| Cricket World Cup | ... most popular game across the country. The national cricket team has won the | once (in 1992), been runners-up once (in 1999), and co-hosted the tourname ... |
| World Cup | ... inished second in the next three editions. Koss had a total of twenty-three | wins, while winning four overall World Cup titles (the 1,500 m in 1990 and ... |
| World Chess Championship 1948 | ... to participate in a five-player tournament to select the new champion, the | . However at 47, Euwe was significantly older than the other players, and ... |
| summer games in 1920 | ... layers.Hockey has been played at the Winter Olympics since 1924 (and at the | ). Canada won six of the first seven gold medals to 1952, the exception oc ... |
| Rugby League World Cup | ... strongest rugby league nations are Australia, England and New Zealand. The | is the highest form of representative rugby league and currently features ... |
| Rugby League World Cup | ... ent popularity has been increased with the Irish Wolfhound's success in the | which was held in Australia in 2008. The Dublin Marathon has been run sinc ... |
| 2001 World Championship | ... s was 19) was his greatest accomplishment in his career. The colours of his | medals would change in 2005 as both his placings were improved — he receiv ... |
| the 1972 World Chess Championship match | ... t "one of the best chess books ever". Fischer World Champion, an account of | , co-authored by Euwe with Jan Timman, was written in 1972 but not publish ... |
| Karate World Championships | ... e been held since 1956, Judo at the Summer Olympics was introduced in 1964. | were introduced in 1970 |
| FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup | ... r's Eve celebrations and, in most years, has been the official venue of the | |
| major championships | Regular LPGA tournaments are held at Cedar Ridge Country Club in Tulsa, and | for the PGA or LPGA have been played at Southern Hills Country Club in Tul ... |
| All-Ireland | ... senior inter-county football career that lasted for ten years Lynch won one | title, two Munster titles and one Railway Cup title. Lynch was later named ... |
| Interzonal | Spassky's failure to qualify for the 1958 | came about after a last-round defeat at the hands of Tal, in a nervy game ... |
| Hockey World Cup | ... cluding three gold medals (1960, 1968, and 1984). Pakistan has also won the | a record four times (1971, 1978, 1982, 1994) |
| World Championships | ... printing events which are currently held at the Summer Olympics and outdoor | : the 100 metres, 200 metres, and 400 metres. These events have their root ... |
| World Chess Championship | ... rzonals (1958 and 1962), a necessary step to earn the right to play for the | . This crisis coincides with the hard three final years of his first marri ... |
| Interzonal | By sharing 7th–9th place, with 11/20, at the 1955 Gothenburg | , he qualified for the 1956 Candidates' Tournament, held in Amsterdam, aut ... |
| World Judo Championships | ... f the first instructors to openly teach Chinese martial arts to Westerners. | have been held since 1956, Judo at the Summer Olympics was introduced in 1 ... |
| World Junior Chess Championship | ... g chess at 12; at 13 he became Washington junior champion. At 19 he won the | . He also won a game against Viktor Korchnoi, who then invited Seirawan to ... |
| World Cups | ... Despite this, the national side appeared in the finals of the 1954 and 1968 | , and the country hosted the 1954 event. In 1996, a French team, Paris Sai ... |
| FIFA Club World Cup | ... s League, a record 4 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, 4 UEFA Super Cup and a record 2 | trophies. They also won a record 3 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup trophies, consid ... |
| World Cup of Hockey | ... rs from the NHL played the USSR. The Canada Cup tournament later became the | , played in 1996 and 2004. The United States won in 1996 and Canada won in ... |
| PGA Championship | ... d one of the top golf courses in the nation, Southern Hills has hosted four | s, including one in 2007, and three U.S. Opens, the most recent in 2001. R ... |
| World Championships | ... ) or early twenties. The largest events in the sport are the Olympic Games, | , and Grand-Prix Tournaments |
| world champions | ... awan released a plan to reunite the chess world, which at that time had two | : Ruslan Ponomariov had gained the title under the auspices of FIDE, while ... |
| World Cups | ... main club, in 12 seasons, and represented the Spanish national team in two | (being the second top scorer in the 1986 edition) and as many European Cha ... |
| World Cup | ... red his first goal for Scotland a year later on 15 November 1972 in the 2–0 | qualifier win over Denmark at Hampden Park. Scotland eventually qualified ... |
| Interzonal | ... lov and Efim Geller, which was sufficient to qualify him for the Gothenburg | later that year |
| Masters | ... season ending tournament is between only four golfers – the winners of the | , U.S. Open, British Open and PGA Championship. The event returned to Berm ... |
| 2008 African Championships in Athletics | ... e to Djibouti. Sport facilities include Addis Ababa and Nyala Stadiums. The | were held in Addis Ababa |
| World Championships | ... d 200 m events, both behind world records. In 1997, he won the 200 m at the | in Athens, Greece; his country's first and only world title to date in the ... |
