USA extends Global Cup lead, France, China, Japan climb table in September

Submitted by nicolamira on 12 October, 2019 - 14:50
Ajee Wilson of the USA was the women’s 800m Diamond League Champion in 2019 – pict.: G. Colombo

The USA won the monthly ranking of the Global Cup in September, yet another record-breaking sporting month ( 15,710 GSN points awarded, a new high, and a staggering 96 countries scoring points), and made a decisive dash towards final victory in the 2019 Global Cup, the ranking of the world’s best sporting nations.

By picking up 1,666 points in September (more than double the points of second-placed Russia, the full table is below) the USA stretched its lead at the top of the Global Cup ranking, where it now has an even 10% share of the points awarded.
 
In a month filled to the brim with major tournaments (GSN’s data trackers and algorithm gurus must  take a well-deserved bow for all their hard work), the USA dominated the Athletics Diamond League, its biggest point earner in the month, scoring 1,115 points for a 24.6% share in the tournament - Kenya was second with ‘only’ 9.0% . To this, the USA added a runner-up spot in the Free Wrestling World Championships, a third place in the Road Cycling World Championships and a seventh in the Men’s Basketball World Cup, alongside a string of other top results.
 
Russia is now comfortably second in the year-to-date Global Cup table, after finishing second in September, on the strength of, among others, winning both the Free Wrestling and Greco-Roman Wrestling World Championships and coming fifth in the Judo World Championships.
 
Behind the two sporting super-powers, the race for the Global Cup’s other top places is now very tight, with only 508 points between third place (France) and eighth place (Italy), and only three sporting months left in the year. France came third in the September monthly ranking and gained two positions in the year-to-date table, helped by finishing second in the Judo World Championships behind Japan, and third in the Men’s Basketball World Cup, behind the relatively surprising winner Spain and runner-up Argentina.
 
China too had a successful September, climbing two places in the year-to-date table after dominating the Weightlifting World Championships with 20.9% of the points, ahead of North Korea with 9.6% and Colombia with 7.3%, and finishing fifth in the Free Wrestling World Championships.
 
The most dynamic country in the year-to-date top 10 table after September was however Japan, which climbed three places after winning the Judo World Championships and finishing third and fourth respectively in the Free Wrestling and Greco-Roman Wrestling World Championships.
 
Finally, a mention for the 15 mighty minnows which scored their first GSN points of the year during this record-breaking month of September, making the sporting world more diverse and exciting through their participation. In alphabetical order, welcome and well done to Albania, Armenia, Bahamas, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Puerto Rico, San Marino, Syria and Turkmenistan.
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GLOBAL CUP – SEPTEMBER 2019 MONTHLY RANKING
Place
Country
Points
Points %
1
United States
1,666
10.6%
2
Russia
815
5.2%
3
France
736
4.7%
4
Spain
708
4.5%
5
Japan
614
3.9%
6
China
586
3.7%
7
Great Britain
455
2.9%
8
Kenya
453
2.9%
9
Netherlands
434
2.8%
10
Argentina
409
2.6%
11
Australia
400
2.5%
12
Ethiopia
394
2.5%
13
Germany
381
2.4%
14
Kazakhstan
355
2.3%
15
Canada
330
2.1%
16
Jamaica
324
2.1%
17
Ukraine
308
2.0%
18
Czech Republic
304
1.9%
19
Uzbekistan
268
1.7%
20
Cuba
249
1.6%
21
Poland
242
1.5%
22
Serbia
242
1.5%
23
Georgia
233
1.5%
24
South Korea
222
1.4%
25
Switzerland
217
1.4%
26
Turkey
216
1.4%
27
Italy
215
1.4%
28
Iran
190
1.2%
29
Azerbaijan
190
1.2%
30
Belarus
183
1.2%
31
North Korea
177
1.1%
32
Colombia
173
1.1%
33
Bulgaria
168
1.1%
34
Armenia
150
1.0%
35
Brazil
132
0.8%
36
Norway
130
0.8%
37
India
129
0.8%
38
Uganda
125
0.8%
39
Sweden
114
0.7%
40
Belgium
106
0.7%
41
Hungary
106
0.7%
42
Mongolia
103
0.7%
43
Portugal
95
0.6%
44
Slovenia
84
0.5%
45
Ecuador
72
0.5%
46
South Africa
72
0.5%
47
Taiwan
69
0.4%
48
Israel
69
0.4%
49
Bahrain
64
0.4%
50
Venezuela
59
0.4%
51
Kosovo
58
0.4%
52
Philippines
56
0.4%
53
Nigeria
53
0.3%
54
Morocco
50
0.3%
55
Bahamas
50
0.3%
56
New Zealand
50
0.3%
57
Denmark
49
0.3%
58
Estonia
46
0.3%
59
Slovakia
46
0.3%
60
Greece
43
0.3%
61
Kyrgyzstan
43
0.3%
62
Indonesia
40
0.3%
63
Botswana
40
0.3%
64
Egypt
38
0.2%
65
Vietnam
38
0.2%
66
Romania
38
0.2%
67
Austria
37
0.2%
68
Moldova
35
0.2%
69
Croatia
33
0.2%
70
British Virgin Islands
30
0.2%
71
Ivory Coast
30
0.2%
72
Ireland
28
0.2%
73
Mexico
25
0.2%
74
Tajikistan
21
0.1%
75
Dominican Republic
21
0.1%
76
Bosnia and Herzegovina
20
0.1%
77
Qatar
16
0.1%
78
Lithuania
15
0.1%
79
Jordan
15
0.1%
80
Syria
13
0.1%
81
Saudi Arabia
12
0.1%
82
Turkmenistan
12
0.1%
83
Macedonia
11
0.1%
84
Trinidad and Tobago
10
0.1%
85
Djibouti
10
0.1%
86
Eritrea
9
0.1%
87
Albania
8
0.1%
88
Algeria
8
0.1%
89
San Marino
7
0.0%
90
Latvia
6
0.0%
91
Panama
5
0.0%
92
Puerto Rico
5
0.0%
93
Burkina Faso
2
0.0%
94
Malaysia
2
0.0%
95
Madagascar
2
0.0%
96
Andorra
1
0.0%
Grand Total
15,710
100.0%

 

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