2005 in sports
2005 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Alpine skiing
- Alpine Skiing World Cup
- Men's overall season champion: Bode Miller (US)
- Women's overall season champion: Anja Pärson (Sweden)
American football
- Super Bowl XXXIX – the New England Patriots (AFC) won 24–21 over the Philadelphia Eagles (NFC)
- Location: Alltel Stadium
- Attendance: 78,125
- MVP: Deion Branch, WR (New England)
- Location:
- Orange Bowl (2004 season):
- The Southern California Trojans won 55–19 over the Oklahoma Sooners to win the BCSNational Championship
- The
Association football
- May 18 – Sporting Lisbon 3–1 at Sporting's home fieldin Lisbon.
- May 25 – to win Europe's top prize for the 5th time.
- August 31 – Boca Juniors (Argentina) won the Recopa Sudamericana 2005 4–3 on aggregate over Once Caldas (Colombia). (First leg in Buenos Aires 3–1, second leg in Manizales 1–2)
- December 11 – Opening game of the first São Paulo won the competition narrowly beating UEFA Champions Liverpool1–0.
- December 18 – Copa Sudamericana 2005.
- December 19 – Ronaldinho (Brazil, for male footballer) and Birgit Prinz (Germany, for female footballer) were elected FIFA World Player of the Year.
Australian rules football
- Australian Football League
- The Sydney Swans win the 109th AFL Premiership, defeating West Coast Eagles 8.10 (58) to 7.12 (54), the club's first premiership in 72 years
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Ben Cousins, captain of the West Coast Eagles
- Leigh Matthews Trophy also awarded to Cousins
- Coleman Medal awarded to Fraser Gehrig of St Kilda
- See also Australian Football League season 2005
- 2005 Australian Football International Cup won by New Zealand
Athletics
- June 14 – Men's 100 metres – Asafa Powell of Jamaicasets a new world record of 9.77 at the Athens Olympic Stadium.
- June 19 – European Cup
- Men's overall standings – Germany
- Women's overall standings – Russia
- August – World Championships held in Helsinki
- IAAF Golden League – Russian triple jumper Tatyana Lebedeva is the sole winner of the US$1 million jackpot divided among all athletes who win their event at each of six designated meets.
- December 13 – The drugs, CAS found the circumstantial evidence against him overwhelming. It also struck all his results since 2001 from the records, including a then world-record time of 9.78.
Baseball
- October 22 – 2005 Japan Series – The Chiba Lotte Marines sweep the Hanshin Tigers 4 games to 0.
- October 26 – 2005 MLB World Series – The Chicago White Sox sweep the Houston Astros 4 games to 0 to win the World Series for the first time since 1917.
Basketball
- NBA Finals – San Antonio Spurs win their third NBA title in the past seven years, defeating the Detroit Pistons in the first seven-game NBA Finals in eleven years.
- WNBA Finals - Sacramento Monarchs defeat Connecticut Sun to win their only title.
- Roy Williams's first national title.
- Kim Mulkey-Robertsonbecomes the first woman to win NCAA Division I basketball titles as a player and coach.
- Euroleague title, defeating TAU Cerámica of Spain, 90–78, in the final.
- finals – defending champions Guangdong Southern Tigers defeat the Jiangsu Dragons 3 games to 2 in the best-of-five Chinese Basketball Associationfinals.
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- Bj League, a professional basketball league in Japan, predecessor for B League of Japan, a first game held on November 5.[page needed]
Bowling
- February 20 – Chris Barnes wins the 62nd US Open
- April 3 – Patrick Allen wins the PBA Denny's World Championship
- April 10 – Steve Jaros wins the PBA Dexter Tournament of Champions
- Patrick Allen is named the Player of the Year for 2004–2005
- November 20 – Mike Scroggins wins the USBC Masters
Boxing
- May 7 – Ring Magazine fight of the year.
- July 16 – Jermain Taylor, 2000 US Olympic Boxing bronze medalist, defeats Bernard Hopkins for the undisputed Middleweight Title ending Hopkins' 10 year title reign. Hopkins made 20 successful title defenses before losing to Taylor, the current record in the middleweight division, Carlos Monzón is second with 14 successful defenses.
- 13 to November 20 – World Amateur Boxing Championships held in Mianyang, People's Republic of China
Canadian football
- November 27 – the BC Place Stadium in Vancouver.
Cricket
- January 10 – ICC World XI (344 for 8) beat the ACC Asian XI (232) by 112 runs to win the first of two scheduled one-day internationals for the World Cricket Tsunami Appeal; the second was never played. It is the first time an ODI has been played that has not been between two cricketing nations.
- January 10 – Zimbabweby 226 runs to record their first ever Test match victory.
- July 2 – Lord's Cricket Ground.
- August 11 – Shane Warne becomes the first bowler to take 600 Test wickets.
- September 12 – England win The Ashes.
