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2021 Copa Libertadores

2021 Copa Libertadores (CONMEBOL Libertadores 2021), 62nd edition of South America's club championship. Palmeiras beat Flamengo 2-1 after extra time in the 27 November 2021 single-match final at Montevideo's Estadio Centenario, retaining the title.

2021 Cuban small and medium enterprise reform

The 2021 Cuban small and medium enterprise reform, enacted by decree-laws in August 2021, gave private businesses legal personality as MIPYMES for the first time since 1968.

2021 Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption

The 2021 Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption was an eruption on La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain, that lasted 85 days and destroyed about 3,000 buildings.

2021 Dakar Rally

2021 Dakar Rally, 43rd edition, second Saudi Arabia edition, held 3–15 January 2021 as a 7,646 km Jeddah loop with 4,767 km of specials; Peterhansel won cars, Benavides bikes, Sotnikov trucks; Dakar Classic debuted.

2021 Davis Cup Finals

2021 Davis Cup Finals (Davis Cup by Rakuten Finals 2021), 25 Nov-5 Dec 2021 in Madrid, Innsbruck, and Turin; 18 teams, round robin plus knockout; Russian Tennis Federation beat Croatia 2-0 in the Madrid Arena final for its third title.

2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

The 2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the 35th season of the German touring car series and its first under GT3 regulations, ending with Maximilian Götz as champion.

2021 Dutch general election

2021 Dutch general election (Tweede Kamerverkiezing 17 maart 2021): 17 March 2021 election for the 150-seat House of Representatives. VVD of Mark Rutte won 34 seats, D66 24; 17 parties won seats; turnout 78.7%; led to a record 299-day formation and Rutte's fourth cabinet.

2021 East Timor floods

The 2021 East Timor floods, also called the Easter floods, were flash floods and landslides across Timor-Leste from late March to early April 2021, triggered by Tropical Cyclone Seroja.

2021 European Curling Championships

2021 European Curling Championships (Le Gruyère AOP ECC 2021), held in Lillehammer, Norway, 20–27 November 2021 after the 2020 edition's COVID cancellation; Scotland (Bruce Mouat) won the A-Division 11–0, Turkey and Russia won men's B-Division promotion.

2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship

Third season of the FIA Formula 3 Championship (2021): Dennis Hauger of PREMA Racing won the Drivers' title with 205 points over Jack Doohan; Trident took its first Teams' Championship; seven rounds, 21 races, three per weekend.

2021 FIA World Endurance Championship

2021 FIA World Endurance Championship, Season 9, debut season of the Le Mans Hypercar class. Toyota's #7 GR010 Hybrid crew Conway, Kobayashi, Lopez won the drivers' title; Toyota also won Le Mans 1-2.

2021 FIFA Arab Cup

2021 FIFA Arab Cup (FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021), first FIFA-organized edition, held in Qatar 30 November to 18 December 2021 with 16 teams; Algeria beat Tunisia 2-0 after extra time in the final at Al Bayt Stadium.

2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (Russia 2021), Moscow, 19-29 August 2021; RFU beat Japan 5-2 for a third title; record 302 goals in 32 matches; Portugal eliminated in groups.

2021 FIFA Club World Cup

2021 FIFA Club World Cup (FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2021), seven-team tournament moved from Japan to the UAE and played February 2022; Chelsea beat Palmeiras 2-1 after extra time on Havertz's 117th-minute penalty for their first title.

2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup

2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup (Lithuania 2021), ninth edition, 12 September to 3 October 2021, postponed from 2020. 24 teams, 52 matches in Kaunas, Vilnius, Klaipėda; Portugal beat Argentina 2-1 in the final for its first title.

2021 FIL World Luge Championships

2021 FIL World Luge Championships, the 50th anniversary edition, relocated from Whistler, Canada to Königssee, Germany, held January 29-31, 2021 without spectators; champions Taubitz, Repilov, Eggert/Benecken, Austria relay.

2021 Formula 2 Championship

2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship, fifth F2 season: 8 rounds, 24 races supporting F1, three-race weekends under cost-cutting rules. Oscar Piastri won the drivers' title with 252.5 points; PREMA Racing took the teams' title.

2021 Formula One World Championship

2021 FIA Formula One World Championship, 22 Grands Prix, March to December 2021. Max Verstappen won his maiden Drivers' title over Lewis Hamilton on the final lap at Abu Dhabi after a late Safety Car controversy.

2021 French Open

2021 French Open (Roland-Garros), clay Grand Slam in Paris, 24 May–13 June, postponed one week for COVID-19. Djokovic beat Tsitsipas in five sets; Krejcikova won women's singles; Naomi Osaka withdrew after press-conference boycott and $15,000 fine.

2021 French Open – Men's singles

2021 French Open men's singles (Roland-Garros, 30 May–13 June 2021): Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal in the semifinal and came back from two sets down to defeat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final, winning his 19th major and second Roland-Garros title.

2021 Gambian presidential election

The 2021 Gambian presidential election was held on 4 December 2021, and incumbent Adama Barrow won re-election with about 53 percent of the vote against five challengers.

2021 Garland shooting

2021 Garland shooting: December 26, 2021 Texaco gas station triple murder in Garland, Texas; 14-year-old Abel Elias Acosta killed three teens and remains at large; father Richard Acosta Jr. convicted of capital murder as getaway driver.

2021 German federal election

The 2021 German federal election (Bundestagswahl 2021), held 26 September 2021, elected the 20th Bundestag. SPD won 25.7% under Olaf Scholz, beating the CDU's 18.9%, leading to the first SPD-Greens-FDP traffic light coalition.

2021 German Green Party co-chair election

The 2021 German Green Party co-chair election was a 12 June 2021 party congress vote confirming Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck as Alliance 90/The Greens leaders.

2021 Guinean coup d'état

The 2021 Guinean coup d'état was the September 5 seizure of power by army special forces under Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, who overthrew President Alpha Condé.

2021 Haiti earthquake

The 2021 Haiti earthquake was a magnitude 7.2 quake that struck the southern peninsula of Haiti on August 14, 2021, destroying approximately 61,000 homes.

2021 Hartlepool by-election

The 2021 Hartlepool by-election, held 6 May 2021 after Mike Hill's resignation, was won by Conservative Jill Mortimer with 15,529 votes, taking the seat from Labour for the first time since the constituency's 1974 creation.

2021 Hertfordshire County Council election

The 2021 Hertfordshire County Council election, 6 May 2021 (delayed from 2020), elected all 78 councillors. Conservatives held on with 46 seats and a majority of 14, down from 20, as the Liberal Democrats gained five seats to 23 and council leader David Williams lost Harpenden North East.

2021 IIHF World Championship

2021 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, men's world hockey tournament held 21 May-6 June 2021 solely in Riga, Latvia after Minsk was withdrawn; Canada beat Finland 3-2 in overtime for gold, USA bronze.

2021 in anime

2021 in anime: the year Japanese animation rebounded from COVID-19, with the industry market hitting a record 2.74 trillion yen (113.3% of 2020), driven by streaming, merchandising, and international sales, plus major film releases and notable industry deaths.