SSL Nations Ranking December update: Italy climb on to the podium

The latest SSL Nations Ranking has been released, and it sees a change on the podium with Italy displacing the United States, moving up two places to third.

Great Britain (GB) have extended their lead at the top, with a huge 32-point cushion over second placed Spain (ESP), thanks in no small part to Dylan Fletcher-Scott winning the International Moth World Championship in Argentina.

SSL Nations Ranking November 2022 — SSL Nations Ranking December 2022

Italian superstar Francesco Bruni finished sixth in the Moth Worlds, which moved him up thirteen places in the SSL Men’s Skipper rankings, catapulting Italy above both The Netherlands and the United States.

The SSL Nations Ranking formula is the addition of the top five ranked Skippers and top two ranked Crew from each Nation in the SSL Global Ranking, to give a points total.

Having 113,000 athletes’ event statistics, gives the SSL the ability to rank nations according to their top sailors and, once a month, the SSL Nations Ranking is released.

SSL Nations Ranking: (top 50)

Pos	Nation	Skipper 1	Skipper 2	Skipper 3	Skipper 4	Skipper 5	Crew 1	Crew 2	Pts	Sailors in SSL Ranking	Change since last month
1	GBR	5	20	23	30	31	3	22	134	7	0
2	ESP	6	15	26	29	45	20	25	166	7	0
3	ITA	2	21	35	46	72	4	11	191	7	2
4	USA	11	33	38	43	60	1	7	193	7	-1
5	NED	7	8	24	80	81	5	10	215	7	-1
6	FRA	14	28	32	53	63	16	37	243	7	0
7	AUS	19	41	55	59	75	15	26	290	7	0
8	GER	16	40	44	54	62	45	50	311	7	0
9	NZL	3	27	65	92	122	2	17	328	7	0
10	DEN	4	42	51	66	115	18	55	351	7	0
11	POL	34	48	76	87	153	54	96	548	7	0
12	SWE	12	22	110	126	216	14	52	552	7	0
13	SUI	36	57	102	136	167	41	82	621	7	0
14	BRA	9	82	200	214	285	6	115	911	7	0
15	CRO	1	49	89	234	391	48	114	926	7	0
16	NOR	18	25	88	180	187	113	533	1144	7	0
17	IRL	37	52	191	267	310	198	254	1309	7	4
18	RUS	116	124	259	306	319	90	118	1332	7	-1
19	HUN	17	56	123	159	238	285	506	1384	7	0
20	AUT	97	229	272	277	346	68	125	1414	7	-2
21	GRE	74	77	251	337	361	105	297	1502	7	-1
22	FIN	50	217	257	330	369	60	237	1520	7	1
23	ISR	114	173	219	235	431	97	283	1552	7	-1
24	BEL	10	189	205	266	541	221	241	1673	7	0
25	ARG	135	313	318	417	424	8	74	1689	7	0
26	CAN	146	172	199	381	422	321	368	2009	7	0
27	CZE	61	154	182	705	736	117	191	2146	7	0
28	POR	192	202	243	510	567	206	243	2163	7	0
29	SLO	104	284	562	618	655	33	66	2322	7	0
30	CHI	170	264	296	461	603	220	400	2414	7	0
31	JPN	78	118	531	627	896	204	311	2765	7	0
32	TUR	411	445	453	540	977	320	444	3590	7	0
33	UKR	183	530	763	799	831	264	465	3835	7	0
34	EST	176	209	805	1439	1485	188	250	4552	7	0
35	LTU	282	323	1053	1089	1381	325	374	4827	7	0
36	SGP	359	641	846	883	1129	769	815	5442	7	1
37	URU	247	336	471	673	2179	328	1240	5474	7	-1
38	PER	39	106	120	382	594	2220	2222	5683	7	0
39	THA	303	564	817	1087	1336	843	1059	6009	7	0
40	HKG	785	804	945	1049	1188	1070	1129	6970	7	1
41	RSA	611	1086	1883	1886	2227	202	280	8175	7	2
42	IND	304	440	779	1899	1973	752	2036	8183	7	0
43	ECU	152	437	1033	2380	2696	755	995	8448	7	-3
44	BER	93	802	1264	1801	2385	1218	2654	10217	7	0
45	CHN	780	1196	1774	2658	2750	1046	1057	11261	7	1
46	LAT	723	1091	1180	2390	3001	2989	2990	14364	7	2
47	GUA	231	474	850	985	1041	4571	6249	14401	7	-2
48	MEX	693	2373	2581	2670	2742	1685	1989	14733	7	-1
49	ISV	366	1057	1629	2365	10983	36	1695	18131	7	0

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Mark has been managing sailing websites since 1996, always being at the forefront of technology, and now manages the combined Sail-World.com and YachtsandYachting.com network. He has covered events such as the International Moth World Championship and Cowes Week, focusing on the sailors' thoughts and words. Mark has been European Champion in the Farr 30 & J/24 class and has won numerous UK titles, and competes regularly in local and national events in dinghies and sportsboats.

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