Sport in Berlin
Under Sport in Berlin all sports activities in are Berliner latitude and professional sports combined. Due to the high density of regularly held sporting competitions in the city, Berlin has developed into a globally distinguished location for sporting events and competitive athletes in the 21st century.
history
1800-1900
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn , also called gymnastics father Jahn, initiated the German gymnastics movement in the early 19th century. From the gymnastics he founded, u. a. today's sport of apparatus gymnastics emerges. Numerous gymnastics equipment, such as the horizontal bar and parallel bars , were introduced by him. Jahn created the first gymnasium in 1811 in the Hasenheide .
The Berliner Schachgesellschaft (today: Berliner Schachgesellschaft 1827 Eckbauer) was founded in 1827 and, thanks to the influence of the Berlin School, developed into the leading chess club in Prussia. It is currently Germany's oldest still existing chess club .
The gymnastics community in Berlin was founded in 1848 and is considered the oldest still existing sports club in Berlin.
The Seglerhaus am Wannsee association was founded in 1867 . It is currently the second oldest sailing club in Germany.
The Golf- und Land-Club Berlin-Wannsee, founded in 1895, is considered the oldest golf club in Germany .
Since 1900
Between 1921 and 1998, races for automobiles and motorcycles and, most recently, runs for the German Touring Car Championship (DTM) were held at the AVUS .
Ice speedway races have been held in the Horst Dohm ice stadium in Wilmersdorf since 1974 .
The WTA Berlin (most recently officially: Qatar Telecom German Open) was a clay court tennis tournament of the WTA Tour , which was held from 1979 to 2008 as the International German Championships in Berlin.
Sports Palace, around 1910
AVUS automobile race, 1926
Boxing match, 1935
Harness racing in Karlshorst, 1965
Tennis in the Steffi Graf Stadium , 2008
Sports facilities
The Berlin Sports Palace is one of the no longer existing facilities . The event hall for 10,000 spectators was opened in 1910 and demolished in 1973. The artificial ice rink set up in the palace was initially considered to be the largest in the world and helped the sports of ice hockey and speed skating to achieve great public success for the first time in Berlin.
The German Stadium , built in 1913 for 33,000 spectators, gave way in 1934 to the Reichssportfeld , which was built for the 1936 Summer Olympics. The German Stadium was the venue for the finals for the German soccer championship in 1922, 1923, 1924 and 1927.
The Deutschlandhalle , built in 1935, was designed as a multi-purpose hall for over 10,000 spectators. a. used for various competitions during the 1936 Olympic Games. In 1938 the first men's handball world championship took place in the hall . In 2011 the hall was demolished.
The World Youth Stadium , which was built in 1950 and demolished in 1992, was built during the GDR era . Between 1975 and 1989 the finals for the FDGB Cup were played here in front of up to 55,000 spectators.
Organizations
State Sports Federation Berlin
The Landessportbund Berlin (LSB) is one of 16 regional associations in the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB).
Membership numbers of the largest sports associations in the Berlin State Sports Association in 2016
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| 1. | Berlin Football Association | 150,959 |
| 2. | Berlin Gymnastics and Recreational Sports Association | 95,603 |
| 3. | Student Sports Association Berlin | 62,783 |
| 4th | Tennis Association Berlin-Brandenburg e. V. | 33,677 |
| 5. | Berlin Swimming Association | 29,084 |
| 6th | Disabled Sports Association Berlin | 27,933 |
| 7th | Company sports association Berlin | 20,212 |
| 8th. | Berlin regional association of the German Alpine Club | 19,978 |
| 9. | Berlin Sailing Association | 14,435 |
| 10. | Golf Association Berlin-Brandenburg | 12.121 |
societies
In 2017 there were around 2,400 sports clubs in Berlin with over 640,000 registered members who organized themselves under the umbrella of the LSB. The largest clubs in Berlin by number of members in 2020 are Hertha BSC (37,500 members) and 1. FC Union Berlin (36,990 members). Both clubs are among the 15 sports clubs with the largest number of members in Germany .
The ratio of club members in the Landessportbund to the population is around 18% (as of 2019). The average in Germany is 33%. It should be noted that the group of the new federal states traditionally has a lower degree of organization of sports clubs.
In 2015, 73 Berlin teams were represented in the various first national leagues and 70 teams in the second national leagues.
Some clubs are active in the field of professional sports. The most prominent representatives here include Hertha BSC and 1. FC Union Berlin ( soccer ), Alba Berlin ( basketball ), the Eisbären Berlin ( ice hockey ), the Füchse Berlin ( handball ), the Berlin Recycling Volleys ( volleyball ), the Berlin Adler (American Football), the Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 ( water polo ) and the Rugby Klub 03 Berlin ( rugby ).
