Sport Program | Concordia Shanghai

At Concordia, we take a holistic approach to athletics, fostering a growth mindset in our students.

For us, sports are more than just games; they are opportunities to learn valuable life lessons in self-management, teamwork, and resiliency.

We teach our student-athletes that winning is not just about the score but also about developing self-confidence, commitment, sportsmanship, and leadership. Our expansive sports program fields over 60 teams across nine competitive sports each year, allowing students to explore their passions and hone their athletic skills.

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Philosophy

Concordia offers a holistic approach to sport, fostering physical development and a growth mindset, while promoting teamwork and perseverance.

Activities are an extension of the classroom that teaches valuable life skills through ECAs and Sports. We support student growth and development through:

Guiding students to be lifelong learners who apply new insights learned in activities and sport to the greater game, life.
Teaching students the importance of building strong relationships founded on appropriate communication, respect, and empathy with peers, coaches, mentors, competitors, and officials.
Leading students to become individuals who support the notion that every person is a gift from God who deserves respect and dignity.
Encouraging students to be active global citizens by contributing positively, exploring, and being leaders in their local and global communities.

Finally, we are committed to helping students gain an appreciation for a variety of activities and sports through which they can reduce stress, increase their health, and live a happier life.

League Affiliation

League Affiliations

Concordia participates in multiple Activity Conferences to maximize opportunities in which our students can grow, learn, and challenge themselves to new heights.

APAC

Asia Pacific Activities Conference is an extracurricular athletics and arts program for international schools in the Asia-Pacific region. Since 1995 APAC has been sharing among its member institutions its core beliefs of “cultivating personality, sportsmanship, and international cultural awareness.”

Concordia joined the conference in 2008 earning many accolades over its time competing in the conference. Students who participate in varsity activities have the opportunity to show their talents if invited to APAC functions that happen all across Asia and the Pacific. Today APAC has twelve member institutions in five different countries.

APAC Statement of Sportsmanship

The purpose of the Asia Pacific Activities Conference is to provide a venue for athletes from the member schools to compete in an environment that is safe, challenging, professional and educational. Read more.

JPAC

JPAC is the junior varsity conference that runs adjacent to APAC. This conference provides competitive opportunities for junior varsity teams. This also gives our younger students the opportunity to travel to other schools, meet students from multiple countries, compete at a high level within their sport, but most importantly it provides younger students with cultural exchange experiences. This opportunity extends from our high school students to those eighth grade students who are selected as part of the high school sports teams.

SISAC

Shanghai International School Activities Conference is a local league established in 2005 that places emphasis on providing a co-operative, friendly, and enjoyable environment for all participating students. This league is a multi-inclusive sports organization that provides opportunities to develop team and individual excellence through friendly competition.

In addition to providing friendly competition the league works to ensure that it provides an inclusive and safe environment where students can grow as athletes, improving skills within their chosen sport. Finally, SISAC strives to encourage administrative, teacher, and parental involvement to support athlete growth.

ACAMIS

Association of China and Mongolia International School founded in 2000. It stands as one of the largest activities and athletics associations in the region. Prior to Concordia joining APAC, ACAMIS was the main competition league that it participated in each year. All participating members of the activities division of ACAMIS are automatically members of the sports league. Through athletic activities, students experience and participate in competitive sports in a safe environment. It also offers students the opportunity to travel and meet new friends.

CISSA

China International Schools Sports Association was established in 2000 with Concordia being a founding member. CISSA's aim is providing middle school competition opportunities in sport within Shanghai. These competitions allow middle school student athletes to get a taste of what our high school athletes experience during their season. This gives our middle school student athletes the opportunity to grow as individuals and athletes as they look ahead to competing in sports during high school.

SSL

The Shanghai Swim League (SSL), founded in 2008 grew from the CISSA and SISAC athletic conferences. Members felt that Shanghai needed a year-round and more competitive swimming league aimed at developing strong and healthy competition in a safe educational environment. Concordia joined this league, opening opportunities for our students, in 2010.

These year-round swimming meets, hosted at member institutions, provide opportunities for students to race in competitive and supportive environments. SSL is proudly operated by volunteers from all member schools within the league who seek to provide students with a growing number of opportunities to compete and improve.

Jr. NBA

Concordia chooses to participate in Jr. NBA yearly. The Concordia varsity basketball teams have the opportunity to compete in a Jr NBA selection tournament. If successful, the teams will then go on to participate in Jr. NBA games with other schools across Shanghai. Competition includes other international schools, but local schools as well. This can give our athletes the opportunities to push the bounds of their ability, truly testing their skills through great competition.

