Editing Serbia (section)

===Sports===
{{Main|Sport in Serbia}}
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[[File:Campeões!.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|[[Serbia men's national water polo team]] held the [[Water polo at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]], [[Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships|World Championship]], [[European Water Polo Championship|European Championship]], [[FINA Water Polo World Cup|World Cup]] and [[FINA Water Polo World League|World League]] titles simultaneously from 2014 to 2016]]

Serbia has hosted a number of major international sport competitions. The most important annual sporting events in the country are the [[Belgrade Marathon]] and the [[Tour de Serbie]] cycling race.

Football is the most popular sport in Serbia, with the [[Football Association of Serbia]] being the largest sporting association, with 146,845 registered players.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fss.rs/index.php?id=3011|title=Football Association of Serbia – Official Web Site|access-date=27 October 2014}}</ref> [[Dragan Džajić]] was recognised as "the best Serbian player of all time" by the association. More recently, players like [[Nemanja Vidić]], [[Dejan Stanković]], [[Branislav Ivanović]], [[Aleksandar Kolarov]], [[Nemanja Matić]], [[Dušan Tadić]] and [[Aleksandar Mitrović]] have achieved significant success in the [[UEFA Champions League]], boosting Serbia's reputation as a leading exporter of footballers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://soccerlens.com/serbias-endless-list-of-wonder-kids/39911/ |work=SportsLens |date=27 January 2010 |title=Serbia's Endless List of Wonderkids |access-date=9 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Poli|last2=Loïc|last3=Roger|first1=Raffaele|first2=Ravenel|first3=Besson|date=October 2015|title=Exporting countries in world football|url=http://www.football-observatory.com/IMG/pdf/mr08_eng.pdf|journal=CIES Football Observatory Monthly Report|page=2}}</ref> The national team has qualified for three of the last four [[FIFA World Cup]]s but lacks significant success. Serbia's two main football clubs, [[Red Star Belgrade]] and [[FK Partizan|Partizan]], have storied histories, with Red Star winning the [[1990–91 European Cup]] and Partizan reaching the [[1965–66 European Cup]] final. Their rivalry is known as the "[[Eternal derby (Serbia)|Eternal Derby]]".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/45578624|title=Partizan v Red Star Belgrade: The derby which divides and unites a country|date=21 September 2018|access-date=26 April 2019|language=en-GB}}</ref>

The country is a powerhouse in world basketball, with the men's national team winning two [[FIBA Basketball World Cup|World Championships]], three [[EuroBasket]] titles, two Olympic silver medals, and a bronze medal in 2024. The women's team has won two [[EuroBasket Women]] titles and an Olympic bronze medal. Serbia's [[Serbia men's national 3x3 team|men's 3x3 team]] has won six [[FIBA 3x3 World Cup]]s and five [[FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup]]s. A total of 34 Serbian players have played in the NBA over the last three decades, including [[Nikola Jokić]], a three-time [[NBA Most Valuable Player Award|NBA MVP]] and 2023 [[NBA Finals]] MVP.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Gordon |first1=Anna |title=How Serbia Produces Great Basketball Players Like Nikola Jokić |url=https://time.com/6284066/nba-finals-nikola-jokic-serbia/ |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |publisher=Time Magazine |date=1 June 2023}}</ref> The "Serbian coaching school" has produced many of Europe's most successful basketball coaches, including [[Željko Obradović]], who has won a record 9 Euroleague titles. [[KK Partizan]] won the [[1991–92 FIBA European League|1992 EuroLeague]], and [[KK Crvena zvezda]] won the [[1973–74 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup|1974 FIBA Saporta Cup]].

The [[Serbia men's national water polo team]] is one of the most successful, with three [[Water polo at the Summer Olympics|Olympic]] gold medals, three [[Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]], and seven [[European Water Polo Championship|European Championships]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waterpoloserbia.org/index.php?id=454&L=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sacred-fr.com%2Fforums%2Fimages%2Favatars%2Fopakoso%2Ftagugex |title=Osvojene medalje |publisher=waterpoloserbia.org |access-date=20 March 2013}}</ref> [[VK Partizan]] has won seven [[LEN Champions League|Champions League]] titles.

The recent success of Serbian tennis players, especially [[Novak Djokovic]], who holds a record 24 [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] singles titles, has led to a surge in the sport's popularity in Serbia. Djokovic has held the No. 1 ATP ranking for a record 428 weeks and achieved a [[Career Super Slam]] with his Olympic gold in 2024. [[Ana Ivanovic]], [[Jelena Janković]] and [[Nenad Zimonjić]] have also been ranked No. 1 in the WTA rankings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=5887226|title=Serbia wins first Davis Cup title|date=5 December 2010|website=ESPN|access-date=6 December 2010}}</ref> The [[Serbia Davis Cup team|men's national tennis team]] won the [[2010 Davis Cup]] and [[2020 ATP Cup]].

Serbia's [[Serbia men's national volleyball team|men's national volleyball team]] won the 2000 Olympic gold medal, three European Championships, and the 2016 [[FIVB Volleyball World League]]. The women's team has won two [[FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|World Championships]], three European Championships, and two Olympic medals.

Serbian chess players excelled from 1950 to 1980, winning 15 Olympic medals. The men's team won the [[European Team Chess Championship|2023 European Team Competition]], and women's clubs have won the European Champions Cup five times.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=admin |date=30 November 2020 |title=Istorijat {{!}} Šahovski savez Srbije |url=https://serbiachess.org/istojijat/ |access-date=21 November 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Svetozar Gligorić]] and [[Ljubomir Ljubojević]] were among the world's best players outside the USSR.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Janković |first=Olga |title=Sada je Pančevo na potezu |url=https://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/383170/Sada-je-Pancevo-na-potezu |access-date=20 August 2024 |website=Politika Online}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NAJVEĆI DŽENTLMEN JUGOSLOVENSKOG SPORTA: Svetozar Gligorić - Novak Đoković 20. veka (FOTO/VIDEO) |url=https://mondo.me/Sport/Ostali-sportovi/a862545/NAJVECI-DZENTLMEN-JUGOSLOVENSKOG-SPORTA.html |access-date=20 August 2024 |website=Mondo Crna Gora |language=en-US}}</ref> 

Notable Serbian athletes include sport shooters [[Jasna Šekarić]] and [[Damir Mikec]], handball player [[Svetlana Kitić]], volleyball player [[Nikola Grbić]], swimmer [[Milorad Čavić]], track and field athlete [[Ivana Španović]], wrestler [[Davor Štefanek]], and taekwondoist [[Milica Mandić]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Sportin.ba ...najbrže sportske vijesti - Svetlana Kitić najbolja rukometašica Svijeta svih vremena |url=http://sportin.ba/tekst.aspx?id=28727 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806192459/http://www.sportin.ba/tekst.aspx?id=28727 |archive-date=6 August 2010 |access-date=4 August 2010}}</ref>