WXV Ladder Positions 2015

[ossie85]

Final Run Home

6 rounds to go! A week off for teams next week, before a regular week. The last 5 rounds are against the other teams from your 'form group' last year. So, the ladder can be deceiving.


2014 Top 6

Ordered by current ladder position. The team in brackets is who they play next, but over the last 5 rounds they play everyone in this group once.

1. Dublin (Rio de Janeiro)
2. PNL (Beijing)
4. Moscow (Tokyo)
5. Mexico City (Cairo)
13. Cape Town (New Delhi)
16. Buenos Aires (Berlin)

Moscow and Mexico City have a fight for a spot in the top 4. IMO only room for one and while Moscow is a game ahead, Mexico City have clear percentage advantage. Both could technically miss the finals, but it would take an almighty collapse.

Buenos Aires are out of the running, and don't look likely to win another game. Despite that, they could still avoid the spoon even if they do lose every match.

Cape Town are in serious trouble. Will need to win at least 4 (possibly 5) to make the finals. So basically if they lose to all of Dublin, PNL and Mexico City - they are out. And Moscow ain't no easy beat either. They'll likely get wins over New Delhi and Buenos Aires though.

Dublin and PNL will fight for the top spot most likely. If PNL beat Dublin, they will still (because of percentage) require Dublin to slip another game (Maybe against Mexico City?) and not lose a game themselves. Tough, not impossible, just not likely. Rio is a danger game for Dublin though... can you imagine if Ablett comes in and scores 200?

2014 Middle 4 + 2 Newbies

Ordered by current ladder position. The team in brackets is who they play next, but over the last 5 rounds they play everyone in this group once.

3. Christchurch (New York)
7. Berlin (Buenos Aires)
10. London (Pacific)
11. Toronto (Seoul)
14. Rio de Janeiro (Dublin)
17. Cairo (Mexico City)

Christchurch would need only 2 wins to qualify for the finals... but you know what? None of the 6 teams they play are automatic victories... well, except maybe Cairo. Surprisingly at 8-3, I don't count them as certainties for the top 8. Let alone the top 4... I'd say it is very likely they'll make the finals though.

As mentioned a few posts above, I think Berlin are a great chance of making the finals. A smokey for top 4, but that's very unlikely. They should be aiming for a home final... but disasters can happen.

London will need a lot of things to right to make the clubs first finals appearance. At 5-6 they will need AT LEAST 4 wins, possibly 5. If they make the finals, they'll deserve it.

Toronto's last month has been a disaster, at 5-6, like London, they will need at least 4 wins. Pendles is key!

Are you there Ablett? It's me Rio? Ablett is the only guy that can save Rio at 4-7. Potentially needing to win all 6 matches to match it (maybe with 5). And they have Dublin next.

Cairo's focus will be to avoid the spoon. Without Mumford, they might be relying on New Delhi not winning another match.


2014 Bottom 6

Ordered by current ladder position. The team in brackets is who they play next, but over the last 5 rounds they play everyone in this group once.

6. New York (Christchurch)
8. Tokyo (Moscow)
9. Beijing (PNL)
12. Pacific (London)
15. Seoul (Toronto)
18. New Delhi (Cape Town)


Possibly could see 2 (or 3... or 4!) members from last year's bottom 6 into the top 8. I think that is a great sign! In the box seat is New York, who although they are playing 3rd place Christchurch next week, they have actually scored more than them. Injuries are concern, but New York, in the 8, with only 2 matches against the current top 8 to come, could be inline to make a historic first finals appearance. Hell, they could push for top 4.

Tokyo have been an enigma this year - winning just enough to stay in touch and are a real shot of slipping into the finals. Will need at least 3 wins though....

Even if they don't make the finals, or even win another game, the improvement in Beijing and Pacific has been a real highlight. Beijing are in a better position to make the finals, but they have PNL in its way first. Pacific will need to find 4 or 5 wins also. I don't think the fairytale of a finals appearance will happen for either, but you never know.

Seoul's terrible percentage will mean they need to win all 6 matches IMO, I don't think it will happen, but they can cause havoc for everyone else.

Can New Delhi find that one more win to lift themselves off the bottom? They may need more than that!

[Memphistopheles]

Some food for thought for us with Buenos Aires the week before the crunch game with Dublin.

Could we see a big name rested from the Cobras line-up...?

[kilbluff1985]

Seoul expecting David Swallow and McGlynn back in a week or 2 very excited

[Purple 77]

Fantastic write-up oz!

Gonna be so interesting, this last 6 weeks. Dublin in danger of losing the minor premiership, Cairo in danger of the spoon, and of course the huge race for the final spots in the eight.

[Holz]

Fantastic write-up oz!

Gonna be so interesting, this last 6 weeks. Dublin in danger of losing the minor premiership, Cairo in danger of the spoon, and of course the huge race for the final spots in the eight.

im two games clear with 6 games to go. settle down.

[Hellopplz]

You can't count your ego as a game, thus only one game ahead :P.

[Purple 77]

Fantastic write-up oz!

Gonna be so interesting, this last 6 weeks. Dublin in danger of losing the minor premiership, Cairo in danger of the spoon, and of course the huge race for the final spots in the eight.

im two games clear with 6 games to go. settle down.

Lose against PNL and Mexico City, then PNL win the rest... not as unlikely as some other events.

[Holz]

You can't count your ego as a game, thus only one game ahead :P.

I can count my percentage though.

[Toga]

Nice, Oz!

Tough matchup against PNL but hoping we can snag another few wins in the run home. Think finals are going to probably be just out of reach, but so happy with the huge improvement we've seen so far this year :)

[Hellopplz]

The upside about playing us, is that we can never get our forward combination right with the resting :(. And surely we're due for a below-par score one of these rounds and coming into the danger zone for games. Especially as we may have to rest a big game for the next match against Dublin Togs!

