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[ { "contents": "Gmina Przedecz\n\n\nGmina Przedecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Przedecz, which lies approximately north-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,319 (out of which the population of Przedecz amounts to 1,771, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,548). Apart from the town of Przedecz, Gmina", "id": "7575434" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłodawa, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Kłodawa is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłodawa, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,307 (out of which the population of Kłodawa amounts to 6,829, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,478). Apart from the town of Kłodawa, Gmina Kłodawa contains", "id": "7427258" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osiek Mały\n\n\nGmina Osiek Mały is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Osiek Mały, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,866. Gmina Osiek Mały contains the villages and settlements of Borecznia Wielka, Dęby Szlacheckie, Drzewce, Felicjanów, Grądy, Lipiny, Łuczywno, Maciejewo, Młynek, Moczydła, Nowa Wieś, Nowe", "id": "7575433" }, { "contents": "Gmina Babiak\n\n\nGmina Babiak is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Babiak, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,920. Gmina Babiak contains the villages and settlements of Babiak, Bogusławice, Bogusławice-Nowiny, Brdów, Brzezie, Bugaj, Dębno Królewskie, Dębno Poproboszczowskie, Góraj, Gryglaki, Janowice, Józefowo, Kiejsze", "id": "7427252" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dąbie, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dąbie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dąbie, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,644 (out of which the population of Dąbie amounts to 2,087, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,557). Apart from the town of Dąbie, Gmina", "id": "7427256" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodów\n\n\nGmina Chodów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Chodów, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,475. Gmina Chodów contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Bowyczyny, Budy-Gole, Chodów, Chrzanowo, Czerwonka, Długie, Domaników, Dziegielewo, Dzierzbice, Elizanów, Gąsiory, Ignacewo, Jagiełłów", "id": "7427255" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kościelec\n\n\nGmina Kościelec is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Kościelec, which lies approximately south-west of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,667. Gmina Kościelec contains the villages and settlements of Białków Górny, Białków Kościelny, Dąbrowice, Dąbrowice Częściowe, Daniszew, Dobrów, Gąsiorów, Gozdów, Kościelec, Łęka, Leszcze, Mariampol,", "id": "7575390" }, { "contents": "Gmina Grzegorzew\n\n\nGmina Grzegorzew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Grzegorzew, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,617. Gmina Grzegorzew contains the villages and settlements of Barłogi, Boguszyniec, Borysławice Kościelne, Borysławice Zamkowe, Bylice, Bylice-Kolonia, Grodna, Grzegorzew, Kiełczewek, Ladorudzek, Ponętów Dolny,", "id": "7427257" }, { "contents": "Gmina Olszówka\n\n\nGmina Olszówka is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Olszówka, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,757. Gmina Olszówka contains the villages and settlements of Adamin, Dębowiczki, Drzewce, Głębokie, Grabina, Krzewata, Łubianka, Młynik, Mniewo, Nowa Wioska, Olszówka, Ostrów, Ponętów Górny Drugi,", "id": "7575392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kostrzyn\n\n\nGmina Kostrzyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kostrzyn, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,456 (out of which the population of Kostrzyn amounts to 8,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,917). Apart from the town of Kostrzyn, Gmina Kostrzyn contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Swarzędz\n\n\nGmina Swarzędz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Swarzędz, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,499 (out of which the population of Swarzędz amounts to 29,894, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,605). Apart from the town of Swarzędz, Gmina Swarzędz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576775" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jarocin, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Jarocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jarocin, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 44,430 (out of which the population of Jarocin amounts to 25,834, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 18,596). Apart from the town of Jarocin, Gmina Jarocin contains the villages", "id": "7426646" }, { "contents": "Gmina Izbica Kujawska\n\n\nGmina Izbica Kujawska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Izbica Kujawska, which lies approximately south-west of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,008 (out of which the population of Izbica Kujawska amounts to 2,783, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,225). Apart from the town of Izbica Kujawska", "id": "3000260" }, { "contents": "Gmina Września\n\n\nGmina Września is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Września, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2012 its total population is 45,523 (out of which the population of Września amounts to 29,564, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,959). Apart from the town of Września, Gmina Września contains the villages and settlements", "id": "8083549" }, { "contents": "Gmina Oborniki\n\n\nGmina Oborniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Oborniki, which lies approximately north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 31,541 (out of which the population of Oborniki amounts to 17,850, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 13,691). Apart from the town of Oborniki, Gmina Oborniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "1413631" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osieczna, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Osieczna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Osieczna, which lies approximately north-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,576 (out of which the population of Osieczna amounts to 2,018, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,558). Apart from the town of Osieczna, Gmina", "id": "7575680" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mosina\n\n\nGmina Mosina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mosina, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 25,098 (out of which the population of Mosina amounts to 12,150, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,948). Apart from the town of Mosina, Gmina Mosina contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576490" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gizałki\n\n\nGmina Gizałki is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Gizałki, which lies approximately north of Pleszew and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,628. Gmina Gizałki contains the villages and settlements of Białobłoty, Czołnochów, Dziewin Duży, Gizałki, Gizałki-Las, Leszczyca, Nowa Wieś, Obory, Obory-Kolonia, Orlina Duża,", "id": "7576392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kępno\n\n\nGmina Kępno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kępno, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 24,308 (out of which the population of Kępno amounts to 14,710, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,598). Apart from the town of Kępno, Gmina Kępno contains the villages", "id": "7427019" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostrzeszów\n\n\nGmina Ostrzeszów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostrzeszów, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,346 (out of which the population of Ostrzeszów amounts to 14,536, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,810). Apart from the town of Ostrzeszów, Gmina Ostrzeszów contains the villages", "id": "7575789" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pleszew\n\n\nGmina Pleszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pleszew, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,790 (out of which the population of Pleszew amounts to 17,787, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,003). Apart from the town of Pleszew, Gmina Pleszew contains the villages", "id": "7576347" }, { "contents": "Gmina Margonin\n\n\nGmina Margonin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Margonin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,414 (out of which the population of Margonin amounts to 2,956, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,458). Apart from the town of Margonin, Gmina Margonin contains", "id": "7426007" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamocin\n\n\nGmina Szamocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamocin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,292 (out of which the population of Szamocin amounts to 4,267, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,025). Apart from the town of Szamocin, Gmina Szamocin contains", "id": "7426010" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kleczew\n\n\nGmina Kleczew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kleczew, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,721 (out of which the population of Kleczew amounts to 4,173, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,548). Apart from the town of Kleczew, Gmina Kleczew contains", "id": "7575448" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ślesin\n\n\nGmina Ślesin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ślesin, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Ślesin amounts to 3,102, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,344). Apart from the town of Ślesin, Gmina Ślesin contains", "id": "7575502" }, { "contents": "Gmina Łobżenica\n\n\nGmina Łobżenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Łobżenica, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,853 (out of which the population of Łobżenica amounts to 3,172, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,681). Apart from the town of Łobżenica, Gmina Łobżenica contains", "id": "7576139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wyrzysk\n\n\nGmina Wyrzysk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wyrzysk, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,132 (out of which the population of Wyrzysk amounts to 5,234, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,898). Apart from the town of Wyrzysk, Gmina Wyrzysk contains", "id": "7576223" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krotoszyn\n\n\nGmina Krotoszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krotoszyn, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,360 (of which the population of Krotoszyn amounts to 29,421, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,939). Apart from the town of Krotoszyn, Gmina Krotoszyn contains the villages and", "id": "7575611" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzemeszno\n\n\nGmina Trzemeszno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzemeszno, which lies approximately east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,019 (out of which the population of Trzemeszno amounts to 7,789, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,230). Apart from the town of Trzemeszno, Gmina Trzemeszno contains", "id": "7426124" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gostyń\n\n\nGmina Gostyń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gostyń, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 27,860 (out of which the population of Gostyń amounts to 20,588, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,272). Apart from the town of Gostyń, Gmina Gostyń contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7426493" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rawicz\n\n\nGmina Rawicz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rawicz, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population was 29,434 (out of which the population of Rawicz amounted to 21,301, and the population of the rural part of the gmina was 8,133). Apart from the town of Rawicz, Gmina Rawicz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576781" }, { "contents": "Gmina Golina\n\n\nGmina Golina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Golina, which lies approximately north-west of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,326 (out of which the population of Golina amounts to 4,330, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,996). Apart from the town of Golina, Gmina", "id": "7575438" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sieraków\n\n\nGmina Sieraków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sieraków, which lies approximately east of Międzychód and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,649 (out of which the population of Sieraków amounts to 5,994, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,655). Apart from the town of Sieraków, Gmina", "id": "7575717" }, { "contents": "Gmina Tuliszków\n\n\nGmina Tuliszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Tuliszków, which lies approximately north-west of Turek and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,510 (out of which the population of Tuliszków amounts to 3,393, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,117). Apart from the town of Tuliszków, Gmina", "id": "8083520" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dobra, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dobra is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dobra, which lies approximately south-east of Turek and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,368 (out of which the population of Dobra amounts to 1,511, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,857). Apart from the town of Dobra", "id": "8083471" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rogoźno\n\n\nGmina Rogoźno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rogoźno, which lies approximately north-east of Oborniki and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,322 (out of which the population of Rogoźno amounts to 10,905, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,417). Apart from the town of Rogoźno, Gmina", "id": "1413595" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamotuły\n\n\nGmina Szamotuły is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamotuły, which lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 28,575 (out of which the population of Szamotuły amounts to 18,760, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,815). Apart from the town of Szamotuły, Gmina Szamotuły contains the villages", "id": "7577025" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nekla\n\n\nGmina Nekla is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Nekla, which lies approximately west of Września and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,623 (out of which the population of Nekla amounts to 3,203, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,420). Apart from the town of Nekla, Gmina Nekla contains", "id": "8083558" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gołańcz\n\n\nGmina Gołańcz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gołańcz, which lies approximately north-east of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,391 (out of which the population of Gołańcz amounts to 3,342, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,049). Apart from the town of Gołańcz", "id": "8083529" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stęszew\n\n\nGmina Stęszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stęszew, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,919 (out of which the population of Stęszew amounts to 5,339, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,580). Apart from the town of Stęszew, Gmina Stęszew contains the villages", "id": "7576754" }, { "contents": "Gmina Żerków\n\n\nGmina Żerków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Żerków, which lies approximately north of Jarocin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,555 (out of which the population of Żerków amounts to 2,058, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,497). Apart from the town of Żerków, Gmina", "id": "7426670" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stawiszyn\n\n\nGmina Stawiszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stawiszyn, which lies approximately north of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,244 (out of which the population of Stawiszyn amounts to 1,554, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,690). Apart from the town of Stawiszyn, Gmina", "id": "7426954" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mikstat\n\n\nGmina Mikstat is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mikstat, which lies approximately north of Ostrzeszów and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,187 (out of which the population of Mikstat amounts to 1,840, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,347). Apart from the town of Mikstat, Gmina", "id": "7576120" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jutrosin\n\n\nGmina Jutrosin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jutrosin, which lies approximately east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,070 (out of which the population of Jutrosin amounts to 1,872, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,198). Apart from the town of Jutrosin, Gmina Jutrosin contains", "id": "7576794" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kórnik\n\n\nGmina Kórnik (Kórnik Commune) is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kórnik, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,585 (out of which the population of Kórnik amounts to 6,981, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,604). Apart from the town of Kórnik, Gmina", "id": "7576478" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sompolno\n\n\nGmina Sompolno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sompolno, which lies approximately north-east of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,530 (of which the population of Sompolno amounts to 3,695, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,835). Apart from the town of Sompolno, Gmina Sompolno", "id": "7575495" }, { "contents": "Gmina Witkowo\n\n\nGmina Witkowo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Witkowo, which lies approximately south-east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Witkowo amounts to 7,855, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,591). Apart from the town of Witkowo, Gmina", "id": "7426139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Buk\n\n\nGmina Buk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Buk, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,917, of which the population of Buk is 6,181, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,736. Apart from the town of Buk, Gmina Buk contains the villages and settlements of Cieśle,", "id": "7576420" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czerniejewo\n\n\nGmina Czerniejewo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czerniejewo, which lies approximately south-west of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,913 (out of which the population of Czerniejewo amounts to 2,556, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,357). Apart from the town of Czerniejewo, Gmina", "id": "7426061" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wolsztyn\n\n\nGmina Wolsztyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wolsztyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wolsztyn, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,216 (out of which the population of Wolsztyn amounts to 13,557, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,659). Apart from the town of Wolsztyn, Gmina Wolsztyn contains the villages", "id": "8083545" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodecz\n\n\nGmina Chodecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Chodecz, which lies approximately south of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,395 (out of which the population of Chodecz amounts to 1,936, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,459). Apart from the town of Chodecz, Gmina Chodecz contains the villages", "id": "3000237" }, { "contents": "Gmina Skoki\n\n\nGmina Skoki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Skoki, which lies approximately south of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,749 (out of which the population of Skoki amounts to 3,866, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,883). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "1556184" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czempiń\n\n\nGmina Czempiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czempiń, which lies approximately north-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,259 (out of which the population of Czempiń amounts to 5,135, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,124). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pogorzela\n\n\nGmina Pogorzela is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pogorzela, which lies approximately south-east of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,157 (out of which the population of Pogorzela amounts to 1,974, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,183). Apart from the town of Pogorzela, Gmina", "id": "7426581" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychwał\n\n\nGmina Rychwał is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rychwał, which lies approximately south of Konin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,387 (out of which the population of Rychwał amounts to 2,377, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,010). Apart from the town of Rychwał, Gmina", "id": "7575475" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opalenica\n\n\nGmina Opalenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opalenica, which lies approximately east of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,588 (out of which the population of Opalenica amounts to 9,104, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,484). Apart from the town of Opalenica, Gmina", "id": "7575746" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koźmin Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Koźmin Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koźmin Wielkopolski, which lies approximately north of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,820 (out of which the population of Koźmin Wielkopolski amounts to 6,707, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,113). Apart from the town of", "id": "7575621" }, { "contents": "Gmina Raszków\n\n\nGmina Raszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Raszków, which lies approximately north of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,275 (out of which the population of Raszków amounts to 2,037, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,238). Apart from the town of Raszków", "id": "7575772" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miejska Górka\n\n\nGmina Miejska Górka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miejska Górka, which lies approximately north-east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,283 (out of which the population of Miejska Górka amounts to 3,128, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,155). Apart from the town of", "id": "7576825" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ujście\n\n\nGmina Ujście is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ujście, which lies approximately south of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,009 (out of which the population of Ujście amounts to 3,899, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,110). Apart from the town of Ujście, Gmina Ujście contains", "id": "7576174" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pniewy, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Pniewy is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pniewy, which lies approximately south-west of Szamotuły and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,905 (out of which the population of Pniewy amounts to 7,464, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,441). Apart from the town of Pniewy, Gmina", "id": "7577091" }, { "contents": "Gmina Książ Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Książ Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Książ Wielkopolski, which lies approximately east of Śrem and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,429 (out of which the population of Książ Wielkopolski amounts to 2,724, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,705). Apart from the town of", "id": "8083469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miłosław\n\n\nGmina Miłosław is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miłosław, which lies approximately south-west of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,266 (out of which the population of Miłosław amounts to 3,589, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,677). Apart from the town of Miłosław", "id": "8083552" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zduny, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Zduny is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zduny, which lies approximately south-west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,946 (out of which the population of Zduny amounts to 4,498, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,448). Apart from the town of Zduny, Gmina", "id": "7575635" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rozdrażew\n\n\nGmina Rozdrażew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rozdrażew, which lies approximately north-east of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,155. Gmina Rozdrażew contains the villages and settlements of Budy, Chwałki, Dąbrowa, Dębowiec, Dzielice, Grębów, Henryków, Maciejew, Nowa Wieś, Rozdrażew, Trzemeszno, Wolenice,", "id": "7575629" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jastrowie\n\n\nGmina Jastrowie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jastrowie, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,401 (out of which the population of Jastrowie amounts to 8,403, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,998). Apart from the town of Jastrowie, Gmina", "id": "8083566" }, { "contents": "Gmina Okonek\n\n\nGmina Okonek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Okonek, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,909 (out of which the population of Okonek amounts to 3,827, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,082). Apart from the town of Okonek, Gmina", "id": "8083574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rydzyna\n\n\nGmina Rydzyna () is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rydzyna, which lies approximately south-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,076 (out of which the population of Rydzyna amounts to 2,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,537). Apart from the town of Rydzyna", "id": "7575682" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krzywiń\n\n\nGmina Krzywiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krzywiń, which lies approximately south-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,892 (out of which the population of Krzywiń amounts to 1,547, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,345). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575597" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pyzdry\n\n\nGmina Pyzdry is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pyzdry, which lies approximately south of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,217 (out of which the population of Pyzdry amounts to 3,188, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,029). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "8083559" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koło\n\n\nGmina Koło is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koło, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,995. Gmina Koło contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrówka, Borki, Chojny, Czołowo, Czołowo-Kolonia, Dąbrowa, Dzierawy, Kaczyniec, Kamień, Kiełczew Górny, Kiełczew Smużny Czwarty, Kiełczew Smużny Pierwszy", "id": "7575389" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krajenka\n\n\nGmina Krajenka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krajenka, which lies approximately south-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,230 (out of which the population of Krajenka amounts to 3,651, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,579). Apart from the town of Krajenka, Gmina", "id": "8083568" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kobylin\n\n\nGmina Kobylin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kobylin, which lies approximately west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,039 (out of which the population of Kobylin amounts to 3,084, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,955). Apart from the town of Kobylin, Gmina Kobylin contains", "id": "7575620" }, { "contents": "Gmina Bralin\n\n\nGmina Bralin is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Bralin, which lies approximately west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,644. Gmina Bralin contains the villages and settlements of Bralin, Chojęcin, Czermin, Działosze, Gola, Mnichowice, Nosale, Nowa Wieś Książęca, Tabor Mały, Tabor Wielki and Weronikopole. Gmina", "id": "7427212" }, { "contents": "Gmina Środa Wielkopolska\n\n\nGmina Środa Wielkopolska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Środa Wielkopolska County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Środa Wielkopolska, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 30,023 (out of which the population of Środa Wielkopolska amounts to 21,635, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,388). Apart from the town of Środa Wielkopolska,", "id": "7577108" }, { "contents": "Gmina Odolanów\n\n\nGmina Odolanów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Odolanów, which lies approximately south of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,867 (out of which the population of Odolanów amounts to 4,960, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,907). The gmina contains part of the", "id": "7575765" }, { "contents": "Przedecz\n\n\nPrzedecz (; ) is a historic town in Koło County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship of Poland, with 1,779 inhabitants (2006). The town is situated in central Poland, midway between Chodecz and Kłodawa. It is located about northwest of Łódź, west of Warsaw and east of Poznań. The southeast side of Przedecz borders on the shore of Lake Przedecz. Nearby is one of the sources of the Noteć river. Przedecz is first mentioned in 1136 deed issued by Pope Innocent II, denoting the settlement as a possession held by", "id": "10103076" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zagórów\n\n\nGmina Zagórów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Słupca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zagórów, which lies approximately south of Słupca and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,073 (out of which the population of Zagórów amounts to 2,932, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,141). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Warta", "id": "7576873" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostroróg\n\n\nGmina Ostroróg is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostroróg, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,865 (out of which the population of Ostroróg amounts to 1,995, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,870). Apart from the town of Ostroróg", "id": "7577081" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wronki\n\n\nGmina Wronki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wronki, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,713 (out of which the population of Wronki amounts to 11,551, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,162). Apart from the town of Wronki", "id": "7577092" }, { "contents": "Gmina Lwówek\n\n\nGmina Lwówek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Lwówek, which lies approximately north of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,151 (out of which the population of Lwówek amounts to 2,909, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,242). Apart from the town of Lwówek, Gmina", "id": "7575726" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nowa Sarzyna\n\n\nGmina Nowa Sarzyna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leżajsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowa Sarzyna, which lies approximately north-west of Leżajsk and north-east of the regional capital Rzeszów. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 21,296 (out of which the population of Nowa Sarzyna amounts to 6,308, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 14,988). Apart from the town", "id": "5471232" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłecko\n\n\nGmina Kłecko is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłecko, which lies approximately north-west of Gniezno and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,569 (out of which the population of Kłecko amounts to 2,677, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,892). During the German Invasion of Poland", "id": "7426072" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krobia\n\n\nGmina Krobia is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krobia, which lies approximately south of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,792 (out of which the population of Krobia amounts to 4,022, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,770). Apart from the town of Krobia, Gmina Krobia contains", "id": "7426507" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dolsk\n\n\nGmina Dolsk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dolsk, which lies approximately south of Śrem and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,732 (out of which the population of Dolsk amounts to 1,479, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,253). Apart from the town of Dolsk, Gmina Dolsk contains", "id": "8083466" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzcianka\n\n\nGmina Trzcianka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzcianka, which lies approximately north of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,482 (out of which the population of Trzcianka amounts to 16,756, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,726). Apart from the town of Trzcianka", "id": "7426054" }, { "contents": "Gmina Międzychód\n\n\nGmina Międzychód is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Międzychód, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,290 (out of which the population of Międzychód amounts to 10,920, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,370). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Pszczew Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "7575703" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wieleń\n\n\nGmina Wieleń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wieleń, which lies approximately west of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,572 (out of which the population of Wieleń amounts to 5,940, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,632). Apart from the town of Wieleń", "id": "7426058" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rybno, Masovian Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rybno is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Sochaczew County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rybno, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Sochaczew and 62 km (38 mi) west of Warsaw. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,494. Gmina Rybno contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Antosin, Bronisławy, Ćmiszew Rybnowski, Ćmiszew-Parcel, Cypriany, Erminów, Jasieniec,", "id": "5184822" }, { "contents": "Gmina Domaszowice\n\n\nGmina Domaszowice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Namysłów County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Domaszowice, which lies approximately east of Namysłów and north of the regional capital Opole. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,772. Gmina Domaszowice contains the villages and settlements of Domaszowice, Dziedzice, Gręboszów, Kopalina, Nowa Wieś, Piekło, Polkowskie, Siemysłów, Stary Gręboszów, Strzelce, Sułoszów, Świbne, Szerzyna, Wielka Kolonia", "id": "5406927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wysoka\n\n\nGmina Wysoka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wysoka, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,890 (out of which the population of Wysoka amounts to 2,750, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,140). It is situated in the historical region of Krajna.", "id": "7576291" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kazimierza Wielka\n\n\nGmina Kazimierza Wielka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kazimierza County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kazimierza Wielka, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,759 (out of which the population of Kazimierza Wielka amounts to 5,730, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 11,029). Apart from the town of Kazimierza Wielka, Gmina Kazimierza Wielka contains", "id": "7014442" }, { "contents": "Gmina Śrem\n\n\nGmina Śrem is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Śrem, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 39,841 (out of which the population of Śrem amounts to 30,227, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,614). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Chłapowski Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "8083461" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatówek\n\n\nGmina Opatówek is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatówek (population 3,800), which lies approximately east of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,148. Gmina Opatówek is bordered by the city of Kalisz and by the gminas of Ceków-Kolonia, Godziesze Wielkie, Koźminek, Szczytniki and Żelazków. The gmina contains the", "id": "20628584" }, { "contents": "Gmina Słomniki\n\n\nGmina Słomniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Słomniki, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,589 (out of which the population of Słomniki amounts to 4,331, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,258). Apart from the town of Słomniki, Gmina Słomniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "3315531" }, { "contents": "Gmina Proszowice\n\n\nGmina Proszowice is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Proszowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Proszowice, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,188 (out of which the population of Proszowice amounts to 6,205, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,983). Apart from the town of Proszowice, Gmina Proszowice contains the villages and settlements", "id": "4626927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychtal\n\n\nGmina Rychtal is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rychtal, which lies approximately south-west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,041. Gmina Rychtal contains the villages and settlements of Dalanów, Darnowiec, Drożki, Dworzyszcze, Krzyżowniki, Mały Buczek, Nowa Wieś, Proszów, Remiszówka, Skoroszów, Stogniewice, Szarlota", "id": "7427224" }, { "contents": "Gmina Poniec\n\n\nGmina Poniec is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Poniec, which lies approximately south-west of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,866 (out of which the population of Poniec amounts to 2,875, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,991). Apart from the town of Poniec, Gmina", "id": "7426590" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rzgów, Łódź Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rzgów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Łódź East County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rzgów, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Łódź. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,019 (out of which the population of Rzgów amounts to 3,338, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,681). Apart from the town of Rzgów, Gmina Rzgów contains the villages and settlements of Babichy", "id": "3242989" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatów, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Opatów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatów, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,635 (out of which the population of Opatów amounts to 6,846, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,789). Apart from the town of Opatów, Gmina Opatów contains the villages and settlements of", "id": "7292087" } ]

[ { "contents": "Gmina Przedecz\n\n\nGmina Przedecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Przedecz, which lies approximately north-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,319 (out of which the population of Przedecz amounts to 1,771, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,548). Apart from the town of Przedecz, Gmina", "id": "7575434" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłodawa, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Kłodawa is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłodawa, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,307 (out of which the population of Kłodawa amounts to 6,829, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,478). Apart from the town of Kłodawa, Gmina Kłodawa contains", "id": "7427258" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osiek Mały\n\n\nGmina Osiek Mały is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Osiek Mały, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,866. Gmina Osiek Mały contains the villages and settlements of Borecznia Wielka, Dęby Szlacheckie, Drzewce, Felicjanów, Grądy, Lipiny, Łuczywno, Maciejewo, Młynek, Moczydła, Nowa Wieś, Nowe", "id": "7575433" }, { "contents": "Gmina Babiak\n\n\nGmina Babiak is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Babiak, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,920. Gmina Babiak contains the villages and settlements of Babiak, Bogusławice, Bogusławice-Nowiny, Brdów, Brzezie, Bugaj, Dębno Królewskie, Dębno Poproboszczowskie, Góraj, Gryglaki, Janowice, Józefowo, Kiejsze", "id": "7427252" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dąbie, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dąbie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dąbie, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,644 (out of which the population of Dąbie amounts to 2,087, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,557). Apart from the town of Dąbie, Gmina", "id": "7427256" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodów\n\n\nGmina Chodów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Chodów, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,475. Gmina Chodów contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Bowyczyny, Budy-Gole, Chodów, Chrzanowo, Czerwonka, Długie, Domaników, Dziegielewo, Dzierzbice, Elizanów, Gąsiory, Ignacewo, Jagiełłów", "id": "7427255" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kościelec\n\n\nGmina Kościelec is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Kościelec, which lies approximately south-west of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,667. Gmina Kościelec contains the villages and settlements of Białków Górny, Białków Kościelny, Dąbrowice, Dąbrowice Częściowe, Daniszew, Dobrów, Gąsiorów, Gozdów, Kościelec, Łęka, Leszcze, Mariampol,", "id": "7575390" }, { "contents": "Gmina Grzegorzew\n\n\nGmina Grzegorzew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Grzegorzew, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,617. Gmina Grzegorzew contains the villages and settlements of Barłogi, Boguszyniec, Borysławice Kościelne, Borysławice Zamkowe, Bylice, Bylice-Kolonia, Grodna, Grzegorzew, Kiełczewek, Ladorudzek, Ponętów Dolny,", "id": "7427257" }, { "contents": "Gmina Olszówka\n\n\nGmina Olszówka is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Olszówka, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,757. Gmina Olszówka contains the villages and settlements of Adamin, Dębowiczki, Drzewce, Głębokie, Grabina, Krzewata, Łubianka, Młynik, Mniewo, Nowa Wioska, Olszówka, Ostrów, Ponętów Górny Drugi,", "id": "7575392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kostrzyn\n\n\nGmina Kostrzyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kostrzyn, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,456 (out of which the population of Kostrzyn amounts to 8,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,917). Apart from the town of Kostrzyn, Gmina Kostrzyn contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Swarzędz\n\n\nGmina Swarzędz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Swarzędz, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,499 (out of which the population of Swarzędz amounts to 29,894, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,605). Apart from the town of Swarzędz, Gmina Swarzędz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576775" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jarocin, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Jarocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jarocin, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 44,430 (out of which the population of Jarocin amounts to 25,834, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 18,596). Apart from the town of Jarocin, Gmina Jarocin contains the villages", "id": "7426646" }, { "contents": "Gmina Izbica Kujawska\n\n\nGmina Izbica Kujawska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Izbica Kujawska, which lies approximately south-west of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,008 (out of which the population of Izbica Kujawska amounts to 2,783, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,225). Apart from the town of Izbica Kujawska", "id": "3000260" }, { "contents": "Gmina Września\n\n\nGmina Września is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Września, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2012 its total population is 45,523 (out of which the population of Września amounts to 29,564, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,959). Apart from the town of Września, Gmina Września contains the villages and settlements", "id": "8083549" }, { "contents": "Gmina Oborniki\n\n\nGmina Oborniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Oborniki, which lies approximately north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 31,541 (out of which the population of Oborniki amounts to 17,850, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 13,691). Apart from the town of Oborniki, Gmina Oborniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "1413631" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osieczna, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Osieczna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Osieczna, which lies approximately north-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,576 (out of which the population of Osieczna amounts to 2,018, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,558). Apart from the town of Osieczna, Gmina", "id": "7575680" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mosina\n\n\nGmina Mosina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mosina, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 25,098 (out of which the population of Mosina amounts to 12,150, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,948). Apart from the town of Mosina, Gmina Mosina contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576490" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gizałki\n\n\nGmina Gizałki is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Gizałki, which lies approximately north of Pleszew and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,628. Gmina Gizałki contains the villages and settlements of Białobłoty, Czołnochów, Dziewin Duży, Gizałki, Gizałki-Las, Leszczyca, Nowa Wieś, Obory, Obory-Kolonia, Orlina Duża,", "id": "7576392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kępno\n\n\nGmina Kępno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kępno, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 24,308 (out of which the population of Kępno amounts to 14,710, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,598). Apart from the town of Kępno, Gmina Kępno contains the villages", "id": "7427019" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostrzeszów\n\n\nGmina Ostrzeszów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostrzeszów, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,346 (out of which the population of Ostrzeszów amounts to 14,536, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,810). Apart from the town of Ostrzeszów, Gmina Ostrzeszów contains the villages", "id": "7575789" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pleszew\n\n\nGmina Pleszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pleszew, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,790 (out of which the population of Pleszew amounts to 17,787, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,003). Apart from the town of Pleszew, Gmina Pleszew contains the villages", "id": "7576347" }, { "contents": "Gmina Margonin\n\n\nGmina Margonin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Margonin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,414 (out of which the population of Margonin amounts to 2,956, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,458). Apart from the town of Margonin, Gmina Margonin contains", "id": "7426007" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamocin\n\n\nGmina Szamocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamocin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,292 (out of which the population of Szamocin amounts to 4,267, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,025). Apart from the town of Szamocin, Gmina Szamocin contains", "id": "7426010" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kleczew\n\n\nGmina Kleczew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kleczew, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,721 (out of which the population of Kleczew amounts to 4,173, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,548). Apart from the town of Kleczew, Gmina Kleczew contains", "id": "7575448" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ślesin\n\n\nGmina Ślesin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ślesin, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Ślesin amounts to 3,102, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,344). Apart from the town of Ślesin, Gmina Ślesin contains", "id": "7575502" }, { "contents": "Gmina Łobżenica\n\n\nGmina Łobżenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Łobżenica, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,853 (out of which the population of Łobżenica amounts to 3,172, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,681). Apart from the town of Łobżenica, Gmina Łobżenica contains", "id": "7576139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wyrzysk\n\n\nGmina Wyrzysk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wyrzysk, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,132 (out of which the population of Wyrzysk amounts to 5,234, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,898). Apart from the town of Wyrzysk, Gmina Wyrzysk contains", "id": "7576223" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krotoszyn\n\n\nGmina Krotoszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krotoszyn, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,360 (of which the population of Krotoszyn amounts to 29,421, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,939). Apart from the town of Krotoszyn, Gmina Krotoszyn contains the villages and", "id": "7575611" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzemeszno\n\n\nGmina Trzemeszno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzemeszno, which lies approximately east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,019 (out of which the population of Trzemeszno amounts to 7,789, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,230). Apart from the town of Trzemeszno, Gmina Trzemeszno contains", "id": "7426124" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gostyń\n\n\nGmina Gostyń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gostyń, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 27,860 (out of which the population of Gostyń amounts to 20,588, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,272). Apart from the town of Gostyń, Gmina Gostyń contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7426493" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rawicz\n\n\nGmina Rawicz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rawicz, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population was 29,434 (out of which the population of Rawicz amounted to 21,301, and the population of the rural part of the gmina was 8,133). Apart from the town of Rawicz, Gmina Rawicz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576781" }, { "contents": "Gmina Golina\n\n\nGmina Golina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Golina, which lies approximately north-west of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,326 (out of which the population of Golina amounts to 4,330, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,996). Apart from the town of Golina, Gmina", "id": "7575438" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sieraków\n\n\nGmina Sieraków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sieraków, which lies approximately east of Międzychód and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,649 (out of which the population of Sieraków amounts to 5,994, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,655). Apart from the town of Sieraków, Gmina", "id": "7575717" }, { "contents": "Gmina Tuliszków\n\n\nGmina Tuliszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Tuliszków, which lies approximately north-west of Turek and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,510 (out of which the population of Tuliszków amounts to 3,393, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,117). Apart from the town of Tuliszków, Gmina", "id": "8083520" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dobra, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dobra is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dobra, which lies approximately south-east of Turek and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,368 (out of which the population of Dobra amounts to 1,511, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,857). Apart from the town of Dobra", "id": "8083471" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rogoźno\n\n\nGmina Rogoźno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rogoźno, which lies approximately north-east of Oborniki and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,322 (out of which the population of Rogoźno amounts to 10,905, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,417). Apart from the town of Rogoźno, Gmina", "id": "1413595" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamotuły\n\n\nGmina Szamotuły is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamotuły, which lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 28,575 (out of which the population of Szamotuły amounts to 18,760, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,815). Apart from the town of Szamotuły, Gmina Szamotuły contains the villages", "id": "7577025" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nekla\n\n\nGmina Nekla is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Nekla, which lies approximately west of Września and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,623 (out of which the population of Nekla amounts to 3,203, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,420). Apart from the town of Nekla, Gmina Nekla contains", "id": "8083558" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gołańcz\n\n\nGmina Gołańcz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gołańcz, which lies approximately north-east of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,391 (out of which the population of Gołańcz amounts to 3,342, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,049). Apart from the town of Gołańcz", "id": "8083529" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stęszew\n\n\nGmina Stęszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stęszew, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,919 (out of which the population of Stęszew amounts to 5,339, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,580). Apart from the town of Stęszew, Gmina Stęszew contains the villages", "id": "7576754" }, { "contents": "Gmina Żerków\n\n\nGmina Żerków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Żerków, which lies approximately north of Jarocin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,555 (out of which the population of Żerków amounts to 2,058, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,497). Apart from the town of Żerków, Gmina", "id": "7426670" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stawiszyn\n\n\nGmina Stawiszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stawiszyn, which lies approximately north of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,244 (out of which the population of Stawiszyn amounts to 1,554, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,690). Apart from the town of Stawiszyn, Gmina", "id": "7426954" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mikstat\n\n\nGmina Mikstat is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mikstat, which lies approximately north of Ostrzeszów and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,187 (out of which the population of Mikstat amounts to 1,840, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,347). Apart from the town of Mikstat, Gmina", "id": "7576120" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jutrosin\n\n\nGmina Jutrosin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jutrosin, which lies approximately east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,070 (out of which the population of Jutrosin amounts to 1,872, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,198). Apart from the town of Jutrosin, Gmina Jutrosin contains", "id": "7576794" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kórnik\n\n\nGmina Kórnik (Kórnik Commune) is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kórnik, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,585 (out of which the population of Kórnik amounts to 6,981, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,604). Apart from the town of Kórnik, Gmina", "id": "7576478" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sompolno\n\n\nGmina Sompolno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sompolno, which lies approximately north-east of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,530 (of which the population of Sompolno amounts to 3,695, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,835). Apart from the town of Sompolno, Gmina Sompolno", "id": "7575495" }, { "contents": "Gmina Witkowo\n\n\nGmina Witkowo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Witkowo, which lies approximately south-east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Witkowo amounts to 7,855, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,591). Apart from the town of Witkowo, Gmina", "id": "7426139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Buk\n\n\nGmina Buk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Buk, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,917, of which the population of Buk is 6,181, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,736. Apart from the town of Buk, Gmina Buk contains the villages and settlements of Cieśle,", "id": "7576420" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czerniejewo\n\n\nGmina Czerniejewo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czerniejewo, which lies approximately south-west of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,913 (out of which the population of Czerniejewo amounts to 2,556, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,357). Apart from the town of Czerniejewo, Gmina", "id": "7426061" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wolsztyn\n\n\nGmina Wolsztyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wolsztyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wolsztyn, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,216 (out of which the population of Wolsztyn amounts to 13,557, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,659). Apart from the town of Wolsztyn, Gmina Wolsztyn contains the villages", "id": "8083545" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodecz\n\n\nGmina Chodecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Chodecz, which lies approximately south of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,395 (out of which the population of Chodecz amounts to 1,936, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,459). Apart from the town of Chodecz, Gmina Chodecz contains the villages", "id": "3000237" }, { "contents": "Gmina Skoki\n\n\nGmina Skoki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Skoki, which lies approximately south of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,749 (out of which the population of Skoki amounts to 3,866, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,883). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "1556184" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czempiń\n\n\nGmina Czempiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czempiń, which lies approximately north-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,259 (out of which the population of Czempiń amounts to 5,135, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,124). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pogorzela\n\n\nGmina Pogorzela is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pogorzela, which lies approximately south-east of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,157 (out of which the population of Pogorzela amounts to 1,974, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,183). Apart from the town of Pogorzela, Gmina", "id": "7426581" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychwał\n\n\nGmina Rychwał is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rychwał, which lies approximately south of Konin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,387 (out of which the population of Rychwał amounts to 2,377, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,010). Apart from the town of Rychwał, Gmina", "id": "7575475" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opalenica\n\n\nGmina Opalenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opalenica, which lies approximately east of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,588 (out of which the population of Opalenica amounts to 9,104, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,484). Apart from the town of Opalenica, Gmina", "id": "7575746" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koźmin Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Koźmin Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koźmin Wielkopolski, which lies approximately north of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,820 (out of which the population of Koźmin Wielkopolski amounts to 6,707, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,113). Apart from the town of", "id": "7575621" }, { "contents": "Gmina Raszków\n\n\nGmina Raszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Raszków, which lies approximately north of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,275 (out of which the population of Raszków amounts to 2,037, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,238). Apart from the town of Raszków", "id": "7575772" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miejska Górka\n\n\nGmina Miejska Górka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miejska Górka, which lies approximately north-east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,283 (out of which the population of Miejska Górka amounts to 3,128, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,155). Apart from the town of", "id": "7576825" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ujście\n\n\nGmina Ujście is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ujście, which lies approximately south of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,009 (out of which the population of Ujście amounts to 3,899, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,110). Apart from the town of Ujście, Gmina Ujście contains", "id": "7576174" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pniewy, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Pniewy is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pniewy, which lies approximately south-west of Szamotuły and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,905 (out of which the population of Pniewy amounts to 7,464, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,441). Apart from the town of Pniewy, Gmina", "id": "7577091" }, { "contents": "Gmina Książ Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Książ Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Książ Wielkopolski, which lies approximately east of Śrem and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,429 (out of which the population of Książ Wielkopolski amounts to 2,724, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,705). Apart from the town of", "id": "8083469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miłosław\n\n\nGmina Miłosław is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miłosław, which lies approximately south-west of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,266 (out of which the population of Miłosław amounts to 3,589, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,677). Apart from the town of Miłosław", "id": "8083552" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zduny, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Zduny is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zduny, which lies approximately south-west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,946 (out of which the population of Zduny amounts to 4,498, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,448). Apart from the town of Zduny, Gmina", "id": "7575635" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rozdrażew\n\n\nGmina Rozdrażew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rozdrażew, which lies approximately north-east of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,155. Gmina Rozdrażew contains the villages and settlements of Budy, Chwałki, Dąbrowa, Dębowiec, Dzielice, Grębów, Henryków, Maciejew, Nowa Wieś, Rozdrażew, Trzemeszno, Wolenice,", "id": "7575629" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jastrowie\n\n\nGmina Jastrowie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jastrowie, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,401 (out of which the population of Jastrowie amounts to 8,403, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,998). Apart from the town of Jastrowie, Gmina", "id": "8083566" }, { "contents": "Gmina Okonek\n\n\nGmina Okonek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Okonek, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,909 (out of which the population of Okonek amounts to 3,827, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,082). Apart from the town of Okonek, Gmina", "id": "8083574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rydzyna\n\n\nGmina Rydzyna () is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rydzyna, which lies approximately south-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,076 (out of which the population of Rydzyna amounts to 2,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,537). Apart from the town of Rydzyna", "id": "7575682" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krzywiń\n\n\nGmina Krzywiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krzywiń, which lies approximately south-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,892 (out of which the population of Krzywiń amounts to 1,547, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,345). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575597" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pyzdry\n\n\nGmina Pyzdry is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pyzdry, which lies approximately south of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,217 (out of which the population of Pyzdry amounts to 3,188, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,029). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "8083559" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koło\n\n\nGmina Koło is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koło, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,995. Gmina Koło contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrówka, Borki, Chojny, Czołowo, Czołowo-Kolonia, Dąbrowa, Dzierawy, Kaczyniec, Kamień, Kiełczew Górny, Kiełczew Smużny Czwarty, Kiełczew Smużny Pierwszy", "id": "7575389" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krajenka\n\n\nGmina Krajenka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krajenka, which lies approximately south-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,230 (out of which the population of Krajenka amounts to 3,651, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,579). Apart from the town of Krajenka, Gmina", "id": "8083568" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kobylin\n\n\nGmina Kobylin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kobylin, which lies approximately west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,039 (out of which the population of Kobylin amounts to 3,084, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,955). Apart from the town of Kobylin, Gmina Kobylin contains", "id": "7575620" }, { "contents": "Gmina Bralin\n\n\nGmina Bralin is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Bralin, which lies approximately west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,644. Gmina Bralin contains the villages and settlements of Bralin, Chojęcin, Czermin, Działosze, Gola, Mnichowice, Nosale, Nowa Wieś Książęca, Tabor Mały, Tabor Wielki and Weronikopole. Gmina", "id": "7427212" }, { "contents": "Gmina Środa Wielkopolska\n\n\nGmina Środa Wielkopolska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Środa Wielkopolska County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Środa Wielkopolska, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 30,023 (out of which the population of Środa Wielkopolska amounts to 21,635, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,388). Apart from the town of Środa Wielkopolska,", "id": "7577108" }, { "contents": "Gmina Odolanów\n\n\nGmina Odolanów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Odolanów, which lies approximately south of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,867 (out of which the population of Odolanów amounts to 4,960, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,907). The gmina contains part of the", "id": "7575765" }, { "contents": "Przedecz\n\n\nPrzedecz (; ) is a historic town in Koło County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship of Poland, with 1,779 inhabitants (2006). The town is situated in central Poland, midway between Chodecz and Kłodawa. It is located about northwest of Łódź, west of Warsaw and east of Poznań. The southeast side of Przedecz borders on the shore of Lake Przedecz. Nearby is one of the sources of the Noteć river. Przedecz is first mentioned in 1136 deed issued by Pope Innocent II, denoting the settlement as a possession held by", "id": "10103076" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zagórów\n\n\nGmina Zagórów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Słupca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zagórów, which lies approximately south of Słupca and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,073 (out of which the population of Zagórów amounts to 2,932, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,141). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Warta", "id": "7576873" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostroróg\n\n\nGmina Ostroróg is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostroróg, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,865 (out of which the population of Ostroróg amounts to 1,995, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,870). Apart from the town of Ostroróg", "id": "7577081" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wronki\n\n\nGmina Wronki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wronki, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,713 (out of which the population of Wronki amounts to 11,551, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,162). Apart from the town of Wronki", "id": "7577092" }, { "contents": "Gmina Lwówek\n\n\nGmina Lwówek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Lwówek, which lies approximately north of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,151 (out of which the population of Lwówek amounts to 2,909, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,242). Apart from the town of Lwówek, Gmina", "id": "7575726" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nowa Sarzyna\n\n\nGmina Nowa Sarzyna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leżajsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowa Sarzyna, which lies approximately north-west of Leżajsk and north-east of the regional capital Rzeszów. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 21,296 (out of which the population of Nowa Sarzyna amounts to 6,308, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 14,988). Apart from the town", "id": "5471232" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłecko\n\n\nGmina Kłecko is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłecko, which lies approximately north-west of Gniezno and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,569 (out of which the population of Kłecko amounts to 2,677, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,892). During the German Invasion of Poland", "id": "7426072" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krobia\n\n\nGmina Krobia is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krobia, which lies approximately south of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,792 (out of which the population of Krobia amounts to 4,022, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,770). Apart from the town of Krobia, Gmina Krobia contains", "id": "7426507" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dolsk\n\n\nGmina Dolsk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dolsk, which lies approximately south of Śrem and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,732 (out of which the population of Dolsk amounts to 1,479, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,253). Apart from the town of Dolsk, Gmina Dolsk contains", "id": "8083466" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzcianka\n\n\nGmina Trzcianka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzcianka, which lies approximately north of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,482 (out of which the population of Trzcianka amounts to 16,756, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,726). Apart from the town of Trzcianka", "id": "7426054" }, { "contents": "Gmina Międzychód\n\n\nGmina Międzychód is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Międzychód, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,290 (out of which the population of Międzychód amounts to 10,920, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,370). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Pszczew Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "7575703" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wieleń\n\n\nGmina Wieleń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wieleń, which lies approximately west of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,572 (out of which the population of Wieleń amounts to 5,940, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,632). Apart from the town of Wieleń", "id": "7426058" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rybno, Masovian Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rybno is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Sochaczew County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rybno, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Sochaczew and 62 km (38 mi) west of Warsaw. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,494. Gmina Rybno contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Antosin, Bronisławy, Ćmiszew Rybnowski, Ćmiszew-Parcel, Cypriany, Erminów, Jasieniec,", "id": "5184822" }, { "contents": "Gmina Domaszowice\n\n\nGmina Domaszowice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Namysłów County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Domaszowice, which lies approximately east of Namysłów and north of the regional capital Opole. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,772. Gmina Domaszowice contains the villages and settlements of Domaszowice, Dziedzice, Gręboszów, Kopalina, Nowa Wieś, Piekło, Polkowskie, Siemysłów, Stary Gręboszów, Strzelce, Sułoszów, Świbne, Szerzyna, Wielka Kolonia", "id": "5406927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wysoka\n\n\nGmina Wysoka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wysoka, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,890 (out of which the population of Wysoka amounts to 2,750, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,140). It is situated in the historical region of Krajna.", "id": "7576291" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kazimierza Wielka\n\n\nGmina Kazimierza Wielka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kazimierza County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kazimierza Wielka, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,759 (out of which the population of Kazimierza Wielka amounts to 5,730, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 11,029). Apart from the town of Kazimierza Wielka, Gmina Kazimierza Wielka contains", "id": "7014442" }, { "contents": "Gmina Śrem\n\n\nGmina Śrem is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Śrem, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 39,841 (out of which the population of Śrem amounts to 30,227, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,614). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Chłapowski Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "8083461" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatówek\n\n\nGmina Opatówek is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatówek (population 3,800), which lies approximately east of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,148. Gmina Opatówek is bordered by the city of Kalisz and by the gminas of Ceków-Kolonia, Godziesze Wielkie, Koźminek, Szczytniki and Żelazków. The gmina contains the", "id": "20628584" }, { "contents": "Gmina Słomniki\n\n\nGmina Słomniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Słomniki, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,589 (out of which the population of Słomniki amounts to 4,331, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,258). Apart from the town of Słomniki, Gmina Słomniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "3315531" }, { "contents": "Gmina Proszowice\n\n\nGmina Proszowice is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Proszowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Proszowice, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,188 (out of which the population of Proszowice amounts to 6,205, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,983). Apart from the town of Proszowice, Gmina Proszowice contains the villages and settlements", "id": "4626927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychtal\n\n\nGmina Rychtal is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rychtal, which lies approximately south-west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,041. Gmina Rychtal contains the villages and settlements of Dalanów, Darnowiec, Drożki, Dworzyszcze, Krzyżowniki, Mały Buczek, Nowa Wieś, Proszów, Remiszówka, Skoroszów, Stogniewice, Szarlota", "id": "7427224" }, { "contents": "Gmina Poniec\n\n\nGmina Poniec is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Poniec, which lies approximately south-west of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,866 (out of which the population of Poniec amounts to 2,875, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,991). Apart from the town of Poniec, Gmina", "id": "7426590" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rzgów, Łódź Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rzgów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Łódź East County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rzgów, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Łódź. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,019 (out of which the population of Rzgów amounts to 3,338, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,681). Apart from the town of Rzgów, Gmina Rzgów contains the villages and settlements of Babichy", "id": "3242989" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatów, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Opatów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatów, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,635 (out of which the population of Opatów amounts to 6,846, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,789). Apart from the town of Opatów, Gmina Opatów contains the villages and settlements of", "id": "7292087" } ]

[ { "contents": "Gmina Przedecz\n\n\nGmina Przedecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Przedecz, which lies approximately north-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,319 (out of which the population of Przedecz amounts to 1,771, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,548). Apart from the town of Przedecz, Gmina", "id": "7575434" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłodawa, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Kłodawa is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłodawa, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,307 (out of which the population of Kłodawa amounts to 6,829, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,478). Apart from the town of Kłodawa, Gmina Kłodawa contains", "id": "7427258" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osiek Mały\n\n\nGmina Osiek Mały is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Osiek Mały, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,866. Gmina Osiek Mały contains the villages and settlements of Borecznia Wielka, Dęby Szlacheckie, Drzewce, Felicjanów, Grądy, Lipiny, Łuczywno, Maciejewo, Młynek, Moczydła, Nowa Wieś, Nowe", "id": "7575433" }, { "contents": "Gmina Babiak\n\n\nGmina Babiak is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Babiak, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,920. Gmina Babiak contains the villages and settlements of Babiak, Bogusławice, Bogusławice-Nowiny, Brdów, Brzezie, Bugaj, Dębno Królewskie, Dębno Poproboszczowskie, Góraj, Gryglaki, Janowice, Józefowo, Kiejsze", "id": "7427252" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dąbie, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dąbie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dąbie, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,644 (out of which the population of Dąbie amounts to 2,087, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,557). Apart from the town of Dąbie, Gmina", "id": "7427256" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodów\n\n\nGmina Chodów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Chodów, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,475. Gmina Chodów contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Bowyczyny, Budy-Gole, Chodów, Chrzanowo, Czerwonka, Długie, Domaników, Dziegielewo, Dzierzbice, Elizanów, Gąsiory, Ignacewo, Jagiełłów", "id": "7427255" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kościelec\n\n\nGmina Kościelec is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Kościelec, which lies approximately south-west of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,667. Gmina Kościelec contains the villages and settlements of Białków Górny, Białków Kościelny, Dąbrowice, Dąbrowice Częściowe, Daniszew, Dobrów, Gąsiorów, Gozdów, Kościelec, Łęka, Leszcze, Mariampol,", "id": "7575390" }, { "contents": "Gmina Grzegorzew\n\n\nGmina Grzegorzew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Grzegorzew, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,617. Gmina Grzegorzew contains the villages and settlements of Barłogi, Boguszyniec, Borysławice Kościelne, Borysławice Zamkowe, Bylice, Bylice-Kolonia, Grodna, Grzegorzew, Kiełczewek, Ladorudzek, Ponętów Dolny,", "id": "7427257" }, { "contents": "Gmina Olszówka\n\n\nGmina Olszówka is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Olszówka, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,757. Gmina Olszówka contains the villages and settlements of Adamin, Dębowiczki, Drzewce, Głębokie, Grabina, Krzewata, Łubianka, Młynik, Mniewo, Nowa Wioska, Olszówka, Ostrów, Ponętów Górny Drugi,", "id": "7575392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kostrzyn\n\n\nGmina Kostrzyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kostrzyn, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,456 (out of which the population of Kostrzyn amounts to 8,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,917). Apart from the town of Kostrzyn, Gmina Kostrzyn contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Swarzędz\n\n\nGmina Swarzędz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Swarzędz, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,499 (out of which the population of Swarzędz amounts to 29,894, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,605). Apart from the town of Swarzędz, Gmina Swarzędz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576775" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jarocin, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Jarocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jarocin, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 44,430 (out of which the population of Jarocin amounts to 25,834, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 18,596). Apart from the town of Jarocin, Gmina Jarocin contains the villages", "id": "7426646" }, { "contents": "Gmina Izbica Kujawska\n\n\nGmina Izbica Kujawska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Izbica Kujawska, which lies approximately south-west of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,008 (out of which the population of Izbica Kujawska amounts to 2,783, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,225). Apart from the town of Izbica Kujawska", "id": "3000260" }, { "contents": "Gmina Września\n\n\nGmina Września is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Września, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2012 its total population is 45,523 (out of which the population of Września amounts to 29,564, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,959). Apart from the town of Września, Gmina Września contains the villages and settlements", "id": "8083549" }, { "contents": "Gmina Oborniki\n\n\nGmina Oborniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Oborniki, which lies approximately north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 31,541 (out of which the population of Oborniki amounts to 17,850, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 13,691). Apart from the town of Oborniki, Gmina Oborniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "1413631" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osieczna, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Osieczna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Osieczna, which lies approximately north-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,576 (out of which the population of Osieczna amounts to 2,018, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,558). Apart from the town of Osieczna, Gmina", "id": "7575680" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mosina\n\n\nGmina Mosina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mosina, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 25,098 (out of which the population of Mosina amounts to 12,150, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,948). Apart from the town of Mosina, Gmina Mosina contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576490" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gizałki\n\n\nGmina Gizałki is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Gizałki, which lies approximately north of Pleszew and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,628. Gmina Gizałki contains the villages and settlements of Białobłoty, Czołnochów, Dziewin Duży, Gizałki, Gizałki-Las, Leszczyca, Nowa Wieś, Obory, Obory-Kolonia, Orlina Duża,", "id": "7576392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kępno\n\n\nGmina Kępno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kępno, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 24,308 (out of which the population of Kępno amounts to 14,710, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,598). Apart from the town of Kępno, Gmina Kępno contains the villages", "id": "7427019" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostrzeszów\n\n\nGmina Ostrzeszów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostrzeszów, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,346 (out of which the population of Ostrzeszów amounts to 14,536, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,810). Apart from the town of Ostrzeszów, Gmina Ostrzeszów contains the villages", "id": "7575789" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pleszew\n\n\nGmina Pleszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pleszew, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,790 (out of which the population of Pleszew amounts to 17,787, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,003). Apart from the town of Pleszew, Gmina Pleszew contains the villages", "id": "7576347" }, { "contents": "Gmina Margonin\n\n\nGmina Margonin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Margonin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,414 (out of which the population of Margonin amounts to 2,956, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,458). Apart from the town of Margonin, Gmina Margonin contains", "id": "7426007" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamocin\n\n\nGmina Szamocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamocin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,292 (out of which the population of Szamocin amounts to 4,267, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,025). Apart from the town of Szamocin, Gmina Szamocin contains", "id": "7426010" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kleczew\n\n\nGmina Kleczew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kleczew, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,721 (out of which the population of Kleczew amounts to 4,173, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,548). Apart from the town of Kleczew, Gmina Kleczew contains", "id": "7575448" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ślesin\n\n\nGmina Ślesin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ślesin, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Ślesin amounts to 3,102, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,344). Apart from the town of Ślesin, Gmina Ślesin contains", "id": "7575502" }, { "contents": "Gmina Łobżenica\n\n\nGmina Łobżenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Łobżenica, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,853 (out of which the population of Łobżenica amounts to 3,172, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,681). Apart from the town of Łobżenica, Gmina Łobżenica contains", "id": "7576139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wyrzysk\n\n\nGmina Wyrzysk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wyrzysk, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,132 (out of which the population of Wyrzysk amounts to 5,234, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,898). Apart from the town of Wyrzysk, Gmina Wyrzysk contains", "id": "7576223" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krotoszyn\n\n\nGmina Krotoszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krotoszyn, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,360 (of which the population of Krotoszyn amounts to 29,421, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,939). Apart from the town of Krotoszyn, Gmina Krotoszyn contains the villages and", "id": "7575611" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzemeszno\n\n\nGmina Trzemeszno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzemeszno, which lies approximately east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,019 (out of which the population of Trzemeszno amounts to 7,789, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,230). Apart from the town of Trzemeszno, Gmina Trzemeszno contains", "id": "7426124" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gostyń\n\n\nGmina Gostyń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gostyń, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 27,860 (out of which the population of Gostyń amounts to 20,588, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,272). Apart from the town of Gostyń, Gmina Gostyń contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7426493" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rawicz\n\n\nGmina Rawicz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rawicz, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population was 29,434 (out of which the population of Rawicz amounted to 21,301, and the population of the rural part of the gmina was 8,133). Apart from the town of Rawicz, Gmina Rawicz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576781" }, { "contents": "Gmina Golina\n\n\nGmina Golina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Golina, which lies approximately north-west of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,326 (out of which the population of Golina amounts to 4,330, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,996). Apart from the town of Golina, Gmina", "id": "7575438" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sieraków\n\n\nGmina Sieraków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sieraków, which lies approximately east of Międzychód and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,649 (out of which the population of Sieraków amounts to 5,994, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,655). Apart from the town of Sieraków, Gmina", "id": "7575717" }, { "contents": "Gmina Tuliszków\n\n\nGmina Tuliszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Tuliszków, which lies approximately north-west of Turek and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,510 (out of which the population of Tuliszków amounts to 3,393, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,117). Apart from the town of Tuliszków, Gmina", "id": "8083520" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dobra, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dobra is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dobra, which lies approximately south-east of Turek and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,368 (out of which the population of Dobra amounts to 1,511, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,857). Apart from the town of Dobra", "id": "8083471" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rogoźno\n\n\nGmina Rogoźno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rogoźno, which lies approximately north-east of Oborniki and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,322 (out of which the population of Rogoźno amounts to 10,905, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,417). Apart from the town of Rogoźno, Gmina", "id": "1413595" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamotuły\n\n\nGmina Szamotuły is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamotuły, which lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 28,575 (out of which the population of Szamotuły amounts to 18,760, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,815). Apart from the town of Szamotuły, Gmina Szamotuły contains the villages", "id": "7577025" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nekla\n\n\nGmina Nekla is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Nekla, which lies approximately west of Września and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,623 (out of which the population of Nekla amounts to 3,203, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,420). Apart from the town of Nekla, Gmina Nekla contains", "id": "8083558" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gołańcz\n\n\nGmina Gołańcz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gołańcz, which lies approximately north-east of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,391 (out of which the population of Gołańcz amounts to 3,342, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,049). Apart from the town of Gołańcz", "id": "8083529" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stęszew\n\n\nGmina Stęszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stęszew, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,919 (out of which the population of Stęszew amounts to 5,339, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,580). Apart from the town of Stęszew, Gmina Stęszew contains the villages", "id": "7576754" }, { "contents": "Gmina Żerków\n\n\nGmina Żerków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Żerków, which lies approximately north of Jarocin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,555 (out of which the population of Żerków amounts to 2,058, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,497). Apart from the town of Żerków, Gmina", "id": "7426670" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stawiszyn\n\n\nGmina Stawiszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stawiszyn, which lies approximately north of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,244 (out of which the population of Stawiszyn amounts to 1,554, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,690). Apart from the town of Stawiszyn, Gmina", "id": "7426954" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mikstat\n\n\nGmina Mikstat is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mikstat, which lies approximately north of Ostrzeszów and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,187 (out of which the population of Mikstat amounts to 1,840, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,347). Apart from the town of Mikstat, Gmina", "id": "7576120" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jutrosin\n\n\nGmina Jutrosin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jutrosin, which lies approximately east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,070 (out of which the population of Jutrosin amounts to 1,872, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,198). Apart from the town of Jutrosin, Gmina Jutrosin contains", "id": "7576794" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kórnik\n\n\nGmina Kórnik (Kórnik Commune) is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kórnik, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,585 (out of which the population of Kórnik amounts to 6,981, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,604). Apart from the town of Kórnik, Gmina", "id": "7576478" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sompolno\n\n\nGmina Sompolno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sompolno, which lies approximately north-east of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,530 (of which the population of Sompolno amounts to 3,695, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,835). Apart from the town of Sompolno, Gmina Sompolno", "id": "7575495" }, { "contents": "Gmina Witkowo\n\n\nGmina Witkowo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Witkowo, which lies approximately south-east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Witkowo amounts to 7,855, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,591). Apart from the town of Witkowo, Gmina", "id": "7426139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Buk\n\n\nGmina Buk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Buk, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,917, of which the population of Buk is 6,181, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,736. Apart from the town of Buk, Gmina Buk contains the villages and settlements of Cieśle,", "id": "7576420" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czerniejewo\n\n\nGmina Czerniejewo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czerniejewo, which lies approximately south-west of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,913 (out of which the population of Czerniejewo amounts to 2,556, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,357). Apart from the town of Czerniejewo, Gmina", "id": "7426061" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wolsztyn\n\n\nGmina Wolsztyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wolsztyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wolsztyn, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,216 (out of which the population of Wolsztyn amounts to 13,557, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,659). Apart from the town of Wolsztyn, Gmina Wolsztyn contains the villages", "id": "8083545" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodecz\n\n\nGmina Chodecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Chodecz, which lies approximately south of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,395 (out of which the population of Chodecz amounts to 1,936, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,459). Apart from the town of Chodecz, Gmina Chodecz contains the villages", "id": "3000237" }, { "contents": "Gmina Skoki\n\n\nGmina Skoki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Skoki, which lies approximately south of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,749 (out of which the population of Skoki amounts to 3,866, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,883). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "1556184" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czempiń\n\n\nGmina Czempiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czempiń, which lies approximately north-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,259 (out of which the population of Czempiń amounts to 5,135, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,124). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pogorzela\n\n\nGmina Pogorzela is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pogorzela, which lies approximately south-east of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,157 (out of which the population of Pogorzela amounts to 1,974, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,183). Apart from the town of Pogorzela, Gmina", "id": "7426581" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychwał\n\n\nGmina Rychwał is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rychwał, which lies approximately south of Konin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,387 (out of which the population of Rychwał amounts to 2,377, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,010). Apart from the town of Rychwał, Gmina", "id": "7575475" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opalenica\n\n\nGmina Opalenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opalenica, which lies approximately east of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,588 (out of which the population of Opalenica amounts to 9,104, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,484). Apart from the town of Opalenica, Gmina", "id": "7575746" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koźmin Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Koźmin Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koźmin Wielkopolski, which lies approximately north of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,820 (out of which the population of Koźmin Wielkopolski amounts to 6,707, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,113). Apart from the town of", "id": "7575621" }, { "contents": "Gmina Raszków\n\n\nGmina Raszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Raszków, which lies approximately north of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,275 (out of which the population of Raszków amounts to 2,037, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,238). Apart from the town of Raszków", "id": "7575772" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miejska Górka\n\n\nGmina Miejska Górka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miejska Górka, which lies approximately north-east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,283 (out of which the population of Miejska Górka amounts to 3,128, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,155). Apart from the town of", "id": "7576825" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ujście\n\n\nGmina Ujście is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ujście, which lies approximately south of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,009 (out of which the population of Ujście amounts to 3,899, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,110). Apart from the town of Ujście, Gmina Ujście contains", "id": "7576174" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pniewy, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Pniewy is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pniewy, which lies approximately south-west of Szamotuły and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,905 (out of which the population of Pniewy amounts to 7,464, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,441). Apart from the town of Pniewy, Gmina", "id": "7577091" }, { "contents": "Gmina Książ Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Książ Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Książ Wielkopolski, which lies approximately east of Śrem and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,429 (out of which the population of Książ Wielkopolski amounts to 2,724, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,705). Apart from the town of", "id": "8083469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miłosław\n\n\nGmina Miłosław is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miłosław, which lies approximately south-west of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,266 (out of which the population of Miłosław amounts to 3,589, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,677). Apart from the town of Miłosław", "id": "8083552" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zduny, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Zduny is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zduny, which lies approximately south-west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,946 (out of which the population of Zduny amounts to 4,498, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,448). Apart from the town of Zduny, Gmina", "id": "7575635" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rozdrażew\n\n\nGmina Rozdrażew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rozdrażew, which lies approximately north-east of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,155. Gmina Rozdrażew contains the villages and settlements of Budy, Chwałki, Dąbrowa, Dębowiec, Dzielice, Grębów, Henryków, Maciejew, Nowa Wieś, Rozdrażew, Trzemeszno, Wolenice,", "id": "7575629" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jastrowie\n\n\nGmina Jastrowie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jastrowie, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,401 (out of which the population of Jastrowie amounts to 8,403, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,998). Apart from the town of Jastrowie, Gmina", "id": "8083566" }, { "contents": "Gmina Okonek\n\n\nGmina Okonek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Okonek, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,909 (out of which the population of Okonek amounts to 3,827, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,082). Apart from the town of Okonek, Gmina", "id": "8083574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rydzyna\n\n\nGmina Rydzyna () is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rydzyna, which lies approximately south-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,076 (out of which the population of Rydzyna amounts to 2,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,537). Apart from the town of Rydzyna", "id": "7575682" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krzywiń\n\n\nGmina Krzywiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krzywiń, which lies approximately south-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,892 (out of which the population of Krzywiń amounts to 1,547, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,345). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575597" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pyzdry\n\n\nGmina Pyzdry is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pyzdry, which lies approximately south of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,217 (out of which the population of Pyzdry amounts to 3,188, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,029). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "8083559" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koło\n\n\nGmina Koło is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koło, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,995. Gmina Koło contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrówka, Borki, Chojny, Czołowo, Czołowo-Kolonia, Dąbrowa, Dzierawy, Kaczyniec, Kamień, Kiełczew Górny, Kiełczew Smużny Czwarty, Kiełczew Smużny Pierwszy", "id": "7575389" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krajenka\n\n\nGmina Krajenka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krajenka, which lies approximately south-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,230 (out of which the population of Krajenka amounts to 3,651, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,579). Apart from the town of Krajenka, Gmina", "id": "8083568" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kobylin\n\n\nGmina Kobylin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kobylin, which lies approximately west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,039 (out of which the population of Kobylin amounts to 3,084, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,955). Apart from the town of Kobylin, Gmina Kobylin contains", "id": "7575620" }, { "contents": "Gmina Bralin\n\n\nGmina Bralin is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Bralin, which lies approximately west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,644. Gmina Bralin contains the villages and settlements of Bralin, Chojęcin, Czermin, Działosze, Gola, Mnichowice, Nosale, Nowa Wieś Książęca, Tabor Mały, Tabor Wielki and Weronikopole. Gmina", "id": "7427212" }, { "contents": "Gmina Środa Wielkopolska\n\n\nGmina Środa Wielkopolska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Środa Wielkopolska County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Środa Wielkopolska, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 30,023 (out of which the population of Środa Wielkopolska amounts to 21,635, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,388). Apart from the town of Środa Wielkopolska,", "id": "7577108" }, { "contents": "Gmina Odolanów\n\n\nGmina Odolanów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Odolanów, which lies approximately south of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,867 (out of which the population of Odolanów amounts to 4,960, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,907). The gmina contains part of the", "id": "7575765" }, { "contents": "Przedecz\n\n\nPrzedecz (; ) is a historic town in Koło County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship of Poland, with 1,779 inhabitants (2006). The town is situated in central Poland, midway between Chodecz and Kłodawa. It is located about northwest of Łódź, west of Warsaw and east of Poznań. The southeast side of Przedecz borders on the shore of Lake Przedecz. Nearby is one of the sources of the Noteć river. Przedecz is first mentioned in 1136 deed issued by Pope Innocent II, denoting the settlement as a possession held by", "id": "10103076" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zagórów\n\n\nGmina Zagórów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Słupca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zagórów, which lies approximately south of Słupca and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,073 (out of which the population of Zagórów amounts to 2,932, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,141). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Warta", "id": "7576873" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostroróg\n\n\nGmina Ostroróg is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostroróg, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,865 (out of which the population of Ostroróg amounts to 1,995, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,870). Apart from the town of Ostroróg", "id": "7577081" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wronki\n\n\nGmina Wronki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wronki, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,713 (out of which the population of Wronki amounts to 11,551, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,162). Apart from the town of Wronki", "id": "7577092" }, { "contents": "Gmina Lwówek\n\n\nGmina Lwówek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Lwówek, which lies approximately north of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,151 (out of which the population of Lwówek amounts to 2,909, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,242). Apart from the town of Lwówek, Gmina", "id": "7575726" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nowa Sarzyna\n\n\nGmina Nowa Sarzyna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leżajsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowa Sarzyna, which lies approximately north-west of Leżajsk and north-east of the regional capital Rzeszów. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 21,296 (out of which the population of Nowa Sarzyna amounts to 6,308, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 14,988). Apart from the town", "id": "5471232" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłecko\n\n\nGmina Kłecko is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłecko, which lies approximately north-west of Gniezno and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,569 (out of which the population of Kłecko amounts to 2,677, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,892). During the German Invasion of Poland", "id": "7426072" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krobia\n\n\nGmina Krobia is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krobia, which lies approximately south of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,792 (out of which the population of Krobia amounts to 4,022, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,770). Apart from the town of Krobia, Gmina Krobia contains", "id": "7426507" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dolsk\n\n\nGmina Dolsk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dolsk, which lies approximately south of Śrem and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,732 (out of which the population of Dolsk amounts to 1,479, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,253). Apart from the town of Dolsk, Gmina Dolsk contains", "id": "8083466" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzcianka\n\n\nGmina Trzcianka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzcianka, which lies approximately north of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,482 (out of which the population of Trzcianka amounts to 16,756, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,726). Apart from the town of Trzcianka", "id": "7426054" }, { "contents": "Gmina Międzychód\n\n\nGmina Międzychód is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Międzychód, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,290 (out of which the population of Międzychód amounts to 10,920, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,370). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Pszczew Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "7575703" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wieleń\n\n\nGmina Wieleń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wieleń, which lies approximately west of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,572 (out of which the population of Wieleń amounts to 5,940, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,632). Apart from the town of Wieleń", "id": "7426058" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rybno, Masovian Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rybno is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Sochaczew County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rybno, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Sochaczew and 62 km (38 mi) west of Warsaw. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,494. Gmina Rybno contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Antosin, Bronisławy, Ćmiszew Rybnowski, Ćmiszew-Parcel, Cypriany, Erminów, Jasieniec,", "id": "5184822" }, { "contents": "Gmina Domaszowice\n\n\nGmina Domaszowice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Namysłów County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Domaszowice, which lies approximately east of Namysłów and north of the regional capital Opole. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,772. Gmina Domaszowice contains the villages and settlements of Domaszowice, Dziedzice, Gręboszów, Kopalina, Nowa Wieś, Piekło, Polkowskie, Siemysłów, Stary Gręboszów, Strzelce, Sułoszów, Świbne, Szerzyna, Wielka Kolonia", "id": "5406927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wysoka\n\n\nGmina Wysoka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wysoka, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,890 (out of which the population of Wysoka amounts to 2,750, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,140). It is situated in the historical region of Krajna.", "id": "7576291" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kazimierza Wielka\n\n\nGmina Kazimierza Wielka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kazimierza County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kazimierza Wielka, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,759 (out of which the population of Kazimierza Wielka amounts to 5,730, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 11,029). Apart from the town of Kazimierza Wielka, Gmina Kazimierza Wielka contains", "id": "7014442" }, { "contents": "Gmina Śrem\n\n\nGmina Śrem is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Śrem, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 39,841 (out of which the population of Śrem amounts to 30,227, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,614). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Chłapowski Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "8083461" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatówek\n\n\nGmina Opatówek is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatówek (population 3,800), which lies approximately east of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,148. Gmina Opatówek is bordered by the city of Kalisz and by the gminas of Ceków-Kolonia, Godziesze Wielkie, Koźminek, Szczytniki and Żelazków. The gmina contains the", "id": "20628584" }, { "contents": "Gmina Słomniki\n\n\nGmina Słomniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Słomniki, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,589 (out of which the population of Słomniki amounts to 4,331, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,258). Apart from the town of Słomniki, Gmina Słomniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "3315531" }, { "contents": "Gmina Proszowice\n\n\nGmina Proszowice is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Proszowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Proszowice, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,188 (out of which the population of Proszowice amounts to 6,205, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,983). Apart from the town of Proszowice, Gmina Proszowice contains the villages and settlements", "id": "4626927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychtal\n\n\nGmina Rychtal is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rychtal, which lies approximately south-west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,041. Gmina Rychtal contains the villages and settlements of Dalanów, Darnowiec, Drożki, Dworzyszcze, Krzyżowniki, Mały Buczek, Nowa Wieś, Proszów, Remiszówka, Skoroszów, Stogniewice, Szarlota", "id": "7427224" }, { "contents": "Gmina Poniec\n\n\nGmina Poniec is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Poniec, which lies approximately south-west of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,866 (out of which the population of Poniec amounts to 2,875, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,991). Apart from the town of Poniec, Gmina", "id": "7426590" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rzgów, Łódź Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rzgów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Łódź East County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rzgów, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Łódź. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,019 (out of which the population of Rzgów amounts to 3,338, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,681). Apart from the town of Rzgów, Gmina Rzgów contains the villages and settlements of Babichy", "id": "3242989" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatów, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Opatów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatów, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,635 (out of which the population of Opatów amounts to 6,846, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,789). Apart from the town of Opatów, Gmina Opatów contains the villages and settlements of", "id": "7292087" } ]

[ { "contents": "Gmina Przedecz\n\n\nGmina Przedecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Przedecz, which lies approximately north-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,319 (out of which the population of Przedecz amounts to 1,771, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,548). Apart from the town of Przedecz, Gmina", "id": "7575434" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłodawa, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Kłodawa is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłodawa, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,307 (out of which the population of Kłodawa amounts to 6,829, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,478). Apart from the town of Kłodawa, Gmina Kłodawa contains", "id": "7427258" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osiek Mały\n\n\nGmina Osiek Mały is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Osiek Mały, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,866. Gmina Osiek Mały contains the villages and settlements of Borecznia Wielka, Dęby Szlacheckie, Drzewce, Felicjanów, Grądy, Lipiny, Łuczywno, Maciejewo, Młynek, Moczydła, Nowa Wieś, Nowe", "id": "7575433" }, { "contents": "Gmina Babiak\n\n\nGmina Babiak is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Babiak, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,920. Gmina Babiak contains the villages and settlements of Babiak, Bogusławice, Bogusławice-Nowiny, Brdów, Brzezie, Bugaj, Dębno Królewskie, Dębno Poproboszczowskie, Góraj, Gryglaki, Janowice, Józefowo, Kiejsze", "id": "7427252" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dąbie, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dąbie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dąbie, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,644 (out of which the population of Dąbie amounts to 2,087, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,557). Apart from the town of Dąbie, Gmina", "id": "7427256" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodów\n\n\nGmina Chodów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Chodów, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,475. Gmina Chodów contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Bowyczyny, Budy-Gole, Chodów, Chrzanowo, Czerwonka, Długie, Domaników, Dziegielewo, Dzierzbice, Elizanów, Gąsiory, Ignacewo, Jagiełłów", "id": "7427255" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kościelec\n\n\nGmina Kościelec is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Kościelec, which lies approximately south-west of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,667. Gmina Kościelec contains the villages and settlements of Białków Górny, Białków Kościelny, Dąbrowice, Dąbrowice Częściowe, Daniszew, Dobrów, Gąsiorów, Gozdów, Kościelec, Łęka, Leszcze, Mariampol,", "id": "7575390" }, { "contents": "Gmina Grzegorzew\n\n\nGmina Grzegorzew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Grzegorzew, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,617. Gmina Grzegorzew contains the villages and settlements of Barłogi, Boguszyniec, Borysławice Kościelne, Borysławice Zamkowe, Bylice, Bylice-Kolonia, Grodna, Grzegorzew, Kiełczewek, Ladorudzek, Ponętów Dolny,", "id": "7427257" }, { "contents": "Gmina Olszówka\n\n\nGmina Olszówka is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Olszówka, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,757. Gmina Olszówka contains the villages and settlements of Adamin, Dębowiczki, Drzewce, Głębokie, Grabina, Krzewata, Łubianka, Młynik, Mniewo, Nowa Wioska, Olszówka, Ostrów, Ponętów Górny Drugi,", "id": "7575392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kostrzyn\n\n\nGmina Kostrzyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kostrzyn, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,456 (out of which the population of Kostrzyn amounts to 8,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,917). Apart from the town of Kostrzyn, Gmina Kostrzyn contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Swarzędz\n\n\nGmina Swarzędz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Swarzędz, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,499 (out of which the population of Swarzędz amounts to 29,894, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,605). Apart from the town of Swarzędz, Gmina Swarzędz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576775" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jarocin, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Jarocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jarocin, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 44,430 (out of which the population of Jarocin amounts to 25,834, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 18,596). Apart from the town of Jarocin, Gmina Jarocin contains the villages", "id": "7426646" }, { "contents": "Gmina Izbica Kujawska\n\n\nGmina Izbica Kujawska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Izbica Kujawska, which lies approximately south-west of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,008 (out of which the population of Izbica Kujawska amounts to 2,783, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,225). Apart from the town of Izbica Kujawska", "id": "3000260" }, { "contents": "Gmina Września\n\n\nGmina Września is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Września, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2012 its total population is 45,523 (out of which the population of Września amounts to 29,564, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,959). Apart from the town of Września, Gmina Września contains the villages and settlements", "id": "8083549" }, { "contents": "Gmina Oborniki\n\n\nGmina Oborniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Oborniki, which lies approximately north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 31,541 (out of which the population of Oborniki amounts to 17,850, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 13,691). Apart from the town of Oborniki, Gmina Oborniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "1413631" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osieczna, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Osieczna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Osieczna, which lies approximately north-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,576 (out of which the population of Osieczna amounts to 2,018, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,558). Apart from the town of Osieczna, Gmina", "id": "7575680" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mosina\n\n\nGmina Mosina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mosina, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 25,098 (out of which the population of Mosina amounts to 12,150, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,948). Apart from the town of Mosina, Gmina Mosina contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576490" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gizałki\n\n\nGmina Gizałki is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Gizałki, which lies approximately north of Pleszew and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,628. Gmina Gizałki contains the villages and settlements of Białobłoty, Czołnochów, Dziewin Duży, Gizałki, Gizałki-Las, Leszczyca, Nowa Wieś, Obory, Obory-Kolonia, Orlina Duża,", "id": "7576392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kępno\n\n\nGmina Kępno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kępno, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 24,308 (out of which the population of Kępno amounts to 14,710, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,598). Apart from the town of Kępno, Gmina Kępno contains the villages", "id": "7427019" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostrzeszów\n\n\nGmina Ostrzeszów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostrzeszów, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,346 (out of which the population of Ostrzeszów amounts to 14,536, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,810). Apart from the town of Ostrzeszów, Gmina Ostrzeszów contains the villages", "id": "7575789" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pleszew\n\n\nGmina Pleszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pleszew, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,790 (out of which the population of Pleszew amounts to 17,787, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,003). Apart from the town of Pleszew, Gmina Pleszew contains the villages", "id": "7576347" }, { "contents": "Gmina Margonin\n\n\nGmina Margonin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Margonin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,414 (out of which the population of Margonin amounts to 2,956, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,458). Apart from the town of Margonin, Gmina Margonin contains", "id": "7426007" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamocin\n\n\nGmina Szamocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamocin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,292 (out of which the population of Szamocin amounts to 4,267, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,025). Apart from the town of Szamocin, Gmina Szamocin contains", "id": "7426010" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kleczew\n\n\nGmina Kleczew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kleczew, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,721 (out of which the population of Kleczew amounts to 4,173, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,548). Apart from the town of Kleczew, Gmina Kleczew contains", "id": "7575448" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ślesin\n\n\nGmina Ślesin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ślesin, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Ślesin amounts to 3,102, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,344). Apart from the town of Ślesin, Gmina Ślesin contains", "id": "7575502" }, { "contents": "Gmina Łobżenica\n\n\nGmina Łobżenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Łobżenica, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,853 (out of which the population of Łobżenica amounts to 3,172, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,681). Apart from the town of Łobżenica, Gmina Łobżenica contains", "id": "7576139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wyrzysk\n\n\nGmina Wyrzysk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wyrzysk, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,132 (out of which the population of Wyrzysk amounts to 5,234, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,898). Apart from the town of Wyrzysk, Gmina Wyrzysk contains", "id": "7576223" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krotoszyn\n\n\nGmina Krotoszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krotoszyn, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,360 (of which the population of Krotoszyn amounts to 29,421, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,939). Apart from the town of Krotoszyn, Gmina Krotoszyn contains the villages and", "id": "7575611" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzemeszno\n\n\nGmina Trzemeszno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzemeszno, which lies approximately east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,019 (out of which the population of Trzemeszno amounts to 7,789, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,230). Apart from the town of Trzemeszno, Gmina Trzemeszno contains", "id": "7426124" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gostyń\n\n\nGmina Gostyń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gostyń, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 27,860 (out of which the population of Gostyń amounts to 20,588, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,272). Apart from the town of Gostyń, Gmina Gostyń contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7426493" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rawicz\n\n\nGmina Rawicz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rawicz, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population was 29,434 (out of which the population of Rawicz amounted to 21,301, and the population of the rural part of the gmina was 8,133). Apart from the town of Rawicz, Gmina Rawicz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576781" }, { "contents": "Gmina Golina\n\n\nGmina Golina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Golina, which lies approximately north-west of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,326 (out of which the population of Golina amounts to 4,330, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,996). Apart from the town of Golina, Gmina", "id": "7575438" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sieraków\n\n\nGmina Sieraków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sieraków, which lies approximately east of Międzychód and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,649 (out of which the population of Sieraków amounts to 5,994, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,655). Apart from the town of Sieraków, Gmina", "id": "7575717" }, { "contents": "Gmina Tuliszków\n\n\nGmina Tuliszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Tuliszków, which lies approximately north-west of Turek and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,510 (out of which the population of Tuliszków amounts to 3,393, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,117). Apart from the town of Tuliszków, Gmina", "id": "8083520" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dobra, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dobra is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dobra, which lies approximately south-east of Turek and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,368 (out of which the population of Dobra amounts to 1,511, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,857). Apart from the town of Dobra", "id": "8083471" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rogoźno\n\n\nGmina Rogoźno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rogoźno, which lies approximately north-east of Oborniki and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,322 (out of which the population of Rogoźno amounts to 10,905, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,417). Apart from the town of Rogoźno, Gmina", "id": "1413595" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamotuły\n\n\nGmina Szamotuły is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamotuły, which lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 28,575 (out of which the population of Szamotuły amounts to 18,760, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,815). Apart from the town of Szamotuły, Gmina Szamotuły contains the villages", "id": "7577025" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nekla\n\n\nGmina Nekla is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Nekla, which lies approximately west of Września and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,623 (out of which the population of Nekla amounts to 3,203, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,420). Apart from the town of Nekla, Gmina Nekla contains", "id": "8083558" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gołańcz\n\n\nGmina Gołańcz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gołańcz, which lies approximately north-east of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,391 (out of which the population of Gołańcz amounts to 3,342, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,049). Apart from the town of Gołańcz", "id": "8083529" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stęszew\n\n\nGmina Stęszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stęszew, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,919 (out of which the population of Stęszew amounts to 5,339, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,580). Apart from the town of Stęszew, Gmina Stęszew contains the villages", "id": "7576754" }, { "contents": "Gmina Żerków\n\n\nGmina Żerków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Żerków, which lies approximately north of Jarocin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,555 (out of which the population of Żerków amounts to 2,058, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,497). Apart from the town of Żerków, Gmina", "id": "7426670" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stawiszyn\n\n\nGmina Stawiszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stawiszyn, which lies approximately north of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,244 (out of which the population of Stawiszyn amounts to 1,554, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,690). Apart from the town of Stawiszyn, Gmina", "id": "7426954" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mikstat\n\n\nGmina Mikstat is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mikstat, which lies approximately north of Ostrzeszów and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,187 (out of which the population of Mikstat amounts to 1,840, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,347). Apart from the town of Mikstat, Gmina", "id": "7576120" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jutrosin\n\n\nGmina Jutrosin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jutrosin, which lies approximately east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,070 (out of which the population of Jutrosin amounts to 1,872, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,198). Apart from the town of Jutrosin, Gmina Jutrosin contains", "id": "7576794" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kórnik\n\n\nGmina Kórnik (Kórnik Commune) is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kórnik, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,585 (out of which the population of Kórnik amounts to 6,981, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,604). Apart from the town of Kórnik, Gmina", "id": "7576478" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sompolno\n\n\nGmina Sompolno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sompolno, which lies approximately north-east of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,530 (of which the population of Sompolno amounts to 3,695, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,835). Apart from the town of Sompolno, Gmina Sompolno", "id": "7575495" }, { "contents": "Gmina Witkowo\n\n\nGmina Witkowo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Witkowo, which lies approximately south-east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Witkowo amounts to 7,855, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,591). Apart from the town of Witkowo, Gmina", "id": "7426139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Buk\n\n\nGmina Buk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Buk, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,917, of which the population of Buk is 6,181, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,736. Apart from the town of Buk, Gmina Buk contains the villages and settlements of Cieśle,", "id": "7576420" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czerniejewo\n\n\nGmina Czerniejewo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czerniejewo, which lies approximately south-west of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,913 (out of which the population of Czerniejewo amounts to 2,556, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,357). Apart from the town of Czerniejewo, Gmina", "id": "7426061" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wolsztyn\n\n\nGmina Wolsztyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wolsztyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wolsztyn, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,216 (out of which the population of Wolsztyn amounts to 13,557, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,659). Apart from the town of Wolsztyn, Gmina Wolsztyn contains the villages", "id": "8083545" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodecz\n\n\nGmina Chodecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Chodecz, which lies approximately south of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,395 (out of which the population of Chodecz amounts to 1,936, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,459). Apart from the town of Chodecz, Gmina Chodecz contains the villages", "id": "3000237" }, { "contents": "Gmina Skoki\n\n\nGmina Skoki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Skoki, which lies approximately south of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,749 (out of which the population of Skoki amounts to 3,866, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,883). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "1556184" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czempiń\n\n\nGmina Czempiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czempiń, which lies approximately north-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,259 (out of which the population of Czempiń amounts to 5,135, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,124). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pogorzela\n\n\nGmina Pogorzela is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pogorzela, which lies approximately south-east of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,157 (out of which the population of Pogorzela amounts to 1,974, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,183). Apart from the town of Pogorzela, Gmina", "id": "7426581" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychwał\n\n\nGmina Rychwał is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rychwał, which lies approximately south of Konin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,387 (out of which the population of Rychwał amounts to 2,377, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,010). Apart from the town of Rychwał, Gmina", "id": "7575475" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opalenica\n\n\nGmina Opalenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opalenica, which lies approximately east of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,588 (out of which the population of Opalenica amounts to 9,104, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,484). Apart from the town of Opalenica, Gmina", "id": "7575746" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koźmin Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Koźmin Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koźmin Wielkopolski, which lies approximately north of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,820 (out of which the population of Koźmin Wielkopolski amounts to 6,707, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,113). Apart from the town of", "id": "7575621" }, { "contents": "Gmina Raszków\n\n\nGmina Raszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Raszków, which lies approximately north of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,275 (out of which the population of Raszków amounts to 2,037, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,238). Apart from the town of Raszków", "id": "7575772" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miejska Górka\n\n\nGmina Miejska Górka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miejska Górka, which lies approximately north-east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,283 (out of which the population of Miejska Górka amounts to 3,128, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,155). Apart from the town of", "id": "7576825" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ujście\n\n\nGmina Ujście is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ujście, which lies approximately south of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,009 (out of which the population of Ujście amounts to 3,899, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,110). Apart from the town of Ujście, Gmina Ujście contains", "id": "7576174" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pniewy, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Pniewy is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pniewy, which lies approximately south-west of Szamotuły and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,905 (out of which the population of Pniewy amounts to 7,464, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,441). Apart from the town of Pniewy, Gmina", "id": "7577091" }, { "contents": "Gmina Książ Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Książ Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Książ Wielkopolski, which lies approximately east of Śrem and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,429 (out of which the population of Książ Wielkopolski amounts to 2,724, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,705). Apart from the town of", "id": "8083469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miłosław\n\n\nGmina Miłosław is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miłosław, which lies approximately south-west of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,266 (out of which the population of Miłosław amounts to 3,589, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,677). Apart from the town of Miłosław", "id": "8083552" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zduny, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Zduny is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zduny, which lies approximately south-west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,946 (out of which the population of Zduny amounts to 4,498, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,448). Apart from the town of Zduny, Gmina", "id": "7575635" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rozdrażew\n\n\nGmina Rozdrażew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rozdrażew, which lies approximately north-east of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,155. Gmina Rozdrażew contains the villages and settlements of Budy, Chwałki, Dąbrowa, Dębowiec, Dzielice, Grębów, Henryków, Maciejew, Nowa Wieś, Rozdrażew, Trzemeszno, Wolenice,", "id": "7575629" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jastrowie\n\n\nGmina Jastrowie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jastrowie, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,401 (out of which the population of Jastrowie amounts to 8,403, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,998). Apart from the town of Jastrowie, Gmina", "id": "8083566" }, { "contents": "Gmina Okonek\n\n\nGmina Okonek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Okonek, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,909 (out of which the population of Okonek amounts to 3,827, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,082). Apart from the town of Okonek, Gmina", "id": "8083574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rydzyna\n\n\nGmina Rydzyna () is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rydzyna, which lies approximately south-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,076 (out of which the population of Rydzyna amounts to 2,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,537). Apart from the town of Rydzyna", "id": "7575682" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krzywiń\n\n\nGmina Krzywiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krzywiń, which lies approximately south-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,892 (out of which the population of Krzywiń amounts to 1,547, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,345). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575597" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pyzdry\n\n\nGmina Pyzdry is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pyzdry, which lies approximately south of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,217 (out of which the population of Pyzdry amounts to 3,188, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,029). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "8083559" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koło\n\n\nGmina Koło is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koło, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,995. Gmina Koło contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrówka, Borki, Chojny, Czołowo, Czołowo-Kolonia, Dąbrowa, Dzierawy, Kaczyniec, Kamień, Kiełczew Górny, Kiełczew Smużny Czwarty, Kiełczew Smużny Pierwszy", "id": "7575389" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krajenka\n\n\nGmina Krajenka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krajenka, which lies approximately south-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,230 (out of which the population of Krajenka amounts to 3,651, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,579). Apart from the town of Krajenka, Gmina", "id": "8083568" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kobylin\n\n\nGmina Kobylin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kobylin, which lies approximately west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,039 (out of which the population of Kobylin amounts to 3,084, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,955). Apart from the town of Kobylin, Gmina Kobylin contains", "id": "7575620" }, { "contents": "Gmina Bralin\n\n\nGmina Bralin is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Bralin, which lies approximately west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,644. Gmina Bralin contains the villages and settlements of Bralin, Chojęcin, Czermin, Działosze, Gola, Mnichowice, Nosale, Nowa Wieś Książęca, Tabor Mały, Tabor Wielki and Weronikopole. Gmina", "id": "7427212" }, { "contents": "Gmina Środa Wielkopolska\n\n\nGmina Środa Wielkopolska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Środa Wielkopolska County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Środa Wielkopolska, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 30,023 (out of which the population of Środa Wielkopolska amounts to 21,635, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,388). Apart from the town of Środa Wielkopolska,", "id": "7577108" }, { "contents": "Gmina Odolanów\n\n\nGmina Odolanów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Odolanów, which lies approximately south of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,867 (out of which the population of Odolanów amounts to 4,960, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,907). The gmina contains part of the", "id": "7575765" }, { "contents": "Przedecz\n\n\nPrzedecz (; ) is a historic town in Koło County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship of Poland, with 1,779 inhabitants (2006). The town is situated in central Poland, midway between Chodecz and Kłodawa. It is located about northwest of Łódź, west of Warsaw and east of Poznań. The southeast side of Przedecz borders on the shore of Lake Przedecz. Nearby is one of the sources of the Noteć river. Przedecz is first mentioned in 1136 deed issued by Pope Innocent II, denoting the settlement as a possession held by", "id": "10103076" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zagórów\n\n\nGmina Zagórów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Słupca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zagórów, which lies approximately south of Słupca and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,073 (out of which the population of Zagórów amounts to 2,932, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,141). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Warta", "id": "7576873" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostroróg\n\n\nGmina Ostroróg is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostroróg, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,865 (out of which the population of Ostroróg amounts to 1,995, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,870). Apart from the town of Ostroróg", "id": "7577081" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wronki\n\n\nGmina Wronki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wronki, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,713 (out of which the population of Wronki amounts to 11,551, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,162). Apart from the town of Wronki", "id": "7577092" }, { "contents": "Gmina Lwówek\n\n\nGmina Lwówek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Lwówek, which lies approximately north of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,151 (out of which the population of Lwówek amounts to 2,909, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,242). Apart from the town of Lwówek, Gmina", "id": "7575726" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nowa Sarzyna\n\n\nGmina Nowa Sarzyna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leżajsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowa Sarzyna, which lies approximately north-west of Leżajsk and north-east of the regional capital Rzeszów. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 21,296 (out of which the population of Nowa Sarzyna amounts to 6,308, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 14,988). Apart from the town", "id": "5471232" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłecko\n\n\nGmina Kłecko is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłecko, which lies approximately north-west of Gniezno and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,569 (out of which the population of Kłecko amounts to 2,677, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,892). During the German Invasion of Poland", "id": "7426072" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krobia\n\n\nGmina Krobia is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krobia, which lies approximately south of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,792 (out of which the population of Krobia amounts to 4,022, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,770). Apart from the town of Krobia, Gmina Krobia contains", "id": "7426507" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dolsk\n\n\nGmina Dolsk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dolsk, which lies approximately south of Śrem and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,732 (out of which the population of Dolsk amounts to 1,479, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,253). Apart from the town of Dolsk, Gmina Dolsk contains", "id": "8083466" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzcianka\n\n\nGmina Trzcianka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzcianka, which lies approximately north of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,482 (out of which the population of Trzcianka amounts to 16,756, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,726). Apart from the town of Trzcianka", "id": "7426054" }, { "contents": "Gmina Międzychód\n\n\nGmina Międzychód is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Międzychód, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,290 (out of which the population of Międzychód amounts to 10,920, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,370). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Pszczew Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "7575703" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wieleń\n\n\nGmina Wieleń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wieleń, which lies approximately west of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,572 (out of which the population of Wieleń amounts to 5,940, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,632). Apart from the town of Wieleń", "id": "7426058" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rybno, Masovian Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rybno is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Sochaczew County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rybno, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Sochaczew and 62 km (38 mi) west of Warsaw. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,494. Gmina Rybno contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Antosin, Bronisławy, Ćmiszew Rybnowski, Ćmiszew-Parcel, Cypriany, Erminów, Jasieniec,", "id": "5184822" }, { "contents": "Gmina Domaszowice\n\n\nGmina Domaszowice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Namysłów County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Domaszowice, which lies approximately east of Namysłów and north of the regional capital Opole. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,772. Gmina Domaszowice contains the villages and settlements of Domaszowice, Dziedzice, Gręboszów, Kopalina, Nowa Wieś, Piekło, Polkowskie, Siemysłów, Stary Gręboszów, Strzelce, Sułoszów, Świbne, Szerzyna, Wielka Kolonia", "id": "5406927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wysoka\n\n\nGmina Wysoka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wysoka, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,890 (out of which the population of Wysoka amounts to 2,750, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,140). It is situated in the historical region of Krajna.", "id": "7576291" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kazimierza Wielka\n\n\nGmina Kazimierza Wielka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kazimierza County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kazimierza Wielka, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,759 (out of which the population of Kazimierza Wielka amounts to 5,730, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 11,029). Apart from the town of Kazimierza Wielka, Gmina Kazimierza Wielka contains", "id": "7014442" }, { "contents": "Gmina Śrem\n\n\nGmina Śrem is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Śrem, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 39,841 (out of which the population of Śrem amounts to 30,227, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,614). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Chłapowski Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "8083461" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatówek\n\n\nGmina Opatówek is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatówek (population 3,800), which lies approximately east of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,148. Gmina Opatówek is bordered by the city of Kalisz and by the gminas of Ceków-Kolonia, Godziesze Wielkie, Koźminek, Szczytniki and Żelazków. The gmina contains the", "id": "20628584" }, { "contents": "Gmina Słomniki\n\n\nGmina Słomniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Słomniki, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,589 (out of which the population of Słomniki amounts to 4,331, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,258). Apart from the town of Słomniki, Gmina Słomniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "3315531" }, { "contents": "Gmina Proszowice\n\n\nGmina Proszowice is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Proszowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Proszowice, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,188 (out of which the population of Proszowice amounts to 6,205, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,983). Apart from the town of Proszowice, Gmina Proszowice contains the villages and settlements", "id": "4626927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychtal\n\n\nGmina Rychtal is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rychtal, which lies approximately south-west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,041. Gmina Rychtal contains the villages and settlements of Dalanów, Darnowiec, Drożki, Dworzyszcze, Krzyżowniki, Mały Buczek, Nowa Wieś, Proszów, Remiszówka, Skoroszów, Stogniewice, Szarlota", "id": "7427224" }, { "contents": "Gmina Poniec\n\n\nGmina Poniec is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Poniec, which lies approximately south-west of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,866 (out of which the population of Poniec amounts to 2,875, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,991). Apart from the town of Poniec, Gmina", "id": "7426590" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rzgów, Łódź Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rzgów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Łódź East County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rzgów, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Łódź. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,019 (out of which the population of Rzgów amounts to 3,338, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,681). Apart from the town of Rzgów, Gmina Rzgów contains the villages and settlements of Babichy", "id": "3242989" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatów, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Opatów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatów, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,635 (out of which the population of Opatów amounts to 6,846, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,789). Apart from the town of Opatów, Gmina Opatów contains the villages and settlements of", "id": "7292087" } ]

[ { "contents": "Gmina Przedecz\n\n\nGmina Przedecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Przedecz, which lies approximately north-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,319 (out of which the population of Przedecz amounts to 1,771, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,548). Apart from the town of Przedecz, Gmina", "id": "7575434" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłodawa, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Kłodawa is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłodawa, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,307 (out of which the population of Kłodawa amounts to 6,829, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,478). Apart from the town of Kłodawa, Gmina Kłodawa contains", "id": "7427258" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osiek Mały\n\n\nGmina Osiek Mały is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Osiek Mały, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,866. Gmina Osiek Mały contains the villages and settlements of Borecznia Wielka, Dęby Szlacheckie, Drzewce, Felicjanów, Grądy, Lipiny, Łuczywno, Maciejewo, Młynek, Moczydła, Nowa Wieś, Nowe", "id": "7575433" }, { "contents": "Gmina Babiak\n\n\nGmina Babiak is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Babiak, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,920. Gmina Babiak contains the villages and settlements of Babiak, Bogusławice, Bogusławice-Nowiny, Brdów, Brzezie, Bugaj, Dębno Królewskie, Dębno Poproboszczowskie, Góraj, Gryglaki, Janowice, Józefowo, Kiejsze", "id": "7427252" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dąbie, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dąbie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dąbie, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,644 (out of which the population of Dąbie amounts to 2,087, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,557). Apart from the town of Dąbie, Gmina", "id": "7427256" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodów\n\n\nGmina Chodów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Chodów, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,475. Gmina Chodów contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Bowyczyny, Budy-Gole, Chodów, Chrzanowo, Czerwonka, Długie, Domaników, Dziegielewo, Dzierzbice, Elizanów, Gąsiory, Ignacewo, Jagiełłów", "id": "7427255" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kościelec\n\n\nGmina Kościelec is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Kościelec, which lies approximately south-west of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,667. Gmina Kościelec contains the villages and settlements of Białków Górny, Białków Kościelny, Dąbrowice, Dąbrowice Częściowe, Daniszew, Dobrów, Gąsiorów, Gozdów, Kościelec, Łęka, Leszcze, Mariampol,", "id": "7575390" }, { "contents": "Gmina Grzegorzew\n\n\nGmina Grzegorzew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Grzegorzew, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,617. Gmina Grzegorzew contains the villages and settlements of Barłogi, Boguszyniec, Borysławice Kościelne, Borysławice Zamkowe, Bylice, Bylice-Kolonia, Grodna, Grzegorzew, Kiełczewek, Ladorudzek, Ponętów Dolny,", "id": "7427257" }, { "contents": "Gmina Olszówka\n\n\nGmina Olszówka is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Olszówka, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,757. Gmina Olszówka contains the villages and settlements of Adamin, Dębowiczki, Drzewce, Głębokie, Grabina, Krzewata, Łubianka, Młynik, Mniewo, Nowa Wioska, Olszówka, Ostrów, Ponętów Górny Drugi,", "id": "7575392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kostrzyn\n\n\nGmina Kostrzyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kostrzyn, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,456 (out of which the population of Kostrzyn amounts to 8,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,917). Apart from the town of Kostrzyn, Gmina Kostrzyn contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Swarzędz\n\n\nGmina Swarzędz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Swarzędz, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,499 (out of which the population of Swarzędz amounts to 29,894, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,605). Apart from the town of Swarzędz, Gmina Swarzędz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576775" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jarocin, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Jarocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jarocin, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 44,430 (out of which the population of Jarocin amounts to 25,834, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 18,596). Apart from the town of Jarocin, Gmina Jarocin contains the villages", "id": "7426646" }, { "contents": "Gmina Izbica Kujawska\n\n\nGmina Izbica Kujawska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Izbica Kujawska, which lies approximately south-west of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,008 (out of which the population of Izbica Kujawska amounts to 2,783, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,225). Apart from the town of Izbica Kujawska", "id": "3000260" }, { "contents": "Gmina Września\n\n\nGmina Września is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Września, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2012 its total population is 45,523 (out of which the population of Września amounts to 29,564, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,959). Apart from the town of Września, Gmina Września contains the villages and settlements", "id": "8083549" }, { "contents": "Gmina Oborniki\n\n\nGmina Oborniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Oborniki, which lies approximately north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 31,541 (out of which the population of Oborniki amounts to 17,850, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 13,691). Apart from the town of Oborniki, Gmina Oborniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "1413631" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osieczna, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Osieczna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Osieczna, which lies approximately north-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,576 (out of which the population of Osieczna amounts to 2,018, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,558). Apart from the town of Osieczna, Gmina", "id": "7575680" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mosina\n\n\nGmina Mosina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mosina, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 25,098 (out of which the population of Mosina amounts to 12,150, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,948). Apart from the town of Mosina, Gmina Mosina contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576490" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gizałki\n\n\nGmina Gizałki is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Gizałki, which lies approximately north of Pleszew and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,628. Gmina Gizałki contains the villages and settlements of Białobłoty, Czołnochów, Dziewin Duży, Gizałki, Gizałki-Las, Leszczyca, Nowa Wieś, Obory, Obory-Kolonia, Orlina Duża,", "id": "7576392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kępno\n\n\nGmina Kępno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kępno, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 24,308 (out of which the population of Kępno amounts to 14,710, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,598). Apart from the town of Kępno, Gmina Kępno contains the villages", "id": "7427019" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostrzeszów\n\n\nGmina Ostrzeszów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostrzeszów, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,346 (out of which the population of Ostrzeszów amounts to 14,536, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,810). Apart from the town of Ostrzeszów, Gmina Ostrzeszów contains the villages", "id": "7575789" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pleszew\n\n\nGmina Pleszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pleszew, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,790 (out of which the population of Pleszew amounts to 17,787, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,003). Apart from the town of Pleszew, Gmina Pleszew contains the villages", "id": "7576347" }, { "contents": "Gmina Margonin\n\n\nGmina Margonin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Margonin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,414 (out of which the population of Margonin amounts to 2,956, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,458). Apart from the town of Margonin, Gmina Margonin contains", "id": "7426007" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamocin\n\n\nGmina Szamocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamocin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,292 (out of which the population of Szamocin amounts to 4,267, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,025). Apart from the town of Szamocin, Gmina Szamocin contains", "id": "7426010" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kleczew\n\n\nGmina Kleczew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kleczew, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,721 (out of which the population of Kleczew amounts to 4,173, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,548). Apart from the town of Kleczew, Gmina Kleczew contains", "id": "7575448" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ślesin\n\n\nGmina Ślesin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ślesin, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Ślesin amounts to 3,102, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,344). Apart from the town of Ślesin, Gmina Ślesin contains", "id": "7575502" }, { "contents": "Gmina Łobżenica\n\n\nGmina Łobżenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Łobżenica, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,853 (out of which the population of Łobżenica amounts to 3,172, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,681). Apart from the town of Łobżenica, Gmina Łobżenica contains", "id": "7576139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wyrzysk\n\n\nGmina Wyrzysk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wyrzysk, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,132 (out of which the population of Wyrzysk amounts to 5,234, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,898). Apart from the town of Wyrzysk, Gmina Wyrzysk contains", "id": "7576223" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krotoszyn\n\n\nGmina Krotoszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krotoszyn, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,360 (of which the population of Krotoszyn amounts to 29,421, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,939). Apart from the town of Krotoszyn, Gmina Krotoszyn contains the villages and", "id": "7575611" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzemeszno\n\n\nGmina Trzemeszno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzemeszno, which lies approximately east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,019 (out of which the population of Trzemeszno amounts to 7,789, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,230). Apart from the town of Trzemeszno, Gmina Trzemeszno contains", "id": "7426124" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gostyń\n\n\nGmina Gostyń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gostyń, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 27,860 (out of which the population of Gostyń amounts to 20,588, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,272). Apart from the town of Gostyń, Gmina Gostyń contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7426493" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rawicz\n\n\nGmina Rawicz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rawicz, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population was 29,434 (out of which the population of Rawicz amounted to 21,301, and the population of the rural part of the gmina was 8,133). Apart from the town of Rawicz, Gmina Rawicz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576781" }, { "contents": "Gmina Golina\n\n\nGmina Golina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Golina, which lies approximately north-west of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,326 (out of which the population of Golina amounts to 4,330, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,996). Apart from the town of Golina, Gmina", "id": "7575438" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sieraków\n\n\nGmina Sieraków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sieraków, which lies approximately east of Międzychód and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,649 (out of which the population of Sieraków amounts to 5,994, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,655). Apart from the town of Sieraków, Gmina", "id": "7575717" }, { "contents": "Gmina Tuliszków\n\n\nGmina Tuliszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Tuliszków, which lies approximately north-west of Turek and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,510 (out of which the population of Tuliszków amounts to 3,393, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,117). Apart from the town of Tuliszków, Gmina", "id": "8083520" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dobra, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dobra is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dobra, which lies approximately south-east of Turek and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,368 (out of which the population of Dobra amounts to 1,511, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,857). Apart from the town of Dobra", "id": "8083471" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rogoźno\n\n\nGmina Rogoźno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rogoźno, which lies approximately north-east of Oborniki and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,322 (out of which the population of Rogoźno amounts to 10,905, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,417). Apart from the town of Rogoźno, Gmina", "id": "1413595" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamotuły\n\n\nGmina Szamotuły is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamotuły, which lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 28,575 (out of which the population of Szamotuły amounts to 18,760, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,815). Apart from the town of Szamotuły, Gmina Szamotuły contains the villages", "id": "7577025" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nekla\n\n\nGmina Nekla is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Nekla, which lies approximately west of Września and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,623 (out of which the population of Nekla amounts to 3,203, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,420). Apart from the town of Nekla, Gmina Nekla contains", "id": "8083558" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gołańcz\n\n\nGmina Gołańcz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gołańcz, which lies approximately north-east of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,391 (out of which the population of Gołańcz amounts to 3,342, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,049). Apart from the town of Gołańcz", "id": "8083529" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stęszew\n\n\nGmina Stęszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stęszew, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,919 (out of which the population of Stęszew amounts to 5,339, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,580). Apart from the town of Stęszew, Gmina Stęszew contains the villages", "id": "7576754" }, { "contents": "Gmina Żerków\n\n\nGmina Żerków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Żerków, which lies approximately north of Jarocin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,555 (out of which the population of Żerków amounts to 2,058, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,497). Apart from the town of Żerków, Gmina", "id": "7426670" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stawiszyn\n\n\nGmina Stawiszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stawiszyn, which lies approximately north of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,244 (out of which the population of Stawiszyn amounts to 1,554, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,690). Apart from the town of Stawiszyn, Gmina", "id": "7426954" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mikstat\n\n\nGmina Mikstat is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mikstat, which lies approximately north of Ostrzeszów and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,187 (out of which the population of Mikstat amounts to 1,840, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,347). Apart from the town of Mikstat, Gmina", "id": "7576120" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jutrosin\n\n\nGmina Jutrosin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jutrosin, which lies approximately east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,070 (out of which the population of Jutrosin amounts to 1,872, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,198). Apart from the town of Jutrosin, Gmina Jutrosin contains", "id": "7576794" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kórnik\n\n\nGmina Kórnik (Kórnik Commune) is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kórnik, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,585 (out of which the population of Kórnik amounts to 6,981, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,604). Apart from the town of Kórnik, Gmina", "id": "7576478" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sompolno\n\n\nGmina Sompolno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sompolno, which lies approximately north-east of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,530 (of which the population of Sompolno amounts to 3,695, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,835). Apart from the town of Sompolno, Gmina Sompolno", "id": "7575495" }, { "contents": "Gmina Witkowo\n\n\nGmina Witkowo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Witkowo, which lies approximately south-east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Witkowo amounts to 7,855, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,591). Apart from the town of Witkowo, Gmina", "id": "7426139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Buk\n\n\nGmina Buk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Buk, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,917, of which the population of Buk is 6,181, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,736. Apart from the town of Buk, Gmina Buk contains the villages and settlements of Cieśle,", "id": "7576420" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czerniejewo\n\n\nGmina Czerniejewo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czerniejewo, which lies approximately south-west of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,913 (out of which the population of Czerniejewo amounts to 2,556, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,357). Apart from the town of Czerniejewo, Gmina", "id": "7426061" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wolsztyn\n\n\nGmina Wolsztyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wolsztyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wolsztyn, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,216 (out of which the population of Wolsztyn amounts to 13,557, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,659). Apart from the town of Wolsztyn, Gmina Wolsztyn contains the villages", "id": "8083545" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodecz\n\n\nGmina Chodecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Chodecz, which lies approximately south of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,395 (out of which the population of Chodecz amounts to 1,936, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,459). Apart from the town of Chodecz, Gmina Chodecz contains the villages", "id": "3000237" }, { "contents": "Gmina Skoki\n\n\nGmina Skoki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Skoki, which lies approximately south of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,749 (out of which the population of Skoki amounts to 3,866, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,883). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "1556184" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czempiń\n\n\nGmina Czempiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czempiń, which lies approximately north-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,259 (out of which the population of Czempiń amounts to 5,135, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,124). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pogorzela\n\n\nGmina Pogorzela is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pogorzela, which lies approximately south-east of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,157 (out of which the population of Pogorzela amounts to 1,974, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,183). Apart from the town of Pogorzela, Gmina", "id": "7426581" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychwał\n\n\nGmina Rychwał is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rychwał, which lies approximately south of Konin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,387 (out of which the population of Rychwał amounts to 2,377, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,010). Apart from the town of Rychwał, Gmina", "id": "7575475" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opalenica\n\n\nGmina Opalenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opalenica, which lies approximately east of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,588 (out of which the population of Opalenica amounts to 9,104, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,484). Apart from the town of Opalenica, Gmina", "id": "7575746" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koźmin Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Koźmin Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koźmin Wielkopolski, which lies approximately north of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,820 (out of which the population of Koźmin Wielkopolski amounts to 6,707, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,113). Apart from the town of", "id": "7575621" }, { "contents": "Gmina Raszków\n\n\nGmina Raszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Raszków, which lies approximately north of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,275 (out of which the population of Raszków amounts to 2,037, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,238). Apart from the town of Raszków", "id": "7575772" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miejska Górka\n\n\nGmina Miejska Górka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miejska Górka, which lies approximately north-east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,283 (out of which the population of Miejska Górka amounts to 3,128, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,155). Apart from the town of", "id": "7576825" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ujście\n\n\nGmina Ujście is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ujście, which lies approximately south of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,009 (out of which the population of Ujście amounts to 3,899, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,110). Apart from the town of Ujście, Gmina Ujście contains", "id": "7576174" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pniewy, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Pniewy is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pniewy, which lies approximately south-west of Szamotuły and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,905 (out of which the population of Pniewy amounts to 7,464, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,441). Apart from the town of Pniewy, Gmina", "id": "7577091" }, { "contents": "Gmina Książ Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Książ Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Książ Wielkopolski, which lies approximately east of Śrem and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,429 (out of which the population of Książ Wielkopolski amounts to 2,724, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,705). Apart from the town of", "id": "8083469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miłosław\n\n\nGmina Miłosław is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miłosław, which lies approximately south-west of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,266 (out of which the population of Miłosław amounts to 3,589, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,677). Apart from the town of Miłosław", "id": "8083552" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zduny, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Zduny is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zduny, which lies approximately south-west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,946 (out of which the population of Zduny amounts to 4,498, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,448). Apart from the town of Zduny, Gmina", "id": "7575635" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rozdrażew\n\n\nGmina Rozdrażew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rozdrażew, which lies approximately north-east of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,155. Gmina Rozdrażew contains the villages and settlements of Budy, Chwałki, Dąbrowa, Dębowiec, Dzielice, Grębów, Henryków, Maciejew, Nowa Wieś, Rozdrażew, Trzemeszno, Wolenice,", "id": "7575629" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jastrowie\n\n\nGmina Jastrowie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jastrowie, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,401 (out of which the population of Jastrowie amounts to 8,403, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,998). Apart from the town of Jastrowie, Gmina", "id": "8083566" }, { "contents": "Gmina Okonek\n\n\nGmina Okonek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Okonek, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,909 (out of which the population of Okonek amounts to 3,827, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,082). Apart from the town of Okonek, Gmina", "id": "8083574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rydzyna\n\n\nGmina Rydzyna () is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rydzyna, which lies approximately south-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,076 (out of which the population of Rydzyna amounts to 2,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,537). Apart from the town of Rydzyna", "id": "7575682" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krzywiń\n\n\nGmina Krzywiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krzywiń, which lies approximately south-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,892 (out of which the population of Krzywiń amounts to 1,547, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,345). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575597" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pyzdry\n\n\nGmina Pyzdry is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pyzdry, which lies approximately south of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,217 (out of which the population of Pyzdry amounts to 3,188, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,029). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "8083559" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koło\n\n\nGmina Koło is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koło, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,995. Gmina Koło contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrówka, Borki, Chojny, Czołowo, Czołowo-Kolonia, Dąbrowa, Dzierawy, Kaczyniec, Kamień, Kiełczew Górny, Kiełczew Smużny Czwarty, Kiełczew Smużny Pierwszy", "id": "7575389" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krajenka\n\n\nGmina Krajenka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krajenka, which lies approximately south-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,230 (out of which the population of Krajenka amounts to 3,651, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,579). Apart from the town of Krajenka, Gmina", "id": "8083568" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kobylin\n\n\nGmina Kobylin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kobylin, which lies approximately west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,039 (out of which the population of Kobylin amounts to 3,084, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,955). Apart from the town of Kobylin, Gmina Kobylin contains", "id": "7575620" }, { "contents": "Gmina Bralin\n\n\nGmina Bralin is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Bralin, which lies approximately west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,644. Gmina Bralin contains the villages and settlements of Bralin, Chojęcin, Czermin, Działosze, Gola, Mnichowice, Nosale, Nowa Wieś Książęca, Tabor Mały, Tabor Wielki and Weronikopole. Gmina", "id": "7427212" }, { "contents": "Gmina Środa Wielkopolska\n\n\nGmina Środa Wielkopolska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Środa Wielkopolska County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Środa Wielkopolska, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 30,023 (out of which the population of Środa Wielkopolska amounts to 21,635, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,388). Apart from the town of Środa Wielkopolska,", "id": "7577108" }, { "contents": "Gmina Odolanów\n\n\nGmina Odolanów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Odolanów, which lies approximately south of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,867 (out of which the population of Odolanów amounts to 4,960, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,907). The gmina contains part of the", "id": "7575765" }, { "contents": "Przedecz\n\n\nPrzedecz (; ) is a historic town in Koło County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship of Poland, with 1,779 inhabitants (2006). The town is situated in central Poland, midway between Chodecz and Kłodawa. It is located about northwest of Łódź, west of Warsaw and east of Poznań. The southeast side of Przedecz borders on the shore of Lake Przedecz. Nearby is one of the sources of the Noteć river. Przedecz is first mentioned in 1136 deed issued by Pope Innocent II, denoting the settlement as a possession held by", "id": "10103076" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zagórów\n\n\nGmina Zagórów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Słupca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zagórów, which lies approximately south of Słupca and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,073 (out of which the population of Zagórów amounts to 2,932, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,141). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Warta", "id": "7576873" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostroróg\n\n\nGmina Ostroróg is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostroróg, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,865 (out of which the population of Ostroróg amounts to 1,995, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,870). Apart from the town of Ostroróg", "id": "7577081" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wronki\n\n\nGmina Wronki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wronki, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,713 (out of which the population of Wronki amounts to 11,551, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,162). Apart from the town of Wronki", "id": "7577092" }, { "contents": "Gmina Lwówek\n\n\nGmina Lwówek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Lwówek, which lies approximately north of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,151 (out of which the population of Lwówek amounts to 2,909, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,242). Apart from the town of Lwówek, Gmina", "id": "7575726" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nowa Sarzyna\n\n\nGmina Nowa Sarzyna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leżajsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowa Sarzyna, which lies approximately north-west of Leżajsk and north-east of the regional capital Rzeszów. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 21,296 (out of which the population of Nowa Sarzyna amounts to 6,308, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 14,988). Apart from the town", "id": "5471232" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłecko\n\n\nGmina Kłecko is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłecko, which lies approximately north-west of Gniezno and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,569 (out of which the population of Kłecko amounts to 2,677, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,892). During the German Invasion of Poland", "id": "7426072" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krobia\n\n\nGmina Krobia is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krobia, which lies approximately south of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,792 (out of which the population of Krobia amounts to 4,022, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,770). Apart from the town of Krobia, Gmina Krobia contains", "id": "7426507" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dolsk\n\n\nGmina Dolsk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dolsk, which lies approximately south of Śrem and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,732 (out of which the population of Dolsk amounts to 1,479, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,253). Apart from the town of Dolsk, Gmina Dolsk contains", "id": "8083466" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzcianka\n\n\nGmina Trzcianka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzcianka, which lies approximately north of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,482 (out of which the population of Trzcianka amounts to 16,756, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,726). Apart from the town of Trzcianka", "id": "7426054" }, { "contents": "Gmina Międzychód\n\n\nGmina Międzychód is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Międzychód, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,290 (out of which the population of Międzychód amounts to 10,920, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,370). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Pszczew Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "7575703" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wieleń\n\n\nGmina Wieleń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wieleń, which lies approximately west of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,572 (out of which the population of Wieleń amounts to 5,940, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,632). Apart from the town of Wieleń", "id": "7426058" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rybno, Masovian Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rybno is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Sochaczew County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rybno, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Sochaczew and 62 km (38 mi) west of Warsaw. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,494. Gmina Rybno contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Antosin, Bronisławy, Ćmiszew Rybnowski, Ćmiszew-Parcel, Cypriany, Erminów, Jasieniec,", "id": "5184822" }, { "contents": "Gmina Domaszowice\n\n\nGmina Domaszowice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Namysłów County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Domaszowice, which lies approximately east of Namysłów and north of the regional capital Opole. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,772. Gmina Domaszowice contains the villages and settlements of Domaszowice, Dziedzice, Gręboszów, Kopalina, Nowa Wieś, Piekło, Polkowskie, Siemysłów, Stary Gręboszów, Strzelce, Sułoszów, Świbne, Szerzyna, Wielka Kolonia", "id": "5406927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wysoka\n\n\nGmina Wysoka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wysoka, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,890 (out of which the population of Wysoka amounts to 2,750, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,140). It is situated in the historical region of Krajna.", "id": "7576291" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kazimierza Wielka\n\n\nGmina Kazimierza Wielka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kazimierza County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kazimierza Wielka, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,759 (out of which the population of Kazimierza Wielka amounts to 5,730, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 11,029). Apart from the town of Kazimierza Wielka, Gmina Kazimierza Wielka contains", "id": "7014442" }, { "contents": "Gmina Śrem\n\n\nGmina Śrem is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Śrem, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 39,841 (out of which the population of Śrem amounts to 30,227, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,614). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Chłapowski Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "8083461" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatówek\n\n\nGmina Opatówek is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatówek (population 3,800), which lies approximately east of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,148. Gmina Opatówek is bordered by the city of Kalisz and by the gminas of Ceków-Kolonia, Godziesze Wielkie, Koźminek, Szczytniki and Żelazków. The gmina contains the", "id": "20628584" }, { "contents": "Gmina Słomniki\n\n\nGmina Słomniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Słomniki, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,589 (out of which the population of Słomniki amounts to 4,331, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,258). Apart from the town of Słomniki, Gmina Słomniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "3315531" }, { "contents": "Gmina Proszowice\n\n\nGmina Proszowice is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Proszowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Proszowice, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,188 (out of which the population of Proszowice amounts to 6,205, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,983). Apart from the town of Proszowice, Gmina Proszowice contains the villages and settlements", "id": "4626927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychtal\n\n\nGmina Rychtal is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rychtal, which lies approximately south-west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,041. Gmina Rychtal contains the villages and settlements of Dalanów, Darnowiec, Drożki, Dworzyszcze, Krzyżowniki, Mały Buczek, Nowa Wieś, Proszów, Remiszówka, Skoroszów, Stogniewice, Szarlota", "id": "7427224" }, { "contents": "Gmina Poniec\n\n\nGmina Poniec is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Poniec, which lies approximately south-west of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,866 (out of which the population of Poniec amounts to 2,875, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,991). Apart from the town of Poniec, Gmina", "id": "7426590" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rzgów, Łódź Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rzgów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Łódź East County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rzgów, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Łódź. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,019 (out of which the population of Rzgów amounts to 3,338, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,681). Apart from the town of Rzgów, Gmina Rzgów contains the villages and settlements of Babichy", "id": "3242989" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatów, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Opatów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatów, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,635 (out of which the population of Opatów amounts to 6,846, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,789). Apart from the town of Opatów, Gmina Opatów contains the villages and settlements of", "id": "7292087" } ]

