2014 in sports
January

2014 in sports

Section Title: January
Table Section Text: None

Date	Sport	Venue/Event	Status	Winner/s

26 Dec. 2013–5	Ice hockey	Sweden 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships	International	Finland MVP: Sweden Filip Forsberg

28 Dec. 2013–5	Cross-country skiing	Italy/Germany/Switzerland 2013–14 Tour de Ski	International	Men: Norway Martin Sundby Women: Norway Therese Johaug

29 Dec. 2013–6	Ski jumping	Austria/Germany 2013–14 Four Hills Tournament	International	Austria Thomas Diethart

1	Ice hockey	United States 2014 NHL Winter Classic	Domestic	Ontario Toronto Maple Leafs

3–8 November	Motorsport	European Union 2014 European Rally Championship season	Continental	ERC Driver's overall winner: Finland Esapekka Lappi ERC Co-driver's overall winner: Finland Janne Ferm 2WD Driver's overall winner: Hungary Zoltán Bessenyey 2WD Co-driver's overall winner: Hungary Yulianna Nyirfàs Production Cup Driver's overall winner: Ukraine Vitaliy Pushkar Production Cup Co-driver's overall winner: Ukraine Ivan Mishyn ERC's Junior driver overall winner: France Stéphane Lefebvre Ladies' trophy winner: Bulgaria Ekaterina Stratieva Ice Masters winner: Poland Robert Kubica Gravel Masters winner: Poland Kajetan Kajetanowicz Asphalt Masters winner: Finland Esapekka Lappi

4–12	Darts	United Kingdom 2014 BDO World Darts Championship	International	Men: England Stephen Bunting Women: England Lisa Ashton

5–18	Rally	Argentina/Bolivia/Chile 2014 Dakar Rally	International	Bikes: Spain Marc Coma (Austria KTM) Quads: Chile Ignacio Casale (Japan Yamaha) Cars: Spain Nani Roma / France Michel Périn (United Kingdom Mini) Trucks: Russia Andrey Karginov / Andrey Mokeev / Igor Devyatkin (Russia Kamaz)

6	American football	United States 2014 BCS National Championship Game	Domestic	Florida Florida State MVPs: Alabama Jameis Winston and Florida P. J. Williams (both from Florida State)

10–18	Field hockey	India 2012–13 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final	International	Netherlands

11–17	Ice hockey	Spain 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Division II – Group B	International	South Korea is promoted to Division II – Group A China is relegated to Division III

12–18	Ice hockey	Turkey 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Division III	International	Belgium is promoted to Division II – Group B

12–19	Snooker	United Kingdom 2014 Masters	International	England Ronnie O'Sullivan

12–26	Handball	Denmark 2014 European Men's Handball Championship	Continental	France

13–19	Figure skating	Hungary 2014 European Figure Skating Championships	Continental	Men: Spain Javier Fernández Ladies: Russia Yulia Lipnitskaya Pairs: Russia Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Ice dancing: Italy Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte

13–26	Tennis	Australia 2014 Australian Open	International	Men: Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka Women: China Li Na

16–18	Motorsport	Monaco 82ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo	International	France Sébastien Ogier (Germany Volkswagen) France Julien Ingrassia

16–25	Handball	Algeria 2014 African Men's Handball Championship	Continental	Algeria

16–25	Handball	Algeria 2014 African Women's Handball Championship	Continental	Tunisia

17–24	Squash	United States Tournament of Champions 2014	International	Men: Egypt Amr Shabana Women: Malaysia Nicol David

18–29	Multi-sport	India 2014 Lusophony Games	International	India

19	Marathon	India Mumbai Marathon	International	Kenya Evans Ruto / Ethiopia Dinknesh Mekash

20–26	Figure skating	Chinese Taipei 2014 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships	Continental	Men: Japan Takahito Mura Ladies: Japan Kanako Murakami Pairs: China Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Ice dancing: United States Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue

21–26	Cycling	Australia 2014 Tour Down Under	International	Australia Simon Gerrans (Australia Orica-GreenEDGE)

24–26	Rugby sevens	United States 2014 USA Sevens	International	South Africa

24–6 February	Handball	Bahrain 2014 Asian Men's Handball Championship	Continental	Qatar

24–22 March	Basketball	Mexico/Argentina/Brazil/Chile/Colombia/Ecuador/Puerto Rico/Uruguay/Venezuela 2014 FIBA Americas League	Continental	Brazil Flamengo

25	Ice hockey	United States 2014 NHL Stadium Series #1 in Los Angeles	Domestic	California Anaheim Ducks

26	American football	United States 2014 Pro Bowl	Domestic	Team Rice

26	Ice hockey	United States 2014 NHL Stadium Series #2 in New York City	Domestic	New York (state) New York Rangers

26–2 February	Bandy	Russia XXXIVth Bandy World Championship for men	International	Russia

28–8 February	Futsal	Belgium UEFA Futsal Euro 2014	Continental	Italy

28–13 August	Association football	South America/Mexico 2014 Copa Libertadores	Continental	Argentina San Lorenzo

29	Ice hockey	United States 2014 NHL Stadium Series #3 in New York City	Domestic	New York (state) New York Rangers

29–2 February	Snooker	Germany 2014 German Masters	International	China Ding Junhui

29–1 November	Association football	2014 AFC Champions League	Continental	Australia Western Sydney Wanderers

31–1 February	Synchronized skating	France 2014 French Cup	International	Finland Team Unique (senior) Finland Team Fintastic (junior)

Sentence(s)

On January 12 – 26, in the 2014 European Men's Handball Championship in Denmark, France defeated Denmark.

final_sentence: On January 12 – 26, in the 2014 European Men's Handball Championship in Denmark, France defeated Denmark.