Hungary

Best Sports

2018
2017
2016
2015
2014

2018

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Canoe/Kayak Sprint	270	44.2
2	Wrestling Greco-Roman	63	10.3
3	Short Track	57	9.3
4	Fencing	39	6.4
5	Sailing	33	5.4
6	Shooting	32	5.2	2
7	Wrestling Free	32	5.2	-1
8	Water Polo	32	5.2	-1
9	Modern Pentathlon	31	5.1
10	Judo	11	1.7

2017

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Swimming	263	23.5
2	Canoe/Kayak Sprint	244	21.8	2
3	Short Track	92	8.2	-1
4	Fencing	86	7.6	-1
5	Water Polo	85	7.6	1
6	Rowing	64	5.7	7
7	Athletics	61	5.4	3
8	Wrestling Greco-Roman	57	5.1	3
9	Handball	48	4.3
10	Shooting	44	3.9	-2

2016

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Swimming	147	22.7	1
2	Short Track	98	15.1	2
3	Fencing	92	14.2
4	Canoe/Kayak Sprint	84	13.0	-3
5	Karate	48	7.4
6	Water Polo	38	5.8	-1
7	Modern Pentathlon	28	4.3	-1
8	Shooting	28	4.3	5
9	Judo	24	3.7
10	Athletics	22	3.4	-3

2015

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Canoe/Kayak Sprint	250	30.5
2	Swimming	212	25.9
3	Fencing	87	10.5
4	Short Track	60	7.3	5
5	Water Polo	30	3.7	-1
6	Modern Pentathlon	28	3.4
7	Athletics	26	3.2
8	Taekwondo	24	2.9
9	Judo	23	2.7
10	Open Water Swimming	20	2.4

2014

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Canoe/Kayak Sprint	326	55.5
2	Shooting	76	12.9	15
3	Fencing	41	7.0	1
4	Water Polo	40	6.8	-2
5	Wrestling Greco-Roman	33	5.6
6	Modern Pentathlon	27	4.6	2
7	Artistic Gymnastics	20	3.4
8	Short Track	6	1.0	2
9	Triathlon	6	1.0
10	Curling	5	0.9	2

Hungary Tournaments


Greco-Roman Wrestling:...	28 Oct 2018
Free Wrestling: World C...	28 Oct 2018
Judo: World Championshi...	23 Sep 2018
Rowing: World Champions...	16 Sep 2018
Modern Pentathlon: Worl...	15 Sep 2018
Shooting: World Champio...	14 Sep 2018
Canoe/Kayak: World Cham...	26 Aug 2018
Sailing: World Champion...	12 Aug 2018
Fencing: World Champion...	27 Jul 2018
Water Polo: World Leagu...	23 Jun 2018
Shooting: World Cup	29 May 2018
Curling: World Mixed Do...	28 Apr 2018
Short Track: World Cham...	18 Mar 2018

Hungary Positions

2018
2017
2016
2015
2014

2018

Global Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	25
Gender:Men	25
Gender:Women	29
Continent:Europe	18

Per Capita Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	17
Gender:Men	15
Gender:Women	19
Continent:Europe	16

2017

Global Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	19
Gender:Men	13
Gender:Women	24
Continent:Europe	11

Per Capita Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	8
Gender:Men	7
Gender:Women	15
Continent:Europe	6

2016

Global Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	29
Gender:Men	30
Gender:Women	27
Continent:Europe	16

Per Capita Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	18
Gender:Men	18
Gender:Women	17
Continent:Europe	14

2015

Global Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	28
Gender:Men	24
Gender:Women	26
Continent:Europe	16

Per Capita Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	17
Gender:Men	16
Gender:Women	15
Continent:Europe	13

2014

Global Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	26
Gender:Men	28
Gender:Women	26
Continent:Europe	17

Per Capita Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	18
Gender:Men	17
Gender:Women	17
Continent:Europe	15

Global Cup

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	4956	9.3
2	France	3240	6.1
3	Russia	2760	5.2
4	Japan	2571	4.8
5	Germany	2450	4.6
6	China	2313	4.4
7	Great Britain	2177	4.1
8	Italy	1899	3.6
9	Netherlands	1759	3.3	1
10	Canada	1715	3.2	-1

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	6598	10.6
2	France	3300	5.3
3	Russia	3166	5.1	2
4	Great Britain	2793	4.5	-1
5	Italy	2498	4.0	5
6	China	2443	3.9
7	Germany	2426	3.9	-3
8	Japan	2297	3.7	-1
9	Canada	2247	3.6
10	Australia	1773	2.8	1

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	7056	10.2
2	France	3824	5.6	2
3	Great Britain	3387	4.9	2
4	Germany	3341	4.8	2
5	Russia	3236	4.7	-3
6	China	3149	4.6	-3
7	Japan	2326	3.4	1
8	Brazil	2286	3.3	14
9	Canada	2216	3.2
10	Italy	2092	3.0

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	6106	9.2
2	Russia	3785	5.7
3	China	3321	5.0	1
4	France	3203	4.8	1
5	Great Britain	2794	4.2	2
6	Germany	2567	3.9	-3
7	Australia	2350	3.5	3
8	Japan	2346	3.5	5
9	Canada	1986	3.0	-3
10	Italy	1761	2.7	2

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	5067	9.5
2	Russia	3600	6.8
3	Germany	3296	6.2
4	China	2673	5.0
5	France	2514	4.7
6	Canada	2152	4.0	2
7	Great Britain	1913	3.6	-1
8	Netherlands	1758	3.3	12
9	Brazil	1735	3.3	4
10	Australia	1724	3.2

Per Capita Cup

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Norway	3523
2	Croatia	4117
3	Switzerland	6156
4	Sweden	7611
5	Serbia	8099
6	New Zealand	9004
7	Slovenia	9327
8	Netherlands	9761	1
9	Belgium	10212	2
10	Austria	10304	-2

