Football

Global Cup - Football

2024

Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Spain 590 11.4
2 United States 440 8.5
3 France 364 7.0
4 Brazil 356 6.9
5 Germany 297 5.7
6 Japan 225 4.3
7 Ivory Coast 210 4.1
8 Colombia 169 3.3
9 Nigeria 168 3.2
10 Qatar 160 3.1

2023

Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Spain 810 21.9 27
2 Great Britain 504 13.6 3
3 Sweden 378 10.2 12
4 Australia 315 8.5 44
5 Netherlands 248 6.7 2
6 Japan 158 4.3 31
7 France 158 4.3 -5
8 Colombia 158 4.3 17
9 Croatia 144 3.9 -5
10 Mexico 140 3.8 31

2022

Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Argentina 848 12.2 14
2 France 772 11.1 9
3 Morocco 565 8.1
4 Croatia 480 6.9
5 Great Britain 440 6.3 2
6 Brazil 280 4.0 -2
7 Netherlands 260 3.7 5
8 Senegal 259 3.7
9 Portugal 200 2.9 8
10 Germany 192 2.8 25

2021

Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Canada 497 10.6
2 Spain 403 8.6
3 United States 392 8.4
4 Brazil 369 7.9
5 Sweden 336 7.2
6 Italy 288 6.2
7 Great Britain 249 5.3
8 Mexico 232 5.0
9 Australia 210 4.5
10 Japan 205 4.4

Per Capita Cup - Football

2024

Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 New Zealand 60330
2 Spain 78863
3 Netherlands 173374
4 France 184437
5 Switzerland 187746
6 Portugal 229102
7 Canada 253043
8 Germany 278788
9 Colombia 292624
10 Argentina 367040

2023

Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 Sweden 26670 5
2 Croatia 28849 -1
3 Jamaica 35466 -1
4 Spain 57443 14
5 Netherlands 69349
6 Australia 78372 15
7 Denmark 128015
8 Great Britain 130254 1
9 Hungary 217756
10 Portugal 229102 -7

2022

Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 Croatia 8655
2 Jamaica 28447 2
3 Portugal 51548 7
4 Argentina 51940 13
5 Netherlands 66015 2
6 Sweden 76374 -5
7 France 86962 8
8 Austria 146571
9 Great Britain 149200 5
10 Belgium 189516 -5

2021

Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 Sweden 30004
2 Denmark 42672
3 Canada 73825
4 Jamaica 78026
5 Belgium 84229
6 New Zealand 96527
7 Netherlands 107950
8 Spain 115456
9 Australia 117559
10 Portugal 143189

Football Tournaments

Olympics 11 Aug 2024
UEFA European Champions... 14 Jul 2024
Copa America 14 Jul 2024
OFC Nations Cup 30 Jun 2024
African Cup of Nations 11 Feb 2024
Asian Cup 10 Feb 2024
Women's Football:... 20 Aug 2023
CONCACAF Gold Cup 16 Jul 2023
UEFA Nations League 18 Jun 2023
Football: World Cup 18 Dec 2022
UEFA Women's Champ... 31 Jul 2022
Sudamericano Femenino 30 Jul 2022
OFC Women's Nation... 30 Jul 2022

CAF Women's Champi... 23 Jul 2022
CONCACAF Women's G... 18 Jul 2022
African Cup of Nations 6 Feb 2022
AFC Women's Asian... 6 Feb 2022
UEFA Nations League 10 Oct 2021
Olympics 8 Aug 2021
CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 Aug 2021
UEFA European Champions... 11 Jul 2021
Copa America 10 Jul 2021
African Cup of Nations 19 Jul 2019
Women's Football:... 7 Jul 2019
Copa America 7 Jul 2019
CONCACAF Gold Cup 7 Jul 2019
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