Standing XML

We only have standings for team sports (most leagues)

The structure:

<standing id="LEAGUE_ID" ut="DATE_OF_LAST_UPDATE" sport="WHICH_SPORT"
    template="TEMPLATE NAME" tournament="SEASON" league="LEAGUE NAME">
    <participant participantid="PARTICIPANT A ID" participantname="PARTICIPANT A NAME"
        rank="RANK" played="PLAYED MATHCES" wins="WON MATCHES" draws="DRAWN MATCHES"
        defeits="LOST MATCHES" goalsfor="GOALS SCORED" goalsagainst="GOALS RECEIVED"
        points="POINTS" info="COMMENT, RELEGATION, UEFA QUALIFY ETC"/>
    <participant participantid="PARTICIPANT B ID"
        participantname="PARTICIPANT B NAME" ... />
		...
		...
</standing>

Football example:


<standing id="820745" ut="2011-01-07" sport="Football"
    template="England Premier League" tournament="2010/2011" league="Premier League">
    <participant participantid="10260" participantname="Manchester United" rank="1"
        played="20" wins="12" draws="8" defeits="0" goalsfor="43"
        goalsagainst="19" points="44" info="championsleague"/>
    <participant participantid="8456" participantname="Manchester City" rank="2"
        played="22" wins="12" draws="6" defeits="4" goalsfor="33"
        goalsagainst="16" points="42" info="championsleague"/>
    <participant participantid="9825" participantname="Arsenal" rank="3"
        played="21" wins="12" draws="4" defeits="5" goalsfor="42"
        goalsagainst="22" points="40" info="championsleague"/>
    <participant participantid="8586" participantname="Tottenham" rank="4"
        played="21" wins="10" draws="6" defeits="5" goalsfor="31"
        goalsagainst="25" points="36" info="championsleaguequal"/>
    <participant participantid="8455" participantname="Chelsea" rank="5"
        played="21" wins="10" draws="5" defeits="6" goalsfor="36"
        goalsagainst="19" points="35" info="uefacup"/>
    <participant participantid="8472" participantname="Sunderland" rank="6"
        played="22" wins="8" draws="9" defeits="5" goalsfor="25"
        goalsagainst="22" points="33" info="uefacup"/>
    <participant participantid="8559" participantname="Bolton" rank="7"
        played="22" wins="7" draws="9" defeits="6" goalsfor="34"
        goalsagainst="29" points="30" info=""/>
    <participant participantid="10261" participantname="Newcastle" rank="8"
        played="21" wins="8" draws="4" defeits="9" goalsfor="34"
        goalsagainst="31" points="28" info=""/>
    <participant participantid="8655" participantname="Blackburn" rank="9"
        played="22" wins="8" draws="4" defeits="10" goalsfor="29"
        goalsagainst="35" points="28" info=""/>
    <participant participantid="10194" participantname="Stoke" rank="10"
        played="21" wins="8" draws="3" defeits="10" goalsfor="26"
        goalsagainst="26" points="27" info=""/>
    <participant participantid="8668" participantname="Everton" rank="11"
        played="21" wins="5" draws="10" defeits="6" goalsfor="23"
        goalsagainst="25" points="25" info=""/>
    <participant participantid="8650" participantname="Liverpool" rank="12"
        played="20" wins="7" draws="4" defeits="9" goalsfor="24"
        goalsagainst="27" points="25" info=""/>
    <participant participantid="8483" participantname="Blackpool" rank="13"
        played="19" wins="7" draws="4" defeits="8" goalsfor="27"
        goalsagainst="32" points="25" info=""/>
    <participant participantid="9879" participantname="Fulham" rank="14"
        played="21" wins="4" draws="10" defeits="7" goalsfor="22"
        goalsagainst="24" points="22" info=""/>
    <participant participantid="8658" participantname="Birmingham" rank="15"
        played="20" wins="4" draws="10" defeits="6" goalsfor="20"
        goalsagainst="25" points="22" info=""/>
    <participant participantid="8659" participantname="West Bromwich" rank="16"
        played="21" wins="6" draws="4" defeits="11" goalsfor="26"
        goalsagainst="39" points="22" info=""/>
    <participant participantid="8602" participantname="Wolverhampton" rank="17"
        played="21" wins="6" draws="3" defeits="12" goalsfor="21"
        goalsagainst="34" points="21" info=""/>
    <participant participantid="10252" participantname="Aston Villa" rank="18"
        played="21" wins="5" draws="6" defeits="10" goalsfor="23"
        goalsagainst="38" points="21" info="relegation"/>
    <participant participantid="8528" participantname="Wigan" rank="19"
        played="21" wins="4" draws="9" defeits="8" goalsfor="18"
        goalsagainst="33" points="21" info="relegation"/>
    <participant participantid="8654" participantname="West Ham" rank="20"
        played="22" wins="4" draws="8" defeits="10" goalsfor="22"
        goalsagainst="38" points="20" info="relegation"/>
</standing>

USA example, NBA with conferences and divsisions (same goes for NHL and NFL):


