2018 in sports
2018 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. The main events for this year were the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
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- February 9 – Winter Olympics: Opening ceremony is performed in Pyeongchang County in South Korea.
World Cups
[edit]- May 19 & 20: 2018 F3A Leiria World Cup in
Leiria
- January 12 – 14: 2018 Paraski World Cup Series #1 in
Bad Leonfelden - Men's individual winner:
Reinhold Haibel - Women's individual winner: Magdalena Schwertl
- Mixed team winners: HSV Red Bull SBG 1 (Manuel Sulzbacher, Magdalena Schwertl, Julia Schosser, Sebastian Graser)
- Giant slalom winners: Reinhold Haibel (m) / Magdalena Schwertl (f)
- Men's individual winner:
- February 2 – 4: 2018 Paraski World Cup Series #2 in
Ponte di Legno - Paraski combi men's winner: Marco Valente
- Paraski combi women's winner: Magdalena Schwertl
- Paraski combi junior winner: Sebastian Graser
- Paraski combi master winner: Marco Valente
- Mixed team winners: HSV Red Bull SBG 1 (Manuel Sulzbacher, Sebastian Graser, Magdalena Schwertl, Anton Gruber)
- Ski winners: Sebastian Graser (m) / Magdalena Schwertl (f)
- Paraski combi men's winner:
- February 16 – 18: 2018 Paraski World Cup Series #3 in
Martin - This event is cancelled.
- March 2 – 4: 2018 Paraski World Cup Series #4 (final) in
Vrchlabí - Paraski combi men's winner: Sebastian Graser
- Paraski combi women's winner: Magdalena Schwertl
- Paraski combi junior winner: Sebastian Graser
- Paraski combi master winner: Marco Valente
- Mixed team winners: HSV Red Bull SBG 1 (Manuel Sulzbacher, Sebastian Graser, Magdalena Schwertl, Anton Gruber)
- Ski winners: Sebastian Graser (m) / Magdalena Schwertl (f)
- Paraski combi men's winner:
- October 25 – 28: 3rd FAI World Cup of Indoor Skydiving in
Zallaq
World and Continental Championships
[edit]- March 19 – 22: 2018 FAI F1D World Championships for Free Flight Indoor Model Aircraft in
West Baden - Seniors winner: Brett Sanborn
- Juniors winner:
Vladyslav Klymenko - Seniors team winners:
United States (Brett Sanborn, Jake Palmer, John Kagan) - Juniors team winners:
France (Eliott Crosnier, Timy Reveillon, Baptiste Rompion)
- Seniors winner:
- May 5 – 13: 2018 FAI F3A Asian-Oceanic Championship for Aerobatic Model Aircraft in
Bacolod - July 5 – 14: 2018 FAI F4 World Championships for Scale Model Aircraft in
Meiringen - July 13 – 21: 2018 FAI F2 World Championships for Control Line Model Aircraft in Landres
- July 15 – 21: 2018 FAI F3K European Championship for Model Gliders in Martin
- July 21 – 28: 2018 FAI F3A European Championship for Aerobatic Model Aircraft in
Grandrieu - July 22 – 28: 2018 FAI F3J World Championship for Model Gliders in
Brașov - July 22 – 27: 2018 FAI F5 World Championships for Electric Model Aircraft in
Takikawa - July 23 – 30: 2018 FAI F1 European Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in
Szentes - August 5 – 11: 2018 FAI F1 Junior World Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in
Pazardzik - August 19 – 25: 2018 FAI F5 European Championships for Electric Model Aircraft in Dupnitsa
- August 25 – September 2: 2018 FAI S World Championships for Space Models in
Nowy Targ - August 26 – 31: 2018 FAI F1E European Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in Martin
- October 7 – 13: 2018 FAI F3 World Championship for Model Gliders in Cape Arkona
- November 7 – 11: 2018 FAI World Drone Racing Championships in
Shenzhen
- February 15 – 22: 10th FAI World Hot Air Airship Championship in Tegernsee
- Winners: 1st: Andreas Merk, 2nd: Ralph Kremer, 3rd: Juergen Huetten
- Winners: 1st:
- August 7 – 11: 3rd FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship in Nałęczów
- Winners: 1st: Daria Dudkiewicz-Golawska, 2nd:
Agnė Simonavičiūtė, 3rd: 
Nicola Scaife
- Winners: 1st:
- August 18 – 27: 23rd FAI World Hot Air Ballooning Championships in Groß-Siegharts
- Winners: 1st:
Dominic Bareford, 2nd: Stefan Zeberli, 3rd: 
Sergey Latypov
- Winners: 1st:
- September 12 – 16: 4th FAI Junior World Hot Air Balloon Championship in Włocławek
- February 2 & 3: Air Race #1 in
Abu Dhabi - Winner: Michael Goulian (Zivko Edge 540 V2)
- Challenger winner: Florian Bergér
- Winner:
- April 21 & 22: Air Race #2 in Cannes
- Winner: Matt Hall (Zivko Edge 540 V3)
- Challenger winner:
Daniel Ryfa
- Winner:
- May 26 & 27: Air Race #3 in Makuhari
- Winner: Matt Hall (Zivko Edge 540 V3)
- Here challenger not hed.
