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== Sport == [[File:Stadio Meazza 2021.jpg|thumb|[[San Siro|San Siro Stadium]], home of [[AC Milan]] and [[Inter Milan]], has a capacity of 80,000. It is Italy's biggest stadium.]] [[File:Forum Assago Parquet 2.jpg|thumb|[[Mediolanum Forum]], home of [[Olimpia Milano]]]] [[File:Autodromo_Nazionale_Monza,_April_22,_2018_SkySat_(cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Satellite view of the [[Monza Circuit]]]] Milan hosted matches at the [[FIFA World Cup]] in [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]] and [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]] and the [[UEFA European Championship]] in [[UEFA Euro 1980|1980]], and more recently held the [[2003 World Rowing Championships]], the [[2009 AIBA World Boxing Championships|2009 World Boxing Championships]], and some games of the [[FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship|Men's Volleyball World Championship]] in [[2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship|2010]] and the final games of the [[FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|Women's Volleyball World Championship]] in [[2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|2014]]. In 2018, Milan hosted the [[World Figure Skating Championships]]. Milan will host the [[2026 Winter Olympics]] as well as the [[2026 Winter Paralympics]] jointly with [[Cortina d'Ampezzo]]. Milan, along with [[Manchester]], is one of only two cities in Europe that is home to two [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup/Champions League]] winning teams: [[Serie A]] football clubs [[AC Milan]] and [[Inter Milan|Inter]]. They are two of the most successful clubs in the world of football in terms of international trophies. Both teams have also won the [[FIFA Club World Cup]] (formerly the [[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]]). With a combined ten Champions League titles, Milan is only second to Madrid as the city with the most European Cups. Both teams play at the [[UEFA]] 5-star-rated Giuseppe Meazza Stadium, more commonly known as the [[San Siro]], that is one of the biggest stadiums in Europe, with a [[seating capacity]] of over 80,000.<ref name="size"/> The Meazza Stadium has hosted four [[List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League finals|European Cup/Champions League finals]], most recently in [[2016 UEFA Champions League final|2016]], when [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] defeated [[Atlético Madrid]] 5–3 in a [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]]. A third team, [[Brera Calcio]], plays in [[Prima Categoria]], the seventh tier of Italian football.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.breracalcio.it |title=Brera Calcio F.C. |publisher=Breracalcio.it |access-date=14 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903040411/http://www.breracalcio.it/ |archive-date=3 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Another team, [[Milano City FC]] (a successor of Bustese Calcio),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.MilanoCityFC.it/|title=Home – Milano City FC|website=Milano City FC|language=it-IT|access-date=5 February 2018|archive-date=12 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812040733/http://www.milanocityfc.it/|url-status=live}}</ref> plays in [[Serie D]], the fourth level. Milan is one of the host cities of the [[EuroBasket 2022]]. There are currently four professional [[Lega Basket]] clubs in Milan: [[Olimpia Milano]], Pallacanestro Milano 1958, Società Canottieri Milano and A.S.S.I. Milano. Olimpia is the most decorated basketball club in Italy, having won 27 [[Lega Basket Serie A|Italian League]] championships, six [[Italian Basketball Cup|Italian National Cups]], one [[Italian Basketball Supercup|Italian Super Cup]], three [[EuroLeague|European Champions Cups]], one [[FIBA Intercontinental Cup]], three [[FIBA Saporta Cup]]s, two [[FIBA Korać Cup]]s and many junior titles. The team play at the [[Mediolanum Forum]], with a capacity of 12,700, where it has been hosted the final of the [[2013–14 Euroleague]]. In some cases the team also plays at the [[PalaDesio]], with a capacity of 6,700. Milan is also home to Italy's oldest American football team: [[Rhinos Milano]], who have won five Italian Super Bowls. The team plays at the [[Velodromo Vigorelli]], with a capacity of 8,000. Another [[American football]] team that use the same venue is the [[Milano Seamen|Seamen Milano]], who joined the professional [[European League of Football]] in 2023. Milan also has two cricket teams: Milano Fiori, currently competing in the second division, and Kingsgrove Milan, who won the Serie A championship in 2014. [[Amatori Rugby Milano]], the most decorated rugby team in Italy, was founded in Milan in 1927. The [[Monza Circuit]], located near Milan, hosts the Formula One [[Italian Grand Prix]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Autodromo di Monza – Italia |date=8 February 2023 |url=https://scuderia.alphatauri.com/it/circuiti-f1/autodromo-monza/|language=it|access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref> The circuit is located inside the [[Royal Villa of Monza]] park. It is one of the world's oldest [[Auto racing|car racing]] circuits. The capacity for the [[Formula One]] races is currently over 113,000. It has hosted a Formula One race nearly every year since the first year of competition, with the exception of 1980. In [[road bicycle racing|road cycling]], Milan hosts the start of the annual [[Milan–San Remo]] [[Classic cycle races|classic]] one-day race and the annual [[Milano–Torino]] one day race. Milan is also the traditional finish for the final stage of the [[Giro d'Italia]], which, along with the [[Tour de France]] and the [[Vuelta a España]], is one of cycling's three [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]].
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