2010–11 Ivy League men's basketball season, Season, Postseason
Prior to the game both teams received championship trophies. Princeton prevailed in the playoff with a final score of 63–62, on a last-second jump shot from Douglas Davis. This earned them the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament for being the regular season champion. The 2011 one-game playoff was the eighth in Ivy League history. Princeton appeared for the eighth time, and have won at least a share of twenty-six league titles.


2010–11 Ivy League men's basketball season, Season, Postseason
Entering selection Sunday (March 13), Harvard ranked 35th in the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) and Princeton ranked 40th. Princeton was a #13 Seed in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, while Harvard was not selected. Unfortunately, neither of Harvard's quality wins (against Colorado and Boston College) helped them because both teams were left out of the NCAA tournament and relegated to number one seed status in the NIT tournament. As a regular season champion not invited to the NCAA tournament, Harvard earned an at-large selection for the 2011 National Invitation Tournament, where they were seeded #6. On March 15, Harvard was defeated by Oklahoma State by a 71–54 margin in the first round. It was the school's first appearance in the National Invitation Tournament. Princeton lost its opening game against the Kentucky Wildcats by a 59–57 margin on a last second layup.


2010–11 Ivy League men's basketball season, Honors, In season
Each week the Ivy League selects a player of the week and a rookie of the week.


2010–11 Ivy League men's basketball season, Honors, Postseason honors
The league selected its postseason awards on March 9. Player of the Year: Keith Wright, Harvard (Jr., F, Suffolk, VA)Defensive Player of the Year: Kareem Maddox, Princeton (Sr., F, Oak Park, CA)Rookie of the Year: Sean McGonagill, Brown (Fr., G, Brookfield, IL)All-Ivy League (ALL CAPS: Unanimous)


2010–11 JS Kabylie season
The 2010–11 season was JS Kabylie's 41st season in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. They competed in Ligue 1, the 2010 CAF Champions League and the Algerian Cup.


2010–11 JS Kabylie season, Squad list
Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 2010.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 JS Kabylie season, Manager
Swiss manager Alain Geiger began the season as the manager, continuing in his position from the previous season, after leading the team to an impressive record over the summer in the group stage of the 2010 CAF Champions League with 4 wins and 2 draws. However, after losing in the semi-finals of the Champions League to TP Mazembe of DR Congo and a string of bad results in the league, he resigned from his position on December 13, 2010, with JS Kabylie sitting in 8th position in the standings. On December 22, 2010, Rachid Belhout was appointed manager of the team.


2010–11 JS Kabylie season, Squad information, Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.


2010–11 JSM Béjaïa season
In the 2010–11 season, JSM Béjaïa competed in the Ligue 1 for the 11th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. They competed in Ligue 1 and the Algerian Cup.


2010–11 JSM Béjaïa season, Squad list
Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 2010.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Jaguares de Chiapas season
The 2010–11 Chiapas season was the 64th professional season of Mexico's top-flight football league. The season is split into two tournaments—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each with identical formats and each contested by the same eighteen teams. Chiapas began their season on July 24, 2010 against Necaxa, Chiapas will play their homes games on Saturdays at 5:00pm.


2010–11 Jaguares de Chiapas season, Torneo Apertura, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Jaguares de Chiapas season, Torneo Clausura, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Japan Figure Skating Championships
The 2010–11 Japan Figure Skating Championships was the 79th edition of the event. It took place between December 24 and 27, 2010 at the Big Hat arena in Nagano. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior level for the title of national champion of Japan.


2010–11 Jordan FA Cup
The 2010–11 version of the Jordan FA Cup was the 31st edition to be played. It is the premier knockout tournament for football teams in Jordan. Team Al-Faisaly (Amman) went into this edition as the club with the most wins, at 16. Al Wahdat were the current holders and won it the Cup the second straight time.


2010–11 Jordan FA Cup
The cup winners were guaranteed a place in the 2012 AFC Cup.


2010–11 Jordan FA Cup, Quarter-Finals
8 teams play home and away matches as Knock out stage.


2010–11 Jordan FA Cup, Semi-Finals
4 teams play home and away matches as Knock out stage.


2010–11 Jordan League
The 2010–11 Jordan League was the 59th season of the top-flight football in Jordan.


2010–11 Jordan League, Teams
Ittihad Al-Ramtha and Al-Karmel were relegated to the second level of Jordan football after ending the 2009–10 season in the bottom two places. Promoted from the second level were Al-Ahli (Amman) and Manshia Bani Hassan.


2010–11 Juventus F.C. season
The 2010–11 season was Juventus Football Club's 113th in existence and fourth consecutive season in the top-flight of Italian football. Juventus started the season with a new chairman, Andrea Agnelli and a new coach, Luigi Delneri.


2010–11 Juventus F.C. season, Kit
The kits for the 2010–11 season were revealed on 2 July 2010 bearing the BetClic logo. The home kit is traditional white and black stripes reinterpreted by Nike through a zigzag motif. The same motif is also present on the away kit, which has two green and red stripes on white background imitating flag of Italy. In October 2010 Balocco became the official sponsor for the away jersey in league matches. The previous season away kit is used as third kit.


2010–11 Juventus F.C. season, Players, UEFA Europa League squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 KBL season
The 2010–11 Hyundai Mobis Professional Basketball season was the 15th season of the Korean Basketball League.


2010–11 KF Tirana season
The 2010–11 season was Klubi i Futbollit Tirana's 72nd competitive season, 72nd consecutive season in the Kategoria Superiore and 90th year in existence as a football club. Following the title win two seasons ago, KF Tirana added to their 23 titles to make it their record 24 title wins. KF Tirana played UEFA Europa League against Zalaegerszegi TE and FC Utrecht.


2010–11 KF Tirana season, Players, 2010–11 squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 KF Tirana season, Players, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash
The 2010–11 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash was the sixth season of the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, the official Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. Six teams representing six states in Australia participated in the competition. The competition began on 30 December 2010. It was won by South Australia, who defeated New South Wales in the final.


2010–11 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash
This season used a new format comprising 18 regular matches, a preliminary final and a final. This format had 3 additional regular matches to the 2009–10 season.


2010–11 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, Table
Teams received 2 points for a win, 1 for a tie or no result, and 0 for a loss. At the end of the regular matches the teams ranked two and three play each other in the preliminary final at the home venue of the team ranked two. The winner of the preliminary final earns the right to play the first placed team in the final at the home venue of the first placed team. In the event of several teams finishing with the same number of points, standings are determined by most wins, then net run rate (NRR).


2010–11 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, Table
The two teams that make the final will qualify for the 2011 Champions League Twenty20 tournament.


2010–11 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, Statistics, Highest team totals
The following table lists the six highest team scores during this season.


2010–11 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, Statistics, Most runs
The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the season are included in this table.


2010–11 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, Statistics, Highest scores
This table contains the top five highest scores of the season made by a batsman in a single innings.


2010–11 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, Statistics, Most wickets
The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season.


2010–11 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, Statistics, Best bowling figures
This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures in the season.


2010–11 KHL season
The 2010–11 KHL season was the third season of the Kontinental Hockey League. It was held from 8 September 2010 and ended on 16 April 2011.


2010–11 KHL season
The season started with the Opening Cup game between the last season's finalists, Ak Bars Kazan and UHC Dynamo, the new team that was created by merging last season's Western conference winner HC MVD with Dynamo Moscow.


2010–11 KHL season
Salavat Yulaev Ufa won the Gagarin Cup and the Russian Championship after beating Atlant Moscow Oblast 4–1 in the play-off final series.


2010–11 KHL season, League changes, Team changes
Lada Togliatti dropped out of the league and joined the Russian Major League instead, after failing to meet the league's financial requirements.


2010–11 KHL season, League changes, Team changes
On 30 April 2010, it was announced that HC MVD would merge with Dynamo Moscow to form UHC Dynamo, which for the time being will play the majority of their games at Megasport Arena in Moscow, while also attempting to play some games in Balashikha. The current plan is to have a new, large and modernized arena constructed in Balashikha by 2012.


2010–11 KHL season, League changes, Team changes
By the deadline of 1 April 2010, six new teams from four different countries applied for KHL membership for this season: HC Yugra, Krylya Sovetov Moscow and Gazovik Tyumen from Russia; HC Budivelnyk from Kiev, Ukraine; HC Lev from Hradec Králové, Czech Republic; and Vėtra Vilnius from Lithuania. Of these teams, Budivelnyk and Yugra were initially accepted into the KHL, but  on 24 June 2010 Budivelnyk announced it is unable to participate in the KHL in the 2010–11 season because their stadium is not ready. On 16 July 2010, HC Lev, which in the meantime has been moved to Poprad in Slovakia, was  accepted into the KHL, but after the Slovak Hockey Federation's delay to give permit to the team, the KHL excluded Lev from the 2010–11 season.


2010–11 KHL season, League changes, Other changes
Unlike in the previous seasons, all play-off series were played in a best-of-seven format.


2010–11 KHL season, League changes, Other changes
The KHL administration has explicitly banned the sale and use of vuvuzelas, infamous since the 2010 FIFA World Cup, in ice hockey arenas.


2010–11 KHL season, Regular season
The regular season started on 8 September 2010 with the Opening Cup and ended on 20 February 2011. There were short breaks in November, December and February for international matches and for the all-star game. Each team played 54 games during the regular season.


2010–11 KHL season, Regular season, Notable events
The first game of the season is traditionally the "Opening Cup" and is played between the two Gagarin Cup finalists from the previous season. Because previous season's runner-up HC MVD merged with Dynamo Moscow, the Opening Cup was played between defending champion Ak Bars Kazan and the newly formed UHC Dynamo. The game took place on 8 September 2010 at the TatNeft Arena in Kazan where UHC Dynamo beat Ak Bars Kazan 3-1.


2010–11 KHL season, Regular season, Notable events
The Carolina Hurricanes played SKA Saint Petersburg at the Ice Palace Saint Petersburg in Saint Petersburg, Russia on October 4 (SKA won 5–3), and the Phoenix Coyotes played Dinamo Riga at Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia on October 6 (Riga lost 1–3).


2010–11 KHL season, Regular season, Notable events
On 23 December 2010, before the Spengler Cup started, the two participants from the KHL, SKA Saint Petersburg and Spartak Moscow, played an official regular-season game in the Vaillant Arena in Davos, Switzerland. It was the first KHL game played in central Europe.


