diff --git a/WcaOnRails/app/controllers/results_controller.rb b/WcaOnRails/app/controllers/results_controller.rb
index 569b82ab89..9ec1e092a6 100644
--- a/WcaOnRails/app/controllers/results_controller.rb
+++ b/WcaOnRails/app/controllers/results_controller.rb
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ def compute_rankings_by_region
 
   # Normalizes the params so that old links to rankings still work.
   private def support_old_links!
+    params[:region]&.gsub!("+", " ")
+
     params[:years]&.gsub!("+", " ")
     if params[:years] == "all"
       params[:years] = nil