Sports year 2009
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Major sporting events
- July 12th to July 24th - The 18th Maccabiade is held in Israel . At the largest international Jewish sporting event, 9,000 athletes from 53 nations, including Austria , Germany and Switzerland , will take part in 31 sports. The most successful nation will be Israel, ahead of the United States and Russia.
- July 16 to July 29 - The 8th World Games will take place in Kaohsiung ( Taiwan ) . Around 4800 athletes from 105 countries took part in 35 sports in the World Games. The most successful nation in the medal table is Russia, ahead of Italy and the People's Republic of China . The venue is the World Games Stadium , which was specially built for the games and has a capacity of 40,000 spectators.
American football
- February 1 - The Pittsburgh Steelers win Super Bowl XLIII by a 27:23 in Tampa over the Arizona Cardinals .
- June 20 - La Courneuve Flash wins the French championship for the fifth time in a row with 41:27 against Thonon Black Panthers .
- 20 June - The Hockey Park in Mönchengladbach beat the Berlin Adler the Cologne Falcons in Junior Bowl XXVII with 21:14.
- June 28th - The first ever EFAF Atlantic Cup was won by the West-Vlaanderen Tribes from Belgium with 15:13 against the Dublin Rebels from Ireland .
- July 4th, 2009 - The US Juniors win the Junior World Championship by beating Canada 41: 3 in the final.
- July 4th - For the first time a Czech team wins a title in European American Football. In the EFAF Cup final, the Prague Panthers defeat the Thonon Black Panthers with 35:12.
- July 11th - Defending champion Swarco Raiders Tirol wins the Eurobowl XXIII with 30:19 against La Courneuve Flash .
Automobile sport
- 13. / 14. June - 77th Le Mans 24-hour race . David Brabham , Marc Gené and Alexander Wurz from the Peugeot Sport Total team won by one lap ahead of the Peugeot drivers Franck Montagny , Sébastien Bourdais and Stéphane Sarrazin . Both teams drive in a Peugeot 908 HDi FAP .
A1 Grand Prix
- May 3 - Ireland wins the 2008/09 A1 GP season ahead of Switzerland and Portugal .
ADAC GT Masters
American Le Mans Series
FIA GT Championship
formula 1
- October 18 - In the penultimate race of the 2009 Formula 1 season, Briton Jenson Button from the Brawn GP team took fifth place to become world champion early. Brawn GP also wins the Constructors' World Championship at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace near São Paulo .
Formula 2
- In the newly created racing series, the Spaniard Andy Souček wins . The season is overshadowed by the fatal accident of Briton Henry Surtees at Brands Hatch on July 19th when he was hit in the head by a bike. See also Formula 2 season 2009 .
Formula 3
IndyCar Series
- October 11th - The 2009 IndyCar Series Season Finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway . The Scot Dario Franchitti from Team Chip Ganassi Racing wins the individual overall standings with 616 points ahead of Scott Dixon (New Zealand; Chip Ganassi Racing; 605 points) and Ryan Briscoe (Australia; Penske Racing ; 604 points).
International Formula Master
- September 20 - Swiss Fabio Leimer (Team Jenzer Motorsport ) wins the 2009 International Formula Masters season by a clear margin ahead of Russian Sergei Afansjew and Czech Josef Král (both Team JD Motorsport ). JD Motorsport (Italy) wins the team standings ahead of Jenzer Motorsport (Switzerland).
Touring car racing series
DTM
- Timo Scheider ( Audi Sport Team Abt ) from Germany wins the 2009 DTM season ahead of the British Gary Paffett ( Salzgitter AMG Mercedes (HWA) ) and Paul di Resta ( AMG Mercedes (HWA) ). Timo Scheider was able to defend the championship title he won in 2008. Salzgitter / Mercedes-Benz Bank (HWA) wins the team standings ahead of Audi Sport Team Abt .
Details: 2009 DTM season
World Touring Car Championship
- The 47-year-old Italian Gabriele Tarquini becomes World Touring Car Champion 2009 with a 4 point lead. Yvan Muller from France and Augusto Farfus from Brazil come in second and third . Tarquini and Muller drove for the SEAT Sport team, Farfus for BMW Team Germany . Seat (Spain) wins the constructors' championship ahead of BMW (Germany).
Details: World Touring Car Championship 2009
rally
- January 3 to January 18 - The 30th Dakar Rally will be held in Argentina and Chile . After the rally was canceled in 2008 due to terrorist threats, it will now be held in South America instead of Africa for the first time. Giniel de Villiers and Dirk von Zitzewitz (automobile), Marc Coma (motorcycle) and Josef Macháček (quad) enter the winners' lists . Firdaus Kabirow , Ajdar Beljajew and Andreij Mokejew win the truck category .
- October 25th - World Championship Final in Great Britain . Before the twelfth and therefore final round of the 2009 World Rally Championship , which began with the Ireland Rally at the end of January, the Finn Mikko Hirvonen is one point ahead of the five-time World Champion Sébastien Loeb from France.
badminton
The highlights of the badminton year 2009 were the World Championship and the Sudirman Cup . The Badminton Mixed Team European Championship will be held in Liverpool from February 9th to 15th . Denmark wins ahead of England . Bronze goes to Russia and Poland .
BWF Super Series
Bandy
- January 18 to January 25 - In the Swedish Västerås is the 29th Bandy World Cup held. The Swedish team wins the tournament ahead of Russia and Finland .
baseball
- August 30 - In the final series to the German championship the defeat Heidenheim Heideköpfe the Mannheim Tornados with 3: 2 wins and win their first German championship.
- September 27 - In the final of the World Cup , the USA beat Cuba 10-5.
- October 28 to November 4 - The New York Yankees win the 2009 World Series 4-2 against the Philadelphia Phillies .
biathlon
- February 13th to February 22nd - The 43rd Biathlon World Championships are taking place in Pyeongchang , South Korea .
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 Ole Einar Bjørndalen
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 Kati Wilhelm
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Ole Einar Bjørndalen
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 Helena Jonsson
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| singles |
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
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Kati Wilhelm
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| Mass start |
 Dominik Landertinger
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 Olga Saizewa
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The Norwegian Ole Einar Bjørndalen has added four more gold medals to his collection of medals. In the women’s category, the German Kati Wilhelm achieved a double triumph over 7.5 and 15 kilometers. Wilhelm also won two silver medals, making her the second most successful participant in the World Championships in South Korea behind Bjørndalen.
In the medal table, Norway was ahead of Germany and Russia, which was under observation during the competitions in Pyeongchang for doping cases in the Russian team shortly before the World Championships.
billiards
- For events in snooker see sport year 2009 # Snooker
- March 5th to March 8th - The three-cushion world championship for national teams 2009 will take place in Viersen . Sweden wins the gold medal with the players Torbjörn Blomdahl and Michael Nilsson by beating Belgium ( Eddy Merckx and Roland Forthomme ) 2-0 .
- April 16 to April 25 - The European championship in pool (women and men) takes place in St. Johann ( Austria ) . Andreas Roschkowsky (Germany) wins in the men's 8-ball, Nick van den Berg (Netherlands) in 9-ball and Dimitri Jungo (Switzerland) in 14 / 1e. In the women's category, the winners are Jasmin Ouschan (Austria), who wins in both 8- and 9-ball, and Gerda Hofstätter (Austria). In the tournament for wheelchair users, the Finn Jouni Tähti also wins in 8- and 9-ball and has already collected his European championship titles number 7 and 8.
