IPSC is made up of a number of Regions. The annual level of activity varies in these Regions from year to year. At the end of each year, IPSC produces a list that ranks the Regions based on three criteria:

1.	Membership
2.	Gold medals won
3.	Level III (or higher) matches held

First		Philippines
Second		Brazil
Third		Germany

Bulgaria

The Overall Rank table shows how the Regions are ranked for 2008. For comparison purposes, the ranking for 2007 is shown in the right hand column of the table.

The ranking is calculated by adding the scores from the other three tables (Membership, Gold Medals, Level III Matches) and sorting the result. The scoring is similar to golf — the fewer "strokes" the better.

Overall Rank 2008 Region 2007 1 Philippines 3 2 Brazil 1 3 Germany 2 4 Canada 4 5 Greece 4 5 Italy 11 6 Czech Republic 7 7 Australia 5 8 Argentina 6 9 Norway 8 10 South Africa 10 11 France 9 12 Spain 19 13 Finland 10 14 United States 15 15 Austria 13 16 Sweden 15 16 United Kingdom 14 17 Russia 12 18 Switzerland 17 19 Serbia 18 20 Netherlands 21 20 Slovak Republic 23 21 Lithuania 24 21 Venezuela 16 22 Denmark 22 22 Taiwan 37 22 Thailand 20 23 Estonia 25 24 Israel 18 25 Poland 22 26 Bulgaria 47 27 Belgium 23 28 Ukraine 33 29 Chile 26 30 Ireland 28 30 Portugal 30 31 Sri Lanka 31 32 Indonesia 29 33 Ecuador 28 34 Malta 29 35 New Zealand 32 36 Zimbabwe 37 37 Aruba 34 37 Guatemala 31 37 Montenegro 36 37 Papua New Guinea 35 37 Singapore 34 38 Honduras 42 38 Hong Kong 34 38 Macau 36 38 Slovenia 34 39 Barbados 37 39 Japan 46 39 Puerto Rico 37 40 Malaysia 48 41 Uruguay 39 42 Bosnia Herzegovina 38 42 Suriname 40 43 El Salvador 39 43 Paraguay 43 44 Guam & Micronesia 45 44 Nicaragua 46 45 Monaco 46 46 Bolivia 41 47 Jamaica 37 47 Mexico 43 47 Namibia 43

Membership Score Region 1 Brazil 1 Canada 1 Germany 1 Greece 1 Norway 1 Philippines 1 United States 2 Italy 3 Australia 4 Russia 5 Finland 5 South Africa 6 Switzerland 7 France 8 Netherlands 9 Sweden 10 Czech Republic 11 United Kingdom 12 Spain 13 Israel 14 Argentina 15 Austria 16 Estonia 17 Denmark 18 Belgium 19 Thailand 20 Slovak Republic 21 Ireland 22 Poland 22 Serbia 23 Taiwan 24 Lithuania 25 Portugal 26 Ukraine 27 Malta 28 Bulgaria 28 Sri Lanka 29 Venezuela 30 Singapore 31 Hong Kong 32 Montenegro 33 Aruba 33 Barbados 33 Colombia 33 Ecuador 33 Honduras 33 Indonesia 33 Japan 33 Macau 33 New Zealand 33 Papua New Guinea 33 Puerto Rico 33 Romania 33 Slovenia 33 Zimbabwe 34 Guatemala 35 Chile 36 N Antilles 37 Bosnia Herzegovina 38 Suriname 39 Malaysia 40 El Salvador 40 Trinidad and Tobago 41 Guam & Micronesia 42 Latvia 42 Moldova 43 Monaco 43 Nicaragua

Gold Medals Score Region 1 Philippines 2 Germany 3 Brazil 4 Czech Republic 5 Argentina 6 Italy 7 Canada 8 Australia 9 Greece 10 Spain 11 Austria 12 France 13 South Africa 14 Serbia 15 Venezuela 16 Norway 17 Finland 17 Lithuania 18 Slovak Republic 19 United States 20 Chile 21 United Kingdom 22 Bulgaria 22 Sweden 22 Thailand 23 Colombia 23 Denmark 24 Ecuador 24 Indonesia 24 Switzerland 24 Ukraine 25 Estonia 25 Hungary 25 Netherlands 25 Poland 25 Russia 25 Uruguay 26 Sri Lanka 27 Guatemala 27 New Zealand 27 Paraguay 27 Portugal 28 Israel 28 Malaysia 28 Zimbabwe 29 Aruba 29 Hong Kong 29 Nicaragua 29 Papua New Guinea 29 Peru 29 Slovenia 30 Belgium 30 Bolivia 30 Crotia 30 El Salvador 30 Honduras 30 Ireland 30 Macau 30 Moldova 30 Monaco 30 Montenegro 30 Suriname

Level III Matches Score Region 1 Brazil 2 Philippines 3 Germany 4 Argentina 5 Czech Republic 6 Greece 7 Canada 8 Italy 9 Australia 10 Venezuela 11 Austria 11 Chile 11 Norway 11 Slovak Republic 11 South Africa 11 Spain 11 United Kingdom 12 Bulgaria 12 Colombia 12 Serbia 12 Sweden 13 Finland 13 France 13 Indonesia 13 Lithuania 14 Hungary 14 Paraguay 14 Poland 14 Thailand 14 Ukraine 14 Uruguay 15 Aruba 15 Belgium 15 Crotia 15 Denmark 15 Ecuador 15 El Salvador 15 Estonia 15 Honduras 15 Macau 15 Malaysia 15 Montenegro 15 New Zealand 15 Papua New Guinea 15 Peru 15 Portugal 15 Russia 15 Sri Lanka 15 Zimbabwe

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