Sports
The sports teams listed below are based in Fukuoka.
- Football (soccer)
- Avispa Fukuoka (Fukuoka City)
- Giravanz Kitakyushu (Kitakyūshū City)
- Baseball
- Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (Fukuoka City)
- Basketball
- Fukuoka Rizing (Fukuoka City)
- Rugby
- Coca Cola West Red Sparks (Fukuoka City)
- Fukuoka Sanix Blues (Munakata)
- Kyuden Voltex
- Sanix World Rugby Youth Tournament
The prefecture has two significant annual athletics events: the Fukuoka International Cross Country and the Fukuoka International Open Marathon Championship. The marathon race has been held in Fukuoka since 1959 and has seen a number of world records broken during its history.
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