# Sofascore Categories API

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- [Count a category's events on a day (v1)](https://docs.toolzerhub.com/reference/sofascore/categories/get-sports-category-event-counts.md): Returns a map of tournament id to the number of events the category has on date, with the day set by timezone_offset. Nothing found returns data: null.
- [Get a sport's categories (v1)](https://docs.toolzerhub.com/reference/sofascore/categories/get-sports-categories.md): Returns the countries and regions sport is organised in, with id, name, slug, flag and priority. Motorsport and cycling include their series. Nothing found returns data: null.
- [Get a sport's list filters (v1)](https://docs.toolzerhub.com/reference/sofascore/categories/get-sports-filters.md): Returns the filters available for sport and their values, such as category type, competition level, gender and status. Nothing found returns data: null.
- [Get every category, hidden ones too (v1)](https://docs.toolzerhub.com/reference/sofascore/categories/get-sports-all-categories.md): Returns every category of sport, including ones hidden from navigation, with id, name, slug, flag and priority. Nothing found returns data: null.
- [Get the best players of the last day (v1)](https://docs.toolzerhub.com/reference/sofascore/categories/get-sports-trending-players.md): Returns the best-rated player performances of the last 24 hours in sport, each with event, player, team and statistics. Unsupported sports return data: null.
- [Get the series in a category (v1)](https://docs.toolzerhub.com/reference/sofascore/categories/get-sports-category-series.md): Returns the motorsport or cycling series of a category with id, name and slug. A category with none returns data: null.
- [Get the tournaments in a category (v1)](https://docs.toolzerhub.com/reference/sofascore/categories/get-sports-category-tournaments.md): Returns the tournaments of a category, ordered by importance and grouped; tennis groups list the ones in progress. An unknown id returns data: null.