January 27, 2015 by Charlie Eisenhood in Livewire
The World Flying Disc Federation announced today new international rankings designed to quantify the strength of each country’s ultimate program.
“We hope that this ranking system provides a benchmark for our member associations to understand how they stack up against other nations in terms of performance and the depth of their elite Ultimate programs,” said WFDF President Nob Rauch in a statement.
Rankings are based on the final position of each country’s top team in each division from five major recent international events.
Here are the rankings:
Rank | Country | Points |
1 | United States of America | 295 |
2 | Canada | 237 |
3 | Germany | 220 |
4 | Great Britain | 210 |
5 | Australia | 192 |
6 | Japan | 170 |
7 | France | 139 |
8 | Colombia | 133 |
9 | Austria | 129 |
10 | Italy | 119 |
11 | Finland | 94 |
12 | New Zealand | 77 |
13 | Russia | 67 |
14 | Spain | 56 |
15 | Switzerland | 52 |
16 | Denmark | 45 |
17 | Singapore | 44 |
18 | Ireland | 42 |
19 | Belgium | 38 |
20 | Poland | 36 |
21 | Netherlands | 33 |
22 | Estonia | 31 |
23 | Latvia | 30 |
24T | Mexico | 29 |
24T | Venezuela | 29 |
24T | Philippines | 29 |
27 | Czech Republic | 28 |
28 | Sweden | 26 |
29 | Israel | 25 |
30 | Portugal | 23 |
31 | Slovakia | 19 |
32 | South Africa | 14 |
33 | Slovenia | 11 |
34T | Dominican Republic | 10 |
34T | Hungary | 10 |
36 | China | 9 |
37T | Ukraine | 7 |
37T | Brazil | 7 |
39 | Hong Kong | 6 |
40T | Peoples Republic of China | 4 |
40T | United Arab Emirates | 4 |
42 | Taipei | 2 |
43T | Turkey | 1 |
43T | Uganda | 1 |
