Editing Liechtenstein (section)

== Sports ==
[[File:Marco Büchel.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Marco Büchel]], the first Liechtensteiner alpine skier to compete at six [[Winter Olympic Games|Winter Olympics]]]]
[[File:Landstr. 81 in Schaan - Liechtenstein Olympic Commitees (2018).jpg|thumb|[[Liechtenstein Olympic Committee]] in [[Schaan]]]]
Liechtenstein [[Association football|football]] teams play in the Swiss football leagues. The [[Liechtenstein Football Cup]] allows access for one Liechtenstein team each year to the [[UEFA Europa Conference League]]; [[FC Vaduz]], a team playing in the [[Swiss Challenge League]], the second division in Swiss football, is the most successful team in the Cup, and scored their greatest success in the [[1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup in 1996]] when they drew with and defeated the Latvian team [[FK Jelgava|FC Universitate Riga]] by 1–1 and 4–2, to go on to a lucrative fixture against [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.]], which they lost 0–3 and 0–4.

The [[Liechtenstein national football team]] is regarded{{according to whom|date=July 2024}} as an easy target{{clarify|date=July 2024}} for any team drawn against them; this was the basis for a book about Liechtenstein's unsuccessful qualifying campaign for the [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002 World Cup]] by British author [[Charlie Connelly]]. In one surprising{{why|date=July 2024}} week during autumn 2004, however, the team managed a 2–2 draw with [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]], who only a few months earlier had been the losing finalists in the [[UEFA Euro 2004|European Championships]]. Four days later, the Liechtenstein team traveled to Luxembourg, where they defeated [[Luxembourg national football team|the home team]] 4–0 in a [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]] qualifying match.

In the qualification stage of the European Championship 2008, Liechtenstein beat Latvia 1–0, which prompted the Latvian coach's resignation. They went on to beat Iceland 3–0 on 17 October 2007, which is considered one of the most dramatic losses of the Icelandic national football team. On 7 September 2010, they came within seconds of a 1–1 draw against [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] in Glasgow, having led 1–0 earlier in the second half, but Liechtenstein lost 2–1 thanks to a goal by [[Stephen McManus]] in the 97th minute. On 3 June 2011, Liechtenstein defeated [[Lithuania national football team|Lithuania]] 2–0. On 15 November 2014, Liechtenstein defeated [[Moldova national football team|Moldova]] 0–1 with [[Franz Burgmeier]]'s late free kick goal in [[Chișinău]].

As an [[Alps|alpine]] country, the main sporting opportunity for Liechtensteiners to excel is in winter sports such as [[Downhill (ski competition)|downhill skiing]]: the country's single ski area is [[Malbun]]. [[Hanni Wenzel]] won two gold medals and one silver medal in the 1980 [[Winter Olympic Games|Winter Olympics]] (she won bronze in 1976), her brother [[Andreas Wenzel|Andreas]] won one silver medal in 1980 and one bronze medal in 1984 in the [[Giant slalom skiing|giant slalom]] event, and her daughter [[Tina Weirather]] won a bronze medal in 2018 in the [[Super-G]]. With ten medals overall (all in alpine skiing), Liechtenstein has won more Olympic medals per capita than any other nation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Per Capita Olympic Medal Table |url=http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/reloly.html |access-date=24 January 2009 |archive-date=13 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913181523/http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/reloly.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is the smallest country to win a medal in any Olympics, Winter or Summer, and currently the only country to win a medal in the Winter Games but not in the Summer Games. Other notable skiers from Liechtenstein are [[Marco Büchel]], [[Willi Frommelt]], [[Paul Frommelt]] and [[Ursula Konzett]].

Another discipline unusually popular with Liechtensteiners is [[Auto racing|motorsport]]; American-born German-Colombian [[Rikky von Opel]] raced under the flag of Liechtenstein in [[Formula One]] in [[1973 Formula One season|1973]] and [[1974 Formula One season|1974]], and [[Manfred Schurti]] competed in 9 editions of the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] as a [[Porsche]] factory driver with a best finish of 4th overall in [[1976 24 Hours of Le Mans|1976]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 January 2015 |title=Rikky von Opel " OldRacingCars.com |publisher=OldRacingCars.com |url=https://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Rikky_von_Opel}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2013 |title=Manfred Schurti – Austro Classic Online (in German) |publisher=Austro Classic |url=http://www.austroclassic.at/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2264&Itemid=46}}</ref> The country is currently represented internationally by [[Fabienne Wohlwend]] and [[Matthias Kaiser]] in [[Endurance racing (motorsport)|endurance racing]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 February 2020 |title=Under the Visor: Fabienne Wohlwend |publisher=[[W Series (championship)|W Series]] |url=https://wseries.com/w-hub/under-the-visor-fabienne-wohlwend/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226190045/https://wseries.com/w-hub/under-the-visor-fabienne-wohlwend/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 February 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=4 September 2020 |title=(FL) Matthias Kaiser – Driver Database |publisher=Driver Database |url=https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/matthias-kaiser/}}</ref>

Other sports Liechtenstein athletes have had success in include [[tennis]], with [[Stephanie Vogt]] and [[Kathinka von Deichmann]] both having varying degrees of success on the women's tour, as well as [[swimming (sport)|swimming]]; both [[Julia Hassler]] and [[Christoph Meier]] represented the country at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] with the former the nations' flag bearer.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 August 2016 |title=Stephanie Vogt beendet ihre Karriere (in German) |url=http://www.vaterland.li/liechtenstein/sport/Stephanie-Vogt-beendet-ihre-Karriere;art174,217482 |publisher=[[Liechtensteiner Vaterland]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=16 August 2016 |title=The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony |url=https://www.olympic.org/news/the-flagbearers-for-the-rio-2016-opening-ceremony |access-date=27 August 2016}}</ref>

In March 2020, the distance world record for electric motorcycles was set in Liechtenstein. Artist [[Michel von Tell]] drove over 1,000 miles within 24 hours on the first electric [[Harley-Davidson]]. The Record is still current in 2023 and ended in [[Ruggell]]. The Event became global media attention.<ref>{{Cite web |last=S.A.P |first=El Mercurio |date=2020-03-24 |title=Moto eléctrica de Harley-Davidson rompe récord al recorrer 1.700 km en 24 horas {{!}} Emol.com |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Autos/2020/03/24/980873/HarleyDavidson-Livewire-record-moto-elctrica.html |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=Emol |language=Spanish}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Harley-Davidson's LiveWire EV Motorcycle {{!}} GreenCars |url=https://www.greencars.com/expert-insights/harley-davidsons-livewire-ev-motorcycle |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=www.greencars.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bartholdi |first=Martin A. |date=2020-03-28 |title=Schweizer fährt Weltrekord auf Elektrotöff |url=https://www.blick.ch/auto/news_n_trends/harley-davidson-livewire-schweizer-faehrt-weltrekord-auf-elektrotoeff-id15818340.html |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=Blick |language=de-CH}}</ref>

=== Youth ===
[[Liechtenstein national football team|Liechtenstein]] competes in the Switzerland U16 Cup Tournament, which offers young players an opportunity to play against top football clubs.