posted Nov 17th, 2017 - The FAI 2016 rankings in 4-way Women are listing only 14 teams, which is the total number of participating nations at FAI world meets and world cups in this category between 2013 and 2016.

France was the FAI world leader at the end of the 2016 season, even though the Golden Knights were undefeated since August 2014 until they discontinued after the gold medals at the FAI Mondial 2016. The U.S. delegation did not have a 4-way Women team at the FAI World Cup 2015 in Teuge, which explains the 4th place in the rankings.

The French national team in 4-way Women had several personnel changes between 2013 and 2016 and still won either gold (2013, 2014, 2015) or silver (2016) at the four FAI meets.

The SKYLEAGUE.COM team rankings for 2016 are identical with the results at the world meet for the first six places. Great Britain (NFTO) and Canada (Parachute Montreal Fuzion) finished in 3rd and 4th place in Ottawa but did not collect enough FAI points in 2013 and 2015 to finish in the same positions in the FAI rankings.

4-way Women 2016 world rankings of the FAI - Federation Aeronautique Internationale

Russia and France were the only two nations who had teams at all four FAI events between 2013 and 2016, which was rewarded with the first two place in the FAI 2016 rankings, even though the Infra Red Band finished only in 9th

Rank	Team		Averages	Best 3
1	Golden Knights	US	22.4	22.4
2	France Women	FR	22.1 - 22.6 - 21.7	22.1
3	NFTO	UK	17.4 - 17.5	17.5
4	Parachute Montreal Fuzion	CA	17.1	17.1
5	Les Stunts	BE	14.2 - 15.7	15.0
6	Bellatrix	AU	14.5 - 15.0	14.8
7	Infra Red Band	RU	13.0 - 15.1	14.1
8	Skymix	DE	14.0	14.0
9	No Mercy	PL	13.0 - 13.6	13.3
10	Meija	SE	11.7	11.7

place at the FAI Mondial 2016.

Australia did not have a 4-way Women team at the FAI World Cup 2013 and attended only three of the four events, the same number of attendances as the Golden Knights for the United States. Australia still ended up ahead of the U.S.A. in 3rd place due to the higher value of a more recent FAI meet. Bellatrix finished in 6th place for Australia at the FAI Mondial 2016 and on the SKYLEAGUE.COM team rankings.

Les Stunts competed for Belgium in 2016 and finished ahead of Infra Red Band and Bellatrix at the world meet, while ending up behind Russia and Australia in the FAI nations rankings.

Poland (No Mercy), Czech Republic (CZ Ladies) and Germany (Skymix) claimed the last three spots in the Top 10 of the FAI rankings and at the world meet in Ottawa, just in a slightly different order. Only one team placed neither in the FAI Top 10 nor at the FAI Mondial 2016 and still made the SKYLEAGUE.COM rankings - Meija from Sweden with an 11.7 average at their national championships..

FAI Mondial 2016			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Women		12,A,16	18,15,O	1,F,E,C	17,B,14	10,2,20	21,11,G	J,5,19	L,M,K,7	D,8,4	3,13,Q	Total	Avg
1	Golden Knights	US	21	21	30	20	17	19	24	35	20	17	224	22.4
2	French Girls	FR	21	18	30	23	17	18	24	34	18	14	217	21.7
3	NFTO	UK	17	15	21	19	13	16	18	26	17	13	175	17.5
4	Montreal Fuzion	CA	18	15	19	16	14	16	17	25	17	14	171	17.1
5	Les Stunts	BE	15	14	20	16	11	13	16	24	15	13	157	15.7
6	Bellatrix	AU	13	12	20	16	12	13	15	22	13	14	150	15.0
7	Skymix	DE	13	11	15	15	12	13	14	23	12	12	140	14.0
8	No Mercy	PL	14	14	19	13	9	11	12	19	14	11	136	13.6
9	Infra Red Band	RU	15	12	16	13	9	11	13	17	14	10	130	13.0
10	CZ Ladies	CZ	11	11	14	13	9	10	12	19	9	10	118	11.8
11	Valkyria	DK	10	8	16	10	9	10	11	17	12	10	113	11.3

Meija pushed the Czech Ladies out of the Top 10 in the 2016 rankings and then competed at the FAI World Cup 2017 where the Swedish team moved closer to No Mercy from Poland.

Sweden will most likely climb up the FAI rankings in 2017 after the showing in Saarlouis this year. The five nations ahead of Sweden did not attend the FAI World Cup 2017, while Meija collected the freshest FAI points for the 2017 rankings.

The 13.8 average will probably move the Swedish team up the SKYLEAGUE.COM world team rankings, as well, and Meija has even more to offer, as the 14.5 average at this year's national championships was showing.

Meija may not make it to the medal positions in Australia 2018 in 4-way Women; however, some other national teams better watch out in this category.

Sweden also had Team X with a strong performance at the FAI Indoor World Meet 2017. FAI is not offering an indoor nations ranking yet, and the NSL News will follow up later with indoor team rankings.