Editing Belgium (section)

===Sports===
[[File:Eddy Merckx Molteni 1973.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Eddy Merckx]], regarded as one of the greatest cyclists of all time]]
{{Main|Sport in Belgium}}
Since the 1970s, sports clubs and federations are organized separately within each [[Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium|language community]].<ref name="ch0h8">{{cite book|chapter=Organised sport in transition: development, structures and trends of sports clubs in Belgium|author1=Task, Marijke|author2=Renson, Roland|author3=van Reusel, Bart|name-list-style=amp|title=Sport Clubs in Various European Countries|editor=Klaus Heinemann|publisher=Schattauer Verlag|year=1999|isbn=978-3-7945-2038-1|pages=183–229}}</ref> The {{lang|fr|Administration de l'Éducation Physique et du Sport}} ([[ADEPS]]) is responsible for recognising the various French-speaking sports federations and also runs three sports centres in the Brussels-Capital Region.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sport-adeps.be/|title=Portail officiel du sport en fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles|website=sport-adeps.be|language=fr|trans-title=Official sports portal in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation|access-date=11 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116150111/http://www.sport-adeps.be/|archive-date=16 November 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Its Dutch-speaking counterpart is {{lang|nl|Sport Vlaanderen}} (formerly called [[Bloso|BLOSO]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sport.vlaanderen/|title=Doe aan sport|website=Sport.Vlaanderen|language=nl|trans-title=Do sports|access-date=11 November 2017|archive-date=3 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103121617/https://www.sport.vlaanderen/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Association football]] is the most popular sport in both parts of Belgium; also very popular are cycling, tennis, swimming, judo<ref name="tR60q">{{cite book|title=Belgium|author=Wingfield, George|publisher=Infobase Publishing|editor=Charles F. Gritzner|year=2008|isbn=978-0-7910-9670-3|pages=[https://archive.org/details/belgium00wing/page/94 94–95]|url=https://archive.org/details/belgium00wing/page/94}}</ref> and basketball.<ref name="DM5hq">{{cite news|title=Belgium's 10 most popular sports|author=Hendricks, Kelly|work=The Bulletin|date=20 June 2014|url=http://www.xpats.com/belgiums-10-most-popular-sports|access-date=26 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122130743/http://www.xpats.com/belgiums-10-most-popular-sports|archive-date=22 November 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Belgium national football team]] has been among the best on the [[FIFA World Rankings]] ever since November 2015, when it reached the top spot for the first time.<ref name="Fmads">{{cite news|title=Belgium go top, Chile and Austria soar|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/news/y=2015/m=11/news=belgium-go-top-chile-and-austria-soar-2730157.html|access-date=30 March 2016|publisher=FIFA|date=5 November 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160626094459/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/news/y%3D2015/m%3D11/news%3Dbelgium-go-top-chile-and-austria-soar-2730157.html|archive-date=26 June 2016}}</ref> Since the 1990s, the team has been the world's number one for the most years in history, only behind the records of [[Brazil National Football Team|Brazil]] and [[Spain National Football Team|Spain]].<ref>[https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/news/newsid=1351535.html ''Team of the Year Award 2010''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218180552/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/news/newsid%3D1351535.html|date=18 December 2010}} on the FIFA website</ref> The team's golden generations with the world class players in the squad, namely [[Eden Hazard]], [[Kevin De Bruyne]], [[Jean-Marie Pfaff]], [[Jan Ceulemans]] achieved the bronze medals at [[2018 FIFA World Cup|World Cup 2018]], and silver medals at [[UEFA Euro 1980|Euro 1980]]. Belgium hosted the [[UEFA Euro 1972|Euro 1972]], and co-hosted the [[UEFA Euro 2000|Euro 2000]] with the Netherlands.

Belgians hold [[List of Tour de France winners|the most Tour de France victories]] of any country except France. They also have the most victories on the [[UCI Road World Championships]].  With five victories in the [[Tour de France]] and numerous other cycling records, Belgian cyclist [[Eddy Merckx]] is regarded as one of the greatest cyclists of all time.<ref name="rFgQf">{{cite news|title=Great, but there are greater|author=Majendie, Matt|work=BBC Sport|date=18 April 2005|quote=[the Author's] top five [cyclists] of all time: 1 Eddy Merckx, 2 [[Bernard Hinault]], 3 [[Lance Armstrong]], 4 [[Miguel Indurain]], 5 [[Jacques Anquetil]]|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/3925265.stm|access-date=20 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824143546/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/3925265.stm|archive-date=24 August 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Philippe Gilbert]] and [[Remco Evenepoel]] were the 2012 and 2022 world champions, respectively. Other well-known Belgian cyclists are [[Tom Boonen]], [[Wout van Aert]] and [[Lotte Kopecky]].

[[Kim Clijsters]] and [[Justine Henin]] both were [[WTA Awards|Player of the Year]] in the [[Women's Tennis Association]] as they were ranked the number one female tennis player.
The [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps|Spa-Francorchamps]] motor-racing circuit hosts the [[Formula One World Championship]] [[Belgian Grand Prix]]. The Belgian driver, [[Jacky Ickx]], won eight Grands Prix and six [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] and finished twice as runner-up in the Formula One World Championship. Belgium also has a strong reputation in, [[motocross]] with the riders [[Joël Robert]], [[Roger De Coster]], [[Georges Jobé]], [[Eric Geboers]] and [[Stefan Everts]], among others.<ref name="rCTsM">{{cite book|title=Motocross History: From Local Scrambling to World Championship MX to Freestyle|author=Woods, Bob|publisher=Crabtree Publishing Company|year=2008|isbn=978-0-7787-3987-6|page=19}}</ref>

Sporting events annually held in Belgium include the [[Memorial Van Damme]] athletics competition, the [[Belgian Grand Prix]] Formula One, and a number of [[classic cycle races]] such as the [[Tour of Flanders]] and [[Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]. The [[1920 Summer Olympics]] were held in Antwerp. The [[1977 European Basketball Championship]] was held in [[Liège]] and [[Ostend]].