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This list shows notable sports-related deaths, events, and notable outcomes that occurred in November of 2009. Deaths in November
24: Abe Pollin 16: Bobby Frankel 10: Robert Enke 9: Al Cervi
Current sporting seasons
American football 2009
NFL NCAA Division I FBS
Auto racing 2009
V8 Supercar
GP2 Asia Series
Basketball 2009
NBA NCAA Division I men NCAA Division I women Euroleague Eurocup EuroChallenge ASEAN Basketball League Australia France Germany Greece Iran Israel Italy Philippines Philippine Cup Russia Spain Turkey
Cricket 2009–2010
Australia: Sheffield Shield Ford Ranger Cup
Bangladesh: National League
India: Ranji Trophy
New Zealand: Plunket Shield Pakistan: Quaid-i-Azam Trophy South Africa: SuperSport Series Sri Lanka: Premier Trophy
Zimbabwe: Logan Cup
Football (soccer) 2009
National teams competitions 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification International clubs competitions UEFA (Europe) Champions League Europa League UEFA Women's Champions League
Copa Sudamericana
CAF Confederation Cup CONCACAF (North & Central America) Champions League OFC (Oceania) Champions League Domestic (national) competitions Argentina Australia Brazil England France Germany Iran Italy Japan
Scotland Spain
Ice hockey 2009
National Hockey League
Rugby union 2009
Heineken Cup Amlin Challenge Cup English Premiership Celtic League LV= Cup Top 14
Winter sports
Alpine Skiing World Cup
Bobsleigh World Cup Cross-Country Skiing World Cup Grand Prix of Figure Skating
Luge World Cup Nordic Combined World Cup
Skeleton World Cup Ski Jumping World Cup Snowboarding World Cup Speed Skating World Cup
Days of the month
November 30, 2009 (Monday)
American football NFL Monday Night Football Week 12 (unbeaten team in bold): New Orleans Saints 38, New England Patriots 17
Tennis Serena Williams is fined US$82,500 for her tirade at a lineswoman during the 2009 US Open, and faces a suspension from that tournament if she commits another "major offense" at a Grand Slam event in 2010 or 2011. (AP via ESPN)
November 29, 2009 (Sunday)
Alpine skiing Men's World Cup in Lake Louise, Canada: Super-G: Manuel Osborne-Paradis Benjamin Raich Michael Walchhofer Overall standings after 4 of 34 races: (1) Didier Cuche 226 points (2) Raich 165 (3) Carlo Janka 160 Women's World Cup in Aspen, USA: Slalom: Šárka Záhrobská Marlies Schild Kathrin Zettel Overall standings after 4 of 33 races: (1) Zettel 220 points (2) Maria Riesch 176 (3) Tanja Poutiainen 165
American football NFL Week 12: Indianapolis Colts 35, Houston Texans 27 Colts rally from a 13-point halftime deficit to score their 20th straight win, one short of the NFL record, and clinch the AFC South title. Buffalo Bills 31, Miami Dolphins 14 Seattle Seahawks 27, St. Louis Rams 17 New York Jets 17, Carolina Panthers 6 Cincinnati Bengals 16, Cleveland Browns 7 Philadelphia Eagles 27, Washington Redskins 24 Atlanta Falcons 20, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 San Diego Chargers 43, Kansas City Chiefs 14 San Francisco 49ers 20, Jacksonville Jaguars 3 Tennessee Titans 20, Arizona Cardinals 17 Minnesota Vikings 36, Chicago Bears 10 Sunday Night Football: Baltimore Ravens 20, Pittsburgh Steelers 17 (overtime) After missing a 56-yard field goal at the end of regulation, newly acquired kicker Billy Cundiff connects from 29 yards to win a crucial AFC North matchup.
Basketball NBA: The New Jersey Nets fire head coach Lawrence Frank after an 0–16 start. Frank becomes the second NBA coach to be axed this season, after Byron Scott. (ESPN). Frank's assistant Tom Barrise takes his place, and guides the team in their 17th straight loss, 106–87 to the Los Angeles Lakers, which ties the 1988–89 Miami Heat and 1999 Los Angeles Clippers for the worst start to a season in NBA history.
Canadian football 97th Grey Cup game in Calgary: Montreal Alouettes 28, Saskatchewan Roughriders 27: The Alouettes win on the final play of the game.
Cricket England in South Africa: 4th ODI in Port Elizabeth: 119 (36.5 overs); 121/3 (31.2 overs). England win by 7 wickets, lead the 5-match series 2–1.
Cross-country skiing World Cup in Kuusamo, Finland: Women's 10 km Classic: Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Irina Khazova Vibeke Skofterud Men's 15 km Classic: Petter Northug Maxim Vylegzhanin Alexander Legkov
Field hockey Men's Champions Trophy in Melbourne, Australia: 5–3 2–7 3–3 Standings: Australia 6 points, Germany, Korea, Netherlands 3, England, Spain 1.
