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.

Rankings as of 5-Dec-2009

Pos	Band	Region	Points	+/-
1	Cory	Wales	1,929.78	-
2	Foden's	North West	1,560.88	+1
3	Black Dyke	Yorkshire	1,359.78	-1
4	Grimethorpe Colliery	Yorkshire	1,255.61	-
5	Brighouse and Rastrick	Yorkshire	538.65	-
6	Leyland	North West	430.25	-
7	Rothwell Temperance	Yorkshire	324.44	-
8	Stavanger	Norway	255.76	+1
9	Fairey	North West	254.75	+2
10	Desford Colliery	Midlands	242.55	+4
11	Brass Band Treize Etoiles	Switzerland	230.29	-3
12	Carlton Main Frickley Colliery	Yorkshire	230.25	-2
13	Hepworth (Cookson Homes)	Yorkshire	226.67	-1
14	Tredegar	Wales	221.33	-1
15	Reg Vardy	North	215.43	+5
16	Co-operative FuneralCare	Scotland	203.45	+1
17	Eikanger-Bjørsvik	Norway	202.83	-2
18	Whitburn	Scotland	185.96	-
19	Brass Band Willebroek	Belgium	183.11	-3
20	Kirkintilloch	Scotland	153.99	-1
21	Hammonds Saltaire	Yorkshire	141.41	-
22	Flowers	West	133.09	-
23	BTM	Wales	121.65	-
24	Fountain City Brass Band	USA	120.96	+27
25	Brass Band Rijnmond	Netherlands	81.78	-1
26	Virtuosi GUS	Midlands	79.80	-1
27	Wingates	North West	77.44	-1
28	Pemberton Old Wigan DW	North West	73.14	+10
29	Mount Charles	West	66.94	-2
30	Brass Band Fribourg	Switzerland	60.35	-2
31	Brass Band Oberösterreich	Austria	57.02	-2
32	Buizingen	Belgium	52.66	-2
33	Tongwynlais Temperance	Wales	50.09	+3
34	Camborne Town	West	47.52	-3
35	Beaumaris	Wales	45.47	-1
36	Lyngby Taarbaek	Denmark	43.88	+3
37	Brisbane Excelsior	Australia	42.94	-5
38	Burry Port Town	Wales	42.08	-1
39	Redbridge Brass	London & SC	41.39	-6
40	Wire Brass	North West	41.32	+6
41	Northop	Wales	39.06	-6
42	EYMS	North	37.49	+2
43	Manger Musikklag	Norway	36.52	-
44	Skelmanthorpe	Yorkshire	35.04	-2
45	Festival Brass Band	Belgium	33.27	-5
46	Newstead Brass	Midlands	33.22	-5
47	Marsden Silver	Yorkshire	30.64	+1
48	Kingdom Brass	Scotland	29.72	-1
49	Burgermusik Luzern	Switzerland	28.90	-4
50	Kew Band Melbourne	Australia	27.12	+4
51	Fishburn	North	26.49	+7
52	Oslo Brass Band	Norway	25.82	-
53	Aeolus	France	25.43	-4
54	Gunnedah Shire Band	Australia	25.41	+5
55	Windcorp	Sweden	23.67	+17
56	Woolston Brass	New Zealand	23.31	-6
57	Cwmaman Institute	Wales	22.02	-2
58	Ensemble de Cuivres Valaisan A	Switzerland	21.54	-5
59	Krohnengen	Norway	21.44	-2
60	Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel	Yorkshire	21.28	+1
61	Aveley & Newham	London & SC	21.15	-5
62	Brass Band of Central Florida	USA	21.04	+1
63	Molde Brass Band	Norway	18.14	-3
64	Concord	Denmark	17.28	+58
65	Sovereign Brass	Midlands	16.91	-1
66	Newbridge Celynen	Wales	16.91	-4
67	Chicago Brass Band	USA	16.56	+9
68	Bon-Accord	Scotland	16.56	+2
