football also has a huge influence on culture in rio de janeiro - brazil's national team has won the world cup more times than any other country, and the sport is played everywhere, and the entire city participates in the fanatic antics during an important match. 

people support their teams with great loyalty and passion, and emotions can run high - screams of frustration and joy can be heard coming from windows in residential areas, groups of people celebrate in local bars and goals are commonly ceebrated with imrpomtu fireworks. 

for readers interested in finding out more about any particular sport in rio de janeiro, including where to best practice it and through what establishments, we have a more detailed section here.