Sport in Africa as soccer) is the most popular sport in almost all African countries. African club teams compete in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup. African national teams compete in the Africa Cup of Nations and also in the African Nations Championship for local teams. Ice hockey is a minority sport in Africa, in which only a handful of African countries participate. Rugby union is popular in South Africa and other countries as Morocco, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Ivory Coast. The major competition in the continent is the Africa Cup that contains the teams in the first level of African rugby,
Sport in Paraguay extent Uruguay (both of which have qualified for the Rugby World Cup), but the sport can be found in almost all nations in South America, including Paraguay. This is partly due to massive immigration from Europe, notably the British Isles, France, and Italy. It is difficult to single out one of these nations as being primarily responsible for the birth of Paraguayan rugby, as illustrated by Asuncion Rugby Club, which was formed by two Britons, two Argentines, a Dutchman, and a New Zealander. The first Paraguayan rugby player of note was Nelson Ayala, who played with the English club Saracens