Football (soccer) CAF Confederation Cup Finals, first leg: ES Sétif 2–0 Stade Malien OFC Champions League Group stage, Matchday 3: Group B: Lautoka F.C. 1–2 Tafea FC Standings: Tafea 7 points (3 matches), Lautoka 6 (3), PRK Hekari United 1 (2), Marist FC 0 (2). La Liga, matchday 12: El Clásico: Barcelona 1–0 Real Madrid Standings: Barcelona 30 points, Real Madrid 28, Sevilla 26. Ecuadorian Championship playoff, first leg: Deportivo Cuenca 1–1 Deportivo Quito Russian Premier League, final matchday: (teams in bold qualify for the Champions League, teams in italics qualify for the Europa League) Standings: Rubin Kazan 63 points, Spartak Moscow 55, Zenit St. Petersburg, Lokomotiv Moscow 54, CSKA Moscow 52.
Golf Off-season men's events: Omega Mission Hills World Cup in Shenzhen, China: Winners: Francesco Molinari and Edoardo Molinari 259 (−29) The Molinaris are the first brothers to win the World Cup.
Horse racing Japan Cup in Tokyo: Winner: Vodka (jockey: Christophe Lemaire, trainer: Katsuhiko Sumii)
Luge World Cup in Igls, Austria: Men: Armin Zöggeler 1:37.988 Wilfried Huber 1:38.085 Viktor Kneib 1:38.091 Standings after 2 of 8 races: (1) Zöggeler 200 points (2) David Möller 131 (3) Felix Loch 120 Teams: Canada (Samuel Edney, Alex Gough, Chris Moffat/Mike Moffat) 2:10.864 Austria (Reinhard Egger, Nina Reithmayer, Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger) 2:11.868 Latvia (Guntis Rēķis, Maija Tīruma, Andris Sics/Juris Sics) 2:12.094
Nordic combined World Cup in Kuusamo, Finland: HS142 / 10 km: Hannu Manninen Tino Edelmann Eric Frenzel Standing after 2 of 19 events: (1) Manninen 180 points (2) Jason Lamy Chappuis 145 (3) Frenzel 120
Snooker Premier League Snooker – Final in Hopton-on-Sea, Norfolk Shaun Murphy def. Ronnie O'Sullivan 7–3
Tennis ATP World Tour: ATP World Tour Finals in London, United Kingdom: Final: (6) Nikolay Davydenko def. (5) Juan Martín del Potro 6–3, 6–4 Davydenko wins his fifth title of the year and 19th of his career. Doubles Final: Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan def. Max Mirnyi /Andy Ram 7–6(5), 6–3 The Bryan twins win the year-end tournament for the third time, and claim the year-end #1 ranking for the fifth time.
Weightlifting World Championships in Goyang, South Korea: Men 105kg: Total: Marcin Dołęga 421 kg Dmitry Lapikov 416 kg Albert Kuzilov 408 kg Snatch: Dołęga 195 kg Lapikov 194 kg Kuzilov 187 kg Clean & Jerk: Dołęga 226 kg Lapikov 222 kg Kuzilov 221 kg Men +105kg: Total: An Yong-Kwon 445 kg Artem Udachyn 445 kg Ihor Shymechko 427 kg Snatch: Shymechko 202 kg Udachyn 200 kg An 198 kg Clean & Jerk: An 247 kg Udachyn 245 kg Andrey Kozlov 231 kg
November 28, 2009 (Saturday)
American football NCAA Division I FBS: BCS Top 10 (unbeaten teams in bold): Florida–Florida State rivalry: (1) Florida 37, Florida State 10 The Gators will play #2 Alabama in the SEC Championship Game on December 5 with both teams unbeaten. (4) TCU 51, New Mexico 10 The Horned Frogs complete a 12–0 regular season and all but clinch a BCS bowl bid. Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate: Georgia 30, (7) Georgia Tech 24 Played earlier this week: (2) Alabama, (3) Texas, (5) Cincinnati, (6) Boise State, (9) Pittsburgh Idle: (8) Oregon, (10) Ohio State Other games: Bedlam Series: Oklahoma 27, (12) Oklahoma State 0 Clemson–South Carolina rivalry: South Carolina 34, (18) Clemson 17 The Holy War: (19) Brigham Young 26, (21) Utah 23 (OT) Carolina–NC State rivalry: North Carolina State 28, (24) North Carolina 27 Egg Bowl: Mississippi State 41, (25) Mississippi 27 NCAA Division I FCS: Playoffs, first round (seeds in parentheses): (1) Montana 61, South Dakota State 48 The Grizzlies, down 48–21 late in the third quarter, score 40 unanswered points. Stephen F. Austin 44, Eastern Washington 33 (4) Richmond 16, Elon 13 Appalachian State 20, South Carolina State 13 (2) Villanova 38, Holy Cross 28 New Hampshire 49, McNeese State 13 (3) Southern Illinois 48, Eastern Illinois 7 William & Mary 38, Weber State 0 Bayou Classic in New Orleans: Grambling State 31, Southern 13
