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The calendar of major sporting events for 2022 in Caen

The French women of Pauline Peyraud-Magnin will return to the Ornano stadium for the Tournoi de France in February. (© Aline Chatel / Sport in Caen)

The first semester of the year 2022 will be very busy in terms of sports events! Discover the calendar richly endowed with the meetings that Caen and its agglomeration will host.

February 9: Mondeville meeting

The Mondeville meeting allows you to see a very high level show.
The Mondeville meeting allows you to see a very high level show. (© Aline Chatel / Sport in Caen)

Disputed behind closed doors last year, the Mondeville athletics meeting hopes to find its audience again this year! He rose in rank and will fight huge battles, especially in the sprint disciplines, at the Halle d’Ornano.

February 19-20: Caen BMX Indoor

A track that is always very impressive in the Parc Expo de Caen.
A track that is always very impressive in the Parc Expo de Caen.

The Parc des Expositions will once again be the scene of a large BMX rally. Each time, the event mobilizes around 1,500 pilots from all over France and abroad. He will make his comeback after two blank years.

February 14-23: Tournament of France

The Bleues of Valérie Gauvain will return to the Ornano stadium.
The Bleues of Valérie Gauvain will return to the Ornano stadium. (© Aline Chatel / Sport in Caen)

The second edition of the French tournament will take place in Caen and Le Havre. The Ornano stadium will be the scene of three international women’s football matches. The precise schedule has not been released but there is every reason to believe that France will play at least one game. Brazil, the Netherlands and Finland are the other invited nations.

March 13: Duathlon de Caen

Cycling and running on the duathlon program.
Cycling and running on the duathlon program. (© AC / Sport in Caen)

Before the triathlon, make way for his little brother! The Caen duathlon promises a high level around its two events, running and cycling.

March 21-27: Tour de Normandie cyclist

The start of the 5th stage of the Tour de Normandie must take place on March 26, 2021 at the Monts d'Aunay (Calvados).
The Tour of Normandy will finally be able to celebrate its 40th anniversary … (© La Voix Le Bocage)

Canceled for the past two years, the Tour de Normandie hopes to finally blow out its 40th birthday. The arrival will take place in Caen, as tradition dictates.

March 19 – April 24: D1 ice hockey playoffs

Pierre-Antoine Devin and the Drakkars will play their season in the playoffs.
Pierre-Antoine Devin and the Drakkars will play their season in the playoffs. (© Aline Chatel / Sport in Caen)

Except earthquake, Caen will participate in the playoffs which will deliver the title of champion and the ticket for the Magnus League. This highly anticipated final phase will begin a week after the end of the regular season.

March 26: last game of USO Mondeville before the playoffs

Everything will be decided at the end of the season for the Mondevillaises ...
Everything will be decided at the end of the season for the Mondevillaises … (© AC / Sport in Caen)

The Ligue 2 regular season will end with a derby against Cherbourg. At the end of this meeting, Mondeville will know its final ranking and the poster for the quarter-finals of the playoffs for accession to the Women’s Basketball League. The playoffs will start on April 2.

April 23: Jean-Pingeon Tournament

The Jean-Pingeon tournament took place in the heat this weekend in Caen.
The Jean-Pingeon tournament is a celebration of football. (© Sport in Caen)

It will be the party again for the young footballers of the region! More than a quarter of a century after its creation, the Jean-Pingeon tournament remains a benchmark in the U11 category. Small local clubs and professional structures from all over France are found on the Venoix complex.

May 7: last home game for SM Caen

Prince Oniangué and the Caennais will be entitled to a derby as the last match of the season at home.
Prince Oniangué and the Caennais will be entitled to a derby as the last match of the season at home. (© Sport in Caen)

For its last game of the season at home, Stade Malherbe will face Quevilly. He will then play a match against Rodez and, who knows, maybe play-offs …

15-20 mai : Normandy Channel Race

La Normandy Channel Race en 2019.
The Normandy Channel Race boats going up to the sea at Ouistreham. (© Sport in Caen)

The Class40 will once again be well represented for the 13th edition of the event. The start and return of this double-handed race will take place in Caen. Participants will have to complete 1000 miles in the English Channel and the Celtic Sea.

May 14-21: High School

The athletics events will be at the Helitas stadium.
The athletics events will be at the Helitas stadium.

These school Olympic and Paralympic Games will bring together 5,000 high school students from 80 countries in Normandy. Caen will be entitled to three events: archery at the Venoix stadium, athletics at the Hélitas stadium and swimming at the Nautical Stadium.

June 4-5: Rugby Sevens Military World Cup

The Ornano stadium will host rugby sevens, if all goes well ...
The Ornano stadium will host rugby sevens, if all goes well … (© AC / Sport in Caen)

Rugby at the Ornano stadium? Hopefully, it will soon be a reality! The first Rugby Sevens Military World Cup is scheduled in the lair of SM Caen … subject to the Covid not disrupting plans.

June 2-5: Freedom Marathon

The organizers of the Courants de la Liberté hope for at least 30,000 participants for the 2019 edition in Caen and its surroundings (Calvados).
The Freedom Marathon must resume service. (©Yves Mainguy)

Canceled in the last two years, the Marathon de la Liberté will once again celebrate running, with a marathon, but also a half-marathon, a 10 km race, the Rochambelle and the Foulées de la Liberté for children. .

June 24-26: French Elite Athletics Championships

Edgar Levard, reigning French vice-champion in the 400-meter hurdles, will run on a track he knows well ...
Edgar Levard, reigning French vice-champion in the 400-meter hurdles, will run on a track he knows well … (© Sport in Caen)

After the French U21 Championships, elite competition is taking shape at the Hélitas stadium in Caen! The sizes of French athletics will be there before the world championships three weeks later. Several local athletes should be on the party including Flavie Renouard, who will try to keep her title in the 3000 meters steeplechase.

July 1-3: Meeting of Liberty

The national youth meeting in Caen will bring together nearly 300 swimmers.
The Nautical Stadium will welcome many swimmers. (© EN Caen)

The event brought together 400 swimmers last summer. They will still be numerous at the Nautical Stadium in Caen this year. A fine line-up should be there, as the Canadian delegation will be in Caen in July to prepare for the Commonwealth Games.

September 3-4: French Inshore and Thundercat Championship

The Caen stage of the French inshore championship marks the start of September.
The Caen stage of the French inshore championship marks the start of September. (© Grégory Maucorps / Liberty Caen)

The engines will roar during the first weekend of September in the Calix basin for this stage of the French championships, which traditionally marks the start of September.

Mid-September: Caen triathlon

The Caen triathlon will return in September.
The Caen triathlon will return in September. (© Aline Chatel / Sport in Caen)

No precise date yet, but the course Koenig will be invaded by bikes and wetsuits for a weekend.

December 11-14: Caen Open

Jules Marie is the title holder.
Jules Marie is the title holder. (© AC / Sport in Caen)

Who will succeed Jules Marie? Impossible to know since it will be necessary to wait several months before the plateau is communicated. One thing is certain, the Caennais will try to keep his title at the Zénith.

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