Nigeria

Best Sports

2024
2023
2022
2021

2024

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Football	168	66.5
2	Basketball	35	13.9
3	Athletics	24	9.5	-1
4	Weightlifting	12	4.8	-3
5	Wrestling Free	9	3.6	-2
6	Taekwondo	5	1.8	-2

2023

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Weightlifting	22	38.9
2	Athletics	16	28.3
3	Wrestling Free	11	19.5
4	Taekwondo	8	13.3

2022

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Football	70	51.9
2	Athletics	52	38.5
3	Wrestling Free	11	8.1
4	Canoe/Kayak Sprint	2	1.5

2021

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Weightlifting	36	33.8
2	Athletics	26	24.4
3	Wrestling Free	20	18.8
4	Taekwondo	11	9.9
5	Table Tennis	10	9.4
6	Track Cycling	4	3.8

Nigeria Tournaments


Olympics	11 Aug 2024
African Cup of Nations	11 Feb 2024
Free Wrestling: World C...	24 Sep 2023
Weightlifting: World Ch...	17 Sep 2023
Athletics: World Champi...	27 Aug 2023
Taekwondo: World Champi...	3 Jun 2023
Free Wrestling: World C...	18 Sep 2022
Canoe/Kayak: World Cham...	7 Aug 2022
Athletics: World Champi...	24 Jul 2022
CAF Women's Champi...	23 Jul 2022
Weightlifting: World Ch...	17 Dec 2021
Table Tennis: World Cha...	29 Nov 2021
Track Cycling: World Ch...	17 Oct 2021

Nigeria Positions

2024
2023
2022
2021

2024

Global Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	44
Gender:Men	43
Gender:Women	52
Continent:Africa	5

Per Capita Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	65
Gender:Men	63
Gender:Women	64
Continent:Africa	6

2023

Global Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	81
Gender:Men	106
Gender:Women	65
Continent:Africa	10

2022

Global Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	63
Gender:Women	43
Continent:Africa	9

2021

Global Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	74
Gender:Men	106
Gender:Women	55
Continent:Africa	6

Per Capita Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	73
Gender:Men	74
Gender:Women	71
Continent:Africa	6

Global Cup

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Norway	979	13.0	2
2	United States	684	9.1	2
3	Switzerland	611	8.1	5
4	Italy	598	8.0	1
5	France	570	7.6	-4
6	Germany	551	7.3	-4
7	Sweden	512	6.8	-1
8	Canada	366	4.9	11
9	Japan	336	4.5
10	Austria	322	4.3	-3

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	6894	10.5
2	France	4549	6.9
3	China	3550	5.4
4	Germany	3240	4.9	2
5	Italy	3226	4.9	2
6	Australia	2929	4.5	2
7	Japan	2829	4.3	-2
8	Great Britain	2727	4.2	-4
9	Netherlands	2346	3.6	2
10	Canada	2319	3.5

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	6018	9.1
2	France	3291	5.0
3	China	3114	4.7
4	Great Britain	3030	4.6
5	Japan	2949	4.5	3
6	Germany	2834	4.3	3
7	Italy	2831	4.3	-1
8	Australia	2751	4.2	-1
9	Spain	2439	3.7	8
10	Canada	2173	3.3	-5

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	6137	10.3
2	France	3223	5.4	1
3	China	2822	4.7	2
4	Great Britain	2766	4.6	3
5	Canada	2710	4.5	4
6	Italy	2502	4.2	-2
7	Australia	2463	4.1	3
8	Japan	2372	4.0	-6
9	Germany	2311	3.9	-3
10	Netherlands	1661	2.8	1

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	7329	9.7
2	Japan	4433	5.9	11
3	France	4040	5.4	1
4	Italy	3194	4.2	3
5	China	3173	4.2	20
6	Germany	2920	3.9	-3
7	Great Britain	2831	3.8	4
8	Spain	2404	3.2	7
9	Canada	2280	3.0	1
10	Australia	2254	3.0	2

Per Capita Cup

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Norway	5391
2	Switzerland	13827
3	Sweden	19690
4	Slovenia	21520
5	Austria	27311	-1
6	Finland	27682
7	Netherlands	53975
8	Latvia	64483	-6
9	New Zealand	68948
10	Canada	100249

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Slovenia	4419	2
2	Norway	4517	-1
3	New Zealand	5111	1
4	Netherlands	7316	8
5	Switzerland	7805	2
6	Denmark	8114	3
7	Australia	8429	6
8	Sweden	8511	-3
9	Latvia	9414	-7
10	Serbia	9899	-2

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Norway	3235
2	Latvia	4142	22
3	Slovenia	4233
4	New Zealand	4986
5	Sweden	5672	1
6	Jamaica	6193	1
7	Switzerland	7271	-2
8	Serbia	7672	2
9	Denmark	8046	16
10	Lithuania	8352	4

