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Global Cup Progress - 31 October 2024

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Per Capita Cup Progress - 31 October 2024

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Global Cup Progress - 31 December 2023

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Per Capita Cup Progress - 31 December 2023

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Global Cup

	Top Positions	Points	%
1	United States	6686	10.5
2	France	4460	7.0
3	China	3498	5.5
4	Germany	3139	4.9
5	Italy	3071	4.8
6	Australia	2852	4.5
7	Japan	2689	4.2
8	Great Britain	2678	4.2
9	Canada	2295	3.6
10	Netherlands	2237	3.5

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	6018	9.1
2	France	3291	5.0
3	China	3114	4.7
4	Great Britain	3030	4.6
5	Japan	2949	4.5	3
6	Germany	2834	4.3	3
7	Italy	2831	4.3	-1
8	Australia	2751	4.2	-1
9	Spain	2439	3.7	8
10	Canada	2173	3.3	-5

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	6137	10.3
2	France	3223	5.4	1
3	China	2822	4.7	2
4	Great Britain	2766	4.6	3
5	Canada	2710	4.5	4
6	Italy	2502	4.2	-2
7	Australia	2463	4.1	3
8	Japan	2372	4.0	-6
9	Germany	2311	3.9	-3
10	Netherlands	1661	2.8	1

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	7329	9.7
2	Japan	4433	5.9	11
3	France	4040	5.4	1
4	Italy	3194	4.2	3
5	China	3173	4.2	20
6	Germany	2920	3.9	-3
7	Great Britain	2831	3.8	4
8	Spain	2404	3.2	7
9	Canada	2280	3.0	1
10	Australia	2254	3.0	2

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	1018	9.8
2	Norway	788	7.6	9
3	Germany	709	6.8	3
4	France	653	6.3	1
5	Switzerland	558	5.4	10
6	Russia	556	5.3	-4
7	Italy	534	5.1	1
8	Netherlands	463	4.4	2
9	Austria	438	4.2	12
10	Canada	419	4.0	3

Per Capita Cup

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Slovenia	4419
2	Norway	4532
3	New Zealand	5133
4	Netherlands	7673
5	Switzerland	8042
6	Denmark	8301	2
7	Australia	8656
8	Sweden	8770	-2
9	Latvia	9895
10	Serbia	9899

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Norway	3235
2	Latvia	4142	22
3	Slovenia	4233
4	New Zealand	4986
5	Sweden	5672	1
6	Jamaica	6193	1
7	Switzerland	7271	-2
8	Serbia	7672	2
9	Denmark	8046	16
10	Lithuania	8352	4

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Norway	3635	1
2	Croatia	5326	10
3	Slovenia	5480	-2
4	New Zealand	6200	4
5	Switzerland	6931
6	Sweden	7738	-3
7	Jamaica	7939	7
8	Finland	8821	13
9	Australia	10023	7
10	Serbia	10274	-3

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Slovenia	2775	2
2	Norway	3048	-1
3	Sweden	4969	6
4	Denmark	5216	9
5	Switzerland	5428	-3
6	Georgia	6281
7	Serbia	6520
8	New Zealand	6671	-3
9	Hungary	7221
10	Netherlands	7985	-4

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Norway	6698
2	Switzerland	15141	3
3	Slovenia	17508	1
4	Austria	20101	4
5	New Zealand	21450	-2
6	Netherlands	37071	1
7	Latvia	37202	20
8	Australia	59761	4
9	Sweden	62617	-3
10	Czech Republic	70587	1

Global Cup - Men

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2701	8.4
2	France	2634	8.2
3	Italy	1518	4.7	1
4	Germany	1503	4.7	-1
5	Great Britain	1466	4.6
6	Japan	1296	4.1
7	China	1279	4.0
8	Spain	1160	3.6
9	Australia	1099	3.4
10	Canada	841	2.6

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2964	8.7
2	Germany	1668	4.9	6
3	France	1610	4.7	-1
4	Italy	1467	4.3	-1
5	Great Britain	1389	4.1	-1
6	Japan	1279	3.8	-1
7	Spain	1137	3.3	6
8	Australia	1131	3.3	1
9	Canada	1081	3.2	2
10	China	1057	3.1

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2300	8.0
2	France	1899	6.6
3	Italy	1353	4.7
4	Great Britain	1260	4.4	3
5	Japan	1032	3.6	-1
6	Argentina	981	3.4	24
7	Norway	974	3.4	4
8	Germany	887	3.1	-2
9	Australia	852	3.0	1
10	China	834	2.9	-2

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3271	8.2	1
2	France	2390	6.0	1
3	Italy	2002	5.0	9
4	Japan	1994	5.0	11
5	Spain	1636	4.1	9
6	Germany	1517	3.8	-2
7	Great Britain	1509	3.8	1
8	China	1141	2.9	26
9	Brazil	1060	2.7
10	Australia	981	2.5	1

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Norway	490	9.2	8
2	France	471	8.9	1
3	United States	471	8.9	-2
4	Germany	323	6.1	3
5	Russia	303	5.7	-3
6	Austria	297	5.6	12
7	Switzerland	279	5.3	9
8	Great Britain	240	4.5	-4
9	Canada	230	4.3	5
10	Netherlands	209	3.9	5

Global Cup - Women

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3694	13.0
2	China	1956	6.9
3	France	1633	5.8	1
4	Australia	1595	5.6	-1
5	Germany	1362	4.8	1
6	Italy	1328	4.7	1
7	Canada	1324	4.7	-2
8	Netherlands	1298	4.6
9	Japan	1266	4.5
10	Great Britain	1002	3.5	1

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2798	9.8
2	China	1812	6.3
3	France	1528	5.3	4
4	Australia	1504	5.2
5	Great Britain	1477	5.2
6	Japan	1472	5.1
7	Spain	1229	4.3	13
8	Sweden	1170	4.1	3
9	Netherlands	1111	3.9	1
10	Italy	1096	3.8	-1

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3589	12.6
2	China	1809	6.3	1
3	Canada	1769	6.2	2
4	Australia	1513	5.3	3
5	Great Britain	1268	4.4	5
6	Japan	1249	4.4	-4
7	France	1188	4.2	-3
8	Germany	1174	4.1
9	Italy	996	3.5	2
10	Netherlands	916	3.2	-4

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3852	11.9
2	Japan	2232	6.9	7
3	China	1830	5.6	18
4	France	1483	4.6	10
5	Canada	1403	4.3	5
6	Netherlands	1225	3.8	-1
7	Australia	1168	3.6	1
8	Germany	1167	3.6	-6
9	Sweden	1124	3.5	4
10	Great Britain	1112	3.4	1

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	521	11.0
2	Germany	333	7.0	4
3	Italy	311	6.5	9
4	Switzerland	256	5.4	12
5	Netherlands	254	5.3
6	Norway	253	5.3	8
7	Russia	244	5.1	-4
8	Australia	220	4.6
9	Japan	185	3.9	-2
10	Canada	179	3.8

Global Cup - Continents

	Top Positions	Points	%
1	Europe	31372	49.4
2	Americas	13004	20.5
3	Asia	11224	17.7
4	Oceania	4144	6.5
5	Africa	3766	5.9

	Top Positions	Points	%
1	Europe	34178	51.8
2	Americas	12167	18.5
3	Asia	11667	17.7
4	Africa	3992	6.1
5	Oceania	3919	5.9
6	-	6	0.0

	Top Positions	Points	%
1	Europe	28984	48.4
2	Americas	13504	22.6
3	Asia	9179	15.3
4	Africa	4365	7.3
5	Oceania	3808	6.4

	Top Positions	Points	%
1	Europe	39365	52.2
2	Americas	15317	20.3
3	Asia	14306	19.0
4	Africa	3238	4.3
5	Oceania	3118	4.1

	Top Positions	Points	%
1	Europe	6668	64.0
2	Americas	1578	15.1
3	Asia	773	7.4
4	Africa	701	6.7
5	Oceania	694	6.7