La mappa degli sport di squadra in cui i paesi del mondo sono più forti

Domani 5 agosto arriverà quella che per molti amanti dello sport è la data più attesa degli ultimi quattro anni: l’inaugurazione delle Olimpiadi di Rio de Janeiro, che fino al 21 agosto occuperanno le cronache sportive e non solo in tutto il mondo.

Mentre le squadre dei diversi paesi si preparano a mettersi alla prova, e ognuna spera di dare nuovo lustro al proprio medagliere, per chi non fosse particolarmente ferrato nelle varie discipline c’è una maniera rapida per aggiornarsi su quali siano le specialità in cui le varie nazioni hanno più speranze di vincere.

Sul quotidiano britannico The Independent, l’autore Louis Alexander Doré ha infatti realizzato una mappa del mondo in cui i diversi paesi hanno colori differenti a seconda delle discipline sportive di gruppo in cui risultano più competitivi, almeno secondo i ranking ufficiali che assegnano punteggi a seconda di vittorie e sconfitte.

Per esempio, la Lituania è il terzo miglior paese al mondo nel basket, in base alla classifica ufficiale, mentre Taipei è la terza migliore nel baseball, uno sport in cui il Giappone è al primo posto.

Per quanto riguarda l’Italia, il nostro sport di squadra d’eccellenza è, come prevedibile, la pallavolo.

Qui sotto la mappa interattiva dell’intero pianeta, con in basso la lista che specifica qual è la disciplina di gruppo associata al colore:

Afghanistan (Baseball) 64 

Albania (Football) 45 

Algeria (Handball) 21 

American Samoa (Rugby Union) 102 

Andorra (Rugby Union) 62 

Angola (Basketball) 15 

Anguilla (Volleyball) 103 

Antigua and Barbuda (Football) 85 

Argentina (Football) 1 

Armenia (Football) 110 

Aruba (Baseball) 32 

Australia (Test Cricket) 1 

Austria (Football) 11 

Azerbaijan (Field Hockey) 26 

Bahamas (Volleyball) 59 

Bahrain (Volleyball) 47 

Bangladesh (Test Cricket) 9 

Barbados (Netball) 11 

Belarus (Ice Hockey) 9 

Belgium (Football) 2 

Belize (Football) 114 

Benin (Football) 73 

Bermuda (Netball) 31 

Bhutan (Football) 186 

Bolivia (Baseball) 61 

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Football) 20 

Botswana (Netball) 20 

Brazil (Volleyball) 1 

British Virgin Islands (Volleyball) 103 

Brunei Darussalam (Football) 195 

Bulgaria (Volleyball) 7 

Burkina Faso (Football) 75 

Burundi (Volleyball) 103 

Cambodia (Football) 183 

Cameroon (Volleyball) 26 

Canada (Ice Hockey) 1 

Cape Verde (Football) 47 

Cayman Islands (Rugby Union) 61 

Central African Republic (Basketball) 57 

Chad (Basketball) 89 

Chile (Football) 3 

China (Basketball) 14 

Colombia (Football) 4 

Comoros (Football) 159 

Congo (Football) 59 

Congo DR (Football) 51 

Cook Islands (Rugby League) 22 

Costa Rica (Football) 25 

Côte d’Ivoire (Football) 34 

Croatia (Handball) 10 

Cuba (Baseball) 5 

Curaçao (Baseball) 66 

Cyprus (Volleyball) 57 

Czech Republic (Ice Hockey) 6 

Denmark (Handball) 3 

Djibouti (Football) 204 

Dominica (Test Cricket) 7 

Dominican Republic (Baseball) 12 

Ecuador (Football) 12 

Egypt (Handball) 15 

El Salvador (Volleyball) 17 

England (Rugby League) 3 

Equatorial Guinea (Football) 83 

Eritrea (Volleyball) 144 

Estonia (Ice Hockey) 29 

Ethiopia (Football) 123 

Faroe Islands (Football) 90 

Fiji (Rugby League) 7 

Finland (Ice Hockey) 4 

France (Basketball) 5 

French Guiana (Volleyball) 144 

French Polynesia (Rugby Union) 94 

Gabon (Basketball) 76 

Gambia (Football) 168 

Georgia (Rugby Union) 12 

Germany (Handball) 1 

Ghana (Football) 38 

Gibraltar (Field Hockey) 62 

Greece (Basketball) 10 

Greenland (Handball) 40 

Grenada (Netball) 30 

Guam (Rugby Union) 74 

Guatemala (Baseball) 41 

Guinea (Football) 58 

Guinea-Bissau (Football) 102 

Guyana (Rugby Union) 55 

Haiti (Volleyball) 67 

Honduras (Baseball) 27 

Hong Kong (Rugby Union) 23 

Hungary (Handball) 8 

Iceland (Handball) 12 

India (Test Cricket) 2 

Indonesia (Baseball) 42 

Iran (Volleyball) 8 

Iraq (Baseball) 68 

Ireland (Rugby Union) 7 

Israel (Ice Hockey) 33 

Italy (Volleyball) 4 

Jamaica (Netball) 4 

Japan (Baseball) 1 

Jordan (Basketball) 29 

Kazakhstan (Ice Hockey) 17 

Kenya (Rugby Union) 27 

Kuwait (Handball) 29 

Kyrgyzstan (Football) 100 

Laos (Football) 176 

Latvia (Ice Hockey) 10 

Lebanon (Rugby League) 20 

Lesotho (Volleyball) 103 

Liberia (Football) 108 

Libya (Basketball) 79 

Liechtenstein (Football) 173 

Lithuania (Basketball) 3 

Luxembourg (Ice Hockey) 43 

Macedonia (Handball) 28 

Madagascar (Basketball) 82 

Malawi (Netball) 6 

Malaysia (Field Hockey) 13 

Maldives (Volleyball) 79 

Mali (Basketball) 57 

Malta (Rugby League) 18 

Mauritania (Football) 109 

Mauritius (Volleyball) 67 

Mexico (Baseball) 7 

Moldova (Rugby Union) 33 

Monaco (Rugby Union) 97 

Mongolia (Ice Hockey) 50 

Montenegro (Handball) 49 

Montserrat (Volleyball) 121 

Morocco (Volleyball) 33 

Mozambique (Basketball) 61 

Myanmar (Baseball) 68 

Namibia (Rugby Union) 21 

Nepal (Baseball) 70 

Netherlands (Field Hockey) 2 

Netherlands Antilles (Volleyball) 144 

New Caledonia (Football) 191 

New Zealand (Rugby Union) 1 

Nicaragua (Baseball) 15 

Niger (Volleyball) 73 

Nigeria (Basketball) 25 

North Korea (Ice Hockey) 42 

Northern Ireland (Rugby Union) 7 

Norway (Ice Hockey) 11 

Oman (Field Hockey) 31 

Pakistan (Test Cricket) 3 

Palestine (Basketball) 75 

Panama (Baseball) 17 

Papua New Guinea (Rugby League) 14 

Paraguay (Football) 39 

Peru (Football) 46 

Philippines (Baseball) 28 

Poland (Volleyball) 2 

Portugal (Football) 8 

Puerto Rico (Baseball) 11 

Qatar (Handball) 26 

Romania (Handball) 9 

Russia (Ice Hockey) 2 

Rwanda (Volleyball) 42 

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Volleyball) 79 

Samoa (Rugby League) 4 

San Marino (Volleyball) 121 

São Tomé e Príncipe (Football) 150 

Saudi Arabia (Handball) 34 

Scotland (Rugby Union) 9 

Senegal (Basketball) 31 

Serbia (Basketball) 6 

Seychelles (Volleyball) 67 

Sierra Leone (Football) 118 

Singapore (Netball) 16 

Slovakia (Ice Hockey) 8 

Slovenia (Basketball) 13 

Solomon Islands (Rugby Union) 96 

Somalia (Football) 204 

South Africa (Rugby Union) 3 

South Korea (Baseball) 4 

South Sudan (Football) 155 

Spain (Basketball) 2 

Sri Lanka (Test Cricket) 7 

St. Kitts and Nevis (Football) 92 

St. Lucia (Netball) 18 

Sudan (Football) 128 

Suriname (Volleyball) 67 

Swaziland (Netball) 29 

Sweden (Handball) 2 

Switzerland (Ice Hockey) 7 

Syria (Basketball) 72 

Taipei (Baseball) 3 

Tajikistan (Football) 164 

Tanzania (Field Hockey) 74 

Thailand (Netball) 34 

Timor-Leste (Football) 175 

Togo (Basketball) 91 

Tonga (Rugby Union) 13 

Trinidad and Tobago (Netball) 9 

Tunisia (Volleyball) 16 

Turkey (Basketball) 8 

Turkmenistan (Football) 127 

Turks and Caicos Islands (Volleyball) 103 

Uganda (Volleyball) 42 

Ukraine (Ice Hockey) 21 

United Arab Emirates (Ice Hockey) 44 

Uruguay (Football) 9 

US Virgin Islands (Basketball) 59 

USA (Basketball) 1 

Uzbekistan (Football) 66 

Vanuatu (Field Hockey) 82 

Venezuela (Baseball) 6 

Vietnam (Volleyball) 79 

Wales (Rugby Union) 5 

Yemen (Football) 177 

Zambia (Netball) 17 

Zimbabwe (Netball) 21