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Wife-carrying Wife carrying (, , ) is a contest in which male competitors race while each carrying a female teammate. The objective is for the male to carry the female through a special obstacle track in the fastest time. The sport was first introduced at Sonkajärvi, Finland. Several types of carry may be practised: piggyback, fireman's carry (over the shoulder), or Estonian-style (the wife hangs upside-down with her legs around the husband's shoulders, holding onto his waist). The Wife Carrying World Championships have been held annually in Sonkajärvi, Finland, since 1992 (where the prize is the wife's weight in beer).
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2009 Team Speedway Junior World Championship The 2009 Team Speedway Junior World Championship will be the fifth annual FIM Team Under-21 World Championship competition since its introduction in 2005. The final will take place on September 5, 2009 in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland. It will be the second final held in Poland, but the first in Gorzów; in 2006, the final took place in Rybnik, where Poland beat Sweden, Denmark and Germany. In the final will be the host team and the defending champions Poland. The other finalist will be determined in two qualifying rounds (semi-finals). In Abensberg, Germany on June
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2016 Women's World Open Squash Championship The 2016 Women's World Open Squash Championship is the women's edition of the 2016 World Championship, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. It was originally scheduled to take place in Malaysia. In January 2017, El Gouna was selected as the championships' replacement host, with the tournament scheduled to take place alongside the men's annual El Gouna Squash Open between 7 and 14 April 2017 inclusive. It is the third time in four editions the tournament has been held after its designated year. For 2016, the prize purse was $165,000. The
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prize money and points breakdown is as follows: 2016 Women's World Open Squash Championship The 2016 Women's World Open Squash Championship is the women's edition of the 2016 World Championship, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. It was originally scheduled to take place in Malaysia. In January 2017, El Gouna was selected as the championships' replacement host, with the tournament scheduled to take place alongside the men's annual El Gouna Squash Open between 7 and 14 April 2017 inclusive. It is the third time in four editions the tournament has been held after its designated year.
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qualifying place, and so on through the remaining qualifiers, matching top place in one pool with last place in the other. Placement games still take place in the same fashion as previous years. FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships The Inline Hockey World Championships are an annual inline hockey tournament organized by the Comité International Roller In-Line Hockey (CIRILH), an organization and discipline of Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS). First held in 1995, it is the sport's highest profile annual international tournament. The first World Championship that was held was in 1995 in which twelve nations participated in pool play
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CMLL Universal Championship (2010) The CMLL Universal Championship 2010 ("Campeonato Universal" in Spanish) was a professional wrestling annual tournament produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) took take place over three CMLL Super Viernes shows between July 30, 2010 and August 13, 2010 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The CMLL Universal Championship is an annual tournament of CMLL Champions that was first held in 2009. All officially recognized male CMLL Champions participated in a 16-man tournament. In the finals CMLL World Middleweight Champion Jushin Thunder Liger defeated CMLL World Trios Champion La Sombra to win the tournament. The
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was also created for the championship, being only the second tournament to do so, after the previous championship in Germany. Its 10,000th "fan" was awarded a prize by the tournaments organizing committee. 2011 IIHF World Championship The 2011 IIHF World Championship was the 75th IIHF World Championship, an annual international men's ice hockey tournament. It took place between the 29 April and the 15 May 2011 in Slovakia. The games were played in the Orange Arena in Bratislava, and the Steel Aréna in Košice. The Czech team was the defending champion. This was the first time the independent Slovakia hosted
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Belgian Athletics Championships The Belgian Athletics Championships (; ) is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Royal Belgian Athletics League, which serves as the national championship for the sport in Belgium. Typically organised in July in Brussels, the event was first held in 1889 and introduced the first events for women in 1921. The competition was not held in the years from 1915 to 1918 due to World War I and also did not take place in 1940 and 1944 due to World War II. Separate annual championship events are held for the 10,000 metres, relay
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gimmick matches and personal feud matches also take place on the match card. Since 1993, the winner of the annual Royal Rumble match has been able to receive a guaranteed WWE Championship match at the same year's WrestleMania. With the introduction of the World Heavyweight Championship in 2002, the winner was also given the option to choose between the world title or the WWE championship. The creation of the ECW brand in June 2006 gave the Rumble winner a third option: to choose to challenge for the ECW World Championship. This option was made available from 2007 until the brand
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Team Long Track World Championship The FIM Team Long Track World Championship is an annual long track motorcycle racing event held each year organized by the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) since 2007. The championship has been dominated by Germany in recent championships. The current champions (2018) are France . The 6 competing teams shall each consist of 4 riders: 3 riders having programmed rides and the fourth rider being a team reserve rider, as follows: The team reserve rider may take the place of any programmed rider, at any time, within the maximum number of permitted heats (5 + 1
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previous world record. In the women's field, American Erin O'Mara lowered the women's world record to 6:07. Beer mile world championship The Flotrack Beer Mile World Championship is an annual beer mile competition that takes place in Austin, Texas. First held in December 2014, this is the premier beer mile event. On December 1, 2015 at the second annual World Championship, Canadian Lewis Kent set a new world record with a time of 4:47.17 The third annual World Championship will be held on December 17, 2016. The event annually takes place in Downtown Austin at the Austin American Statesman headquarters.
