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WORLD INTERNATIONAL RUGBY RANKINGS
GWC SYSTEM 2015 STANDINGS
As at 18 December, 2015		     IRB RUGBY RANKINGS
STANDINGS
As at 21 December, 2015
WORLD TABLE  14 13 12 11 10 09 08   WORLD TABLE PTS
1 NEW ZEALAND  4 1 2 1 4 1 1 1 NEW ZEALAND 96.10
2 AUSTRALIA  9 3 4 2 3 7 4 2 AUSTRALIA 89.33
3 SOUTH AFRICA  3 2 5 3 1 4 2 3 SOUTH AFRICA 87.66
4 WALES  2 6 11 5 9 9 3 4 WALES 83.49
5 ENGLAND  8 7 1 8 2 8 5 5 ARGENTINA 82.59
6 ARGENTINA  6 12 9 7 8 5 9 6 IRELAND 81.17
7 IRELAND  1 9 8 6 7 3 7 7 FRANCE 79.77
8 FRANCE  11 8 3 4 6 2 8 8 ENGLAND 79.77
9 SCOTLAND  5 4 7 9 5 6 6 9 SCOTLAND 77.94
10 JAPAN  13 5 14 13 13 13 14 10 JAPAN 77.05
11 ITALY  7 13 12 12 10 10 10 11 FIJI 76.96
12 FIJI  12 15 13 15 11 11 12 12 ITALY 72.74
13 SAMOA  10 11 10 11 12 12 13 13 TONGA 71.60
14 GEORGIA  15 10 21 16 15 17 15 14 GEORGIA 71.45
15 TONGA  14 18 6 10 14 14 11 15 SAMOA 70.36
16 UNITED STATES  16 14 18 17 17 16 18 16 UNITED STATES 68.66
17 ROMANIA  17 16 22 18 21 21 16 17 ROMANIA 66.59
18 CANADA  20 17 15 14 16 15 17 18 RUSSIA 63.54
19 NAMIBIA   26 X 23 19 20 18 22 19 CANADA 62.65
20 RUSSIA  19 19 19 20 23 20 19 20 URUGUAY 62.11
21 URUGUAY  18 21 17 22 22 22 23 21 SPAIN 61.96
22 KENYA  X X X 25 X X X 22 NAMIBIA 61.75
23 SPAIN   21 22 20 21 19 X 20 23 HONG KONG 57.17
24 HONG KONG  23 23 25 24 28 26 28 24 CHILE 56.92
25 PORTUGAL  22 20 16 23 18 19 21 25 KOREA 56.70
26 ZIMBABWE  25 X 27 X X X X 26 GERMANY 56.69
27 GERMANY  27 X X X 24 25 X 27 PORTUGAL 56.34
28 KOREA  X X X X X X 26 28 KENYA 55.89
29 TUNISIA  X 25 26 X 29 X 27 29 ZIMBABWE 53.24
30 MALAYSIA X X X X X X X 30 BRAZIL 48.44
31 ALGERIA X X X X X X X 31 KAZAKHSTAN 48.18
32 KAZAKHSTAN  X X X X 27 X X 32 TUNISIA 49.11
33 PARAGUAY  X X 29 X X X X 33 MALAYSIA 43.53
34 CHILE  X 26 31 X 30 X 24      
35 BRAZIL  X 27 X 26 X X 29  
X BELGIUM * 24 24 24 X 26 X X  
X COLOMBIA * 28 X X X X X X  
X MEXICO * 29 28 X X X X X  
X MADAGASCAR * X 29 X X X X X  
X SRI LANKA * X 30 X X X X X  
X POLAND * X 31 X X X X X  
X UNITED ARAB EMIRATES * X X 28 27 X X X  
X BERMUDA * X X 30 X X X X  
X NORWAY * X X X X 31 X X  
X NETHERLANDS * X X X X 25 23 X  
X CZECH REPUBLIC * X X X X X 24 X  
* Has not played cross-continental test rugby in 2015

Note: Providing the side has played cross-continental test rugby in the last 7 years a side can remain on the world table
providing they are playing at the highest level in their continent; e.g-6 Nations, Rugby Championship, REC 1A, Asia Top 3, Pacific Nations Cup, CONSUR Cup, Africa Cup 1A		  
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
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AFRICA TABLE  14 13 12 11 10 09 08   AFRICA TABLE PTS
