Argentina

=== Sport ===
{{Main|Sport in Argentina}}
[[File:Lionel Messi WC2022.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Footballer [[Lionel Messi]], eight-time [[Ballon d'Or]] winner, is the current captain of the [[Argentina national football team]].]]

''[[Pato]]'' is the [[national sport]],<ref name=pato1>{{cite Argentine law|d=17468/1953|date=25 September 1953|bo=17490}}</ref> an ancient horseback game locally originated in the early 1600s and predecessor of [[horseball]].{{sfn|Nauright|Parrish|2012|pp=124–25}}<ref name=pato2>{{cite web|url=http://www.en.argentina.ar/_en/sports/C480-pato-argentinas-national-sport.php |title=Pato, Argentina's national sport |work=Argentina – Portal público de noticias de la República Argentina |publisher=Secretaría de Medios de Comunicación – Presidencia de la Nación |place=Buenos Aires |date=18 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706075011/http://www.en.argentina.ar/_en/sports/C480-pato-argentinas-national-sport.php |archive-date= 6 July 2011 |url-status = dead|quote=In 1610, thirty years after [[Buenos Aires]]' second foundation and two hundred years before the [[May Revolution]], a document drafted by the military anthropologist [[Félix de Azara]] described a ''pato'' sport scene taking place in the city.}}</ref> 

The most popular sport is [[Association football|football]]. Along with [[Brazilian national football team|Brazil]] and [[French national football team|France]], the [[Argentina national football team|men's national team]] is the only one to have won the most important international triplet: [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]], [[FIFA Confederations Cup|Confederations Cup]], and the [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Gold Medal]]. It has also won 15 [[Copa América|Copas América]], 7 [[Football at the Pan American Games|Pan American Gold Medals]] and many other trophies.{{sfn|Nauright|Parrish|2012|pp=14–23}} [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]], [[Diego Maradona]] and [[Lionel Messi]] are among the best players in the game's history.{{sfn|Friedman|2007|pp=56, 127}}

The country's [[Argentina women's national field hockey team|women's field hockey team ''Las Leonas'']], is one of the world's most successful with four [[Field hockey at the Summer Olympics|Olympic medals]], two [[Women's Hockey World Cup|World Cups]], a [[FIH Hockey World League|World League]] and seven [[Hockey Champions Trophy|Champions Trophy]].{{sfn|Nauright|Parrish|2012|p=11}} [[Luciana Aymar]] is recognized as the best female player in the history of the sport,<ref name=hwc1>{{cite web|url=http://www.rabobankhockeyworldcup2014.com/video/meet-luciana-aymar-las-leonas-argentina|title=Meet Luciana Aymar – Las Leonas (Argentina)|publisher=Rabobank Hockey World Cup 2014|place=Nieuwegein|year=2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140616131926/http://www.rabobankhockeyworldcup2014.com/video/meet-luciana-aymar-las-leonas-argentina|archive-date=16 June 2014|url-status = dead|access-date=11 August 2014}}</ref> being the only player to have received the [[FIH Player of the Year Awards|FIH Player of the Year Award]] eight times.<ref name=fih1>{{cite web|url=http://www.fih.ch/en/news-4873-amazing-aymar-lands-eighth-fih-player-of|title=Amazing Aymar lands eighth FIH Player of the Year crown|publisher=FIH – Fédération Internationale de Hockey sur Gazon [International Hockey Federation]|place=Lausanne, Switzerland|date=8 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212013213/http://www.fih.ch/en/news-4873-amazing-aymar-lands-eighth-fih-player-of|archive-date=12 December 2013|url-status = live}}</ref>

[[Basketball]] is a very popular sport. The [[Argentina national basketball team|men's national team]] is the only one in the [[FIBA Americas]] zone that has won the quintuplet crown: [[FIBA World Championship|World Championship]], [[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Gold Medal]], [[FIBA Diamond Ball|Diamond Ball]], [[FIBA Americas Championship|Americas Championship]], and [[Basketball at the Pan American Games|Pan American Gold Medal]]. It has also conquered 13 [[South American Basketball Championship|South American Championships]], and many other tournaments.<ref name=fiba1>{{cite web|url=http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/14/wcm/team/p/rid//sid/6241/tid/237/profile.html|title=Argentina – Profile|publisher=FIBA – Fédération Internationale de Basket-ball [International Basketball Federation]|place=Mies, Switzerland|year=2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140616165816/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/14/wcm/team/p/rid//sid/6241/tid/237/profile.html|archive-date=16 June 2014|url-status = dead}}</ref> [[Emanuel Ginóbili]], [[Luis Scola]], [[Andrés Nocioni]], [[Fabricio Oberto]], [[Pablo Prigioni]], [[Carlos Delfino]] and [[Juan Ignacio Sánchez]] are a few of the country's most acclaimed players, all of them part of the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]].{{sfn|Nauright|Parrish|2012|p=11}} Argentina hosted the [[Basketball World Cup]] in 1950 and 1990.

