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Worlds Team Rankings – Women
With the world championships just a hop, skip, and a jump away and—some of—the teams actually confirmed, today I’m looking at how the 24 23 (RIP Romania) women’s teams competing at worlds this year rank against each other.
The listed athletes are either confirmed as on their teams or are the best guess right now for countries that have not been selected/confirmed. Each gymnast’s score on each event is their average for the entirety of 2022. So take that for whatever you’d like.
1. UNITED STATES | |||||
Shilese Jones | 14.357 | 14.244 | 12.969 | 13.477 | |
Jordan Chiles | 14.247 | 13.853 | 13.550 | 13.880 | |
Jade Carey | 14.697 | 13.605 | 13.357 | 13.522 | |
Leanne Wong | 14.400 | 13.767 | 13.367 | 13.600 | |
Skye Blakely | 13.967 | 13.300 | 13.210 | 13.326 | |
43.454 | 41.864 | 40.274 | 41.002 | 166.594 | |
Leanne Wong for all-around I guess? You wouldn’t necessarily use these specific bold people on each event, but this gives a pretty solid impression of US vault strength and beam…questions compared to the international field, with room to improve on a number of these scores (Jones UB, Carey FX) on a hit day. Depending on how the team ends up, we should view the US women as pre-competition team gold favorites, but definitely not 2014-2019 level locks. | |||||
2. BRAZIL | |||||
Rebeca Andrade | 14.542 | 14.687 | 14.200 | 13.900 | |
Flavia Saraiva | 14.050 | 13.533 | 13.710 | 13.592 | |
Julia Soares | 12.744 | 12.213 | 13.438 | 13.321 | |
Lorrane Oliveira | 11.767 | 13.403 | 12.528 | 12.734 | |
Carolyne Pedro | 13.153 | 12.526 | 12.319 | 12.700 | |
41.745 | 41.623 | 41.348 | 40.813 | 165.529 | |
Brazil’s 2nd-place position here should tell us that a team medal is actually, truly, real-life possible for the Brazilian women this year because, even though these scores do reflect a completely hit day, none of them are out of the question and some of them can be improved upon. | |||||
3. CHINA | |||||
Tang Xijing | 13.017 | 14.419 | 13.696 | 12.883 | |
Ou Yushan | 13.000 | 13.739 | 14.092 | 13.067 | |
Zhang Jin | 13.725 | 12.854 | 13.933 | 13.140 | |
Luo Rui | 11.533 | 14.639 | 14.083 | 13.133 | |
Wei Xiaoyuan | 12.912 | 14.750 | 13.333 | 12.683 | |
39.742 | 43.808 | 42.108 | 39.340 | 164.998 | |
If this is the team of five China goes with, they’ll be top of the heap on bars and beam, with easily the best bars team and the highest beam scoring potential at worlds (should staying-on happen). What’s interesting here is that a team medal looks possible, but not definite, with Yurchenko full scores from Tang and Ou. Hit DTYs from Tang and Ou would boost China to a pretty solid silver medal favorite, but also…remember the Olympic team final. Do you risk it? | |||||
4. ITALY | |||||
Martina Maggio | 13.786 | 13.725 | 13.736 | 13.668 | |
Alice D’Amato | 14.007 | 14.156 | 12.717 | 12.848 | |
Giorgia Villa | 13.275 | 14.218 | 13.130 | 13.225 | |
Manila Esposito | 13.330 | 13.448 | 13.082 | 13.058 | |
Veronica Mandriota | 13.686 | 12.627 | 13.095 | 13.138 | |
