Editing East Java (section)

== Sports ==
{{See also|List of East Java major league professional sports teams}}

[[File:GOR CLS Knight 2018-11-09.jpg|thumb|[[CLS Knights Indonesia|CLS Knights]], most famous professional [[basketball]] club in Indonesia.]]
East Java is the province with the highest number of [[Professional sports|professional]] [[Association football|football]] clubs in Indonesia and also province with clubs in top division league.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://panditfootball.com/on-this-day-klasik/212035/jawa-timur-provinsi-dengan-klub-profesional-terbanyak-di-indonesia |title=Jawa Timur: Provinsi dengan Klub Profesional Terbanyak di Indonesia |last=redaksi |date=2018-10-12 |website=Pandit Football Indonesia |language=id |access-date=2019-03-17 |archive-date=1 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501012213/https://www.panditfootball.com/on-this-day-klasik/212035/RDK/181012/jawa-timur-provinsi-dengan-klub-profesional-terbanyak-di-indonesia |url-status=live }}</ref> By [[2023–24 Liga 1 (Indonesia)]], [[Liga 1 (Indonesia)|Indonesian First League]] clubs from East Java are [[Persik Kediri|Persik]], [[Madura United F.C.|Madura United]], [[Arema F.C.|Arema]], and [[Persebaya Surabaya|Persebaya]]. Arema and Persebaya are football clubs from East Java who have become top teams in Indonesia by repeatedly winning championships and national competitions and often as [[Football in Indonesia|representatives of Indonesia]] in [[AFC Champions League]] and [[AFC Cup]] between clubs in Asia.

East Java once hosted the [[National Sports Week (Indonesia)|Indonesian National Games]] ({{langx|id|Pekan Olahraga Nasional}}), namely PON VII in 1969, and PON XV in 2000, and became the overall champion of PON in 2000, and 2008. Since 1996 the East Java Football Team always won medals gold was included in 2008, and was recorded as the fourth gold medal received consecutively.

East Java has several professional basketball clubs, mainly in [[Surabaya]]. The famous basketball clubs namely [[CLS Knights Indonesia]] and [[Pacific Caesar Surabaya|Pacific Cesar Surabaya]]. East Java is also the venue for several bicycle racing events namely [[Tour de East Java]] and [[Tour de Ijen]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tourdeeastjava.com/en/about-tdej |title=About Tour de East Java |website=Tour de East Java |language=en-gb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516082832/http://www.tourdeeastjava.com/en/about-tdej|archive-date=2018-05-16|access-date=2019-03-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/banyuwangi-tour-de-ijen/overview|title=International Tour de Banyuwangi Ijen 2019 {{!}} Overview|website=www.procyclingstats.com|access-date=2019-03-17|archive-date=30 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730214810/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/banyuwangi-tour-de-ijen/overview|url-status=live}}</ref>

Other sports such as volleyball in East Java also have superior clubs, namely [[Surabaya Samator]] and [[Gresik Petrokimia Pupuk Indonesia]]. Apart from that, in the futsal sport there are two well-known clubs, namely [[Bintang Timur Surabaya]] and [[Unggul FC]] Malang. In badminton, there is the [[Surya Naga Surabaya]] club which also contributes a number of national badminton athletes.