2007 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's discus throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.


2007 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's hammer throw
The women's hammer throw event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai István Atlétikai Stadion on 13 and 14 July.


2007 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's hammer throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.


2007 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's heptathlon
The women's heptathlon event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai István Atlétikai Stadion on 14 and 15 July.


2007 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's heptathlon, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.


2007 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's high jump
The women's high jump event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai István Atlétikai Stadion on 12 and 14 July.


2007 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's high jump, Results, Final
†: Alena Ivanova ranked initially 4th (1.89m), but was disqualified later for infringement of IAAF doping rules.


2007 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's high jump, Results, Qualifications, Group B
†: Alena Ivanova initially reached the final (1.81m), but was disqualified later for infringement of IAAF doping rules.


2007 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's high jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.


2007 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's javelin throw
The women's javelin throw event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai István Atlétikai Stadion on the 14 and 15 July.


2007 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's javelin throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.


2007 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's long jump
The women's long jump event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai István Atlétikai Stadion on 14 and 15 July.


2007 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's long jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.


2007 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's pole vault
The women's pole vault event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai István Atlétikai Stadion on 12 and 14 July.


2007 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's pole vault, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.


2007 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's shot put
The women's shot put event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai István Atlétikai Stadion on 12 July.


2007 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's shot put, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.


2007 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's triple jump
The women's triple jump event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai István Atlétikai Stadion on 12 and 13 July.


2007 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's triple jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.


2007 European Baseball Championship
The 2007 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament held from September 7 to 16, between national baseball teams of the Confederation of European Baseball. The tournament was held in Barcelona, Spain and served as the qualifying competition for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. The Netherlands won the tournament for the 5th consecutive time and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Great Britain and Spain advanced to a final qualifying tournament in Taiwan. Prior to the tournament, Greece was removed by the European Baseball Confederation and replaced with Austria. Czech Republic was downgraded to the last place at the end of the tournament and its wins in the preliminary round vacated. This was the first time that 5 teams instead of 2 were relegated to the B-Pool.


2007 European Baseball Championship, Awards
The CEB announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.


2007 European Baseball Championship – Qualification
The qualification for the 2007 European Baseball Championship was held from July 25–29, 2006 in Russia and August 1–5, 2006 in Belgium. 16 nations contested to qualify for 2 spots available among the 10 other sides already qualified. In the end, 3 teams qualified for the 2007 competition, because of the removal of Greece. Austria replaced Greece, being the runners-up in the qualifier pool in Russia, while Croatia and Russia won their qualifier pools and were qualified to compete in the 2007 competition, to be placed with the 9 already qualified teams from the 2005 competition. These were Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine and United Kingdom.


2007 European Canoe Slalom Championships
The 2007 European Canoe Slalom Championships took place at the Ondrej Cibak Whitewater Slalom Course in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia between June 11 and 17, 2007 under the auspices of the European Canoe Association (ECA). It was the 8th edition.


2007 European Championship of Ski Mountaineering
The 2007 European Championship of Ski Mountaineering (French: Championnat d'Europe de ski de montagne 2007) was the seventh European Championship of ski mountaineering and was held in Avoriaz, Morzine between the Mont Blanc and the Lac Léman from March 24 - 28.


2007 European Championship of Ski Mountaineering
The competition was organized by the Fédération française de la montagne et de l’escalade (FFME) ordered by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions (ISMC) of the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA). About 230 athletes of 21 nations participated. Compared to the 2005 European Championship the vertical race and the relay race event also ranked.


2007 European Championship of Ski Mountaineering, Results, Combination ranking
combined ranking (results of the individual races and team races events)


2007 European Cross Country Championships
The 14th European Cross Country Championships were held at Toro in Spain on 9 December 2007. Serhiy Lebid took his seventh title in the men's competition and Marta Domínguez won the women's race.


2007 European Cup (athletics)
The 2007 Spar European Cup took place on 23 and 24 June 2007 at the Olympic Stadium in Munich, Germany. This was the 27th time the European Cup has been held and the second time the event has been hosted in Munich. It was the penultimate staging of the Cup.


2007 European Cup (baseball)
The 2007 European Cup was held in San Marino on June 12 to June 16. Kinheim Haarlem were the winners of the competition.


2007 European Cup (baseball), Finals
Semifinals:Kinheim Haarlem (Netherlands) defeated San Marino (Italy) 7–0Huskies de Rouen (France) defeated Rimini (Italy) 4–3


2007 European Cup Winter Throwing
The 2007 European Cup Winter Throwing was held on 17 and 18 March at Avangard Stadium in Yalta, Ukraine. It was the seventh edition of the athletics competition for throwing events organised by the European Athletics Association. A total of 203 athletes from 26 countries entered the competition – a new high for the event.


2007 European Cup Winter Throwing, Summary
The competition featured men's and women's contests in shot put, discus throw, javelin throw and hammer throw. In addition to the senior competitions, there were also under-23 events for younger athletes.


2007 European Cup Winter Throwing, Summary
Athletes in the senior competitions were seeded into "A" and "B" groups. Igor Sukhomlinov of Russia surprised with a personal best of 83.34 m in the javelin throw to win the title despite being seeded in the "B" group. Dzimitry Hancharuk, Chiara Rosa, Nataliya Semenova were other "B" group athletes to take a medal, each of them a bronze.


2007 European Cup Winter Throwing, Summary
Two national records were broken during the competition: men's discus throw bronze medallist Ercüment Olgundeniz improved the Turkish record to 64.34 metres, while under-23 athlete Melik Janoyan set a new Armenian best for the javelin with his throw of 69.34 metres.


2007 European Cup Winter Throwing, Summary
Several athletes went on to take top honours at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. Discus winners Gerd Kanter and Franka Dietzsch became world champions, while the men's hammer throwers Primož Kozmus and Ivan Tsikhan took the top two spots in Osaka as they did in Yalta.


2007 European Curling Championships
The 2007 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships were held in Füssen, Germany December 1-8, 2007. Scotland, skipped by David Murdoch, won the gold medal by beating Norway's Thomas Ulsrud 5-3 in the final. Norway had not lost a single game entering the final.


2007 European Curling Championships
On the women's side, Anette Norberg of Sweden captured the gold medal with a 9-4 victory over Scotland's Kelly Wood. This marks Norberg's seventh European championship in the last eight years.


2007 European Dressage Championships
The 2007 FEI European Dressage Championships, was the 25th edition of the European Dressage Championship. It was held at La Mandria in Turin, Italy, from August 30 to September 2 2007.


2007 European Fencing Championships
The 2007 European Fencing Championships was held in Ghent, Belgium. The event took place from 2 to 7 June 2007.


2007 European Figure Skating Championships
The 2007 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The event was held at the Torwar Hall in Warsaw, Poland from January 22 through 28.


2007 European Figure Skating Championships, Qualifying
The competition was open to skaters from European ISU member nations who reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2006. The corresponding competition for non-European skaters was the 2007 Four Continents Championships. Based on the results of the 2006 European Championships, each country was allowed between one and three entries per discipline. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria.


2007 European Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes
In men's singles, Brian Joubert won his second European title.


2007 European Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes
In ladies, Carolina Kostner won her first European title. Sarah Meier (silver) became the first Swiss woman to medal at the event since Denise Biellmann in 1981.


2007 European Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes
In pair skating, Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy won their first European title. It was Germany's first gold in the event since 1995 when their coach Ingo Steuer won with Mandy Woetzel.


2007 European Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes
In ice dancing, Isabel Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder won their first and only European title.


2007 European Grand Prix
The 2007 European Grand Prix (formally the 2007 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe) was a Formula One motor race held at Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany on 22 July 2007. It was the tenth race of the 2007 Formula One season. The 60-lap race was won by Fernando Alonso driving for the McLaren team after starting from second position. Felipe Massa finished second for Ferrari with Mark Webber third in a Red Bull Racing car.


2007 European Grand Prix
As a consequence of the race, Alonso reduced the World Drivers' Championship lead of his teammate Lewis Hamilton down to two points; in the Constructors' Championship, McLaren extended their lead over Ferrari to twenty-seven points.


2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Background
On 29 August 2006 it was announced that the European Grand Prix had been removed from the F1 calendar for the 2007 season. Since then there has only been one GP hosted in Germany each year, alternating between Hockenheimring and Nürburgring. However, the name for this Grand Prix was in doubt. While originally thought to be the German Grand Prix from 2007, the title was later changed to "Großer Preis von Europa" (European Grand Prix), because the Hockenheimring held the naming rights for "German Grand Prix" and they could not reach an agreement to share the naming rights. It was the first time since 1960 that a Formula One World Championship race had not been held under the name "German Grand Prix".


2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Background
Lewis Hamilton entered the race as Drivers' Championship leader (and due to his 12-point lead over team-mate Fernando Alonso he would keep his championship lead regardless of the race result).


2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Background
Murray Walker provided radio commentary to listeners in the UK on BBC Radio 5 Live – the first time he had provided UK coverage of an F1 event since retiring in 2001.


2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Background
Christijan Albers did not drive for Spyker F1 due to his failure to pay sponsorship money. His replacement was German driver Markus Winkelhock, son of former Formula One driver Manfred Winkelhock. This was the last race for Toro Rosso driver Scott Speed who was later replaced by BMW Sauber test driver Sebastian Vettel.


2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Background
During the weeks leading up to the race it was announced that McLaren would appear in front of the FIA on 26 July regarding claims they had received information from Ferrari. Lewis Hamilton said he was confident it would go well.


2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Kimi Räikkönen overtook Felipe Massa during the final minute of qualifying and Fernando Alonso pushed him further down into third. The final session of qualifying was delayed for half an hour when Lewis Hamilton crashed into the barriers due to a wheel gun failure which caused the wheel to not be secured on the car. The wheel rubbed against the car, destroying the wheel and tyre, and sending the car into the wall. His time from the "fuel-burn" phase of Q3 was not good enough to elevate him higher than 10th position. Toyota had a strong qualifying with both drivers making it into the top 10, ending up 8th and 9th. Mark Webber qualified an excellent 6th just in front of Renault's Heikki Kovalainen and behind the two BMWs.


2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
As for the rest of the field, Fisichella endured a miserable session qualifying a poor 13th, which was incidentally the same place he had qualified for the previous year's race. Red Bull had mistakenly let David Coulthard out too late from the pits in Q1 which led him to be stuck back in 20th place, only ahead of the two Spykers of Adrian Sutil and debutant Markus Winkelhock who had not been expected to do much better.


2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Race
The race started dry, but rain was expected, and at the start of the warm-up lap, an imminent downpour was predicted. Markus Winkelhock for Spyker pitted for wet tyres, the only driver to do so, starting the race from the pit lane as a result. The Ferraris led into the first corner as a pair with Alonso trailing in third. Lewis Hamilton, meanwhile, coming back from his 10th-place qualifying, was up to sixth at the first corner, but after a collision between the two BMWs, Hamilton received a puncture, causing him to fall back into the rest of the pack.


2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Race
During the first lap it started to rain, sooner and more heavily than most teams had expected. A number of drivers lost control, and many pitted at the end of the lap to change into intermediate-weather tyres. Leader Kimi Räikkönen attempted to pit, but lost grip and ran wide, having to do an extra lap on dry tyres and dropping to seventh place. Winkelhock thus found himself in the lead as a result of his early gamble, the first time that a Spyker had led a Grand Prix.


2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Race
Some drivers had stayed out in the hope that the rain would stop, but it worsened, such that full wet tyres were required, rather than intermediates. Winkelhock had a huge advantage as the only driver on the right tyres, and led the race by 33 seconds ahead of Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso, who had pitted at the end of lap one along with other drivers. By the start of lap three, the weather had become so bad that water was flowing round turn 1 and was nicknamed the 'turn 1 river'.


2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Race
Jenson Button had moved up from a mid-grid position to 4th despite coming in on the 1st lap to change tyres. However, he spun off into the wall at the start of the 3rd lap, quickly followed by Lewis Hamilton who locked up. Adrian Sutil had a huge spin into the same place as Button and Hamilton and just missed both of them as he hit the wall. Nico Rosberg and Scott Speed also went off at turn 1.


2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Race
Anthony Davidson then locked up at the "river" but stopped his car just before the gravel and was able to reverse out. The safety car was brought out, just as Vitantonio Liuzzi spun off at high speed. The gravel trap slowed him and he gently tapped a recovery tractor. Hamilton had kept his engine running after his spin and was hoisted back on the circuit to continue a lap down. Not long after the safety car was deployed, race director Charlie Whiting decided the conditions were too dangerous to continue, and the race was red flagged. It was the first race to be stopped since the 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix, when a crash by Fernando Alonso halted the race, and the first race to be red-flagged and then restarted since the 2001 Belgian Grand Prix.


2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Race
At about 2:20 p.m. local time the rain stopped and the drivers were pushed on to the starting grid, in the order that they were one lap before the red flag. Jenson Button, Adrian Sutil, Nico Rosberg, Scott Speed and Vitantonio Liuzzi did not take the restart as they all aquaplaned off the track at turn one on lap three, causing the red flag.


2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Race
The race restarted under safety car conditions, with an agreement that after one and a half minutes, any lapped cars would be allowed to overtake all the cars in front (including the safety car) and unlap themselves. The only lapped car was that of Lewis Hamilton, who unlapped himself and then pitted to change to dry tyres, a gamble which did not pay off due to the track still being too wet.


2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Race
When the safety car returned to the pit, race leader Markus Winkelhock lost the lead very early on after another gamble, keeping wet weather tyres on while everybody else was on the more suitable intermediate tyre, in the hope that further rain would fall. It would not and eventually he was forced into retirement after a hydraulic failure on lap 15. Winkelhock had only driven the Spyker for a total of three days before the race, and had not previously experienced wet weather in a Formula One car. Takuma Sato and Ralf Schumacher also retired, Schumacher after a collision with Nick Heidfeld who continued. Pole position holder Kimi Räikkönen also retired due to mechanical problems while catching up to the leaders running third.


2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Race
From then onwards, the track dried out, and the faster Ferrari of Massa led Fernando Alonso. Mark Webber was in third with Alexander Wurz chasing him hard. But on lap 52, more rain fell, and all drivers except for Lewis Hamilton pitted for intermediate tyres. Hamilton managed to get up to a points position of eighth, before eventually having to pit, dropping him back down to tenth. Fernando Alonso's McLaren performed well in the conditions, and he passed Massa on lap 56 around the outside at turn five, making contact as he did so.


2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Race
He proceeded to win the race, taking McLaren's first win at the Nürburgring since 1998, on the 80th anniversary of the first Grand Prix at the Nürburgring. Massa trailed him by 8.1 seconds. The final podium position was claimed by Mark Webber in the Red Bull, over a minute behind the leader. Alexander Wurz, David Coulthard, Nick Heidfeld, Robert Kubica and Heikki Kovalainen, who had gambled on putting intermediate tyres on early and fell from fifth position to eighth, completed the points positions. Red Bull earned ten points to move past Toyota in the Constructors' Championship into sixth. Hamilton finished the race in ninth place, the first time in his debut season that he had finished outside the points-scoring positions. Alonso and Massa had a heated argument before the podium ceremony, over their collision in the final part of the race.


2007 European Judo Championships
The 2007 European Judo Championships were the 18th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in Belgrade, Serbia from 6 April to 8 April 2007.


2007 European Judo Open Championships
The 2007 European Judo Open Championships were the 4th edition of the European Judo Open Championships, and were held in Warsaw, Poland on 1 December 2007.


2007 European Judo Open Championships
The European Judo Open Championships are staged because the open class event had been dropped from the European Judo Championships program from 2004. Unlike the regular European Judo Championships, several competitors from each country are allowed to enter.


2007 European Junior Badminton Championships
The 2007 European Junior Badminton Championships were held in Hermann-Neuberger-Halle, Völklingen town, Saarbrücken district, Germany, between 31 March and 8 April 2007.


2007 European Junior Badminton Championships – Boys' doubles
The boys' singles tournament of the 2007 European Junior Badminton Championships was held from 4 to 8 April 2007. Rasmus Bonde and Kasper Henriksen from Denmark clinched this title in the last edition.


2007 European Junior Badminton Championships – Boys' doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2007 European Junior Badminton Championships – Boys' singles
The boys' singles tournament of the 2007 European Junior Badminton Championships was held from 4 to 8 April 2007. Rajiv Ouseph from England clinched this title in the last edition.


2007 European Junior Badminton Championships – Boys' singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2007 European Junior Badminton Championships – Girls' doubles
The girls' doubles tournament of the 2007 European Junior Badminton Championships was held from 4 to 8 April 2007. Nina Vislova and Olga Kolzova from Russia clinched this title in the last edition.


2007 European Junior Badminton Championships – Girls' doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2007 European Junior Badminton Championships – Girls' singles
The girls' singles tournament of the 2007 European Junior Badminton Championships was held from 4 to 8 April 2007. Janet Köhler from Germany clinched this title in the last edition.


2007 European Junior Badminton Championships – Girls' singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2007 European Junior Badminton Championships – Mixed doubles
The mixed doubles tournament of the 2007 European Junior Badminton Championships was held from 4 to 8 April 2007. Rasmus Bonde and Christinna Pedersen from Denmark clinched this title in the last edition.


2007 European Junior Badminton Championships – Mixed doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2007 European Junior Badminton Championships – Mixed team
The mixed team tournament of the 2007 European Junior Badminton Championships was held from 31 March to 3 April 2007.


2007 European Junior Baseball Championship
The 2007 European Junior Baseball Championship was an international baseball competition held at Sportpark De Groote Wielen in Rosmalen, The Netherlands from July 30 to August 5, 2007. It featured teams from Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia and Spain.


2007 European Junior Baseball Championship
In the end the team from Italy won the tournament.


2007 European Junior Curling Challenge
The 2007 European Junior Curling Challenge was held from January 2 to January 6, 2007, in Tårnby, Denmark.


2007 European Junior Curling Challenge, Junior Men, Teams Group A
Third: Romain Borini Second: Amaury Pernette Lead: Damien Bertoluzzi Alternate: Aurélien Fasano


2007 European Junior Curling Challenge, Junior Men, Teams Group A
Third: Silvio Zanotelli Second: Davide Zanotelli Lead: Massimo Micheli Alternate: Mirco Ferretti


2007 European Junior Curling Challenge, Junior Men, Teams Group B
Third: Diederick BontenbalSecond: Bart van der LubbeLead: Carlo GlasbergenAlternate: Floyd Koelewijn


2007 European Junior Curling Challenge, Junior Men, Teams Group B
Third: Dorian Łebzuch Second: Witek Abramowicz Lead: Przemek Boszczyk Alternate:


2007 European Junior Curling Challenge, Junior Women, Teams
Third: Linda Klímová Second: Tereza Plíšková Lead: Michaela Nádherová Alternate: Luisa Illková


2007 European Junior Swimming Championships
The 2007 European Junior Swimming Championships were held from July 18 to July 22, 2007 in Antwerp, Belgium.


2007 European Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships
The 2007 European Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships took place in Kraków, Poland from 2 to 5 August 2007 under the auspices of the European Canoe Association (ECA) at the Kraków-Kolna Canoe Slalom Course. It was the 9th edition of the competition for Juniors (U18) and the 5th edition for the Under 23 category. A total of 15 medal events took place. The junior men's C2 team event did not take place.


2007 European Juveniles Baseball Championship
The 2007 European Juveniles Baseball Championship was an international baseball competition held in Olomouc and Sumperk, Czech Republic from July 10 to 14, 2007. It featured teams from Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Israel, Lithuania, Poland and Russia.


2007 European Juveniles Baseball Championship
In the end the team from Czech Republic won the tournament.


2007 European Karate Championships
The 2007 European Karate Championships, the 42nd edition, were held  in Bratislava, Slovakia from 4 to 6 May 2007.


2007 European Mixed Curling Championship
The 2007 European Mixed Curling Championship was held from September 24 to 29, 2007 at the Palacio de Hielo in Madrid, Spain.


2007 European Mixed Curling Championship
Wales, skipped by Adrian Meikle, won its first title, defeating Denmark in the final.


2007 European Mountain Running Championships
The 2007 European Mountain Running Championships were held on 14 July in Cauterets, France. Held by the European Athletic Association.


2007 European Mountain Running Championships
The championships comprised four races, incorporating junior races for the first time: the men's race, which was 12.8 km long with a 1,570 m ascent, the women's and under-20s men's competitions over 8.5 km and containing a 1,010 m ascent, and finally the under-20s women's race which was competed over 4 km with a rise of 400 m.


2007 European Mountain Running Championships
Ahmet Arslan of Turkey won the title in the men's senior race while the Norwegian Anita Evertsen took the gold medal in the women's race. Italy reached to the senior men's team gold medal and Switzerland won the women's team gold. The junior men's competition was largely a Turkish affair, with Mehmet Akkoyun winning gold and leading a 1-2-3 for his country. The women's junior race was won by Lucija Krkoc from Slovenia. United Kingdom took the team gold.


2007 European Pairs Speedway Championship
The 2007 European Pairs Speedway Championship was the fourth edition of the European Pairs Speedway Championship. The final was held in Terenzano, Italy on 1 September. The Czech Republic won their second title.


2007 European Pairs Speedway Championship, Semifinal 1
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fellns - non-starter • nc - non-classify


2007 European Pairs Speedway Championship, Semifinal 2
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fellns - non-starter • nc - non-classify


2007 European Pairs Speedway Championship, Final
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fellns - non-starter • nc - non-classify


2007 European Parliament election
Two member states of the European Union held elections to the European Parliament in 2007. For details, see


2007 European Parliament election in Bulgaria
Bulgaria elected its members of the European Parliament in a by-election on 20 May 2007. It was the country's first European election, having joined the Union on 1 January of that year. The country still had 18 MEPs, no change from before the election. Until Bulgaria could hold these elections, the country was represented by MEPs appointed by the National Assembly.


2007 European Parliament election in Bulgaria
The top two parties – GERB and Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) – won 5 seats each, followed by the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) with four, Ataka with three, and National Movement Simeon II (NDSV) with one. Voter turnout was 28.6%.


2007 European Parliament election in Bulgaria
It was considered likely that the result of the election would cause a major political crisis in Bulgaria, due to the expected weak results of the National Movement.


2007 European Parliament election in Bulgaria
Controversially, the eligible voters were limited to citizens of Bulgaria and the EU with their permanent and current address within the Union and a minimum of 60 days of the last three months before the elections spent within its borders. Because of this requirement, 232,800 people were rendered ineligible to vote, 185,000 of whom were Turkish Bulgarians resident in Turkey.


2007 European Parliament election in Bulgaria, Contesting parties
The People's First Movement had registered to contest the election, but were refused by the Central Electoral Commission.


2007 European Parliament election in Bulgaria, Contesting parties
The five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death and the Bulgarian doctor who received a lighter sentence in the HIV trial in Libya were slated to stand as the six leading candidates on the list of the populist Order, Law and Justice Party – to put pressure on Libya to release the nurses and to postpone their execution because of the immunity they would have as MEPs. They were refused by the Central Electoral Commission, however, as they did not meet the residency requirements.


2007 European Parliament election in Bulgaria, Pre-election situation
18 MEPs were appointed by Bulgaria to serve as observers in the Parliament before the country joined on 1 January 2007. Those observers then functioned as Bulgaria's appointed delegation to the European Parliament until elections were held on 20 May 2007. The breakdown of parties and their European Parliament political groups for the period 1 January 2007 to 20 May 2007 was as follows:


2007 European Parliament election in Bulgaria, Results
The official results were announced by the Central Electoral Commission on 21 May. According to the official data, the winner of the elections was GERB, followed by a small margin by the Bulgarian Socialist Party and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, with the distance between the third and the first being less than 1.5%. The voter turnout was 28.6%.


2007 European Parliament election in Bulgaria, Results, Elected MEPs
According to the election results, the following 18 candidates were elected as Bulgarian Members of the European Parliament:


2007 European Parliament election in Romania
Romania elected its members of the European Parliament for the first time on 25 November 2007; the election was initially scheduled for 13 May, but the PM postponed it for domestic political reasons. A referendum on a new voting system for national parliamentary elections was held on the same day.


2007 European Parliament election in Romania, Pre-election situation
Romania joined the European Union on 1 January 2007, and was initially represented in the European Parliament by 35 observers as follows:


2007 European Parliament election in Romania, Results
35 MEPs were appointed by Romania to serve as observers in the Parliament before the country joined in 2007. Since then up until the election, the observers served as full MEPs. The breakdown of parties and their European groupings was as follows:


2007 European Parliament election in Romania, Results
The next election will be in 2009 and the number of seats will be reduced to 33.


2007 European Race Walking Cup
The 2007 European Race Walking Cup was held in Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom, on 20 May 2007.


2007 European Race Walking Cup
Complete results were published. The junior events are documented on the World Junior Athletics History webpages. Medal winners were published on the Athletics Weekly website,


2007 European Race Walking Cup, Participation
The participation of 249 athletes ( men/ women) from 29 countries is reported.


2007 European Racquetball Championships
The XIV Racquetball European Championship was held in Brembate (Italy) from July 28 to August 4, 2007, with six men's national teams and four women's national teams in competition. On August 1 started the individual competition.


2007 European Racquetball Championships
The venue was the Centro Sportivo Comunale di Brembate, in Brembate (Bergamo), with 2 regulation racquetball courts. The 6 men's teams were Belgium, Catalonia, Germany, Ireland, Italy and The Netherlands and the 3 women's teams were Catalonia, Germany and Ireland. More than 50 players were in the singles, doubles, junior and senior competitions.


2007 European Racquetball Championships
The opening ceremony was on July 28 with the Vice President of European Racquetball Federation, Mike Mesecke, and the President of Racquetball Italia, Marco Arnoldi, in attendance.


2007 European Rally Championship
The 2007 European Rally Championship season was the 55th season of the FIA European Rally Championship. French driver Simon Jean-Joseph won his second European rally championship title despite not winning any of the 10 events.


2007 European Rally Championship, Calendar and winners
The calendar of the 2007 European rally championship season consisted of 10 events.


2007 European Rally Championship, Championship standings
For the final classification in a rally, the winner was awarded 10 points, the runner-up 8 and the third placed driver 6. Drivers ranked 4 to 8 got 5–4–3–2–1 point(s). Additionally, the top three of every leg got 3–2–1 point(s). Only drivers who participated in least 6 events qualified for the championship ranking.


2007 European Road Championships
The 2007 European Road Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 19–22 July 2007. Regulated by the European Cycling Union, the event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men and women under-23 and juniors.


2007 European Road Championships – Women's under-23 road race
The Women's U23 road race at the 2007 European Road Championships took place on July 21. The Championships were hosted in Sofia, Bulgaria. The course was 112 km long and started in the morning.


2007 European Road Championships – Women's under-23 time trial
The women's U23 individual time trial at the 2007 European Road Championships took place on 19 July. The Championships were hosted by the Bulgarian city of Sofia. The course was 24 km long and the race started in the morning.


2007 European Rowing Championships
The 2007 European Rowing Championships were held at the Lake Malta in Poznań, Poland, between 21 and 23 September 2007. The European Rowing Championships had previously been held between 1893 and 1973, had become an international regatta in character, and were disestablished when the World Rowing Championships became an annual event. After a decision made in May 2006 by FISA, the European Championships were re-established with a focus on Europe only.


2007 European Seniors Tour
The 2007 European Seniors Tour was the 16th season of the European Seniors Tour, the professional golf tour for men aged fifty and above operated by the PGA European Tour. England's Carl Mason won five events and his third Order of Merit title.


2007 European Seniors Tour, Tournament results
The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the European Seniors Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for players who are members of the tour.


2007 European Seniors Tour, Tournament results
For the tour schedule on the European Seniors Tour's website, including links to full results, click .


2007 European Seniors Tour, Leading money winners
There is a complete list on the official site .


2007 European Sevens Championship
The 2007 European Sevens Championship was a rugby sevens competition, with the final held in Moscow, Russia. It was the sixth edition of the European Sevens championship. The event was organised by rugby's European governing body, the FIRA – Association of European Rugby (FIRA-AER).


2007 European Shield
This is the second time the European Shield took place. Germany and the Czech Republic had little experience having only played a few games beforehand. Serbia were a little more experienced taking players from their domestic league, the Serbian Championship. The shield was hailed as a success in promoting rugby league in the three countries, attendances were good and the players gathered more experience.


2007 European Short Course Swimming Championships
The 2007 European Short Course Swimming Championships, which was the 15th edition of the continental swimming event, were held between 13–16 December 2007 in Debrecen, Hungary. The championships were swum in the Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, in a short course (25-metre) pool.


2007 European Short Course Swimming Championships, Events
The events were held over four days, divided into a morning session, when the preliminary heats were staged, and an evening session, when the semifinals and finals took place.


2007 European Short Course Swimming Championships, Events
Women's 50m Freestyle (semifinals)  Men's 50m Butterfly (semifinals)  Women's 400m Individual Medley (final)  Men's 200m Breaststroke (final)  Women's 200m Freestyle (final)  Men's 100m Individual Medley (final)  Women's 100m Breaststroke (final)  Men's 200m Freestyle (final)  Women's 100m Butterfly (final)  Men's 100m Backstroke (final)  Women's 200m Backstroke (final)  Men's 50m Butterfly (final)  Women's 50m Freestyle (final)  Men's 4 x 50m Freestyle (final)


2007 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships
The 2007 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 19 and 21 January 2007 in Sheffield, United Kingdom.


2007 European Speed Skating Championships
The 2007 European Speed Skating Championships were held on the outdoor artificial ice track Arena Ritten in Collalbo, Italy. The Championships were three-day allround events, with the skaters completing four distances before the final championship standings are determined based on the samalog system.


2007 European Speed Skating Championships
Live broadcasts from the Championships were shown on Nederland 1, NRK and Rai Tre/Rai Sport Sat, with highlights on Das Erste.


2007 European Speed Skating Championships
The two champions were both below 21 years of age; Sven Kramer won his first European gold medal, two years after winning silver in Thialf, while Czech Martina Sáblíková won the women's championship to become the first Czech to medal at a European championship, and also the youngest European women's champion. Kramer is the youngest European Champion since 1992.


2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Rules
All skaters were allowed to skate the first three distances; 12 skaters took part on the fourth distance. These were qualified by taking the standings on the longest of the first three distances, as well as the samalog standings after three distances, and comparing these lists as follows:


2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Final standings, Men
The top six skaters from the 2006 Championships were all present.


2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Final standings, Men
A placing among the top 16 qualified the nation for the 2007 World Championships as well as the 2008 European Championships (where each federation is automatically entitled to one skater and any additional skaters are added to this quota, with a cap of four.)


2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Final standings, Women
Anni Friesinger, five-time European Champion, withdrew to concentrate on the World Sprint Championships a week later.


2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Final standings, Women
At first, the Norwegian Skating Federation selected only Maren Haugli, but included Mari Hemmer and Hedvig Bjelkevik after protests from within the speed skating community. Bjelkevik later declined, citing the same reason as Friesinger.


2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Final standings, Women
The top seven skaters from the 2006 Championships were all present.


2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Final standings, Women
The top 14 have qualified their nation for the World Allround Championships. Skaters in the top 16 have given their nation an addition to the basis quota of one skater for the 2008 European Championships, with the quota capped at four skaters per nation.


2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Friday's events
In the results list, previous European medallists are mentioned, as well as the top ten on each distance.


2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Friday's events
Kramer advanced 13 places from his performance at the 2006 European Championship, and gained 0.8 seconds on Fabris compared to last year's standings. Ervik lost nearly a second, while Bøkko lost half a second and Verheijen gained 0.3 seconds, all compared to the defending champion Fabris. The distance podium is the same as last year, but only Skobrev finished in the same position.


2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Friday's events
Abramova, Lobysheva, Pechstein and Wójcicka all finished in the same order as in Hamar last year, with Abramova gaining a few hundredths of a second. However, Wüst gains over 1.2 seconds on those three compared to last year's performance, where she finished 0.79 500 m-seconds behind Pechstein in the overall standings. Groenewold finishes 0.77 seconds behind Pechstein, gaining 0.13 on 2006.


2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Friday's events
The previous outdoor world best, by Chad Hedrick from the 2005 World Single Distance Championships, was bettered by 9.96 seconds. Verheijen was the first to beat the record, in the 12th of the 15 pairs, before Kramer lowered it by a further four seconds in the 13th pair, recording nine of twelve laps below 30 seconds.


2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Saturday's events
Wüst and Abramova finished first and second once more, with exactly the same difference in samalog points, while defending champion Pechstein, whose best World Cup ranking is in the long distance cup, advanced to third place in the allround rankings despite recording a worse placing here than on the 500 metres.


2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Saturday's events
In the final pair, Kramer bettered his personal best by nearly two seconds, thus advancing to third place on the Adelskalender. The outdoor world best mark was lowered by nearly three seconds by Fabris, who pipped Kramer to the line in the final pair, but remains 0.72 seconds behind before the final distance tomorrow, where Kramer was world record holder.


2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Saturday's events
By winning the distance, 19-year-old Sáblíková advanced seven places in the overall standings, but still needed to beat Wüst by 14.05 seconds on the final 5,000 metres. On this distance, two-thirds the length, she beat Wüst by 4.09 seconds. Renate Groenewold finished second, also advancing seven places in the allround standings, after skating in the same pair as Sáblíková and leading until two laps remained.


2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Sunday's events
Sáblíková skated in the fifth pair, and after distancing Groenewold by 10 seconds and bettering the world outdoor mark by seven seconds, she set Wüst the task of finishing in 7:12.49 to become European champion. This would be fifth place thus far. Wüst started well, and with five laps to go, she was 0.6 seconds behind Sáblíková, with a cushion of more than 2.5 seconds per lap. But with lap times steadily going upwards, the worst being 37.0 on the penultimate lap, she arrived 0.23 seconds too late to become European champion. Sáblíková thus became the first Czech to win a senior speed skating championship. Neither Pechstein nor Anschütz-Thoms managed to beat Groenewold on the distance, giving Groenewold the bronze medal. Thus, in Friesinger's absence, Germany failed to finish on the podium for the first time since 1974.


2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Sunday's events
The outdoor world best mark was lowered twice during the race; first by Enrico Fabris in the fifth pair, who bettered the old record by four seconds on his way to leading the distance. Sven Kramer was thus required to skate 13:22.21 to win the championship; he kept well ahead of that, even skating the last two laps in times below 30 seconds, much faster than any other lap of the race. Verheijen also managed to beat Bøkko by 0.455 points (9.10 10,000 m-seconds) to take the bronze medal.


2007 European Speedway Club Champions' Cup, Semi-Finals, Goričan
M - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell


2007 European Tour
The 2007 European Tour was the 36th golf season since the European Tour officially began in 1972.


2007 European Tour
The Order of Merit race came down to the closing holes of the final tournament, and was won by Justin Rose for the first time despite the Englishman playing the majority of his golf in America. Rose overtook Ernie Els and held off the challenge of the defending Order of Merit champion Pádraig Harrington. The Player of the Year award was given to Harrington after his victories at The Open Championship and the Irish Open. The Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year was Martin Kaymer of Germany.


2007 European Tour, Major tournaments
For a summary of the major tournaments and events of 2007, including the major championships and the World Golf Championships, see 2007 in golf.


2007 European Tour, Schedule
The 2007 season began with six tournaments in late 2006 and consisted of record 52 official money events, surpassing the 2005 and 2006 seasons. This included the four major championships and three World Golf Championships, which were also sanctioned by the PGA Tour. 29 events took place in Europe, 12 in Asia, six in the United States, three in South Africa, one in Australia and one in New Zealand. The PGA Tour's introduction of the FedEx Cup prompted the European Tour to extend the season into November and several tournaments moved away from their traditional dates.


2007 European Tour, Schedule
There were three new tournaments, the Joburg Open in South Africa, the Open de Andalucía in Spain and the Portugal Masters. In addition, the long-established Australian Masters joined the tour schedule and two tournaments returned after missing the 2006 season; the New Zealand Open skipped a season due to date changes, and the German Masters having not been held in 2006, came back with a new sponsor and was re-titled as the Mercedes-Benz Championship.


2007 European Tour, Order of Merit
In 2007, the European Tour's money list was known as the "Order of Merit". It was calculated in euro, although around half of the events had prize funds which were fixed in other currencies, mostly either British pounds or U.S. dollars. In these instances the amounts were converted into euro at the exchange rate for the week that the tournament was played. The top 10 golfers in 2007 were:


2007 European Tour, Order of Merit
Tiger Woods earned more money in European Tour events in 2007 than any other golfer, but was not a member of the European Tour so was not eligible for the Order of Merit.


2007 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
This is a list of the 32 players who earned their 2008 European Tour card through Q School in 2007.


2007 European Tour Qualifying School graduates, 2008 Results
* European Tour rookie in 2008T = Tied      The player retained his European Tour card for 2009 (finished inside the top 118). The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2009, but retained conditional status (finished between 119-151). The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2009 (finished outside the top 151).


2007 European Touring Car Cup
The 2007 FIA European Touring Car Cup was the third running of the  FIA European Touring Car Cup. It was held on 28 October 2007 at the Adria International Raceway near Adria in Italy.


2007 European Truck Racing Championship
The 2007 FIA European Truck Racing Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for production based trucks held across Europe. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded amateur drivers competing in highly modified versions of two-axle tractor units which conform to the technical regulations for the championship. It was the 23rd European Truck Racing Championship season and began at Catalunya on April 1, with the finale at Jarama on October 7 after nine events. The championship was won by Markus Bösiger, taking his first title.


2007 European Truck Racing Championship, Teams and drivers
Race drivers without fixed number, whose number is defined race by race:


2007 European Truck Racing Championship, Championship standings, Drivers' Championship
Each round or racing event consisted of four races, with two qualifying races and two cup races. For the two qualifying races, the points awarded according to the ranking was on a 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 10 finishers – for the two cup races with the grid decided from the finishing order of the previous qualifying race, the points awarded were 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1  (rank 1 - 10) respectively.


2007 European Union Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 2007 European Union Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Dublin, Ireland from June 18 to June 23. The 5th edition of the annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. A total number of 119 fighters from across Europe competed at these championships.


2007 European Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament
The 2007 Men's European Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing 2008 was held in Bratislava, Slovakia from September 2 to September 9, 2007. Croatia, Hungary, Spain and Serbia had already qualified for the Olympics, so they did not participate. Montenegro defeated Romania in the final and so earned a berth for the 2008 Summer Olympics Water Polo Competition.


2007 European Weightlifting Championships
The 2007 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Strasbourg, France from 17 April to 22 April 2007. It was the 86th edition of the event, which was first staged in 1896.


2007 European Women Sevens Championship
The 2007 European Women Sevens Championship was the fifth edition of the European Women's Sevens Championship.


2007 European Women Sevens Championship, Emerging (European) Nations 2007
Played at Katowice, Poland on 27 April to 1 May 2007, this appears to have been part training camp, part tournament. (Source Austria Union)


2007 European Women Sevens Championship, FIRA-AER Tournament 2007 - Division B, Pool Stages
POOL TwoNote: Slovakia and Georgia withdrew, Moldova joined leaving one team missing in the group. A Barbarians team is also listed in this group as having lost all games 0-3 suggesting the games were not counted towards the tournament.


2007 European Women Sevens Championship, T-EN League 2007
Played on 23 June 2007 at Grossmugl, Austria during the Friendly Games (a wider reaching 10s tournament) (Source Austria Union)


2007 European Wrestling Championships
The 2007 European Wrestling Championships was held from 17 April to 22 April 2007 in Sofia, Bulgaria.


2007 European Youth Baseball Championship
The 2007 European Youth Baseball Championship was an international baseball competition held in Jablonec, Czech Republic from July 17 to July 21, 2007. It featured teams from Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Russia and Slovakia.


2007 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
The 2007 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival was an international multi-sport event held in Jaca, Spain between 18 and 24 February, 2007.


2007 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, Mascot
The mascot for this edition of Winter European Youth Olympic Festival is a white bird wearing blue jersey.


2007 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
The 2007 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Belgrade, Serbia, from 21 until 28 July 2007.


2007 European heat wave
The 2007 European heat wave affected most of Southern Europe and the Balkans. The phenomenon began affecting Italy and Turkey on 17 June and expanded into Greece and the rest of the Balkans, Hungary and Ukraine on 18 June. The costs of the heat wave were estimated at 2 billion euros.


2007 European heat wave, April 2007
Mainz, Germany recorded an average high of 22.4 °C (72.3 °F) for April, the strongest deviation (+6.2 °C (11.2 °F)) from the 1989-2018 average of any month. It was also the first calendar month without any measured precipitation since February 1959. A high of 29.4 °C (84.9 °F) was reached on 14 April.


2007 European heat wave, June 2007
Up until 21 June, temperatures generally hovered around 36–39 °C (97–102 °F) in most of the aforementioned countries; however, starting on 22 June, temperatures skyrocketed in this entire region. From this point on Greece, Italy, Albania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania and Turkey experienced record-breaking temperatures in a situation unprecedented even for these nations, typically used to conditions of extreme heat.


2007 European heat wave, June 2007
During the weekend of 23–24 June and on 25 June, temperatures soared to 43–44 °C (109–111 °F). By 26 June, however, Greece seemed to bear the brunt of the heatwave with temperatures in Athens reaching 46.2 °C (115.2 °F). The same day, Greece's national power consumption set a new record. Parts of Greece, including neighbourhoods in Athens, suffered from power outages due to high electricity demand and heat damage to the grid. Explosions from overheating transmission towers were implicated in the forest fires ravaging the country. The discomfort was exacerbated by high night-time temperatures, which exceeded averages by up to 8 °C (14 °F), and remained at very high levels for more than half of the 2007 summer.


2007 European heat wave, June 2007
More than 200 people were hospitalized for heat-related treatment and 18 people died from heat exhaustion. By 28 June northerly winds started blowing from the northwest and temperatures finally began falling, reaching a cooler 39 °C (102 °F). Nonetheless, at a time when everyone believed that the worst part was over, more than 100 fires erupted across the country. Two people perished in the village of Aghia, near the city of Larissa. In the evening of that same day a major wildfire broke out in Mount Parnitha near Athens. By the dawn of 29 June, a significant part of the popular Parnitha National Park had turned into ashes. Temperatures fell by as much as 6 °C (11 °F) and the worst heatwave since records began came to an end leaving Greece reeling upon its disastrous effects.


2007 European heat wave, July 2007
By late July, temperatures again rose to more than 40 °C (104 °F) in Southern Europe, impacting agriculture, electricity supply, forestry and human health. From 21 to 25 July, temperatures reached or exceeded 45 °C (113 °F). Over 500 deaths in Hungary were attributed to the heatwave. Major wildfires destroyed large forested areas across the region. Six people (including two Canadair pilots) lost their lives while trying to extinguish the flames in Greece. The country's electricity grid nearly collapsed due to exceptional demand for air conditioning. Hundreds of tourists were stranded on the beaches of Apulia, in Southeastern Italy, and had to be rescued by boats.


2007 European heat wave, July 2007
In Bulgaria, six people were killed in the fires that started on 22 July. An estimated 1,530 fires broke out between 20 and 24 July, three times the yearly average. During the largest fire near Stara Zagora, 50 square kilometres (19 square miles) of pine forest burned for three days, as firefighters were unable to control the fire by conventional means. Strong winds and the extremely dry air quickly sparked new fires. The government requested help from Russia, and Be-200 amphibious water bombers finally managed to contain the blaze near Stara Zagora.


2007 European heat wave, August 2007
In the beginning of August, the Dalmatian coast in Croatia was hit by severe fires, especially in the surroundings of Dubrovnik.


2007 Euroseries 3000
The 2007 Euroseries 3000 season was the ninth Euro Formula 3000 season. Both series were won by Italian Davide Rigon who would go on to win the 2008 Superleague Formula season and compete in GP2.


2007 Euroseries 3000, Race calendar
Rounds denoted with a blue background are a part of the Italian Formula 3000 Championship.


2007 Exeter City Council election
The 2007 Exeter City Council election took place on 3 May 2007, to elect members of Exeter City Council in Devon, England. The election was held concurrently with other local elections in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council remained under no overall control.


2007 Extremaduran regional election
The 2007 Extremaduran regional election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th Assembly of the autonomous community of Extremadura. All 65 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.


2007 Extremaduran regional election
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) leader Guillermo Fernández Vara, who replaced Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra as his party's candidate after 25 years of rule in the region, went on to win a comfortable absolute majority with 38 out of 65 seats, almost equalling the party's best result in the region in 1991. The opposition People's Party (PP), which for this election ran in coalition with regionalist United Extremadura (EU) party, was unable to make any significant gains, winning 1 seat to 2003 but losing ground when compared with the combined PP-EU vote share of that year's election.


2007 Extremaduran regional election
United Left (IU), for the first time in its history, was unable to meet the 5% party threshold either regionally or in any of the provinces and was left out of the Assembly, this being the only time that just two parties had parliamentary representation in the Extremaduran Assembly.


2007 Extremaduran regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The Assembly of Extremadura was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Extremadura, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Extremaduran Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.


2007 Extremaduran regional election, Overview, Electoral system
Voting for the Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Extremadura and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The 65 members of the Assembly of Extremadura were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Alternatively, parties failing to reach the threshold in one of the constituencies were also entitled to enter the seat distribution as long as they ran candidates in both districts and reached five percent regionally. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Badajoz and Cáceres, with each being allocated an initial minimum of 20 seats and the remaining 25 being distributed in proportion to their populations.


2007 Extremaduran regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 2 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they sought election. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.


2007 Extremaduran regional election, Overview, Election date
The term of the Assembly of Extremadura expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the Assembly were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 25 May 2003, setting the election date for the Assembly on Sunday, 27 May 2007.


2007 Extremaduran regional election, Overview, Election date
The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Assembly of Extremadura and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution under this procedure.


2007 Extremaduran regional election, Overview, Election date
In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Assembly was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.


2007 Extremaduran regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 33 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Assembly of Extremadura.


2007 F1 Powerboat World Championship
The 2007 UIM F1 World Championship was the 24th season of Formula 1 Powerboat racing. The calendar consisted of eight events, beginning in Portimao, Portugal on 13 May 2007, and ending in Sharjah, UAE on 14 December 2007. Sami Seliö, driving for F1 Team Energy, secured his maiden drivers' title, the first driver outside of Italy, the USA and the UK to do so.


2007 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Results and standings
Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. A maximum of two boats per team were eligible for points in the teams' championship.


2007 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Results and standings, Teams standings
Only boats with results eligible for points counting towards the teams' championship are shown here.


2007 FA Community Shield
The 2007 FA Community Shield (also known as The FA Community Shield sponsored by McDonald's for sponsorship reasons) was the 85th staging of the FA Community Shield, an annual football match played between the reigning Premier League champions and FA Cup winners. The match was played on 5 August 2007 between 2006–07 FA Premier League champions Manchester United and 2006–07 FA Cup winners Chelsea. Manchester United won the game 3–0 on penalties, after the match finished 1–1. Ryan Giggs opened the scoring in the 35th minute, before Florent Malouda equalised just before half-time.


2007 FA Community Shield
The match then went to penalties, in which Chelsea went first. Edwin van der Sar saved Chelsea's first three penalties, leaving Wayne Rooney with the chance to win the match for United.


2007 FA Community Shield
It was the first Community Shield match to be played at the new Wembley Stadium. Manchester United and Chelsea also contested the last Community Shield (then the Charity Shield) to be played at the old Wembley in 2000, with Chelsea winning the match 2–0.


2007 FA Cup Final
The 2007 FA Cup Final was played on Saturday, 19 May 2007 between Chelsea and Manchester United. It was the 126th FA Cup Final and the first to be played at the new Wembley Stadium. Manchester United suffered a 1–0 defeat to Chelsea by Didier Drogba's extra time goal, completing a domestic cup double for the Blues in the 2006–07 season, as they had already won the League Cup Final in February. Manchester United were favourite for winning a double of their own as they had recently beaten Chelsea to the Premier League title two weeks earlier.


2007 FA Cup Final
The game was widely considered to be a disappointment by pundits and fans alike. As a result of Manchester United and Chelsea having already been guaranteed qualification for the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup entry for the FA Cup winner/runner-up went instead to the highest positioned Premier League team who had not already qualified for Europe: Bolton Wanderers.


2007 FA Cup Final
The match had an attendance of 89,826, the largest for an FA Cup Final since Wimbledon's famous 1–0 win over Liverpool in the 1988 final, when 98,203 attended. Chelsea became only the third club to complete the domestic cup double – Arsenal did it in 1993 and Liverpool in 2001. It was their fourth FA Cup triumph, and their first under the management of José Mourinho. They had won the last FA Cup final at the old Wembley Stadium seven years earlier.


2007 FA Cup Final, Background, History
The match was the first time since 1986 that the FA Cup Final had been contested between the winners and runners-up of the English league, and the first time ever that the Premier League champions and the League Cup winners from the same season had gone head to head in the Final. Manchester United were aiming for their 12th FA Cup to extend their overall record as the most successful team in the competition's history, while Chelsea were playing for their fourth FA Cup overall.


2007 FA Cup Final, Background, History
The last time Chelsea had played Manchester United in an FA Cup Final was in 1994, when Manchester United ran out 4–0 winners after a goalless first half. Ryan Giggs was the only player in the 2007 FA Cup Final who played back in 1994. Chelsea's assistant coach Steve Clarke played on that day for the Blues in 1994.


2007 FA Cup Final, Background, History
Ryan Giggs was playing in his seventh FA Cup Final, equalling Roy Keane's post-war record, having played in the 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2004 and 2005 finals. Chelsea were also the last club to win the FA Cup at the old Wembley Stadium, when they beat Aston Villa in the 2000 Final.


2007 FA Cup Final, Background, History
Chelsea continued the dominance of the so-called "Big Four", who had now won the last 12 finals in a row (Arsenal 4 wins, Manchester United 3, Chelsea 3, Liverpool 2), since Everton's 1995 victory over Manchester United. It was the eighth FA Cup Final in a row (Arsenal 4 appearances, Chelsea 2, Millwall 1, West Ham 1) involving a London club; the last Final not to involve a London club was Manchester United's 2–0 win over Newcastle United in the 1999 final.


2007 FA Cup Final, Background, History
Before the match, there was an official opening ceremony of the new stadium. This included the official opening by Prince William, a fly-past by The Red Arrows and a parade on the pitch of former winners at the old Wembley Stadium.


2007 FA Cup Final, Background, Recent meetings
Both league matches between the two clubs in the 2006–07 season finished as draws. On 26 November 2006 at Manchester United's Old Trafford ground, the match ended in a 1–1 stalemate, with the goals coming from Louis Saha and Ricardo Carvalho. The two clubs met again on 9 May 2007 in their penultimate league fixture at Stamford Bridge, but, with the league already having been sewn up the weekend before, both teams rested most of their major players and the match ended 0–0.


2007 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary
The opening twenty minutes of the game were marked by cautious play and a lack of creativity from both teams, until Didier Drogba produced the game's first noticeable attempt on goal by hammering a shot wide from thirty yards. It took a further ten minutes for another shot, this time from Chelsea's Frank Lampard who forced a save from Edwin van der Sar. Wayne Rooney was twice called offside for Manchester United in the first half, but it was the closest the Red Devils came to any kind of chance.


2007 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary
At half time, Chelsea manager José Mourinho made a like-for-like substitution, bringing on Dutch winger Arjen Robben for Joe Cole. A minute after the restart, Rooney produced the most exciting action to that moment, dribbling round two Chelsea defenders before aiming a powerful shot towards goal, but Petr Čech managed to make a convincing save. Rooney set off on another run ten minutes later, carrying the ball a good sixty yards towards goal only to be tackled by the last Chelsea defender, Wayne Bridge.


2007 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary
Ryan Giggs then flashed a volley barely two feet over the bar from close range after a cross from Paul Scholes, who picked up the game's first booking a minute later after fouling Lampard. From the resulting free kick, Drogba curled the ball around the Manchester United wall and off the outside of the near post. Rooney set off on another dangerous run soon after, dribbling round both John Terry and Michael Essien before having the ball taken off his feet by Čech.


2007 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary
With neither side doing enough to score in normal time, the game went into extra time for the third consecutive FA Cup Final. Manchester United's best chance of the game fell to Giggs from only three yards out after Rooney slid a pass across goal, but the Welshman could not get proper contact on his shot and Čech got down to make the save. Giggs appealed for a goal, claiming that the ball had crossed the line in Čech's arms, but the linesman did not flag and referee Steve Bennett waved play on. Television replays appeared to show that the ball had just crossed the line, but only after Giggs's momentum had pushed Čech backwards into his own goal. After the game, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson claimed that Giggs had been fouled by Essien just before he took his shot.


2007 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary
The deadlock was finally broken after 116 minutes when Drogba played a one-two with Lampard on the edge of the box after receiving the ball from Mikel John Obi, and prodded the ball past the onrushing van der Sar and into the net. Chelsea picked up three more bookings in the last few minutes as they tried to halt a late Manchester United comeback, but Drogba's goal proved to be the last chance of the game as Mourinho's side held on to win the first ever FA Cup Final at the new Wembley Stadium.


2007 FA Trophy Final
The 2007 FA Trophy Final was the 38th final of The Football Association's cup competition for levels 5–8 of the English football league system. It was contested by Kidderminster Harriers and Stevenage Borough, both of the Conference National — the highest tier of the non-league football pyramid.


2007 FA Trophy Final
The game was the first competitive match, and final, to be played at the new Wembley Stadium. It was played in front of a record competition crowd of 53,262 on 12 May 2007. Stevenage won the match 3–2, despite having trailed by two goals at half-time. The victory meant it was the first time Stevenage had won the competition, as well as the club becoming the first team to win a competitive match at the new stadium.


2007 FA Trophy Final
Stevenage captain Ronnie Henry subsequently became the first ever player to lift a competitive trophy at the new stadium as a result of the victory. It also meant Stevenage manager Mark Stimson had won the competition for three consecutive years, having won the FA Trophy with Grays Athletic in 2005 and 2006 respectively.


2007 FA Trophy Final, Route to the final, Kidderminster Harriers
Kidderminster Harriers entered the 2006–07 FA Trophy at the First round stage, being drawn against Conference North side Vauxhall Motors. The game was played on 16 December 2006, finishing in a 4–4 draw at Aggborough. Kidderminster had raced into a three-goal lead, all three goals coming in the opening thirty minutes of the match, from James Constable, Alex Russell, and Iyseden Christie respectively. However, Vauxhall were level ten minutes into the second-half, scoring three quick-fire goals of their own. The home side then took the advantage once again through substitute Luke Reynolds.


2007 FA Trophy Final, Route to the final, Kidderminster Harriers
With Kidderminster defending their one-goal lead, Vauxhall's Lee Furlong scored an injury-time goal with a "thunderous drive" to ensure the game went to a replay. The replay, scheduled for 19 December, was postponed due to a frozen pitch. It was eventually played on 6 January 2007, with Kidderminster winning the game 4–0, with James Constable getting a hat-trick in the game. A 1–0 victory away at fellow Conference National side Exeter City followed in the Second Round a week later, with a first-half Iyseden Christie strike settling the match.


2007 FA Trophy Final, Route to the final, Kidderminster Harriers
The win meant that Kidderminster faced a home tie against Conference South side Braintree Town in the Third Round, drawing the game 0–0. Kidderminster won the replay 3–1. Despite having trailed to a first-half strike from Russ Edwards, Kidderminster hit back with three goals in four minutes to win the tie and progress to the Fourth Round. They secured a place in the semi-finals thanks to a 3–1 victory over Halifax Town on 24 February.


2007 FA Trophy Final, Route to the final, Kidderminster Harriers
Similarly to the victory at Braintree, Kidderminster had trailed at half-time courtesy of a late first-half goal – this time Halifax's Neal Trotman heading past the outstretched Scott Bevan. Kidderminster bounced back immediately in the second-half, with James Constable scoring his sixth goal of the tournament when he tapped in from close range after Michael Blackwood's initial shot had been saved. Goals from Gavin Hurren, and an injury-time strike from Russell Penn ensured a two-goal victory.


2007 FA Trophy Final, Route to the final, Kidderminster Harriers
Kidderminster then faced Conference National side Northwich Victoria in the semi-finals, to be played over two legs. The first leg was played at Aggborough on 10 March 2007, with the home side securing a 2–0 lead to take into the second leg. Gavin Hurren scored the opening goal of the match after Mark Creighton's powerful effort was palmed into Hurren's path. Shortly before the interval, Kidderminster doubled their advantage when James Constable prodded home Alex Russell's through pass, ensuring Kidderminster took a two-goal advantage ahead of their trip to Northwich's Victoria Stadium.


2007 FA Trophy Final, Route to the final, Kidderminster Harriers
In the second leg, played a week later, on 17 March, Northwich made light work of their two-goal deficit by scoring two goals in the opening fifteen minutes to tie the game at 2–2. However, goals from Mark Creighton and Russell Penn ensured Kidderminster regained their two-goal aggregate advantage. A late Michael Carr penalty ensured Northwich won the game 3–2, but lost the tie 4–3 on aggregate, meaning Kidderminster had earned a place in the final.


2007 FA Trophy Final, Route to the final, Stevenage Borough
Stevenage Borough entered the 2006–07 FA Trophy at the First round stage, facing Merthyr Tydfil at Broadhall Way. Stevenage won the game 7–0, their biggest victory of the season, with George Boyd scoring four of the goals – three of which were scored in four second-half minutes. Goals from Steve Morison, Steve Guppy and substitute Craig Dobson completed the scoring. The club were drawn another home tie, to be played on 13 January 2007, this time against Leigh RMI.


2007 FA Trophy Final, Route to the final, Stevenage Borough
The visitors took the lead in the first-half, but Stevenage replied with three goals, one from Jamie Slabber and two from Steve Morison, to win the match 3–1. Stevenage then faced a Conference National side in the form of Morecambe, with the game being played on 2 February at Christie Park. Steve Morison gave the away side the lead in the first-half, finishing from an acute angle. Morecambe equalised in injury-time of the second-half, Garry Thompson netting from the penalty spot to ensure the tie went to a replay.


2007 FA Trophy Final, Route to the final, Stevenage Borough
Four days later, the teams faced each other in the replay, played at Broadhall Way. Stevenage won the game 3–0 after the game had gone to extra-time. Steve Morison, with his fifth of the competition, Jon Nurse, and Adam Miller scored Stevenage's goals. Another 3–0 victory followed in the quarter-final of the competition, with Stevenage beating Conference South leaders Salisbury City. Daryl McMahon's deflected effort gave the hosts the lead, before Morison and Nurse rounded off the scoring.


2007 FA Trophy Final, Route to the final, Stevenage Borough
The victory meant that Stevenage would play Grays Athletic in the semi-final, to be played over two legs. The first leg took place on 10 March, with Grays hosting Stevenage at the New Recreation Ground. The game ended 1–0 to Stevenage thanks to a Santos Gaia header in the second-half. A week later, the second leg took place at Broadhall Way. An Alex Rhodes goals four minutes into the second-half tied the scores at 1–1 on aggregate, with the game going to extra-time after Stevenage goalkeeper Alan Julian made a number of saves to keep Stevenage in the game.


2007 FA Trophy Final, Route to the final, Stevenage Borough
Stevenage scored seven minutes into extra-time through a Mark Hughes free-kick that evaded everyone – meaning Stevenage led 2–1 on aggregate. Steve Morison netted his seventh of the competition in the 120th minute to seal Stevenage's victory and ensure the club would be participating in the first competitive final at the new Wembley Stadium.


2007 FA Trophy Final, Match summary
The two teams were competing for the FA Trophy, a cup competition open to clubs playing in steps 1–4 of the National League System. The match had garnered a lot of media attention due to the fact that it was the first competitive game to be played at the new Wembley Stadium, which opened in May 2007. The attendance of 53,262 means that the final holds the record for the highest attendance for any FA Trophy final, beating the previous record of 34,842, when Wycombe Wanderers beat Kidderminster in 1991.


2007 FA Trophy Final, Match summary
The winning club received the FA Trophy itself, and prize money of £50,000, in addition to that accumulated for winning earlier rounds, whilst the runners-up received prize money of £25,000. Stevenage manager Mark Stimson was hoping to win the competition for a third consecutive year, having won the trophy for Grays Athletic in 2006 and 2007 respectively.


2007 FA Trophy Final, Match summary
Both teams were at full strength for the match. The line-ups included Stevenage's Steve Guppy and Kidderminster's Jeff Kenna, meaning the two players were the first to play at both old and new Wembley stadia. Stevenage striker Steve Morison had scored a total of seven goals in seven games en route to the final, and he was joint leading goalscorer of the tournament prior to the final, alongside Kidderminster's James Constable, who had netted seven goals in eight games. Kidderminster's Stuart Whitehead captained the side, whilst long-serving Ronnie Henry wore the captain's armband for Stevenage.


2007 FA Trophy Final, Match summary, First-half
The first-half started "tentatively", with Kidderminster looking the more likely side as the half progressed — "controlling the midfield, and taking advantage of a deep-sitting Stevenage backline, Kidderminster started to find some penetration". On the half-hour mark, Kidderminster took the lead, and it was Constable who supplied the end product, when he was on hand to stab home after Iyseden Christie's shot was blocked.


2007 FA Trophy Final, Match summary, First-half
Five minutes later, Kidderminster doubled their advantage – after a surging run, Constable fizzed in a low shot from the edge of the box, which nestled into the corner and beat the outstretched Alan Julian in the Stevenage goal. Kidderminster leading 2–0, referee Chris Foy blew his whistle for the half-time interval.


2007 FA Trophy Final, Match summary, Second-half
Despite trailing 2–0, Stevenage manager Mark Stimson opted against making any changes at the interval, whilst Kidderminster also remained unchanged. Stevenage started the second period with "much more purpose, showing greater thrust and belief", with Mitchell Cole shooting wide after a mazy run. Six minutes into the second-half, Stevenage halved the deficit, Morison headed the ball down to Mitchell Cole, who produced a neat right-footed finish to beat Scott Bevan in the Kidderminster goal. Centre-back Santos Gaia spurned the opportunity to restore parity when his header narrowly missed the target on the hour mark.


2007 FA Trophy Final, Match summary, Second-half
Stimson brought on Craig Dobson in place of Steve Guppy after 63 minutes, and ten minutes later, Dobson levelled the scores at two-apiece. Dobson latched on to a "hopeful long punt" from John Nutter and toe poked the ball past onrushing Bevan. Kidderminster responded by making an instant change, bringing on Andrew White for Iyseden Christie. However, it was Stevenage who would go on to complete a remarkable comeback with just two minutes of the game remaining. Stevenage right-back Barry Fuller produced a swinging cross that Morison hooked towards goal on the volley, Bevan saved the shot, but Morison reacted fastest to "smash home the rebound and snatch the glory".


2007 FA Trophy Final, Match summary, Post-match
After the match, the Kidderminster players and management team were the first to make the 107–step climb up the Wembley stairs to collect their runners-up medals. Stevenage, led by captain Ronnie Henry, then made the journey up the steps "cheered on by the Stevenage support", with Henry being awarded the winners' trophy from the presentation party. Substitute Craig Dobson was awarded the Man of the Match trophy, having "turned the game and caused no end of problems for the Kidderminster defence".


2007 FA Trophy Final, Match summary, Post-match
In the post-match interviews, Kidderminster manager Mark Yates stated he was "devastated, but proud" of his players, and believed his side did not deserve to lose the match. Stevenage's manager Mark Stimson, celebrating his third consecutive FA Trophy success, told the players to "believe in themselves" at half-time, and felt that his side were always going to go on and win the match once Mitchell Cole had halved the two-goal deficit just after half-time.


2007 FA Trophy Final, Match summary, Post-match
Steve Morison stated he was "lost for words" after scoring the winning goal in the 88th minute — "I can't explain how it feels, I can't describe scoring a goal anytime let alone at Wembley in front of 50,000 people. The boys out there were all part of it, it was a tremendous effort. I just did what I'm paid to do and that's score goals".


2007 FA Women's Cup Final
The 2007 FA Women's Cup Final was the 37th final of the FA Women's Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. It was the 14th final to be held under the direct control of the Football Association (FA). The final was contested between Arsenal and Charlton Athletic at the City Ground on 7 May 2007. Arsenal won the game 4–1 to secure their second successive FA Cup triumph and their eight in total. The match was attended by a crowd of 24,529 and was broadcast live on BBC One.


2007 FA Women's Cup Final, Match, Summary
Already winners of the UEFA Women's Cup, FA Women's Premier League National Division and the FA Women's Premier League Cup, Arsenal, managed by Vic Akers, came into the game as favourites. Meanwhile Charlton Athletic, managed by Keith Boanas, came through a hard fought semi-final against Blackburn Rovers, with Natasha Dowie scoring the only goal, to make it to their second final.


2007 FA Women's Cup Final, Match, Summary
Charlton Athletic were given the dream start after just two minutes of play, as Eniola Aluko's low cross was slotted in at the far post by Katie Holtham. Arsenal were level within five minutes, as Kelly Smith curled home a 25-yard free-kick after being hacked down by Charlton's right-back Maria Bertelli. The Gunners were in front by the quarter hour after winning a free kick near the corner flag: Jayne Ludlow was the quickest to get to Lianne Sanderson's near post cross and she steered her shot underneath goalkeeper Toni-Anne Wayne. Ludlow then claimed her second goal in first-half stoppage-time with a 30-yard strike which flew into the top corner of the net.


2007 FA Women's Cup Final, Match, Summary
Charlton's best chance of the second half came when Aluko broke away and shot through Emma Byrne's legs, but the shot was diverted wide of the post by the goalkeeper's leg. Meanwhile, the Gunners had plenty of chances to further their lead, but the fourth goal came when Smith curled in a shot nine minutes from time, wrapping up a record-equalling eighth FA Cup win.


2007 FAI Cup
The FAI Cup 2007 was the 87th staging of The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. It was the first FAI Cup to be sponsored by Ford.


2007 FAI Cup
The 2007 FAI Ford Cup officially kicked off in late April, when twenty clubs from the junior and intermediate leagues battled it out for the chance to face eircom League of Ireland opposition in the second round.


2007 FAI Cup
The ten winners of those ties were joined in the second round by the 22 eircom League of Ireland clubs.


2007 FAI Cup
The competition ran until early December, with the final taking place on 2 December 2007.


2007 FAI Cup, First round
Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 22 April 2007.


2007 FAI Cup, Second round
Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 17 June 2007. The draw took place on Thursday, 31 May 2007 and was made by Emma Byrne and Paddy McCaul, and televised live on RTÉ One.


2007 FAI Cup, Third round
Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 19 August 2007. The draw took place on Thursday, 5 July 2007 and was made by David Flood and Steve Staunton, and televised live on RTÉ One.


2007 FAI Cup, Quarter-finals
Matches to be played weekend of Sunday, 23 September. The draw took place on Monday, 27 August 2007 and was made by David Flood and Ronnie Whelan, and televised live on RTÉ One.


2007 FAI Cup, Semi-finals
Matches to be played weekend of Sunday, 28 October. The draw took place on Wednesday, 10 October, and was made by Paddy McCaul and Kevin MacDonald and was televised live on RTÉ One.


2007 FAI Cup Final
The 2007 FAI Cup Final was the final match of the 2007 FAI Cup, the national association football cup of the Republic of Ireland. Cork City and Longford Town contested the final, which was played at the RDS Arena in Dublin as Lansdowne Road, the usual venue for the final, was under re-development. Much of the build-up to the game was dominated by the events at Cork City, where many of the squad were out of contract and were seemingly not going to be offered new deals. Cork won the game 1-0 by virtue of a goal from Denis Behan. Despite his side's victory, Cork manager Damien Richardson left the club a few weeks later and was replaced by Longford manager Alan Mathews.


2007 FAI Cup Final, Route to the final
Both clubs entered the competition at the second round, alongside all of the other League of Ireland clubs, and completed four ties before reaching the final. Cork City played solely League of Ireland opposition, whereas Longford Town were drawn against two non-league sides.


2007 FAI Cup Final, Route to the final, Cork City
Cork City began the competition against First Division side Shelbourne. Cork City won the game 1-0; Roy O'Donovan's penalty in the 8th minute being the only goal of the game. O'Donovan won the penalty himself after a foul from Conor Rafferty. The third round match against Kilkenny City finished 5-1 to Cork. Cork players Brian O'Callaghan, Leon McSweeney and Colin Healy all scored in a 6-minute period in the first half to put the home side 3-0 up.


2007 FAI Cup Final, Route to the final, Cork City
Although Kilkenny did pull a goal back, John O'Flynn scored two goals towards the end of the second half to seal a comfortable win. Cork City required a replay to advance past the quarter-finals after initially drawing 1-1 against Waterford United. Waterford took the lead on 10 minutes through Dave Warren's free kick and they could have doubled their lead but for Alan Kearney's goal being ruled out on 28 minutes. Cork equalised early in the second half through Denis Behan but nearly fell behind again after Vinnie Sullivan hit the woodwork.


2007 FAI Cup Final, Route to the final, Cork City
The replay was not such a close encounter as Cork, this time playing at home, comfortably won 4-0. Denis Behan scored a hat-trick. with Liam Kearney scoring the other goal. Bohemians were the opposition in the semi-final. Although they were the away side, Cork guaranteed their place in final by winning 2-0. Liam Kearney scored both the goals.


2007 FAI Cup Final, Route to the final, Longford Town
Longford Town faced Celbridge Town of the Leinster Senior League in their first tie. Longford won the game 1-0. Longford again faced non-League of Ireland opposition in the third round as they played Fanad United at home. Fanad United were in close-season and this handicap proved too much for them as they lost 1-0 to Longford. Limerick 37 were the opposition in the quarter-finals. The match finished 3-1 in Longford's favour, although much of the action happened late in the game as Longford opened the scoring in the 72nd minute. Dave Mooney doubled Longford's advantage in the 81st minute before Limerick converted a penalty, although Jamie Duffy scored in the final minute of the match to ensure Longford's progression. Longford then reached the final after a 1-0 win over UCD. Robbie Martin, a former UCD player, scored the winning goal.


2007 FAI Cup Final, Pre-match
Longford Town were appearing the final for the fourth time in seven years having won the tournament in 2004 and 2003 and finishing as runners-up in 2001, despite never contesting a FAI Cup final before 2001. Cork City's last appearance in the final was in 2005, when they lost to Drogheda United. Cork had also previously contested the FAI Cup final in 1989 and 1998, winning on the latter occasion.


2007 FAI Cup Final, Pre-match
Colm James and Ian Ryan were cup-tied for Longford, while David Freeman was also absent due to illness. Cork's only absentee through injury was Darragh Ryan, although Liam Kearney, John O’Flynn and Brian O’Callaghan had themselves all recently returned from injury. Cork's Neal Horgan and Gary Deegan of Longford were suspended for the final. Both clubs attempted to persuade the FAI to postpone their suspensions on compassionate grounds, but the appeals were ultimately unsuccessful.


2007 FAI Cup Final, Pre-match
Longford went into the match having already been relegated from the League of Ireland Premier Division. Cork had finished 4th in the league and were generally regarded as favourites going into the cup final.


2007 FAI Cup Final, Pre-match
A minute's silence was held before the game in memory of Longford Town club president Peter Keenan who had died that week.


2007 FAI Cup Final, Pre-match, Cork City contract situation
Many Cork City players were out of contract going into the match, a situation that had "unsettled" the players according to manager Damien Richardson. Richardson's own future at the club was also unresolved.


2007 FAI Cup Final, Pre-match, Distribution of revenue
In a statement released before the club's final league match of the season, Cork City threatened to pull out of the final over a disagreement about the distribution of the revenue generated by the final between the participating teams. Traditionally, the FAI would take 40% of the revenue and the participating clubs would split the remaining money after running costs had been deducted.


2007 FAI Cup Final, Pre-match, Distribution of revenue
This year, the FAI had proposed that the winners would receive a minimum of €100,000 in prize money and the runners-up would receive a minimum payment of €75,000, which the organisation claimed was a substantial increase on the previous year's figures. The FAI also claimed that representatives of Cork City and Longford Town, along with representatives of the other semi-finalists UCD and Bohemians, had been informed of, and agreed to, this financial package.


2007 FAI Cup Final, Match
Lansdowne Road, the usual venue for the cup final, was under re-development so the match was held at the RDS Arena in Dublin. The weather was very poor, with Cork City beginning the match playing against the wind. Longford, despite widely being considered underdogs, were the better side in the first thirty minutes and had several opportunities of note, in particular Jamie Duffy's effort on 15 minutes which Michael Devine did well to save. Cork's first clear-cut chance came after 30 minutes following a mistake in the Longford defence.


2007 FAI Cup Final, Match
Longford had to play against the wind in the second half and this coincided with Cork becoming more dominant in the game. Billy Woods' free kick early in the half eluded everyone and the ball went just wide. The only goal of the game came in the 60th minute - John O'Flynn received the ball on the left wing from Dan Murray and delivered a cross into the penalty area which Denis Behan met with a diving header. Behan had the opportunity to double his side's advantage in the 80th minute but could only hit the crossbar, as did O'Flynn three minutes later. Longford's defeat was effectively sealed in the final few minutes of the match when Patrick Sullivan was sent off following a poor tackle.


2007 FAI Cup Final, Post-match
In an interview with RTÉ on the pitch following the game, Cork captain Dan Murray controversially claimed his side's victory was "two fingers to the board".


2007 FAI Cup Final, Post-match
Cork City manager Damien Richardson left the club a couple of weeks after the final and was replaced by Alan Mathews, who had managed Longford Town in this final.


2007 FAI Cup Final, Post-match
Cork City qualified for the UEFA Cup and Setanta Cup by winning the match.


2007 FAMAS Awards
The 55th Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards Night was held on  November 25, 2007 at  Le Pavilion, Function Place, Metrobank Park, Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard, Pasay.


2007 FAMAS Awards
Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo, produced by Malou Santos & Charo Santos-Concio, is the recipient of this edition's FAMAS Award for Best Picture.


2007 FAW Premier Cup Final
The 2007 FAW Premier Cup Final was the final of the 10th season of the FAW Premier Cup. The final was played at Newport Stadium in Newport on 21 March 2007 and marked the first time the final has been staged at the stadium. The match was contested by Newport County and The New Saints.


2007 FAW Premier Cup Final, Route to the final, The New Saints
The New Saints scores are shown first in every match


2007 FC Bunyodkor season
The 2007 season was Bunyodkor's first season in the Uzbek League in Uzbekistan. Bunyodkor competed in the Uzbek League, and was runner up for the Uzbek Cup.


2007 FC Bunyodkor season, Squad statistics, Clean sheets
Bugalo & Belyakov both appeared in Kuruvchi's 0-0 draw in the Uzbekistan Cup Final on 9 December 2007


2007 FC Dallas season
The 2007 FC Dallas season was the eleventh season of the Major League Soccer team. During the offseason, long-time owner and partial founder of the MLS Lamar Hunt died. His son, Clark Hunt, took control of the team. The team was invite to participate in the first SuperLiga tournament. The team did not make it out of the Group Stage.


2007 FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok season
The 2007 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok season was the club's 3rd season in the Russian Premier League, and their second since 1993. Luch-Energiya Vladivostok finished the season in 14th, narrowly avoiding relegation on matches won, and were knocked out of the 2007–08 Russian Cup by Metallurg Krasnoyarsk at the Round of 32 stage.


2007 FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok season, Squad, On loan
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2007 FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok season, Squad, Left club during season
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