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Beer mile world championship The Flotrack Beer Mile World Championship is an annual beer mile competition that takes place in Austin, Texas. First held in December 2014, this is the premier beer mile event. On December 1, 2015 at the second annual World Championship, Canadian Lewis Kent set a new world record with a time of 4:47.17 The third annual World Championship will be held on December 17, 2016. The event annually takes place in Downtown Austin at the Austin American Statesman headquarters. Originally scheduled for Yellow Jacket Stadium in Austin, community leaders grew concerned (it is a high school
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Open took place and is now an annual event, open to nationalities from all around the world. The Grand Mass Gymnastics and Artistic Performance Arirang (Chosŏn'gŭl: 아리랑 축제, Hancha: 아리랑 祝祭), also known as the Arirang Mass Games, or the Arirang Festival is a mass gymnastics and artistic festival held in the Rungrado May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. The games usually take place in August and/or September. International Taekwondo Federation’s 20th world championship was held in Pyongyang in 2017. In 1995, a crew from defunct national professional wrestling promotion World Championship Wrestling, led by company Executive Producer Eric
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in Euro, Swiss franc, United States dollar or Pound sterling. Team Long Track World Championship The FIM Team Long Track World Championship is an annual long track motorcycle racing event held each year organized by the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) since 2007. The championship has been dominated by Germany in recent championships. The current champions (2018) are France . The 6 competing teams shall each consist of 4 riders: 3 riders having programmed rides and the fourth rider being a team reserve rider, as follows: The team reserve rider may take the place of any programmed rider, at any time,
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15-year-old prodigy Wei Yi; the top-rated player Vladimir Fedoseev (2661) of Russia; and Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Poland by half a point. The top finishers (on tiebreak) were: World Junior Chess Championship The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 chess tournament (players must have been under 20 years old on 1 January in the year of competition) organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE). The idea was the brainchild of William Ritson-Morry, who organized the 1951 inaugural event to take place in Birmingham, England. Subsequently, it was held every two years until 1973, when an annual schedule was adopted. In
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World Junior Chess Championship The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 chess tournament (players must have been under 20 years old on 1 January in the year of competition) organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE). The idea was the brainchild of William Ritson-Morry, who organized the 1951 inaugural event to take place in Birmingham, England. Subsequently, it was held every two years until 1973, when an annual schedule was adopted. In 1983, a separate tournament for girls was established. Each FIDE member nation may select one entrant except for the host nation, which may select two. Some players
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On 6 November 2005 Lüthi secured his first world championship in the 125cc class, the sixth-youngest person to do so; this took place at Valencia. While using a Honda RS125R kit, Lüthi won the world championship title in the 125cc class, being five points ahead of Mika Kallio. Lüthi was voted Swiss sportsman of the year in 2005 and also won the annual "Swiss Award" in the category of sport. After winning the 2005 125cc World Championship, he was partnered by Sandro Cortese of Germany and the team name was changed to "Elit — Caffè Latte". He scored his only
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burns to the face after a fireball spot did not go as originally planned, and he had to be treated in hospital. His final match in South Africa took place on 8 November 2008 at WWP's bi-annual Carnival City Casino show, where he was defeated by Terri Middoux in front of a record attendance. In 2008, Lloyd signed a three-year developmental deal with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), becoming the first South African person to do so. He was assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), WWE's developmental territory, where he made his debut under his real name on 5 February, in
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2010 World University Rugby Sevens Championship The 2010 World University Rugby Sevens Championship will be the fourth edition of the World University Championship (WUC) for rugby sevens national teams. This event will take place on July 21–24, 2010, in Porto, Portugal, at the Estádio do Bessa. Under the supervision of the International University Sports Federation (FISU), this championship will be co-organized by the Portuguese university sports federation (FADU) and the University of Porto, whose bid was chosen by the FISU Executive Committee on January 15, 2007, following a 15–6 ballot win against a French bid. This event will feature a
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World Championship of Ping Pong The World Championship of Ping Pong, also known as WCPP, is an annual ping pong tournament that has been held since 2011. The current champion is Wang Shibo, who beat Huang Jungang in the 2018 final. Maxim Shmyrev won the first three championships. The tournament is promoted by the English sports impresario Barry Hearn, and is distinguished by its use of old-fashioned wooden paddles covered with sandpaper, which are intended to encourage slower ball movement and longer rallies for the entertainment of the live audience. The 2019 finals will take place January 26-27, 2019, at
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World Title match must take place in the even year following the world championship (tournament). Right for the World Title Match has former champion and new champion, if former champion has retained his title in the World Championship tournament he have right for the match with the player ended on the second place in the World Championship tournament. Women's World Draughts Championship The Women's Draughts World Championship is the world championship in international draughts organized by the World Draughts Federation (FMJD). The championship occurs every two years. In the even year following the tournament must take place the World Title
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2010 Speedway World Cup The 2010 FIM PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the tenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It was originally scheduled to take place between 24 July and 31 July 2010, although re-stagings due to adverse weather meant that it finally took place between 25 July and 1 August, and involved eight national teams. Six teams were seeded through to the finals and two qualification rounds were held in May 2010 to determine the final two places. Poland won the World Cup for the fourth time in six
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No-Gi Heavyweight - Champion 2004 Copa Atlantica Brown Belt Heavyweight - Champion 2004 Arnold/Gracie World Championship Brown Belt Open - 3rd Place 2004 Arnold/Gracie World Championship Brown Belt Heavyweight - Champion 2004 Grapplers Quest Beast of the East No-Gi Light Heavyweight - Champion 2002 Arnold/Gracie World Championship Purple Belt Open - Champion 2002 Arnold/Gracie World Championship Purple Belt Heavyweight - Champion 2001 Mat Madness Proving Grounds - 3rd Place 2001 NAGA Garden State Championship Purple Belt - Champion 2001 NAGA Garden State Championships No-Gi - Champion 1997 Annual Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Tournament - Gold Medalist 1996 Annual Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Tournament -
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five-year, $40 million NBC television contract followed, which helped to sustain the young league. The bidding war for players ended in 1966, when NFL owners approached the AFL regarding a merger, and the two leagues agreed on one that would take full effect in 1970. This agreement provided for a common draft that would take place each year, and it instituted an annual World Championship game to be played between the champions of each league. That game began play at the end of the 1966 season. Once the merger was completed, it was no longer a championship game between two
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World Seniors Championship will take place during the World Seniors Tour 2018/2019: Each qualifier will take their place alongside the seeded players in the main draw of the championship. 2019 World Seniors Championship The 2019 World Seniors Championship is an upcoming invitational senior snooker tournament, taking place from 25 to 29 March 2019 in a venue yet to be confirmed. It will be the fourth event on the 2018/2019 World Seniors Tour. In addition to the winner's cheque the champion will receive a place in the qualifying tournament for the in Sheffield. Aaron Canavan is the defending champion, having won
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seasons, amassing 44 points in the final. Denmark finished second with 39, while Sweden finished third for the third successive year, with 35 points. 2010 Speedway World Cup The 2010 FIM PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the tenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It was originally scheduled to take place between 24 July and 31 July 2010, although re-stagings due to adverse weather meant that it finally took place between 25 July and 1 August, and involved eight national teams. Six teams were seeded through to the finals and two
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signed a three-year extension with the Fire, meaning she will remain a member of Townsville's roster until 2020. Garbin made her national team debut at the 2010 FIBA Oceania Youth Tournament in New Caledonia where Australia took home Gold. She would then go on to represent the Gems at the 2012 FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship, where she helped take home the Gold and secure a place at the Under-19 World Championship the following year. At the 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Lithuania, Garbin was a starting five team member. The Gems would go on to take home the bronze
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to compete in the next three rounds, where Tixier took a round win and two victories; he never finished lower than fourth in the six-race run. Herlings' advantage was reduced to 23 points, but he elected to compete in the final round in Mexico. However, he could do no better than tenth in either race, with Tixier taking a win and a third place – winning the round in the process – to take his first world title, by just four points. The top three placings were completed by Romain Febvre, who achieved a race and round win in Goiânia.
