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This list shows notable sports-related deaths, events, and notable outcomes that occurred in October of 2011. Deaths in October
8: Al Davis 16: Dan Wheldon 23: Marco Simoncelli 31: Flórián Albert Sr.
Sporting seasons
American football 2011
National Football League NCAA Division I FBS NCAA Division I FCS
Australian rules football 2011
Australian Football League
Auto racing 2011
Formula One Sprint Cup Nationwide Series Camping World Truck Series IRL IndyCar Series World Rally Championship WTTC V8 Supercar Formula Two GP2 Series American Le Mans FIA GT1 World Championship World Series by Renault Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Super GT
Baseball 2011
Major League Baseball Nippon Professional Baseball
Basketball 2011
WNBA Euroleague EuroLeague Women Eurocup EuroChallenge Australia France Germany Greece Israel Italy Philippines professional: Philippine Cup Philippines collegiate: NCAA Russia Spain Turkey
Canadian football 2011
Canadian Football League CIS football
Cricket 2011
Australia: Sheffield Shield Ryobi One-Day Cup
Football (soccer) 2011
National teams competitions 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification International clubs competitions UEFA (Europe) Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Women's Champions League Copa Sudamericana AFC (Asia) Champions League AFC Cup CAF (Africa) Champions League 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 Norway Portugal Russia Scotland Spain Major League Soccer (USA & Canada) MLS Cup Playoffs
Golf 2011
PGA Tour European Tour LPGA Tour Champions Tour
Ice hockey 2011
National Hockey League Kontinental Hockey League Czech Extraliga Elitserien Canadian Hockey League: OHL, QMJHL, WHL NCAA Division I men NCAA Division I women
Motorcycle racing 2011
Moto GP
Rugby league 2011
Four Nations Autumn International Series Super League NRL
Rugby union 2011
Aviva Premiership RaboDirect Pro12 Top 14 Currie Cup
Tennis 2011
ATP World Tour WTA Tour
Volleyball 2011
International clubs competitions Men's CEV Champions League Women's CEV Champions League
Winter sports
Alpine Skiing World Cup ISU Grand Prix ISU Junior Grand Prix Short Track Speed Skating World Cup Snowboard World Cup
Days of the month
October 31, 2011 (Monday) Gold medal match: 3–0 Nippon Professional Baseball Climax Series: Central League First Stage Game 3 in Meiji Jingu: Yakult Swallows 3, Yomiuri Giants 1. Swallows win series 2–1. Major League Baseball news: Tony La Russa, the manager of the World Series-winning St. Louis Cardinals, announces his retirement with immediate effect after 33 years and 2,728 career victories as a manager.
Cricket West Indies in Bangladesh: 2nd Test in Dhaka, day 3: 355 & 207/3 (71 overs, Darren Bravo 100*); 231 (68 overs). West Indies lead by 331 runs with 7 wickets remaining.
October 30, 2011 (Sunday)
Auto racing Formula One: in Greater Noida, India: (1) Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull–Renault) (2) Jenson Button (McLaren–Mercedes) (3) Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) Drivers' championship standings (after 17 of 19 races): (1) Vettel 374 points (2) Button 240 (3) Alonso 227 Sprint Cup Series – Chase for the Sprint Cup: Tums Fast Relief 500 in Ridgeway, Virginia (all Chevrolet): (1) Tony Stewart (Stewart Haas Racing) (2) Jimmie Johnson (Hendrick Motorsports) (3) Jeff Gordon (Hendrick Motorsports) Drivers' championship standings (after 33 of 36 races): (1) Carl Edwards (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) 2273 points (2) Stewart 2265 (3) Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet; Richard Childress Racing) 2252
Badminton BWF Super Series: French Super Series in Paris (CHN unless stated): Men's singles: Lee Chong Wei def. Kenichi Tago 21–16, 21–11 Women's singles: Wang Xin def. Li Xuerui 21–15, 21–19 Men's doubles: Jung Jae-sung/Lee Yong-dae def. Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng 14–21, 21–15, 21–11 Women's doubles: Wang Xiaoli/Yu Yang def. Tian Qing/Zhao Yunlei 26–24, 21–15 Mixed doubles: Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen def. Xu Chen/Ma Jin 21–17, 21–14
Baseball Nippon Professional Baseball Climax Series: Pacific League First Stage Game 2 in Sapporo: Saitama Seibu Lions 8, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 1. Lions win series 2–0. Central League First Stage Game 2 in Tokyo: Yomiuri Giants 6, Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2. Series tied 1–1.
