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USA and Jamaica top in 2012 Athletics, Slovenia, Kazakhstan Per Capita continental champions

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Global Cup Progress - 30 April 2013

Submitted by hansstocker on 5 May, 2013 - 13:41

Per Capita Cup Progress - 30 April 2013

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Global Cup Progress - 31 December 2012

Submitted by hansstocker on 27 December, 2012 - 22:54

Per Capita Cup Progress - 31 December 2012

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Global Cup

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	1203	7.8
2	Norway	994	6.5
3	Canada	894	5.8
4	Russia	832	5.4	1
5	Germany	829	5.4	-1
6	France	745	4.8
7	Austria	714	4.6
8	Switzerland	556	3.6
9	Australia	509	3.3	4
10	Sweden	507	3.3

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	7307	11.3
2	Russia	4169	6.4
3	Great Britain	3406	5.2	2
4	China	3077	4.7	-1
5	Germany	2754	4.2	1
6	France	2338	3.6	-2
7	Brazil	2243	3.5	7
8	Italy	2130	3.3	1
9	Japan	2129	3.3	-2
10	Australia	2063	3.2	-2

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	6165	9.3
2	Russia	4680	7.0
3	China	3502	5.3	1
4	France	3427	5.2	9
5	Great Britain	2852	4.3	2
6	Germany	2581	3.9	-3
7	Japan	2499	3.8	7
8	Australia	2325	3.5	1
9	Italy	2099	3.2	-1
10	South Korea	1811	2.7	2

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	4880	8.9
2	Russia	3690	6.7
3	Germany	3186	5.8
4	China	2357	4.3
5	Canada	2141	3.9	2
6	Spain	1977	3.6	3
7	Great Britain	1926	3.5	-1
8	Italy	1910	3.5
9	Australia	1811	3.3	1
10	Brazil	1760	3.2	3

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	5540	9.0
2	Russia	4474	7.3
3	Germany	3042	4.9	1
4	China	2945	4.8	-1
5	France	2620	4.3	4
6	Great Britain	2467	4.0	2
7	Canada	2074	3.4	5
8	Italy	1948	3.2	-3
9	Spain	1773	2.9	-3
10	Australia	1620	2.6	-3

Per Capita Cup

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Slovenia	4808
2	Norway	4813
3	Austria	11682
4	Switzerland	13767
5	Finland	14635
6	Sweden	18193
7	New Zealand	23240
8	Canada	37332	1
9	Netherlands	37811	-1
10	Australia	42066

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	New Zealand	4501	2
2	Jamaica	4600
3	Trinidad and Tobago	7705
4	Switzerland	8106	5
5	Norway	9044	-4
6	Slovenia	9481	-1
7	Sweden	9763	-3
8	Finland	10280	-2
9	Australia	10378	2
10	Czech Republic	11941	2

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Norway	3413
2	Jamaica	4051
3	New Zealand	4454	3
4	Sweden	5727	-1
5	Slovenia	5915	-1
6	Finland	7194	-1
7	Austria	7474	1
8	Denmark	7672	9
9	Switzerland	7768	-7
10	Croatia	8924	9

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Norway	4453	1
2	Switzerland	6276	4
3	Sweden	7648	5
4	Slovenia	8020	-1
5	Finland	8134	-1
6	New Zealand	8552	-1
7	Serbia	9139	5
8	Austria	9278	-1
9	Netherlands	9788	7
10	Czech Republic	10191	13

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Jamaica	3580
2	Norway	4015
3	Slovenia	5847	5
4	Finland	6300	2
5	New Zealand	6335	-2
6	Switzerland	6717	-2
7	Austria	7702	4
8	Sweden	8362	-3
9	Croatia	8369	3
10	Denmark	8811	14

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Global Cup - Men

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Norway	548	6.0
2	Russia	511	5.6
3	United States	498	5.4	2
4	France	493	5.4	-1
5	Austria	480	5.2	-1
6	Canada	438	4.8
7	Germany	411	4.5
8	Italy	304	3.3
9	Spain	303	3.3
10	Australia	303	3.3	8

