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2001 Sino-Russian Treaty of Friendship The Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation Between the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation (FCT)( [ ], ) is a twenty-year strategic treaty which was signed by the leaders of the two powers, Jiang Zemin and Vladimir Putin, on July 16, 2001.
2001 Six Nations Championship The 2001 Six Nations Championship was played in the usual time between February and March, though games were played in October and September as well due to the outbreak of foot and mouth. The annual tournament was won by England.
2001 Southeast Asian Games The 21st Southeast Asian Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 8 September - 17 September 2001. The games were opened by Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj (Malaysian King Sultan Salahuddin) in the Bukit Jalil National Stadium.
2001 Stanley Cup Playoffs The NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs of 2001 are memorable mainly because those playoffs were the last for defenseman Ray Bourque, who retired directly after the playoffs, but he won the Stanley Cup that year with the Colorado Avalanche, so his retirement was fitting given all the empty years playing for the Boston Bruins.
2001 STCC Season The 2001 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 6th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. In total ten racing weekends at six different circuits were held; each round comprising two races, making a twenty-round competition in total.
2001 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States The table below lists the opinions delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of the United States during the 2001 Term, which lasted from October 1, 2001, until October 6, 2002. The table illustrates what opinions were filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each opinion.
2001 Tour de France The Tour de France of 2001 was relatively short, but also difficult, with a number of heavy mountain stages, a team time trial and a climbing time trial. France was done 'clockwise', and thus the Alps were visited before the Pyrenees.
2001 world oil market chronology *January 7: Energy companies and countries around the world report that they have passed into the year 2000 without significant problems from the "Y2K Bug." There was concern that the inability of some computers and embedded control systems to recognize the year 2000 could create serious problems.
2001 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier The Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier, is the pre-tournament for the 10th edition of 2002 Women's Hockey World Cup in Perth, Western Australia. It was held in Amiens and Abbeville, from September 17 to September 30, 2001.
2001 Women's Champions Trophy (field hockey) The 9th edition of the Women's Champions Trophy took place in the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, just like a year before, but this time the tournament ran from Saturday August 18 to Sunday August 26, 2001 . Participating nations were Argentina, Australia, China, hosts and titleholders The Netherlands, New Zealand and Spain.
2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Belfast, Northern Ireland from June 3 to June 10. The competition was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing International Boxing Association (AIBA).
2001 World Championships in Athletics The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between August 3 and August 12 and was the first time the event had visited North America.
2001 World Series The 2001 World Series (the "November Series") took place between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the New York Yankees and is considered one of the most exciting World Series in recent memory. The best-of-seven-games series determined the World Champion of Major League Baseball of 2001.
2001 XFL Draft The 2001 XFL Draft was the first and last draft for the single-season XFL football league. The draft took place over a 3 day time period from October 28, 2000 to October 30, 2000 during which time a total of 475 players were selected by the leagues 8 teams from a pool of approximately 1,600 or so eligible players.
2001-02 Cuban National Series The 41st Cuban National Series saw a surprise champion, as HolguĂn engineered a strong season to edge Santiago de Cuba and win Group C. The Sabuesos then upended CamagĂĽey, Villa Clara and finally Sancti SpĂritus--in a 2-1 seventh game--to take their first title.
2001-02 Heineken Cup The 2001-2002 Heineken Cup (the rugby union club championship of Europe) is the seventh of the series. Competing teams, from England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales, were divided into six pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other.
2001-02 NBA season The 2001-02 NBA season is the 56th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Los Angeles Lakers winning their third straight championship, beating the New Jersey Nets 4 games to 0 in the 2002 NBA Finals.
2001-2002 India-Pakistan standoff The 2001-2002 India-Pakistan standoff was a military standoff between India and Pakistan that resulted in the amassing of troops on either side of the International Border (IB) and along the Line of Control (LoC) in the region of Kashmir. This was the second major military standoff between India and Pakistan following the successful detonation of nuclear devices by both countries in 1998 and the most recent standoff between the nuclear rivals.
2001: A Space Odyssey (comics) 2001: A Space Odyssey was the name of an oversized comic book adaptation of the 1968 film of the same name and a 10-issue monthly series "expanding" on the ideas presented in the film and the eponymous Arthur C. Clarke novel.
2001: A Space Road Odyssey 2001: A Space Road Odyssey is a 2001 Canadian television series which aired on Space: The Imagination Station and documented a three-month journey across Canada in search for the paranormal. It was hosted by videographer Natasha Eloi and voiceover personality Steve Anthony.
2002 AA29 Asteroid (also written 2002 AA29) is a near-Earth asteroid discovered in January 2002 by the LINEAR asteroid survey. The asteroid follows a "horseshoe orbit" that makes it come near the Earth every 95 years as it follows Earth's orbit around the Sun and will, in nearly 600 years, appear to orbit the planet.
2002 AFL Draft The 2002 AFL Draft consisted of a pre-season draft, a national draft, a trade period and a rookie elevation. The AFL Draft is the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.
2002 American Le Mans Series season The 2002 American Le Mans Series season was the 4th season for the IMSA American Le Mans Series. It is a series comprised of Le Mans prototypes and Grand Touring race cars divided into 4 classes: LMP900, LMP675, GTS, and GT.
2002 American League Division Series The 2002 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 2002 American League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 1, and ended on Sunday, October 6, with the champions of the three AL divisions – along with a "wild card" team – participating in two best-of-five series. The teams were:
2002 American League Championship Series The 2002 American League Championship Series was a matchup between the Wild Card Anaheim Angels and the Central Division Champion Minnesota Twins. The Angels advanced to the Series after dethroning the reigning 4-time AL Champion New York Yankees in the 2002 American League Division Series 3 games to 1.