Leading associations
The German Chess Federation (DSB) is the umbrella organization for chess players in Germany and is based in Berlin. It was founded in 1877 and is a member of the German Olympic Sports Confederation and since 1926 (with interruptions) of the World Chess Federation FIDE. The DSB currently (2019) has around 92,000 members, including around 26,000 young people and 7,700 women in 2,400 clubs, making it one of the largest chess associations in the world.
The German Sailing Association (DSV), founded in 1888, is the national interest group and the top sports association of German sailors. It is the umbrella organization for over 1200 sailing and surfing clubs (as of 2019), for 16 national sailing associations and 85 class associations. Around 188,000 members are registered in the DSV.
The German Table Tennis Association (DTTB) is the top organization of German table tennis, based in Berlin. The 20 German regional associations are members of it, which in turn comprised almost 10,000 associations and over 540,000 members (as of 2019). It was founded in 1925.
The eSport-Bund Deutschland (ESBD) is a German association for the promotion of e-sports, which was founded in 2017 in Frankfurt am Main and is based in Berlin. The founding members of the ESBD included six amateur clubs and 14 professional teams.
Sporting events
In its history, Berlin has hosted international sports competitions several times.
Olympic games
The 1916 Summer Olympics were awarded to Berlin by the 1912 International Olympic Committee . The IOC gave Berlin preference over Alexandria , Amsterdam , Brussels , Budapest and Cleveland . The German Stadium , inaugurated in 1913, was built as a venue for the games on the area of the then still independent city of Charlottenburg . However, because of the First World War , the games did not take place.
At the 30th session of the IOC in 1931 year, the 1936 Summer Olympics were awarded to Berlin. In the runoff against the remaining candidate city of Barcelona , Berlin's application prevailed. The games of the XI. The Olympics could be held in Berlin from August 1st to 16th, 1936. The newly built Olympic Stadium with a capacity of 100,000 spectators was designed as the central arena for the games. With 49 participating nations and 3961 athletes, the Olympic Games in Berlin set a new attendance record and a new attendance record.
Berlin was also one of the official candidate cities to host the 2000 Summer Olympics . In the selection process, however, the application failed in the first round in 1993.
Football World Cup
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The Olympiastadion Berlin , with 85,000 seats (including 61,800 seats), was the largest German stadium during the 1974 World Cup . Three games of the first final round took place in the stadium. A total of 126,800 spectators saw the three games. Most of them (81,100) came to the team from Germany's opening game against Chile, making it the best-attended game in the World Cup.
In 2006, four preliminary round, one quarter-final and the final of the soccer world championship took place in the Berlin Olympic Stadium. France and Italy faced each other in the final of the World Cup. Italy became world champions after a 5-3 penalty shoot-out. The game was broadcast live on television in more than 200 countries and, according to FIFA, was seen by around 715 million viewers worldwide. The live broadcast is one of the ten most watched TV events of all time.
Since 2006, fan festivals have been held every two years for the European and World Cup , where tens of thousands of viewers publicly watch the football matches on big screens. The venue, the Fan Mile , is located on Strasse des 17. Juni .
The official victory celebration of the soccer world champions 2014 took place in Berlin. The team from Germany, which was successful at the World Cup in Brazil, landed in the so-called “Siegerflieger” after flying over the fan mile at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin-Tegel . This was followed by a trip on an open truck trailer to the reception on the fan mile. About half a million people gathered on the streets of Berlin to greet the players, coaches and supervisors of the German team. On a stage in front of the Brandenburg Gate, the world champions presented themselves with the FIFA World Cup trophy to thank the fans for their support and to be celebrated extensively.
Formula E championship
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FIA Formula E championship races have been held in Berlin since 2015 . The Berlin ePrix 2015 was held on the grounds of the former Tempelhof Airport , making it the first race that was not held on a street circuit.
DFB Cup final
The final of the DFB Cup has been held every year since 1985 in the Berlin Olympic Stadium. The organizer of the final is the German Football Association (DFB). After the German championship, the DFB-Pokal is the second most important title in national club football.
Due to the long tradition of the final venue in Berlin, a battle cry that is typical of the cup competition has developed across Germany. Fan groups of the victorious teams in the knockout rounds often chant the call "Berlin, Berlin, we're going Berlin!"
UEFA Champions League
The 2015 UEFA Champions League final took place in Berlin's Olympiastadion. The FC Barcelona could with 3: 1 against Juventus prevail. The game was watched by around 180 million television viewers worldwide.