1 SOUTH AFRICA  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SOUTH AFRICA 87.66
2 NAMIBIA  2 2 8 X 2 2 2 2 NAMIBIA 61.75
3 ZIMBABWE  3 3 4 4 10 9 8 3 KENYA 55.89
4 KENYA  4 4 3 2 6 3 5 4 ZIMBABWE 53.24
5 MADAGASCAR  5 5 6 7 11 5 4 5 TUNISIA 49.11
6 ALGERIA   10 X 15 X 22 26 28 6 MADAGASCAR 48.71
7 TUNISIA  6 7 5 3 3 6 10 7 UGANDA 46.35
8 UGANDA  9 6 2 5 5 4 3 8 SENEGAL 45.96
9 BOTSWANA  11 11 10 10 12 13 13 9 IVORY COAST 45.76
10 IVORY COAST  7 9 11 X 7 7 6 10 MOROCCO 45.18
11 SENEGAL  8 8 7 6 8 11 11 11 BOTSWANA 40.99
12 MAURITIUS  12 15 13 12 13 15 16 12 NIGERIA 37.03
13 ZAMBIA  13 13 12 8 14 10 9 13 ZAMBIA 35.80
14 NIGERIA  14 12 14 22 X 17 18 14 MAURITIUS 33.86
15 BURKINO FASO  15 16 X 16 18 20 22 15 CAMEROUN 32.33
16 CONGO KINSHASA  16 23 X X 20 23 X 16 SWAZILAND 32.04
17 RWANDA  17 21 X 20 26 25 21      
18 LESOTHO  20 X X X X X X  
19 SWAZILAND  19 X 16 X X 27 29  
20 MALI  X 18 X 13 21 24 23  
21 NIGER  X 14 X 14 16 19 15  
22 BENIN  X 20 X 19 22 X 25  
23 GHANA  X 17 X 15 17 21 24  
24 TOGO  X 19 X 18 19 22 19  
25 REUNION  X X X 11 15 14 17  
X BURUNDI * 18 22 X 21 27 28 27  
X MOROCCO * X 10 9 X 4 8 7  
X CONGO BRAZZAVILLE * X 24 X X 29 24 X  
X CAMEROUN  * X X X 9 X 12 12  
X CHAD * X X X 17 X 23 26  
X TANZANIA * X X X X 21 16 14  
X EGYPT * X X X X 23 X X  
X MAURITANIA * X X X X 24 X X  
X LIBYA * X X X X 25 X X  
X MAYOTTE * X X X X X 18 20  
  * Did not play in 2015                
   
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as at 14 July, 2012		   IRB RUGBY RANKINGS
ASIA TABLE  14 13 12 11 10 09 08   ASIA TABLE PTS
1 JAPAN  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 JAPAN 77.05
2 HONG KONG  2 3 3 2 4 3 2 2 HONG KONG 57.17
3 KOREA  3 2 2 6 3 2 3 3 KOREA 56.70
4 SRI LANKA  7 6 7 5 8 8 6 4 SRI LANKA 49.79
5 PHILIPPINES  4 4 6 8 12 15 15 5 KAZAKHSTAN 48.14
6 KAZAKHSTAN  8 7 5 4 2 4 4 6 PHILIPPINES 45.12
7 SINGAPORE  5 8 9 7 5 6 7 7 MALAYSIA 43.53
8 MALAYSIA  10 11 11 9 9 11 10 8 SINGAPORE 42.92
9 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES  6 5 4 3 X X X 9 CHINESE TAIPEI 40.27
10 CHINESE TAIPEI  9 9 8 10 7 7 9 10 CHINA 39.58
11 THAILAND  11 10 10 11 11 10 11 11 GUAM 38.11
12 LEBANON  14 18 22 22 24 X X 12 THAILAND 37.46
13 IRAN  13 12 12 12 13 12 12 13 INDIA 37.12
14 UZBEKISTAN  15 20 24 23 21 21= X 14 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 34.92
15 INDIA  16 13 13 13 14 13 13 15 UZBEKISTAN 33.89
16 GUAM  19 17 15 15 16 16 16 16 INDONESIA 28.73
17 CHINA  17 16 14 14 10 9 8      
18 INDONESIA  18 15 16 16 17 17 18  
19 MONGOLIA  22 X X X 23 X X  
20 JORDAN  X X 23 21 25 X X  
X QATAR * 12 14 21 20 X X X  
X PAKISTAN * 20 19 17 17 15 14 14  
X LAOS * 21 21 18 18 19 18 21  
X CAMBODIA * 23 22 20 19 18 19 19  
