Honduras Sports – The Most Popular Sports in Honduras
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The Most Popular Honduran Sports
Find below Honduras national sports, ranked by popularity:
| Rank | Sport |
|---|---|
| 1 | Football |
| 2 | Basketball |
| 3 | Baseball |
| 4 | American football |
| 5 | Tennis |
So there you have them, the most popular sports in Honduras! Keep reading below for more information about each sport in Honduras.
What is the National Sport of Honduras?
The national sport of Honduras is football. Football has been around in Honduras for a very long time, as the first professional clubs date back to the 1900s, and it has always been widely appreciated by locals. It is very easy for Hondurans to set up a football field and enjoy their free time by playing the game.
Learn More About Honduras Popular Sports
Honduras is a Spanish-speaking country located in Central America, and it is bordered by Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. Its capital city is Tegucigalpa, which counts more than 1,276,000 inhabitants.
An interesting part of the country that I wanted to tackle is its most popular sports. In light of that, I have listed all Honduras popular sports, and I hope you will love them:
Football
The most popular sport in Honduras is, by far, football. Similar to most countries around the world, Hondurans live for football. The sport became popular in the 20th century and is now what many uses as their pastime.
For such a small country, the national football team has made some great achievements, in 3 World Cups: Spain 1982, South Africa 2010, and Brazil 2014. On top of this, it also competes in the Copa America, the UNCAF Nations Cup, and the Olympic Games.
Famous Honduran Football players: Maynor Figueroa, Carlo Costly, Emilio Izaguirre, Wilson Palacios, Carlos Pavón, Bryan Acosta, Óscar Boniek García, Amado Guevara, Noel Valladares
Basketball
The second most popular sport in Honduras is basketball. While basketball is not even close to football in terms of popularity, it is definitely what comes closest. In fact, it is quite popular among young people.
The Honduran Basketball Federation was founded in 1953, and it is in charge of organizing, ruling, and developing basketball in the country. There is a national basketball team, but they still did not appear in the FIBA World Cup nor in the FIBA AmeriCup.
Famous Honduran Basketball players: Clary Bodden, Jerry Echenique, Danilson Vieira, Persly Marin, Alex Alfaro, Jorge Pomare, Pedro Salazar, Mario Alcerro, Felipe Ruiz, Alexander Rubin
Baseball
The third most popular Honduras sport is baseball. You might be surprised to see an American sport on this list of popular sports in Honduras, yet it is not the only one. With basketball and American football, American sports actually represent the majority of popular sports in the country!
Hondurans like playing baseball, and there is again a national baseball team (ranked 40th on the WBSC ranking), as well as a national federation. Generally speaking, the sport is quite spread throughout the country.
Famous Honduran Baseball players: Mauricio Dubon, Gerald Young
American football
The fourth most popular sport in Honduras is American football.
While American football could be more popular, there are still some teams worth mentioning. There is a national team and a national league. The teams competing in the national league are Cuervos, Centauros, Huracanes, Jaguares, Lobos and Raptors. The national federation is called “Federación Nacional de Football Americano de Honduras”, or FENAFAH.
The national team was even crowned Central American champions in 2014! The other participating teams were Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala.
Famous Honduran American football players: Ebert Van Buren, Steve Van Buren, Delbert Alvarado
Tennis
The fifth most popular sport in Honduras is tennis.
Finally, tennis is also a bit popular in Honduras. The main issue with the sport is, as in many other countries, the fact that it is often reserved for upper and upper-middle classes. Considering how poor the country of Honduras is, it will not come as a surprise that tennis is only ranked fifth on this list.
Nevertheless, there is a Honduras Davis Cup, made of Ricardo Pineda, Keny Trucios, Alejandro Obando, and Ricardo Lau Cooper.
Famous Honduran Tennis players: Ricardo Pineda, Keny Trucios, Alejandro Obando, Ricardo Lau Cooper, Jaime Bendeck
So there you have them, these were all Honduras favorite sports. I hope you enjoyed them and that you learned something new today.
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