Spain

Best Sports

2021
2020
2019
2018
2017

2021

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Football	259	13.9
2	Basketball	252	13.6
3	Handball	216	11.6
4	Canoe/Kayak Sprint	196	10.5	5
5	Tennis	133	7.1	-1
6	Judo	101	5.4	-1
7	Athletics	94	5.1	-1
8	Golf	76	4.1	-1
9	Karate	72	3.9	-1
10	Water Polo	51	2.7

2020

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Tennis	143	62.9	1
2	Road Cycling	40	17.7	11
3	Track Cycling	15	6.6	11
4	Golf	15	6.6	11
5	Snowboarding	14	6.2	14

2019

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Basketball	490	26.6
2	Tennis	275	14.9
3	Handball	180	9.8
4	Canoe/Kayak Sprint	163	8.8
5	Athletics	103	5.6
6	Taekwondo	94	5.1
7	Water Polo	63	3.4	3
8	Canoe/Kayak Slalom	62	3.4	14
9	Ski Mountaineering	51	2.8
10	Synchronised Swimming	41	2.2

2018

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Basketball	210	15.5
2	Tennis	198	14.6	-1
3	Karate	194	14.3
4	Canoe/Kayak Sprint	148	10.9	-1
5	Hockey	84	6.2
6	Road Cycling	73	5.4	10
7	Sailing	54	4.0
8	Golf	52	3.8	-6
9	Shooting	48	3.6	-3
10	Water Polo	40	3.0	1

2017

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Tennis	210	17.0	2
2	Golf	120	9.7	10
3	Canoe/Kayak Sprint	110	8.9	5
4	Handball	96	7.8	5
5	Ski Mountaineering	84	6.8
6	Shooting	76	6.2	7
7	Athletics	69	5.6
8	Swimming	68	5.5	6
9	Triathlon	44	3.6	6
10	Synchronised Swimming	42	3.4	21

Spain Tournaments


Canoe/Kayak: Slalom Wor...	26 Sep 2021
Climbing: World Champio...	21 Sep 2021
Canoe/Kayak: World Cham...	21 Sep 2021
Tennis: US Open	12 Sep 2021
Vuelta	5 Sep 2021
Beach Soccer World Cup	29 Aug 2021
Triathlon: World Champi...	22 Aug 2021
Olympics	24 Jul 2021
Tour de France	18 Jul 2021
British Open	18 Jul 2021
UEFA European Champions...	11 Jul 2021
Water Polo: Women'...	20 Jun 2021
Golf: US Open	20 Jun 2021

Spain Positions

2021
2020
2019
2018
2017

2021

Global Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	11
Gender:Men	6
Gender:Women	15
Continent:Europe	6

Per Capita Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	25
Gender:Men	21
Gender:Women	32
Continent:Europe	20

2020

Global Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	15
Gender:Men	14
Gender:Women	23
Continent:Europe	10

Per Capita Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	18
Gender:Men	15
Gender:Women	25
Continent:Europe	15

2019

Global Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	12
Gender:Men	6
Gender:Women	22
Continent:Europe	8

Per Capita Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	30
Gender:Men	22
Gender:Women	39
Continent:Europe	24

2018

Global Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	14
Gender:Men	16
Gender:Women	11
Continent:Europe	9

Per Capita Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	28
Gender:Men	29
Gender:Women	22
Continent:Europe	24

2017

Global Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	18
Gender:Men	11
Gender:Women	21
Continent:Europe	10

Per Capita Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	35
Gender:Men	33
Gender:Women	35
Continent:Europe	27

Global Cup

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	5969	10.2
2	France	3276	5.6
3	Japan	3187	5.4
4	Great Britain	2508	4.3	1
5	Germany	2484	4.2	2
6	China	2446	4.2	-2
7	Italy	2440	4.2	-1
8	Australia	2119	3.6
9	Canada	2100	3.6
10	Netherlands	1882	3.2

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	1018	9.8
2	Norway	788	7.6	9
3	Germany	709	6.8	3
4	France	653	6.3	1
5	Switzerland	558	5.4	10
6	Russia	556	5.3	-4
7	Italy	534	5.1	1
8	Netherlands	463	4.4	2
9	Austria	438	4.2	12
10	Canada	419	4.0	3

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	7014	10.2
2	Russia	4141	6.0	1
3	China	3199	4.6	3
4	Great Britain	3071	4.5	3
5	France	2911	4.2	-3
6	Germany	2705	3.9	-1
7	Japan	2690	3.9	-3
8	Italy	2331	3.4
9	Australia	2250	3.3	3
10	Netherlands	2137	3.1	-1

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	4956	9.3
2	France	3240	6.1
3	Russia	2760	5.2
4	Japan	2571	4.8	4
5	Germany	2450	4.6	2
6	China	2313	4.4
7	Great Britain	2177	4.1	-3
8	Italy	1899	3.6	-3
9	Netherlands	1759	3.3	4
10	Canada	1715	3.2	-1

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	6598	10.6
2	France	3300	5.3
3	Russia	3166	5.1	2
4	Great Britain	2793	4.5	-1
5	Italy	2498	4.0	5
6	China	2443	3.9
7	Germany	2426	3.9	-3
8	Japan	2297	3.7	-1
9	Canada	2247	3.6
10	Australia	1773	2.8	1

Per Capita Cup

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Slovenia	2832
2	Norway	3529
3	Switzerland	5785
4	Sweden	6047
5	Denmark	6953	1
6	New Zealand	7547	-1
7	Hungary	7759	5
8	Serbia	7778	-1
9	Latvia	8579	-1
10	Netherlands	9120	-1

