Editing Maribor (section)

===Event hosting===
[[File:Ljudski vrt 2015.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Ljudski vrt]] stadium, the home of [[NK Maribor]]]]
In November 2012, Maribor hosted the [[World Youth Chess Championship]] with [[Garry Kasparov]] as the guest of honour.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kasparov v Mariboru: Če se oziramo nazaj, se nam bo začelo vrteti |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/svet/kasparov-v-mariboru-ce-se-oziramo-nazaj-se-nam-bo-zacelo-vrteti/296164 |publisher=[[RTV Slovenija]] |access-date=16 February 2021 |language=sl |date=19 November 2012}}</ref> It was presumed that Maribor would also host the [[2013 Winter Universiade]], but the [[Government of Slovenia]] refused any financial support for the project.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://old.delo.si/novice/slovenija/kresanje-mnenj-o-univerzijadi.html |title=Kresanje mnenj o univerzijadi |language=sl |trans-title=Clashes of opinion about the Universiade |date=19 February 2012 |access-date=16 February 2021|newspaper=[[Delo (newspaper)|Delo]]}}</ref> As a result, in March 2012, the [[International University Sports Federation]] decided that it would organise the Universiade elsewhere.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://old.slovenskenovice.si/novice/slovenija/mariboru-odvzeli-univerzijado |title= Mariboru odvzeli univerzijado |language=sl |newspaper=[[Slovenske novice]] |trans-title= The Universiade taken away from Maribor |date=6 March 2012|access-date=16 February 2021}}</ref> In the same year, Maribor also withdrew as one of the host cities of the [[EuroBasket 2013]] due to lack of finances.<ref>{{cite web |title="Avtocesta" do Eurobasketa odprta, zdaj je na vrsti država |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/sport/kosarka/avtocesta-do-eurobasketa-odprta-zdaj-je-na-vrsti-drzava/241743 |publisher=[[RTV Slovenija]] |access-date=16 February 2021 |language=sl |date=17 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Primorac: Maribor ostal brez EP zaradi župana |url=https://siol.net/sportal/kosarka/primorac-maribor-ostal-brez-ep-zaradi-zupana-141999 |publisher=[[Siol]] |access-date=16 February 2021 |language=sl |date=25 December 2012}}</ref>

Maribor's Ljudski vrt stadium was one of the venues for the [[2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship]] and the [[2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship]]. In July 2023, Maribor hosted the [[2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival|17th edition]] of the [[European Youth Olympic Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Olimpijski festival mladine v Mariboru: Župan Arsenovič ne želi, da bi se ponovil fiasko z univerzijado |url=https://www.vecer.com/maribor/aktualno/olimpijski-festival-mladine-v-mariboru-zupan-arsenovic-ne-zeli-da-bi-se-ponovil-fiasko-z-univerzijado-10231964 |website=[[Večer (Slovenia)|Večer]] |access-date=16 February 2021 |language=sl-si |date=8 January 2021}}</ref>