World Rankings

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Originally Posted by Joe Mohan

Does finishing 9th in a division in elimination rounds and going to semifinals in the division put us in the top 40 teams in the World? Hmmm?

I think you have a reasonable argument for your team having a Top 36 performance at the World Championship:

There are 4 divisions, so a 9th place qualifying is arguably a Top 36 finish.

Making it to the semis, there were 48 teams left. Of those 48 teams, the 3rd members are usually considered a lower "rank" than the Captains and 1st pick, thus remove about 16 teams and you would be around the top 32 left playing.

Your alliance did an amazing job, and your team has a lot to be proud of. On Friday, I really thought you guys would end up the #1 qualifier.


As far as "World Rankings"... There are a lot of ways to slice and dice that data with a ton of different metrics.
Should you consider previous years, or just 2012?
Should you consider previous performances or just the last performance?
What about some of the finalists that didn't get to go to the championship?
What about...?
What about...?

All in all though, I think you have a good performance data to back up a statement of Top 40 performance.