2014 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Marrakesh[5] Morocco, and the
United States share both the gold and overall medals wins.
Singapore[6] United States won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
Telford[7] United Kingdom and the United States have 2 gold medals each. However, United Kingdom won the overall medal tally.Las Vegas (World Cup Final)[8] United States won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
Nîmes[4]
Italy and
Ukraine tied each other, with 3 gold medals. The United States won the overall medal tally.
Shanghai[9] United States won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
Medellín[10]
South Korea won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
Antalya[11] South Korea won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
Wrocław[4]
Mexico and the United States won 2 gold medals each. However,
India and
Russia won 5 overall medals each.
Lausanne (final)[12] United States won both the gold and overall medal tallies.[4]
Echmiadzin Russia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.[13]
Zagreb[14] United States won the gold medal tally. Great Britain won the overall medal tally.[15] China won 2 gold medals (including one at the mixed team event). China and South Korea won 2 overall medals each.
Tallinn[17] Italy won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
Rosario[18] Mexico won both the gold and overall medal tallies.Cruz Azul defeated fellow Mexican teamToluca onaway goals after the final finished in a 1–1 draw on aggregate. Cruz Azu, which claimed its sixth title, would representCONCACAF at the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup.
Real Madrid defeatedcrosstown rivalAtlético Madrid 4–1 after extra time to claim its 10th title. Real Madrid would representUEFA at the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup.
Port Vila Municipal Stadium. Second leg at
Kiwitea Street in Auckland)Auckland City defeatedAmicale 3–2 on aggregate to claim its sixth title. Auckland City would represent theOFC at the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup.
Asunción; second leg atEstadio Pedro Bidegain inBuenos Aires)San Lorenzo defeatedNacional, 2–1 on aggregate, to claim its first Copa Libertadores title. San Lorenzo would representCONMEBOL at the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup.
Sydney; second leg atKing Fahd International Stadium in
Riyadh)Western Sydney Wanderers FC defeatedAl-Hilal FC, 1–0 in aggregate, to win its first AFC Champions League title. Western Sydney Wanderers would represent theAFC at the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup.
Kinshasa; second leg atStade Mustapha Tchaker in
Blida)ES Sétif defeatedAS Vita Club, via theaway goals rule after the tied score of 3–3 in aggregate, to claim its second CAF Champions League title. ES Sétif would represent theCAF at the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup.
Germany defeated Argentina, 1–0 after extra time, to claim its fourth FIFA World Cup title. The
Netherlands took third place.Real Madrid defeated fellow Spanish sideSevilla, 2–0, to claim its second UEFA Super Cup win. MoroccoReal Madrid defeatedSan Lorenzo, 2–0, to claim its first FIFA Club World Cup title.Auckland City took third place. (Seoul) China won the gold tally.
(Kuala Lumpur) China won the gold medal tally. (Birmingham) China and
Indonesia won 2 gold medals each. (New Delhi) China and
Denmark won 2 gold medals each. (Singapore) China won the gold medal tally.
(Tokyo) China won the gold medal tally. (Jakarta) China and Denmark won 2 gold medals each. (Sydney) China and South Korea won 2 gold medals each. (Odense) China won all the gold medals. (Paris) China won the gold medal tally. (Fuzhou) China and India won 2 gold medals each.
(Kowloon) China won the gold medal tally.
(Dubai) (final) China won the gold medal tally. (Lucknow) China won the gold medal tally. (Mulheim) Japan won the gold medal tally. (Basel) China won the gold medal tally.Johor Bahru[21] China won the gold medal tally. (Auckland)[22] Indonesia won the gold medal tally. (Jiangsu)[23] China won the gold medal tally.
(Vancouver)[24] South Korea won the gold medal tally. 2014 YONEXSuffolk County Community College U.S. Open Badminton Championships in New York City[25] Indonesia won the gold medal tally.
(Taipei)[26] (Vladivostok)[27] Japan won the gold medal tally.
(Rio de Janeiro)[28] Germany won the gold medal tally.