- Winner:
- June 23 & 24: Air Race #4 in Budapest
- Winner: Martin Šonka (Zivko Edge 540 V3)
- Challenger winner: Luke Czepiela
- Winner:
- August 4 & 5: Air Race #5 in Makuhari
- August 26: Air Race #6 in Kazan
- Winner: Martin Šonka (Zivko Edge 540 V3)
- Challenger winner: Kevin Coleman
- Winner:
- October 6 & 7: Air Race #7 in Indianapolis
- Winner: Michael Goulian (Zivko Edge 540 V2)
- Challenger winner: Florian Bergér
- Winner:
- November 17 & 18 Air Race #8 (final) in Fort Worth
- Winner: Martin Šonka (Zivko Edge 540 V3)
- Challenger winner: Luke Czepiela
- Winner:
World and Continental Championships
[edit]- August 5 – 11: 21st FAI World Rally Flying Championship in Dubnica nad Váhom
- July 8 – 21: 35th FAI World Gliding Championships in Ostrów Wielkopolski
- July 28 – August 11: 35th FAI World Gliding Championships in Příbram
- July 8 – 21: 8th FAI World Hang Gliding Class 5 Championship in
Kruševo - July 8 – 21: 20th FAI European Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship in Kruševo
- April 30 – May 6: 10th FAI World Paramotor Championships in
Lopburi - October 30 – November 6: 3rd FAI World Paramotor Slalom Championships in
Byoum Lakeside
- April 3 – 8: 1st CISM Para-Ski World Championship in Hochfilzen
- Cross-country skiing winners: Dario Cologna (m) / Stefanie Böhler (f)
- Cross-country skiing teams winners: Switzerland (Dario Cologna, Beda Klee, Jonas Baumann) (m) / Germany (Stefanie Böhler, Theresa Eichhorn, Antonia Fräbel)
- Patrol winners: Austria (Bernhard Tritscher, Sven Grossegger, Dominik Landertinger, Simon Eder (m) / Austria (Barbara Walchhofer, Julia Schwaiger, Lisa Hauser, Katharina Innerhofer)
- Biathlon winners: Benjamin Weger (m) / Franziska Hildebrand (f)
- Biathlon teams winners: Austria (Dominik Landertinger, Simon Eder, Sven Grossegger) (m) / Austria (Lisa Hauser, Julia Schwaiger, Dunja Zdouc)
- Paraski winners: Sebastian Graser (m) / Julia Schosser (f)
- Paraski team winners: Austria (Hannes Kloiber, Sebastian Graser, Manuel Sulzbacher, Julia Schosser)
- Juniors winner: Sebastian Graser
- Giant slalom winners:
Štefan Hadalin (m) / Elisabeth Kappaurer (f) - Giant slalom teams winners: Germany (Bastian Meisen, Julian Rauchfuss, Sebastian Holzmann, Paul Sauter) (m) / Austria (Elisabeth Kappaurer, Elisabeth Reisinger, Stephanie Resch)
- Cross-country skiing winners:
- April 11 – 14: 1st FAI European Indoor Skydiving Championships in
Voss
- Artistic events indoor freestyle
- Dynamic 2-way and 4-way
- Formation skydiving 4-way
- Open winners: 1st: France, 2nd: Russia, 3rd: Sweden
- Junior winners: 1st: France, 2nd: Czech Republic, 3rd: Russia
- Women's winners: 1st: France, 2nd: United Kingdom, 3rd: Russia
- Open winners: 1st:
- Vertical formation skydiving
- July 3 – 7: 7th FAI World Canopy Piloting Championships in Wrocław
- August 10 – 21: 42nd CISM World Military Parachuting Championship in Szolnok
- August 25 – 30: 35th FAI World Freefall Style and Accuracy Landing Championships in Montana
- August 25 – 30: 9th FAI Junior World Freefall Style and Accuracy Landing Championships in Montana
- August 26 – 31: 2nd FAI World Wingsuit Flying Championships in Prostějov
- Performance Wingsuit Flying winners: 4. Espen Fadnes, 2. Chris Geiler, 3. Dmitry Podoryashy
- Wingsuit Acrobatic Flying winners: 1. Russia 1, 2. United States, 3. Russia 2
- Performance Wingsuit Flying winners: 4.
