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On December 6, 2006, the World Curling Federation created a World Ranking of curling countries much like FIFA's World ranking. The system was developed by 1998 Olympic gold medalist Patrick Hürlimann.
[edit] Men's ranking
| Rk. |
Country |
Points |
Top skips |
| 1 |
 Canada |
1298 |
Brad Gushue, Kevin Martin, Jean-Michel Ménard |
| 2 |
 Norway |
932 |
Pål Trulsen, Thomas Ulsrud |
| 3 |
 Scotland |
930 |
David Murdoch |
| 4 |
 Finland |
819 |
Markku Uusipaavalniemi |
| 5 |
 United States |
801 |
Pete Fenson |
| 6 |
 Switzerland |
747 |
Andreas Schwaller, Ralph Stöckli |
| 7 |
 Sweden |
701 |
Nils Carlsén, Per Carlsén, Peja Lindholm |
| 8 |
 Germany |
634 |
Andy Kapp, Sebastian Stock |
| 9 |
 Italy |
343 |
Stefano Ferronato, Joel Retornaz |
| 10 |
 New Zealand |
341 |
Sean Becker, Dan Mustapic |
| 11 |
 Denmark |
337 |
Johnny Frederiksen, Ulrik Schmidt |
| 12 |
 France |
200 |
Thomas Dufour |
| 13 |
 Australia |
187 |
Hugh Millikin |
| 14 |
 Japan |
142 |
Hiroaki Kashiwagi, Yoshiyuki Ohmiya |
| 15 |
 Russia |
121 |
Alexandre Kirikov |
| 16 |
 England |
116 |
Michael Opel |
| 17 |
 Wales |
112 |
Adrian Meikle |
| 18 |
 Czech Republic |
102 |
Jiri Snitil |
| 19 |
 Austria |
96 |
Harald Fendt |
| 20 |
 Netherlands |
90 |
Mark Neeleman |
| 21 |
 Republic of Korea |
83 |
Lee Jae Ho |
| 22 |
 Ireland |
77 |
Douglas Dryburgh, Robin Gray |
| 23 |
 Bulgaria |
66 |
Tihomir Todorov |
 China |
66 |
Wang Bin Jiang |
| 25 |
 Hungary |
64 |
Gyoergy Nagy |
| 26 |
 Spain |
62 |
Luis Domingo Vicent |
| 27 |
 Latvia |
50 |
Karlis Smilga |
| 28 |
 Chinese Taipei |
45 |
Nicolas Hsu |
| 29 |
 Luxembourg |
43 |
Heribert Krämer |
| 30 |
 Belarus |
42 |
Yauhen Puchkou |
| 31 |
 Estonia |
37 |
Leo Jakobson |
| 32 |
 Andorra |
31 |
Enric Morral |
| 33 |
 Belgium |
27 |
Pieter-Jan Witzig |
| 34 |
 Poland |
25 |
Damian Herman |
| 35 |
 Slovakia |
21 |
Frantisek Pitonak |
| 36 |
 Greece |
16 |
Nikolaos Zacharias |
| 37 |
 Kazakhstan |
11 |
Viktor Kim |
| 38 |
 Croatia |
7 |
Alen Cadez |
[edit] Women's ranking
