Editing Malmö (section)

===Sports===
====Football====
[[File:Sweden malmö eleda stadion nya stadion.jpg|thumb|right|[[Eleda Stadion]], the home of Malmö FF]]
[[File:Malmö Arena ESC2013 01.jpg|thumb|right|[[Malmö Arena]], the home of Malmö Redhawks]]
Malmö is home to several football teams.  [[Malmö FF]], who play in the top-level [[Allsvenskan]] league, had their most successful periods in the 1970s and 1980s, when they won the league several times. In 1979, they advanced to the final of the [[European Cup]], defeating [[AS Monaco]], [[Dynamo Kiev]], [[Wisła Kraków]] and [[Austria Wien]].  In the final, played at the [[Munich Olympic Stadium]] against [[Nottingham Forest]], they lost by a single goal scored by [[Trevor Francis]] just before half time. To date,{{when|date=July 2020}} they are the only Swedish football club to have reached the final of the competition. [[Bo Larsson|Bosse Larsson]] and [[Zlatan Ibrahimović]] began their football careers at Malmö FF.  A second football team, [[IFK Malmö]], played in Sweden's top flight for about 20 years.  The club's greatest achievement was reaching the quarterfinal in the European Cup.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} In the 2023 Regular Season, IFK Malmö ranked last in the Södra Götaland section of the fourth tier of the Swedish football league system, Division 2.

[[FC Rosengård]] (former LdB Malmö) are playing in the top level in [[Damallsvenskan]], women's football league. FC Rosengård girls have won the league 10 times and [[Svenska Cupen (women)|the national cup title]] 5 times. In 2014, they reached the semi-final in Champions League, which they ultimately went on to lose to the German side [[1. FFC Frankfurt]]. Brazilian football player [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]], widely regarded the best female football player of all time, played in FC Rosengård between 2014 and 2017.

[[Malmö Stadion]] was inaugurated for the opening match of the [[1958 FIFA World Cup]].  The then world champions, [[West Germany]], defeated [[Argentina]] 3–1 in front of a crowd of 31,156. A further two games in the cup were decided at the stadium.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.mff.se/en/history/ |access-date=26 October 2020 |website=Malmö FF |language=en-US |archive-date=28 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028112719/https://www.mff.se/en/history/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Other sports====
Malmö has athletes competing in a variety of sport.

=====Ice hockey=====
The most notable other sports team is the ice hockey team [[Malmö Redhawks]]. They were the creation of millionaire Percy Nilsson and quickly rose to the highest rank in the early to mid-1990s and won two Swedish championships, but for a number of years found themselves residing outside of the top flight. As of the 2015/2016 season they are once again competing in the top flight SHL league.

=====Handball=====
A first division [[handball]] team, [[HK Malmö]], attracts a fair amount of attendance.

=====Rugby=====
[[Rugby union]] team, [[Malmö RC]], founded in 1954, have won 6 national championships. The club has teams for men, women and juniors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Teams |website= Malmo Rugby |url=https://malmorugby.com/teams/ |access-date=28 February 2020 |language=en-US |archive-date=28 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228222400/https://malmorugby.com/teams/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=====Gaelic football=====
[[Gaelic football]] has also been introduced to Malmö. The men of Malmö G.A.A. have won the Scandinavian Championships twice and the women once.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |website=Malmö GAA |url=http://malmogaa.com/about-us/ |access-date=28 February 2020 |language=en-US |archive-date=28 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228222355/http://malmogaa.com/about-us/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=====Additional Team and Individual Sport=====
Other notable team a sports are [[baseball]], [[American football]] and [[Australian rules football|Australian football]].
Among non-team sports, [[badminton]] and [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]] are the most popular, together with east Asian martial arts and boxing. Basketball is also fairly a big sport in the city, including the clubs [[Malbas]] and [[SF Srbija]] among others.

Women are permitted by the city council to swim topless in public swimming pools.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Malmö win for topless Swedish bathers&nbsp;— |work=The Local |url=http://www.thelocal.se/20250/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627020908/http://www.thelocal.se/20250 |archive-date=27 June 2009 |access-date=23 July 2009 |publisher=Thelocal.se}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1 July 2009 |title=Women fight for right to bare breasts&nbsp;— |work=The Local |url=http://www.thelocal.se/8557/20070920/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070921130837/http://www.thelocal.se/8557/20070920/ |archive-date=21 September 2007 |access-date=23 July 2009 |publisher=Thelocal.se}}</ref> Everyone must wear bathing attire, but covering of the breasts is not mandatory.<ref>{{Cite news |work=The Earthtimes |title=Swedish feminists win partial approval for topless swimming: Europe World |url=http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/171250.html |access-date=23 July 2009 |publisher=Earthtimes.org |archive-date=2 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902025758/http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/171250.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=27 June 2009 |title=Swedish city legalizes topless bathing....at public swimming pools |url=http://www.inquisitr.com/27519/swedish-city-legalizes-topless-bathingat-public-swimming-pools/ |access-date=23 July 2009 |work=Inquisitr.com |archive-date=20 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520073713/https://www.inquisitr.com/27519/swedish-city-legalizes-topless-bathingat-public-swimming-pools/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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