Sports in Vancouver
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Sporting Events

Since its formation, Vancouver people play a wide variety of sports. While Canadian football, ice hockey and lacrosse have an extensive history in this area, other sports along with recreational activities, suiting to the mild climate and geographical conditions also bloom well in Vancouver.

Amateur sports
Sports such as baseball, field hockey, Gaelic football, rugby, soccer and softball have a number of amateur teams. Some of the amateur sports events in Vancouver are

  • Buchanan Cup (basketball)
  • the BC High School Basketall Championship at the Agrodome
  • the High School Football Championship at BC Place
  • the Canada Cup softball tournament in South Surrey
Professional sports teams
There are teams which professionally take part in sports like football, baseball, and hockey. Some of the professional teams are
  • BC Lions (Football)
  • Vancouver Canadians (Baseball)
  • Vancouver Canucks (Hockey)
Some important annual sporting events are
  • Grey Cup from the Canadian Football League
  • Stanley Cup for the National Hockey League
Besides, Vancouver is going to be the host of the 2010 Olympics & Paralympics Winter Games organized by the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC).

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