Editing Coffs Harbour (section)

==Sport==
The most popular sport in Coffs Harbour is [[rugby league]]. The city has four clubs in the [[Country Rugby League|Country Rugby League of NSW]]'s [[Group 2 Rugby League|Group 2 rugby league]] competition; Coffs Harbour Comets, Sawtell Panthers, Woolgoolga Seahorses, and Orara Valley Axemen. All clubs offer entries in age groups ranging from under-7s to first grade. The Sawtell Panthers are the current champions in first grade and under-18s, and Woolgoolga Seahorses were runners up to the Port Macquarie Sharks in reserve grade.

'''Rugby League Clubs in Coffs Harbour'''
* Coffs Harbour Comets
* [[Orara Valley Axemen]]
* Sawtell Panthers
* Woolgoolga Seahorses

There is a local [[Australian rules football]] competition with three clubs in the city; Coffs Harbour, Northern Beaches–Woologoolga and Sawtell Saints.

There is also a men's and women's [[North Coast Football|soccer league]], two rugby union clubs (Coffs Harlequins and Southern Cross University), junior and senior basketball competitions and the representative Coffs Suns, field hockey and netball competitions.

In 2001, Coffs Harbour hosted the Oceania region's qualification matches for the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]]. One these matches played at Coffs Harbour was the [[Australia 31–0 American Samoa]] game, which set a new world record for international association football's biggest-ever win.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/3003051/World-Cup-Australia-score-31-in-World-Cup.html World Cup: Australia score 31 in World Cup] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629213626/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/3003051/World-Cup-Australia-score-31-in-World-Cup.html |date=29 June 2018 }}. Telegraph (11 April 2001). Retrieved on 18 August 2011.</ref>

Pacific Bay Resort hosted 'Camp Wallaby' throughout the 2000s, in which the [[Australia national rugby union team|Wallabies]] called Coffs Harbour home.

The 2007 and 2013 [[City vs Country Origin|City vs Country Rugby League]] representative fixtures were held in Coffs Harbour.

The city is home to the [[Coffs Harbour International Stadium]], which has hosted [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)|FIFA World Cup Qualifiers]] and a [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's Asian Qualifiers|Women's 2008 Beijing Olympics Qualification fixtures]] for the [[Australia women's national soccer team|Matildas]] in [[Association football|soccer]] as well as some [[National Rugby League]] (NRL) pre-season fixtures and [[Australian domestic limited-overs cricket tournament|domestic one day]] [[cricket]] matches. Coffs Harbour is also known for a great place to skydive due to the hinterland views where The Great Dividing Range meets the sea.

The region has hosted international [[rallying]] through the 1970s through to the early 1980s. After that time, the events became part of the [[Australian Rally Championship]] and NSW Rally Championships. It was the host city for [[Rally Australia]], a round of the [[World Rally Championship]] in [[2011 Rally Australia|2011]]. The rally used roads from the neighbouring [[Bellingen, New South Wales|Bellingen]], and [[Nambucca Valley Council|Nambucca]] shires in addition to Coffs Harbour. The rally returned permanently to Coffs Harbour in [[2013 Rally Australia|2013]]. In [[2016 Rally Australia|2016]], the rally was run in November with a Super special Stage at the Coffs Jetty. It was last held in [[2018 Rally Australia|2018]].<ref>[https://autoaction.com.au/2020/06/21/rally-australia-set-to-return-in-2021 Rally Australia set to return in 2021] ''[[Auto Action]]'' 21 June 2020</ref>

Coffs Harbour is home to three locally grown sporting events attracting thousands of competitors each year: the Coffs Harbour Triathlon (bcu Coffs Tri), the Coffs Harbour running festival and the Coffs Ocean Swims, all raising money to local children's charities.