USA best in October ahead of Russia, Japan

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The USA won the month of October 2018 in the Global Cup, the ranking of the world’s top sporting nations. It was the second victory in succession for the USA after September, and one which virtually seals final victory once again of the 10-time Global Cup champion: France, currently second in the year-to-date ranking, only scored 23 points to the USA’s 352 in October. Russia came second in the monthly ranking, followed by Japan.

In October, the USA won the Free Wrestling World Championships ahead of Japan and Russia, and scored valuable points in the Volleyball Women World Championships and the WTA Tennis Finals. Russia won the Greco-Roman Wrestling World Championships ahead of Hungary and Turkey, while Japan, besides coming second in the Free Wrestling World Championships, also acquitted itself well at the Volleyball Women World Championships.
 
The full results for the month of October are in the table below. Please note that at the time of publication, the October monthly results weren’t yet reflected in the tables on the GSN website.
Place
Country
Points
Points %
1
United States
352
9.8%
2
Russia
313
8.7%
3
Japan
267
7.4%
4
China
251
7.0%
5
Serbia
245
6.8%
6
Italy
178
5.0%
7
Turkey
139
3.9%
8
Netherlands
128
3.5%
9
Ukraine
126
3.5%
10
Georgia
105
2.9%
11
Hungary
95
2.6%
12
Azerbaijan
93
2.6%
13
Kenya
87
2.4%
14
Mongolia
72
2.0%
15
Cuba
71
2.0%
16
Belarus
69
1.9%
17
Iran
67
1.9%
18
Ethiopia
66
1.8%
19
Canada
65
1.8%
20
Bulgaria
63
1.8%
21
India
56
1.6%
22
Kazakhstan
55
1.5%
23
Germany
55
1.5%
24
Uzbekistan
45
1.3%
25
Armenia
42
1.2%
26
Brazil
41
1.1%
27
South Korea
40
1.1%
28
Czech Republic
35
1.0%
29
Great Britain
30
0.8%
30
Kyrgyzstan
27
0.8%
31
North Korea
27
0.8%
32
Finland
24
0.7%
33
France
23
0.6%
34
Denmark
22
0.6%
35
Moldova
20
0.6%
36
Poland
18
0.5%
37
New Zealand
16
0.4%
38
Bahrain
16
0.4%
39
Estonia
14
0.4%
40
Romania
14
0.4%
41
Egypt
14
0.4%
42
Sweden
13
0.4%
43
South Africa
13
0.4%
44
Spain
11
0.3%
45
Austria
11
0.3%
46
Argentina
10
0.3%
47
Australia
10
0.3%
48
Algeria
9
0.3%
49
Norway
7
0.2%
50
Mexico
7
0.2%
51
Croatia
7
0.2%
52
Ecuador
4
0.1%
53
Slovakia
2
0.1%
54
Cameroon
2
0.1%
55
American Samoa
2
0.1%
56
Venezuela
2
0.1%
57
Chile
2
0.1%
 
Grand Total
3,595
100.0%