Английская Википедия:2007 in sports

2007 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing

Alpine Skiing World Cup
- Men's overall season champion: Aksel Lund Svindal (Norway)
- Women's overall season champion: Nicole Hosp (Austria)

American football

Super Bowl XLI – the Indianapolis Colts (AFC) won 29–17 over the Chicago Bears (NFC)
- Location: Dolphin Stadium
- Attendance: 74,512
- MVP: Peyton Manning, QB (Indianapolis)
BCS National Championship Game at Fiesta Bowl (2006 season):
- The Florida Gators won 41–14 over the Ohio State Buckeyes to win the National Championship
December 16 - The Miami Dolphins defeat the Baltimore Ravens 22–16 in overtime to claim their only win of the 2007 NFL season. With the Dolphins losing their final two games, they would've suffered an Imperfect season if not for that overtime victory, a year before the Detroit Lions became the first winless team since the NFL expanded to a 16-game schedule.
December 29 - The New England Patriots became the second team after the 1972 Miami Dolphins to win all their regular season games after defeating the New York Giants 38-35 (16-0). They would win 2 playoff games and enter Super Bowl XLII at 18–0. However, the Patriots could not complete what could have been a historic 19–0 season. The Giants upset the Patriots 17–14.

Association football

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UEFA Champions League 2006-07 Final in Athens won by AC Milan over Liverpool 2–1
UEFA Cup 2006-07 Final in Glasgow – Sevilla beat Espanyol 2–2 (3–1 pens)
Copa América 2007 in Venezuela – Brazil beat Argentina 3–0 in the final
Copa Libertadores 2007 won by Boca Juniors.

Australian rules football

Geelong wins its first Australian Football League Grand Final since 1963, thrashing Port Adelaide by 119 points in the biggest Grand Final margin in VFL/AFL history. The final score was 24.19 (163) to 6.8 (44).

Athletics

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August–September – 2007 World Championships in Athletics held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka
September 9 – sprinter Asafa Powell of Jamaica breaks the previous record set by himself at the 100 metres sprint (9.77 seconds) and sets a new world record of 9.74
September 30 – Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia sets new world marathon record time of 2:04:26 at Berlin

Baseball

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2007 World Series – Boston Red Sox sweep the Colorado Rockies 4–0
2007 Japan Series – in a rematch of last year's series, the Chunichi Dragons win 4–1 over the 2006 champion Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
August 7 – Barry Bonds became Major League Baseball's career leader in home runs amid a cloud of controversy regarding his suspected use of performance-enhancing drugs by hitting the 756th home run of his career, surpassing Hank Aaron's previous mark of 755
2007 Asia Series – Japanese team Chunichi Dragons wins against Koreans SK Wyverns

Oregon State Beavers win back to back National Championships.

2007 Pacific Asian Baseball League Finals -

Seoul Shrubbery defeat the defend champions Singapore Sushi 1,300-1,212 to capture their first ever Periwinkle Feather.

Basketball

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January 1: Bob Knight becomes the winningest coach in men's college basketball history when Texas Tech defeats New Mexico, 70–68.
San Antonio Spurs won their fourth NBA Championship by sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers in four games. Tony Parker was named Finals MVP.
2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament – Florida became the first team to repeat as champions since Duke in 1991 and 1992
2007 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament won for the seventh time by Tennessee with the Lady Vols' Candace Parker named Most Outstanding Player.
Euroleague Final – Panathinaikos defeat defending champions CSKA Moscow 93–91 at the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens
The Phoenix Mercury would stun the 2006 WNBA Champion Detroit Shock in 5 games to capture their first title in franchise history. It was the second year in a row that a defending champion was stunned by another team who wasn't in the finals that previous year.