2002 Atlantic hurricane season The 2002 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 2002, and lasted until November 30, 2002. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
2002 Auburn Tigers football team The 2002 Auburn Tigers football team, led by head coach Tommy Tuberville, finished with record of 9-4, including a 5-3 record in the Southeastern Conference. Following a disappointing 7-5 finish the previous season, the coaching staff of the 2002 Tigers team featured two prominent new members.
2002 Austrian Grand Prix The 2002 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on May 12, 2002 at the A1-Ring. It was infamous for the "staged finish", where Rubens Barrichello was told to let Michael Schumacher past at the last curve, due to team orders .
2002 Bali bombing The 2002 Bali bombing occurred on October 12 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. The attack was the deadliest act of terrorism in the history of Indonesia, killing 202 people, 164 of whom were foreign nationals (including 88 Australians), and 38 Indonesian citizens.
2002 Canadian federal budget The Canadian federal budget for fiscal year 2002-2003 was the last budget of Finance Minister Paul Martin, and the second-last of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. It included boosts to social programs and the continued reduction of the Canadian debt.
2002 College World Series The 2002 College World Series was held June 14 through June 22, 2002 in Omaha, Nebraska. Eight NCAA Division I college baseball teams met after having played their way through a 64-team bracket to play at historic Rosenblatt Stadium.
2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from July 25 to August 4. It was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in England, eclipsing in size the 1948 Summer Olympics, in terms of teams and athletes participating.
2002 Commonwealth Games results The 2002 Commonwealth Games results and medalists for events from badminton to wrestling can be found in this article. The results for aquatics and athletics can be found in the main 2002 Commonwealth Games article.
2002 DNS Backbone DDoS The 2002 DNS Backbone DDoS was a significant Internet event in which a distributed denial of service attack targeted the thirteen main DNS root servers on October 22, 2002 for approximately one hour. Of the thirteen servers, nine were disabled but the remaining four were able to cope.
2002 Dudley earthquake The 2002 Dudley earthquake - in the borough of Dudley and township of Sedgley - was an earthquake registering 5.0 on the Richter scale that struck the Midlands of England, United Kingdom on 23 September 2002 00:54 UTC (01:54 local time) and lasted approximately 20 seconds.
2002 European Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 2002 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Perm, Russia from July 12 to July 21. The 34th edition of thi bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA.
2002 European floods In August of 2002 a 100-year flood caused by over a week of continuous heavy rains ravaged Europe, killing dozens, dispossessing thousands, and causing damage of billions of euros in the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Croatia.
2002 FIA GT Championship season The 2002 FIA GT Championship season was the 6th season of FIA GT Championship. It is a series comprised of Grand Touring style cars broken into two classes based on power and manufacturer involvement, called GT and N-GT.
2002 FIA Sportscar Championship Barcelona The 2002 FIA Sportscar Championship Barcelona was the first race for the 2002 FIA Sportscar Championship season held at Circuit de Catalunya and ran a distance of two hours, thirty minutes. It took place on April 7, 2002.
2002 FIA Sportscar Championship season The 2002 FIA Sportscar Championship season was the 6th season of FIA Sportscar Championship. It was a series comprised of sportscar style prototypes broken into two classes based on power and weight involvement, called SR1 and SR2.
2002 FIFA World Cup (match reports) The 2002 Football World Cup matches were the deciding football (soccer) matches organized in the 2002 Football World Cup, held from May 31 through to the final match on June 30, at various venues throughout South Korea and Japan.
2002 FIFA World Cup hosting controversy The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the subject of several public disputes between South Korea and Japan regarding the hosting and naming of the first football World Cup to be held in Asia, thought by some to have been worsened by the two countries' past diplomatic disagreements. The tournament was eventually co-hosted by both nations without major incident from May 31 to June 30.
2002 FIFA World Cup knockout stage In the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the knockout stage is the second and final stage of the World Cup, following the group stage. The top two teams from each group (16 total) advance to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination style tournament.
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification A total of 199 teams entered the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 32 spots in the final tournament. South Korea and Japan, as the co-hosts, and France, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 29 spots open for competition.
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the African zone (CAF). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification.
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the North, Central American and Caribbean zone (CONCACAF). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification.
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the South American zone (CONMEBOL). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification.
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone (OFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification.
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification.
2002 FINA Short Course World Championships The 6th FINA Short Course World Championships were held in Moscow, Russia from Thursday April 3 till Sunday April 6, 2002. The event took place in the 25m-pool of the renovated Olympiiski-complex, which also hosted the swimming event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
2002 Florida Gators football team The 2002 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the 2002 college football season. This was the team's first season under head coach Ron Zook after Steve Spurrier's departure to the NFL.
2002 Ford World Curling Championships The 2002 Ford World Curling Championship was held April 6-14, 2002 at the Bismarck Civic Center in Bismarck, North Dakota. The women's winner was Jackie Lockhart and her team from Scotland and the men's winner was Randy Ferbey and his team from Canada.
2002 Golden Raspberry Awards The 23rd Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 22, 2003 at the Sheraton Hotel in Santa Monica, California to recognise the worst the movie industry had to offer in 2002. The complete list of nominees are as follows with winners marked in bold type:
2002 Governor General's Awards The 2002 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were be presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Tuesday, November 19. Each winner received a cheque for $15,000.
