Editing Warsaw (section)

==Sports==
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[[File:Warsaw National Stadium before Germany - Italy (6).jpg|thumb|right|The Interior of the National Stadium before the [[UEFA Euro 2012]] semi-final match between [[Germany national football team|Germany]] and [[Italy national football team|Italy]] on 28 June 2012]]

On 9 April 2008, the Mayor of Warsaw, [[Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz]], obtained from the mayor of [[Stuttgart]] [[Wolfgang Schuster]] a challenge award&nbsp;– a [[commemorative plaque]] awarded to Warsaw as the European capital of Sport in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aces-europa.eu/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=i8gr5Zb1M8I%3D&tabid=55&mid=379 |title=European Capitals of Sport |work=aces-europa.eu |access-date=30 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720153058/https://www.aces-europa.eu/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=i8gr5Zb1M8I%3D&tabid=55&mid=379 |archive-date=20 July 2011}}</ref>

The [[Kazimierz Górski National Stadium]], a 58,580-seat-capacity football (soccer) stadium, replaced Warsaw's recently demolished [[10th-Anniversary Stadium]].<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Ryan Lucas |url=http://sports.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/euro/story.asp?i=20080630175055520000101&ref=hea&tm= |title=UEFA turns attention to Euro 2012 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |access-date=31 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708171207/http://sports.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/euro/story.asp?i=20080630175055520000101&ref=hea&tm= |archive-date=8 July 2011}}</ref> The National Stadium hosted the opening match, two group matches, a quarter-final, and a semi-final of [[UEFA Euro 2012]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.e2012.org/en/4_51.html |title=Warsaw |work=e2012.org |access-date=31 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803222406/http://www.e2012.org/en/4_51.html |archive-date=3 August 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

There are many sports centres in the city as well. Most of these facilities are swimming pools and sports halls, many of them built by the municipality in the past several years. The main indoor venue is [[Torwar Hall|Hala Torwar]], used for a variety of indoor sports (it was a venue for the [[2009 EuroBasket]]<ref>[https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/sid/6328/_/index.html 2009 EuroBasket] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807052744/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/sid/6328/_/index.html |date=7 August 2016 }}, ARCHIVE.FIBA.com. Retrieved 5 June 2016.</ref> but it is also used as an indoor skating rink). There is also an open-air skating rink (Stegny) and a horse racetrack (Służewiec).

The best of the city's swimming centres is at Wodny Park Warszawianka, {{convert|4|km|0|abbr=on}} south of the centre at Merliniego Street, where there's an Olympic-sized pool as well as water slides and children's areas.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wodnypark.com.pl/index.php?lang=en |title=Wodny Park |work=wodnypark.com.pl |access-date=31 January 2009 |archive-date=28 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428142436/http://www.wodnypark.com.pl/index.php?lang=en |url-status=live }}</ref>

Among the Varsovian football teams, the most recognisable is [[Legia Warsaw]]&nbsp;– the army club with a nationwide following play at the [[Polish Army Stadium]], just southeast of the centre at [[Łazienkowska Street]]. Established in 1916, they have won the [[Ekstraklasa|country's championship]] fifteen times (most recently in 2021) and won the [[Polish Cup]] nineteen times. In the [[1995–96 UEFA Champions League]] season, they reached the quarter-finals, where they lost to Greek club [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]].

Their local rivals, [[Polonia Warsaw]], have significantly fewer supporters, yet they managed to win the country's championship two times (in 1946 and 2000) and won the cup twice as well. Polonia's home venue is located at Konwiktorska Street, a ten-minute walk north from the [[Warsaw Old Town|Old Town]]. Polonia was relegated from the country's top flight in 2013 because of their disastrous financial situation. They are now playing in the first league (2nd tier in Poland).

[[Legia Warszawa (basketball)|Legia Warsaw's basketball team]] was one of the country's best teams in 50s and 60s. They are now participating in [[Polish Basketball League|PLK]], the highest-tier level of the Polish basketball.