World Rankings / International

These rankings have been meticulously prepared and provide an accurate reflection of the merits of each band mentioned. For more information read how the rankings system works.


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Rankings as of 22-Jul-2010

Pos Band Region Points +/-
1 Cory Wales 1,670.04 -
2 Black Dyke Yorkshire 1,082.34 +1
3 Foden's North West 1,073.17 -1
4 Grimethorpe Colliery Yorkshire 827.83 -
5 Eikanger-Bjørsvik Norway 408.63 -
6 Brighouse and Rastrick Yorkshire 402.86 -
7 Tredegar Wales 376.38 -
8 Leyland North West 326.68 -
9 Rothwell Temperance Yorkshire 318.91 -
10 Fairey (Geneva) North West 317.64 +4
11 Co-operative FuneralCare Scotland 241.87 -1
12 Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Yorkshire 198.85 -
13 Stavanger Norway 198.40 -2
14 Reg Vardy North 193.57 +3
15 Brass Band Oberösterreich Austria 189.80 -2
16 Whitburn Scotland 181.30 +4
17 Desford Colliery Midlands 171.36 -2
18 Brass Band Treize Etoiles Switzerland 158.15 -2
19 Hepworth (Cookson Homes) Yorkshire 139.90 -1
20 Brass Band Willebroek Belgium 139.03 -1
21 BTM Wales 133.71 -
22 Tongwynlais Temperance Wales 131.91 -
23 Kirkintilloch Scotland 124.40 +1
24 Buizingen Belgium 116.00 -1
25 Flowers West 110.87 -
26 Fountain City Brass Band USA 110.03 -
27 Hammonds Saltaire Yorkshire 109.53 -
28 Pemberton Old Wigan DW North West 105.48 -
29 Virtuosi GUS Midlands 94.17 -
30 Manger Musikklag Norway 83.14 -
31 Redbridge Brass London & SC 66.66 -
32 Wingates North West 63.63 -
33 Brass Band Rijnmond Netherlands 62.82 -
34 Mount Charles West 59.89 -
35 Valaisia Brass Band Switzerland 56.07 -
36 Kingdom Brass Scotland 48.21 +13
37 Camborne Town West 45.62 +4
38 Brisbane Excelsior Australia 44.93 -1
39 Brass Band de Wâldsang Netherlands 44.65 -3
40 Brass Band Fribourg Switzerland 42.95 -2
41 Northop Wales 42.58 -2
42 Beaumaris Wales 41.98 -2
43 Wire Brass North West 38.53 -1
44 Brass Band Schoonhoven Netherlands 35.19 -
45 Krohnengen Norway 35.12 -2
46 Skelmanthorpe Yorkshire 34.89 +11
47 Ila Brass Norway 33.19 -2
48 Oslofjorde Brass Norway 32.62 -2
49 Marsden Silver Yorkshire 32.52 +1
50 Festival Brass Band Belgium 32.13 -2
51 Lyngby Taarbaek Denmark 31.70 -4
52 Burry Port Town Wales 31.40 -1
53 Newstead Brass Midlands 30.36 -1
54 Fishburn North 29.59 -
55 Kew Band Melbourne Australia 29.33 -2
56 EYMS North 28.89 -
57 Nord-Pas-de-Calais France 27.56 -2
58 Burgermusik Luzern Switzerland 27.04 -
59 Zone One Brass London & SC 24.58 +2
60 Bon-Accord Scotland 24.36 +4
61 Cwmaman Institute Wales 24.03 -1
62 Co-operative Milnrow North West 23.63 +1
63 Oslo Brass Band Norway 23.63 -4
64 Concord Denmark 22.99 -2
65 Dalmellington Scotland 22.60 +1
66 Aveley & Newham London & SC 21.92 +1
67 Staffordshire Midlands 21.80 +1
68 James Madison University USA 21.62 +1
69 Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel Yorkshire 21.52 +1
70 Molde Brass Band Norway 21.25 -5
71 Sovereign Brass Midlands 21.03 -
72 Woodfalls West 20.08 -
73 Ensemble de Cuivres Valaisan A Switzerland 19.38 -
74 Ashton-under-Lyne North West 18.51 -
75 Chicago Brass Band USA 16.78 -
76 Noord Limburgse Belgium 16.73 +1
77 Gunnedah Shire Band Australia 16.31 -1
78 Brisbane Brass Australia 16.31 +4
79 Unison Kinneil Scotland 15.27 -1
80 Warringah Concert Brass Australia 14.56 -1
81 Blackburn & Darwen North West 14.32 -
82 Aeolus France 13.87 -2
83 Windcorp Sweden 13.82 +1
84 Newtongrange Silver Scotland 13.79 +1
85 Brass Band of Central Florida USA 13.72 -2
86 Woolston Brass New Zealand 13.30 -
87 Thoresby Colliery Midlands 12.82 -
88 Point of Ayr Wales 12.22 -
89 Pontardulais Wales 12.20 -
90 Powerfuel Hatfield Colliery Yorkshire 11.21 +1
91 Newbridge Celynen Wales 11.15 -1
92 Provinciale Brassband Groningen Netherlands 11.14 +33
93 Oldham Band (Lees) North West 10.86 -1
94 Drogheda Brass Band Ireland 10.75 -1
95 NASUWT Riverside North 10.31 +5
96 Freckleton North West 10.06 -
97 Bayerische Brassband Akademie (3BA) Germany 10.06 -3
98 Stockholm Brass Band Sweden 9.93 -3
