Editing West Midlands (county) (section)

==Sport==

The West Midlands is home to numerous sports teams. In [[rugby union]], the West Midlands is home to various clubs including [[Wasps RFC]], Birmingham Barbarians, [[Sutton Coldfield RFC]], [[Moseley Rugby Football Club]], [[Birmingham & Solihull RFC]], and [[Coventry RFC]].

In [[rugby league]], the [[Midlands Hurricanes]] are the only team from the county playing in the professional ranks, currently in the third tier [[RFL League 1|League 1]].

In [[association football]], there are six [[Premier League]] and [[Football League]] teams in the county of which two, [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]],  and [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]], play in the Premier League. The following clubs are often referred to as the West Midlands "Big Six":

{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Club
! League
! City/town
! Stadium
! Capacity
|-
|[[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]
|Premier League
|Birmingham
|[[Villa Park]]
|42,788
|-
|[[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]]
|Premier League
|Wolverhampton
|[[Molineux Stadium|Molineux]]
|31,700
|-
|[[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]
|Championship
|West Bromwich
|[[The Hawthorns]]
|26,500
|-
|[[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]]
|Championship
|Coventry
|[[Coventry Building Society Arena]]
|32,609
|-
|[[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]]
|League One
|Birmingham
|[[St Andrew's (stadium)|St Andrew's]]
|30,079
|-
|[[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]]
|League Two
|Walsall
|[[Bescot Stadium]]
|11,300
|-
|}

The West Midlands is also home to [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club]], who are based at [[Edgbaston Cricket Ground]], which also hosts [[Test cricket|Test matches]] and [[One Day International]]s. The [[Birmingham Panthers]] basketball team replaced the [[Birmingham Bullets]] and are currently based at a facility provided by the [[University of Wolverhampton]] in Walsall.

The West Midlands has its own [[Quidditch]] team, West Midlands Revolution (after its part in the [[Industrial Revolution]]), which won the Quidditch Premier League in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.quidditchpremierleague.com/west-midlands-revolution|title=West Midlands Revolution|website=The Quidditch Premier League|access-date=22 July 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722192013/https://www.quidditchpremierleague.com/west-midlands-revolution |archive-date=22 July 2019 }}</ref>