2007 in sports

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

Years in sports

2007 in sports

  • Motorsport
  • Racquetball
  • Sailing
  • Skiing
  • Rugby league‎
  • Table tennis
  • Tennis
  • Triathlon
  • Volleyball
  • Weightlifting

Alpine skiing

    American football

    Association football
    Main article: 2007 in association football
    • 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

    Athletics

    Badminton

      Baseball
      Main article: 2007 in baseball

      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
      Main article: 2007 in basketball
      • 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 Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – Florida became the first team to repeat as champions since Duke in 1991 and 1992
      • 2007 NCAA Women's Division I 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.

      Biathlon

        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

        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
        Main article: 2007 in cross-country skiing

        Curling

          Cycling

          Grand Tours:

          Darts

          Field hockey

          Figure skating

            Gliding

              Golf

              Men's professional

              Men's amateur

              Women's professional

              Handball

              Horse racing

              Steeplechases

              Flat races

              Ice hockey

              Judo

                Lacrosse

                  Luge

                    Mixed martial arts

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

                    Date Event Alternate Name/s Location Attendance PPV Buyrate Notes
                    January 19 IFL: Oakland N/A Oakland, California, USA N/A N/A Start of 2007 IFL Season.
                    January 20 WEC 25: McCullough vs. Cope N/A Oakland, California, USA N/A N/A First WEC event under Zuffa ownership.
                    January 25 UFC Fight Night: Rashad Evans vs Sean Salmon UFC Fight Night: Evans vs Salmon

                    UFC Fight Night 8

                    		 Hollywood, Florida, USA N/A N/A N/A
                    February 2 IFL: Houston N/A Houston, Texas, USA N/A N/A N/A
                    February 3 UFC 67: All or Nothing N/A Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 10,227 350,000 (Min.)

                    400,000 (Max.)

                    		 N/A
                    February 10 Strikeforce: Young Guns N/A San Jose, California, USA 3,169 N/A N/A
                    February 10 EliteXC Destiny N/A Southaven, Mississippi, USA 7,200 N/A EliteXC's first event.
                    February 10 Cage Rage 20: Born 2 Fight N/A London, England N/A N/A N/A
                    February 23 IFL: Atlanta N/A Duluth, Georgia, USA N/A N/A N/A
                    February 24 Pride 33: The Second Coming N/A Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 12,911 N/A N/A
                    March 3 UFC 68: The Uprising N/A Columbus, Ohio, USA 19,049 534,000 N/A
                    March 12 K-1 Hero's 8 N/A Nagoya, Japan N/A N/A N/A
                    March 12 IFL: Los Angeles N/A Inglewood, California, USA N/A N/A N/A
                    March 24 WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio N/A Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 1,819 N/A N/A
                    April 5 UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs Guillard UFC Fight Night 9 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 1,734 N/A N/A
                    April 7 IFL: Moline N/A Moline, Illinois, USA N/A N/A N/A
                    April 7 UFC 69: Shootout N/A Houston, Texas, USA 15,269 400,000 N/A
                    April 8 Pride 34: Kamikaze N/A Saitama, Japan N/A N/A Last Pride FC event.
                    April 13 IFL: Connecticut N/A Uncasville, Connecticut, USA N/A N/A N/A
                    April 21 UFC 70: Nations Collide N/A Manchester, England 15,114 N/A N/A
                    April 21 Cage Rage 21: Judgement Day N/A London, England N/A N/A N/A
                    May 12 WEC 27: Marshall vs. McElfresh N/A Las Vegas, Nevada, USA N/A N/A N/A
                    May 19 IFL: Chicago N/A Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA N/A N/A N/A
                    May 26 UFC 71: Liddell vs. Jackson N/A Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 14,728 675,000 N/A
                    June 1 IFL: Everett N/A Everett, Washington, USA N/A N/A N/A
                    June 2 SoftBank presents Dynamite!! USA Dynamite!! USA Los Angeles, California, USA 18,340 35,000 N/A
                    June 3 WEC 28: Faber vs. Farrar N/A Las Vegas, Nevada, USA N/A N/A N/A
                    June 12 UFC Fight Night: Stout vs Fisher UFC Fight Night 10 Hollywood, Florida, USA N/A N/A N/A
                    June 16 IFL: Las Vegas N/A Hollywood, Florida, USA N/A N/A N/A
                    June 16 UFC 72: Victory N/A Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK 7,850 200,000 N/A
                    June 22 Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Baroni N/A San Jose, California, USA 9,672 35,000 N/A
                    June 23 The Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale N/A Las Vegas, Nevada, USA N/A N/A N/A
                    June 23 CFFC V: Two Worlds, One Cage N/A Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA 7,286 N/A N/A
                    June 7 UFC 73: Stacked N/A Sacramento, California, USA 13,183 425,000 N/A
                    June 16 K-1 Hero's 9 N/A Yokohama, Japan N/A N/A N/A
                    June 27 ShoXC 1 N/A Santa Ynez, California, USA N/A N/A N/A
                    August 2 IFL: 2007 Semifinals N/A East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA N/A N/A N/A
                    August 5 WEC 29: Condit vs. Larson N/A Las Vegas, Nevada, USA N/A N/A N/A
                    August 25 ShoXC 2 N/A Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA N/A N/A N/A
                    August 25 UFC 74: Respect N/A Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 11,118 520,000 N/A
                    September 1 Art of War 3: USA vs Brazil N/A Dallas, Texas, USA N/A N/A N/A
                    September 5 WEC 30: McCullough vs. Crunkilton N/A Las Vegas, Nevada, USA N/A N/A N/A
                    September 8 UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion N/A London, England 16,235 N/A N/A
                    September 15 EliteXC: Uprising N/A Oahu, Hawaii, USA N/A N/A N/A
                    September 17 K-1 Hero's 10 N/A Yokohama, Japan N/A N/A N/A
                    September 19 UFC Fight Night: Din Thomas vs Kenny Florian UFC Fight Night: Thomas vs Florian