Athletics events
The Berlin Marathon has been held every year since 1974 . With currently more than 40,000 participants, it is one of the largest and most renowned running events in the world. After 2000, most of the official men's marathon world records were set on the Berlin course. The current world record in the marathon (status: 2017) was also set in Berlin in 2014 by Dennis Kimetto from Kenya .
The athletics competition ISTAF takes place every year in Berlin. The first event under the name ISTAF was held in 1921. With a few exceptions, the ISTAF has been held regularly since 1937.
In 2009 the World Athletics Championships were held in Berlin. Usain Bolt from Jamaica set the current world records in the 100 and 200 meter run here (as of 2017).
The 24th European Athletics Championships took place in Berlin in August 2018 .
Global Champions Tour
The Global Jumping Berlin , a tournament of the Global Champions Tour for show jumping, has been held since 2017 annually in the summer garden of the fairgrounds.
sports
Alpine sports
The sections of the German Alpine Club in Berlin are the Berlin section , with 21,754 members in 2019, the third largest sports club in the city, the AlpinClub Berlin , the Brandenburg Gate section and the Alexander von Humboldt section. The sections have several alpine huts as well as various climbing facilities in Berlin.
Among other things: DAV climbing center Berlin, climbing tower on Teufelsberg (Grunewald), climbing wall on Humboldthain (Gesundbrunnen), climbing tower Kirchbachspitze (Schöneberg). Wuhletalwächter (Marzahn), climbing tower Spandau on the Großer Spektesee , Schwedter north face in Mauerpark , Monte Balcony in Hohenschönhausen, currently closed, climbing hall Hüttenweg in Zehlendorf, climbing tower in Reinickendorf (cooperation with youth club), climbing wall of the B-Traven school in Spandau.
basketball
Alba Berlin was founded in 1991 and has since played continuously in the men's basketball league (BBL) and in various European league competitions. Alba Berlin has the largest number of members in Germany's basketball club, and with nine German championships and ten cup wins, it is also one of the most successful in the country. In 1995 Alba Berlin became the Korać Cup winner.
Alba Berlin's home games are among the most popular basketball events in Europe.
Boxing
The Berlin-based Boxstall Sauerland Event is one of the most renowned boxing organizers in Germany and Europe. The company founded by Wilfried Sauerland markets numerous professional boxers internationally and organizes boxing events. In 2010, Sauerland was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame for services to global boxing . The boxing stable AGON Sports & Events is based in Berlin-Charlottenburg and also organizes boxing matches. Also Hertha BSC has a department boxes. The boxing clubs are represented by the Berlin Boxing Association.
ice Hockey
The Eisbären Berlin have been playing in the men's German ice hockey league since 1994, as a founding member . The venue for the Eisbären home games is the Mercedes-Benz Arena .
Having won seven German championships from 2005 to 2013, the Eisbären are DEL record champions. In 2010 the professional team won the European Trophy .
The home games of the polar bears are among the most popular ice hockey events in Europe.
Soccer
Hertha BSC (also known as the Old Lady) was founded in 1892 and is now based in the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district. Hertha is a founding member of the DFB and of the Bundesliga in 1963. Since the 2013/14 season, Hertha BSC has played continuously in the men's first division. The first team became German champions in 1930 and 1931 and were UEFA Cup semi-finalists in 1979.
The 1. FC Union Berlin (also "iron" called) was founded 1966th The club's sporting successes include winning the FDGB Cup in 1968, reaching the 2001 DFB Cup final and promotion to the Bundesliga after the 2018/19 season . 1. FC Union Berlin is the sports club with the largest number of members in Germany and consists exclusively of football departments.
Successful Berlin-born footballers include Jérôme Boateng , Kevin-Prince Boateng , Guido Buchwald , Thomas Häßler , Robert Huth , Niko Kovač , Pierre Littbarski and Christian Ziege .
Handball
The Füchse Berlin are a professional handball team that emerged from the Füchse Berlin Reinickendorf association. Both men and women compete under the name. The men's team has played in the first handball league since the 2007/08 season. The Füchse became DHB Cup winners in 2014, EHF Cup winners in 2015 and 2018 and club world champions in 2015 and 2016.
athletics
The SCC Berlin belongs with its athletics department of the largest and most successful athletics clubs in Europe. Around 2,200 children, adolescents and adults will train in the training groups in 2019.