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eight champions wrestling for a place in the final. The finals of the tournament took place on the August 13, 2010 Super Viernes and saw Jushin Thunder Liger defeat La Sombra two falls to one, after interference from Liger's cornerman Okumura. CMLL Universal Championship (2010) The CMLL Universal Championship 2010 ("Campeonato Universal" in Spanish) was a professional wrestling annual tournament produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) took take place over three CMLL Super Viernes shows between July 30, 2010 and August 13, 2010 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The CMLL Universal Championship is an annual tournament of
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Survivor Series (1994) Survivor Series (1994) was the eighth annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on Thanksgiving Eve, November 23, 1994 at the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, Texas. It was also the last Survivor Series to take place on the traditional Thanksgiving/Thanksgiving Eve date the show had always occupied since its inception; the following Survivor Series and all subsequent shows have taken place on Sunday nights. Two main event matches were held; in the first, Bob Backlund won the WWF World Heavyweight Championship from Bret Hart in
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championship tournaments. The FIPJP world championships take place every two years. Men's championships are held in even-numbered years, while Women's and Youth championships are held in odd-numbered years. Perhaps the best-known international championship is the "Mondial la Marseillaise à Pétanque", which takes place every year in Marseille, France, with more than 10,000 participants and more than 150,000 spectators. The largest annual tournament in the United States is the Petanque Amelia Island Open (formerly the Petanque America Open), held in each year in November at Amelia Island, Florida. La British Open is a major Pétanque tournament held in the North of
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Third-place Final 2012 Women's European Championship The 2012 Women's European Championship or "European Cup" was the 17th annual rugby tournament organised by FIRA for the continent's national teams and the ninth official continental championship. Only eight teams took part - the lowest entry since 1996 and also the first time since 1996 that Scotland, Wales and Ireland did not take part. The leading four teams played in Group A in Rovereto, Italy between 13 and 19 May, and the other four played at Enköping between 3 and 7 May. The latter tournament also started Europe's Women's Rugby World Cup qualification
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Sanja Vuksanović Sanja Vuksanović (born 4 March 1967), married Kalević, is a Serbian Woman Grandmaster (WGM) (1998). She is a Serbia and Montenegro Women's Chess Championship winner (1992). At the 1990s Sanja Vuksanović was one of the leading female chess players in Serbia. In 1991, she shared first place in Women's World Chess Championship Zonal Tournament and won the right to take part in an Interzonal Tournament. In 1991, Sanja Vuksanović participated in Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Subotica where ranked 21th place. In 1992, she won Serbia and Montenegro Women's Chess Championship. Sanja Vuksanović played for Serbia
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tradition and was not illegal) are not subject to this Israeli law. But Mizrahi Jews are not permitted to enter into new polygamous marriages in Israel. However polygamy may still occur in non-European Jewish communities that exist in countries where it is not forbidden, such as Jewish communities in Yemen and the Arab world. Karaite Jews, who do not adhere to Rabbinic interpretations of the Torah, do not practice polygyny. Karaites interpret to mean that a man can only take a second wife if his first wife gives her consent and to mean that a man can only take a
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"" national qualifiers for the annual Call of Duty Championship $1,000,000 tournaments after qualifying via MLG's online qualifying tournament. At the US Championship Finals OpTic Gaming finished in 7th place to qualify for the Call of Duty World Championship, after eliminating Curse New York in an elimination game in a best of 5 series. This allowed the team to qualify for the annual $1 million tournament. Haag and his OpTic Gaming squad played in the MLG Pro Circuit Season 1 online league where after a promising start they suffered problems online and were not able to qualify for the MLG
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were against him, before crotching Hardy on the ring ropes and dropping him with a brainbuster. Three days later in the main event of Bound for Glory, TNA's largest annual event, Aries lost the World Heavyweight Championship to Hardy, ending his reign at 98 days. On the October 25 episode of "Impact", Aries attacked Hardy, after he had successfully defended his title against Kurt Angle, stealing one of his two title belts and announcing that a rematch between the two would take place at Turning Point. On November 11 at the pay-per-view, Aries failed to regain the World Heavyweight Championship
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where many more than four teams were able to compete. Today we have The QUADRUPED Series, a group of competitions that are a points championship in the United States. The popularity has been so great within the frisbee dog world that it has spread to Europe where it has occurred in several countries. Today there are several organizations running disc dog tournaments. Most competitions take place in the summer on flat, grassy fields. Winter disc dog contests on soft snow are also popular in places. The Canine Frisbee Disc World Championship (also called the World Finals Championship) was long considered
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lap time overall (40%), the fastest lap set for each rider (40%) and the individual rating by each rider (20%). Only the winners of Supersport, Superbike and Maxisport class reach the final comparison where an overall Masterbike winner is chosen for the year. Masterbike 2005 was the 8th annual Masterbike. It took place on the Ricardo Tormo circuit at Valencia on 15 June 2005 directly after the Superbike World Championship race weekend. Masterbike 2006 was the 9th annual Masterbike. It took place on the Jerez circuit in Spain on 31 May 2006. Masterbike 2007 was the 10th annual Masterbike. It
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Final Play-off Semi Finals 7th Place Final 5th Place Final Championship Semi Finals 3rd Place Final Championship Final 2009 IRB Junior World Championship The 2009 IRB Junior World Championship (known as the 2009 IRB Toshiba Junior World Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the second annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, this competition replaces the now defunct under 19 and under 21 world championships. The event was organised by rugby's governing body, the International Rugby Board (IRB). The competition was contested by 16 men's junior national teams and was held in June 2009. It was hosted by
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a place where speed records are set and broken. The annual World Championship called the World Speed Shooting Championships (WSSC) is held in Frostproof, Florida (since 2012), and draws shooters from around the world. Up until 2011 the World Championship used to be held in Piru, California each year. The competition was founded in 1981 by Mike Dalton and Mike Fichman. The Steel Challenge World Speed Shooting Championships have grown to one of the largest professional pistol competitions in America. In 2007, more than 220 competitors from the United States and around the world competed for a portion of the