2010–11 KHL season, Regular season, Notable events
The All-Star weekend took place on 5 and 6 February 2011 in Saint Petersburg.


2010–11 KHL season, Regular season, Conference standings
The conference standings determined the seedings for the play-offs. The first two places in each conference were reserved for the division winners.


2010–11 KHL season, Regular season, League leaders, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalty minutes


2010–11 KHL season, Regular season, League leaders, Leading goaltenders
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average


2010–11 KHL season, Playoffs
The playoffs started on 23 February 2011. The fifth and final game of the final series for the Gagarin Cup was played on 16 April 2011.


2010–11 KHL season, Playoffs, Playoff leaders, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalty minutes


2010–11 KHL season, Playoffs, Playoff leaders, Leading goaltenders
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average


2010–11 KHL season, Awards, KHL Awards
On 20 May 2011, the KHL held their annual award ceremony. A total of 20 different awards were handed out to teams, players, officials and media. The most important trophies are listed in the table below.


2010–11 KHL season, Awards, KHL Awards
The league also awarded six "Golden Helmets" for the members of the all-star team:


2010–11 KIJHL season
The 2010–11 KIJHL season was the 44th season of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. Eighteen teams played 52 games each during the regular season schedule, which started on September 10, 2010 and ended on February 12, 2011.


2010–11 KIJHL season
The playoffs began shortly after the regular season ended, and ended at the end April, with the Osoyoos Coyotes awarded the KIJHL Championship, and a berth in the 2011 Cyclone Taylor Cup, hosted by the Fernie Ghostriders in Fernie, British Columbia, at the Fernie Memorial Arena.


2010–11 KIJHL season, All-Star Game
The 2011 KIJHL All-Star Game was played on January 15, 2011 in Fernie, British Columbia at the Fernie Memorial Arena.


2010–11 KIJHL season, All-Star Game
The Kootenay Conference All-Stars defeated the Okanagan/Shuswap Conference All-Stars 10-3.


2010–11 KIJHL season, All-Star Game
Mike Wiest (F) of the Castlegar Rebels was the Kootenay Conference Player Of The Game with 3 points and scored the Game Winning Goal.


2010–11 KIJHL season, All-Star Game
Garrett Rockafellow (G) of the Revelstoke Grizzlies was the Okanagan/Shuswap Player Of The Game.


2010–11 KIJHL season, Player stats, Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the regular season.


2010–11 KIJHL season, Player stats, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


2010–11 KIJHL season, Player stats, Leading goaltenders
The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season.


2010–11 KIJHL season, Player stats, Leading goaltenders
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average


2010–11 KIJHL season, Playoff player stats, Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the playoffs.


2010–11 KIJHL season, Playoff player stats, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


2010–11 KIJHL season, Playoff player stats, Leading goaltenders
The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the playoffs.


2010–11 KIJHL season, Playoff player stats, Leading goaltenders
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average


2010–11 KK Partizan season
In the 2010–11 season, Partizan Belgrade competed in the Basketball League of Serbia, the Radivoj Korać Cup, the Adriatic League and the Euroleague.


2010–11 KML season
The 2010–11 KML season was the 87th season of top-tier basketball in Estonia. It is sponsored by G4S and thus officially known as the G4S Korvpalli Meistriliiga. Defending champions were TÜ/Rock.


2010–11 KNVB Cup
The 2010–11 KNVB Cup was the 93rd season of the Dutch national football knockout tournament. The competition began on 18 August 2010 with the matches of Round 1 and ended with the final on 8 May 2011. AFC Ajax were the defending champions. The winners of the competition qualify for the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League. FC Twente claimed the cup after a 3–2 edge win over Ajax Amsterdam.


2010–11 KNVB Cup, Calendar
The calendar for the remaining rounds of the 2010–11 KNVB Cup, as announced by the KNVB was as follows.


2010–11 KNVB Cup, First round
Four amateur clubs competed in this stage of the competition for two places in the Second Round. These matches took place on 18 August 2010.


2010–11 KNVB Cup, Second round
The two winners from the First Round and the 52 other amateur club participants entered in this round of the tournament. These matches took place on 25 August 2010.


2010–11 KNVB Cup, Third round
The 27 winners from the Second Round entered this stage of the competition along with Oss, the 18 Eerste Divisie clubs and the 18 Eredivisie clubs. These matches took place from 21 to 23 September 2010.


2010–11 KNVB Cup, Fourth round
These matches took place between 9 and 11 November 2010.


2010–11 KNVB Cup, Fifth round
These matches took place between 21 and 23 December 2010.


2010–11 KNVB Cup, Quarter finals
These matches took place between 25 and 27 January 2011.


2010–11 KNVB Cup, Semi finals
These matches were played between 2 and 3 March 2011.


2010–11 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
The 2010–11 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which was the Jayhawks' 113th basketball season. The head coach was Bill Self, who was serving his 8th year. The team played its home games in Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas and are members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 35–3, 14–2 in Big 12 play to claim the regular season conference title. They were also champions of the 2011 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament.


2010–11 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
They earned a #1 seed in the Southwest Region in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they defeated Boston University in the second round and Illinois in the third round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. They defeated Richmond to advance to the Elite Eight where they were upset by VCU.


2010–11 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, Pre-Season, Departures
Sherron Collins finished his senior year at Kansas and graduated in 2010. Junior center Cole Aldrich announced his intention to enter the NBA Draft on March 29, 2010, and Xavier Henry announced his intention to enter the NBA Draft on April 7, 2010. In mid-August coach Self announced, via press release, the departures of walk-ons C.J. Henry and Chase Buford. According to Self, Henry notified the coaching staff in late July of his intention to transfer to another university where he would continue his collegiate basketball career. Coach Self said that would-be senior Chase Buford would not return to the team in the fall in order to focus on academics.


2010–11 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, Pre-Season, Recruiting
Bill Self heavily courted three guards for the 2010–2011 season and landed the biggest one there was in the form of Josh Selby of Baltimore, MD. Selby committed on April 17 and was expected to fill the hole left by all-star guard Sherron Collins. Selby was rated as the #1 overall recruit in the 2010 class by Rivals.com. Shooting guard Royce Woolridge of Phoenix, AZrizona, who committed to Kansas in 2009, also joined the team in the fall as a freshman and ranked in Rivals.com's Top 150 recruit list as well.


2010–11 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, Pre-Season, Recruiting
Zach Peters of Plano, Texas, made an early verbal commitment to Kansas on April 21 for the 2012–2013 season. The 6-foot-9, 235-pound forward was still in his sophomore year at the time. He chose Kansas over his three other choices: Texas, Kentucky and North Carolina.


2010–11 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, Pre-Season, Recruiting
On October 12, 4-star point guard Naadir Tharpe signed a letter of intent to join the Jayhawks as a freshman for the 2011–12 season. The 6-foot prep all-star chose Kansas after withdrawing from Providence.


2010–11 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team
The 2010–11 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Kansas State University in the 2010-11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Frank Martin, who was serving his 4th year at the helm of the Wildcats. The team played its home games in Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas. Kansas State is a member of the Big 12 Conference. The Wildcats began conference play with a trip to Stillwater, Oklahoma, facing the Oklahoma State Cowboys and finished conference play at home against Iowa State Cyclones. The team finished with a 10–6 record, placing 4th. They lost in Big 12 Tournament Quarterfinals to Colorado Buffaloes, 87–75, and participated in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In NCAA Tournament, they beat Utah State, 73–68 in second round, and lost to Wisconsin, 70–65 in third round.


2010–11 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team, Preseason
The team played their home games at the Bramlage Coliseum, which has a capacity of 12,528. They are in their 15th season as a member of the Big 12 Conference. Coming back from their 2009–10 season, they compiled a record of 28–8 and advanced to the Elite Eight of the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.


2010–11 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team, Preseason
However, Kansas State lost star player Denis Clemente to graduation, whom Blue Ribbon Yearbook called their "emotional leader". Clemente was the team's second leading scorer at 16.6 points per game, and led the team in assists, dishing out 4.2 per game. Bench players Luis Colon and Chris Merriewether, a former walk-on, also graduated. In addition, starting forward Dominique Sutton, known for his defensive capabilities, transferred to North Carolina Central University to be closer to his family. In 2009–10, he averaged 7.2 points and 5.8 rebounds per game.


2010–11 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team, Preseason
Despite the losses, the Wildcats were regarded as one of the best teams coming into the 2010–11 season. The preseason ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, released on October 21, had them as the #3 team in NCAA Division I.


2010–11 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team, Preseason, Recruiting
The following is a list of the recruits for the 2010–2011 season.


2010–11 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team, Roster
During the season, junior Freddy Asprilla and sophomore Wally Judge left the team and do not appear on the roster.


2010–11 Kaposvári Rákóczi FC season
The 2010–11 season will be Kaposvári Rákóczi FC's 12th competitive season, 7th consecutive season in the Soproni Liga and 87th year in existence as a football club.


2010–11 Kaposvári Rákóczi FC season, Team kit and logo
The team kits for the 2010–11 season are produced by Givova. The home kit is white colour and the away kit is green and white colours.


2010–11 Kaposvári Rákóczi FC season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Kaposvári Rákóczi FC season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Kaposvári Rákóczi FC season, Squad, First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Kaposvári Rákóczi FC season, Squad, League Cup squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Kaposvári Rákóczi FC season, Statistics, Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2010–11 Kaposvári Rákóczi FC season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.


2010–11 Karnataka State Film Awards
The 2010–11 Karnataka State Film Awards, presented by Government of Karnataka, to felicitate the best of Kannada Cinema released in the year 2010. The selection committee was headed by retired filmmaker S. K. Bhagavan.


2010–11 Karnataka State Film Awards, Jury
A committee headed by S. K. Bhagavan was appointed to evaluate the feature films awards.


2010–11 Kategoria Superiore
The 2010–11 Kategoria Superiore was the 72nd official season, or the 75th season of top-tier football in Albania (including three unofficial championships of WW2) and the thirteenth season under the name Kategoria Superiore. The season began on 21 August 2010 and ended on 16 May 2011. Dinamo Tirana were the defending champions, having won their 18th Albanian championship last season.


2010–11 Kategoria Superiore
The championship was won by Skënderbeu, with Flamurtari and Vllaznia finishing second and third, respectively. On the bottom end of the table, Besa and Elbasani were directly relegated, while Shkumbini and Dinamo Tirana had to compete in the relegation playoffs.


