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48-411: The BSWW World Ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in beach soccer , calculated by the sport's developmental body, Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). The rankings are currently led by Brazil who have held the number one spot since March 2023. The teams (both member nations of FIFA – the sport's governing body – and non-members) are ranked using a "points-per-event system", whereby

96-455: A "points-per-event system"; in each event they participate, the teams will earn ranking points (providing the event is sanctioned by BSWW and/or FIFA ) – the number of points they earn is determined by their placement in the final standings of that event. The higher in the standings the team finishes, the more points they will earn. Runners-up receive 25% less points than the champions; for most subsequent places, they receive 20% less points than

144-685: A gap. This method is called "High" by IBM SPSS and "max" by the R programming language in their methods to handle ties. In dense ranking, items that compare equally receive the same ranking number, and the next items receive the immediately following ranking number. Equivalently, each item's ranking number is 1 plus the number of items ranked above it that are distinct with respect to the ranking order. Thus if A ranks ahead of B and C (which compare equal) which are both ranked ahead of D, then A gets ranking number 1 ("first"), B gets ranking number 2 ("joint second"), C also gets ranking number 2 ("joint second") and D gets ranking number 3 ("Third"). This method

192-425: Is also referred to as "row numbering". This method corresponds to the "first", "last", and "random" methods in the R programming language to handle ties. Items that compare equal receive the same ranking number, which is the mean of what they would have under ordinal rankings; equivalently, the ranking number of 1 plus the number of items ranked above it plus half the number of items equal to it. This strategy has

240-403: Is an example: Suppose you have the data set 1.0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.0, 5.0. The ordinal ranks are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. For v = 1.0, the fractional rank is the average of the ordinal ranks: (1 + 2) / 2 = 1.5. In a similar manner, for v = 5.0, the fractional rank is (7 + 8 + 9) / 3 = 8.0. Thus the fractional ranks are: 1.5, 1.5, 3.0, 4.5, 4.5, 6.0, 8.0, 8.0, 8.0 This method

288-514: Is because the most involved parents will then avoid such schools, leaving only the children of non-ambitious parents to attend. In business, league tables list the leaders in the business activity within a specific industry, ranking companies based on different criteria including revenue, earnings, and other relevant key performance indicators (such as market share and meeting customer expectations) enabling people to quickly analyze significant data. The rank methodology based on some specific indices

336-456: Is called "Low" by IBM SPSS and "min" by the R programming language in their methods to handle ties. Sometimes, competition ranking is done by leaving the gaps in the ranking numbers before the sets of equal-ranking items (rather than after them as in standard competition ranking). The number of ranking numbers that are left out in this gap remains one less than the number of items that compared equal. Equivalently, each item's ranking number

384-419: Is called "Mean" by IBM SPSS and "average" by the R programming language in their methods to handle ties. In statistics , ranking is the data transformation in which numerical or ordinal values are replaced by their rank when the data are sorted. For example, if the numerical data 3.4, 5.1, 2.6, 7.3 are observed, the ranks of these data items would be 2, 3, 1 and 4 respectively. As another example,

432-436: Is called "Sequential" by IBM SPSS and "dense" by the R programming language in their methods to handle ties. In ordinal ranking, all items receive distinct ordinal numbers, including items that compare equal. The assignment of distinct ordinal numbers to items that compare equal can be done at random, or arbitrarily, but it is generally preferable to use a system that is arbitrary but consistent, as this gives stable results if

480-536: Is controlled by the Russian Football Union , the governing body for football in Russia. The team's highest achievements are three World Cup crowns conquered in 2011, 2013 and 2021. The Serebryany Bor , specifically Beach No. 3, is said to be the birthplace of Russian beach soccer. Players including Andrey Bukhlitskiy and Egor Eremeev used that beach for training and fun games. Russia debuted at

528-589: Is equal to the number of items ranked equal to it or above it. This ranking ensures that a competitor only comes second if they score higher than all but one of their opponents, third if they score higher than all but two of their opponents, etc. Thus if A ranks ahead of B and C (which compare equal) which are both ranked ahead of D, then A gets ranking number 1 ("first"), B gets ranking number 3 ("joint third"), C also gets ranking number 3 ("joint third") and D gets ranking number 4 ("fourth"). In this case, nobody would get ranking number 2 ("second") and that would be left as

