2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw
The Men's Discus Throw at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 6 and August 7.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw
The Men's Hammer Throw event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 6 and August 8.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump
The Men's High Jump event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 12 and August 14.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw
The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 9 and August 10.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump
The Men's Long Jump event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 12 and August 13.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon
The Men's Marathon race at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 13 in the streets of Helsinki with the goal line situated in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon
Eventual winner Jaouad Gharib attacked just before 30 km mark, getting Italian Olympic champion Stefano Baldini with him. Baldini had cramps few kilometres later and he retired after 35 kilometres.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
The Men's Pole Vault event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 9 and August 11.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put
The Men's Shot Put event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 6.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump
The Men's Triple Jump event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 10 and August 11.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres
The Women's 10,000 metres event featured at the 2005 World Championships in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. The final was held on 6 August.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres
These are the official results of the Women's 100 metres event at the 2005 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. The final was held on August 8.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles
The 100 metres hurdles at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 9, 10 and 11.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles
The top four runners in each of the initial 5 heats automatically qualified for the semifinals. The next four fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. There were three semifinal heats, and only the top two from each heat plus the next two fastest runners advanced to the final.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Summary
Olympic champion Joanna Hayes was out the fastest, gaining about a foot over the first barrier. That advantage didn't last long as there were six women dead even over the second. By the third hurdle Michelle Perry had emerged with a fractional lead. By the fourth, Delloreen Ennis-London began to separate by inches from the wall as Mariya Koroteyeva and Kirsten Bolm began to lose ground. Ennis-London was much faster to the sixth hurdle, capturing a slight lead.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Summary
Running virtually stride for stride, immediately to Ennis-London's left, Hayes also pulled even with Perry, with Brigitte Foster-Hylton just inches behind the three. But Ennis-London lost her quick snap over the hurdles, instead gliding, relinquishing her hold on the lead while Hayes again was matching Perry stride for stride until Hayes hooked the ninth hurdle. She lost her balance between hurdles so much she never jumped the tenth hurdle, instead carrying it some seven metres down the track before pushing it away and striding over the finish line in last. With her last challenger suddenly out of the race, Perry ran in to the finish with a 1-metre lead over Ennis-London, who was less than a half metre ahead of her teammate Foster-Hylton across the line for silver.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results
All times shown are in seconds. Q denotes qualification by place. q denotes qualification by time. DNS denotes did not start. DNF denotes did not finish. AR denotes area recordNR denotes national record. PB denotes personal best. SB denotes season's best.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Final
Olympic champion and favorite Joanna Hayes stumbled in the hurdles.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 12 and 14 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk
The Women's 20 km race walk event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 7 in the streets of Helsinki with the start at 11:35h local time, and the goal line situated in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Russia's  Olimpiada Ivanova won the race in a world record time of 1:25:41 hours.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres
The women's 200 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 10, 11 and 12 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres
Olympic gold medalist Veronica Campbell, Christine Arron and Kim Gevaert were the early leaders out of the blocks. The powerful Campbell ran on the outside of her lane 7 and into the lane of Yulia Gushchina though she was so far ahead of Gushchina that she wasn't in danger of interfering. Arron held the lead as Gevaert faded from contention. Teenage sensation and Olympic silver medalist, Allyson Felix was more than a stride behind and slightly behind her was Rachelle Boone-Smith. While Campbell corrected her heading, Felix began to go by, gaining on Arron. Felix went by Arron and on to the win showing little strain. Arron and Campbell strained to get to the line against each other. Virtually unnoticed, Boone-Smith gained steadily and was able to nip both of them at the line with Arron holding on to beat Campbell for bronze.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
The Women's 3,000 metres Steeplechase event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 6 and August 8 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. It was the first women's steeplechase to be held at the World Championships. The first three of each heat (Q) plus the six fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
The 4 x 100 metre relay at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 13 and August 14.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, Qualifying
From the initial two heats the first three teams in each plus two fastest losers progressed through to the final.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The 4 x 400 metre relay at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 13 and August 14.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Qualifying
From the initial two heats the first three teams in each plus two fastest losers progressed through to the final.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 7, 8 and 10 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 10, 11 and 13.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles, Results
All times shown are in seconds. Q denotes qualification by place. q denotes qualification by time. DNS denotes did not start. DNF denotes did not finish. AR denotes area recordNR denotes national record. PB denotes personal best. SB denotes season's best.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres
The Women's 5,000 metres event at the 2005 World Championships was held on August 10 and August 13 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 6, 7 and 9 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw
The Women's Discus Throw event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 7 and August 11.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw
The Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 10 and August 12. The qualification standard was set at 70.00 metres or at least the best 12 qualified for the final round.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon
The Women's Heptathlon at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on Saturday August 6 and Sunday August 7.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump
The Women's High Jump event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 6 and August 8.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw
The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 12 and August 14. It was a high-quality contest where Olympic champion Osleidys Menéndez set a new world record whereas Christina Obergföll set a new European record.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump
The Women's Long Jump event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 9 and August 10.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon
The Women's Marathon race at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on 14 August in the streets of Helsinki with the goal line situated in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Paula Radcliffe set the pace of the race, leading all the way from start to finish. Constantina Tomescu was able to keep up with Radcliffe the longest, but began to fall behind after the 25 km mark and at the end found herself overtaken by the defending champion Catherine Ndereba.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault
These are the official results of the Women's Pole Vault event at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, held on August 7 and August 12, 2005.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault, Results, Qualification
1. Anna Rogowska, Poland 4.45m Q2. Jillian Schwartz, United States 4.45m Q2. Tatyana Polnova, Russia 4.45m Q4. Caroline Hingst, Germany 4.45m Q5. Vanessa Boslak, France 4.40m q6. Tracy O'Hara, United States 4.40m q6. Naroa Agirre, Spain 4.40m q (SB)8. Janine Whitlock, Great Britain 4.40m9. Thórey Edda Elisdóttir, Iceland 4.15m9. Takayo Kondo, Japan 4.15m9. Kirsten Belin, Sweden 4.15m12. Melina Hamilton, New Zealand 4.15m13. Natalya Kushch, Ukraine 4.15m14. Kelsey Hendry, Canada 4.00m14. Zhao Yingying, China 4.00m


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault, Results, Qualification
1. Monika Pyrek, Poland 4.45m Q1. Yelena Isinbayeva, Russia 4.45m Q3. Gao Shuying, China 4.45m Q (SB)4. Dana Ellis, Canada 4.40m q4. Pavla Hamáčková, Czech Republic 4.40m q6. Tatiana Grigorieva, Australia 4.45m q7. Fabiana Murer, Brazil 4.40m (NR)8. Stacy Dragila, United States 4.40m9. Anzhela Balakhonova, Ukraine 4.15m9. Krisztina Molnár, Hungary 4.15m9. Afroditi Skafida, Greece 4.15 m12. Elisabete Tavares, Portugal 4.00m13. Teja Melink, Slovenia 4.00m


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put
The Women's Shot Put event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 12 and August 13. The event was won by Nadzeya Ostapchuk of Belarus but when samples taken from her during those games were retested in 2013, they revealed she had been doping.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put
After revision, Olga Ryabinkina from Russia and Valerie Vili from New Zealand were promoted to gold and silver respectively. The bronze medal was awarded to Nadine Kleinert from Germany who originally finished fifth since all the results of the fourth-placer Svetlana Krivelyova of Russia between August 18, 2004, and August 17, 2006, were annulled in a separate doping case.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump
The Women's Triple Jump event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 6 and August 7.


2005 World Club Challenge
The year 2005 Carnegie World Club Challenge was contested by Super League IX champions Leeds Rhinos and 2004 NRL season premiers, the Bulldogs. The match was played on 4 February at Elland Road, Leeds before 37,208 spectators. Australian Sean Hampstead was the referee. The home team came out winners in the end of what was, at the time, the highest-scoring WCC match ever, with a final scoreline of 39-32.


2005 World Club Challenge, Qualification, Leeds Rhinos
The 2004 Super League Grand Final was held on Saturday 16 October 2004, at Old Trafford, Manchester, UK. The game was played between Leeds Rhinos, who finished top of the league after the 28 weekly rounds, and Bradford Bulls, who finished second after the weekly rounds.


2005 World Club Challenge, Qualification, Bulldogs
The 2004 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2004 NRL season. It was contested by the Bulldogs, who had finished the regular season in 2nd place, and the Sydney Roosters, who had finished the regular season in 1st place. After both sides eliminated the rest of 2004's top eight teams over the finals series, they faced each other in a grand final for the first time since the 1980 NSWRFL season's decider.


2005 World Club Challenge, Match details
The Bulldogs had less than a week to adjust from Sydney summer to Yorkshire winter with four training sessions to prepare whereas the Rhinos had been playing friendlies since Boxing Day. The Sydnesiders were also without six senior players who stayed at home after off-season surgeries.


2005 World Club Challenge, Match details
Leeds opened the scoring with their left centre Chev Walker crossing around the five-minute mark. Kevin Sinfield's conversion was successful so the Rhinos were leading 6 - 0.


2005 World Cup of Softball
The first World Cup of Softball was held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA between July 14 and July 18, 2005. Japan won their first World Cup by defeating USA 3-1 in the Championship game.


