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Wonderstar Awards S116: League Of The Season (20/08/2014 06:21)

 

Here are the S116 league rankings - Seasons S112, S113, S114 and S115 are also available. Leagues whose sides performed well in the Champions League and Super Cup in S116, and/or had a lot of competition for their title or international spots, are ranked highly, regardless of how strong their average team Q makes them in theory (a Q-based measure of strength is provided for comparison).

 

For a rolling, weighted 5-season average of these scores check out the ManagerLeague League of Leagues! This is the first season we have had a full 5 seasons worth of data to include.


 

Season 116 Results

A quick recap of the methodology: Leagues receive ratings for Strength (based on player Q and teamstats), International Performance (based on their results, progress, goal difference and opposition strength in Champions League and Super Cup), and Competitiveness (based on how even the league is - leagues dominated by one or two teams will be lower ranked than one in which every team is very strong). Each rating ranges from 0 to 100, and a final league rating is made up of 2 x International Performance, plus 1 x Competitiveness, for a total range of 0-300. Strength is included in the table for comparison, and does not contribute to the overall rating - though of course stronger leagues would be expected to be both more competitive and perform better internationally. So which leagues were the most impressive in Season 116?

 

 

The Romanian league is strongest in S116, a spectacularly different story compared to last season's disappointing results. It's an unpredictable league, both in terms of the teams who win the title, and the performance of their sides internationally. But in S116 they lived up to their high strength, with a deep roster of strong teams in the league and all 5 international sides either qualifying from their groups or narrowly missing out. Norway also lived up to their strength - while the intense competitiveness of the top division has subsided a little, their sides put in very strong performances in the Champions League, where Blest reached the quarter-finals, and the Super Cup, with Krokeide only losing out in the final to High Society, who helped the USA to yet another 90+ rating. Only the lack of depth past the top five is holding back the US league at this point, their skill in the Champions League and Super Cup is well established now.

All three of those leagues were eclipsed in the Internation arena however by a resurgent Belgium. Darkness Endures may not have endured over the last ten seasons or so, but their return to the upper echelons of the league coincides with stiff competition from Bruges Blues and DansendHert. All three sides, along with alidas, reached the knockout stages in S116 and have propelledBelgium to 3rd place overall this season.

Other big success stories in S116 include Ireland, Australia, Denmark and Portugal with each posting big rises, while Netherlands, Indonesia and Hungary are headed in the opposite direction. Hungary's drop in ranking is particularly notable given that they finished 2nd as recently as S113. Spain's drop is even more precipitous, as they slipped 18 places to 32nd.

 

 

- Belizio

 

 

 

 

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