It’s always interesting to see who is the best in every single sport. There is a specific calculation method in softball rankings. The method is opposed to other international sports ranking systems. All the calculations have been made by the World Baseball Softball Confederation, which was created by International Softball Federation in 2013.
Here are the rules for calculation: the first placed team receives 50 points. The second team – 40 points and the third 30 points. The 4th-placed team takes 15 points and so on. There is also a specific formula in the calculation of the points.
There are also several multipliers in the different competitions:
1.00× – Continental Championships or Qualifying Tournaments, where 3 or more competing teams are in the previous year-end Top 10.
0.75× – Continental Championships or Qualifying Tournaments, where 2 competing teams are in the previous year-end Top 10.
0.50× – Continental Championships or Qualifying Tournaments, where 1 competing team is in the previous year-end Top 10.
0.25× – Continental Championships or Qualifying Tournaments, where no competing teams are in the previous year-end Top 10.
That’s all about the method and let’s see now who is the best:
- Top 10 of Women’s teams:
- Top 10 of Men’s teams:
We can see Czech Republic in 10th place. They have collected 620 points. The Italians are 9th-placed. Italy have won 760 points. New Zealand can be found in 8th place (820 points), while Holland are one position in front with 880 points. Until the rest of the table, we can see China (6th), Chinese Taipei (5th), Canada (4th) and Australia (3rd). And now I am sure that you think the USA are lying in the first place. But, the Americans are second placed with 1500 points. The leaders in the standings are Japan with 1560 points.
All the calculations have been made on 22nd March 2016.
We can proudly say that Great Britain have collected 460 points, which gives us the 10th position. In the 9th position can be found Mexico (540 points). In the tables also find their places: the USA and Czech Republic (7th), Argentina (6th), Japan (5th), Venezuela (4th), Australia (3rd), Canada (2nd) and New Zealand, who are the best team in the men’s competition. New Zealand have collected 1340 points, 120 more than 2nd-placed Canada.
So, we can’t wait for the next big softball competitions. It will be interesting whether there will be any changes in the world rankings.