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Originally Posted by kipgen
What is the most popular sport for cards in Europe? Soccer?
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Originally Posted by threepointplay
Soccer is comfortably the largest, followed by Basketball, then the NFL, with Baseball a distant fourth.
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Originally Posted by Torro
Europe is very diverse, its not like USA where there are small differences state by state, the differences are huge country by country. Im sure in UK the soccer is clear nr1, in Scandinavia it must be NHL, in Baltics its NBA. In Germany there are big NBA collectors since 90s, but surely the soccer is gaining popularity rapidly (I believe this is the case in most parts of Europe).
If I had to make a bet then I would put my money on soccer becoming the nr1 in Europe, NBA will be clear nr2, and in the far distance NHL. Not sure about NFL, dont know anyone in Europe who collects it, maybe in UK due to Rugby?
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Originally Posted by colbycolbycolby
Precisely why I never collected baseball and football. No other countries care. And if they do, they either have their own league or they're too poor. Basketball was always the global play and one could see this 20 years ago. Say what you want about soccer, it'll never be much of anything here in the US.
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People seem to be confusing most popular sport with most popular sport for trading cards.
Soccer might be the most popular sport worldwide but that doesn't necessarily equate to soccer fans spending lots of money on soccer cards (or stickers), at least relative to the other main sports.
Also, collectors from other countries definitely care about baseball, especially right now (with Ohtani-mania). Just recently, Topps has released a bunch of different Japan-related baseball (MLB and NPB) products. There's also some big Ohtani collectors in Japan too.