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Global Cup

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 United States 6137 10.3
2 France 3223 5.4 2
3 China 2822 4.7
4 Great Britain 2766 4.6 1
5 Canada 2710 4.5 -3
6 Italy 2502 4.2
7 Australia 2463 4.1
8 Japan 2372 4.0
9 Germany 2311 3.9
10 Netherlands 1661 2.8
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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
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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
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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 United States 7014 10.2
2 Russia 4141 6.0 1
3 China 3199 4.6 3
4 Great Britain 3071 4.5 3
5 France 2911 4.2 -3
6 Germany 2705 3.9 -1
7 Japan 2690 3.9 -3
8 Italy 2331 3.4
9 Australia 2250 3.3 3
10 Netherlands 2137 3.1 -1
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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 United States 4956 9.3
2 France 3240 6.1
3 Russia 2760 5.2
4 Japan 2571 4.8 4
5 Germany 2450 4.6 2
6 China 2313 4.4
7 Great Britain 2177 4.1 -3
8 Italy 1899 3.6 -3
9 Netherlands 1759 3.3 4
10 Canada 1715 3.2 -1

Per Capita Cup

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Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 Norway 3635
2 Croatia 5326 13
3 Slovenia 5480 -1
4 New Zealand 6200 -1
5 Switzerland 6931 -1
6 Sweden 7738 -1
7 Jamaica 7939 -1
8 Finland 8821 -1
9 Australia 10023
10 Serbia 10274 -2
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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
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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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Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 Norway 2747
2 Jamaica 3533
3 New Zealand 5359 3
4 Slovenia 5852 3
5 Switzerland 6249 -2
6 Sweden 6540 -2
7 Netherlands 8034 1
8 Austria 8825 2
9 Estonia 8868
10 Bahrain 10008
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Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 Norway 3523
2 Croatia 4117 5
3 Switzerland 6156 1
4 Sweden 7611 1
5 Serbia 8099 6
6 New Zealand 9004 -3
7 Slovenia 9327 -5
8 Netherlands 9761 7
9 Belgium 10212 21
10 Austria 10304

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Global Cup - Men

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 United States 2300 8.0
2 France 1899 6.6 1
3 Italy 1353 4.7 -1
4 Great Britain 1260 4.4
5 Japan 1032 3.6
6 Argentina 981 3.4 36
7 Norway 974 3.4 -1
8 Germany 887 3.1 -1
9 Australia 852 3.0 -1
10 China 834 2.9
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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
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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
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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 United States 3072 8.0 1
2 Russia 2446 6.4 1
3 France 1858 4.9 -2
4 Great Britain 1712 4.5
5 Japan 1514 4.0 1
6 Spain 1407 3.7 10
7 Germany 1329 3.5 -2
8 Italy 1304 3.4
9 Norway 1216 3.2 -2
10 China 1209 3.2
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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 France 2175 7.6 1
2 United States 2087 7.3 -1
3 Russia 1733 6.0
4 Great Britain 1455 5.1
5 Germany 1255 4.4 1
6 Japan 1199 4.2 1
7 Norway 1008 3.5 1
8 Italy 975 3.4 -3
9 Croatia 971 3.4 19
10 China 864 3.0

Global Cup - Women

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 United States 3589 12.6
2 China 1809 6.3 1
3 Canada 1769 6.2 -1
4 Australia 1513 5.3
5 Great Britain 1268 4.4
6 Japan 1249 4.4
7 France 1188 4.2
8 Germany 1174 4.1
9 Italy 996 3.5
10 Netherlands 916 3.2
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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
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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
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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 United States 3734 13.2
2 China 1795 6.3 1
3 Russia 1470 5.2 3
4 Great Britain 1301 4.6 8
5 Netherlands 1274 4.5 -1
6 Germany 1218 4.3 -1
7 Japan 1088 3.8 -5
8 Australia 1019 3.6 2
9 Sweden 983 3.5 5
10 Canada 951 3.4 -3
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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 United States 2699 12.0
2 Japan 1334 5.9 7
3 China 1307 5.8 -1
4 Netherlands 1086 4.8 6
5 Germany 999 4.4 2
6 Russia 933 4.1 -1
7 Canada 927 4.1 -4
8 France 902 4.0 -2
9 Italy 824 3.7 2
10 Australia 744 3.3 -2

Global Cup - Continents

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Top Positions Points % Chg
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 % Chg
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 % Chg
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
Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Europe 36054 52.3
2 Americas 13596 19.7
3 Asia 11060 16.1
4 Africa 4917 7.1 1
5 Oceania 3255 4.7 -1
Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Europe 31844 60.0
2 Americas 9071 17.1
3 Asia 8592 16.2
4 Oceania 2017 3.8 1
5 Africa 1508 2.8 -1
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