The World Team trophy of the

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was awarded to the teams with the most points earned based on points won by the athletes in each event. The World Team Champions' title was awarded to

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, which accumulated a total of 277 points, and were crowned "World Team Champions".

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(second team with 139 points) and

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(third with 112 points) also received trophies. On 11 March 2022,

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announced that, for the first time, the top three teams in the all-around points table would be awarded with team trophies. The all-around points table is a team

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system used commonly in the

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which consists of assigning points to each athlete (usually the top eight finishers) based on their overall final placing, then aggregates the points of all athletes in a team to provide a final team standing. At this

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, the top eight finalists in each event scored points for their nation, with 8 points going to the gold medalists down to one point for each 8th place finisher. Non-finishers and disqualified athletes received zero points.

Placing table

References

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