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[[Timor-Leste]] is a relatively new country. As one of the world's poorest countries, athletic activities are limited at the professional level.

==International sports associations==
Timor-Leste belongs to numerous international sport associations, including the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC). The IOC board has granted full recognition to the East Timorese [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] Committee (COTL). The IOC allowed a symbolic four-member East Timor team to take part in the 2000 Sydney Games under the Olympic flag as "Independent Olympic Athletes."<ref>{{cite web
  | title =Summer Olympics 2000 East Timor's tiny team gets warm welcome
  | publisher = [[ESPN]] Internet Ventures
  | date =18 October 2000
  | url =http://static.espn.go.com/oly/summer00/news/2000/1018/825268.html
  | accessdate = 13 March 2009 }}</ref> The Federação Timor-Leste de Atletismo had joined the [[World Athletics|International Association of Athletics Federations]] (IAAF). The Federação de Badminton de Timor-Leste joined the International Badminton Federation (IBF) in April 2003. The [[Timor Leste Cycling|Timor-Leste Cycling Federation]] joined the [[Union Cycliste Internationale]]. Confederacao do Desporto de Timor Leste also joined the International Weightlifting Federation. Timor-Leste is also a full member of the International Table-Tennis Federation (ITTF). In September 2005, the [[Timor-Leste national football team]] joined [[FIFA]], while the [[Timor-Leste men's national basketball team|men's national basketball team]] joined [[FIBA]] in 2013. On July 20 2025, during the ICC Annual General Meeting, held in [[Singapore]], Timor Leste became the 110th member of the [[International Cricket Council|ICC]].

==Participation in international events==
Timor-Leste has taken part in multiple international sporting events. Although the athletes came back with no medals, East Timorese athletes had the opportunity to compete with other Southeast Asian athletes in the [[2003 Southeast Asian Games]] held in [[Vietnam]] in 2003. In the 2003 ASEAN [[Paralympics]] Games, also held in Vietnam, Timor-Leste won a bronze medal. In the [[2004 Summer Olympics|Athens 2004 Olympic Games]], six athletes participated in three sports: athletics, weightlifting and boxing. Timor-Leste [[East Timor at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games|won three medals]] in [[Arnis at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games]]. Timor-Leste was one of the competing nations in the [[2006 Lusofonia Games|first]] [[Lusofonia Games|Lusophony Games]], winning a bronze medal in the women's volleyball competition (finishing third out of three teams, despite the fact the team lost all three games in which it competed). On 30 October 2008, Timor-Leste earned their first international points in a [[FIFA]] match with a 2–2 draw against Cambodia.<ref>{{cite web|title=World's worst soccer team thrilled to get first tie|url=http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/27457471/|publisher=[[Reuters]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081102193546/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/27457471/|archivedate=2 November 2008|date=30 October 2008|quote=With 2–2 finish vs. Cambodia, East Timor finally has reason to celebrate}}</ref>

==See also==
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*[[Sports in Asia]]
*[[Timor-Leste at the Olympics]]

==References==
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