Basketball

Global Cup - Basketball

2024

Top Positions Points % Chg
1 United States 840 25.6
2 France 672 20.5
3 Serbia 399 12.2
4 Australia 357 10.9
5 Germany 315 9.6
6 Canada 196 6.0
7 Belgium 175 5.3
8 Spain 140 4.3
9 Brazil 98 3.0
10 Greece 49 1.5

2023

Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Germany 526 20.1
2 Serbia 482 18.4 4
3 United States 407 15.6 -2
4 Canada 321 12.3 -1
5 Latvia 250 9.6 8
6 Lithuania 147 5.6 2
7 Slovenia 98 3.8
8 France 81 3.1 -4
9 Australia 54 2.1 -4
10 Italy 49 1.9

2022

Top Positions Points % Chg
1 United States 386 18.7
2 China 334 16.2 7
3 Canada 247 11.9
4 France 214 10.4 -2
5 Australia 210 10.2 -2
6 Serbia 195 9.4 2
7 Belgium 194 9.4 4
8 Lithuania 117 5.7
9 Spain 36 1.7 -4
10 Poland 36 1.7

2021

Top Positions Points % Chg
1 United States 840 25.6
2 France 602 18.4
3 Australia 329 10.0
4 Japan 280 8.5
5 Spain 252 7.7
6 Slovenia 245 7.5
7 Italy 196 6.0
8 Serbia 175 5.3
9 China 140 4.3
10 Argentina 98 3.0

Per Capita Cup - Basketball

2024

Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 Serbia 17690
2 Belgium 64977
3 Australia 69152
4 France 99903
5 Canada 187200
6 Greece 228239
7 Germany 262857
8 Spain 332350
9 United States 388039
10 Brazil 2123898

2023

Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 Latvia 7738 3
2 Serbia 14644
3 Lithuania 19148 -2
4 Slovenia 21081
5 Canada 114303 1
6 Germany 157414
7 Austria 195428
8 Australia 457172 -3
9 Netherlands 476778 -1
10 United States 800867 -1

2022

Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 Lithuania 24057
2 Serbia 36197
3 Belgium 58613 2
4 Latvia 71648
5 Australia 117559 -2
6 Canada 148547
7 France 313715 -3
8 Netherlands 476778
9 United States 844438 -1
10 Poland 1067583

2021

Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 Slovenia 8432
2 Serbia 40333
3 Australia 75037
4 France 111520
5 Belgium 162442
6 Spain 184639
7 Italy 308802
8 United States 388039
9 Argentina 449437
10 Japan 452393

Basketball Tournaments

Olympics 11 Aug 2024
Basketball: World Champ... 10 Sep 2023
3x3 World Cup 4 Jun 2023
Basketball: Women'... 1 Oct 2022
3x3 World Cup 26 Jun 2022
Olympics 8 Aug 2021
Basketball: World Champ... 15 Sep 2019
Basketball: Women'... 30 Sep 2018
Olympics 21 Aug 2016
Women's African Ch... 4 Oct 2015
Asian Championships 3 Oct 2015
European Championships 20 Sep 2015
Americas Championships 12 Sep 2015
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