Sports
FC Slovan Liberec a football club founded in Liberec and currently playing the highest division (Gambrinus liga). FC Slovan Liberec is one of the most successful clubs in the Czech Republic (3 league titles). HC Bílí Tygři Liberec finished top of the Extraliga (the highest national ice hockey league) in 2007-8. Liberec has hosted two European Luge Championships, having done so in 1914 and 1939 when the city was then known as Reichenberg. In 2009, it hosted the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. The Ski Jumping World Cup always comes to Liberec in January. The World Karate Championships takes place in May 2011
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