2009 in sports

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2009 in sports

2009 in sports describes the world events in sport.

Alpine skiing[]

  • Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 held at Val d'Isère, Savoy, France

American football[]

  • Super Bowl XLIII – the Pittsburgh Steelers (AFC) won 27–23 over the Arizona Cardinals (NFC)
    • Location: Raymond James Stadium
    • Attendance: 70,774
    • MVP: Santonio Holmes, WR (Pittsburgh)
  • BCS National Championship Game at Orange Bowl (2008 season):
    • The Florida Gators won 24-14 over the Oklahoma Sooners in front of a record crowd of 78,468 to win the BCS National Championship
  • September 20 – The Dallas Cowboys play their first game in the new Cowboys Stadium against the New York Giants and lose 31–33. The game drew an NFL record regular-season crowd of over 105,000.
  • September 27 – Detroit Lions defeat the Washington Redskins to end a 19-game losing streak dating back to December 2007. This tied the 1942–45 Chicago Cardinals (who suspended independent operations in 1944) and the 1961–62 Oakland Raiders for the second longest such streak after the 1976–77 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
  • October 8 – The United Football League made its debut.
  • November 27 – In the first UFL Championship Game, the Las Vegas Locomotives defeat the previously unbeaten Florida Tuskers 20–17 in overtime.

Association football[]

Main article: 2009 in association football
  • Shakhtar Donetsk win the UEFA Cup after beating Werder Bremen 2–1 in extra time of the 2009 UEFA Cup Final in Istanbul.
  • FC Barcelona win the UEFA Champions League after beating Manchester United 2–0 in the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final in Rome.
  • Estudiantes win the Copa Libertadores after beating Cruzeiro 4–1 on points.
  •  Brazil win the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup after beating the  United States 3–2 in the final in Johannesburg, South Africa.
  •  Mexico win the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup after beating the  United States 5–0 in the final in East Rutherford, United States.
  •  Ghana win the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup after beating  Brazil 4–3 in penalties (the match ended 0–0) in the final in Cairo, Egypt.
  •   Switzerland win the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup after beating  Nigeria 1–0 in the final in Abuja, Nigeria.
  • FC Barcelona win the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup after beating Estudiantes de La Plata 2–1 in the final in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
  • Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito win the Recopa Sudamericana after defeating Internacional in the two-legged final.
  • Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito win the Copa Sudamericana after defeating Fluminense FC in the two-legged final.
  • FIFA World Player of the Year:
    • Men: Lionel Messi,  Argentina and FC Barcelona
    • Women: Marta,  Brazil and Los Angeles Sol
      • Marta becomes the first four-time winner of the award of either sex, with all of her awards consecutive.

Athletics[]

Main article: 2009 in athletics (track and field)
  • 2009 World Championships in Athletics at Olympiastadion, Berlin

Australian Rules Football[]

  • Australian Football League
    • July 11 – Fremantle kick the lowest score since 1961 when they score only 1.7 (13) against Adelaide’s 19.16 (130)
    • September 26 – 2009 AFL Grand Final in Melbourne, Australia, is won by the Geelong Football Club against the St Kilda Football Club on by 12 points.

Bandy[]

Main article: 2009 in ice sports
  • 2009 Bandy World Championship in Västerås, Sweden, is won by the host nation after defeating Russia in the final

Baseball[]

Main article: 2009 in baseball
See also: 2009 Major League Baseball season and 2009 Nippon Professional Baseball season
  • Japan Japan win the 2009 World Baseball Classic after beating South Korea South Korea by 5–3 (F/10) in the final at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California.
  • New York City opens two new ballparks, The New Yankee Stadium for the New York Yankees and Citi Field for the New York Mets.
  • Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox throws the 18th perfect game in Major League history against the Tampa Bay Rays.
  • The New York Yankees defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 4 games to 2 to win their 27th World Series championship. Hideki Matsui is named World Series MVP
  • The Yomiuri Giants defeat the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 4 games to 2 to win their 21st Japan Series championship. The Giants' Shinnosuke Abe is named MVP.

Basketball[]

Main article: 2009 in basketball

Boxing[]

  • 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships held in Mediolanum Forum, Milan
  • David Haye defeats Nikolai Valuev to claim the WBA World heavyweight title.
  • Vitali Klitchko comes back from injury
  • Manny Pacquiao defeated Ricky Hatton to win the IBO and Ring Magazine Light Welterweight championship. Pacquiao also defeated Miguel Cotto to win the WBO Welterweight championship to become the first boxer to win 7 world title in seven different weight classes.
  • Floyd Mayweather, Jr. came out of retirement by facing lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez and defeating him by unanimous decision.