2010–11 Kategoria Superiore, Teams
Apolonia Fier and Gramozi were directly relegated to the Kategoria e Parë after finishing 11th and 12th in the previous year's standings. They are replaced by Kategoria e Parë champions Bylis and runners-up Elbasani.


2010–11 Kategoria Superiore, Teams
9th placed Kastrioti and 10th placed Skënderbeu had to compete in single-match relegation play-offs. Kastrioti played against Kategoria e Parë fourth-placed club Lushnja, while Skënderbeu played against Kategoria e Parë third-placed club Kamza. Both Kastrioti and Skënderbeu won their matches 1–0 and retained their places in the league.


2010–11 Kategoria Superiore, Results
The schedule consisted of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.


2010–11 Kategoria Superiore, Relegation playoffs
The 9th and 10th-place finishers in the league faced the sixth- and fifth-placed teams of the 2010–11 Kategoria e Parë, respectively, in single match relegation playoffs.


2010–11 Kategoria e Parë
The 2010–11 Kategoria e Parë was the 64th season of a second-tier association football league in Albania.


2010–11 Kategoria e Parë, Promotion playoffs
The sixth- and fifth-place finishers in the league faced the 9th and 10th-placed teams of the 2010–11 Kategoria Superiore, respectively, in single match promotion playoffs.


2010–11 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship
The 2010–11 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship was the 19th season of the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship, the top level of ice hockey in Kazakhstan. 10 teams participated in the league, and Beibarys Atyrau won the championship.


2010–11 Kecskeméti TE season
The 2010–11 season will be Kecskeméti TE's 3rd competitive season, 3rd consecutive season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 99th year in existence as a football club.


2010–11 Kecskeméti TE season, Team kit and logo
The team kits for the 2010–11 season are produced by Jako and the shirt sponsor is Ereco. The home kit is purple and white colour and the away kit is white colour.


2010–11 Kecskeméti TE season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Kecskeméti TE season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Kecskeméti TE season, Squad, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Kecskeméti TE season, Statistics, Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2010–11 Kecskeméti TE season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.


2010–11 Kent Football League
The 2010–11 Kent Football League season was the 45th in the history of Kent Football League a football competition in England.


2010–11 Kent Football League, Clubs
The league featured 15 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with one new club:


2010–11 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team
The 2010–11 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the college basketball season of 2010–11. The team was coached by Geno Ford and played their home games at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center as members of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) East Division. On March 4, 2011, the team clinched their second-consecutive outright MAC regular season championship by defeating the Akron Zips 79–68 in Kent. It was the first back-to-back regular season titles in the MAC since Miami accomplished the feat in 1991 and 1992 and first back-to-back outright titles since Ball State in 1989 and 1990.


2010–11 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team, After the season, Comments
Following their overtime loss to Akron in the MAC Tournament Championship game, the team was seeded 7th in the 2011 National Invitation Tournament, which they automatically qualified for by winning the MAC regular season championship. They played in Moraga, California at 2nd-seeded St. Mary's, and defeated the Gaels 71–70. Kent State next traveled across the country to face 6th-seeded Fairfield, and defeated the Stags in Bridgeport, Connecticut 72–68. The win advanced Kent State to the NIT quarterfinals for the first time since 2000. In the quarterfinals, they played top-seeded Colorado, and lost to the Buffaloes 81–74 in Boulder, Colorado to finish the season with an overall record of 25–12.


2010–11 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team, After the season, Comments
On March 27, Bradley University announced they had hired Geno Ford to become their next head coach.


2010–11 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team, After the season, Awards
On March 7, 2011, head coach Geno Ford was named the Coach of the Year in the Mid-American Conference while Junior forward Justin Greene was named the conference Player of the Year. It was Ford's second consecutive Coach of the Year award and marks the eighth time a KSU coach has won the award (Jim McDonald, 1990; Gary Waters, 1999 and 2000; Stan Heath, 2002; and Jim Christian, 2006 and 2008). Ford also became the fourth coach in MAC history to win back-to-back Coach of the Year awards and won the award by one vote over Miami's Charlie Coles.


2010–11 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team, After the season, Awards
Greene was the first KSU player since Al Fisher in 2008 to be named Player of the Year and the third Kent State player overall to win the award, joining DeAndre Haynes in 2006. Greene won the award by three votes over Julian Muvunga of Miami and D. J. Cooper of Ohio.


2010–11 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team, After the season, Awards
On March 8, Kent State players Michael Porrini and Carlton Guyton were honored by the Mid-American Conference as Porrini was named MAC Defensive Player of the Year and Guyton was named MAC Sixth Man of the Year. Porrini was the fourth Kent State player to earn the award and marked the fifth Defensive Player of the Year award for Kent State (Demertic Shaw; 2001 and 2002; John Edwards, 2004; and Haminn Quaintance, 2008). Guyton was the third KSU player to win the Sixth Man award, after Anthony Simpson in 2010 and Kevin Warzynski in 2006.


2010–11 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
The 2010–11 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky in the college basketball season of 2010–2011. The team's head coach is John Calipari, who entered his second season after posting a 35–3 record in his inaugural season.


2010–11 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team
The 2010–11 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, coached by Matthew Mitchell, were a member of the Southeastern Conference, and played their home games on campus at Memorial Coliseum—unlike UK's famous men's program, which plays off-campus at Rupp Arena in downtown Lexington.


2010–11 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team, Pre-season outlook
Kentucky was picked by the league's coaches to finish second in the SEC behind Tennessee. Victoria Dunlap, a 6'1 forward from Nashville, Tennessee, entered her senior season as one of the most decorated players in UK Hoops history. She was named the 2010 Southeastern Conference Player of the Year by The Associated Press and the league's coaches, and was one of the 10 State Farm All-Americans named by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association the year before, becoming UK's first All-American since Valerie Still in 1983. She was also on the Wade Trophy watch list awarded to the nation's top player.


2010–11 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team, Pre-season outlook
Dunlap was also picked to repeat as SEC Player of the Year by the league coaches, with eight of twelve votes. Sophomore guard A'dia Mathies made the All-SEC first team. The Lady Wildcats also had a large freshman class and Carly Marrow, a returning senior, was predicted to add experience to a young second string.


2010–11 Kilmarnock F.C. season
The 2010–11 season was Kilmarnock's twelfth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in it since its inauguration in 1998–99. Kilmarnock also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.


2010–11 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Summary, Season
Kilmarnock finished fifth in the Scottish Premier League with 49 points. They reached the Quarter-Final of the League Cup, losing to Rangers and the fourth round of the 2010–11 Scottish Cup, also losing to Rangers.


2010–11 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Results and fixtures, Pre-Season
Kilmarnock spent their pre-season in Devon, competing in the South West Challenge Cup with friendly matches against Bideford and Blackpool, followed by a record 16–0 win over local side Torrington F.C.


2010–11 Kitchee SC season
The 2010–11 season is the 32nd season of Kitchee SC in Hong Kong First Division League. The team is coached by Spain coach Josep Gombau.


2010–11 Korfball Europa Cup
The 2010–11 Korfball Europa Cup is the main korfball competition for clubs in Europe played in the season 2010-2011.


2010–11 Korfball Europa Cup, First round
The first round took place in the weekend of 24–26 September in Wrocław (Poland)


2010–11 Korfball Europa Cup, Final round
The final round is held in Hungary in January 2011, with the champions of the Netherlands -Koog Zaandijk-, Belgium -Scaldis- and host country champions -Szentendre- and the 5 best teams in the first round CK Vacarisses (CAT), CC Oeiras (POR), Ceské Budejovice (CZE), Adler Rauxel (GER) and Trojans (ENG).


2010–11 Kuwaiti Federation Cup
The 4th Kuwaiti Federation Cup started on 5 September 2010.


2010–11 Kuwaiti Federation Cup
The fourth Federation Cup is one of four competitions in the Kuwaiti 2010/2011 season. Fourteen clubs are taking part in the tournament.


2010–11 Kuwaiti Federation Cup
They were divided into two groups of seven, and the winner and runner-up of each group will advance to the semi-finals.


2010–11 Kuwaiti Federation Cup, Group stage, Group 2
1 It is unclear why Al Sahel did not take their place in the semi-final stages after qualifying, although it is not uncommon in Kuwaiti football competitions for teams to withdraw at certain stages of tournaments.


2010–11 Kuwaiti Premier League
The 2010–11 Kuwaiti Premier League season was the 49th since its establishment. The season started in August and finished in April after a 3-month break for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup played in January.


2010–11 Kuwaiti Premier League, Teams
Al Salibikhaet and Al Tadamon were relegated to the Kuwaiti Division One league after finishing bottom in the 2009–10 season and relegation playoff respectively.


2010–11 Kuwaiti Premier League, Teams
The two relegated teams were replaced by Kuwaiti Division One champions Al Sahel and playoff winners Al Jahra.


2010–11 Kyrgyzstan Championship (ice hockey)
The 2010-11 Kyrgyzstan Championship was the fourth edition of the Kyrgyzstan Championship. Gornyak Ak-Tuz won the championship by defeating Khan-Tengri Bishkek in the playoff final.


2010–11 LEB Oro season
The 2010–11 LEB Oro season is the 15th season of the Liga Española de Baloncesto. It's named too Adecco Oro by sponsorship reasons. The 306-game regular season (34 games for each of the 18 teams) began on Friday, October 1, 2010, and will end on Friday, April 15, 2011. The champion of the regular season will be promoted to Liga ACB. The teams between 2nd and 9th position will play a best of 5 games play off, where the winner will be promoted too to the higher division. The teams 16th and 17th will play a best of 5 games play-out where the loser will be relegated to LEB Plata, with the 18th team.


2010–11 LEB Oro season, Competition format, Regular season
Each team of every division has to play with all the other teams of its division twice, once at home and the other at the opponent's stadium. This means that in Liga LEB the league ends after every team plays 34 games.


2010–11 LEB Oro season, Competition format, Regular season
Like many other leagues in continental Europe, the Liga LEB takes a winter break once each team has played half its schedule. One feature of the league that may be unusual to North American observers is that the two halves of the season are played in the same order—that is, the order of each team's first-half fixtures is repeated in the second half of the season, with the only difference being the arenas used. This procedure is typical in Europe; it is also used by La Liga in football.


