chinese Taipei |
14 |
0 |
26 |
Bulgaria |
11 |
0 |
27 |
Afghanistan |
0 |
- |
27 |
Andorra |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Australia |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Austria |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Belarus |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Belgium |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Brazil |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Croatia |
0 |
0 |
27 |
France |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Georgia |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Greece |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Guyana |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Hong Kong |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Hungary |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Iceland |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Ireland |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Kazakhstan |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Kosovo |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Liechtenstein |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Luxembourg |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Mexico |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Mongolia |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Netherlands |
0 |
0 |
27 |
New Zealand |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Portugal |
0 |
- |
27 |
Qatar |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Romania |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Saudi Arabia |
0 |
- |
27 |
Serbia |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Spain |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Ukraine |
0 |
0 |
27 |
US Virgin Islands |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Wales |
0 |
0 |
|
2016-2017 |
Association |
Points |
|
1 |
Canada |
457 |
5 |
2 |
Switzerland |
449 |
5 |
3 |
China |
416 |
5 |
4 |
Russia |
403 |
-2 |
5 |
Norway |
388 |
-1 |
6 |
Hungary |
351 |
-3 |
7 |
Sweden |
350 |
-6 |
8 |
USA |
333 |
-3 |
9 |
Czech Republic |
288 |
3 |
10 |
Scotland/Great Britain |
283 |
-1 |
11 |
Finland |
234 |
2 |
12 |
Korea |
201 |
8 |
13 |
Estonia |
196 |
-3 |
14 |
Austria |
175 |
-3 |
15 |
Spain |
157 |
0 |
16 |
Latvia |
156 |
7 |
17 |
Italy |
147 |
2 |
18 |
England |
138 |
0 |
19 |
Denmark |
133 |
-5 |
20 |
Japan |
123 |
-3 |
21 |
New Zealand |
115 |
-5 |
22 |
Slovakia |
102 |
-1 |
23 |
Ireland |
85 |
2 |
24 |
Australia |
73 |
0 |
25 |
France |
59 |
-3 |
26 |
Turkey |
56 |
1 |
27 |
Slovenia |
48 |
4 |
28 |
Poland |
48 |
-2 |
29 |
Belarus |
43 |
3 |
30 |
Germany |
36 |
6 |
31 |
Wales |
34 |
4 |
32 |
Bulgaria |
30 |
-2 |
33 |
Netherlands |
28 |
-5 |
34 |
Romania |
27 |
-5 |
35 |
Brazil |
26 |
-1 |
36 |
Israel |
20 |
3 |
37 |
Lithuania |
14 |
-4 |
38 |
Luxembourg |
6 |
-2 |
39 |
Kazakhstan |
6 |
0 |
40 |
Croatia |
2 |
3 |
41 |
Serbia |
2 |
-1 |
42 |
Belgium |
1 |
-2 |
43 |
Qatar |
1 |
-2 |
44 |
Andorra |
0 |
-1 |
44 |
Chinese Taipei |
0 |
-1 |
44 |
Georgia |
0 |
-1 |
44 |
Greece |
0 |
-1 |
44 |
Guyana |
0 |
- |
44 |
Hong Kong |
0 |
-1 |
44 |
Iceland |
0 |
-1 |
44 |
Kosovo |
0 |
-1 |
44 |
Liechtenstein |
0 |
-1 |
44 |
Mexico |
0 |
- |
44 |
Mongolia |
0 |
-1 |
44 |
Ukraine |
0 |
-1 |
44 |
US Virgin Islands |
0 |
-1 |
|
2017/2018 |
Association |
Points |
|
1 |
Scotland |
423 |
2 |
2 |
Russia |
387 |
-1 |
3 |
Sweden |
385 |
-1 |
4 |
Canada |
347 |
1 |
5 |
Norway |
308 |
-1 |
5 |
Czech Republic |
238 |
12 |
5 |
Korea |
171 |
1 |
8 |
Switzerland |
171 |
-3 |
9 |
Turkey |
166 |
8 |
10 |
Germany |
163 |
-5 |
11 |
China |
159 |
-2 |
12 |
USA |
155 |
-2 |
12 |
Estonia |
143 |
8 |
14 |
Hungary |
131 |
-2 |
15 |
Japan |
124 |
-4 |
16 |
Poland |
115 |
0 |
17 |
Denmark |
85 |
-3 |
18 |
Italy |
80 |
-6 |
19 |
England |
78 |
7 |
20 |
Finland |
71 |
-5 |
21 |
Spain |
69 |
8 |
22 |
New Zealand |
66 |
-3 |
23 |
Slovakia |
59 |
2 |
24 |
Latvia |
57 |
-4 |
25 |
Ireland |
56 |
-1 |
26 |
Wales |
54 |
-4 |
27 |
Israel |
54 |
11 |
28 |
Belarus |
44 |
2 |
29 |
Australia |
37 |
-2 |
30 |
France |
34 |
-7 |
31 |
Austria |
24 |
-3 |
32 |
Slovenia |
20 |
-1 |
33 |
Croatia |
15 |
1 |
34 |
Brazil |
14 |
1 |
35 |
Hong Kong |
10 |
6 |
36 |
Netherlands |
7 |
4 |
37 |
Kazakhstan |
7 |
-1 |
38 |
Romania |
7 |
-6 |
39 |
Belgium |
7 |
-6 |
40 |
Lithuania |
4 |
-3 |
41 |
Andorra |
2 |
-2 |
42 |
Luxembourg |
1 |
-1 |
43 |
Afghanistan |
0 |
- |
43 |
Bulgaria |
0 |
-2 |
43 |
Chinese Taipei |
0 |
-2 |
43 |
Georgia |
0 |
-2 |
43 |
Greece |
0 |
-2 |
43 |
Guyana |
0 |
- |
43 |
Iceland |
0 |
-2 |
43 |
Kosovo |
0 |
-2 |
43 |
Kyrgystan |
0 |
- |
43 |
Liechtenstein |
0 |
-2 |
43 |
Mexico |
0 |
- |
43 |
Mongolia |
0 |
-2 |
43 |
Portugal |
0 |
- |
43 |
Qatar |
0 |
-2 |
43 |
Saudi Arabia |
0 |
- |
43 |
Serbia |
0 |
-2 |
43 |
Ukraine |
0 |
-2 |
43 |
US Virgin Islands |
0 |
-2 |
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