99 Wakefield Metropolitan Yorkshire 9.79 -
100 Barton Town North 9.77 -2
101 Metropole Brass Band Belgium 9.59 -4
102 Felling North 9.52 -
103 Wrexham Brass Wales 9.34 -2
104 Bazuin-Oenkerk Netherlands 9.21 +1
105 Brass of the Potomac USA 8.88 -2
106 Co-operative Crewe North West 8.86 +1
107 Atlantic Brass Band USA 8.75 -3
108 Brass Band Berneroberland Switzerland 8.40 -2
109 Dalewool Auckland Brass New Zealand 8.36 -1
110 St. Dennis West 8.05 +2
111 1st Old Boys Association Silver N. Ireland 7.75 -
112 Parc & Dare Wales 7.73 -3
113 Clackmannan & District Scotland 7.60 +14
114 Stannington Brass Yorkshire 7.44 -1
115 Jaren Hornmusikkforening Norway 7.44 -5
116 Kirkintilloch Kelvin Brass Scotland 7.37 -1
117 City of Holroyd Australia 7.23 -3
118 Friary Guildford London & SC 7.21 -2
119 Jaguar (Coventry) Midlands 6.99 -2
120 Laganvale (Metal Technology) N. Ireland 6.95 -2
121 City of Cardiff (Melingriffith) Wales 6.83 -2
122 Ratby Co-operative Midlands 6.81 -2
123 Soli Brass Netherlands 6.70 -
124 Tylorstown Wales 6.64 -2
125 Sandefjord Brass Symposium Norway 6.54 -4
126 Lydbrook West 6.50 -2
127 Johnstone Silver Scotland 6.24 +1
128 Norfolk Brass London & SC 6.22 -2
129 Aarhus Denmark 6.09 -
130 Footscray-Yarraville City Australia 6.04 -
131 Marlborough District Brass New Zealand 5.95 -
132 St. Austell Town West 5.84 +7
133 Murley Silver N. Ireland 5.57 -1
134 Meltham & Meltham Mills Yorkshire 5.54 -1
135 Uppermill North West 5.46 +2
136 Kibworth Midlands 5.41 -
137 Brass Band Oberschwaben-Allgau Germany 5.41 -3
138 Markham and District Wales 5.39 -3
139 Arklow Shipping Ireland 5.37 -1
140 National Band of New Zealand New Zealand 5.22 -
141 RAF St. Athan Voluntary Wales 5.19 -
142 Vernon Building Society Poynton North West 5.12 +2
143 Kirkbymoorside Town North 5.03 +4
144 Abergavenny Borough Wales 5.02 -1
145 Penclawdd Brass Wales 5.00 -3
146 Easington Colliery North 4.88 +5
147 Solna Brass Sweden 4.86 -1
148 Tertnes Brass Norway 4.78 -3
149 Glossop Old Midlands 4.66 -
150 Austrian Brass Band - University of Graz Austria 4.52 -2
151 Sola Brass Band Norway 4.49 -1
152 Camborne 'B' West 4.47 +23
153 GT Group Peterlee North 4.37 -
154 Rogerstone Wales 4.32 -2
155 Wantage Silver 'A' London & SC 4.26 -1
156 Jackfield Elcock Reisen Midlands 4.23 -1
157 Glenorchy City Concert Brass Australia 4.19 -
158 Brass Band Kortrijk Belgium 4.11 -2
159 Helston Town West 4.08 +30
160 Illinois Brass Band USA 3.91 -1
161 Haslingden & Helmshore North West 3.89 -1
162 East London Brass London & SC 3.87 -1
163 Ensemble de Cuivres Mélodia Switzerland 3.84 -5
164 K&N Spring Gully Brass Australia 3.83 -2
165 Bo'ness & Carriden Scotland 3.68 -1
166 Hade Edge (J&E Dickinson) Yorkshire 3.65 -3
167 Central Ohio Brass Band USA 3.53 -2
168 Poulton-le-Fylde North West 3.51 +2
169 Blaenavon Town Wales 3.51 -1
170 Yorkshire Co-op Yorkshire 3.50 -3
171 Brassband Limburg Netherlands 3.48 -2
172 Oberaargauer Brass Band Switzerland 3.45 -6
173 City of Sheffield Yorkshire 3.45 -2
174 Brass Band Heist Belgium 3.40 -2
175 Derwent Brass Midlands 3.39 -2
176 Nordvestjysk Brass Band Denmark 3.33 -2
177 Hebden Bridge Yorkshire 3.28 -1
178 St. Kilda Sentinel Brass New Zealand 3.24 -1
179 Drighlington Yorkshire 3.22 -1
180 Deiniolen Wales 3.14 -1
181 Rainford North West 3.14 -
182 Brass Band Columbus USA 3.14 -2
183 Exo Brass France 3.01 New
184 Waratah Brass Australia 3.00 -
185 North Shore Brass New Zealand 2.99 -2
186 Staines Brass London & SC 2.98 -1
187 Goodwick Brass Wales 2.93 -1
188 Strata Brass Yorkshire 2.92 -1
189 Brassage France 2.89 -1
190 Alexander Brass Band Norway 2.88 -8
191 Kidlington Concert London & SC 2.85 -1
192 Newmilns & Galston Scotland 2.80 +1
193 Betlehemskyrkans Brass Sweden 2.78 -2
194 Aldbourne West 2.66 -
195 Phoenix West Midlands Brass Midlands 2.66 -3
196 Harrogate North 2.65 -1
197 Poole Borough West 2.57 -1
198 Malmo Brass Sweden 2.55 -1
199 Roberts Bakery North West 2.53 New
200 Silkeborg Blaeserne Denmark 2.51 -2

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