Smaller countries that dominate a sport

[tbarr60]

I am impressed with a number of smaller countries that do well on the international sports scene. These are countries that have an amount of success that is disproportionate to their population. Here are some that come to mind:

Distance running: Kenya
Swimming: Australia
Cricket: West Indies
Rugby: New Zealand
Basketball: Argentina
Ice Hockey: Sweden
Baseball: Dominican Republic
Yachting: New Zealand

Here's few others just for fun and or debate:
Professional Wrestling (http://www.nacholibre.com/): Mexico
Association Football: Ghana (including the Adu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucha_libre)brothers)
Any sport they want to dominate: Australia

Any additions, deletions, or corrections are appreciated.

[jabb]

England population of just 50 million and dominate snooker lol
We are tiny compared to most the countries we compete against in world sports i think we do pretty good overall.

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Austrailia is small?

West Indies is not good in cricket now!

[Rod]

Please define a small country, then we'll post suggestions.

[infonote]

Malta dominates (well in top 3) in Shooting and is very good in Snooker.

A few yrs ago we had a player (Drago) that was top 10 in the world.

[jabb]

Malta dominates (well in top 3) in Shooting and is very good in Snooker.

A few yrs ago we had a player (Drago) that was top 10 in the world.

Tony Drago i remember him :) Didnt win much though i didnt think, world competitions anyway.

[tbarr60]

Please define a small country, then we'll post suggestions.

We can make the cut off 30 million. But we can keep that flexible to keep it interesting (it also let's me keep my Argentina basketball in the list).

[bluemouse2]

Romania for woman gymnastics

[Rod]

Australia for swimming, Rugby, hockey, cricket, cycling and tennis.

[Emperor]

South Africa for Golf :D

[w8amoment]

Belgium for women tennis !! Clijsters and Henin

[Arnie]

Austria: Skiing

[iatbm]

Serbia 9 Milion people - Basketball - World Champion, Vollleyball - Olympic Champion, Waterpolo - European, World Champion

[eves]

^ i was going to post that one too

[tbarr60]

Romania has been producing gymnasts forever so I kind of expect them to produce at that level.

Good point on Beligium in women's tennis, the Russians are getting more notice though.

Sorry about mentioning not Serbia, the former Yugoslavia is certainly exporting a lot of basketball players.

I considered Austria for skiing but I don't find it surprising, with those mountains they should dominate.

I might add Australia for snowboarding too.

[Blogmaster]

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