X BRUNEI * 24 23 19 X 20 20 20  
X KYRGYZSTAN  * X X X X 22 21= X  
X MACAU * X X X X X X 17  
  Did not play in 2015                
   
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as at 8 December, 2012		   IRB RUGBY RANKINGS
CONSUR TABLE   14 13 12 11 10 09 08   CONSUR TABLE PTS
1 ARGENTINA  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ARGENTINA 82.59
2 CHILE  5 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 URUGUAY 62.11
3 URUGUAY  2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 CHILE 56.92
4 PARAGUAY  3 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 PARAGUAY 50.46
5 BRAZIL  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 BRAZIL 48.44
6 COLOMBIA  6 8 6 8 8 6 7 6 COLOMBIA 46.51
7 PERU  8 7 8 7 6 8 8 7 VENEZUELA 40.02
8 VENEZUELA  7 6 7 6 7 7 6 8 PERU 39.24
9 ECUADOR  9 9 11 X X X X  
10 GUATEMALA  12 11 10 X X X X  
11 COSTA RICA  11 10 9 9 9 9 X  
12 EL SLAVADOR  10 12 12 X X X X  
13 PANAMA  13 X X X X X X  
  * Yet to play in 2015                
   
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as at 8 December, 2012		   IRB RUGBY RANKINGS
EUROPE TABLE  14 13 12 11 10 09 08   EUROPE TABLE PTS
1 WALES  3 1 1 4 5 4 1 1 WALES 83.49
2 ENGLAND  1 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 IRELAND 81.17
3 IRELAND  2 6 4 5 2 1 4 3 FRANCE 81.12
4 FRANCE  4 3 3 1 1 3 3 4 ENGLAND 79.77
5 SCOTLAND  6 4 6 3 4 5 6 5 SCOTLAND 77.94
6 ITALY  5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 ITALY 72.74
7 GEORGIA  7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 GEORGIA 71.45
8 RUSSIA  9 15 13 11 9 9 9 8 ROMANIA 66.59
9 ROMANIA  8 8 8 8 7 10 8 9 RUSSIA 63.54
10 SPAIN  10 17 14 9 11 11 10 10 SPAIN 61.96
11 PORTUGAL  11 16 12 10 10 8 11 11 GERMANY 56.69
12 UKRAINE  16 12 11 17 17 13 17 12 PORTUGAL 56.34
13 BELGIUM  12 18 15 14 14 17 16 13 BELGIUM 55.69
14 CROATIA  23 23 23 21 20 20 22 14 UKRAINE 55.51
15 SWITZERLAND  22 20 22 24 24 26 27 15 MOLDOVA 53.21
16 ISRAEL  25 24 27 32 29 28 32 16 NETHERLANDS 51.86
17 CZECH REPUBLIC  13 13 19 16 15 15 14 17 POLAND 51.79
18 NETHERLANDS  19 19 16 22 21 19 18 18 SWITZERLAND 50.95
19 POLAND  17 11 9 12 12 16 13 19 CZECH REPUBLIC 50.67
20 MOLDOVA  14 9 18 13 16 14 15 20 LITHUANIA 48.86
21 GERMANY  15 10 10 15 13 12 12 21 CROATIA 46.97
22 SWEDEN  18 14 17 18 18 22 20 22 MALTA 46.15
23 MALTA  20 21 20 19 23 21 19 23 SWEDEN 43.92
24 LITHUANIA  21 22 21 20 19 18 23 24 ISRAEL 42.97
25 ANDORRA  27 25 24 26 26 24 25 25 ANDORRA 42.88
26 LATVIA  24 26 26 23 22 23 21 26 LATVIA 41.97
27 CYPRUS  26 29 29 34 35 38 39 27 LUXEMBOURG 41.67
28 LUXEMBOURG  28 34 33 38 37 36 35 28 SLOVENIA 40.55
29 SLOVENIA  30 35 30 28 27 33 28 29 HUNGARY 37.94
