Asia-Pacific takes home 120 Lions from the 2019 Cannes Festival of Creativity: Australia, India and Japan best performers

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Asia-Pacific takes home 120 Lions from the 2019 Cannes Festival of Creativity: Australia, India and Japan best performers

Despite submitting 448 more entries to Cannes Lions than last year, Asia-Pacific agencies saw 54 less Lions coming home with them in 2019.

 

It was a disappointing year all round for Asia-Pacific, with even Australia’s Lion haul falling a lot shorter than previous years. This year our region won 120 Lions compared to 174 Lions in 2018.

Australia was still the best performing country in the region with 36 Lions from 944 entries submitted – but they won 56 Lions at Cannes 2018 and a whopping 113 Lions in 2017.

India ranked second this year with 18 Lions from 1,053 entries, however the majority of the Indian industry left Cannes disappointed as in 2018 they won 21 Lions including 2 Grand Prix awards and in 2017 they scored 40 Lions.

Japan ranked third this year with 18 Lions from 982 entries.

New Zealand was the next best performer with 11 Lions from 268 entries – down from 26 Lions in 2018.

China scored 9 Lions including 3 Golds after submitting 941 entries.

Thailand took home 8 Lions from 427 entries.

Hong Kong picked up 6 Lions from 240 entries.

Pakistan had a creditable 5 Lions from 56 entries.

Singapore managed just 3 Lions from 335 entries.

Bangladesh put in a top performance with 3 Lions from just 33 entries.

South Korea scored 2 Lions from 290 entries.

Malaysia won 2 Lions from 41 entries.

And The Phillipines industry picked up 1 Lion from 257 entries.

Taiwan, Indonesia , Vietnam and Sri Lanka weren’t successful in winning metal.

The US was by far the dominant country, scoring a massive 313 Lions, more than three times the total of second-placed UK with 90 Lions. Brazil placed third with 85 Lions followed by France with 60 Lions.

Top 10 Countries at 2019 Cannes Lions

1. USA (303 Lions)

2. UK (90 Lions)

3. Brazil (85 Lions)

4. France (60 Lions)

5. Australia (36 Lions)

6. Spain (28 Lions)

7. Canada (24 Lions)

8. Italy (20 Lions)

9. India (18 Lions)

10. Japan (16 Lions)

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