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180; B 180, T 40; B 105, T 133; B 76, T 58. Barneveld, now requiring double top with Taylor back on 90, hit the match winning dart with his first dart to take the leg and the title. 2007 PDC World Darts Championship The 2007 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the 14th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The tournament took place between 18 December 2006–1 January 2007. The championship was once again held at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, Essex, where it had been staged since the first
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1939 in sports 1939 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. "Note — Several annual sporting events did not take place in 1939, because of the outbreak of World War II". FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 9th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are held at Zakopane, Poland. The events are a downhill, a slalom and a combined race in both the men's and women's categories. The winners are: England Spain Germany Italy Portugal France NBL Championship Events Events Lineal world champions Events England Australia India South Africa New Zealand Tour de France Giro d'Italia Men's professional Men's amateur
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2009 IRB Junior World Championship The 2009 IRB Junior World Championship (known as the 2009 IRB Toshiba Junior World Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the second annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, this competition replaces the now defunct under 19 and under 21 world championships. The event was organised by rugby's governing body, the International Rugby Board (IRB). The competition was contested by 16 men's junior national teams and was held in June 2009. It was hosted by Japan. Play-off Semi Finals 15th Place Final 13th Place Final Play-off Semi Finals 11th Place Final 9th Place
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its second consecutive World Championship final after fell short against Russia in 2009. By winning the tournament, Norway qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics as World champions, while Sweden, which finished runner-up behind Norway in the European Championship, moved up to take the vacated European champion spot and also secured its place for the Olympics. Spain triumphed over Denmark in the bronze final 24–18 and won their first ever World Championship medal, while hosts Brazil knocked out title holders Russia 36–20 in the match for the fifth place to take their best ever result. The competition took place in the
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with the Anthology is only the 8 match PPV broadcast version. SummerSlam (1992) SummerSlam (1992) was the fifth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on Saturday August 29, 1992, at Wembley Stadium, London, England, but didn't air on pay-per-view until Monday August 31. It was the first major WWF pay-per-view to take place outside North America. The pay-per-view included two main event matches. In the first, The Ultimate Warrior challenged "Macho Man" Randy Savage for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. The Warrior won the match by countout but did
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SummerSlam (1992) SummerSlam (1992) was the fifth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on Saturday August 29, 1992, at Wembley Stadium, London, England, but didn't air on pay-per-view until Monday August 31. It was the first major WWF pay-per-view to take place outside North America. The pay-per-view included two main event matches. In the first, The Ultimate Warrior challenged "Macho Man" Randy Savage for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. The Warrior won the match by countout but did not win the title. In the other main event, "British Bulldog"
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tournament. At the US Championship Finals OpTic Gaming finished in 7th place to qualify for the Call of Duty World Championship, after eliminating Curse New York in an elimination game in a best of 5 series. This allowed the team to qualify for the annual $1 million tournament. The OpTic Gaming squad played in the MLG Pro Circuit Season 1 online league where after a promising start they suffered problems online and were not able to qualify for the MLG PAX East Championship; eventually OpTic Gaming finished bottom of the league in 10th place. OpTic Gaming later announced they were
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guests Richard Dawkins, Jimmy Wales, Fernando Savater, John Gray, Saskia Sassen, Richard Sennett, Valter Hugo Mãe, Suzana Herculano-Houzel, Janette Sadik-Khan, Ferreira Gullar, Camille Paglia, Joseph Stiglitz, Contardo Calligaris, Luc Ferry, Manuel Castells, Pierre Lévy and John Elkington, touring the four cities that host the project – not all cities will have the same lecturers. Fronteiras do Pensamento has two different formats: annual seasons and special series. The annual seasons take place in Porto Alegre and São Paulo, Brazil, during the whole year. In both cities, the audience buys tickets for all lectures. The special series take place in Florianópolis and
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was in 2013, when the USA Selects beat Canada A to take second place. In April and May 2015, the Select side will be used for the United States 2015 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches in South America, which will be staged for the Eagles 2015 Rugby World Cup preparations. The following table shows the results of the USA Selects during annual competitions — usually during the Americas Rugby Championship, except during World Cup years. The ARC is held every year, except during Rugby World Cup years. In 2016 The Americas Pacific Challenge replaced the ARC as the developmental tournament
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1899–1900 British Home Championship The 1899–1900 British Home Championship was an edition of the annual football tournament played between the British Home Nations. Conducted in the second half of the 1899–1900 season, it was dominated by Scotland who achieved a whitewash of their opponents by winning all three games. Wales and England shared second place, with Ireland bringing up the rear. Wales and Ireland began the competition in Llandudno, the Welsh side winning 2–0 to take immediate advantage. Ireland then returned to Belfast to play Scotland, where they again lost, conceding three without reply. In Cardiff, Wales and England played
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Championship. Although the international window did not take place, some World Cup nations opted to play uncapped matches in their World Cup preparations. Uruguay hosted Fijian A-side, the Fiji Warriors in Montevideo, with the Warriors playing Argentina's A-side Argentina Jaguars, between the 2 fixtures. With Russia not competing in the 2015 Rugby World Cup, or either of World Rugby's Nations Cup or Tbilisi Cup, they toured Namibia for a two-test series. Three historic matches also took place. Samoa hosted New Zealand in Apia for the first time as an official test match, the first Pacific nation to do so. Kenya
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Ssireum Organization, has made a claim that Ssireum is characterized as a "peaceful competition focusing on harmony and unison", reflecting the "philosophical outlook of the Korean Race". 1st Asia Ssireum Championship and 5th World Ssireum Championship, which took place simultaneously at Thuwana National Indoor Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar, from September 18 to 23 of 2015. The second World Ssireum Championships are set to take place in Siauliai, Lithuania Friday, where a total of 120 wrestlers and 80 representatives and officials from 40 countries will participate in the two-day event, according to the World Ssireum Federation (WSF). The first championships were
