2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualifying Rounds, South American Zone
The South American qualifiers took place between 11 March and 15 March, in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo. Brazil and hosts Uruguay were the two finalists, meaning they both qualified for the World Cup. Brazil defeated Uruguay in the final to win the title. Argentina and Ecuador were knocked out in the semi finals and played each other in the third place play off. Argentina beat Ecuador to claim the third berth at the World Cup.


2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Teams
These are the teams that qualified for the World Cup:


2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Venues
Two venues were used in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates at Jumeirah Beach during the World Cup with matches split between them as follows.


2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Groups
The 16 teams present at the finals in Brazil were split into 4 groups of 4 teams. Each team played the other 3 teams in its group in a round-robin format, with the top two teams advancing to the quarter finals. The quarter finals, semi finals and the final itself was played in the form of a knockout tournament.


2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Groups
All matches are listed as local time in Dubai, (UTC+4)


2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Top scorers
There were 284 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 8.88 goals per match.


2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final
The 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final took place between Switzerland and Brazil on 22 November 2009 at Jumeirah Beach, Dubai. Brazil were the winners, winning by ten goals to five. Brazil have beaten fifteen other teams to be crowned FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2009 Winners. It was Brazil's fourth title in a row.


2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Roads to the final, Switzerland
Switzerland started their campaign in group D, along with winners Brazil, with a close win against the Bahrain, winning 6-5. Switzerland confirmed their place in the quarter-finals by beating Nigeria in their second game 7-2 and taking themselves up to 6 points. In Switzerland's final they lost 4-2 to Brazil suggesting a Brazil win for the final. Therefore, Switzerland finished second in group D.


2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Roads to the final, Switzerland
As Switzerland were the runners-up of group B, they met the winners of group C, Russia in the quarter-finals. The game was closely tied but Switzerland sealed their victory with a late goal to win 4-2. This saw Switzerland move on to play Uruguay national beach soccer team in the semi-finals. The semi-final was a stronger performance by the Swiss. Going into the third period with a 4-1 lead, they never looked like the team that would lose and despite Uruguay's best efforts, they never even got back on level terms allowing Switzerland to win 7-4 and move on comfortably into the final against 12-time winners, Brazil.


2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Roads to the final, Brazil
Brazil started their world cup campaign as defending champions, in group D, along with Switzerland, comfortably beating Nigeria 11-5, with a hat-trick from Bruno and seven different scorers in all. Brazil continued to perform with an 8-1 win against Bahrain, the same result as against Japan at this stage of the competition in 2008, with Buru this time claiming four goals. Finally, Brazil finished off with a decent 4-2 win against Switzerland, who they would eventually beat in the final, finishing on top of the group with 9 points.


2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Roads to the final, Brazil
In the quarter-finals, Brazil played the runners-up of group C, Italy, who they beat in last years final. Italy may have been up for revenge but despite a challenge for Brazil, a hat-trick from André helped Brazil onto a 6-4 win to progress on into the semi-finals. In the semi-finals Brazil met Portugal, again, at the same stage they did last year. However, despite the epic 5-4 win for Brazil last time, this match was much more one sided and with seven unique scorers yet again, Brazil eased past Portugal, 8-2, to make it to another final.


2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)
2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA) was a tournament played in Castellón from June 7 to June 14 to determine five teams that qualified to the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.


2009 FIFA Club World Cup
The 2009 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament played from 9 to 19 December 2009. It was the sixth FIFA Club World Cup and was played in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Australia, Japan and Portugal also placed bids to host the tournament, but Portugal later withdrew from the process.


2009 FIFA Club World Cup
Manchester United were the defending champions, but could not defend their title after losing the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final.


2009 FIFA Club World Cup
The final was played on 19 December 2009 and was won by European champions Barcelona, who came from behind to defeat the South American entrants, Estudiantes, 2–1 after extra time. Mauro Boselli put Estudiantes ahead in the 37th minute, but Pedro equalised with one minute left in normal time before Lionel Messi scored the winning goal five minutes into the second half of extra time.


2009 FIFA Club World Cup
This win made Barcelona the first Spanish side to win the FIFA Club World Cup, and it also meant that they had won a total of six competitions in the 2009 calendar year, beating Liverpool's European record of five trophies won in 2001.


2009 FIFA Club World Cup, Venues
All of the matches at the tournament were played in Abu Dhabi, with three matches at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium and five at the Zayed Sports City Stadium, including the final and the play-offs for third and fifth place.


2009 FIFA Club World Cup, Match ball
The Adidas Jabulani, the official match ball of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, served as the match ball of the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup.


2009 FIFA Club World Cup, Matches
The official draw was held in Abu Dhabi on 12 November 2009 to decide the opposition to be faced by the three teams that begin the tournament at the quarter-final stage.


2009 FIFA Club World Cup Final
The 2009 FIFA Club World Cup Final was the final match of the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup, a football tournament for the champion clubs from each of FIFA's six continental confederations. The match took place at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, on 19 December 2009, and pitted Estudiantes of Argentina, the CONMEBOL club champions, against Barcelona of Spain, the UEFA club champions.


2009 FIFA Club World Cup Final
Estudiantes forward Mauro Boselli opened the scoring in the 37th minute, but Pedro equalised for Barcelona with one minute left in regulation time. Lionel Messi scored the winning goal in the fifth minute of the second half of extra time, securing Barcelona's record sixth trophy for the 2009 calendar year.


2009 FIFA Club World Cup Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Héctor Vergara (Canada)Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)Fourth official:Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)Reserve assistant referee:Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)


2009 FIFA Club World Cup squads
The 2009 FIFA Club World Cup took place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, from 9 December to 19 December 2009. Each of the seven teams involved were required to submit a provisional 30-man squad list (including a minimum of three goalkeepers) by 29 October 2009. The final 23-man squads had to be submitted by 25 November, with all members of the final squad taken from the provisional list. All players were required to be registered with squad numbers between 1 and 23, unless they were registered for their domestic league with a different number. In the event of an injury to one of the players on the final list, that player may be replaced with a player from the provisional list no less than 24 hours before his team's first match in the competition.


2009 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Al-Ahli
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Atlante
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Auckland City
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Barcelona
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Estudiantes de La Plata
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Pohang Steelers
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 FIFA Club World Cup squads, TP Mazembe
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
The 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup was the eighth Confederations Cup, and was held in South Africa from 14 June to 28 June 2009, as a prelude to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The draw was held on 22 November 2008 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. The opening match was played at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg. The tournament was won by Brazil, who retained the trophy they won in 2005 by defeating the United States 3–2 in the final.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, Draw
The draw for the competition was held on 22 November 2008 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. Each team was represented in the draw by its competitor in the Miss World 2008 competition, except for Iraq, which was represented by Miss World 2007, Zhang Zilin, from China. The teams were divided into two pots:


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, Draw
Teams from the same confederation were not drawn into the same group, therefore Egypt was drawn into Group B. Also as result, Italy and Spain were drawn into different groups.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, Match ball
The official match ball for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup was the Adidas Kopanya. The name means "join together" in Southern Sesotho, one of the 11 official languages of South Africa. The panel configuration of the ball is the same as that of the Teamgeist and Europass balls that came before it. The ball is white, accentuated with bold black lines and detailed with typical Ndebele designs in red, yellow, green and blue.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, Venues
Four cities served as the venues for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. All four venues were also used for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, Venues
Originally, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth was also chosen as a venue. On 8 July 2008, however, Port Elizabeth withdrew as a host city because its stadium was deemed unlikely to meet the 30 March 2009 deadline for completion. The Nelson Mandela Bay stadium was subsequently completed before the Confederations Cup and was opened on 7 June 2009. It acted as a venue for the 2009 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa on 16 June. All of these stadia hosted matches during the Lions tour, but a minimum of nine days was allowed for pitch recovery between a rugby match and a Confederations Cup match.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, Match officials
The referees were announced on 5 May. Two referee teams (led by Carlos Batres and Carlos Amarilla respectively) withdrew due to injuries. Replacements from the same confederation, led by Benito Archundia and Pablo Pozo, were selected.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, Group stage
The ranking of each team in each group was determined as follows:


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, Group stage
a) greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;b) goal difference in all group matches;c) greatest number of goals scored in all group matches.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, Group stage
Had two or more teams been equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings would have been determined as follows:


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, Group stage
d) greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;e) goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;f) greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;g) drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers
Luís Fabiano received the Golden Shoe award for scoring five goals. In total, 44 goals were scored by 27 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, Statistics, Tournament ranking
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final
The 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final was an association football match that took place on 28 June 2009 to determine the winners of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. It was played at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, and was contested by the United States and Brazil. The United States, playing in their first major men's tournament final, took a 2–0 lead in the first half, but Brazil scored three unanswered goals after half-time to win 3–2.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final
The United States and Brazil qualified for the tournament as winners of their respective continents in 2007 and were drawn into Group B alongside African champions Egypt and reigning World Cup champions Italy. Brazil comfortably qualified for the knockout round by winning all three of their matches, including a 3–0 victory over the United States, while the Americans finished second in the group on the goals scored tiebreaker ahead of Italy. The United States upset European champions Spain in the semi-finals with a 2–0 victory, while Brazil defeated hosts South Africa 1–0 in the other semi-final fixture.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final
The match drew a television audience of 3.9 million viewers in the United States, surpassing the record for a non-World Cup fixture. The U.S. team would go on to play in the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, where they were given a special exception to roster size limits to prevent player fatigue, and reached the tournament's final before losing to Mexico. Both finalists made it to the knockout stage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, but Brazil were eliminated in the quarter-finals and the United States exited in the Round of 16. Brazil went on to win the next edition of the Confederations Cup, which it hosted.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Route to the final
The FIFA Confederations Cup was a quadrennial international competition between eight men's national teams who had won the respective championships of the six continental confederations, along with the host country and the reigning FIFA World Cup champion. The finalists of the 2009 Confederations Cup, the United States and Brazil, had previously met thirteen times, including at the Confederations Cup group stage in 1999 and 2003 and in the knockout stage of the 1994 World Cup. Brazil won twelve of the fixtures, while the sole U.S. victory over Brazil came in the semi-finals of the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup, in which the American goalkeeper Kasey Keller made several saves to keep the score at 1–0.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Route to the final
The United States qualified for their fourth stint in the competition after winning the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup, while Brazil's victory in the 2007 Copa América granted them a sixth berth in the Confederations Cup. Brazil had also previously won the Confederations Cup on two occasions, in 1997 and 2005, while the United States were appearing in their first final in a senior men's competition outside of their home region. Both teams were drawn into Group B of the Confederations Cup, alongside African champions Egypt and reigning World Cup champions Italy.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Route to the final, Group stage
Brazil began their defence of the Confederations Cup title by playing Egypt in Bloemfontein. Kaká opened the scoring in the fifth minute with a series of controlled chips past three defenders, but Egypt's Mohamed Zidan scored an equaliser four minutes later on a header. Brazil regained and extended the lead by half-time through two headed goals by Luís Fabiano in the 11th minute, finishing a free kick taken by Elano, and by Juan in the 37th minute from a corner kick.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Route to the final, Group stage
Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Shawky scored from outside the box in the 54th minute and was followed a minute later by a second goal for Zidan, levelling the score at 3–3. The match remained tied until a handball in the box by substitute Ahmed Elmohamady led to a penalty kick, which was converted in the 90th minute by Kaká to win the match for Brazil.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Route to the final, Group stage
The Americans played their first match against Italy and held the World Cup champions to a scoreless first half, despite a red card being shown to midfielder Ricardo Clark, who tackled Gennaro Gattuso in the 33rd minute. A challenge by Giorgio Chiellini on Jozy Altidore earned a penalty for the United States, which was scored by Landon Donovan in the 41st minute and gave them a half-time lead.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Route to the final, Group stage
The Italians equalised in the 58th minute through a 30-yard (27 m) strike by American-born striker Giuseppe Rossi, who had been substituted a minute before and stole possession from Benny Feilhaber in the midfield to set up the shot. The team then took the lead through another long-distance shot in the 72nd minute by Daniele De Rossi and finished their 3–1 victory with a second goal for Rossi in extra time following a chipped cross by Andrea Pirlo.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Route to the final, Group stage
The eventual finalists faced each other at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria on the second matchday, which ended in a 3–0 victory for Brazil. Maicon took a free kick from 35 yards (32 m) that found Felipe Melo, who headed it from the box to score the opening goal in the seventh minute. The lead was extended in the 20th minute after DaMarcus Beasley lost possession after a U.S. corner, which was dribbled up field by Ramires and passed to Robinho, whose shot went past Tim Howard into the goal.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Route to the final, Group stage
U.S. midfielder Sacha Kljestan was sent off for a foul in the 57th minute and the team lost momentum that they had gained in the second half before conceding a final goal to Brazil five minutes later through a shot by Maicon from a narrow angle near the touchline. Although the U.S. lost their first two matches, they were still eligible to advance following an upset victory for Egypt over Italy that kept them from being mathematically eliminated.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Route to the final, Group stage
Brazil finished their group stage run with a 3–0 defeat of Italy, denying the reigning World Cup champions a berth in the semi-finals by scoring three times in the first half. After several chances for Brazil that went wide of the goal, Luís Fabiano opened the scoring in the 37th minute after collecting a mis-hit shot by Maicon.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Route to the final, Group stage
Fabiano added a second goal six minutes later that was assisted by Kaká and dummied by Robinho, who created the third goal two minutes later by passing a ball into the Italian box on a counterattack, which was deflected into the goal by defender Andrea Dossena. The Italians failed to score a consolation goal in the second half, which doomed them to fall short of the United States on goal difference and goals scored in the tie-breakers for runners-up in Group B.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Route to the final, Group stage
In their final group stage match against Egypt, the United States took the lead in the 21st minute following a mistake by goalkeeper Essam Al Hadary that allowed Charlie Davies to score from the loose ball in the box. Midfielder Michael Bradley then scored in the 63rd minute following a series of give-and-go passes with Landon Donovan, and Clint Dempsey added a third by heading in a cross from Jonathan Spector in the 71st minute. With their 3–0 victory, the United States were tied on three points with Italy and Egypt and tied the former with a goal difference of −2. The United States were able to advance on the second tie-breaker (goals scored), having scored four goals to Italy's three.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Route to the final, Semi-finals
The United States faced Group A winners Spain, the reigning European champions and a favourite to win the 2010 World Cup. The Americans earned an upset 2–0 victory in the semi-finals, breaking Spain's 35-match unbeaten streak that began in November 2006, and qualified for their first final at a major intercontinental men's tournament at the senior level in what was dubbed the "miracle on grass" by The New York Times. The Americans opened the match with early attacking pressure and disrupted Spain's midfield possession style.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Route to the final, Semi-finals
Jozy Altidore scored the first goal of the match in the 27th minute, shooting from the top of the box and benefiting from a pair of deflections off the gloves of Iker Casillas and the goalpost. The U.S. held on, despite being outshot 18–9 by Spain, and earned a second goal in the 74th minute with a pass by Landon Donovan that deflected off defenders Gerard Piqué and Sergio Ramos and fell to Clint Dempsey, who turned his body and shot from short range to make it 2–0.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Route to the final, Semi-finals
Brazil played hosts South Africa, the Group A runners-up, in the other semi-final fixture a day later, winning 1–0. The match remained scoreless for 88 minutes, despite several chances for Brazil that went wide and two saves by goalkeeper Júlio César on a Siphiwe Tshabalala free kick and a long-range shot by Steven Pienaar. The deadlock was broken by substitute Dani Alves, who took a free kick that reached the far corner to beat goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Venue
The final was played at Ellis Park Stadium in central Johannesburg, which also hosted four earlier matches and the 1995 Rugby World Cup Final. It primarily serves as the home of Orlando Pirates F.C. and underwent minor renovations for the Confederations Cup and World Cup, raising its capacity to 61,000 spectators. The stadium's pitch was damaged by an international rugby fixture two weeks before the start of the tournament, requiring emergency work by grounds crews.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Pre-match, Closing ceremony
The tournament's closing ceremony took place at Ellis Park Stadium prior to the final match and was produced by VWV Group and Till Dawn Entertainment, later chosen for the 2010 World Cup opening ceremony. The Confederations Cup ceremony featured 150 drummers, 150 choir singers from local churches, and 20 professional dancers, performing under a large ball with images of the tournament projected onto its surface. Zenani Mandela, the thirteen-year-old great-granddaughter of Nelson Mandela, carried the Confederations Cup trophy to the podium prior to the match.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Pre-match, Officials
Swedish referee Martin Hansson was selected by FIFA to lead the officiating team for the Confederations Cup final, his first assignment in a tournament final. Hansson had previously been in charge of the tournament's opening match and at several youth tournaments for FIFA. His compatriots Henrik Andrén and Frederik Nilsson served as assistant referees, while Mexican referee Benito Archundia was the fourth official. Héctor Vergara served as the reserve assistant referee (also called the fifth official).


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Match, Summary
Brazilian manager Dunga chose to use the 4–2–3–1 formation that the team had used in their previous matches, while U.S. coach Bob Bradley used an adapted 4–4–2; midfielder Michael Bradley was suspended due to his red card in the semi-final and was replaced by Benny Feilhaber in the starting lineup. At a pre-match ceremony, FIFA honoured Cameroonian midfielder Marc-Vivien Foé, who died of a heart-related disease during a 2003 Confederations Cup semi-final match. Marc-Scott Foé read a commemorative message in tribute to his father's memory while both teams stood together at the centre circle.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Match, Summary
The United States took an early lead in the 10th minute, following a free kick taken by Jonathan Spector that was crossed into the path of Clint Dempsey, who struck the ball with his right foot. Goalkeeper Tim Howard then made several major saves to preserve the lead amid several Brazilian attacks; the Americans took advantage of a counterattack, with Ricardo Clark running upfield and passing to Landon Donovan, shooting from just inside the box to score in the 27th minute. The team entered half-time with a 2–0 lead, described as a shock upset by commentators.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Match, Summary
Brazil reduced the lead in the first minute of the second half, as Luís Fabiano scored in the penalty area by controlling the ball while turning around defender Jay DeMerit. In the 60th minute, Kaká headed the ball past the goal line, but it was knocked away by Tim Howard; replays showed that the ball had crossed the line, but it was not called in Brazil's favor. The equalising goal was scored in the 74th minute, following a cross by Kaká that was shot into the crossbar by Elano and ricocheted toward Fabiano, who headed the ball into the net. Elano's corner kick in the 84th minute was headed into the goal by Brazilian captain Lúcio, who had  beaten Clint Dempsey to the ball.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Henrik Andrén (Sweden)Fredrik Nilsson (Sweden)Fourth official:Benito Archundia (Mexico)Fifth official:Héctor Vergara (Canada)


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Post-match
Brazil became the second country to win consecutive editions of the Confederations Cup, following France's victories in 2001 and 2003 before the tournament switched to a quadrennial schedule. Kaká was named the man of the match for his performance and also won the Golden Ball as the tournament's best player. His teammate Luís Fabiano won the Golden Shoe, having scored five goals in five matches, and the Silver Ball. American goalkeeper Tim Howard won the tournament's Golden Glove award for his performances, including five saves in the first half of the final.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Post-match
In the 2010 World Cup, Brazil finished atop their group and defeated Chile in the Round of 16 before being eliminated by the Netherlands in the quarter-finals. Brazil hosted the next edition of the Confederations Cup in 2013 and became the first team to win three successive Confederations Cups by defeating Spain 3–0 in the final.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Post-match
The U.S. broadcast of the match on ESPN was watched by an audience of 3.9 million people, the largest figure for a non-World Cup fixture on the network and among the largest ever for the U.S. men's national team. The United States returned home to contest the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, which began less than a week after the final, but were granted an expanded roster by CONCACAF to prevent player fatigue. The Gold Cup roster was primarily drawn from Major League Soccer, with only four members of the Confederations Cup squad who were retained.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Post-match
The U.S. team advanced to the Gold Cup final, where they lost 5–0 to rivals Mexico and were unable to defend their continental title. The United States also topped their group in the 2010 World Cup, winning once and drawing twice, but were eliminated in the Round of 16 by Ghana.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A
Group A of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup took place from 14 to 20 June 2009 in Bloemfontein's Free State Stadium, Johannesburg's Ellis Park Stadium, and Rustenburg's Royal Bafokeng Stadium. The group consisted of Iraq, New Zeland, host nation South Africa, and Spain.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A, South Africa vs Iraq
Assistant referees:Pablo Fandiño (Uruguay)Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay)Fourth official:Martin Hansson (Sweden)Fifth official:Henrik Andrén (Sweden)


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A, New Zealand vs Spain
Assistant referees:Komi Konyoh (Togo)Alexis Fassinou (Benin)Fourth official:Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)Fifth official:Matthias Arnet (Switzerland)


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A, Spain vs Iraq
Assistant referees:Matthew Cream (Australia)Ben Wilson (Australia)Fourth official:Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)Fifth official:Bechir Hassani (Tunisia)


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A, South Africa vs New Zealand
Assistant referees:Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)Héctor Vergara (Canada)Fourth official:Pablo Pozo (Chile)Fifth official:Patricio Basualto (Chile)


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A, Iraq vs New Zealand
Assistant referees:Peter Kirkup (England)Michael Mullarkey (England)Fourth official:Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)Fifth official:Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay)


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A, Spain vs South Africa
Assistant referees:Patricio Basualto (Chile)Francisco Mondria (Chile)Fourth official:Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)Fifth official:Bechir Hassani (Tunisia)


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B
Group A of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup took place from 15 to 21 June 2009 in Bloemfontein's Free State Stadium, Johannesburg's Ellis Park Stadium, Pretoria's Loftus Versfeld Stadium and Rustenburg's Royal Bafokeng Stadium. The group consisted of defending champions Brazil, Egypy, Italy, and the United States.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B, Brazil vs Egypt
Assistant referees:Peter Kirkup (England)Michael Mullarkey (England)Fourth official:Matthew Breeze (Australia)Fifth official:Matthew Cream (Australia)


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B, United States vs Italy
Assistant referees:Patricio Basualto (Chile)Francisco Mondria (Chile)Fourth official:Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)Fifth official:Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon)


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B, United States vs Brazil
Assistant referees:Matthias Arnet (Switzerland)Francisco Buragina (Switzerland)Fourth official:Coffi Codjia (Benin)Fifth official:Alexis Fassinou (Benin)


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B, Egypt vs Italy
Assistant referees:Henrik Andrén (Sweden)Fredrik Nilsson (Sweden)Fourth official:Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)Fifth official:Pablo Fandiño (Uruguay)


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B, Italy vs Brazil
Assistant referees:Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)Héctor Vergara (Canada)Fourth official:Coffi Codjia (Benin)Fifth official:Alexis Fassinou (Benin)


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B, Egypt vs United States
Assistant referees:Jan Hendrik-Hintz (New Zealand)Mark Rule (New Zealand)Fourth official:Matthew Breeze (Australia)Fifth official:Matthew Cream (Australia)


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage
The knockout stage of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup began on 24 June and concluded on 28 June 2009 with the final at the Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg. It was the second and final stage of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, following the group stage. The top two teams from each group (four teams in total) advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination style tournament. A third-place match was included and played between the two losing teams of the semi-finals.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage
In the knockout stage (including the final), if a match was level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time of two periods (15 minutes each) would be played. If the score was still level after extra time, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage, Semi-finals, Spain v United States
Assistant referees:Pablo Fandiño (Uruguay)Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay)Fourth official:Coffi Codjia (Benin)Fifth official:Alexis Fassinou (Benin)


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage, Semi-finals, Brazil v South Africa
Assistant referees:Matthias Arnet (Switzerland)Francesco Buragina (Switzerland)Fourth official:Benito Archundia (Mexico)Fifth official:Héctor Vergara (Canada)


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage, Match for third place
Assistant referees:Matthew Cream (Australia)Ben Wilson (Australia)Fourth official:Coffi Codjia (Benin)Fifth official:Alexis Fassinou (Benin)


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage, Final
The 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final was held at Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa, on 28 June 2009 and was contested by the United States and Brazil. This was the first appearance ever for the United States in the final of a FIFA men's competition. This was Brazil's fourth appearance in a Confederations Cup final (after 1997, 1999 and 2005). Brazil won their third Confederations Cup title.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage, Final
Prior to the match, FIFA honoured Cameroonian midfielder Marc-Vivien Foé, who died of a heart-related disease during a FIFA Confederations Cup match in 2003.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage, Final
Assistant referees:Henrik Andrén (Sweden)Fredrik Nilsson (Sweden)Fourth official:Benito Archundia (Mexico)Fifth official:Héctor Vergara (Canada)


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup squads
The following is a list of squads for each nation who competed at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa from 14 June to 28 June 2009, as a prelude to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Each squad consisted of 23 players, three of which had to be goalkeepers. Replacement of injured players was permitted until 24 hours before the team's game. Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national team.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup squads
Caps, goals and ages as of 14 June 2009, before 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup squads, Player statistics
* Nations in italics are not represented by their national teams in the tournament.


2009 FIFA Confederations Cup statistics
These are the statistics for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, an eight-team tournament running from 14 June 2009 through 28 June 2009. The tournament took place in South Africa.


2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup
The 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the thirteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup held in Nigeria from 24 October to 15 November 2009.


2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup
The tournament was won by Switzerland, beating the host team and holders, Nigeria. The Golden Ball to the Best Player was given to Nigerian Sani Emmanuel; the Golden Shoe for top scorer was given to Spaniard Borja, with five goals (although he tied with Nigerian Sani Emmanuel, Uruguayan Sebastián Gallegos, and Swiss Haris Seferovic); the Golden Glove was given to Swiss Benjamin Siegrist; finally, the FIFA Fair Play Award was given to Nigeria.


2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Player eligibility
To be eligible to play, a player must have been born on or after 1 January 1992.


2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Venues
On 21 May 2009, FIFA gave Nigeria a "Yellow Card" as FIFA noted a significant delay in the preparations for the tournament. While Abuja and Lagos were ready, FIFA vice-president Jack Warner gave four other venues (Enugu, Calabar, Ijebu-Ode and Kano) a month to get 100 percent ready or the tournament would be moved. One potential venue (Warri) was removed after recent violence flared up in the Niger Delta.


2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Threats to the tournament
The 2009 edition was under increasing threats from the armed rebel group, The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) and warned FIFA against hosting the tournament in Nigeria. However, the militants were offered amnesty in exchange for laying down their weapons, and the tournament went on smoothly without any incidents.


2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Teams
The final draw for group stage was held on 7 August 2009 at the International Conference Centre in Abuja.


2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Allocation of teams to groups
Teams were allocated to groups on the basis of geographical spread. Teams were placed in four pots, and one team was drawn from each pot for each group. Pot 1 contained the five African teams plus one from CONMEBOL; Pot 2 contained the remaining teams from the Americas excluding one CONCACAF team; Pot 3 consisted of teams from Asia and Oceania plus the remaining CONCACAF team; Pot 4 consisted of teams from the European confederation.


2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Allocation of teams to groups
Iran  Japan  South Korea  United Arab Emirates  Honduras  New Zealand


2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup which was hosted by Egypt from 24 September to 16 October 2009. The tournament was initially going to take place between 10 and 31 July, however the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup was played mid year resulting in both the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the FIFA U-17 World Cup being played towards the end of the year. The cup was won by Ghana after they defeated Brazil on penalties in the final, becoming the first African team to have won the tournament.


2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Player eligibility
Only players born on or after 1 January 1989 were eligible to compete in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.


2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Qualification
Twenty-three teams qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. As the host team, Egypt received automatic entry to the cup, bringing the total number of teams to twenty-four for the tournament.


2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Allocation of teams to groups
Teams were allocated to groups on the basis of geographical spread. Teams were placed in four pots, and one team was drawn from each pot for each group. Pot 1 contained the five African teams plus one from CONMEBOL; Pot 2 contained the remaining teams from the Americas excluding one CONCACAF team; Pot 3 consisted of teams from Asia and Oceania plus the remaining CONCACAF team; Pot 4 consisted of teams from the European confederation.


2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Allocation of teams to groups
United Arab Emirates South Korea Uzbekistan Australia Trinidad and Tobago Tahiti


2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Group stage
The draw for the group stages was held on 5 April 2009 at Luxor Temple. Each group winner and runner-up teams, as well as the best four third-placed teams, qualified for the first round of the knockout stage (round of 16).


2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Knockout stage, Final
Assistant referees:Peter Hermans (Belgium)Walter Vromans (Belgium)Fourth official:Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)Fifth official:Fermín Martínez (Spain)


2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads
Players name marked in bold went on to earn full international caps.


2009 FIFA World Player of the Year
The 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year awards took place on 21 December 2009 at the Kongresshaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. Shortlists of 23 men and 10 women were announced on 30 October 2009. The final five contenders for this year’s FIFA World Player of the Year and FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year awards were announced on 7 December 2009. Lionel Messi was announced as the World Player of the Year with a record points total.


2009 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series
The 2009 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series was a series of stages where events in men's and women's artistic gymnastics were contested. For the first time since the creation of the World Cup, no World Cup Final event was held; this makes 2009 the first year when the World Cup was competed as a yearly series of stages.


2009 FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup series
The 2009 FIG World Cup circuit in Rhythmic Gymnastics includes six category A events and two category B events. With stopovers in Europe only, the competitions took place on March 6–8 in Budapest (HUN), April 4–5 in Saint Petersburg (RUS), April 16–19 in Portimão (POR), April 25–26 in Maribor (SLO), April 30 – May 2 in Pesaro (ITA), May 8–10 in Corbeil-Essonnes (FRA), August 15–17 in Kiev (UKR) and August 21–23 in Minsk (BLR). Two events were open only to individual athletes (Maribor and Corbeil-Essonnes), while six were open to both individual athletes and groups.


2009 FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup series
In all of the events, all-around competitions served as qualifications for the finals by apparatus. The world ranking points collected by the competitors at their best four World Cup events added up to a total, and the top scorers in each event were crowned winners of the overall series at the final event in Minsk, Belarus.


2009 FIM Motocross World Championship
The 2009 FIM Motocross World Championship was the 53rd F.I.M. Motocross Racing World Championship season. Antonio Cairoli won the MX1 title for Yamaha, Marvin Musquin claimed the MX2 title for KTM and Pierre Renet triumphed in MX3 for Honda.


2009 FIM Motocross World Championship, Overview
The 2009 season started on 29 March in Faenza, Italy and finished on 13 September in Canelinha, Brazil. The fifteen races of the season were held in fourteen countries, Italy, Bulgaria, Turkey, Nederlands (2x), Portugal, Spain, Great Britain, France, Germany, Latvia, Sweden, Belgium, Czech Republic and Brazil.


2009 FIM Superstock 1000 Cup
The 2009 FIM Superstock 1000 Cup was the eleventh season of the FIM Superstock 1000 championship, the fifth held under this name. The FIM Superstock 1000 championship followed the same calendar as the Superbike World Championship, missing out the none European rounds of the championship. 2009 saw very little change from the previous season, with no new European circuits on the calendar.


2009 FIM Superstock 1000 Cup
The title was eventually won by Belgium's Xavier Siméon, who did not in the 10 races of the season finish out of the first 2 positions. Siméon took 5 wins and 5 second positions to take the championship by 57 points from Claudio Corti. Simeon's performance meant that Ducati took the manufacturers' championship by 53 points.


2009 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
The 2009 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the eighth edition of the annual event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After a preliminary round organized by continent, the Super Final was held in Podgorica, Montenegro, from 16 June to 21 June 2009.


2009 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
The field included 19 teams, following the withdrawal of two teams. Two nations, South Africa and Libya, had their World League debut, with Libya competing in its first major international tournament.


2009 FINA Men's Water Polo World League, Preliminary round, Africa
The African tournament will be held in Casablanca, Morocco, from 22 May to 24 May. One team from the group of four will advance. South Africa and Libya will make their World League debuts.


2009 FINA Men's Water Polo World League, Preliminary round, Asia/Oceania
The Asia and Oceania region will feature a two-legged tournament, in Adelaide, Australia (22–24 May), and Auckland, New Zealand (29–31 May). The four teams will play a round robin in each location, with the results from both legs combined. The top two teams from the group of four will advance.


2009 FINA Men's Water Polo World League, Preliminary round, Europe
Europe is divided into three groups, with qualifying spots for the winner of each group as well as Super Final host Montenegro. The initial plan was for each group to have four teams. However, Great Britain and Hungary have dropped out.


2009 FINA Men's Water Polo World League, Preliminary round, Europe
Rather than the condensed tournament style competition of the other continents, the European matches will be played in a home-and-away format over five months. The pool-based nature of the qualification process, however, continues to be used.


2009 FINA Men's Water Polo World League, Preliminary round, Europe, Europe B
Great Britain was to have been the fourth member of this group, but withdrew.


2009 FINA Men's Water Polo World League, Super Final
The Super Final will be held in Podgorica, Montenegro, from 16 June to 21 June.


2009 FINA Swimming World Cup
The 2009 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of five short course (25 m) swimming meets, held in October and November 2009.


2009 FINA Swimming World Cup, Meets
The 2009 World Cup was staged at five venues on three continents, with each meet following a morning heats and evening finals format for all events, with the exception of the 800 m and 1500 m freestyle and 400 m individual medley events which were heat-declared winners. The order of events at each meet was the same. A sixth meet originally scheduled to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 23–25 October was cancelled.


2009 FINA Swimming World Cup, Results, Overall World Cup
At each meet of the World Cup circuit in 2009, the FINA Points Table was used to rank all swim performances at the meet. The top 10 men and top 10 women were then be awarded World Cup points. Bonus points were awarded for a world record broken (20 points) or equalled (10 points). The number of World Cup points awarded was doubled for the final meet of the World Cup in Singapore.


2009 FINA Swimming World Cup, Results, Event winners, 50 m breaststroke
* Jessica Hardy set a new world record of 28.96 seconds in the heats of this event in Stockholm.


2009 FINA Swimming World Cup, Results, Event winners, 200 m breaststroke
* Neil Versfeld set a new World Cup record of 2:02.56 seconds in the heats of this event in Berlin.


2009 FINA Swimming World Cup, Results, Event winners, 100 m individual medley
* Therese Alshammar set a new world record of 58.51 seconds in the heats of this event in Durban. * * Sergey Fesikov set a new world record of 50.95 seconds in the heats of this event in Berlin.


2009 FINA Swimming World Cup, Results, Event winners, 400 m individual medley
Legend: WR – World record; (WR) – World record when swum (earning bonus World Cup points); WC – World Cup record; (WC) – World Cup record when swum


2009 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
The 2009 FINA Women's Water Polo World League was the 6th edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation (FINA). After playing in groups within the same continent, eight teams qualified to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final in Kirishi, Russia from 9 to 14 June 2009.


2009 FINA Women's Water Polo World League, Super Final, Final ranking
Betsey Armstrong, Heather Petri, Brittany Hayes, Brenda Villa (C), Lauren Wenger, Tanya Gandy, Kelly Rulon, Jessica Steffens, Elsie Windes, Alison Gregorka, Kami Craig, Annika Dries, Jaime Komer, Erika Figge, Lolo Silver. Head coach: Adam Krikorian.


2009 FIRA Women's European Trophy
The 2009 FIRA tournament acted as the continent's 2010 World Cup qualifying tournament. The top four nations from the 2009 Six Nations had automatically qualified, but nations finishing fifth and sixth (Scotland and Italy) joined Spain, Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, Germany, and Belgium to decide the final two places.


2009 FIRA Women's European Trophy
The teams were divided into two pools, the "seeding" broadly based on FIRA rankings, with the pool winners qualifying:


2009 FIRA Women's European Trophy
After the completion of the pool phase, the tournament itself did not have a "final", nor any other classification games.


2009 FIRA Women's European Trophy
As expected, Scotland qualified from Pool A with no problems - but it always looked a tougher prospect for fellow Six Nations team Italy, in Pool B, as they would have to beat Spain - something they had never managed before. But when it came to the event neither Italy nor Spain were to qualify, but rather hosts and sixth seeds Sweden, who shocked everyone by first beating Italy and then Spain - in both cases coming from behind in the dying minutes of the game.


2009 FIRA Women's European Trophy
Other games in the tournament followed the seedings - and were embarrassingly one-sided in many cases - demonstrating the gulf that continues to exist between the leading eight or nine nations in Europe and the rest.


2009 FIRA Women's European Trophy, Point Scorers, Other point scorers
14 points: Ulrika Andersson Hall (Sweden)10 points: Natalia Alexeeva (Russia), Dorien Eppink (Netherlands), Veronica Fitzpatrick (Scotland), Silvia Peron (Italy), Isabel Rodríguez (Spain), Wikke Tuinhout (Netherlands), Paola Zangirolami(Italy)8 points: Marina Apfel (Germany)6 points: Marina Bravo (Spain), Claire Paris (Belgium)5 points: Sara Barattin (Italy), Martina Barbini (Italy), Jessica Berntsson (Sweden), Marlieke Broer (Netherlands), Lana Blyth (Scotland), Emma Evans (Scotland), Lucia Gai (Italy), Elena Gamova (Russia), Tanya Griffith (Scotland), Sylke Haverkorn (Netherlands), Erin Kerr (Scotland), Madeleine Lahti (Sweden), Rebecka Lind (Sweden), Jennifer Lindholm (Sweden), Alexia Mavroudis (Netherlands), Paula Medín(Spain), Elke van Meer (Netherlands), Louise Moffat (Scotland), Suzi Newton (Scotland), Agurtzane Obregozo (Spain), Silvia Pizzati (Italy), Marta Pocurull (Spain), Aitziber Porras (Spain), Johanna van Rossum (Netherlands), Corinne Sailliez (Belgium), Maria Sanfilippo (Italy), Pien Selbeck (Netherlands), Elena Smirnova (Russia), Laura Steven (Scotland), Olga Sychugova (Russia)4 points: Erika Andersson (Sweden), Anastasiya Mukharyamova (Russia)2 points: Louise Dalgliesh (Scotland)


2009 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix
The 2009 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix was the 16th Summer Grand Prix season in ski jumping on plastic. Season began on 8 August 2009 in Hinterzarten, Germany and ended on 3 October 2009 in Klingenthal.


2009 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix
Other competitive circuits this season included the World Cup and Continental Cup.


2009 FIU Golden Panthers football team
The 2009 FIU Golden Panthers football team represented Florida International University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Mario Cristobal and played their homes games at the on-campus FIU Stadium. The Golden Panthers finished the season 3–9 and 3–5 in the Sun Belt Conference.


2009 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship
The 2009 FIVB Volleyball Boys' Youth World Championship was held in Jesolo and Bassano del Grappa, Italy from 28 August to 6 September 2009. 16 teams participated in the tournament.


2009 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship
The 2009 FIVB Girls Youth Volleyball World Championship was held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 3 to 12 July 2009. 16 teams participated in the tournament.


2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship
The 2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship was the 5th edition of the event. It was held in Doha, Qatar from 3 to 8 November 2009.


2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship, Golden formula
For the first time in an FIVB tournament, a new rule trialled during the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship Doha 2009 in order to “keep the ball flying” and add value to a rally for the spectator. The Golden Formula playing system requires that the first attack for each team begins from the back row in an attempt to produce longer rallies.


2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship
The 2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's Junior World Championship was held in Pune, India from 31 July to 9 August 2009. Brazil won the tournament after defeating Cuba 3-2 in the final. Maurício Borges Silva was elected the Most Valuable Player.


2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup
The 2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Osaka and Nagoya, Japan from 18 to 23 November 2009.


2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup, Competition formula
The competition formula of the 2009 Men's World Grand Champions Cup was the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points were accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing was determined by the total points gained.


2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup squads
This article shows all participating team squads at the 2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup.


2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup squads, Brazil
The following is the Brazil roster in the 2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup.


2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup squads, Cuba
The following is the Cuba roster in the 2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup.


2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup squads, Egypt
The following is the Egypt roster in the 2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup.


2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup squads, Iran
The following is the Iran roster in the 2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup.


2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup squads, Japan
The following is the Japan roster in the 2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup.


2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup squads, Poland
The following is the Poland roster in the 2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup.


2009 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship
The 2009 FIVB Women's Junior Volleyball World Championship was held in Tijuana and Mexicali, Mexico from July 16 to 25, 2009. 16 teams participated in the tournament.


2009 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup
The 2009 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Tokyo and Fukuoka, Japan from November 10 to November 15, 2009. Italy won the tournament with perfect record and Simona Gioli was selected Most Valuable Player.


2009 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup, Competition formula
The competition formula of the 2009 Women's World Grand Champions Cup was the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing is determined by the total points gained.


2009 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup, Final standing
Team RosterCristina Barcellini, Immacolata Sirressi, Giulia Rondon, Jenny Barazza, Paola Cardullo, Serena Ortolani, Francesca Piccinini, Valentina Arrighetti, Eleonora Lo Bianco, Antonella Del Core, Lucia Bosetti, Simona GioliHead Coach: Massimo Barbolini


2009 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
The FIVB World Grand Prix 2009 is a women's volleyball tournament that was played by 12 countries from 31 July to 23 August 2009. The finals were held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. Brazil, United States, Dominican Republic and  Puerto Rico qualified for the tournament at the 2008 Women's Pan-American Cup in Mexicali and Tijuana, Mexico.


2009 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, Preliminary rounds, Ranking
The host Japan and top five teams in the preliminary round advance to the Final round.


2009 FIVB Volleyball World League
The 2009 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 20th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 16 countries from 12 June to 26 July 2009. The Final Round was held in Belgrade, Serbia.


2009 FIVB Volleyball World League, Pool standing procedure
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser


2009 FIVB Volleyball World League squads
This article show all participating team squads at the 2009 FIVB Volleyball World League, played by 16 countries.


2009 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Argentina
The following is the  roster in the 2009 FIVB Volleyball World League.


2009 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Brazil
The following is the  roster in the 2009 FIVB Volleyball World League.


2009 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Bulgaria
The following is the  roster in the 2009 FIVB Volleyball World League.


2009 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, China
The following is the  roster in the 2009 FIVB Volleyball World League.


2009 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Cuba
The following is the  roster in the 2009 FIVB Volleyball World League.


2009 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Finland
The following is the  roster in the 2009 FIVB Volleyball World League.


2009 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, France
The following is the  roster in the 2009 FIVB Volleyball World League.


2009 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Italy
The following is the  roster in the 2009 FIVB Volleyball World League.


2009 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Japan
The following is the  roster in the 2009 FIVB Volleyball World League.


2009 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, South Korea
The following is the roster in the 2009 FIVB Volleyball World League.


2009 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Netherlands
The following is the  roster in the 2009 FIVB Volleyball World League.


2009 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Poland
The following is the  roster in the 2009 FIVB Volleyball World League.


2009 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Russia
The following is the  roster in the 2009 FIVB Volleyball World League.


2009 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Serbia
The following is the  roster in the 2009 FIVB Volleyball World League.


2009 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, United States
The following is the  roster in the 2009 FIVB Volleyball World League.


2009 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Venezuela
The following is the  roster in the 2009 FIVB Volleyball World League.


2009 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup squads
This article shows all participating team squads at the 2009 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup, held from November 10 to November 15, 2009 in Tokyo and Fukuoka, Japan.


2009 FIVB World Grand Prix squads
This article show all participating team squads at the 2009 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Grand Prix, played by twelve countries with the final round held in Tokyo, Japan.


2009 FIVB World Grand Prix squads, Brazil
The following is the Brazil roster in the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix.


2009 FIVB World Grand Prix squads, China
The following is the China roster in the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix.


2009 FIVB World Grand Prix squads, Dominican Republic
The following is the Dominican Republic roster in the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix.


2009 FIVB World Grand Prix squads, Germany
The following is the Germany roster in the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix.


2009 FIVB World Grand Prix squads, Japan
The following is the Japan roster in the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix.


2009 FIVB World Grand Prix squads, South Korea
The following is the South Korea roster in the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix.


2009 FIVB World Grand Prix squads, Netherlands
The following is the Netherlands roster in the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix.


2009 FIVB World Grand Prix squads, Poland
The following is the Poland roster in the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix.


2009 FIVB World Grand Prix squads, Puerto Rico
The following is the Puerto Rico roster in the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix.


2009 FIVB World Grand Prix squads, Russia
The following is the Russia roster in the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix.


2009 FIVB World Grand Prix squads, Thailand
The following is the Thailand roster in the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix.


2009 FIVB World Grand Prix squads, United States
The following is the United States roster in the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix.


2009 FORU Oceania Cup
The 2009 Oceania Nations Cup doubled as the first round of Oceania's qualifying tournament for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. By winning the Oceania Nations Cup, Papua New Guinea advanced to face Samoa in the Oceania qualification final.


2009 FORU Oceania Cup
Tahiti and New Caledonia were originally slated to participate, but withdrew.


2009 Falken Tasmania Challenge
The 2009 Falken Tasmania Challenge was the fourth race meeting of the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It contained Races 7 and 8 of the series and was held on the weekend of May 29–31 at Symmons Plains Raceway, near Launceston, in northern Tasmania.


2009 Falken Tasmania Challenge, Rule change
The new race formats for 2009 saw a 100 kilometre race held as Race 7 on Saturday, with a 200 kilometre race held on Sunday as Race 8.


2009 Falken Tasmania Challenge, Race 7
The first race was held on Saturday May 30. Garth Tander was able to break the year long stranglehold Team Vodafone has held on the 2009 series, taking a narrow victory over Russell Ingall after an innovative use of tyre tactics saw Ingall get much better tyre life out of his set of soft, sprint, tyres.


2009 Falken Tasmania Challenge, Race 7
Instead of changing tyres at his pitstop to a set of the harder, slow tyres, Ingall rotated his tyres, swapping the tyres diagonally front/rear and left/right, giving him the best grip of any of the front runners in the races late stages and it was only Tander's ability to put lapped traffic between himself and Ingall that gave the Holden Racing Team driver the race victory.


2009 Falken Tasmania Challenge, Race 7
Steven Johnson continued his best ever V8 Supercar season with a third place, and best of the Ford drivers. It was Johnson's second podium result of the year after claiming third at Race 4 at the Hamilton 400. Will Davison backed up Tander's win in fourth place, making it the best day of the season for HRT ahead of Todd Kelly, his best result of the year to date, and Stone Brothers race Shane van Gisbergen. Team mates Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup followed with a much improved Greg Murphy ninth and a disappointing Lee Holdsworth scraping into the top ten.


2009 Falken Tasmania Challenge, Race 7
James Courtney had a miserable day, involved in several on track skirmishes, including receiving a puncture and pitting on the very lap that his team mate Steven Johnson was already in the pits having his scheduled pitstop, forcing Courtney to lose yet more time waiting for his team to service Johnson's #17 Ford. He finished, but finished last on a day when all 30 cars saw the chequered flag. His championship hopes are effectively extinguished and his hopes for a good season will now hinge on his ability to win races.


2009 Falken Tasmania Challenge, Results, Race 8
* Penalties were applied to Tim Slade and Marcus Marshall. Slade was relegated from ninth to 14th. Marshall was relegated from 22nd to 24th.


2009 Falkland Islands general election
The Falkland Islands general election of 2009 was held on Thursday 5 November 2009 to elect members to the Legislative Assembly. It was the first general election in the Falkland Islands since the new constitution came into force on 1 January 2009, which replaced the old Legislative Council with the Legislative Assembly. Chief Executive Tim Thorogood acted as Returning Officer.


2009 Falkland Islands general election
Eight MLAs were elected through universal suffrage using block voting, five from the Stanley constituency and three from the Camp constituency. Each elector in Stanley could vote for five candidates, and in Camp each elector could vote for three candidates. In total 4,989 votes were cast in the election, relating to a turnout of 1,232 (77.7% of the electorate). As no political parties are active on the Islands, all the candidates stood as nonpartisans. The election result was said to be an 'upset' as none of the incumbent MLAs kept their seat.


2009 Falkland Islands general election, Results
Candidates in bold were elected. Candidates in italic were incumbents.


2009 Family Circle Cup
The 2009 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis event on the 2009 WTA Tour, which took place from April 13 to April 19. The event was hosted at the Family Circle Tennis Center, in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. It was the second and last event of the clay court season played on green clay. The total prize money offered at this tournament was US$1,000,000.


2009 Family Circle Cup, Finals, Doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands /  Nadia Petrova defeated  Līga Dekmeijere  /  Patty Schnyder, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, [11–9]


2009 Family Circle Cup – Doubles
Katarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions but chose not to participate this year.


2009 Family Circle Cup – Singles
Serena Williams was the defending champion, but withdrew due to injury.


2009 Family Circle Cup – Singles
Sabine Lisicki won her maiden WTA tour title, defeating Caroline Wozniacki in the final 6–2, 6–4.


2009 Family Circle Cup – Singles
Dinara Safina gained the World No. 1 ranking for the first time at the conclusion of this tournament, despite not participating. This is because Williams' withdrawal, and loss of her championship ranking points, allowed her to be superseded by Safina in the rankings.


2009 Family Circle Cup – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2009 Faroe Islands Cup
The Faroe Islands Cup 2009 started on March 28, 2009 and ended on July 29, 2009. The defending champions were two-time winners EB/Streymur.


2009 Faroe Islands Cup
Only the first teams of Faroese football clubs are allowed to participate. The Preliminary Round involved only teams from first, second and third deild. Teams from the highest division entered the competition in the First Round.


2009 Faroe Islands Premier League
2009 Faroe Islands Premier League, also known as Vodafonedeildin for sponsoring reasons, was the sixty-seventh season of top-tier football on the Faroe Islands. It began on 4 April 2009 and ended on 3 October 2009. EB/Streymur were the defending champions. The league was won by HB Tórshavn.


2009 Faroe Islands Premier League, Team changes from the previous season
B71 Sandoy and Skála ÍF were relegated to 1. deild after finishing 9th and 10th in the 2008 season. They were replaced by 1. deild champions 07 Vestur and runners-up AB Argir.


2009 Faroe Islands Premier League, Results
The schedule consisted of a total of 27 games. Each team played three games against every opponent in no particular order. At least one of the games was at home and one was away. The additional home game for every match-up was randomly assigned prior to the season.


2009 Fayetteville, North Carolina mayoral election
The 2009 Fayetteville mayoral election took place on November 8, 2009 to elect the mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Tony Chavonne.


2009 Featherstone Rovers season
The Featherstone Rovers competed in the Co-operative Championship in 2009.


2009 Featherstone Rovers season, Table
Source: Note (a): Toulouse were exempt from relegation. Note: (b): Doncaster lost 9 competition points for entering administration. Classification: 1st on league points; 2nd on match points difference. League points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0. Pld = Games played; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; PF = Match points scored; PA = Match points conceded; PD = Points difference; BP = Bonus Points; Pts = League points.


2009 Fed Cup
The 2009 Fed Cup was the 46th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis.


2009 Fed Cup
The final took place at the Circolo del Tennis in Reggio Calabria, Italy, on 7–8 November. The home team, Italy, defeated the United States, 4–0, giving Italy their second title.


2009 Fed Cup, World Group Play-offs
The four losing teams in the World Group first round ties (China, France, Argentina and Spain), and four winners of the World Group II ties (Slovakia, Germany, Serbia and Ukraine) entered the draw for the World Group Play-offs. Four seeded teams, based on the latest Fed Cup ranking, were drawn against four unseeded teams.


2009 Fed Cup, World Group II
The World Group II was the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2009. Winners advanced to the World Group Play-offs, and losers played in the World Group II Play-offs.


2009 Fed Cup, World Group II Play-offs
The four losing teams from World Group II (Belgium, Switzerland, Japan, and Israel) played off against qualifiers from Zonal Group I. Two teams qualified from Europe/Africa Zone (Estonia and Poland), one team from the Asia/Oceania Zone (Australia), and one team from the Americas Zone (Canada).


2009 Fed Cup, Americas Zone, Group II
Venue: Parque del Este, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (outdoor hard)


2009 Fed Cup, Rankings
The rankings were measured after the three points during the year that play took place, and were collated by combining points earned from the previous four years.


2009 Fed Cup Americas Zone
The Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2009 Fed Cup.


2009 Fed Cup Americas Zone, Group I
The six teams were divided into two pools of three teams. The top team of each pool played against one other to decide which nation progresses to the World Group II Play-offs. The four nations that came either second or third in each pool then played-off to determine which two teams would be relegated down to Group II for 2010.


2009 Fed Cup Americas Zone, Group II
The nine teams were divided into one pool of four teams and one pool of five. The top two teams of each pool played-off against each other to decide which two nations progress to the Group I.


2009 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – Play-offs
The Play-offs of the 2009 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I Zonal Competition involving teams from the Americas. Using the positions determined in their pools, the six teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2009 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I, the top countries of each pool played for first to second, while the bottom two of each pool competed for fifth to eighth. The top team advanced to the World Group II, and the bottom two teams were relegated down to the Group II for the next year.


2009 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – Play-offs, Promotional Play-Offs
The top team of each pool was placed against each other in a head-to-head round. The winner of the round advanced to World Group II for next year.


2009 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – Play-offs, Relegation Play-Offs
The last two placed teams of each pool were drawn against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The losing team was relegated to Group II for the next year.


2009 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – Pool A
Group A of the 2009 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I was one of two pools in the Americas Zone Group I of the 2009 Fed Cup. Three teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom two teams proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top team played for advancement to the World Group II Play-offs, while the bottom teams faced potential relegation to Group II.


2009 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – Pool B
Group B of the 2009 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I was one of two pools in the Americas Zone Group I of the 2009 Fed Cup. Three teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom two teams proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top team played for advancement to the World Group II Play-offs, while the bottom teams faced potential relegation to Group II.


2009 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II – Pool A
Group A of the 2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II was one of two pools in Group II of the Americas zone of the 2009 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team advancing to Group I for 2010.


2009 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II – Pool B
Group B of the 2009 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II was one of two pools in Group II of the Americas zone of the 2009 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team advancing to Group I for 2010.


2009 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone
The Asia/Oceania Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2009 Fed Cup.


2009 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone, Group I
The eight teams were divided into two pools of four teams. The teams that finished first in the pools played-off to determine which team would partake in the World Group II Play-offs. The two nations coming last in the pools also played-off to determine which would be relegated to Group II for 2010.


2009 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone, Group II
The four teams played in one pool of four, with the team placing first advancing to Group I for 2010.


2009 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone, Group II, Pool
Previously, Pacific Oceania, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria and Turkmenistan had also been listed to compete.


2009 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I – Play-offs
The play-offs of the 2009 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I zonal competition involving teams from Asia and Oceania. Using the positions determined in their pools, the eight teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2009 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I. The top team advanced to the World Group II, and the bottom team were relegated down to the Group II for the next year.


2009 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I – Play-offs, Promotional play-offs
The first placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in a head-to-head round. The winner of the rounds advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, where they would get a chance to advance to the World Group II for next year.


2009 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I – Play-offs, Third to fourth play-offs
The second-placed teams from each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the third and fourth placed teams.


2009 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I – Play-offs, Fifth to sixth play-off
The third placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in a ties. The winner of the tie was allocated fifth place in the Group while the loser was allocated sixth.


2009 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I – Play-offs, Relegation play-offs
The last placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in a head-to-head round. The losing team was relegated to Group II for next year.


2009 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I – Pool A
Group A of the 2009 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I was one of two pools in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group I of the 2009 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom two teams proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top teams played for advancement to the World Group II Play-offs, while the bottom teams faced potential relegation to Group II.


2009 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I – Pool B
Group B of the 2009 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I was one of two pools in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group I of the 2009 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom two teams proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top teams played for advancement to the World Group II Play-offs, while the bottom teams faced potential relegation to Group II.


2009 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II – Pool
The Pool of the 2009 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II composed of four teams competing in a round robin competition. The top two teams qualifying for Group I next year.


2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone
The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2009 Fed Cup.


2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Group I
The fifteen teams were divided into three pools of four teams and one pool of three. The four pool winners took part in play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to the World Group II Play-offs. The nations finishing last in their pools took part in play-offs, with the two losing nations being relegated to Group II in 2010.


2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Group II
The six teams were divided into two pool of three teams each. The winner of each pool played the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations will be promoted to Group I in 2010. The bottom nation in each pool will be relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2010.


2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Group III
The eleven teams were divided into one pool of five teams and one pool of six. The top two teams of each pool progressed to Group II for 2010.


2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs
The Play-offs of the 2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the sixteen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The top two teams advanced to World Group II Play-offs, and the bottom two teams were relegated down to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II for the next year.


2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs, Promotional Play-Offs
The first placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The winner of the rounds advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, where they would get a chance to advance to the World Group II for next year.


2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs, Fifth to Seventh Play-Offs
The second placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two ties. The winner of each tie was allocated fifth place in the Group while the losers were allocated seventh.


2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs, Ninth
Due to the fact that there were an odd number of teams in Pool D (three), as opposed to the four teams in the other pools, all the teams that placed third in the pools with four teams ( Netherlands,  Romania and  Slovenia) were allocated ninth place.


2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs, Relegation Play-Offs
The last placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two ties. The losing team of the rounds were relegated to Group II for next year.


2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool A
Group A of the 2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I of the 2009 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom team proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top team played for advancement to the World Group II Play-offs, while the bottom team faced potential relegation to Group II.


2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool B
Group B of the 2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I of the 2009 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom team proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top team played for advancement to the World Group II Play-offs, while the bottom team faced potential relegation to Group II.


2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool C
Group C of the 2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I of the 2009 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom team proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top team played for advancement to the World Group II Play-offs, while the bottom team faced potential relegation to Group II.


2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool D
Group D of the 2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I of the 2009 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom team proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top team played for advancement to the World Group II Play-offs, while the bottom team faced potential relegation to Group II.


2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs
The Play-offs of the 2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II were the final stages of the Group II Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Those that placed first and second in their respective pools competed for promotion, while those that placed third were automatically relegated down to Group III.


2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs, Promotional Play-Offs
The first placed teams of each pool were placed against the second placed teams of the other pools. The winner of the rounds advanced to the Group I for next year.


2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Pool A
Group A of the 2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II was one of two pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group II of the 2009 Fed Cup. Three teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom two teams proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top teams played for advancement to Group I, while the bottom team faced relegation to Group III.


2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Pool B
Group B of the 2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II was one of two pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group II of the 2009 Fed Cup. Three teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom two teams proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top teams played for advancement to Group I, while the bottom team faced relegation to Group III.


2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Pool A
Group A of the 2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III was one of two pools in Group III of the Europe/Africa zone of the 2009 Fed Cup. Five teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team advanced to Group II for 2010.


2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Pool B
Group B of the 2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III was one of two pools in Group III of the Europe/Africa zone of the 2009 Fed Cup. Five teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team advanced to Group II for 2010.


2009 Fed Cup World Group
The World Group was the highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2009. Eight nations competed in a three-round knockout competition. Russia was the two-time defending champion, but they were defeated by Italy in the semifinals. The Italian team went on to win, defeating the United States in the final, 4–0.


2009 Fed Cup World Group II
The World Group II was the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2009. Winning nations advanced to the World Group Play-offs, and the losing nations were demoted to the World Group II Play-offs.


2009 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs
The 2009 World Group II Play-offs were four ties which involved the losing nations of the World Group II and four nations from the three Zonal Group I competitions. Nations that won their play-off ties entered the 2010 World Group II, while losing nations joined their respective zonal groups.


2009 Fed Cup World Group Play-offs
The World Group Play-offs were four ties which involved the losing nations of the World Group first round and the winning nations of the World Group II. Nations that won their play-off ties entered the 2010 World Group, while losing nations joined the 2010 World Group II.


2009 FedEx Cup Playoffs
The 2009 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of four golf tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, began on August 27 and ended on September 27. It included the following four events:


2009 FedEx Cup Playoffs
For the second time in the three-year history of the playoffs, Tiger Woods won the FedEx Cup.


2009 FedEx Cup Playoffs
These were the third FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007. Substantial changes were made to the point structures, playoff reset of points, and field sizes for 2009.


2009 FedEx Cup Playoffs, The Barclays
The Barclays was played August 27–30. Of the 125 players eligible to play in the event, only one did not enter—Paul Casey (18), due to a rib injury. Of the 124 entrants, 77 made the second-round cut at +5.


2009 FedEx Cup Playoffs, The Barclays
Heath Slocum, who only made the top 125 and the tournament field by two FedEx Cup points, won by sinking a 20-foot (6 m) par putt on the final hole, putting him one shot ahead of a distinguished group consisting of Ernie Els, Pádraig Harrington, Steve Stricker, and Tiger Woods. The top 100 players in the points standings advanced to the Deutsche Bank Championship.


2009 FedEx Cup Playoffs, Deutsche Bank Championship
The Deutsche Bank Championship was played September 4–7. Of the 100 players eligible to play in the event, only one did not enter—Paul Casey (27), due to a rib injury. Of the 99 players who entered the tournament, 73 of them made the 36-hole cut at one-under-par. Steve Stricker won by one stroke over Jason Dufner and Scott Verplank and took the lead in the FedEx Cup standings. The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship.


2009 FedEx Cup Playoffs, BMW Championship
The BMW Championship was played September 10–13. Of the 70 players eligible to play in the event, only one did not enter—Paul Casey (36), due to a rib injury. With a field limited to 70, and 69 actually playing, there was no cut. The top 30 players in FedEx Cup points after this event advanced to the Tour Championship and also earned spots in the 2010 Masters, U.S. Open, and (British) Open Championship.


2009 FedEx Cup Playoffs, BMW Championship
Tiger Woods blew away the field in Saturday's third round with a course-record 62 and cruised from there to win by eight shots over Jim Furyk and Marc Leishman. Woods retook the lead in the FedEx Cup standings going into the Tour Championship. Furyk moved from 18th in the standings to third, putting him into position to claim the FedEx Cup with a win in the Tour Championship. Leishman, who only made the field for the BMW Championship by making an eagle on the final hole of the Deutsche Bank Championship, placed himself in the field for the Tour Championship.


2009 FedEx Cup Playoffs, BMW Championship
The real drama was for the 30th and final spot in the Tour Championship. Brandt Snedeker was in the final 30 until disaster struck on the final hole. Needing only a bogey to secure his place in Atlanta, and on the green of the par-4 hole in three, he missed his par putt from 12 feet and then had his 3-foot putt for bogey lip out. Snedeker then two-putted from tap-in range. That opened the door for John Senden and Ian Poulter, but both seemingly tried to throw away their shots at a trip to Atlanta. Senden badly chucked his approach shot to the par-5 15th, and hit a bunker shot into the water on 17 for a double-bogey, but Snedeker's mistake allowed him to sneak into the top 30 by 0.46 points over Poulter, who hit his approach on the 18th hole into the water.


2009 FedEx Cup Playoffs, BMW Championship
With the FedEx Cup points reset after the BMW Championship, all 30 remaining players had at least a mathematical chance to secure the season crown, and any of the top five players could claim the FedEx Cup with a win in the Tour Championship.


2009 FedEx Cup Playoffs, The Tour Championship
The Tour Championship was played September 24–27, after a one-week break. All 30 golfers who qualified for the tournament played, and there was no cut.


2009 FedEx Cup Playoffs, The Tour Championship
Phil Mickelson claimed his first PGA Tour title since his wife and mother were both diagnosed with breast cancer in spring 2009. This was also his second Tour Championship title, as he won the 2000 edition, also held at East Lake. Mickelson entered the final round four shots behind Kenny Perry, but shot 65 while Perry faded to a 74.


2009 FedEx Cup Playoffs, The Tour Championship
Three golfers—top seed Tiger Woods, second seed Steve Stricker, and Mickelson—had a reasonable chance of claiming the FedEx Cup entering the final nine holes, but consecutive birdies by Woods on the 15th and 16th holes secured his second-place finish for the tournament, three shots behind Mickelson. Since Mickelson was not among the top five seeds entering the Tour Championship, this was enough for Woods to secure the FedEx Cup and its $10 million prize.


2009 Fergana Challenger
The 2009 Fergana Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Fergana, Uzbekistan between May 18 and May 23, 2009.


2009 Fergana Challenger, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 Fergana Challenger, Champions, Doubles
Pavel Chekhov /  Alexey Kedryuk vs  Pierre-Ludovic Duclos /  Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, 4–6, 6–3, [10–5]


2009 Fergana Challenger – Doubles
Konstantin Kravchuk and Łukasz Kubot didn't defend their 2009 title. Kubot chose to not play and Kravchuk (who partnered up with Lukáš Lacko) lost to more late champions - Pavel Chekhov and Alexey Kedryuk in the quarterfinals. Chekhov and Kedryuk became the new masters, after their won against Pierre-Ludovic Duclos and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi in the final.


2009 Fergana Challenger – Singles
Pavel Šnobel was the defender of title; however, he lost to Evgeny Kirillov in the first round. Lukáš Lacko became the new champion, after he beat Samuel Groth in the final (4–6, 7–5, 7–6(4)).


2009 Fiesta Bowl
The 2009 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Texas Longhorns on Monday, January 5, 2009, at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.


2009 Fiesta Bowl
Texas participated in the Fiesta Bowl because the Big 12 champion University of Oklahoma Sooners were participating in the 2009 BCS National Championship Game; however the bowl kept its ties to the Big 12 by selecting the Longhorns, who did not play in the championship game as they beat Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry, 45–35, then lost to Texas Tech and Texas Tech in turn lost to Oklahoma and dictated that a tiebreaker would decide that the highest BCS ranked team for the Big 12 South the week of November 28, 2008 would be in the title game. The Buckeyes were chosen as an at-large school as co-champions of the Big Ten Conference, having lost the right to play in the Rose Bowl due to a 13–6 loss to Penn State on October 25.


2009 Fiesta Bowl
The Fiesta Bowl served as the penultimate contest of the 2008–2009 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) of the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season and was the concluding game of the season for both teams involved. This 38th edition of the Fiesta Bowl was televised in the United States on FOX. It was the third meeting in the history of the two schools.


2009 Fiesta Bowl
The Longhorns (variously "Texas" or "UT" or the "Horns") are coached by head football coach Mack Brown and led on the field by quarterback Colt McCoy. The Buckeyes (variously "Ohio State" or "OSU" or the "Bucks") are coached by Jim Tressel and led on the field by Terrelle Pryor.


2009 Fiesta Bowl
The victory by Texas gave Ohio State their third straight bowl loss, their longest such streak since the early John Cooper era (when they lost 4 bowls in a row from 1989–92). This follows a four-game bowl winning streak which tied for longest in OSU history.


2009 Fiesta Bowl, The Ohio State and Texas football programs
The Ohio State Buckeyes and the Texas Longhorns are two of the most storied programs in college football. Before 2005 each school had participated in college football for more than 100 years. They are home to nationally known traditions from the Buckeye leaf stickers and the O-H-I-O chant at Ohio State to Bevo and the Hook 'em Horns of Texas.


2009 Fiesta Bowl, The Ohio State and Texas football programs
One of the three most victorious programs in college football history as judged by either number of wins or winning percentage, the University of Texas has traditionally been considered a college football powerhouse. From 1936 to 2004, the team finished the season in the top ten 23 times, or one-third of the time, according to the Associated Press. The team that coach Mack Brown fielded in 2005 has been called one of the most memorable in college football history by College Football News.


2009 Fiesta Bowl, The Ohio State and Texas football programs
Like the Longhorns, the Buckeyes are an elite football program. The Buckeyes program has produced 164 first-team All-American players, including seven Heisman Trophy winners. The Buckeyes rank fifth in college football history in terms of both total wins and winning percentage.


2009 Fiesta Bowl, The Ohio State and Texas football programs, Previous meetings
Texas and Ohio State have two of the longest-running programs in college football, but they have played each other only twice. Texas won the 2005 game en route to winning their most recent national championship (in the process becoming the first visitor to win a night game at Ohio Stadium). In the 2006 game, which was won by Ohio State, OSU and Texas were ranked #1 and #2 respectively. It was only the 36th time that the top two teams in college football had ever faced each other outside of the BCS National Championship . OSU later played against #2 Michigan Wolverines in the Buckeyes' regular season finale.


2009 Fiesta Bowl, Leading into the game
After being passed over in the selection for the 2009 BCS National Championship Game, the Longhorns were selected to represent the Big 12 Conference as host team in the Fiesta Bowl. The Buckeyes were selected as an "at-large" school from among the eligible teams. The day the bowl bids were announced the sports betting line opened with Texas as ten-point favorites, the most of any of the 2009 BCS bowls.


2009 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships
The 2009 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on Hard court. It was a sixteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Lexington, United States between 20 and 26 July 2009.


2009 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships, Champions, Doubles
Kevin Anderson /  Ryler DeHeart def. Amir Hadad /  Harel Levy, 6–4, 4–6, [10–6]


2009 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
Alessandro da Col and Andrea Stoppini were the defending champions. Kevin Anderson and Ryler DeHeart won in the final 6–4, 4–6, [10–6], against Amir Hadad and Harel Levy.


2009 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
Somdev Devvarman was the defending champion, but he decided not to start this year. Harel Levy defeated 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 Alex Kuznetsov in the final.


2009 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
This was the 13th edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2009 ITF Women's Circuit, a tier below the 2009 WTA Tour. It was held in Lexington, Kentucky, United States from 20 to 26 July 2009 on outdoor hardcourts. The prize money for women was US$50,000.


2009 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
Melanie Oudin was the defending champion, but decided not to participate that year.


2009 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
Sania Mirza won in the final, defeating top seed Julie Coin 7-6(5), 6-4.


2009 Fijian constitutional crisis
The Fijian constitutional crisis of 2009 began on Friday, 10 April 2009. Fijian President Ratu Josefa Iloilo announced on a nationwide radio broadcast that he was abrogating the Constitution of Fiji. He dismissed all judges and constitutional appointees and assumed all governance in the country after the Court of Appeal ruled that the government of Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama was illegal. Iloilo reinstalled Bainimarama as PM and his Cabinet members to their positions. He also instituted emergency rule which increased police powers and allowed media censorship.


2009 Fijian constitutional crisis, Background
On Thursday, 9 April 2009, the Court of Appeal, the second highest in Fiji, issued a ruling stating the illegality of the 2006 Fijian coup d'état, which removed the government of Laisenia Qarase from power, replacing it with military rule. The court also called the interim government established in January 2007 "invalid." The ruling legally dissolved the current parliament.


2009 Fijian constitutional crisis, Background
The Court of Appeals ordered President Iloilo to appoint a "distinguished person" to act as a caretaker Prime Minister and oversee the dissolution of parliament. The court further ordered that Iloilo was forbidden from appointing either current Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama or former Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase as the caretaker.


2009 Fijian constitutional crisis, Background
The Court of Appeals ruling "prompted" the Prime Minister to step down from power. Iloilo had sworn Bainimarama into office in January 2007. Bainimarama immediately reverted to his former position as army commander. His cabinet also resigned after the court's ruling.


2009 Fijian constitutional crisis, Suspension of Constitution
President Iloilo issued a statement the following day saying, "I hereby confirm I have abrogated the 1997 constitution and appointed myself as head of state in the new order." Iloilo immediately assumed all political power in the country.


2009 Fijian constitutional crisis, Suspension of Constitution
In his statement, Iloilo fired the Fijian judiciary and nullified all judicial appointments. He stated that "All judicial appointments are no longer in place. New appointments are to be made for judges, magistrates and other judicial officers. I will soon be inviting suitable individuals to join or rejoin the bench under the new order." He also decreed that all existing laws would remain in place.


2009 Fijian constitutional crisis, Suspension of Constitution
Iloilo announced that Fiji would hold democratic elections in September 2014 "at the latest." He also promised to appoint an interim prime minister. To that end, he issued a decree which allowed him to appoint a Prime Minister by decree. Parliament had not met since the 2006 coup. He subsequently re-appointed Frank Bainimarama as the "new" Interim prime minister. Bainimarama later reinstalled all of his previous Cabinet members to their same positions.


2009 Fijian constitutional crisis, Suspension of Constitution
In a 17 April speech to civil servants Bainimarama announced that his government was not an interim one and that elections would not be held before 2014: "A new Legal Order means there is no longer the old. There is no need to speculate as to what happened, how it happened, what should have happened or what should not have happened. What is, is now, and the future." Iloilo's announcement of a new judiciary clarified that the abrogation of the constitution would not be subject to any judicial review.


2009 Fijian constitutional crisis, Suspension of Constitution
Fiji was placed under a "Public Emergency Regulation", putting the country under emergency rule for 30 days. This regulation gave the police the right "to control the movement of people" and to stop any broadcast or publication it deemed "could cause disorder, promote disaffection or public alarm or undermine the government or state of Fiji". On some key roads, police had established roadblocks but the military was not involved.