Sport in Ecuador

In June 2007, FIFA adopted a resolution, prohibiting international football games at or higher than 2,500m above sea level.

Ecuador finished ahead of Poland and Costa Rica to come second to Germany in Group A in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, eventually falling to England in the Round of 16.

It is sometimes considered as the second sport behind football; Ecuador even took part in the inaugural 1950 FIBA World Championship, finishing 8th out of 10 teams.

One of Ecuador's specialties includes ecuavóley, a three-person variation of volleyball with more relaxed rules (the ball can be hit with the palm of the hand, and a football is traditionally used).

[1] There is flourishing activity in non-traditional sports such as inline hockey, capoeira, mountain biking, motorbiking, whitewater kayaking, skiing, snowboarding, and paintball.

Martin Davalos, from Pichincha, Quito, is a well-known accomplished AMA motocross and supercross dirtbike rider and racer.

Estadio Casa Blanca , the largest stadium in Quito, and home of LDU Quito .
Nicolás Lapentti
Jefferson Pérez is one of Ecuador's most successful sportsperson.
In the image, the Emelec youth team in 1952. Basketball, together with Equavolley, occupy the second place of the most practiced sports in Ecuador.
Youth baseball players at the Yeo Uraga stadium .