SPORTS

The sport in Barcelona:

 Stadiums and sport arenas:

 

Barcelona has two UEFA elite stadiums FC Barcelona's Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe with a capacity of 100,000 and the publicly owned Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, with a capacity of 55,000; used for the 1992 Olympics. Also, the city has several smaller stadiums such as Mini Estadi, with a capacity of 15,000 and Estadio Narcís Sala, Nou Sardenya with a capacity of 7,000.
Also, except Palau Sant Jordi (St. George's sporting arena), with a capacity of 12,000-24,000, city has two other larger sporting and concert arena: Palau Blaugrana, with a capacity of 7,500 and Palau dels Esports de Barcelona. Circuit de Catalunya/Circuit de Barcelona, race track of Formula 1 and MotoGP on the suburb of Barcelona has capacity of 131,000.


 Annual sporting events:

Barcelona Marathon and Barcelona Open.

Barcelona Marathon and Cursa de Bombers:

Several major road running competitions are organized year-round in Barcelona: the Barcelona Marathon every March with a participants of over 10,000 in 2010, the Cursa de Bombers in April, the Cursa de El Corte Inglés in May (with about 60,000 participants each year).
Other small road running are: the Cursa de la Mercè, the Cursa Jean Bouin, the Milla Sagrada Família and the San Silvestre.

Barcelona Open:

The Barcelona Open is an ATP World Tour 500 Series tennis tournament, is held annually in the facilities of the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona (Barcelona Royal Tennis Club).
Other small tournaments is Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell (godo).

Formula 1 and MotoGP:

Near Barcelona, in Montmeló, the 131,000 capacity Circuit de Catalunya / Circuit de Barcelona racetrack hosts the Formula One World Championship, Formula One Spanish Grand Prix, Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix, Spanish GT Championship and GP2 Series.


Top sport clubs in Barcelona:

Club	Primary league	Sport	Venue	Established	Capacity
FC Barcelona	La Liga	Football	Camp Nou	1899	100,000
RCD Espanyol[2]	La Liga	Football	Estadi Cornellà-El Prat	1900	40,500
FC Barcelona Bàsquet	ACB	Basketball	Palau Blaugrana	1926	7,585
FC Barcelona Handbol	Asobal	Handball	Palau Blaugrana	1942	7,585
FC Barcelona Ice Hockey	SEdHH	Ice hockey	Palau de Gel	1972	1,256
FC Barcelona Hoquei	OK Liga	Roller hockey	Palau Blaugrana	1942	7,585
FC Barcelona Futsal	Primera División de Futsal	Futsal	Palau Blaugrana	1986	7,585
FC Barcelona Rugby	División de Honor de Rugby	Rugby union	CDMVdHT	1924	no data
Barcelona Dragons	World League	American football	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys	1991 (withheld)	56,000
Barcelona Búfals	LNFA	American football	Estadio Narcís Sala	1987	15,000