Sport in Denmark Sport in Denmark Sport in Denmark is diverse. The national sport is football with the most notable results being qualifying for the European Championships six times in a row (1984–2004) and winning the Championship in 1992. Other significant achievements include winning the Confederations Cup in 1995 and reaching the quarter final of the 1998 World Cup. Other popular sports include handball, cycling, sailing sports, badminton, ice hockey, swimming and recently also golf. A few youths also play Basketball. Sport is encouraged in school, and there are local sports clubs in all cities and most towns. The national stadium for football
Sport in South Africa boxing, hockey, tennis, golf, surfing, netball, running and also obstacle course racing. South Africa was absent from international sport for most of the apartheid era due to sanctions, but started competing globally after the end of apartheid. South Africa hosts the Saddle Seat World Cup every four years, which includes the American Saddlebred, Morgan horse, and South African Boerperd horse breeds. It is the highest level of competition for Saddle seat Equitation riders. South Africa was banned from the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo due to the apartheid policies. Some sports teams toured South Africa as "Rebel Tours" and played