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2005 in sports
See also: 2004 in sports, 2005 in baseball, other events of 2005, 2006 in sports, list of 'years in sports'.
- Paris Dakar Rally winners
- Motorcycle: Cyril Despres , France, KTM 660 Rally, Team Gauloises KTM, Time 47:27:31, Penalty 9:00
- Car: Stéphane Peterhansel , Jean-Paul Cottret , France, Mitsubishi Pajero Evo, Team Mitsubishi Motor Sports, Time 52:31:39, Penalty n/a
- Truck: Firdaus Kabirov , Aydar Belyaev , Andrei Mokeev , Russia, Kamaz 4911, Team Kamaz-Master, Time 71:13:55, Penalty n/a
- World Rally Championship
- Grand-Am
- 24 Hours of Daytona
- The overall and Daytona Prototype class victories were won by Max Angelelli , Wayne Taylor , and Emmanuel Collard in the #10 Suntrust Racing Pontiac Riley.
- The GT class victory was won by Wolf Henzler , Dominik Farnbacher , Shawn Price , and Pierre Ehret in the #71 Farnbacher Racing USA Porsche GT3.
- NASCAR
- International Race of Champions
- Formula One
- American Le Mans Series
- 12 Hours of Sebring
- The overall and LMP1 class victories were won by JJ Lehto, Marco Werner , and Tom Kristensen in the #1 Champion Racing Audi R8.
- The LMP2 class was won by Ian James , Chris McMurry , and Jeff Bucknum in the #10 Miracle Motorsports Courage C65.
- The GT1 class was won by David Brabham, Peter Kox , and Darren Turner in the #57 Aston Martin Racing DBR9.
- The GT2 class was won by Lucas Luhr , Patrick Long , and Jorg Bergmeister in the #31 Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR.
- Champ Car World Series
See also 2005 in cricket.
- January 10 - The ICC World XI (344 for 8) beat the ACC Asian XI (232) by 112 runs to win the first one-day international for the World Cricket Tsunami Appeal. It is the first time an ODI has been played that has not been between two cricketing nations.
- January 10 - Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by 226 runs to record their first ever test match victory.
International Tournaments
- February 3-12: CEMAC Cup 2005 - Winner: Cameroon (Participating Countries: Cameroon, Chad, Gabon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Central African Republic)
- February 8-9: Cyprus International Tournament 2005 - Winner: Finland (Participating Countries: Finland, Cyprus, Latvia, Austria)
- February 9: Carlsberg Cup 2005 - Winner: Brazil (Participating Countries: Brazil and Hong Kong)
- February 19- 6: CONCACAF Gold Cup 2005 Central Preliminary Competition - Winner: Costa Rica, Guatemala and Panama(Participating Countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Belize and Panama)
- February 20-24: CONCACAF Gold Cup 2005 Carribean Preliminary Competition - Winner: Cuba, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago (Participating Countries: Barbados, Cuba, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago)
- February 26 - August 14: Cosafa Castle Cup 2005 (Participating Countries: Group A: South Africa, Mauritius, Madagascar and Seychelles Group B: Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe Group C: Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland and Zambia)
- March 5-13: East Asian Football Championships 2005 Preliminary Competition - Winner: North Korea (Participating Countries: North Korea, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei, Mongolia and Guam)
- June 15-29: FIFA Confederations Cup 2005 (Participating Countries: Group A:Germany, Australia, Argentina and Tunisia Group B: Brazil, Greece, Japan and Mexico)
- July 6-24 : CONCACAF Gold Cup 2005 (Participating Countries: Group A: Honduras, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia Group B: Costa Rica, United States, Canada, Cuba Group C: South Africa, Guatemala, Mexico and Jamaica)
- July 31 - August 7: East Asian Football Championships 2005 Finals (Participating Countries: Japan, South Korea, China and North Korea)
Qualifying for World Cup 2006 (finals to be held in Germany):
- October 2004 - October 2005: FIFA World Cup 2006 Preliminary Competition African Zone (Participating Countries: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Congo DR , Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Sao Tome and Principe, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe)
- November 2003 - August 2005: FIFA World Cup 2006 Preliminary Competition Asian Zone (Participating Countries: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China , Chinese Taipei, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, North Korea , South Korea , Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Yemen)
- February 2004 - October 2005: FIFA World Cup 2006 Preliminary Competition CONCACAF Zone (Participating Countries: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, US Virgin Islands and USA)
- August 2004 - October 2005: FIFA World Cup 2006 Preliminary Competition European Zone (Participating Countries: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland , Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia , Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and Wales)
- May 2004 - September 2005: FIFA World Cup 2006 Preliminary Competition Oceanian Zone - Winner: Australia or Solomon Islands (Participating Countries: American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tonga and Vanuatu)
- September 2003 - October 2005: FIFA World Cup 2006 Preliminary Competition South American Zone (Participating Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela)
Golf
For fuller coverage see 2005 in golf.
Major championships
Women's majors
Money list/order of merit winners
Other happenings
Handball
Ice hockey
- February 16 - The 2004-05 NHL season was canceled by league commissioner Gary Bettman. This was the first time that a North American professional sports league had to cancel a season due to a labor dispute.
Lacrosse
Thoroughbred Horse Racing
Steeplechases
Tennis
2005 Summer Deaflympics
The 2005 Deaflympics were held from the 5th to 16th of January in Melbourne, Australia. This is only the second time the games have been held in the Southern Hemisphere, and the fourth time outside of Europe since their begining in 1924.
Scheduled Events
Deaths
January-March
- January 4:
- January 10 - Tommy Fine, 90, former MLB player and the only pitcher ever to hurl a no-hitter in the Caribbean World Series
- January 18 - Bob Moch , 90, 1936 Summer Olympics Rowing Gold Medal Winner
- January 22 - César Gutiérrez, 61, one of three players in Major League Baseball history with a 7-for-7 game
- January 25 - Nettie Witziers-Timmer, 81, Dutch athlete
- January 26 - Charles Martin , 46, former NFL football player
- February 2 - Max Schmeling, 99, German boxer, former world heavyweight champion
- February 13:
- February 14 - Dick Weber, 75, bowling legend
- February 20 - Jimmy Young, 56, American boxer, former heavyweight contender
- February 22 - Reggie Roby, 43, former NFL football player
- February 23 - All Along, 26, French racehorse; 1983 U.S. Horse of the Year
- February 26 - Max Faulkner, 88, British golfer
- March 1 - Brian Luckhurst, 66, English cricketer
- March 2 - Rick Mahler, 51, former MLB pitcher
- March 3 - Rinus Michels, 77, Dutch football manager
- March 6 - Chuck Thompson, 83, former baseball broadcaster
- March 13:
- March 16 - Dick Radatz, 67, former MLB pitcher
- March 26 - Marius Russo, 90, pitcher who helped the Yankees win the World Series in 1941 and 1943
- March 27 - Bob Casey, 79, the only public address announcer in Minnesota Twins history
April
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