List Countries

Retrieve all available countries with game counts

GET /countries

List Countries

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url https://v1.football.sportsapipro.com/countries \
  --header 'x-api-key: <api-key>'

Endpoint

GET https://v1.football.sportsapipro.com/countries

The API automatically determines the user’s language, timezone, and country based on request context. You can override timezoneName with a specific timezone (e.g., America/New_York). All date/time fields use ISO 8601 format with a dynamic timezone offset.

Parameters

sports · number · default: "1"

Filter countries by sport ID. Use 1 for Football.

lastUpdateId · number

For incremental updates, pass the lastUpdateId from a previous response to get only changes since that point.

Request

cURL

curl -X GET "https://v1.football.sportsapipro.com/countries?sports=1" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "lastUpdateId": 5494801907,
  "requestedUpdateId": -1,
  "ttl": 60,
  "sports": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Football",
      "nameForURL": "football",
      "drawSupport": true,
      "imageVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "name": "Basketball",
      "nameForURL": "basketball",
      "drawSupport": false,
      "imageVersion": 1
    }
  ],
  "countries": [
    {
      "id": 65,
      "name": "Ghana",
      "totalGames": 0,
      "liveGames": 0,
      "nameForURL": "ghana",
      "sportTypes": [1],
      "imageVersion": 1,
      "isInternational": false
    },
    {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "England",
      "totalGames": 2,
      "liveGames": 0,
      "nameForURL": "england",
      "imageVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": 19,
      "name": "Europe",
      "totalGames": 18,
      "liveGames": 0,
      "nameForURL": "europe",
      "imageVersion": 1,
      "isInternational": true
    },
    {
      "id": 54,
      "name": "International",
      "totalGames": 4,
      "liveGames": 1,
      "nameForURL": "international",
      "imageVersion": 1,
      "isInternational": true
    }
  ]
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
lastUpdateId	number	Internal versioning ID for incremental updates
requestedUpdateId	number	Update ID requested by client (-1 = latest data)
ttl	number	Cache duration in seconds (60 seconds for this endpoint)
sports	array	Available sports that have countries with competitions
countries	array	List of countries with game availability

Country Object

Field	Type	Description
id	number	Unique country identifier
name	string	Country display name
totalGames	number	Total number of games scheduled for this country today
liveGames	number	Number of currently live games in this country
nameForURL	string	URL-friendly country name slug
sportTypes	array	Array of sport IDs available in this country
imageVersion	number	Version number for country flag image
isInternational	boolean	Whether this is an international/continental region (e.g., Europe, International)

Sport Object

Field	Type	Description
id	number	Unique sport identifier
name	string	Sport display name
nameForURL	string	URL-friendly sport name slug
drawSupport	boolean	Whether draws are possible in this sport
imageVersion	number	Version number for sport icon

Country Flag Images

Country flag images can be retrieved using:

https://v1.football.sportsapipro.com/images/countries/{countryId}?version={imageVersion}

Example:

https://v1.football.sportsapipro.com/images/countries/1?version=1

International Regions

Countries with isInternational: true represent continental or international competitions:

ID	Name	Description
19	Europe	European competitions (UEFA)
44	Africa	African competitions (CAF)
47	North America	CONCACAF competitions
17	South America	CONMEBOL competitions
54	International	FIFA international tournaments
171	Asia	AFC competitions
208	Oceania	OFC competitions

Caching

This endpoint has a TTL of 60 seconds. The data updates frequently to reflect live game counts. Use the lastUpdateId parameter for efficient incremental updates.

Authorizations

x-api-key · string · header · required

Your SportsAPI Pro API key

Response

200

Countries list retrieved successfully