Editing Düsseldorf (section)

==Sports and live events==
Düsseldorf's main [[Association football|football]] team [[Fortuna Düsseldorf]] won the 1933 German championship, the [[German Cup]] in 1979 and 1980, and were finalists in the [[European Cup Winners Cup]] in 1979. They currently play in the [[2. Bundesliga]], after being relegated from the [[Bundesliga]] in 2020. They play their matches in the [[Merkur Spiel-Arena]] (formerly known as the "ESPIRIT Arena" from 2009-2018 and as the "LTU Arena" before 2009), a multi-functional stadium with a capacity of 54,500 people. 

Düsseldorf was one of nine host cities for the [[1974 FIFA World Cup]], and is one of ten venues staging the [[UEFA Euro 2024|2024 UEFA European Championship]]. The Rochusclub Düsseldorf has hosted the tennis [[World Team Cup]] from 1978 until 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://rp-online.de/sport/tennis/atp-fuehrt-world-team-cup-wieder-ein_aid-23757427 |title=Tennis: ATP führt World Team Cup wieder ein |website=RP ONLINE |date=July 2018 |language=de |access-date=28 November 2019 |archive-date=28 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128143538/https://rp-online.de/sport/tennis/atp-fuehrt-world-team-cup-wieder-ein_aid-23757427 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Düsseldorf also hosted the [[List of Tour de France Grands Départs|Grand Départ]] for the [[2017 Tour de France|Tour de France]] in July 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2016/us/grand-depart-2017.html |title=Site officiel du Tour de France 2018 |website=www.letour.com |access-date=29 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005114206/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2016/us/grand-depart-2017.html |archive-date=5 October 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Other sports in Düsseldorf are [[ice hockey]] (the [[Düsseldorfer EG]] which play in the [[PSD Bank Dome]]) and [[American football]]. The [[Düsseldorf Panther]] are one of the most successful teams in Germany with six [[German Bowl]] titles and the [[Eurobowl]] victory in 1995. In addition the Junior Team are the most successful youth department in Germany with fifteen [[German Junior Bowl|Junior Bowl]] victories. [[Rhein Fire (NFL Europe)|Rhine Fire Düsseldorf]] were an established team of the [[NFL Europa|NFL Europe]] and won the [[World Bowl]] two times in 1998 and 2000. Düsseldorf has a successful [[rugby union]] team (Düsseldorf Dragons), who as of 2017/18 play in the western division of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German rugby.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rugbyweb.de/index.php?league=BL2W |website=RugbyWeb.de |access-date=26 January 2018 |title=RugbyWeb Spielpläne – BL2W |archive-date=26 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126185314/http://rugbyweb.de/index.php?league=BL2W |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Table tennis]] is also played ([[Borussia Düsseldorf]] – the most successful team in Germany with [[Timo Boll]]), as are [[team handball|handball]] (HSG Düsseldorf), [[basketball]] ([[Düsseldorf Giants]]), [[baseball]] (Düsseldorf Senators) and [[dance|dancing]] (Rot-Weiß Düsseldorf). Düsseldorf also has a [[Cricket]] team, the Düsseldorf Blackcaps, who play in the regional NRW league.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blackcaps.de/ |title=Official Homepage |publisher=Düsseldorf Blackcaps |access-date=8 December 2014 |archive-date=16 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216220146/http://blackcaps.de/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The city hosted the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2011]].