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1990 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Alpine skiing
edit- Alpine Skiing World Cup
- Men's overall season champion: Pirmin Zurbriggen, Switzerland
American football
edit- Super Bowl XXIV – the San Francisco 49ers (NFC) won 55–10 over the Denver Broncos (AFC)
- Location: Superdome
- Attendance: 72,919
- MVP: Joe Montana, QB (San Francisco)
- Sugar Bowl (1989 season):
- The Miami Hurricanes won 33–25 over the Alabama Crimson Tide to win the national championship
- November 11 – Derrick Thomas has 7 sacks for Kansas City Chiefs against Seattle Seahawks.
Association football
edit- West Germany won the Football World Cup in Rome, Italy, defeating defending champion Argentina 1–0 in the final.
- Ecuador – Ecuadorian Serie A Champions: Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito
- 1990 Commonwealth Games held in Auckland, New Zealand
- 1990 European Athletics Championships held in Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
- Australian Football League
- The Victorian Football League is renamed the Australian Football League
- Collingwood wins the 94th AFL premiership (Collingwood 13.11 (89) to Essendon 5.11 (41))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Tony Liberatore (Footscray)
- March 17 – Taiwan Professional Baseball League, a first official game held.[citation needed]
- June 11 – Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers pitched a no-hitter, his 6th, against the Oakland Athletics.
- The Cincinnati Reds sweep the Oakland A's in the World Series.
- Ira Smith becomes the first player in NCAA history to win consecutive batting titles after hitting .519 with the Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks.
- Detroit Pistons win four games to one over the Portland Trail Blazers
National Basketball League (Australia) Finals
- Perth Wildcats defeated the Brisbane Bullets 2–1 in the best-of-three final series.
Events
- UNLV wins the NCAA Division I Men's championship
- Yugoslavia wins the FIBA World Championship.
- March 4 – American player Hank Gathers died after collapsing during the semifinals of a West Coast Conference tournament game.[1]
- February 11 – Buster Douglas defeated Mike Tyson by a knockout in round 10 to win the world's unified Heavyweight title, in what many consider boxing's biggest upset ever.
- March 17 – Thunder Meets Lightning: Julio César Chávez defeated Meldrick Taylor to unify boxing's world junior welterweight title
- September 22 to October 7 – Asian Games held in Beijing, China
- November 24 to December 3 – Central American and Caribbean Games held in Mexico City
- Grey Cup – Winnipeg Blue Bombers 50–11 over the Edmonton Eskimos
- Vanier Cup – Saskatchewan Huskies win 24–21 over the St. Mary's Huskies
- Giro d'Italia won by Gianni Bugno of Italy
- Tour de France – Greg LeMond of the United States
- UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race – Rudy Dhaenens of Belgium
- Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion –
- Susan Butcher won with lead dogs: Sluggo & Lightning
- Phil Taylor (darts player) wins his first world title
- Men's Champions Trophy held in Melbourne won by Australia
- Women's World Cup held in Sydney won by the Netherlands
- World Figure Skating Championships –
- Men's champion: Kurt Browning, Canada
- Ladies' champion: Jill Trenary, United States
- Pair skating champions: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov, Soviet Union
- Ice dancing champions: Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko, Soviet Union
- Camogie
- Gaelic football
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship – Cork 0-11 died Meath 0-9
- National Football League – Meath 2-7 died Down 0-11
- Ladies' Gaelic football
- Hurling
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship – Cork 5-15 died Galway 2-21
- National Hurling League – Kilkenny 0–19 beat New York 0–9
Men's professional
- Masters tournament – Nick Faldo
- U.S. Open – Hale Irwin
- British Open – Nick Faldo
- PGA Championship – Wayne Grady
- PGA Tour money leader – Greg Norman – $1,165,477
- Senior PGA Tour money leader – Lee Trevino – $1,190,518
Men's amateur
Women's professional
- Nabisco Dinah Shore – Betsy King
- U.S. Women's Open – Betsy King
- LPGA Championship – Beth Daniel
- Classique du Maurier – Cathy Johnston-Forbes
- LPGA Tour money leader – Beth Daniel – $863,578
- The inaugural Solheim Cup match was won by the United States who beat Europe 11½ – 4½
Steeplechases
Flat races
- Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Kingston Rule
- Canadian Triple Crown Races:
- Queen's Plate – Izvestia
- Prince of Wales Stakes – Izvestia
- Breeders' Stakes – Izvestia
- For the second straight year, a horse sweeps the series.
- France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Saumarez
- Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Salsabil
- Japan – Japan Cup won by Better Loosen Up
- English Triple Crown Races:
- United States Triple Crown Races:
- Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships:
- Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Wayne Gretzky, Los Angeles Kings
- Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Mark Messier, Edmonton Oilers
- Stanley Cup – Edmonton Oilers won 4 games to 1 over the Boston Bruins
- World Hockey Championships
- Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Sweden
- Junior Men's champion: Canada defeated Soviet Union
- Women's champion: in the inaugural event, Canada defeated United States
- The 6th World Lacrosse Championship is held in Perth, Australia. The United States win, and Canada is the runner-up.
- The Philadelphia Wings beat the New England Blazers 17–7 in the Major Indoor Lacrosse League Championship.
- The Brooklin Redmen win the Mann Cup.
- Orangeville wins the Founders Cup.
- The St. Catharines Athletics win the Minto Cup.
- The first World Radiosport Team Championship held in Seattle, United States Gold medals won by John Dorr K1AR and Doug Grant K1DG of the United States.
- Fifth Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championship held in Štrbské Pleso, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia).
- 96th Five Nations Championship series is won by Scotland who complete the Grand Slam
- World Snooker Championship – Stephen Hendry beats Jimmy White 18-12
- World rankings – Stephen Hendry becomes world number one for 1990/91
- March 24 – Tom Jager betters his own world record (22.12) in the 50m freestyle (long course) twice at a swimming meet in Nashville, Tennessee, swimming 21.98 in the heats and 21.81 in the final.
- Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
- Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
- Davis Cup – United States won 3–2 over Australia in world tennis.
- ITU World Championships held in Orlando, United States
- ETU European Championships held in Linz, Austria
- FIVB World League 1990 held in Osaka, Japan won by Italy
- 1990 FIVB Men's World Championship held in Rio de Janeiro won by Italy
- 1990 FIVB Women's World Championship held in Beijing won by USSR
- Asian Games held in Beijing, China
- Winter Asian Games held in Sapporo, Japan
- Central American and Caribbean Games held in Mexico City, Mexico
- 1990 Commonwealth Games held in Auckland, New Zealand[3]
- Summer Goodwill Games held in Seattle, United States
Awards
edit- Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Joe Montana, National Football League
- Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Beth Daniel, LPGA golf
- BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year – Mal Meninga, Australian rugby league footballer
- Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year - Joe Montana, National Football League
References
edit- ^ Jerardi, Dick (February 27, 2015). "Remembering Hank, 25 years later". Philadelphia Daily News. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- ^ "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ "Our Games | Commonwealth Games Federation". thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
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