Sport in Ecuador - wikipedia Sport in Ecuador This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( July 2014 ) Part of a series on the Culture of Ecuador History People Languages Cuisine Religion Music and performing arts Music Media Television Cinema Sport Monuments World Heritage Sites Symbols Flag Coat of arms Ecuador portal Sports in Ecuador influence the culture and its people. Futbol the most popular sport, followed by baseball, volleyball, basketball, and tennis. Since 2005, Ecuador has been greatly involved in sports, and hosted the Guayaquil Marathon in Ecuador 's largest city. Contents 1 Football 2 Tennis 3 Olympics 4 Other sports 5 References Football Main article : Football in Ecuador Estadio Casa Blanca, the largest stadium in Quito, and home of LDU Quito. Futbol is the most popular sport in Ecuador. Its best known professional teams include Barcelona and Emelec from Guayaquil, LDU Quito, Deportivo Quito, and El Nacional from Quito, Olmedo from Riobamba, and Deportivo Cuenca from Cuenca. The national team 's matches are the most watched sporting events in the country. In June 2007, FIFA adopted a resolution, prohibiting international football games at or higher than 2,500 m above sea level. Ecuador, Bolivia and other South American countries issued a joint letter of protest against this ruling. Ecuador qualified for the final rounds of both the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cup. Ecuador finished ahead of Poland and Costa Rica, to come in second to Germany in Group A, in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Tennis See also : Ecuador Davis Cup team and Ecuador Fed Cup team Nicolás Lapentti There is a considerable interest in tennis in the middle and upper classes in Ecuadorian society, and several Ecuadorian professional players have attained international fame, including Nicolás Lapentti, Francisco Segura, and Andrés Gómez. As of 2015, Ecuador hosts an ATP World Tour 250 series event, the Ecuador Open Quito as part of the south - American summer clay - court circuit. Olympics Main article : Ecuador at the Olympics Ecuador has competed in eleven Summer Olympic Games. They have never competed in the Winter Olympic Games. The nation from South America won its first Olympic medal, when Jefferson Pérez won the gold medal in the Men 's 20 km Walk. The Ecuadorian Olympic Committee was created in 1948 and recognized by the IOC in 1959. Other sports Main article : Rugby union in Ecuador Basketball has a high profile, especially at amateur ( high school and college ) level as an alternative to football. It is sometimes considered as the second sport behind football ; Ecuador even took part in the inaugural 1950 FIBA World Championship, finishing 8th out of 10 teams. There are regional leagues and a national league, which include clubs and teams from colleges as well. One of Ecuador 's specialties include ecuavóley, a three - person variation of volleyball with more relaxed rules ( the ball can be hit with the palm of the hand, and a football is traditionally used ). Rugby union is found to some extent in Ecuador, with teams in Guayaquil, Quito, and Cuenca. Pelota nacional, an indigenous racquet sport, is also played. Surfing is popular in some coastal towns. Winter sports are very popular up in the Andes mountains, where it is most available. There is flourishing activity in non-traditional sports such as inline hockey, capoeira, mountain biking, motorbiking, whitewater kayaking, skiing, snowboarding, and paintball. Martin Davalos, from Pichincha, Quito, is a well - known accomplished AMA motocross and supercross dirtbike rider and racer. Some coastal resorts, particularly Montañita and Ayampe, have been developed as surfing centres. The 2005 World Rafting Championships were held on the Quijos River in Napo Province. Ecuador also hosted the 2007 Youth World Championship for rock climbing, held in Ibarra, becoming the first country outside of Europe or Asia to host the event. References Sport in Central America, South America and the Caribbean Sovereign states Argentina Barbados Belize Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Saint Lucia Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay Venezuela Dependencies and overseas departments Aruba Falkland Islands French Guiana Netherlands Antilles Puerto Rico South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Ecuador&oldid=783861715 '' Categories : Sport in Ecuador Hidden categories : Articles lacking sources from July 2014 All articles lacking sources Talk Contents About Wikipedia Languages Español Português Edit links This page was last edited on 5 June 2017, at 03 : 40. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. 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Question: what is the most popular sport in ecuador
Answer: Futbol