2009 European Tour, Major tournaments
For a summary of the major tournaments and events of 2009, including the major championships and the World Golf Championships, see 2009 in golf.


2009 European Tour, Schedule
The table below shows the 2009 season schedule, which began with five events in late 2008 and consisted of 54 official money tournaments. This was an increase of four from the previous year, although three events were ultimately cancelled, and included the four major championships and four World Golf Championships, which are also sanctioned by the PGA Tour. 27 events took place in Europe, 14 in Asia, 6 in the United States, 3 in South Africa and 3 in Australia.


2009 European Tour, Schedule
Changes from the 2008 season included two new tournaments, the Moravia Silesia Open in the Czech Republic and the Dubai World Championship, the addition of the Singapore Open, and the return of the World Match Play Championship after being cancelled in 2008. In addition, as a result of plans to realign the schedule with the calendar year for 2010, the HSBC Champions, Hong Kong Open and the Australian Masters were held twice during the 2009 season. The HSBC Champions became a World Golf Championships event effective with its November 2009 edition.


2009 European Tour, Schedule
In December 2008 the Indian Masters, scheduled for February, was cancelled due to fallout from the ongoing financial crisis, and then in January 2009 it was announced that the revival of the English Open, scheduled for August, would be postponed for at least two years after developers of the St. Mellion International Resort ran into financial difficulties. In May it was announced that due to lack of sponsorship the British Masters had also been dropped from the schedule, with the Austrian Open being rescheduled from June to take its place on the calendar in September.


2009 European Tour, Race to Dubai
In 2009, the Order of Merit was rebranded as the Race To Dubai, with a bonus pool of $7.5 million (originally $10 million) to be distributed among the top 15 players at the end of the season, of which the winner received $1.5 million (originally $2 million). The new name reflects the addition of a new season ending tournament, the Dubai World Championship, held at the end of November in Dubai.


2009 European Tour, Race to Dubai
The tournament also had a $7.5 million prize fund (originally $10 million), and was contested by the leading 60 players in the race following the seasons penultimate event, the Hong Kong Open. The winner of the Race To Dubai also receives a ten-year European Tour exemption, while the winner of the Dubai World Championship tournament receives a five-year European Tour exemption. The reduction in prize money, announced in September 2009, was due to the global economic downturn.


2009 European Tour, Race to Dubai, Final standings
The following table shows the final Race to Dubai standings for 2009, including the top 15 players who qualified for the bonus pool.


2009 European Tour, Awards, Golfer of the Month
The winners of the European Tour Golfer of the Month Award were as follows:


2009 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
This is a list of the 31 players who earned their 2010 European Tour card through Q School in 2009.


2009 European Tour Qualifying School graduates, 2010 Results
* European Tour rookie in 2010T = Tied   The player retained his European Tour card for 2011 (finished inside the top 117). The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2011, but retained conditional status (finished between 118-150). The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2011 (finished outside the top 150).


2009 European Tour Qualifying School graduates, 2010 Results
Ohlsson, Johansen, and Coetzee regained their cards for 2011 through Q School, while Gagli regained his by finishing 17th in the Challenge Tour rankings.


2009 European Touring Car Cup
The 2009 FIA European Touring Car Cup was the fifth running of the FIA European Touring Car Cup. It was held on 25 October 2009 at the Circuito Vasco Sameiro near Braga in Portugal. James Thompson won the event after winning the second race. Norbert Michelisz won the first race.


2009 European Touring Car Cup, Entry list
† Although in attendance, Radermecker did not compete due to a technical problem with his car.


2009 European Touring Car Cup, Report, Qualifying
SEAT Leon Eurocup champion Norbert Michelisz took pole position from Franz Engstler at the very end of the session. Bamboo Engineering pairing Duarte Félix Da Costa and Harry Vaulkhard locked out the second row of the grid. Pre -event favourites James Thompson and Michel Nykjær qualified down in sixth and eighth respectively. Vincent Radermecker was forced to sit out the session due to problems with his Chevrolet Lacetti.


2009 European Truck Racing Championship
The 2009 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 25th European Truck Racing Championship season and began at Assen on May 10, with the finale at Jarama on October 4 after nine events. The championship was won by David Vršecký, taking his second title in a row.


2009 European Truck Racing Championship, Teams and drivers
Race drivers without fixed number, whose number is defined race by race:


2009 European Truck Racing Championship, Championship standings, Drivers' Championship
Each round or racing event consisted of four races. At the races 1 and 3, the points awarded according to the ranking was on a 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 10 finishers – at the races 2 and 4 with reversed grid, the points awarded were 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1  (rank 1 - 10) respectively.


2009 European U17 Badminton Championships
The 2009 European U17 Badminton Championships were held in Medvode, Slovenia, between November 11 and November 15, 2009.


2009 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship
The 2009 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship was the sixth annual international rugby union competition for Under 18 national rugby union teams in Europe. The event was organised by rugby's European governing body, the FIRA – Association of European Rugby (FIRA-AER). The competition was contested by 32 men's junior national teams and was held in early April 2009. It was hosted by the French region of Var - Côte d'Azur, with the final held in Toulon.


2009 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship
The tournament was won by France, who won its fourth European championship and its third in a row, with England finishing runners-up. The tournament marked forty years of international age grade rugby on the European continent, 1969 having been the year when the first European Under 19 competition was held.


2009 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship
It was sponsored by French company Justin Bridou and therefore officially called the 2009 Justin Bridou European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship.


2009 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship, Overview, History
The European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship was first held in 2004, in Treviso, Italy. It replaced the previously held European Under-18 Emergent Nations Championship, which had first been held in 2000. The first championship in 2004 was won by France.


2009 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship, Overview, History
The following two championships, held in Lille, France in 2005 and again in Treviso in 2006, were won by England. Alternating between France and Italy, the next three championships were held in Biarritz, Treviso again, and Toulon in 2009. All three were taken out by France, but of Europes top rugby playing nations, Wales and Scotland did not take part in the latest editions.


2009 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship, Overview, Format
The championship, similar to previous editions, was organised in an A, B, C and D Division, with A being the highest and D the lowest. Each division consisted of eight teams and each team played three competition games, with a quarter final, semi final and final/placing game.


2009 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship, Overview, Format
The quarter finals were played according to a seeding list, with the winners moving on to the first to fourth place semi finals while the losers would enter the fifth to eighth place semi finals.


2009 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship, Overview, Format
The winners of the semi finals one to four would play in the division final while the losers would play for third place. Similarly, the winners of the fifth to eighth semi finals would play for fifth place while the losers would play for seventh.


2009 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship, Overview, Format
The winner of the A division was crowned European champions while the eighth placed team would originally be relegated to the B division. Similarly, the winner of B, C and D division would move up a division for 2010 while the last placed teams would nominally be relegated. This meant, France was crowned European champions while Italy finished on the relegation spot, but was reprieved of relegation by England choosing not to participate in the 2010 tournament. Germany won the B division, Czech Republic the C division and Luxembourg the D. The last placed teams, for the same reason as Italy, were all spared relegation, too.


2009 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship, Overview, Format
With a Côte d'Azur Selection, a non-national team took part to provide even numbers in all four divisions. With Armenia and Monaco, two teams took part that hadn't taken part in previous editions and would not do so again in 2010, while Bosnia and Herzegovina, which had played the previous two tournaments, did also not take part in 2010.


2009 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship, Overview, Format
The teams of England, Italy and Ireland at the tournament were B selections, as these nations had committed themselves to an Under-18 Festival in Parma, Italy, where Wales and Scotland also took part. The French team however opted to take part in the European Championship instead.


2009 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship, Overview, Venues
The games of the 2009 championship were played at the following locations:


2009 European Union Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 2009 European Union Amateur Boxing Championships was held at the Odense Sports Centre in Odense, Denmark from June 14 to June 21. The 7th edition of the annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA.


2009 European Weightlifting Championships
The 2009 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Bucharest, Romania from 3 April to 12 April 2009. It was the 88th edition of the event, which was first staged in 1896.


2009 European Women Sevens Championship
The 2009 European Women Sevens Championship was the seventh edition of the European Women's Sevens Championship.


2009 European Women Sevens Championship, F-EN Tournament 2009
Participants: Austria, Hungary, Croatia and Slovenia, with guests Bosnia-Herzogovina and Serbia


2009 European Women Sevens Championship, FIRA-AER Tournament 2009 - Division B
Venue/Date: 6–7 June 2009, Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina. This was replaced in 2008 by World Cup qualifying. Slovenia, Ukraine, Georgia, Slovakia and Greece were expected to join this tournament in 2008. The plans of Slovakia and Greece aren't yet known. (Source Fira-Aer)


2009 European Women Sevens Championship, F-EN Finals 2009
Participants are Austria, Hungary, Croatia and Slovenia, with guests Bosnia & Herzegovina and Serbia


2009 European Women's Fistball Championship
The 2009 Women's European Fistball Championship was held in Zofingen (Switzerland) from August 14 to 15, with five women's national teams: Austria, Catalonia, Germany, Italy and Switzerland.


2009 European Women's Fistball Championship
The first round was played as the best of 3 sets (11 points) and the rest of competition was played as the best of 5 sets.


2009 European Wrestling Championships
The 2009 FILA European Wrestling Championships were held in Vilnius, Lithuania. The event took place from 31 March to 5 April 2009.


2009 European Wrestling Championships, Bids
Five countries showed interest in hosting the tournament, but only two were shortlisted: Vilnius (Lithuania) and Antalya (Turkey). CELA picked Vilnius at 2008 in Tampere and FILA confirmed the choice in Beijing during Olympic games.


2009 European Youth Baseball Championship
The 2009 European Youth Baseball Championship was an international baseball competition held in Brno, Czech Republic from July 7 to 11, 2009. It featured teams from Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine.


