Sports in Alaska

The following is a list of sporting venues, events, and teams based in Alaska.

## Anchorage[edit]

Main article: Anchorage, Alaska § Sports

### Venues[edit]

An Aces game at "The Sully"

* Alyeska Resort
* Chugach State Park, a 495,000-acre (2,000 km2) high alpine park.[1]
* Anchorage has many groomed cross-country skiing trails within the urban core. There are 105 miles (169 km) of maintained ski trails in the city,[2] some of which reach downtown.[3]
* Mulcahy Stadium
* Sullivan Arena
* Alaska Airlines Center

### Teams[edit]

* Anchorage Wolverines
* Anchorage Bucs
* Anchorage Glacier Pilots
* Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves men's ice hockey
* Rage City Rollergirls
* Arctic Rush (soccer)
* Cook Inlet SC (soccer)
* Pioneer United FC (men's soccer)

### Events[edit]

* Great Alaska Shootout, an annual NCAA Division I basketball tournament[4]
* Sadler's Ultra Challenge wheelchair race between Fairbanks and Anchorage[5]
* The Tour of Anchorage is an annual 50-kilometer (31 mi) ski race within the city.[6]
* World Eskimo Indian Olympics

## Fairbanks[edit]

### Venues[edit]

* Carlson Center

### Teams[edit]

* Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
* Alaska Nanooks men's ice hockey
* Fairbanks Ice Dogs
* Fairbanks Rollergirls
* Fairbanks SC (soccer)

### Events[edit]

* Sadler's Ultra Challenge wheelchair race between Fairbanks and Anchorage[7]
* Sonot Kkaazoot
* World Eskimo Indian Olympics

## Elsewhere[edit]

### Teams[edit]

* MatSu United FC (men's soccer)
* Denali Destroyer Dolls
* Kenai River Brown Bears
* Mat-Su Miners
* Peninsula Oilers

### Events[edit]

* Alaska Mountain Wilderness Classic
* Arctic Winter Games
* Mount Marathon Race
* World Extreme Skiing Championship

#### Dog mushing[edit]

Dog mushing is arguably the most popular spectator sport in Alaska

* Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
* Iron Dog
* Junior Iditarod
* Kuskokwim 300
* Tustumena 200
* Yukon Quest

## See also[edit]

* Alaska Sports Hall of Fame
* List of college athletic programs in Alaska
* List of athletes from Alaska
* Hunting and fishing in Alaska

## References[edit]

1. ^ Guide to the State Parks of the United States-2nd Edition. Washington, D.C.: The National Geographic Society. 2004. pp. 340–342. ISBN 0-7922-6628-5.
2. ^ "Trails". Parks and Recreation. Municipality of Anchorage. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
3. ^ "Tony Knowles Coastal Trail". Alaska Trails. State of Alaska. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
4. ^ "Great Alaska Shootout". Anchorage: 100 years of big wild life. Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
5. ^ Pedeferri, Tony (18 October 2012). "Alaska Race will Return in 2013". US Handcycling – News. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
6. ^ "Tour of Anchorage". Anchorage: 100 years of big wild life. Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
7. ^ Pedeferri, Tony (18 October 2012). "Alaska Race will Return in 2013". US Handcycling – News. Retrieved 25 February 2014.

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Sports teams based in Alaska

Baseball|

* ABL: Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
* Anchorage Bucs
* Anchorage Glacier Pilots
* Mat-Su Miners
* Peninsula Oilers
* Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks

Hockey|

* NAHL: Anchorage Wolverines
* Fairbanks Ice Dogs
* Kenai River Brown Bears

Soccer|

* UPSL: MatSu United FC
* Arctic Rush
* Cook Inlet SC
* Olimpia FC

College athletics|

NCAA Division II
Alaska Nanooks (D-I Hockey)
Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves (D-I Hockey)

Roller derby|

* WFTDA:
* Fairbanks Rollergirls
* Rage City Roller Derby

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By state / territory|

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Northeast|

* Connecticut
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South|

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West|

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Territories|

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Major team sports|

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* Ultimate

Major individual sports|

* Boxing
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* Steeplechase
* Mixed martial arts
* Motorsport
* Swimming
* Tennis
* Winter sports

Minor sports|

* Australian rules football
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* Bodybuilding
* Cricket
* Cycling
* Disc golf
* Fishing
* Futsal
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* Gaelic football
* Gymnastics
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* Polo
* Roller derby
* Rowing
* Rugby league
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* Surfing
* Volleyball
* Water polo
* Wrestling

International
sporting
competitions|

* World Baseball Classic
* Basketball World Cup
* Cricket World Cup
* FIFA Confederations Cup
* FIFA World Cup
* Rugby League World Cup
* Rugby World Cup

Multi-sport
events

* Olympics
* Pan American Games
* Paralympics
* Parapan American Games
* Deaflympics
* World University Games
* Maccabiah

* United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
* History
* Law
* Major professional sports leagues

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State of Alaska

Juneau (capital)

Topics|

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Regions|

* The Bush
* Arctic
* Aleutian Islands
* Alaska Peninsula
* North Slope
* Southwest
* Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta
* Inside Passage
* Interior
* Kenai Peninsula
* Mat‑Su Valley
* Seward Peninsula
* Southcentral
* Southeast
* Tanana Valley

Largest cities
pop. over 25,000|

* Anchorage
* Fairbanks
* Juneau

Smaller cities
pop. over 2,000|

* Bethel
* Cordova
* Dillingham
* Homer
* Kenai
* Ketchikan
* Kodiak
* Kotzebue
* Nome
* North Pole
* Palmer
* Petersburg
* Seward
* Sitka
* Soldotna
* Unalaska
* Valdez
* Wasilla
* Wrangell
* Utqiaġvik

Boroughs|

* Aleutians East
* Anchorage
* Bristol Bay
* Denali
* Fairbanks North Star
* Haines
* Juneau
* Kenai Peninsula
* Ketchikan Gateway
* Kodiak Island
* Lake and Peninsula
* Matanuska‑Susitna
* North Slope
* Northwest Arctic
* Petersburg
* Sitka
* Skagway
* Wrangell
* Yakutat
* Unorganized

Native corporations|

* Arctic Slope Regional Corporation
* Bering Straits Native Corporation
* NANA Regional Corporation
* Calista Corporation
* Doyon, Limited
* Cook Inlet Region, Inc.
* Bristol Bay Native Corporation
* The Aleut Corporation
* Chugach Alaska Corporation
* Sealaska Corporation
* Koniag, Incorporated
* Ahtna, Incorporated
* The 13th Regional Corporation

Census Areas|

* Aleutians West
* Bethel
* Chugach
* Copper River
* Dillingham
* Hoonah–Angoon
* Kusilvak
* Nome
* Prince of Wales–Hyder
* Southeast Fairbanks
* Yukon–Koyukuk

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