2010–11 LEB Oro season, Competition format, Regular season
If two or more teams have got the same number of winning games, the criteria of tie-breaking are these:


2010–11 LEB Oro season, Team information
CB Murcia and Xacobeo Blu:sens were directly relegated from ACB after finishing in the bottom two places and they will substitute CAI Zaragoza (champion) and ViveMenorca.


2010–11 LEB Oro season, Team information
CB Cornellà and Ciudad de Vigo Básquet left the league after finishing in 17th and 18th position. Also, CB Cornellà lost the play-out with CB Tarragona 2017. Fundación Adepal Alcázar as champion of LEB Plata and Lobe Huesca as LEB Plata play-off winner will enjoy the league.


2010–11 LEB Oro season, Team information
Tenerife Baloncesto renounced because of a future fusion with CB 1939 Canarias and Bàsquet Mallorca will play LEB Plata after the Spanish Basketball Federation didn't accept their request. CE Lleida Bàsquet and Grupo Iruña Navarra will substitute them.


2010–11 LEB Oro season, Regular season, League table
1UB La Palma were docked one point for problems with Chukwudinma Odiakosa's trading in day 1. (C) means Copa Príncipe Champion.


2010–11 LEB Oro season, Copa Príncipe de Asturias
At the half of the league, the two first teams in the table play the Copa Príncipe de Asturias at home of the winner of the first half season (17th round). The Champion of this Cup will play the play-offs as first qualified if it finishes the league between the 2nd and the 5th qualified. The Copa Príncipe will be played on January 30, 2011.


2010–11 LEB Oro season, Playoffs, Promotion playoffs
Teams qualified from 2nd to 9th will play the promotion play-off. If the winner of Copa Príncipe is qualified between 2nd and 5th at the final of the Regular Season, it will join the play-offs as 2nd qualified. Three best-of-five series will decide who promotes to ACB.


2010–11 LEB Oro season, Playoffs, Relegation playoffs
The loser of a best-of-five series will be relegated to LEB Plata.


2010–11 LEB Plata season
The 2010–11 LEB Plata season is the 11th season of the LEB Plata, second league of the Liga Española de Baloncesto and third division in Spain. It is also named Adecco Plata for sponsorship reasons.


2010–11 LEB Plata season, Competition format
15 teams play the regular season. This is a round robin, where each team will play twice against every rival. The champion of the Regular Season is promoted to the 2011-12 LEB Oro season and the eight next teams enter the play-offs, where the winner is promoted too.


2010–11 LEB Plata season, Competition format
The last qualified teams is relegated to 2011-12 Liga EBA.


2010–11 LEB Plata season, Competition format, Regular season
Each team of every division has to play with all the other teams of its division twice, once at home and the other at the opponent's stadium. This means that in Liga LEB the league ends after every team plays 28 games. The regular season started on October 1, 2010 and finished on April 15, 2011.


2010–11 LEB Plata season, Competition format, Regular season
Like many other leagues in continental Europe, the Liga LEB takes a winter break once each team has played half its schedule. One feature of the league that may be unusual to North American observers is that the two halves of the season are played in the same order—that is, the order of each team's first-half fixtures is repeated in the second half of the season, with the only difference being the arenas used. This procedure is typical in Europe; it is also used by La Liga in football.


2010–11 LEB Plata season, Competition format, Regular season
If two or more teams have got the same number of winning games, the criteria of tie-breaking are these:


2010–11 LEB Plata season, Copa LEB Plata
At the half of the league, the two first teams in the table play the Copa LEB Plata at home of the winner of the first half season. The Champion of this Cup will play the play-offs as first qualified if finishes the league between the 2nd and the 5th qualified. The Copa LEB Plata will be played on January 29, 2011.


2010–11 LEB Plata season, Playoffs
Teams qualified from 2nd to 9th will play the promotion play-off. If the winner of Copa LEB Plata is qualified between 2nd and 5th at the final of the Regular Season, it will join the play-offs as 2nd qualified. Three best-of-five series will decide who promotes to LEB Oro.


2010–11 LEN Cup
The 2010–11 Men's LEN Trophy was the second tier of European competition in water polo. It ran from October 2010 to April 2011.


2010–11 LEN Cup, Federation team allocation
Each national federation can enter up to two teams into the LEN Trophy. 16 additional teams eliminated from the qualifying rounds of the 2010/11 Euroleague are transferred to the Men's LEN Trophy.


2010–11 LEN Euroleague
The 2010–11 LEN Euroleague was the highest-level competition in men's European club water polo. It involved the champions and other top teams from European national leagues and ran from September 2010 to May 2011. The Final Four (semifinals, final, and third place game) took place on 3–4 June at Foro Italico, Rome.


2010–11 LEN Euroleague, Allocation by federation
Water polo federations are allocated places in accordance with their performances in the Preliminary Round (Group Stage) of the 2009–10 LEN Euroleague:


2010–11 LEN Euroleague, Allocation by federation
Federations do not have to enter their top two teams into the Euroleague. If they do not think their clubs can be competitive, they can enter teams into the second-tier LEN Cup.


2010–11 LEN Euroleague, Allocation by federation, Format and Distribution
The LEN Euroleague 2010/11 has a slightly different format to previous years with the addition of a second group stage to replace the two-legged quarterfinals. There are five phases to this competition:


2010–11 LEN Women's Champions' Cup
The 2010–11 LEN Women's Champions' Cup was the 24th edition of the highest-level competition in women's European club water polo. It involved the champions and other top teams from European national leagues and ran from December 2010 to April 2011. The Final Four (semifinals, final, and third place game) took place in Sabadell, Spain.


2010–11 LEN Women's Champions' Cup
Final Four host CN Sabadell became the first Spanish team to win the competition beating Orizzonte Catania in the final. Olympiacos CFP and Kinef Kirishi also reached the Final Four, with Olympiacos ranking third, while defending champion Vouliagmeni OC was defeated by Orizzonte in the quarter-finals.


2010–11 LEN Women's Champions' Cup, Federation team allocation
Each national federation can enter up to two teams into the Women's Champions' Cup.


2010–11 LEN Women's Champions' Cup, Federation team allocation
Federations do not have to enter their top two teams into the Champions' Cup. If they do not think their clubs can be competitive, they can enter teams into the second-tier LEN Cup.


2010–11 LEN Women's Champions' Cup, Format and Changes
The original format for the Champions' Cup was to have four phases:


2010–11 LEN Women's Champions' Cup, Format and Changes
However, there were only 13 entries, so the qualification round was cancelled, and the preliminary round will be played with 3 groups of 3 and 1 group of 4.


2010–11 LEN Women's Champions' Cup, Format and Changes, Teams
There were 13 entries from 7 countries. Each of the draw pots were organised according to the previous year's results:Bold indicates countries that entered teams


2010–11 LEN Women's Champions' Cup, Format and Changes, Teams
Note: The Netherlands only entered one team, so the two available places in Pot 3 were taken by a second German team and a French team elevated from Pot 4.


2010–11 LFL season
The 2010–11 LFL Season was the second season of the Lingerie Football League. The league featured 10 teams in various cities across the United States. For the 2010–11 season, the league launched two expansion franchises in the Orlando Fantasy and Baltimore Charm, while the Denver Dream and New York Majesty suspended operations because of issues with home venues.


2010–11 LFL season
After the 2009–10 season, in which all games were broadcast exclusively on the internet, the league returned to traditional television for 2010. All games, except for the Lingerie Bowl, were broadcast in edited form on MTV2. The Lingerie Bowl aired on pay-per-view alongside the Super Bowl.


2010–11 LFL season
The 2010 LFL All-Fantasy Game was held June 10, 2010, in Monterrey, Mexico, with the Eastern Conference prevailing over the Western Conference 36–14. The All-Fantasy Game's co-MVPs were the Philadelphia Passion's Tyrah Lusby and the Miami Caliente's Anonka Dixon.


2010–11 LFL season
The season kicked off on August 27, 2010, and culminated with Lingerie Bowl VIII on February 6, 2011. The LFL Eastern and Western Conference playoff games were played back-to-back on January 29, 2011, at Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. The 2011 Lingerie Bowl, played during halftime of Super Bowl XLV, was held at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas between the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia Passion and the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Temptation. Los Angeles Temptation won back-to-back titles by defeating the Philadelphia Passion 26–25.


2010–11 LNAH season
The 2010–11 LNAH season was the 15th season of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (before 2004 the Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League), a minor professional league in the Canadian province of Quebec. Seven teams participated in the regular season, and Saint-Francois de Sherbrooke won the league title.


2010–11 LNBP season
The 2010–11 LNBP was the 11th season of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, one of the professional basketball leagues of Mexico. It started on September 2, 2010 and ended on March 1, 2011. The league title was won by Toros de Nuevo Laredo, which defeated Pioneros de Quintana Roo in the championship series, 4–2.


2010–11 LNBP season, Format
18 teams participate. All the teams played against each other and the standings included all 18 teams with no separation in groups. The first 12 teams qualify for the playoffs. The playoffs have a first round (best-of-5), a second round (best-of-5), semifinals (best-of-7) and finals (best-of-7).


2010–11 LNBP season, Regular season, Standings
Note 1: Ola Verde de Poza Rica and Algodoneros de la Comarca retired before the end of the season, and were therefore ranked at the bottom of the table. Note 2: Jaguares de la Bahía moved to Saltillo in the state of Coahuila in October and took the name Saltillo.


2010–11 LNBP season, Playoffs, Semifinals
Note: Fuerza Regia is qualified to the semifinals as the best losing team.


2010–11 LNH Division 1
2010–11 Ligue Nationale de Handball Division 1 season was the 59th since its establishment. Montpellier were the defending champions, having won their title the previous season.


2010–11 LPB season
The 2010–11 LPB season was the third season of the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol.


2010–11 LV Cup
The 2010–11 LV Cup (styled as the LV= Cup) was the 40th season of England's national rugby union cup competition, and the sixth to follow the Anglo-Welsh format.


2010–11 LV Cup
The competition consisted of the four Welsh Magners League teams and the twelve Aviva Premiership clubs arranged into pools consisting of three English and one Welsh team. Teams were guaranteed two home and two away pool matches, with teams in Pools 1 and 4 playing each other and teams in Pools 2 and 3 playing each other. The competition took place on international fixture dates during the Autumn Internationals and Six Nations, thus allowing teams to develop their squad players.


