Sport in Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan will host the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup and the 2025 Asian Youth Games.

The country won three gold medals: Ulugbek Rashitov in Taekwondo, Akbar Djuraev in Weightlifting and Bakhodir Jalolov in Boxing.

Uzbek clubs previously participated in the now-defunct, formerly annual CIS Cup.

Uzbekistan used to be part of the powerful Soviet Union national basketball team.

Uzbekistan used to be part of the Soviet Union national ice hockey team.

[6] Humo Tashkent was a member of the reformed Uzbekistan Ice Hockey League which began play in February 2019.

[10] Uzbekistan scored a surprise win at the 2022 chess olympiad held in Chennai, India.

[12] Uzbekistan's top player, Nodirbek Abdusattorov is the current world champion of rapid chess, winning the 2021 rapid world championship in a playoff against Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi.