Germany has a strong sports culture with football being the most popular sport. Football has brought Germany much success, including 3 World Cup titles. Other popular sports include winter sports, basketball, motor sports, and tennis. Germany produces many world-class athletes in sports like Formula One racing, where Michael Schumacher had great success, and winter sports. Ice hockey also has a following, though smaller than football, and the national team regularly qualifies for international competitions. Legendary German athletes over the years include footballers Franz Beckenbauer and Oliver Kahn, figure skater Katarina Witt, and tennis stars Boris Becker and Steffi Graf.

1. Sports Of
GERMANY

2. Main Sports of Germany
Germany is one of the leading sports nations in the world.
There is hardly a sports discipline in which German athletes do
not rank among the best.
The favourite sport in the federal republic is undoubtedly
football, a game that has brought immense achievements to
Germany, as the country is the third most powerful worldwide.
Other sports like basketball, motor sports, winter sports and
lots of other individual and team sports enjoy great popularity
in Germany.
The excellent stadiums and sport facilities throughout the
country make sports easily accessible for all people and
contribute to the success of the nation

3. Football Team

4. Football
Germany is home of Passionate fans and players, the fans
are so dedicated that the streets of Germany during world
cup are barren.
Bundesliga (Federal League) is the highest level league.
Germany has won first title in 1954
There are over 2600 football clubs in Germany
Die Deutsche was founded in 2000.Roughly 80% of
Germans plays football .
Has won 3 world cup titles
1954 vs. Hungary
1974 vs. Netherlands
1990 vs. Argentina

5. Tour De France/Radsport

6. Jan Ullrich was fist winner for Germany
in 1997
No German winner ever since the race
started in 1903, 1996-2005
No other cyclist as qualified
HIS MAJOR WINS ARE ;
Tour de France General
Classification (1997)Young Rider
Classification (1996, 1997, 1998)7 Stages
Tour De France

7. Formula One Racing/Formel 1

8. Michael Schumacher is the most successful pilot in the history of Formula
One and one of the greatest sports figures sport has ever seen.
The German legend holds a total of 31 different records in Formula One with his
seven titles in 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005, 91 victories
achieved in 250 races and 1,369 points scored.
Among his countless prizes, the two “German Sportsman of the Year” and two
“Laureus World Sportsman of the Year” awards should be mentioned. After the
2006 season, the greatest Formula One driver of all times retired from active
sport.
Currently he is ambassador for UNESCO and is engaged in numerous charity
activities.
Formula One Racing

9. Ice Hockey Team

10. Ice hockey is one of the more popular sports
in Germany, however it still ranks far
behind football in spectator favour and meaning.
Ice hockey is organized today in Germany by
the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the highest
professional league, and by the Deutschemark
Eishockey-Bund ice hockey federation, which is
the sport's federation in Germany and a member
of the International Ice Hockey Federation.
The Men's German national ice hockey
team stands eighth in the world on the
current IIHF rank list. Since they were eighth
before the Ice Hockey World Cup 2005, they
automatically qualified for the Olympic Ice
Hockey tournament.
Ice Hockey

11. Basketball Team

12. The German national basketball team for
men is the basketball side that represents
Germany in international competitions. It is
organized and run by the German Basketball
Federation.
Their biggest successes are the victory in
the European Championship of 1993 at home
in Germany.
the silver medal in the 2005 European
Championships
the bronze medal in the 2002 FIBA World
Championship.
Basketball

13. Lawn Tennis

14. The Deutsche Tennis Bund (English: German
Tennis Federation, short form: DTB) is the
governing body of tennis federations and
clubs in Germany.
It is the largest tennis federation in the
world with more than 1.800.000 members.
Founded in 1902 it is one of the oldest sport
federations of the world. Its first president
was Carl August von der Meden between
1902 and 1911.
It organises the Master Series-Tournament
Hamburger Rothenbaum, the Davis
Cup and Fed Cup home matches.
Lawn Tennis

15. Oliver Kahn
(a famous football goalie)
Katarina Witt
(Germany's greatest female skaters,)
Wolfgang Behrendt
(German boxer)
boris becker and steffi graf
(German tennis stars)
Legends of Germany

16. Legends of Germany
Franz Beckenbauer
(most famous football player)
Dirk Nowitzi
( a famous basketball player)
Honus Wagner
(German baseball player)

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