Alberta Golden Bears

The "Alberta Golden Bears" are the men's athletic teams that represent the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The women's teams are known as the Alberta Pandas. The Golden Bears compete in 12 sports administered by Canadian Interuniversity Sport in the Canada West conference.


The football and soccer teams play their home games at Foote Field, while the hockey team plays at Clare Drake Arena, and the basketball and volleyball teams' home is the Universiade Pavilion Main Gym.

The sports in which they field teams are:
Basketball
Cross-Country
Curling
Football
Golf
Hockey
Soccer
Swimming
Tennis
Track and Field
Volleyball
Wrestling

Awards and standings
The Bears are year after year one of the top sport schools in Canada. The hockey and volleyball teams are frequent challengers in Canadian Interuniversity Sport national championships.

The hockey team has won a total of 13 National Championships and 20 Canada West championships, having won the National Championship 3 times in the past 5 seasons (04-05, 05-06, 07-08).

The volleyball team has been dominant over the past decade, having been crowned National Champions on four occasions in 2002, 2005, 2008 and 2009 as well as having been runner up in 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007. They have also won the Canada West 11 times in 37 seasons. In addition to their success over Canadian competition, the Golden Bears host the annual Husky Energy Can-Am Challenge of Champions tournament, where they frequently spearhead the Canadian contingent's success. This tournament sees four top teams from both Canada and the USA competing for supremacy, with the Canadian teams holding the overall title, having won 9 of the 13 tournaments.

