Editing Leeuwarden (section)

==Sports==
The city's local football team, [[SC Cambuur]], are playing in the second tier [[Eerste Divisie]]. Their home ground is the [[Cambuur Stadion|Cambuurstadion]], which has a capacity of 10,500. The city's basketball team, [[Aris Leeuwarden]], has played in the [[Dutch Basketball League]] since 2004.

[[File:Finish 11-stedentocht 1956.jpg|thumb|140px|upright|Finish of the {{lang|nl|[[Elfstedentocht]]}} in 1956]]
The ''Elfstedenhal'' is a sport venue. The stadium is used for [[long track speed skating]], [[short track speed skating]], [[ice hockey]], [[figure skating]] and [[curling]].<ref>[http://www.elfstedenhal.frl/. Elfstedenhal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303225313/http://www.elfstedenhal.frl/ |date=3 March 2018 }} Retrieved on 3 March 2018.</ref> The 400m indoor speed skating oval is named after speed skater [[Atje Keulen-Deelstra]]. The ice hockey club is ''IJshockeyclub Capitals Leeuwarden'' (IJCCL).<ref>[https://capitalsleeuwarden.nl/ capitalsleeuwarden] ice hockey club. Retrieved on 3 March 2018.</ref>

Leeuwarden is the starting and finishing point for the celebrated {{lang|nl|[[Elfstedentocht]]}}, a {{convert|200|km|mi|abbr=on}} [[speed skating]] race over the Frisian waterways that is held when winter conditions in the province allow. {{As of |2018|post=,}} it last took place in January 1997, preceded by the races of 1986 and 1985. In 1986, the Dutch king Willem-Alexander participated in the Eleven cities tour, with the pseudonym [[W.A. van Buren]], which is the pseudonym of the royal family of the Netherlands.

''Loop Leeuwarden''<ref>[https://www.loopleeuwarden.frl/ Loop Leeuwarden] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817115756/https://www.loopleeuwarden.frl/ |date=17 August 2024 }}. Retrieved on 2 March 2018.</ref> is an annual [[road running]] competition (5&nbsp;km, 10&nbsp;km and [[half marathon]] races). The race was first held in 1985 and takes place in May. It attracts amateur runners. The city of Leeuwarden has two sailing boats ([[skûtsje]]) racing in the yearly sailing competition [[Skûtsjesilen]].

Leeuwarden was to be the host of the [[World Flying Disc Federation]] 2020 World Ultimate and Guts Championships from the 11th to the 18th of July. The event was expected to have over 2500 athletes from 40 countries.<ref>[http://wfdf.org/news-media/news/press/2-official-communication/865-wfdf-announces-that-the-wfdf-2020-world-ultimate-and-guts-championships-will-be-held-in-leeuwarden WFDF 2020 World Ultimate and Guts Championships] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817115800/https://old.wfdf.sport/news-media/news/press/2-official-communication/865-wfdf-announces-that-the-wfdf-2020-world-ultimate-and-guts-championships-will-be-held-in-leeuwarden |date=17 August 2024 }}, [[World Flying Disc Federation]]. Retrieved on 21 May 2019.</ref> The event was cancelled ([[COVID-19 pandemic]]).