- May 21st to May 24th - The three-cushion European championship takes place in Odense . The Spaniard Daniel Sánchez wins with a general average of 1,864 ahead of the Belgian Frédéric Caudron .
Bobsleigh
- February 20 to March 1 - The 59th Bobsleigh World Championship is taking place in Lake Placid , USA . It will be held parallel to the 2009 Skeleton World Championship .
Boxing
Amateur boxing
- September 1 to September 12 - The 15th World Boxing Championships are held in Milan . Russia defends its position as the most successful nation with 2 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze medals ahead of Italy (2-0-0) and Cuba and Uzbekistan (both 1-1-2).
Professional boxes
This is a list of all world champions from the four major associations in 2009:
| WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | ||
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| Heavyweight > 90,718 kg /> 200 pounds |
vacant |
Since 08/30/08: Nikolai Valujew and from 02/07/09 to 07/24/09: Ruslan Chagayev since 11/07/09: David Haye  
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Since 10/11/08: Vitali Klitschko
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Since April 22nd, 2006: Wladimir Klitschko
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Since February 23, 2008: Wladimir Klitschko
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| Cruiserweight 90.718 kg / 200 pounds |
vacant |
Since 09/27/08: Guillermo Jones
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Since 10/24/08: Giacobbe Fragomeni
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Since 12/11/08: Tomasz Adamek since 10/18/09: vacant
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Since 2008: vacant Since January 17th, 2009: Victor Emilio Ramírez Since August 29th, 2009: Marco Huck 
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| Light heavyweight 79.378 kg / 175 pounds |
vacant |
Since July 3rd, 2008: Hugo Hernán Garay Since June 20th, 2009: Gabriel Campillo 
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Since 07/11/08: Adrian Diaconu since 06/19/09: Jean Pascal 
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Since October 11, 2008: Chad Dawson Since May 27, 2009: vacant Since August 28, 2009: Tavoris Cloud
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Since January 17th, 2004: Zsolt Erdei Since November 13th, 2009: Jürgen Brähmer
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| Super middle weight 76.203 kg / 168 pounds |
vacant since 11/21/09: Andre Ward
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Since 09/2008: Mikkel Kessler Since 21/11/09: Andre Ward
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Since December 6th, 2008: Carl Froch
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Since 10/19/07: Lucian Bute
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Since 09/27/08: Denis Inkin since 01/10/09: Károly Balzsay since 08/22/09: Robert Stieglitz
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| Middle weight 72.574 kg / 160 pounds |
vacant |
Since April 28, 2007: Felix Sturm
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Since 09/29/07: Kelly Pavlik
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Since December 10th, 2005: Arthur Abraham Since July 12th, 2009: vacant Since September 19th, 2009: Sebastian Sylvester
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Since 09/29/07: Kelly Pavlik
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| Medium weight 69.85 kg / 154 pounds |
vacant |
Since July 11th, 2008: Daniel Santos Since November 14th, 2009: Yuri Foreman 
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Since 07/28/08: Vernon Forrest since 05/21/09: Sergio Gabriel Martínez
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Since 11th 2008: vacant Since 24th April 2009: Cory Spinks
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Since December 3rd, 2005: Serhiy Dsindsiruk
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| Welterweight 66.678 kg / 147 pounds |
Since 07/26/08: Antonio Margarito since 01/24/09: Shane Mosley
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Since 10/30/08: Yuri Nuschnenko
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Since June 21, 2008: Andre Berto
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Since August 2nd, 2008: Joshua Clottey since April 16th, 2009: vacant Since August 1st, 2009: Isaac Hlatshwayo Since December 11th, 2009: Dejan Zavec  
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Since 11th 2008 : vacant Since 21/02/09: Miguel Ángel Cotto Since 14/11/09: Manny Pacquiao 
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| Semi welter weight 63.503 kg / 140 pounds |
vacant |
Since March 22, 2008: Andreas Kotelnik Since July 18, 2009: Amir Khan
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Since 05.10.08: Timothy Bradley since 28/04/2009: vacant since 01/08/09: Devon Alexander
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Since 2008: vacant Since January 30th, 2009: Juan Urango 
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Since July 5th, 2008: Kendall Holt Since April 4th, 2009: Timothy Bradley
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| Lightweight 61.235 kg / 135 pounds |
Since 02/28/2009: Juan Manuel Márquez
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Nate Campbell vacant since May 19th, 2008: Yusuke Kobori since January 3rd, 2009: Paulus Moses  
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vacant since 06/28/08: Manny Pacquiao since 2009/02: vacant since 04/04/09: Edwin Valero 
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Since March 8th, 2008: Nate Campbell Since 2009-03-02: vacant
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Since March 8th, 2008: Nate Campbell Since February 28th, 2009 : Juan Manuel Márquez
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| Half light weight 58.967 kg / 130 pounds |
vacant |
Since August 31, 2008: Jorge Linares since October 10, 2009: Juan Carlos Salgado
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Since December 20, 2008: Humberto Soto
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Since April 12th, 2008: Cassius Baloyi Since April 18th, 2009: Malcolm Klassen Since August 22nd, 2009: Robert Guerrero
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Since 09.09.08: Nicky Cook Since 14.03.09: Román Martínez
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| Feather weight 57.153 kg / 126 pounds |
vacant since 19.09.09: Chris John 
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Since November 1st, 2003: Chris John
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Since 13.08.08: Óscar Larios Since 12.03.09: Takahiro Aoh Since 14.07.09: Elio Rojas 
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Since October 23, 2008: Cristóbal Cruz
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Since July 14th, 2007: Steven Luevano
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| Half featherweight 55.225 kg / 122 pounds |
Since November 21, 2008: Celestino Caballero
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Since November 21st, 2008: Ricardo Córdoba Since March 21st, 2009: Bernard Dunne Since September 26th, 2009: Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym  
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Since December 18, 2008: Toshiaki Nishioka
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Since November 21, 2008: Celestino Caballero
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Since June 7th, 2008: Juan Manuel López
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| Bantam weight 53.525 kg / 118 pounds |
vacant |
Since May 31, 2008: Anselmo Moreno
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Since April 16, 2005: Hozumi Hasegawa
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Since 09/29/07: Joseph Agbeko since 10/31/09: Yonnhy Pérez
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Since 08/11/07: Gerry Peñalosa since 04/25/2009: Fernando Montiel
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| Half- bantam weight 52.163 kg / 115 pounds |
Since November 1st, 2008: Vakhtang Dartschinjan
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Since 09/15/08: Nobuo Nashiro
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Since November 1st, 2008: Vakhtang Dartschinjan
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Since August 2nd, 2008: Wachtang Dartschinjan Since July 28th, 2009: vacant Since September 15th, 2009: Simphiwe Nongqayi
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Since April 9th, 2005: Fernando Montiel vacant Since March 28th, 2009: José López Since September 4th, 2009: Marvin Sonsosa Since November 20th, 2009: vacant
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| Flyweight 50.802 kg / 112 pounds |
vacant |
Since December 31, 2008: Denkaosan Kaovichit
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Since July 18th, 2007: Daisuke Naito Since November 29th, 2009: Koki Kameda
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Since 07/07/07: Nonito Donaire since 20/11/09: Moruti Mthalane
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Since July 13th, 2002: Omar Andrés Narváez
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| Half fly weight 48.988 kg / 108 pounds |
vacant |
Since December 8th, 2007: Brahim Asloum Since ??. 2009: vacant Since June 5th, 2009: Giovanni Segura
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Since 02/14/07: Édgar Sosa Since 11/21/09: Toboggan Mayol
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Since January 7th, 2006: Ulises Solís Since April 19, 2009 : Brian Viloria
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Since 08/25/07: Iván Calderón
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| Minimum weighing 47.627 kg / 105 pounds |
vacant |
Since September 15, 2008: Roman Gonzalez
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Since 11/29/07: Oleydong Sithsamerchai
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Since June 14th, 2008: Raúl García
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Since 09/30/07: Donnie Nietes
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As of December 31, 2009
- October 17th - The Super Six World Boxing Classic super middleweight tournament begins.
