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China won the 2023 Table Tennis World Championships – pict. by djimenezhdez from Pixabay

China best nation in May, Norway narrowly holds Global Cup lead

China was the top sporting nation in May, leading the monthly ranking of the Global Cup ahead of

China was runner-up to the USA in the women Basketball World Championships – pic.: Pixabay

China, Great Britain in late surge for Global Cup second place

China and Great Britain are making a late b...

Best Sports

2023

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Swimming 498 22.9
2 Table Tennis 414 19.1
3 Diving 170 7.8
4 Canoe/Kayak Sprint 149 6.9
5 Boxing (Amateur) 146 6.7 -1
6 Volleyball 120 5.5 -1
7 Badminton 95 4.4
8 Taekwondo 71 3.2 -2
9 Athletics 66 3.0
10 Synchronised Swimming 64 2.9 -3

2022

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Shooting 337 11.9 4
2 Basketball 334 11.8 6
3 Swimming 290 10.3
4 Weightlifting 238 8.4 2
5 Artistic Gymnastics 210 7.4 -3
6 Taekwondo 164 5.8 11
7 Diving 159 5.6 2
8 Athletics 135 4.8 -1
9 Freestyle Skiing 120 4.3 11
10 Badminton 108 3.8 -6

2021

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Table Tennis 588 18.5
2 Artistic Gymnastics 513 16.2
3 Swimming 329 10.4
4 Badminton 228 7.2
5 Shooting 202 6.4
6 Weightlifting 156 4.9
7 Athletics 146 4.6
8 Basketball 140 4.4
9 Diving 136 4.3
10 Canoe/Kayak Sprint 78 2.5

2020

Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Snowboarding 37 36.1 27
2 Freestyle Skiing 34 33.2 10
3 Speedskating 20 19.5 26
4 Track Cycling 6 5.9 30
5 Skeleton 3 2.9
6 Snooker 3 2.4

2019

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Athletics 432 13.5
2 Weightlifting 326 10.2
3 Table Tennis 288 9.0 9
4 Swimming 275 8.6
5 Artistic Gymnastics 228 7.1 -1
6 Taekwondo 181 5.6
7 Shooting 168 5.3 -6
8 Diving 158 4.9 -2
9 Canoe/Kayak Sprint 112 3.5 4
10 Trampoline 112 3.5

China Positions

2023

Global Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 6
Gender:Men 11
Gender:Women 4
Continent:Asia 1
Per Capita Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 55
Gender:Men 56
Gender:Women 53
Continent:Asia 8

2022

Global Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 3
Gender:Men 10
Gender:Women 2
Continent:Asia 1
Per Capita Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 61
Gender:Men 63
Gender:Women 59
Continent:Asia 9

2021

Global Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 5
Gender:Men 8
Gender:Women 3
Continent:Asia 2
Per Capita Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 70
Gender:Men 71
Gender:Women 67
Continent:Asia 12

2020

Global Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 25
Gender:Men 34
Gender:Women 21
Continent:Asia 3
Per Capita Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 26
Gender:Men 26
Gender:Women 26
Continent:Asia 3

2019

Global Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 3
Gender:Men 10
Gender:Women 2
Continent:Asia 1
Per Capita Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 63
Gender:Men 65
Gender:Women 58
Continent:Asia 11
Simone Biles (USA) won 5 golds at the 2019 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships – pict.: Associated Press

China climbs to third in Global Cup as USA surges ahead

In October, the USA topped yet again the monthly table in the Global Cup, the ranking of the world...

China's Zhang Jiaqi (right) and Zhang Minjie compete during the women's 10m platform final at the FINA Diving World Cup 2018

China Wins 2018 Diving World Cup

China won the 2018 Diving World Cup with 142 points – an extraordinary 33.1% of the points on offer.

China’s Yang Haoran and Zhao Ruozhu won gold in the 10m air rifle mixed team event at the 2018 ISSF Shooting World Championships

The Year’s Best - China top Target Sports nation in 2018

Another exciting sporting year is drawing to a close, and it is time for us to reveal the final rankings in GSN’s unique sport groups,

Ma Long of China in action at the Table Tennis World Team Championships in Halmstadt, Sweden

China wins month of May ahead of Russia, Sweden

China was the best sporting nation in May 2018, winning the monthly Global Cup ranking ahead of

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China Win 2017 Shooting World Cup Finals
China have won the 2017 Shooting World Cup Finals with 218 points – a highly impressive 15.5% of t...
US Gymnastics World Champion Simone Biles

Global Cup: China and Japan improve, USA unreachable
After their resounding victory in the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, the USA have sealed, if there ever was any...
Deng Wei, 17 years old, from China

China's sporting success in 2011
Four years after the second place overall (according to GSN) at the Beijing Olympics, with no less than 100 medals, China is still up there with t...