[ { "contents": "Gmina Przedecz\n\n\nGmina Przedecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Przedecz, which lies approximately north-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,319 (out of which the population of Przedecz amounts to 1,771, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,548). Apart from the town of Przedecz, Gmina", "id": "7575434" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłodawa, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Kłodawa is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłodawa, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,307 (out of which the population of Kłodawa amounts to 6,829, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,478). Apart from the town of Kłodawa, Gmina Kłodawa contains", "id": "7427258" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osiek Mały\n\n\nGmina Osiek Mały is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Osiek Mały, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,866. Gmina Osiek Mały contains the villages and settlements of Borecznia Wielka, Dęby Szlacheckie, Drzewce, Felicjanów, Grądy, Lipiny, Łuczywno, Maciejewo, Młynek, Moczydła, Nowa Wieś, Nowe", "id": "7575433" }, { "contents": "Gmina Babiak\n\n\nGmina Babiak is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Babiak, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,920. Gmina Babiak contains the villages and settlements of Babiak, Bogusławice, Bogusławice-Nowiny, Brdów, Brzezie, Bugaj, Dębno Królewskie, Dębno Poproboszczowskie, Góraj, Gryglaki, Janowice, Józefowo, Kiejsze", "id": "7427252" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dąbie, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dąbie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dąbie, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,644 (out of which the population of Dąbie amounts to 2,087, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,557). Apart from the town of Dąbie, Gmina", "id": "7427256" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodów\n\n\nGmina Chodów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Chodów, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,475. Gmina Chodów contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Bowyczyny, Budy-Gole, Chodów, Chrzanowo, Czerwonka, Długie, Domaników, Dziegielewo, Dzierzbice, Elizanów, Gąsiory, Ignacewo, Jagiełłów", "id": "7427255" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kościelec\n\n\nGmina Kościelec is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Kościelec, which lies approximately south-west of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,667. Gmina Kościelec contains the villages and settlements of Białków Górny, Białków Kościelny, Dąbrowice, Dąbrowice Częściowe, Daniszew, Dobrów, Gąsiorów, Gozdów, Kościelec, Łęka, Leszcze, Mariampol,", "id": "7575390" }, { "contents": "Gmina Grzegorzew\n\n\nGmina Grzegorzew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Grzegorzew, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,617. Gmina Grzegorzew contains the villages and settlements of Barłogi, Boguszyniec, Borysławice Kościelne, Borysławice Zamkowe, Bylice, Bylice-Kolonia, Grodna, Grzegorzew, Kiełczewek, Ladorudzek, Ponętów Dolny,", "id": "7427257" }, { "contents": "Gmina Olszówka\n\n\nGmina Olszówka is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Olszówka, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,757. Gmina Olszówka contains the villages and settlements of Adamin, Dębowiczki, Drzewce, Głębokie, Grabina, Krzewata, Łubianka, Młynik, Mniewo, Nowa Wioska, Olszówka, Ostrów, Ponętów Górny Drugi,", "id": "7575392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kostrzyn\n\n\nGmina Kostrzyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kostrzyn, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,456 (out of which the population of Kostrzyn amounts to 8,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,917). Apart from the town of Kostrzyn, Gmina Kostrzyn contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Swarzędz\n\n\nGmina Swarzędz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Swarzędz, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,499 (out of which the population of Swarzędz amounts to 29,894, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,605). Apart from the town of Swarzędz, Gmina Swarzędz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576775" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jarocin, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Jarocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jarocin, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 44,430 (out of which the population of Jarocin amounts to 25,834, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 18,596). Apart from the town of Jarocin, Gmina Jarocin contains the villages", "id": "7426646" }, { "contents": "Gmina Izbica Kujawska\n\n\nGmina Izbica Kujawska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Izbica Kujawska, which lies approximately south-west of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,008 (out of which the population of Izbica Kujawska amounts to 2,783, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,225). Apart from the town of Izbica Kujawska", "id": "3000260" }, { "contents": "Gmina Września\n\n\nGmina Września is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Września, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2012 its total population is 45,523 (out of which the population of Września amounts to 29,564, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,959). Apart from the town of Września, Gmina Września contains the villages and settlements", "id": "8083549" }, { "contents": "Gmina Oborniki\n\n\nGmina Oborniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Oborniki, which lies approximately north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 31,541 (out of which the population of Oborniki amounts to 17,850, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 13,691). Apart from the town of Oborniki, Gmina Oborniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "1413631" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osieczna, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Osieczna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Osieczna, which lies approximately north-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,576 (out of which the population of Osieczna amounts to 2,018, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,558). Apart from the town of Osieczna, Gmina", "id": "7575680" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mosina\n\n\nGmina Mosina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mosina, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 25,098 (out of which the population of Mosina amounts to 12,150, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,948). Apart from the town of Mosina, Gmina Mosina contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576490" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gizałki\n\n\nGmina Gizałki is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Gizałki, which lies approximately north of Pleszew and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,628. Gmina Gizałki contains the villages and settlements of Białobłoty, Czołnochów, Dziewin Duży, Gizałki, Gizałki-Las, Leszczyca, Nowa Wieś, Obory, Obory-Kolonia, Orlina Duża,", "id": "7576392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kępno\n\n\nGmina Kępno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kępno, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 24,308 (out of which the population of Kępno amounts to 14,710, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,598). Apart from the town of Kępno, Gmina Kępno contains the villages", "id": "7427019" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostrzeszów\n\n\nGmina Ostrzeszów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostrzeszów, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,346 (out of which the population of Ostrzeszów amounts to 14,536, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,810). Apart from the town of Ostrzeszów, Gmina Ostrzeszów contains the villages", "id": "7575789" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pleszew\n\n\nGmina Pleszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pleszew, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,790 (out of which the population of Pleszew amounts to 17,787, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,003). Apart from the town of Pleszew, Gmina Pleszew contains the villages", "id": "7576347" }, { "contents": "Gmina Margonin\n\n\nGmina Margonin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Margonin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,414 (out of which the population of Margonin amounts to 2,956, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,458). Apart from the town of Margonin, Gmina Margonin contains", "id": "7426007" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamocin\n\n\nGmina Szamocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamocin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,292 (out of which the population of Szamocin amounts to 4,267, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,025). Apart from the town of Szamocin, Gmina Szamocin contains", "id": "7426010" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kleczew\n\n\nGmina Kleczew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kleczew, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,721 (out of which the population of Kleczew amounts to 4,173, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,548). Apart from the town of Kleczew, Gmina Kleczew contains", "id": "7575448" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ślesin\n\n\nGmina Ślesin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ślesin, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Ślesin amounts to 3,102, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,344). Apart from the town of Ślesin, Gmina Ślesin contains", "id": "7575502" }, { "contents": "Gmina Łobżenica\n\n\nGmina Łobżenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Łobżenica, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,853 (out of which the population of Łobżenica amounts to 3,172, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,681). Apart from the town of Łobżenica, Gmina Łobżenica contains", "id": "7576139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wyrzysk\n\n\nGmina Wyrzysk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wyrzysk, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,132 (out of which the population of Wyrzysk amounts to 5,234, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,898). Apart from the town of Wyrzysk, Gmina Wyrzysk contains", "id": "7576223" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krotoszyn\n\n\nGmina Krotoszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krotoszyn, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,360 (of which the population of Krotoszyn amounts to 29,421, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,939). Apart from the town of Krotoszyn, Gmina Krotoszyn contains the villages and", "id": "7575611" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzemeszno\n\n\nGmina Trzemeszno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzemeszno, which lies approximately east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,019 (out of which the population of Trzemeszno amounts to 7,789, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,230). Apart from the town of Trzemeszno, Gmina Trzemeszno contains", "id": "7426124" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gostyń\n\n\nGmina Gostyń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gostyń, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 27,860 (out of which the population of Gostyń amounts to 20,588, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,272). Apart from the town of Gostyń, Gmina Gostyń contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7426493" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rawicz\n\n\nGmina Rawicz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rawicz, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population was 29,434 (out of which the population of Rawicz amounted to 21,301, and the population of the rural part of the gmina was 8,133). Apart from the town of Rawicz, Gmina Rawicz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576781" }, { "contents": "Gmina Golina\n\n\nGmina Golina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Golina, which lies approximately north-west of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,326 (out of which the population of Golina amounts to 4,330, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,996). Apart from the town of Golina, Gmina", "id": "7575438" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sieraków\n\n\nGmina Sieraków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sieraków, which lies approximately east of Międzychód and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,649 (out of which the population of Sieraków amounts to 5,994, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,655). Apart from the town of Sieraków, Gmina", "id": "7575717" }, { "contents": "Gmina Tuliszków\n\n\nGmina Tuliszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Tuliszków, which lies approximately north-west of Turek and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,510 (out of which the population of Tuliszków amounts to 3,393, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,117). Apart from the town of Tuliszków, Gmina", "id": "8083520" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dobra, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dobra is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dobra, which lies approximately south-east of Turek and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,368 (out of which the population of Dobra amounts to 1,511, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,857). Apart from the town of Dobra", "id": "8083471" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rogoźno\n\n\nGmina Rogoźno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rogoźno, which lies approximately north-east of Oborniki and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,322 (out of which the population of Rogoźno amounts to 10,905, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,417). Apart from the town of Rogoźno, Gmina", "id": "1413595" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamotuły\n\n\nGmina Szamotuły is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamotuły, which lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 28,575 (out of which the population of Szamotuły amounts to 18,760, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,815). Apart from the town of Szamotuły, Gmina Szamotuły contains the villages", "id": "7577025" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nekla\n\n\nGmina Nekla is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Nekla, which lies approximately west of Września and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,623 (out of which the population of Nekla amounts to 3,203, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,420). Apart from the town of Nekla, Gmina Nekla contains", "id": "8083558" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gołańcz\n\n\nGmina Gołańcz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gołańcz, which lies approximately north-east of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,391 (out of which the population of Gołańcz amounts to 3,342, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,049). Apart from the town of Gołańcz", "id": "8083529" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stęszew\n\n\nGmina Stęszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stęszew, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,919 (out of which the population of Stęszew amounts to 5,339, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,580). Apart from the town of Stęszew, Gmina Stęszew contains the villages", "id": "7576754" }, { "contents": "Gmina Żerków\n\n\nGmina Żerków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Żerków, which lies approximately north of Jarocin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,555 (out of which the population of Żerków amounts to 2,058, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,497). Apart from the town of Żerków, Gmina", "id": "7426670" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stawiszyn\n\n\nGmina Stawiszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stawiszyn, which lies approximately north of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,244 (out of which the population of Stawiszyn amounts to 1,554, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,690). Apart from the town of Stawiszyn, Gmina", "id": "7426954" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mikstat\n\n\nGmina Mikstat is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mikstat, which lies approximately north of Ostrzeszów and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,187 (out of which the population of Mikstat amounts to 1,840, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,347). Apart from the town of Mikstat, Gmina", "id": "7576120" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jutrosin\n\n\nGmina Jutrosin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jutrosin, which lies approximately east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,070 (out of which the population of Jutrosin amounts to 1,872, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,198). Apart from the town of Jutrosin, Gmina Jutrosin contains", "id": "7576794" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kórnik\n\n\nGmina Kórnik (Kórnik Commune) is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kórnik, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,585 (out of which the population of Kórnik amounts to 6,981, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,604). Apart from the town of Kórnik, Gmina", "id": "7576478" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sompolno\n\n\nGmina Sompolno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sompolno, which lies approximately north-east of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,530 (of which the population of Sompolno amounts to 3,695, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,835). Apart from the town of Sompolno, Gmina Sompolno", "id": "7575495" }, { "contents": "Gmina Witkowo\n\n\nGmina Witkowo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Witkowo, which lies approximately south-east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Witkowo amounts to 7,855, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,591). Apart from the town of Witkowo, Gmina", "id": "7426139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Buk\n\n\nGmina Buk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Buk, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,917, of which the population of Buk is 6,181, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,736. Apart from the town of Buk, Gmina Buk contains the villages and settlements of Cieśle,", "id": "7576420" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czerniejewo\n\n\nGmina Czerniejewo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czerniejewo, which lies approximately south-west of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,913 (out of which the population of Czerniejewo amounts to 2,556, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,357). Apart from the town of Czerniejewo, Gmina", "id": "7426061" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wolsztyn\n\n\nGmina Wolsztyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wolsztyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wolsztyn, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,216 (out of which the population of Wolsztyn amounts to 13,557, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,659). Apart from the town of Wolsztyn, Gmina Wolsztyn contains the villages", "id": "8083545" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodecz\n\n\nGmina Chodecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Chodecz, which lies approximately south of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,395 (out of which the population of Chodecz amounts to 1,936, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,459). Apart from the town of Chodecz, Gmina Chodecz contains the villages", "id": "3000237" }, { "contents": "Gmina Skoki\n\n\nGmina Skoki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Skoki, which lies approximately south of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,749 (out of which the population of Skoki amounts to 3,866, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,883). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "1556184" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czempiń\n\n\nGmina Czempiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czempiń, which lies approximately north-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,259 (out of which the population of Czempiń amounts to 5,135, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,124). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pogorzela\n\n\nGmina Pogorzela is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pogorzela, which lies approximately south-east of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,157 (out of which the population of Pogorzela amounts to 1,974, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,183). Apart from the town of Pogorzela, Gmina", "id": "7426581" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychwał\n\n\nGmina Rychwał is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rychwał, which lies approximately south of Konin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,387 (out of which the population of Rychwał amounts to 2,377, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,010). Apart from the town of Rychwał, Gmina", "id": "7575475" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opalenica\n\n\nGmina Opalenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opalenica, which lies approximately east of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,588 (out of which the population of Opalenica amounts to 9,104, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,484). Apart from the town of Opalenica, Gmina", "id": "7575746" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koźmin Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Koźmin Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koźmin Wielkopolski, which lies approximately north of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,820 (out of which the population of Koźmin Wielkopolski amounts to 6,707, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,113). Apart from the town of", "id": "7575621" }, { "contents": "Gmina Raszków\n\n\nGmina Raszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Raszków, which lies approximately north of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,275 (out of which the population of Raszków amounts to 2,037, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,238). Apart from the town of Raszków", "id": "7575772" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miejska Górka\n\n\nGmina Miejska Górka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miejska Górka, which lies approximately north-east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,283 (out of which the population of Miejska Górka amounts to 3,128, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,155). Apart from the town of", "id": "7576825" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ujście\n\n\nGmina Ujście is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ujście, which lies approximately south of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,009 (out of which the population of Ujście amounts to 3,899, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,110). Apart from the town of Ujście, Gmina Ujście contains", "id": "7576174" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pniewy, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Pniewy is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pniewy, which lies approximately south-west of Szamotuły and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,905 (out of which the population of Pniewy amounts to 7,464, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,441). Apart from the town of Pniewy, Gmina", "id": "7577091" }, { "contents": "Gmina Książ Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Książ Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Książ Wielkopolski, which lies approximately east of Śrem and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,429 (out of which the population of Książ Wielkopolski amounts to 2,724, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,705). Apart from the town of", "id": "8083469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miłosław\n\n\nGmina Miłosław is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miłosław, which lies approximately south-west of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,266 (out of which the population of Miłosław amounts to 3,589, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,677). Apart from the town of Miłosław", "id": "8083552" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zduny, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Zduny is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zduny, which lies approximately south-west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,946 (out of which the population of Zduny amounts to 4,498, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,448). Apart from the town of Zduny, Gmina", "id": "7575635" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rozdrażew\n\n\nGmina Rozdrażew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rozdrażew, which lies approximately north-east of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,155. Gmina Rozdrażew contains the villages and settlements of Budy, Chwałki, Dąbrowa, Dębowiec, Dzielice, Grębów, Henryków, Maciejew, Nowa Wieś, Rozdrażew, Trzemeszno, Wolenice,", "id": "7575629" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jastrowie\n\n\nGmina Jastrowie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jastrowie, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,401 (out of which the population of Jastrowie amounts to 8,403, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,998). Apart from the town of Jastrowie, Gmina", "id": "8083566" }, { "contents": "Gmina Okonek\n\n\nGmina Okonek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Okonek, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,909 (out of which the population of Okonek amounts to 3,827, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,082). Apart from the town of Okonek, Gmina", "id": "8083574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rydzyna\n\n\nGmina Rydzyna () is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rydzyna, which lies approximately south-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,076 (out of which the population of Rydzyna amounts to 2,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,537). Apart from the town of Rydzyna", "id": "7575682" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krzywiń\n\n\nGmina Krzywiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krzywiń, which lies approximately south-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,892 (out of which the population of Krzywiń amounts to 1,547, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,345). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575597" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pyzdry\n\n\nGmina Pyzdry is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pyzdry, which lies approximately south of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,217 (out of which the population of Pyzdry amounts to 3,188, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,029). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "8083559" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koło\n\n\nGmina Koło is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koło, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,995. Gmina Koło contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrówka, Borki, Chojny, Czołowo, Czołowo-Kolonia, Dąbrowa, Dzierawy, Kaczyniec, Kamień, Kiełczew Górny, Kiełczew Smużny Czwarty, Kiełczew Smużny Pierwszy", "id": "7575389" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krajenka\n\n\nGmina Krajenka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krajenka, which lies approximately south-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,230 (out of which the population of Krajenka amounts to 3,651, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,579). Apart from the town of Krajenka, Gmina", "id": "8083568" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kobylin\n\n\nGmina Kobylin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kobylin, which lies approximately west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,039 (out of which the population of Kobylin amounts to 3,084, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,955). Apart from the town of Kobylin, Gmina Kobylin contains", "id": "7575620" }, { "contents": "Gmina Bralin\n\n\nGmina Bralin is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Bralin, which lies approximately west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,644. Gmina Bralin contains the villages and settlements of Bralin, Chojęcin, Czermin, Działosze, Gola, Mnichowice, Nosale, Nowa Wieś Książęca, Tabor Mały, Tabor Wielki and Weronikopole. Gmina", "id": "7427212" }, { "contents": "Gmina Środa Wielkopolska\n\n\nGmina Środa Wielkopolska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Środa Wielkopolska County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Środa Wielkopolska, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 30,023 (out of which the population of Środa Wielkopolska amounts to 21,635, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,388). Apart from the town of Środa Wielkopolska,", "id": "7577108" }, { "contents": "Gmina Odolanów\n\n\nGmina Odolanów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Odolanów, which lies approximately south of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,867 (out of which the population of Odolanów amounts to 4,960, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,907). The gmina contains part of the", "id": "7575765" }, { "contents": "Przedecz\n\n\nPrzedecz (; ) is a historic town in Koło County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship of Poland, with 1,779 inhabitants (2006). The town is situated in central Poland, midway between Chodecz and Kłodawa. It is located about northwest of Łódź, west of Warsaw and east of Poznań. The southeast side of Przedecz borders on the shore of Lake Przedecz. Nearby is one of the sources of the Noteć river. Przedecz is first mentioned in 1136 deed issued by Pope Innocent II, denoting the settlement as a possession held by", "id": "10103076" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zagórów\n\n\nGmina Zagórów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Słupca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zagórów, which lies approximately south of Słupca and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,073 (out of which the population of Zagórów amounts to 2,932, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,141). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Warta", "id": "7576873" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostroróg\n\n\nGmina Ostroróg is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostroróg, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,865 (out of which the population of Ostroróg amounts to 1,995, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,870). Apart from the town of Ostroróg", "id": "7577081" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wronki\n\n\nGmina Wronki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wronki, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,713 (out of which the population of Wronki amounts to 11,551, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,162). Apart from the town of Wronki", "id": "7577092" }, { "contents": "Gmina Lwówek\n\n\nGmina Lwówek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Lwówek, which lies approximately north of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,151 (out of which the population of Lwówek amounts to 2,909, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,242). Apart from the town of Lwówek, Gmina", "id": "7575726" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nowa Sarzyna\n\n\nGmina Nowa Sarzyna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leżajsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowa Sarzyna, which lies approximately north-west of Leżajsk and north-east of the regional capital Rzeszów. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 21,296 (out of which the population of Nowa Sarzyna amounts to 6,308, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 14,988). Apart from the town", "id": "5471232" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłecko\n\n\nGmina Kłecko is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłecko, which lies approximately north-west of Gniezno and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,569 (out of which the population of Kłecko amounts to 2,677, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,892). During the German Invasion of Poland", "id": "7426072" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krobia\n\n\nGmina Krobia is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krobia, which lies approximately south of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,792 (out of which the population of Krobia amounts to 4,022, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,770). Apart from the town of Krobia, Gmina Krobia contains", "id": "7426507" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dolsk\n\n\nGmina Dolsk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dolsk, which lies approximately south of Śrem and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,732 (out of which the population of Dolsk amounts to 1,479, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,253). Apart from the town of Dolsk, Gmina Dolsk contains", "id": "8083466" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzcianka\n\n\nGmina Trzcianka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzcianka, which lies approximately north of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,482 (out of which the population of Trzcianka amounts to 16,756, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,726). Apart from the town of Trzcianka", "id": "7426054" }, { "contents": "Gmina Międzychód\n\n\nGmina Międzychód is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Międzychód, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,290 (out of which the population of Międzychód amounts to 10,920, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,370). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Pszczew Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "7575703" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wieleń\n\n\nGmina Wieleń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wieleń, which lies approximately west of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,572 (out of which the population of Wieleń amounts to 5,940, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,632). Apart from the town of Wieleń", "id": "7426058" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rybno, Masovian Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rybno is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Sochaczew County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rybno, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Sochaczew and 62 km (38 mi) west of Warsaw. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,494. Gmina Rybno contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Antosin, Bronisławy, Ćmiszew Rybnowski, Ćmiszew-Parcel, Cypriany, Erminów, Jasieniec,", "id": "5184822" }, { "contents": "Gmina Domaszowice\n\n\nGmina Domaszowice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Namysłów County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Domaszowice, which lies approximately east of Namysłów and north of the regional capital Opole. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,772. Gmina Domaszowice contains the villages and settlements of Domaszowice, Dziedzice, Gręboszów, Kopalina, Nowa Wieś, Piekło, Polkowskie, Siemysłów, Stary Gręboszów, Strzelce, Sułoszów, Świbne, Szerzyna, Wielka Kolonia", "id": "5406927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wysoka\n\n\nGmina Wysoka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wysoka, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,890 (out of which the population of Wysoka amounts to 2,750, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,140). It is situated in the historical region of Krajna.", "id": "7576291" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kazimierza Wielka\n\n\nGmina Kazimierza Wielka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kazimierza County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kazimierza Wielka, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,759 (out of which the population of Kazimierza Wielka amounts to 5,730, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 11,029). Apart from the town of Kazimierza Wielka, Gmina Kazimierza Wielka contains", "id": "7014442" }, { "contents": "Gmina Śrem\n\n\nGmina Śrem is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Śrem, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 39,841 (out of which the population of Śrem amounts to 30,227, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,614). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Chłapowski Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "8083461" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatówek\n\n\nGmina Opatówek is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatówek (population 3,800), which lies approximately east of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,148. Gmina Opatówek is bordered by the city of Kalisz and by the gminas of Ceków-Kolonia, Godziesze Wielkie, Koźminek, Szczytniki and Żelazków. The gmina contains the", "id": "20628584" }, { "contents": "Gmina Słomniki\n\n\nGmina Słomniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Słomniki, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,589 (out of which the population of Słomniki amounts to 4,331, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,258). Apart from the town of Słomniki, Gmina Słomniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "3315531" }, { "contents": "Gmina Proszowice\n\n\nGmina Proszowice is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Proszowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Proszowice, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,188 (out of which the population of Proszowice amounts to 6,205, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,983). Apart from the town of Proszowice, Gmina Proszowice contains the villages and settlements", "id": "4626927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychtal\n\n\nGmina Rychtal is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rychtal, which lies approximately south-west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,041. Gmina Rychtal contains the villages and settlements of Dalanów, Darnowiec, Drożki, Dworzyszcze, Krzyżowniki, Mały Buczek, Nowa Wieś, Proszów, Remiszówka, Skoroszów, Stogniewice, Szarlota", "id": "7427224" }, { "contents": "Gmina Poniec\n\n\nGmina Poniec is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Poniec, which lies approximately south-west of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,866 (out of which the population of Poniec amounts to 2,875, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,991). Apart from the town of Poniec, Gmina", "id": "7426590" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rzgów, Łódź Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rzgów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Łódź East County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rzgów, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Łódź. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,019 (out of which the population of Rzgów amounts to 3,338, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,681). Apart from the town of Rzgów, Gmina Rzgów contains the villages and settlements of Babichy", "id": "3242989" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatów, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Opatów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatów, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,635 (out of which the population of Opatów amounts to 6,846, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,789). Apart from the town of Opatów, Gmina Opatów contains the villages and settlements of", "id": "7292087" } ]

[ { "contents": "Gmina Przedecz\n\n\nGmina Przedecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Przedecz, which lies approximately north-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,319 (out of which the population of Przedecz amounts to 1,771, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,548). Apart from the town of Przedecz, Gmina", "id": "7575434" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłodawa, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Kłodawa is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłodawa, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,307 (out of which the population of Kłodawa amounts to 6,829, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,478). Apart from the town of Kłodawa, Gmina Kłodawa contains", "id": "7427258" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osiek Mały\n\n\nGmina Osiek Mały is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Osiek Mały, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,866. Gmina Osiek Mały contains the villages and settlements of Borecznia Wielka, Dęby Szlacheckie, Drzewce, Felicjanów, Grądy, Lipiny, Łuczywno, Maciejewo, Młynek, Moczydła, Nowa Wieś, Nowe", "id": "7575433" }, { "contents": "Gmina Babiak\n\n\nGmina Babiak is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Babiak, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,920. Gmina Babiak contains the villages and settlements of Babiak, Bogusławice, Bogusławice-Nowiny, Brdów, Brzezie, Bugaj, Dębno Królewskie, Dębno Poproboszczowskie, Góraj, Gryglaki, Janowice, Józefowo, Kiejsze", "id": "7427252" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dąbie, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dąbie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dąbie, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,644 (out of which the population of Dąbie amounts to 2,087, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,557). Apart from the town of Dąbie, Gmina", "id": "7427256" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodów\n\n\nGmina Chodów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Chodów, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,475. Gmina Chodów contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Bowyczyny, Budy-Gole, Chodów, Chrzanowo, Czerwonka, Długie, Domaników, Dziegielewo, Dzierzbice, Elizanów, Gąsiory, Ignacewo, Jagiełłów", "id": "7427255" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kościelec\n\n\nGmina Kościelec is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Kościelec, which lies approximately south-west of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,667. Gmina Kościelec contains the villages and settlements of Białków Górny, Białków Kościelny, Dąbrowice, Dąbrowice Częściowe, Daniszew, Dobrów, Gąsiorów, Gozdów, Kościelec, Łęka, Leszcze, Mariampol,", "id": "7575390" }, { "contents": "Gmina Grzegorzew\n\n\nGmina Grzegorzew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Grzegorzew, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,617. Gmina Grzegorzew contains the villages and settlements of Barłogi, Boguszyniec, Borysławice Kościelne, Borysławice Zamkowe, Bylice, Bylice-Kolonia, Grodna, Grzegorzew, Kiełczewek, Ladorudzek, Ponętów Dolny,", "id": "7427257" }, { "contents": "Gmina Olszówka\n\n\nGmina Olszówka is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Olszówka, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,757. Gmina Olszówka contains the villages and settlements of Adamin, Dębowiczki, Drzewce, Głębokie, Grabina, Krzewata, Łubianka, Młynik, Mniewo, Nowa Wioska, Olszówka, Ostrów, Ponętów Górny Drugi,", "id": "7575392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kostrzyn\n\n\nGmina Kostrzyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kostrzyn, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,456 (out of which the population of Kostrzyn amounts to 8,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,917). Apart from the town of Kostrzyn, Gmina Kostrzyn contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Swarzędz\n\n\nGmina Swarzędz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Swarzędz, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,499 (out of which the population of Swarzędz amounts to 29,894, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,605). Apart from the town of Swarzędz, Gmina Swarzędz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576775" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jarocin, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Jarocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jarocin, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 44,430 (out of which the population of Jarocin amounts to 25,834, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 18,596). Apart from the town of Jarocin, Gmina Jarocin contains the villages", "id": "7426646" }, { "contents": "Gmina Izbica Kujawska\n\n\nGmina Izbica Kujawska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Izbica Kujawska, which lies approximately south-west of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,008 (out of which the population of Izbica Kujawska amounts to 2,783, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,225). Apart from the town of Izbica Kujawska", "id": "3000260" }, { "contents": "Gmina Września\n\n\nGmina Września is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Września, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2012 its total population is 45,523 (out of which the population of Września amounts to 29,564, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,959). Apart from the town of Września, Gmina Września contains the villages and settlements", "id": "8083549" }, { "contents": "Gmina Oborniki\n\n\nGmina Oborniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Oborniki, which lies approximately north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 31,541 (out of which the population of Oborniki amounts to 17,850, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 13,691). Apart from the town of Oborniki, Gmina Oborniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "1413631" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osieczna, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Osieczna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Osieczna, which lies approximately north-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,576 (out of which the population of Osieczna amounts to 2,018, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,558). Apart from the town of Osieczna, Gmina", "id": "7575680" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mosina\n\n\nGmina Mosina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mosina, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 25,098 (out of which the population of Mosina amounts to 12,150, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,948). Apart from the town of Mosina, Gmina Mosina contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576490" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gizałki\n\n\nGmina Gizałki is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Gizałki, which lies approximately north of Pleszew and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,628. Gmina Gizałki contains the villages and settlements of Białobłoty, Czołnochów, Dziewin Duży, Gizałki, Gizałki-Las, Leszczyca, Nowa Wieś, Obory, Obory-Kolonia, Orlina Duża,", "id": "7576392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kępno\n\n\nGmina Kępno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kępno, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 24,308 (out of which the population of Kępno amounts to 14,710, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,598). Apart from the town of Kępno, Gmina Kępno contains the villages", "id": "7427019" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostrzeszów\n\n\nGmina Ostrzeszów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostrzeszów, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,346 (out of which the population of Ostrzeszów amounts to 14,536, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,810). Apart from the town of Ostrzeszów, Gmina Ostrzeszów contains the villages", "id": "7575789" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pleszew\n\n\nGmina Pleszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pleszew, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,790 (out of which the population of Pleszew amounts to 17,787, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,003). Apart from the town of Pleszew, Gmina Pleszew contains the villages", "id": "7576347" }, { "contents": "Gmina Margonin\n\n\nGmina Margonin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Margonin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,414 (out of which the population of Margonin amounts to 2,956, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,458). Apart from the town of Margonin, Gmina Margonin contains", "id": "7426007" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamocin\n\n\nGmina Szamocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamocin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,292 (out of which the population of Szamocin amounts to 4,267, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,025). Apart from the town of Szamocin, Gmina Szamocin contains", "id": "7426010" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kleczew\n\n\nGmina Kleczew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kleczew, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,721 (out of which the population of Kleczew amounts to 4,173, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,548). Apart from the town of Kleczew, Gmina Kleczew contains", "id": "7575448" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ślesin\n\n\nGmina Ślesin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ślesin, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Ślesin amounts to 3,102, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,344). Apart from the town of Ślesin, Gmina Ślesin contains", "id": "7575502" }, { "contents": "Gmina Łobżenica\n\n\nGmina Łobżenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Łobżenica, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,853 (out of which the population of Łobżenica amounts to 3,172, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,681). Apart from the town of Łobżenica, Gmina Łobżenica contains", "id": "7576139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wyrzysk\n\n\nGmina Wyrzysk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wyrzysk, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,132 (out of which the population of Wyrzysk amounts to 5,234, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,898). Apart from the town of Wyrzysk, Gmina Wyrzysk contains", "id": "7576223" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krotoszyn\n\n\nGmina Krotoszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krotoszyn, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,360 (of which the population of Krotoszyn amounts to 29,421, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,939). Apart from the town of Krotoszyn, Gmina Krotoszyn contains the villages and", "id": "7575611" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzemeszno\n\n\nGmina Trzemeszno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzemeszno, which lies approximately east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,019 (out of which the population of Trzemeszno amounts to 7,789, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,230). Apart from the town of Trzemeszno, Gmina Trzemeszno contains", "id": "7426124" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gostyń\n\n\nGmina Gostyń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gostyń, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 27,860 (out of which the population of Gostyń amounts to 20,588, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,272). Apart from the town of Gostyń, Gmina Gostyń contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7426493" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rawicz\n\n\nGmina Rawicz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rawicz, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population was 29,434 (out of which the population of Rawicz amounted to 21,301, and the population of the rural part of the gmina was 8,133). Apart from the town of Rawicz, Gmina Rawicz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576781" }, { "contents": "Gmina Golina\n\n\nGmina Golina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Golina, which lies approximately north-west of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,326 (out of which the population of Golina amounts to 4,330, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,996). Apart from the town of Golina, Gmina", "id": "7575438" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sieraków\n\n\nGmina Sieraków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sieraków, which lies approximately east of Międzychód and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,649 (out of which the population of Sieraków amounts to 5,994, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,655). Apart from the town of Sieraków, Gmina", "id": "7575717" }, { "contents": "Gmina Tuliszków\n\n\nGmina Tuliszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Tuliszków, which lies approximately north-west of Turek and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,510 (out of which the population of Tuliszków amounts to 3,393, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,117). Apart from the town of Tuliszków, Gmina", "id": "8083520" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dobra, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dobra is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dobra, which lies approximately south-east of Turek and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,368 (out of which the population of Dobra amounts to 1,511, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,857). Apart from the town of Dobra", "id": "8083471" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rogoźno\n\n\nGmina Rogoźno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rogoźno, which lies approximately north-east of Oborniki and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,322 (out of which the population of Rogoźno amounts to 10,905, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,417). Apart from the town of Rogoźno, Gmina", "id": "1413595" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamotuły\n\n\nGmina Szamotuły is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamotuły, which lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 28,575 (out of which the population of Szamotuły amounts to 18,760, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,815). Apart from the town of Szamotuły, Gmina Szamotuły contains the villages", "id": "7577025" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nekla\n\n\nGmina Nekla is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Nekla, which lies approximately west of Września and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,623 (out of which the population of Nekla amounts to 3,203, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,420). Apart from the town of Nekla, Gmina Nekla contains", "id": "8083558" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gołańcz\n\n\nGmina Gołańcz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gołańcz, which lies approximately north-east of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,391 (out of which the population of Gołańcz amounts to 3,342, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,049). Apart from the town of Gołańcz", "id": "8083529" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stęszew\n\n\nGmina Stęszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stęszew, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,919 (out of which the population of Stęszew amounts to 5,339, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,580). Apart from the town of Stęszew, Gmina Stęszew contains the villages", "id": "7576754" }, { "contents": "Gmina Żerków\n\n\nGmina Żerków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Żerków, which lies approximately north of Jarocin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,555 (out of which the population of Żerków amounts to 2,058, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,497). Apart from the town of Żerków, Gmina", "id": "7426670" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stawiszyn\n\n\nGmina Stawiszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stawiszyn, which lies approximately north of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,244 (out of which the population of Stawiszyn amounts to 1,554, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,690). Apart from the town of Stawiszyn, Gmina", "id": "7426954" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mikstat\n\n\nGmina Mikstat is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mikstat, which lies approximately north of Ostrzeszów and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,187 (out of which the population of Mikstat amounts to 1,840, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,347). Apart from the town of Mikstat, Gmina", "id": "7576120" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jutrosin\n\n\nGmina Jutrosin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jutrosin, which lies approximately east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,070 (out of which the population of Jutrosin amounts to 1,872, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,198). Apart from the town of Jutrosin, Gmina Jutrosin contains", "id": "7576794" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kórnik\n\n\nGmina Kórnik (Kórnik Commune) is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kórnik, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,585 (out of which the population of Kórnik amounts to 6,981, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,604). Apart from the town of Kórnik, Gmina", "id": "7576478" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sompolno\n\n\nGmina Sompolno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sompolno, which lies approximately north-east of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,530 (of which the population of Sompolno amounts to 3,695, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,835). Apart from the town of Sompolno, Gmina Sompolno", "id": "7575495" }, { "contents": "Gmina Witkowo\n\n\nGmina Witkowo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Witkowo, which lies approximately south-east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Witkowo amounts to 7,855, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,591). Apart from the town of Witkowo, Gmina", "id": "7426139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Buk\n\n\nGmina Buk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Buk, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,917, of which the population of Buk is 6,181, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,736. Apart from the town of Buk, Gmina Buk contains the villages and settlements of Cieśle,", "id": "7576420" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czerniejewo\n\n\nGmina Czerniejewo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czerniejewo, which lies approximately south-west of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,913 (out of which the population of Czerniejewo amounts to 2,556, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,357). Apart from the town of Czerniejewo, Gmina", "id": "7426061" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wolsztyn\n\n\nGmina Wolsztyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wolsztyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wolsztyn, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,216 (out of which the population of Wolsztyn amounts to 13,557, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,659). Apart from the town of Wolsztyn, Gmina Wolsztyn contains the villages", "id": "8083545" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodecz\n\n\nGmina Chodecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Chodecz, which lies approximately south of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,395 (out of which the population of Chodecz amounts to 1,936, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,459). Apart from the town of Chodecz, Gmina Chodecz contains the villages", "id": "3000237" }, { "contents": "Gmina Skoki\n\n\nGmina Skoki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Skoki, which lies approximately south of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,749 (out of which the population of Skoki amounts to 3,866, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,883). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "1556184" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czempiń\n\n\nGmina Czempiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czempiń, which lies approximately north-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,259 (out of which the population of Czempiń amounts to 5,135, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,124). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pogorzela\n\n\nGmina Pogorzela is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pogorzela, which lies approximately south-east of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,157 (out of which the population of Pogorzela amounts to 1,974, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,183). Apart from the town of Pogorzela, Gmina", "id": "7426581" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychwał\n\n\nGmina Rychwał is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rychwał, which lies approximately south of Konin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,387 (out of which the population of Rychwał amounts to 2,377, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,010). Apart from the town of Rychwał, Gmina", "id": "7575475" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opalenica\n\n\nGmina Opalenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opalenica, which lies approximately east of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,588 (out of which the population of Opalenica amounts to 9,104, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,484). Apart from the town of Opalenica, Gmina", "id": "7575746" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koźmin Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Koźmin Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koźmin Wielkopolski, which lies approximately north of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,820 (out of which the population of Koźmin Wielkopolski amounts to 6,707, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,113). Apart from the town of", "id": "7575621" }, { "contents": "Gmina Raszków\n\n\nGmina Raszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Raszków, which lies approximately north of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,275 (out of which the population of Raszków amounts to 2,037, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,238). Apart from the town of Raszków", "id": "7575772" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miejska Górka\n\n\nGmina Miejska Górka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miejska Górka, which lies approximately north-east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,283 (out of which the population of Miejska Górka amounts to 3,128, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,155). Apart from the town of", "id": "7576825" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ujście\n\n\nGmina Ujście is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ujście, which lies approximately south of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,009 (out of which the population of Ujście amounts to 3,899, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,110). Apart from the town of Ujście, Gmina Ujście contains", "id": "7576174" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pniewy, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Pniewy is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pniewy, which lies approximately south-west of Szamotuły and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,905 (out of which the population of Pniewy amounts to 7,464, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,441). Apart from the town of Pniewy, Gmina", "id": "7577091" }, { "contents": "Gmina Książ Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Książ Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Książ Wielkopolski, which lies approximately east of Śrem and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,429 (out of which the population of Książ Wielkopolski amounts to 2,724, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,705). Apart from the town of", "id": "8083469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miłosław\n\n\nGmina Miłosław is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miłosław, which lies approximately south-west of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,266 (out of which the population of Miłosław amounts to 3,589, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,677). Apart from the town of Miłosław", "id": "8083552" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zduny, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Zduny is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zduny, which lies approximately south-west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,946 (out of which the population of Zduny amounts to 4,498, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,448). Apart from the town of Zduny, Gmina", "id": "7575635" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rozdrażew\n\n\nGmina Rozdrażew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rozdrażew, which lies approximately north-east of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,155. Gmina Rozdrażew contains the villages and settlements of Budy, Chwałki, Dąbrowa, Dębowiec, Dzielice, Grębów, Henryków, Maciejew, Nowa Wieś, Rozdrażew, Trzemeszno, Wolenice,", "id": "7575629" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jastrowie\n\n\nGmina Jastrowie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jastrowie, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,401 (out of which the population of Jastrowie amounts to 8,403, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,998). Apart from the town of Jastrowie, Gmina", "id": "8083566" }, { "contents": "Gmina Okonek\n\n\nGmina Okonek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Okonek, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,909 (out of which the population of Okonek amounts to 3,827, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,082). Apart from the town of Okonek, Gmina", "id": "8083574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rydzyna\n\n\nGmina Rydzyna () is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rydzyna, which lies approximately south-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,076 (out of which the population of Rydzyna amounts to 2,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,537). Apart from the town of Rydzyna", "id": "7575682" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krzywiń\n\n\nGmina Krzywiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krzywiń, which lies approximately south-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,892 (out of which the population of Krzywiń amounts to 1,547, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,345). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575597" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pyzdry\n\n\nGmina Pyzdry is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pyzdry, which lies approximately south of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,217 (out of which the population of Pyzdry amounts to 3,188, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,029). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "8083559" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koło\n\n\nGmina Koło is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koło, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,995. Gmina Koło contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrówka, Borki, Chojny, Czołowo, Czołowo-Kolonia, Dąbrowa, Dzierawy, Kaczyniec, Kamień, Kiełczew Górny, Kiełczew Smużny Czwarty, Kiełczew Smużny Pierwszy", "id": "7575389" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krajenka\n\n\nGmina Krajenka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krajenka, which lies approximately south-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,230 (out of which the population of Krajenka amounts to 3,651, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,579). Apart from the town of Krajenka, Gmina", "id": "8083568" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kobylin\n\n\nGmina Kobylin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kobylin, which lies approximately west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,039 (out of which the population of Kobylin amounts to 3,084, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,955). Apart from the town of Kobylin, Gmina Kobylin contains", "id": "7575620" }, { "contents": "Gmina Bralin\n\n\nGmina Bralin is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Bralin, which lies approximately west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,644. Gmina Bralin contains the villages and settlements of Bralin, Chojęcin, Czermin, Działosze, Gola, Mnichowice, Nosale, Nowa Wieś Książęca, Tabor Mały, Tabor Wielki and Weronikopole. Gmina", "id": "7427212" }, { "contents": "Gmina Środa Wielkopolska\n\n\nGmina Środa Wielkopolska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Środa Wielkopolska County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Środa Wielkopolska, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 30,023 (out of which the population of Środa Wielkopolska amounts to 21,635, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,388). Apart from the town of Środa Wielkopolska,", "id": "7577108" }, { "contents": "Gmina Odolanów\n\n\nGmina Odolanów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Odolanów, which lies approximately south of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,867 (out of which the population of Odolanów amounts to 4,960, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,907). The gmina contains part of the", "id": "7575765" }, { "contents": "Przedecz\n\n\nPrzedecz (; ) is a historic town in Koło County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship of Poland, with 1,779 inhabitants (2006). The town is situated in central Poland, midway between Chodecz and Kłodawa. It is located about northwest of Łódź, west of Warsaw and east of Poznań. The southeast side of Przedecz borders on the shore of Lake Przedecz. Nearby is one of the sources of the Noteć river. Przedecz is first mentioned in 1136 deed issued by Pope Innocent II, denoting the settlement as a possession held by", "id": "10103076" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zagórów\n\n\nGmina Zagórów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Słupca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zagórów, which lies approximately south of Słupca and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,073 (out of which the population of Zagórów amounts to 2,932, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,141). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Warta", "id": "7576873" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostroróg\n\n\nGmina Ostroróg is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostroróg, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,865 (out of which the population of Ostroróg amounts to 1,995, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,870). Apart from the town of Ostroróg", "id": "7577081" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wronki\n\n\nGmina Wronki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wronki, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,713 (out of which the population of Wronki amounts to 11,551, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,162). Apart from the town of Wronki", "id": "7577092" }, { "contents": "Gmina Lwówek\n\n\nGmina Lwówek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Lwówek, which lies approximately north of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,151 (out of which the population of Lwówek amounts to 2,909, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,242). Apart from the town of Lwówek, Gmina", "id": "7575726" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nowa Sarzyna\n\n\nGmina Nowa Sarzyna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leżajsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowa Sarzyna, which lies approximately north-west of Leżajsk and north-east of the regional capital Rzeszów. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 21,296 (out of which the population of Nowa Sarzyna amounts to 6,308, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 14,988). Apart from the town", "id": "5471232" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłecko\n\n\nGmina Kłecko is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłecko, which lies approximately north-west of Gniezno and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,569 (out of which the population of Kłecko amounts to 2,677, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,892). During the German Invasion of Poland", "id": "7426072" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krobia\n\n\nGmina Krobia is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krobia, which lies approximately south of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,792 (out of which the population of Krobia amounts to 4,022, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,770). Apart from the town of Krobia, Gmina Krobia contains", "id": "7426507" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dolsk\n\n\nGmina Dolsk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dolsk, which lies approximately south of Śrem and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,732 (out of which the population of Dolsk amounts to 1,479, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,253). Apart from the town of Dolsk, Gmina Dolsk contains", "id": "8083466" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzcianka\n\n\nGmina Trzcianka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzcianka, which lies approximately north of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,482 (out of which the population of Trzcianka amounts to 16,756, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,726). Apart from the town of Trzcianka", "id": "7426054" }, { "contents": "Gmina Międzychód\n\n\nGmina Międzychód is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Międzychód, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,290 (out of which the population of Międzychód amounts to 10,920, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,370). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Pszczew Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "7575703" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wieleń\n\n\nGmina Wieleń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wieleń, which lies approximately west of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,572 (out of which the population of Wieleń amounts to 5,940, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,632). Apart from the town of Wieleń", "id": "7426058" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rybno, Masovian Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rybno is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Sochaczew County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rybno, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Sochaczew and 62 km (38 mi) west of Warsaw. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,494. Gmina Rybno contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Antosin, Bronisławy, Ćmiszew Rybnowski, Ćmiszew-Parcel, Cypriany, Erminów, Jasieniec,", "id": "5184822" }, { "contents": "Gmina Domaszowice\n\n\nGmina Domaszowice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Namysłów County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Domaszowice, which lies approximately east of Namysłów and north of the regional capital Opole. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,772. Gmina Domaszowice contains the villages and settlements of Domaszowice, Dziedzice, Gręboszów, Kopalina, Nowa Wieś, Piekło, Polkowskie, Siemysłów, Stary Gręboszów, Strzelce, Sułoszów, Świbne, Szerzyna, Wielka Kolonia", "id": "5406927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wysoka\n\n\nGmina Wysoka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wysoka, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,890 (out of which the population of Wysoka amounts to 2,750, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,140). It is situated in the historical region of Krajna.", "id": "7576291" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kazimierza Wielka\n\n\nGmina Kazimierza Wielka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kazimierza County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kazimierza Wielka, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,759 (out of which the population of Kazimierza Wielka amounts to 5,730, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 11,029). Apart from the town of Kazimierza Wielka, Gmina Kazimierza Wielka contains", "id": "7014442" }, { "contents": "Gmina Śrem\n\n\nGmina Śrem is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Śrem, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 39,841 (out of which the population of Śrem amounts to 30,227, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,614). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Chłapowski Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "8083461" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatówek\n\n\nGmina Opatówek is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatówek (population 3,800), which lies approximately east of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,148. Gmina Opatówek is bordered by the city of Kalisz and by the gminas of Ceków-Kolonia, Godziesze Wielkie, Koźminek, Szczytniki and Żelazków. The gmina contains the", "id": "20628584" }, { "contents": "Gmina Słomniki\n\n\nGmina Słomniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Słomniki, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,589 (out of which the population of Słomniki amounts to 4,331, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,258). Apart from the town of Słomniki, Gmina Słomniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "3315531" }, { "contents": "Gmina Proszowice\n\n\nGmina Proszowice is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Proszowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Proszowice, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,188 (out of which the population of Proszowice amounts to 6,205, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,983). Apart from the town of Proszowice, Gmina Proszowice contains the villages and settlements", "id": "4626927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychtal\n\n\nGmina Rychtal is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rychtal, which lies approximately south-west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,041. Gmina Rychtal contains the villages and settlements of Dalanów, Darnowiec, Drożki, Dworzyszcze, Krzyżowniki, Mały Buczek, Nowa Wieś, Proszów, Remiszówka, Skoroszów, Stogniewice, Szarlota", "id": "7427224" }, { "contents": "Gmina Poniec\n\n\nGmina Poniec is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Poniec, which lies approximately south-west of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,866 (out of which the population of Poniec amounts to 2,875, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,991). Apart from the town of Poniec, Gmina", "id": "7426590" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rzgów, Łódź Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rzgów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Łódź East County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rzgów, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Łódź. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,019 (out of which the population of Rzgów amounts to 3,338, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,681). Apart from the town of Rzgów, Gmina Rzgów contains the villages and settlements of Babichy", "id": "3242989" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatów, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Opatów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatów, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,635 (out of which the population of Opatów amounts to 6,846, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,789). Apart from the town of Opatów, Gmina Opatów contains the villages and settlements of", "id": "7292087" } ]

[ { "contents": "Gmina Przedecz\n\n\nGmina Przedecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Przedecz, which lies approximately north-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,319 (out of which the population of Przedecz amounts to 1,771, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,548). Apart from the town of Przedecz, Gmina", "id": "7575434" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłodawa, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Kłodawa is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłodawa, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,307 (out of which the population of Kłodawa amounts to 6,829, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,478). Apart from the town of Kłodawa, Gmina Kłodawa contains", "id": "7427258" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osiek Mały\n\n\nGmina Osiek Mały is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Osiek Mały, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,866. Gmina Osiek Mały contains the villages and settlements of Borecznia Wielka, Dęby Szlacheckie, Drzewce, Felicjanów, Grądy, Lipiny, Łuczywno, Maciejewo, Młynek, Moczydła, Nowa Wieś, Nowe", "id": "7575433" }, { "contents": "Gmina Babiak\n\n\nGmina Babiak is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Babiak, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,920. Gmina Babiak contains the villages and settlements of Babiak, Bogusławice, Bogusławice-Nowiny, Brdów, Brzezie, Bugaj, Dębno Królewskie, Dębno Poproboszczowskie, Góraj, Gryglaki, Janowice, Józefowo, Kiejsze", "id": "7427252" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dąbie, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dąbie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dąbie, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,644 (out of which the population of Dąbie amounts to 2,087, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,557). Apart from the town of Dąbie, Gmina", "id": "7427256" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodów\n\n\nGmina Chodów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Chodów, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,475. Gmina Chodów contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Bowyczyny, Budy-Gole, Chodów, Chrzanowo, Czerwonka, Długie, Domaników, Dziegielewo, Dzierzbice, Elizanów, Gąsiory, Ignacewo, Jagiełłów", "id": "7427255" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kościelec\n\n\nGmina Kościelec is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Kościelec, which lies approximately south-west of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,667. Gmina Kościelec contains the villages and settlements of Białków Górny, Białków Kościelny, Dąbrowice, Dąbrowice Częściowe, Daniszew, Dobrów, Gąsiorów, Gozdów, Kościelec, Łęka, Leszcze, Mariampol,", "id": "7575390" }, { "contents": "Gmina Grzegorzew\n\n\nGmina Grzegorzew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Grzegorzew, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,617. Gmina Grzegorzew contains the villages and settlements of Barłogi, Boguszyniec, Borysławice Kościelne, Borysławice Zamkowe, Bylice, Bylice-Kolonia, Grodna, Grzegorzew, Kiełczewek, Ladorudzek, Ponętów Dolny,", "id": "7427257" }, { "contents": "Gmina Olszówka\n\n\nGmina Olszówka is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Olszówka, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,757. Gmina Olszówka contains the villages and settlements of Adamin, Dębowiczki, Drzewce, Głębokie, Grabina, Krzewata, Łubianka, Młynik, Mniewo, Nowa Wioska, Olszówka, Ostrów, Ponętów Górny Drugi,", "id": "7575392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kostrzyn\n\n\nGmina Kostrzyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kostrzyn, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,456 (out of which the population of Kostrzyn amounts to 8,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,917). Apart from the town of Kostrzyn, Gmina Kostrzyn contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Swarzędz\n\n\nGmina Swarzędz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Swarzędz, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,499 (out of which the population of Swarzędz amounts to 29,894, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,605). Apart from the town of Swarzędz, Gmina Swarzędz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576775" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jarocin, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Jarocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jarocin, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 44,430 (out of which the population of Jarocin amounts to 25,834, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 18,596). Apart from the town of Jarocin, Gmina Jarocin contains the villages", "id": "7426646" }, { "contents": "Gmina Izbica Kujawska\n\n\nGmina Izbica Kujawska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Izbica Kujawska, which lies approximately south-west of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,008 (out of which the population of Izbica Kujawska amounts to 2,783, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,225). Apart from the town of Izbica Kujawska", "id": "3000260" }, { "contents": "Gmina Września\n\n\nGmina Września is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Września, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2012 its total population is 45,523 (out of which the population of Września amounts to 29,564, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,959). Apart from the town of Września, Gmina Września contains the villages and settlements", "id": "8083549" }, { "contents": "Gmina Oborniki\n\n\nGmina Oborniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Oborniki, which lies approximately north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 31,541 (out of which the population of Oborniki amounts to 17,850, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 13,691). Apart from the town of Oborniki, Gmina Oborniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "1413631" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osieczna, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Osieczna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Osieczna, which lies approximately north-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,576 (out of which the population of Osieczna amounts to 2,018, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,558). Apart from the town of Osieczna, Gmina", "id": "7575680" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mosina\n\n\nGmina Mosina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mosina, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 25,098 (out of which the population of Mosina amounts to 12,150, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,948). Apart from the town of Mosina, Gmina Mosina contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576490" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gizałki\n\n\nGmina Gizałki is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Gizałki, which lies approximately north of Pleszew and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,628. Gmina Gizałki contains the villages and settlements of Białobłoty, Czołnochów, Dziewin Duży, Gizałki, Gizałki-Las, Leszczyca, Nowa Wieś, Obory, Obory-Kolonia, Orlina Duża,", "id": "7576392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kępno\n\n\nGmina Kępno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kępno, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 24,308 (out of which the population of Kępno amounts to 14,710, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,598). Apart from the town of Kępno, Gmina Kępno contains the villages", "id": "7427019" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostrzeszów\n\n\nGmina Ostrzeszów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostrzeszów, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,346 (out of which the population of Ostrzeszów amounts to 14,536, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,810). Apart from the town of Ostrzeszów, Gmina Ostrzeszów contains the villages", "id": "7575789" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pleszew\n\n\nGmina Pleszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pleszew, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,790 (out of which the population of Pleszew amounts to 17,787, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,003). Apart from the town of Pleszew, Gmina Pleszew contains the villages", "id": "7576347" }, { "contents": "Gmina Margonin\n\n\nGmina Margonin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Margonin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,414 (out of which the population of Margonin amounts to 2,956, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,458). Apart from the town of Margonin, Gmina Margonin contains", "id": "7426007" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamocin\n\n\nGmina Szamocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamocin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,292 (out of which the population of Szamocin amounts to 4,267, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,025). Apart from the town of Szamocin, Gmina Szamocin contains", "id": "7426010" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kleczew\n\n\nGmina Kleczew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kleczew, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,721 (out of which the population of Kleczew amounts to 4,173, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,548). Apart from the town of Kleczew, Gmina Kleczew contains", "id": "7575448" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ślesin\n\n\nGmina Ślesin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ślesin, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Ślesin amounts to 3,102, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,344). Apart from the town of Ślesin, Gmina Ślesin contains", "id": "7575502" }, { "contents": "Gmina Łobżenica\n\n\nGmina Łobżenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Łobżenica, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,853 (out of which the population of Łobżenica amounts to 3,172, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,681). Apart from the town of Łobżenica, Gmina Łobżenica contains", "id": "7576139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wyrzysk\n\n\nGmina Wyrzysk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wyrzysk, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,132 (out of which the population of Wyrzysk amounts to 5,234, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,898). Apart from the town of Wyrzysk, Gmina Wyrzysk contains", "id": "7576223" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krotoszyn\n\n\nGmina Krotoszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krotoszyn, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,360 (of which the population of Krotoszyn amounts to 29,421, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,939). Apart from the town of Krotoszyn, Gmina Krotoszyn contains the villages and", "id": "7575611" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzemeszno\n\n\nGmina Trzemeszno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzemeszno, which lies approximately east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,019 (out of which the population of Trzemeszno amounts to 7,789, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,230). Apart from the town of Trzemeszno, Gmina Trzemeszno contains", "id": "7426124" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gostyń\n\n\nGmina Gostyń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gostyń, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 27,860 (out of which the population of Gostyń amounts to 20,588, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,272). Apart from the town of Gostyń, Gmina Gostyń contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7426493" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rawicz\n\n\nGmina Rawicz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rawicz, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population was 29,434 (out of which the population of Rawicz amounted to 21,301, and the population of the rural part of the gmina was 8,133). Apart from the town of Rawicz, Gmina Rawicz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576781" }, { "contents": "Gmina Golina\n\n\nGmina Golina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Golina, which lies approximately north-west of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,326 (out of which the population of Golina amounts to 4,330, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,996). Apart from the town of Golina, Gmina", "id": "7575438" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sieraków\n\n\nGmina Sieraków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sieraków, which lies approximately east of Międzychód and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,649 (out of which the population of Sieraków amounts to 5,994, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,655). Apart from the town of Sieraków, Gmina", "id": "7575717" }, { "contents": "Gmina Tuliszków\n\n\nGmina Tuliszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Tuliszków, which lies approximately north-west of Turek and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,510 (out of which the population of Tuliszków amounts to 3,393, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,117). Apart from the town of Tuliszków, Gmina", "id": "8083520" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dobra, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dobra is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dobra, which lies approximately south-east of Turek and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,368 (out of which the population of Dobra amounts to 1,511, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,857). Apart from the town of Dobra", "id": "8083471" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rogoźno\n\n\nGmina Rogoźno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rogoźno, which lies approximately north-east of Oborniki and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,322 (out of which the population of Rogoźno amounts to 10,905, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,417). Apart from the town of Rogoźno, Gmina", "id": "1413595" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamotuły\n\n\nGmina Szamotuły is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamotuły, which lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 28,575 (out of which the population of Szamotuły amounts to 18,760, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,815). Apart from the town of Szamotuły, Gmina Szamotuły contains the villages", "id": "7577025" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nekla\n\n\nGmina Nekla is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Nekla, which lies approximately west of Września and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,623 (out of which the population of Nekla amounts to 3,203, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,420). Apart from the town of Nekla, Gmina Nekla contains", "id": "8083558" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gołańcz\n\n\nGmina Gołańcz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gołańcz, which lies approximately north-east of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,391 (out of which the population of Gołańcz amounts to 3,342, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,049). Apart from the town of Gołańcz", "id": "8083529" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stęszew\n\n\nGmina Stęszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stęszew, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,919 (out of which the population of Stęszew amounts to 5,339, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,580). Apart from the town of Stęszew, Gmina Stęszew contains the villages", "id": "7576754" }, { "contents": "Gmina Żerków\n\n\nGmina Żerków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Żerków, which lies approximately north of Jarocin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,555 (out of which the population of Żerków amounts to 2,058, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,497). Apart from the town of Żerków, Gmina", "id": "7426670" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stawiszyn\n\n\nGmina Stawiszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stawiszyn, which lies approximately north of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,244 (out of which the population of Stawiszyn amounts to 1,554, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,690). Apart from the town of Stawiszyn, Gmina", "id": "7426954" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mikstat\n\n\nGmina Mikstat is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mikstat, which lies approximately north of Ostrzeszów and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,187 (out of which the population of Mikstat amounts to 1,840, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,347). Apart from the town of Mikstat, Gmina", "id": "7576120" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jutrosin\n\n\nGmina Jutrosin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jutrosin, which lies approximately east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,070 (out of which the population of Jutrosin amounts to 1,872, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,198). Apart from the town of Jutrosin, Gmina Jutrosin contains", "id": "7576794" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kórnik\n\n\nGmina Kórnik (Kórnik Commune) is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kórnik, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,585 (out of which the population of Kórnik amounts to 6,981, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,604). Apart from the town of Kórnik, Gmina", "id": "7576478" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sompolno\n\n\nGmina Sompolno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sompolno, which lies approximately north-east of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,530 (of which the population of Sompolno amounts to 3,695, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,835). Apart from the town of Sompolno, Gmina Sompolno", "id": "7575495" }, { "contents": "Gmina Witkowo\n\n\nGmina Witkowo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Witkowo, which lies approximately south-east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Witkowo amounts to 7,855, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,591). Apart from the town of Witkowo, Gmina", "id": "7426139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Buk\n\n\nGmina Buk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Buk, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,917, of which the population of Buk is 6,181, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,736. Apart from the town of Buk, Gmina Buk contains the villages and settlements of Cieśle,", "id": "7576420" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czerniejewo\n\n\nGmina Czerniejewo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czerniejewo, which lies approximately south-west of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,913 (out of which the population of Czerniejewo amounts to 2,556, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,357). Apart from the town of Czerniejewo, Gmina", "id": "7426061" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wolsztyn\n\n\nGmina Wolsztyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wolsztyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wolsztyn, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,216 (out of which the population of Wolsztyn amounts to 13,557, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,659). Apart from the town of Wolsztyn, Gmina Wolsztyn contains the villages", "id": "8083545" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodecz\n\n\nGmina Chodecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Chodecz, which lies approximately south of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,395 (out of which the population of Chodecz amounts to 1,936, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,459). Apart from the town of Chodecz, Gmina Chodecz contains the villages", "id": "3000237" }, { "contents": "Gmina Skoki\n\n\nGmina Skoki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Skoki, which lies approximately south of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,749 (out of which the population of Skoki amounts to 3,866, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,883). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "1556184" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czempiń\n\n\nGmina Czempiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czempiń, which lies approximately north-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,259 (out of which the population of Czempiń amounts to 5,135, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,124). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pogorzela\n\n\nGmina Pogorzela is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pogorzela, which lies approximately south-east of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,157 (out of which the population of Pogorzela amounts to 1,974, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,183). Apart from the town of Pogorzela, Gmina", "id": "7426581" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychwał\n\n\nGmina Rychwał is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rychwał, which lies approximately south of Konin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,387 (out of which the population of Rychwał amounts to 2,377, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,010). Apart from the town of Rychwał, Gmina", "id": "7575475" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opalenica\n\n\nGmina Opalenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opalenica, which lies approximately east of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,588 (out of which the population of Opalenica amounts to 9,104, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,484). Apart from the town of Opalenica, Gmina", "id": "7575746" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koźmin Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Koźmin Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koźmin Wielkopolski, which lies approximately north of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,820 (out of which the population of Koźmin Wielkopolski amounts to 6,707, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,113). Apart from the town of", "id": "7575621" }, { "contents": "Gmina Raszków\n\n\nGmina Raszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Raszków, which lies approximately north of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,275 (out of which the population of Raszków amounts to 2,037, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,238). Apart from the town of Raszków", "id": "7575772" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miejska Górka\n\n\nGmina Miejska Górka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miejska Górka, which lies approximately north-east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,283 (out of which the population of Miejska Górka amounts to 3,128, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,155). Apart from the town of", "id": "7576825" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ujście\n\n\nGmina Ujście is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ujście, which lies approximately south of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,009 (out of which the population of Ujście amounts to 3,899, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,110). Apart from the town of Ujście, Gmina Ujście contains", "id": "7576174" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pniewy, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Pniewy is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pniewy, which lies approximately south-west of Szamotuły and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,905 (out of which the population of Pniewy amounts to 7,464, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,441). Apart from the town of Pniewy, Gmina", "id": "7577091" }, { "contents": "Gmina Książ Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Książ Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Książ Wielkopolski, which lies approximately east of Śrem and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,429 (out of which the population of Książ Wielkopolski amounts to 2,724, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,705). Apart from the town of", "id": "8083469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miłosław\n\n\nGmina Miłosław is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miłosław, which lies approximately south-west of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,266 (out of which the population of Miłosław amounts to 3,589, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,677). Apart from the town of Miłosław", "id": "8083552" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zduny, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Zduny is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zduny, which lies approximately south-west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,946 (out of which the population of Zduny amounts to 4,498, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,448). Apart from the town of Zduny, Gmina", "id": "7575635" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rozdrażew\n\n\nGmina Rozdrażew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rozdrażew, which lies approximately north-east of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,155. Gmina Rozdrażew contains the villages and settlements of Budy, Chwałki, Dąbrowa, Dębowiec, Dzielice, Grębów, Henryków, Maciejew, Nowa Wieś, Rozdrażew, Trzemeszno, Wolenice,", "id": "7575629" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jastrowie\n\n\nGmina Jastrowie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jastrowie, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,401 (out of which the population of Jastrowie amounts to 8,403, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,998). Apart from the town of Jastrowie, Gmina", "id": "8083566" }, { "contents": "Gmina Okonek\n\n\nGmina Okonek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Okonek, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,909 (out of which the population of Okonek amounts to 3,827, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,082). Apart from the town of Okonek, Gmina", "id": "8083574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rydzyna\n\n\nGmina Rydzyna () is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rydzyna, which lies approximately south-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,076 (out of which the population of Rydzyna amounts to 2,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,537). Apart from the town of Rydzyna", "id": "7575682" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krzywiń\n\n\nGmina Krzywiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krzywiń, which lies approximately south-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,892 (out of which the population of Krzywiń amounts to 1,547, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,345). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575597" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pyzdry\n\n\nGmina Pyzdry is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pyzdry, which lies approximately south of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,217 (out of which the population of Pyzdry amounts to 3,188, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,029). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "8083559" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koło\n\n\nGmina Koło is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koło, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,995. Gmina Koło contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrówka, Borki, Chojny, Czołowo, Czołowo-Kolonia, Dąbrowa, Dzierawy, Kaczyniec, Kamień, Kiełczew Górny, Kiełczew Smużny Czwarty, Kiełczew Smużny Pierwszy", "id": "7575389" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krajenka\n\n\nGmina Krajenka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krajenka, which lies approximately south-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,230 (out of which the population of Krajenka amounts to 3,651, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,579). Apart from the town of Krajenka, Gmina", "id": "8083568" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kobylin\n\n\nGmina Kobylin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kobylin, which lies approximately west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,039 (out of which the population of Kobylin amounts to 3,084, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,955). Apart from the town of Kobylin, Gmina Kobylin contains", "id": "7575620" }, { "contents": "Gmina Bralin\n\n\nGmina Bralin is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Bralin, which lies approximately west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,644. Gmina Bralin contains the villages and settlements of Bralin, Chojęcin, Czermin, Działosze, Gola, Mnichowice, Nosale, Nowa Wieś Książęca, Tabor Mały, Tabor Wielki and Weronikopole. Gmina", "id": "7427212" }, { "contents": "Gmina Środa Wielkopolska\n\n\nGmina Środa Wielkopolska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Środa Wielkopolska County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Środa Wielkopolska, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 30,023 (out of which the population of Środa Wielkopolska amounts to 21,635, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,388). Apart from the town of Środa Wielkopolska,", "id": "7577108" }, { "contents": "Gmina Odolanów\n\n\nGmina Odolanów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Odolanów, which lies approximately south of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,867 (out of which the population of Odolanów amounts to 4,960, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,907). The gmina contains part of the", "id": "7575765" }, { "contents": "Przedecz\n\n\nPrzedecz (; ) is a historic town in Koło County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship of Poland, with 1,779 inhabitants (2006). The town is situated in central Poland, midway between Chodecz and Kłodawa. It is located about northwest of Łódź, west of Warsaw and east of Poznań. The southeast side of Przedecz borders on the shore of Lake Przedecz. Nearby is one of the sources of the Noteć river. Przedecz is first mentioned in 1136 deed issued by Pope Innocent II, denoting the settlement as a possession held by", "id": "10103076" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zagórów\n\n\nGmina Zagórów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Słupca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zagórów, which lies approximately south of Słupca and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,073 (out of which the population of Zagórów amounts to 2,932, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,141). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Warta", "id": "7576873" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostroróg\n\n\nGmina Ostroróg is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostroróg, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,865 (out of which the population of Ostroróg amounts to 1,995, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,870). Apart from the town of Ostroróg", "id": "7577081" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wronki\n\n\nGmina Wronki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wronki, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,713 (out of which the population of Wronki amounts to 11,551, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,162). Apart from the town of Wronki", "id": "7577092" }, { "contents": "Gmina Lwówek\n\n\nGmina Lwówek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Lwówek, which lies approximately north of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,151 (out of which the population of Lwówek amounts to 2,909, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,242). Apart from the town of Lwówek, Gmina", "id": "7575726" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nowa Sarzyna\n\n\nGmina Nowa Sarzyna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leżajsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowa Sarzyna, which lies approximately north-west of Leżajsk and north-east of the regional capital Rzeszów. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 21,296 (out of which the population of Nowa Sarzyna amounts to 6,308, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 14,988). Apart from the town", "id": "5471232" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłecko\n\n\nGmina Kłecko is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłecko, which lies approximately north-west of Gniezno and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,569 (out of which the population of Kłecko amounts to 2,677, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,892). During the German Invasion of Poland", "id": "7426072" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krobia\n\n\nGmina Krobia is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krobia, which lies approximately south of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,792 (out of which the population of Krobia amounts to 4,022, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,770). Apart from the town of Krobia, Gmina Krobia contains", "id": "7426507" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dolsk\n\n\nGmina Dolsk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dolsk, which lies approximately south of Śrem and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,732 (out of which the population of Dolsk amounts to 1,479, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,253). Apart from the town of Dolsk, Gmina Dolsk contains", "id": "8083466" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzcianka\n\n\nGmina Trzcianka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzcianka, which lies approximately north of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,482 (out of which the population of Trzcianka amounts to 16,756, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,726). Apart from the town of Trzcianka", "id": "7426054" }, { "contents": "Gmina Międzychód\n\n\nGmina Międzychód is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Międzychód, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,290 (out of which the population of Międzychód amounts to 10,920, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,370). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Pszczew Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "7575703" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wieleń\n\n\nGmina Wieleń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wieleń, which lies approximately west of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,572 (out of which the population of Wieleń amounts to 5,940, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,632). Apart from the town of Wieleń", "id": "7426058" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rybno, Masovian Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rybno is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Sochaczew County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rybno, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Sochaczew and 62 km (38 mi) west of Warsaw. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,494. Gmina Rybno contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Antosin, Bronisławy, Ćmiszew Rybnowski, Ćmiszew-Parcel, Cypriany, Erminów, Jasieniec,", "id": "5184822" }, { "contents": "Gmina Domaszowice\n\n\nGmina Domaszowice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Namysłów County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Domaszowice, which lies approximately east of Namysłów and north of the regional capital Opole. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,772. Gmina Domaszowice contains the villages and settlements of Domaszowice, Dziedzice, Gręboszów, Kopalina, Nowa Wieś, Piekło, Polkowskie, Siemysłów, Stary Gręboszów, Strzelce, Sułoszów, Świbne, Szerzyna, Wielka Kolonia", "id": "5406927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wysoka\n\n\nGmina Wysoka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wysoka, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,890 (out of which the population of Wysoka amounts to 2,750, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,140). It is situated in the historical region of Krajna.", "id": "7576291" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kazimierza Wielka\n\n\nGmina Kazimierza Wielka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kazimierza County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kazimierza Wielka, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,759 (out of which the population of Kazimierza Wielka amounts to 5,730, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 11,029). Apart from the town of Kazimierza Wielka, Gmina Kazimierza Wielka contains", "id": "7014442" }, { "contents": "Gmina Śrem\n\n\nGmina Śrem is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Śrem, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 39,841 (out of which the population of Śrem amounts to 30,227, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,614). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Chłapowski Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "8083461" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatówek\n\n\nGmina Opatówek is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatówek (population 3,800), which lies approximately east of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,148. Gmina Opatówek is bordered by the city of Kalisz and by the gminas of Ceków-Kolonia, Godziesze Wielkie, Koźminek, Szczytniki and Żelazków. The gmina contains the", "id": "20628584" }, { "contents": "Gmina Słomniki\n\n\nGmina Słomniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Słomniki, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,589 (out of which the population of Słomniki amounts to 4,331, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,258). Apart from the town of Słomniki, Gmina Słomniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "3315531" }, { "contents": "Gmina Proszowice\n\n\nGmina Proszowice is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Proszowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Proszowice, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,188 (out of which the population of Proszowice amounts to 6,205, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,983). Apart from the town of Proszowice, Gmina Proszowice contains the villages and settlements", "id": "4626927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychtal\n\n\nGmina Rychtal is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rychtal, which lies approximately south-west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,041. Gmina Rychtal contains the villages and settlements of Dalanów, Darnowiec, Drożki, Dworzyszcze, Krzyżowniki, Mały Buczek, Nowa Wieś, Proszów, Remiszówka, Skoroszów, Stogniewice, Szarlota", "id": "7427224" }, { "contents": "Gmina Poniec\n\n\nGmina Poniec is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Poniec, which lies approximately south-west of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,866 (out of which the population of Poniec amounts to 2,875, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,991). Apart from the town of Poniec, Gmina", "id": "7426590" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rzgów, Łódź Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rzgów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Łódź East County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rzgów, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Łódź. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,019 (out of which the population of Rzgów amounts to 3,338, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,681). Apart from the town of Rzgów, Gmina Rzgów contains the villages and settlements of Babichy", "id": "3242989" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatów, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Opatów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatów, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,635 (out of which the population of Opatów amounts to 6,846, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,789). Apart from the town of Opatów, Gmina Opatów contains the villages and settlements of", "id": "7292087" } ]

[ { "contents": "Gmina Przedecz\n\n\nGmina Przedecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Przedecz, which lies approximately north-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,319 (out of which the population of Przedecz amounts to 1,771, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,548). Apart from the town of Przedecz, Gmina", "id": "7575434" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłodawa, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Kłodawa is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłodawa, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,307 (out of which the population of Kłodawa amounts to 6,829, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,478). Apart from the town of Kłodawa, Gmina Kłodawa contains", "id": "7427258" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osiek Mały\n\n\nGmina Osiek Mały is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Osiek Mały, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,866. Gmina Osiek Mały contains the villages and settlements of Borecznia Wielka, Dęby Szlacheckie, Drzewce, Felicjanów, Grądy, Lipiny, Łuczywno, Maciejewo, Młynek, Moczydła, Nowa Wieś, Nowe", "id": "7575433" }, { "contents": "Gmina Babiak\n\n\nGmina Babiak is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Babiak, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,920. Gmina Babiak contains the villages and settlements of Babiak, Bogusławice, Bogusławice-Nowiny, Brdów, Brzezie, Bugaj, Dębno Królewskie, Dębno Poproboszczowskie, Góraj, Gryglaki, Janowice, Józefowo, Kiejsze", "id": "7427252" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dąbie, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dąbie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dąbie, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,644 (out of which the population of Dąbie amounts to 2,087, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,557). Apart from the town of Dąbie, Gmina", "id": "7427256" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodów\n\n\nGmina Chodów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Chodów, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,475. Gmina Chodów contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Bowyczyny, Budy-Gole, Chodów, Chrzanowo, Czerwonka, Długie, Domaników, Dziegielewo, Dzierzbice, Elizanów, Gąsiory, Ignacewo, Jagiełłów", "id": "7427255" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kościelec\n\n\nGmina Kościelec is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Kościelec, which lies approximately south-west of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,667. Gmina Kościelec contains the villages and settlements of Białków Górny, Białków Kościelny, Dąbrowice, Dąbrowice Częściowe, Daniszew, Dobrów, Gąsiorów, Gozdów, Kościelec, Łęka, Leszcze, Mariampol,", "id": "7575390" }, { "contents": "Gmina Grzegorzew\n\n\nGmina Grzegorzew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Grzegorzew, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,617. Gmina Grzegorzew contains the villages and settlements of Barłogi, Boguszyniec, Borysławice Kościelne, Borysławice Zamkowe, Bylice, Bylice-Kolonia, Grodna, Grzegorzew, Kiełczewek, Ladorudzek, Ponętów Dolny,", "id": "7427257" }, { "contents": "Gmina Olszówka\n\n\nGmina Olszówka is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Olszówka, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,757. Gmina Olszówka contains the villages and settlements of Adamin, Dębowiczki, Drzewce, Głębokie, Grabina, Krzewata, Łubianka, Młynik, Mniewo, Nowa Wioska, Olszówka, Ostrów, Ponętów Górny Drugi,", "id": "7575392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kostrzyn\n\n\nGmina Kostrzyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kostrzyn, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,456 (out of which the population of Kostrzyn amounts to 8,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,917). Apart from the town of Kostrzyn, Gmina Kostrzyn contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Swarzędz\n\n\nGmina Swarzędz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Swarzędz, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,499 (out of which the population of Swarzędz amounts to 29,894, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,605). Apart from the town of Swarzędz, Gmina Swarzędz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576775" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jarocin, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Jarocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jarocin, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 44,430 (out of which the population of Jarocin amounts to 25,834, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 18,596). Apart from the town of Jarocin, Gmina Jarocin contains the villages", "id": "7426646" }, { "contents": "Gmina Izbica Kujawska\n\n\nGmina Izbica Kujawska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Izbica Kujawska, which lies approximately south-west of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,008 (out of which the population of Izbica Kujawska amounts to 2,783, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,225). Apart from the town of Izbica Kujawska", "id": "3000260" }, { "contents": "Gmina Września\n\n\nGmina Września is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Września, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2012 its total population is 45,523 (out of which the population of Września amounts to 29,564, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,959). Apart from the town of Września, Gmina Września contains the villages and settlements", "id": "8083549" }, { "contents": "Gmina Oborniki\n\n\nGmina Oborniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Oborniki, which lies approximately north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 31,541 (out of which the population of Oborniki amounts to 17,850, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 13,691). Apart from the town of Oborniki, Gmina Oborniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "1413631" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osieczna, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Osieczna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Osieczna, which lies approximately north-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,576 (out of which the population of Osieczna amounts to 2,018, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,558). Apart from the town of Osieczna, Gmina", "id": "7575680" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mosina\n\n\nGmina Mosina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mosina, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 25,098 (out of which the population of Mosina amounts to 12,150, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,948). Apart from the town of Mosina, Gmina Mosina contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576490" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gizałki\n\n\nGmina Gizałki is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Gizałki, which lies approximately north of Pleszew and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,628. Gmina Gizałki contains the villages and settlements of Białobłoty, Czołnochów, Dziewin Duży, Gizałki, Gizałki-Las, Leszczyca, Nowa Wieś, Obory, Obory-Kolonia, Orlina Duża,", "id": "7576392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kępno\n\n\nGmina Kępno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kępno, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 24,308 (out of which the population of Kępno amounts to 14,710, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,598). Apart from the town of Kępno, Gmina Kępno contains the villages", "id": "7427019" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostrzeszów\n\n\nGmina Ostrzeszów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostrzeszów, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,346 (out of which the population of Ostrzeszów amounts to 14,536, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,810). Apart from the town of Ostrzeszów, Gmina Ostrzeszów contains the villages", "id": "7575789" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pleszew\n\n\nGmina Pleszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pleszew, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,790 (out of which the population of Pleszew amounts to 17,787, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,003). Apart from the town of Pleszew, Gmina Pleszew contains the villages", "id": "7576347" }, { "contents": "Gmina Margonin\n\n\nGmina Margonin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Margonin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,414 (out of which the population of Margonin amounts to 2,956, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,458). Apart from the town of Margonin, Gmina Margonin contains", "id": "7426007" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamocin\n\n\nGmina Szamocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamocin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,292 (out of which the population of Szamocin amounts to 4,267, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,025). Apart from the town of Szamocin, Gmina Szamocin contains", "id": "7426010" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kleczew\n\n\nGmina Kleczew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kleczew, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,721 (out of which the population of Kleczew amounts to 4,173, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,548). Apart from the town of Kleczew, Gmina Kleczew contains", "id": "7575448" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ślesin\n\n\nGmina Ślesin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ślesin, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Ślesin amounts to 3,102, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,344). Apart from the town of Ślesin, Gmina Ślesin contains", "id": "7575502" }, { "contents": "Gmina Łobżenica\n\n\nGmina Łobżenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Łobżenica, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,853 (out of which the population of Łobżenica amounts to 3,172, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,681). Apart from the town of Łobżenica, Gmina Łobżenica contains", "id": "7576139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wyrzysk\n\n\nGmina Wyrzysk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wyrzysk, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,132 (out of which the population of Wyrzysk amounts to 5,234, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,898). Apart from the town of Wyrzysk, Gmina Wyrzysk contains", "id": "7576223" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krotoszyn\n\n\nGmina Krotoszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krotoszyn, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,360 (of which the population of Krotoszyn amounts to 29,421, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,939). Apart from the town of Krotoszyn, Gmina Krotoszyn contains the villages and", "id": "7575611" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzemeszno\n\n\nGmina Trzemeszno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzemeszno, which lies approximately east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,019 (out of which the population of Trzemeszno amounts to 7,789, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,230). Apart from the town of Trzemeszno, Gmina Trzemeszno contains", "id": "7426124" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gostyń\n\n\nGmina Gostyń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gostyń, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 27,860 (out of which the population of Gostyń amounts to 20,588, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,272). Apart from the town of Gostyń, Gmina Gostyń contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7426493" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rawicz\n\n\nGmina Rawicz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rawicz, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population was 29,434 (out of which the population of Rawicz amounted to 21,301, and the population of the rural part of the gmina was 8,133). Apart from the town of Rawicz, Gmina Rawicz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576781" }, { "contents": "Gmina Golina\n\n\nGmina Golina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Golina, which lies approximately north-west of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,326 (out of which the population of Golina amounts to 4,330, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,996). Apart from the town of Golina, Gmina", "id": "7575438" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sieraków\n\n\nGmina Sieraków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sieraków, which lies approximately east of Międzychód and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,649 (out of which the population of Sieraków amounts to 5,994, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,655). Apart from the town of Sieraków, Gmina", "id": "7575717" }, { "contents": "Gmina Tuliszków\n\n\nGmina Tuliszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Tuliszków, which lies approximately north-west of Turek and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,510 (out of which the population of Tuliszków amounts to 3,393, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,117). Apart from the town of Tuliszków, Gmina", "id": "8083520" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dobra, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dobra is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dobra, which lies approximately south-east of Turek and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,368 (out of which the population of Dobra amounts to 1,511, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,857). Apart from the town of Dobra", "id": "8083471" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rogoźno\n\n\nGmina Rogoźno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rogoźno, which lies approximately north-east of Oborniki and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,322 (out of which the population of Rogoźno amounts to 10,905, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,417). Apart from the town of Rogoźno, Gmina", "id": "1413595" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamotuły\n\n\nGmina Szamotuły is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamotuły, which lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 28,575 (out of which the population of Szamotuły amounts to 18,760, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,815). Apart from the town of Szamotuły, Gmina Szamotuły contains the villages", "id": "7577025" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nekla\n\n\nGmina Nekla is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Nekla, which lies approximately west of Września and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,623 (out of which the population of Nekla amounts to 3,203, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,420). Apart from the town of Nekla, Gmina Nekla contains", "id": "8083558" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gołańcz\n\n\nGmina Gołańcz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gołańcz, which lies approximately north-east of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,391 (out of which the population of Gołańcz amounts to 3,342, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,049). Apart from the town of Gołańcz", "id": "8083529" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stęszew\n\n\nGmina Stęszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stęszew, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,919 (out of which the population of Stęszew amounts to 5,339, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,580). Apart from the town of Stęszew, Gmina Stęszew contains the villages", "id": "7576754" }, { "contents": "Gmina Żerków\n\n\nGmina Żerków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Żerków, which lies approximately north of Jarocin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,555 (out of which the population of Żerków amounts to 2,058, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,497). Apart from the town of Żerków, Gmina", "id": "7426670" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stawiszyn\n\n\nGmina Stawiszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stawiszyn, which lies approximately north of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,244 (out of which the population of Stawiszyn amounts to 1,554, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,690). Apart from the town of Stawiszyn, Gmina", "id": "7426954" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mikstat\n\n\nGmina Mikstat is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mikstat, which lies approximately north of Ostrzeszów and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,187 (out of which the population of Mikstat amounts to 1,840, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,347). Apart from the town of Mikstat, Gmina", "id": "7576120" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jutrosin\n\n\nGmina Jutrosin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jutrosin, which lies approximately east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,070 (out of which the population of Jutrosin amounts to 1,872, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,198). Apart from the town of Jutrosin, Gmina Jutrosin contains", "id": "7576794" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kórnik\n\n\nGmina Kórnik (Kórnik Commune) is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kórnik, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,585 (out of which the population of Kórnik amounts to 6,981, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,604). Apart from the town of Kórnik, Gmina", "id": "7576478" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sompolno\n\n\nGmina Sompolno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sompolno, which lies approximately north-east of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,530 (of which the population of Sompolno amounts to 3,695, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,835). Apart from the town of Sompolno, Gmina Sompolno", "id": "7575495" }, { "contents": "Gmina Witkowo\n\n\nGmina Witkowo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Witkowo, which lies approximately south-east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Witkowo amounts to 7,855, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,591). Apart from the town of Witkowo, Gmina", "id": "7426139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Buk\n\n\nGmina Buk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Buk, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,917, of which the population of Buk is 6,181, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,736. Apart from the town of Buk, Gmina Buk contains the villages and settlements of Cieśle,", "id": "7576420" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czerniejewo\n\n\nGmina Czerniejewo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czerniejewo, which lies approximately south-west of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,913 (out of which the population of Czerniejewo amounts to 2,556, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,357). Apart from the town of Czerniejewo, Gmina", "id": "7426061" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wolsztyn\n\n\nGmina Wolsztyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wolsztyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wolsztyn, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,216 (out of which the population of Wolsztyn amounts to 13,557, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,659). Apart from the town of Wolsztyn, Gmina Wolsztyn contains the villages", "id": "8083545" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodecz\n\n\nGmina Chodecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Chodecz, which lies approximately south of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,395 (out of which the population of Chodecz amounts to 1,936, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,459). Apart from the town of Chodecz, Gmina Chodecz contains the villages", "id": "3000237" }, { "contents": "Gmina Skoki\n\n\nGmina Skoki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Skoki, which lies approximately south of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,749 (out of which the population of Skoki amounts to 3,866, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,883). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "1556184" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czempiń\n\n\nGmina Czempiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czempiń, which lies approximately north-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,259 (out of which the population of Czempiń amounts to 5,135, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,124). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pogorzela\n\n\nGmina Pogorzela is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pogorzela, which lies approximately south-east of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,157 (out of which the population of Pogorzela amounts to 1,974, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,183). Apart from the town of Pogorzela, Gmina", "id": "7426581" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychwał\n\n\nGmina Rychwał is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rychwał, which lies approximately south of Konin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,387 (out of which the population of Rychwał amounts to 2,377, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,010). Apart from the town of Rychwał, Gmina", "id": "7575475" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opalenica\n\n\nGmina Opalenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opalenica, which lies approximately east of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,588 (out of which the population of Opalenica amounts to 9,104, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,484). Apart from the town of Opalenica, Gmina", "id": "7575746" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koźmin Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Koźmin Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koźmin Wielkopolski, which lies approximately north of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,820 (out of which the population of Koźmin Wielkopolski amounts to 6,707, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,113). Apart from the town of", "id": "7575621" }, { "contents": "Gmina Raszków\n\n\nGmina Raszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Raszków, which lies approximately north of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,275 (out of which the population of Raszków amounts to 2,037, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,238). Apart from the town of Raszków", "id": "7575772" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miejska Górka\n\n\nGmina Miejska Górka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miejska Górka, which lies approximately north-east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,283 (out of which the population of Miejska Górka amounts to 3,128, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,155). Apart from the town of", "id": "7576825" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ujście\n\n\nGmina Ujście is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ujście, which lies approximately south of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,009 (out of which the population of Ujście amounts to 3,899, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,110). Apart from the town of Ujście, Gmina Ujście contains", "id": "7576174" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pniewy, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Pniewy is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pniewy, which lies approximately south-west of Szamotuły and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,905 (out of which the population of Pniewy amounts to 7,464, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,441). Apart from the town of Pniewy, Gmina", "id": "7577091" }, { "contents": "Gmina Książ Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Książ Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Książ Wielkopolski, which lies approximately east of Śrem and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,429 (out of which the population of Książ Wielkopolski amounts to 2,724, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,705). Apart from the town of", "id": "8083469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miłosław\n\n\nGmina Miłosław is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miłosław, which lies approximately south-west of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,266 (out of which the population of Miłosław amounts to 3,589, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,677). Apart from the town of Miłosław", "id": "8083552" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zduny, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Zduny is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zduny, which lies approximately south-west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,946 (out of which the population of Zduny amounts to 4,498, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,448). Apart from the town of Zduny, Gmina", "id": "7575635" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rozdrażew\n\n\nGmina Rozdrażew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rozdrażew, which lies approximately north-east of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,155. Gmina Rozdrażew contains the villages and settlements of Budy, Chwałki, Dąbrowa, Dębowiec, Dzielice, Grębów, Henryków, Maciejew, Nowa Wieś, Rozdrażew, Trzemeszno, Wolenice,", "id": "7575629" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jastrowie\n\n\nGmina Jastrowie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jastrowie, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,401 (out of which the population of Jastrowie amounts to 8,403, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,998). Apart from the town of Jastrowie, Gmina", "id": "8083566" }, { "contents": "Gmina Okonek\n\n\nGmina Okonek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Okonek, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,909 (out of which the population of Okonek amounts to 3,827, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,082). Apart from the town of Okonek, Gmina", "id": "8083574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rydzyna\n\n\nGmina Rydzyna () is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rydzyna, which lies approximately south-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,076 (out of which the population of Rydzyna amounts to 2,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,537). Apart from the town of Rydzyna", "id": "7575682" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krzywiń\n\n\nGmina Krzywiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krzywiń, which lies approximately south-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,892 (out of which the population of Krzywiń amounts to 1,547, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,345). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575597" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pyzdry\n\n\nGmina Pyzdry is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pyzdry, which lies approximately south of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,217 (out of which the population of Pyzdry amounts to 3,188, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,029). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "8083559" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koło\n\n\nGmina Koło is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koło, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,995. Gmina Koło contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrówka, Borki, Chojny, Czołowo, Czołowo-Kolonia, Dąbrowa, Dzierawy, Kaczyniec, Kamień, Kiełczew Górny, Kiełczew Smużny Czwarty, Kiełczew Smużny Pierwszy", "id": "7575389" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krajenka\n\n\nGmina Krajenka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krajenka, which lies approximately south-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,230 (out of which the population of Krajenka amounts to 3,651, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,579). Apart from the town of Krajenka, Gmina", "id": "8083568" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kobylin\n\n\nGmina Kobylin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kobylin, which lies approximately west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,039 (out of which the population of Kobylin amounts to 3,084, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,955). Apart from the town of Kobylin, Gmina Kobylin contains", "id": "7575620" }, { "contents": "Gmina Bralin\n\n\nGmina Bralin is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Bralin, which lies approximately west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,644. Gmina Bralin contains the villages and settlements of Bralin, Chojęcin, Czermin, Działosze, Gola, Mnichowice, Nosale, Nowa Wieś Książęca, Tabor Mały, Tabor Wielki and Weronikopole. Gmina", "id": "7427212" }, { "contents": "Gmina Środa Wielkopolska\n\n\nGmina Środa Wielkopolska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Środa Wielkopolska County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Środa Wielkopolska, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 30,023 (out of which the population of Środa Wielkopolska amounts to 21,635, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,388). Apart from the town of Środa Wielkopolska,", "id": "7577108" }, { "contents": "Gmina Odolanów\n\n\nGmina Odolanów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Odolanów, which lies approximately south of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,867 (out of which the population of Odolanów amounts to 4,960, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,907). The gmina contains part of the", "id": "7575765" }, { "contents": "Przedecz\n\n\nPrzedecz (; ) is a historic town in Koło County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship of Poland, with 1,779 inhabitants (2006). The town is situated in central Poland, midway between Chodecz and Kłodawa. It is located about northwest of Łódź, west of Warsaw and east of Poznań. The southeast side of Przedecz borders on the shore of Lake Przedecz. Nearby is one of the sources of the Noteć river. Przedecz is first mentioned in 1136 deed issued by Pope Innocent II, denoting the settlement as a possession held by", "id": "10103076" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zagórów\n\n\nGmina Zagórów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Słupca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zagórów, which lies approximately south of Słupca and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,073 (out of which the population of Zagórów amounts to 2,932, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,141). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Warta", "id": "7576873" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostroróg\n\n\nGmina Ostroróg is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostroróg, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,865 (out of which the population of Ostroróg amounts to 1,995, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,870). Apart from the town of Ostroróg", "id": "7577081" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wronki\n\n\nGmina Wronki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wronki, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,713 (out of which the population of Wronki amounts to 11,551, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,162). Apart from the town of Wronki", "id": "7577092" }, { "contents": "Gmina Lwówek\n\n\nGmina Lwówek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Lwówek, which lies approximately north of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,151 (out of which the population of Lwówek amounts to 2,909, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,242). Apart from the town of Lwówek, Gmina", "id": "7575726" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nowa Sarzyna\n\n\nGmina Nowa Sarzyna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leżajsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowa Sarzyna, which lies approximately north-west of Leżajsk and north-east of the regional capital Rzeszów. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 21,296 (out of which the population of Nowa Sarzyna amounts to 6,308, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 14,988). Apart from the town", "id": "5471232" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłecko\n\n\nGmina Kłecko is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłecko, which lies approximately north-west of Gniezno and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,569 (out of which the population of Kłecko amounts to 2,677, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,892). During the German Invasion of Poland", "id": "7426072" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krobia\n\n\nGmina Krobia is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krobia, which lies approximately south of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,792 (out of which the population of Krobia amounts to 4,022, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,770). Apart from the town of Krobia, Gmina Krobia contains", "id": "7426507" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dolsk\n\n\nGmina Dolsk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dolsk, which lies approximately south of Śrem and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,732 (out of which the population of Dolsk amounts to 1,479, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,253). Apart from the town of Dolsk, Gmina Dolsk contains", "id": "8083466" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzcianka\n\n\nGmina Trzcianka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzcianka, which lies approximately north of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,482 (out of which the population of Trzcianka amounts to 16,756, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,726). Apart from the town of Trzcianka", "id": "7426054" }, { "contents": "Gmina Międzychód\n\n\nGmina Międzychód is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Międzychód, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,290 (out of which the population of Międzychód amounts to 10,920, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,370). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Pszczew Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "7575703" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wieleń\n\n\nGmina Wieleń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wieleń, which lies approximately west of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,572 (out of which the population of Wieleń amounts to 5,940, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,632). Apart from the town of Wieleń", "id": "7426058" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rybno, Masovian Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rybno is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Sochaczew County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rybno, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Sochaczew and 62 km (38 mi) west of Warsaw. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,494. Gmina Rybno contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Antosin, Bronisławy, Ćmiszew Rybnowski, Ćmiszew-Parcel, Cypriany, Erminów, Jasieniec,", "id": "5184822" }, { "contents": "Gmina Domaszowice\n\n\nGmina Domaszowice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Namysłów County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Domaszowice, which lies approximately east of Namysłów and north of the regional capital Opole. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,772. Gmina Domaszowice contains the villages and settlements of Domaszowice, Dziedzice, Gręboszów, Kopalina, Nowa Wieś, Piekło, Polkowskie, Siemysłów, Stary Gręboszów, Strzelce, Sułoszów, Świbne, Szerzyna, Wielka Kolonia", "id": "5406927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wysoka\n\n\nGmina Wysoka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wysoka, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,890 (out of which the population of Wysoka amounts to 2,750, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,140). It is situated in the historical region of Krajna.", "id": "7576291" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kazimierza Wielka\n\n\nGmina Kazimierza Wielka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kazimierza County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kazimierza Wielka, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,759 (out of which the population of Kazimierza Wielka amounts to 5,730, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 11,029). Apart from the town of Kazimierza Wielka, Gmina Kazimierza Wielka contains", "id": "7014442" }, { "contents": "Gmina Śrem\n\n\nGmina Śrem is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Śrem, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 39,841 (out of which the population of Śrem amounts to 30,227, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,614). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Chłapowski Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "8083461" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatówek\n\n\nGmina Opatówek is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatówek (population 3,800), which lies approximately east of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,148. Gmina Opatówek is bordered by the city of Kalisz and by the gminas of Ceków-Kolonia, Godziesze Wielkie, Koźminek, Szczytniki and Żelazków. The gmina contains the", "id": "20628584" }, { "contents": "Gmina Słomniki\n\n\nGmina Słomniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Słomniki, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,589 (out of which the population of Słomniki amounts to 4,331, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,258). Apart from the town of Słomniki, Gmina Słomniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "3315531" }, { "contents": "Gmina Proszowice\n\n\nGmina Proszowice is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Proszowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Proszowice, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,188 (out of which the population of Proszowice amounts to 6,205, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,983). Apart from the town of Proszowice, Gmina Proszowice contains the villages and settlements", "id": "4626927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychtal\n\n\nGmina Rychtal is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rychtal, which lies approximately south-west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,041. Gmina Rychtal contains the villages and settlements of Dalanów, Darnowiec, Drożki, Dworzyszcze, Krzyżowniki, Mały Buczek, Nowa Wieś, Proszów, Remiszówka, Skoroszów, Stogniewice, Szarlota", "id": "7427224" }, { "contents": "Gmina Poniec\n\n\nGmina Poniec is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Poniec, which lies approximately south-west of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,866 (out of which the population of Poniec amounts to 2,875, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,991). Apart from the town of Poniec, Gmina", "id": "7426590" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rzgów, Łódź Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rzgów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Łódź East County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rzgów, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Łódź. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,019 (out of which the population of Rzgów amounts to 3,338, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,681). Apart from the town of Rzgów, Gmina Rzgów contains the villages and settlements of Babichy", "id": "3242989" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatów, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Opatów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatów, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,635 (out of which the population of Opatów amounts to 6,846, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,789). Apart from the town of Opatów, Gmina Opatów contains the villages and settlements of", "id": "7292087" } ]

[ { "contents": "Gmina Przedecz\n\n\nGmina Przedecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Przedecz, which lies approximately north-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,319 (out of which the population of Przedecz amounts to 1,771, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,548). Apart from the town of Przedecz, Gmina", "id": "7575434" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłodawa, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Kłodawa is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłodawa, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,307 (out of which the population of Kłodawa amounts to 6,829, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,478). Apart from the town of Kłodawa, Gmina Kłodawa contains", "id": "7427258" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osiek Mały\n\n\nGmina Osiek Mały is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Osiek Mały, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,866. Gmina Osiek Mały contains the villages and settlements of Borecznia Wielka, Dęby Szlacheckie, Drzewce, Felicjanów, Grądy, Lipiny, Łuczywno, Maciejewo, Młynek, Moczydła, Nowa Wieś, Nowe", "id": "7575433" }, { "contents": "Gmina Babiak\n\n\nGmina Babiak is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Babiak, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,920. Gmina Babiak contains the villages and settlements of Babiak, Bogusławice, Bogusławice-Nowiny, Brdów, Brzezie, Bugaj, Dębno Królewskie, Dębno Poproboszczowskie, Góraj, Gryglaki, Janowice, Józefowo, Kiejsze", "id": "7427252" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dąbie, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dąbie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dąbie, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,644 (out of which the population of Dąbie amounts to 2,087, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,557). Apart from the town of Dąbie, Gmina", "id": "7427256" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodów\n\n\nGmina Chodów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Chodów, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,475. Gmina Chodów contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Bowyczyny, Budy-Gole, Chodów, Chrzanowo, Czerwonka, Długie, Domaników, Dziegielewo, Dzierzbice, Elizanów, Gąsiory, Ignacewo, Jagiełłów", "id": "7427255" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kościelec\n\n\nGmina Kościelec is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Kościelec, which lies approximately south-west of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,667. Gmina Kościelec contains the villages and settlements of Białków Górny, Białków Kościelny, Dąbrowice, Dąbrowice Częściowe, Daniszew, Dobrów, Gąsiorów, Gozdów, Kościelec, Łęka, Leszcze, Mariampol,", "id": "7575390" }, { "contents": "Gmina Grzegorzew\n\n\nGmina Grzegorzew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Grzegorzew, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,617. Gmina Grzegorzew contains the villages and settlements of Barłogi, Boguszyniec, Borysławice Kościelne, Borysławice Zamkowe, Bylice, Bylice-Kolonia, Grodna, Grzegorzew, Kiełczewek, Ladorudzek, Ponętów Dolny,", "id": "7427257" }, { "contents": "Gmina Olszówka\n\n\nGmina Olszówka is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Olszówka, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,757. Gmina Olszówka contains the villages and settlements of Adamin, Dębowiczki, Drzewce, Głębokie, Grabina, Krzewata, Łubianka, Młynik, Mniewo, Nowa Wioska, Olszówka, Ostrów, Ponętów Górny Drugi,", "id": "7575392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kostrzyn\n\n\nGmina Kostrzyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kostrzyn, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,456 (out of which the population of Kostrzyn amounts to 8,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,917). Apart from the town of Kostrzyn, Gmina Kostrzyn contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Swarzędz\n\n\nGmina Swarzędz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Swarzędz, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,499 (out of which the population of Swarzędz amounts to 29,894, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,605). Apart from the town of Swarzędz, Gmina Swarzędz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576775" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jarocin, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Jarocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jarocin, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 44,430 (out of which the population of Jarocin amounts to 25,834, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 18,596). Apart from the town of Jarocin, Gmina Jarocin contains the villages", "id": "7426646" }, { "contents": "Gmina Izbica Kujawska\n\n\nGmina Izbica Kujawska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Izbica Kujawska, which lies approximately south-west of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,008 (out of which the population of Izbica Kujawska amounts to 2,783, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,225). Apart from the town of Izbica Kujawska", "id": "3000260" }, { "contents": "Gmina Września\n\n\nGmina Września is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Września, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2012 its total population is 45,523 (out of which the population of Września amounts to 29,564, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,959). Apart from the town of Września, Gmina Września contains the villages and settlements", "id": "8083549" }, { "contents": "Gmina Oborniki\n\n\nGmina Oborniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Oborniki, which lies approximately north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 31,541 (out of which the population of Oborniki amounts to 17,850, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 13,691). Apart from the town of Oborniki, Gmina Oborniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "1413631" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osieczna, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Osieczna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Osieczna, which lies approximately north-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,576 (out of which the population of Osieczna amounts to 2,018, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,558). Apart from the town of Osieczna, Gmina", "id": "7575680" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mosina\n\n\nGmina Mosina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mosina, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 25,098 (out of which the population of Mosina amounts to 12,150, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,948). Apart from the town of Mosina, Gmina Mosina contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576490" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gizałki\n\n\nGmina Gizałki is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Gizałki, which lies approximately north of Pleszew and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,628. Gmina Gizałki contains the villages and settlements of Białobłoty, Czołnochów, Dziewin Duży, Gizałki, Gizałki-Las, Leszczyca, Nowa Wieś, Obory, Obory-Kolonia, Orlina Duża,", "id": "7576392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kępno\n\n\nGmina Kępno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kępno, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 24,308 (out of which the population of Kępno amounts to 14,710, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,598). Apart from the town of Kępno, Gmina Kępno contains the villages", "id": "7427019" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostrzeszów\n\n\nGmina Ostrzeszów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostrzeszów, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,346 (out of which the population of Ostrzeszów amounts to 14,536, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,810). Apart from the town of Ostrzeszów, Gmina Ostrzeszów contains the villages", "id": "7575789" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pleszew\n\n\nGmina Pleszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pleszew, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,790 (out of which the population of Pleszew amounts to 17,787, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,003). Apart from the town of Pleszew, Gmina Pleszew contains the villages", "id": "7576347" }, { "contents": "Gmina Margonin\n\n\nGmina Margonin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Margonin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,414 (out of which the population of Margonin amounts to 2,956, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,458). Apart from the town of Margonin, Gmina Margonin contains", "id": "7426007" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamocin\n\n\nGmina Szamocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamocin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,292 (out of which the population of Szamocin amounts to 4,267, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,025). Apart from the town of Szamocin, Gmina Szamocin contains", "id": "7426010" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kleczew\n\n\nGmina Kleczew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kleczew, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,721 (out of which the population of Kleczew amounts to 4,173, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,548). Apart from the town of Kleczew, Gmina Kleczew contains", "id": "7575448" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ślesin\n\n\nGmina Ślesin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ślesin, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Ślesin amounts to 3,102, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,344). Apart from the town of Ślesin, Gmina Ślesin contains", "id": "7575502" }, { "contents": "Gmina Łobżenica\n\n\nGmina Łobżenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Łobżenica, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,853 (out of which the population of Łobżenica amounts to 3,172, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,681). Apart from the town of Łobżenica, Gmina Łobżenica contains", "id": "7576139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wyrzysk\n\n\nGmina Wyrzysk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wyrzysk, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,132 (out of which the population of Wyrzysk amounts to 5,234, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,898). Apart from the town of Wyrzysk, Gmina Wyrzysk contains", "id": "7576223" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krotoszyn\n\n\nGmina Krotoszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krotoszyn, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,360 (of which the population of Krotoszyn amounts to 29,421, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,939). Apart from the town of Krotoszyn, Gmina Krotoszyn contains the villages and", "id": "7575611" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzemeszno\n\n\nGmina Trzemeszno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzemeszno, which lies approximately east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,019 (out of which the population of Trzemeszno amounts to 7,789, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,230). Apart from the town of Trzemeszno, Gmina Trzemeszno contains", "id": "7426124" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gostyń\n\n\nGmina Gostyń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gostyń, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 27,860 (out of which the population of Gostyń amounts to 20,588, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,272). Apart from the town of Gostyń, Gmina Gostyń contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7426493" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rawicz\n\n\nGmina Rawicz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rawicz, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population was 29,434 (out of which the population of Rawicz amounted to 21,301, and the population of the rural part of the gmina was 8,133). Apart from the town of Rawicz, Gmina Rawicz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576781" }, { "contents": "Gmina Golina\n\n\nGmina Golina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Golina, which lies approximately north-west of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,326 (out of which the population of Golina amounts to 4,330, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,996). Apart from the town of Golina, Gmina", "id": "7575438" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sieraków\n\n\nGmina Sieraków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sieraków, which lies approximately east of Międzychód and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,649 (out of which the population of Sieraków amounts to 5,994, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,655). Apart from the town of Sieraków, Gmina", "id": "7575717" }, { "contents": "Gmina Tuliszków\n\n\nGmina Tuliszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Tuliszków, which lies approximately north-west of Turek and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,510 (out of which the population of Tuliszków amounts to 3,393, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,117). Apart from the town of Tuliszków, Gmina", "id": "8083520" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dobra, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dobra is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dobra, which lies approximately south-east of Turek and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,368 (out of which the population of Dobra amounts to 1,511, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,857). Apart from the town of Dobra", "id": "8083471" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rogoźno\n\n\nGmina Rogoźno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rogoźno, which lies approximately north-east of Oborniki and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,322 (out of which the population of Rogoźno amounts to 10,905, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,417). Apart from the town of Rogoźno, Gmina", "id": "1413595" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamotuły\n\n\nGmina Szamotuły is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamotuły, which lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 28,575 (out of which the population of Szamotuły amounts to 18,760, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,815). Apart from the town of Szamotuły, Gmina Szamotuły contains the villages", "id": "7577025" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nekla\n\n\nGmina Nekla is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Nekla, which lies approximately west of Września and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,623 (out of which the population of Nekla amounts to 3,203, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,420). Apart from the town of Nekla, Gmina Nekla contains", "id": "8083558" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gołańcz\n\n\nGmina Gołańcz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gołańcz, which lies approximately north-east of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,391 (out of which the population of Gołańcz amounts to 3,342, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,049). Apart from the town of Gołańcz", "id": "8083529" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stęszew\n\n\nGmina Stęszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stęszew, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,919 (out of which the population of Stęszew amounts to 5,339, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,580). Apart from the town of Stęszew, Gmina Stęszew contains the villages", "id": "7576754" }, { "contents": "Gmina Żerków\n\n\nGmina Żerków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Żerków, which lies approximately north of Jarocin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,555 (out of which the population of Żerków amounts to 2,058, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,497). Apart from the town of Żerków, Gmina", "id": "7426670" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stawiszyn\n\n\nGmina Stawiszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stawiszyn, which lies approximately north of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,244 (out of which the population of Stawiszyn amounts to 1,554, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,690). Apart from the town of Stawiszyn, Gmina", "id": "7426954" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mikstat\n\n\nGmina Mikstat is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mikstat, which lies approximately north of Ostrzeszów and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,187 (out of which the population of Mikstat amounts to 1,840, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,347). Apart from the town of Mikstat, Gmina", "id": "7576120" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jutrosin\n\n\nGmina Jutrosin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jutrosin, which lies approximately east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,070 (out of which the population of Jutrosin amounts to 1,872, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,198). Apart from the town of Jutrosin, Gmina Jutrosin contains", "id": "7576794" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kórnik\n\n\nGmina Kórnik (Kórnik Commune) is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kórnik, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,585 (out of which the population of Kórnik amounts to 6,981, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,604). Apart from the town of Kórnik, Gmina", "id": "7576478" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sompolno\n\n\nGmina Sompolno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sompolno, which lies approximately north-east of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,530 (of which the population of Sompolno amounts to 3,695, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,835). Apart from the town of Sompolno, Gmina Sompolno", "id": "7575495" }, { "contents": "Gmina Witkowo\n\n\nGmina Witkowo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Witkowo, which lies approximately south-east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Witkowo amounts to 7,855, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,591). Apart from the town of Witkowo, Gmina", "id": "7426139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Buk\n\n\nGmina Buk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Buk, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,917, of which the population of Buk is 6,181, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,736. Apart from the town of Buk, Gmina Buk contains the villages and settlements of Cieśle,", "id": "7576420" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czerniejewo\n\n\nGmina Czerniejewo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czerniejewo, which lies approximately south-west of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,913 (out of which the population of Czerniejewo amounts to 2,556, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,357). Apart from the town of Czerniejewo, Gmina", "id": "7426061" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wolsztyn\n\n\nGmina Wolsztyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wolsztyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wolsztyn, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,216 (out of which the population of Wolsztyn amounts to 13,557, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,659). Apart from the town of Wolsztyn, Gmina Wolsztyn contains the villages", "id": "8083545" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodecz\n\n\nGmina Chodecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Chodecz, which lies approximately south of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,395 (out of which the population of Chodecz amounts to 1,936, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,459). Apart from the town of Chodecz, Gmina Chodecz contains the villages", "id": "3000237" }, { "contents": "Gmina Skoki\n\n\nGmina Skoki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Skoki, which lies approximately south of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,749 (out of which the population of Skoki amounts to 3,866, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,883). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "1556184" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czempiń\n\n\nGmina Czempiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czempiń, which lies approximately north-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,259 (out of which the population of Czempiń amounts to 5,135, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,124). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pogorzela\n\n\nGmina Pogorzela is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pogorzela, which lies approximately south-east of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,157 (out of which the population of Pogorzela amounts to 1,974, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,183). Apart from the town of Pogorzela, Gmina", "id": "7426581" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychwał\n\n\nGmina Rychwał is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rychwał, which lies approximately south of Konin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,387 (out of which the population of Rychwał amounts to 2,377, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,010). Apart from the town of Rychwał, Gmina", "id": "7575475" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opalenica\n\n\nGmina Opalenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opalenica, which lies approximately east of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,588 (out of which the population of Opalenica amounts to 9,104, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,484). Apart from the town of Opalenica, Gmina", "id": "7575746" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koźmin Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Koźmin Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koźmin Wielkopolski, which lies approximately north of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,820 (out of which the population of Koźmin Wielkopolski amounts to 6,707, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,113). Apart from the town of", "id": "7575621" }, { "contents": "Gmina Raszków\n\n\nGmina Raszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Raszków, which lies approximately north of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,275 (out of which the population of Raszków amounts to 2,037, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,238). Apart from the town of Raszków", "id": "7575772" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miejska Górka\n\n\nGmina Miejska Górka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miejska Górka, which lies approximately north-east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,283 (out of which the population of Miejska Górka amounts to 3,128, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,155). Apart from the town of", "id": "7576825" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ujście\n\n\nGmina Ujście is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ujście, which lies approximately south of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,009 (out of which the population of Ujście amounts to 3,899, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,110). Apart from the town of Ujście, Gmina Ujście contains", "id": "7576174" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pniewy, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Pniewy is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pniewy, which lies approximately south-west of Szamotuły and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,905 (out of which the population of Pniewy amounts to 7,464, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,441). Apart from the town of Pniewy, Gmina", "id": "7577091" }, { "contents": "Gmina Książ Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Książ Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Książ Wielkopolski, which lies approximately east of Śrem and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,429 (out of which the population of Książ Wielkopolski amounts to 2,724, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,705). Apart from the town of", "id": "8083469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miłosław\n\n\nGmina Miłosław is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miłosław, which lies approximately south-west of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,266 (out of which the population of Miłosław amounts to 3,589, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,677). Apart from the town of Miłosław", "id": "8083552" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zduny, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Zduny is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zduny, which lies approximately south-west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,946 (out of which the population of Zduny amounts to 4,498, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,448). Apart from the town of Zduny, Gmina", "id": "7575635" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rozdrażew\n\n\nGmina Rozdrażew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rozdrażew, which lies approximately north-east of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,155. Gmina Rozdrażew contains the villages and settlements of Budy, Chwałki, Dąbrowa, Dębowiec, Dzielice, Grębów, Henryków, Maciejew, Nowa Wieś, Rozdrażew, Trzemeszno, Wolenice,", "id": "7575629" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jastrowie\n\n\nGmina Jastrowie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jastrowie, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,401 (out of which the population of Jastrowie amounts to 8,403, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,998). Apart from the town of Jastrowie, Gmina", "id": "8083566" }, { "contents": "Gmina Okonek\n\n\nGmina Okonek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Okonek, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,909 (out of which the population of Okonek amounts to 3,827, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,082). Apart from the town of Okonek, Gmina", "id": "8083574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rydzyna\n\n\nGmina Rydzyna () is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rydzyna, which lies approximately south-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,076 (out of which the population of Rydzyna amounts to 2,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,537). Apart from the town of Rydzyna", "id": "7575682" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krzywiń\n\n\nGmina Krzywiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krzywiń, which lies approximately south-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,892 (out of which the population of Krzywiń amounts to 1,547, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,345). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575597" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pyzdry\n\n\nGmina Pyzdry is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pyzdry, which lies approximately south of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,217 (out of which the population of Pyzdry amounts to 3,188, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,029). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "8083559" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koło\n\n\nGmina Koło is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koło, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,995. Gmina Koło contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrówka, Borki, Chojny, Czołowo, Czołowo-Kolonia, Dąbrowa, Dzierawy, Kaczyniec, Kamień, Kiełczew Górny, Kiełczew Smużny Czwarty, Kiełczew Smużny Pierwszy", "id": "7575389" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krajenka\n\n\nGmina Krajenka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krajenka, which lies approximately south-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,230 (out of which the population of Krajenka amounts to 3,651, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,579). Apart from the town of Krajenka, Gmina", "id": "8083568" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kobylin\n\n\nGmina Kobylin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kobylin, which lies approximately west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,039 (out of which the population of Kobylin amounts to 3,084, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,955). Apart from the town of Kobylin, Gmina Kobylin contains", "id": "7575620" }, { "contents": "Gmina Bralin\n\n\nGmina Bralin is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Bralin, which lies approximately west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,644. Gmina Bralin contains the villages and settlements of Bralin, Chojęcin, Czermin, Działosze, Gola, Mnichowice, Nosale, Nowa Wieś Książęca, Tabor Mały, Tabor Wielki and Weronikopole. Gmina", "id": "7427212" }, { "contents": "Gmina Środa Wielkopolska\n\n\nGmina Środa Wielkopolska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Środa Wielkopolska County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Środa Wielkopolska, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 30,023 (out of which the population of Środa Wielkopolska amounts to 21,635, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,388). Apart from the town of Środa Wielkopolska,", "id": "7577108" }, { "contents": "Gmina Odolanów\n\n\nGmina Odolanów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Odolanów, which lies approximately south of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,867 (out of which the population of Odolanów amounts to 4,960, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,907). The gmina contains part of the", "id": "7575765" }, { "contents": "Przedecz\n\n\nPrzedecz (; ) is a historic town in Koło County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship of Poland, with 1,779 inhabitants (2006). The town is situated in central Poland, midway between Chodecz and Kłodawa. It is located about northwest of Łódź, west of Warsaw and east of Poznań. The southeast side of Przedecz borders on the shore of Lake Przedecz. Nearby is one of the sources of the Noteć river. Przedecz is first mentioned in 1136 deed issued by Pope Innocent II, denoting the settlement as a possession held by", "id": "10103076" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zagórów\n\n\nGmina Zagórów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Słupca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zagórów, which lies approximately south of Słupca and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,073 (out of which the population of Zagórów amounts to 2,932, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,141). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Warta", "id": "7576873" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostroróg\n\n\nGmina Ostroróg is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostroróg, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,865 (out of which the population of Ostroróg amounts to 1,995, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,870). Apart from the town of Ostroróg", "id": "7577081" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wronki\n\n\nGmina Wronki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wronki, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,713 (out of which the population of Wronki amounts to 11,551, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,162). Apart from the town of Wronki", "id": "7577092" }, { "contents": "Gmina Lwówek\n\n\nGmina Lwówek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Lwówek, which lies approximately north of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,151 (out of which the population of Lwówek amounts to 2,909, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,242). Apart from the town of Lwówek, Gmina", "id": "7575726" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nowa Sarzyna\n\n\nGmina Nowa Sarzyna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leżajsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowa Sarzyna, which lies approximately north-west of Leżajsk and north-east of the regional capital Rzeszów. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 21,296 (out of which the population of Nowa Sarzyna amounts to 6,308, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 14,988). Apart from the town", "id": "5471232" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłecko\n\n\nGmina Kłecko is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłecko, which lies approximately north-west of Gniezno and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,569 (out of which the population of Kłecko amounts to 2,677, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,892). During the German Invasion of Poland", "id": "7426072" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krobia\n\n\nGmina Krobia is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krobia, which lies approximately south of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,792 (out of which the population of Krobia amounts to 4,022, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,770). Apart from the town of Krobia, Gmina Krobia contains", "id": "7426507" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dolsk\n\n\nGmina Dolsk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dolsk, which lies approximately south of Śrem and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,732 (out of which the population of Dolsk amounts to 1,479, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,253). Apart from the town of Dolsk, Gmina Dolsk contains", "id": "8083466" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzcianka\n\n\nGmina Trzcianka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzcianka, which lies approximately north of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,482 (out of which the population of Trzcianka amounts to 16,756, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,726). Apart from the town of Trzcianka", "id": "7426054" }, { "contents": "Gmina Międzychód\n\n\nGmina Międzychód is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Międzychód, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,290 (out of which the population of Międzychód amounts to 10,920, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,370). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Pszczew Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "7575703" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wieleń\n\n\nGmina Wieleń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wieleń, which lies approximately west of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,572 (out of which the population of Wieleń amounts to 5,940, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,632). Apart from the town of Wieleń", "id": "7426058" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rybno, Masovian Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rybno is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Sochaczew County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rybno, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Sochaczew and 62 km (38 mi) west of Warsaw. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,494. Gmina Rybno contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Antosin, Bronisławy, Ćmiszew Rybnowski, Ćmiszew-Parcel, Cypriany, Erminów, Jasieniec,", "id": "5184822" }, { "contents": "Gmina Domaszowice\n\n\nGmina Domaszowice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Namysłów County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Domaszowice, which lies approximately east of Namysłów and north of the regional capital Opole. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,772. Gmina Domaszowice contains the villages and settlements of Domaszowice, Dziedzice, Gręboszów, Kopalina, Nowa Wieś, Piekło, Polkowskie, Siemysłów, Stary Gręboszów, Strzelce, Sułoszów, Świbne, Szerzyna, Wielka Kolonia", "id": "5406927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wysoka\n\n\nGmina Wysoka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wysoka, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,890 (out of which the population of Wysoka amounts to 2,750, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,140). It is situated in the historical region of Krajna.", "id": "7576291" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kazimierza Wielka\n\n\nGmina Kazimierza Wielka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kazimierza County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kazimierza Wielka, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,759 (out of which the population of Kazimierza Wielka amounts to 5,730, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 11,029). Apart from the town of Kazimierza Wielka, Gmina Kazimierza Wielka contains", "id": "7014442" }, { "contents": "Gmina Śrem\n\n\nGmina Śrem is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Śrem, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 39,841 (out of which the population of Śrem amounts to 30,227, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,614). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Chłapowski Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "8083461" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatówek\n\n\nGmina Opatówek is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatówek (population 3,800), which lies approximately east of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,148. Gmina Opatówek is bordered by the city of Kalisz and by the gminas of Ceków-Kolonia, Godziesze Wielkie, Koźminek, Szczytniki and Żelazków. The gmina contains the", "id": "20628584" }, { "contents": "Gmina Słomniki\n\n\nGmina Słomniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Słomniki, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,589 (out of which the population of Słomniki amounts to 4,331, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,258). Apart from the town of Słomniki, Gmina Słomniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "3315531" }, { "contents": "Gmina Proszowice\n\n\nGmina Proszowice is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Proszowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Proszowice, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,188 (out of which the population of Proszowice amounts to 6,205, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,983). Apart from the town of Proszowice, Gmina Proszowice contains the villages and settlements", "id": "4626927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychtal\n\n\nGmina Rychtal is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rychtal, which lies approximately south-west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,041. Gmina Rychtal contains the villages and settlements of Dalanów, Darnowiec, Drożki, Dworzyszcze, Krzyżowniki, Mały Buczek, Nowa Wieś, Proszów, Remiszówka, Skoroszów, Stogniewice, Szarlota", "id": "7427224" }, { "contents": "Gmina Poniec\n\n\nGmina Poniec is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Poniec, which lies approximately south-west of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,866 (out of which the population of Poniec amounts to 2,875, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,991). Apart from the town of Poniec, Gmina", "id": "7426590" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rzgów, Łódź Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rzgów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Łódź East County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rzgów, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Łódź. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,019 (out of which the population of Rzgów amounts to 3,338, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,681). Apart from the town of Rzgów, Gmina Rzgów contains the villages and settlements of Babichy", "id": "3242989" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatów, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Opatów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatów, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,635 (out of which the population of Opatów amounts to 6,846, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,789). Apart from the town of Opatów, Gmina Opatów contains the villages and settlements of", "id": "7292087" } ]

