The Sparkassen Cup was an annual indoor track and field competition which takes place in February in Stuttgart, Germany.

[1] After 25 years the last edition of the meeting took place in 2011 because the main sponsor ended its involvement.

[2] At each meeting, the two male and female athletes deemed to have given the best performance each receive the Sparkassen Cup – a metal figurine of a man or a woman respectively.

Indeed, Hicham El Guerrouj's 1997 run in the 1500 metres and Meseret Defar's winning time for the 3000 metres in 2007 remain world records on the indoor track.

[4] Over the course of its history, 11 world records have been set at the Sparkassen Cup.