Norway wins month of February ahead of USA, Germany
Norway won the month of February in the 2018 Global Cup, the annual ranking of the world's best sporting nations. They scored 753 points – with the vast majority of those points coming from their first place at the Winter Olympics.
The USA were second with 605 points, after coming third at the Winter Olympics and also scoring points at the Tokyo Marathon, the Cyclo-cross World Championships and the Bandy World Championships.
Germany finished third with 593 points, after finishing second at the Winter Olympics.
The Winter Games had a major influence on the rest of February’s results with Canada, Sweden, the Olympic Athletes of Russia (OAR), Switzerland, France, Japan and Austria rounding out the Top Ten thanks to their performances at PyeongChang 2018.
The full rankings for the month – in which 37 countries scored points - are set out below.
|
Place
|
Country
|
Points
|
Points %
|
|
1
|
Norway
|
753
|
11.4%
|
|
2
|
United States
|
605
|
9.2%
|
|
3
|
Germany
|
593
|
9.0%
|
|
4
|
Canada
|
508
|
7.7%
|
|
5
|
Sweden
|
461
|
7.0%
|
|
6
|
OAR
|
435
|
6.6%
|
|
7
|
Switzerland
|
336
|
5.1%
|
|
8
|
France
|
336
|
5.1%
|
|
9
|
Japan
|
300
|
4.6%
|
|
10
|
Austria
|
280
|
4.2%
|
|
11
|
Finland
|
265
|
4.0%
|
|
12
|
Italy
|
252
|
3.8%
|
|
13
|
Netherlands
|
205
|
3.1%
|
|
14
|
South Korea
|
186
|
2.8%
|
|
15
|
Czech Republic
|
167
|
2.5%
|
|
16
|
China
|
114
|
1.7%
|
|
17
|
Slovakia
|
92
|
1.4%
|
|
18
|
Ethiopia
|
78
|
1.2%
|
|
19
|
Kenya
|
75
|
1.1%
|
|
20
|
Belarus
|
70
|
1.1%
|
|
21
|
Great Britain
|
70
|
1.1%
|
|
22
|
Russia
|
50
|
0.8%
|
|
23
|
Belgium
|
43
|
0.7%
|
|
24
|
Poland
|
42
|
0.6%
|
|
25
|
Kazakhstan
|
39
|
0.6%
|
|
26
|
Australia
|
39
|
0.6%
|
|
27
|
Slovenia
|
34
|
0.5%
|
|
28
|
Latvia
|
32
|
0.5%
|
|
29
|
Hungary
|
32
|
0.5%
|
|
30
|
New Zealand
|
31
|
0.5%
|
|
31
|
Liechtenstein
|
22
|
0.3%
|
|
32
|
Spain
|
20
|
0.3%
|
|
33
|
Ukraine
|
14
|
0.2%
|
|
34
|
Luxembourg
|
5
|
0.1%
|
|
35
|
Bulgaria
|
3
|
0.0%
|
|
36
|
Romania
|
2
|
0.0%
|
|
37
|
Israel
|
1
|
0.0%
|
|
|
Grand Total
|
6,590
|
100.0%
|
Please note that, at the time of publication, none of the February tournament results were yet reflected on the GSN tables.
