WThe Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar Banco del Austro is a multi-purpose stadium in Cuenca, Ecuador. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Club Deportivo Cuenca and Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Cuenca. The stadium holds 16,540 spectators and opened in 1945.
WClub Deportivo América, commonly known as América de Quito, is a football club based in Quito, Ecuador. A top-level club in Ecuador for decades, they were relegated to the second division in 1988 and later to the country's third-tier Segunda Categoría. In 2018, they returned to the top flight, but were again relegated a year later.
WThe Autódromo Internacional José Tobar, formerly known as the Autodromo Internacional de Yahuarcocha, is a motorsport circuit located in Ibarra, Ecuador, around the lake Yawarkucha. It has hosted events in the Formula Renault series. During the decade of the 60s, the construction of the new and current layout was ordered and it came into shape and was finished by the start of the 1970s, with a new and smaller layout due to the old layout being ruled too dangerous given the danger of crashing in water. The circuit is currently used for local motor-sport events; national motor-sports championship or single events, which are composed my amateur and/or semi-professional teams. The most featured and important race is the "Larga Duracion", which consists of 6 hours of endurance racing and brings participants from neighboring countries to participate. The circuit's facilities are outdated, and have not been renewed since around mid 1990s, including paddock, grandstands and pit-lane.
WDeportivo Azogues was an Ecuadorian football club based in Azogues. It played in the Serie B, until they got relegated in 2015 into Segunda Categoria the third tier of football in Ecuador. It played its home games at the Estadio Municipal Jorge Andrade Cantos.
WThe Club Deportivo Audaz Octubrino is a professional soccer team from the city of Machala in Ecuador. Its stadium is called "9 de Mayo" and has a capacity of about 10,000 people. In Copa America 1993 it staged some group stage games.
WClub Deportivo Clan Juvenil is an Ecuadorian professional football club based in Sangolquí. They currently play in the Serie A after gaining promotion from the Serie B.
WClub Deportivo ESPOLI is a professional football team from Quito, Ecuador that now plays in the Segunda Categoría, the third level of professional football in country. The team belong to the Escuela Superior de Policía (ESPOLI), a police academy in Quito.
WClub Deportivo Filanbanco was a football team based out of Guayaquil, Ecuador. It was formed in 1979 by Filanbanco, one of the largest banks in Ecuador. The club dissolved a little after one decade of existence when it ceded its team to Valdez Sporting Club. Valdez proceeded to dissolve a few years later It was the Serie A runner-up in 1987.
WClub Centro Deportivo Olmedo is an Ecuadorian professional football club based in Riobamba, Ecuador. They currently play in the Serie A.
W9 de Octubre Fútbol Club, simply referred to as Nueve (9) de Octubre, is a sports club based in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The club is best known for its football team.
WClub Atlético Green Cross is a football club based in Manta, Ecuador and founded on January 12, 1961. In 1991 the team won the title in the Serie B E1.
WClub Deportivo Atlético Audaz is a sports club based in Machala, Ecuador. They are best known for their professional football team, which played in the second level of Ecuadorian football, the Serie B.
WClub Deportivo Municipal Cañar is a sports club based in Cañar, Ecuador. They are best known for their professional football team, which plays in the third level of Ecuadorian football, the Segunda Categoría.
WClub Deportivo Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi is a professional Ecuadorian football club based in Latacunga. They currently play in the country's second-level football league—the Serie B—after gaining promotion from the third-level Segunda Categoria, which they won in 2009.
WClub Social y Deportivo Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial is a multi-sports club based in Quito, Ecuador known for their professional football team. They currently play in the country's third-level football league—the Segunda Categoría. They played one season in the second tier Serie B in 2010
WClub Social, Cultural y Deportivo Grecia is a sports club based in Chone, Ecuador. They are best known for their professional football team.
WEcua-volley is a variant of volleyball invented and played in Ecuador. Its official name is Ecuavoley, however it can be informally be called ecuavolley, ecuavoly, ecuabol, or simply boly. Its popularity has also spread to Colombians, the United States, and Europe.
WEcuador competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
WEcuador competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the first time in 44 years that the nation sent athletes to the Olympic Games. Fifteen competitors, fourteen men and one woman, took part in twenty-one events in six sports.
WEcuador competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.
WEcuador competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
WEcuador competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. Twelve competitors, eleven men and one woman, took part in thirteen events in five sports.
WEcuador competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.
WEcuador competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Thirteen competitors, ten men and three women, took part in fifteen events in six sports.
WThe 11th Pan American Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18, 1991.
WEcuador competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Thirteen competitors, six men and seven women, took part in fifteen events in six sports.
WEcuador competed at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain. 3 competitors from Ecuador won no medals and so did not place in the medal table.
WTwo male athletes from Ecuador competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States.
WEcuador competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
WEcuador sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The delegation consisted of two competitors, both powerlifters.
WEcuador has competed in 12 Summer Olympic Games. They debuted in the Winter Olympic Games in 2018. The nation from South America won its first medal when Jefferson Pérez won the gold medal in the men's 20 km walk at the 1996 Olympic Games. The Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee was created in 1948 and recognized by the IOC in 1959.
WEcuador at the Pan American Games.
WEcuador made its Paralympic Games début at the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto, with a small delegation of three competitors in track and field and swimming. The country has participated in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, except 1980 and 1988, but has never entered the Winter Paralympics. Ecuador's delegations have always been small, and no Ecuadorian has ever won a Paralympic medal.
