Sports year 2011
badminton
The highlights of the badminton year 2011 were the World Championship and the Sudirman Cup .
BWF Super Series
Bandy
- Bandy World Championship 2011 from January 23rd to 30th in Kazan , Russia
basketball
- Dirk Nowitzki wins his first NBA championship with the Dallas Mavericks in the 2011 NBA Finals against the Miami Heat
- European Women's Basketball Championship 2011 from June 18 to July 3 in Poland
- European basketball championship 2011 from August 31 to September 18 in Lithuania
biathlon
- Biathlon World Championships 2011
- European Biathlon Championships 2011
- Summer biathlon world championships 2011
billiards
Pool billiards
- WPA 9-Ball World Championship 2011 from June 25th to July 2nd in Doha
Bobsleigh
Boxing
- World Amateur Boxing Championships 2011 from September 22nd to October 10th in Baku
- Amateur European Women's Boxing Championships 2011 in Rotterdam
Cricket
- Cricket World Cup 2011 from February 19th to April 2nd in India , Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
darts
- PDC World Darts Championship 2011 from December 16, 2010 to January 3, 2011 in London
- World Matchplay 2011 from July 16th to 24th in Blackpool , England
- European Darts Championship 2011 from July 28th to 31st in Düsseldorf
figure skating
Speed skating
- European speed skating all-around championship 2011
- World speed skating championship 2011
- World Speed Skating Sprint Championship 2011
- World Speed Skating Individual Distance Championships 2011
Fistball
- Fistball World Championship 2011 in Austria in August
fencing
- Fencing World Championships 2011 from October 8th to 16th in Catania , Italy
Floorball (floorball)
- Women's Floorball World Championship 2011 from December 3rd to 11th in St. Gallen , Switzerland
Freestyle skiing
Soccer
Weightlifting
- European Weightlifting Championships 2011 from April 11th to 17th in Kazan , Russia
- World Weightlifting Championships 2011
Grass ski
Handball
hockey
field
Hall
- Indoor hockey world championship 2011 from February 8th to 13th in Poznan
Inline hockey
- IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship 2011 from June 19th to 25th in Pardubice , Czech Republic
Judo
- European Judo Championships 2011 from April 21 to 23 in Istanbul
Canoeing
athletics
- European Athletics Indoor Championships 2011
- World Athletics Championships 2011
- European Athletics Junior Championships 2011
- European Athletics U23 Championships 2011 from July 14th to 17th in Ostrava , Czech Republic
- 2011 South American Athletics Championships
- World Athletics Championships 2011 in Daegu , South Korea
- African Cross Country Championships 2011
- European Cross Country Championships 2011
- World Cross Country Championships 2011
Mountain bike orienteering
- Mountain Bike Orienteering World Championships 2011 from August 20th to 28th in Vicenza , Italy
Motorcycling
Motorcycle world championship
A total of 18 races were held between March 20th and November 6th . The 125 cm³ class, which has existed since 1949, was held for the last time this season and was replaced by the Moto3 class from the following year .
The season was overshadowed by the death of the 24-year-old Italian Marco Simoncelli , who fell during the MotoGP round of the Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang International Circuit , was overtaken by the following Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi and was there on the same day succumbed to severe head, neck and chest injuries.
MotoGP class (800 cm³)
- The world champion in the MotoGP class (800 cm³) is the Australian Casey Stoner on a Honda, ahead of the Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo on a Yamaha and his compatriot Andrea Dovizioso (Honda). For the 26-year-old stoner, this is already the second world championship title of his career after 2007. In the constructors' championship, Honda prevailed ahead of Yamaha and Ducati .
Moto2 class (600 cm³)
- In the second Moto2 class, 21-year-old German Stefan Bradl wins the title on Kalex . The Spaniard Marc Márquez finished second, the Italian Andrea Iannone (both Suter ) third . In the constructors' championship, Suter wins ahead of Kalex and FTR . For Bradl this is the first world championship title of his career and at the same time the first for a German pilot since Dirk Raudies became 125 cc world champion in 1993 .
125 cc class
- The 23-year-old Spaniard Nicolás Terol won the title in the last 125 cc class on Aprilia ahead of Frenchman Johann Zarco ( Derbi ) and his compatriot Maverick Viñales (also Aprilia). In the constructors' championship, Aprilia prevailed ahead of Derbi and Mahindra . For Terol this is the first world title in his career.
Superbike World Championship
- The 39-year-old Spaniard Carlos Checa wins the drivers' championship on a Ducati 1098R ahead of the Italians Marco Melandri ( Yamaha YZF-R1 ) and Max Biaggi ( Aprilia RSV4 Factory ). For Checa this is the first world title in his long career. Ducati beat Yamaha and Aprilia in the constructors 'championship and wins its 17th constructors' title in this series.