- October 6 – 13: 18th FAI World Canopy Formation Championships in Gold Coast
- October 6 – 13: 23rd FAI World Formation Skydiving Championships in Gold Coast
- October 6 – 13: 2nd FAI World Speed Skydiving Championships in Gold Coast
- October 6 – 13: 12th FAI World Artistic Events championships in Gold Coast
- March 30 – April 7: 3rd FAI Pan-American Paragliding Championship in
Baixo Guandu - April 6 – 12: 1st FAI Asian-Oceanic Paragliding Accuracy Championships in Lopburi
- Individual R11 winners: 1st: Jianwei Wang, 2nd: Tanapat Luangiam, 3rd: Hongji Wang
- Team R11 winners: 1st: Thailand, 2nd: China, 3rd:
Chinese Taipei - Women's winners: 1st: Chantika Chaisanuk, 2nd: Jingwen Long, 3rd: Nunnapat Phuchong
- Individual R11 winners: 1st:
- July 14 – 28: 15th FAI European Paragliding Championship in Montalegre
- Overall winner: Theo Warden
- Women's winner: Seiko Fukuoka Naville
- Teams winners:
Spain (Xevi Bonet Dalmau, Sergi Claret Estupinya, Felix Rodriguez Fernández, Francisco Javier Reina)
- Overall winner:
- September 16 – 22: 6th FAI European Paragliding Accuracy Championship in Kobarid
- Power and glider aerobatics
- August 3 – 12: 21st FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships in Zbraslavice
- Individual unlimited winner: Ferenc Tóth
- Team unlimited winners: Germany (Moritz Kirchberg, Eugen Schaal, Eberhard Holl)
- Individual unlimited winner:
- August 3 – 12: 9th FAI World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships in Zbraslavice
- Individual advanced winner: Jonas Langenegger
- Team advanced winners: Czech Republic (Tomáš Bartoň, Josef Rejent, Aleš Ferra)
- Individual advanced winner:
- August 16 – 26: 13th FAI World Advanced Aerobatic Championships in Strejnicu
- Free known winner: Dmitry Samokhvalov
- Free unknown ~1 winner: Roman Ovchinnikov
- Free unknown ~2 winner: Aaron McCartan
- Free unknown ~3 winner: Roman Ovchinnikov
- Team winners: France
- Individual winners: Roman Ovchinnikov
- Free known winner:
- September 8 – 15: 21st FAI European Aerobatic Championships in Jindřichův Hradec
- July 24 – 29: 16th FAI World Helicopter Championship in
Minsk - Navigation winners: Poland (Marcin Szamborski & Michał Szamborski)
- Parallel precision flying winners: Russia (Andrey Orekhov & Vadim Sazonov)
- Parallel fender rigging winners: Belarus (Uladzimir Buhayeu & Andrei Rogonov)
- Parallel slalom winners: Russia (Maxim Sotnikov & Aleh Puajukas)
- Team overall winners: Russia
- Navigation winners:
- Super Bowl LII – the Philadelphia Eagles (NFC) won 41–33 over the New England Patriots (AFC)
- Location: U.S. Bank Stadium
- Attendance: 67,612
- MVP: Nick Foles, QB (Philadelphia)
2017–18 Indoor Archery World Cup & World Championships
[edit]- November 10 – 12, 2017: IA World Cup #1 in
Marrakesh[1] - Recurve winners: Matteo Fissore (m) /
Aída Román (f) - Compound winners: Braden Gellenthien (m) / Sarah Prieels (f)
- Junior recurve winners:
Jonah Wilthagen (m) / 
Lena Agerholm (f) - Women's Junior compound winner: Dalila-Warda Amani
- Recurve winners:
- December 2 & 3, 2017: IA World Cup #2 in Bangkok[2]
- Recurve winners:
Kim Bong-man (m) / SIM Ye-ji (f) - Compound winners: Mike Schloesser (m) / Paige Pearce-Gore (f)
- Recurve winners:
- January 19 – 21: IA World Cup #3 in Nîmes[3]
- Recurve winners: Steve Wijler (m) / KIM Su-rin (f)
- Compound winners: Kristofer Schaff (m) / Natalie Avdeeva (f)
- Recurve winners:
- February 9 & 10: IA World Cup #4 (final) in Las Vegas[4]
- Recurve winners: Steve Wijler (m) / Lisa Unruh (f)
- Compound winners: Jesse Broadwater (m) / Danielle Reynolds (f)
- Recurve winners:
- February 14 – 19: 2018 World Indoor Archery Championships in Yankton, South Dakota[5]
- Recurve winners: Sjef van den Berg (m) / Elena Richter (f)
- Junior recurve winners: Ivan Kozhokar (m) / Ariuna Budaeva (f)
- Compound winners: Mike Schloesser (m) / Natalia Avdeeva (f)
- Junior compound winners: Simon Olsen (m) / Cassidy Cox (f)
- Team recurve winners: Netherlands (m) / Germany (f)
- Junior team recurve winners:
