Sports in Avignon
Sport in Avignon takes place in an organized form as popular sport in around 120 clubs.
Overview
Avignon, like all major French cities, has numerous sports facilities (several stadiums and city pools, ice rinks, bowling centers, golf courses, dojo's , etc.). A variety of sports can be practiced on the facilities, regardless of whether they are public or private. The city's largest sports venues are the Parc des Sports , the Stade de Saint-Ruf , the Cosec Moretti , the Palais Omnisports Champfleury , the Palais de la Glace (Ice Palace) and the Hippodrome Roberty .
The municipality of Avignon is also the birthplace of some sports personalities such as Formula 1 driver Jean Alesi and footballer Cédric Carrasso , who played Football 84 in the youth department of Avignon before moving to Olympique Marseille .
Every year numerous sporting events such as the "Tour des Remparts" or the "10 km de la Cité des Papes" are organized, but also football tournaments and events in boules , boxing, gymnastics, rugby, rock 'n' roll (dance) , Inline skating, etc.
Soccer
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Richest history football club in the city, which was founded in 1931 Association Sportive Avignonaise that after the Second World War due to a merger under the name Olympique Avignon took from the mid-1960s to 1991 in the professional league play and even in the 1975/76 season in the Division 1 was represented . After another merger (1992, as Club Olympique Avignonais ), the club has been called Avignon Football 84 since 2003 and only plays in a regional amateur class.
The AC Arles footballers have also played in the Parc des Sports of Avignon since 2009 , and in 2010 the club changed its name to AC Arles-Avignon on the occasion of its promotion to the top French league . The club also retained the venue and name after being relegated back to Ligue 2 in 2011.
rugby
Sporting olympique avignonnais XIII is the thirteen rugby club in the city of Avignon. He plays for the 2010 French rugby thirteen championship . The club has already won the French Cup four times (1955, 1956, 1982 and 1986) and reached the final four times (1947, 1958, 1959, 1998). In 1957 he made it to the championship finals. The home playground is the Stade de Saint-Ruf with around 1000 seats.
The other rugby team ( fifteen rugby ) in the city is Union sportive Avignon Le Pontet Vaucluse (USAP 84), which played in the 3rd rugby league in 2009/2010 . Another rugby club called Entente Sportive Avignon Saint-Saturnin reached the quarter-finals of the French championship in 1975 .
Other sports
The basketball team ES Avignon played twelve seasons in the leagues Nationale 1 and Nationale 1 A (1977 to 1979, 1980 to 1990). In the 1980/1981 season, the team achieved its best performance to date with sixth place. The club also took part in the European Korać Cup . He then had to file for bankruptcy and disappeared in the early 1990s. The successor team Union sportive Avignon-le Pontet is currently playing basketball in League 2 .
Avignon plays volleyball in Ligue B in 2010/2011 . For a long time, the team was an "elevator team", as they frequently switched between the first and second division. The club took part in the Challenge Cup in 1996/1997 and was Ligue B champions in 1999 and 2000 .
The ice hockey club Castors d'Avignon (formerly Olympique Hockey Club d'Avignon ) plays in Division 1 (second highest league) in 2010/2011 . The club was French champion of Division 2 in 2003 and finished the 2005/2006 season in fourth place (best placement).
In American football, the Warriors du Vaucluse play in Division 3 in 2010/2011 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Clubs sportifs à Avignon
- ↑ Les équipements sportifs à Avignon
- ↑ Histoire du championnat de France de Football depuis 1932
- ↑ Le stade Saint-Ruf ( Memento of the original dated February 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ^ Championnat de France de Basket Nationale 1, season 1980-1981
