National sport - wikipedia National sport A national sport is considered to be an intrinsic part of the culture of a nation. Some sports are de facto ( not established by law ) national sports, as baseball is in the United States and Gaelic games are in the Ireland, while others are de jure ( established by law ) national sports, as lacrosse and ice hockey are in Canada. These sports do not have to be necessarily the most played or most followed, which would be either association football or cricket in all but a few countries are widely considered to be important to the significant for its culture. Contents 1 De jure national sports 2 De facto national sports 3 See also 4 References De jure national sports Sport declared as national sport by a law Country Sport Year defined as national sport Argentina Pato 1953 Bahamas Cricket 1973 Bangladesh Kabaddi 1972 Brazil Capoeira 1972 Canada Lacrosse ( summer ), Ice hockey ( winter ) Chile Chilean Rodeo 1962 Colombia Tejo 2000 Iran Varzesh - e Bastani, Wrestling, Polo 1976 Mexico Charrería 1933 Namibia Football, Netball, Rugby 2018 Nepal Volleyball 2017 Philippines Arnis 2009 Puerto Rico Paso Fino ( `` autochthonous sport '' ) 1966 South Korea Taekwondo 2018 Sri Lanka Volleyball 1991 Uruguay Destrezas Criollas ( Creole ( i.e. gaucho ) Skills ) 2006 De facto national sports Country Sport Afghanistan Buzkashi Anguilla Yacht racing Antigua and Barbuda Cricket Bermuda Cricket Basque Country Basque pelota Barbados Cricket Bhutan Archery Cuba Baseball Denmark Association football, Handball Dominican Republic Baseball Estonia Basketball Finland Pesäpallo Georgia Rugby union Grenada Cricket Guyana Cricket or Water polo Haiti Association football Iceland Handball India Field hockey Indonesia Pencak Silat Israel Association football Ireland Gaelic games Jamaica Cricket Japan Sumo Lithuania Basketball Madagascar Rugby union Malaysia Sepak takraw Mauritius Association football Mongolia Archery, Mongolian wrestling, Horse racing New Zealand Rugby union Norway Cross-country skiing ( winter ) Pakistan Field Hockey Papua New Guinea Rugby league Peru Paleta Frontón Philippines Sipa Romania Oină Russia Bandy Scotland Golf Slovenia Alpine skiing, Spain Bullfighting, Tajikistan Gushtigiri Turkey Oil wrestling & Cirit Turks and Caicos Islands Cricket United States Baseball Venezuela Baseball Wales Rugby union See also List of sports List of martial arts by regional origin References Jump up ^ `` Argentina Decree No 17468 of 16 September 1953 ''. 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Archived from the original on 13 February 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2008. A reconocerse, en 1962, el rodeo como deporte nacional y oficial ( 10 de enero de 1962, oficio N ° 269 del Consejo Nacional de Deportes y Comité Olímpico de Chile ) Jump up ^ `` Colombia Law 613 of 4 September 2000 ''. Global Legal Information Network. Archived from the original on 13 February 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2008. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ `` La Charrería `` Nuestro Deporte Nacional '' '' ( in Spanish ). Mexican Department of Tourism. Archived from the original on 8 February 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2008. El año de 1933 fue muy importante, ya que el general Abelardo L. Rodríguez, emite un decreto presidencial, dando a la Charrería el título de único Deporte Nacional. Jump up ^ Cabinet approves categorisation of sports codes. Namibia Press Agency, 2. August 2018. Jump up ^ `` It 's official : Volleyball is the national sport of Nepal ''. OnlineKhabar. May 23, 2017. Archived from the original on 2017 - 05 - 23. The government on Monday decided to recognize volleyball as the national sport of Nepal. Jump up ^ `` Republic Act No. 9850 : An Act declaring Arnis as the national martial art and sport of the Philippines ''. Retrieved 26 June 2010. Jump up ^ `` Puerto Rico Act 64 of 2000, S.B. 1856 '' ( PDF ). Office of Legislative Services of Puerto Rico. 11 April 2000. p. 1. Retrieved 14 July 2008. In 1966, the Public Parks and Recreation Administration and the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee awarded official recognition of the `` paso fino '' horse riding sport as the autochthonous sport of Puerto Rico. Jump up ^ `` Taekwondo designated as South Korea 's flagbearing national sport ''. insidethegames. Retrieved 20 April 2018. Jump up ^ Minahan, James ( December 23, 2009 ). The Complete Guide to National Emblems and Symbols. 