Germany top sporting country in August, ahead of Japan, Belarus
Germany was the leading country in world sports in the month of August, narrowly winning the monthly Global Cup ranking by finishing a mere 2 points ahead of Japan, with Belarus third.
Germany scored 71% of its monthly points at the Canoe/Kayak Sprint World Championships, in which it finished third, behind winner Belarus (the country’s best result in the sport since coming second in 2015) and Hungary. Germany's men's team also won the Fistball World Cup, the first time this sport has been tracked by GSN.
Japan excelled instead in Climbing and Badminton, winning the Badminton World Championships ahead of China and Indonesia, and dominating the Climbing World Championships, scoring nearly three times as many points as second-placed Slovenia.
The full Global Cup ranking for August 2019 is set out below, listing all the 56 countries which scored GSN points in the month. Please note that, at the time of publication, the August results weren’t yet reflected in the tables on the GSN site.
GLOBAL CUP – AUGUST 2019 MONTHLY RANKING
|
Place
|
Country
|
Points
|
Points %
|
|
1
|
Germany
|
373
|
7.6%
|
|
2
|
Japan
|
371
|
7.5%
|
|
3
|
Belarus
|
282
|
5.7%
|
|
4
|
Hungary
|
278
|
5.7%
|
|
5
|
China
|
265
|
5.4%
|
|
6
|
Russia
|
243
|
4.9%
|
|
7
|
Spain
|
205
|
4.2%
|
|
8
|
Sweden
|
195
|
4.0%
|
|
9
|
Czech Republic
|
193
|
3.9%
|
|
10
|
Poland
|
180
|
3.7%
|
|
11
|
France
|
168
|
3.4%
|
|
12
|
Great Britain
|
132
|
2.7%
|
|
13
|
United States
|
128
|
2.6%
|
|
14
|
Slovenia
|
126
|
2.6%
|
|
15
|
Ukraine
|
117
|
2.4%
|
|
16
|
Switzerland
|
108
|
2.2%
|
|
17
|
Austria
|
102
|
2.1%
|
|
18
|
Norway
|
100
|
2.0%
|
|
19
|
Italy
|
99
|
2.0%
|
|
20
|
Netherlands
|
91
|
1.8%
|
|
21
|
Belgium
|
88
|
1.8%
|
|
22
|
Taiwan
|
67
|
1.4%
|
|
23
|
New Zealand
|
60
|
1.2%
|
|
24
|
Serbia
|
54
|
1.1%
|
|
25
|
South Korea
|
54
|
1.1%
|
|
26
|
Australia
|
53
|
1.1%
|
|
27
|
Finland
|
51
|
1.0%
|
|
28
|
Indonesia
|
47
|
1.0%
|
|
29
|
Brazil
|
44
|
0.9%
|
|
30
|
Slovakia
|
44
|
0.9%
|
|
31
|
Denmark
|
44
|
0.9%
|
|
32
|
Portugal
|
42
|
0.9%
|
|
33
|
South Africa
|
38
|
0.8%
|
|
34
|
Thailand
|
38
|
0.8%
|
|
35
|
Kazakhstan
|
38
|
0.8%
|
|
36
|
Colombia
|
37
|
0.8%
|
|
37
|
Chile
|
34
|
0.7%
|
|
38
|
Cuba
|
34
|
0.7%
|
|
39
|
Uzbekistan
|
32
|
0.7%
|
|
40
|
India
|
31
|
0.6%
|
|
41
|
Bulgaria
|
24
|
0.5%
|
|
42
|
Mexico
|
24
|
0.5%
|
|
43
|
Suriname
|
24
|
0.5%
|
|
44
|
Canada
|
23
|
0.5%
|
|
45
|
Lithuania
|
22
|
0.4%
|
|
46
|
Singapore
|
17
|
0.3%
|
|
47
|
Iran
|
17
|
0.3%
|
|
48
|
Romania
|
16
|
0.3%
|
|
49
|
Argentina
|
14
|
0.3%
|
|
50
|
Moldova
|
14
|
0.3%
|
|
51
|
Georgia
|
12
|
0.2%
|
|
52
|
Malaysia
|
10
|
0.2%
|
|
53
|
Croatia
|
6
|
0.1%
|
|
54
|
Hong Kong
|
5
|
0.1%
|
|
55
|
Estonia
|
4
|
0.1%
|
|
56
|
Namibia
|
2
|
0.0%
|
|
Grand Total
|
4,919
|
100.0%
|
