Argentina

Argentina is a country in South America. It has an area of under 3,000,000 and has a population of over 40 million people. Argentina is known for Buenos Aires and one of the greatest football greats, Lionel Messi.

Sports
Argentina's most popular sport is football. Argentina made five World Cup finals, but only won three of them. The men's team is more successful then their women's team, as the men's team won the 1978 and 1986 World Cups. Argentina lost three World Cup finals against fellow South Americans Uruguay in 1930 and Germany twice in 1990 and 2014.

The women's team has had less success then the men's team, as the team did not advance past the group stage in the 2003 and 2007 tournaments.

Tennis, field hockey and basketball are also popular sports.