| You must consider traveling to Barcelona, if | | | | |
| you are planning for your sporting holidays. | | | | FC Barcelona also has teams in the Spanish |
| You can find a number of sporting facilities | | | | basketball ACB league (Winterthur FCB), the |
| in Barcelona. The city has long sporting | | | | handball ASOBAL league (FC Barcelona-Cifec), |
| tradition. Barcelona hosted several matches | | | | and the roller hockey league. The Palau |
| of 1982 Football World Cup, but the 1992 | | | | Blaugrana is the basketball team's stadium |
| Summer Olympics was the major sports event in | | | | that is just across from the Camp Nou |
| the city. The city has also been host to the | | | | football stadium. The club also has amateur |
| X FINA World Championships and Eurobasket | | | | teams in several other sports including |
| twice. | | | | athletics, baseball, cycling, field hockey, |
| | | | figure skating, and volleyball. The club also |
| Barcelona is home to FC Barcelona sports | | | | has a museum, the second most visited museum |
| club, one of the biggest sports clubs of | | | | in Catalonia. With estimated revenue of |
| Europe. Futbol Club Barcelona, also known as | | | | €259.1 million, FC Barcelona was the |
| Barça, is famous for its football team | | | | second richest club in the world during the |
| that is one of the dominating teams in the | | | | 2005-06 seasons. |
| Spanish league and the UEFA Champions League. | | | | |
| FC Barcelona football team was champion of | | | | Additionally, Joventut Badalona is another |
| the 2005 and 2006 Spanish League, commonly | | | | well-known basketball club in the area. |
| known as "La Liga." The team was also the | | | | Often, there are several famous competitions |
| 2006 UEFA (Union of European Football | | | | organized year-round in Barcelona. Some of |
| Associations) Champions League, also known as | | | | these competitions include Cursa del Corte |
| the European Cup. Along with Real Madrid and | | | | Inglés, Cursa de la Mercè, Cursa Jean |
| Athletic Bilbao, FC Barcelona was one of the | | | | Bouin, Milla Sagrada FamÃlia and the San |
| founding members of La Liga in 1928. It was | | | | Silvestre. The Open Seat Godó is a |
| the first La Liga champion. It is one of the | | | | 50-year-old ATP Tour International Series |
| most successful clubs with 18 La Liga, 24 | | | | Gold tennis tournament, which is organized |
| Copa del Rey, 7 Supercopa de España, 2 | | | | annually in the facilities of the Reial Club |
| UEFA Champions League, 4 UEFA Cup Winners' | | | | de Tenis Barcelona (Barcelona Royal Tennis |
| Cup, 3 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup/UEFA Cup, and 2 | | | | Club). |
| European Super Cup trophies under its belt. | | | | |
| | | | Besides, you can enjoy swimming race across |
| Barcelona offers you two UEFA 5-star rated | | | | the port, which is organized during Christmas |
| football stadiums - FC Barcelona's Nou Camp | | | | every year. The Formula One Spanish Grand |
| and Espanyol's Estadi OlÃmpic LluÃs | | | | Prix and the Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix |
| Companys. The Nou Camp, located in the Les | | | | are hosted by the Circuit de Catalunya |
| Corts section of Barcelona, and the Estadi | | | | racetrack in Montmeló, near Barcelona. |
| OlÃmpic LluÃs Companys, located in the | | | | Barcelona has also grown popular with |
| Sants-Montjuïc part of Barcelona were the | | | | skateboarders. |
| stadiums used for the 1992 Olympics. | | | | |