Editing Barcelona (section)

=== Sports ===
{{Main|Sport in Barcelona}}
[[File:Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys - Barcelona, Spain - Jan 2007.jpg|thumb|[[Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc]] (Barcelona Olympic Stadium) built for the [[People's Olympiad|1936 Summer Olympics named ''People's Olympiad'']], main stadium of 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[File:El_Camp_Nou_en_un_partido_de_la_Uefa_Champions_League.jpg|thumb|The [[Camp Nou]], the largest stadium in Europe]]

Barcelona has a long sporting tradition and hosted the highly successful [[1992 Summer Olympics]] as well as several matches during the [[1982 FIFA World Cup]] (at the two stadiums). It has hosted about 30 sports events of international significance.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}} [[FC Barcelona]] is a [[sports club]] best known worldwide for its [[association football|football]] team, one of the largest and the [[Deloitte Football Money League|wealthiest]] in the world.<ref>[http://www.deloitte.com/assets/Dcom-UnitedKingdom/Local%20Assets/Documents/Industries/Sports%20Business%20Group/UK_SBG_DFML2011.pdf Football Money League] – [[Deloitte]], 2011 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402202909/http://www.deloitte.com/assets/Dcom-UnitedKingdom/Local%20Assets/Documents/Industries/Sports%20Business%20Group/UK_SBG_DFML2011.pdf |date=2 April 2012 }}</ref> It has 74 national trophies (while finishing 46 times as runners-up) and 17 continental prizes (with being runners-up 11 times), including five [[UEFA Champions League]] trophies out of eight finals and three [[FIFA Club World Cup]] wins out of four finals. The club won [[Sextuple (football)|six trophies in a calendar year]] in 2009, becoming one of only 2 male football teams in the world to win the coveted [[Sextuple (football)|sextuple]], apart from [[FC Bayern Munich]] in 2020. FC Barcelona also has professional teams in other sports like [[FC Barcelona Regal]] (basketball), [[FC Barcelona Handbol]] ([[team handball|handball]]), [[FC Barcelona Hoquei]] ([[roller hockey]]), [[FC Barcelona Ice Hockey]] (ice hockey), [[FC Barcelona Futsal]] (futsal) and [[FC Barcelona Rugby]] (rugby union), all at one point winners of the highest national or European competitions. The club's museum is the second most visited in Catalonia. The matches against cross-town rivals [[RCD Espanyol]] are of [[El derbi barceloní|particular interest]], but there are other Barcelonan football clubs in lower categories, like [[CE Europa]] and [[UE Sant Andreu]]. FC Barcelona's basketball team has a noted rivalry in the [[Liga ACB]] with nearby [[Joventut Badalona]].

[[File:Palau Sant Jordi Barcelona 2013.jpg|thumb|[[Palau Sant Jordi]] (St. George's sporting arena) and [[Montjuïc Communications Tower]]]]
Barcelona has three [[UEFA elite stadium]]s: FC Barcelona's [[Camp Nou]], the largest stadium in Europe with a capacity of 99,354; the publicly owned [[Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys]], with a capacity of 55,926; used for the [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Olympics]]; and [[Estadi Cornellà-El Prat]], with a capacity of 40,500. Furthermore, the city has several smaller stadiums such as [[Mini Estadi]] (also owned by FC Barcelona) with a capacity of 15,000, [[Camp Municipal Narcís Sala]] with a capacity of 6,563 and [[Nou Sardenya]] with a capacity of 7,000. The city has a further three multifunctional venues for sports and concerts: the [[Palau Sant Jordi]] with a capacity of 12,000 to 24,000 (depending on use), the [[Palau Blaugrana]] with a capacity of 7,500, and the [[Palau dels Esports de Barcelona]] with a capacity of 3,500.

Barcelona was the host city for the [[2013 World Aquatics Championships]], which were held at the Palau San Jordi.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bcn2013.com |url-status=usurped |title=Barcelona 2013 15th FINA World Championships |publisher=FINA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112195344/http://www.bcn2013.com/ |archive-date=12 November 2013}}</ref>

[[File:F1 Circuit de Catalunya - Tribuna.jpg|thumb|right| [[Circuit de Catalunya]]/Circuit de Barcelona, race track of [[Formula One|Formula 1]] and [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|MotoGP]] on the suburb of Barcelona]]
Several [[road running]] competitions are organized year-round in Barcelona: the [[Barcelona Marathon]] every March with over 10,000 participants in 2010, the [[Cursa de Bombers]] in April, the [[Cursa de El Corte Inglés]] in May (with about 60,000 participants each year), the [[Cursa de la Mercè]], the [[Cursa Jean Bouin]], the Milla Sagrada Família and the San Silvestre. There is also the [[Barcelona Trail Races|Ultratrail Collserola]] which passes {{cvt|85|km|abbr=off}} through the Collserola forest. The [[Torneo Godó|Open Seat Godó]], a 50-year-old [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP World Tour]] [[ATP World Tour 500 series|500 Series tennis tournament]], is held annually in the facilities of the [[Real Club de Tenis Barcelona]]. Each year on Christmas Day, a 200-meter swimming race across the Old Port of Barcelona takes place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timeout.com/barcelona/things-to-do/110th-christmas-cup-for-swimming |title=110th Christmas Cup for Swimming |date=12 December 2019 |website=timeout.com/barcelona |publisher=Time Out |access-date=3 October 2021 |archive-date=4 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004035305/https://www.timeout.com/barcelona/things-to-do/110th-christmas-cup-for-swimming |url-status=live }}</ref> Near Barcelona, in [[Montmeló]], the 107,000 capacity [[Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya]] racetrack hosts the [[Formula One]] [[Spanish Grand Prix]], the [[Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix]], the [[Spanish GT Championship]] and races in the [[GP2 Series]]. [[Skateboarding]] and cycling are also very popular in Barcelona; in and around the city there are dozens of kilometers of bicycle paths.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}