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576-651: Is one of the most common systems used by policy makers and international organizations in order to assess the socio-economic context of the countries. Some notable examples include the Human Development Index (United Nations), Doing Business Index ( World Bank ), Corruption Perceptions Index (Transparency International), and Index of Economic Freedom (the Heritage Foundation). For instance, the Doing Business Indicator of

624-441: Is to inform potential applicants about British universities based on a range of criteria. Similarly, in countries like India, league tables are being developed and a popular magazine, Education World, published them based on data from TheLearningPoint.net . It is complained that the ranking of England's schools to rigid guidelines that fail to take into account wider social conditions actually makes failing schools even worse. This

672-527: The 1996 Beach Soccer World Championship , with a squad including Vagiz Khidiyatullin , Vyacheslav Chanov and Andrei Yakubik . In their first match against Italy , Russia lost 1–5, which is one of their biggest losses to date. Notwithstanding the overall fifth place at the Championships, beach soccer was not supported by the government for the next 10 years. In 2005, Nikolai Pisarev and other sportsmen suggested Sport's Minister Vitaly Mutko reviving

720-615: The 2021 World Cup . By January 2022, they had spent enough time at the summit during this spell to regain the record of team longest ranked the world's best cumulatively. However, the Russian invasion of Ukraine then occurred in February; as a result, Russia were suspended from participating in BSWW competitions in accordance with sanctions imposed by FIFA and UEFA in response to the conflict. Subsequently, they were powerless in surrendering

768-528: The Euro Beach Soccer Cup . At the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup , Russia finished ninth, and in the following year already sixth. Since Mikhail Likhachev's appointment as head coach in 2010, the team of Russia won the 2011 and 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup . One of the exceptions was the insufficient result from the World Cup qualification tournament , where Russia was placed 5th at

816-660: The 3rd-place match, where they lost to Portugal after penalty shoot-out. For the first time Russia did not finish within the top 3. They rebounded in the Intercontinental Cup , defeating Tahiti and the United States in the group stage. In the semifinals they defeated Brazil after penalty shoot-out, ending the South American's 66-game winning streak, but the Russians were defeated by Iran in

864-482: The Russian national beach soccer team. Mutko supported the idea and in the same year Russia participated at the Euro Beach Soccer Cup , sending Mostovoi , Karpin , Nikiforov , Lediakhov , Kiriakov and Popov . Furthermore, one Brazilian consulted the team. In the following years, Russia progressed. In 2007, players such as Makarov , Shkarin and Bukhlitskiy debuted for the team. That year Russia became third at

912-667: The Superfinal. Russia rebounded in the FIFA World Cup qualification in Moscow, beating all of their eight opponents to win the title for the second time. In the final Russia beat Italy 7–1. In the new 2021 season, Russia played their first international matches at the 2021 Euro Beach Soccer League , defeating Turkey , Belarus and Spain in the 1st Stage. As host of the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup , Russia automatically qualified for this edition. Matches played within

960-603: The World Bank measures business regulations and their enforcement in 190 countries. Countries are ranked according to ten indicators that are synthesized to produce the final rank. Each indicator is composed of sub-indicators; for instance, the Registering Property Indicator is composed of four sub-indicators measuring time, procedures, costs, and quality of the land registration system. These kinds of ranks are based on subjective criteria for assigning

1008-525: The World Cup (WC). Since the WC hosts qualify automatically, sometimes they do not compete in their respective continental championship. To compensate for their induced absence, the team is automatically awarded with a set of points – the average they have earned from their last three appearances in the championship. Only the total points earned from the above events over the last four years (counting back from

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1056-637: The association ranking). Unlike the men's world ranking, they are not updated monthly. Each ranking category, and the basis of each (at the release of the current issue), is listed below. The club rankings are used to seed teams in European competitions. Similar to the UEFA coefficient's relationship with the UEFA Champions League , the association ranking is used to determine the number of clubs that qualify from each country's domestic league to

1104-579: The commendation to teams part of the club rankings and women's national teams as well; the following tables list the men's national teams winners of Movers of the Month : BSWW formally published a series of new rankings to accompany the primary men's national team world rankings in December 2018, all of which were concerned purely with European sides. In November 2019, these rankings were upgraded from being only European based, to fully global rankings (save for

1152-476: The composition of its materialisation. In building the initial version of the ranking, BSWW took into account "many aspects and factors" used to create the FIFA World Rankings . Points earned from events over the previous five years (2009–13) were observed to include the outcomes of the three previous World Cups , therefore providing "an extensive results record and a solid criteria" for its basis;

