2011 in sports
2011 in sports will describe the year's events in world sport.
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- February 7 - February 20 – FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- February 6 – Super Bowl XLV, Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas
- July 8 - July 16 – the IFAF World Cup will be held in Austria
- January 7–29 — 2011 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar
- June 5–25 — 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup in the United States
- June 18–July 10 — 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico
- June 26–July 17 — 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany
- July 1–July 24 — 2011 Copa America in Argentina
- July 29–August 20 — 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia
- December 8–18 — 2011 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan
- August 27—September 4 – 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea
- January 21-30 – 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand
- Early to mid June, Dates TBA - 2011 NBA Finals
- August 27–September 8 — FIBA Americas Championship 2011 in Mar del Plata, Argentina
- September 3–18 — EuroBasket 2011 in Lithuania
- September 1-11 - The 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Rome
- June 17 - 26 - The Swatch FIVB World Championships in Rome
The following is a list of only major noteworthy boxing matches scheduled for 2011. For the full list of upcoming fights for 2011 check, Boxing in the 2010s.
- January 8 - Beibut Shumenov vs. Jürgen Brähmer
- January 10 - Takashi Uchiyama vs. Jorge Solís
- January 29 - Timothy Bradley vs. Devon Alexander
- February 19 - Fernando Montiel vs. Nonito Donaire
- March 12 - Lucian Bute vs. TBA
- April 23 - Giovanni Segura vs. Iván Calderón 2 (Not Confirmed)
- November 27 – 99th Grey Cup game at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver.
- February 19-April 2 – 2011 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh
- Dates TBA - ICC Champions Trophy will take place.
- Dates TBA - IPL 4 will take place in India.
- January 13 -January 30 – 2011 World Men's Handball Championship in Sweden
- 1 January: 4th NHL Winter Classic between the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 30 January: 58th National Hockey League All-Star Game to be hosted by the Carolina Hurricanes[1]
- 20 February 2nd NHL Heritage Classic between the Montreal Canadiens and Calgary Flames at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
- 29 April – 15 May 2011: 2011 IIHF World Championship in Slovakia, with games being played in Bratislava and Košice.
The following is a list of major noteworthy MMA events by month.
January
- 1/1 - UFC 125: Resolution
- 1/7 - ShoMMA 13: Woodley vs. Saffiedine
- 1/22 - UFC: Fight For The Troops 2
- 1/29 - Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg
February
- 2/5 - UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort
- 2/12 - Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Bigfoot
- 2/27 - UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch
March
- 3/3 - UFC on Versus 3
- 3/5 - Strikeforce 32
- 3/19 - UFC 128
- 3/26 - UFC Fight Night 24
- Unspecified - Bellator XXXV
April
- 4/30 - UFC 129
- Unspecified - Strikeforce 33
May
- 5/28 - UFC Event in Las Vegas, Nevada
- Unspecified - UFC Fight Night 25
June
- 6/11 - UFC Event in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Not confirmed)
July
- 7/2 - UFC Event in Las Vegas, Nevada
August
- 8/27 - UFC Event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- February 12 – Budweiser Shootout
- February 20 – Daytona 500
- November 20 – Ford 400: final Sprint Cup race for the 2011 NASCAR season
- 3–10 July: 2011 Netball World Championships in Singapore
- February 22 - March 6 – FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo
- September – fourteenth edition of the Pacific Games will be held in Nouméa, New Caledonia.
- 2011 Rink Hockey Asian Championship
- 2011 Ladies Rink Hockey European Championship
- 2011 Rink Hockey World Championship Maputo, Mozambique
- 2011 Rink Hockey World Championship U-20, probably in Portugal
- 2011 Ladies Rink Hockey European Championship
- August 28 to September 4 – 2011 World Rowing Championships will be held at Lake Bled, Bled, Slovenia.
- 13 February; NRL All Stars Game
- 23 February; World Club Challenge
- May; City vs Country Origin
- May; Australia vs New Zealand ANZAC Test
- June to July; Rugby League State of Origin
- August; Challenge Cup final
- 11 March to 2nd October; 2011 National Rugby League season
- 12 February to 2nd October; 2011 Super League season
- November; Rugby League Four Nations
- 9 September – 23 October – 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand
- 16 July - 31 July – 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai
References
- ^ "NHL awards Carolina 2011 all-star game". Associated Press. 2010-04-08.
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