Guest Series: "The Road To Playoffs - May 2019 edition"
With the fourth WFTDA official rating and ranking of the season (https://wftda.com/rankings-april-30-2019/), we're keeping to our promise to update our "Road to Playoffs series".
All the locations with teams in our top 100 (larger stars mean more than one team is in the list - for example, 2x4 and Sailor City in Buenos Aires)
Speedy Convalesce, Head NSO of Mannheim's Delta Quads, as well as many other things, is here to help us better visualise what's likely to happen at Playoff selection. This ongoing series reports the ratings and rankings of the top 100 WFTDA teams, calculated as if we were at June 30th 2019 [the ranking which will be used to decide Qualifications and seedings into both WFTDA Playoffs, and the Continental Cups]. Whilst we can't predict the future, this will give the best guess of what teams need to do to qualify, based on what they've already done.
As well as attaining a minimum ranking, teams also need to play at least 4 bouts within the eligibility period (December 2018 to June 2019), and we'll be tracking their progress on this measure, too.
The list, updated for this month: (# is number of bouts contributing to the ranking, whilst #El is the number of bouts contributing to their eligibility for playoffs). We'll colour teams to indicate when they've played their minimum number of games for eligibility, but as yet, it's too early for anyone to have met this. We've eliminated any teams which have played less than 2 games since July 2018 here. Teams which have shifted rating (or entered the chart for the first time) since the last article are in BOLD ITALICS
| Rk. | Team | Continental Cup | # | Points | #El |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rose City Rollers | NA West | 6 | 1277.69 | 0 |
| 2 | Victorian Roller Derby League | NA West | 5 | 1274.92 | 0 |
| 3 | Gotham Girls Roller Derby | NA East | 4 | 1193.05 | 0 |
| 4 | Denver Roller Derby | NA West | 5 | 1187.67 | 0 |
| 5 | Arch Rival Roller Derby | NA West | 7 | 1135.02 | 0 |
| 6 | Angel City Derby | NA West | 7 | 946.85 | 1 |
| 7 | Crime City Rollers | Europe | 9 | 884.2 | 4 |
| 8 | Texas Rollergirls | NA West | 7 | 858.86 | 0 |
| 9 | Minnesota RollerGirls | NA West | 3 | 835.39 | 0 |
| 10 | Jacksonville Rollergirls | NA East | 6 | 817.81 | 0 |
| 11 | Montreal Roller Derby | NA East | 7 | 803.01 | 0 |
| 12 | Rainy City Roller Derby | Europe | 7 | 795.37 | 4 |
| 13 | 2x4 Roller Derby | NA East | 3 | 788.7 | 0 |
| 14 | Rat City Roller Derby | NA West | 4 | 773.87 | 0 |
| 15 | Bay Area Derby | NA West | 3 | 753.06 | 0 |
| 16 | Atlanta Roller Derby | NA East | 6 | 750.61 | 1 |
| 17 | London Rollergirls | Europe | 8 | 745.49 | 4 |
| 18 | Philly Roller Derby | NA East | 6 | 726.25 | 3 |
| 19 | Canberra Roller Derby League | NA West | 7 | 722.89 | 4 |
| 20 | Santa Cruz Derby Girls | NA West | 5 | 675.11 | 2 |
| 21 | Helsinki Roller Derby | Europe | 7 | 656.64 | 4 |
| 22 | Queen City Roller Girls | NA East | 3 | 644.23 | 1 |
| 23 | Arizona Roller Derby | NA West | 6 | 624.32 | 3 |
| 24 | Stockholm Roller Derby | Europe | 6 | 591 | 4 |
| 25 | Windy City Rollers | NA East | 5 | 587.98 | 3 |
| 26 | Ann Arbor Roller Derby | NA East | 8 | 577.21 | 6 |
| 27 | Houston Roller Derby | NA West | 5 | 561.7 | 5 |
| 28 | Dublin Roller Derby | Europe | 8 | 536.59 | 5 |
| 29 | Paris Rollergirls | Europe | 3 | 536.49 | 1 |
| 30 | Kallio Rolling Rainbow | Europe | 3 | 528.37 | 0 |
| 31 | Sun State Roller Derby | NA West | 7 | 525.78 | 4 |
| 32 | Naptown Roller Derby | NA East | 7 | 525.22 | 7 |
| 33 | Bear City Roller Derby | Europe | 3 | 521.3 | 1 |
| 34 | Boston Roller Derby | NA East | 11 | 514.58 | 7 |
| 35 | Blue Ridge Rollergirls | NA East | 4 | 504.84 | 2 |
| 36 | Team United Women's Roller Derby | NA West | 4 | 471.13 | 0 |
| 37 | Calgary Roller Derby | NA West | 4 | 458.14 | 0 |
| 38 | Madison Roller Derby | NA East | 6 | 453.9 | 3 |
| 39 | Rocky Mountain Rollergirls | NA West | 6 | 447.44 | 3 |
| 40 | Happy Valley Derby Darlins | NA West | 6 | 446.54 | 3 |