(Ho Chi Minh City)[29] Indonesia won the gold medal tally. (Palembang)[30] Indonesia, won the gold medal tally. (Almere)[31] (Saarbrücken)[32] China won the gold medal tally. (Jeonju)[33] South Korea, won the gold medal tally.
(Glasgow)[34]
Macau[35] China won the gold medal tally.Orange, California (final)[36] Chinese Taipei won the gold medal tally.Ballarat Australia, won the gold medal tally.[37]BaselAlor Setar China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.Gimcheon[40] China and South Korea had won 2 gold medals each. China won the overall medal tally.Kazan Denmark won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
Gaborone
South Africa won the gold medal tally.New DelhiAmiens[41] Primorye Vladivostok defeated BC Chambly Oise, 4–1 (in matches won), to claim its third consecutive European Club Championship win. Both
TJ Sokol Vesely Jehnice and AIX Universite teams won a bronze medal each.[42]
SHI Yuqi;
LIN Guipu;
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting HE Bingjiao;Akane Yamaguchi;
Busanan Ongbamrungphan June Wei Cheam / NG Tsz Yau; Kanta Tsuneyama / LEE Chia-Hsin;
ANGODA VIDANALAGE S.P.D. / HE BingjiaoCopenhagen China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
Houston Astros defeated the
Baltimore Orioles 2–1.
Vanderbilt Commodores defeated the
Virginia Cavaliers 2–1 in the best-of-three-games final series to claim the school's first NCAA title in any men's sport.
Clearwater)[46] defeated Team
Puerto Rico,[47] 2–1, in the final match.[48]
Nogales National LL) defeated Team Puerto Rico (Samaritana LL,San Lorenzo) 11–4 in the final match.[50]Baja California Sur.[51]Cabo San Lucas,Ciudad Constitución, andLa Paz will each play a role in this World Cup.[52]Taichung) defeated Team USA Southwest (represented by the Oil Belt All-Stars team fromCorpus Christi), 9–1, in the final match.Houston) defeated Team Latin America (represented by the Pariba L.L. team from
Willemstad), 7–4, to claim its second Senior League World Series title. South Korea)[57] defeated Team Great Lakes (represented by the Jackie Robinson West LL from
Chicago),[58] 8–4, in the final match.[59]Miyazaki[60] Japan, defeated the United States, 3–0, to claim its fourth consecutive Women's Baseball World Cup title. Australia took the bronze medal.[61] Czech Republic and Germany Netherlands defeated Italy, 6–3, to win its 21st European Baseball Championship title. Spain took the bronze medal.
San Francisco Giants defeated the
Kansas City Royals, 4–3 in games, to claim its eighth World Series title.
Madison Bumgarner, of the San Francisco Giants.Taichung[62] Chinese Taipei defeated Japan, 9–0, to win the inaugural IBAF's U21 Baseball World Cup.[63]Milan
Maccabi Tel Aviv defeatedReal Madrid, 98–86, to claim its sixth title.Valencia BC defeatedUnics Kazan, 165–140, to claim its third title.Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia defeatedTriumph Lyubertsy, 79–65, to claim its first title.San Antonio Spurs won the most regular-season games.Kevin Durant, of the
Oklahoma City Thunder, was the top scorer for this season.San Antonio Spurs defeated theMiami Heat, 4–1 (in games won), to claim its fifth NBA title.Kawhi Leonard (of the San Antonio Spurs) was theMVP of this year's NBA finals.Dynamo Moscow defeated fellow Russian team, theDynamo Kursk, 158–150, to claim its third title.[65]Yekaterinburg)Galatasaray team defeated fellow Turkish team,Fenerbahçe, 69–58, to win its first title.
Kyrie Irving of the
Cleveland Cavaliers was named MVP.
Connecticut Huskies defeated the
Kentucky Wildcats, 60–54, to claim its fourth NCAA title.Connecticut Huskies defeated the
Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 79–58, to claim its ninth NCAA title.Phoenix Mercury won the most regular-season games.