2002 Gujarat violence 2002 Gujarat violence refers to incidents that took place in the state of Gujarat in India in the year 2002 involving fatal attacks on the Muslim minority in the state by mobs of Hindus. The ruling BJP party maintained that this was in retaliation for the burning to death, on February 27, 2002 of 58 Hindu pilgrims, mostly women and children, by a Muslim mob.
2002 in IRL The 2002 Indy Racing League (IRL) season was one of transition, with many CART teams participating in a partial IRL schedule while retaining "lame duck" status in their original series with their CART engine suppliers Toyota and Honda. On the IRL front, the Infiniti engine was in its "lame duck" year and the General Motors engine was now branded as a Chevrolet rather than an Oldsmobile as that marque was being phased out.
2002 ISSF World Cup Final The 2002 ISSF World Cup Final in the seventeen Olympic shooting events was held in August 2002 in Munich, Germany for the rifle, pistol and running target events, and in October 2002 in Lonato, Italy for the shotgun events.
2002 LSU Tigers football team 2002 saw the LSU Tigers take to the field to defend the SEC Championship. The Tigers started out strong but an injury to starting quarterback Matt Mauck slowed the team down and they lost 4 of 6 games down the stretch.
2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game The 2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 73rd playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 9, 2002 at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the home of the Milwaukee Brewers of the National League.
2002 Memorial Cup The 2002 Memorial Cup occurred May 18-26 at the Guelph Sports and Entertainment Centre in Guelph, Ontario. It featured the host team, the Guelph Storm as well as the winners of the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Western Hockey League which were the Erie Otters, Victoriaville Tigres and the Kootenay Ice respectively.
2002 Minnesota Twins After facing contraction talks at the previous winter meeting, and coming out of a second place finish in the AL Central with a pitching staff with only 2 players with a ERA under four, the 2002 Minnesota Twins won the division and made it to the ALCS with the youngest team in the league, and with a brand new manager, Ron Gardenhire.
2002 MLS Allocation Draft After the Tampa Bay Mutiny and Miami Fusion were contracted, Major League Soccer distributed their players to the rest of the league by means of an Allocation Draft, in which teams with excess allocations were allowed to select from their players. Players not selected in the Allocation Draft went into the 2002 MLS Dispersal Draft.
2002 MLS Dispersal Draft The 2002 MLS Dispersal Draft was held by Major League Soccer on January 11, 2002, following the contraction of the Miami Fusion and Tampa Bay Mutiny to distribute the two teams' players that were not selected in the 2002 MLS Allocation Draft.
2002 National League Division Series The 2002 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round of the 2002 National League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 1, and ended on Monday, October 7, with the champions of the three NL divisions – along with a "wild card" team – participating in two best-of-five series. The teams were:
2002 National League Championship Series The 2002 National League Championship Series was a Major League Baseball playoff series played from October 9 to October 14 to determine the champion of the National League, between the Central Division champion St. Louis Cardinals and the wild-card qualifying San Francisco Giants.
2002 NBA Playoffs The 2002 NBA Playoffs were the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2001-02 season. This would be the final postseason that held best-of-5 first-round series; next year's postseason would see those series expanded to a best-of-7 format.
2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 1, 2002, and ended with the championship game on April 1 in Atlanta, Georgia.
2002 NFL Draft The 2002 NFL Draft, in which National Football League (NFL) teams take turns selecting amateur college American football players and other first-time eligible players, took place on April 20 and April 21 2002 at the theater at Madison Square Garden. The draft was shown on ESPN both days and eventually moved to ESPN2 both days.
2002 NLL season The 2002 National Lacrosse League season began on November 16, 2001 and concluded with the championship game on April 13, 2002. The Toronto Rock defeated the Albany Attack 13-12 to win their third championship in four seasons.
2002 NRL Finals Series The National Rugby League's finals series ran from 13 September to 6 October 2002, as eight teams went head to head in an attempt to win the prestigious Grand Final at the end of the 2002 season. After a controversial regular season that ended up with top-placed Canterbury being deducted 37 points for breaching the salary cap, the finals series produced some electrifying matches.
2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The ninth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50m) event, was held in 2002 in Yokohama, Japan, from August 24 to 29. One world record was the final tally after six days of competition at this year’s event, compared to the ten world records in 1999.
2002 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada The table below lists the reasons delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of Canada during 2002. The table illustrates what reasons were filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each reason.
2002 Scott Tournament of Hearts The 2002 Scott Tournament of Hearts was held February 23-March 3 at the Keystone Centre in Brandon, Manitoba. The defending champion, representing Team Canada, Colleen Jones and her rink from the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax, Nova Scotia won her second straight Hearts.
2002 Somali Reconciliation Conference The 2002 Somali Reconciliation Conference, sometimes called the Eldoret conference were a series of meetings held in Eldoret, Kenya during November 2002. It was attended by most supporters of the Transitional National Government (TNG) of Somalia.
2002 Soweto bombings The 2002 Soweto Bombings were a string of terrorist attacks that occurred in Soweto in South Africa's Gauteng province, in late 2002. Nine blasts took place on 30 October 2002, leaving one woman dead and her husband severely injured.
2002 STCC Season The 2002 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 7th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. In total eight racing weekends at four different circuits were held; each round comprising two races, with the exception of Round 4 at Falkenberg (4 races), making an eighteen-round competition in total.
2002 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States The table below lists the opinions delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of the United States during the 2002 Term, which lasted from October 7, 2002, until October 5, 2003. The table illustrates what opinions were filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each opinion.
2002 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States The Supreme Court of the United States handed down twelve per curiam opinions during its 2002 term, which lasted from October 7, 2002, until October 5, 2003.Three opinions have not been summarized here due to their lack of substantive content:
2002 terrorist attack on American cultural centre in Kolkata Five policemen were killed and 20 other people injured when, on January 22, 2002, Islamic militants attacked an American cultural centre in Kolkata, India. Police arrested at least 50 suspects in the wake of the incident.
2002 Thomas & Uber Cup The 2002 Thomas & Uber Cup was held in Guangzhou, China from May 9 to May 19, 2002. It was the 22nd tournament of World Men's Team Badminton Championships of Thomas Cup and 19th tournament of World Women's Team Badminton Championships of Uber Cup.
2002 Uruguay banking crisis The Uruguay Banking Crisis was a major banking crisis that hit Uruguay in July 2002 in which a massive run on banks by depositors caused the government to freeze banking operations. The crisis was caused by a considerable contraction in Uruguay's economy and by over-dependence on neighboring Argentina, which experienced an economic meltdown itself in 2001.
2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt The Venezuelan coup attempt of 2002 was a failed military coup d'état on April 11, 2002. It saw the brief overthrow and arrest of leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and the installation of a rightist businessman, Venezuelan Federation of Chambers of Commerce (Fedecámaras) president Pedro Carmona, as interim president for 47 hours.
2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal The 2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal was a scandal involving allegations of bribery to obtain the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. Before 1995, the city had attempted several times to secure the games, but failed each time.
2002 Winter Olympic bids The selection for the 2002 Winter Olympics will go down in history as one of the most controversial, in light of the scandal with regards to the interactions of the International Olympic Committee and the Salt Lake City organizing committee. Nevertheless, Salt Lake City, United States overwhelming won the right to host the games, needing only one round to gain majority.
2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Other candidate cities were: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; Sion, Valais, Switzerland; and Ă–stersund, Sweden.
2002 Women's African Football Championship The 2002 Women's African Football Championship was the fifth staging of the CAF Women's Championship. It determined the CAF's two qualifiers for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003 — the winner Nigeria and the runner-up Ghana.
2002 Women's Champions Trophy (field hockey) The tenth edition of the Women's Champions Trophy took place in the Macao Stadium in Macau, and ran from Saturday August 24 to Sunday September 1, 2002. It was the first time that the annual six-nation tournament was staged in the People's Republic of China.
2002 World Series The 2002 World Series was one of the most memorable classics in the history of the series. The Anaheim Angels (American League) and San Francisco Giants (National League) competed for the championship, representing the first time two wild card teams would vie for the title.
2002 Zamboanga bombing The Zamboanga bombings refer to the October 17, 2002 explosions of two bombs in the main shopping district of the mostly Christian city of Zamboanga in the southern Philippines, killing six and wounding about 150.
2002-03 Calgary Flames season The 2002-03 Calgary Flames season was the 23rd National Hockey League season in Calgary. A relatively successful start to the season quickly gave way to disaster as the Flames lost 11 of 12 games in a November stretch dropping the Flames out of contention, ultimately failing to qualify for the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season.
2002-03 Cuban National Series The 42nd Cuban National Series belonged to Industriales, who rode a 66-23 regular season into the playoffs, where they lost only two games before sweeping Villa Clara Naranjas in the final for their ninth title.
2002-03 Heineken Cup The 2002-3 Heineken Cup (the rugby union club championship of Europe) is the eighth of the series. Competing teams, from England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales, were divided into six pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other.
2003 1000km of Spa The 2003 1000km of Spa was the sixth race for the 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship season (running under SR1 and SR2 classes) and the ninth race for the 2003 British GT season (running under GTO and GT Cup classes), running in combination at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. It took place on August 31, 2003.
2003 AFC Women's Championship The 2003 AFC Women's Championship was a women's football tournament held in Thailand from June 8 to June 12 2003. It was the 14th holding of the AFC Women's Championship, a tournament for women's national teams from countries affiliated to the Asian Football Confederation.
2003 AFL Draft The 2003 AFL Draft consisted of a pre-season draft, a national draft, a trade period and a rookie elevation. The AFL Draft is the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.
2003 AFL Grand Final The 2003 AFL Grand Final was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in front of 79,451 (a smaller crowd than previous years due to the construction of the ground for the 2006 Commonwealth Games). The two teams playing were the Brisbane Lions, who had won the AFL Premiership for the past two years, and the Collingwood Magpies, who had also contested the Grand Final with the Lions in 2002 but had fell short.
2003 American Le Mans Series season The 2003 American Le Mans Series season was the 5th season for the IMSA American Le Mans Series. It is a series comprised of Le Mans prototypes and Grand Touring race cars divided into 4 classes: LMP900, LMP675, GTS, and GT.
2003 American League Division Series The 2003 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 2003 American League playoffs, began on Tuesday, September 30, and ended on Monday, October 6, with the champions of the three AL divisions – along with a "wild card" team – participating in two best-of-five series. The teams were:
2003 American League Championship Series The 2003 American League Championship Series was played between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees from October 8 to October 16, 2003. The Yankees won the series 4 games to 3 to advance to the World Series.
2003 Arkansas vs. Kentucky football game On November 1, 2003, the University of Arkansas and the University of Kentucky tied an NCAA record for the longest football game ever played with 7 overtime periods. Coincidentally, Arkansas played a 7 overtime game against University of Mississippi on November 3, 2001 - winning that game 58-56.
2001 Six Nations Championship The 2001 Six Nations Championship was played in the usual time between February and March, though games were played in October and September as well due to the outbreak of foot and mouth. The annual tournament was won by England.
2001 Southeast Asian Games The 21st Southeast Asian Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 8 September - 17 September 2001. The games were opened by Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj (Malaysian King Sultan Salahuddin) in the Bukit Jalil National Stadium.
2001 Stanley Cup Playoffs The NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs of 2001 are memorable mainly because those playoffs were the last for defenseman Ray Bourque, who retired directly after the playoffs, but he won the Stanley Cup that year with the Colorado Avalanche, so his retirement was fitting given all the empty years playing for the Boston Bruins.
2001 STCC Season The 2001 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 6th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. In total ten racing weekends at six different circuits were held; each round comprising two races, making a twenty-round competition in total.
2001 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States The table below lists the opinions delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of the United States during the 2001 Term, which lasted from October 1, 2001, until October 6, 2002. The table illustrates what opinions were filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each opinion.
2001 Tour de France The Tour de France of 2001 was relatively short, but also difficult, with a number of heavy mountain stages, a team time trial and a climbing time trial. France was done 'clockwise', and thus the Alps were visited before the Pyrenees.
2001 world oil market chronology *January 7: Energy companies and countries around the world report that they have passed into the year 2000 without significant problems from the "Y2K Bug." There was concern that the inability of some computers and embedded control systems to recognize the year 2000 could create serious problems.
2001 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier The Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier, is the pre-tournament for the 10th edition of 2002 Women's Hockey World Cup in Perth, Western Australia. It was held in Amiens and Abbeville, from September 17 to September 30, 2001.
2001 Women's Champions Trophy (field hockey) The 9th edition of the Women's Champions Trophy took place in the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, just like a year before, but this time the tournament ran from Saturday August 18 to Sunday August 26, 2001 . Participating nations were Argentina, Australia, China, hosts and titleholders The Netherlands, New Zealand and Spain.
2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Belfast, Northern Ireland from June 3 to June 10. The competition was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing International Boxing Association (AIBA).
2001 World Championships in Athletics The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between August 3 and August 12 and was the first time the event had visited North America.
2001 World Series The 2001 World Series (the "November Series") took place between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the New York Yankees and is considered one of the most exciting World Series in recent memory. The best-of-seven-games series determined the World Champion of Major League Baseball of 2001.
2001 XFL Draft The 2001 XFL Draft was the first and last draft for the single-season XFL football league. The draft took place over a 3 day time period from October 28, 2000 to October 30, 2000 during which time a total of 475 players were selected by the leagues 8 teams from a pool of approximately 1,600 or so eligible players.
2001-02 Cuban National Series The 41st Cuban National Series saw a surprise champion, as HolguĂn engineered a strong season to edge Santiago de Cuba and win Group C. The Sabuesos then upended CamagĂĽey, Villa Clara and finally Sancti SpĂritus--in a 2-1 seventh game--to take their first title.
2001-02 Heineken Cup The 2001-2002 Heineken Cup (the rugby union club championship of Europe) is the seventh of the series. Competing teams, from England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales, were divided into six pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other.
2001-02 NBA season The 2001-02 NBA season is the 56th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Los Angeles Lakers winning their third straight championship, beating the New Jersey Nets 4 games to 0 in the 2002 NBA Finals.
2001-2002 India-Pakistan standoff The 2001-2002 India-Pakistan standoff was a military standoff between India and Pakistan that resulted in the amassing of troops on either side of the International Border (IB) and along the Line of Control (LoC) in the region of Kashmir. This was the second major military standoff between India and Pakistan following the successful detonation of nuclear devices by both countries in 1998 and the most recent standoff between the nuclear rivals.
2001: A Space Odyssey (comics) 2001: A Space Odyssey was the name of an oversized comic book adaptation of the 1968 film of the same name and a 10-issue monthly series "expanding" on the ideas presented in the film and the eponymous Arthur C. Clarke novel.
2001: A Space Road Odyssey 2001: A Space Road Odyssey is a 2001 Canadian television series which aired on Space: The Imagination Station and documented a three-month journey across Canada in search for the paranormal. It was hosted by videographer Natasha Eloi and voiceover personality Steve Anthony.
2002 AA29 Asteroid (also written 2002 AA29) is a near-Earth asteroid discovered in January 2002 by the LINEAR asteroid survey. The asteroid follows a "horseshoe orbit" that makes it come near the Earth every 95 years as it follows Earth's orbit around the Sun and will, in nearly 600 years, appear to orbit the planet.
2002 AFL Draft The 2002 AFL Draft consisted of a pre-season draft, a national draft, a trade period and a rookie elevation. The AFL Draft is the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.
2002 American Le Mans Series season The 2002 American Le Mans Series season was the 4th season for the IMSA American Le Mans Series. It is a series comprised of Le Mans prototypes and Grand Touring race cars divided into 4 classes: LMP900, LMP675, GTS, and GT.
2002 American League Division Series The 2002 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 2002 American League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 1, and ended on Sunday, October 6, with the champions of the three AL divisions – along with a "wild card" team – participating in two best-of-five series. The teams were:
2002 American League Championship Series The 2002 American League Championship Series was a matchup between the Wild Card Anaheim Angels and the Central Division Champion Minnesota Twins. The Angels advanced to the Series after dethroning the reigning 4-time AL Champion New York Yankees in the 2002 American League Division Series 3 games to 1.
