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==Sports== [[File:WFCU 3577-2.jpg|thumb|right|The [[WFCU Centre]] is the current home of the [[Windsor Spitfires]] and the [[Windsor Express]].]] Windsor's sports fans tend to support the [[major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada|major professional sports league]] teams in either Detroit or [[Toronto]]. Still, the city itself is home to one professional team, the [[Windsor Express]] of the [[Basketball Super League (North America)|Basketball Super League]]. The Express was an expansion team of the [[National Basketball League of Canada|National Basketball League]] (NBL) that began play in the 2012β13 season, with home games played at the [[WFCU Centre]]. On April 17, 2014, the Express won their first championship of NBL-Canada against the Island Storm in the 7th game of their final series, 121β106.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 18, 2014 |title=Congratulations Papa Oppong & Windsor Express |url=http://www.powerbasketball.ca/p/14513/nr/100078/congratulations-papa-oppong-windsor-express |access-date=16 November 2014 |publisher=Mississauga Power |archive-date=November 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129042614/http://www.powerbasketball.ca/p/14513/nr/100078/congratulations-papa-oppong-windsor-express |url-status=dead }}</ref> Windsor is also home for the following youth, minor league and post-secondary teams {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Team !Sport !League !Founded !Main venue |- |[[Windsor Spitfires]] |Hockey |[[Ontario Hockey League|OHL]] |1971 | rowspan="2" |[[WFCU Centre]] |- |[[Windsor Express]] |Basketball |[[Basketball Super League (North America)|BSL]] |2012 |- |[[Windsor Clippers]] |Lacrosse |[[Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League|OLA Junior "B"]] |2003 |Forest Glade Arena |- |Windsor Rouges |Rugby |[[Ontario Rugby Union|ORU]] |1963 |AKO Park |- |[[Windsor City FC]] |Soccer |[[League1 Ontario|L1O Premier]] |2004 | rowspan="3" |[[St. Clair College]] |- |[[St. Clair Saints (football)|St. Clair Saints]] (Football) |Football |[[Canadian Junior Football League|CJFL]] |1929 |- |[[St. Clair College|St. Clair Saints]] | rowspan="2" |Multi |[[Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association|CCAA]] |1967 |- |[[Windsor Lancers]] |[[U Sports]] |1952 |[[University of Windsor Stadium|UW Stadium]] |} Windsor is also home to youth soccer teams like Windsor FC Nationals and other leagues like the [[Windsor Roller Derby]] league.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Windsor FC Nationals |url=http://www.windsornationals.ca/ |access-date=July 19, 2017 |website=Windsornationals.ca |archive-date=July 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709024254/http://www.windsornationals.ca/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ===Former teams=== *[[Windsor Bulldogs]] ([[OHA Senior A Hockey League (1929-1979)|OHA Senior A Hockey League]]) 1953β1964, won 1963 [[Allan Cup]] *[[Windsor St. Clair Saints]] (Major League Hockey Senior "AAA"/[[Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association|CCAA]]) *[[Tecumseh Chiefs|Windsor Royals/Bulldogs]] ([[Western Ontario Hockey League]]) now known as [[LaSalle Vipers]] *[[Windsor Bulldogs (CPHL)|Windsor Bulldogs]] ([[Canadian Professional Hockey League]]) 1920s and 1930s *[[Windsor Hornets]] (Canadian Professional Hockey League) 1920s *[[Windsor Gotfredsons]] ([[International Hockey League (1945-2001)|International Hockey League]]) 1940s *[[Windsor Spitfires (IHL)|Windsor Spitfires]] (International Hockey League) 1940s *[[Windsor Royals (football)|Windsor Rockets/Royals]] ([[Ontario Rugby Football Union]]) 1940s and 1950s *[[Windsor Warlocks (MSL)|Windsor Warlocks]] ([[Major Series Lacrosse]]) 2004 *[[Windsor Clippers]] ([[OLA Senior B Lacrosse League]]) 1960s *[[Windsor Warlocks]] ([[OLA Junior A Lacrosse League]]) 1970s *[[Windsor Warlocks]] ([[OLA Junior B Lacrosse League]]) 1980s *[[Windsor Mariners]] ([[Ontario Australian Football League]]) 2000s *[[Windsor and District Soccer League]] ===Canadian Premier League=== On the 10th of January 2022, it was announced Windsor would be the home of a new [[Canadian Premier League]] team. The announcement saw the league's first commissioner, [[David Clanachan]], step down from his position to focus on bringing a professional [[soccer]] team to his hometown.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 10, 2022 |title=Commissioner David Clanachan Awarded Exclusive CPL Rights to Windsor/Essex County and to Step Down as First CPL Commissioner |url=https://canpl.ca/article/commissioner-david-clanachan-awarded-exclusive-cpl-rights-to-windsoressex-county-and-to-step-down-as-first-cpl-commissioner |website=canpl.ca |access-date=January 10, 2022 |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110183300/https://canpl.ca/article/commissioner-david-clanachan-awarded-exclusive-cpl-rights-to-windsoressex-county-and-to-step-down-as-first-cpl-commissioner |url-status=live }}</ref> ===International sporting events=== * Windsor hosted rounds of the [[Red Bull Air Race World Championship]] in 2009 and 2010<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schmidt |first=Doug |title=Windsor goes after 2014 Red Bull race |url=https://www.windsorstar.com/business/Windsor+goes+after+2014+Bull+race/6808909/story.html |website=Windsorstar.com |language=en-ca |access-date=January 28, 2019 |archive-date=January 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128191242/https://www.windsorstar.com/business/Windsor+goes+after+2014+Bull+race/6808909/story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> (Detroit hosted the race in 2008). The races took place on a course of pylons set up on the Detroit River, right over the border between Canada and the United States. * The [[2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)]] "Short Course Worlds" took place in Windsor.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 11, 2012 |title=Windsor (CAN) will host 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships |url=http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3288:pr-80-windsor-can-will-host-2016-fina-world-swimming-championships-25m&catid=341:2012&Itemid=246 |access-date=March 9, 2015 |archive-date=December 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121221021549/http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3288%3Apr-80-windsor-can-will-host-2016-fina-world-swimming-championships-25m&catid=341%3A2012&Itemid=246 |website=fina.org |publisher=Federation Internationale de Natation |df=mdy-all}}</ref> * Windsor hosted [[U-18 Baseball World Cup|World Junior Baseball Championship]] in 1986, 1987 and 1993.
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