Sports year 2008
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American football
- February 3 - The New York Giants win Super Bowl XLII in Glendale , Arizona , beating the New England Patriots 17:14.
- July 5th - The Swarco Raiders Tirol win Eurobowl XXII against the Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna with 28:24.
- July 12th - The Berlin Adler win the final of the EFAF Cup against the Parma Panthers with 29: 0.
- September 27th - The Braunschweig Lions win the German Bowl XXX in the Commerzbank-Arena , Frankfurt , against the Kiel Baltic Hurricanes with 20:14.
badminton
The highlights of the badminton year 2008 were the Olympic badminton tournament , the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup . From 12 to 20 April was in the Danish Herning the European Championship in badminton discharged. In the singles Peter Gade , Denmark, won in the men and the German Xu Huaiwen in the women. Denmark can win the team competition and thus clearly leads the medal table ahead of England with three gold medals .
BWF Super Series
baseball
- September 27 - In the final series of the German championship defeat the Regensburg Legionnaires the Mannheim Tornados with 3: 2 games and win their first German championship
- October 29 - The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in the 104th edition of the MLB Final .
Beach soccer
- July 17th to July 27th - The 4th Beach Soccer World Championship will be held in Marseille . In the final, Brazil beat Italy 5-3. The game for third place was decided by Portugal just 5: 4 against Spain .
Disabled sports
- In March, eight teams founded the Blind Football League. The league is supported by the Sepp Herberger Foundation and is under the patronage of the former German national soccer player Uwe Seeler . The league is organized by the German Disabled Sports Association (DBS) with the support of the German Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
Bobsleigh
- February 11th to February 24th - The 58th Bobsleigh World Championship will take place in Altenberg , Germany , parallel to the 2008 Skeleton World Championship . The German team can make all four decisions for themselves. The other medals go to Russia , Canada and the USA .
Curling
- 22 March to 30 March - In Vernon ( British Columbia ), Canada , the World Curling Championships held of women. Host Canada defeated China 7-4 in the final . The Switzerland wins in the match for bronze against Japan with 9: 7th
- April 5 to April 13 - The US Grand Forks is the World Curling Championships held the men. Canada defeated Scotland 6-3 in the final . Norway secured third place with an 8: 3 over China .
- September 22nd to September 27th - The 4th Mixed European Curling Championship is taking place in Kitzbühel . Germany defeated the Czech Republic 5-3 in the final . Sweden wins bronze .
- December 6th to December 13th - The European Curling Championship takes place in Örnsköldsvik (Sweden) . In the men's category, Scotland wins ahead of Norway and Germany . Switzerland wins the women's tournament ahead of Sweden and Denmark .
darts
- December 17, 2007 until January 1 - the Alexandra Palace in London is the 15th Darts World Cup the PDC discharged. The Canadian John Part defeated Kirk Shepherd from England 7-2 in the final .
- January 5th to January 13th - The 31st BDO Darts World Championship will be held in Frimley Green , England . Mark Webster from Wales wins the men's tournament by beating Simon Whitlock from Australia 7-5 in the final . Anastasia Dobromislova from Russia wins the women's world championship in the final against Trina Gulliver from England .
ice Hockey
- April 4 to April 13 - Harbin , China hosts the 11th Women's Ice Hockey World Championship . The USA defeated Canada 4-3 in the final . The Finnish women win bronze.
- May 2 to May 18 - Canada hosts the 72nd Men's Ice Hockey World Championship . Russia defeated hosts Canada 5: 4 after extra time in the final . Finland wins the bronze medal after defeating Sweden .
Speed skating
- January 12th and January 13th - 104th European Speed Skating All-Around Championships in Kolomna , Russia . The winners are Ireen Wüst in the women’s category and Sven Kramer from the Netherlands .
Sven Kramer became European and World Champion in all-around competitions in 2008 and won three titles at the individual distance World Championships.
- January 19 and January 20 - 39th World Speed Skating Sprint Championship in Heerenveen . In the women’s category, Jenny Wolf from Germany wins the competition. Lee Kyou-hyuk from South Korea wins the men's competition .
- February 9 and February 10 - 102nd speed skating all-around world championship in Berlin . The Dutch Paulien van Deutekom won in the women and Sven Kramer in the men.
- March 6 to March 9 - 11, 2008 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships in Japanese Nagano . The Dutchman Sven Kramer is the most successful participant of the world championships with 3 gold and one silver medal. The Netherlands also leads the medal table in the nation standings, ahead of Canada and Germany .
