Regions & How Rankings Work
Understand regions, the region selector, and how playing events builds your ranking.
Old World Rankings organises events and players by region, so the events you see and the rankings you appear in are relevant to where you play.
Regions
Each country or area is its own region. The events page shows upcoming tournaments in your current region, and your player profile carries a regional rank. Use the region selector in the top navigation to switch regions and browse events elsewhere, for example if you are travelling to a tournament in another country.
How rankings build
Your ranking comes from the tournaments you play. When an organiser finalises an event, the results flow to every player who took part, updating their win, loss, and draw record and their position in the rankings. You do not need to do anything to be ranked beyond playing events and being checked in.
Regional and global
You have a rank within your own region, and you also appear in the global rankings alongside players from every region. Your regional rank is the one shown on the registration screen and your player card.
Tiebreakers within an event
Rankings within a single tournament use a series of tiebreakers (wins, tournament points, Victory Point differential, strength of schedule, and more) that the organiser configures. For a full explanation, see the FAQ: Pairings, Tiebreakers & Strength of Schedule article.
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