Sport in the Netherlands Sport in the Netherlands Approximately 4.5 million of the 16 million people in the Netherlands are registered to one of the 35,000 sports clubs in the country. About two thirds of the population older than 15 years participates in sports weekly. Football, or soccer, is the most popular sport in the Netherlands, with field hockey and volleyball as the second and third most popular team sports. Ice-skating, tennis, gymnastics and golf are the four most widely played individual sports. A number of native Dutch sports are also practiced, such as fierljeppen (Polsstokverspringen), beugelen, kaatsen, klootschieten, kolven and korfball. Organization of
Sport in the Australian Capital Territory Canberra sporting trams have won national championships and leagues. These teams include: ACTSPORT established ACT Sports Star of the Year Awards in 1984. in 2015, these were renamed the Canberra Sport Awards when taken over by ACT Government after ACTSPORT ceased operations. In 1985, ACTSPORT established the ACT Sport Hall of Fame. Sport in the Australian Capital Territory Sport in the Australian Capital Territory refers to the sports played in the Australian Capital Territory. Many sports are played in the territory. There are a number of teams in national leagues for several sports although the Rugby League and rugby union