41.479 | 42.099 | 39.961 | 40.031 | 163.570 | |
The injuries to Asia D’Amato and Angela Andreoli have dropped Italy’s score some, but the heartening sign here for the Italians will be that these scores clearly understate their ability in several departments (i.e. the overall scores for beam hits), so you could see a hit meet doing noticeably better than this. | |||||
5. GREAT BRITAIN | |||||
Jessica Gadirova | 14.055 | 13.058 | 13.046 | 13.950 | |
Alice Kinsella | 13.653 | 13.367 | 12.650 | 13.196 | |
Georgia-Mae Fenton | 12.817 | 13.735 | 13.147 | 12.525 | |
Ondine Achampong | 13.972 | 12.862 | 13.252 | 12.700 | |
Jennifer Gadirova | 13.075 | 13.200 | 12.907 | 13.479 | |
41.680 | 40.302 | 39.445 | 40.625 | 162.052 | |
The British team’s average scores this year check in a little bit behind the countries in the medal positions—but definitely still within the “if we hit and you don’t” margin. | |||||
6. JAPAN | |||||
Miyata Shoko | 14.200 | 12.750 | 12.893 | 13.413 | |
Yamada Chiharu | 13.708 | 13.440 | 12.200 | 12.841 | |
Sakaguchi Ayaka | 14.060 | 12.233 | 13.026 | 13.186 | |
Watanabe Hazuki | 13.341 | 13.511 | 13.133 | 12.122 | |
Fukasawa Kokoro | 13.533 | 13.846 | 11.888 | 12.544 | |
41.968 | 40.797 | 39.052 | 39.440 | 161.257 | |
For a pretty new, unheralded Japanese team, a 6th-place finish would be an extremely solid result. I’d consider a team final showing a victory. | |||||
7. FRANCE | |||||
Aline Friess | 13.929 | 13.435 | 12.903 | 13.275 | |
Carolann Heduit | 13.763 | 13.141 | 13.033 | 12.822 | |
Marine Boyer | 13.281 | 12.450 | 12.970 | 12.827 | |
Coline Devillard | 14.240 | 10.950 | 11.967 | 11.575 | |
M De Jesus Dos Santos | 10.900 | 12.950 | |||
41.932 | 39.026 | 38.953 | 38.924 | 158.835 | |
For France, it’s really going to be down to the Melanie Factor. We haven’t seen her on all the events—or with all the hits—so far this year, but she is capable of bringing these scores up many points and getting France into the mix. | |||||
8. AUSTRALIA | |||||
Georgia Godwin | 13.717 | 13.088 | 13.464 | 12.843 | |
Kate McDonald | 12.622 | 12.880 | 12.890 | 12.378 | |
Romi Brown | 13.279 | 13.483 | 12.022 | 12.430 | |
Emily Whitehead | 13.125 | 12.263 | 12.514 | 12.890 | |
Breanna Scott | 13.322 | 12.517 | 11.704 | 12.522 | |
40.318 | 39.451 | 38.868 | 38.255 | 156.892 | |
I didn’t use Georgia-Rose Brown here because she doesn’t have any scores this year, but she’s on the traveling six and could be part of the five. It’s going to be a free-for-all for the last spot or two in team final, but keep Australia in mind. Australia’s team score at the Commonwealth Games would have been a close 4th at Euros. |
9. CANADA | |||||
Sydney Turner | 13.074 | 12.910 | 12.658 | 12.462 | |
Denelle Pedrick | 13.783 | 11.872 | 11.617 | 12.789 | |
Shallon Olsen | 13.994 | 0 | 12.425 | 12.320 | |
Ellie Black | 12.913 | 13.647 | 12.747 | 11.850 | |
Emma Spence | 13.286 | 12.737 | 12.495 | 12.481 | |
41.063 | 39.294 | 37.900 | 37.732 | 155.989 | |
