Munich (film) was named the sixteenth "Best Film of the 21st Century So Far" by "The New York Times". At the 1972 Munich Olympics, the Palestinian terrorist group Black September kills eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team. Avner Kaufman, a Mossad agent of German-Jewish descent, is chosen to lead a mission to assassinate 11 Palestinians allegedly involved in the massacre. At the direction of his handler Ephraim, to give the Israeli government plausible deniability, Avner resigns from Mossad and operates with no official ties to Israel. His team includes four Jewish volunteers from around the world: South African driver Steve, Belgian
Sport in Munich were killed in the first moments of the break-in; the subsequent standoff in the Olympic Village lasted for almost 18 hours. These are the top ten nations that won medals at these Games "(The host country is highlighted)". Munich has also hosted the 1972 Summer Olympics and was one of the host cities for the 2006 Football World Cup which was not held in Munich's Olympic Stadium but in a new football specific stadium, the Allianz Arena. On June 22, 2010 the International Olympic Committee selected Munich as one of the three Candidate Cities for 2018 Winter Olympic Games, with