page_title: Kavala
section_title: Sports
hierarchical_section_title: Kavala / Sports
caption_attribution_description: Ελληνικά: Το Δημοτικό Σάδιο Καβάλας Ανθή Καραγιάννη
context_page_description: Kavala is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala regional unit.
  It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across from the island of Thasos and on the Egnatia motorway, a one-and-a-half-hour drive to Thessaloniki and a forty-minute drive to Drama and Xanthi. It is also about 150 kilometers west of Alexandroupoli.
  Kavala is an important economic centre of Northern Greece, a center of commerce, tourism, fishing and oil-related activities, and formerly a thriving trade in tobacco.
context_section_description: Kavala F.C.: AO Kavala (Greek: Athlitikos Omilos Kavala, Αθλητικός Όμιλος Καβάλα), the Athletic Club Kavala, is a professional association football club based in Kavala. The club plays in the municipal Kavala Stadium "Anthi Karagianni".
  Kavala B.C.: Enosi Kalathosfairisis Kavalas (Greek: Ένωση Καλαθοσφαίρισης Καβάλας – Basketball Union of Kavala) is a Greek professional basketball club in Kavala. The club is also known as E.K. Kavalas. The club's full Greek name is Ένωση Καλαθοσφαίρισης Καβάλας (Kavala Basketball Union or Kavala Basketball Association). The club competes in the Greek League.
  Kavala '86: a women's football club, founded in 1986, with panhellenic titles in Greek women football
  Kavala Chess Club: Chess is very popular in Kavala and the local chess club ranks top in Greece, enjoying plenty of success both domestically and internationally. The highlight is the club's annual International Open, which takes place every August in Kavala and attracts the biggest names in chess from all over the globe.
  Nautical Club of Kavala (1945, Ναυτικός Ομιλος Καβάλας, ΝΟΚ): maritime sports (swimming, yachting, water polo)
  Kavala Titans (2009, Τιτάνες Καβάλας): rugby union/rugby league
caption: Municipal stadium Anthi Karagianni
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