Top 10 Greatest Sports Countries
I want to know which countries do you think of when the word, 'sport' is mentioned. Which countries are known for their sporting prowess, innovations, hosting of events, sports teams?
The United States of America, or the U.S.A. for short, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, 48 of them are contiguous states. There are two other states, Alaska and Hawaii, which are north and south of the contiguous states, respectively. The United States declared its independence from the British Empire in 1776 with the Declaration of Independence. They won their independence in 1783 with the Treaty of Paris. Its capital, Washington D.C. (District of Columbia) is defined by imposing neoclassical monuments and buildings including the iconic ones that house the federal government's 3 branches: the Capitol, White House and Supreme Court. Though it has no official language, English and ...read more. Undoubtedly the USA is number one is sports, one obvious marker to support my claim is the fact that the US leads the world in Olympic medals-- on top of that we also lead in gold medals. The nearest competitor, which is Russia, is trailing behind us by nearly 1000 medals! This is an unprecedented lead on world sports. Not only does the US lead on Olympic sports, it also dominates championships held around the world.
Even sports that are not well known--or even disliked--in the states, for example soccer or "football" is a sport that the Americans only picked up in the 90's, but despite this we often play at a European soccer club level. I think the only reason the US is not on top is because all of the recent anti-American sentiment. So world, please be unbiased and place the US at number 1.
The USA has the most Olympic success in both the winter and summer games. American athletes are driven by personal motives unlike top rivals like the old Soviet Union and China. Our best athletes play in three sports that are not the most popular in other countries (baseball, basketball and football) and while most of our citizens make fun of the world's most popular game, we can still put together a decent team. The USA is built to win, and our athletes are superior to the rest of the world not only in success but also in sportsmanship and passion.
Are you kidding me! USA has the most medals of all time at the Olympics, and all the World Championships put together! Swimming, Athletics, Gymnastics, Tennis, Golf, Basketball, Baseball, Ice Hockey, Rowing, American Football, Cycling, Soccer... It doesn't matter what sport, USA could conquer! USA is even ranked 10th in Rugby League, no other nation is that versatile when it comes to sport! The first gym opened in the USA, they have state of the art stadiums, advance technology/supplements that other nations use, all come from the USA! Without USA, technology in sport would not be as advanced! Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Michael Phelps, Pete Sampras, Carl Lewis, Mohammed Ali…, could write down another 20 influential athletes just of the top of my head! How does this proud nation be placed 3rd? No other way, this country is the most proudest nation when it comes to sport by a mile! Australia is a proud nation when it comes to sport, but the bigger brother wins this one!
USA have a problem in that a huge amount of their sport is limited to USA. They don't play cricket or rugby at the top level, the beautiful game is low on the agenda ( and they are top 20 at best at it) and who else plays in the 'world series'? However they are probably the best at track and field, basketball, good at tennis and boxing. I'd like to see USA have a great football team ( soccer - morons) though as it would only raise the profile of the game there which it deserves. 4th in the rankings is about right.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly shortened to United Kingdom, UK or Britain is a Sovereign State located of the Northwestern coast of Europe. It is a Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy currently lead by Monarch Queen Elizabeth II and its current prime minister is Boris Johnson. The UK is a Unitary State consisting of Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It is currently a member state of the European Union, but as of 2016 has start the withdrawal process, and is set to leave the Union in October 2019. ...read more. Cricket, football, tennis, golf, rugby union, rugby league, snooker, darts, squash, badminton queens bury boxing rules, even modern Olympics were actually resurrected in Britain. A Frenchmen visited Liverpool, England in the early 1820s, he could not believe the amount of different sports being played at various university's. Obviously Greece invented the original Olympic games. But most of the Olympic sport events at present were invented or expanded into the rules and events we know today were in fact made in England. These games were called the Olympics too, the Frenchmen went back home to recreate the Olympics he witnessed that we know so well today. Today Britain participates in most of the world elite sports and is in the top 10 rankings of most sporting events.
No doubt about it!
The only country to win the Football, Cricket and Rugby world cups. Currently ranked top 5 in the world in Football, Cricket, Rugby League & Rugby Union (Male & Female).