Maya Moore, of the
Minnesota Lynx, was thetop scorer for this season.Phoenix Mercury swept theChicago Sky 3–0 in the best-of-5 final series. It is the Mercury's third league title. Moscow[69]Colorado Springs United States, defeated Canada, 113–79, to win its seventh FIBA U18 Americas title.[70] The
Dominican Republic wins the bronze medal.[71]Klatovy andPlzeň[72] United States defeated Spain, 77–75, to claim its third consecutive FIBA U17 title.
Hungary took third place.
CretePhoenix
Shoni Schimmel of theAtlanta Dream was named MVP.
Manila[74] Manila West team defeated
Team Doha, 21–17, to claim its first win.[75]Beijing[76] Wukesong defeated Team Nagoya, 21–10, to claim its first win.[77]Chicago[78]Prague[80]Lausanne[82]Rio de Janeiro[84] Tokyo (final)[86]Monterrey[88]
Cuba defeated Puerto Rico, 58–47, to claim its 16th Centrobasket title. The Dominican Republic won the bronze medal.Nayarit[89] Mexico, defeated Puerto Rico, 74–60, to claim its third Centrobasket title. The Dominican Republic took third place. Colorado Springs[90] United States defeated Canada, 104–74, to claim its eighth Americas U18 title. Argentina won the bronze medal.Dubai United States defeated Australia, 99–92, to claim its third FIBA U17 title.
Serbia won the bronze medal. Karim Mouliom;
Ziga Lah; FU Lei Lucia Togores Carpintero; Ela Micunovic; Katie Lou Samuelson
Lithuania; France; Argentina United States; Netherlands; SpainDoha China defeated
Iran, 66–48, to claim its tenth Asia U18 Championship title. South Korea took the bronze medal. Spain (final at thePalacio de Deportes,Madrid)United States defeated Serbia 129–92 to claim its fifth FIBA Basketball World Cup title. France took the bronze medal.
Bucharest[92]Rio de JaneiroFlamengo defeatedMaccabi Tel Aviv, 156–146 in two matches, to win its first FIBA Intercontinental Cup title.Istanbul andAnkara (final atÜlker Sports Arena, Istanbul) United States defeated Spain, 77–64, to claim its ninth FIBA Women's World Championship title. Australia took the bronze medal.
Amman[93] China defeated Japan, 60–53, to claim its 14th FIBA Asia U18 Women's Championship title. South Korea took the bronze medal.Doha[94] Novi Sad defeated Team Doha, 20–12, in the final match.Recife[95]Merlo[96]
San Salvador[97] Brazil is the overall winner, having won all its matches.Playa del Carmen[98] Brazil is the overall winner, having won all its matches.Catania[99]Virginia Beach[101] Canada defeated
Portugal's C.D. Nacional, with the score of 3–2. United States' Rush BSC, Ohio, took third place.Manchester Turkey[102] Russia'sFC Lokomotiv Moscow defeated Turkey'sBeşiktaş J.K., to claim its second title. Catania[104] Italy SwitzerlandSopot Moscow Russia, Spain, and
Belarus Estonia and
AzerbaijanSiófokTorredembarra[105]
Linz[106]Vila Nova de Gaia[107] Morocco Morocco, took first place, by winning both matches against the United Arab Emirates and Switzerland.Baku[109] Spain defeated Switzerland, 8–6, in the final match. Russia took third place.Dubai[110]
Nigeria[111]
Ivory Coast; Second: Nigeria; Third:
Senegal
Calgary Stampeders
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Montreal Carabins defeated theMcMaster Marauders, 20–19, to claim its first Vanier Cup win. Calgary Stampeders defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 20–16, to claim the team's seventh Grey Cup win. South Africa (first title). Second:
Pakistan. Third:
England. Sri Lanka (first title). Second: India. Third:
West Indies Australia (third consecutive title). Finalist: England
Sweden SwedenIBF FalunDjurgårdens IF IBFFC Barcelona defeatedDinamo Moskva, 5–2 in extra time, to claim its second UEFA Futsal Cup title.Araz Naxçivan took third place.
