Sports in Paraguay

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Sports in Paraguay
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Paraguay, South America

• Population 5,400,000
• 406.752 Km2

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Asunción
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Status of Sport
Ministry of Education and Culture
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Major Sports Others

• Cycling
• Tennis
• Golf
• Athletics
• swimming
• Rowing
• Motor racing
• Rugby
• Boxing
• Kick boxing
• fishing

• Football
• Futsal
• Basketball
• Volleyball

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Paraguayan Heroes
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Private v Public Sector

• All Sports Clubs are independent entities
• All venues except for 1 are owned by clubs
• Government priority health and education

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Place of Sport in Education

• Primary and Secondary School
• 80 minutes per week, in the School curriculum
• University
• Not compulsory

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Media, TV and Sport

• MEDIA
• Ultima Hora
• ABC
• Noticias
• La Nación
• RADIO
• MAGAZINES
• INTERNET

• TV
• Channel 4 Telefuturo
• Channel 9 SNT
• Channel 13
• ESPN
• ESPN Plus
• Fox Sports

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Venues
"Defensores del Chaco"

• Capacity 36.000
• Inaugurated 1923
• Headquarters of APF
• National Stadium

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Other football venues

• Gral. Pablo Rojas (25.000) Club Cerro Porteño,
  Asunción
• C.D.E. (25.000) Club 3 de Febrero, Ciudad del
  Este
• Feliciano Cáceres (24.000) Club Sportivo
  Luqueño, Luque
• Manuel Ferreira (20.000) Club Olimpia, Asunción
• Río Parapití (20.000) Club 2 de Mayo, Pedro
  Juan Caballero

Feliciano Cáceres
Ciudad del Este
Río Parapití
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Other venues

• Consejo Nacional de Deportes (athletics)
• Yacht and Golf Club (tennis, golf, football)
• Club Internacional de Tenis (tenis, swimming,
  basketball, volleyball)
• Asunción Golf Club
• Club Centenario (tennis, golf, swimming,
  football, valleyball, basketball)
• Club Deportivo Sajonia (tennis, golf, swimming,
  football, valleyball, basketball, rugby)
• Club Hípico Paraguayo (equestrian)
• San José School (rugby, basketball, football)
• Rowing Club (futsal, basketball, volleyball)
• Deportivo Alemán (swimming, basketball,
  volleyball, football, tennis)

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Major Events

• International
• Copa América in 1999 (like UEFA Cup)
• Davis Cup
• Local
• Transchaco Rally (motor racing)
• Football tournaments

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Some issues

• Absence of Public Sector support
• Absence of Sport Law
• Absence of statistical studies
• Facilities owned by Private Sector
• No integration between sport in the capital and
  the rest of the country

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