2010–11 LV Cup
The competition made history this season when London Wasps announced that their Round 3 match against Harlequins would be played in Abu Dhabi on January 30, 2011 – making it the first competitive game between two English clubs to take place abroad.


2010–11 LV Cup
Gloucester claimed the cup with a comprehensive 34–7 victory over Newcastle Falcons in the final at Franklin's Gardens in Northampton. It was the fifth victory for Gloucester in the competition (including one shared title), and the first since the current Anglo-Welsh format was adopted in 2005.


2010–11 LV Cup, Pool stages, Points system
The points scoring system for the pool stages will be as follows:


2010–11 LV Cup, Knock–out stage, Qualification criteria
The top teams from each pool qualify for the knockout stages. The pool winners will be decided by the following criteria:


2010–11 LV Cup, Knock–out stage, Qualification criteria
Each of the four qualifying clubs shall be ranked as above and shall play each other as follows:


2010–11 LV Cup, Knock–out stage, Qualification criteria
The first club listed in each of the semi-final matches shall be the home club.


2010–11 LVBP season
The 2010–11 Venezuelan Professional Baseball League season (Spanish: Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional or LVBP) was contested in two round robin league phases and a playoff final.


2010–11 LVBP season, First league phase
This round is called "Ronda Eliminatoria" or  "Regular" by the league.


2010–11 LVBP season, First league phase
The first five teams advanced to the second league phase.


2010–11 LVBP season, Second league phase
This round is called "Round Robin" or "Semi-final" by the league.


2010–11 LVBP season, Second league phase
It was intended to be played from January, 2nd to January, 21st, but Aragua and Caracas ended in a tie, and had to play an extra tie-breaking game on January, 22nd. The extra game was played in Caracas because the Leones had finished with a better record during the first phase of the tournament.


2010–11 LVBP season, Second league phase
(*) Aragua and Caracas played an extra, tie-breaking game to decide who would play against Anzoátegui in the final after finishing with a 10W-6L record during the round robin/semi final phase. The extra game was played on January, 22nd 2011 in Caracas' "Universitario" stadium, with victory for the away team, Tigres de Aragua, with a 5-2 score.


2010–11 LVBP season, Championship series
The Caribes de Anzoátegui were crowned LVBP 2010-2011 Champions. This is the first title in the franchise's 20-year history.


2010–11 LVBP season, Championship series
The Championship Series' MVP was Luis Jiménez who was playing for the Caribes as a reinforcement.


2010–11 LVBP season, Awards
Most Valuable Player (Víctor Davalillo Award): Josh Kroeger (Leones del Caracas)


2010–11 LVBP season, Awards
Overall Offensive Performer of the year: Luis Jiménez (Cardenales de Lara)


2010–11 LVBP season, Awards
Manager of the year (Chico Carrasquel Award): Jody Davis (Aguilas del Zulia)


2010–11 LVBP season, Awards
Pitcher of the year (Carrao Bracho Award): Andrew Baldwin (Caribes de Anzoátegui)


2010–11 La Liga
The 2010–11 La Liga season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) was the 80th since its establishment. The campaign began on 28 August 2010 and ended on 21 May 2011. A total of 20 teams contested the league, 17 of which already contested in the 2009–10 season and three of which were promoted from the Segunda División. In addition, a new match ball – the Nike Total 90 Tracer – served as the official ball for all matches.


2010–11 La Liga
Defending champions Barcelona secured their third-consecutive and 21st La Liga title after a 1–1 tie with Levante on 11 May 2011. The result gave Barcelona a 6-point lead with two matches remaining which, combined with their better head-to-head record with Real Madrid, ensured that they finished top of the table. Barcelona led the table since defeating Madrid 5–0 on 23 November 2010. Since then, they lost only one match en route to winning the title. It was the third straight title for Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola. Lionel Messi won LaLiga Award for Best Player, which marked his third consecutive win.


2010–11 La Liga
The season was again dominated by Barcelona and Real Madrid, with second-place Madrid 21 points ahead of third-place Valencia. Having encountered each other in the Champions League semifinals and the Copa del Rey final, the top two teams met four times in 17 days, for a total of five times this season.


2010–11 La Liga
The most significant managerial change prior to the start of the season was two-time Champions League-winning José Mourinho taking over at Real Madrid.


2010–11 La Liga, Teams
Real Valladolid, CD Tenerife and Xerez CD were relegated to the Segunda División after finishing the 2009–10 season in the bottom three places. Tenerife and Xerez made their immediate return to the second level after just one year in the Spanish top flight, while Valladolid ended a three-year tenure in La Liga.


2010–11 La Liga, Teams
The relegated teams were replaced by 2009–10 Segunda División champions Real Sociedad from San Sebastián, runners-up Hércules CF from Alicante and Levante UD from Valencia. Hércules returned to the highest Spanish football league for the first time after 13 years, while Real Sociedad and Levante terminated their second-level status after three and two years, respectively.


2010–11 La Liga, Teams, Personnel and sponsorship
Barcelona makes a donation to UNICEF in order to display the charity's logo on the club's kit.


2010–11 La Liga, Awards, LaLiga Awards
La Liga's governing body, the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, honoured the competition's best players and coach with LaLiga Awards.


2010–11 La Liga, Awards, Top goalscorers, La Liga Champions
This is the list of goalscorers in accordance with the LFP as organising body.


2010–11 La Liga, Awards, Top goalscorers, Pichichi Trophy
The Pichichi Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the player who scores the most goals in a season, according to its own rules (different from the ones used by FIFA) to determine the goalscorer.


2010–11 La Liga, Awards, Zamora Trophy
The Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with least goals-to-games ratio. A goalkeeper must play at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.


2010–11 La Liga, Awards, Fair Play award
This award is given annually since 1999 to the team with the best fair play during the season. This ranking takes into account aspects such as cards, suspension of matches, audience behaviour and other penalties. This section not only aims to know this aspect, but also serves to break the tie in teams that are tied in all the other rules: points, head-to-head, goal difference and goals scored.


2010–11 La Liga, Season statistics, Hat-tricks
4 Player scored four goals(H) – Home ; (A) – Away


2010–11 Laredo Bucks season
The 2010–11 Laredo Bucks season was the ninth season of the CHL franchise in Laredo, Texas.


2010–11 Laredo Bucks season, Off-season
It was announced that the Laredo Bucks would be in the Berry Conference the former Southern Conference.


2010–11 Laredo Bucks season, Regular season, Conference standings
x – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; z – Won regular season league titleAfter games of March 27, 2011.


2010–11 Laredo Bucks season, Transactions
The Bucks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2010–11 season.


2010–11 Latvian Football Cup
Latvian Football Cup 2010–11 is the sixty-ninth season of the Latvian annual football knock-out competition. The winners will qualify for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2011–12.


2010–11 Latvian Football Cup, Third round
Into this round entered the six winners of the previous round and nine clubs from the Latvian First League. Six of the clubs were drawn into three matches before the round began to reduce the number of clubs in this round to 12. These matches took place on 29 August and 9 September 2010.


2010–11 Latvian Football Cup, Third round
The remaining 12 clubs were drawn together into six matches. These matches took place on 18 and 19 September 2010.


2010–11 Latvian Football Cup, Round of 16
Entering this round were the six winners from the previous round and the ten clubs from the Latvian Higher League. The draw for this round occurred on 20 September 2010. These matches were played between 26 September 2010 and 20 October 2010.


2010–11 Latvian Football Cup, Quarterfinals
The eight winners from the previous round compete in this round. These matches were played between 19 March 2011 and 26 March 2011.


2010–11 Latvian Football Cup, Semifinals
The four winners from the previous round compete in this round. These matches were played 30 March 2011.


2010–11 Latvian Hockey League season
The 2010–11 Latvian Hockey League season was the 20th season of the Latvian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Latvia. Nine teams participated in the league, and HK Liepājas Metalurgs won the championship.


2010–11 Lebanese Basketball League
The 2010–2011 season was the 15th edition of the Lebanese Basketball League. The regular season began on Thursday, October 28, 2010 and ended on Wednesday April 13, 2012. The playoffs began on Sunday, April 17 and ended with the 2011 Finals on Sunday May 8, 2011, after Riyadi Beirut defeated Champville SC in 3 games to win their eight title (new format).


2010–11 Lebanese Basketball League, Preseason, Supercup
Champville SC, winners of the Lebanese Basketball Cup defeated Riyadi Beirut, winners of the Lebanese Basketball League 2009–2010 to win The SuperCup.


2010–11 Lebanese FA Cup
The 2011 edition of the Lebanese FA Cup was the 39th edition to be played. It is the premier knockout tournament for football teams in Lebanon.


2010–11 Lebanese FA Cup
Al-Ansar went into this edition as the holders. Al Ansar holds the most wins with 12 titles.


2010–11 Lebanese FA Cup
The cup winner were guaranteed a place in the 2012 AFC Cup.


2010–11 Lebanese FA Cup, Round 1
16 teams play a knockout tie. 8 clubs advance to the next round. Ties played between 14 and 18 January 2011.


2010–11 Lebanese Premier League
The 2010–11 Lebanese Premier League is the 50th season of top-tier football in Lebanon. A total of twelve teams are competing in the league, with Al Ahed the defending champions.


2010–11 Lebanese Premier League, Teams
Al-Ahli and Al-Hikma were relegated to the second level of Lebanese football after ending the 2009–10 season in the bottom two places. Promoted from the second level were Al Ikhaa Al Ahli and Salam Sour.


2010–11 Lebanese Second Division
The Lebanese Second Division (Arabic: الدوري اللبناني - الدرجة الثانية) is the second division of Lebanese football. It is controlled by the Lebanese Football Association. The top two teams qualify for the Lebanese Premier League and replace the relegated teams, while the bottom two are relegated to the Lebanese Third Division.


2010–11 Lebanese Women's Football League
The 2010–11 Lebanese Women's Football League was the 4th edition of the Lebanese Women's Football League since its inception in 2008. Three-time defending champions Sadaka won their fourth title.


2010–11 Lechia Gdańsk season
The 2010–11 Ekstraklasa season was Lechia Gdańsk's 67th since their creation, and was their 3rd continuous season in the top league of Polish football. On 7 August 2010 the club celebrated its 65th anniversary.


2010–11 Lechia Gdańsk season
The season covers the period from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011.


