By: Jackson
Enrichment 5 th Grade
Sports in Spain
• Sports are an important part of Spain.
• They play Futbol (soccer), Basketball, Tennis, Cycling, Handball, Water Sports, Golf, and Formula One.
Sports in Spain
• Futbol, known as Soccer to us, is Spain’s most popular sport.
• Spanish teams play in the La Liga League which is arguably the toughest competition in the world. Teams include FC Barcelona, Valencia, and Real Madrid.
• Every year all teams from Spain compete in the Copa Del Rey tournament. Real Madrid has won the cup a record 8 times, their most recent coming in 2010 where they beat rival FC Barcelona.
• Some of Spain’s best Futbol players are Lionel Messi, Xavi, and Christiano Ronaldo.
• In 2010, Spain won the FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
Futbol
• Spanish basketball teams compete in the Liga ABC, and compete in the FIBA world championships
• Some of their best teams are Real Madrid and FCB Regal.
• Some of the NBA’s best are from Spain including Ricky Rubio, and Pau Gasol.
• In 2011. Spain lost to Team USA in the FIBA finals in Turkey.
Basketball
• Spain tennis players compete in the Fed Cup, and on the WTA circuit.
• Rafael Nadal has won 10 Grand Slam titles (winning the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, or the U.S. Open), second most ever.
• Nadal is ranked #2 in the world, and David Ferrer is ranked at #4.
• Spanish tennis players have combined 115 titles since 1985.
Tennis
• Spanish cyclers compete in only three events, the Tour de France, the Tour of Spain, and the Tour of Italy.
• Current Spanish cyclists include Alberto Contador, who won the Tour de France last year, and Carlos Sastre.
• The Tour of Spain is the second oldest cycling event in the world.
Cycling
• Handball is a sport where two teams try to throw a ball into each other goal but you have to pass. If you have the ball you cannot walk or run.
• Spain competes in the IHF.
• Spain is ranked 9th in the world with 563 ranking points (Spain earns points by how well their teams compete in IHF tournaments).
• Spain got 3rd in 2011 and 1st in the 2008 Olympics.
Handball
• Spain competes in water skiing, jet-skiing, windsurfing, swimming, sailing, rowing, canoeing, kayaking, surfing, tubing, and water polo events.
• In water polo, Spain won silver in the 2009 FINA championships in Rome.
• In swimming, swimmer Genna Mengual won silver in the 2008 Olympics.
Water Sports
• Golf is arguably Spain’s second most popular sport.
• Over 20,000 courses in Spain.
• Spanish golfer Seve Ballesteros has won the Masters twice and the British Open three times
• In 1997 Spain hosted the Ryder Cup, an international team tournament
Golf
• Formula One is a racing league similar to NASCAR, but the cars are shaped similar to drag cars.
• Formula One has 20 races going from March to November
• Fernando Alonso finished the season in 4th place with 257 points
• Valencia hosts one race in Formula One
Formula One
I used these sited to bring you this Power Point:
www.wikipedia.com
www.Justlanded.com
www.espn.com
www.eurobasket.com
www.npr.com
www.ihf.info
www.formula1.com
Bibliography
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