China Wins 2018 Diving World Cup

Submitted by danthompson on 14 June, 2018 - 08:14
China's Zhang Jiaqi (right) and Zhang Minjie compete during the women's 10m platform final at the FINA Diving World Cup 2018

China won the 2018 Diving World Cup with 142 points – an extraordinary 33.1% of the points on offer. The Asian country isn’t new to such an exploit in this sport, having won the Diving World Cup with a 34.8% share of the points in 2014.

 
Mexico came second with 38 points (8.9% of the points on offer) and the USA third with 37 points (8.5% of the points on offer).
 
Canada, Australia, Great Britain, Malaysia, North Korea, Ukraine and Russia rounded out the Top Ten.
 
There were a total of 429 points, across 11 events, up for grabs at the 2018 Diving World Cup and 16 countries scored points (full results below).
 
China’s dominance reflected the fact that they won gold in every single one of those 11 events.
 
Place Country Points Points %
1 China 142 33.1
2 Mexico 38 8.9
3 USA 37 8.5
4 Canada 36 8.4
5 Australia 33 7.7
6 Great Britain 27 6.3
7 Malaysia 25 5.8
8 North Korea 21 4.9
9 Ukraine 19 4.3
10 Russia 17 4.0
11 Germany 12 2.8
12 Italy 10 2.3
13 Netherlands 5 1.2
14 France 5 1.2
15 Ireland 2 0.5
16 Japan 1 0.2
  Grand total   100%

 

Please note that at the time of publication these results were not yet reflected in the GSN tables.
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