On December 6, 2006, the World Curling Federation

World Curling Federation

The World Curling Federation is the world governing body for curling accreditation, with offices in Perth, Scotland. It was formed out of the International Curling Federation , when the push for Olympic Winter Sport status was made...

 (WCF) created a World Ranking of curling

Curling

Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...

 countries much like FIFA's World ranking

FIFA World Rankings

The FIFA World Rankings is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football, currently led by Spain. The teams of the member nations of FIFA , football's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest...

. The WCF created it in an effort to keep track and list success' accomplished by the 45 members of the association, at the various major events which are held throughout the curling season, events which include the Winter Olympics

Curling at the Winter Olympics

Curling was included in the program of the inaugural Winter Olympic Games in 1924 in Chamonix. The results of that competition were not considered official by the International Olympic Committee until 2006. Curling was a demonstration sport at the 1932 Games, and then again after a lengthy absence...

, World Curling Championships

World Curling Championships

The World Curling Championships are annual curling events which showcase the world's best curlers, organized by the World Curling Federation. There are men's, women's and mixed championships. The men's championship started in 1959, while the women's in 1979...

, and Pacific Curling Championships

Pacific Curling Championships

The Pacific-Asia Curling Championships are an annual curling tournament, held every year in November or December. The top team receives a berth to the World Curling Championships, while the second-placed team also receives a berth if the championships are held in the Americas or in Europe...

. Points are assigned to the Top placed participants at each event. The rankings were designed by former 1988

1988 Winter Olympics

The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event celebrated in and around Calgary, Alberta, Canada from 13 to 28 February 1988. The host was selected in 1981 after having beat Falun, Sweden and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy...

 Winter Olympian Patrick Hürlimann

Patrick Hürlimann

Patrick Hürlimann is a Swiss curler and Olympic champion. He received a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.He has received three medals at the World Curling Championships as skip for the Swiss team....

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Men's rankings

2010-11 Year-end Rankings
Current Rank	Country	Points	2009-2010 (Final)	Change
1	Canada	1,240	1	=
2	Norway	919	2	=
3	Kingdom of Scotland  United Kingdom	892	3	=
4	Switzerland	703	4	=
5	Sweden	636	7	2
6	Germany	576	6	=
7	United States	570	5	2
8	Early Modern France	483	8	=
9	Denmark	402	9	=
10	Mainland China	395	10	=
11	Finland	237	11	=
12	Czech Republic	195	15	3
13	Italy	186	12	1
14	Australia	147	13	1
15		128	20	5
16	Japan	122	14	1
17	New Zealand	114	16	1
		114	17	=
19	Russia	113	18	1
20	Netherlands	104	20	=
21	Latvia	90	24	3
22	Wales	82	22	=
23	Hungary	79	19	4
24	Spain	74	24	=
25	Kingdom of England	72	23	2
26	Belgium	69	26	=
27	Slovakia	61	30	3
28	Austria	54	28	=
	Estonia	54	28	=
30	Chinese Taipei	42	32	2
31	Poland	40	27	4
32	Independent State of Croatia	34	33	1
33	Greece	28	34	1
34	Belarus	26	36	2
	Kingdom of Bulgaria	26	31	3
36	Lithuania	24	35	1
37	Iceland	15	38	1
38	Serbia	13	37	1
39	Brazil	7	39	=
40	Turkey	4	42	2
41	Andorra	3	40	1
	Luxembourg	3	42	1
43	Kazakhstan	2	41	2
44	Armenia	0	–
	Liechtenstein	0	42	2
	Kingdom of Romania	0	–
	Slovenia	0	–
	United States Virgin Islands	0	42	2

Women's ranking

2010-11 Year-end Rankings
Current Rank	Country	Points	2009-2010 (Final)	Change
1	Sweden	1,085	1	=
2	Canada	1,030	2	=
3	Mainland China	826	3	=
4	Denmark	702	5	1
5	Switzerland	690	4	1
6	Germany	610	7	1
7	Kingdom of Scotland  United Kingdom	600	6	1
8	United States	515	8	=
9	Russia	484	9	=
10	Japan	387	10	=
11	Norway	274	11	=
12	Italy	177	12	=
13		166	13	=
14	Czech Republic	141	14	=
15	Finland	123	15	=
16	Netherlands	121	16	=
17	Latvia	118	18	1
18	Kingdom of England	112	17	1
19	Austria	106	18	1
20	Hungary	97	20	=
21	New Zealand	93	21	=
22	Estonia	76	23	1
23	Spain	61	25	2
24	Australia	63	24	=
25	Poland	61	22	3
26	Slovakia	58	26	2
27	Independent State of Croatia	57	27	=
28	Wales	41	28	1
29	Early Modern France	38	29	3
30		31	30	=
31	Turkey	18	36	5
32	Lithuania	12	32	1
	Serbia	12	36	4
34	Chinese Taipei	10	31	3
35	Kazakhstan	3	33	2
	Kingdom of Bulgaria	3	33	2
37	Andorra	0	35	2
	Armenia	0	36
	Belarus	0	36	1
	Belgium	0	36	1
	Brazil	0	36	1
	Greece	0	36	1
	Iceland	0	36	1
	Liechtenstein	0	36	1
	Luxembourg	0	36	1
	Kingdom of Romania	0	36
	Slovenia	0	36
	United States Virgin Islands	0	36	1