Status quo maintained in men's World Rankings

The recent tour of Ireland by the USA Revolution national team in playing two #International Tests against the Irish Warriors has had only limited ramifications as far as the World Footy News World Rankings are concerned. Because Ireland received 3.00 *Home Advantage Rating Points the Rating Gap for both matches (Ireland won both) was +/-10.29^ and therefore No Advantage was gained or lost by either nation.

 For international footy fans new to WFN World Rankings see below for the relevant rules.

 *To reflect home ground / country advantage the home team has 3 ranking points added to their total for the purposes of the points exchange calculation. This is applied to one off or two team series, it generally is not applied to tournaments with multiple teams, as the home ground advantage is often diminished as teams experience neutral games, often stay for extended periods and the home side often has a heavy burden in organisation.

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^A team more than 10 ranking points ahead of their opponent is simply defending their points, they cannot win any more from that match.

 # For matches played since IC2017, games must have been at least 16-a-side and all players on each team be nationals are deemed to be International Matches. 

Player’s eligibility criteria met, confirmed by Lily Beck at AFL Europe.

The only change at all to the Ranking Scheme is the addition of two matches to USA and Ireland’s total Matches Played tally. Ireland up to 61 & USA  to 50

Ireland 56.64 + 3.00 home advantage = 59.64 Rating Points

USA = 49.34 Rating Points

Rating Gap = +/- 10.30 

(as at end of 10th August 2018)

Rank	Team		Points	Games	Rank Change
1		Australia	-	0	steady
2		Papua New Guinea	61.99	39	steady
3		New Zealand	57.88	43	steady
4		Ireland	56.64	60	steady
5		Nauru	52.97	32	steady
6		United States	49.34	49	steady
7		Croatia	47.09	13	steady
8		South Africa	46.61	32	steady
9		Great Britain	46.23	64	steady
10		Canada	45.84	48	steady
11		Denmark	43.67	47	steady
12		Tonga	41.93	14	steady
13		China	39.91	25	steady
14		Fiji	38.01	19	steady
15		Germany	37.55	25	steady
16		Peace Team	36.46	11	steady
17		France	36.09	18	steady
18		Japan	35.06	34	steady
19		Sweden	34.18	39	steady
20		Indonesia	30.94	12	steady
21		Pakistan	29.14	10	steady
22		Finland	27.45	18	steady
23		India	20.71	21	steady
Prov.		Sri Lanka	37.41	5	*
Prov.		Indochina	34.00	2	*
Prov.		Timor-Leste	27.40	6	*



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