Fistball
- July 25th to July 27th - The 16th men's European fistball championship is taking place in Stuttgart-Stammheim . Austria wins the final against Switzerland 4-2. Germany won bronze after beating Italy 4-0 .
- September 27th and September 28th - The 10th European Women's Fistball Championship takes place in Karlsdorf . The German team beat Switzerland 3-2 in the final . Bronze goes to Austria .
fencing
- April 18 to April 20 - As organizational preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games in China , a world championship tournament for teams in men's florets and women's epee is taking place in Beijing . Italy wins ahead of Germany for men, France ahead of China for women .
Soccer
- April 30th - CF Pachuca from Mexico wins the CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2008 against Deportivo Saprissa ( Costa Rica ).
- Summer European Championships in Austria and Switzerland. Spain beat Germany 1-0 with a Torres goal.
- November 16 - The Egyptian football club al Ahly Cairo wins the CAF Champions League 2008 after a 2-0 and 2-2 win over Cotonsport Garoua from Cameroon .
- December 11 to December 21 - Japan hosts the 5th FIFA Club World Cup . In the final, Manchester United beat LDU Quito from Ecuador 1-0 .
Futsal
- September 30th to October 19th - The 6th Futsal World Cup will be held in Brazil . The hosts from Brazil won the final in a six-meter shootout against Spain 4-3 . Italy wins bronze after beating Russia 2-1 .
athletics
- May 11th - Denis Nischegorodow , Russia , walked the 50 kilometers in 3:34:14 hours.
- May 31 - Usain Bolt , Jamaica , ran the 100 meters in 9.72 seconds.
- June 6 - Tirunesh Dibaba , Ethiopia , ran the 5000 meters in 14: 11.15 minutes.
- June 12 - Dayron Robles , Cuba , ran the 110 meter hurdles in 12.87 seconds.
- July 11 - Jelena Isinbayeva , Russia , jumped 5.03 meters with the pole .
- July 29 - Jelena Isinbayeva , Russia , jumped 5.04 meters with the pole .
- August 16 - Usain Bolt , Jamaica , ran the 100 meters in 9.69 seconds.
- August 17th - Gulnara Galkina , Russia , ran the 3000 meter obstacle in 8: 58.81 minutes.
- August 18 - Jelena Isinbayeva , Russia , jumped 5.05 meters with the pole .
- August 20 - Usain Bolt , Jamaica , ran the 200 meters in 19.30 seconds.
- August 22nd - Jamaica ran the 4 × 100 meters in 37.10 seconds.
- September 13 - Barbora Špotáková , Czech Republic , threw the spear at 72.28 meters.
- September 28 - Haile Gebrselassie , Ethiopia , ran the marathon in 2:03:59 hours.
Motorcycling
Motorcycle world championship
MotoGP class (800 cm³)
- The Italian Valentino Rossi won the drivers' championship on a Yamaha ahead of the Australian Casey Stoner ( Ducati ) and the Spaniard Dani Pedrosa ( Honda ). For the 29-year-old, this is the eighth world title of his career. In the constructors' championship, Yamaha prevailed against Ducati and Honda.
250 cc class
- In the 250 cm³ class, the 21-year-old Italian Marco Simoncelli won the world title on Gilera ahead of the Spaniard Álvaro Bautista ( Aprilia ) and the Finn Mika Kallio ( KTM ). In the constructors' championship, Aprilia prevails against Gilera and KTM.
125 cc class
- The 20-year-old Frenchman Mike Di Meglio wins the world title in the eight-liter class on Derbi . Second is the Italian Simone Corsi , third Gábor Talmácsi from Hungary, both on Aprilia . In the constructors' championship Aprilia wins ahead of Derbi and KTM .
Superbike World Championship
- The Australian Troy Bayliss wins the drivers' championship on Ducati ahead of his compatriot Troy Corser and the Japanese Noriyuki Haga (both Yamaha ). For the 39-year-old, who retires at the end of the season, this is the third world title of his career in this category. In the constructors' championship, Ducati prevailed ahead of Yamaha and Honda .
Details: 2008 Superbike World Championship
World Supersport Championship
- The Australian Andrew Pitt wins the drivers' championship on Honda ahead of the Briton Jonathan Rea and Joshua Brookes from Australia (both also Honda). For the 32-year-old, this is his second world title in this category after 2001. In the constructors' championship, Honda beats Yamaha and Suzuki .
