Sport in Warsaw
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Overview
On 9 April 2008 the President of Warsaw, Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, obtained from the mayor of Stuttgart Wolfgang Schuster a challenge award – a commemorative plaque awarded to Warsaw as the European Capital of Sport in 2008.[1]
The
There are many sports centres in the city as well. Most of these facilities are
The best of the city's swimming centres is at Wodny Park Warszawianka, 4 km south of the centre at Merliniego Street, where there's an Olympic-sized pool as well as water slides and children's areas.[5]
From the Warsovian football teams, the most famous is
Their local rivals,
Warsaw was chosen as one of four Polish cities to host the UEFA Euro 2012 tournament alongside Ukraine. Its Stadion Narodowy hosted just under a sixth of the games in the competition. It hosted 3 group A matches (including the opening game), 1 quarter-final and 1 semi-final at the European tournament.[6] Its city emblem (a mermaid) was chosen as the badge to symbolise the area. The city has also 4 teams who have their team base there or thereabouts: Russia, Croatia, Greece and of course, Poland.[7] The stadium is fully equipped including a folding roof (largest cubic volume in Europe) and a 56,000 seater capacity. The host stadium was only completed in November 2011, under a year before the start of UEFA Euro 2012 and it has hosted 2/3 of Poland's group matches.[8]
| Club | Sport | Founded | League | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legia Warsaw[9] | Football | 1916 | Ekstraklasa | Polish Army Stadium |
| Polonia Warsaw[10] | Football | 1911 | III liga | Stadion Miejski im. gen. Kazimierza Sosnkowskiego |
| Legia Warsaw[11] | Basketball | 1947 | Polska Liga Koszykówki | OSiR Bemowo |
| Polonia Warsaw[12] | Basketball | 1925 | dissolved | |
Verva Warsaw
|
Volleyball | 1954 | PlusLiga | Arena COS Torwar |
| Cumann Warsaw | Gaelic Football and Hurling | 2009 | European Gaelic Football Championship
|
Stadion Skra, Pole Mokotowskie
|
| Królewscy Warsaw | American Football | 2012 | Polska Liga Futbolu Amerykańskiego | Hutnik Stadium |
Football clubs
- Legia Warsaw – men's football team
- Polonia Warsaw – men's football team
- Gwardia Warsaw – men's football team
- Hutnik Warsaw – men's football team
Basketball teams
- Legia Warsaw – basketball team
Volleyball teams
- AZS Politechnika Warsaw – men's volleyballteam
Handball teams
- handball, swimming
- handball
American football
- Warsaw Eagles - Polish Champion (2006, 2008)
- Warsaw Spartans
- Królewscy Warszawa
Other
- Legia Warszawa (boxing) – boxing team
- Polonia GSM Warszawa – chess team
- Warsaw Marathon – annual marathon
- Centaury Warszawa - baseball team
- Feniksy Warszawa - baseball team
- Polish Devils - Australian Football
References
- ^ "European Capitals of Sport". www.aces-europa.eu. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
- ^ Ryan Lucas. "UEFA turns attention to Euro 2012". sports.sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
- ^ "Warsaw". www1.e2012.org. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
- ^ 2009 EuroBasket, ARCHIVE.FIBA.com, Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ^ "Wodny Park". www.wodnypark.com.pl. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
- ^ "National Stadium". www.UEFA.com. 12 June 2012.
- ^ "Team bases". www.UEFA.com. 12 June 2012.
- ^ "Warsaw host city" (PDF).
- ^ "KP Legia Warszawa". legia.com (in Polish). Archived from the original on November 8, 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
- ^ "KSP Polonia Warszawa". www.ksppolonia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 5 November 2008.
- ^ "Legia LIVE!". www.legialive.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 5 November 2008.
- ^ "Polonia". www.polonia.waw.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 5 November 2008.