(For information on the Continuum Rankings and how they are figured out, go here.)
Over the past month or so, there have been qualifiers for Europe’s baseball championships that will take place next year, with two qualifying competitions in Europe’s “B-Level” of baseball competition. Great Britain and Russia won their pools, and they benefited from it greatly in the Continuum Baseball Rankings, with the British jumping from 20th overall to 18th overall, and Russia entering the rankings at 32.
If you are curious, the countries that had not been in the rankings before today were given initial scores based on how far back they were of Indonesia and France in the IBAF world rankings.
Anyway, to see the latest ratings/rankings, go below the jump.
BASEBALL CONTINUUM RANKINGS AS OF JULY 30, 2013 (previous placement noted in parenthesis when different):
1.Dominican Republic 269.89
2.USA 231.079
3.Japan 229.674
4.Cuba 224.89
5.Puerto Rico 216.14
6. Netherlands 193.05
7.Venezuela 130.137
8.Canada 116.48
9. Taipei 104.97
10. Korea 97.47
11. Italy 92.94
12. Panama 90
13. Mexico 88.883
14.Nicaragua 55
15.Colombia 15
16.Germany 0
17.Australia -28.50
18.Great Britain -41.71 (20)
19. China -47.05 (18)
20. Spain -51.08 (19)
21. Brazil -74.946
22.Philippines -75
23.Pakistan -90
24.Argentina -105
25.Thailand -120
26.Czech Republic -135
27.South Africa -150
28.Israel -165
29.New Zealand -180
30.Sri Lanka -195
31.Croatia -210
32.Russia -221.71 (Not in rankings)
33T.Indonesia -232.5 (32T)
33T.France -232.5 (32T)
35.Austria -234.43
36.Ukraine -235.47
37.Belarus -243.67
38.Bulgaria -245.6
39.Poland -260.60
40.Slovakia -265.3
41.Switzerland -268.1
42.Lithuania -278.56
43.Slovenia -291.48
44.Ireland -295.30