Cricket West Indies in Bangladesh: 2nd Test in Dhaka, day 2: 355 (126.4 overs; Kirk Edwards 121, Shakib Al Hasan 5/63); 204/7 (51 overs; Fidel Edwards 5/58). Bangladesh trail by 151 runs with 3 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
Equestrianism Show jumping – World Cup: Western European League, 3rd competition in Lyon (CSI 5*-W): Rolf-Göran Bengtsson on Casall Katharina Offel on Cathleen Steve Guerdat on Nino des Buissonnets Standings (after 3 competitions): (1) Pius Schwizer 40 points (2) Bengtsson 27 (3) Maikel van der Vleuten 26 North American League – East Coast, 6th competition in Washington, D.C. (CSI 3*-W): Nick Skelton on Carlo Brianne Goutal on Nice de Prissey Lucy Davis on Nemo
Figure skating ISU Grand Prix: Skate Canada International in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada: Ice dancing: Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir 178.34 points Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje 155.99 Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte 154.87 Standings (after 2 of 6 events): Virtue/Moir & Meryl Davis/Charlie White 15 points (1 event), Nathalie Péchalat/Fabian Bourzat & Weaver/Poje 13 (1), Cappellini/Lanotte & Isabella Tobias/Deividas Stagniūnas 11 (1).
Football (soccer) CAF Confederation Cup Semifinals second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Maghreb de Fès 1–0 (1–2) Inter Luanda. 2–2 on aggregate; Maghreb de Fès win on away goals. OFC Champions League group stage Matchday 1: Group A: Ba 2–1 Mont-Dore MLS Cup Playoffs Conference Semifinals, first leg: Western Conference: New York Red Bulls 0–1 Los Angeles Galaxy Eastern Conference: Colorado Rapids 0–2 Sporting Kansas City Philadelphia Union 1–2 Houston Dynamo Premier League, matchday 28 (team in bold qualify for Champions League): Molde 2–2 Strømsgodset Rosenborg 3–6 Brann Standings: Molde 55 points, Tromsø 47, Rosenborg 46. Molde win the title for the first time.
Golf European Tour: Andalucía Masters in Sotogrande, Spain: Winner: Sergio García 278 (−6) García wins for the second consecutive week, for his tenth European Tour title.
Multi-sport events Pan American Games, day 17 in Guadalajara, Mexico: Athletics: Men's marathon: Solonei da Silva 2:16:37 Diego Colorado 2:17:13 Juan Carlos Cardona 2:18:20 Basketball: Men's tournament: Rugby sevens: Men's tournament:
Short track speed skating World Cup 2 in Saguenay, Canada: Women's 500m (2): Arianna Fontana 44.279 Martina Valcepina 44.353 Liu Qiuhong 44.419 Standings (after 3 of 8 events): (1) Valcepina 2400 points (2) Marianne St-Gelais 2000 (3) Liu 1608 Women's 1000m: St-Gelais 1:30.710 Elise Christie 1:30.900 Cho Ha-Ri 1:30.908 Standings (after 2 of 8 events): (1) Yui Sakai 1410 points (2) Christie 1128 (3) St-Gelais 1035 Women's 3000m relay: (Fan Kexin, Li Jianrou, Liu, Xiao Han) 4:13.559 (Marie-Eve Drolet, Valérie Maltais, St-Gelais, Caroline Truchon) 4:13.728 (Ayuko Ito, Sakai, Sayuri Shimizu, Marie Yoshida) 4:16.886 Standings (after 2 of 6 events): (1) China 2000 points (2) Canada 1312 (3) 1210 Men's 500m (2): François-Louis Tremblay 41.655 Guillaume Bastille 41.746 Liang Wenhao 41.801 Standings (after 3 of 8 events): (1) Jon Eley 1840 points (2) Charles Hamelin 1600 (3) Tremblay 1262 Men's 1000m: Hamelin 1:28.748 Michael Gilday 1:28.835 Olivier Jean 1:28.979 Standings (after 2 of 8 events): (1) Kwak Yoon-Gy 1512 points (2) Noh Jin-Kyu 1128 (3) Hamelin 1000 Men's 5000m relay: (Kwak, Lee Ho-Suk, Noh, Sin Da Woon) 6:48.401 (Semen Elistratov, Vladimir Grigorev, Evgeny Kozulin, Viacheslav Kurginian) 6:49.808 (Jean, Gilday, Hamelin, Tremblay) 6:55.598 Standings (after 2 of 6 events): (1) Korea & Canada 1640 points (3) Russia & 1210
Tennis ATP World Tour: Erste Bank Open in Vienna, Austria: Final: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga def. Juan Martín del Potro 6–7(5), 6–3, 6–4 Tsonga wins his second title of the year and seventh of his career. St. Petersburg Open in Saint Petersburg, Russia: Final: Marin Čilić def. Janko Tipsarević 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 Čilić wins the sixth title of his career. WTA Tour: WTA Tour Championships in Istanbul, Turkey: Final: Petra Kvitová def. Victoria Azarenka 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 Kvitová wins her sixth title of the year and seventh of her career.