2005 World Darts Trophy
The 2005 Bavaria World Darts Trophy was the fourth edition of the World Darts Trophy, a professional darts tournament held at the De Vechtsebanen in Utrecht, the Netherlands, run by the British Darts Organisation and the World Darts Federation.


2005 World Darts Trophy
The 2004 winner and BDO World Champion, Raymond van Barneveld was knocked out in straight sets in the second round by Martin Atkins in the men's event. In the final, Gary Robson defeated Mervyn King, 6–4 in sets, winning his only major title to date. Karin Krappen beat Trina Gulliver, the BDO World Champion, in the semi-finals and Francis Hoenselaar, the 2004 winner and in her third straight final, in the final to win the women's event, 3–1 in sets. This was the last year for the women's event.


2005 World Darts Trophy, Television coverage
The tournament was broadcast by SBS6 in the Netherlands, but was not shown in the UK. An internet feed from SBS was available. However, this may be restricted to the Netherlands only due to contractual restrictions.


2005 World Fencing Championships
The 2005 World Fencing Championships were held in Leipzig, Germany. The event took place from October 9 to October 15, 2005.


2005 World Figure Skating Championships
The 2005 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the Luzhniki Sports Palace in Moscow, Russia from March 14 to 20. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


2005 World Figure Skating Championships
The 2005 Worlds was the primary means of deciding the number of entries each country would have to the Olympics.


2005 World Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes
Due to the large number of participants, the men's and ladies' qualifying groups were split into groups A and B.


2005 World Games
The 2005 World Games (German: Weltspiele 2005), the seventh World Games , were an international multi-sport event held in Duisburg, Germany from 14 July 2005 until 24 July 2005. Three other cities, namely Bottrop, Mülheim an der Ruhr, and Oberhausen, also held some of the competition events. More than 3,000 athletes competed in 31 official sports and 6 invitational sports.


2005 World Games, Sports, Official sports
The 2005 World Games programme featured 31 official sports, and 6 invitational sports. The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events, which were contested in each sports discipline.


2005 World Games, Sports, Invitational sports
Aikido was also one of the invitational sports, but it was deemed a demonstration sport; no medal events were held.


2005 World Games, Medal table, Official sports
The medal tally during the seventh World Games is as follows. Russia won the most gold medals and tied with Germany in overall medals won in this edition's official sports. There was a tie for second place in one sport climbing event (two silver and no bronze medals awarded). Two bronze medals were awarded in each of the two squash events.


2005 World Grand Prix (darts)
The 2005 Sky Bet World Grand Prix was the eighth staging of the World Grand Prix darts tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland, between 24–30 October 2005.


2005 World Grand Prix (darts)
Phil Taylor won his sixth Grand Prix title, defeating defending champion Colin Lloyd in the final.


2005 World Indoor Archery Championships
The 2005 World Indoor Target Archery Championships were held in Aalborg, Denmark from 22–28 March 2005.


2005 World Indoor Archery Championships, Notes
World Record 269 points scored by the United States Compound Men's team.


2005 World Indoor Bowls Championship
The 2005 Potters Holidays World Indoor Bowls Championship  was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton on Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, in 2005.


2005 World Interuniversity Games
The 2005 World Interuniversity Games were the seventh edition of the Games (organised by IFIUS), and were held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, from October 10 to October 14, 2005.


2005 World Interuniversity Games, Hosting
Rotterdam, the Netherlands, was selected as host city for the Games. The host university was INHOLLAND University College. Erasmus University and Hogeschool Rotterdam acted as a co-hosts.


2005 World Interuniversity Games, Competitions
Teams participated in four different competitions (three sports), this included the new addition of the Basketball Men competition.


2005 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
The 2005 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship was held at Tijuca Tênis Clube, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.


2005 World Judo Championships
The 2005 World Judo Championships were the 24th edition of the Judo World Championships, and were held in Cairo, Egypt from September 8 to September 11, 2005. Brazilian João Derly was voted as best performance of the championship.


2005 World Junior Curling Championships
The 2005 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 3 to 13 at the Pinerolo Palaghiaccio in Pinerolo, Italy.


2005 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 2005 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held at The Aud - Dom Cardillo Arena in Kitchener, Canada from February 28 to March 6. The event is open to figure skaters from ISU member nations who have reached the age of 13 by July 1 of the previous year, but have not yet turned 19. The upper age limit for men competing in pairs and dance is 21. Skaters compete in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


2005 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The term "Junior" refers to the age level rather than the skill level. Therefore, some of the skaters competing had competed nationally and internationally at the senior level, but were still age-eligible for World Juniors.


2005 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The compulsory dance was the Blues. Due to the large number of participants, the men's and ladies' qualifying groups were split into groups A and B. Scores did not carry over from qualifying and so were not factored into the total score or placements.


2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2005 WJC) was held between December 25, 2004, and January 4, 2005, at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, United States. Canada won the gold medal.


2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Relegation round
Note: Matches   Switzerland 5–0  Belarus and  Slovakia 5–0  Germany from the preliminary round are included as well since these results carry forward.


2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Relegation round
Germany  and  Belarus are relegated to Division I for the 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.


2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:


2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Goaltending leaders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts


2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division I
The Division I Championships were held December 13-December 19, 2004, in Sheffield, United Kingdom (Group A), and in Narva, Estonia (Group B).


2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division I, Group A
Leading scorer: Mathis Olimb, Norway (4 goals, 5 assists; 9 points).


2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division I, Group B
Leading scorer: Anže Kopitar, Slovenia (10 goals, 3 assists; 13 points).


2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division I, Group B
Norway and Latvia advance to the 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships while Great Britain and Estonia are relegated to Division II.


2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division II
The Division II Championships were held January 3-January 9, 2005, in Bucharest, Romania (Group A), and December 13-December 19, 2004, in Puigcerdà, Spain (Group B).


2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division II, Group B
Leading scorer: Park Woo-Sang, South Korea (12 goals, 8 assists; 20 points).


2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division II, Group B
Hungary and Japan are promoted to Division I; Belgium and Lithuania are relegated to Division III.


2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division III
The Division III Championships were held  January 10-January 16, 2005, in Mexico City, Mexico.


2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters
Below are the rosters for the 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships held in the United States.


2005 World Junior Table Tennis Championships
The 2005 World Junior Table Tennis Championships were held in Linz, Austria, from 10 to 17 December 2005. It was organised by the Österreichischer Tischtennis Verband under the auspices and authority of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).


2005 World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge
The 2005 World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge was the 2nd edition of the global Mountain running competition, World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association.


2005 World Marathon Cup
The 2005 World Marathon Cup was the 11th edition of the World Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in Helsinki, Finland, inside of the 2005 World Championships.


2005 World Masters Athletics Championships
The sixteenth World Masters Athletics Championships were held in San Sebastián, Spain, from August 22 – September 3, 2005. The World Masters Athletics Championships serve the division of the sport of athletics for people over 35 years of age, referred to as masters athletics.


2005 World Masters Athletics Championships
A full range of track and field events were held, along with a cross country race and a marathon.


2005 World Matchplay
The 2005 Stan James World Matchplay was the 12th staging of the major darts tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool between 24–30 July 2005.


2005 World Matchplay
Colin Lloyd, the PDC world number one since April 2005, secured his second major televised title adding to his World Grand Prix title from the previous October. He beat John Part in the final. Part had earlier knocked out World Champion Phil Taylor in the quarter-finals which ended Taylor's successful run at Blackpool. Taylor had won the Matchplay title for five successive years. Taylor had also won the first four major titles of 2005, and was just two tournaments short of an incredible Grand Slam of televised PDC titles.


2005 World Matchplay
Lloyd had to overcome a tough quarter-final against rising star Adrian Lewis. Lewis, a qualifier and protégé of Phil Taylor, led 13-11 before Lloyd won five successive legs to clinch a place in the semi-final where he also came from behind from 3-7 to beat Ronnie Baxter 17-11.


2005 World Matchplay
The final saw Lloyd hit 15 maximum 180s and led all the way through the match although Part did manage to peg him back from 0-3 to 4-5 in the early stages. Lloyd stretched his lead to 12-6 and then took five out of six legs to go with one of victory. Although Part took three legs in a row, he was too far behind to stage a comeback and Lloyd checked out the highest possible finish of 170 to take the title in style.


2005 World Men's Curling Championship
The 2005 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from April 2–10, 2005 at the new Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia. The tournament was the first since the 1988 event that was held separately from the 2005 World Women's Curling Championship (held in Paisley, Scotland in March 2005). The winner was Randy Ferbey and his team from Canada. Ferbey won his fourth world championship, the rest of his team won their third. As a country, it was Canada's 29th World Championship. Scotland won silver, and Germany bronze.


2005 World Men's Curling Championship
For the first time ever, the World championships used the page playoff system where the top four teams with the best records at the end of round-robin play meet in the playoff rounds.


2005 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
One reason for the separation of the men's and women's tournaments was to allow for an expansion from 10 to 12 teams. This expansion was deemed appropriate because more countries are now producing competitive rinks, particularly in Europe but also including Japan and even New Zealand.


