YN national sport/s

by **Zhouran** » Tue Sep 26, 2017 7:02 am

What is your nation's national sport/s? Is it/are they de facto or de jure?

While the People's Republic of Zhouran does not have a de jure (established by law) national sport, the nation does have three de facto (not established by law) national sports, which are Rugby Federation (rugby union), Rugby Association (rugby league), and Cricket.

Compared to other Oriental countries, Zhouran is the only non-Commonwealth country where Commonwealth sports are the most popular. The reason for this is because the British introduced their sports to the Zhouranese and since then Commonwealth sports are the most popular in Zhouran, in comparison to American sports such as Basketball or Baseball.

Currently, there are up to 40 top-professional rugby federation teams, 40 top-professional rugby association teams, and 40 top-professional cricket reams, with Zhouran's rugby federation, rugby association, and cricket championships being regarded as the world's elite professional-level domestic rugby and cricket championships. The vast majority of major top-professional sports teams are concentrated in various populous metropolitan areas of Zhouran. Not only that, Zhouran is known to have the most highest average viewed and attended top-professional domestic-level rugby union, rugby league, and cricket competitions in the world, as well as the largest number of rugby union, rugby league, and cricket sports-club.

by **Destructive Government Economic System** » Tue Sep 26, 2017 7:07 am

Slave gladiatorial combat.

by **Kenmoria** » Tue Sep 26, 2017 8:08 am

The national sport is formally football, although there is more participation in track and field.

by **Coldfield** » Tue Sep 26, 2017 10:19 am

There are three de facto national sports in Coldfield: Archery, Boxing, and Association Football/Soccer; The last one is called Football.

by **Peraya** » Tue Sep 26, 2017 10:47 am

Soccer is the most popular sport here by a distance, although the government puts a lot of resources into enabling athletes across the full spectrum of Olympic sports as well. Soccer players at the highest levels are mostly semi-professional - they get paid to play but very few players make a full living from the game. Clubs are owned by their local municipality and leadership positions at the clubs are democratically elected by local residents.

by **Anollasia** » Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:31 am

There is no official sport but soccer/association football is the most popular.

by **South Miruva** » Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:57 am

South Miruva's government has not declared any national sports on the basis that they wish to avoid confrontation and competition between towns, cities, states, etc. The de facto national sports are soccer/football and basketball, with the Croix FC and the Wilmington Wasps as the respective top teams.

by **Van Hool Islands** » Tue Sep 26, 2017 2:08 pm

Rugby league is our official national sport. Rugby union, Australian rules football, soccer, and cricket are also popular.

by **Kirav** » Tue Sep 26, 2017 2:33 pm

Kiravian-rules football (a gridiron football code) is the most popular sport in Kiravia, but sampakuv (essentially kayak polo) is the official national sport.

Ice hockey is the second-most popular sport after Kiravian-rules football, though its popularity is concentrated on the northern and eastern seaboards. Hurling/shinty, Gaelic football, golf, and basketball are the other organised sports with a significant following nationwide. Rugby union and baseball are growing in popularity but do not yet have a national profile or nationwide organising body.

Racquetball enjoyed a brief period of nationwide popularity during the 21150s (1970s anno Domini) when the Kiravian national team won a number of international titles, but quickly fell out of favour as the national team's performance declined. Hundreds of shuttered racquetball clubs scattered across the Federacy stand as a testament to the sport's former prominence.

Soccer is not very popular outside of the Portuguese-speaking autonomous Tryhstian Littoral Territory on the southern coast of Great Kirav, and the Tryhstian Littoral fields its own national team. The Kiravian national soccer team is notoriously bad, and is frequently eliminated from Ixnay regional tournaments in the qualifying rounds by teams from much smaller and poorer nations.

by **Gandoor** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 1:56 am

Baseball is considered the national sport of Gandoor. It has been played in our nation since the 1870's with the first professional league being established in 1893.

In the present day, professional baseball is played by the Gandoor Professional Baseball League, established in 1919. The GPBL currently has twenty-four teams, with the most successful team being the Osaka Dragons, who have won twenty-four Gandoor National Baseball Championships and have participated in forty-two.

by **Alizeria** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 2:30 am

Rugby Union and Football (Soccer) are the two most popular sports in Alizeria and both could lay equal claim to being a national sport.

by **Unconquered Frontier** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 5:56 am

Football (soccer) 100%. If you don't like football then get out.

We also have people who like GAA sports like football (Gaelic) and hurling, gymnasts in Paradise City and elsewhere and people, mostly outside the capital, who solve their disputes via boxing (bareknuckle)

by **Kuznetsovia** » Sun Oct 15, 2017 7:28 pm

Touge racing/Mountain drift racing

by **Randumbness** » Sun Oct 15, 2017 9:09 pm

Archery is the national sport of Randumbness since the 19^th century.This is due to the legend in the Randumb Empire that men or women who uses archery over guns are seen as more powerful and braver than those who use guns.

by **Karamiko** » Sun Oct 15, 2017 9:22 pm

The government does not designate any official national sports. Unofficially, baseball is by far the most popular sport; it is often called the national pastime, and (unlike in the U.S.) that statement is quite accurate. Some other popular sports include table tennis, hockey, ice skating, skiing, and gymnastics.

by **Westwickport** » Sun Oct 15, 2017 9:56 pm

Uhm...

by **Lancov** » Sun Oct 15, 2017 11:25 pm

While no sport is the de jure national sport, our de facto sport is unanimously considered to be rugby. Which code? Well, both. Everyone has their own preference and rabidly expresses its superiority at every opportunity. Rugby union has a larger following, especially among youth, but rugby league fans are very vocal. Both codes have an annual cup (at different times of the year) and a national team nicknamed the Right Hooks. Rugby has both professional teams and amateur clubs, and is very commonly played in schools and colleges.

by **Lemuria Islands** » Mon Oct 16, 2017 4:16 am

The three most popular sports in Lemuria, by popularity, are: football, basketball and kickboxing.

by **The Islands of Versilia** » Mon Oct 16, 2017 8:58 am

The national sport of Versilia is archery.

by **Zitravgrad** » Mon Oct 16, 2017 9:05 am

Zitravgrad is famous for winter sports because it snows 9 months a year. Snowmobiling is the national favorite. Follows-up are skiing and ice skating. Any sport that has 'ice' or 'snow' in the name will tend to be popular in the country.

by **True Chinese Federation** » Mon Oct 16, 2017 10:22 am

Synchronized Kong Qingdong Worship Marathon, As Required By Law!

by **Lexium** » Mon Oct 16, 2017 10:33 am

The three most popular sports of Lexium are Fencing, Cyclism, and Offroad Racing.

by **The Atlantean Islands** » Mon Oct 16, 2017 3:05 pm

Atlantis does not have an official national sport, but it has a de facto one: football (not the American one).

by **Sabany** » Mon Oct 16, 2017 3:08 pm

The official and most popular sport is tennis but football and swimming is popular too.

by **Tetsuyo** » Mon Oct 16, 2017 5:18 pm

There's no official sport, but tennis and swimming are both very popular

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