Details: 2011 Superbike World Championship
World Supersport Championship
- The Briton Chaz Davies wins the drivers' championship on a Yamaha YZF-R6 ahead of the Spaniard David Salom ( Kawasaki ZX-6R ) and the Frenchman Fabien Foret ( Honda CBR 600 RR ). For the 24-year-old, this is the first world title in his career. In the constructors' championship, Yamaha prevailed against Honda and Kawasaki .
Details: 2011 Supersport World Championship
International German motorcycle championship
Isle of Man TT
- The 39-year-old Englishman John McGuinness won the superbike and senior races on a Honda at the road races on the Isle of Man between June 4th and 10th . New Zealander Bruce Anstey wins race A of the junior category , race B wins the English rider Gary Johnson (both Honda). In the run in the Superstock class, the 23-year-old Northern Irishman Michael Dunlop on a Kawasaki and the 39-year-old Englishman Michael Rutter on a MotoCzysz won the TT Zero race .
- In the sidecar class , the Austrian Klaus Klaffenböck won the first race with his local co-driver Daniel Sayle in an LCR- Honda and the English duo John Holden / Andrew Winkle in an LCR- Suzuki the second.
Orienteering
Para-ski
Equestrian sport
- European Championships in Dressage 2011
- European Show Jumping Championships 2011
- European championships in eventing 2011
- FEI Nations Cup 2011
- Global Champions Tour 2011
- Riders Tour 2011
- World Cup: Western European League 2011/2012 (dressage riding)
- World Cup: Western European League 2011/2012 (show jumping)
- World Cup Finals 2011
- World Dressage Masters 2011/2012
Wrestling
- European wrestling championships 2011
- World Wrestling Championships 2011 from September 12th to 19th in Istanbul
Sledding
- Luge World Championships 2011
- Natural Track Luge Junior European Championship 2011
- Natural Track Luge World Championship 2011
rowing
- World Rowing Championships 2011 from August 28th to September 4th in Bled , Slovenia
rugby
- Rugby Union World Cup 2011 from 9 September to 23 October in New Zealand
swim
Sailing
- Sailing World Championship 2011 from December 3rd to 18th in Perth , Australia
Short track
- European Short Track Championships 2011 from January 14th to 16th in Heerenveen , Netherlands
skeleton
Alpine skiing
- Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 from February 7th to 20th in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Nordic skiing
Ski jumping
- FIS Ladies Winter Tour 2011 in January
- FIS Team Tour 2011 from January 29th to February 6th in Germany
- Ski Jumping Summer Grand Prix 2011
Ski orienteering
- World Orienteering Championships 2011 from March 20th to 28th in Tänndalen , Sweden
Snowboard
- Snowboard World Championships 2011 from January 15th to 22nd in La Molina , Spain
Speed ski
- Speed Ski World Championship 2011 from April 18th to 21st in Verbier , Switzerland
Taekwondo
- Taekwondo World Championships 2011 from May 1st to 6th in Gyeongju , South Korea
Telemark
- Telemark World Championship 2011 from March 16-19 in Rjukan , Norway
tennis
Grand Slam tournaments
World Tour Finals
ATP Tour Finals
| final | singles | Result | Double | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20.-27. November in London |
 Roger Federer Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
|
6 6 6 3 7 3 |
.svg){kind=small} Max Mirny / Daniel Nestor Fyrstenberg / Matkowski 
|
6 7 3 5 |
WTA Championships
| final | singles | Result | Double | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25.-30. October in Istanbul |
 Kvitová Asaranka
|
7 4 6 5 6 3 |
 Huber / Raymond Peschke / Srebotnik 
|
6 6 4 4 |
World Team Cup
| final | encounter | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 15-21 May in Düsseldorf |
 Germany Argentina
|
2 1 |
Davis Cup
| final | encounter | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2-4 December in Seville |
 Spain Argentina
|
3 1 |
Fed Cup
| final | encounter | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 5th-6th November in Moscow |
Czechoslovakia Russia
|
3 2 |
Hopman Cup
| final | encounter | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1-8 January in Perth |
United States Belgium
|
2 1 |
Table tennis
- Table tennis world championship 2011 from May 8th to 15th in Rotterdam
do gymnastics
Water polo
Diving
- 2011 European Diving Championships from March 8th to 13th in Turin
Died
- January 7th : Derek Gardner , British automobile designer (* 1931 )
- May 28 : Luigi Valenzano , Italian racing driver (* 1920 )
- July 5th : Mika Myllylä , Finnish cross-country skier (* 1969 )
- October 21 : Drikus Veer , Dutch motorcycle racer (* 1918 )
- October 27 : Giancarlo Vitali , Italian football player and coach (* 1926 )
- November 19 : Karl Aage Præst , Danish football player (* 1922 )
- November 20 : Mario Martiradonna , Italian football player (* 1938 )
- November 25 : Vasily Alexejew , Russian weightlifter and Olympic champion (* 1942 )
- December 8 : Giorgio Mariani , Italian football player (* 1946 )
See also
Web links
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