Football

Global Cup - Football

2025

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Great Britain 240 9.1
2 Spain 192 7.3
3 Nigeria 140 5.3
4 Mexico 140 5.3
5 Germany 132 5.0
6 Italy 132 5.0
7 United States 112 4.3
8 Morocco 112 4.3
9 Ghana 84 3.2
10 Solomon Islands 80 3.0

2024

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Spain 590 11.4
2 United States 440 8.5 12
3 France 364 7.0 4
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 11

2023

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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 45
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

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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

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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

2025

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Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 Norway 87963
2 Switzerland 140810
3 Sweden 168023
4 Spain 242338
5 Great Britain 273533
6 Italy 458525
7 Germany 627273
8 Colombia 772711
9 South Africa 807456
10 Mexico 881174

2024

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

2023

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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

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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

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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

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Sudamericano Femenino 2 Aug 2025
UEFA Women's Champ... 27 Jul 2025
CAF Women's Champi... 26 Jul 2025
OFC Women's Nation... 19 Jul 2025
CONCACAF Gold Cup 6 Jul 2025
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
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The official 2010 FIFA World Cup matchball
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