Charleroi in Marcinelle, a suburb of Charleroi. On 6 August 2016, a man attacked two policewomen with a machete. Charleroi is home to a number of champion teams in various sports. Spirou Charleroi in basketball has been an eight-times winner in the Basketball League Belgium. La Villette Charleroi in table tennis is the most successful club in the Champions League with five titles and has been the Belgian champion multiple times. Action 21 Charleroi in futsal has won one UEFA Futsal Cup and nine titles in the Belgian Division 1. In football, Royal Charleroi SC and ROC Charleroi have finished second
St Mirren F.C. in European football went on to be surprise winners of the tournament in their European début. St Mirren F.C. in European football St Mirren Football Club is a Scottish association football club based in Paisley. The club first competed in a European competition in 1980–81, entering the UEFA Cup following a third-place finish in the Scottish Premier Division. The club reached the second round, which remains the club's joint best run in a UEFA competition. St Mirren secured a third-place finish in the Scottish Premier Division behind Aberdeen and Celtic in the 1979–80 season which qualified the club to enter the first round