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when he took out the Dutch national championship, together with Eric Verhagen. This season was also his first in the sidecarcross world championship, where the team finished sixteen's, with two seventh place race finishes as their best results. After similar results in 1987, the team greatly improved in 1988, coming fifth in the world championship and taking out their first race win in the Dutch GP. After continuing good results in 1989 and 1990 and two more Dutch national championships, the team managed to take out their first world championship in 1991. The following season, 1992, saw a repeat of
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on Full Tilt Poker where he is a sponsored professional. He has four World Poker Tour (WPT) cashes including finishing in 10th place at the Sixth Annual Five Star World Poker Classic in the $25,000 No Limit Hold'em WPT World Championship, earning $158,290. As of 2009, his total winnings exceed $2,100,000. His 13 cashes at the WSOP account for $1,661,619 of those winnings. Kenny Tran Phuong "Kenny" Tran (born 1974) is a Vietnamese American professional poker player from Arcadia, California who won the 2008 World Series of Poker $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em World Championship. Tran was born in Vietnam and
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press conference at the Manhattan Center to announce that the annual Bound for Glory pay-per-view would take place in Tokyo, Japan at Korakuen Hall. On July 22, 2015, it was announced that the eleventh annual Bound for Glory pay-per-view would take place Cabarrus Arena in Concord, North Carolina. The 2016 edition took place on October 2, 2016 at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. The inaugural Impact Grand Championship was crowned. The 2017 edition took place on November 5, 2017 at the Aberdeen Pavilion in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. This was the first major wrestling pay-per-view event in Canada's nation's capital.
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sources, but it is also a venue for the sharing of diverse political perspectives. The Chinese Cultural Evening takes place every year, while the other evenings, namely the North American Cultural Evening (NACE), Latin American Cultural Evening (LACE), Middle East, South and Central Asia Cultural Evening (MECASA), Asia-Pacific Evening of Culture (APEC), African Cultural Evening (ACE) and European Cultural Evening (ECE) take place once every two years, with 3 other regions every year. Unlike other United World Colleges, first year students travel to China, do community service, and experience everyday Chinese life. Annual China week projects include: Teaching English to
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compete in the "Championship", where the player races on three planets for the top prize, or do a "Practice" run on a course from any of five playable planets (plus a sixth one, Segal, if a cheat code is entered). The player begins each race with the character's primary weapon, secondary weapon, and a 100% full turbo gauge. In the "Championship" mode, the player will do a two-lap race on the first planet, Yendas, and a one-lap race in two other planets, but which planet the next race will take place on depends mostly on whether or not he/she finishes
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may still occur in non-European Jewish communities that exist in countries where it is not forbidden, such as Jewish communities in Yemen and the Arab world. Among Karaite Jews, who do not adhere to Rabbinic interpretations of the Torah, polygamy is almost non-existent today. Like other Jews, Karaites interpret to mean that a man can only take a second wife if his first wife gives her consent (Keter Torah on Leviticus, pp. 96–97) and Karaites interpret Exodus 21:10 to mean that a man can only take a second wife if he is capable of maintaining the same level of marital
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the winner. In 2012 the 'crown jewel' racing event, The Dirt Track World Championship, was hosted at the speedway. The race, the thirty-second annual running of the event, paid $50,000 to the winner and was televised on the SPEED Network and sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late Model Series. The announcement was made during the D.T.W.C. weekend that the thirty-third annual hosting of the event would also take place at the speedway under Lucas Oil series sanction. The track is built on a site that once housed a Shawnee Indian campground, but the Shawnee were run off the land by
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Sato July 27, 2002 – WAMSB World Championship for Marching Show Bands held in Chiba, Japan. First Place - Drum Major Mr. Michihusa Sato 2003 (30th Annual) – “Rising Sun” (1st Place) Drum Major Mr. Michihusa Sato January 18, 2004 (31st Annual) – “Millennium Celebration” (2nd Place) 5 Thais, Drum Major Mr. Michihusa Sato January 16, 2005 (32nd Annual) – “Niagara Falls” (2nd Place) 3 Thais, 1 USA, Drum Major Minalai Apivat January 15, 2006 (33rd Annual) – “Gear” (1st Place) – 6 USA, 5 Thais, Drum Major Minalai Apivat January 14, 2007 (34th Annual) – “Final Tradition” (1st Place)
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high school. In 2015, at 20, Jung was selected for the South Korean collegiate national team to participate in the 2015 Asian U23 Championship, the 2015 FIVB U23 World Championship and the 2015 Summer Universiade. In 2016 Jung first joined the South Korean senior national team to compete at the 2016 FIVB World League, where South Korea finished in 23rd place. Jung also took part in the 2017 Asian Championship, where he helped his team to win the bronze medal. Jung Ji-seok Jung Ji-seok (Hangul: 정지석; born in Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do) is a South Korean male volleyball player. He currently plays
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of any NWA World Historic Welterweight Champion, 1,337 days. All title matches take place under best two-out-of-three falls rules when they take place in Mexico, but has been defended in single fall matches in Japan. In 1948 the Mexican "lucha libre" or professional wrestling promotion Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL; Spanish for "Mexican Wrestling Enterprise") created the World Welterweight Championship. When EMLL became a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in 1952 the championship was given the "NWA" prefix and became known as the NWA World Welterweight Championship. In the late 1980s, EMLL left the National Wrestling Alliance
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Playoffs 9th-12th Place Playoffs 5th-8th Places Playoffs 1st place playoffs 2008 IRB Junior World Championship The 2008 IRB Junior World Championship was the first annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. All players who were twenty years of age or under on 1 January 2008 were eligible for selection. This competition replaced the now defunct Under 19 Rugby World Championship and Under 21 Rugby World Championship. The event, organised by rugby's governing body, the International Rugby Board (IRB), was contested by sixteen men's under-20 national teams. The tournament was held in June and hosted by Wales, at
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take place at the end of the competition. The runner-up, losing semi-finalists and the players finishing fifth and sixth move into group two, where they will be joined by the next three players in the Order of Merit. The format of the second group was the same as the first group with players moving into the third group. In total there are eight groups before the final group takes place. This format ensures that all players who do not win the group or finish in the last two positions have another chance to qualify for the winners group. The Championship