30 SERBIA  32 28 25 27 28 25 24 30 BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA 36.18
31 AUSTRIA  29 31 35 30 31 32 34 31 SERBIA 35.11
32 DENMARK  31 27 28 29 30 29 30 32 AUSTRIA 35.00
33 HUNGARY  33 30 32 31 33 30 29 33 DENMARK 34.26
34 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA  34 33 38 39 39 39 38 34 NORWAY 34.00
35 BULGARIA  35 32 31 36 34 35 33 35 BULGARIA 31.57
36 FINLAND  37 38 37 37 38 37 37 36 FINLAND 28.34
37 TURKEY  39 39 39 X X X X      
38 NORWAY  36 37 34 33 32 31 31  
39 SLOVAKIA  X 40 40 40 40 X 40  
40 MONTENEGRO X X X X X X X  
41 ESTONIA  40 X 41 X 42 X X  
42 GREECE * 38 36 36 35 36 34 36  
43 BELARUS * 41 X X X X X X  
X AZERBAIJAN * X 41 42 41 41 41 42  
X ARMENIA * X X X 25 25 27 26  
X MONACO * X X X X X 40 41  
  * Yet to play in 2015                
   
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as at 23 June, 2012		   IRB RUGBY RANKINGS
NACRA TABLE   14 13 12 11 10 09 08   NACRA TABLE PTS
1 UNITED STATES  1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 UNITED STATES 68.66
2 CANADA  2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 CANADA 62.25
3 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  7 6 6 4 3 3 3 3 TRINIDAD TOBAGO 47.38
4 MEXICO  4 9 9 8 X X 8 4 GUYANA 44.88
5 CAYMAN ISLANDS  3 3 7 9 6 6 9 5 MEXICO 43.61
6 BAHAMAS  10 8 8 7 X X 7 6 CAYMAN ISLANDS 42.87
7 BERMUDA  5 4 3 5 4 4 5 7 BERMUDA 40.03
8 GUYANA  6 5 4 3 X X 4 8 BARBADOS 37.39
9 BARBADOS  8 7 5 6 5 5 6 9 ST VINCENT GRENADINES 36.84
10 BR. VIRGIN ISLANDS  15 12 11 11 X X X 10 BAHAMAS 34.55
11 CURACAO  11 11 14 X X X X      
12 ST VINCENT & GRENADINES  14 14 13 X X X 11  
13 US VIRGIN ISLANDS  12 X X X X X X  
14 ST LUCIA  13 13 12 12 X X X  
15 TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS  16 15 X X X X 12  
16 JAMAICA * 9 10 10 10 X X 10  
  * Did not play in 2015                
   
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As at 18 August, 2012		   IRB RUGBY RANKINGS
OCEANIA TABLE   14 13 12 11 10 09 08   OCEANIA TABLE PTS
1 NEW ZEALAND  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 NEW ZEALAND 96.10
2 AUSTRALIA  2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 AUSTRALIA 89.33
3 SAMOA  3 3 3 5 3 4 3 3 FIJI 76.96
4 FIJI  4 4 4 3 4 3 5 4 TONGA 72.43
5 TONGA  5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 SAMOA 70.36
6 PAPUA NEW GUINEA  X 7 X 6 6 6 8 6 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 39.27
7 TAHITI  X 9 X X X X X 7 TAHITI 31.79
8 AMERICAN SAMOA X X X X X X X 9 SOLOMON ISLANDS 30.40
9 SOLOMON ISLANDS  X 8 X 7 X X X 8 AMERICAN SAMOA 25.53
10 COOK ISLANDS * 6 6 X X X 7 7      
X NIUE * X X X 8 X 8 6  
X VANUATU * X X X 9 X 9 10  
X NEW CALEDONIA * X X X X X X 9  
  * Did not play in 2015