1990 in sports

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1990 in sports

1990 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing[]

  • Alpine Skiing World Cup
    • Men's overall season champion: Pirmin Zurbriggen, Switzerland

American football[]

  • Super Bowl XXIV – the San Francisco 49ers (NFC) won 55–10 over the Denver Broncos (AFC)
    • Location: Superdome
    • Attendance: 72,919
    • MVP: Joe Montana, QB (San Francisco)
  • Sugar Bowl (1989 season):
    • The Miami Hurricanes won 33-25 over the Alabama Crimson Tide to win the national championship
  • November 11 – Derrick Thomas has 7 sacks for Kansas City Chiefs against Seattle Seahawks.

Association football[]

  • West Germany won the Football World Cup in Rome, Italy, defeating defending champion Argentina 1-0 in the final.
  • EcuadorEcuadorian Serie A Champions: Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito

Athletics[]

Australian rules football[]

Baseball[]

  • March 17 – Taiwan Professional Baseball League, a first official game held.[citation needed]
  • June 11 – Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers pitched a no-hitter against the Oakland Athletics.
  • The Cincinnati Reds sweep the Oakland A's in the World Series.
  • Ira Smith becomes the first player in NCAA history to win consecutive batting titles after hitting .519 with the Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks.

Basketball[]

NBA Finals

  • Detroit Pistons win four games to one over the Portland Trail Blazers

National Basketball League (Australia) Finals

Events

Boxing[]

Canadian football[]

Cycling[]

Dogsled racing[]

  • Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion

Darts[]

  • Phil Taylor (darts player) wins his first world title

Field hockey[]

  • Men's World Cup held in Lahore won by the Netherlands
  • Men's Champions Trophy held in Melbourne won by Australia
  • Women's World Cup held in Sydney won by the Netherlands

Figure skating[]

Gaelic Athletic Association[]

Golf[]

Men's professional

  • Masters TournamentNick Faldo
  • U.S. OpenHale Irwin
  • British OpenNick Faldo
  • PGA ChampionshipWayne Grady
  • PGA Tour money leader – Greg Norman – $1,165,477
  • Senior PGA Tour money leader – Lee Trevino – $1,190,518

Men's amateur

Women's professional

Harness racing[]

Horse racing[]

Steeplechases

Flat races

Ice hockey[]

  • Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Wayne Gretzky, Los Angeles Kings
  • Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Mark Messier, Edmonton Oilers
  • Stanley CupEdmonton Oilers won 4 games to 1 over the Boston Bruins
  • World Hockey Championship
    • Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Sweden
    • Junior Men's champion: Canada defeated Soviet Union
    • Women's champion: in the inaugural event, Canada defeated United States

Lacrosse[]

Motorsport[]

Radiosport[]

  • The first World Radiosport Team Championship held in Seattle, United States Gold medals won by John Dorr K1AR and Doug Grant K1DG of the United States.
  • Fifth Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championship held in Štrbské Pleso, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia).

Rugby league[]

Rugby union[]

Snooker[]

  • World Snooker ChampionshipStephen Hendry beats Jimmy White 18-12
  • World rankingsStephen Hendry becomes world number one for 1990/91

Swimming[]

  • March 24 – Tom Jager betters his own world record (22.12) in the 50m freestyle (long course) twice at a swimming meet in Nashville, Tennessee, swimming 21.98 in the heats and 21.81 in the final.

Tennis[]

  • Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
    1. Australian OpenIvan Lendl
    2. French OpenAndrés Gómez
    3. Wimbledon championshipsStefan Edberg
    4. US OpenPete Sampras
  • Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
    1. Australian OpenSteffi Graf
    2. French OpenMonica Seles
    3. Wimbledon championshipsMartina Navratilova
    4. US OpenGabriela Sabatini
  • Davis Cup – United States won 3-2 over Australia in world tennis.

Triathlon[]

Volleyball[]

Multi-sport events[]

Awards[]

  • Associated Press Male Athlete of the YearJoe Montana, National Football League
  • Associated Press Female Athlete of the YearBeth Daniel, LPGA golf
  • BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the YearMal Meninga, Australian rugby league footballer

References[]

  1. ^ Jerardi, Dick (February 27, 2015). "Remembering Hank, 25 years later". Philadelphia Daily News. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
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