October 29, 2011 (Saturday)
Baseball Nippon Professional Baseball Climax Series: Pacific League First Stage Game 1 in Sapporo: Saitama Seibu Lions 5, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 2 (F/11). Lions lead series 1–0. Central League First Stage Game 1 in Tokyo: Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3, Yomiuri Giants 2. Swallows lead series 1–0.
Cricket Pakistan vs Sri Lanka in UAE: 2nd Test in Dubai, day 4: 239 & 257 (109.5 overs; Saeed Ajmal 5/68); 403 & 94/1 (24.1 overs). Pakistan win by 9 wickets; lead 3-match series 1–0. West Indies in Bangladesh: 2nd Test in Dhaka, day 1: 253/5 (90 overs); . England in India: Only T20I in Kolkata: 120/9 (20 overs); 121/4 (18.4 overs). England win by 6 wickets.
Figure skating ISU Grand Prix: Skate Canada International in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada: Ladies: Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 177.38 points Akiko Suzuki 172.26 Ashley Wagner 165.48 Standings (after 2 of 6 events): Alissa Czisny & Tuktamysheva 15 points (1 event), Carolina Kostner & Suzuki 13 (1), Viktoria Helgesson & Wagner 11 (1). Pairs: Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov 201.38 points Sui Wenjing/Han Cong 180.82 Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford 174.84 Standings (after 2 of 6 events): Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy & Volosozhar/Trankov 15 points (1 event), Zhang Hao/Zhang Dan & Sui/Han 13 (1), Kirsten Moore-Towers/Dylan Moscovitch & Duhamel/Radford 11 (1). Men: Patrick Chan 253.74 points Javier Fernández 250.33 Daisuke Takahashi 237.87 Standings (after 2 of 6 events): Kevin van der Perren 16 points, Michal Březina & Chan 15 (1), Denis Ten 14, Fernández 13 (1), Takahiko Kozuka & Takahashi 11 (1).
Football (soccer) CAF Confederation Cup Semifinals second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Club Africain 0–0 (1–0) Sunshine Stars. Club Africain win 1–0 on aggregate. AFC Cup Final in Qarshi, Uzbekistan: Nasaf Qarshi 2–1 Al-Kuwait Nasaf Qarshi win the title for the first time. OFC Champions League group stage Matchday 1: Group A: Waitakere United 10–0 Tefana Group B: Amicale 1–1 Hekari United Koloale 1–4 Auckland City MLS Cup Playoffs Conference Semifinals, first leg: Western Conference: Real Salt Lake 3–0 Seattle Sounders FC Premier League, matchday 32 (team in bold qualify for Champions League): Shakhter 2–0 Astana Irtysh 2–1 Zhetysu Standings: Shakhter 42 points, Zhetysu 38, Aktobe 34, Astana 33. Shakhter win the title for the first time.
Mixed martial arts UFC 137 in Las Vegas, United States (USA unless stated): Welterweight bout: Nick Diaz def. B.J. Penn via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–27, 29–28) Heavyweight bout: Cheick Kongo def. Matt Mitrione via unanimous decision (30–27, 29–27, 29–28) Heavyweight bout: Roy Nelson def. Mirko Filipović via TKO (punches) Bantamweight bout: Scott Jorgensen def. Jeff Curran via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) Featherweight bout: Hatsu Hioki def. George Roop via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)
Multi-sport events Pan American Games, day 16 in Guadalajara, Mexico: Athletics: Men's 50 kilometres walk: Horacio Nava 3:48:58 José Ojeda 3:49:16 Jaime Quiyuch 3:50:33 Boxing: Men's Flyweight: Robeisy Ramírez Dagoberto Agüero Braulio Ávila & Julião Henriques Men's Lightweight: Yasniel Toledo Robson Conceição Ángel Suárez & Ángel Gutiérrez Men's Welterweight: Carlos Banteux Óscar Molina Mian Hussain & Myke Carvalho Men's Light heavyweight: Julio la Cruz Yamaguchi Florentino Armando Pina & Carlos Góngora