Khabarovsk - Sports

Sports

  • Khabarovsk is home to a Kontinental Hockey League franchise, Amur Khabarovsk, which plays its home games at the Platinum Arena. It is the easternmost-based team in the league.
  • FC SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk is the city's best association football team, playing in the Russian First Division which is the second tier of Russian association football since 2002 season.
  • SKA Neftyanik plays in the highest division of the Russian Bandy League. Only three of those teams are without artificial ice. However, an indoor arena for bandy will be built as one of the first in Russia.

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