| World Cup | ... FIFA's preferred Sheffield ground. The ground has previously played host to | and European Championship football in 1966 and 1996 respectively |
| USSR Championships | ... Bondarevsky. This proved the key to his resurgence. He won his first of two | , URS-ch29, at Baku 1961, with a score of 14.5/20. Spassky shared 2nd–3rd ... |
| snowmobile derbies | ... ation for outdoor recreation. Winter events include skiing, ice fishing and | . Wisconsin has many lakes of varied size; the state contains of water, mo ... |
| PGA Championship | ... 997, and the 2007 Senior PGA Championship, and will be the host of the 2012 | , becoming only the fourth golf course in history to host each of the PGA ... |
| PGA Championship | ... only four golfers – the winners of the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open and | . The event returned to Bermuda again in 2008 and 2009. Bermudian Quinn Ta ... |
| FIFA World Cup | ... e country. Ecuador qualified for the final rounds of both the 2002 and 2006 | s. The 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign was considered a huge succe ... |
| World Championships in Edmonton | Also in 2001, at the | , Alberta, Canada, Boldon finished fourth and out of the medals in the 100 ... |
| World Computer Chess Championship | ... ior won the World Microcomputer Chess Championship in 1997 and 2001 and the | in 2002, 2004, 2006, and 2011; both organised by the International Compute ... |
| U.S. Open | ... Rose Bowl from 1958–1961, and contributed to the network's coverage of the | golf tournament from 1957-1964. Hearn announced USC football and basketbal ... |
| Bandy World Championships | ... y sport at the 2011 Winter Asian Games. Medeo is the main arena at the 2012 | . The second arena, built for the championships, is an alternative field o ... |
| World Junior Chess Championship | The same year, he won the | held at Antwerp, Belgium, with the score of 14/16. Spassky competed for th ... |
| World Cups | ... ames are played at the AWD-Arena, which hosted matches in the 1974 and 2006 | and the Euro 1988. Their reserve team Hannover 96 II plays in the fourth l ... |
| World Cup | ... ns, especially Nigeria, Ghana and the Ivory Coast regularly qualify for the | |
| UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships | Hooglede-Gits was the site of the 2007 | |
| Rugby League World Cup | ... d for attendance at a rugby football match of either code. Also in 1954 the | , the first for either code of rugby, was formed at the instigation of the ... |
| U.S. Open | ... nding tournament is between only four golfers – the winners of the Masters, | , British Open and PGA Championship. The event returned to Bermuda again i ... |
| Intercontinental Championship | ... he was not prevented from doing so outside the country. He briefly held the | in 1992 |
| Interzonal | ... -Soviet contenders (Fischer was now champion), should play in the Leningrad | tournament rather than the weaker one in Petrópolis. Larsen and Hübner wer ... |
| World Chess Championship | ... yoffs (1956, 1963), after tying for first during the event proper. He was a | candidate on seven occasions (1956, 1965, 1968, 1974, 1977, 1980, and 1985 ... |
| IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics | ... n returned to the junior circuit, winning the 100 m and 200 m titles at the | in Seoul, South Korea to become the first double sprint champion in World ... |
| World Cup | ... pleted by 2013 and would bring the stadium up to FIFA standards for hosting | matches |
| WWE Intercontinental Champion | ... reigning champions, for e.g. World Heavyweight Champion vs. WWE Champion or | vs. World Heavyweight Champion or WWE Champion vs. WWE United States Champ ... |
| World U20 Championship | ... e 1996–97.Other ice hockey tournaments featuring national teams include the | , the World U18 Championships, the World U-17 Hockey Challenge, the World ... |
| World Cup | ... , and is governed by the Rugby League International Federation. The current | holders are New Zealand |
| FIFA World Cup | The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the | , was held in nine cities across the United States from 17 June to 17 July ... |
| 2007 Osaka World Championships | ... pionships, and he also was an integral part of Versus and NBC's coverage of | . In 2008, he was the sprint analyst at the US Olympic Track and Field Tri ... |
| World Table Tennis Championships | ... in the United States. The most important international competitions are the | , the Table Tennis World Cup, the Olympics and the ITTF Pro Tour. Continen ... |
| Ice Hockey World Championships | ==== National teams ===The annual men's | are more highly regarded by Europeans than North Americans because they co ... |
| Soviet Championship | ... rded the title of International Master by FIDE. In his first attempt at the | final, URS-ch22, Moscow 1955, at age eighteen, he tied for 3rd–6th places ... |
| World Snooker Championship Qualifiers | ... on by Ronnie O'Sullivan, In the same year, the Palace Hotel also hosted the | . Recently the resort has become popular among the powerboating community ... |
| Boand | ... , Navy's football team won the U.S. national championship based on both the | and Houlgate mathematical poll systems. and the Navy men's lacrosse team w ... |
| World Chess Champion | ... s Grandmaster, mathematician, and author. He was the fifth player to become | (1935–37). Euwe also served as President of FIDE, the World Chess Federati ... |
