Sweden

Best Sports

2020
2019
2018
2017
2016

2020

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Cross Country Skiing	52	34.0
2	Biathlon	50	32.7	-1
3	Freestyle Skiing	27	17.6
4	Alpine Skiing	20	13.1
5	Snowboarding	4	2.6

2019

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Football	252	16.3
2	Cross Country Skiing	214	13.9
3	Athletics	153	9.9
4	Orienteering	134	8.7
5	Biathlon	124	8.0
6	Handball	108	7.0
7	Swimming	93	6.0
8	Alpine Skiing	59	3.8	-2
9	Freestyle Skiing	48	3.1	-1
10	Ice Hockey	48	3.1	-7

2018

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Football	200	15.1
2	Cross Country Skiing	198	14.9	2
3	Ice Hockey	188	14.2	-2
4	Orienteering	116	8.8	-1
5	Biathlon	104	7.9	11
6	Alpine Skiing	92	6.9	2
7	Shooting	64	4.8
8	Freestyle Skiing	58	4.4	-2
9	Golf	42	3.2
10	Sailing	42	3.2

2017

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Ice Hockey	222	17.7	2
2	Handball	192	15.3	4
3	Orienteering	158	12.6	1
4	Cross Country Skiing	118	9.4	19
5	Swimming	92	7.3
6	Freestyle Skiing	85	6.8	3
7	Bandy	70	5.6
8	Alpine Skiing	50	4.0
9	Golf	40	3.2	-7
10	Canoe/Kayak Sprint	34	2.7	14

2016

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Football	400	31.9
2	Golf	152	12.1	8
3	Ice Hockey	110	8.8
4	Orienteering	108	8.6
5	Swimming	68	5.4	-3
6	Handball	48	3.8
7	Bandy	42	3.3	-1
8	Alpine Skiing	40	3.2	-3
9	Freestyle Skiing	38	3.0	-2
10	Wrestling Free	36	2.8	-1

Sweden Tournaments


Snowboarding: World Cup	14 Mar 2020
Freestyle Skiing: World...	14 Mar 2020
Cross Country Skiing: W...	14 Mar 2020
Alpine Skiing: World Cu...	8 Mar 2020
Biathlon: World Champio...	23 Feb 2020
Women's Handball:...	15 Dec 2019
Floorball : Women'...	15 Dec 2019
Trampoline: World Champ...	1 Dec 2019
Athletics: World Champi...	6 Oct 2019
Weightlifting: World Ch...	27 Sep 2019
Greco-Roman Wrestling:...	22 Sep 2019
Free Wrestling: World C...	22 Sep 2019
IAAF Diamond League	6 Sep 2019

Sweden Positions

2020
2019
2018
2017
2016

2020

Global Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	13
Gender:Men	31
Gender:Women	10
Continent:Europe	9

Per Capita Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	7
Gender:Men	15
Gender:Women	4
Continent:Europe	6

2019

Global Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	14
Gender:Men	24
Gender:Women	9
Continent:Europe	9

Per Capita Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	6
Gender:Men	12
Gender:Women	4
Continent:Europe	4

2018

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

Per Capita Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	4
Gender:Men	4
Gender:Women	7
Continent:Europe	4

2017

Global Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	17
Gender:Men	21
Gender:Women	13
Continent:Europe	9

Per Capita Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	5
Gender:Men	13
Gender:Women	4
Continent:Europe	4

2016

Global Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	17
Gender:Men	31
Gender:Women	12
Continent:Europe	9

Per Capita Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	8
Gender:Men	16
Gender:Women	3
Continent:Europe	6

Global Cup

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Norway	783	11.8	1
2	Germany	566	8.5	1
3	Russia	492	7.4	-2
4	Switzerland	448	6.8	8
5	Italy	416	6.3	2
6	United States	410	6.2
7	France	400	6.0	-2
8	Netherlands	355	5.4	-4
9	Austria	351	5.3	-1
10	Canada	345	5.2	-1

	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

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	7056	10.2
2	France	3824	5.6	2
3	Great Britain	3387	4.9	2
4	Germany	3341	4.8	2
5	Russia	3236	4.7	-3
6	China	3149	4.6	-3
7	Japan	2326	3.4	1
8	Brazil	2286	3.3	14
9	Canada	2216	3.2
10	Italy	2092	3.0

Per Capita Cup

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Norway	6740
2	Switzerland	18858
3	Austria	25055	-1
4	Latvia	37202
5	Netherlands	48349	-2
6	New Zealand	58149
7	Sweden	65891
8	Czech Republic	95820
9	Canada	106506	-5
10	Australia	139083

	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

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	New Zealand	4133	3
2	Jamaica	4479	-1
3	Norway	5079	-1
4	Denmark	6052	2
5	Slovenia	6524	-2
6	Serbia	6728	5
7	Croatia	7177	5
8	Sweden	7355	1
9	Netherlands	8682	5
10	Switzerland	8939	-5

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Global Cup - Men

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Norway	490	15.5	2
2	France	317	10.0	-1
3	Germany	283	8.9	1
4	Russia	250	7.9	-2
5	Switzerland	235	7.4	3
6	Austria	216	6.8	-1
7	Canada	200	6.3
8	Netherlands	187	5.9	-2
9	Japan	157	5.0	1
10	United States	142	4.5	2

	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

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3365	8.8
2	France	2460	6.5
3	Great Britain	2201	5.8	1
4	Russia	1710	4.5	-1
5	Germany	1676	4.4	2
6	Italy	1336	3.5	3
7	Brazil	1328	3.5	14
8	Japan	1239	3.3	3
9	China	1207	3.2	-3
10	Australia	1097	2.9	-5

Global Cup - Women

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Italy	262	8.1	5
2	United States	260	8.1	2
3	Norway	253	7.8	2
4	Germany	233	7.2	-1
5	Russia	232	7.2	-4
6	Switzerland	204	6.3	18
7	Netherlands	168	5.2	-5
8	Australia	140	4.3	6
9	Canada	135	4.2	2
10	Sweden	132	4.1	-1

	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

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3535	11.9
2	China	1894	6.4
3	Germany	1508	5.1	2
4	Russia	1473	5.0	-1
5	Canada	1268	4.3	2
6	Netherlands	1264	4.3	3
7	France	1263	4.3	3
8	Great Britain	1091	3.7	-2
9	Japan	1082	3.7	-5
10	Brazil	939	3.2	12

Global Cup - Continents

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Europe	4861	73.4
2	Americas	787	11.9
3	Asia	515	7.8
4	Oceania	261	3.9
5	Africa	196	3.0

	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

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Europe	34702	50.4
2	Americas	15410	22.4
3	Asia	10402	15.1
4	Africa	4846	7.0
5	Oceana	3535	5.1

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