Curling
- 21 March to 29 March - In Korean Gangneung finds Women World Curling Championships instead. In the final, the team from beats China , the Swedes with 8: 6th
- April 4 to April 12 - The men's curling world championship takes place in Moncton , Canada . Scotland (with the players David Murdoch , Ewan MacDonald , Peter Smith , Euan Byers and Graeme Connal ) become world champions with an 8: 6 in the final against Canada . The team from Norway wins the bronze medal .
- April 18 to April 26 - In the Italian Cortina d'Ampezzo , the World Curling Championships for mixed teams will take place.
darts
- 19 December 2008 to 4 January - At the Alexandra Palace in London finds 16 Darts World Cup of PDC instead. In the final, the record world champion Phil Taylor from England defeated the Dutchman Raymond van Barneveld with 7-1 sets.
- January 3rd to January 11th - The 32nd BDO World Darts Championship will take place in Frimley Green near London . The men's tournament was won by Ted Hankey , England , with a 7-6 final victory over Tony O'Shea , England. In the women's category , Francisca Hoenselaar , Netherlands , won 2-1 against record world champion Trina Gulliver from England.
Dragon boat
- August 24th to August 31st - The Dragon Boat World Championships are held in Prague .
ice Hockey
- January 21st and January 28th - The ZSC Lions from Zurich win after a 2-2 in the first leg the second leg 5-0 against HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk and thus win the Champions Hockey League 2008/09 .
- April 4 to April 12 - The 12th Women's Ice Hockey World Championship is taking place in Hämeenlinna , Finland . In the final, the USA beat Canada 4-1. Finland also wins the game for third place against Sweden 4-1.
- April 24th - The 73rd men's ice hockey world championship begins in Switzerland . The venues are Bern and Kloten .
- May 10th - Russia becomes world champion by beating Canada 2-1 in the final. The goals for the Russians will be scored by Oleg Saprykin and Alexander Radulow after Jason Spezza gave Canada the lead. Sweden wins the bronze medal by beating the USA 4-2. Martin St. Louis (Canada) is the tournament's best scorer (4 goals and 11 assists).
Player trophies of the 2009 World Cup
| Award | player | team |
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| Most valuable player | Ilya Kovalchuk |
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| Best goalkeeper | Andrei Mesin |
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| Best defender | Shea Weber |
Canada
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| Best striker | Ilya Kovalchuk |
Russia
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All-Star Team of the 2009 World Cup
| Attack: |
Ilya Kovalchuk - Steven Stamkos - Martin St. Louis
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| Defense: |
Shea Weber - Kenny Jönsson
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| Goal: |
Andrei Mesin
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figure skating
- January 20th to January 25th - Helsinki hosts the European Figure Skating Championship . Brian Joubert , France , wins for the men, Laura Lepistö , Finland , for the women and Aljona Sawtschenko and Robin Szolkowy , Germany , for the couples. In ice dancing, the winners are Jana Chochlowa and Sergei Nowitzki from Russia .
- March 24 to March 29 - In Los Angeles , the World Figure Skating Championships 2009 held. The most successful nations will be the USA and Russia , which can each win two medals.
- In the men's category, the American Evan Lysacek wins ahead of the Canadian Patrick Chan and the French Brian Joubert . South Korean Kim Yu-na won the women's competition ahead of Joannie Rochette from Canada and Japanese Miki Andō . The pair skating was won by the Germans Aljona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy , the ice dance by the Russians Oxana Domnina and Maxim Schabalin .
Speed skating
- January 9th to January 11th - The 105th European speed skating all-around championship will be held in Heerenveen . Winners will be the Dutchman Sven Kramer and the German Claudia Pechstein .
- January 17 and January 18 - The World Speed Skating Sprint Championships are held in Moscow . It win the Chinese Beixing Wang in the women's and Shani Davis of the United States in the men.
- February 7th and February 8th - The 103rd World Speed Skating Championship will take place in Hamar , Norway . Martina Sáblíková from the Czech Republic wins in the women’s category, ahead of Kristina Groves from Canada and Ireen Wüst from the Netherlands . The Dutchman Sven Kramer is already successful for the third time in the men's competition . Silver goes to Håvard Bøkko from Norway, ahead of the Italian Enrico Fabris .
- March 12th to March 15th - Richmond , BC, Canada will host the 12th Individual Speed Skating World Championships. Sven Kramer from the Netherlands becomes the most successful participant in the world championships; he wins three gold medals. He brings the Netherlands to first place in the Nations Cup .
Women:
| distance | gold | silver | bronze |
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| 2 × 500 meters |
Jenny Wolf
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 Beixing Wang
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 Sang-Hwa Lee
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| 1000 meters |
Christine Nesbitt
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Anni Friesinger
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 Margot Boer
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| 1500 meters |
Anni Friesinger
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Ireen Wüst
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Christine Nesbitt
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| 3000 meters |
Renate Groenewold
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 Martina Sáblíková
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Kristina Groves
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| 5000 meters |
Martina Sáblíková
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Clara Hughes
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Kristina Groves
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| Team competition (6 rounds) |
Canada
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Japan
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Men:
| distance | gold | silver | bronze |
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| 2 × 500 meters |
Kang-Seok Lee
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Kyou-Hyuk Lee
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Fengtong Yu
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| 1000 meters |
Trevor Marsicano
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Denny Morrison
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Shani Davis
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| 1500 meters |
Shani Davis
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Trevor Marsicano
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Denny Morrison
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| 5000 meters |
Sven Kramer
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Håvard Bøkko
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Trevor Marsicano
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| 10,000 meters |
Sven Kramer
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Håvard Bøkko
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Bob de Jong
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| Team competition (8 rounds) |
Netherlands
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Sweden
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United States
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Ice stock sport
- March 10th to March 14th - The European Ice Stock Championships will take place in Regen ( Germany ).