2005 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Teams included 3 time World Champion Randy Ferbey of Canada, 2002 Silver medalist Pål Trulsen of Norway, 2001 Silver medalist Andreas Schwaller of Switzerland, 1997 Silver medalist Andy Kapp of Germany, 2 time World bronze medalist Markku Uusipaavalniemi of Finland, 1993 bronze medalist Pete Fenson of the United States, 7 time World Championship participant Hugh Millikin of Australia, 3 time participant Sean Becker of New Zealand, 2 time participant Johnny Frederiksen of Denmark and making their first appearances were Stefano Ferronato's team from Italy, David Murdoch's team from Scotland and Eric Carlsén's team from Sweden.


2005 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Ian Palangio Skip: Hugh Millikin Second: John Theriault Lead: Stephen Johns Alternate: Stephen Hewitt


2005 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: David Nedohin Skip: Randy Ferbey Second: Scott Pfeifer Lead: Marcel Rocque Alternate: Dan Holowaychuk


2005 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Johnny Frederiksen Third: Lars Vilandt Second: Kenneth Hertsdahl Lead: Bo Jensen Alternate: Ivan Frederiksen


2005 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Markku Uusipaavalniemi Third: Wille Mäkelä Second: Kalle Kiiskinen Lead: Teemu Salo Alternate: Perttu Piilo


2005 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Andy Kapp Third: Uli Kapp Second: Oliver Axnick Lead: Holger Höhne Alternate: Andreas Kempf


2005 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Stefano Ferronato Third: Fabio Alvera Second: Marco Mariani Lead: Alessandro Zisa Alternate: Joel Retornaz


2005 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Sean Becker Third: Hans Frauenlob Second: Dan Mustapic Lead: Lorne De Pape Alternate: Warren Dobson


2005 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Pål Trulsen Third: Lars Vågberg Second: Flemming Davanger Lead: Bent Ånund Ramsfjell Alternate: Niels Siggaard Andersen


2005 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : David Murdoch Third: Craig Wilson Second: Neil Murdoch Lead: Euan Byers Alternate: Ewan MacDonald


2005 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Eric Carlsén Third: Andreas Prytz Second: Daniel Prytz Lead: Patric Håkansson Alternate: Mathias Carlsson


2005 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Andreas Schwaller Third: Markus Eggler Second: Marco Ramstein Lead: Christof Schwaller Alternate: Stefan Karnusian


2005 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Pete Fenson Third: Shawn Rojeski Second: Joe Polo Lead: John Shuster Fifth: Scott Baird


2005 World Men's Curling Championship, Round robin standings
To first break the massive 6-way tie at 8-3, the two teams with the best record against the other teams involved (Scotland and Germany) were given automatic playoff spots. The other teams were ranked based on their record against each other, or if that didn't break the tie, a draw to the button which occurred before the tournament began. These other four teams then played tie-breakers to determine the other 2 playoff spots. The winning teams of the tiebreakers should match up in a 3vs4 game to determine the other semi finalist


2005 World Men's Handball Championship
The 2005 World Men's Handball Championship was the 19th team handball World Championship. It was played in Tunisia from 23 January to 6 February 2005.


2005 World Men's Handball Championship
The winner of the gold medal was Spain, Croatia took silver and France won the bronze.


2005 World Men's Handball Championship, Ranking and statistics, Final ranking
Jose Javier Hombrados, Alberto Entrerrios, Albert Rocas, Rubén Garabaya, Rolando Uríos, Mateo Garralda, Demetrio Lozano, Fernando Hernández, Juancho Pérez, David Barrufet, Juanín García, Iker Romero, Mariano Ortega, Chema Rodríguez. Head Coach: Juan Carlos Pastor.


2005 World Men's Military Cup
The 2005 World Military Cup took place in Warendorf, Germany. The Tournament is also known as CISM World Football Trophy.


2005 World Modern Pentathlon Championships
The 2005 World Modern Pentathlon Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from August 6 to August 8.


2005 World Mountain Running Trophy
The 2005 World Mountain Running Championships was the 21st edition of the global mountain running competition, World Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association.


2005 World Music Awards
Under the patronage of Prince Albert II of Monaco the 17th annual World Music Awards were conducted at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on August 31, 2005. This is only the second time that the awards show has been held outside of Monaco. The five-hour awards show was co-hosted by Carmen Electra and Desperate Housewives' James Denton. The awards are based solely on record sales certified by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, a London-based trade group that represents the major record labels. Proceeds are donated to the Prince's favorite charity: the Monaco Aide and Presence Foundation.


2005 World Music Awards
Usher, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, Amerie, Rihanna, and Teairra Marí paid tribute to Destiny's Child, who received an award for being the best-selling female group of all time. Patti LaBelle dedicated her performance of  "I'll Stand By You" to the victims of Hurricane Katrina as did Stevie Wonder and Kid Rock when they closed the show at 2am with a duet of "Living for the City". Other performers included: 50 Cent, Amerie, Biagio Antonacci, Carlos Santana, Ciara, Delta Goodrem, Destiny's Child, Elissa. Eminem, Fantasia Barrino, Jay-Z, Kelly Clarkson, Mariah Carey, Michelle Branch, Philip Kirkorov, Ricky Martin, Rob Thomas, Shakira and Snoop Dogg. The show was broadcast in the United States by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) on September 13, 2005.


2005 World Music Awards, World Diamond Award
The Diamond Award honors those recording-artists who have sold over 100 million albums during their career.


2005 World Orienteering Championships
The 2005 World Orienteering Championships, the 22nd World Orienteering Championships, were held in Aichi, Japan, 9 –15 August 2005.


2005 World Orienteering Championships
The championships had eight events; sprint for men and women, middle distance for men and women, long distance (formerly called individual or classic distance) for men and women, and relays for men and women.


2005 World Rally Championship
The 2005 World Rally Championship was the 33rd season in the FIA World Rally Championship. The season began on January 21 with the Monte-Carlo Rally and ended on November 13 with the Rally Australia.


2005 World Rally Championship
In the drivers' world championship, Citroën Total's Sébastien Loeb successfully defended his title, finishing a record 56 points ahead of Subaru's Petter Solberg and Peugeot's Marcus Grönholm. Loeb also set several other records during the season. He won ten world rallies, beating the previous record of six held by him (2004) and Didier Auriol (1992). He also took six consecutive wins, beating Timo Salonen's 20-year-old record of four. Peugeot's Markko Märtin retired after his co-driver Michael Park was fatally injured in their crash at the Wales Rally GB.


2005 World Rally Championship
Citroën took the manufacturers' title for the third year in a row, well ahead of Subaru and Ford. PSA Peugeot Citroën still went ahead with their plan to withdraw both Citroën and Peugeot from the series after the season. More blows to manufacturer involvement in the series followed when Mitsubishi and Škoda announced the withdrawal of their factory teams. However, the 2006 season would see Citroën and Škoda continue as the semi-works teams Kronos Citroën and Red Bull Škoda Team, respectively.


2005 World Rally Championship
The video game WRC: Rally Evolved was based on this season.


2005 World Rally Championship, Regulation changes
Drivers' and co-drivers' helmets are now required to be equipped with a HANS device.


2005 World Rally Championship, Calendar
The 2005 championship was contested over sixteen rounds in Europe, North America, Asia, South America and Oceania.


2005 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
XXVII World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Baku the capital of Azerbaijan, 3–10 October 2005 at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex.


2005 World Rowing Championships
The 2005 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 29 August to 4 September 2005 at the Nagaragawa International Regatta Course in Kaizu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The international rowing season usually ends with the World Championship regatta. Apart from the Olympic Games, this is the most prestigious international rowing event attracting over 1000 rowers. The 2005 championships were the first championships to be held in Asia.


2005 World Senior Curling Championships
The 2005 World Senior Curling Championships were held from March 19 to 25 at the Greenacres Curling Club in Howwood, Scotland.


2005 World Senior Curling Championships
Group A of each gender consisted of the best ranked countries from the previous year. The three best teams of the A-groups advanced to the semi finals as well as the winner of the B-groups. The top ranked team in A played against the top ranked team in B, the winner went on to the Gold Medal game and the loser went on to the Bronze medal game. The 2nd place team in A played against the 3rd place team in A, and the winner went on to the Gold Medal game and the loser went on to the Bronze medal game.


2005 World Series
The 2005 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2005 season. The 101st edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Chicago White Sox and the National League (NL) champion Houston Astros. The White Sox swept the Astros in four games, winning their third World Series championship and their first in 88 seasons. The series was played between October 22–26, 2005.


2005 World Series
Home field advantage was awarded to Chicago by virtue of the AL's 7–5 victory over the NL in the 2005 MLB All-Star Game. The Astros were attempting to become the fourth consecutive wild card team to win the Series, following the Anaheim Angels (2002), Florida Marlins (2003) and Boston Red Sox (2004). Both teams were attempting to overcome decades of disappointment, with a combined 132 years between the two teams without a title. The Astros were making their first Series appearance in 44 years of play, while the White Sox had waited exactly twice as long for a title, having last won the Series in 1917, and had not been in the Series since 1959, three years before the Astros' inaugural season.