| 1952 | ... the summer games in 1920). Canada won six of the first seven gold medals to | , the exception occurring in 1936 when Great Britain won. The USSR won all ... |
| world cup | ... won the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. Prior to this, Australia had won every | since 1975 |
| FIFA World Cup | ... t that samba originated in Rio helped the unification process. In 1994, the | had its own samba composed for the occasion, the "Copa 94". The 1994 FIFA ... |
| WWE Champion | ... yed between two reigning champions, for e.g. World Heavyweight Champion vs. | or WWE Intercontinental Champion vs. World Heavyweight Champion or WWE Cha ... |
| 1999 World Championships | At the | in Seville, Spain, Boldon could not compete due to a serious injury. The B ... |
| FIFA Club World Cup | ... four UEFA Super Cup, a record three Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and a record two | trophies |
| FIFA World Cup | ... ain 1–0 in a playoff to become the smallest country ever to qualify for the | , qualifying to play at the Germany 2006 tournament |
| World Team Squash Championships | ... d most important squash club in France. In 2013, Chartres will organize the | |
| 1995 World Championships | Boldon won his first international senior-level medal at the | , taking home the bronze in the 100 m. At the time he was the youngest ath ... |
| College National Finals Rodeo | Since 2001 Casper has been host the | |
| College World Series | ... ole of the Yankee manager in For Love of the Game. He tries to attend every | game that Cal State Fullerton plays in Omaha, Nebraska |
| FIFA World Cup | ... wife travelled to South Africa to support the national team during the 2010 | , and were shown on worldwide television wearing orange-themed clothing |
| Dublin Senior Football Championship | ... ynch played club football with the Civil Service GAA team. In 1944 he won a | title, alongside fellow Munster native Mick Falvey |
| FIFA World Cup | ... hosted two important Yugoslav games. These games were Serbia's two largest | results. They were a 6–0 loss to Argentina and a 9–0 win over Zaire. It is ... |
| World Gliding Championships | ... gaining fame among sailplane pilots around the world after hosting the 1995 | |
| FIFA Club World Cup | In December, Barcelona won the | for a record second time since its establishment, by beating the Brazilian ... |
| Dutch chess championship | Euwe won every | that he participated in from 1921 until 1952, and additionally won the tit ... |
| World Championships | ... Grand Slam is earned by a player who wins singles crowns at Olympic Games, | , and World Cup. Jan-Ove Waldner of Sweden first completed the grand slam ... |
| NWA World Heavyweight Champion | ... ey Mitchell, Michael Madsen, Jon Gries, Kurt Fuller, Donald Gibb and former | Terry Funk |
| U.S. Opens | ... n Hills has hosted four PGA Championships, including one in 2007, and three | , the most recent in 2001. Rodeos are popular throughout the state, and Gu ... |
| Davis Cup | ... Bangalore Brigadiers and Provident Bangalore are based in the city. India's | team members, Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna also reside in Bangalore. ... |
| 2005 World Championships in Athletics | ... lympics and the 2004 Athens Olympics to go along with his gold medal in the | in Helsinki. Kristin King and Sarah Parsons were members of the United Sta ... |
| Interzonal | ... in world championship qualifying events, failing to advance to the next two | s (1958 and 1962), a necessary step to earn the right to play for the Worl ... |
| WWE United States Champion | ... ntercontinental Champion vs. World Heavyweight Champion or WWE Champion vs. | . These matches are generally played when there are contests between two p ... |
| FIBA World Championship | ... in 1987 and 2005, and have reached the final four in three of the last four | s, taking second place in 2006. In 2009, Greece beat France in the under-2 ... |
| World Junior Chess Championship | ... hess grandmaster and four-time United States champion. He was winner of the | in 1979. Seirawan is also a respected chess author and commentator |
| FIFA World Cup | The Rizal Memorial Track and Football Stadium hosted the first | qualifier in decades when the Philippines hosted Sri Lanka in July 2011. T ... |
| World Championships | ... Table Tennis Federation followed in 1926. London hosted the first official | in 1926. In 1933, the , now called USA Table Tennis, was formed |
| World Women's U18 Championships | ... nge, the World Junior A Challenge, the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, the | and the 4 Nations Cup |
| FIFA World Cup | The following players were chosen to represent their country at the | while contracted to Plymouth Argyle |
| World Cup finals | In 2006, Sancho became the first Gillingham player ever to play in the | , and technically the first to score in the World Cup when he scored an ow ... |
| All-Ireland | ... defeated Cavan in the All-Ireland final, giving Lynch his first, and only, | football medal. In 1946 the Cork hurlers returned to their winning ways an ... |
| World Table Tennis Championships | ... s an international ranking system in addition to organizing events like the | |
| world amateur chess champion | ... world champion, did not compete, and Jan Hein Donner in 1954. He became the | in 1928, at The Hague, with a score of 12/15 |
| NCAA Division I Baseball Championship | ... he SoCon also frequently sees multiple teams selected to participate in the | |