LAUSANNE, Switzerland - WBSC LAUNCHES FIRST-EVER SOFTBALL WORLD RANKINGS: JAPAN WOMEN'S NO. 1, NEW ZEALAND MEN'S NO. 1Â
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Note to Editor:
Overall ranking system:
Overall ranking will be by gender, based on 80% of the overall Senior World Championship ranking and 20% of the Junior ranking. In order to operationalise these parameters, the format will allocate points directly by finish. The first place team at an event is given the number of points equal to the number of teams in the World Championships, to a maximum of 16 points and multiplied by 100. (i.e. only reward down to a 16th place finish). So in the case of an event with 16, or more teams, the first place team gets 16 points *100, second place 15* 100 points all the way down to sixteenth place which receives 1 point. In the case of an event with less than 16 teams, the maximum # of points available is equal to the number of team competing.
Overall ranking would be in the category of male or female with the Senior Championship (based on previous 2 events) worth 80% and Junior 20%.
Contact: media@wbsc.org, @wbsc
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Headquartered in the Olympic Capital city of Lausanne, Switzerland, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) was established in April 2013 and granted recognition as the sole competent authority in baseball and softball by the International Olympic Committee at the 125th IOC Session in September 2013. The WBSC represents a united baseball/softball sports movement that encompasses over 65 million athletes worldwide and attract approximately 150 million fans annually to stadiums worldwide.
The WBSC governs all international competitions involving any of the National Teams of its 141 National Federation members. The WBSC oversees the Softball World Championships (Men, Women, U-19 Men, and U-19 Women), Premier12, World Baseball Classic, and Baseball World Cups (U-12, U-15, U-18, U-23 and Women's).