2010–11 Lechia Gdańsk season, Players, First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Leeds United F.C. season
The 2010–11 season saw Leeds United A.F.C. return to the second tier of English football for the first time in four years with them finishing in a respectable 7th position in The Championship, just missing out on the play-offs. In other competitions, the club performed poorly in the League Cup, going out in their first match, however made it to the third round of the FA Cup forcing Premier League giants Arsenal to a replay in the process.


2010–11 Leeds United F.C. season
For the first time since 1990–91, Simon Grayson's team saw four players, Becchio (20), Gradel (18), Somma (12) and Howson (11), make it in to double figures in the scoring charts. After a disastrous end to the previous season, Gradel rejuvenated himself and picked up both the Fans' and Players' Player of the Year with Young Player going to the much improved Howson. Off the field, Chairman Ken Bates consolidated his ownership of the club by purchasing a majority shareholding in the club.


2010–11 Leeds United F.C. season, Events
This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2010–11 season, presented in chronological order (starting from 14 May 2010 and ending on the final day of the club's final match in the 2010–11 season. Results of any disclipinaries etc. relevant to this season are also listed.) This list does not include transfers or new contracts, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the matches section.


2010–11 Leeds United F.C. season, Players, First team squad information
Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in The Championship (and playoffs), League One (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. 1Player first came to the club on loan and was transferred the following year.


2010–11 Leeds United F.C. season, Players, Captains
Last updated: 7 May 2011Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches onlyMatches started as captain onlyCountry: FIFA nationality; No. : Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.


2010–11 Leeds United F.C. season, Players, Disciplinary record
Last updated: 30 Apr 2011Source: Only competitive matches = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


2010–11 Leeds United F.C. season, Players, International call-ups
Ordered by squad number. Does not include appearances and goals made prior to the 2010–11 season or prior to joining the club.


2010–11 Leeds United F.C. season, Awards, Internal Awards, Official Player of the Year Awards
The results of the 2010–11 Leeds United A.F.C. Player of the Year Awards were announced at a dinner on 30 April 2011 at Elland Road.


2010–11 Leeds United F.C. season, Awards, External Awards, Championship Team of the Week
The following Leeds players have been selected in the official Championship team of the week.


2010–11 Leeds United F.C. season, Transfers, In
Note: Bessone is EU national as he holds an Italian passport. 1Contract includes an optional one-year extension clause. 2Although officially undisclosed, it was reported by Vital Football that the fee was £400,000. 3Player joined the club on a non-contract basis with selection eligibility for the reserve team only. Warner only played one game before moving on to Scunthorpe United. It was rumoured that Warner rejected a six-month contract with the club.


2010–11 Leeds United F.C. season, Transfers, Loans In
1Manager Simon Grayson confirmed in an interview with LUTV that Alnwick returned to Tottenham Hotspur after the behind-closed-doors match against Sunderland due to a thigh strain.


2010–11 Leeds United F.C. season, Transfers, Loans Out
1The player returned to the club on 1 January following his first loan spell and returned to Oldham Athletic on 27 January with a deal lasting until the end of the season.


2010–11 Leeds United F.C. season, Transfers, Out
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.


2010–11 Leeds United F.C. season, Transfers, Out
1Kandol finished the 2009–10 season with the shirt number 20, however was absent during the 2010–11 season shirt number announcement with Jason Crowe taking his number. Kandol was last seen wearing the number 33 shirt during pre-season training. 2It has been confirmed that the fee paid by Sheffield United was higher than the £500k that Leeds paid for Collins in the summer to Preston.


2010–11 Leeds United F.C. season, Transfers, New Contracts
Last updated: 1The contract includes the option to extend the contract by a further year.


2010–11 Leeds United F.C. season, Club, Club officials
Last updated: 13 Aug 2010Source: Leeds United A.F.C. 2009/10 Season Official Handbook


2010–11 Leeds United F.C. season, Club, First team coaching and medical staff
Last updated: 6 Aug 2010Source: Yorkshire Evening Pos (4 August 2010)


2010–11 Leeds United F.C. season, Club, Other staff
Last updated: 23 July 2010Source: Leeds United A.F.C. 2009/10 Season Official Handbook


2010–11 Leeds United F.C. season, Club, Former staff
Date = Date the staff member left the club. Reason = Reason for departure from the club.


2010–11 Lega Basket Serie A
The 2010–11 Lega Basket Serie A was the 89th season of the Lega Basket Serie A, the top level basketball league in Italy. The season from October 16, 2010 till June 19, 2011. Montepaschi Siena won its 6th title.


2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione
The 2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season was the thirty-third football league season of Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the third since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro.


2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione
It will be divided into two phases: the regular season, and the playoff phase.


2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione
The league will also be composed of 36 teams divided into two divisions of 18 teams each, whose teams will be divided geographically. Teams will play only other teams in their own division, once at home and once away for a total of 34 matches each.


2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione
Teams finishing first in the regular season, plus one team winning the playoff round from each division will be promoted to Serie B; teams finishing last in the regular season, plus two relegation playoff losers from each division will be relegated to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione. In all, four teams will be promoted to Serie B, and six teams will be relegated to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.


2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione, Events, Start of season
The league was to feature four teams relegated from Serie B in 2009–10. Triestina, Mantova, Gallipoli and Salernitana. But on July 17, 2010 Mantova and Gallipoli was excluded by the Federal Council and relegated to Serie D and Promozione respectively. Because of the exclusion of Ancona from Serie B Triestina was admitted back to fill the vacancy on August 4, 2010.


2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione, Events, Start of season
It is to feature six teams promoted from 2009–10 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione; the three division winners - F.C. Südtirol, Lucchese and Juve Stabia, and the three playoff winners - Spezia, Gubbio and Cisco Roma (later renamed Atletico Roma).


2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione, Events, Start of season
The remaining 26 teams were to come from the teams that played in 2009–10 Lega Pro Prima Divisione that were neither promoted nor relegated. Of those, Arezzo (4th in Girone A), Perugia (11th in Girone A), Rimini (4th in Girone B) and Real Marcianise (12th in Girone B) were also listed by the Covisoc organization as not having met the financial requirements to be admitted. On 17 July 2010 these teams were officially excluded from the league along with Figline (7th in Girone A) by Federal Council's decision.


2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione, Events, Start of season
On 4 August 2010, the eight vacancies created were filled by the following teams, all of which were destined to play in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione for the 2010-11 season before the call-up:


2010–11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione
The 2010–11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season was the thirty-third football league season of Italian Lega Pro Seconda Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the third since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro.


2010–11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione
It was divided into two phases: the regular season, and the playoff phase.


2010–11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione
The league is usually composed of 54 teams divided into three divisions of 18 teams each. This year, only 49 teams met the financial criteria of the league. They will be divided geographically into three divisions of 17, 16 and 16 teams. Teams will play only other teams in their own division, once at home and once away. The 17-team division teams will play 32 matches each, while the 16-team division teams will play 30 matches each.


2010–11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione
Teams finishing first in the regular season, plus one team winning the playoff round from each division will be promoted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione.


2010–11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione
Usually, three teams from each division are relegated to Serie D; the team finishing last and two relegation playoff losers. In order for the league's team total to rise to the normal 54 teams for the 2011–12 season, fewer teams will be relegated this year.


2010–11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione
In all, six teams will be promoted to Prima Divisione, and four teams will be relegated to Serie D.


2010–11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, Events, Start of season
Given a normal season where there are no team failures and special promotions, Lega Pro Seconda Divisione would feature 6 teams that had been relegated from Lega Pro Prima Divisione, 9 teams that had been promoted from Serie D, and 39 teams had played in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione the year before.


2010–11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, Events, Start of season
Due to twenty-one bankruptcies and non-admissions in the Serie B (one vacancy), Lega Pro Prima Divisione (seven vacancies) and Lega Pro Seconda Divisione (thirteen vacancies) the 2010–11 season was to feature only 3 teams that played in 2009–10 Lega Pro Prima Divisione, 20 teams that played in 2009-10 Serie D, 1 team that played in Eccellenza and 25 teams that played in 2009–10 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione. The league admitted sixteen teams to fill vacancies created. These teams are:


2010–11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, Events, Start of season
Five vacancies remained because no other teams filled for the spots.


2010–11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, Promotion Playoffs, Girone B
Qualified to the final the teams best placed in the league table


2010–11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, Relegation Playoffs
Pomezia relegated to Serie D by the Corte di Giustizia Federale of FIGC.


2010–11 Leicester City F.C. season
The 2010–11 season was Leicester City F.C. 's 106th season in the English football league system and their 59th (non-consecutive) season in the second tier of English football. They played their second consecutive season in the Football League Championship after being promoted from League One in the 2008–09 season.


2010–11 Leicester City F.C. season
After two seasons in charge, Nigel Pearson left the club in the summer to take the vacant managerial position at Hull City. Former Portuguese international Paulo Sousa was named as Pearson's replacement, joining from Swansea City to become Leicester's first ever non-British or Irish manager. However, he was sacked after just nine league games in charge, after a dreadful start saw Leicester sit bottom of the league. Chris Powell and Mike Stowell took temporary charge, before former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson was announced as Leicester boss on 3 October.


2010–11 Leicester City F.C. season
Leicester's form improved under Eriksson and a good run after the new year saw Leicester reach 7th place and briefly flirt with hopes of reaching the play-offs, however a run of just 2 wins in 11 league games between 22 February-22 April saw these hopes all but extinguished and Leicester eventually ended up finishing mid-table.


2010–11 Leicester City F.C. season, Pre-season, Pre-season events
Note: This section does not include close season transfers or pre-season match results, which are listed in their own sections below.


2010–11 Leicester City F.C. season, Pre-season, Kit and sponsorship
On 12 July 2010, the club announced a three-year deal with Swiss company BURRDA as the official kit supplier. The kit remained without a sponsor for the 2010–11 season and featured a tradition royal blue and white home kit, with an all-yellow away kit and a black third kit with a sky blue sash.


2010–11 Leicester City F.C. season, Events
Note:This section does not include transfers or match results, which are listed in their own sections below.


2010–11 Leicester City F.C. season, Club, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Leicester City F.C. season, Club, Current squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Leicester City F.C. season, Awards, Club awards
At the end of the season, Leicester's annual award ceremony, including categories voted for by the players and backroom staff, the supporters and the supporters club, saw the following players recognised for their achievements for the club throughout the 2010-11 season.


