Khimik Sports Complex () is located in Ivana Mazepy St, 78,

Chernihiv Chernihiv (, ; , ) is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within the oblast. Chernihiv's population is The city was designated as a Hero City of Ukraine ...

Chernihiv Oblast Chernihiv Oblast (), also referred to as Chernihivshchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in northern Ukraine. The capital city, administrative center of the oblast is the city of Chernihiv. There are 1,511 sett ...

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

14039.

General description

The sports complex "Khimik" is located nearby the Tekstylnyk stadium on an area of 4.5 hectares. It was formerly the home arena of football club Khimik Chernihiv, located also by 2–3 km from the Chernihiv Ovruch railway and the Monument to Soldiers Liberators in Victory Square. There are football fields, tennis courts; there are also large and small gyms in the room, a big gym. 4 changing rooms with toilets and showers; wood-fired sauna. The Complex offers services of sports facilities for cultural events. There are high-class table tennis and tennis sparring coaches, that can helps anyone interested in improving their skills. Football fans can rent any of the three fields of different sizes or a gym. After a good workout there is an opportunity to take a steam bath in a cozy sauna.

History

It was also the home venue of the defunct football team Khimik Chernihiv who won the

Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship () is an annual association football competition in Ukraine among amateur teams. The competition is administered by the Ukrainian Football Amateur Association, Ukrainian Association of Amateur Football (AAFU ...

1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...

and got third place twice in

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

and in

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

. The club won the Chernihiv Oblast Football Championship 15 times. The club also won the Chernihiv Oblast Football Cup 10 times. The tennis team of Butterfly UA held its regular rating tournament "Butterfly Cup" 2016 in the city of Chernihiv, in the reconstructed Khimik Sports Complex. In October 2017, The Championship among Cadets was held, which is one of the criteria for selection to the national teams of Ukraine for international competitions. In October 2019, the Sport Complex hosted the Young table tennis masters for a place in the national team of Chernihiv region. In September 2020 the Championship of Ukraine among regional teams (adults) in

took place. In 2020 the Federation of Table Tennis of Ukraine organized a series of tournaments "The League of the Best" season 2020-2021! From 28 September to 7 October 2020 a training camp of the youth and cadet national table tennis teams was held at "Yunist-Chernihiv" Sports Complex, for two-time training of national team candidates, although team travel was restricted due to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

. The Venue was used also by the female football club Lehenda Chernihiv, the young team academy of SDYuShOR Desna, Desna-3 Chernihiv, Desna-2 Chernihiv and Desna-3 Chernihiv. In summer 2021,

FC Chernihiv Football Club Chernihiv (; ), also known as FC Chernigov or Football Club Chernigov, is a Ukraine, Ukrainian football (soccer), football club based in Chernihiv that currently plays in the Ukrainian First League. History Founding and establish ...

, the second main team of the city of

, used the venue for the training for the next season ( 2021-22) of

Ukrainian Second League The Ukrainian Second League (, ''Druha Liha'') is a professional football league in Ukraine which is part of the Professional Football League of Ukraine, a collective member of the Ukrainian Association of Football. As the third tier it was establ ...

. On 30 March 2022 Russians are fighting table tennis with missile and artillery weapons. Competitors are eliminated. A specialized table tennis hall in Chernihiv was hit by the Russian army. The occupiers aimed at the sports complex, but the rocket did not reach the building, leaving a funnel on the sports ground nearby. The depth of the funnel reaches about ten meters. The Khimik Sport Complex, received severe "injuries" - all the windows were broken, plaster crumbled, tables, floor, ceiling, electrical equipment were damaged. Practically, the center for table tennis became unsuitable. The Khimik-Chernihiv Sports Complex came under artillery fire several times during the fighting. More than ten shells fell on the territory of the complex, one of which formed a ten-meter funnel on the football field. The shells hit the Khimik sports hall, where a number of national tournaments were held before the Russian attack, both at the youth and adult levels. The open-air tennis court, which was hit by several mines, was also damaged. According to the employees of the sports complex, looting occurred during the siege of Chernihiv, as eight TV sets disappeared from the building.

Sports Facilities

* Soccer * Basketball * Tennis * Tennis Table

References

External links

VkontakteFacebookInstagramtabletennis.org.uamixsport.promap.cn.uaYoutube
{{Chernihiv Football venues in Chernihiv Football venues in Chernihiv Oblast Multi-purpose stadiums in Ukraine Sports venues in Chernihiv Buildings and structures in Chernihiv Sports complexes in Ukraine Monuments and memorials to Yuri Gagarin

Sports venues in Chernihiv Oblast

General description

History

Sports Facilities

See also

References

External links