Iran (m) / Italy (f) - Team compound winners: United States (m) / United States (f)
- Junior team compound winners: United States (m) / United States (f)
- Recurve winners:
2018 Outdoor Archery World Cup, Continental, & World Championships
[edit]- April 24 – 29: WA World Cup #1 in Shanghai[6]
- Recurve winners: Kim Woo-jin (m) / Chang Hye-jin (f)
- Compound winners: KIM Jong-ho (m) /
Sara López (f) - Team recurve winners: South Korea (m) / South Korea (f)
- Team compound winners: United States (m) / Russia (f)
- Mixed winners: South Korea (Recurve) / Denmark (Compound)
- Recurve winners:
- May 20 – 26: WA World Cup #2 in
Antalya[7] - Recurve winners: Lee Woo-seok (m) / Ksenia Perova (f)
- Compound winners: Mike Schloesser (m) / Yeşim Bostan (f)
- Team recurve winners: South Korea (m) / South Korea (f)
- Team compound winners: South Korea (m) / Chinese Taipei (f)
- Mixed winners: Japan (Recurve) / France (Compound)
- Recurve winners:
- June 19 – 24: WA World Cup #3 in Salt Lake City[8]
- Recurve winners: Mauro Nespoli (m) /
Deepika Kumari (f) - Compound winners: Stephan Hansen (m) / Sara López (f)
- Team recurve winners: Netherlands (m) / Chinese Taipei (f)
- Team compound winners: United States (m) / Colombia (f)
- Mixed winners: United States (Recurve) / France (Compound)
- Recurve winners:
- July 16 – 22: WA World Cup #4 in Berlin[9]
- Recurve winners: Mete Gazoz (m) / Lee Eun-kyung (f)
- Compound winners: Mike Schloesser (m) / Sophie Dodemont (f)
- Team recurve winners: Chinese Taipei (m) / South Korea (f)
- Team compound winners:
Croatia (m) / France (f) - Mixed winners: Chinese Taipei (Recurve) / United States (Compound)
- Recurve winners:
- August 14 – 19: 2018 Pan American Archery Championships in Medellín[10]
- Recurve winners: Ernesto Boardman (m) / Alejandra Valencia (f)
- Compound winners: Antonio Hidalgo (m) / Sara López (f)
- Team recurve winners: United States (m) / United States (f)
- Team compound winners: Colombia (m) / Mexico (f)
- Mixed winners: United States (Recurve) / United States (Compound)
- Recurve winners:
- August 27 – September 1: 2018 European Archery Championships in Legnica[11]
- Recurve winners: Steve Wijler (m) / Yasemin Anagöz (f)
- Compound winners: Anton Bulaev (m) / Andrea Marcos (f)
- Team recurve winners: Russia (m) / Turkey (f)
- Team compound winners: Great Britain (m) / Turkey (f)
- Mixed winners: Italy (Recurve) / France (Compound)
- Recurve winners:
- September 4 – 9: 2018 World Field Archery Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo[12]
- Recurve winners: Wataru Oonuki (m) / Lisa Unruh (f)
- Compound winners: Mike Schloesser (m) / Paige Pearce (f)
- Barebow winners: Erik Jonsson (m) / Lina Bjorklund (f)
- Junior recurve winners: William Pike (m) / Aiko Rolando (f)
- Junior compound winners:
Timo Bega (m) / Sara Ret (f) - Junior Barebow winners: Eric Esposito (m) / Natalia Trunfio (f)
- Team winners: Germany (m) / Germany (f)
- Junior team winners: United States (m) / Sweden (f)
- Recurve winners:
- September 29 & 30: WA World Cup #5 (final) in Samsun[13]
- Recurve winners: Kim Woo-jin (m) / Lee Eun-kyung (f)
- Compound winners: Kris Schaff (m) / Sara López (f)
- Mixed team winners: South Korea (Recurve) / Turkey (Compound)
- Recurve winners:
- March 29 – September 30: 2018 Major League Baseball season
- American League 2018 Season winners:
Boston Red Sox - National League 2018 Season winners:
Los Angeles Dodgers
- American League 2018 Season winners:
- June 4 – 6: 2018 Major League Baseball draft in
Secaucus, New Jersey - #1 pick:
Casey Mize (to the 
Detroit Tigers from the Auburn Tigers)
- #1 pick:
- July 17: 2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in
Washington D.C. at Nationals Park - The American League defeated the National League, 8–6.
- MVP:
Alex Bregman (
Houston Astros) - 2018 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby Winner:
Bryce Harper ( Washington Nationals)
- October 23 – 28: 2018 World Series
- The Boston Red Sox defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, 4–1 in games played, to win their ninth World Series title.
