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 29-May-2009

Pos	Band	Region	Points	+/-
1	Cory	Wales	1,740.76	-
2	Grimethorpe Colliery	Yorkshire	1,221.67	-
3	Foden's	North West	1,201.14	-
4	Black Dyke	Yorkshire	901.45	-
5	Brighouse and Rastrick	Yorkshire	472.68	-
6	Stavanger	Norway	358.18	-
7	Brass Band Treize Etoiles	Switzerland	331.41	-
8	Eikanger-Bjørsvik	Norway	325.21	-
9	Leyland	North West	321.53	-
10	Fairey	North West	303.79	-
11	Rothwell Temperance	Yorkshire	289.50	+3
12	Tredegar	Wales	287.48	-1
13	Brass Band Willebroek	Belgium	277.40	-1
14	Desford Colliery	Midlands	268.51	+1
15	Carlton Main Frickley Colliery	Yorkshire	236.96	-2
16	Scottish Co-op	Scotland	198.49	-
17	Whitburn	Scotland	198.43	-
18	Hammonds Saltaire	Yorkshire	198.03	-
19	BTM	Wales	171.18	+3
20	Hepworth (Cookson Homes)	Yorkshire	170.38	-1
21	Kirkintilloch	Scotland	163.55	-1
22	Brass Band Rijnmond	Netherlands	131.74	-1
23	Virtuosi GUS	Midlands	121.64	+12
24	Flowers	West	119.08	+1
25	Brass Band Fribourg	Switzerland	102.37	-2
26	Mount Charles	West	96.80	+4
27	Wingates	North West	95.78	+7
28	Brass Band Oberösterreich	Austria	94.47	-4
29	Reg Vardy	North	93.93	-3
30	Lyngby Taarbaek	Denmark	59.27	-3
31	Festival Brass Band	Belgium	57.02	-3
32	Redbridge Brass	London & SC	54.97	-3
33	Buizingen	Belgium	53.93	-2
34	Northop	Wales	52.45	-2
35	Manger Musikklag	Norway	48.89	-2
36	Burry Port Town	Wales	47.32	+4
37	Skelmanthorpe	Yorkshire	46.23	+8
38	Pemberton Old Wigan JJB	North West	45.79	-
39	Oslo Brass Band	Norway	44.30	-3
40	EYMS	North	42.87	-1
41	Bactiguard Wire Brass	North West	39.97	+7
42	Brisbane Excelsior	Australia	39.33	-1
43	Krohnengen	Norway	37.39	-1
44	Kingdom Brass	Scotland	36.86	+6
45	Aeolus	France	36.75	-8
46	Marsden Silver (Ossett Brewery)	Yorkshire	35.95	+20
47	Fountain City Brass Band	USA	35.87	-3
48	Newstead Brass	Midlands	34.93	+17
49	Molde Brass Band	Norway	34.93	-6
50	Beaumaris	Wales	34.77	-4
51	Woolston Brass	New Zealand	34.03	-4
52	Tongwynlais Temperance	Wales	31.69	-3
53	Aveley & Newham	London & SC	31.66	+4
54	Camborne Town	West	31.29	-3
55	Fishburn	North	31.08	-2
56	Oslofjorde Brass	Norway	27.52	-4
57	Kew Band Melbourne	Australia	27.10	-3
58	Gunnedah Shire Band	Australia	26.35	-3
59	Brass Band of Central Florida	USA	26.15	-3
60	Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel	Yorkshire	25.45	-2
61	Sovereign Brass	Midlands	25.27	+10
62	Newbridge Celynen	Wales	23.17	-2
63	Brass Band de Wâldsang	Netherlands	22.58	-4
64	Dalewool Auckland Brass	New Zealand	21.95	-3
65	Cwmaman Institute	Wales	21.69	-3
66	Ensemble de Cuivres Valaisan A	Switzerland	20.78	-3
67	Bon-Accord	Scotland	20.36	-3
