Sport
In November 2012 Maribor hosted the World Chess Championship with a special guest Garry Kasparov. It was presumed that Maribor would host the XXVI 2013 Winter Universiade, but the Government of Slovenia declined financial support of the project in February 2012 due to lack of the assets. In March 2012, the International University Sports Federation decided that it would organise the universiade elsewhere.
Association football club NK Maribor, playing in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, play their home matches at the Ljudski vrt stadium in Maribor. Maribor's handball club is RK Maribor Branik. They compete in the Slovenian First League of Handball and play their matches in the Tabor Hall. HDK Maribor, an ice hockey team, and KK Maribor (basketball) are also competing at the professional level in the top domestic leagues.
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