Sports year 2002
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American football
- February 3 - The New England Patriots win Super Bowl XXXVI in New Orleans , Louisiana , beating the St. Louis Rams 8:17 pm.
- July 6th - The Bergamo Lions win Eurobowl XVI against the Braunschweig Lions with 27:20.
- October 12 - The Hamburg Blue Devils win German Bowl XXIV in the Eintracht Stadium , Braunschweig , against the Braunschweig Lions with 16:13.
badminton
The highlights of the badminton year 2002 were the Asian Games , the Commonwealth Games , the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup .
World Badminton Grand Prix
baseball
- October 27 - The Anaheim Angels win the World Series against the San Francisco Giants .
basketball
- Alba Berlin is the German champion of the 2001/02 season . The champions of the regular season were the Opel Skyliners Frankfurt .
- September 8th - The men's world champion becomes Yugoslavia in Indianapolis with an 87:84 after extra time over Argentina .
- September 25th - At the Women's Basketball World Cup in China , the USA beat Russia 79:74 in the final.
Commonwealth Games
- July 25th - The 17th Commonwealth Games open in Manchester . 3,679 athletes from 72 countries take part in 281 competitions in 17 sports.
- August 4th - Closing ceremony of the 17th Commonwealth Games: Australia most successful nation ahead of England and Canada
ice Hockey
National championships
- April - The DEL-finals of the 2001/02 season , the defeat Cologne Sharks , the Adler Mannheim in the series "best of five" 3: 2nd The champions of the regular season were the Munich Barons , who fail in the semi-finals against the Cologne team. The Krefeld Brad Purdie , Canada is both top scorer and top scorer in the league.
- German champions among women are the players of TV Kornwestheim .
- Master of the Swiss National League A , the HC Davos before the ZSC Lions of Zurich.
- June 13 - The Detroit Red Wings win the Stanley Cup in the 85th edition of the 2002 NHL after beating the Carolina Hurricanes .
World Championship
- April 26 - The 66th Ice Hockey World Championship opens in Sweden. The venues are Gothenburg , Jönköping and Karlstad .
- May 11th - Slovakia wins the ice hockey world championship in 2002 by beating Russia 4: 3 in the final .
Soccer
National championships
- Germany : Borussia Dortmund is in the 2001/02 German champions against Bayer 04 Leverkusen . The top scorer will be Martin Max ( TSV 1860 Munich , Germany) and Márcio Amoroso (Borussia Dortmund, Brazil).
- England : Arsenal FC won the 2001/02 Premier League season . Liverpool FC is runner-up .
- France: Olympique Lyon wins the French Division 1 championship .
- Italy : Juventus Turin wins the championship one point ahead of AS Roma .
- Austria : FC Tirol Innsbruck becomes Austrian football champion.
- Portugal : Sporting Lisbon wins the championship ahead of defending champion Boavista Porto .
- Russia : 1st champion of the new Premjer league is Lokomotiv Moscow , which prevailed 1-0 in a play-off against CSKA Moscow .
- Switzerland : FC Basel wins the 105th Swiss championship.
- Spain : Valencia CF secure the Spanish championship ahead of Deportivo La Coruña .
International club championships
- UEFA Champions League : Real Madrid beat Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-1 at Glasgow's Hampden Park on May 15 .
- UEFA Cup : Feyenoord Rotterdam wins 3-2 against Borussia Dortmund on May 8th .
- The World Cup , the predecessor of the FIFA Club World Cup , has secured Real Madrid (Spain) with a 2: 0 against Olimpia Asuncion of Paraguay .
World Championship
- May 31st - Opening game of the 17th World Cup in South Korea and Japan.
- June 30th - In the final in Yokohama , Japan , Brazil beat Germany 2-0 (0-0) with two goals from Ronaldo . The top scorer is Ronaldo with 8 goals, the best player of the tournament is the German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn .
Handball
Club championships (men)
- German masters of the 2001/02 season , the THW Kiel before HSG Nordhorn and TBV Lemgo .
- TBV Lemgo is the German cup winner with a 25:23 over SC Magdeburg .
- The SC Magdeburg won the EHF Champions League with a 23:21 and a 30:25 over KC Veszprém in Hungary.
- BM Ciudad Real from Spain wins the European Cup Winners' Cup .
- The THW Kiel won the EHF Cup .
- SC Magdeburg defeated KC Veszprém in the final of the European Club Championship (EHF Champions Trophy) with 31:30.
Club championships (women)
- The HC Leipzig player will be the German women's handball champion . Defending champion TV Lützellinden becomes runner-up.
European championships
- January 25th - Opening game of the 5th European Men's Handball Championship in Sweden .
- February 3rd - Final: Host Sweden win 33:31 after extra time against Germany. Denmark secured third place.
- December 6th - Opening game of the 5th European Women's Handball Championship in Denmark .
- December 15th - hosts Denmark become European champions by beating Norway 25:23.
athletics
- May 13 - Paula Radcliffe , UK , ran the women's marathon in 2:17:18 hours.
- September 13 - Khalid Khannouchi , USA , ran the men's marathon in 2:05:38 hours.
- September 14 - Tim Montgomery , USA , ran the men's 100 meters in 9.78 seconds.
- August 11th - The 18th European Athletics Championships end in Munich with the marathon victory of the Finn Janne Holmén . Russia is the most successful nation ahead of Spain.
Motorsport
formula 1
- March 3 - The first race, the Australian Grand Prix , was won by Michael Schumacher in his Ferrari ahead of Juan Pablo Montoya in the Williams BMW .
- July 28th - after the German Grand Prix , which Michael Schumacher won , the Arrows team with its two drivers Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Enrique Bernoldi files for bankruptcy
- October 13th - Season finale in Suzuka , Japan : Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) becomes Formula 1 World Champion of the 2002 season with 144 points. Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari) finished second with 77 points. In the constructors' championship, Ferrari wins ahead of Williams-BMW.
DTM
- April 21st - Season opener at the Hockenheimring : Laurent Aïello wins in the Audi .
- October 6th - Laurent Aïello wins the DTM season with 70 points ahead of Bernd Schneider (Mercedes-Benz) with 64 points. In the brand classification, Mercedes-Benz prevailed just ahead of Audi.
rally
- Hiroshi Masuoka wins the Dakar Rally .
- January 17th - Tommi Mäkinen in a Subaru wins the season opener of the 2002 World Rally Championship in Monte Carlo .
- November 15th - End of the season in Great Britain : Marcus Grönholm becomes world champion ahead of Petter Solberg and Carlos Sainz . Peugeot wins the brand classification.
Motorcycling
Motorcycle world championship
The season was overshadowed by the accidental death of the Japanese Daijirō Katō , who fell badly on April 7th at the MotoGP race for the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka and died 13 days later of his injuries.
MotoGP class (990 cm³)
- In the MotoGP class, which was held for the first time, the 23-year-old Italian Valentino Rossi won the fourth world title of his career on a Honda . He prevails against his compatriot Max Biaggi ( Yamaha ) and the Japanese Tōru Ukawa (Honda). In the constructors' championship, Honda wins ahead of Yamaha and Suzuki .
250 cc class
- In the 250 cm³ class, the 20-year-old Italian Marco Melandri won the world title on Aprilia ahead of the Spaniard Fonsi Nieto (also Aprilia) and the Italian Roberto Rolfo ( Honda ). In the constructors' championship Aprilia prevailed against Honda and Yamaha .
125 cc class
- The 27-year-old Frenchman Arnaud Vincent won the world title in the eight-liter class on Aprilia . San-Marinese Manuel Poggiali ( Gilera ) finished second, while Spaniard Dani Pedrosa on Honda came third . Aprilia wins the constructors' championship ahead of Honda and Gilera.
Superbike World Championship
- The American Colin Edwards won the drivers' championship on a Honda ahead of the Australian Troy Bayliss and the Briton Neil Hodgson (both Ducati ). For the 28-year-old, this is the second title win of his career in this category after 2000. In the constructors' championship, Ducati prevailed ahead of Honda and Aprilia .
Details: 2002 Superbike World Championship
World Supersport Championship
- The 29-year-old Frenchman Fabien Foret wins the drivers' championship on a Honda ahead of the Japanese Katsuaki Fujiwara and his compatriot Stéphane Chambon (both Suzuki ). In the constructors' championship, Suzuki prevails over Honda and Yamaha .