- The
2018 Little League Baseball World Series
[edit]- July 28 – August 4: 2018 Senior League Baseball World Series in
Easley at Easley Recreation Complex[14] - July 29 – August 5: 2018 Little League Intermediate (50/70) Baseball World Series in Livermore at Max Baer Park[16]
- The West Seoul LL (Asia-Pacific) defeated the Livermore/Granada LL (Host), 10–0, in the final.[17]
- The
- August 12 – 19: 2018 Junior League World Series in Taylor at Heritage Park[18]
- The Shing-Ming Junior LL (Asia-Pacific) defeated the Lufkin LL (Southwest), 2–0, in the final.
- The
- August 16 – 26: 2018 Little League World Series in
South Williamsport at both the Little League Volunteer Stadium and the Howard J. Lamade Stadium[19] - The
Honolulu LL (West) defeated the South Seoul LL (Asia-Pacific and Middle East), 3–0, in the final.
- The
Baseball world events
[edit]- July 6 – 15: 2018 World University Baseball Championship in
Chiayi[20] - Japan defeated Chinese Taipei, 8–3, in the final. South Korea took third place.[21]
- August 10 – 19: 2018 U-15 Baseball World Cup in
David & Chitré[22] - United States defeated Panama, 7–1, to win their sixth U-15 Baseball World Cup title.
- Chinese Taipei took third place.
- August 22 – 31: 2018 Women's Baseball World Cup in Viera, Florida[23]
- Japan defeated Chinese Taipei, 6–0, to win their sixth consecutive Women's Baseball World Cup title.
Canada took third place.
- October 19 – 28: 2018 U-23 Baseball World Cup in Barranquilla & Montería[24]
FIBA World events
[edit]- June 8 – 12: 2018 FIBA 3x3 World Cup in Bocaue[25]
- June 30 – July 8: 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in
Rosario and Santa Fe[26] - The United States defeated France, 95–52, to win their fifth consecutive FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup title.
Puerto Rico took third place.
- The
- July 21 – 29: 2018 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup in Minsk[27]
- The United States defeated France, 92–40, to win their fourth FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup title.
- Australia took third place.
- The
- September 22 – 30: 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in Tenerife[28]
- The United States defeated Australia, 73–56, to win their third consecutive and tenth overall FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup title.
- Spain took third place.
- The
- October 17, 2017 – April 11, 2018: 2017–18 NBA season
- The Toronto Raptors clinched home court advantage for the Eastern Conference playoffs.
- The Houston Rockets clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs.
- Top Scorer: James Harden (Houston Rockets)
- The
- February 18: 2018 NBA All-Star Game at the Staples Center in Los Angeles
- All-Star Game: Team LeBron defeated Team Stephen, 148–145.
- MVP:
LeBron James ( Cleveland Cavaliers) - NBA All-Star Weekend Celebrity Game: Team Clippers defeated Team Lakers, 75–66.
- Rising Stars Challenge:
Team World defeated Team USA, 155–124. - NBA All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge winner: Spencer Dinwiddie (
Brooklyn Nets) - Three-Point Contest winner: Devin Booker (
Phoenix Suns) - Slam Dunk Contest winner: Donovan Mitchell (
Utah Jazz)
- April 14 – June 8: 2018 NBA Playoffs
- The Golden State Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers, 4–0 in games played, to win their third of four consecutive and sixth overall NBA title.
- The
- June 21: 2018 NBA draft in Brooklyn at Barclays Center
- #1:
Deandre Ayton (to the Phoenix Suns from the Arizona Wildcats)
- #1:
- April 12: 2018 WNBA draft in Nike New York Headquarters (New York City)
- #1 pick: A'ja Wilson to the Las Vegas Aces from the South Carolina Gamecocks
- #1 pick:
- May 18 – August 19: 2018 WNBA season
- Western Conference winners:
Seattle Storm - Eastern Conference winners:
Atlanta Dream - MVP: Breanna Stewart ( Seattle Storm)
- Western Conference winners:
- July 28: 2018 WNBA All-Star Game in
Minneapolis at Target Center - Team Parker defeated Team Delle Donne, 119–112.
- MVP:
Maya Moore ( Minnesota Lynx) - Three Point Shootout winner:
Allie Quigley ( Chicago Sky)
- August 21 – September 12: 2018 WNBA Playoffs
- The Seattle Storm defeated the Washington Mystics, 3–0 in games played, to win their third WNBA title.
- The
- March 13 – April 2: 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
- The Villanova Wildcats defeated the Michigan Wolverines 79–62 to win their second NCAA title in three years and third overall.
- The
- March 16 – April 1: 2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
- The
Notre Dame Fighting Irish defeated the 
Mississippi State Bulldogs 61–58 to win their second NCAA title.
- The
- July 21 & 22: Saskatoon Masters in Canada[29]
Novi Sad defeated fellow Serbian team, Liman, 20–18, in the final.
- July 28 & 29: Utsunomiya Masters in Japan[30]
- Liman defeated Amsterdam, 18–11, in the final.