[Purple 77]

After Round 12:

PNL jump past me on points scored big time... and Toronto jump back in the 8

Position	Name	Score	Scored Against	Wins	Losses	Percentage
1	Dublin Destroyers	1932	1598	11	1	120.9
2	Paris Nice Lyon Reindeers	1778	1593	10	2	111.61
3	Christchurch Saints	1688	1549	9	3	108.97
4	Moscow Spetnaz	1706	1619	9	3	105.37
5	Mexico City Suns	1726	1557	8	4	110.85
6	Berlin Brewers	1752	1640	7	5	106.83
7	New York Revolution	1691	1698	7	5	99.59
8	Toronto Wolves	1653	1603	6	6	103.12
9	Pacific Islanders	1652	1629	6	6	101.41
10	Cape Town Cobras	1640	1660	6	6	98.8
11	Tokyo Samurai	1597	1643	6	6	97.2
12	Beijing Thunder	1635	1702	6	6	96.06
13	London Royals	1643	1624	5	7	101.17
14	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	1638	1660	4	8	98.67
15	Seoul Magpies	1530	1666	4	8	91.84
16	Buenos Aires Armadillos	1337	1541	2	10	86.76
17	Cairo Sands	1473	1656	1	11	88.95
18	New Delhi Tigers	1300	1733	1	11	75.01

EurAsia	Name	Score	Scored Against	Wins	Losses	Percentage
1	Moscow Spetnaz	876	788	6	0	111.17
2	Dublin Destroyers	991	775	5	1	127.87
3	Paris Nice Lyon Reindeers	892	795	5	1	112.2
4	Berlin Brewers	1042	961	4	3	108.43
5	London Royals	948	935	3	4	101.39
6	Seoul Magpies	657	707	1	4	92.93
7	Beijing Thunder	696	793	1	4	87.77
8	Tokyo Samurai	645	751	1	4	85.89
9	New Delhi Tigers	534	776	0	5	68.81

AAP Alliance	Name	Score	Scored Against	Wins	Losses	Percentage
1	Mexico City Suns	876	766	5	1	114.36
2	New York Revolution	990	938	5	2	105.54
3	Christchurch Saints	713	651	4	1	109.52
4	Pacific Islanders	941	913	4	3	103.07
5	Cape Town Cobras	822	825	3	3	99.64
6	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	686	670	2	3	102.39
7	Toronto Wolves	670	690	2	3	97.1
8	Buenos Aires Armadillos	657	810	1	5	81.11
9	Cairo Sands	606	698	0	5	86.82

Europe	Name	Score	Scored Against	Wins	Losses	Percentage
1	Moscow Spetsnaz	291	268	2	0	108.58
2	London Royals	411	422	2	1	97.39
3	Dublin Destroyers	292	276	1	1	105.8
4	Paris Nice Lyon Reindeers	294	301	1	1	97.67
5	Berlin Brewers	434	455	0	3	95.38

America	Name	Score	Scored Against	Wins	Losses	Percentage
1	New York Revolution	560	518	3	1	108.11
2	Mexico City Suns	466	408	2	1	114.22
3	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	415	384	2	1	108.07
4	Toronto Wolves	388	420	1	2	92.38
5	Buenos Aires Armadillos	315	414	0	3	76.09

Asia	Name	Score	Scored Against	Wins	Losses	Percentage
1	Tokyo Samurai	0	0	0	0	0
1	New Delhi Tigers	0	0	0	0	0
1	Beijing Thunder	0	0	0	0	0
1	Seoul Magpies	0	0	0	0	0

Africonia	Name	Score	Scored Against	Wins	Losses	Percentage
1	Christchurch Saints	297	250	2	0	118.8
2	Cape Town Cobras	414	394	2	1	105.08
3	Pacific Islanders	398	423	1	2	94.09
4	Cairo Sands	243	285	0	2	85.26

And reserves:

Position	Name	Score	Scored Against	Wins	Losses	Percentage
1	Marseille Kings	1231	760	10	2	161.97
2	Yuzawa Yakuza	1339	913	10	2	146.66
3	Shanghai Storm	1382	1065	10	2	129.77
4	Imperial Princes	1389	962	9	3	144.39
5	Port Morseby Iguanadons	1095	1001	9	3	109.39
6	Durban Pirates	1508	1015	8	4	148.57
7	Siberian Wolverines	1052	848	8	4	124.06
8	Washington Rebellion	1043	969	7	5	107.64
9	Wellington Weta	1221	1157	7	5	105.53
10	Mexico City Suns	1068	881	6	6	121.23
11	Buenos Aires Armadillos	1199	1018	6	6	117.78
12	Belfast Braves	840	950	5	7	88.42
13	Pyongyang Chollimas	667	895	3	9	74.53
14	Manitoba Moose	694	994	3	9	69.82
15	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	699	1039	3	9	67.28
16	Rhineland Rum-Runners	686	1126	2	10	60.92
17	Alexandria Heiroglyphics	403	1030	2	10	39.13
18	Mumbai Elephants	121	1014	0	12	11.93

[kilbluff1985]

top 4 pick hype

[Jukes]

Being 9-3 is great :D plus 8-3 in the ressies, 6-0 in EurAsia, and 2-0 in Europe :D too bad we'll lose at least 2 of our remaining games (Dublin and PNL), and possibly 3 (MCS), sorry Cobras and Dillos

12-5 might be good enough for top 4, but 11-6 won't be.

Hopefully can still keep scoring high so we can claim bs luck if we miss the four ;)

[Nige]

top 4 pick hype

Not quite.  :P

[kilbluff1985]

top 4 pick hype

Not quite.  :P

why not we are 4th last