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December 2011 in sports

This list shows notable sports-related deaths, events, and notable outcomes that occurred in December of 2011.

Deaths in December

Current sporting seasons

American football

Auto racing

Basketball –

Cricket –

Football (soccer) –

National teams competitions:
International clubs competitions:
Domestic (national) competitions:

Golf

Ice hockey –

Rugby union –

Snooker –

Volleyball –

International clubs competitions:

Winter sports

Days of the month

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December 31, 2011 (Saturday)

Cross-country skiing

Ice hockey

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December 30, 2011 (Friday)

Cross-country skiing

Darts

Equestrianism

Ice hockey

Mixed martial arts

Ski jumping

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December 29, 2011 (Thursday)

Alpine skiing

Cricket

Cross-country skiing

Darts

Football (soccer)

Ice hockey

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December 28, 2011 (Wednesday)

Alpine skiing

Darts

Ice hockey

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December 27, 2011 (Tuesday)

Darts

Figure skating

Ice hockey

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December 26, 2011 (Monday)

American football

Cricket

Figure skating

Football (soccer)

Ice hockey

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December 25, 2011 (Sunday)

American football

Basketball

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December 24, 2011 (Saturday)

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December 23, 2011 (Friday)

Darts

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December 22, 2011 (Thursday)

Basketball

Darts

Football (soccer)

Snowboarding

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December 21, 2011 (Wednesday)

Alpine skiing

Basketball

Cricket

  • Pakistan in Bangladesh:
  • 2nd Test in Mirpur, day 5: 338 & 234 (82.1 overs); 470 & 107/3 (20.5 overs). Pakistan win by 7 wickets; win 2-match series 2–0.

Darts

Football (soccer)

Snowboarding

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December 20, 2011 (Tuesday)

Alpine skiing

Basketball

Cricket

  • Pakistan in Bangladesh:
  • 2nd Test in Mirpur, day 4: 338 & 114/5 (35 overs); 470 (154.5 overs; Shakib Al Hasan 6/82). Bangladesh trail by 18 runs with 5 wickets remaining.
  • Shakib becomes the first Bangladesh player to score a hundred and take five wickets in an innings, in the same Test match.

Darts

Freestyle skiing

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December 19, 2011 (Monday)

Alpine skiing

Basketball

Cricket

Darts

Snooker

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December 18, 2011 (Sunday)

Alpine skiing

American football

Badminton

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cricket

Cross-country skiing

Darts

Equestrianism

Football (soccer)

Freestyle skiing

Handball

Nordic combined

Rugby union

Sailing

Snooker

Ski jumping

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December 17, 2011 (Saturday)

Alpine skiing

Basketball

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cricket

Cross-country skiing

Darts

Football (soccer)

Freestyle skiing

Luge

Mixed martial arts

Nordic combined

Rugby union

Sailing

Skeleton

Ski jumping

Snooker

Snowboarding

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December 16, 2011 (Friday)

Alpine skiing

Basketball

Biathlon

Cricket

Darts

Handball

Luge

Nordic combined

Rugby union

Sailing

Snowboarding

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December 15, 2011 (Thursday)

Basketball

Biathlon

Cricket

Darts

Football (soccer)

Rugby union

Snooker

  • For the first time in professional snooker, two maximum breaks are compiled on the same day, at the FFB Open. Matthew Stevens compiles the 82nd and Ding Junhui the 83rd; Ding also becomes the fifth person to compile more than two official maximum breaks.

Snowboarding

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December 14, 2011 (Wednesday)

Basketball

Football (soccer)

Handball

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December 13, 2011 (Tuesday)

Basketball

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December 12, 2011 (Monday)

Basketball

Cricket

Handball

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December 11, 2011 (Sunday)

Athletics

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cricket

Cross-country skiing

Equestrianism

Field hockey

Figure skating

Football (soccer)

Golf

Handball

Nine-ball pool

Nordic combined

Rugby union

Sailing

Short track speed skating

Ski jumping

Snooker

Swimming

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December 10, 2011 (Saturday)

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cricket

Cross-country skiing

Curling

Field hockey

  • Men's Champions Trophy in Auckland, New Zealand:
  • Pool C (teams in bold advance to the final):
  • 1–3
  • 2–1
  • Final standings: Australia 9 points, Spain 6, New Zealand, Netherlands 1.
  • Pool D:
  • 5–0
  • 4–3
  • Final standings: Germany 7 points, Great Britain 6, Pakistan 3, Korea 1.