Details: 2008 Supersport World Championship
Olympic Summer Games
- March 24th - The Olympic flame is lit in Olympia .
- August 8th - In Beijing , China , the XXIX. Olympics opened. 11,126 athletes from 204 teams take part in 302 competitions in 28 sports.
- August 24th - Closing ceremony of the Beijing Games : the most successful nation was hosted by China with 51 gold, 21 silver and 28 bronze medals, ahead of the United States (36-38-36) and Russia (23-21-28).
Wrestling
- February 23 - KSV Köllerbach becomes German team champion 2007/08 after defeating the 1st Luckenwalder SC .
- April 1 to April 6 - In the Finnish Tampere who find European championships in wrestling instead. Russia becomes the most successful nation in all three styles of Greco-Roman, freestyle, and women.
chess
- October 14 to October 29 - In Bonn finds World Chess Championship 2008 held. Defending champion Viswanathan Anand , India , defeated Vladimir Kramnik from Russia with 6½: 4½ points after eleven of twelve possible games.
- November 12 to November 25 - In Dresden is the 38th Chess Olympiad of the FIDE instead. Armenia wins the team tournament ahead of Israel and the USA . The Gaprindashvilicup for the best combined result of the men's and women's teams of a country won the Ukraine .
tennis
Grand Slam tournaments
World Tour Finals
More tournaments
Rubik's Cube
- December 6th - The Finn Ville Seppänen sets a new world record in blindfold cubing (solving the magic cube with blindfolded eyes) with 48.05 seconds.
Died
First half of the year
- January 2 : Nikolai Pusanow , Soviet-Russian biathlete and Olympic champion (* 1938 )
- January 11th : Edmund Hillary , New Zealand mountaineer (* 1919 )
- January 17 : Bobby Fischer , American-Icelandic chess grandmaster (* 1943 )
- February 2 : Heinrich Dahlinger , German handball player (* 1922 )
- February 6 : Tony Rolt , British racing car driver, developer and officer (* 1918 )
- February 10 : Emilio Mendogni , Italian motorcycle racer (* 1932 )
- February 21 : Emmanuel Sanon , Haitian football player (* 1951 )
- February 27 : Ernst Hiller , German motorcycle racer (* 1928 )
- February 29 : Ralph Hansch , Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper (* 1924 )
- February 29 : Philip Rabinowitz , South African athlete (* 1904 )
- April 4 : Valentina Litujewa , Soviet-Russian athlete (* 1930 )
- May 1 : Paulo Amaral , Brazilian soccer player and coach (* 1923 )
- May 3 : Martin Finnegan , Irish motorcycle racer (* 1979 )
- May 15 : Robert Dunlop , British motorcycle racer (* 1960 )
- May 20 : Harald Hein , German fencer (* 1950 )
- May 30th : Boris Schachlin , Soviet gymnast (* 1932 )
- June 11 : Adam Ledwoń , Polish football player (* 1974 )
- June 24th : Viktor Kuskin , Russian ice hockey player (* 1940 )
Second half of the year
- July 15 : Yuri Mikhailov , Soviet speed skater and Olympic champion (* 1930 )
- August 4th : Craig Jones , British motorcycle racer (* 1985 )
- August 26th : Edip Sekowitsch , Yugoslav-Austrian boxer (* 1958 )
- August 28 : Phil Hill , American Formula 1 racing driver (* 1927 )
- September 1 : Carl Kaufmann , German athlete (* 1936 )
- September: Hans Fischer , German motorcycle racer (* 1936 )
- October 1 : Detlef Lewe , German canoeist (* 1939 )
- October 10 : Alexei Prokurorow , Russian cross-country skier and Olympic champion (* 1964 )
- October 14 : Pat Moss , British rally driver (* 1934 )
- October 17 : Dieter Stappert , Austrian journalist and team manager in motorsport (* 1942 )
- November 19 : Carole Caldwell Graebner , American tennis player (* 1943 )
- November 20 : Baldassarre Monti , Italian motorcycle racer (* 1961 )
- November 22nd : Erhart Krumpholz , German motorcycle racer (* 1912 )
- December 19 : Sam Tingle , Rhodesian racing driver (* 1921 )
- December 29th : Rudi Michel , German sports journalist (* 1921 )
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