In the top 3 in the Olympic medal table for the past 3 tournaments. We are the most versatile country for sports by a mile, the only sport we have never been competitive in or won anything in is Basketball! The only two countries which can rival us are USA & Australia, but we just edge the Americans because they're non-existent in Football, Rugby & Cricket (the 3 biggest sports).
Clearly miles ahead of any other country. Top 5 in football (national and club sides combined). Cricket World champions (current). Rugby World cup finalists or winners (current). Cycling most grand tours last decade. Olympic Sports - usually 3rd / 4th recent medal tables. F1 - Way more champions than any other country. Golf 2nd in top 5 finishes over past decade at majors plus olympic champions. Tennis - recent Davis cup winners and olympic champions and a top 10 nation overall.
England won 2014 commonwealth games, we practically came third in the Olympics ( as Scotland,Wales, and Ireland hardly contribute) we are the best country in the world at athletics and Swimming 4th best team in Europe at Football and won the world cup in football, rugby union and won the rugby league world cup three times as well as ranking third in the world at it. We won the Davis Cup 2015 with Andy Murray ( who has won numerous grand slams). We hold the boxing world heavy weight champion in Tyson Fury and have had other brilliant boxers such as David Haye and Mohammed Ali, and we also got gold in boxing at the Olympics.In every netball competition we have placed top four. We received 29 gold medals in the Olympics, and 57 in the commonwealth games. We have won 3 out of the last 3 Tour de Frances in Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome and Mark Cavendish is the fastest cyclist in the world currently. England are historically the best team ever at Cricket.We have excelled in every sport ...more
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of 7,617,930 square kilometres (2,941,300 sq mi), Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with deserts in the centre, tropical rainforests in the north-east, and mountain ranges in the south-east. Looking at its population, surely the greatest sporting nation. Australia competes in truly international sports such as tennis, rugby, cricket and of late, soccer. It has produced champions in swimming, golf, cycling, athletics, field hockey, formula 1 and boxing. Australian women have one of the best soccer teams in the world. Melbourne is considered a sporting mecca hosting Australian Open, Australian Grand Prix and has also been an Olympic city. Australia has also produced champion surfers, has won the America's cup, is home to the Australian Rules Football and has qualified for the last couple of FIFA world cups ( even without having a league a few years back. ). Although Aus is a dry continent, it has won medals in the winter olympics which is a great achievement.
I would say, Australia is truly a global sporting nation.
Australia is the greatest sporting nation per capita. As far as the NFL is concerned they would not stand up to a top International rugby team. They wouldn't be able to play for 40 minutes each way with no oxygen breaks on the sidelines and no sitting on the sidelines for half the game. Rugby players have to play offense as well as defense. Plus who else pays throw ball in the world. It is a joke when the team that wins the Super Bowl declares themselves the world champions who the hell else do they play.
America has some great athletes but they also have a population of 360 million people
I don't know one person who didn't grow up with competitive sport. With such a vast climate at our disposal we have the uncanny ability to practice sports ranging from skiing, to surfing, to tennis! Our cities all host at least one major international sporting event and we grow up asking "who do you barrack for? ". Sports legends always say we have the best crowds and I think I know why: because we are so darn interested in the wide world of sports! Pick an international sport and we have at least one contender for worlds greatest!
For our size in terms of population we punch way above our weight. Australia even finished 4th on the medals tally for 2 Olympic Games. 23 Million vs nearly 200 Million and above: US, China and Russia. Historically we have been a force in so many sports: cricket, Rugby League, swimming, surfing, squash, tennis, beach volleyball, rowing, cycling, aerial skiing, field hockey, rugby union, yachting, triathlon, and even recently champions in soccer for the Asian league. Sports run in Australia's veins.
Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungary to the north, Romania to the northeast, Bulgaria to the southeast, North Macedonia to the south, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west, and Montenegro to the southwest, and claiming a border with Albania through the disputed territory of Kosovo. Serbia with Kosovo has about 8.6 million inhabitants. Its capital Belgrade is also the largest city. Tennis, Basketball, Waterpolo, Volleyball, 3v3 Basketball, Athletics, Taekwondo, Boxing, Wrestling, Shooting...there are more, but these are just sports where Serbia has A LOT of medals!
