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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.
Timor-Leste belongs to numerous international sport associations, including theInternational Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC board has granted full recognition to the East TimoreseOlympic 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."[1] The Federação Timor-Leste de Atletismo had joined theInternational Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The Federação de Badminton de Timor-Leste joined the International Badminton Federation (IBF) in April 2003. TheTimor-Leste Cycling Federation joined theUnion 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, theTimor-Leste national football team joinedFIFA, while themen's national basketball team joinedFIBA in 2013. On July 20 2025, during the ICC Annual General Meeting, held inSingapore, Timor Leste became the 110th member of theICC.
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 the2003 Southeast Asian Games held inVietnam in 2003. In the 2003 ASEANParalympics Games, also held in Vietnam, Timor-Leste won a bronze medal. In theAthens 2004 Olympic Games, six athletes participated in three sports: athletics, weightlifting and boxing. Timor-Lestewon three medals inArnis at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games. Timor-Leste was one of the competing nations in thefirstLusophony 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 aFIFA match with a 2–2 draw against Cambodia.[2]
With 2–2 finish vs. Cambodia, East Timor finally has reason to celebrate
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