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Fan Fest and Triple-A Home Run Derby, take place each year during this break in the regular season. Since 2006, the annual Triple-A National Championship Game has been held to serve as a single championship game between the champions of the International League and Pacific Coast League to determine an overall champion of Triple-A baseball. It was originally held annually at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, and known as the Bricktown Showdown. Since 2011, the game has been held in a different Triple-A city each year. Previous postseason interleague championships include the Junior World Series (1932–34, 1936–62, 1970–71, 1973–74),
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in 2003 to complete the minor premiership and premiership double. During the pre-season the Melbourne Storm defeated the Leeds Rhinos 18-10 in the 2010 World Club Challenge. The inaugural All Stars match took place on 13 February at Skilled Park, Gold Coast, where the Indigenous All Stars team won 16–12. Significant dates throughout the season include the annual ANZAC Test and City vs Country Origin weekend, resulting in a shortened round in early May. Byes take place throughout the State of Origin period between Rounds 11 and 18 (during June and July). The annual heritage round takes place again in
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and finished up in 13th place overall. in 2014 Collard again remained with WSR winning 1 race and finishing 6th in the drivers Championship. He remains with the team for 2015 where he win the first race if the season and currently sits in 10th place in the championship. Rob's family starred in an episode of Channel 4's Wife Swap, shown during October 2006. He has told ITV's BTCC coverage that his hero was the late Colin McRae, and his ambition is to win the World Touring Car Championship. He is the father of racing driver Ricky Collard. () Races
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Constanze Jahn Constanze Jahn (born 12 January 1963) is a German Woman International Master (WIM) (1991). At the 1990s Constanze Jahn was one of the leading female chess players in East Germany. In 1991, in Graz she shared first place with Tatjana Lematschko in Women's World Chess Championship Zonal Tournament and won the right to take part in an Interzonal Tournament. In 1991, Constanze Jahn participated in Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Subotica where ranked 28th place. Constanze Jahn twice won German Women's Fast Chess Championships: in 1998 and in 2005. In 2001, she won the bronze medal
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had hoped the "drama" had ended and he could again focus on hockey. Anderson played for the United States at the 2006 IIHF World Championship held in Riga, Latvia. In five games, Anderson went 3–2–0 with a 2.36 GAA; the U.S., however, finished in seventh place. Anderson once again represented the Americans at the 2008 IIHF World Championship held in Quebec City, Quebec, and Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he went 0–0–0 with a 5.63 GAA in two appearances as the U.S. finished in sixth place. Anderson graduated from Barrington High School in 1999. He married his wife Nicholle in the
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Bobrowska in the Women's World Chess Championship Zonal tournament and won the right to take part in an Interzonal Tournament. In 1995, Petra Krupková participated in Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Chişinău where ranked 15th place. In 1996, she won the bronze medal in the U20 European Junior Championship in Hungary. Petra Krupková played for Czech Republic in the Women's Chess Olympiads: Petra Krupková played for Czech Republic in the European Team Chess Championship: In 2000, she was awarded the FIDE Women Grandmaster (WGM) title. She was married to Armenian chess grandmaster Sergei Movsesian. Petra Krupková Petra Krupková
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Survivor Series (1991) Survivor Series (1991) was the fifth annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on Thanksgiving Eve, November 27, 1991, at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. It was the first Survivor Series to feature a singles match of any kind, where in the main event The Undertaker defeated Hulk Hogan to win the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. Due to Ric Flair's involvement in the events leading to The Undertaker's WWF World Heavyweight Championship victory over Hulk Hogan, a rematch was immediately signed for the This
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Survivor Series (1995) Survivor Series (1995) was the ninth annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It was sponsored by the Milton Bradley Company. It took place on November 19, 1995, at the USAir Arena in Landover, Maryland, and was the first Survivor Series to take place on a Sunday night. Each previous edition had taken place either on Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Eve; the company would not do another non-weekend pay-per-view event until 2004, when Taboo Tuesday debuted. The main event was a No Disqualification match between Diesel and Bret Hart for
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he would appear in the Williams pits as he went through his rehabilitation. Patrick Head stepped up and managed the team until Williams returned late in the season. This may have caused the in-fighting between the two team mates, and the lost points helped Alain Prost take his second world championship. That and Mansell's spectacular blow out in the final race in Australia where all he had to do was finish third to win the title. The points built up between Piquet and Mansell were enough for Williams to take the constructors' championship, however. Reportedly, both Nelson Piquet and Honda,
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the Armed Forces Sports Council, which in 1948 became the International Military Sports Council (CISM). Great Britain won the first title and Czechoslovakia was the runner-up. In 1995, was created the first Military World Games where football competition take place in this games. Since 2013, the world championship is divided in 2 different competitions. The CISM World Football Cup is a four years cycle, the 2nd edition of the Cup was played from 15 to 28 January 2017 in Muscat, Oman. Additionally all 4 years at the Military World Games, football tournament - Military World Championship. Qualifying tournaments are: In
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25–6. The previous record was a 25–8 achieved by United States against Puerto Rico during the 2014 World Championship. On 9 December 2015, FIVB announced that the tournament would be held in Italy and Bulgaria. For the first time the championship will take place in more than one country. The tournament will take place in six Italian cities (Bari, Bologna, Florence, Assago, Rome and Turin) and three Bulgarian cities (Ruse, Varna and Sofia). Both Italy and Bulgaria have previously hosted the Men's World Championship. Italy last organised the 2010 edition, when Brazil claimed the title their third straight title. Italy
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matches, which will be played on 12/13 June and 19/20 June 2010. Will take place on the 12/13 June and 19/20 June 2010. It will comprise 18 teams overall: The draw for the Play-Off Round will take place on 31 January 2010, in Vienna. Seeding will be based on teams appearance and record on 2010 European Men's Handball Championship. 2011 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification This page describes the European zone qualifying procedure for the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship. The draw for the qualification round was held on 6 August 2009 at the EHF headquarters, in Vienna.