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3460	9.0
2	Russia	2351	6.1
3	Great Britain	2250	5.9	1
4	Germany	1630	4.2	3
5	Spain	1520	4.0	6
6	Italy	1433	3.7	2
7	Brazil	1429	3.7	8
8	France	1279	3.3	-5
9	South Korea	1210	3.1
10	Australia	1136	3.0	-5

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2818	7.4
2	Russia	2418	6.3
3	France	2183	5.7	5
4	Great Britain	1866	4.9	1
5	Australia	1388	3.6	4
6	China	1360	3.6	9
7	Germany	1274	3.3	-4
8	Italy	1232	3.2	3
9	South Korea	1151	3.0	5
10	Japan	1017	2.7	13

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2613	7.8
2	Russia	2230	6.7
3	Germany	1988	5.9	2
4	Spain	1716	5.1	4
5	Great Britain	1346	4.0	-1
6	Netherlands	1121	3.4	27
7	Brazil	1087	3.3	7
8	France	1056	3.2	-5
9	Australia	1052	3.1	3
10	Canada	1050	3.1	-4

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3424	9.5
2	Russia	2153	6.0
3	France	1629	4.5	1
4	Great Britain	1371	3.8	2
5	Germany	1370	3.8	2
6	Canada	1145	3.2	7
7	Italy	1075	3.0	-2
8	Spain	1069	3.0	-5
9	China	1010	2.8	-1
10	South Korea	835	2.3	1

Global Cup - Women

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	667	11.5
2	Norway	416	7.2
3	Canada	407	7.0	1
4	Germany	370	6.4	-1
5	Russia	292	5.0	2
6	China	263	4.5	-1
7	Switzerland	247	4.3	1
8	South Korea	228	3.9	6
9	France	223	3.8	-3
10	Australia	206	3.5	1

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3772	14.8
2	China	1922	7.5	1
3	Russia	1779	7.0	-1
4	Japan	1088	4.3
5	Canada	1043	4.1	6
6	France	1023	4.0
7	Great Britain	984	3.9	1
8	Germany	972	3.8	-3
9	Australia	914	3.6	-2
10	South Korea	817	3.2	4

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3314	12.2
2	Russia	2169	8.0	1
3	China	2037	7.5	-1
4	Japan	1440	5.3	3
5	Germany	1271	4.7	-1
6	France	1183	4.4	5
7	Australia	917	3.4	2
8	Great Britain	900	3.3	5
9	Sweden	892	3.3	5
10	Italy	846	3.1	-4

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2184	10.7	1
2	China	1449	7.1	1
3	Russia	1408	6.9	-2
4	Germany	1082	5.3
5	Canada	1017	5.0	2
6	Italy	856	4.2	2
7	Japan	819	4.0	3
8	South Korea	789	3.9	3
9	Australia	746	3.6
10	Brazil	653	3.2	5

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Russia	2268	9.1	2
2	United States	2101	8.4	-1
3	China	1798	7.2	-1
4	Germany	1629	6.5
5	Great Britain	1095	4.4	3
6	France	941	3.8	7
7	Canada	898	3.6	2
8	Italy	839	3.4	2
9	Australia	799	3.2	-3
10	Japan	777	3.1	-5

Global Cup - Continents

	Top Positions	Points	%
1	Europe	8795	57.2
2	Americas	2574	16.7
3	Africa	1821	11.8
4	Asia	1475	9.6
5	Oceana	711	4.6

	Top Positions	Points	%
1	Europe	30478	46.9
2	Americas	15575	24.0
3	Asia	9809	15.1
4	Africa	5467	8.4
5	Oceana	3436	5.3
6	-	180	0.3

	Top Positions	Points	%
1	Europe	34196	51.4
2	Americas	12881	19.4
3	Asia	11622	17.5
4	Africa	4325	6.5
5	Oceana	3468	5.2

	Top Positions	Points	%
1	Europe	29242	53.3
2	Americas	12170	22.2
3	Asia	7193	13.1
4	Africa	3635	6.6
5	Oceana	2611	4.8

	Top Positions	Points	%
1	Europe	31988	52.0
2	Americas	13417	21.8
3	Asia	9071	14.7
4	Africa	4418	7.2
5	Oceana	2665	4.3