Boxing

January 20 Nicolay Valuev successfully defends his WBA Heavyweight title by defeating Jameel McCline, by technical knockout aun McCline blows out his knee.
February 3 Chad Dawson becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight champion after defeating Tomasz Adamek by unanimous decision. Despite being knocked down from a straight right hand on round ten, Dawson dominates most of the fight with his speed.
February 10 Shane Mosley becomes the WBC Welterweight champion by defeating Luis Collazo by unanimous decision.
March 10 Wladimir Klitschko successfully defends his IBF Heavyweight title after defeating Ray Austin by 2nd-round knockout.
April 14 Ruslan Chagaev becomes the new WBA Heavyweight Champion after defeating Nicolay Valuev by majority decision.
April 28 Juan Díaz unifies the WBA and WBO Lightweight titles after defeating Acelino Freitas, after Freitas refused to answer the bell before round nine.
June 2 Sultan Ibragimov defeats Shannon Briggs by unanimous decision to take the WBO Heavyweight title.
September 29 Kelly Pavlik upsets Jermain Taylor by seventh-round TKO to win the WBC, WBO, and universally recognized Middleweight Champion of the World. Pavlik was knocked down in the second round, but rallied back against a tired Taylor.
November 4 Joe Calzaghe defeats Mikkel Kessler by unanimous decision in a unification bout for the WBA, WBC and WBO super middleweight titles. Calzaghe becomes the first undisputed super middleweight champion and surpasses the 20 defences made by Bernard Hopkins and Larry Holmes at middleweight and heavyweight respectively.

Canadian football

November 25 – The Saskatchewan Roughriders win the 95th Grey Cup game, defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23–19 at Rogers Centre in Toronto.

Cricket

The Ashes – Australia completes a 5–0 whitewash over England in the 2006-07 Ashes series, the first time since 1920–21 that one team has won all the Tests in an Ashes series
2007 Cricket World Cup held in the West Indies – Australia beat Sri Lanka by 53 runs in the final
The inaugural ICC World Twenty20 held in South Africa; India beat Pakistan in the finals by 5 runs

Cross-country skiing

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Cycling

Grand Tours:

Alberto Contador wins the 2007 Tour de France.
Danilo Di Luca wins the 2007 Giro d'Italia.
Denis Menchov wins the 2007 Vuelta a España.

Darts

2007 PDC World Darts Championship Final – Raymond van Barneveld beats Phil Taylor 7–6

Field hockey

2007 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy: Germany
2007 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge: Argentina
2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship: Netherlands
2007 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy: Netherlands
2007 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge: China
2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship: Germany

Floorball

Women's World Floorball Championships
- Champion: Шаблон:Flw
Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships
- Champion: Шаблон:Fl19
European Cup
- Men's champion: Шаблон:Flagicon AIK IBF
- Women's champion: Шаблон:Flagicon UHC Dietlikon

Golf

Men's professional

Masters Tournament – Zach Johnson
U.S. Open at Oakmont – Ángel Cabrera
British Open at Carnoustie – Pádraig Harrington beats Sergio García in a play-off.
PGA Championship at Southern Hills – Tiger Woods wins his thirteenth major championship, and fourth PGA Championship.

Men's amateur

Women's professional

Kraft Nabisco Championship at Mission Hills Country Club (Rancho Mirage, California) – Morgan Pressel, at 18 years 313 days, becomes the youngest woman to ever win a major. She is also the first American to win this particular event since Dottie Pepper in 1999.
LPGA Championship at Bulle Rock Golf Course (Havre de Grace, Maryland) – Norway's Suzann Pettersen wins her first major.
US Women's Open at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club (Southern Pines, North Carolina) – American Cristie Kerr wins her first major.
Women's British Open at St Andrews – World Number 1 Lorena Ochoa of Mexico wins her first major.

Handball

2007 World Men's Handball Championship – won by Germany

Horse racing

Steeplechases

Cheltenham Gold Cup – Kauto Star
Grand National – Silver Birch

Flat races

Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Efficient
Canadian Triple Crown:
1. Queen's Plate – Mike Fox
2. Prince of Wales Stakes – Alezzandro
3. Breeders' Stakes – Marchfield
Dubai – Dubai World Cup won by Invasor
France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Dylan Thomas
Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Soldier of Fortune
Japan – Japan Cup won by Admire Moon
English Triple Crown:
1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Cockney Rebel
2. The Derby – Authorized^[1]
3. St. Leger Stakes – Lucarno
United States Triple Crown Races:
1. Kentucky Derby – Street Sense
2. Preakness Stakes – Curlin
3. Belmont Stakes – Rags to Riches
Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships:
- Day 1:
- Day 2:
  1. Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies – Indian Blessing
  2. Breeders' Cup Juvenile – War Pass
  3. Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf – Lahudood
  4. Breeders' Cup Sprint – Midnight Lute
  5. Breeders' Cup Mile – Kip Deville
  6. Breeders' Cup Distaff – Ginger Punch
  7. Breeders' Cup Turf – English Channel
  8. Breeders' Cup Classic – Curlin