2010–11 Leicester City F.C. season, Club statistics, Disciplinary record
Note: Info on LCFC.com is incomplete, further data retrieved from


2010–11 Leinster Rugby season
The 2010–11 Leinster Rugby season was Leinster's tenth competing in the Celtic League, alongside which they competed in the 2010–11 Heineken Cup. The Leinster 'A' team competed in the British and Irish Cup for their second season.


2010–11 Leinster Rugby season
Leinster reached the 2011 Celtic League Grand Final in Thomond Park, Limerick against Munster, after finishing 2nd in the league format & beating Ulster in the Semi-Finals, however Leinster were beaten by Munster who had won the league twice before. In the Heineken Cup, Leinster finished top of their pool which consisted of Clermont Auvergne, Racing Metro and Saracens. Leinster beat Leicester Tigers in the Quarter-Finals & Stade Toulousain in the Semi-Finals. Leinster beat Northampton Saints in the 2011 Heineken Cup Final in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff to win the Heineken Cup for their second time. The Leinster 'A' team were beaten by the Bedford Blues in the British & Irish Cup Quarter-Finals.


2010–11 Leinster Rugby season, Squad, Coaching and Management team
The current coaching team will change at the end of 2009–10 with Michael Cheika departing after 5 seasons. Cheika will be replaced by current Clermont backs coach Josef Schmidt. Schmidt is joining on a three-year contract and the rest of the coaching team will be announced before the end of the 2009–10 season.


2010–11 Leinster Rugby season, Squad, Playing Squad 2010/2011
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.


2010–11 Leyton Orient F.C. season
The 2010–11 Leyton Orient F.C. season was the 112th season in the history of Leyton Orient Football Club, their 95th in the Football League, and fifth consecutive season in the third tier of the English football league system.


2010–11 Liberty Flames basketball team
The 2010–11 Liberty Flames basketball team represented Liberty University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Flames, led by second year head coach Dale Layer, played their home games at the Vines Center and were members of the Big South Conference.


2010–11 Liberty Flames basketball team, Previous season
The Flames finished the 2009–10 season 15–16, 10–8 in Big South play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big South Tournament to Winthrop.


2010–11 Libyan Premier League
The 2010–11 Libyan Premier League (known as the Libyana Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the forty-third edition of the competition since its inception in 1963. A total of 12 clubs will contest the league, with Ittihad the defending champions. The fixtures for the 2010–11 season were drawn on 3 August 2010 on air at 19:30 EET.


2010–11 Libyan Premier League
The season began on 9 August 2010 with the 12 teams agreed upon by the LFF, but, after several rounds of talks, Ahly Tripoli were re-instated following their withdrawal from the league last season, in addition to Tahaddy, Najma and Wahda, the other two sides relegated and last season's Second Division runners-up, respectively.


2010–11 Libyan Premier League
The season was abandoned half-way due to the Libyan Civil War.


2010–11 Libyan Premier League, Teams
A total of twelve teams were to contest the league, meaning the league has been reduced in size for the second consecutive season, with eleven teams from the 2009–10 season and one promoted from the 2009–10 Libyan Second Division. However, after the addition of the aforementioned sides, the league returned to a 16-team format.


2010–11 Libyan Premier League, Teams
Ahly Tripoli, Tahaddy and Najma were relegated from the 2009–10 Libyan Premier League after finishing in the bottom three places in the table. Tahaddy and Najma were relegated after just one year each in the top flight, while Ahly Tripoli were relegated by the LFF following a 13-year tenure, after failing to show for two consecutive games, amid protests about unfair treatment.


2010–11 Libyan Premier League, Teams
Darnes secured promotion to the Premier League after a 3–1 victory over Jazeera in the Promotion Stage of the Second Division, returning to the top flight after a twelve-year absence. Olomby were the final side to secure their place for next season, defeating Wahda 3–1 on aggregate in the Relegation Playoff.


2010–11 Libyan Premier League, Teams
Ahly, Najma and Tahaddy were later re-instated, as were Wahda, to make up a 16-team league for this season.


2010–11 Liechtenstein Cup
The 2010–11 Liechtenstein Cup was the sixty-sixth season of Liechtenstein's annual cup competition. Seven clubs competed with a total of seventeen teams for one spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. Defending champions were Vaduz, who had won the cup continuously since 1998 and won their 39th Liechtenstein Cup the previous season.


2010–11 Liechtenstein Cup, First round
The First Round featured ten teams. In this round nine of the reserve clubs participating in the competition entered, along with Triesen. These matches took place on 17 and 18 August 2010.


2010–11 Liechtenstein Cup, Second round
The five winners of the First Round, along with FC Schaan, FC Triesenberg and FC Ruggell competed in the Second Round. The games were played on 14 and 15 September 2010.


2010–11 Liechtenstein Cup, Quarterfinals
The four winners of the Second Round reached the Quarterfinals, along with the semifinalists from the previous season's competitions: FC Vaduz, USV Eschen/Mauren, FC Balzers and USV Eschen/Mauren II.


2010–11 Liechtenstein Cup, Semifinals
The four winners of the Quarterfinals competed in the Semifinals.


2010–11 Liechtenstein Cup, Final
The final was played in the national stadium, the Rheinpark Stadion.


2010–11 Liga ABF
The Liga ABF 2010–11 was the 54th season of women's handball top flight in Spain since its establishment, taking place from 11 September 2010 to 14 May 2011. Fourteen teams took part in the championship, with CBF Monóvar and CBM Murcia replacing relegated teams BM Gijón and CB Ribarroja.


2010–11 Liga ABF
SD Itxako won its third championship in a row by winning every match but one, also winning the Copa de la Reina to retain both titles. CBF Elda held its position as the runner-up, and BM Sagunto, Mar Alicante and BM Bera Bera also qualified for international competitions. On the other hand, BM Remudas and AD Sagardía were relegated. However Remudas avoided relegation in June as CP Goya Almería sold it its spot due to financial stress. One month later Monóvar was disbanded for the same reasons.


2010–11 Liga ABF
Itxako and Mar Alicante were the runners-up of the Champions League and Cup Winners' Cup respectively. In the EHF Cup Sagunto reached the quarter-finals, while 2010 runner-up Elda and CLeBa León didn't make it past the qualifying rounds.


2010–11 Liga Alef
The 2010–11 Liga Alef season saw Maccabi Umm al-Fahm (champions of the North Division) and Hapoel Jerusalem (champions of the South Division) win the title and promotion to Liga Leumit.


2010–11 Liga Alef
At the bottom, the bottom two clubs in each division, Maccabi Kafr Qara, Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megiddo (from North division), Hapoel Tzafririm Holon and Shimshon Bnei Tayibe (from South division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Bet, whilst the two clubs ranked in 14th place in each division, Ironi Sayid Umm al-Fahm and Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda entered a promotion/relegation play-offs, and both relegated to Liga Bet after losing the play-offs.


2010–11 Liga Alef, Promotion play-offs, First round
Second and third placed clubs played single match at home against the fourth and fifth placed clubs in their respective regional division.


2010–11 Liga Alef, Promotion play-offs, First round
Hapoel Asi Gilboa and Hapoel Afula (from North division) and Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi and Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa (from South division) advanced to the second round.


2010–11 Liga Alef, Promotion play-offs, Second round
The winners of the first round played single match at home of the higher ranked club (from each regional division).


2010–11 Liga Alef, Promotion play-offs, Second round
Hapoel Asi Gilboa and Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa advanced to the third round.


2010–11 Liga Alef, Promotion play-offs, Third round
Hapoel Asi Gilboa and Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa faced each other for a single match in neutral venue. the winner advanced to the fourth round against the 14th placed club in Liga Leumit.


2010–11 Liga Alef, Promotion play-offs, Fourth round
Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa faced the 14th placed in 2010–11 Liga Leumit Hakoah Ramat Gan. the winner on aggregate earned a spot in the 2011–12 Liga Leumit. The matches took place on May 26 and 31, 2011.


2010–11 Liga Alef, Promotion play-offs, Fourth round
Hakoah Ramat Gan won 3–2 on aggregate and remained in Liga Leumit. Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa remained in Liga Alef.


2010–11 Liga Alef, Relegation play-offs, North play-off
The 14th placed club in Liga Alef North, Ironi Sayid Umm al-Fahm, faced the Liga Bet play-offs winner, F.C. Givat Olga. the winner earned a spot in the 2011–12 Liga Alef.


2010–11 Liga Alef, Relegation play-offs, South play-off
The 14th placed club in Liga Alef South, Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda, faced the Liga Bet play-offs winner, Ortodoxim Lod. the winner earned a spot in the 2011–12 Liga Alef.


2010–11 Liga Bet
The 2010–11 Liga Bet season saw Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha (champions of the North A division), Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel (champions of the North B division), Beitar Kfar Saba (champions of the South A division) and Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem (champions of the South B division) winning the title and promotion to Liga Alef.


2010–11 Liga Bet
The clubs ranked 2nd to 5th in each division entered a promotion play-off, at the end of which, in the North section F.C. Givat Olga won against Ironi Sayid Umm al-Fahm from Liga Alef North and, while in the South section, Ortodoxim Lod won against Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda from Liga Alef South. Both club were promoted to Liga Alef.


2010–11 Liga Bet
At the bottom, Hapoel Oranit (from South A division) finished bottom of its division and was automatically relegated to Liga Gimel. Maccabi Kafr Sumei (from North A division), Bnei Jisr az-Zarqa (from North B division) and Ironi Ramla (from South B division) were expelled from the league during the season and had their results nullified.


2010–11 Liga Bet
The clubs ranked 12th to 15th in each division entered a relegation play-off, at the end of which Hapoel Nahariya (from North A division), Hapoel Ar'ara (from North B division), Beitar Petah Tikva (from South A division) and Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev (from South B division) dropped to Liga Gimel as well.


2010–11 Liga Bet, North A Division
Maccabi Kafr Sumei was dismissed from the league and its results were nullified.


2010–11 Liga Bet, North B Division
Bnei Jisr az-Zarqa was dismissed from the league and its results were nullified.


2010–11 Liga Bet, South B Division
Ironi Ramla was dismissed from the league and its results were nullified.


2010–11 Liga Bet, Promotion Play-offs, North divisions, North A division
Bnei Kabul and F.C. Ahva Kafr Manda advanced to the North A division promotion play-offs final.