68	Staffordshire	Midlands	19.29	+8
69	SWT Woodfalls	West	19.10	+5
70	Powerfuel Hatfield Colliery	Yorkshire	18.35	+2
71	Windcorp	Sweden	17.94	-2
72	Chicago Brass Band	USA	17.93	-4
73	Burgermusik Luzern	Switzerland	17.69	-6
74	United Co-op Milnrow	North West	16.77	+10
75	Thoresby Colliery	Midlands	16.68	+10
76	Ila Brass	Norway	16.66	-6
77	Marlborough District Brass	New Zealand	16.09	-4
78	Dalmellington	Scotland	15.85	-3
79	Jaren Hornmusikkforening	Norway	15.05	-2
80	Parc & Dare	Wales	14.71	-2
81	Stockholm Brass Band	Sweden	14.46	-2
82	James Madison University	USA	13.74	-2
83	Unison Kinneil	Scotland	13.61	-1
84	Noord Limburgse	Belgium	13.60	-3
85	United Co-op Crewe	North West	13.52	-2
86	Metropole Brass Band	Belgium	13.11	-
87	Ashton-under-Lyne	North West	12.16	-
88	Freckleton	North West	11.33	-
89	Jaguar (Coventry)	Midlands	11.09	+6
90	Bayerische Brassband Akademie (3BA)	Germany	11.07	+13
91	Felling	North	10.38	-1
92	Kibworth	Midlands	10.34	+1
93	Wrexham Brass	Wales	10.21	-4
94	Warringah Concert Brass	Australia	9.80	-3
95	Point of Ayr	Wales	9.55	-3
96	Concord	Denmark	9.14	-2
97	Timperley	North West	9.11	-
98	1st Old Boys Association Silver	N. Ireland	9.10	-
99	Newtongrange Silver	Scotland	8.92	-3
100	Abergavenny Borough	Wales	8.81	+41
101	City of Holroyd	Australia	8.74	-2
102	Clackmannan & District	Scotland	8.66	-2
103	Blackburn & Darwen	North West	8.50	+1
104	Murley Silver	N. Ireland	8.47	-3
105	Lydbrook	West	8.46	+6
106	Sandefjord Brass Symposium	Norway	8.14	-4
107	St. Kilda Sentinel Brass	New Zealand	8.00	-1
108	Atlantic Brass Band	USA	7.93	-1
109	Brass Band Berneroberland	Switzerland	7.87	-4
110	North Shore Brass	New Zealand	7.84	-2
111	Zone One Brass	London & SC	7.78	+2
112	Bazuin-Oenkerk	Netherlands	7.62	-3
113	Yorkshire Co-op	Yorkshire	7.55	-1
114	Brass Band Schoonhoven	Netherlands	7.41	-4
115	Brisbane Brass	Australia	7.38	-1
116	Glossop Old	Midlands	7.05	+22
117	Tylorstown	Wales	6.98	-1
118	Wakefield Metropolitan	Yorkshire	6.90	-1
119	Oberaargauer Brass Band	Switzerland	6.88	-4
120	Ratby Co-operative	Midlands	6.83	+17
121	Derwent Brass	Midlands	6.77	+28
122	Ascot Park Hotel of Invercargill	New Zealand	6.74	-4
123	Aarhus	Denmark	6.68	-4
124	Stannington Brass	Yorkshire	6.58	-3
125	Kirkbymoorside Town	North	6.57	-1
126	Drogheda Brass Band	Ireland	6.51	-3
127	Illinois Brass Band	USA	6.46	-5
128	Friary Guildford	London & SC	6.32	+19
129	Waratah Brass	Australia	6.27	-3
130	Soli Brass	Netherlands	6.26	-10
131	Provinciale Brassband Groningen	Netherlands	6.25	-4
132	Kirkintilloch Kelvin Brass	Scotland	6.18	-4
133	Stocksbridge	Yorkshire	6.17	-2
134	Ensemble de Cuivres Mélodia	Switzerland	6.15	-9
