This ranking is based on the classification of the last 3 official international mixed competitions (at least mixed European cup and mixed world cup) one year before the competition.

For each place in the ranking will be distributed “points”:

In the ranking of the world cups will only be taken in consideration the European countries: the world cup ranking will be transformed in a European ranking.

Example:

Ranking of the World cup:

Standing	Country
1st	Belgium
2nd	France
3rd	Argentine
4th	Italia
5th	Bresil
6th	Spain

In this case the points for the European ranking will be:

Euro Ranking	Country	Points
1st	Belgium	8pts
2nd	France	7pts
4th	Italia	6pts
6th	Spain	5pts

The team with the most of points will be ranked by the FIHB as the best nation the team with the 2^nd most points will be the 2^nd best nation etc.

If 2 or more nations have the same number of points, the results of the last competition will be taken in consideration. The nation with the best result will have be the best place in the FIHB ranking.

For the competition in 2009 are taken in consideration the results of following competition:

- Mixed European Cup 2006

- Mixed European Cup 2007

- Mixed World Cup 2008

The FIHB Ranking for 2009 is:

The 4 nations that can have their best team in the Champions League for 2009 are:

France

Spain

Belgium

Italy

Written by :

Tomas Soubes

 

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