2005 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship
The 2005 Coca-Cola GM was the 35th edition of the Greenlandic Men's Football Championship. The final round was held in Uummannaq from August 25 to 30. It was won by B-67 Nuuk for the fifth time in its history.


2005 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship, Qualifying Stage, North Greenland
Umanak BK 68 and Eqaluk-56 qualified for the Final Round.


2005 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship, Qualifying Stage, North Greenland
NB FC Malamuk qualified for the Final Round as hosts.


2005 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship, Qualifying Stage, Disko Bay
Nagdlunguaq-48, G-44 Qeqertarsuaq and Aasiak-97 qualified for the Final Round.


2005 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship, Qualifying Stage, Central Greenland
B-67 Nuuk and Kagssagssuk Maniitsoq qualified for the Final Round.


2005 Greenlandic general election
General elections were held in Greenland on 22 November 2005. The result was a victory for Siumut, whose leader Hans Enoksen remained Prime Minister.


2005 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
The 2005 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 39th edition of the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens cycle race and was held on 4 September 2005. The race started and finished in Leuven. The race was won by Joost Posthuma.


2005 Guadiana Trophy
The 2005 Guadiana Trophy was a Portuguese football competition that took place between 28–30 July 2005 and featured the clubs Sporting Clube de Portugal, Vitória de Setúbal, Middlesbrough, and Real Betis. Sporting won in the final against Vitória de Setúbal.


2005 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup
Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup 2004–05 is the 27th staging of this two-leg competition between Hong Kong and Guangdong.


2005 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup
The first leg was played in Guangzhou while the second leg was played in Hong Kong.


2005 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup
Hong Kong captured champion by winning an aggregate 4–2 against Guangdong.


2005 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup, Squads, Guangdong
Guangdong sent the football team which represented the province for 2005 National Games of China. The average age of the team was younger than 20 years old. Some of the players in the squad include:


2005 Guangzhou F.C. season
The 2005 season is the 54th year in Guangzhou Football Club's existence, their 40th season in the Chinese football league and the 14th season in the professional football league.


2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open
The 2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 2nd edition of the Guangzhou International Women's Open, and was a Tier III event on the 2005 WTA Tour. It was held in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, from September 26 through October 2, 2005. Total prize money for the tournament was $170,000.


2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw


2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:


2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry as a Lucky Loser from the singles qualifying draw:


2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open, Finals results, Doubles
Maria Elena Camerin /  Emmanuelle Gagliardi def. Neha Uberoi /  Shikha Uberoi, 7–6(7–5), 6–3


2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Doubles
Li Ting and Sun Tiantian were the defending champions, but decided not to defend their title together.


2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Doubles
Li played alongside Li Na, whereas Sun played alongside Hao Jie.


2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Doubles
Li & Li withdrew in the quarterfinals, and Hao & Sun lost in the first round to Julia Vorobieva & Yuan Meng.


2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Doubles
Maria Elena Camerin and Emmanuelle Gagliardi, having enjoyed a walkover for both the quarterfinals and the semifinals, then won the final, defeating Neha Uberoi and Shikha Uberoi, 7–6(7–5), 6–3.


2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles
Li Na was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Yan Zi.


2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles
Yan reached the final, where she was leading 6–4, 4–0 when her opponent Nuria Llagostera Vives retired due to a hamstring injury, giving Yan the title.


2005 Guatemalan protests
The 2005 Guatemalan protests was mass street protests and violent anti-United States of America protests after the president Óscar Berger signed the Central America Free Trade Agreement with the United States of America in March-April 2005.


2005 Guatemalan protests, Protests
Protests occurred against it, and the opposition vowed to step up protests calling for the resignation of Óscar Berger. The protesters claimed it will harm farmers and businesses from running, and sparked nation-wide protests, leaving police to disperse crowds of protesters in Guatemala City. Demonstrations intensified on the 4th day of daily street protests, when nonviolent demonstrations turned violent after protesters banged pots and pelted stones at the Riot police in Guatemala City, who responded with killing one protester.


2005 Guatemalan protests, Protests
Weeks of street protests swelled. The protesters want a referendum on the Central American Free Trade Agreement (Cafta), as well as the resignation of the interior minister and police chief. One more protester was killed during the sixth day of protests after Riot police used tear gas and water cannon to dispel the marchers, some of whom were throwing rocks and bottles at them. The participants in the protest movement and street demonstrations was indigenous farmers, trade unions and students.


2005 Guia Race of Macau
The 2005 Guia Race Of Macau was the final of the 2005 World Touring Car Championship season. It was held at the Circuito da Guia. Augusto Farfus won the first race for Alfa Romeo, the race being Farfus's first win in the series. The second race was a crash-strewn affair, won in the end by Duncan Huisman. Andy Priaulx won the inaugural FIA WTCC world championship after finishing 2nd in both races.


2005 Guinea-Bissau presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 19 June 2005, with a second round runoff on 24 July. The elections marked the end of a transition to democratic rule after the previously elected government was overthrown in a September 2003 military coup led by General Veríssimo Correia Seabra. The result was a victory for former President and independent candidate João Bernardo Vieira.


2005 Guinea-Bissau presidential election, Background
Following the coup, a civilian government was nominated to oversee the transition and sworn in on 28 September 2003. Henrique Rosa was appointed interim President following talks with military, political, and civil society leaders, while Artur Sanhá of the Party for Social Renewal (PRS) was named Prime Minister.


2005 Guinea-Bissau presidential election, Background
A legislative election, delayed numerous times during the presidency of Kumba Ialá, took place on 28 March 2004. The poll was declared free and fair by election observers and the former ruling party, the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), won a plurality of the seats. Ialá's party, the PRS, placed second, followed by the United Social Democratic Party (PUSD). PAIGC leader Carlos Gomes Júnior took office as Prime Minister in May 2004.


2005 Guinea-Bissau presidential election, Background
The transitional period has been one of increased political and national stability. The caretaker government has managed to improve Guinea-Bissau's human rights record, as evidenced in the most recent U.S. State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices entry for Guinea-Bissau (released 28 February 2005, which says "The [Transitional] Government generally respected the human rights of its citizens; however, there were problems in some areas". The previous report (released 25 February 2004) stated "The [Ialá] Government's human rights record remained poor, and it continued to commit serious abuses".


2005 Guinea-Bissau presidential election, Background
The biggest threat to stability came on 6 October 2004 when a mutiny by soldiers—instigated by unpaid wages—turned violent. General Veríssimo Correia Seabra and his lieutenant were killed by the revolting soldiers. Despite this setback, the tense relations between the government and the military improved with the signing of a memorandum of understanding.


2005 Guinea-Bissau presidential election, Candidates
On 10 May 2005, the Supreme Court published a list of candidates that will contest the election. Three previously barred candidates were allowed to contest the poll and appeared on the final list of candidates published on 18 May. The 13 candidates are:


2005 Guinea-Bissau presidential election, Candidates
Diplomats and political analysts say that the participation of the two ex-presidents Vieira and Ialá may exacerbate tensions among ethnic groups and the military that could destabilize the country. Ex-President Vieira has a troubled relationship with the armed forces. Ex-President Ialá, on the other hand, has a very poor reputation among potential donor countries and financial institutions, with the International Monetary Fund and World Bank freezing aid to the country during his presidency. He has a considerable amount of support from the Balanta ethnic group which dominates the military, but has little support from the other groups. There are unconfirmed reports of the establishment of armed groups along ethnic lines in Bissau.


2005 Guinea-Bissau presidential election, Candidates
Four candidates who were approved to contest the election withdrew in the weeks leading up to the poll; Abubacar Baldé of the UNDP, Iancuba Indjai of the PST (who subsequently declared his support for Malam Bacai Sanhá), independent candidate Ibraima Sow (who backed Vieira) and Salvador Tchongó of the RGB-MB.


2005 Guinea-Bissau presidential election, Campaign
On 2 July Ialá announced his support for Vieira's candidacy in the second round runoff. He called Vieira "a symbol of the construction of the Guinean state and of national unity because he proclaimed our independence in the hills of Boe" and said that he could "be relied upon to defend our national independence, to oppose neo-colonialism, to build the republic and promote peace, stability and above all, national reconciliation". Given Ialá's sharp hostility to Vieira in previous years, this endorsement was viewed as surprising by many, and there was reportedly significant dissatisfaction with the decision among Ialá's supporters.


2005 Guinea-Bissau presidential election, Campaign
It has been alleged that Vieira's re-election campaign was partly funded by Colombian drug dealers, who use Guinea-Bissau as a transit route to transport drugs to Europe.


2005 Guinea-Bissau presidential election, Conduct
Voting took place peacefully in the first round on 19 June. Chief EU election monitor Johan Van Heck said his group noted no major irregularities, adding, "We have the impression that throughout the country everyone has had the chance to express themselves without being intimidated." The next day, Van Heck praised the fact that "the military forces abstained from intervening in the process and rather helped the conduct of the election." The EU observer added, "More than 90 percent of the polling stations were fully operational an hour after they had opened, and the secret ballot was guaranteed."


2005 Guinea-Bissau presidential election, Conduct
On 22 June, provisional tallies put Sanhá in first place, followed by Vieira and Ialá in third. Members of Ialá's Party for Social Renewal (PRS) deemed the results "false". Two days later, at least two people died when police fired tear gas and live bullets at a crowd of Ialá supporters, who were protesting the released results.


2005 Guinea-Bissau presidential election, Conduct
Beginning on 25 June, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade held separate meetings with the three main candidates; Wade said that he was mediating at the request of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and was not interfering in Guinea-Bissau's affairs. Kumba Ialá, speaking at a press conference in Dakar on 27 June, accepted the results "in the interests of peace and stability", although he still maintained that he had actually received the most votes.


2005 Guinea-Bissau presidential election, Conduct
According to Ialá, he won 38%, Sanhá won 28%, and Vieira won 26%; he alleged that the votes were manipulated so that his total went to Sanhá and Sanhá's total went to Vieira. Also on 27 June, Vieira promised to "respect the verdict of the ballot boxes", as did Sanhá, who described himself as "a man of peace and stability".


2005 Guinea-Bissau presidential election, Results
Final results of the first round were released on 25 June. Malam Bacai Sanhá received 35.45% of the vote, João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira won 28.87%, and Kumba Ialá 25.00%. Ten other candidates split the remaining votes. Electoral commission head Malam Mané made "a strong appeal for moderation and public-spiritedness." Voter turnout for the first round was placed at 87.3%.


2005 Guinea-Bissau presidential election, Results
On July 28, the electoral commission reported that Vieira had garnered 20,000 vote more than Sanhá in run-off voting, however, the results were "provisional" since the PAIGC demanded a recount, citing irregularities in the capital and in the west. After the provisional results were announced, Vieira praised his rival Sanha, called him a democrat and said he hoped he would help unify the country; he also vowed that "from today, Guinea-Bissau will change in the right direction". A spokesman for Sanha alleged fraud, however.


2005 Gujarat flood
The 2005 Gujarat floods, during the monsoon season, affected the state of Gujarat, India, that included 20 districts (out of 33), with 10 of them severely affected. 117 of the 225 Tehsils (Talukas or mandals), 11 cities were included, and more than 7,200 villages inundated, with up to 10,000 affected. The cumulative 505 millimetres (19.9 in) of rain left approximately 176,000 people homeless during the flooding that included the drowning of a rare Asiatic lion from the Gir wildlife sanctuary. At least 173 people were killed in the flooding.


2005 Gujarat flood, History
Eleven cities were severely affected by the floods that were Vadodara, Nadiad, Ahmedabad, Navsari, Surat and Limbdi, Dakor, Anand, Kheda, Petlad, and Borsad.


2005 Gulf Club Champions Cup
The GCC Champions League (Arabic: دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية), is an annually organized football league tournament for club of the Arabian Peninsula.


2005 Gulf Club Champions Cup
The 2005 edition was the 21st time that it was organised and was won by Kuwaiti side Al Qadsia Kuwait for the second time.


2005 Gulf Volleyball Clubs Champions Championship
The Gulf Volleyball Clubs Champions Championship for 2005 was won by Al-Muharraq SC.


2005 Gulf Volleyball Clubs Champions Championship, League standings
Qatar SC and Al-Muharraq SC played an extra final match, which Al-Muharraq SC won 3-1 to take the championship.


2005 HC4
2005 HC4 is the asteroid with the smallest known perihelion of any known object orbiting the Sun (except sungrazing comets). Its extreme orbital eccentricity brings it to within 0.071 AU of the Sun (23% of Mercury's perihelion) and takes it as far as 3.562 AU from the Sun (well beyond the orbit of Mars). Due to its very small perihelion and comparably large aphelion, 2005 HC4 achieves the fastest speed of any known asteroid bound to the Solar System with a velocity of 157 km/s (565,000 km/h; 351,000 mi/h) at perihelion (there are comets, however, which obtain much higher speeds).


2005 HEW Cyclassics
These are the results for the 2005 edition of the HEW Cyclassics cycling classic, held in Hamburg, Germany. Filippo Pozzato ensured that the tradition that nobody has won this race twice was maintained.


2005 HKFC International Soccer Sevens
2005 HKFC International Soccer Sevens, officially known as The 2005 HKFC Philips Lighting International Soccer Sevens due to sponsorship reason, is the 6th staging of this competition. It was held on 27–29 May 2005.


2005 HKFC International Soccer Sevens
Urawa Red Diamonds, beating PSV Eindhoven in the final, was the Cup winner of the Main Tournament. Lorenz All Stars was the Cup winner of the Masters Tournament. Sergio Escudero of Urawa Red Diamonds was awarded the Player of the tournament. Uwe Bein was the Masters Player of the Tournament.


2005 HSBC World Match Play Championship
The 2005 HSBC World Match Play Championship was the 42nd HSBC World Match Play Championship played and the 2nd time played as an official European Tour event. It was played from 15–18 September at the Wentworth Club. The champion received €1,443,830 (£1,000,000 or $2,042,513.20) making it the biggest first prize in golf at the time. Each match was played over 36 holes. Michael Campbell defeated Paul McGinley 2 and 1 in the final to win the tournament for the first time.


2005 Hamburg Masters
The 2005 Hamburg Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 99th edition of the Hamburg Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2005 ATP Tour. It took place at the Rothenbaum Tennis Center in Hamburg, Germany, from 9 May through 16 May 2005. First-seeded and defending champion Roger Federer won the singles title.


2005 Hamburg Masters, Finals, Doubles
Jonas Björkman /  Max Mirnyi defeated  Michaël Llodra /  Fabrice Santoro, 6–2, 6–3


2005 Hamburg Masters – Doubles
Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett were the defending champions, but lost in second round to Mario Ančić and Ivan Ljubičić.


2005 Hamburg Masters – Doubles
Jonas Björkman and Max Mirnyi won the title, defeating Michaël Llodra and Fabrice Santoro 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–3) in the final.


2005 Hamburg Masters – Singles
Roger Federer was the defending champion and successfully defended the title, defeating Richard Gasquet in the final, 6–3, 7–5, 7–6(7–4)


2005 Hamburg Masters – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2005 Hamburg Sea Devils season
The 2005 Hamburg Sea Devils season was the inaugural season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Jack Bicknell, and played its home games at AOL Arena in Hamburg, Germany. They finished the regular season in fourth place with a record of five wins and five losses.


2005 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
The 2005 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 48th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 56th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in 4th place in the East Division with a 5–13 record and missed the playoffs.


2005 Hampshire County Council election
An election to Hampshire County Council took place on 5 May 2005 as part of the 2005 United Kingdom local elections. 78 councillors were elected from 75 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were changed from the previous election, but continued to be used for 2009. Elections in Portsmouth and Southampton did not coincide with this election, as they are unitary authorities, and therefore outside the area covered by the County Council.


2005 Hampshire County Council election, Summary
The election saw the Conservatives remain in control, with 46 seats, giving a majority of six. The Liberal Democrats were the next biggest party, with 28 seats, followed by the Labour Party with four seats.


2005 Hampshire County Council election, Results
The table below only tallies the votes of the highest polling candidate for each party within each ward. This is known as the top candidate method and is often used for multi-member plurality elections. Candidates standing as "Liberal Democrat Local Resident" or "Labour Local Resident" banners are counted under the Liberal Democrats and Labour Parties respectively, and those standing as unaffiliated are counted as Independent.


2005 Hampshire County Council election, Reference
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2005 Hansol Korea Open
The 2005 Hansol Korea Open was a women's tennis tournament and was held from late September to early October, 2005, in Seoul, South Korea. It was a Tier-IV event on the 2005 WTA Tour. $140,000 was the prize money.


2005 Hansol Korea Open, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2005 Hansol Korea Open, Finals, Doubles
Chan Yung-jan /  Chuang Chia-jung defeated  Jill Craybas /  Natalie Grandin 6–2, 6–4


2005 Hansol Korea Open – Doubles
Jeon Mi-ra and Cho Yoon-jeong were the defending champions from 2004, but both decided not to compete in 2005.


2005 Hansol Korea Open – Singles
Maria Sharapova was the defending champion from 2004, but decided not to compete in 2005.


2005 Harvard Crimson football team
The 2005 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Harvard finished the season with an overall record of 7–3, placing in a tie for second among Ivy league teams with a conference mark of 5–2.


2005 Haryana Legislative Assembly election
The Haryana legislative assembly election, 2005 was held on 3 February 2005, to select the 90 members of the Haryana Legislative Assembly. Results were declared on 27 February 2005. Indian National Congress got 67 seats and form government.


2005 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy
The 2005 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy is the second edition of the invitational tournament hosted by Brunei. The tournament take place in Brunei from 12–25 March 2005. Nine teams from the ASEAN Football Federation participate in the tournament for under the age of 22.


2005 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy
Thailand emerged as the champion after beating Myanmar by 3–0 in the final, while both Vietnam and Laos shared the third place.


2005 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy, Group stage, Tie-breaking criteria
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss) and tie breakers are in following order:


2005 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy, Team statistics
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2005 Hastings Direct International Championships
The 2005 Hastings Direct International Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Eastbourne Tennis Centre in Eastbourne in the United Kingdom that was part of Tier II of the 2005 WTA Tour. It was the 31st edition of the tournament and was held from June 13 through June 18, 2005.


2005 Hastings Direct International Championships, Finals, Doubles
Lisa Raymond /  Rennae Stubbs defeated  Elena Likhovtseva /  Vera Zvonareva 6–3, 7–5


2005 Hastings Direct International Championships – Doubles
Alicia Molik and Magüi Serna were the defending champions but only Molik competed that year with Bryanne Stewart.


2005 Hastings Direct International Championships – Doubles
Molik and Stewart lost in the first round to Antonella Serra Zanetti and Abigail Spears.


2005 Hastings Direct International Championships – Doubles
Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs won in the final 6–3, 7–5 against Elena Likhovtseva and Vera Zvonareva.


2005 Hastings Direct International Championships – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2005 Hastings Direct International Championships – Singles
The Singles competition of the 2005 Hastings Direct International Championships was part of the 31st edition of the Eastbourne International tennis tournament, Tier II of the 2005 WTA Tour. Svetlana Kuznetsova was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Kim Clijsters. Clijsters won in the final 7–5, 6–0 against Vera Douchevina.


2005 Hastings Direct International Championships – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.


2005 Hawaii Bowl
The 2005 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl matched the UCF Golden Knights against the Nevada Wolf Pack. The fourth edition of the Hawaii Bowl was held in Halawa, Hawaii and featured WAC champions Nevada versus Conference USA runner–up UCF. The game was sponsored by Sheraton Hotels and Resorts and was played on Christmas Eve.


2005 Hawaii Bowl
UCF was one of the nation's best stories of the season. They had gone 0–11 the previous season and after starting the 2005 season 0–2, were riding a 17–game losing streak. They then accomplished one of the biggest turnarounds in NCAA Division I-A history, as they won eight of their next nine games to make to reach the C-USA championship game. With a 7–1 conference record (8–3 overall), UCF lost to Tulsa to fall to 8–4. They were invited to the Hawaii Bowl, the program's first ever bowl appearance. It would be UCF's second visit to Hawaii. The Knights had faced the Rainbow Warriors back in 1995 as a Division I-AA team.


2005 Hawaii Bowl
Nevada finished as Co-WAC Champions, winning seven out of their last eight games. Their only loss during that stretch was to Boise State. This was the Wolf Pack's first bowl appearance since the 1996 Las Vegas Bowl.


2005 Hawaii Bowl
The game turned into a high–scoring shootout with Nevada alone racking up 623 yards of offense. UCF running back Kevin Smith rushed for 202 yards and three touchdowns, while wide receiver Brandon Marshall caught 11 passes for 212 yards and three touchdowns. Trailing late in the game by ten points, UCF rallied to tie the score 42–42 and force overtime. Nevada scored a touchdown and extra point on their first overtime possession to take a 7–point lead. UCF scored a touchdown, but kicker Matt Prater, who would go on to kick an NFL-record 64-yard field goal on December 8, 2013 as a member of the Denver Broncos, missed the 60-foot extra point, sealing the victory for Nevada.


2005 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
UCF jumped out to a quick 14–0 lead in the first quarter. On their first drive, quarterback Steven Moffett drove the Golden Knights 78 yards in only four plays for their first score. After an 18-yard run by Kevin Smith, Moffett threw a 51–yard touchdown pass to Brandon Marshall. Their second drive took only two plays. Kevin Smith took a hand–off and broke away for a 78–yard touchdown run. Just six minutes into the game, the Golden Knights were up by 14.


2005 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
Robert Hubbard got Nevada on the board with a 4–yard touchdown run. It came after a 59–yard run by Mitchell and cut the lead to 14–7. Late in the first quarter, UCF quarterback Steven Moffett fumbled away the ball on a quarterback keeper at his own 27 yard line, but the call on the field was overturned after review. The Golden Knights maintained possession and drove into Nevada territory. UCF kicker Matt Prater capped off the 11–play drive with a 47–yard field goal and a 17–7 lead at the end of the first quarter.


2005 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
In part due to UCF miscues, Nevada took control of the game during the second quarter. Running back B.J. Mitchell scored twice on two 1–yard touchdown runs for Nevada to take the lead 21–17. The first score came after UCF kicker Matt Prater missed a 40–yard field goal attempt (off a wobbly snap). Robert Hubbard then blasted for a 49–yard run to the UCF 1 yard line, setting up Mitchell's first touchdown. The next Nevada score came after UCF punter Aaron Horne shanked a punt deep in their own territory. The punt went only 14 yards, setting Nevada up at the UCF 35 yard line. Nevada went the 35 yards in five plays, with Hubbard second touchdown run.


2005 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
Late in the second quarter, Nevada extended their lead, going 78 yards in only three plays and just over one minute. Jeff Rowe threw a 54–yard pass to Nichiren Flowers, then Hubbard broke away for another long run, this time a 24–yard touchdown rush to make the score 28–17. UCF drove to the Nevada 16 yard line in the final minute and Matt Prater kicked a 38–yard field goal. Nevada led 28–20 at halftime.


2005 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter
Early in the third quarter, Steven Moffett fired a 29–yard touchdown pass to Brandon Marshall. The drive was aided by a pass interference call on Nevada which advanced the Golden Knights to the Nevada 30 yard line. The ensuing two-point conversion failed and Nevada still led 28–26. With just under two minutes to go in the third quarter, Kevin Smith scored on a 3–yard touchdown run to give UCF a 32–28 lead. UCF again tried for two points, but once more failed.


2005 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
In the fourth quarter, Robert Hubbard scored a 5–yard touchdown run, after a lengthy clock–burning drive to give Nevada a 35–32 lead. With 3:18 to go in the game, quarterback Jeff Rowe threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Travis Branzell to extend the Nevada lead to 42–32.


2005 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
On UCF's next possession, they failed to reach the endzone and settled a long field goal attempt. Matt Prater nailed a 46–yard field goal to cut the lead to 42–35 with just 1:35 left in regulation. The ensuing onside kick was recovered by UCF at the 48 yard line and they took advantage of it. Steven Moffett connected with Brandon Marshall for a 27–yard gain all the way to the Nevada 21 yard line. Three plays later with 55 seconds left, Moffett found Marshall open on a slant inside the 5 yard line and Marshall leaped to the endzone for a 16–yard touchdown pass. Prater's extra point tied the game 42–42 and sent the game to overtime.


2005 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Overtime
In overtime, UCF won the coin toss and elected to defer. Jeff Rowe scored on a 4–yard touchdown run to make the lead 49–42 in favor of Nevada. Kevin Smith answered with a 19–yard touchdown run for UCF, but Matt Prater missed the extra point and Nevada escaped with a 49–48 win.


2005 Hawaii Bowl, Attendance
The official attendance of 16,134 set a low mark among post-season FBS bowl games, which stood until the 2014 Bahamas Bowl. UCF in particular saw very few fans make the trip from Orlando. The school only brought 253 people in their travel party and as few as 380 fans bought game ticket packages. Very few players had family members in attendance and the school's marching band did not make the trip. The especially long distance (nearly 5,000 miles), costly airline tickets and expensive hotel rates during the busy holiday season were the primary reason cited.


2005 Hawaii Warriors football team
The 2005 Hawaii Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Hawaii finished the 2005 season with a 5–7 record, going 4–4 in WAC play. The losing record was the first for Hawaii since 2000 and the team did not play in a bowl game for the first time since 2002.


2005 Hawaii Warriors football team
The 2005 season saw the addition of former Atlanta Falcons and Houston Oilers head coach Jerry Glanville as the team's defensive coordinator. The season began with a blowout road loss at Michigan State and a blowout home loss to Southern California. The season also included heartbreaking defeats at home to Boise State, Fresno State and Wisconsin, but concluded with a win against San Diego State.


2005 Hawthorn Football Club season
The 2005 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 81st season in the Australian Football League and 104th overall.


2005 Hazfi Cup Final
The 2005 Hazfi Cup Final was a two-legged football tie in order to determine the 2004–05 Hazfi Cup champion of Iranian football clubs. Aboomoslem faced Saba in this final game.. The first leg took place on July 12, 2005 at Saba City Stadium in Tehran and the second leg took place on July 15, 2005 at Samen Al-Aeme Stadium, Mashhad.


2005 Hazfi Cup Final, Format
The rules for the final were exactly the same as the one in the previous knockout rounds. The tie was contested over two legs with away goals deciding the winner if the two teams were level on goals after the second leg. If the teams could still not be separated at that stage, then extra time would have been played with a penalty shootout (taking place if the teams were still level after extra time).


2005 Heineken Cup Final
The 2005 Heineken Cup Final was the final match of the 2004–05 Heineken Cup, the tenth season of Europe's top club rugby union competition. The match was played on 22 May 2005 at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh. The match was contested by Stade Français and Toulouse, both of France. Toulouse became the competition's first three-time champions, winning the match 18–12.


2005 Heineken Open
The 2005 Heineken Open was a men's ATP tennis tournament held at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland, New Zealand. The tournament was held from 10 January to 17 January 2005 and played on outdoor hard courts. Fifth-seeded Fernando González won the singles title.


2005 Heineken Open, Finals, Doubles
Yves Allegro /  Michael Kohlmann defeated  Simon Aspelin /  Todd Perry 6–4, 7–6(7–4)


2005 Heineken Open – Doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi and Fabrice Santoro were the defending champions of the doubles event of the Heineken Open tennis tournament, held in Auckland, New Zealand, but did not participate this year.


2005 Heineken Open – Doubles
Yves Allegro and Michael Kohlmann won in the final 6–4, 7–6(7–4), against Simon Aspelin and Todd Perry.


2005 Heineken Open – Singles
Fernando González defeated Olivier Rochus 6–4, 6–2 to win the 2005 Heineken Open singles competition. Dominik Hrbatý was the defending singles champion of the tennis tournament, held in Auckland, New Zealand.


2005 Heineken Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2005 Hel van het Mergelland
The 2005 Hel van het Mergelland was the 32nd edition of the Volta Limburg Classic cycle race and was held on 2 April 2005. The race started and finished in Eijsden. The race was won by Nico Sijmens.


2005 Helvetia Cup
The 2005 Helvetia Cup or 2005 European B Team Championships in badminton was held from January 19 to January 23 in Agros, Cyprus.


2005 Hencke
2005 Hencke, provisional designation 1973 RA, is a stony Eunomia asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Swiss astronomer Paul Wild at Zimmerwald Observatory near Bern, Switzerland, on 2 September 1973. The asteroid was named after German amateur astronomer Karl Ludwig Hencke.


2005 Hencke, Orbit and classification
The asteroid is a member of the Eunomia family, a large group of S-type asteroids and the most prominent family in the intermediate main-belt. It orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a distance of 2.2–3.1 AU once every 4 years and 3 months (1,550 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.17 and an inclination of 12° with respect to the ecliptic. As no precoveries were taken, the asteroid's observation arc begins with its discovery in 1973.


2005 Hencke, Physical characteristics, Rotation period
In October 2007, a rotational lightcurve was obtained for this asteroid from photometric observations taken by U.S. astronomer James W. Brinsfield at the Via Capote Observatory in Thousand Oaks, California (G69). The lightcurve gave a rotation period of 10.186±0.006 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.08 in magnitude (U=2).


2005 Hencke, Physical characteristics, Diameter and albedo
According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, the asteroid measures 9.4 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.27, while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.21, derived from the family's largest member and namesake, 15 Eunomia, and calculates a diameter of 10.5 kilometers.


2005 Hencke, Naming
This minor planet was named in honor of German amateur astronomer Karl Ludwig Hencke (1793–1866), a postmaster by profession, who discovered the main-belt asteroids 5 Astraea and 6 Hebe in 1845 and 1847, respectively. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 15 October 1977 (M.P.C. 4238).


2005 Hertfordshire County Council election
Hertfordshire County Council elections were held on 5 May 2005, with all 77 seats contested. The Conservative Party reinforced its hold on County Hall and only the loss of 2 seats in Dacorum Borough detracted from a strong showing across the County. It maintained a stranglehold on the Eastern part of the County, winning all of the seats in Broxbourne District and East Herts District.


2005 Hertfordshire County Council election
The Liberal Democrats made a strong showing in Watford and St Albans District and made gains in Tring Division (Dacorum) and Chells Division (Stevenage) from Conservatives and Labour respectively.


2005 Hertfordshire County Council election
The Labour Party were the main losers on the day, with a net loss of 11 seats and being beaten into third place in the popular vote. The Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrat Party were the main benefactors from Labour's poor performance, gaining 6 seats and 4 seats respectively. The Greens gained a single seat in Watford District (Callowland Leggatts), again at Labour's expense. Labour would find little consolation from this election suffering significant losses throughout the central and western parts of the County. Stevenage Borough remained as the only Labour stronghold and even here the Liberal Democrats won Chells Division.


2005 Hezbollah cross-border raid
The 2005 Hezbollah cross-border raid was a failed attempt by Hezbollah to abduct Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers. It was the largest operation of this type mounted prior to the 2006 Lebanon War.


2005 Hezbollah cross-border raid, Background
In 2000, Hezbollah mounted a successful cross-border raid. Three Israeli soldiers: Adi Avitan, Benyamin Avraham, and Omar Sawaid were killed, and their bodies were captured. Israel released 30 Lebanese and Arab prisoners, 435 Palestinian prisoners, and the bodies of 59 Hezbollah fighters and Lebanese civilians in exchange for the remains of the three soldiers, and kidnapped Israeli reserve colonel and "shady" businessman Elchanan Tenenbaum.


2005 Hezbollah cross-border raid, Background
Following the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Shebaa farms security zone in Southern Lebanon that same year, Hezbollah fighters repeatedly infiltrated into Israeli territory to abduct IDF soldiers, and exchange them for Hezbollah and Palestinian prisoners being held in Israel. In June 2005, a unit of the Israeli Paratroopers Brigade patrolling the border identified three Lebanese it identified as members of Hezbollah's "Special Force", and opened fire, killing one. Hezbollah then mounted two more unsuccessful attacks against Israeli border patrols.


2005 Hezbollah cross-border raid, Raid
On 21 November 2005, Hezbollah Special Forces launched a two-pronged attack against Israeli outposts in the Israeli-occupied Shebaa farms area. A Force consisting of 30  Hizbullah fighters attacked the Gladiola outpost, which may have been a diversion maneuver. Several Israeli soldiers in the outpost, including the company commander, were injured. Hezbollah also open mortar fire on 25 military installations from Rosh Hanikra to Har Dov.


2005 Hezbollah cross-border raid, Raid
Hizbullah fired more than 300 missiles against armored vehicles and other targets. The commanding Israeli officer Udi Adam said in his after-action report, that "it was the first time that Hezbollah used its entire tactical arsenal". Hizbollah used for the first time the advanced RPG-29 and AT-14 Kornet missiles. Two Merkava Mark-2 tanks were hit. One of the tanks was damaged but none of them was penetrated.


2005 Hezbollah cross-border raid, Raid
Meanwhile, another 20 Hezbollah fighters using motorcycles and ATVs attacked a military outpost in the border village of Ghajar, with the aim of capturing IDF prisoners. The attack was led by Hizbullah commander Muhammed Qanso (Sajid ad-Duweir), who would later die in the Battle of Bint Jbeil. A Paratrooper marksman, 20-year-old Corporal David Markovitch, hit a rocket-propelled grenade being carried by the Hezbollah fighters, killing three, then shot and killed a fourth fighter. Corporal Markovitch and his family received a large amount of media attention in Israel following the incident.


2005 Hezbollah cross-border raid, Raid
Israel responded with air and artillery strikes onto Hezbollah positions in Lebanon. Israeli forces also demolished numerous Hezbollah outposts on the Lebanese half of Ghajar, and exchanged fire with Hezbollah fighters.


2005 Hezbollah cross-border raid, Aftermath
Israel agreed to hand over the bodies of the three slain Hezbollah soldiers, who had remained on Israeli-occupied territory, to the Red Cross. "The bodies were returned as a confidence-building gesture to create calm along the Israel-Lebanon border," an IDF source said.


2005 Hezbollah cross-border raid, Aftermath
At a ceremony in Beirut, marking the handover of the bodies, Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said: "Our experience with the Israelis shows that if you want to regain detainees or prisoners ... you have to capture Israeli soldiers."


2005 Hezbollah cross-border raid, Aftermath
"It is not a shame, a crime or a terrorist act. It is our right and our duty which one day we might fulfill," he declared.


2005 Hezbollah cross-border raid, Aftermath
Hezbullah and Iranian experts later carefully examined the videos of these attacks, searching for possible weaknesses in the Merkava armor.


2005 Hezbollah cross-border raid, Aftermath
In July 2006, Hezbollah fighters attacked two Israeli armored Humvees patrolling the border, killing five Israeli soldiers. Two of the bodies were captured. A further five Israeli soldiers were killed in a failed rescue attempt. Israel responded with air and artillery strikes, a naval and aerial blockade, and a ground invasion of Southern Lebanon, while Hezbollah responded by firing rockets into Israel, and engaged the Israelis in guerilla warfare from hardened positions. Israel eventually agreed to exchange six prisoners, and the bodies of about 200 Hezbollah and Palestinian militants, for the bodies of the two soldiers.


2005 Hindu Kush earthquake
The 2005 Hindu Kush earthquake hit northeastern Afghanistan with a magnitude of 6.5 on December 12 at 21:47 (UTC). According to the United States Geological Survey's ShakeMap and Did You Feel It? products, the maximum Mercalli intensity was V (Moderate) at Chitral. Five people were killed in the Hindu Kush region and landslides blocked several roads near Bagh, Kashmir. The earthquake occurred some 65 miles away from Faizabad, a city in the Hindu Kush mountains, but it could be felt in many neighboring areas. It could even be felt about 200 miles away in Islamabad, Pakistan. The quake was strong enough to trigger panic among survivors of October's devastating earthquake, who came out from their makeshift shelters in freezing temperatures. Although magnitude-6 earthquakes typically cause severe damage, this quake caused relatively little due to the fact that it occurred deep underground (224.6 km (140 mi)).


2005 Hino mayoral election
Hino, Tokyo held a mayoral election on April 17, 2005. Incumbent mayor Baba Hiromichi won the election.


2005 Hit convoy ambush
The 2005 Hit convoy ambush was an ambush by Iraqi insurgents of a convoy that was carrying military supplies for U.S. forces. The convoy was escorted by private military contractors. The ambush ended with the death of all the contractors.


2005 Hit convoy ambush, Ambush
On May 9, 2005, a supply convoy left the U.S. military air base at Al Asad, Iraq. The convoy was escorted by 12 Iraqi, 4 South African and 1 Japanese private military contractor. Almost immediately after they exited the base they were observed by Iraqi insurgents. The insurgents then prepared a well planned ambush for the convoy. While the vehicles were passing near the city of Hit, 170 kilometers (105 mi) northwest of Baghdad, the insurgents struck.


2005 Hit convoy ambush, Ambush
The ambush was complex and well planned, incorporating the use of multiple improvised explosive devices, rocket propelled grenades, machine gun fire and small arms fire. The vehicles got stuck in the ambush and couldn't pull back. For several hours a fierce battle raged and by morning the convoy was decimated. U.S. military helicopters arrived at the scene only after dawn broke. Insurgent propaganda footage showed burning trucks and SUV's with bodies littering the streets. 16 of the 17 security contractors were killed and the Japanese man was seriously wounded and captured. Insurgent casualties, if any, were unknown.


2005 Hit convoy ambush, Aftermath
Following the attack there was much confusion over what really happened, but the only thing definitely confirmed was that a Japanese security contractor was wounded and captured in the attack.


2005 Hit convoy ambush, Aftermath
Akihiko Saito was seriously wounded in the attack and captured by the insurgents. This raised the public debate in Japan to new heights whether Japanese troops should stay in Iraq or leave. Saito had been in the Japanese military until 1981, when he left the Japanese Self-Defense Forces and joined the French Foreign Legion. He had been working with Hart Security Ltd. as a security specialist at the time of his capture.


2005 Hit convoy ambush, Aftermath
The militants tried to provide him with medical aid but it was not enough. It was reported on May 12 that he had died of his wounds.


2005 Hit convoy ambush, Aftermath
They were not all killed. A South African made his way to a combat outpost called the B/U split. From there Marines mounted tracks and went to the ambush site. It was still light out when we mounted the tracks. There were no insurgents on site, but we disarmed another IED that was left under one of the bodies, and collected all of the KIA's. We did go back in the morning again to see if we could gather anymore intel and to set a counter ambush once we pulled out.


2005 Hit convoy ambush, Aftermath
One Iraqi truck driver escaped and picked up one of Hart Security's Iraqi personnel making his way back to the Abu Ghraib Distribution center. Later debriefings at the Distribution center established that Akihiko Saito was killed by a bullet to the back of his head while attempting to fight his way out of the ambush.


2005 Ho Chi Minh City Open
The 2005 Ho Chi Minh City Open was an ATP men's tennis tournament in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and played on indoor hard courts. The tournament was part of the ATP International Series of the 2005 ATP Tour and was held from September. It was the first time an ATP tournament was held in Vietnam. Jonas Björkman won the singles title.


2005 Ho Chi Minh City Open, Doubles
Lars Burgsmuller /  Philipp Kohlschreiber defeated  Ashley Fisher /  Robert Lindstedt 5–6(3–7), 6–4, 6–2


2005 Ho Chi Minh City Open – Singles
Jonas Björkman won the title defeating Radek Štěpánek 6–3, 7–6(7–4)  in the final.


2005 Hoboken mayoral election
The Hoboken election of 2005 is an election that was held on May 10, 2005 in Hoboken, New Jersey for Hoboken residents, in which the Mayor of Hoboken was chosen based on the number of votes. However, none of the five mayoral candidate was able to obtain at least 50% of the vote. The top two vote-getters, David Roberts and Carol Marsh, ran on June 14 in a runoff election, and Roberts won 5,761 to 4,239 (votes). In the May 10 election, Roberts got 39% of the votes and Marsh got 27% of the vote.


2005 Hoboken mayoral election
There were also 17 people running for 3 at-large seats on the Hoboken City Council, but in the same manner as those running for mayor, no candidate could get a majority, so the 6 people running for council that got the most votes were in the June 14 runoff election (everyone on Robert's team and everyone on Marsh's team). Since the start of the election, there were only 3 spots available on the council, so only 3 of the 17 running for Hoboken City Council (17.6%) would be successful. Those 3 people are now going to be people from Roberts' team. Each position that the candidates were running for is a 4-year term.


2005 Hoboken mayoral election
There was a miscommunication on the night of May 10, 2005, when the people at Roberts' headquarters announced over a megaphone to a crowd of supporters that Roberts was going to win the election. Either they didn't get the correct information in time, or they came to a conclusion too quickly, because an hour after the announcement it was found that neither Roberts nor Marsh had gained 50% of the vote (which is required).


2005 Hoboken mayoral election
Evelyn Smith, the vice president of the Hoboken NAACP, came in last with only 289 votes. However, Smith wasn't upset with her defeat, saying "It was pretty much what I expected."


2005 Hoboken mayoral election
Independent Scott Delea also knew from the very start that his chances of winning were small. The Hoboken Reporter Volume 22 Number 37 said the following about Delea: "[Delea] received an extremely strong showing for a political newcomer. Internet marketing executive Scott Delea obtained [1,336] votes. That total means that about 13 percent of all voters pushed the lever for Delea. With little budget but a strong work ethic, Delea was able to beat out the entire slates of Smith and Russo, which is no small feat."


2005 Hoboken mayoral election
In an advertisement in the Hoboken Reporter Volume 22 Number 36, Scott Delea said the following: "When you vote for a political team, you're voting for people pledged to represent a mayoral candidate's interests. When you vote for an independent, such as myself, you're electing a Council voice that represents your interests." However, despite his attempt, Delea was unable to win.


2005 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round
The 2005 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on July 23 and 24, 2005 at the Hockenheimring in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was the seventh round of the 2005 GP2 Series season. The race weekend supported the 2005 German Grand Prix.


2005 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round
Nico Rosberg, who was the polesitter for the second consecutive feature race, won in the first race, his third victory in four races. The feature race podium was completed by Rosberg's fellow ART Grand Prix driver Alexandre Prémat, and Nelson Piquet, Jr., of Hitech/Piquet Racing.


2005 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round
Frenchman Olivier Pla, who was on reverse grid pole for the second consecutive round after again finishing eighth in the feature race, took the win in the sprint race, ahead of Super Nova's Giorgio Pantano and iSport's Scott Speed.


2005 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round
Rosberg scored nineteen points at Hockenheim, while Heikki Kovalainen could only manage five, allowing the German to reduce Kovalainen's Drivers' Championship lead to just six points, with five rounds remaining. Rosberg's ART team moved into the lead of the Teams' Championship standings, in the process overtaking Kovalainen's Arden team.


2005 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2005 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 21st Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 10 and March 19, 2005. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts, the home venue of the NHL's Boston Bruins. By winning the tournament Boston College received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


2005 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play. The team that finishes ninth in the conference is not eligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played a best-of-three with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-elimination game, with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


2005 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


2005 Holden Performance Driving Centre V8 Supercar Series
The 2005 Holden Performance Driving Centre V8 Supercar Series was an Australian touring car series held for V8 Supercars. It was the sixth series held for second tier V8 Supercars competitors. The season began on 18 March 2005 at Wakefield Park and finished on 27 November at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. The season consisted of seven rounds held across four different states. The series was expanded for 2005, incorporating the previously stand-alone support race at Bathurst 1000 into a series round and adding a finale on the support program of the Bigpond Grand Finale.


2005 Holden Performance Driving Centre V8 Supercar Series
Dean Canto, driving for Dick Johnson Racing's two car team, dominated the expanded series, winning ten races, and five of the seven rounds, which made Canto the first multiple winner of the series and directly led to a full-time return to V8 Supercar Championship Series with Garry Rogers Motorsport. Series runner up Paul Cruickshank Racing driver Warren Luff failed to score a win, staying in touch with Canto through consistency. Adam Macrow was the other multiple race-winner, taking victory four times, but some unlucky results saw him finish fourth in the points race behind Gary MacDonald. Shane Beikoff, Lee Holdsworth and Dale Brede took the remaining wins with Race 2 at Bathurst declared a no result after a multi-car collision blocked the track after just six laps.


2005 Holden Performance Driving Centre V8 Supercar Series, Points system
The series comprised seven rounds across four different states. Rounds 2, 3, 4 and 5 each consisted of three races. The second race of each weekend saw the finishing order of Race 1 reversed to form the grid, a 'reverse grid' race. Rounds 1, 6 and 7 each consisted of two races. Points were offered down to 32nd position in each race  but at no point during the season did more than 24 cars finish a race.


2005 Holden Performance Driving Centre V8 Supercar Series, Series standings
Note: Due to time constraints, Race 2 at the Bathurst round was abandoned and no points were awarded.


2005 Holiday Bowl
The 2005 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game. The game was held at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego on December 29, 2005, with the Big 12 Conference's Oklahoma Sooners defeating the Pacific-10 Conference's Oregon Ducks, 17–14.


2005 Holiday Bowl, Team selection
The Ducks were playing to show that they deserved a BCS bowl bid, having gone 10–1 during the regular season (the only loss coming to the nation's top-ranked team, Southern California), while the Sooners, who had lost in the BCS championship game each of the past two years, were trying to show that they really were the team that came into the season ranked fifth in the USA Today coaches' poll and seventh in the AP writers' poll than the team that lost to Texas by 33.


2005 Holiday Bowl, Game summary
Although Oregon got off to an early 7-3 lead and held that lead for nearly half the game, 22:38, the offense was unable to muster much against an Oklahoma defense that recorded four sacks (two by junior defensive end C.J. Ah You), held the Ducks to 2.6 yards per carry, and allowed only six third-down conversions in 18 attempts.


2005 Holiday Bowl, Game summary
Rotating between Dennis Dixon and Brady Leaf (whose brother, Ryan, was once the quarterback for the San Diego Chargers and played in said stadium) at quarterback, as they had done since losing starter Kellen Clemens earlier in the year, the Ducks gained 244 passing yards on 44 attempts, but much of that came in the fourth quarter as the Sooners defense tired during two extended drives. Oregon managed little success on the ground, with their top rusher, senior Terrence Whitehead, going for only 42 yards.


2005 Holiday Bowl, Game summary
Oklahoma's offense played largely efficiently, gaining 365 yards, with redshirt freshman quarterback Rhett Bomar completing 59 percent of his passes for 229 yards and one touchdown (freshman Malcolm Kelly was the team's top receiver, hauling in seven Bomar throws for 78 yards). Sophomore Adrian Peterson led the way on the ground, accumulating 79 yards on 23 carries.


2005 Holiday Bowl, Game summary
In spite of their general success, Bomar and Peterson each provided Oregon hope, with Bomar throwing an interception and Peterson fumbling within a yard of the goal line. The Ducks, trailing by 10 points in the fourth quarter, were unable to convert a first-down in the shadow of their own goal posts against the aggressive Sooners defense and thus failed to capitalize on the Peterson turnover.


2005 Holiday Bowl, Game summary
Their defense, though, stymied every Oklahoma drive in the fourth quarter, getting two more possessions for the offense, and Oregon drove 81 yards in 14 plays, with Brady Leaf hitting Tim Day for a three-yard touchdown. Once more the Sooners offense failed to convert a third-down on their ensuing possession as the Ducks defense tightened, and behind a resurgent Leaf, Oregon drove to the Oklahoma 19-yard-line before Sooners senior linebacker Clint Ingram intercepted a Leaf pass to seal the victory for the Sooners.


2005 Holland Series
The 2005 Holland Series was a series of baseball games held from September 24, 2005 to October 1, 2005 between the two Dutch play-off winners DOOR Neptunus and Mr. Cocker HCAW. The first team to have won three games in the best-of-five-games series became Dutch champions.


2005 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
The 2005 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Holy Cross finished fourth in the Patriot League.


2005 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
In their second year under head coach Tom Gilmore, the Crusaders compiled a 6–5 record. Gideon Akande, John O'Neil and Steve Silva were the team captains.


2005 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
The Crusaders outscored opponents 317 to 263. Holy Cross' 3–3 conference placed fourth out of seven in the Patriot League standings.


2005 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
Holy Cross played its home games at Fitton Field on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.


2005 Honduran general election
General elections were held in Honduras to elect the President of Honduras, Vice-President, and deputies to the National Congress of Honduras on 27 November 2005. For the 2005 election the constitution was amended to create a single vice-president (Hondurans previously elected three 'presidential designates' on a ticket along with the presidential candidate). For the 2005 election the system of proportional representation was also changed from a closed list to an open list - the parties also used open-list primaries to select candidate slates. The list system reduced the re-election rate of incumbents, with just 31% of deputies in the new Congress having seats in the 2002–2006 Congress.


2005 Honduran general election, Primaries
Primary elections (internal party elections) were held for the first time in Honduras in this election, in February 2005. Only the Liberal Party and National Party participated in these elections, since the smaller parties lack significant factions. They were supervised by the official electoral body, and the 72-hour ban on the sale of alcohol which accompanies all official elections was also imposed over that weekend. 45% of the electorate voted in the primaries: 24% for the Liberals and 21% for the National Party.


2005 Honduran general election, Primaries
According to the Country Report quoted in the U.C. San Diego Library Latin American election results, "The low participation rate in the primaries . . . is a reflection of the lack of public faith in Honduras's political institutions and leaders." The electoral law requirement that women comprise at least 30% of candidates was not fulfilled by any faction in the primaries.


2005 Honduran general election, Campaign
There were five presidential candidates; Carlos Sosa Coello (Innovation and Unity Party), Porfirio Pepe Lobo (National Party), Manuel Zelaya (Liberal Party), Juan Almendares (Democratic Unification Party) and Juan Ramón Martínez (Christian Democrats).


2005 Honduran general election, Campaign
Porfirio Pepe Lobo led by a wide margin for much of the campaign. "However, as the contest got dirtier, Zelaya — who was on the receiving end of more of the negative campaigning (portraying him as corrupt and incapable of running the country) — benefited from popular support for the underdog."


2005 Honduran general election, Campaign
Analyses after the election concluded that many National Party supporters stayed at home, confident of Lobo's victory, while the Liberal Party got its supporters to the polls.


2005 Honduran general election, Campaign, President
According to an exit poll published by a local TV channel, Zelaya was ahead by 50.6 percent, against Lobo's 44.3%. However, Lobo, the National Party candidate did not accept the result of the election, arguing that the figures his own party had actually put him ahead in the race. The National Party had asked for a vote recount, accusing the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, the country's top electoral authority, of having committed gross errors in the process and 48 hours later had not allegedly still not produced any official results. Finally, after 10 days of waiting the National Party conceded the elections to Manuel Zelaya, the Liberal Party candidate and now, the president elect.


2005 Honduran general election, Campaign, National Congress
Zelaya's Liberal Party also emerged victorious in the parliamentary election, taking 62 of the 128 seats.


2005 Hong Kong Chief Executive election
The 2005 Hong Kong Chief Executive election was held to fill the vacancy of the territory's top office. Then Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa submitted his resignation to the central government in Beijing, and was officially approved on 12 March. As Donald Tsang, Chief Secretary for Administration in Tung's cabinet, was the only candidate, he was declared elected unopposed on 16 June. Tsang took office on 21 June to begin his first two-year term.


2005 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Background
During the 1996 and 2002 elections, an 800-member Election Committee was used to elect the Chief Executive. Unlike the US system, there is no universal suffrage or universal right to vote. Senior employees, managers and professionals mainly vote pro-China to ensure their businesses can run smoothly. They were entirely biased in favour of Beijing's stance in the previous two elections.


2005 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Background
The previously elected Tung Chee-hwa had long been an unpopular Chief executive. Tung claimed his health was deteriorating early in 2005 and announced he was ready to resign. He filed for resignation on 10 March, and two days later it was approved. An election was scheduled on 10 July to select the new Chief Executive. In the interim, Tsang and later Henry Tang served as acting Chief Executives in accordance with the Basic Law.


2005 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Background
There were debates over the term of office for Tung's successor: whether the new Chief Executive should serve Tung's remaining two-year term or a full five-year term. The government tabled Chief Executive Election (Amendment) (Term of Office of the Chief Executive) Bill. Since the election and the term of the Chief Executive are regulated by the Basic Law, to settle the disputes, the Acting Chief Secretary filed a request for interpretation of the Basic Law to the PRC National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), amidst some oppositions to the request. On 27 April, the NPCSC interpreted Article 53 that


2005 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Background
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2005 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Background
...] prior to the year 2007 when the Chief Executive is selected by the Election Committee with a five-year term of office, in the event that the office of the Chief Executive becomes vacant as he (she) fails to serve the full term of office of five years as prescribed by Article 46 of the Basic Law, the term of office of the new Chief Executive shall be the remainder of the previous Chief Executive; and that after 2007, the above-mentioned method for selecting the Chief Executives could be amended, and should the office of the Chief Executive then become vacant, the term of office of the new Chief Executive shall be determined in accordance with the amended method for the selection of the Chief Executive.


2005 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Relevant text of the Basic Law, Article 52
Article 52 item 1 cites a health illness as an acceptable reason for resignation:


2005 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Relevant text of the Basic Law, Article 52
"The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region must resign under any of the following circumstances:(1) When he or she loses the ability to discharge his or her duties as a result of serious illness or other reasons."


2005 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Relevant text of the Basic Law, Article 52
Given the status of this resignation as voluntary (as Tung claims), and there are allegations that the citing of health reasons may not be an actual truth, as there is technically nothing prohibiting the use of excuses in such a manner. It is rumoured that the actual motive is a decision imposed by the central government, but it can also be a desire to spend more time with the family or many other reasons.


2005 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Relevant text of the Basic Law, Article 53
Article 53 gives the provisions for an acting Chief Executive.


2005 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Relevant text of the Basic Law, Article 53
"If the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is not able to discharge his or her duties for a short period, such duties shall temporarily be assumed by the Administrative Secretary, Financial Secretary or Secretary of Justice in this order of precedence."


2005 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Relevant text of the Basic Law, Article 53
This gave Donald Tsang, the Secretary of Administration at the time, the right to act as Chief Executive from 12 March to 25 May. He then had to resign, since it was illegal for him to become a candidate while acting as Chief Executive at the same time. Henry Tang, who was then Financial Secretary, filled him in according to the article. He then appointed Michael Suen as the new (acting in the interim) Chief Secretary. When Tsang was elected he was brought before the central government for approval and inauguration. The second section of Article 53 gives provisions for a new election.


2005 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Relevant text of the Basic Law, Article 53
"In the event that the office of Chief Executive becomes vacant, a new Chief Executive shall be selected within six months in accordance with the provisions of Article 45 of this Law. During the period of vacancy, his or her duties shall be assumed according to the provisions of the preceding paragraph."


2005 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Relevant text of the Basic Law, Article 53
The process is well defined under this clause, and Tsang's term as acting Chief Executive was limited to six months. The Chief Executive Election Ordinance defines the time as 120 days, give or take a few days, (ensuring an election on Sunday rather than on a weekday), which made 10 July the date for the election, if one had been warranted by multiple candidature.


2005 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Election Committee by-elections
In April 2005, 33 vacancies (27 from the regular constituencies, 6 from the religious sector) existed in the Election Committee. Nominations were accepted over a one-week timeframe from 9 to 15 April to fill the seats. The six empty seats in the religious sector were appointed by the religious councils. Out of the 27 seats in 16 subsectors, 12 candidates were immediately declared elected to their seats because there were no more candidates competing than the number of seats available, and hence, these ones were declared elected unopposed.


2005 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Election Committee by-elections
In the other seven constituencies, where 15 vacancies were present, a poll was held on 1 May, and the count was conducted smoothly with all the elected candidates expected to be entered onto the official listing of Election Committee members within the near future. The by-election was marked by voter apathy, where only 15% of the eligible population turned up, with some constituencies reporting as low as 12%, despite the pleadings of the Hong Kong Government. Only two subsectors, Agriculture and Fisheries (85%) and District Council (86%) had higher voter turnouts than one quarter.


2005 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Candidates
From 3 to 16 June nominations were open to candidates who wanted to participate in this election. The support of 100 Election Committee members is required (Ann. 1, Sect. 4, above) for nominations to be valid. Given the largely pro-China status of the Election Committee, it became common for the favoured candidate of the Chinese government to get elected unopposed. Given there were four vacancies in the EC, 697 signatures would theoretically be necessary to secure unopposed election.


2005 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Candidates, Withdrawn
Other minor invalid candidates included Chan Yuet-tung, Li Hau, Allen Tam Kwan-sui, Vincent Yang Yuen-shan, Yun Shat-man.


2005 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Nominations
Tsang instantly became the frontrunner in the race to succeed Tung. According to Tsang's election website, he engaged in "closed door meetings" with individual EC members. Tsang was criticised for refusing to publicly debate with the other two competitors, and was accused of stifling debate, of obstructing a free discussion within the community about his position on the issues of the day.


2005 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Nominations
Beijing was accused of pressuring, and intimidating EC members to support Tsang; some EC members reportedly left Hong Kong to avoid the pressure. The Standard cited high-level sources saying that Beijing hoped Tsang would forestall any possibility of being challenged for the office by securing at least 500 to 700 nominating votes. Sources close to Tsang confirmed Beijing was worried that a contested election could lead to political uncertainty, and wanted to be sure that "no one runs against their man".


2005 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Nominations
On 15 June, Tsang handed in his nomination form which bore the signatures of 674 members of Election Committee. Later in the evening, the Returning Officer, Madam Justice Carlye Chu Fun Ling vetted the nomination form and determined that his nomination as a candidate in the election was valid. The other candidates failed, having garnered fewer than the required 100 backers, Tsang was declared the only valid candidate in the election. Tsang was declared elected unopposed on 16 June, gazetted by the Government on 21 June, and duly inaugurated on 24 June.


2005 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Campaign finances
During the election campaign, Donald Tsang received about HK$27.33 million sponsorship for the campaign, about 20% of which came from the businessmen from the property sector. Although Tsang stated publicly that each sponsor could not sponsor in excess of one hundred-thousand Hong Kong dollars, some of the businessmen sponsored him in different names, for example, Stanley Ho and Lee Shau Kee each sponsored HK$1 million under their family members' names. In the end Tsang used only HK$4.12 million of the sponsorship. The remaining HK$23.21 million would be donated to 14 charitable organisations.


2005 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector by-elections
The 2005 Election Committee subsector by-elections were held on 1 May 2005 to fill the 33 vacancies in 17 subsectors of the Election Committee for electing the Hong Kong Chief Executive in the Chief Executive election in following March.


2005 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector by-elections, Background
Tung Chee Hwa had long been an unpopular Chief Executive, especially after the controversies over the Article 23 of the Hong Kong Basic Law which caused more than 500,000 people to march on 1 July 2003. Tung claimed his health was deteriorating early in 2005 and suddenly resigned on 10 March 2005 which triggered the election of the Chief Executive. The Election Committee by-elections were held to update the membership of the Election Committee, filling in the vacancies in the Election Committee. The pro-democracy camp, with Democratic Party's chairman Lee Wing-tat as the Chief Executive candidate, attempted to get over 100 nominations from the Election Committee to enter the race to prevent Donald Tsang being elected uncontested.


2005 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector by-elections, Vacancies
There were 33 vacancies in 17 subsectors in which 27 were from the regular subsectors and 6 from the Religious Subsector. Out of these 33 vacancies, 19 of them arose from members being dead, two from members having resigned from the Election Committee and 12 from members being deemed to have resigned from the Election Committee. Reasons for the 33 vacancies ascertained in 17 subsectors are as follows:


2005 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector by-elections, Nominations
The six empty seats in the religious sector were nominated by the religious councils. Harry Ha Kay-wai from the Chinese Muslim Cultural and Fraternal Association, Thomas Soo Yee-po from the Hong Kong Christian Council, Tong Wai-ki, Cheung Kam-hung and Lo Wai-kon from the Hong Kong Taoist Association, and Wu Tai-chow from the Confucian Academy duly nominated as the members of the Election Committee Religious Subsector.


2005 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector by-elections, Nominations
The nominations for the other 25 seats from the regular subsectors were accepted over a one-week timeframe from 9 April to 15 April. 12 candidates in 7 subsectors were elected uncontested.


2005 Hong Kong electoral reform
The 2005 Hong Kong electoral reform was carried out in late 2005 for the selection of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong (CE) in 2007 and Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) in 2008. The reform proposals were ultimately voted down by the pro-democracy camp.


2005 Hong Kong electoral reform, Background
The  Hong Kong Special Administrative Region established in 1997 was governed by the Hong Kong Basic Law, the "mini-constitution" of the region. The Basic Law set out the selecting method of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong (CE) for the first two terms and the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) for the first three terms. The selection method of the CE and LegCo was left blank for the 2007 Chief Executive and 2008 Legislative Council elections. Hong Kong Basic Law Article 45 promised that "the ultimate aim is the selection of the Chief Executive by universal suffrage" while Article 68 stipulated that "the ultimate aim is the election of all members of the Legislative Council by universal suffrage".


2005 Hong Kong electoral reform, Background
The politics of the constitutional reforms have dominated Hong Kong agenda since the handover, as the pro-democrats demanded all along an early implementation of universal suffrage for the CE and LegCo elections.


2005 Hong Kong electoral reform, Background
On 26 April 2004, the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) reached a verdict stating that the elections of the 2007 CE and 2008 LegCo would not be returned by universal suffrage, thereby defeating the democrats' appeal for 2007/08 universal suffrage.


2005 Hong Kong electoral reform, 2005 blueprint
In March 2005, the unpopular Tung Chee-hwa resigned as Chief Executive, citing health reasons. Chief Secretary for Administration Donald Tsang succeeded in an uncontested election with the controversy over NPCSC's constitutional interpretation.


2005 Hong Kong electoral reform, 2005 blueprint
On 28 October, the Donald Tsang administration announced a blueprint for reforming the 2007/08 methods. The Fifth Report of the Task Force on Constitutional Development proposed limited reforms to the electoral methods for the 2007 and 2008 CE elections as constrained by the April 2004 NPCSC verdict.


2005 Hong Kong electoral reform, 2005 blueprint
The report proposed to expand the 800-member Election Committee to 1,600, in the process of which including all 529 District Councillors, including the appointed members by the government, in order to widen the base of the indirect electorate. The government also proposed to add 10 seats to the 2008 LegCo, with five directly-elected through geographical constituencies and five functional constituencies elected by District Councillors. The government claimed that this was the best deal they could muster given the constraints of the NPCSC verdict.


2005 Hong Kong electoral reform, LegCo voting
According to Annex I and II of the Basic Law, an amendment of the electoral methods of CE and LegCo requires the consent of two-thirds majority of the LegCo, which means the 25 pro-democrats in the LegCo could veto the proposal if they vote en bloc against it.


2005 Hong Kong electoral reform, LegCo voting
Initially, the mainstream democrats, represented by the Democratic Party and the Article 45 Concern Group which combined for 12 votes in the legislature indicated their willingness to approve the proposal on the condition that the 159 appointed members of the District Councils would be excluded in the expanded Election Committee. Many in the pro-democracy were ready to approve the proposal if the amendment be made, which included the Article 45 Concern Group. Although hardliners in the camp refused to make any concession


2005 Hong Kong electoral reform, LegCo voting
In the following weeks, the political winds shifted abruptly to a radical direction. The radical wing stepped up the call for full democracy by launching a signature campaign in newspapers. A dozen political parties and civil groups began for another mass rally just before the voting on the proposal. On 4 November, several democratic leaders met with religious leaders Bishop Joseph Zen and Reverend Chu Yiu-ming who persuaded them to vote en bloc against the government proposal. A week later, a political advertisement appeared on front pages of several newspapers showing a sandglass in black background with one written phrase: "Tell me, would I live to see universal suffrage? ", addressed by "a 78-year-old man."


2005 Hong Kong electoral reform, LegCo voting
As a result, the pro-democrats raised their stakes by demanding a clear road and timetable to full democracy. The claimed to veto the proposal unless the appointment system in the District Councils was abolished and a clear road map and timetable were offered. The representatives from the NPCSC and Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office (HKMAO) invited social notables and legislators from the Article 45 Concern Group to a meeting but was turned down by the group. The Chief Executive also repeatedly appealed to the public for support on television and radio programmes.


2005 Hong Kong electoral reform, LegCo voting
The democrats launched a rally on 4 December demanding universal suffrage drew estimated 100,000 people. The high turnout strengthened the cause of the democrats to veto the proposal. On 21 December 2005, the proposal was turned down with 24 democrats voted en bloc against it, although there were continuing rumours that some might switch their position and supported it, except for Lau Chin-shek who abstained.


2005 Hong Kong electoral reform, Opinion polling
A survey in late October 2005 showed that 58.8% of respondents accepted the government proposals while 23.6% disapproved, although 66% of the respondents supported a timetable for full democracy in the reform proposal . After the 3 December rally, a survey showed 49.9% accepted the proposal.


2005 Hong Kong–Macau Interport
The 61st Hong Kong–Macau Interport was a football match held in Hong Kong on 29 May 2005. Hong Kong won 8-1.


2005 Hong Kong–Shanghai Cup
2005 Hong Kong–Shanghai Cup was the last set of Hong Kong-Shanghai Cup.


2005 Hopman Cup
The 2005 Hopman Cup (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the seventeenth edition of the Hopman Cup. Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchová and Dominik Hrbatý of Slovakia were the champions, when they defeated Argentina in the final. It was Slovakia's second Hopman Cup win. The event took place at the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Perth from 1 January 2005 through 8 January 2005. The round robin event had one African nation that played in the main draw of this year's Hopman Cup: Zimbabwe, who lost 1–2 to The Netherlands.


2005 Hopman Cup, Group A, Teams and Standings
Teams and seeds of the 2005 Hopman Cup in Group A were:


2005 Hopman Cup, Group B, Teams and Standings
Teams of the 2005 Hopman Cup in Group B were:


2005 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2005 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament took place at the end of the 2004–05 regular season. The better seed hosted each first round match. Milwaukee hosted the second round and semifinals, because they were the top seed overall, as well as the final because they were the highest remaining seed.


2005 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All Horizon League schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2004–05 Horizon League season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 2 teams received a bye to the semifinals and the third seed received a bye to the quarterfinals.


2005 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket
First round games at campus sites of higher seedsSecond round and semifinals hosted by the top seed. Championship hosted by best remaining seed


2005 Houston Astros season
The 2005 Houston Astros season was the 44th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in Houston, Texas. They qualified for the postseason for the second consecutive season and it was the sixth time they had done so in a span of nine seasons. Expectations had been raised since the Astros had come one win away from a pennant the previous year. However, they got to a sluggish 15–30 start.


2005 Houston Astros season
They then went on to win 74 of the next 117 games to claim the wild card playoff spot, and would go on to win the National League pennant to advance to the World Series for the first time in franchise history, which gave then the privilege of hosting the first World Series game in the state if Texas. However, they were swept by the Chicago White Sox in the World Series. It was longtime Astros first baseman Jeff Bagwell's final season and first World Series appearance.


2005 Houston Astros season
However, it was also the last playoff appearance for ten seasons, as a slow decline swept in following the retirements of players such as Bagwell.


2005 Houston Astros season, Offseason, Overview
In February, 2005, longtime Astros players Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio were jointly inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.


2005 Houston Astros season, Regular season, Overview
After starting the season with a 15–30 won–loss record, the Astros improved to 74–43 over their final 117 games to capture the NL wild card.


2005 Houston Astros season, Regular season, Overview
Bagwell hit his last major league home run against Greg Maddux on April 29, tying him for the most against any pitcher with seven.


2005 Houston Astros season, Regular season, Lone Star series
The annual interleague games between the Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers were played in June and July. They are known as the Lone Star Series.


2005 Houston Astros season, National League Championship Series, St. Louis Cardinals vs. Houston Astros
Houston wins the National League Championship and advance to the 2005 World Series


2005 Houston Astros season, World series
After having played 4,714 games and their entire major league careers together in Houston, Bagwell and Biggio appeared in their first World Series in 2005.


2005 Houston Astros season, World series, 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. 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 again in the next inning when Lance Berkman hit a double, driving in Adam Everett and Craig Biggio. In the White Sox half of the fourth, Joe Crede hit what turned out to be the game-winning home run.


2005 Houston Astros season, World series, Game 1
In the bottom of the eighth, Scott Podsednik hit a triple with Pierzynski on second. 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 (and caused him to miss his last regular season start) as the loss went to Wandy Rodríguez. José Contreras pitched seven innings, allowing three runs on six hits for the win, and Bobby Jenks earned the save to give the White Sox a 1-0 lead in the series. When Neal Cotts entered the game in the top of the 8th it marked the first time in 5 games that the White Sox had gone to their bullpen.


2005 Houston Astros season, World series, Game 2
On a miserably cold (51 degrees) 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 of their own off Andy Pettitte. Lance Berkman drove in three runs in the game, two of them on a go-ahead double in the top of the fifth.


2005 Houston Astros season, World series, Game 2
In the seventh inning, Dan Wheeler loaded the bases with a double to Juan Uribe, a walk to Tadahito Iguchi, and home plate umpire Jeff Nelson's ruling that Jermaine Dye was hit by a pitched ball. The ruling was considered questionable, as television replays showed that the ball hit Dye's bat (which would have made the pitch a foul ball rather than a HBP). The Astros brought in Chad Qualls, who promptly served up a grand slam to Paul Konerko on the very first pitch he threw, the eighteenth grand slam in the annals of the Fall Classic.


2005 Houston Astros season, World series, Game 2
In the top of the ninth, White Sox closer Bobby Jenks blew the save when he gave up a two-run game-tying pinch hit single to José Vizcaíno. In the bottom half of the ninth, Astros closer Brad Lidge gave up a one-out, walk-off home run — the fourteenth 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, and this was his second of the postseason. The Series moved to Houston with the White Sox leading 2-0.


2005 Houston Astros season, World series, Game 3
October 25, 2005 at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas


2005 Houston Astros season, World series, Game 3
Game 3 was the first ever 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 Houston Astros season, World series, Game 3
In the game – the longest World Series game in length of time (five hours and forty-one minutes) and tied for the longest in number of innings (fourteen, tied with Game 2 of the 1916 World Series) – Lance Berkman singled with one out after a Craig Biggio lead-off double in the bottom of the first as the Astros struck early. The White Sox had a rally snuffed in the top of the second inning; after Paul Konerko hit a lead-off double and A. J. Pierzynski walked, Aaron Rowand hit into a line-drive double play.


2005 Houston Astros season, World series, Game 3
Adam Everett caught the ball and then doubled Konerko off second by flipping the ball to Biggio, who stepped on the bag. Houston scored in the bottom of the third when Everett led off with a walk. Everett got caught in a rundown and got hit by the ball on a Juan Uribe throwing error that hit Everett. A Roy Oswalt sacrifice bunt and a Biggio single sent Everett home. Berkman singled again with two out, sending Biggio to third. Then Morgan Ensberg singled Biggio home for the third run of the game. 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 the left side of the yellow line on the unusual wall in left-center field.


2005 Houston Astros season, World series, 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 duck-snort single by Jermaine Dye. Pierzynski hit a two-out double to Tal's Hill, driving in two runs, scoring Iguchi and Dye giving the White Sox the lead.


2005 Houston Astros season, World series, 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 Houston Astros season, World series, Game 3
The Astros tried again in the tenth as well as in the eleventh, but failed each time. In the top of the fourteenth, after the Sox hit into a spectacular double play started by Ensberg, Geoff Blum (a former Astro) homered to right with two outs off Ezequiel Astacio. After two infield singles by Rowand and Crede that went a total of 150 feet according to McCarver, Uribe walked, and then Chris Widger walked thanks to Astacio's sudden wildness.


2005 Houston Astros season, World series, Game 3
The Astros tried to rally with the tying runs on first and third and two outs after a Uribe error, but Game 2 starter Mark Buehrle earned the save for winning pitcher Dámaso Marte when Everett popped out, bringing the White Sox one game closer to their first World Championship in eighty-eight years. Buehrle became the first pitcher ever to start a game in the Series, and save the next one.


2005 Houston Astros season, World series, Game 3
Many records were set or tied in the game besides time and innings: The teams combined to use seventeen pitchers (nine for the White Sox, eight for the Astros), throwing a total of 482 pitches, and walking twenty-one batters combined (a dozen by Chicago, nine by Houston); forty-three players were used (the White Sox used twenty-two and the Astros used twenty-one), and thirty men were left on base (fifteen for each team), all new high-water marks in their categories in Fall Classic history. Scott Podsednik set a new all-time record with eight official-at-bats in this game. One record that was tied was most double plays turned, with six (four by the Astros, two by the White Sox).


2005 Houston Astros season, World series, Game 4
October 26, 2005 at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas


2005 Houston Astros season, World series, Game 4
Before the game, Major League Baseball unveiled its Latino Legends Team.


2005 Houston Astros season, World series, 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 since Game 7 of the 1991 World Series. Scott Podsednik had a two-out triple in the top of the third, but Tadahito Iguchi grounded out to second, thus snuffing that threat. The Astros had the best chance of scoring in the sixth, but Jason Lane struck out with the bases loaded to end that rally.


2005 Houston Astros season, World series, Game 4
The White Sox had a chance in the top of the seventh with runners at second and third and two out, but shortstop Juan Uribe struck out to snuff the rally. The White Sox were able to break through in the next inning against embattled Houston closer Brad Lidge. Willie Harris hit a pinch-hit single. Podsednik moved Harris to second with a sacrifice bunt. Carl Everett pinch-hit for Iguchi and grounded out to the right side to allow Harris to move over to third. Jermaine Dye, the Most Valuable Player of the series, had the game-winning single, driving in Harris.


2005 Houston Astros season, World series, 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, ChiSox 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 Houston Astros season, World series, 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 p.m. CDT to begin the biggest celebration in Chicago since the sixth NBA championship by the Bulls in 1998, and end the second-longest period without a World Series title (the cross-town Chicago Cubs owned the longest such streak at the time, as they had not won since 1908, until winning in 2016).


2005 Houston Astros season, World series, Game 4
The 1-0 shutout was the first 1-run game 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 Houston Astros season, World series, Composite Box
2005 World Series (4-0): Chicago White Sox (A.L.) over Houston Astros (N.L.)


2005 Houston Bowl
The 2005 EV1.net Houston Bowl was the sixth and final edition of the college football bowl games and was played at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. The game pitted the Iowa State Cyclones from the Big 12 Conference and the TCU Horned Frogs from the Mountain West Conference (MWC). The game was the final competition of the 2005 football season for each team and resulted in a 27–24 TCU victory.


2005 Houston Comets season
The 2005 WNBA season was the ninth season for the Houston Comets. The Comets knocked off defending champion Seattle Storm in the first round, but they were unable to get past the eventual champion Sacramento Monarchs in the conference finals.


2005 Houston Cougars football team
The 2005 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH represented the University of Houston in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the 60th year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by third year head football coach, Art Briles. The team played its home games at Robertson Stadium, a 32,000-person capacity stadium on-campus in Houston.


2005 Houston Texans season
The 2005 Houston Texans season was the franchise's 4th season in the National Football League and the 4th and final season under head coach Dom Capers. The Texans completed the season with the worst record in franchise history (a record that would later be matched in 2013). This led to the Texans obtaining the first selection in the NFL Draft for the second time since the franchise formed in 2002. The team fired head coach Dom Capers after the season; he was replaced by Denver Broncos offensive coordinator Gary Kubiak, who would coach the team up until 2013. Their Week 3 game was postponed due to Hurricane Rita.


2005 Houston elections
The 2005 Houston elections took place on November 8, 2005, with runoffs taking place on December 10, 2005. All City Council posts, the City Controller, and the Mayor all had elections. All positions were non-partisan.


2005 Houston elections, City Controller
The 2005 Houston City Controller election was a non disputed election with Incumbent Annise Parker being re-elected to a second term with 100% of the vote.


2005 Houston elections, City Council At-large 1
In the 2005 Houston City Council At-large 1 election, Peter Hoyt Brown was elected to his first term without a runoff. Brown replaced Council Member Mark Ellis, who was term-limited.


2005 Houston elections, City Council At-large 2
In the 2005 Houston City Council At-large 2 election, Sue Lovell was elected.


2005 Houston mayoral election
The Houston Mayoral Election of 2005 took place on November 8, 2005. Incumbent Mayor Bill White was re-elected to a second term. Officially the race was non-partisan, but Mayor White is a historical Democrat.


2005 Huashui protest
The 2005 Huashui protest took place in Huashui (画水) Town, Dongyang (东阳) County, Zhejiang Province (浙江省) in March and April 2005. The Huashui protest began as opposition to pollution from the Zhuxi Chemical Industrial Park (竹溪工业园), which had been affecting villages in the area since its construction in 2001. After the Dongyang County leadership intervened by sending in officials and police officers to disperse the protesters in what is known as the “April 10th Incident,” the protest developed to oppose the local government's repression, too.