Sport in Honduras
Honduras is a Central American country that is, as most countries in the region, in love with associated football or soccer. The very first professional soccer clubs were established in as early as the 1900s.
The national team, nicknamed Los Catrachos, first played their international game in Guatemala in 1921. The Honduras national football team took the 1981 CONCACAF Championship home and finished in second place in 1985 losing to Canada. In 1991, they were also the runners-up for the CONCACAF Gold Cup losing only to the United States, the host nation. They also have won the UNCAF Nations Cup in three separate occassions (1993, 1995 and 2011). Their most recent World Cup outing is in the 2014 FIFA World Cup where they took down the Mexican team in Azteca.
Honduras also has great interest in a number of sports like baseball, tennis as well as American football. Honduras first joined the Olympic Games in 1968 Summer Olympic Games which was the first Olympic Games that were held in Latin America. They skipped the Munich Games, joined the 1976 Montreal Games and skipped the 1980 Moscow Games. Starting from the 1984 Games held in Los Angeles, Honduras have religiously sent athletes to the biggest sporting event in the world.
Below are details of sports, sporting events and sports people related to Honduras. Is there something missing? If you know of something that should be listed here, please let us know.
Popular sports of Honduras
- Football (futbol, Soccer), baseball, tennis, swimming, basketball, American football.
Honduras Sporting Success
- Won 1981 CONCACAF Championship
- Won the UNCAF Nations Cup in three separate occassions (1993, 1995 and 2011)
- Finished third in the Copa America back in 2001
Great athletes from Honduras
- Gerald Young (baseball) - the first person born in Honduras to play Major League Baseball.
- Maynor Figueroa (football)
Honduras Sports trivia
- Honduran athletes are yet to win an Olympic medal
- Honduras sent a team to the Winter Olympic Games only once, in 1992.
Honduras at major events
Past sporting events hosted in Honduras
Upcoming sporting events in Honduras
Annual sporting events held in Honduras
Sporting Facilities in Honduras
- Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino (National Stadium / Estadio Nacional) - a multi-purpose stadium in Tegucigalpa, Honduras
- Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano - a multi-purpose stadium(mostly football) in San Pedro Sula, Honduras
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