Soccer
The decisions in the most important leagues in German-speaking countries and Europe:
| Country (league) | master | Runner-up | Cup winners |
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| Germany ( Bundesliga ) | VfL Wolfsburg | FC Bayern Munich | Werder Bremen |
| Austria ( Bundesliga ) | FC Red Bull Salzburg | SK Rapid Vienna | FK Austria Vienna |
| Switzerland ( Super League ) | FC Zurich | BSC Young Boys | FC Sion |
| England ( Premier League ) | Manchester United | Liverpool FC | Chelsea FC |
| France ( Ligue 1 ) | Girondins Bordeaux | Olympique Marseille | EA Guingamp |
| Italy ( Serie A ) | Inter Milan | Juventus Turin | Lazio Rome |
| Spain ( Primera División ) | FC Barcelona | real Madrid | FC Barcelona |
- May 3: New Zealand club Auckland City FC win the 2008/09 OFC Champions League against Koloale FC Honiara with a 2-2 draw in the final second leg after a 7-2 first leg win
- May 12: The Mexican club CF Atlante prevailed in the final second leg of the CONCACAF Champions League 2008/09 against CD Cruz Azul with a 0-0 draw after a 2-0 first leg win
- May 20: Shakhtar Donetsk became the first Ukrainian club since the country's independence to win a title at European level with a 2-1 win after extra time against Werder Bremen with victory in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup
- May 27: FC Barcelona win the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League with a 2-0 final beating Manchester United with goals from Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi
- June 28: In the final of the in South Africa discharged Confederations Cup 2009 succeeds Brazil by a 3: 2 victory over the US national team to defend the title
- JULY 9: In the second leg of the Recopa Sudamericana succeed LDU Quito 0 first-leg victory against Brazilian side: from Ecuador by a 3: 0 win by a 1 SC Internacional winning the title
- August 28: In Monaco , FC Barcelona won the European Supercup game against Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 after extra time thanks to a goal from Pedro
- September 10th: In the final of the 2009 European Championship tournament , the German women's national team wins the European Championship title for the fifth time in a row by beating England 6-2 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium .
Futsal
April 26: Spanish club Interviú FS wins the 2008/09 UEFA Futsal Cup by beating Russian club MFK Viz-Sinara 5-1
Freestyle skiing
- March 2 to March 8 - In Japanese Inawashiro finds 13 freestyle skiing World Cup place. In the end, Canada leads the medal table ahead of Japan and the USA .
Weightlifting
- April 4th to April 12th - Bucharest , Romania will host the European Weightlifting Championships. With 14 gold, 5 silver and 12 bronze medals, Russia becomes the most successful nation ahead of Turkey .
golf
- February 25-March 1 - 11 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (Tournament of the World Golf Championships in match play format) in Marana, Arizona . The world number one and defending champion, Tiger Woods , is making his comeback after an eight-month injury break, but is eliminated in the second round. The Australian Geoff Ogilvy wins .
- April 9 to April 12 - Augusta, Georgia will host the first of the four Grand Slam tournaments. Ángel Cabrera is the first Argentine to win . The 39-year-old prevails in the play-off against the Americans Chad Campbell and Kenny Perry , who had all 12 under par after the four rounds.
- June 18 to June 21 - Old Bethpage, New York hosts the 109th US Open golf tournament . The 29-year-old American Lucas Glover wins, celebrating only his second win on the PGA Tour and his first major win ever.
- July 16 to July 19 - In South Ayrshire , Scotland, the 138th Open Championship (British Open) is taking place on the Turnberry golf course . In the jump-off, Stewart Cink from the United States prevailed against his compatriot Tom Watson .
- August 13 to August 16 - In Chaska ( Minnesota ), United States , the 91st place PGA Championship instead. The South Korean Yang Yong-eun wins ahead of Tiger Woods (United States).
Handball
- January 16 to February 1 - The 21st men's handball world championship is taking place in Croatia . The 2008 Olympic champion, France , becomes world champion with a 24:19 (11:12) victory in the final over Croatia . In the game for third place Poland wins against Denmark with 31:23 (14:11). The most successful goalscorer of the 2009 World Cup is Kiril Lazarov from Macedonia with 92 goals in 9 games.
Awards from the 2009 World Cup
- Most Valuable Player (MVP): Igor Vori Croatia
- Best attack: Spain 308 goals in 9 games
- Best defense: France conceded 211 goals in 10 games
All-Star Team of the 2009 World Cup
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hockey
Field hockey
- July - Newcomers Rot-Weiß Köln become German champions. In the final, Cologne beat UHC Hamburg 4: 3 after extra time.
Judo
- April 10 to April 12 - The European Judo Championships take place in Tbilisi , Georgia .
Canoeing
- June 25 to June 28 - In Brandenburg find the 2009 Canoe Sprint European Championships instead. With 6 gold, 10 silver and 4 bronze medals, Germany becomes the most successful nation ahead of Hungary and Belarus .
- August 12-August 16 - In the Canadian Dartmouth (Nova Scotia) find the 37th canoe racing World Championships instead. Germany wins the medal table ranking ahead of Belarus and Hungary .
- September 18 and September 20 - The Canoe Marathon World Championship is held in Crestuma ( Portugal ) . Spain took the title over the 25.8 km distance.
karate
- May 8 to May 10 - 44th European Karate Championships in Zagreb , Croatia .
Bowling
- May 14 to May 23 - In the German Dettenheim the Classic World Team Championship in Bowling takes place.
athletics
- March 28th - The 37th World Cross Country Championships are held in Amman , Jordan . The Ethiopian Gebregziabher Gebremariam wins the men's race ahead of Moses Ndiema Kipsiro from Uganda. Kenya wins the team competition ahead of Ethiopia and Eritrea . In the women's category, Florence Jebet Kiplagat wins ahead of Linet Chepkwemoi Masai , who both come from Kenya and also win the gold medal with the team.
- April 19 to June 21 - 2nd Trans-European Run . Rainer Koch from Germany wins the race in 378 hours, 12 minutes and 44 seconds. The fastest woman in the finish, Furuyama Takako from Japan, needed 529: 06: 05.
- August 15 to August 23 - The 12th World Athletics Championships are taking place in Berlin . 2013 athletes from 202 participating countries take part in the competitions in the Berlin Olympic Stadium and in the decisions in walking and marathons in downtown Berlin.
- In the men's 100-meter running discipline , the Olympic champion and world record holder Usain Bolt from Jamaica wins ahead of the American Tyson Gay . Bolt sets a new world record time of 9.58 s. Four days later, the Jamaican is also victorious in the 200-meter run with the new world record time of 19.19 s.
- The women's pole vault final was won by Anna Rogowska from Poland with a height of 4.75 m. Thus, she was able to prevail against the Russian Jelena Isinbayeva , who was favored in advance.
- The 36-year-old German Steffi Nerius decides the women's javelin throw . The reigning European champion thus wins the world championship gold for the first time at the end of her career.
World records
Olympic disciplines
- August 16 - Usain Bolt , Jamaica , runs the men's 100 meters for 9.58 s.
- August 20 - Usain Bolt , Jamaica , runs the men's 200 meters for 19.19 seconds.
- August 22 - Anita Włodarczyk , Poland , throws the women's hammer 77.96 m.
Non-Olympic disciplines
- March 29th - Micah Kipkemboi Kogo , Kenya , runs the 10 kilometers on the road at the Parelloop in 27:01 minutes.
Athletics (hall)
- March 6 to March 8 - In Turin find the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships instead. Russia is the most successful nation with ten gold medals ahead of Germany and France . The German long jumper Sebastian Bayer caused a stir, setting a European record with 8.71 m.