It is difficult to list the sports in which Serbia is successful, and it is almost impossible to list individual Serbian athletes.
And imagine, Serbia has only about 7 million. inhabitants !
True, people live mostly for sports here, women, men, kids it doesn't matter here.
2015 u20 football champions, silver in men basketball in Rio, bronze in women basketball, now we are doing good in Latvia and Serbia, water polo champions beating croatia 2 times in finals now, we win medals, titles, and championships multiple times, even our clubs, like red star beat liverpool the worlds best club this season.
Absolutely. This stems from the time of Yugoslavia too. The ratio of total population and how many accomplishments we have is incredible. Almost no country stands up to Serbia in relative terms. Not to mention that resources are nowhere close in quality to those in countries like Germany, USA etc.
Germany was formally united in 1871 under the initiative of Bismarck with King Wilhelm of Prussia as emperor. The previous 'Holy Roman Empire', basically a continuation of the empire of Charlemagne/Karl der Grosse was dissolved in 1806.Some territory was lost after World War 1 and a lot more after World War 2, basically started by Hitler's Nazi dictatorship. Then the Soviets kept their zone - the 'DDR', East Germany, separate with a wall through the middle of Berlin, until 1990 when the country was reunited. ...read more.
Top football nation, pretty good in both summer and Winter Olympics. I'm struggling now. Moustaches? Sausages? Oh I forgot Schumacher and vetal, Becker and stitch, Langer etc. Top 5 nation I agree.
Okay if they are fifth, then tell me what they are good at except football, hockey and Table Tennis. I think they should be 8th
Yeah I'm from India but seriously Germany deserves to be on this spot
Germany is the best...
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers (3,300,000 sq mi) and with over 214 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the sixth most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states and the Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas; it is also one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass immigration from around the world; as well as the most populous ...read more. Brazil has won first place in almost every sport there is. All types of Soccer, MMA, Boxing, Volleyball, Basketball, Surf, Racing and many more... Pretty much every sport that they try, they sooner or later excel at it, maybe not for long, but they win at least one time. Not a lot if countries can say that. USA has never won any soccer international competition on the mens side.
Most successful at football, by far the most popular sport in the World. Australia and the US are successful in sports nobody else plays, such as american and australian football and baseball. Also, it is not fair to include winter sports in this discussion, since most countries are not suitable for them.
Number 1 at soccer (won 5 titles), Number 1 at volleyball (both men and women)...They are awesome!
Should be higher. They have won 1st place in almost every sport.
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in southwestern Europe with parts of territory in the Atlantic Ocean and across the Mediterranean Sea. The largest part of Spain is situated on the Iberian Peninsula; its territory also includes the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea, the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, and several minor overseas territories also scattered along the Moroccan coast of the Alboran Sea. The country's mainland is bordered to the south by Gibraltar; to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea; to the north by France, Andorra and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. Spain is a small country (48M population), but it is in the World's top 5 in many (important) sports: Tennis, Basket, Football, F1, Motorbikes, Handball, , Sailing, Cycling, Hockey, Skate Hockey... even we have World's Champions in Badminton and Paddle.
Spain has been only one time in the top 10 medalist countries in Olympic Games (Barcelona 92), because Olympic Games include many minoritary sports and give the same value to a curling and a basket medal.
Barca and Real have historically got their best players from South America, Holland, Germany, Portugal etc as well as Spain - it can't bear on the rankings. However the national football team is very good. Tennis and formula 1 as well. Shame about other world sports like cricket, rugby and track and field. 7th about right.
It has the two of the greatest ever football clubs boasted of best players from the world... It also leads the world of tennis as of now..
We have had the best formula one racers, golfers, football teams, tennis players, swimmers... we are even good at basketball now!
New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
It is situated 1,500 kilometres (900 mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly 1,000 kilometres (600 mi) south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, while its most populous city is Auckland. NZ is not a 'one sport nation' as we are #1 in rugby and rugby league and play a big role in minor sports such as rowing. What is wrong with being a one sport nation anyway? Eventually we will develop in sports like football/soccer but it isn't as popular here compared to rugby which explains why we aren't a top team. How can you compare us to a country like Australia? We only have a small population compared to the other top sporting nations. I do agree that Australia is a great sporting nation and is quite dominant in sports such as cricket but we don't have to insult one another based on this.
