Sports
Germany is gearing up to host the FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany in 2011. After the "summer fairytale" that was the 2006 men's World Cup, Germany is again hoping for a marvelous mood among fans and players this summer. Soccer is Germany’s most popular sport: with more than 6.5 million people in 26,000 clubs, and DFB, the German Football (Soccer) Association, is the world’s largest sports association. It is also a member of DOSB, the German Olympic Sports Confederation, which with its 27-million odd members in 90,000 clubs is the world’s largest sports organization. DOSB supports not only high-performance but also mass sports. The best-loved leisure time sports, other than soccer, are gymnastics, tennis, shooting, athletics and handball.
The excitement keeps building as the date of the first kick-off gets nearer. Germany is hosting the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2011 beginning on June 26. Having won the last two Worlds Cups, Germany is particularly excited to be hosting the tournament for the first time.
World Cup 2011
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Facts and Figures
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The Bundesliga
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Sporting Icons
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German-English Soccer Dictionary
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Facts about Germany www.facts-about-germany.de