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T. Johaug (Norway), gold in the women’s 10 km race at the Cross-country Skiing World Championships – pict. Bjørn Langsem/Da

Norway surges past Germany in Global Cup ranking

The pandemic is still affecting many parts of the world, but the 2021 sporting calendar is finally beginning to return to some sort of normality.

A. A. Kilde of Norway won the 2020 Alpine Skiing World Cup – pict. AP Photo/G. Auletta

Norway crowned world’s sportiest nation in 2020
Norway has improved on its own record by winning the Per Capita Cup – the ranking of the world...

Best Sports

2021

Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Cross Country Skiing 402 40.3
2 Biathlon 296 29.7
3 Nordic Combined 69 6.9
4 Ski Jumping 63 6.3
5 Handball 54 5.4
6 Alpine Skiing 44 4.4
7 Speedskating 37 3.7
8 Snowboarding 17 1.7
9 Freestyle Skiing 8 0.8
10 Curling 7 0.7

2020

Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Cross Country Skiing 258 32.7
2 Biathlon 238 30.2
3 Alpine Skiing 172 21.8 1
4 Freestyle Skiing 33 4.2 9
5 Speedskating 31 3.9 3
6 Nordic Combined 26 3.3 3
7 Ski Jumping 12 1.5 3
8 Track Cycling 8 1.0
9 Triathlon 5 0.6
10 Snowboarding 5 0.6 7

2019

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Cross Country Skiing 594 30.9
2 Biathlon 236 12.3 1
3 Handball 234 12.2
4 Alpine Skiing 197 10.3 -2
5 Athletics 144 7.5
6 Football 105 5.5
7 Orienteering 100 5.2 -3
8 Speedskating 59 3.0 -1
9 Nordic Combined 55 2.9
10 Ski Jumping 45 2.3 -4

2018

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Cross Country Skiing 503 33.6
2 Alpine Skiing 300 20.0 1
3 Biathlon 158 10.5 1
4 Orienteering 112 7.5 1
5 Shooting 84 5.6 12
6 Ski Jumping 76 5.1 3
7 Speedskating 60 4.0 5
8 Freestyle Skiing 56 3.7
9 Nordic Combined 32 2.1 6
10 Snowboarding 26 1.7

2017

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Cross Country Skiing 426 25.3 4
2 Handball 384 22.8 1
3 Alpine Skiing 218 13.0 -1
4 Biathlon 104 6.2 -3
5 Orienteering 98 5.8 -1
6 Athletics 80 4.8 4
7 Rowing 52 3.1 7
8 Freestyle Skiing 41 2.4
9 Ski Jumping 40 2.4 3
10 Snowboarding 40 2.4

Norway Positions

2021

Global Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 2
Gender:Men 1
Gender:Women 3
Continent:Europe 1
Per Capita Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 1
Gender:Men 1
Gender:Women 1
Continent:Europe 1

2020

Global Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 2
Gender:Men 1
Gender:Women 6
Continent:Europe 1
Per Capita Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 1
Gender:Men 1
Gender:Women 1
Continent:Europe 1

2019

Global Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 11
Gender:Men 9
Gender:Women 14
Continent:Europe 7
Per Capita Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 1
Gender:Men 1
Gender:Women 2
Continent:Europe 1

2018

Global Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 11
Gender:Men 7
Gender:Women 16
Continent:Europe 7
Per Capita Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 1
Gender:Men 2
Gender:Women 1
Continent:Europe 1

2017

Global Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 12
Gender:Men 8
Gender:Women 15
Continent:Europe 6
Per Capita Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 1
Gender:Men 1
Gender:Women 2
Continent:Europe 1
A. A. Kilde of Norway won the 2020 Alpine Skiing World Cup – pict. AP Photo/G. Auletta

Norway heads Snow & Ice Sports ranking

The sporting year 2020 might end up being a year of winter sports and little else, as tournament after tournament is being cancelled

Anders Mol and Christian Sorum of Norway came third in the men’s Beach Volleyball World Championships

Norway clinches 2019 Per Capita Cup

Norway have made it a record five wins in the Per Capita Cup, claiming the mantle of world’s sporties...

Maren Lundby (Norway) flying to Ski Jumping World Cup victory

Norway leads sporting world after March

As the world of sports is shutting down to join the fight against Covid-19, we’re happy to bring you fresh GSN data for the first quarter of 2020.

Christian Nummedal (Norway) leaps to Big Air victory in the Freestyle Skiing World Cup

Norway’s Domination of World Sport Continues

Norway won the month of March in the Global Cup, the ranking of the world’s best sporting nations...

Biathlon Olympic gold-medal winner Tiril Eckhoff (Norway) and 2019 World Cup winner Dorothea Wierer (Italy)

Norway Leads Global Cup, Per Capita Cup after March

The first quarter of the 2019 sporting year is over and, like last year, the spotlights are all on Norway.

Therese Johaug (Norway) won three golds at the 2019 Cross Country Skiing World Championships

Norway Wins March Global Cup Ranking

March 2019 was the year’s first bumper sporting month, with 7,999 GSN points awarded.

Axel-Lund Svindal of Norway celebrating victory in the men’s Alpine Skiing Downhill at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics

Norway the world’s sportiest nation in 2018

For the second year in succession, Norway was crowned as the world’s sportiest nation, winning the 2018...

Norway, like its biathletes, is bang on target in the Per Capita Cup halfway through the year

Norway firmly on top of Per Capita Cup after June
At the end of June, and despite not scoring any GSN points in the month, Norway held on to its very comforta...
Axel Lund Svindal of Norway powers down a downhill course in the Alpine Skiing World Cup

Norway crowned world's sportiest nation in 2017

Norway is the world’s sportiest nation in 2017!

Axel-Lund Svindal (Norway) won gold in the Men’s Alpine Skiing Downhill at the PyeongChang Olympics

Norway tops both Global Cup, Per Capita Cup after February

After their exploits at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics,

Robert Johansson in full flight, helping Norway take gold in the Ski Jumping team event at the PyeongChang Olympics

Norway Triumphs in Snow & Ice Sports Ranking

It was pretty much a foregone conclusion, after Norway’s historic victory at the Py...

The top finishers at the Men's World Road Cycling Championships 2017

Norway boost lead in ranking of world’s sportiest nations
Norway continues to lead the Per...
Norway's Maiken Caspersen Falla and Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg celebrate after crossing the finish line during the Women's Cross

Why do Norway continue to top Per Capita rankings?

Norway, current leaders in the Per Capita Cup, the ranking of the world’s sportiest nations, aren