2002 Atlantic hurricane season The 2002 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 2002, and lasted until November 30, 2002. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
2002 Auburn Tigers football team The 2002 Auburn Tigers football team, led by head coach Tommy Tuberville, finished with record of 9-4, including a 5-3 record in the Southeastern Conference. Following a disappointing 7-5 finish the previous season, the coaching staff of the 2002 Tigers team featured two prominent new members.
2002 Austrian Grand Prix The 2002 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on May 12, 2002 at the A1-Ring. It was infamous for the "staged finish", where Rubens Barrichello was told to let Michael Schumacher past at the last curve, due to team orders .
2002 Bali bombing The 2002 Bali bombing occurred on October 12 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. The attack was the deadliest act of terrorism in the history of Indonesia, killing 202 people, 164 of whom were foreign nationals (including 88 Australians), and 38 Indonesian citizens.
2002 Canadian federal budget The Canadian federal budget for fiscal year 2002-2003 was the last budget of Finance Minister Paul Martin, and the second-last of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. It included boosts to social programs and the continued reduction of the Canadian debt.
2002 College World Series The 2002 College World Series was held June 14 through June 22, 2002 in Omaha, Nebraska. Eight NCAA Division I college baseball teams met after having played their way through a 64-team bracket to play at historic Rosenblatt Stadium.
2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from July 25 to August 4. It was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in England, eclipsing in size the 1948 Summer Olympics, in terms of teams and athletes participating.
2002 Commonwealth Games results The 2002 Commonwealth Games results and medalists for events from badminton to wrestling can be found in this article. The results for aquatics and athletics can be found in the main 2002 Commonwealth Games article.
2002 DNS Backbone DDoS The 2002 DNS Backbone DDoS was a significant Internet event in which a distributed denial of service attack targeted the thirteen main DNS root servers on October 22, 2002 for approximately one hour. Of the thirteen servers, nine were disabled but the remaining four were able to cope.
2002 Dudley earthquake The 2002 Dudley earthquake - in the borough of Dudley and township of Sedgley - was an earthquake registering 5.0 on the Richter scale that struck the Midlands of England, United Kingdom on 23 September 2002 00:54 UTC (01:54 local time) and lasted approximately 20 seconds.
2002 European Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 2002 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Perm, Russia from July 12 to July 21. The 34th edition of thi bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA.
2002 European floods In August of 2002 a 100-year flood caused by over a week of continuous heavy rains ravaged Europe, killing dozens, dispossessing thousands, and causing damage of billions of euros in the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Croatia.
2002 FIA GT Championship season The 2002 FIA GT Championship season was the 6th season of FIA GT Championship. It is a series comprised of Grand Touring style cars broken into two classes based on power and manufacturer involvement, called GT and N-GT.
2002 FIA Sportscar Championship Barcelona The 2002 FIA Sportscar Championship Barcelona was the first race for the 2002 FIA Sportscar Championship season held at Circuit de Catalunya and ran a distance of two hours, thirty minutes. It took place on April 7, 2002.
2002 FIA Sportscar Championship season The 2002 FIA Sportscar Championship season was the 6th season of FIA Sportscar Championship. It was a series comprised of sportscar style prototypes broken into two classes based on power and weight involvement, called SR1 and SR2.
2002 FIFA World Cup (match reports) The 2002 Football World Cup matches were the deciding football (soccer) matches organized in the 2002 Football World Cup, held from May 31 through to the final match on June 30, at various venues throughout South Korea and Japan.
2002 FIFA World Cup hosting controversy The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the subject of several public disputes between South Korea and Japan regarding the hosting and naming of the first football World Cup to be held in Asia, thought by some to have been worsened by the two countries' past diplomatic disagreements. The tournament was eventually co-hosted by both nations without major incident from May 31 to June 30.
2002 FIFA World Cup knockout stage In the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the knockout stage is the second and final stage of the World Cup, following the group stage. The top two teams from each group (16 total) advance to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination style tournament.
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification A total of 199 teams entered the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 32 spots in the final tournament. South Korea and Japan, as the co-hosts, and France, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 29 spots open for competition.
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the African zone (CAF). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification.
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the North, Central American and Caribbean zone (CONCACAF). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification.
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the South American zone (CONMEBOL). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification.
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone (OFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification.
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification.
2002 FINA Short Course World Championships The 6th FINA Short Course World Championships were held in Moscow, Russia from Thursday April 3 till Sunday April 6, 2002. The event took place in the 25m-pool of the renovated Olympiiski-complex, which also hosted the swimming event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
2002 Florida Gators football team The 2002 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the 2002 college football season. This was the team's first season under head coach Ron Zook after Steve Spurrier's departure to the NFL.
2002 Ford World Curling Championships The 2002 Ford World Curling Championship was held April 6-14, 2002 at the Bismarck Civic Center in Bismarck, North Dakota. The women's winner was Jackie Lockhart and her team from Scotland and the men's winner was Randy Ferbey and his team from Canada.
2002 Golden Raspberry Awards The 23rd Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 22, 2003 at the Sheraton Hotel in Santa Monica, California to recognise the worst the movie industry had to offer in 2002. The complete list of nominees are as follows with winners marked in bold type:
2002 Governor General's Awards The 2002 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were be presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Tuesday, November 19. Each winner received a cheque for $15,000.
