Editing Mannheim (section)

===Sport===
[[File:Carl-Benz-Stadion 2.jpg|thumb|left|[[Carl-Benz-Stadion]], the home stadium of SV Waldhof Mannheim]]
There are two nationally renowned football clubs in Mannheim, [[SV Waldhof Mannheim]], who currently are playing in the third tier [[3. Liga]], but who have played in the top tier, the [[Bundesliga]]; and [[VfR Mannheim]], winner of the [[History of German football#Postwar football|German championship in 1949]], now playing in the sixth tier [[Verbandsliga Baden]].

The [[Adler Mannheim]] (formerly MERC, Mannheimer Eis- und Rollsport-Club) is an [[ice hockey]] team playing in the professional [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga]], having won the German championship a total of eight times (7 times Deutsche Eishockey Liga and one time the former highest German ice hockey league known as [[Eishockey-Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Championnat d'Allemagne de hockey sur glace 1979/80|url=http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/Allemagne1980.htm|access-date=1 September 2020|website=www.passionhockey.com}}</ref>

The city is home to the [[Mannheim Tornados]], the oldest operational baseball and softball club in Germany. The Tornados play in the first division of the [[Bundesliga (baseball)|Baseball Bundesliga]] and have won the championship 11 times, more than any other club.<ref>[http://www.tornados.de/modules/info/index.php?cat=2&id=180]{{dead link|date=April 2011}}</ref>

In 2003, the [[American football]] club [[Rhein-Neckar Bandits]] was founded. They are playing in the first German Football League which is called GFL1. As of 2018, between 500 and 900 people watch each game.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|title="Leute sollen Spaß am Sport haben" – Bitte keine Fußball-Verhältnisse im Football|url=https://www.vereinsleben.de/neuigkeiten/8/2019-02-01-interview-essam-shurbaji-mannheim-bandits-leute-sollen-spass-am-sport-haben|access-date=2021-12-18|website=www.vereinsleben.de|language=de}}</ref>

[[Rhein-Neckar Löwen]] are a [[Team Handball|handball]] team playing in the professional [[Bundesliga (handball)|German Handball League]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|last2=|first2=|date=2021-12-12|title=Rhein-Neckar Löwen, Stuttgart und Göppingen mit Pleiten|url=https://www.swr.de/sport/mehr-sport/handball/bundesliga/rhein-neckar-loewen-kiel-106.html|access-date=2021-12-18|website=swr.online|language=de|archive-date=18 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218194152/https://www.swr.de/sport/mehr-sport/handball/bundesliga/rhein-neckar-loewen-kiel-106.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[WWE]] visited Mannheim in 2008. Around 10,000 fans attended the event.<ref>{{Cite web|title=RAW Survivor Series Tour 2008 Ergebnisse aus Mannheim/Deutschland (5.11.08) {{!}} Wrestling-Infos.de|date=5 November 2008 |url=https://www.wrestling-infos.de/2858.html|access-date=2021-12-18|language=de}}</ref>

UFC fighter [[Dennis Siver]] lives and trains in Mannheim.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-09-14|title=Dennis Siver im Schnelldurchlauf {{!}} UFC|url=https://kr.ufc.com/node/72212|access-date=2021-12-18|website=kr.ufc.com|language=ko}}</ref>

Mannheim hosted the [[European Show Jumping Championships]] in 1997, and the [[2007 FEI European Jumping Championship|FEI European Jumping Championships in 2007]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.em2007.de/ |title=FEI European Jumping Championship, Mannheim |publisher=Em2007.de |access-date=7 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718234211/http://www.em2007.de/ |archive-date=18 July 2011  }}</ref> 14–19 August, in the MVV-riding stadium.

In 2002, [[Hobby Horse Polo]] was invented in Mannheim, evoking the classical rivalry towards "polite society" in Heidelberg.<ref>[http://www.steckenpferdpolo.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Express_23_06_2013_Steckenpferdpolo-001.jpg Express 23 June 2013]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.steckenpferdpolo.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Rheinpfalz_25_Juli_2008.jpg|title=Rheinpfalz July 25 2008}}</ref><ref name="Eva Gerten-2014">{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/steckenpferdpolo-trendsportart-in-duesseldorf-im-rheinpark-a-994129.html|title=Steckenpferdpolo: Trendsportart in Düsseldorf im Rheinpark|author=Eva Gerten |date=27 September 2014|work=SPIEGEL ONLINE}}</ref>

The [[Maimarkt-Turnier Mannheim]] is an annual international horse show held during the Mannheimer Maimarkt since 1964.