Sports play an important part in the life of our state. It is very popular in Ukraine. Football, volleyball and basketball are the main sports. They are played at schools and institutes.
Gymnastics, swimming and boating are popular in our country, too.
Every school has its own gymnasium and sportsground and some have stadiums and swimming pools.
Ukrainian football players and coaches are well-known in Europe and in the whole world.
Sport in Ukraine is primarily governed by 40 federations of various Olympic sports that are all part of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine (NOC Ukraine), which in its turn is part of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The mass sport movement is driven by four main sports societies (i.e. Dynamo – Ukraine) and two government sports committees of the Ministry of Education and the Armed Forces of Ukraine (CSC AF Ukraine), all of which are also collective members of the National Olympic Committee.
All non-Olympic sports are governed by their respective federations of the Sports Committee of Ukraine.
Sport in Ukraine
Sports play an important part in the life of our state. It is very popular in Ukraine. Football, volleyball and basketball are the main sports. They are played at schools and institutes.
Gymnastics, swimming and boating are popular in our country, too.
Every school has its own gymnasium and sportsground and some have stadiums and swimming pools.
Ukrainian football players and coaches are well-known in Europe and in the whole world.
Sport in Ukraine is primarily governed by 40 federations of various Olympic sports that are all part of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine (NOC Ukraine), which in its turn is part of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The mass sport movement is driven by four main sports societies (i.e. Dynamo – Ukraine) and two government sports committees of the Ministry of Education and the Armed Forces of Ukraine (CSC AF Ukraine), all of which are also collective members of the National Olympic Committee.
All non-Olympic sports are governed by their respective federations of the Sports Committee of Ukraine.
Ukraine also has a strong paralympic team.