Details: 2002 Supersport World Championship
winter Olympics
- February 8 - The 29th Winter Olympics opens in Salt Lake City , USA . In the 78 competitions in 7 sports, 2399 athletes will start.
- February 24th - Closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics. Norway is the most successful nation in the medal table, ahead of Germany and the USA.
Wrestling
- February - KSV Germania Aalen becomes German team champion of the 2001/02 season with a 10: 14.5 and a 14: 9 over VfK Schifferstadt .
- April 11th - Russia becomes the most successful nation at the European Championships for Greco-style wrestlers and women in Seinäjoki in Finland .
- May 1st - The European Freestyle Championships in Baku , Azerbaijan , are dominated by Russian participants.
- September 5th - Russia becomes the most successful nation at the Freestyle World Championships in Tehran.
- September 20 - Russia becomes the most successful nation ahead of Sweden at the Greco-Roman World Championships in Moscow.
- November 2nd - At the Women's World Championships in Chalkida , Greece , the wrestlers of Japan become the most successful participants.
Rugby union
- Germany : DRC Hanover is German rugby union champion in front of RG Heidelberg .
- April 7th - France wins the third edition of the Six Nations ahead of England .
- May 25 - At the Millennium Stadium of Cardiff in Wales the win Leicester Tigers by a 15: 9 against Munster Rugby the Heineken Cup 2001/02 .
chess
- January 23rd - The Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomarjow wins with 4.5: 2.5 against his compatriot Vasyl Ivanchuk in Moscow and becomes the FIDE world chess champion .
- At the 7th Rapid World Chess Championship of the Chess Classic in Mainz , Indian Viswanathan Anand wins with 4.5: 3.5 against Ruslan Ponomarjow from Ukraine .
Ski mountaineering
- From January 24th to January 27th, the Dauphiné near Serre Chevalier in France will host the first world ski mountaineering championships. In the singles the French Stéphane Brosse wins , in the women Valérie Ducognon from France.
tennis
- January 28th - Thomas Johansson (Sweden) wins the final of the Australian Open 3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4, 7: 6 against Marat Safin from Russia.
Table tennis
- The German championships in Koblenz are won by Timo Boll and Nicole Struse in the respective singles and by Torben Wosik / Lars Hielscher and Tanja Hain-Hofmann / Laura Stumper in doubles.
- At the European Championships in Zagreb, Croatia , Sweden wins the men's team competition and Romania wins the women's team. Timo Boll from Germany and Ni Xialian from Luxembourg are successful in singles .
do gymnastics
- November 24th - 286 athletes from 52 nations take part in the 36th apparatus gymnastics world championships in Debrecen ( Hungary ). Romania is the most successful nation ahead of Russia and China.
Born
- January 3rd : Anna Schpynjowa , Russian ski jumper
- January 13th : Frederik Vesti , Danish racing car driver
- January 26th : Jomaine Consbruch , German soccer player
- February 14 : Nick Woltemade , German soccer player
- March 22nd : Andrei Jessipenko , Russian chess master
- April 4th : Daniel Grassl , Italian figure skater
- April 20 : Irina Alexejewa , Russian gymnast
- May 16 : Ryan Gravenberch , Dutch-Surinamese soccer player
- May 18 : Alina Sagitova , Russian figure skater and Olympic champion
- June 19 : Efraín Álvarez , American-Mexican soccer player
- June 28th : Marta Kostjuk , Ukrainian tennis player
- July 4th : Dirk Geiger , German motorcycle racer
- July 14 : Vadim Karpov , Russian football player
- July 21 : Rika Kihira , Japanese figure skater
- July 23 : Séléna Janicijevic , French tennis player
- July 30th : Sofja Samodurowa , Russian figure skater
- August 8 : Mustafa Kapı , Turkish soccer player
- August 26th : Angelina Simakowa , Russian gymnast
- October 31 : Ansu Fati , Spanish-Guinea-Bissau football player
- November 10 : Eduardo Camavinga , Franco-Congolese football player
- November 21 : Aminata Camara , Gambian soccer player
Died
- March 29 : Petermax Müller , German automobile racing driver and dealer (* 1912 )
- May 5 : Čestmír Vycpálek , Czech football player and coach (* 1921 )
- June 18 : Walter Villa , Italian motorcycle racer (* 1943 )
See also
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