European Capitals and Cities of Sport Federation
The European Capitals and Cities of Sport Federation (ACES Europe) is a non-profit federation based in Brussels which assigns every year since 2001 the awards of European Capital, City, Community and Town of Sport.[1]
These awards are given for a period of one calendar year.
European Capital of Sport
The European Capital of Sport is awarded to a municipality that has an official population of 500,000 or more inhabitants in the European continent:[2]
List of European Capitals of Sport by Year
This award has been given since 2001:[3]
| Year | Municipality |
|---|---|
| 2001 |  Madrid |
| 2002 |  Stockholm |
| 2003 |  Glasgow |
| 2004 | Alicante |
| 2005 |  Rotterdam |
| 2006 |  Copenhagen |
| 2007 |  Stuttgart |
| 2008 |  Warsaw |
| 2009 |  Milan |
| 2010 |  Dublin |
| 2011 | Valencia |
| 2012 |  Istanbul |
| 2013 | .svg.png){kind=small} Antwerp |
| 2014 | Cardiff |
| 2015 | Turin [4] |
| 2016 |  Prague |
| 2017 |  Marseille [5] |
| 2018 |  Sofia [5] |
| 2019 |  Budapest |
| 2020 | Málaga |
Community of Sport
The European Community of Sport is awarded to a community consisting of a maximum of three municipalities, having censused together between between 25,000 and 499,999 inhabitants, in the European continent.[6]
City of Sport
The European City of Sport is awarded to a municipality that has an official population of between 25,000 and 499,999 inhabitants, in the European continent.[7]
List of European Cities of Sport by Year
This award has been given since 2007:
| Year | Municipalities |
|---|---|
| 2007 | Boadilla del Monte and Palermo |
| 2008 | Lleida and Rimini |
| 2009 | Marbella, Varese, Biarritz and Cardiff |
| 2010 | Salamanca, Novara and Gateshead |
| 2011 | Puertollano, Trieste, Treviso, Parma, Limerick, North Lanarkshire and Nice |
| 2012 | Bilbao, Castellón de la Plana, Florence, Pescara, Viterbo, Charleroi,  Iași, Liberec, 's-Hertogenbosch and Preston |
| 2013 | Estepona, Lorca, Castelldefels, Cremona, Modena, Reggio Calabria, Alba,  Guimarães, Pitești and Lisburn |
| 2014 | Córdoba, Getxo, Logroño, Santander, Ascoli Piceno, Biella, Brindisi, Cesena, Chieri, Iesi, Latina, Pavia, Prato, Rapallo, Constanța, Maia, Ostrava and Plovdiv |
| 2015 | Alcobendas, Alhaurín de la Torre, Badalona, Chiclana de la Frontera, Telde, Bordeaux, Loulé, Most and Burgas |
| 2016 | Gijón, Melilla, Las Rozas de Madrid, Crema, La Spezia, Molfetta, Pisa, Ravenna, San Giovanni Lupatoto, Saronno, Scafati, Chalon-sur-Saône, Setúbal, Tilburg, Stoke-on-Trent,  Krško,  Liepāja,  Košice and Ruse |
Town of Sport
The European Town of Sport is awarded to a municipality that has an official population of between 1 and 24,999 inhabitants, in the European continent.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ "Rules and regulations of the ACES".
- ↑ "GENERAL REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EUROPEAN CAPITAL, COMMUNITY, CITY AND TOWN OF SPORT SELECTION PROCESS 2015" (PDF).
- ↑ "European Capitals of Sport List".
- ↑ "Turin named European Capital of Sport 2015".
- 1 2 "Sofia Named European Capital of Sport 2018".
- ↑ "EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES OF SPORT".
- ↑ "EUROPEAN CITIES OF SPORT".
- ↑ "EUROPEAN TOWNS OF SPORT".