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Norway	3140	2
2	Slovenia	4596	3
3	New Zealand	5046	-2
4	Switzerland	6134	6
5	Sweden	8041	3
6	Jamaica	8429	-4
7	Croatia	8646
8	Hungary	8749	10
9	Estonia	8926	7
10	Austria	9341	4

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	New Zealand	4133	3
2	Jamaica	4479	-1
3	Norway	5079	-1
4	Denmark	6052	2
5	Slovenia	6524	-2
6	Serbia	6728	5
7	Croatia	7177	5
8	Sweden	7355	1
9	Netherlands	8682	5
10	Switzerland	8939	-5

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Jamaica	2881
2	Norway	3669
3	Slovenia	4359	-2
4	New Zealand	4486	-1
5	Switzerland	6971
6	Denmark	8361	8
7	Mongolia	9050
8	Australia	9111	4
9	Sweden	9388	-5
10	Austria	9457	-2

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Slovenia	4018
2	Norway	4202
3	New Zealand	5806
4	Sweden	6388	1
5	Switzerland	6807	2
6	Finland	9180	2
7	Netherlands	9356	13
8	Austria	9953	4
9	Serbia	11014	2
10	Czech Republic	11901	6

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Global Cup - Men

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	France	2175	7.6
2	United States	2087	7.3
3	Russia	1733	6.0
4	Great Britain	1455	5.1
5	Germany	1255	4.4
6	Japan	1199	4.2
7	Norway	1008	3.5
8	Italy	975	3.4	1
9	Croatia	971	3.4	-1
10	China	864	3.0

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3023	8.9
2	France	2090	6.1
3	Russia	1931	5.7	1
4	Great Britain	1560	4.6	-1
5	Italy	1418	4.2	1
6	Germany	1283	3.8	-1
7	Japan	1201	3.5	1
8	Norway	1114	3.3	12
9	Canada	964	2.8	4
10	China	936	2.7	-1

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3365	8.8
2	France	2460	6.5
3	Great Britain	2201	5.8	1
4	Russia	1710	4.5	-1
5	Germany	1676	4.4	2
6	Italy	1336	3.5	3
7	Brazil	1328	3.5	14
8	Japan	1239	3.3	3
9	China	1207	3.2	-3
10	Australia	1097	2.9	-5

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2765	7.3
2	France	2241	5.9	2
3	Russia	2082	5.5	-1
4	Great Britain	1521	4.0	2
5	Australia	1512	4.0	7
6	China	1373	3.6	3
7	Germany	1224	3.2	-4
8	Kenya	1010	2.7	18
9	Italy	1009	2.7	5
10	Canada	982	2.6	-2

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2673	8.5
2	Russia	2282	7.3
3	Germany	2263	7.2	1
4	France	1905	6.1	-1
5	Brazil	1235	3.9	8
6	Great Britain	1147	3.6	-1
7	Netherlands	1124	3.6	14
8	Canada	1116	3.5	2
9	China	1002	3.2
10	Argentina	946	3.0	26

Global Cup - Women

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2699	12.0
2	Japan	1334	5.9
3	China	1307	5.8
4	Netherlands	1086	4.8
5	Germany	999	4.4
6	Russia	933	4.1
7	Canada	927	4.1
8	France	902	4.0
9	Italy	824	3.7
10	Australia	744	3.3

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3444	13.0
2	China	1368	5.2
3	Canada	1198	4.5	2
4	Great Britain	1156	4.4	4
5	Russia	1143	4.3	-1
6	France	1072	4.0	1
7	Germany	994	3.7	-4
8	Australia	992	3.7	3
9	Japan	989	3.7
10	Netherlands	962	3.6	-4

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3535	11.9
2	China	1894	6.4
3	Germany	1508	5.1	2
4	Russia	1473	5.0	-1
5	Canada	1268	4.3	2
6	Netherlands	1264	4.3	3
7	France	1263	4.3	3
8	Great Britain	1091	3.7	-2
9	Japan	1082	3.7	-5
10	Brazil	939	3.2	12

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3250	12.1
2	China	1792	6.7
3	Russia	1598	5.9
4	Japan	1445	5.4	2
5	Germany	1216	4.5
6	Great Britain	1173	4.4	4
7	Canada	918	3.4	-3
8	South Korea	871	3.2	1
9	Netherlands	868	3.2	2
10	France	866	3.2	3

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2283	11.2
2	China	1590	7.8	1
3	Russia	1216	6.0	-1
4	Canada	972	4.8	3
5	Germany	842	4.1	-1
6	Japan	804	4.0	2
7	Australia	802	3.9	5
8	Italy	692	3.4	1
9	South Korea	670	3.3	-4
10	Great Britain	650	3.2	3

Global Cup - Continents

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Europe	31844	60.0
2	Americas	9071	17.1
3	Asia	8592	16.2
4	Oceania	2017	3.8
5	Africa	1508	2.8
6	-	24	0.0

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Europe	33301	53.3
2	Americas	12666	20.3
3	Asia	9846	15.8
4	Africa	3578	5.7
5	Oceania	3077	4.9

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Europe	34702	50.4
2	Americas	15410	22.4
3	Asia	10402	15.1
4	Africa	4846	7.0
5	Oceana	3535	5.1

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Europe	32411	48.9
2	Americas	13006	19.6
3	Asia	11633	17.5
4	Africa	5893	8.9	1
5	Oceana	3403	5.1	-1

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Europe	29579	55.7
2	Americas	11313	21.3
3	Asia	7588	14.3
4	Oceana	2531	4.8	1
5	Africa	2128	4.0	-1
6	Oceania	4	0.0

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