1. p. 166. ISBN 978 - 0313344961. Jump up ^ Aeberhard, Danny ; Andrew Benson ; Lucy Phillips ; et al. ( 2001 ). The Rough Guide to Argentina. p. 198. ISBN 1 - 85828 - 569 - 0. displays of traditional gaucho skills ( destrezas criollas ) Jump up ^ `` Uruguay Law 17958 of 21 April 2006 ''. Global Legal Information Network. Archived from the original on 21 June 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2008. Jump up ^ `` Buzkashi : The National Game of Afghanis ''. Embassy of Afghanistan, Canberra. Retrieved 21 July 2008. Jump up ^ `` Boat Racing Season Officially Opens ''. The Anguillian. 3 March 2007. Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2008. Director of Sports, Alkins Rogers, (... ) reported that the Government recognizes boat racing as the national sport of Anguilla and was giving financial resources for its development. Jump up ^ `` Antiguans and Barbudans ''. everyculture.com. Retrieved 10 July 2008. Cricket, a left - over from the British rule, is the national sport of Antigua and Barbuda. Jump up ^ Luke, Will ( March 2007 ). `` Cricket by association ''. The Wisden Cricketer. Retrieved 21 July 2008. Bermuda are one of the few sides who count cricket as a national sport. Jump up ^ Garai, José Ramón ( 2006 ). `` Basque pelota : the sport of a nation shared with the world '' ( PDF ). Euskal Etxeak. 74 : 32. Jump up ^ `` Barbados : Sports ''. Government of Barbados. Archived from the original on 13 November 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2008. The national sport of Barbados is cricket Jump up ^ `` National Symbols ''. Bhutan Portal8. Government of Bhutan. Archived from the original on 13 November 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2008. National Game : The national sport of Bhutan is archery. Jump up ^ THE NATIONAL SPORT OF BHUTAN Jump up ^ Gonzalez Echevarria, Roberto ( 1999 ). `` A Cuban Belle Époque ''. The Pride of Havana : A History of Cuban Baseball. Oxford University Press. p. 76. ISBN 0 - 19 - 514605 - 0. Baseball is so ingrained in Cuba that it has thrived as the `` national sport '' through forty years of a bitterly anti-American revolution. Jump up ^ Mckinley, James C., Jr ( 26 March 1999 ). `` Baseball ; Clash of Cultures, Pride and Passion ''. The New York Times. Retrieved 24 July 2008. Most Cubans, after all, consider baseball to be their national sport, a game entwined in history with their struggle for independence from Spain and the birth of their nation. Jump up ^ Castro, Fidel ( 13 August 1999 ). `` Speech at a meeting with Pan American Games delegation members ''. cuba.cu. Retrieved 24 July 2008. the game that (... ) is (... ) our national sport (... ) I am talking of baseball Jump up ^ `` Danish Football - The National Sport of Denmark ''. Denmark.Dk, Copenhagen. Retrieved 29 October 2016. Jump up ^ `` A nation that plays the ball - a sport invented by Danes ''. Denmark.Dk, Copenhagen. Retrieved 18 July 2016. Jump up ^ `` Some facts about the Dominican Republic ''. Embassy of the Dominican Republic, Washington. Retrieved 22 July 2008. Baseball is the Dominican Republic 's national sport. Jump up ^ Lonely Planet Eastern Europe ( 9 ed. ). Lonely Planet. 2007. p. 319. Basketball is the unofficial national sport Jump up ^ `` About Finland : General information : Sports ''. Embassy of Finland, Washington. 