Place:European Capitals and Cities of Sport Federation
The European Capitals and Cities of Sport Federation (ACES Europe) is a non-profit federation based in Brussels which has granted the awards of European Capital, City, Community and Town of Sport every year since 2001.[1]
These awards are given for a period of one calendar year.
ACES Europe is member of the European Platform for Sport Innovation.[2]
European Capital of Sport
The European Capital of Sport is awarded to a municipality that has an official population of 500,000 or more inhabitants in the European continent:[3]
List of European Capitals of Sport by year
| Year | Municipality[4] |
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| 2001 |  Madrid
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| 2002 |  Stockholm
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| 2003 |  Glasgow
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| 2004 | Alicante
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| 2005 |  Rotterdam
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| 2006 |  Copenhagen
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| 2007 |  Stuttgart
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| 2008 |  Warsaw
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| 2009 |  Milan
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| 2010 |  Dublin
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| 2011 | Valencia
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| 2012 |  Istanbul
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| 2013 |  Antwerp
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| 2014 | Cardiff
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| 2015 | Turin[5]
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| 2016 |  Prague
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| 2017 |  Marseille[6]
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| 2018 |  Sofia
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| 2019 |  Budapest
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| 2020 | Málaga
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| 2021 |  Lisbon
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| 2022 | The Hague
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| 2023 | Template:Country data GRB Glasgow |
| 2024 | Genoa
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List of World Capitals of Sport by year
| Year | Municipality[7] |
|---|---|
| 2019 |  Abu Dhabi
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| 2020 |  Guadalajara
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Community of Sport
The European Community of Sport is a title awarded to a community consisting of a maximum of three municipalities, which together have a population of between 25,000 and 499,999 inhabitants, in the European continent.[8]
City of Sport
The European City of Sport is a title awarded to a municipality that has an official population of between 25,000 and 499,999 inhabitants, in the European continent.[9]
List of European Cities of Sport by year
| Year | Municipalities |
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| 2007 | Boadilla del Monte, Palermo
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| 2008 | Lleida, Rimini
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| 2009 | Marbella, Varese, Biarritz, Cardiff
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| 2010 | Salamanca, Novara, Gateshead
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| 2011 | Puertollano, Trieste, Treviso, Parma, Limerick, North Lanarkshire, Nice
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| 2012 | Bilbao, Castellón de la Plana, Florence, Pescara, Viterbo, Charleroi,  Iași, Liberec, 's-Hertogenbosch, Preston
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| 2013 | Estepona, Lorca, Castelldefels, Cremona, Modena, Reggio Calabria, Alba, Guimarães, Pitești, Lisburn
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| 2014 | Córdoba, Getxo, Logroño, Santander, Ascoli Piceno, Biella, Brindisi, Cesena, Chieri, Iesi, Latina, Pavia, Prato, Rapallo, Constanța, Maia, Ostrava, Plovdiv
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| 2015 | Alcobendas, Alhaurín de la Torre, Badalona, Chiclana de la Frontera, Telde, Bordeaux, Loulé, Most, Burgas
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| 2016 | Gijón, Melilla, Las Rozas de Madrid, Crema, La Spezia, Molfetta, Pisa, Ravenna, San Giovanni Lupatoto, Saronno, Scafati, Chalon-sur-Saône, Setúbal, Tilburg, Stoke-on-Trent,  Krško,  Liepāja,  Košice, Ruse
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| 2017 | Aosta, Bacău, Banská Bystrica, Bristol, Cagliari, Gondomar, Jūrmala,  La Chaux-de-Fonds, Mollet del Vallés, Noordwijk, Olomouc, Ostend, Pesaro, Stara Zagora, Vicenza
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| 2018 | Antequera, Arnhem,  Banja Luka, Bassano del Grappa, Braga, Cluj-Napoca,  Differdange, Foligno, Forlì, Guadalajara, Kielce,  Klaipėda, Kortrijk, Maribor, Nitra, Pau, San Remo, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Santa Lucía de Tirajana
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| 2019 |  Batumi, Template:Country data GRB Coventry, Fuenlabrada,  Ganja, Granada, Igualada,  Kumanovo, Livorno, Mantua, Michalovce, Oristano,  Pangaio, Portimão,  Sisak, Soria, Toruń, Varna, Vercelli
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| 2020 | Bijeljina, Cernusco sul Naviglio, Çorlu, Cosenza,  Dakhla (Euro-Mediterranean City of Sport 2020),  Kryvyi Rih,  Limassol, Template:Country data GRB Milton Keynes, Miramas, Odivelas, Pazardzhik, Piombino,  Rovaniemi, Smallingerland, Trnava
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| 2021 | Alphen aan den Rijn, Çiğli, Gorna Oryahovitsa, Leuven, Nevşehir, Potenza, Rieti, Sandanski, Siena, Terni, Terrassa, Zadar, Template:Country data SER Zrenjanin
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Town of Sport
The European Town of Sport is a title awarded to a municipality that has an official population of between 1 and 24,999 inhabitants, in the European continent.[10]
See also
- Sport policies of the European Union
- European Capital of Culture
- European Youth Capital
- European Green Capital Award
- European Region of Gastronomy
References
- ↑ "Rules and regulations of the ACES". http://www.aceseurope.eu/index.php/en/about/statutes.
- ↑ "Member Directory" (in en-GB). https://epsi.eu/members-2/.
- ↑ "GENERAL REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EUROPEAN CAPITAL, COMMUNITY, CITY AND TOWN OF SPORT SELECTION PROCESS 2017". http://aceseurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ENG_GENERAL_REGULATIONS-copia.pdf.
- ↑ "European Capitals of Sport List". http://www.aceseurope.eu/index.php/en/2012-09-01-17-17-01/european-capitals-of-sport.
- ↑ "Turin named European Capital of Sport 2015". http://www.juventus.com/juve/en/news/16ott2012_torino_eng.
- ↑ "Sofia Named European Capital of Sport 2018". http://www.novinite.com/articles/164081/Sofia+Named+European+Capital+of+Sport+2018.
- ↑ "World Capitals of Sport List". http://aceseurope.eu/world-capitals-sport/.
- ↑ "EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES OF SPORT". http://www.aceseurope.eu/index.php/en/2012-09-01-17-17-01/european-community-of-sport.
- ↑ "EUROPEAN CITIES OF SPORT". http://www.aceseurope.eu/index.php/en/2012-09-01-17-17-01/european-cities-of-sport.
- ↑ "EUROPEAN TOWNS OF SPORT". http://www.aceseurope.eu/index.php/en/2012-09-01-17-17-01/european-towns-of-sport-list.
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