69	Stockholm Brass Band	Sweden	16.47	+19
70	Dalmellington	Scotland	16.43	-5
71	Newtongrange Silver	Scotland	15.15	+3
72	Dalewool Auckland Brass	New Zealand	14.83	-6
73	Pontardulais	Wales	14.41	+80
74	Oslofjorde Brass	Norway	14.39	-6
75	Brass Band de Wâldsang	Netherlands	14.39	-8
76	Warringah Concert Brass	Australia	14.39	+1
77	Powerfuel Hatfield Colliery	Yorkshire	14.02	-8
78	United Co-op Milnrow	North West	13.93	-3
79	Unison Kinneil	Scotland	13.82	-1
80	SWT Woodfalls	West	13.50	-9
81	Thoresby Colliery	Midlands	13.10	+1
82	James Madison University	USA	12.67	+7
83	Staffordshire	Midlands	12.44	-10
84	Blackburn & Darwen	North West	11.80	+30
85	United Co-op Crewe	North West	11.54	-2
86	Point of Ayr	Wales	11.51	+29
87	Barton Town	North	11.05	-6
88	Parc & Dare	Wales	11.00	-9
89	Wakefield Metropolitan	Yorkshire	10.83	-3
90	Marlborough District Brass	New Zealand	10.75	-10
91	1st Old Boys Association Silver	N. Ireland	10.75	+26
92	Freckleton	North West	10.71	-8
93	Oldham Band (Lees)	North West	10.30	+8
94	Laganvale (Metal Technology)	N. Ireland	10.01	+62
95	Wrexham Brass	Wales	9.90	-5
96	Felling	North	9.65	+4
97	Aarhus	Denmark	9.58	+53
98	Zone One Brass	London & SC	9.51	-13
99	Brass Band Berneroberland	Switzerland	9.22	-12
100	Brisbane Brass	Australia	9.12	+18
101	City of Holroyd	Australia	8.75	-10
102	Murley Silver	N. Ireland	8.69	+22
103	Ila Brass	Norway	8.67	-11
104	Solna Brass	Sweden	8.58	+70
105	Ashton-under-Lyne	North West	8.49	-11
106	Kirkintilloch Kelvin Brass	Scotland	8.47	-10
107	Provinciale Brassband Groningen	Netherlands	8.43	-12
108	National Band of New Zealand	New Zealand	8.33	-10
109	Jaren Hornmusikkforening	Norway	8.17	-10
110	Noord Limburgse	Belgium	7.86	-17
111	Metropole Brass Band	Belgium	7.82	-14
112	Clackmannan & District	Scotland	7.44	-8
113	Ratby Co-operative	Midlands	7.43	-10
114	Jaguar (Coventry)	Midlands	7.39	-12
115	Lydbrook	West	7.35	+4
116	Atlantic Brass Band	USA	7.33	+15
117	RAF St. Athan Voluntary	Wales	7.30	-9
118	Johnstone Silver	Scotland	7.25	-12
119	Tylorstown	Wales	7.16	-6
120	Bayerische Brassband Akademie (3BA)	Germany	7.16	-15
121	City of Cardiff (Melingriffith)	Wales	6.95	-14
122	Timperley	North West	6.93	-6
123	Stannington Brass	Yorkshire	6.92	-3
124	Abergavenny Borough	Wales	6.88	-15
125	St. Dennis	West	6.87	+3
126	Kibworth	Midlands	6.80	-16
127	Norfolk Brass	London & SC	6.77	-16
128	Bazuin-Oenkerk	Netherlands	6.64	-16
129	Nord-Pas-de-Calais	France	6.17	-8
130	Illinois Brass Band	USA	5.97	+22
131	Vernon Building Society Poynton	North West	5.89	-6
132	Drogheda Brass Band	Ireland	5.88	+9
133	Friary Guildford	London & SC	5.87	-10
