Sport in Saint Petersburg

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Sport in Saint Petersburg has a long tradition, back to the founding days of Saint Petersburg in the early 18th century.

Petrovsky stadium

International sports events held in Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg hosted part of the

Summer Olympics. The 1994 Goodwill Games
were held here. It bid for 2004 Summer Olympics and might bid again for 2032 Summer Olympics if Russia's ban on state-sponsored doping would end before host decision.

History

The first competition here was the 1703

ice boats
.

Sports

Bandy

A sport with long history in Russia is

Neva River in the 19th century. The Saint Petersburg team Yusupov Sad («Юсупов Сад») toured Germany, Sweden and Finland in 1907 under the name Sankt Petersburger Amateur Eislaufverein and won most of its games. Bandy was also played during the Soviet years, with Dynamo Leningrad becoming the runner-up for the Soviet Cup in 1947 and Lenin IVF Leningrad being the runner-up for the Soviet Union Championship in 1952. However, Saint Petersburg has not had an elite team in this sport since BSK Saint Petersburg
had to cease its operations in 2005.

Basketball

  • Piterbasket, a team sport closely resembling basketball, created in 2002 at Saint Petersburg.[2]

Chess

Russian Tsar Nicholas II to five players: Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Tarrasch and Marshall
, and which the Tsar had partially funded.

Equestrian

Equestrianism has been a long tradition, popular among the Tsars and aristocracy, as well as part of the military training. Several historic sports arenas were built for Equestrianism since the 18th century, to maintain training all year round, such as the Zimny Stadion and Konnogvardeisky Manezh among others.

Powerboating

One of the first international major sport event held in Saint Petersbourg is Formula 1 powerboating also called

F1H2O. The first edition of the World Championship F1H2O Grand Prix of Russia was held in 1995. Since then the event took place again in 1996 1997 1998 1999 2008 2009 2010.[3] The event used to take place in front of Hermitage Museum[4]

Sports venues

FC Zenit St. Petersburg in 1950–1989 and 1992. In 1951 the attendance of 110,000 set the record for the Soviet football. Zenit now plays their home games at Krestovsky Stadium.[5]

Saint Petersburg teams

Club League Sport Venue Established Championships
Zenit Saint Petersburg
RFPL
 Football Krestovsky Stadium
1926
 1
UEFA Cup, 1 UEFA Super Cup
, 6 Russian Championships, 1 USSR Championship
Kondrashin Belov
PBL
 Basketball
Sibur Arena
1935
 2 Saporta Cups, 1 Russian Cup, 2 USSR Championships, 2 USSR Cups
Avtomobilist St. Petersburg
VSL
 Volleyball Platonov Volleyball Academy
1935
 2
CEV Cups
, 2 Russian Championships, 3 USSR Championships, 2 USSR Cups
SKA Saint Petersburg
KHL
 Ice hockey
Ice Palace
1946
 2 Gagarin Cup Championships
Politekh St. Petersburg
MFSL
 Futsal Kalinin District MFOK
1995
 0 Championships
Petrotrest St. Petersburg
FNL
 Football MSA Petrovsky
2001
 1
Second Division
Championship
SKA-1946 St. Petersburg
MHL
 Ice hockey MSA Yubileyny
2009
 0 Championships
Serebryanye Lvy
MHL
 Ice hockey Spartak Ice Palace
2010
 0 Championships
VC Zenit Saint Petersburg
VSL
 Volleyball Platonov Volleyball Academy
2017
 0 Championships

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, St Petersburg will not be hosting the Champions League.[6]

References

  1. ^ History of Yacht Clubs in Russia
  2. ^ Trikrepšio istorija
  3. ^ "F1H2O UIM World Championship".
  4. ^ "F1H2O UIM World Championship".
  5. ^ "Gazprom Arena (Saint Petersburg Stadium) - Zenit - the Stadium Guide".
  6. ^ Nair, Rohith (25 February 2022). "Russia stripped of major events as invasion of Ukraine intensifies". Reuters.

See also

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