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The main sport in Uruguay is football (soccer).
The Uruguay national football team is one of only five nations to win the FIFA World Cup on two or more occasions.
In 1930, Uruguay hosted the first ever World Cup and went on to win the competition, defeating Argentina 4-2 in the final.
Uruguay won the 1950 FIFA World Cup as well, famously defeating the favored hosts, Brazil, 2-1 in the last game of the final series .
Uruguay is by far the smallest country, population wise, to win a World Cup.
Out of the World Cup winners, the nation with the second smallest population is Argentina (winners of the 1978 and 1986 editions) who currently have just over 40,000,000 people according to the latest estimate; the 2002 census has Uruguay's current population slightly under 3,400,000.
The Uruguay national team has also won the Copa América 14 different times, a record it shares with Argentina.
The most popular football teams in Uruguay are Club Nacional de Football (Three times World champions, three times Copa Libertadores de América champions, two times Copa Interamericana champions, one time Recopa Sudamericana champions) and Club Atlético Peñarol (Three times World champions, five times Copa Libertadores de América champions), followed by Defensor Sporting Club (last Uruguayan champion), Danubio.
Uruguay has had many great known players such as Enzo Francescoli, Alvaro Recoba and Diego Forlan (2005 European Golden Shoe winner).
Basketball, Rugby, and Tennis are other popular sports in Uruguay.
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