Canadian football[]

  • 97th Grey Cup game at McMahon Stadium in Calgary – Montreal Alouettes defeat Saskatchewan Roughriders 28–27. Avon Cobourne was named MVP

Cricket[]

Main article: 2009 in cricket
  • March 3 – five members of the Sri Lanka national cricket team are injured when their team bus is attacked by masked gunmen en route to the third day's play of their Second Test against Pakistan at Lahore. The tour is cancelled following the attack.
  • March 7–22 – 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup held in Australia.
  • Deccan Chargers win the 2009 Indian Premier League held in South Africa.
  • June 5, – June 21, – 2009 ICC World Twenty20 held in England.
  • September 22, – October 5, – 2009 ICC Champions Trophy held in South Africa

Cycling[]

Golf[]

Main article: 2009 in golf

Major championships

Women's major championships

Senior major championships

Gymnastics[]

Handball[]

Horse racing[]

Steeplechases

  • Cheltenham Gold Cup – Kauto Star
  • Grand National – Mon Mome

Flat races

Ice hockey[]

Main article: 2009 in ice sports

Mixed martial arts[]

The following is a list of major noteworthy MMA events by month.

January

1/14 – World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku no Ran 2009

1/17 – UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson

1/24 – Affliction: Day of Reckoning (Last Affliction event)

1/25 – WEC 38: Varner vs. Cerrone

1/31 – UFC 94: St-Pierre vs. Penn 2

February

2/7 – UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs. Stephens

2/21 – UFC 95: Sanchez vs. Stevenson

March

3/1 – WEC 39: Brown vs. Garcia

3/7 – UFC 96: Jackson vs. Jardine

3/8 – DREAM.7

3/20 – World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 7

April

4/1 – UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann

4/3 – Bellator I (Bellator FC's first event; Start of Bellator season 1)

4/5 – WEC 40: Torres vs. Mizugaki

4/5 – DREAM.8

4/10 – Bellator II

4/11 – Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz

4/17 – Bellator III

4/17 – Bellator IV

4/18 – UFC 97: Redemption

May

5/1 – Bellator V

5/2 – World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 8

5/8 – Bellator VI

5/15 – ShoMMA 1: Evangelista vs. Aina

5/15 – Bellator VII

5/15 – MFC 21: Hard Knocks

5/23 – UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida

5/26 – DREAM.9

5/29 – Bellator IX

June

6/5 – Bellator X

6/6 – Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields

6/7 – WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber II

6/12 – Bellator XI

6/13 – UFC 99: The Comeback

6/19 – ShoMMA 2: Villasenor vs. Cyborg

6/19 – Bellator XII (End of Bellator season 1)

6/20 – The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom Finale

July

7/11 – UFC 100 (This event holds the highest PPV buyrate for a MMA event with 1.6 million buys)

7/20 – DREAM.10

8/2 – World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 9

8/8 – UFC 101: Declaration

8/9 – WEC 42: Torres vs. Bowles

8/15 – Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg

8/29 – UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira

September

9/16 – UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard

9/19 – UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort

9/23 – World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 10

9/25 – ShoMMA 3: Kennedy vs. Cummings

October

10/6 – DREAM.11

10/10 – WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson

10/24 – UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun

10/25 – DREAM.12

November

11/6 – ShoMMA 4: Gurgel vs. Evangelista

11/7 – Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers

11/7 – World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 11

11/14 – UFC 105: Couture vs. Vera

11/18 – WEC 44: Brown vs. Aldo

11/20 – ShoMMA 5: Woodley vs. Bears

11/21 – UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin 2

December

12/5 – The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale

12/12 – UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez

12/19 – WEC 45: Cerrone vs. Ratcliff

12/19 – Strikeforce: Evolution

12/31 – Dynamite!! 2009 (Event featured 12 DREAM/SRC MMA bouts and 6 K-1 kickboxing bouts)

Motorsport[]

Main articles: 2009 in motorsport and List of 2009 motorsport champions

Netball[]

Rink hockey[]

  • Spain wins the 2009 Rink Hockey World Championship, defeating Argentina in the final.

