Editing Stockholm (section)

=== Sports ===
{{See also|Football in Stockholm}}
[[File:Friends Arena from inside.jpg|right|thumb|[[Strawberry Arena]]]]
[[File:Bandyfinal2010 hammarby celebratin.JPG|thumb|Scenes after [[Hammarby IF Bandy|Hammarby]] won their first [[List of Swedish bandy champions|national bandy title]] in 2010]]

The most popular spectator sports are [[Association football|football]] and [[ice hockey]]. The three most popular football clubs in Stockholm are [[AIK Fotboll|AIK]], [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgårdens IF]] and [[Hammarby Fotboll|Hammarby IF]], who all play in the first tier, [[Allsvenskan]]. [[AIK Fotboll|AIK]] play at Sweden's [[List of national stadiums|national stadium for football]], [[Strawberry Arena]] in [[Solna Municipality|Solna]], with a capacity of 54,329. The [[2017 UEFA Europa League Final]] was played on 24 May between AFC Ajax and Manchester United at this arena. Manchester United won the trophy after a 2–0 victory.

Djurgårdens IF and [[Hammarby IF|Hammarby]] play at [[3Arena (Stockholm)|3Arena]] in [[Johanneshov]], with a capacity of 30,000 spectators.

All three clubs are multi-sport clubs, which have ice hockey teams; [[AIK IF|AIK]] and [[Djurgårdens IF Hockey|Djurgårdens IF]] play in [[HockeyAllsvenskan|the second tier]] and Hammarby in [[Hockeyettan|the third tier]], as well as teams in [[bandy]], [[basketball]], [[floorball]] and other sports, including individual sports.

Historically, the city was the host of the [[1912 Summer Olympics]]. From those days stem the [[Stockholm Olympic Stadium|Stockholms Olympiastadion]] which has since hosted numerous sports events, notably football and athletics. Other major sports arenas are [[Strawberry Arena]], the new national football stadium, [[Avicii Arena]] (colloquially called Globen), a multi-sport arena and one of the largest spherical buildings in the world and the nearby indoor arena [[Hovet]].

Besides the 1912 Summer Olympics, Stockholm hosted the [[Equestrian at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Summer Olympics Equestrian Games]] and the [[UEFA Euro 1992]]. The city was also second runner up in the [[Bids for the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Summer Olympics bids]]. Stockholm hosted the [[1958 FIFA World Cup]]. Stockholm recently bid jointly with [[Åre]] for the [[2026 Winter Olympics]] but lost out to the joint bid of [[Milan]]/[[Cortina d'Ampezzo]], [[Italy]], if awarded it would have been the second city to host both Summer and Winter Olympics after [[Beijing]] and for the [[2026 Winter Paralympics]] and with [[Åre]] it would have also be to host all three winter event including [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Paralympic Games]] and the [[Special Olympics World Games|Special Olympics World Winter Games]] in which [[Åre]] would have host in 2021 along with [[Östersund]], however Sweden pulled out host the Special Olympic World Winter Games 2021 due to lack of funding instead it moved to [[Kazan]], [[Russia]] and was delayed to 2022. Stockholm first bid for the Winter Olympics for [[2022 Winter Olympics]], but withdrew its bid in 2014 due to financial matters.

Stockholm also hosted all but one of the [[Nordic Games]], a winter [[multi-sport event]] that predated the [[Winter Olympic Games|Winter Olympics]].

In 2015, the Stockholms Kungar [[Rugby league]] club was formed. They are Stockholm's first Rugby league team and will play in Sweden's National Rugby league championship.

Every year Stockholm is host to the [[Ötillö|ÖTILLÖ]] Swimrun World Championship.<ref>{{Cite web |last=James Goodwillie |date=19 September 2017 |title=Swim Run: 2 Events That Combine These 2 Sports |url=http://onetomulti.com/2017/09/19/swim-run-things-use-two-sports/ |access-date=10 October 2017 |archive-date=15 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715041950/https://onetomulti.com/2017/09/19/swim-run-things-use-two-sports/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Stockholm has hosted the [[Stockholm Open]], an [[ATP World Tour 250 series]] professional [[tennis]] tournament annually since 1969. Each year since 1995, the tournament has been hosted at the [[Kungliga tennishallen]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stockholm &#124; Overview &#124; ATP Tour &#124; Tennis |url=http://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/stockholm/429/overview |website=ATP Tour |access-date=3 June 2020 |archive-date=6 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206181346/https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/stockholm/429/overview |url-status=live }}</ref>