Editing Adelaide (section)

== Sport ==
{{Main|Sport in South Australia}}

[[File:Adelaide Oval - panoramio.jpg|thumb|[[Adelaide Oval]] is the home of [[Australian Rules football]] and [[cricket]] in South Australia.]]
[[File:Adelaide United FC vs. Sydney FC at Hindmarsh Stadium - April 2023.JPG|thumb|[[Hindmarsh Stadium|Coopers Stadium]] hosts [[Adelaide United]].]]

The main sports played professionally in Adelaide are [[Australian Rules football]], soccer, [[cricket]], [[netball]], and basketball. Adelaide is the home of two [[Australian Football League]] teams: the [[Adelaide Football Club]] and [[Port Adelaide Football Club]], and one [[A-League]] soccer team, [[Adelaide United]]. A local [[Australian rules football]] league, the [[South Australian National Football League]] (SANFL), is made up of 10 teams from around Adelaide. The SANFL has been in operation since 1877 when it began as the South Australian Football Association (SAFA) before changing its name to the SANFL in 1927. The [[South Australian National Football League|SANFL]] is the oldest surviving football league of any code played in Australia.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}

Until the completion of the 2012–14 renovation and upgrade of the [[Adelaide Oval]], most large sporting events took place at either [[Football Park]] (the then home base of the [[Adelaide Crows]], and the then [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]] home game venue), or the historic [[Adelaide Oval]], home of the [[South Australia cricket team|South Australia Redbacks]] and the [[Adelaide Strikers]] cricket teams. Since completion of the upgrade, home games for Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide now take place at Adelaide Oval.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}

Since 1884, [[Adelaide Oval]] has also hosted an international cricket test every summer, along with a number of [[One Day International]] cricket matches. [[Memorial Drive Park]], adjacent to the Adelaide Oval, used to host Davis Cup and other major tennis events, including the Australian Open and the Adelaide International.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}} Adelaide's professional association football team, [[Adelaide United FC|Adelaide United]], play in the [[A-League Men|A-League]]. Founded in 2003, their home ground is [[Hindmarsh Stadium|Coopers Stadium]], which has a capacity of 16,500 and is one of the few [[Soccer-specific stadium|purpose-built soccer stadia]] in Australia. Prior to United's foundation, [[Adelaide City FC|Adelaide City]] and [[West Adelaide SC|West Adelaide]] represented the city in the [[National Soccer League]]. The two sides, which contest the [[Adelaide derby]] against one another, now play in the [[National Premier Leagues South Australia]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}

For two years, 1997 and 1998, Adelaide was represented in Australia's top level [[rugby league]], after the [[New South Wales Rugby League]] had played a single game per season at the Adelaide Oval for five years starting in 1991.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/venues/adelaide-oval/results.html |title=Rugby League Project – Adelaide Oval |access-date=1 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201212057/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/venues/adelaide-oval/results.html |archive-date=1 December 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Adelaide Rams]] were formed and played in the breakaway [[Super League (Australia)|Super League]] (SL) competition in [[1997 Super League (Australia) season|1997]] before moving to the new [[National Rugby League]] in [[1998 NRL season|1998]]. Initially playing at the Adelaide Oval, the club moved to the more suitable Hindmarsh Stadium late in the 1998 season. As part of a peace deal with the [[Australian Rugby League]] to end the [[Super League war]], the club's owners [[News Limited]] (who were also owners of the SL) suddenly closed the club only weeks before the start of the [[1999 NRL season|1999 season]].

Adelaide has two professional basketball teams, the men's team being the [[Adelaide 36ers]] which plays in the [[National Basketball League (Australasia)|National Basketball League]] (NBL) and the women's team, the [[Adelaide Lightning]] which plays in the [[Women's National Basketball League]] (WNBL). The Adelaide 36ers play at the [[Adelaide Entertainment Centre]] while the Adelaide Lightning play at the [[Adelaide Arena]] (Previously Titanium Security Arena). Adelaide has a professional [[netball]] team, the [[Adelaide Thunderbirds]], which plays in the national netball competition, the [[Suncorp Super Netball]] championship, with home games played at [[Netball SA Stadium]]. The Thunderbirds occasionally play games or finals at the Titanium Security Arena, while international netball matches are usually played at the 10,500 seat Adelaide Entertainment Centre. The Titanium Security Arena has a capacity of 8,000 and is the largest purpose-built basketball stadium in Australia.

[[File:Tourdownunder2.jpg|thumb|The [[Tour Down Under]] is the first event of the [[UCI World Tour]] calendar.]]

Since 1999 Adelaide and its surrounding areas have hosted the [[Tour Down Under]] [[Bicycle racing|bicycle race]], organised and directed by Adelaide-based [[Michael Turtur]]. Turtur won an [[Summer Olympics|Olympic]] gold medal for Australia in the [[Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|4000&nbsp;m team pursuit]] at the [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles Olympics]]. The Tour Down Under is the largest cycling event outside Europe and was the first event outside Europe to be granted [[UCI ProTour]] status.

