Editing Quebec City (section)

==Sports==
Quebec City has hosted a number of recent sporting events, as well as being shortlisted for the [[Bids for the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Winter Olympics city selection]]. The [[Special Olympics Canada|Special Olympics Canada National Winter Games]] was held in the city from 26 February to 1 March 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 January 2007 |title=History of Major Special Olympics Canada (SOC) Events |url=http://www.specialolympics.ca/en/images/pdfs/sports_gameshistory.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706203531/http://www.specialolympics.ca/en/images/pdfs/sports_gameshistory.pdf |archive-date=6 July 2011 |access-date=14 July 2011 |publisher=Special Olympics Canada}}</ref> Quebec City co-hosted with [[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax]], Nova Scotia, the [[2008 IIHF World Championship]]. Regular sporting events held in the city include the [[Tournoi de Québec|Coupe Banque Nationale]], a [[Women's Tennis Association]] tournament; [[Crashed Ice]], an extreme downhill skating race; [[Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament]], a [[minor hockey]] tournament; and the Tour de Québec International cycling stage race.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Here comes the 4th Tour de Québec! |url=http://www.tourdequebec.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309024254/http://www.tourdequebec.com/ |archive-date=9 March 2012 |access-date=14 July 2011 |publisher=tourdequebec.com}}</ref> In December 2011, Quebec City hosted the [[ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final]] at the Pavillon de la Jeunesse at ExpoCité.

[[File:Stade Municipal.JPG|thumb|upright=1.5|The [[Québec Capitales]] play their home games at [[Stade Canac]], a stadium primarily used for baseball.]]

The city currently has one professional team, the baseball team [[Quebec Capitales|Capitales de Québec]], which plays in the [[Frontier League]] in downtown's [[Stade Canac]]. The team was established in 1999 and originally played in the [[Northern League (baseball, 1993–2010)|Northern League]]. It has nine league titles, won in 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2022 and 2023. A professional basketball team, the [[Quebec Kebs]], played in [[National Basketball League of Canada]] in 2011 but folded before the 2012 season, and a semi-professional [[association football|soccer]] team, the [[Dynamo de Québec]], played in the [[Première ligue de soccer du Québec]], until 2019.

The city had a professional ice hockey team, the [[Quebec Nordiques]], which played in the [[World Hockey Association]] (WHA) from 1972 to 1979 and the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) from 1979 to 1995, maintaining a strong rivalry with the [[Montreal Canadiens]]. Due to a disadvantageous exchange rate with respect to the US dollar, the team moved to [[Denver, Colorado]], in 1995, becoming the [[Colorado Avalanche]]. A lower-tier team, the [[Atlanta Knights#Quebec Rafales|Quebec Rafales]], played in the professional [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|International Hockey League]] from 1996 to 1998.

[[File:CentreVideotron-StephaneGroleau-0800.jpg|thumb|left|[[Videotron Centre]] is an indoor [[arena]] and is presently used as the home arena for the [[QMJHL|major junior hockey]] [[Quebec Remparts]].]]

The [[Videotron Centre]] was built with the hope of getting an [[National Hockey League|NHL]] franchise (relocation or expansion) in Quebec City.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Karine Gagnon, Qmi Agency |date=1 March 2011 |title=Quebecor joins arena plan, eyes NHL team &#124; Hockey &#124; Sports |newspaper=Toronto Sun |url=http://www.torontosun.com/sports/hockey/2011/03/01/17451741.html |url-status=live |access-date=2 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001195519/http://www.torontosun.com/sports/hockey/2011/03/01/17451741.html |archive-date=1 October 2012}}</ref> The project was funded regardless of whether an NHL team arrives.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McParland |first=Kelly |date=2 March 2011 |title=The Quebec gravy train chugs off without Ottawa on board for once |url=https://nationalpost.com/full-comment/the-quebec-gravy-chain-chugs-off-without-ottawa-on-board-for-once |url-status=live |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20110311212859/http%3A//fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/03/02/the%2Dquebec%2Dgravy%2Dchain%2Dchugs%2Doff%2Dwithout%2Dottawa%2Don%2Dboard%2Dfor%2Donce/ |archive-date=11 March 2011 |newspaper=National Post}}</ref> It is also hoped that the arena can help Quebec City win a future [[Winter Olympics]] games bid.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 October 2009 |title=Quebec City plans $400 million arena to attract NHL team, Winter Olympics&nbsp;— ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=4564924 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629035635/http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=4564924 |archive-date=29 June 2011 |access-date=2 January 2012 |website=[[ESPN]]}}</ref> It has now replaced the [[Colisée de Québec]] as the main multifunctional arena in Quebec City.

Other teams include the [[Quebec Remparts]] in major junior hockey ([[QMJHL]]), Université Laval varsity team [[Laval Rouge-et-Or|Rouge & Or]], the [[Quebec City Monarks]], and [[Quebec City Rebelles]] of La Ligue de Football de Québec; the Alouettes de Charlesbourg of the [[Ligue de Baseball Junior Élite du Québec]]; the women's hockey team Quebec Phoenix of the [[Canadian Women's Hockey League]]; and soccer club [[Quebec City Amiral|Quebec Arsenal]] of the [[USL W-League (1995–2015)|W-League]].

Quebec City holds the Coop [[FIS Cross-Country World Cup]]. This is a [[ski]] event that welcomes the best of that sport.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quebec city FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2019 |url=https://worldcupccquebec.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806191917/https://worldcupccquebec.com/ |archive-date=6 August 2020 |access-date=30 March 2020 |website=Quebec City FIS Cross-Country World Cup |language=en-US}}</ref>