[[Rugby Union|Rugby]] is another popular sport in Argentina. {{As of|2017}}, the [[Argentina national rugby union team|men's national team]], known as 'Los Pumas' has competed at the [[Rugby World Cup]] each time it has been held, achieving their highest-ever result in [[2007 Rugby World Cup|2007]] when they came third. Since [[2012 Rugby Championship|2012]], the Los Pumas have competed against [[Australia national rugby union team|Australia]], [[New Zealand national rugby union team|New Zealand]] & [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]] in [[The Rugby Championship]], the premier international Rugby competition in the Southern Hemisphere. Since 2009 the [[Argentina Jaguars|secondary men's national team]] known as the 'Jaguares' has competed against the [[USA Selects|US]], [[Canada A national rugby union team|Canada]], and [[Uruguay national rugby union team|Uruguay]] first teams in the [[Americas Rugby Championship]], which Los Jaguares have won six out of eight times it has taken place.
[[File:Campeonato Argentino de Polo 2010 - 5236515585 2b8cb412de o.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Campeonato Argentino Abierto de Polo|Argentine Polo Open Championship]]]]

Argentina has produced some of the most formidable champions for [[boxing]], including [[Carlos Monzón]], the best [[middleweight]] in history;<ref name=thering1>{{cite web|url=http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/169390-10-best-middleweight-titleholders-of-the-last-50-years/11 |last=Fischer |first=Doug |title=10: Best middleweight titleholders of the last 50 years |publisher=The Ring |place=Blue Bell, PA |date=30 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140615032944/http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/169390-10-best-middleweight-titleholders-of-the-last-50-years/11 |archive-date=15 June 2014 |url-status = dead}}</ref> [[Pascual Pérez (boxer)|Pascual Pérez]], one of the most decorated [[flyweight]] boxers of all times; [[Horacio Accavallo]], the former [[World Boxing Association|WBA]] and [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] world flyweight champion; [[Víctor Galíndez]], {{as of|2009|lc=y}}, record holder for consecutive world [[light heavyweight]] title defenses and [[Nicolino Locche]], nicknamed "The Untouchable" for his masterful defense; they are all inductees into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]].{{sfn|Rodríguez|2009|pp=164–65}}

[[Tennis]] has been quite popular among people of all ages. [[Guillermo Vilas]] is the greatest Latin American player of the [[History of tennis|Open Era]],{{sfn|Nauright|Parrish|2012|p=144}} while [[Gabriela Sabatini]] is the most accomplished Argentine female player of all time—having reached number 3 in the [[WTA ranking]],{{sfn|Nauright|Parrish|2012|p=135}} are both inductees into the [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]].<ref name=ithf1>{{cite web|url=http://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/members|title=Hall of Fame Members|publisher=International Tennis Hall of Fame and Museum|place=Newport, RI|year=2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214070259/http://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/members|archive-date=14 February 2014|url-status = live}}</ref> Argentina has won the [[World Team Cup]] four times, in 1980, 2002, [[2007 ARAG World Team Cup|2007]] and [[2010 ARAG World Team Cup|2010]] and has reached the semifinals of the [[Davis Cup]] 7 times in the last 10 years, losing the finals against Russia in [[2006 Davis Cup|2006]] and Spain in [[2008 Davis Cup|2008]] and [[2011 Davis Cup|2011]]; the Argentine team also played the final in [[1981 Davis Cup|1981]], where they lost against the United States. The national squad won the [[2016 Davis Cup]].

Argentina reigns undisputed in [[polo]], having won more international championships than any other country and been seldom beaten since the 1930s.{{sfn|Aeberhard|Benson|Phillips|2000|pp=50–51}} The [[Campeonato Argentino Abierto de Polo|Argentine Polo Championship]] is the sport's most important international team trophy. The country is home to most of the world's top players, among them [[Adolfo Cambiaso]], the best in Polo history.{{sfn|Nauright|Parrish|2012|p=128}}

Historically, Argentina has had a strong showing within [[auto racing]]. [[Juan Manuel Fangio]] was a five-time [[Formula One]] world champion under four different teams, winning 102 of his 184 international races, and is widely ranked as the greatest driver of all time.{{sfnm|1a1=Nauright|1a2=Parrish|1y=2012|1p=98|2a1=Dougall|2y=2013|2pp=170–171}} Other distinguished racers were [[Oscar Alfredo Gálvez]], [[Juan Gálvez (racing driver)|Juan Gálvez]], [[José Froilán González]] and [[Carlos Reutemann]].{{sfnm|1a1=Arbena|1y=1999|1p=147|2a1=Dougall|2y=2013|2pp=170–171, 195}}