Editing Spain (section)

=== Sport ===
{{Main|Sport in Spain}}
[[File:2023FWWC Final (celebration) (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Spain women's national football team|Spain]] or ''La Roja'' celebrating their [[2023 FIFA Women's World Cup]] victory]]

While varieties of [[Football in Spain|football]] have been played in Spain as far back as Roman times, sport in Spain has been dominated by football since the early 20th century. [[Real Madrid CF]] and [[FC Barcelona]] are two of the most successful football clubs in the world. [[Spain men's national football team|The country's national men's football team]] won the [[UEFA European Championship]] in 1964, 2008, 2012 and 2024 and the [[FIFA World Cup]] in [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]], and is the first team ever to win three back-to-back major international tournaments.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} [[Spain women's national football team|Spain's women's national team]] were champions of the [[2023 FIFA Women's World Cup|2023 FIFA World Cup]], becoming one of only five nations to win a [[FIFA Women's World Cup|Women's World Cup]]. [[FC Barcelona Femení|Barcelona Femení]] has won a record 20 domestic trophies.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

[[Basketball in Spain|Basketball]], [[Tennis in Spain|tennis]], cycling, [[team handball|handball]], [[Spain national futsal team|futsal]], [[motorcycling]] and, lately, [[Formula One]] also can boast of Spanish champions. Today, Spain is a major world sports powerhouse, especially since the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] and [[1992 Summer Paralympics|Paralympics]] that were hosted in [[Barcelona]], which stimulated a great deal of interest in sports in the country. The tourism industry has led to an improvement in sports infrastructure, especially for [[water sports]], [[golf]] and [[skiing]]. In their respective regions, the traditional games of [[Basque pelota]] and [[Valencian pilota]] both are popular.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}