Figure skating

Football (soccer)

Freestyle skiing

Luge

Mixed martial arts

Nine-ball pool

Nordic combined

Rugby union

Short track speed skating

Skeleton

Ski jumping

Snooker

Surfing

Swimming

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December 9, 2011 (Friday)

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cricket

Curling

Figure skating

Freestyle skiing

Handball

  • World Women's Championship in Brazil (teams in bold advance to the Round of 16):
  • Group A in Santos:
  • 25–22
  • 28–27
  • 15–23
  • Final standings: Norway 8 points, Angola, Montenegro, Iceland 6, Germany 4, China 0.
  • Group B in Barueri:
  • 39–9
  • 26–38
  • 34–19
  • Final standings: Russia 10 points, Spain 8, South Korea 6, Netherlands 4, Kazakhstan 2, Australia 0.
  • Group C in São Paulo:
  • 24–32
  • 20–39
  • 34–33
  • Final standings: Brazil 10 points, France 8, Romania, Japan 5, Tunisia 2, Cuba 0.
  • Group D in São Bernardo do Campo:
  • 31–24
  • 19–20
  • 23–18
  • Final standings: Denmark 10 points, Croatia 8, Sweden 6, Côte d'Ivoire 4, Uruguay 2, Argentina 0.

Luge

Nine-ball pool

Rugby union

Skeleton

Ski jumping

Snooker

Swimming

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December 8, 2011 (Thursday)

Alpine skiing

Basketball

Cricket

Curling

Field hockey

  • Men's Champions Trophy in Auckland, New Zealand:
  • Pool C (team in bold advances to the final):
  • 3–2
  • 2–4
  • Standings (after 2 matches): Australia 6 points, Spain 3, New Zealand, Netherlands 1.
  • Pool D:
  • 6–2
  • 1–2
  • Standings (after 2 matches): Germany 4 points, Pakistan, Great Britain 3, Korea 1.

Football (soccer)

Handball

  • World Women's Championship in Brazil (teams in bold advance to the Round of 16):
  • Group C in São Paulo:
  • 32–31
  • 38–18
  • 33–28
  • Standings (after 4 matches): Brazil 8 points, France 6, Romania 5, Japan 3, Tunisia 2, Cuba 0.
  • Group D in São Bernardo do Campo:
  • 27–26
  • 38–17
  • 19–16
  • Standings (after 4 matches): Denmark 8 points, Croatia, Sweden 6, Côte d'Ivoire, Uruguay 2, Argentina 0.

Nine-ball pool

Rugby union

Snooker

Swimming

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December 7, 2011 (Wednesday)

Alpine skiing

Basketball

Curling

  • European Championships in Moscow, Russia (teams in bold advance to the playoffs; teams in italics advance to tiebreaker):
  • Men:
  • Draw 8:
  • 4–6
  • 6–4
  • 9–4
  • 7–9
  • 6–7
  • Draw 9:
  • ' 7–6
  • ' 3–4 '
  • 10–6
  • 4–6
  • ' 9–3
  • Final standings: Sweden, Norway, Denmark 6–3, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Scotland 5–4, France 4–5, Latvia 2–7, Italy 1–8.
  • Women:
  • Draw 8:
  • 6–5
  • 5–9
  • 8–4
  • 3–5
  • 6–9
  • Draw 9:
  • 4–7 '
  • 7–10
  • ' 4–6
  • 2–14
  • 8–4
  • Final standings: Sweden 9–0, Denmark 8–1, Scotland 7–2, Russia, Germany 5–4, Italy, Switzerland, Czech Republic 3–6, Latvia, Norway 1–8.

Football (soccer)

Handball

  • World Women's Championship in Brazil (teams in bold advance to the Round of 16):
  • Group A in Santos:
  • 42–15
  • 20–26
  • 26–20
  • Standings (after 4 matches): Montenegro, Norway 6 points, Angola, Iceland, Germany 4, China 0.
  • Group B in Barueri:
  • 26–35
  • 18–27
  • 11–45
  • Standings (after 4 matches): Russia 8 points, Spain 6, Netherlands, South Korea 4, Kazakhstan 2, Australia 0.

