The Palau National Stadium(PCC Track & Field Stadium) is a multi-purpose sports stadium in Koror City, Palau. It is used primarily for track and field events as well as many football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 4,000.
The Koror–Babeldaob Bridge is a bridge in Palau that connects Koror and Babeldaob Islands. It is a reinforced concrete, portal frame, cable-stayed bridge with a total length of 413 m. It was built by the Kajima Corporation of Japan in 2002, to replace the former bridge built by Socio Construction Co. of South Korea in 1978 which collapsed in 1996.
The Palau national football team represents Palau in international football. The team is not affiliated with FIFA or a local confederation. The team play their home games at the PCC Track and Field Stadium in the town of Koror City. Currently, the side is ranked as the worst national team in the world by the Elo rating system.
Surangel Samuel Whipps Sr. is a Palauan businessman and politician. He served as the president of the Senate of Palau from January 2005 to April 2005, and from 25 April 2007 to 15 January 2009, and as the speaker of the House of Delegates of Palau from January 1993 to November 1996. He was born in Airai.
The sport of association football in the country of Palau is run by the Palau Soccer Association. The association administers the national football team, as well as the Palau Soccer League.
The sport of baseball is widely played in Palau, having been introduced by the Japanese during their occupation of the island nation. The highest level of league play in Palau in represented by Palau Major League (PML), which is overseen by the Belau Baseball Federation. The country is represented in international play by the Palau national baseball team.
The 2012 Palau Soccer League was the eighth season of association football competition in Palau, and the first that has been split into two stages: the Spring League and the Fall League. The Spring League was won by Team Bangladesh. The Spring League consisted of five rounds of matches in a round robin group stage, from which the top four qualified for semi-finals, and a play-off final. According to the fixture list, the Fall League was played in the same format, only this time each team played the others twice. This is assumed to be the first season of football since 2010 as the 2011 winner is unknown.
Team Bangladesh Football Club is a Palauan association football club founded in 2004 that plays in the Palau Soccer League. They have won the Palau Soccer League season three times.
The 2004 Palau Soccer League was the first season of association football competition in Palau. The league was won by Daewoo Ngatpang The league consisted of three rounds of matches, a play-off final and was named the Palau Soccer Association Local League.
The 2005 season of the Palau Soccer League was the second season of association football competition in Palau. Team Bangladesh won the championship, their first title.
The 2006 season of the Palau Soccer League was the third season of association football competition in Palau. Surangel and Sons Company won the championship, their first title.
The 2006–07 Palau Soccer League was the fourth season of association football competition in Palau and the first to straddle two calendar years. The league was won by Team Bangladesh, their second title.
The 2010 season of the Palau Soccer League was the seventh season of association football competition in Palau. Daewoo Ngatpang won the championship, their second title and first since the inaugural season.
Kramers FC is a Palauan association football club from Koror which plays in the Palau Soccer League, the top level league in Palau in the Spring League 2012. It was founded in at least 2008.
Daewoo Ngatpang was a Palauan association football club founded in 2004 which began competing in the Palau Soccer League, the top level league in Palau, in the inaugural 2004 season, known as the Palau Soccer Association Local League, when they were crowned champions. Whilst they definitely did not compete in the 2006–07 season, they may well have competed in other season where information is missing. However, the next season it is known for certain that they participated is 2010, when they were crowned champions for the second time. Only Team Bangladesh have won more titles.
Mount Everest Nepal was a Palauan association football club which competed in the Palau Soccer League, the top level league in Palau, for the first time in the inaugural season in 2004, when they were runners up, losing 2–0 to Daewoo Ngatpang in the final. It is also known that they competed in the 2006–07 where they finished third, beating Palau Tiger Team 4–2 in the third place play-off. Due to fragmentary records, it is not known how many other seasons they competed, particularly between 2004 and 2006.
Surangel and Sons Company was a Palauan association football club which first competed in the Palau Soccer League, the top level league in Palau, in 2006, when they were crowned champions. They competed in the following season as well, finishing runner up, losing 2–1 to Team Bangladesh in the final, having topped the qualifying group. Due to fragmentary records, it is not known in how many other seasons they competed.
The 2014 Palau Soccer League is the ninth season of association football competition in Palau, and it also marks ten years since the league began in 2004. The 2014 League was competed by five teams from Palau. The league will be played in a round-tobin format, with the top four teams qualifying for the semi-finals. This is the first season of football in Palau since the 2012 Fall season, as that season stretched into 2013. The round robin stage began on April 13, and will end on June 15. The Semi-finals and Final will then take place on June 22 and June 29 respectively.
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