Germany Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Sports === {{Main|Sport in Germany}} [[File:Germany champions 2014 FIFA World Cup.jpg|thumb|The [[Germany national football team|German national football team]] after winning the [[2014 FIFA World Cup|FIFA World Cup]] for the fourth time in 2014]] [[Football in Germany|Football]] is the most popular sport in Germany. With more than 7 million official members, the [[German Football Association]] (''Deutscher Fußball-Bund'') is the largest single-sport organisation worldwide,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/dfb-presidential-candidate-fritz-keller-promises-no-more-one-man-show/a-50119403|website=DW|title=DFB: presidential candidate Fritz Keller promises 'no more one-man show'|last=Schalling|first=Herbert|date=21 August 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329034515/https://www.dw.com/en/dfb-presidential-candidate-fritz-keller-promises-no-more-one-man-show/a-50119403|archivedate=29 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> and the German top league, the [[Bundesliga]], attracts the second-highest [[List of attendance figures at domestic professional sports leagues|average attendance]] of all professional sports leagues in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/attendance-sports-leagues-world-2015-5|website=Business Insider|title=The NFL and Major League Baseball are the most attended sports leagues in the world|last=Gaines|first=Cork|date=22 May 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831191916/https://www.businessinsider.com/attendance-sports-leagues-world-2015-5|archivedate=31 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Germany national football team|German men's national football team]] won the [[FIFA World Cup]] in 1954, 1974, 1990, and 2014,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/archive/|publisher=FIFA|title=FIFA World Cup Timeline|accessdate=7 March 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305190808/https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/archive/|archivedate=5 March 2020}}</ref> the [[UEFA European Championship]] in 1972, 1980 and 1996,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/index.html|publisher=UEFA|title=History|accessdate=7 March 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418050335/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/index.html|archivedate=18 April 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[FIFA Confederations Cup]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/|publisher=FIFA|title=Confederations Cup|accessdate=7 March 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312140436/https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/|archivedate=12 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Germany is one of the leading [[Motorsport in Germany|motor sports]] countries in the world. Constructors like [[BMW]] and [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] are prominent manufacturers in motor sport. [[Porsche]] has won the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] race 19 times, and [[Audi]] 13 times ({{As of|2017|lc=y}}).<ref>{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Damien|title=Porsche to make Le Mans 24 Hours return in 2023|url=https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/motorsport-news/porsche-make-le-mans-24-hours-return-2023|work=Autocar|date=15 December 2020|accessdate=12 April 2021|archivedate=12 April 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412125853/https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/motorsport-news/porsche-make-le-mans-24-hours-return-2023|url-status=live}}</ref> The driver [[Michael Schumacher]] has set many motor sport records during his career, having won seven [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|Formula One World Drivers' Championships]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/oct/23/formulaone.sport |title=What we will miss about Michael Schumacher |last=Ornstein |first=David |date=23 October 2006 |work=The Guardian |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108044532/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/oct/23/formulaone.sport |archivedate=8 January 2014 }}</ref> [[Sebastian Vettel]] is also among the most successful [[Formula One]] drivers of all time.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/vettel-makes-formula-one-history-with-eighth-successive-victory-29761655.html |title=Vettel makes Formula One history with eighth successive victory |date=17 November 2013 |work=Irish Independent|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203024830/http://www.independent.ie/sport/vettel-makes-formula-one-history-with-eighth-successive-victory-29761655.html |archivedate=3 December 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Germany at the Olympics|German athletes]] historically have been successful contenders in the [[Olympic Games]], ranking third in an [[all-time Olympic Games medal count]] when combining [[East Germany|East]] and [[West German]] medals prior to [[German reunification]].<ref>{{cite book|page=99|title=Success and Failure of Countries at the Olympic Games|publisher=Routledge|last=Reiche|first=Danyel|year=2016|isbn=978-1-317-63277-1}}</ref> In 1936 Berlin hosted the [[1936 Summer Olympics|Summer Games]] and the [[1936 Winter Olympics|Winter Games]] in [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]]. [[Munich]] hosted the Summer Games of [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Large|first= David Clay|title=Nazi Games: The Olympics of 1936|url=https://archive.org/details/nazigamesolympic00larg|url-access=registration|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|year= 2007|isbn=978-0-393-05884-0|pages=136, 337}}</ref>{{sfn|Large|2007|p=337}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page