Sport in New Zealand

Major sports of New Zealand

• Rugby Union
• Cricket
• Netball
• Rugby League
• Basketball
• Football (Soccer)
• Sailing

New Zealand Sporting Success

• Rugby World Cup winners 1987

Athletes from New Zealand

• Richard Hadlee (Cricket)
• Hamish Carter (Triathlon)

New Zealand Sports trivia

• In the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympic Games, athletes from Australia and New Zealand competed together as a single team, designated Australasia (ANZ). It was not until 1920 that New Zealand first competed as a separate country.

New Zealand at major events

• New Zealand at the Summer Olympics
• New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games
• New Zealand at the FIFA World Cup

Past sporting events hosted in New Zealand

• 1950 Commonwealth Games Auckland
• 1974 Commonwealth Games Christchurch
• 1987 Rugby World Cup hosted in Australia and New Zealand
• 1990 Commonwealth Games Auckland
• 1992 Circket World Cup hosted in Australia & New Zealand

Upcoming sporting events for New Zealand

• 2011 Rugby World Cup
• 2015 Cricket World Cup to be hosted by Australia & New Zealand

Annual sporting events held in New Zealand

Sporting Facilities in New Zealand

• New Zealand Institute of Sport (NZIS)
• Eden Park
• some Stadiums in New Zeland

Other

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