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New World Ranking System

A new world ranking system comes into effect from January 1^st 2014.

Why Is A Change Necessary? 

The current ranking system runs on a 2 year basis, but there are not enough tournaments to reflect an accurate picture of the world rankings.

The rules for tournament seeding is currently based upon those with a world ranking of 100 points or more and then by handicap. The new method of calculation we believe is better and truly reflects a more accurate position and this has been agreed with the world’s national associations

The new World Ranking System will run over a three-year period rather than the current two-year period.  As from January 1^st 2014 the current 100 point rule will be discarded, as there will be enough information in the system to show world ranking positions from 1 to 8 for seeding purposes in tournaments.

The race points will remain running over a 2 year period as they do now.

All of the national association’s IWCC members have accepted our proposal.

Although this new ranking system starts on the 1^st January 2014, the player’s performance and how where they finish this year though will count towards the new ranking system in January 2014.

As an example, below is a chart showing the rankings on a two year period and the rankings on a three year period: