Federación Argentina de Pato y Horseball (Argentine Federation of Pato and Horseball)
Nicknames
El deporte nacional ("The national sport")[1]
First played
1610, Argentina[2]
Registered players
Yes
Clubs
no
Characteristics
Contact
Yes
Team members
4 per team
Mixed-sex
No
Type
Equestrian, ball game, team sport, outdoor
Equipment
Ball
Venue
Field (grass)
Presence
Country or region
Argentina
Olympic
No
Paralympic
No
Obsolete
Yes
Pato, also called juego del pato (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈxweɣoðelˈpato], literally "duck game"), is a game played on horseback that combines elements from polo and basketball. Since 1953 it has been the national sport of Argentina.[1]
^ ab"Argentina Decree Nº 17468 of 16/09/1953". Global Legal Information Network. Archived from the original on 29 April 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2012. Decree 17468 of 9/16/1953 decrees that the national sport or game shall be the one known as 'El Pato', as developed from an old game engaged in by the gauchos, and so truly Argentinean in origin.
^"Pato, Argentina's national sport". Argentina.ar. Secretariat of Public Communication, Presidency of the Nation. 18 November 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2012. In 1610, thirty years after Buenos Aires' second foundation and two hundred years before the May Revolution, a document drafted by the military anthropologist Felix de Azara described a pato sport scene taking place in the city.
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