Cycling
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- Tour de France won by Lance Armstrong, his record-setting seventh consecutive title.
- UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
- Men's Competition – Sven Nys
- Women's Competition – Hanka Kupfernagel
Field hockey
- Men's Champions Trophy: Australia
- Men's Champions Challenge: Argentina
- Women's Champions Trophy: Netherlands
- Women's Champions Challenge: New Zealand
Figure skating
- World Figure Skating Championships
- Men's champion: Stéphane Lambiel, Switzerland
- Ladies' champion: Irina Slutskaya, Russia
- Pair skating champions: Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin, Russia
- Ice dancing champions: Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov, Russia
Floorball
- Women's World Floorball Championships
- Champion: Switzerland
- Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships
- Champion: Sweden
- European Cup
- Men's champion: SV Wiler-Ersigen
- Women's champion: RA Rychenberg
Gaelic Athletic Association
- April 16 – The annual congress of the Gaelic Athletic Association votes to open up Croke Park and allow soccer and rugby to be played there under certain circumstances. It is expected that this will pave the way for the Republic of Ireland national football team and the Irish national rugby union team to use Croke Park during the redevelopment of their home ground, Lansdowne Road.
- Camogie
- Gaelic football
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship – Tyrone 1–16 died Kerry 2–10
- National Football League – Armagh 1–21 died Wexford 1–14
- 0–15
- Ladies' Gaelic football
- Hurling
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship – Cork 1–21 died Galway 1–16
- Liam MacCarthy Cup – Cork
- Christy Ring Cup – Westmeath 1–23 died Down 2–18
- Nicky Rackard Cup – London 5–8 died Louth 1–5
- National Hurling League – Kilkenny beat Clare
Gliding
- Klix, Germany
- 15-metre Class Winner: Mette Pedersen, Denmark; Glider: Alexander Schleicher ASW 27B
- Standard Class Winner: Jana Veprekova, Czech Republic; Glider: Rolladen-Schneider LS8-b
- Club Class Winner: Hana Vokrinkova, Czech Republic; Glider: Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus
- 15-metre Class Winner: Mette Pedersen, Denmark; Glider:
- World Gliding Championships (Junior), Husbands Bosworth, United Kingdom
- Standard Class Winner: Mark Parker, Great Britain; Glider: Rolladen-Schneider LS8
- Club Class Winner: Christoph Nacke, Germany; Glider: Rolladen-Schneider LS1
Golf
Men's professional
- Major Championships
- Masters Tournament – Tiger Woods defeated fellow American Chris DiMarco at the first playoff hole to claim his 4th Masters title and his 9th major.
- U.S. Open – Michael Campbell
- British Open – Tiger Woods
- PGA Championship – Phil Mickelson
- PGA Tour money leader – Tiger Woods won $10,628,024
Men's amateur
- British Amateur – Brian McElhinney
- U.S. Amateur – Edoardo Molinari
- European Amateur – Marius Thorp
Women's professional
- Kraft Nabisco Championship – Annika Sörenstam won her eighth major
- LPGA Championship – Annika Sörenstam
- U.S. Women's Open – Birdie Kim earned what became her only LPGA Tour win.
- Jeong Jang
- LPGA Tour money leader – Annika Sörenstam won $2,588,240
Handball
Horse racing
Steeplechases
Flat races
- Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Makybe Diva for the third time in succession
- Canada – Queen's Plate won by Wild Desert
- Dubai – Roses in May
- France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Hurricane Run
- Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Hurricane Run
- Japan
- Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Leger) to become the first horse since 1994 to win the Japanese Triple Crown.
- Japan Cup won by Alkaased
- English Triple Crown Races:
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Footstepsinthesand
- The Derby – Motivator[1]
- St. Leger Stakes – Scorpion
- United States Triple Crown Races:
- Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships:
- Breeders' Cup Classic – Saint Liam
- Breeders' Cup Distaff – Pleasant Home
- Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf – Intercontinental
- Breeders' Cup Juvenile – Stevie Wonderboy
- Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies – Folklore
- Breeders' Cup Mile – Artie Schiller
- Breeders' Cup Sprint – Silver Train
- Breeders' Cup Turf – Shirocco
Ice hockey
- February 16 – the 2004–05 NHL season was canceled by league commissioner Gary Bettman. This was the first time that a North American professional sports league had to cancel a season due to a labor dispute.
- May 29 – Memorial Cup – London Knights defeat Rimouski Océanic 4–0 to win the Memorial Cup.
- June 1 – Kelly Cup – Trenton Titans defeat Florida Everblades 4 games to 2 to win the Kelly Cup.
- June 10 – Calder Cup – Philadelphia Phantoms defeat Chicago Wolves 4 games to 0 to win the Calder Cup.
- The Philadelphia Flyers top two minor league affiliates, the ECHL Trenton Titans and the AHL Philadelphia Phantoms, both win their respective championship series.
- July 22 – the NHLPAis reached.
Lacrosse
Major League Lacrosse (USA)
- Long Island Lizards 15–9 to win the Steinfeld Cup.
- MLL announces four expansion teams to start play in the 2006 season and create a Western Conference: Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
National Lacrosse League
- The Champion's Cup.
- Les Bartley, former coach and GM of the Toronto Rock, dies later that week.
- Gary Gait, of the Colorado Mammoth, retires along with his twin brother Paul Gait ending an era of lacrosse.
NCAA Division I (US Collegiate)
- NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship in Philadelphiaon May 30 to go unbeaten.
- NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship.
European lacrosse
- November 10 – Austrian Lacrosse Association (ÖLAXV) is founded.
Mixed martial arts
The following is a list of major noteworthy MMA events during 2005 in chronological order.
Motorsport
Radiosport
- 6th High Speed Telegraphy World Championship held in Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia.
Rugby league
- February 4 at Bulldogs39–32 before 37,208
- April 22 at Australia defeat New Zealand32–16 before 40,317
- July 5 at Queenslandbefore 52,436
- August 27 at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff – 2005 Challenge Cup tournament won by Hull F.C. with a 25–24 win over Leeds Rhinos before 74,213
- October 2 at Telstra Stadium, Sydney – 2005 NRL season culminates in the Wests Tigers 30–16 win over the North Queensland Cowboys in the Grand Finalbefore 82,453
- October 15 at before 65,728
- November 26 at Elland Road, Leeds – 2005 Rugby League Tri-Nations tournament culminates in New Zealand's 24–0 win over Australia in the final before 26,534
Rugby union
- 110th Six Nations Championship series is won by Wales who complete the Grand Slam
- New Zealand Māoriside. It was the first time in 22 years that a Lions side had lost every Test match on tour.
- Tri Nations – New Zealand wins for the 6th time. The All Blacks also picked up the Bledisloe Cup in the process.
- final.
- Crusaders defeat the Waratahs35–25 in the final
- Zurich Premiership (England) – Leicester Tigers win the league, Wasps win the playoffs
- Celtic League – Ospreys
- Top 16 (France) – Biarritz defeat Stade Français 37–34 in the final
- Otago39–11 in the final
- Currie Cup (South Africa) – Cheetahs defeat Blue Bulls 29–25 in the final
- In the November Tests, the did so in 1984, and the first for the All Blacks since 1978.
Snooker
- World Championship – Shaun Murphy beats Matthew Stevens 18–16
Sumo
- Asashōryū Akinori wins all six basho (tournament) in 2005 (a new record) and wins eighty-four bouts (out of ninety) setting a new record for victories in a single year. His seventh straight basho championship is also a new record.
Swimming
- 11th World LC Championships held in Montreal
- 23rd Summer Universiade held in İzmir, Turkey
- 9th European SC Championshipsheld in Trieste, Italy
- Germany wins the most medals (13); Germany and Poland win the most gold medals (5)
Taekwondo
- Madrid, Spain
Tennis
- Australian Open
- Men's Final: Marat Safin defeats Lleyton Hewitt
- Women's Final: Serena Williams defeats Lindsay Davenport
- French Open
- Men's Final: Rafael Nadal defeats Mariano Puerta
- Justine Henin-Hardenne defeats Mary Pierce
- Wimbledon Championships
- Men's Final: Roger Federer defeats Andy Roddick
- Ladies' Final: Venus Williams defeats Lindsay Davenport
- US Open
- Men's Final: Roger Federer defeats Andre Agassi
- Women's Final: Kim Clijsters defeats Mary Pierce
Triathlon
- Gamagōri, Japan
Volleyball
- Men's World League: Brazil
- Women's World Grand Prix: Brazil
Water polo
- 2005 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship: Yugoslavia
- 2005 FINA Men's Water Polo World League: Yugoslavia
- 2005 FINA Women's World Water Polo Championship: Hungary
- 2005 FINA Women's Water Polo World League: Greece
Weightlifting
- World Championships held in Doha, Qatar
- European Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria
Multi-sport events
- Fourth East Asian Games held in Macau, China
- 20th Summer Deaflympics held in Melbourne, Australia
- 23rd Southeast Asian Games held in Manila, Philippines
- First Asian Indoor Games held in Bangkok, Thailand
- Seventh World Games held in Duisburg, Germany
- 15th Mediterranean Games held in Almería, Spain
- XXIII Summer Universiade held in İzmir, Turkey
- Russia tops the medal table with a total number of 65 medals, including 26 golds.
- XXII Winter Universiade held in Innsbruck, Austria
- Austria tops the medal table with a total number of 21 medals, including 10 golds.
Awards
- Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Lance Armstrong, Cycling
- Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Annika Sörenstam, LPGA golf
References
- ^ "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved January 4, 2022.