National sport

Several countries have either official or unofficial national sports. Many countries have a traditional or official national sport that differs from the one that is currently the most popular. Other countries have no clear national sport, with many that are popular.

List of Countries' National Sports

Afghanistan - Buzkashi
Argentina - football
Australia - cricket is the official summer sport, Rugby League is the official winter sport in the northern states (New South Wales and Queensland) and Australian Rules Football is the official winter sport in the others.
Austria - skiing
Barbados - cricket
Belgium - football
Bhutan - archery
Brazil - football
Canada - lacrosse is the official summer sport and ice hockey is the official winter sport, but hockey is by far the sport most closely followed, and most closely linked to national pride. Designating lacrosse as an official sport is more of a nod to history that a reflection of the present-day situation: sports like baseball, Canadian football, soccer, golf, tennis are all much more popular.
China - table tennis
Cuba - baseball
Dominican Republic - baseball
Estonia - basketball
Fiji - Rugby Union
Finland - Pesäpallo
Gambia - wrestling
Germany - football
Hong Kong - Dragon boat racing
Iceland - glima
India - field hockey is the official sport (winners of 8 Olympic Golds), but cricket is the most popular (Winners of 1983 World Cup)
Iran - wrestling
Ireland - hurling & Gaelic football
Italy - football
Japan - sumo wrestling is traditionally viewed as Japan's national sport, but baseball is today more popular, and football is rapidly increasing in popularity
Korea - Tae kwon do, but StarCraft has sometimes sarcastically been referred to as the national sport
Latvia - ice hockey
Lithuania - basketball
Mexico - Charrería
Nauru - Australian rules football
New Zealand - Rugby Union
Norway - Skiing
Pakistan - field hockey is the official sport (winners of the Gold in 1971, 1978, 1982 and 1994), but cricket is the most popular (winners of the world cup in 1992)
Papua New Guinea - Rugby League
Philippines - basketball
Russia - Sambo
Samoa - Rugby Union
- Note: In American Samoa, American football is more popular.
Soviet Union - chess
South Africa - football has historically been most popular with blacks, Rugby Union with Afrikaners, and cricket with British-descended whites
Spain - bull fighting is traditional, but football is the most popular
Switzerland - Hornussen, a traditional game, is popular in rural Switzerland, although football is most popular overall
Thailand - Muay Thai
Tonga - Rugby Union
Turkey - kirkpinar, but football is the most popular
United Arab Emirates - Camel racing is traditional, but football is the most popular
United States - baseball is generally named as "the American national pastime"
Uzbekistan - Kurash
Venezuela - baseball
Wales - Rugby Union