Sports

The national sport is footbal.

Three Bucharest football teams dominate the top of the Romanian First Division football league tables

Steaua - www.steauafc.com
Dinamo - www.fcdinamo.ro
Rapid - www.fcrapid.ro

Other popular team sports are volleyball and basketball � Romania won the European basketball championship in 1999. Boxing is also roaring ahead, after Leonard Dorin Doroftei took the WBA world title in early 2002, the first Romanian to get the diamond belt.
Tickets to sporting events are available for purchase at the individual venues.

Participation Sports

Bowling

Bucuresti Mall (Calea Vitan 53-55 open 10.00-24.00. Website http://www.bucurestimall.com.ro/index.php?lang=en& )
Plaza Romania (Bvd Timisoara 26 open 10.00-23.00. Website http://www.plazaromania.ro/index.php?lang=en&)
City Mall (Str. Oltenitei 2 The running schedule for the stores is 10:00 - 22:00 and a non stop shift for the bowling, pool and casino locations. Website http://www.city- mall.ro/en/index.php)

Horse-riding

Riding Club Bucuresti (2 Jandarmeriei Str. 0740 152 927 0722 226 682)

Footbal

Daimon Sport Club ( Calea piscului nr 10 (Parcul Tineretului Opposite entrence to Sala Polivalenta), phone 0723 99 82 66. Open 07:00-24:00 tax aprox 20 Eur/hour)

Golf

In Bucharest - Diplomatic Club (six-hole golf course Aleea Minovici 1, tel. 224 29 41, 0744 36 59 59, fax 222 84 16. open Open 09:00-22:00)
Outside Bucharest - Lac de Verde (nine holes golf course Str. Carierei 44, Breaza, tel. 0244 34 35 25, fax 0244 34 38 50. Open 08:00-20:00 )

Ice-skating

Stadionul Lia Manoliu (B-dul Basarabiei 37-39. phone 021 324 6535 open Open 10:00-20:00. Sometimes closed for hockey matches. Admission charge aprox 3 Eur/hour)
Cismigiu Garden (on the lake, during the winter)

Swimming

Blue Ciel (Str. Giuseppe Verdi 2, phone 230 08 95. Open: 09:00-21:00 admission aprox 10 Eur/day)
Daimon Sport Club ( Calea piscului nr 10 (Parcul Tineretului Opposite entrence to Sala Polivalenta), phone 0723 99 82 66. Open 07:00-24:00 admission aprox 10 Eur/day)
Diplomatic Club (Aleea Minovici 1, tel. 224 29 41, 0744 36 59 59, fax 222 84 16. open Open 09:00-22:00 admission 6-12 Eur/day)
Water Park (Calea Bucurestilor 255A, (Opposite Henri Coanda Airport, back of the Confort Hotel)phone 021 350 41 10 Open 10:00-20:00 admission between 3-12 euro/day depend of age, time and day)

Tenis

Daimon Sport Club ( Calea piscului nr 10 (Parcul Tineretului Opposite entrence to Sala Polivalenta), phone 0723 99 82 66. Open 07:00-24:00 tax aprox 7.5 Eur/hour)
Complex Herastrau (Sos. Nordului 5-7, tel. 0788 75 05 76, 0724 31 05 52. tax 6-12 euro/hour)
National Tennis Centre (B-dul Pierre de Coubertin 8-10, tel. 021 250 49 41. Open 09:00-20:00)