If the Olympics are a reflection of sporting greatness NZ has proven themselves again. Good medal tallies in Rowing, Sailing, Kayaking and Athletics at the Rio Olympics and a top medals per capita placing - Beating all the nations listed above here. Rugby world champs in 2015, Softball world champs 6 times, Oceania football champs 2016, Indy Car Champ 2016, Womens Golf World No1, Runners up in Cricket World Cup, World Champs in Surf Life Saving, World Champs in Cheerleading and top results in many other sports.
I'm not from New Zealand but I can tell how much of an impact sports has on the little country. Sometimes it does astonish me looking at all the medals they have racked up at the olympics, not only are they the best sporting country per capita in the world in history I think that alone should be the winning determiner. Not to mention there incredible rugby team and good rowing, hockey, cricket and netball teams.
For a country of only 4.6 million people New Zealand is definitely one of the best sporting countries there is. The All Blacks are the number 1 rugby team in the world with multiple records, with the women's rugby union team also being ranked number 1 in the world. Lydia Ko became the youngest ever professional golfer from either sex to be ranked number 1 in the World and she became the youngest women to ever win a major championship, shes also broken many other records. N.Z excel in many other sports as well such as netball, rugby league, cricket, rowing, just to name a few. There have been some amazing sportsman and legends that have come from New Zealand and they don't get the credibility and rescpect they deserve.
France, officially the French Republic, is a sovereign state comprising territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories. The European part of France, called metropolitan France, extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. France spans 675,000 km2 (251,000 mi2) and has a total population of 67 million (data from 2017). ...read more. France is almost everywhere in sports. We have a great national teams like in handball, football, basketball, rugby. We are the host of one of the most prestigious tennis tournament the French open, the best cycling competition Le tour de France. In summer and winter olympics we're always part of the elite nations.
Collective sports (Handball, Rugby, Football, Basket... ) and individual sports (judo, swimming, ski, race driving,... ): France is well-ranked in a lot of varied domains
Just now in 2017 French Handball team won its 6th world title, it makes this Country the best Handball team in the sport History.
France is good at pretty much every sports and mostly collective sports from football to handball (in both they are worldcup holders) but also basketball and rugby.
China, officially the People's Republic of China, is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population of more than 1.4 billion. China spans five geographical time zones and borders 14 countries, the second most of any country in the world after Russia. Covering an area of approximately 9.6 million square kilometers (3,700,000 sq mi), it is the world's third or fourth largest country. The country consists of 23 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Chinese (Mandarin) is the only official ...read more. People say China is not good at sports but that is not true! We are the worlds best country in many sports, including badminton, table tennis, volleyball, diving, etc.
Very good at sports, but mostly because of their massive population. They are very good at badminton, table tennis, volleyball, and basketball.
The modern leader in Olympics but not yet well established in major sports events.
China is amazing at sports. They should deserve far more than this.
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country (with over 1.2 billion people), and the most populous democracy in the world. Its capital is New Delhi. Some other major cities are Mumbai, Chennai, and Ahemdabad. The most spoken languages are Hindi and English, but there are 22 official Indian languages. India may not be a good sporting nation by western standards, but no one can argue it is drastically improving and sports are slowy being recognised by parents. Now, I'm an Australian who has a couple of very sporty Indian friends but due their culture they want to take up proffesions like engineering and medicine. If my friends wanted to take up a sporting career, there is literally no doubt that they will be successful.
Talented. But obsession with academics is a curse. Whatever laurels were achieved was despite governments.
Sports culture building up. But politicians run sports federations and they screw up. Don't you know they get more allowances than players to attend international meets?
Politics, corruption need to be weeded it. Then a sea change will happen
Indians are talented but they lack exposure. The players should be appreciated because they always compete against the best without proper coaching and management..
We don't play worldwide sports and our sports aren't worldwide yet.. But we have achieved more than something in every sport we take part.
