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=== Sport === {{Main|Sport in Montenegro}} [[File:Sports Center Moraca.jpg|thumb| Exterior of the [[Morača Sports Center ]]]] Sport in Montenegro revolves mostly around [[team sport]]s, such as [[water polo]], [[Association football|football]], [[basketball]], [[handball]], and [[volleyball]]. Other sports involved are [[boxing]], [[tennis]], swimming, [[judo]], [[karate]], [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]], [[table tennis]], and [[chess]]. [[Water polo]] is the most popular and is considered the [[national sport]].<ref name="Popular Sports">{{Cite web|url=https://total-waterpolo.com/water-polo-is-the-most-popular-sport-in-montenegro/|title=Water Polo Is The Most Popular Sport in Montenegro|website=total-waterpolo.com|publisher=Total Waterpolo|date=5 November 2018|access-date=21 October 2020 }}</ref> [[Montenegro men's national water polo team]] is one of the world's [[FINA Water Polo World Rankings|top ranked]] teams, winning the gold medal at the [[2008 Men's European Water Polo Championship]] in [[Málaga]], Spain, and winning the gold medal at the [[2009 FINA Men's Water Polo World League]], held in [[Podgorica]]. The Montenegrin team [[PVK Primorac]] from [[Kotor]] became a champion of Europe at the [[LEN Euroleague]] 2009 in [[Rijeka]], Croatia. Montenegro came fourth in the men's water polo in the [[Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Olympics]]. [[Association football|Football]] is the second most popular sport.<ref name="Popular Sports" /> The [[Montenegro national football team]], founded in 2006, played in playoffs for [[UEFA Euro 2012]], its highest play appearance. The [[Montenegro national basketball team]] is known for good performances and won many medals as part of the [[Yugoslavia national basketball team]]. In 2006, the [[Basketball Federation of Montenegro]] along with this team joined the [[International Basketball Federation]] (FIBA) on its own, following the [[Montenegrin independence referendum, 2006|Independence]]. Montenegro participated in two [[EuroBasket]]s. Among women sports, [[Montenegro women's national handball team|the national handball team]] is the most successful, winning the country's first Olympic medal, claiming silver at the [[Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Summer Olympics]]. This was followed by the [[2012 European Women's Handball Championship|2012 European Championship]] which Montenegro won, becoming European champions. [[ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica]] has twice won the EHF Champions League. Montenegro was one of the host countries for the [[2022 European Women's Handball Championship]] and came third.
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