World records
- February 15 - Jelena Isinbayeva , Russia , jumps 5.00 m with the stick.
- February 18 - Meseret Defar , Ethiopia , runs the 5000 meters in 14: 24.37 min.
Motorcycling
Motorcycle world championship
MotoGP class (800 cm³)
- World champion in the MotoGP class (800 cm³) is the Italian Valentino Rossi on a Yamaha ahead of the Spaniards Jorge Lorenzo (also Yamaha) and Dani Pedrosa ( Honda ). For 30-year-old Rossi, this is already the ninth world title of his career. In the constructors' championship, Yamaha prevailed over Honda and Ducati .
250 cc class
- The 28-year-old Japanese Hiroshi Aoyama won the title on a Honda in the last 250 cc class . Spanish rider Héctor Barberá finished second on Aprilia , and Italian Marco Simoncelli finished third on Gilera . In the constructors' championship, Aprilia prevailed ahead of Honda and Gilera
125 cc class
- The title in the 125 cm³ class was won by the Spaniard Julián Simón on Aprilia ahead of the Briton Bradley Smith and the Spaniard Nicolás Terol (both also Aprilia). In the constructors' championship, Aprilia wins ahead of Derbi and KTM .
Superbike World Championship
- The American Ben Spies ( Yamaha ) wins the drivers' championship ahead of Noriyuki Haga from Japan and the Italian Michel Fabrizio (both Ducati ). Ducati from Italy wins the constructors' championship ahead of the Japanese manufacturers Yamaha and Honda .
Details: 2009 Superbike World Championship
World Supersport Championship
- The 24-year-old Briton Cal Crutchlow won the drivers' championship on a Yamaha ahead of the Irishman Eugene Laverty and the Turkish Kenan Sofuoğlu (both Honda ). In the constructors' championship, Honda beats Yamaha and Kawasaki .
Details: Supersport World Championship 2009
International German motorcycle championship
Isle of Man TT
- In the road races on the Isle of Man between June 8 and 13, Briton Ian Lougher won the ultra-lightweight race A and both lightweight races on a Honda on the Billown Circuit . In the ultra-lightweight race B, Chris Palmer also wins (Honda).
- On the Mountain Course , Ian Hutchinson wins Junior Race A and the Superstock race on a Honda . Michael Dunlop ( Yamaha ) wins Junior Race B, John McGuinness (Honda ) wins Superbike and Steve Plater (Honda) wins Senior .
- The TTXGP- PRO race was won by the Briton Rob Barber on AGNI and the TTXGP-OPEN race by Chris Heath on Electric Motorsport.
- In the sidecar class , the local duo Dave Molyneux / Daniel Sayle wins race A in a DMR Honda. The second race is canceled after an accident and will not be restarted.
Orienteering
- August 18 to August 23 - The 26th World Orienteering Championships will be held in Miskolc , Hungary . The Switzerland is successful nation. Daniel Hubmann wins both the long distance run and the Swiss relay.
Pesäpallo
Cycling
Track cycling
- 26 March to 29 March - In Polish Pruszkow finds UCI Track Cycling World Cup in 2009 instead.
Sledding
Natural track tobogganing
- February 12th to February 15th - The 17th natural track toboggan world championship will be held in Moos in Passeier in South Tyrol , Italy . Italy succeeds in triumphing in all four categories: Renate Gietl wins in the women's singles , and Patrick Pigneter wins in the men . In the men's two-seater, Pigneter and Florian Clara prevailed. In the mixed relay, Italy is ahead of Austria and Russia .
Luge
- February 6th and February 7th - Lake Placid , USA , hosts the 41st Luge World Championships . In the women’s category, Erin Hamlin (USA) wins ahead of Natalie Geisenberger ( Germany ) and Natalja Nakuschenko ( Ukraine ). In the men's singles, the German Felix Loch is world champion ahead of Armin Zöggeler from Italy and the Austrian Daniel Pfister . The Italian duo Gerhard Plankensteiner / Oswald Haselrieder wins in the two-seater ahead of André Florschütz / Torsten Wustlich (Germany) and Mark Grimmette / Brian Martin from the United States. Germany wins the team competition ahead of Austria and Latvia . Germany is also first in the medal table.
Wrestling
- March 31 to April 5 - The 2009 European Wrestling Championships will be held in Vilnius , Latvia . The Russian team wins six gold medals while the freestyle tournament is dominated by wrestlers from Azerbaijan . With two exceptions ( Sweden and Finland ), all medals go to countries from Eastern Europe.
- September 21 to September 27 - in Herning , Denmark , which will be 2009 World Wrestling Championships held. For the first time in the history of the World Cup, Turkey becomes the most successful nation in the Greco-Roman style. Russia leads the ranking in free style and for the first time Azerbaijan is at the top of the medal table for women .
All 2009 world champions in wrestling:
| category | Greco-Roman | Freestyle | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Hamid Soryan Reihanpour
|
 Yang Kyong-il
|
 Mariya Stadnik
|
| 2 |
 Islambek Albiev
|
Bessik Kuduchow
|
 Sofia Mattsson
|
| 3 |
Frid Mansurov
|
Mehdi Taghavi
|
 Saori Yoshida
|
| 4th |
 Selçuk Çebi
|
Denis Zargusch
|
Julia Ratkewitsch
|
| 5 |
Nazmi Avluca
|
Sajurbek Sochiev
|
Mio Nishimaki
|
| 6th |
 Baláz's Kiss
|
Khadzhimurad Gazalov
|
 Martine Dugrenier
|
| 7th |
 Mijaín López
|
Biljal Machov
|
 Qin Xiaoqing
|
rowing
- March 29th - The 155th Boat Race between the teams of eight from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge takes place on the Thames in London . Oxford wins with a time of 17:53 minutes.
- August 23rd to August 30th - The 34th World Rowing Championships will be held in Poland. The competitions take place on Lake Malta near Poznan .
rugby
In early October 2009 , the IOC decided that rugby and golf should regain Olympic status. Thus, for the first time since 1924, an Olympic rugby tournament will take place at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro .
Rugby union
- March 21 - Ireland wins the 2009 Six Nations tournament without losing to England and France . Defending champion Wales finished 4th. Riki Flutey (England) and Brian O'Driscoll (Ireland) are the players with the most tries (both 4). The Irish Ronan O'Gara scored the most points in the five games with 56 points.
Seven rugby
- March 15 to March 17 - 5th 7th Rugby World Cup in Dubai . Wales beat Argentina 19:12 in the final .
chess
- March 5th to March 19th - The European Individual Chess Championship takes place in Budva ( Montenegro ) . The Russian Yevgeny Tomaschewski wins .
- April 26th to May 4th - The World Amateurs Championship will take place in Thessaloniki , Greece .
Shooting sports
- February 19 and February 22 - The European Shooting Championships (10 meters) will take place in Prague .
- March 2 to March 8 - The World Archery Championships (archery, indoor archery) will take place in Rzeszów , Poland .
- March 24th to March 29th - The European shooting championship (field crossbow, hall) is held in Malinska , Croatia .
- October 1 to October 9 - The archery world championship takes place in Ulsan , South Korea .