Canada has a secret weapon in its quest to make the team final: the potential for real scores from Ellie Black on vault and floor, which we haven’t seen so far this year. A normal AA score from Black would bump Canada into the top 8. | |||||
10. SOUTH KOREA | |||||
Shin Solyi | 13.254 | 12.750 | 12.713 | 12.879 | |
Eom Dohyun | 12.483 | 12.900 | 12.017 | 12.467 | |
Yeo Seojeong | 14.061 | 12.325 | 12.242 | 13.039 | |
Lee Dayeong | 12.763 | 12.667 | 11.833 | 12.467 | |
Lee Yunseo | 12.744 | 13.496 | 12.988 | 12.596 | |
40.078 | 39.146 | 37.943 | 38.514 | 155.681 | |
Recall that South Korea defeated Japan at the Asian Championships earlier this year by nearly 3 points. They’re going to need performances more like that and less like the final trial in early September—when Lee YS had some misses and Yeo SJ withdrew—but South Korea should be considered among the legitimate team forces. | |||||
11. NETHERLANDS | |||||
Tisha Volleman | 13.013 | 12.824 | 12.226 | 12.636 | |
Sanna Veerman | 13.314 | 13.040 | 12.115 | 12.313 | |
Naomi Visser | 13.113 | 13.702 | 12.492 | 12.753 | |
Eythora Thorsdottir | 13.450 | 13.167 | 12.189 | 13.123 | |
Eve de Ruiter | 13.000 | 10.833 | 11.011 | 12.467 | |
39.877 | 39.909 | 36.907 | 38.512 | 155.205 | |
We’ll have to wait on the status of Sanna Veerman after she suffered an injury at the final trail because the team is really looking for a bars score from her. The surprise of the Dutch team is Eve de Ruiter, who jumped onto the squad after good beam and floor results at the final trial, so we could see her contribute to the team on those events even though her overall averages aren’t up there. | |||||
12. HUNGARY | |||||
Csenge Bacskay | 13.350 | 10.707 | 11.150 | 0 | |
Zsofia Kovacs | 14.098 | 13.810 | 12.733 | 12.846 | |
Greta Mayer | 13.248 | 11.150 | 12.640 | 12.678 | |
Zoja Szekely | 12.800 | 13.247 | 11.267 | 12.067 | |
Mirtill Makovits | 12.233 | 12.643 | 11.721 | 11.682 | |
40.696 | 39.700 | 37.094 | 37.591 | 155.081 | |
13. GERMANY | |||||
Emma Malewski | 12.600 | 12.519 | 13.166 | 12.137 | |
Pauline Schäfer | 13.142 | 0 | 13.150 | 12.250 | |
Elisabeth Seitz | 13.107 | 13.917 | 0 | 0 | |
Karina Schönmaier | 13.163 | 12.428 | 11.272 | 12.356 | |
Anna-Lena König | 12.900 | 11.752 | 11.083 | 12.483 | |
39.412 | 38.864 | 37.588 | 37.089 | 152.953 | |
It’s now a very depleted German team post-Euros that will likely be eyeing individual event success rather than a team result. | |||||
14. BELGIUM | |||||
Maellyse Brassart | 13.116 | 12.546 | 11.683 | 11.814 | |
Noemie Louon | 12.878 | 12.629 | 12.028 | 11.861 | |
Lisa Vaelen | 13.619 | 13.517 | 12.525 | 12.946 | |
Jutta Verkest | 12.871 | 12.408 | 11.458 | 12.200 | |
Nina Derwael | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
39.613 | 38.692 | 36.236 | 37.007 | 151.548 | |
We don’t have any scores from Nina Derwael this year, but if Belgium gets a full performance from her and some hits from some others who haven’t been hitting yet this year, we could see a dramatic jump. | |||||
15. MEXICO | |||||
Ahtziri Sandoval | 13.944 | 13.411 | 10.400 | 10.750 | |
Natalia Escalera | 13.373 | 12.753 | 11.875 | 12.280 | |
