Germany pips France to Global Cup second place
The race behind Global Cup leader the USA in the year-to-date ranking of the world’s best sporting nations couldn’t be tighter. After finishing second in the monthly table in September (the full results are listed below), Germany leapt six places into second, a mere 4 points (2,595 vs 2,591) ahead of France. Two other countries, China and Great Britain, are neck-and-neck in their wake, and Australia in sixth place is only 137 points behind Germany. Competition will be fierce in the last three months of the year.
Place
|
Country
|
Points
|
Points %
|
1
|
United States
|
765
|
10.8%
|
2
|
Germany
|
586
|
8.3%
|
3
|
Serbia
|
506
|
7.2%
|
4
|
China
|
326
|
4.6%
|
5
|
Canada
|
321
|
4.6%
|
6
|
Japan
|
236
|
3.3%
|
7
|
Latvia
|
209
|
3.0%
|
8
|
Iran
|
204
|
2.9%
|
9
|
Lithuania
|
172
|
2.4%
|
10
|
Turkey
|
171
|
2.4%
|
11
|
Armenia
|
169
|
2.4%
|
12
|
Azerbaijan
|
164
|
2.3%
|
13
|
Italy
|
149
|
2.1%
|
14
|
Georgia
|
143
|
2.0%
|
15
|
France
|
138
|
2.0%
|
16
|
Colombia
|
132
|
1.9%
|
17
|
Ethiopia
|
114
|
1.6%
|
18
|
Ukraine
|
110
|
1.6%
|
19
|
Slovenia
|
110
|
1.6%
|
20
|
Great Britain
|
106
|
1.5%
|
21
|
Romania
|
105
|
1.5%
|
22
|
Uzbekistan
|
104
|
1.5%
|
23
|
Kenya
|
102
|
1.4%
|
24
|
South Korea
|
102
|
1.4%
|
25
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
101
|
1.4%
|
26
|
Kazakhstan
|
91
|
1.3%
|
27
|
Spain
|
88
|
1.2%
|
28
|
Egypt
|
85
|
1.2%
|
29
|
Netherlands
|
84
|
1.2%
|
30
|
Moldova
|
83
|
1.2%
|
31
|
Bulgaria
|
83
|
1.2%
|
32
|
Hungary
|
79
|
1.1%
|
33
|
Thailand
|
74
|
1.0%
|
34
|
Cuba
|
62
|
0.9%
|
35
|
Mongolia
|
60
|
0.9%
|
36
|
Ecuador
|
57
|
0.8%
|
37
|
Czech Republic
|
56
|
0.8%
|
38
|
Australia
|
55
|
0.8%
|
39
|
Taiwan
|
50
|
0.7%
|
40
|
Indonesia
|
48
|
0.7%
|
41
|
New Zealand
|
46
|
0.7%
|
42
|
Ireland
|
44
|
0.6%
|
43
|
Switzerland
|
40
|
0.6%
|
44
|
Poland
|
38
|
0.5%
|
45
|
Vietnam
|
38
|
0.5%
|
46
|
Nigeria
|
33
|
0.5%
|
47
|
Bahrain
|
32
|
0.5%
|
48
|
Mexico
|
30
|
0.4%
|
49
|
Norway
|
25
|
0.4%
|
50
|
Venezuela
|
22
|
0.3%
|
51
|
Madagascar
|
22
|
0.3%
|
52
|
Greece
|
21
|
0.3%
|
53
|
Denmark
|
21
|
0.3%
|
54
|
Philippines
|
18
|
0.3%
|
55
|
Tanzania
|
18
|
0.3%
|
56
|
Albania
|
17
|
0.2%
|
57
|
Iraq
|
16
|
0.2%
|
58
|
Puerto Rico
|
16
|
0.2%
|
59
|
Chile
|
14
|
0.2%
|
60
|
Brazil
|
12
|
0.2%
|
61
|
Croatia
|
11
|
0.2%
|
62
|
San Marino
|
11
|
0.2%
|
63
|
Sweden
|
11
|
0.2%
|
64
|
Saudi Arabia
|
10
|
0.1%
|
65
|
Portugal
|
10
|
0.1%
|
66
|
Austria
|
9
|
0.1%
|
67
|
Turkmenistan
|
8
|
0.1%
|
68
|
Peru
|
8
|
0.1%
|
69
|
Samoa
|
8
|
0.1%
|
70
|
Brunei
|
7
|
0.1%
|
71
|
Tunisia
|
6
|
0.1%
|
72
|
Israel
|
5
|
0.1%
|
73
|
Sri Lanka
|
4
|
0.1%
|
74
|
Qatar
|
4
|
0.1%
|
75
|
Slovakia
|
4
|
0.1%
|
76
|
Dominican Republic
|
4
|
0.1%
|
77
|
South Africa
|
3
|
0.0%
|
78
|
Belgium
|
3
|
0.0%
|
79
|
North Macedonia
|
2
|
0.0%
|
80
|
Finland
|
2
|
0.0%
|
81
|
Luxembourg
|
2
|
0.0%
|
82
|
Estonia
|
1
|
0.0%
|
Grand Total
|
7,054
|
100.0%
|