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Norway	6698
2	Switzerland	15141	3
3	Slovenia	17508	1
4	Austria	20101	4
5	New Zealand	21450	-2
6	Netherlands	37071	1
7	Latvia	37202	20
8	Australia	59761	4
9	Sweden	62617	-3
10	Czech Republic	70587	1

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Norway	2747
2	Jamaica	3533
3	New Zealand	5359	3
4	Slovenia	5852	3
5	Switzerland	6249	-2
6	Sweden	6540	-2
7	Netherlands	8034	1
8	Austria	8825	2
9	Estonia	8868
10	Bahrain	10008

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Norway	3523
2	Croatia	4117	5
3	Switzerland	6156	1
4	Sweden	7611	1
5	Serbia	8099	6
6	New Zealand	9004	-3
7	Slovenia	9327	-5
8	Netherlands	9761	7
9	Belgium	10212	21
10	Austria	10304

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Norway	3140	2
2	Slovenia	4596	3
3	New Zealand	5046	-2
4	Switzerland	6134	6
5	Sweden	8041	3
6	Jamaica	8429	-4
7	Croatia	8646
8	Hungary	8749	10
9	Estonia	8926	7
10	Austria	9341	4

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Global Cup - Men

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2570	8.4
2	France	1964	6.4
3	Italy	1493	4.9	1
4	Japan	1431	4.7	-1
5	Germany	1354	4.4	2
6	Spain	1316	4.3	-1
7	Great Britain	1313	4.3	-1
8	Australia	893	2.9
9	Brazil	874	2.8
10	Norway	863	2.8

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Norway	490	9.2	8
2	United States	471	8.9	-1
3	France	471	8.9
4	Germany	323	6.1	3
5	Russia	303	5.7	-3
6	Austria	297	5.6	12
7	Switzerland	279	5.3	9
8	Great Britain	240	4.5	-4
9	Canada	230	4.3	5
10	Netherlands	209	3.9	5

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3072	8.0	1
2	Russia	2446	6.4	1
3	France	1858	4.9	-2
4	Great Britain	1712	4.5
5	Japan	1514	4.0	1
6	Spain	1407	3.7	10
7	Germany	1329	3.5	-2
8	Italy	1304	3.4
9	Norway	1216	3.2	-2
10	China	1209	3.2

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	France	2175	7.6	1
2	United States	2087	7.3	-1
3	Russia	1733	6.0
4	Great Britain	1455	5.1
5	Germany	1255	4.4	1
6	Japan	1199	4.2	1
7	Norway	1008	3.5	1
8	Italy	975	3.4	-3
9	Croatia	971	3.4	19
10	China	864	3.0

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3023	8.9
2	France	2090	6.1
3	Russia	1931	5.7	1
4	Great Britain	1560	4.6	-1
5	Italy	1418	4.2	1
6	Germany	1283	3.8	-1
7	Japan	1201	3.5	1
8	Norway	1114	3.3	12
9	Canada	964	2.8	4
10	China	936	2.7	-1

Global Cup - Women

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3222	12.6
2	Japan	1628	6.4
3	China	1462	5.7
4	Canada	1269	5.0
5	France	1157	4.5
6	Netherlands	1156	4.5	1
7	Australia	1120	4.4	-1
8	Great Britain	991	3.9	1
9	Sweden	947	3.7	-1
10	Germany	908	3.6

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	521	11.0
2	Germany	333	7.0	4
3	Italy	311	6.5	9
4	Switzerland	256	5.4	12
5	Netherlands	254	5.3
6	Norway	253	5.3	8
7	Russia	244	5.1	-4
8	Australia	220	4.6
9	Japan	185	3.9	-2
10	Canada	179	3.8

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3734	13.2
2	China	1795	6.3	1
3	Russia	1470	5.2	3
4	Great Britain	1301	4.6	8
5	Netherlands	1274	4.5	-1
6	Germany	1218	4.3	-1
7	Japan	1088	3.8	-5
8	Australia	1019	3.6	2
9	Sweden	983	3.5	5
10	Canada	951	3.4	-3

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2699	12.0
2	Japan	1334	5.9	7
3	China	1307	5.8	-1
4	Netherlands	1086	4.8	6
5	Germany	999	4.4	2
6	Russia	933	4.1	-1
7	Canada	927	4.1	-4
8	France	902	4.0	-2
9	Italy	824	3.7	2
10	Australia	744	3.3	-2

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3444	13.0
2	China	1368	5.2
3	Canada	1198	4.5	2
4	Great Britain	1156	4.4	4
5	Russia	1143	4.3	-1
6	France	1072	4.0	1
7	Germany	994	3.7	-4
8	Australia	992	3.7	3
9	Japan	989	3.7
10	Netherlands	962	3.6	-4

Global Cup - Continents

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Europe	31979	54.5
2	Americas	12457	21.2
3	Asia	9306	15.9
4	Oceania	2899	4.9
5	Africa	2031	3.5

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Europe	6668	64.0
2	Americas	1578	15.1
3	Asia	773	7.4
4	Africa	701	6.7
5	Oceania	694	6.7

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Europe	36054	52.3
2	Americas	13596	19.7
3	Asia	11060	16.1
4	Africa	4917	7.1	1
5	Oceania	3255	4.7	-1

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Europe	31844	60.0
2	Americas	9071	17.1
3	Asia	8592	16.2
4	Oceania	2017	3.8	1
5	Africa	1508	2.8	-1
6	-	24	0.0

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Europe	33301	53.3
2	Americas	12666	20.3
3	Asia	9846	15.8
4	Africa	3578	5.7
5	Oceania	3077	4.9

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