Unusual Sports Around the World

Here are some of our large list of unusual sports from around the world, categorized into the country you can see it played or join in the fun. If a sport is predominantly played in one country, it is listed there. Many of these unusual sports still remain in the general category, as many are played all around the world.

Countries like the UK, USA and Australia have their fair share of unique unusual sports events.

• Unusual Sports in the UK
• Unusual Sports in the USA
• Unusual Sports in Australia

Türkiye

• Camel Wrestling — two male camels up against each other.
• Oil Wrestling — slip sliding away.

Spain

• Running with the Bulls — mix it up with the bulls in Pamplona in Spain.
• Running of the Nudes — alternative to the bull run.
• Castell Tower Building — a human tower traditionally built during Catalan festivals, where participants form tiers by standing on each other's shoulders.

Germany

• Kastenlauf — run, carry and drink a crate of beer
• Mud Olympics — getting messy in a variety of dirty sports

Finland

• Swamp Football — getting bogged down in defense.
• Wife Carrying Festival — all for beer, the first prize.

Indonesia

• Fireball Game — football with a ball on fire
• Makepung — racing buffalo competition from Bali

Canada

• Pillow Fighting — a real-life semi-professional women-only sporting event

Russia

• Car Curling — just like Olympic curling, but with cars.

Ireland

• Road Bowling — look out cars, a rock's coming.

Italy

• Calcio Fiorentino — an early form of football which was developed in 16th century Italy.

Scotland

• Haggis Hurling — throwing a haggis as far as possible for distance and accuracy

Japan

• Botaoshi — a tough and crazy game like capture the flag played in Japan.
• Ban'ei — a Japanese horse race which requires a draft horse to pull a weighted sled up sand ramps.

New Zealand

• Rural Games — a uniquely New Zealand event comprising a large range of unusual sports and games.
• Naked Rugby —nude rugby international matches have been played in the cold south of New Zealand!
• Jaffa Race — racing jaffa lollies down the world's steepest street in Dunedin
• Zorb Ball — rolling down the hill.

Vanuatu

• Land Diving — dry land bungy jumping.

Yemen

• Camel Jumping — the objective of the sport is to clean jump a group of camels that are stacked together horizontally.

Bahrain

• Baby Olympics — a competition for children aged between two and four years, competing in athletics, gymnastics, football, basketball and weightlifting.

Sweden

• Snow Blower Race — competitors push a snow blower through a 20-meter long snow heap.

Hungary

• Wheel Barrow Olympics — an international sports event organized annually in Hungary.

Zimbabwe

• Mr Ugly — Who is the ugliest person in Zimbabwe?

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