The National Youth Games to be held in Berlin, as in all German states, annually to all schools. Participation in school sports events is mandatory for students up to 10th grade.
tennis
Tennis not only has a long tradition in Berlin, it also offered many top international athletes a springboard for their careers. Cilly Aussem , Boris Becker , Gottfried von Cramm , Otto Froitzheim , Steffi Graf , Roman Najuch and Daniel Prenn played at the LTTC Rot-Weiß Berlin . The German Pro Championships took place here from 1911 to 1952 and the German Open from 1979 to 2008 . In 1963 50 clubs were organized in the Berlin Tennis Association. In 2017 the Tennis Association Berlin-Brandenburg e. V. organized 196 clubs.
volleyball
The Berlin Recycling Volleys have been playing in the first German men's volleyball league since 1991. Until 2011 the team played under the name SC Charlottenburg. Between 1993 and 2017, the volleyball team became German champions seven times, cup winners four times and CEV winners once.
The home games of the Berlin Volleys held in the Max-Schmeling-Halle are the most popular volleyball events in Germany on average during the season.
Sports facilities
The largest sports facilities in the city include the Olympic Stadium with 74,649 seats, the An der Alten Försterei stadium with 22,012 seats, the Mercedes-Benz Arena with a maximum of 17,000 seats, the Velodrom with a maximum of 12,000 seats and the Max-Schmeling-Halle with up to 11,900 Places (as of 2020).
In 2013, Berlin had 286 sports fields with a total of 323 large playing fields (from 62 m × 94 m) and 96 400-meter circular tracks.
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→ See also: List of soccer venues in Berlin
Olympic base
The German Olympic Sports Confederation operates one of 19 Olympic bases in Berlin. Around 500 national team athletes from over 30 Olympic sports form the competitive sports contingent.
Three of the 43 German elite sports schools with boarding schools are connected to the Olympic base in Berlin : the Berlin School and Competitive Sports Center at the Sportforum Hohenschönhausen , the Flatow Oberschule at the Großer Müggelsee and the Poelchau School at the Olympic Park.
Well-known Berliners or successful Olympic athletes living in Berlin are Franziska van Almsick (swimming), Robert Harting (discus throw), Carsten Keller (hockey), Laura Ludwig (beach volleyball), Claudia Pechstein (speed skating), Jochen Schümann (sailing), Ulf Timmermann (shot put ), Hagen Stamm (water polo), Britta Steffen (swimming) and Katarina Witt (figure skating).
Golf
There were a total of 17 golf facilities in the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region in 2019. Three of them were in the Berlin metropolitan area and all the others in the vicinity of the metropolis.
water sports
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Larger national and international swimming and water jumping competitions take place in the swimming and diving hall in the European Sports Park (SSE). The hall was built together with the Velodrome in the course of the Olympic bid in 2000 and offers space for 2500 (expandable to 4000) spectators. The German swimming championships have been held here every year since 2004 . In 2002 and 2014 the European Swimming Championships took place in the SSE.
The German Swimming Association maintains one of its five federal bases in Berlin to promote top-class sports. The indoor swimming pool in the Hohenschönhausen Sports Forum is used as a training facility for this.
The home games of the German record champions in Wasserball Spandau 04 take place in the Schöneberg sports and teaching swimming pool (with a capacity of 1000 spectators).
The Berliner Bäder-Betriebe (BBB) are subordinate to a total of 62 bathing establishments in 2019. These include public swimming pools, non-public swimming facilities for schools and clubs, as well as outdoor and summer swimming pools. The baths are visited by around 6 million people doing sports every year. The BBB are the largest municipal swimming pool operator in Europe.
Leisure and fitness sports
The Mellowpark is a sports and leisure area in the Treptow-Köpenick district . It was created on the initiative of the association “all eins e. V. ”as an outdoor skate park in 1999 on the area of a disused cable factory. Up to the summer of 2012, there was a gradual expansion into “Europe's largest skateboard and BMX park”. The sponsor is the Mellowpark association.
The Skate Hall Berlin has a covered area of over 6000 m² and is one of the largest halls for skateboarding in Europe.
The Shaolin Temple Germany is the only official offshoot of the Shaolin Monastery from China . In 2007 the Berlin Shaolin monks prepared the Olympians of the Beijing team from the Rhine-Neckar region with Taijiquan and Kung Fu exercises for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing .
There were at least 247 fitness studios in Berlin in 2016. In addition, the RSG Group's administrative headquarters are in Berlin. The company is one of the world's top-selling companies in the field of fitness. In 2019, the RSG Group operated around 300 sports studios in eight countries and, according to its own information, reached more than one million customers with its online fitness sports and in studios.
See also
Web links
- State Sports Federation Berlin
- Topic sports in Berlin at the Senate Department for Interior and Sports
Individual evidence
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