11 June 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2008. the national sport, `` pesäpallo '' Jump up ^ There is far more to savour in European rugby union than just the Six Nations The Guardian Jump up ^ `` Batting For Grenada ''. Grenada Life. Grenada Board of Tourism. March 2007. p. 38. Retrieved 21 July 2008. in the first Grenada Cricket Classics (, h ) eroes such as Sir Viv Richards, Joel Garner and Curtley Ambrose came together to promote what is considered by many to be the national sport in Grenada. Jump up ^ `` Games ''. Guyana Tourism Authority. Archived from the original on 6 June 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2008. Cricket lovely Cricket ! One can not miss out on Guyana 's national sport without participating in a game of cricket while in Guyana. Jump up ^ Wagg, Stephen ; Andrews, David L., eds. ( 2007 ). East Plays West : Sport and the Cold War. London / New York : Routledge. ISBN 978 - 0 - 415 - 35926 - 9. ( E ) ven though soccer football was and is considered the Hungarian national pastime Jump up ^ Pedersen, Paul M. ; Thibault, Lucie ( 2014 ). Contemporary Sport Management ( 5th ed. ). Champaign, Illinois : Human Kinetics. p. 257. ISBN 978 - 1 - 4504 - 6965 - 4. With a total of nine Olympic gold medals,... some have begun to call water polo the national sport of Hungary. Jump up ^ Graves, Kerry A. ( August 2006 ). Haiti. Capstone. ISBN 9780736869614. Jump up ^ `` So What 's This Icelandic Handball Team I Keep Hearing About ? ''. The Reykjavik Grapevine. Retrieved 13 March 2016. Still, the parade ( for the national team winning silver at the 2008 Summer Olympics ) was even bigger than an Independence Day parade, so we do love handball more than we love freedom. ^ Jump up to : Khan, M. Ilyas ( 8 August 2012 ). `` Pakistan 's Olympic humiliation in national sport ''. BBC. Retrieved 5 December 2016. ^ Jump up to : Abbott, David ( 2015 ). Changing World : Pakistan. Encyclopædia Britannica. p. 21. ISBN 9781625133212. Jump up ^ `` Pencak Silat : More Than Just A Fight ''. Indonesia Expat. Retrieved 29 May 2015. Jump up ^ `` Football in Israel ''. AsiaRooms. 21 February 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2012. The popularity of Football in Israel is sky - high and is the most popular sport of the nation by a distance. Football in Israel is the unofficial national sport of the nation and developed as an organized sport in the country during the period when the British controlled the administration or was the days of the British Mandate. Jump up ^ `` RTÉ Secures Comprehensive GAA Championship Coverage Until 2010 ''. RTÉ Online. 19 February 2008. Archived from the original on 2 July 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2009. Today 's announcement ensures that the public will enjoy quality coverage of our national games across all of RTÉ 's media platforms. Jump up ^ `` Adjournment Matters. - Eurathlon Programme ''. Seanad Éireann. 22 November 1995. pp. Volume 145. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2009. Jump up ^ Farrelly, Hugh ( 15 September 2009 ). `` The most progressive team in Ireland ''. Scrum.com. Retrieved 17 September 2009. It 's ( the All - Ireland Senior Football Championship Final ) a big deal in Ireland, where Gaelic games are the national sport, but the problem for the Gaelic Athletic Association ( GAA ) is that no - one outside the country, save for committed expatriates, gives a fig. Jump up ^ `` History of Jamaica ''. Jamaican Embassy, Washington. Retrieved 21 July 2008. The legacy of Britain also lives on in Jamaica in many ways (... ) the game of cricket is the national sport. Jump up ^ `` What Is Sumo ? ''. Kids Web Japan sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Retrieved 30 April 2012. Jump up ^ Adamkus, Valdas ( 28 July 2005 ). `` Address at Charles University, Prague ''. President of Lithuania official website. Archived from the original on 5 October 2006. Retrieved 24 July 2008. Lithuania is a country that loves basketball. It is our national sport and we are proud to be reigning European Champions. Jump up ^ Winn, Luke ( 15 August 2011 ). `` Lithuania Calling ''. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 24 August 2011. Basketball is the only sport the 3.2 million Lithuanians truly care about -- it 's their second religion, after Catholicism -- and their success is proportionately stunning. Jump up ^ `` Madagascar take Sevens honours ''. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012. Jump up ^ `` 14 - place jump for Madagascar ''. Archived from the original on 18 November 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012. Jump up ^ `` Official Sepaktakraw Website -- Malaysian Sepaktakraw Association ( PSM ) pays official visit to ISTAF and Asia Sports Ventures ''. Retrieved 2015 - 10 - 10. Jump up ^ Editions Didier Millet ( 1 February 2010 ), Malaysia at Random, Editions Didier Millet, pp. 62 --, ISBN 978 - 981 - 4217 - 95 - 8 Jump up ^ Richards, Alexandra. Mauritius : Rodrigues, Réunion. Bradt Travel Guides, 2009, p. 90 Jump up ^ Metawise LLC. `` A wrestling competition dedicated to the Wonder of Mongolian National Wrestling ''. infomongolia.com. Jump up ^ `` Mongolian Embassy in the USA ''. Archived from the original on 7 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013. Jump up ^ `` Sport, Fitness and Leisure ''. New Zealand Official Yearbook. Statistics New Zealand. 2000. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2008. Traditionally New Zealanders have excelled in rugby union, which is regarded as the national sport, and track and field athletics. Jump up ^ Mølster, Odd ( 1996 ). `` Skiing and the Creation of a Norwegian Identity -- part 2 ''. News of Norway, issue 2. Norwegian Embassy, Washington. Retrieved 21 July 2008. the national sport could become a fine weapon in time of war. In 1943, Norway 's resistance movement won an epochal victory -- on skis, of course Jump up ^ Berglund, Nina ( 20 February 2006 ). `` Few cheers for Norway ''. Aftenposten. Archived from the original on 21 February 2006. Retrieved 21 July 2008. The scoreboard shows how the Norwegians placed, a performance considered much too poor in a country where cross-country skiing is a national sport. Jump up ^ `` PNG vow to upset World Cup odds ''. Rugby League. Federación Peruana de Frontón. 15 October 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2009. But it would still be one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history if Papua New Guinea -- the only country to have rugby league as its national sport -- were to qualify for the last four. Jump up ^ `` PNG seal 2010 Four Nations place ''. BBC. 1 November 2009. Jump up ^ `` Paleta - Frontón ''. Club Regatas Lima. Club Regatas Lima. 31 August 2009. Archived from the original on 25 June 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2009. Jump up ^ `` Sipa and sepak takraw kicking in ''. Rappler. David Lozada. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012. Jump up ^ `` Oina -- sportul naţional uitat '' ( in Romanian ). Adevărul Holding. 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2012. Dar nici deciziile luate de autorităţile comuniste nu au salvat sportul naţional românesc de la uitare. Jump up ^ `` Russian bandy players blessed for victory at world championship in Kazan ''. Tatar - Inform. 21 January 2011. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2009. Jump up ^ `` Alex Salmond quote ''. Sport Scotland. 31 August 2009. Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. 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ISBN 0 - 275 - 96535 - X. Retrieved 21 July 2008. Baseball justified its privileged legal status by citing the special nature and cultural significance of America 's national pastime. Jump up ^ Schrag, Myles ( 2003 ). `` Baseball as National Pastime Revisted : And a Little Town Shall Lead Them ''. In Peter Carino. Baseball / literature / culture : Essays, 1995 -- 2001. McFarland. p. Chp. 13 p. 140. ISBN 0 - 7864 - 1643 - 2. Retrieved 21 July 2008. Tradition -- that quality so instrumental in elevating baseball to its century - old status as national pastime -- has become less important Jump up ^ Gmelch, George ( 2006 - 01 - 01 ). Baseball Without Borders : The International Pastime. p. 308. Retrieved 2014 - 07 - 09. Jump up ^ Gmelch, George ( 2006 - 01 - 01 ). Baseball Without Borders : The International Pastime. p. 308. Retrieved 2014 - 07 - 09. 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Question: what is the national sport of the usa
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