Supporting sports

On May 2012, prior to Victory Day two children’s and youth tournaments took place in Orenburg. The sports events were dedicated to veterans of the national gas industry, former heads of Orenburggazprom: a football competition was held in memory of Vasily Nikolaev and a judo competition – Yury Vysheslavtsev, Hero of Socialist Labor. Gazprom Dobycha Orenburg organized the tournaments.

The Fakel stadium hosted matches between 12 sports teams from the Orenburg and Samara Oblasts, Bashkortostan and Kazakhstan.

May 3, 2012

Gazprom Torch table tennis club wins 5th Russian Championship

Gazprom Torch table tennis club (Orenburg) has become the champion of Russia for the fifth time.

On April 28, 2012 Yekaterinburg hosted the final round of the national championship among men's table tennis teams. Russia's top eight clubs of the Premiere League fought for medals.

The Orenburg club took a lead during the eight-month national table tennis “marathon”. Finally, they confirmed their title of Russia's best table tennis club by winning the 2 points required defeat the Urals Mining & Metallurgical Company team from Verkhnaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Oblast.

April 10, 2012

All-Russian Ice Hockey Tournament held in Orenburg

Between April 5 and 8 , 2012 the Ice Arena of Rostoshi settlement (Orenburg) hosted the All-Russian Ice Hockey Tournament for the prizes of Anatoly Zibarev – Hero of Socialist Labor, veteran of the gas industry. The tournament was arranged by Gazprom Dobycha Orenburg  as part of the Gazprom for Children  program.

Taking part in the games were more than 100 children born in 2000 and representing 6 teams from Yekaterinburg, Orenburg, Perm, Samara, Ufa and Novosergievka regional center in the Orenburg Oblast.

April 10, 2012

European Karate Cup win

The capital of the Czech Republic hosted the European Karate Cup in the beginning of April 2012. Ivan Kiryanov, member of the Russian national team from Gazprom Transgaz Stavropol Shotokan Club became the winner in the team tournaments. The sportsman had a clear lead and won every fight bringing the national team on top – as a result, the Russian team took the first place.

April 10, 2012

Racers from Fakel sports club – Russian Snowcross Champions

Novy Urengoy hosted the 3rd final round of the Russian Snowcross Championship and the National Snowcross Competition between April 7 and 8, 2012.

50 snowmobile racers came from Kirov, Megion, Nadym, Nefteyugansk, Novy Urengoy, Samara, Saint Petersburg, Strezhevoy, Surgut, Tyumen and Yaroslavl to take part in the final tournaments.

April 09, 2012

Car racing in Pangody settlement

 

On April 7, 2012 the Pangody settlement hosted the Gazprom Dobycha Nadym Cup Car Racing Competitions. The competitions were held in T1 class comprising 4x4 four-wheeled off-road vehicles produced in Russia and having the engine size of up to 3,000 cubic centimeters as well as in A-1600 class made up of front-drive cars with the engine size of up to 1,600 cubic centimeters.

February 2012

9th Adult Winter Spartakiada Games and 4th Children’s Winter Spartakiada Games of Gazprom opened in Yekaterinburg

In February 2012 Yekaterinburg hosted a festive opening of the 9th Adult Winter Spartakiada Games and the 4th Children’s Winter Spartakiada Games of Gazprom. The event brought together 24 adult and 13 children’s teams from Gazprom’s subsidiaries.

February 2012

New sports and recreation complex built in Valdai

The Valdai city hosted today a festive opening of the Kristall sports and recreation complex built at the expense of Gazprom Transgaz Saint Petersburg as part of the Gazprom for Children program.

February 13, 2012

Sports and recreation complex opened in Gornozavodsk

On February 10 the Gornozavodsk city, Perm Krai hosted a festive opening of the Olympia sports and recreation complex built at Gazprom Transgaz Tchaikovsky’s expense as part of the Gazprom for Children program.

December 7, 2011

Chess kings fight for Super Cup

In November 15–25, 2011 Moscow hosted the 6th Tal Memorial, a traditional Grand Master tournament. The Russian Chess Federation, sponsored by Gazprom.

September 6, 2011

4th Summer Children’s Spartakiada Games of Gazprom opened

Anapa hosted a festive opening of the 4th Summer Children's Spartakiada Games of Gazprom.

The Spartakiada Games brought together teams from 20 subsidiary companies and organizations of Gazprom.They will compete in four kinds of sports: track and field athletics, swimming, table tennis and foosball. The total number of the Spartakiada Games participants and guests exceeds 1,000 people.

