Editing Ho Chi Minh City (section)

==Sport==
[[File:Thống Nhất Stadium 2022.jpg|thumb|right|[[Thống Nhất Stadium]] is home to the [[V.League 1]] football club [[Ho Chi Minh City F.C.]]]]
{{As of|2005}}, Ho Chi Minh City was home to 91 football fields, 86 swimming pools, and 256 gyms.<ref>[http://www.pso.hochiminhcity.gov.vn/so_lieu_ktxh/2005/Van_hoa_giao_duc_y_te/0921.htm Exercise and sports] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091230010144/http://www.pso.hochiminhcity.gov.vn/so_lieu_ktxh/2005/Van_hoa_giao_duc_y_te/0921.htm |date=30 December 2009}}. PSO Ho Chi Minh City.</ref> The largest stadium in the city is the 15,000-seat [[Thống Nhất Stadium]], located on Đào Duy Từ Street, in Ward 6 of [[District 10, Ho Chi Minh City|District 10]]. The next largest is [[Quân khu 7 Stadium|Military Region 7 Stadium]], located near [[Tan Son Nhat Airport]] in [[Tân Bình district, Ho Chi Minh City|Tân Bình district]]. The Military Region 7 Stadium was of the venues for the [[2007 AFC Asian Cup]] finals. As well as being a sporting venue, it is also the site of a music school. [[Phú Thọ Racecourse]], another notable sporting venue established during colonial times, is the only racetrack in Vietnam, however, due to poor maintenance, the facilities are not in good condition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zingnews.vn/zingnews-post1334930.html|title=Cảnh xuống cấp tại nhà thi đấu hiện đại bậc nhất ở TP.HCM|date=25 July 2022|website=ZingNews.vn}}</ref> The city's Department of Physical Education and Sport also manages a number of clubs, including [[Phan Dinh Phung Club|Phan Đình Phùng]], [[Thanh Da Club|Thanh Đa]], and [[Yet Kieu Club|Yết Kiêu]].

The city is home to a number of association football clubs. One of the city's largest clubs, [[Ho Chi Minh City F.C.]], is based at Thống Nhất Stadium, formerly as ''Cảng Sài Gòn'', they were four-time champions of Vietnam's [[V.League 1]] (in 1986, 1993–94, 1997, and 2001–02). [[Navibank Saigon F.C.]], founded as ''Quân Khu 4'', were also based at Thống Nhất Stadium, emerged as champions of the First Division in the 2008 season, and were promoted to the V-League in 2009, the club has since been dissolved during a corruption scandal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tuoitre.vn/news-518079.htm|title=Chính thức xóa sổ CLB Navibank Sài Gòn|first=TUOI TRE|last=ONLINE|date=29 October 2012|website=TUOI TRE ONLINE}}</ref> The city's police department also fielded a football team in the 1990s, Công An Thành Phố, which won the V-League championship in 1995, the club was dissolved in 2002 as the league become more professional. Since its inception in 2016, [[Sài Gòn F.C.]] competed in [[V.League 1]], however, in 2022 they suffered relegation and will complete in [[V.League 2]] in 2023.

In 2011, the city was awarded an expansion team for the [[ASEAN Basketball League]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aseanbasketballleague.com/news/detail/6527/ssa-saigon-heat-joins-the-airasia-asean-basketball-league |title=ASEAN Basketball League website |publisher=Aseanbasketballleague.com |date=22 October 2011 |access-date=24 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227210225/http://www.aseanbasketballleague.com/news/detail/6527/ssa-saigon-heat-joins-the-airasia-asean-basketball-league |archive-date=27 December 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Saigon Heat]] was the first ever international professional basketball team to represent Vietnam.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227210225/http://www.aseanbasketballleague.com/news/detail/6527/ssa-saigon-heat-joins-the-airasia-asean-basketball-league |url=http://www.aseanbasketballleague.com/news/detail/6527/ssa-saigon-heat-joins-the-airasia-asean-basketball-league |archive-date=27 December 2011 |url-status=dead |title=SSA Saigon Heat Joins the AirAsia ASEAN Basketball League |date=20 October 2011 |publisher=ABL News}}</ref> The team also plays in the domestic basketball league, the [[Vietnam Basketball Association]], and have won the championship on three occasions (2019, 2020 and 2022).

In 2016, a second professional basketball team was created, [[Ho Chi Minh City Wings|Wings]], playing in the domestic [[Vietnam Basketball Association]].

The city hosts a number of international sport events throughout the year, such as the [[AFF Futsal Championship]] and the [[Vietnam Vertical Run]]. Several other sports are represented by teams in the city, such as Irish (Gaelic) Football, rugby, cricket,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://urbansesame.com/community/a-rough-guide-to-saigon-sports-clubs-and-activities-with-mens-and-womens-teams/ |title=Saigon Sports Clubs and Activities – with Men's and Women's Teams |date=15 March 2022 |publisher=Urbansesame.com |accessdate=2022-08-15}}</ref> volleyball, basketball, chess, athletics, and table tennis.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sports Clubs & Associations – Ho Chi Minh City Business Directory – Angloinfo |url=http://www.angloinfo.com/hcmc/directory/hcmc-sports-clubs-associations-581 |access-date=2021-03-30 |website=Angloinfo Ho Chi Minh City |language=en |archive-date=16 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516094256/https://www.angloinfo.com/hcmc/directory/hcmc-sports-clubs-associations-581 |url-status=live}}</ref>