Championships
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!Sport!!National Championships!!National Appearances!!Conference Championships!!Conference Podiums
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Basketball "3" (1994, 1995, 2002)http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_basketball/2006MBB.pdf CIS Men's BB Almanac http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_basketball/index.cfm CIS Men's BB Page "10" (1974, 1977, 1990 (7th), 1996 (2nd), 1998 (7th), 1999 (2nd), 2000 (5th), 2003 (t3), 2005 (t5), 2008 (t7) "10" (1973, 1974, 1977, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2005)http://www.bears.ualberta.ca//pdfs/2006-BearsBasketball.pdf U of A Men's BB Historyhttp://www.canadawest.org/sports_team.aspx?id1 Canada West Men's BB Page "24" (1st - 10, 2nd - 6, 3rd - 8)
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Cross-Country "1" (1980)http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_xcountry/almanac_men07.pdf CIS Men's XC Almanac http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_xcountry/index.cfm CIS Men's XC Page "16" (1983 (2nd), 1984 (4th), 1985 (4th), 1986 (2nd), 1997 (5th), 1998 (12th), 1999 (9th), 2000 (2nd), 2001 (4th), 2002 (3rd), 2003 (3rd), 2004 (3rd), 2005 (4th), 2006 (7th), 2007 (12th), 2008 (t9) "12" (1975, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)http://www.bears.ualberta.ca//pdfs/2006-XC.pdf U of A Men's XC History http://www.canadawest.org/sports_team.aspx?id3 Canada West Men's XC Page "22" (1st - 12, 2nd - 6, 3rd - 4)
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Curling "0" http://www.universitysport.ca/e/championships/curling/2009/index.cfm CIS Men's Curling Page "1" (2008) - -
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Football "3" (1967, 1972, 1980)http://www.universitysport.ca/e/football/documents/10_2008Football-final.pdf CIS Football Almanac http://www.universitysport.ca/e/football/ CIS Football Page "3" (1965, 1971, 1981) "16" (1922, 1926, 1928, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1979, 1980, 1981)http://www.bears.ualberta.ca//pdfs/2007BearsFootballHistory.pdf U of A Football History http://www.canadawest.org/sports_team.aspx?id5 Canada West Football Page "22" (1st - 16, 2nd - 6)
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Hockey "13" (1964, 1968, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008)http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_icehockey/documents/11_2008MIceHockey-final.pdf CIS Men's Hockey Almanac http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_icehockey/ CIS Men's Hockey Page "19" (1966 (2nd), 1969 (3rd), 1970, 1972 (3rd), 1973, 1977 (2nd), 1984, 1985 (2nd), 1987, 1989, 1991 (2nd), 1993, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003 (3rd), 2004 (4th), 2009) "20" (1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009) http://www.bears.ualberta.ca//pdfs/2006-BearsHockey.pdf U of A Men's Hockey History http://www.canadawest.org/sports_team.aspx?id6 Canada West Men's Hockey Page "34" (1st - 20, 2nd - 10, 3rd - 4)
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Soccer "4" (1972, 1979, 2003, 2006)http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_soccer/MSoccer.pdf CIS Men's Soccer Almanac http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_soccer/ CIS Men's Soccer Page "7" (1973 (2nd), 1981 (2nd), 1988 (3rd), 1994 (2nd), 1995 (2nd), 1998 (2nd), 1999 (2nd)) "9" (1972, 1973, 1979, 1981, 1988, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2003)http://www.bears.ualberta.ca//pdfs/2006-BearsSoccer.pdf U of A Men's Soccer History http://www.canadawest.org/sports_team.aspx?id9 Canada West Men's Soccer Page "31" (1st - 9, 2nd - 8, 3rd - 14)
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Swimming "0"http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_swimming/documents/16_2008MSwimming-final.pdf CIS Men's Swimming Almanac http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_swimming CIS Men's Swimming Page "37" (1972-2009: 2nd - 2, 3rd - 10, 4th - 7, 5th - 2, 6th - 5, 7th - 2, 8th - 2, 9th - 1, 10th - 2, 12th - 3, 18th - 1) "9" (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1992, 1993, 1996 (tied))http://www.bears.ualberta.ca//pdfs/2006-Swimming.pdf U of A Men's Swimming History http://www.canadawest.org/sports_team.aspx?id11 Canada West Men's Swimming Page "32" (1st - 9, 2nd - 7, 3rd - 16)
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Track and Field "1" (2001)http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_track/2007_almanacM.pdf CIS Men's Track Almanac http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_track CIS Men's Track Page "27" (1981-1987, 1989-2000, 2002-2009: 2nd - 3, 3rd - 5, 4th - 2, 5th - 3, 6th - 4, 7th - 2, 8th - 1, 10th - 2, 11th - 2, 14th - 1, 16th - 1, 19th - 1) "6" (1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1993, 2006)http://www.bears.ualberta.ca//pdfs/2006-TrackandField.pdf U of A Men's Track History http://www.canadawest.org/sports_team.aspx?id12 Canada West Men's Track Page "25" (1st - 6, 2nd - 11, 3rd - 8)
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Volleyball "6" (1981, 1997, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009)http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_volleyball/documents/20_2008MVB-final.pdf CIS Men's VB Almanac http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_volleyball/ CIS Men's VB Page "14" (1975 (2nd), 1980 (3rd), 1990 (6th), 1993 (5th), 1994 (4th), 1995 (4th), 1996 (2nd), 1998 (3rd), 1999 (3rd), 2001 (5th), 2003 (2nd), 2004 (2nd), 2006 (2nd), 2007 (2nd)) "11" (1975, 1981, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009) http://www.bears.ualberta.ca//pdfs/2008-Bears%20Volleyball.pdf U of A Men's VB History http://www.canadawest.org/sports_team.aspx?id13 Canada West Men's VB Page "26" (1st - 11, 2nd - 11, 3rd - 4)
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Wrestling "3" (1970, 1971, 1972)http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_wrestling/MWrestling.pdf CIS Men's Wrestling Almanac http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_wrestling/ CIS Men's Wrestling Page "27" (1980, 1983-1987, 1989-2009: 3rd - 2, 5th - 4, 6th - 3, 7th - 4, 8th - 2, 9th - 3, 10th - 4, 11th - 2, 13th - 1, 14th - 1, 16th - 1) "12" (1963, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985) http://www.bears.ualberta.ca//pdfs/2006-Wrestling.pdf U of A Men's Wrestling History http://www.canadawest.org/sports_team.aspx?id15 Canada West Men's Wrestling Page "24" (1st - 12, 2nd - 7, 3rd - 5)
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Total "33" "161" "105" "240" (1st - 105, 2nd - 72, 3rd - 63)
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See also Canadian Interuniversity Sport.


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