Canada is a country in North America that is next to the United States, and it's the 2nd largest country in the world by area (size is 9.985 million km²). This country has 10 provinces, and 3 territories. Canada became a dominion on July 1, 1867. Its 10 provinces are: Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec, Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. Its 3 territories are: Yukon, Northwest territories, and Nunavut. Toronto, Quebec City, Montreal, Vancouver, Winnipeg, St. John's, and Fredericton are major cities in the country. Canada's capital city, Ottawa, is in the southeastern province of Ontario, near the city of Montreal ...read more. Has more gold medals in Hockey than the United States. Canada beats USA in hockey. USA has not won a gold medal in Winter Olympics since 1980. Have not won the World Cup since 1996. We won the 2016 World Cup of hockey. We have 5/7 world/Canada cups. One went to Russia and the other to the states. Canada is better at hockey. So USA has not won anything relevant since 1980 and 1996 when you exclude the world juniors. The USA is just simply overrated. Also they want to be better at everything. That seems kind of selfish if you ask me. But anyways seeing a team USA hockey jersey disgusts me. Canada rules.
May I just say to whoever said it's great for the size of the country, actually we are second biggest country in land mass I think I've heard. But anyways Canada is great and they still do well even though Usa has way more teams than us. And whoever said go Canada if the World Cup I agree with them :)
Canada has a population smaller than that of the state of California. When it comes to summer Olympics we never perform too badly but Winter Olympics are when we shine.
Just look at the winter olympic performance in 2018. Moreover, they pull their weight when you consider per capita stats in summer games as well.
Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. ...read more. Sweden are a player for sure. I like zlatan, I love Larson. But what else is there? Good at Winter Olympics, a bit of ice hockey, snow ball fights. Not bad for population size.
Incredible sports country per population size! Just imagine having that many Olympic medals and being sucessful in big sports like football, hockey, handball and athletics without any inhabitants!
I'm from Sweden, and it's amazing there, really suggest it. But focus on one sport, because they are really good at every sport
Third most Olympic medals per population 638. Over 50 medals per one million inhabitants
Pakistan was established in 1947 and is located in South Asia. Islamabad is the capital city of Pakistan. Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar are other major cities of Pakistan. Urdu and English are official languages of Pakistan. World's second highest peak (K-2) and ninth highest peak (Nanga Parbat) are located in Pakistan. Well done at squash. I won the Morley poker tournament 16 time on the bounce, now that was special. Average at cricket, ok at hockey. The two biggest sports events in the world, World Cup and summer olympics - where are ya? Nowhere even close. The glory for you comes with beating India at cricket stay focused on that for now.
We aren't the best at anything now but our history is filled with great sports achievements in field hockey, squash, cricket, snooker, polo and many others.
We aren't a world force yet, and frankly won't be for some time to come, but we certainly are a regional force.
Actually we are the best at everything but because of our corrupt government we can not show the world how talented we are!
Pakistan is grate country in sports because they are world champion in every game except football...
Italy, (Italian: Repubblica Italiana), is a unitary parliamentary republic in Europe.Italy covers an area of 301,338 km2. With almost 62 million inhabitants, it is the 3rd most populous EU member state. Located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea, Italy shares open land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, San Marino and Vatican City. The Capital and largest city is Rome. Other major cities are Milano, Naples, Turino, Venice, Florence. Italy's official language is Italian. ...read more.
Nibali, baresi, Baggio, Some stars for sure. Nowhere in the olympics, poor rugby nation. Tennis and boxing I can't think of world stars. But I love the Italian passion for Calcio, and for that alone they are a top sporting nation.
This great country always seems to be in the mix. For instance, world cup, euro cup, always in the top five in olympics summer and winter. Tour de france, Giro d'Italia and the list goes on.
The most versatile country in the sports world! Not a sport that Italians don't succeed in!
Forza italia just plain good at everything.
Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi) in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about 145 kilometres (90 mi) south of Cuba, and 191 kilometres (119 mi) west of Hispaniola (the island containing the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic); the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands lies some 215 kilometres (134 mi) to the north-west. 1.Jamaica is the sprint capital of the world. Usain Bolt the fastest man in the world
2.Jamaica is ranked 3rd in the world in Netball
3. Jamaica has the best football team in the Caribbean
4. Jamaica's Alia Atkinson is the first black female to win a gold medal in world record time in the womens 100m breast stroke at the Fina Championships.
5. Jamaica dominates track and field.
Jamaica has only 2.8 million people, yet it contributes top athletes to the UK, USA, and Canada. It does very good at boxing, netball, football, track and field, and swimming. Earning the nickname "The sprint capital of the world."
Jamaica has some of the best runners in the world!
Usain bolt and the relay team, that's all folks.
Japan is an island country in East Asia in the Pacific Ocean. It lies off the eastern coast of the Asia Mainland (east of China, Korea, Russia) and stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and near Taiwan in the southwest.Japan has a huge capital city called Tokyo, other cities in Japan include Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Osaka, Nagoya and Sendai. It's close to South Korea, which is on the North West of it. It has a large population of 126.86 million people (Statistics Bureau of Japan. Retrieved April 27, 2016). ...read more.
Japan has won the World Baseball Classic twice since the tournament was created. In the 2006 World Baseball Classic, they defeated Cuba in the finals and in 2009 World Baseball Classic Japan defeated South Korea in 10 innings to defend their title.
The national team is currently ranked #1 in the world by the International Baseball Federation.
Baseball is currently the most popular spectator sport in the country. Japan's top professional league, now known as Nippon Professional Baseball, was established in 1936.
We have the best baseball program in Asia from Highschool baseball to College Baseball and from transistion to Professional Baseball. We train them to be good and to be globally competitive in Baseball.
Japan has produce Suzuki Ichiro one of the best Baseball players in Asia and the Whole World.
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a sovereign and unitary monarchy in Northern Europe whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the island Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard.
Oslo is the capital of Norway. Norwegian is the official language of Norway. Norway is the #1 in winter sports by a giant margin. I think this gives them a good reason to be in the top 10! There are also a lot of talent I'm Norway outside of winter sports, just look at women's handball (which is the only relevant handball) results of the last years!
Winter sports, handball, chess, acrobatics, fencing, bike race.. Just to mention a few. And that's really impressive, because there are only 5 million norwegians in the world.
By population Norway is undoubtedly the greatest sporting nation in the world. Hard facts.
Best total olympic medals per capita ratio... (If you include winter olympics). enough said
The Czech Republic, also called Czechia is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The Czech Republic has a hilly landscape that covers an area of 78,871 ...read more.
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia (independence since 1991), is a sovereign state at the crossroads of Central Europe, Southeast Europe, and the Mediterranean. Its capital city is Zagreb. It is a member of the European Union. During the Cold War it was part of Yugoslavia. It is a cultural and scientific cradle of such names as: Nikola Tesla, Paula (nobile) Preradović - author of Austrian national anthem, Ruđer Bosković the philosopher and scientist, Slavoljub Penkala - the inventor of the penkala pen, Emile Zola was Croatian by heritage, Marin Držić - the playwriter, Vatroslav Mimica - a modenist filmmaker, actors Zrinka Cvitešić and Goran Višnjić are also Croatians, Oscar ...read more. Croatia is definitely one of the best countries at sport. This year alone they have come second in the world cup, won the davis cup, and was the only country with 2 tennis players in the top 15. Also Luka Modric, who won the Golden ball, best player, best midfielder, best play-maker and the ballon d'or this year, is Croatian. They also have world champions in sailing, rowing and karate. Their U16 basketball team are European champions. Sandra Perkovic became European discus champion for the record 5th time. That isn't even everything they have done this year and they are only a country of 4 million people! If that doesn't make them one of the best in the world, I don't know what can.
Football, handball, history in basketball, waterpolo, tenis, just look at the olympic medals. For example Rio, with population of 4 million, Croatia finished on 17th place in the world with 10 medals, if you look per capita, Croatia were 6th! For example, Serbia with medals they took from Yugoslavia, has smaller number of medals. In biggest competition in the world, WC in football Croatia has bronze and silver medal! Croatia won Davis Cup, the oldest competition in the world, two times! Just look at Janica and Ivica Kostelic, they have won everything in skiing, and Croatia has 1 place for skiing! That is just few things I had the will to write it down
Croatia has a population of just about 4.5 million People, but it has still produced some of the best and most famous sportspeople. Even though the country has been particularly successful in team sports, in which you need several good athletes to make up a team which might win one medal, whereas in some other sports one good athlete might even win several medals, Croatia has won many Olympic medals relative to its population.
And many athletes belong to the greatest in their respective sport, like Blanka Vlasic, Janica Kostelic, Toni Kukoc, Ivano Balic, Sandra Perkovic, Luka Modric.
This country has the best sports in the planet Croatia beat Mexico on May 27 This country plays better than Mexico. VIVA Croatia!
Russia, or the Russian Federation (RF), is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area, covering over 17,125,191 square kilometres (6,612,073 sq mi), and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across eleven time zones and borders sixteen sovereign nations, the most of any country in the world. It is the ninth-most populous country and the most populous country in Europe, with a population of 145.5 million. The country's capital and largest city is Moscow, the largest city entirely within Europe. Saint Petersburg is Russia's cultural centre and second-largest city. Other major urban areas ...read more. Yes some good women's tennis players, albeit some have failed drugs tests. And the athletes have. Not very good at football, the world game. Winter Olympics okay, good at ice hockey. Good nation overall, but for the size of the population a little disappointed.
Amazing at rhythmic gymnastics, synchronized swimming, tennis, winter sports etc.
Russia is world leader in womens tennis.
Kidding? Russia win many championships!
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in north-western Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands consists of twelve provinces, and borders Germany to the east, Belgium to the ...read more. Very small country, performs consistently well at Olympics and awed many people in FIFA World Cups and in quite a few Winter Olympics. Best Speed-skaters in the world hands down and awesome hockey teams (male and female). Moreover, this country has produced world record breaking swimmers and a country that has no mountains yet still manages to win gold with snowboarding, must be something special… :-)
Always been one of the best countries in terms of sports. It is a small nation but has won loads of medals and prizes. If all countries were the same size then you'd see who really would be the best.
Great football history and a solid sporting mentality for a relatively small nation. Should be higher ranked.
They are either decent or the best in every sport that they participate in.
Formed in 1916 after the Easter uprising, Ireland is a small country with a population of roughly 5 million. Ireland has a 4.5 million population. Let that sink in while you think of how many sports we have and will continue to dominate. Also, we have some our own homegrown sports that are definitely on another level of physicality. The clubs don't even pay their players, they just do it for pride, all the funds go back into the communities. Ireland is one of the last remaining TRUE sporting nations. The fact their not higher on this list is mind boggling.
'Because Gaelic football and hurling' aren't played in other countries... If USA, China and Russia took it seriously Ireland would be an also ran. Well done for being best at a minority sport. Ireland are okay at rugby and football, and credible at cricket. Take 19th in the rankings it's very respectable for your population size.
Only world undefeated mma fighter in the world, One of the best boxing nations on the planets. Decent at soccer, cricket. 3rd ranked in rugby in the world. Hurling and Gaelic football being Ireland's most popular sport being purely Irish are the fastest field sports in the world.
Ireland were recently ranked 2nd in the rugby world rankings. Outstanding for a country with such a small population. In soccer we have beaten the biggest names such as Germany and Brazil. We have the amazing G.A.A. We also pride ourselves in boxing e.g. Katie Taylor and our MMA star Conor McGregor knocked out Jose Aldo, former champion and undefeated for 10 years, in 13 seconds...
The Dominican Republic is a sovereign state occupying the Eastern two thirds of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. Baseball was past generation to generation. It is the gift of our ancestors that we should treasure and be good at it. That is why we are consider the best baseball country in the World.
We are good at baseball. We produce hundreds of Dominican Baseball players in the Major League Baseball. The highest international baseball player in the Major League history.
God, Country, Liberty and Baseball. That's what Dominican Republic is all about. We love Baseball and We are very passionate about it.
Baseball is the most famous sport in the Dominican Republic. It has the history of players making it into the Big Leagues.
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