World Curling Rankings

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On December 6, 2006, the World Curling Federation created a World Ranking of curling countries much like FIFA's World ranking.

[edit] Men's ranking

(Final 2006-07 rankings)

Rk.	Country	Points	Top skips	Change (06-07)
1	Canada	1200	Randy Ferbey, Brad Gushue, Glenn Howard	-
2	Scotland	782	David Murdoch, Warwick Smith	+1
3	United States	779	Todd Birr, Pete Fenson	+2
4	Norway	758	Pål Trulsen, Thomas Ulsrud	-2
5	Finland	721	Markku Uusipaavalniemi	-1
6	Switzerland	680	Andreas Schwaller, Ralph Stöckli	-
7	Germany	656	Andy Kapp, Sebastian Stock	+1
8	Sweden	602	Nils Carlsén, Per Carlsén, Peja Lindholm	-1
9	Denmark	295	Johnny Frederiksen, Ulrik Schmidt	+2
10	Italy	294	Stefano Ferronato, Joel Retornaz	-1
11	New Zealand	265	Sean Becker, Dan Mustapic	-1
12	France	228	Thomas Dufour	-
13	Australia	207	Hugh Millikin	-
14	Japan	129	Hiroaki Kashiwagi, Yoshiyuki Ohmiya	-
15	Russia	117	Alexandre Kirikov	-
15	Wales	117	Adrian Meikle	+2
17	South Korea	109	Jimmy Lee	+4
18	England	107	Michael Opel	-2
19	Czech Republic	106	Jiri Snitil	-1
20	Ireland	100	Douglas Dryburgh, Robin Gray	+2
21	China	84	Wang Bin Jiang	+2
22	Netherlands	83	Steven van der Cammen	-2
23	Austria	77	Harald Fendt	-4
24	Hungary	71	Gyoergy Nagy	+1
25	Latvia	60	Karlis Smilga	+2
26	Bulgaria	59	Lubomir Velinov	-3
27	Spain	53	Luis Domingo Vicent	-1
28	Belgium	49	Pieter-Jan Witzig	+5
29	Chinese Taipei	44	Nicolas Hsu	-1
30	Belarus	39	Yauhen Puchkou	-
30	Poland	39	Damian Herman	+4
32	Estonia	36	Leo Jakobson	-1
32	Slovakia	36	Frantisek Pitonak	+3
34	Greece	27	Athanasios Pantios	+2
35	Luxembourg	25	Heribert Krämer	-6
36	Andorra	23	Enric Morral	-4
37	Croatia	14	Alen Cadez	+1
38	Kazakhstan	13	Viktor Kim	-1
39	Serbia	9	Marko Stojanovic	NR
40	Lithuania	5	Arunis Skrolis	NR

[edit] Women's ranking

Final 2006-07 Rankings

Rk.	Country	Points	Top skips	Change (06-07)
1	Canada	1020	Jennifer Jones, Shannon Kleibrink, Kelly Scott	+1
2	Sweden	1012	Camilla Johansson, Anette Norberg	-1
3	United States	776	Cassandra Johnson, Debbie McCormick	+2
4	Switzerland	762	Mirjam Ott, Silvana Tirinzoni	-1
5	Scotland	724	Rhona Martin, Kelly Wood	+1
6	Norway	669	Dordi Nordby	-2
7	Denmark	583	Madeleine Dupont, Dorthe Holm, Angelina Jensen
8	Russia	465	Ludmila Privivkova	+1
9	Japan	439	Moe Meguro, Ayumi Onodera, Yukako Tsuchiya	-1
10	Italy	325	Diana Gaspari	-
11	Germany	323	Andrea Schöpp	-
12	China	267	Wang Bingyu	-
13	Czech Republic	147	Hana Synackova	+1
14	Finland	144	Anne Malmi	-1
15	South Korea	127	Jeung Jin-Sook	+3
16	Netherlands	125	Shari Leibbrandt-Demmon	-1
17	England	104	Joan Reed	-
18	France	101	Carine Caux	-2
19	New Zealand	95	Bridget Becker	-1
20	Austria	88	Claudia Toth	+2
21	Latvia	84	Evita Regza	-1
22	Hungary	80	Ildikó Szekeres	+1
23	Spain	71	Ellen Kittelsen	+1
24	Poland	54	Marta Szeliga-Frynia	+5
25	Chinese Taipei	53	Cheng Li-Len	+3
26	Bulgaria	44	Borislava Petrova	-1
27	Australia	42	Helen Wright	-1
28	Ireland	36	Fiona Turnbull	-1
28	Estonia	36	Maile Moelder	+4
30	Croatia	32	Katorina Radonic	+2
31	Slovakia	29	Barbora Bugarova	+3
32	Andorra	27	Ana Arce	-11
33	Kazakhstan	23	Yekaterina Gorkusha	-2
34	Wales	22	Lesley Gregory	-4
35	Lithuania	15	Virginija Paulauskaite	NR