Cherkasy - Sports

Sports

Sport life of the city is concentrated in several places, among which are the Central Stadium, Water Sport station, Sport Center "Spartak", "Ukraine"; Sport arena "Budivel'nyk"; "Astra", "Central", "Sokil" swimming pools; 2 ice rinks. Also, there are sport-entertainment centers, such as "Selena", "Bochka", and "Sportohota" which can usually be found on the bank of the Dnipro River.

Every year more than 200 sport events, contests, competitions, tournaments are held in the city, with total of 10,000 participants. Some contests that were held recently include:

  • Ukrainian Aquabike Cup in 2008 hosted bikers from Cherkasy, Odessa, Kiyv, and Dnipropetrovsk. It was held in "Bochka" entertainment center.
  • Kremenchuk Reservoir Cup – yacht contest among cities located on Kremenchuk Reservoir. Hosted 27 teams from Svitlovodsk, Kremenchuk, Cherkasy, and Komsomolsk.
  • Ukrainian Beach Volleyball Championship – was held in 2008 on the courts of "Rybka" complex
  • Group 2 Euro/Africa Zone matches of 2008 Davis Cup were held in Cherkasy, in "Selena" sport complex.

Other sport achievements are:

  • Cherkasy is home to the basketball club BC Cherkasy (a.k.a. the Cherkasy Monkeys).
  • Cherkasy is home to the volleyball clubs Krug Cherkasy, Zlatogor Zolotonosha Cherkasy (women) and Impexagro Sport Cherkasy (men). They all play in the European tournaments 2008/2009.
  • Cherkasy is represented within Ukrainian Bandy and Rink-bandy Federation.

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