Season 8

Season 8 (Championship Winter 2008) ran from September 2008 to January 2009. Five additional nations made the rankings for the first time, expanding the field from 49 to 54. Two of the five new nations were from Europe, one from Oceania, one from Africa and one from the Middle East.

	Nation	Points
1	Japan	9928655
2	Germany	1286932
3	United States	620574
4	Italy	294428
5	Great Britain	248669
6	Korea	210501
7	France	133036
8	Spain	113755
9	Canada	106719
10	Austria	48595
11	Australia	47623
12	Greece	41055
13	Denmark	35656
14	Israel	31880
15	Macedonia	31170
16	Switzerland	30616
17	Hong Kong	24228
18	Papua New Guinea	21894
19	Egypt	17865
20	Singapore	17757
21	Netherlands	16948
22	Bulgaria	13852
23	Seychelles	13402
24	Russia	13052
25	Gaza Strip	12479
26	Belgium	11919
27	New Zealand	10931
28	Marshall Islands	10648
29	Andorra	9750
30	Romania	8601
31	Taiwan	5812
32	San Marino	5681
33	Poland	5247
34	Turkmenistan	5238
35	Libya	5152
36	Vatican City	4915
37	Togo	4792
38	Portugal	4737
39	Bosnia Herzegovina	4656
40	Albania	4528
41	Morocco	4396
42	South Africa	4067
43	Fiji	3995
44	Tuvalu	3701
45	Kenya	3586
46	Kuwait	3334
47	Sweden	3016
48	Cape Verde	1622
49	Turkey	1547
50	Norway	1364
51	Malawi	771
52	Solomon Islands	634
53	Monaco	509
54	Cyprus	428

Africa
1. Egypt (19th)
2. Seychelles (23rd)
3. Libya (35th)
4. Togo (37th)
5. Morocco (41st)
6. South Africa (42nd)
7. Kenya (45th)
8. Cape Verde (48th)
9. Malawi (51st)

America
1. United States (3rd)
2. Canada (9th)

Asia
1. Japan (1st)
2. Korea (6th)
3. Hong Kong (17th)
4. Singapore (20th)
5. Taiwan (31st)

Europe
1. Germany (2nd)
2. Italy (4th)
3. Great Britain (5th)
4. France (7th)
5. Spain (8th)
6. Austria (10th)
7. Greece (12th)
8. Denmark (13th)
9. Macedonia (15th)
10. Switzerland (16th)
11. Netherlands (21st)
12. Bulgaria (22nd)
13. Russia (24th)
14. Belgium (26th)
15. Andorra (29th)
16. Romania (30th)
17. San Marino (32nd)
18. Poland (33rd)
19. Vatican City (36th)
20. Portugal (38th)
21. Bosnia Herzegovina (39th)
22. Albania (40th)
23. Sweden (47th)
24. Turkey (49th)
25. Norway (50th)
26. Monaco (53rd)

Middle East
1. Israel (14th)
2. Gaza Strip (25th)
3. Turkmenistan (34th)
4. Kuwait (46th)
5. Cyprus (54th)

Oceania
1. Australia (11th)
2. Papua New Guinea (18th)
3. New Zealand (27th)
4. Marshall Islands (28th)
5. Fiji (43rd)
6. Tuvalu (44th)
7. Solomon Islands (52nd)