<standing id="821559" ut="2011-01-07" sport="Basketball" template="USA NBA"
    tournament="2010/2011" league="NBA">
	<conference name="Western Conference">
		<division name="Southwest">
			<participant participantid="58546" participantname="San Antonio Spurs"
              rank="1" played="35" wins="29" defeits="6" pointsfor="3702"
              pointsagainst="3425" percentage="0.829"/>
			<participant participantid="58547" participantname="Dallas Mavericks"
              rank="4" played="35" wins="26" defeits="9" pointsfor="3424"
              pointsagainst="3267" percentage="0.743"/>
			<participant participantid="58538" participantname="New Orleans Hornets"
              rank="12" played="36" wins="21" defeits="15" pointsfor="3378"
              pointsagainst="3317" percentage="0.583"/>
			<participant participantid="58549" participantname="Houston Rockets"
              rank="15" played="35" wins="16" defeits="19" pointsfor="3682"
              pointsagainst="3657" percentage="0.457"/>
			<participant participantid="58551" participantname="Memphis Grizzlies"
              rank="16" played="35" wins="16" defeits="19" pointsfor="3495"
              pointsagainst="3482" percentage="0.457"/>
		</division>
		<division name="Pacific">
			<participant participantid="58553" participantname="L. A. Lakers"
              rank="5" played="36" wins="25" defeits="11" pointsfor="3717"
              pointsagainst="3499" percentage="0.694"/>
			<participant participantid="58555" participantname="Phoenix Suns"
              rank="18" played="33" wins="14" defeits="19" pointsfor="3501"
              pointsagainst="3569" percentage="0.424"/>
			<participant participantid="58558" participantname="Golden State Warriors"
              rank="20" played="35" wins="14" defeits="21" pointsfor="3556"
              pointsagainst="3715" percentage="0.400"/>
			<participant participantid="58557" participantname="L. A. Clippers"
              rank="24" played="35" wins="11" defeits="24" pointsfor="3407"
              pointsagainst="3526" percentage="0.314"/>
			<participant participantid="58554" participantname="Sacramento Kings"
              rank="28" played="33" wins="8" defeits="25" pointsfor="3149"
              pointsagainst="3342" percentage="0.242"/>
		</division>
		<division name="Northwest">
			<participant participantid="58545" participantname="Utah Jazz"
              rank="7" played="36" wins="24" defeits="12" pointsfor="3584"
              pointsagainst="3503" percentage="0.667"/>
			<participant participantid="58556" participantname="Oklahoma City Thunder"
              rank="9" played="37" wins="24" defeits="13" pointsfor="3808"
              pointsagainst="3747" percentage="0.649"/>
			<participant participantid="58550" participantname="Denver Nuggets"
              rank="13" played="35" wins="20" defeits="15" pointsfor="3715"
              pointsagainst="3660" percentage="0.571"/>
			<participant participantid="58552" participantname="Portland Trailblazers"
              rank="14" played="36" wins="19" defeits="17" pointsfor="3414"
              pointsagainst="3399" percentage="0.528"/>
			<participant participantid="58548" participantname="Minnesota Timberwolves"
              rank="27" played="36" wins="9" defeits="27" pointsfor="3700"
              pointsagainst="3908" percentage="0.250"/>
		</division>
	</conference>
	<conference name="Eastern Conference">
		<division name="Atlantic">
			<participant participantid="58534" participantname="Boston Celtics"
              rank="2" played="34" wins="27" defeits="7" pointsfor="3360"
              pointsagainst="3098" percentage="0.794"/>
			<participant participantid="58511" participantname="New York Knicks"
              rank="11" played="34" wins="20" defeits="14" pointsfor="3664"
              pointsagainst="3622" percentage="0.588"/>
			<participant participantid="58509" participantname="Philadelphia 76ers"
              rank="19" played="35" wins="14" defeits="21" pointsfor="3372"
              pointsagainst="3394" percentage="0.400"/>
			<participant participantid="58539" participantname="Toronto Raptors"
              rank="23" played="35" wins="12" defeits="23" pointsfor="3518"
              pointsagainst="3661" percentage="0.343"/>
			<participant participantid="58535" participantname="New Jersey Nets"
              rank="26" played="35" wins="10" defeits="25" pointsfor="3233"
              pointsagainst="3433" percentage="0.286"/>
		</division>
		<division name="Southeast">
			<participant participantid="58512" participantname="Miami Heat"
              rank="3" played="37" wins="28" defeits="9" pointsfor="3758"
              pointsagainst="3402" percentage="0.757"/>
			<participant participantid="58510" participantname="Orlando Magic"
              rank="8" played="35" wins="23" defeits="12" pointsfor="3433"
              pointsagainst="3252" percentage="0.657"/>
			<participant participantid="58543" participantname="Atlanta Hawks"
              rank="10" played="38" wins="24" defeits="14" pointsfor="3704"
              pointsagainst="3602" percentage="0.632"/>
			<participant participantid="58755" participantname="Charlotte Bobcats"
              rank="22" played="33" wins="12" defeits="21" pointsfor="3061"
              pointsagainst="3221" percentage="0.364"/>
			<participant participantid="58536" participantname="Washington Wizards"
              rank="29" played="33" wins="8" defeits="25" pointsfor="3156"
              pointsagainst="3376" percentage="0.242"/>
		</division>
		<division name="Central">
			<participant participantid="58544" participantname="Chicago Bulls"
              rank="6" played="34" wins="23" defeits="11" pointsfor="3385"
              pointsagainst="3196" percentage="0.676"/>
			<participant participantid="58540" participantname="Indiana Pacers"
              rank="17" played="32" wins="14" defeits="18" pointsfor="3099"
              pointsagainst="3122" percentage="0.438"/>
			<participant participantid="58537" participantname="Milwaukee Bucks"
              rank="21" played="33" wins="13" defeits="20" pointsfor="2985"
              pointsagainst="3064" percentage="0.394"/>
			<participant participantid="58542" participantname="Detroit Pistons"
              rank="25" played="35" wins="11" defeits="24" pointsfor="3327"
              pointsagainst="3505" percentage="0.314"/>
			<participant participantid="58541" participantname="Cleveland Cavaliers"
              rank="30" played="35" wins="8" defeits="27" pointsfor="3289"
              pointsagainst="3612" percentage="0.229"/>
		</division>
	</conference>
</standing>