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Association football is the most popular sport in almost all South American countries. There are a wide range of sports played in the continent of South America. Popular sports include rugby union, baseball, basketball, tennis, golf, volleyball, hockey, beach volleyball, motorsports and cricket.
Night view of Maracanã Stadium, June 2013.. Football is considered one of the greatest sports in South America. [1] [2] Football was first introduced to the continent during the nineteenth century, as part of the worldwide diffusion of British culture initiated by the British diaspora and subsequent acceptance of the sport by the region's Anglophile elite.
Sports teams in South America by sport (1 C) A. Archery in South America (7 C, 1 P) Athletics in South America (19 C, 4 P) B. Badminton in South America (4 C, 3 P)
Equestrian sports in South America by country (11 C) Field hockey in South America by country (10 C) Association football in South America by country (15 C)
South American sport by year (152 C) * South America sport-related lists (13 C, 4 P) + Women's sports in South America (17 C) Men's sports in South America (14 C) C.
The South American Football Confederation is the administrative and controlling body for association football in most of South America. It consists of 10 member associations, each of which is responsible for governing football in their respective countries. [1]
Association football is the most popular sport in Bolivia, where the first modern set of rules for the sport were established in 1923, which were a major influence on the development of the modern laws of the game. Bolivia has over 2,000 football clubs. [1] [2] [3] Bolivia is home to one of the oldest football clubs (Oruro Royal) in South ...
Football is the most popular sport in Colombia (according to FIFA, there are 3,043,229 players total, 291,229 of which are registered and 2,752,000 are unregistered; with 2,773 clubs and 15,800 officials). [1] The Colombian national league ranks 9th in the IFFHS's ranking The Strongest National League in the World of 2014 (3rd in South America ...