Sports year 2007
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American football
- February 4: The Indianapolis Colts win Super Bowl XLI in Miami , Florida , beating the Chicago Bears 29:17.
- July 1st: The Vienna Vikings win Eurobowl XXI against the Marburg Mercenaries with 70:19.
- July 21: The Graz Giants win the final of the EFAF Cup 2007 against the Hohenems Blue Devils with 28:26.
- October 6th: The Braunschweig Lions win German Bowl XXIX in the Gazi Stadium on the Waldau , Stuttgart , against the Stuttgart Scorpions 27: 6.
badminton
The highlights of the 2007 badminton year were the World Championship and the Sudirman Cup .
BWF Super Series
baseball
- 7-20 September: The Netherlands team wins its 20th title at the 2007 European Baseball Championship in Barcelona .
- 22-29 October: The Philadelphia Phillies win the 2008 World Series 4-1 over the Tampa Bay Rays .
biathlon
- The 41st Biathlon World Championships took place from February 2 to 11, 2007 in Antholz in South Tyrol ( Italy ). Magdalena Neuner won three gold medals, making her the most successful female athlete at these world championships and the youngest triple world champion at that time.
ice Hockey
- April 15: The Hamilton Bulldogs win the Calder Cup
- May 13: The Canadian national ice hockey team wins the ice hockey world championship in Russia in the final against Finland
- May 22: The Anaheim Ducks win the Stanley Cup for the first time in their history
formula 1
- October 21: Kimi Räikkönen becomes Formula 1 world champion for the first time in São Paulo
Soccer
- May 15: Sevilla FC wins the UEFA Cup in the final against Espanyol Barcelona .
- May 19: VfB Stuttgart becomes German soccer champions.
- 23 May: AC Milan wins the UEFA Champions League in the final against Liverpool FC .
- July 15: The Brazilian national soccer team wins the Copa America in the final against Argentina.
Motorcycling
Motorcycle world championship
MotoGP class (800 cm³)
- In the MotoGP class, which was held for the first time with 800 cm³ machines, the 22-year-old Australian Casey Stoner won the first world title of his career on a Ducati . He prevails against the Spaniard Dani Pedrosa ( Honda ) and the Italian Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha ). In the constructors 'championship, Ducati wins the first constructors' title in the company's history in the motorcycle world championship ahead of Honda and Yamaha.
250 cc class
- In the 250 cm³ class, the 20-year-old Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo successfully defends the title he won last year on Aprilia ahead of the Italian Andrea Dovizioso (Aprilia) and Alex De Angelis from San Marino (Aprilia). In the constructors' championship, Aprilia prevails over Honda and KTM .
125 cc class
- The 26-year-old Hungarian Gábor Talmácsi won the world title in the eight-liter class on Aprilia . The Spaniard Héctor Faubel , also Aprilia, came second, and Tomoyoshi Koyama from Japan came third on a KTM . In the constructors' championship Aprilia wins ahead of Derbi and KTM.
Superbike World Championship
- The Briton James Toseland wins the drivers' championship on a Honda ahead of the Japanese Noriyuki Haga ( Yamaha ) and the Italian Max Biaggi ( Suzuki ). For the 27-year-old, this is the second world title of his career in this category after 2004. In the constructors' championship, Yamaha prevailed over Honda and Ducati .
Details: 2007 Superbike World Championship
World Supersport Championship
- The 23-year-old Turkish Kenan Sofuoğlu wins the drivers' championship on a Honda ahead of the Australian Broc Parkes ( Yamaha ) and the French Fabien Foret ( Kawasaki ). In the constructors' championship, Honda beats Yamaha and Kawasaki.
Details: 2007 Supersport World Championship
rugby
- South Africa wins the Rugby Union World Cup in France .
Alpine skiing
With a lead of only 13 points, Aksel Lund Svindal wins the overall World Cup for the first time. This is the smallest point gap that has ever existed in the World Cup. In the women’s category, Austrian Nicole Hosp won the large crystal ball . The most successful participant in the World Cup was the Swede Anja Pärson with three gold, one silver and one bronze medal.
- 3rd-18th February: World Championship (in Åre)
- 14.-18. March: World Cup finals (in Lenzerheide)
Nordic skiing
Three weeks after his first World Cup success, the Norwegian ski jumper Anders Jacobsen wins the Four Hills Tournament.
tennis
Grand Slam tournaments
World Tour Finals
More tournaments
Died
- January 1 : Herbert Prügl , Austrian motorcycle racer (* 1946 )
- January 4th : Sandro Salvadore , Italian football player (* 1939 )
- January 8 : Jelena Petuschkowa , Russian dressage rider and Olympic champion 1972 (* 1940 )
- January 9 : Elmer Symons , South African motorcycle racer (* 1977 )
- January 16 : Alois Maxwald , Austrian motorcycle racer (* 1940 )
- January 21 : Walter Brehme , German motorcycle racer (* 1921 )
- January 22nd : Emmanuel "Toulo" de Graffenried , Swiss automobile racing driver (* 1914 )
- February 10 : Bruno Ruffo , Italian motorcycle racer (* 1920 )
- February 13 : Paolo Pileri , Italian motorcycle racer (* 1944 )
- February 14 : Wolfgang Kalauch , German motorcycle racer (* 1929 )
- March 13 : Bob Mitchell , Australian motorcycle racer (* 1931 )
- March 14th : Georg Auerbacher , German motorcycle racer (* 1934 )
- March 22nd : Fritz Kläger , German motorcycle racing driver and designer (* 1914 )
- May 19 : Jack Findlay , Australian motorcycle racer (* 1935 )
- July 16 : Alan Shepherd , British motorcycle racer (* 1935 )
- July 20 : Ollie Bridewell , British motorcycle racer (born 1985 )
- July 31 : Giuseppe Baldo , Italian football player (* 1914 )
- August 14 : Bill Lomas , British motorcycle racer (* 1928 )
- August 27 : Hans Ruesch , Swiss racing driver, publicist and writer (* 1913 )
- August 30th : Igor Novikov , Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic champion (* 1929 )
- September 4 : Noriyasu Numata , Japanese motorcycle racer (* 1966 )
- September 15 : Colin McRae , British rally driver (* 1968 )
- September 30th : Rudolf Kunz , German motorcycle racer (* 1939 )
- October 7th : Norick Abe , Japanese motorcycle racer (* 1975 )
- November 9 : Helen Schifano , American gymnast (* 1922 )
- November 13 : John Doherty , English football player (born 1935 )
- November 15 : Nikolai Solovyov , Soviet-Russian wrestler and Olympic champion (* 1931 )
- November 24th : Gustav Reiner , German motorcycle racer (* 1953 )
- December 1 : Ken McGregor , Australian tennis player (* 1929 )
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