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The most popular sport in Italy is football. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Italy's national football team is one of the world's most successful teams with four FIFA World Cup victories (1934, 1938, 1982 and 2006) and two UEFA Euro victories (1968 and 2021). [ 3 ] Italian clubs have won 48 major European trophies, making Italy the second most successful country in ...
Walk of Fame of Italian sport (Italian: Walk of Fame dello sport italiano) is the Walk of Fame of the Italian sport, inaugurated by Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) on 7 May 2015. [1] It is a list of 140 Italian all-time champions, which has been implemented on six occasions (five new entries in 2015, 2016 and 2021, seven in 2018 ...
Italy has the third longest medaling streak after Sweden and Finland. It has medaled in 40 straight Olympic Games, starting with the 1936 Summer Olympics. The Italian National Olympic Committee was created in 1914 and recognised in 1915. As of 2020, Italy is the most successful nation at fencing in Olympic history.
Football (Italian: calcio [ˈkaltʃo] ⓘ) is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italy national football team is considered one of the best national teams in the world [citation needed]. They have won the FIFA World Cup four times (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), trailing only Brazil (with five), runners-up in two finals both against Brazil, (1970 ...
Italy competed in all sports except badminton, field hockey, football, handball and rugby sevens. Italy has ended the 2020 Summer Olympics winning 10 gold, 10 silver and 20 bronze medals, setting a new record in number of medals won (36 medals was first reached in the Los Angeles Olympics of 1932, and then again in the Rome Olympics of 1960). [3]
Athletics in Italy. Siragusa, Bongiorni, Hooper, Herrera, the former national record of the 4 × 100 m relay. Athletics in Italy is the 7th most popular participation sport, practiced by 995,000 people. [1]
Honours table. IFC. The Italian Football Championship began in 1898. The current Serie A began in 1929. CI. The Coppa Italia began in 1922 as an annual cup for Italian football clubs. It was played again in 1926–27, but was cancelled during the round of 32. After 1935–36, the competition began annually, but the events of World War II ...
The following table shows the ten Italian players that have scored the most professional goals in total throughout their career, at both club and international level (excluding youth competitions). [92] Players in bold are still active in Serie A. Players in italics are still active outside of Serie A.