The CONMEBOLCopa América, often simply called the Copa America, is the top men's quadrennial football tournament contested among national teams from South America. It is the oldest still-running continental football competition, as well as the third most watched in the world. The competition determines the champions of South America. Since the 1990s, teams from North America and Asia have also been invited to compete.
The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition organised by the International Rugby Board. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 20 October. France won the hosting rights in 2003, beating a bid from England. The competition consisted of 48 matches over 44 days; 42 matches were played in 10 cities throughout France, as well as four in Cardiff, Wales, and two in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members’ men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 when it was hosted by Tunisia under the tournament name of FIFA World Youth Championship until 2005. In 2007 the name was changed to its present form. FIFA bills the men's Under-20 World Cup as "the tournament of tomorrow's superstars." Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi and Paul Pogba are previous winners of the official player of the tournament award, and Erling Haaland was the top scorer at the 2019 edition. The current title holder is Uruguay, which won its first title at the 2023 tournament in Argentina.
The Departamento de Canelones is one of the 19 Uruguayan departments. With an area of 4,536 km2 (1,751 sq mi) and 518,154 inhabitants, it is located in the south of Uruguay. Its capital is Canelones. Ciudad de la Costa is the largest city by total population and Las Piedras is the largest city with an official census.
The CIRH Roller Hockey World Club Championship is a discontinued worldwide competition for the best roller hockey teams in the world. This competition was held for the first time in 2006, at Luanda, Angola and for the second and last time in 2008, at Reus, Spain. The competition was sanctioned by the International Rink Hockey Committee.
Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held over a fourteen-day period beginning on 10 August, culminating with the medal finals on 22 and 23 August. All games were played at the hockey field constructed on the Olympic Green.
Shangrilá is a coastal resort or residential neighbourhood of the Ciudad de la Costa in the Canelones Department of Uruguay.
The 2010 FIRS Men's B-Roller Hockey World Cup or 2010 B-World Cup was the 14th edition of the Roller Hockey B World Championship, held from 23 to 30 October, in Dornbirn, Austria. This was an Official competition organized by CIRH.
The 2012 FIRS B-World Cup was the 15th edition of the Roller Hockey B World Championship,. This is an Official competition organized by CIRH. The competition was hosted in Canelones, Uruguay from 24 November to 1 December.
The 2011 FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup U-20 was the 5th edition of the FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup U-20. It was held in September 2011 in Barcelos.
Atlántida is a resort town of the Costa de Oro in Canelones Department of Uruguay, 45 kilometres (28 mi) east of Montevideo. It is located on Ruta Interbalnearia, near the junction with Route 11.
Progreso is a city in the Canelones Department of southern Uruguay.
Barros Blancos is a city in the Canelones Department of southern Uruguay. In 1976, it had been renamed to Juan Antonio Artigas, after commanding officer Juan Antonio Artigas, grandfather of the national hero José Gervasio Artigas, but the old name was reinstated in 2007.
Lagomar is a residential neighbourhood and resort of Ciudad de la Costa in Canelones, Uruguay.
Barra de Carrasco is a residential neighbourhood and resort of Ciudad de la Costa in Canelones, Uruguay. Its name means "mouth of the Carrasco Creek".
Paso de Carrasco or Paso Carrasco is a city in the Canelones Department of Uruguay.
The 2013 FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup U-20 was the 6th edition of the FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup U-20. It was held in October 2013 in Cartagena, Colombia. Portugal won its second title.
The 2014 Pan American Men's Handball Championship, was the 16th official competition for senior men's national handball teams of North, Center, Caribbean and South America. It was held from 23 to 29 June 2014 in Uruguay. It also acted as the qualifying competition for the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship, securing three vacancies for the World Championship.
The 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 2 was held from February to March 2015. A total of 24 teams competing in 3 events took part in this round of the tournament playing for 7 berths in the Semifinals, to be played in June and July 2015.
The men's handball tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, was held at the Exhibition Centre from July 17 to 25.
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