Ice hockey

May 8 – The International Ice Hockey Federation announces that it will formalize the Triple Gold Club, previously a media-created term that grouped individuals who have won the Stanley Cup along with gold medals at the Olympics and World Championships. At the time of announcement, the club consisted of 18 members.
Anaheim Ducks win the Stanley Cup, defeating the Ottawa Senators in 5 games.
- The Ducks' Scott Niedermayer wins the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
- Fellow Duck Chris Pronger becomes the newest member of the Triple Gold Club.
Dany Heatley scores 50 goals with the Ottawa Senators which leads to the creation of the phrase “50 in ‘07.”

Mixed martial arts

The following is a list of major noteworthy MMA events during 2007 in chronological order.

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Motorsport

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Orienteering

August – 2007 World Orienteering Championships held in Kiev

Rink hockey

Spain wins the 2007 Rink Hockey World Championship, defeating Switzerland in the final.

Rugby league

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February 23 at Reebok Stadium, Bolton, England – 2007 World Club Challenge is won by St. Helens who defeated the Brisbane Broncos 18–14 before 23,207
April 20 at Brisbane – 2007 ANZAC Day Test is won by Australia 30–6 against New Zealand at Suncorp Stadium before 35,241
June 13 at Telstra Stadium, Sydney – The 2007 State of Origin series is wrapped up by Queensland in game two of the series before 76,924
August 25 at Wembley Stadium – 2007 Challenge Cup tournament culminates in St. Helens' 30–8 win against Catalans Dragons in the final before 84,241
September 30 at Sydney – The 2007 NRL season culminates in the minor premiers Melbourne Storm's 34–8 win against the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the 2007 NRL Grand Final
October 13 at Manchester – Super League XII culminates in the Leeds Rhinos' 33–5 win against minor premiers St. Helens in the Grand Final
November 17 at Paris – 2007 All Golds Tour, a repeat of the first ever international rugby league tour 100 years before, ends with a New Zealand win against France.

Rugby union

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113th Six Nations Championship series is won by France
2007 Rugby World Cup held in stadiums throughout France, with matches also held in Edinburgh and Cardiff. South Africa beat defending champions England in the final 15–6 to win the World Cup.
2007 Super 14 Final at ABSA Stadium, Durban – The Bulls score a converted try after the final horn to defeat the homestanding Sharks 20–19, becoming the first South African team to win the Super Rugby competition in its professional era.
2007 Heineken Cup Final at Twickenham, London – London Wasps deny Leicester Tigers a treble with a 25–9 win.

Domestic competitions

English Premiership – Leicester Tigers
Top 14 – Stade Français
Celtic League – Ospreys
EDF Energy Cup – Leicester Tigers
Air New Zealand Cup – Auckland
Currie Cup – Free State Cheetahs
Australian Rugby Championship – Central Coast Rays

Ski jumping

Anders Jacobsen (Norway) wins the Four Hills Tournament

Snooker

2007 World Snooker Championship – John Higgins wins his second world title after beating Mark Selby in the final 18–13.

Speed skating

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Swimming

2007 World Aquatics Championships held in Melbourne
July – Swimming at the 2007 Pan American Games
December – European Short Course Swimming Championships 2007 held in Debrecen, Hungary

Taekwondo

World Championships held in Beijing

Tennis

Australian Open Women's Singles – Serena Williams defeats Maria Sharapova 6–1, 6–2 in the final
U.S. Open Men's Singles – Roger Federer defeats Novak Djokovic
U.S. Open Women's Singles – Justine Henin defeats Svetlana Kuznetsova

Volleyball

Men's World League: Brazil
2007 Men's European Volleyball League: Spain
Women's World Grand Prix: Netherlands

Water polo

Men's water polo World Championship 2007 : Croatia
Women's water polo World Championship 2007 : United States
2007 FINA Men's Water Polo World League: Serbia
2007 FINA Women's Water Polo World League: USA

Weightlifting

European Championships held in Strasbourg
World Championships held in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Multi-sport events

2007 Winter Universiade, also known as the World Student Games, held in Turin, Italy
2007 All-Africa Games held in Algiers, Algeria
XV Pan American Games held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil^[2]
2007 Summer Universiade held in Bangkok, Thailand
2007 Southeast Asian Games held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

References

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