Editing Bern (section)

== Sports ==
[[File:Stade de Suisse Luftbild 2011.jpg|thumb|[[Stadion Wankdorf]]]]
Bern was the site of the [[1954 FIFA World Cup Final]], in which [[West Germany national football team|West Germany]] upset the Hungarian [[Golden Team]] 3–2. The football team [[BSC Young Boys]] is based in Bern at the [[Stadion Wankdorf]], which also was one of the venues for the [[UEFA Euro 2008|2008 UEFA European Championship]], in which it hosted three matches.

[[FC Breitenrain Bern]], founded in 1994, also play in Bern. [[SC Bern]] is the major ice hockey team of Bern which plays in the [[PostFinance Arena]]. They compete in the [[National League (ice hockey)|National League]] (NL), the highest league in Switzerland. The team has ranked highest in attendance for a European hockey team for more than a decade.<ref name="SCBernAttendence">{{cite news |last=Merk |first=Martin |date=12 March 2015 |title= Swiss stay top: SC Bern number one in European attendance ranking }}</ref> PostFinance Arena was the main host of the [[2009 IIHF World Championship|2009 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship]], including the opening game and the final of the tournament.

PostFinance Arena was also the host of the 2011 European Figure Skate Championships. [[Bern Cardinals]] is the [[baseball]] and [[softball]] team of Bern, which plays at the Allmend. Bern Grizzlies is the [[American football]] club in Bern (since 1985) and plays in the top level [[Nationalliga A (American football)]] at Athletics Arena Wankdorf. The Grizzlies have been [[Swiss Bowl]] champion six times. Bern was a candidate to host the 2010 Winter Olympics, but withdrew its bid in September 2002 after a referendum was passed that showed that the bid was not supported by locals. Those games were eventually awarded to [[Vancouver|Vancouver, British Columbia]]. RC Bern is the local rugby club (since 1972) and plays at the Allmend. The ladies team was founded in 1995. The locality of Bremgartenwald was home to the [[Bremgarten Circuit]], the [[Grand Prix motor racing]] course that at one time hosted the [[Swiss Grand Prix]].

[[Bern Bears]] is an NGO Basketball Club since 2010 in city of Bern. The [[Swiss Grand Prix]] was held on the [[Circuit Bremgarten]] street track from 1950 to 1954, with [[MotoGP]] also running their [[Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix]] from 1949 to 1954. The circuit eventually fell into disrepair after Switzerland banned motorsports after the [[1955 Le Mans disaster|1955 Le Mans Disaster]], but they made an amendment in 2015 to host electric racing, which is how the [[Swiss ePrix]] happened in 2019.