Sport

Liepaja is not only a city of culture, but also a very active city - local football, basketball, ice-hockey, handball and floor-ball teams are successfully competing in the highest leagues of the national championships. Men’s ice-hockey and football teams participate also in international tournaments. Liepaja hosts international sports events: chess tournament Liepaja Castling, Līvu alus Basketball Cup and one of Davis Cup tennis tournaments.

However the heat is really on in all meanings of these words when Rally Kurzeme gets on the way in the middle of July. In the previous years this event was a stage of national, Russian and European championships attracting world class rally stars and thousands of spectators to Liepaja and its beautiful vicinity.

Liepaja is famous also for its sports schools. It is worth to mention football and ice-hockey clubs which not only promote theses kinds of sports in Latvia, but they also take important role in preparation new sports generation is states scale.

Liepajas Metalurgs - men's ice-hockey and football teams
Līvu alus/Liepaja - men's basketball team
Liepājas Metalurgs - women's basketball team  
Kurši - men's and women's floorball and handball teams

SPORTS FACILITIES

Skating and Ice-hockey

Ice-Hockey Arena
Brīvības iela  3/7, Liepāja
phone +371 6 34 81840, +371 6 34 81842

Dzintara Bowling
Peldu iela 66, Liepāja
phone +371 6 34 80080

In Seaside park. Daily from May till September, phone: (+371) 29265644

Latgales iela 3, Liepāja
phone +371 29184353 (in summer only)  

Sports Centre H SPORTS
Brīvības iela 117, Liepaja
phone +371 6 34 52383

Club JAUNĪBA
Pasta iela 23, Liepāka
phone +371 6 34 24339

Fitness Club LĀČPLĒSIS
Brīvības iela 23, Liepāja
phone +371 6 34 20150

Liepaja Seamen’s Centre
Celtnieku iela 21, Liepāja
phone +371 6 34 01448
e-mail v.radelis@delfi.lv
Hall for basketball, volleyball, tennis. Table tennis and pool tables. Modern training equipment. After the work-out – sauna with a pool. Excellent café!

Liepaja Senior Sports Club
Piltenes iela 17a, Liepāja
phone +371 6 34 42152

Liepaja Sports and Culture Centre
Brīvības iela 39, Liepāja
phone +371 6 34 29084

Sports and Fitness Club MĀJA
Vecā ostmala 24, Liepāja
phone +371 6 34 26326

Sports and Health Club SVK
Lielā iela 8, Liepāja
phone +371 6 34 80119

Go-kart track LĪVS UN CO
Vānes iela 16, Liepāja
phone +371 6 34 86888

Cruise by yacht Palsa
For booking please contact Liepāja Region Tourism Information Office (see- tourism information)

Tennis Sports School/ Courts
Jūrmalas parks (Seaside park), Liepāja
phone +371 6 34 25107

phone +371 26556566
Equipment and instructors. Great games in Karosta.

Windsurffing

Katedrāles 15, Liepāja
phone +371 29499490, +371 29187779
Liepaja windsurfing indsurfingclub RIETUMKRASTS offers rental of equipment and training.

Sports Centre H SPORTS
Brīvības iela 117, Liepāja 
phone +371 6 34 52222

Sports Centre H SPORTS
Brīvības iela 117, Liepāja 
phone +371 6 34 52265

Basketball Club “Liepaja”
President – Ēriks Štālbergs; Manager – Edvīns Striks
phone +371 29404640

Basketball Club “Lauma”
Head – Līvija Alpe-Lūka
Bāriņu 12, Liepāja 
phone +371 6 34 37209

Football and Ice-Hockey Club “Liepajas Metalurgs”
President – Aleksandrs Rogoza; Manager – Mihails Vasiļonoks
Brīvības 3/7, Liepāja
phone +371 29417921

Sport Club “Kurši” (floorball)
Head – Valdis Lagzdiņš
Riepu iela 6, Liepāja
phone +371 6 34 07240, +371 6 34 07241