                    UFC Fight Night 11

                    		 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA N/A N/A N/A
                    September 20 IFL: 2007 Championship N/A Hollywood, Florida, USA N/A N/A End of 2007 IFL Season.
                    September 22 UFC 76: Knockout N/A Anaheim, California, USA 13,770 475,000 N/A
                    September 22 Cage Rage 23: Unbelievable N/A London, England N/A N/A N/A
                    September 29 Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion N/A Los Angeles, California, USA 3,569 N/A N/A
                    October 20 UFC 77: Hostile Territory N/A Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 16,054 325,000 N/A
                    October 26 ShoXC 3 N/A Santa Ynez, California, USA N/A N/A N/A
                    October 28 K-1 Hero's Korea 2007 N/A Seoul, South Korea N/A N/A Last K-1 Hero's event.
                    November 10 EliteXC: Renegade N/A Corpus Christi, Texas, USA N/A N/A N/A
                    November 16 Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives N/A San Jose, California, USA 7,249 N/A N/A
                    November 17 UFC 78: Validation N/A Newark, New Jersey, USA 14,071 400,000 N/A
                    December 1 Cage Rage 24: Feel the Pain N/A London, England N/A N/A N/A
                    December 8 The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs Team Serra Finale The Ultimate Fighter 6 Finale Las Vegas, Nevada, USA N/A N/A N/A
                    December 12 WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran N/A Las Vegas, Nevada, USA N/A N/A N/A
                    December 29 UFC 79: Nemesis N/A Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 11,075 750,000+ N/A
                    December 31 K-1 PREMIUM 2007 Dynamite!! N/A Osaka, Japan 47,928 N/A Event featured seven MMA bouts and eight K-1 kickboxing bouts.
                    December 31 Yarennoka! N/A Saitama, Japan 27,128 N/A Under a collaboration promotion of Pride FC, M-1 Global, and FEG.

                    Motorsport
                    Main articles: 2007 in motorsport and List of 2007 motorsport champions

                    Nordic combined

                      Orienteering

                      Rink hockey

                      Rugby league
                      Main article: 2007 in rugby league

                      Rugby union
                      Main article: 2007 in rugby union

                      Domestic competitions

                      Skeleton

                        Ski jumping

                        Snooker

                        Snowboarding

                        Speed skating
                        Main article: 2007 in speed skating

                          Swimming

                          Taekwondo

                          Tennis

                          Volleyball

                          Water polo

                          Weightlifting

                          Multi-sport events
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