2010–11 Liga Bet, Promotion Play-offs, North divisions, North B division
F.C. Givat Olga and Hapoel Migdal HaEmek advanced to the North B division promotion play-offs final.


2010–11 Liga Bet, Promotion Play-offs, North divisions, North Regional final
F.C. Givat Olga advanced to the promotion play-off match against Ironi Sayid Umm al-Fahm from Liga Alef.


2010–11 Liga Bet, Promotion Play-offs, North divisions, Promotion Play-off Match
F.C. Givat Olga promoted to Liga Alef; Ironi Sayid Umm al-Fahm relegated to Liga Bet.


2010–11 Liga Bet, Promotion Play-offs, South divisions, South A division
Hapoel Mahane Yehuda and F.C. Kafr Kasim advanced to the South A division promotion play-offs final.


2010–11 Liga Bet, Promotion Play-offs, South divisions, South B division
Maccabi Sha'arayim and Ortodoxim Lod advanced to the South B division promotion play-offs final.


2010–11 Liga Bet, Promotion Play-offs, South divisions, South Regional final
Ortodoxim Lod advanced to the promotion play-off match against Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda from Liga Alef.


2010–11 Liga Bet, Promotion Play-offs, South divisions, Promotion Play-off Match
Ortodoxim Lod promoted to Liga Alef; Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda relegated to Liga Bet.


2010–11 Liga Bet, Relegation Play-offs, North A division, Semi-finals
Hapoel Bnei Jadeidi and Beitar Nahariya remained in Liga Bet. Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum and Hapoel Nahariya qualified for the North A division relegation play-off final.


2010–11 Liga Bet, Relegation Play-offs, North A division, Final
Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum remained in Liga Bet. Hapoel Nahariya relegated to Liga Gimel.


2010–11 Liga Bet, Relegation Play-offs, North B division, Semi-finals
Hapoel Iksal and Maccabi Or Akiva remained in Liga Bet. Maccabi Tirat HaCarmel and Hapoel Ar'ara qualified for the North B division relegation play-off final.


2010–11 Liga Bet, Relegation Play-offs, North B division, Final
Maccabi Tirat HaCarmel remained in Liga Bet. Hapoel Ar'ara relegated to Liga Gimel.


2010–11 Liga Bet, Relegation Play-offs, South A division, Semi-finals
Shikun Vatikim Ramat Gan and Hapoel Pardesiya remained in Liga Bet. Beitar Petah Tikva and Beitar Ramat Gan qualified for the South A division relegation play-off final.


2010–11 Liga Bet, Relegation Play-offs, South A division, Final
Beitar Ramat Gan remained in Liga Bet. Beitar Petah Tikva relegated to Liga Gimel.


2010–11 Liga Bet, Relegation Play-offs, South B division, Semi-finals
Hapoel Mevaseret Zion and F.C. Kiryat Gat remained in Liga Bet. F.C. Dimona and Beitar Giv'at Zeev qualified for the South B division relegation play-off final.


2010–11 Liga Bet, Relegation Play-offs, South B division, Final
F.C. Dimona remained in Liga Bet. Beitar Giv'at Zeev relegated to Liga Gimel.


2010–11 Liga EBA season
The 2010–2011 Liga EBA season is the 17th edition of the Liga EBA. This is the fourth division of Spanish basketball. Four teams will be promoted to LEB Plata. The regular season (and all games before the final playoffs) started on 29 September 2010, and finished on 30 April 2011.


2010–11 Liga EBA season, Format, Regular season
The 80 teams are divided in five groups by geographical criteria. Group A is also divided in two:


2010–11 Liga EBA season, Format, Group A Second phase
The three best teams of groups A-A and A-B play a double leg play-off, and the winners qualify to the final play-off.


2010–11 Liga EBA season, Format, Final play-off
The three best teams of each group plus a fourth qualified decided with special criteria will play a double leg play-off. From these 16 teams, only four will be promoted to LEB Plata.


2010–11 Liga EBA season, Results, Group A, Group A final standings
After the regular season of the groups A-A and A-B, the team qualified in the same position play a double game play-off to determine their final position in the table.


2010–11 Liga EBA season, Final playoffs
16 teams will join the Final play-offs. Four of them will promote to LEB Plata.


2010–11 Liga EBA season, Final playoffs
1After the renounce of Turismo de Mérida, Córdoba 2016 accepted the invitation of the Federation to join the playoffs. Before them, the berth was offered to MyN Puente Genil, but the club denied it.


2010–11 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto
The 2010-11 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto was the 48th edition of the Spanish premier women's basketball championship. It took place from 10 October 2010 to 28 April 2011. Fourteen teams took part in the championship, with UNB Obenasa Lacturale and Extrugasa replacing relegated teams CB Estudiantes and Real Canoe.


2010–11 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto
Perfumerías Avenida won its second title, ending Ros Casares Valencia' four-year winning streak. The Salmantine team also won the Euroleague. Mann Filter Zaragoza and Copa de la Reina champion Rivas Ecópolis also qualified for the play-offs, while Unión Navarra and CB Olesa were relegated. However, the Navarre team was spared from relegation in July as Extrugasa renounced its spot due to financial stress.


2010–11 Liga Gimel
The 2010–11 Liga Gimel season saw 92 clubs competing in 6 regional divisions for promotion to Liga Bet.


2010–11 Liga Gimel
F.C. Bu'eine (Upper Galilee), F.C. Daburiyya (Jezreel), Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye (Samaria), F.C. Tira (Sharon), Gadna Tel Aviv (Tel Aviv) and Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov (Central) all won their respective divisions and were promoted to Liga Bet.


2010–11 Liga Gimel
During the summer, as several vacancies were created in Liga Bet, runners-up F.C. Bnei Arraba (Upper Galilee), Maccabi Ein Mahil (Jezreel) and Hapoel Hod HaSharon (Sharon) were also promoted to Liga Bet.


2010–11 Liga Gimel, Upper Galilee Division
During the season, Hapoel Halat al-Sharif Tamra, Maccabi Bnei Nahf (both after 1 match) and Maccabi Sha'ab (after 8 matches) folded and their results were annulled.


2010–11 Liga Gimel, Central Division
During the season, Maccabi Segev Shalom (after 3 matches) folded and its results were annulled.


2010–11 Liga I
The 2010–11 Liga I was the ninety-third season of the top-level football league of Romania. The season commenced on 23 July 2010 and ended on 21 May 2011. A winter break where no matches were played was held between 11 December 2010 and 18 February 2011. A total of eighteen teams participated in the league, where CFR Cluj were the defending champions.


2010–11 Liga I, Teams
Politehnica Iași, Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț and Unirea Alba Iulia were relegated to Liga II after finishing the 2009–10 season in the bottom three places. Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț and Unirea Alba Iulia made their immediate return to the second level, while Politehnica Iași ended a six-year tenure in the highest football league of Romania. 15th-placed team Pandurii Târgu Jiu, who originally were to be relegated as well, were allowed to remain in Liga I after Internațional Curtea de Argeș withdrew from the league because of financial reasons. Internațional thus returned to Liga II after having been promoted the previous season.


2010–11 Liga I, Teams
The four relegated teams were replaced by the champions and runners-up from both 2009–10 Liga II divisions. Victoria Brănești and Sportul Studențesc were promoted from Seria I while Târgu Mureș and Universitatea Cluj were promoted from Seria II, with Victoria Brănești and Universitatea Cluj being constrained to play their home games on grounds in other cities (than home based) as their did not meet Liga I requirements.


2010–11 Liga I, Top goalscorers
Source:  (in Romanian)1 Bogdan Stancu was transferred to Galatasaray during the winter transfer window.


2010–11 Liga I, Champion squad
Goalkeepers: Branko Grahovac  (32 / 0); Cristian Brăneț (1 / 0). Defenders: Samoel Cojoc (7 / 0); Sergiu Costin (31 / 1); Milan Perendija  (23 / 0); Laurențiu Petean (6 / 0); Cornel Râpă (33 / 1); Cristian Sârghi (16 / 2); Adrian Sălăgeanu (29 / 1).


2010–11 Liga I, Champion squad
Midfielders: Liviu Antal (28 / 7); Laurențiu Buș (9 / 1); Ioan Filip (11 / 0); Gabriel Giurgiu (28 / 4); John Ibeh  (9 / 1); Silviu Ilie (29 / 2); Laurențiu Iorga (28 / 3); Ionuț Neagu (26 / 0); Răzvan Ochiroșii (15 / 0); Gabriel Paraschiv (25 / 6); Gabriel Viglianti  (25 / 3). Forwards: Csaba Borbély (8 / 1); Róbert Elek (2 / 0); Marius Pena (28 / 8); Bratislav Punosevac  (10 / 2). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)


2010–11 Liga I (women's football)
The 2010–11 season of the Liga I Feminin was the 21st season of Romania's premier women's football league. The season started on 18 September 2010 and ended on 12 June 2011. Olimpia Cluj won the championship in its first season. Olimpia's striker Cosmina Duşa scored over 100 goals this season.


2010–11 Liga I (women's football), Teams
Inter Sibiu and Intercredo Piteşti withdrew form the championship after the end of the last season. New teams entered the first league: Olimpia Cluj, Real Craiova, CS Brazi and FC Nicolae Dobrin. After the first round Smart Sport București withdrew due to financial problems. Another team that withdrew, but after the half season, was FC Nicolae Dobrin. They lost all their remaining matches with 3–0.


2010–11 Liga II
The 2010–11 Liga II was the 71st season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The season started on 28 August 2010 and ended on 4 June 2011.


2010–11 Liga II
FRF approved the new system with two divisions of 16 teams each, compared to the divisions of 18 teams used last season, thus coming back to the system that was used in the 1953 season, between the 1968–69 season and the 1972–73 season, in the 2001–02 season and in the 2002–03 season. At the end of the season, the top two teams of the series promoted to Liga I and the bottom three places from both series relegated to Liga III.


2010–11 Liga II, Team changes, Note (**)
Internațional Curtea de Argeș withdrew from Liga I at the end of the season and was relegated directly in the Liga IV. Mureșul Deva was spared from relegation.


2010–11 Liga II, Team changes, Note (**)
FC Politehnica Iași (1945) was dissolved after relegation from Liga I. A successor team was founded by the merge of Navobi Iași and Tricolorul Breaza and enrolled directly in the second league, due to the vacant place left by Baia Mare. The new team was named ACSMU Politehnica Iași.