European Capital of Sport

The European Capitals and Cities of Sport Federation (ACES Europe) is a non-profit federation based in Brussels which assigns every year since 2001 the awards of European Capital, City, Community and Town of Sport.

These awards are given for a period of one calendar year.

The European Capital of Sport is awarded to a municipality that has an official population of 500,000 or more inhabitants in the European continent:

This award has been given since 2001:

The European Community of Sport is awarded to a community consisting of a maximum of three municipalities, having censused together between 25,000 and 499,999 inhabitants, in the European continent.

The European City of Sport is awarded to a municipality that has an official population of between 25,000 and 499,999 inhabitants, in the European continent.

This award has been given since 2007:

The European Town of Sport is awarded to a municipality that has an official population of between 1 and 24,999 inhabitants, in the European continent.

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