Düsseldorf 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 and live events== <gallery> File:ISS Dome Düsseldorf Straßensicht.jpg|The [[ISS-Dome]], an [[ice hockey]] stadium, opened in 2006. File:LTU-Arena Düsseldorf.jpg|The [[Merkur Spiel-Arena]] (formerly LTU Arena) File:Eurovisions-Arena bei Nacht P5143553.JPG|Logo during Eurovision Song Contest 2011 ESC File:Rennbahn P4173040.JPG|Racecourse, general view from the east File:Neue Tribüne der Galopprennbahn Düsseldorf.JPG|Main Tribune of the Racecourse for horses/Galopprennbahn Düsseldorf </gallery> Düsseldorf's main [[Association football|football]] team [[Fortuna Düsseldorf]] won the 1933 German championship, the [[German Cup]] in 1979 and 1980, and were finalists in the [[European Cup Winners Cup]] in 1979. They currently play in the [[2. Bundesliga]], after being relegated from the [[Bundesliga]] in 2020. They play their matches in the [[Merkur Spiel-Arena]] (formerly known as the 'ESPIRIT arena'), a multi-functional stadium with a capacity of 54,500. Düsseldorf was one of nine host cities for the [[1974 FIFA World Cup]], and will be one of ten venues to stage the [[UEFA Euro 2024|2024 UEFA European Championship]]. The Rochusclub Düsseldorf has hosted the tennis [[World Team Cup]] from 1978 till 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rp-online.de/sport/tennis/atp-fuehrt-world-team-cup-wieder-ein_aid-23757427|title=Tennis: ATP führt World Team Cup wieder ein|website=RP ONLINE|date=July 2018|language=de|access-date=2019-11-28|archive-date=28 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128143538/https://rp-online.de/sport/tennis/atp-fuehrt-world-team-cup-wieder-ein_aid-23757427|url-status=live}}</ref> Düsseldorf also held the [[List of Tour de France Grands Départs|Grand Départ]] for the [[2017 Tour de France|Tour de France]] in July 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2016/us/grand-depart-2017.html|title=Site officiel du Tour de France 2018|website=www.letour.com|access-date=29 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005114206/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2016/us/grand-depart-2017.html|archive-date=5 October 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Other sports in Düsseldorf are [[ice hockey]] (the [[Düsseldorfer EG]] which play in the [[PSD Bank Dome]]) and [[American football]]. The [[Düsseldorf Panther]] are one of the most successful teams in Germany with six [[German Bowl]] titles and the [[Eurobowl]] victory in 1995. In addition the Junior-Team is the most successful youth department in Germany with fifteen [[German Junior Bowl|Junior Bowl]] victories. [[Rhein Fire (NFL Europe)|Rhine Fire Düsseldorf]] was an established team of the [[NFL Europa|NFL Europe]] and won the [[World Bowl]] two times in 1998 and 2000. Düsseldorf has a successful [[rugby union]] team (Düsseldorf Dragons), who as of 2017/18 play in the western division of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German rugby.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rugbyweb.de/index.php?league=BL2W|website=RugbyWeb.de|access-date=26 January 2018|title=RugbyWeb Spielpläne – BL2W|archive-date=26 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126185314/http://rugbyweb.de/index.php?league=BL2W|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Table tennis]] is also played (Borussia Düsseldorf – the most successful team in Germany with [[Timo Boll]]), as are [[team handball|handball]] (HSG Düsseldorf), [[basketball]] ([[Düsseldorf Giants]]), [[baseball]] (Düsseldorf Senators) and [[dance|dancing]] (Rot-Weiß Düsseldorf). Düsseldorf also has a [[Cricket]] team, the Düsseldorf Blackcaps, who play in the regional NRW league.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blackcaps.de/|title=Official Homepage|publisher=Düsseldorf Blackcaps|access-date=8 December 2014|archive-date=16 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216220146/http://blackcaps.de/|url-status=live}}</ref> The city hosted the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2011]]. 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