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2009 in sports

{{Short description|Overview of events relating to sports in 2009}}

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2009 in sports describes the world events in sport.

[[Alpine skiing]]

[[American football]]

Association football

{{Main|2009 in association football}}

[[Track and field athletics|Athletics]]

{{Main|2009 in athletics (track and field)}}

[[Australian Rules Football]]

  • Australian Football League
  • July 11 – {{AFL Fre}} kick the lowest score since 1961 when they score only 1.7 (13) against {{AFL Ade}}’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|2009 in ice sports}}

Baseball

{{Main|2009 in baseball}}

{{See also|2009 Major League Baseball season|2009 Nippon Professional Baseball season}}

Basketball

{{Main|2009 in basketball}}

[[Boxing]]

[[Canadian football]]

[[Cricket]]

{{Main|2009 in cricket}}

Cycling

[[Floorball]]

Golf

{{Main|2009 in golf}}

Major championships

Women's major championships

Senior major championships

Gymnastics

[[Team handball|Handball]]

[[Horse racing]]

Steeplechases

Flat races

[[Ice hockey]]

{{Main|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 ({{small|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 ({{small|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 ({{small|End of Bellator season 1}})

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

July

7/11 – UFC 100 ({{small|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 ({{small|Event featured 12 DREAM/SRC MMA bouts and 6 K-1 kickboxing bouts}})

{{See also|2009 in Pancrase}}

[[Motorsport]]

{{main|2009 in motorsport|List of 2009 motorsport champions}}

[[Netball]]

;International tournaments

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! Date

! Tournament

! Winners

! Runners Up

19–28 June2009 Asian Netball Championships{{nb|Sri Lanka}}{{nb|Singapore}}
24–29 Aug2009 Taini Jamison Trophy Series12px World 7{{nb|New Zealand}}
September2009 South Pacific Mini Games{{nb|Fiji}}{{nb|Papua New Guinea}}
9–11 October2009 World Netball Series{{nb|New Zealand}}{{nb|Jamaica}}

;Major leagues

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! Host

! League

! Winners

! Runners Up

Australia/New ZealandANZ ChampionshipMelbourne VixensAdelaide Thunderbirds
United KingdomNetball SuperleagueTeam BathGalleria Mavericks

[[Pickleball]]

  • November 2–8: The first United States national pickleball championships are held in Surprise, Arizona.

[[Rink hockey]]

[[Rowing (sport)|Rowing]]

[[Rugby league]]

{{Main|2009 in rugby league}}

| last = Wardrop

| first = Murray

| title = Rugby league player dies during match

| work = telegraph.co.uk

| place =UK

| publisher = Telegraph Media Group Limited

| date = 2009-03-23

| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyleague/5034566/Rugby-league-player-dies-during-match.html

| access-date = 2010-06-15}}

[[Rugby union]]

{{Main|2009 in rugby union}}

[[Ski jumping]]

[[Speed skating]]

Swimming

[[2009 in tennis|Tennis]]

[[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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iogPqL_zZXHdnis7LM1WL2NnNfoA |title=AFP: China absent as World Games open in Taiwan |access-date=November 10, 2016 |archive-date=December 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208231251/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iogPqL_zZXHdnis7LM1WL2NnNfoA |url-status=dead }}
  • 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

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