Editing New Caledonia (section)

== Sport ==
[[File:Christian_Karembeu_-_2014.jpg|thumb|upright|New Caledonian footballer [[Christian Karembeu]], [[1998 FIFA World Cup]] winner with [[France national football team|France]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Swaminathan |first1=Swaroop |title=Karembeu, France & New Caledonia – a complex relationship |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/football/fifa-u-17-world-cup-2017/2017/oct/12/karembeu-france--new-caledonia--a-complex-relationship-1672627.html |access-date=4 November 2018 |work=The New Indian Express |date=12 October 2018 |archive-date=5 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105062122/http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/football/fifa-u-17-world-cup-2017/2017/oct/12/karembeu-france--new-caledonia--a-complex-relationship-1672627.html |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
The largest sporting event to be held in New Caledonia is a round of the [[FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship]] (APRC).

The [[New Caledonia national football team|New Caledonia football team]] began playing in 1950, and was admitted into [[FIFA]], the international association of football leagues, in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/news/newsid=92706.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070718153916/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/news/newsid=92706.html|archive-date=2007-07-18 |title=New Caledonia joins the world football community |publisher=FIFA |date=24 May 2004 |access-date=6 August 2009}}</ref> Prior to joining FIFA, New Caledonia held observer status with the [[Oceania Football Confederation]], and became an official member of the OFC with its FIFA membership. They have won the [[South Pacific Games]] five times, most recently in 2007, and have placed third on two occasions in the [[OFC Nations Cup]]. [[Christian Karembeu]] is a prominent New Caledonian former footballer. The under-17 team qualified for the FIFA under 17 World Cup in 2017.

The sport of [[basketball]] gets much public attention in New Caledonia by both press and fans. Its [[New Caledonia men's national basketball team|national team]] has won plenty of medals in the Oceania region.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.visitnewcaledonia.com/new-caledonia-national-basketball-team-an-unknown-champion-bet365/ |title=New Caledonia National Basketball Team – An Unknown Champion |website=VisitNewCaledonia.com |date=13 November 2019 |access-date=30 September 2021 |archive-date=30 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930084118/https://www.visitnewcaledonia.com/new-caledonia-national-basketball-team-an-unknown-champion-bet365/ |url-status=live }}</ref> New Caledonia's top basketball club teams are ''AS 6e Km'' and ''AS Dumbea''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Beniela Adjouhgniope,le colosse de l'AS 6e Km |url=https://www.lnc.nc/article/sports/beniela-adjouhgniope-le-colosse-de-l-as-6e-km |accessdate=1 October 2021 |work=[[Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes]] |language=French |archive-date=1 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001071450/https://www.lnc.nc/article/sports/beniela-adjouhgniope-le-colosse-de-l-as-6e-km |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Horse racing]] is also very popular in New Caledonia, as are women's [[cricket]] matches.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/new-caledonia/noumea/activities/cricket/women-s-cricket |title=Women's Cricket |publisher=Lonely Planet |access-date=2013-01-30 |archive-date=16 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516172954/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/new-caledonia/noumea/activities/cricket/women-s-cricket |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[rugby league]] team participated in the [[Pacific Cup]] in 2004. In 2020, plans were formed to create a Rugby League team in New Caledonia, Pacifique Trieze,<ref>{{cite web |last=Darbyshire |first=Drew |date=2020-05-08 |title=Pacifique Treize: The French-speaking Pacific team who want to join Queensland Cup |url=https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/pacifique-treize-the-french-speaking-pacific-team-who-want-to-join-queensland-cup/ |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=LoveRugbyLeague |language=en-GB |archive-date=30 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630210006/https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/pacifique-treize-the-french-speaking-pacific-team-who-want-to-join-queensland-cup/ |url-status=live }}</ref> to eventually join the majority Australian [[Queensland Cup]].

New Caledonia also has a national synchronised swimming team, which tours abroad.

The "Tour Cycliste de Nouvelle-Calédonie" is a multi-day cycling stage race that is held usually in October. The race is organised by the Comite Cycliste New Caledonia. The race attracts riders from Australia, New Zealand, France, Réunion, Europe and Tahiti. Australian Brendan Washington has finished last three times in the race between 2005 and 2009, and is known in New Caledonia as "The [[Lanterne rouge|Lanterne Rouge]]".

The New Caledonia [[Handball]] team won the [[Oceania Handball Nations Cup]] in 2008 held in [[Wellington]], [[New Zealand]]. They beat [[Australia men's national handball team|Australia]] in the final.

The [[BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie|Internationaux de Nouvelle-Calédonie]] is a tennis tournament that is held in the first week of January. Since 2004, the tournament is part of the [[ATP Challenger Tour]], and players usually compete as a preparation for the [[Australian Open]]. the first Grand Slam of the year.

The [[New Caledonia women's national volleyball team]] won the gold medal on several occasions.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Shreya Kumar |title=Let's Go Local: The Sand Dunes And Café Planet For Drau |url=https://fijisun.com.fj/2021/03/20/lets-go-local-the-sand-dunes-and-cafe-planet-for-drau/ |accessdate=27 September 2021 |work=[[Fiji Sun]] |date=20 March 2021 |archive-date=27 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927060217/https://fijisun.com.fj/2021/03/20/lets-go-local-the-sand-dunes-and-cafe-planet-for-drau/ |url-status=live }}</ref>