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Sports in Hong Kong are a significant part of its culture. Due to British influence going as far back as the late 19th century, Hong Kong had an earlier introduction to Western athletics compared to other Asia regions. In terms of participation, jogging, swimming, badminton, basketball, fitness, football(soccer) have the most participants. In terms of favourites, badminton (27.5%), swimming (24%), association football (soccer) (18.4%), basketball (9.8%), and tennis (3.8%) are the most popular sports.Infographic - Asia Research Poll: Most Popular Sports in Asia , EYE ON ASIA
/ref> Golf is an increasingly popular sport, despite the relatively few number of courses in the city. In 2009, Hong Kong successfully organised the V East Asian Games and it was the biggest sporting event ever held in the territory. Other major international sporting events including the
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, the Hong Kong Open Golf Championship, the
Hong Kong Sevens The Hong Kong Sevens () is an rugby sevens tournament held annually in Hong Kong on a weekend in late March or early April. Considered the premier tournament on the World Rugby Sevens Series competition, the Hong Kong Sevens is currently the s ...
,
Hong Kong Marathon The Hong Kong Marathon (香港馬拉松), sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank, is an annual marathon race held in January or February in Hong Kong. In addition to the full marathon, a 10 km run and a half marathon are also held. Around ...
, AFC Asian Cup,
EAFF East Asian Cup EAFF E-1 Football Championship, known as the East Asian Football Championship from 2003 to 2010, and the EAFF East Asian Cup for the 2013 and 2015 editions, is a men's international football competition in East Asia for member nations of the Eas ...
, Hong Kong Badminton Open, Hong Kong Tennis Classic,
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, and Lunar New Year Cup. Hong Kong athletes have improved in worldwide rankings. As of 2010, there are 32 Hong Kong athletes from seven sports ranking in world's Top 20, 29 athletes in six sports in Asia top 10 ranking. Moreover, Hong Kong is equally impressive performance of athletes with disabilities in 2009, having won four world championships and two Asian Champions.


History

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is located today where the original location of ''"Victoria Recreation Club"'' stood in 1849 after having been in operation in Canton since 1832. It is the first sporting club established in Hong Kong's history.Lam, S. F. Chang W, Julian.
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(2006) The Quest for Gold: Fifty Years of Amateur Sports in Hong Kong, 1947–1997. Hong Kong University Publishing. .
The first sports involved were water sports such as
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. The Hong Kong Open golf tournament is Hong Kong's oldest professional sporting event. The primary sport in Hong Kong has been football due mainly to British influence going as far back as the late 19th century. The first documented team came from the "Chinese Football Team" of 1904, which began as a club called the "South China Athletic Club" founded by Mok Hing. It was the first team to join
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league in 1913/1914. At the time, the introduction of
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in 1908 was also another milestone. In the
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and
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, the
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represented the Republic of China and won the football championship. It is the only team in Hong Kong sports history to have accomplished this feat. Around 1920–1922, it formally adopted the present name of
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and diversified into other sports. Financial Secretary
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was one of the first government official to assist Hong Kong going into the 1956 Summer Olympics in
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was one of the free range open space for pick-up games. Until the
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was built, there was no arena for spectator sports. By the 1960s a number of clubs have surfaced for mostly social reasons. Since then, Hong Kong sports has been described as "Club Life". Some clubs have documented their history thoroughly, while others have disappeared along with their past. A large sports park is currently being constructed on the site of the old
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. Once completed,
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will be the largest sports venue in Hong Kong and will include a 50,000 seat Main Stadium, an Indoor Sports Center, a Public Sports Ground and multiple open spaces.


Transition

After World War II the Amateur Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong (ASF&OC) was established. The committee selected athletic leaders to represent Hong Kong in times of competition. Eventually the committee became known as the National Olympic Committee. After the transfer of sovereignty in 1997, Hong Kong has competed internationally under the name "Hong Kong, China" with the Bauhinia region flag. It is treated separately from People's Republic of China, which is counted as another entry in the games.


