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 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

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