Handball Club “Kurši”
Head – Pēteris Tervits
phone +371 6 34 6808353

Liepaja Shotokan Carate Club “Krasts”
Head – Gunārs Gertners
Celtnieku iela 8-2, Tadaiķu pag., Liepāja district
phone +371 6 34 97172

Club of Young Basketball Players “Liepajas Vanagi”
Head – Edvīns Sprūde
Celmu iela 2-70, Liepāja
phone +371 6 34 41139, +371 29233938

Sport Club “F.F.F.”
Head – Gatis Freibergs
Jaunatnes 14-8, Grobiņa 
phone +371 29256772
www.ldc-net.1v/LaurisFreibergs

Antique Auto Club “Albatross”
Head – Alberts ALTENS
Jūrmalas iela 3-4, Liepāja 
phone +371 6 34 20771

Table Tennis Club “TT”
Head – Rasma Freiberga
Baseina iela 9, Liepāja 
phone +371 6 34 80860
e-mail jksliepajatvnet.lv 

Riding Sorts Centre “Favorīts”
Head – Romāns Popovs
Latgales iela 3, Liepāja 
phone +371 29184353

Liepaja Model Sports Centre “Orions”
President – Arnis Baāa
Klaipēdas iela 72-50, Liepāja 
phone +371 6 34 33612
e-mail arnisrockete-apollo.lv 

Aerobics Federation of Liepaja
President – Marina Zuntnere
M.Ķempes iela 8- 64, Liepāja 
phone +371 6 34 38268, +371 26755534

Sports Department of Liepaja Academy of Pedagogy (basketball, volleyball, floorball)
Head – Jānis PĒRKONS
Lielā iela 14, Liepāja 
phone +371 29257833

Sports Club for Blind People “Ezerkrasts” (novus, checkers, chess, cards, table tennis, darts, domino)
President – Māris Ceirulis
Ganību 197/205, Liepāja
phone +371 6 34 31535
fax +371 6 34 07115

Liepaja Sports Club for People with Hearing Disabilities “Liepava”
Jūrmalas 21, Liepāja
phone +371 6 34 24086

Sports centre H SPORTS (volleyball, basketball, swimming, wrestling, squash)
Head – Ainis Pujēns
Brīvības iela 117, Liepāja
phone +371 6 34 52383, +371 6 34 52222

Sports and Recreation Club “Lāāplēsis”
Head – Māris Šveiduks
Brīvības iela 23a, Liepāja
phone/fax +371 6 34 20150

Sports Dance Club “Aura”
Head – Daiga Čabovska
phone +371 29451625

Sports Dance Club “Ekstra”
Head - Aira Ludāne
phone +371 6 34 81674, +371 29706574

Liepaja Powerlifting Club
Head – Viktors Pevko
Riepu iela 19, Liepāja
phone +371 29247628

Liepaja Senior Club (Table tennis, checkers, basketball, darts, power-lifting, track-and-field athletics, chess, novus, swimming, volleyball, mini basketball)
President – Astrīda Zitmane
Krūmu iela 74, Liepāja
phone +371 6 34 42152, +371 29840879

Liepaja Tennis Sports School
Director – Imants Andersons
Jūrmalas parks, Liepāja
phone +371 6 34 25107
fax +3716 34 20125
e-mail tenis_liepajainbox.lv 

Liepaja Complex Sports School  (boxing, swimming, table tennis, canoeing, judo)
Director - Naums Vorobeiāiks
Bāriņu iela 12, Liepāja
phone +371 6 34 23226
fax +371 6 34 23342
e-mail kssanet.lv 

Liepaja School of Gymnastics (artistic and sports gymnastics)
Director - Genadijs Makarovs
Rīgas iela 8
phone +371 6 34 23409
fax +371 6 34 23679

 “Daugava” Sports School (football, track-and-field athletics)
Director – Andris Valdmanis
“Daugava” stadium, Jūrmalas parks 3, Liepāja
phone +371 6 34 36757
e-mail sportaskolainbox.lv