WEcuador national basketball team is the national men's basketball team from Ecuador who played in the 1950 FIBA World Championship where they came eighth.
WThe Ecuador men's national volleyball team represents Ecuador in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches.
WThe Ecuador women's national volleyball team represents Ecuador in international competitions in women's volleyball. The dominant forces in women's volleyball on the South American continent are Brazil and Peru.
WThe Ecuadorian Cycling Federation or FEC is the national governing body of cycle racing in Ecuador.
WThe Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee was created in 1948 and recognized by the IOC in 1959.
WThe Estadio Municipal Jocay is a multi-use stadium in Manta, Ecuador. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Delfín S.C. of the Serie A de Ecuador and Manta F.C. of the Serie B de Ecuador. The stadium holds 20,000 spectators and opened on 14 January 1962. It is the most westerly stadium in South America.
WEstadio Modelo is a multi-purpose stadium in Guayaquil, Ecuador, owned by Fedeguayas. It is currently used mostly for association football matches and it sometimes hosts games of Rocafuerte Fútbol Club, Club 9 de Octubre, Club Sport Patria, Club Deportivo Everest, Calvi Fútbol Club, Panamá Sporting Club and Club Sport Norteamérica. The stadium holds 42,000. It was built and opened in 1959.
WEstadio Reales Tamarindos is a multi-use stadium in Portoviejo, Ecuador. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Portoviejo. The stadium has a capacity of 21,000 spectators and opened in 1970.
WThe Federación Ecuatoriana de Atletismo is the governing body for athletics in Ecuador. Current president is Manuel Bravo.
WFuerza Amarilla Sporting Club is an Ecuadorian football club based in Machala, Ecuador. It was founded on 23 December 1999. They currently play in the Ecuadorian Serie A.
WGuayaquil City F.C. is an Ecuadorian professional football club based in Guayaquil. They currently play in the country's first-level football league—the Serie A—after gaining promotion from the segunda-level Primera Categoria.
WImbabura Sporting Club is a professional football club based in Ibarra, Ecuador.
WClub Social y Deportivo Juventus is a professional football club based in Esmeraldas, Ecuador.
WLiga Deportiva Estudiantil is an association football club based in Guayaquil, Ecuador, founded on June 20, 1929.
WLiga Deportiva Universitaria de Cuenca is a football club based in Cuenca, Ecuador currently in the Second Category Ecuadorian football Championship.
WLiga Deportiva Universitaria de Portoviejo is a professional football club from the city of Portoviejo, Ecuador. They play in the Serie A, Their rival team is Delfín, against whom they contest the El Clásico Manabita.
WManta Fútbol Club is a football club based in Manta that plays in the Serie A, Ecuador's second tier of professional football. Their rival club is Delfín.
WMushuc Runa Sporting Club is an Ecuadorian football club based in Ambato, Ecuador. It was founded on January 2, 2003. They currently play in the Ecuadorian Serie A.
WPanamá Sporting Club is an Ecuadorian football club based in Guayaquil. Founded in 1923, it plays in the Segunda Categoría. The club is named after the Panama Canal.
WPlaza de toros de Quito is a bull ring in Quito, Ecuador. It ceased to be used for bull fighting after a referendum in which the citizenry voted against such practice in the Quito district. The stadium holds 15,000 people and it opened on 5 March 1960.
WClub Deportivo Politécnico is an Ecuadorian football club based in Quito. The club was founded on February 1, 1963, by students and professors from the National Polytechnic School after España ceded its franchise to the club. After several participations in the Serie A in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the club lost its division level in 1972; since then the team plays the Quito Amateur Championship organized by Asociacion de Futbol Amateur de Pichincha (AFAP) in order to regain its place in the second division of the Ecuadorian football league system. The most successful season in club history came in 1967 when it was the runner-up of the regional Campeonato Profesional Interandino.
WClub Deportivo Quevedo is an Ecuadorian professional football club based in Quevedo. They currently play in the Ecuadorian Serie B, the country's second division-flight professional league.
WRocafuerte Fútbol Club is a football club based in Guayaquil, Ecuador. They play in the Serie B, the second level of professional football in Ecuador.
WClub Deportivo Técnico Universitario is an Ecuadorian football club based in Ambato, Ecuador. It was founded on March 26 of 1971. Their city rivals are Macará. Were twice runners-up in Serie A of Ecuador in 1978 and 1980. They play in estadio Bellavista with a capacity of 16,467.
WUniversidad Católica del Ecuador is a football club based in Quito, Ecuador. They currently play in the top tier of Ecuadorian football and have spent the majority of their history in the top-flight Serie A.
WValdez Sporting Club was an Ecuadorian football club based in Milagro, Guayas. The club was founded in 1991 after Filanbanco ceded its franchise to the club. That same year, it finished as the Serie A runner-up. The following year, they participated in their first and only Copa Libertadores. They successfully advanced out of the group stage and were eventually eliminated in the Round of 16 by San Lorenzo de Almagro by penalties. After six years, the club folded in 1997.
WClub Deportivo Valle del Chota is an Ecuadorian professional football club based in Ibarra. It is the current winner of the Segunda Categoría, for which it has gained promotion to the second-level Serie B for the 2011 season.