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What is the national ball of the following countries?

China's national ball is table tennis, the United States' national ball is basketball and rugby, Britain and Japan's national ball is baseball, Brazil's national ball is football and New Zealand's national ball is rugby.

Because of the World Table Tennis Tournament in 1959, the athletes from China won the first world championship for China, which made the people excited. Since then, table tennis has become popular in China and has become the national sport in China.

1. table tennis

Table tennis, the national sport of China, is a world-popular ball sport, including attack, confrontation and defense. There are several kinds of competitions, such as team, singles and doubles. Before September 1, 21, it was divided into one game with 21, and now it is divided into one game with 11; Adopt the best of five games and the best of seven games. Table tennis is spherical, weighing 2.53-2.7g, white or orange, and made of celluloid or plastic.

table tennis originated in Britain, and the name "table tennis" originated in 19, so it was named after the sound of "Ping Pong" when it was struck. In Chinese mainland, "table tennis" was taken as its official name, and so were Hongkong and Macau. In 1926, an international table tennis invitational tournament was held in London, England. Later, it was regarded as the first world table tennis championship, and the International Table Tennis Federation was established.

2. Basketball

Basketball was invented by American james naismith in 1891. At that time, he taught at the YMCA International Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. Because the local area is rich in peaches, the children here like to play the game of throwing the ball into the peach basket very much. This inspired him, and learned the characteristics of football, hockey and other ball games to create basketball games.

3. Rugby

Rugby, a kind of ball games, is popular in Britain, South Africa, the United States, France, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Argentina, Japan, Canada and Italy. Originated in rugby, England in 1823, it was originally named Rugby Football, or rugby for short. ?

It is called rugby in China because of its olive-like shape. Rugby is a city in the middle of England, where there is a Rugby School, which is the birthplace of rugby. Rugby union refers to Rugby League, American football, Canadian football, australian rules football and Gaelic football, which also use olive balls.

4. Baseball

Baseball refers to baseball, which is a kind of collective and antagonistic ball game with the main feature of baseball. It is widely carried out in the world and has great influence.

It is especially popular in the United States and Japan, and is called the "national ball". It is also a team ball game, with a minimum of 9 legal players, and its approximate sport is softball. Baseball players are divided into offensive and defensive sides. They use bats and gloves to play in a fan-shaped baseball field.

In the game, the two teams take turns to attack and defend: when the attacking player successfully runs back to home plate, he will get 1 point. The team with the highest score in nine innings wins. In the 212 London Olympic Games, baseball was included in the competition. Baseball will officially return as a competition in the 22 Tokyo Olympic Games.

5. football, with the reputation of "the first sport in the world", is the most influential single sport in the world. The standard 11-a-side football match consists of 1 players and a goalkeeper from each team, with a total of 22 people, who fight, defend and attack on the rectangular grass court.

The purpose of the game is to shoot the football into the opponent's goal as much as possible, and you can get one point for every goal you score. When the game is over, the team with more points wins. If you score the same score within the specified time, it depends on the rules of the game. You can draw lots, play overtime or exchange penalties (12 yards)? [1]? Equal forms of competition are divided into high and low. In the football match, except the goalkeeper can touch the football with his hands in his own restricted area, each player on the court can only control the football with other parts of his body except his hands (except for foul balls).

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