Sport in Gdańsk

There are many popular professional sports team in the Gdańsk and Tricity area. Amateur sports are played by thousands of Gdańsk citizens and also in schools of all levels (elementary, secondary, university).

Sports in Gdańsk

Football

Current teams

Former teams

Rugby

Former teams

  • RC AZS Politechnika Gdańsk — men's Rugby team (Polish Championship runners-up in 1958, played from 1956–1961)

Handball

Current teams

Former teams

Speedway

Volleyball

Former teams

  • Wybrzeże Gdańsk — men's basketball team (4x Basket Liga champions, played from 1946—1996)

Ice Hockey

Former teams

American Football

Sports clubs

  • Lechia Gdańsk — sections in football, rugby, athletics, and cycling
  • Gedania Gdańsk — sections in football, volleyball, and rowing
  • Stoczniowiec Gdańsk — sections in football, ice hockey, speed skating, curling, and volleyball
  • AZS-AWFiS Gdańsk — sections in handball, fencing, gymnastics, judo, athletics, swimming, rugby, table tennis, rowing, and sailing

Sports venues in Gdańsk

  • Stadion Gdańsk (known as "Polsat Plus Arena Gdańsk" for sponsorship reasons) — football stadium (home stadium for Lechia Gdańsk, hosts selected matches for the Poland national football team, held 4 games during Euro 2012, hosted the 2021 Europa League Final)
  • Gdański Stadion Lekkoatletyczny i Rugby (Gdańsk Athletics and Rugby Stadium) — multi-purpose sports and athletics stadium (home stadium for RC Lechia Gdańsk, Biało-Zielone Ladies Gdańsk, AP LOTOS Gdańsk, and KL Lechia Gdańsk)
  • Stadion Gdańskiego Ośrodka Sportu (Gdańsk Sports Center Stadium) — football stadium (home stadium for Lechia Gdańsk Ladies, training ground for Lechia Gdańsk)
  • Stadion Zbigniew Podlecki — speedway stadium (home stadium for Wybrzeże Gdańsk)
  • Ergo Arena — multi-purpose indoor arena, on the boundary between Gdańsk and Sopot (home arena for Trefl Gdańsk, Wybrzeże Gdańsk, and Trefl Sopot)
  • Hala Olivia — multi-purpose indoor arena, primarily used for sports on ice

See also

References


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