Belgium Atlántico Erechim defeatedBoca Juniors (futsal), 3–2. Vietnam
Païta Malaysia won first place overall in this tournament and claimed its first OFS title. There is no knockout phase for this event.ChengduNagoya Oceans defeatedChonburi Blue Wave, 5–4 in extra time, to claim its second AFC Futsal Club title.Dabiri Tabriz took third place.
MalaysiaBubba Watson (Second Masters and Major win; sixth PGA Tour win)Martin Kaymer (Second Major win and first U.S. Open win; 21st professional win; third PGA Tour win)
Rory McIlroy (Third major win and first British Open win; 7th PGA Tour win)Rory McIlroy (Fourth major win and second PGA Championship; 9th PGA Tour win)Jason Day (second PGA Tour win)Patrick Reed (third PGA Tour win)Rory McIlroy (eighth PGA Tour win)Bubba Watson (seventh PGA Tour win)Rory McIlroy (first BMW PGA Championship win, sixth European Tour win)Auchterarder
Team Europe defeated Team USA, 16½–11½, to claim its third consecutive and tenth overall Ryder Cup win.Lexi Thompson (first major win; fourth LPGA Tour win)Michelle Wie (first major win; fourth LPGA Tour win)Mo Martin (first major win; first LPGA Tour win)Inbee Park (second LPGA Championship win; fifth major win; 11th LGPA Tour win)Kim Hyo-joo (first major and LPGA Tour win)Owings Mills, Maryland (debut event) Spain wins the inaugural International Crown event.[117] #1 Jonas Liebich; #2 Renato Paratore;
Oliver Lindell LEE Soyoung; CHENG Ssu-Chia; Emily Kristine PedersenBudapestGyőri Audi ETO KC defeated
ŽRK Budućnost, 27–21, to win its second title. Denmark
Bahrain Berlin)Pick Szeged defeatedMontpellier, 29–28, to claim its first title.Auckland Australia defeated host nation, New Zealand, 54–36, to claim its eighth title.
Canelones Croatia South Korea defeated Russia, 34–27, to claim its first IHF junior title. Denmark took third place.
MacedoniaRecife Austria[119]Tabriz Qatar defeated South Korea, 29–28,[120] to claim its third consecutive and fourth overall Asian Men's Junior Handball title. Japan took the bronze medal.[121] Poland[122]Amman[124] South Korea defeated Qatar, 26–25, to claim its second Asian Men's Youth Handball title. Japan took third place.[125]DohaFC Barcelona defeatedAl Sadd, 34–26, to claim its second IHF Super Globe title.Flensburg-Handewitt took third place.DohaEl Jaish SC defeated fellow Qatari team,Lekhwiya, 33–30, to claim its second consecutive Asian Club League Handball Championship title.
Al-Qurain took third place. Hungary and CroatiaNew Delhi Netherlands defeated New Zealand 7–2 to claim its first title.The Hague Australia defeated the Netherlands, 6–1, to claim its third title. Argentina took third place. Netherlands defeated Australia, 2–0, to claim its seventh title. Argentina took third place.San Miguel de Tucumán Argentina defeated Australia, 3–1 in penalties (after a 1–1 tie in regular time), to claim its sixth Women's Hockey Champions Trophy title. The Netherlands took third place.BhubaneshwarViana do Castelo MunicipalityAlcobendasGujan-MestrasValongoTourcoing[130] Canada defeated the United States 8–5, to claim its third world championship title.
