Bordeaux - Sport

Sport

The Stade Chaban-Delmas is the largest stadium. It can host 35000 spectators. There are two major sport teams in Bordeaux:

  • Girondins de Bordeaux is the football team. It is part of the Ligue 1 in the French football championship.
  • Union Bordeaux Bègles is the rugby team. It is part of the Top 14 in the Ligue Nationale de Rugby.
  • Bordeaux is the home of one of the strongest cricket teams in France and are the current champions of the South West League.

There is a 250 m (820 ft) wooden velodrome, Vélodrome du Lac, in Bordeaux which hosts international cycling competition in the form of UCI Track Cycling World Cup events.

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