2009 European Youth Baseball Championship
In the end the team from Italy won the tournament.


2009 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
The 2009 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held between 15 and 20 February 2009 in Poland. The host cities are 5 cities in the Silesian province of Poland, namely Bielsko-Biala, Cieszyn, Szczyrk, Tychy, and Wisla.


2009 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, Schedule
The competition schedule for the 2009 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival is as follows:


2009 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
The 2009 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Tampere, Finland.


2009 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival, Mascot
The mascot for the 2009 European Youth Olympic Festival is Finx, a Eurasian lynx.


2009 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival, Venues
Eight venues were used in this edition of European Youth Olympic Festival.


2009 European floods
The 2009 European floods were a series of natural disasters that took place in June 2009 in Central Europe. Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Turkey were all affected. The heavy rains caused overflowing of the rivers Oder, Vistula, Elbe and Danube. At least 12 people were killed in the Czech Republic and one in Poland.


2009 European floods
The floods were the worst natural disaster in the Czech Republic since 2002, when floods killed 17 people and caused billions of dollars of damage in Prague. Those same floodwaters from the Czech Republic also affected Germany, with Dresden being hit by its worst flooding for over a century and three thousand people evacuated from areas where water was said to be waist-deep. Austria also experienced its heaviest rainfalls in half a century.


2009 European floods, Weather
June 2009 was one of the rainiest months of June for Austria since weather records have been kept. After a very dry April, May had already been wet, and in the middle of June, low pressure areas and thunderstorms followed. Quinton Low ensured strong rainfall in the Eastern Alps, the southern Carpathians, and from the middle of the Balkan Peninsula to the Crimea and Baltic Sea regions between 20 and 30 June. It moved slowly over the Adriatic Sea toward the Black Sea forming an upper low – despite the typical muggy movement from the southeast and build-up of precipitation from the east and northeast, a classic flood situation that was missing the Genoa low of a ground low core.


2009 European floods, Weather
The Quinton Low formed from 20 to 22 June, through constriction of an upper low over the Alps towards the southeast. An Atlantic infusion of cold air had brought heavy precipitation with snowfall down to elevations of 1500m. The separated upper low shifted over the mid-Adriatic on 20 and 21 June and the central Balkans on 22 June.


2009 European floods, Weather
Its front system, which was occluded from the east and then was guided to the northeast towards Central Europe, drove from 22 to 24 June from the Lower Inn Valley to the Vienna Basin with heavy precipitation of over 100mm/48h, with 207mm/48h in Lunz am See. Locally, this phase was similar to the 2005 European floods, although in that year there was a faster rise.


2009 European floods, Weather
Starting on 25 June, the low moved over the Black Sea. On 25 and 26 June, the precipitation was concentrated in the area around Belgrade and Southern Hungary. In Austria and the Czech Republic, the situation eased. On 27 and 28 June, a front moved towards Southern Poland and the Baltic states, and further precipitation-heavy air masses once again struck the Czech Republic, Austria, and Serbia, as well as Central Bulgaria and Moldova on 29 June.


2009 European floods, Weather
The stable and stationary weather situation did not disintegrate until after 29 June. However, the air mass over Central and Eastern Europe remained extremely moist and unstable such that heavy thunderstorms repeatedly drove further local floods in the following days. Local areas of heavy rain of up to 50mm in a few hours were recorded across Central Europe until the first two weeks of July. The end of the weather phase did not occur until the passing of the low Rainer over England and the North Sea and low Steffen over Southern Scandinavia, which the slowly advancing weather system surrounded from 3 to 9 July.


2009 European floods, By country, Austria
On Tuesday 23 June, the strong rise began to impact the tributaries that lead from the south to the Danube, and flood warnings were triggered on the night of 24 June in many places in the Upper and Lower Austrian Prealps. The state warning centers were reinforced. By the morning of 24 June, about 4,000 firefighters were already operating in Upper Austria and Lower Austria. Armed Forces helicopters were also in use.


2009 European floods, By country, Austria
In Upper Austria, the Krems and Traun rivers partially came together at the banks. The level of the tributaries was rising while the Danube was steady. Seven districts in Lower Austria were already affected. The rivers Ybbs, Melk, Erlauf, Traisen, and Perschling were especially flooded. Ybbsitz had been closed off from the outside world since 3AM. At the Danube (Strudengau, Wachau), the available mobile flood prevention equipment was assembled as much as possible. In Styria, only individual actions were reported, mainly pumping operations but also elimination of mudslides.


2009 European floods, By country, Austria
By 25 June, the persistent rainfall was over. Instead, increasingly short heavy rains with large masses of water were recorded. Since the ground was no longer receptive to water, the aftereffects of these precipitations were similarly devastating. In Upper Austria, the situation calmed because the level of the tributaries was slowly falling towards normal levels. In Steyr, the level had sunk to the quay, 1.4m less than the previous day. The Danube had reached its highest level of 6.9m overnight in Mauthausen and also sank slowly. The center of the flood shifted towards Wachau as the precipitation itself moved towards the east. 253 of the 326 fire departments in Burgenland were called on for flood operations within 24 hours. The Albertina Museum in Vienna evacuated 950,000 artworks by artists such as Monet and Renoir.


2009 European floods, By country, Austria
On 26 June further floods affected areas stretching from Mostviertel to Burgenland, particularly in the Güssing District where whole tracts of land were under up to a meter of water, while Strem was surrounded by masses of water. The Armed Forces assisted the fire departments with 200 men. In the Lower Austrian Klingfurth near Wiener Neustadt, homes threatened by a landslide had to be evacuated. The Adria-Wien Pipeline, which lies in the affected hillside, had to be turned off for security reasons. In Styria, in which about 400 landslides were recorded since the beginning of the storm, the situation calmed a bit as the day turned to evening.


2009 European floods, By country, Austria
On Saturday 27 June, two dams of the Leitha river in Bruck an der Leitha District were broken open, allowing water to flow into an uninhabited area so as to relieve the river. On Sunday night, a fatality was reported.


2009 European floods, By country, Austria
Further installments of rain were encountered after the weekend. The assistance of the Armed Forces concentrated on the areas around Feldbach District and Fürstenfeld District. Upper Styria was also increasingly affected. The village of Radmer was without power and completely inaccessible after heavy mudslides. Floods and obstructions also surrounded Mariazell and Hieflau. The situation at the Enns intensified again. On the afternoon of Monday 29 June the level of the Steyr was again over 4m. Wachau also went into another flood warning. On the night of 30 June the Alpine railway station was flooded for the second time in the span of a few days after the strongest-ever measured rainfall in St. Pölten. The ÖBB again closed down the operation of the Mariazellerbahn.


2009 European floods, By country, Austria
On Tuesday, further landslides were able to be stopped with the help of Czech hedgehogs. Nevertheless, numerous buildings could still not be cleared as habitable. Due to scattered storms in Graz-Umgebung District, there were also frequent lightning strikes.


2009 European floods, By country, Austria
On Friday 3 July Wachau was affected by the storm for the second time within two weeks. Spitz, which had been previously flooded by the Danube, was flooded this time by the usually only 30 cm deep Spitzerbach, which swelled to 4m after thunderstorms. An 81-year-old man who was swept away was not found until 12 July in the Danube. Also, in Waldviertel and Steyr-Land District, severe thunderstorms occurred with heavy precipitation, which again required the use of over 2,000 firefighters.


2009 European floods, By country, Austria
On Monday 6 July the strongest rainfall in 200 years began in the afternoon hours. Parts of Lower Austria, Vienna, and Northern Burgenland were especially affected. St. Pölten was again declared a disaster area, as large parts of the metropolitan area were flooded. The Nadelbach flooded the cadastral communities Nadelbach and Hafing. The surroundings of the Alpine Railway Station were yet again under water. Areas that had never before had to suffer through flooding were also unexpectedly under water on 6 July.


2009 European floods, By country, Austria
Europaplatz and Schießstadtring in St. Pölten had to be closed off; a 7m-wide stream had carved itself out leading from the Alpine Railway Station to the center of the city. The regional court and the prison were also threatened by high water. A further danger existed at the EVN Group substation as the water level had almost brought power production to a halt. The B1a tunnel under the government Landhaus district was blocked due to the flood. The Western Railway had to be closed down for two hours in the evening. Additional problems arose due to the rise of the groundwater level associated with the flooding, which also reached a historical peak.


2009 European floods, By country, Austria
Severe weather warnings were issued on Thursday 7 July that were similar in scope to the days before. This time however, the storm affected the Upper Austrian area more, where especially extensive damage had been done by hail in agricultural areas in Gmunden, Vöcklabruck, and Wels. In Dürnstein in Wachau, there were rockslides at Vogelbergsteig, which blocked both the Danube Highway and the Danube Railway. The B3 became once again freely passable on 10 July, after explosions that removed loose rock from the wall. However, the Danube Railway required longer repair work.


2009 European floods, By country, Austria
On 10 July the situation in Styria again took a turn for the worse. There was further rainfall, especially in Feldbach District. There were about 600 landslides in Styria around this timeframe.


2009 European floods, By country, Austria, Precipitation in Austria
From 7:00AM on 22 June to 7:00AM on 24 June, several places in Austria received over 150L/m2 of rainfall. Below is the total monthly precipitation for June 2009 – from Upper Austria to Northern Burgenland, 200-300% of the average monthly precipitation totals were recorded, with Spitzenwert in St. Pölten at 388%, almost four times the normal amount.


2009 European floods, By country, Austria, Precipitation in Austria
The precipitation persisted even into the first half of July. Spitzenwerte was reached on 6 July. Places where the level reached over 50L/m2:


2009 European floods, By country, Austria, Damage and relief efforts
Damage estimates were first released after two weeks. The damage in Burgenland amounted to over €2,500,000. In Lower Austria, about 3,000 claims were registered with a total claim amount of about €60,000,000. Because of this, the assistance for Lower Austria was increased from an estimated €2,500,000 to €10,000,000. In Upper Austria, damage claims were expected to be about €20,000,000. In Styria, the amount was about €10,000,000. The other federal states did not report damage totals.


2009 European floods, By country, Austria, Damage and relief efforts
Since disaster management in Austria takes place mainly at the federal state level, figures for all of Austria are not readily available. Countrywide figures were only released for the Armed Forces. 137,000 relief hours were worked in the assistance operation from 23 June to 9 July. On average, about 700 soldiers were deployed at any time countrywide. 311,000 relief hours were worked by firefighters and disaster assistance services in the largest federal state Lower Austria alone. The Austrian Red Cross also helped with many volunteers and crisis intervention teams. Likewise, Team Austria volunteers were put to work in the relief effort.


2009 European floods, By country, Austria, Damage and relief efforts
The fact that at the beginning of August in Lower Austria alone twelve streets and three railways were obstructed shows how extensive the infrastructure damage was. The repair work took weeks.


2009 European floods, By country, Czech Republic
In the Czech Republic, persistent heavy rainfall beginning on 22 June led to the rise of smaller Vltavan tributaries in the Bohemian Forest and the Nové Hrady Mountains. A flood warning was issued for the South Bohemian Region. The highest level was reached in the rivers Malše, Blatnice, and Černá. České Budějovice was also affected by the warning. In the evening, the Rožnovská Bečva rose about 1.2m in Valašské Meziříčí and its water level at the estuary in the Bečva rose to ten times normal.


2009 European floods, By country, Czech Republic
The Vsetínská Bečva also swelled and several streets were flooded in Vsetín, Valašské Meziříčí, and Rožnov pod Radhoštěm. In Zubří, numerous cars were overcome by the water. There were fatalities in Černotín and Valašské Meziříčí. In Český Krumlov, the Vltava reached six times the normal water amount, with 63 m3/s. Near Větřní, a dinghy containing three occupants capsized, one of which drowned.


2009 European floods, By country, Czech Republic
The floods in North Moravia and Silesia took on a different character. In the span of two hours on 24 June, strong rainfall brought flash floods with up to 80L/m2 of rain at the streams Jičínka and Zrzávka. The level of the Jičínka swelled to 5.5m and thereby exceeded the 1997 Central European flood by 2m. In Jeseník nad Odrou, the brook Luha rose to 2m in the span of a half-hour; four people died in that community, three by drowning. People also died in Nový Jičín, Bernartice nad Odrou, Životice u Nového Jičína, and Kunín. The floods also created extensive damage in districts of Nový Jičín such as Bludovice, Žilina, Hodslavice, and Mořkov.


2009 European floods, By country, Czech Republic
Other rivers temporarily rose over their banks after strong local rainfall. In Bohemian Switzerland, the Kamenice flooded parts of Janská on the evening of 1 July. On 6 July sudden thunderstorms hit Ústí nad Labem Region, where a state of emergency had to be called in some places. West and South Bohemia were also severely threatened in places like Tábor. The authorities feared a burst of dams of artificial lakes and considered evacuating the affected villages.


2009 European floods, By country, Czech Republic
Parts of West and South Bohemia as well as Central Moravia were also greatly affected by the flood. In the region, dams of a series of artificially created lakes threatened to break. The authorities considered the evacuation of more villages on Tuesday night.


2009 European floods, By country, Czech Republic
Overall, fourteen people died in the Czech Republic due to the impact of the flooding. The Olomouc Region and the Moravian-Silesian Region were particularly affected in the drainage basins of the Oder and the Morava where numerous streets and rail lines were disrupted.


2009 European floods, By country, Czech Republic
In the first estimates, the total damage was estimated to be 5-6 billion Czech koruna (about €230,000,000).


2009 European floods, By country, Czech Republic
Hepatitis vaccinations were commenced for children in severely affected areas in order to prevent an outbreak of the disease.


2009 European floods, By country, Czech Republic
On 24 July the lowest flood warning level was lifted in Nový Jičín Region. Criticism of the speed of response by firefighters and municipalities was prevalent, as citizens were not informed about impending floods. The Environmental Minister Ladislav Miko confirmed that the meteorological internet server broke down at a critical time.


2009 European floods, By country, Germany
By 23 June the first warnings in Bavaria had already come, as precipitation amounted to 70L/m2 in 24 hours. In the mountains, snowfall was observed. On the Zugspitze, 60 cm of new snow fell. The first floods came at the Inn. Altötting, Berchtesgadener Land, Cham, and particularly Traunstein were affected by the flooding owing to rising tributaries.


2009 European floods, By country, Germany
On Thursday night, 25 June, the level of the Danube rose in Passau, such that the warning level reached 3 (definition: individual built-up properties or basements are flooded, blocking of local transport channels, or isolated use of water or dam defense is required). On Thursday, the flooding of the Danube and the Isar moved the warning level to 2 (definition: agriculture and forestry land is flooded or light traffic delays on main traffic roads and local roads). Throughout Thursday, the water level sank in Passau, however the recession was slow.


2009 European floods, By country, Hungary
The first flood notifications in Hungary came on 25 June. The Rába reached the highest ever measured level in Szentgotthárd on Thursday morning. This was about 30 cm higher than in a large flood in 1965. Due to the temporary expansion of flood protection and because the high water level did not persist, there was no expected risk. The Hungarian Western Railway still had to close down operation between Szentgotthárd and Jennersdorf because the rails were undermined in numerous places. In Komárom-Esztergom County, the first flood warning level was called. The Leitha in Hungarian territory was not affected.


2009 European floods, By country, Hungary
On 26 June a cautious all-clear was announced for the Danube between Esztergom and Budapest because the water levels remained lower than had been feared. The peak was expected on the night of 27 June into the 28th and was estimated to be 40–50 cm deeper than in the devastating floods of 2006. Nevertheless, precautions were taken in numerous important locations, such as Szentendre Island.


2009 European floods, By country, Hungary
On the morning of Sunday 28 June the Danube reached its high point, which was 25% less than the floods in 2006. Flood warnings were in effect for a stretch of 528 kilometers of the Danube in Hungary. In Nagymaros, the level rose 5.33m, while the level in Budapest rose 6.96m. The increase had been expected to be 7.04m for a short time. In the upper Danube areas, the level sank noticeably around this time. In Budapest alone, the floods led to the blockage of the two quays.


2009 European floods, By country, Hungary
On 2 July there were alerts along 853 kilometers. 36 kilometers of third degree alerts near the river Lajta, second degree on the Danube at Dunakiliti, Győr, Komárom, Esztergom, Budapest and on the river Rába at Sárvár, first degree alerts from the Ipoly river mouth to the southern border of Hungary.


2009 European floods, By country, Poland
On 23 June smaller rivers rose in the area of Rzeszów and in Lower Silesian Voivodeship. After strong rain fell in the Owl Mountains (at the rate of 60mm/h in Walim, for example), flood warnings were called for the Piława at Mościsko (Faulbrück) and the Bystrzyca Świdnicka at Lubachów (Breitenhain). In Świdnica, Bystrzyca Street flooded. Further damage was seen in Wałbrzych and Jelenia Góra.


2009 European floods, By country, Poland
The Polish National Security Center stated that rivers exceeded warning levels in forty-three areas, whilst alarm levels were exceeded in a further twenty places. A total of fifty families were evacuated in Kraków. Water submerged a railway station in Upper Silesia.


2009 European floods, By country, Romania
Flood warnings were issued for 22 and 23 June for 21 counties. Amidst rain and hail, warnings were also issued for the Buzău and Ialomiţa rivers for 29 and 30 June.


2009 European floods, By country, Serbia
Serbia was also hit with heavy rainfall by the storms. Places like Belgrade and Novi Sad in the north of the country were mainly affected, but Valjevo was also affected 90 km southeast.


2009 European floods, By country, Slovakia
Flood warnings were issued for parts of Northwest and far West Slovakia on 24 June and extended to the Danubian Lowland on the 25th. They became effective on 26 June for the entire length of the Danube and at the Morava. In Čirč in the Prešov Region near the Polish border, two people had already been killed on 23 June. A brother and sister drowned as the sister tried to rescue her brother.


2009 European floods, By country, Slovakia
In Devín, a suburb of Bratislava, the level of the Danube was 8.3m on 26 June. Alongside Devín, Petržalka, Šariš, and Dunajská Streda were affected by a storm.


2009 European floods, By country, Slovakia
On 27 and 28 June the flood shifted to Bardejov, Tvrdošín, and Námestovo. The communities of Rabča and Oravská Polhora were particularly at risk as two bridges had been destroyed. On the 29th, Kežmarok, Spišská Belá, Ľubica, Stará Bystrica, and Radôstka were affected by landslides and flooding and there were additional storms in Senica and Skalica.


2009 European floods, By country, Slovakia
A 20-year-old Slovak drowned in the Ružín reservoir. A Czech died as a tourist raft sank in the border river Dunajec. One person also died in Stará Ľubovňa near the Polish border.


2009 European floods, By country, Turkey
A flash flood in Istanbul started on 9 September. Heavy rains caused water levels to rise six feet, flooding a major highway and commercial district in the city's Ikitelli district. Hundreds of people climbed onto rooftops, and many desperate motorists struggled to escape their vehicles and run to safety. Others drowned in their own vehicles. Many people taking refuge on rooftop of them were airlifted to safety by rescue helicopters. Rescue workers using inflatable boats also travelled through the flooded streets, picking up survivors. Some rescuers used ropes to drag people across the torrent to safety.


2009 European floods, By country, Turkey
Four helicopters and eight boats were used for rescue work. Istanbul firefighters recovered seven bodies at a truck parking lot littered with upended trucks. The bodies of seven women were found in a van outside a textile factory. The van had been taking them to their jobs, when the flood hit. Police were deployed throughout the city to prevent looting. Two other people died in Istanbul's Catalca suburb and six others were swept away by the flood. 20 people died, 8 were listed as missing, and 20 were injured.


2009 European floods, Further storms
Storms followed this series of floods that had no connection with the weather referenced above but mostly affected the same areas.


2009 European floods, Further storms
On the night of 23 July a storm front moved from Germany into Austria, the Czech Republic, and Poland that arose due to previously prevalent unusually high temperatures. It impacted the area through hail and storms and partially also through heavy rainfall. In Lower Austria, where such fronts usually dissipate, the front strengthened and the storms hit the Vienna metropolitan area. The population was completely unprepared when the storm struck because it did not appear in any weather models. People were injured or even killed mainly by uprooted trees. Agriculture was also hit hard with damages.


2009 European floods, Further storms
Widespread power outages were recorded. The Austrian insurance companies faced damages of around €20,000,000 in the agricultural industry alone. The Austrian hail insurance companies also faced the largest single event in the last 60 years from a cost of damages perspective. On 25 July the emergency personnel of firefighters and the Armed Forces was still engaged in partially repairing an estimated 500 destroyed houses in the Flachgau Region in order to achieve renewed rainfall resistance.


2009 European floods, Further storms
In Poland, eight people were killed and 34 people were injured by uprooted trees. Two people were also killed in the Czech Republic. Power was still not completely restored by 25 July in the surrounding areas of Liberec and Bohemia.


2009 European football match-fixing scandal
"UEFA will be demanding the harshest of sanctions before the competent courts for any individuals, clubs or officials who are implicated in this malpractice, be it under state or sports jurisdiction."


2009 European football match-fixing scandal
The 2009 European football betting scandal was an attempt to influence the outcome of professional association football matches in Europe, and to defraud the gambling industry by betting on the results. The investigation centres on around 200 fixtures, including domestic league games in nine European countries: Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Croatia, Slovenia, Turkey, Hungary, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Austria. It also involved twelve qualifying matches in the UEFA Europa League, and three in the UEFA Champions League. Peter Limacher, a spokesman for European football's governing body UEFA, described it as "the biggest match-fixing scandal ever to hit Europe."


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Background
"If results are fixed in advance, football has no further reason to exist."


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Background
The 2009 European football betting scandal was considered to be the biggest affair in European football since the 2005 football scandal of referee Robert Hoyzer and the Bundesliga-scandal in the 1970/71 season when numerous players, coaches and officials were involved in game shifts. The extent and effects were regarded as even greater than in the previous manipulations in football. Some newspapers refer to this scandal as the "biggest fraud scandal of all time" and Peter Limacher, head of the disciplinary department of UEFA, spoke of it as the "biggest fraud scandal ever in European football".


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Background
According to information from the Bochum prosecutor's office on 20 November 2009, at least 200 football matches had been manipulated in nine European countries since the beginning of 2009. The fraudsters had bribed players, coaches and officials to influence gameplay.


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Background
The two Croatian brothers Ante and Milan Sapina were arrested on 19 November 2009 and held responsible for fraud involving the betting manipulated games in Asia (provider: SBOBET with license in the Philippines and Europe, totaling about 10 million Euro. They had already been given a prison sentence after the 2005 football scandal. A further 15 persons were arrested in Germany. More than 50 house searches were carried out in North Rhine-Westphalia, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Switzerland, Austria and the United Kingdom. Cash and assets of more than one million Euro were seized.


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Background
The UEFA European Football Association suspended the Ukrainian referee Oleg Orijechow, in connection with the betting scandal, and who had supposedly been in personal contact with a member of the betting mafia, according to Spiegel Online. He was summoned to Nyon for a personal hearing at the Federation Center following an investigation by UEFA's anti-corruption unit. UEFA revealed in March 2009 that they were bringing charges against an unnamed European club, later revealed to be Macedonian side FK Pobeda. Pobeda were found guilty of match-fixing in a tie against Armenian club Pyunik in 2004.


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Background
As a consequence, the club was handed an eight-year ban from all European competitions, and club president Aleksandar Zabrčanec and former captain Nikolce Zdravevski were given lifetime European football bans. UEFA president Michel Platini revealed that his organisation were stepping up their efforts to eradicate match fixing in the game, and that 27,000 fixtures would be monitored in the 2009–10 season.


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Background
The fraud was discovered through telephone tapping of organized crime activities and has been investigated by the Prosecutorial Office at Bochum, Germany. On 19 November 2009 a series of raids were conducted in the UK, Germany, Switzerland and Austria in relation to the betting investigation. They resulted in fifteen arrests in Germany, and a further two in Switzerland, as well as the seizure of cash and property.


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Affected games and suspects, Germany
In Germany at least 32 games from the 2. Bundesliga to the junior area were manipulated. Including four games of the 2. Bundesliga, three games of the 3. Liga, 18 games in the Regionalliga, Oberliga games and two games from the U-19 division.


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Affected games and suspects, Germany
In September 2010, the public-law TV magazine Fakt reported that thirteen 2nd and five 3rd league games, 20 regional league games, five league games, as well as, two games in the DFB-Pokal, five U-19 games and other individual friendly games, were under suspicion of manipulation.


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Affected games and suspects, Germany
A DFB referee was also accused of having been bribed by the alleged fraudulent betters in a regional league game in May 2009.


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Affected games and suspects, Germany
In course of the investigation, basketball player of the Brose Baskets from Bamberg, Ivan Pavić, and the Würzburger landes league player, Kristian Sprećaković, were also arrested on 19 November 2009.


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Affected games and suspects, Germany
Four games of the SSV Ulm 1846 in the final phase of the Regionalliga season 2008–09 were under suspicion of manipulation. On 27 November 2009, the club announced the denunciation of the Croatian players Davor Kraljević, Marijo Marinović and Dinko Radojević in association with the match-fixing scandal.


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Affected games and suspects, Germany
On 24 November 2009, Regionalliga club SC Verl suspended midfielders Patrick Neumann and Tim Hagedorn from games and training. The club received indications of attempted tampering for the game against Borussia Mönchengladbach II (4–3 win) and 1. FC Köln II (1–0 loss) in the 2008–09 season. On 28 November 2009, Neumann admitted to Bochum prosecutor's office that he received 500€, making him the first professional to sign a confession in the match-fixing scandal. However, he continued to deny any activity in the manipulations.


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Affected games and suspects, Germany
Marcel Schuon confirmed to the Bochum prosecutor's office, that during his time at VfL Osnabrück, manipulation took place in a 3–0 defeat to FC Augsburg on 17 April 2009 in the 2. Bundesliga. He refused to inform anyone of until after the game. Schuon was issued a five-digit fine. At the beginning of the 2009–10 season, Schuon switched to 3. Liga team SV Sandhausen, where he was removed by the team  at the end of November 2009 due to his involvement in the match-fixing scandal.


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Affected games and suspects, Austria
In Austria, 11 matches of the Bundesliga and the First League were affected.


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Affected games and suspects, Austria
According to UEFA, no Austrian clubs were specifically involved in the betting scandal. Only two European League qualifying matches of the SK Rapid Wien against KS Vllaznia Shkodra (5–0 and 3–0 for Rapid) were suspected of manipulation according to press reports.


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Affected games and suspects, Austria
At the beginning of March 2011, betting allegations about the Austrian Bundesliga club Kapfenberger SV were announced, where, according to various media reports, players of the club had been handed large sums of money, and accused of having perilously lost the 2009–10 season games against FC Red Bull Salzburg (4–0 loss), Rapid Wien (1–0 loss) and Austria Wien (1–0 loss). Also at this time, a defensive player from Kapfenberg, among others, was reported to have received €200,000 through a middleman.


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Affected games and suspects, Switzerland
In Switzerland, 22 matches of the Challenge League and six test games were affected. At least one attempt to manipulate games of the Super League had occurred, but the addressed player reported the bribery attempt to the federation. Two suspects have been arrested.


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Affected games and suspects, Switzerland, Suspicions towards games of FC Thun
The federal prosecutor suspected FC Thun players to have manipulated the game against Yverdon Sport FC on 26 April. The suspicion was that FC Thun should lose the game with four goals difference, and the game actually ended 5-1. The Thun striker Pape Omar Faye was interrogated by the police, the week before the trophy game against Winterthur (22 November 2009) and then suspended by the club. Since a striker, from his playing position, can hardly be responsible for five goals against, other players were suspected of having received several 10,000 euros.


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Affected games and suspects, Switzerland, Suspicions towards games of FC Gossau
FC Gossau suffered a striking series of defeats at the end of the 2008/09 season. The federal prosecutor suspected specifically players of FC Gossau of having manipulated the games against FC Locarno on 24 May 2009 and against Servette FC. FC Gossau was expected to lose the game against Locarno with at least four goals difference and the game actually ended 0-4. The then goalkeeper of Gossau, Darko Damjanovic, was said have been taken into custody by police, but went undercover.


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Affected games and suspects, Switzerland, Suspicions towards games of FC Gossau
Gossau’s midfielder, Mario Bigoni, publicly stated that a previous season's game was "not clean" and that he had received a bid from a fellow player. Although it was not known if Bigoni had accepted the offer, he was suspended by his club. Also supposedly Gossau received tens of thousands of euros, 20,000 alone for the game against Locarno. On 26 October 2011, the police confirmed that Bigoni had been found dead three days earlier in the Alter Rhein near Rheineck.


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Affected games and suspects, Switzerland, Test game
The Bosnian club, NK Travnik, completed a training camp in Switzerland in the summer of 2009, with test matches against the clubs Neuchâtel Xamax (2-3), Servette FC Genève (1-3) and FC Sion (1-4). It became known that a betting syndicate from Asia was financially involved in the costs of the training camp. The president of FC Sion, Christian Constantin, publicly voiced the suspicions that the Bosnians let win FC Sion.


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Affected games and suspects, China
The Chinese police arrested a total of 16 people, including 12 club members and four high-ranking football officials, including the former vice president of the Chinese Football Association, Yang Xu, on 25 November 2009, in the wake of the international inquiries of the betting scandal.


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Affected games and suspects, Matches investigated by UEFA
UEFA revealed on 25 November 2009 that seven matches played in UEFA competitions would be investigated in further detail, and that five clubs were under investigation; KF Tirana, FC Dinaburg, KS Vllaznia, NK IB Ljubljana and Budapest Honvéd. It also revealed that it was conducting its own investigation of three referees and one other individual connected with UEFA in relation to these games.


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Betting Scandal in Italy
Independent from the investigations conducted by the Bochum prosecutor's office, another betting scandal was reported in Italy on 23 November 2009. The President of the Italian football club Potenza, Giuseppe Postiglione, and eight other officials (including Antonio Lopiano and Antonio De Angelis) of Potenza, and Antonio Possidente, a member of the Mafia, were arrested by the Carabinieri for tampering Football matches. The several month long investigation involved a game of the Serie B in the 2007/08 season, as well as, seven games of the Lega Pro Prima Divisione in the 2008/09 season.


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Legal proceedings
On 14 April 2011, the 13th Criminal Court of the Bochum District, sentenced better Tuna A. and the betting office operator Stevan R., to three years and eight months and three years and eleven months, on the account of fraud. Betting office operator Nürretin G. was given a three-year prison sentence on the account of fraud. Tuna A. and Nurretin G. had already spent 13 months of their sentence while being held during examination. In the course of the trial, all three defendants had admitted to the manipulation of 32 games and of having bribed players.


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Legal proceedings
In May 2011, Ante Sapina was sentenced to five and a half years' imprisonment by the District Court of Bochum. Marijo Cvrtak was also sentenced to five and a half years' imprisonment and Dragan M. received a probation sentence of one year and six months.


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Legal proceedings
In December 2012, the Federal Court of Justice declared the previous rulings against Sapina and an accomplices for non-appealable and dismissed them.


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Legal proceedings
In March 2013, Milan Sapina was sentenced to ten months' imprisonment by the district court of Bochum, the sentence was largely waived in March 2014, leaving only a four-month imprisonment time.


2009 European football match-fixing scandal, Legal proceedings
In April 2014, Ante Sapina was sentenced to five years' imprisonment by the District Court of Bochum.


2009 Euroseries 3000
The 2009 Euroseries 3000 began on 16 May at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal and finished at Monza in Italy on 18 October after 14 races.


2009 Euroseries 3000
In February, 2009, series organisers Coloni Motorsport announced that the first-generation A1 Grand Prix chassis, the Lola B05/52, would be introduced into the championship to replace the previous Lola B02/50 model. It was also announced that online gambling site PartyPoker.com will become the title sponsor of the series for the next three years.


2009 Euroseries 3000
As a result of the sponsorship deal, the winner of the drivers' championship won a free season in the GP2 Series for 2010. It also allowed them to participate in the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series and their official testing sessions on 23 and 24 October, less than a week after winning this title. Will Bratt claimed that honour, after his second place in the final race broke a tie with Marco Bonanomi as both drivers finished level on points and victories.


2009 Euroseries 3000, Teams and drivers
† FMS International became Coloni Motorsport prior to round three in Zolder. ‡ Teamcraft Motorsport were taken over in the series by Team Costa Rica prior to round three in Zolder.


2009 Euroseries 3000, Race calendar
Rounds denoted with a blue background are a part of the Italian Formula 3000 Championship.


2009 Evening Standard Theatre Awards
The 2009 Evening Standard Theatre Awards were announced on 2009. The shortlist was revealed on 2009 and the longlist on 2 November 2009.


2009 F1 Powerboat World Championship
The 2009 UIM F1 H2O World Championship was the 26th season of Formula 1 Powerboat racing. The calendar consisted of sixteen races, two per event, beginning in Portimão, Portugal on 4 April 2009, and ending in Sharjah, UAE on 11 December 2009. The format of two races per weekend was a new feature for 2009, introduced by series promoter Nicolo di San Germano at the official pre-season meeting in March. Guido Cappellini, driving for Zepter Team, was drivers' champion, securing an unprecedented tenth championship crown before retiring at the end of the year.


2009 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Season calendar
The most significant change for the 2009 season was the introduction of a two-race format for each event making up the championship. With eight rounds confirmed by the UIM prior to the season's start the season would be made up of a total of 16 points-scoring races, the highest in its history. Only the thirteen races in 2000 came close in the previous 10 years. Initial reaction to the new format was positive, with drivers and fans commending the decision following its debut at the Grand Prix of Portugal. However whilst it increased the spectacle and offered teams and drivers more opportunities for success, costs were forced upwards and the format wasn't retained for 2010.


2009 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Season calendar
The initial calendar for the 2009 season featured the Grand Prix of Russia in St Petersburg as the second round of the championship, taking place on 5 and 6 June. However the race was postponed, with an announcement made on 22 April that it would instead be moved to the second week of August, with the Grand Prix of Finland becoming the second round, on 12 and 13 June.


2009 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.


2009 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Results and standings, Teams standings
Only boats with results eligible for points counting towards the teams' championship are shown here.


2009 F2000 Championship Series
The 2009 F2000 Championship Series season was the fourth season of competition in the series. It consisted of 12 rounds (six double-race weekends), beginning April 10 at Virginia International Raceway and concluding August 16 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Chris Miller driving for JDC MotorSports won four races and on his way to the close fought championship over the St. Clair Motorsports entry of Matthew Inge as well as other contenders Remy Audette and Benjamin Searcy. Tom Fatur won the Masters' championship over Tim Minor by only 7 points despite Minor competing in only six races and Fatur driving the entire schedule.


2009 F2000 Championship Series, Championship results
This list only contains drivers who registered for the championship. (M) indicates driver is participating in Masters Class for drivers over 40 years of age.


2009 FA Community Shield
The 2009 FA Community Shield (also known as The FA Community Shield sponsored by McDonald's for sponsorship reasons) was the 87th FA Community Shield, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup competitions. The match was contested at Wembley Stadium, London, on 9 August 2009, and contested by 2008–09 Premier League champions Manchester United, and Chelsea as the winners of the 2008–09 FA Cup, a repeat of the 2007 match. The game ended in a 2–2 draw – the goals coming from Nani and Wayne Rooney for Manchester United, and from Ricardo Carvalho and Frank Lampard for Chelsea – with Chelsea winning 4–1 on penalties.


2009 FA Community Shield
This was also the first time since 1998 that Chelsea had won a professional match on penalties; The last instance was a League Cup quarter-final against Ipswich Town.


2009 FA Cup Final
The 2009 FA Cup Final was the 128th final of the world's oldest domestic football cup competition, the FA Cup. The final was played at Wembley Stadium in London on 30 May 2009 and marked the third time that the final has been staged at the stadium since it was rebuilt. The match was contested by Chelsea, who beat Arsenal 2–1 in their semi-final, and Everton who beat Manchester United 4–2 on penalties after a 0–0 draw after extra time. After Louis Saha opened the scoring after just 25 seconds, the fastest ever goal in an FA Cup Final, Didier Drogba equalised in the 21st minute before Frank Lampard scored the winner with 19 minutes left to play to give Chelsea their fifth FA Cup success.


2009 FA Cup Final, Background
Chelsea went into the match as four-time FA Cup winners, having previously won in 1970, 1997, 2000 and 2007, while Everton had won the competition five times previously, having won in 1906, 1933, 1966, 1984 and 1995. Coincidentally, both teams' most recent titles came in the FA Cup, both teams beating Manchester United in the final; Everton in 1995 and Chelsea in 2007.


2009 FA Cup Final, Background
The two teams drew 0–0 in both meetings during the 2008–09 Premier League season, at Goodison Park in December and at Stamford Bridge in April. Prior to the 2009 final, the two teams had never met in the FA Cup Final; their most recent meeting in the FA Cup came in the Fourth Round of the 2005–06 competition, when Chelsea won 4–1 in a replay at Stamford Bridge after a 1–1 draw at Goodison Park. In 157 matches between the two sides in all competitions, Chelsea had recorded 61 wins, Everton had won 49, and 47 matches finished as draws.


2009 FA Cup Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
Everton and Chelsea were each allocated 25,109 tickets for the final. Having sold over 32,000 for their semi-final win over Manchester United, Everton were unhappy and disappointed with this allocation. The match was Everton's first FA Cup final in 14 years and Everton chief executive Robert Elstone predicted that the club could have sold in excess of 70,000 tickets for this game. Chelsea also said that the size of their allocation meant that it was unlikely that there would be sufficient tickets for all of their hospitality and non-hospitality season ticket holders.


2009 FA Cup Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
Club Wembley ten-year season ticket holders were also guaranteed a ticket for the match. After those tickets were allocated, 70% of the remaining tickets were distributed amongst the clubs that had competed in the 2008–09 competition, with the other 30% given to those involved in grassroots football and the "football family".


2009 FA Cup Final, Pre-match, Kits
Since both finalists' first-choice kits are predominantly blue, a coin was tossed to determine which team would have the first choice of kit. Everton won the toss and chose to wear their traditional blue kit, meaning that Chelsea would wear their all-yellow third-choice kit. Chelsea were nevertheless given the "home" dressing room, i.e. that used by the England national team.


2009 FA Cup Final, Pre-match, Match ball
The official match ball of the 2009 FA Cup Final was the Umbro Dynamis. The Dynamis uses a 20-panel configuration, as opposed to a more traditional 32-panel design, which allegedly makes the ball faster. The surface of the ball is made from a Teijin microfibre material. The Dynamis was also used in the 2008 final, but the 2009 version has a gold colourway.


2009 FA Cup Final, Pre-match, Opening ceremony
The traditional FA Cup Final song, Abide With Me, was performed by the London Community Gospel Choir. The trophy was then brought out onto the field, followed by the two teams, before the Chief Guest of the final – former Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Annan – was introduced to the managers and players of both teams, as well as the match officials. The introductions were immediately followed by the singing of the national anthem, "God Save the Queen", sung by Britain's Got Talent 2008 finalist, 13-year-old Faryl Smith, making her the youngest performer of the national anthem at the FA Cup final.


2009 FA Cup Final, Match, Team selection
Everton were without long-term injury victims Phil Jagielka, Mikel Arteta, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Victor Anichebe and Nuno Valente. On-loan Brazilian striker Jô was cup-tied. Andy van der Meyde, who set up the winning goal in the fourth round tie with Liverpool, had since been released by the club. This meant that there was a place on the Everton bench for 17-year-old winger Jose Baxter.


2009 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary, First half
Louis Saha scored for Everton with a left-footed shot to the bottom-left corner just 25 seconds into the match, the fastest goal in FA Cup Final history. The previous fastest goal was by Bob Chatt of Aston Villa 30 seconds into the 1895 final. Tony Hibbert received a yellow card for tripping Florent Malouda in the eighth minute. Didier Drogba levelled the match for Chelsea in the 21st minute with a header set up by a left-wing cross from Malouda.


2009 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary, Second half
Tony Hibbert was replaced by Lars Jacobsen for Everton to begin the second half, and two minutes in, Toffees captain Phil Neville was booked. Chelsea replaced Michael Essien with Michael Ballack in the 61st minute, followed two minutes later by a yellow card for Mikel John Obi. Frank Lampard scored the winning goal for Chelsea in the 72nd minute with a left foot shot. Five minutes later, a shot from Malouda appeared to crash down off the bar and over the line, but it was not given. Everton replaced Saha with James Vaughan at that point. Dan Gosling was the last substitute for Everton in the 81st minute, replacing Leon Osman. Lampard received a yellow card in the 84th minute, while in the fourth minute of added time, Leighton Baines of Everton was booked.


2009 FA Trophy Final
The 2009 FA Trophy Final was the 39th final of The Football Association's cup competition for levels 5–8 of the English football league system. It was contested by Stevenage Borough, who won the competition in 2007, and York City on 9 May 2009 at Wembley Stadium in London.


2009 FA Trophy Final
Stevenage won the match 2–0 to win the competition for the second time in their history.


2009 FA Vase Final
The 2008–09 FA Vase Final was the 35th final of the Football Association's cup competition for teams at levels 9-11 of the English football league system. The match was contested between Glossop North End, of the North West Counties League Premier Division (level 9), and Whitley Bay, of the Northern League Division 1 (level 9).


2009 FA Vase Final, Background
With a maximum of 9 rounds needed to reach the Final "the Hillmen" played in every round. They played three away ties and five home matches plus the semi-final round, winning each round without need of a replay and outscored their opponents with 33 goals for and 11 conceded. Their semi final matches against Chalfont St Peter was a fascinating affair. With the first leg drawn 3-3, it was 1 - 1 at the end of 90 mins.


2009 FA Vase Final, Background
In extra time K Lugsden scored with the last kick of extra 30 mins to draw the match 2 - 2 sending it into penalties. Glossop won the shootout with Rick Bailey keeping his nerve, slotting home the seventh taken penalty to decide the sudden death kick 6 - 5. "The Seahorses" on the other hand had a much easier time reaching the final only playing in six of the rounds, receiving a bye into Second Round Proper.


2009 FA Vase Final, Background
They were drawn with two away ties and three home matches, again beating all opponents at a first attempt, and narrowly winning their semi 3 - 2 on aggregate. It was not Whitley Bays' first visit to Wembley, their last visit was in 2002 when they won the FA Vase Final. In comparison, this was Glossops' first ever visit to the home of football. As could be expected, the town of Glossop was gripped in a Wembley fever.


2009 FA Women's Cup Final
The 2009 FA Women's Cup Final was the 39th final of the FA Women's Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. It was the 16th final to be held under the direct control of the Football Association (FA). The final was contested between Arsenal and Sunderland at Pride Park Stadium in Derby on 4 May 2009. Arsenal won the game 2–1 to secure their fourth successive FA Cup triumph and their tenth in total. The match was attended by a crowd of 23,291.


2009 FA Women's Cup Final, Match, Summary
Arsenal, managed by Vic Akers, reached their fourth FA Women's Cup final in succession after a 3–1 victory against Everton in the semi-finals, while Premier League Northern Division side Sunderland, managed by Mick Mulhern, reached their first ever final in the competition after beating Chelsea 3–0 at the Stadium of Light, becoming the first team from outside the top flight to do so since Fulham in 2002.


2009 FA Women's Cup Final, Match, Summary
Arsenal, who came into the game as favourites, dominated the vast majority of the match, with Gemma Davison and Kim Little creating several chances in the opening minutes. Sunderland created their first half chance as Sophie Williams chased a long ball down the left and crossed, but Niamh Fahey's challenge was enough to prevent Jordan Nobbs getting in a clean shot on goal. Arsenal hit back with Little striking over from distance and Davison drawing a save from Sunderland goalkeeper Helen Alderson after cutting in from the left.


2009 FA Women's Cup Final, Match, Summary
An angled shot from Suzanne Grant slid underneath Alderson, but Lucy Bronze managed to prevent Rachel Yankey from scoring with a last-ditch clearance. Arsenal took the lead just after the half hour, when Alderson failed to hold Davison's shot and Katie Chapman followed up to score from the rebound. The Gunners had a chance to double their lead two minutes ahead of the break, when Little slotted a good ball through to Grant, but her shot went wide of the far post.


2009 FA Women's Cup Final, Match, Summary
Arsenal had most of the possession in the second half, but their second goal came in injury time, when Chapman chipped the ball into the path of Little, who got round Alderson before tucking the ball into the empty net. Kelly McDougall pulled one back for Sunderland in the seventh minute of stoppage time, whose length was dictated by Sophie Williams having to receive more than five minutes of treatment after suffering a seizure.


2009 FAI Cup
The FAI Cup 2009 was the 89th season of the national football competition of the Republic of Ireland. It began on the weekend ending 26 April 2009 and ended on 22 November 2009 with the final taking place for the first time at Tallaght Stadium. The winner - Sporting Fingal - earned spots in both the second qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League and the 2010 Setanta Sports Cup.


2009 FAI Cup, First round
The first round matches were played on the weekend ending 26 April 2009.


2009 FAI Cup, First round, First Round Replays
The matches were played on the weekend ending 3 May 2009.


2009 FAI Cup, Second round
The matches were played on the weekend ending 24 May 2009.


2009 FAI Cup, Third round
The matches were played between 9 and 14 June 2009.


2009 FAI Cup, Third round, Third round replays
The matches were played between 15 and 17 June 2009.


2009 FAI Cup, Fourth round
The matches were played the weekend ending 16 August 2009.


2009 FAI Cup, Fourth round, Fourth Round Replays
The matches were played between 18 August and 7 September 2009.


2009 FAI Cup Final
The 2009 FAI Cup Final was the final match of the 2009 FAI Cup and was contested by Sligo Rovers and Sporting Fingal. Fingal were 2–1 winners in only their second year in the League of Ireland. The game took place at the Tallaght Stadium on 22 November 2009. Alan Kelly refereed the game in front of 8,105 people.


2009 FC Bunyodkor season
The 2009 FC Bunyodkor season was the 3rd season in the Uzbek League in Uzbekistan. Bunyodkor competed in Uzbek League, Uzbekistani Cup and AFC Champions League tournaments.


2009 FC Bunyodkor season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 FC Bunyodkor season, Competitions
Bunyodkor was present in all major competitions: Uzbek League, the AFC Champions League and the Uzbek Cup.


2009 FC Dallas season
The 2009 FC Dallas season was the fourteenth season of the team's existence. It began on March 21 with a 3–1 home loss to the Chicago Fire and ended with a 2–1 away loss to Seattle Sounders FC on October 24. A win in that game would have sent the team to the playoffs.


2009 FC Dallas season, Squad, First-team squad
As of June 20, 2009. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 FC Dallas season, Competitions, Major League Soccer, Standings
(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion; (W1) = Western Conference champion


2009 FC Dallas season, Competitions, Major League Soccer, Results summary
Last updated: October 24, 2009Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2009 FC Gold Pride season, Personnel
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 FC Gold Pride season, Preseason
FC Gold Pride played two scrimmages against the Los Angeles Sol, losing both. They posted a 6-1 win over the University of California women's soccer team and a 3-0 win over an "All-Star" team of local college players.


2009 FC Honka season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 FC Lokomotiv Astana season
The 2009 Lokomotiv Astana season was the club's first season, during which they played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. They finished the season in second place, but were denied a license by UEFA to play in the UEFA Europa League the following year. In the Kazakhstan Cup, Lokomotiv Astana were knocked out in the Second Round by FC Aktobe.


2009 FC Lokomotiv Astana season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 FC Lokomotiv Astana season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 FC Lokomotiv Astana season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 FC Lokomotiv Astana season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 FC Moscow season
The 2009 FC Moscow season was the club's 6th, and final season as a professional team. They finished the season in 6th place, reached the Semi-final of the 2008–09 Russian Cup and the Quarterfinal of the 2009–10 Russian Cup. Prior to the start of the 2010 Russian Premier League season, on 5 February 2010, FC Moscow announced that would not participate in the Russian Premier League with the club being officially excluded from the season on 17 February 2010.


2009 FC Moscow season, Squad, On loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 FC Moscow season, Squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 FC Rostov season
The 2009 FC Rostov season was the club's first season back in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia, following their relegation at the end of the 2007 season.


2009 FC Rostov season, Season events, New Contracts
On 1 October, Dušan Anđelković signed a new three-year contract with Rostov.


2009 FC Rostov season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 FC Rubin Kazan season
The 2009 FC Rubin Kazan season was the club's 7th season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia.


2009 FC Rubin Kazan season, Squad, On loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 FC Rubin Kazan season, Squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 FC Seoul season, Players, Team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 FC Seoul season, Players, Out on loan & military service
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Starting eleven and formation
This section shows the most used players for each position considering a 4-4-2 formation.


2009 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Starting eleven and formation
Source: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).


2009 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Substitutes
Source: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).


2009 FC Spartak Moscow season
The 2009 FC Spartak Moscow season was the club's 18th season in the Russian Premier League season. Spartak finished the season in 2nd place, reaching the quarterfinals of the 2008–09 Russian Cup, where they were knocked out by Dynamo Moscow, and the Last 16 of the 2009–10 Russian Cup where FC Moscow knocked them out.


2009 FC Spartak Moscow season, Season events
On 15 April, Michael Laudrup was sacked as manager, with Valeri Karpin being appointed as his replacement.


2009 FC Spartak Moscow season, Squad, On loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 FC Spartak Moscow season, Squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 FC Terek Grozny season
The 2009 Terek Grozny season was the 2nd successive season that the club played in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia, in which they finished 12th. They also took part in the 2009–10 Russian Cup, reaching the Round of 32 where they were defeated by Mordovia Saransk.


2009 FC Terek Grozny season, Squad, On loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 FC Terek Grozny season, Squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 FC Tokyo season
The 2009 FC Tokyo season was the team's 11th as a member of J.League Division 1.


2009 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season
The 2009 Zenit St.Petersburg season was the club's fifteenth season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Zenit finished third in the Russian Premier League, progressed to the quarterfinal of the 2009–10 Russian Cup, reached the Round of 16 in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup and the Playoff Round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.


2009 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 FDB Insurance Ras
The 2009 Rás Tailteann was the 57th edition of the Rás Tailteann cycle race. The race took place over 8 days between 17–24 May 2009. The race was sponsored by FBD Insurance.


2009 FEI European Championships
The 2009 FEI European Jumping and Dressage Championships, also known as the 2009 Alltech FEI European Jumping and Dressage Championships, is the 30th edition of the European Show Jumping Championships and the 26th edition of the European Dressage Championship. It was held at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, from August 25 to August 30, 2009. For the first time, the European Jumping Championships and the European Dressage Championship are being held at the same time. 92 competitors from 24 nations will compete in the jumping competition, while 54 competitors from 19 nations will compete in the dressage competition.


2009 FEI European Championships, Medal summary, Medalists
Pius Schwizer on Ulysse Daniel Etter on Peu à Peu Steve Guerdat on Jalisca Solier Clarissa Grotta on West Side v. Meerputhoeve


2009 FEI European Championships, Medal summary, Medalists
Juan-Carlos Garcia on Hamilton de Perhet Giuseppe d'Onofrio on Landzeu Natale Chiaudani on SNAI Seldana di campalto Piergiorgio Bucci on Kanebo


2009 FEI European Championships, Medal summary, Medalists
Marcus Ehning on Plot Blue Carsten-Otto Nagel on Corradina Thomas Mühlbauer on Asti Spumante Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum on Checkmate


2009 FEI Nations Cup Promotional League
The 2009 FEI Nations Cup Promotional League is the 2009 edition of the secondary international team Grand Prix show jumping competition run by the FEI. It is the follower of the (old) Nations Cup series. France won the (old) Nations Cup in the previous year. Sweden having been relegated from the 2008 Super League. because of new rules Sweden also start in the 2009 Meydan FEI Nations Cup.


2009 FEI Nations Cup Promotional League
Canada waived its right to participate in the 2009 Meydan FEI Nations Cup, so also Italy have been promoted to the 2009 Meydan FEI Nations Cup.


2009 FEI Nations Cup Promotional League
2009 is the first FEI Nations Cup Promotional League season with a Final. It was located at the CSIO Barcelona, in Barcelona, Spain, the location of the Samsung Super League Finals (2003 to 2008).


2009 FEI Nations Cup Promotional League, Promotional League Europe
The 2009 Nations Cup event in Athens-Markopoulo (October 1, 2010 to October 4, 2010) because of time reasons part of the 2010 Promotional League Europe. The six best-placed teams in the final raking have the chance to start in the 2009 Promotional League Final.


2009 FEI Nations Cup Promotional League, Promotional League North and South America
The best-placed team of the 2009 Promotional League North and South America have the permission to start in the 2009 Promotional League Final. Only teams from North and South America (without Meydan FEI Nations Cup-Teams) can count points in the Promotional League North and South America.


2009 FEI Nations Cup Promotional League, Promotional League North and South America
The 2009 Promotional League North and South America consists only of the Nations Cup of the United States in Wellington, Florida. The Nations Cups of Canada and Argentina are because of time reasons part of the 2010 Promotional League North and South America.


2009 FEI Nations Cup Promotional League, Promotional League Final
The two best-placed teams in the 2009 Promotional League Final move into the 2010 Meydan FEI Nations Cup. The national equestrian federation of Canada refrained the start in the Meydan FEI Nations Cup second time after 2009, so Spain and Poland moved into the Meydan FEI Nations Cup for the 2010 season.


2009 FEI Nations Cup Promotional League, Promotional League Final
Austria and Denmark were qualified for the 2009 Promotional League Final. They didn't start, so Hungary have the chance to start in the final.


2009 FEI World Cup Jumping Final
The 2009 FEI World Cup Jumping Final was the 31st final of the FEI World Cup Jumping show jumping series. It was held at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States from April 15 to April 19, 2009 for the fifth time following 2000, 2003, 2005, and 2007. Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum of Germany was the defending champion, having won the 2008 final in Gothenburg, Sweden.


2009 FFAS Senior League
The 2009 season of the FFAS Senior League was the twenty ninth season of association football competition in American Samoa. Black Roses won the championship, their first recorded title, with the winners of the 1998 league competition and a number of previous seasons unknown.


2009 FFAS Senior League
The league was initially intended to consist of a round robin group stage where all teams would play each other once. The top four teams would then qualify for one-legged semi finals to decide the two teams that would compete in the final for the championship. However, the final two rounds of the regular stage as well as the playoffs were cancelled. This was decided by the respective club presidents on October 13, 2009 due to damage at Pago Pago, the only regulation pitch, caused by the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami. Additionally four of the clubs are based in the villages: Fagasa, Leone and Pago Pago, were badly damaged by the tsunami.


2009 FFSA season
The Football Federation South Australia 2009 season was the fourth season under the previous competition format in South Australia. The competition consisted of three divisions across the State of South Australia.


2009 FFSA season, 2009 FFSA Super League
The 2009 South Australian Super League (also known as the Devine Homes Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth edition of the South Australian Super League, the top level domestic association football competition in South Australia, and was the second season to use the McIntyre Final Five finals system introduced the previous year. Ten teams competed, with the two worst finishing being relegated to the 2010 Premier League. The league was won by the North Eastern MetroStars after they beat Adelaide City 1–0 in the Grand Final, becoming just the second team (apart from Adelaide City) to finish top of the league or win the Grand Final.


2009 FFSA season, 2009 FFSA Premier League
The 2009 FFSA Premier League was the fourth edition of the FFSA Premier League as the second level domestic association football competition in South Australia. 10 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 18 rounds, with the top five at the end of the year qualifying for the McIntyre final five finals system to determine 1st to 5th place. The League winners (The Cobras) and Grand Final winners (Cumberland) were promoted to the 2010 FFSA Super League, and the last placed team (South Adelaide) were relegated to the 2010 FFSA State League. At the end of the season, the S.A.S.I. withdrew from the official competitions to participate in the Super League Reserves.


2009 FFSA season, 2009 FFSA State League
The 2009 FFSA State League was the fourth edition of the FFSA State League as the third level domestic association football competition in South Australia. 11 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 20 rounds, with the top five at the end of the year qualifying for the McIntyre final five finals system to determine 1st to 5th place. The League winners and Grand Final winners were promoted to the 2010 FFSA Premier League.


2009 FIA Alternative Energies Cup
The 2009 FIA Alternative Energies Cup was a season of the FIA Alternative Energies Cup, a world championship for vehicles with alternative energy propulsion organized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. The season consisted of six rallies, beginning with Rally Montecarlo on 29 March, and ended with Green Prix Eco Targa on 9 October.


2009 FIA Alternative Energies Cup
France's Raymond Durand won the Drivers championship, and Toyota secured their third Manufacturers' title.


2009 FIA Formula Two Championship
The 2009 FIA Formula Two Championship season was the first year of the relaunched FIA Formula Two Championship. The championship began on 30 May at the Circuit de Valencia and finished on 1 November at the Circuit de Catalunya, after eight double-header rounds. Andy Soucek was a dominant champion, finishing over 50 points clear of runner-up Robert Wickens.


2009 FIA Formula Two Championship
The season was overshadowed by the death of Henry Surtees during the second race at Brands Hatch.


2009 FIA Formula Two Championship, Background & championship format
The series saw the drivers using a chassis that was built at the WilliamsF1 team's headquarters at Grove in Oxfordshire. It was named as the JPH1, incorporating the initials of series boss Jonathan Palmer and Patrick Head, engineering director for Williams. The car was given two shakedown tests at Palmer's Bedford Autodrome by Steven Kane, before the car was officially launched on 2 March at Brands Hatch – the headquarters of MotorSport Vision, who run all the cars in the series.


2009 FIA Formula Two Championship, Background & championship format
At each event there were two 30-minute practice sessions, two 30-minute qualifying sessions and two races of varying length; the distances for each announced prior to each race weekend. Points were awarded to the top eight drivers in the race, and were awarded in the same system as Formula One: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1, and only a driver's best fourteen scores counted towards the championship. That said, no driver had to drop scores in the championship due to all of them having two or more non-points-scoring races.


2009 FIA Formula Two Championship, Background & championship format
The winner of the FIA Formula Two Championship received a full test with the AT&T Williams F1 team, which was run in such a way as to seriously evaluate the driver with regard to their potential as a Formula One driver. Drivers finishing in the first three places in the final classification of the Formula Two Championship qualified for an FIA Super Licence.


2009 FIA Formula Two Championship, Drivers, Driver changes
† – Surtees was fatally injured after an accident, during the second race at the fourth round at Brands Hatch. Surtees' slot was filled by Ollie Hancock after round five.


2009 FIA Formula Two Championship, Testing Results
The first group test was held on 6 May, at Snetterton in Norfolk. In the morning, 21 of the series' 24 drivers were within a second of each other. Two sessions were held, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. There was another group test at Silverstone on 18 May, with two dry sessions and one wet session. Two other test days were held during the session, one at Donington Park, and one at Circuit de Catalunya.


2009 FIA Formula Two Championship, Calendar
The Formula Two calendar consists of eight rounds with two races at each event.


2009 FIA GT Adria 2 Hours
The 2009 FIA GT Adria 2 Hours is the second round of the 2009 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Adria International Raceway, Italy, on 16 May 2009.


2009 FIA GT Adria 2 Hours, Report, Qualifying
The #14 K plus K Motorsports Saleen initially qualified on pole position, but was disqualified for failing technical inspection. The #77 BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari was also disqualified.


2009 FIA GT Adria 2 Hours, Report, Race, Race result
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2009 FIA GT Algarve 2 Hours
The 2009 FIA GT Algarve 2 Hours was the sixth round of the 2009 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portugal on 20 September 2009. Selleslagh Racing Team won their first race of the season while their driver James Ruffier's won his first race in FIA GT. Pekaracing earned second place while the No. 2 Vitaphone Racing car completed the podium with a pass on the second to last lap of the race. The No. 51 AF Corse Ferrari won in GT2 followed by the No. 60 Prospeed Competition Porsche and No. 77 BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari.


2009 FIA GT Algarve 2 Hours, Report, Qualifying, Qualifying results
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.


2009 FIA GT Algarve 2 Hours, Report, Qualifying, Qualifying results
† – The No. 2 Vitaphone Maserati was penalized five grid spots after causing an avoidable accident at the 2009 Budapest City Challenge.


2009 FIA GT Algarve 2 Hours, Race results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2009 FIA GT Championship
The 2009 FIA GT Championship season was the thirteenth season of the FIA GT Championship for grand tourer cars competing in the GT1 and GT2 categories. The season began 3 May, and ended 25 October after eight races. This was also the final season of a combined GT1 and GT2 championship before the launch of the FIA GT1 World Championship in 2010.


2009 FIA GT Championship
Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati drivers Michael Bartels and Andrea Bertolini successfully defended their GT1 Championships, pulling clear of the rivals in the final two events of the season after a close battle with the Peka Racing Chevrolet team of Anthony Kumpen and Mike Hezemans. Bartels and Bertolini won races at Adria International Raceway and Hungaroring in the way to the title, a third championship each for the pair. With the assistance of Miguel Ramos and Alex Müller in the team's second Maserati MC12 GT1, Vitaphone Racing Team also secured the Teams Championship.


2009 FIA GT Championship
In the lower specification GT2 category, former Porsche Supercup champion Richard Westbrook won the GT2 championship, driving a Prospeed Competition Porsche. Westbrook won the title by just two points over AF Corse Ferrari pairing of Gianmaria Bruni and Toni Vilander. Controversially Westbrook was split from his season long partner Emmanuel Collard at the final round, swapping cars with Brixia Racing driver Marco Holzer in a successful attempt to maximise Porsche's chances of defeating the Ferrari pairing. AF Corse, with the help of the team's second car of Álvaro Barba and Niki Cadei, did defeat Prospeed in the teams championship. CRS Racing driver Chris Niarchos was awarded the Citation Cup for amateur drivers.


2009 FIA GT Championship, Schedule
The 2009 schedule was initially announced by the FIA on 5 November 2008, with seven events consisting of two-hour races, the Bucharest City Challenge of two separate one-hour races, and the Spa 24 Hours. Adria's event was once again scheduled to take place at night. However at a further meeting of the FIA on 17 March 2009 the calendar was set at eight rounds, with the cancellation of the Potrero de los Funes event and the inclusion of Circuit Paul Ricard. This decreased the number of two-hour races from seven to six.


2009 FIA GT Championship, Schedule
On 16 June the Bucharest Ring, Romania cancelled their planned FIA GT event. The series therefore replaced the fifth round with an event at the Hungaroring in Hungary which would return to the normal two-hour race format.


2009 FIA GT Championship, Championships
Points were awarded to the top eight finishers in the order of 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1. Cars which failed to complete 75% of the winner's distance were not awarded points. Drivers who did not drive for at least 35 minutes do not receive points.


2009 FIA GT Championship, Championships, Driver championships, Citation Cup
New for 2009, the Citation Cup involved amateur drivers in the GT2 category rather than the GT1 category used since 2007. Drivers rated as bronze by the GT Bureau driver classification system were allowed to enter the Citation Cup if they competed in a car which was homologated before 2009. Points in the Citation Cup were awarded at every FIA GT round except for the Spa 24 Hours.


2009 FIA GT Championship, Championships, Team championships, GT1 standings
The Nissan Motorsports entry was not allowed to score championship points due to being run as a factory team.


2009 FIA GT Championship, Championships, Manufacturers Cups
Results of the GT2 Manufacturers’ Cup were as follows. Although a GT1 Manufacturers’ Cup was listed in the Sporting Regulations for the 2009 FIA GT Championship, no points table for this award was published. An award was given only for the manufacturers in the GT2 category.


2009 FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours
The 2009 FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours is the third round of the 2009 FIA GT Championship season. The took place at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Germany on 21 June 2009.


2009 FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours, Report, Qualifying, Qualifying result
† – #59 Trackspeed Racing was disqualified from the GT2 Pole Position after it was found that they had used incorrect tires and that the airbox was not sealed.


2009 FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours, Report, Race report
The No. 61 Prospeed Competition Porsche was disqualified from the race after it was discovered in post-race technical inspection that part of its engine did not conform to the homologation requirements for the 997 GT3-RSR. Prospeed, who had finished second in the GT2 category, appealed the decision, but this appeal was later rejected by the FIA and the results were finalized in October.


2009 FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours, Report, Race report, Race result
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2009 FIA GT Paul Ricard 2 Hours
The 2009 FIA GT Paul Ricard 2 Hours was the seventh round of the 2009 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Circuit Paul Ricard on 4 October 2009. The race was won by the Corvette of Enrique Bernoldi and Roberto Streit for Sangari Team Brazil, ahead of the No. 2 Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati and Selleslagh Racing Team Corvette. In the GT2 category, Toni Vilander and Gianmaria Bruni won from pole position in the AF Corse Ferrari, leading the Prospeed Competition Porsche and the second AF Corse Ferrari.


2009 FIA GT Paul Ricard 2 Hours
Vitaphone Racing Team and AF Corse both secured the FIA GT Teams Championships for the GT1 and GT2 categories in this race.


2009 FIA GT Paul Ricard 2 Hours, Report, Qualifying
Qualifying was led by the No. Sangari Corvette of Enrique Bernoldi, however the car had been given a five grid spot penalty prior to qualifying for causing an avoidable accident during pre-qualifying practice. This moved the Sangari car back to sixth, and moved Alex Müller to pole position and allowing Vitaphone Racing Team to lock out the front row. In the GT2 category Gianmaria Bruni of AF Corse secured an all Ferrari front row alongside CRS Racing.


2009 FIA GT Paul Ricard 2 Hours, Report, Qualifying, Qualifying results
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.


2009 FIA GT Paul Ricard 2 Hours, Report, Race, Race results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).


2009 FIA GT Tourist Trophy
The 2009 FIA GT Tourist Trophy was the first round of the 2009 FIA GT Championship season and the 62nd running of the RAC Tourist Trophy. It was held at the Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom on 3 May 2009. It featured the race debut of the Ford GT and the Nissan GT-R in the GT1 category in preparation for their entry in the 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship.


2009 FIA GT Tourist Trophy, Report, Qualifying
The #80 Hexis Racing Aston Martin was moved to the back of the starting grid after failing post-qualifying technical inspection. The car was found to be below the minimum ride height and carrying components of an incorrect size.


2009 FIA GT Tourist Trophy, Report, Qualifying, Qualifying result
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.


2009 FIA GT Tourist Trophy, Report, Race
Austrian Karl Wendlinger and Brit Ryan Sharp won their second successive RAC Tourist Trophy after having won the event the previous year for Jetalliance Racing. The GT2 category was led by the Porsche of Prospeed Competition.


2009 FIA GT Tourist Trophy, Report, Race, Race result
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2009 FIA GT Zolder 2 Hours
The 2009 FIA GT Zolder 2 Hours is the eighth and final round of the 2009 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Zolder, Belgium on 25 October 2009. It was also the final race held under the FIA GT Championship banner before the introduction of the FIA GT1 World Championship and FIA GT2 European Championship in 2010.


2009 FIA GT Zolder 2 Hours
The race was won by the No. 33 Vitaphone Racing Team DHL Maserati of the Italians Alessandro Pier Guidi and Matteo Bobbi, leading the No. 4 Peka Racing Corvette and No. 1 Vitaphone Maserati. Michael Bartels and Andrea Bertolini secured the GT1 Drivers' Championship with their third-place finish. Richard Westbrook and Marco Holzer won the GT2 category in the No. 60 Prospeed Competition Porsche, with Westbrook securing the GT2 Drivers' Championship.


2009 FIA GT Zolder 2 Hours, Report, Qualifying
Anthony Kumpen qualified the No. 4 Peka Racing Corvette on pole position ahead of the No. 1 Vitaphone Maserati. However the two cars on the front row were penalized for setting their fastest lap while a portion of the track was under yellow flag conditions. Both were moved back five grid spots, promoting the No. 33 Vitaphone Maserati to pole at the race start.


2009 FIA GT Zolder 2 Hours, Report, Qualifying, Qualifying results
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.


2009 FIA GT Zolder 2 Hours, Report, Race, Race results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).