Short track
- 16 January to 18 January - Turin will host the 13th European Short Track Championship. In the overall standings, the Italian Arianna Fontana is in first place ahead of the Czech Kateřina Novotná and in the men's Nicola Rodigari from Italy, ahead of Haralds Silovs from Latvia .
- March 6 to March 8 - In Vienna , the short track speed skating World Cup 2009 held.
skeleton
- February 20 to March 1 - Lake Placid , USA is hosting the 21st Skeleton World Championship . The Skeleton World Championship will be held parallel to the 2009 Bobsleigh World Championship .
Alpine skiing
- February 2 to February 15 - The 40th Alpine World Ski Championships are taking place in Val-d'Isère . 504 athletes from 73 nations take part in the 10 competitions. The Switzerland is successful nation against Austria and the United States .
- In the men's race, the winners are John Kucera ( Canada ) in the downhill, Didier Cuche ( Switzerland ) in the Super-G, Carlo Janka (Switzerland) in the giant slalom, Manfred Pranger ( Austria ) in the slalom and Aksel Lund Svindal ( Norway ) in the super -Combination.
- In the women's category, Lindsey Vonn ( USA ) was successful in the downhill and super-G, Kathrin Hölzl ( Germany ) in the giant slalom, Maria Riesch (Germany) in the slalom and Kathrin Zettel (Austria) in the super combination.
- November 7th - The newly founded European Ski Association is holding its first European championship in the ski hall in Amnéville . In this knockout slalom, the French Jean-Baptiste Grange and the Slovak Veronika Zuzulová become the first European champions in alpine skiing.
Nordic skiing
World Championship
- February 18 to March 1 - The 47th Nordic World Ski Championships will be held in Liberec , Czech Republic . With the women's ski jumping competition, a new discipline was added to the world championship program.
At the end of the 20 competitions, Norway maintained its supremacy in Nordic skiing. With 12 medals (5 gold, 4 silver and 3 silver medals) Norway leads the medal table confidently ahead of the United States and Finland , which for the first time since 1999 has not won a medal in ski jumping.
Nordic combination
- November 29, 2008 to March 15 - After 23 competitions, the overall winner of the 2009 Nordic Combined World Cup is Anssi Koivuranta . The Finn relegates Norwegian Magnus Moan and US American Bill Demong to their places. In the nations ranking, the German team wins ahead of Norway and Austria .
World Championship 2009:
- February 19 and February 20 - In the 10 km mass start / normal hill competition, the American Todd Lodwick wins ahead of Tino Edelmann from Germany and Jason Lamy Chappuis from France .
- February 22nd - Todd Lodwick wins his second gold medal in the individual (normal hill and 10 km cross-country skiing) . Silver and bronze go to Jan Schmid from Norway and the American Bill Demong .
- February 26th - Japan ( Yūsuke Minato , Taihei Katō , Akito Watabe , Norihito Kobayashi ) wins the team competition (large hill and 4 × 5 km) ahead of Germany and Norway .
- February 28 - Also in the second individual (large hill and 10 km cross-country skiing) an American triumphs with Bill Demong . Björn Kircheisen secures Germany another silver medal in front of Frenchman Jason Lamy Chappuis .
Cross-country skiing
- January 4th - The Swiss Dario Cologna and the Finn Virpi Kuitunen win the Tour de Ski 2008/2009 . Cologna managed to triumph without winning a single race while Kuitunen won three out of seven races. For Kuitunen it is the second win in the series after 2006/07 .
- November 22nd, 2008 to March 22nd - Cross-Country World Cup 2008/09 : After 31 races, Swiss Dario Cologna , who won the Tour de Ski in January, wins the overall men 's World Cup by over a hundred points over Norwegian Petter Northug . Third place goes to Ola Vigen Hattestad , who is also from Norway. The Italian Pietro Piller Cottrer decides the distance world cup , the sprint world cup Ola Vigen Hattestad for himself. Norway wins the Nations Cup.
In the women’s category, Justyna Kowalczyk from Poland won with exactly one hundred points ahead of Petra Majdič from Slovenia . Third place went to Aino-Kaisa Saarinen from Finland . Kowalczyk is also the winner in the distance world cup. Petra Majdič wins the Sprint World Cup, Finland the Nations Cup.
World Championship 2009:
- February 19 - Aino-Kaisa Saarinen from Finland wins the 10 km classic women's world championship ahead of Marianna Longa ( Italy ) and Justyna Kowalczyk ( Poland ).
- February 20th - The Estonian Andrus Veerpalu becomes world champion over 15 km classic. The Czech Lukáš Bauer and the Finn Matti Heikkinen follow in second and third place .
- February 21 - Polish Justyna Kowalczyk wins the 15 km pursuit ahead of Norwegian Kristin Størmer Steira and Finnish Aino-Kaisa Saarinen .
- February 22nd - Petter Northug from Norway wins the 30 km pursuit ahead of Anders Södergren from Sweden and Giorgio Di Centa from Italy .
- February 24th - Arianna Follis from Italy wins the women's freestyle sprint ahead of Kikkan Randall ( USA ) and the Finn Pirjo Muranen .
- February 24 - In the freestyle sprint, Norwegian Ola Vigen Hattestad wins ahead of fellow countryman Johan Kjølstad and Russian Nikolai Morilow .
- February 25th - Saarinen / Kuitunen from Finland win in the women's team sprint ahead of Olsson / Andersson from Sweden and Longa / Follis from Italy .
- February 25th - In the team sprint, Kjølstad / Hattestad win ahead of the German couple Angerer / Teichmann and the Finns Nousiainen / Jauhojärvi .
- February 26 - Finland ( Pirjo Muranen , Virpi Kuitunen , Riitta-Liisa Roponen , Aino-Kaisa Saarinen ) wins the women's 4 × 5 km relay ahead of Germany and Sweden .
- February 27 - The men's 4 × 10 km relay wins Norway ( Eldar Rønning , Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset , Tore Ruud Hofstad , Petter Northug ) ahead of Germany and Finland .
- March 1 - In the last competition of the World Championships, Norwegian Petter Northug wins his third gold medal. In the 50 km ski marathon, Northug wins ahead of the Russians Maxim Wylegschanin and Tobias Angerer from Germany .
Ski jumping
- January 6th - The Austrian Wolfgang Loitzl wins the 57th Four Hills Tournament . The Swiss Simon Ammann came in second ahead of the Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer .
- February 6 to February 15 - Norway wins the first ever FIS Team Tour . At the five competitions in Willingen (HS 145), Klingenthal (HS 140) and Oberstdorf (HS 213; ski flying) the Norwegians win ahead of Austria and Finland .
World Championship 2009:
- February 20 - The American Lindsey Van is the first world champion in women's ski jumping. She wins ahead of the Germans Ulrike Gräßler and Anette Sagen from Norway .
- February 21st - Wolfgang Loitzl from Austria wins the normal hill jumping ahead of his compatriot Gregor Schlierenzauer and the Swiss Simon Ammann .
- February 27 - Large hill (men): After the second round had to be canceled twice due to heavy snowfall, the winner of the first round, Andreas Küttel from Switzerland , becomes world champion ahead of Martin Schmitt from Germany and Anders Jacobsen from Norway .