| 41 | Dock City Rollers | Europe | 4 | 444.79 | 1 |
| 42 | Columbia Quad Squad | NA East | 11 | 441.01 | 8 |
| 43 | E-Ville Roller Derby | NA West | 3 | 439.04 | 0 |
| 44 | Tiger Bay Brawlers | Europe | 3 | 433.05 | 0 |
| 45 | Middlesbrough Roller Derby | Europe | 4 | 432.51 | 1 |
| 46 | North Star Roller Derby | NA West | 9 | 422.64 | 6 |
| 47 | Central City Rollerderby | Europe | 6 | 419.46 | 3 |
| 48 | Detroit Roller Derby | NA East | 6 | 418.96 | 2 |
| 49 | Charlottesville Derby Dames | NA East | 5 | 415.47 | 2 |
| 50 | Birmingham Blitz Dames | Europe | 2 | 414.86 | 0 |
| 51 | Sacramento Roller Derby | NA West | 7 | 413.7 | 4 |
| 52 | Tri-City Roller Derby | NA East | 3 | 411.23 | 3 |
| 53 | Perth Roller Derby | Europe | 4 | 407.55 | 4 |
| 54 | Terminal City Rollergirls | NA West | 2 | 405.14 | 0 |
| 55 | Gem City Roller Derby | NA East | 4 | 402.03 | 4 |
| 56 | Sailor City Rollers | NA East | 2 | 386.74 | 0 |
| 57 | Royal City Roller Derby | NA East | 8 | 383.44 | 5 |
| 58 | Roc City Roller Derby | NA East | 4 | 382.75 | 3 |
| 59 | Tampa Roller Derby | NA East | 6 | 378.76 | 3 |
| 60 | V-Town Derby Dames | NA West | 4 | 375.31 | 3 |
| 61 | Brandywine Roller Derby | NA East | 2 | 369.27 | 2 |
| 62 | Antwerp Roller Derby | Europe | 8 | 362.99 | 4 |
| 63 | Ohio Roller Derby | NA East | 4 | 362.12 | 2 |
| 64 | Adelaide Roller Derby | NA West | 6 | 359.28 | 5 |
| 65 | Dub City Roller Derby | NA East | 6 | 346.43 | 3 |
| 66 | Toronto Roller Derby | NA East | 6 | 330.26 | 6 |
| 67 | Oklahoma Victory Dolls | NA East | 7 | 327.95 | 7 |
| 68 | Jet City Roller Derby | NA West | 3 | 327.72 | 0 |
| 69 | Orangeville Roller Girls | NA East | 7 | 321.71 | 4 |
| 70 | Tucson Roller Derby | NA West | 6 | 316.1 | 3 |
| 71 | Steel City Roller Derby | NA East | 8 | 312.48 | 8 |
| 72 | Grand Raggidy Roller Derby | NA East | 7 | 312.39 | 5 |
| 73 | Red Stick Roller Derby | NA West | 7 | 307.27 | 2 |
| 74 | Classic City Rollergirls | NA East | 5 | 301.31 | 1 |
| 75 | Rage City Rollergirls | NA West | 3 | 300.34 | 3 |
| 76 | Mother State Roller Derby | NA East | 2 | 298.89 | 2 |
| 77 | Ottawa Valley Roller Derby | NA East | 6 | 296.85 | 4 |
| 78 | No Coast Derby Girls | NA West | 6 | 296.2 | 3 |
| 79 | Pirate City Rollers | NA West | 4 | 293.46 | 4 |
| 80 | Gold Coast Derby Grrls | NA East | 8 | 279.69 | 6 |
| 81 | Cincinnati Rollergirls | NA East | 7 | 278.1 | 6 |
| 82 | Pikes Peak Derby Dames | NA West | 9 | 269.55 | 7 |
| 83 | Crossroads City Derby | NA West | 6 | 267.91 | 4 |
| 84 | Providence Roller Derby | NA East | 5 | 267.43 | 5 |
| 85 | North Texas Roller Derby | NA West | 2 | 266.89 | 2 |
| 86 | Greater Vancouver Roller Derby | NA West | 4 | 262.52 | 3 |
| 87 | Brewcity Bruisers | NA East | 7 | 262.22 | 5 |
| 88 | Humboldt Roller Derby | NA West | 5 | 255.99 | 4 |
| 89 | Assassination City Roller Derby | NA West | 5 | 252.15 | 4 |
| 90 | Kansas City Roller Warriors | NA West | 6 | 251.78 | 6 |
| 91 | Penn Jersey Roller Derby | NA East | 7 | 247.19 | 4 |
| 92 | Lehigh Valley Roller Derby | NA East | 4 | 245.38 | 2 |
| 93 | Downriver Roller Dolls | NA East | 4 | 243.4 | 3 |
| 94 | Connecticut Roller Derby | NA East | 2 | 243.04 | 1 |
| 95 | Duke City Derby | NA West | 9 | 235.67 | 6 |
| 96 | Kalamazoo Derby Darlins | NA East | 5 | 233.73 | 5 |
| 97 | Nottingham Hellfire Harlots | Europe | 2 | 233.15 | 0 |
| 98 | FoCo Roller Derby | NA West | 7 | 230.65 | 7 |
| 99 | Appalachian Roller Derby | NA East | 9 | 228.84 | 4 |
| 100 | Nashville Roller Derby | NA East | 6 | 228.38 | 5 |
[We plan to update this list each time WFTDA release a rating and ranking until Playoffs selections]
The biggest movements for the top of the chart have still to come, as this update, like the WFTDA Rating, does not include bouts in May - so The Big O is excluded. As a result, ironically, some of the most exciting movements this past few days are not reflected here at all - whilst almost all of the rest of the chart moves either due to changes in rating, or other teams moving around them.