2002 Gujarat violence 2002 Gujarat violence refers to incidents that took place in the state of Gujarat in India in the year 2002 involving fatal attacks on the Muslim minority in the state by mobs of Hindus. The ruling BJP party maintained that this was in retaliation for the burning to death, on February 27, 2002 of 58 Hindu pilgrims, mostly women and children, by a Muslim mob.
2002 in IRL The 2002 Indy Racing League (IRL) season was one of transition, with many CART teams participating in a partial IRL schedule while retaining "lame duck" status in their original series with their CART engine suppliers Toyota and Honda. On the IRL front, the Infiniti engine was in its "lame duck" year and the General Motors engine was now branded as a Chevrolet rather than an Oldsmobile as that marque was being phased out.
2002 ISSF World Cup Final The 2002 ISSF World Cup Final in the seventeen Olympic shooting events was held in August 2002 in Munich, Germany for the rifle, pistol and running target events, and in October 2002 in Lonato, Italy for the shotgun events.
2002 LSU Tigers football team 2002 saw the LSU Tigers take to the field to defend the SEC Championship. The Tigers started out strong but an injury to starting quarterback Matt Mauck slowed the team down and they lost 4 of 6 games down the stretch.
2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game The 2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 73rd playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 9, 2002 at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the home of the Milwaukee Brewers of the National League.
2002 Memorial Cup The 2002 Memorial Cup occurred May 18-26 at the Guelph Sports and Entertainment Centre in Guelph, Ontario. It featured the host team, the Guelph Storm as well as the winners of the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Western Hockey League which were the Erie Otters, Victoriaville Tigres and the Kootenay Ice respectively.
2002 Minnesota Twins After facing contraction talks at the previous winter meeting, and coming out of a second place finish in the AL Central with a pitching staff with only 2 players with a ERA under four, the 2002 Minnesota Twins won the division and made it to the ALCS with the youngest team in the league, and with a brand new manager, Ron Gardenhire.
2002 MLS Allocation Draft After the Tampa Bay Mutiny and Miami Fusion were contracted, Major League Soccer distributed their players to the rest of the league by means of an Allocation Draft, in which teams with excess allocations were allowed to select from their players. Players not selected in the Allocation Draft went into the 2002 MLS Dispersal Draft.
2002 MLS Dispersal Draft The 2002 MLS Dispersal Draft was held by Major League Soccer on January 11, 2002, following the contraction of the Miami Fusion and Tampa Bay Mutiny to distribute the two teams' players that were not selected in the 2002 MLS Allocation Draft.
2002 National League Division Series The 2002 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round of the 2002 National League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 1, and ended on Monday, October 7, with the champions of the three NL divisions – along with a "wild card" team – participating in two best-of-five series. The teams were:
2002 National League Championship Series The 2002 National League Championship Series was a Major League Baseball playoff series played from October 9 to October 14 to determine the champion of the National League, between the Central Division champion St. Louis Cardinals and the wild-card qualifying San Francisco Giants.
2002 NBA Playoffs The 2002 NBA Playoffs were the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2001-02 season. This would be the final postseason that held best-of-5 first-round series; next year's postseason would see those series expanded to a best-of-7 format.
2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 1, 2002, and ended with the championship game on April 1 in Atlanta, Georgia.
2002 NFL Draft The 2002 NFL Draft, in which National Football League (NFL) teams take turns selecting amateur college American football players and other first-time eligible players, took place on April 20 and April 21 2002 at the theater at Madison Square Garden. The draft was shown on ESPN both days and eventually moved to ESPN2 both days.
2002 NLL season The 2002 National Lacrosse League season began on November 16, 2001 and concluded with the championship game on April 13, 2002. The Toronto Rock defeated the Albany Attack 13-12 to win their third championship in four seasons.
2002 NRL Finals Series The National Rugby League's finals series ran from 13 September to 6 October 2002, as eight teams went head to head in an attempt to win the prestigious Grand Final at the end of the 2002 season. After a controversial regular season that ended up with top-placed Canterbury being deducted 37 points for breaching the salary cap, the finals series produced some electrifying matches.
2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The ninth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50m) event, was held in 2002 in Yokohama, Japan, from August 24 to 29. One world record was the final tally after six days of competition at this year’s event, compared to the ten world records in 1999.
2002 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada The table below lists the reasons delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of Canada during 2002. The table illustrates what reasons were filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each reason.
2002 Scott Tournament of Hearts The 2002 Scott Tournament of Hearts was held February 23-March 3 at the Keystone Centre in Brandon, Manitoba. The defending champion, representing Team Canada, Colleen Jones and her rink from the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax, Nova Scotia won her second straight Hearts.
2002 Somali Reconciliation Conference The 2002 Somali Reconciliation Conference, sometimes called the Eldoret conference were a series of meetings held in Eldoret, Kenya during November 2002. It was attended by most supporters of the Transitional National Government (TNG) of Somalia.
2002 Soweto bombings The 2002 Soweto Bombings were a string of terrorist attacks that occurred in Soweto in South Africa's Gauteng province, in late 2002. Nine blasts took place on 30 October 2002, leaving one woman dead and her husband severely injured.
2002 STCC Season The 2002 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 7th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. In total eight racing weekends at four different circuits were held; each round comprising two races, with the exception of Round 4 at Falkenberg (4 races), making an eighteen-round competition in total.
2002 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States The table below lists the opinions delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of the United States during the 2002 Term, which lasted from October 7, 2002, until October 5, 2003. The table illustrates what opinions were filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each opinion.
