Sports
Incheon is home to the following professional and semi professional sports teams:
Football (Soccer) The K-League team Incheon United.
The Incheon team was known to have a popular rivalry against former Bucheon SK(now Jeju United), due to the teams' close geographical relationship.
The National League team Incheon Korail.
The WK-League team Hyundai Steel Red Angels.
Baseball The KBO team SK Wyverns.
The first Incheon-based pro-baseball team was Sami(one of major steel companies in 1980s) Superstars.
Basketball The KBL team Incheon ET Land Elephants.
Volleyball The V-League teams Incheon Korean Air Jumbos and Incheon Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders.
Munhak Sports Complex The Munahk Sports Complex houses both a football stadium and a baseball stadium. The football stadium was Incheon's venue for the 2002 Football World Cup, and is also the home venue for Incheon United. The baseball stadium is the home venue for the SK Wyverns.
On April 19, 2007, Incheon was selected as the host city for the 2014 Asian Games, beating out New Delhi.
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