# Which non-American sports teams are their nation's equivalent of US sports teams?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** baseball-mlb, hockey-nhl\
**Created:** [March 6, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-american-sports-teams-are-their-nations-equivalent-of-us-sports-teams/1015215 "2025-03-06T17:41:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-american-sports-teams-are-their-nations-equivalent-of-us-sports-teams/1015215/21 "2025-03-07T16:18:43Z")

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Gotta go with the original [Ted Lasso](https://youtu.be/6KeG_i8CWE8?t=118) here:

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**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-american-sports-teams-are-their-nations-equivalent-of-us-sports-teams/1015215/22 "2025-03-07T20:56:18Z")

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I almost know nothing about American sports teams, but judging from these statements the equivalents in German football/soccer clearly are

> [@Velocity](#):
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> The Yomiuri Giants are very much the Japanese pro baseball equivalent of the New York Yankees - the most popular team, also most polarizing and disliked team, and has won the most titles.

Bayern München, hands down, to a T.

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> The Toronto Maple Leafs are the Canadian hockey version of the Dallas Cowboys - a team that has very little recent success to show and is mired in decades of mediocrity, yet still draws huge revenue, has a big fanbase, and never a lack of attendance.

Schalke 04. Currently only in second Bundesliga with no realistic chance to advance to first, yet always a sold out stadium with 60k+ seats, no matter who’s the opponent.

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