Participant sports

A variety of sports are available in Hong Kong, with most having their own association, and many clubs and groups, along with provision by bodies such as
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. There are also local organisations that strive to help Hong Kong residents identify sports that are not broadly advertised enough. The Hong Kong Government is also known for its proactive approach towards sporting events prior to the Beijing Olympics. There are many sports available in Hong Kong for participation by residents, including:


Spectator sports


Badminton

Badminton is one of the most popular sports in Hong Kong. Some of the notable current professionals includes athletes such as
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in the mixed doubles category reaching the highest world ranking of 2, and Ng Ka Long Angus in the Men's single discipline with the highest ranking of 6.
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Basketball

Basketball is one of the most popular sports in Hong Kong.
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Cricket

Cricket in Hong Kong has been played since at least 1841. Like most cricketing nations, it was part of the British Empire. The national cricket team has been active since 1866, and the Hong Kong Cricket Association was granted associate membership of the
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(ICC) in 1969. Hong Kong hosted the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes, an ICC sanctioned event that features teams of six players in a six over competition annually till 2012. The
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qualified for
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and caused a major upset by defeating hosts Bangladesh.


Dragon boat racing

Dragon boat racing is one of the most popular sports in Hong Kong. The traditional Chinese sport of
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racing was originally held as part of the Duan Wu festivities in Hong Kong. It is now spread internationally with races held all around the world. The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Association was a founding member of the international and regional governing bodies for dragon boat racing: The International Dragon Boat Federation and Asian Dragon Boat Federation. The oldest International Festival Races are those held in Hong Kong annually. The HKIR have been held since 1976 and are acknowledged as starting the modern era of the dragon boatsport.


Football

Football is one of the most popular sports in Hong Kong, with
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being the only fully professional sports league in the city. Lunar New Year Cup, which is held in
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, is a famous international football tournament hosted in Hong Kong.


Formula E

The Hong Kong ePrix is an annual race of the
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, electrically powered Formula E championship, held at the Hong Kong Central Harbourfront Circuit in
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. It was first raced in the 2016–17 season.


Golf

Golf has been played in Hong Kong ever since the establishment of the Hong Kong Golf Club in 1879. The club, which has hosted the Hong Kong Open every year since 1959, has two sites - Fanling, which is home to three championship-calibre courses, and Deep Water Bay, a short nine hole course in southern Hong Kong Island. Hong Kong Golf Club is considered among the premier golf clubs in Asia and, despite being a private members' club, is open to visitors from Mondays through Fridays.


Horse racing

Horse racing is by far the most popular spectator sport in Hong Kong and generates the largest horse race gambling turnover in the world.Where to watch sports in Hong Kong
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This British tradition left its mark as one of the most important entertainment and gambling institutions in Hong Kong. Established as the Royal
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in 1884, the non-profit organization conducts nearly 700 races every season at the two race tracks in Happy Valley and
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. The sport annually draws in over 11% of Hong Kong's tax revenue. Off-track betting is available from overseas bookmakers. In 2009, betting on horse races generated an average US$12.7 million in gambling turnover per race, 6 times larger than its closest rival
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at US$2 million while the United States only generated $250,000. Some consider betting on horse races an investment.


Lacrosse

Hong Kong men's national lacrosse team is one of Asia's top teams. It has qualified for the
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for the fifth consecutive time. Hong Kong has sent national teams to the
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. In October 2021, Hong Kong's women's lacrosse team won bronze Dalmatia Cup in
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. In its preparation for the World Lacrosse Women's World Championship, Hong Kong beat the
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8-4 as team captain Daphne Li won the tournament
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award. Head coach was Jenifer Marrosu.


Rugby union

Rugby is long established, partly as a result of its being a British colony. In contrast to the People's Republic of China, it has had a continuous existence dating back over a hundred years, and is most notable for its sevens tournaments. The Hong Kong Rugby Football Union was founded in 1953.


Organisations


Hong Kong Games

The Hong Kong Games is a territorial multi-sport event first held in 2007. The 18 districts of Hong Kong are the participating units.


Hong Kong Marathon

The
Hong Kong Marathon The Hong Kong Marathon (香港馬拉松), sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank, is an annual marathon race held in January or February in Hong Kong. In addition to the full marathon, a 10 km run and a half marathon are also held. Around ...
takes place every February and draws as many as 30,000 participants.