135	Markham and District	Wales	6.12	-5
136	Nord-Pas-de-Calais	France	6.07	-7
137	Hade Edge (J&E Dickinson)	Yorkshire	6.04	-5
138	The Trusts Waitakere Brass	New Zealand	5.94	-5
139	Footscray-Yarraville City	Australia	5.93	-5
140	Laganvale (Metal Technology)	N. Ireland	5.92	+13
141	Staines Brass	London & SC	5.80	-5
142	Brass Band Kortrijk	Belgium	5.71	-7
143	Brassband Limburg	Netherlands	5.37	-4
144	Helston Town	West	5.33	+1
145	Pelorus Trust Wellington Brass	New Zealand	5.30	-5
146	Easington Colliery	North	5.26	-2
147	Penclawdd Brass	Wales	5.21	-5
148	St. Dennis	West	5.19	-2
149	Brass Band Columbus	USA	5.18	-6
150	St. Austell Town	West	5.17	+1
151	Oldham Band (Lees)	North West	5.09	-3
152	Haslingden & Helmshore	North West	5.02	-2
153	Poulton-le-Fylde	North West	5.00	-1
154	NASUWT Riverside	North	4.98	+37
155	Aldbourne	West	4.94	+7
156	Vernon Building Society Poynton	North West	4.67	+2
157	Tertnes Brass	Norway	4.62	-3
158	Bournemouth Concert	West	4.55	-1
159	Bo'ness & Carriden	Scotland	4.44	+6
160	Phoenix West Midlands Brass	Midlands	4.42	+1
161	Solna Brass	Sweden	4.37	-6
162	Newmilns & Galston	Scotland	4.05	-6
163	Strata Brass	Yorkshire	3.97	-4
164	Johnstone Silver	Scotland	3.95	-4
165	Uppermill	North West	3.84	+27
166	Arklow Shipping	Ireland	3.84	-2
167	RAF St. Athan Voluntary	Wales	3.79	+2
168	Willoughby City	Australia	3.68	-2
169	Brass Band Frener-Reifer Pfeffersberg	Italy	3.66	-6
170	Harrogate	North	3.64	-3
171	Haverhill	London & SC	3.54	-1
172	K&N Spring Gully Brass	Australia	3.51	-4
173	Brass Band Oberschwaben-Allgau	Germany	3.50	New
174	Roberts Bakery	North West	3.46	+2
175	Thomas Coaches Mid-Rhondda	Wales	3.45	-4
176	Wardle & District Anderson Brass	North West	3.45	-2
177	St Mary's Band Club	Australia	3.45	-5
178	Drighlington	Yorkshire	3.43	-5
179	Kippax	Yorkshire	3.36	-4
180	St. Keverne	West	3.35	+4
181	Dobcross Silver	North West	3.31	-2
182	Enderby	Midlands	3.31	New
183	Kidlington Concert	London & SC	3.27	New
184	Malmo Brass	Sweden	3.21	-7
185	Rainford	North West	3.19	-4
186	Nordvestjysk Brass Band	Denmark	3.17	-8
187	Blaenavon Town	Wales	3.14	-5
188	Milton Keynes Brass	London & SC	3.14	-5
189	Brass Band Wipptal	Italy	3.01	-9
190	Clacton-on-Sea Coop	London & SC	2.99	-4
191	East London Brass	London & SC	2.98	New
192	Torsby Brass	Sweden	2.88	-5
193	Ensemble de Cuivres Jurassien	Switzerland	2.87	-8
194	Pontardulais	Wales	2.83	+1
195	Peder Most Garden	Denmark	2.78	-7
196	Silkeborg Blaeserne	Denmark	2.77	-7
197	Yeovil Town	West	2.76	+3
198	City of Cardiff (Melingriffith)	Wales	2.74	New
199	Kleppe Musikklag	Norway	2.71	-9
200	Shepherd Group	North	2.65	-7