Football in Hangzhou

Football in Hangzhou

The city of Hangzhou was famously described as “The People’s Heaven,” hundreds of years ago, and those words still remain central to Chinese people’s thoughts and views of the city today. Football is a craze in this city of China. Hangzhou has no shortage of footballing tradition and potential. The supporters are fanatical about football & have a tremendous passion for this terrific game. Football is very popular sport in Hangzhou.

If we dig deep down into the history of Football in Hangzhou one would find it quite fascinating to know that Football became very poular when Hangzhou became the capital of Southern Song Dynasty . In the year of 1138 ,the ancient form of football named as”Cu Ju”, was in its early stages of development in Hangzhou. The poularity of this amazing game surged to a high level during the time of development of this ancient form of game. The football tradition was revived to life again when Zhejiang Lvcheng or Green Town, was promoted in the second division back in 2001 representing Hangzhou. Since then, the Hangzhou outfit have remained one of the top contenders of the competition and were promoted to the Chinese Super League in the season of 2005, with the backing of fanatical supporters of this game.

Considering the passion that people of Hangzhou possess for football, it could not be more fitting that Hangzhou is chosen as one of the Host Cities of the FIFA Women's World Cup next year. This Prestigious Sporting event would undoubtedly provide
Hangzhou to showcase its immense potential & ability & highlight its history of footballing tradition .The government& official governing body of Hangzhou & Zhejiang are putting their best efforts to make the event a success. cultural events to display the city's history during the FIFA Women's World Cup. Cultural events along with certain stage activities in the Xi Hu Cultural Square in the central city, would be organised to display the city's history of football during the FIFA Women's World Cup.
One of the popular sport centre of Hangzhou where you can catch on all the absorbing FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP’07 football action of this year is:

The Hangzhou Dragon Stadium :

The Hangzhou Dragon Stadium has first class facilities and infrastructures and can make seating arrangements for the largest crowds in all China and boasts of 51,139 seats, 850 VIP seats, 570 executive boxes and 400 press seats. It is 5km from the centre of the city and 30 minutes (35km) from the Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport. The length of the stadium extends to about 105 metres &its width spreading as far as 68metres.

Other Venues where you can observe all the football action & high voltage drama from the football field in the year 2007 are:

  -  Wuhan Wuhan Sports Center Stadium.
  -  Chengdu Chengdu Sports Center Stadium.
  -  Shanghai Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium .
  -  Hangzhou Zhejiang Dragon Stadium

 -  Tianjin Tianjin Olympic CenterStadium.

People who visit Hangzhou for the FIFA Women’s World Cup are sure to enjoy a memorable and pleasurable visit to this beautiful city.

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