Germany tops August monthly ranking ahead of Spain, Russia
Germany was the world’s best sporting nation in August 2018, topping the monthly Global Cup ranking ahead of Spain and Russia.
It was a hotly contested month, with the first seven countries in the table all within less than 100 GSN points of each other. Germany edged ahead by winning the Canoe/Kayak Sprint World Championships (ahead of Hungary and Russia) and finishing a creditable sixth in the Sailing World Championships – won by France ahead of the Netherlands and Great Britain.
Spain’s main point-earning tournament was the Women’s Hockey World Cup, in which they finished third behind the Netherlands and Ireland. Russia, besides doing well in the Canoe/Kayak Sprint World Championships, also picked up useful points at the Orienteering World Championships, in which it finished sixth – the top three places went to Switzerland, Sweden and Norway.
The full Global Cup ranking for the month August is set out below.
|
Place
|
Country
|
Points
|
Points %
|
|
1
|
Germany
|
393
|
6.5%
|
|
2
|
Spain
|
336
|
5.6%
|
|
3
|
Russia
|
334
|
5.5%
|
|
4
|
Netherlands
|
326
|
5.4%
|
|
5
|
Great Britain
|
306
|
5.1%
|
|
6
|
Hungary
|
303
|
5.0%
|
|
7
|
France
|
302
|
5.0%
|
|
8
|
United States
|
262
|
4.3%
|
|
9
|
Japan
|
237
|
3.9%
|
|
10
|
Australia
|
233
|
3.9%
|
|
11
|
China
|
211
|
3.5%
|
|
12
|
Switzerland
|
204
|
3.4%
|
|
13
|
Poland
|
195
|
3.2%
|
|
14
|
Belarus
|
179
|
3.0%
|
|
15
|
Sweden
|
176
|
2.9%
|
|
16
|
Denmark
|
173
|
2.9%
|
|
17
|
Canada
|
151
|
2.5%
|
|
18
|
New Zealand
|
139
|
2.3%
|
|
19
|
Norway
|
133
|
2.2%
|
|
20
|
Ireland
|
124
|
2.1%
|
|
21
|
Italy
|
98
|
1.6%
|
|
22
|
Ukraine
|
96
|
1.6%
|
|
23
|
Czech Republic
|
92
|
1.5%
|
|
24
|
Argentina
|
80
|
1.3%
|
|
25
|
Brazil
|
75
|
1.2%
|
|
26
|
Portugal
|
60
|
1.0%
|
|
27
|
Mexico
|
59
|
1.0%
|
|
28
|
Serbia
|
56
|
0.9%
|
|
29
|
Belgium
|
50
|
0.8%
|
|
30
|
Finland
|
47
|
0.8%
|
|
31
|
Lithuania
|
46
|
0.8%
|
|
32
|
India
|
45
|
0.7%
|
|
33
|
Slovakia
|
42
|
0.7%
|
|
34
|
Thailand
|
41
|
0.7%
|
|
35
|
Austria
|
40
|
0.7%
|
|
36
|
South Korea
|
33
|
0.5%
|
|
37
|
Cuba
|
32
|
0.5%
|
|
38
|
Croatia
|
30
|
0.5%
|
|
39
|
Cyprus
|
30
|
0.5%
|
|
40
|
Indonesia
|
26
|
0.4%
|
|
41
|
Romania
|
24
|
0.4%
|
|
42
|
Puerto Rico
|
24
|
0.4%
|
|
43
|
Malaysia
|
21
|
0.3%
|
|
44
|
Taiwan
|
21
|
0.3%
|
|
45
|
Bolivia
|
21
|
0.3%
|
|
46
|
Moldova
|
20
|
0.3%
|
|
47
|
Colombia
|
19
|
0.3%
|
|
48
|
Latvia
|
16
|
0.3%
|
|
49
|
South Africa
|
16
|
0.3%
|
|
50
|
Guatemala
|
16
|
0.3%
|
|
51
|
Chile
|
12
|
0.2%
|
|
52
|
Georgia
|
12
|
0.2%
|
|
53
|
Hong Kong
|
11
|
0.2%
|
|
54
|
Bulgaria
|
8
|
0.1%
|
|
55
|
Greece
|
6
|
0.1%
|
|
56
|
Dominican Republic
|
3
|
0.0%
|
|
57
|
Ecuador
|
3
|
0.0%
|
|
58
|
Estonia
|
2
|
0.0%
|
|
|
Grand Total
|
6,045
|
100.0%
|
