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sport in Ireland - Referat
The most popular sports in Ireland are the traditional ball games like Gaelic Football, Soccer and Hurling
Gaelic Football The game Gaelic football is a mix of soccer and rugby and it is played just in Ireland. The ball is some smaller than a foot ball and looks like a volleyball. It has an extent of 68-70 cm, is heavy between 450 and 485 gram and consists of leather. The first mention of a play named football in Ireland is in the statutes of Galway from the year 1527.
The playing field is 130-145 meters long and has a broad of 70-80 meters.
Each crew consists of 15 players: one goalkeeper, three Full Backs, three help Backs, two Midfielder, three half- Forwards and three Full Forwards.
In the game it is allowed to change 5 players. They usually play 60 minutes with a break that takes 15 minutes. A player may play the ball with each part of the body. It is does not permit to pick up the ball from the ground. A gate counts as much as 3 points. But the players can run with the ball into the goal and it counts also 3 points.
Hurling
Hurling means in German schleudern. Hurling is a crew sport of Celtic origin, which is played with sticks and a ball. It is played mainly in Ireland and is one of the fastest crew kinds of sport of the world. The woman variant of the Hurling is called Camogie. Each player is equipped with a stick. The stick is called Hurley and made traditionally of ash wood. It has a length of 64-97 cm. The beat of the stick is more broadly than the grasp and is called Bas. The ball is called Sliotar and is out of leather. It has an extent from 23 to 25 cm and weighs between 110 and 120 gram. A well struck ball can reach up to 150 km/h and fly well 80 meters far. Most players have plastic helmet with face protection. To cover the face from the ball. A gate is obtained, as the ball is played over the goal line under the transverse bar and between the gate posts and counts 3 points.
The playing field is rectangular and has a length between 130-145 meters and a width between 70-80 meters. The play time amounts to 2x35 minutes. The game starts in the middle of the field. Two players of each team stand in the middle of the field and wait that the arbitrator drops the ball down, as like basketball. If the ball touches the ground the two players try to hit the ball with the Hurley.
Soccer
The Irish national soccer team has the nickname: The boys in green. They play in the football association of Ireland and have the trainer Steven Staunton. Their first game they played versus Italy but they lost the match. 3:0 The Republic of Ireland still became 1923 as Irish Free State official member of the FIFA. Their highest victory was versus Brazil. They played 7:0.
Their best result in the world championship was in the year 1990 in the Quarter final.
Croke Park is standing in Dublin and is the most important stadium and the head office of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), the largest Irish sport organization. It is at present the largest stadium in Ireland (and the fifth-largest in Europe) with a capacity of 82.500 spectators. The stadium is used for Gaelic football, Hurling and Camogie. In this year it was opened also for rugby and football.
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