The [[2024 Women's Tour Down Under]] cycle stage race was held in and around Adelaide, South Australia from 12 to 14 January 2024

Adelaide maintains a franchise in the [[Australian Baseball League]], the [[Adelaide Giants]]. They have been playing since 2009, and their home stadium (until 2016) was [[Norwood Oval]]. From 2016 the team moved to the [[Diamond Sports Stadium]] located near the [[Adelaide International Airport]] due to renovations at Norwood.<ref>{{cite web | title=Baseball Australia | website=Adelaide Giants Baseball | date=8 November 2022 | url=https://adelaidegiants.com.au/news/adelaide-giants-return-as-bite-rebrand/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108074904/https://adelaidegiants.com.au/news/adelaide-giants-return-as-bite-rebrand/ | archive-date=8 November 2022 | url-status=live | access-date=8 November 2022}}</ref>

Adelaide also has an ice hockey team, [[Adelaide Adrenaline]] in the [[Australian Ice Hockey League]] (AIHL). It was national champions in 2009 and plays its games at the [[Ice Arena (Adelaide)|IceArenA]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adelaideadrenaline.com.au/ |title=adelaideadrenaline.com.au |work=Adelaide Adrenaline 2014 |access-date=25 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703132801/http://www.adelaideadrenaline.com.au/ |archive-date=3 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[File:Adelaide Street Circuit.jpg|thumb|right|The Adelaide Street Circuit as seen from a helicopter in November 2024. The Adelaide Oval can also be seen on the right.]]
The [[Australian Grand Prix]] for World Championship [[Formula One]] racing was hosted by Adelaide from [[1985 Australian Grand Prix|1985]] to [[1995 Australian Grand Prix|1995]] on the [[Adelaide Street Circuit]] which was laid out in the city's East End as well as the eastern parklands including the [[Victoria Park, Adelaide|Victoria Park Racecourse]].<ref name="f1-move">{{cite web|title=Adelaide Street Circuit |publisher=Formula 1 Database |url=http://www.f1db.com/f1/page/Adelaide_Street_Circuit |access-date=13 June 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011110633/https://www.f1db.com/f1/page/Adelaide_Street_Circuit |archive-date=11 October 2007  }}</ref> The Grand Prix became a source of pride, and losing the event to Melbourne in a surprise announcement in mid-1993 left a void that has since been filled with the [[Adelaide 500]] for [[Supercars Championship|V8 Supercar]] racing, held on a modified version of the same street circuit. The Classic Adelaide, a [[rallying|rally]] of classic sporting vehicles, is also held in the city and its surrounds.

Adelaide formerly had three horse racing venues. [[Victoria Park, Adelaide|Victoria Park]], [[Cheltenham Park Racecourse]], both of which have now closed, and [[Morphettville Racecourse]] that remains the home of the [[South Australian Jockey Club]]. It also has [[Globe Derby Park (harness racing)|Globe Derby Park]] for [[Harness racing]] that opened in 1969, and by 1973 had become Adelaide's premier harness racing venue taking over from the [[Adelaide Showgrounds|Wayville Showgrounds]], as well as [[Greyhound Park]] for [[greyhound racing]] that opened in 1972.

The [[World Solar Challenge]] race attracts teams from around the world, most of which are fielded by universities or corporations, although some are fielded by high schools. The race has a 20-years' history spanning nine races, with the inaugural event taking place in 1987. Adelaide hosted the 2012 World Bowls Championships<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldbowls2012.com/ |title=2012 World Bowls Championships  |website=Worldbowls2012.com |access-date=11 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105120813/http://www.worldbowls2012.com/ |archive-date=5 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> at Lockleys Bowling Club, becoming the third city in the world to have held the championships twice, having previously hosted the event in 1996.

[[Dirt track racing|Dirt track speedway]] is also popular in Adelaide with three operating speedways. [[Adelaide Motorsport Park]], located adjacent to the [[Adelaide International Raceway]] road racing circuit at [[Virginia, South Australia|Virginia]] ({{convert|24|km|0|abbr=on}} north of the city centre) has been in continuous operation since 1979 after the closure of the popular [[Rowley Park Speedway]]. [[Gillman Speedway]] located in the semi-industrial suburb of [[Gillman, South Australia|Gillman]], has been in operation since 1998 and caters to [[Motorcycle speedway]] and [[Sidecar speedway|Sidecars]], while the [[Sidewinders Speedway]] located in [[Wingfield, South Australia|Wingfield]] is also a motorcycle speedway dedicated to Under-16 riders and has been in operation since 1978.

In 2016, backed by South Australia's [[Peregrine Corporation]] opened up a multi-purpose facility; a state-of-the-art motorsporting park and a hotel alongside its newer OTR service station outside a small township of [[Tailem Bend]] currently named [[The Bend Motorsport Park]]. Design for thrill seekers and rev-heads the facility currently host South Australia's second Supercars motoring event during a round in August.<ref>[https://autoaction.com.au/2023/08/22/strong-crowd-heads-to-the-bend Stong crowd head to The Bend] ''[[Auto Action]]'' 22 August 2023</ref>

Adelaide is home to the [[Great Southern Slam]], the world's largest [[roller derby]] tournament. The tournament has been held biennially over Australia's Queen's Birthday holiday weekend since 2010. In 2014, and 2016 the tournament featured 45 teams playing in two divisions. In 2018, the tournament has expanded to 48 teams competing in three divisions.