Army Sports Club Stadium, Sports stadium in Sykhiv district, Lviv, Ukraine
Army Sports Club Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium at Kleparivska Street 39a in Lviv, part of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence's summer sports training base. Its speedway track measures 382 m; the stadium also has a grass football pitch and an open-air pool. It is the third-largest football stadium in Lviv after Arena Lviv and Ukraina.
The stadium belonged to the sports club of the Carpathian Military District. In the late 1970s and early 1980s the complex was rebuilt with an indoor velodrome, shooting hall and equestrian facilities; architect Oleksandr Hukovych and engineer Valentyn Kriukov received the USSR Council of Ministers State Prize in 1983. It hosted the 1990 World Junior Speedway Championship final.
The stadium is the home arena of the speedway club SKA-Favorit, and its 382 m track has hosted the 1990 Junior World Championship final, European Championship semi-finals in 2001 and 2003, and qualifying rounds in 2008 and 2009. The track record of 67.07 seconds was set by England's Dean Standing on 9 September 1990. Today the youth team of Karpaty and the American football club Lviv Lions play their home games here.
The stadium is accessible via public transportation and offers parking facilities for visitors. When planning a visit, check the match schedule in advance and arrive with enough time before the event begins.
The 382-metre speedway track record of 67.07 seconds was set by England's Dean Standing on 9 September 1990, the same year the stadium hosted the World Junior Championship final. The venue later held European Championship semi-finals in 2001 and 2003 and qualifying rounds in 2008 and 2009.
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