1200-423: The current month) go towards the team's ranking; points older than four years expire and do not count. The four years in question are assessed as individual twelve month periods; the total points earned during each period are weighted differently to put an emphasis on the value of points earned more recently. 100% of a team's total points gained during the last twelve months count towards their ranking. However, from

1248-595: The end and so missed the opportunity to qualify for the 2017 World Cup . There was some regress for Russia in the 2018 season. While they traditionally played well in the Moscow stage of the Euro Beach Soccer League , winning the group which included the teams of Switzerland , Azerbaijan and Poland , and finishing second in the last Stage in Warnemünde , losing only to Spain , Russia placed second in their team after Italy and so qualified for

1296-467: The final. Russia started well in the next season. They qualified for the inaugural World Beach Games after beating Norway , Ukraine , Switzerland and Spain, and proceeded to win silver at that tournament. The team then finished just 6th at the European Games . At the Euro Beach Soccer League , in the first stage, Russia was again placed 2nd in their group after Spain, but still qualified for

1344-523: The immediate aftermath of the tournament. Their near three-year stay at the top of the ranking finally ended with the release of the March 2020 listings, with world champions Portugal replacing them at the peak by a slender 21 points, becoming the first team to spend a second spell as number 1. Russia then began their second spell as ranking leaders after a five year gap, in August 2021, immediately after claiming

1392-475: The next edition of the Euro Winners Cup; better quality associations receive more berths. The following tables show the top ten in each ranking's current issue: Ranking system By reducing detailed measures to a sequence of ordinal numbers , rankings make it possible to evaluate complex information according to certain criteria. Thus, for example, an Internet search engine may rank

1440-726: The ordinal data hot, cold, warm would be replaced by 3, 1, 2. In these examples, the ranks are assigned to values in ascending order, although descending ranks can also be used. League tables are used to compare the academic achievements of different institutions. College and university rankings order institutions in higher education by combinations of factors. In addition to entire institutions, specific programs, departments, and schools are ranked. These rankings usually are conducted by magazines, newspapers, governments and academics. For example, league tables of British universities are published annually by The Independent , The Sunday Times , and The Times . The primary aim of these rankings

1488-460: The pages it finds according to an estimation of their relevance , making it possible for the user quickly to select the pages they are likely to want to see. Analysis of data obtained by ranking commonly requires non-parametric statistics . It is not always possible to assign rankings uniquely. For example, in a race or competition two (or more) entrants might tie for a place in the ranking. When computing an ordinal measurement , two (or more) of

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1536-465: The position above. BSWW have divided the different types of competitions on the calendar into eight tiers of prestige for the purposes of the world ranking. Higher tier events that are deemed to be the most prestigious reward teams with more points than lower tier events. The following table shows exactly how many points a team will earn per their final position at each type of event: b) Continental championships also act as qualification tournaments to

1584-428: The property that the sum of the ranking numbers is the same as under ordinal ranking. For this reason, it is used in computing Borda counts and in statistical tests (see below). Thus if A ranks ahead of B and C (which compare equal) which are both ranked ahead of D, then A gets ranking number 1 ("first"), B and C each get ranking number 2.5 (average of "joint second/third") and D gets ranking number 4 ("fourth"). Here

1632-481: The quantities being ranked might measure equal. In these cases, one of the strategies below for assigning the rankings may be adopted. A common shorthand way to distinguish these ranking strategies is by the ranking numbers that would be produced for four items, with the first item ranked ahead of the second and third (which compare equal) which are both ranked ahead of the fourth. These names are also shown below. In competition ranking, items that compare equal receive

1680-645: The ranking is done multiple times. An example of an arbitrary but consistent system would be to incorporate other attributes into the ranking order (such as alphabetical ordering of the competitor's name) to ensure that no two items exactly match. With this strategy, if A ranks ahead of B and C (which compare equal) which are both ranked ahead of D, then A gets ranking number 1 ("first") and D gets ranking number 4 ("fourth"), and either B gets ranking number 2 ("second") and C gets ranking number 3 ("third") or C gets ranking number 2 ("second") and B gets ranking number 3 ("third"). In computer data processing, ordinal ranking

1728-500: The ranking of the team in the final standings of each event they participate in awards that team a certain number of points; the teams that accumulate the most points are ranked highest. The rankings were introduced in February 2014 and were originally updated monthly; since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic , new issues have been released at irregular intervals. To date, only three teams ( Russia , Portugal and Brazil ) have held

