Editing Pardubice (section)

==Sport==
The city was first represented in the top national football competition by [[SK Pardubice]] in the 1930s and 1940s. From 1957 to 1960, [[Dukla Pardubice]] played in the top tier. Later [[VCHZ Pardubice]] played in the top national league in the 1968–69 season. Nowadays the city is represented by [[FK Pardubice]], which plays in the [[Czech First League]]. Women's team plays in the [[Czech Women's First League]].

The ice hockey club [[HC Dynamo Pardubice]] plays in the [[Czech Extraliga]]. The team plays its home games at [[Enteria arena (Pardubice)|Enteria arena]].

The basketball team is [[BK Pardubice|BK JIP Pardubice]], playing in the [[National Basketball League (Czech Republic)|National Basketball League]].

Pardubice is also represented in the Czech [[rink bandy]] league.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bandy|url=https://www.czechbandy.cz/bandy|publisher=Česká asociace bandy z. s.|language=cs|access-date=2022-04-19}}</ref>

Pardubice hosts two world-famous sporting events each year. The [[Velká pardubická]] steeplechase was first held in 1874 and is one of the most famous horse races in Europe. The second event is the [[Golden Helmet of Pardubice]], a [[motorcycle speedway]] competition held at the [[Svítkov Stadium]]. The Golden Helmet has been run since 1929 is one of the oldest individual titles in world speedway.<ref>{{cite web |title=Golden Helmet|url=https://tahouni.eu/en/events/golden-helmet|work=Tahouni|publisher=City of Pardubice|access-date=2023-12-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Historie závodu|url=http://www.zlataprilba.cz/historie-zavodu/|publisher=Zlatá přilba Pardubice|language=cs|access-date=2023-12-10}}</ref> [[AMK Zlatá Přilba Pardubice]] is a speedway team that race at the Svítkov Stadium.

The Czech Open international chess and games festival has been held in Pardubice since 1990.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of festival|url=https://www.czechopen.net/en/history-of-festival/|publisher=Czech Open – international chess and games festival|access-date=2022-04-19}}</ref> The city was also known for the [[Czech Open (golf)|Czech Open]] in golf, but it was last held in 2011.