- Sport in Hamburg
Sport in
Hamburg ,Germany , has a long and distinguished history. Some of the founders of the German football association came from Hamburg. One of the oldest rowing clubs is located in Hamburg. Several championships were held here. About 60 teams from Hamburg are playing in German first leagues (Bundesliga ). And the recreational sport is a large factor in Hamburg, the sport federation of Hamburg ("Hamburger Sportbund") represents more than 500,000 member in more than 700 clubs.The two well knowned clubs in Hamburg would be the
Hamburger SV and theFC St. Pauli , both playingassociation football in the German leagues.Hamburger SV and FC St. Pauli are names of multisport clubs. Here it is the men's first team.]History
The club "Vierländer Schützengesellschaft" (Rough translation: Shooting Club Vierlande) is the oldest still existing organisation in Hamburg. It was established in 1592.] The "Berenberg Polo Derby" is medium goal polo tournament, hosted by the German Polo Federation. Since 1979 the derby is held allmost annually at the venue of the Hamburger Polo Club in the Klein Flottbek quarter.Citation |author= |title=Polo |publisher="Hamburger Polo Club" |url=http://www.hamburger-polo-club.de |accessdate=2008-08-16 de icon]
Non professional sport
Non professional or recreational sports in clubs is represented by several associations. The Hamburg Sport Federation ("Hamburger Sportbund (HSB)") is the umbrella organisation for all sports clubs in Hamburg. Existing since 1945, in 2007 the HSB represented 502,571 member in 780 clubs with 53 sports associations.Citation |author=Hamburg Sport Federation (HSB) |title= Jahresbericht 2007 |publisher="Hamburger Sportbund" |url=http://www.hamburger-sportbund.de/resourcen/0020/HSB_Jahresbericht_2007.pdf|format =
PDF |accessdate=2008-08-14 de icon] The Association for Gymnastics ("Verband für Turnen und Freizeit (VTF)" ) has more than 100,000 members, followed by the Association for Football (soccer) ("Hamburger Fussballbund (HFB)" ). Members of the HFB are among others the Hamburger SV with more than 40,000 and the FC St. Pauli with more than 6,000 members.Notes
References
External links
* [http://www.adh.de/en_fed.htm Official Website of the German University Sports Federation]
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