page_title: Miercurea Ciuc
section_title: Sports
hierarchical_section_title: Miercurea Ciuc / Sports
caption_attribution_description: Magyar: jégpálya
context_page_description: Miercurea Ciuc is the county seat of Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, a mainly Hungarian-speaking ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, and is situated in the Olt River valley.
  The city administers three villages:
  Ciba / Csiba
  Harghita-Băi / Hargita-fürdő
  Jigodin-Băi / Zsögöd-fürdő, including Jigodin / Csíkzsögöd
context_section_description: Miercurea Ciuc is one of the coldest cities in Romania, with winter temperatures often going under −30 °C (−22 °F), making the city ideal for winter sports. The Vákár Lajos Ice Hall annually hosts the national ice hockey championships, often won by the best-supported local team, HSC Csíkszereda. In 2006 the ice rink hosted the world junior championship in short track speed skating. The only long track speed skating oval in Romania is situated just outside the ice hockey rink.
caption: "Vákár Lajos" Ice Hall
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