- August 4 & 5: Prague Masters in the Czech Republic[31]
- Novi Sad defeated Gagarin, 21–12, in the final.
- August 24 & 25: Lausanne Masters in Switzerland[32]
- Novi Sad defeated fellow Serbian team, Liman, 21–20, in the final.
- August 30 & 31: Debrecen Masters in Hungary[33]
- Novi Sad defeated
Riga, 21–10, in the final.
- September 8 & 9: Mexico City Masters in Mexico[34]
- Ljubljana defeated Ponce, 21–17, in the final.
- September 22 & 23: Hyderabad Masters in India[35]
- Novi Sad defeated fellow Serbian team, Liman, 21–16, in the final.
- September 29 & 30: Chengdu Masters in China[36]
- Liman defeated Riga, 21–12, in the final.
- October 13 & 14: Penang Masters in
Malaysia[37] - Liman defeated Piran, 21–15, in the final.
- October 27 & 28: Beijing Masters (final) in China[38]
- Novi Sad defeated Riga, 20–18, in the final.
- January 19 – March 25: 2018 FIBA Americas League
- San Lorenzo defeated Mogi das Cruzes, 79–71, to win their first FIBA Americas League title.
- Regatas Corrientes took third place.
- June 11 – 16: 2018 FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship in St. Catharines[39]
- The United States defeated Canada, 113–74, to win their fifth consecutive and ninth overall FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship title.
- Argentina took third place.
- The
- August 1 – 7: 2018 FIBA Under-18 Women's Americas Championship in Mexico City[40]
- The United States defeated Canada, 84–60, to win their ninth consecutive and tenth overall FIBA Under-18 Women's Americas Championship title.
- Argentina took third place.
- The
2018 European Championships
[edit]- June 26 – July 1: 2018 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries in
Serravalle[41] - June 26 – July 1: 2018 FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries in
Cork[42] - Denmark defeated Luxembourg, 93–59, in the final.
Malta took third place.
- July 7 – 15: 2018 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women in Sopron[43]
- Spain defeated Serbia, 69–50, to win their fourth consecutive and eighth overall FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women title.
- Netherlands took third place.
- July 14 – 22: 2018 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship in Chemnitz[44]
- July 28 – August 5: 2018 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in Ventspils, Liepāja, & Riga[45]
- August 4 – 12: 2018 FIBA Under-18 Women's European Championship in Udine[46]
- August 10 – 18: 2018 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in Novi Sad[47]
- August 17 – 25: 2018 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women in Kaunas[48]
- Italy defeated the Czech Republic, 60–52, to win their first FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women title.
- Spain took third place.
- August 31 – September 2: 2018 FIBA Europe Under-18 3x3 Championships in Debrecen[49]
- September 14 – 16: 2018 FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup in Bucharest[50]
2017–18 European Leagues
[edit]- September 15, 2017 – April 3: 2017–18 Alpe Adria Cup
- KK Zlatorog Laško defeated Levicki Patrioti 89–79 to win their first Alpe Adria Cup title.
- September 19, 2017 – May 6: 2017–18 Basketball Champions League
AEK Athens defeated Monaco 100–94 to win their first Basketball Champions League title.- UCAM Murcia took third place.
- September 20, 2017 – April 18: 2017–18 EuroCup Women
- Galatasaray defeated Umana Reyer Venezia 155–140 in the two-legged final to win their second EuroCup Women title.
- September 20, 2017 – May 2: 2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup
- Umana Reyer Venezia defeated fellow Italian team Sidigas Avellino 158–148 in the two-legged final to win their first FIBA Europe Cup title.
- September 26, 2017 – April 22: 2017–18 EuroLeague Women
- UMMC Ekaterinburg defeated Sopron Basket 72–53 to win their fourth EuroLeague Women title.
- Dynamo Kursk took third place.
- October 4, 2017 – March 25: 2017–18 WABA League
Budućnost Bemax defeated Athlete Celje, 71–68, to win their second WABA League title.- WBC Montana 2003 took third place.
- October 10, 2017 – April 4: 2017–18 ABA League Second Division (debut event)
- KK Krka defeated fellow Slovenian team, KK Primorska, 87–73, to win the inaugural ABA League Second Division title.
- October 10, 2017 – April 15: 2017–18 BIBL season
- Levski defeated
Bashkimi, 83–72, to win their third BIBL title. - BC Rilski Sportist took third place.
- October 10, 2017 – April 16: 2017–18 EuroCup Basketball
- Darüşşafaka S.K. defeated PBC Lokomotiv Kuban, 148–137 in two matches, to win their first EuroCup Basketball title.
- October 12, 2017 – May 20: 2017–18 EuroLeague (Final Four in Belgrade)
- Real Madrid defeated Fenerbahçe Doğuş, 85–80, to win their tenth EuroLeague title.
- BC Žalgiris took third place.