2002 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States The Supreme Court of the United States handed down twelve per curiam opinions during its 2002 term, which lasted from October 7, 2002, until October 5, 2003.Three opinions have not been summarized here due to their lack of substantive content:
2002 terrorist attack on American cultural centre in Kolkata Five policemen were killed and 20 other people injured when, on January 22, 2002, Islamic militants attacked an American cultural centre in Kolkata, India. Police arrested at least 50 suspects in the wake of the incident.
2002 Thomas & Uber Cup The 2002 Thomas & Uber Cup was held in Guangzhou, China from May 9 to May 19, 2002. It was the 22nd tournament of World Men's Team Badminton Championships of Thomas Cup and 19th tournament of World Women's Team Badminton Championships of Uber Cup.
2002 Uruguay banking crisis The Uruguay Banking Crisis was a major banking crisis that hit Uruguay in July 2002 in which a massive run on banks by depositors caused the government to freeze banking operations. The crisis was caused by a considerable contraction in Uruguay's economy and by over-dependence on neighboring Argentina, which experienced an economic meltdown itself in 2001.
2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt The Venezuelan coup attempt of 2002 was a failed military coup d'état on April 11, 2002. It saw the brief overthrow and arrest of leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and the installation of a rightist businessman, Venezuelan Federation of Chambers of Commerce (Fedecámaras) president Pedro Carmona, as interim president for 47 hours.
2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal The 2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal was a scandal involving allegations of bribery to obtain the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. Before 1995, the city had attempted several times to secure the games, but failed each time.
2002 Winter Olympic bids The selection for the 2002 Winter Olympics will go down in history as one of the most controversial, in light of the scandal with regards to the interactions of the International Olympic Committee and the Salt Lake City organizing committee. Nevertheless, Salt Lake City, United States overwhelming won the right to host the games, needing only one round to gain majority.
2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Other candidate cities were: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; Sion, Valais, Switzerland; and Ă–stersund, Sweden.
2002 Women's African Football Championship The 2002 Women's African Football Championship was the fifth staging of the CAF Women's Championship. It determined the CAF's two qualifiers for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003 — the winner Nigeria and the runner-up Ghana.
2002 Women's Champions Trophy (field hockey) The tenth edition of the Women's Champions Trophy took place in the Macao Stadium in Macau, and ran from Saturday August 24 to Sunday September 1, 2002. It was the first time that the annual six-nation tournament was staged in the People's Republic of China.
2002 World Series The 2002 World Series was one of the most memorable classics in the history of the series. The Anaheim Angels (American League) and San Francisco Giants (National League) competed for the championship, representing the first time two wild card teams would vie for the title.
2002 Zamboanga bombing The Zamboanga bombings refer to the October 17, 2002 explosions of two bombs in the main shopping district of the mostly Christian city of Zamboanga in the southern Philippines, killing six and wounding about 150.
2002-03 Calgary Flames season The 2002-03 Calgary Flames season was the 23rd National Hockey League season in Calgary. A relatively successful start to the season quickly gave way to disaster as the Flames lost 11 of 12 games in a November stretch dropping the Flames out of contention, ultimately failing to qualify for the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season.
2002-03 Cuban National Series The 42nd Cuban National Series belonged to Industriales, who rode a 66-23 regular season into the playoffs, where they lost only two games before sweeping Villa Clara Naranjas in the final for their ninth title.
2002-03 Heineken Cup The 2002-3 Heineken Cup (the rugby union club championship of Europe) is the eighth of the series. Competing teams, from England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales, were divided into six pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other.
2003 1000km of Spa The 2003 1000km of Spa was the sixth race for the 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship season (running under SR1 and SR2 classes) and the ninth race for the 2003 British GT season (running under GTO and GT Cup classes), running in combination at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. It took place on August 31, 2003.
2003 AFC Women's Championship The 2003 AFC Women's Championship was a women's football tournament held in Thailand from June 8 to June 12 2003. It was the 14th holding of the AFC Women's Championship, a tournament for women's national teams from countries affiliated to the Asian Football Confederation.
2003 AFL Draft The 2003 AFL Draft consisted of a pre-season draft, a national draft, a trade period and a rookie elevation. The AFL Draft is the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.
2003 AFL Grand Final The 2003 AFL Grand Final was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in front of 79,451 (a smaller crowd than previous years due to the construction of the ground for the 2006 Commonwealth Games). The two teams playing were the Brisbane Lions, who had won the AFL Premiership for the past two years, and the Collingwood Magpies, who had also contested the Grand Final with the Lions in 2002 but had fell short.
2003 American Le Mans Series season The 2003 American Le Mans Series season was the 5th season for the IMSA American Le Mans Series. It is a series comprised of Le Mans prototypes and Grand Touring race cars divided into 4 classes: LMP900, LMP675, GTS, and GT.
2003 American League Division Series The 2003 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 2003 American League playoffs, began on Tuesday, September 30, and ended on Monday, October 6, with the champions of the three AL divisions – along with a "wild card" team – participating in two best-of-five series. The teams were:
2003 American League Championship Series The 2003 American League Championship Series was played between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees from October 8 to October 16, 2003. The Yankees won the series 4 games to 3 to advance to the World Series.
2003 Arkansas vs. Kentucky football game On November 1, 2003, the University of Arkansas and the University of Kentucky tied an NCAA record for the longest football game ever played with 7 overtime periods. Coincidentally, Arkansas played a 7 overtime game against University of Mississippi on November 3, 2001 - winning that game 58-56.
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