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Following the completion of the five Continental Championships, the FIH today announced the updated World Ranking for both men and women. The biggest surprise in the ranking is the fall of Argentina from the women's No.1 position to the second spot. Las Leonas slid to second after losing in the Pan American Games final against the United States. Replacing Argentina in the No.1 position is the Netherlands, which won the European Championship and also topped Argentina in the final of Rabo FIH Champions Trophy in July.

Germany, England and China round out the women's top five positions, while the Americans' Pan American title edged them into the Top 10.

On the men's side, there was no change at the top of the World Ranking as Australia maintained its top billing thanks to winning the Oceania Cup. Coming in at second is European Champion Germany. The rest of the top five are all European teams with the Netherlands, Spain and England.

The latest FIH World Ranking is key update as the current placements will determine the seeding for the upcoming Olympic Qualification Tournaments. Nine men's teams and nine women's teams have been automatically qualified for the London 2012 Games, while 18 additional men's and women's squads will receive invitations to take part in six different Olympic Qualification Tournaments.

The winners from each of the three Qualification Tournaments (three men, three women) will join the other teams at the London 2012 Games. The teams that will take part in the qualifiers, along with the host and dates of the events will be announced at a later date following the upcoming meeting of the FIH Executive Board next On November 11-12.

  
 
Rk. Country - Men's CF Pts.   Rk. Country- Women's CF Pts.
1 Australia OCE 2620   1 Netherlands EUR 2063
2 Germany EUR 2470   2 Argentina PAN 2030
3 Netherlands EUR  2213   3 Germany EUR 1765
4 Spain EUR  1990   4 England EUR 1696
5  England EUR  1947   5 China ASI 1675
6  Korea  ASI  1788   6 New Zealand OCE 1615
7 New Zealand  OCE  1610   7 Australia OCE 1548
8  Argentina  PAN  1470   8 Korea ASI 1423
9  Pakistan ASI  1460   9 Japan ASI 1318
10  India ASI 1385   10 United States PAN 1233
11  Canada PAN  1221   11 Spain EUR 1188
12  Belgium  EUR 1198   12 South Africa AFR 1175
13  South Africa AFR  1180   13 India ASI 1150
14  Malaysia ASI  1139   14 Ireland EUR 905
15  Japan ASI  928   15 Azerbaijan EUR 870
16  China ASI  898   16 Belgium EUR 869
17  Ireland EUR  823   17 Chile PAN 789
18  France EUR  743   18 Scotland EUR 727
19  Poland  EUR  705   19 Italy EUR 718
20 Russia EUR 651   20 Canada PAN 703
21  Austria  EUR  550   21 Russia EUR 634
22  Scotland  EUR  523   22 Belarus EUR 593
23  Czech Republic EUR  480   23 Malaysia ASI 555
24  Chile PAN 422   24 Cuba PAN 413
25  Egypt AFR 403   25 France EUR 393
26  United States PAN 402   26 Ukraine EUR 355
27  Wales  EUR  345   27 Wales EUR 287
28  Italy  EUR  305   28 Poland EUR 250
29  Mexico PAN  261   29 Austria EUR 245
30 Trinidad & Tobago  PAN 255   30 Mexico PAN 215
31  Ukraine EUR 250   31 Ghana AFR 210
32  Belarus  EUR  225   32 Switzerland EUR 200
33  Sweden EUR  200   33 Chinese Taipei ASI 188
34  Switzerland EUR 190   34 Lithuania EUR 185
35  Oman ASI 182   35 Trinidad & Tobago PAN 180
36 Ghana AFR 182   36 Thailand ASI 169
37  Azerbaijan EUR 170   37 Czech Republic EUR 155
38  Kenya AFR 168   38 Kazakhstan ASI 150
39  Cuba PAN 167   39 Jamaica PAN 144
40  Bangladesh ASI 162   40 Slovakia EUR 140
41  Singapore ASI  152   41 Barbados PAN 135
42  Brazil PAN  148   42 Kenya AFR 135
43 Hong Kong China ASI 142   43 Turkey EUR 125
44 Gibraltar EUR  140   44 Bulgaria EUR 110
45  Uruguay PAN 139   45 Zimbabwe AFR 108
46 Barbados PAN 130   46 Uruguay PAN 99
47  Zimbabwe AFR 127   47 Georgia EUR 95
48  Croatia EUR  125   48 Hong Kong China ASI 90
49  Morocco AFR  115   49 Bermuda PAN 88
50  Portugal EUR 110   50 Singapore ASI 84
51  Slovakia EUR  95   51 Brazil PAN 78
52  Greece EUR  80   51 Dominican Republic PAN 78
53  Bulgaria  EUR  75   53 Sri Lanka ASI 78
54  Sri Lanka ASI  73   54 Nigeria AFR 77
55  Turkey EUR 70   55 Pakistan ASI 72
56  Dominican Republic PAN 70   56 Egypt AFR 70
57  Venezuela PAN  70   57 Paraguay PAN 63
58  Chinese Taipei  ASI 68   59 Guyana PAN 59
59  Cyprus EUR  65   59 Venezuela PAN 59
60  Thailand  ASI  62   60 Fiji OCE 36
61  Georgia EUR 60   61 Samoa OCE 33
62  Paraguay PAN 58   62 Papua New Guinea OCE 30
63  Puerto Rico PAN 58   63 Puerto Rico PAN 19
64 Uzbekistan ASI 56          
65 Slovenia EUR 55          
66 Serbia EUR 55          
67 Brunei ASI 51          
68 Jamaica PAN 50          
69 Denmark EUR 50          
70 Nigeria AFR 36          
71 Fiji OCE 36          
72 Samoa OCE 33          
73 Papua New Guinea OCE 30          
74 Panama PAN 22          
 

The ranking system determines the pool composition of major FIH and Continental Federation events and their qualifiers.

The methodology for the calculation of world rankings is based upon final rankings of countries' teams at Olympic Games, FIH world level events, Continental Championships, and all qualifying events for these tournaments. Separate rankings are made for men and women and the points for Continental Federation events will be weighted to reflect the varying standards/participation that currently exist between the five Continental Federations.

The ranking system reflects both current and past performances. However, results from the past will be progressively less weighted year by year (25% discount per year over a 4-year cycle) until they are deleted from the calculations.

The system ensures that, as far as rankings are concerned, success at a single tournament, even the Olympic Games or World Cup, will not be sufficient to make up for poor form in the preceding 3-4 years, and vice versa. It is intended that the ranking system will truly reflect a team's performance over a 4-year cycle.		  

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