Snooker

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December 6, 2011 (Tuesday)

Alpine skiing

Cricket

Curling

  • European Championships in Moscow, Russia (teams in bold advance to the playoffs):
  • Men:
  • Draw 6:
  • 2–5
  • 2–5
  • 7–8
  • 7–4
  • 5–4
  • Draw 7:
  • 9–8
  • 4–8
  • 8–6
  • 9–4
  • 7–2
  • Standings (after 7 draws): Denmark, Sweden 6–1, Germany, Norway, Scotland 4–3, Czech Republic, Switzerland 3–4, France, Latvia 2–5, Italy 1–6.
  • Women:
  • Draw 7:
  • 3–8
  • 11–1
  • 4–11
  • 4–7
  • 8–4
  • Standings (after 7 draws): Sweden 7–0, Denmark 6–1, Scotland 5–2, Germany, Russia 4–3, Switzerland 3–4, Czech Republic, Italy 2–5, Latvia, Norway 1–6.

Field hockey

  • Men's Champions Trophy in Auckland, New Zealand (teams in bold advance to the top four):
  • Pool A:
  • 8–1
  • 6–1
  • Final standings: Australia 9 points, Spain 6, Great Britain 3, Pakistan 0.
  • Pool B:
  • 3–3
  • 3–3
  • Final standings: Netherlands 7 points, New Zealand, Germany 4, Korea 1.

Football (soccer)

Handball

  • World Women's Championship in Brazil (teams in bold advance to the Round of 16):
  • Group A in Santos:
  • 28–26
  • 27–14
  • 23–22
  • Standings (after 3 matches): Norway, Montenegro, Angola, Germany 4 points, Iceland 2, China 0.
  • Group B in Barueri:
  • 45–8
  • 20–32
  • 26–29
  • Standings (after 3 matches): Russia 6 points, Spain, Netherlands 4, South Korea, Kazakhstan 2, Australia 0.
  • Group C in São Paulo:
  • 32–29
  • 28–28
  • 22–26
  • Standings (after 3 matches): Brazil 6 points, Romania 5, France 4, Tunisia 2, Japan 1, Cuba 0.
  • Group D in São Bernardo do Campo:
  • 31–14
  • 19–23
  • 19–25
  • Standings (after 3 matches): Denmark, Sweden 6 points, Croatia 4, Côte d'Ivoire 2, Argentina, Uruguay 0.

Snooker

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December 5, 2011 (Monday)

Cricket

  • West Indies in India:
  • 3rd ODI in Ahmedabad: 260/5 (50 overs); 244 (46.5 overs). West Indies win by 16 runs; India lead 5-match series 2–1.

Curling

  • European Championships in Moscow, Russia:
  • Men:
  • Draw 4:
  • 4–9
  • 7–6
  • 7–4
  • 7–8
  • 5–6
  • Draw 5:
  • 3–8
  • 8–3
  • 8–4
  • 6–5
  • 10–3
  • Standings (after 5 draws): Denmark, Germany, Sweden 4–1, Norway, Scotland, Switzerland 3–2, Czech Republic 2–3, France, Latvia, 1–4, Italy 0–5.
  • Women:
  • Draw 5:
  • 5–7
  • 2–10
  • 6–5
  • 7–13
  • 5–4
  • Draw 6:
  • 10–1
  • 6–9
  • 5–4
  • 3–8
  • 8–7
  • Standings (after 6 draws): Sweden 6–0, Denmark 5–1, Russia, Scotland 4–2, Germany 3–3, Czech Republic, Italy, Switzerland 2–4, Latvia, Norway 1–5.

Field hockey

  • Men's Champions Trophy in Auckland, New Zealand: (teams in bold advance to the top four)
  • Pool A:
  • 1–4
  • 4–2
  • Standings (after 2 matches): Australia 6 points, Spain, Great Britain 3, Pakistan 0.
  • Pool B:
  • 3–2
  • 1–6
  • Standings (after 2 matches): Netherlands 6 points, New Zealand, Germany 3, Korea 0.