Alpine skiing Men's World Cup in Lake Louise, Canada: Downhill: Didier Cuche 1:50.31 Werner Heel 1:50.75 Carlo Janka 1:50.93 Cuche wins his second race of the season. Overall standings after 3 of 34 races: (1) Cuche 200 points (2) Janka 120 (3) Ivica Kostelic 115 Women's World Cup in Aspen, USA: Giant slalom: Kathrin Hölzl 2:09.63 Kathrin Zettel 2:09.87 Federica Brignone 2:10.76 Overall standings after 3 of 33 races: (1) Tanja Poutiainen 165 points (2) Zettel 160 (3) Hölzl 136 Giant slalom standings after 2 of 7 races: (1) Zettel 160 points (2) Hölzl 136 (3) Poutiainen 105
Canadian football CIS football championships: Vanier Cup national championship game in Quebec City: (4) Queen's Golden Gaels 33, (2) Calgary Dinos 31 The Gaels come back from a 25–7 halftime deficit to win their fourth Vanier Cup, and deny the Dinos quarterback Erik Glavic to become the fifth player to win the Hec Crighton Trophy Trophy and the Vanier Cup in the same year.
Cricket Pakistan in New Zealand: 1st Test in Dunedin, day 5: 429 and 153; 332 and 218. New Zealand win by 32 runs, lead the 3-match series 1–0. West Indies in Australia: 1st Test in Woolloongabba, Brisbane, day 3: 480/8d; 228 and 187 (f/o, Adrian Barath 104). Australia win by an innings and 65 runs, lead the 3-match series 1–0.
Cross-country skiing World Cup in Kuusamo, Finland: Women's Sprint Classic: Justyna Kowalczyk Petra Majdic Alena Prochazkova Men's Sprint Classic: Ola Vigen Hattestad Øystein Pettersen Nikita Kriukov
Field hockey Men's Champions Trophy in Melbourne, Australia: 3–2 4–0 2–3
Football (soccer) OFC Champions League Group stage, Matchday 3: Group A: Waitakere United 1–1 Auckland City FC AS Manu-Ura 1–1 AS Magenta Standings: Auckland City 7 points, Waitakere United 5, Magenta 2, Manu-Ura 1.
Luge World Cup in Igls, Austria: Women: Natalie Geisenberger 1:19.229 Tatjana Hüfner 1:19.282 Anke Wischnewski 1:19.289 Standings after 2 of 8 races: (1) Hüfner & Geisenberger 185 points (3) Wischnewski 140 Doubles: Patric Leitner/Alexander Resch 1:18.631 André Florschütz/Torsten Wustlich 1:18.732 Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger 1:18.737 Standings after 2 of 8 races: (1) Leitner/Resch 200 points (2) Florschütz/Wustlich 170 (3) Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber & Linger/Linger 130
Nordic combined World Cup in Kuusamo, Finland: HS142 / 10 km: Jason Lamy Chappuis 27:05.0 Hannu Manninen 27:13.1 Eric Frenzel 27:15.6
Rugby union End of year tests: Week 5: 24–6 in Ascoli Piceno 15–10 in Dublin 6–9 in Edinburgh 19–24 in Lisbon 12–33 in Cardiff 18–29 in Bucharest 12–39 in Marseille 22–6 in Burnaby 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying: Africa Round 3, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses) 22–10 (18–13) in Windhoek. Namibia win 40–23 on aggregate. Namibia qualify for their fourth consecutive World Cup, while Tunisia will face the third-placed team from Europe in the semi-finals of the Play-off series.
Ski jumping World Cup in Kuusamo, Finland: HS 142: Bjørn Einar Romøren 299.8 points (139.5m/139.0m) Pascal Bodmer 290.7 (133.0/141.0) Wolfgang Loitzl 290.4 (136.5/136.5)
Snooker Premier League Snooker – Semi-finals in Hopton-on-Sea, Norfolk Shaun Murphy def. John Higgins 5–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan def. Judd Trump 5–1
Swimming World record set (short course): Women's 1500m freestyle: Lotte Friis 15:28.65, Birkerød, Denmark
Tennis ATP World Tour: ATP World Tour Finals in London, United Kingdom: Semifinals: (6) Nikolay Davydenko def. (1) Roger Federer 6–2, 4–6, 7–5