Vienna 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! == Sport == === Football === [[File:Vienna allianz stadion.jpg|thumb|Allianz Stadion, home of Rapid Wien]] Austria's capital is home to numerous [[Association football|football]] [[Football team|clubs]]. The two biggest teams are [[FK Austria Wien]] (21 [[Austrian Football Bundesliga|Austrian Bundesliga]] titles and record 27-time [[Austrian Cup|cup winners]]), who play at the [[Franz Horr Stadium|Generali Arena]] in Favoriten, and [[SK Rapid Wien]] (record 32 [[Austrian Football Bundesliga|Austrian Bundesliga]] titles), who play at the [[Allianz Stadion]] in Penzing. The oldest team in Austria, [[First Vienna FC]], and [[Floridsdorfer AC]] both play in the [[2. Liga (Austria)|2. Liga]], and the football teamof the [[Wiener Sport-Club]], one of the oldest [[Sports club|athletics clubs]] in the country, play in the [[Austrian Regionalliga East]], the third division. The [[Ernst-Happel-Stadion]] is the [[List of football stadiums in Austria|largest stadium in Austria]] with 50,865 seats and is the home stadium of the [[Austria national football team]]. It has hosted multiple [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup/Champions League]] finals ([[1964 European Cup final|1963–64]], [[1987 European Cup final|1986–87]], [[1990 European Cup final|1989–90]], [[1995 UEFA Champions League final|1994–95]]), as well as seven games at the [[UEFA Euro 2008|2008 Euros]], including the [[UEFA Euro 2008 final|final]], which saw a [[Spain national football team|Spanish]] 1–0 victory over [[Germany national football team|Germany]]. [[File:Ernst-happel-stadion vienna.jpg|thumb|Ernst-Happel-Stadion in the Prater|left]] === Other sports === Other [[sports club]]s include the [[Vienna Vikings|Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna]] ([[American football]]), who won the [[Eurobowl]] title 4 times in a row between 2004 and 2007 and had a perfect season in 2013. The [[Hotvolleys Vienna|Aon Hotvolleys Vienna]] ([[volleyball]]), the Vienna Wanderers ([[baseball]]), who won the 2012 and 2013 Championship of the Austrian Baseball League, and the [[Vienna Capitals]] ([[ice hockey]]). Vienna was also where the [[European Handball Federation|European Handball Federation (EHF)]] was founded. There are also three [[Rugby union|rugby]] clubs in the city; [[Vienna Celtic RFC|Vienna Celtic]], the oldest rugby club in Austria, [[RC Donau]], and Stade Viennois The [[Vienna Open]] tennis tournament has taken place in the city since 1974. The matches are played in the [[Wiener Stadthalle]].[[File:Vienna City Marathon 2015 - Reichsbrücke (1).JPG|thumb|[[Vienna City Marathon]] in 2015]] Vienna hosts many different sporting events including the [[Vienna City Marathon]], which attracts more than 10,000 participants every year and typically takes place in May. Austria hosted the [[2005 IIHF World Championship|2005 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship]], with the games taking place either in the Wiener Stadhalle or the [[OlympiaWorld Innsbruck]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 September 2020 |title=2005 IIHF World Championship |url=http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_05/output/ws/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=1000000009 |access-date=18 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903103758/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_05/output/ws/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=1000000009 |archive-date=3 September 2020 }}</ref> Vienna also hosted the [[2023 FIBA 3x3 World Cup|2023 3x3 Basketball World Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Comité |first=Österreichisches Olympisches |title=Nach der Heim-EM ist vor der Heim-WM |url=https://www.olympia.at/news/nach-der-heim-em-ist-vor-der-heim-wm/33932 |access-date=18 March 2024 |website=Österreichisches Olympisches Comité |language=de}}</ref> 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