Sports in Tricity
Encyclopedia
The following is a list of sport teams in the area of Tricity
aglomeration, which includes the Polish
cities of Gdańsk
, Gdynia
and Sopot
.
Tricity
Tricity is an urban area consisting of three Polish cities: Gdańsk, Gdynia and Sopot. They are situated adjacent to one other, in a row, on the coast of the Gdańsk Bay, Baltic Sea, in Pomerelia , northern Poland...
aglomeration, which includes the Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
cities of Gdańsk
Gdansk
Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...
, Gdynia
Gdynia
Gdynia is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland and an important seaport of Gdańsk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea.Located in Kashubia in Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk and suburban communities, which together...
and Sopot
Sopot
Sopot is a seaside town in Eastern Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000....
.
- Arka GdyniaArka GdyniaMorski Związkowy Klub Sportowy Arka Gdynia is a Polish professional football club, based in Gdynia, Poland, that plays in the Polish 1 Liga. The club was founded as Klub Sportowy Gdynia in 1929. Its activities were interrupted between 1939–1945 due to the German occupation of Poland...
- football team (1st league 2005/2006,2nd league 2003/2004, Polish Champion 1979) - Lotos VBW Clima GdyniaLotos VBW Clima GdyniaLotos Gdynia is a Polish women basketball team, based in Gdynia, playing in PLKK.-Best achievements:* Polish Championship : 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010* Polish Cup : 2005, 2007* EuroLeague Women:...
- women basketball team (Polish Champion 2004) - KS Laczpol Gdynia - women handball team (1st league in season 2003/2004)
- Arka GdyniaArka GdyniaMorski Związkowy Klub Sportowy Arka Gdynia is a Polish professional football club, based in Gdynia, Poland, that plays in the Polish 1 Liga. The club was founded as Klub Sportowy Gdynia in 1929. Its activities were interrupted between 1939–1945 due to the German occupation of Poland...
- rugby team (1st league in season 2003/2004) - Wybrzeże GdańskWybrzeze GdanskGdański Klub Sportowy "Wybrzeże" is a Polish motorcycle speedway team based in Gdańsk who race in the 1 Liga .- Stadium :...
- speedwayMotorcycle speedwayMotorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. Speedway motorcycles use only one gear and have no brakes and racing takes place on a flat oval track usually...
team - Energa Gedania GdańskEnerga Gedania GdanskEnerga Gedania Gdańsk is a Polish women's volleyball team, based in Gdańsk, playing in Polish Seria A Women's Volleyball League....
- women volleyball team (Seria A in season 2003/2004) - Nata AZS AWFiS GdańskNata AZS AWFiS GdanskNata AZS AWFiS Gdańsk is a Polish women's handball team, based in Gdańsk, playing in Polish Ekstraklasa Women's Handball League ....
- women handball team (Premier league in season 2003/2004) - DGT AZS AWFiS Gdańsk - men handball team (Premier league in season 2003/2004)
- SMS Gdańsk - men handball team (1st league in season 2003/2004)
- Stoczniowiec GdańskStoczniowiec GdańskStoczniowiec Gdańsk is an ice hockey team in Gdańsk, Poland. They play in the Polska Liga Hokejowa, the top level Polish ice hockey league.The club was founded in 1953 as Polonia Gdańsk, they were renamed Stoczniowiec Gdańsk in 1970....
- men ice hockey team (Premier league in season 2003/2004) - Lechia GdańskLechia GdanskLechia Gdańsk is a Polish football club based in Gdańsk, Poland. The club's name comes from Lechia, a poetic name for Poland. The club was founded by people expelled from Lwów, who were supporters of Lechia Lwów. Founded in 1945, Lechia was a powerhouse in Polish football during the mid-1950s...
- men footballFootball in PolandFootball is the most popular sport in Poland. Over 400,000 Poles play football regularly, with millions more playing occasionally. The first professional clubs were founded in the early 1900s, and the Polish national football team played its first international match in 1921.There are hundreds of...
team (Polish CupPolish CupThe Polish Cup in football or officially Remes Puchar Polski, is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title...
winner 1983, Polish SupercupPolish SuperCupThe Polish SuperCup in football is an annually held match between the champion of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winner. To this date the Polish SuperCup has been played out 21 times with the Polish Cup winner taking the trophy 13 times, while the Ekstraklasa champions had won the trophy 8 times...
winner 1983; 3rd league in 2004/2005 season) - AZS AWFiS Gdańsk - rugby team (1st league in season 2003/2004)
- Prokom Trefl SopotProkom Trefl SopotAsseco Prokom Gdynia is a Polish professional basketball team, based in Gdynia, Poland. The team plays in the Polish Basketball League and the Euroleague...
- men's basketball team; Polish League champion 2004, EuroleagueEuroleagueEuroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
participant 2004-05 - Seahawks GdyniaSeahawks GdyniaThe Seahawks Gdynia are an American football team based in Gdynia, Poland. They play in the Polish American Football League.- History :The team was founded in October 2005 as the Pomorze Seahawks...
- american football team, formely played in Sopot and Gdańsk; EFAF Challenge CupEFAF Challenge CupThe EFAF Challenge Cup is an international competition for European American Football clubs. The EFAF Cup is the third highest level of club competition in the European Federation of American Football , behind the European Football League and the EFAF Cup.-EFAF Challenge Cup:Organised by EFAF,...
appearance (2009) - Klub Piłkarski Sopot (KP SopotKP SopotKP Sopot is a Polish football club based in Sopot, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of northern Poland. In the 2010–11 season, they played in the sixth tier of Polish football, Klasa A, grupa Gdańsk I...
) – Football (Soccer) Club founded in 1987. In 2007/08 season it won the Regional Polish CupPolish CupThe Polish Cup in football or officially Remes Puchar Polski, is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title...
.http://www.kpsopot.com