 In Irkutsk, there are 384 sports facilities, of which 200 are municipal ones.Among them there are 23 swimming pools, 14 ski bases, a sports palace, 154 courts, 165 gyms, an athletics arena, a racetrack, 7 stadiums—Trud, Rekord, Dynamo, Zenit, Aviator, Lokomotiv-2, sports complex of Irktusk and the main football arena—Lokomotiv for 3 thousand seats.2012 Women's Bandy World Championship was hosted in Irkutsk and received praise from Federation of International Bandy.