USA tops Global Cup halfway through sporting year
Place
|
Country
|
Points
|
Place
|
Country
|
Points
|
pos chg
|
1
|
United States
|
1,712
|
1
|
United States
|
1,723
|
=
|
2
|
Norway
|
1,257
|
2
|
Norway
|
1,416
|
=
|
3
|
Germany
|
1,079
|
3
|
Russia
|
1,332
|
9
|
4
|
Canada
|
944
|
4
|
Germany
|
1,158
|
-1
|
5
|
Switzerland
|
801
|
5
|
France
|
1,086
|
2
|
6
|
Sweden
|
780
|
6
|
Italy
|
913
|
4
|
7
|
France
|
726
|
7
|
Japan
|
856
|
4
|
8
|
China
|
700
|
8
|
South Korea
|
821
|
6
|
9
|
Netherlands
|
678
|
9
|
Netherlands
|
820
|
=
|
10
|
Italy
|
652
|
10
|
China
|
795
|
-2
|
11
|
Japan
|
618
|
11
|
Switzerland
|
784
|
-6
|
12
|
Russia
|
598
|
12
|
Canada
|
749
|
-8
|
13
|
Austria
|
587
|
13
|
Austria
|
744
|
=
|
14
|
South Korea
|
511
|
14
|
Sweden
|
685
|
-8
|
15
|
Great Britain
|
505
|
15
|
Great Britain
|
672
|
=
|
16
|
OAR
|
435
|
16
|
Australia
|
583
|
2
|
17
|
Finland
|
376
|
17
|
Spain
|
435
|
4
|
18
|
Australia
|
318
|
18
|
Kenya
|
382
|
2
|
19
|
Czech Republic
|
257
|
19
|
Ethiopia
|
368
|
7
|
20
|
Kenya
|
254
|
20
|
Finland
|
332
|
-3
|
As we wrote earlier, the result of the Women’s Football World Cup will have a potentially decisive impact on the sporting year 2019. Thanks to today’s victory in the final against the Netherlands, defending champion the USA earned 420 GSN points (which aren’t reflected in the GSN tables at the time of publication) and, though there is still a way to go before the end of the year, has staked a very strong claim to becoming Global Cup champion again.