Editing Braunschweig (section)

===Sports===
[[File:BSM Konrad-Koch Braunschweig 01.jpg|thumb|right|The first German version of the rules of football by Konrad Koch]]
[[File:BS_Eintracht_Stadion.JPG|thumb|right|[[Eintracht-Stadion]], the stadium of [[2. Bundesliga]] club [[Eintracht Braunschweig]]]]

Braunschweig's major local [[Association football|football]] team is [[Eintracht Braunschweig]]. Founded in 1895, Eintracht Braunschweig can look back on a long and chequered history. Eintracht Braunschweig won the [[List of German football champions|German football championship]] in [[1966–67 Bundesliga|1967]], and currently plays in the [[2. Bundesliga]], the second tier of German football, and attracts a large number of supporters. Braunschweig was also arguably the city in which the first ever game of football in Germany took place. The game had been brought to Germany by the local school teacher [[Konrad Koch]], also the first to write down a German version of the [[Laws of the Game (association football)|rules of football]],<ref group="nb">However, Koch's original German version of the rules of football, published in 1875, still resembled [[Rugby football]]—the unmodified rules of [[The Football Association]] were not commonly used in Germany before the 1900s.</ref> who organized the first match between pupils from his school ''Martino-Katharineum'' in 1874.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.braunschweig.de/kultur_tourismus/veranstaltungen/medien-bsm/Internet_Die_Wiege_des_Fussballs_090910.pdf| title = Die Wiege des Fußballs stand in Braunschweig| language = de| access-date = 8 August 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101207080220/http://www.braunschweig.de/kultur_tourismus/veranstaltungen/medien-bsm/Internet_Die_Wiege_des_Fussballs_090910.pdf| archive-date = 7 December 2010| url-status = dead}}</ref> The 2011 German drama film [[Lessons of a Dream]] is based on Koch.

Eintracht Braunschweig also fields a successful women's [[field hockey]] team that claimed nine national championship titles between 1965 and 1978. In the past, the club also had first or second-tier teams in the sports of [[ice hockey]], [[field handball]], and [[water polo]].

The [[New Yorker Lions]] (formerly Braunschweig Lions) are the city's [[American football]] team, winning a record number of 12 [[German Bowl]] titles, as well as five [[Eurobowl]]s (a shared record).

The city's professional [[basketball]] team, the [[Basketball Löwen Braunschweig]], plays in the [[Basketball Bundesliga]], the highest level in Germany. The Löwen's predecessor [[SG Braunschweig]] had previously played in the Bundesliga as well. Eintracht Braunschweig's women's basketball team plays in the {{ill|2. Damen-Basketball-Bundesliga|de}}, the second tier of women's basketball in Germany.

In [[handball]], [[MTV Braunschweig]], the city's oldest sports club (founded in 1847), plays in the semi-professional [[:de:3. Liga (Handball)|3. Liga]].

Other sports clubs from Braunschweig that play or have played at the [[Bundesliga (disambiguation)|Bundesliga]]<!--intentional link to DAB page--> or [[2nd Bundesliga (disambiguation)|2nd Bundesliga]]<!--intentional link to DAB page--> level include {{ill|Braunschweig Spot Up 89ers|lt=Spot Up 89ers|de}} ([[baseball]]), {{ill|Braunschweiger THC|de}} (field hockey), {{ill|FC Braunschweig|lt=SV Süd Braunschweig|de}} (handball), [[Rugby-Welfen Braunschweig]] ([[rugby union]]), and {{ill|USC Braunschweig|de}} ([[volleyball]]).

Annual sporting events held in Braunschweig include the international [[Equestrianism|equestrian]] tournament ''Löwen Classics'', ''Rund um den Elm'', Germany's oldest [[Road bicycle racing|road bicycle race]],<ref>{{cite book | first = Kurt | last = Hoffmeister | title = Zeitreise durch die Braunschweiger Sportgeschichte: 180 Jahre Turnen und Sport in Braunschweig | year = 2010 | language = de | page = 43}}</ref> and the professional [[tennis]] tournament ''[[Sparkassen Open]]''.