Wellington - Sport

Sport

Wellington is the home to:

  • The Hurricanes – Super Rugby team representing the Lower North Island, primarily based in Wellington
  • Wellington Lions – ITM Cup rugby team
  • Wellington Phoenix FC – football (soccer) club playing in the Australasian A-League, the only fully professional football club in New Zealand
  • Team Wellington – Wellington's club in the semi-professional New Zealand Football Championship
  • Central Pulse – netball team representing the Lower North Island in the ANZ Championship, primarily based in Wellington
  • Wellington Firebirds and Wellington Blaze – men's and women's cricket teams
  • Wellington Saints – basketball team competing in New Zealand's National Basketball League

Sporting events hosted in Wellington include:

  • six pool games and two quarter-final games at the 2011 Rugby World Cup
  • the Wellington Sevens – a round of the IRB Sevens World Series held at the Westpac Stadium over several days every February. This rugby sevens tournament contributes around $6 million to the local economy each year
  • the 2011 Tae Kwon Do World Champs
  • the World Mountain Running Championships in 2005
  • the Wellington 500 street race for touring cars, between 1985 and 1996
  • the McEvedy Shield – annual athletics meet for college students from Rongotai College, St Patrick's College (Silverstream), St Patrick's College (Wellington), and Wellington College

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