Sunday 17 December 2017

WC Ranking (Nations) 1954-2017

The 15 WCs from 1954 to 2017 are tabulated below. Points are allocated by what was achieved and gives a history that many don't know about. It needs some explaining, so here goes.

Points are varied as the formats have varied. Always 10 for the trophy, 8 losing finalist, 6 for semi finalist or third placed, four and below depending on the format.

Colours show ongoing ranking as the years progressed. Green is the most successful side, dark blue second, pale blue third, orange fourth, red fifth, yellow sixth and brown anything below that. No number indicates they weren't there.

Avg shows the average points accrued at WCs they attended. PNG has more points than Samoa but Samoa has averaged more points per tournament visited.

The rest is self explanatory. If you have a question, please leave a comment and I will reply asap.

Year 54 57 60 68 70 72 75 77 88 92 95 00 08 13 17 Tot Avg #
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

1 Aus 6 10 8 10 10 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 10 10 140 9.3 15
2 GB/E 10 8 10 6 8 10 8 8 6 8 8 6 6 6 8 116 7.7 15
3 NZL 4 6 6 4 4 4 4 6 8 6 6 8 10 8 4 88 5.9 15
4 Fra 8 4 4 8 6 6 2 4 2 4 1 4 1 4 2 60 4.0 15
5 Fiji









2 2 6 6 6 22 4.4 5
6 Wal





6


6 6
1 1 20 4.0 5
7 PNG







4 2 1 4 1 2 4 18 2.6 7
8 Sam









2 4 1 4 4 15 3.0 5
9 Ton









2 2 2 2 6 14 2.8 5
10 Ire










4 4 2 2 12 3.0 4
11 Sco










1 2 4 2 9 2.3 4
12 Leb










2

4 6 3.0 2
13 USA












4 1 5 2.5 2
14 C Is










1
2
3 1.5 2
14 Ita












1 2 3 1.5 2
16 RSA









1 1


2 1.0 2
16 NZM









2


2 2.0 1
18 Rus










1


1 1.0 1
Tot Pts 28 28 28 28 28 28 30 28 30 30 39 58 41 56 56 536

Max Pts 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 150

# Teams 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 10 16 10 14 14



A win, draw and loss summary can be found by clicking here.

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