Rowing[]

Rugby league[]

Main article: 2009 in rugby league
  • March 1 – Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles defeats Leeds Rhinos 28–20 to win the 2009 World Club Challenge at Elland Road
  • March 22: Maesteg, South Wales – 20-year-old forward Leon Walker collapses and dies on the field in a reserve match between Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and Celtic Crusaders.[2]
  • June–July – Queensland defeats New South Wales 2–1 in the 2009 State of Origin series to claim a record 4th straight Origin series victory.
  • August 29 – Warrington Wolves defeats Huddersfield Giants 25 – 16 to win The Carnegie Challenge Cup at Wembley
  • October 4 – Melbourne Storm defeat Parramatta Eels 23–16 in the 2009 NRL Grand Final to win their third premiership and second in two years. Billy Slater named Clive Churchill Medalist. On April 22, 2010, the Melbourne Storm were stripped of the 2007 and 2009 premierships and the 2006–2008 minor premierships, after Storm officials confessed to the NRL that the club had committed serious and systematic breaches of the salary cap between 2006 and 2010 by running a well-organized dual contract and bookkeeping system which concealed a total of $3.17 million in payments made to players outside of the salary cap.
  • November – Australia defeat England 46–16 in the final of the Rugby League Four Nations tournament in England.

Rugby union[]

Main article: 2009 in rugby union
  • 115th Six Nations Championship series is won by  Ireland who complete the Grand Slam
  • 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens
    •  Wales win the men's competition.
    • The inaugural women's competition is won by Australia Australia.
  • 2008–09 IRB Sevens World Series –  South Africa
  • July 18 – The Celtic League and Italian Rugby Federation tentatively agree that two Italian teams will enter the previously Celtic league in 2010–11.
  • September 14 – SANZAR, the organiser of the Tri Nations and Super 14 competitions, announces that  Argentina has been provisionally invited to join an expanded "Four Nations" competition effective in 2012.
  • November 12 – Independent arbitrators appointed by SANZAR award the 15th Super Rugby franchise to Melbourne, specifically to the operators of the Melbourne Rebels, the city's representative in the defunct Australian Rugby Championship. The new team, whose name was ultimately announced as the Rebels, will join an expanded Super 15 in 2011.
  • 2009 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa – South Africa wins the Test series 2–1
  • Tri Nations –  South Africa

Ski jumping[]

Speed skating[]

  • Czech female skater Martina Sáblíková and Dutch male skater Sven Kramer win the 2009 World Allround Speed Skating Championships in Hamar

Swimming[]

  • 2009 World Aquatics Championships held at Rome

Tennis[]

  • Australian Open
    • Men's final: Rafael Nadal defeats Roger Federer, 7–5, 3–6, 7–6(3), 3–6, 6–2
    • Women's final: Serena Williams defeats Dinara Safina, 6–0, 6–3
  • French Open
    • Men's final: Roger Federer defeats Robin Söderling, 6–1, 7–6(1), 6–4
    • Women's final: Svetlana Kuznetsova defeats Dinara Safina, 6–4, 6–2
  • Wimbledon Championships
    • Men's final: Roger Federer defeats Andy Roddick, 5–7, 7–6(6), 7–6(5), 3–6, 16–14
    • Women's final: Serena Williams defeats Venus Williams, 7–6(3), 6–2
  • U.S. Open
    • Men's final: Juan Martín del Potro defeats Roger Federer, 3–6, 7–6(5), 4–6, 7–6(4), 6–2
    • Women's final: Kim Clijsters defeats Caroline Wozniacki, 7–5, 6–3
  • Davis Cup
  • Fed Cup

Water polo[]

Multi-sport events[]

  • August 3 – 9 – 2009 World Waterski Championships in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  • July 11 – 19 – 2009 Lusophony Games in Lisbon, Portugal.
  • July 16 – 26 – World Games 2009 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
    • Chinese delegation boycotts the opening ceremony on July 16.[3]
  • 2009 Summer Deaflympics is held in Taipei, Taiwan
  • December 5(some events will start from December 2)—December 13 – 2009 East Asian Games in Hong Kong, China
  • December 9 – December 18 – 2009 Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane, Laos

References[]

  1. ^ "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  2. ^ Wardrop, Murray (March 23, 2009). "Rugby league player dies during match". telegraph.co.uk. UK: Telegraph Media Group Limited. Retrieved June 15, 2010.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved November 10, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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