As a territory of the United States, Guam shares its love of baseball. A distant second is rugby union.

Fiji v Guam basketball at the 2015 Pacific GamesFiji v Guam basketball at the 2015 Pacific Games

Though Guam is not considered as a world power in any sport, they do have some proud moments like when their national rugby union team demolished the Brunei team with a 74 – 0 victory in June of 2008. Guam also is the birthplace of the Pacific Xtreme Combat, a mixed martial arts organization that has international professional MMA fighters coming from Hawaii, Japan, US mainland, South Korea, Philippines and Northern Mariana Islands. Guam has also hosted the Pacific Games twice (1975 and 1999).

Football is also very popular and is a member of FIFA since 1996. Despite its popularity in the local scene, Guam is considered as one of the bottom teams in FIFA and only registered their first win in 2009 when they went up against Mongolia. So far, Guam only has two athletes that has progressed beyond the first round of competition for the Olympic Games. Ricardo Blas Jr got to the 16th round of the 100+kg Judo competition in the 2012 Summer Games in London while Sean Pangelinan made it all the way to C-1 500m semi-finals for canoeing in the 2008 Beijing Games.

Below are details of sports, sporting events and sports people related to Guam. Is there something missing? If you know of something that should be listed here, please let us know.

Popular sports of Guam

Guam Sporting Success

  • The Guan rugby union team demolished the Brunei team with a 74 – 0 victory in June of 2008
  • The Guam men's national football team (the "Matao") achieved their first-ever FIFA World Cup qualification win in July 2015
  • Guam men's national football team (the Matao) qualified for the Semi-finals of the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) Cup three times in a row

Great athletes from Guam

  • Regine Tugade-Watson (Track and Field)
  • Ricardo Blas Jr (Judo)
  • Joseph Green (Track and Field)
  • Jason Cunliffe (Soccer)
  • Manami Iijima-Martin (Triathlon/Running)

Guam at major events

Past sporting events hosted in Guam

  • 1975 Pacific Games
  • 1999 Pacific Games

Upcoming sporting events in Guam

  • Budweiser G League Lagu Division: This event will be held in April 2026
  • Triple J Auto Group Robbie Webber Youth League: This event will be held in May, 2026
  • Bud Light G League Women: This event will be held in May 2026
  • Women’s Recreational Latte League: This event will be held in May 2026

Annual sporting events held in Guam

  • Guam Ko'ko' Road Race/Half Marathon
  • Tour of Guam Cycling
  • Special Olympics Guam

Sporting Facilities in Guam

  • Guam Sports Complex (Dededo)
  • Paseo Stadium (Hagåtña)

Other

  • Guam participates in the East Asian Games, Micronesian Games, Pacific Games.