Popularity of Sports in Iceland
There are quite a number of sporting events that are celebrated in Iceland, which include football, track and field, handball and basketball. The national sport in this European island country is handball in which the national team is one of the top-ranked teams in the world. At the same time, Icelandic women are surprisingly good at football in which the national team has ranked 19th at FIFA.
However, that does not limit the interest of the country in sports. As a matter of fact, it is also an excellent destination for alpine ski touring and Telemark skiing, with the Troll Peninsula as the centre of activity. In terms of Strongman competitions, the nation also has the most wins. Apart from all that, shooting remains a popular sport in which all types of shooting with small arms is regularly practised in the country.