Haudenosaunee took third place.Goa India, won both the gold and overall medal tallies.[137]
Santiago Brazil won both the gold and overall medal tallies.Fairbanks
VargasGaborone
Pohnpei[141]Glasgow[143] England won both the gold and overall medal tallies, with 58 and 174 respectively.Cleveland[144]Incheon China (CHN) won both the gold and overall medal tallies, with 151 and 342 medals respectively.Phuket Thailand, won both the gold and overall medal tallies.Veracruz[145] Cuba won the gold medal tally. Host nation, Mexico, won the overall medal tally.Beijing[146] China, and Russia won 6 gold medals each. China won the overall medal tally.| Date | Tournament | Winners | Runners up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 May–1 June | 2014 Netball Europe Open Championships |  Wales | Scotland |
| 3–8 June | 2014 Pacific Netball Series |  Fiji |  Samoa |
| 24 Jul–3 Aug | 2014 Commonwealth Games | Australia | New Zealand |
| 7–14 September | 2014 Asian Netball Championships | Singapore | Sri Lanka |
| 2–15 October | 2014 Constellation Cup | Australia | New Zealand |
| 28–31 October | 2014 Taini Jamison Trophy Series | New Zealand | England |
| 8–9 November | 2014 Fast5 Netball World Series | New Zealand | Australia |
| Host | League | Winners | Runners up |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia/New Zealand | ANZ Championship | Melbourne Vixens | Queensland Firebirds |
| United Kingdom | Netball Superleague | Manchester Thunder | Surrey Storm |
Sochi Russia, won both the gold and overall medal tallies, with 13 and 33 medals respectively. However, Russia was later stripped of 11 medals due to theRussian doping scandal.Nanjing China, won both the gold and overall medal tallies, with 38 and 65 medals respectively.Sochi Russia (RUS), won both the gold and overall medal tallies. Russia (RUS), won both the gold and overall medal tallies. Russia (RUS) won the gold and overall medal tallies, with 30 and 80 medals respectively.Dubai[149]BeijingSão PauloDubai[150]Aguascalientes United Kingdom won the gold medal tally. Australia won the overall medal tally. United Kingdom won the gold medal tally. Australia won the overall medal tally. Spain; Second: China; Third: Russia London[151]El Amin Chentouf Maria Paredes RodriguezAlphen aan den Rijn[152] France (sixth title) Netherlands (27th title) Great Britain (fourth title) Russia (first title)[153]Toronto Canada, defeated Germany, 54–50, to claim its fifth title. The Netherlands won the bronze medal. Moscow[154] Russia TurkeyIncheon[155]Suhl[157] South Korea won both the gold and overall medal tallies.[158]Nottwil[159] Italy won the gold medal tally. Great Britain won the overall medal tally.[160]Odense[161] Australia defeated Canada, 67–56, to claim its first wheelchair rugby title. The United States won the bronze medal.[162]Eindhoven Ukraine won the gold medal tally. Russia won the overall medal tally.Halifax[163]Swansea[168] Russia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.[169]Greenville, South Carolina[170]Edmonton (part of the overall ITU Grand Final Series event)[171] United States won 3 overall medals (2 golds included). Great Britain won both the gold and overall medal tallies.Beijing[172] Incheon China (CHN) won both the gold and overall medal tallies.Northampton Saints defeated fellow English team ofBath, 30–16, to claim its second title.Toulon defeatedSaracens 23–6 to claim its second consecutive title. The Heineken Cup was replaced the following season by the newEuropean Rugby Champions Cup. New Zealand winning theSevens World Series for the 12th time beating South Africa by 28 points in the overall standings. Fiji came in third.[174] New Zealand winning theIRB Women's Sevens World Series for the second time beating Australia by 4 points in the overall standings. Canada came in third.[175]
Ireland (12th title) England (24th title) England England Ireland France Hong Kong[176] Japan defeated
Tonga, 35–10, in the final. The United States took third place.Auckland England defeated South Africa, 21–20, to claim its second title. New Zealand took third place. New Zealand (13th title overall, third in Rugby Championship era) South Africa AustraliaFort Benning[179] Italy and Russia won 2 gold medals each. China and Russia won 6 overall medals each.Tucson[180] United States won the overall medal tally.
