Sri Lanka Rugby will occupy the 41st position in the World Rugby rankings that were released recently following Sri Lanka’s campaign in the Asia Division I Rugby Championship
The Tuskers who occupied the 38th position in 2015 which was the country’s highest ever ranking ever since the rankings were introduced in the year 2003, went down to the 40th position following their defeat in the 2016 Asia Division I Championship.
After Sri Lanka losing out to Malaysia in this year’s tournament, Sri Lanka has been confined to the 41st position in the rankings table with a total of 48.27 points.
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Sri Lanka has however finished overall fourth in Asia as the fifteen season comes to an end behind Japan, Hong Kong & South Korea. The Asian giants, Japan has the best rating for an Asian country sitting at the 11th position.
Hong Kong climbed two places this year to 25 while Korea has a ranking of 29. Despite being fourth in Asia, the gap between Sri Lanka and the third place contender, Korea is 12 places.
In fifth place in Asia, catching up with Sri Lanka is Malaysia who is now in the 47th place with a total aggregate of 47.31 points.
Rankings Explanation
Both Men’s and Women’s World Rugby Rankings are calculated using a ‘Points Exchange’ system, in which sides take points off each other based on the match result. Whatever one side gains, the other loses.
The exchanges are based on the match result, the relative strength of each team, and the margin of victory, and there is an allowance for home advantage.
