Canada, Italy joint second in Global Cup after September
Canada and Italy are in second place and level on points in the year-to-date table of the Global Cup, the ranking of the world’s top sporting nations, after a hotly contested month of September.
Global Cup leaders the USA won the September monthly ranking (please see the full table below), ahead of Italy, Japan, Poland and France, while Canada finished eighth, enough to cling to its position in the year-to-date ranking.
With 6,101 GSN points up for grabs, September was one of the sporting year’s busiest months, awarding nearly 15% of all GSN points assigned so far.
Among the month’s main tournaments was the Volleyball men’s World Championships, worth 702 points in total and won by Italy, which defeated host nation Poland in the final, while Brazil and Slovenia finished third and fourth respectively.
Another major point-earning tournament was the Free Wrestling World Championships, won by the USA ahead of Japan, Iran and Mongolia. The Greco-Roman Wrestling World Championships was instead won by Turkey ahead of Azerbaijan and Serbia.
Also on the September calendar were the following (top four nations in ranking order):
Tennis US Open (USA, Poland, Spain and Norway)
Women’s Ice Hockey World Championships (Canada, USA, Czech Republic and Switzerland).
The most improved countries in the Global Cup year-to-date’s top 10 after September were Italy, up two places in second, and Japan, up three places in eighth, while Germany and Norway lost two places. Among the top-20 nations, Poland notably jumped up four places to 14th.
With Canada and Italy joint second, and France and Germany hot on their heels, the race for second place in the Global Cup is looking very exciting, with three sporting months still to go in 2022.
GLOBAL CUP 2022 – SEPTEMBER MONTHLY RANKING
|
Place
|
Country
|
Points
|
Points %
|
|
1
|
United States
|
599
|
9.8%
|
|
2
|
Italy
|
409
|
6.7%
|
|
3
|
Japan
|
281
|
4.6%
|
|
4
|
Poland
|
257
|
4.2%
|
|
5
|
France
|
229
|
3.7%
|
|
6
|
Australia
|
202
|
3.3%
|
|
7
|
Iran
|
177
|
2.9%
|
|
8
|
Canada
|
170
|
2.8%
|
|
9
|
New Zealand
|
169
|
2.8%
|
|
10
|
Ukraine
|
159
|
2.6%
|
|
11
|
Turkey
|
153
|
2.5%
|
|
12
|
Netherlands
|
143
|
2.3%
|
|
13
|
Azerbaijan
|
140
|
2.3%
|
|
14
|
Switzerland
|
135
|
2.2%
|
|
15
|
Germany
|
133
|
2.2%
|
|
16
|
Spain
|
131
|
2.1%
|
|
17
|
Great Britain
|
129
|
2.1%
|
|
18
|
Brazil
|
121
|
2.0%
|
|
19
|
Ethiopia
|
117
|
1.9%
|
|
20
|
China
|
116
|
1.9%
|
|
21
|
Serbia
|
107
|
1.8%
|
|
22
|
Slovenia
|
106
|
1.7%
|
|
23
|
Georgia
|
103
|
1.7%
|
|
24
|
Bulgaria
|
100
|
1.6%
|
|
25
|
Fiji
|
96
|
1.6%
|
|
26
|
Romania
|
96
|
1.6%
|
|
27
|
Ireland
|
91
|
1.5%
|
|
28
|
Kenya
|
90
|
1.5%
|
|
29
|
Mongolia
|
88
|
1.4%
|
|
30
|
Norway
|
86
|
1.4%
|
|
31
|
Hungary
|
85
|
1.4%
|
|
32
|
Czech Republic
|
85
|
1.4%
|
|
33
|
Belgium
|
82
|
1.3%
|
|
34
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
80
|
1.3%
|
|
35
|
Uzbekistan
|
72
|
1.2%
|
|
36
|
Kazakhstan
|
69
|
1.1%
|
|
37
|
Argentina
|
62
|
1.0%
|
|
38
|
Armenia
|
60
|
1.0%
|
|
39
|
India
|
49
|
0.8%
|
|
40
|
Slovakia
|
47
|
0.8%
|
|
41
|
Moldova
|
44
|
0.7%
|
|
42
|
Sweden
|
42
|
0.7%
|
|
43
|
Tunisia
|
40
|
0.7%
|
|
44
|
Greece
|
34
|
0.6%
|
|
45
|
South Africa
|
34
|
0.6%
|
|
46
|
Denmark
|
32
|
0.5%
|
|
47
|
Finland
|
30
|
0.5%
|
|
48
|
Israel
|
22
|
0.4%
|
|
49
|
Egypt
|
21
|
0.3%
|
|
50
|
Cuba
|
21
|
0.3%
|
|
51
|
Albania
|
20
|
0.3%
|
|
52
|
Estonia
|
15
|
0.2%
|
|
53
|
Ecuador
|
14
|
0.2%
|
|
54
|
Puerto Rico
|
14
|
0.2%
|
|
55
|
Lithuania
|
13
|
0.2%
|
|
56
|
Portugal
|
12
|
0.2%
|
|
57
|
Nigeria
|
11
|
0.2%
|
|
58
|
Colombia
|
10
|
0.2%
|
|
59
|
Mexico
|
9
|
0.1%
|
|
60
|
South Korea
|
9
|
0.1%
|
|
61
|
Samoa
|
8
|
0.1%
|
|
62
|
Croatia
|
8
|
0.1%
|
|
63
|
Austria
|
5
|
0.1%
|
|
64
|
Uruguay
|
5
|
0.1%
|
|
65
|
Algeria
|
2
|
0.0%
|
|
66
|
North Macedonia
|
2
|
0.0%
|
|
67
|
San Marino
|
2
|
0.0%
|
|
Grand Total
|
6,101
|
100.0%
|
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Greatest Sporting Nation is a ranking of countries based on their performance in top-level international tournaments in sports in which there is genuine global competition. Countries (national teams and/or individual athletes) score Qualifying Points by finishing in the top eight places in Qualifying Events.
These Qualifying Points are then weighted to produce GSN Points, based on a formula that takes into account individual vs team sports, the sport’s participation (number of countries) and the frequency (annual/biennial/quadrennial) of the tournaments.
The Country scoring the most Points in a calendar year wins the Global Cup for that year. The country that scores the most points relative to its population wins the Per Capita Cup. For a more detailed explanation, please refer to the ‘How It Works’ section on the site.