Almaty[181] Italy won both the gold and overall medal tallies.Munich[182] China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.Maribor[183] China and Germany won 3 gold medals each. However, China won the overall medal tally.Beijing[184] China, won both the gold and overall medal tallies.Gabala[185] Russia won the gold medal tally. China won the overall medal tally.Suhl[186] Russia and Ukraine won 4 gold medals each. However, Russia won the overall medal tally. Pavlo Korostylov; KIM Cheongyong; Edouard Dortomb YANG Haoran; Hrachik Babayan; Istvan Peni Agata Nowak; Margarita Lomova; KIM Minjung Sarah Hornung; Martina Lindsay Veloso; Julia Budde
Nencheva /
Svechnikov;
Mohamed / Teh;
Madrid /
Rasmane Mekhimar / Peni; Russo / Valdes Martinez; Lu / SukhorukovaGranada[188] China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.[189]Guadalajara Alexander Molerio QuintanaReinier Estpinan Dempster Christenson Jorge Grau PotrilleLeuris Pupo Will Brown Eduardo LorenzoSergio PiñeroVincent Hancock Eglys Yahima de la Cruz Eglys Yahima de la Cruz
Andrea Perez Peña Lilian Castro Ashley Carroll Amber EnglishAltamonte Springs, FloridaFlorida Gators defeated the
Alabama Crimson Tide 2–0 (out of 3 matches), to claim its first NCAA title.Whitehorse[193] Argentina defeated New Zealand, 9–0, to claim its second consecutive World Junior Softball Championship title. Japan took the bronze medal.
Milford) defeated fellow Delaware District 3 Host Team (represented by the roster fromLaurel), 1–0, in the final match.South Bend) defeated Team USA West (represented by the roster from
Missoula) 5–0, in the final match.Robbinsville)[197] defeated Team Southwest (represented by the roster from
Bossier City),[198] 4–1, in the final match.[199]
Greensburg) defeated Team Latin America (represented by the Mexicali Municipal Little League team fromMexicali), 6–2, in the final match.[201]Haarlem Japan defeated the United States, 4–1, to claim its third World Championship title. Australia took the bronze medal.Stanislas Wawrinka (first Australian Open and Grand Slam title)Li Na (first Australian Open win; second Grand Slam title)Rafael Nadal (ninth French Open title win; 14th overall Grand Slam title win; already achieved theCareer Golden Slam in 2010)Maria Sharapova (second French Open title win; fifth overall Grand Slam title win; already achieved theCareer Grand Slam in 2012)Novak Djokovic (second Wimbledon title win; 7th overall Grand Slam title win)Petra Kvitová (second Wimbledon and Grand Slam title win)Marin Čilić (first US Open and Grand Slam win)Serena Williams (sixth US Open win; 18th overall Grand Slam title win; already achieved theSuper Slam and Career Golden Slam in 2012)Other
Marin Čilić (3)Serena Williams (5)Adrian Mannarino and
Gilles Müller (5 wins each) Switzerland defeated France, 3–1 in matches won, to win its first Davis Cup title. Czech Republic defeated Germany, 3–1 in matches won, to win its eighth Fed Cup title.Kei Nishikori andRoger Federer (2 wins each)Novak Djokovic (4)Kamil Adrian Majchrzak;Orlando Moraes Luz;Andrey RublevOrlando Moraes Luz /Marcelo Zormann Silva;Karen Khachanov /Andrey Rublev;Ryotaro Matsumura /Jumpei YamasakiXu Shilin;Iryna Shymanovich;Akvile ParazinskaiteAnhelina Kalinina andIryna Shymanovich;Daria Kasatkina /Anastasiya Komardina;Jeļena Ostapenko andAkvile ParazinskaiteJumpei Yamasaki andYe Qiuyu;Jil Teichmann andJan Stanislaw Zieliński;Kamil Adrian Majchrzak andFanni Ivett Stollar SingaporeSerena Williams
Cara Black /Sania Mirza LondonNovak Djokovic won the final by default becauseRoger Federer withdrew from the match, due to back injury.São Paulo[207]Diego Schwartzman (first ATP Challenger Tour Finals win)
