en.unionpedia.org

Sport in Northern Cyprus, the Glossary

There are 29 sports federations in Northern Cyprus and 13,838 people registered in them as of 2008.^[1]

29 relations: Abkhazia national basketball team, Aikido, Association football, Bocce, Confederation of Independent Football Associations, Cyprus Turkish Football Association, Erkekler Basketbol Süper Ligi, European Pocket Billiard Federation, FIFA, Football in Northern Cyprus, Football tennis, Futsal European Federation, Hunting, ISKA (sports governing body), Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation, Karate, Kurash, Kyrenia, Kythrea, Northern Cyprus, Northern Cyprus national basketball team, Omonia Aradippou, Shooting sports, Taekwondo, United World Wrestling, World Badminton Federation, World Pool-Billiard Association, Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi (women's basketball), 2016–17 EuroCup Women.

Abkhazia national basketball team

The Abkhazia national basketball team is the basketball team of Abkhazia, a partially-recognized state located in Georgia.

See Sport in Northern Cyprus and Abkhazia national basketball team

Aikido

Aikido (合気道, 合氣道) is a modern Japanese martial art which is split into many different styles including Iwama Ryu, Iwama Shin Shin Aiki Shuren Kai, Shodokan Aikido, Yoshinkan, Renshinkai, Aikikai, and Ki Aikido.

See Sport in Northern Cyprus and Aikido

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.

See Sport in Northern Cyprus and Association football

Bocce

italics, sometimes anglicized as bocce ball, bocci, or boccie, is a ball sport belonging to the boules family.

See Sport in Northern Cyprus and Bocce

The Confederation of Independent Football Associations (CONIFA) is the international governing body for association football teams that are not affiliated with FIFA.

See Sport in Northern Cyprus and Confederation of Independent Football Associations

The Cyprus Turkish Football Association (Kıbrıs Türk Futbol Federasyonu, KTFF) is the governing body of football in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC).

See Sport in Northern Cyprus and Cyprus Turkish Football Association

Erkekler Basketbol Süper Ligi

The Erkekler Basketbol Süper Ligi (English: Men's Basketball League) and known as the Kıbrıs Vakıflar Bankası Basketbol Süper Ligi due to sponsorship reasons is the top men's professional basketball league in Northern Cyprus.

See Sport in Northern Cyprus and Erkekler Basketbol Süper Ligi

European Pocket Billiard Federation

The European Pocket Billiard Federation (EPBF) is the European governing body for pocket billiards.

See Sport in Northern Cyprus and European Pocket Billiard Federation

FIFA

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, more commonly known by its acronym FIFA, is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal.

See Sport in Northern Cyprus and FIFA

Football is the national sport of Northern Cyprus.

See Sport in Northern Cyprus and Football in Northern Cyprus

Football tennis, also known as futnet and soccer tennis (Czech and Slovak: nohejbal), is a sport played with a football.

See Sport in Northern Cyprus and Football tennis

Futsal European Federation

The Futsal European Federation (FEF) is the futsal governing body for both fully and non-independent states or regions in Europe.

See Sport in Northern Cyprus and Futsal European Federation

Hunting

Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, and killing wildlife or feral animals.

See Sport in Northern Cyprus and Hunting

ISKA (sports governing body)

The ISKA (originally International Sport Karate Association, later also called the International Sport Kickboxing Association) is one of the major international bodies regulating sport karate and kickboxing matches.

See Sport in Northern Cyprus and ISKA (sports governing body)

Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation

The Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF; Arabic: الاتحاد الرياضي للتضامن الاسلامي) is the supreme authority governing the Islamic Solidarity Games.

See Sport in Northern Cyprus and Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation

Karate

(Okinawan pronunciation), also, is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom.

See Sport in Northern Cyprus and Karate

Kurash

Köräş (also kuresh, koresh, küreş, güreş and similar variants) refers to a number of folk wrestling styles practiced in Central Asia.

See Sport in Northern Cyprus and Kurash

Kyrenia

Kyrenia (Kerýneia; Girne) is a city on the northern coast of Cyprus, noted for its historic harbour and castle.

See Sport in Northern Cyprus and Kyrenia

Kythrea

Kythrea (Κυθρέα or Κυθραία; Değirmenlik) is a small town in Cyprus, 10 km northeast of Nicosia.

See Sport in Northern Cyprus and Kythrea

Northern Cyprus

Northern Cyprus, officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), is a de facto state that comprises the northeastern portion of the island of Cyprus.

See Sport in Northern Cyprus and Northern Cyprus

Northern Cyprus national basketball team

The Northern Cyprus national basketball team is the basketball team of Northern Cyprus.

See Sport in Northern Cyprus and Northern Cyprus national basketball team

Omonia Aradippou

Omonia Aradippou is a Cypriot professional football club based in the Municipality of Aradippou, a settlement on the outskirts of the city of Larnaca.

See Sport in Northern Cyprus and Omonia Aradippou

Shooting sports

Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as handguns, rifles and shotguns) and bows/crossbows.

See Sport in Northern Cyprus and Shooting sports

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_Northern_Cyprus

Also known as Basketball in Northern Cyprus, Sports in Northern Cyprus.

Sport in Northern Cyprus, the Glossary

Table of Contents

References