- October 18, 2017 – March 4: 2017–18 Central Europe Women's League
- BC Pharmaserv Marburg defeated CSM Satu Mare, 69–60, to win their first Central Europe Women's League title.
- Olimpia CSU Brașov took third place.
- October 24, 2017 – April 5: 2017–18 Baltic Basketball League
- BC Pieno žvaigždės defeated BK Jūrmala, 174–148 in the final's two legs, to win their first Baltic Basketball League title.
BC Tartu took third place.
- National teams
- April 29 – May 1: 2018 FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup in Shenzhen[51]
- August 5 – 11: 2018 FIBA Under-18 Asian Championship in Thailand[52]
- In the final, Australia defeated
New Zealand, 73–62, to win their 1st title. - China took third place.
- Note: All teams mentioned here, plus Philippines, have qualified to compete at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup.
- In the final,
- October 28 – November 3: 2018 FIBA Under-18 Women's Asian Championship in Bangalore[53]
- China defeated Japan, 89–76, to win their fifth consecutive and 16th overall FIBA Under-18 Women's Asian Championship title.
- Australia took third place.
- Note: All teams mentioned here, plus South Korea, have qualified to compete at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup.
- Clubs teams
- November 17, 2017 – May 2: 2017–18 ABL season
- San Miguel Alab Pilipinas defeated Mono Vampire, 3–2 in games played in a 5-legged final, to win their first ABL title.
- July 17 – 22: Summer Super 8 in
Macau[54] - Guangzhou Long-Lions defeated Seoul Samsung Thunders, 78–72, to win their first title.
- Incheon Electroland Elephants took third place.
- August 10 – 19: 2018 FIBA Under-18 Women's African Championship in
Maputo[55] 
Mali defeated Mozambique, 86–33, to win their third consecutive and seventh overall FIBA Under-18 Women's African Championship title.
Angola took third place.
- August 24 – September 2: 2018 FIBA Under-18 African Championship in Bamako[56]
- December 2 – 8: 2018 FIBA U15 Oceania Championship for Men & Women in
Port Moresby[57][58] - Men: Australia defeated New Zealand, 61–58, in the final.
Samoa took third place. - Women: Australia defeated New Zealand, 110–30, in the final. Samoa took third place.
- Men:
World Tour
[edit]- November 4 – 11, 2017: The Co-op Funeralcare Scottish International Open 2017 in
Perth, Scotland[59] - In the final, David Gourlay defeated Michael Stepney, 7,11 – 4,9.
- In the final,
- January 12 – 28: 2018 World Indoor Bowls Championship in
Hopton-on-Sea - Open Singles: Mark Dawes defeated Robert Paxton, 8–7, 6–7, 2–0.
- Women's singles: Katherine Rednall defeated Rebecca Field, 13–6, 13–6.
- Open Pairs: Jamie Chestney & Mark Dawes defeated Nick Brett & Greg Harlow, 6–6, 9–5.
- Mixed Pairs: Jamie Chestney & Lesley Doig defeated Darren Burnett & Rebecca Field, 8–4, 7–6.
- Open Singles:
- March 3 – 9: The Co-op Funeralcare International Open 2018 in Blackpool
- In the final, David Gourlay defeated Greg Harlow, 11,9 – 5,9, 2–1.
- In the final,
- The Co-op Funeralcare European Masters 2018
World Cup
[edit]- March 6 – 14: 2018 World Cup in Australia
World and International Championships
[edit]- February 24 – March 2: World Youth Bowls Championships in Broadbeach
- Men's: Australia 1 defeated
Wales, 21–12. - Women's: Australia 2 defeated New Zealand 1, 21–13.
- Mixed Pairs: Australia 1 defeated
Norfolk Island & Scotland, 20–5.
- Men's:
- October 28 – November 4: World Singles Champion of Champions in St Johns Park, New South Wales
- Men's: Shannon McIlroy defeated
Tony Cheung, 8–3, 9–2. - Women's: Jo Edwards defeated
Alyani Jamil, 10–7, 10–3.
- Men's:
Europe
[edit]- February 2 – 4: 7th International Barcelona Bridge Open in Barcelona
- Winners: Antonio Palma & Massimiliano Di Franco
- Winners:
- February 17 – 23: 2nd European Winter Games in
Monte Carlo - Winners: Team Mahaffey (Boye Brogeland, Espen Lindqvist, Zia Mahmood, Jeff Meckstroth)
- Winners:
- March 2 – 4: Slava Cup in Moscow
- Winners: Diyan Danailov & Rossen Gunev
- Winners:
- June 6 – 16: 54th European Team Championships in Ostend
- July 11 – 18: 14th Youth Pairs Championships in Opatija
Asia-Pacific
[edit]- April 14 – 20: 2018 APBF Open Youth Championships in
Jakarta - U26 winners: Airlangga University
- U21 winners: High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China
- U26 winners:
- June 4 – 10: 3rd Asia Cup Bridge Championships in Goa
Other in Bridge
[edit]- May 10 – 23: 68th South American Bridge Festival in Comandatuba
- August 9 – 18: 17th World Youth Bridge Team Championships in Wujiang
- September 22 – October 6: 11th World Bridge Series in Orlando
- October 25 – 28: 9th World University Bridge Championship in Suzhou
- November 25 – 106th Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders defeat Ottawa Redblacks, 27–16.
