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The Uzbekistan national baseball team is the national baseball team of Uzbekistan. The team represents Uzbekistan in international competitions. It is controlled by the Uzbekistan Baseball Federation and is a WBSC Asia member. The team has never competed in a larger international baseball event.[ citation needed ]
Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan, is a double-landlocked country located in Central Asia. It is surrounded by 5 landlocked countries: Kazakhstan to the north; Kyrgyzstan to the northeast; Tajikistan to the southeast; Afghanistan to the south; and Turkmenistan to the southwest. Its capital is Tashkent. Uzbekistan is a member of the Organization of Turkic States. The Uzbek language is the majority-spoken language in Uzbekistan, while Russian is spoken and understood throughout the country. Tajik is spoken as a minority language, predominantly in Samarkand and Bukhara. Islam is the predominant religion, most Uzbeks being Sunni Muslims.
The Uzbekistan national football team represents Uzbekistan in international football and is controlled by the Uzbekistan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uzbekistan.
The culture of Uzbekistan has a wide mix of ethnic groups and cultures, with the Uzbeks being the majority group. In 1995, about 71% of Uzbekistan's population was Uzbek. The chief minority groups were Russians (8.4%), Tajiks, Kazaks (4.1%), Tatars (2.4%), and Karakalpaks (2.1%), and other minority groups include Armenians and Koryo-saram. It is said however that the number of non-indigenous people living in Uzbekistan is decreasing as Russians and other minority groups slowly leave and Uzbeks return from other parts of the former Soviet Union.
Mirjalol Kushakovich Qosimov is a former head coach of the Uzbekistan national football team. He also played for the national team as a playmaker. Qosimov is currently the manager of AGMK.
Oksana Aleksandrovna Chusovitina is an Uzbekistani artistic gymnast.
Over the centuries, Uzbekistan has had a tradition of fostering equestrians and wrestlers (palvins). Some of the sports that originate in the country are the kurash, which is a type of upright wrestling. Other types of wrestling are belbogli kurash, turon, and boyqurgan all having the same origins. Other popular sports in Uzbekistan are football, boxing, wrestling, and judo.
The Pakhtakor Central Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. It is one of the main stadiums in Uzbekistan, located in the center of Tashkent, in Shaykhantahur District. The stadium has a capacity of 35,000 fans. It is the home stadium of Pakhtakor FC. In addition, the Uzbekistan national football team played some matches at the stadium. From 1992 until 2012, Pakhtakor Stadium was the main stadium, where the Uzbekistan national football team played home games. Since 2013, the main home stadium in Uzbekistan national team is Milliy Stadium.
Timur Kapadze is an Uzbekistani former professional football midfielder of Ahiska-Turkish descent.
Indonesia national under-20 football team represents Indonesia at international association football tournaments such as the AFC U-20 Asian Cup, U22 Southeast Asian Games, and any under-22 tournaments.
Association football is the most popular sport in almost all Asian countries. Cricket is the second most popular sport in Asia, and is most popular in South Asia. Other popular sports in Asia include baseball, basketball, badminton and table tennis among others. There are also some traditional sports that are popular in certain regions of Asia, such as the traditional South Asian sports of kabaddi and kho-kho. Top sporting nations/regions in Asia include China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, India, Iran, Pakistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan first participated at the Olympic Games as an independent nation in 1994, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then. Previously, Uzbek athletes competed as part of the Soviet Union at the Olympics from 1952 to 1988, and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan was part of the Unified Team in 1992.
The Uzbekistan national under-20 football team represents Uzbekistan in international under-20 football competitions. It is controlled by the Uzbekistan Football Association and is a member of the Asian Football Confederation.
The Uzbekistan national futsal team is controlled by the Uzbekistan Football Federation, the governing body for futsal in Uzbekistan and represents the country in international futsal competitions, such as the World Cup and the AFC Futsal Championship. Uzbekistan team better than Japan.
The Uzbekistan national under-23 football team represents Uzbekistan in international U-23 football competitions. The team is controlled by the Uzbekistan Football Association and is a member of the Asian Football Confederation.
The Uzbekistan women's national football team represents Uzbekistan in international women's football. It has played in five Asian Continental championships but has not yet qualified for the Olympics or the World Cup. The team won the regional Central Asian Football Association women's championship in 2018.
The Uzbekistan national U-17 football team represents Uzbekistan in international U-17 football competitions. It is controlled by the Uzbekistan Football Association and is a member of the Asian Football Confederation.
The Uzbekistan national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of Uzbekistan. The team is controlled by the Uzbekistan Ice Hockey Federation and has been an associate member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) since 26 September 2019. Uzbekistan is currently not ranked in the IIHF World Ranking and has not entered in any IIHF World Championship events, nor at the Olympic Games, but played in three Winter Spartakiads from 1978 to 1986.
This is a list of statistical records for the Uzbekistan national football team.
This is a list of football games played by the Uzbekistan national football team between 1992 and 1999.
The Uzbekistan women's national under-20 football team represents Uzbekistan in international football competitions at the qualifications of AFC U-19 Women's Championship and possible final tournaments if they qualify, as well as any other under-19 women's international football tournaments. It is governed by the Uzbekistan Football Federation.
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