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Sports

Fukuoka is the home of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, one of Japan's top professional baseball teams. Threatened with bankruptcy and forced by its creditors to restructure, former owner Daiei sold the Hawks to Softbank Capital in 2004. After the sale to Softbank, the Hawks have become one of the most successful teams in NPB, winning 6 Japan Series title in 8 years. Their home stadium is the Fukuoka PayPay Dome.

Fukuoka is home to a professional football team, Avispa Fukuoka.

Annual sporting events include:

Fukuoka has hosted the following sporting events: