page_title: Tianjin
section_title: Sports
hierarchical_section_title: Tianjin / Sports
caption_attribution_description: English: Tianjin Shuidi Stadium
context_page_description: Tianjin, alternately romanized as Tientsin, is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total population estimated at 15,621,200 in 2016. Its built-up area, made up of 12 central districts, was home to 12,491,300 inhabitants in 2016 and is also the world's 29th-largest agglomeration and 11th-most populous city proper.
  It is governed as one of the four municipalities under the direct administration of Chinese central government and is thus under direct administration of the State Council. Tianjin borders Hebei Province and Beijing Municipality, bounded to the east by the Bohai Gulf portion of the Yellow Sea. Part of the Bohai Economic Rim, it is the largest coastal city in northern China.
  In terms of urban population, Tianjin is the fourth largest in China, after Shanghai, Beijing, and Guangzhou. In terms of administrative area population, Tianjin ranks fifth in Mainland China. The walled city of Tianjin was built in 1404. As a treaty port since 1860, Tianjin has been a major seaport and gateway to Beijing.
context_section_description: Sports teams based in Tianjin include:
  Chinese Super League
  Tianjin TEDA F.C.
  Tianjin Tianhai F.C. (dissolved in 2020)
  China Baseball League
  Tianjin Lions
  Chinese Basketball Association
  Tianjin Pioneers
  Chinese Volleyball League
  Tianjin Bohai Bank women's volleyball team
  The 1995 World Table Tennis Championships, the 2013 East Asian Games, and the 2017 National Games of China were hosted by the city. Additionally, Tianjin will be one of the host cities for both the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.
  Since 2014, a WTA international tennis tournament has taken place in Tianjin every year at the Tuanbo International Tennis Center.
caption: Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Nankai District
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