Open
[edit]- January 27 & 28: Winter Open in Drammen
- For all results, click here. Archived 2018-01-30 at the Wayback Machine and here. Archived 2018-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
World and Continental Championships
[edit]- April 25 – 27: 2018 Junior World Cheerleading Championships and World Cheerleading Championships in Orlando
- United States won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- June 30 & July 1: ECU European Cheerleading Championships in
Helsinki - October 5 & 6: 1st World University Cheerleading Championships in Łódź
World Events
[edit]- March 10 – 28: Candidates Tournament 2018 in Berlin
- Winner: Fabiano Caruana
- Winner:
- April 20 – 29: World Schools Individual Championships 2018 in
Durrës - U7 winners:
Dinmukhammed Tulendinov (m) / Lakshana Subramanian (f) - U9 winners: Savva Vetokhin (m) / Alserkal Rouda Essa (f)
- U11 winners:
Lkhagvajamts Ochirbat (m) / Alua Nurmanova (f) - U13 winners:
Momchil Petkov (m) / Davaakhuu Munkhzul (f) - U15 winners: Arystan Isanzhulov (m) / Nazerke Nurgali (f)
- U17 winners:
Murad Ibrahimli (m) / Viktoria Radeva (f)
- U7 winners:
- April 21 – 30: 2018 World Amateur Chess Championship in Cagliari
- Under2300 winner: Arvinder Preet Singh
- Under2000 winner: Kanan Hajiyev
- Under1700 winners: Batuhan Sütbaş (m) / Vilena Popova (f)
- Under2300 winner:
- May 2 – May 20: Women's World Chess Championship Match 2018 in Chongqing and Shanghai
- Winner: Ju Wenjun
- Winner:
- June 21 – 25: 2018 World Cadets U8, U10, U12 Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships in Minsk
- Blitz U8 winners:
Khumoyun Begmuratov (m) / Ekaterina Zubkovskaya (f) - Blitz U10 winners: Tykhon Cherniaiev (m) / Afruza Khamdamova (f)
- Blitz U12 winners: Leonid Girshgorn (m) / Umida Omonova (f)
- Rapid U8 winners: Khumoyun Begmuratov (m) / Varvara Kuzmina (f)
- Rapid U10 winners: Tykhon Cherniaiev (m) / Samantha Edithso (f)
- Rapid U12 winners: Bardiya Daneshvar (m) / Umida Omonova (f)
- Blitz U8 winners:
- July 7 – 15: 2018 World Team Chess Championship 50+, 65+ in Radebeul
- September 4 – 16: World Junior Chess Championship and Girls U20 in Gebze
- Winners: Parham Maghsoodloo (m) / Aleksandra Maltsevskaya (f)
- Winners:
- September 23 – October 6: 43rd Chess Olympiad in
Batumi - October 19 – November 1: 2018 World Youth U14, U16, U18 Championships in Chalkidiki
- November 3 – 16: 2018 World Cadets U8, U10, U12 Championships in Santiago de Compostela
- November 9 – 28: World Chess Championship 2018 in London
- Winner: Magnus Carlsen
- Winner:
- November 17 – 30: 2018 World Senior Chess Championship in Bled
- 65+ Winners: Vlastimil Jansa (m) / Nona Gaprindashvili (f)
- 50+ Winners:
Karen Movsziszian (m) / Elvira Berend (f)
- 65+ Winners:
- November 24 – December 3: 2018 World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad in Manavgat
- Winner: Uzbekistan
- Winner:
- Women's World Chess Championship 2018 in Khanty-Mansiysk
- Winner: Ju Wenjun
- Winner:
- World Cities Team Championship 2018 in United Arab Emirates
European Events
[edit]- March 16 – 29: European Individual Chess Championship in Batumi
- Winner: Ivan Šarić
- Winner:
- March 29 – April 2: European Women's Rapid Championship and European Women's Blitz Championship in Batumi
- Rapid winner: Elisabeth Pähtz
- Blitz winner: Anna Muzychuk
- Rapid winner:
- April 7 – 20: European Individual Chess Championship for Women in Vysoké Tatry
- Winner: Valentina Gunina
- Winner:
- April 13 – 23: European Senior Team Chess Championship in Wałbrzych
- June 13 – 21: European Amateur Chess Championship in Budva
- June 29 – July 8: European School Chess Championship in