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TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mr. Anderson win the Pride Heavyweight Championship, although he would lose the championship four weeks later in Truro. With the success of "H&L"; the second titled show was designed for later that year. This event featured a main event of Rhyno against Steve Griffiths for the championship, as well as a plethora of talent, including Hall Of Famer Ted DiBiase. The event would catch on, and become a bi-annual event. Towards the end of 2015, Pride would do its first show outside of Devon or Cornwall, where they would appear in Taunton, Somerset; which would then
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участников Содружества Независимых Государств", resulted in fourth place. The national team is supervised by the Belarusian Bandy Federation, a member of the Federation of International Bandy. Belarusian squad at the 2015 World Championship in Khabarovsk, Russia. Belarusian squad at the 2014 World Championship in Irkutsk, Russia. Team picture Belarus national bandy team The Belarusian national bandy team have been competing in the annual Bandy World Championship most of the times since 2001 (it started to be an annual tournament from 2003), but not in 2010 and 2018. In 2004, Belarus defeated Canada to win the Group B championship. Belarus played
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playing with her feeling and confesses her father that Abhay is a cheater. Abhay tries to convince them but they do not listen. Day 3 of the challenge, Sarangi takes over the body of Bob's wife and ask Abhay to take her to a place where her mother could be. Meanwhile, Bob hires a detective to keep an eye on Abhay who informs Bob that Abhay & his wife are romancing and going out somewhere. Abhay takes Sarangi to her mother, she is happy to her mother soul getting released. Bob gets angry to see his wife hugging Abhay (Actual
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the tournament. The tournament final took place at Bellator 44 where Chandler would face Team Nogueira product, Patricky Freire. Chandler utilized his wrestling skills, repeatedly taking down Freire and controlling the fight. He defeated Freire via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27) to win $100,000 and a shot at the Bellator Lightweight World Championship versus Eddie Alvarez. Chandler was expected to compete for the Bellator Lightweight World Championship at Bellator 54. However, Alvarez suffered an undisclosed injury and forcing the bout to be postponed until a later date. Chandler/Alvarez was rescheduled to take place on November 19, 2011 at Bellator 58.
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Antrim Senior Hurling Championship The Antrim Senior Hurling Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Antrim GAA among the top hurling clubs in County Antrim. The winner qualifies to represent the county in the Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship. The first Antrim hurling championship took place in 1901, and the current champions are Ruairí Óg, Cushendallwho defeated loughgiel shamrocks at Páirc Mac Uílín On a scoreline of 2-12 to 0-15. Loughgiel Shamrocks hold the most wins (20). Commonly the finals take place at Antrim's county
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of an open-draw knock-out. Each county in Ulster holds its own County Championship. The winner of the nine championships qualify for the Ulster Club Championship. The draw for the (whole) competition took place in August 2009, along with the draws for the Ulster Senior Hurling, Intermediate Football and Junior Football championships. The quarter-finals were originally schedules to take place on 1 November, but they were all postponed for a week due to adverse weather conditions. 2009 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship The 2009 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship was the 42nd staging of the annual Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
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Asian Universities Debating Championship The Asian Universities Debating Championship (AUDC) was an annual debating tournament for teams from universities in Asia. It has now been replaced by the United Asian Debating Championships. The championship was one of two major annual regional debating tournaments for Asian universities, the other being the All-Asian Intervarsity Debating Championships, both of which have now been joined together, for a combined and United Asian Debating Championships to take place in Assumption University, Bangkok. The AUDC was first held in 2005 as an alternative tournament to the All-Asian Championships, thus starting a schism in Asian debating. The
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Starrcade (1986) Starrcade (1986): Night of the Skywalkers was the fourth annual Starrcade professional wrestling closed-circuit television event, produced by Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner. It took place on November 27, 1986 from the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina and The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia. The main event saw NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair put the championship on the line against the NWA United States Champion Nikita Koloff in a rare for the time champion-vs-champion match. The dual location saw six matches take place in each location, with the Greensboro Coliseum main
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competition is due to take place in Gulmarg in February 2019. Situated at an altitude of 2,650 m, it is the highest green golf course in the world. The historic Gulmarg Golf Club was started in 1911 by the British who used the place as a holiday resort. The origin of Gulmarg as the golfing centre of India goes back to the late 19th century when a 6-hole course was made in 1890-91 by Colonel Neville Chamberlain. The first golf championship was played at Gulmarg in 1922. The Nedou's Cup was introduced in 1929. An annual three-day Gulmarg Winter Festival
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SummerSlam (1996) SummerSlam (1996) was the ninth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It was presented by Stridex. It took place on August 18, 1996, at the Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Faarooq Asad had been scheduled to face Ahmed Johnson in a match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship at the event, but the match did not take place as Johnson was legitimately injured. During the "Free for All" match between Stone Cold Steve Austin and Yokozuna, the top rope broke when Yokozuna attempted a Banzai Drop. Todd Pettengill hosted the "Bikini
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SummerSlam (1999) SummerSlam (1999) was the twelfth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on August 22, 1999, at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This event is one of two events where the three major titles in the WWE (world, intercontinental and tag) all changed hands on the same night, the other being the 2009 edition of . The main feud heading into SummerSlam was between Stone Cold Steve Austin, Triple H and Mankind over the WWF Championship. Last month at Fully Loaded, Austin retained the WWF Championship by
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2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Women's The 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship is an amateur snooker tournament due to take place from 9 November to 21 November 2015 in Hurghada, Egypt. The event was originally due to take place in Sharm el-Sheikh, however due to the Metrojet Flight 9268 crash the tournament was relocated to Hurghada. Because of this many competitors withdrew from the competition amid safety fears, Including the entire Qatari, Moroccan and English teams, the latter of which would have featured former world champion Reanne Evans. The tournament was won by 10th seed Wendy Jans who defeated