Paulina Campos | 12.850 | 12.683 | 11.683 | 11.742 | |
Cassandra Loustalot | 12.566 | 10.566 | 12.800 | 11.766 | |
Cinthia Ruiz | 13.066 | 11.400 | 10.133 | 10.766 | |
40.383 | 38.847 | 36.358 | 35.788 | 151.376 | |
16. ARGENTINA | |||||
Brisa Carraro | 12.667 | 12.767 | 11.989 | 12.578 | |
Meline Mesropian | 12.900 | 12.433 | 10.367 | 12.167 | |
Rocio Saucedo | 12.489 | 12.000 | 11.811 | 12.184 | |
Leila Martinez | 12.400 | 11.733 | 11.033 | 11.800 | |
Sira Macias | 12.600 | 12.878 | 11.600 | 11.834 | |
38.167 | 38.078 | 35.400 | 36.929 | 148.574 | |
17. FINLAND | |||||
Maisa Kuusikko | 13.283 | 12.809 | 12.540 | 12.371 | |
Ada Hautala | 12.917 | 10.508 | 11.397 | 12.380 | |
Sani Mäkelä | 13.311 | 11.996 | 11.500 | 12.350 | |
Kaia Tanskanen | 12.967 | 10.875 | 10.996 | 12.792 | |
39.561 | 35.680 | 35.437 | 37.543 | 148.221 | |
18. SWEDEN | |||||
Tonya Paulsson | 12.733 | 12.866 | 12.033 | 11.767 | |
Emelie Westlund | 11.816 | 11.758 | 11.811 | 11.133 | |
Nathalie Westlund | 12.644 | 13.216 | 11.700 | 11.980 | |
Alva Eriksson | 12.146 | 11.397 | 10.300 | 12.087 | |
Malva Wingren | 12.729 | 10.577 | 10.055 | 12.000 | |
38.106 | 37.840 | 35.544 | 36.067 | 147.557 | |
19. SPAIN | |||||
Emma Fernandez | 12.821 | 11.485 | 11.863 | 12.329 | |
Lorena Medina | 12.842 | 11.569 | 11.947 | 12.071 | |
Paula Raya | 12.838 | 12.253 | 11.278 | 11.979 | |
Laura Casabuena | 12.602 | 12.400 | 11.680 | 12.436 | |
Marina Gonzalez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
38.501 | 36.222 | 35.490 | 36.836 | 147.049 | |
Spain shouldn’t actually finish this low in real life, but the scores and consistency haven’t been there this year, and there are only four people’s scores to choose from so far (and no Alba Petisco). | |||||
20. TAIWAN | |||||
Ting Hua Tien | 11.884 | 11.783 | 12.450 | 12.434 | |
Mai Liu Hsiang Han | 12.334 | 12.217 | 12.442 | 11.909 | |
Lai Pin Ju | 12.613 | 11.558 | 12.300 | 12.110 | |
Chen Chian Shiun | 11.850 | 10.900 | 11.950 | 11.325 | |
Wu Sing Fen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
36.831 | 35.558 | 37.192 | 36.453 | 146.034 | |
21. UKRAINE | |||||
Margaryta Kozlovska | 11.617 | 10.968 | 11.938 | 11.525 | |
Yulia Kasianenko | 12.700 | 11.711 | 12.342 | 11.600 | |
Valeria Osipova | 13.011 | 11.342 | 12.017 | 12.089 | |
Yelizaveta Hubareva | 12.608 | 12.258 | 11.667 | 11.566 | |
Diana Savelieva | 0 | 0 | 10.300 | 11.666 | |
38.319 | 35.311 | 36.297 | 35.355 | 145.282 | |
22. AUSTRIA | |||||
Jasmin Mader | 12.333 | 11.733 | 11.405 | 12.442 | |
Alissa Mörz | 12.900 | 11.000 | 10.433 | 11.450 | |
Selina Kickinger | 12.244 | 12.236 | 10.333 | 11.742 | |
Charlize Mörz | 12.483 | 10.750 | 11.388 | 11.943 | |
Berta Schwaninger | 12.800 | 10.650 | 9.300 | 11.050 | |
38.183 | 34.969 | 33.266 | 36.127 | 142.505 | |
23. EGYPT | |||||
Nancy Taman | 12.800 | 0 | 0 | 11.800 | |
Jana Mahmoud | 12.789 | 11.278 | 9.850 | 11.960 | |
Jana Abdelsalam | 12.783 | 10.955 | 11.450 | 11.494 | |
Jana Aboelhasan | 12.311 | 10.489 | 10.863 | 11.650 | |
Zeina Ibrahim | 0 | 12.287 | 11.828 | 0 | |
38.372 | 34.520 | 34.141 | 35.410 | 142.443 | |