Editing Catania (section)

==Sport==

[[File:Stadio_Massimino.jpg|thumb|right|Angelo Massimino Football Stadium]]

Catania is home to many [[sports club]]s covering a wide range of disciplines. The most famous club is the [[Catania FC]] [[football team]], followed by approximately half a million supporters.<ref>{{cite web|title=I dati della Lega Calcio sulla Tifoseria Italiana di Serie A|date=26 April 2013|url=https://tifosobilanciato.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/i-dati-della-lega-calcio-sulla-tifoseria-italiana-di-serie-a/|language=it}}</ref> Another club standing out from the rest is [[AS Orizzonte Catania]], which is the leading women's [[water polo]] club in Italy, with 24 National Championship titles (15 in a row from 1992 to 2006), and also in Europe, with 8 European Champions Cup titles.

Catania is the most successful city in team sports in the entire south of Italy (including Sicily and Sardinia), leading (as of August 2024) with 77 National Championships titles, ahead of [[Naples]] and of [[Bari]].

As for individual sports, 56 athletes from Catania have won world titles, 54 have won European titles and 139 have won national titles.

In the [[Olympic Games]], over the years, [[Italians|Italian]] athletes from Catania have won a total of 7 gold medals, 8 silver medals, and 4 bronze medals.

'''National Championships Titles Teams''' (as of November 2024)
{| {{Table|sort}}
! Number of Titles !! Club !! Sport !! Gender !! Years !! Notes
|-
! 24
| Orizzonte Catania
| Water Polo
| Female
| 1992 to 2006, 2008 to 2011, 2019, 2021 to 2024
| 15 years in a row (highest record in all Sports and both genders)
|-
! 10
| Polisportiva Canottieri Catania
| Canoe Polo
| Female
| 2011, 2013 to 2022 
| 9 years in a row (in 2020 the title was not assigned due to the [[coronavirus pandemic]] and the related sanitary restrictions)
|-
! 6
| CUS Catania
| Field Hockey Indoor
| Female
| 1980, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1997
|
|-
! 6
| CUS Catania
| Field Hockey 
| Female
| 1990 to 1994, 1996
| 5 years in a row
|-
! 5
| New Squash Club Catania
| Squash
| n/a
| 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024
|
|-
! 4
| Pink Elephants Catania
| American Football
| Female
| 2014, 2017, 2018, 2021
|
|-
! 3
| Catania Beach Soccer
| Beach Soccer
| Male
| 2008, 2018, 2024
|
|-
!3
| Polisportiva Canottieri Catania
| Canoe Polo 3X3
| Female
| 2016 to 2018
|
|-
! 2
| Polisportiva I Cirnerchi Catania
| Cricket
| Female
| 2001, 2002
|
|-

! 2
| Islanders Catania
| Softball
| Male
| 2018, 2019
|
|-
! 2
| Polisportiva Canottieri Catania
| Canoe Polo
| Male
| 2018, 2023
|
|-
! 1
| Jolly Componibili Catania
| Football
| Female
| 1978
|
|-
! 1
| Paoletti Catania
| Volleyball
| Male
| 1978
|
|-
! 1
| Alidea Catania
| Volleyball
| Female
| 1980
|
|-
! 1
| CUS Catania
| Canoe Polo
| Female
| 1999
|
|-
! 1
| Romolo Murri Catania
| Cricket Indoor
| Male
| 2002
|-
! 1
| Pol. Nautica Katana / CK Academy
| Canoe Polo
| Female
| 2007
|
|-
! 1
| Circolo Canoa Catania
| Canoe Polo
| Female
| 2009
|
|-
! 1
| HCU Catania
| Field Hockey 
| Female
| 2014
|
|-
! 1
| Red Sox Paternò
| Baseball
| Male
| 2016
|
|-
! 1 
| Meta Catania
| 5-a-side Football
| Male
| 2024
|
|-
! Total: 77
|}

'''Champion Cups Titles Teams''' (as of November 2024)
{| {{Table|sort}}
! Number of Titles !! Club !! Sport !! Gender !! Years
|-
! 8
| Orizzonte Catania
| Water polo
| Female
| 1994, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004 to 2006, 2008
|-
! 2
| Polisportiva Canottieri Catania
| Canoe polo
| Female
| 2019, 2022
|-
! Total: 10
|}

[[File:1955-09-18_Catania_Etna_WINNER_Maserati_2084_de_Filippis.jpg|thumb|right|[[Maria Teresa de Filippis]] winning the Catania-Etna in 1955]]
'''Main Sports Facilities'''
{| {{Table|sort}}
! Name !! Capacity !! Type !! Year !! Tenants !! Notes
|-
| '''Stadio Angelo Massimino'''
| 21000
| Football Stadium
| 1937
| Calcio Catania
|
|-
| '''PalaNesima'''
| 6500
| Sports Arena
| 2003
| n/a
| Restoration works planned
|-
| '''Piscina Comunale di Nesima'''
| 1000
| Swimming Pool
| 1996
| Orizzonte Catania
|
|-
| '''PalaCatania'''
| 4500
| Sports Arena
| 1997
| ASD Meta
|
|-
| '''PalaNitta'''
| 600
| Sports Arena
| 1997
| 
|
|-
| '''PalaGalermo'''
| 500
| Sports Arena
| 1997
| ASD Blue Angels
|
|}

Catania holds the [[Catania-Etna (Hill Climb)|Catania-Etna]] car competition, organized by the [[Automobile Club d'Italia]]. The competition dates back to 1923 and has been taking place on a regular basis (with some gaps) from 1947. Suspended in 2010 due to a serious accident, the 46th edition is planned for the end of June 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title=46a Catania-Etna|url=https://www.cronoscalate.it/events/event/46a-catania-etna/|language=it}}</ref>

From 1960 to 2011 Catania held the International event named ''Trofeo Sant'Agata'', a [[road running]] competition which took place in the streets of the city center, every year on 3 February (the day the [[Festival of Saint Agatha (Catania)|Festival of Saint Agatha]] begins).

The city also hosted a series of International Sports Events: 
* [[1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifying]], and the associated [[Etna Cup]], which was won by the host Sicily team. 
* [[1994 UCI Road World Championships]] (together with Palermo and Agrigento). 
* [[1997 Summer Universiade]] (together with Palermo and Messina). 
* [[2003 Military World Games]] 
* [[2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship III]]. 
* [[2011 World Fencing Championships]] (Italy came out of this competition as the top winning nation with 11 medals, one won by the local fencer [[Paolo Pizzo]]). 
* [[2024 World Company Sports Games]].