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2019 Presidents Cup
2019 Presidents Cup, Royal Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, December 9-15, 2019: United States beat the International team 16-14 after trailing 10-8 into Sunday singles; playing captain Tiger Woods went 3-0-0 against Ernie Els's side.
2019 Pro Bowl
2019 Pro Bowl: NFL all-star game for the 2018 season, January 27, 2019, Camping World Stadium, Orlando; AFC beat NFC 26-7 before 51,192; Mahomes and Brees started; Chargers led selections with seven.
2019 Roger Federer tennis season
The 2019 Roger Federer tennis season was the Swiss player's twenty-first season on the ATP Tour, in which he won four titles and finished the year ranked No. 3.
2019 Rugby World Cup (2019年ラグビーワールドカップ)
2019 Rugby World Cup (2019年ラグビーワールドカップ), ninth men's Rugby World Cup, first held in Asia, in Japan, 20 September to 2 November 2019. South Africa beat England 32-12 for a third title; hosts Japan reached the quarter-finals for the first time.
2019 Rugby World Cup final
2019 Rugby World Cup final: South Africa beat England 32-12 on 2 November 2019 at Yokohama for a third Webb Ellis Cup, with tries by Mapimpi and Kolbe, scrum dominance, and Siya Kolisi as first black captain.
2019 Rugby World Cup squads
The 2019 Rugby World Cup squads were the 31-player squads that each of the 20 participating national teams submitted to World Rugby for the tournament in Japan.
2019 San Francisco 49ers season
The 2019 San Francisco 49ers season was the team's 13-3 NFL season, in which they won the NFC West and lost Super Bowl LIV to the Kansas City Chiefs.
2019 Six Nations Championship
The 2019 Six Nations Championship was the rugby union tournament between England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, and Wales, won by Wales with a Grand Slam.
2019 Stanley Cup Finals
2019 Stanley Cup Finals: the St. Louis Blues beat the Boston Bruins 4-3, winning Game 7 4-1 on June 12, 2019 for their first Cup, ending a 52-year drought; O'Reilly won the Conn Smythe.
2019 Stanley Cup playoffs
The 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs were the NHL postseason won by the St. Louis Blues, who beat the Boston Bruins in seven games for their first championship.
2019 United States FIBA Basketball World Cup team
The 2019 United States FIBA Basketball World Cup team was the NBA squad coached by Gregg Popovich that lost to France in the quarterfinals and finished seventh, its worst World Cup result.
2019 US Open – Women's singles
2019 US Open women's singles: Bianca Andreescu beat Serena Williams 6-3, 7-5 in the final, becoming the first Canadian Grand Slam singles champion and first Open-era US Open debut champion.
2019 US Open (tennis)
2019 US Open (tennis), Grand Slam hard-court event, Aug 26-Sep 8, 2019, Flushing Meadows, New York. Rafael Nadal beat Daniil Medvedev for his fourth title; Bianca Andreescu beat Serena Williams for her first; record 737,872 attendance and $57.2 million prize money.
2019 Wimbledon Championships
2019 Wimbledon Championships (1–14 July 2019), 133rd edition of the grass-court Grand Slam. Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer 13-12 in the first final-set tie-break Grand Slam final; Simona Halep beat Serena Williams 6-2, 6-2 for her first Wimbledon title.
2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship, held 26 December 2018 to 5 January 2019 in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, was won by Finland, which beat the United States 3–2 on Kaapo Kakko's late goal; Russia took bronze and Denmark was relegated.
2019 World Men's Handball Championship
The 26th IHF Men's World Championship, co-hosted by Germany and Denmark from 10–27 January 2019, was the first jointly hosted edition. Denmark won its first title, beating Norway in the final, before a record 900,000 spectators.
2019 World Series
2019 World Series: the Washington Nationals beat the Houston Astros 4–3 (Oct 22–30) for their first title; the road team won all seven games, unprecedented; Strasburg was MVP.
2019 WTA Tour
The 2019 WTA Tour, the 46th season of women's professional tennis, ran 55 tournaments across 28 countries, opened with 18 different champions in 18 events, and ended with Ashleigh Barty as year-end No. 1.
2019–20 College Football Playoff
2019-20 College Football Playoff: four-team CFP won by No. 1 LSU, which beat Oklahoma 63-28 and Clemson 29-23 in semifinals, then Clemson 42-25 in New Orleans to finish 15-0 behind Heisman winner Joe Burrow.
2019–20 Golden State Warriors season
2019-20 Golden State Warriors season: defending NBA champions fell to a league-worst 15-50 in their first year at Chase Center after Durant's departure, Thompson's ACL tear, and Curry's broken hand; season ended June 4, 2020, excluded from the Orlando restart.
2019–20 Los Angeles Lakers season
2019-20 Los Angeles Lakers season: 52-19, first in the West; won the franchise's 17th NBA title 4-2 over Miami in the Orlando bubble, LeBron James Finals MVP, season interrupted by COVID-19 and Kobe Bryant's death.
2019–20 NBA season
2019–20 NBA season: suspended March 11, 2020 after Rudy Gobert's positive COVID-19 test; resumed July 30 with 22 teams in the Disney World bubble; Los Angeles Lakers won their 17th title over Miami.
2019–20 NFL playoffs
2019–20 NFL playoffs: 12-team postseason ending with Kansas City Chiefs beating San Francisco 49ers 31-20 in Super Bowl LIV, Miami, Feb 2, 2020; Mahomes rally, Reid's first title, Chiefs' first in 50 years; final 12-team format before 2020 expansion.
2019–20 NHL season
2019-20 NHL season: paused March 12, 2020 by COVID-19 after 1,082 of 1,271 games; completed via 24-team Toronto/Edmonton bubble playoffs; Tampa Bay Lightning beat Dallas Stars in six games for their second Stanley Cup.
2020 AFL draft
2020 AFL draft, the NAB AFL National Draft of 9 December 2020: Western Bulldogs took Jamarra Ugle-Hagan first overall after matching Adelaide's bid; Riley Thilthorpe went pick 2; 61 of 88 picks used.
2020 ATP Cup
2020 ATP Cup: inaugural edition of the ATP Cup men's team tennis event, 3-12 January 2020 in Brisbane, Perth, and Sydney; 24 countries, $15 million prize money; Serbia beat Spain 2-1 in the final; abolished after 2022.
2020 ATP Tour
2020 ATP Tour: men's professional tennis season, 63 planned tournaments plus ATP Cup debut, suspended March 12 to July 31 by COVID-19, resumed August 14; Thiem won US Open, Nadal a 13th French Open.
2020 Australian Open
2020 Australian Open, Grand Slam hard-court tournament in Melbourne, 20 January to 2 February 2020. Novak Djokovic won a record eighth title over Dominic Thiem; Sofia Kenin won her first major; record 812,174 attendance.
2020 BDO World Darts Championship
2020 BDO World Darts Championship, the 43rd and final BDO world title, held 4–12 January 2020 at the Indigo at the O2, London. Wayne Warren, 57, beat Jim Williams 7–4; Mikuru Suzuki retained the women's title; prize cuts and 15% ticket sales preceded the BDO's collapse.
2020 College Football Playoff National Championship
The 2020 CFP National Championship (January 13, 2020, New Orleans Superdome): No. 1 LSU beat No. 3 Clemson 42-25 behind Joe Burrow's record 463-yard, five-touchdown game, ending Clemson's 29-game streak and winning LSU's fourth national title.