Editing Stuttgart (section)

== Sport ==
=== Football ===
[[File:Gottlieb-daimler-stadion.jpg|thumb|[[VfB Stuttgart]]'s home ground, the [[MHPArena]] in Bad Cannstatt. In the background: the [[Stuttgart Spring Festival]]]]

As in many parts of Germany, football is the most popular sport in Stuttgart which is home to 'The Reds' and 'The Blues'. 'The Reds', [[VfB Stuttgart]], are the most famous and popular local club. An established team currently playing in the German [[Bundesliga]], VfB was founded in 1893 and has won five German titles since 1950, most recently in 1992 and 2007. VfB is based at the [[MHPArena]] in Bad Cannstatt.

'The Blues', [[Stuttgarter Kickers]], are the second most important football team; their most successful years date back to the time when young Jürgen Klinsmann started his career as forward in their team. They currently play in the [[Regionalliga Südwest]] (fourth division) at the smaller [[Gazi-Stadion|Gazi Stadium]] close to the [[Fernsehturm Stuttgart|TV tower]] in Degerloch.

Other lower-division football teams are ''Sportfreunde Stuttgart'' – most famous for taking part in the [[Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy]] in 1908, considered the first ''World Cup''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/lipton-trophy.html |title=Lipton Trophy |publisher=Rsssf.com |date=20 November 2004 |access-date=14 October 2018 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205133/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesl/lipton-trophy.html |url-status=live }}</ref> – and FV Zuffenhausen.

=== Other sports ===
[[TV Bittenfeld]] has been playing in the men's [[Handball-Bundesliga]] since the 2015–2016 season under the name TVB 1898 Stuttgart. The home venue is the [[Scharrena Stuttgart]], part of the home games also take place in the [[Porsche-Arena]] for capacity reasons. VfL Pfullingen/Stuttgart played in the Bundesliga from 2001 to 2006, where they played their home games in the [[Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle]]. In the 1990–1991 season, SG Stuttgart-Scharnhausen also played in the Bundesliga.

Since 2008, the women's volleyball team [[Allianz MTV Stuttgart]] (until 2010 Allianz Volley Stuttgart, until 2012 Smart Allianz Stuttgart) plays in the [[Deutsche Volleyball-Bundesliga]]. They became German champions in 2019 and 2022, having previously been runners-up four times in a row from 2015 to 2018, and also won the German cup four times and reached the final of [[Women's CEV Cup|CEV Cup]]. CJD Feuerbach was German champion in women's volleyball three times. The club withdrew its first team from the Bundesliga in 1996 for financial reasons.

Stuttgart has two major ice hockey teams. [[Stuttgart Rebels]] EC, plays in the "Landesliga" (4th tier) at the Waldau ice rink in Degerloch. The Bietigheim Bissingen Steelers play in the first division of the DEL. The Steelers play in the new Ege Trans Arena in Bietigheim.

The strongest local [[water polo]] team is SV Cannstatt, which won the German championship in 2006.

Stuttgart has three [[American football|American Football]] teams: the Stuttgart Silver Arrows, who play in the Regionalliga Südwest, and the [[Stuttgart Scorpions]] as part of the [[German Football League]], who play in [[Stuttgarter Kickers]]' [[Gazi-Stadion|Gazi Stadium]]. With [[Stuttgart Surge]] a third team was founded in 2021 as part of the [[European League of Football]] (ELF) and is likewise supposed to play in the Gazi Stadium.

[[Australian Football]] is practiced by the [[Stuttgart Emus]] – one of only six active teams in Germany. It participates in the [[Australian Football League Germany]] when they play their home games in the Eberhard-Bauer-Stadion.

TC Weissenhof is a Stuttgart-based women's tennis team that has won the German championship four times. Another women's team is TEC Waldau Stuttgart (German champions in 2006).

HTC Stuttgarter Kickers is one of the most successful [[field hockey]] clubs in Germany, having won the German championship in 2005 and a European title in 2006.

Stuttgart has also hosted the [[Stihl Timbersports Series]] in world logging championships.

Locally renowned for their zeal are the "Stuttgart Valley Roller Girls".

=== Sporting events ===
Stuttgart has a reputation for staging major events, including the [[1974 FIFA World Cup|FIFA World Cup 1974]], the finals stages of the FIBA [[EuroBasket 1985]], the [[UEFA Euro 1988]], and the [[1993 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships in Athletics 1993]]. It was also one of the twelve host cities of the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|FIFA World Cup 2006]]. Six matches, three of them second round matches, including the third and fourth place playoff, were played at the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium (today [[MHPArena]]). Stuttgart was also 2007 European Capital of Sport,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aceseurope.eu/ |title=European Capital of Sport 2007 |access-date=14 October 2018 |archive-date=15 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015232923/http://aceseurope.eu/ |url-status=live }}</ref> hosting events such as the [[UCI World Championships|UCI World Cycling Championships]] Road Race and the [[IAAF World Athletics Final]].

Other famous sports venues are the Weissenhof tennis courts, where the annual [[MercedesCup|Mercedes Cup]] tennis tournament is played, the [[Porsche Arena]] (hosting tennis, basketball and [[team handball|handball]]), the [[Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle|Schleyerhalle]] ([[boxing]], [[equestrianism]]/[[show jumping]], gymnastics, [[track cycling]] etc.), and [[Scharrena Stuttgart]].