Season 6 Tournament World Rankings

The G8 remain secure at the top of the rankings after Season 6 but even there, shake-up’s have changed things. Korea’s fall from grace has allowed Great Britain to climb to fourth and Italy to claim fifth. The top 10 are rounded out by Austria and Canada.

	Nation	Points
1	Japan	8402
2	Germany	1367
3	United States	613
4	Great Britain	324
5	Italy	252
6	Korea Republic	208
7	France	132
8	Spain	109
9	Austria	70
10	Canada	69

A strong Swiss showing sees them take 11th, while Greece rebound slightly, rising to 13th. Australia remains the highest ranked Oceania nation, at 12th. In other continental high fliers, Togo flies the flag for Africa in 20th.

	Nation	Points
11	Switzerland	53
12	Australia	48
13	Greece	43
14	Hong Kong	31
15	Bulgaria	24
16	Singapore	23
17	Belgium	23
18	Denmark	22
19	Netherlands	22
20	Togo	19

South Africa make their ranking début this season, bursting onto the scene by taking 21st while Israel are the highest ranked Middle East team in 22nd. Sweden’s great triumph of Season 3 continues to recede in value, hurting them as they drop to 23rd.

	Nation	Points
21	South Africa	16
22	Israel	14
23	Sweden	12
24	New Zealand	11
25	Seychelles	11
26	Taiwan	10
27	Romania	9
28	Egypt	9
29	Andorra	7
30	Papua New Guinea	7

Cape Verde make an impressive début in 31st. In fact, most of the 30’s are made up of new and emerging nations which are sure to climb the ladder in future seasons.

	Nation	Points
31	Cape Verde	6
32	Turkey	6
33	Gaza Strip	5
34	San Marino	5
35	Norway	5
36	Portugal	5
37	Lybia	5
38	Poland	3
39	Malawi	3
40	Solomon Islands	2

Bringing up the rear, meanwhile, are Cyprus and Fiji, just keeping below Vatican City and Monaco.

	Nation	Points
41	Vatican City	2
42	Monaco	2
43	Cyprus	1
44	Fiji	1

~ by ygointernational on August 20, 2008.