USA beat Italy, China in October monthly ranking

Submitted by danthompson on 6 November, 2017 - 17:08
Morgan Hurd of the USA leaping to the women's all-round title at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships
The USA won the month of October in the 2017 Global Cup, the annual ranking of the world's best sporting nations.
They scored 623 points after coming second at the Archery World Championships, fourth at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, fourth at the Shooting World Cup Finals and fourth at the Rowing World Championships. They also scored points in Tennis (the WTA Tour Finals) and at the Canoe / Kayak Slalom World Championships and the Chicago Marathon.
 
Italy came second with 550 points after winning the Rowing World Championships, and coming second in the Shooting World Cup Finals and fifth in the Archery World Championships.
China finished third with 488 points after scoring points across five sports, including winning the Shooting World Cup Finals and coming joint first in the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships.
 
The month’s top 10 saw Great Britain finish in fourth place (after coming 2nd in the Rowing World Championships, 6th in the Canoe / Kayak Slalom World Championships and 8th in the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships), followed by Germany (3rd in the Archery World Championships and 3rd in the Canoe / Kayak Slalom World Championships), France (2nd in the Canoe / Kayak Slalom World Championships and 4th in the Archery World Championships), New Zealand (3rd in the Rowing World Championships), South Korea (winners of the Archery World Championships), Australia  and Russia (the latter were joint first in the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships).
 
While October’s results consolidated the USA’s lead at the top of the year-to-date Global Cup rankings, they also represent a crucial step forward for France, which is locked in a titanic struggle with Russia for second place. With France scoring 133 more points than Russia in October, it has now moved to within 86 points of Russia in second place in the year-to-date rankings. With only two months to go to the final year-end rankings, this is a battle that promises to go to the wire!
 
The full ranking for the month – in which 64 countries scored points - is set out below.
Place
Country
Points
Points %
1
United States
623
8.1%
2
Italy
550
7.2%
3
China
488
6.4%
4
Great Britain
439
5.7%
5
Germany
420
5.5%
6
France
398
5.2%
7
New Zealand
313
4.1%
8
South Korea
301
3.9%
9
Australia
276
3.6%
10
Russia
265
3.5%
11
Netherlands
256
3.3%
12
Japan
232
3.0%
13
Denmark
183
2.4%
14
Czech Republic
179
2.3%
15
Poland
171
2.2%
16
Switzerland
142
1.9%
17
Canada
142
1.8%
18
Romania
141
1.8%
19
Spain
133
1.7%
20
Croatia
132
1.7%
21
Ukraine
129
1.7%
22
Serbia
126
1.6%
23
India
118
1.5%
24
Ireland
116
1.5%
25
Hungary
108
1.4%
26
Mexico
99
1.3%
27
Kenya
96
1.3%
28
Taiwan
82
1.1%
29
Lithuania
80
1.0%
30
South Africa
75
1.0%
31
Brazil
66
0.9%
32
Norway
64
0.8%
33
Cuba
58
0.8%
34
Slovakia
58
0.8%
35
Greece
54
0.7%
36
Turkey
48
0.6%
37
Colombia
48
0.6%
38
Ethiopia
45
0.6%
39
Slovenia
41
0.5%
40
Belarus
40
0.5%
41
Austria
40
0.5%
42
Belgium
33
0.4%
43
Iran
26
0.3%
44
Argentina
24
0.3%
45
Estonia
24
0.3%
46
Sweden
21
0.3%
47
Israel
16
0.2%
48
Chile
14
0.2%
49
Lebanon
12
0.2%
50
Latvia
11
0.1%
51
Azerbaijan
10
0.1%
52
Vietnam
10
0.1%
53
Kazakhstan
9
0.1%
54
Malaysia
8
0.1%
55
Uzbekistan
8
0.1%
56
Guatemala
8
0.1%
57
Singapore
8
0.1%
58
Armenia
8
0.1%
59
United Arab Emirates
8
0.1%
60
Georgia
6
0.1%
61
Cyprus
6
0.1%
62
Finland
5
0.1%
63
Eritrea
3
0.0%
64
Portugal
2
0.0%
Grand Total
7,651
100.0%

 

 

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