Editing Basel (section)

=== Sport ===
[[File:Basel, St.-Jakob-Park- pic05.jpg|thumb|[[St. Jakob-Park]]]]

Amongst its major sports venues, Basel features a large [[St. Jakob-Park|football stadium]] that has been awarded four stars by [[UEFA]], a modern ice hockey arena, and a sports hall.

The [[association football|football]] club [[FC Basel]] is successful and in recognition of this the city was one of the Swiss venues for the [[UEFA Euro 2008|2008 European Championships]], along with [[Geneva]], [[Zürich]] and [[Bern]]. The championships were jointly hosted by Switzerland and [[Austria]]. [[BSC Old Boys]] and [[Concordia Basel]] are the other football teams in Basel.

Among the most popular sports in Switzerland is [[ice hockey]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://popular-swiss-sports.all-about-switzerland.info/| title=Popular sports in Switzerland| publisher=popular-swiss-sports.all-about-switzerland.info| access-date=10 July 2011| archive-date=10 August 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810184111/http://popular-swiss-sports.all-about-switzerland.info/| url-status=live}}</ref> Basel is home to [[EHC Basel]], who play in the [[1. Liga (ice hockey)|MySports League]], the third tier of the Swiss ice hockey league system. They play their home games in the 6,700-seater [[St. Jakob Arena]]. The team previously played in the [[National League (ice hockey)|National League]] and the [[Swiss League]], but filed for bankruptcy after the [[2013-14 National League B season|2013–14 Swiss League season]].

Basketball has a very small but faithful fan base. The top division, called the [[Swiss Basketball League|SBL]], is a semi-professional league and has one team from the Basel region, the "Birstal Starwings". One player from Switzerland is currently active in the NBA, [[Clint Capela]]. As in most European countries, but unlike the U.S., Switzerland has a club-based rather than a school-based competition system.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unibaselbasket.ch/english.html|title=English|website=Uni Basel Basket – Der Basketball Verein aus Basel|access-date=14 September 2016|archive-date=27 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160627050225/http://www.unibaselbasket.ch/english.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Starwings Basel]] are the only first division basketball team in [[German-speaking Switzerland]].<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160924162534/http://www.indoorsports.ch/de/alle/detail-alle-sportarten/news/detail/News/starwings-die-exoten-aus-basel/ Starwings – die Exoten aus Basel]}}, indoorsports.ch {{in lang|de}}, accessed 5 September 2015.</ref>

A large indoor tennis event takes place in Basel every October. Some of the best [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]]-professionals play every year at the [[Davidoff Swiss Indoors|Swiss Indoors]], previously including Switzerland's biggest sporting hero [[Roger Federer]], a Basel native who describes the city as "one of the most beautiful cities in the world".

In July 2022, the women's water polo players of the WSV Basel secured their 11th national championship title.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Isabel Langer |title= Die Meistertrophäe geht nach Basel: Die Wasserballerinnen des WSV Basel sichern sich den 11. Meistertitel|url=https://www.bzbasel.ch/sport/basel/wasserball-die-meistertrophaee-geht-nach-basel-die-wasserballerinnen-des-wsv-basel-sichern-sich-den-11-meistertitel-ld.2312504 |accessdate=26 July 2022 |work=BZBasel.ch |date=2 July 2022 |language=German}}</ref>

[[Basel GAA]], a [[Gaelic games]] club, is also located in Basel. [[Basel Dragons AFC]] have been playing [[Australian rules football|Australian Football]] in the [[AFL Switzerland]] league since 2019.

The annual [[Basel Rhine Swim]] draws several thousand visitors to the city to swim in or float on the Rhine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Swimming in the Rhine in Basel|date=8 June 2014|url=http://www.lifeinbasel.com/2014/06/09/swimming-in-the-rhine-in-basel/|publisher=Life in Basel|access-date=24 July 2015|archive-date=24 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724204431/http://www.lifeinbasel.com/2014/06/09/swimming-in-the-rhine-in-basel/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The headquarters of the [[International Handball Federation|IHF]] (International Handball Federation) is located in Basel.