2005 World Series
Like the 1982 World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Brewers, in which Milwaukee joined the National League in 1998 but faced each other in the 2011 NLCS, the 2005 World Series is one of only two World Series in the modern era (1903–present) with no possibility for a rematch between the two opponents, but possible in the League Championship Series, because the Astros moved to the AL in 2013. The Astros would next return to the World Series in 2017 as an AL franchise, where they would win in seven games against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Astros would return to the Fall Classic again in 2019, but fell short to the Washington Nationals, losing in 7 games.


2005 World Series, Background, Chicago White Sox
The Chicago White Sox finished the regular season with the best record in the American League at 99–63. After starting the season on a tear, the White Sox began to fade in August, when a 15+1⁄2 game lead (for the AL Central division title) fell all the way to 1+1⁄2 at one point. However, the Sox were able to hold off the Cleveland Indians to win the American League Central Division by six games, sweeping Cleveland in three games on the season's final weekend. In the Division Series, the White Sox swept the defending champion Boston Red Sox.


2005 World Series, Background, Chicago White Sox
The League Championship Series began with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim winning Game 1, but a controversial uncaught third strike in Game 2 helped the Sox start a run and win Games 2–5, all on complete games pitched by starters Mark Buehrle, Jon Garland, Freddy García, and José Contreras, clinching their first American League pennant in 46 years.


2005 World Series, Background, Chicago White Sox
Manager Ozzie Guillén then led the White Sox to a World Series victory, their first in 88 years. Slugger Frank Thomas was not on the post-season roster because he was injured, but the team honored his perennial contributions to the franchise during Game 1 of the Division Series against the Boston Red Sox when he was chosen to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. "What a feeling," Thomas said. "Standing O all around the place. People really cheering me. I had tears in my eyes. To really know the fans cared that much about me – it was a great feeling. One of my proudest moments in the game."


2005 World Series, Background, Houston Astros
The Houston Astros won the Wild Card for the second straight year, once again clinching it on the final day of the season. The Astros embarked on a memorable Division Series rematch against the Atlanta Braves. With the Astros in the lead two games to one, the teams played an 18-inning marathon in Game 4, which was the longest (in both time and innings played) postseason game in history. In this game, Roger Clemens made only the second relief appearance of his career, and the first in postseason play.


2005 World Series, Background, Houston Astros
Chris Burke's walk-off home run ended the game in the bottom of the 18th. For the second straight year, the Astros played the St. Louis Cardinals in the League Championship Series. Like the White Sox, the Astros dropped Game 1, but were able to regroup and win Games 2–4. With the Astros on the verge of clinching their first ever National League pennant in Game 5, Albert Pujols hit a mammoth three-run home run off Brad Lidge in the top of the ninth inning to take the lead, and subsequently stave off elimination.


2005 World Series, Background, Houston Astros
However, behind NLCS MVP Roy Oswalt, the Astros were able to defeat the Cards 5–1 in Game 6 and earned a trip to the World Series. With the win, this was the Astros' first World Series appearance in franchise history, and the last game played in Busch Stadium II, as it was demolished months after the game and the Cardinals moved to Bucsh Stadium III the next season.


2005 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
Playing in their first World Series home game since 1959, the White Sox took an early lead with a home run from Jermaine Dye in the first inning. After Mike Lamb's home run tied the game in the second, the Sox scored two more in the second when Juan Uribe doubled in A. J. Pierzynski after Carl Everett had already scored on a groundout earlier in the inning. The Astros responded in the next inning when Lance Berkman hit a double, driving in Adam Everett and Craig Biggio.


2005 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
In the White Sox half of the fourth, Joe Crede hit what turned out to be the game-winning home run. In the bottom of the eighth, Scott Podsednik hit a triple with Pierzynski on second off of Russ Springer for an insurance run. Roger Clemens recorded his shortest World Series start, leaving after the second inning with 53 pitches, including 35 for strikes, due to a sore hamstring that he had previously injured (which had caused him to also miss his last regular season start) as the loss went to Wandy Rodríguez.


2005 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
José Contreras pitched seven innings, allowing three runs on six hits for the win. Before exiting, Contreras allowed a leadoff double by Willie Taveras with no outs. Neal Cotts entered the game in the top of the eighth inning. It marked the first time in five games that the White Sox had gone to their bullpen. Cotts pitched +2⁄3 innings before Bobby Jenks was called upon by manager Ozzie Guillén to relieve him. Guillen signaled for the large pitcher by holding his arms out wide and then up high. In the postgame conference, the Sox manager joked that he wanted to be clear he was asking for "The Big Boy." Jenks returned in the ninth to earn the save, giving the White Sox a 1–0 lead in the series.


2005 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
On a cold (51 °F (11 °C)) and rainy evening, Morgan Ensberg's first-pitch home run off starter Mark Buehrle put the Astros on top in the second inning. The White Sox answered in the bottom of the second with two runs off Andy Pettitte on Joe Crede's RBI single with two on and Juan Uribe's sacrifice fly. Houston's Lance Berkman tied the game on a sacrifice fly in the third after a one-out triple, then hit a two-run double in the fifth to give the Astros a 4–2 lead.


2005 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
In the seventh, Dan Wheeler loaded the bases with a double by Juan Uribe, a walk to Tadahito Iguchi, and plate umpire Jeff Nelson's ruling that Jermaine Dye was hit by a pitched ball. The Astros brought in Chad Qualls, who promptly served up a grand slam to Paul Konerko on his first pitch, the 18th grand slam in the annals of the Fall Classic. In the top of the ninth, Sox closer Bobby Jenks blew the save on a game-tying pinch-hit single by José Vizcaíno.


2005 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
In the bottom of the ninth, Astros closer Brad Lidge gave up a one-out, walk-off home run—the 14th in Series history—to Scott Podsednik, giving Lidge his second loss in as many post-season appearances (his previous appearance was in Game 5 of 2005 National League Championship Series). Podsednik had not hit a single homer in the regular season, but this was his second of the post-season. This was the second time in World Series history where a grand slam and a walk-off home run were hit in the same game.


2005 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
The Oakland A's Jose Canseco (grand slam) and the Los Angeles Dodgers' Kirk Gibson (walk-off) in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series were the first to do it. Never before had a World Series grand slam and a World Series walk-off home run been hit by the same team in the same game. As of 2020, the grand slam by Konerko is the last World Series grand slam hit by the home team.


2005 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
Game 3 was the first World Series game played in the state of Texas. Before the game, it was ruled by Commissioner Bud Selig that the retractable roof would be open at Minute Maid Park, weather permitting. The Astros objected, citing that their record in games with the roof closed was better than with the retractable roof open. Selig's office claimed that the ruling was based on the rules established by Houston and were consistent with how the Astros organization treated the situation all year long, as well as the weather forecasts for that period of time.


2005 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
The game would become the longest World Series game in length of time (5 hours and 41 minutes) and tied for the longest in number of innings (14, tied with Game 2 of the 1916 World Series and Game 1 of the 2015 World Series) until it was surpassed by Game 3 of the 2018 World Series. Houston struck early on a Lance Berkman single after a Craig Biggio lead-off double in the bottom of the first off Chicago starter Jon Garland.


2005 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
A White Sox rally was snuffed in the second inning; after Paul Konerko hit a leadoff double and A. J. Pierzynski walked, Aaron Rowand lined out into a double play. Houston scored in the third; Adam Everett walked, was caught in a rundown and got hit by the ball on a Juan Uribe throwing error, then scored on a Roy Oswalt sacrifice bunt and a Biggio single. Two batters later, Morgan Ensberg singled Biggio home. Jason Lane led off the Astros' fourth with a home run to left-center field. It was later shown in replays that the ball should not have been ruled a home run, hitting to the left of the yellow line on the unusual wall in left-center field.


2005 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
The White Sox rallied in the top of the fifth, true to their "Win Or Die Trying" mantra of 2005, starting with a Joe Crede lead-off homer. Uribe, on first after hitting a single, scored on a Tadahito Iguchi base hit with one out, followed by Scott Podsednik coming home on a single by Jermaine Dye. Pierzynski hit a two-out double to Tal's Hill, driving in two runs, scoring Iguchi and Dye giving the Sox the lead.


2005 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
The Astros rallied in the last of the eighth with two outs when Lane's double scored Ensberg with the tying run after back-to-back walks by Ensberg and Mike Lamb, giving Dustin Hermanson a blown save. Houston tried to rally to win in the ninth, but stranded Chris Burke at third, after he had walked, reached second on an error and stolen third.


2005 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
The Astros tried again in the 10th as well as in the 11th, but failed each time. In the top of the 14th, after the Sox hit into a spectacular double play started by Ensberg, Geoff Blum (a former Astro and the Astros' television color analyst as of 2015), who had entered the game in the 13th, homered to right with two outs off Ezequiel Astacio. Infield singles by Rowand and Crede were followed by walks to Uribe and Chris Widger. Astacio was replaced by Game 1 loser Wandy Rodriguez, who got the final out with the bases loaded.


2005 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
Trailing 7-5, Houston tried to rally with the tying runs on first and third and two outs after a Uribe error. Game 2 starter Mark Buehrle earned the save for winning pitcher Dámaso Marte when Everett popped out, bringing Chicago one game closer to its first championship in 88 years. Buehrle became the first pitcher to start a game in the Series and save the next one since Bob Turley of the Yankees in the 1958 World Series.


2005 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
Many records were set or tied besides time and innings: The teams combined to use 17 pitchers (nine for the White Sox, eight for the Astros), throwing a total of 482 pitches, and walking 21 batters (a dozen by Chicago, nine by Houston); 43 players were used (the White Sox used 22 and the Astros used 21), and 30 men were left on base (15 for each team), all new high-water marks in Fall Classic history. Scott Podsednik set a new all-time record with eight official at-bats in this game. One tied record was total double plays, with six (four by the Astros, two by the White Sox).


2005 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
Before the game, Major League Baseball unveiled its Latino Legends Team.


2005 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
The fourth game was the pitchers' duel that had been promised throughout the series. Both Houston starter Brandon Backe and Chicago starter Freddy García put zeros on the scoreboard through seven innings, the longest Series scoreless stretch since Game 7 of the 1991 World Series. Scott Podsednik had a two-out triple in the top of the third, but a Tadahito Iguchi groundout ended that threat. The Astros wasted a chance in the sixth, Jason Lane striking out with the bases loaded.


2005 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
The White Sox in the top of the seventh put runners at second and third, but shortstop Juan Uribe struck out to end the inning. Chicago broke through in the next inning against embattled Houston closer Brad Lidge. Willie Harris hit a pinch-hit single. Podsednik advanced him with a sacrifice bunt. Carl Everett pinch-hit for Iguchi and grounded out to the right side to allow Harris to move to third. Jermaine Dye, the Most Valuable Player of the series, had the game-winning single, driving in Harris.


2005 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
Things got a little sticky for the Sox in the Astros half of the eighth when reliever Cliff Politte hit Willy Taveras, threw a wild pitch, sending Taveras to second, and walked Lance Berkman. After Morgan Ensberg flew out to center, the White Sox manager Ozzie Guillén brought in Neal Cotts to finish the inning. Cotts induced pinch-hitter José Vizcaíno into a ground out to Uribe. Bobby Jenks, the 24-year-old fireballer, started the ninth inning. He allowed a single to Jason Lane and a sacrifice bunt to Brad Ausmus. Chris Burke came in to pinch-hit; he fouled one off to the left side, but Uribe made an amazing catch in the stands to retire Burke.


2005 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
The game ended when Orlando Palmeiro grounded to Uribe. It was a bang-bang play as Paul Konerko caught the ball from Uribe at 11:01 pm CDT to begin the biggest celebration in Chicago since the sixth NBA championship by the Bulls, co-owned with the White Sox, in 1998. As a result, Jerry Reinsdorf, owner of both teams, had won seven championships overall.


2005 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
This game would be the last playoff game for the Astros as a member of the NL, as they would move to the AL in 2013, and not appear in a playoff game until the 2015 American League Wild Card Game. They also became the only team in Major League Baseball to win both National and American League championship after they defeated the New York Yankees in the 2017 ALCS.


2005 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
The last two Series games technically ended on the same day, Game 3 having concluded after midnight, Houston time.


2005 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
The 1–0 shutout was the first game with a total of one run scored to end a World Series since the 1995 World Series, in which Game 6 was won by the Atlanta Braves over the Cleveland Indians, and the first 1–0 game in any Series game since Game 5 of the 1996 World Series when the New York Yankees shut-out the Braves in the last game ever played at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium.


2005 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
The 2005 White Sox joined the 1995 Atlanta Braves and 1999 New York Yankees as the only teams to win a World Series after losing no more than one game combined in the Division Series and Championship Series.


2005 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
This was the second consecutive World Series to be won by a team that has the word "Sox" in its nickname, after the Boston Red Sox won the 2004 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. This also happened in 1917 and 1918. Furthermore, it was the second year in a row in which the Series champions broke a long-lived "curse."


2005 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
In one of those ways that patterns appear to emerge in sporting events, the White Sox World Series win in 2005, along with the Boston Red Sox win in 2004, symmetrically bookended the two teams' previous World Series winners and the long gaps between, with the Red Sox and White Sox last Series wins having come in 1918 and 1917, respectively.


2005 World Series, Composite line score
2005 World Series (4–0): Chicago White Sox (A.L.) over Houston Astros (N.L.)


2005 World Series, Composite line score
The winning margin of six runs tied for the lowest for a four-game sweep; the only other time was in 1950.


2005 World Series, Media
As per their contract, Fox Sports carried the World Series on United States television. Joe Buck provided play-by-play for his eighth World Series while analyst Tim McCarver worked his sixteenth.


2005 World Series, Media
ESPN Radio was the nationwide radio broadcaster, as it had been since 1998. Jon Miller and Joe Morgan provided the play-by-play and analysis. Stirring major controversy, ESPN has, on at least two occasions, publicly failed to acknowledge the White Sox as the 2005 World Series champions.


2005 World Series, Media
Locally, KTRH-AM and WMVP were the primary carriers for the World Series in the Houston and Chicago markets. For KTRH long time Astros voice Milo Hamilton provided play-by-play while John Rooney called the games for the White Sox. Game 4 was Rooney's last call after 17 years as the radio voice of the White Sox, as he left to take the same position with the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals proceeded to win the 2006 World Series, making Rooney the first home announcer to call back-to-back World Series wins for two teams. That the teams were in two leagues makes the feat even more unusual.


2005 World Series, Ratings
The ratings for the 2005 World Series were considered weak.


2005 World Series, Ratings
With an overall average of 11.1, 2005 set a record for the lowest rated World Series of all-time. The prior lowest was 11.9, set by the 2002 World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Anaheim Angels (importantly, this series went 7 games, and the 2005 Series went 4).


2005 World Series, Ratings
Following the 2005 World Series, however, every subsequent Series through 2013 except for 2009 produced lower ratings. The record-low 2012 World Series, another four-game sweep, averaged 7.6 (3.5 points lower than 2005's rating) and 12.7 million viewers (4.4 million fewer viewers than 2005).


2005 World Series, Aftermath
Neither team advanced to the post-season in 2006, but both the White Sox and the Astros were in the Wild Card race until the final weeks of the season, with the White Sox finishing with 90 wins, the Astros with 82 wins. The White Sox made their first post-2005 playoff appearance in 2008, while the Astros would not return to the postseason until 2015, their third season as an American League team and would not return to the World Series until 2017, their fifth season as an American League team. Both teams met in the 2021 American League Division Series, their first match-up in the post-season since the 2005 World Series (and the first since the Astros moved to the AL). Houston won the series 3-1.


2005 World Series, Aftermath
This was the city of Chicago's first professional sports championship since the Chicago Fire won MLS Cup '98 (which came four months after the Chicago Bulls' sixth NBA championship that year). The next major Chicago sports championship came in 2010, when the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks ended a 49-year Stanley Cup title drought. With the Chicago Bears' win in Super Bowl XX and the Chicago Cubs' own World Series championship in 2016, all Chicago sports teams have won at least one major championship since 1985. Meanwhile, the Astros themselves made it back to the World Series in 2017, but this time as an AL team, where they defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games, resulting in Houston's first professional sports championship since the 2006–07 Houston Dynamo won their back-to-back MLS Championships.


2005 World Series by Renault
The 2005 World Series by Renault- was the first season of Renault Sport's series of events, with three different championships racing under one banner.


2005 World Series of Poker
The 2005 World Series of Poker opened play on June 2nd, continuing through the Main Event No Limit World Championship starting on July 7th. The conclusion of the Main Event on July 15th marked the close of play, and the largest prize in sports and/or television history at the time ($7,500,000) was awarded to the winner. ESPN's broadcast began July 19th with coverage of WSOP Circuit Tournaments, and coverage of the Main Event began October 11th and ended November 15th.


2005 World Series of Poker
All events were held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino with the exception of the final 2 days of the Main Event which were held at Binion's Horseshoe. This marked the last time the Main Event final table was held at Binion's Horseshoe.


2005 World Series of Poker, Main Event
There were 5,619 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter what was the largest poker tournament ever played in a brick and mortar casino at the time. Many entrants won their seat in online poker tournaments. 2004 Main Event champion Greg Raymer finished in 25th place in his title defense.


2005 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Final table
*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2005 Main Event.


2005 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Other High Finishes
NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.


2005 World Series of Poker Circuit
The 2005 World Series of Poker Circuit is the first annual World Series of Poker Circuit.


2005 World Series of Poker Circuit, Event schedule
The following events took place in the build-up to the 2005 World Series of Poker. The money finishers in each event qualified for the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions. The buy-in for the 2005 events was $10,000.


2005 World Series of Poker Circuit, Event schedule
All tournaments were broadcast as a part of the ESPN coverage of the 2005 WSOP. The first tournament was split over two episodes.


2005 World Series of Poker results
This article is a list of results of the 2005 World Series of Poker (WSOP) with statistics, final table results and payouts.


2005 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 1: $500 Casino Employee's No Limit Hold'em
This event kicked off the 2005 WSOP. It was a $500 buy-in no limit Texas hold 'em tournament reserved for casino employees that work in Nevada.


2005 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
The 2005 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 9 and 11 March 2005 in Beijing, China. The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.


2005 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Results, Men
* First place is awarded 34 points, second is awarded 21 points, third is awarded 13 points, fourth is awarded 8 points, fifth is awarded 5 points, sixth is awarded 3 points, seventh is awarded 2 points, and eighth is awarded 1 point in the finals of each individual race to determine the overall world champion. The relays do not count for the overall classification.


2005 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Results, Women
† In the final of the Women's 3000 m relay, the South Korean and Japanese teams were disqualified, thus the French team was awarded the bronze medal from its time in the heats.


2005 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Results, Women
* First place is awarded 34 points, second is awarded 21 points, third is awarded 13 points, fourth is awarded 8 points, fifth is awarded 5 points, sixth is awarded 3 points, seventh is awarded 2 points, and eighth is awarded 1 point in the finals of each individual race to determine the overall world champion. The relays do not count for the overall classification.


2005 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
The 2005 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 3 and 6 March 2005 in the Ludwig-Schwabl-Stadion, Inzell, Germany.


2005 World Snooker Championship
The 2005 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 2005 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. The tournament started on 16 April, and ended on 2 May 2005. The event was the eighth and final world ranking event of the 2004–05 snooker season, following the 2005 China Open. The event was organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Due to laws banning advertising cigarettes in Great Britain, this was the last time the event was sponsored by the cigarette company Embassy. The event had a prize fund of £1,121,800, with the winner receiving £250,000.


2005 World Snooker Championship
Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, having defeated Graeme Dott in the 2004 World Snooker Championship final. O'Sullivan lost in the quarter-finals 11–13 against Peter Ebdon. Qualifier Shaun Murphy won his first ranking title by defeating Matthew Stevens 18–16 in the final. This was the first time that a qualifier won the championship since Terry Griffiths did so in 1979. Murphy aged 22 years and 265 days  is the second youngest winner of the event after Stephen Hendry in 1990. There was a total of 63 century breaks made during the tournament, the highest being a maximum made by Mark Williams in the first round.


2005 World Snooker Championship, Overview
The World Snooker Championship is an annual cue sport tournament and the official world championship of the game of snooker. Founded in the late 19th century by British Army soldiers stationed in India, the sport was popular in Great Britain. In modern times it has been played worldwide, especially in East and Southeast Asian nations such as China, Hong Kong and Thailand. The event was sponsored by the cigarette company Embassy. This was the last event to be sponsored by Embassy, after cigarette advertising was banned within the United Kingdom. The following season was sponsored by 888.com.


2005 World Snooker Championship, Overview
In the 2005 tournament, 32 professional players competed in one-on-one snooker matches played over several frames, using a single elimination format. The 32 players were selected for the event using the  snooker world rankings and a pre-tournament qualification competition. In 1927, the first world championship was won by Joe Davis. The event's final took place in Camkin's Hall, Birmingham, England. Since 1977, the event has been held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. As of 2020, Stephen Hendry is the most successful player in the modern era, having won the championship seven times.


2005 World Snooker Championship, Overview
Ronnie O'Sullivan won the 2004 championship by defeating Scotland's Graeme Dott in the final 18–8. This was the second time O'Sullivan won the world championship, the first being in 2001. The event was organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. The event was broadcast in the United Kingdom on the BBC.


2005 World Snooker Championship, Overview, Format
The 2005 World Snooker Championship took place from 16 April to 2 May 2005 in Sheffield, England. The tournament was the last of eight ranking events in the 2004–05 snooker season on the World Snooker Tour. It featured a 32-player main draw that was held at the Crucible Theatre, as well as a 70-player qualifying draw that was played at the Pontin's, Prestatyn Sands, from 6 February to 24 March. This was the 29th consecutive year that the tournament had been staged at the Crucible. The draw for the championships was held after qualifying on 28 March.


2005 World Snooker Championship, Overview, Format
The top 16 players in the latest world rankings automatically qualified for the main draw as seeded players. Ronnie O'Sullivan was seeded first overall as the defending champion, and the remaining 15 seeds were allocated based on the latest world rankings. The number of frames required to win a match increased throughout the tournament. The first round consisted of best-of-19-frames matches, with the final match being played over a maximum of 35 frames. All 16 non-seeded spots in the main draw were filled with players from the qualifying rounds. The draw for the qualifying competition consisted of 70 players from the World Snooker Tour. Players were seeded by their world ranking, with 16 players added in rounds 2–5. Players who won round five qualified for the main draw.


2005 World Snooker Championship, Overview, Prize fund
There was a total prize fund of £1,121,800, with the winner receiving £250,000. In making a maximum break, Mark Williams earned a bonus of £147,000. The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:


2005 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
The first round was played 16–21 April as best-of-19-frames matches played over two sessions. Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan played Stephen Maguire. O'Sullivan lead the match after the first session, 5–4, but in the second session Maguire won five straight frames to go one frame from victory. Trailing 7–9, O'Sullivan won the next three frames with a break of 68 in the 19th frame to win 10–9. Mark Williams made his first career maximum break of 147 in a ranking tournament during his 10–1 first round win over Robert Milkins. Williams made the break in frame 11 to win the match. It was the sixth maximum break in all at the world championships.


2005 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
Three players made their debut at the world championship through the qualifiers. The first debutant, Michael Holt, played eighth seed Paul Hunter. Hunter had recently been diagnosed with stomach cancer; the match against Holt being his first since the diagnosis. Hunter led the match at 5–4 after the first session but lost the first three frames of the second session. Later, trailing at 6–9 behind, he made a break of 120 in frame 16 and also won the next to trail 8–9. Holt, however,  won frame 18 to win the match. The second debutant, Neil Robertson, lost to Stephen Hendry.


2005 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
Hendry held a 7–2 lead after the first session, but Robertson won four frames in a row, including a break of 110. Hendry, however, won the match 10–7 but commented his "attitude wasn't great" going into the second session, as he had a five frame lead. The final debutant, Mark Selby, lost to John Higgins. Higgins edged the first session of the match 5–4, but won five of the next six frames to win 10–5, including breaks of 138 and 136.


2005 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
Sixteenth seed Marco Fu played Ali Carter in the first round, but was defeated 4–10. Stephen Lee defeated Maltese player Tony Drago 10–5 by capitalising on a 6–3 lead after the first session. Quentin Hann won only one frame in the opening session against Peter Ebdon. On the resumption of play, Ebdon won the second frame of the second session to win the match. Hann turned up to the event with a hangover and using a friend's cue. Chris Small had been struggling with the spinal condition ankylosing spondylitis all season. He played against qualifier Shaun Murphy. Murphy took a 5–4 lead after the first session and won five of the next six to win the match 10–5. After the match, Small commented that he "may not be back" due to the spinal condition. Small retired from professional snooker shortly after the match.


2005 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
World number six Matthew Stevens held a three frame lead over Andy Hicks after the first session. He increased his lead to 8–3 with a break of 105. Stevens won two additional frames to win the match 10–5. Alan McManus was ahead of Drew Henry 5–4 after the first session, but a 128 by Henry levelled the scores at 5–5. The pair were even for the remainder of the match, going to a deciding frame at 9–9. McManus won frame 19 with a break of 63 to win the match 10–9.


2005 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
The previous year's runner up Graeme Dott played world number 17 Ian McCulloch. McCulloch lead 6–3 after the first session before a 111 break put him four frames ahead. McCulloch lead at 8–5, but Dott then won four frames to take the lead. McCulloch managed won the next two frames to win the match. He celebrated his victory wildly, even dancing a jig. Also in the first round, six-time winner Steve Davis defeated Gerard Greene, David Gray defeated by Anthony Hamilton, Jimmy White defeated Fergal O'Brien, and Ken Doherty defeated Barry Pinches.


2005 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Second round
The second round was played 21–25 April as best-of-25-frames matches held over three sessions. O'Sullivan led Carter 9–7 after the first two sessions, before winning all four frames of the final session to win 13–7. Despite the win, he stated he was "frustrated with [his] own game". Peter Ebdon trailed by four frames after the first session and lost two of the next three to trail 3–8. However, Ebdon won 10 of the next 11 frames to win the match 13–9. Shaun Murphy led 1998 champion John Higgins 9–7 after two sessions, then won the match 13–8 after a break of 108. During the match, Higgins slammed his cue stick on the ground.


2005 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Second round
Steve Davis trailed debutant Michael Holt 2–6 and 8–10, but won five frames in a row to win 13–10. Seven-time winner Stephen Hendry took only two of the three available sessions to defeat world number 25 Anthony Hamilton 13–3. Hendry led 6–2 after the first session, then won seven of the eight frames in the second. Matthew Stevens held a 12–4 lead after two sessions against Jimmy White. Stevens won frame 17 in a 30-minute session to win 13–4. Alan McManus and Ken Doherty were tied 8-8 after two sessions.


2005 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Second round
Doherty won the next two frames in session three, before McManus leveled the score at 10–10. Doherty lead again after winning frame 21, but McManus won the next two frames to lead 12–11. In frame 24, Doherty missed a black ball, allowing McManus to win the match with a break of 81. Two-time champion Mark Williams led Ian McCulloch 5–3 after the first session. McCulloch won six frames in the next session, including two century breaks, to lead 9–7. At the start of the final session, Williams won four straight frames, then McCulloch equalled the scores at 11–11. McCulloch won frame 23, then Williams made a break of 84 to tie the match at 12–12. McCulloch won the deciding frame.


2005 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals were played on 26 and 27 April as best-of-25-frames matches over three sessions. Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan played Peter Ebdon in the first quarter-final. O'Sullivan made two century breaks in the opening session to lead 6–2, then won the first two frames of the second session to lead 8–2. Ebdon won four of the next six frames to trail 6–10 going into the final session. Ebdon's slow, deliberate play in the final session made O'Sullivan lose concentration, leaving Ebdon to win 13–11. At one point during the match, Ebdon took five and a half minutes to make a break of 12, significantly longer than O'Sullivan's maximum break in 1997. During the match, Ebdon took over three minutes on one shot, with O'Sullivan asking an audience member what time it was.


2005 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
Steve Davis reached his first quarter-final since 1996. He played qualifier Shaun Murphy. Murphy won seven of the first eight frames of the match, then led 12–4 after two sessions. He won the opening frame of the final session to win 13–4. Stephen Hendry lost 11–13 to Matthew Stevens. After two sessions, the match was tied at 9–9, then Hendry won the next two frames before Stevens won four in a row to progress to the semi-finals.


2005 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals
The semi-finals were played 28–30 April as best-of-33-frames matches over four sessions. The first semi-final was played between Peter Ebdon and Shaun Murphy. Ebdon made two century breaks in the first session to take a 6–2 lead in just 80 minutes, but Murphy levelled the match at 12–12 after three sessions. In the final session, Murphy won all five frames with breaks of 62, 47, 72, 60, and 123 to win the match 17–12. By winning, Murphy was only the fourth qualifier to reach the final.


2005 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals
Ian McCulloch and Matthew Stevens played the second semi-final. Stevens trailed 2–6 after the first session, but he leveled the match at 8–8 after the second session. The match was still tied at the end of the third session. In the final session, Stevens won frame 25 with a break of 50, but McCulloch won the next to tie the match at 13–13. Stevens won the next three frames, making a maximum break attempt in frame 27. McCulloch won the next frame, but Stevens won frame 31 to complete a 17–14 victory.


2005 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
The final between Shaun Murphy and Matthew Stevens was held 1–2 May 2005. It was played as a best-of-35-frames match over four sessions. Stevens had previously reached the final of the 2000 World Snooker Championship (losing 16–18 to Mark Williams) and won the 2003 UK Championship. Before this event, Murphy had not reached a ranking event final. His best was reaching the semi-finals at the 2004 British Open, before losing 6–0 to John Higgins. Stevens led 10–6 after the second session and 12–11 at the end of the third session. However, Murphy defeated Stevens 18–16.


2005 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
Murphy had 150–1 odds to win at the start of the tournament and became the first qualifier to win the tournament since Terry Griffiths in 1979. In winning the event he was the second youngest world champion after Stephen Hendry in 1990. Murphy made three century breaks during the final to Stevens' one the highest of which was a 137.


2005 World Snooker Championship, Main draw
Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks, while players in bold denote match winners.


2005 World Snooker Championship, Qualifying
The qualifying tournament featured 70 participants and was played from 23 February to 24 March 2005. The qualifiers consisted of five rounds, which were played at Pontin's, Prestatyn Sands, Wales. The first four qualifying rounds were played from 23 February to 1 March 2005, while the final round was played 23–24 March 2005. Of the 70 participants, 16 players qualified for the main draw, with players seeded by their world rankings. The 1991 champion John Parrott failed to qualify for the first time in his career, losing to Fergal O'Brien 8–10 in the final qualifying round.


2005 World Snooker Championship, Century breaks
There were 63 centuries in the 2005 World Snooker Championship. The highest was a maximum break made by Williams in the 11th frame in his first round win over Robert Milkins.


2005 World Summit
The 2005 World Summit, held between 14 and 16 September 2005, was a follow-up summit meeting to the United Nations' 2000 Millennium Summit, which had led to the Millennium Declaration of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Representatives (including nearly 200 leaders) of the then 191 member states met in New York City for what the United Nations described as "a once-in-a-generation opportunity to take bold decisions in the areas of development, security, human rights and reform of the United Nations."


2005 World Summit, Summit Summary
The summit was billed as the "largest gathering of world leaders in history," and featured appearances of numerous heads of state and heads of government. According to the organizers, about 170 leaders were present. The majority of those present addressed the U. N. General Assembly (UNGA) and gave speeches reflecting on the U. N.'s past successes and future challenges. All 191 of the then member states gave an address in some form—if the head of state or government was not present, the nation's foreign minister, vice president, or deputy prime minister usually spoke. The meetings were presided over by the Prime Minister of Sweden, Göran Persson, since Swedish Jan Eliasson was President of the 60th UNGA. Negotiations for the World Summit Outcome Document had been under the watchful eye of the President of the 59th UNGA, Mr. Jean Ping of Gabon.


2005 World Summit, Summit Summary
The pre-summit negotiations were blown sharply off course by the appearance in early August at the U. N. of United States Ambassador to the U. N. John Bolton, appointed as a recess appointment by U.S. President George W. Bush. The position had been vacant since January, with responsibilities handled by professional U.S. diplomats. Bolton swiftly issued a list of new demands (including dropping the use of the words "Millennium Development Goals"), which days before the summit had still not been settled. Some observers contended that on the eve of the summit the U.S. struck a more conciliatory tone than expected, something partly credited as a consequence of the outpouring of international support for the U.S. after Hurricane Katrina.


2005 World Summit, Summit Summary
As well as discussing progress on the Millennium Development Goals and re-iterating the world's commitment to them, the summit was convened to address the possible reform of the United Nations; much of this was eventually postponed to a later date. An exception was the endorsement of the "responsibility to protect" (known by the acronyms RtoP and R2P), a formulation of the "right of humanitarian intervention" developed by a U.N. commission and proposed by Kofi Annan as part of his In Larger Freedom reform package. The "Responsibility to Protect" gives the world community the right to intervene in the case of "national authorities manifestly failing to protect their populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity." There was also broad agreement at the summit to set up a new Human Rights Council.


2005 World Summit, Summit Summary
During the summit, the United Nations Convention Against Corruption received its thirtieth ratification, and as a result entered into force in December 2005.


2005 World Summit, Summit Summary
The inaugural session of the Clinton Global Initiative, organized by the family of Mr William J. Clinton (former 42nd President of the USA), was held in New York City to coincide with the 2005 World Summit. This event attracted as many of the same world leaders as the main summit. During his presidency, Mr Clinton has twice hosted more than 150 world leaders during an UN summit, in 1995 and 2000.


2005 World Summit, Outcome of the 2005 World Summit
At the end of the 2005 Summit the contents of a document, known as the World Summit Outcome Document, were agreed to by the delegations that attended.


2005 World Summit, Outcome of the 2005 World Summit
It was brought before the United Nations General Assembly for adoption as a resolution on 16 September, where ambassadors made last minute statements and reservations. For example, John Bolton said: "I do wish to make one point clear: the United States understands that reference to the International Conference on Population and Development, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, and the use of the phrase 'reproductive health' in paragraphs 57 (g) and 58 (c) of the outcome document do not create any rights and cannot be interpreted to constitute support, endorsement, or promotion of abortion."


2005 World Summit, Outcome of the 2005 World Summit
The pressure group The United Nations Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UNA-UK) contend that:


2005 World Summit, Outcome of the 2005 World Summit
Delegates to the UN Summit have been accused of producing a 'watered-down' outcome document which merely reiterates existing pledges. It is true that there is cause for disappointment, in particular the failure to make progress on Weapons of Mass Destruction. But the document also contains important steps forward including:


2005 World Summit, Outcome of the 2005 World Summit
World leaders agreed on a compromise text, including the following notable items:


2005 World Summit, Outcome of the 2005 World Summit, UN Security Council and the protection of civilians in armed conflicts
The United Nations Security Council Resolution 1674, adopted by the United Nations Security Council on 28 April 2006, "reaffirm[ed] the provisions of paragraphs 138 and 139 of the 2005 World Summit Outcome Document regarding the responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity" and commits the Security Council to action to protect civilians in armed conflict.


2005 World Table Tennis Championships
The 2005 World Table Tennis Championships was held in the Shanghai Grand Stage of Shanghai, China from April 29 to May 6, 2005.


2005 World Table Tennis Championships, Finals, Men's singles
Wang Liqin def. Ma Lin 4-2: 11-9, 3-11, 8-11, 11-9,11-9, 11-7


2005 World Table Tennis Championships, Finals, Women's singles
Zhang Yining def. Guo Yan, 4-2: 5-11, 11-7, 11-7, 4-11,11-8, 13-11


2005 World Table Tennis Championships, Finals, Men's doubles
Kong Linghui / Wang Hao def. Timo Boll / Christian Süß, 4-1: 11-9, 11-3, 11-9, 7-11, 11-6


2005 World Table Tennis Championships, Finals, Women's doubles
Wang Nan / Zhang Yining def. Guo Yue / Niu Jianfeng, 4-1: 11-4, 11-5, 10-12, 11-9,11-5


2005 World Table Tennis Championships, Finals, Mixed doubles
Wang Liqin / Guo Yue def. Liu Guozheng / Bai Yang, 4-3: 11-4, 6-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9, 7-11, 11-6


2005 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
The 2005 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles was the 48th edition of the men's doubles championship.


2005 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
Wang Hao and Kong Linghui won the title after defeating Timo Boll and Christian Süß in the final by four sets to one.


2005 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles
The 2005 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles was the 48th edition of the mixed doubles championship.


2005 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles
Wang Liqin and Guo Yue defeated Liu Guozheng and Bai Yang in the final by four sets to three.


2005 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
The 2005 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles was the 47th edition of the women's doubles championship. Zhang Yining and Wang Nan defeated Niu Jianfeng and Guo Yue in the final by four sets to one.


2005 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
The 2005 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Singles was the 48th edition of the women's singles championship. Zhang Yining defeated Guo Yan in the final by four sets to two, to the title.


2005 World Taekwondo Championships
The 2005 World Taekwondo Championships were the 17th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Madrid, Spain from 13 to 17 April 2005.


2005 World Taekwondo Championships, Team ranking
South Korea won both men’s and women’s team titles at the 2005 WTF World Taekwondo Championships.


2005 World Team Cup
The 2005 ARAG World Team Cup was a tennis tournament play on outdoor clay courts. It was the 27th edition of the World Team Cup, and was part of the 2005 ATP Tour. It took place at the Rochusclub in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 15 May through 21 May 2005.


2005 World Team Cup
Chile were the two time defending champions, but they failed to advance beyond the group stage. Germany won the title, defeating Argentina in the final, by two rubbers to one.


2005 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings
The 2005 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings is the 2005 edition of the World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings. It is an assessment of racehorses which was issued by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) in January 2006. It includes horses aged three or older which raced or were trained during 2005 in countries where the flat racing year runs from January 1 to December 31. These countries are generally in the Northern Hemisphere.


2005 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings
The ratings represent a weight value in pounds, with higher values given to horses which showed greater ability. It is judged that these weights would equalize the abilities of the horses if carried in a theoretical handicap race. The list includes all horses rated 115 or above, and it also shows the surface and the distances at which the rating was achieved.


2005 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings
The highest rating in the 2005 season was 130, which was given to the performance of Hurricane Run in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. In total, 148 horses were included in the list, fourteen less than in the 2004 Rankings.


2005 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings, Full rankings for 2005
Certain horses may have also recorded a lesser rating over a distance different from that listed above. The IFHA publishes this information when the lower rating represents the overall top performance in a particular category. There were four such additional ratings for this season:


2005 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings, Top ranked horses
The tables below show the top ranked horses overall, the top fillies and mares, and the top three-year-olds in the 2005 Rankings. They also show the top performers in various subdivisions of each group, which are defined by the distances of races, and the surfaces on which they are run. The IFHA recognizes five distance categories — Sprint, Mile, Intermediate, Long and Extended — identified by the acronym "SMILE". These are framed as follows:


2005 World Touring Car Championship
The 2005 World Touring Car Championship was the second season of World Touring Car Championship motor racing, and the first since 1987. It featured the 2005 FIA World Touring Car Championship which was contested over a ten event, twenty race series which commenced on 10 April and ended on 20 November. The championship was open to Super 2000 cars, Diesel 2000 cars and Super Production cars as defined by the FIA. Andy Priaulx won the Drivers' Championship and BMW won the Manufacturers' title.


2005 World Touring Car Championship
Organised by KSO, a subsidiary of Eurosport, the championship was an evolution of the former European Touring Car Championship, elevated to World Championship status by the FIA for 2005 with the introduction of races outside Europe. The European title was given to the new European Touring Car Cup, a one-off event.


2005 World Touring Car Championship, Calendar
The championship was contested over ten events, each featuring two 50 kilometre races. The starting grid order for the first race at each event was determined by the results of qualifying and that of the second race by the results of the first race, but with the top eight cars in reverse order.


2005 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Drivers' Championship
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.


2005 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Drivers' Championship
Drivers' Championship points were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis to first eight finishers at each race.


2005 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Drivers' Championship
Note: Drivers who did not score points during the season were not classified into Drivers' Championship positions.


2005 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Manufacturers' Championship
The Manufacturers' title was awarded to the manufacturer which had scored the highest number of points, taking into account all the results obtained by the best two cars classified per manufacturer in each race. All the other cars of that same manufacturer were considered invisible as far as scoring points was concerned. Points were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for each race.


2005 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Michelin Independents' Trophy
Championship promoter KSO organised the Michelin Independent Drivers' Trophy within the 2005 FIA World Touring Car Championship. A driver's eligibility to compete for the Trophy was determined exclusively by KSO, taking into consideration various criteria relating to the team, driver and car. Points were awarded to eligible drivers on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for races 1 to 18 and on a 20–16–12–10–8–6–4–2 basis for races 19 & 20.


2005 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Michelin Teams' Trophy
Championship promoter KSO organised the Michelin Teams' Trophy within the 2005 FIA World Touring Car Championship. All teams participating in the Championship were eligible to score points towards the Trophy, however points were only awarded for the two best classified cars of each team, providing they are driven by drivers classified by KSO as Independent Drivers. Any other cars of that same team were invisible as far as point scoring was concerned. Points towards the Michelin Teams' Trophy were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis at all races.


2005 World U-17 Hockey Challenge
The 2005 World U-17 Hockey Challenge was an ice hockey tournament held in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada between December 29, 2004 and January 4, 2005. The venues used for the tournament were the ENMAX Centre and the Nicholas Sheran Arena. Canada West defeated Canada Pacific 3-1 in the final to claim the gold medal, while Canada Atlantic defeated Canada Ontario to capture the bronze medal.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships
The 2005 World Weightlifting Championships were held in  Al-Sadd Sports Centre, Doha, Qatar from November 9 to November 17.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships, Medal table
Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +105 kg
The 2005 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Doha, Qatar from 9 November to 17 November. The men's +105 kilograms division was staged on 17 November 2005.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +105 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 105 kg
The 2005 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Doha, Qatar from 9 November to 17 November. The men's 105 kilograms division was staged on 16 November 2005.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 105 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg
The 2005 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Doha, Qatar from 9 November to 17 November. The men's 56 kilograms division was staged on 9 November 2005.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg
The 2005 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Doha, Qatar from 9 November to 17 November. The men's 62 kilograms division was staged on 10 November 2005.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 69 kg
The 2005 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Doha, Qatar from 9 November to 17 November. The men's 69 kilograms division was staged on 11 November 2005.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 69 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 77 kg
The 2005 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Doha, Qatar from 9 November to 17 November. The men's 77 kilograms division was staged on 12 November 2005.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 77 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg
The 2005 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Doha, Qatar from 9 November to 17 November. The men's 85 kilograms division was staged on 14 November 2005.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 94 kg
The 2005 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Doha, Qatar from 9 November to 17 November. The men's 94 kilograms division was staged on 14 and 15 November 2005.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 94 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's +75 kg
The 2005 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Doha, Qatar from 9 November to 17 November. The women's +75 kilograms division was staged on 15 November 2005.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's +75 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 48 kg
The 2005 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Doha, Qatar from 9 November to 17 November. The women's 48 kilograms division was staged on 9 November 2005.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 48 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 53 kg
The 2005 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Doha, Qatar from 9 November to 17 November. The women's 53 kilograms division was staged on 10 November 2005.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 53 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 58 kg
The 2005 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Doha, Qatar from 9 November to 17 November. The women's 58 kilograms division was staged on 11 November 2005.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 58 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 63 kg
The 2005 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Doha, Qatar from 9 November to 17 November. The women's 63 kilograms division was staged on 12 November 2005.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 63 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 69 kg
The 2005 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Doha, Qatar from 9 November to 17 November. The women's 69 kilograms division was staged on 13 November 2005.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 69 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 75 kg
The 2005 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Doha, Qatar from 9 November to 17 November. The women's 75 kilograms division was staged on 13 November 2005.


2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 75 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2005 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
The 2005 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from January 17 to 22 in Braehead, Glasgow, Scotland.


2005 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams, Group A
Third: Rosita JensenSecond: Jørn KristensenLead: Bjarne JensenAlternate: Sussie PedersenCoach: Per Christensen


2005 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams, Group A
Third: Ian WakenshawSecond: Dave QuarrieLead: Valerie RobertsonAlternate: Garry RobsonCoach: Joan Reed


2005 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams, Group A
Third: Katsuo IchikawaSecond: Takashi HidaiLead: Ayako SaitohAlternate: Toru UtumiCoach: Kumiko Ogihara


2005 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams, Group A
Third: Geir Arne SkogstadSecond: Lene TystadLead: Trine FissumAlternate: Rune LorentsenCoach: Ingrid Claussen


2005 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams, Group A
Third: Andrey SmirnovSecond: Nikolay MelnikovLead: Oxana SlesarenkoAlternate: Valeriy ChepilkoCoach: Oleg Narinyan


2005 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams, Group A
Third: Michael McCreadieSecond: Tom KillinLead: Angie MaloneAlternate: Ken DicksonCoach:  Jane Sanderson