Handball

Snooker

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December 4, 2011 (Sunday)

Alpine skiing

American football

Auto racing

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cricket

Cross-country skiing

Curling

  • European Championships in Moscow, Russia:
  • Men:
  • Draw 2:
  • 7–3
  • 6–3
  • 6–5
  • 7–4
  • 8–2
  • Draw 3:
  • 10–6
  • 4–7
  • 8–3
  • 8–11
  • 5–9
  • Standings (after 3 draws): Germany 3–0, Denmark, Norway, Scotland, Sweden 2–1, Czech Republic, France, Latvia, Switzerland 1–2, Italy 0–3.
  • Women:
  • Draw 3:
  • 9–7
  • 8–3
  • 11–4
  • 11–2
  • 5–8
  • Draw 4:
  • 5–6
  • 8–2
  • 6–10
  • 5–11
  • 6–7
  • Standings (after 4 draws): Sweden 4–0, Denmark, Germany, Russia 3–1, Italy, Scotland 2–2, Czech Republic, Latvia, Switzerland 1–3, Norway 0–4.

Field hockey

Football (soccer)

Golf

Handball

  • World Women's Championship in Brazil:
  • Group A in Santos:
  • 24–25
  • 16–43
  • 24–28
  • Standings (after 2 matches): Angola 4 points, Norway, Germany, Montenegro, Iceland 2, China 0.
  • Group B in Barueri:
  • 31–19
  • 22–28
  • 15–33
  • Standings (after 2 matches): Russia 4 points, Netherlands, Kazakhstan, Spain, South Korea 2, Australia 0.

Nordic combined

Short track speed skating

Ski jumping

Snooker

Speed skating

Tennis

Volleyball

  • FIVB Men's World Cup in Japan, Matchday 11 (teams in bold qualify for the 2012 Olympics):
  • 2–3
  • 1–3
  • 0–3
  • 3–1
  • 3–0
  • 3–0
  • Final standings: Russia 29 points, Poland 26, Brazil, Italy 24, Cuba 20, United States, Argentina 16, Serbia 15, Iran 12, Japan 8, China 5, Egypt 3.
  • Russia win the title for the sixth time.

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December 3, 2011 (Saturday)

Alpine skiing

American football

Auto racing

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cricket

Cross-country skiing

Curling

  • European Championships in Moscow, Russia:
  • Men, Draw 1:
  • 7–3
  • 5–7
  • 8–5
  • 3–11
  • 4–6
  • Women:
  • Draw 1:
  • 8–6
  • 8–4
  • 6–9
  • 7–5
  • 10–12
  • Draw 2:
  • 7–5
  • 2–12
  • 5–7
  • 12–0
  • 6–8
  • Standings (after 2 draws): Sweden, Germany 2–0, Scotland, Czech Republic, Italy, Russia, Denmark, Latvia 1–1, Norway, Switzerland 0–2.

Field hockey

Football (soccer)

Handball

Nordic combined

Rugby union

Short track speed skating

Skeleton

Ski jumping

Snooker

Speed skating

Tennis

Volleyball

  • FIVB Men's World Cup in Japan, Matchday 10 (teams in bold qualify for the 2012 Olympics):
  • 0–3
  • 2–3
  • 0–3
  • 3–1
  • 3–0
  • 2–3
  • Standings (after 10 matches): Russia 27 points, Poland 25, Brazil, Italy 21, Cuba 17, United States 16, Argentina 13, Iran, Serbia 12, Japan 8, China 5, Egypt 3.

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December 2, 2011 (Friday)

Alpine skiing

American football

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cricket

Football (soccer)

Handball

Skeleton

Speed skating

Tennis

Volleyball

  • FIVB Men's World Cup in Japan, Matchday 9:
  • 0–3
  • 3–2
  • 0–3
  • 3–1
  • 3–2
  • 2–3
  • Standings (after 9 matches): Russia, Poland 24 points, Brazil 19, Italy 18, Cuba 16, United States 14, Iran 12, Argentina 10, Serbia 9, Japan 8, China 5, Egypt 3.

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December 1, 2011 (Thursday)

Baseball

Basketball

Biathlon

Cricket

Football (soccer)

References