Sports
| Club | Sport | League | Venue | Established |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orix Buffaloes | Baseball | Pacific League | Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium Osaka Dome |
1938 |
| Vissel Kobe | Football | J. League | Home's Stadium Kobe Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium |
1995 |
| INAC Kobe Leonessa | Football | L. League | Home's Stadium Kobe Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium |
2001 |
| Deução Kobe | Futsal | F. League | World Hall | 1993 |
| Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers | Rugby | Top League | Home's Stadium Kobe Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium |
1928 |
| Hisamitsu Springs | volleyball | V.Premier League | 1948 | |
| Dragon Gate | Professional wrestling | World Hall | 1997 |
In 1991, Kobe played as hosts for the ABC Championship 1991, which was the Men's Asian Basketball Championship. It served as a qualifier for the 1992 Summer Olympics Basketball Tournament.
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behaviour, attire, grace, learning and all their words aimeth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)
“Come, my Celia, let us prove
While we may the sports of love;
Time will not be ours forever,
He at length our good will sever.”
—Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
“Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.”
—Lesley Visser, U.S. sports reporter and announcer. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 82 (June 17, 1991)