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Norway	3635	1
2	Croatia	5326	10
3	Slovenia	5480	-2
4	New Zealand	6200	4
5	Switzerland	6931
6	Sweden	7738	-3
7	Jamaica	7939	7
8	Finland	8821	13
9	Australia	10023	7
10	Serbia	10274	-3

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Slovenia	2775	2
2	Norway	3048	-1
3	Sweden	4969	6
4	Denmark	5216	9
5	Switzerland	5428	-3
6	Georgia	6281
7	Serbia	6520
8	New Zealand	6671	-3
9	Hungary	7221
10	Netherlands	7985	-4

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Global Cup - Men

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Norway	622	18.3
2	Switzerland	330	9.7	10
3	United States	299	8.8	2
4	Italy	252	7.4	-2
5	France	248	7.3	-2
6	Germany	225	6.6	-2
7	Canada	146	4.3
8	Sweden	142	4.2
9	Austria	123	3.6	-2
10	Netherlands	110	3.2

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2771	8.4
2	France	2708	8.2	1
3	Italy	1607	4.9	1
4	Germany	1573	4.8	-2
5	Great Britain	1482	4.5
6	Japan	1393	4.2
7	China	1279	3.9	3
8	Spain	1252	3.8	-1
9	Australia	1172	3.5	-1
10	Netherlands	931	2.8	3

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2964	8.7
2	Germany	1668	4.9	6
3	France	1610	4.7	-1
4	Italy	1467	4.3	-1
5	Great Britain	1389	4.1	-1
6	Japan	1279	3.8	-1
7	Spain	1137	3.3	6
8	Australia	1131	3.3	1
9	Canada	1081	3.2	2
10	China	1057	3.1

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2300	8.0
2	France	1899	6.6
3	Italy	1353	4.7
4	Great Britain	1260	4.4	3
5	Japan	1032	3.6	-1
6	Argentina	981	3.4	24
7	Norway	974	3.4	4
8	Germany	887	3.1	-2
9	Australia	852	3.0	1
10	China	834	2.9	-2

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3271	8.2	1
2	France	2390	6.0	1
3	Italy	2002	5.0	9
4	Japan	1994	5.0	11
5	Spain	1636	4.1	9
6	Germany	1517	3.8	-2
7	Great Britain	1509	3.8	1
8	China	1141	2.9	26
9	Brazil	1060	2.7
10	Australia	981	2.5	1

Global Cup - Women

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Sweden	352	10.6	2
2	Norway	311	9.4	4
3	United States	298	9.0	1
4	Italy	259	7.8	6
5	France	233	7.0	-4
6	Switzerland	230	6.9	3
7	Germany	216	6.5	-5
8	Netherlands	203	6.1	-3
9	Japan	197	5.9
10	Canada	169	5.1	7

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3832	13.1
2	China	2008	6.9
3	France	1648	5.6
4	Australia	1599	5.5
5	Italy	1394	4.8	5
6	Germany	1393	4.8	5
7	Canada	1324	4.5	5
8	Japan	1309	4.5	-2
9	Netherlands	1307	4.5
10	Great Britain	1035	3.5	-5

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2798	9.8
2	China	1812	6.3
3	France	1528	5.3	4
4	Australia	1504	5.2
5	Great Britain	1477	5.2
6	Japan	1472	5.1
7	Spain	1229	4.3	13
8	Sweden	1170	4.1	3
9	Netherlands	1111	3.9	1
10	Italy	1096	3.8	-1

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3589	12.6
2	China	1809	6.3	1
3	Canada	1769	6.2	2
4	Australia	1513	5.3	3
5	Great Britain	1268	4.4	5
6	Japan	1249	4.4	-4
7	France	1188	4.2	-3
8	Germany	1174	4.1
9	Italy	996	3.5	2
10	Netherlands	916	3.2	-4

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3852	11.9
2	Japan	2232	6.9	7
3	China	1830	5.6	18
4	France	1483	4.6	10
5	Canada	1403	4.3	5
6	Netherlands	1225	3.8	-1
7	Australia	1168	3.6	1
8	Germany	1167	3.6	-6
9	Sweden	1124	3.5	4
10	Great Britain	1112	3.4	1

Global Cup - Continents

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Europe	5467	72.6
2	Americas	1075	14.3
3	Asia	631	8.4
4	Africa	222	2.9
5	Oceania	132	1.7	-2

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Europe	32392	49.4
2	Americas	13485	20.6
3	Asia	11465	17.5
4	Oceania	4225	6.4	1
5	Africa	3943	6.0	-1

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Europe	34178	51.8
2	Americas	12167	18.5
3	Asia	11667	17.7
4	Africa	3992	6.1
5	Oceania	3919	5.9
6	-	6	0.0

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Europe	28984	48.4
2	Americas	13504	22.6
3	Asia	9179	15.3
4	Africa	4365	7.3
5	Oceania	3808	6.4

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Europe	39365	52.2
2	Americas	15317	20.3
3	Asia	14306	19.0
4	Africa	3238	4.3
5	Oceania	3118	4.1

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