Global Cup 2013

Global Cup Progress - 31 December 2013

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The USA Men, third at the Ice Hockey Worlds 2013

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The US 400m relay gold medal winners at the Moscow Athletics worlds

The USA hit a record monthly Global Cup score in August

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Rui Costa (Portugal) clinches gold at the Men Road Cycling Elite race

Sports Leaders September 2013

Three quarters of the 2013 sporting year have gone by and the USA have what appears yet again an unassailable position at the top of the G...

Zhang Jike (China) World Table Tennis champion 2013

The USA clinch Winter Sports and top G. Cup ranking in May, China jumps to 8th place

The USA retain their Global Cup lead at the end of May 2013,

Marit Biorgen of Norway, 4 golds at the 2013 Cross Country Skiing Worlds

NORWAY leads the Winter Sports table, the USA top of the Global Cup ranking

At the end of March the USA have already regained their lead in the 2013 Global Cup.

Adam Scott (AUS) celebrates his Augusta Masters Golf title

The USA top of the Global Cup in April, Australia jumps 4 places into 9th

The USA retain their Global Cup lead at the end of April 2013.

The USA's Biles (gold) and Ross (silver) at the Art. Gymnastics Worlds 2013

USA and Slovenia are the top nations in sports 2013

The USA and Slovenia have topped the 2013 standings in GSN’s two main rankings, the Global C...

Adam Scott (Australia) Masters' winner 2013

Australia win the Global Cup in 4 sports in 2013

On the back of a late surge Australia have finished in the top ten of the 2013 GSN Global Cup for the sixth year in successio...

The best nation in Team Ball Sports in 2013?

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Russia's wall in the World League 2013 final

Russia close the gap in the Global Cup ranking

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Neymar led Brazil to victory in the Confederations Cup

Race in the Global Cup heats up behind the USA in June

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N. Djokovic (Serbia) powers to the ATP Masters title

Heavy-hitting China and Serbia dominate month of November

In a relatively lean sporting month, the headlines in the Global Cup, the unique ranking of the world’s best sporting nations, have been made by the heavy hitters at the...

South Africa hits hard at the IRB Rugby Sevens series

Not the usual suspects: other great sporting nations in 2013

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Global Cup

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	6366	10.8
2	France	4123	7.0	1
3	China	3307	5.6	1
4	Germany	2927	5.0	2
5	Italy	2776	4.7	-3
6	Australia	2672	4.5	2
7	Japan	2464	4.2	2
8	Great Britain	2319	3.9	-1
9	Canada	2223	3.8	-4
10	Netherlands	2018	3.4

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	6018	9.1
2	France	3291	5.0
3	China	3114	4.7
4	Great Britain	3030	4.6
5	Japan	2949	4.5	3
6	Germany	2834	4.3	3
7	Italy	2831	4.3	-1
8	Australia	2751	4.2	-1
9	Spain	2439	3.7	8
10	Canada	2173	3.3	-5

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	6137	10.3
2	France	3223	5.4	1
3	China	2822	4.7	2
4	Great Britain	2766	4.6	3
5	Canada	2710	4.5	4
6	Italy	2502	4.2	-2
7	Australia	2463	4.1	3
8	Japan	2372	4.0	-6
9	Germany	2311	3.9	-3
10	Netherlands	1661	2.8	1

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	7329	9.7
2	Japan	4433	5.9	11
3	France	4040	5.4	1
4	Italy	3194	4.2	3
5	China	3173	4.2	20
6	Germany	2920	3.9	-3
7	Great Britain	2831	3.8	4
8	Spain	2404	3.2	7
9	Canada	2280	3.0	1
10	Australia	2254	3.0	2

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	1018	9.8
2	Norway	788	7.6	9
3	Germany	709	6.8	3
4	France	653	6.3	1
5	Switzerland	558	5.4	10
6	Russia	556	5.3	-4
7	Italy	534	5.1	1
8	Netherlands	463	4.4	2
9	Austria	438	4.2	12
10	Canada	419	4.0	3

Per Capita Cup

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Norway	4652
2	Slovenia	4833	1
3	New Zealand	5940	1
4	Switzerland	8394	-2
5	Netherlands	8505	2
6	Sweden	8973	-1
7	Australia	9239	3
8	Serbia	9899
9	Denmark	10417	9
10	Latvia	10429	-4

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Norway	3235
2	Latvia	4142	22
3	Slovenia	4233
4	New Zealand	4986
5	Sweden	5672	1
6	Jamaica	6193	1
7	Switzerland	7271	-2
8	Serbia	7672	2
9	Denmark	8046	16
10	Lithuania	8352	4

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Norway	3635	1
2	Croatia	5326	10
3	Slovenia	5480	-2
4	New Zealand	6200	4
5	Switzerland	6931
6	Sweden	7738	-3
7	Jamaica	7939	7
8	Finland	8821	13
9	Australia	10023	7
10	Serbia	10274	-3