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the 2003 IIHF World Championship, where the Czechs again finished in fourth place. Overall, he has played for the Czechs at four IIHF World Championships, two Winter Olympic Games and also in the 2004 World Cup of Hockey. He backstopped the Czechs to a third-place finish at the World Cup, gold medals at the 2005 and 2010 World Championships and won bronze with the team at the 2006 Olympics in Turin. Vokoun lives with his wife, Dagmar, and two daughters, Adelle and Natalie, in Parkland, Florida. Tomáš Vokoun Tomáš Vokoun (; born 2 July 1976) is a Czech former professional
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Speedway World Championship Competitions There are annual world championship events in the sport of motorcycle speedway for individual riders - the Speedway Grand Prix - and for national teams - the Speedway World Cup. Each has a counterpart for riders under 21: the Speedway World Under 21 Championship and the Team Speedway Junior World Championship. A pairs event, the Speedway World Pairs Championship, ran until 1993. In addition there are two Ice Speedway World Championships for individuals and teams. The first Ice World Championships were held in 1966. Another form of speedway on larger tracks takes place called Longtrack and
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share of third place at the World Junior Chess Championship in Gaziantep, where he was always challenging for the lead. At the very strong EU Individual Open Chess Championship in Liverpool he finished with a share of fifth place despite a surprising loss on time and then went on to win the annual Winterthur Masters event, ahead of other grandmasters that included former Paraguayan champion Axel Bachmann and former Swiss champions Joseph Gallagher and Florian Jenni. At the Dresden Olympiad of 2008, he joined the England team on board 3 and contributed 7½/11 for a tournament performance rating (TPR) of
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event being held in the Las Vegas area. In 2014, the championship race will begin changing locations each year. This is in contrast to having an annual recurring championship in one location as in the past with Las Vegas and Clearwater, Florida. The annual Las Vegas race will remain in place for 2014 but will be renamed the Ironman 70.3 Silverman. The 2013 Ironman 70.3 Series featured 61 events that enabled qualification to the 2013 World Championship event. Professional triathletes qualified for the championship race by competing in races during the qualifying period, earning points towards their pro rankings. An
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der weißen Schiffe" took place there, probably in 1938, but after that there were no further performances until the end of World War II. Immediately after the war, the arena was used amongst other things for boxing and for circus performances, before becoming the site of the Karl May Festival in 1952. Concerts also take place there, including Norddeutscher Rundfunk's annual "Kult am Kalkberg". With the Berlin Waldbühne and the Freilichtbühne Loreley, it is one of the best known of the former "Thing" sites. Schaller did not do any further blasting, but used the existing shape of the quarry, so
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Pumpkin Run is an annual event that has taken place since 1974 during Halloween. Naked people, usually college students, parade through several towns in the United States. The tradition started in Boulder, Colorado. Sources Nude recreation Nude recreation refers to recreational activities which some people do in the nude. Such activities can take place in private spaces, such as in a person's own property or in a naturist context, but they can also be a form of public nudity. A variety of events are organised by various organisations around the world: In February 2013, the Leopold Museum of Vienna opened
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Single Speed World Championship The Single Speed World Championship, or SSWC, is an annual event. It is only open to bicycles with a single gear ratio. Those bicycles can be either singlespeeds or fixed-gears. Most of the bicycles used in these races are mountain bikes however some people choose to take part in the event on cyclo-cross bicycles, racing bicycles and bicycles defying easy categorization. The first known and recognized SS World Championship of any kind was held in 1995 and called "W.H.I.R.L.E.D.". The first official Single Speed World Championship was held in 1999, however, it was less of a
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they compete in the annual Speech Contest amongst other KPASSP schools. In the most recent tournament, held at Seisen in Fall 2012, the SMIS Speech Team won second place. Each year, the Math Contest team, composed of students skilled at math, take part in the Math Field Day, a tournament for KPASSP students. St. Mary's tends to do particularly well there too, with usually at least 1 member of the team in the Top 5 at every grade level. The fall showcases the Fall Play, where selected students perform and help to make it an annual success, while every year
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champions. The first Universal Championship tournament took place over three shows in June, with the June 5, 2009 and June 12, 2009 "CMLL Super Viernes" shows each hosting a three round block of the tournament and the June 19, 2009 "Super Viernes" featuring the finals as its main event. On June 19, 2009 CMLL World Heavyweight Champion, and one of the tournament favorites, Último Guerrero defeated El Texano Jr. the reigning NWA World Light Heavyweight Champion. CMLL later announced the 2010 Universal Championship, confirming that it will indeed be an annual event. The second annual Universal Championship tournament started on
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best place to go in hosting pool and it is living up to its billing as the pool Mecca in Asia." The event would later take place in 2009, being won by Finn Mika Immonen, and then again in 2011 by dutchman Huidji See. A later event, was reimagined by boxer Manny Pacquiao, with the event being won by Taipei's Ko Pin-yi. On July 30, 2018, the WPA announced the return of the World Ten-ball championships. The event is set to take place in the Philippines The following is a list of WPA World Ten-Ball Champions. WPA World Ten-ball Championship
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will do it for us. Everything depends on us, and us alone.” Two months prior he had similarly declared, “We must stop the process of our being left behind by the economically developed nations of the world, and find the path which will allow us to take up a suitable place in the ranks of leading nations in the 21st century.” Putin also had written, "It will take us approximately fifteen years and an annual growth of our Gross Domestic Product by 8 percent a year to reach the per capita GDP level of present-day Portugal or Spain, which are
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(which turned out to be Dungiven) and Bellaghy against An Lúb. The game are scheduled to take place on 12/13 September. 2009 Derry Senior Football Championship The NMF Properties Derry Senior Football Championship 2009 is the 2009 installment of the annual Derry Senior Football Championship run by the Derry GAA. Ballinderry are the current holders - beating Slaughtneil in the 2008 final at Celtic Park. The winners will be awarded the John McLaughlin Cup and will go on to represent Derry in the 2009 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. The draw for the first round took place on 3 March
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2009 Leinster Senior Club Football Championship The Leinster Senior Club Football Championship 2009 will be the 42nd staging of the annual Leinster Senior Club Football Championship ran by the Leinster GAA. The competition will see the county champions of eleven counties of Leinsters compete for the title. The Kilkenny Senior Football Championship winners do not take part in the senior championship. The winners will be awarded the Cup and will go on to compete in the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. The championship is scheduled to start on 25 October 2009 and conclude with the final on 6 December
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