Profiling the world’s top sporting nations: the USA
Competitive sport has restarted in many countries, though the majority of international sporting tournaments are still on hold. Awaiting a much-anticipated full restart, we conclude the analysis of the factors behind the success of the world’s best sporting nations, those occupying the first 20 positions in the 2016-19 quadrennial Global Cup table (first featured in this article published last December).
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2016-2019
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pts
|
%
|
pos. change*
|
1
|
United States
|
25,624
|
10.12
|
0
|
2
|
France
|
13,275
|
5.24
|
+3
|
3
|
Russia
|
13,267
|
5.24
|
-1
|
4
|
Great Britain
|
11,428
|
4.51
|
+2
|
5
|
China
|
11,104
|
4.39
|
-2
|
6
|
Germany
|
10,922
|
4.31
|
-2
|
7
|
Japan
|
9,854
|
3.89
|
+2
|
8
|
Italy
|
8,772
|
3.47
|
+2
|
9
|
Canada
|
7,924
|
3.13
|
-1
|
10
|
Australia
|
7,486
|
2.96
|
-3
|
11
|
Netherlands
|
7,414
|
2.93
|
+3
|
12
|
Spain
|
6,268
|
2.48
|
+1
|
13
|
Norway
|
6,043
|
2.39
|
+4
|
14
|
Brazil
|
5,779
|
2.28
|
-2
|
15
|
South Korea
|
5,664
|
2.24
|
-4
|
16
|
Sweden
|
5,375
|
2.12
|
0
|
17
|
Switzerland
|
4,952
|
1.96
|
+1
|
18
|
Kenya
|
4,452
|
1.76
|
-3
|
19
|
Poland
|
3,659
|
1.45
|
0
|
20
|
Serbia
|
3,627
|
1.43
|
+2
|