The need for a ladder

With the rise of International Roller Derby, there exists a need to rank the nations.  Roller derby fans want to know which national team could beat which other national team.  That is what we provide here at the Derby Ladder of Nations.

We begin with the rankings as produced by the Blood and Thunder World Cup, which finished on 4th December, 2011:

1	USA
2	Canada
3	England
4	Australia
5	Finland
6	Sweden
7	France
8	New Zealand
9	Germany
10	Scotland
11	Ireland
12	Brazil
13	Argentina

Were there to be no further international bouts before the next world cup, these rankings should stand.  However, with England, Finland, and Sweden all due to play the USA this coming weekend, there needs to be a standard system of sorting the teams as a result of these bouts.

This sorting system is the Derby Ladder of Nations.

Stay tuned to find the formula that will be used to find the new rankings at the conclusion of England-USA on Monday, 3rd September.