International sporting events

Hong Kong competes separately from China in various international sporting events. Hong Kong also had its own team during British administration prior to 1997.


Asian Games

Hong Kong has been participating in the Asian Games since the 1954 Games. The most recent participation was the
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. With the Government's support, the
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submitted Hong Kong's bid for hosting the
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to the
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(OCA) in 2000. Hong Kong lost the bid to
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at the OCA general meeting held in
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on 12 November 2000.


East Asian Games

Hong Kong has participated in every
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since 1993, being a member of the East Asian Games Association (EAGA). The territory hosted the
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.


Commonwealth Games

Hong Kong competed at the
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from 1934 until 1994 as a British colony (as a Dependent territory from the 1986 Games). Over the years Team Hong Kong picked up a number of medals, including in
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Summer Olympics

Hong Kong has participated in all Summer Olympic Games since the 1952 Games in Helsinki, Finland. The first medal was won in the 1996 Games in
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, US. Lee Lai Shan won gold in the women's mistral individual event in
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. Coincidentally, it was also the last medal won by Hong Kong as a British territory. The territory participated under the new name and its new regional flag for the first time in the 2000 Games in Sydney. Hong Kong won its second ever Olympic medal in the 2004 Games in Athens, Greece, where Hong Kong won silver in men's doubles event in table tennis. In
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, Wai-sze Lee's bronze is Hong Kong's first ever Olympic medal in cycling and its third overall. In
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, Cheung Ka-long won an Olympic gold medal for Hong Kong, the first Olympic gold medal since the
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. In the same Olympics Siobhán Bernadette Haughey won two silver medals; the women's table tennis team, Grace Lau Mo-sheung, and Lee Wai-sze each won a bronze medal. The
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events of the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Hong Kong. This marked the second time the same edition of the Olympic Games being hosted by two National Olympic Committees, namely by that of the People's Republic of China and Hong Kong. The
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at
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,
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was the site of the events.


Winter Olympics

Hong Kong participated its first
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in the 2002 Games in
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, USA. Hong Kong has not won a medal at the Winter Games.


Paralympics

The first appearance of Hong Kong was in
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where ten male athletes took part. The team has never participated in the Winter Paralympics.


Hong Kong Sevens

The Hong Kong Sevens were established in 1976 and since held in March every year except for 1997 and 2005. It is considered the premier tournament on the IRB Sevens World Series. Organised by the Hong Kong Rugby Football Union, the tournament is held annually at the last weekend of March as a two-and-a-half-day event. It is participated by as many as 22 countries.


World Equestrian Games

Hong Kong participated in its first World Equestrian Games (WEG) in 2014 in Normandy France in Endurance, Show Jumping, and para-Dressage.


Gay Games

Hong Kong was announced as the host city of the 11th
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, at a gala event at the Hotel de Ville in Paris, on 30 October 2017. They won with a clear majority of votes, in the first round of voting. It is the first time that the Gay Games will be held in Asia. The "longlist" of cities interested in bidding to host Gay Games XI in 2022 was announced in April 2016. An unprecedented seventeen cities were interested in bidding. On 30 June 2016, the Federation of Gay Games announced that eleven cities had submitted their Letter of Intent to formally bid. Anaheim, Atlanta, Des Moines, Madison, Minneapolis and San Antonio decided not to pursue their option to bid. On 31 July 2016, 9 cities submitted their second registration fee to remain in the bid process. Both Cape Town and Tel Aviv dropped out at this stage, stating an intention to bid for Gay Games XII in 2026. On 30 November 2016, Bid Books were submitted by eight candidate cities with Los Angeles dropping out at this stage.


See also

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*
Hong Kong Cycling Association The Hong Kong Cycling Association (in Traditional Chinese: 香港單車聯會) or HKCA is the national governing body of cycle racing in Hong Kong. It is a member of the UCI and the Asian Cycling Confederation. See also * Hong Kong Cycling Al ...
* Hong Kong Open Badminton


References

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