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

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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

Sport	National Championships	National Appearances	Conference Championships	Conference Podiums
Basketball	3 (1994, 1995, 2002) [1] [2]	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) [3] [4]	24 (1st - 10, 2nd - 6, 3rd - 8)
Cross-Country	1 (1980) [5] [6]	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) [7] [8]	22 (1st - 12, 2nd - 6, 3rd - 4)
Curling	0 [9]	1 (2008)	-	-
Football	3 (1967, 1972, 1980) [10] [11]	3 (1965, 1971, 1981)	16 (1922, 1926, 1928, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1979, 1980, 1981) [12] [13]	22 (1st - 16, 2nd - 6)
Hockey	13 (1964, 1968, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008) [14] [15]	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) [16] [17]	34 (1st - 20, 2nd - 10, 3rd - 4)
Soccer	4 (1972, 1979, 2003, 2006) [18] [19]	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) [20] [21]	31 (1st - 9, 2nd - 8, 3rd - 14)
Swimming	0 [22] [23]	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)) [24] [25]	32 (1st - 9, 2nd - 7, 3rd - 16)
Track and Field	1 (2001) [26] [27]	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) [28] [29]	25 (1st - 6, 2nd - 11, 3rd - 8)
Volleyball	6 (1981, 1997, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009) [30] [31]	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) [32] [33]	26 (1st - 11, 2nd - 11, 3rd - 4)
Wrestling	3 (1970, 1971, 1972) [34] [35]	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) [36] [37]	24 (1st - 12, 2nd - 7, 3rd - 5)
Total	33	161	105	240 (1st - 105, 2nd - 72, 3rd - 63)

See also Canadian Interuniversity Sport.