FIVB World Rankings

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The FIVB World Rankings is a ranking system for men's and women's national teams in volleyball. The teams of the member nations of FIVB, volleyball's world governing body, are ranked based on their competitions results with the most successful teams being ranked highest. A point system is used, with points being awarded based on the importance of each FIVB International competitions and Continential competitions also. Under the existing system, rankings are based on a team's performance, with more recent results and more significant competitions being more heavily weighted to help reflect the current competitive state of a team.

The ranking system was most recently revamped after the 2006 World League (for men) and 2006 Grand Prix (for women).

The rankings are used in international competitions to define the seeded teams and arrange them in pools. Specific procedures for seeding and pooling are established by the FIVB in each competition's formula, but the method usually employed is the serpentine system.

[edit] Rankings

Rank	Team	Points
Men's Volleyball Top 30 Rankings as of December 2007
1	Brazil	260
2	Russia	199.5
3	United States	166.5
4	Bulgaria	159.5
5	Poland	99.8
6	Argentina	89.5
6	Spain	89.5
8	Serbia	88.8
8	Puerto Rico	88.8
10	Italy	82.0
11	Australia	69.8
12	Japan	67
13	France	58.8
14	Egypt	51.3
15	Tunisia	50.3
16	South Korea	46
17	Cuba	45.8
18	Canada	45.3
19	Germany	44.8
20	Venezuela	38.5
21	China	37.5
22	Finland	32.3
23	Cameroon	29.8
24	Greece	29
25	South Africa	25.8
26	Iran	23.8
27	Czech Republic	20.3
28	Thailand	20
29	Netherlands	19.3
30	Paraguay	18.5

Rank	Team	Points
Women's Volleyball Top 30 Rankings as of November 2007
1	Brazil	235
2	Italy	233.75
3	Cuba	172.5
4	United States	157.25
5	Russia	154.5
6	China	142.5
7	Serbia	136
8	Japan	120.25
9	Poland	101.5
10	Netherlands	98
11	South Korea	74.5
12	Kenya	49.75
13	Peru	47.5
14	Dominican Republic	47
15	Germany	38.5
16	Kazakhstan	34.75
17	Chinese Taipei	33.75
18	Thailand	33
19	Puerto Rico	32.5
20	Egypt	32.25
21	Algeria	32
22	Turkey	30.75
23	Tunisia	27.25
24	Canada	25.5
25	Mexico	23.75
26	Azerbaijan	23.5
26	Cameroon	23.5
28	Uruguay	22.5
29	Venezuela	22.25
30	Costa Rica	20.75