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Global Cup - Athletics

2022
2021
2019

2022

	Top Positions	Points	%
1	United States	718	19.6
2	Jamaica	246	6.7
3	Kenya	196	5.3
4	Ethiopia	174	4.7
5	Great Britain	142	3.9
6	China	135	3.7
7	Canada	123	3.4
8	Poland	108	2.9
9	Netherlands	100	2.7
10	Australia	100	2.7

2021

	Top Positions	Points	%
1	United States	587	15.5
2	Kenya	265	7.0
3	Jamaica	230	6.1
4	Poland	168	4.4
5	Netherlands	160	4.2
6	Canada	150	4.0
7	China	146	3.9
8	Ethiopia	139	3.7
9	Great Britain	138	3.7
10	Italy	118	3.1

2019

	Top Positions	Points	%
1	United States	1875	20.1
2	Kenya	664	7.1
3	Jamaica	654	7.0
4	Ethiopia	458	4.9
5	China	432	4.6
6	Germany	425	4.5
7	Great Britain	405	4.3
8	Canada	300	3.2
9	Poland	293	3.1
10	Uganda	256	2.7

2022

	Top Positions	People Per Point
1	Jamaica	11101
2	Slovenia	60762
3	Norway	97736
4	Lithuania	100525
5	Estonia	135232
6	Sweden	148256
7	Netherlands	171640
8	Croatia	173092
9	Switzerland	234683
10	Australia	246873

2021

	Top Positions	People Per Point
1	Jamaica	11873
2	Norway	94246
3	Slovenia	103295
4	Netherlands	107275
5	Sweden	157522
6	New Zealand	160879
7	Belgium	162442
8	Portugal	166283
9	Kenya	187547
10	Cuba	214489

2019

	Top Positions	People Per Point
1	Jamaica	4176
2	Bahrain	13074
3	Estonia	15026
4	Norway	36651
5	Cuba	58538
6	Sweden	65891
7	Kenya	74849
8	Croatia	76930
9	Netherlands	77841
10	New Zealand	89377

Athletics Tournaments


Athletics: World Champi...	24 Jul 2022
Olympics	8 Aug 2021
Athletics: World Champi...	6 Oct 2019
IAAF Diamond League	6 Sep 2019
World Cross Country Cha...	30 Mar 2019
Athletics: World Champi...	13 Aug 2017
World Cross Country Cha...	27 Mar 2017
Olympics	21 Aug 2016
Athletics: World Champi...	30 Aug 2015
World Cross Country Cha...	28 Mar 2015
Athletics: World Champi...	18 Aug 2013
World Cross Country Cha...	24 Mar 2013
Olympics	5 Jan 2012


Athletics: World Champi...	4 Sep 2011
World Cross Country Cha...	20 Mar 2011
World Cross Country Cha...	28 Mar 2010
Athletics: World Champi...	23 Aug 2009
World Cross Country Cha...	28 Mar 2009
Olympics	8 Aug 2008
World Cross Country Cha...	1 Mar 2008

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Global Cup

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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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