Fifth Most Popular Sport in Spain: Padel
“Padel”, as a sport, involves racquets, is similar to tennis, and is played on a smaller court with walls in it. Padel is on the rise in Spain, and indeed, it’s difficult to go out to socialize or have some fun without hearing expressions like ‘Meet me for a padel this afternoon’ or ‘Padel night!’.
- About 5 million ‘padel’ players are in Spain (one of the highest numbers across the globe).
- From all the Spanish teams on the International Padel Federation rankings, Spain seems to be at the top.
List of Top 10 Most Popular Sports in Spain
Top 10 Most Popular Sports in Spain: Given the great tradition of football, the most popular sport in Spain is football. Spain has many leagues and La Liga makes football along with Liga ABC the basketball king. In addition, the other major leagues are Vuelta a España (cycling) and Ligación Nacional de Fútbol Sala (futsal).
Spain stands in 25th place in the Olympic Summer Games total collection of medals. Spain’s national sport, without a doubt, is football, which has its top league known as La Liga. The fastest growing sport is padel – an unceasing racquet sport similar to tennis, yet played on specified courts.
In this article, we have provided a list of the top 10 most popular sports in Spain, and a brief description of each of these 10 sports.
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- List of Top 10 Most Popular Sports in Spain
- Tenth Most Popular Sport in Spain: Swimming
- Ninth Most Popular Sport in Spain: Golf
- Eighth Most Popular Sport in Spain: Bullfighting
- Seventh Most Popular Sport in Spain: Motorsports
- Sixth Most Popular Sport in Spain: Handball
- Fifth Most Popular Sport in Spain: Padel
- Fourth Most Popular Sport in Spain: Cycling
- Third Most Popular Sport in Spain: Tennis
- Second Most Popular Sport in Spain: Basketball
- Most Popular Sport in Spain: Football