- February 28 - Large hill (men): Austria's team with jumpers Wolfgang Loitzl , Thomas Morgenstern , Gregor Schlierenzauer and Martin Koch wins in front of the relay teams from Norway and Japan .
snooker
Main Tour 2008/2009
See also: 2008/09 snooker season
The Main Tour tournaments of the 2008/09 season, which took place in 2009, brought the following results:
| date | competition | venue | Art | winner | finalist | Result |
| January 11th to January 18th, 2009 |
 Masters
|
London | Invitation tournament |
Ronnie O'Sullivan
|
Mark Selby
|
10: 8 |
| February 16 to February 22, 2009 |
 Welsh Open
|
Newport | World ranking tournament |
Allister Carter
|
 Joe Swail
|
9: 5 |
| March 30th to April 5th, 2009 |
China Open
|
Beijing | World ranking tournament |
Peter Ebdon
|
 John Higgins
|
10: 8 |
| April 18 to May 4, 2009 |
World Championship
|
Sheffield | World ranking tournament |
John Higgins
|
Shaun Murphy
|
18: 9 |
The first place in the world rankings after this season was Ronnie O'Sullivan .
Main Tour 2009/2010
See also: 2009/10 snooker season
The Main Tour tournaments of the 2009/10 season, which took place in 2009, brought the following results:
| date | competition | venue | Art | winner | finalist | Result |
| June 4th to June 7th, 2009 |
Jiangsu Classic 2009
|
Nanjing | Invitation tournament |
Mark Allen
|
Ding Junhui
|
6-0 |
| September 7th to September 13th, 2009 |
Shanghai Masters 2009
|
Shanghai | World ranking tournament |
Ronnie O'Sullivan
|
Liang Wenbo
|
10: 5 |
| October 3 to October 11, 2009 |
Grand Prix 2009
|
Glasgow | World ranking tournament |
 Neil Robertson
|
Ding Junhui
|
9: 4 |
| December 5 to December 13, 2009 |
UK Championship 2009
|
Telford | World ranking tournament |
Ding Junhui
|
John Higgins
|
10: 8 |
Snowboard
- January 15 to January 25 - The 8th Snowboard World Championship is taking place in Gangwon Province, South Korea . The men's titles go to Austrian Markus Schairer in snowboard cross, Jasey-Jay Anderson from Canada in parallel giant slalom, Benjamin Karl from Austria in parallel slalom , Ryō Aono from Japan in halfpipe competition and Markku Koski from Finland in big air.
In the women's category, Helena Olafsen from Norway won in snowboard cross, Marion Kreiner from Austria in the parallel giant slalom, Fränzi Mägert-Kohli from Switzerland in the parallel slalom and Liu Jiayu from China in the halfpipe competition.
In the medal table, Austria leads the table ahead of Switzerland and Canada.
Dance sport
- April 18th - In Aarhus ( Denmark ) the European championship for professionals in Latin dancing takes place.
Tug of war
- September 19 and September 20 - The European Tug of War Championships take place in Assen , the Netherlands . A total of eight titles are awarded.
tennis
Grand Slam tournaments
World Tour Finals
ATP Tour Finals
| final | singles | Result | Double | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-29 November in London |
Nikolai Dawydenko Juan Martín del Potro
|
6 6 3 4 |
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan Max Mirny / Andy Ram
|
7 6 6 3 |
WTA Championships
| final | singles | Result | Double | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27.10. – 01.11. in Doha |
S. Williams V. Williams
|
6 7 2 6 |
Llagostera Vives / Martinez Sanchez Black / Huber 
|
7 5 10 6 7 7 |
World Team Cup
| final | encounter | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 17.-23. May in Düsseldorf |
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|
2 1 |
Davis Cup
| final | encounter | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 4th-6th December in Barcelona |
Spain Czech Republic
|
5 0 |
Fed Cup
| final | encounter | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 7th-8th November in Reggio Calabria |
Italy United States
|
4 0 |
Hopman Cup
| final | encounter | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd-9th January in Perth |
 Slovakia Russia
|
2 1 0 |
1 The mixed was not played after the 2-0 lead.
Table tennis
- April 28-May 5 - In the Japanese Yokohama finds 51st World Table Tennis Championships held. The People's Republic of China wins all titles.
- The Chinese Wang Hao wins the men's singles final 4-0 against his compatriot Wang Liqin . With Ma Long and Ma Lin , the two bronze medals also go to China. In the men's doubles, Wang Hao and Chen Qi win the final 4: 1 over Ma Long / Xu Xin (also China).
- Zhang Yining from China wins the women's singles final after falling 2-0 down against Guo Yue 4-2. The bronze medals go to fellow compatriots Li Xiaoxia and Liu Shiwen . In doubles, Guo Yue / Li Xiaoxia win over Ding Ning / Guo Yan (China).
- In mixed, the pairing Cao Zhen / Lie Ping wins 4: 2 over Mu Zi / Zhang Jike .
- September 13th to September 20th - The 28th European table tennis championship takes place in Stuttgart .
- In the women's category, the German Wu Jiaduo wins the individual competition ahead of Marharyta Pessozka from Ukraine and bronze medalists Wiktoria Pawlowitsch from Belarus and Rūta Paškauskienė from Lithuania. In doubles, the Romanian pairing Elizabeta Samara / Daniela Dodean wins ahead of Nikoleta Stefanova / Wenling Tan Monfardini from Italy. The team final decides the Netherlands (with the players Li Jiao , Li Jie and Jelena Timina ) with a 3-1 victory over Poland.
- In the men's category, the individual winner is Michael Maze . The Dane prevailed 4: 1 against the Austrian Werner Schlager in the final . Timo Boll from Germany and Fjodor Kusmin from Russia secured bronze . In doubles, Timo Boll and Christian Süß are ahead by a nose: In the final they beat Polish doubles Wang Zeng Yi / Lucjan Błaszczyk 4-2 . Germany can also win the team final. Boll, Süß and Dimitrij Ovtcharov beat Denmark 3-2 after two wins by Dane Michael Maze.
do gymnastics
- April 2 to April 5 - In Milan , the European Gymnastics Championships held men and women. Germany becomes the most successful nation for men, Great Britain for women. The winners in the all- around competition are Xenia Semenowa (Russia) for the women and Fabian Hambüchen (Germany) for the men. The British Elizabeth Tweddle decides the finals in the uneven bars and on the floor for herself and thus wins two gold medals.
- October 12th to October 18th - The 41st World Gymnastics Championships will take place in London . The winners in the all- around competition are Bridget Sloan (USA) in the women and Kōhei Uchimura (Japan) in the men . The most successful nation among men will be China. The USA wins the corresponding ranking among women.
Diving
- April 1st to April 5th - The European Diving Championship takes place in Turin .
doping
- One day before the start of the Biathlon World Championships in Pyeongchang in February , Yekaterina Jurjewa , Albina Achatowa and Dmitri Yaroshenko (all Russia) were convicted of doping after the opening of the B sample from the World Cup in Östersund in December 2008.
- The Lebanese ski racer Georges Salameh is found traces of cocaine at the world championships in Val d'Isere .
- The Russian cross-country skier Natalia Matwejewa is the World Cup in Whistler tested positive for EPO.
- After the football professionals Andreas Ibertsberger and Christoph Janker from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim appeared too late for a doping control after a game in the German Bundesliga against Borussia Mönchengladbach (1: 1) on February 7 , there were extensive discussions about this case. Eventually, the two players whose samples were negative are acquitted. Hoffenheim is sentenced to a fine.
