Editing Kemerovo (section)

== Sport ==
The public interest for [[bandy]] is widespread in Russia. 26,000 watched the opening game of the 2011–12 [[Russian Bandy League]] when local club [[Kuzbass Kemerovo Bandy Club|Kuzbass]] played against [[Dynamo Moscow (bandy club)|Dynamo Moscow]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://bandynet.ru/node/23247&ei=XEPhTpSGEYzMtAaihc3yAw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CDIQ7gEwAA&prev=/search?q=http://bandynet.ru/node/23247&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=677&prmd=imvns|title=Google Translate|website=translate.google.com|access-date=March 25, 2018}}</ref> and Kuzbass is among the very best in the [[Russian Bandy League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdcnqFU_26A| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/WdcnqFU_26A| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|title=Кузбасс - Боровичи.avi|last=KuzbassBandyClub|date=November 29, 2009|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The [[2007 Bandy World Championship]] was held in the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EloNGX8E38Q| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/EloNGX8E38Q| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|title=ЧМ по хоккею с мячом. Кемерово 2007. Все голы финала.mpg|last=OrangeMaxim|date=August 1, 2011|access-date=March 25, 2018|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Female bandy only exists in a few places in Russia. Now Kemerovo is about to start it up.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bandynet.ru/node/7374 |title=Отправная точка &#124; BANDYNET.RU |access-date=December 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091129125536/http://bandynet.ru/node/7374 |archive-date=November 29, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&tt=url&intl=1&fr=bf-home&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bandynet.ru%2Fnode%2F7374&lp=ru_en&btnTrUrl=Translate |title=Yahoo! Babel Fish - Text Translation and Web Page Translation |access-date=December 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010123540/http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done |archive-date=October 10, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Moscow already had two multi-use indoor arenas where bandy can be played. Kemerovo got the first one in Russia specifically built for bandy<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rusbandy.ru/stadium/42/|title=Информация о стадионе "КЛД стадиона «Химик", Кемерово - Реестр - Федерация хоккея с мячом России|website=rusbandy.ru}}</ref> (today also [[Khabarovsk#Sports|Khabarovsk]] and [[Ulyanovsk#Sports|Ulyanovsk]] have it).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http://www.sport-kuzbass.ru/sport_objects/Kemerovo/?object=16|title=Google Translate|website=translate.google.com|access-date=March 25, 2018}}</ref> Kuzbass plays the matches in the league at [[Khimik Stadium (Kemerovo)|Khimik Stadium]] because of the big public interest. That arena has a capacity of 32000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.rusbandy.ru/stadium/12/&prev=/search?q=http://www.rusbandy.ru/stadium/12/&hl=en&tbo=d&biw=1024&bih=545&sa=X&ei=FZ27UPSAIcf34QSqjYGoAg&ved=0CDMQ7gEwAA|title=Google Translate|website=translate.google.com|access-date=March 25, 2018}}</ref> As it also is equipped with artificial ice, Kemerovo has the best infrastructure for developing bandy in Russia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.rusbandy.ru/news/11237/|title=Google Translate|website=translate.google.co.uk|access-date=March 25, 2018}}</ref>

Since 2013 there has been a "bandy on boots" tournament for national diasporas living in [[Kemerovo Oblast|Kuzbass]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.kuzbassbandyclub.ru/mainnews/archive/2135-l-r-&prev=search|title=Google Translate|website=translate.google.com|access-date=March 25, 2018}}</ref>

The Kuzbass Kemerovo [[motorcycle speedway]] team regularly participated in the [[Russian Team Speedway Championship|Soviet Union Championship]] from 1968 through to 1992. After the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]], the team disbanded.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/dmzsrr.php |title=Soviet Union Team Championship |website=Speedway History |access-date=13 April 2024}}</ref> However, the team won the silver medal in 1988 and the bronze medal in 1986 and 1987.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/dmrosji.php |title=Russian Team Championship |website=Speedway History |access-date=13 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://speedwayfansite.com/ligi/rosyjskaliga.html |title=Soviet Union & Russian Team Championship |website=Speedway Fansite |access-date=12 April 2024}}</ref> Occasional [[ice speedway]] is held on the Mototrack Rosto DOSAAF at ({{coord|55|20|19|N|86|02|26|E|}}).