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Slovenia	2775	2
2	Norway	3048	-1
3	Sweden	4969	6
4	Denmark	5216	9
5	Switzerland	5428	-3
6	Georgia	6281
7	Serbia	6520
8	New Zealand	6671	-3
9	Hungary	7221
10	Netherlands	7985	-4

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Norway	6698
2	Switzerland	15141	3
3	Slovenia	17508	1
4	Austria	20101	4
5	New Zealand	21450	-2
6	Netherlands	37071	1
7	Latvia	37202	20
8	Australia	59761	4
9	Sweden	62617	-3
10	Czech Republic	70587	1

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Global Cup - Men

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2583	8.6
2	France	2487	8.3
3	Germany	1418	4.7	3
4	Italy	1345	4.5	-1
5	Great Britain	1306	4.4	-1
6	Japan	1214	4.1	3
7	China	1172	3.9	3
8	Spain	1110	3.7
9	Australia	1015	3.4	2
10	Canada	810	2.7	2

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2964	8.7
2	Germany	1668	4.9	6
3	France	1610	4.7	-1
4	Italy	1467	4.3	-1
5	Great Britain	1389	4.1	-1
6	Japan	1279	3.8	-1
7	Spain	1137	3.3	6
8	Australia	1131	3.3	1
9	Canada	1081	3.2	2
10	China	1057	3.1

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2300	8.0
2	France	1899	6.6
3	Italy	1353	4.7
4	Great Britain	1260	4.4	3
5	Japan	1032	3.6	-1
6	Argentina	981	3.4	24
7	Norway	974	3.4	4
8	Germany	887	3.1	-2
9	Australia	852	3.0	1
10	China	834	2.9	-2

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3271	8.2	1
2	France	2390	6.0	1
3	Italy	2002	5.0	9
4	Japan	1994	5.0	11
5	Spain	1636	4.1	9
6	Germany	1517	3.8	-2
7	Great Britain	1509	3.8	1
8	China	1141	2.9	26
9	Brazil	1060	2.7
10	Australia	981	2.5	1

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Norway	490	9.2	8
2	France	471	8.9	1
3	United States	471	8.9	-2
4	Germany	323	6.1	3
5	Russia	303	5.7	-3
6	Austria	297	5.6	12
7	Switzerland	279	5.3	9
8	Great Britain	240	4.5	-4
9	Canada	230	4.3	5
10	Netherlands	209	3.9	5

Global Cup - Women

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3528	13.5
2	China	1871	7.2	1
3	Australia	1519	5.8	3
4	France	1469	5.6	5
5	Canada	1299	5.0	-1
6	Germany	1267	4.8	2
7	Italy	1232	4.7	-5
8	Netherlands	1174	4.5	-3
9	Japan	1123	4.3	-2
10	Brazil	928	3.5	7

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2798	9.8
2	China	1812	6.3
3	France	1528	5.3	4
4	Australia	1504	5.2
5	Great Britain	1477	5.2
6	Japan	1472	5.1
7	Spain	1229	4.3	13
8	Sweden	1170	4.1	3
9	Netherlands	1111	3.9	1
10	Italy	1096	3.8	-1

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3589	12.6
2	China	1809	6.3	1
3	Canada	1769	6.2	2
4	Australia	1513	5.3	3
5	Great Britain	1268	4.4	5
6	Japan	1249	4.4	-4
7	France	1188	4.2	-3
8	Germany	1174	4.1
9	Italy	996	3.5	2
10	Netherlands	916	3.2	-4

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3852	11.9
2	Japan	2232	6.9	7
3	China	1830	5.6	18
4	France	1483	4.6	10
5	Canada	1403	4.3	5
6	Netherlands	1225	3.8	-1
7	Australia	1168	3.6	1
8	Germany	1167	3.6	-6
9	Sweden	1124	3.5	4
10	Great Britain	1112	3.4	1

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	521	11.0
2	Germany	333	7.0	4
3	Italy	311	6.5	9
4	Switzerland	256	5.4	12
5	Netherlands	254	5.3
6	Norway	253	5.3	8
7	Russia	244	5.1	-4
8	Australia	220	4.6
9	Japan	185	3.9	-2
10	Canada	179	3.8

Global Cup - Continents

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Europe	29142	49.4
2	Americas	12211	20.7
3	Asia	10552	17.9
4	Oceania	3837	6.5	1
5	Africa	3236	5.5	-1

	Top Positions	Points	%
1	Europe	34178	51.8
2	Americas	12167	18.5
3	Asia	11667	17.7
4	Africa	3992	6.1
5	Oceania	3919	5.9
6	-	6	0.0

	Top Positions	Points	%
1	Europe	28984	48.4
2	Americas	13504	22.6
3	Asia	9179	15.3
4	Africa	4365	7.3
5	Oceania	3808	6.4

	Top Positions	Points	%
1	Europe	39365	52.2
2	Americas	15317	20.3
3	Asia	14306	19.0
4	Africa	3238	4.3
5	Oceania	3118	4.1

	Top Positions	Points	%
1	Europe	6668	64.0
2	Americas	1578	15.1
3	Asia	773	7.4
4	Africa	701	6.7
5	Oceania	694	6.7