134	Markham and District	Wales	5.81	-2
135	Footscray-Yarraville City	Australia	5.68	+14
136	Yorkshire Co-op	Yorkshire	5.63	-9
137	St. Kilda Sentinel Brass	New Zealand	5.56	-11
138	K&N Spring Gully Brass	Australia	5.55	+24
139	Arklow Shipping	Ireland	5.49	-5
140	Nordvestjysk Brass Band	Denmark	5.47	New
141	North Shore Brass	New Zealand	5.31	-12
142	Easington Colliery	North	5.28	-9
143	Uppermill	North West	5.26	+34
144	Brass Band Schoonhoven	Netherlands	5.04	-14
145	Betlehemskyrkans Brass	Sweden	4.90	New
146	Sandefjord Brass Symposium	Norway	4.85	-2
147	Brass Band Columbus	USA	4.79	+21
148	St. Austell Town	West	4.75	-13
149	Hade Edge (J&E Dickinson)	Yorkshire	4.74	-12
150	Stocksbridge	Yorkshire	4.72	-14
151	Strata Brass	Yorkshire	4.72	-11
152	Waratah Brass	Australia	4.72	-13
153	Poulton-le-Fylde	North West	4.62	-6
154	Ascot Park Hotel of Invercargill	New Zealand	4.50	-16
155	Malmo Brass	Sweden	4.49	+45
156	Penclawdd Brass	Wales	4.46	-11
157	Derwent Brass	Midlands	4.44	-9
158	Glossop Old	Midlands	4.39	-12
159	Oberaargauer Brass Band	Switzerland	4.29	-16
160	Ensemble de Cuivres Mélodia	Switzerland	4.28	-18
161	Bo'ness & Carriden	Scotland	4.27	-7
162	Kirkbymoorside Town	North	4.21	-7
163	Goodwick Brass	Wales	4.19	New
164	The Trusts Waitakere Brass	New Zealand	4.18	-13
165	Silkeborg Blaeserne	Denmark	4.13	New
166	Drighlington	Yorkshire	4.02	+13
167	Harrogate	North	4.00	-9
168	Deiniolen	Wales	3.99	+12
169	NASUWT Riverside	North	3.93	-4
170	Tyldesley	North West	3.87	New
171	Soli Brass	Netherlands	3.86	-14
172	Staines Brass	London & SC	3.80	-13
173	Haslingden & Helmshore	North West	3.72	-10
174	Rogerstone	Wales	3.69	+19
175	Brassband Limburg	Netherlands	3.67	-15
176	Rainford	North West	3.57	+22
177	Pelorus Trust Wellington Brass	New Zealand	3.56	-16
178	Phoenix West Midlands Brass	Midlands	3.46	-11
179	Aldbourne	West	3.45	-13
180	Brass Band Kortrijk	Belgium	3.43	-16
181	St Mary's Band Club	Australia	3.39	-11
182	Helston Town	West	3.32	-13
183	Willoughby City	Australia	3.30	-11
184	Bournemouth Concert	West	3.24	-13
185	Poole Borough	West	3.22	-12
186	Askøy Brass Band	Norway	3.15	New
187	Tertnes Brass	Norway	3.06	+3
188	East London Brass	London & SC	3.04	-13
189	Blaenavon Town	Wales	2.99	+8
190	Camborne 'B'	West	2.98	-14
191	Newmilns & Galston	Scotland	2.97	-9
192	Roberts Bakery	North West	2.93	-9
193	Haverhill	London & SC	2.90	-15
194	Longridge	North West	2.83	New
195	Ohio Brass Band	USA	2.75	New
196	Dobcross Silver	North West	2.71	-7
197	Yeovil Town	West	2.65	New
198	Kidlington Concert	London & SC	2.65	-3
199	Frickley South Elmsall	Yorkshire	2.64	-18
200	Thomas Coaches Mid-Rhondda	Wales	2.58	-16