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==Sport==

Liechtenstein [[Football (soccer)|football]] teams play in the Swiss football leagues. The Liechtenstein Cup allows access to one Liechtenstein team each year in the [[UEFA Cup]] -- [[FC Vaduz]], a team playing in the Swiss Challenge League (i.e. the second level of Swiss football) is the most successful team in the Cup, and scored their greatest success in the European Cup Winners' Cup in [[1996]] when they defeated the [[Latvia]]n team [[FC Universitate Riga]] by 1:-1 and 4:-2, to go on to a lucrative fixture against [[Paris St Germain]], which they lost 0:-4 and 0:-3.

they have no culture

As an alpine country, the main opportunity for Liechtensteiners to excel is in winter sports such as [[downhill skiing]]: [[Hanni Wenzel]] won two [[Olympic Winter Games|Olympic]] titles in [[1980]].