The WCF World Rankings system is designed to track and list the amount of success achieved by each member association of the
World Curling Federation
The World Curling Federation (WCF) is the world governing body for curling accreditation, with offices in Perth, Scotland. It was formed out of the International Curling Federation (ICF), when the push for Olympic Winter Sport status was made. T ...
(WCF) in a given curling season. The system, which was implemented in December 2006, is similar to the
ranking system
A ranking is a relationship between a set of items such that, for any two items, the first is either "ranked higher than", "ranked lower than" or "ranked equal to" the second.
In mathematics, this is known as a weak order or total preorder of ...
used by
FIFA
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. The events taken into account when calculating each nation's score include the
Olympic
Olympic or Olympics may refer to
Sports
Competitions
* Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896
** Summer Olympic Games
** Winter Olympic Games
* Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece b ...
and
Paralympic
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...
games, the
World Curling Championships
The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's an ...
, and the various qualifying events for member associations who did not compete in the worlds. The system was developed by
Patrick Hürlimann
Patrick Hürlimann (born 9 July 1963) is a Swiss curler, Olympic champion, and Vice-President of the World Curling Federation (WCF). He received a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.Olympic champion and was the vice president of the WCF from 2010 to 2012. The calculation method was overhauled for the 2018–19 season.
Current rankings
Women
Men
Wheelchair
Mixed doubles
Mixed
Current calculation method
The points are calculated for each member association based on performance during the last four curling seasons. Once points are distributed, the total for each member association is divided by the maximum number of points available.
Results in seasons prior to the current season are scaled by the following factors:
Points distribution
Points are allocated based on the final rankings of each member association at an eligible event.
International events
The points distributions for the World Curling Championships and Olympic and Paralympic Games are given as follows:
Qualification events
Member associations that do not qualify for the Worlds are given points based on their performance in regional or qualifying events, from 45 points to 1 point. The distribution varies depending on the event.
2006–18 calculation method
The points are calculated for each nation based on performance during the last six curling seasons. Results in seasons prior to the current season are scaled by the following factors:
Points distribution
Points are allocated based on the final rankings of each nation at an eligible event.
International events
The points distributions are given for each event as follows:
Regional events
All nations that qualify for the World Curling Championships receive 50 points, regardless of final ranking in regional events, if applicable.
Nations in the European or Pacific Curling Championships that do not qualify for the World Championships receive less than 50 points. Based on their final ranking in the tournament, nations receive 49 or fewer points, in decrements of 1 point.
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding ...