2011 England riots, Reactions, Public, Vigilantism
On 8 and 9 August, people from Indian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Kurdish, Turkish, Sikh and English communities chased down masked youths in several areas of North and East London, including Green Street, Hackney, Haringey, and Tower Hamlets. Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan praised the community for their brave and responsible reactions to the crisis.


2011 England riots, Reactions, Public, Vigilantism
On 9 August, vigilantes assembled in Enfield, including several members of the English Defence League, locals and supporters of Millwall F.C. in Eltham, and the Sikh communities in Southall, East Ham, Ilford, and Romford.


2011 England riots, Reactions, Public, Vigilantism
Sangat TV and Sikh Channel urged their viewers to protect Sikh temples after a report that one was attacked in Birmingham. On the night of 9–10 August 2011, following violence, arson and rioting in London, members of the Sikh community in Southall volunteered to stand guard at various city Gurdwaras, with as many as 200 to 300 Sikhs from different age groups gathered in various Gurudwaras across Southall to safeguard their places of worship from rioters, some armed with swords and hockey sticks. The Sikhs drew praise from Prime Minister David Cameron for this action.


2011 England riots, Reactions, Public, Vigilantism
On 10 August in Eltham, police clashed with a bottle-throwing crowd of about 200 vigilantes, including many English Defence League members. It was reported that 50 EDL members joined forces with locals to patrol the streets. That same day, a senior police officer said that some vigilante groups were hampering police operations in London.


2011 England riots, Reactions, Public, Race relations
The ethnic makeup of the rioters varied in different cities: 76% of those arrested in Manchester were white, while 29% were white and 39% black in London, and the West Midlands was the only area where more than 6% were Asian.


2011 England riots, Reactions, Public, Race relations
Research conducted by the University of Nottingham suggested that race relations in Britain deteriorated in the period following the riots and that prejudice towards ethnic minorities increased. After the hit-and-run incident in Birmingham, in which three Asian men were killed by a black driver, racial tensions between blacks and Asians in Birmingham increased; hostilities were defused by the public appeals for an end to violence by Tariq Jahan, father of one of the victims.


2011 England riots, Reactions, Public, Race relations
The effects of black culture were discussed by historian David Starkey in the edition of the BBC's Newsnight TV programme of 12 August. Starkey singled out the influence of black gangster and rap culture on youths of all races, contrasting contemporary youth patois with the speech patterns of black Tottenham MP David Lammy, who, Starkey asserted, "sounded white". The author Dreda Say Mitchell countered his argument by saying that there is no one single "black culture".


2011 England riots, Reactions, Public, Race relations
Some commentators remarked on the apparently high proportion of black people involved in the riots and took the view that there was a disproportionately high number of rioters who were black, compared to the overall demographics of the United Kingdom. As the Ministry of Justice has admitted "the group of people brought before the courts is only a subset of all people who took part in the public disorder".


2011 England riots, Reactions, Public, Race relations
In February 2012 a report was published by the Ministry of Justice providing demographic statistics of the people charged over participation the riots up to 1 February 2012 which revealed that 41% of those brought before the courts identified themselves as being from the White group, 39% from the Black ethnic group, 12% from the Mixed ethnic group, 6% the Asian ethnic group, and 2% the Other ethnic group. These figures were disproportionate to the average UK population; however the figures revealed varying demographics in different areas when compared to local populations.


2011 England riots, Reactions, Public, Race relations
For example, in Haringey, the figures revealed that 55% of defendants in court over riot-related charges were black, compared to a 17% black population; in Salford, 94% of rioters in court were white, compared to an 88% white population, and 6% of rioters were black, compared to a 2% black population. Additionally, looters from 44 foreign countries were jailed, with Jamaicans representing the largest group.


2011 England riots, Reactions, Public, Race relations
The Ministry of Justice report also noted that rioters brought before the courts were disproportionately male (89%) and young (53% were aged 20 or under, with the number of "juveniles" ranging from 26% in London to 39% in Merseyside, and very few listed as over 40).


2011 England riots, Reactions, Police, Operations
The Metropolitan Police Service launched Operation Withern, an investigation into the events leading up to and during the riots. The operation was initially led by Detective Superintendent John Sweeney of the Metropolitan Police Service, with detectives from the Homicide and Serious Crime Command, specialist investigators from the Public Order Branch, and police support staff. Detective Superintendent Robin Bhairam, took over the post event investigation, where officers were drawn from all over the MPS, from different business groups, and placed into 10 Investigation Hubs across London. The Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Steve Kavanagh, stated that the number of officers deployed tripled between 6 and 7 August.


2011 England riots, Reactions, Police, Operations
The BBC reported that West Midlands riot police officers were issued with plastic bullets to use against looters, but that none were fired. Metropolitan Police deputy assistant commissioner Stephen Kavanagh confirmed that police in London were considering using baton rounds against rioters, not previously used by mainland police in public order operations (though they were first approved for use in England and Wales in 2001).


2011 England riots, Reactions, Police, Operations
The Metropolitan Police Service assigned 450 detectives to hunt for rioters and looters. The list of photographed looters was made available on their website. Assistant Chief Constable Garry Shewan of Greater Manchester Police criticised "unprecedented" criminality. On 10 August, he warned: "Hundreds and hundreds of people, we have your image, we have your face, we have your acts of wanton criminality on film."


2011 England riots, Reactions, Police, Operations
Research in Motion (RIM), the maker of the BlackBerry, are reported to have contacted the police to offer help in investigating the use of their system for the organisation of riots.


2011 England riots, Reactions, Police, Operations
According to The Independent, the costs to the Metropolitan Police of policing the disorder and disturbances in London were expected to exceed £34 million. This would have been more than their total bill for the policing of all major public disorder events in the year from April 2010 to March 2011.


2011 England riots, Reactions, Police, Arrests and charges
By 15 August 2011 around 3,100 people had been arrested, of whom over 1,100 had appeared in court. On 25 August the BBC reported that more than 2,000 people had been arrested in connection with the disorder in London.


2011 England riots, Reactions, Justice system, Sentencing guidelines
It was reported in mid-August that some courts were advised by senior justice clerks to deal harshly with offences committed during the disturbances. The advice was said to tell the courts that they could ignore existing sentencing guidelines and hand down heavy sentences. David Cameron defended the courts for handing out tough sentences, while some Liberal Democrat MPs and civil rights groups criticised some sentences being handed down. Groups of lawyers complained that Crown Prosecutors were opposing bail in more cases than usual. Empirical evidence suggests tougher sentencing reduced riot-related offences, but that non-riot offences increased.


2011 England riots, Reactions, Justice system, Trials and sentencing
On 1 September 2011 the BBC reported that official Ministry of Justice figures showed that of the 1,566 people that had appeared before magistrates on charges connected with the disorder, 1,027 had been in London, 190 in Greater Manchester, 132 in the West Midlands, 67 in Merseyside and 64 in Nottingham.


2011 England riots, Reactions, Justice system, Trials and sentencing
Sentences of four years in a Young Offender Institution were given to two males who promoted riots via Facebook. The proposed events in Northwich and Warrington were not attended by any other people. These sentences were affirmed on appeal by the Court of Appeal.


2011 England riots, Reactions, Justice system, Trials and sentencing
Giving the judgment of the court, the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Judge, sitting with Sir John Thomas and Lord Justice Leveson, stated that there is "an overwhelming obligation on sentencing courts to do what they can to ensure the protection of the public", that "the imposition of severe sentences, intended to provide both punishment and deterrence, must follow" and that "[t]hose who deliberately participate in disturbances of this magnitude, causing injury and damage and fear to even the most stout-hearted of citizens, and who individually commit further crimes during the course of the riots are committing aggravated crimes". The appeals were dismissed.


2011 England riots, Reactions, Justice system, Trials and sentencing
On 25 April 2012, the Court of Appeal (Lord Judge CJ, Openshaw & Irwin JJ) increased the sentence imposed by the Crown Court at Inner London on Adam Ahmadzai from four years detention to seven years detention for offences of violent disorder, robbery, burglary and criminal damage committed during the riots on 8 August 2011, after a reference from Attorney General, Dominic Grieve QC. The Lord Chief Justice stated that the offences were of the "greatest possible seriousness".


2011 England riots, Reactions, Justice system, Trials and sentencing
A woman who had not taken part in the riots received five months for receiving a pair of stolen shorts. The sentence was later reduced on appeal. Manchester police used Twitter to celebrate the five-month sentence; they later apologised and removed the tweet. A teenager was freed when prosecutors found evidence he had been wrongly charged with arson. While in prison, his own flat was burned down. The detaining of under-18s without criminal records was criticised by UNICEF in October 2011 for possibly breaching the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. By August 2012, 1,292 rioters had been handed custodial sentences totalling 1,800 years at 16.8 months on an average.


2011 England riots, Reactions, Theatrical
The Tricycle Theatre in Kilburn presented a piece of new writing, The Riots by Gillian Slovo, which looked into the events over those days in August and the thoughts and opinions of a range of people directly involved and politicians. It transferred to the Bernie Grant Arts Centre in Tottenham, about 400 metres from where the Mark Duggan protest took place, on 5 January 2012, and was due to run until 15 January.


2011 England riots, Reactions, Theatrical
The piece included community leaders Stafford Scott and Martin Sylvester Brown, police constables on duty that night and a former resident of the Carpet-Right building, the burned remains now providing a reminder of the events. They were combined with the views of Diane Abbott, Iain Duncan Smith, Michael Gove and Pastor Nims Obunge. It was received well by all critics, with 4 stars from The Guardian.


2011 England riots, Reactions, Theatrical
Australian mod rock band The Feldons reference the riots in their song London Town from their 2012 album Goody Hallett and Other Stories.


2011 England riots, Suggested contributory factors
The causes of the 2011 England riots both immediate and long-term have been the subject of media and academic debate. Several speculations have emerged as to what the likely contributory factors might be for the riots; from socio-economic causes focusing on unemployment and spending cuts, as well as social media, gang culture and criminal opportunism. The House of Commons Home Affairs select committee began examining the police response to the riots in late 2011. The then leader of the Opposition, Ed Miliband, called for a public inquiry into the wider causes of the riots and has stated that his party would set up such an inquiry if the coalition fails to do so. The UK was shaken by its worst riots in decades.


2011 England riots, Suggested contributory factors
A wide-ranging LSE study called Reading the Riots concluded that the major contributory factors were opportunism, perceived social injustice, deprivation, and frustration at the way communities were policed.


2011 England riots, Suggested contributory factors
A YouGov poll was carried out on 8–9 August 2011 for The Sun asking what those surveyed believed to be the main cause of the riots. In it, 42% of those polled thought "criminal behaviour" to be the main cause, whilst 26% thought "gang culture" was, 8% thought "government cuts" were, 5% thought "unemployment" was, 5% thought "racial tensions" was and 3% thought "poor policing" was. In a ComRes poll for the Sunday Mirror and Independent on Sunday, in which the question was "do you agree or disagree with these statements about the recent riots?


2011 England riots, Suggested contributory factors
", 90% of those polled agreed that the "Police should be allowed use [sic] to water cannon to disperse rioters", 90% agreed that "There is no excuse whatsoever for the violent rioting and looting over the last few days", 61% agreed that "Government ministers failed to return to their desks quickly enough from holidays" and 50% agreed that "The Government's response to the economic crisis (e.g. cuts to services, unemployment, reduced education funding) is helping fuel the rioters".


2011 England riots, Suggested contributory factors
Researchers who study the causes of political instability suggest that the critical common factor is the density of youths. A nation's extent of political unrest, i.e. its vulnerability to riot, war or regime change, is directly associated with the percentage of 15- to 24-year-olds in its population. They argue that communities with more than 20% of individuals in this age group run the greatest risk of more frequent and more intense political instability. They describe the phenomena as the "youth bulge theory", where the "bulge" refers to the fattening of the population pyramid just before the base of the youngest age groups.


2011 England riots, Suggested contributory factors, Poor relations with the police
The riots in Tottenham after the death of Mark Duggan were initially blamed on poor relations between the police and the black community. Professor Gus John has argued that the tactical use of frequent "stop and search", particularly of young black men, has caused resentment of the police in the black community.


2011 England riots, Suggested contributory factors, Poor relations with the police
According to David Lammy, the MP for Tottenham, the "cracks that already existed between the police and the community became deep fissures".


2011 England riots, Suggested contributory factors, Poor relations with the police
The Guardian's Reading the Riots Survey concluded: "Although rioters expressed a mix of opinions about the disorder, many of those involved said they felt like they were participating in explicitly anti-police riots. They cited 'policing' as the most significant cause of the riots, and anger over the police shooting of Mark Duggan, which triggered initial disturbances in Tottenham, was repeatedly mentioned – even outside London."


2011 England riots, Suggested contributory factors, Social exclusion
Rioters themselves cited exclusion as a reason for their actions. One person, asked by a journalist if rioting was really the best way to accomplish their objectives, responded: "Yes, because if we weren’t rioting, you wouldn’t be talking to us."


2011 England riots, Suggested contributory factors, Social exclusion
Camila Batmanghelidjh writing in The Independent blames social exclusion and social deprivation. Various journalists have identified poverty and the growing gap between rich and poor as causative factors.


2011 England riots, Suggested contributory factors, Social exclusion
In a House of Commons debate on the riots Home Secretary Theresa May stated that the riots were symptomatic of a "wider malaise" including worklessness, illiteracy, and drug abuse but also stated that "Everybody, no matter what their background or circumstances, has the freedom to choose between right and wrong".


2011 England riots, Suggested contributory factors, Social exclusion
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, writing in The Observer, stated that the riots were not caused by a broken society, but due to a group of young, alienated, disaffected youth who are outside the social mainstream and who live in a culture at odds with any canons of proper behaviour; he added that this is found in virtually every developed nation.


2011 England riots, Suggested contributory factors, Social exclusion
An article from the IWCA dubbed the riots as "the lumpen rebellion" and example of a neo-liberal riot.


2011 England riots, Suggested contributory factors, Social exclusion
Max Hastings of the Daily Mail was quoted as blaming young people with an "entitlement culture" and being "bereft of discipline".


2011 England riots, Suggested contributory factors, Social exclusion
A journalist on Al Jazeera suggested a similarity to the disenfranchisement behind the Arab Spring revolutionary wave of 2011. Links were made to high youth unemployment and general disenfranchisement. A study by The Financial Times published in September 2011 found a strong link between rioting and deprivation.


2011 England riots, Suggested contributory factors, Family breakdown
Christina Odone writing in The Daily Telegraph links the riots to a lack of male role models and argues that "Like the overwhelming majority of youth offenders behind bars, these gang members have one thing in common: no father at home." This has been linked further with England's having the "worst record in family breakdown in Europe".


2011 England riots, Suggested contributory factors, Government cuts
The spending cuts of the coalition government in the United Kingdom have also been cited as a cause. Ken Livingstone, the Labour Candidate for Mayor of London in 2012 has argued that "The economic stagnation and cuts being imposed by the Tory government inevitably create social division." Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democrats political party, made it clear that the government's planned cuts to police budgets will go ahead.


2011 England riots, Suggested contributory factors, Government cuts
The local government budget had been cut in the past year so Haringey Council, which includes Tottenham and Tottenham Hale, decided to close eight of its 13 youth clubs in 2011, rather than save money through increased efficiency or make cuts in other areas.


2011 England riots, Suggested contributory factors, Government cuts
Scrapping of the Education Maintenance Allowance, removing of funding for courses where the student already has an equal or lower level qualification and trebling of university tuition fees, combined with high youth unemployment has placed the British youth "between a rock and a hard place" alienating and angering the youth population. Proponents of this argument say that Scottish youth did not riot partly because Scottish students do not have to pay tuition fees.


2011 England riots, Suggested contributory factors, Unemployment and poverty
David Lammy MP has said that Tottenham has the highest unemployment rate in London and the eighth highest in the United Kingdom. The number of people chasing every one job vacancy in Haringey has been put at 23 and 54 in separate reports, and fears had spread of disorder after youth club closures in recent months. One report about a citizen's inquiry conducted in the aftermath of the violence noted that in Tottenham there were about 10,000 unemployed residents and only 367 job vacancies when the riots broke.


2011 England riots, Suggested contributory factors, Unemployment and poverty
Haringey has the fourth highest level of child poverty in London and 8.8% unemployed.


2011 England riots, Suggested contributory factors, Rioting for fun
Other academics have pointed to more prosaic causes of the 2011 riots, citing the carnivalesque atmospheres created through the usual uses of urban space. For example, researchers from the University of Birmingham noted that ‘another sound could be heard above the mêlée, that of laughter. Above the bark of police dogs, and behind the masked and hooded faces of the throng, were smiles, laughter, and shrieks of joy.’


2011 England riots, Suggested contributory factors, Gang culture
In a Newsnight discussion on 12 August, historian David Starkey blamed black gangster culture, saying that it had influenced youths of all races. The BBC received nearly 700 complaints about his statement that the "whites have become black". Cottrell-Boyce, writing in the Youth Justice journal, argued that gangs were constructed as a 'suitable enemy' by politicians and the media, obscuring the wider, structural and economic roots of youth violence.


2011 England riots, Suggested contributory factors, Criminal opportunism
During the riots, on 9 August 2011, UK Home Secretary Theresa May said: "I think this is about sheer criminality. That is what we have seen on the streets. The violence we've seen, the looting we've seen, the thuggery we've seen – this is sheer criminality, and let's make no bones about it." Paul Hobbs, London correspondent for One News said that looters are not politically motivated and called the riots "recreational violence". A Manchester rioter said to a BBC correspondent: "Every time I go into town I just think how the shops got smashed up in 2011 by all of us, I just laugh about it every time I go back in now."


2011 England riots, Suggested contributory factors, Criminal opportunism
The BBC reported that the Chief Constable of West Midlands Police had stated that he thought that the motivation for rioters targeting the city centre was not anger, but greed.


2011 England riots, Suggested contributory factors, Moral decay at the top
Daily Telegraph columnist Peter Oborne suggested that moral decay is just as bad at the top of society as it is at the bottom, with the rich and powerful generating anger among the British population. He cited the MPs' expenses scandal, bankers' bonuses, and the phone hacking scandal as setting poor examples. In The Financial Times cartoonist Ingram Pinn depicted a Union Flag being broken through by a looter in a hoodie carrying a stolen box of Adidas trainers, preceded by two men in suits carrying piles of cash, one saying "MP's Expenses" and another "Banker's Bonus".


2011 England riots, Suggested contributory factors, Failure of the penal system
Kenneth Clarke, the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, writing in The Guardian, described the riots in part as "an outburst of outrageous behaviour by the criminal classes". He drew attention to the statistic that almost three-quarters of the adults who had been charged with offences related to the disorder already had a criminal record. Clarke characterised this as the legacy of "a broken penal system", one that did not have a good record for preventing reoffending. He said he was proposing radical new measures intended to focus on robust punishment and on delivering reductions in reoffending.


2011 England riots, Suggested contributory factors, Mainstream media relationship with the communities
A conference held in November 2012 and its subsequent report by Dr Leah Bassel of the University of Leicester, entitled Media and the Riots – A Call For Action, examined the relationship between mainstream media and communities affected by the riots. It criticised the portrayal of young people in the media coverage, particularly young black people who were disproportionately singled out as being involved. It also criticised the press in spreading misinformation from unreliable sources and in particular disinformation emanating from the police.


2011 England riots, Suggested contributory factors, Mainstream media relationship with the communities
In the article Youth voices in post-English riots Tottenham: The role of reflexivity in negotiating negative representations, Elster explores the subjective accounts of a group of eighteen 15- to 25-year-olds from Tottenham. This study shows that the media portrayals of the communities associated with the riots were unrecognisable to those actually living in these communities. Its findings also indicate a consensus among the research participants, who were all from the "riot-hit areas", that the UK general public perceive them, and the wider communities in which they live, through media's "riot discourse".


2011 English Greyhound Derby
The 2011 William Hill Greyhound Derby took place during May and June with the final being held on 11 June 2011 at Wimbledon Stadium.


2011 English Greyhound Derby
Trainer Charlie Lister won greyhound racing's premier event for a sixth time (a new record), one better than the five wins by Leslie Reynolds many years previous. Taylors Sky won the first prize of £75,000 and broke the track record in the final.


2011 English Greyhound Derby, Final result, Distances
4, 1¼, head, 2½, 1½ (lengths)The distances between the greyhounds are in finishing order and shown in lengths. One length is equal to 0.08 of one second.


2011 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
Before the competition began the defending champion Bandicoot Tipoki had finished lame in a trial stake and was retired to stud. Despite the loss of Bandicoot Tipoki Charlie Lister sent a strong team which included Scottish Greyhound Derby champion Taylors Cruise, 16-1 ante post favourite Boher Paddy, Taylors Sky, Jordansoilutions, Boher Ash and Yahoo Jamie. Other main contenders were track record holder Droopys Oscar, trained by Seamus Cahill (20-1), Tyrur Big Mike (25-1), Blue Artisan, the Gymcrack champion (33-1). The main Irish threat came from trainer Dolores Ruth who had three fast hounds called Razldazl Jayfkay, Razldazl George, and Makeshift. Three of the previous year’s finalists were back in Krug Ninety Five, Hungarian hound Lyreen Mover and Adageo but all three were not expected to challenge.


2011 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
In the first round the Irish pair; Razldazl Jayfkay recorded 28.35 and Razldazl George 28.42. Blue Artisan beat Taylors Sky by a length in 28.47 and Makeshift recorded 28.55. Casualties included Droopys Oscar and Blonde Snapper.


2011 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
During the second round 2009 English Greyhound Derby champion Kinda Ready and veteran campaigner Glenard Sunrise failed to make it through to round three as did makeshift an Romeo Reason. Razldazl George and Jayfkay both won again in 28.27 and 28.33 to become the new favourites.


2011 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
In round three Razldazl Jayfkay broke the track record by recording 28.22 in the first heat, Barefoot Bullet then won in 28.26 before Jordansoilutions qualified despite being knocked over, he crossed the line in third place after three hounds all hit the deck. Boher Paddy, Taylors Cruise and Shaws Dilemma all failed to progress.


2011 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
Blue Artisan crashed out in heat one of the quarter finals before Taylors Sky broke the track record in the next heat from trap one (28.21) in a strong heat that saw Razldazl Jayfkay and Boher Legend outside of the qualifying places. Barefoot Bullet won the third quarter and the last was taken by outsider Cloheena Cash.


2011 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
Taylors Sky then equalled his own track record in the first semi-final beating Barefoot Bullet and Bright Redcliffe. Razldazl George continued his good form taking the second from Cloheena Cash and Westmead Guru, Nambisco just missed out finishing fourth.


2011 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
In the final Taylors Sky led on the run up and broke the track record again when winning in 28.17. Westmead Guru was bumped at the start and ran on well to take second place although still four lengths behind the winner. The Irish pair Barefoot Bullet and Razldazl George could not challenge the winner in the decider despite great form going into the final.


2011 English National Badminton Championships
The 2011 English National Badminton Championships were held at the Manchester Velodrome, in Manchester, from 4-6 February, 2011. Rajiv Ouseph won his fourth consecutive singles title.


2011 English cricket season
The 2011 English cricket season was the 112th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. It began on 2 April with a round of university matches, and continued until the final of the Clydesdale Bank 40 on 17 September. Three major domestic competitions were contested: the 2011 County Championship won by Lancashire, the 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40 won by Surrey and the 2011 Friends Life t20 won by Leicestershire.


2011 English cricket season
During this season, two Test teams toured England: Sri Lanka lost both the Test series (1–0) and the One Day International (ODI) series (3–2), but won the solitary Twenty20 International (T20I). India also toured, losing to England in four Tests. Five ODIs were played, England winning 3-0 with one tie and one no result. England also won the single T20I match.


2011 English cricket season, Friends Life t20, Group stage
The Hampshire Royals began the tournament on minus two points for a poor pitch from last season.


2011 Enugu State gubernatorial election
The 2011 Enugu State gubernatorial election was the 5th gubernatorial election of Enugu State. Held on April 26, 2011, the People's Democratic Party nominee Sullivan Chime won the election, defeating Okey Ezea of the Labour Party.


2011 Enugu State gubernatorial election, Results
A total of 16 candidates contested in the election. Sullivan Chime from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Okey Ezea from the Labour Party. Registered voters was 1,324,197, valid votes was 491,138, votes cast was 502,213, 11,075 votes was cancelled.


2011 Epping Forest District Council election
The 2011 Epping Forest District Council election was held on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Epping Forest Council in England as part of the wider local elections in England and Northern Ireland.


2011 Epping Forest District Council election
One-third of the seats were up for election. No vote was held in Buckhurst Hill East, Chigwell Row, Chigwell Village, High Ongar, Willingale and The Rodings, the Loughton wards, Moreton and Fyfield, Passingford or Theydon Bois.


2011 Epsom Derby
The 2011 Epsom Derby was the 232nd running of the Derby horse race which took place at Epsom Downs Racecourse, England, on 4 June 2011.


2011 Epsom Derby
The race was won by second-favourite Pour Moi, the first Derby winner to have been trained in France since Empery in 1976.


2011 Epsom Derby
The winning horse was ridden by jockey Mickael Barzalona and was trained by André Fabre. Pour Moi beat Treasure Beach by a head; Carlton House, the pre-race favourite at 5/2, finished third by three-quarters of a length. Carlton House was owned by Elizabeth II.


2011 Epsom Derby, Full result
* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter; hd = head, nk = neck.† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated.


2011 Epsom Derby, Form analysis, Two-year-old races
Notable runs by the future Derby participants as two-year-olds in 2010:


2011 Epsom Derby, Form analysis, The road to Epsom
Early-season appearances in 2011 and trial races prior to running in the Derby:


2011 Epsom Derby, Form analysis, Subsequent Group 1 wins
Group 1 / Grade I victories after running in the Derby:


2011 Epsom Derby, Subsequent breeding careers, Other Stallions
Treasure Beach (2nd) - Exported to America - Shuttles to Argentina where sire of multiple Grade 1 winnersMasked Marvel (8th) - Jumps winnersCarlton House (3rd) - Exported to AustraliaMemphis Tennessee (4th) -Exported to ArgentinaNative Khan (5th) - Exported to TurkeyRecital (6th) - Minor jumps runners - Exported to ArgentinaSeville (10th) - Exported to America


2011 Epsom and Ewell Borough Council election
Elections to Epsom and Ewell Borough Council were held on Thursday 5 May 2011 in line with other local elections in the United Kingdom. All 38 seats across 13 wards of this Non-metropolitan district were up for election.


2011 Equatorial Guinean constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Equatorial Guinea on 13 November 2011. It allowed the incumbent President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (ruling since 1979) to run for at least two more seven-year terms as well as establish the post of Vice-President, widely expected to be given to his son Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue in preparation of dynastic succession.


2011 Equatorial Guinean constitutional referendum, Background
The constitutional changes included imposing term limits on the presidency, allowing two seven-year terms. They also abolished age restrictions, allowing the then 69-year old President Obiang to run when he turned 75. The changes were hailed by the government as a democratic advance, with the addition of term limits highlighted by state media. They would also allow the president to create the post of Vice President, suspected to be given to Obiang's son, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, then under investigation in the United States and France for money laundering.


2011 Equatorial Guinean constitutional referendum, Conduct
Many denounced the referendum as fake, with many widespread cases of voter fraud and intimidation of groups trying to monitor the votes. They also pointed to the fact that votes were counted by those close to the government. Opposition leader Plácido Micó Abogo claimed that the proposal was not even seen the official text of the constitutional changes. He removed poll watchers after threats of violence, including one of a young supporter who alleged he "was threatened with being tortured by a colonel." Despite these reports, the government claimed the vote had passed peacefully. There was also concern that the provision on term limits would not apply retrospectively, allowing Obiang to run again in 2016, which he did.


2011 Erewash Borough Council election
The 2011 Erewash Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Erewash Borough Council in Derbyshire, England. The whole council was up for election.


2011 Erie Explosion season
The 2011 Erie Explosion season was the 5th season for the Southern Indoor Football League (SIFL) franchise.


2011 Erie Explosion season
On December 3, 2010, the team announced its new identity as the Erie Explosion, including a new logo, but retaining the same color scheme as the Storm previously had. After dealing with the legalities of the previous name, the ownership of the Explosion have secured the legal trademark of the new name, ensuring that this will be the last re-brand in the foreseeable future. The Erie Explosion was also one of 6 AIFA teams which were merged with the Southern Indoor Football League (SIFL) prior to the 2011 season. The Explosion announced the signing of Quarterback, Adam DiMichele, along with former local Erie Strong Vincent star, Maurice Williams, and college star receiver David Ball.


2011 Erie Explosion season
On May 21, 2011, the Explosion set a single-game franchise record, including an unofficial indoor football record, for the most points scored in a 138-0 blowout win over the Fayetteville Force after the Force was forced to restock its team with scrubs in an ownership change. The margin of victory is the third-highest in all of professional football, and the highest in over 100 years: only the 1903 Massillon Tigers (who won a game 148-0) and 1904 Watertown Red & Black (who won a game 142-0) have had wider margins of victory.


2011 Erie Explosion season
The Explosion finished the season with a 9–4 record, winning the Northeast Division, but were defeated 68–43 by the Albany Panthers in the first round of the playoffs. Despite the playoff loss, DiMichele was named SIFL MVP, finishing the season with 91 touchdown passes.


2011 Erste Bank Open
The 2011 Erste Bank Open is a tennis tournament to be played on indoor hard courts. It is the 37th edition of the event known that year as the Erste Bank Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2011 ATP World Tour. It is held at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, from October 25 through October 30, 2011.


2011 Erste Bank Open, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 Erste Bank Open, Finals, Singles
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated  Juan Martín del Potro, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4


2011 Erste Bank Open, Finals, Doubles
Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan defeated  Max Mirnyi /  Daniel Nestor, 7–6(12–10), 6–3


2011 Erste Bank Open – Doubles
Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions but Zimonjić decided not to participate. Nestor plays alongside Max Mirnyi.


2011 Erste Bank Open – Doubles
World No.1s Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan defeated Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor in the final, 7–6(12–10), 6–3.


2011 Erste Bank Open – Singles
Jürgen Melzer was the two-time defending champion, but lost to Kevin Anderson in the quarterfinals.


2011 Erste Bank Open – Singles
No.1 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won the tournament beating No. 2 seed Juan Martín del Potro in the final, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4.


2011 Erste Bank Open – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2011 Erste Bank Open – Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw of the 2011 Erste Bank Open.


2011 Esiliiga
The 2011 season of the Esiliiga, the second level in the Estonian football system, is the 21st season in the league's history. It starts in March and ends in November. The defending champions are Levadia II, who were ineligible for promotion as they are the reserve team for Meistriliiga side Levadia.


2011 Esiliiga, Results
Each team plays every opponent four times, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 games.


2011 Essendon Football Club season
The 2011 Essendon Football Club season is the club's 113th season in the Australian Football League (AFL).


2011 Essendon Football Club season
Essendon won 11 matches, drew one and lost 10 matches in the 2011 season. Essendon won five matches within the first eight rounds, before a form slump culminated in a five-match losing streak and Essendon dropping out of the top eight for the first time this season when it lost to Hawthorn by 65 points.


2011 Essendon Football Club season
Their season begun with a 55-point thumping of triple-preliminary finalists the Western Bulldogs before a narrow five-point defeat to Sydney followed. Wins over St Kilda (in their captain Nick Riewoldt's 200th game) followed, before a thrilling draw against Carlton and a five-goal loss in the Anzac Day match against Collingwood followed.


2011 Essendon Football Club season
Round 6 brought along the mother of all Essendon wins – a 139-point thumping of the Gold Coast at home, with the Bombers recording a record first-quarter score of 15.4 (94) and its quarter-time lead of 93 points also brought along a new record. Amidst this, Essendon lost the second quarter in surprising circumstances, before going on to finish the job to record its first win over a side featuring Gary Ablett since 2005. Only two more wins would follow, against the West Coast Eagles and Brisbane Lions in the weeks after the Suns annihilation.


2011 Essendon Football Club season
Essendon pulled off the boilover of the season when they defeated the previously unbeaten Geelong by four points in Round 15, 2011, without their injured skipper, Jobe Watson. It was their first win over the Cats in almost six years, having not beaten them since Round 18, 2005. However, it was just their second win over Geelong since 2003, leaving them with one of the worst records against Geelong in recent times.


2011 Essendon Football Club season
Round 20 saw Essendon at home to Sydney for the first time since Round 1, 2006 when Essendon triumphed by 27 points. Essendon won by one point after a post-siren shot by Sydney's Adam Goodes drifted to the left. Round 23 saw Essendon qualifying the finals for the second time in two years, when it defeated Port Adelaide by 7 points at Etihad Stadium. It ended a seven-year winless run against the side, having not beaten them since Round 18, 2004.


2011 Essendon Football Club season
Essendon's elimination final against Carlton was lost by 62 points, ending what was otherwise a promising first year for James Hird in the Essendon coaching role.


2011 Esso Cup
The 2011 Esso Cup was Canada's third annual national women's midget hockey championship, played April 17–23, 2011 at the Servus Credit Union Place in St. Albert, Alberta. The Notre Dame Hounds defeated the Edmonton Thunder 5-2 in the gold medal game to win their first Esso Cup title. Edmonton goaltender Morgan Glover was named the tournament's most valuable player.


2011 Esso Cup, Road to the Esso Cup, Atlantic Region
Regional Tournament held March 31-April 3, 2011 at Montague, Prince Edward Island


2011 Esso Cup, Road to the Esso Cup, Quebec
Dodge Cup Midget Championship held March 31-April 3, 2011 at Kirkland, Quebec


2011 Esso Cup, Road to the Esso Cup, Ontario
Ontario Women's Hockey Association Championship held February 18–20, 2011 at Brampton, Ontario


2011 Estonia Census
The 2011 Population and Housing Census (PHC 2011) (Estonian: Rahva ja eluruumide loendus (REL 2011)). was a census that was carried out during 31 December 2011 – 31 March 2012 in Estonia by Statistics Estonia.


2011 Estonian Figure Skating Championships
The 2011 Estonian Figure Skating Championships (Estonian: Eesti Meistrivõistlused 2010) took place between 17 and 19 December 2010 in Narva. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels. The results were used to choose the teams to the 2011 World Championships and the 2011 European Championships.


2011 Estonian Figure Skating Championships, Junior results
The 2011 Estonian Junior Figure Skating Championships were held on 4–6 February 2011 in Tallinn.


2011 Estonian Ministry of Defence attack
2011 Estonian Ministry of Defence attack was an attack on the Estonian Ministry of Defence building in Tallinn on 11 August 2011 by Karen Drambjan (Armenian: Կարեն Դրամբյան, Russian: Карэн Драмбян, 26 July 1954 – 11 August 2011). He was shot dead in a firefight with the police, after he set off several explosives.


2011 Estonian Ministry of Defence attack, Attack on the Estonian Ministry of Defence
On 11 August 2011 at around 15:00 hours local time Drambjan entered the Estonian Ministry of Defence headquarters building in central Tallinn armed with a pistol with about 100 rounds of ammunition and a bag containing ten to fifteen explosives. He opened fire in the entrance hall and detonated smoke bombs, but was not able to pass a security gate and enter the interior of the building. At the time the building was guarded by members of the Estonian Defence League. He temporarily held two people captive, including one security guard. In a joint operation carried out by the police and the Kaitsepolitsei, the police K-Commando unit stormed the building and killed Drambjan in an exchange of fire.


2011 Estonian Ministry of Defence attack, Attack on the Estonian Ministry of Defence
Defence minister Mart Laar was not in the building at the time.


2011 Estonian Ministry of Defence attack, Karen Drambjan
Drambjan was born in Yerevan, and graduated with a law degree from Kaliningrad State University in 1992. In 1993 he was granted Estonian citizenship.


2011 Estonian Ministry of Defence attack, Karen Drambjan
Drambjan ran a law firm in Maardu. In 2007 he defended Larissa Neštšadimova, the spokeswoman of Nochnoy Dozor on charges stemming from a standoff with police near the Bronze Soldier before the Bronze Nights, but had to yield the case to a "more qualified" lawyer as the case moved toward the Supreme Court of Estonia.


2011 Estonian Ministry of Defence attack, Karen Drambjan
Drambjan was divorced and had two daughters from the marriage. In 2011 he had run into financial difficulties and his apartment in Maardu was sold by court bailiffs.


2011 Estonian Ministry of Defence attack, Political activity
Drambjan was a member of the Estonian United Left Party, a successor of the Estonian Communist Party. In the 2007 parliamentary elections in Estonia he was a candidate for the Constitution Party. According to the Estonian Security Police the Constitution Party was a puppet-party supported and controlled from Russia, created by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) in 2007 as part of their campaign of "political intelligence manipulations".


2011 Estonian Ministry of Defence attack, Political activity
In the 2009 municipal elections, after the fusion of the Constitution Party with the Estonian Left Party he was a candidate for the newly formed Estonian United Left Party in the Russian dominated Maardu municipality, but failed to get elected. He was known as a fierce supporter of Maardu mayor Georgi Bõstrov.


2011 Estonian Ministry of Defence attack, Political activity
During campaigning for the 2009 European Parliament election, Drambjan published a manifesto denouncing Estonia as a morally bankrupt neo-Fascist country, contending the Estonian government had chosen civil war in its relationship with the Russian minority and chastising the Russian community for its slavish mentality in the face of discrimination.


2011 Estonian cyclists abduction
The 2011 Estonian cyclists abduction was a kidnapping case involving seven Estonian cyclists who were abducted shortly after crossing into Lebanon from Syria on 23 March 2011. Their abductors are believed to have been a gang of Lebanese and Syrian nationals headed by fugitive Darwish Khanjar, who transferred the cyclists to a second gang, Harakat al-Nahda wal-Islah ("The Movement for Renewal and Reform"), led by Wael Abbas.


2011 Estonian cyclists abduction
All seven cyclists were released in Lebanon on 14 July 2011, after 113 days in captivity. They were flown back to Estonia early the following morning. Wael Abbas was arrested by Syrian security forces in November.


2011 Estonian cyclists abduction
On 2 February 2013, the Lebanese army was the victim of an armed ambush in the northeastern town of Arsal, during which three officers were killed as it was seeking to arrest Khaled Homayed, who is believed to have been behind the kidnapping. Homayed has been active in the Free Syrian Army since the beginning of the Syrian Civil War.


2011 Estonian cyclists abduction, Background
On Tuesday, 15 March 2011, a group of seven Estonian cyclists landed in Beirut, Lebanon, whence they cycled north into Syria. Six days later, on Wednesday, 23 March 2011, they crossed back into Lebanon via the Masnaa Border Crossing. Shortly thereafter they were abducted by armed men near the city of Zahlé, east of Beirut. The kidnappers were reported to be masked and to be driving two white vans and a black Mercedes with the license plates removed.


2011 Estonian cyclists abduction, Background
One of the cyclists, Martin Metspalu, is a dentist; another, Andre Pukk, a cycling enthusiast; and a third, Jaan Jagomägi, a software engineer with Estonian geopositioning software company Regio. The remaining four were identified by Estonian officials as Madis Paluoja, August Tillo, Priit Raistik, and Kalev Käosaar.


2011 Estonian cyclists abduction, Diplomacy and search efforts
Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Paet established an Intra-Institutional Crisis Committee on 23 March in order to coordinate Estonia's activities in relation to the incident and provide regular updates to President Toomas Hendrik Ilves. On 24 March the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs convened a press conference where it was publicly confirmed that seven Estonian citizens who had been cycling in Syria were kidnapped the previous afternoon after having crossed into Lebanon. Foreign Affairs Minister Paet told reporters that Estonia would be dispatching a special diplomat to work with local authorities in Lebanon.


2011 Estonian cyclists abduction, Diplomacy and search efforts
Lebanese security forces focused their search efforts on the Beqaa Valley region, an area known for its lawlessness and rivalries between clans over control of hashish production and trade. Some media were quick to suggest that the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-GC) was behind the kidnapping, owing to its dominant influence in the area. One Lebanese newspaper speculated that the kidnapping may have been related to Israel's abduction of Palestinian engineer Dirar Abu Seesi in Ukraine a few weeks earlier.


2011 Estonian cyclists abduction, Diplomacy and search efforts
The Daily Star, quoting an unnamed source, reported that Lebanese security officials were considering the possibility that the cyclists may have been smuggled back into Syria. A second source quoted by the newspaper proposed that a pro-Syrian group such as Fatah al-Intifada or an organization loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi may have been behind the abduction. The PFLP-GC and Fatah al-Intifada both denied any involvement in the incident.


2011 Estonian cyclists abduction, Diplomacy and search efforts
Estonian foreign minister Urmas Paet arrived in Lebanon early Monday, 28 March, for face-to-face deliberations with Lebanese authorities. After meeting with senior Lebanese officials, including President Michel Suleiman and Lebanese Armed Forces chief General Jean Kahwaji, Paet said it was still not possible to determine who the cyclists' abductors were. The Lebanese daily Ya Libnan reported that security sources posited a connection between the kidnapping and the bombing of a Syriac Orthodox church in Zahle on 27 March.


2011 Estonian cyclists abduction, Arrests, raids and ransom demand
On 29 March, Lebanese security forces, acting on information obtained from arrests made earlier in the week in connection with the abduction, were led to identify the Estonians' captors as a gang of Lebanese and Syrian nationals led by fugitive Darwish Khanjar, known to be involved in smuggling and other criminal activities. Shortly after midnight, Lebanon's Internal Security Forces engaged the captors at several locations in the vicinity of Majdal Anjar. One member of the Security Forces sustained injuries in a gun battle with the kidnappers and was transported to a hospital in Beirut.


2011 Estonian cyclists abduction, Arrests, raids and ransom demand
Late in the day on 30 March, an obscure group calling itself Harakat al Nahda wal-Islah (The Movement for Renewal and Reform), led by Wael Abbas, claimed responsibility for the kidnapping. The group attached copies of three of the Estonian cyclists' ID cards to an email sent to lebanonfiles.com, adding that the Estonians were in good condition and that it would state its demands at a later time. Overnight between 30 and 31 March, Lebanese security forces estimated they were but hours away from resolving the crisis and were optimistic its ending would be a happy one.


2011 Estonian cyclists abduction, Arrests, raids and ransom demand
A source was quoted as saying the kidnappers had been hired by foreign parties. On 6 April lebanonfiles.com indicated that it had received a follow-up email from Harakat al-Nahda overnight demanding a ransom of an unspecified sum. Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip unequivocally rejected the ransom demand. "States do not negotiate with terrorists," he said. "In our hearts, we would all do our part, but if we started to organize a [rescue] fund, then all Estonians traveling in dangerous areas would have a price tag attached to them."


2011 Estonian cyclists abduction, Arrests, raids and ransom demand
Chief of the Internal Security Forces Major General Ashraf Rifi told Lebanese daily as-Safir that two groups were involved in the incident – one that abducted the Estonian cyclists and another that "cooperated in transferring the hostages to another place." Samir Geagea, leader of the Lebanese Forces party, accused Syria of being behind the abduction and said it is likely the Estonians were being held in Syria.


2011 Estonian cyclists abduction, Arrests, raids and ransom demand
Formal charges were brought against eleven people by Lebanese military prosecutor Saqr Saqr on 8 April, for involvement in the kidnapping and for firing on Lebanese security forces.


2011 Estonian cyclists abduction, Arrests, raids and ransom demand
On 19 April, a video was posted on YouTube by a user named "thekidnaper2011" (sic) in which the seven abducted cyclists were shown asking for help. The Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs was subsequently able to confirm that the video had been uploaded from Damascus. Intelligence expert Fred Burton of Stratfor analyzed the video as "a good sign from a counterterrorism perspective" but also commented that the hostages' body language suggested the video had been shot "under duress, probably at gunpoint."


2011 Estonian cyclists abduction, Arrests, raids and ransom demand
A second video appeared on the internet a month later, again showing the seven Estonian cyclists appealing for help from various countries. A spokeswoman for Estonia's foreign ministry revealed to AFP that a third video of the captive cyclists had been received in mid-June and was subsequently circulated among the cyclists' relatives. Unlike the first two, in the third video the cyclists were shown to have been separated into three smaller groups.


2011 Estonian cyclists abduction, Release
On 14 July 2011, the seven cyclists were set free by their captors and taken by French delegates to the French Embassy in Beirut. According to Lebanese Interior Minister Marwan Charbel, they were "in good health, but rather underweight." Estonia's foreign minister arrived in Beirut later in the day and escorted the cyclists back to Estonia. A source close to Minister Charbel insisted that no ransom was paid in securing the cyclists' release.


2011 Estonian cyclists abduction, Release
The Baltic News Service reported that the Estonian cyclists had been held in Syria for part of the time. The cyclists described their abductors as eight Islamic extremists armed with Kalashnikovs, who at one point demanded to know if the Estonians were Jewish or from Denmark and had pressured them to convert to Islam.


2011 Estonian cyclists abduction, Aftermath
In September 2011 two accomplices of Wael Abbas, the man believed to be the mastermind behind the abduction, were killed by Lebanon's Internal Security Forces near al-Bireh in southwestern Lebanon. Abbas himself was apprehended by Syrian security forces in November.


2011 Estonian cyclists abduction, Aftermath
In April 2012 a Lebanese military court indicted 29 suspects, including a Syrian national, in connection with the abduction. 26 of the 29 were accused of kidnapping the cyclists, establishing ties with Fatah al-Islam, firing at police, killing a member of the Internal Security Forces, bombing stores that sell liquor, vandalizing Christian monuments, and other crimes. The judge requested a death sentence for the 26. At the time, only nine of the suspects were in custody. In May Syria agreed to extradite to Lebanon several individuals it was holding for suspected involvement in the kidnapping.


2011 Estonian parliamentary election
A parliamentary election was held in Estonia on 6 March 2011, with e-voting between 24 February and 2 March 2011.


2011 Estonian parliamentary election
The 101 members of the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) were elected using a form of proportional representation for a four-year term. The seats were allocated using a modified D'Hondt method. The country is divided into twelve multi-mandate electoral districts. There is a nationwide threshold of 5% for party lists, but if the number of votes cast for a candidate exceeds or equals the simple quota (which shall be obtained by dividing the number of valid votes cast in the electoral district by the number of mandates in the district) he or she is elected.


2011 Estonian parliamentary election
Pre -election polls put the Reform Party, led by Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, ahead of its main rival, the opposition Centre Party. The former is right of centre, the latter is considered populist, slightly to the left on economic matters. Both parties are members of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.


2011 Estonian parliamentary election
The election was marked by the highest number of running independents (32) since 1992. Several independent candidates were members of the Estonian Patriotic Movement.


2011 Estonian parliamentary election, Report on Internet voting
The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe observed this election and issued a report with a number of recommendations.


2011 Estonian presidential election
An indirect presidential election took place in Estonia on August 29, 2011. There were two candidates: incumbent president Toomas Hendrik Ilves and European parliament deputy Indrek Tarand. For the first time in the country's post-Soviet history, only one round took place, as Ilves was able to secure the necessary two-thirds majority to get re-elected without a runoff. Ilves received 73 votes while Tarand obtained only 25. One vote was blank and two were disqualified. Ilves was supported by the ruling Estonian Reform Party and Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica, as well as the Social Democratic Party, to which he formerly belonged. Tarand was supported by the Estonian Centre Party.


2011 Estoril Open
The 2011 Estoril Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 22nd edition of the Estoril Open for the men (the 15th for the women), and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour, and of the International-level tournaments of the 2011 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, Portugal, from 23 April through 1 May 2011.


2011 Estoril Open, Finals, Men's doubles
Eric Butorac /  Jean-Julien Rojer defeated  Marc López /  David Marrero, 6–3, 6–4.


2011 Estoril Open, Finals, Women's doubles
Alisa Kleybanova /  Galina Voskoboeva defeated  Eleni Daniilidou /  Michaëlla Krajicek, 6–4, 6–2.


2011 Estoril Open – Men's Doubles
Marc López and David Marrero were the defending champions. They reached the final, where they lost to Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer 3–6, 4–6.


2011 Estoril Open – Men's Singles
Albert Montañés was the defending champion, but chose to compete in the Serbia Open instead. Juan Martín del Potro defeated Fernando Verdasco 6–2, 6–2 to claim his 2nd title this year since rehabilitating from wrist surgery, and his first on clay in nearly three years. It was Del Potro's ninth career title.


2011 Estoril Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2011 Estoril Open – Men's Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw of the 2011 Estoril Open.


2011 Estoril Open – Women's Doubles
Sorana Cîrstea and Anabel Medina Garrigues were the defending champions, but Cîrstea decided not to participate. Medina Garrigues played alongside Renata Voráčová. They lost to Eleni Daniilidou and Michaëlla Krajicek in the quarterfinal. Alisa Kleybanova and Galina Voskoboeva became the champions, beating Daniilidou and Krajicek 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2011 Estoril Open – Women's Singles
Anastasija Sevastova was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Urszula Radwańska.


2011 Estoril Open – Women's Singles
Anabel Medina Garrigues won in the final against Kristina Barrois, 6–1, 6–2.


2011 Estoril Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
This article displays the women qualifying draw of the 2011 Estoril Open.


2011 Ethias Trophy
The 2011 Ethias Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour and the Tretorn SERIE+. It took place in Mons, Belgium between 3 and 9 October 2011.


2011 Ethias Trophy, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 Ethias Trophy, Champions, Doubles
Johan Brunström /  Ken Skupski def. Kenny de Schepper /  Édouard Roger-Vasselin, 7–6(7–4), 6–3


2011 Ethias Trophy – Doubles
Filip Polášek and Igor Zelenay were the defending champions but Polášek decided not to participate. Zelenay partnered with Dustin Brown, losing in the first round. Johan Brunström and Ken Skupski won the title, defeating Kenny de Schepper and Édouard Roger-Vasselin 7–6(7–4), 6–3 in the final.


2011 Ethias Trophy – Singles
Adrian Mannarino was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Michał Przysiężny. Andreas Seppi won the title, defeating Julien Benneteau 2–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4) in the final.


2011 Etisalat Emirates Cup Final
The 2011 Etisalat Emirates Cup final was the 3rd final since its establishment. The match took place at the Mohammad bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, on 29 April 2011. The match was won by Al Shabab, who beat Al Ain 2–3 to win their first title. and it was refereed by Ali Hamad.


2011 Etisalat Emirates Cup Final, Pre-match, Venue
On 3 April, UAE Football League Announced that the final will be held for the second time at Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, on April 29. The first was on 3 April 2009, won by Al Ain defeating rival Al Wahda 1–0.


2011 Etisalat Emirates Cup Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
The Tickets were sold on the same day of the match, price from AED20.


2011 Euro Beach Soccer League
The 2011 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) is an annual European competition in beach soccer. The competitions allows national teams to compete in beach soccer in a league format over the summer months. Each season ends with a Superfinal, deciding the competition winner.


2011 Euro Beach Soccer League
There are seven teams participating in two divisions in each Stage (there are four Stages) that will face each other in a round-robin system. Division A consists of the 8 top teams in Europe based on the BSWW European Ranking. Division B consists of the lower ranked teams and new entries to the competition. Each division has its own regulations and competition format.


2011 Euro Beach Soccer League
Each team competes in two preliminary events to see their points obtained accumulated into an overall ranking that will determine the teams that qualify for the Superfinal. The top five teams of Division A (including the individual Stage winners) plus the host team Russia play in the Superfinal in Moscow (Russia) from August 26–29. The top five teams of Division B (including the individual Stage winners) plus the worst team in Division A will play in the Promotional Final to try to earn promotion to Division A for the 2012 season.


2011 Euro Beach Soccer League, Stage 1 Bern, Switzerland – May, 27 – 29, Participating Nations
It had been earlier announced that Hungary would be the third team participating in Division B.


2011 Euro Beach Soccer League, Stage 1 Bern, Switzerland – May, 27 – 29, Schedule & Results
All kickoff times are of local time in Bern (UTC+02:00).


2011 Euro Beach Soccer League, Stage 1 Bern, Switzerland – May, 27 – 29, Individual Awards
MVP: Juanma Lima ( Spain)Top Scorer: Giuseppe Soria ( Italy) — 5 goalsBest goalkeeper: Simone Del Mestre ( Italy)


2011 Euro Beach Soccer League, Stage 2 Berlin, Germany – July, 8 – 10, Schedule & Results
All kickoff times are of local time in Berlin (UTC+02:00).


2011 Euro Beach Soccer League, Stage 2 Berlin, Germany – July, 8 – 10, Individual Awards
MVP: Dmitry Shishin ()Top Scorer: Dmitry Shishin () — 7 goalsBest goalkeeper: Andrei Bukhlitskiy ()


2011 Euro Beach Soccer League, Stage 3 Ravenna, Italy – July, 22 – 24, Schedule & Results
All kickoff times are of local time in Ravenna (UTC+02:00).


2011 Euro Beach Soccer League, Stage 3 Ravenna, Italy – July, 22 – 24, Individual Awards
MVP: Maci ()Top Scorer: Boguslaw Saganowski () and Dejan Stankovic () — 5 goalsBest goalkeeper: Simone Del Mestre ()


2011 Euro Beach Soccer League, Stage 4 Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands – July, 29 – 31, Schedule & Results
All kickoff times are of local time in The Hague (UTC+02:00).


2011 Euro Beach Soccer League, Stage 4 Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands – July, 29 – 31, Individual Awards
MVP: Egor Shaykov ()Top Scorer: Nuno Belchior () — 6 goalsBest goalkeeper: Xan ()


2011 Euro Beach Soccer League, Cumulative standings, Division B
Netherlands are ranked ahead of Israel based on fair play points


2011 Euro Beach Soccer League, EBSL Superfinal and Promotional Final – Moscow, Russia – August, 4 – 7, Superfinal and Promotional Final Divisions
The Divisions for the Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal have been determined. The teams from Division A will compete for the Euro Beach Soccer League title while the teams from Division B will compete for promotion into next year's Division A.


2011 Euro Beach Soccer League, EBSL Superfinal and Promotional Final – Moscow, Russia – August, 4 – 7, Schedule & Results
All kickoff times are of local time in Moscow (UTC+04:00).


2011 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup
The 2011 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup was the 39th edition of the premier European competition for women's field hockey clubs. The pool stage and quarter finals of the tournament were held in 's-Hertogenbosch from 22 to 25 April, while the semi-finals and finals were held in The Hague from 10 to 12 June.


2011 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup
Den Bosch won the title for the twelfth time after defeating Leicester 4–1 in the final. The win entered Den Bosch into the record books as the equal most successful team in the competition, tied with Amsterdam.


2011 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup, Statistics, Final standings
As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2011 Eurocup Basketball Final Four
The 2011 Eurocup Basketball Finals was the concluding Final Four tournament of the 2010–11 Eurocup Basketball season. The event was held at Treviso in Italy from April 16 and 17, 2011.


2011 Eurocup Clio
The 2011 Eurocup Clio season was the inaugural season of the Renault–supported touring car category, a one-make racing series that is part of the World Series by Renault, the series uses Renault Clio RS 197's. It replaced the French F4 Championship which ran for one season in 2010.


2011 Eurocup Clio
Frenchman Nicolas Milan won the first season with ease by taking five wins and appearing on the podium in second for the other 3 races, comfortably ahead of Dutchman Mike Verschuur by 72 points, who in turn was ahead of third place Massimiliano Pedalà by 51 points.


2011 Eurocup Clio
The series featured several different teams; however, there was no championship for teams.


2011 Eurocup Clio, Race calendar and results
The calendar for the 2011 season was announced on 11 October 2010, the day after the end of the 2010 season. All of the four rounds formed meetings of the 2011 World Series by Renault season.


2011 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
The 2011 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season was the 21st Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season commenced on 16 April at Alcañiz and ended on 9 October at Barcelona. The season features seven double-header rounds, with each race lasting for a duration of 30 minutes. All races were part of the World Series by Renault.


2011 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Josef Kaufmann Racing's Robin Frijns who is also last Formula BMW Europe champion won five races on his way to the championship by a 45-point margin over another former Formula BMW driver Carlos Sainz Jr., who won opening race on Ciudad del Motor de Aragón and Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. Frijns finished in the top five in every race. The same point margin was between Sainz and his third placed teammate Daniil Kvyat, who also won two races on Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and Nürburgring. Other wins were scored by Will Stevens, Alex Riberas, Javier Tarancón and FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Academy drivers Timmy Hansen and Paul-Loup Chatin.


2011 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, Race calendar and results
The calendar for the 2011 season was announced on 11 October 2010, the day after the end of the 2010 season. All seven rounds will form meetings of the 2011 World Series by Renault season.


2011 Eurocup Mégane Trophy
The 2011 Eurocup Mégane Trophy season was the seventh season of the Renault–supported touring car category, a one-make racing series that is part of the World Series by Renault.


2011 Eurocup Mégane Trophy
Stefano Comini effectively has won the championship with two rounds (and four races) to go, courtesy of winning all bar one of the previous races of the year. Whilst It would still be possible for Niccolo Nalio to beat him, Nalio would have to win all the remaining races, with Comini not finishing any of them, for this to be the case.


2011 Eurocup Mégane Trophy
After featuring nine teams during the 2010 season, following the late withdrawal of Brixia Autosport, the grid features nine teams once again in 2011.


2011 Eurocup Mégane Trophy, Race calendar and results
The calendar for the 2011 season was announced on 11 October 2010, the day after the end of the 2010 season.| All of the seven rounds formed meetings of the 2011 World Series by Renault season.


2011 Eurocup Mégane Trophy, Championship standings, Drivers' Championship
Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap† – Retired, but classified


2011 Euroleague Final Four
The  2011 Euroleague Final Four was the concluding EuroLeague Final Four tournament of the Euroleague 2010–11 season. It was held on May 6–8, 2011. All of the games were held at the Palau Sant Jordi, in Barcelona, Spain. Panathinaikos won its 6th EuroLeague championship. Dimitris Diamantidis was named the Final Four MVP.


2011 European 10 m Events Championships
The 2011 European 10 m Events Championships were held in Brescia, Italy from March 3–6, 2011.


2011 European 10,000m Cup
The 2011 European 10,000m Cup, was the 15th edition of the European 10,000m Cup took place on 4 June in Oslo, Norway.


2011 European 10,000m Cup, Team
In italic the participants whose result did not go into the team's total time, but awarded with medals.


2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships was held in Ankara, Turkey from June 17 to June 24, 2011. It was the 39th edition of this biennial competition organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, the EUBC.


2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships, Schedule
From 17 June–19 June the preliminaries were held, on June 20–21 the quarterfinals in all categories were held. The semifinals took place on June 23 with the finals at June 24.


2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships, Schedule
Seventeen-year-old Salman Alizadeh from Azerbaijan became the youngest gold medal winner in the European Boxing Championships since Mario Bianchini in 1930.


2011 European Amateur Team Championship
The 2011 European Amateur Team Championship took place 5 – 9 July at Oceânico Golf in Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal on its Victoria Course. It was the 29th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.


2011 European Amateur Team Championship
The course was designed by Arnold Palmer and opened in 2004. In 2016, Dom Pedro Golf acquired the Victoria Course and four other Vilamoura courses from Oceânico Golf.


2011 European Amateur Team Championship
Each team consisted of 6 players, playing two rounds of stroke-play over two days, counting the five best scores each day for each team.


2011 European Amateur Team Championship
Leader of the opening 36-hole competition was team Spain, with a 24-under-par score of 696. Defending champions England did not make it to the quarter finals, finishing ninth in the qualifying round.


2011 European Amateur Team Championship
There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Scott Fernandez, Spain, with a 9-under-par score of 135, two strokes ahead of Adrián Otaegui, Spain and Thomas Pieters, Belgium.


2011 European Amateur Team Championship
The eight best teams formed flight A, in knock-out match-play over the next three days. The teams were seeded based on their positions after the stroke play. The first placed team were drawn to play the quarter final against the eight placed team, the second against the seventh, the third against the sixth and the fourth against the fifth. Teams were allowed to use six players during the team matches, selecting four of them in the two morning foursome games and five players in to the afternoon single games. Teams knocked out after the quarter finals were allowed to play one foursome game and four single games in each of their remaining matches. Games all square at the 18th hole were declared halved, if the team match was already decided.


2011 European Amateur Team Championship
The eight teams placed 9–16 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B, to play similar knock-out play, with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions.


2011 European Amateur Team Championship
The four teams placed 17–20 formed flight C, to play each other in a round-robin system, with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions.


2011 European Amateur Team Championship
Team France won the gold medal, earning their first title, beating team Switzerland in the final 4½–2½.


2011 European Amateur Team Championship
Team Sweden, earned the bronze on third place, after beating Germany 4–3 in the bronze match.


2011 European Amateur Team Championship, Teams
20 nation teams contested the event, the same number of teams as at the previous event one year earlier. Russia took part for the first time. Each team consisted of six players.


2011 European Amateur Team Championship, Results
* Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the best total of the two non-counting scores of the two rounds.


2011 European Amateur Team Championship, Results
Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.


2011 European Amateur Team Championship, Results
* Note: Game declared halved, since team match already decided.


2011 European Archery Grand Prix
2011 European Archery Grand Prix was the annual archery competition in Europe in 2011.


2011 European Archery Grand Prix, Results, Antalya
The first leg of the Grand Prix was held between 11–16 April 2011 at the Centennial Archery Field in Antalya. 25 European nations and Iraq took part in the first meeting.


2011 European Archery Grand Prix, Results, Boe
The second leg of the Grand Prix was held between 23–27 May 2011 in Boe.


2011 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 4th Individual European Artistic Gymnastics Championships for both Men and Women was held in Berlin, Germany from 4 April 2011 until 10 April 2011. The event was held at the Max-Schmeling-Halle. 157 male gymnasts from 39 countries with and 86 female gymnasts from 32 countries participated.


2011 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Participation, Participating nations
In order to participate, nations must be members of the European Union of Gymnastics.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships
The 31st European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from 4 to 6 March 2011.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships
577 athletes representing 46 countries competed at the championships. Twenty-six track and field events were contested, with the events programme divided equally between the genders. Russia topped the medal table, having won the most gold medals (six), as well as having gained the greatest total with fifteen. The host nation, France, was the next best performing team, with five golds being won by French athletes. Germany had the third highest medal haul, followed by Great Britain.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships
French triple jumper Teddy Tamgho provided the highlight of the tournament with two world indoor record clearances. His compatriot Renaud Lavillenie also excelled, becoming the third best ever performer indoors in the men's pole vault, while Leslie Djhone and Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida won their events with French record marks.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Belarusian Andrei Krauchanka's national record performance won the men's heptathlon and Poland's Anna Rogowska took the women's pole vault with a national record. Portuguese runner Francis Obikwelu also had a national record-breaking win, defeating the host favourite Christophe Lemaitre in the 60 metres. The women's 3000 metres saw Briton Helen Clitheroe win her first major title at the age of 37. Ivan Ukhov of Russia attempted the world record in the high jump, but narrowly missed the clearance. The competition closed with the fifth French record of the championships as the host men's team won the 4×400 metres relay.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships, Venue
The venue for the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. It can hold a maximum capacity of 18,000 people and has hold several indoor athletics events in the past, including the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Games, the 1994 European Indoor Championships and the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships, Ceremonies
The opening ceremony was held at 4 March 2011 at 15:00 local time. There was a short ceremony but without teams participation. The closing ceremony was at the last day on March 6, 2011 at 18:00. Every participating team was invited to take part.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships, Men's results, Track
WR world record |ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record |WL world leading  |EL European leading |PB personal best | SB seasonal best


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships, Men's results, Field
WR world record |ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record |WL world leading  |EL European leading |PB personal best | SB seasonal best


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships, Men's results, Combined
WR world record |ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record |WL world leading  |EL European leading |PB personal best | SB seasonal best


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships, Women's results, Track
WR world record |ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record |WL world leading  |EL European leading |PB personal best | SB seasonal best


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships, Women's results, Field
WR world record |ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record |WL world leading  |EL European leading |PB personal best | SB seasonal best


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships, Women's results, Combined
WR world record |ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record |WL world leading  |EL European leading |PB personal best | SB seasonal best


