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Team VI Ranked 92 in the World

October 16th, 2017 | Tags: FIBA rankings basketball qualifiers Patrick Baumann
The Virgin Islands (UK) Senior Men’s Basketball team has been ranked as number 92 in the world, following the release of the governing body’s new system of calculation. Photo: Provided
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands (UK) Senior Men’s Basketball team has been ranked as number 92 in the world, following the release of the governing body’s new system of calculation.

Presented by Nike, the innovative game-based ranking factors in results from official games played by 149 national teams and will be updated after every window of Qualifiers and following the conclusion of top official FIBA competitions.

Revised methods

The new ranking is based on results of games ranging from regional pre-qualifiers all the way to the FIBA Basketball World Cup Final, and includes the Olympic Basketball Tournament as well as the Continental Cups. The previous ranking was purely competition-based and only took into account the final standings of tournaments.

The basic principle is simple: 1,000 basis points are awarded in each game, with the two teams earning a share of these according to the margin of victory or defeat. Weightings are added on a round basis meaning that, when a team progresses through a top official FIBA competition, its wins are worth more with every round it plays.

The ranking has revised weightings of the competitions. For the first time, it sees the implementation of a time decay rewarding teams for their most recent performances. This replaces the system in place under the previous ranking, where all games over the 8-year period received the exact same value.

Finally, the new ranking also recognises the value of away wins and rewards facing and beating opponents that are higher in the ranking.

More teams

FIBA Secretary General and International Olympic Committee (IOC) Member Patrick Baumann said: "The new ranking was devised with our new calendar clearly in mind. We are pleased to offer more teams - 149 of them, compared to 91 previously - a ranking that can be updated after every window of the Qualifiers so that national teams, fans and their national federations can follow their progress on a more regular basis. Prior to the change, the rankings already proved to be among the most popular pages on FIBA.basketball and we expect there will be even more debating and conversations taking place following the implementation of this new one."

For now, the new FIBA World Ranking Men, presented by Nike, only applies to senior men's national teams and competitions. FIBA will work towards drawing up and implementing similar systems for the women's and youth (boys and girls) rankings at a later stage.

Making the list for the CBC sub-sub-zone are:

MEN Ranking

15. Puerto Rico

17. Dominican Republic

51. Virgin Islands 

59. Bahamas 

60. Cuba 

68. Jamaica 

76. Antigua  

92. British Virgin Islands 

97. Barbados 

100. St.Vincent and the Grenadines 

109. Bermuda 

110. Guyana 

118. Surinam 

121. Cayman Islands 

143. Trinidad and Tobago

6 Responses to “Team VI Ranked 92 in the World”

  • Are you sure (16/10/2017, 20:10) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
    We better than Trinidad?
  • dude (16/10/2017, 21:12) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    looks about right. I always tell them there's a lot of people who can play ball and to strive to be world class not neighborhood good.
  • I laugh (16/10/2017, 21:24) Like (1) Dislike (3) Reply
    This country top 100 in the world? I think you mean Caribbean (while also including the uninhabited islands as well)

    - I Laugh
    • @i laugh (17/10/2017, 07:44) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
      there are approx 204 nationally rexognised sporting entities by the International Olympic Committee if BVI make the top 100 i believe that is a good thing as in soccer we are ranked somewhere around 200 eventhough the article states that just under 150 are FIBA recognised.
    • Lookin (17/10/2017, 09:14) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
      @ I laugh......That’s the FIBA world ranking which includes USA being #1 in the world
  • farmer brown (18/10/2017, 06:39) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
    There is no basketball for a while so we going rank 200 next year


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