- The Austrian triathlete Lisa Hütthaler , who was banned for two years in October 2008 for EPO doping , announced details of the allegations in her case in March 2009 .
- The German professional cyclist David Kopp was convicted of cocaine doping during a national race in Belgium on September 11, 2008.
- The Russian biathletes Andrej Prokunien (WM-4th 2001) and Veronika Timofejewa (2nd place Universiade 2003) will test positive for R-Epo doping in mid-March.
- At the national Russian indoor athletics championships in February, the 1,500 m run winner Vladimir Eschow and the 1,500 m runner Jelena Kanales were said to have tested positive for Epo.
- The Austrian cyclist Christian Pfannberger tests positive for Cera . Pfannberger had already tested positive in 2004.
- The German cyclist Stefan Schumacher is convicted of doping abuse. The Italian professional Davide Rebellin , the Olympic silver medalist in road racing, also tested positive for Cera.
- The US cyclist Tyler Hamilton was found doping for the second time since 2006 in April.
- Isabell Werth's dressage horse Whisper tests positive.
- The German speed skater Claudia Pechstein is banned due to suspicious test values.
- British show jumper Michael Whitaker's horse Tackeray tested positive for Altrenogest in June .
- In July, the Spanish cycling professionals Inigo Landaluza and Ricardo Serrano were convicted of abusing the blood doping agent Cera. The positive samples were from June.
Died
January
- January 2 : Nick Scandone , American sailor (* 1966 )
- January 3 : Luca Gelfi , Italian racing cyclist (* 1966 )
- January 4th : Ivan Gubijan , Yugoslav hammer thrower (* 1923 )
- January 4th : Leo Clijsters , Belgian football player (* 1956 )
- January 7th : Jackie Epstein , British racing driver (* 1933 )
- January 7th : Alfie Conn senior , Scottish football player (* 1926 )
- January 9 : Kaarle Ojanen , Finnish chess player (* 1918 )
- January 9 : René Herms , German athlete (* 1982 )
- January 9 : István Antal , Romanian ice hockey player and coach (* 1958 )
- January 10 : Sidney Wood , American tennis player (born 1911 )
- January 12 : Friaça , Brazilian soccer player (* 1924 )
- January 14th : Gennady Shatkov , Russian boxer (* 1932 )
- January 14th : Shadi Sbakhe , Palestinian soccer player (* 1981 )
- January 14 : Leo Rwabwogo , Ugandan boxer (* 1949 )
- January 14 : Wajeh Moshtahe , Palestinian soccer player (* 1984 )
- January 14 : Kurt Mondschein , German football player (* 1926 )
- January 14 : Ayman Alkurd , Palestinian football player (* 1974 )
- January 16 : Eugenio Saini , Italian enduro athlete (* 1939 )
- January 17 : Tomislav Crnković , Yugoslav football player (* 1929 )
- January 19 : John Davies , Canadian ice hockey player (born 1928 )
- January 19 : José Torres , American boxer (* 1936 )
- January 20 : Johnny Dixon , English football player (born 1923 )
- January 21 : Peter Persidis , Austrian football player and coach (* 1947 )
- January 21 : Vic Crowe , Welsh football player (born 1932 )
- January 22nd : Clément Pinault , French football player (* 1985 )
- January 23 : Héctor Rossetto , Argentine chess player (* 1922 )
- January 23 : Falco Fröhner , German sports reporter (* 1945 )
- January 24 : Kay Yow , American baseball coach (* 1932 )
- January 24th : Karl Koller , Austrian football player (* 1929 )
- January 24th : Fernando Cornejo , Chilean football player (* 1969 )
- January 28 : Glenn Davis , American hurdler and Olympic champion (* 1934 )
- January 28 : Gyula Pálóczi , Hungarian long and three jumper (* 1962 )
- January 30th : Ingemar Johansson , Swedish boxer and world champion (* 1932 )
- January 30th : Safar Iranpak , Iranian football player (* 1942 )
February
- February 1 : Jim McWithey , American racing car driver (* 1927 )
- February 2 : Paul Birch , English soccer player (* 1962 )
- February 3 : Mike Maloy , Austrian-American basketball player (* 1949 )
- February 4th : Christophe Dupouey , French cyclist (* 1968 )
- February 5th : Frederiek Nolf , Belgian cyclist (* 1987 )
- February 7 : Betty Jameson , American golfer (* 1919 )
- February 8 : Marian Cozma , Romanian handball player (* 1982 )
- February 12 : Lis Hartel , Danish dressage rider (* 1921 )
- February 12 : Giacomo Bulgarelli , Italian football player (* 1940 )
- February 13 : Jerzy Hawrylewicz , Polish football player (* 1958 )
- February 17 : Mike Whitmarsh , American basketball and volleyball player (born 1962 )
- February 17th : Edhi Handoko , Indonesian chess grandmaster (* 1960 )
- February 18 : Kamila Skolimowska , Polish athlete (* 1982 )
- February 26 : Norm Van Lier , American basketball player (born 1947 )
- February 26 : Werner Marschner , German cycling trainer (* 1919 )
- February 26 : Johnny "Red" Kerr , American basketball player, coach and commentator (* 1932 )
March
- March 1st : Alf Pike , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- March 2nd : Christopher Finnegan , British boxer (* 1944 )
- March 3 : Åke Lindman , Finnish football player (* 1928 )
- March 3 : Sebastian Faißt , German handball player (* 1988 )
- March 5 : Dave Pureifory , American football player
- March 5 : Valeri Broschin , Russian football player (* 1962 )
- March 7th : Francesco Zagatti , Italian football player and coach (* 1932 )
- March 9 : Gerhard Faltermeier , German soccer player and coach (* 1943 )
- March 10 : Anatoly Seglin , Soviet ice hockey and soccer player
- March 11th : Felix Arnold , Swiss wrestler
- March 14th : Claudiu Bujin , Romanian athlete
- March 21 : Walt Poddubny , Canadian ice hockey player
- March 23 : Lloyd Ruby , American racing car driver (* 1928 )
- March 24 : Igor Stelnow , Russian ice hockey player and coach (* 1963 )
- March 25 : Dumitru Vizitiu , Romanian football player and coach
- March 25 : Giovanni Parisi , Italian boxer (* 1967 )
- March 25 : Gábor Ocskay , Hungarian ice hockey player (* 1975 )
- March 25 : Yukio Endō , Japanese gymnast (* 1937 )
- March 29 : Vladimir Fedotov , Russian football player and coach (* 1943 )
- March 30th : Jackie Pretorius , South African racing car driver (* 1934 )
- March 30th : Andrea Mead-Lawrence , American ski racer (* 1932 )
July
- July 2 : Bert Schneider , Austrian motorcycle racer (* 1936 )
September
- September 11th : Henny van Schoonhoven , Dutch football player (* 1970 )
October
- October 5th : Rob Bron , Dutch motorcycle racer (* 1945 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ iihf.com, Best Players selected by the directorate (PDF; 71 kB)
- ↑ iihf.com, Media All-Stars (PDF; 71 kB)
See also
Web links
Commons : Sports Year 2009 - collection of images, videos and audio files