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The Men's 1500 metres event at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 5–6 with the final being held on March 6 at 16:20 local time.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 in each heat and 3 best performers advance to the Final.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres
The Men's 3000 metres event  at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 4 and 5 with the final being held on March 5 at 16:50 local time.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres, Results, Heats
First 3 in each heat and 3 best performers advance to the Final. The heats were held at 11:15.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres, Results, Heats, Heat 1
Note: Yegor Nikolayev qualified to the final by judge decision as during his race he collided with another athlete competing in different event.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The Men's 4 x 400 metres relay race at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held at March 6, 2011 at 17:40 local time.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres
The Men's 400 metres event  at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 4 & 5 with the final being held on March 5 at 17:45 local time.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 in each heat and 2 best performers advanced to the Semifinals. The heats were held at 10:45.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 in each heat advanced to the Final. The semifinals were held at 18:10.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres
The Men's 60 metres event  at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held at March 5–6 with the final being held on March 6 at 16:55 local time.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres, Results, Heats
First 4 in each heat and 4 best performers advanced to the Semifinals.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 2 in each heat and 2 best performers advanced to the Final.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles
The Men's 60 metres hurdles event  at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held at March 4 with the final being held on March 4 at 18:50 local time.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
First 2 in each heat and 2 best performers advanced to the Final. The semifinals were held at 16:10.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres
The Men's 800 metres event  at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held at March 4–6 with the final being held on March 6 at 15:45 local time.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 in each heat and 2 best performers advanced to the Semifinals. The heats were held at 16:55.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 in each heat advanced to the Final. The heats were held at 15:40.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon
The Men's heptathlon event at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held at March 5 and 6.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's high jump
The Men's high jump event at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held at March 4–5, 2011 with the final being held on March 5 at 14:30 local time.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's high jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 2.30 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final. It was held at 16:00.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's long jump
The Men's long jump event  at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 4, 2011, at 10:50 (qualification) and March 5, 16:25 (final) local time.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's long jump, Results, Qualification
Qualifying perf. 8.05 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the FinalThe qualification was held at 10:50.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault
The Men's pole vault event at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held at March 4–5, 2011 with the final being held on March 5 at 15:45 local time.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 5.75 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final. It was held at 16:15.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's shot put
The Men's shot put event  at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held on March 4, 2011 at 09:30 (qualification) and March 4, 17:30 (final) local time.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's shot put, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 20.10 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final. It was held at 09:30.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump
The Men's triple jump event at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 4–6, 2011 with the final being held on March 6 at 16:25 local time.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 16.95 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final. It was held at 17:20.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres event  at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held at March 4–6 with the final being held on March 6 at 16:00 local time.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres, Results, Heat
First 2 in each heat and 3 best performers advanced to the Semifinals. The heats were held at 17:30.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres
The women's 3000 metres event  at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 5–6 with the final being held on March 6 at 15:15 local time.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres, Results, Heats
First 4 in each heat and 4 best performers advanced to the Final.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The Women's 4 × 400 metres relay race at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held at March 6, 2011 at 17:15 local time.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres
The Women's 400 metres event  at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held at March 4 & 5 with the final being held on March 5 at 17:30 local time.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres, Results, Heats
First 3 in each heat and 3 best performers advanced to the Semifinals.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres
The Women's 60 metres event at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 5–6, 2011 with the final on March 6 at 16:40.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres, Results, Heats
First 3 in each heat and 4 best performers advanced to the Semifinals.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles
The women's 60 metres hurdles event at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 4 March with the final being held 18:40 local time.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
First 3 in each heat and 4 best performers advanced to the Semifinals. The heats were held at 09:20.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
First 4 in each heat advanced to the Final. The semifinals were held at 15:45.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres
The Women's 800 metres event  at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held at March 4–6 with the final being held on March 6 at 16:00 local time.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres
The original winner, Yevgeniya Zinurova, was later disqualified for doping offences and runner-up Jenny Meadows was promoted to the gold medal position. The original bronze medalist Yuliya Rusanova, who was later elevated to the silver medal position, was subsequently stripped of her medal, due to inconsistencies in her biological passport.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres, Results, Heat
First 2 in each heat and 4 best performers advanced to the Semifinals. The heats were held at 16:25.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 in each heat advanced to the Final. The semifinals were held at 15:20.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's high jump
The Women's high jump event at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 5–6, 2011 with the final on March 6 at 15:30.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's high jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 1.94 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's long jump
The women's long jump event at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held at March 5, 2011 at 11:30 (qualification) and March 6, 14:50 (final) local time.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's long jump, Results, Qualification
Qualifying perf. 6.60 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the Final The qualification was held at 11:30.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon
The Women's pentathlon event  at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held at March 4.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault
The Women's pole vault event at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 5–6, 2011 with the final on March 6 at 15:00.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 4.55 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's shot put
The Women's shot put event at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 4–5, 2011 with the final being held on March 5 at 14:20 local time.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's shot put, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 17.90 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final. It was held at 15:50.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump
The women's triple jump event  at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held at March 4, 2011 at 09:00 (qualification) and March 5, 14:45 (final) local time.


2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 14.10 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final. It was held at 09:00.


2011 European Athletics Junior Championships
The 21st European Athletics Junior Championships were held between 21 and 24 July 2011 in the Kadriorg Stadium in Tallinn, Estonia.


2011 European Athletics Junior Championships
Russia topped the medal table with 18 medals overall, including 8 golds, ahead of Germany and Great Britain.


2011 European Athletics Junior Championships – Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres at the 2011 European Athletics Junior Championships were held at the Kadrioru Stadium on 21 and 22 July.


2011 European Athletics Junior Championships – Men's 100 metres, Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.


2011 European Athletics Junior Championships – Men's 100 metres, Records
Gold medalist Jimmy Vicaut established a new WJL with 10.07 sec in the final.


2011 European Athletics Junior Championships – Men's 100 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.


2011 European Athletics Junior Championships – Men's 100 metres, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: −1.8 m/s, Heat 2: −0.5 m/s, Heat 3: −0.7 m/s


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships
The 8th European Athletics U23 Championships were held on 14–17 July 2011 in the Městský stadion in Ostrava, Czech Republic.


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships
Russia topped the medal table with 20 medals in total, including 9 golds (after revision), before Great Britain, also with 20 medals, and Germany.


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships, Medal summary, Women
Notes: Darya Pizhankova of Ukraine originally won three medals in 100 m, 200 m and 4 x 100 m relay but was later disqualified for doping and stripped of medals. Ulyana Lepska who also ran in the winning relay was found guilty of the same offence. Elena Arzhakova of Russia originally won two gold medals in the 800 m and 1500 m, but was later disqualified for doping and stripped of medals. The medal standings and record have been updated to reflect the reallocation of those medals.


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships, Participating nations
According to an unofficial count, 899 athletes from 42 countries participated in the event.


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 10,000 metres
The men's 10,000 metres at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships were held in Ostrava on 14 July.


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 10,000 metres, Results, Final
Intermediate times:1000m: 2:52.17 Vyacheslav Shalamov  Russia2000m: 5:45.90 Vyacheslav Shalamov  Russia3000m: 8:39.26 Vyacheslav Shalamov  Russia4000m: 11:35.00 Vyacheslav Shalamov  Russia5000m: 14:31.68 Roman Pozdyaykin  Russia6000m: 17:26.95 Musa Roba-Kinkal  Germany7000m: 20:21.21 Sondre Nordstad Moen  Norway8000m: 23:07.87 Sondre Nordstad Moen  Norway9000m: 25:56.06 Sondre Nordstad Moen  Norway


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 10,000 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships were held at the Městský stadion on 14 and 15 July.


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 100 metres, Results, Round 1
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles
The Men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, at Městský stadion on 15 and 16 July.


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
Qualified: First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualified: First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The Men's 1500 metres event at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, at Městský stadion on 16 and 17 July.


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Results, Final
Intermediate times:400m: 1:05.70 Florian Carvalho  France800m: 2:13.18 Florian Carvalho  France1200m: 3:12.08 Florian Carvalho  France


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
Qualified: First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Final


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Results, Heats, Details
Intermediate times:400m: 59.76 Florian Carvalho  France800m: 1:59.53 Hans Kristian Fløystad  Norway1200m: 2:59.46 James Shane  United Kingdom


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Results, Heats, Details
Intermediate times:400m: 1:00.06 Jeroen D'Hoedt  Belgium800m: 2:03.49 Jeroen D'Hoedt  Belgium1200m: 3:04.57 Jeroen D'Hoedt  Belgium


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 33 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk
The Men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, at Městský stadion on 17 July.


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk, Results, Final
†: Petr Bogatyrev ranked initially 1st (1:24:20), but was disqualified later for infringement of IAAF doping rules.


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk, Results, Final
Intermediate times:2km: 8:53 Veli-Matti Partanen  Finland4km: 17:25 Veli-Matti Partanen  Finland6km: 26:02 Veli-Matti Partanen  Finland8km: 34:25 Veli-Matti Partanen  Finland10km: 42:54 Veli-Matti Partanen  Finland12km: 51:27 Máté Helebrandt  Hungary14km: 59:57 Máté Helebrandt  Hungary16km: 1:08:15 Petr Bogatyrev  Russia18km: 1:16:18 Petr Bogatyrev  Russia


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships was held at the Městský stadion on 15 and 16 July.


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Round 1
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 200 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
The Men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, at Městský stadion on 15 and 17 July.


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Results, Final
Intermediate times:1000m: 2:55.80 Patrick Nasti  Italy2000m: 5:49.20 Eric Senorski  Sweden


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Results, Heats
Qualified: First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Final


2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Results, Heats, Details
Intermediate times:1000m: 2:56.17 Alexandru Ghinea  Romania2000m: 5:57.95 Alexandru Ghinea  Romania