Editing Daegu (section)

===Sports===

On March 27, 2007, the city was selected to host the [[2011 World Championships in Athletics]]. Daegu competed with cities such as [[Moscow]], Russia, and [[Brisbane]], Australia, to earn the votes of the IAAF Council. The event was the fourth [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics]] to be held outside Europe, and the first games in mainland Asia. It was also the third worldwide sports event held in Korea after the [[1988 Summer Olympics]] in Seoul and [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] in Korea and Japan, in which Daegu hosted four matches. It also hosted the [[2003 Summer Universiade]].<ref name="22nd SUMMER UNIVERSIADE"/> The city hosted the [[Colorful Daegu Championships Meeting]] between 2005 and 2012.

[[Daegu Stadium]] is the second largest sports complex in South Korea with a [[seating capacity]] of 66,422. [[Daegu Civic Stadium]] hosted some football matches at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]].

The [[Daegu Marathon]] is held here every year in April. The race begins and ends at the Daegu Stadium.

====Sports teams====
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Club
! Sport
! League
! Venue
! Established
|-
|[[Samsung Lions]]
|Baseball
|[[KBO League]]
|[[Daegu Samsung Lions Park]]
|1982
|-
|[[Daegu FC]]
|Football
|[[K League 1]]
|[[Daegu iM Bank Park]]
|2003
|-
|[[Daegu KOGAS Pegasus]]
|Basketball
|[[Korean Basketball League]]
|Daegu Gymnasium
|1994
|}

===== Samsung Lions =====
[[File:Daegu Samseong Lions Park.jpg|thumb|A home stadium of the [[Samsung Lions]], one of the most popular sports teams in the city]]
The Samsung Lions are a professional baseball team founded in 1982. They are based in the southeastern city of Daegu and are members of the [[KBO League]]. Their home stadium is [[Daegu Samsung Lions Park]]. They have won the [[Korean Series]] eight times. The Samsung Lions are the first team to win four consecutive Korean Series titles (2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014). They are also the first Korean team to win a regular league title for five consecutive years (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015).

===== Daegu FC =====
[[File:Daegu DGB Bank Park 2019.jpg|thumb|[[Daegu iM Bank Park]]]]

Daegu Football Club was founded as a community club at the end of 2002, and made their [[K League]] debut in 2003. Historically, Daegu have often placed in the lower reaches of the K League. Their best season to date has been 2021, when they finished third out of twelve teams. They were also the winners of the [[Korean FA Cup]] in 2018, which qualified the club for their first appearance in the [[AFC Champions League]] the following year. The club has since played in the 2021 and 2022 editions of AFC Champions League.