1776-542: The ranking, the position of all those ranked below them is unaffected (i.e., a competitor only comes second if exactly one person scores better than them, third if exactly two people score better than them, fourth if exactly three people score better than them, etc.). Thus if A ranks ahead of B and C (which compare equal) which are both ranked ahead of D, then A gets ranking number 1 ("first"), B gets ranking number 2 ("joint second"), C also gets ranking number 2 ("joint second") and D gets ranking number 4 ("fourth"). This method

1824-492: The rankings the most or the team which had gained the most points. It began with the September 2015 update when Power Horse  [ de ] became official sponsors of the rankings, started to be awarded infrequently and at irregular intervals following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic , and has stopped being awarded entirely since the end of 2021. Towards the tail end of its existence, in 2020, BSWW began awarding

1872-412: The results of over 1400 matches from ~100 events were integrated into the ranking. The weight of a team's points was reduced by 20% going back year on year. The finalised version was subsequently released on 6 February 2014; for succeeding updates, the current calculation method immediately superseded the method use to create the initial ranking. Correct as of November 2022 The teams are ranked using

1920-407: The same ranking number, and then a gap is left in the ranking numbers. The number of ranking numbers that are left out in this gap is one less than the number of items that compared equal. Equivalently, each item's ranking number is 1 plus the number of items ranked above it. This ranking strategy is frequently adopted for competitions, as it means that if two (or more) competitors tie for a position in

1968-448: The score. Sometimes, the adopted parameters may produce discrepancies with the empirical observations, therefore potential biases and paradox may emerge from the application of these criteria. Russia national beach soccer team The Russia national beach soccer team ( Russian : Сборная России по пляжному футболу , Sbornaya Rossii po plyazhnomu futbolu ) represents Russia in international beach soccer competitions and

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2016-549: The team that is reigning World Cup champions during that time. When the rankings debuted in February 2014, Russia were the inaugural leaders, having amassing over 5000 points thanks to winning the 2011 and 2013 World Cup and Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) titles. Portugal won the next World Cup in July 2015 and the EBSL in the August ; Russia finished third in both. Despite Portugal's successes, they were not enough to knock Russia off

2064-547: The teams in regional events. At each competition the teams played in, they earned points depending on their final position (an approach also adapted for use in the world ranking). BSWW believed creating a world ranking would help teams, national associations and fans in understanding the "reality of beach soccer". The ranking was first presented at the 2nd FIFA Beach Soccer Workshop in Dubai from 22 to 23 November 2013 to representatives of over 100 national associations who debated

2112-468: The three preceding twelve month periods, only a portion of their points earned during each count towards their ranking; the portion that counts gets smaller the further back in time the period in question is which are 75%, 50% and 25% of their original points totals respectively. This is illustrated/summarised in the table below: Three teams have been ranked world number 1, namely Russia , Portugal and Brazil . The rank leaders have roughly coincided with

2160-486: The top position, of which Brazil have spent the longest ranked first. The ranking system is based upon that which is used to produce the FIFA World Rankings in its parent sport, association football , and since its establishment has been used for such purposes as seeding teams at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup . Since the 2000s, BSWW had been producing a European ranking; it was used to seed

2208-472: The top spot back to Portugal by November. However, Portugal's third spell as world number 1 would ultimately by the shortest of any incumbent to date, as within just a few months, a series of titles, primarily the 2023 Copa América , saw Brazil earn enough points to return to the pinnacle after three years, later leapfrogging Russia to have amassed the most time at number 1 once again by January 2024. Two teams have peaked at number 2 without yet going on to reach

2256-504: The top spot until June 2016. Portugal relinquished their world crown to Brazil in May 2017 who immediately took the number 1 ranking and subsequently overtook Russia as the team longest ranked the world's best in October 2019. Portugal regained the World Cup title in December 2019 , cutting Brazil's lead to a mere 240 points, but nevertheless the South American's clung on to the number 1 spot in

2304-476: The top spot which are Iran and Spain . Both Switzerland and Paraguay have peaked at number 3, the highest of any landlocked countries . The season-end number 1 is the team which garnered the most points during the calendar year in question. Movers of the Month was (2015–2021) a commendation bestowed by BSWW with the release of each new update to the rankings to give recognition to the team that during that month (providing that they had played) had moved up

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