Aquatics

Concordia is proud to offer multiple levels of swimming from learning-to-swim to a competitive varsity team and everything in between. This program is proud of the robust number of coaches with extensive experience in coaching at the highest levels including the Chinese National Team in Beijing. The coaches that oversee this program have certifications from a variety of prestigious organizations. Our coaches are committed to promoting and educating swimmers about water safety and the health benefits that swimming regularly provides.

Aquatics Program

Health & Safety

Health & Safety in Sports

Concordia is a unique institution as it places a high level of care into student health and safety. This is shown through the employment of the Athletic Trainer. Athletic trainers are educated in prevention, evaluation, and rehabilitation of athletic injuries and illnesses. Athletic trainers are also very skilled in emergency situation management.

Our athletic trainer is here as a resource for the high school athletes, coaches, parents, and all faculty of Concordia. One of the most important functions of the athletic trainer is to work closely with coaches to help balance maximal participation while also ensuring an athlete's safety. This is done by helping coaches with modifications to the athletes’ training plan based on each athlete’s needs. Our current athletic trainer has experience from professional sports to community youth programs.

Sports Academies

Concordia proudly offers additional opportunities for student athletes to work on skills and game strategy through partnerships with several local sports academies. Each of these academies and coaches go through an extensive background check prior to being permitted on campus to work with our students.

Our academy partners are able to offer elementary aged and high school students the opportunity to learn and grow more in their chosen sport, for a fee. Our partners offer a variety of times that fit within most families schedules. Academy training occurs in the morning, evening, and weekends. Academies also offer intensive skill camps during select holidays and summer months.

Each of these academies have at least one technical coach who works with the varsity and junior varsity teams, supporting our coaching staffs.

If interested reach out to the academy of your choice today!

BADMINTON

BASKETBALL

SOCCER

TABLE TENNIS

TENNIS

VOLLEYBALL

Facilities

Athletic Facilities

Here at Concordia we take great pride in offering exceptional facilities that rival those found at both high school and the college levels.

We have four outstanding gymnasiums. We offer plenty of seating for Phoenix fans to come out to watch games in person. For those fans that cannot attend in person the high school and Phoenix Center gyms are equipped to live stream all of our varsity and junior varsity gym sports when we play full court games.

If you are a football fan, then get excited for our FIFA Two-Star rated football pitch. Other outdoor facilities that we offer includes an outdoor track and lighted tennis courts. Our track and tennis courts are available for use by our Phoenix Community at specific times.

To best prepare athletes to compete at the highest level we offer a weight room like no other in the City of Shanghai. We have a variety of free weight, weighted machines, and cardio equipment. Through our strength and conditioning program we are able to help our high school athletes prepare for strong competition in our various competitive leagues.

Finally, Concordia is partnered with the local Ambassy Club of Pudong to be able to offer an outstanding pool facility. This facility plays host to both our competitive aquatics teams to our physical education programs.

Boosters

Parent Support Organization | Booster

The Parent Support Organization (PSO) promotes community by supporting the families of Concordia. The Phoenix Booster is a unique branch of the PSO which helps to promote school spirit by supporting our high school athletic teams. During the high school's first, second, and third seasons the Phoenix Boosters run a concession stand on Phoenix Fridays. The boosters ensure that they have all the game time classics at the concession stand like hotdogs, popcorn, candy, and wide selection of refreshing beverages which gives fans the authentic American high school experience. Boosters open the concession stand during SISAC and APAC tournaments. Parents, we encourage you to join both the PSO and Phoenix Booster to help make a positive impact on the experiences that our students have throughout the school year!

Come show your school spirit and get involved today by contacting the PSO President to join the FUN!

psopresident@concordiashanghi.org

Activities Hosted by Concordia Shanghai

2025 APAC Basketball

More APAC sports event hosted by Concordia:

2024 APAC Boys Soccer

2024 JPAC Volleyball

Fight Song

Fight Song

Hear It & Sing Along

Go Phoenix soar on to Vic’try
Valiant champions bold and true

Glory, honor and tradition
For the colors White and Blue
(chant) Rah! Rah! Rah!

Soar swiftly Phoenix
Gliding steadfast up on high
From the North, South, East and the West
Rise Phoenix Rise!

(chant) C…….I…….S……..S………
C-I-S-S, C-I-S-S Go! Phoenix Go!

From the North, South, East and the West
Rise Phoenix Rise!!!

Alma Mater

Alma Mater

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