Americas Rankings – May 8 2016

There have been changes to the Americas Rankings following international competition this weekend. The updated Americas Rankings – May 08 2016 see improvements for Brazil and Mexico at the expense of Paraguay and the Bahamas.

Brazil’s away win over Paraguay has resulted in os Tupis improving their ranking from 50,67 points to 51,91 points. Paraguay, meanwhile, drop from 50,12 to 48,88. It sees Brazil ending the competition ranked third in the Americas, a one place improvement from before the opening round.

Due to overpowering the Bahamas on Saturday Mexico 43,61 has a new ranking of 44,20 points. The Bahamas, in contrast, has dropped from 34,55 to now have a ranking of 33,96 points. It sees the Bahamas falling one position from 18th to 19th in the Americas, trading places with St Vincent and the Grenadines.

There is no change to either Uruguay or Chile’s ranking. This is the case despite Los Teros having comfortably won against Los Cóndores in Montevideo on Saturday. Uruguay thereby remains slightly below Canada and well ahead of Chile who retain 5th position in the Americas.

# Americas Rankings Pts
1 Argentina 82,59
2 USA 65,68
3 Canada 64,27
4 Uruguay 63,26
5 Chile 55,73
6 Brazil 51,91
7 Paraguay 48,88
8 Trinidad and Tobago 47,48
9 Colombia 44,50
10 Guyana 44,88
11 Mexico 43,61
12 Cayman Islands 42,87
13 Bermuda 40,03
14 Venezuela 39,77
15 Peru 39,51
16 Jamaica 38,92
17 Barbados 37,39
18 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 34,91
19 Bahamas 33,96
20 Turks & Caicos 31,34
21 Dominican Republic 31,05
22 Belize 30,00
23 Bolivia 30,00
24 British Virgin Islands 30,00
25 Costa Rica 30,00
26 Cuba 30,00
27 Ecuador 30,00
28 El Salvador 30,00
29 Guadeloupe 30,00
30 Guatemala 30,00
31 Haiti 30,00
32 Honduras 30,00
33 Jamaica 30,00
34 Martinique 30,00
35 Nicaragua 30,00
36 Panama 30,00
37 St. Kitts and Nevis 30,00
38 St. Lucia 30,00
39 Suriname 30,00
40 Curaçao 27,61

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