August 25, 2011

Gazprom opens six sports and recreation complexes in St. Petersburg

Krasnoselsky, Frunzensky, Petrodvortsovy, Kalininsky, and Primorsky Districts of St. Petersburg and Kronshtadt hosted the opening of sports and recreation complexes (SRC) built as part of the Gazprom to Children program.

August 16, 2011

Gazprom’s 9th Summer Spartakiada Games opened

Today the Start stadium in Saransk hosted the Opening Ceremony for the Gazprom's 9th Summer Spartakiada Games. 30 Gazprom's subsidiary companies and organizations will compete during the Spartakiada Games.

July 21, 2011

Sport for Female Champions

As football to the English and hockey to the Canadians, so is rhythmic gymnastics to the Russians – an object of national pride. Russian female rhythmic gymnasts have been traditionally considered one of the most prominent athletes in World Championships and Olympic Games. Beginning from 2002 Gazprom has been the primary sponsor of the All-Russian Federation of Rhythmic Gymnastics.

July 20, 2011

Gazprom sponsoring International Biathlon Competition

Russia cherishes deep-rooted traditions in biathlon and Gazprom actively assists this sport development: since 2007 the Company has been arranging and sponsoring the International Biathlon Competition for the Prize in memory of the Russian Honored Coach Vitaly Fatyanov.

July 15, 2011

New sports complex inauguration in Pikalevo

On July 15, 2011 the Pikalevo town of the Boksitogorsky District (Leningrad Oblast) hosted inauguration of the Leader sports and health complex constructed by Gazprom transgaz Saint Petersburg as part of the Gazprom to Children program.

June 2011

Gazprom promotes hockey

Revival of interest in sports is largely associated with the success of our sportsmen in major international competitions especially in such popular kinds of sports as football and hockey. This is why Gazprom nowadays sponsors the leading Russian hockey clubs: SKA Saint Petersburg and Avangard Omsk.

Gazprom roots for Zenit

The Zenit football club being sponsored by Gazprom for several years is among Russia’s best teams nowadays.

June 2011

Gazprom Neft Cup – official children’s tournament of Kontinental Hockey League

Gazprom neft and the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) are cooperating to promote children’s hockey and train a pool of young sportsmen. In this context, the annual children’s hockey tournament Gazprom Neft Cup was assigned the status of an official KHL tournament. Since November 2010 this competition has been called the KHL tournament among children’s hockey teams, Gazprom Neft Cup.

December 2010

Siberia’s largest track and field facility opened

In December 2010 Tomsk hosted the opening of a track and field facility. Construction of the facility lasted two years – from September 2008 through December 2010. The track and field facility worth RUB 713 million was built at Gazprom’s expense. Over the recent years Gazprom has opened more than 600 sports facilities throughout Russia. The track and field facility in Tomsk is the largest and the most versatile of them.

December 2010

International Youth Boxing Tournament held in Nadym

Between November 28 and December 1, 2010 Nadym hosted the 10th traditional International Youth Boxing Tournament dedicated to the memory of Vladislav Strizhov, the first Director General of Gazprom dobycha Nadym.

November 2010

Helios sports center opened in Orenburg District

The Helios sports center was built as part of the Gazprom to Children program. The construction costs equaled RUB 238 million. Between 2007 and 2009 a total of 30 social facilities were built and reconstructed in the Orenburg region as part of the Gazprom to Children program.

July 2010

Serbian football club put on T-shirts with Gazprom’s logo

With a view to promote its brand in the foreign market, Gazprom became in 2010 the general sponsor of Crvena Zvezda (Red Star), a Serbian football club with a rich history. The sponsorship support also stipulates building up reserves to finance the club’s youth team.

April 2010

Bike ride in honor of Great Patriotic War

Between 18 and 23 April 2010 the Moscow – Saint Petersburg bike ride took place in honor of the 65th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The event supporters were the Board of Guardians of the Russian Bicycle Sports Federation, Gazprom, Russian Technologies State Corporation and ITERA International Group.

2007

Gazprom and Germany Are Linked Together by Football and FC Schalke 04

Germany is a large consumer of Russian gas and a long-standing partner of Gazprom. Beginning from 2007 Gazprom has been a sponsor of the most popular Bundesliga club – FC Schalke 04. Thanks to the established partnership, the logo of Gazprom may be seen now on the sporting gear of Schalke football players.

May 2007

International Football Tournament Among Gas Companies

After a six-year break, the International Football Tournament among gas companies was held on May 24–27 in Tula on the initiative of Gazprom and with the assistance of foreign partners.