page_title: Sport in Portugal
section_title: Rowing
hierarchical_section_title: Sport in Portugal / Rowing
caption_attribution_description: Español: Matthieu Lopez durante el partido del Seis Naciones B frente a Portugal
context_page_description: Sports in Portugal are important in Portuguese culture. Football is the most popular sport in Portugal. Other than football, many other professional or semi-professional well organized sport competitions take place every season in Portugal, including basketball, swimming, athletics, tennis, gymnastics, futsal, rink hockey, team handball, volleyball, surfing, canoeing and rugby union championships among the hundreds of sports played in this country.
  The major Portuguese professional sports leagues, championships and events include:
  Portuguese Football Championship, Cup of Portugal, Taça da Liga and Supertaça in football.
  Portuguese Futsal First Division in futsal.
  Portuguese Basketball League in basketball.
  Portuguese Roller Hockey First Division in rink hockey.
  Portuguese Handball League in handball.
  Campeonato Nacional Honra/Super Bock in rugby.
  Portuguese Volleyball League A1 in volleyball.
  Portuguese Beach Soccer League in beach soccer.
  Volta a Portugal in cycling.
  Rally of Portugal in rallying.
  Race of Portugal in touring car racing.
context_section_description: Portugal does not have a long history in this sport. In recent years has just a double scull crewed by Nuno Mendes and Pedro Fraga.
caption: Spain vs. Portugal
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