2018 in sports
December

2018 in sports

Section Title: December
Table Section Text: None

Date	Sport	Venue/Event	Status	Winner/s

1	Auto racing	Bahrain 2018 FIA GT Nations Cup	International	Turkey (Ayhancan Güven & Salih Yoluç) (United Kingdom Ram Racing)

1	Professional boxing	United States Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury	International	United States Deontay Wilder & United Kingdom Tyson Fury fought to a Split Decision Draw

1–9	Floorball	Czech Republic 2018 Men's World Floorball Championships	International	Finland

2–9	Table tennis	Australia 2018 World Junior Table Tennis Championships	International	China

2–12	Handball	Republic of the Congo 2018 African Women's Handball Championship	Continental	Angola

4–7	Nine-ball pool	England 2018 Mosconi Cup	International	United States Team USA

4–9	Volleyball	China 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship	International	Turkey Vakıfbank İstanbul

5–9	Curling	United States 2018–19 Curling World Cup – Second Leg	International	Men's: United States (Skip: John Shuster) Women's: Japan (Skip: Satsuki Fujisawa) Mixed Doubles: Norway (Kristin Skaslien & Magnus Nedregotten)

5–12	Association football	Colombia/Brazil 2018 Copa Sudamericana Finals	Continental	Brazil Atlético Paranaense

6–9	Figure skating	Canada 2018–19 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final	International	Men: United States Nathan Chen Ladies: Japan Rika Kihira Pairs: France (Vanessa James & Morgan Ciprès) Ice Dance: United States (Madison Hubbell & Zachary Donohue)

8–9	Rugby sevens	South Africa 2018 South Africa Sevens (WRSS #2)	International	Fiji

8–14	Beach soccer	Egypt 2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations	Continental	Senegal

8–14	Ice hockey	Poland 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I Group B	International	Slovenia was promoted to Division I – Group A Japan was relegated to Division II – Group A

9	Cross country running	Netherlands 2018 European Cross Country Championships	Continental	Men: Norway Filip Ingebrigtsen Women: Turkey Yasemin Can

9	Horse racing	Hong Kong 2018 Hong Kong Cup	International	Horse: United Kingdom Glorious Forever Jockey: Brazil Silvestre de Sousa Trainer: Hong Kong Frankie Lor

9–15	Ice hockey	Germany 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I Group A	International	Germany was promoted to Top Division France was relegated to Division I – Group B

11–16	Swimming	China 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)	International	United States

12–16	Badminton	China 2018 BWF World Tour Finals	International	Men: China Shi Yuqi Women: India P. V. Sindhu

12–16	Taekwondo	China 2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam	International	Great Britain

12–22	Association football	United Arab Emirates 2018 FIFA Club World Cup	International	Spain Real Madrid

13–16	Table tennis	South Korea 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals	International	Men: Japan Tomokazu Harimoto Women: China Chen Meng

13–1 January 2019	Darts	England 2019 PDC World Darts Championship	International	Netherlands Michael van Gerwen

14–20	Nine-ball pool	Qatar 2018 WPA World Nine-ball Championship	International	Germany Joshua Filler

15	Formula E	Saudi Arabia Ad Diriyah ePrix (FE #1)	International	Portugal António Félix da Costa (United Kingdom BMW i Andretti Motorsport)

26–30	Chess	Russia 2018 World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships	International	Rapid (Open): Russia Daniil Dubov Rapid (Women): China Ju Wenjun Blitz (Open): Norway Magnus Carlsen Blitz (Women): Russia Kateryna Lagno

26–5 January 2019	Ice hockey	Canada 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships	International	Finland

29–6 January 2019	Cross-country skiing	Italy/Switzerland/Germany 2018–19 Tour de Ski	International	Men: Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Women: Norway Ingvild Flugstad Østberg

30–6 January 2019	Ski jumping	Germany/Austria 2018–19 Four Hills Tournament	International	Japan Ryoyu Kobayashi

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Finland won at the 2018 Men's World Floorball Championships that took place between December 1 – 9.

final_sentence: Finland won at the 2018 Men's World Floorball Championships that took place between December 1 – 9.