| Rank 1997 | Score | ||||
| March | Sept | Change | 1997 | 1996 | |
| 1= | 3 | 2 | United States | 25.00 | 24.65 |
| 1= | 5 | 4 | Germany | 25.00 | 24.17 |
| 3 | 2 | -1 | Japan | 24.80 | 24.65 |
| 4 | 6 | 2 | United Kingdom | 24.68 | 24.02 |
| 5 | 1 | -4 | Switzerland | 24.62 | 25.00 |
| 6 | 7 | 1 | Netherlands | 24.56 | 23.98 |
| 7 | 4 | -3 | Luxembourg | 24.54 | 24.30 |
| 8 | 13 | 5 | Denmark | 23.90 | 22.80 |
| 9 | 12 | 3 | Norway | 23.88 | 22.86 |
| 10 | 8 | -2 | Austria | 23.80 | 23.33 |
| 11 | 9 | -2 | Canada | 23.58 | 23.23 |
| 12 | 10 | -2 | France | 23.53 | 23.12 |
| 13 | 14 | 1 | Belgium | 23.37 | |