[ { "contents": "Gmina Przedecz\n\n\nGmina Przedecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Przedecz, which lies approximately north-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,319 (out of which the population of Przedecz amounts to 1,771, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,548). Apart from the town of Przedecz, Gmina", "id": "7575434" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłodawa, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Kłodawa is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłodawa, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,307 (out of which the population of Kłodawa amounts to 6,829, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,478). Apart from the town of Kłodawa, Gmina Kłodawa contains", "id": "7427258" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osiek Mały\n\n\nGmina Osiek Mały is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Osiek Mały, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,866. Gmina Osiek Mały contains the villages and settlements of Borecznia Wielka, Dęby Szlacheckie, Drzewce, Felicjanów, Grądy, Lipiny, Łuczywno, Maciejewo, Młynek, Moczydła, Nowa Wieś, Nowe", "id": "7575433" }, { "contents": "Gmina Babiak\n\n\nGmina Babiak is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Babiak, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,920. Gmina Babiak contains the villages and settlements of Babiak, Bogusławice, Bogusławice-Nowiny, Brdów, Brzezie, Bugaj, Dębno Królewskie, Dębno Poproboszczowskie, Góraj, Gryglaki, Janowice, Józefowo, Kiejsze", "id": "7427252" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dąbie, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dąbie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dąbie, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,644 (out of which the population of Dąbie amounts to 2,087, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,557). Apart from the town of Dąbie, Gmina", "id": "7427256" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodów\n\n\nGmina Chodów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Chodów, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,475. Gmina Chodów contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Bowyczyny, Budy-Gole, Chodów, Chrzanowo, Czerwonka, Długie, Domaników, Dziegielewo, Dzierzbice, Elizanów, Gąsiory, Ignacewo, Jagiełłów", "id": "7427255" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kościelec\n\n\nGmina Kościelec is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Kościelec, which lies approximately south-west of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,667. Gmina Kościelec contains the villages and settlements of Białków Górny, Białków Kościelny, Dąbrowice, Dąbrowice Częściowe, Daniszew, Dobrów, Gąsiorów, Gozdów, Kościelec, Łęka, Leszcze, Mariampol,", "id": "7575390" }, { "contents": "Gmina Grzegorzew\n\n\nGmina Grzegorzew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Grzegorzew, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,617. Gmina Grzegorzew contains the villages and settlements of Barłogi, Boguszyniec, Borysławice Kościelne, Borysławice Zamkowe, Bylice, Bylice-Kolonia, Grodna, Grzegorzew, Kiełczewek, Ladorudzek, Ponętów Dolny,", "id": "7427257" }, { "contents": "Gmina Olszówka\n\n\nGmina Olszówka is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Olszówka, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,757. Gmina Olszówka contains the villages and settlements of Adamin, Dębowiczki, Drzewce, Głębokie, Grabina, Krzewata, Łubianka, Młynik, Mniewo, Nowa Wioska, Olszówka, Ostrów, Ponętów Górny Drugi,", "id": "7575392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kostrzyn\n\n\nGmina Kostrzyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kostrzyn, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,456 (out of which the population of Kostrzyn amounts to 8,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,917). Apart from the town of Kostrzyn, Gmina Kostrzyn contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Swarzędz\n\n\nGmina Swarzędz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Swarzędz, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,499 (out of which the population of Swarzędz amounts to 29,894, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,605). Apart from the town of Swarzędz, Gmina Swarzędz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576775" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jarocin, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Jarocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jarocin, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 44,430 (out of which the population of Jarocin amounts to 25,834, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 18,596). Apart from the town of Jarocin, Gmina Jarocin contains the villages", "id": "7426646" }, { "contents": "Gmina Izbica Kujawska\n\n\nGmina Izbica Kujawska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Izbica Kujawska, which lies approximately south-west of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,008 (out of which the population of Izbica Kujawska amounts to 2,783, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,225). Apart from the town of Izbica Kujawska", "id": "3000260" }, { "contents": "Gmina Września\n\n\nGmina Września is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Września, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2012 its total population is 45,523 (out of which the population of Września amounts to 29,564, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,959). Apart from the town of Września, Gmina Września contains the villages and settlements", "id": "8083549" }, { "contents": "Gmina Oborniki\n\n\nGmina Oborniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Oborniki, which lies approximately north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 31,541 (out of which the population of Oborniki amounts to 17,850, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 13,691). Apart from the town of Oborniki, Gmina Oborniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "1413631" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osieczna, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Osieczna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Osieczna, which lies approximately north-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,576 (out of which the population of Osieczna amounts to 2,018, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,558). Apart from the town of Osieczna, Gmina", "id": "7575680" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mosina\n\n\nGmina Mosina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mosina, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 25,098 (out of which the population of Mosina amounts to 12,150, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,948). Apart from the town of Mosina, Gmina Mosina contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576490" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gizałki\n\n\nGmina Gizałki is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Gizałki, which lies approximately north of Pleszew and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,628. Gmina Gizałki contains the villages and settlements of Białobłoty, Czołnochów, Dziewin Duży, Gizałki, Gizałki-Las, Leszczyca, Nowa Wieś, Obory, Obory-Kolonia, Orlina Duża,", "id": "7576392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kępno\n\n\nGmina Kępno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kępno, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 24,308 (out of which the population of Kępno amounts to 14,710, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,598). Apart from the town of Kępno, Gmina Kępno contains the villages", "id": "7427019" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostrzeszów\n\n\nGmina Ostrzeszów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostrzeszów, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,346 (out of which the population of Ostrzeszów amounts to 14,536, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,810). Apart from the town of Ostrzeszów, Gmina Ostrzeszów contains the villages", "id": "7575789" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pleszew\n\n\nGmina Pleszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pleszew, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,790 (out of which the population of Pleszew amounts to 17,787, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,003). Apart from the town of Pleszew, Gmina Pleszew contains the villages", "id": "7576347" }, { "contents": "Gmina Margonin\n\n\nGmina Margonin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Margonin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,414 (out of which the population of Margonin amounts to 2,956, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,458). Apart from the town of Margonin, Gmina Margonin contains", "id": "7426007" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamocin\n\n\nGmina Szamocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamocin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,292 (out of which the population of Szamocin amounts to 4,267, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,025). Apart from the town of Szamocin, Gmina Szamocin contains", "id": "7426010" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kleczew\n\n\nGmina Kleczew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kleczew, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,721 (out of which the population of Kleczew amounts to 4,173, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,548). Apart from the town of Kleczew, Gmina Kleczew contains", "id": "7575448" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ślesin\n\n\nGmina Ślesin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ślesin, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Ślesin amounts to 3,102, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,344). Apart from the town of Ślesin, Gmina Ślesin contains", "id": "7575502" }, { "contents": "Gmina Łobżenica\n\n\nGmina Łobżenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Łobżenica, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,853 (out of which the population of Łobżenica amounts to 3,172, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,681). Apart from the town of Łobżenica, Gmina Łobżenica contains", "id": "7576139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wyrzysk\n\n\nGmina Wyrzysk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wyrzysk, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,132 (out of which the population of Wyrzysk amounts to 5,234, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,898). Apart from the town of Wyrzysk, Gmina Wyrzysk contains", "id": "7576223" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krotoszyn\n\n\nGmina Krotoszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krotoszyn, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,360 (of which the population of Krotoszyn amounts to 29,421, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,939). Apart from the town of Krotoszyn, Gmina Krotoszyn contains the villages and", "id": "7575611" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzemeszno\n\n\nGmina Trzemeszno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzemeszno, which lies approximately east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,019 (out of which the population of Trzemeszno amounts to 7,789, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,230). Apart from the town of Trzemeszno, Gmina Trzemeszno contains", "id": "7426124" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gostyń\n\n\nGmina Gostyń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gostyń, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 27,860 (out of which the population of Gostyń amounts to 20,588, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,272). Apart from the town of Gostyń, Gmina Gostyń contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7426493" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rawicz\n\n\nGmina Rawicz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rawicz, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population was 29,434 (out of which the population of Rawicz amounted to 21,301, and the population of the rural part of the gmina was 8,133). Apart from the town of Rawicz, Gmina Rawicz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576781" }, { "contents": "Gmina Golina\n\n\nGmina Golina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Golina, which lies approximately north-west of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,326 (out of which the population of Golina amounts to 4,330, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,996). Apart from the town of Golina, Gmina", "id": "7575438" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sieraków\n\n\nGmina Sieraków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sieraków, which lies approximately east of Międzychód and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,649 (out of which the population of Sieraków amounts to 5,994, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,655). Apart from the town of Sieraków, Gmina", "id": "7575717" }, { "contents": "Gmina Tuliszków\n\n\nGmina Tuliszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Tuliszków, which lies approximately north-west of Turek and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,510 (out of which the population of Tuliszków amounts to 3,393, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,117). Apart from the town of Tuliszków, Gmina", "id": "8083520" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dobra, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dobra is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dobra, which lies approximately south-east of Turek and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,368 (out of which the population of Dobra amounts to 1,511, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,857). Apart from the town of Dobra", "id": "8083471" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rogoźno\n\n\nGmina Rogoźno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rogoźno, which lies approximately north-east of Oborniki and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,322 (out of which the population of Rogoźno amounts to 10,905, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,417). Apart from the town of Rogoźno, Gmina", "id": "1413595" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamotuły\n\n\nGmina Szamotuły is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamotuły, which lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 28,575 (out of which the population of Szamotuły amounts to 18,760, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,815). Apart from the town of Szamotuły, Gmina Szamotuły contains the villages", "id": "7577025" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nekla\n\n\nGmina Nekla is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Nekla, which lies approximately west of Września and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,623 (out of which the population of Nekla amounts to 3,203, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,420). Apart from the town of Nekla, Gmina Nekla contains", "id": "8083558" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gołańcz\n\n\nGmina Gołańcz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gołańcz, which lies approximately north-east of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,391 (out of which the population of Gołańcz amounts to 3,342, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,049). Apart from the town of Gołańcz", "id": "8083529" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stęszew\n\n\nGmina Stęszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stęszew, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,919 (out of which the population of Stęszew amounts to 5,339, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,580). Apart from the town of Stęszew, Gmina Stęszew contains the villages", "id": "7576754" }, { "contents": "Gmina Żerków\n\n\nGmina Żerków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Żerków, which lies approximately north of Jarocin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,555 (out of which the population of Żerków amounts to 2,058, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,497). Apart from the town of Żerków, Gmina", "id": "7426670" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stawiszyn\n\n\nGmina Stawiszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stawiszyn, which lies approximately north of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,244 (out of which the population of Stawiszyn amounts to 1,554, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,690). Apart from the town of Stawiszyn, Gmina", "id": "7426954" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mikstat\n\n\nGmina Mikstat is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mikstat, which lies approximately north of Ostrzeszów and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,187 (out of which the population of Mikstat amounts to 1,840, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,347). Apart from the town of Mikstat, Gmina", "id": "7576120" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jutrosin\n\n\nGmina Jutrosin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jutrosin, which lies approximately east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,070 (out of which the population of Jutrosin amounts to 1,872, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,198). Apart from the town of Jutrosin, Gmina Jutrosin contains", "id": "7576794" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kórnik\n\n\nGmina Kórnik (Kórnik Commune) is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kórnik, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,585 (out of which the population of Kórnik amounts to 6,981, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,604). Apart from the town of Kórnik, Gmina", "id": "7576478" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sompolno\n\n\nGmina Sompolno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sompolno, which lies approximately north-east of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,530 (of which the population of Sompolno amounts to 3,695, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,835). Apart from the town of Sompolno, Gmina Sompolno", "id": "7575495" }, { "contents": "Gmina Witkowo\n\n\nGmina Witkowo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Witkowo, which lies approximately south-east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Witkowo amounts to 7,855, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,591). Apart from the town of Witkowo, Gmina", "id": "7426139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Buk\n\n\nGmina Buk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Buk, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,917, of which the population of Buk is 6,181, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,736. Apart from the town of Buk, Gmina Buk contains the villages and settlements of Cieśle,", "id": "7576420" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czerniejewo\n\n\nGmina Czerniejewo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czerniejewo, which lies approximately south-west of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,913 (out of which the population of Czerniejewo amounts to 2,556, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,357). Apart from the town of Czerniejewo, Gmina", "id": "7426061" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wolsztyn\n\n\nGmina Wolsztyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wolsztyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wolsztyn, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,216 (out of which the population of Wolsztyn amounts to 13,557, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,659). Apart from the town of Wolsztyn, Gmina Wolsztyn contains the villages", "id": "8083545" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodecz\n\n\nGmina Chodecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Chodecz, which lies approximately south of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,395 (out of which the population of Chodecz amounts to 1,936, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,459). Apart from the town of Chodecz, Gmina Chodecz contains the villages", "id": "3000237" }, { "contents": "Gmina Skoki\n\n\nGmina Skoki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Skoki, which lies approximately south of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,749 (out of which the population of Skoki amounts to 3,866, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,883). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "1556184" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czempiń\n\n\nGmina Czempiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czempiń, which lies approximately north-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,259 (out of which the population of Czempiń amounts to 5,135, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,124). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pogorzela\n\n\nGmina Pogorzela is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pogorzela, which lies approximately south-east of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,157 (out of which the population of Pogorzela amounts to 1,974, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,183). Apart from the town of Pogorzela, Gmina", "id": "7426581" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychwał\n\n\nGmina Rychwał is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rychwał, which lies approximately south of Konin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,387 (out of which the population of Rychwał amounts to 2,377, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,010). Apart from the town of Rychwał, Gmina", "id": "7575475" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opalenica\n\n\nGmina Opalenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opalenica, which lies approximately east of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,588 (out of which the population of Opalenica amounts to 9,104, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,484). Apart from the town of Opalenica, Gmina", "id": "7575746" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koźmin Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Koźmin Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koźmin Wielkopolski, which lies approximately north of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,820 (out of which the population of Koźmin Wielkopolski amounts to 6,707, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,113). Apart from the town of", "id": "7575621" }, { "contents": "Gmina Raszków\n\n\nGmina Raszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Raszków, which lies approximately north of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,275 (out of which the population of Raszków amounts to 2,037, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,238). Apart from the town of Raszków", "id": "7575772" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miejska Górka\n\n\nGmina Miejska Górka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miejska Górka, which lies approximately north-east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,283 (out of which the population of Miejska Górka amounts to 3,128, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,155). Apart from the town of", "id": "7576825" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ujście\n\n\nGmina Ujście is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ujście, which lies approximately south of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,009 (out of which the population of Ujście amounts to 3,899, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,110). Apart from the town of Ujście, Gmina Ujście contains", "id": "7576174" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pniewy, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Pniewy is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pniewy, which lies approximately south-west of Szamotuły and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,905 (out of which the population of Pniewy amounts to 7,464, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,441). Apart from the town of Pniewy, Gmina", "id": "7577091" }, { "contents": "Gmina Książ Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Książ Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Książ Wielkopolski, which lies approximately east of Śrem and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,429 (out of which the population of Książ Wielkopolski amounts to 2,724, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,705). Apart from the town of", "id": "8083469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miłosław\n\n\nGmina Miłosław is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miłosław, which lies approximately south-west of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,266 (out of which the population of Miłosław amounts to 3,589, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,677). Apart from the town of Miłosław", "id": "8083552" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zduny, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Zduny is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zduny, which lies approximately south-west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,946 (out of which the population of Zduny amounts to 4,498, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,448). Apart from the town of Zduny, Gmina", "id": "7575635" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rozdrażew\n\n\nGmina Rozdrażew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rozdrażew, which lies approximately north-east of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,155. Gmina Rozdrażew contains the villages and settlements of Budy, Chwałki, Dąbrowa, Dębowiec, Dzielice, Grębów, Henryków, Maciejew, Nowa Wieś, Rozdrażew, Trzemeszno, Wolenice,", "id": "7575629" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jastrowie\n\n\nGmina Jastrowie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jastrowie, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,401 (out of which the population of Jastrowie amounts to 8,403, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,998). Apart from the town of Jastrowie, Gmina", "id": "8083566" }, { "contents": "Gmina Okonek\n\n\nGmina Okonek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Okonek, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,909 (out of which the population of Okonek amounts to 3,827, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,082). Apart from the town of Okonek, Gmina", "id": "8083574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rydzyna\n\n\nGmina Rydzyna () is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rydzyna, which lies approximately south-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,076 (out of which the population of Rydzyna amounts to 2,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,537). Apart from the town of Rydzyna", "id": "7575682" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krzywiń\n\n\nGmina Krzywiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krzywiń, which lies approximately south-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,892 (out of which the population of Krzywiń amounts to 1,547, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,345). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575597" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pyzdry\n\n\nGmina Pyzdry is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pyzdry, which lies approximately south of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,217 (out of which the population of Pyzdry amounts to 3,188, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,029). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "8083559" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koło\n\n\nGmina Koło is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koło, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,995. Gmina Koło contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrówka, Borki, Chojny, Czołowo, Czołowo-Kolonia, Dąbrowa, Dzierawy, Kaczyniec, Kamień, Kiełczew Górny, Kiełczew Smużny Czwarty, Kiełczew Smużny Pierwszy", "id": "7575389" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krajenka\n\n\nGmina Krajenka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krajenka, which lies approximately south-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,230 (out of which the population of Krajenka amounts to 3,651, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,579). Apart from the town of Krajenka, Gmina", "id": "8083568" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kobylin\n\n\nGmina Kobylin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kobylin, which lies approximately west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,039 (out of which the population of Kobylin amounts to 3,084, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,955). Apart from the town of Kobylin, Gmina Kobylin contains", "id": "7575620" }, { "contents": "Gmina Bralin\n\n\nGmina Bralin is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Bralin, which lies approximately west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,644. Gmina Bralin contains the villages and settlements of Bralin, Chojęcin, Czermin, Działosze, Gola, Mnichowice, Nosale, Nowa Wieś Książęca, Tabor Mały, Tabor Wielki and Weronikopole. Gmina", "id": "7427212" }, { "contents": "Gmina Środa Wielkopolska\n\n\nGmina Środa Wielkopolska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Środa Wielkopolska County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Środa Wielkopolska, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 30,023 (out of which the population of Środa Wielkopolska amounts to 21,635, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,388). Apart from the town of Środa Wielkopolska,", "id": "7577108" }, { "contents": "Gmina Odolanów\n\n\nGmina Odolanów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Odolanów, which lies approximately south of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,867 (out of which the population of Odolanów amounts to 4,960, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,907). The gmina contains part of the", "id": "7575765" }, { "contents": "Przedecz\n\n\nPrzedecz (; ) is a historic town in Koło County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship of Poland, with 1,779 inhabitants (2006). The town is situated in central Poland, midway between Chodecz and Kłodawa. It is located about northwest of Łódź, west of Warsaw and east of Poznań. The southeast side of Przedecz borders on the shore of Lake Przedecz. Nearby is one of the sources of the Noteć river. Przedecz is first mentioned in 1136 deed issued by Pope Innocent II, denoting the settlement as a possession held by", "id": "10103076" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zagórów\n\n\nGmina Zagórów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Słupca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zagórów, which lies approximately south of Słupca and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,073 (out of which the population of Zagórów amounts to 2,932, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,141). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Warta", "id": "7576873" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostroróg\n\n\nGmina Ostroróg is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostroróg, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,865 (out of which the population of Ostroróg amounts to 1,995, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,870). Apart from the town of Ostroróg", "id": "7577081" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wronki\n\n\nGmina Wronki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wronki, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,713 (out of which the population of Wronki amounts to 11,551, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,162). Apart from the town of Wronki", "id": "7577092" }, { "contents": "Gmina Lwówek\n\n\nGmina Lwówek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Lwówek, which lies approximately north of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,151 (out of which the population of Lwówek amounts to 2,909, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,242). Apart from the town of Lwówek, Gmina", "id": "7575726" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nowa Sarzyna\n\n\nGmina Nowa Sarzyna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leżajsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowa Sarzyna, which lies approximately north-west of Leżajsk and north-east of the regional capital Rzeszów. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 21,296 (out of which the population of Nowa Sarzyna amounts to 6,308, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 14,988). Apart from the town", "id": "5471232" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłecko\n\n\nGmina Kłecko is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłecko, which lies approximately north-west of Gniezno and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,569 (out of which the population of Kłecko amounts to 2,677, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,892). During the German Invasion of Poland", "id": "7426072" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krobia\n\n\nGmina Krobia is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krobia, which lies approximately south of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,792 (out of which the population of Krobia amounts to 4,022, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,770). Apart from the town of Krobia, Gmina Krobia contains", "id": "7426507" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dolsk\n\n\nGmina Dolsk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dolsk, which lies approximately south of Śrem and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,732 (out of which the population of Dolsk amounts to 1,479, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,253). Apart from the town of Dolsk, Gmina Dolsk contains", "id": "8083466" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzcianka\n\n\nGmina Trzcianka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzcianka, which lies approximately north of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,482 (out of which the population of Trzcianka amounts to 16,756, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,726). Apart from the town of Trzcianka", "id": "7426054" }, { "contents": "Gmina Międzychód\n\n\nGmina Międzychód is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Międzychód, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,290 (out of which the population of Międzychód amounts to 10,920, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,370). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Pszczew Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "7575703" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wieleń\n\n\nGmina Wieleń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wieleń, which lies approximately west of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,572 (out of which the population of Wieleń amounts to 5,940, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,632). Apart from the town of Wieleń", "id": "7426058" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rybno, Masovian Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rybno is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Sochaczew County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rybno, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Sochaczew and 62 km (38 mi) west of Warsaw. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,494. Gmina Rybno contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Antosin, Bronisławy, Ćmiszew Rybnowski, Ćmiszew-Parcel, Cypriany, Erminów, Jasieniec,", "id": "5184822" }, { "contents": "Gmina Domaszowice\n\n\nGmina Domaszowice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Namysłów County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Domaszowice, which lies approximately east of Namysłów and north of the regional capital Opole. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,772. Gmina Domaszowice contains the villages and settlements of Domaszowice, Dziedzice, Gręboszów, Kopalina, Nowa Wieś, Piekło, Polkowskie, Siemysłów, Stary Gręboszów, Strzelce, Sułoszów, Świbne, Szerzyna, Wielka Kolonia", "id": "5406927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wysoka\n\n\nGmina Wysoka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wysoka, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,890 (out of which the population of Wysoka amounts to 2,750, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,140). It is situated in the historical region of Krajna.", "id": "7576291" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kazimierza Wielka\n\n\nGmina Kazimierza Wielka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kazimierza County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kazimierza Wielka, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,759 (out of which the population of Kazimierza Wielka amounts to 5,730, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 11,029). Apart from the town of Kazimierza Wielka, Gmina Kazimierza Wielka contains", "id": "7014442" }, { "contents": "Gmina Śrem\n\n\nGmina Śrem is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Śrem, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 39,841 (out of which the population of Śrem amounts to 30,227, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,614). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Chłapowski Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "8083461" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatówek\n\n\nGmina Opatówek is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatówek (population 3,800), which lies approximately east of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,148. Gmina Opatówek is bordered by the city of Kalisz and by the gminas of Ceków-Kolonia, Godziesze Wielkie, Koźminek, Szczytniki and Żelazków. The gmina contains the", "id": "20628584" }, { "contents": "Gmina Słomniki\n\n\nGmina Słomniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Słomniki, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,589 (out of which the population of Słomniki amounts to 4,331, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,258). Apart from the town of Słomniki, Gmina Słomniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "3315531" }, { "contents": "Gmina Proszowice\n\n\nGmina Proszowice is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Proszowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Proszowice, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,188 (out of which the population of Proszowice amounts to 6,205, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,983). Apart from the town of Proszowice, Gmina Proszowice contains the villages and settlements", "id": "4626927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychtal\n\n\nGmina Rychtal is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rychtal, which lies approximately south-west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,041. Gmina Rychtal contains the villages and settlements of Dalanów, Darnowiec, Drożki, Dworzyszcze, Krzyżowniki, Mały Buczek, Nowa Wieś, Proszów, Remiszówka, Skoroszów, Stogniewice, Szarlota", "id": "7427224" }, { "contents": "Gmina Poniec\n\n\nGmina Poniec is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Poniec, which lies approximately south-west of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,866 (out of which the population of Poniec amounts to 2,875, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,991). Apart from the town of Poniec, Gmina", "id": "7426590" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rzgów, Łódź Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rzgów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Łódź East County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rzgów, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Łódź. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,019 (out of which the population of Rzgów amounts to 3,338, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,681). Apart from the town of Rzgów, Gmina Rzgów contains the villages and settlements of Babichy", "id": "3242989" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatów, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Opatów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatów, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,635 (out of which the population of Opatów amounts to 6,846, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,789). Apart from the town of Opatów, Gmina Opatów contains the villages and settlements of", "id": "7292087" } ]

[ { "contents": "Gmina Przedecz\n\n\nGmina Przedecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Przedecz, which lies approximately north-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,319 (out of which the population of Przedecz amounts to 1,771, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,548). Apart from the town of Przedecz, Gmina", "id": "7575434" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłodawa, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Kłodawa is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłodawa, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,307 (out of which the population of Kłodawa amounts to 6,829, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,478). Apart from the town of Kłodawa, Gmina Kłodawa contains", "id": "7427258" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osiek Mały\n\n\nGmina Osiek Mały is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Osiek Mały, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,866. Gmina Osiek Mały contains the villages and settlements of Borecznia Wielka, Dęby Szlacheckie, Drzewce, Felicjanów, Grądy, Lipiny, Łuczywno, Maciejewo, Młynek, Moczydła, Nowa Wieś, Nowe", "id": "7575433" }, { "contents": "Gmina Babiak\n\n\nGmina Babiak is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Babiak, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,920. Gmina Babiak contains the villages and settlements of Babiak, Bogusławice, Bogusławice-Nowiny, Brdów, Brzezie, Bugaj, Dębno Królewskie, Dębno Poproboszczowskie, Góraj, Gryglaki, Janowice, Józefowo, Kiejsze", "id": "7427252" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dąbie, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dąbie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dąbie, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,644 (out of which the population of Dąbie amounts to 2,087, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,557). Apart from the town of Dąbie, Gmina", "id": "7427256" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodów\n\n\nGmina Chodów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Chodów, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,475. Gmina Chodów contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Bowyczyny, Budy-Gole, Chodów, Chrzanowo, Czerwonka, Długie, Domaników, Dziegielewo, Dzierzbice, Elizanów, Gąsiory, Ignacewo, Jagiełłów", "id": "7427255" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kościelec\n\n\nGmina Kościelec is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Kościelec, which lies approximately south-west of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,667. Gmina Kościelec contains the villages and settlements of Białków Górny, Białków Kościelny, Dąbrowice, Dąbrowice Częściowe, Daniszew, Dobrów, Gąsiorów, Gozdów, Kościelec, Łęka, Leszcze, Mariampol,", "id": "7575390" }, { "contents": "Gmina Grzegorzew\n\n\nGmina Grzegorzew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Grzegorzew, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,617. Gmina Grzegorzew contains the villages and settlements of Barłogi, Boguszyniec, Borysławice Kościelne, Borysławice Zamkowe, Bylice, Bylice-Kolonia, Grodna, Grzegorzew, Kiełczewek, Ladorudzek, Ponętów Dolny,", "id": "7427257" }, { "contents": "Gmina Olszówka\n\n\nGmina Olszówka is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Olszówka, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,757. Gmina Olszówka contains the villages and settlements of Adamin, Dębowiczki, Drzewce, Głębokie, Grabina, Krzewata, Łubianka, Młynik, Mniewo, Nowa Wioska, Olszówka, Ostrów, Ponętów Górny Drugi,", "id": "7575392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kostrzyn\n\n\nGmina Kostrzyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kostrzyn, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,456 (out of which the population of Kostrzyn amounts to 8,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,917). Apart from the town of Kostrzyn, Gmina Kostrzyn contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Swarzędz\n\n\nGmina Swarzędz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Swarzędz, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,499 (out of which the population of Swarzędz amounts to 29,894, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,605). Apart from the town of Swarzędz, Gmina Swarzędz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576775" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jarocin, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Jarocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jarocin, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 44,430 (out of which the population of Jarocin amounts to 25,834, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 18,596). Apart from the town of Jarocin, Gmina Jarocin contains the villages", "id": "7426646" }, { "contents": "Gmina Izbica Kujawska\n\n\nGmina Izbica Kujawska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Izbica Kujawska, which lies approximately south-west of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,008 (out of which the population of Izbica Kujawska amounts to 2,783, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,225). Apart from the town of Izbica Kujawska", "id": "3000260" }, { "contents": "Gmina Września\n\n\nGmina Września is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Września, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2012 its total population is 45,523 (out of which the population of Września amounts to 29,564, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,959). Apart from the town of Września, Gmina Września contains the villages and settlements", "id": "8083549" }, { "contents": "Gmina Oborniki\n\n\nGmina Oborniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Oborniki, which lies approximately north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 31,541 (out of which the population of Oborniki amounts to 17,850, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 13,691). Apart from the town of Oborniki, Gmina Oborniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "1413631" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osieczna, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Osieczna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Osieczna, which lies approximately north-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,576 (out of which the population of Osieczna amounts to 2,018, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,558). Apart from the town of Osieczna, Gmina", "id": "7575680" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mosina\n\n\nGmina Mosina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mosina, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 25,098 (out of which the population of Mosina amounts to 12,150, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,948). Apart from the town of Mosina, Gmina Mosina contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576490" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gizałki\n\n\nGmina Gizałki is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Gizałki, which lies approximately north of Pleszew and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,628. Gmina Gizałki contains the villages and settlements of Białobłoty, Czołnochów, Dziewin Duży, Gizałki, Gizałki-Las, Leszczyca, Nowa Wieś, Obory, Obory-Kolonia, Orlina Duża,", "id": "7576392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kępno\n\n\nGmina Kępno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kępno, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 24,308 (out of which the population of Kępno amounts to 14,710, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,598). Apart from the town of Kępno, Gmina Kępno contains the villages", "id": "7427019" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostrzeszów\n\n\nGmina Ostrzeszów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostrzeszów, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,346 (out of which the population of Ostrzeszów amounts to 14,536, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,810). Apart from the town of Ostrzeszów, Gmina Ostrzeszów contains the villages", "id": "7575789" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pleszew\n\n\nGmina Pleszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pleszew, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,790 (out of which the population of Pleszew amounts to 17,787, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,003). Apart from the town of Pleszew, Gmina Pleszew contains the villages", "id": "7576347" }, { "contents": "Gmina Margonin\n\n\nGmina Margonin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Margonin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,414 (out of which the population of Margonin amounts to 2,956, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,458). Apart from the town of Margonin, Gmina Margonin contains", "id": "7426007" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamocin\n\n\nGmina Szamocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamocin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,292 (out of which the population of Szamocin amounts to 4,267, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,025). Apart from the town of Szamocin, Gmina Szamocin contains", "id": "7426010" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kleczew\n\n\nGmina Kleczew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kleczew, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,721 (out of which the population of Kleczew amounts to 4,173, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,548). Apart from the town of Kleczew, Gmina Kleczew contains", "id": "7575448" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ślesin\n\n\nGmina Ślesin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ślesin, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Ślesin amounts to 3,102, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,344). Apart from the town of Ślesin, Gmina Ślesin contains", "id": "7575502" }, { "contents": "Gmina Łobżenica\n\n\nGmina Łobżenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Łobżenica, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,853 (out of which the population of Łobżenica amounts to 3,172, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,681). Apart from the town of Łobżenica, Gmina Łobżenica contains", "id": "7576139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wyrzysk\n\n\nGmina Wyrzysk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wyrzysk, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,132 (out of which the population of Wyrzysk amounts to 5,234, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,898). Apart from the town of Wyrzysk, Gmina Wyrzysk contains", "id": "7576223" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krotoszyn\n\n\nGmina Krotoszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krotoszyn, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,360 (of which the population of Krotoszyn amounts to 29,421, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,939). Apart from the town of Krotoszyn, Gmina Krotoszyn contains the villages and", "id": "7575611" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzemeszno\n\n\nGmina Trzemeszno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzemeszno, which lies approximately east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,019 (out of which the population of Trzemeszno amounts to 7,789, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,230). Apart from the town of Trzemeszno, Gmina Trzemeszno contains", "id": "7426124" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gostyń\n\n\nGmina Gostyń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gostyń, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 27,860 (out of which the population of Gostyń amounts to 20,588, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,272). Apart from the town of Gostyń, Gmina Gostyń contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7426493" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rawicz\n\n\nGmina Rawicz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rawicz, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population was 29,434 (out of which the population of Rawicz amounted to 21,301, and the population of the rural part of the gmina was 8,133). Apart from the town of Rawicz, Gmina Rawicz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576781" }, { "contents": "Gmina Golina\n\n\nGmina Golina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Golina, which lies approximately north-west of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,326 (out of which the population of Golina amounts to 4,330, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,996). Apart from the town of Golina, Gmina", "id": "7575438" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sieraków\n\n\nGmina Sieraków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sieraków, which lies approximately east of Międzychód and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,649 (out of which the population of Sieraków amounts to 5,994, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,655). Apart from the town of Sieraków, Gmina", "id": "7575717" }, { "contents": "Gmina Tuliszków\n\n\nGmina Tuliszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Tuliszków, which lies approximately north-west of Turek and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,510 (out of which the population of Tuliszków amounts to 3,393, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,117). Apart from the town of Tuliszków, Gmina", "id": "8083520" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dobra, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dobra is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dobra, which lies approximately south-east of Turek and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,368 (out of which the population of Dobra amounts to 1,511, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,857). Apart from the town of Dobra", "id": "8083471" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rogoźno\n\n\nGmina Rogoźno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rogoźno, which lies approximately north-east of Oborniki and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,322 (out of which the population of Rogoźno amounts to 10,905, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,417). Apart from the town of Rogoźno, Gmina", "id": "1413595" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamotuły\n\n\nGmina Szamotuły is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamotuły, which lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 28,575 (out of which the population of Szamotuły amounts to 18,760, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,815). Apart from the town of Szamotuły, Gmina Szamotuły contains the villages", "id": "7577025" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nekla\n\n\nGmina Nekla is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Nekla, which lies approximately west of Września and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,623 (out of which the population of Nekla amounts to 3,203, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,420). Apart from the town of Nekla, Gmina Nekla contains", "id": "8083558" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gołańcz\n\n\nGmina Gołańcz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gołańcz, which lies approximately north-east of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,391 (out of which the population of Gołańcz amounts to 3,342, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,049). Apart from the town of Gołańcz", "id": "8083529" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stęszew\n\n\nGmina Stęszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stęszew, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,919 (out of which the population of Stęszew amounts to 5,339, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,580). Apart from the town of Stęszew, Gmina Stęszew contains the villages", "id": "7576754" }, { "contents": "Gmina Żerków\n\n\nGmina Żerków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Żerków, which lies approximately north of Jarocin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,555 (out of which the population of Żerków amounts to 2,058, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,497). Apart from the town of Żerków, Gmina", "id": "7426670" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stawiszyn\n\n\nGmina Stawiszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stawiszyn, which lies approximately north of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,244 (out of which the population of Stawiszyn amounts to 1,554, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,690). Apart from the town of Stawiszyn, Gmina", "id": "7426954" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mikstat\n\n\nGmina Mikstat is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mikstat, which lies approximately north of Ostrzeszów and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,187 (out of which the population of Mikstat amounts to 1,840, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,347). Apart from the town of Mikstat, Gmina", "id": "7576120" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jutrosin\n\n\nGmina Jutrosin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jutrosin, which lies approximately east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,070 (out of which the population of Jutrosin amounts to 1,872, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,198). Apart from the town of Jutrosin, Gmina Jutrosin contains", "id": "7576794" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kórnik\n\n\nGmina Kórnik (Kórnik Commune) is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kórnik, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,585 (out of which the population of Kórnik amounts to 6,981, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,604). Apart from the town of Kórnik, Gmina", "id": "7576478" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sompolno\n\n\nGmina Sompolno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sompolno, which lies approximately north-east of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,530 (of which the population of Sompolno amounts to 3,695, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,835). Apart from the town of Sompolno, Gmina Sompolno", "id": "7575495" }, { "contents": "Gmina Witkowo\n\n\nGmina Witkowo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Witkowo, which lies approximately south-east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Witkowo amounts to 7,855, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,591). Apart from the town of Witkowo, Gmina", "id": "7426139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Buk\n\n\nGmina Buk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Buk, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,917, of which the population of Buk is 6,181, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,736. Apart from the town of Buk, Gmina Buk contains the villages and settlements of Cieśle,", "id": "7576420" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czerniejewo\n\n\nGmina Czerniejewo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czerniejewo, which lies approximately south-west of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,913 (out of which the population of Czerniejewo amounts to 2,556, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,357). Apart from the town of Czerniejewo, Gmina", "id": "7426061" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wolsztyn\n\n\nGmina Wolsztyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wolsztyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wolsztyn, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,216 (out of which the population of Wolsztyn amounts to 13,557, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,659). Apart from the town of Wolsztyn, Gmina Wolsztyn contains the villages", "id": "8083545" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodecz\n\n\nGmina Chodecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Chodecz, which lies approximately south of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,395 (out of which the population of Chodecz amounts to 1,936, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,459). Apart from the town of Chodecz, Gmina Chodecz contains the villages", "id": "3000237" }, { "contents": "Gmina Skoki\n\n\nGmina Skoki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Skoki, which lies approximately south of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,749 (out of which the population of Skoki amounts to 3,866, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,883). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "1556184" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czempiń\n\n\nGmina Czempiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czempiń, which lies approximately north-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,259 (out of which the population of Czempiń amounts to 5,135, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,124). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pogorzela\n\n\nGmina Pogorzela is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pogorzela, which lies approximately south-east of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,157 (out of which the population of Pogorzela amounts to 1,974, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,183). Apart from the town of Pogorzela, Gmina", "id": "7426581" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychwał\n\n\nGmina Rychwał is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rychwał, which lies approximately south of Konin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,387 (out of which the population of Rychwał amounts to 2,377, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,010). Apart from the town of Rychwał, Gmina", "id": "7575475" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opalenica\n\n\nGmina Opalenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opalenica, which lies approximately east of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,588 (out of which the population of Opalenica amounts to 9,104, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,484). Apart from the town of Opalenica, Gmina", "id": "7575746" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koźmin Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Koźmin Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koźmin Wielkopolski, which lies approximately north of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,820 (out of which the population of Koźmin Wielkopolski amounts to 6,707, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,113). Apart from the town of", "id": "7575621" }, { "contents": "Gmina Raszków\n\n\nGmina Raszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Raszków, which lies approximately north of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,275 (out of which the population of Raszków amounts to 2,037, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,238). Apart from the town of Raszków", "id": "7575772" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miejska Górka\n\n\nGmina Miejska Górka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miejska Górka, which lies approximately north-east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,283 (out of which the population of Miejska Górka amounts to 3,128, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,155). Apart from the town of", "id": "7576825" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ujście\n\n\nGmina Ujście is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ujście, which lies approximately south of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,009 (out of which the population of Ujście amounts to 3,899, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,110). Apart from the town of Ujście, Gmina Ujście contains", "id": "7576174" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pniewy, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Pniewy is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pniewy, which lies approximately south-west of Szamotuły and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,905 (out of which the population of Pniewy amounts to 7,464, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,441). Apart from the town of Pniewy, Gmina", "id": "7577091" }, { "contents": "Gmina Książ Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Książ Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Książ Wielkopolski, which lies approximately east of Śrem and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,429 (out of which the population of Książ Wielkopolski amounts to 2,724, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,705). Apart from the town of", "id": "8083469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miłosław\n\n\nGmina Miłosław is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miłosław, which lies approximately south-west of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,266 (out of which the population of Miłosław amounts to 3,589, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,677). Apart from the town of Miłosław", "id": "8083552" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zduny, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Zduny is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zduny, which lies approximately south-west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,946 (out of which the population of Zduny amounts to 4,498, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,448). Apart from the town of Zduny, Gmina", "id": "7575635" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rozdrażew\n\n\nGmina Rozdrażew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rozdrażew, which lies approximately north-east of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,155. Gmina Rozdrażew contains the villages and settlements of Budy, Chwałki, Dąbrowa, Dębowiec, Dzielice, Grębów, Henryków, Maciejew, Nowa Wieś, Rozdrażew, Trzemeszno, Wolenice,", "id": "7575629" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jastrowie\n\n\nGmina Jastrowie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jastrowie, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,401 (out of which the population of Jastrowie amounts to 8,403, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,998). Apart from the town of Jastrowie, Gmina", "id": "8083566" }, { "contents": "Gmina Okonek\n\n\nGmina Okonek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Okonek, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,909 (out of which the population of Okonek amounts to 3,827, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,082). Apart from the town of Okonek, Gmina", "id": "8083574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rydzyna\n\n\nGmina Rydzyna () is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rydzyna, which lies approximately south-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,076 (out of which the population of Rydzyna amounts to 2,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,537). Apart from the town of Rydzyna", "id": "7575682" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krzywiń\n\n\nGmina Krzywiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krzywiń, which lies approximately south-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,892 (out of which the population of Krzywiń amounts to 1,547, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,345). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575597" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pyzdry\n\n\nGmina Pyzdry is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pyzdry, which lies approximately south of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,217 (out of which the population of Pyzdry amounts to 3,188, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,029). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "8083559" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koło\n\n\nGmina Koło is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koło, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,995. Gmina Koło contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrówka, Borki, Chojny, Czołowo, Czołowo-Kolonia, Dąbrowa, Dzierawy, Kaczyniec, Kamień, Kiełczew Górny, Kiełczew Smużny Czwarty, Kiełczew Smużny Pierwszy", "id": "7575389" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krajenka\n\n\nGmina Krajenka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krajenka, which lies approximately south-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,230 (out of which the population of Krajenka amounts to 3,651, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,579). Apart from the town of Krajenka, Gmina", "id": "8083568" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kobylin\n\n\nGmina Kobylin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kobylin, which lies approximately west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,039 (out of which the population of Kobylin amounts to 3,084, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,955). Apart from the town of Kobylin, Gmina Kobylin contains", "id": "7575620" }, { "contents": "Gmina Bralin\n\n\nGmina Bralin is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Bralin, which lies approximately west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,644. Gmina Bralin contains the villages and settlements of Bralin, Chojęcin, Czermin, Działosze, Gola, Mnichowice, Nosale, Nowa Wieś Książęca, Tabor Mały, Tabor Wielki and Weronikopole. Gmina", "id": "7427212" }, { "contents": "Gmina Środa Wielkopolska\n\n\nGmina Środa Wielkopolska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Środa Wielkopolska County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Środa Wielkopolska, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 30,023 (out of which the population of Środa Wielkopolska amounts to 21,635, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,388). Apart from the town of Środa Wielkopolska,", "id": "7577108" }, { "contents": "Gmina Odolanów\n\n\nGmina Odolanów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Odolanów, which lies approximately south of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,867 (out of which the population of Odolanów amounts to 4,960, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,907). The gmina contains part of the", "id": "7575765" }, { "contents": "Przedecz\n\n\nPrzedecz (; ) is a historic town in Koło County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship of Poland, with 1,779 inhabitants (2006). The town is situated in central Poland, midway between Chodecz and Kłodawa. It is located about northwest of Łódź, west of Warsaw and east of Poznań. The southeast side of Przedecz borders on the shore of Lake Przedecz. Nearby is one of the sources of the Noteć river. Przedecz is first mentioned in 1136 deed issued by Pope Innocent II, denoting the settlement as a possession held by", "id": "10103076" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zagórów\n\n\nGmina Zagórów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Słupca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zagórów, which lies approximately south of Słupca and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,073 (out of which the population of Zagórów amounts to 2,932, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,141). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Warta", "id": "7576873" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostroróg\n\n\nGmina Ostroróg is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostroróg, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,865 (out of which the population of Ostroróg amounts to 1,995, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,870). Apart from the town of Ostroróg", "id": "7577081" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wronki\n\n\nGmina Wronki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wronki, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,713 (out of which the population of Wronki amounts to 11,551, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,162). Apart from the town of Wronki", "id": "7577092" }, { "contents": "Gmina Lwówek\n\n\nGmina Lwówek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Lwówek, which lies approximately north of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,151 (out of which the population of Lwówek amounts to 2,909, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,242). Apart from the town of Lwówek, Gmina", "id": "7575726" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nowa Sarzyna\n\n\nGmina Nowa Sarzyna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leżajsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowa Sarzyna, which lies approximately north-west of Leżajsk and north-east of the regional capital Rzeszów. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 21,296 (out of which the population of Nowa Sarzyna amounts to 6,308, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 14,988). Apart from the town", "id": "5471232" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłecko\n\n\nGmina Kłecko is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłecko, which lies approximately north-west of Gniezno and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,569 (out of which the population of Kłecko amounts to 2,677, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,892). During the German Invasion of Poland", "id": "7426072" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krobia\n\n\nGmina Krobia is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krobia, which lies approximately south of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,792 (out of which the population of Krobia amounts to 4,022, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,770). Apart from the town of Krobia, Gmina Krobia contains", "id": "7426507" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dolsk\n\n\nGmina Dolsk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dolsk, which lies approximately south of Śrem and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,732 (out of which the population of Dolsk amounts to 1,479, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,253). Apart from the town of Dolsk, Gmina Dolsk contains", "id": "8083466" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzcianka\n\n\nGmina Trzcianka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzcianka, which lies approximately north of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,482 (out of which the population of Trzcianka amounts to 16,756, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,726). Apart from the town of Trzcianka", "id": "7426054" }, { "contents": "Gmina Międzychód\n\n\nGmina Międzychód is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Międzychód, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,290 (out of which the population of Międzychód amounts to 10,920, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,370). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Pszczew Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "7575703" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wieleń\n\n\nGmina Wieleń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wieleń, which lies approximately west of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,572 (out of which the population of Wieleń amounts to 5,940, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,632). Apart from the town of Wieleń", "id": "7426058" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rybno, Masovian Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rybno is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Sochaczew County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rybno, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Sochaczew and 62 km (38 mi) west of Warsaw. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,494. Gmina Rybno contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Antosin, Bronisławy, Ćmiszew Rybnowski, Ćmiszew-Parcel, Cypriany, Erminów, Jasieniec,", "id": "5184822" }, { "contents": "Gmina Domaszowice\n\n\nGmina Domaszowice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Namysłów County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Domaszowice, which lies approximately east of Namysłów and north of the regional capital Opole. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,772. Gmina Domaszowice contains the villages and settlements of Domaszowice, Dziedzice, Gręboszów, Kopalina, Nowa Wieś, Piekło, Polkowskie, Siemysłów, Stary Gręboszów, Strzelce, Sułoszów, Świbne, Szerzyna, Wielka Kolonia", "id": "5406927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wysoka\n\n\nGmina Wysoka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wysoka, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,890 (out of which the population of Wysoka amounts to 2,750, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,140). It is situated in the historical region of Krajna.", "id": "7576291" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kazimierza Wielka\n\n\nGmina Kazimierza Wielka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kazimierza County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kazimierza Wielka, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,759 (out of which the population of Kazimierza Wielka amounts to 5,730, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 11,029). Apart from the town of Kazimierza Wielka, Gmina Kazimierza Wielka contains", "id": "7014442" }, { "contents": "Gmina Śrem\n\n\nGmina Śrem is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Śrem, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 39,841 (out of which the population of Śrem amounts to 30,227, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,614). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Chłapowski Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "8083461" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatówek\n\n\nGmina Opatówek is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatówek (population 3,800), which lies approximately east of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,148. Gmina Opatówek is bordered by the city of Kalisz and by the gminas of Ceków-Kolonia, Godziesze Wielkie, Koźminek, Szczytniki and Żelazków. The gmina contains the", "id": "20628584" }, { "contents": "Gmina Słomniki\n\n\nGmina Słomniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Słomniki, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,589 (out of which the population of Słomniki amounts to 4,331, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,258). Apart from the town of Słomniki, Gmina Słomniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "3315531" }, { "contents": "Gmina Proszowice\n\n\nGmina Proszowice is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Proszowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Proszowice, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,188 (out of which the population of Proszowice amounts to 6,205, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,983). Apart from the town of Proszowice, Gmina Proszowice contains the villages and settlements", "id": "4626927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychtal\n\n\nGmina Rychtal is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rychtal, which lies approximately south-west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,041. Gmina Rychtal contains the villages and settlements of Dalanów, Darnowiec, Drożki, Dworzyszcze, Krzyżowniki, Mały Buczek, Nowa Wieś, Proszów, Remiszówka, Skoroszów, Stogniewice, Szarlota", "id": "7427224" }, { "contents": "Gmina Poniec\n\n\nGmina Poniec is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Poniec, which lies approximately south-west of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,866 (out of which the population of Poniec amounts to 2,875, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,991). Apart from the town of Poniec, Gmina", "id": "7426590" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rzgów, Łódź Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rzgów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Łódź East County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rzgów, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Łódź. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,019 (out of which the population of Rzgów amounts to 3,338, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,681). Apart from the town of Rzgów, Gmina Rzgów contains the villages and settlements of Babichy", "id": "3242989" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatów, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Opatów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatów, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,635 (out of which the population of Opatów amounts to 6,846, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,789). Apart from the town of Opatów, Gmina Opatów contains the villages and settlements of", "id": "7292087" } ]

[ { "contents": "Gmina Przedecz\n\n\nGmina Przedecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Przedecz, which lies approximately north-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,319 (out of which the population of Przedecz amounts to 1,771, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,548). Apart from the town of Przedecz, Gmina", "id": "7575434" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłodawa, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Kłodawa is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłodawa, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,307 (out of which the population of Kłodawa amounts to 6,829, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,478). Apart from the town of Kłodawa, Gmina Kłodawa contains", "id": "7427258" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osiek Mały\n\n\nGmina Osiek Mały is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Osiek Mały, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,866. Gmina Osiek Mały contains the villages and settlements of Borecznia Wielka, Dęby Szlacheckie, Drzewce, Felicjanów, Grądy, Lipiny, Łuczywno, Maciejewo, Młynek, Moczydła, Nowa Wieś, Nowe", "id": "7575433" }, { "contents": "Gmina Babiak\n\n\nGmina Babiak is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Babiak, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,920. Gmina Babiak contains the villages and settlements of Babiak, Bogusławice, Bogusławice-Nowiny, Brdów, Brzezie, Bugaj, Dębno Królewskie, Dębno Poproboszczowskie, Góraj, Gryglaki, Janowice, Józefowo, Kiejsze", "id": "7427252" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dąbie, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dąbie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dąbie, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,644 (out of which the population of Dąbie amounts to 2,087, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,557). Apart from the town of Dąbie, Gmina", "id": "7427256" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodów\n\n\nGmina Chodów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Chodów, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,475. Gmina Chodów contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Bowyczyny, Budy-Gole, Chodów, Chrzanowo, Czerwonka, Długie, Domaników, Dziegielewo, Dzierzbice, Elizanów, Gąsiory, Ignacewo, Jagiełłów", "id": "7427255" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kościelec\n\n\nGmina Kościelec is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Kościelec, which lies approximately south-west of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,667. Gmina Kościelec contains the villages and settlements of Białków Górny, Białków Kościelny, Dąbrowice, Dąbrowice Częściowe, Daniszew, Dobrów, Gąsiorów, Gozdów, Kościelec, Łęka, Leszcze, Mariampol,", "id": "7575390" }, { "contents": "Gmina Grzegorzew\n\n\nGmina Grzegorzew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Grzegorzew, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,617. Gmina Grzegorzew contains the villages and settlements of Barłogi, Boguszyniec, Borysławice Kościelne, Borysławice Zamkowe, Bylice, Bylice-Kolonia, Grodna, Grzegorzew, Kiełczewek, Ladorudzek, Ponętów Dolny,", "id": "7427257" }, { "contents": "Gmina Olszówka\n\n\nGmina Olszówka is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Olszówka, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,757. Gmina Olszówka contains the villages and settlements of Adamin, Dębowiczki, Drzewce, Głębokie, Grabina, Krzewata, Łubianka, Młynik, Mniewo, Nowa Wioska, Olszówka, Ostrów, Ponętów Górny Drugi,", "id": "7575392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kostrzyn\n\n\nGmina Kostrzyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kostrzyn, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,456 (out of which the population of Kostrzyn amounts to 8,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,917). Apart from the town of Kostrzyn, Gmina Kostrzyn contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Swarzędz\n\n\nGmina Swarzędz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Swarzędz, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,499 (out of which the population of Swarzędz amounts to 29,894, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,605). Apart from the town of Swarzędz, Gmina Swarzędz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576775" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jarocin, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Jarocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jarocin, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 44,430 (out of which the population of Jarocin amounts to 25,834, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 18,596). Apart from the town of Jarocin, Gmina Jarocin contains the villages", "id": "7426646" }, { "contents": "Gmina Izbica Kujawska\n\n\nGmina Izbica Kujawska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Izbica Kujawska, which lies approximately south-west of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,008 (out of which the population of Izbica Kujawska amounts to 2,783, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,225). Apart from the town of Izbica Kujawska", "id": "3000260" }, { "contents": "Gmina Września\n\n\nGmina Września is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Września, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2012 its total population is 45,523 (out of which the population of Września amounts to 29,564, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,959). Apart from the town of Września, Gmina Września contains the villages and settlements", "id": "8083549" }, { "contents": "Gmina Oborniki\n\n\nGmina Oborniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Oborniki, which lies approximately north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 31,541 (out of which the population of Oborniki amounts to 17,850, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 13,691). Apart from the town of Oborniki, Gmina Oborniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "1413631" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osieczna, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Osieczna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Osieczna, which lies approximately north-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,576 (out of which the population of Osieczna amounts to 2,018, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,558). Apart from the town of Osieczna, Gmina", "id": "7575680" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mosina\n\n\nGmina Mosina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mosina, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 25,098 (out of which the population of Mosina amounts to 12,150, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,948). Apart from the town of Mosina, Gmina Mosina contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576490" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gizałki\n\n\nGmina Gizałki is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Gizałki, which lies approximately north of Pleszew and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,628. Gmina Gizałki contains the villages and settlements of Białobłoty, Czołnochów, Dziewin Duży, Gizałki, Gizałki-Las, Leszczyca, Nowa Wieś, Obory, Obory-Kolonia, Orlina Duża,", "id": "7576392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kępno\n\n\nGmina Kępno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kępno, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 24,308 (out of which the population of Kępno amounts to 14,710, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,598). Apart from the town of Kępno, Gmina Kępno contains the villages", "id": "7427019" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostrzeszów\n\n\nGmina Ostrzeszów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostrzeszów, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,346 (out of which the population of Ostrzeszów amounts to 14,536, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,810). Apart from the town of Ostrzeszów, Gmina Ostrzeszów contains the villages", "id": "7575789" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pleszew\n\n\nGmina Pleszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pleszew, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,790 (out of which the population of Pleszew amounts to 17,787, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,003). Apart from the town of Pleszew, Gmina Pleszew contains the villages", "id": "7576347" }, { "contents": "Gmina Margonin\n\n\nGmina Margonin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Margonin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,414 (out of which the population of Margonin amounts to 2,956, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,458). Apart from the town of Margonin, Gmina Margonin contains", "id": "7426007" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamocin\n\n\nGmina Szamocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamocin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,292 (out of which the population of Szamocin amounts to 4,267, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,025). Apart from the town of Szamocin, Gmina Szamocin contains", "id": "7426010" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kleczew\n\n\nGmina Kleczew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kleczew, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,721 (out of which the population of Kleczew amounts to 4,173, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,548). Apart from the town of Kleczew, Gmina Kleczew contains", "id": "7575448" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ślesin\n\n\nGmina Ślesin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ślesin, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Ślesin amounts to 3,102, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,344). Apart from the town of Ślesin, Gmina Ślesin contains", "id": "7575502" }, { "contents": "Gmina Łobżenica\n\n\nGmina Łobżenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Łobżenica, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,853 (out of which the population of Łobżenica amounts to 3,172, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,681). Apart from the town of Łobżenica, Gmina Łobżenica contains", "id": "7576139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wyrzysk\n\n\nGmina Wyrzysk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wyrzysk, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,132 (out of which the population of Wyrzysk amounts to 5,234, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,898). Apart from the town of Wyrzysk, Gmina Wyrzysk contains", "id": "7576223" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krotoszyn\n\n\nGmina Krotoszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krotoszyn, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,360 (of which the population of Krotoszyn amounts to 29,421, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,939). Apart from the town of Krotoszyn, Gmina Krotoszyn contains the villages and", "id": "7575611" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzemeszno\n\n\nGmina Trzemeszno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzemeszno, which lies approximately east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,019 (out of which the population of Trzemeszno amounts to 7,789, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,230). Apart from the town of Trzemeszno, Gmina Trzemeszno contains", "id": "7426124" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gostyń\n\n\nGmina Gostyń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gostyń, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 27,860 (out of which the population of Gostyń amounts to 20,588, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,272). Apart from the town of Gostyń, Gmina Gostyń contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7426493" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rawicz\n\n\nGmina Rawicz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rawicz, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population was 29,434 (out of which the population of Rawicz amounted to 21,301, and the population of the rural part of the gmina was 8,133). Apart from the town of Rawicz, Gmina Rawicz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576781" }, { "contents": "Gmina Golina\n\n\nGmina Golina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Golina, which lies approximately north-west of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,326 (out of which the population of Golina amounts to 4,330, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,996). Apart from the town of Golina, Gmina", "id": "7575438" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sieraków\n\n\nGmina Sieraków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sieraków, which lies approximately east of Międzychód and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,649 (out of which the population of Sieraków amounts to 5,994, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,655). Apart from the town of Sieraków, Gmina", "id": "7575717" }, { "contents": "Gmina Tuliszków\n\n\nGmina Tuliszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Tuliszków, which lies approximately north-west of Turek and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,510 (out of which the population of Tuliszków amounts to 3,393, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,117). Apart from the town of Tuliszków, Gmina", "id": "8083520" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dobra, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dobra is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dobra, which lies approximately south-east of Turek and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,368 (out of which the population of Dobra amounts to 1,511, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,857). Apart from the town of Dobra", "id": "8083471" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rogoźno\n\n\nGmina Rogoźno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rogoźno, which lies approximately north-east of Oborniki and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,322 (out of which the population of Rogoźno amounts to 10,905, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,417). Apart from the town of Rogoźno, Gmina", "id": "1413595" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamotuły\n\n\nGmina Szamotuły is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamotuły, which lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 28,575 (out of which the population of Szamotuły amounts to 18,760, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,815). Apart from the town of Szamotuły, Gmina Szamotuły contains the villages", "id": "7577025" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nekla\n\n\nGmina Nekla is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Nekla, which lies approximately west of Września and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,623 (out of which the population of Nekla amounts to 3,203, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,420). Apart from the town of Nekla, Gmina Nekla contains", "id": "8083558" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gołańcz\n\n\nGmina Gołańcz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gołańcz, which lies approximately north-east of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,391 (out of which the population of Gołańcz amounts to 3,342, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,049). Apart from the town of Gołańcz", "id": "8083529" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stęszew\n\n\nGmina Stęszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stęszew, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,919 (out of which the population of Stęszew amounts to 5,339, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,580). Apart from the town of Stęszew, Gmina Stęszew contains the villages", "id": "7576754" }, { "contents": "Gmina Żerków\n\n\nGmina Żerków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Żerków, which lies approximately north of Jarocin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,555 (out of which the population of Żerków amounts to 2,058, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,497). Apart from the town of Żerków, Gmina", "id": "7426670" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stawiszyn\n\n\nGmina Stawiszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stawiszyn, which lies approximately north of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,244 (out of which the population of Stawiszyn amounts to 1,554, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,690). Apart from the town of Stawiszyn, Gmina", "id": "7426954" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mikstat\n\n\nGmina Mikstat is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mikstat, which lies approximately north of Ostrzeszów and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,187 (out of which the population of Mikstat amounts to 1,840, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,347). Apart from the town of Mikstat, Gmina", "id": "7576120" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jutrosin\n\n\nGmina Jutrosin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jutrosin, which lies approximately east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,070 (out of which the population of Jutrosin amounts to 1,872, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,198). Apart from the town of Jutrosin, Gmina Jutrosin contains", "id": "7576794" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kórnik\n\n\nGmina Kórnik (Kórnik Commune) is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kórnik, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,585 (out of which the population of Kórnik amounts to 6,981, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,604). Apart from the town of Kórnik, Gmina", "id": "7576478" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sompolno\n\n\nGmina Sompolno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sompolno, which lies approximately north-east of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,530 (of which the population of Sompolno amounts to 3,695, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,835). Apart from the town of Sompolno, Gmina Sompolno", "id": "7575495" }, { "contents": "Gmina Witkowo\n\n\nGmina Witkowo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Witkowo, which lies approximately south-east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Witkowo amounts to 7,855, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,591). Apart from the town of Witkowo, Gmina", "id": "7426139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Buk\n\n\nGmina Buk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Buk, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,917, of which the population of Buk is 6,181, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,736. Apart from the town of Buk, Gmina Buk contains the villages and settlements of Cieśle,", "id": "7576420" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czerniejewo\n\n\nGmina Czerniejewo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czerniejewo, which lies approximately south-west of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,913 (out of which the population of Czerniejewo amounts to 2,556, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,357). Apart from the town of Czerniejewo, Gmina", "id": "7426061" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wolsztyn\n\n\nGmina Wolsztyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wolsztyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wolsztyn, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,216 (out of which the population of Wolsztyn amounts to 13,557, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,659). Apart from the town of Wolsztyn, Gmina Wolsztyn contains the villages", "id": "8083545" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodecz\n\n\nGmina Chodecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Chodecz, which lies approximately south of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,395 (out of which the population of Chodecz amounts to 1,936, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,459). Apart from the town of Chodecz, Gmina Chodecz contains the villages", "id": "3000237" }, { "contents": "Gmina Skoki\n\n\nGmina Skoki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Skoki, which lies approximately south of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,749 (out of which the population of Skoki amounts to 3,866, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,883). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "1556184" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czempiń\n\n\nGmina Czempiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czempiń, which lies approximately north-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,259 (out of which the population of Czempiń amounts to 5,135, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,124). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pogorzela\n\n\nGmina Pogorzela is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pogorzela, which lies approximately south-east of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,157 (out of which the population of Pogorzela amounts to 1,974, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,183). Apart from the town of Pogorzela, Gmina", "id": "7426581" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychwał\n\n\nGmina Rychwał is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rychwał, which lies approximately south of Konin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,387 (out of which the population of Rychwał amounts to 2,377, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,010). Apart from the town of Rychwał, Gmina", "id": "7575475" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opalenica\n\n\nGmina Opalenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opalenica, which lies approximately east of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,588 (out of which the population of Opalenica amounts to 9,104, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,484). Apart from the town of Opalenica, Gmina", "id": "7575746" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koźmin Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Koźmin Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koźmin Wielkopolski, which lies approximately north of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,820 (out of which the population of Koźmin Wielkopolski amounts to 6,707, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,113). Apart from the town of", "id": "7575621" }, { "contents": "Gmina Raszków\n\n\nGmina Raszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Raszków, which lies approximately north of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,275 (out of which the population of Raszków amounts to 2,037, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,238). Apart from the town of Raszków", "id": "7575772" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miejska Górka\n\n\nGmina Miejska Górka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miejska Górka, which lies approximately north-east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,283 (out of which the population of Miejska Górka amounts to 3,128, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,155). Apart from the town of", "id": "7576825" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ujście\n\n\nGmina Ujście is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ujście, which lies approximately south of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,009 (out of which the population of Ujście amounts to 3,899, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,110). Apart from the town of Ujście, Gmina Ujście contains", "id": "7576174" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pniewy, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Pniewy is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pniewy, which lies approximately south-west of Szamotuły and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,905 (out of which the population of Pniewy amounts to 7,464, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,441). Apart from the town of Pniewy, Gmina", "id": "7577091" }, { "contents": "Gmina Książ Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Książ Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Książ Wielkopolski, which lies approximately east of Śrem and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,429 (out of which the population of Książ Wielkopolski amounts to 2,724, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,705). Apart from the town of", "id": "8083469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miłosław\n\n\nGmina Miłosław is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miłosław, which lies approximately south-west of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,266 (out of which the population of Miłosław amounts to 3,589, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,677). Apart from the town of Miłosław", "id": "8083552" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zduny, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Zduny is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zduny, which lies approximately south-west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,946 (out of which the population of Zduny amounts to 4,498, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,448). Apart from the town of Zduny, Gmina", "id": "7575635" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rozdrażew\n\n\nGmina Rozdrażew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rozdrażew, which lies approximately north-east of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,155. Gmina Rozdrażew contains the villages and settlements of Budy, Chwałki, Dąbrowa, Dębowiec, Dzielice, Grębów, Henryków, Maciejew, Nowa Wieś, Rozdrażew, Trzemeszno, Wolenice,", "id": "7575629" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jastrowie\n\n\nGmina Jastrowie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jastrowie, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,401 (out of which the population of Jastrowie amounts to 8,403, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,998). Apart from the town of Jastrowie, Gmina", "id": "8083566" }, { "contents": "Gmina Okonek\n\n\nGmina Okonek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Okonek, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,909 (out of which the population of Okonek amounts to 3,827, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,082). Apart from the town of Okonek, Gmina", "id": "8083574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rydzyna\n\n\nGmina Rydzyna () is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rydzyna, which lies approximately south-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,076 (out of which the population of Rydzyna amounts to 2,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,537). Apart from the town of Rydzyna", "id": "7575682" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krzywiń\n\n\nGmina Krzywiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krzywiń, which lies approximately south-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,892 (out of which the population of Krzywiń amounts to 1,547, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,345). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575597" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pyzdry\n\n\nGmina Pyzdry is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pyzdry, which lies approximately south of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,217 (out of which the population of Pyzdry amounts to 3,188, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,029). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "8083559" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koło\n\n\nGmina Koło is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koło, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,995. Gmina Koło contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrówka, Borki, Chojny, Czołowo, Czołowo-Kolonia, Dąbrowa, Dzierawy, Kaczyniec, Kamień, Kiełczew Górny, Kiełczew Smużny Czwarty, Kiełczew Smużny Pierwszy", "id": "7575389" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krajenka\n\n\nGmina Krajenka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krajenka, which lies approximately south-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,230 (out of which the population of Krajenka amounts to 3,651, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,579). Apart from the town of Krajenka, Gmina", "id": "8083568" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kobylin\n\n\nGmina Kobylin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kobylin, which lies approximately west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,039 (out of which the population of Kobylin amounts to 3,084, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,955). Apart from the town of Kobylin, Gmina Kobylin contains", "id": "7575620" }, { "contents": "Gmina Bralin\n\n\nGmina Bralin is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Bralin, which lies approximately west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,644. Gmina Bralin contains the villages and settlements of Bralin, Chojęcin, Czermin, Działosze, Gola, Mnichowice, Nosale, Nowa Wieś Książęca, Tabor Mały, Tabor Wielki and Weronikopole. Gmina", "id": "7427212" }, { "contents": "Gmina Środa Wielkopolska\n\n\nGmina Środa Wielkopolska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Środa Wielkopolska County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Środa Wielkopolska, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 30,023 (out of which the population of Środa Wielkopolska amounts to 21,635, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,388). Apart from the town of Środa Wielkopolska,", "id": "7577108" }, { "contents": "Gmina Odolanów\n\n\nGmina Odolanów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Odolanów, which lies approximately south of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,867 (out of which the population of Odolanów amounts to 4,960, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,907). The gmina contains part of the", "id": "7575765" }, { "contents": "Przedecz\n\n\nPrzedecz (; ) is a historic town in Koło County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship of Poland, with 1,779 inhabitants (2006). The town is situated in central Poland, midway between Chodecz and Kłodawa. It is located about northwest of Łódź, west of Warsaw and east of Poznań. The southeast side of Przedecz borders on the shore of Lake Przedecz. Nearby is one of the sources of the Noteć river. Przedecz is first mentioned in 1136 deed issued by Pope Innocent II, denoting the settlement as a possession held by", "id": "10103076" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zagórów\n\n\nGmina Zagórów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Słupca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zagórów, which lies approximately south of Słupca and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,073 (out of which the population of Zagórów amounts to 2,932, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,141). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Warta", "id": "7576873" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostroróg\n\n\nGmina Ostroróg is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostroróg, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,865 (out of which the population of Ostroróg amounts to 1,995, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,870). Apart from the town of Ostroróg", "id": "7577081" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wronki\n\n\nGmina Wronki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wronki, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,713 (out of which the population of Wronki amounts to 11,551, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,162). Apart from the town of Wronki", "id": "7577092" }, { "contents": "Gmina Lwówek\n\n\nGmina Lwówek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Lwówek, which lies approximately north of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,151 (out of which the population of Lwówek amounts to 2,909, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,242). Apart from the town of Lwówek, Gmina", "id": "7575726" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nowa Sarzyna\n\n\nGmina Nowa Sarzyna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leżajsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowa Sarzyna, which lies approximately north-west of Leżajsk and north-east of the regional capital Rzeszów. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 21,296 (out of which the population of Nowa Sarzyna amounts to 6,308, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 14,988). Apart from the town", "id": "5471232" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłecko\n\n\nGmina Kłecko is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłecko, which lies approximately north-west of Gniezno and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,569 (out of which the population of Kłecko amounts to 2,677, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,892). During the German Invasion of Poland", "id": "7426072" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krobia\n\n\nGmina Krobia is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krobia, which lies approximately south of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,792 (out of which the population of Krobia amounts to 4,022, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,770). Apart from the town of Krobia, Gmina Krobia contains", "id": "7426507" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dolsk\n\n\nGmina Dolsk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dolsk, which lies approximately south of Śrem and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,732 (out of which the population of Dolsk amounts to 1,479, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,253). Apart from the town of Dolsk, Gmina Dolsk contains", "id": "8083466" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzcianka\n\n\nGmina Trzcianka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzcianka, which lies approximately north of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,482 (out of which the population of Trzcianka amounts to 16,756, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,726). Apart from the town of Trzcianka", "id": "7426054" }, { "contents": "Gmina Międzychód\n\n\nGmina Międzychód is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Międzychód, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,290 (out of which the population of Międzychód amounts to 10,920, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,370). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Pszczew Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "7575703" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wieleń\n\n\nGmina Wieleń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wieleń, which lies approximately west of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,572 (out of which the population of Wieleń amounts to 5,940, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,632). Apart from the town of Wieleń", "id": "7426058" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rybno, Masovian Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rybno is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Sochaczew County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rybno, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Sochaczew and 62 km (38 mi) west of Warsaw. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,494. Gmina Rybno contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Antosin, Bronisławy, Ćmiszew Rybnowski, Ćmiszew-Parcel, Cypriany, Erminów, Jasieniec,", "id": "5184822" }, { "contents": "Gmina Domaszowice\n\n\nGmina Domaszowice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Namysłów County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Domaszowice, which lies approximately east of Namysłów and north of the regional capital Opole. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,772. Gmina Domaszowice contains the villages and settlements of Domaszowice, Dziedzice, Gręboszów, Kopalina, Nowa Wieś, Piekło, Polkowskie, Siemysłów, Stary Gręboszów, Strzelce, Sułoszów, Świbne, Szerzyna, Wielka Kolonia", "id": "5406927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wysoka\n\n\nGmina Wysoka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wysoka, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,890 (out of which the population of Wysoka amounts to 2,750, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,140). It is situated in the historical region of Krajna.", "id": "7576291" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kazimierza Wielka\n\n\nGmina Kazimierza Wielka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kazimierza County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kazimierza Wielka, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,759 (out of which the population of Kazimierza Wielka amounts to 5,730, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 11,029). Apart from the town of Kazimierza Wielka, Gmina Kazimierza Wielka contains", "id": "7014442" }, { "contents": "Gmina Śrem\n\n\nGmina Śrem is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Śrem, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 39,841 (out of which the population of Śrem amounts to 30,227, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,614). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Chłapowski Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "8083461" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatówek\n\n\nGmina Opatówek is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatówek (population 3,800), which lies approximately east of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,148. Gmina Opatówek is bordered by the city of Kalisz and by the gminas of Ceków-Kolonia, Godziesze Wielkie, Koźminek, Szczytniki and Żelazków. The gmina contains the", "id": "20628584" }, { "contents": "Gmina Słomniki\n\n\nGmina Słomniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Słomniki, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,589 (out of which the population of Słomniki amounts to 4,331, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,258). Apart from the town of Słomniki, Gmina Słomniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "3315531" }, { "contents": "Gmina Proszowice\n\n\nGmina Proszowice is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Proszowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Proszowice, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,188 (out of which the population of Proszowice amounts to 6,205, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,983). Apart from the town of Proszowice, Gmina Proszowice contains the villages and settlements", "id": "4626927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychtal\n\n\nGmina Rychtal is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rychtal, which lies approximately south-west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,041. Gmina Rychtal contains the villages and settlements of Dalanów, Darnowiec, Drożki, Dworzyszcze, Krzyżowniki, Mały Buczek, Nowa Wieś, Proszów, Remiszówka, Skoroszów, Stogniewice, Szarlota", "id": "7427224" }, { "contents": "Gmina Poniec\n\n\nGmina Poniec is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Poniec, which lies approximately south-west of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,866 (out of which the population of Poniec amounts to 2,875, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,991). Apart from the town of Poniec, Gmina", "id": "7426590" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rzgów, Łódź Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rzgów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Łódź East County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rzgów, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Łódź. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,019 (out of which the population of Rzgów amounts to 3,338, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,681). Apart from the town of Rzgów, Gmina Rzgów contains the villages and settlements of Babichy", "id": "3242989" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatów, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Opatów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatów, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,635 (out of which the population of Opatów amounts to 6,846, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,789). Apart from the town of Opatów, Gmina Opatów contains the villages and settlements of", "id": "7292087" } ]

[ { "contents": "Gmina Przedecz\n\n\nGmina Przedecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Przedecz, which lies approximately north-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,319 (out of which the population of Przedecz amounts to 1,771, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,548). Apart from the town of Przedecz, Gmina", "id": "7575434" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłodawa, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Kłodawa is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłodawa, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,307 (out of which the population of Kłodawa amounts to 6,829, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,478). Apart from the town of Kłodawa, Gmina Kłodawa contains", "id": "7427258" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osiek Mały\n\n\nGmina Osiek Mały is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Osiek Mały, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,866. Gmina Osiek Mały contains the villages and settlements of Borecznia Wielka, Dęby Szlacheckie, Drzewce, Felicjanów, Grądy, Lipiny, Łuczywno, Maciejewo, Młynek, Moczydła, Nowa Wieś, Nowe", "id": "7575433" }, { "contents": "Gmina Babiak\n\n\nGmina Babiak is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Babiak, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,920. Gmina Babiak contains the villages and settlements of Babiak, Bogusławice, Bogusławice-Nowiny, Brdów, Brzezie, Bugaj, Dębno Królewskie, Dębno Poproboszczowskie, Góraj, Gryglaki, Janowice, Józefowo, Kiejsze", "id": "7427252" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dąbie, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dąbie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dąbie, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,644 (out of which the population of Dąbie amounts to 2,087, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,557). Apart from the town of Dąbie, Gmina", "id": "7427256" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodów\n\n\nGmina Chodów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Chodów, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,475. Gmina Chodów contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Bowyczyny, Budy-Gole, Chodów, Chrzanowo, Czerwonka, Długie, Domaników, Dziegielewo, Dzierzbice, Elizanów, Gąsiory, Ignacewo, Jagiełłów", "id": "7427255" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kościelec\n\n\nGmina Kościelec is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Kościelec, which lies approximately south-west of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,667. Gmina Kościelec contains the villages and settlements of Białków Górny, Białków Kościelny, Dąbrowice, Dąbrowice Częściowe, Daniszew, Dobrów, Gąsiorów, Gozdów, Kościelec, Łęka, Leszcze, Mariampol,", "id": "7575390" }, { "contents": "Gmina Grzegorzew\n\n\nGmina Grzegorzew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Grzegorzew, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,617. Gmina Grzegorzew contains the villages and settlements of Barłogi, Boguszyniec, Borysławice Kościelne, Borysławice Zamkowe, Bylice, Bylice-Kolonia, Grodna, Grzegorzew, Kiełczewek, Ladorudzek, Ponętów Dolny,", "id": "7427257" }, { "contents": "Gmina Olszówka\n\n\nGmina Olszówka is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Olszówka, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,757. Gmina Olszówka contains the villages and settlements of Adamin, Dębowiczki, Drzewce, Głębokie, Grabina, Krzewata, Łubianka, Młynik, Mniewo, Nowa Wioska, Olszówka, Ostrów, Ponętów Górny Drugi,", "id": "7575392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kostrzyn\n\n\nGmina Kostrzyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kostrzyn, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,456 (out of which the population of Kostrzyn amounts to 8,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,917). Apart from the town of Kostrzyn, Gmina Kostrzyn contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Swarzędz\n\n\nGmina Swarzędz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Swarzędz, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,499 (out of which the population of Swarzędz amounts to 29,894, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,605). Apart from the town of Swarzędz, Gmina Swarzędz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576775" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jarocin, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Jarocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jarocin, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 44,430 (out of which the population of Jarocin amounts to 25,834, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 18,596). Apart from the town of Jarocin, Gmina Jarocin contains the villages", "id": "7426646" }, { "contents": "Gmina Izbica Kujawska\n\n\nGmina Izbica Kujawska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Izbica Kujawska, which lies approximately south-west of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,008 (out of which the population of Izbica Kujawska amounts to 2,783, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,225). Apart from the town of Izbica Kujawska", "id": "3000260" }, { "contents": "Gmina Września\n\n\nGmina Września is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Września, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2012 its total population is 45,523 (out of which the population of Września amounts to 29,564, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,959). Apart from the town of Września, Gmina Września contains the villages and settlements", "id": "8083549" }, { "contents": "Gmina Oborniki\n\n\nGmina Oborniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Oborniki, which lies approximately north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 31,541 (out of which the population of Oborniki amounts to 17,850, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 13,691). Apart from the town of Oborniki, Gmina Oborniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "1413631" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osieczna, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Osieczna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Osieczna, which lies approximately north-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,576 (out of which the population of Osieczna amounts to 2,018, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,558). Apart from the town of Osieczna, Gmina", "id": "7575680" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mosina\n\n\nGmina Mosina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mosina, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 25,098 (out of which the population of Mosina amounts to 12,150, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,948). Apart from the town of Mosina, Gmina Mosina contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576490" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gizałki\n\n\nGmina Gizałki is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Gizałki, which lies approximately north of Pleszew and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,628. Gmina Gizałki contains the villages and settlements of Białobłoty, Czołnochów, Dziewin Duży, Gizałki, Gizałki-Las, Leszczyca, Nowa Wieś, Obory, Obory-Kolonia, Orlina Duża,", "id": "7576392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kępno\n\n\nGmina Kępno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kępno, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 24,308 (out of which the population of Kępno amounts to 14,710, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,598). Apart from the town of Kępno, Gmina Kępno contains the villages", "id": "7427019" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostrzeszów\n\n\nGmina Ostrzeszów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostrzeszów, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,346 (out of which the population of Ostrzeszów amounts to 14,536, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,810). Apart from the town of Ostrzeszów, Gmina Ostrzeszów contains the villages", "id": "7575789" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pleszew\n\n\nGmina Pleszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pleszew, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,790 (out of which the population of Pleszew amounts to 17,787, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,003). Apart from the town of Pleszew, Gmina Pleszew contains the villages", "id": "7576347" }, { "contents": "Gmina Margonin\n\n\nGmina Margonin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Margonin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,414 (out of which the population of Margonin amounts to 2,956, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,458). Apart from the town of Margonin, Gmina Margonin contains", "id": "7426007" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamocin\n\n\nGmina Szamocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamocin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,292 (out of which the population of Szamocin amounts to 4,267, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,025). Apart from the town of Szamocin, Gmina Szamocin contains", "id": "7426010" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kleczew\n\n\nGmina Kleczew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kleczew, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,721 (out of which the population of Kleczew amounts to 4,173, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,548). Apart from the town of Kleczew, Gmina Kleczew contains", "id": "7575448" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ślesin\n\n\nGmina Ślesin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ślesin, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Ślesin amounts to 3,102, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,344). Apart from the town of Ślesin, Gmina Ślesin contains", "id": "7575502" }, { "contents": "Gmina Łobżenica\n\n\nGmina Łobżenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Łobżenica, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,853 (out of which the population of Łobżenica amounts to 3,172, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,681). Apart from the town of Łobżenica, Gmina Łobżenica contains", "id": "7576139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wyrzysk\n\n\nGmina Wyrzysk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wyrzysk, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,132 (out of which the population of Wyrzysk amounts to 5,234, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,898). Apart from the town of Wyrzysk, Gmina Wyrzysk contains", "id": "7576223" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krotoszyn\n\n\nGmina Krotoszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krotoszyn, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,360 (of which the population of Krotoszyn amounts to 29,421, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,939). Apart from the town of Krotoszyn, Gmina Krotoszyn contains the villages and", "id": "7575611" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzemeszno\n\n\nGmina Trzemeszno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzemeszno, which lies approximately east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,019 (out of which the population of Trzemeszno amounts to 7,789, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,230). Apart from the town of Trzemeszno, Gmina Trzemeszno contains", "id": "7426124" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gostyń\n\n\nGmina Gostyń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gostyń, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 27,860 (out of which the population of Gostyń amounts to 20,588, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,272). Apart from the town of Gostyń, Gmina Gostyń contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7426493" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rawicz\n\n\nGmina Rawicz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rawicz, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population was 29,434 (out of which the population of Rawicz amounted to 21,301, and the population of the rural part of the gmina was 8,133). Apart from the town of Rawicz, Gmina Rawicz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576781" }, { "contents": "Gmina Golina\n\n\nGmina Golina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Golina, which lies approximately north-west of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,326 (out of which the population of Golina amounts to 4,330, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,996). Apart from the town of Golina, Gmina", "id": "7575438" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sieraków\n\n\nGmina Sieraków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sieraków, which lies approximately east of Międzychód and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,649 (out of which the population of Sieraków amounts to 5,994, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,655). Apart from the town of Sieraków, Gmina", "id": "7575717" }, { "contents": "Gmina Tuliszków\n\n\nGmina Tuliszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Tuliszków, which lies approximately north-west of Turek and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,510 (out of which the population of Tuliszków amounts to 3,393, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,117). Apart from the town of Tuliszków, Gmina", "id": "8083520" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dobra, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dobra is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dobra, which lies approximately south-east of Turek and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,368 (out of which the population of Dobra amounts to 1,511, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,857). Apart from the town of Dobra", "id": "8083471" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rogoźno\n\n\nGmina Rogoźno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rogoźno, which lies approximately north-east of Oborniki and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,322 (out of which the population of Rogoźno amounts to 10,905, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,417). Apart from the town of Rogoźno, Gmina", "id": "1413595" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamotuły\n\n\nGmina Szamotuły is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamotuły, which lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 28,575 (out of which the population of Szamotuły amounts to 18,760, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,815). Apart from the town of Szamotuły, Gmina Szamotuły contains the villages", "id": "7577025" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nekla\n\n\nGmina Nekla is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Nekla, which lies approximately west of Września and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,623 (out of which the population of Nekla amounts to 3,203, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,420). Apart from the town of Nekla, Gmina Nekla contains", "id": "8083558" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gołańcz\n\n\nGmina Gołańcz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gołańcz, which lies approximately north-east of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,391 (out of which the population of Gołańcz amounts to 3,342, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,049). Apart from the town of Gołańcz", "id": "8083529" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stęszew\n\n\nGmina Stęszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stęszew, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,919 (out of which the population of Stęszew amounts to 5,339, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,580). Apart from the town of Stęszew, Gmina Stęszew contains the villages", "id": "7576754" }, { "contents": "Gmina Żerków\n\n\nGmina Żerków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Żerków, which lies approximately north of Jarocin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,555 (out of which the population of Żerków amounts to 2,058, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,497). Apart from the town of Żerków, Gmina", "id": "7426670" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stawiszyn\n\n\nGmina Stawiszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stawiszyn, which lies approximately north of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,244 (out of which the population of Stawiszyn amounts to 1,554, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,690). Apart from the town of Stawiszyn, Gmina", "id": "7426954" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mikstat\n\n\nGmina Mikstat is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mikstat, which lies approximately north of Ostrzeszów and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,187 (out of which the population of Mikstat amounts to 1,840, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,347). Apart from the town of Mikstat, Gmina", "id": "7576120" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jutrosin\n\n\nGmina Jutrosin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jutrosin, which lies approximately east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,070 (out of which the population of Jutrosin amounts to 1,872, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,198). Apart from the town of Jutrosin, Gmina Jutrosin contains", "id": "7576794" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kórnik\n\n\nGmina Kórnik (Kórnik Commune) is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kórnik, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,585 (out of which the population of Kórnik amounts to 6,981, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,604). Apart from the town of Kórnik, Gmina", "id": "7576478" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sompolno\n\n\nGmina Sompolno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sompolno, which lies approximately north-east of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,530 (of which the population of Sompolno amounts to 3,695, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,835). Apart from the town of Sompolno, Gmina Sompolno", "id": "7575495" }, { "contents": "Gmina Witkowo\n\n\nGmina Witkowo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Witkowo, which lies approximately south-east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Witkowo amounts to 7,855, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,591). Apart from the town of Witkowo, Gmina", "id": "7426139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Buk\n\n\nGmina Buk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Buk, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,917, of which the population of Buk is 6,181, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,736. Apart from the town of Buk, Gmina Buk contains the villages and settlements of Cieśle,", "id": "7576420" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czerniejewo\n\n\nGmina Czerniejewo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czerniejewo, which lies approximately south-west of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,913 (out of which the population of Czerniejewo amounts to 2,556, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,357). Apart from the town of Czerniejewo, Gmina", "id": "7426061" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wolsztyn\n\n\nGmina Wolsztyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wolsztyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wolsztyn, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,216 (out of which the population of Wolsztyn amounts to 13,557, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,659). Apart from the town of Wolsztyn, Gmina Wolsztyn contains the villages", "id": "8083545" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodecz\n\n\nGmina Chodecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Chodecz, which lies approximately south of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,395 (out of which the population of Chodecz amounts to 1,936, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,459). Apart from the town of Chodecz, Gmina Chodecz contains the villages", "id": "3000237" }, { "contents": "Gmina Skoki\n\n\nGmina Skoki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Skoki, which lies approximately south of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,749 (out of which the population of Skoki amounts to 3,866, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,883). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "1556184" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czempiń\n\n\nGmina Czempiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czempiń, which lies approximately north-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,259 (out of which the population of Czempiń amounts to 5,135, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,124). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pogorzela\n\n\nGmina Pogorzela is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pogorzela, which lies approximately south-east of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,157 (out of which the population of Pogorzela amounts to 1,974, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,183). Apart from the town of Pogorzela, Gmina", "id": "7426581" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychwał\n\n\nGmina Rychwał is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rychwał, which lies approximately south of Konin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,387 (out of which the population of Rychwał amounts to 2,377, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,010). Apart from the town of Rychwał, Gmina", "id": "7575475" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opalenica\n\n\nGmina Opalenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opalenica, which lies approximately east of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,588 (out of which the population of Opalenica amounts to 9,104, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,484). Apart from the town of Opalenica, Gmina", "id": "7575746" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koźmin Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Koźmin Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koźmin Wielkopolski, which lies approximately north of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,820 (out of which the population of Koźmin Wielkopolski amounts to 6,707, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,113). Apart from the town of", "id": "7575621" }, { "contents": "Gmina Raszków\n\n\nGmina Raszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Raszków, which lies approximately north of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,275 (out of which the population of Raszków amounts to 2,037, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,238). Apart from the town of Raszków", "id": "7575772" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miejska Górka\n\n\nGmina Miejska Górka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miejska Górka, which lies approximately north-east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,283 (out of which the population of Miejska Górka amounts to 3,128, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,155). Apart from the town of", "id": "7576825" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ujście\n\n\nGmina Ujście is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ujście, which lies approximately south of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,009 (out of which the population of Ujście amounts to 3,899, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,110). Apart from the town of Ujście, Gmina Ujście contains", "id": "7576174" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pniewy, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Pniewy is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pniewy, which lies approximately south-west of Szamotuły and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,905 (out of which the population of Pniewy amounts to 7,464, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,441). Apart from the town of Pniewy, Gmina", "id": "7577091" }, { "contents": "Gmina Książ Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Książ Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Książ Wielkopolski, which lies approximately east of Śrem and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,429 (out of which the population of Książ Wielkopolski amounts to 2,724, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,705). Apart from the town of", "id": "8083469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miłosław\n\n\nGmina Miłosław is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miłosław, which lies approximately south-west of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,266 (out of which the population of Miłosław amounts to 3,589, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,677). Apart from the town of Miłosław", "id": "8083552" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zduny, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Zduny is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zduny, which lies approximately south-west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,946 (out of which the population of Zduny amounts to 4,498, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,448). Apart from the town of Zduny, Gmina", "id": "7575635" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rozdrażew\n\n\nGmina Rozdrażew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rozdrażew, which lies approximately north-east of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,155. Gmina Rozdrażew contains the villages and settlements of Budy, Chwałki, Dąbrowa, Dębowiec, Dzielice, Grębów, Henryków, Maciejew, Nowa Wieś, Rozdrażew, Trzemeszno, Wolenice,", "id": "7575629" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jastrowie\n\n\nGmina Jastrowie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jastrowie, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,401 (out of which the population of Jastrowie amounts to 8,403, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,998). Apart from the town of Jastrowie, Gmina", "id": "8083566" }, { "contents": "Gmina Okonek\n\n\nGmina Okonek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Okonek, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,909 (out of which the population of Okonek amounts to 3,827, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,082). Apart from the town of Okonek, Gmina", "id": "8083574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rydzyna\n\n\nGmina Rydzyna () is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rydzyna, which lies approximately south-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,076 (out of which the population of Rydzyna amounts to 2,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,537). Apart from the town of Rydzyna", "id": "7575682" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krzywiń\n\n\nGmina Krzywiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krzywiń, which lies approximately south-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,892 (out of which the population of Krzywiń amounts to 1,547, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,345). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575597" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pyzdry\n\n\nGmina Pyzdry is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pyzdry, which lies approximately south of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,217 (out of which the population of Pyzdry amounts to 3,188, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,029). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "8083559" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koło\n\n\nGmina Koło is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koło, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,995. Gmina Koło contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrówka, Borki, Chojny, Czołowo, Czołowo-Kolonia, Dąbrowa, Dzierawy, Kaczyniec, Kamień, Kiełczew Górny, Kiełczew Smużny Czwarty, Kiełczew Smużny Pierwszy", "id": "7575389" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krajenka\n\n\nGmina Krajenka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krajenka, which lies approximately south-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,230 (out of which the population of Krajenka amounts to 3,651, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,579). Apart from the town of Krajenka, Gmina", "id": "8083568" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kobylin\n\n\nGmina Kobylin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kobylin, which lies approximately west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,039 (out of which the population of Kobylin amounts to 3,084, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,955). Apart from the town of Kobylin, Gmina Kobylin contains", "id": "7575620" }, { "contents": "Gmina Bralin\n\n\nGmina Bralin is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Bralin, which lies approximately west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,644. Gmina Bralin contains the villages and settlements of Bralin, Chojęcin, Czermin, Działosze, Gola, Mnichowice, Nosale, Nowa Wieś Książęca, Tabor Mały, Tabor Wielki and Weronikopole. Gmina", "id": "7427212" }, { "contents": "Gmina Środa Wielkopolska\n\n\nGmina Środa Wielkopolska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Środa Wielkopolska County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Środa Wielkopolska, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 30,023 (out of which the population of Środa Wielkopolska amounts to 21,635, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,388). Apart from the town of Środa Wielkopolska,", "id": "7577108" }, { "contents": "Gmina Odolanów\n\n\nGmina Odolanów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Odolanów, which lies approximately south of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,867 (out of which the population of Odolanów amounts to 4,960, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,907). The gmina contains part of the", "id": "7575765" }, { "contents": "Przedecz\n\n\nPrzedecz (; ) is a historic town in Koło County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship of Poland, with 1,779 inhabitants (2006). The town is situated in central Poland, midway between Chodecz and Kłodawa. It is located about northwest of Łódź, west of Warsaw and east of Poznań. The southeast side of Przedecz borders on the shore of Lake Przedecz. Nearby is one of the sources of the Noteć river. Przedecz is first mentioned in 1136 deed issued by Pope Innocent II, denoting the settlement as a possession held by", "id": "10103076" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zagórów\n\n\nGmina Zagórów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Słupca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zagórów, which lies approximately south of Słupca and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,073 (out of which the population of Zagórów amounts to 2,932, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,141). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Warta", "id": "7576873" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostroróg\n\n\nGmina Ostroróg is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostroróg, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,865 (out of which the population of Ostroróg amounts to 1,995, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,870). Apart from the town of Ostroróg", "id": "7577081" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wronki\n\n\nGmina Wronki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wronki, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,713 (out of which the population of Wronki amounts to 11,551, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,162). Apart from the town of Wronki", "id": "7577092" }, { "contents": "Gmina Lwówek\n\n\nGmina Lwówek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Lwówek, which lies approximately north of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,151 (out of which the population of Lwówek amounts to 2,909, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,242). Apart from the town of Lwówek, Gmina", "id": "7575726" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nowa Sarzyna\n\n\nGmina Nowa Sarzyna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leżajsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowa Sarzyna, which lies approximately north-west of Leżajsk and north-east of the regional capital Rzeszów. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 21,296 (out of which the population of Nowa Sarzyna amounts to 6,308, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 14,988). Apart from the town", "id": "5471232" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłecko\n\n\nGmina Kłecko is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłecko, which lies approximately north-west of Gniezno and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,569 (out of which the population of Kłecko amounts to 2,677, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,892). During the German Invasion of Poland", "id": "7426072" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krobia\n\n\nGmina Krobia is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krobia, which lies approximately south of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,792 (out of which the population of Krobia amounts to 4,022, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,770). Apart from the town of Krobia, Gmina Krobia contains", "id": "7426507" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dolsk\n\n\nGmina Dolsk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dolsk, which lies approximately south of Śrem and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,732 (out of which the population of Dolsk amounts to 1,479, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,253). Apart from the town of Dolsk, Gmina Dolsk contains", "id": "8083466" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzcianka\n\n\nGmina Trzcianka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzcianka, which lies approximately north of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,482 (out of which the population of Trzcianka amounts to 16,756, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,726). Apart from the town of Trzcianka", "id": "7426054" }, { "contents": "Gmina Międzychód\n\n\nGmina Międzychód is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Międzychód, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,290 (out of which the population of Międzychód amounts to 10,920, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,370). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Pszczew Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "7575703" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wieleń\n\n\nGmina Wieleń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wieleń, which lies approximately west of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,572 (out of which the population of Wieleń amounts to 5,940, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,632). Apart from the town of Wieleń", "id": "7426058" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rybno, Masovian Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rybno is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Sochaczew County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rybno, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Sochaczew and 62 km (38 mi) west of Warsaw. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,494. Gmina Rybno contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Antosin, Bronisławy, Ćmiszew Rybnowski, Ćmiszew-Parcel, Cypriany, Erminów, Jasieniec,", "id": "5184822" }, { "contents": "Gmina Domaszowice\n\n\nGmina Domaszowice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Namysłów County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Domaszowice, which lies approximately east of Namysłów and north of the regional capital Opole. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,772. Gmina Domaszowice contains the villages and settlements of Domaszowice, Dziedzice, Gręboszów, Kopalina, Nowa Wieś, Piekło, Polkowskie, Siemysłów, Stary Gręboszów, Strzelce, Sułoszów, Świbne, Szerzyna, Wielka Kolonia", "id": "5406927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wysoka\n\n\nGmina Wysoka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wysoka, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,890 (out of which the population of Wysoka amounts to 2,750, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,140). It is situated in the historical region of Krajna.", "id": "7576291" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kazimierza Wielka\n\n\nGmina Kazimierza Wielka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kazimierza County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kazimierza Wielka, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,759 (out of which the population of Kazimierza Wielka amounts to 5,730, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 11,029). Apart from the town of Kazimierza Wielka, Gmina Kazimierza Wielka contains", "id": "7014442" }, { "contents": "Gmina Śrem\n\n\nGmina Śrem is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Śrem, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 39,841 (out of which the population of Śrem amounts to 30,227, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,614). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Chłapowski Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "8083461" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatówek\n\n\nGmina Opatówek is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatówek (population 3,800), which lies approximately east of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,148. Gmina Opatówek is bordered by the city of Kalisz and by the gminas of Ceków-Kolonia, Godziesze Wielkie, Koźminek, Szczytniki and Żelazków. The gmina contains the", "id": "20628584" }, { "contents": "Gmina Słomniki\n\n\nGmina Słomniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Słomniki, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,589 (out of which the population of Słomniki amounts to 4,331, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,258). Apart from the town of Słomniki, Gmina Słomniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "3315531" }, { "contents": "Gmina Proszowice\n\n\nGmina Proszowice is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Proszowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Proszowice, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,188 (out of which the population of Proszowice amounts to 6,205, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,983). Apart from the town of Proszowice, Gmina Proszowice contains the villages and settlements", "id": "4626927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychtal\n\n\nGmina Rychtal is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rychtal, which lies approximately south-west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,041. Gmina Rychtal contains the villages and settlements of Dalanów, Darnowiec, Drożki, Dworzyszcze, Krzyżowniki, Mały Buczek, Nowa Wieś, Proszów, Remiszówka, Skoroszów, Stogniewice, Szarlota", "id": "7427224" }, { "contents": "Gmina Poniec\n\n\nGmina Poniec is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Poniec, which lies approximately south-west of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,866 (out of which the population of Poniec amounts to 2,875, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,991). Apart from the town of Poniec, Gmina", "id": "7426590" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rzgów, Łódź Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rzgów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Łódź East County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rzgów, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Łódź. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,019 (out of which the population of Rzgów amounts to 3,338, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,681). Apart from the town of Rzgów, Gmina Rzgów contains the villages and settlements of Babichy", "id": "3242989" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatów, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Opatów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatów, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,635 (out of which the population of Opatów amounts to 6,846, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,789). Apart from the town of Opatów, Gmina Opatów contains the villages and settlements of", "id": "7292087" } ]

[ { "contents": "Gmina Przedecz\n\n\nGmina Przedecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Przedecz, which lies approximately north-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,319 (out of which the population of Przedecz amounts to 1,771, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,548). Apart from the town of Przedecz, Gmina", "id": "7575434" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłodawa, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Kłodawa is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłodawa, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,307 (out of which the population of Kłodawa amounts to 6,829, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,478). Apart from the town of Kłodawa, Gmina Kłodawa contains", "id": "7427258" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osiek Mały\n\n\nGmina Osiek Mały is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Osiek Mały, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,866. Gmina Osiek Mały contains the villages and settlements of Borecznia Wielka, Dęby Szlacheckie, Drzewce, Felicjanów, Grądy, Lipiny, Łuczywno, Maciejewo, Młynek, Moczydła, Nowa Wieś, Nowe", "id": "7575433" }, { "contents": "Gmina Babiak\n\n\nGmina Babiak is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Babiak, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,920. Gmina Babiak contains the villages and settlements of Babiak, Bogusławice, Bogusławice-Nowiny, Brdów, Brzezie, Bugaj, Dębno Królewskie, Dębno Poproboszczowskie, Góraj, Gryglaki, Janowice, Józefowo, Kiejsze", "id": "7427252" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dąbie, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dąbie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dąbie, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,644 (out of which the population of Dąbie amounts to 2,087, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,557). Apart from the town of Dąbie, Gmina", "id": "7427256" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodów\n\n\nGmina Chodów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Chodów, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,475. Gmina Chodów contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Bowyczyny, Budy-Gole, Chodów, Chrzanowo, Czerwonka, Długie, Domaników, Dziegielewo, Dzierzbice, Elizanów, Gąsiory, Ignacewo, Jagiełłów", "id": "7427255" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kościelec\n\n\nGmina Kościelec is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Kościelec, which lies approximately south-west of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,667. Gmina Kościelec contains the villages and settlements of Białków Górny, Białków Kościelny, Dąbrowice, Dąbrowice Częściowe, Daniszew, Dobrów, Gąsiorów, Gozdów, Kościelec, Łęka, Leszcze, Mariampol,", "id": "7575390" }, { "contents": "Gmina Grzegorzew\n\n\nGmina Grzegorzew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Grzegorzew, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,617. Gmina Grzegorzew contains the villages and settlements of Barłogi, Boguszyniec, Borysławice Kościelne, Borysławice Zamkowe, Bylice, Bylice-Kolonia, Grodna, Grzegorzew, Kiełczewek, Ladorudzek, Ponętów Dolny,", "id": "7427257" }, { "contents": "Gmina Olszówka\n\n\nGmina Olszówka is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Olszówka, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,757. Gmina Olszówka contains the villages and settlements of Adamin, Dębowiczki, Drzewce, Głębokie, Grabina, Krzewata, Łubianka, Młynik, Mniewo, Nowa Wioska, Olszówka, Ostrów, Ponętów Górny Drugi,", "id": "7575392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kostrzyn\n\n\nGmina Kostrzyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kostrzyn, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,456 (out of which the population of Kostrzyn amounts to 8,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,917). Apart from the town of Kostrzyn, Gmina Kostrzyn contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Swarzędz\n\n\nGmina Swarzędz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Swarzędz, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,499 (out of which the population of Swarzędz amounts to 29,894, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,605). Apart from the town of Swarzędz, Gmina Swarzędz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576775" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jarocin, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Jarocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jarocin, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 44,430 (out of which the population of Jarocin amounts to 25,834, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 18,596). Apart from the town of Jarocin, Gmina Jarocin contains the villages", "id": "7426646" }, { "contents": "Gmina Izbica Kujawska\n\n\nGmina Izbica Kujawska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Izbica Kujawska, which lies approximately south-west of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,008 (out of which the population of Izbica Kujawska amounts to 2,783, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,225). Apart from the town of Izbica Kujawska", "id": "3000260" }, { "contents": "Gmina Września\n\n\nGmina Września is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Września, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2012 its total population is 45,523 (out of which the population of Września amounts to 29,564, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,959). Apart from the town of Września, Gmina Września contains the villages and settlements", "id": "8083549" }, { "contents": "Gmina Oborniki\n\n\nGmina Oborniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Oborniki, which lies approximately north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 31,541 (out of which the population of Oborniki amounts to 17,850, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 13,691). Apart from the town of Oborniki, Gmina Oborniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "1413631" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osieczna, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Osieczna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Osieczna, which lies approximately north-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,576 (out of which the population of Osieczna amounts to 2,018, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,558). Apart from the town of Osieczna, Gmina", "id": "7575680" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mosina\n\n\nGmina Mosina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mosina, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 25,098 (out of which the population of Mosina amounts to 12,150, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,948). Apart from the town of Mosina, Gmina Mosina contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576490" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gizałki\n\n\nGmina Gizałki is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Gizałki, which lies approximately north of Pleszew and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,628. Gmina Gizałki contains the villages and settlements of Białobłoty, Czołnochów, Dziewin Duży, Gizałki, Gizałki-Las, Leszczyca, Nowa Wieś, Obory, Obory-Kolonia, Orlina Duża,", "id": "7576392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kępno\n\n\nGmina Kępno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kępno, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 24,308 (out of which the population of Kępno amounts to 14,710, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,598). Apart from the town of Kępno, Gmina Kępno contains the villages", "id": "7427019" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostrzeszów\n\n\nGmina Ostrzeszów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostrzeszów, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,346 (out of which the population of Ostrzeszów amounts to 14,536, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,810). Apart from the town of Ostrzeszów, Gmina Ostrzeszów contains the villages", "id": "7575789" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pleszew\n\n\nGmina Pleszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pleszew, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,790 (out of which the population of Pleszew amounts to 17,787, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,003). Apart from the town of Pleszew, Gmina Pleszew contains the villages", "id": "7576347" }, { "contents": "Gmina Margonin\n\n\nGmina Margonin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Margonin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,414 (out of which the population of Margonin amounts to 2,956, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,458). Apart from the town of Margonin, Gmina Margonin contains", "id": "7426007" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamocin\n\n\nGmina Szamocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamocin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,292 (out of which the population of Szamocin amounts to 4,267, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,025). Apart from the town of Szamocin, Gmina Szamocin contains", "id": "7426010" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kleczew\n\n\nGmina Kleczew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kleczew, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,721 (out of which the population of Kleczew amounts to 4,173, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,548). Apart from the town of Kleczew, Gmina Kleczew contains", "id": "7575448" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ślesin\n\n\nGmina Ślesin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ślesin, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Ślesin amounts to 3,102, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,344). Apart from the town of Ślesin, Gmina Ślesin contains", "id": "7575502" }, { "contents": "Gmina Łobżenica\n\n\nGmina Łobżenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Łobżenica, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,853 (out of which the population of Łobżenica amounts to 3,172, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,681). Apart from the town of Łobżenica, Gmina Łobżenica contains", "id": "7576139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wyrzysk\n\n\nGmina Wyrzysk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wyrzysk, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,132 (out of which the population of Wyrzysk amounts to 5,234, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,898). Apart from the town of Wyrzysk, Gmina Wyrzysk contains", "id": "7576223" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krotoszyn\n\n\nGmina Krotoszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krotoszyn, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,360 (of which the population of Krotoszyn amounts to 29,421, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,939). Apart from the town of Krotoszyn, Gmina Krotoszyn contains the villages and", "id": "7575611" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzemeszno\n\n\nGmina Trzemeszno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzemeszno, which lies approximately east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,019 (out of which the population of Trzemeszno amounts to 7,789, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,230). Apart from the town of Trzemeszno, Gmina Trzemeszno contains", "id": "7426124" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gostyń\n\n\nGmina Gostyń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gostyń, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 27,860 (out of which the population of Gostyń amounts to 20,588, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,272). Apart from the town of Gostyń, Gmina Gostyń contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7426493" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rawicz\n\n\nGmina Rawicz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rawicz, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population was 29,434 (out of which the population of Rawicz amounted to 21,301, and the population of the rural part of the gmina was 8,133). Apart from the town of Rawicz, Gmina Rawicz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576781" }, { "contents": "Gmina Golina\n\n\nGmina Golina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Golina, which lies approximately north-west of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,326 (out of which the population of Golina amounts to 4,330, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,996). Apart from the town of Golina, Gmina", "id": "7575438" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sieraków\n\n\nGmina Sieraków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sieraków, which lies approximately east of Międzychód and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,649 (out of which the population of Sieraków amounts to 5,994, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,655). Apart from the town of Sieraków, Gmina", "id": "7575717" }, { "contents": "Gmina Tuliszków\n\n\nGmina Tuliszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Tuliszków, which lies approximately north-west of Turek and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,510 (out of which the population of Tuliszków amounts to 3,393, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,117). Apart from the town of Tuliszków, Gmina", "id": "8083520" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dobra, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dobra is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dobra, which lies approximately south-east of Turek and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,368 (out of which the population of Dobra amounts to 1,511, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,857). Apart from the town of Dobra", "id": "8083471" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rogoźno\n\n\nGmina Rogoźno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rogoźno, which lies approximately north-east of Oborniki and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,322 (out of which the population of Rogoźno amounts to 10,905, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,417). Apart from the town of Rogoźno, Gmina", "id": "1413595" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamotuły\n\n\nGmina Szamotuły is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamotuły, which lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 28,575 (out of which the population of Szamotuły amounts to 18,760, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,815). Apart from the town of Szamotuły, Gmina Szamotuły contains the villages", "id": "7577025" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nekla\n\n\nGmina Nekla is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Nekla, which lies approximately west of Września and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,623 (out of which the population of Nekla amounts to 3,203, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,420). Apart from the town of Nekla, Gmina Nekla contains", "id": "8083558" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gołańcz\n\n\nGmina Gołańcz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gołańcz, which lies approximately north-east of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,391 (out of which the population of Gołańcz amounts to 3,342, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,049). Apart from the town of Gołańcz", "id": "8083529" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stęszew\n\n\nGmina Stęszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stęszew, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,919 (out of which the population of Stęszew amounts to 5,339, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,580). Apart from the town of Stęszew, Gmina Stęszew contains the villages", "id": "7576754" }, { "contents": "Gmina Żerków\n\n\nGmina Żerków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Żerków, which lies approximately north of Jarocin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,555 (out of which the population of Żerków amounts to 2,058, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,497). Apart from the town of Żerków, Gmina", "id": "7426670" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stawiszyn\n\n\nGmina Stawiszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stawiszyn, which lies approximately north of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,244 (out of which the population of Stawiszyn amounts to 1,554, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,690). Apart from the town of Stawiszyn, Gmina", "id": "7426954" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mikstat\n\n\nGmina Mikstat is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mikstat, which lies approximately north of Ostrzeszów and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,187 (out of which the population of Mikstat amounts to 1,840, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,347). Apart from the town of Mikstat, Gmina", "id": "7576120" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jutrosin\n\n\nGmina Jutrosin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jutrosin, which lies approximately east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,070 (out of which the population of Jutrosin amounts to 1,872, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,198). Apart from the town of Jutrosin, Gmina Jutrosin contains", "id": "7576794" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kórnik\n\n\nGmina Kórnik (Kórnik Commune) is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kórnik, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,585 (out of which the population of Kórnik amounts to 6,981, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,604). Apart from the town of Kórnik, Gmina", "id": "7576478" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sompolno\n\n\nGmina Sompolno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sompolno, which lies approximately north-east of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,530 (of which the population of Sompolno amounts to 3,695, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,835). Apart from the town of Sompolno, Gmina Sompolno", "id": "7575495" }, { "contents": "Gmina Witkowo\n\n\nGmina Witkowo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Witkowo, which lies approximately south-east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Witkowo amounts to 7,855, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,591). Apart from the town of Witkowo, Gmina", "id": "7426139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Buk\n\n\nGmina Buk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Buk, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,917, of which the population of Buk is 6,181, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,736. Apart from the town of Buk, Gmina Buk contains the villages and settlements of Cieśle,", "id": "7576420" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czerniejewo\n\n\nGmina Czerniejewo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czerniejewo, which lies approximately south-west of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,913 (out of which the population of Czerniejewo amounts to 2,556, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,357). Apart from the town of Czerniejewo, Gmina", "id": "7426061" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wolsztyn\n\n\nGmina Wolsztyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wolsztyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wolsztyn, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,216 (out of which the population of Wolsztyn amounts to 13,557, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,659). Apart from the town of Wolsztyn, Gmina Wolsztyn contains the villages", "id": "8083545" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodecz\n\n\nGmina Chodecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Chodecz, which lies approximately south of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,395 (out of which the population of Chodecz amounts to 1,936, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,459). Apart from the town of Chodecz, Gmina Chodecz contains the villages", "id": "3000237" }, { "contents": "Gmina Skoki\n\n\nGmina Skoki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Skoki, which lies approximately south of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,749 (out of which the population of Skoki amounts to 3,866, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,883). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "1556184" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czempiń\n\n\nGmina Czempiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czempiń, which lies approximately north-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,259 (out of which the population of Czempiń amounts to 5,135, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,124). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pogorzela\n\n\nGmina Pogorzela is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pogorzela, which lies approximately south-east of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,157 (out of which the population of Pogorzela amounts to 1,974, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,183). Apart from the town of Pogorzela, Gmina", "id": "7426581" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychwał\n\n\nGmina Rychwał is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rychwał, which lies approximately south of Konin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,387 (out of which the population of Rychwał amounts to 2,377, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,010). Apart from the town of Rychwał, Gmina", "id": "7575475" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opalenica\n\n\nGmina Opalenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opalenica, which lies approximately east of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,588 (out of which the population of Opalenica amounts to 9,104, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,484). Apart from the town of Opalenica, Gmina", "id": "7575746" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koźmin Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Koźmin Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koźmin Wielkopolski, which lies approximately north of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,820 (out of which the population of Koźmin Wielkopolski amounts to 6,707, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,113). Apart from the town of", "id": "7575621" }, { "contents": "Gmina Raszków\n\n\nGmina Raszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Raszków, which lies approximately north of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,275 (out of which the population of Raszków amounts to 2,037, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,238). Apart from the town of Raszków", "id": "7575772" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miejska Górka\n\n\nGmina Miejska Górka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miejska Górka, which lies approximately north-east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,283 (out of which the population of Miejska Górka amounts to 3,128, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,155). Apart from the town of", "id": "7576825" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ujście\n\n\nGmina Ujście is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ujście, which lies approximately south of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,009 (out of which the population of Ujście amounts to 3,899, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,110). Apart from the town of Ujście, Gmina Ujście contains", "id": "7576174" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pniewy, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Pniewy is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pniewy, which lies approximately south-west of Szamotuły and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,905 (out of which the population of Pniewy amounts to 7,464, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,441). Apart from the town of Pniewy, Gmina", "id": "7577091" }, { "contents": "Gmina Książ Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Książ Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Książ Wielkopolski, which lies approximately east of Śrem and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,429 (out of which the population of Książ Wielkopolski amounts to 2,724, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,705). Apart from the town of", "id": "8083469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miłosław\n\n\nGmina Miłosław is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miłosław, which lies approximately south-west of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,266 (out of which the population of Miłosław amounts to 3,589, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,677). Apart from the town of Miłosław", "id": "8083552" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zduny, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Zduny is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zduny, which lies approximately south-west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,946 (out of which the population of Zduny amounts to 4,498, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,448). Apart from the town of Zduny, Gmina", "id": "7575635" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rozdrażew\n\n\nGmina Rozdrażew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rozdrażew, which lies approximately north-east of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,155. Gmina Rozdrażew contains the villages and settlements of Budy, Chwałki, Dąbrowa, Dębowiec, Dzielice, Grębów, Henryków, Maciejew, Nowa Wieś, Rozdrażew, Trzemeszno, Wolenice,", "id": "7575629" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jastrowie\n\n\nGmina Jastrowie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jastrowie, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,401 (out of which the population of Jastrowie amounts to 8,403, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,998). Apart from the town of Jastrowie, Gmina", "id": "8083566" }, { "contents": "Gmina Okonek\n\n\nGmina Okonek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Okonek, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,909 (out of which the population of Okonek amounts to 3,827, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,082). Apart from the town of Okonek, Gmina", "id": "8083574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rydzyna\n\n\nGmina Rydzyna () is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rydzyna, which lies approximately south-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,076 (out of which the population of Rydzyna amounts to 2,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,537). Apart from the town of Rydzyna", "id": "7575682" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krzywiń\n\n\nGmina Krzywiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krzywiń, which lies approximately south-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,892 (out of which the population of Krzywiń amounts to 1,547, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,345). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575597" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pyzdry\n\n\nGmina Pyzdry is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pyzdry, which lies approximately south of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,217 (out of which the population of Pyzdry amounts to 3,188, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,029). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "8083559" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koło\n\n\nGmina Koło is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koło, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,995. Gmina Koło contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrówka, Borki, Chojny, Czołowo, Czołowo-Kolonia, Dąbrowa, Dzierawy, Kaczyniec, Kamień, Kiełczew Górny, Kiełczew Smużny Czwarty, Kiełczew Smużny Pierwszy", "id": "7575389" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krajenka\n\n\nGmina Krajenka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krajenka, which lies approximately south-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,230 (out of which the population of Krajenka amounts to 3,651, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,579). Apart from the town of Krajenka, Gmina", "id": "8083568" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kobylin\n\n\nGmina Kobylin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kobylin, which lies approximately west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,039 (out of which the population of Kobylin amounts to 3,084, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,955). Apart from the town of Kobylin, Gmina Kobylin contains", "id": "7575620" }, { "contents": "Gmina Bralin\n\n\nGmina Bralin is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Bralin, which lies approximately west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,644. Gmina Bralin contains the villages and settlements of Bralin, Chojęcin, Czermin, Działosze, Gola, Mnichowice, Nosale, Nowa Wieś Książęca, Tabor Mały, Tabor Wielki and Weronikopole. Gmina", "id": "7427212" }, { "contents": "Gmina Środa Wielkopolska\n\n\nGmina Środa Wielkopolska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Środa Wielkopolska County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Środa Wielkopolska, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 30,023 (out of which the population of Środa Wielkopolska amounts to 21,635, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,388). Apart from the town of Środa Wielkopolska,", "id": "7577108" }, { "contents": "Gmina Odolanów\n\n\nGmina Odolanów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Odolanów, which lies approximately south of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,867 (out of which the population of Odolanów amounts to 4,960, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,907). The gmina contains part of the", "id": "7575765" }, { "contents": "Przedecz\n\n\nPrzedecz (; ) is a historic town in Koło County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship of Poland, with 1,779 inhabitants (2006). The town is situated in central Poland, midway between Chodecz and Kłodawa. It is located about northwest of Łódź, west of Warsaw and east of Poznań. The southeast side of Przedecz borders on the shore of Lake Przedecz. Nearby is one of the sources of the Noteć river. Przedecz is first mentioned in 1136 deed issued by Pope Innocent II, denoting the settlement as a possession held by", "id": "10103076" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zagórów\n\n\nGmina Zagórów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Słupca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zagórów, which lies approximately south of Słupca and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,073 (out of which the population of Zagórów amounts to 2,932, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,141). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Warta", "id": "7576873" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostroróg\n\n\nGmina Ostroróg is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostroróg, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,865 (out of which the population of Ostroróg amounts to 1,995, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,870). Apart from the town of Ostroróg", "id": "7577081" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wronki\n\n\nGmina Wronki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wronki, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,713 (out of which the population of Wronki amounts to 11,551, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,162). Apart from the town of Wronki", "id": "7577092" }, { "contents": "Gmina Lwówek\n\n\nGmina Lwówek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Lwówek, which lies approximately north of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,151 (out of which the population of Lwówek amounts to 2,909, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,242). Apart from the town of Lwówek, Gmina", "id": "7575726" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nowa Sarzyna\n\n\nGmina Nowa Sarzyna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leżajsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowa Sarzyna, which lies approximately north-west of Leżajsk and north-east of the regional capital Rzeszów. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 21,296 (out of which the population of Nowa Sarzyna amounts to 6,308, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 14,988). Apart from the town", "id": "5471232" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłecko\n\n\nGmina Kłecko is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłecko, which lies approximately north-west of Gniezno and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,569 (out of which the population of Kłecko amounts to 2,677, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,892). During the German Invasion of Poland", "id": "7426072" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krobia\n\n\nGmina Krobia is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krobia, which lies approximately south of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,792 (out of which the population of Krobia amounts to 4,022, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,770). Apart from the town of Krobia, Gmina Krobia contains", "id": "7426507" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dolsk\n\n\nGmina Dolsk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dolsk, which lies approximately south of Śrem and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,732 (out of which the population of Dolsk amounts to 1,479, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,253). Apart from the town of Dolsk, Gmina Dolsk contains", "id": "8083466" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzcianka\n\n\nGmina Trzcianka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzcianka, which lies approximately north of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,482 (out of which the population of Trzcianka amounts to 16,756, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,726). Apart from the town of Trzcianka", "id": "7426054" }, { "contents": "Gmina Międzychód\n\n\nGmina Międzychód is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Międzychód, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,290 (out of which the population of Międzychód amounts to 10,920, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,370). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Pszczew Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "7575703" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wieleń\n\n\nGmina Wieleń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wieleń, which lies approximately west of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,572 (out of which the population of Wieleń amounts to 5,940, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,632). Apart from the town of Wieleń", "id": "7426058" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rybno, Masovian Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rybno is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Sochaczew County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rybno, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Sochaczew and 62 km (38 mi) west of Warsaw. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,494. Gmina Rybno contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Antosin, Bronisławy, Ćmiszew Rybnowski, Ćmiszew-Parcel, Cypriany, Erminów, Jasieniec,", "id": "5184822" }, { "contents": "Gmina Domaszowice\n\n\nGmina Domaszowice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Namysłów County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Domaszowice, which lies approximately east of Namysłów and north of the regional capital Opole. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,772. Gmina Domaszowice contains the villages and settlements of Domaszowice, Dziedzice, Gręboszów, Kopalina, Nowa Wieś, Piekło, Polkowskie, Siemysłów, Stary Gręboszów, Strzelce, Sułoszów, Świbne, Szerzyna, Wielka Kolonia", "id": "5406927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wysoka\n\n\nGmina Wysoka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wysoka, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,890 (out of which the population of Wysoka amounts to 2,750, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,140). It is situated in the historical region of Krajna.", "id": "7576291" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kazimierza Wielka\n\n\nGmina Kazimierza Wielka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kazimierza County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kazimierza Wielka, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,759 (out of which the population of Kazimierza Wielka amounts to 5,730, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 11,029). Apart from the town of Kazimierza Wielka, Gmina Kazimierza Wielka contains", "id": "7014442" }, { "contents": "Gmina Śrem\n\n\nGmina Śrem is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Śrem, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 39,841 (out of which the population of Śrem amounts to 30,227, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,614). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Chłapowski Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "8083461" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatówek\n\n\nGmina Opatówek is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatówek (population 3,800), which lies approximately east of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,148. Gmina Opatówek is bordered by the city of Kalisz and by the gminas of Ceków-Kolonia, Godziesze Wielkie, Koźminek, Szczytniki and Żelazków. The gmina contains the", "id": "20628584" }, { "contents": "Gmina Słomniki\n\n\nGmina Słomniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Słomniki, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,589 (out of which the population of Słomniki amounts to 4,331, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,258). Apart from the town of Słomniki, Gmina Słomniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "3315531" }, { "contents": "Gmina Proszowice\n\n\nGmina Proszowice is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Proszowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Proszowice, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,188 (out of which the population of Proszowice amounts to 6,205, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,983). Apart from the town of Proszowice, Gmina Proszowice contains the villages and settlements", "id": "4626927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychtal\n\n\nGmina Rychtal is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rychtal, which lies approximately south-west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,041. Gmina Rychtal contains the villages and settlements of Dalanów, Darnowiec, Drożki, Dworzyszcze, Krzyżowniki, Mały Buczek, Nowa Wieś, Proszów, Remiszówka, Skoroszów, Stogniewice, Szarlota", "id": "7427224" }, { "contents": "Gmina Poniec\n\n\nGmina Poniec is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Poniec, which lies approximately south-west of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,866 (out of which the population of Poniec amounts to 2,875, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,991). Apart from the town of Poniec, Gmina", "id": "7426590" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rzgów, Łódź Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rzgów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Łódź East County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rzgów, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Łódź. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,019 (out of which the population of Rzgów amounts to 3,338, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,681). Apart from the town of Rzgów, Gmina Rzgów contains the villages and settlements of Babichy", "id": "3242989" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatów, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Opatów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatów, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,635 (out of which the population of Opatów amounts to 6,846, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,789). Apart from the town of Opatów, Gmina Opatów contains the villages and settlements of", "id": "7292087" } ]

[ { "contents": "Gmina Przedecz\n\n\nGmina Przedecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Przedecz, which lies approximately north-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,319 (out of which the population of Przedecz amounts to 1,771, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,548). Apart from the town of Przedecz, Gmina", "id": "7575434" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłodawa, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Kłodawa is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłodawa, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,307 (out of which the population of Kłodawa amounts to 6,829, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,478). Apart from the town of Kłodawa, Gmina Kłodawa contains", "id": "7427258" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osiek Mały\n\n\nGmina Osiek Mały is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Osiek Mały, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,866. Gmina Osiek Mały contains the villages and settlements of Borecznia Wielka, Dęby Szlacheckie, Drzewce, Felicjanów, Grądy, Lipiny, Łuczywno, Maciejewo, Młynek, Moczydła, Nowa Wieś, Nowe", "id": "7575433" }, { "contents": "Gmina Babiak\n\n\nGmina Babiak is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Babiak, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,920. Gmina Babiak contains the villages and settlements of Babiak, Bogusławice, Bogusławice-Nowiny, Brdów, Brzezie, Bugaj, Dębno Królewskie, Dębno Poproboszczowskie, Góraj, Gryglaki, Janowice, Józefowo, Kiejsze", "id": "7427252" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dąbie, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dąbie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dąbie, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,644 (out of which the population of Dąbie amounts to 2,087, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,557). Apart from the town of Dąbie, Gmina", "id": "7427256" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodów\n\n\nGmina Chodów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Chodów, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,475. Gmina Chodów contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Bowyczyny, Budy-Gole, Chodów, Chrzanowo, Czerwonka, Długie, Domaników, Dziegielewo, Dzierzbice, Elizanów, Gąsiory, Ignacewo, Jagiełłów", "id": "7427255" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kościelec\n\n\nGmina Kościelec is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Kościelec, which lies approximately south-west of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,667. Gmina Kościelec contains the villages and settlements of Białków Górny, Białków Kościelny, Dąbrowice, Dąbrowice Częściowe, Daniszew, Dobrów, Gąsiorów, Gozdów, Kościelec, Łęka, Leszcze, Mariampol,", "id": "7575390" }, { "contents": "Gmina Grzegorzew\n\n\nGmina Grzegorzew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Grzegorzew, which lies approximately south-east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,617. Gmina Grzegorzew contains the villages and settlements of Barłogi, Boguszyniec, Borysławice Kościelne, Borysławice Zamkowe, Bylice, Bylice-Kolonia, Grodna, Grzegorzew, Kiełczewek, Ladorudzek, Ponętów Dolny,", "id": "7427257" }, { "contents": "Gmina Olszówka\n\n\nGmina Olszówka is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Olszówka, which lies approximately east of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,757. Gmina Olszówka contains the villages and settlements of Adamin, Dębowiczki, Drzewce, Głębokie, Grabina, Krzewata, Łubianka, Młynik, Mniewo, Nowa Wioska, Olszówka, Ostrów, Ponętów Górny Drugi,", "id": "7575392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kostrzyn\n\n\nGmina Kostrzyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kostrzyn, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,456 (out of which the population of Kostrzyn amounts to 8,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,917). Apart from the town of Kostrzyn, Gmina Kostrzyn contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Swarzędz\n\n\nGmina Swarzędz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Swarzędz, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,499 (out of which the population of Swarzędz amounts to 29,894, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,605). Apart from the town of Swarzędz, Gmina Swarzędz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576775" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jarocin, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Jarocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jarocin, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 44,430 (out of which the population of Jarocin amounts to 25,834, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 18,596). Apart from the town of Jarocin, Gmina Jarocin contains the villages", "id": "7426646" }, { "contents": "Gmina Izbica Kujawska\n\n\nGmina Izbica Kujawska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Izbica Kujawska, which lies approximately south-west of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,008 (out of which the population of Izbica Kujawska amounts to 2,783, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,225). Apart from the town of Izbica Kujawska", "id": "3000260" }, { "contents": "Gmina Września\n\n\nGmina Września is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Września, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2012 its total population is 45,523 (out of which the population of Września amounts to 29,564, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,959). Apart from the town of Września, Gmina Września contains the villages and settlements", "id": "8083549" }, { "contents": "Gmina Oborniki\n\n\nGmina Oborniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Oborniki, which lies approximately north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 31,541 (out of which the population of Oborniki amounts to 17,850, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 13,691). Apart from the town of Oborniki, Gmina Oborniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "1413631" }, { "contents": "Gmina Osieczna, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Osieczna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Osieczna, which lies approximately north-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,576 (out of which the population of Osieczna amounts to 2,018, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,558). Apart from the town of Osieczna, Gmina", "id": "7575680" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mosina\n\n\nGmina Mosina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mosina, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 25,098 (out of which the population of Mosina amounts to 12,150, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,948). Apart from the town of Mosina, Gmina Mosina contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576490" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gizałki\n\n\nGmina Gizałki is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Gizałki, which lies approximately north of Pleszew and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,628. Gmina Gizałki contains the villages and settlements of Białobłoty, Czołnochów, Dziewin Duży, Gizałki, Gizałki-Las, Leszczyca, Nowa Wieś, Obory, Obory-Kolonia, Orlina Duża,", "id": "7576392" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kępno\n\n\nGmina Kępno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kępno, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 24,308 (out of which the population of Kępno amounts to 14,710, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,598). Apart from the town of Kępno, Gmina Kępno contains the villages", "id": "7427019" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostrzeszów\n\n\nGmina Ostrzeszów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostrzeszów, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,346 (out of which the population of Ostrzeszów amounts to 14,536, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,810). Apart from the town of Ostrzeszów, Gmina Ostrzeszów contains the villages", "id": "7575789" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pleszew\n\n\nGmina Pleszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pleszew, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,790 (out of which the population of Pleszew amounts to 17,787, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,003). Apart from the town of Pleszew, Gmina Pleszew contains the villages", "id": "7576347" }, { "contents": "Gmina Margonin\n\n\nGmina Margonin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Margonin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,414 (out of which the population of Margonin amounts to 2,956, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,458). Apart from the town of Margonin, Gmina Margonin contains", "id": "7426007" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamocin\n\n\nGmina Szamocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamocin, which lies approximately east of Chodzież and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,292 (out of which the population of Szamocin amounts to 4,267, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,025). Apart from the town of Szamocin, Gmina Szamocin contains", "id": "7426010" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kleczew\n\n\nGmina Kleczew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kleczew, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,721 (out of which the population of Kleczew amounts to 4,173, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,548). Apart from the town of Kleczew, Gmina Kleczew contains", "id": "7575448" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ślesin\n\n\nGmina Ślesin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ślesin, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Ślesin amounts to 3,102, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,344). Apart from the town of Ślesin, Gmina Ślesin contains", "id": "7575502" }, { "contents": "Gmina Łobżenica\n\n\nGmina Łobżenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Łobżenica, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,853 (out of which the population of Łobżenica amounts to 3,172, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,681). Apart from the town of Łobżenica, Gmina Łobżenica contains", "id": "7576139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wyrzysk\n\n\nGmina Wyrzysk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wyrzysk, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,132 (out of which the population of Wyrzysk amounts to 5,234, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,898). Apart from the town of Wyrzysk, Gmina Wyrzysk contains", "id": "7576223" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krotoszyn\n\n\nGmina Krotoszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krotoszyn, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 40,360 (of which the population of Krotoszyn amounts to 29,421, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,939). Apart from the town of Krotoszyn, Gmina Krotoszyn contains the villages and", "id": "7575611" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzemeszno\n\n\nGmina Trzemeszno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzemeszno, which lies approximately east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,019 (out of which the population of Trzemeszno amounts to 7,789, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,230). Apart from the town of Trzemeszno, Gmina Trzemeszno contains", "id": "7426124" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gostyń\n\n\nGmina Gostyń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gostyń, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 27,860 (out of which the population of Gostyń amounts to 20,588, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,272). Apart from the town of Gostyń, Gmina Gostyń contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7426493" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rawicz\n\n\nGmina Rawicz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rawicz, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population was 29,434 (out of which the population of Rawicz amounted to 21,301, and the population of the rural part of the gmina was 8,133). Apart from the town of Rawicz, Gmina Rawicz contains the villages and settlements", "id": "7576781" }, { "contents": "Gmina Golina\n\n\nGmina Golina is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Golina, which lies approximately north-west of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,326 (out of which the population of Golina amounts to 4,330, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,996). Apart from the town of Golina, Gmina", "id": "7575438" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sieraków\n\n\nGmina Sieraków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sieraków, which lies approximately east of Międzychód and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,649 (out of which the population of Sieraków amounts to 5,994, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,655). Apart from the town of Sieraków, Gmina", "id": "7575717" }, { "contents": "Gmina Tuliszków\n\n\nGmina Tuliszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Tuliszków, which lies approximately north-west of Turek and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,510 (out of which the population of Tuliszków amounts to 3,393, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,117). Apart from the town of Tuliszków, Gmina", "id": "8083520" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dobra, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Dobra is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dobra, which lies approximately south-east of Turek and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,368 (out of which the population of Dobra amounts to 1,511, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,857). Apart from the town of Dobra", "id": "8083471" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rogoźno\n\n\nGmina Rogoźno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rogoźno, which lies approximately north-east of Oborniki and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,322 (out of which the population of Rogoźno amounts to 10,905, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,417). Apart from the town of Rogoźno, Gmina", "id": "1413595" }, { "contents": "Gmina Szamotuły\n\n\nGmina Szamotuły is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamotuły, which lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 28,575 (out of which the population of Szamotuły amounts to 18,760, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,815). Apart from the town of Szamotuły, Gmina Szamotuły contains the villages", "id": "7577025" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nekla\n\n\nGmina Nekla is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Nekla, which lies approximately west of Września and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,623 (out of which the population of Nekla amounts to 3,203, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,420). Apart from the town of Nekla, Gmina Nekla contains", "id": "8083558" }, { "contents": "Gmina Gołańcz\n\n\nGmina Gołańcz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gołańcz, which lies approximately north-east of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,391 (out of which the population of Gołańcz amounts to 3,342, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,049). Apart from the town of Gołańcz", "id": "8083529" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stęszew\n\n\nGmina Stęszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stęszew, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,919 (out of which the population of Stęszew amounts to 5,339, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,580). Apart from the town of Stęszew, Gmina Stęszew contains the villages", "id": "7576754" }, { "contents": "Gmina Żerków\n\n\nGmina Żerków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Żerków, which lies approximately north of Jarocin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,555 (out of which the population of Żerków amounts to 2,058, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,497). Apart from the town of Żerków, Gmina", "id": "7426670" }, { "contents": "Gmina Stawiszyn\n\n\nGmina Stawiszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stawiszyn, which lies approximately north of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,244 (out of which the population of Stawiszyn amounts to 1,554, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,690). Apart from the town of Stawiszyn, Gmina", "id": "7426954" }, { "contents": "Gmina Mikstat\n\n\nGmina Mikstat is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mikstat, which lies approximately north of Ostrzeszów and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,187 (out of which the population of Mikstat amounts to 1,840, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,347). Apart from the town of Mikstat, Gmina", "id": "7576120" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jutrosin\n\n\nGmina Jutrosin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jutrosin, which lies approximately east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,070 (out of which the population of Jutrosin amounts to 1,872, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,198). Apart from the town of Jutrosin, Gmina Jutrosin contains", "id": "7576794" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kórnik\n\n\nGmina Kórnik (Kórnik Commune) is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kórnik, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,585 (out of which the population of Kórnik amounts to 6,981, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,604). Apart from the town of Kórnik, Gmina", "id": "7576478" }, { "contents": "Gmina Sompolno\n\n\nGmina Sompolno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sompolno, which lies approximately north-east of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,530 (of which the population of Sompolno amounts to 3,695, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,835). Apart from the town of Sompolno, Gmina Sompolno", "id": "7575495" }, { "contents": "Gmina Witkowo\n\n\nGmina Witkowo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Witkowo, which lies approximately south-east of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Witkowo amounts to 7,855, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,591). Apart from the town of Witkowo, Gmina", "id": "7426139" }, { "contents": "Gmina Buk\n\n\nGmina Buk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Buk, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,917, of which the population of Buk is 6,181, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,736. Apart from the town of Buk, Gmina Buk contains the villages and settlements of Cieśle,", "id": "7576420" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czerniejewo\n\n\nGmina Czerniejewo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czerniejewo, which lies approximately south-west of Gniezno and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,913 (out of which the population of Czerniejewo amounts to 2,556, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,357). Apart from the town of Czerniejewo, Gmina", "id": "7426061" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wolsztyn\n\n\nGmina Wolsztyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wolsztyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wolsztyn, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 29,216 (out of which the population of Wolsztyn amounts to 13,557, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,659). Apart from the town of Wolsztyn, Gmina Wolsztyn contains the villages", "id": "8083545" }, { "contents": "Gmina Chodecz\n\n\nGmina Chodecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Chodecz, which lies approximately south of Włocławek and south of Toruń. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,395 (out of which the population of Chodecz amounts to 1,936, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,459). Apart from the town of Chodecz, Gmina Chodecz contains the villages", "id": "3000237" }, { "contents": "Gmina Skoki\n\n\nGmina Skoki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Skoki, which lies approximately south of Wągrowiec and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,749 (out of which the population of Skoki amounts to 3,866, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,883). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "1556184" }, { "contents": "Gmina Czempiń\n\n\nGmina Czempiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czempiń, which lies approximately north-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,259 (out of which the population of Czempiń amounts to 5,135, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,124). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pogorzela\n\n\nGmina Pogorzela is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pogorzela, which lies approximately south-east of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,157 (out of which the population of Pogorzela amounts to 1,974, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,183). Apart from the town of Pogorzela, Gmina", "id": "7426581" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychwał\n\n\nGmina Rychwał is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rychwał, which lies approximately south of Konin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,387 (out of which the population of Rychwał amounts to 2,377, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,010). Apart from the town of Rychwał, Gmina", "id": "7575475" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opalenica\n\n\nGmina Opalenica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opalenica, which lies approximately east of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,588 (out of which the population of Opalenica amounts to 9,104, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,484). Apart from the town of Opalenica, Gmina", "id": "7575746" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koźmin Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Koźmin Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koźmin Wielkopolski, which lies approximately north of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,820 (out of which the population of Koźmin Wielkopolski amounts to 6,707, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,113). Apart from the town of", "id": "7575621" }, { "contents": "Gmina Raszków\n\n\nGmina Raszków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Raszków, which lies approximately north of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,275 (out of which the population of Raszków amounts to 2,037, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,238). Apart from the town of Raszków", "id": "7575772" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miejska Górka\n\n\nGmina Miejska Górka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miejska Górka, which lies approximately north-east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,283 (out of which the population of Miejska Górka amounts to 3,128, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,155). Apart from the town of", "id": "7576825" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ujście\n\n\nGmina Ujście is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ujście, which lies approximately south of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,009 (out of which the population of Ujście amounts to 3,899, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,110). Apart from the town of Ujście, Gmina Ujście contains", "id": "7576174" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pniewy, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Pniewy is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pniewy, which lies approximately south-west of Szamotuły and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,905 (out of which the population of Pniewy amounts to 7,464, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,441). Apart from the town of Pniewy, Gmina", "id": "7577091" }, { "contents": "Gmina Książ Wielkopolski\n\n\nGmina Książ Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Książ Wielkopolski, which lies approximately east of Śrem and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,429 (out of which the population of Książ Wielkopolski amounts to 2,724, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,705). Apart from the town of", "id": "8083469" }, { "contents": "Gmina Miłosław\n\n\nGmina Miłosław is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miłosław, which lies approximately south-west of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,266 (out of which the population of Miłosław amounts to 3,589, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,677). Apart from the town of Miłosław", "id": "8083552" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zduny, Greater Poland Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Zduny is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zduny, which lies approximately south-west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,946 (out of which the population of Zduny amounts to 4,498, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,448). Apart from the town of Zduny, Gmina", "id": "7575635" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rozdrażew\n\n\nGmina Rozdrażew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rozdrażew, which lies approximately north-east of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,155. Gmina Rozdrażew contains the villages and settlements of Budy, Chwałki, Dąbrowa, Dębowiec, Dzielice, Grębów, Henryków, Maciejew, Nowa Wieś, Rozdrażew, Trzemeszno, Wolenice,", "id": "7575629" }, { "contents": "Gmina Jastrowie\n\n\nGmina Jastrowie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jastrowie, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,401 (out of which the population of Jastrowie amounts to 8,403, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,998). Apart from the town of Jastrowie, Gmina", "id": "8083566" }, { "contents": "Gmina Okonek\n\n\nGmina Okonek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Okonek, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,909 (out of which the population of Okonek amounts to 3,827, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,082). Apart from the town of Okonek, Gmina", "id": "8083574" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rydzyna\n\n\nGmina Rydzyna () is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rydzyna, which lies approximately south-east of Leszno and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,076 (out of which the population of Rydzyna amounts to 2,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,537). Apart from the town of Rydzyna", "id": "7575682" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krzywiń\n\n\nGmina Krzywiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krzywiń, which lies approximately south-east of Kościan and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,892 (out of which the population of Krzywiń amounts to 1,547, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,345). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "7575597" }, { "contents": "Gmina Pyzdry\n\n\nGmina Pyzdry is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pyzdry, which lies approximately south of Września and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,217 (out of which the population of Pyzdry amounts to 3,188, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,029). The gmina contains part of the protected area", "id": "8083559" }, { "contents": "Gmina Koło\n\n\nGmina Koło is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koło, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,995. Gmina Koło contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrówka, Borki, Chojny, Czołowo, Czołowo-Kolonia, Dąbrowa, Dzierawy, Kaczyniec, Kamień, Kiełczew Górny, Kiełczew Smużny Czwarty, Kiełczew Smużny Pierwszy", "id": "7575389" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krajenka\n\n\nGmina Krajenka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krajenka, which lies approximately south-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,230 (out of which the population of Krajenka amounts to 3,651, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,579). Apart from the town of Krajenka, Gmina", "id": "8083568" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kobylin\n\n\nGmina Kobylin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kobylin, which lies approximately west of Krotoszyn and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,039 (out of which the population of Kobylin amounts to 3,084, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,955). Apart from the town of Kobylin, Gmina Kobylin contains", "id": "7575620" }, { "contents": "Gmina Bralin\n\n\nGmina Bralin is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Bralin, which lies approximately west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,644. Gmina Bralin contains the villages and settlements of Bralin, Chojęcin, Czermin, Działosze, Gola, Mnichowice, Nosale, Nowa Wieś Książęca, Tabor Mały, Tabor Wielki and Weronikopole. Gmina", "id": "7427212" }, { "contents": "Gmina Środa Wielkopolska\n\n\nGmina Środa Wielkopolska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Środa Wielkopolska County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Środa Wielkopolska, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 30,023 (out of which the population of Środa Wielkopolska amounts to 21,635, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,388). Apart from the town of Środa Wielkopolska,", "id": "7577108" }, { "contents": "Gmina Odolanów\n\n\nGmina Odolanów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Odolanów, which lies approximately south of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,867 (out of which the population of Odolanów amounts to 4,960, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,907). The gmina contains part of the", "id": "7575765" }, { "contents": "Przedecz\n\n\nPrzedecz (; ) is a historic town in Koło County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship of Poland, with 1,779 inhabitants (2006). The town is situated in central Poland, midway between Chodecz and Kłodawa. It is located about northwest of Łódź, west of Warsaw and east of Poznań. The southeast side of Przedecz borders on the shore of Lake Przedecz. Nearby is one of the sources of the Noteć river. Przedecz is first mentioned in 1136 deed issued by Pope Innocent II, denoting the settlement as a possession held by", "id": "10103076" }, { "contents": "Gmina Zagórów\n\n\nGmina Zagórów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Słupca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zagórów, which lies approximately south of Słupca and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,073 (out of which the population of Zagórów amounts to 2,932, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,141). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Warta", "id": "7576873" }, { "contents": "Gmina Ostroróg\n\n\nGmina Ostroróg is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostroróg, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,865 (out of which the population of Ostroróg amounts to 1,995, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,870). Apart from the town of Ostroróg", "id": "7577081" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wronki\n\n\nGmina Wronki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wronki, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,713 (out of which the population of Wronki amounts to 11,551, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,162). Apart from the town of Wronki", "id": "7577092" }, { "contents": "Gmina Lwówek\n\n\nGmina Lwówek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Lwówek, which lies approximately north of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,151 (out of which the population of Lwówek amounts to 2,909, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,242). Apart from the town of Lwówek, Gmina", "id": "7575726" }, { "contents": "Gmina Nowa Sarzyna\n\n\nGmina Nowa Sarzyna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leżajsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowa Sarzyna, which lies approximately north-west of Leżajsk and north-east of the regional capital Rzeszów. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 21,296 (out of which the population of Nowa Sarzyna amounts to 6,308, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 14,988). Apart from the town", "id": "5471232" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kłecko\n\n\nGmina Kłecko is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłecko, which lies approximately north-west of Gniezno and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,569 (out of which the population of Kłecko amounts to 2,677, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,892). During the German Invasion of Poland", "id": "7426072" }, { "contents": "Gmina Krobia\n\n\nGmina Krobia is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krobia, which lies approximately south of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,792 (out of which the population of Krobia amounts to 4,022, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,770). Apart from the town of Krobia, Gmina Krobia contains", "id": "7426507" }, { "contents": "Gmina Dolsk\n\n\nGmina Dolsk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Dolsk, which lies approximately south of Śrem and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,732 (out of which the population of Dolsk amounts to 1,479, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,253). Apart from the town of Dolsk, Gmina Dolsk contains", "id": "8083466" }, { "contents": "Gmina Trzcianka\n\n\nGmina Trzcianka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzcianka, which lies approximately north of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,482 (out of which the population of Trzcianka amounts to 16,756, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,726). Apart from the town of Trzcianka", "id": "7426054" }, { "contents": "Gmina Międzychód\n\n\nGmina Międzychód is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Międzychód, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,290 (out of which the population of Międzychód amounts to 10,920, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,370). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Pszczew Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "7575703" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wieleń\n\n\nGmina Wieleń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wieleń, which lies approximately west of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,572 (out of which the population of Wieleń amounts to 5,940, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,632). Apart from the town of Wieleń", "id": "7426058" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rybno, Masovian Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rybno is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Sochaczew County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rybno, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Sochaczew and 62 km (38 mi) west of Warsaw. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,494. Gmina Rybno contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Antosin, Bronisławy, Ćmiszew Rybnowski, Ćmiszew-Parcel, Cypriany, Erminów, Jasieniec,", "id": "5184822" }, { "contents": "Gmina Domaszowice\n\n\nGmina Domaszowice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Namysłów County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Domaszowice, which lies approximately east of Namysłów and north of the regional capital Opole. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,772. Gmina Domaszowice contains the villages and settlements of Domaszowice, Dziedzice, Gręboszów, Kopalina, Nowa Wieś, Piekło, Polkowskie, Siemysłów, Stary Gręboszów, Strzelce, Sułoszów, Świbne, Szerzyna, Wielka Kolonia", "id": "5406927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Wysoka\n\n\nGmina Wysoka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wysoka, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,890 (out of which the population of Wysoka amounts to 2,750, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,140). It is situated in the historical region of Krajna.", "id": "7576291" }, { "contents": "Gmina Kazimierza Wielka\n\n\nGmina Kazimierza Wielka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kazimierza County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kazimierza Wielka, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,759 (out of which the population of Kazimierza Wielka amounts to 5,730, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 11,029). Apart from the town of Kazimierza Wielka, Gmina Kazimierza Wielka contains", "id": "7014442" }, { "contents": "Gmina Śrem\n\n\nGmina Śrem is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Śrem, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 39,841 (out of which the population of Śrem amounts to 30,227, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,614). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Chłapowski Landscape Park. Apart", "id": "8083461" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatówek\n\n\nGmina Opatówek is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatówek (population 3,800), which lies approximately east of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,148. Gmina Opatówek is bordered by the city of Kalisz and by the gminas of Ceków-Kolonia, Godziesze Wielkie, Koźminek, Szczytniki and Żelazków. The gmina contains the", "id": "20628584" }, { "contents": "Gmina Słomniki\n\n\nGmina Słomniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Słomniki, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,589 (out of which the population of Słomniki amounts to 4,331, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,258). Apart from the town of Słomniki, Gmina Słomniki contains the villages and settlements", "id": "3315531" }, { "contents": "Gmina Proszowice\n\n\nGmina Proszowice is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Proszowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Proszowice, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 16,188 (out of which the population of Proszowice amounts to 6,205, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,983). Apart from the town of Proszowice, Gmina Proszowice contains the villages and settlements", "id": "4626927" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rychtal\n\n\nGmina Rychtal is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rychtal, which lies approximately south-west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,041. Gmina Rychtal contains the villages and settlements of Dalanów, Darnowiec, Drożki, Dworzyszcze, Krzyżowniki, Mały Buczek, Nowa Wieś, Proszów, Remiszówka, Skoroszów, Stogniewice, Szarlota", "id": "7427224" }, { "contents": "Gmina Poniec\n\n\nGmina Poniec is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Poniec, which lies approximately south-west of Gostyń and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,866 (out of which the population of Poniec amounts to 2,875, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,991). Apart from the town of Poniec, Gmina", "id": "7426590" }, { "contents": "Gmina Rzgów, Łódź Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Rzgów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Łódź East County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the town of Rzgów, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Łódź. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,019 (out of which the population of Rzgów amounts to 3,338, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,681). Apart from the town of Rzgów, Gmina Rzgów contains the villages and settlements of Babichy", "id": "3242989" }, { "contents": "Gmina Opatów, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship\n\n\nGmina Opatów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Opatów, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,635 (out of which the population of Opatów amounts to 6,846, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,789). Apart from the town of Opatów, Gmina Opatów contains the villages and settlements of", "id": "7292087" } ]

[ { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nfields. South of Thornapple Lake, M-79 angles southeasterly moving from Quimby Road to Scott Road running parallel to the Thornapple River again into the community of Nashville. M-79 meets M-66 and turns south along the latter highway's route along Main and Durkee streets through the community. South of town in Maple Grove Township, M-79 separates from M-66 and turns east along Lawrence Road. Outside of Charlotte, M-79 curves southeast to transition to Lawrence Avenue through town. The eastern terminus is at an intersection with Cochran Avenue, which carries BL I-69", "id": "10575936" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nis located on southbound I-69 at exit 61. The highway was first designated in 1919 between Hastings and Battle Creek. It was later moved to run to Charlotte. A section of M-79 was designated as M-214 in the 1930s. M-214 would later be decommissioned as a highway designation and the M-79 designation was reapplied to the roadway. M-79 starts south of Hastings at a three-way intersection with M-37 in Hastings Township. The trunkline runs east and parallel to a section of the Thornapple River through wooded terrain that is interspersed with farm", "id": "10575935" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 at the same time carries the highway designation to Vermontville. M-79 was extended easterly to Charlotte in 1934 at the same time that the section of the trunkline between Nashville and Vermontville was redesignated M-214. M-79 was rerouted along Assyria and Lawrence roads at the time to connect the sections of M-79 on either side of M-214. By 1941, M-214 was shortened to a connector route in downtown Nashville running between M-79 and M-66. In 1953, M-79 replaced M-214 and the latter designation was retired from the highway system. The last section", "id": "10575938" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nand M-50. M-79 was formed as a state trunkline by July 1, 1919 along part of its present routing. At the time, it ran between Hastings and Nashville as it does today. From Nashville, the trunkline turned south and west to end at the contemporary M-17 in Battle Creek. By 1927, the southernmost section of M-79 was truncated when M-78 was extended to Battle Creek. In late 1930, the southernmost section was shortened once again as a new M-14 designation replaced M-79 south of Nashville. An eastward extension of", "id": "10575937" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the central portion of Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The western terminus is about southeast of Hastings at the junction with M-37 and the eastern terminus is in downtown Charlotte at the junction with M-50 and Business Loop Interstate 69 (BL I-69). It passes through Quimby and Nashville, where there is a junction with M-66. The entire highway is undivided surface road. It has no direct access with Interstate 69 (I-69), although a sign for the highway", "id": "10575934" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nThe M-14 designation of the time was decommissioned and replaced with M-66. Starting at Six Lakes, M-66 turned west along M-46 instead of east and then turned south through Stanton and Ionia ending north of Battle Creek. The highway between Lowell and Lakeview was redesignated as M-91. A minor realignment in late 1950 removed two 90° curves near the Osceola–Missaukee county line and replaced them with a pair of sweeping curves. The MSHD rerouted M-66 between Maple Grove and Nashville in mid-1953. In the changes, M-79 was extended along the", "id": "18787175" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nBarry–Eaton county line. After meeting M-43, the two trunklines run concurrently for about a mile (1.6 km) before M-50 breaks off to the southwest near Woodbury. From there, the road continues in its southeasterly path along Clinton Trail through the northeast part of Eaton County as it runs through fields to Charlotte. Just prior to entering the city, the road bends to the south and near the middle of town it has a junction with M-79 and Business Loop I-69 (BL I-69). After this intersection, M-50", "id": "11076036" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-78 ran along a route similar that of today. It started north of Battle Creek at a junction with then M-79 and cut through the corner of Barry County to Bellevue, but it turned northeasterly to end at Charlotte at a junction with M-29. By 1927, M-78 was extended southward, replacing M-79 to the Indiana state line, connecting with State Road 9 (SR 9) south of Sturgis. At the same time, a northerly addition extended the highway concurrently along US Highway 27 (US 27) to Dewitt and", "id": "18787228" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthrough Dowling and meets the western terminus of M-79. The highway follows Hanover Street through the south side of Hastings into downtown, where it turns west on Green Street and north on Broadway Street. At the intersection of Broadway and State streets, M-37 meets and joins M-43. West of Hastings, M-43 separates and heads south toward Kalamazoo while M-37 turns northwesterly and runs parallel to the Thornapple River. The highway follows the river west and north to the community of Middleville through mixed farms and forests. In southern Kent County, M-37", "id": "17071079" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nends, and M-66 continues northeast out of the Cereal City on Division Street and then northeast on Capital Avenue along the Battle Creek River. M-66 continues northward through Barry County on Capital Avenue which becomes 9 Mile Road north of Baseline Road. The highway passes through Assyria before meeting M-79, with which it has a short concurrency, in Nashville. On the north side of the village, M-66 crosses the Thornapple River and continues north through mixed rural forest land and farm fields. Near Woodland, M-66 joins M-43 and the two run", "id": "18787163" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nnew route of M-66 and then over M-214 to Hastings. M-66 was shifted off Assyria Road which was turned back to local control. Another realignment in 1954 shifted M-66 to the modern routing between the M-43 concurrency termini, removing M-43/M-66 from a section of M-50 in the process. The final section gravel section of M-66, approximately in length, was paved near Nashville in 1957. M-32 was extended along the northernmost section of M-66 in 1963. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing", "id": "18787176" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-78 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus is the intersection with M-66 north of Battle Creek in Pennfield Township. The roadway runs through rural farmland and the community of Bellevue as it approaches its eastern terminus at an interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) near Olivet. The highway is used by between 3,100 and 5,300 vehicles on a daily basis. When the state highway system was signed in 1919, M-78 followed a similar routing. At Bellevue, it turned northeast to terminate at Charlotte.", "id": "18787223" }, { "contents": "M-100 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-100 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the central region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between Potterville and Grand Ledge, connecting Interstate 69 (I-69) and I-96 west of the state capital, Lansing. The highway was previously a section of M-16. After M-16 was realigned, M-100 was created by 1927. Three extensions in the 1930s, 1950s and 1990s resulted in the current highway routing. M-100 starts at exit 66 on I-69 in Potterville. The highway runs north along Hartel Road, intersecting Lansing", "id": "169088" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\n. North of a crossing of the Battle Creek River, Cochrane Road widens to include a center turn lane. About north of the starting point, BL I-69 begins a concurrency with M-50 at Shepherd Street. North of Warren Avenue, BL I-69/M-50 widens to four lanes, two in each direction. The concurrency ends at Lawrence Avenue; M-50 continues north, and the business loop heads east on Lawrence Avenue for a few blocks. That intersection also marks the eastern terminus of M-79. From that point, BL I-69 follows", "id": "12718039" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturn of the century. M-69 and M-95 separate in Randville as the former turns east and the latter continues southward. Between Randville and the former community of Metropolitan, M-69 runs along the West Branch of the Sturgeon River through more hilly terrain. The trunkline continues east to the twin communities of Theodore and Felch. The river and the road part ways until meeting again at Foster City. This is also the location of a unique junction of highways. M-69 meets G-69, a County-Designated Highway that runs south to Loretto in", "id": "1214340" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe concurrency. In western Webberville, M-52 passes under I-96 and merges with M-43 at the latter's eastern terminus. The two highways run north to, and turn west along, Grand River Avenue. At Perry Road, M-52 turns back north out of the village. The trunkline continues north into Shiawassee County and runs through Perry before crossing I-69. Continuing north, M-52 curves northeasterly into downtown Owosso intersecting M-21 west of M-71's western terminus. M-52 continues northward parallel to the Shiawassee River into Saginaw County. The trunkline runs through", "id": "15803113" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ndowntown Ionia, the trunkline crosses the Grand River and the abandoned mainline of the Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad near the county fairgrounds. M-66 turns west along M-21 (Lincoln Avenue) for two blocks before turning back to the north along State Street. The trunkline runs through the northern part of the county and meets M-44's eastern terminus near Woodard Lake. In Montcalm County, M-66 intersects M-57 in a rural area south of Sheridan before running north on Sheridan Road through Stanton. The highway jogs west along Main Street in Stanton before returning", "id": "18787165" }, { "contents": "M-74 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-74 was the designation of a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The highway ran through rural Missaukee County connecting Pioneer with Merritt. The highway was designated by 1919 along a longer route. It was shortened before it was totally removed from the highway system in the late 1930s. M-74 started at a junction with M-66 near the community of Pioneer. It ran east on Moorestown Road through Stittsville to Moorestown before turning south on Nelson Road. There it ran through the community of Star City, turning west briefly on", "id": "9319580" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n131 freeway, M-55 merges north along the freeway, bypassing downtown Cadillac. On the east side of town, M-55 leaves the freeway and turns east again running through the Pere Marquette State Forest along Watergate Road. When the highway meets M-66, M-55 joins M-66 and runs north through farmland. As the two highways approach Lake City, they run along the shore of Lake Missaukee and through downtown. M-55 turns east again along Houghton Lake Road, separating from M-66 north of the central business district. This section of trunkline passes through", "id": "19769038" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 junction and the I-94 interchange. The NHS is a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility. M-96 was formed as a state trunkline in late 1926 from parts of M-17. The section of M-17 between Galesberg and Battle Creek was not utilized for US 12 and became M-96. In 1936, the Alternate US 12 trunkline was designated through the Battle Creek area along a section of highway that had previously been part of US 12. This highway was added to M-96 three years later in 1939", "id": "16718650" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the airport, M-96 runs concurrently with both Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) and M-37. M-96 turns south on Helmer Road, separating from the other two trunklines, and then turns east crossing along Columbia Avenue. Here the highway runs along the edge of the city of Battle Creek through more residential areas and crosses the I-194/M-66 freeway next to the Riverside County Club. Near Brownlee Park, M-96 (Columbia Avenue) merges with BL I-94 (Michigan Avenue). Together BL I-94/M-96 continues along Michigan Avenue", "id": "16718647" }, { "contents": "M-42 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturns ninety degrees to the south off Walker Road before angling southeasterly skirting the edge of some hills near Dyer Lake just west of M-66. The road turns back due east between Al Moses Road and M-66, where it ends north of Lake City. No section of the trunkline is part of the National Highway System. M-42 is an original state trunkline dating back to the 1919 signage of the highway system in Michigan. The original highway routing started at M-13 in Manton and ran due west to Mesick. From there the highway turned", "id": "6820888" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-50 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. Although designated as an east–west highway, it is nearly a diagonal northwest–southeast route. The western terminus is at exit 52 along Interstate 96 (I-96) near Alto a few miles east of the metro Grand Rapids area, and its eastern terminus is in downtown Monroe at US Highway 24 (US 24, Telegraph Road). In between the trunkline runs through seven counties of the southern part of the Lower Peninsula mostly through rural farm fields and", "id": "11076032" }, { "contents": "M-82 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe downtown area and M-82 turns south along Stewart Avenue out of town. The highway rounds a curve and transitions to 72nd Street running eastward through more farm land. As the trunkline approaches Newaygo, the terrain becomes more wooded near the Muskegon River. M-82 follows Fremont Street east to a junction with M-37. The two highways merge and run concurrently over the river and into downtown on State Street. South of downtown, M-82 turns east again, independent of M-37, and runs along 82nd Street on the southern edge of the Manistee", "id": "9440783" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-96 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Kalamazoo and Marshall. Its termini are both on business routes of Interstate 94 (I-94); the eastern one coincides with an intersection with I-69. Between Kalamazoo and Marshall it passes through Comstock, Galesburg, Augusta, and Battle Creek intersecting I-194/M-66 in Battle Creek and I-94 in Emmett Township. The highway now known as M-96 was originally part of M-17. Parts of M-17 that were not used for US Highway 12 (US 12) in", "id": "16718644" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncontinues south concurrent with the business loop for a several blocks before turning eastward. On the eastern end of town, it has an interchange with I-69 at exit 60. After heading east past the junction with I-69, the highway turns southeast as it heads through rural fields toward Eaton Rapids. Once it reaches the city, M-50 converges with M-99, and the two intersect M-188 on the south side of the Grand River. The two highways run south out of the city. Immediately prior to entering Jackson County, the two trunklines", "id": "11076037" }, { "contents": "M-199 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-199 is a state trunkline highway near Albion in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus of the road is in Sheridan Township at exit 119 off Interstate 94 (I-94). The eastern terminus is a junction with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) downtown Albion. The entire road is within Calhoun County and runs through rural farm fields outside of Albion; in town it is a residential street. The M-199 designation had previously been applied to a highway in the Upper Peninsula in the 1930s. The current highway was previously", "id": "318093" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, before entering Missaukee County. The trunkline then turns westward on Stoney Corners Road toward McBain through farm land. In town it runs along Maple Street and then runs north toward Lake City on Morey Road. South of the Lake City, M-55 runs concurrently with M-66 by Missaukee Golf Course and into town along the eastern shore of Lake Missaukee. North of town, M-55 splits off to the east on Houghton Lake Road, and M-66 continues north to an intersection with the eastern terminus of M-42 in a rural forest. M-66 leaves", "id": "18787168" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-136 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Brockway to Fort Gratiot in the lower part of The Thumb of the Lower Peninsula. The highway serves as a connector between M-19 on the west and M-25 northwest of Port Huron. In between, the highway runs through rural St. Clair County through farm fields and along a creek and river. The trunkline uses roads that were part of the state highway system in 1919. The M-136 designation was assigned in 1931 and extended to its current length in 1961", "id": "12150122" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nCounty before meeting M-179 and M-37. M-43 merges with the latter highway and together they run into Hastings. Downtown, M-37 leaves town to the south, while M-43 heads north before curving around the east, passing through farmfields approaching the community of Woodland. After leaving town, the road meets M-66, and together they head north to a junction with M-50. M-43 then turns east with M-50, and they briefly run together before M-50 diverges to the southeast. Now known as the Grand Ledge Highway, M-43 continues its easterly path", "id": "1132339" }, { "contents": "M-63 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto M-13 (later US 131) in Osceola County on July 1, 1919. This highway was extended in 1930 along US 131 to Tustin and then to a terminus with M-66 in Marion. At the same time, M-37 was extended north from Baldwin to meet M-63 east of Peacock. This eastern extension was truncated in 1932 when it was redesignated as part of M-61. A short connector roadway, M-179, was designated in 1935 between M-63 and US 131, forming a small triangle of highways. The western end was shortened", "id": "11402253" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nAvenue removed. Then in 2003, the signs along the East Beltline were restored and the route extended back to its former terminus. M-44 Connector, or Conn. M-44, is a connector route state trunkline highway running along Plainfield Avenue in the Grand Rapids area. It connects I-96/M-37 near Lamberton Lake with M-44 running along East Beltline Avenue near the Grand River. In between, the highway passes through a commercial area. North of 5 Mile Road, Plainfield Avenue takes on a more suburban residential character. There are more business", "id": "13109173" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nmeets Interstate 69 (I-69) northwest of town. Continuing to Homer, the highway runs along Lehigh Street in town; M-99 merges into M-60 after the intersection with Hillsdale Street. East of town, the highway widens into a four-lane divided highway; M-99 turns north along this short section of roadway and M-60 reverts to a two-lane highway again. The trunkline crosses the Kalamazoo River at Concord before it crosses into Jackson County. At Spring Arbor, M-60 passes the campus of Spring Arbor University. Outside of Jackson", "id": "18513796" }, { "contents": "M-142 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-53 turns west, ending the overlap of the two highways. M-142 exits town and follows Sand Beach Road through farm country. About of Bad Axe, M-142 meets the northern terminus of M-19 (Ubly Road). Continuing eastward, the highway crosses two branches of the Willow River as it passes through the unincorporated community of Verona. East of that location, the trunkline turns northeasterly, roughly parallel to the Rock Falls Creek, as it angles to Harbor Beach. M-142 follows State Street through town, and the trunkline terminates at", "id": "8283132" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nhilly terrain. After crossing the Cheboygan County line, the roadway meets the community of Burt Lake. It curves southeasterly along the shoreline of the lake of the same name. The roadway rounds the south end of Burt Lake and approaches the community of Indian River. South of Burt Lake State Park, the trunkline meets Straits Highway, the former routing of US 27 through Indian River. M-68 turns north along Straits Highway through downtown and then turns east toward Interstate 75 (I-75). It is along this section of M-68 that", "id": "9319421" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nproceeds south along with Alden Nash Avenue and turns east on 92nd Street through farms and fields in the rural southeastern corner of the county. As the trunkline runs to the east, it crosses into Ionia County. M-50 follows Thompson Road, Nash Highway and Tupper Lake Road into Lake Odessa. In Lake Odessa, the road bends around the north side of Jordan Lake, curving to the south into the extreme northeastern Barry County. The highway turns back to the east as it heads towards a junction with M-66 and M-43 at the", "id": "11076035" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-66 is a north–south state trunkline highway on the Lower Peninsula (LP) of the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Indiana state line in the south to Charlevoix in the north. M-66 is the only state highway to run the north–south distance of the LP. It starts as a continuation of State Road 9 (SR 9) which provides access to the Indiana Toll Road. The total length is approximately , which includes almost of freeway between Interstate 94 (I-94) and downtown Battle Creek designated", "id": "18787155" }, { "contents": "M-113 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-113 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in Grand Traverse County from M-37 near Hannah to US Highway 131 (US 131) in Walton Junction. The trunkline runs through farm fields and woodlands in a rural area of the county. It connects the highways at its termini with the village of Kingsley. First designated in November 1927, the highway was extended in 1940 by adding the southernmost section near Walton Junction which was originally part of US 131. M-113 starts west of Hannah at an intersection with", "id": "4961848" }, { "contents": "M-24 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nexpressway from Metamora to I-69. South of Metamora, M-24 runs parallel to the former right-of-way for the Michigan Central Railroad north into the city of Lapeer. M-24 continues north from Lapeer running west of Barnes Lake and east of the community of Columbiaville just south of the M-90 junction. South of the Tuscola County line, the trunkline passes the Greenbriar Golf Club and crosses the Pere Marquette Railroad before turning west along Saginaw Road into the community of Mayville and turning north along Mertz Road. South of Caro, M-24", "id": "12670654" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\ncarried the M-28A designation before it was redesignated as Bus. M-28 in 1950. The trunkline was partially turned back to local control in 1953, and the business loop designation was removed at that time. The section of the roadway in downtown Newberry has carried several different designations in addition to the original M-28. Bus. M-28 started at the top of a small hill at an intersection with M-28 southwest of Newberry. The highway ran due north from the intersection along Engadine Road, running downhill towards Teaspoon Creek. Just south of the", "id": "14231892" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-13 is a north–south state trunkline highway that runs through the Saginaw Bay region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from Interstate 69 (I-69) south of Lennon to US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish. The southern section of the trunkline runs along a pair of county lines in a rural area dominated by farm fields. The highway directly connects the downtown areas of both Saginaw and Bay City. North of the latter city, the Lake Huron Circle Tour follows M-13 along the Saginaw Bay. The", "id": "5767618" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nterrain. East of town, the highway turns north running parallel to the AuTrain River Basin. The trunkline crosses Dexter Creek between Paulsen and Trout Lake roads. About halfway along the north–south segment of the highway, M-67 passes through the community of Limestone and crosses Johnson Creek. After running for , M-67 ends at a four-way intersection with M-94 and Tunteri Road. Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) traffic surveys in 2007 show that between 1,200 and 1,400 vehicles traveled the road daily in 2007 in a measure of", "id": "1214514" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nrun concurrently into Allegan. In 1963, when the I-196/US 31 freeway opened, the western terminus of M-89 was extended to meet the new freeway. A few years later, when M-96 was realigned onto a route that took it into Battle Creek, M-89 was extended southeasterly along Michigan Avenue (the old M-96) and terminated at M-37. The highway was extended further southeasterly into Battle Creek to replace the old routing of M-37 along Michigan Avenue; it then turned south on Washington to the BL I-94 where it terminated,", "id": "18787900" }, { "contents": "M-138 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-138 is a east–west state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from a junction with M-15 west of the unincorporated community of Munger in Bay County to the intersection with M-24 east of Akron in Tuscola County. The trunkline runs through rural agricultural areas outside of the villages and communities it serves. It was designated in the 1930s and extended in the 1940s. M-138 was truncated in the 1990s as well. M-138 begins at a junction with M-15 (Tuscola Road) just west", "id": "19948037" }, { "contents": "M-65 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the Pine River, M-65 merges with M-72. The two trunklines run concurrently curving to the northwest past the eastern terminus of county road F-32 into Curran. North of town, they separate as M-72 turns westward and M-65 continues north, exiting the Huron National Forest. The highway jogs along the Alcona–Alpena County line and crosses the Beaver Creek in the process. The trunkline runs to the east of Beaver Lake as it runs north through mixed forest and fields toward the community of Lachine. Southeast of that town, M-65", "id": "1359267" }, { "contents": "M-31 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, the trunkline turned southwesterly to follow along part of the Saginaw Bay. The road passed through Sebewaing to Unionville before turning back inland. Running southward to Akron, the highway turned alternately westward and southward to Fairgrove. M-31 next ran west along Bradleyville Road to a connection with M-81; the two highways ran concurrently south through Gilford before M-31 separated and turned back westward through Reese to Saginaw. The northern terminus in downtown Saginaw was at an intersection with what was then M-10. When the state highway system was first signed in 1919", "id": "19066175" }, { "contents": "M-76 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-76 is a former state trunkline highway designation in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The highway's designation was decommissioned when the last section of it was converted to freeway as a part of the present-day Interstate 75 (I-75). At that time, M-76 extended from US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish northwesterly to I-75 south of Grayling. Two sections of the route followed freeways with a two-lane highway in between to connect them. The former routing of M-76 through West Branch before", "id": "13291830" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 94 in Michigan\n\n\nlonger reconnects to I-94 on both ends. Major intersections Business Loop Interstate 94 (BL I-94) is a state trunkline highway serving as a business loop from I-94 through downtown Battle Creek. The highway begins at exit 92 on I-94 near the Kalamazoo–Calhoun county line. BL I-94 runs concurrently along M-37 northwesterly from the freeway on the two-lane Columbia Avenue on the eastern edge of Fort Custer. At an intersection south of the W.K. Kellogg Airport, BL I-94/M-37 turns easterly to run on the southern side of the", "id": "16557414" }, { "contents": "M-21 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto Port Huron in 1966. A freeway segment between Flint and Lapeer opened in 1971. M-21 was routed down M-13 to the new freeway where it joined the M-78 designation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after I-69 was extended north from Charlotte. The 1974 completion of I-196 meant the truncation of M-21 to end in Grand Rapids. At the time, M-21 was extended along Fulton Street to the East Beltline, and", "id": "13431388" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nas a result of the various reroutings in the Lansing area, both of which are no longer part of the state highway system. M-78 begins at an intersection with M-66 in Pennfield Township, north of Battle Creek in Calhoun County. The trunkline passes through rural farm lands as it runs due east and northeast. It briefly crosses the southeast corner of Barry County as it enters Eaton County. There M-78 follows Battle Creek Highway past some small ponds and into the town of Bellevue. The trunkline becomes Capitol Avenue in town and turns", "id": "18787225" }, { "contents": "M-81 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. East of town, the highway follows Caro Road through more farm fields through the community of Watrousville. Near the south side of the Tuscola Area Airport, M-81 turns to the northeast running along the Cass River to Caro. In the city, the trunkline follows State Street past the fairgrounds. At the intersection with Ellington Street, M-81 crosses M-24. The highway continues northeasterly out of town and through the community of Ellington. Northeast of Elmwood, M-81 turns due east along Cass City Road. The trunkline runs to the village", "id": "9440771" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nUS 12 freeway was completed in the area. Bus. US 12 was redesignated as BL I-94 in 1960 and M-96 was shortened to end at BL I-94/M-78 running on Capital Avenue. M-37 was reextended in 1961 in Battle Creek to a concurrent routing with M-96 in 1961. M-89 was extended along the roadway used by M-96 west of Battle Creek to M-37 in 1965, truncating M-96 in the process. M-96 was reextended back to Battle Creek along Dickman Road and Fort Custer Highway from Augusta east in 1971. Several changes in", "id": "16718652" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthat junction, M-71 turns easterly and then southeasterly out of town. The highway continues to run alongside the rail line through farmland to the outskirts of Vernon. M-71 crosses the Shiawassee River for a second time. The rail line and the highway diverge and run on opposite sides of town; the highway rounds the northeast side and the rail line runs along the southwest side. This section of trunkline through Vernon had the lowest AADT value in 2009 with 4,371 vehicles. M-71 continues to the interchange with I-69 at exit 118 northwest of", "id": "9319504" }, { "contents": "M-140 (Michigan highway)\n\n\njog along Pokagon Road around Riggins Lake. M-140 turns back northward and runs through the community of Berrien Center. Near Eau Claire, the highway turns bends along Maple Grove Road for about before going north on Watervliet Road. East of town, the trunkline follows Main Street eastward toward the Berrien–Cass county line. M-140 intersects the northern terminus of M-62 and curves north. In northern Berrien County, M-140 follows Watervliet Road to an interchange with Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues northward along Main Street into Watervliet,", "id": "800150" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-69 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 2 (US 2) on both ends in Crystal Falls and near Bark River. In between, the highway runs for in rural UP forest lands. Before the creation of the U.S. Highway System, the current M-69 was a portion of M-12. The original M-69 was replaced by US 102 and the M-69 designation was reused on a section of M-12 not replaced by US 2.", "id": "1214334" }, { "contents": "M-36 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof town. At Howell Street, County Road D-19 merges in from the south. The two designations run concurrently along Main Street to Pearl Street, where D-19 turns northward. At the intersection with Dexter Street, M-36 intersects the western terminus of D-32, the \"Highway to Hell\". East of Pinckney, M-36 passes between Rush and Bass lakes in the Pettysville area. Immediately east of there, the highway passes through woods between Oneida and Zukey lakes in Lakeland. The trunkline passes to the south of Buck Lake and then", "id": "19826396" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n(MDOT). The highway was first designated by July 1, 1919 along a portion of the current roadway. In a series of extensions, M-55 was lengthened to connect its current endpoints by the early 1930s. The trunkline has been rerouted in sections since that time resulting in the modern roadway alignment. One set of changes produced a business loop in the Houghton Lake area. M-55 starts at a three-way intersection with US 31 north of Manistee. The trunkline runs southeast on Caberfae Highway over the Manistee River and through", "id": "19769036" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto enter the outskirts of Battle Creek it follows Michigan Avenue. It passes through the neighborhoods of Level Park-Oak Park and Urbandale, the first residential areas of the city. As the highway continues towards Battle Creek it has a junction with M-37. M-89 continues on Michigan Avenue until an intersection with Washington Avenue where the route turns to the southwest where it crosses the Kalamazoo River one last time. The trunkline terminates a few blocks later at Dickman Road, otherwise known as the Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94). M-89", "id": "18787895" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nMountain, M-88 turns east at Alden highway and enters the community of Mancelona, passing the Fairview Cemetery. The highway runs along on State Street into downtown. M-88 ends at an intersection with US 131/M-66 running along Williams Street, and State Street continues eastward as C-38. M-88 was first designated by July 1, 1919 along its current routing between Mancelona and Bellaire. It was extended in 1927 through Central Lake to end in Eastport. It was used as a temporary routing of US 31 between Eastport and Bellaire while the", "id": "6692228" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 designation transfers from the freeway to run concurrently with M-89 eastward. After the freeway, M-43/M-89 passes through the city of Plainwell and crosses the Kalamazoo River again before continuing into rural areas again. The trunkline continues to the southeast on towards the village of Richland. Just north of Richland, M-89 parts ways with M-43. M-89 heads south through town and intersects M-343, before turning eastward and passing to the south of Gull Lake. After passing the lake, the highway turns southeast towards Battle Creek. As M-89 begins", "id": "18787894" }, { "contents": "M-14 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nstreets to new stretches of freeways running south of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. The former route of US 12, much of which was known as Plymouth Road, was retained as a trunkline and redesignated M-14. In 1964, a northern bypass connecting US 23 with M-153 was completed, and M-14 was rerouted onto the new freeway; the highway still ran through Ann Arbor along routes now designated Bus. US 23 and Business Loop I-94. The following year, the freeway was extended to its present western terminus at I-94, and M-14", "id": "11243057" }, { "contents": "M-188 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-188 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from Eaton Rapids to the VFW National Home for Children, southeast of town through a rural area. Approximately 1,000 vehicles each day use a highway that was first designated in the 1930s and paved in the 1940s. Starting in Eaton Rapids, M-188 heads eastward from the intersection with M-99/M-50 (Michigan highway) toward the Grand River. The highway follows Water Street southeasterly along the river through residential neighborhoods and exits town. M-188 turns back due east", "id": "3803194" }, { "contents": "M-72 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. At South Down River Road, M-72 turns east again to leave Grayling, crossing I-75 in the process. There is no direct access to I-75 from M-72. Instead traffic is directed to follow BL I-75 in either direction to get to the freeway. In eastern Crawford County, M-72 runs through the Au Sable State Forest and crosses the South Branch of the Au Sable River on the Wakeley Bridge. East of the river crossing, the trunkline intersects the northern terminus of M-18 before crossing into Oscoda County. M-72 continues east through", "id": "18092035" }, { "contents": "M-28 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof M-28 designated as a part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour is from the western terminus to the eastern junction with M-64 in Bergland, where the Circle Tour turns north along M-64, leaving M-28. Here, M-28 has its lowest traffic counts; within the 2013 MDOT survey, the road is listed with only an average annual daily traffic (AADT) of 1,425 vehicles on a section of highway between Bergland and the US 45 intersection in Bruce Crossing. The trunkline runs through heavily forested areas of southern Houghton and Baraga counties.", "id": "20777599" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, which runs along the western city line. M-13 meets the 2 one-way streets that carry M-25 and the I-75 business spur at the intersections with Thomas and Jenny streets. From this intersection on, M-13 forms a part of the Lake Huron Circle Tour. Farther north, the highway turns northwesterly on Huron Road; Euclid Avenue continues north as M-247. As the trunkline heads away from Bay City, it runs parallel to the Lake State Railway again. M-13 intersects the northern end of its connector route before Huron Road crosses", "id": "5767624" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-89 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from near Ganges to Battle Creek. M-89 starts at an interchange with Interstate 196/US Highway 31 (I-196/US 31) and passes through Allegan, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and Calhoun counties. The highway also briefly crosses the southwest corner of Barry County before it terminates an at intersection with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) on the northwestern side of downtown Battle Creek. In between the trunkline runs parallel to the Kalamazoo River", "id": "18787890" }, { "contents": "M-33 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-33 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Interstate 75 (I-75) at Alger in Arenac County north to M-27 near Cheboygan. In between, the trunkline runs through rural sections of the northeastern Lower Peninsula including state and national forest areas. M-33 connects to a handful of parks and crosses several of the rivers in that section of the state. It runs concurrently with three other state highways, sharing pavement to connect through several small communities of Northern Michigan. M-33 was designated by", "id": "16986002" }, { "contents": "M-57 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncounty line, the highway crosses a branch of the Great Lakes Central Railroad. M-57 follows Brady Road and crosses M-52 just west of Chesaning. Further east, the trunkline crosses another line of the Great Lakes Central. The highway follows Broad Street into town and over the Shiawassee River. On the east banks, M-57 runs along Main Street south along the river to a junction with Peet Road where it then turns east along the latter road out of town. The highway passes through more farm fields and through Layton Corners on the", "id": "12341714" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe western end of the highway, halfway between Bark River and Hyde, west of Escanaba. In 1919, M-69 started at the state line south of Crystal Falls. It ran north through Crystal Falls, where it intersected M-12, to end in Covington at an intersection with M-28. This roadway was redesignated with the creation of the U.S. Highway System in 1926. US 2 replaced M-69 south and M-12 west of Crystal Falls. US 102 replaced M-69 north of Crystal Falls, and the latter designation was reused on the section of", "id": "1214343" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-227 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It consists largely of a segment of old U.S. Highway 27 (US 27) along the south and west sides of Marshall. The highway passes the airport and serves an industrial section of town north of the Kalamazoo River. M-227 was created as a part of a program to add additional routes into the state's highway system under the leadership of Governor John Engler. M-227 starts at a diamond interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) at exit 32", "id": "16700161" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. M-136 begins at a junction with M-19 just south of Brockway on the north side of Mill Creek. The highway heads eastward through farm fields on Metcalf Road for about before bending to the southeast on Beard Road, parallel to the creek. The road then turns eastward on Avoca Road near Tackaberry Airport and heads toward Avoca. The trunkline continues in this direction through farm fields and the community of Avoca before turning southward on Glyshaw Road near the Black River. M-136 turns east, returning to Beard Road, and running through a", "id": "12150123" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-71 is a state trunkline highway in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. It serves as a connector between M-21 in Owosso to Interstate 69 (I-69) near Durand. The highway runs along a rail line in a northwest-to-southeast direction in rural Shiawassee County connecting a few small towns along its path. The highway dates back to the start of the state highway system in 1919. There were some changes made to the routing in the 1930s which increased its length. Two adjacent highways have been rerouted", "id": "9319501" }, { "contents": "M-61 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-61 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Marion and Standish. The highway runs along the boundary area between Northern Michigan and Central Michigan in the Lower Peninsula. M-61 runs through rural forestland connecting several smaller communities together as it connects M-115, US Highway 127 (US 127), Interstate 75 (I-75) and US 23. Less than 10,000 vehicles a day use various segments of the roadway on average. The trunkline was first designated along a portion of its current alignment by 1919. M-61", "id": "8785849" }, { "contents": "M-91 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, but subsequent transfers or roadway sections have truncated the route to its present form. For a time period in the 1980s, M-91 was even a discontinuous highway when a section in the middle was transferred to county control before the southernmost section was transferred. M-91 starts at an intersection with M-44 west of Belding in Otisco Township. The road runs north along Storey Road and past the Candlestone Golf Course and farmlands. At Bricker Road, M-91 crosses out of Ionia County into Montcalm County. The trunkline runs along Greenville Road and passes", "id": "8283414" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 is a state trunkline highway in the southwestern and central parts of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from South Haven to Webberville along an indirect path through both rural areas and larger cities. The trunkline follows five overall segments: a southeasterly track from South Haven to Kalamazoo, a northerly path to Plainwell, a southeasterly route to Richland, a northeasterly course to the Hastings area and an easterly route through the Lansing area. The M-43 designation dates back to at least July 1, 1919, when it was used", "id": "1132334" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-88 is a state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between US Highway 31 (US 31) and US 131/M-66 in the Lower Peninsula. Running from Mancelona to Eastport, M-88 also goes through the communities of Bellaire and Central Lake. The highway is completely within Antrim County and is known by the street name of \"Scenic Highway\" outside of the various communities along its routing. M-88 is an original trunkline dating back to the 1919 signing of the state system. An extension in the 1920s", "id": "6692224" }, { "contents": "M-34 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-99 turns south along Pioneer Road, M-34 continues east along Hudson Road. The highway turns to the southeast to the south of Osseo near Deer Lake and continues towards Pittsford. Hudson Road runs through a mix of forests and local farms. The trunkline passes to the south of the main business district in Pittsford. East of town, the highway turns east and intersects US Highway 127 (US 127) at the Hillsdale–Lenawee county line in Hudson. The trunkline continues eastward through the city of Hudson as Main Street. On", "id": "16558269" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-44 is a state trunkline highway in the western region of the US state of Michigan. It runs northward from the intersection of M-11 (28th Street) and M-37 toward the Rockford area. The highway then turns eastward to Belding, and it ends six miles (10 km) north of Ionia at M-66. M-44 is known in Grand Rapids as the \"East Beltline\" and intersects with its related highway, Connector M-44, in Plainfield Township. This highway runs concurrently with M-37 between M-11 and Interstate 96 (I-96).", "id": "13109166" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nBusiness M-28 (Bus. M-28) was a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It served as a business route running for through the Newberry area. The business loop followed a U-shaped routing to connect downtown Newberry with M-28 south of town. It ran west of the city of Newberry, passing through the community of Dollarville before entering downtown, turning south and ending near the county airport. Bus. M-28 was originally a section of M-28 before the latter was realigned in the late 1930s. The highway", "id": "14231891" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nbetween Tekonsha and Marshall. From I-69, M-227 runs east on F Drive South north of Pine and Long lakes for approximately one mile (1.6 km). The highway runs through agricultural land and turns north to follow Old US 27/17 Mile Road. At Division Drive, M-227 passes into Marshall on Kalamazoo Avenue. The highway runs past the Brooks Field airport and the Alwin Downs Golf Course. Kalamazoo Avenue crosses the Kalamazoo River, and M-227 turns west along Industrial Road. This section of town is an industrial park, and M-227", "id": "16700162" }, { "contents": "M-51 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nPokagon, M-51 turns back northeasterly toward Dowagiac. Once the highway reaches that city, it merges with M-62. The two highways run concurrently eastward along Spruce, Main and Division streets through downtown. M-51 turns to the north along Front Street, separating from the concurrency and leaving downtown. North of town in rural Cass County, M-51 intersects M-152 near location where the highway crosses the Dowagiac River. North of that intersection, the trunkline crosses into Van Buren County and turns to the east again. M-51 passes south of Knickerbocker Lake", "id": "11912684" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-67 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 41 (US 41) and M-94 between Trenary and Chatham. The highway has largely been unchanged during its history, although the highways that connect to M-67 on each end have changed several times. M-67 starts at an intersection with US 41 near Trenary east of the West Branch of the Whitefish River. From that intersection the highway runs east crossing Scott Creek before running into downtown Trenary along relatively flat", "id": "1214513" }, { "contents": "M-343 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-343 is a state trunkline highway in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It runs for almost along Gull Road between the northeast side of Kalamazoo and continues through rural areas on the way to Richland. The highway was created in January 2019 from a section of M-43 after that highway was rerouted in the aftermath of a series of jurisdictional transfers in downtown Kalamazoo. It had been a part of the state highway system for a century under its previous number until it was given its current designation. M-343 starts where Gull Road intersects Riverview Drive east", "id": "11381182" }, { "contents": "M-115 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. The lowest AADT was the 2,236 vehicles near Copemish. The trunkline between the US 10 and M-37 junctions has been listed on the National Highway System. a network of roads important to the country's defense, economy and mobility. In 1929, the first stretch of M-115 was designated from Frankfort to Benzonia. Beginning in the mid-1930s, construction of M-115 began from central to northwestern Lower Michigan. In 1936, an earthen highway was opened between the south side of Cadillac to M-66, with additional sections west of Mesick and northwest", "id": "9213548" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is near the border between Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties at exit 92 of Interstate 94 (I-94) southwest of Battle Creek. The northern terminus is at the Mission Point Light on Old Mission Point in Grand Traverse County. In between, the highway connects Battle Creek, Grand Rapids and Traverse City. Motorists will travel through agricultural land, forests, suburbs and large cities along the way. The section of M-37 on the Old Mission", "id": "17071073" }, { "contents": "M-203 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-203 turns inland running due east to Cloverland Road then turning north and east along Veterans Memorial Highway. Along this section of roadway, the AADT was measured at 440 vehicles in 2007. The highway follows Veterans Memorial Highway through the neighborhood of Tamarack west of Calumet. From there it continues eastward, following Pine Street north of downtown Calumet, looping back to US 41/M-26. The northern terminus of M-203 is at the intersection of Pine Street and Calumet Avenue. M-203 was first designated as a spur route from Hancock north", "id": "1358584" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nline, the highway intersects with US 12 before crossing into Washtenaw County. The limited-access section of M-52 continues north through western Washtenaw County, where it ends in Manchester. M-52 turns west along Austin and City roads into the village. The trunkline continues along the banks of the north branch of the River Raisin on Riverside Drive before turning north out of town. Just south of Chelsea, M-52 crosses Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues through downtown Chelsea and turns northwesterly through the Waterloo State Recreation Area in the", "id": "15803111" }, { "contents": "M-29 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-29 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in a south–north direction from Chesterfield Township to Marysville. It generally runs along the shore of Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River. The M-29 designation has been used twice in Michigan starting in 1919. The first designation near Lansing was replaced by U.S. Route 27 (US 27) in 1926. At that time, the M-29 designation was moved to the east side of the state along the current routing and farther north along part of what", "id": "18258775" }, { "contents": "Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\ndesignation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after a Temporary I-69 (Temp. I-69) designation was extended northward from Charlotte through Lansing to Perry. On September 4 of that year, I-69's designation was officially extended by Congress to end at I-475 on the east side of Flint; this extension, and all subsequent ones, was of \"non-chargeable mileage\", or segments not financed through the Interstate Highway", "id": "20840099" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-52 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is on the Ohio border, where it continues as State Route 109 (SR 109). The highway passes through communities like Adrian, where it intersects US Highway 223 (US 223), Chelsea and Webberville along its course. It crosses some major rivers, including the River Raisin and the Shiawassee. The section of the highway between M-50 and Manchester was built as a limited-access highway. M-52's northern terminus is", "id": "15803106" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nI-96 and then north on I-496. From there, M-78 followed the one-way pairing of Homer and Howard streets from the northern end of the freeway up to the one-way couplet of Saginaw Street and Grand River Avenue, returning to its previous routing. The former route through downtown along US 27 was redesignated Business M-78 (Bus. M-78) at the same time. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing sections of M-78 in 1965. The US 127 freeway was completed from", "id": "18787232" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n23) was incorporated into the trunkline as a discontinuous section in the early 1940s until it was later connected in 1946. M-68 starts in the community of Alanson east of Little Traverse Bay in Emmet County. US 31 runs along Burr Avenue parallel to the former Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad line and depot in town. M-68 starts at an intersection between Chicago Street and Burr Avenue. The trunkline runs southeasterly from this intersection and on a bridge over the Crooked River. After leaving town, the highway curves to run due east through", "id": "9319420" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nGrand Rapids. The state trunkline highway was created when M-50 was rerouted to follow 28th Street and Wilson Avenue around the south and west sides of the city in 1953. The business loop was decommissioned when M-50 was returned to its former routing in 1961. The highway followed Lake Michigan Drive (now M-45) from the Standale neighborhood of Walker easterly to Fulton Street in Grand Rapids. From there it followed Fulton easterly through downtown Grand Rapids and the east side of the city to a junction with Cascade Road in Grand Rapids Township The", "id": "11076050" }, { "contents": "M-102 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-102 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs along the northern boundary of Detroit following 8 Mile Road. The highway follows the Michigan Baseline, a part of the land survey of the state, and the roadway is also called Base Line Road in places. As a county road or city street, 8 Mile Road extends both east and west of the M-102 designation, which leaves 8 Mile on the eastern end to follow Vernier Road. The western terminus of M-102 is at the junction", "id": "5983336" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nTahquamenon River, Bus. M-28 turned east into the community of Dollarville. There the trunkline followed Dollarville Road and Engadine Road to the western city limits of Newberry. Once in the city of Newberry, Bus. M-28 followed West McMillan Avenue. At the intersection with M-117 (Newberry Avenue), Bus. M-28 turned south concurrently with M-117. The combined highway passed through the central business district. South of town, M-117/Bus. M-28 turned east along Campbell Avenue and then south along Miller Road. West of the Luce", "id": "14231893" }, { "contents": "M-90 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-90 is a state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from near North Branch eastward to Lexington situated on Lake Huron. The highway is a lightly traveled roadway that runs through rural farmlands. The trunkline runs mostly east–west with two short north–south segments where it turns to run concurrently with other state highways. Along the routing, there are two river crossings and one railroad crossing. The current highway that bears the M-90 designation is the second to carry number. The first", "id": "9440848" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\nBath Township. In 1919, the MSHD signposted the highway system for the first time, and the east–west highways through Lansing were part of the original M-29 through downtown and the original M-39 north of downtown. The north–south highway in Lansing was the original M-14. On November 11, 1926, the United States Numbered Highway System was approved by the AASHO, and the new US 27 replaced M-29 and M-14 in the area. By the end of the next year, M-78 was extended from Charlotte along US 27", "id": "12718047" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nroadway on any average day of the year. Along M-37, the volume varies from the peak 49,173 vehicles on a section of I-96/M-37 in Grand Rapids to the 718 vehicles at the northern terminus by the Mission Point Light. M-37 starts joined with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) as the two highway designations run concurrently at exit 92 on I-94 southwest of Battle Creek. They follow Columbia Avenue and pass around the southern side of the W. K. Kellogg Airport. When the roadway meets M-96, BL I-94/M-37 turns", "id": "17071077" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-60 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Niles area at a junction with US Highway 12 (US 12) to the Jackson area where it ends at Interstate 94 (I-94). The trunkline passes through a mix of farm fields and woodlands, crosses or runs along several rivers and connects several small towns of the southern area of the state. The westernmost segment runs along divided highway while the easternmost section is a full freeway bypass of Jackson. M-60 was originally", "id": "18513790" }, { "contents": "M-95 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nlater be extended in 1932 to the state line south of Kingsford. The total of M-45 was converted to M-95 in 1934 as a realignment near Witch Lake is completed. M-95 was rerouted in 1942 from Republic north to Humboldt Township. This new section replaced the last section of gravel roadway that was transferred to Marquette County as County Road 601. Another rerouting in the Republic area moved the trunkline in 1957 to bypass South Republic. The former roadway was partially closed to become part of the Republic Mine. M-69 was shortened, eliminating", "id": "20686812" } ]

[ { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nfields. South of Thornapple Lake, M-79 angles southeasterly moving from Quimby Road to Scott Road running parallel to the Thornapple River again into the community of Nashville. M-79 meets M-66 and turns south along the latter highway's route along Main and Durkee streets through the community. South of town in Maple Grove Township, M-79 separates from M-66 and turns east along Lawrence Road. Outside of Charlotte, M-79 curves southeast to transition to Lawrence Avenue through town. The eastern terminus is at an intersection with Cochran Avenue, which carries BL I-69", "id": "10575936" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nis located on southbound I-69 at exit 61. The highway was first designated in 1919 between Hastings and Battle Creek. It was later moved to run to Charlotte. A section of M-79 was designated as M-214 in the 1930s. M-214 would later be decommissioned as a highway designation and the M-79 designation was reapplied to the roadway. M-79 starts south of Hastings at a three-way intersection with M-37 in Hastings Township. The trunkline runs east and parallel to a section of the Thornapple River through wooded terrain that is interspersed with farm", "id": "10575935" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 at the same time carries the highway designation to Vermontville. M-79 was extended easterly to Charlotte in 1934 at the same time that the section of the trunkline between Nashville and Vermontville was redesignated M-214. M-79 was rerouted along Assyria and Lawrence roads at the time to connect the sections of M-79 on either side of M-214. By 1941, M-214 was shortened to a connector route in downtown Nashville running between M-79 and M-66. In 1953, M-79 replaced M-214 and the latter designation was retired from the highway system. The last section", "id": "10575938" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nand M-50. M-79 was formed as a state trunkline by July 1, 1919 along part of its present routing. At the time, it ran between Hastings and Nashville as it does today. From Nashville, the trunkline turned south and west to end at the contemporary M-17 in Battle Creek. By 1927, the southernmost section of M-79 was truncated when M-78 was extended to Battle Creek. In late 1930, the southernmost section was shortened once again as a new M-14 designation replaced M-79 south of Nashville. An eastward extension of", "id": "10575937" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the central portion of Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The western terminus is about southeast of Hastings at the junction with M-37 and the eastern terminus is in downtown Charlotte at the junction with M-50 and Business Loop Interstate 69 (BL I-69). It passes through Quimby and Nashville, where there is a junction with M-66. The entire highway is undivided surface road. It has no direct access with Interstate 69 (I-69), although a sign for the highway", "id": "10575934" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nThe M-14 designation of the time was decommissioned and replaced with M-66. Starting at Six Lakes, M-66 turned west along M-46 instead of east and then turned south through Stanton and Ionia ending north of Battle Creek. The highway between Lowell and Lakeview was redesignated as M-91. A minor realignment in late 1950 removed two 90° curves near the Osceola–Missaukee county line and replaced them with a pair of sweeping curves. The MSHD rerouted M-66 between Maple Grove and Nashville in mid-1953. In the changes, M-79 was extended along the", "id": "18787175" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nBarry–Eaton county line. After meeting M-43, the two trunklines run concurrently for about a mile (1.6 km) before M-50 breaks off to the southwest near Woodbury. From there, the road continues in its southeasterly path along Clinton Trail through the northeast part of Eaton County as it runs through fields to Charlotte. Just prior to entering the city, the road bends to the south and near the middle of town it has a junction with M-79 and Business Loop I-69 (BL I-69). After this intersection, M-50", "id": "11076036" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-78 ran along a route similar that of today. It started north of Battle Creek at a junction with then M-79 and cut through the corner of Barry County to Bellevue, but it turned northeasterly to end at Charlotte at a junction with M-29. By 1927, M-78 was extended southward, replacing M-79 to the Indiana state line, connecting with State Road 9 (SR 9) south of Sturgis. At the same time, a northerly addition extended the highway concurrently along US Highway 27 (US 27) to Dewitt and", "id": "18787228" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthrough Dowling and meets the western terminus of M-79. The highway follows Hanover Street through the south side of Hastings into downtown, where it turns west on Green Street and north on Broadway Street. At the intersection of Broadway and State streets, M-37 meets and joins M-43. West of Hastings, M-43 separates and heads south toward Kalamazoo while M-37 turns northwesterly and runs parallel to the Thornapple River. The highway follows the river west and north to the community of Middleville through mixed farms and forests. In southern Kent County, M-37", "id": "17071079" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nends, and M-66 continues northeast out of the Cereal City on Division Street and then northeast on Capital Avenue along the Battle Creek River. M-66 continues northward through Barry County on Capital Avenue which becomes 9 Mile Road north of Baseline Road. The highway passes through Assyria before meeting M-79, with which it has a short concurrency, in Nashville. On the north side of the village, M-66 crosses the Thornapple River and continues north through mixed rural forest land and farm fields. Near Woodland, M-66 joins M-43 and the two run", "id": "18787163" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nnew route of M-66 and then over M-214 to Hastings. M-66 was shifted off Assyria Road which was turned back to local control. Another realignment in 1954 shifted M-66 to the modern routing between the M-43 concurrency termini, removing M-43/M-66 from a section of M-50 in the process. The final section gravel section of M-66, approximately in length, was paved near Nashville in 1957. M-32 was extended along the northernmost section of M-66 in 1963. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing", "id": "18787176" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-78 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus is the intersection with M-66 north of Battle Creek in Pennfield Township. The roadway runs through rural farmland and the community of Bellevue as it approaches its eastern terminus at an interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) near Olivet. The highway is used by between 3,100 and 5,300 vehicles on a daily basis. When the state highway system was signed in 1919, M-78 followed a similar routing. At Bellevue, it turned northeast to terminate at Charlotte.", "id": "18787223" }, { "contents": "M-100 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-100 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the central region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between Potterville and Grand Ledge, connecting Interstate 69 (I-69) and I-96 west of the state capital, Lansing. The highway was previously a section of M-16. After M-16 was realigned, M-100 was created by 1927. Three extensions in the 1930s, 1950s and 1990s resulted in the current highway routing. M-100 starts at exit 66 on I-69 in Potterville. The highway runs north along Hartel Road, intersecting Lansing", "id": "169088" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\n. North of a crossing of the Battle Creek River, Cochrane Road widens to include a center turn lane. About north of the starting point, BL I-69 begins a concurrency with M-50 at Shepherd Street. North of Warren Avenue, BL I-69/M-50 widens to four lanes, two in each direction. The concurrency ends at Lawrence Avenue; M-50 continues north, and the business loop heads east on Lawrence Avenue for a few blocks. That intersection also marks the eastern terminus of M-79. From that point, BL I-69 follows", "id": "12718039" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturn of the century. M-69 and M-95 separate in Randville as the former turns east and the latter continues southward. Between Randville and the former community of Metropolitan, M-69 runs along the West Branch of the Sturgeon River through more hilly terrain. The trunkline continues east to the twin communities of Theodore and Felch. The river and the road part ways until meeting again at Foster City. This is also the location of a unique junction of highways. M-69 meets G-69, a County-Designated Highway that runs south to Loretto in", "id": "1214340" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe concurrency. In western Webberville, M-52 passes under I-96 and merges with M-43 at the latter's eastern terminus. The two highways run north to, and turn west along, Grand River Avenue. At Perry Road, M-52 turns back north out of the village. The trunkline continues north into Shiawassee County and runs through Perry before crossing I-69. Continuing north, M-52 curves northeasterly into downtown Owosso intersecting M-21 west of M-71's western terminus. M-52 continues northward parallel to the Shiawassee River into Saginaw County. The trunkline runs through", "id": "15803113" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ndowntown Ionia, the trunkline crosses the Grand River and the abandoned mainline of the Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad near the county fairgrounds. M-66 turns west along M-21 (Lincoln Avenue) for two blocks before turning back to the north along State Street. The trunkline runs through the northern part of the county and meets M-44's eastern terminus near Woodard Lake. In Montcalm County, M-66 intersects M-57 in a rural area south of Sheridan before running north on Sheridan Road through Stanton. The highway jogs west along Main Street in Stanton before returning", "id": "18787165" }, { "contents": "M-74 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-74 was the designation of a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The highway ran through rural Missaukee County connecting Pioneer with Merritt. The highway was designated by 1919 along a longer route. It was shortened before it was totally removed from the highway system in the late 1930s. M-74 started at a junction with M-66 near the community of Pioneer. It ran east on Moorestown Road through Stittsville to Moorestown before turning south on Nelson Road. There it ran through the community of Star City, turning west briefly on", "id": "9319580" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n131 freeway, M-55 merges north along the freeway, bypassing downtown Cadillac. On the east side of town, M-55 leaves the freeway and turns east again running through the Pere Marquette State Forest along Watergate Road. When the highway meets M-66, M-55 joins M-66 and runs north through farmland. As the two highways approach Lake City, they run along the shore of Lake Missaukee and through downtown. M-55 turns east again along Houghton Lake Road, separating from M-66 north of the central business district. This section of trunkline passes through", "id": "19769038" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 junction and the I-94 interchange. The NHS is a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility. M-96 was formed as a state trunkline in late 1926 from parts of M-17. The section of M-17 between Galesberg and Battle Creek was not utilized for US 12 and became M-96. In 1936, the Alternate US 12 trunkline was designated through the Battle Creek area along a section of highway that had previously been part of US 12. This highway was added to M-96 three years later in 1939", "id": "16718650" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the airport, M-96 runs concurrently with both Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) and M-37. M-96 turns south on Helmer Road, separating from the other two trunklines, and then turns east crossing along Columbia Avenue. Here the highway runs along the edge of the city of Battle Creek through more residential areas and crosses the I-194/M-66 freeway next to the Riverside County Club. Near Brownlee Park, M-96 (Columbia Avenue) merges with BL I-94 (Michigan Avenue). Together BL I-94/M-96 continues along Michigan Avenue", "id": "16718647" }, { "contents": "M-42 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturns ninety degrees to the south off Walker Road before angling southeasterly skirting the edge of some hills near Dyer Lake just west of M-66. The road turns back due east between Al Moses Road and M-66, where it ends north of Lake City. No section of the trunkline is part of the National Highway System. M-42 is an original state trunkline dating back to the 1919 signage of the highway system in Michigan. The original highway routing started at M-13 in Manton and ran due west to Mesick. From there the highway turned", "id": "6820888" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-50 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. Although designated as an east–west highway, it is nearly a diagonal northwest–southeast route. The western terminus is at exit 52 along Interstate 96 (I-96) near Alto a few miles east of the metro Grand Rapids area, and its eastern terminus is in downtown Monroe at US Highway 24 (US 24, Telegraph Road). In between the trunkline runs through seven counties of the southern part of the Lower Peninsula mostly through rural farm fields and", "id": "11076032" }, { "contents": "M-82 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe downtown area and M-82 turns south along Stewart Avenue out of town. The highway rounds a curve and transitions to 72nd Street running eastward through more farm land. As the trunkline approaches Newaygo, the terrain becomes more wooded near the Muskegon River. M-82 follows Fremont Street east to a junction with M-37. The two highways merge and run concurrently over the river and into downtown on State Street. South of downtown, M-82 turns east again, independent of M-37, and runs along 82nd Street on the southern edge of the Manistee", "id": "9440783" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-96 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Kalamazoo and Marshall. Its termini are both on business routes of Interstate 94 (I-94); the eastern one coincides with an intersection with I-69. Between Kalamazoo and Marshall it passes through Comstock, Galesburg, Augusta, and Battle Creek intersecting I-194/M-66 in Battle Creek and I-94 in Emmett Township. The highway now known as M-96 was originally part of M-17. Parts of M-17 that were not used for US Highway 12 (US 12) in", "id": "16718644" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncontinues south concurrent with the business loop for a several blocks before turning eastward. On the eastern end of town, it has an interchange with I-69 at exit 60. After heading east past the junction with I-69, the highway turns southeast as it heads through rural fields toward Eaton Rapids. Once it reaches the city, M-50 converges with M-99, and the two intersect M-188 on the south side of the Grand River. The two highways run south out of the city. Immediately prior to entering Jackson County, the two trunklines", "id": "11076037" }, { "contents": "M-199 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-199 is a state trunkline highway near Albion in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus of the road is in Sheridan Township at exit 119 off Interstate 94 (I-94). The eastern terminus is a junction with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) downtown Albion. The entire road is within Calhoun County and runs through rural farm fields outside of Albion; in town it is a residential street. The M-199 designation had previously been applied to a highway in the Upper Peninsula in the 1930s. The current highway was previously", "id": "318093" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, before entering Missaukee County. The trunkline then turns westward on Stoney Corners Road toward McBain through farm land. In town it runs along Maple Street and then runs north toward Lake City on Morey Road. South of the Lake City, M-55 runs concurrently with M-66 by Missaukee Golf Course and into town along the eastern shore of Lake Missaukee. North of town, M-55 splits off to the east on Houghton Lake Road, and M-66 continues north to an intersection with the eastern terminus of M-42 in a rural forest. M-66 leaves", "id": "18787168" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-136 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Brockway to Fort Gratiot in the lower part of The Thumb of the Lower Peninsula. The highway serves as a connector between M-19 on the west and M-25 northwest of Port Huron. In between, the highway runs through rural St. Clair County through farm fields and along a creek and river. The trunkline uses roads that were part of the state highway system in 1919. The M-136 designation was assigned in 1931 and extended to its current length in 1961", "id": "12150122" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nCounty before meeting M-179 and M-37. M-43 merges with the latter highway and together they run into Hastings. Downtown, M-37 leaves town to the south, while M-43 heads north before curving around the east, passing through farmfields approaching the community of Woodland. After leaving town, the road meets M-66, and together they head north to a junction with M-50. M-43 then turns east with M-50, and they briefly run together before M-50 diverges to the southeast. Now known as the Grand Ledge Highway, M-43 continues its easterly path", "id": "1132339" }, { "contents": "M-63 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto M-13 (later US 131) in Osceola County on July 1, 1919. This highway was extended in 1930 along US 131 to Tustin and then to a terminus with M-66 in Marion. At the same time, M-37 was extended north from Baldwin to meet M-63 east of Peacock. This eastern extension was truncated in 1932 when it was redesignated as part of M-61. A short connector roadway, M-179, was designated in 1935 between M-63 and US 131, forming a small triangle of highways. The western end was shortened", "id": "11402253" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nAvenue removed. Then in 2003, the signs along the East Beltline were restored and the route extended back to its former terminus. M-44 Connector, or Conn. M-44, is a connector route state trunkline highway running along Plainfield Avenue in the Grand Rapids area. It connects I-96/M-37 near Lamberton Lake with M-44 running along East Beltline Avenue near the Grand River. In between, the highway passes through a commercial area. North of 5 Mile Road, Plainfield Avenue takes on a more suburban residential character. There are more business", "id": "13109173" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nmeets Interstate 69 (I-69) northwest of town. Continuing to Homer, the highway runs along Lehigh Street in town; M-99 merges into M-60 after the intersection with Hillsdale Street. East of town, the highway widens into a four-lane divided highway; M-99 turns north along this short section of roadway and M-60 reverts to a two-lane highway again. The trunkline crosses the Kalamazoo River at Concord before it crosses into Jackson County. At Spring Arbor, M-60 passes the campus of Spring Arbor University. Outside of Jackson", "id": "18513796" }, { "contents": "M-142 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-53 turns west, ending the overlap of the two highways. M-142 exits town and follows Sand Beach Road through farm country. About of Bad Axe, M-142 meets the northern terminus of M-19 (Ubly Road). Continuing eastward, the highway crosses two branches of the Willow River as it passes through the unincorporated community of Verona. East of that location, the trunkline turns northeasterly, roughly parallel to the Rock Falls Creek, as it angles to Harbor Beach. M-142 follows State Street through town, and the trunkline terminates at", "id": "8283132" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nhilly terrain. After crossing the Cheboygan County line, the roadway meets the community of Burt Lake. It curves southeasterly along the shoreline of the lake of the same name. The roadway rounds the south end of Burt Lake and approaches the community of Indian River. South of Burt Lake State Park, the trunkline meets Straits Highway, the former routing of US 27 through Indian River. M-68 turns north along Straits Highway through downtown and then turns east toward Interstate 75 (I-75). It is along this section of M-68 that", "id": "9319421" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nproceeds south along with Alden Nash Avenue and turns east on 92nd Street through farms and fields in the rural southeastern corner of the county. As the trunkline runs to the east, it crosses into Ionia County. M-50 follows Thompson Road, Nash Highway and Tupper Lake Road into Lake Odessa. In Lake Odessa, the road bends around the north side of Jordan Lake, curving to the south into the extreme northeastern Barry County. The highway turns back to the east as it heads towards a junction with M-66 and M-43 at the", "id": "11076035" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-66 is a north–south state trunkline highway on the Lower Peninsula (LP) of the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Indiana state line in the south to Charlevoix in the north. M-66 is the only state highway to run the north–south distance of the LP. It starts as a continuation of State Road 9 (SR 9) which provides access to the Indiana Toll Road. The total length is approximately , which includes almost of freeway between Interstate 94 (I-94) and downtown Battle Creek designated", "id": "18787155" }, { "contents": "M-113 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-113 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in Grand Traverse County from M-37 near Hannah to US Highway 131 (US 131) in Walton Junction. The trunkline runs through farm fields and woodlands in a rural area of the county. It connects the highways at its termini with the village of Kingsley. First designated in November 1927, the highway was extended in 1940 by adding the southernmost section near Walton Junction which was originally part of US 131. M-113 starts west of Hannah at an intersection with", "id": "4961848" }, { "contents": "M-24 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nexpressway from Metamora to I-69. South of Metamora, M-24 runs parallel to the former right-of-way for the Michigan Central Railroad north into the city of Lapeer. M-24 continues north from Lapeer running west of Barnes Lake and east of the community of Columbiaville just south of the M-90 junction. South of the Tuscola County line, the trunkline passes the Greenbriar Golf Club and crosses the Pere Marquette Railroad before turning west along Saginaw Road into the community of Mayville and turning north along Mertz Road. South of Caro, M-24", "id": "12670654" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\ncarried the M-28A designation before it was redesignated as Bus. M-28 in 1950. The trunkline was partially turned back to local control in 1953, and the business loop designation was removed at that time. The section of the roadway in downtown Newberry has carried several different designations in addition to the original M-28. Bus. M-28 started at the top of a small hill at an intersection with M-28 southwest of Newberry. The highway ran due north from the intersection along Engadine Road, running downhill towards Teaspoon Creek. Just south of the", "id": "14231892" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-13 is a north–south state trunkline highway that runs through the Saginaw Bay region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from Interstate 69 (I-69) south of Lennon to US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish. The southern section of the trunkline runs along a pair of county lines in a rural area dominated by farm fields. The highway directly connects the downtown areas of both Saginaw and Bay City. North of the latter city, the Lake Huron Circle Tour follows M-13 along the Saginaw Bay. The", "id": "5767618" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nterrain. East of town, the highway turns north running parallel to the AuTrain River Basin. The trunkline crosses Dexter Creek between Paulsen and Trout Lake roads. About halfway along the north–south segment of the highway, M-67 passes through the community of Limestone and crosses Johnson Creek. After running for , M-67 ends at a four-way intersection with M-94 and Tunteri Road. Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) traffic surveys in 2007 show that between 1,200 and 1,400 vehicles traveled the road daily in 2007 in a measure of", "id": "1214514" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nrun concurrently into Allegan. In 1963, when the I-196/US 31 freeway opened, the western terminus of M-89 was extended to meet the new freeway. A few years later, when M-96 was realigned onto a route that took it into Battle Creek, M-89 was extended southeasterly along Michigan Avenue (the old M-96) and terminated at M-37. The highway was extended further southeasterly into Battle Creek to replace the old routing of M-37 along Michigan Avenue; it then turned south on Washington to the BL I-94 where it terminated,", "id": "18787900" }, { "contents": "M-138 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-138 is a east–west state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from a junction with M-15 west of the unincorporated community of Munger in Bay County to the intersection with M-24 east of Akron in Tuscola County. The trunkline runs through rural agricultural areas outside of the villages and communities it serves. It was designated in the 1930s and extended in the 1940s. M-138 was truncated in the 1990s as well. M-138 begins at a junction with M-15 (Tuscola Road) just west", "id": "19948037" }, { "contents": "M-65 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the Pine River, M-65 merges with M-72. The two trunklines run concurrently curving to the northwest past the eastern terminus of county road F-32 into Curran. North of town, they separate as M-72 turns westward and M-65 continues north, exiting the Huron National Forest. The highway jogs along the Alcona–Alpena County line and crosses the Beaver Creek in the process. The trunkline runs to the east of Beaver Lake as it runs north through mixed forest and fields toward the community of Lachine. Southeast of that town, M-65", "id": "1359267" }, { "contents": "M-31 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, the trunkline turned southwesterly to follow along part of the Saginaw Bay. The road passed through Sebewaing to Unionville before turning back inland. Running southward to Akron, the highway turned alternately westward and southward to Fairgrove. M-31 next ran west along Bradleyville Road to a connection with M-81; the two highways ran concurrently south through Gilford before M-31 separated and turned back westward through Reese to Saginaw. The northern terminus in downtown Saginaw was at an intersection with what was then M-10. When the state highway system was first signed in 1919", "id": "19066175" }, { "contents": "M-76 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-76 is a former state trunkline highway designation in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The highway's designation was decommissioned when the last section of it was converted to freeway as a part of the present-day Interstate 75 (I-75). At that time, M-76 extended from US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish northwesterly to I-75 south of Grayling. Two sections of the route followed freeways with a two-lane highway in between to connect them. The former routing of M-76 through West Branch before", "id": "13291830" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 94 in Michigan\n\n\nlonger reconnects to I-94 on both ends. Major intersections Business Loop Interstate 94 (BL I-94) is a state trunkline highway serving as a business loop from I-94 through downtown Battle Creek. The highway begins at exit 92 on I-94 near the Kalamazoo–Calhoun county line. BL I-94 runs concurrently along M-37 northwesterly from the freeway on the two-lane Columbia Avenue on the eastern edge of Fort Custer. At an intersection south of the W.K. Kellogg Airport, BL I-94/M-37 turns easterly to run on the southern side of the", "id": "16557414" }, { "contents": "M-21 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto Port Huron in 1966. A freeway segment between Flint and Lapeer opened in 1971. M-21 was routed down M-13 to the new freeway where it joined the M-78 designation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after I-69 was extended north from Charlotte. The 1974 completion of I-196 meant the truncation of M-21 to end in Grand Rapids. At the time, M-21 was extended along Fulton Street to the East Beltline, and", "id": "13431388" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nas a result of the various reroutings in the Lansing area, both of which are no longer part of the state highway system. M-78 begins at an intersection with M-66 in Pennfield Township, north of Battle Creek in Calhoun County. The trunkline passes through rural farm lands as it runs due east and northeast. It briefly crosses the southeast corner of Barry County as it enters Eaton County. There M-78 follows Battle Creek Highway past some small ponds and into the town of Bellevue. The trunkline becomes Capitol Avenue in town and turns", "id": "18787225" }, { "contents": "M-81 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. East of town, the highway follows Caro Road through more farm fields through the community of Watrousville. Near the south side of the Tuscola Area Airport, M-81 turns to the northeast running along the Cass River to Caro. In the city, the trunkline follows State Street past the fairgrounds. At the intersection with Ellington Street, M-81 crosses M-24. The highway continues northeasterly out of town and through the community of Ellington. Northeast of Elmwood, M-81 turns due east along Cass City Road. The trunkline runs to the village", "id": "9440771" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nUS 12 freeway was completed in the area. Bus. US 12 was redesignated as BL I-94 in 1960 and M-96 was shortened to end at BL I-94/M-78 running on Capital Avenue. M-37 was reextended in 1961 in Battle Creek to a concurrent routing with M-96 in 1961. M-89 was extended along the roadway used by M-96 west of Battle Creek to M-37 in 1965, truncating M-96 in the process. M-96 was reextended back to Battle Creek along Dickman Road and Fort Custer Highway from Augusta east in 1971. Several changes in", "id": "16718652" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthat junction, M-71 turns easterly and then southeasterly out of town. The highway continues to run alongside the rail line through farmland to the outskirts of Vernon. M-71 crosses the Shiawassee River for a second time. The rail line and the highway diverge and run on opposite sides of town; the highway rounds the northeast side and the rail line runs along the southwest side. This section of trunkline through Vernon had the lowest AADT value in 2009 with 4,371 vehicles. M-71 continues to the interchange with I-69 at exit 118 northwest of", "id": "9319504" }, { "contents": "M-140 (Michigan highway)\n\n\njog along Pokagon Road around Riggins Lake. M-140 turns back northward and runs through the community of Berrien Center. Near Eau Claire, the highway turns bends along Maple Grove Road for about before going north on Watervliet Road. East of town, the trunkline follows Main Street eastward toward the Berrien–Cass county line. M-140 intersects the northern terminus of M-62 and curves north. In northern Berrien County, M-140 follows Watervliet Road to an interchange with Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues northward along Main Street into Watervliet,", "id": "800150" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-69 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 2 (US 2) on both ends in Crystal Falls and near Bark River. In between, the highway runs for in rural UP forest lands. Before the creation of the U.S. Highway System, the current M-69 was a portion of M-12. The original M-69 was replaced by US 102 and the M-69 designation was reused on a section of M-12 not replaced by US 2.", "id": "1214334" }, { "contents": "M-36 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof town. At Howell Street, County Road D-19 merges in from the south. The two designations run concurrently along Main Street to Pearl Street, where D-19 turns northward. At the intersection with Dexter Street, M-36 intersects the western terminus of D-32, the \"Highway to Hell\". East of Pinckney, M-36 passes between Rush and Bass lakes in the Pettysville area. Immediately east of there, the highway passes through woods between Oneida and Zukey lakes in Lakeland. The trunkline passes to the south of Buck Lake and then", "id": "19826396" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n(MDOT). The highway was first designated by July 1, 1919 along a portion of the current roadway. In a series of extensions, M-55 was lengthened to connect its current endpoints by the early 1930s. The trunkline has been rerouted in sections since that time resulting in the modern roadway alignment. One set of changes produced a business loop in the Houghton Lake area. M-55 starts at a three-way intersection with US 31 north of Manistee. The trunkline runs southeast on Caberfae Highway over the Manistee River and through", "id": "19769036" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto enter the outskirts of Battle Creek it follows Michigan Avenue. It passes through the neighborhoods of Level Park-Oak Park and Urbandale, the first residential areas of the city. As the highway continues towards Battle Creek it has a junction with M-37. M-89 continues on Michigan Avenue until an intersection with Washington Avenue where the route turns to the southwest where it crosses the Kalamazoo River one last time. The trunkline terminates a few blocks later at Dickman Road, otherwise known as the Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94). M-89", "id": "18787895" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nMountain, M-88 turns east at Alden highway and enters the community of Mancelona, passing the Fairview Cemetery. The highway runs along on State Street into downtown. M-88 ends at an intersection with US 131/M-66 running along Williams Street, and State Street continues eastward as C-38. M-88 was first designated by July 1, 1919 along its current routing between Mancelona and Bellaire. It was extended in 1927 through Central Lake to end in Eastport. It was used as a temporary routing of US 31 between Eastport and Bellaire while the", "id": "6692228" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 designation transfers from the freeway to run concurrently with M-89 eastward. After the freeway, M-43/M-89 passes through the city of Plainwell and crosses the Kalamazoo River again before continuing into rural areas again. The trunkline continues to the southeast on towards the village of Richland. Just north of Richland, M-89 parts ways with M-43. M-89 heads south through town and intersects M-343, before turning eastward and passing to the south of Gull Lake. After passing the lake, the highway turns southeast towards Battle Creek. As M-89 begins", "id": "18787894" }, { "contents": "M-14 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nstreets to new stretches of freeways running south of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. The former route of US 12, much of which was known as Plymouth Road, was retained as a trunkline and redesignated M-14. In 1964, a northern bypass connecting US 23 with M-153 was completed, and M-14 was rerouted onto the new freeway; the highway still ran through Ann Arbor along routes now designated Bus. US 23 and Business Loop I-94. The following year, the freeway was extended to its present western terminus at I-94, and M-14", "id": "11243057" }, { "contents": "M-188 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-188 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from Eaton Rapids to the VFW National Home for Children, southeast of town through a rural area. Approximately 1,000 vehicles each day use a highway that was first designated in the 1930s and paved in the 1940s. Starting in Eaton Rapids, M-188 heads eastward from the intersection with M-99/M-50 (Michigan highway) toward the Grand River. The highway follows Water Street southeasterly along the river through residential neighborhoods and exits town. M-188 turns back due east", "id": "3803194" }, { "contents": "M-72 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. At South Down River Road, M-72 turns east again to leave Grayling, crossing I-75 in the process. There is no direct access to I-75 from M-72. Instead traffic is directed to follow BL I-75 in either direction to get to the freeway. In eastern Crawford County, M-72 runs through the Au Sable State Forest and crosses the South Branch of the Au Sable River on the Wakeley Bridge. East of the river crossing, the trunkline intersects the northern terminus of M-18 before crossing into Oscoda County. M-72 continues east through", "id": "18092035" }, { "contents": "M-28 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof M-28 designated as a part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour is from the western terminus to the eastern junction with M-64 in Bergland, where the Circle Tour turns north along M-64, leaving M-28. Here, M-28 has its lowest traffic counts; within the 2013 MDOT survey, the road is listed with only an average annual daily traffic (AADT) of 1,425 vehicles on a section of highway between Bergland and the US 45 intersection in Bruce Crossing. The trunkline runs through heavily forested areas of southern Houghton and Baraga counties.", "id": "20777599" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, which runs along the western city line. M-13 meets the 2 one-way streets that carry M-25 and the I-75 business spur at the intersections with Thomas and Jenny streets. From this intersection on, M-13 forms a part of the Lake Huron Circle Tour. Farther north, the highway turns northwesterly on Huron Road; Euclid Avenue continues north as M-247. As the trunkline heads away from Bay City, it runs parallel to the Lake State Railway again. M-13 intersects the northern end of its connector route before Huron Road crosses", "id": "5767624" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-89 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from near Ganges to Battle Creek. M-89 starts at an interchange with Interstate 196/US Highway 31 (I-196/US 31) and passes through Allegan, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and Calhoun counties. The highway also briefly crosses the southwest corner of Barry County before it terminates an at intersection with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) on the northwestern side of downtown Battle Creek. In between the trunkline runs parallel to the Kalamazoo River", "id": "18787890" }, { "contents": "M-33 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-33 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Interstate 75 (I-75) at Alger in Arenac County north to M-27 near Cheboygan. In between, the trunkline runs through rural sections of the northeastern Lower Peninsula including state and national forest areas. M-33 connects to a handful of parks and crosses several of the rivers in that section of the state. It runs concurrently with three other state highways, sharing pavement to connect through several small communities of Northern Michigan. M-33 was designated by", "id": "16986002" }, { "contents": "M-57 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncounty line, the highway crosses a branch of the Great Lakes Central Railroad. M-57 follows Brady Road and crosses M-52 just west of Chesaning. Further east, the trunkline crosses another line of the Great Lakes Central. The highway follows Broad Street into town and over the Shiawassee River. On the east banks, M-57 runs along Main Street south along the river to a junction with Peet Road where it then turns east along the latter road out of town. The highway passes through more farm fields and through Layton Corners on the", "id": "12341714" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe western end of the highway, halfway between Bark River and Hyde, west of Escanaba. In 1919, M-69 started at the state line south of Crystal Falls. It ran north through Crystal Falls, where it intersected M-12, to end in Covington at an intersection with M-28. This roadway was redesignated with the creation of the U.S. Highway System in 1926. US 2 replaced M-69 south and M-12 west of Crystal Falls. US 102 replaced M-69 north of Crystal Falls, and the latter designation was reused on the section of", "id": "1214343" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-227 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It consists largely of a segment of old U.S. Highway 27 (US 27) along the south and west sides of Marshall. The highway passes the airport and serves an industrial section of town north of the Kalamazoo River. M-227 was created as a part of a program to add additional routes into the state's highway system under the leadership of Governor John Engler. M-227 starts at a diamond interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) at exit 32", "id": "16700161" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. M-136 begins at a junction with M-19 just south of Brockway on the north side of Mill Creek. The highway heads eastward through farm fields on Metcalf Road for about before bending to the southeast on Beard Road, parallel to the creek. The road then turns eastward on Avoca Road near Tackaberry Airport and heads toward Avoca. The trunkline continues in this direction through farm fields and the community of Avoca before turning southward on Glyshaw Road near the Black River. M-136 turns east, returning to Beard Road, and running through a", "id": "12150123" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-71 is a state trunkline highway in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. It serves as a connector between M-21 in Owosso to Interstate 69 (I-69) near Durand. The highway runs along a rail line in a northwest-to-southeast direction in rural Shiawassee County connecting a few small towns along its path. The highway dates back to the start of the state highway system in 1919. There were some changes made to the routing in the 1930s which increased its length. Two adjacent highways have been rerouted", "id": "9319501" }, { "contents": "M-61 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-61 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Marion and Standish. The highway runs along the boundary area between Northern Michigan and Central Michigan in the Lower Peninsula. M-61 runs through rural forestland connecting several smaller communities together as it connects M-115, US Highway 127 (US 127), Interstate 75 (I-75) and US 23. Less than 10,000 vehicles a day use various segments of the roadway on average. The trunkline was first designated along a portion of its current alignment by 1919. M-61", "id": "8785849" }, { "contents": "M-91 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, but subsequent transfers or roadway sections have truncated the route to its present form. For a time period in the 1980s, M-91 was even a discontinuous highway when a section in the middle was transferred to county control before the southernmost section was transferred. M-91 starts at an intersection with M-44 west of Belding in Otisco Township. The road runs north along Storey Road and past the Candlestone Golf Course and farmlands. At Bricker Road, M-91 crosses out of Ionia County into Montcalm County. The trunkline runs along Greenville Road and passes", "id": "8283414" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 is a state trunkline highway in the southwestern and central parts of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from South Haven to Webberville along an indirect path through both rural areas and larger cities. The trunkline follows five overall segments: a southeasterly track from South Haven to Kalamazoo, a northerly path to Plainwell, a southeasterly route to Richland, a northeasterly course to the Hastings area and an easterly route through the Lansing area. The M-43 designation dates back to at least July 1, 1919, when it was used", "id": "1132334" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-88 is a state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between US Highway 31 (US 31) and US 131/M-66 in the Lower Peninsula. Running from Mancelona to Eastport, M-88 also goes through the communities of Bellaire and Central Lake. The highway is completely within Antrim County and is known by the street name of \"Scenic Highway\" outside of the various communities along its routing. M-88 is an original trunkline dating back to the 1919 signing of the state system. An extension in the 1920s", "id": "6692224" }, { "contents": "M-34 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-99 turns south along Pioneer Road, M-34 continues east along Hudson Road. The highway turns to the southeast to the south of Osseo near Deer Lake and continues towards Pittsford. Hudson Road runs through a mix of forests and local farms. The trunkline passes to the south of the main business district in Pittsford. East of town, the highway turns east and intersects US Highway 127 (US 127) at the Hillsdale–Lenawee county line in Hudson. The trunkline continues eastward through the city of Hudson as Main Street. On", "id": "16558269" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-44 is a state trunkline highway in the western region of the US state of Michigan. It runs northward from the intersection of M-11 (28th Street) and M-37 toward the Rockford area. The highway then turns eastward to Belding, and it ends six miles (10 km) north of Ionia at M-66. M-44 is known in Grand Rapids as the \"East Beltline\" and intersects with its related highway, Connector M-44, in Plainfield Township. This highway runs concurrently with M-37 between M-11 and Interstate 96 (I-96).", "id": "13109166" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nBusiness M-28 (Bus. M-28) was a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It served as a business route running for through the Newberry area. The business loop followed a U-shaped routing to connect downtown Newberry with M-28 south of town. It ran west of the city of Newberry, passing through the community of Dollarville before entering downtown, turning south and ending near the county airport. Bus. M-28 was originally a section of M-28 before the latter was realigned in the late 1930s. The highway", "id": "14231891" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nbetween Tekonsha and Marshall. From I-69, M-227 runs east on F Drive South north of Pine and Long lakes for approximately one mile (1.6 km). The highway runs through agricultural land and turns north to follow Old US 27/17 Mile Road. At Division Drive, M-227 passes into Marshall on Kalamazoo Avenue. The highway runs past the Brooks Field airport and the Alwin Downs Golf Course. Kalamazoo Avenue crosses the Kalamazoo River, and M-227 turns west along Industrial Road. This section of town is an industrial park, and M-227", "id": "16700162" }, { "contents": "M-51 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nPokagon, M-51 turns back northeasterly toward Dowagiac. Once the highway reaches that city, it merges with M-62. The two highways run concurrently eastward along Spruce, Main and Division streets through downtown. M-51 turns to the north along Front Street, separating from the concurrency and leaving downtown. North of town in rural Cass County, M-51 intersects M-152 near location where the highway crosses the Dowagiac River. North of that intersection, the trunkline crosses into Van Buren County and turns to the east again. M-51 passes south of Knickerbocker Lake", "id": "11912684" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-67 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 41 (US 41) and M-94 between Trenary and Chatham. The highway has largely been unchanged during its history, although the highways that connect to M-67 on each end have changed several times. M-67 starts at an intersection with US 41 near Trenary east of the West Branch of the Whitefish River. From that intersection the highway runs east crossing Scott Creek before running into downtown Trenary along relatively flat", "id": "1214513" }, { "contents": "M-343 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-343 is a state trunkline highway in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It runs for almost along Gull Road between the northeast side of Kalamazoo and continues through rural areas on the way to Richland. The highway was created in January 2019 from a section of M-43 after that highway was rerouted in the aftermath of a series of jurisdictional transfers in downtown Kalamazoo. It had been a part of the state highway system for a century under its previous number until it was given its current designation. M-343 starts where Gull Road intersects Riverview Drive east", "id": "11381182" }, { "contents": "M-115 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. The lowest AADT was the 2,236 vehicles near Copemish. The trunkline between the US 10 and M-37 junctions has been listed on the National Highway System. a network of roads important to the country's defense, economy and mobility. In 1929, the first stretch of M-115 was designated from Frankfort to Benzonia. Beginning in the mid-1930s, construction of M-115 began from central to northwestern Lower Michigan. In 1936, an earthen highway was opened between the south side of Cadillac to M-66, with additional sections west of Mesick and northwest", "id": "9213548" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is near the border between Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties at exit 92 of Interstate 94 (I-94) southwest of Battle Creek. The northern terminus is at the Mission Point Light on Old Mission Point in Grand Traverse County. In between, the highway connects Battle Creek, Grand Rapids and Traverse City. Motorists will travel through agricultural land, forests, suburbs and large cities along the way. The section of M-37 on the Old Mission", "id": "17071073" }, { "contents": "M-203 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-203 turns inland running due east to Cloverland Road then turning north and east along Veterans Memorial Highway. Along this section of roadway, the AADT was measured at 440 vehicles in 2007. The highway follows Veterans Memorial Highway through the neighborhood of Tamarack west of Calumet. From there it continues eastward, following Pine Street north of downtown Calumet, looping back to US 41/M-26. The northern terminus of M-203 is at the intersection of Pine Street and Calumet Avenue. M-203 was first designated as a spur route from Hancock north", "id": "1358584" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nline, the highway intersects with US 12 before crossing into Washtenaw County. The limited-access section of M-52 continues north through western Washtenaw County, where it ends in Manchester. M-52 turns west along Austin and City roads into the village. The trunkline continues along the banks of the north branch of the River Raisin on Riverside Drive before turning north out of town. Just south of Chelsea, M-52 crosses Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues through downtown Chelsea and turns northwesterly through the Waterloo State Recreation Area in the", "id": "15803111" }, { "contents": "M-29 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-29 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in a south–north direction from Chesterfield Township to Marysville. It generally runs along the shore of Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River. The M-29 designation has been used twice in Michigan starting in 1919. The first designation near Lansing was replaced by U.S. Route 27 (US 27) in 1926. At that time, the M-29 designation was moved to the east side of the state along the current routing and farther north along part of what", "id": "18258775" }, { "contents": "Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\ndesignation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after a Temporary I-69 (Temp. I-69) designation was extended northward from Charlotte through Lansing to Perry. On September 4 of that year, I-69's designation was officially extended by Congress to end at I-475 on the east side of Flint; this extension, and all subsequent ones, was of \"non-chargeable mileage\", or segments not financed through the Interstate Highway", "id": "20840099" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-52 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is on the Ohio border, where it continues as State Route 109 (SR 109). The highway passes through communities like Adrian, where it intersects US Highway 223 (US 223), Chelsea and Webberville along its course. It crosses some major rivers, including the River Raisin and the Shiawassee. The section of the highway between M-50 and Manchester was built as a limited-access highway. M-52's northern terminus is", "id": "15803106" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nI-96 and then north on I-496. From there, M-78 followed the one-way pairing of Homer and Howard streets from the northern end of the freeway up to the one-way couplet of Saginaw Street and Grand River Avenue, returning to its previous routing. The former route through downtown along US 27 was redesignated Business M-78 (Bus. M-78) at the same time. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing sections of M-78 in 1965. The US 127 freeway was completed from", "id": "18787232" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n23) was incorporated into the trunkline as a discontinuous section in the early 1940s until it was later connected in 1946. M-68 starts in the community of Alanson east of Little Traverse Bay in Emmet County. US 31 runs along Burr Avenue parallel to the former Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad line and depot in town. M-68 starts at an intersection between Chicago Street and Burr Avenue. The trunkline runs southeasterly from this intersection and on a bridge over the Crooked River. After leaving town, the highway curves to run due east through", "id": "9319420" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nGrand Rapids. The state trunkline highway was created when M-50 was rerouted to follow 28th Street and Wilson Avenue around the south and west sides of the city in 1953. The business loop was decommissioned when M-50 was returned to its former routing in 1961. The highway followed Lake Michigan Drive (now M-45) from the Standale neighborhood of Walker easterly to Fulton Street in Grand Rapids. From there it followed Fulton easterly through downtown Grand Rapids and the east side of the city to a junction with Cascade Road in Grand Rapids Township The", "id": "11076050" }, { "contents": "M-102 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-102 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs along the northern boundary of Detroit following 8 Mile Road. The highway follows the Michigan Baseline, a part of the land survey of the state, and the roadway is also called Base Line Road in places. As a county road or city street, 8 Mile Road extends both east and west of the M-102 designation, which leaves 8 Mile on the eastern end to follow Vernier Road. The western terminus of M-102 is at the junction", "id": "5983336" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nTahquamenon River, Bus. M-28 turned east into the community of Dollarville. There the trunkline followed Dollarville Road and Engadine Road to the western city limits of Newberry. Once in the city of Newberry, Bus. M-28 followed West McMillan Avenue. At the intersection with M-117 (Newberry Avenue), Bus. M-28 turned south concurrently with M-117. The combined highway passed through the central business district. South of town, M-117/Bus. M-28 turned east along Campbell Avenue and then south along Miller Road. West of the Luce", "id": "14231893" }, { "contents": "M-90 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-90 is a state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from near North Branch eastward to Lexington situated on Lake Huron. The highway is a lightly traveled roadway that runs through rural farmlands. The trunkline runs mostly east–west with two short north–south segments where it turns to run concurrently with other state highways. Along the routing, there are two river crossings and one railroad crossing. The current highway that bears the M-90 designation is the second to carry number. The first", "id": "9440848" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\nBath Township. In 1919, the MSHD signposted the highway system for the first time, and the east–west highways through Lansing were part of the original M-29 through downtown and the original M-39 north of downtown. The north–south highway in Lansing was the original M-14. On November 11, 1926, the United States Numbered Highway System was approved by the AASHO, and the new US 27 replaced M-29 and M-14 in the area. By the end of the next year, M-78 was extended from Charlotte along US 27", "id": "12718047" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nroadway on any average day of the year. Along M-37, the volume varies from the peak 49,173 vehicles on a section of I-96/M-37 in Grand Rapids to the 718 vehicles at the northern terminus by the Mission Point Light. M-37 starts joined with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) as the two highway designations run concurrently at exit 92 on I-94 southwest of Battle Creek. They follow Columbia Avenue and pass around the southern side of the W. K. Kellogg Airport. When the roadway meets M-96, BL I-94/M-37 turns", "id": "17071077" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-60 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Niles area at a junction with US Highway 12 (US 12) to the Jackson area where it ends at Interstate 94 (I-94). The trunkline passes through a mix of farm fields and woodlands, crosses or runs along several rivers and connects several small towns of the southern area of the state. The westernmost segment runs along divided highway while the easternmost section is a full freeway bypass of Jackson. M-60 was originally", "id": "18513790" }, { "contents": "M-95 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nlater be extended in 1932 to the state line south of Kingsford. The total of M-45 was converted to M-95 in 1934 as a realignment near Witch Lake is completed. M-95 was rerouted in 1942 from Republic north to Humboldt Township. This new section replaced the last section of gravel roadway that was transferred to Marquette County as County Road 601. Another rerouting in the Republic area moved the trunkline in 1957 to bypass South Republic. The former roadway was partially closed to become part of the Republic Mine. M-69 was shortened, eliminating", "id": "20686812" } ]

[ { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nfields. South of Thornapple Lake, M-79 angles southeasterly moving from Quimby Road to Scott Road running parallel to the Thornapple River again into the community of Nashville. M-79 meets M-66 and turns south along the latter highway's route along Main and Durkee streets through the community. South of town in Maple Grove Township, M-79 separates from M-66 and turns east along Lawrence Road. Outside of Charlotte, M-79 curves southeast to transition to Lawrence Avenue through town. The eastern terminus is at an intersection with Cochran Avenue, which carries BL I-69", "id": "10575936" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nis located on southbound I-69 at exit 61. The highway was first designated in 1919 between Hastings and Battle Creek. It was later moved to run to Charlotte. A section of M-79 was designated as M-214 in the 1930s. M-214 would later be decommissioned as a highway designation and the M-79 designation was reapplied to the roadway. M-79 starts south of Hastings at a three-way intersection with M-37 in Hastings Township. The trunkline runs east and parallel to a section of the Thornapple River through wooded terrain that is interspersed with farm", "id": "10575935" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 at the same time carries the highway designation to Vermontville. M-79 was extended easterly to Charlotte in 1934 at the same time that the section of the trunkline between Nashville and Vermontville was redesignated M-214. M-79 was rerouted along Assyria and Lawrence roads at the time to connect the sections of M-79 on either side of M-214. By 1941, M-214 was shortened to a connector route in downtown Nashville running between M-79 and M-66. In 1953, M-79 replaced M-214 and the latter designation was retired from the highway system. The last section", "id": "10575938" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nand M-50. M-79 was formed as a state trunkline by July 1, 1919 along part of its present routing. At the time, it ran between Hastings and Nashville as it does today. From Nashville, the trunkline turned south and west to end at the contemporary M-17 in Battle Creek. By 1927, the southernmost section of M-79 was truncated when M-78 was extended to Battle Creek. In late 1930, the southernmost section was shortened once again as a new M-14 designation replaced M-79 south of Nashville. An eastward extension of", "id": "10575937" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the central portion of Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The western terminus is about southeast of Hastings at the junction with M-37 and the eastern terminus is in downtown Charlotte at the junction with M-50 and Business Loop Interstate 69 (BL I-69). It passes through Quimby and Nashville, where there is a junction with M-66. The entire highway is undivided surface road. It has no direct access with Interstate 69 (I-69), although a sign for the highway", "id": "10575934" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nThe M-14 designation of the time was decommissioned and replaced with M-66. Starting at Six Lakes, M-66 turned west along M-46 instead of east and then turned south through Stanton and Ionia ending north of Battle Creek. The highway between Lowell and Lakeview was redesignated as M-91. A minor realignment in late 1950 removed two 90° curves near the Osceola–Missaukee county line and replaced them with a pair of sweeping curves. The MSHD rerouted M-66 between Maple Grove and Nashville in mid-1953. In the changes, M-79 was extended along the", "id": "18787175" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nBarry–Eaton county line. After meeting M-43, the two trunklines run concurrently for about a mile (1.6 km) before M-50 breaks off to the southwest near Woodbury. From there, the road continues in its southeasterly path along Clinton Trail through the northeast part of Eaton County as it runs through fields to Charlotte. Just prior to entering the city, the road bends to the south and near the middle of town it has a junction with M-79 and Business Loop I-69 (BL I-69). After this intersection, M-50", "id": "11076036" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-78 ran along a route similar that of today. It started north of Battle Creek at a junction with then M-79 and cut through the corner of Barry County to Bellevue, but it turned northeasterly to end at Charlotte at a junction with M-29. By 1927, M-78 was extended southward, replacing M-79 to the Indiana state line, connecting with State Road 9 (SR 9) south of Sturgis. At the same time, a northerly addition extended the highway concurrently along US Highway 27 (US 27) to Dewitt and", "id": "18787228" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthrough Dowling and meets the western terminus of M-79. The highway follows Hanover Street through the south side of Hastings into downtown, where it turns west on Green Street and north on Broadway Street. At the intersection of Broadway and State streets, M-37 meets and joins M-43. West of Hastings, M-43 separates and heads south toward Kalamazoo while M-37 turns northwesterly and runs parallel to the Thornapple River. The highway follows the river west and north to the community of Middleville through mixed farms and forests. In southern Kent County, M-37", "id": "17071079" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nends, and M-66 continues northeast out of the Cereal City on Division Street and then northeast on Capital Avenue along the Battle Creek River. M-66 continues northward through Barry County on Capital Avenue which becomes 9 Mile Road north of Baseline Road. The highway passes through Assyria before meeting M-79, with which it has a short concurrency, in Nashville. On the north side of the village, M-66 crosses the Thornapple River and continues north through mixed rural forest land and farm fields. Near Woodland, M-66 joins M-43 and the two run", "id": "18787163" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nnew route of M-66 and then over M-214 to Hastings. M-66 was shifted off Assyria Road which was turned back to local control. Another realignment in 1954 shifted M-66 to the modern routing between the M-43 concurrency termini, removing M-43/M-66 from a section of M-50 in the process. The final section gravel section of M-66, approximately in length, was paved near Nashville in 1957. M-32 was extended along the northernmost section of M-66 in 1963. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing", "id": "18787176" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-78 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus is the intersection with M-66 north of Battle Creek in Pennfield Township. The roadway runs through rural farmland and the community of Bellevue as it approaches its eastern terminus at an interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) near Olivet. The highway is used by between 3,100 and 5,300 vehicles on a daily basis. When the state highway system was signed in 1919, M-78 followed a similar routing. At Bellevue, it turned northeast to terminate at Charlotte.", "id": "18787223" }, { "contents": "M-100 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-100 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the central region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between Potterville and Grand Ledge, connecting Interstate 69 (I-69) and I-96 west of the state capital, Lansing. The highway was previously a section of M-16. After M-16 was realigned, M-100 was created by 1927. Three extensions in the 1930s, 1950s and 1990s resulted in the current highway routing. M-100 starts at exit 66 on I-69 in Potterville. The highway runs north along Hartel Road, intersecting Lansing", "id": "169088" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\n. North of a crossing of the Battle Creek River, Cochrane Road widens to include a center turn lane. About north of the starting point, BL I-69 begins a concurrency with M-50 at Shepherd Street. North of Warren Avenue, BL I-69/M-50 widens to four lanes, two in each direction. The concurrency ends at Lawrence Avenue; M-50 continues north, and the business loop heads east on Lawrence Avenue for a few blocks. That intersection also marks the eastern terminus of M-79. From that point, BL I-69 follows", "id": "12718039" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturn of the century. M-69 and M-95 separate in Randville as the former turns east and the latter continues southward. Between Randville and the former community of Metropolitan, M-69 runs along the West Branch of the Sturgeon River through more hilly terrain. The trunkline continues east to the twin communities of Theodore and Felch. The river and the road part ways until meeting again at Foster City. This is also the location of a unique junction of highways. M-69 meets G-69, a County-Designated Highway that runs south to Loretto in", "id": "1214340" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe concurrency. In western Webberville, M-52 passes under I-96 and merges with M-43 at the latter's eastern terminus. The two highways run north to, and turn west along, Grand River Avenue. At Perry Road, M-52 turns back north out of the village. The trunkline continues north into Shiawassee County and runs through Perry before crossing I-69. Continuing north, M-52 curves northeasterly into downtown Owosso intersecting M-21 west of M-71's western terminus. M-52 continues northward parallel to the Shiawassee River into Saginaw County. The trunkline runs through", "id": "15803113" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ndowntown Ionia, the trunkline crosses the Grand River and the abandoned mainline of the Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad near the county fairgrounds. M-66 turns west along M-21 (Lincoln Avenue) for two blocks before turning back to the north along State Street. The trunkline runs through the northern part of the county and meets M-44's eastern terminus near Woodard Lake. In Montcalm County, M-66 intersects M-57 in a rural area south of Sheridan before running north on Sheridan Road through Stanton. The highway jogs west along Main Street in Stanton before returning", "id": "18787165" }, { "contents": "M-74 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-74 was the designation of a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The highway ran through rural Missaukee County connecting Pioneer with Merritt. The highway was designated by 1919 along a longer route. It was shortened before it was totally removed from the highway system in the late 1930s. M-74 started at a junction with M-66 near the community of Pioneer. It ran east on Moorestown Road through Stittsville to Moorestown before turning south on Nelson Road. There it ran through the community of Star City, turning west briefly on", "id": "9319580" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n131 freeway, M-55 merges north along the freeway, bypassing downtown Cadillac. On the east side of town, M-55 leaves the freeway and turns east again running through the Pere Marquette State Forest along Watergate Road. When the highway meets M-66, M-55 joins M-66 and runs north through farmland. As the two highways approach Lake City, they run along the shore of Lake Missaukee and through downtown. M-55 turns east again along Houghton Lake Road, separating from M-66 north of the central business district. This section of trunkline passes through", "id": "19769038" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 junction and the I-94 interchange. The NHS is a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility. M-96 was formed as a state trunkline in late 1926 from parts of M-17. The section of M-17 between Galesberg and Battle Creek was not utilized for US 12 and became M-96. In 1936, the Alternate US 12 trunkline was designated through the Battle Creek area along a section of highway that had previously been part of US 12. This highway was added to M-96 three years later in 1939", "id": "16718650" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the airport, M-96 runs concurrently with both Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) and M-37. M-96 turns south on Helmer Road, separating from the other two trunklines, and then turns east crossing along Columbia Avenue. Here the highway runs along the edge of the city of Battle Creek through more residential areas and crosses the I-194/M-66 freeway next to the Riverside County Club. Near Brownlee Park, M-96 (Columbia Avenue) merges with BL I-94 (Michigan Avenue). Together BL I-94/M-96 continues along Michigan Avenue", "id": "16718647" }, { "contents": "M-42 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturns ninety degrees to the south off Walker Road before angling southeasterly skirting the edge of some hills near Dyer Lake just west of M-66. The road turns back due east between Al Moses Road and M-66, where it ends north of Lake City. No section of the trunkline is part of the National Highway System. M-42 is an original state trunkline dating back to the 1919 signage of the highway system in Michigan. The original highway routing started at M-13 in Manton and ran due west to Mesick. From there the highway turned", "id": "6820888" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-50 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. Although designated as an east–west highway, it is nearly a diagonal northwest–southeast route. The western terminus is at exit 52 along Interstate 96 (I-96) near Alto a few miles east of the metro Grand Rapids area, and its eastern terminus is in downtown Monroe at US Highway 24 (US 24, Telegraph Road). In between the trunkline runs through seven counties of the southern part of the Lower Peninsula mostly through rural farm fields and", "id": "11076032" }, { "contents": "M-82 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe downtown area and M-82 turns south along Stewart Avenue out of town. The highway rounds a curve and transitions to 72nd Street running eastward through more farm land. As the trunkline approaches Newaygo, the terrain becomes more wooded near the Muskegon River. M-82 follows Fremont Street east to a junction with M-37. The two highways merge and run concurrently over the river and into downtown on State Street. South of downtown, M-82 turns east again, independent of M-37, and runs along 82nd Street on the southern edge of the Manistee", "id": "9440783" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-96 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Kalamazoo and Marshall. Its termini are both on business routes of Interstate 94 (I-94); the eastern one coincides with an intersection with I-69. Between Kalamazoo and Marshall it passes through Comstock, Galesburg, Augusta, and Battle Creek intersecting I-194/M-66 in Battle Creek and I-94 in Emmett Township. The highway now known as M-96 was originally part of M-17. Parts of M-17 that were not used for US Highway 12 (US 12) in", "id": "16718644" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncontinues south concurrent with the business loop for a several blocks before turning eastward. On the eastern end of town, it has an interchange with I-69 at exit 60. After heading east past the junction with I-69, the highway turns southeast as it heads through rural fields toward Eaton Rapids. Once it reaches the city, M-50 converges with M-99, and the two intersect M-188 on the south side of the Grand River. The two highways run south out of the city. Immediately prior to entering Jackson County, the two trunklines", "id": "11076037" }, { "contents": "M-199 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-199 is a state trunkline highway near Albion in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus of the road is in Sheridan Township at exit 119 off Interstate 94 (I-94). The eastern terminus is a junction with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) downtown Albion. The entire road is within Calhoun County and runs through rural farm fields outside of Albion; in town it is a residential street. The M-199 designation had previously been applied to a highway in the Upper Peninsula in the 1930s. The current highway was previously", "id": "318093" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, before entering Missaukee County. The trunkline then turns westward on Stoney Corners Road toward McBain through farm land. In town it runs along Maple Street and then runs north toward Lake City on Morey Road. South of the Lake City, M-55 runs concurrently with M-66 by Missaukee Golf Course and into town along the eastern shore of Lake Missaukee. North of town, M-55 splits off to the east on Houghton Lake Road, and M-66 continues north to an intersection with the eastern terminus of M-42 in a rural forest. M-66 leaves", "id": "18787168" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-136 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Brockway to Fort Gratiot in the lower part of The Thumb of the Lower Peninsula. The highway serves as a connector between M-19 on the west and M-25 northwest of Port Huron. In between, the highway runs through rural St. Clair County through farm fields and along a creek and river. The trunkline uses roads that were part of the state highway system in 1919. The M-136 designation was assigned in 1931 and extended to its current length in 1961", "id": "12150122" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nCounty before meeting M-179 and M-37. M-43 merges with the latter highway and together they run into Hastings. Downtown, M-37 leaves town to the south, while M-43 heads north before curving around the east, passing through farmfields approaching the community of Woodland. After leaving town, the road meets M-66, and together they head north to a junction with M-50. M-43 then turns east with M-50, and they briefly run together before M-50 diverges to the southeast. Now known as the Grand Ledge Highway, M-43 continues its easterly path", "id": "1132339" }, { "contents": "M-63 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto M-13 (later US 131) in Osceola County on July 1, 1919. This highway was extended in 1930 along US 131 to Tustin and then to a terminus with M-66 in Marion. At the same time, M-37 was extended north from Baldwin to meet M-63 east of Peacock. This eastern extension was truncated in 1932 when it was redesignated as part of M-61. A short connector roadway, M-179, was designated in 1935 between M-63 and US 131, forming a small triangle of highways. The western end was shortened", "id": "11402253" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nAvenue removed. Then in 2003, the signs along the East Beltline were restored and the route extended back to its former terminus. M-44 Connector, or Conn. M-44, is a connector route state trunkline highway running along Plainfield Avenue in the Grand Rapids area. It connects I-96/M-37 near Lamberton Lake with M-44 running along East Beltline Avenue near the Grand River. In between, the highway passes through a commercial area. North of 5 Mile Road, Plainfield Avenue takes on a more suburban residential character. There are more business", "id": "13109173" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nmeets Interstate 69 (I-69) northwest of town. Continuing to Homer, the highway runs along Lehigh Street in town; M-99 merges into M-60 after the intersection with Hillsdale Street. East of town, the highway widens into a four-lane divided highway; M-99 turns north along this short section of roadway and M-60 reverts to a two-lane highway again. The trunkline crosses the Kalamazoo River at Concord before it crosses into Jackson County. At Spring Arbor, M-60 passes the campus of Spring Arbor University. Outside of Jackson", "id": "18513796" }, { "contents": "M-142 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-53 turns west, ending the overlap of the two highways. M-142 exits town and follows Sand Beach Road through farm country. About of Bad Axe, M-142 meets the northern terminus of M-19 (Ubly Road). Continuing eastward, the highway crosses two branches of the Willow River as it passes through the unincorporated community of Verona. East of that location, the trunkline turns northeasterly, roughly parallel to the Rock Falls Creek, as it angles to Harbor Beach. M-142 follows State Street through town, and the trunkline terminates at", "id": "8283132" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nhilly terrain. After crossing the Cheboygan County line, the roadway meets the community of Burt Lake. It curves southeasterly along the shoreline of the lake of the same name. The roadway rounds the south end of Burt Lake and approaches the community of Indian River. South of Burt Lake State Park, the trunkline meets Straits Highway, the former routing of US 27 through Indian River. M-68 turns north along Straits Highway through downtown and then turns east toward Interstate 75 (I-75). It is along this section of M-68 that", "id": "9319421" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nproceeds south along with Alden Nash Avenue and turns east on 92nd Street through farms and fields in the rural southeastern corner of the county. As the trunkline runs to the east, it crosses into Ionia County. M-50 follows Thompson Road, Nash Highway and Tupper Lake Road into Lake Odessa. In Lake Odessa, the road bends around the north side of Jordan Lake, curving to the south into the extreme northeastern Barry County. The highway turns back to the east as it heads towards a junction with M-66 and M-43 at the", "id": "11076035" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-66 is a north–south state trunkline highway on the Lower Peninsula (LP) of the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Indiana state line in the south to Charlevoix in the north. M-66 is the only state highway to run the north–south distance of the LP. It starts as a continuation of State Road 9 (SR 9) which provides access to the Indiana Toll Road. The total length is approximately , which includes almost of freeway between Interstate 94 (I-94) and downtown Battle Creek designated", "id": "18787155" }, { "contents": "M-113 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-113 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in Grand Traverse County from M-37 near Hannah to US Highway 131 (US 131) in Walton Junction. The trunkline runs through farm fields and woodlands in a rural area of the county. It connects the highways at its termini with the village of Kingsley. First designated in November 1927, the highway was extended in 1940 by adding the southernmost section near Walton Junction which was originally part of US 131. M-113 starts west of Hannah at an intersection with", "id": "4961848" }, { "contents": "M-24 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nexpressway from Metamora to I-69. South of Metamora, M-24 runs parallel to the former right-of-way for the Michigan Central Railroad north into the city of Lapeer. M-24 continues north from Lapeer running west of Barnes Lake and east of the community of Columbiaville just south of the M-90 junction. South of the Tuscola County line, the trunkline passes the Greenbriar Golf Club and crosses the Pere Marquette Railroad before turning west along Saginaw Road into the community of Mayville and turning north along Mertz Road. South of Caro, M-24", "id": "12670654" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\ncarried the M-28A designation before it was redesignated as Bus. M-28 in 1950. The trunkline was partially turned back to local control in 1953, and the business loop designation was removed at that time. The section of the roadway in downtown Newberry has carried several different designations in addition to the original M-28. Bus. M-28 started at the top of a small hill at an intersection with M-28 southwest of Newberry. The highway ran due north from the intersection along Engadine Road, running downhill towards Teaspoon Creek. Just south of the", "id": "14231892" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-13 is a north–south state trunkline highway that runs through the Saginaw Bay region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from Interstate 69 (I-69) south of Lennon to US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish. The southern section of the trunkline runs along a pair of county lines in a rural area dominated by farm fields. The highway directly connects the downtown areas of both Saginaw and Bay City. North of the latter city, the Lake Huron Circle Tour follows M-13 along the Saginaw Bay. The", "id": "5767618" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nterrain. East of town, the highway turns north running parallel to the AuTrain River Basin. The trunkline crosses Dexter Creek between Paulsen and Trout Lake roads. About halfway along the north–south segment of the highway, M-67 passes through the community of Limestone and crosses Johnson Creek. After running for , M-67 ends at a four-way intersection with M-94 and Tunteri Road. Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) traffic surveys in 2007 show that between 1,200 and 1,400 vehicles traveled the road daily in 2007 in a measure of", "id": "1214514" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nrun concurrently into Allegan. In 1963, when the I-196/US 31 freeway opened, the western terminus of M-89 was extended to meet the new freeway. A few years later, when M-96 was realigned onto a route that took it into Battle Creek, M-89 was extended southeasterly along Michigan Avenue (the old M-96) and terminated at M-37. The highway was extended further southeasterly into Battle Creek to replace the old routing of M-37 along Michigan Avenue; it then turned south on Washington to the BL I-94 where it terminated,", "id": "18787900" }, { "contents": "M-138 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-138 is a east–west state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from a junction with M-15 west of the unincorporated community of Munger in Bay County to the intersection with M-24 east of Akron in Tuscola County. The trunkline runs through rural agricultural areas outside of the villages and communities it serves. It was designated in the 1930s and extended in the 1940s. M-138 was truncated in the 1990s as well. M-138 begins at a junction with M-15 (Tuscola Road) just west", "id": "19948037" }, { "contents": "M-65 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the Pine River, M-65 merges with M-72. The two trunklines run concurrently curving to the northwest past the eastern terminus of county road F-32 into Curran. North of town, they separate as M-72 turns westward and M-65 continues north, exiting the Huron National Forest. The highway jogs along the Alcona–Alpena County line and crosses the Beaver Creek in the process. The trunkline runs to the east of Beaver Lake as it runs north through mixed forest and fields toward the community of Lachine. Southeast of that town, M-65", "id": "1359267" }, { "contents": "M-31 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, the trunkline turned southwesterly to follow along part of the Saginaw Bay. The road passed through Sebewaing to Unionville before turning back inland. Running southward to Akron, the highway turned alternately westward and southward to Fairgrove. M-31 next ran west along Bradleyville Road to a connection with M-81; the two highways ran concurrently south through Gilford before M-31 separated and turned back westward through Reese to Saginaw. The northern terminus in downtown Saginaw was at an intersection with what was then M-10. When the state highway system was first signed in 1919", "id": "19066175" }, { "contents": "M-76 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-76 is a former state trunkline highway designation in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The highway's designation was decommissioned when the last section of it was converted to freeway as a part of the present-day Interstate 75 (I-75). At that time, M-76 extended from US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish northwesterly to I-75 south of Grayling. Two sections of the route followed freeways with a two-lane highway in between to connect them. The former routing of M-76 through West Branch before", "id": "13291830" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 94 in Michigan\n\n\nlonger reconnects to I-94 on both ends. Major intersections Business Loop Interstate 94 (BL I-94) is a state trunkline highway serving as a business loop from I-94 through downtown Battle Creek. The highway begins at exit 92 on I-94 near the Kalamazoo–Calhoun county line. BL I-94 runs concurrently along M-37 northwesterly from the freeway on the two-lane Columbia Avenue on the eastern edge of Fort Custer. At an intersection south of the W.K. Kellogg Airport, BL I-94/M-37 turns easterly to run on the southern side of the", "id": "16557414" }, { "contents": "M-21 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto Port Huron in 1966. A freeway segment between Flint and Lapeer opened in 1971. M-21 was routed down M-13 to the new freeway where it joined the M-78 designation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after I-69 was extended north from Charlotte. The 1974 completion of I-196 meant the truncation of M-21 to end in Grand Rapids. At the time, M-21 was extended along Fulton Street to the East Beltline, and", "id": "13431388" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nas a result of the various reroutings in the Lansing area, both of which are no longer part of the state highway system. M-78 begins at an intersection with M-66 in Pennfield Township, north of Battle Creek in Calhoun County. The trunkline passes through rural farm lands as it runs due east and northeast. It briefly crosses the southeast corner of Barry County as it enters Eaton County. There M-78 follows Battle Creek Highway past some small ponds and into the town of Bellevue. The trunkline becomes Capitol Avenue in town and turns", "id": "18787225" }, { "contents": "M-81 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. East of town, the highway follows Caro Road through more farm fields through the community of Watrousville. Near the south side of the Tuscola Area Airport, M-81 turns to the northeast running along the Cass River to Caro. In the city, the trunkline follows State Street past the fairgrounds. At the intersection with Ellington Street, M-81 crosses M-24. The highway continues northeasterly out of town and through the community of Ellington. Northeast of Elmwood, M-81 turns due east along Cass City Road. The trunkline runs to the village", "id": "9440771" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nUS 12 freeway was completed in the area. Bus. US 12 was redesignated as BL I-94 in 1960 and M-96 was shortened to end at BL I-94/M-78 running on Capital Avenue. M-37 was reextended in 1961 in Battle Creek to a concurrent routing with M-96 in 1961. M-89 was extended along the roadway used by M-96 west of Battle Creek to M-37 in 1965, truncating M-96 in the process. M-96 was reextended back to Battle Creek along Dickman Road and Fort Custer Highway from Augusta east in 1971. Several changes in", "id": "16718652" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthat junction, M-71 turns easterly and then southeasterly out of town. The highway continues to run alongside the rail line through farmland to the outskirts of Vernon. M-71 crosses the Shiawassee River for a second time. The rail line and the highway diverge and run on opposite sides of town; the highway rounds the northeast side and the rail line runs along the southwest side. This section of trunkline through Vernon had the lowest AADT value in 2009 with 4,371 vehicles. M-71 continues to the interchange with I-69 at exit 118 northwest of", "id": "9319504" }, { "contents": "M-140 (Michigan highway)\n\n\njog along Pokagon Road around Riggins Lake. M-140 turns back northward and runs through the community of Berrien Center. Near Eau Claire, the highway turns bends along Maple Grove Road for about before going north on Watervliet Road. East of town, the trunkline follows Main Street eastward toward the Berrien–Cass county line. M-140 intersects the northern terminus of M-62 and curves north. In northern Berrien County, M-140 follows Watervliet Road to an interchange with Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues northward along Main Street into Watervliet,", "id": "800150" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-69 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 2 (US 2) on both ends in Crystal Falls and near Bark River. In between, the highway runs for in rural UP forest lands. Before the creation of the U.S. Highway System, the current M-69 was a portion of M-12. The original M-69 was replaced by US 102 and the M-69 designation was reused on a section of M-12 not replaced by US 2.", "id": "1214334" }, { "contents": "M-36 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof town. At Howell Street, County Road D-19 merges in from the south. The two designations run concurrently along Main Street to Pearl Street, where D-19 turns northward. At the intersection with Dexter Street, M-36 intersects the western terminus of D-32, the \"Highway to Hell\". East of Pinckney, M-36 passes between Rush and Bass lakes in the Pettysville area. Immediately east of there, the highway passes through woods between Oneida and Zukey lakes in Lakeland. The trunkline passes to the south of Buck Lake and then", "id": "19826396" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n(MDOT). The highway was first designated by July 1, 1919 along a portion of the current roadway. In a series of extensions, M-55 was lengthened to connect its current endpoints by the early 1930s. The trunkline has been rerouted in sections since that time resulting in the modern roadway alignment. One set of changes produced a business loop in the Houghton Lake area. M-55 starts at a three-way intersection with US 31 north of Manistee. The trunkline runs southeast on Caberfae Highway over the Manistee River and through", "id": "19769036" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto enter the outskirts of Battle Creek it follows Michigan Avenue. It passes through the neighborhoods of Level Park-Oak Park and Urbandale, the first residential areas of the city. As the highway continues towards Battle Creek it has a junction with M-37. M-89 continues on Michigan Avenue until an intersection with Washington Avenue where the route turns to the southwest where it crosses the Kalamazoo River one last time. The trunkline terminates a few blocks later at Dickman Road, otherwise known as the Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94). M-89", "id": "18787895" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nMountain, M-88 turns east at Alden highway and enters the community of Mancelona, passing the Fairview Cemetery. The highway runs along on State Street into downtown. M-88 ends at an intersection with US 131/M-66 running along Williams Street, and State Street continues eastward as C-38. M-88 was first designated by July 1, 1919 along its current routing between Mancelona and Bellaire. It was extended in 1927 through Central Lake to end in Eastport. It was used as a temporary routing of US 31 between Eastport and Bellaire while the", "id": "6692228" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 designation transfers from the freeway to run concurrently with M-89 eastward. After the freeway, M-43/M-89 passes through the city of Plainwell and crosses the Kalamazoo River again before continuing into rural areas again. The trunkline continues to the southeast on towards the village of Richland. Just north of Richland, M-89 parts ways with M-43. M-89 heads south through town and intersects M-343, before turning eastward and passing to the south of Gull Lake. After passing the lake, the highway turns southeast towards Battle Creek. As M-89 begins", "id": "18787894" }, { "contents": "M-14 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nstreets to new stretches of freeways running south of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. The former route of US 12, much of which was known as Plymouth Road, was retained as a trunkline and redesignated M-14. In 1964, a northern bypass connecting US 23 with M-153 was completed, and M-14 was rerouted onto the new freeway; the highway still ran through Ann Arbor along routes now designated Bus. US 23 and Business Loop I-94. The following year, the freeway was extended to its present western terminus at I-94, and M-14", "id": "11243057" }, { "contents": "M-188 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-188 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from Eaton Rapids to the VFW National Home for Children, southeast of town through a rural area. Approximately 1,000 vehicles each day use a highway that was first designated in the 1930s and paved in the 1940s. Starting in Eaton Rapids, M-188 heads eastward from the intersection with M-99/M-50 (Michigan highway) toward the Grand River. The highway follows Water Street southeasterly along the river through residential neighborhoods and exits town. M-188 turns back due east", "id": "3803194" }, { "contents": "M-72 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. At South Down River Road, M-72 turns east again to leave Grayling, crossing I-75 in the process. There is no direct access to I-75 from M-72. Instead traffic is directed to follow BL I-75 in either direction to get to the freeway. In eastern Crawford County, M-72 runs through the Au Sable State Forest and crosses the South Branch of the Au Sable River on the Wakeley Bridge. East of the river crossing, the trunkline intersects the northern terminus of M-18 before crossing into Oscoda County. M-72 continues east through", "id": "18092035" }, { "contents": "M-28 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof M-28 designated as a part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour is from the western terminus to the eastern junction with M-64 in Bergland, where the Circle Tour turns north along M-64, leaving M-28. Here, M-28 has its lowest traffic counts; within the 2013 MDOT survey, the road is listed with only an average annual daily traffic (AADT) of 1,425 vehicles on a section of highway between Bergland and the US 45 intersection in Bruce Crossing. The trunkline runs through heavily forested areas of southern Houghton and Baraga counties.", "id": "20777599" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, which runs along the western city line. M-13 meets the 2 one-way streets that carry M-25 and the I-75 business spur at the intersections with Thomas and Jenny streets. From this intersection on, M-13 forms a part of the Lake Huron Circle Tour. Farther north, the highway turns northwesterly on Huron Road; Euclid Avenue continues north as M-247. As the trunkline heads away from Bay City, it runs parallel to the Lake State Railway again. M-13 intersects the northern end of its connector route before Huron Road crosses", "id": "5767624" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-89 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from near Ganges to Battle Creek. M-89 starts at an interchange with Interstate 196/US Highway 31 (I-196/US 31) and passes through Allegan, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and Calhoun counties. The highway also briefly crosses the southwest corner of Barry County before it terminates an at intersection with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) on the northwestern side of downtown Battle Creek. In between the trunkline runs parallel to the Kalamazoo River", "id": "18787890" }, { "contents": "M-33 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-33 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Interstate 75 (I-75) at Alger in Arenac County north to M-27 near Cheboygan. In between, the trunkline runs through rural sections of the northeastern Lower Peninsula including state and national forest areas. M-33 connects to a handful of parks and crosses several of the rivers in that section of the state. It runs concurrently with three other state highways, sharing pavement to connect through several small communities of Northern Michigan. M-33 was designated by", "id": "16986002" }, { "contents": "M-57 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncounty line, the highway crosses a branch of the Great Lakes Central Railroad. M-57 follows Brady Road and crosses M-52 just west of Chesaning. Further east, the trunkline crosses another line of the Great Lakes Central. The highway follows Broad Street into town and over the Shiawassee River. On the east banks, M-57 runs along Main Street south along the river to a junction with Peet Road where it then turns east along the latter road out of town. The highway passes through more farm fields and through Layton Corners on the", "id": "12341714" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe western end of the highway, halfway between Bark River and Hyde, west of Escanaba. In 1919, M-69 started at the state line south of Crystal Falls. It ran north through Crystal Falls, where it intersected M-12, to end in Covington at an intersection with M-28. This roadway was redesignated with the creation of the U.S. Highway System in 1926. US 2 replaced M-69 south and M-12 west of Crystal Falls. US 102 replaced M-69 north of Crystal Falls, and the latter designation was reused on the section of", "id": "1214343" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-227 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It consists largely of a segment of old U.S. Highway 27 (US 27) along the south and west sides of Marshall. The highway passes the airport and serves an industrial section of town north of the Kalamazoo River. M-227 was created as a part of a program to add additional routes into the state's highway system under the leadership of Governor John Engler. M-227 starts at a diamond interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) at exit 32", "id": "16700161" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. M-136 begins at a junction with M-19 just south of Brockway on the north side of Mill Creek. The highway heads eastward through farm fields on Metcalf Road for about before bending to the southeast on Beard Road, parallel to the creek. The road then turns eastward on Avoca Road near Tackaberry Airport and heads toward Avoca. The trunkline continues in this direction through farm fields and the community of Avoca before turning southward on Glyshaw Road near the Black River. M-136 turns east, returning to Beard Road, and running through a", "id": "12150123" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-71 is a state trunkline highway in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. It serves as a connector between M-21 in Owosso to Interstate 69 (I-69) near Durand. The highway runs along a rail line in a northwest-to-southeast direction in rural Shiawassee County connecting a few small towns along its path. The highway dates back to the start of the state highway system in 1919. There were some changes made to the routing in the 1930s which increased its length. Two adjacent highways have been rerouted", "id": "9319501" }, { "contents": "M-61 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-61 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Marion and Standish. The highway runs along the boundary area between Northern Michigan and Central Michigan in the Lower Peninsula. M-61 runs through rural forestland connecting several smaller communities together as it connects M-115, US Highway 127 (US 127), Interstate 75 (I-75) and US 23. Less than 10,000 vehicles a day use various segments of the roadway on average. The trunkline was first designated along a portion of its current alignment by 1919. M-61", "id": "8785849" }, { "contents": "M-91 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, but subsequent transfers or roadway sections have truncated the route to its present form. For a time period in the 1980s, M-91 was even a discontinuous highway when a section in the middle was transferred to county control before the southernmost section was transferred. M-91 starts at an intersection with M-44 west of Belding in Otisco Township. The road runs north along Storey Road and past the Candlestone Golf Course and farmlands. At Bricker Road, M-91 crosses out of Ionia County into Montcalm County. The trunkline runs along Greenville Road and passes", "id": "8283414" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 is a state trunkline highway in the southwestern and central parts of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from South Haven to Webberville along an indirect path through both rural areas and larger cities. The trunkline follows five overall segments: a southeasterly track from South Haven to Kalamazoo, a northerly path to Plainwell, a southeasterly route to Richland, a northeasterly course to the Hastings area and an easterly route through the Lansing area. The M-43 designation dates back to at least July 1, 1919, when it was used", "id": "1132334" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-88 is a state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between US Highway 31 (US 31) and US 131/M-66 in the Lower Peninsula. Running from Mancelona to Eastport, M-88 also goes through the communities of Bellaire and Central Lake. The highway is completely within Antrim County and is known by the street name of \"Scenic Highway\" outside of the various communities along its routing. M-88 is an original trunkline dating back to the 1919 signing of the state system. An extension in the 1920s", "id": "6692224" }, { "contents": "M-34 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-99 turns south along Pioneer Road, M-34 continues east along Hudson Road. The highway turns to the southeast to the south of Osseo near Deer Lake and continues towards Pittsford. Hudson Road runs through a mix of forests and local farms. The trunkline passes to the south of the main business district in Pittsford. East of town, the highway turns east and intersects US Highway 127 (US 127) at the Hillsdale–Lenawee county line in Hudson. The trunkline continues eastward through the city of Hudson as Main Street. On", "id": "16558269" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-44 is a state trunkline highway in the western region of the US state of Michigan. It runs northward from the intersection of M-11 (28th Street) and M-37 toward the Rockford area. The highway then turns eastward to Belding, and it ends six miles (10 km) north of Ionia at M-66. M-44 is known in Grand Rapids as the \"East Beltline\" and intersects with its related highway, Connector M-44, in Plainfield Township. This highway runs concurrently with M-37 between M-11 and Interstate 96 (I-96).", "id": "13109166" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nBusiness M-28 (Bus. M-28) was a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It served as a business route running for through the Newberry area. The business loop followed a U-shaped routing to connect downtown Newberry with M-28 south of town. It ran west of the city of Newberry, passing through the community of Dollarville before entering downtown, turning south and ending near the county airport. Bus. M-28 was originally a section of M-28 before the latter was realigned in the late 1930s. The highway", "id": "14231891" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nbetween Tekonsha and Marshall. From I-69, M-227 runs east on F Drive South north of Pine and Long lakes for approximately one mile (1.6 km). The highway runs through agricultural land and turns north to follow Old US 27/17 Mile Road. At Division Drive, M-227 passes into Marshall on Kalamazoo Avenue. The highway runs past the Brooks Field airport and the Alwin Downs Golf Course. Kalamazoo Avenue crosses the Kalamazoo River, and M-227 turns west along Industrial Road. This section of town is an industrial park, and M-227", "id": "16700162" }, { "contents": "M-51 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nPokagon, M-51 turns back northeasterly toward Dowagiac. Once the highway reaches that city, it merges with M-62. The two highways run concurrently eastward along Spruce, Main and Division streets through downtown. M-51 turns to the north along Front Street, separating from the concurrency and leaving downtown. North of town in rural Cass County, M-51 intersects M-152 near location where the highway crosses the Dowagiac River. North of that intersection, the trunkline crosses into Van Buren County and turns to the east again. M-51 passes south of Knickerbocker Lake", "id": "11912684" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-67 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 41 (US 41) and M-94 between Trenary and Chatham. The highway has largely been unchanged during its history, although the highways that connect to M-67 on each end have changed several times. M-67 starts at an intersection with US 41 near Trenary east of the West Branch of the Whitefish River. From that intersection the highway runs east crossing Scott Creek before running into downtown Trenary along relatively flat", "id": "1214513" }, { "contents": "M-343 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-343 is a state trunkline highway in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It runs for almost along Gull Road between the northeast side of Kalamazoo and continues through rural areas on the way to Richland. The highway was created in January 2019 from a section of M-43 after that highway was rerouted in the aftermath of a series of jurisdictional transfers in downtown Kalamazoo. It had been a part of the state highway system for a century under its previous number until it was given its current designation. M-343 starts where Gull Road intersects Riverview Drive east", "id": "11381182" }, { "contents": "M-115 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. The lowest AADT was the 2,236 vehicles near Copemish. The trunkline between the US 10 and M-37 junctions has been listed on the National Highway System. a network of roads important to the country's defense, economy and mobility. In 1929, the first stretch of M-115 was designated from Frankfort to Benzonia. Beginning in the mid-1930s, construction of M-115 began from central to northwestern Lower Michigan. In 1936, an earthen highway was opened between the south side of Cadillac to M-66, with additional sections west of Mesick and northwest", "id": "9213548" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is near the border between Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties at exit 92 of Interstate 94 (I-94) southwest of Battle Creek. The northern terminus is at the Mission Point Light on Old Mission Point in Grand Traverse County. In between, the highway connects Battle Creek, Grand Rapids and Traverse City. Motorists will travel through agricultural land, forests, suburbs and large cities along the way. The section of M-37 on the Old Mission", "id": "17071073" }, { "contents": "M-203 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-203 turns inland running due east to Cloverland Road then turning north and east along Veterans Memorial Highway. Along this section of roadway, the AADT was measured at 440 vehicles in 2007. The highway follows Veterans Memorial Highway through the neighborhood of Tamarack west of Calumet. From there it continues eastward, following Pine Street north of downtown Calumet, looping back to US 41/M-26. The northern terminus of M-203 is at the intersection of Pine Street and Calumet Avenue. M-203 was first designated as a spur route from Hancock north", "id": "1358584" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nline, the highway intersects with US 12 before crossing into Washtenaw County. The limited-access section of M-52 continues north through western Washtenaw County, where it ends in Manchester. M-52 turns west along Austin and City roads into the village. The trunkline continues along the banks of the north branch of the River Raisin on Riverside Drive before turning north out of town. Just south of Chelsea, M-52 crosses Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues through downtown Chelsea and turns northwesterly through the Waterloo State Recreation Area in the", "id": "15803111" }, { "contents": "M-29 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-29 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in a south–north direction from Chesterfield Township to Marysville. It generally runs along the shore of Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River. The M-29 designation has been used twice in Michigan starting in 1919. The first designation near Lansing was replaced by U.S. Route 27 (US 27) in 1926. At that time, the M-29 designation was moved to the east side of the state along the current routing and farther north along part of what", "id": "18258775" }, { "contents": "Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\ndesignation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after a Temporary I-69 (Temp. I-69) designation was extended northward from Charlotte through Lansing to Perry. On September 4 of that year, I-69's designation was officially extended by Congress to end at I-475 on the east side of Flint; this extension, and all subsequent ones, was of \"non-chargeable mileage\", or segments not financed through the Interstate Highway", "id": "20840099" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-52 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is on the Ohio border, where it continues as State Route 109 (SR 109). The highway passes through communities like Adrian, where it intersects US Highway 223 (US 223), Chelsea and Webberville along its course. It crosses some major rivers, including the River Raisin and the Shiawassee. The section of the highway between M-50 and Manchester was built as a limited-access highway. M-52's northern terminus is", "id": "15803106" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nI-96 and then north on I-496. From there, M-78 followed the one-way pairing of Homer and Howard streets from the northern end of the freeway up to the one-way couplet of Saginaw Street and Grand River Avenue, returning to its previous routing. The former route through downtown along US 27 was redesignated Business M-78 (Bus. M-78) at the same time. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing sections of M-78 in 1965. The US 127 freeway was completed from", "id": "18787232" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n23) was incorporated into the trunkline as a discontinuous section in the early 1940s until it was later connected in 1946. M-68 starts in the community of Alanson east of Little Traverse Bay in Emmet County. US 31 runs along Burr Avenue parallel to the former Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad line and depot in town. M-68 starts at an intersection between Chicago Street and Burr Avenue. The trunkline runs southeasterly from this intersection and on a bridge over the Crooked River. After leaving town, the highway curves to run due east through", "id": "9319420" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nGrand Rapids. The state trunkline highway was created when M-50 was rerouted to follow 28th Street and Wilson Avenue around the south and west sides of the city in 1953. The business loop was decommissioned when M-50 was returned to its former routing in 1961. The highway followed Lake Michigan Drive (now M-45) from the Standale neighborhood of Walker easterly to Fulton Street in Grand Rapids. From there it followed Fulton easterly through downtown Grand Rapids and the east side of the city to a junction with Cascade Road in Grand Rapids Township The", "id": "11076050" }, { "contents": "M-102 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-102 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs along the northern boundary of Detroit following 8 Mile Road. The highway follows the Michigan Baseline, a part of the land survey of the state, and the roadway is also called Base Line Road in places. As a county road or city street, 8 Mile Road extends both east and west of the M-102 designation, which leaves 8 Mile on the eastern end to follow Vernier Road. The western terminus of M-102 is at the junction", "id": "5983336" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nTahquamenon River, Bus. M-28 turned east into the community of Dollarville. There the trunkline followed Dollarville Road and Engadine Road to the western city limits of Newberry. Once in the city of Newberry, Bus. M-28 followed West McMillan Avenue. At the intersection with M-117 (Newberry Avenue), Bus. M-28 turned south concurrently with M-117. The combined highway passed through the central business district. South of town, M-117/Bus. M-28 turned east along Campbell Avenue and then south along Miller Road. West of the Luce", "id": "14231893" }, { "contents": "M-90 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-90 is a state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from near North Branch eastward to Lexington situated on Lake Huron. The highway is a lightly traveled roadway that runs through rural farmlands. The trunkline runs mostly east–west with two short north–south segments where it turns to run concurrently with other state highways. Along the routing, there are two river crossings and one railroad crossing. The current highway that bears the M-90 designation is the second to carry number. The first", "id": "9440848" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\nBath Township. In 1919, the MSHD signposted the highway system for the first time, and the east–west highways through Lansing were part of the original M-29 through downtown and the original M-39 north of downtown. The north–south highway in Lansing was the original M-14. On November 11, 1926, the United States Numbered Highway System was approved by the AASHO, and the new US 27 replaced M-29 and M-14 in the area. By the end of the next year, M-78 was extended from Charlotte along US 27", "id": "12718047" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nroadway on any average day of the year. Along M-37, the volume varies from the peak 49,173 vehicles on a section of I-96/M-37 in Grand Rapids to the 718 vehicles at the northern terminus by the Mission Point Light. M-37 starts joined with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) as the two highway designations run concurrently at exit 92 on I-94 southwest of Battle Creek. They follow Columbia Avenue and pass around the southern side of the W. K. Kellogg Airport. When the roadway meets M-96, BL I-94/M-37 turns", "id": "17071077" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-60 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Niles area at a junction with US Highway 12 (US 12) to the Jackson area where it ends at Interstate 94 (I-94). The trunkline passes through a mix of farm fields and woodlands, crosses or runs along several rivers and connects several small towns of the southern area of the state. The westernmost segment runs along divided highway while the easternmost section is a full freeway bypass of Jackson. M-60 was originally", "id": "18513790" }, { "contents": "M-95 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nlater be extended in 1932 to the state line south of Kingsford. The total of M-45 was converted to M-95 in 1934 as a realignment near Witch Lake is completed. M-95 was rerouted in 1942 from Republic north to Humboldt Township. This new section replaced the last section of gravel roadway that was transferred to Marquette County as County Road 601. Another rerouting in the Republic area moved the trunkline in 1957 to bypass South Republic. The former roadway was partially closed to become part of the Republic Mine. M-69 was shortened, eliminating", "id": "20686812" } ]

[ { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nfields. South of Thornapple Lake, M-79 angles southeasterly moving from Quimby Road to Scott Road running parallel to the Thornapple River again into the community of Nashville. M-79 meets M-66 and turns south along the latter highway's route along Main and Durkee streets through the community. South of town in Maple Grove Township, M-79 separates from M-66 and turns east along Lawrence Road. Outside of Charlotte, M-79 curves southeast to transition to Lawrence Avenue through town. The eastern terminus is at an intersection with Cochran Avenue, which carries BL I-69", "id": "10575936" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nis located on southbound I-69 at exit 61. The highway was first designated in 1919 between Hastings and Battle Creek. It was later moved to run to Charlotte. A section of M-79 was designated as M-214 in the 1930s. M-214 would later be decommissioned as a highway designation and the M-79 designation was reapplied to the roadway. M-79 starts south of Hastings at a three-way intersection with M-37 in Hastings Township. The trunkline runs east and parallel to a section of the Thornapple River through wooded terrain that is interspersed with farm", "id": "10575935" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 at the same time carries the highway designation to Vermontville. M-79 was extended easterly to Charlotte in 1934 at the same time that the section of the trunkline between Nashville and Vermontville was redesignated M-214. M-79 was rerouted along Assyria and Lawrence roads at the time to connect the sections of M-79 on either side of M-214. By 1941, M-214 was shortened to a connector route in downtown Nashville running between M-79 and M-66. In 1953, M-79 replaced M-214 and the latter designation was retired from the highway system. The last section", "id": "10575938" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nand M-50. M-79 was formed as a state trunkline by July 1, 1919 along part of its present routing. At the time, it ran between Hastings and Nashville as it does today. From Nashville, the trunkline turned south and west to end at the contemporary M-17 in Battle Creek. By 1927, the southernmost section of M-79 was truncated when M-78 was extended to Battle Creek. In late 1930, the southernmost section was shortened once again as a new M-14 designation replaced M-79 south of Nashville. An eastward extension of", "id": "10575937" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the central portion of Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The western terminus is about southeast of Hastings at the junction with M-37 and the eastern terminus is in downtown Charlotte at the junction with M-50 and Business Loop Interstate 69 (BL I-69). It passes through Quimby and Nashville, where there is a junction with M-66. The entire highway is undivided surface road. It has no direct access with Interstate 69 (I-69), although a sign for the highway", "id": "10575934" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nThe M-14 designation of the time was decommissioned and replaced with M-66. Starting at Six Lakes, M-66 turned west along M-46 instead of east and then turned south through Stanton and Ionia ending north of Battle Creek. The highway between Lowell and Lakeview was redesignated as M-91. A minor realignment in late 1950 removed two 90° curves near the Osceola–Missaukee county line and replaced them with a pair of sweeping curves. The MSHD rerouted M-66 between Maple Grove and Nashville in mid-1953. In the changes, M-79 was extended along the", "id": "18787175" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nBarry–Eaton county line. After meeting M-43, the two trunklines run concurrently for about a mile (1.6 km) before M-50 breaks off to the southwest near Woodbury. From there, the road continues in its southeasterly path along Clinton Trail through the northeast part of Eaton County as it runs through fields to Charlotte. Just prior to entering the city, the road bends to the south and near the middle of town it has a junction with M-79 and Business Loop I-69 (BL I-69). After this intersection, M-50", "id": "11076036" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-78 ran along a route similar that of today. It started north of Battle Creek at a junction with then M-79 and cut through the corner of Barry County to Bellevue, but it turned northeasterly to end at Charlotte at a junction with M-29. By 1927, M-78 was extended southward, replacing M-79 to the Indiana state line, connecting with State Road 9 (SR 9) south of Sturgis. At the same time, a northerly addition extended the highway concurrently along US Highway 27 (US 27) to Dewitt and", "id": "18787228" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthrough Dowling and meets the western terminus of M-79. The highway follows Hanover Street through the south side of Hastings into downtown, where it turns west on Green Street and north on Broadway Street. At the intersection of Broadway and State streets, M-37 meets and joins M-43. West of Hastings, M-43 separates and heads south toward Kalamazoo while M-37 turns northwesterly and runs parallel to the Thornapple River. The highway follows the river west and north to the community of Middleville through mixed farms and forests. In southern Kent County, M-37", "id": "17071079" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nends, and M-66 continues northeast out of the Cereal City on Division Street and then northeast on Capital Avenue along the Battle Creek River. M-66 continues northward through Barry County on Capital Avenue which becomes 9 Mile Road north of Baseline Road. The highway passes through Assyria before meeting M-79, with which it has a short concurrency, in Nashville. On the north side of the village, M-66 crosses the Thornapple River and continues north through mixed rural forest land and farm fields. Near Woodland, M-66 joins M-43 and the two run", "id": "18787163" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nnew route of M-66 and then over M-214 to Hastings. M-66 was shifted off Assyria Road which was turned back to local control. Another realignment in 1954 shifted M-66 to the modern routing between the M-43 concurrency termini, removing M-43/M-66 from a section of M-50 in the process. The final section gravel section of M-66, approximately in length, was paved near Nashville in 1957. M-32 was extended along the northernmost section of M-66 in 1963. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing", "id": "18787176" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-78 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus is the intersection with M-66 north of Battle Creek in Pennfield Township. The roadway runs through rural farmland and the community of Bellevue as it approaches its eastern terminus at an interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) near Olivet. The highway is used by between 3,100 and 5,300 vehicles on a daily basis. When the state highway system was signed in 1919, M-78 followed a similar routing. At Bellevue, it turned northeast to terminate at Charlotte.", "id": "18787223" }, { "contents": "M-100 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-100 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the central region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between Potterville and Grand Ledge, connecting Interstate 69 (I-69) and I-96 west of the state capital, Lansing. The highway was previously a section of M-16. After M-16 was realigned, M-100 was created by 1927. Three extensions in the 1930s, 1950s and 1990s resulted in the current highway routing. M-100 starts at exit 66 on I-69 in Potterville. The highway runs north along Hartel Road, intersecting Lansing", "id": "169088" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\n. North of a crossing of the Battle Creek River, Cochrane Road widens to include a center turn lane. About north of the starting point, BL I-69 begins a concurrency with M-50 at Shepherd Street. North of Warren Avenue, BL I-69/M-50 widens to four lanes, two in each direction. The concurrency ends at Lawrence Avenue; M-50 continues north, and the business loop heads east on Lawrence Avenue for a few blocks. That intersection also marks the eastern terminus of M-79. From that point, BL I-69 follows", "id": "12718039" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturn of the century. M-69 and M-95 separate in Randville as the former turns east and the latter continues southward. Between Randville and the former community of Metropolitan, M-69 runs along the West Branch of the Sturgeon River through more hilly terrain. The trunkline continues east to the twin communities of Theodore and Felch. The river and the road part ways until meeting again at Foster City. This is also the location of a unique junction of highways. M-69 meets G-69, a County-Designated Highway that runs south to Loretto in", "id": "1214340" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe concurrency. In western Webberville, M-52 passes under I-96 and merges with M-43 at the latter's eastern terminus. The two highways run north to, and turn west along, Grand River Avenue. At Perry Road, M-52 turns back north out of the village. The trunkline continues north into Shiawassee County and runs through Perry before crossing I-69. Continuing north, M-52 curves northeasterly into downtown Owosso intersecting M-21 west of M-71's western terminus. M-52 continues northward parallel to the Shiawassee River into Saginaw County. The trunkline runs through", "id": "15803113" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ndowntown Ionia, the trunkline crosses the Grand River and the abandoned mainline of the Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad near the county fairgrounds. M-66 turns west along M-21 (Lincoln Avenue) for two blocks before turning back to the north along State Street. The trunkline runs through the northern part of the county and meets M-44's eastern terminus near Woodard Lake. In Montcalm County, M-66 intersects M-57 in a rural area south of Sheridan before running north on Sheridan Road through Stanton. The highway jogs west along Main Street in Stanton before returning", "id": "18787165" }, { "contents": "M-74 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-74 was the designation of a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The highway ran through rural Missaukee County connecting Pioneer with Merritt. The highway was designated by 1919 along a longer route. It was shortened before it was totally removed from the highway system in the late 1930s. M-74 started at a junction with M-66 near the community of Pioneer. It ran east on Moorestown Road through Stittsville to Moorestown before turning south on Nelson Road. There it ran through the community of Star City, turning west briefly on", "id": "9319580" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n131 freeway, M-55 merges north along the freeway, bypassing downtown Cadillac. On the east side of town, M-55 leaves the freeway and turns east again running through the Pere Marquette State Forest along Watergate Road. When the highway meets M-66, M-55 joins M-66 and runs north through farmland. As the two highways approach Lake City, they run along the shore of Lake Missaukee and through downtown. M-55 turns east again along Houghton Lake Road, separating from M-66 north of the central business district. This section of trunkline passes through", "id": "19769038" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 junction and the I-94 interchange. The NHS is a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility. M-96 was formed as a state trunkline in late 1926 from parts of M-17. The section of M-17 between Galesberg and Battle Creek was not utilized for US 12 and became M-96. In 1936, the Alternate US 12 trunkline was designated through the Battle Creek area along a section of highway that had previously been part of US 12. This highway was added to M-96 three years later in 1939", "id": "16718650" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the airport, M-96 runs concurrently with both Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) and M-37. M-96 turns south on Helmer Road, separating from the other two trunklines, and then turns east crossing along Columbia Avenue. Here the highway runs along the edge of the city of Battle Creek through more residential areas and crosses the I-194/M-66 freeway next to the Riverside County Club. Near Brownlee Park, M-96 (Columbia Avenue) merges with BL I-94 (Michigan Avenue). Together BL I-94/M-96 continues along Michigan Avenue", "id": "16718647" }, { "contents": "M-42 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturns ninety degrees to the south off Walker Road before angling southeasterly skirting the edge of some hills near Dyer Lake just west of M-66. The road turns back due east between Al Moses Road and M-66, where it ends north of Lake City. No section of the trunkline is part of the National Highway System. M-42 is an original state trunkline dating back to the 1919 signage of the highway system in Michigan. The original highway routing started at M-13 in Manton and ran due west to Mesick. From there the highway turned", "id": "6820888" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-50 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. Although designated as an east–west highway, it is nearly a diagonal northwest–southeast route. The western terminus is at exit 52 along Interstate 96 (I-96) near Alto a few miles east of the metro Grand Rapids area, and its eastern terminus is in downtown Monroe at US Highway 24 (US 24, Telegraph Road). In between the trunkline runs through seven counties of the southern part of the Lower Peninsula mostly through rural farm fields and", "id": "11076032" }, { "contents": "M-82 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe downtown area and M-82 turns south along Stewart Avenue out of town. The highway rounds a curve and transitions to 72nd Street running eastward through more farm land. As the trunkline approaches Newaygo, the terrain becomes more wooded near the Muskegon River. M-82 follows Fremont Street east to a junction with M-37. The two highways merge and run concurrently over the river and into downtown on State Street. South of downtown, M-82 turns east again, independent of M-37, and runs along 82nd Street on the southern edge of the Manistee", "id": "9440783" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-96 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Kalamazoo and Marshall. Its termini are both on business routes of Interstate 94 (I-94); the eastern one coincides with an intersection with I-69. Between Kalamazoo and Marshall it passes through Comstock, Galesburg, Augusta, and Battle Creek intersecting I-194/M-66 in Battle Creek and I-94 in Emmett Township. The highway now known as M-96 was originally part of M-17. Parts of M-17 that were not used for US Highway 12 (US 12) in", "id": "16718644" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncontinues south concurrent with the business loop for a several blocks before turning eastward. On the eastern end of town, it has an interchange with I-69 at exit 60. After heading east past the junction with I-69, the highway turns southeast as it heads through rural fields toward Eaton Rapids. Once it reaches the city, M-50 converges with M-99, and the two intersect M-188 on the south side of the Grand River. The two highways run south out of the city. Immediately prior to entering Jackson County, the two trunklines", "id": "11076037" }, { "contents": "M-199 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-199 is a state trunkline highway near Albion in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus of the road is in Sheridan Township at exit 119 off Interstate 94 (I-94). The eastern terminus is a junction with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) downtown Albion. The entire road is within Calhoun County and runs through rural farm fields outside of Albion; in town it is a residential street. The M-199 designation had previously been applied to a highway in the Upper Peninsula in the 1930s. The current highway was previously", "id": "318093" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, before entering Missaukee County. The trunkline then turns westward on Stoney Corners Road toward McBain through farm land. In town it runs along Maple Street and then runs north toward Lake City on Morey Road. South of the Lake City, M-55 runs concurrently with M-66 by Missaukee Golf Course and into town along the eastern shore of Lake Missaukee. North of town, M-55 splits off to the east on Houghton Lake Road, and M-66 continues north to an intersection with the eastern terminus of M-42 in a rural forest. M-66 leaves", "id": "18787168" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-136 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Brockway to Fort Gratiot in the lower part of The Thumb of the Lower Peninsula. The highway serves as a connector between M-19 on the west and M-25 northwest of Port Huron. In between, the highway runs through rural St. Clair County through farm fields and along a creek and river. The trunkline uses roads that were part of the state highway system in 1919. The M-136 designation was assigned in 1931 and extended to its current length in 1961", "id": "12150122" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nCounty before meeting M-179 and M-37. M-43 merges with the latter highway and together they run into Hastings. Downtown, M-37 leaves town to the south, while M-43 heads north before curving around the east, passing through farmfields approaching the community of Woodland. After leaving town, the road meets M-66, and together they head north to a junction with M-50. M-43 then turns east with M-50, and they briefly run together before M-50 diverges to the southeast. Now known as the Grand Ledge Highway, M-43 continues its easterly path", "id": "1132339" }, { "contents": "M-63 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto M-13 (later US 131) in Osceola County on July 1, 1919. This highway was extended in 1930 along US 131 to Tustin and then to a terminus with M-66 in Marion. At the same time, M-37 was extended north from Baldwin to meet M-63 east of Peacock. This eastern extension was truncated in 1932 when it was redesignated as part of M-61. A short connector roadway, M-179, was designated in 1935 between M-63 and US 131, forming a small triangle of highways. The western end was shortened", "id": "11402253" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nAvenue removed. Then in 2003, the signs along the East Beltline were restored and the route extended back to its former terminus. M-44 Connector, or Conn. M-44, is a connector route state trunkline highway running along Plainfield Avenue in the Grand Rapids area. It connects I-96/M-37 near Lamberton Lake with M-44 running along East Beltline Avenue near the Grand River. In between, the highway passes through a commercial area. North of 5 Mile Road, Plainfield Avenue takes on a more suburban residential character. There are more business", "id": "13109173" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nmeets Interstate 69 (I-69) northwest of town. Continuing to Homer, the highway runs along Lehigh Street in town; M-99 merges into M-60 after the intersection with Hillsdale Street. East of town, the highway widens into a four-lane divided highway; M-99 turns north along this short section of roadway and M-60 reverts to a two-lane highway again. The trunkline crosses the Kalamazoo River at Concord before it crosses into Jackson County. At Spring Arbor, M-60 passes the campus of Spring Arbor University. Outside of Jackson", "id": "18513796" }, { "contents": "M-142 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-53 turns west, ending the overlap of the two highways. M-142 exits town and follows Sand Beach Road through farm country. About of Bad Axe, M-142 meets the northern terminus of M-19 (Ubly Road). Continuing eastward, the highway crosses two branches of the Willow River as it passes through the unincorporated community of Verona. East of that location, the trunkline turns northeasterly, roughly parallel to the Rock Falls Creek, as it angles to Harbor Beach. M-142 follows State Street through town, and the trunkline terminates at", "id": "8283132" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nhilly terrain. After crossing the Cheboygan County line, the roadway meets the community of Burt Lake. It curves southeasterly along the shoreline of the lake of the same name. The roadway rounds the south end of Burt Lake and approaches the community of Indian River. South of Burt Lake State Park, the trunkline meets Straits Highway, the former routing of US 27 through Indian River. M-68 turns north along Straits Highway through downtown and then turns east toward Interstate 75 (I-75). It is along this section of M-68 that", "id": "9319421" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nproceeds south along with Alden Nash Avenue and turns east on 92nd Street through farms and fields in the rural southeastern corner of the county. As the trunkline runs to the east, it crosses into Ionia County. M-50 follows Thompson Road, Nash Highway and Tupper Lake Road into Lake Odessa. In Lake Odessa, the road bends around the north side of Jordan Lake, curving to the south into the extreme northeastern Barry County. The highway turns back to the east as it heads towards a junction with M-66 and M-43 at the", "id": "11076035" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-66 is a north–south state trunkline highway on the Lower Peninsula (LP) of the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Indiana state line in the south to Charlevoix in the north. M-66 is the only state highway to run the north–south distance of the LP. It starts as a continuation of State Road 9 (SR 9) which provides access to the Indiana Toll Road. The total length is approximately , which includes almost of freeway between Interstate 94 (I-94) and downtown Battle Creek designated", "id": "18787155" }, { "contents": "M-113 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-113 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in Grand Traverse County from M-37 near Hannah to US Highway 131 (US 131) in Walton Junction. The trunkline runs through farm fields and woodlands in a rural area of the county. It connects the highways at its termini with the village of Kingsley. First designated in November 1927, the highway was extended in 1940 by adding the southernmost section near Walton Junction which was originally part of US 131. M-113 starts west of Hannah at an intersection with", "id": "4961848" }, { "contents": "M-24 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nexpressway from Metamora to I-69. South of Metamora, M-24 runs parallel to the former right-of-way for the Michigan Central Railroad north into the city of Lapeer. M-24 continues north from Lapeer running west of Barnes Lake and east of the community of Columbiaville just south of the M-90 junction. South of the Tuscola County line, the trunkline passes the Greenbriar Golf Club and crosses the Pere Marquette Railroad before turning west along Saginaw Road into the community of Mayville and turning north along Mertz Road. South of Caro, M-24", "id": "12670654" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\ncarried the M-28A designation before it was redesignated as Bus. M-28 in 1950. The trunkline was partially turned back to local control in 1953, and the business loop designation was removed at that time. The section of the roadway in downtown Newberry has carried several different designations in addition to the original M-28. Bus. M-28 started at the top of a small hill at an intersection with M-28 southwest of Newberry. The highway ran due north from the intersection along Engadine Road, running downhill towards Teaspoon Creek. Just south of the", "id": "14231892" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-13 is a north–south state trunkline highway that runs through the Saginaw Bay region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from Interstate 69 (I-69) south of Lennon to US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish. The southern section of the trunkline runs along a pair of county lines in a rural area dominated by farm fields. The highway directly connects the downtown areas of both Saginaw and Bay City. North of the latter city, the Lake Huron Circle Tour follows M-13 along the Saginaw Bay. The", "id": "5767618" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nterrain. East of town, the highway turns north running parallel to the AuTrain River Basin. The trunkline crosses Dexter Creek between Paulsen and Trout Lake roads. About halfway along the north–south segment of the highway, M-67 passes through the community of Limestone and crosses Johnson Creek. After running for , M-67 ends at a four-way intersection with M-94 and Tunteri Road. Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) traffic surveys in 2007 show that between 1,200 and 1,400 vehicles traveled the road daily in 2007 in a measure of", "id": "1214514" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nrun concurrently into Allegan. In 1963, when the I-196/US 31 freeway opened, the western terminus of M-89 was extended to meet the new freeway. A few years later, when M-96 was realigned onto a route that took it into Battle Creek, M-89 was extended southeasterly along Michigan Avenue (the old M-96) and terminated at M-37. The highway was extended further southeasterly into Battle Creek to replace the old routing of M-37 along Michigan Avenue; it then turned south on Washington to the BL I-94 where it terminated,", "id": "18787900" }, { "contents": "M-138 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-138 is a east–west state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from a junction with M-15 west of the unincorporated community of Munger in Bay County to the intersection with M-24 east of Akron in Tuscola County. The trunkline runs through rural agricultural areas outside of the villages and communities it serves. It was designated in the 1930s and extended in the 1940s. M-138 was truncated in the 1990s as well. M-138 begins at a junction with M-15 (Tuscola Road) just west", "id": "19948037" }, { "contents": "M-65 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the Pine River, M-65 merges with M-72. The two trunklines run concurrently curving to the northwest past the eastern terminus of county road F-32 into Curran. North of town, they separate as M-72 turns westward and M-65 continues north, exiting the Huron National Forest. The highway jogs along the Alcona–Alpena County line and crosses the Beaver Creek in the process. The trunkline runs to the east of Beaver Lake as it runs north through mixed forest and fields toward the community of Lachine. Southeast of that town, M-65", "id": "1359267" }, { "contents": "M-31 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, the trunkline turned southwesterly to follow along part of the Saginaw Bay. The road passed through Sebewaing to Unionville before turning back inland. Running southward to Akron, the highway turned alternately westward and southward to Fairgrove. M-31 next ran west along Bradleyville Road to a connection with M-81; the two highways ran concurrently south through Gilford before M-31 separated and turned back westward through Reese to Saginaw. The northern terminus in downtown Saginaw was at an intersection with what was then M-10. When the state highway system was first signed in 1919", "id": "19066175" }, { "contents": "M-76 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-76 is a former state trunkline highway designation in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The highway's designation was decommissioned when the last section of it was converted to freeway as a part of the present-day Interstate 75 (I-75). At that time, M-76 extended from US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish northwesterly to I-75 south of Grayling. Two sections of the route followed freeways with a two-lane highway in between to connect them. The former routing of M-76 through West Branch before", "id": "13291830" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 94 in Michigan\n\n\nlonger reconnects to I-94 on both ends. Major intersections Business Loop Interstate 94 (BL I-94) is a state trunkline highway serving as a business loop from I-94 through downtown Battle Creek. The highway begins at exit 92 on I-94 near the Kalamazoo–Calhoun county line. BL I-94 runs concurrently along M-37 northwesterly from the freeway on the two-lane Columbia Avenue on the eastern edge of Fort Custer. At an intersection south of the W.K. Kellogg Airport, BL I-94/M-37 turns easterly to run on the southern side of the", "id": "16557414" }, { "contents": "M-21 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto Port Huron in 1966. A freeway segment between Flint and Lapeer opened in 1971. M-21 was routed down M-13 to the new freeway where it joined the M-78 designation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after I-69 was extended north from Charlotte. The 1974 completion of I-196 meant the truncation of M-21 to end in Grand Rapids. At the time, M-21 was extended along Fulton Street to the East Beltline, and", "id": "13431388" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nas a result of the various reroutings in the Lansing area, both of which are no longer part of the state highway system. M-78 begins at an intersection with M-66 in Pennfield Township, north of Battle Creek in Calhoun County. The trunkline passes through rural farm lands as it runs due east and northeast. It briefly crosses the southeast corner of Barry County as it enters Eaton County. There M-78 follows Battle Creek Highway past some small ponds and into the town of Bellevue. The trunkline becomes Capitol Avenue in town and turns", "id": "18787225" }, { "contents": "M-81 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. East of town, the highway follows Caro Road through more farm fields through the community of Watrousville. Near the south side of the Tuscola Area Airport, M-81 turns to the northeast running along the Cass River to Caro. In the city, the trunkline follows State Street past the fairgrounds. At the intersection with Ellington Street, M-81 crosses M-24. The highway continues northeasterly out of town and through the community of Ellington. Northeast of Elmwood, M-81 turns due east along Cass City Road. The trunkline runs to the village", "id": "9440771" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nUS 12 freeway was completed in the area. Bus. US 12 was redesignated as BL I-94 in 1960 and M-96 was shortened to end at BL I-94/M-78 running on Capital Avenue. M-37 was reextended in 1961 in Battle Creek to a concurrent routing with M-96 in 1961. M-89 was extended along the roadway used by M-96 west of Battle Creek to M-37 in 1965, truncating M-96 in the process. M-96 was reextended back to Battle Creek along Dickman Road and Fort Custer Highway from Augusta east in 1971. Several changes in", "id": "16718652" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthat junction, M-71 turns easterly and then southeasterly out of town. The highway continues to run alongside the rail line through farmland to the outskirts of Vernon. M-71 crosses the Shiawassee River for a second time. The rail line and the highway diverge and run on opposite sides of town; the highway rounds the northeast side and the rail line runs along the southwest side. This section of trunkline through Vernon had the lowest AADT value in 2009 with 4,371 vehicles. M-71 continues to the interchange with I-69 at exit 118 northwest of", "id": "9319504" }, { "contents": "M-140 (Michigan highway)\n\n\njog along Pokagon Road around Riggins Lake. M-140 turns back northward and runs through the community of Berrien Center. Near Eau Claire, the highway turns bends along Maple Grove Road for about before going north on Watervliet Road. East of town, the trunkline follows Main Street eastward toward the Berrien–Cass county line. M-140 intersects the northern terminus of M-62 and curves north. In northern Berrien County, M-140 follows Watervliet Road to an interchange with Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues northward along Main Street into Watervliet,", "id": "800150" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-69 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 2 (US 2) on both ends in Crystal Falls and near Bark River. In between, the highway runs for in rural UP forest lands. Before the creation of the U.S. Highway System, the current M-69 was a portion of M-12. The original M-69 was replaced by US 102 and the M-69 designation was reused on a section of M-12 not replaced by US 2.", "id": "1214334" }, { "contents": "M-36 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof town. At Howell Street, County Road D-19 merges in from the south. The two designations run concurrently along Main Street to Pearl Street, where D-19 turns northward. At the intersection with Dexter Street, M-36 intersects the western terminus of D-32, the \"Highway to Hell\". East of Pinckney, M-36 passes between Rush and Bass lakes in the Pettysville area. Immediately east of there, the highway passes through woods between Oneida and Zukey lakes in Lakeland. The trunkline passes to the south of Buck Lake and then", "id": "19826396" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n(MDOT). The highway was first designated by July 1, 1919 along a portion of the current roadway. In a series of extensions, M-55 was lengthened to connect its current endpoints by the early 1930s. The trunkline has been rerouted in sections since that time resulting in the modern roadway alignment. One set of changes produced a business loop in the Houghton Lake area. M-55 starts at a three-way intersection with US 31 north of Manistee. The trunkline runs southeast on Caberfae Highway over the Manistee River and through", "id": "19769036" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto enter the outskirts of Battle Creek it follows Michigan Avenue. It passes through the neighborhoods of Level Park-Oak Park and Urbandale, the first residential areas of the city. As the highway continues towards Battle Creek it has a junction with M-37. M-89 continues on Michigan Avenue until an intersection with Washington Avenue where the route turns to the southwest where it crosses the Kalamazoo River one last time. The trunkline terminates a few blocks later at Dickman Road, otherwise known as the Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94). M-89", "id": "18787895" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nMountain, M-88 turns east at Alden highway and enters the community of Mancelona, passing the Fairview Cemetery. The highway runs along on State Street into downtown. M-88 ends at an intersection with US 131/M-66 running along Williams Street, and State Street continues eastward as C-38. M-88 was first designated by July 1, 1919 along its current routing between Mancelona and Bellaire. It was extended in 1927 through Central Lake to end in Eastport. It was used as a temporary routing of US 31 between Eastport and Bellaire while the", "id": "6692228" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 designation transfers from the freeway to run concurrently with M-89 eastward. After the freeway, M-43/M-89 passes through the city of Plainwell and crosses the Kalamazoo River again before continuing into rural areas again. The trunkline continues to the southeast on towards the village of Richland. Just north of Richland, M-89 parts ways with M-43. M-89 heads south through town and intersects M-343, before turning eastward and passing to the south of Gull Lake. After passing the lake, the highway turns southeast towards Battle Creek. As M-89 begins", "id": "18787894" }, { "contents": "M-14 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nstreets to new stretches of freeways running south of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. The former route of US 12, much of which was known as Plymouth Road, was retained as a trunkline and redesignated M-14. In 1964, a northern bypass connecting US 23 with M-153 was completed, and M-14 was rerouted onto the new freeway; the highway still ran through Ann Arbor along routes now designated Bus. US 23 and Business Loop I-94. The following year, the freeway was extended to its present western terminus at I-94, and M-14", "id": "11243057" }, { "contents": "M-188 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-188 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from Eaton Rapids to the VFW National Home for Children, southeast of town through a rural area. Approximately 1,000 vehicles each day use a highway that was first designated in the 1930s and paved in the 1940s. Starting in Eaton Rapids, M-188 heads eastward from the intersection with M-99/M-50 (Michigan highway) toward the Grand River. The highway follows Water Street southeasterly along the river through residential neighborhoods and exits town. M-188 turns back due east", "id": "3803194" }, { "contents": "M-72 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. At South Down River Road, M-72 turns east again to leave Grayling, crossing I-75 in the process. There is no direct access to I-75 from M-72. Instead traffic is directed to follow BL I-75 in either direction to get to the freeway. In eastern Crawford County, M-72 runs through the Au Sable State Forest and crosses the South Branch of the Au Sable River on the Wakeley Bridge. East of the river crossing, the trunkline intersects the northern terminus of M-18 before crossing into Oscoda County. M-72 continues east through", "id": "18092035" }, { "contents": "M-28 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof M-28 designated as a part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour is from the western terminus to the eastern junction with M-64 in Bergland, where the Circle Tour turns north along M-64, leaving M-28. Here, M-28 has its lowest traffic counts; within the 2013 MDOT survey, the road is listed with only an average annual daily traffic (AADT) of 1,425 vehicles on a section of highway between Bergland and the US 45 intersection in Bruce Crossing. The trunkline runs through heavily forested areas of southern Houghton and Baraga counties.", "id": "20777599" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, which runs along the western city line. M-13 meets the 2 one-way streets that carry M-25 and the I-75 business spur at the intersections with Thomas and Jenny streets. From this intersection on, M-13 forms a part of the Lake Huron Circle Tour. Farther north, the highway turns northwesterly on Huron Road; Euclid Avenue continues north as M-247. As the trunkline heads away from Bay City, it runs parallel to the Lake State Railway again. M-13 intersects the northern end of its connector route before Huron Road crosses", "id": "5767624" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-89 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from near Ganges to Battle Creek. M-89 starts at an interchange with Interstate 196/US Highway 31 (I-196/US 31) and passes through Allegan, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and Calhoun counties. The highway also briefly crosses the southwest corner of Barry County before it terminates an at intersection with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) on the northwestern side of downtown Battle Creek. In between the trunkline runs parallel to the Kalamazoo River", "id": "18787890" }, { "contents": "M-33 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-33 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Interstate 75 (I-75) at Alger in Arenac County north to M-27 near Cheboygan. In between, the trunkline runs through rural sections of the northeastern Lower Peninsula including state and national forest areas. M-33 connects to a handful of parks and crosses several of the rivers in that section of the state. It runs concurrently with three other state highways, sharing pavement to connect through several small communities of Northern Michigan. M-33 was designated by", "id": "16986002" }, { "contents": "M-57 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncounty line, the highway crosses a branch of the Great Lakes Central Railroad. M-57 follows Brady Road and crosses M-52 just west of Chesaning. Further east, the trunkline crosses another line of the Great Lakes Central. The highway follows Broad Street into town and over the Shiawassee River. On the east banks, M-57 runs along Main Street south along the river to a junction with Peet Road where it then turns east along the latter road out of town. The highway passes through more farm fields and through Layton Corners on the", "id": "12341714" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe western end of the highway, halfway between Bark River and Hyde, west of Escanaba. In 1919, M-69 started at the state line south of Crystal Falls. It ran north through Crystal Falls, where it intersected M-12, to end in Covington at an intersection with M-28. This roadway was redesignated with the creation of the U.S. Highway System in 1926. US 2 replaced M-69 south and M-12 west of Crystal Falls. US 102 replaced M-69 north of Crystal Falls, and the latter designation was reused on the section of", "id": "1214343" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-227 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It consists largely of a segment of old U.S. Highway 27 (US 27) along the south and west sides of Marshall. The highway passes the airport and serves an industrial section of town north of the Kalamazoo River. M-227 was created as a part of a program to add additional routes into the state's highway system under the leadership of Governor John Engler. M-227 starts at a diamond interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) at exit 32", "id": "16700161" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. M-136 begins at a junction with M-19 just south of Brockway on the north side of Mill Creek. The highway heads eastward through farm fields on Metcalf Road for about before bending to the southeast on Beard Road, parallel to the creek. The road then turns eastward on Avoca Road near Tackaberry Airport and heads toward Avoca. The trunkline continues in this direction through farm fields and the community of Avoca before turning southward on Glyshaw Road near the Black River. M-136 turns east, returning to Beard Road, and running through a", "id": "12150123" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-71 is a state trunkline highway in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. It serves as a connector between M-21 in Owosso to Interstate 69 (I-69) near Durand. The highway runs along a rail line in a northwest-to-southeast direction in rural Shiawassee County connecting a few small towns along its path. The highway dates back to the start of the state highway system in 1919. There were some changes made to the routing in the 1930s which increased its length. Two adjacent highways have been rerouted", "id": "9319501" }, { "contents": "M-61 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-61 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Marion and Standish. The highway runs along the boundary area between Northern Michigan and Central Michigan in the Lower Peninsula. M-61 runs through rural forestland connecting several smaller communities together as it connects M-115, US Highway 127 (US 127), Interstate 75 (I-75) and US 23. Less than 10,000 vehicles a day use various segments of the roadway on average. The trunkline was first designated along a portion of its current alignment by 1919. M-61", "id": "8785849" }, { "contents": "M-91 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, but subsequent transfers or roadway sections have truncated the route to its present form. For a time period in the 1980s, M-91 was even a discontinuous highway when a section in the middle was transferred to county control before the southernmost section was transferred. M-91 starts at an intersection with M-44 west of Belding in Otisco Township. The road runs north along Storey Road and past the Candlestone Golf Course and farmlands. At Bricker Road, M-91 crosses out of Ionia County into Montcalm County. The trunkline runs along Greenville Road and passes", "id": "8283414" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 is a state trunkline highway in the southwestern and central parts of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from South Haven to Webberville along an indirect path through both rural areas and larger cities. The trunkline follows five overall segments: a southeasterly track from South Haven to Kalamazoo, a northerly path to Plainwell, a southeasterly route to Richland, a northeasterly course to the Hastings area and an easterly route through the Lansing area. The M-43 designation dates back to at least July 1, 1919, when it was used", "id": "1132334" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-88 is a state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between US Highway 31 (US 31) and US 131/M-66 in the Lower Peninsula. Running from Mancelona to Eastport, M-88 also goes through the communities of Bellaire and Central Lake. The highway is completely within Antrim County and is known by the street name of \"Scenic Highway\" outside of the various communities along its routing. M-88 is an original trunkline dating back to the 1919 signing of the state system. An extension in the 1920s", "id": "6692224" }, { "contents": "M-34 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-99 turns south along Pioneer Road, M-34 continues east along Hudson Road. The highway turns to the southeast to the south of Osseo near Deer Lake and continues towards Pittsford. Hudson Road runs through a mix of forests and local farms. The trunkline passes to the south of the main business district in Pittsford. East of town, the highway turns east and intersects US Highway 127 (US 127) at the Hillsdale–Lenawee county line in Hudson. The trunkline continues eastward through the city of Hudson as Main Street. On", "id": "16558269" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-44 is a state trunkline highway in the western region of the US state of Michigan. It runs northward from the intersection of M-11 (28th Street) and M-37 toward the Rockford area. The highway then turns eastward to Belding, and it ends six miles (10 km) north of Ionia at M-66. M-44 is known in Grand Rapids as the \"East Beltline\" and intersects with its related highway, Connector M-44, in Plainfield Township. This highway runs concurrently with M-37 between M-11 and Interstate 96 (I-96).", "id": "13109166" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nBusiness M-28 (Bus. M-28) was a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It served as a business route running for through the Newberry area. The business loop followed a U-shaped routing to connect downtown Newberry with M-28 south of town. It ran west of the city of Newberry, passing through the community of Dollarville before entering downtown, turning south and ending near the county airport. Bus. M-28 was originally a section of M-28 before the latter was realigned in the late 1930s. The highway", "id": "14231891" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nbetween Tekonsha and Marshall. From I-69, M-227 runs east on F Drive South north of Pine and Long lakes for approximately one mile (1.6 km). The highway runs through agricultural land and turns north to follow Old US 27/17 Mile Road. At Division Drive, M-227 passes into Marshall on Kalamazoo Avenue. The highway runs past the Brooks Field airport and the Alwin Downs Golf Course. Kalamazoo Avenue crosses the Kalamazoo River, and M-227 turns west along Industrial Road. This section of town is an industrial park, and M-227", "id": "16700162" }, { "contents": "M-51 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nPokagon, M-51 turns back northeasterly toward Dowagiac. Once the highway reaches that city, it merges with M-62. The two highways run concurrently eastward along Spruce, Main and Division streets through downtown. M-51 turns to the north along Front Street, separating from the concurrency and leaving downtown. North of town in rural Cass County, M-51 intersects M-152 near location where the highway crosses the Dowagiac River. North of that intersection, the trunkline crosses into Van Buren County and turns to the east again. M-51 passes south of Knickerbocker Lake", "id": "11912684" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-67 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 41 (US 41) and M-94 between Trenary and Chatham. The highway has largely been unchanged during its history, although the highways that connect to M-67 on each end have changed several times. M-67 starts at an intersection with US 41 near Trenary east of the West Branch of the Whitefish River. From that intersection the highway runs east crossing Scott Creek before running into downtown Trenary along relatively flat", "id": "1214513" }, { "contents": "M-343 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-343 is a state trunkline highway in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It runs for almost along Gull Road between the northeast side of Kalamazoo and continues through rural areas on the way to Richland. The highway was created in January 2019 from a section of M-43 after that highway was rerouted in the aftermath of a series of jurisdictional transfers in downtown Kalamazoo. It had been a part of the state highway system for a century under its previous number until it was given its current designation. M-343 starts where Gull Road intersects Riverview Drive east", "id": "11381182" }, { "contents": "M-115 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. The lowest AADT was the 2,236 vehicles near Copemish. The trunkline between the US 10 and M-37 junctions has been listed on the National Highway System. a network of roads important to the country's defense, economy and mobility. In 1929, the first stretch of M-115 was designated from Frankfort to Benzonia. Beginning in the mid-1930s, construction of M-115 began from central to northwestern Lower Michigan. In 1936, an earthen highway was opened between the south side of Cadillac to M-66, with additional sections west of Mesick and northwest", "id": "9213548" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is near the border between Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties at exit 92 of Interstate 94 (I-94) southwest of Battle Creek. The northern terminus is at the Mission Point Light on Old Mission Point in Grand Traverse County. In between, the highway connects Battle Creek, Grand Rapids and Traverse City. Motorists will travel through agricultural land, forests, suburbs and large cities along the way. The section of M-37 on the Old Mission", "id": "17071073" }, { "contents": "M-203 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-203 turns inland running due east to Cloverland Road then turning north and east along Veterans Memorial Highway. Along this section of roadway, the AADT was measured at 440 vehicles in 2007. The highway follows Veterans Memorial Highway through the neighborhood of Tamarack west of Calumet. From there it continues eastward, following Pine Street north of downtown Calumet, looping back to US 41/M-26. The northern terminus of M-203 is at the intersection of Pine Street and Calumet Avenue. M-203 was first designated as a spur route from Hancock north", "id": "1358584" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nline, the highway intersects with US 12 before crossing into Washtenaw County. The limited-access section of M-52 continues north through western Washtenaw County, where it ends in Manchester. M-52 turns west along Austin and City roads into the village. The trunkline continues along the banks of the north branch of the River Raisin on Riverside Drive before turning north out of town. Just south of Chelsea, M-52 crosses Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues through downtown Chelsea and turns northwesterly through the Waterloo State Recreation Area in the", "id": "15803111" }, { "contents": "M-29 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-29 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in a south–north direction from Chesterfield Township to Marysville. It generally runs along the shore of Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River. The M-29 designation has been used twice in Michigan starting in 1919. The first designation near Lansing was replaced by U.S. Route 27 (US 27) in 1926. At that time, the M-29 designation was moved to the east side of the state along the current routing and farther north along part of what", "id": "18258775" }, { "contents": "Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\ndesignation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after a Temporary I-69 (Temp. I-69) designation was extended northward from Charlotte through Lansing to Perry. On September 4 of that year, I-69's designation was officially extended by Congress to end at I-475 on the east side of Flint; this extension, and all subsequent ones, was of \"non-chargeable mileage\", or segments not financed through the Interstate Highway", "id": "20840099" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-52 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is on the Ohio border, where it continues as State Route 109 (SR 109). The highway passes through communities like Adrian, where it intersects US Highway 223 (US 223), Chelsea and Webberville along its course. It crosses some major rivers, including the River Raisin and the Shiawassee. The section of the highway between M-50 and Manchester was built as a limited-access highway. M-52's northern terminus is", "id": "15803106" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nI-96 and then north on I-496. From there, M-78 followed the one-way pairing of Homer and Howard streets from the northern end of the freeway up to the one-way couplet of Saginaw Street and Grand River Avenue, returning to its previous routing. The former route through downtown along US 27 was redesignated Business M-78 (Bus. M-78) at the same time. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing sections of M-78 in 1965. The US 127 freeway was completed from", "id": "18787232" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n23) was incorporated into the trunkline as a discontinuous section in the early 1940s until it was later connected in 1946. M-68 starts in the community of Alanson east of Little Traverse Bay in Emmet County. US 31 runs along Burr Avenue parallel to the former Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad line and depot in town. M-68 starts at an intersection between Chicago Street and Burr Avenue. The trunkline runs southeasterly from this intersection and on a bridge over the Crooked River. After leaving town, the highway curves to run due east through", "id": "9319420" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nGrand Rapids. The state trunkline highway was created when M-50 was rerouted to follow 28th Street and Wilson Avenue around the south and west sides of the city in 1953. The business loop was decommissioned when M-50 was returned to its former routing in 1961. The highway followed Lake Michigan Drive (now M-45) from the Standale neighborhood of Walker easterly to Fulton Street in Grand Rapids. From there it followed Fulton easterly through downtown Grand Rapids and the east side of the city to a junction with Cascade Road in Grand Rapids Township The", "id": "11076050" }, { "contents": "M-102 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-102 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs along the northern boundary of Detroit following 8 Mile Road. The highway follows the Michigan Baseline, a part of the land survey of the state, and the roadway is also called Base Line Road in places. As a county road or city street, 8 Mile Road extends both east and west of the M-102 designation, which leaves 8 Mile on the eastern end to follow Vernier Road. The western terminus of M-102 is at the junction", "id": "5983336" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nTahquamenon River, Bus. M-28 turned east into the community of Dollarville. There the trunkline followed Dollarville Road and Engadine Road to the western city limits of Newberry. Once in the city of Newberry, Bus. M-28 followed West McMillan Avenue. At the intersection with M-117 (Newberry Avenue), Bus. M-28 turned south concurrently with M-117. The combined highway passed through the central business district. South of town, M-117/Bus. M-28 turned east along Campbell Avenue and then south along Miller Road. West of the Luce", "id": "14231893" }, { "contents": "M-90 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-90 is a state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from near North Branch eastward to Lexington situated on Lake Huron. The highway is a lightly traveled roadway that runs through rural farmlands. The trunkline runs mostly east–west with two short north–south segments where it turns to run concurrently with other state highways. Along the routing, there are two river crossings and one railroad crossing. The current highway that bears the M-90 designation is the second to carry number. The first", "id": "9440848" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\nBath Township. In 1919, the MSHD signposted the highway system for the first time, and the east–west highways through Lansing were part of the original M-29 through downtown and the original M-39 north of downtown. The north–south highway in Lansing was the original M-14. On November 11, 1926, the United States Numbered Highway System was approved by the AASHO, and the new US 27 replaced M-29 and M-14 in the area. By the end of the next year, M-78 was extended from Charlotte along US 27", "id": "12718047" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nroadway on any average day of the year. Along M-37, the volume varies from the peak 49,173 vehicles on a section of I-96/M-37 in Grand Rapids to the 718 vehicles at the northern terminus by the Mission Point Light. M-37 starts joined with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) as the two highway designations run concurrently at exit 92 on I-94 southwest of Battle Creek. They follow Columbia Avenue and pass around the southern side of the W. K. Kellogg Airport. When the roadway meets M-96, BL I-94/M-37 turns", "id": "17071077" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-60 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Niles area at a junction with US Highway 12 (US 12) to the Jackson area where it ends at Interstate 94 (I-94). The trunkline passes through a mix of farm fields and woodlands, crosses or runs along several rivers and connects several small towns of the southern area of the state. The westernmost segment runs along divided highway while the easternmost section is a full freeway bypass of Jackson. M-60 was originally", "id": "18513790" }, { "contents": "M-95 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nlater be extended in 1932 to the state line south of Kingsford. The total of M-45 was converted to M-95 in 1934 as a realignment near Witch Lake is completed. M-95 was rerouted in 1942 from Republic north to Humboldt Township. This new section replaced the last section of gravel roadway that was transferred to Marquette County as County Road 601. Another rerouting in the Republic area moved the trunkline in 1957 to bypass South Republic. The former roadway was partially closed to become part of the Republic Mine. M-69 was shortened, eliminating", "id": "20686812" } ]

[ { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nfields. South of Thornapple Lake, M-79 angles southeasterly moving from Quimby Road to Scott Road running parallel to the Thornapple River again into the community of Nashville. M-79 meets M-66 and turns south along the latter highway's route along Main and Durkee streets through the community. South of town in Maple Grove Township, M-79 separates from M-66 and turns east along Lawrence Road. Outside of Charlotte, M-79 curves southeast to transition to Lawrence Avenue through town. The eastern terminus is at an intersection with Cochran Avenue, which carries BL I-69", "id": "10575936" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nis located on southbound I-69 at exit 61. The highway was first designated in 1919 between Hastings and Battle Creek. It was later moved to run to Charlotte. A section of M-79 was designated as M-214 in the 1930s. M-214 would later be decommissioned as a highway designation and the M-79 designation was reapplied to the roadway. M-79 starts south of Hastings at a three-way intersection with M-37 in Hastings Township. The trunkline runs east and parallel to a section of the Thornapple River through wooded terrain that is interspersed with farm", "id": "10575935" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 at the same time carries the highway designation to Vermontville. M-79 was extended easterly to Charlotte in 1934 at the same time that the section of the trunkline between Nashville and Vermontville was redesignated M-214. M-79 was rerouted along Assyria and Lawrence roads at the time to connect the sections of M-79 on either side of M-214. By 1941, M-214 was shortened to a connector route in downtown Nashville running between M-79 and M-66. In 1953, M-79 replaced M-214 and the latter designation was retired from the highway system. The last section", "id": "10575938" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nand M-50. M-79 was formed as a state trunkline by July 1, 1919 along part of its present routing. At the time, it ran between Hastings and Nashville as it does today. From Nashville, the trunkline turned south and west to end at the contemporary M-17 in Battle Creek. By 1927, the southernmost section of M-79 was truncated when M-78 was extended to Battle Creek. In late 1930, the southernmost section was shortened once again as a new M-14 designation replaced M-79 south of Nashville. An eastward extension of", "id": "10575937" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the central portion of Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The western terminus is about southeast of Hastings at the junction with M-37 and the eastern terminus is in downtown Charlotte at the junction with M-50 and Business Loop Interstate 69 (BL I-69). It passes through Quimby and Nashville, where there is a junction with M-66. The entire highway is undivided surface road. It has no direct access with Interstate 69 (I-69), although a sign for the highway", "id": "10575934" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nThe M-14 designation of the time was decommissioned and replaced with M-66. Starting at Six Lakes, M-66 turned west along M-46 instead of east and then turned south through Stanton and Ionia ending north of Battle Creek. The highway between Lowell and Lakeview was redesignated as M-91. A minor realignment in late 1950 removed two 90° curves near the Osceola–Missaukee county line and replaced them with a pair of sweeping curves. The MSHD rerouted M-66 between Maple Grove and Nashville in mid-1953. In the changes, M-79 was extended along the", "id": "18787175" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nBarry–Eaton county line. After meeting M-43, the two trunklines run concurrently for about a mile (1.6 km) before M-50 breaks off to the southwest near Woodbury. From there, the road continues in its southeasterly path along Clinton Trail through the northeast part of Eaton County as it runs through fields to Charlotte. Just prior to entering the city, the road bends to the south and near the middle of town it has a junction with M-79 and Business Loop I-69 (BL I-69). After this intersection, M-50", "id": "11076036" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-78 ran along a route similar that of today. It started north of Battle Creek at a junction with then M-79 and cut through the corner of Barry County to Bellevue, but it turned northeasterly to end at Charlotte at a junction with M-29. By 1927, M-78 was extended southward, replacing M-79 to the Indiana state line, connecting with State Road 9 (SR 9) south of Sturgis. At the same time, a northerly addition extended the highway concurrently along US Highway 27 (US 27) to Dewitt and", "id": "18787228" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthrough Dowling and meets the western terminus of M-79. The highway follows Hanover Street through the south side of Hastings into downtown, where it turns west on Green Street and north on Broadway Street. At the intersection of Broadway and State streets, M-37 meets and joins M-43. West of Hastings, M-43 separates and heads south toward Kalamazoo while M-37 turns northwesterly and runs parallel to the Thornapple River. The highway follows the river west and north to the community of Middleville through mixed farms and forests. In southern Kent County, M-37", "id": "17071079" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nends, and M-66 continues northeast out of the Cereal City on Division Street and then northeast on Capital Avenue along the Battle Creek River. M-66 continues northward through Barry County on Capital Avenue which becomes 9 Mile Road north of Baseline Road. The highway passes through Assyria before meeting M-79, with which it has a short concurrency, in Nashville. On the north side of the village, M-66 crosses the Thornapple River and continues north through mixed rural forest land and farm fields. Near Woodland, M-66 joins M-43 and the two run", "id": "18787163" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nnew route of M-66 and then over M-214 to Hastings. M-66 was shifted off Assyria Road which was turned back to local control. Another realignment in 1954 shifted M-66 to the modern routing between the M-43 concurrency termini, removing M-43/M-66 from a section of M-50 in the process. The final section gravel section of M-66, approximately in length, was paved near Nashville in 1957. M-32 was extended along the northernmost section of M-66 in 1963. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing", "id": "18787176" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-78 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus is the intersection with M-66 north of Battle Creek in Pennfield Township. The roadway runs through rural farmland and the community of Bellevue as it approaches its eastern terminus at an interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) near Olivet. The highway is used by between 3,100 and 5,300 vehicles on a daily basis. When the state highway system was signed in 1919, M-78 followed a similar routing. At Bellevue, it turned northeast to terminate at Charlotte.", "id": "18787223" }, { "contents": "M-100 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-100 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the central region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between Potterville and Grand Ledge, connecting Interstate 69 (I-69) and I-96 west of the state capital, Lansing. The highway was previously a section of M-16. After M-16 was realigned, M-100 was created by 1927. Three extensions in the 1930s, 1950s and 1990s resulted in the current highway routing. M-100 starts at exit 66 on I-69 in Potterville. The highway runs north along Hartel Road, intersecting Lansing", "id": "169088" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\n. North of a crossing of the Battle Creek River, Cochrane Road widens to include a center turn lane. About north of the starting point, BL I-69 begins a concurrency with M-50 at Shepherd Street. North of Warren Avenue, BL I-69/M-50 widens to four lanes, two in each direction. The concurrency ends at Lawrence Avenue; M-50 continues north, and the business loop heads east on Lawrence Avenue for a few blocks. That intersection also marks the eastern terminus of M-79. From that point, BL I-69 follows", "id": "12718039" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturn of the century. M-69 and M-95 separate in Randville as the former turns east and the latter continues southward. Between Randville and the former community of Metropolitan, M-69 runs along the West Branch of the Sturgeon River through more hilly terrain. The trunkline continues east to the twin communities of Theodore and Felch. The river and the road part ways until meeting again at Foster City. This is also the location of a unique junction of highways. M-69 meets G-69, a County-Designated Highway that runs south to Loretto in", "id": "1214340" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe concurrency. In western Webberville, M-52 passes under I-96 and merges with M-43 at the latter's eastern terminus. The two highways run north to, and turn west along, Grand River Avenue. At Perry Road, M-52 turns back north out of the village. The trunkline continues north into Shiawassee County and runs through Perry before crossing I-69. Continuing north, M-52 curves northeasterly into downtown Owosso intersecting M-21 west of M-71's western terminus. M-52 continues northward parallel to the Shiawassee River into Saginaw County. The trunkline runs through", "id": "15803113" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ndowntown Ionia, the trunkline crosses the Grand River and the abandoned mainline of the Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad near the county fairgrounds. M-66 turns west along M-21 (Lincoln Avenue) for two blocks before turning back to the north along State Street. The trunkline runs through the northern part of the county and meets M-44's eastern terminus near Woodard Lake. In Montcalm County, M-66 intersects M-57 in a rural area south of Sheridan before running north on Sheridan Road through Stanton. The highway jogs west along Main Street in Stanton before returning", "id": "18787165" }, { "contents": "M-74 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-74 was the designation of a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The highway ran through rural Missaukee County connecting Pioneer with Merritt. The highway was designated by 1919 along a longer route. It was shortened before it was totally removed from the highway system in the late 1930s. M-74 started at a junction with M-66 near the community of Pioneer. It ran east on Moorestown Road through Stittsville to Moorestown before turning south on Nelson Road. There it ran through the community of Star City, turning west briefly on", "id": "9319580" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n131 freeway, M-55 merges north along the freeway, bypassing downtown Cadillac. On the east side of town, M-55 leaves the freeway and turns east again running through the Pere Marquette State Forest along Watergate Road. When the highway meets M-66, M-55 joins M-66 and runs north through farmland. As the two highways approach Lake City, they run along the shore of Lake Missaukee and through downtown. M-55 turns east again along Houghton Lake Road, separating from M-66 north of the central business district. This section of trunkline passes through", "id": "19769038" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 junction and the I-94 interchange. The NHS is a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility. M-96 was formed as a state trunkline in late 1926 from parts of M-17. The section of M-17 between Galesberg and Battle Creek was not utilized for US 12 and became M-96. In 1936, the Alternate US 12 trunkline was designated through the Battle Creek area along a section of highway that had previously been part of US 12. This highway was added to M-96 three years later in 1939", "id": "16718650" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the airport, M-96 runs concurrently with both Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) and M-37. M-96 turns south on Helmer Road, separating from the other two trunklines, and then turns east crossing along Columbia Avenue. Here the highway runs along the edge of the city of Battle Creek through more residential areas and crosses the I-194/M-66 freeway next to the Riverside County Club. Near Brownlee Park, M-96 (Columbia Avenue) merges with BL I-94 (Michigan Avenue). Together BL I-94/M-96 continues along Michigan Avenue", "id": "16718647" }, { "contents": "M-42 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturns ninety degrees to the south off Walker Road before angling southeasterly skirting the edge of some hills near Dyer Lake just west of M-66. The road turns back due east between Al Moses Road and M-66, where it ends north of Lake City. No section of the trunkline is part of the National Highway System. M-42 is an original state trunkline dating back to the 1919 signage of the highway system in Michigan. The original highway routing started at M-13 in Manton and ran due west to Mesick. From there the highway turned", "id": "6820888" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-50 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. Although designated as an east–west highway, it is nearly a diagonal northwest–southeast route. The western terminus is at exit 52 along Interstate 96 (I-96) near Alto a few miles east of the metro Grand Rapids area, and its eastern terminus is in downtown Monroe at US Highway 24 (US 24, Telegraph Road). In between the trunkline runs through seven counties of the southern part of the Lower Peninsula mostly through rural farm fields and", "id": "11076032" }, { "contents": "M-82 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe downtown area and M-82 turns south along Stewart Avenue out of town. The highway rounds a curve and transitions to 72nd Street running eastward through more farm land. As the trunkline approaches Newaygo, the terrain becomes more wooded near the Muskegon River. M-82 follows Fremont Street east to a junction with M-37. The two highways merge and run concurrently over the river and into downtown on State Street. South of downtown, M-82 turns east again, independent of M-37, and runs along 82nd Street on the southern edge of the Manistee", "id": "9440783" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-96 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Kalamazoo and Marshall. Its termini are both on business routes of Interstate 94 (I-94); the eastern one coincides with an intersection with I-69. Between Kalamazoo and Marshall it passes through Comstock, Galesburg, Augusta, and Battle Creek intersecting I-194/M-66 in Battle Creek and I-94 in Emmett Township. The highway now known as M-96 was originally part of M-17. Parts of M-17 that were not used for US Highway 12 (US 12) in", "id": "16718644" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncontinues south concurrent with the business loop for a several blocks before turning eastward. On the eastern end of town, it has an interchange with I-69 at exit 60. After heading east past the junction with I-69, the highway turns southeast as it heads through rural fields toward Eaton Rapids. Once it reaches the city, M-50 converges with M-99, and the two intersect M-188 on the south side of the Grand River. The two highways run south out of the city. Immediately prior to entering Jackson County, the two trunklines", "id": "11076037" }, { "contents": "M-199 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-199 is a state trunkline highway near Albion in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus of the road is in Sheridan Township at exit 119 off Interstate 94 (I-94). The eastern terminus is a junction with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) downtown Albion. The entire road is within Calhoun County and runs through rural farm fields outside of Albion; in town it is a residential street. The M-199 designation had previously been applied to a highway in the Upper Peninsula in the 1930s. The current highway was previously", "id": "318093" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, before entering Missaukee County. The trunkline then turns westward on Stoney Corners Road toward McBain through farm land. In town it runs along Maple Street and then runs north toward Lake City on Morey Road. South of the Lake City, M-55 runs concurrently with M-66 by Missaukee Golf Course and into town along the eastern shore of Lake Missaukee. North of town, M-55 splits off to the east on Houghton Lake Road, and M-66 continues north to an intersection with the eastern terminus of M-42 in a rural forest. M-66 leaves", "id": "18787168" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-136 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Brockway to Fort Gratiot in the lower part of The Thumb of the Lower Peninsula. The highway serves as a connector between M-19 on the west and M-25 northwest of Port Huron. In between, the highway runs through rural St. Clair County through farm fields and along a creek and river. The trunkline uses roads that were part of the state highway system in 1919. The M-136 designation was assigned in 1931 and extended to its current length in 1961", "id": "12150122" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nCounty before meeting M-179 and M-37. M-43 merges with the latter highway and together they run into Hastings. Downtown, M-37 leaves town to the south, while M-43 heads north before curving around the east, passing through farmfields approaching the community of Woodland. After leaving town, the road meets M-66, and together they head north to a junction with M-50. M-43 then turns east with M-50, and they briefly run together before M-50 diverges to the southeast. Now known as the Grand Ledge Highway, M-43 continues its easterly path", "id": "1132339" }, { "contents": "M-63 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto M-13 (later US 131) in Osceola County on July 1, 1919. This highway was extended in 1930 along US 131 to Tustin and then to a terminus with M-66 in Marion. At the same time, M-37 was extended north from Baldwin to meet M-63 east of Peacock. This eastern extension was truncated in 1932 when it was redesignated as part of M-61. A short connector roadway, M-179, was designated in 1935 between M-63 and US 131, forming a small triangle of highways. The western end was shortened", "id": "11402253" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nAvenue removed. Then in 2003, the signs along the East Beltline were restored and the route extended back to its former terminus. M-44 Connector, or Conn. M-44, is a connector route state trunkline highway running along Plainfield Avenue in the Grand Rapids area. It connects I-96/M-37 near Lamberton Lake with M-44 running along East Beltline Avenue near the Grand River. In between, the highway passes through a commercial area. North of 5 Mile Road, Plainfield Avenue takes on a more suburban residential character. There are more business", "id": "13109173" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nmeets Interstate 69 (I-69) northwest of town. Continuing to Homer, the highway runs along Lehigh Street in town; M-99 merges into M-60 after the intersection with Hillsdale Street. East of town, the highway widens into a four-lane divided highway; M-99 turns north along this short section of roadway and M-60 reverts to a two-lane highway again. The trunkline crosses the Kalamazoo River at Concord before it crosses into Jackson County. At Spring Arbor, M-60 passes the campus of Spring Arbor University. Outside of Jackson", "id": "18513796" }, { "contents": "M-142 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-53 turns west, ending the overlap of the two highways. M-142 exits town and follows Sand Beach Road through farm country. About of Bad Axe, M-142 meets the northern terminus of M-19 (Ubly Road). Continuing eastward, the highway crosses two branches of the Willow River as it passes through the unincorporated community of Verona. East of that location, the trunkline turns northeasterly, roughly parallel to the Rock Falls Creek, as it angles to Harbor Beach. M-142 follows State Street through town, and the trunkline terminates at", "id": "8283132" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nhilly terrain. After crossing the Cheboygan County line, the roadway meets the community of Burt Lake. It curves southeasterly along the shoreline of the lake of the same name. The roadway rounds the south end of Burt Lake and approaches the community of Indian River. South of Burt Lake State Park, the trunkline meets Straits Highway, the former routing of US 27 through Indian River. M-68 turns north along Straits Highway through downtown and then turns east toward Interstate 75 (I-75). It is along this section of M-68 that", "id": "9319421" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nproceeds south along with Alden Nash Avenue and turns east on 92nd Street through farms and fields in the rural southeastern corner of the county. As the trunkline runs to the east, it crosses into Ionia County. M-50 follows Thompson Road, Nash Highway and Tupper Lake Road into Lake Odessa. In Lake Odessa, the road bends around the north side of Jordan Lake, curving to the south into the extreme northeastern Barry County. The highway turns back to the east as it heads towards a junction with M-66 and M-43 at the", "id": "11076035" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-66 is a north–south state trunkline highway on the Lower Peninsula (LP) of the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Indiana state line in the south to Charlevoix in the north. M-66 is the only state highway to run the north–south distance of the LP. It starts as a continuation of State Road 9 (SR 9) which provides access to the Indiana Toll Road. The total length is approximately , which includes almost of freeway between Interstate 94 (I-94) and downtown Battle Creek designated", "id": "18787155" }, { "contents": "M-113 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-113 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in Grand Traverse County from M-37 near Hannah to US Highway 131 (US 131) in Walton Junction. The trunkline runs through farm fields and woodlands in a rural area of the county. It connects the highways at its termini with the village of Kingsley. First designated in November 1927, the highway was extended in 1940 by adding the southernmost section near Walton Junction which was originally part of US 131. M-113 starts west of Hannah at an intersection with", "id": "4961848" }, { "contents": "M-24 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nexpressway from Metamora to I-69. South of Metamora, M-24 runs parallel to the former right-of-way for the Michigan Central Railroad north into the city of Lapeer. M-24 continues north from Lapeer running west of Barnes Lake and east of the community of Columbiaville just south of the M-90 junction. South of the Tuscola County line, the trunkline passes the Greenbriar Golf Club and crosses the Pere Marquette Railroad before turning west along Saginaw Road into the community of Mayville and turning north along Mertz Road. South of Caro, M-24", "id": "12670654" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\ncarried the M-28A designation before it was redesignated as Bus. M-28 in 1950. The trunkline was partially turned back to local control in 1953, and the business loop designation was removed at that time. The section of the roadway in downtown Newberry has carried several different designations in addition to the original M-28. Bus. M-28 started at the top of a small hill at an intersection with M-28 southwest of Newberry. The highway ran due north from the intersection along Engadine Road, running downhill towards Teaspoon Creek. Just south of the", "id": "14231892" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-13 is a north–south state trunkline highway that runs through the Saginaw Bay region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from Interstate 69 (I-69) south of Lennon to US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish. The southern section of the trunkline runs along a pair of county lines in a rural area dominated by farm fields. The highway directly connects the downtown areas of both Saginaw and Bay City. North of the latter city, the Lake Huron Circle Tour follows M-13 along the Saginaw Bay. The", "id": "5767618" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nterrain. East of town, the highway turns north running parallel to the AuTrain River Basin. The trunkline crosses Dexter Creek between Paulsen and Trout Lake roads. About halfway along the north–south segment of the highway, M-67 passes through the community of Limestone and crosses Johnson Creek. After running for , M-67 ends at a four-way intersection with M-94 and Tunteri Road. Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) traffic surveys in 2007 show that between 1,200 and 1,400 vehicles traveled the road daily in 2007 in a measure of", "id": "1214514" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nrun concurrently into Allegan. In 1963, when the I-196/US 31 freeway opened, the western terminus of M-89 was extended to meet the new freeway. A few years later, when M-96 was realigned onto a route that took it into Battle Creek, M-89 was extended southeasterly along Michigan Avenue (the old M-96) and terminated at M-37. The highway was extended further southeasterly into Battle Creek to replace the old routing of M-37 along Michigan Avenue; it then turned south on Washington to the BL I-94 where it terminated,", "id": "18787900" }, { "contents": "M-138 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-138 is a east–west state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from a junction with M-15 west of the unincorporated community of Munger in Bay County to the intersection with M-24 east of Akron in Tuscola County. The trunkline runs through rural agricultural areas outside of the villages and communities it serves. It was designated in the 1930s and extended in the 1940s. M-138 was truncated in the 1990s as well. M-138 begins at a junction with M-15 (Tuscola Road) just west", "id": "19948037" }, { "contents": "M-65 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the Pine River, M-65 merges with M-72. The two trunklines run concurrently curving to the northwest past the eastern terminus of county road F-32 into Curran. North of town, they separate as M-72 turns westward and M-65 continues north, exiting the Huron National Forest. The highway jogs along the Alcona–Alpena County line and crosses the Beaver Creek in the process. The trunkline runs to the east of Beaver Lake as it runs north through mixed forest and fields toward the community of Lachine. Southeast of that town, M-65", "id": "1359267" }, { "contents": "M-31 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, the trunkline turned southwesterly to follow along part of the Saginaw Bay. The road passed through Sebewaing to Unionville before turning back inland. Running southward to Akron, the highway turned alternately westward and southward to Fairgrove. M-31 next ran west along Bradleyville Road to a connection with M-81; the two highways ran concurrently south through Gilford before M-31 separated and turned back westward through Reese to Saginaw. The northern terminus in downtown Saginaw was at an intersection with what was then M-10. When the state highway system was first signed in 1919", "id": "19066175" }, { "contents": "M-76 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-76 is a former state trunkline highway designation in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The highway's designation was decommissioned when the last section of it was converted to freeway as a part of the present-day Interstate 75 (I-75). At that time, M-76 extended from US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish northwesterly to I-75 south of Grayling. Two sections of the route followed freeways with a two-lane highway in between to connect them. The former routing of M-76 through West Branch before", "id": "13291830" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 94 in Michigan\n\n\nlonger reconnects to I-94 on both ends. Major intersections Business Loop Interstate 94 (BL I-94) is a state trunkline highway serving as a business loop from I-94 through downtown Battle Creek. The highway begins at exit 92 on I-94 near the Kalamazoo–Calhoun county line. BL I-94 runs concurrently along M-37 northwesterly from the freeway on the two-lane Columbia Avenue on the eastern edge of Fort Custer. At an intersection south of the W.K. Kellogg Airport, BL I-94/M-37 turns easterly to run on the southern side of the", "id": "16557414" }, { "contents": "M-21 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto Port Huron in 1966. A freeway segment between Flint and Lapeer opened in 1971. M-21 was routed down M-13 to the new freeway where it joined the M-78 designation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after I-69 was extended north from Charlotte. The 1974 completion of I-196 meant the truncation of M-21 to end in Grand Rapids. At the time, M-21 was extended along Fulton Street to the East Beltline, and", "id": "13431388" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nas a result of the various reroutings in the Lansing area, both of which are no longer part of the state highway system. M-78 begins at an intersection with M-66 in Pennfield Township, north of Battle Creek in Calhoun County. The trunkline passes through rural farm lands as it runs due east and northeast. It briefly crosses the southeast corner of Barry County as it enters Eaton County. There M-78 follows Battle Creek Highway past some small ponds and into the town of Bellevue. The trunkline becomes Capitol Avenue in town and turns", "id": "18787225" }, { "contents": "M-81 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. East of town, the highway follows Caro Road through more farm fields through the community of Watrousville. Near the south side of the Tuscola Area Airport, M-81 turns to the northeast running along the Cass River to Caro. In the city, the trunkline follows State Street past the fairgrounds. At the intersection with Ellington Street, M-81 crosses M-24. The highway continues northeasterly out of town and through the community of Ellington. Northeast of Elmwood, M-81 turns due east along Cass City Road. The trunkline runs to the village", "id": "9440771" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nUS 12 freeway was completed in the area. Bus. US 12 was redesignated as BL I-94 in 1960 and M-96 was shortened to end at BL I-94/M-78 running on Capital Avenue. M-37 was reextended in 1961 in Battle Creek to a concurrent routing with M-96 in 1961. M-89 was extended along the roadway used by M-96 west of Battle Creek to M-37 in 1965, truncating M-96 in the process. M-96 was reextended back to Battle Creek along Dickman Road and Fort Custer Highway from Augusta east in 1971. Several changes in", "id": "16718652" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthat junction, M-71 turns easterly and then southeasterly out of town. The highway continues to run alongside the rail line through farmland to the outskirts of Vernon. M-71 crosses the Shiawassee River for a second time. The rail line and the highway diverge and run on opposite sides of town; the highway rounds the northeast side and the rail line runs along the southwest side. This section of trunkline through Vernon had the lowest AADT value in 2009 with 4,371 vehicles. M-71 continues to the interchange with I-69 at exit 118 northwest of", "id": "9319504" }, { "contents": "M-140 (Michigan highway)\n\n\njog along Pokagon Road around Riggins Lake. M-140 turns back northward and runs through the community of Berrien Center. Near Eau Claire, the highway turns bends along Maple Grove Road for about before going north on Watervliet Road. East of town, the trunkline follows Main Street eastward toward the Berrien–Cass county line. M-140 intersects the northern terminus of M-62 and curves north. In northern Berrien County, M-140 follows Watervliet Road to an interchange with Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues northward along Main Street into Watervliet,", "id": "800150" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-69 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 2 (US 2) on both ends in Crystal Falls and near Bark River. In between, the highway runs for in rural UP forest lands. Before the creation of the U.S. Highway System, the current M-69 was a portion of M-12. The original M-69 was replaced by US 102 and the M-69 designation was reused on a section of M-12 not replaced by US 2.", "id": "1214334" }, { "contents": "M-36 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof town. At Howell Street, County Road D-19 merges in from the south. The two designations run concurrently along Main Street to Pearl Street, where D-19 turns northward. At the intersection with Dexter Street, M-36 intersects the western terminus of D-32, the \"Highway to Hell\". East of Pinckney, M-36 passes between Rush and Bass lakes in the Pettysville area. Immediately east of there, the highway passes through woods between Oneida and Zukey lakes in Lakeland. The trunkline passes to the south of Buck Lake and then", "id": "19826396" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n(MDOT). The highway was first designated by July 1, 1919 along a portion of the current roadway. In a series of extensions, M-55 was lengthened to connect its current endpoints by the early 1930s. The trunkline has been rerouted in sections since that time resulting in the modern roadway alignment. One set of changes produced a business loop in the Houghton Lake area. M-55 starts at a three-way intersection with US 31 north of Manistee. The trunkline runs southeast on Caberfae Highway over the Manistee River and through", "id": "19769036" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto enter the outskirts of Battle Creek it follows Michigan Avenue. It passes through the neighborhoods of Level Park-Oak Park and Urbandale, the first residential areas of the city. As the highway continues towards Battle Creek it has a junction with M-37. M-89 continues on Michigan Avenue until an intersection with Washington Avenue where the route turns to the southwest where it crosses the Kalamazoo River one last time. The trunkline terminates a few blocks later at Dickman Road, otherwise known as the Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94). M-89", "id": "18787895" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nMountain, M-88 turns east at Alden highway and enters the community of Mancelona, passing the Fairview Cemetery. The highway runs along on State Street into downtown. M-88 ends at an intersection with US 131/M-66 running along Williams Street, and State Street continues eastward as C-38. M-88 was first designated by July 1, 1919 along its current routing between Mancelona and Bellaire. It was extended in 1927 through Central Lake to end in Eastport. It was used as a temporary routing of US 31 between Eastport and Bellaire while the", "id": "6692228" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 designation transfers from the freeway to run concurrently with M-89 eastward. After the freeway, M-43/M-89 passes through the city of Plainwell and crosses the Kalamazoo River again before continuing into rural areas again. The trunkline continues to the southeast on towards the village of Richland. Just north of Richland, M-89 parts ways with M-43. M-89 heads south through town and intersects M-343, before turning eastward and passing to the south of Gull Lake. After passing the lake, the highway turns southeast towards Battle Creek. As M-89 begins", "id": "18787894" }, { "contents": "M-14 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nstreets to new stretches of freeways running south of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. The former route of US 12, much of which was known as Plymouth Road, was retained as a trunkline and redesignated M-14. In 1964, a northern bypass connecting US 23 with M-153 was completed, and M-14 was rerouted onto the new freeway; the highway still ran through Ann Arbor along routes now designated Bus. US 23 and Business Loop I-94. The following year, the freeway was extended to its present western terminus at I-94, and M-14", "id": "11243057" }, { "contents": "M-188 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-188 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from Eaton Rapids to the VFW National Home for Children, southeast of town through a rural area. Approximately 1,000 vehicles each day use a highway that was first designated in the 1930s and paved in the 1940s. Starting in Eaton Rapids, M-188 heads eastward from the intersection with M-99/M-50 (Michigan highway) toward the Grand River. The highway follows Water Street southeasterly along the river through residential neighborhoods and exits town. M-188 turns back due east", "id": "3803194" }, { "contents": "M-72 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. At South Down River Road, M-72 turns east again to leave Grayling, crossing I-75 in the process. There is no direct access to I-75 from M-72. Instead traffic is directed to follow BL I-75 in either direction to get to the freeway. In eastern Crawford County, M-72 runs through the Au Sable State Forest and crosses the South Branch of the Au Sable River on the Wakeley Bridge. East of the river crossing, the trunkline intersects the northern terminus of M-18 before crossing into Oscoda County. M-72 continues east through", "id": "18092035" }, { "contents": "M-28 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof M-28 designated as a part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour is from the western terminus to the eastern junction with M-64 in Bergland, where the Circle Tour turns north along M-64, leaving M-28. Here, M-28 has its lowest traffic counts; within the 2013 MDOT survey, the road is listed with only an average annual daily traffic (AADT) of 1,425 vehicles on a section of highway between Bergland and the US 45 intersection in Bruce Crossing. The trunkline runs through heavily forested areas of southern Houghton and Baraga counties.", "id": "20777599" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, which runs along the western city line. M-13 meets the 2 one-way streets that carry M-25 and the I-75 business spur at the intersections with Thomas and Jenny streets. From this intersection on, M-13 forms a part of the Lake Huron Circle Tour. Farther north, the highway turns northwesterly on Huron Road; Euclid Avenue continues north as M-247. As the trunkline heads away from Bay City, it runs parallel to the Lake State Railway again. M-13 intersects the northern end of its connector route before Huron Road crosses", "id": "5767624" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-89 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from near Ganges to Battle Creek. M-89 starts at an interchange with Interstate 196/US Highway 31 (I-196/US 31) and passes through Allegan, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and Calhoun counties. The highway also briefly crosses the southwest corner of Barry County before it terminates an at intersection with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) on the northwestern side of downtown Battle Creek. In between the trunkline runs parallel to the Kalamazoo River", "id": "18787890" }, { "contents": "M-33 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-33 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Interstate 75 (I-75) at Alger in Arenac County north to M-27 near Cheboygan. In between, the trunkline runs through rural sections of the northeastern Lower Peninsula including state and national forest areas. M-33 connects to a handful of parks and crosses several of the rivers in that section of the state. It runs concurrently with three other state highways, sharing pavement to connect through several small communities of Northern Michigan. M-33 was designated by", "id": "16986002" }, { "contents": "M-57 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncounty line, the highway crosses a branch of the Great Lakes Central Railroad. M-57 follows Brady Road and crosses M-52 just west of Chesaning. Further east, the trunkline crosses another line of the Great Lakes Central. The highway follows Broad Street into town and over the Shiawassee River. On the east banks, M-57 runs along Main Street south along the river to a junction with Peet Road where it then turns east along the latter road out of town. The highway passes through more farm fields and through Layton Corners on the", "id": "12341714" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe western end of the highway, halfway between Bark River and Hyde, west of Escanaba. In 1919, M-69 started at the state line south of Crystal Falls. It ran north through Crystal Falls, where it intersected M-12, to end in Covington at an intersection with M-28. This roadway was redesignated with the creation of the U.S. Highway System in 1926. US 2 replaced M-69 south and M-12 west of Crystal Falls. US 102 replaced M-69 north of Crystal Falls, and the latter designation was reused on the section of", "id": "1214343" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-227 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It consists largely of a segment of old U.S. Highway 27 (US 27) along the south and west sides of Marshall. The highway passes the airport and serves an industrial section of town north of the Kalamazoo River. M-227 was created as a part of a program to add additional routes into the state's highway system under the leadership of Governor John Engler. M-227 starts at a diamond interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) at exit 32", "id": "16700161" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. M-136 begins at a junction with M-19 just south of Brockway on the north side of Mill Creek. The highway heads eastward through farm fields on Metcalf Road for about before bending to the southeast on Beard Road, parallel to the creek. The road then turns eastward on Avoca Road near Tackaberry Airport and heads toward Avoca. The trunkline continues in this direction through farm fields and the community of Avoca before turning southward on Glyshaw Road near the Black River. M-136 turns east, returning to Beard Road, and running through a", "id": "12150123" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-71 is a state trunkline highway in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. It serves as a connector between M-21 in Owosso to Interstate 69 (I-69) near Durand. The highway runs along a rail line in a northwest-to-southeast direction in rural Shiawassee County connecting a few small towns along its path. The highway dates back to the start of the state highway system in 1919. There were some changes made to the routing in the 1930s which increased its length. Two adjacent highways have been rerouted", "id": "9319501" }, { "contents": "M-61 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-61 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Marion and Standish. The highway runs along the boundary area between Northern Michigan and Central Michigan in the Lower Peninsula. M-61 runs through rural forestland connecting several smaller communities together as it connects M-115, US Highway 127 (US 127), Interstate 75 (I-75) and US 23. Less than 10,000 vehicles a day use various segments of the roadway on average. The trunkline was first designated along a portion of its current alignment by 1919. M-61", "id": "8785849" }, { "contents": "M-91 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, but subsequent transfers or roadway sections have truncated the route to its present form. For a time period in the 1980s, M-91 was even a discontinuous highway when a section in the middle was transferred to county control before the southernmost section was transferred. M-91 starts at an intersection with M-44 west of Belding in Otisco Township. The road runs north along Storey Road and past the Candlestone Golf Course and farmlands. At Bricker Road, M-91 crosses out of Ionia County into Montcalm County. The trunkline runs along Greenville Road and passes", "id": "8283414" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 is a state trunkline highway in the southwestern and central parts of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from South Haven to Webberville along an indirect path through both rural areas and larger cities. The trunkline follows five overall segments: a southeasterly track from South Haven to Kalamazoo, a northerly path to Plainwell, a southeasterly route to Richland, a northeasterly course to the Hastings area and an easterly route through the Lansing area. The M-43 designation dates back to at least July 1, 1919, when it was used", "id": "1132334" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-88 is a state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between US Highway 31 (US 31) and US 131/M-66 in the Lower Peninsula. Running from Mancelona to Eastport, M-88 also goes through the communities of Bellaire and Central Lake. The highway is completely within Antrim County and is known by the street name of \"Scenic Highway\" outside of the various communities along its routing. M-88 is an original trunkline dating back to the 1919 signing of the state system. An extension in the 1920s", "id": "6692224" }, { "contents": "M-34 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-99 turns south along Pioneer Road, M-34 continues east along Hudson Road. The highway turns to the southeast to the south of Osseo near Deer Lake and continues towards Pittsford. Hudson Road runs through a mix of forests and local farms. The trunkline passes to the south of the main business district in Pittsford. East of town, the highway turns east and intersects US Highway 127 (US 127) at the Hillsdale–Lenawee county line in Hudson. The trunkline continues eastward through the city of Hudson as Main Street. On", "id": "16558269" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-44 is a state trunkline highway in the western region of the US state of Michigan. It runs northward from the intersection of M-11 (28th Street) and M-37 toward the Rockford area. The highway then turns eastward to Belding, and it ends six miles (10 km) north of Ionia at M-66. M-44 is known in Grand Rapids as the \"East Beltline\" and intersects with its related highway, Connector M-44, in Plainfield Township. This highway runs concurrently with M-37 between M-11 and Interstate 96 (I-96).", "id": "13109166" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nBusiness M-28 (Bus. M-28) was a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It served as a business route running for through the Newberry area. The business loop followed a U-shaped routing to connect downtown Newberry with M-28 south of town. It ran west of the city of Newberry, passing through the community of Dollarville before entering downtown, turning south and ending near the county airport. Bus. M-28 was originally a section of M-28 before the latter was realigned in the late 1930s. The highway", "id": "14231891" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nbetween Tekonsha and Marshall. From I-69, M-227 runs east on F Drive South north of Pine and Long lakes for approximately one mile (1.6 km). The highway runs through agricultural land and turns north to follow Old US 27/17 Mile Road. At Division Drive, M-227 passes into Marshall on Kalamazoo Avenue. The highway runs past the Brooks Field airport and the Alwin Downs Golf Course. Kalamazoo Avenue crosses the Kalamazoo River, and M-227 turns west along Industrial Road. This section of town is an industrial park, and M-227", "id": "16700162" }, { "contents": "M-51 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nPokagon, M-51 turns back northeasterly toward Dowagiac. Once the highway reaches that city, it merges with M-62. The two highways run concurrently eastward along Spruce, Main and Division streets through downtown. M-51 turns to the north along Front Street, separating from the concurrency and leaving downtown. North of town in rural Cass County, M-51 intersects M-152 near location where the highway crosses the Dowagiac River. North of that intersection, the trunkline crosses into Van Buren County and turns to the east again. M-51 passes south of Knickerbocker Lake", "id": "11912684" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-67 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 41 (US 41) and M-94 between Trenary and Chatham. The highway has largely been unchanged during its history, although the highways that connect to M-67 on each end have changed several times. M-67 starts at an intersection with US 41 near Trenary east of the West Branch of the Whitefish River. From that intersection the highway runs east crossing Scott Creek before running into downtown Trenary along relatively flat", "id": "1214513" }, { "contents": "M-343 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-343 is a state trunkline highway in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It runs for almost along Gull Road between the northeast side of Kalamazoo and continues through rural areas on the way to Richland. The highway was created in January 2019 from a section of M-43 after that highway was rerouted in the aftermath of a series of jurisdictional transfers in downtown Kalamazoo. It had been a part of the state highway system for a century under its previous number until it was given its current designation. M-343 starts where Gull Road intersects Riverview Drive east", "id": "11381182" }, { "contents": "M-115 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. The lowest AADT was the 2,236 vehicles near Copemish. The trunkline between the US 10 and M-37 junctions has been listed on the National Highway System. a network of roads important to the country's defense, economy and mobility. In 1929, the first stretch of M-115 was designated from Frankfort to Benzonia. Beginning in the mid-1930s, construction of M-115 began from central to northwestern Lower Michigan. In 1936, an earthen highway was opened between the south side of Cadillac to M-66, with additional sections west of Mesick and northwest", "id": "9213548" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is near the border between Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties at exit 92 of Interstate 94 (I-94) southwest of Battle Creek. The northern terminus is at the Mission Point Light on Old Mission Point in Grand Traverse County. In between, the highway connects Battle Creek, Grand Rapids and Traverse City. Motorists will travel through agricultural land, forests, suburbs and large cities along the way. The section of M-37 on the Old Mission", "id": "17071073" }, { "contents": "M-203 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-203 turns inland running due east to Cloverland Road then turning north and east along Veterans Memorial Highway. Along this section of roadway, the AADT was measured at 440 vehicles in 2007. The highway follows Veterans Memorial Highway through the neighborhood of Tamarack west of Calumet. From there it continues eastward, following Pine Street north of downtown Calumet, looping back to US 41/M-26. The northern terminus of M-203 is at the intersection of Pine Street and Calumet Avenue. M-203 was first designated as a spur route from Hancock north", "id": "1358584" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nline, the highway intersects with US 12 before crossing into Washtenaw County. The limited-access section of M-52 continues north through western Washtenaw County, where it ends in Manchester. M-52 turns west along Austin and City roads into the village. The trunkline continues along the banks of the north branch of the River Raisin on Riverside Drive before turning north out of town. Just south of Chelsea, M-52 crosses Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues through downtown Chelsea and turns northwesterly through the Waterloo State Recreation Area in the", "id": "15803111" }, { "contents": "M-29 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-29 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in a south–north direction from Chesterfield Township to Marysville. It generally runs along the shore of Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River. The M-29 designation has been used twice in Michigan starting in 1919. The first designation near Lansing was replaced by U.S. Route 27 (US 27) in 1926. At that time, the M-29 designation was moved to the east side of the state along the current routing and farther north along part of what", "id": "18258775" }, { "contents": "Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\ndesignation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after a Temporary I-69 (Temp. I-69) designation was extended northward from Charlotte through Lansing to Perry. On September 4 of that year, I-69's designation was officially extended by Congress to end at I-475 on the east side of Flint; this extension, and all subsequent ones, was of \"non-chargeable mileage\", or segments not financed through the Interstate Highway", "id": "20840099" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-52 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is on the Ohio border, where it continues as State Route 109 (SR 109). The highway passes through communities like Adrian, where it intersects US Highway 223 (US 223), Chelsea and Webberville along its course. It crosses some major rivers, including the River Raisin and the Shiawassee. The section of the highway between M-50 and Manchester was built as a limited-access highway. M-52's northern terminus is", "id": "15803106" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nI-96 and then north on I-496. From there, M-78 followed the one-way pairing of Homer and Howard streets from the northern end of the freeway up to the one-way couplet of Saginaw Street and Grand River Avenue, returning to its previous routing. The former route through downtown along US 27 was redesignated Business M-78 (Bus. M-78) at the same time. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing sections of M-78 in 1965. The US 127 freeway was completed from", "id": "18787232" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n23) was incorporated into the trunkline as a discontinuous section in the early 1940s until it was later connected in 1946. M-68 starts in the community of Alanson east of Little Traverse Bay in Emmet County. US 31 runs along Burr Avenue parallel to the former Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad line and depot in town. M-68 starts at an intersection between Chicago Street and Burr Avenue. The trunkline runs southeasterly from this intersection and on a bridge over the Crooked River. After leaving town, the highway curves to run due east through", "id": "9319420" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nGrand Rapids. The state trunkline highway was created when M-50 was rerouted to follow 28th Street and Wilson Avenue around the south and west sides of the city in 1953. The business loop was decommissioned when M-50 was returned to its former routing in 1961. The highway followed Lake Michigan Drive (now M-45) from the Standale neighborhood of Walker easterly to Fulton Street in Grand Rapids. From there it followed Fulton easterly through downtown Grand Rapids and the east side of the city to a junction with Cascade Road in Grand Rapids Township The", "id": "11076050" }, { "contents": "M-102 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-102 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs along the northern boundary of Detroit following 8 Mile Road. The highway follows the Michigan Baseline, a part of the land survey of the state, and the roadway is also called Base Line Road in places. As a county road or city street, 8 Mile Road extends both east and west of the M-102 designation, which leaves 8 Mile on the eastern end to follow Vernier Road. The western terminus of M-102 is at the junction", "id": "5983336" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nTahquamenon River, Bus. M-28 turned east into the community of Dollarville. There the trunkline followed Dollarville Road and Engadine Road to the western city limits of Newberry. Once in the city of Newberry, Bus. M-28 followed West McMillan Avenue. At the intersection with M-117 (Newberry Avenue), Bus. M-28 turned south concurrently with M-117. The combined highway passed through the central business district. South of town, M-117/Bus. M-28 turned east along Campbell Avenue and then south along Miller Road. West of the Luce", "id": "14231893" }, { "contents": "M-90 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-90 is a state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from near North Branch eastward to Lexington situated on Lake Huron. The highway is a lightly traveled roadway that runs through rural farmlands. The trunkline runs mostly east–west with two short north–south segments where it turns to run concurrently with other state highways. Along the routing, there are two river crossings and one railroad crossing. The current highway that bears the M-90 designation is the second to carry number. The first", "id": "9440848" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\nBath Township. In 1919, the MSHD signposted the highway system for the first time, and the east–west highways through Lansing were part of the original M-29 through downtown and the original M-39 north of downtown. The north–south highway in Lansing was the original M-14. On November 11, 1926, the United States Numbered Highway System was approved by the AASHO, and the new US 27 replaced M-29 and M-14 in the area. By the end of the next year, M-78 was extended from Charlotte along US 27", "id": "12718047" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nroadway on any average day of the year. Along M-37, the volume varies from the peak 49,173 vehicles on a section of I-96/M-37 in Grand Rapids to the 718 vehicles at the northern terminus by the Mission Point Light. M-37 starts joined with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) as the two highway designations run concurrently at exit 92 on I-94 southwest of Battle Creek. They follow Columbia Avenue and pass around the southern side of the W. K. Kellogg Airport. When the roadway meets M-96, BL I-94/M-37 turns", "id": "17071077" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-60 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Niles area at a junction with US Highway 12 (US 12) to the Jackson area where it ends at Interstate 94 (I-94). The trunkline passes through a mix of farm fields and woodlands, crosses or runs along several rivers and connects several small towns of the southern area of the state. The westernmost segment runs along divided highway while the easternmost section is a full freeway bypass of Jackson. M-60 was originally", "id": "18513790" }, { "contents": "M-95 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nlater be extended in 1932 to the state line south of Kingsford. The total of M-45 was converted to M-95 in 1934 as a realignment near Witch Lake is completed. M-95 was rerouted in 1942 from Republic north to Humboldt Township. This new section replaced the last section of gravel roadway that was transferred to Marquette County as County Road 601. Another rerouting in the Republic area moved the trunkline in 1957 to bypass South Republic. The former roadway was partially closed to become part of the Republic Mine. M-69 was shortened, eliminating", "id": "20686812" } ]

[ { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nfields. South of Thornapple Lake, M-79 angles southeasterly moving from Quimby Road to Scott Road running parallel to the Thornapple River again into the community of Nashville. M-79 meets M-66 and turns south along the latter highway's route along Main and Durkee streets through the community. South of town in Maple Grove Township, M-79 separates from M-66 and turns east along Lawrence Road. Outside of Charlotte, M-79 curves southeast to transition to Lawrence Avenue through town. The eastern terminus is at an intersection with Cochran Avenue, which carries BL I-69", "id": "10575936" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nis located on southbound I-69 at exit 61. The highway was first designated in 1919 between Hastings and Battle Creek. It was later moved to run to Charlotte. A section of M-79 was designated as M-214 in the 1930s. M-214 would later be decommissioned as a highway designation and the M-79 designation was reapplied to the roadway. M-79 starts south of Hastings at a three-way intersection with M-37 in Hastings Township. The trunkline runs east and parallel to a section of the Thornapple River through wooded terrain that is interspersed with farm", "id": "10575935" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 at the same time carries the highway designation to Vermontville. M-79 was extended easterly to Charlotte in 1934 at the same time that the section of the trunkline between Nashville and Vermontville was redesignated M-214. M-79 was rerouted along Assyria and Lawrence roads at the time to connect the sections of M-79 on either side of M-214. By 1941, M-214 was shortened to a connector route in downtown Nashville running between M-79 and M-66. In 1953, M-79 replaced M-214 and the latter designation was retired from the highway system. The last section", "id": "10575938" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nand M-50. M-79 was formed as a state trunkline by July 1, 1919 along part of its present routing. At the time, it ran between Hastings and Nashville as it does today. From Nashville, the trunkline turned south and west to end at the contemporary M-17 in Battle Creek. By 1927, the southernmost section of M-79 was truncated when M-78 was extended to Battle Creek. In late 1930, the southernmost section was shortened once again as a new M-14 designation replaced M-79 south of Nashville. An eastward extension of", "id": "10575937" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the central portion of Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The western terminus is about southeast of Hastings at the junction with M-37 and the eastern terminus is in downtown Charlotte at the junction with M-50 and Business Loop Interstate 69 (BL I-69). It passes through Quimby and Nashville, where there is a junction with M-66. The entire highway is undivided surface road. It has no direct access with Interstate 69 (I-69), although a sign for the highway", "id": "10575934" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nThe M-14 designation of the time was decommissioned and replaced with M-66. Starting at Six Lakes, M-66 turned west along M-46 instead of east and then turned south through Stanton and Ionia ending north of Battle Creek. The highway between Lowell and Lakeview was redesignated as M-91. A minor realignment in late 1950 removed two 90° curves near the Osceola–Missaukee county line and replaced them with a pair of sweeping curves. The MSHD rerouted M-66 between Maple Grove and Nashville in mid-1953. In the changes, M-79 was extended along the", "id": "18787175" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nBarry–Eaton county line. After meeting M-43, the two trunklines run concurrently for about a mile (1.6 km) before M-50 breaks off to the southwest near Woodbury. From there, the road continues in its southeasterly path along Clinton Trail through the northeast part of Eaton County as it runs through fields to Charlotte. Just prior to entering the city, the road bends to the south and near the middle of town it has a junction with M-79 and Business Loop I-69 (BL I-69). After this intersection, M-50", "id": "11076036" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-78 ran along a route similar that of today. It started north of Battle Creek at a junction with then M-79 and cut through the corner of Barry County to Bellevue, but it turned northeasterly to end at Charlotte at a junction with M-29. By 1927, M-78 was extended southward, replacing M-79 to the Indiana state line, connecting with State Road 9 (SR 9) south of Sturgis. At the same time, a northerly addition extended the highway concurrently along US Highway 27 (US 27) to Dewitt and", "id": "18787228" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthrough Dowling and meets the western terminus of M-79. The highway follows Hanover Street through the south side of Hastings into downtown, where it turns west on Green Street and north on Broadway Street. At the intersection of Broadway and State streets, M-37 meets and joins M-43. West of Hastings, M-43 separates and heads south toward Kalamazoo while M-37 turns northwesterly and runs parallel to the Thornapple River. The highway follows the river west and north to the community of Middleville through mixed farms and forests. In southern Kent County, M-37", "id": "17071079" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nends, and M-66 continues northeast out of the Cereal City on Division Street and then northeast on Capital Avenue along the Battle Creek River. M-66 continues northward through Barry County on Capital Avenue which becomes 9 Mile Road north of Baseline Road. The highway passes through Assyria before meeting M-79, with which it has a short concurrency, in Nashville. On the north side of the village, M-66 crosses the Thornapple River and continues north through mixed rural forest land and farm fields. Near Woodland, M-66 joins M-43 and the two run", "id": "18787163" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nnew route of M-66 and then over M-214 to Hastings. M-66 was shifted off Assyria Road which was turned back to local control. Another realignment in 1954 shifted M-66 to the modern routing between the M-43 concurrency termini, removing M-43/M-66 from a section of M-50 in the process. The final section gravel section of M-66, approximately in length, was paved near Nashville in 1957. M-32 was extended along the northernmost section of M-66 in 1963. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing", "id": "18787176" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-78 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus is the intersection with M-66 north of Battle Creek in Pennfield Township. The roadway runs through rural farmland and the community of Bellevue as it approaches its eastern terminus at an interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) near Olivet. The highway is used by between 3,100 and 5,300 vehicles on a daily basis. When the state highway system was signed in 1919, M-78 followed a similar routing. At Bellevue, it turned northeast to terminate at Charlotte.", "id": "18787223" }, { "contents": "M-100 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-100 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the central region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between Potterville and Grand Ledge, connecting Interstate 69 (I-69) and I-96 west of the state capital, Lansing. The highway was previously a section of M-16. After M-16 was realigned, M-100 was created by 1927. Three extensions in the 1930s, 1950s and 1990s resulted in the current highway routing. M-100 starts at exit 66 on I-69 in Potterville. The highway runs north along Hartel Road, intersecting Lansing", "id": "169088" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\n. North of a crossing of the Battle Creek River, Cochrane Road widens to include a center turn lane. About north of the starting point, BL I-69 begins a concurrency with M-50 at Shepherd Street. North of Warren Avenue, BL I-69/M-50 widens to four lanes, two in each direction. The concurrency ends at Lawrence Avenue; M-50 continues north, and the business loop heads east on Lawrence Avenue for a few blocks. That intersection also marks the eastern terminus of M-79. From that point, BL I-69 follows", "id": "12718039" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturn of the century. M-69 and M-95 separate in Randville as the former turns east and the latter continues southward. Between Randville and the former community of Metropolitan, M-69 runs along the West Branch of the Sturgeon River through more hilly terrain. The trunkline continues east to the twin communities of Theodore and Felch. The river and the road part ways until meeting again at Foster City. This is also the location of a unique junction of highways. M-69 meets G-69, a County-Designated Highway that runs south to Loretto in", "id": "1214340" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe concurrency. In western Webberville, M-52 passes under I-96 and merges with M-43 at the latter's eastern terminus. The two highways run north to, and turn west along, Grand River Avenue. At Perry Road, M-52 turns back north out of the village. The trunkline continues north into Shiawassee County and runs through Perry before crossing I-69. Continuing north, M-52 curves northeasterly into downtown Owosso intersecting M-21 west of M-71's western terminus. M-52 continues northward parallel to the Shiawassee River into Saginaw County. The trunkline runs through", "id": "15803113" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ndowntown Ionia, the trunkline crosses the Grand River and the abandoned mainline of the Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad near the county fairgrounds. M-66 turns west along M-21 (Lincoln Avenue) for two blocks before turning back to the north along State Street. The trunkline runs through the northern part of the county and meets M-44's eastern terminus near Woodard Lake. In Montcalm County, M-66 intersects M-57 in a rural area south of Sheridan before running north on Sheridan Road through Stanton. The highway jogs west along Main Street in Stanton before returning", "id": "18787165" }, { "contents": "M-74 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-74 was the designation of a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The highway ran through rural Missaukee County connecting Pioneer with Merritt. The highway was designated by 1919 along a longer route. It was shortened before it was totally removed from the highway system in the late 1930s. M-74 started at a junction with M-66 near the community of Pioneer. It ran east on Moorestown Road through Stittsville to Moorestown before turning south on Nelson Road. There it ran through the community of Star City, turning west briefly on", "id": "9319580" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n131 freeway, M-55 merges north along the freeway, bypassing downtown Cadillac. On the east side of town, M-55 leaves the freeway and turns east again running through the Pere Marquette State Forest along Watergate Road. When the highway meets M-66, M-55 joins M-66 and runs north through farmland. As the two highways approach Lake City, they run along the shore of Lake Missaukee and through downtown. M-55 turns east again along Houghton Lake Road, separating from M-66 north of the central business district. This section of trunkline passes through", "id": "19769038" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 junction and the I-94 interchange. The NHS is a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility. M-96 was formed as a state trunkline in late 1926 from parts of M-17. The section of M-17 between Galesberg and Battle Creek was not utilized for US 12 and became M-96. In 1936, the Alternate US 12 trunkline was designated through the Battle Creek area along a section of highway that had previously been part of US 12. This highway was added to M-96 three years later in 1939", "id": "16718650" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the airport, M-96 runs concurrently with both Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) and M-37. M-96 turns south on Helmer Road, separating from the other two trunklines, and then turns east crossing along Columbia Avenue. Here the highway runs along the edge of the city of Battle Creek through more residential areas and crosses the I-194/M-66 freeway next to the Riverside County Club. Near Brownlee Park, M-96 (Columbia Avenue) merges with BL I-94 (Michigan Avenue). Together BL I-94/M-96 continues along Michigan Avenue", "id": "16718647" }, { "contents": "M-42 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturns ninety degrees to the south off Walker Road before angling southeasterly skirting the edge of some hills near Dyer Lake just west of M-66. The road turns back due east between Al Moses Road and M-66, where it ends north of Lake City. No section of the trunkline is part of the National Highway System. M-42 is an original state trunkline dating back to the 1919 signage of the highway system in Michigan. The original highway routing started at M-13 in Manton and ran due west to Mesick. From there the highway turned", "id": "6820888" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-50 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. Although designated as an east–west highway, it is nearly a diagonal northwest–southeast route. The western terminus is at exit 52 along Interstate 96 (I-96) near Alto a few miles east of the metro Grand Rapids area, and its eastern terminus is in downtown Monroe at US Highway 24 (US 24, Telegraph Road). In between the trunkline runs through seven counties of the southern part of the Lower Peninsula mostly through rural farm fields and", "id": "11076032" }, { "contents": "M-82 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe downtown area and M-82 turns south along Stewart Avenue out of town. The highway rounds a curve and transitions to 72nd Street running eastward through more farm land. As the trunkline approaches Newaygo, the terrain becomes more wooded near the Muskegon River. M-82 follows Fremont Street east to a junction with M-37. The two highways merge and run concurrently over the river and into downtown on State Street. South of downtown, M-82 turns east again, independent of M-37, and runs along 82nd Street on the southern edge of the Manistee", "id": "9440783" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-96 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Kalamazoo and Marshall. Its termini are both on business routes of Interstate 94 (I-94); the eastern one coincides with an intersection with I-69. Between Kalamazoo and Marshall it passes through Comstock, Galesburg, Augusta, and Battle Creek intersecting I-194/M-66 in Battle Creek and I-94 in Emmett Township. The highway now known as M-96 was originally part of M-17. Parts of M-17 that were not used for US Highway 12 (US 12) in", "id": "16718644" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncontinues south concurrent with the business loop for a several blocks before turning eastward. On the eastern end of town, it has an interchange with I-69 at exit 60. After heading east past the junction with I-69, the highway turns southeast as it heads through rural fields toward Eaton Rapids. Once it reaches the city, M-50 converges with M-99, and the two intersect M-188 on the south side of the Grand River. The two highways run south out of the city. Immediately prior to entering Jackson County, the two trunklines", "id": "11076037" }, { "contents": "M-199 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-199 is a state trunkline highway near Albion in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus of the road is in Sheridan Township at exit 119 off Interstate 94 (I-94). The eastern terminus is a junction with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) downtown Albion. The entire road is within Calhoun County and runs through rural farm fields outside of Albion; in town it is a residential street. The M-199 designation had previously been applied to a highway in the Upper Peninsula in the 1930s. The current highway was previously", "id": "318093" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, before entering Missaukee County. The trunkline then turns westward on Stoney Corners Road toward McBain through farm land. In town it runs along Maple Street and then runs north toward Lake City on Morey Road. South of the Lake City, M-55 runs concurrently with M-66 by Missaukee Golf Course and into town along the eastern shore of Lake Missaukee. North of town, M-55 splits off to the east on Houghton Lake Road, and M-66 continues north to an intersection with the eastern terminus of M-42 in a rural forest. M-66 leaves", "id": "18787168" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-136 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Brockway to Fort Gratiot in the lower part of The Thumb of the Lower Peninsula. The highway serves as a connector between M-19 on the west and M-25 northwest of Port Huron. In between, the highway runs through rural St. Clair County through farm fields and along a creek and river. The trunkline uses roads that were part of the state highway system in 1919. The M-136 designation was assigned in 1931 and extended to its current length in 1961", "id": "12150122" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nCounty before meeting M-179 and M-37. M-43 merges with the latter highway and together they run into Hastings. Downtown, M-37 leaves town to the south, while M-43 heads north before curving around the east, passing through farmfields approaching the community of Woodland. After leaving town, the road meets M-66, and together they head north to a junction with M-50. M-43 then turns east with M-50, and they briefly run together before M-50 diverges to the southeast. Now known as the Grand Ledge Highway, M-43 continues its easterly path", "id": "1132339" }, { "contents": "M-63 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto M-13 (later US 131) in Osceola County on July 1, 1919. This highway was extended in 1930 along US 131 to Tustin and then to a terminus with M-66 in Marion. At the same time, M-37 was extended north from Baldwin to meet M-63 east of Peacock. This eastern extension was truncated in 1932 when it was redesignated as part of M-61. A short connector roadway, M-179, was designated in 1935 between M-63 and US 131, forming a small triangle of highways. The western end was shortened", "id": "11402253" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nAvenue removed. Then in 2003, the signs along the East Beltline were restored and the route extended back to its former terminus. M-44 Connector, or Conn. M-44, is a connector route state trunkline highway running along Plainfield Avenue in the Grand Rapids area. It connects I-96/M-37 near Lamberton Lake with M-44 running along East Beltline Avenue near the Grand River. In between, the highway passes through a commercial area. North of 5 Mile Road, Plainfield Avenue takes on a more suburban residential character. There are more business", "id": "13109173" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nmeets Interstate 69 (I-69) northwest of town. Continuing to Homer, the highway runs along Lehigh Street in town; M-99 merges into M-60 after the intersection with Hillsdale Street. East of town, the highway widens into a four-lane divided highway; M-99 turns north along this short section of roadway and M-60 reverts to a two-lane highway again. The trunkline crosses the Kalamazoo River at Concord before it crosses into Jackson County. At Spring Arbor, M-60 passes the campus of Spring Arbor University. Outside of Jackson", "id": "18513796" }, { "contents": "M-142 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-53 turns west, ending the overlap of the two highways. M-142 exits town and follows Sand Beach Road through farm country. About of Bad Axe, M-142 meets the northern terminus of M-19 (Ubly Road). Continuing eastward, the highway crosses two branches of the Willow River as it passes through the unincorporated community of Verona. East of that location, the trunkline turns northeasterly, roughly parallel to the Rock Falls Creek, as it angles to Harbor Beach. M-142 follows State Street through town, and the trunkline terminates at", "id": "8283132" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nhilly terrain. After crossing the Cheboygan County line, the roadway meets the community of Burt Lake. It curves southeasterly along the shoreline of the lake of the same name. The roadway rounds the south end of Burt Lake and approaches the community of Indian River. South of Burt Lake State Park, the trunkline meets Straits Highway, the former routing of US 27 through Indian River. M-68 turns north along Straits Highway through downtown and then turns east toward Interstate 75 (I-75). It is along this section of M-68 that", "id": "9319421" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nproceeds south along with Alden Nash Avenue and turns east on 92nd Street through farms and fields in the rural southeastern corner of the county. As the trunkline runs to the east, it crosses into Ionia County. M-50 follows Thompson Road, Nash Highway and Tupper Lake Road into Lake Odessa. In Lake Odessa, the road bends around the north side of Jordan Lake, curving to the south into the extreme northeastern Barry County. The highway turns back to the east as it heads towards a junction with M-66 and M-43 at the", "id": "11076035" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-66 is a north–south state trunkline highway on the Lower Peninsula (LP) of the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Indiana state line in the south to Charlevoix in the north. M-66 is the only state highway to run the north–south distance of the LP. It starts as a continuation of State Road 9 (SR 9) which provides access to the Indiana Toll Road. The total length is approximately , which includes almost of freeway between Interstate 94 (I-94) and downtown Battle Creek designated", "id": "18787155" }, { "contents": "M-113 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-113 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in Grand Traverse County from M-37 near Hannah to US Highway 131 (US 131) in Walton Junction. The trunkline runs through farm fields and woodlands in a rural area of the county. It connects the highways at its termini with the village of Kingsley. First designated in November 1927, the highway was extended in 1940 by adding the southernmost section near Walton Junction which was originally part of US 131. M-113 starts west of Hannah at an intersection with", "id": "4961848" }, { "contents": "M-24 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nexpressway from Metamora to I-69. South of Metamora, M-24 runs parallel to the former right-of-way for the Michigan Central Railroad north into the city of Lapeer. M-24 continues north from Lapeer running west of Barnes Lake and east of the community of Columbiaville just south of the M-90 junction. South of the Tuscola County line, the trunkline passes the Greenbriar Golf Club and crosses the Pere Marquette Railroad before turning west along Saginaw Road into the community of Mayville and turning north along Mertz Road. South of Caro, M-24", "id": "12670654" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\ncarried the M-28A designation before it was redesignated as Bus. M-28 in 1950. The trunkline was partially turned back to local control in 1953, and the business loop designation was removed at that time. The section of the roadway in downtown Newberry has carried several different designations in addition to the original M-28. Bus. M-28 started at the top of a small hill at an intersection with M-28 southwest of Newberry. The highway ran due north from the intersection along Engadine Road, running downhill towards Teaspoon Creek. Just south of the", "id": "14231892" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-13 is a north–south state trunkline highway that runs through the Saginaw Bay region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from Interstate 69 (I-69) south of Lennon to US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish. The southern section of the trunkline runs along a pair of county lines in a rural area dominated by farm fields. The highway directly connects the downtown areas of both Saginaw and Bay City. North of the latter city, the Lake Huron Circle Tour follows M-13 along the Saginaw Bay. The", "id": "5767618" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nterrain. East of town, the highway turns north running parallel to the AuTrain River Basin. The trunkline crosses Dexter Creek between Paulsen and Trout Lake roads. About halfway along the north–south segment of the highway, M-67 passes through the community of Limestone and crosses Johnson Creek. After running for , M-67 ends at a four-way intersection with M-94 and Tunteri Road. Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) traffic surveys in 2007 show that between 1,200 and 1,400 vehicles traveled the road daily in 2007 in a measure of", "id": "1214514" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nrun concurrently into Allegan. In 1963, when the I-196/US 31 freeway opened, the western terminus of M-89 was extended to meet the new freeway. A few years later, when M-96 was realigned onto a route that took it into Battle Creek, M-89 was extended southeasterly along Michigan Avenue (the old M-96) and terminated at M-37. The highway was extended further southeasterly into Battle Creek to replace the old routing of M-37 along Michigan Avenue; it then turned south on Washington to the BL I-94 where it terminated,", "id": "18787900" }, { "contents": "M-138 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-138 is a east–west state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from a junction with M-15 west of the unincorporated community of Munger in Bay County to the intersection with M-24 east of Akron in Tuscola County. The trunkline runs through rural agricultural areas outside of the villages and communities it serves. It was designated in the 1930s and extended in the 1940s. M-138 was truncated in the 1990s as well. M-138 begins at a junction with M-15 (Tuscola Road) just west", "id": "19948037" }, { "contents": "M-65 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the Pine River, M-65 merges with M-72. The two trunklines run concurrently curving to the northwest past the eastern terminus of county road F-32 into Curran. North of town, they separate as M-72 turns westward and M-65 continues north, exiting the Huron National Forest. The highway jogs along the Alcona–Alpena County line and crosses the Beaver Creek in the process. The trunkline runs to the east of Beaver Lake as it runs north through mixed forest and fields toward the community of Lachine. Southeast of that town, M-65", "id": "1359267" }, { "contents": "M-31 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, the trunkline turned southwesterly to follow along part of the Saginaw Bay. The road passed through Sebewaing to Unionville before turning back inland. Running southward to Akron, the highway turned alternately westward and southward to Fairgrove. M-31 next ran west along Bradleyville Road to a connection with M-81; the two highways ran concurrently south through Gilford before M-31 separated and turned back westward through Reese to Saginaw. The northern terminus in downtown Saginaw was at an intersection with what was then M-10. When the state highway system was first signed in 1919", "id": "19066175" }, { "contents": "M-76 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-76 is a former state trunkline highway designation in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The highway's designation was decommissioned when the last section of it was converted to freeway as a part of the present-day Interstate 75 (I-75). At that time, M-76 extended from US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish northwesterly to I-75 south of Grayling. Two sections of the route followed freeways with a two-lane highway in between to connect them. The former routing of M-76 through West Branch before", "id": "13291830" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 94 in Michigan\n\n\nlonger reconnects to I-94 on both ends. Major intersections Business Loop Interstate 94 (BL I-94) is a state trunkline highway serving as a business loop from I-94 through downtown Battle Creek. The highway begins at exit 92 on I-94 near the Kalamazoo–Calhoun county line. BL I-94 runs concurrently along M-37 northwesterly from the freeway on the two-lane Columbia Avenue on the eastern edge of Fort Custer. At an intersection south of the W.K. Kellogg Airport, BL I-94/M-37 turns easterly to run on the southern side of the", "id": "16557414" }, { "contents": "M-21 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto Port Huron in 1966. A freeway segment between Flint and Lapeer opened in 1971. M-21 was routed down M-13 to the new freeway where it joined the M-78 designation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after I-69 was extended north from Charlotte. The 1974 completion of I-196 meant the truncation of M-21 to end in Grand Rapids. At the time, M-21 was extended along Fulton Street to the East Beltline, and", "id": "13431388" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nas a result of the various reroutings in the Lansing area, both of which are no longer part of the state highway system. M-78 begins at an intersection with M-66 in Pennfield Township, north of Battle Creek in Calhoun County. The trunkline passes through rural farm lands as it runs due east and northeast. It briefly crosses the southeast corner of Barry County as it enters Eaton County. There M-78 follows Battle Creek Highway past some small ponds and into the town of Bellevue. The trunkline becomes Capitol Avenue in town and turns", "id": "18787225" }, { "contents": "M-81 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. East of town, the highway follows Caro Road through more farm fields through the community of Watrousville. Near the south side of the Tuscola Area Airport, M-81 turns to the northeast running along the Cass River to Caro. In the city, the trunkline follows State Street past the fairgrounds. At the intersection with Ellington Street, M-81 crosses M-24. The highway continues northeasterly out of town and through the community of Ellington. Northeast of Elmwood, M-81 turns due east along Cass City Road. The trunkline runs to the village", "id": "9440771" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nUS 12 freeway was completed in the area. Bus. US 12 was redesignated as BL I-94 in 1960 and M-96 was shortened to end at BL I-94/M-78 running on Capital Avenue. M-37 was reextended in 1961 in Battle Creek to a concurrent routing with M-96 in 1961. M-89 was extended along the roadway used by M-96 west of Battle Creek to M-37 in 1965, truncating M-96 in the process. M-96 was reextended back to Battle Creek along Dickman Road and Fort Custer Highway from Augusta east in 1971. Several changes in", "id": "16718652" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthat junction, M-71 turns easterly and then southeasterly out of town. The highway continues to run alongside the rail line through farmland to the outskirts of Vernon. M-71 crosses the Shiawassee River for a second time. The rail line and the highway diverge and run on opposite sides of town; the highway rounds the northeast side and the rail line runs along the southwest side. This section of trunkline through Vernon had the lowest AADT value in 2009 with 4,371 vehicles. M-71 continues to the interchange with I-69 at exit 118 northwest of", "id": "9319504" }, { "contents": "M-140 (Michigan highway)\n\n\njog along Pokagon Road around Riggins Lake. M-140 turns back northward and runs through the community of Berrien Center. Near Eau Claire, the highway turns bends along Maple Grove Road for about before going north on Watervliet Road. East of town, the trunkline follows Main Street eastward toward the Berrien–Cass county line. M-140 intersects the northern terminus of M-62 and curves north. In northern Berrien County, M-140 follows Watervliet Road to an interchange with Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues northward along Main Street into Watervliet,", "id": "800150" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-69 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 2 (US 2) on both ends in Crystal Falls and near Bark River. In between, the highway runs for in rural UP forest lands. Before the creation of the U.S. Highway System, the current M-69 was a portion of M-12. The original M-69 was replaced by US 102 and the M-69 designation was reused on a section of M-12 not replaced by US 2.", "id": "1214334" }, { "contents": "M-36 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof town. At Howell Street, County Road D-19 merges in from the south. The two designations run concurrently along Main Street to Pearl Street, where D-19 turns northward. At the intersection with Dexter Street, M-36 intersects the western terminus of D-32, the \"Highway to Hell\". East of Pinckney, M-36 passes between Rush and Bass lakes in the Pettysville area. Immediately east of there, the highway passes through woods between Oneida and Zukey lakes in Lakeland. The trunkline passes to the south of Buck Lake and then", "id": "19826396" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n(MDOT). The highway was first designated by July 1, 1919 along a portion of the current roadway. In a series of extensions, M-55 was lengthened to connect its current endpoints by the early 1930s. The trunkline has been rerouted in sections since that time resulting in the modern roadway alignment. One set of changes produced a business loop in the Houghton Lake area. M-55 starts at a three-way intersection with US 31 north of Manistee. The trunkline runs southeast on Caberfae Highway over the Manistee River and through", "id": "19769036" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto enter the outskirts of Battle Creek it follows Michigan Avenue. It passes through the neighborhoods of Level Park-Oak Park and Urbandale, the first residential areas of the city. As the highway continues towards Battle Creek it has a junction with M-37. M-89 continues on Michigan Avenue until an intersection with Washington Avenue where the route turns to the southwest where it crosses the Kalamazoo River one last time. The trunkline terminates a few blocks later at Dickman Road, otherwise known as the Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94). M-89", "id": "18787895" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nMountain, M-88 turns east at Alden highway and enters the community of Mancelona, passing the Fairview Cemetery. The highway runs along on State Street into downtown. M-88 ends at an intersection with US 131/M-66 running along Williams Street, and State Street continues eastward as C-38. M-88 was first designated by July 1, 1919 along its current routing between Mancelona and Bellaire. It was extended in 1927 through Central Lake to end in Eastport. It was used as a temporary routing of US 31 between Eastport and Bellaire while the", "id": "6692228" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 designation transfers from the freeway to run concurrently with M-89 eastward. After the freeway, M-43/M-89 passes through the city of Plainwell and crosses the Kalamazoo River again before continuing into rural areas again. The trunkline continues to the southeast on towards the village of Richland. Just north of Richland, M-89 parts ways with M-43. M-89 heads south through town and intersects M-343, before turning eastward and passing to the south of Gull Lake. After passing the lake, the highway turns southeast towards Battle Creek. As M-89 begins", "id": "18787894" }, { "contents": "M-14 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nstreets to new stretches of freeways running south of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. The former route of US 12, much of which was known as Plymouth Road, was retained as a trunkline and redesignated M-14. In 1964, a northern bypass connecting US 23 with M-153 was completed, and M-14 was rerouted onto the new freeway; the highway still ran through Ann Arbor along routes now designated Bus. US 23 and Business Loop I-94. The following year, the freeway was extended to its present western terminus at I-94, and M-14", "id": "11243057" }, { "contents": "M-188 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-188 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from Eaton Rapids to the VFW National Home for Children, southeast of town through a rural area. Approximately 1,000 vehicles each day use a highway that was first designated in the 1930s and paved in the 1940s. Starting in Eaton Rapids, M-188 heads eastward from the intersection with M-99/M-50 (Michigan highway) toward the Grand River. The highway follows Water Street southeasterly along the river through residential neighborhoods and exits town. M-188 turns back due east", "id": "3803194" }, { "contents": "M-72 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. At South Down River Road, M-72 turns east again to leave Grayling, crossing I-75 in the process. There is no direct access to I-75 from M-72. Instead traffic is directed to follow BL I-75 in either direction to get to the freeway. In eastern Crawford County, M-72 runs through the Au Sable State Forest and crosses the South Branch of the Au Sable River on the Wakeley Bridge. East of the river crossing, the trunkline intersects the northern terminus of M-18 before crossing into Oscoda County. M-72 continues east through", "id": "18092035" }, { "contents": "M-28 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof M-28 designated as a part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour is from the western terminus to the eastern junction with M-64 in Bergland, where the Circle Tour turns north along M-64, leaving M-28. Here, M-28 has its lowest traffic counts; within the 2013 MDOT survey, the road is listed with only an average annual daily traffic (AADT) of 1,425 vehicles on a section of highway between Bergland and the US 45 intersection in Bruce Crossing. The trunkline runs through heavily forested areas of southern Houghton and Baraga counties.", "id": "20777599" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, which runs along the western city line. M-13 meets the 2 one-way streets that carry M-25 and the I-75 business spur at the intersections with Thomas and Jenny streets. From this intersection on, M-13 forms a part of the Lake Huron Circle Tour. Farther north, the highway turns northwesterly on Huron Road; Euclid Avenue continues north as M-247. As the trunkline heads away from Bay City, it runs parallel to the Lake State Railway again. M-13 intersects the northern end of its connector route before Huron Road crosses", "id": "5767624" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-89 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from near Ganges to Battle Creek. M-89 starts at an interchange with Interstate 196/US Highway 31 (I-196/US 31) and passes through Allegan, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and Calhoun counties. The highway also briefly crosses the southwest corner of Barry County before it terminates an at intersection with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) on the northwestern side of downtown Battle Creek. In between the trunkline runs parallel to the Kalamazoo River", "id": "18787890" }, { "contents": "M-33 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-33 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Interstate 75 (I-75) at Alger in Arenac County north to M-27 near Cheboygan. In between, the trunkline runs through rural sections of the northeastern Lower Peninsula including state and national forest areas. M-33 connects to a handful of parks and crosses several of the rivers in that section of the state. It runs concurrently with three other state highways, sharing pavement to connect through several small communities of Northern Michigan. M-33 was designated by", "id": "16986002" }, { "contents": "M-57 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncounty line, the highway crosses a branch of the Great Lakes Central Railroad. M-57 follows Brady Road and crosses M-52 just west of Chesaning. Further east, the trunkline crosses another line of the Great Lakes Central. The highway follows Broad Street into town and over the Shiawassee River. On the east banks, M-57 runs along Main Street south along the river to a junction with Peet Road where it then turns east along the latter road out of town. The highway passes through more farm fields and through Layton Corners on the", "id": "12341714" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe western end of the highway, halfway between Bark River and Hyde, west of Escanaba. In 1919, M-69 started at the state line south of Crystal Falls. It ran north through Crystal Falls, where it intersected M-12, to end in Covington at an intersection with M-28. This roadway was redesignated with the creation of the U.S. Highway System in 1926. US 2 replaced M-69 south and M-12 west of Crystal Falls. US 102 replaced M-69 north of Crystal Falls, and the latter designation was reused on the section of", "id": "1214343" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-227 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It consists largely of a segment of old U.S. Highway 27 (US 27) along the south and west sides of Marshall. The highway passes the airport and serves an industrial section of town north of the Kalamazoo River. M-227 was created as a part of a program to add additional routes into the state's highway system under the leadership of Governor John Engler. M-227 starts at a diamond interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) at exit 32", "id": "16700161" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. M-136 begins at a junction with M-19 just south of Brockway on the north side of Mill Creek. The highway heads eastward through farm fields on Metcalf Road for about before bending to the southeast on Beard Road, parallel to the creek. The road then turns eastward on Avoca Road near Tackaberry Airport and heads toward Avoca. The trunkline continues in this direction through farm fields and the community of Avoca before turning southward on Glyshaw Road near the Black River. M-136 turns east, returning to Beard Road, and running through a", "id": "12150123" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-71 is a state trunkline highway in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. It serves as a connector between M-21 in Owosso to Interstate 69 (I-69) near Durand. The highway runs along a rail line in a northwest-to-southeast direction in rural Shiawassee County connecting a few small towns along its path. The highway dates back to the start of the state highway system in 1919. There were some changes made to the routing in the 1930s which increased its length. Two adjacent highways have been rerouted", "id": "9319501" }, { "contents": "M-61 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-61 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Marion and Standish. The highway runs along the boundary area between Northern Michigan and Central Michigan in the Lower Peninsula. M-61 runs through rural forestland connecting several smaller communities together as it connects M-115, US Highway 127 (US 127), Interstate 75 (I-75) and US 23. Less than 10,000 vehicles a day use various segments of the roadway on average. The trunkline was first designated along a portion of its current alignment by 1919. M-61", "id": "8785849" }, { "contents": "M-91 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, but subsequent transfers or roadway sections have truncated the route to its present form. For a time period in the 1980s, M-91 was even a discontinuous highway when a section in the middle was transferred to county control before the southernmost section was transferred. M-91 starts at an intersection with M-44 west of Belding in Otisco Township. The road runs north along Storey Road and past the Candlestone Golf Course and farmlands. At Bricker Road, M-91 crosses out of Ionia County into Montcalm County. The trunkline runs along Greenville Road and passes", "id": "8283414" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 is a state trunkline highway in the southwestern and central parts of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from South Haven to Webberville along an indirect path through both rural areas and larger cities. The trunkline follows five overall segments: a southeasterly track from South Haven to Kalamazoo, a northerly path to Plainwell, a southeasterly route to Richland, a northeasterly course to the Hastings area and an easterly route through the Lansing area. The M-43 designation dates back to at least July 1, 1919, when it was used", "id": "1132334" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-88 is a state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between US Highway 31 (US 31) and US 131/M-66 in the Lower Peninsula. Running from Mancelona to Eastport, M-88 also goes through the communities of Bellaire and Central Lake. The highway is completely within Antrim County and is known by the street name of \"Scenic Highway\" outside of the various communities along its routing. M-88 is an original trunkline dating back to the 1919 signing of the state system. An extension in the 1920s", "id": "6692224" }, { "contents": "M-34 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-99 turns south along Pioneer Road, M-34 continues east along Hudson Road. The highway turns to the southeast to the south of Osseo near Deer Lake and continues towards Pittsford. Hudson Road runs through a mix of forests and local farms. The trunkline passes to the south of the main business district in Pittsford. East of town, the highway turns east and intersects US Highway 127 (US 127) at the Hillsdale–Lenawee county line in Hudson. The trunkline continues eastward through the city of Hudson as Main Street. On", "id": "16558269" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-44 is a state trunkline highway in the western region of the US state of Michigan. It runs northward from the intersection of M-11 (28th Street) and M-37 toward the Rockford area. The highway then turns eastward to Belding, and it ends six miles (10 km) north of Ionia at M-66. M-44 is known in Grand Rapids as the \"East Beltline\" and intersects with its related highway, Connector M-44, in Plainfield Township. This highway runs concurrently with M-37 between M-11 and Interstate 96 (I-96).", "id": "13109166" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nBusiness M-28 (Bus. M-28) was a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It served as a business route running for through the Newberry area. The business loop followed a U-shaped routing to connect downtown Newberry with M-28 south of town. It ran west of the city of Newberry, passing through the community of Dollarville before entering downtown, turning south and ending near the county airport. Bus. M-28 was originally a section of M-28 before the latter was realigned in the late 1930s. The highway", "id": "14231891" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nbetween Tekonsha and Marshall. From I-69, M-227 runs east on F Drive South north of Pine and Long lakes for approximately one mile (1.6 km). The highway runs through agricultural land and turns north to follow Old US 27/17 Mile Road. At Division Drive, M-227 passes into Marshall on Kalamazoo Avenue. The highway runs past the Brooks Field airport and the Alwin Downs Golf Course. Kalamazoo Avenue crosses the Kalamazoo River, and M-227 turns west along Industrial Road. This section of town is an industrial park, and M-227", "id": "16700162" }, { "contents": "M-51 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nPokagon, M-51 turns back northeasterly toward Dowagiac. Once the highway reaches that city, it merges with M-62. The two highways run concurrently eastward along Spruce, Main and Division streets through downtown. M-51 turns to the north along Front Street, separating from the concurrency and leaving downtown. North of town in rural Cass County, M-51 intersects M-152 near location where the highway crosses the Dowagiac River. North of that intersection, the trunkline crosses into Van Buren County and turns to the east again. M-51 passes south of Knickerbocker Lake", "id": "11912684" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-67 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 41 (US 41) and M-94 between Trenary and Chatham. The highway has largely been unchanged during its history, although the highways that connect to M-67 on each end have changed several times. M-67 starts at an intersection with US 41 near Trenary east of the West Branch of the Whitefish River. From that intersection the highway runs east crossing Scott Creek before running into downtown Trenary along relatively flat", "id": "1214513" }, { "contents": "M-343 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-343 is a state trunkline highway in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It runs for almost along Gull Road between the northeast side of Kalamazoo and continues through rural areas on the way to Richland. The highway was created in January 2019 from a section of M-43 after that highway was rerouted in the aftermath of a series of jurisdictional transfers in downtown Kalamazoo. It had been a part of the state highway system for a century under its previous number until it was given its current designation. M-343 starts where Gull Road intersects Riverview Drive east", "id": "11381182" }, { "contents": "M-115 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. The lowest AADT was the 2,236 vehicles near Copemish. The trunkline between the US 10 and M-37 junctions has been listed on the National Highway System. a network of roads important to the country's defense, economy and mobility. In 1929, the first stretch of M-115 was designated from Frankfort to Benzonia. Beginning in the mid-1930s, construction of M-115 began from central to northwestern Lower Michigan. In 1936, an earthen highway was opened between the south side of Cadillac to M-66, with additional sections west of Mesick and northwest", "id": "9213548" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is near the border between Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties at exit 92 of Interstate 94 (I-94) southwest of Battle Creek. The northern terminus is at the Mission Point Light on Old Mission Point in Grand Traverse County. In between, the highway connects Battle Creek, Grand Rapids and Traverse City. Motorists will travel through agricultural land, forests, suburbs and large cities along the way. The section of M-37 on the Old Mission", "id": "17071073" }, { "contents": "M-203 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-203 turns inland running due east to Cloverland Road then turning north and east along Veterans Memorial Highway. Along this section of roadway, the AADT was measured at 440 vehicles in 2007. The highway follows Veterans Memorial Highway through the neighborhood of Tamarack west of Calumet. From there it continues eastward, following Pine Street north of downtown Calumet, looping back to US 41/M-26. The northern terminus of M-203 is at the intersection of Pine Street and Calumet Avenue. M-203 was first designated as a spur route from Hancock north", "id": "1358584" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nline, the highway intersects with US 12 before crossing into Washtenaw County. The limited-access section of M-52 continues north through western Washtenaw County, where it ends in Manchester. M-52 turns west along Austin and City roads into the village. The trunkline continues along the banks of the north branch of the River Raisin on Riverside Drive before turning north out of town. Just south of Chelsea, M-52 crosses Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues through downtown Chelsea and turns northwesterly through the Waterloo State Recreation Area in the", "id": "15803111" }, { "contents": "M-29 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-29 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in a south–north direction from Chesterfield Township to Marysville. It generally runs along the shore of Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River. The M-29 designation has been used twice in Michigan starting in 1919. The first designation near Lansing was replaced by U.S. Route 27 (US 27) in 1926. At that time, the M-29 designation was moved to the east side of the state along the current routing and farther north along part of what", "id": "18258775" }, { "contents": "Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\ndesignation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after a Temporary I-69 (Temp. I-69) designation was extended northward from Charlotte through Lansing to Perry. On September 4 of that year, I-69's designation was officially extended by Congress to end at I-475 on the east side of Flint; this extension, and all subsequent ones, was of \"non-chargeable mileage\", or segments not financed through the Interstate Highway", "id": "20840099" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-52 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is on the Ohio border, where it continues as State Route 109 (SR 109). The highway passes through communities like Adrian, where it intersects US Highway 223 (US 223), Chelsea and Webberville along its course. It crosses some major rivers, including the River Raisin and the Shiawassee. The section of the highway between M-50 and Manchester was built as a limited-access highway. M-52's northern terminus is", "id": "15803106" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nI-96 and then north on I-496. From there, M-78 followed the one-way pairing of Homer and Howard streets from the northern end of the freeway up to the one-way couplet of Saginaw Street and Grand River Avenue, returning to its previous routing. The former route through downtown along US 27 was redesignated Business M-78 (Bus. M-78) at the same time. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing sections of M-78 in 1965. The US 127 freeway was completed from", "id": "18787232" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n23) was incorporated into the trunkline as a discontinuous section in the early 1940s until it was later connected in 1946. M-68 starts in the community of Alanson east of Little Traverse Bay in Emmet County. US 31 runs along Burr Avenue parallel to the former Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad line and depot in town. M-68 starts at an intersection between Chicago Street and Burr Avenue. The trunkline runs southeasterly from this intersection and on a bridge over the Crooked River. After leaving town, the highway curves to run due east through", "id": "9319420" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nGrand Rapids. The state trunkline highway was created when M-50 was rerouted to follow 28th Street and Wilson Avenue around the south and west sides of the city in 1953. The business loop was decommissioned when M-50 was returned to its former routing in 1961. The highway followed Lake Michigan Drive (now M-45) from the Standale neighborhood of Walker easterly to Fulton Street in Grand Rapids. From there it followed Fulton easterly through downtown Grand Rapids and the east side of the city to a junction with Cascade Road in Grand Rapids Township The", "id": "11076050" }, { "contents": "M-102 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-102 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs along the northern boundary of Detroit following 8 Mile Road. The highway follows the Michigan Baseline, a part of the land survey of the state, and the roadway is also called Base Line Road in places. As a county road or city street, 8 Mile Road extends both east and west of the M-102 designation, which leaves 8 Mile on the eastern end to follow Vernier Road. The western terminus of M-102 is at the junction", "id": "5983336" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nTahquamenon River, Bus. M-28 turned east into the community of Dollarville. There the trunkline followed Dollarville Road and Engadine Road to the western city limits of Newberry. Once in the city of Newberry, Bus. M-28 followed West McMillan Avenue. At the intersection with M-117 (Newberry Avenue), Bus. M-28 turned south concurrently with M-117. The combined highway passed through the central business district. South of town, M-117/Bus. M-28 turned east along Campbell Avenue and then south along Miller Road. West of the Luce", "id": "14231893" }, { "contents": "M-90 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-90 is a state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from near North Branch eastward to Lexington situated on Lake Huron. The highway is a lightly traveled roadway that runs through rural farmlands. The trunkline runs mostly east–west with two short north–south segments where it turns to run concurrently with other state highways. Along the routing, there are two river crossings and one railroad crossing. The current highway that bears the M-90 designation is the second to carry number. The first", "id": "9440848" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\nBath Township. In 1919, the MSHD signposted the highway system for the first time, and the east–west highways through Lansing were part of the original M-29 through downtown and the original M-39 north of downtown. The north–south highway in Lansing was the original M-14. On November 11, 1926, the United States Numbered Highway System was approved by the AASHO, and the new US 27 replaced M-29 and M-14 in the area. By the end of the next year, M-78 was extended from Charlotte along US 27", "id": "12718047" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nroadway on any average day of the year. Along M-37, the volume varies from the peak 49,173 vehicles on a section of I-96/M-37 in Grand Rapids to the 718 vehicles at the northern terminus by the Mission Point Light. M-37 starts joined with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) as the two highway designations run concurrently at exit 92 on I-94 southwest of Battle Creek. They follow Columbia Avenue and pass around the southern side of the W. K. Kellogg Airport. When the roadway meets M-96, BL I-94/M-37 turns", "id": "17071077" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-60 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Niles area at a junction with US Highway 12 (US 12) to the Jackson area where it ends at Interstate 94 (I-94). The trunkline passes through a mix of farm fields and woodlands, crosses or runs along several rivers and connects several small towns of the southern area of the state. The westernmost segment runs along divided highway while the easternmost section is a full freeway bypass of Jackson. M-60 was originally", "id": "18513790" }, { "contents": "M-95 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nlater be extended in 1932 to the state line south of Kingsford. The total of M-45 was converted to M-95 in 1934 as a realignment near Witch Lake is completed. M-95 was rerouted in 1942 from Republic north to Humboldt Township. This new section replaced the last section of gravel roadway that was transferred to Marquette County as County Road 601. Another rerouting in the Republic area moved the trunkline in 1957 to bypass South Republic. The former roadway was partially closed to become part of the Republic Mine. M-69 was shortened, eliminating", "id": "20686812" } ]

[ { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nfields. South of Thornapple Lake, M-79 angles southeasterly moving from Quimby Road to Scott Road running parallel to the Thornapple River again into the community of Nashville. M-79 meets M-66 and turns south along the latter highway's route along Main and Durkee streets through the community. South of town in Maple Grove Township, M-79 separates from M-66 and turns east along Lawrence Road. Outside of Charlotte, M-79 curves southeast to transition to Lawrence Avenue through town. The eastern terminus is at an intersection with Cochran Avenue, which carries BL I-69", "id": "10575936" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nis located on southbound I-69 at exit 61. The highway was first designated in 1919 between Hastings and Battle Creek. It was later moved to run to Charlotte. A section of M-79 was designated as M-214 in the 1930s. M-214 would later be decommissioned as a highway designation and the M-79 designation was reapplied to the roadway. M-79 starts south of Hastings at a three-way intersection with M-37 in Hastings Township. The trunkline runs east and parallel to a section of the Thornapple River through wooded terrain that is interspersed with farm", "id": "10575935" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 at the same time carries the highway designation to Vermontville. M-79 was extended easterly to Charlotte in 1934 at the same time that the section of the trunkline between Nashville and Vermontville was redesignated M-214. M-79 was rerouted along Assyria and Lawrence roads at the time to connect the sections of M-79 on either side of M-214. By 1941, M-214 was shortened to a connector route in downtown Nashville running between M-79 and M-66. In 1953, M-79 replaced M-214 and the latter designation was retired from the highway system. The last section", "id": "10575938" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nand M-50. M-79 was formed as a state trunkline by July 1, 1919 along part of its present routing. At the time, it ran between Hastings and Nashville as it does today. From Nashville, the trunkline turned south and west to end at the contemporary M-17 in Battle Creek. By 1927, the southernmost section of M-79 was truncated when M-78 was extended to Battle Creek. In late 1930, the southernmost section was shortened once again as a new M-14 designation replaced M-79 south of Nashville. An eastward extension of", "id": "10575937" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the central portion of Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The western terminus is about southeast of Hastings at the junction with M-37 and the eastern terminus is in downtown Charlotte at the junction with M-50 and Business Loop Interstate 69 (BL I-69). It passes through Quimby and Nashville, where there is a junction with M-66. The entire highway is undivided surface road. It has no direct access with Interstate 69 (I-69), although a sign for the highway", "id": "10575934" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nThe M-14 designation of the time was decommissioned and replaced with M-66. Starting at Six Lakes, M-66 turned west along M-46 instead of east and then turned south through Stanton and Ionia ending north of Battle Creek. The highway between Lowell and Lakeview was redesignated as M-91. A minor realignment in late 1950 removed two 90° curves near the Osceola–Missaukee county line and replaced them with a pair of sweeping curves. The MSHD rerouted M-66 between Maple Grove and Nashville in mid-1953. In the changes, M-79 was extended along the", "id": "18787175" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nBarry–Eaton county line. After meeting M-43, the two trunklines run concurrently for about a mile (1.6 km) before M-50 breaks off to the southwest near Woodbury. From there, the road continues in its southeasterly path along Clinton Trail through the northeast part of Eaton County as it runs through fields to Charlotte. Just prior to entering the city, the road bends to the south and near the middle of town it has a junction with M-79 and Business Loop I-69 (BL I-69). After this intersection, M-50", "id": "11076036" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-78 ran along a route similar that of today. It started north of Battle Creek at a junction with then M-79 and cut through the corner of Barry County to Bellevue, but it turned northeasterly to end at Charlotte at a junction with M-29. By 1927, M-78 was extended southward, replacing M-79 to the Indiana state line, connecting with State Road 9 (SR 9) south of Sturgis. At the same time, a northerly addition extended the highway concurrently along US Highway 27 (US 27) to Dewitt and", "id": "18787228" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthrough Dowling and meets the western terminus of M-79. The highway follows Hanover Street through the south side of Hastings into downtown, where it turns west on Green Street and north on Broadway Street. At the intersection of Broadway and State streets, M-37 meets and joins M-43. West of Hastings, M-43 separates and heads south toward Kalamazoo while M-37 turns northwesterly and runs parallel to the Thornapple River. The highway follows the river west and north to the community of Middleville through mixed farms and forests. In southern Kent County, M-37", "id": "17071079" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nends, and M-66 continues northeast out of the Cereal City on Division Street and then northeast on Capital Avenue along the Battle Creek River. M-66 continues northward through Barry County on Capital Avenue which becomes 9 Mile Road north of Baseline Road. The highway passes through Assyria before meeting M-79, with which it has a short concurrency, in Nashville. On the north side of the village, M-66 crosses the Thornapple River and continues north through mixed rural forest land and farm fields. Near Woodland, M-66 joins M-43 and the two run", "id": "18787163" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nnew route of M-66 and then over M-214 to Hastings. M-66 was shifted off Assyria Road which was turned back to local control. Another realignment in 1954 shifted M-66 to the modern routing between the M-43 concurrency termini, removing M-43/M-66 from a section of M-50 in the process. The final section gravel section of M-66, approximately in length, was paved near Nashville in 1957. M-32 was extended along the northernmost section of M-66 in 1963. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing", "id": "18787176" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-78 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus is the intersection with M-66 north of Battle Creek in Pennfield Township. The roadway runs through rural farmland and the community of Bellevue as it approaches its eastern terminus at an interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) near Olivet. The highway is used by between 3,100 and 5,300 vehicles on a daily basis. When the state highway system was signed in 1919, M-78 followed a similar routing. At Bellevue, it turned northeast to terminate at Charlotte.", "id": "18787223" }, { "contents": "M-100 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-100 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the central region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between Potterville and Grand Ledge, connecting Interstate 69 (I-69) and I-96 west of the state capital, Lansing. The highway was previously a section of M-16. After M-16 was realigned, M-100 was created by 1927. Three extensions in the 1930s, 1950s and 1990s resulted in the current highway routing. M-100 starts at exit 66 on I-69 in Potterville. The highway runs north along Hartel Road, intersecting Lansing", "id": "169088" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\n. North of a crossing of the Battle Creek River, Cochrane Road widens to include a center turn lane. About north of the starting point, BL I-69 begins a concurrency with M-50 at Shepherd Street. North of Warren Avenue, BL I-69/M-50 widens to four lanes, two in each direction. The concurrency ends at Lawrence Avenue; M-50 continues north, and the business loop heads east on Lawrence Avenue for a few blocks. That intersection also marks the eastern terminus of M-79. From that point, BL I-69 follows", "id": "12718039" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturn of the century. M-69 and M-95 separate in Randville as the former turns east and the latter continues southward. Between Randville and the former community of Metropolitan, M-69 runs along the West Branch of the Sturgeon River through more hilly terrain. The trunkline continues east to the twin communities of Theodore and Felch. The river and the road part ways until meeting again at Foster City. This is also the location of a unique junction of highways. M-69 meets G-69, a County-Designated Highway that runs south to Loretto in", "id": "1214340" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe concurrency. In western Webberville, M-52 passes under I-96 and merges with M-43 at the latter's eastern terminus. The two highways run north to, and turn west along, Grand River Avenue. At Perry Road, M-52 turns back north out of the village. The trunkline continues north into Shiawassee County and runs through Perry before crossing I-69. Continuing north, M-52 curves northeasterly into downtown Owosso intersecting M-21 west of M-71's western terminus. M-52 continues northward parallel to the Shiawassee River into Saginaw County. The trunkline runs through", "id": "15803113" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ndowntown Ionia, the trunkline crosses the Grand River and the abandoned mainline of the Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad near the county fairgrounds. M-66 turns west along M-21 (Lincoln Avenue) for two blocks before turning back to the north along State Street. The trunkline runs through the northern part of the county and meets M-44's eastern terminus near Woodard Lake. In Montcalm County, M-66 intersects M-57 in a rural area south of Sheridan before running north on Sheridan Road through Stanton. The highway jogs west along Main Street in Stanton before returning", "id": "18787165" }, { "contents": "M-74 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-74 was the designation of a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The highway ran through rural Missaukee County connecting Pioneer with Merritt. The highway was designated by 1919 along a longer route. It was shortened before it was totally removed from the highway system in the late 1930s. M-74 started at a junction with M-66 near the community of Pioneer. It ran east on Moorestown Road through Stittsville to Moorestown before turning south on Nelson Road. There it ran through the community of Star City, turning west briefly on", "id": "9319580" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n131 freeway, M-55 merges north along the freeway, bypassing downtown Cadillac. On the east side of town, M-55 leaves the freeway and turns east again running through the Pere Marquette State Forest along Watergate Road. When the highway meets M-66, M-55 joins M-66 and runs north through farmland. As the two highways approach Lake City, they run along the shore of Lake Missaukee and through downtown. M-55 turns east again along Houghton Lake Road, separating from M-66 north of the central business district. This section of trunkline passes through", "id": "19769038" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 junction and the I-94 interchange. The NHS is a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility. M-96 was formed as a state trunkline in late 1926 from parts of M-17. The section of M-17 between Galesberg and Battle Creek was not utilized for US 12 and became M-96. In 1936, the Alternate US 12 trunkline was designated through the Battle Creek area along a section of highway that had previously been part of US 12. This highway was added to M-96 three years later in 1939", "id": "16718650" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the airport, M-96 runs concurrently with both Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) and M-37. M-96 turns south on Helmer Road, separating from the other two trunklines, and then turns east crossing along Columbia Avenue. Here the highway runs along the edge of the city of Battle Creek through more residential areas and crosses the I-194/M-66 freeway next to the Riverside County Club. Near Brownlee Park, M-96 (Columbia Avenue) merges with BL I-94 (Michigan Avenue). Together BL I-94/M-96 continues along Michigan Avenue", "id": "16718647" }, { "contents": "M-42 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturns ninety degrees to the south off Walker Road before angling southeasterly skirting the edge of some hills near Dyer Lake just west of M-66. The road turns back due east between Al Moses Road and M-66, where it ends north of Lake City. No section of the trunkline is part of the National Highway System. M-42 is an original state trunkline dating back to the 1919 signage of the highway system in Michigan. The original highway routing started at M-13 in Manton and ran due west to Mesick. From there the highway turned", "id": "6820888" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-50 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. Although designated as an east–west highway, it is nearly a diagonal northwest–southeast route. The western terminus is at exit 52 along Interstate 96 (I-96) near Alto a few miles east of the metro Grand Rapids area, and its eastern terminus is in downtown Monroe at US Highway 24 (US 24, Telegraph Road). In between the trunkline runs through seven counties of the southern part of the Lower Peninsula mostly through rural farm fields and", "id": "11076032" }, { "contents": "M-82 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe downtown area and M-82 turns south along Stewart Avenue out of town. The highway rounds a curve and transitions to 72nd Street running eastward through more farm land. As the trunkline approaches Newaygo, the terrain becomes more wooded near the Muskegon River. M-82 follows Fremont Street east to a junction with M-37. The two highways merge and run concurrently over the river and into downtown on State Street. South of downtown, M-82 turns east again, independent of M-37, and runs along 82nd Street on the southern edge of the Manistee", "id": "9440783" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-96 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Kalamazoo and Marshall. Its termini are both on business routes of Interstate 94 (I-94); the eastern one coincides with an intersection with I-69. Between Kalamazoo and Marshall it passes through Comstock, Galesburg, Augusta, and Battle Creek intersecting I-194/M-66 in Battle Creek and I-94 in Emmett Township. The highway now known as M-96 was originally part of M-17. Parts of M-17 that were not used for US Highway 12 (US 12) in", "id": "16718644" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncontinues south concurrent with the business loop for a several blocks before turning eastward. On the eastern end of town, it has an interchange with I-69 at exit 60. After heading east past the junction with I-69, the highway turns southeast as it heads through rural fields toward Eaton Rapids. Once it reaches the city, M-50 converges with M-99, and the two intersect M-188 on the south side of the Grand River. The two highways run south out of the city. Immediately prior to entering Jackson County, the two trunklines", "id": "11076037" }, { "contents": "M-199 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-199 is a state trunkline highway near Albion in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus of the road is in Sheridan Township at exit 119 off Interstate 94 (I-94). The eastern terminus is a junction with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) downtown Albion. The entire road is within Calhoun County and runs through rural farm fields outside of Albion; in town it is a residential street. The M-199 designation had previously been applied to a highway in the Upper Peninsula in the 1930s. The current highway was previously", "id": "318093" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, before entering Missaukee County. The trunkline then turns westward on Stoney Corners Road toward McBain through farm land. In town it runs along Maple Street and then runs north toward Lake City on Morey Road. South of the Lake City, M-55 runs concurrently with M-66 by Missaukee Golf Course and into town along the eastern shore of Lake Missaukee. North of town, M-55 splits off to the east on Houghton Lake Road, and M-66 continues north to an intersection with the eastern terminus of M-42 in a rural forest. M-66 leaves", "id": "18787168" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-136 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Brockway to Fort Gratiot in the lower part of The Thumb of the Lower Peninsula. The highway serves as a connector between M-19 on the west and M-25 northwest of Port Huron. In between, the highway runs through rural St. Clair County through farm fields and along a creek and river. The trunkline uses roads that were part of the state highway system in 1919. The M-136 designation was assigned in 1931 and extended to its current length in 1961", "id": "12150122" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nCounty before meeting M-179 and M-37. M-43 merges with the latter highway and together they run into Hastings. Downtown, M-37 leaves town to the south, while M-43 heads north before curving around the east, passing through farmfields approaching the community of Woodland. After leaving town, the road meets M-66, and together they head north to a junction with M-50. M-43 then turns east with M-50, and they briefly run together before M-50 diverges to the southeast. Now known as the Grand Ledge Highway, M-43 continues its easterly path", "id": "1132339" }, { "contents": "M-63 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto M-13 (later US 131) in Osceola County on July 1, 1919. This highway was extended in 1930 along US 131 to Tustin and then to a terminus with M-66 in Marion. At the same time, M-37 was extended north from Baldwin to meet M-63 east of Peacock. This eastern extension was truncated in 1932 when it was redesignated as part of M-61. A short connector roadway, M-179, was designated in 1935 between M-63 and US 131, forming a small triangle of highways. The western end was shortened", "id": "11402253" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nAvenue removed. Then in 2003, the signs along the East Beltline were restored and the route extended back to its former terminus. M-44 Connector, or Conn. M-44, is a connector route state trunkline highway running along Plainfield Avenue in the Grand Rapids area. It connects I-96/M-37 near Lamberton Lake with M-44 running along East Beltline Avenue near the Grand River. In between, the highway passes through a commercial area. North of 5 Mile Road, Plainfield Avenue takes on a more suburban residential character. There are more business", "id": "13109173" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nmeets Interstate 69 (I-69) northwest of town. Continuing to Homer, the highway runs along Lehigh Street in town; M-99 merges into M-60 after the intersection with Hillsdale Street. East of town, the highway widens into a four-lane divided highway; M-99 turns north along this short section of roadway and M-60 reverts to a two-lane highway again. The trunkline crosses the Kalamazoo River at Concord before it crosses into Jackson County. At Spring Arbor, M-60 passes the campus of Spring Arbor University. Outside of Jackson", "id": "18513796" }, { "contents": "M-142 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-53 turns west, ending the overlap of the two highways. M-142 exits town and follows Sand Beach Road through farm country. About of Bad Axe, M-142 meets the northern terminus of M-19 (Ubly Road). Continuing eastward, the highway crosses two branches of the Willow River as it passes through the unincorporated community of Verona. East of that location, the trunkline turns northeasterly, roughly parallel to the Rock Falls Creek, as it angles to Harbor Beach. M-142 follows State Street through town, and the trunkline terminates at", "id": "8283132" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nhilly terrain. After crossing the Cheboygan County line, the roadway meets the community of Burt Lake. It curves southeasterly along the shoreline of the lake of the same name. The roadway rounds the south end of Burt Lake and approaches the community of Indian River. South of Burt Lake State Park, the trunkline meets Straits Highway, the former routing of US 27 through Indian River. M-68 turns north along Straits Highway through downtown and then turns east toward Interstate 75 (I-75). It is along this section of M-68 that", "id": "9319421" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nproceeds south along with Alden Nash Avenue and turns east on 92nd Street through farms and fields in the rural southeastern corner of the county. As the trunkline runs to the east, it crosses into Ionia County. M-50 follows Thompson Road, Nash Highway and Tupper Lake Road into Lake Odessa. In Lake Odessa, the road bends around the north side of Jordan Lake, curving to the south into the extreme northeastern Barry County. The highway turns back to the east as it heads towards a junction with M-66 and M-43 at the", "id": "11076035" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-66 is a north–south state trunkline highway on the Lower Peninsula (LP) of the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Indiana state line in the south to Charlevoix in the north. M-66 is the only state highway to run the north–south distance of the LP. It starts as a continuation of State Road 9 (SR 9) which provides access to the Indiana Toll Road. The total length is approximately , which includes almost of freeway between Interstate 94 (I-94) and downtown Battle Creek designated", "id": "18787155" }, { "contents": "M-113 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-113 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in Grand Traverse County from M-37 near Hannah to US Highway 131 (US 131) in Walton Junction. The trunkline runs through farm fields and woodlands in a rural area of the county. It connects the highways at its termini with the village of Kingsley. First designated in November 1927, the highway was extended in 1940 by adding the southernmost section near Walton Junction which was originally part of US 131. M-113 starts west of Hannah at an intersection with", "id": "4961848" }, { "contents": "M-24 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nexpressway from Metamora to I-69. South of Metamora, M-24 runs parallel to the former right-of-way for the Michigan Central Railroad north into the city of Lapeer. M-24 continues north from Lapeer running west of Barnes Lake and east of the community of Columbiaville just south of the M-90 junction. South of the Tuscola County line, the trunkline passes the Greenbriar Golf Club and crosses the Pere Marquette Railroad before turning west along Saginaw Road into the community of Mayville and turning north along Mertz Road. South of Caro, M-24", "id": "12670654" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\ncarried the M-28A designation before it was redesignated as Bus. M-28 in 1950. The trunkline was partially turned back to local control in 1953, and the business loop designation was removed at that time. The section of the roadway in downtown Newberry has carried several different designations in addition to the original M-28. Bus. M-28 started at the top of a small hill at an intersection with M-28 southwest of Newberry. The highway ran due north from the intersection along Engadine Road, running downhill towards Teaspoon Creek. Just south of the", "id": "14231892" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-13 is a north–south state trunkline highway that runs through the Saginaw Bay region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from Interstate 69 (I-69) south of Lennon to US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish. The southern section of the trunkline runs along a pair of county lines in a rural area dominated by farm fields. The highway directly connects the downtown areas of both Saginaw and Bay City. North of the latter city, the Lake Huron Circle Tour follows M-13 along the Saginaw Bay. The", "id": "5767618" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nterrain. East of town, the highway turns north running parallel to the AuTrain River Basin. The trunkline crosses Dexter Creek between Paulsen and Trout Lake roads. About halfway along the north–south segment of the highway, M-67 passes through the community of Limestone and crosses Johnson Creek. After running for , M-67 ends at a four-way intersection with M-94 and Tunteri Road. Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) traffic surveys in 2007 show that between 1,200 and 1,400 vehicles traveled the road daily in 2007 in a measure of", "id": "1214514" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nrun concurrently into Allegan. In 1963, when the I-196/US 31 freeway opened, the western terminus of M-89 was extended to meet the new freeway. A few years later, when M-96 was realigned onto a route that took it into Battle Creek, M-89 was extended southeasterly along Michigan Avenue (the old M-96) and terminated at M-37. The highway was extended further southeasterly into Battle Creek to replace the old routing of M-37 along Michigan Avenue; it then turned south on Washington to the BL I-94 where it terminated,", "id": "18787900" }, { "contents": "M-138 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-138 is a east–west state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from a junction with M-15 west of the unincorporated community of Munger in Bay County to the intersection with M-24 east of Akron in Tuscola County. The trunkline runs through rural agricultural areas outside of the villages and communities it serves. It was designated in the 1930s and extended in the 1940s. M-138 was truncated in the 1990s as well. M-138 begins at a junction with M-15 (Tuscola Road) just west", "id": "19948037" }, { "contents": "M-65 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the Pine River, M-65 merges with M-72. The two trunklines run concurrently curving to the northwest past the eastern terminus of county road F-32 into Curran. North of town, they separate as M-72 turns westward and M-65 continues north, exiting the Huron National Forest. The highway jogs along the Alcona–Alpena County line and crosses the Beaver Creek in the process. The trunkline runs to the east of Beaver Lake as it runs north through mixed forest and fields toward the community of Lachine. Southeast of that town, M-65", "id": "1359267" }, { "contents": "M-31 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, the trunkline turned southwesterly to follow along part of the Saginaw Bay. The road passed through Sebewaing to Unionville before turning back inland. Running southward to Akron, the highway turned alternately westward and southward to Fairgrove. M-31 next ran west along Bradleyville Road to a connection with M-81; the two highways ran concurrently south through Gilford before M-31 separated and turned back westward through Reese to Saginaw. The northern terminus in downtown Saginaw was at an intersection with what was then M-10. When the state highway system was first signed in 1919", "id": "19066175" }, { "contents": "M-76 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-76 is a former state trunkline highway designation in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The highway's designation was decommissioned when the last section of it was converted to freeway as a part of the present-day Interstate 75 (I-75). At that time, M-76 extended from US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish northwesterly to I-75 south of Grayling. Two sections of the route followed freeways with a two-lane highway in between to connect them. The former routing of M-76 through West Branch before", "id": "13291830" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 94 in Michigan\n\n\nlonger reconnects to I-94 on both ends. Major intersections Business Loop Interstate 94 (BL I-94) is a state trunkline highway serving as a business loop from I-94 through downtown Battle Creek. The highway begins at exit 92 on I-94 near the Kalamazoo–Calhoun county line. BL I-94 runs concurrently along M-37 northwesterly from the freeway on the two-lane Columbia Avenue on the eastern edge of Fort Custer. At an intersection south of the W.K. Kellogg Airport, BL I-94/M-37 turns easterly to run on the southern side of the", "id": "16557414" }, { "contents": "M-21 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto Port Huron in 1966. A freeway segment between Flint and Lapeer opened in 1971. M-21 was routed down M-13 to the new freeway where it joined the M-78 designation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after I-69 was extended north from Charlotte. The 1974 completion of I-196 meant the truncation of M-21 to end in Grand Rapids. At the time, M-21 was extended along Fulton Street to the East Beltline, and", "id": "13431388" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nas a result of the various reroutings in the Lansing area, both of which are no longer part of the state highway system. M-78 begins at an intersection with M-66 in Pennfield Township, north of Battle Creek in Calhoun County. The trunkline passes through rural farm lands as it runs due east and northeast. It briefly crosses the southeast corner of Barry County as it enters Eaton County. There M-78 follows Battle Creek Highway past some small ponds and into the town of Bellevue. The trunkline becomes Capitol Avenue in town and turns", "id": "18787225" }, { "contents": "M-81 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. East of town, the highway follows Caro Road through more farm fields through the community of Watrousville. Near the south side of the Tuscola Area Airport, M-81 turns to the northeast running along the Cass River to Caro. In the city, the trunkline follows State Street past the fairgrounds. At the intersection with Ellington Street, M-81 crosses M-24. The highway continues northeasterly out of town and through the community of Ellington. Northeast of Elmwood, M-81 turns due east along Cass City Road. The trunkline runs to the village", "id": "9440771" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nUS 12 freeway was completed in the area. Bus. US 12 was redesignated as BL I-94 in 1960 and M-96 was shortened to end at BL I-94/M-78 running on Capital Avenue. M-37 was reextended in 1961 in Battle Creek to a concurrent routing with M-96 in 1961. M-89 was extended along the roadway used by M-96 west of Battle Creek to M-37 in 1965, truncating M-96 in the process. M-96 was reextended back to Battle Creek along Dickman Road and Fort Custer Highway from Augusta east in 1971. Several changes in", "id": "16718652" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthat junction, M-71 turns easterly and then southeasterly out of town. The highway continues to run alongside the rail line through farmland to the outskirts of Vernon. M-71 crosses the Shiawassee River for a second time. The rail line and the highway diverge and run on opposite sides of town; the highway rounds the northeast side and the rail line runs along the southwest side. This section of trunkline through Vernon had the lowest AADT value in 2009 with 4,371 vehicles. M-71 continues to the interchange with I-69 at exit 118 northwest of", "id": "9319504" }, { "contents": "M-140 (Michigan highway)\n\n\njog along Pokagon Road around Riggins Lake. M-140 turns back northward and runs through the community of Berrien Center. Near Eau Claire, the highway turns bends along Maple Grove Road for about before going north on Watervliet Road. East of town, the trunkline follows Main Street eastward toward the Berrien–Cass county line. M-140 intersects the northern terminus of M-62 and curves north. In northern Berrien County, M-140 follows Watervliet Road to an interchange with Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues northward along Main Street into Watervliet,", "id": "800150" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-69 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 2 (US 2) on both ends in Crystal Falls and near Bark River. In between, the highway runs for in rural UP forest lands. Before the creation of the U.S. Highway System, the current M-69 was a portion of M-12. The original M-69 was replaced by US 102 and the M-69 designation was reused on a section of M-12 not replaced by US 2.", "id": "1214334" }, { "contents": "M-36 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof town. At Howell Street, County Road D-19 merges in from the south. The two designations run concurrently along Main Street to Pearl Street, where D-19 turns northward. At the intersection with Dexter Street, M-36 intersects the western terminus of D-32, the \"Highway to Hell\". East of Pinckney, M-36 passes between Rush and Bass lakes in the Pettysville area. Immediately east of there, the highway passes through woods between Oneida and Zukey lakes in Lakeland. The trunkline passes to the south of Buck Lake and then", "id": "19826396" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n(MDOT). The highway was first designated by July 1, 1919 along a portion of the current roadway. In a series of extensions, M-55 was lengthened to connect its current endpoints by the early 1930s. The trunkline has been rerouted in sections since that time resulting in the modern roadway alignment. One set of changes produced a business loop in the Houghton Lake area. M-55 starts at a three-way intersection with US 31 north of Manistee. The trunkline runs southeast on Caberfae Highway over the Manistee River and through", "id": "19769036" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto enter the outskirts of Battle Creek it follows Michigan Avenue. It passes through the neighborhoods of Level Park-Oak Park and Urbandale, the first residential areas of the city. As the highway continues towards Battle Creek it has a junction with M-37. M-89 continues on Michigan Avenue until an intersection with Washington Avenue where the route turns to the southwest where it crosses the Kalamazoo River one last time. The trunkline terminates a few blocks later at Dickman Road, otherwise known as the Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94). M-89", "id": "18787895" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nMountain, M-88 turns east at Alden highway and enters the community of Mancelona, passing the Fairview Cemetery. The highway runs along on State Street into downtown. M-88 ends at an intersection with US 131/M-66 running along Williams Street, and State Street continues eastward as C-38. M-88 was first designated by July 1, 1919 along its current routing between Mancelona and Bellaire. It was extended in 1927 through Central Lake to end in Eastport. It was used as a temporary routing of US 31 between Eastport and Bellaire while the", "id": "6692228" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 designation transfers from the freeway to run concurrently with M-89 eastward. After the freeway, M-43/M-89 passes through the city of Plainwell and crosses the Kalamazoo River again before continuing into rural areas again. The trunkline continues to the southeast on towards the village of Richland. Just north of Richland, M-89 parts ways with M-43. M-89 heads south through town and intersects M-343, before turning eastward and passing to the south of Gull Lake. After passing the lake, the highway turns southeast towards Battle Creek. As M-89 begins", "id": "18787894" }, { "contents": "M-14 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nstreets to new stretches of freeways running south of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. The former route of US 12, much of which was known as Plymouth Road, was retained as a trunkline and redesignated M-14. In 1964, a northern bypass connecting US 23 with M-153 was completed, and M-14 was rerouted onto the new freeway; the highway still ran through Ann Arbor along routes now designated Bus. US 23 and Business Loop I-94. The following year, the freeway was extended to its present western terminus at I-94, and M-14", "id": "11243057" }, { "contents": "M-188 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-188 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from Eaton Rapids to the VFW National Home for Children, southeast of town through a rural area. Approximately 1,000 vehicles each day use a highway that was first designated in the 1930s and paved in the 1940s. Starting in Eaton Rapids, M-188 heads eastward from the intersection with M-99/M-50 (Michigan highway) toward the Grand River. The highway follows Water Street southeasterly along the river through residential neighborhoods and exits town. M-188 turns back due east", "id": "3803194" }, { "contents": "M-72 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. At South Down River Road, M-72 turns east again to leave Grayling, crossing I-75 in the process. There is no direct access to I-75 from M-72. Instead traffic is directed to follow BL I-75 in either direction to get to the freeway. In eastern Crawford County, M-72 runs through the Au Sable State Forest and crosses the South Branch of the Au Sable River on the Wakeley Bridge. East of the river crossing, the trunkline intersects the northern terminus of M-18 before crossing into Oscoda County. M-72 continues east through", "id": "18092035" }, { "contents": "M-28 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof M-28 designated as a part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour is from the western terminus to the eastern junction with M-64 in Bergland, where the Circle Tour turns north along M-64, leaving M-28. Here, M-28 has its lowest traffic counts; within the 2013 MDOT survey, the road is listed with only an average annual daily traffic (AADT) of 1,425 vehicles on a section of highway between Bergland and the US 45 intersection in Bruce Crossing. The trunkline runs through heavily forested areas of southern Houghton and Baraga counties.", "id": "20777599" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, which runs along the western city line. M-13 meets the 2 one-way streets that carry M-25 and the I-75 business spur at the intersections with Thomas and Jenny streets. From this intersection on, M-13 forms a part of the Lake Huron Circle Tour. Farther north, the highway turns northwesterly on Huron Road; Euclid Avenue continues north as M-247. As the trunkline heads away from Bay City, it runs parallel to the Lake State Railway again. M-13 intersects the northern end of its connector route before Huron Road crosses", "id": "5767624" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-89 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from near Ganges to Battle Creek. M-89 starts at an interchange with Interstate 196/US Highway 31 (I-196/US 31) and passes through Allegan, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and Calhoun counties. The highway also briefly crosses the southwest corner of Barry County before it terminates an at intersection with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) on the northwestern side of downtown Battle Creek. In between the trunkline runs parallel to the Kalamazoo River", "id": "18787890" }, { "contents": "M-33 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-33 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Interstate 75 (I-75) at Alger in Arenac County north to M-27 near Cheboygan. In between, the trunkline runs through rural sections of the northeastern Lower Peninsula including state and national forest areas. M-33 connects to a handful of parks and crosses several of the rivers in that section of the state. It runs concurrently with three other state highways, sharing pavement to connect through several small communities of Northern Michigan. M-33 was designated by", "id": "16986002" }, { "contents": "M-57 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncounty line, the highway crosses a branch of the Great Lakes Central Railroad. M-57 follows Brady Road and crosses M-52 just west of Chesaning. Further east, the trunkline crosses another line of the Great Lakes Central. The highway follows Broad Street into town and over the Shiawassee River. On the east banks, M-57 runs along Main Street south along the river to a junction with Peet Road where it then turns east along the latter road out of town. The highway passes through more farm fields and through Layton Corners on the", "id": "12341714" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe western end of the highway, halfway between Bark River and Hyde, west of Escanaba. In 1919, M-69 started at the state line south of Crystal Falls. It ran north through Crystal Falls, where it intersected M-12, to end in Covington at an intersection with M-28. This roadway was redesignated with the creation of the U.S. Highway System in 1926. US 2 replaced M-69 south and M-12 west of Crystal Falls. US 102 replaced M-69 north of Crystal Falls, and the latter designation was reused on the section of", "id": "1214343" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-227 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It consists largely of a segment of old U.S. Highway 27 (US 27) along the south and west sides of Marshall. The highway passes the airport and serves an industrial section of town north of the Kalamazoo River. M-227 was created as a part of a program to add additional routes into the state's highway system under the leadership of Governor John Engler. M-227 starts at a diamond interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) at exit 32", "id": "16700161" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. M-136 begins at a junction with M-19 just south of Brockway on the north side of Mill Creek. The highway heads eastward through farm fields on Metcalf Road for about before bending to the southeast on Beard Road, parallel to the creek. The road then turns eastward on Avoca Road near Tackaberry Airport and heads toward Avoca. The trunkline continues in this direction through farm fields and the community of Avoca before turning southward on Glyshaw Road near the Black River. M-136 turns east, returning to Beard Road, and running through a", "id": "12150123" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-71 is a state trunkline highway in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. It serves as a connector between M-21 in Owosso to Interstate 69 (I-69) near Durand. The highway runs along a rail line in a northwest-to-southeast direction in rural Shiawassee County connecting a few small towns along its path. The highway dates back to the start of the state highway system in 1919. There were some changes made to the routing in the 1930s which increased its length. Two adjacent highways have been rerouted", "id": "9319501" }, { "contents": "M-61 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-61 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Marion and Standish. The highway runs along the boundary area between Northern Michigan and Central Michigan in the Lower Peninsula. M-61 runs through rural forestland connecting several smaller communities together as it connects M-115, US Highway 127 (US 127), Interstate 75 (I-75) and US 23. Less than 10,000 vehicles a day use various segments of the roadway on average. The trunkline was first designated along a portion of its current alignment by 1919. M-61", "id": "8785849" }, { "contents": "M-91 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, but subsequent transfers or roadway sections have truncated the route to its present form. For a time period in the 1980s, M-91 was even a discontinuous highway when a section in the middle was transferred to county control before the southernmost section was transferred. M-91 starts at an intersection with M-44 west of Belding in Otisco Township. The road runs north along Storey Road and past the Candlestone Golf Course and farmlands. At Bricker Road, M-91 crosses out of Ionia County into Montcalm County. The trunkline runs along Greenville Road and passes", "id": "8283414" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 is a state trunkline highway in the southwestern and central parts of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from South Haven to Webberville along an indirect path through both rural areas and larger cities. The trunkline follows five overall segments: a southeasterly track from South Haven to Kalamazoo, a northerly path to Plainwell, a southeasterly route to Richland, a northeasterly course to the Hastings area and an easterly route through the Lansing area. The M-43 designation dates back to at least July 1, 1919, when it was used", "id": "1132334" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-88 is a state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between US Highway 31 (US 31) and US 131/M-66 in the Lower Peninsula. Running from Mancelona to Eastport, M-88 also goes through the communities of Bellaire and Central Lake. The highway is completely within Antrim County and is known by the street name of \"Scenic Highway\" outside of the various communities along its routing. M-88 is an original trunkline dating back to the 1919 signing of the state system. An extension in the 1920s", "id": "6692224" }, { "contents": "M-34 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-99 turns south along Pioneer Road, M-34 continues east along Hudson Road. The highway turns to the southeast to the south of Osseo near Deer Lake and continues towards Pittsford. Hudson Road runs through a mix of forests and local farms. The trunkline passes to the south of the main business district in Pittsford. East of town, the highway turns east and intersects US Highway 127 (US 127) at the Hillsdale–Lenawee county line in Hudson. The trunkline continues eastward through the city of Hudson as Main Street. On", "id": "16558269" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-44 is a state trunkline highway in the western region of the US state of Michigan. It runs northward from the intersection of M-11 (28th Street) and M-37 toward the Rockford area. The highway then turns eastward to Belding, and it ends six miles (10 km) north of Ionia at M-66. M-44 is known in Grand Rapids as the \"East Beltline\" and intersects with its related highway, Connector M-44, in Plainfield Township. This highway runs concurrently with M-37 between M-11 and Interstate 96 (I-96).", "id": "13109166" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nBusiness M-28 (Bus. M-28) was a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It served as a business route running for through the Newberry area. The business loop followed a U-shaped routing to connect downtown Newberry with M-28 south of town. It ran west of the city of Newberry, passing through the community of Dollarville before entering downtown, turning south and ending near the county airport. Bus. M-28 was originally a section of M-28 before the latter was realigned in the late 1930s. The highway", "id": "14231891" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nbetween Tekonsha and Marshall. From I-69, M-227 runs east on F Drive South north of Pine and Long lakes for approximately one mile (1.6 km). The highway runs through agricultural land and turns north to follow Old US 27/17 Mile Road. At Division Drive, M-227 passes into Marshall on Kalamazoo Avenue. The highway runs past the Brooks Field airport and the Alwin Downs Golf Course. Kalamazoo Avenue crosses the Kalamazoo River, and M-227 turns west along Industrial Road. This section of town is an industrial park, and M-227", "id": "16700162" }, { "contents": "M-51 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nPokagon, M-51 turns back northeasterly toward Dowagiac. Once the highway reaches that city, it merges with M-62. The two highways run concurrently eastward along Spruce, Main and Division streets through downtown. M-51 turns to the north along Front Street, separating from the concurrency and leaving downtown. North of town in rural Cass County, M-51 intersects M-152 near location where the highway crosses the Dowagiac River. North of that intersection, the trunkline crosses into Van Buren County and turns to the east again. M-51 passes south of Knickerbocker Lake", "id": "11912684" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-67 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 41 (US 41) and M-94 between Trenary and Chatham. The highway has largely been unchanged during its history, although the highways that connect to M-67 on each end have changed several times. M-67 starts at an intersection with US 41 near Trenary east of the West Branch of the Whitefish River. From that intersection the highway runs east crossing Scott Creek before running into downtown Trenary along relatively flat", "id": "1214513" }, { "contents": "M-343 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-343 is a state trunkline highway in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It runs for almost along Gull Road between the northeast side of Kalamazoo and continues through rural areas on the way to Richland. The highway was created in January 2019 from a section of M-43 after that highway was rerouted in the aftermath of a series of jurisdictional transfers in downtown Kalamazoo. It had been a part of the state highway system for a century under its previous number until it was given its current designation. M-343 starts where Gull Road intersects Riverview Drive east", "id": "11381182" }, { "contents": "M-115 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. The lowest AADT was the 2,236 vehicles near Copemish. The trunkline between the US 10 and M-37 junctions has been listed on the National Highway System. a network of roads important to the country's defense, economy and mobility. In 1929, the first stretch of M-115 was designated from Frankfort to Benzonia. Beginning in the mid-1930s, construction of M-115 began from central to northwestern Lower Michigan. In 1936, an earthen highway was opened between the south side of Cadillac to M-66, with additional sections west of Mesick and northwest", "id": "9213548" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is near the border between Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties at exit 92 of Interstate 94 (I-94) southwest of Battle Creek. The northern terminus is at the Mission Point Light on Old Mission Point in Grand Traverse County. In between, the highway connects Battle Creek, Grand Rapids and Traverse City. Motorists will travel through agricultural land, forests, suburbs and large cities along the way. The section of M-37 on the Old Mission", "id": "17071073" }, { "contents": "M-203 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-203 turns inland running due east to Cloverland Road then turning north and east along Veterans Memorial Highway. Along this section of roadway, the AADT was measured at 440 vehicles in 2007. The highway follows Veterans Memorial Highway through the neighborhood of Tamarack west of Calumet. From there it continues eastward, following Pine Street north of downtown Calumet, looping back to US 41/M-26. The northern terminus of M-203 is at the intersection of Pine Street and Calumet Avenue. M-203 was first designated as a spur route from Hancock north", "id": "1358584" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nline, the highway intersects with US 12 before crossing into Washtenaw County. The limited-access section of M-52 continues north through western Washtenaw County, where it ends in Manchester. M-52 turns west along Austin and City roads into the village. The trunkline continues along the banks of the north branch of the River Raisin on Riverside Drive before turning north out of town. Just south of Chelsea, M-52 crosses Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues through downtown Chelsea and turns northwesterly through the Waterloo State Recreation Area in the", "id": "15803111" }, { "contents": "M-29 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-29 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in a south–north direction from Chesterfield Township to Marysville. It generally runs along the shore of Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River. The M-29 designation has been used twice in Michigan starting in 1919. The first designation near Lansing was replaced by U.S. Route 27 (US 27) in 1926. At that time, the M-29 designation was moved to the east side of the state along the current routing and farther north along part of what", "id": "18258775" }, { "contents": "Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\ndesignation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after a Temporary I-69 (Temp. I-69) designation was extended northward from Charlotte through Lansing to Perry. On September 4 of that year, I-69's designation was officially extended by Congress to end at I-475 on the east side of Flint; this extension, and all subsequent ones, was of \"non-chargeable mileage\", or segments not financed through the Interstate Highway", "id": "20840099" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-52 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is on the Ohio border, where it continues as State Route 109 (SR 109). The highway passes through communities like Adrian, where it intersects US Highway 223 (US 223), Chelsea and Webberville along its course. It crosses some major rivers, including the River Raisin and the Shiawassee. The section of the highway between M-50 and Manchester was built as a limited-access highway. M-52's northern terminus is", "id": "15803106" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nI-96 and then north on I-496. From there, M-78 followed the one-way pairing of Homer and Howard streets from the northern end of the freeway up to the one-way couplet of Saginaw Street and Grand River Avenue, returning to its previous routing. The former route through downtown along US 27 was redesignated Business M-78 (Bus. M-78) at the same time. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing sections of M-78 in 1965. The US 127 freeway was completed from", "id": "18787232" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n23) was incorporated into the trunkline as a discontinuous section in the early 1940s until it was later connected in 1946. M-68 starts in the community of Alanson east of Little Traverse Bay in Emmet County. US 31 runs along Burr Avenue parallel to the former Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad line and depot in town. M-68 starts at an intersection between Chicago Street and Burr Avenue. The trunkline runs southeasterly from this intersection and on a bridge over the Crooked River. After leaving town, the highway curves to run due east through", "id": "9319420" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nGrand Rapids. The state trunkline highway was created when M-50 was rerouted to follow 28th Street and Wilson Avenue around the south and west sides of the city in 1953. The business loop was decommissioned when M-50 was returned to its former routing in 1961. The highway followed Lake Michigan Drive (now M-45) from the Standale neighborhood of Walker easterly to Fulton Street in Grand Rapids. From there it followed Fulton easterly through downtown Grand Rapids and the east side of the city to a junction with Cascade Road in Grand Rapids Township The", "id": "11076050" }, { "contents": "M-102 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-102 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs along the northern boundary of Detroit following 8 Mile Road. The highway follows the Michigan Baseline, a part of the land survey of the state, and the roadway is also called Base Line Road in places. As a county road or city street, 8 Mile Road extends both east and west of the M-102 designation, which leaves 8 Mile on the eastern end to follow Vernier Road. The western terminus of M-102 is at the junction", "id": "5983336" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nTahquamenon River, Bus. M-28 turned east into the community of Dollarville. There the trunkline followed Dollarville Road and Engadine Road to the western city limits of Newberry. Once in the city of Newberry, Bus. M-28 followed West McMillan Avenue. At the intersection with M-117 (Newberry Avenue), Bus. M-28 turned south concurrently with M-117. The combined highway passed through the central business district. South of town, M-117/Bus. M-28 turned east along Campbell Avenue and then south along Miller Road. West of the Luce", "id": "14231893" }, { "contents": "M-90 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-90 is a state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from near North Branch eastward to Lexington situated on Lake Huron. The highway is a lightly traveled roadway that runs through rural farmlands. The trunkline runs mostly east–west with two short north–south segments where it turns to run concurrently with other state highways. Along the routing, there are two river crossings and one railroad crossing. The current highway that bears the M-90 designation is the second to carry number. The first", "id": "9440848" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\nBath Township. In 1919, the MSHD signposted the highway system for the first time, and the east–west highways through Lansing were part of the original M-29 through downtown and the original M-39 north of downtown. The north–south highway in Lansing was the original M-14. On November 11, 1926, the United States Numbered Highway System was approved by the AASHO, and the new US 27 replaced M-29 and M-14 in the area. By the end of the next year, M-78 was extended from Charlotte along US 27", "id": "12718047" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nroadway on any average day of the year. Along M-37, the volume varies from the peak 49,173 vehicles on a section of I-96/M-37 in Grand Rapids to the 718 vehicles at the northern terminus by the Mission Point Light. M-37 starts joined with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) as the two highway designations run concurrently at exit 92 on I-94 southwest of Battle Creek. They follow Columbia Avenue and pass around the southern side of the W. K. Kellogg Airport. When the roadway meets M-96, BL I-94/M-37 turns", "id": "17071077" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-60 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Niles area at a junction with US Highway 12 (US 12) to the Jackson area where it ends at Interstate 94 (I-94). The trunkline passes through a mix of farm fields and woodlands, crosses or runs along several rivers and connects several small towns of the southern area of the state. The westernmost segment runs along divided highway while the easternmost section is a full freeway bypass of Jackson. M-60 was originally", "id": "18513790" }, { "contents": "M-95 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nlater be extended in 1932 to the state line south of Kingsford. The total of M-45 was converted to M-95 in 1934 as a realignment near Witch Lake is completed. M-95 was rerouted in 1942 from Republic north to Humboldt Township. This new section replaced the last section of gravel roadway that was transferred to Marquette County as County Road 601. Another rerouting in the Republic area moved the trunkline in 1957 to bypass South Republic. The former roadway was partially closed to become part of the Republic Mine. M-69 was shortened, eliminating", "id": "20686812" } ]

[ { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nfields. South of Thornapple Lake, M-79 angles southeasterly moving from Quimby Road to Scott Road running parallel to the Thornapple River again into the community of Nashville. M-79 meets M-66 and turns south along the latter highway's route along Main and Durkee streets through the community. South of town in Maple Grove Township, M-79 separates from M-66 and turns east along Lawrence Road. Outside of Charlotte, M-79 curves southeast to transition to Lawrence Avenue through town. The eastern terminus is at an intersection with Cochran Avenue, which carries BL I-69", "id": "10575936" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nis located on southbound I-69 at exit 61. The highway was first designated in 1919 between Hastings and Battle Creek. It was later moved to run to Charlotte. A section of M-79 was designated as M-214 in the 1930s. M-214 would later be decommissioned as a highway designation and the M-79 designation was reapplied to the roadway. M-79 starts south of Hastings at a three-way intersection with M-37 in Hastings Township. The trunkline runs east and parallel to a section of the Thornapple River through wooded terrain that is interspersed with farm", "id": "10575935" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 at the same time carries the highway designation to Vermontville. M-79 was extended easterly to Charlotte in 1934 at the same time that the section of the trunkline between Nashville and Vermontville was redesignated M-214. M-79 was rerouted along Assyria and Lawrence roads at the time to connect the sections of M-79 on either side of M-214. By 1941, M-214 was shortened to a connector route in downtown Nashville running between M-79 and M-66. In 1953, M-79 replaced M-214 and the latter designation was retired from the highway system. The last section", "id": "10575938" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nand M-50. M-79 was formed as a state trunkline by July 1, 1919 along part of its present routing. At the time, it ran between Hastings and Nashville as it does today. From Nashville, the trunkline turned south and west to end at the contemporary M-17 in Battle Creek. By 1927, the southernmost section of M-79 was truncated when M-78 was extended to Battle Creek. In late 1930, the southernmost section was shortened once again as a new M-14 designation replaced M-79 south of Nashville. An eastward extension of", "id": "10575937" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the central portion of Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The western terminus is about southeast of Hastings at the junction with M-37 and the eastern terminus is in downtown Charlotte at the junction with M-50 and Business Loop Interstate 69 (BL I-69). It passes through Quimby and Nashville, where there is a junction with M-66. The entire highway is undivided surface road. It has no direct access with Interstate 69 (I-69), although a sign for the highway", "id": "10575934" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nThe M-14 designation of the time was decommissioned and replaced with M-66. Starting at Six Lakes, M-66 turned west along M-46 instead of east and then turned south through Stanton and Ionia ending north of Battle Creek. The highway between Lowell and Lakeview was redesignated as M-91. A minor realignment in late 1950 removed two 90° curves near the Osceola–Missaukee county line and replaced them with a pair of sweeping curves. The MSHD rerouted M-66 between Maple Grove and Nashville in mid-1953. In the changes, M-79 was extended along the", "id": "18787175" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nBarry–Eaton county line. After meeting M-43, the two trunklines run concurrently for about a mile (1.6 km) before M-50 breaks off to the southwest near Woodbury. From there, the road continues in its southeasterly path along Clinton Trail through the northeast part of Eaton County as it runs through fields to Charlotte. Just prior to entering the city, the road bends to the south and near the middle of town it has a junction with M-79 and Business Loop I-69 (BL I-69). After this intersection, M-50", "id": "11076036" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-78 ran along a route similar that of today. It started north of Battle Creek at a junction with then M-79 and cut through the corner of Barry County to Bellevue, but it turned northeasterly to end at Charlotte at a junction with M-29. By 1927, M-78 was extended southward, replacing M-79 to the Indiana state line, connecting with State Road 9 (SR 9) south of Sturgis. At the same time, a northerly addition extended the highway concurrently along US Highway 27 (US 27) to Dewitt and", "id": "18787228" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthrough Dowling and meets the western terminus of M-79. The highway follows Hanover Street through the south side of Hastings into downtown, where it turns west on Green Street and north on Broadway Street. At the intersection of Broadway and State streets, M-37 meets and joins M-43. West of Hastings, M-43 separates and heads south toward Kalamazoo while M-37 turns northwesterly and runs parallel to the Thornapple River. The highway follows the river west and north to the community of Middleville through mixed farms and forests. In southern Kent County, M-37", "id": "17071079" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nends, and M-66 continues northeast out of the Cereal City on Division Street and then northeast on Capital Avenue along the Battle Creek River. M-66 continues northward through Barry County on Capital Avenue which becomes 9 Mile Road north of Baseline Road. The highway passes through Assyria before meeting M-79, with which it has a short concurrency, in Nashville. On the north side of the village, M-66 crosses the Thornapple River and continues north through mixed rural forest land and farm fields. Near Woodland, M-66 joins M-43 and the two run", "id": "18787163" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nnew route of M-66 and then over M-214 to Hastings. M-66 was shifted off Assyria Road which was turned back to local control. Another realignment in 1954 shifted M-66 to the modern routing between the M-43 concurrency termini, removing M-43/M-66 from a section of M-50 in the process. The final section gravel section of M-66, approximately in length, was paved near Nashville in 1957. M-32 was extended along the northernmost section of M-66 in 1963. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing", "id": "18787176" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-78 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus is the intersection with M-66 north of Battle Creek in Pennfield Township. The roadway runs through rural farmland and the community of Bellevue as it approaches its eastern terminus at an interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) near Olivet. The highway is used by between 3,100 and 5,300 vehicles on a daily basis. When the state highway system was signed in 1919, M-78 followed a similar routing. At Bellevue, it turned northeast to terminate at Charlotte.", "id": "18787223" }, { "contents": "M-100 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-100 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the central region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between Potterville and Grand Ledge, connecting Interstate 69 (I-69) and I-96 west of the state capital, Lansing. The highway was previously a section of M-16. After M-16 was realigned, M-100 was created by 1927. Three extensions in the 1930s, 1950s and 1990s resulted in the current highway routing. M-100 starts at exit 66 on I-69 in Potterville. The highway runs north along Hartel Road, intersecting Lansing", "id": "169088" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\n. North of a crossing of the Battle Creek River, Cochrane Road widens to include a center turn lane. About north of the starting point, BL I-69 begins a concurrency with M-50 at Shepherd Street. North of Warren Avenue, BL I-69/M-50 widens to four lanes, two in each direction. The concurrency ends at Lawrence Avenue; M-50 continues north, and the business loop heads east on Lawrence Avenue for a few blocks. That intersection also marks the eastern terminus of M-79. From that point, BL I-69 follows", "id": "12718039" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturn of the century. M-69 and M-95 separate in Randville as the former turns east and the latter continues southward. Between Randville and the former community of Metropolitan, M-69 runs along the West Branch of the Sturgeon River through more hilly terrain. The trunkline continues east to the twin communities of Theodore and Felch. The river and the road part ways until meeting again at Foster City. This is also the location of a unique junction of highways. M-69 meets G-69, a County-Designated Highway that runs south to Loretto in", "id": "1214340" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe concurrency. In western Webberville, M-52 passes under I-96 and merges with M-43 at the latter's eastern terminus. The two highways run north to, and turn west along, Grand River Avenue. At Perry Road, M-52 turns back north out of the village. The trunkline continues north into Shiawassee County and runs through Perry before crossing I-69. Continuing north, M-52 curves northeasterly into downtown Owosso intersecting M-21 west of M-71's western terminus. M-52 continues northward parallel to the Shiawassee River into Saginaw County. The trunkline runs through", "id": "15803113" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ndowntown Ionia, the trunkline crosses the Grand River and the abandoned mainline of the Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad near the county fairgrounds. M-66 turns west along M-21 (Lincoln Avenue) for two blocks before turning back to the north along State Street. The trunkline runs through the northern part of the county and meets M-44's eastern terminus near Woodard Lake. In Montcalm County, M-66 intersects M-57 in a rural area south of Sheridan before running north on Sheridan Road through Stanton. The highway jogs west along Main Street in Stanton before returning", "id": "18787165" }, { "contents": "M-74 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-74 was the designation of a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The highway ran through rural Missaukee County connecting Pioneer with Merritt. The highway was designated by 1919 along a longer route. It was shortened before it was totally removed from the highway system in the late 1930s. M-74 started at a junction with M-66 near the community of Pioneer. It ran east on Moorestown Road through Stittsville to Moorestown before turning south on Nelson Road. There it ran through the community of Star City, turning west briefly on", "id": "9319580" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n131 freeway, M-55 merges north along the freeway, bypassing downtown Cadillac. On the east side of town, M-55 leaves the freeway and turns east again running through the Pere Marquette State Forest along Watergate Road. When the highway meets M-66, M-55 joins M-66 and runs north through farmland. As the two highways approach Lake City, they run along the shore of Lake Missaukee and through downtown. M-55 turns east again along Houghton Lake Road, separating from M-66 north of the central business district. This section of trunkline passes through", "id": "19769038" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 junction and the I-94 interchange. The NHS is a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility. M-96 was formed as a state trunkline in late 1926 from parts of M-17. The section of M-17 between Galesberg and Battle Creek was not utilized for US 12 and became M-96. In 1936, the Alternate US 12 trunkline was designated through the Battle Creek area along a section of highway that had previously been part of US 12. This highway was added to M-96 three years later in 1939", "id": "16718650" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the airport, M-96 runs concurrently with both Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) and M-37. M-96 turns south on Helmer Road, separating from the other two trunklines, and then turns east crossing along Columbia Avenue. Here the highway runs along the edge of the city of Battle Creek through more residential areas and crosses the I-194/M-66 freeway next to the Riverside County Club. Near Brownlee Park, M-96 (Columbia Avenue) merges with BL I-94 (Michigan Avenue). Together BL I-94/M-96 continues along Michigan Avenue", "id": "16718647" }, { "contents": "M-42 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturns ninety degrees to the south off Walker Road before angling southeasterly skirting the edge of some hills near Dyer Lake just west of M-66. The road turns back due east between Al Moses Road and M-66, where it ends north of Lake City. No section of the trunkline is part of the National Highway System. M-42 is an original state trunkline dating back to the 1919 signage of the highway system in Michigan. The original highway routing started at M-13 in Manton and ran due west to Mesick. From there the highway turned", "id": "6820888" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-50 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. Although designated as an east–west highway, it is nearly a diagonal northwest–southeast route. The western terminus is at exit 52 along Interstate 96 (I-96) near Alto a few miles east of the metro Grand Rapids area, and its eastern terminus is in downtown Monroe at US Highway 24 (US 24, Telegraph Road). In between the trunkline runs through seven counties of the southern part of the Lower Peninsula mostly through rural farm fields and", "id": "11076032" }, { "contents": "M-82 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe downtown area and M-82 turns south along Stewart Avenue out of town. The highway rounds a curve and transitions to 72nd Street running eastward through more farm land. As the trunkline approaches Newaygo, the terrain becomes more wooded near the Muskegon River. M-82 follows Fremont Street east to a junction with M-37. The two highways merge and run concurrently over the river and into downtown on State Street. South of downtown, M-82 turns east again, independent of M-37, and runs along 82nd Street on the southern edge of the Manistee", "id": "9440783" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-96 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Kalamazoo and Marshall. Its termini are both on business routes of Interstate 94 (I-94); the eastern one coincides with an intersection with I-69. Between Kalamazoo and Marshall it passes through Comstock, Galesburg, Augusta, and Battle Creek intersecting I-194/M-66 in Battle Creek and I-94 in Emmett Township. The highway now known as M-96 was originally part of M-17. Parts of M-17 that were not used for US Highway 12 (US 12) in", "id": "16718644" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncontinues south concurrent with the business loop for a several blocks before turning eastward. On the eastern end of town, it has an interchange with I-69 at exit 60. After heading east past the junction with I-69, the highway turns southeast as it heads through rural fields toward Eaton Rapids. Once it reaches the city, M-50 converges with M-99, and the two intersect M-188 on the south side of the Grand River. The two highways run south out of the city. Immediately prior to entering Jackson County, the two trunklines", "id": "11076037" }, { "contents": "M-199 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-199 is a state trunkline highway near Albion in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus of the road is in Sheridan Township at exit 119 off Interstate 94 (I-94). The eastern terminus is a junction with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) downtown Albion. The entire road is within Calhoun County and runs through rural farm fields outside of Albion; in town it is a residential street. The M-199 designation had previously been applied to a highway in the Upper Peninsula in the 1930s. The current highway was previously", "id": "318093" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, before entering Missaukee County. The trunkline then turns westward on Stoney Corners Road toward McBain through farm land. In town it runs along Maple Street and then runs north toward Lake City on Morey Road. South of the Lake City, M-55 runs concurrently with M-66 by Missaukee Golf Course and into town along the eastern shore of Lake Missaukee. North of town, M-55 splits off to the east on Houghton Lake Road, and M-66 continues north to an intersection with the eastern terminus of M-42 in a rural forest. M-66 leaves", "id": "18787168" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-136 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Brockway to Fort Gratiot in the lower part of The Thumb of the Lower Peninsula. The highway serves as a connector between M-19 on the west and M-25 northwest of Port Huron. In between, the highway runs through rural St. Clair County through farm fields and along a creek and river. The trunkline uses roads that were part of the state highway system in 1919. The M-136 designation was assigned in 1931 and extended to its current length in 1961", "id": "12150122" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nCounty before meeting M-179 and M-37. M-43 merges with the latter highway and together they run into Hastings. Downtown, M-37 leaves town to the south, while M-43 heads north before curving around the east, passing through farmfields approaching the community of Woodland. After leaving town, the road meets M-66, and together they head north to a junction with M-50. M-43 then turns east with M-50, and they briefly run together before M-50 diverges to the southeast. Now known as the Grand Ledge Highway, M-43 continues its easterly path", "id": "1132339" }, { "contents": "M-63 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto M-13 (later US 131) in Osceola County on July 1, 1919. This highway was extended in 1930 along US 131 to Tustin and then to a terminus with M-66 in Marion. At the same time, M-37 was extended north from Baldwin to meet M-63 east of Peacock. This eastern extension was truncated in 1932 when it was redesignated as part of M-61. A short connector roadway, M-179, was designated in 1935 between M-63 and US 131, forming a small triangle of highways. The western end was shortened", "id": "11402253" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nAvenue removed. Then in 2003, the signs along the East Beltline were restored and the route extended back to its former terminus. M-44 Connector, or Conn. M-44, is a connector route state trunkline highway running along Plainfield Avenue in the Grand Rapids area. It connects I-96/M-37 near Lamberton Lake with M-44 running along East Beltline Avenue near the Grand River. In between, the highway passes through a commercial area. North of 5 Mile Road, Plainfield Avenue takes on a more suburban residential character. There are more business", "id": "13109173" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nmeets Interstate 69 (I-69) northwest of town. Continuing to Homer, the highway runs along Lehigh Street in town; M-99 merges into M-60 after the intersection with Hillsdale Street. East of town, the highway widens into a four-lane divided highway; M-99 turns north along this short section of roadway and M-60 reverts to a two-lane highway again. The trunkline crosses the Kalamazoo River at Concord before it crosses into Jackson County. At Spring Arbor, M-60 passes the campus of Spring Arbor University. Outside of Jackson", "id": "18513796" }, { "contents": "M-142 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-53 turns west, ending the overlap of the two highways. M-142 exits town and follows Sand Beach Road through farm country. About of Bad Axe, M-142 meets the northern terminus of M-19 (Ubly Road). Continuing eastward, the highway crosses two branches of the Willow River as it passes through the unincorporated community of Verona. East of that location, the trunkline turns northeasterly, roughly parallel to the Rock Falls Creek, as it angles to Harbor Beach. M-142 follows State Street through town, and the trunkline terminates at", "id": "8283132" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nhilly terrain. After crossing the Cheboygan County line, the roadway meets the community of Burt Lake. It curves southeasterly along the shoreline of the lake of the same name. The roadway rounds the south end of Burt Lake and approaches the community of Indian River. South of Burt Lake State Park, the trunkline meets Straits Highway, the former routing of US 27 through Indian River. M-68 turns north along Straits Highway through downtown and then turns east toward Interstate 75 (I-75). It is along this section of M-68 that", "id": "9319421" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nproceeds south along with Alden Nash Avenue and turns east on 92nd Street through farms and fields in the rural southeastern corner of the county. As the trunkline runs to the east, it crosses into Ionia County. M-50 follows Thompson Road, Nash Highway and Tupper Lake Road into Lake Odessa. In Lake Odessa, the road bends around the north side of Jordan Lake, curving to the south into the extreme northeastern Barry County. The highway turns back to the east as it heads towards a junction with M-66 and M-43 at the", "id": "11076035" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-66 is a north–south state trunkline highway on the Lower Peninsula (LP) of the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Indiana state line in the south to Charlevoix in the north. M-66 is the only state highway to run the north–south distance of the LP. It starts as a continuation of State Road 9 (SR 9) which provides access to the Indiana Toll Road. The total length is approximately , which includes almost of freeway between Interstate 94 (I-94) and downtown Battle Creek designated", "id": "18787155" }, { "contents": "M-113 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-113 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in Grand Traverse County from M-37 near Hannah to US Highway 131 (US 131) in Walton Junction. The trunkline runs through farm fields and woodlands in a rural area of the county. It connects the highways at its termini with the village of Kingsley. First designated in November 1927, the highway was extended in 1940 by adding the southernmost section near Walton Junction which was originally part of US 131. M-113 starts west of Hannah at an intersection with", "id": "4961848" }, { "contents": "M-24 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nexpressway from Metamora to I-69. South of Metamora, M-24 runs parallel to the former right-of-way for the Michigan Central Railroad north into the city of Lapeer. M-24 continues north from Lapeer running west of Barnes Lake and east of the community of Columbiaville just south of the M-90 junction. South of the Tuscola County line, the trunkline passes the Greenbriar Golf Club and crosses the Pere Marquette Railroad before turning west along Saginaw Road into the community of Mayville and turning north along Mertz Road. South of Caro, M-24", "id": "12670654" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\ncarried the M-28A designation before it was redesignated as Bus. M-28 in 1950. The trunkline was partially turned back to local control in 1953, and the business loop designation was removed at that time. The section of the roadway in downtown Newberry has carried several different designations in addition to the original M-28. Bus. M-28 started at the top of a small hill at an intersection with M-28 southwest of Newberry. The highway ran due north from the intersection along Engadine Road, running downhill towards Teaspoon Creek. Just south of the", "id": "14231892" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-13 is a north–south state trunkline highway that runs through the Saginaw Bay region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from Interstate 69 (I-69) south of Lennon to US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish. The southern section of the trunkline runs along a pair of county lines in a rural area dominated by farm fields. The highway directly connects the downtown areas of both Saginaw and Bay City. North of the latter city, the Lake Huron Circle Tour follows M-13 along the Saginaw Bay. The", "id": "5767618" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nterrain. East of town, the highway turns north running parallel to the AuTrain River Basin. The trunkline crosses Dexter Creek between Paulsen and Trout Lake roads. About halfway along the north–south segment of the highway, M-67 passes through the community of Limestone and crosses Johnson Creek. After running for , M-67 ends at a four-way intersection with M-94 and Tunteri Road. Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) traffic surveys in 2007 show that between 1,200 and 1,400 vehicles traveled the road daily in 2007 in a measure of", "id": "1214514" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nrun concurrently into Allegan. In 1963, when the I-196/US 31 freeway opened, the western terminus of M-89 was extended to meet the new freeway. A few years later, when M-96 was realigned onto a route that took it into Battle Creek, M-89 was extended southeasterly along Michigan Avenue (the old M-96) and terminated at M-37. The highway was extended further southeasterly into Battle Creek to replace the old routing of M-37 along Michigan Avenue; it then turned south on Washington to the BL I-94 where it terminated,", "id": "18787900" }, { "contents": "M-138 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-138 is a east–west state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from a junction with M-15 west of the unincorporated community of Munger in Bay County to the intersection with M-24 east of Akron in Tuscola County. The trunkline runs through rural agricultural areas outside of the villages and communities it serves. It was designated in the 1930s and extended in the 1940s. M-138 was truncated in the 1990s as well. M-138 begins at a junction with M-15 (Tuscola Road) just west", "id": "19948037" }, { "contents": "M-65 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the Pine River, M-65 merges with M-72. The two trunklines run concurrently curving to the northwest past the eastern terminus of county road F-32 into Curran. North of town, they separate as M-72 turns westward and M-65 continues north, exiting the Huron National Forest. The highway jogs along the Alcona–Alpena County line and crosses the Beaver Creek in the process. The trunkline runs to the east of Beaver Lake as it runs north through mixed forest and fields toward the community of Lachine. Southeast of that town, M-65", "id": "1359267" }, { "contents": "M-31 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, the trunkline turned southwesterly to follow along part of the Saginaw Bay. The road passed through Sebewaing to Unionville before turning back inland. Running southward to Akron, the highway turned alternately westward and southward to Fairgrove. M-31 next ran west along Bradleyville Road to a connection with M-81; the two highways ran concurrently south through Gilford before M-31 separated and turned back westward through Reese to Saginaw. The northern terminus in downtown Saginaw was at an intersection with what was then M-10. When the state highway system was first signed in 1919", "id": "19066175" }, { "contents": "M-76 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-76 is a former state trunkline highway designation in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The highway's designation was decommissioned when the last section of it was converted to freeway as a part of the present-day Interstate 75 (I-75). At that time, M-76 extended from US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish northwesterly to I-75 south of Grayling. Two sections of the route followed freeways with a two-lane highway in between to connect them. The former routing of M-76 through West Branch before", "id": "13291830" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 94 in Michigan\n\n\nlonger reconnects to I-94 on both ends. Major intersections Business Loop Interstate 94 (BL I-94) is a state trunkline highway serving as a business loop from I-94 through downtown Battle Creek. The highway begins at exit 92 on I-94 near the Kalamazoo–Calhoun county line. BL I-94 runs concurrently along M-37 northwesterly from the freeway on the two-lane Columbia Avenue on the eastern edge of Fort Custer. At an intersection south of the W.K. Kellogg Airport, BL I-94/M-37 turns easterly to run on the southern side of the", "id": "16557414" }, { "contents": "M-21 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto Port Huron in 1966. A freeway segment between Flint and Lapeer opened in 1971. M-21 was routed down M-13 to the new freeway where it joined the M-78 designation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after I-69 was extended north from Charlotte. The 1974 completion of I-196 meant the truncation of M-21 to end in Grand Rapids. At the time, M-21 was extended along Fulton Street to the East Beltline, and", "id": "13431388" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nas a result of the various reroutings in the Lansing area, both of which are no longer part of the state highway system. M-78 begins at an intersection with M-66 in Pennfield Township, north of Battle Creek in Calhoun County. The trunkline passes through rural farm lands as it runs due east and northeast. It briefly crosses the southeast corner of Barry County as it enters Eaton County. There M-78 follows Battle Creek Highway past some small ponds and into the town of Bellevue. The trunkline becomes Capitol Avenue in town and turns", "id": "18787225" }, { "contents": "M-81 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. East of town, the highway follows Caro Road through more farm fields through the community of Watrousville. Near the south side of the Tuscola Area Airport, M-81 turns to the northeast running along the Cass River to Caro. In the city, the trunkline follows State Street past the fairgrounds. At the intersection with Ellington Street, M-81 crosses M-24. The highway continues northeasterly out of town and through the community of Ellington. Northeast of Elmwood, M-81 turns due east along Cass City Road. The trunkline runs to the village", "id": "9440771" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nUS 12 freeway was completed in the area. Bus. US 12 was redesignated as BL I-94 in 1960 and M-96 was shortened to end at BL I-94/M-78 running on Capital Avenue. M-37 was reextended in 1961 in Battle Creek to a concurrent routing with M-96 in 1961. M-89 was extended along the roadway used by M-96 west of Battle Creek to M-37 in 1965, truncating M-96 in the process. M-96 was reextended back to Battle Creek along Dickman Road and Fort Custer Highway from Augusta east in 1971. Several changes in", "id": "16718652" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthat junction, M-71 turns easterly and then southeasterly out of town. The highway continues to run alongside the rail line through farmland to the outskirts of Vernon. M-71 crosses the Shiawassee River for a second time. The rail line and the highway diverge and run on opposite sides of town; the highway rounds the northeast side and the rail line runs along the southwest side. This section of trunkline through Vernon had the lowest AADT value in 2009 with 4,371 vehicles. M-71 continues to the interchange with I-69 at exit 118 northwest of", "id": "9319504" }, { "contents": "M-140 (Michigan highway)\n\n\njog along Pokagon Road around Riggins Lake. M-140 turns back northward and runs through the community of Berrien Center. Near Eau Claire, the highway turns bends along Maple Grove Road for about before going north on Watervliet Road. East of town, the trunkline follows Main Street eastward toward the Berrien–Cass county line. M-140 intersects the northern terminus of M-62 and curves north. In northern Berrien County, M-140 follows Watervliet Road to an interchange with Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues northward along Main Street into Watervliet,", "id": "800150" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-69 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 2 (US 2) on both ends in Crystal Falls and near Bark River. In between, the highway runs for in rural UP forest lands. Before the creation of the U.S. Highway System, the current M-69 was a portion of M-12. The original M-69 was replaced by US 102 and the M-69 designation was reused on a section of M-12 not replaced by US 2.", "id": "1214334" }, { "contents": "M-36 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof town. At Howell Street, County Road D-19 merges in from the south. The two designations run concurrently along Main Street to Pearl Street, where D-19 turns northward. At the intersection with Dexter Street, M-36 intersects the western terminus of D-32, the \"Highway to Hell\". East of Pinckney, M-36 passes between Rush and Bass lakes in the Pettysville area. Immediately east of there, the highway passes through woods between Oneida and Zukey lakes in Lakeland. The trunkline passes to the south of Buck Lake and then", "id": "19826396" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n(MDOT). The highway was first designated by July 1, 1919 along a portion of the current roadway. In a series of extensions, M-55 was lengthened to connect its current endpoints by the early 1930s. The trunkline has been rerouted in sections since that time resulting in the modern roadway alignment. One set of changes produced a business loop in the Houghton Lake area. M-55 starts at a three-way intersection with US 31 north of Manistee. The trunkline runs southeast on Caberfae Highway over the Manistee River and through", "id": "19769036" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto enter the outskirts of Battle Creek it follows Michigan Avenue. It passes through the neighborhoods of Level Park-Oak Park and Urbandale, the first residential areas of the city. As the highway continues towards Battle Creek it has a junction with M-37. M-89 continues on Michigan Avenue until an intersection with Washington Avenue where the route turns to the southwest where it crosses the Kalamazoo River one last time. The trunkline terminates a few blocks later at Dickman Road, otherwise known as the Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94). M-89", "id": "18787895" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nMountain, M-88 turns east at Alden highway and enters the community of Mancelona, passing the Fairview Cemetery. The highway runs along on State Street into downtown. M-88 ends at an intersection with US 131/M-66 running along Williams Street, and State Street continues eastward as C-38. M-88 was first designated by July 1, 1919 along its current routing between Mancelona and Bellaire. It was extended in 1927 through Central Lake to end in Eastport. It was used as a temporary routing of US 31 between Eastport and Bellaire while the", "id": "6692228" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 designation transfers from the freeway to run concurrently with M-89 eastward. After the freeway, M-43/M-89 passes through the city of Plainwell and crosses the Kalamazoo River again before continuing into rural areas again. The trunkline continues to the southeast on towards the village of Richland. Just north of Richland, M-89 parts ways with M-43. M-89 heads south through town and intersects M-343, before turning eastward and passing to the south of Gull Lake. After passing the lake, the highway turns southeast towards Battle Creek. As M-89 begins", "id": "18787894" }, { "contents": "M-14 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nstreets to new stretches of freeways running south of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. The former route of US 12, much of which was known as Plymouth Road, was retained as a trunkline and redesignated M-14. In 1964, a northern bypass connecting US 23 with M-153 was completed, and M-14 was rerouted onto the new freeway; the highway still ran through Ann Arbor along routes now designated Bus. US 23 and Business Loop I-94. The following year, the freeway was extended to its present western terminus at I-94, and M-14", "id": "11243057" }, { "contents": "M-188 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-188 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from Eaton Rapids to the VFW National Home for Children, southeast of town through a rural area. Approximately 1,000 vehicles each day use a highway that was first designated in the 1930s and paved in the 1940s. Starting in Eaton Rapids, M-188 heads eastward from the intersection with M-99/M-50 (Michigan highway) toward the Grand River. The highway follows Water Street southeasterly along the river through residential neighborhoods and exits town. M-188 turns back due east", "id": "3803194" }, { "contents": "M-72 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. At South Down River Road, M-72 turns east again to leave Grayling, crossing I-75 in the process. There is no direct access to I-75 from M-72. Instead traffic is directed to follow BL I-75 in either direction to get to the freeway. In eastern Crawford County, M-72 runs through the Au Sable State Forest and crosses the South Branch of the Au Sable River on the Wakeley Bridge. East of the river crossing, the trunkline intersects the northern terminus of M-18 before crossing into Oscoda County. M-72 continues east through", "id": "18092035" }, { "contents": "M-28 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof M-28 designated as a part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour is from the western terminus to the eastern junction with M-64 in Bergland, where the Circle Tour turns north along M-64, leaving M-28. Here, M-28 has its lowest traffic counts; within the 2013 MDOT survey, the road is listed with only an average annual daily traffic (AADT) of 1,425 vehicles on a section of highway between Bergland and the US 45 intersection in Bruce Crossing. The trunkline runs through heavily forested areas of southern Houghton and Baraga counties.", "id": "20777599" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, which runs along the western city line. M-13 meets the 2 one-way streets that carry M-25 and the I-75 business spur at the intersections with Thomas and Jenny streets. From this intersection on, M-13 forms a part of the Lake Huron Circle Tour. Farther north, the highway turns northwesterly on Huron Road; Euclid Avenue continues north as M-247. As the trunkline heads away from Bay City, it runs parallel to the Lake State Railway again. M-13 intersects the northern end of its connector route before Huron Road crosses", "id": "5767624" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-89 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from near Ganges to Battle Creek. M-89 starts at an interchange with Interstate 196/US Highway 31 (I-196/US 31) and passes through Allegan, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and Calhoun counties. The highway also briefly crosses the southwest corner of Barry County before it terminates an at intersection with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) on the northwestern side of downtown Battle Creek. In between the trunkline runs parallel to the Kalamazoo River", "id": "18787890" }, { "contents": "M-33 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-33 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Interstate 75 (I-75) at Alger in Arenac County north to M-27 near Cheboygan. In between, the trunkline runs through rural sections of the northeastern Lower Peninsula including state and national forest areas. M-33 connects to a handful of parks and crosses several of the rivers in that section of the state. It runs concurrently with three other state highways, sharing pavement to connect through several small communities of Northern Michigan. M-33 was designated by", "id": "16986002" }, { "contents": "M-57 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncounty line, the highway crosses a branch of the Great Lakes Central Railroad. M-57 follows Brady Road and crosses M-52 just west of Chesaning. Further east, the trunkline crosses another line of the Great Lakes Central. The highway follows Broad Street into town and over the Shiawassee River. On the east banks, M-57 runs along Main Street south along the river to a junction with Peet Road where it then turns east along the latter road out of town. The highway passes through more farm fields and through Layton Corners on the", "id": "12341714" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe western end of the highway, halfway between Bark River and Hyde, west of Escanaba. In 1919, M-69 started at the state line south of Crystal Falls. It ran north through Crystal Falls, where it intersected M-12, to end in Covington at an intersection with M-28. This roadway was redesignated with the creation of the U.S. Highway System in 1926. US 2 replaced M-69 south and M-12 west of Crystal Falls. US 102 replaced M-69 north of Crystal Falls, and the latter designation was reused on the section of", "id": "1214343" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-227 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It consists largely of a segment of old U.S. Highway 27 (US 27) along the south and west sides of Marshall. The highway passes the airport and serves an industrial section of town north of the Kalamazoo River. M-227 was created as a part of a program to add additional routes into the state's highway system under the leadership of Governor John Engler. M-227 starts at a diamond interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) at exit 32", "id": "16700161" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. M-136 begins at a junction with M-19 just south of Brockway on the north side of Mill Creek. The highway heads eastward through farm fields on Metcalf Road for about before bending to the southeast on Beard Road, parallel to the creek. The road then turns eastward on Avoca Road near Tackaberry Airport and heads toward Avoca. The trunkline continues in this direction through farm fields and the community of Avoca before turning southward on Glyshaw Road near the Black River. M-136 turns east, returning to Beard Road, and running through a", "id": "12150123" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-71 is a state trunkline highway in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. It serves as a connector between M-21 in Owosso to Interstate 69 (I-69) near Durand. The highway runs along a rail line in a northwest-to-southeast direction in rural Shiawassee County connecting a few small towns along its path. The highway dates back to the start of the state highway system in 1919. There were some changes made to the routing in the 1930s which increased its length. Two adjacent highways have been rerouted", "id": "9319501" }, { "contents": "M-61 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-61 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Marion and Standish. The highway runs along the boundary area between Northern Michigan and Central Michigan in the Lower Peninsula. M-61 runs through rural forestland connecting several smaller communities together as it connects M-115, US Highway 127 (US 127), Interstate 75 (I-75) and US 23. Less than 10,000 vehicles a day use various segments of the roadway on average. The trunkline was first designated along a portion of its current alignment by 1919. M-61", "id": "8785849" }, { "contents": "M-91 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, but subsequent transfers or roadway sections have truncated the route to its present form. For a time period in the 1980s, M-91 was even a discontinuous highway when a section in the middle was transferred to county control before the southernmost section was transferred. M-91 starts at an intersection with M-44 west of Belding in Otisco Township. The road runs north along Storey Road and past the Candlestone Golf Course and farmlands. At Bricker Road, M-91 crosses out of Ionia County into Montcalm County. The trunkline runs along Greenville Road and passes", "id": "8283414" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 is a state trunkline highway in the southwestern and central parts of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from South Haven to Webberville along an indirect path through both rural areas and larger cities. The trunkline follows five overall segments: a southeasterly track from South Haven to Kalamazoo, a northerly path to Plainwell, a southeasterly route to Richland, a northeasterly course to the Hastings area and an easterly route through the Lansing area. The M-43 designation dates back to at least July 1, 1919, when it was used", "id": "1132334" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-88 is a state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between US Highway 31 (US 31) and US 131/M-66 in the Lower Peninsula. Running from Mancelona to Eastport, M-88 also goes through the communities of Bellaire and Central Lake. The highway is completely within Antrim County and is known by the street name of \"Scenic Highway\" outside of the various communities along its routing. M-88 is an original trunkline dating back to the 1919 signing of the state system. An extension in the 1920s", "id": "6692224" }, { "contents": "M-34 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-99 turns south along Pioneer Road, M-34 continues east along Hudson Road. The highway turns to the southeast to the south of Osseo near Deer Lake and continues towards Pittsford. Hudson Road runs through a mix of forests and local farms. The trunkline passes to the south of the main business district in Pittsford. East of town, the highway turns east and intersects US Highway 127 (US 127) at the Hillsdale–Lenawee county line in Hudson. The trunkline continues eastward through the city of Hudson as Main Street. On", "id": "16558269" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-44 is a state trunkline highway in the western region of the US state of Michigan. It runs northward from the intersection of M-11 (28th Street) and M-37 toward the Rockford area. The highway then turns eastward to Belding, and it ends six miles (10 km) north of Ionia at M-66. M-44 is known in Grand Rapids as the \"East Beltline\" and intersects with its related highway, Connector M-44, in Plainfield Township. This highway runs concurrently with M-37 between M-11 and Interstate 96 (I-96).", "id": "13109166" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nBusiness M-28 (Bus. M-28) was a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It served as a business route running for through the Newberry area. The business loop followed a U-shaped routing to connect downtown Newberry with M-28 south of town. It ran west of the city of Newberry, passing through the community of Dollarville before entering downtown, turning south and ending near the county airport. Bus. M-28 was originally a section of M-28 before the latter was realigned in the late 1930s. The highway", "id": "14231891" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nbetween Tekonsha and Marshall. From I-69, M-227 runs east on F Drive South north of Pine and Long lakes for approximately one mile (1.6 km). The highway runs through agricultural land and turns north to follow Old US 27/17 Mile Road. At Division Drive, M-227 passes into Marshall on Kalamazoo Avenue. The highway runs past the Brooks Field airport and the Alwin Downs Golf Course. Kalamazoo Avenue crosses the Kalamazoo River, and M-227 turns west along Industrial Road. This section of town is an industrial park, and M-227", "id": "16700162" }, { "contents": "M-51 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nPokagon, M-51 turns back northeasterly toward Dowagiac. Once the highway reaches that city, it merges with M-62. The two highways run concurrently eastward along Spruce, Main and Division streets through downtown. M-51 turns to the north along Front Street, separating from the concurrency and leaving downtown. North of town in rural Cass County, M-51 intersects M-152 near location where the highway crosses the Dowagiac River. North of that intersection, the trunkline crosses into Van Buren County and turns to the east again. M-51 passes south of Knickerbocker Lake", "id": "11912684" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-67 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 41 (US 41) and M-94 between Trenary and Chatham. The highway has largely been unchanged during its history, although the highways that connect to M-67 on each end have changed several times. M-67 starts at an intersection with US 41 near Trenary east of the West Branch of the Whitefish River. From that intersection the highway runs east crossing Scott Creek before running into downtown Trenary along relatively flat", "id": "1214513" }, { "contents": "M-343 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-343 is a state trunkline highway in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It runs for almost along Gull Road between the northeast side of Kalamazoo and continues through rural areas on the way to Richland. The highway was created in January 2019 from a section of M-43 after that highway was rerouted in the aftermath of a series of jurisdictional transfers in downtown Kalamazoo. It had been a part of the state highway system for a century under its previous number until it was given its current designation. M-343 starts where Gull Road intersects Riverview Drive east", "id": "11381182" }, { "contents": "M-115 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. The lowest AADT was the 2,236 vehicles near Copemish. The trunkline between the US 10 and M-37 junctions has been listed on the National Highway System. a network of roads important to the country's defense, economy and mobility. In 1929, the first stretch of M-115 was designated from Frankfort to Benzonia. Beginning in the mid-1930s, construction of M-115 began from central to northwestern Lower Michigan. In 1936, an earthen highway was opened between the south side of Cadillac to M-66, with additional sections west of Mesick and northwest", "id": "9213548" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is near the border between Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties at exit 92 of Interstate 94 (I-94) southwest of Battle Creek. The northern terminus is at the Mission Point Light on Old Mission Point in Grand Traverse County. In between, the highway connects Battle Creek, Grand Rapids and Traverse City. Motorists will travel through agricultural land, forests, suburbs and large cities along the way. The section of M-37 on the Old Mission", "id": "17071073" }, { "contents": "M-203 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-203 turns inland running due east to Cloverland Road then turning north and east along Veterans Memorial Highway. Along this section of roadway, the AADT was measured at 440 vehicles in 2007. The highway follows Veterans Memorial Highway through the neighborhood of Tamarack west of Calumet. From there it continues eastward, following Pine Street north of downtown Calumet, looping back to US 41/M-26. The northern terminus of M-203 is at the intersection of Pine Street and Calumet Avenue. M-203 was first designated as a spur route from Hancock north", "id": "1358584" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nline, the highway intersects with US 12 before crossing into Washtenaw County. The limited-access section of M-52 continues north through western Washtenaw County, where it ends in Manchester. M-52 turns west along Austin and City roads into the village. The trunkline continues along the banks of the north branch of the River Raisin on Riverside Drive before turning north out of town. Just south of Chelsea, M-52 crosses Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues through downtown Chelsea and turns northwesterly through the Waterloo State Recreation Area in the", "id": "15803111" }, { "contents": "M-29 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-29 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in a south–north direction from Chesterfield Township to Marysville. It generally runs along the shore of Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River. The M-29 designation has been used twice in Michigan starting in 1919. The first designation near Lansing was replaced by U.S. Route 27 (US 27) in 1926. At that time, the M-29 designation was moved to the east side of the state along the current routing and farther north along part of what", "id": "18258775" }, { "contents": "Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\ndesignation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after a Temporary I-69 (Temp. I-69) designation was extended northward from Charlotte through Lansing to Perry. On September 4 of that year, I-69's designation was officially extended by Congress to end at I-475 on the east side of Flint; this extension, and all subsequent ones, was of \"non-chargeable mileage\", or segments not financed through the Interstate Highway", "id": "20840099" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-52 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is on the Ohio border, where it continues as State Route 109 (SR 109). The highway passes through communities like Adrian, where it intersects US Highway 223 (US 223), Chelsea and Webberville along its course. It crosses some major rivers, including the River Raisin and the Shiawassee. The section of the highway between M-50 and Manchester was built as a limited-access highway. M-52's northern terminus is", "id": "15803106" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nI-96 and then north on I-496. From there, M-78 followed the one-way pairing of Homer and Howard streets from the northern end of the freeway up to the one-way couplet of Saginaw Street and Grand River Avenue, returning to its previous routing. The former route through downtown along US 27 was redesignated Business M-78 (Bus. M-78) at the same time. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing sections of M-78 in 1965. The US 127 freeway was completed from", "id": "18787232" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n23) was incorporated into the trunkline as a discontinuous section in the early 1940s until it was later connected in 1946. M-68 starts in the community of Alanson east of Little Traverse Bay in Emmet County. US 31 runs along Burr Avenue parallel to the former Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad line and depot in town. M-68 starts at an intersection between Chicago Street and Burr Avenue. The trunkline runs southeasterly from this intersection and on a bridge over the Crooked River. After leaving town, the highway curves to run due east through", "id": "9319420" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nGrand Rapids. The state trunkline highway was created when M-50 was rerouted to follow 28th Street and Wilson Avenue around the south and west sides of the city in 1953. The business loop was decommissioned when M-50 was returned to its former routing in 1961. The highway followed Lake Michigan Drive (now M-45) from the Standale neighborhood of Walker easterly to Fulton Street in Grand Rapids. From there it followed Fulton easterly through downtown Grand Rapids and the east side of the city to a junction with Cascade Road in Grand Rapids Township The", "id": "11076050" }, { "contents": "M-102 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-102 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs along the northern boundary of Detroit following 8 Mile Road. The highway follows the Michigan Baseline, a part of the land survey of the state, and the roadway is also called Base Line Road in places. As a county road or city street, 8 Mile Road extends both east and west of the M-102 designation, which leaves 8 Mile on the eastern end to follow Vernier Road. The western terminus of M-102 is at the junction", "id": "5983336" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nTahquamenon River, Bus. M-28 turned east into the community of Dollarville. There the trunkline followed Dollarville Road and Engadine Road to the western city limits of Newberry. Once in the city of Newberry, Bus. M-28 followed West McMillan Avenue. At the intersection with M-117 (Newberry Avenue), Bus. M-28 turned south concurrently with M-117. The combined highway passed through the central business district. South of town, M-117/Bus. M-28 turned east along Campbell Avenue and then south along Miller Road. West of the Luce", "id": "14231893" }, { "contents": "M-90 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-90 is a state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from near North Branch eastward to Lexington situated on Lake Huron. The highway is a lightly traveled roadway that runs through rural farmlands. The trunkline runs mostly east–west with two short north–south segments where it turns to run concurrently with other state highways. Along the routing, there are two river crossings and one railroad crossing. The current highway that bears the M-90 designation is the second to carry number. The first", "id": "9440848" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\nBath Township. In 1919, the MSHD signposted the highway system for the first time, and the east–west highways through Lansing were part of the original M-29 through downtown and the original M-39 north of downtown. The north–south highway in Lansing was the original M-14. On November 11, 1926, the United States Numbered Highway System was approved by the AASHO, and the new US 27 replaced M-29 and M-14 in the area. By the end of the next year, M-78 was extended from Charlotte along US 27", "id": "12718047" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nroadway on any average day of the year. Along M-37, the volume varies from the peak 49,173 vehicles on a section of I-96/M-37 in Grand Rapids to the 718 vehicles at the northern terminus by the Mission Point Light. M-37 starts joined with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) as the two highway designations run concurrently at exit 92 on I-94 southwest of Battle Creek. They follow Columbia Avenue and pass around the southern side of the W. K. Kellogg Airport. When the roadway meets M-96, BL I-94/M-37 turns", "id": "17071077" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-60 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Niles area at a junction with US Highway 12 (US 12) to the Jackson area where it ends at Interstate 94 (I-94). The trunkline passes through a mix of farm fields and woodlands, crosses or runs along several rivers and connects several small towns of the southern area of the state. The westernmost segment runs along divided highway while the easternmost section is a full freeway bypass of Jackson. M-60 was originally", "id": "18513790" }, { "contents": "M-95 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nlater be extended in 1932 to the state line south of Kingsford. The total of M-45 was converted to M-95 in 1934 as a realignment near Witch Lake is completed. M-95 was rerouted in 1942 from Republic north to Humboldt Township. This new section replaced the last section of gravel roadway that was transferred to Marquette County as County Road 601. Another rerouting in the Republic area moved the trunkline in 1957 to bypass South Republic. The former roadway was partially closed to become part of the Republic Mine. M-69 was shortened, eliminating", "id": "20686812" } ]

[ { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nfields. South of Thornapple Lake, M-79 angles southeasterly moving from Quimby Road to Scott Road running parallel to the Thornapple River again into the community of Nashville. M-79 meets M-66 and turns south along the latter highway's route along Main and Durkee streets through the community. South of town in Maple Grove Township, M-79 separates from M-66 and turns east along Lawrence Road. Outside of Charlotte, M-79 curves southeast to transition to Lawrence Avenue through town. The eastern terminus is at an intersection with Cochran Avenue, which carries BL I-69", "id": "10575936" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nis located on southbound I-69 at exit 61. The highway was first designated in 1919 between Hastings and Battle Creek. It was later moved to run to Charlotte. A section of M-79 was designated as M-214 in the 1930s. M-214 would later be decommissioned as a highway designation and the M-79 designation was reapplied to the roadway. M-79 starts south of Hastings at a three-way intersection with M-37 in Hastings Township. The trunkline runs east and parallel to a section of the Thornapple River through wooded terrain that is interspersed with farm", "id": "10575935" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 at the same time carries the highway designation to Vermontville. M-79 was extended easterly to Charlotte in 1934 at the same time that the section of the trunkline between Nashville and Vermontville was redesignated M-214. M-79 was rerouted along Assyria and Lawrence roads at the time to connect the sections of M-79 on either side of M-214. By 1941, M-214 was shortened to a connector route in downtown Nashville running between M-79 and M-66. In 1953, M-79 replaced M-214 and the latter designation was retired from the highway system. The last section", "id": "10575938" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nand M-50. M-79 was formed as a state trunkline by July 1, 1919 along part of its present routing. At the time, it ran between Hastings and Nashville as it does today. From Nashville, the trunkline turned south and west to end at the contemporary M-17 in Battle Creek. By 1927, the southernmost section of M-79 was truncated when M-78 was extended to Battle Creek. In late 1930, the southernmost section was shortened once again as a new M-14 designation replaced M-79 south of Nashville. An eastward extension of", "id": "10575937" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the central portion of Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The western terminus is about southeast of Hastings at the junction with M-37 and the eastern terminus is in downtown Charlotte at the junction with M-50 and Business Loop Interstate 69 (BL I-69). It passes through Quimby and Nashville, where there is a junction with M-66. The entire highway is undivided surface road. It has no direct access with Interstate 69 (I-69), although a sign for the highway", "id": "10575934" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nThe M-14 designation of the time was decommissioned and replaced with M-66. Starting at Six Lakes, M-66 turned west along M-46 instead of east and then turned south through Stanton and Ionia ending north of Battle Creek. The highway between Lowell and Lakeview was redesignated as M-91. A minor realignment in late 1950 removed two 90° curves near the Osceola–Missaukee county line and replaced them with a pair of sweeping curves. The MSHD rerouted M-66 between Maple Grove and Nashville in mid-1953. In the changes, M-79 was extended along the", "id": "18787175" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nBarry–Eaton county line. After meeting M-43, the two trunklines run concurrently for about a mile (1.6 km) before M-50 breaks off to the southwest near Woodbury. From there, the road continues in its southeasterly path along Clinton Trail through the northeast part of Eaton County as it runs through fields to Charlotte. Just prior to entering the city, the road bends to the south and near the middle of town it has a junction with M-79 and Business Loop I-69 (BL I-69). After this intersection, M-50", "id": "11076036" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-78 ran along a route similar that of today. It started north of Battle Creek at a junction with then M-79 and cut through the corner of Barry County to Bellevue, but it turned northeasterly to end at Charlotte at a junction with M-29. By 1927, M-78 was extended southward, replacing M-79 to the Indiana state line, connecting with State Road 9 (SR 9) south of Sturgis. At the same time, a northerly addition extended the highway concurrently along US Highway 27 (US 27) to Dewitt and", "id": "18787228" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthrough Dowling and meets the western terminus of M-79. The highway follows Hanover Street through the south side of Hastings into downtown, where it turns west on Green Street and north on Broadway Street. At the intersection of Broadway and State streets, M-37 meets and joins M-43. West of Hastings, M-43 separates and heads south toward Kalamazoo while M-37 turns northwesterly and runs parallel to the Thornapple River. The highway follows the river west and north to the community of Middleville through mixed farms and forests. In southern Kent County, M-37", "id": "17071079" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nends, and M-66 continues northeast out of the Cereal City on Division Street and then northeast on Capital Avenue along the Battle Creek River. M-66 continues northward through Barry County on Capital Avenue which becomes 9 Mile Road north of Baseline Road. The highway passes through Assyria before meeting M-79, with which it has a short concurrency, in Nashville. On the north side of the village, M-66 crosses the Thornapple River and continues north through mixed rural forest land and farm fields. Near Woodland, M-66 joins M-43 and the two run", "id": "18787163" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nnew route of M-66 and then over M-214 to Hastings. M-66 was shifted off Assyria Road which was turned back to local control. Another realignment in 1954 shifted M-66 to the modern routing between the M-43 concurrency termini, removing M-43/M-66 from a section of M-50 in the process. The final section gravel section of M-66, approximately in length, was paved near Nashville in 1957. M-32 was extended along the northernmost section of M-66 in 1963. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing", "id": "18787176" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-78 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus is the intersection with M-66 north of Battle Creek in Pennfield Township. The roadway runs through rural farmland and the community of Bellevue as it approaches its eastern terminus at an interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) near Olivet. The highway is used by between 3,100 and 5,300 vehicles on a daily basis. When the state highway system was signed in 1919, M-78 followed a similar routing. At Bellevue, it turned northeast to terminate at Charlotte.", "id": "18787223" }, { "contents": "M-100 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-100 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the central region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between Potterville and Grand Ledge, connecting Interstate 69 (I-69) and I-96 west of the state capital, Lansing. The highway was previously a section of M-16. After M-16 was realigned, M-100 was created by 1927. Three extensions in the 1930s, 1950s and 1990s resulted in the current highway routing. M-100 starts at exit 66 on I-69 in Potterville. The highway runs north along Hartel Road, intersecting Lansing", "id": "169088" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\n. North of a crossing of the Battle Creek River, Cochrane Road widens to include a center turn lane. About north of the starting point, BL I-69 begins a concurrency with M-50 at Shepherd Street. North of Warren Avenue, BL I-69/M-50 widens to four lanes, two in each direction. The concurrency ends at Lawrence Avenue; M-50 continues north, and the business loop heads east on Lawrence Avenue for a few blocks. That intersection also marks the eastern terminus of M-79. From that point, BL I-69 follows", "id": "12718039" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturn of the century. M-69 and M-95 separate in Randville as the former turns east and the latter continues southward. Between Randville and the former community of Metropolitan, M-69 runs along the West Branch of the Sturgeon River through more hilly terrain. The trunkline continues east to the twin communities of Theodore and Felch. The river and the road part ways until meeting again at Foster City. This is also the location of a unique junction of highways. M-69 meets G-69, a County-Designated Highway that runs south to Loretto in", "id": "1214340" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe concurrency. In western Webberville, M-52 passes under I-96 and merges with M-43 at the latter's eastern terminus. The two highways run north to, and turn west along, Grand River Avenue. At Perry Road, M-52 turns back north out of the village. The trunkline continues north into Shiawassee County and runs through Perry before crossing I-69. Continuing north, M-52 curves northeasterly into downtown Owosso intersecting M-21 west of M-71's western terminus. M-52 continues northward parallel to the Shiawassee River into Saginaw County. The trunkline runs through", "id": "15803113" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ndowntown Ionia, the trunkline crosses the Grand River and the abandoned mainline of the Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad near the county fairgrounds. M-66 turns west along M-21 (Lincoln Avenue) for two blocks before turning back to the north along State Street. The trunkline runs through the northern part of the county and meets M-44's eastern terminus near Woodard Lake. In Montcalm County, M-66 intersects M-57 in a rural area south of Sheridan before running north on Sheridan Road through Stanton. The highway jogs west along Main Street in Stanton before returning", "id": "18787165" }, { "contents": "M-74 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-74 was the designation of a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The highway ran through rural Missaukee County connecting Pioneer with Merritt. The highway was designated by 1919 along a longer route. It was shortened before it was totally removed from the highway system in the late 1930s. M-74 started at a junction with M-66 near the community of Pioneer. It ran east on Moorestown Road through Stittsville to Moorestown before turning south on Nelson Road. There it ran through the community of Star City, turning west briefly on", "id": "9319580" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n131 freeway, M-55 merges north along the freeway, bypassing downtown Cadillac. On the east side of town, M-55 leaves the freeway and turns east again running through the Pere Marquette State Forest along Watergate Road. When the highway meets M-66, M-55 joins M-66 and runs north through farmland. As the two highways approach Lake City, they run along the shore of Lake Missaukee and through downtown. M-55 turns east again along Houghton Lake Road, separating from M-66 north of the central business district. This section of trunkline passes through", "id": "19769038" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 junction and the I-94 interchange. The NHS is a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility. M-96 was formed as a state trunkline in late 1926 from parts of M-17. The section of M-17 between Galesberg and Battle Creek was not utilized for US 12 and became M-96. In 1936, the Alternate US 12 trunkline was designated through the Battle Creek area along a section of highway that had previously been part of US 12. This highway was added to M-96 three years later in 1939", "id": "16718650" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the airport, M-96 runs concurrently with both Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) and M-37. M-96 turns south on Helmer Road, separating from the other two trunklines, and then turns east crossing along Columbia Avenue. Here the highway runs along the edge of the city of Battle Creek through more residential areas and crosses the I-194/M-66 freeway next to the Riverside County Club. Near Brownlee Park, M-96 (Columbia Avenue) merges with BL I-94 (Michigan Avenue). Together BL I-94/M-96 continues along Michigan Avenue", "id": "16718647" }, { "contents": "M-42 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturns ninety degrees to the south off Walker Road before angling southeasterly skirting the edge of some hills near Dyer Lake just west of M-66. The road turns back due east between Al Moses Road and M-66, where it ends north of Lake City. No section of the trunkline is part of the National Highway System. M-42 is an original state trunkline dating back to the 1919 signage of the highway system in Michigan. The original highway routing started at M-13 in Manton and ran due west to Mesick. From there the highway turned", "id": "6820888" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-50 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. Although designated as an east–west highway, it is nearly a diagonal northwest–southeast route. The western terminus is at exit 52 along Interstate 96 (I-96) near Alto a few miles east of the metro Grand Rapids area, and its eastern terminus is in downtown Monroe at US Highway 24 (US 24, Telegraph Road). In between the trunkline runs through seven counties of the southern part of the Lower Peninsula mostly through rural farm fields and", "id": "11076032" }, { "contents": "M-82 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe downtown area and M-82 turns south along Stewart Avenue out of town. The highway rounds a curve and transitions to 72nd Street running eastward through more farm land. As the trunkline approaches Newaygo, the terrain becomes more wooded near the Muskegon River. M-82 follows Fremont Street east to a junction with M-37. The two highways merge and run concurrently over the river and into downtown on State Street. South of downtown, M-82 turns east again, independent of M-37, and runs along 82nd Street on the southern edge of the Manistee", "id": "9440783" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-96 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Kalamazoo and Marshall. Its termini are both on business routes of Interstate 94 (I-94); the eastern one coincides with an intersection with I-69. Between Kalamazoo and Marshall it passes through Comstock, Galesburg, Augusta, and Battle Creek intersecting I-194/M-66 in Battle Creek and I-94 in Emmett Township. The highway now known as M-96 was originally part of M-17. Parts of M-17 that were not used for US Highway 12 (US 12) in", "id": "16718644" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncontinues south concurrent with the business loop for a several blocks before turning eastward. On the eastern end of town, it has an interchange with I-69 at exit 60. After heading east past the junction with I-69, the highway turns southeast as it heads through rural fields toward Eaton Rapids. Once it reaches the city, M-50 converges with M-99, and the two intersect M-188 on the south side of the Grand River. The two highways run south out of the city. Immediately prior to entering Jackson County, the two trunklines", "id": "11076037" }, { "contents": "M-199 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-199 is a state trunkline highway near Albion in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus of the road is in Sheridan Township at exit 119 off Interstate 94 (I-94). The eastern terminus is a junction with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) downtown Albion. The entire road is within Calhoun County and runs through rural farm fields outside of Albion; in town it is a residential street. The M-199 designation had previously been applied to a highway in the Upper Peninsula in the 1930s. The current highway was previously", "id": "318093" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, before entering Missaukee County. The trunkline then turns westward on Stoney Corners Road toward McBain through farm land. In town it runs along Maple Street and then runs north toward Lake City on Morey Road. South of the Lake City, M-55 runs concurrently with M-66 by Missaukee Golf Course and into town along the eastern shore of Lake Missaukee. North of town, M-55 splits off to the east on Houghton Lake Road, and M-66 continues north to an intersection with the eastern terminus of M-42 in a rural forest. M-66 leaves", "id": "18787168" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-136 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Brockway to Fort Gratiot in the lower part of The Thumb of the Lower Peninsula. The highway serves as a connector between M-19 on the west and M-25 northwest of Port Huron. In between, the highway runs through rural St. Clair County through farm fields and along a creek and river. The trunkline uses roads that were part of the state highway system in 1919. The M-136 designation was assigned in 1931 and extended to its current length in 1961", "id": "12150122" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nCounty before meeting M-179 and M-37. M-43 merges with the latter highway and together they run into Hastings. Downtown, M-37 leaves town to the south, while M-43 heads north before curving around the east, passing through farmfields approaching the community of Woodland. After leaving town, the road meets M-66, and together they head north to a junction with M-50. M-43 then turns east with M-50, and they briefly run together before M-50 diverges to the southeast. Now known as the Grand Ledge Highway, M-43 continues its easterly path", "id": "1132339" }, { "contents": "M-63 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto M-13 (later US 131) in Osceola County on July 1, 1919. This highway was extended in 1930 along US 131 to Tustin and then to a terminus with M-66 in Marion. At the same time, M-37 was extended north from Baldwin to meet M-63 east of Peacock. This eastern extension was truncated in 1932 when it was redesignated as part of M-61. A short connector roadway, M-179, was designated in 1935 between M-63 and US 131, forming a small triangle of highways. The western end was shortened", "id": "11402253" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nAvenue removed. Then in 2003, the signs along the East Beltline were restored and the route extended back to its former terminus. M-44 Connector, or Conn. M-44, is a connector route state trunkline highway running along Plainfield Avenue in the Grand Rapids area. It connects I-96/M-37 near Lamberton Lake with M-44 running along East Beltline Avenue near the Grand River. In between, the highway passes through a commercial area. North of 5 Mile Road, Plainfield Avenue takes on a more suburban residential character. There are more business", "id": "13109173" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nmeets Interstate 69 (I-69) northwest of town. Continuing to Homer, the highway runs along Lehigh Street in town; M-99 merges into M-60 after the intersection with Hillsdale Street. East of town, the highway widens into a four-lane divided highway; M-99 turns north along this short section of roadway and M-60 reverts to a two-lane highway again. The trunkline crosses the Kalamazoo River at Concord before it crosses into Jackson County. At Spring Arbor, M-60 passes the campus of Spring Arbor University. Outside of Jackson", "id": "18513796" }, { "contents": "M-142 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-53 turns west, ending the overlap of the two highways. M-142 exits town and follows Sand Beach Road through farm country. About of Bad Axe, M-142 meets the northern terminus of M-19 (Ubly Road). Continuing eastward, the highway crosses two branches of the Willow River as it passes through the unincorporated community of Verona. East of that location, the trunkline turns northeasterly, roughly parallel to the Rock Falls Creek, as it angles to Harbor Beach. M-142 follows State Street through town, and the trunkline terminates at", "id": "8283132" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nhilly terrain. After crossing the Cheboygan County line, the roadway meets the community of Burt Lake. It curves southeasterly along the shoreline of the lake of the same name. The roadway rounds the south end of Burt Lake and approaches the community of Indian River. South of Burt Lake State Park, the trunkline meets Straits Highway, the former routing of US 27 through Indian River. M-68 turns north along Straits Highway through downtown and then turns east toward Interstate 75 (I-75). It is along this section of M-68 that", "id": "9319421" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nproceeds south along with Alden Nash Avenue and turns east on 92nd Street through farms and fields in the rural southeastern corner of the county. As the trunkline runs to the east, it crosses into Ionia County. M-50 follows Thompson Road, Nash Highway and Tupper Lake Road into Lake Odessa. In Lake Odessa, the road bends around the north side of Jordan Lake, curving to the south into the extreme northeastern Barry County. The highway turns back to the east as it heads towards a junction with M-66 and M-43 at the", "id": "11076035" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-66 is a north–south state trunkline highway on the Lower Peninsula (LP) of the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Indiana state line in the south to Charlevoix in the north. M-66 is the only state highway to run the north–south distance of the LP. It starts as a continuation of State Road 9 (SR 9) which provides access to the Indiana Toll Road. The total length is approximately , which includes almost of freeway between Interstate 94 (I-94) and downtown Battle Creek designated", "id": "18787155" }, { "contents": "M-113 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-113 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in Grand Traverse County from M-37 near Hannah to US Highway 131 (US 131) in Walton Junction. The trunkline runs through farm fields and woodlands in a rural area of the county. It connects the highways at its termini with the village of Kingsley. First designated in November 1927, the highway was extended in 1940 by adding the southernmost section near Walton Junction which was originally part of US 131. M-113 starts west of Hannah at an intersection with", "id": "4961848" }, { "contents": "M-24 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nexpressway from Metamora to I-69. South of Metamora, M-24 runs parallel to the former right-of-way for the Michigan Central Railroad north into the city of Lapeer. M-24 continues north from Lapeer running west of Barnes Lake and east of the community of Columbiaville just south of the M-90 junction. South of the Tuscola County line, the trunkline passes the Greenbriar Golf Club and crosses the Pere Marquette Railroad before turning west along Saginaw Road into the community of Mayville and turning north along Mertz Road. South of Caro, M-24", "id": "12670654" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\ncarried the M-28A designation before it was redesignated as Bus. M-28 in 1950. The trunkline was partially turned back to local control in 1953, and the business loop designation was removed at that time. The section of the roadway in downtown Newberry has carried several different designations in addition to the original M-28. Bus. M-28 started at the top of a small hill at an intersection with M-28 southwest of Newberry. The highway ran due north from the intersection along Engadine Road, running downhill towards Teaspoon Creek. Just south of the", "id": "14231892" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-13 is a north–south state trunkline highway that runs through the Saginaw Bay region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from Interstate 69 (I-69) south of Lennon to US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish. The southern section of the trunkline runs along a pair of county lines in a rural area dominated by farm fields. The highway directly connects the downtown areas of both Saginaw and Bay City. North of the latter city, the Lake Huron Circle Tour follows M-13 along the Saginaw Bay. The", "id": "5767618" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nterrain. East of town, the highway turns north running parallel to the AuTrain River Basin. The trunkline crosses Dexter Creek between Paulsen and Trout Lake roads. About halfway along the north–south segment of the highway, M-67 passes through the community of Limestone and crosses Johnson Creek. After running for , M-67 ends at a four-way intersection with M-94 and Tunteri Road. Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) traffic surveys in 2007 show that between 1,200 and 1,400 vehicles traveled the road daily in 2007 in a measure of", "id": "1214514" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nrun concurrently into Allegan. In 1963, when the I-196/US 31 freeway opened, the western terminus of M-89 was extended to meet the new freeway. A few years later, when M-96 was realigned onto a route that took it into Battle Creek, M-89 was extended southeasterly along Michigan Avenue (the old M-96) and terminated at M-37. The highway was extended further southeasterly into Battle Creek to replace the old routing of M-37 along Michigan Avenue; it then turned south on Washington to the BL I-94 where it terminated,", "id": "18787900" }, { "contents": "M-138 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-138 is a east–west state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from a junction with M-15 west of the unincorporated community of Munger in Bay County to the intersection with M-24 east of Akron in Tuscola County. The trunkline runs through rural agricultural areas outside of the villages and communities it serves. It was designated in the 1930s and extended in the 1940s. M-138 was truncated in the 1990s as well. M-138 begins at a junction with M-15 (Tuscola Road) just west", "id": "19948037" }, { "contents": "M-65 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the Pine River, M-65 merges with M-72. The two trunklines run concurrently curving to the northwest past the eastern terminus of county road F-32 into Curran. North of town, they separate as M-72 turns westward and M-65 continues north, exiting the Huron National Forest. The highway jogs along the Alcona–Alpena County line and crosses the Beaver Creek in the process. The trunkline runs to the east of Beaver Lake as it runs north through mixed forest and fields toward the community of Lachine. Southeast of that town, M-65", "id": "1359267" }, { "contents": "M-31 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, the trunkline turned southwesterly to follow along part of the Saginaw Bay. The road passed through Sebewaing to Unionville before turning back inland. Running southward to Akron, the highway turned alternately westward and southward to Fairgrove. M-31 next ran west along Bradleyville Road to a connection with M-81; the two highways ran concurrently south through Gilford before M-31 separated and turned back westward through Reese to Saginaw. The northern terminus in downtown Saginaw was at an intersection with what was then M-10. When the state highway system was first signed in 1919", "id": "19066175" }, { "contents": "M-76 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-76 is a former state trunkline highway designation in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The highway's designation was decommissioned when the last section of it was converted to freeway as a part of the present-day Interstate 75 (I-75). At that time, M-76 extended from US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish northwesterly to I-75 south of Grayling. Two sections of the route followed freeways with a two-lane highway in between to connect them. The former routing of M-76 through West Branch before", "id": "13291830" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 94 in Michigan\n\n\nlonger reconnects to I-94 on both ends. Major intersections Business Loop Interstate 94 (BL I-94) is a state trunkline highway serving as a business loop from I-94 through downtown Battle Creek. The highway begins at exit 92 on I-94 near the Kalamazoo–Calhoun county line. BL I-94 runs concurrently along M-37 northwesterly from the freeway on the two-lane Columbia Avenue on the eastern edge of Fort Custer. At an intersection south of the W.K. Kellogg Airport, BL I-94/M-37 turns easterly to run on the southern side of the", "id": "16557414" }, { "contents": "M-21 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto Port Huron in 1966. A freeway segment between Flint and Lapeer opened in 1971. M-21 was routed down M-13 to the new freeway where it joined the M-78 designation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after I-69 was extended north from Charlotte. The 1974 completion of I-196 meant the truncation of M-21 to end in Grand Rapids. At the time, M-21 was extended along Fulton Street to the East Beltline, and", "id": "13431388" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nas a result of the various reroutings in the Lansing area, both of which are no longer part of the state highway system. M-78 begins at an intersection with M-66 in Pennfield Township, north of Battle Creek in Calhoun County. The trunkline passes through rural farm lands as it runs due east and northeast. It briefly crosses the southeast corner of Barry County as it enters Eaton County. There M-78 follows Battle Creek Highway past some small ponds and into the town of Bellevue. The trunkline becomes Capitol Avenue in town and turns", "id": "18787225" }, { "contents": "M-81 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. East of town, the highway follows Caro Road through more farm fields through the community of Watrousville. Near the south side of the Tuscola Area Airport, M-81 turns to the northeast running along the Cass River to Caro. In the city, the trunkline follows State Street past the fairgrounds. At the intersection with Ellington Street, M-81 crosses M-24. The highway continues northeasterly out of town and through the community of Ellington. Northeast of Elmwood, M-81 turns due east along Cass City Road. The trunkline runs to the village", "id": "9440771" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nUS 12 freeway was completed in the area. Bus. US 12 was redesignated as BL I-94 in 1960 and M-96 was shortened to end at BL I-94/M-78 running on Capital Avenue. M-37 was reextended in 1961 in Battle Creek to a concurrent routing with M-96 in 1961. M-89 was extended along the roadway used by M-96 west of Battle Creek to M-37 in 1965, truncating M-96 in the process. M-96 was reextended back to Battle Creek along Dickman Road and Fort Custer Highway from Augusta east in 1971. Several changes in", "id": "16718652" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthat junction, M-71 turns easterly and then southeasterly out of town. The highway continues to run alongside the rail line through farmland to the outskirts of Vernon. M-71 crosses the Shiawassee River for a second time. The rail line and the highway diverge and run on opposite sides of town; the highway rounds the northeast side and the rail line runs along the southwest side. This section of trunkline through Vernon had the lowest AADT value in 2009 with 4,371 vehicles. M-71 continues to the interchange with I-69 at exit 118 northwest of", "id": "9319504" }, { "contents": "M-140 (Michigan highway)\n\n\njog along Pokagon Road around Riggins Lake. M-140 turns back northward and runs through the community of Berrien Center. Near Eau Claire, the highway turns bends along Maple Grove Road for about before going north on Watervliet Road. East of town, the trunkline follows Main Street eastward toward the Berrien–Cass county line. M-140 intersects the northern terminus of M-62 and curves north. In northern Berrien County, M-140 follows Watervliet Road to an interchange with Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues northward along Main Street into Watervliet,", "id": "800150" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-69 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 2 (US 2) on both ends in Crystal Falls and near Bark River. In between, the highway runs for in rural UP forest lands. Before the creation of the U.S. Highway System, the current M-69 was a portion of M-12. The original M-69 was replaced by US 102 and the M-69 designation was reused on a section of M-12 not replaced by US 2.", "id": "1214334" }, { "contents": "M-36 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof town. At Howell Street, County Road D-19 merges in from the south. The two designations run concurrently along Main Street to Pearl Street, where D-19 turns northward. At the intersection with Dexter Street, M-36 intersects the western terminus of D-32, the \"Highway to Hell\". East of Pinckney, M-36 passes between Rush and Bass lakes in the Pettysville area. Immediately east of there, the highway passes through woods between Oneida and Zukey lakes in Lakeland. The trunkline passes to the south of Buck Lake and then", "id": "19826396" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n(MDOT). The highway was first designated by July 1, 1919 along a portion of the current roadway. In a series of extensions, M-55 was lengthened to connect its current endpoints by the early 1930s. The trunkline has been rerouted in sections since that time resulting in the modern roadway alignment. One set of changes produced a business loop in the Houghton Lake area. M-55 starts at a three-way intersection with US 31 north of Manistee. The trunkline runs southeast on Caberfae Highway over the Manistee River and through", "id": "19769036" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto enter the outskirts of Battle Creek it follows Michigan Avenue. It passes through the neighborhoods of Level Park-Oak Park and Urbandale, the first residential areas of the city. As the highway continues towards Battle Creek it has a junction with M-37. M-89 continues on Michigan Avenue until an intersection with Washington Avenue where the route turns to the southwest where it crosses the Kalamazoo River one last time. The trunkline terminates a few blocks later at Dickman Road, otherwise known as the Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94). M-89", "id": "18787895" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nMountain, M-88 turns east at Alden highway and enters the community of Mancelona, passing the Fairview Cemetery. The highway runs along on State Street into downtown. M-88 ends at an intersection with US 131/M-66 running along Williams Street, and State Street continues eastward as C-38. M-88 was first designated by July 1, 1919 along its current routing between Mancelona and Bellaire. It was extended in 1927 through Central Lake to end in Eastport. It was used as a temporary routing of US 31 between Eastport and Bellaire while the", "id": "6692228" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 designation transfers from the freeway to run concurrently with M-89 eastward. After the freeway, M-43/M-89 passes through the city of Plainwell and crosses the Kalamazoo River again before continuing into rural areas again. The trunkline continues to the southeast on towards the village of Richland. Just north of Richland, M-89 parts ways with M-43. M-89 heads south through town and intersects M-343, before turning eastward and passing to the south of Gull Lake. After passing the lake, the highway turns southeast towards Battle Creek. As M-89 begins", "id": "18787894" }, { "contents": "M-14 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nstreets to new stretches of freeways running south of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. The former route of US 12, much of which was known as Plymouth Road, was retained as a trunkline and redesignated M-14. In 1964, a northern bypass connecting US 23 with M-153 was completed, and M-14 was rerouted onto the new freeway; the highway still ran through Ann Arbor along routes now designated Bus. US 23 and Business Loop I-94. The following year, the freeway was extended to its present western terminus at I-94, and M-14", "id": "11243057" }, { "contents": "M-188 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-188 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from Eaton Rapids to the VFW National Home for Children, southeast of town through a rural area. Approximately 1,000 vehicles each day use a highway that was first designated in the 1930s and paved in the 1940s. Starting in Eaton Rapids, M-188 heads eastward from the intersection with M-99/M-50 (Michigan highway) toward the Grand River. The highway follows Water Street southeasterly along the river through residential neighborhoods and exits town. M-188 turns back due east", "id": "3803194" }, { "contents": "M-72 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. At South Down River Road, M-72 turns east again to leave Grayling, crossing I-75 in the process. There is no direct access to I-75 from M-72. Instead traffic is directed to follow BL I-75 in either direction to get to the freeway. In eastern Crawford County, M-72 runs through the Au Sable State Forest and crosses the South Branch of the Au Sable River on the Wakeley Bridge. East of the river crossing, the trunkline intersects the northern terminus of M-18 before crossing into Oscoda County. M-72 continues east through", "id": "18092035" }, { "contents": "M-28 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof M-28 designated as a part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour is from the western terminus to the eastern junction with M-64 in Bergland, where the Circle Tour turns north along M-64, leaving M-28. Here, M-28 has its lowest traffic counts; within the 2013 MDOT survey, the road is listed with only an average annual daily traffic (AADT) of 1,425 vehicles on a section of highway between Bergland and the US 45 intersection in Bruce Crossing. The trunkline runs through heavily forested areas of southern Houghton and Baraga counties.", "id": "20777599" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, which runs along the western city line. M-13 meets the 2 one-way streets that carry M-25 and the I-75 business spur at the intersections with Thomas and Jenny streets. From this intersection on, M-13 forms a part of the Lake Huron Circle Tour. Farther north, the highway turns northwesterly on Huron Road; Euclid Avenue continues north as M-247. As the trunkline heads away from Bay City, it runs parallel to the Lake State Railway again. M-13 intersects the northern end of its connector route before Huron Road crosses", "id": "5767624" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-89 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from near Ganges to Battle Creek. M-89 starts at an interchange with Interstate 196/US Highway 31 (I-196/US 31) and passes through Allegan, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and Calhoun counties. The highway also briefly crosses the southwest corner of Barry County before it terminates an at intersection with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) on the northwestern side of downtown Battle Creek. In between the trunkline runs parallel to the Kalamazoo River", "id": "18787890" }, { "contents": "M-33 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-33 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Interstate 75 (I-75) at Alger in Arenac County north to M-27 near Cheboygan. In between, the trunkline runs through rural sections of the northeastern Lower Peninsula including state and national forest areas. M-33 connects to a handful of parks and crosses several of the rivers in that section of the state. It runs concurrently with three other state highways, sharing pavement to connect through several small communities of Northern Michigan. M-33 was designated by", "id": "16986002" }, { "contents": "M-57 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncounty line, the highway crosses a branch of the Great Lakes Central Railroad. M-57 follows Brady Road and crosses M-52 just west of Chesaning. Further east, the trunkline crosses another line of the Great Lakes Central. The highway follows Broad Street into town and over the Shiawassee River. On the east banks, M-57 runs along Main Street south along the river to a junction with Peet Road where it then turns east along the latter road out of town. The highway passes through more farm fields and through Layton Corners on the", "id": "12341714" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe western end of the highway, halfway between Bark River and Hyde, west of Escanaba. In 1919, M-69 started at the state line south of Crystal Falls. It ran north through Crystal Falls, where it intersected M-12, to end in Covington at an intersection with M-28. This roadway was redesignated with the creation of the U.S. Highway System in 1926. US 2 replaced M-69 south and M-12 west of Crystal Falls. US 102 replaced M-69 north of Crystal Falls, and the latter designation was reused on the section of", "id": "1214343" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-227 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It consists largely of a segment of old U.S. Highway 27 (US 27) along the south and west sides of Marshall. The highway passes the airport and serves an industrial section of town north of the Kalamazoo River. M-227 was created as a part of a program to add additional routes into the state's highway system under the leadership of Governor John Engler. M-227 starts at a diamond interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) at exit 32", "id": "16700161" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. M-136 begins at a junction with M-19 just south of Brockway on the north side of Mill Creek. The highway heads eastward through farm fields on Metcalf Road for about before bending to the southeast on Beard Road, parallel to the creek. The road then turns eastward on Avoca Road near Tackaberry Airport and heads toward Avoca. The trunkline continues in this direction through farm fields and the community of Avoca before turning southward on Glyshaw Road near the Black River. M-136 turns east, returning to Beard Road, and running through a", "id": "12150123" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-71 is a state trunkline highway in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. It serves as a connector between M-21 in Owosso to Interstate 69 (I-69) near Durand. The highway runs along a rail line in a northwest-to-southeast direction in rural Shiawassee County connecting a few small towns along its path. The highway dates back to the start of the state highway system in 1919. There were some changes made to the routing in the 1930s which increased its length. Two adjacent highways have been rerouted", "id": "9319501" }, { "contents": "M-61 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-61 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Marion and Standish. The highway runs along the boundary area between Northern Michigan and Central Michigan in the Lower Peninsula. M-61 runs through rural forestland connecting several smaller communities together as it connects M-115, US Highway 127 (US 127), Interstate 75 (I-75) and US 23. Less than 10,000 vehicles a day use various segments of the roadway on average. The trunkline was first designated along a portion of its current alignment by 1919. M-61", "id": "8785849" }, { "contents": "M-91 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, but subsequent transfers or roadway sections have truncated the route to its present form. For a time period in the 1980s, M-91 was even a discontinuous highway when a section in the middle was transferred to county control before the southernmost section was transferred. M-91 starts at an intersection with M-44 west of Belding in Otisco Township. The road runs north along Storey Road and past the Candlestone Golf Course and farmlands. At Bricker Road, M-91 crosses out of Ionia County into Montcalm County. The trunkline runs along Greenville Road and passes", "id": "8283414" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 is a state trunkline highway in the southwestern and central parts of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from South Haven to Webberville along an indirect path through both rural areas and larger cities. The trunkline follows five overall segments: a southeasterly track from South Haven to Kalamazoo, a northerly path to Plainwell, a southeasterly route to Richland, a northeasterly course to the Hastings area and an easterly route through the Lansing area. The M-43 designation dates back to at least July 1, 1919, when it was used", "id": "1132334" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-88 is a state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between US Highway 31 (US 31) and US 131/M-66 in the Lower Peninsula. Running from Mancelona to Eastport, M-88 also goes through the communities of Bellaire and Central Lake. The highway is completely within Antrim County and is known by the street name of \"Scenic Highway\" outside of the various communities along its routing. M-88 is an original trunkline dating back to the 1919 signing of the state system. An extension in the 1920s", "id": "6692224" }, { "contents": "M-34 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-99 turns south along Pioneer Road, M-34 continues east along Hudson Road. The highway turns to the southeast to the south of Osseo near Deer Lake and continues towards Pittsford. Hudson Road runs through a mix of forests and local farms. The trunkline passes to the south of the main business district in Pittsford. East of town, the highway turns east and intersects US Highway 127 (US 127) at the Hillsdale–Lenawee county line in Hudson. The trunkline continues eastward through the city of Hudson as Main Street. On", "id": "16558269" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-44 is a state trunkline highway in the western region of the US state of Michigan. It runs northward from the intersection of M-11 (28th Street) and M-37 toward the Rockford area. The highway then turns eastward to Belding, and it ends six miles (10 km) north of Ionia at M-66. M-44 is known in Grand Rapids as the \"East Beltline\" and intersects with its related highway, Connector M-44, in Plainfield Township. This highway runs concurrently with M-37 between M-11 and Interstate 96 (I-96).", "id": "13109166" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nBusiness M-28 (Bus. M-28) was a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It served as a business route running for through the Newberry area. The business loop followed a U-shaped routing to connect downtown Newberry with M-28 south of town. It ran west of the city of Newberry, passing through the community of Dollarville before entering downtown, turning south and ending near the county airport. Bus. M-28 was originally a section of M-28 before the latter was realigned in the late 1930s. The highway", "id": "14231891" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nbetween Tekonsha and Marshall. From I-69, M-227 runs east on F Drive South north of Pine and Long lakes for approximately one mile (1.6 km). The highway runs through agricultural land and turns north to follow Old US 27/17 Mile Road. At Division Drive, M-227 passes into Marshall on Kalamazoo Avenue. The highway runs past the Brooks Field airport and the Alwin Downs Golf Course. Kalamazoo Avenue crosses the Kalamazoo River, and M-227 turns west along Industrial Road. This section of town is an industrial park, and M-227", "id": "16700162" }, { "contents": "M-51 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nPokagon, M-51 turns back northeasterly toward Dowagiac. Once the highway reaches that city, it merges with M-62. The two highways run concurrently eastward along Spruce, Main and Division streets through downtown. M-51 turns to the north along Front Street, separating from the concurrency and leaving downtown. North of town in rural Cass County, M-51 intersects M-152 near location where the highway crosses the Dowagiac River. North of that intersection, the trunkline crosses into Van Buren County and turns to the east again. M-51 passes south of Knickerbocker Lake", "id": "11912684" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-67 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 41 (US 41) and M-94 between Trenary and Chatham. The highway has largely been unchanged during its history, although the highways that connect to M-67 on each end have changed several times. M-67 starts at an intersection with US 41 near Trenary east of the West Branch of the Whitefish River. From that intersection the highway runs east crossing Scott Creek before running into downtown Trenary along relatively flat", "id": "1214513" }, { "contents": "M-343 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-343 is a state trunkline highway in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It runs for almost along Gull Road between the northeast side of Kalamazoo and continues through rural areas on the way to Richland. The highway was created in January 2019 from a section of M-43 after that highway was rerouted in the aftermath of a series of jurisdictional transfers in downtown Kalamazoo. It had been a part of the state highway system for a century under its previous number until it was given its current designation. M-343 starts where Gull Road intersects Riverview Drive east", "id": "11381182" }, { "contents": "M-115 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. The lowest AADT was the 2,236 vehicles near Copemish. The trunkline between the US 10 and M-37 junctions has been listed on the National Highway System. a network of roads important to the country's defense, economy and mobility. In 1929, the first stretch of M-115 was designated from Frankfort to Benzonia. Beginning in the mid-1930s, construction of M-115 began from central to northwestern Lower Michigan. In 1936, an earthen highway was opened between the south side of Cadillac to M-66, with additional sections west of Mesick and northwest", "id": "9213548" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is near the border between Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties at exit 92 of Interstate 94 (I-94) southwest of Battle Creek. The northern terminus is at the Mission Point Light on Old Mission Point in Grand Traverse County. In between, the highway connects Battle Creek, Grand Rapids and Traverse City. Motorists will travel through agricultural land, forests, suburbs and large cities along the way. The section of M-37 on the Old Mission", "id": "17071073" }, { "contents": "M-203 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-203 turns inland running due east to Cloverland Road then turning north and east along Veterans Memorial Highway. Along this section of roadway, the AADT was measured at 440 vehicles in 2007. The highway follows Veterans Memorial Highway through the neighborhood of Tamarack west of Calumet. From there it continues eastward, following Pine Street north of downtown Calumet, looping back to US 41/M-26. The northern terminus of M-203 is at the intersection of Pine Street and Calumet Avenue. M-203 was first designated as a spur route from Hancock north", "id": "1358584" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nline, the highway intersects with US 12 before crossing into Washtenaw County. The limited-access section of M-52 continues north through western Washtenaw County, where it ends in Manchester. M-52 turns west along Austin and City roads into the village. The trunkline continues along the banks of the north branch of the River Raisin on Riverside Drive before turning north out of town. Just south of Chelsea, M-52 crosses Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues through downtown Chelsea and turns northwesterly through the Waterloo State Recreation Area in the", "id": "15803111" }, { "contents": "M-29 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-29 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in a south–north direction from Chesterfield Township to Marysville. It generally runs along the shore of Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River. The M-29 designation has been used twice in Michigan starting in 1919. The first designation near Lansing was replaced by U.S. Route 27 (US 27) in 1926. At that time, the M-29 designation was moved to the east side of the state along the current routing and farther north along part of what", "id": "18258775" }, { "contents": "Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\ndesignation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after a Temporary I-69 (Temp. I-69) designation was extended northward from Charlotte through Lansing to Perry. On September 4 of that year, I-69's designation was officially extended by Congress to end at I-475 on the east side of Flint; this extension, and all subsequent ones, was of \"non-chargeable mileage\", or segments not financed through the Interstate Highway", "id": "20840099" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-52 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is on the Ohio border, where it continues as State Route 109 (SR 109). The highway passes through communities like Adrian, where it intersects US Highway 223 (US 223), Chelsea and Webberville along its course. It crosses some major rivers, including the River Raisin and the Shiawassee. The section of the highway between M-50 and Manchester was built as a limited-access highway. M-52's northern terminus is", "id": "15803106" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nI-96 and then north on I-496. From there, M-78 followed the one-way pairing of Homer and Howard streets from the northern end of the freeway up to the one-way couplet of Saginaw Street and Grand River Avenue, returning to its previous routing. The former route through downtown along US 27 was redesignated Business M-78 (Bus. M-78) at the same time. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing sections of M-78 in 1965. The US 127 freeway was completed from", "id": "18787232" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n23) was incorporated into the trunkline as a discontinuous section in the early 1940s until it was later connected in 1946. M-68 starts in the community of Alanson east of Little Traverse Bay in Emmet County. US 31 runs along Burr Avenue parallel to the former Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad line and depot in town. M-68 starts at an intersection between Chicago Street and Burr Avenue. The trunkline runs southeasterly from this intersection and on a bridge over the Crooked River. After leaving town, the highway curves to run due east through", "id": "9319420" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nGrand Rapids. The state trunkline highway was created when M-50 was rerouted to follow 28th Street and Wilson Avenue around the south and west sides of the city in 1953. The business loop was decommissioned when M-50 was returned to its former routing in 1961. The highway followed Lake Michigan Drive (now M-45) from the Standale neighborhood of Walker easterly to Fulton Street in Grand Rapids. From there it followed Fulton easterly through downtown Grand Rapids and the east side of the city to a junction with Cascade Road in Grand Rapids Township The", "id": "11076050" }, { "contents": "M-102 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-102 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs along the northern boundary of Detroit following 8 Mile Road. The highway follows the Michigan Baseline, a part of the land survey of the state, and the roadway is also called Base Line Road in places. As a county road or city street, 8 Mile Road extends both east and west of the M-102 designation, which leaves 8 Mile on the eastern end to follow Vernier Road. The western terminus of M-102 is at the junction", "id": "5983336" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nTahquamenon River, Bus. M-28 turned east into the community of Dollarville. There the trunkline followed Dollarville Road and Engadine Road to the western city limits of Newberry. Once in the city of Newberry, Bus. M-28 followed West McMillan Avenue. At the intersection with M-117 (Newberry Avenue), Bus. M-28 turned south concurrently with M-117. The combined highway passed through the central business district. South of town, M-117/Bus. M-28 turned east along Campbell Avenue and then south along Miller Road. West of the Luce", "id": "14231893" }, { "contents": "M-90 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-90 is a state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from near North Branch eastward to Lexington situated on Lake Huron. The highway is a lightly traveled roadway that runs through rural farmlands. The trunkline runs mostly east–west with two short north–south segments where it turns to run concurrently with other state highways. Along the routing, there are two river crossings and one railroad crossing. The current highway that bears the M-90 designation is the second to carry number. The first", "id": "9440848" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\nBath Township. In 1919, the MSHD signposted the highway system for the first time, and the east–west highways through Lansing were part of the original M-29 through downtown and the original M-39 north of downtown. The north–south highway in Lansing was the original M-14. On November 11, 1926, the United States Numbered Highway System was approved by the AASHO, and the new US 27 replaced M-29 and M-14 in the area. By the end of the next year, M-78 was extended from Charlotte along US 27", "id": "12718047" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nroadway on any average day of the year. Along M-37, the volume varies from the peak 49,173 vehicles on a section of I-96/M-37 in Grand Rapids to the 718 vehicles at the northern terminus by the Mission Point Light. M-37 starts joined with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) as the two highway designations run concurrently at exit 92 on I-94 southwest of Battle Creek. They follow Columbia Avenue and pass around the southern side of the W. K. Kellogg Airport. When the roadway meets M-96, BL I-94/M-37 turns", "id": "17071077" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-60 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Niles area at a junction with US Highway 12 (US 12) to the Jackson area where it ends at Interstate 94 (I-94). The trunkline passes through a mix of farm fields and woodlands, crosses or runs along several rivers and connects several small towns of the southern area of the state. The westernmost segment runs along divided highway while the easternmost section is a full freeway bypass of Jackson. M-60 was originally", "id": "18513790" }, { "contents": "M-95 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nlater be extended in 1932 to the state line south of Kingsford. The total of M-45 was converted to M-95 in 1934 as a realignment near Witch Lake is completed. M-95 was rerouted in 1942 from Republic north to Humboldt Township. This new section replaced the last section of gravel roadway that was transferred to Marquette County as County Road 601. Another rerouting in the Republic area moved the trunkline in 1957 to bypass South Republic. The former roadway was partially closed to become part of the Republic Mine. M-69 was shortened, eliminating", "id": "20686812" } ]

[ { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nfields. South of Thornapple Lake, M-79 angles southeasterly moving from Quimby Road to Scott Road running parallel to the Thornapple River again into the community of Nashville. M-79 meets M-66 and turns south along the latter highway's route along Main and Durkee streets through the community. South of town in Maple Grove Township, M-79 separates from M-66 and turns east along Lawrence Road. Outside of Charlotte, M-79 curves southeast to transition to Lawrence Avenue through town. The eastern terminus is at an intersection with Cochran Avenue, which carries BL I-69", "id": "10575936" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nis located on southbound I-69 at exit 61. The highway was first designated in 1919 between Hastings and Battle Creek. It was later moved to run to Charlotte. A section of M-79 was designated as M-214 in the 1930s. M-214 would later be decommissioned as a highway designation and the M-79 designation was reapplied to the roadway. M-79 starts south of Hastings at a three-way intersection with M-37 in Hastings Township. The trunkline runs east and parallel to a section of the Thornapple River through wooded terrain that is interspersed with farm", "id": "10575935" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 at the same time carries the highway designation to Vermontville. M-79 was extended easterly to Charlotte in 1934 at the same time that the section of the trunkline between Nashville and Vermontville was redesignated M-214. M-79 was rerouted along Assyria and Lawrence roads at the time to connect the sections of M-79 on either side of M-214. By 1941, M-214 was shortened to a connector route in downtown Nashville running between M-79 and M-66. In 1953, M-79 replaced M-214 and the latter designation was retired from the highway system. The last section", "id": "10575938" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nand M-50. M-79 was formed as a state trunkline by July 1, 1919 along part of its present routing. At the time, it ran between Hastings and Nashville as it does today. From Nashville, the trunkline turned south and west to end at the contemporary M-17 in Battle Creek. By 1927, the southernmost section of M-79 was truncated when M-78 was extended to Battle Creek. In late 1930, the southernmost section was shortened once again as a new M-14 designation replaced M-79 south of Nashville. An eastward extension of", "id": "10575937" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the central portion of Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The western terminus is about southeast of Hastings at the junction with M-37 and the eastern terminus is in downtown Charlotte at the junction with M-50 and Business Loop Interstate 69 (BL I-69). It passes through Quimby and Nashville, where there is a junction with M-66. The entire highway is undivided surface road. It has no direct access with Interstate 69 (I-69), although a sign for the highway", "id": "10575934" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nThe M-14 designation of the time was decommissioned and replaced with M-66. Starting at Six Lakes, M-66 turned west along M-46 instead of east and then turned south through Stanton and Ionia ending north of Battle Creek. The highway between Lowell and Lakeview was redesignated as M-91. A minor realignment in late 1950 removed two 90° curves near the Osceola–Missaukee county line and replaced them with a pair of sweeping curves. The MSHD rerouted M-66 between Maple Grove and Nashville in mid-1953. In the changes, M-79 was extended along the", "id": "18787175" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nBarry–Eaton county line. After meeting M-43, the two trunklines run concurrently for about a mile (1.6 km) before M-50 breaks off to the southwest near Woodbury. From there, the road continues in its southeasterly path along Clinton Trail through the northeast part of Eaton County as it runs through fields to Charlotte. Just prior to entering the city, the road bends to the south and near the middle of town it has a junction with M-79 and Business Loop I-69 (BL I-69). After this intersection, M-50", "id": "11076036" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-78 ran along a route similar that of today. It started north of Battle Creek at a junction with then M-79 and cut through the corner of Barry County to Bellevue, but it turned northeasterly to end at Charlotte at a junction with M-29. By 1927, M-78 was extended southward, replacing M-79 to the Indiana state line, connecting with State Road 9 (SR 9) south of Sturgis. At the same time, a northerly addition extended the highway concurrently along US Highway 27 (US 27) to Dewitt and", "id": "18787228" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthrough Dowling and meets the western terminus of M-79. The highway follows Hanover Street through the south side of Hastings into downtown, where it turns west on Green Street and north on Broadway Street. At the intersection of Broadway and State streets, M-37 meets and joins M-43. West of Hastings, M-43 separates and heads south toward Kalamazoo while M-37 turns northwesterly and runs parallel to the Thornapple River. The highway follows the river west and north to the community of Middleville through mixed farms and forests. In southern Kent County, M-37", "id": "17071079" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nends, and M-66 continues northeast out of the Cereal City on Division Street and then northeast on Capital Avenue along the Battle Creek River. M-66 continues northward through Barry County on Capital Avenue which becomes 9 Mile Road north of Baseline Road. The highway passes through Assyria before meeting M-79, with which it has a short concurrency, in Nashville. On the north side of the village, M-66 crosses the Thornapple River and continues north through mixed rural forest land and farm fields. Near Woodland, M-66 joins M-43 and the two run", "id": "18787163" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nnew route of M-66 and then over M-214 to Hastings. M-66 was shifted off Assyria Road which was turned back to local control. Another realignment in 1954 shifted M-66 to the modern routing between the M-43 concurrency termini, removing M-43/M-66 from a section of M-50 in the process. The final section gravel section of M-66, approximately in length, was paved near Nashville in 1957. M-32 was extended along the northernmost section of M-66 in 1963. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing", "id": "18787176" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-78 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus is the intersection with M-66 north of Battle Creek in Pennfield Township. The roadway runs through rural farmland and the community of Bellevue as it approaches its eastern terminus at an interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) near Olivet. The highway is used by between 3,100 and 5,300 vehicles on a daily basis. When the state highway system was signed in 1919, M-78 followed a similar routing. At Bellevue, it turned northeast to terminate at Charlotte.", "id": "18787223" }, { "contents": "M-100 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-100 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the central region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between Potterville and Grand Ledge, connecting Interstate 69 (I-69) and I-96 west of the state capital, Lansing. The highway was previously a section of M-16. After M-16 was realigned, M-100 was created by 1927. Three extensions in the 1930s, 1950s and 1990s resulted in the current highway routing. M-100 starts at exit 66 on I-69 in Potterville. The highway runs north along Hartel Road, intersecting Lansing", "id": "169088" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\n. North of a crossing of the Battle Creek River, Cochrane Road widens to include a center turn lane. About north of the starting point, BL I-69 begins a concurrency with M-50 at Shepherd Street. North of Warren Avenue, BL I-69/M-50 widens to four lanes, two in each direction. The concurrency ends at Lawrence Avenue; M-50 continues north, and the business loop heads east on Lawrence Avenue for a few blocks. That intersection also marks the eastern terminus of M-79. From that point, BL I-69 follows", "id": "12718039" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturn of the century. M-69 and M-95 separate in Randville as the former turns east and the latter continues southward. Between Randville and the former community of Metropolitan, M-69 runs along the West Branch of the Sturgeon River through more hilly terrain. The trunkline continues east to the twin communities of Theodore and Felch. The river and the road part ways until meeting again at Foster City. This is also the location of a unique junction of highways. M-69 meets G-69, a County-Designated Highway that runs south to Loretto in", "id": "1214340" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe concurrency. In western Webberville, M-52 passes under I-96 and merges with M-43 at the latter's eastern terminus. The two highways run north to, and turn west along, Grand River Avenue. At Perry Road, M-52 turns back north out of the village. The trunkline continues north into Shiawassee County and runs through Perry before crossing I-69. Continuing north, M-52 curves northeasterly into downtown Owosso intersecting M-21 west of M-71's western terminus. M-52 continues northward parallel to the Shiawassee River into Saginaw County. The trunkline runs through", "id": "15803113" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ndowntown Ionia, the trunkline crosses the Grand River and the abandoned mainline of the Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad near the county fairgrounds. M-66 turns west along M-21 (Lincoln Avenue) for two blocks before turning back to the north along State Street. The trunkline runs through the northern part of the county and meets M-44's eastern terminus near Woodard Lake. In Montcalm County, M-66 intersects M-57 in a rural area south of Sheridan before running north on Sheridan Road through Stanton. The highway jogs west along Main Street in Stanton before returning", "id": "18787165" }, { "contents": "M-74 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-74 was the designation of a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The highway ran through rural Missaukee County connecting Pioneer with Merritt. The highway was designated by 1919 along a longer route. It was shortened before it was totally removed from the highway system in the late 1930s. M-74 started at a junction with M-66 near the community of Pioneer. It ran east on Moorestown Road through Stittsville to Moorestown before turning south on Nelson Road. There it ran through the community of Star City, turning west briefly on", "id": "9319580" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n131 freeway, M-55 merges north along the freeway, bypassing downtown Cadillac. On the east side of town, M-55 leaves the freeway and turns east again running through the Pere Marquette State Forest along Watergate Road. When the highway meets M-66, M-55 joins M-66 and runs north through farmland. As the two highways approach Lake City, they run along the shore of Lake Missaukee and through downtown. M-55 turns east again along Houghton Lake Road, separating from M-66 north of the central business district. This section of trunkline passes through", "id": "19769038" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 junction and the I-94 interchange. The NHS is a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility. M-96 was formed as a state trunkline in late 1926 from parts of M-17. The section of M-17 between Galesberg and Battle Creek was not utilized for US 12 and became M-96. In 1936, the Alternate US 12 trunkline was designated through the Battle Creek area along a section of highway that had previously been part of US 12. This highway was added to M-96 three years later in 1939", "id": "16718650" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the airport, M-96 runs concurrently with both Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) and M-37. M-96 turns south on Helmer Road, separating from the other two trunklines, and then turns east crossing along Columbia Avenue. Here the highway runs along the edge of the city of Battle Creek through more residential areas and crosses the I-194/M-66 freeway next to the Riverside County Club. Near Brownlee Park, M-96 (Columbia Avenue) merges with BL I-94 (Michigan Avenue). Together BL I-94/M-96 continues along Michigan Avenue", "id": "16718647" }, { "contents": "M-42 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturns ninety degrees to the south off Walker Road before angling southeasterly skirting the edge of some hills near Dyer Lake just west of M-66. The road turns back due east between Al Moses Road and M-66, where it ends north of Lake City. No section of the trunkline is part of the National Highway System. M-42 is an original state trunkline dating back to the 1919 signage of the highway system in Michigan. The original highway routing started at M-13 in Manton and ran due west to Mesick. From there the highway turned", "id": "6820888" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-50 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. Although designated as an east–west highway, it is nearly a diagonal northwest–southeast route. The western terminus is at exit 52 along Interstate 96 (I-96) near Alto a few miles east of the metro Grand Rapids area, and its eastern terminus is in downtown Monroe at US Highway 24 (US 24, Telegraph Road). In between the trunkline runs through seven counties of the southern part of the Lower Peninsula mostly through rural farm fields and", "id": "11076032" }, { "contents": "M-82 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe downtown area and M-82 turns south along Stewart Avenue out of town. The highway rounds a curve and transitions to 72nd Street running eastward through more farm land. As the trunkline approaches Newaygo, the terrain becomes more wooded near the Muskegon River. M-82 follows Fremont Street east to a junction with M-37. The two highways merge and run concurrently over the river and into downtown on State Street. South of downtown, M-82 turns east again, independent of M-37, and runs along 82nd Street on the southern edge of the Manistee", "id": "9440783" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-96 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Kalamazoo and Marshall. Its termini are both on business routes of Interstate 94 (I-94); the eastern one coincides with an intersection with I-69. Between Kalamazoo and Marshall it passes through Comstock, Galesburg, Augusta, and Battle Creek intersecting I-194/M-66 in Battle Creek and I-94 in Emmett Township. The highway now known as M-96 was originally part of M-17. Parts of M-17 that were not used for US Highway 12 (US 12) in", "id": "16718644" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncontinues south concurrent with the business loop for a several blocks before turning eastward. On the eastern end of town, it has an interchange with I-69 at exit 60. After heading east past the junction with I-69, the highway turns southeast as it heads through rural fields toward Eaton Rapids. Once it reaches the city, M-50 converges with M-99, and the two intersect M-188 on the south side of the Grand River. The two highways run south out of the city. Immediately prior to entering Jackson County, the two trunklines", "id": "11076037" }, { "contents": "M-199 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-199 is a state trunkline highway near Albion in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus of the road is in Sheridan Township at exit 119 off Interstate 94 (I-94). The eastern terminus is a junction with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) downtown Albion. The entire road is within Calhoun County and runs through rural farm fields outside of Albion; in town it is a residential street. The M-199 designation had previously been applied to a highway in the Upper Peninsula in the 1930s. The current highway was previously", "id": "318093" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, before entering Missaukee County. The trunkline then turns westward on Stoney Corners Road toward McBain through farm land. In town it runs along Maple Street and then runs north toward Lake City on Morey Road. South of the Lake City, M-55 runs concurrently with M-66 by Missaukee Golf Course and into town along the eastern shore of Lake Missaukee. North of town, M-55 splits off to the east on Houghton Lake Road, and M-66 continues north to an intersection with the eastern terminus of M-42 in a rural forest. M-66 leaves", "id": "18787168" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-136 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Brockway to Fort Gratiot in the lower part of The Thumb of the Lower Peninsula. The highway serves as a connector between M-19 on the west and M-25 northwest of Port Huron. In between, the highway runs through rural St. Clair County through farm fields and along a creek and river. The trunkline uses roads that were part of the state highway system in 1919. The M-136 designation was assigned in 1931 and extended to its current length in 1961", "id": "12150122" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nCounty before meeting M-179 and M-37. M-43 merges with the latter highway and together they run into Hastings. Downtown, M-37 leaves town to the south, while M-43 heads north before curving around the east, passing through farmfields approaching the community of Woodland. After leaving town, the road meets M-66, and together they head north to a junction with M-50. M-43 then turns east with M-50, and they briefly run together before M-50 diverges to the southeast. Now known as the Grand Ledge Highway, M-43 continues its easterly path", "id": "1132339" }, { "contents": "M-63 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto M-13 (later US 131) in Osceola County on July 1, 1919. This highway was extended in 1930 along US 131 to Tustin and then to a terminus with M-66 in Marion. At the same time, M-37 was extended north from Baldwin to meet M-63 east of Peacock. This eastern extension was truncated in 1932 when it was redesignated as part of M-61. A short connector roadway, M-179, was designated in 1935 between M-63 and US 131, forming a small triangle of highways. The western end was shortened", "id": "11402253" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nAvenue removed. Then in 2003, the signs along the East Beltline were restored and the route extended back to its former terminus. M-44 Connector, or Conn. M-44, is a connector route state trunkline highway running along Plainfield Avenue in the Grand Rapids area. It connects I-96/M-37 near Lamberton Lake with M-44 running along East Beltline Avenue near the Grand River. In between, the highway passes through a commercial area. North of 5 Mile Road, Plainfield Avenue takes on a more suburban residential character. There are more business", "id": "13109173" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nmeets Interstate 69 (I-69) northwest of town. Continuing to Homer, the highway runs along Lehigh Street in town; M-99 merges into M-60 after the intersection with Hillsdale Street. East of town, the highway widens into a four-lane divided highway; M-99 turns north along this short section of roadway and M-60 reverts to a two-lane highway again. The trunkline crosses the Kalamazoo River at Concord before it crosses into Jackson County. At Spring Arbor, M-60 passes the campus of Spring Arbor University. Outside of Jackson", "id": "18513796" }, { "contents": "M-142 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-53 turns west, ending the overlap of the two highways. M-142 exits town and follows Sand Beach Road through farm country. About of Bad Axe, M-142 meets the northern terminus of M-19 (Ubly Road). Continuing eastward, the highway crosses two branches of the Willow River as it passes through the unincorporated community of Verona. East of that location, the trunkline turns northeasterly, roughly parallel to the Rock Falls Creek, as it angles to Harbor Beach. M-142 follows State Street through town, and the trunkline terminates at", "id": "8283132" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nhilly terrain. After crossing the Cheboygan County line, the roadway meets the community of Burt Lake. It curves southeasterly along the shoreline of the lake of the same name. The roadway rounds the south end of Burt Lake and approaches the community of Indian River. South of Burt Lake State Park, the trunkline meets Straits Highway, the former routing of US 27 through Indian River. M-68 turns north along Straits Highway through downtown and then turns east toward Interstate 75 (I-75). It is along this section of M-68 that", "id": "9319421" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nproceeds south along with Alden Nash Avenue and turns east on 92nd Street through farms and fields in the rural southeastern corner of the county. As the trunkline runs to the east, it crosses into Ionia County. M-50 follows Thompson Road, Nash Highway and Tupper Lake Road into Lake Odessa. In Lake Odessa, the road bends around the north side of Jordan Lake, curving to the south into the extreme northeastern Barry County. The highway turns back to the east as it heads towards a junction with M-66 and M-43 at the", "id": "11076035" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-66 is a north–south state trunkline highway on the Lower Peninsula (LP) of the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Indiana state line in the south to Charlevoix in the north. M-66 is the only state highway to run the north–south distance of the LP. It starts as a continuation of State Road 9 (SR 9) which provides access to the Indiana Toll Road. The total length is approximately , which includes almost of freeway between Interstate 94 (I-94) and downtown Battle Creek designated", "id": "18787155" }, { "contents": "M-113 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-113 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in Grand Traverse County from M-37 near Hannah to US Highway 131 (US 131) in Walton Junction. The trunkline runs through farm fields and woodlands in a rural area of the county. It connects the highways at its termini with the village of Kingsley. First designated in November 1927, the highway was extended in 1940 by adding the southernmost section near Walton Junction which was originally part of US 131. M-113 starts west of Hannah at an intersection with", "id": "4961848" }, { "contents": "M-24 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nexpressway from Metamora to I-69. South of Metamora, M-24 runs parallel to the former right-of-way for the Michigan Central Railroad north into the city of Lapeer. M-24 continues north from Lapeer running west of Barnes Lake and east of the community of Columbiaville just south of the M-90 junction. South of the Tuscola County line, the trunkline passes the Greenbriar Golf Club and crosses the Pere Marquette Railroad before turning west along Saginaw Road into the community of Mayville and turning north along Mertz Road. South of Caro, M-24", "id": "12670654" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\ncarried the M-28A designation before it was redesignated as Bus. M-28 in 1950. The trunkline was partially turned back to local control in 1953, and the business loop designation was removed at that time. The section of the roadway in downtown Newberry has carried several different designations in addition to the original M-28. Bus. M-28 started at the top of a small hill at an intersection with M-28 southwest of Newberry. The highway ran due north from the intersection along Engadine Road, running downhill towards Teaspoon Creek. Just south of the", "id": "14231892" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-13 is a north–south state trunkline highway that runs through the Saginaw Bay region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from Interstate 69 (I-69) south of Lennon to US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish. The southern section of the trunkline runs along a pair of county lines in a rural area dominated by farm fields. The highway directly connects the downtown areas of both Saginaw and Bay City. North of the latter city, the Lake Huron Circle Tour follows M-13 along the Saginaw Bay. The", "id": "5767618" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nterrain. East of town, the highway turns north running parallel to the AuTrain River Basin. The trunkline crosses Dexter Creek between Paulsen and Trout Lake roads. About halfway along the north–south segment of the highway, M-67 passes through the community of Limestone and crosses Johnson Creek. After running for , M-67 ends at a four-way intersection with M-94 and Tunteri Road. Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) traffic surveys in 2007 show that between 1,200 and 1,400 vehicles traveled the road daily in 2007 in a measure of", "id": "1214514" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nrun concurrently into Allegan. In 1963, when the I-196/US 31 freeway opened, the western terminus of M-89 was extended to meet the new freeway. A few years later, when M-96 was realigned onto a route that took it into Battle Creek, M-89 was extended southeasterly along Michigan Avenue (the old M-96) and terminated at M-37. The highway was extended further southeasterly into Battle Creek to replace the old routing of M-37 along Michigan Avenue; it then turned south on Washington to the BL I-94 where it terminated,", "id": "18787900" }, { "contents": "M-138 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-138 is a east–west state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from a junction with M-15 west of the unincorporated community of Munger in Bay County to the intersection with M-24 east of Akron in Tuscola County. The trunkline runs through rural agricultural areas outside of the villages and communities it serves. It was designated in the 1930s and extended in the 1940s. M-138 was truncated in the 1990s as well. M-138 begins at a junction with M-15 (Tuscola Road) just west", "id": "19948037" }, { "contents": "M-65 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the Pine River, M-65 merges with M-72. The two trunklines run concurrently curving to the northwest past the eastern terminus of county road F-32 into Curran. North of town, they separate as M-72 turns westward and M-65 continues north, exiting the Huron National Forest. The highway jogs along the Alcona–Alpena County line and crosses the Beaver Creek in the process. The trunkline runs to the east of Beaver Lake as it runs north through mixed forest and fields toward the community of Lachine. Southeast of that town, M-65", "id": "1359267" }, { "contents": "M-31 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, the trunkline turned southwesterly to follow along part of the Saginaw Bay. The road passed through Sebewaing to Unionville before turning back inland. Running southward to Akron, the highway turned alternately westward and southward to Fairgrove. M-31 next ran west along Bradleyville Road to a connection with M-81; the two highways ran concurrently south through Gilford before M-31 separated and turned back westward through Reese to Saginaw. The northern terminus in downtown Saginaw was at an intersection with what was then M-10. When the state highway system was first signed in 1919", "id": "19066175" }, { "contents": "M-76 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-76 is a former state trunkline highway designation in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The highway's designation was decommissioned when the last section of it was converted to freeway as a part of the present-day Interstate 75 (I-75). At that time, M-76 extended from US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish northwesterly to I-75 south of Grayling. Two sections of the route followed freeways with a two-lane highway in between to connect them. The former routing of M-76 through West Branch before", "id": "13291830" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 94 in Michigan\n\n\nlonger reconnects to I-94 on both ends. Major intersections Business Loop Interstate 94 (BL I-94) is a state trunkline highway serving as a business loop from I-94 through downtown Battle Creek. The highway begins at exit 92 on I-94 near the Kalamazoo–Calhoun county line. BL I-94 runs concurrently along M-37 northwesterly from the freeway on the two-lane Columbia Avenue on the eastern edge of Fort Custer. At an intersection south of the W.K. Kellogg Airport, BL I-94/M-37 turns easterly to run on the southern side of the", "id": "16557414" }, { "contents": "M-21 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto Port Huron in 1966. A freeway segment between Flint and Lapeer opened in 1971. M-21 was routed down M-13 to the new freeway where it joined the M-78 designation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after I-69 was extended north from Charlotte. The 1974 completion of I-196 meant the truncation of M-21 to end in Grand Rapids. At the time, M-21 was extended along Fulton Street to the East Beltline, and", "id": "13431388" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nas a result of the various reroutings in the Lansing area, both of which are no longer part of the state highway system. M-78 begins at an intersection with M-66 in Pennfield Township, north of Battle Creek in Calhoun County. The trunkline passes through rural farm lands as it runs due east and northeast. It briefly crosses the southeast corner of Barry County as it enters Eaton County. There M-78 follows Battle Creek Highway past some small ponds and into the town of Bellevue. The trunkline becomes Capitol Avenue in town and turns", "id": "18787225" }, { "contents": "M-81 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. East of town, the highway follows Caro Road through more farm fields through the community of Watrousville. Near the south side of the Tuscola Area Airport, M-81 turns to the northeast running along the Cass River to Caro. In the city, the trunkline follows State Street past the fairgrounds. At the intersection with Ellington Street, M-81 crosses M-24. The highway continues northeasterly out of town and through the community of Ellington. Northeast of Elmwood, M-81 turns due east along Cass City Road. The trunkline runs to the village", "id": "9440771" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nUS 12 freeway was completed in the area. Bus. US 12 was redesignated as BL I-94 in 1960 and M-96 was shortened to end at BL I-94/M-78 running on Capital Avenue. M-37 was reextended in 1961 in Battle Creek to a concurrent routing with M-96 in 1961. M-89 was extended along the roadway used by M-96 west of Battle Creek to M-37 in 1965, truncating M-96 in the process. M-96 was reextended back to Battle Creek along Dickman Road and Fort Custer Highway from Augusta east in 1971. Several changes in", "id": "16718652" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthat junction, M-71 turns easterly and then southeasterly out of town. The highway continues to run alongside the rail line through farmland to the outskirts of Vernon. M-71 crosses the Shiawassee River for a second time. The rail line and the highway diverge and run on opposite sides of town; the highway rounds the northeast side and the rail line runs along the southwest side. This section of trunkline through Vernon had the lowest AADT value in 2009 with 4,371 vehicles. M-71 continues to the interchange with I-69 at exit 118 northwest of", "id": "9319504" }, { "contents": "M-140 (Michigan highway)\n\n\njog along Pokagon Road around Riggins Lake. M-140 turns back northward and runs through the community of Berrien Center. Near Eau Claire, the highway turns bends along Maple Grove Road for about before going north on Watervliet Road. East of town, the trunkline follows Main Street eastward toward the Berrien–Cass county line. M-140 intersects the northern terminus of M-62 and curves north. In northern Berrien County, M-140 follows Watervliet Road to an interchange with Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues northward along Main Street into Watervliet,", "id": "800150" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-69 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 2 (US 2) on both ends in Crystal Falls and near Bark River. In between, the highway runs for in rural UP forest lands. Before the creation of the U.S. Highway System, the current M-69 was a portion of M-12. The original M-69 was replaced by US 102 and the M-69 designation was reused on a section of M-12 not replaced by US 2.", "id": "1214334" }, { "contents": "M-36 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof town. At Howell Street, County Road D-19 merges in from the south. The two designations run concurrently along Main Street to Pearl Street, where D-19 turns northward. At the intersection with Dexter Street, M-36 intersects the western terminus of D-32, the \"Highway to Hell\". East of Pinckney, M-36 passes between Rush and Bass lakes in the Pettysville area. Immediately east of there, the highway passes through woods between Oneida and Zukey lakes in Lakeland. The trunkline passes to the south of Buck Lake and then", "id": "19826396" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n(MDOT). The highway was first designated by July 1, 1919 along a portion of the current roadway. In a series of extensions, M-55 was lengthened to connect its current endpoints by the early 1930s. The trunkline has been rerouted in sections since that time resulting in the modern roadway alignment. One set of changes produced a business loop in the Houghton Lake area. M-55 starts at a three-way intersection with US 31 north of Manistee. The trunkline runs southeast on Caberfae Highway over the Manistee River and through", "id": "19769036" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto enter the outskirts of Battle Creek it follows Michigan Avenue. It passes through the neighborhoods of Level Park-Oak Park and Urbandale, the first residential areas of the city. As the highway continues towards Battle Creek it has a junction with M-37. M-89 continues on Michigan Avenue until an intersection with Washington Avenue where the route turns to the southwest where it crosses the Kalamazoo River one last time. The trunkline terminates a few blocks later at Dickman Road, otherwise known as the Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94). M-89", "id": "18787895" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nMountain, M-88 turns east at Alden highway and enters the community of Mancelona, passing the Fairview Cemetery. The highway runs along on State Street into downtown. M-88 ends at an intersection with US 131/M-66 running along Williams Street, and State Street continues eastward as C-38. M-88 was first designated by July 1, 1919 along its current routing between Mancelona and Bellaire. It was extended in 1927 through Central Lake to end in Eastport. It was used as a temporary routing of US 31 between Eastport and Bellaire while the", "id": "6692228" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 designation transfers from the freeway to run concurrently with M-89 eastward. After the freeway, M-43/M-89 passes through the city of Plainwell and crosses the Kalamazoo River again before continuing into rural areas again. The trunkline continues to the southeast on towards the village of Richland. Just north of Richland, M-89 parts ways with M-43. M-89 heads south through town and intersects M-343, before turning eastward and passing to the south of Gull Lake. After passing the lake, the highway turns southeast towards Battle Creek. As M-89 begins", "id": "18787894" }, { "contents": "M-14 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nstreets to new stretches of freeways running south of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. The former route of US 12, much of which was known as Plymouth Road, was retained as a trunkline and redesignated M-14. In 1964, a northern bypass connecting US 23 with M-153 was completed, and M-14 was rerouted onto the new freeway; the highway still ran through Ann Arbor along routes now designated Bus. US 23 and Business Loop I-94. The following year, the freeway was extended to its present western terminus at I-94, and M-14", "id": "11243057" }, { "contents": "M-188 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-188 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from Eaton Rapids to the VFW National Home for Children, southeast of town through a rural area. Approximately 1,000 vehicles each day use a highway that was first designated in the 1930s and paved in the 1940s. Starting in Eaton Rapids, M-188 heads eastward from the intersection with M-99/M-50 (Michigan highway) toward the Grand River. The highway follows Water Street southeasterly along the river through residential neighborhoods and exits town. M-188 turns back due east", "id": "3803194" }, { "contents": "M-72 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. At South Down River Road, M-72 turns east again to leave Grayling, crossing I-75 in the process. There is no direct access to I-75 from M-72. Instead traffic is directed to follow BL I-75 in either direction to get to the freeway. In eastern Crawford County, M-72 runs through the Au Sable State Forest and crosses the South Branch of the Au Sable River on the Wakeley Bridge. East of the river crossing, the trunkline intersects the northern terminus of M-18 before crossing into Oscoda County. M-72 continues east through", "id": "18092035" }, { "contents": "M-28 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof M-28 designated as a part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour is from the western terminus to the eastern junction with M-64 in Bergland, where the Circle Tour turns north along M-64, leaving M-28. Here, M-28 has its lowest traffic counts; within the 2013 MDOT survey, the road is listed with only an average annual daily traffic (AADT) of 1,425 vehicles on a section of highway between Bergland and the US 45 intersection in Bruce Crossing. The trunkline runs through heavily forested areas of southern Houghton and Baraga counties.", "id": "20777599" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, which runs along the western city line. M-13 meets the 2 one-way streets that carry M-25 and the I-75 business spur at the intersections with Thomas and Jenny streets. From this intersection on, M-13 forms a part of the Lake Huron Circle Tour. Farther north, the highway turns northwesterly on Huron Road; Euclid Avenue continues north as M-247. As the trunkline heads away from Bay City, it runs parallel to the Lake State Railway again. M-13 intersects the northern end of its connector route before Huron Road crosses", "id": "5767624" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-89 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from near Ganges to Battle Creek. M-89 starts at an interchange with Interstate 196/US Highway 31 (I-196/US 31) and passes through Allegan, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and Calhoun counties. The highway also briefly crosses the southwest corner of Barry County before it terminates an at intersection with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) on the northwestern side of downtown Battle Creek. In between the trunkline runs parallel to the Kalamazoo River", "id": "18787890" }, { "contents": "M-33 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-33 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Interstate 75 (I-75) at Alger in Arenac County north to M-27 near Cheboygan. In between, the trunkline runs through rural sections of the northeastern Lower Peninsula including state and national forest areas. M-33 connects to a handful of parks and crosses several of the rivers in that section of the state. It runs concurrently with three other state highways, sharing pavement to connect through several small communities of Northern Michigan. M-33 was designated by", "id": "16986002" }, { "contents": "M-57 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncounty line, the highway crosses a branch of the Great Lakes Central Railroad. M-57 follows Brady Road and crosses M-52 just west of Chesaning. Further east, the trunkline crosses another line of the Great Lakes Central. The highway follows Broad Street into town and over the Shiawassee River. On the east banks, M-57 runs along Main Street south along the river to a junction with Peet Road where it then turns east along the latter road out of town. The highway passes through more farm fields and through Layton Corners on the", "id": "12341714" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe western end of the highway, halfway between Bark River and Hyde, west of Escanaba. In 1919, M-69 started at the state line south of Crystal Falls. It ran north through Crystal Falls, where it intersected M-12, to end in Covington at an intersection with M-28. This roadway was redesignated with the creation of the U.S. Highway System in 1926. US 2 replaced M-69 south and M-12 west of Crystal Falls. US 102 replaced M-69 north of Crystal Falls, and the latter designation was reused on the section of", "id": "1214343" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-227 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It consists largely of a segment of old U.S. Highway 27 (US 27) along the south and west sides of Marshall. The highway passes the airport and serves an industrial section of town north of the Kalamazoo River. M-227 was created as a part of a program to add additional routes into the state's highway system under the leadership of Governor John Engler. M-227 starts at a diamond interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) at exit 32", "id": "16700161" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. M-136 begins at a junction with M-19 just south of Brockway on the north side of Mill Creek. The highway heads eastward through farm fields on Metcalf Road for about before bending to the southeast on Beard Road, parallel to the creek. The road then turns eastward on Avoca Road near Tackaberry Airport and heads toward Avoca. The trunkline continues in this direction through farm fields and the community of Avoca before turning southward on Glyshaw Road near the Black River. M-136 turns east, returning to Beard Road, and running through a", "id": "12150123" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-71 is a state trunkline highway in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. It serves as a connector between M-21 in Owosso to Interstate 69 (I-69) near Durand. The highway runs along a rail line in a northwest-to-southeast direction in rural Shiawassee County connecting a few small towns along its path. The highway dates back to the start of the state highway system in 1919. There were some changes made to the routing in the 1930s which increased its length. Two adjacent highways have been rerouted", "id": "9319501" }, { "contents": "M-61 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-61 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Marion and Standish. The highway runs along the boundary area between Northern Michigan and Central Michigan in the Lower Peninsula. M-61 runs through rural forestland connecting several smaller communities together as it connects M-115, US Highway 127 (US 127), Interstate 75 (I-75) and US 23. Less than 10,000 vehicles a day use various segments of the roadway on average. The trunkline was first designated along a portion of its current alignment by 1919. M-61", "id": "8785849" }, { "contents": "M-91 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, but subsequent transfers or roadway sections have truncated the route to its present form. For a time period in the 1980s, M-91 was even a discontinuous highway when a section in the middle was transferred to county control before the southernmost section was transferred. M-91 starts at an intersection with M-44 west of Belding in Otisco Township. The road runs north along Storey Road and past the Candlestone Golf Course and farmlands. At Bricker Road, M-91 crosses out of Ionia County into Montcalm County. The trunkline runs along Greenville Road and passes", "id": "8283414" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 is a state trunkline highway in the southwestern and central parts of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from South Haven to Webberville along an indirect path through both rural areas and larger cities. The trunkline follows five overall segments: a southeasterly track from South Haven to Kalamazoo, a northerly path to Plainwell, a southeasterly route to Richland, a northeasterly course to the Hastings area and an easterly route through the Lansing area. The M-43 designation dates back to at least July 1, 1919, when it was used", "id": "1132334" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-88 is a state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between US Highway 31 (US 31) and US 131/M-66 in the Lower Peninsula. Running from Mancelona to Eastport, M-88 also goes through the communities of Bellaire and Central Lake. The highway is completely within Antrim County and is known by the street name of \"Scenic Highway\" outside of the various communities along its routing. M-88 is an original trunkline dating back to the 1919 signing of the state system. An extension in the 1920s", "id": "6692224" }, { "contents": "M-34 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-99 turns south along Pioneer Road, M-34 continues east along Hudson Road. The highway turns to the southeast to the south of Osseo near Deer Lake and continues towards Pittsford. Hudson Road runs through a mix of forests and local farms. The trunkline passes to the south of the main business district in Pittsford. East of town, the highway turns east and intersects US Highway 127 (US 127) at the Hillsdale–Lenawee county line in Hudson. The trunkline continues eastward through the city of Hudson as Main Street. On", "id": "16558269" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-44 is a state trunkline highway in the western region of the US state of Michigan. It runs northward from the intersection of M-11 (28th Street) and M-37 toward the Rockford area. The highway then turns eastward to Belding, and it ends six miles (10 km) north of Ionia at M-66. M-44 is known in Grand Rapids as the \"East Beltline\" and intersects with its related highway, Connector M-44, in Plainfield Township. This highway runs concurrently with M-37 between M-11 and Interstate 96 (I-96).", "id": "13109166" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nBusiness M-28 (Bus. M-28) was a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It served as a business route running for through the Newberry area. The business loop followed a U-shaped routing to connect downtown Newberry with M-28 south of town. It ran west of the city of Newberry, passing through the community of Dollarville before entering downtown, turning south and ending near the county airport. Bus. M-28 was originally a section of M-28 before the latter was realigned in the late 1930s. The highway", "id": "14231891" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nbetween Tekonsha and Marshall. From I-69, M-227 runs east on F Drive South north of Pine and Long lakes for approximately one mile (1.6 km). The highway runs through agricultural land and turns north to follow Old US 27/17 Mile Road. At Division Drive, M-227 passes into Marshall on Kalamazoo Avenue. The highway runs past the Brooks Field airport and the Alwin Downs Golf Course. Kalamazoo Avenue crosses the Kalamazoo River, and M-227 turns west along Industrial Road. This section of town is an industrial park, and M-227", "id": "16700162" }, { "contents": "M-51 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nPokagon, M-51 turns back northeasterly toward Dowagiac. Once the highway reaches that city, it merges with M-62. The two highways run concurrently eastward along Spruce, Main and Division streets through downtown. M-51 turns to the north along Front Street, separating from the concurrency and leaving downtown. North of town in rural Cass County, M-51 intersects M-152 near location where the highway crosses the Dowagiac River. North of that intersection, the trunkline crosses into Van Buren County and turns to the east again. M-51 passes south of Knickerbocker Lake", "id": "11912684" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-67 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 41 (US 41) and M-94 between Trenary and Chatham. The highway has largely been unchanged during its history, although the highways that connect to M-67 on each end have changed several times. M-67 starts at an intersection with US 41 near Trenary east of the West Branch of the Whitefish River. From that intersection the highway runs east crossing Scott Creek before running into downtown Trenary along relatively flat", "id": "1214513" }, { "contents": "M-343 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-343 is a state trunkline highway in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It runs for almost along Gull Road between the northeast side of Kalamazoo and continues through rural areas on the way to Richland. The highway was created in January 2019 from a section of M-43 after that highway was rerouted in the aftermath of a series of jurisdictional transfers in downtown Kalamazoo. It had been a part of the state highway system for a century under its previous number until it was given its current designation. M-343 starts where Gull Road intersects Riverview Drive east", "id": "11381182" }, { "contents": "M-115 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. The lowest AADT was the 2,236 vehicles near Copemish. The trunkline between the US 10 and M-37 junctions has been listed on the National Highway System. a network of roads important to the country's defense, economy and mobility. In 1929, the first stretch of M-115 was designated from Frankfort to Benzonia. Beginning in the mid-1930s, construction of M-115 began from central to northwestern Lower Michigan. In 1936, an earthen highway was opened between the south side of Cadillac to M-66, with additional sections west of Mesick and northwest", "id": "9213548" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is near the border between Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties at exit 92 of Interstate 94 (I-94) southwest of Battle Creek. The northern terminus is at the Mission Point Light on Old Mission Point in Grand Traverse County. In between, the highway connects Battle Creek, Grand Rapids and Traverse City. Motorists will travel through agricultural land, forests, suburbs and large cities along the way. The section of M-37 on the Old Mission", "id": "17071073" }, { "contents": "M-203 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-203 turns inland running due east to Cloverland Road then turning north and east along Veterans Memorial Highway. Along this section of roadway, the AADT was measured at 440 vehicles in 2007. The highway follows Veterans Memorial Highway through the neighborhood of Tamarack west of Calumet. From there it continues eastward, following Pine Street north of downtown Calumet, looping back to US 41/M-26. The northern terminus of M-203 is at the intersection of Pine Street and Calumet Avenue. M-203 was first designated as a spur route from Hancock north", "id": "1358584" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nline, the highway intersects with US 12 before crossing into Washtenaw County. The limited-access section of M-52 continues north through western Washtenaw County, where it ends in Manchester. M-52 turns west along Austin and City roads into the village. The trunkline continues along the banks of the north branch of the River Raisin on Riverside Drive before turning north out of town. Just south of Chelsea, M-52 crosses Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues through downtown Chelsea and turns northwesterly through the Waterloo State Recreation Area in the", "id": "15803111" }, { "contents": "M-29 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-29 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in a south–north direction from Chesterfield Township to Marysville. It generally runs along the shore of Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River. The M-29 designation has been used twice in Michigan starting in 1919. The first designation near Lansing was replaced by U.S. Route 27 (US 27) in 1926. At that time, the M-29 designation was moved to the east side of the state along the current routing and farther north along part of what", "id": "18258775" }, { "contents": "Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\ndesignation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after a Temporary I-69 (Temp. I-69) designation was extended northward from Charlotte through Lansing to Perry. On September 4 of that year, I-69's designation was officially extended by Congress to end at I-475 on the east side of Flint; this extension, and all subsequent ones, was of \"non-chargeable mileage\", or segments not financed through the Interstate Highway", "id": "20840099" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-52 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is on the Ohio border, where it continues as State Route 109 (SR 109). The highway passes through communities like Adrian, where it intersects US Highway 223 (US 223), Chelsea and Webberville along its course. It crosses some major rivers, including the River Raisin and the Shiawassee. The section of the highway between M-50 and Manchester was built as a limited-access highway. M-52's northern terminus is", "id": "15803106" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nI-96 and then north on I-496. From there, M-78 followed the one-way pairing of Homer and Howard streets from the northern end of the freeway up to the one-way couplet of Saginaw Street and Grand River Avenue, returning to its previous routing. The former route through downtown along US 27 was redesignated Business M-78 (Bus. M-78) at the same time. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing sections of M-78 in 1965. The US 127 freeway was completed from", "id": "18787232" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n23) was incorporated into the trunkline as a discontinuous section in the early 1940s until it was later connected in 1946. M-68 starts in the community of Alanson east of Little Traverse Bay in Emmet County. US 31 runs along Burr Avenue parallel to the former Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad line and depot in town. M-68 starts at an intersection between Chicago Street and Burr Avenue. The trunkline runs southeasterly from this intersection and on a bridge over the Crooked River. After leaving town, the highway curves to run due east through", "id": "9319420" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nGrand Rapids. The state trunkline highway was created when M-50 was rerouted to follow 28th Street and Wilson Avenue around the south and west sides of the city in 1953. The business loop was decommissioned when M-50 was returned to its former routing in 1961. The highway followed Lake Michigan Drive (now M-45) from the Standale neighborhood of Walker easterly to Fulton Street in Grand Rapids. From there it followed Fulton easterly through downtown Grand Rapids and the east side of the city to a junction with Cascade Road in Grand Rapids Township The", "id": "11076050" }, { "contents": "M-102 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-102 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs along the northern boundary of Detroit following 8 Mile Road. The highway follows the Michigan Baseline, a part of the land survey of the state, and the roadway is also called Base Line Road in places. As a county road or city street, 8 Mile Road extends both east and west of the M-102 designation, which leaves 8 Mile on the eastern end to follow Vernier Road. The western terminus of M-102 is at the junction", "id": "5983336" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nTahquamenon River, Bus. M-28 turned east into the community of Dollarville. There the trunkline followed Dollarville Road and Engadine Road to the western city limits of Newberry. Once in the city of Newberry, Bus. M-28 followed West McMillan Avenue. At the intersection with M-117 (Newberry Avenue), Bus. M-28 turned south concurrently with M-117. The combined highway passed through the central business district. South of town, M-117/Bus. M-28 turned east along Campbell Avenue and then south along Miller Road. West of the Luce", "id": "14231893" }, { "contents": "M-90 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-90 is a state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from near North Branch eastward to Lexington situated on Lake Huron. The highway is a lightly traveled roadway that runs through rural farmlands. The trunkline runs mostly east–west with two short north–south segments where it turns to run concurrently with other state highways. Along the routing, there are two river crossings and one railroad crossing. The current highway that bears the M-90 designation is the second to carry number. The first", "id": "9440848" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\nBath Township. In 1919, the MSHD signposted the highway system for the first time, and the east–west highways through Lansing were part of the original M-29 through downtown and the original M-39 north of downtown. The north–south highway in Lansing was the original M-14. On November 11, 1926, the United States Numbered Highway System was approved by the AASHO, and the new US 27 replaced M-29 and M-14 in the area. By the end of the next year, M-78 was extended from Charlotte along US 27", "id": "12718047" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nroadway on any average day of the year. Along M-37, the volume varies from the peak 49,173 vehicles on a section of I-96/M-37 in Grand Rapids to the 718 vehicles at the northern terminus by the Mission Point Light. M-37 starts joined with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) as the two highway designations run concurrently at exit 92 on I-94 southwest of Battle Creek. They follow Columbia Avenue and pass around the southern side of the W. K. Kellogg Airport. When the roadway meets M-96, BL I-94/M-37 turns", "id": "17071077" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-60 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Niles area at a junction with US Highway 12 (US 12) to the Jackson area where it ends at Interstate 94 (I-94). The trunkline passes through a mix of farm fields and woodlands, crosses or runs along several rivers and connects several small towns of the southern area of the state. The westernmost segment runs along divided highway while the easternmost section is a full freeway bypass of Jackson. M-60 was originally", "id": "18513790" }, { "contents": "M-95 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nlater be extended in 1932 to the state line south of Kingsford. The total of M-45 was converted to M-95 in 1934 as a realignment near Witch Lake is completed. M-95 was rerouted in 1942 from Republic north to Humboldt Township. This new section replaced the last section of gravel roadway that was transferred to Marquette County as County Road 601. Another rerouting in the Republic area moved the trunkline in 1957 to bypass South Republic. The former roadway was partially closed to become part of the Republic Mine. M-69 was shortened, eliminating", "id": "20686812" } ]

[ { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nfields. South of Thornapple Lake, M-79 angles southeasterly moving from Quimby Road to Scott Road running parallel to the Thornapple River again into the community of Nashville. M-79 meets M-66 and turns south along the latter highway's route along Main and Durkee streets through the community. South of town in Maple Grove Township, M-79 separates from M-66 and turns east along Lawrence Road. Outside of Charlotte, M-79 curves southeast to transition to Lawrence Avenue through town. The eastern terminus is at an intersection with Cochran Avenue, which carries BL I-69", "id": "10575936" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nis located on southbound I-69 at exit 61. The highway was first designated in 1919 between Hastings and Battle Creek. It was later moved to run to Charlotte. A section of M-79 was designated as M-214 in the 1930s. M-214 would later be decommissioned as a highway designation and the M-79 designation was reapplied to the roadway. M-79 starts south of Hastings at a three-way intersection with M-37 in Hastings Township. The trunkline runs east and parallel to a section of the Thornapple River through wooded terrain that is interspersed with farm", "id": "10575935" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 at the same time carries the highway designation to Vermontville. M-79 was extended easterly to Charlotte in 1934 at the same time that the section of the trunkline between Nashville and Vermontville was redesignated M-214. M-79 was rerouted along Assyria and Lawrence roads at the time to connect the sections of M-79 on either side of M-214. By 1941, M-214 was shortened to a connector route in downtown Nashville running between M-79 and M-66. In 1953, M-79 replaced M-214 and the latter designation was retired from the highway system. The last section", "id": "10575938" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nand M-50. M-79 was formed as a state trunkline by July 1, 1919 along part of its present routing. At the time, it ran between Hastings and Nashville as it does today. From Nashville, the trunkline turned south and west to end at the contemporary M-17 in Battle Creek. By 1927, the southernmost section of M-79 was truncated when M-78 was extended to Battle Creek. In late 1930, the southernmost section was shortened once again as a new M-14 designation replaced M-79 south of Nashville. An eastward extension of", "id": "10575937" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the central portion of Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The western terminus is about southeast of Hastings at the junction with M-37 and the eastern terminus is in downtown Charlotte at the junction with M-50 and Business Loop Interstate 69 (BL I-69). It passes through Quimby and Nashville, where there is a junction with M-66. The entire highway is undivided surface road. It has no direct access with Interstate 69 (I-69), although a sign for the highway", "id": "10575934" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nThe M-14 designation of the time was decommissioned and replaced with M-66. Starting at Six Lakes, M-66 turned west along M-46 instead of east and then turned south through Stanton and Ionia ending north of Battle Creek. The highway between Lowell and Lakeview was redesignated as M-91. A minor realignment in late 1950 removed two 90° curves near the Osceola–Missaukee county line and replaced them with a pair of sweeping curves. The MSHD rerouted M-66 between Maple Grove and Nashville in mid-1953. In the changes, M-79 was extended along the", "id": "18787175" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nBarry–Eaton county line. After meeting M-43, the two trunklines run concurrently for about a mile (1.6 km) before M-50 breaks off to the southwest near Woodbury. From there, the road continues in its southeasterly path along Clinton Trail through the northeast part of Eaton County as it runs through fields to Charlotte. Just prior to entering the city, the road bends to the south and near the middle of town it has a junction with M-79 and Business Loop I-69 (BL I-69). After this intersection, M-50", "id": "11076036" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-78 ran along a route similar that of today. It started north of Battle Creek at a junction with then M-79 and cut through the corner of Barry County to Bellevue, but it turned northeasterly to end at Charlotte at a junction with M-29. By 1927, M-78 was extended southward, replacing M-79 to the Indiana state line, connecting with State Road 9 (SR 9) south of Sturgis. At the same time, a northerly addition extended the highway concurrently along US Highway 27 (US 27) to Dewitt and", "id": "18787228" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthrough Dowling and meets the western terminus of M-79. The highway follows Hanover Street through the south side of Hastings into downtown, where it turns west on Green Street and north on Broadway Street. At the intersection of Broadway and State streets, M-37 meets and joins M-43. West of Hastings, M-43 separates and heads south toward Kalamazoo while M-37 turns northwesterly and runs parallel to the Thornapple River. The highway follows the river west and north to the community of Middleville through mixed farms and forests. In southern Kent County, M-37", "id": "17071079" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nends, and M-66 continues northeast out of the Cereal City on Division Street and then northeast on Capital Avenue along the Battle Creek River. M-66 continues northward through Barry County on Capital Avenue which becomes 9 Mile Road north of Baseline Road. The highway passes through Assyria before meeting M-79, with which it has a short concurrency, in Nashville. On the north side of the village, M-66 crosses the Thornapple River and continues north through mixed rural forest land and farm fields. Near Woodland, M-66 joins M-43 and the two run", "id": "18787163" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nnew route of M-66 and then over M-214 to Hastings. M-66 was shifted off Assyria Road which was turned back to local control. Another realignment in 1954 shifted M-66 to the modern routing between the M-43 concurrency termini, removing M-43/M-66 from a section of M-50 in the process. The final section gravel section of M-66, approximately in length, was paved near Nashville in 1957. M-32 was extended along the northernmost section of M-66 in 1963. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing", "id": "18787176" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-78 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus is the intersection with M-66 north of Battle Creek in Pennfield Township. The roadway runs through rural farmland and the community of Bellevue as it approaches its eastern terminus at an interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) near Olivet. The highway is used by between 3,100 and 5,300 vehicles on a daily basis. When the state highway system was signed in 1919, M-78 followed a similar routing. At Bellevue, it turned northeast to terminate at Charlotte.", "id": "18787223" }, { "contents": "M-100 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-100 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the central region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between Potterville and Grand Ledge, connecting Interstate 69 (I-69) and I-96 west of the state capital, Lansing. The highway was previously a section of M-16. After M-16 was realigned, M-100 was created by 1927. Three extensions in the 1930s, 1950s and 1990s resulted in the current highway routing. M-100 starts at exit 66 on I-69 in Potterville. The highway runs north along Hartel Road, intersecting Lansing", "id": "169088" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\n. North of a crossing of the Battle Creek River, Cochrane Road widens to include a center turn lane. About north of the starting point, BL I-69 begins a concurrency with M-50 at Shepherd Street. North of Warren Avenue, BL I-69/M-50 widens to four lanes, two in each direction. The concurrency ends at Lawrence Avenue; M-50 continues north, and the business loop heads east on Lawrence Avenue for a few blocks. That intersection also marks the eastern terminus of M-79. From that point, BL I-69 follows", "id": "12718039" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturn of the century. M-69 and M-95 separate in Randville as the former turns east and the latter continues southward. Between Randville and the former community of Metropolitan, M-69 runs along the West Branch of the Sturgeon River through more hilly terrain. The trunkline continues east to the twin communities of Theodore and Felch. The river and the road part ways until meeting again at Foster City. This is also the location of a unique junction of highways. M-69 meets G-69, a County-Designated Highway that runs south to Loretto in", "id": "1214340" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe concurrency. In western Webberville, M-52 passes under I-96 and merges with M-43 at the latter's eastern terminus. The two highways run north to, and turn west along, Grand River Avenue. At Perry Road, M-52 turns back north out of the village. The trunkline continues north into Shiawassee County and runs through Perry before crossing I-69. Continuing north, M-52 curves northeasterly into downtown Owosso intersecting M-21 west of M-71's western terminus. M-52 continues northward parallel to the Shiawassee River into Saginaw County. The trunkline runs through", "id": "15803113" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ndowntown Ionia, the trunkline crosses the Grand River and the abandoned mainline of the Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad near the county fairgrounds. M-66 turns west along M-21 (Lincoln Avenue) for two blocks before turning back to the north along State Street. The trunkline runs through the northern part of the county and meets M-44's eastern terminus near Woodard Lake. In Montcalm County, M-66 intersects M-57 in a rural area south of Sheridan before running north on Sheridan Road through Stanton. The highway jogs west along Main Street in Stanton before returning", "id": "18787165" }, { "contents": "M-74 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-74 was the designation of a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The highway ran through rural Missaukee County connecting Pioneer with Merritt. The highway was designated by 1919 along a longer route. It was shortened before it was totally removed from the highway system in the late 1930s. M-74 started at a junction with M-66 near the community of Pioneer. It ran east on Moorestown Road through Stittsville to Moorestown before turning south on Nelson Road. There it ran through the community of Star City, turning west briefly on", "id": "9319580" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n131 freeway, M-55 merges north along the freeway, bypassing downtown Cadillac. On the east side of town, M-55 leaves the freeway and turns east again running through the Pere Marquette State Forest along Watergate Road. When the highway meets M-66, M-55 joins M-66 and runs north through farmland. As the two highways approach Lake City, they run along the shore of Lake Missaukee and through downtown. M-55 turns east again along Houghton Lake Road, separating from M-66 north of the central business district. This section of trunkline passes through", "id": "19769038" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 junction and the I-94 interchange. The NHS is a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility. M-96 was formed as a state trunkline in late 1926 from parts of M-17. The section of M-17 between Galesberg and Battle Creek was not utilized for US 12 and became M-96. In 1936, the Alternate US 12 trunkline was designated through the Battle Creek area along a section of highway that had previously been part of US 12. This highway was added to M-96 three years later in 1939", "id": "16718650" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the airport, M-96 runs concurrently with both Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) and M-37. M-96 turns south on Helmer Road, separating from the other two trunklines, and then turns east crossing along Columbia Avenue. Here the highway runs along the edge of the city of Battle Creek through more residential areas and crosses the I-194/M-66 freeway next to the Riverside County Club. Near Brownlee Park, M-96 (Columbia Avenue) merges with BL I-94 (Michigan Avenue). Together BL I-94/M-96 continues along Michigan Avenue", "id": "16718647" }, { "contents": "M-42 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturns ninety degrees to the south off Walker Road before angling southeasterly skirting the edge of some hills near Dyer Lake just west of M-66. The road turns back due east between Al Moses Road and M-66, where it ends north of Lake City. No section of the trunkline is part of the National Highway System. M-42 is an original state trunkline dating back to the 1919 signage of the highway system in Michigan. The original highway routing started at M-13 in Manton and ran due west to Mesick. From there the highway turned", "id": "6820888" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-50 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. Although designated as an east–west highway, it is nearly a diagonal northwest–southeast route. The western terminus is at exit 52 along Interstate 96 (I-96) near Alto a few miles east of the metro Grand Rapids area, and its eastern terminus is in downtown Monroe at US Highway 24 (US 24, Telegraph Road). In between the trunkline runs through seven counties of the southern part of the Lower Peninsula mostly through rural farm fields and", "id": "11076032" }, { "contents": "M-82 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe downtown area and M-82 turns south along Stewart Avenue out of town. The highway rounds a curve and transitions to 72nd Street running eastward through more farm land. As the trunkline approaches Newaygo, the terrain becomes more wooded near the Muskegon River. M-82 follows Fremont Street east to a junction with M-37. The two highways merge and run concurrently over the river and into downtown on State Street. South of downtown, M-82 turns east again, independent of M-37, and runs along 82nd Street on the southern edge of the Manistee", "id": "9440783" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-96 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Kalamazoo and Marshall. Its termini are both on business routes of Interstate 94 (I-94); the eastern one coincides with an intersection with I-69. Between Kalamazoo and Marshall it passes through Comstock, Galesburg, Augusta, and Battle Creek intersecting I-194/M-66 in Battle Creek and I-94 in Emmett Township. The highway now known as M-96 was originally part of M-17. Parts of M-17 that were not used for US Highway 12 (US 12) in", "id": "16718644" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncontinues south concurrent with the business loop for a several blocks before turning eastward. On the eastern end of town, it has an interchange with I-69 at exit 60. After heading east past the junction with I-69, the highway turns southeast as it heads through rural fields toward Eaton Rapids. Once it reaches the city, M-50 converges with M-99, and the two intersect M-188 on the south side of the Grand River. The two highways run south out of the city. Immediately prior to entering Jackson County, the two trunklines", "id": "11076037" }, { "contents": "M-199 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-199 is a state trunkline highway near Albion in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus of the road is in Sheridan Township at exit 119 off Interstate 94 (I-94). The eastern terminus is a junction with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) downtown Albion. The entire road is within Calhoun County and runs through rural farm fields outside of Albion; in town it is a residential street. The M-199 designation had previously been applied to a highway in the Upper Peninsula in the 1930s. The current highway was previously", "id": "318093" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, before entering Missaukee County. The trunkline then turns westward on Stoney Corners Road toward McBain through farm land. In town it runs along Maple Street and then runs north toward Lake City on Morey Road. South of the Lake City, M-55 runs concurrently with M-66 by Missaukee Golf Course and into town along the eastern shore of Lake Missaukee. North of town, M-55 splits off to the east on Houghton Lake Road, and M-66 continues north to an intersection with the eastern terminus of M-42 in a rural forest. M-66 leaves", "id": "18787168" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-136 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Brockway to Fort Gratiot in the lower part of The Thumb of the Lower Peninsula. The highway serves as a connector between M-19 on the west and M-25 northwest of Port Huron. In between, the highway runs through rural St. Clair County through farm fields and along a creek and river. The trunkline uses roads that were part of the state highway system in 1919. The M-136 designation was assigned in 1931 and extended to its current length in 1961", "id": "12150122" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nCounty before meeting M-179 and M-37. M-43 merges with the latter highway and together they run into Hastings. Downtown, M-37 leaves town to the south, while M-43 heads north before curving around the east, passing through farmfields approaching the community of Woodland. After leaving town, the road meets M-66, and together they head north to a junction with M-50. M-43 then turns east with M-50, and they briefly run together before M-50 diverges to the southeast. Now known as the Grand Ledge Highway, M-43 continues its easterly path", "id": "1132339" }, { "contents": "M-63 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto M-13 (later US 131) in Osceola County on July 1, 1919. This highway was extended in 1930 along US 131 to Tustin and then to a terminus with M-66 in Marion. At the same time, M-37 was extended north from Baldwin to meet M-63 east of Peacock. This eastern extension was truncated in 1932 when it was redesignated as part of M-61. A short connector roadway, M-179, was designated in 1935 between M-63 and US 131, forming a small triangle of highways. The western end was shortened", "id": "11402253" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nAvenue removed. Then in 2003, the signs along the East Beltline were restored and the route extended back to its former terminus. M-44 Connector, or Conn. M-44, is a connector route state trunkline highway running along Plainfield Avenue in the Grand Rapids area. It connects I-96/M-37 near Lamberton Lake with M-44 running along East Beltline Avenue near the Grand River. In between, the highway passes through a commercial area. North of 5 Mile Road, Plainfield Avenue takes on a more suburban residential character. There are more business", "id": "13109173" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nmeets Interstate 69 (I-69) northwest of town. Continuing to Homer, the highway runs along Lehigh Street in town; M-99 merges into M-60 after the intersection with Hillsdale Street. East of town, the highway widens into a four-lane divided highway; M-99 turns north along this short section of roadway and M-60 reverts to a two-lane highway again. The trunkline crosses the Kalamazoo River at Concord before it crosses into Jackson County. At Spring Arbor, M-60 passes the campus of Spring Arbor University. Outside of Jackson", "id": "18513796" }, { "contents": "M-142 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-53 turns west, ending the overlap of the two highways. M-142 exits town and follows Sand Beach Road through farm country. About of Bad Axe, M-142 meets the northern terminus of M-19 (Ubly Road). Continuing eastward, the highway crosses two branches of the Willow River as it passes through the unincorporated community of Verona. East of that location, the trunkline turns northeasterly, roughly parallel to the Rock Falls Creek, as it angles to Harbor Beach. M-142 follows State Street through town, and the trunkline terminates at", "id": "8283132" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nhilly terrain. After crossing the Cheboygan County line, the roadway meets the community of Burt Lake. It curves southeasterly along the shoreline of the lake of the same name. The roadway rounds the south end of Burt Lake and approaches the community of Indian River. South of Burt Lake State Park, the trunkline meets Straits Highway, the former routing of US 27 through Indian River. M-68 turns north along Straits Highway through downtown and then turns east toward Interstate 75 (I-75). It is along this section of M-68 that", "id": "9319421" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nproceeds south along with Alden Nash Avenue and turns east on 92nd Street through farms and fields in the rural southeastern corner of the county. As the trunkline runs to the east, it crosses into Ionia County. M-50 follows Thompson Road, Nash Highway and Tupper Lake Road into Lake Odessa. In Lake Odessa, the road bends around the north side of Jordan Lake, curving to the south into the extreme northeastern Barry County. The highway turns back to the east as it heads towards a junction with M-66 and M-43 at the", "id": "11076035" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-66 is a north–south state trunkline highway on the Lower Peninsula (LP) of the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Indiana state line in the south to Charlevoix in the north. M-66 is the only state highway to run the north–south distance of the LP. It starts as a continuation of State Road 9 (SR 9) which provides access to the Indiana Toll Road. The total length is approximately , which includes almost of freeway between Interstate 94 (I-94) and downtown Battle Creek designated", "id": "18787155" }, { "contents": "M-113 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-113 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in Grand Traverse County from M-37 near Hannah to US Highway 131 (US 131) in Walton Junction. The trunkline runs through farm fields and woodlands in a rural area of the county. It connects the highways at its termini with the village of Kingsley. First designated in November 1927, the highway was extended in 1940 by adding the southernmost section near Walton Junction which was originally part of US 131. M-113 starts west of Hannah at an intersection with", "id": "4961848" }, { "contents": "M-24 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nexpressway from Metamora to I-69. South of Metamora, M-24 runs parallel to the former right-of-way for the Michigan Central Railroad north into the city of Lapeer. M-24 continues north from Lapeer running west of Barnes Lake and east of the community of Columbiaville just south of the M-90 junction. South of the Tuscola County line, the trunkline passes the Greenbriar Golf Club and crosses the Pere Marquette Railroad before turning west along Saginaw Road into the community of Mayville and turning north along Mertz Road. South of Caro, M-24", "id": "12670654" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\ncarried the M-28A designation before it was redesignated as Bus. M-28 in 1950. The trunkline was partially turned back to local control in 1953, and the business loop designation was removed at that time. The section of the roadway in downtown Newberry has carried several different designations in addition to the original M-28. Bus. M-28 started at the top of a small hill at an intersection with M-28 southwest of Newberry. The highway ran due north from the intersection along Engadine Road, running downhill towards Teaspoon Creek. Just south of the", "id": "14231892" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-13 is a north–south state trunkline highway that runs through the Saginaw Bay region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from Interstate 69 (I-69) south of Lennon to US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish. The southern section of the trunkline runs along a pair of county lines in a rural area dominated by farm fields. The highway directly connects the downtown areas of both Saginaw and Bay City. North of the latter city, the Lake Huron Circle Tour follows M-13 along the Saginaw Bay. The", "id": "5767618" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nterrain. East of town, the highway turns north running parallel to the AuTrain River Basin. The trunkline crosses Dexter Creek between Paulsen and Trout Lake roads. About halfway along the north–south segment of the highway, M-67 passes through the community of Limestone and crosses Johnson Creek. After running for , M-67 ends at a four-way intersection with M-94 and Tunteri Road. Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) traffic surveys in 2007 show that between 1,200 and 1,400 vehicles traveled the road daily in 2007 in a measure of", "id": "1214514" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nrun concurrently into Allegan. In 1963, when the I-196/US 31 freeway opened, the western terminus of M-89 was extended to meet the new freeway. A few years later, when M-96 was realigned onto a route that took it into Battle Creek, M-89 was extended southeasterly along Michigan Avenue (the old M-96) and terminated at M-37. The highway was extended further southeasterly into Battle Creek to replace the old routing of M-37 along Michigan Avenue; it then turned south on Washington to the BL I-94 where it terminated,", "id": "18787900" }, { "contents": "M-138 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-138 is a east–west state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from a junction with M-15 west of the unincorporated community of Munger in Bay County to the intersection with M-24 east of Akron in Tuscola County. The trunkline runs through rural agricultural areas outside of the villages and communities it serves. It was designated in the 1930s and extended in the 1940s. M-138 was truncated in the 1990s as well. M-138 begins at a junction with M-15 (Tuscola Road) just west", "id": "19948037" }, { "contents": "M-65 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the Pine River, M-65 merges with M-72. The two trunklines run concurrently curving to the northwest past the eastern terminus of county road F-32 into Curran. North of town, they separate as M-72 turns westward and M-65 continues north, exiting the Huron National Forest. The highway jogs along the Alcona–Alpena County line and crosses the Beaver Creek in the process. The trunkline runs to the east of Beaver Lake as it runs north through mixed forest and fields toward the community of Lachine. Southeast of that town, M-65", "id": "1359267" }, { "contents": "M-31 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, the trunkline turned southwesterly to follow along part of the Saginaw Bay. The road passed through Sebewaing to Unionville before turning back inland. Running southward to Akron, the highway turned alternately westward and southward to Fairgrove. M-31 next ran west along Bradleyville Road to a connection with M-81; the two highways ran concurrently south through Gilford before M-31 separated and turned back westward through Reese to Saginaw. The northern terminus in downtown Saginaw was at an intersection with what was then M-10. When the state highway system was first signed in 1919", "id": "19066175" }, { "contents": "M-76 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-76 is a former state trunkline highway designation in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The highway's designation was decommissioned when the last section of it was converted to freeway as a part of the present-day Interstate 75 (I-75). At that time, M-76 extended from US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish northwesterly to I-75 south of Grayling. Two sections of the route followed freeways with a two-lane highway in between to connect them. The former routing of M-76 through West Branch before", "id": "13291830" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 94 in Michigan\n\n\nlonger reconnects to I-94 on both ends. Major intersections Business Loop Interstate 94 (BL I-94) is a state trunkline highway serving as a business loop from I-94 through downtown Battle Creek. The highway begins at exit 92 on I-94 near the Kalamazoo–Calhoun county line. BL I-94 runs concurrently along M-37 northwesterly from the freeway on the two-lane Columbia Avenue on the eastern edge of Fort Custer. At an intersection south of the W.K. Kellogg Airport, BL I-94/M-37 turns easterly to run on the southern side of the", "id": "16557414" }, { "contents": "M-21 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto Port Huron in 1966. A freeway segment between Flint and Lapeer opened in 1971. M-21 was routed down M-13 to the new freeway where it joined the M-78 designation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after I-69 was extended north from Charlotte. The 1974 completion of I-196 meant the truncation of M-21 to end in Grand Rapids. At the time, M-21 was extended along Fulton Street to the East Beltline, and", "id": "13431388" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nas a result of the various reroutings in the Lansing area, both of which are no longer part of the state highway system. M-78 begins at an intersection with M-66 in Pennfield Township, north of Battle Creek in Calhoun County. The trunkline passes through rural farm lands as it runs due east and northeast. It briefly crosses the southeast corner of Barry County as it enters Eaton County. There M-78 follows Battle Creek Highway past some small ponds and into the town of Bellevue. The trunkline becomes Capitol Avenue in town and turns", "id": "18787225" }, { "contents": "M-81 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. East of town, the highway follows Caro Road through more farm fields through the community of Watrousville. Near the south side of the Tuscola Area Airport, M-81 turns to the northeast running along the Cass River to Caro. In the city, the trunkline follows State Street past the fairgrounds. At the intersection with Ellington Street, M-81 crosses M-24. The highway continues northeasterly out of town and through the community of Ellington. Northeast of Elmwood, M-81 turns due east along Cass City Road. The trunkline runs to the village", "id": "9440771" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nUS 12 freeway was completed in the area. Bus. US 12 was redesignated as BL I-94 in 1960 and M-96 was shortened to end at BL I-94/M-78 running on Capital Avenue. M-37 was reextended in 1961 in Battle Creek to a concurrent routing with M-96 in 1961. M-89 was extended along the roadway used by M-96 west of Battle Creek to M-37 in 1965, truncating M-96 in the process. M-96 was reextended back to Battle Creek along Dickman Road and Fort Custer Highway from Augusta east in 1971. Several changes in", "id": "16718652" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthat junction, M-71 turns easterly and then southeasterly out of town. The highway continues to run alongside the rail line through farmland to the outskirts of Vernon. M-71 crosses the Shiawassee River for a second time. The rail line and the highway diverge and run on opposite sides of town; the highway rounds the northeast side and the rail line runs along the southwest side. This section of trunkline through Vernon had the lowest AADT value in 2009 with 4,371 vehicles. M-71 continues to the interchange with I-69 at exit 118 northwest of", "id": "9319504" }, { "contents": "M-140 (Michigan highway)\n\n\njog along Pokagon Road around Riggins Lake. M-140 turns back northward and runs through the community of Berrien Center. Near Eau Claire, the highway turns bends along Maple Grove Road for about before going north on Watervliet Road. East of town, the trunkline follows Main Street eastward toward the Berrien–Cass county line. M-140 intersects the northern terminus of M-62 and curves north. In northern Berrien County, M-140 follows Watervliet Road to an interchange with Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues northward along Main Street into Watervliet,", "id": "800150" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-69 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 2 (US 2) on both ends in Crystal Falls and near Bark River. In between, the highway runs for in rural UP forest lands. Before the creation of the U.S. Highway System, the current M-69 was a portion of M-12. The original M-69 was replaced by US 102 and the M-69 designation was reused on a section of M-12 not replaced by US 2.", "id": "1214334" }, { "contents": "M-36 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof town. At Howell Street, County Road D-19 merges in from the south. The two designations run concurrently along Main Street to Pearl Street, where D-19 turns northward. At the intersection with Dexter Street, M-36 intersects the western terminus of D-32, the \"Highway to Hell\". East of Pinckney, M-36 passes between Rush and Bass lakes in the Pettysville area. Immediately east of there, the highway passes through woods between Oneida and Zukey lakes in Lakeland. The trunkline passes to the south of Buck Lake and then", "id": "19826396" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n(MDOT). The highway was first designated by July 1, 1919 along a portion of the current roadway. In a series of extensions, M-55 was lengthened to connect its current endpoints by the early 1930s. The trunkline has been rerouted in sections since that time resulting in the modern roadway alignment. One set of changes produced a business loop in the Houghton Lake area. M-55 starts at a three-way intersection with US 31 north of Manistee. The trunkline runs southeast on Caberfae Highway over the Manistee River and through", "id": "19769036" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto enter the outskirts of Battle Creek it follows Michigan Avenue. It passes through the neighborhoods of Level Park-Oak Park and Urbandale, the first residential areas of the city. As the highway continues towards Battle Creek it has a junction with M-37. M-89 continues on Michigan Avenue until an intersection with Washington Avenue where the route turns to the southwest where it crosses the Kalamazoo River one last time. The trunkline terminates a few blocks later at Dickman Road, otherwise known as the Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94). M-89", "id": "18787895" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nMountain, M-88 turns east at Alden highway and enters the community of Mancelona, passing the Fairview Cemetery. The highway runs along on State Street into downtown. M-88 ends at an intersection with US 131/M-66 running along Williams Street, and State Street continues eastward as C-38. M-88 was first designated by July 1, 1919 along its current routing between Mancelona and Bellaire. It was extended in 1927 through Central Lake to end in Eastport. It was used as a temporary routing of US 31 between Eastport and Bellaire while the", "id": "6692228" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 designation transfers from the freeway to run concurrently with M-89 eastward. After the freeway, M-43/M-89 passes through the city of Plainwell and crosses the Kalamazoo River again before continuing into rural areas again. The trunkline continues to the southeast on towards the village of Richland. Just north of Richland, M-89 parts ways with M-43. M-89 heads south through town and intersects M-343, before turning eastward and passing to the south of Gull Lake. After passing the lake, the highway turns southeast towards Battle Creek. As M-89 begins", "id": "18787894" }, { "contents": "M-14 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nstreets to new stretches of freeways running south of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. The former route of US 12, much of which was known as Plymouth Road, was retained as a trunkline and redesignated M-14. In 1964, a northern bypass connecting US 23 with M-153 was completed, and M-14 was rerouted onto the new freeway; the highway still ran through Ann Arbor along routes now designated Bus. US 23 and Business Loop I-94. The following year, the freeway was extended to its present western terminus at I-94, and M-14", "id": "11243057" }, { "contents": "M-188 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-188 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from Eaton Rapids to the VFW National Home for Children, southeast of town through a rural area. Approximately 1,000 vehicles each day use a highway that was first designated in the 1930s and paved in the 1940s. Starting in Eaton Rapids, M-188 heads eastward from the intersection with M-99/M-50 (Michigan highway) toward the Grand River. The highway follows Water Street southeasterly along the river through residential neighborhoods and exits town. M-188 turns back due east", "id": "3803194" }, { "contents": "M-72 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. At South Down River Road, M-72 turns east again to leave Grayling, crossing I-75 in the process. There is no direct access to I-75 from M-72. Instead traffic is directed to follow BL I-75 in either direction to get to the freeway. In eastern Crawford County, M-72 runs through the Au Sable State Forest and crosses the South Branch of the Au Sable River on the Wakeley Bridge. East of the river crossing, the trunkline intersects the northern terminus of M-18 before crossing into Oscoda County. M-72 continues east through", "id": "18092035" }, { "contents": "M-28 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof M-28 designated as a part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour is from the western terminus to the eastern junction with M-64 in Bergland, where the Circle Tour turns north along M-64, leaving M-28. Here, M-28 has its lowest traffic counts; within the 2013 MDOT survey, the road is listed with only an average annual daily traffic (AADT) of 1,425 vehicles on a section of highway between Bergland and the US 45 intersection in Bruce Crossing. The trunkline runs through heavily forested areas of southern Houghton and Baraga counties.", "id": "20777599" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, which runs along the western city line. M-13 meets the 2 one-way streets that carry M-25 and the I-75 business spur at the intersections with Thomas and Jenny streets. From this intersection on, M-13 forms a part of the Lake Huron Circle Tour. Farther north, the highway turns northwesterly on Huron Road; Euclid Avenue continues north as M-247. As the trunkline heads away from Bay City, it runs parallel to the Lake State Railway again. M-13 intersects the northern end of its connector route before Huron Road crosses", "id": "5767624" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-89 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from near Ganges to Battle Creek. M-89 starts at an interchange with Interstate 196/US Highway 31 (I-196/US 31) and passes through Allegan, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and Calhoun counties. The highway also briefly crosses the southwest corner of Barry County before it terminates an at intersection with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) on the northwestern side of downtown Battle Creek. In between the trunkline runs parallel to the Kalamazoo River", "id": "18787890" }, { "contents": "M-33 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-33 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Interstate 75 (I-75) at Alger in Arenac County north to M-27 near Cheboygan. In between, the trunkline runs through rural sections of the northeastern Lower Peninsula including state and national forest areas. M-33 connects to a handful of parks and crosses several of the rivers in that section of the state. It runs concurrently with three other state highways, sharing pavement to connect through several small communities of Northern Michigan. M-33 was designated by", "id": "16986002" }, { "contents": "M-57 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncounty line, the highway crosses a branch of the Great Lakes Central Railroad. M-57 follows Brady Road and crosses M-52 just west of Chesaning. Further east, the trunkline crosses another line of the Great Lakes Central. The highway follows Broad Street into town and over the Shiawassee River. On the east banks, M-57 runs along Main Street south along the river to a junction with Peet Road where it then turns east along the latter road out of town. The highway passes through more farm fields and through Layton Corners on the", "id": "12341714" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe western end of the highway, halfway between Bark River and Hyde, west of Escanaba. In 1919, M-69 started at the state line south of Crystal Falls. It ran north through Crystal Falls, where it intersected M-12, to end in Covington at an intersection with M-28. This roadway was redesignated with the creation of the U.S. Highway System in 1926. US 2 replaced M-69 south and M-12 west of Crystal Falls. US 102 replaced M-69 north of Crystal Falls, and the latter designation was reused on the section of", "id": "1214343" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-227 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It consists largely of a segment of old U.S. Highway 27 (US 27) along the south and west sides of Marshall. The highway passes the airport and serves an industrial section of town north of the Kalamazoo River. M-227 was created as a part of a program to add additional routes into the state's highway system under the leadership of Governor John Engler. M-227 starts at a diamond interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) at exit 32", "id": "16700161" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. M-136 begins at a junction with M-19 just south of Brockway on the north side of Mill Creek. The highway heads eastward through farm fields on Metcalf Road for about before bending to the southeast on Beard Road, parallel to the creek. The road then turns eastward on Avoca Road near Tackaberry Airport and heads toward Avoca. The trunkline continues in this direction through farm fields and the community of Avoca before turning southward on Glyshaw Road near the Black River. M-136 turns east, returning to Beard Road, and running through a", "id": "12150123" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-71 is a state trunkline highway in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. It serves as a connector between M-21 in Owosso to Interstate 69 (I-69) near Durand. The highway runs along a rail line in a northwest-to-southeast direction in rural Shiawassee County connecting a few small towns along its path. The highway dates back to the start of the state highway system in 1919. There were some changes made to the routing in the 1930s which increased its length. Two adjacent highways have been rerouted", "id": "9319501" }, { "contents": "M-61 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-61 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Marion and Standish. The highway runs along the boundary area between Northern Michigan and Central Michigan in the Lower Peninsula. M-61 runs through rural forestland connecting several smaller communities together as it connects M-115, US Highway 127 (US 127), Interstate 75 (I-75) and US 23. Less than 10,000 vehicles a day use various segments of the roadway on average. The trunkline was first designated along a portion of its current alignment by 1919. M-61", "id": "8785849" }, { "contents": "M-91 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, but subsequent transfers or roadway sections have truncated the route to its present form. For a time period in the 1980s, M-91 was even a discontinuous highway when a section in the middle was transferred to county control before the southernmost section was transferred. M-91 starts at an intersection with M-44 west of Belding in Otisco Township. The road runs north along Storey Road and past the Candlestone Golf Course and farmlands. At Bricker Road, M-91 crosses out of Ionia County into Montcalm County. The trunkline runs along Greenville Road and passes", "id": "8283414" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 is a state trunkline highway in the southwestern and central parts of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from South Haven to Webberville along an indirect path through both rural areas and larger cities. The trunkline follows five overall segments: a southeasterly track from South Haven to Kalamazoo, a northerly path to Plainwell, a southeasterly route to Richland, a northeasterly course to the Hastings area and an easterly route through the Lansing area. The M-43 designation dates back to at least July 1, 1919, when it was used", "id": "1132334" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-88 is a state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between US Highway 31 (US 31) and US 131/M-66 in the Lower Peninsula. Running from Mancelona to Eastport, M-88 also goes through the communities of Bellaire and Central Lake. The highway is completely within Antrim County and is known by the street name of \"Scenic Highway\" outside of the various communities along its routing. M-88 is an original trunkline dating back to the 1919 signing of the state system. An extension in the 1920s", "id": "6692224" }, { "contents": "M-34 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-99 turns south along Pioneer Road, M-34 continues east along Hudson Road. The highway turns to the southeast to the south of Osseo near Deer Lake and continues towards Pittsford. Hudson Road runs through a mix of forests and local farms. The trunkline passes to the south of the main business district in Pittsford. East of town, the highway turns east and intersects US Highway 127 (US 127) at the Hillsdale–Lenawee county line in Hudson. The trunkline continues eastward through the city of Hudson as Main Street. On", "id": "16558269" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-44 is a state trunkline highway in the western region of the US state of Michigan. It runs northward from the intersection of M-11 (28th Street) and M-37 toward the Rockford area. The highway then turns eastward to Belding, and it ends six miles (10 km) north of Ionia at M-66. M-44 is known in Grand Rapids as the \"East Beltline\" and intersects with its related highway, Connector M-44, in Plainfield Township. This highway runs concurrently with M-37 between M-11 and Interstate 96 (I-96).", "id": "13109166" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nBusiness M-28 (Bus. M-28) was a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It served as a business route running for through the Newberry area. The business loop followed a U-shaped routing to connect downtown Newberry with M-28 south of town. It ran west of the city of Newberry, passing through the community of Dollarville before entering downtown, turning south and ending near the county airport. Bus. M-28 was originally a section of M-28 before the latter was realigned in the late 1930s. The highway", "id": "14231891" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nbetween Tekonsha and Marshall. From I-69, M-227 runs east on F Drive South north of Pine and Long lakes for approximately one mile (1.6 km). The highway runs through agricultural land and turns north to follow Old US 27/17 Mile Road. At Division Drive, M-227 passes into Marshall on Kalamazoo Avenue. The highway runs past the Brooks Field airport and the Alwin Downs Golf Course. Kalamazoo Avenue crosses the Kalamazoo River, and M-227 turns west along Industrial Road. This section of town is an industrial park, and M-227", "id": "16700162" }, { "contents": "M-51 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nPokagon, M-51 turns back northeasterly toward Dowagiac. Once the highway reaches that city, it merges with M-62. The two highways run concurrently eastward along Spruce, Main and Division streets through downtown. M-51 turns to the north along Front Street, separating from the concurrency and leaving downtown. North of town in rural Cass County, M-51 intersects M-152 near location where the highway crosses the Dowagiac River. North of that intersection, the trunkline crosses into Van Buren County and turns to the east again. M-51 passes south of Knickerbocker Lake", "id": "11912684" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-67 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 41 (US 41) and M-94 between Trenary and Chatham. The highway has largely been unchanged during its history, although the highways that connect to M-67 on each end have changed several times. M-67 starts at an intersection with US 41 near Trenary east of the West Branch of the Whitefish River. From that intersection the highway runs east crossing Scott Creek before running into downtown Trenary along relatively flat", "id": "1214513" }, { "contents": "M-343 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-343 is a state trunkline highway in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It runs for almost along Gull Road between the northeast side of Kalamazoo and continues through rural areas on the way to Richland. The highway was created in January 2019 from a section of M-43 after that highway was rerouted in the aftermath of a series of jurisdictional transfers in downtown Kalamazoo. It had been a part of the state highway system for a century under its previous number until it was given its current designation. M-343 starts where Gull Road intersects Riverview Drive east", "id": "11381182" }, { "contents": "M-115 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. The lowest AADT was the 2,236 vehicles near Copemish. The trunkline between the US 10 and M-37 junctions has been listed on the National Highway System. a network of roads important to the country's defense, economy and mobility. In 1929, the first stretch of M-115 was designated from Frankfort to Benzonia. Beginning in the mid-1930s, construction of M-115 began from central to northwestern Lower Michigan. In 1936, an earthen highway was opened between the south side of Cadillac to M-66, with additional sections west of Mesick and northwest", "id": "9213548" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is near the border between Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties at exit 92 of Interstate 94 (I-94) southwest of Battle Creek. The northern terminus is at the Mission Point Light on Old Mission Point in Grand Traverse County. In between, the highway connects Battle Creek, Grand Rapids and Traverse City. Motorists will travel through agricultural land, forests, suburbs and large cities along the way. The section of M-37 on the Old Mission", "id": "17071073" }, { "contents": "M-203 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-203 turns inland running due east to Cloverland Road then turning north and east along Veterans Memorial Highway. Along this section of roadway, the AADT was measured at 440 vehicles in 2007. The highway follows Veterans Memorial Highway through the neighborhood of Tamarack west of Calumet. From there it continues eastward, following Pine Street north of downtown Calumet, looping back to US 41/M-26. The northern terminus of M-203 is at the intersection of Pine Street and Calumet Avenue. M-203 was first designated as a spur route from Hancock north", "id": "1358584" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nline, the highway intersects with US 12 before crossing into Washtenaw County. The limited-access section of M-52 continues north through western Washtenaw County, where it ends in Manchester. M-52 turns west along Austin and City roads into the village. The trunkline continues along the banks of the north branch of the River Raisin on Riverside Drive before turning north out of town. Just south of Chelsea, M-52 crosses Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues through downtown Chelsea and turns northwesterly through the Waterloo State Recreation Area in the", "id": "15803111" }, { "contents": "M-29 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-29 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in a south–north direction from Chesterfield Township to Marysville. It generally runs along the shore of Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River. The M-29 designation has been used twice in Michigan starting in 1919. The first designation near Lansing was replaced by U.S. Route 27 (US 27) in 1926. At that time, the M-29 designation was moved to the east side of the state along the current routing and farther north along part of what", "id": "18258775" }, { "contents": "Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\ndesignation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after a Temporary I-69 (Temp. I-69) designation was extended northward from Charlotte through Lansing to Perry. On September 4 of that year, I-69's designation was officially extended by Congress to end at I-475 on the east side of Flint; this extension, and all subsequent ones, was of \"non-chargeable mileage\", or segments not financed through the Interstate Highway", "id": "20840099" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-52 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is on the Ohio border, where it continues as State Route 109 (SR 109). The highway passes through communities like Adrian, where it intersects US Highway 223 (US 223), Chelsea and Webberville along its course. It crosses some major rivers, including the River Raisin and the Shiawassee. The section of the highway between M-50 and Manchester was built as a limited-access highway. M-52's northern terminus is", "id": "15803106" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nI-96 and then north on I-496. From there, M-78 followed the one-way pairing of Homer and Howard streets from the northern end of the freeway up to the one-way couplet of Saginaw Street and Grand River Avenue, returning to its previous routing. The former route through downtown along US 27 was redesignated Business M-78 (Bus. M-78) at the same time. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing sections of M-78 in 1965. The US 127 freeway was completed from", "id": "18787232" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n23) was incorporated into the trunkline as a discontinuous section in the early 1940s until it was later connected in 1946. M-68 starts in the community of Alanson east of Little Traverse Bay in Emmet County. US 31 runs along Burr Avenue parallel to the former Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad line and depot in town. M-68 starts at an intersection between Chicago Street and Burr Avenue. The trunkline runs southeasterly from this intersection and on a bridge over the Crooked River. After leaving town, the highway curves to run due east through", "id": "9319420" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nGrand Rapids. The state trunkline highway was created when M-50 was rerouted to follow 28th Street and Wilson Avenue around the south and west sides of the city in 1953. The business loop was decommissioned when M-50 was returned to its former routing in 1961. The highway followed Lake Michigan Drive (now M-45) from the Standale neighborhood of Walker easterly to Fulton Street in Grand Rapids. From there it followed Fulton easterly through downtown Grand Rapids and the east side of the city to a junction with Cascade Road in Grand Rapids Township The", "id": "11076050" }, { "contents": "M-102 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-102 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs along the northern boundary of Detroit following 8 Mile Road. The highway follows the Michigan Baseline, a part of the land survey of the state, and the roadway is also called Base Line Road in places. As a county road or city street, 8 Mile Road extends both east and west of the M-102 designation, which leaves 8 Mile on the eastern end to follow Vernier Road. The western terminus of M-102 is at the junction", "id": "5983336" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nTahquamenon River, Bus. M-28 turned east into the community of Dollarville. There the trunkline followed Dollarville Road and Engadine Road to the western city limits of Newberry. Once in the city of Newberry, Bus. M-28 followed West McMillan Avenue. At the intersection with M-117 (Newberry Avenue), Bus. M-28 turned south concurrently with M-117. The combined highway passed through the central business district. South of town, M-117/Bus. M-28 turned east along Campbell Avenue and then south along Miller Road. West of the Luce", "id": "14231893" }, { "contents": "M-90 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-90 is a state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from near North Branch eastward to Lexington situated on Lake Huron. The highway is a lightly traveled roadway that runs through rural farmlands. The trunkline runs mostly east–west with two short north–south segments where it turns to run concurrently with other state highways. Along the routing, there are two river crossings and one railroad crossing. The current highway that bears the M-90 designation is the second to carry number. The first", "id": "9440848" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\nBath Township. In 1919, the MSHD signposted the highway system for the first time, and the east–west highways through Lansing were part of the original M-29 through downtown and the original M-39 north of downtown. The north–south highway in Lansing was the original M-14. On November 11, 1926, the United States Numbered Highway System was approved by the AASHO, and the new US 27 replaced M-29 and M-14 in the area. By the end of the next year, M-78 was extended from Charlotte along US 27", "id": "12718047" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nroadway on any average day of the year. Along M-37, the volume varies from the peak 49,173 vehicles on a section of I-96/M-37 in Grand Rapids to the 718 vehicles at the northern terminus by the Mission Point Light. M-37 starts joined with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) as the two highway designations run concurrently at exit 92 on I-94 southwest of Battle Creek. They follow Columbia Avenue and pass around the southern side of the W. K. Kellogg Airport. When the roadway meets M-96, BL I-94/M-37 turns", "id": "17071077" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-60 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Niles area at a junction with US Highway 12 (US 12) to the Jackson area where it ends at Interstate 94 (I-94). The trunkline passes through a mix of farm fields and woodlands, crosses or runs along several rivers and connects several small towns of the southern area of the state. The westernmost segment runs along divided highway while the easternmost section is a full freeway bypass of Jackson. M-60 was originally", "id": "18513790" }, { "contents": "M-95 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nlater be extended in 1932 to the state line south of Kingsford. The total of M-45 was converted to M-95 in 1934 as a realignment near Witch Lake is completed. M-95 was rerouted in 1942 from Republic north to Humboldt Township. This new section replaced the last section of gravel roadway that was transferred to Marquette County as County Road 601. Another rerouting in the Republic area moved the trunkline in 1957 to bypass South Republic. The former roadway was partially closed to become part of the Republic Mine. M-69 was shortened, eliminating", "id": "20686812" } ]

[ { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nfields. South of Thornapple Lake, M-79 angles southeasterly moving from Quimby Road to Scott Road running parallel to the Thornapple River again into the community of Nashville. M-79 meets M-66 and turns south along the latter highway's route along Main and Durkee streets through the community. South of town in Maple Grove Township, M-79 separates from M-66 and turns east along Lawrence Road. Outside of Charlotte, M-79 curves southeast to transition to Lawrence Avenue through town. The eastern terminus is at an intersection with Cochran Avenue, which carries BL I-69", "id": "10575936" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nis located on southbound I-69 at exit 61. The highway was first designated in 1919 between Hastings and Battle Creek. It was later moved to run to Charlotte. A section of M-79 was designated as M-214 in the 1930s. M-214 would later be decommissioned as a highway designation and the M-79 designation was reapplied to the roadway. M-79 starts south of Hastings at a three-way intersection with M-37 in Hastings Township. The trunkline runs east and parallel to a section of the Thornapple River through wooded terrain that is interspersed with farm", "id": "10575935" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 at the same time carries the highway designation to Vermontville. M-79 was extended easterly to Charlotte in 1934 at the same time that the section of the trunkline between Nashville and Vermontville was redesignated M-214. M-79 was rerouted along Assyria and Lawrence roads at the time to connect the sections of M-79 on either side of M-214. By 1941, M-214 was shortened to a connector route in downtown Nashville running between M-79 and M-66. In 1953, M-79 replaced M-214 and the latter designation was retired from the highway system. The last section", "id": "10575938" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nand M-50. M-79 was formed as a state trunkline by July 1, 1919 along part of its present routing. At the time, it ran between Hastings and Nashville as it does today. From Nashville, the trunkline turned south and west to end at the contemporary M-17 in Battle Creek. By 1927, the southernmost section of M-79 was truncated when M-78 was extended to Battle Creek. In late 1930, the southernmost section was shortened once again as a new M-14 designation replaced M-79 south of Nashville. An eastward extension of", "id": "10575937" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the central portion of Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The western terminus is about southeast of Hastings at the junction with M-37 and the eastern terminus is in downtown Charlotte at the junction with M-50 and Business Loop Interstate 69 (BL I-69). It passes through Quimby and Nashville, where there is a junction with M-66. The entire highway is undivided surface road. It has no direct access with Interstate 69 (I-69), although a sign for the highway", "id": "10575934" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nThe M-14 designation of the time was decommissioned and replaced with M-66. Starting at Six Lakes, M-66 turned west along M-46 instead of east and then turned south through Stanton and Ionia ending north of Battle Creek. The highway between Lowell and Lakeview was redesignated as M-91. A minor realignment in late 1950 removed two 90° curves near the Osceola–Missaukee county line and replaced them with a pair of sweeping curves. The MSHD rerouted M-66 between Maple Grove and Nashville in mid-1953. In the changes, M-79 was extended along the", "id": "18787175" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nBarry–Eaton county line. After meeting M-43, the two trunklines run concurrently for about a mile (1.6 km) before M-50 breaks off to the southwest near Woodbury. From there, the road continues in its southeasterly path along Clinton Trail through the northeast part of Eaton County as it runs through fields to Charlotte. Just prior to entering the city, the road bends to the south and near the middle of town it has a junction with M-79 and Business Loop I-69 (BL I-69). After this intersection, M-50", "id": "11076036" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-78 ran along a route similar that of today. It started north of Battle Creek at a junction with then M-79 and cut through the corner of Barry County to Bellevue, but it turned northeasterly to end at Charlotte at a junction with M-29. By 1927, M-78 was extended southward, replacing M-79 to the Indiana state line, connecting with State Road 9 (SR 9) south of Sturgis. At the same time, a northerly addition extended the highway concurrently along US Highway 27 (US 27) to Dewitt and", "id": "18787228" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthrough Dowling and meets the western terminus of M-79. The highway follows Hanover Street through the south side of Hastings into downtown, where it turns west on Green Street and north on Broadway Street. At the intersection of Broadway and State streets, M-37 meets and joins M-43. West of Hastings, M-43 separates and heads south toward Kalamazoo while M-37 turns northwesterly and runs parallel to the Thornapple River. The highway follows the river west and north to the community of Middleville through mixed farms and forests. In southern Kent County, M-37", "id": "17071079" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nends, and M-66 continues northeast out of the Cereal City on Division Street and then northeast on Capital Avenue along the Battle Creek River. M-66 continues northward through Barry County on Capital Avenue which becomes 9 Mile Road north of Baseline Road. The highway passes through Assyria before meeting M-79, with which it has a short concurrency, in Nashville. On the north side of the village, M-66 crosses the Thornapple River and continues north through mixed rural forest land and farm fields. Near Woodland, M-66 joins M-43 and the two run", "id": "18787163" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nnew route of M-66 and then over M-214 to Hastings. M-66 was shifted off Assyria Road which was turned back to local control. Another realignment in 1954 shifted M-66 to the modern routing between the M-43 concurrency termini, removing M-43/M-66 from a section of M-50 in the process. The final section gravel section of M-66, approximately in length, was paved near Nashville in 1957. M-32 was extended along the northernmost section of M-66 in 1963. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing", "id": "18787176" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-78 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus is the intersection with M-66 north of Battle Creek in Pennfield Township. The roadway runs through rural farmland and the community of Bellevue as it approaches its eastern terminus at an interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) near Olivet. The highway is used by between 3,100 and 5,300 vehicles on a daily basis. When the state highway system was signed in 1919, M-78 followed a similar routing. At Bellevue, it turned northeast to terminate at Charlotte.", "id": "18787223" }, { "contents": "M-100 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-100 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the central region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between Potterville and Grand Ledge, connecting Interstate 69 (I-69) and I-96 west of the state capital, Lansing. The highway was previously a section of M-16. After M-16 was realigned, M-100 was created by 1927. Three extensions in the 1930s, 1950s and 1990s resulted in the current highway routing. M-100 starts at exit 66 on I-69 in Potterville. The highway runs north along Hartel Road, intersecting Lansing", "id": "169088" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\n. North of a crossing of the Battle Creek River, Cochrane Road widens to include a center turn lane. About north of the starting point, BL I-69 begins a concurrency with M-50 at Shepherd Street. North of Warren Avenue, BL I-69/M-50 widens to four lanes, two in each direction. The concurrency ends at Lawrence Avenue; M-50 continues north, and the business loop heads east on Lawrence Avenue for a few blocks. That intersection also marks the eastern terminus of M-79. From that point, BL I-69 follows", "id": "12718039" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturn of the century. M-69 and M-95 separate in Randville as the former turns east and the latter continues southward. Between Randville and the former community of Metropolitan, M-69 runs along the West Branch of the Sturgeon River through more hilly terrain. The trunkline continues east to the twin communities of Theodore and Felch. The river and the road part ways until meeting again at Foster City. This is also the location of a unique junction of highways. M-69 meets G-69, a County-Designated Highway that runs south to Loretto in", "id": "1214340" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe concurrency. In western Webberville, M-52 passes under I-96 and merges with M-43 at the latter's eastern terminus. The two highways run north to, and turn west along, Grand River Avenue. At Perry Road, M-52 turns back north out of the village. The trunkline continues north into Shiawassee County and runs through Perry before crossing I-69. Continuing north, M-52 curves northeasterly into downtown Owosso intersecting M-21 west of M-71's western terminus. M-52 continues northward parallel to the Shiawassee River into Saginaw County. The trunkline runs through", "id": "15803113" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ndowntown Ionia, the trunkline crosses the Grand River and the abandoned mainline of the Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad near the county fairgrounds. M-66 turns west along M-21 (Lincoln Avenue) for two blocks before turning back to the north along State Street. The trunkline runs through the northern part of the county and meets M-44's eastern terminus near Woodard Lake. In Montcalm County, M-66 intersects M-57 in a rural area south of Sheridan before running north on Sheridan Road through Stanton. The highway jogs west along Main Street in Stanton before returning", "id": "18787165" }, { "contents": "M-74 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-74 was the designation of a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The highway ran through rural Missaukee County connecting Pioneer with Merritt. The highway was designated by 1919 along a longer route. It was shortened before it was totally removed from the highway system in the late 1930s. M-74 started at a junction with M-66 near the community of Pioneer. It ran east on Moorestown Road through Stittsville to Moorestown before turning south on Nelson Road. There it ran through the community of Star City, turning west briefly on", "id": "9319580" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n131 freeway, M-55 merges north along the freeway, bypassing downtown Cadillac. On the east side of town, M-55 leaves the freeway and turns east again running through the Pere Marquette State Forest along Watergate Road. When the highway meets M-66, M-55 joins M-66 and runs north through farmland. As the two highways approach Lake City, they run along the shore of Lake Missaukee and through downtown. M-55 turns east again along Houghton Lake Road, separating from M-66 north of the central business district. This section of trunkline passes through", "id": "19769038" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 junction and the I-94 interchange. The NHS is a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility. M-96 was formed as a state trunkline in late 1926 from parts of M-17. The section of M-17 between Galesberg and Battle Creek was not utilized for US 12 and became M-96. In 1936, the Alternate US 12 trunkline was designated through the Battle Creek area along a section of highway that had previously been part of US 12. This highway was added to M-96 three years later in 1939", "id": "16718650" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the airport, M-96 runs concurrently with both Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) and M-37. M-96 turns south on Helmer Road, separating from the other two trunklines, and then turns east crossing along Columbia Avenue. Here the highway runs along the edge of the city of Battle Creek through more residential areas and crosses the I-194/M-66 freeway next to the Riverside County Club. Near Brownlee Park, M-96 (Columbia Avenue) merges with BL I-94 (Michigan Avenue). Together BL I-94/M-96 continues along Michigan Avenue", "id": "16718647" }, { "contents": "M-42 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturns ninety degrees to the south off Walker Road before angling southeasterly skirting the edge of some hills near Dyer Lake just west of M-66. The road turns back due east between Al Moses Road and M-66, where it ends north of Lake City. No section of the trunkline is part of the National Highway System. M-42 is an original state trunkline dating back to the 1919 signage of the highway system in Michigan. The original highway routing started at M-13 in Manton and ran due west to Mesick. From there the highway turned", "id": "6820888" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-50 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. Although designated as an east–west highway, it is nearly a diagonal northwest–southeast route. The western terminus is at exit 52 along Interstate 96 (I-96) near Alto a few miles east of the metro Grand Rapids area, and its eastern terminus is in downtown Monroe at US Highway 24 (US 24, Telegraph Road). In between the trunkline runs through seven counties of the southern part of the Lower Peninsula mostly through rural farm fields and", "id": "11076032" }, { "contents": "M-82 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe downtown area and M-82 turns south along Stewart Avenue out of town. The highway rounds a curve and transitions to 72nd Street running eastward through more farm land. As the trunkline approaches Newaygo, the terrain becomes more wooded near the Muskegon River. M-82 follows Fremont Street east to a junction with M-37. The two highways merge and run concurrently over the river and into downtown on State Street. South of downtown, M-82 turns east again, independent of M-37, and runs along 82nd Street on the southern edge of the Manistee", "id": "9440783" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-96 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Kalamazoo and Marshall. Its termini are both on business routes of Interstate 94 (I-94); the eastern one coincides with an intersection with I-69. Between Kalamazoo and Marshall it passes through Comstock, Galesburg, Augusta, and Battle Creek intersecting I-194/M-66 in Battle Creek and I-94 in Emmett Township. The highway now known as M-96 was originally part of M-17. Parts of M-17 that were not used for US Highway 12 (US 12) in", "id": "16718644" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncontinues south concurrent with the business loop for a several blocks before turning eastward. On the eastern end of town, it has an interchange with I-69 at exit 60. After heading east past the junction with I-69, the highway turns southeast as it heads through rural fields toward Eaton Rapids. Once it reaches the city, M-50 converges with M-99, and the two intersect M-188 on the south side of the Grand River. The two highways run south out of the city. Immediately prior to entering Jackson County, the two trunklines", "id": "11076037" }, { "contents": "M-199 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-199 is a state trunkline highway near Albion in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus of the road is in Sheridan Township at exit 119 off Interstate 94 (I-94). The eastern terminus is a junction with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) downtown Albion. The entire road is within Calhoun County and runs through rural farm fields outside of Albion; in town it is a residential street. The M-199 designation had previously been applied to a highway in the Upper Peninsula in the 1930s. The current highway was previously", "id": "318093" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, before entering Missaukee County. The trunkline then turns westward on Stoney Corners Road toward McBain through farm land. In town it runs along Maple Street and then runs north toward Lake City on Morey Road. South of the Lake City, M-55 runs concurrently with M-66 by Missaukee Golf Course and into town along the eastern shore of Lake Missaukee. North of town, M-55 splits off to the east on Houghton Lake Road, and M-66 continues north to an intersection with the eastern terminus of M-42 in a rural forest. M-66 leaves", "id": "18787168" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-136 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Brockway to Fort Gratiot in the lower part of The Thumb of the Lower Peninsula. The highway serves as a connector between M-19 on the west and M-25 northwest of Port Huron. In between, the highway runs through rural St. Clair County through farm fields and along a creek and river. The trunkline uses roads that were part of the state highway system in 1919. The M-136 designation was assigned in 1931 and extended to its current length in 1961", "id": "12150122" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nCounty before meeting M-179 and M-37. M-43 merges with the latter highway and together they run into Hastings. Downtown, M-37 leaves town to the south, while M-43 heads north before curving around the east, passing through farmfields approaching the community of Woodland. After leaving town, the road meets M-66, and together they head north to a junction with M-50. M-43 then turns east with M-50, and they briefly run together before M-50 diverges to the southeast. Now known as the Grand Ledge Highway, M-43 continues its easterly path", "id": "1132339" }, { "contents": "M-63 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto M-13 (later US 131) in Osceola County on July 1, 1919. This highway was extended in 1930 along US 131 to Tustin and then to a terminus with M-66 in Marion. At the same time, M-37 was extended north from Baldwin to meet M-63 east of Peacock. This eastern extension was truncated in 1932 when it was redesignated as part of M-61. A short connector roadway, M-179, was designated in 1935 between M-63 and US 131, forming a small triangle of highways. The western end was shortened", "id": "11402253" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nAvenue removed. Then in 2003, the signs along the East Beltline were restored and the route extended back to its former terminus. M-44 Connector, or Conn. M-44, is a connector route state trunkline highway running along Plainfield Avenue in the Grand Rapids area. It connects I-96/M-37 near Lamberton Lake with M-44 running along East Beltline Avenue near the Grand River. In between, the highway passes through a commercial area. North of 5 Mile Road, Plainfield Avenue takes on a more suburban residential character. There are more business", "id": "13109173" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nmeets Interstate 69 (I-69) northwest of town. Continuing to Homer, the highway runs along Lehigh Street in town; M-99 merges into M-60 after the intersection with Hillsdale Street. East of town, the highway widens into a four-lane divided highway; M-99 turns north along this short section of roadway and M-60 reverts to a two-lane highway again. The trunkline crosses the Kalamazoo River at Concord before it crosses into Jackson County. At Spring Arbor, M-60 passes the campus of Spring Arbor University. Outside of Jackson", "id": "18513796" }, { "contents": "M-142 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-53 turns west, ending the overlap of the two highways. M-142 exits town and follows Sand Beach Road through farm country. About of Bad Axe, M-142 meets the northern terminus of M-19 (Ubly Road). Continuing eastward, the highway crosses two branches of the Willow River as it passes through the unincorporated community of Verona. East of that location, the trunkline turns northeasterly, roughly parallel to the Rock Falls Creek, as it angles to Harbor Beach. M-142 follows State Street through town, and the trunkline terminates at", "id": "8283132" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nhilly terrain. After crossing the Cheboygan County line, the roadway meets the community of Burt Lake. It curves southeasterly along the shoreline of the lake of the same name. The roadway rounds the south end of Burt Lake and approaches the community of Indian River. South of Burt Lake State Park, the trunkline meets Straits Highway, the former routing of US 27 through Indian River. M-68 turns north along Straits Highway through downtown and then turns east toward Interstate 75 (I-75). It is along this section of M-68 that", "id": "9319421" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nproceeds south along with Alden Nash Avenue and turns east on 92nd Street through farms and fields in the rural southeastern corner of the county. As the trunkline runs to the east, it crosses into Ionia County. M-50 follows Thompson Road, Nash Highway and Tupper Lake Road into Lake Odessa. In Lake Odessa, the road bends around the north side of Jordan Lake, curving to the south into the extreme northeastern Barry County. The highway turns back to the east as it heads towards a junction with M-66 and M-43 at the", "id": "11076035" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-66 is a north–south state trunkline highway on the Lower Peninsula (LP) of the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Indiana state line in the south to Charlevoix in the north. M-66 is the only state highway to run the north–south distance of the LP. It starts as a continuation of State Road 9 (SR 9) which provides access to the Indiana Toll Road. The total length is approximately , which includes almost of freeway between Interstate 94 (I-94) and downtown Battle Creek designated", "id": "18787155" }, { "contents": "M-113 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-113 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in Grand Traverse County from M-37 near Hannah to US Highway 131 (US 131) in Walton Junction. The trunkline runs through farm fields and woodlands in a rural area of the county. It connects the highways at its termini with the village of Kingsley. First designated in November 1927, the highway was extended in 1940 by adding the southernmost section near Walton Junction which was originally part of US 131. M-113 starts west of Hannah at an intersection with", "id": "4961848" }, { "contents": "M-24 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nexpressway from Metamora to I-69. South of Metamora, M-24 runs parallel to the former right-of-way for the Michigan Central Railroad north into the city of Lapeer. M-24 continues north from Lapeer running west of Barnes Lake and east of the community of Columbiaville just south of the M-90 junction. South of the Tuscola County line, the trunkline passes the Greenbriar Golf Club and crosses the Pere Marquette Railroad before turning west along Saginaw Road into the community of Mayville and turning north along Mertz Road. South of Caro, M-24", "id": "12670654" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\ncarried the M-28A designation before it was redesignated as Bus. M-28 in 1950. The trunkline was partially turned back to local control in 1953, and the business loop designation was removed at that time. The section of the roadway in downtown Newberry has carried several different designations in addition to the original M-28. Bus. M-28 started at the top of a small hill at an intersection with M-28 southwest of Newberry. The highway ran due north from the intersection along Engadine Road, running downhill towards Teaspoon Creek. Just south of the", "id": "14231892" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-13 is a north–south state trunkline highway that runs through the Saginaw Bay region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from Interstate 69 (I-69) south of Lennon to US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish. The southern section of the trunkline runs along a pair of county lines in a rural area dominated by farm fields. The highway directly connects the downtown areas of both Saginaw and Bay City. North of the latter city, the Lake Huron Circle Tour follows M-13 along the Saginaw Bay. The", "id": "5767618" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nterrain. East of town, the highway turns north running parallel to the AuTrain River Basin. The trunkline crosses Dexter Creek between Paulsen and Trout Lake roads. About halfway along the north–south segment of the highway, M-67 passes through the community of Limestone and crosses Johnson Creek. After running for , M-67 ends at a four-way intersection with M-94 and Tunteri Road. Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) traffic surveys in 2007 show that between 1,200 and 1,400 vehicles traveled the road daily in 2007 in a measure of", "id": "1214514" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nrun concurrently into Allegan. In 1963, when the I-196/US 31 freeway opened, the western terminus of M-89 was extended to meet the new freeway. A few years later, when M-96 was realigned onto a route that took it into Battle Creek, M-89 was extended southeasterly along Michigan Avenue (the old M-96) and terminated at M-37. The highway was extended further southeasterly into Battle Creek to replace the old routing of M-37 along Michigan Avenue; it then turned south on Washington to the BL I-94 where it terminated,", "id": "18787900" }, { "contents": "M-138 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-138 is a east–west state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from a junction with M-15 west of the unincorporated community of Munger in Bay County to the intersection with M-24 east of Akron in Tuscola County. The trunkline runs through rural agricultural areas outside of the villages and communities it serves. It was designated in the 1930s and extended in the 1940s. M-138 was truncated in the 1990s as well. M-138 begins at a junction with M-15 (Tuscola Road) just west", "id": "19948037" }, { "contents": "M-65 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the Pine River, M-65 merges with M-72. The two trunklines run concurrently curving to the northwest past the eastern terminus of county road F-32 into Curran. North of town, they separate as M-72 turns westward and M-65 continues north, exiting the Huron National Forest. The highway jogs along the Alcona–Alpena County line and crosses the Beaver Creek in the process. The trunkline runs to the east of Beaver Lake as it runs north through mixed forest and fields toward the community of Lachine. Southeast of that town, M-65", "id": "1359267" }, { "contents": "M-31 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, the trunkline turned southwesterly to follow along part of the Saginaw Bay. The road passed through Sebewaing to Unionville before turning back inland. Running southward to Akron, the highway turned alternately westward and southward to Fairgrove. M-31 next ran west along Bradleyville Road to a connection with M-81; the two highways ran concurrently south through Gilford before M-31 separated and turned back westward through Reese to Saginaw. The northern terminus in downtown Saginaw was at an intersection with what was then M-10. When the state highway system was first signed in 1919", "id": "19066175" }, { "contents": "M-76 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-76 is a former state trunkline highway designation in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The highway's designation was decommissioned when the last section of it was converted to freeway as a part of the present-day Interstate 75 (I-75). At that time, M-76 extended from US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish northwesterly to I-75 south of Grayling. Two sections of the route followed freeways with a two-lane highway in between to connect them. The former routing of M-76 through West Branch before", "id": "13291830" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 94 in Michigan\n\n\nlonger reconnects to I-94 on both ends. Major intersections Business Loop Interstate 94 (BL I-94) is a state trunkline highway serving as a business loop from I-94 through downtown Battle Creek. The highway begins at exit 92 on I-94 near the Kalamazoo–Calhoun county line. BL I-94 runs concurrently along M-37 northwesterly from the freeway on the two-lane Columbia Avenue on the eastern edge of Fort Custer. At an intersection south of the W.K. Kellogg Airport, BL I-94/M-37 turns easterly to run on the southern side of the", "id": "16557414" }, { "contents": "M-21 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto Port Huron in 1966. A freeway segment between Flint and Lapeer opened in 1971. M-21 was routed down M-13 to the new freeway where it joined the M-78 designation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after I-69 was extended north from Charlotte. The 1974 completion of I-196 meant the truncation of M-21 to end in Grand Rapids. At the time, M-21 was extended along Fulton Street to the East Beltline, and", "id": "13431388" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nas a result of the various reroutings in the Lansing area, both of which are no longer part of the state highway system. M-78 begins at an intersection with M-66 in Pennfield Township, north of Battle Creek in Calhoun County. The trunkline passes through rural farm lands as it runs due east and northeast. It briefly crosses the southeast corner of Barry County as it enters Eaton County. There M-78 follows Battle Creek Highway past some small ponds and into the town of Bellevue. The trunkline becomes Capitol Avenue in town and turns", "id": "18787225" }, { "contents": "M-81 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. East of town, the highway follows Caro Road through more farm fields through the community of Watrousville. Near the south side of the Tuscola Area Airport, M-81 turns to the northeast running along the Cass River to Caro. In the city, the trunkline follows State Street past the fairgrounds. At the intersection with Ellington Street, M-81 crosses M-24. The highway continues northeasterly out of town and through the community of Ellington. Northeast of Elmwood, M-81 turns due east along Cass City Road. The trunkline runs to the village", "id": "9440771" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nUS 12 freeway was completed in the area. Bus. US 12 was redesignated as BL I-94 in 1960 and M-96 was shortened to end at BL I-94/M-78 running on Capital Avenue. M-37 was reextended in 1961 in Battle Creek to a concurrent routing with M-96 in 1961. M-89 was extended along the roadway used by M-96 west of Battle Creek to M-37 in 1965, truncating M-96 in the process. M-96 was reextended back to Battle Creek along Dickman Road and Fort Custer Highway from Augusta east in 1971. Several changes in", "id": "16718652" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthat junction, M-71 turns easterly and then southeasterly out of town. The highway continues to run alongside the rail line through farmland to the outskirts of Vernon. M-71 crosses the Shiawassee River for a second time. The rail line and the highway diverge and run on opposite sides of town; the highway rounds the northeast side and the rail line runs along the southwest side. This section of trunkline through Vernon had the lowest AADT value in 2009 with 4,371 vehicles. M-71 continues to the interchange with I-69 at exit 118 northwest of", "id": "9319504" }, { "contents": "M-140 (Michigan highway)\n\n\njog along Pokagon Road around Riggins Lake. M-140 turns back northward and runs through the community of Berrien Center. Near Eau Claire, the highway turns bends along Maple Grove Road for about before going north on Watervliet Road. East of town, the trunkline follows Main Street eastward toward the Berrien–Cass county line. M-140 intersects the northern terminus of M-62 and curves north. In northern Berrien County, M-140 follows Watervliet Road to an interchange with Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues northward along Main Street into Watervliet,", "id": "800150" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-69 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 2 (US 2) on both ends in Crystal Falls and near Bark River. In between, the highway runs for in rural UP forest lands. Before the creation of the U.S. Highway System, the current M-69 was a portion of M-12. The original M-69 was replaced by US 102 and the M-69 designation was reused on a section of M-12 not replaced by US 2.", "id": "1214334" }, { "contents": "M-36 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof town. At Howell Street, County Road D-19 merges in from the south. The two designations run concurrently along Main Street to Pearl Street, where D-19 turns northward. At the intersection with Dexter Street, M-36 intersects the western terminus of D-32, the \"Highway to Hell\". East of Pinckney, M-36 passes between Rush and Bass lakes in the Pettysville area. Immediately east of there, the highway passes through woods between Oneida and Zukey lakes in Lakeland. The trunkline passes to the south of Buck Lake and then", "id": "19826396" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n(MDOT). The highway was first designated by July 1, 1919 along a portion of the current roadway. In a series of extensions, M-55 was lengthened to connect its current endpoints by the early 1930s. The trunkline has been rerouted in sections since that time resulting in the modern roadway alignment. One set of changes produced a business loop in the Houghton Lake area. M-55 starts at a three-way intersection with US 31 north of Manistee. The trunkline runs southeast on Caberfae Highway over the Manistee River and through", "id": "19769036" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto enter the outskirts of Battle Creek it follows Michigan Avenue. It passes through the neighborhoods of Level Park-Oak Park and Urbandale, the first residential areas of the city. As the highway continues towards Battle Creek it has a junction with M-37. M-89 continues on Michigan Avenue until an intersection with Washington Avenue where the route turns to the southwest where it crosses the Kalamazoo River one last time. The trunkline terminates a few blocks later at Dickman Road, otherwise known as the Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94). M-89", "id": "18787895" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nMountain, M-88 turns east at Alden highway and enters the community of Mancelona, passing the Fairview Cemetery. The highway runs along on State Street into downtown. M-88 ends at an intersection with US 131/M-66 running along Williams Street, and State Street continues eastward as C-38. M-88 was first designated by July 1, 1919 along its current routing between Mancelona and Bellaire. It was extended in 1927 through Central Lake to end in Eastport. It was used as a temporary routing of US 31 between Eastport and Bellaire while the", "id": "6692228" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 designation transfers from the freeway to run concurrently with M-89 eastward. After the freeway, M-43/M-89 passes through the city of Plainwell and crosses the Kalamazoo River again before continuing into rural areas again. The trunkline continues to the southeast on towards the village of Richland. Just north of Richland, M-89 parts ways with M-43. M-89 heads south through town and intersects M-343, before turning eastward and passing to the south of Gull Lake. After passing the lake, the highway turns southeast towards Battle Creek. As M-89 begins", "id": "18787894" }, { "contents": "M-14 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nstreets to new stretches of freeways running south of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. The former route of US 12, much of which was known as Plymouth Road, was retained as a trunkline and redesignated M-14. In 1964, a northern bypass connecting US 23 with M-153 was completed, and M-14 was rerouted onto the new freeway; the highway still ran through Ann Arbor along routes now designated Bus. US 23 and Business Loop I-94. The following year, the freeway was extended to its present western terminus at I-94, and M-14", "id": "11243057" }, { "contents": "M-188 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-188 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from Eaton Rapids to the VFW National Home for Children, southeast of town through a rural area. Approximately 1,000 vehicles each day use a highway that was first designated in the 1930s and paved in the 1940s. Starting in Eaton Rapids, M-188 heads eastward from the intersection with M-99/M-50 (Michigan highway) toward the Grand River. The highway follows Water Street southeasterly along the river through residential neighborhoods and exits town. M-188 turns back due east", "id": "3803194" }, { "contents": "M-72 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. At South Down River Road, M-72 turns east again to leave Grayling, crossing I-75 in the process. There is no direct access to I-75 from M-72. Instead traffic is directed to follow BL I-75 in either direction to get to the freeway. In eastern Crawford County, M-72 runs through the Au Sable State Forest and crosses the South Branch of the Au Sable River on the Wakeley Bridge. East of the river crossing, the trunkline intersects the northern terminus of M-18 before crossing into Oscoda County. M-72 continues east through", "id": "18092035" }, { "contents": "M-28 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof M-28 designated as a part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour is from the western terminus to the eastern junction with M-64 in Bergland, where the Circle Tour turns north along M-64, leaving M-28. Here, M-28 has its lowest traffic counts; within the 2013 MDOT survey, the road is listed with only an average annual daily traffic (AADT) of 1,425 vehicles on a section of highway between Bergland and the US 45 intersection in Bruce Crossing. The trunkline runs through heavily forested areas of southern Houghton and Baraga counties.", "id": "20777599" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, which runs along the western city line. M-13 meets the 2 one-way streets that carry M-25 and the I-75 business spur at the intersections with Thomas and Jenny streets. From this intersection on, M-13 forms a part of the Lake Huron Circle Tour. Farther north, the highway turns northwesterly on Huron Road; Euclid Avenue continues north as M-247. As the trunkline heads away from Bay City, it runs parallel to the Lake State Railway again. M-13 intersects the northern end of its connector route before Huron Road crosses", "id": "5767624" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-89 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from near Ganges to Battle Creek. M-89 starts at an interchange with Interstate 196/US Highway 31 (I-196/US 31) and passes through Allegan, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and Calhoun counties. The highway also briefly crosses the southwest corner of Barry County before it terminates an at intersection with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) on the northwestern side of downtown Battle Creek. In between the trunkline runs parallel to the Kalamazoo River", "id": "18787890" }, { "contents": "M-33 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-33 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Interstate 75 (I-75) at Alger in Arenac County north to M-27 near Cheboygan. In between, the trunkline runs through rural sections of the northeastern Lower Peninsula including state and national forest areas. M-33 connects to a handful of parks and crosses several of the rivers in that section of the state. It runs concurrently with three other state highways, sharing pavement to connect through several small communities of Northern Michigan. M-33 was designated by", "id": "16986002" }, { "contents": "M-57 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncounty line, the highway crosses a branch of the Great Lakes Central Railroad. M-57 follows Brady Road and crosses M-52 just west of Chesaning. Further east, the trunkline crosses another line of the Great Lakes Central. The highway follows Broad Street into town and over the Shiawassee River. On the east banks, M-57 runs along Main Street south along the river to a junction with Peet Road where it then turns east along the latter road out of town. The highway passes through more farm fields and through Layton Corners on the", "id": "12341714" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe western end of the highway, halfway between Bark River and Hyde, west of Escanaba. In 1919, M-69 started at the state line south of Crystal Falls. It ran north through Crystal Falls, where it intersected M-12, to end in Covington at an intersection with M-28. This roadway was redesignated with the creation of the U.S. Highway System in 1926. US 2 replaced M-69 south and M-12 west of Crystal Falls. US 102 replaced M-69 north of Crystal Falls, and the latter designation was reused on the section of", "id": "1214343" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-227 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It consists largely of a segment of old U.S. Highway 27 (US 27) along the south and west sides of Marshall. The highway passes the airport and serves an industrial section of town north of the Kalamazoo River. M-227 was created as a part of a program to add additional routes into the state's highway system under the leadership of Governor John Engler. M-227 starts at a diamond interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) at exit 32", "id": "16700161" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. M-136 begins at a junction with M-19 just south of Brockway on the north side of Mill Creek. The highway heads eastward through farm fields on Metcalf Road for about before bending to the southeast on Beard Road, parallel to the creek. The road then turns eastward on Avoca Road near Tackaberry Airport and heads toward Avoca. The trunkline continues in this direction through farm fields and the community of Avoca before turning southward on Glyshaw Road near the Black River. M-136 turns east, returning to Beard Road, and running through a", "id": "12150123" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-71 is a state trunkline highway in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. It serves as a connector between M-21 in Owosso to Interstate 69 (I-69) near Durand. The highway runs along a rail line in a northwest-to-southeast direction in rural Shiawassee County connecting a few small towns along its path. The highway dates back to the start of the state highway system in 1919. There were some changes made to the routing in the 1930s which increased its length. Two adjacent highways have been rerouted", "id": "9319501" }, { "contents": "M-61 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-61 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Marion and Standish. The highway runs along the boundary area between Northern Michigan and Central Michigan in the Lower Peninsula. M-61 runs through rural forestland connecting several smaller communities together as it connects M-115, US Highway 127 (US 127), Interstate 75 (I-75) and US 23. Less than 10,000 vehicles a day use various segments of the roadway on average. The trunkline was first designated along a portion of its current alignment by 1919. M-61", "id": "8785849" }, { "contents": "M-91 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, but subsequent transfers or roadway sections have truncated the route to its present form. For a time period in the 1980s, M-91 was even a discontinuous highway when a section in the middle was transferred to county control before the southernmost section was transferred. M-91 starts at an intersection with M-44 west of Belding in Otisco Township. The road runs north along Storey Road and past the Candlestone Golf Course and farmlands. At Bricker Road, M-91 crosses out of Ionia County into Montcalm County. The trunkline runs along Greenville Road and passes", "id": "8283414" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 is a state trunkline highway in the southwestern and central parts of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from South Haven to Webberville along an indirect path through both rural areas and larger cities. The trunkline follows five overall segments: a southeasterly track from South Haven to Kalamazoo, a northerly path to Plainwell, a southeasterly route to Richland, a northeasterly course to the Hastings area and an easterly route through the Lansing area. The M-43 designation dates back to at least July 1, 1919, when it was used", "id": "1132334" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-88 is a state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between US Highway 31 (US 31) and US 131/M-66 in the Lower Peninsula. Running from Mancelona to Eastport, M-88 also goes through the communities of Bellaire and Central Lake. The highway is completely within Antrim County and is known by the street name of \"Scenic Highway\" outside of the various communities along its routing. M-88 is an original trunkline dating back to the 1919 signing of the state system. An extension in the 1920s", "id": "6692224" }, { "contents": "M-34 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-99 turns south along Pioneer Road, M-34 continues east along Hudson Road. The highway turns to the southeast to the south of Osseo near Deer Lake and continues towards Pittsford. Hudson Road runs through a mix of forests and local farms. The trunkline passes to the south of the main business district in Pittsford. East of town, the highway turns east and intersects US Highway 127 (US 127) at the Hillsdale–Lenawee county line in Hudson. The trunkline continues eastward through the city of Hudson as Main Street. On", "id": "16558269" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-44 is a state trunkline highway in the western region of the US state of Michigan. It runs northward from the intersection of M-11 (28th Street) and M-37 toward the Rockford area. The highway then turns eastward to Belding, and it ends six miles (10 km) north of Ionia at M-66. M-44 is known in Grand Rapids as the \"East Beltline\" and intersects with its related highway, Connector M-44, in Plainfield Township. This highway runs concurrently with M-37 between M-11 and Interstate 96 (I-96).", "id": "13109166" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nBusiness M-28 (Bus. M-28) was a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It served as a business route running for through the Newberry area. The business loop followed a U-shaped routing to connect downtown Newberry with M-28 south of town. It ran west of the city of Newberry, passing through the community of Dollarville before entering downtown, turning south and ending near the county airport. Bus. M-28 was originally a section of M-28 before the latter was realigned in the late 1930s. The highway", "id": "14231891" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nbetween Tekonsha and Marshall. From I-69, M-227 runs east on F Drive South north of Pine and Long lakes for approximately one mile (1.6 km). The highway runs through agricultural land and turns north to follow Old US 27/17 Mile Road. At Division Drive, M-227 passes into Marshall on Kalamazoo Avenue. The highway runs past the Brooks Field airport and the Alwin Downs Golf Course. Kalamazoo Avenue crosses the Kalamazoo River, and M-227 turns west along Industrial Road. This section of town is an industrial park, and M-227", "id": "16700162" }, { "contents": "M-51 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nPokagon, M-51 turns back northeasterly toward Dowagiac. Once the highway reaches that city, it merges with M-62. The two highways run concurrently eastward along Spruce, Main and Division streets through downtown. M-51 turns to the north along Front Street, separating from the concurrency and leaving downtown. North of town in rural Cass County, M-51 intersects M-152 near location where the highway crosses the Dowagiac River. North of that intersection, the trunkline crosses into Van Buren County and turns to the east again. M-51 passes south of Knickerbocker Lake", "id": "11912684" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-67 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 41 (US 41) and M-94 between Trenary and Chatham. The highway has largely been unchanged during its history, although the highways that connect to M-67 on each end have changed several times. M-67 starts at an intersection with US 41 near Trenary east of the West Branch of the Whitefish River. From that intersection the highway runs east crossing Scott Creek before running into downtown Trenary along relatively flat", "id": "1214513" }, { "contents": "M-343 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-343 is a state trunkline highway in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It runs for almost along Gull Road between the northeast side of Kalamazoo and continues through rural areas on the way to Richland. The highway was created in January 2019 from a section of M-43 after that highway was rerouted in the aftermath of a series of jurisdictional transfers in downtown Kalamazoo. It had been a part of the state highway system for a century under its previous number until it was given its current designation. M-343 starts where Gull Road intersects Riverview Drive east", "id": "11381182" }, { "contents": "M-115 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. The lowest AADT was the 2,236 vehicles near Copemish. The trunkline between the US 10 and M-37 junctions has been listed on the National Highway System. a network of roads important to the country's defense, economy and mobility. In 1929, the first stretch of M-115 was designated from Frankfort to Benzonia. Beginning in the mid-1930s, construction of M-115 began from central to northwestern Lower Michigan. In 1936, an earthen highway was opened between the south side of Cadillac to M-66, with additional sections west of Mesick and northwest", "id": "9213548" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is near the border between Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties at exit 92 of Interstate 94 (I-94) southwest of Battle Creek. The northern terminus is at the Mission Point Light on Old Mission Point in Grand Traverse County. In between, the highway connects Battle Creek, Grand Rapids and Traverse City. Motorists will travel through agricultural land, forests, suburbs and large cities along the way. The section of M-37 on the Old Mission", "id": "17071073" }, { "contents": "M-203 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-203 turns inland running due east to Cloverland Road then turning north and east along Veterans Memorial Highway. Along this section of roadway, the AADT was measured at 440 vehicles in 2007. The highway follows Veterans Memorial Highway through the neighborhood of Tamarack west of Calumet. From there it continues eastward, following Pine Street north of downtown Calumet, looping back to US 41/M-26. The northern terminus of M-203 is at the intersection of Pine Street and Calumet Avenue. M-203 was first designated as a spur route from Hancock north", "id": "1358584" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nline, the highway intersects with US 12 before crossing into Washtenaw County. The limited-access section of M-52 continues north through western Washtenaw County, where it ends in Manchester. M-52 turns west along Austin and City roads into the village. The trunkline continues along the banks of the north branch of the River Raisin on Riverside Drive before turning north out of town. Just south of Chelsea, M-52 crosses Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues through downtown Chelsea and turns northwesterly through the Waterloo State Recreation Area in the", "id": "15803111" }, { "contents": "M-29 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-29 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in a south–north direction from Chesterfield Township to Marysville. It generally runs along the shore of Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River. The M-29 designation has been used twice in Michigan starting in 1919. The first designation near Lansing was replaced by U.S. Route 27 (US 27) in 1926. At that time, the M-29 designation was moved to the east side of the state along the current routing and farther north along part of what", "id": "18258775" }, { "contents": "Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\ndesignation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after a Temporary I-69 (Temp. I-69) designation was extended northward from Charlotte through Lansing to Perry. On September 4 of that year, I-69's designation was officially extended by Congress to end at I-475 on the east side of Flint; this extension, and all subsequent ones, was of \"non-chargeable mileage\", or segments not financed through the Interstate Highway", "id": "20840099" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-52 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is on the Ohio border, where it continues as State Route 109 (SR 109). The highway passes through communities like Adrian, where it intersects US Highway 223 (US 223), Chelsea and Webberville along its course. It crosses some major rivers, including the River Raisin and the Shiawassee. The section of the highway between M-50 and Manchester was built as a limited-access highway. M-52's northern terminus is", "id": "15803106" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nI-96 and then north on I-496. From there, M-78 followed the one-way pairing of Homer and Howard streets from the northern end of the freeway up to the one-way couplet of Saginaw Street and Grand River Avenue, returning to its previous routing. The former route through downtown along US 27 was redesignated Business M-78 (Bus. M-78) at the same time. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing sections of M-78 in 1965. The US 127 freeway was completed from", "id": "18787232" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n23) was incorporated into the trunkline as a discontinuous section in the early 1940s until it was later connected in 1946. M-68 starts in the community of Alanson east of Little Traverse Bay in Emmet County. US 31 runs along Burr Avenue parallel to the former Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad line and depot in town. M-68 starts at an intersection between Chicago Street and Burr Avenue. The trunkline runs southeasterly from this intersection and on a bridge over the Crooked River. After leaving town, the highway curves to run due east through", "id": "9319420" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nGrand Rapids. The state trunkline highway was created when M-50 was rerouted to follow 28th Street and Wilson Avenue around the south and west sides of the city in 1953. The business loop was decommissioned when M-50 was returned to its former routing in 1961. The highway followed Lake Michigan Drive (now M-45) from the Standale neighborhood of Walker easterly to Fulton Street in Grand Rapids. From there it followed Fulton easterly through downtown Grand Rapids and the east side of the city to a junction with Cascade Road in Grand Rapids Township The", "id": "11076050" }, { "contents": "M-102 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-102 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs along the northern boundary of Detroit following 8 Mile Road. The highway follows the Michigan Baseline, a part of the land survey of the state, and the roadway is also called Base Line Road in places. As a county road or city street, 8 Mile Road extends both east and west of the M-102 designation, which leaves 8 Mile on the eastern end to follow Vernier Road. The western terminus of M-102 is at the junction", "id": "5983336" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nTahquamenon River, Bus. M-28 turned east into the community of Dollarville. There the trunkline followed Dollarville Road and Engadine Road to the western city limits of Newberry. Once in the city of Newberry, Bus. M-28 followed West McMillan Avenue. At the intersection with M-117 (Newberry Avenue), Bus. M-28 turned south concurrently with M-117. The combined highway passed through the central business district. South of town, M-117/Bus. M-28 turned east along Campbell Avenue and then south along Miller Road. West of the Luce", "id": "14231893" }, { "contents": "M-90 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-90 is a state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from near North Branch eastward to Lexington situated on Lake Huron. The highway is a lightly traveled roadway that runs through rural farmlands. The trunkline runs mostly east–west with two short north–south segments where it turns to run concurrently with other state highways. Along the routing, there are two river crossings and one railroad crossing. The current highway that bears the M-90 designation is the second to carry number. The first", "id": "9440848" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\nBath Township. In 1919, the MSHD signposted the highway system for the first time, and the east–west highways through Lansing were part of the original M-29 through downtown and the original M-39 north of downtown. The north–south highway in Lansing was the original M-14. On November 11, 1926, the United States Numbered Highway System was approved by the AASHO, and the new US 27 replaced M-29 and M-14 in the area. By the end of the next year, M-78 was extended from Charlotte along US 27", "id": "12718047" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nroadway on any average day of the year. Along M-37, the volume varies from the peak 49,173 vehicles on a section of I-96/M-37 in Grand Rapids to the 718 vehicles at the northern terminus by the Mission Point Light. M-37 starts joined with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) as the two highway designations run concurrently at exit 92 on I-94 southwest of Battle Creek. They follow Columbia Avenue and pass around the southern side of the W. K. Kellogg Airport. When the roadway meets M-96, BL I-94/M-37 turns", "id": "17071077" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-60 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Niles area at a junction with US Highway 12 (US 12) to the Jackson area where it ends at Interstate 94 (I-94). The trunkline passes through a mix of farm fields and woodlands, crosses or runs along several rivers and connects several small towns of the southern area of the state. The westernmost segment runs along divided highway while the easternmost section is a full freeway bypass of Jackson. M-60 was originally", "id": "18513790" }, { "contents": "M-95 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nlater be extended in 1932 to the state line south of Kingsford. The total of M-45 was converted to M-95 in 1934 as a realignment near Witch Lake is completed. M-95 was rerouted in 1942 from Republic north to Humboldt Township. This new section replaced the last section of gravel roadway that was transferred to Marquette County as County Road 601. Another rerouting in the Republic area moved the trunkline in 1957 to bypass South Republic. The former roadway was partially closed to become part of the Republic Mine. M-69 was shortened, eliminating", "id": "20686812" } ]

[ { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nfields. South of Thornapple Lake, M-79 angles southeasterly moving from Quimby Road to Scott Road running parallel to the Thornapple River again into the community of Nashville. M-79 meets M-66 and turns south along the latter highway's route along Main and Durkee streets through the community. South of town in Maple Grove Township, M-79 separates from M-66 and turns east along Lawrence Road. Outside of Charlotte, M-79 curves southeast to transition to Lawrence Avenue through town. The eastern terminus is at an intersection with Cochran Avenue, which carries BL I-69", "id": "10575936" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nis located on southbound I-69 at exit 61. The highway was first designated in 1919 between Hastings and Battle Creek. It was later moved to run to Charlotte. A section of M-79 was designated as M-214 in the 1930s. M-214 would later be decommissioned as a highway designation and the M-79 designation was reapplied to the roadway. M-79 starts south of Hastings at a three-way intersection with M-37 in Hastings Township. The trunkline runs east and parallel to a section of the Thornapple River through wooded terrain that is interspersed with farm", "id": "10575935" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 at the same time carries the highway designation to Vermontville. M-79 was extended easterly to Charlotte in 1934 at the same time that the section of the trunkline between Nashville and Vermontville was redesignated M-214. M-79 was rerouted along Assyria and Lawrence roads at the time to connect the sections of M-79 on either side of M-214. By 1941, M-214 was shortened to a connector route in downtown Nashville running between M-79 and M-66. In 1953, M-79 replaced M-214 and the latter designation was retired from the highway system. The last section", "id": "10575938" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nand M-50. M-79 was formed as a state trunkline by July 1, 1919 along part of its present routing. At the time, it ran between Hastings and Nashville as it does today. From Nashville, the trunkline turned south and west to end at the contemporary M-17 in Battle Creek. By 1927, the southernmost section of M-79 was truncated when M-78 was extended to Battle Creek. In late 1930, the southernmost section was shortened once again as a new M-14 designation replaced M-79 south of Nashville. An eastward extension of", "id": "10575937" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the central portion of Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The western terminus is about southeast of Hastings at the junction with M-37 and the eastern terminus is in downtown Charlotte at the junction with M-50 and Business Loop Interstate 69 (BL I-69). It passes through Quimby and Nashville, where there is a junction with M-66. The entire highway is undivided surface road. It has no direct access with Interstate 69 (I-69), although a sign for the highway", "id": "10575934" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nThe M-14 designation of the time was decommissioned and replaced with M-66. Starting at Six Lakes, M-66 turned west along M-46 instead of east and then turned south through Stanton and Ionia ending north of Battle Creek. The highway between Lowell and Lakeview was redesignated as M-91. A minor realignment in late 1950 removed two 90° curves near the Osceola–Missaukee county line and replaced them with a pair of sweeping curves. The MSHD rerouted M-66 between Maple Grove and Nashville in mid-1953. In the changes, M-79 was extended along the", "id": "18787175" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nBarry–Eaton county line. After meeting M-43, the two trunklines run concurrently for about a mile (1.6 km) before M-50 breaks off to the southwest near Woodbury. From there, the road continues in its southeasterly path along Clinton Trail through the northeast part of Eaton County as it runs through fields to Charlotte. Just prior to entering the city, the road bends to the south and near the middle of town it has a junction with M-79 and Business Loop I-69 (BL I-69). After this intersection, M-50", "id": "11076036" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-78 ran along a route similar that of today. It started north of Battle Creek at a junction with then M-79 and cut through the corner of Barry County to Bellevue, but it turned northeasterly to end at Charlotte at a junction with M-29. By 1927, M-78 was extended southward, replacing M-79 to the Indiana state line, connecting with State Road 9 (SR 9) south of Sturgis. At the same time, a northerly addition extended the highway concurrently along US Highway 27 (US 27) to Dewitt and", "id": "18787228" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthrough Dowling and meets the western terminus of M-79. The highway follows Hanover Street through the south side of Hastings into downtown, where it turns west on Green Street and north on Broadway Street. At the intersection of Broadway and State streets, M-37 meets and joins M-43. West of Hastings, M-43 separates and heads south toward Kalamazoo while M-37 turns northwesterly and runs parallel to the Thornapple River. The highway follows the river west and north to the community of Middleville through mixed farms and forests. In southern Kent County, M-37", "id": "17071079" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nends, and M-66 continues northeast out of the Cereal City on Division Street and then northeast on Capital Avenue along the Battle Creek River. M-66 continues northward through Barry County on Capital Avenue which becomes 9 Mile Road north of Baseline Road. The highway passes through Assyria before meeting M-79, with which it has a short concurrency, in Nashville. On the north side of the village, M-66 crosses the Thornapple River and continues north through mixed rural forest land and farm fields. Near Woodland, M-66 joins M-43 and the two run", "id": "18787163" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nnew route of M-66 and then over M-214 to Hastings. M-66 was shifted off Assyria Road which was turned back to local control. Another realignment in 1954 shifted M-66 to the modern routing between the M-43 concurrency termini, removing M-43/M-66 from a section of M-50 in the process. The final section gravel section of M-66, approximately in length, was paved near Nashville in 1957. M-32 was extended along the northernmost section of M-66 in 1963. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing", "id": "18787176" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-78 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus is the intersection with M-66 north of Battle Creek in Pennfield Township. The roadway runs through rural farmland and the community of Bellevue as it approaches its eastern terminus at an interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) near Olivet. The highway is used by between 3,100 and 5,300 vehicles on a daily basis. When the state highway system was signed in 1919, M-78 followed a similar routing. At Bellevue, it turned northeast to terminate at Charlotte.", "id": "18787223" }, { "contents": "M-100 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-100 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the central region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between Potterville and Grand Ledge, connecting Interstate 69 (I-69) and I-96 west of the state capital, Lansing. The highway was previously a section of M-16. After M-16 was realigned, M-100 was created by 1927. Three extensions in the 1930s, 1950s and 1990s resulted in the current highway routing. M-100 starts at exit 66 on I-69 in Potterville. The highway runs north along Hartel Road, intersecting Lansing", "id": "169088" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\n. North of a crossing of the Battle Creek River, Cochrane Road widens to include a center turn lane. About north of the starting point, BL I-69 begins a concurrency with M-50 at Shepherd Street. North of Warren Avenue, BL I-69/M-50 widens to four lanes, two in each direction. The concurrency ends at Lawrence Avenue; M-50 continues north, and the business loop heads east on Lawrence Avenue for a few blocks. That intersection also marks the eastern terminus of M-79. From that point, BL I-69 follows", "id": "12718039" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturn of the century. M-69 and M-95 separate in Randville as the former turns east and the latter continues southward. Between Randville and the former community of Metropolitan, M-69 runs along the West Branch of the Sturgeon River through more hilly terrain. The trunkline continues east to the twin communities of Theodore and Felch. The river and the road part ways until meeting again at Foster City. This is also the location of a unique junction of highways. M-69 meets G-69, a County-Designated Highway that runs south to Loretto in", "id": "1214340" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe concurrency. In western Webberville, M-52 passes under I-96 and merges with M-43 at the latter's eastern terminus. The two highways run north to, and turn west along, Grand River Avenue. At Perry Road, M-52 turns back north out of the village. The trunkline continues north into Shiawassee County and runs through Perry before crossing I-69. Continuing north, M-52 curves northeasterly into downtown Owosso intersecting M-21 west of M-71's western terminus. M-52 continues northward parallel to the Shiawassee River into Saginaw County. The trunkline runs through", "id": "15803113" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ndowntown Ionia, the trunkline crosses the Grand River and the abandoned mainline of the Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad near the county fairgrounds. M-66 turns west along M-21 (Lincoln Avenue) for two blocks before turning back to the north along State Street. The trunkline runs through the northern part of the county and meets M-44's eastern terminus near Woodard Lake. In Montcalm County, M-66 intersects M-57 in a rural area south of Sheridan before running north on Sheridan Road through Stanton. The highway jogs west along Main Street in Stanton before returning", "id": "18787165" }, { "contents": "M-74 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-74 was the designation of a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The highway ran through rural Missaukee County connecting Pioneer with Merritt. The highway was designated by 1919 along a longer route. It was shortened before it was totally removed from the highway system in the late 1930s. M-74 started at a junction with M-66 near the community of Pioneer. It ran east on Moorestown Road through Stittsville to Moorestown before turning south on Nelson Road. There it ran through the community of Star City, turning west briefly on", "id": "9319580" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n131 freeway, M-55 merges north along the freeway, bypassing downtown Cadillac. On the east side of town, M-55 leaves the freeway and turns east again running through the Pere Marquette State Forest along Watergate Road. When the highway meets M-66, M-55 joins M-66 and runs north through farmland. As the two highways approach Lake City, they run along the shore of Lake Missaukee and through downtown. M-55 turns east again along Houghton Lake Road, separating from M-66 north of the central business district. This section of trunkline passes through", "id": "19769038" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 junction and the I-94 interchange. The NHS is a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility. M-96 was formed as a state trunkline in late 1926 from parts of M-17. The section of M-17 between Galesberg and Battle Creek was not utilized for US 12 and became M-96. In 1936, the Alternate US 12 trunkline was designated through the Battle Creek area along a section of highway that had previously been part of US 12. This highway was added to M-96 three years later in 1939", "id": "16718650" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the airport, M-96 runs concurrently with both Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) and M-37. M-96 turns south on Helmer Road, separating from the other two trunklines, and then turns east crossing along Columbia Avenue. Here the highway runs along the edge of the city of Battle Creek through more residential areas and crosses the I-194/M-66 freeway next to the Riverside County Club. Near Brownlee Park, M-96 (Columbia Avenue) merges with BL I-94 (Michigan Avenue). Together BL I-94/M-96 continues along Michigan Avenue", "id": "16718647" }, { "contents": "M-42 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturns ninety degrees to the south off Walker Road before angling southeasterly skirting the edge of some hills near Dyer Lake just west of M-66. The road turns back due east between Al Moses Road and M-66, where it ends north of Lake City. No section of the trunkline is part of the National Highway System. M-42 is an original state trunkline dating back to the 1919 signage of the highway system in Michigan. The original highway routing started at M-13 in Manton and ran due west to Mesick. From there the highway turned", "id": "6820888" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-50 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. Although designated as an east–west highway, it is nearly a diagonal northwest–southeast route. The western terminus is at exit 52 along Interstate 96 (I-96) near Alto a few miles east of the metro Grand Rapids area, and its eastern terminus is in downtown Monroe at US Highway 24 (US 24, Telegraph Road). In between the trunkline runs through seven counties of the southern part of the Lower Peninsula mostly through rural farm fields and", "id": "11076032" }, { "contents": "M-82 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe downtown area and M-82 turns south along Stewart Avenue out of town. The highway rounds a curve and transitions to 72nd Street running eastward through more farm land. As the trunkline approaches Newaygo, the terrain becomes more wooded near the Muskegon River. M-82 follows Fremont Street east to a junction with M-37. The two highways merge and run concurrently over the river and into downtown on State Street. South of downtown, M-82 turns east again, independent of M-37, and runs along 82nd Street on the southern edge of the Manistee", "id": "9440783" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-96 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Kalamazoo and Marshall. Its termini are both on business routes of Interstate 94 (I-94); the eastern one coincides with an intersection with I-69. Between Kalamazoo and Marshall it passes through Comstock, Galesburg, Augusta, and Battle Creek intersecting I-194/M-66 in Battle Creek and I-94 in Emmett Township. The highway now known as M-96 was originally part of M-17. Parts of M-17 that were not used for US Highway 12 (US 12) in", "id": "16718644" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncontinues south concurrent with the business loop for a several blocks before turning eastward. On the eastern end of town, it has an interchange with I-69 at exit 60. After heading east past the junction with I-69, the highway turns southeast as it heads through rural fields toward Eaton Rapids. Once it reaches the city, M-50 converges with M-99, and the two intersect M-188 on the south side of the Grand River. The two highways run south out of the city. Immediately prior to entering Jackson County, the two trunklines", "id": "11076037" }, { "contents": "M-199 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-199 is a state trunkline highway near Albion in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus of the road is in Sheridan Township at exit 119 off Interstate 94 (I-94). The eastern terminus is a junction with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) downtown Albion. The entire road is within Calhoun County and runs through rural farm fields outside of Albion; in town it is a residential street. The M-199 designation had previously been applied to a highway in the Upper Peninsula in the 1930s. The current highway was previously", "id": "318093" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, before entering Missaukee County. The trunkline then turns westward on Stoney Corners Road toward McBain through farm land. In town it runs along Maple Street and then runs north toward Lake City on Morey Road. South of the Lake City, M-55 runs concurrently with M-66 by Missaukee Golf Course and into town along the eastern shore of Lake Missaukee. North of town, M-55 splits off to the east on Houghton Lake Road, and M-66 continues north to an intersection with the eastern terminus of M-42 in a rural forest. M-66 leaves", "id": "18787168" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-136 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Brockway to Fort Gratiot in the lower part of The Thumb of the Lower Peninsula. The highway serves as a connector between M-19 on the west and M-25 northwest of Port Huron. In between, the highway runs through rural St. Clair County through farm fields and along a creek and river. The trunkline uses roads that were part of the state highway system in 1919. The M-136 designation was assigned in 1931 and extended to its current length in 1961", "id": "12150122" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nCounty before meeting M-179 and M-37. M-43 merges with the latter highway and together they run into Hastings. Downtown, M-37 leaves town to the south, while M-43 heads north before curving around the east, passing through farmfields approaching the community of Woodland. After leaving town, the road meets M-66, and together they head north to a junction with M-50. M-43 then turns east with M-50, and they briefly run together before M-50 diverges to the southeast. Now known as the Grand Ledge Highway, M-43 continues its easterly path", "id": "1132339" }, { "contents": "M-63 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto M-13 (later US 131) in Osceola County on July 1, 1919. This highway was extended in 1930 along US 131 to Tustin and then to a terminus with M-66 in Marion. At the same time, M-37 was extended north from Baldwin to meet M-63 east of Peacock. This eastern extension was truncated in 1932 when it was redesignated as part of M-61. A short connector roadway, M-179, was designated in 1935 between M-63 and US 131, forming a small triangle of highways. The western end was shortened", "id": "11402253" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nAvenue removed. Then in 2003, the signs along the East Beltline were restored and the route extended back to its former terminus. M-44 Connector, or Conn. M-44, is a connector route state trunkline highway running along Plainfield Avenue in the Grand Rapids area. It connects I-96/M-37 near Lamberton Lake with M-44 running along East Beltline Avenue near the Grand River. In between, the highway passes through a commercial area. North of 5 Mile Road, Plainfield Avenue takes on a more suburban residential character. There are more business", "id": "13109173" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nmeets Interstate 69 (I-69) northwest of town. Continuing to Homer, the highway runs along Lehigh Street in town; M-99 merges into M-60 after the intersection with Hillsdale Street. East of town, the highway widens into a four-lane divided highway; M-99 turns north along this short section of roadway and M-60 reverts to a two-lane highway again. The trunkline crosses the Kalamazoo River at Concord before it crosses into Jackson County. At Spring Arbor, M-60 passes the campus of Spring Arbor University. Outside of Jackson", "id": "18513796" }, { "contents": "M-142 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-53 turns west, ending the overlap of the two highways. M-142 exits town and follows Sand Beach Road through farm country. About of Bad Axe, M-142 meets the northern terminus of M-19 (Ubly Road). Continuing eastward, the highway crosses two branches of the Willow River as it passes through the unincorporated community of Verona. East of that location, the trunkline turns northeasterly, roughly parallel to the Rock Falls Creek, as it angles to Harbor Beach. M-142 follows State Street through town, and the trunkline terminates at", "id": "8283132" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nhilly terrain. After crossing the Cheboygan County line, the roadway meets the community of Burt Lake. It curves southeasterly along the shoreline of the lake of the same name. The roadway rounds the south end of Burt Lake and approaches the community of Indian River. South of Burt Lake State Park, the trunkline meets Straits Highway, the former routing of US 27 through Indian River. M-68 turns north along Straits Highway through downtown and then turns east toward Interstate 75 (I-75). It is along this section of M-68 that", "id": "9319421" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nproceeds south along with Alden Nash Avenue and turns east on 92nd Street through farms and fields in the rural southeastern corner of the county. As the trunkline runs to the east, it crosses into Ionia County. M-50 follows Thompson Road, Nash Highway and Tupper Lake Road into Lake Odessa. In Lake Odessa, the road bends around the north side of Jordan Lake, curving to the south into the extreme northeastern Barry County. The highway turns back to the east as it heads towards a junction with M-66 and M-43 at the", "id": "11076035" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-66 is a north–south state trunkline highway on the Lower Peninsula (LP) of the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Indiana state line in the south to Charlevoix in the north. M-66 is the only state highway to run the north–south distance of the LP. It starts as a continuation of State Road 9 (SR 9) which provides access to the Indiana Toll Road. The total length is approximately , which includes almost of freeway between Interstate 94 (I-94) and downtown Battle Creek designated", "id": "18787155" }, { "contents": "M-113 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-113 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in Grand Traverse County from M-37 near Hannah to US Highway 131 (US 131) in Walton Junction. The trunkline runs through farm fields and woodlands in a rural area of the county. It connects the highways at its termini with the village of Kingsley. First designated in November 1927, the highway was extended in 1940 by adding the southernmost section near Walton Junction which was originally part of US 131. M-113 starts west of Hannah at an intersection with", "id": "4961848" }, { "contents": "M-24 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nexpressway from Metamora to I-69. South of Metamora, M-24 runs parallel to the former right-of-way for the Michigan Central Railroad north into the city of Lapeer. M-24 continues north from Lapeer running west of Barnes Lake and east of the community of Columbiaville just south of the M-90 junction. South of the Tuscola County line, the trunkline passes the Greenbriar Golf Club and crosses the Pere Marquette Railroad before turning west along Saginaw Road into the community of Mayville and turning north along Mertz Road. South of Caro, M-24", "id": "12670654" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\ncarried the M-28A designation before it was redesignated as Bus. M-28 in 1950. The trunkline was partially turned back to local control in 1953, and the business loop designation was removed at that time. The section of the roadway in downtown Newberry has carried several different designations in addition to the original M-28. Bus. M-28 started at the top of a small hill at an intersection with M-28 southwest of Newberry. The highway ran due north from the intersection along Engadine Road, running downhill towards Teaspoon Creek. Just south of the", "id": "14231892" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-13 is a north–south state trunkline highway that runs through the Saginaw Bay region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from Interstate 69 (I-69) south of Lennon to US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish. The southern section of the trunkline runs along a pair of county lines in a rural area dominated by farm fields. The highway directly connects the downtown areas of both Saginaw and Bay City. North of the latter city, the Lake Huron Circle Tour follows M-13 along the Saginaw Bay. The", "id": "5767618" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nterrain. East of town, the highway turns north running parallel to the AuTrain River Basin. The trunkline crosses Dexter Creek between Paulsen and Trout Lake roads. About halfway along the north–south segment of the highway, M-67 passes through the community of Limestone and crosses Johnson Creek. After running for , M-67 ends at a four-way intersection with M-94 and Tunteri Road. Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) traffic surveys in 2007 show that between 1,200 and 1,400 vehicles traveled the road daily in 2007 in a measure of", "id": "1214514" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nrun concurrently into Allegan. In 1963, when the I-196/US 31 freeway opened, the western terminus of M-89 was extended to meet the new freeway. A few years later, when M-96 was realigned onto a route that took it into Battle Creek, M-89 was extended southeasterly along Michigan Avenue (the old M-96) and terminated at M-37. The highway was extended further southeasterly into Battle Creek to replace the old routing of M-37 along Michigan Avenue; it then turned south on Washington to the BL I-94 where it terminated,", "id": "18787900" }, { "contents": "M-138 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-138 is a east–west state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from a junction with M-15 west of the unincorporated community of Munger in Bay County to the intersection with M-24 east of Akron in Tuscola County. The trunkline runs through rural agricultural areas outside of the villages and communities it serves. It was designated in the 1930s and extended in the 1940s. M-138 was truncated in the 1990s as well. M-138 begins at a junction with M-15 (Tuscola Road) just west", "id": "19948037" }, { "contents": "M-65 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the Pine River, M-65 merges with M-72. The two trunklines run concurrently curving to the northwest past the eastern terminus of county road F-32 into Curran. North of town, they separate as M-72 turns westward and M-65 continues north, exiting the Huron National Forest. The highway jogs along the Alcona–Alpena County line and crosses the Beaver Creek in the process. The trunkline runs to the east of Beaver Lake as it runs north through mixed forest and fields toward the community of Lachine. Southeast of that town, M-65", "id": "1359267" }, { "contents": "M-31 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, the trunkline turned southwesterly to follow along part of the Saginaw Bay. The road passed through Sebewaing to Unionville before turning back inland. Running southward to Akron, the highway turned alternately westward and southward to Fairgrove. M-31 next ran west along Bradleyville Road to a connection with M-81; the two highways ran concurrently south through Gilford before M-31 separated and turned back westward through Reese to Saginaw. The northern terminus in downtown Saginaw was at an intersection with what was then M-10. When the state highway system was first signed in 1919", "id": "19066175" }, { "contents": "M-76 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-76 is a former state trunkline highway designation in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The highway's designation was decommissioned when the last section of it was converted to freeway as a part of the present-day Interstate 75 (I-75). At that time, M-76 extended from US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish northwesterly to I-75 south of Grayling. Two sections of the route followed freeways with a two-lane highway in between to connect them. The former routing of M-76 through West Branch before", "id": "13291830" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 94 in Michigan\n\n\nlonger reconnects to I-94 on both ends. Major intersections Business Loop Interstate 94 (BL I-94) is a state trunkline highway serving as a business loop from I-94 through downtown Battle Creek. The highway begins at exit 92 on I-94 near the Kalamazoo–Calhoun county line. BL I-94 runs concurrently along M-37 northwesterly from the freeway on the two-lane Columbia Avenue on the eastern edge of Fort Custer. At an intersection south of the W.K. Kellogg Airport, BL I-94/M-37 turns easterly to run on the southern side of the", "id": "16557414" }, { "contents": "M-21 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto Port Huron in 1966. A freeway segment between Flint and Lapeer opened in 1971. M-21 was routed down M-13 to the new freeway where it joined the M-78 designation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after I-69 was extended north from Charlotte. The 1974 completion of I-196 meant the truncation of M-21 to end in Grand Rapids. At the time, M-21 was extended along Fulton Street to the East Beltline, and", "id": "13431388" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nas a result of the various reroutings in the Lansing area, both of which are no longer part of the state highway system. M-78 begins at an intersection with M-66 in Pennfield Township, north of Battle Creek in Calhoun County. The trunkline passes through rural farm lands as it runs due east and northeast. It briefly crosses the southeast corner of Barry County as it enters Eaton County. There M-78 follows Battle Creek Highway past some small ponds and into the town of Bellevue. The trunkline becomes Capitol Avenue in town and turns", "id": "18787225" }, { "contents": "M-81 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. East of town, the highway follows Caro Road through more farm fields through the community of Watrousville. Near the south side of the Tuscola Area Airport, M-81 turns to the northeast running along the Cass River to Caro. In the city, the trunkline follows State Street past the fairgrounds. At the intersection with Ellington Street, M-81 crosses M-24. The highway continues northeasterly out of town and through the community of Ellington. Northeast of Elmwood, M-81 turns due east along Cass City Road. The trunkline runs to the village", "id": "9440771" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nUS 12 freeway was completed in the area. Bus. US 12 was redesignated as BL I-94 in 1960 and M-96 was shortened to end at BL I-94/M-78 running on Capital Avenue. M-37 was reextended in 1961 in Battle Creek to a concurrent routing with M-96 in 1961. M-89 was extended along the roadway used by M-96 west of Battle Creek to M-37 in 1965, truncating M-96 in the process. M-96 was reextended back to Battle Creek along Dickman Road and Fort Custer Highway from Augusta east in 1971. Several changes in", "id": "16718652" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthat junction, M-71 turns easterly and then southeasterly out of town. The highway continues to run alongside the rail line through farmland to the outskirts of Vernon. M-71 crosses the Shiawassee River for a second time. The rail line and the highway diverge and run on opposite sides of town; the highway rounds the northeast side and the rail line runs along the southwest side. This section of trunkline through Vernon had the lowest AADT value in 2009 with 4,371 vehicles. M-71 continues to the interchange with I-69 at exit 118 northwest of", "id": "9319504" }, { "contents": "M-140 (Michigan highway)\n\n\njog along Pokagon Road around Riggins Lake. M-140 turns back northward and runs through the community of Berrien Center. Near Eau Claire, the highway turns bends along Maple Grove Road for about before going north on Watervliet Road. East of town, the trunkline follows Main Street eastward toward the Berrien–Cass county line. M-140 intersects the northern terminus of M-62 and curves north. In northern Berrien County, M-140 follows Watervliet Road to an interchange with Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues northward along Main Street into Watervliet,", "id": "800150" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-69 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 2 (US 2) on both ends in Crystal Falls and near Bark River. In between, the highway runs for in rural UP forest lands. Before the creation of the U.S. Highway System, the current M-69 was a portion of M-12. The original M-69 was replaced by US 102 and the M-69 designation was reused on a section of M-12 not replaced by US 2.", "id": "1214334" }, { "contents": "M-36 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof town. At Howell Street, County Road D-19 merges in from the south. The two designations run concurrently along Main Street to Pearl Street, where D-19 turns northward. At the intersection with Dexter Street, M-36 intersects the western terminus of D-32, the \"Highway to Hell\". East of Pinckney, M-36 passes between Rush and Bass lakes in the Pettysville area. Immediately east of there, the highway passes through woods between Oneida and Zukey lakes in Lakeland. The trunkline passes to the south of Buck Lake and then", "id": "19826396" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n(MDOT). The highway was first designated by July 1, 1919 along a portion of the current roadway. In a series of extensions, M-55 was lengthened to connect its current endpoints by the early 1930s. The trunkline has been rerouted in sections since that time resulting in the modern roadway alignment. One set of changes produced a business loop in the Houghton Lake area. M-55 starts at a three-way intersection with US 31 north of Manistee. The trunkline runs southeast on Caberfae Highway over the Manistee River and through", "id": "19769036" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto enter the outskirts of Battle Creek it follows Michigan Avenue. It passes through the neighborhoods of Level Park-Oak Park and Urbandale, the first residential areas of the city. As the highway continues towards Battle Creek it has a junction with M-37. M-89 continues on Michigan Avenue until an intersection with Washington Avenue where the route turns to the southwest where it crosses the Kalamazoo River one last time. The trunkline terminates a few blocks later at Dickman Road, otherwise known as the Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94). M-89", "id": "18787895" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nMountain, M-88 turns east at Alden highway and enters the community of Mancelona, passing the Fairview Cemetery. The highway runs along on State Street into downtown. M-88 ends at an intersection with US 131/M-66 running along Williams Street, and State Street continues eastward as C-38. M-88 was first designated by July 1, 1919 along its current routing between Mancelona and Bellaire. It was extended in 1927 through Central Lake to end in Eastport. It was used as a temporary routing of US 31 between Eastport and Bellaire while the", "id": "6692228" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 designation transfers from the freeway to run concurrently with M-89 eastward. After the freeway, M-43/M-89 passes through the city of Plainwell and crosses the Kalamazoo River again before continuing into rural areas again. The trunkline continues to the southeast on towards the village of Richland. Just north of Richland, M-89 parts ways with M-43. M-89 heads south through town and intersects M-343, before turning eastward and passing to the south of Gull Lake. After passing the lake, the highway turns southeast towards Battle Creek. As M-89 begins", "id": "18787894" }, { "contents": "M-14 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nstreets to new stretches of freeways running south of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. The former route of US 12, much of which was known as Plymouth Road, was retained as a trunkline and redesignated M-14. In 1964, a northern bypass connecting US 23 with M-153 was completed, and M-14 was rerouted onto the new freeway; the highway still ran through Ann Arbor along routes now designated Bus. US 23 and Business Loop I-94. The following year, the freeway was extended to its present western terminus at I-94, and M-14", "id": "11243057" }, { "contents": "M-188 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-188 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from Eaton Rapids to the VFW National Home for Children, southeast of town through a rural area. Approximately 1,000 vehicles each day use a highway that was first designated in the 1930s and paved in the 1940s. Starting in Eaton Rapids, M-188 heads eastward from the intersection with M-99/M-50 (Michigan highway) toward the Grand River. The highway follows Water Street southeasterly along the river through residential neighborhoods and exits town. M-188 turns back due east", "id": "3803194" }, { "contents": "M-72 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. At South Down River Road, M-72 turns east again to leave Grayling, crossing I-75 in the process. There is no direct access to I-75 from M-72. Instead traffic is directed to follow BL I-75 in either direction to get to the freeway. In eastern Crawford County, M-72 runs through the Au Sable State Forest and crosses the South Branch of the Au Sable River on the Wakeley Bridge. East of the river crossing, the trunkline intersects the northern terminus of M-18 before crossing into Oscoda County. M-72 continues east through", "id": "18092035" }, { "contents": "M-28 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof M-28 designated as a part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour is from the western terminus to the eastern junction with M-64 in Bergland, where the Circle Tour turns north along M-64, leaving M-28. Here, M-28 has its lowest traffic counts; within the 2013 MDOT survey, the road is listed with only an average annual daily traffic (AADT) of 1,425 vehicles on a section of highway between Bergland and the US 45 intersection in Bruce Crossing. The trunkline runs through heavily forested areas of southern Houghton and Baraga counties.", "id": "20777599" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, which runs along the western city line. M-13 meets the 2 one-way streets that carry M-25 and the I-75 business spur at the intersections with Thomas and Jenny streets. From this intersection on, M-13 forms a part of the Lake Huron Circle Tour. Farther north, the highway turns northwesterly on Huron Road; Euclid Avenue continues north as M-247. As the trunkline heads away from Bay City, it runs parallel to the Lake State Railway again. M-13 intersects the northern end of its connector route before Huron Road crosses", "id": "5767624" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-89 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from near Ganges to Battle Creek. M-89 starts at an interchange with Interstate 196/US Highway 31 (I-196/US 31) and passes through Allegan, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and Calhoun counties. The highway also briefly crosses the southwest corner of Barry County before it terminates an at intersection with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) on the northwestern side of downtown Battle Creek. In between the trunkline runs parallel to the Kalamazoo River", "id": "18787890" }, { "contents": "M-33 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-33 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Interstate 75 (I-75) at Alger in Arenac County north to M-27 near Cheboygan. In between, the trunkline runs through rural sections of the northeastern Lower Peninsula including state and national forest areas. M-33 connects to a handful of parks and crosses several of the rivers in that section of the state. It runs concurrently with three other state highways, sharing pavement to connect through several small communities of Northern Michigan. M-33 was designated by", "id": "16986002" }, { "contents": "M-57 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncounty line, the highway crosses a branch of the Great Lakes Central Railroad. M-57 follows Brady Road and crosses M-52 just west of Chesaning. Further east, the trunkline crosses another line of the Great Lakes Central. The highway follows Broad Street into town and over the Shiawassee River. On the east banks, M-57 runs along Main Street south along the river to a junction with Peet Road where it then turns east along the latter road out of town. The highway passes through more farm fields and through Layton Corners on the", "id": "12341714" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe western end of the highway, halfway between Bark River and Hyde, west of Escanaba. In 1919, M-69 started at the state line south of Crystal Falls. It ran north through Crystal Falls, where it intersected M-12, to end in Covington at an intersection with M-28. This roadway was redesignated with the creation of the U.S. Highway System in 1926. US 2 replaced M-69 south and M-12 west of Crystal Falls. US 102 replaced M-69 north of Crystal Falls, and the latter designation was reused on the section of", "id": "1214343" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-227 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It consists largely of a segment of old U.S. Highway 27 (US 27) along the south and west sides of Marshall. The highway passes the airport and serves an industrial section of town north of the Kalamazoo River. M-227 was created as a part of a program to add additional routes into the state's highway system under the leadership of Governor John Engler. M-227 starts at a diamond interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) at exit 32", "id": "16700161" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. M-136 begins at a junction with M-19 just south of Brockway on the north side of Mill Creek. The highway heads eastward through farm fields on Metcalf Road for about before bending to the southeast on Beard Road, parallel to the creek. The road then turns eastward on Avoca Road near Tackaberry Airport and heads toward Avoca. The trunkline continues in this direction through farm fields and the community of Avoca before turning southward on Glyshaw Road near the Black River. M-136 turns east, returning to Beard Road, and running through a", "id": "12150123" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-71 is a state trunkline highway in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. It serves as a connector between M-21 in Owosso to Interstate 69 (I-69) near Durand. The highway runs along a rail line in a northwest-to-southeast direction in rural Shiawassee County connecting a few small towns along its path. The highway dates back to the start of the state highway system in 1919. There were some changes made to the routing in the 1930s which increased its length. Two adjacent highways have been rerouted", "id": "9319501" }, { "contents": "M-61 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-61 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Marion and Standish. The highway runs along the boundary area between Northern Michigan and Central Michigan in the Lower Peninsula. M-61 runs through rural forestland connecting several smaller communities together as it connects M-115, US Highway 127 (US 127), Interstate 75 (I-75) and US 23. Less than 10,000 vehicles a day use various segments of the roadway on average. The trunkline was first designated along a portion of its current alignment by 1919. M-61", "id": "8785849" }, { "contents": "M-91 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, but subsequent transfers or roadway sections have truncated the route to its present form. For a time period in the 1980s, M-91 was even a discontinuous highway when a section in the middle was transferred to county control before the southernmost section was transferred. M-91 starts at an intersection with M-44 west of Belding in Otisco Township. The road runs north along Storey Road and past the Candlestone Golf Course and farmlands. At Bricker Road, M-91 crosses out of Ionia County into Montcalm County. The trunkline runs along Greenville Road and passes", "id": "8283414" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 is a state trunkline highway in the southwestern and central parts of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from South Haven to Webberville along an indirect path through both rural areas and larger cities. The trunkline follows five overall segments: a southeasterly track from South Haven to Kalamazoo, a northerly path to Plainwell, a southeasterly route to Richland, a northeasterly course to the Hastings area and an easterly route through the Lansing area. The M-43 designation dates back to at least July 1, 1919, when it was used", "id": "1132334" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-88 is a state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between US Highway 31 (US 31) and US 131/M-66 in the Lower Peninsula. Running from Mancelona to Eastport, M-88 also goes through the communities of Bellaire and Central Lake. The highway is completely within Antrim County and is known by the street name of \"Scenic Highway\" outside of the various communities along its routing. M-88 is an original trunkline dating back to the 1919 signing of the state system. An extension in the 1920s", "id": "6692224" }, { "contents": "M-34 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-99 turns south along Pioneer Road, M-34 continues east along Hudson Road. The highway turns to the southeast to the south of Osseo near Deer Lake and continues towards Pittsford. Hudson Road runs through a mix of forests and local farms. The trunkline passes to the south of the main business district in Pittsford. East of town, the highway turns east and intersects US Highway 127 (US 127) at the Hillsdale–Lenawee county line in Hudson. The trunkline continues eastward through the city of Hudson as Main Street. On", "id": "16558269" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-44 is a state trunkline highway in the western region of the US state of Michigan. It runs northward from the intersection of M-11 (28th Street) and M-37 toward the Rockford area. The highway then turns eastward to Belding, and it ends six miles (10 km) north of Ionia at M-66. M-44 is known in Grand Rapids as the \"East Beltline\" and intersects with its related highway, Connector M-44, in Plainfield Township. This highway runs concurrently with M-37 between M-11 and Interstate 96 (I-96).", "id": "13109166" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nBusiness M-28 (Bus. M-28) was a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It served as a business route running for through the Newberry area. The business loop followed a U-shaped routing to connect downtown Newberry with M-28 south of town. It ran west of the city of Newberry, passing through the community of Dollarville before entering downtown, turning south and ending near the county airport. Bus. M-28 was originally a section of M-28 before the latter was realigned in the late 1930s. The highway", "id": "14231891" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nbetween Tekonsha and Marshall. From I-69, M-227 runs east on F Drive South north of Pine and Long lakes for approximately one mile (1.6 km). The highway runs through agricultural land and turns north to follow Old US 27/17 Mile Road. At Division Drive, M-227 passes into Marshall on Kalamazoo Avenue. The highway runs past the Brooks Field airport and the Alwin Downs Golf Course. Kalamazoo Avenue crosses the Kalamazoo River, and M-227 turns west along Industrial Road. This section of town is an industrial park, and M-227", "id": "16700162" }, { "contents": "M-51 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nPokagon, M-51 turns back northeasterly toward Dowagiac. Once the highway reaches that city, it merges with M-62. The two highways run concurrently eastward along Spruce, Main and Division streets through downtown. M-51 turns to the north along Front Street, separating from the concurrency and leaving downtown. North of town in rural Cass County, M-51 intersects M-152 near location where the highway crosses the Dowagiac River. North of that intersection, the trunkline crosses into Van Buren County and turns to the east again. M-51 passes south of Knickerbocker Lake", "id": "11912684" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-67 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 41 (US 41) and M-94 between Trenary and Chatham. The highway has largely been unchanged during its history, although the highways that connect to M-67 on each end have changed several times. M-67 starts at an intersection with US 41 near Trenary east of the West Branch of the Whitefish River. From that intersection the highway runs east crossing Scott Creek before running into downtown Trenary along relatively flat", "id": "1214513" }, { "contents": "M-343 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-343 is a state trunkline highway in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It runs for almost along Gull Road between the northeast side of Kalamazoo and continues through rural areas on the way to Richland. The highway was created in January 2019 from a section of M-43 after that highway was rerouted in the aftermath of a series of jurisdictional transfers in downtown Kalamazoo. It had been a part of the state highway system for a century under its previous number until it was given its current designation. M-343 starts where Gull Road intersects Riverview Drive east", "id": "11381182" }, { "contents": "M-115 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. The lowest AADT was the 2,236 vehicles near Copemish. The trunkline between the US 10 and M-37 junctions has been listed on the National Highway System. a network of roads important to the country's defense, economy and mobility. In 1929, the first stretch of M-115 was designated from Frankfort to Benzonia. Beginning in the mid-1930s, construction of M-115 began from central to northwestern Lower Michigan. In 1936, an earthen highway was opened between the south side of Cadillac to M-66, with additional sections west of Mesick and northwest", "id": "9213548" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is near the border between Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties at exit 92 of Interstate 94 (I-94) southwest of Battle Creek. The northern terminus is at the Mission Point Light on Old Mission Point in Grand Traverse County. In between, the highway connects Battle Creek, Grand Rapids and Traverse City. Motorists will travel through agricultural land, forests, suburbs and large cities along the way. The section of M-37 on the Old Mission", "id": "17071073" }, { "contents": "M-203 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-203 turns inland running due east to Cloverland Road then turning north and east along Veterans Memorial Highway. Along this section of roadway, the AADT was measured at 440 vehicles in 2007. The highway follows Veterans Memorial Highway through the neighborhood of Tamarack west of Calumet. From there it continues eastward, following Pine Street north of downtown Calumet, looping back to US 41/M-26. The northern terminus of M-203 is at the intersection of Pine Street and Calumet Avenue. M-203 was first designated as a spur route from Hancock north", "id": "1358584" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nline, the highway intersects with US 12 before crossing into Washtenaw County. The limited-access section of M-52 continues north through western Washtenaw County, where it ends in Manchester. M-52 turns west along Austin and City roads into the village. The trunkline continues along the banks of the north branch of the River Raisin on Riverside Drive before turning north out of town. Just south of Chelsea, M-52 crosses Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues through downtown Chelsea and turns northwesterly through the Waterloo State Recreation Area in the", "id": "15803111" }, { "contents": "M-29 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-29 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in a south–north direction from Chesterfield Township to Marysville. It generally runs along the shore of Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River. The M-29 designation has been used twice in Michigan starting in 1919. The first designation near Lansing was replaced by U.S. Route 27 (US 27) in 1926. At that time, the M-29 designation was moved to the east side of the state along the current routing and farther north along part of what", "id": "18258775" }, { "contents": "Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\ndesignation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after a Temporary I-69 (Temp. I-69) designation was extended northward from Charlotte through Lansing to Perry. On September 4 of that year, I-69's designation was officially extended by Congress to end at I-475 on the east side of Flint; this extension, and all subsequent ones, was of \"non-chargeable mileage\", or segments not financed through the Interstate Highway", "id": "20840099" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-52 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is on the Ohio border, where it continues as State Route 109 (SR 109). The highway passes through communities like Adrian, where it intersects US Highway 223 (US 223), Chelsea and Webberville along its course. It crosses some major rivers, including the River Raisin and the Shiawassee. The section of the highway between M-50 and Manchester was built as a limited-access highway. M-52's northern terminus is", "id": "15803106" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nI-96 and then north on I-496. From there, M-78 followed the one-way pairing of Homer and Howard streets from the northern end of the freeway up to the one-way couplet of Saginaw Street and Grand River Avenue, returning to its previous routing. The former route through downtown along US 27 was redesignated Business M-78 (Bus. M-78) at the same time. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing sections of M-78 in 1965. The US 127 freeway was completed from", "id": "18787232" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n23) was incorporated into the trunkline as a discontinuous section in the early 1940s until it was later connected in 1946. M-68 starts in the community of Alanson east of Little Traverse Bay in Emmet County. US 31 runs along Burr Avenue parallel to the former Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad line and depot in town. M-68 starts at an intersection between Chicago Street and Burr Avenue. The trunkline runs southeasterly from this intersection and on a bridge over the Crooked River. After leaving town, the highway curves to run due east through", "id": "9319420" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nGrand Rapids. The state trunkline highway was created when M-50 was rerouted to follow 28th Street and Wilson Avenue around the south and west sides of the city in 1953. The business loop was decommissioned when M-50 was returned to its former routing in 1961. The highway followed Lake Michigan Drive (now M-45) from the Standale neighborhood of Walker easterly to Fulton Street in Grand Rapids. From there it followed Fulton easterly through downtown Grand Rapids and the east side of the city to a junction with Cascade Road in Grand Rapids Township The", "id": "11076050" }, { "contents": "M-102 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-102 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs along the northern boundary of Detroit following 8 Mile Road. The highway follows the Michigan Baseline, a part of the land survey of the state, and the roadway is also called Base Line Road in places. As a county road or city street, 8 Mile Road extends both east and west of the M-102 designation, which leaves 8 Mile on the eastern end to follow Vernier Road. The western terminus of M-102 is at the junction", "id": "5983336" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nTahquamenon River, Bus. M-28 turned east into the community of Dollarville. There the trunkline followed Dollarville Road and Engadine Road to the western city limits of Newberry. Once in the city of Newberry, Bus. M-28 followed West McMillan Avenue. At the intersection with M-117 (Newberry Avenue), Bus. M-28 turned south concurrently with M-117. The combined highway passed through the central business district. South of town, M-117/Bus. M-28 turned east along Campbell Avenue and then south along Miller Road. West of the Luce", "id": "14231893" }, { "contents": "M-90 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-90 is a state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from near North Branch eastward to Lexington situated on Lake Huron. The highway is a lightly traveled roadway that runs through rural farmlands. The trunkline runs mostly east–west with two short north–south segments where it turns to run concurrently with other state highways. Along the routing, there are two river crossings and one railroad crossing. The current highway that bears the M-90 designation is the second to carry number. The first", "id": "9440848" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\nBath Township. In 1919, the MSHD signposted the highway system for the first time, and the east–west highways through Lansing were part of the original M-29 through downtown and the original M-39 north of downtown. The north–south highway in Lansing was the original M-14. On November 11, 1926, the United States Numbered Highway System was approved by the AASHO, and the new US 27 replaced M-29 and M-14 in the area. By the end of the next year, M-78 was extended from Charlotte along US 27", "id": "12718047" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nroadway on any average day of the year. Along M-37, the volume varies from the peak 49,173 vehicles on a section of I-96/M-37 in Grand Rapids to the 718 vehicles at the northern terminus by the Mission Point Light. M-37 starts joined with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) as the two highway designations run concurrently at exit 92 on I-94 southwest of Battle Creek. They follow Columbia Avenue and pass around the southern side of the W. K. Kellogg Airport. When the roadway meets M-96, BL I-94/M-37 turns", "id": "17071077" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-60 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Niles area at a junction with US Highway 12 (US 12) to the Jackson area where it ends at Interstate 94 (I-94). The trunkline passes through a mix of farm fields and woodlands, crosses or runs along several rivers and connects several small towns of the southern area of the state. The westernmost segment runs along divided highway while the easternmost section is a full freeway bypass of Jackson. M-60 was originally", "id": "18513790" }, { "contents": "M-95 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nlater be extended in 1932 to the state line south of Kingsford. The total of M-45 was converted to M-95 in 1934 as a realignment near Witch Lake is completed. M-95 was rerouted in 1942 from Republic north to Humboldt Township. This new section replaced the last section of gravel roadway that was transferred to Marquette County as County Road 601. Another rerouting in the Republic area moved the trunkline in 1957 to bypass South Republic. The former roadway was partially closed to become part of the Republic Mine. M-69 was shortened, eliminating", "id": "20686812" } ]

[ { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nfields. South of Thornapple Lake, M-79 angles southeasterly moving from Quimby Road to Scott Road running parallel to the Thornapple River again into the community of Nashville. M-79 meets M-66 and turns south along the latter highway's route along Main and Durkee streets through the community. South of town in Maple Grove Township, M-79 separates from M-66 and turns east along Lawrence Road. Outside of Charlotte, M-79 curves southeast to transition to Lawrence Avenue through town. The eastern terminus is at an intersection with Cochran Avenue, which carries BL I-69", "id": "10575936" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nis located on southbound I-69 at exit 61. The highway was first designated in 1919 between Hastings and Battle Creek. It was later moved to run to Charlotte. A section of M-79 was designated as M-214 in the 1930s. M-214 would later be decommissioned as a highway designation and the M-79 designation was reapplied to the roadway. M-79 starts south of Hastings at a three-way intersection with M-37 in Hastings Township. The trunkline runs east and parallel to a section of the Thornapple River through wooded terrain that is interspersed with farm", "id": "10575935" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 at the same time carries the highway designation to Vermontville. M-79 was extended easterly to Charlotte in 1934 at the same time that the section of the trunkline between Nashville and Vermontville was redesignated M-214. M-79 was rerouted along Assyria and Lawrence roads at the time to connect the sections of M-79 on either side of M-214. By 1941, M-214 was shortened to a connector route in downtown Nashville running between M-79 and M-66. In 1953, M-79 replaced M-214 and the latter designation was retired from the highway system. The last section", "id": "10575938" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nand M-50. M-79 was formed as a state trunkline by July 1, 1919 along part of its present routing. At the time, it ran between Hastings and Nashville as it does today. From Nashville, the trunkline turned south and west to end at the contemporary M-17 in Battle Creek. By 1927, the southernmost section of M-79 was truncated when M-78 was extended to Battle Creek. In late 1930, the southernmost section was shortened once again as a new M-14 designation replaced M-79 south of Nashville. An eastward extension of", "id": "10575937" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the central portion of Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The western terminus is about southeast of Hastings at the junction with M-37 and the eastern terminus is in downtown Charlotte at the junction with M-50 and Business Loop Interstate 69 (BL I-69). It passes through Quimby and Nashville, where there is a junction with M-66. The entire highway is undivided surface road. It has no direct access with Interstate 69 (I-69), although a sign for the highway", "id": "10575934" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nThe M-14 designation of the time was decommissioned and replaced with M-66. Starting at Six Lakes, M-66 turned west along M-46 instead of east and then turned south through Stanton and Ionia ending north of Battle Creek. The highway between Lowell and Lakeview was redesignated as M-91. A minor realignment in late 1950 removed two 90° curves near the Osceola–Missaukee county line and replaced them with a pair of sweeping curves. The MSHD rerouted M-66 between Maple Grove and Nashville in mid-1953. In the changes, M-79 was extended along the", "id": "18787175" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nBarry–Eaton county line. After meeting M-43, the two trunklines run concurrently for about a mile (1.6 km) before M-50 breaks off to the southwest near Woodbury. From there, the road continues in its southeasterly path along Clinton Trail through the northeast part of Eaton County as it runs through fields to Charlotte. Just prior to entering the city, the road bends to the south and near the middle of town it has a junction with M-79 and Business Loop I-69 (BL I-69). After this intersection, M-50", "id": "11076036" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-78 ran along a route similar that of today. It started north of Battle Creek at a junction with then M-79 and cut through the corner of Barry County to Bellevue, but it turned northeasterly to end at Charlotte at a junction with M-29. By 1927, M-78 was extended southward, replacing M-79 to the Indiana state line, connecting with State Road 9 (SR 9) south of Sturgis. At the same time, a northerly addition extended the highway concurrently along US Highway 27 (US 27) to Dewitt and", "id": "18787228" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthrough Dowling and meets the western terminus of M-79. The highway follows Hanover Street through the south side of Hastings into downtown, where it turns west on Green Street and north on Broadway Street. At the intersection of Broadway and State streets, M-37 meets and joins M-43. West of Hastings, M-43 separates and heads south toward Kalamazoo while M-37 turns northwesterly and runs parallel to the Thornapple River. The highway follows the river west and north to the community of Middleville through mixed farms and forests. In southern Kent County, M-37", "id": "17071079" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nends, and M-66 continues northeast out of the Cereal City on Division Street and then northeast on Capital Avenue along the Battle Creek River. M-66 continues northward through Barry County on Capital Avenue which becomes 9 Mile Road north of Baseline Road. The highway passes through Assyria before meeting M-79, with which it has a short concurrency, in Nashville. On the north side of the village, M-66 crosses the Thornapple River and continues north through mixed rural forest land and farm fields. Near Woodland, M-66 joins M-43 and the two run", "id": "18787163" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nnew route of M-66 and then over M-214 to Hastings. M-66 was shifted off Assyria Road which was turned back to local control. Another realignment in 1954 shifted M-66 to the modern routing between the M-43 concurrency termini, removing M-43/M-66 from a section of M-50 in the process. The final section gravel section of M-66, approximately in length, was paved near Nashville in 1957. M-32 was extended along the northernmost section of M-66 in 1963. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing", "id": "18787176" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-78 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus is the intersection with M-66 north of Battle Creek in Pennfield Township. The roadway runs through rural farmland and the community of Bellevue as it approaches its eastern terminus at an interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) near Olivet. The highway is used by between 3,100 and 5,300 vehicles on a daily basis. When the state highway system was signed in 1919, M-78 followed a similar routing. At Bellevue, it turned northeast to terminate at Charlotte.", "id": "18787223" }, { "contents": "M-100 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-100 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the central region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between Potterville and Grand Ledge, connecting Interstate 69 (I-69) and I-96 west of the state capital, Lansing. The highway was previously a section of M-16. After M-16 was realigned, M-100 was created by 1927. Three extensions in the 1930s, 1950s and 1990s resulted in the current highway routing. M-100 starts at exit 66 on I-69 in Potterville. The highway runs north along Hartel Road, intersecting Lansing", "id": "169088" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\n. North of a crossing of the Battle Creek River, Cochrane Road widens to include a center turn lane. About north of the starting point, BL I-69 begins a concurrency with M-50 at Shepherd Street. North of Warren Avenue, BL I-69/M-50 widens to four lanes, two in each direction. The concurrency ends at Lawrence Avenue; M-50 continues north, and the business loop heads east on Lawrence Avenue for a few blocks. That intersection also marks the eastern terminus of M-79. From that point, BL I-69 follows", "id": "12718039" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturn of the century. M-69 and M-95 separate in Randville as the former turns east and the latter continues southward. Between Randville and the former community of Metropolitan, M-69 runs along the West Branch of the Sturgeon River through more hilly terrain. The trunkline continues east to the twin communities of Theodore and Felch. The river and the road part ways until meeting again at Foster City. This is also the location of a unique junction of highways. M-69 meets G-69, a County-Designated Highway that runs south to Loretto in", "id": "1214340" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe concurrency. In western Webberville, M-52 passes under I-96 and merges with M-43 at the latter's eastern terminus. The two highways run north to, and turn west along, Grand River Avenue. At Perry Road, M-52 turns back north out of the village. The trunkline continues north into Shiawassee County and runs through Perry before crossing I-69. Continuing north, M-52 curves northeasterly into downtown Owosso intersecting M-21 west of M-71's western terminus. M-52 continues northward parallel to the Shiawassee River into Saginaw County. The trunkline runs through", "id": "15803113" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ndowntown Ionia, the trunkline crosses the Grand River and the abandoned mainline of the Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad near the county fairgrounds. M-66 turns west along M-21 (Lincoln Avenue) for two blocks before turning back to the north along State Street. The trunkline runs through the northern part of the county and meets M-44's eastern terminus near Woodard Lake. In Montcalm County, M-66 intersects M-57 in a rural area south of Sheridan before running north on Sheridan Road through Stanton. The highway jogs west along Main Street in Stanton before returning", "id": "18787165" }, { "contents": "M-74 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-74 was the designation of a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The highway ran through rural Missaukee County connecting Pioneer with Merritt. The highway was designated by 1919 along a longer route. It was shortened before it was totally removed from the highway system in the late 1930s. M-74 started at a junction with M-66 near the community of Pioneer. It ran east on Moorestown Road through Stittsville to Moorestown before turning south on Nelson Road. There it ran through the community of Star City, turning west briefly on", "id": "9319580" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n131 freeway, M-55 merges north along the freeway, bypassing downtown Cadillac. On the east side of town, M-55 leaves the freeway and turns east again running through the Pere Marquette State Forest along Watergate Road. When the highway meets M-66, M-55 joins M-66 and runs north through farmland. As the two highways approach Lake City, they run along the shore of Lake Missaukee and through downtown. M-55 turns east again along Houghton Lake Road, separating from M-66 north of the central business district. This section of trunkline passes through", "id": "19769038" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 junction and the I-94 interchange. The NHS is a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility. M-96 was formed as a state trunkline in late 1926 from parts of M-17. The section of M-17 between Galesberg and Battle Creek was not utilized for US 12 and became M-96. In 1936, the Alternate US 12 trunkline was designated through the Battle Creek area along a section of highway that had previously been part of US 12. This highway was added to M-96 three years later in 1939", "id": "16718650" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the airport, M-96 runs concurrently with both Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) and M-37. M-96 turns south on Helmer Road, separating from the other two trunklines, and then turns east crossing along Columbia Avenue. Here the highway runs along the edge of the city of Battle Creek through more residential areas and crosses the I-194/M-66 freeway next to the Riverside County Club. Near Brownlee Park, M-96 (Columbia Avenue) merges with BL I-94 (Michigan Avenue). Together BL I-94/M-96 continues along Michigan Avenue", "id": "16718647" }, { "contents": "M-42 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturns ninety degrees to the south off Walker Road before angling southeasterly skirting the edge of some hills near Dyer Lake just west of M-66. The road turns back due east between Al Moses Road and M-66, where it ends north of Lake City. No section of the trunkline is part of the National Highway System. M-42 is an original state trunkline dating back to the 1919 signage of the highway system in Michigan. The original highway routing started at M-13 in Manton and ran due west to Mesick. From there the highway turned", "id": "6820888" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-50 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. Although designated as an east–west highway, it is nearly a diagonal northwest–southeast route. The western terminus is at exit 52 along Interstate 96 (I-96) near Alto a few miles east of the metro Grand Rapids area, and its eastern terminus is in downtown Monroe at US Highway 24 (US 24, Telegraph Road). In between the trunkline runs through seven counties of the southern part of the Lower Peninsula mostly through rural farm fields and", "id": "11076032" }, { "contents": "M-82 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe downtown area and M-82 turns south along Stewart Avenue out of town. The highway rounds a curve and transitions to 72nd Street running eastward through more farm land. As the trunkline approaches Newaygo, the terrain becomes more wooded near the Muskegon River. M-82 follows Fremont Street east to a junction with M-37. The two highways merge and run concurrently over the river and into downtown on State Street. South of downtown, M-82 turns east again, independent of M-37, and runs along 82nd Street on the southern edge of the Manistee", "id": "9440783" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-96 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Kalamazoo and Marshall. Its termini are both on business routes of Interstate 94 (I-94); the eastern one coincides with an intersection with I-69. Between Kalamazoo and Marshall it passes through Comstock, Galesburg, Augusta, and Battle Creek intersecting I-194/M-66 in Battle Creek and I-94 in Emmett Township. The highway now known as M-96 was originally part of M-17. Parts of M-17 that were not used for US Highway 12 (US 12) in", "id": "16718644" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncontinues south concurrent with the business loop for a several blocks before turning eastward. On the eastern end of town, it has an interchange with I-69 at exit 60. After heading east past the junction with I-69, the highway turns southeast as it heads through rural fields toward Eaton Rapids. Once it reaches the city, M-50 converges with M-99, and the two intersect M-188 on the south side of the Grand River. The two highways run south out of the city. Immediately prior to entering Jackson County, the two trunklines", "id": "11076037" }, { "contents": "M-199 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-199 is a state trunkline highway near Albion in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus of the road is in Sheridan Township at exit 119 off Interstate 94 (I-94). The eastern terminus is a junction with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) downtown Albion. The entire road is within Calhoun County and runs through rural farm fields outside of Albion; in town it is a residential street. The M-199 designation had previously been applied to a highway in the Upper Peninsula in the 1930s. The current highway was previously", "id": "318093" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, before entering Missaukee County. The trunkline then turns westward on Stoney Corners Road toward McBain through farm land. In town it runs along Maple Street and then runs north toward Lake City on Morey Road. South of the Lake City, M-55 runs concurrently with M-66 by Missaukee Golf Course and into town along the eastern shore of Lake Missaukee. North of town, M-55 splits off to the east on Houghton Lake Road, and M-66 continues north to an intersection with the eastern terminus of M-42 in a rural forest. M-66 leaves", "id": "18787168" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-136 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Brockway to Fort Gratiot in the lower part of The Thumb of the Lower Peninsula. The highway serves as a connector between M-19 on the west and M-25 northwest of Port Huron. In between, the highway runs through rural St. Clair County through farm fields and along a creek and river. The trunkline uses roads that were part of the state highway system in 1919. The M-136 designation was assigned in 1931 and extended to its current length in 1961", "id": "12150122" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nCounty before meeting M-179 and M-37. M-43 merges with the latter highway and together they run into Hastings. Downtown, M-37 leaves town to the south, while M-43 heads north before curving around the east, passing through farmfields approaching the community of Woodland. After leaving town, the road meets M-66, and together they head north to a junction with M-50. M-43 then turns east with M-50, and they briefly run together before M-50 diverges to the southeast. Now known as the Grand Ledge Highway, M-43 continues its easterly path", "id": "1132339" }, { "contents": "M-63 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto M-13 (later US 131) in Osceola County on July 1, 1919. This highway was extended in 1930 along US 131 to Tustin and then to a terminus with M-66 in Marion. At the same time, M-37 was extended north from Baldwin to meet M-63 east of Peacock. This eastern extension was truncated in 1932 when it was redesignated as part of M-61. A short connector roadway, M-179, was designated in 1935 between M-63 and US 131, forming a small triangle of highways. The western end was shortened", "id": "11402253" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nAvenue removed. Then in 2003, the signs along the East Beltline were restored and the route extended back to its former terminus. M-44 Connector, or Conn. M-44, is a connector route state trunkline highway running along Plainfield Avenue in the Grand Rapids area. It connects I-96/M-37 near Lamberton Lake with M-44 running along East Beltline Avenue near the Grand River. In between, the highway passes through a commercial area. North of 5 Mile Road, Plainfield Avenue takes on a more suburban residential character. There are more business", "id": "13109173" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nmeets Interstate 69 (I-69) northwest of town. Continuing to Homer, the highway runs along Lehigh Street in town; M-99 merges into M-60 after the intersection with Hillsdale Street. East of town, the highway widens into a four-lane divided highway; M-99 turns north along this short section of roadway and M-60 reverts to a two-lane highway again. The trunkline crosses the Kalamazoo River at Concord before it crosses into Jackson County. At Spring Arbor, M-60 passes the campus of Spring Arbor University. Outside of Jackson", "id": "18513796" }, { "contents": "M-142 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-53 turns west, ending the overlap of the two highways. M-142 exits town and follows Sand Beach Road through farm country. About of Bad Axe, M-142 meets the northern terminus of M-19 (Ubly Road). Continuing eastward, the highway crosses two branches of the Willow River as it passes through the unincorporated community of Verona. East of that location, the trunkline turns northeasterly, roughly parallel to the Rock Falls Creek, as it angles to Harbor Beach. M-142 follows State Street through town, and the trunkline terminates at", "id": "8283132" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nhilly terrain. After crossing the Cheboygan County line, the roadway meets the community of Burt Lake. It curves southeasterly along the shoreline of the lake of the same name. The roadway rounds the south end of Burt Lake and approaches the community of Indian River. South of Burt Lake State Park, the trunkline meets Straits Highway, the former routing of US 27 through Indian River. M-68 turns north along Straits Highway through downtown and then turns east toward Interstate 75 (I-75). It is along this section of M-68 that", "id": "9319421" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nproceeds south along with Alden Nash Avenue and turns east on 92nd Street through farms and fields in the rural southeastern corner of the county. As the trunkline runs to the east, it crosses into Ionia County. M-50 follows Thompson Road, Nash Highway and Tupper Lake Road into Lake Odessa. In Lake Odessa, the road bends around the north side of Jordan Lake, curving to the south into the extreme northeastern Barry County. The highway turns back to the east as it heads towards a junction with M-66 and M-43 at the", "id": "11076035" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-66 is a north–south state trunkline highway on the Lower Peninsula (LP) of the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Indiana state line in the south to Charlevoix in the north. M-66 is the only state highway to run the north–south distance of the LP. It starts as a continuation of State Road 9 (SR 9) which provides access to the Indiana Toll Road. The total length is approximately , which includes almost of freeway between Interstate 94 (I-94) and downtown Battle Creek designated", "id": "18787155" }, { "contents": "M-113 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-113 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in Grand Traverse County from M-37 near Hannah to US Highway 131 (US 131) in Walton Junction. The trunkline runs through farm fields and woodlands in a rural area of the county. It connects the highways at its termini with the village of Kingsley. First designated in November 1927, the highway was extended in 1940 by adding the southernmost section near Walton Junction which was originally part of US 131. M-113 starts west of Hannah at an intersection with", "id": "4961848" }, { "contents": "M-24 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nexpressway from Metamora to I-69. South of Metamora, M-24 runs parallel to the former right-of-way for the Michigan Central Railroad north into the city of Lapeer. M-24 continues north from Lapeer running west of Barnes Lake and east of the community of Columbiaville just south of the M-90 junction. South of the Tuscola County line, the trunkline passes the Greenbriar Golf Club and crosses the Pere Marquette Railroad before turning west along Saginaw Road into the community of Mayville and turning north along Mertz Road. South of Caro, M-24", "id": "12670654" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\ncarried the M-28A designation before it was redesignated as Bus. M-28 in 1950. The trunkline was partially turned back to local control in 1953, and the business loop designation was removed at that time. The section of the roadway in downtown Newberry has carried several different designations in addition to the original M-28. Bus. M-28 started at the top of a small hill at an intersection with M-28 southwest of Newberry. The highway ran due north from the intersection along Engadine Road, running downhill towards Teaspoon Creek. Just south of the", "id": "14231892" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-13 is a north–south state trunkline highway that runs through the Saginaw Bay region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from Interstate 69 (I-69) south of Lennon to US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish. The southern section of the trunkline runs along a pair of county lines in a rural area dominated by farm fields. The highway directly connects the downtown areas of both Saginaw and Bay City. North of the latter city, the Lake Huron Circle Tour follows M-13 along the Saginaw Bay. The", "id": "5767618" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nterrain. East of town, the highway turns north running parallel to the AuTrain River Basin. The trunkline crosses Dexter Creek between Paulsen and Trout Lake roads. About halfway along the north–south segment of the highway, M-67 passes through the community of Limestone and crosses Johnson Creek. After running for , M-67 ends at a four-way intersection with M-94 and Tunteri Road. Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) traffic surveys in 2007 show that between 1,200 and 1,400 vehicles traveled the road daily in 2007 in a measure of", "id": "1214514" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nrun concurrently into Allegan. In 1963, when the I-196/US 31 freeway opened, the western terminus of M-89 was extended to meet the new freeway. A few years later, when M-96 was realigned onto a route that took it into Battle Creek, M-89 was extended southeasterly along Michigan Avenue (the old M-96) and terminated at M-37. The highway was extended further southeasterly into Battle Creek to replace the old routing of M-37 along Michigan Avenue; it then turned south on Washington to the BL I-94 where it terminated,", "id": "18787900" }, { "contents": "M-138 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-138 is a east–west state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from a junction with M-15 west of the unincorporated community of Munger in Bay County to the intersection with M-24 east of Akron in Tuscola County. The trunkline runs through rural agricultural areas outside of the villages and communities it serves. It was designated in the 1930s and extended in the 1940s. M-138 was truncated in the 1990s as well. M-138 begins at a junction with M-15 (Tuscola Road) just west", "id": "19948037" }, { "contents": "M-65 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the Pine River, M-65 merges with M-72. The two trunklines run concurrently curving to the northwest past the eastern terminus of county road F-32 into Curran. North of town, they separate as M-72 turns westward and M-65 continues north, exiting the Huron National Forest. The highway jogs along the Alcona–Alpena County line and crosses the Beaver Creek in the process. The trunkline runs to the east of Beaver Lake as it runs north through mixed forest and fields toward the community of Lachine. Southeast of that town, M-65", "id": "1359267" }, { "contents": "M-31 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, the trunkline turned southwesterly to follow along part of the Saginaw Bay. The road passed through Sebewaing to Unionville before turning back inland. Running southward to Akron, the highway turned alternately westward and southward to Fairgrove. M-31 next ran west along Bradleyville Road to a connection with M-81; the two highways ran concurrently south through Gilford before M-31 separated and turned back westward through Reese to Saginaw. The northern terminus in downtown Saginaw was at an intersection with what was then M-10. When the state highway system was first signed in 1919", "id": "19066175" }, { "contents": "M-76 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-76 is a former state trunkline highway designation in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The highway's designation was decommissioned when the last section of it was converted to freeway as a part of the present-day Interstate 75 (I-75). At that time, M-76 extended from US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish northwesterly to I-75 south of Grayling. Two sections of the route followed freeways with a two-lane highway in between to connect them. The former routing of M-76 through West Branch before", "id": "13291830" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 94 in Michigan\n\n\nlonger reconnects to I-94 on both ends. Major intersections Business Loop Interstate 94 (BL I-94) is a state trunkline highway serving as a business loop from I-94 through downtown Battle Creek. The highway begins at exit 92 on I-94 near the Kalamazoo–Calhoun county line. BL I-94 runs concurrently along M-37 northwesterly from the freeway on the two-lane Columbia Avenue on the eastern edge of Fort Custer. At an intersection south of the W.K. Kellogg Airport, BL I-94/M-37 turns easterly to run on the southern side of the", "id": "16557414" }, { "contents": "M-21 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto Port Huron in 1966. A freeway segment between Flint and Lapeer opened in 1971. M-21 was routed down M-13 to the new freeway where it joined the M-78 designation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after I-69 was extended north from Charlotte. The 1974 completion of I-196 meant the truncation of M-21 to end in Grand Rapids. At the time, M-21 was extended along Fulton Street to the East Beltline, and", "id": "13431388" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nas a result of the various reroutings in the Lansing area, both of which are no longer part of the state highway system. M-78 begins at an intersection with M-66 in Pennfield Township, north of Battle Creek in Calhoun County. The trunkline passes through rural farm lands as it runs due east and northeast. It briefly crosses the southeast corner of Barry County as it enters Eaton County. There M-78 follows Battle Creek Highway past some small ponds and into the town of Bellevue. The trunkline becomes Capitol Avenue in town and turns", "id": "18787225" }, { "contents": "M-81 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. East of town, the highway follows Caro Road through more farm fields through the community of Watrousville. Near the south side of the Tuscola Area Airport, M-81 turns to the northeast running along the Cass River to Caro. In the city, the trunkline follows State Street past the fairgrounds. At the intersection with Ellington Street, M-81 crosses M-24. The highway continues northeasterly out of town and through the community of Ellington. Northeast of Elmwood, M-81 turns due east along Cass City Road. The trunkline runs to the village", "id": "9440771" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nUS 12 freeway was completed in the area. Bus. US 12 was redesignated as BL I-94 in 1960 and M-96 was shortened to end at BL I-94/M-78 running on Capital Avenue. M-37 was reextended in 1961 in Battle Creek to a concurrent routing with M-96 in 1961. M-89 was extended along the roadway used by M-96 west of Battle Creek to M-37 in 1965, truncating M-96 in the process. M-96 was reextended back to Battle Creek along Dickman Road and Fort Custer Highway from Augusta east in 1971. Several changes in", "id": "16718652" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthat junction, M-71 turns easterly and then southeasterly out of town. The highway continues to run alongside the rail line through farmland to the outskirts of Vernon. M-71 crosses the Shiawassee River for a second time. The rail line and the highway diverge and run on opposite sides of town; the highway rounds the northeast side and the rail line runs along the southwest side. This section of trunkline through Vernon had the lowest AADT value in 2009 with 4,371 vehicles. M-71 continues to the interchange with I-69 at exit 118 northwest of", "id": "9319504" }, { "contents": "M-140 (Michigan highway)\n\n\njog along Pokagon Road around Riggins Lake. M-140 turns back northward and runs through the community of Berrien Center. Near Eau Claire, the highway turns bends along Maple Grove Road for about before going north on Watervliet Road. East of town, the trunkline follows Main Street eastward toward the Berrien–Cass county line. M-140 intersects the northern terminus of M-62 and curves north. In northern Berrien County, M-140 follows Watervliet Road to an interchange with Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues northward along Main Street into Watervliet,", "id": "800150" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-69 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 2 (US 2) on both ends in Crystal Falls and near Bark River. In between, the highway runs for in rural UP forest lands. Before the creation of the U.S. Highway System, the current M-69 was a portion of M-12. The original M-69 was replaced by US 102 and the M-69 designation was reused on a section of M-12 not replaced by US 2.", "id": "1214334" }, { "contents": "M-36 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof town. At Howell Street, County Road D-19 merges in from the south. The two designations run concurrently along Main Street to Pearl Street, where D-19 turns northward. At the intersection with Dexter Street, M-36 intersects the western terminus of D-32, the \"Highway to Hell\". East of Pinckney, M-36 passes between Rush and Bass lakes in the Pettysville area. Immediately east of there, the highway passes through woods between Oneida and Zukey lakes in Lakeland. The trunkline passes to the south of Buck Lake and then", "id": "19826396" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n(MDOT). The highway was first designated by July 1, 1919 along a portion of the current roadway. In a series of extensions, M-55 was lengthened to connect its current endpoints by the early 1930s. The trunkline has been rerouted in sections since that time resulting in the modern roadway alignment. One set of changes produced a business loop in the Houghton Lake area. M-55 starts at a three-way intersection with US 31 north of Manistee. The trunkline runs southeast on Caberfae Highway over the Manistee River and through", "id": "19769036" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto enter the outskirts of Battle Creek it follows Michigan Avenue. It passes through the neighborhoods of Level Park-Oak Park and Urbandale, the first residential areas of the city. As the highway continues towards Battle Creek it has a junction with M-37. M-89 continues on Michigan Avenue until an intersection with Washington Avenue where the route turns to the southwest where it crosses the Kalamazoo River one last time. The trunkline terminates a few blocks later at Dickman Road, otherwise known as the Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94). M-89", "id": "18787895" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nMountain, M-88 turns east at Alden highway and enters the community of Mancelona, passing the Fairview Cemetery. The highway runs along on State Street into downtown. M-88 ends at an intersection with US 131/M-66 running along Williams Street, and State Street continues eastward as C-38. M-88 was first designated by July 1, 1919 along its current routing between Mancelona and Bellaire. It was extended in 1927 through Central Lake to end in Eastport. It was used as a temporary routing of US 31 between Eastport and Bellaire while the", "id": "6692228" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 designation transfers from the freeway to run concurrently with M-89 eastward. After the freeway, M-43/M-89 passes through the city of Plainwell and crosses the Kalamazoo River again before continuing into rural areas again. The trunkline continues to the southeast on towards the village of Richland. Just north of Richland, M-89 parts ways with M-43. M-89 heads south through town and intersects M-343, before turning eastward and passing to the south of Gull Lake. After passing the lake, the highway turns southeast towards Battle Creek. As M-89 begins", "id": "18787894" }, { "contents": "M-14 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nstreets to new stretches of freeways running south of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. The former route of US 12, much of which was known as Plymouth Road, was retained as a trunkline and redesignated M-14. In 1964, a northern bypass connecting US 23 with M-153 was completed, and M-14 was rerouted onto the new freeway; the highway still ran through Ann Arbor along routes now designated Bus. US 23 and Business Loop I-94. The following year, the freeway was extended to its present western terminus at I-94, and M-14", "id": "11243057" }, { "contents": "M-188 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-188 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from Eaton Rapids to the VFW National Home for Children, southeast of town through a rural area. Approximately 1,000 vehicles each day use a highway that was first designated in the 1930s and paved in the 1940s. Starting in Eaton Rapids, M-188 heads eastward from the intersection with M-99/M-50 (Michigan highway) toward the Grand River. The highway follows Water Street southeasterly along the river through residential neighborhoods and exits town. M-188 turns back due east", "id": "3803194" }, { "contents": "M-72 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. At South Down River Road, M-72 turns east again to leave Grayling, crossing I-75 in the process. There is no direct access to I-75 from M-72. Instead traffic is directed to follow BL I-75 in either direction to get to the freeway. In eastern Crawford County, M-72 runs through the Au Sable State Forest and crosses the South Branch of the Au Sable River on the Wakeley Bridge. East of the river crossing, the trunkline intersects the northern terminus of M-18 before crossing into Oscoda County. M-72 continues east through", "id": "18092035" }, { "contents": "M-28 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof M-28 designated as a part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour is from the western terminus to the eastern junction with M-64 in Bergland, where the Circle Tour turns north along M-64, leaving M-28. Here, M-28 has its lowest traffic counts; within the 2013 MDOT survey, the road is listed with only an average annual daily traffic (AADT) of 1,425 vehicles on a section of highway between Bergland and the US 45 intersection in Bruce Crossing. The trunkline runs through heavily forested areas of southern Houghton and Baraga counties.", "id": "20777599" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, which runs along the western city line. M-13 meets the 2 one-way streets that carry M-25 and the I-75 business spur at the intersections with Thomas and Jenny streets. From this intersection on, M-13 forms a part of the Lake Huron Circle Tour. Farther north, the highway turns northwesterly on Huron Road; Euclid Avenue continues north as M-247. As the trunkline heads away from Bay City, it runs parallel to the Lake State Railway again. M-13 intersects the northern end of its connector route before Huron Road crosses", "id": "5767624" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-89 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from near Ganges to Battle Creek. M-89 starts at an interchange with Interstate 196/US Highway 31 (I-196/US 31) and passes through Allegan, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and Calhoun counties. The highway also briefly crosses the southwest corner of Barry County before it terminates an at intersection with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) on the northwestern side of downtown Battle Creek. In between the trunkline runs parallel to the Kalamazoo River", "id": "18787890" }, { "contents": "M-33 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-33 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Interstate 75 (I-75) at Alger in Arenac County north to M-27 near Cheboygan. In between, the trunkline runs through rural sections of the northeastern Lower Peninsula including state and national forest areas. M-33 connects to a handful of parks and crosses several of the rivers in that section of the state. It runs concurrently with three other state highways, sharing pavement to connect through several small communities of Northern Michigan. M-33 was designated by", "id": "16986002" }, { "contents": "M-57 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncounty line, the highway crosses a branch of the Great Lakes Central Railroad. M-57 follows Brady Road and crosses M-52 just west of Chesaning. Further east, the trunkline crosses another line of the Great Lakes Central. The highway follows Broad Street into town and over the Shiawassee River. On the east banks, M-57 runs along Main Street south along the river to a junction with Peet Road where it then turns east along the latter road out of town. The highway passes through more farm fields and through Layton Corners on the", "id": "12341714" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe western end of the highway, halfway between Bark River and Hyde, west of Escanaba. In 1919, M-69 started at the state line south of Crystal Falls. It ran north through Crystal Falls, where it intersected M-12, to end in Covington at an intersection with M-28. This roadway was redesignated with the creation of the U.S. Highway System in 1926. US 2 replaced M-69 south and M-12 west of Crystal Falls. US 102 replaced M-69 north of Crystal Falls, and the latter designation was reused on the section of", "id": "1214343" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-227 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It consists largely of a segment of old U.S. Highway 27 (US 27) along the south and west sides of Marshall. The highway passes the airport and serves an industrial section of town north of the Kalamazoo River. M-227 was created as a part of a program to add additional routes into the state's highway system under the leadership of Governor John Engler. M-227 starts at a diamond interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) at exit 32", "id": "16700161" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. M-136 begins at a junction with M-19 just south of Brockway on the north side of Mill Creek. The highway heads eastward through farm fields on Metcalf Road for about before bending to the southeast on Beard Road, parallel to the creek. The road then turns eastward on Avoca Road near Tackaberry Airport and heads toward Avoca. The trunkline continues in this direction through farm fields and the community of Avoca before turning southward on Glyshaw Road near the Black River. M-136 turns east, returning to Beard Road, and running through a", "id": "12150123" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-71 is a state trunkline highway in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. It serves as a connector between M-21 in Owosso to Interstate 69 (I-69) near Durand. The highway runs along a rail line in a northwest-to-southeast direction in rural Shiawassee County connecting a few small towns along its path. The highway dates back to the start of the state highway system in 1919. There were some changes made to the routing in the 1930s which increased its length. Two adjacent highways have been rerouted", "id": "9319501" }, { "contents": "M-61 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-61 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Marion and Standish. The highway runs along the boundary area between Northern Michigan and Central Michigan in the Lower Peninsula. M-61 runs through rural forestland connecting several smaller communities together as it connects M-115, US Highway 127 (US 127), Interstate 75 (I-75) and US 23. Less than 10,000 vehicles a day use various segments of the roadway on average. The trunkline was first designated along a portion of its current alignment by 1919. M-61", "id": "8785849" }, { "contents": "M-91 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, but subsequent transfers or roadway sections have truncated the route to its present form. For a time period in the 1980s, M-91 was even a discontinuous highway when a section in the middle was transferred to county control before the southernmost section was transferred. M-91 starts at an intersection with M-44 west of Belding in Otisco Township. The road runs north along Storey Road and past the Candlestone Golf Course and farmlands. At Bricker Road, M-91 crosses out of Ionia County into Montcalm County. The trunkline runs along Greenville Road and passes", "id": "8283414" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 is a state trunkline highway in the southwestern and central parts of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from South Haven to Webberville along an indirect path through both rural areas and larger cities. The trunkline follows five overall segments: a southeasterly track from South Haven to Kalamazoo, a northerly path to Plainwell, a southeasterly route to Richland, a northeasterly course to the Hastings area and an easterly route through the Lansing area. The M-43 designation dates back to at least July 1, 1919, when it was used", "id": "1132334" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-88 is a state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between US Highway 31 (US 31) and US 131/M-66 in the Lower Peninsula. Running from Mancelona to Eastport, M-88 also goes through the communities of Bellaire and Central Lake. The highway is completely within Antrim County and is known by the street name of \"Scenic Highway\" outside of the various communities along its routing. M-88 is an original trunkline dating back to the 1919 signing of the state system. An extension in the 1920s", "id": "6692224" }, { "contents": "M-34 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-99 turns south along Pioneer Road, M-34 continues east along Hudson Road. The highway turns to the southeast to the south of Osseo near Deer Lake and continues towards Pittsford. Hudson Road runs through a mix of forests and local farms. The trunkline passes to the south of the main business district in Pittsford. East of town, the highway turns east and intersects US Highway 127 (US 127) at the Hillsdale–Lenawee county line in Hudson. The trunkline continues eastward through the city of Hudson as Main Street. On", "id": "16558269" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-44 is a state trunkline highway in the western region of the US state of Michigan. It runs northward from the intersection of M-11 (28th Street) and M-37 toward the Rockford area. The highway then turns eastward to Belding, and it ends six miles (10 km) north of Ionia at M-66. M-44 is known in Grand Rapids as the \"East Beltline\" and intersects with its related highway, Connector M-44, in Plainfield Township. This highway runs concurrently with M-37 between M-11 and Interstate 96 (I-96).", "id": "13109166" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nBusiness M-28 (Bus. M-28) was a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It served as a business route running for through the Newberry area. The business loop followed a U-shaped routing to connect downtown Newberry with M-28 south of town. It ran west of the city of Newberry, passing through the community of Dollarville before entering downtown, turning south and ending near the county airport. Bus. M-28 was originally a section of M-28 before the latter was realigned in the late 1930s. The highway", "id": "14231891" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nbetween Tekonsha and Marshall. From I-69, M-227 runs east on F Drive South north of Pine and Long lakes for approximately one mile (1.6 km). The highway runs through agricultural land and turns north to follow Old US 27/17 Mile Road. At Division Drive, M-227 passes into Marshall on Kalamazoo Avenue. The highway runs past the Brooks Field airport and the Alwin Downs Golf Course. Kalamazoo Avenue crosses the Kalamazoo River, and M-227 turns west along Industrial Road. This section of town is an industrial park, and M-227", "id": "16700162" }, { "contents": "M-51 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nPokagon, M-51 turns back northeasterly toward Dowagiac. Once the highway reaches that city, it merges with M-62. The two highways run concurrently eastward along Spruce, Main and Division streets through downtown. M-51 turns to the north along Front Street, separating from the concurrency and leaving downtown. North of town in rural Cass County, M-51 intersects M-152 near location where the highway crosses the Dowagiac River. North of that intersection, the trunkline crosses into Van Buren County and turns to the east again. M-51 passes south of Knickerbocker Lake", "id": "11912684" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-67 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 41 (US 41) and M-94 between Trenary and Chatham. The highway has largely been unchanged during its history, although the highways that connect to M-67 on each end have changed several times. M-67 starts at an intersection with US 41 near Trenary east of the West Branch of the Whitefish River. From that intersection the highway runs east crossing Scott Creek before running into downtown Trenary along relatively flat", "id": "1214513" }, { "contents": "M-343 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-343 is a state trunkline highway in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It runs for almost along Gull Road between the northeast side of Kalamazoo and continues through rural areas on the way to Richland. The highway was created in January 2019 from a section of M-43 after that highway was rerouted in the aftermath of a series of jurisdictional transfers in downtown Kalamazoo. It had been a part of the state highway system for a century under its previous number until it was given its current designation. M-343 starts where Gull Road intersects Riverview Drive east", "id": "11381182" }, { "contents": "M-115 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. The lowest AADT was the 2,236 vehicles near Copemish. The trunkline between the US 10 and M-37 junctions has been listed on the National Highway System. a network of roads important to the country's defense, economy and mobility. In 1929, the first stretch of M-115 was designated from Frankfort to Benzonia. Beginning in the mid-1930s, construction of M-115 began from central to northwestern Lower Michigan. In 1936, an earthen highway was opened between the south side of Cadillac to M-66, with additional sections west of Mesick and northwest", "id": "9213548" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is near the border between Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties at exit 92 of Interstate 94 (I-94) southwest of Battle Creek. The northern terminus is at the Mission Point Light on Old Mission Point in Grand Traverse County. In between, the highway connects Battle Creek, Grand Rapids and Traverse City. Motorists will travel through agricultural land, forests, suburbs and large cities along the way. The section of M-37 on the Old Mission", "id": "17071073" }, { "contents": "M-203 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-203 turns inland running due east to Cloverland Road then turning north and east along Veterans Memorial Highway. Along this section of roadway, the AADT was measured at 440 vehicles in 2007. The highway follows Veterans Memorial Highway through the neighborhood of Tamarack west of Calumet. From there it continues eastward, following Pine Street north of downtown Calumet, looping back to US 41/M-26. The northern terminus of M-203 is at the intersection of Pine Street and Calumet Avenue. M-203 was first designated as a spur route from Hancock north", "id": "1358584" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nline, the highway intersects with US 12 before crossing into Washtenaw County. The limited-access section of M-52 continues north through western Washtenaw County, where it ends in Manchester. M-52 turns west along Austin and City roads into the village. The trunkline continues along the banks of the north branch of the River Raisin on Riverside Drive before turning north out of town. Just south of Chelsea, M-52 crosses Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues through downtown Chelsea and turns northwesterly through the Waterloo State Recreation Area in the", "id": "15803111" }, { "contents": "M-29 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-29 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in a south–north direction from Chesterfield Township to Marysville. It generally runs along the shore of Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River. The M-29 designation has been used twice in Michigan starting in 1919. The first designation near Lansing was replaced by U.S. Route 27 (US 27) in 1926. At that time, the M-29 designation was moved to the east side of the state along the current routing and farther north along part of what", "id": "18258775" }, { "contents": "Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\ndesignation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after a Temporary I-69 (Temp. I-69) designation was extended northward from Charlotte through Lansing to Perry. On September 4 of that year, I-69's designation was officially extended by Congress to end at I-475 on the east side of Flint; this extension, and all subsequent ones, was of \"non-chargeable mileage\", or segments not financed through the Interstate Highway", "id": "20840099" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-52 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is on the Ohio border, where it continues as State Route 109 (SR 109). The highway passes through communities like Adrian, where it intersects US Highway 223 (US 223), Chelsea and Webberville along its course. It crosses some major rivers, including the River Raisin and the Shiawassee. The section of the highway between M-50 and Manchester was built as a limited-access highway. M-52's northern terminus is", "id": "15803106" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nI-96 and then north on I-496. From there, M-78 followed the one-way pairing of Homer and Howard streets from the northern end of the freeway up to the one-way couplet of Saginaw Street and Grand River Avenue, returning to its previous routing. The former route through downtown along US 27 was redesignated Business M-78 (Bus. M-78) at the same time. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing sections of M-78 in 1965. The US 127 freeway was completed from", "id": "18787232" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n23) was incorporated into the trunkline as a discontinuous section in the early 1940s until it was later connected in 1946. M-68 starts in the community of Alanson east of Little Traverse Bay in Emmet County. US 31 runs along Burr Avenue parallel to the former Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad line and depot in town. M-68 starts at an intersection between Chicago Street and Burr Avenue. The trunkline runs southeasterly from this intersection and on a bridge over the Crooked River. After leaving town, the highway curves to run due east through", "id": "9319420" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nGrand Rapids. The state trunkline highway was created when M-50 was rerouted to follow 28th Street and Wilson Avenue around the south and west sides of the city in 1953. The business loop was decommissioned when M-50 was returned to its former routing in 1961. The highway followed Lake Michigan Drive (now M-45) from the Standale neighborhood of Walker easterly to Fulton Street in Grand Rapids. From there it followed Fulton easterly through downtown Grand Rapids and the east side of the city to a junction with Cascade Road in Grand Rapids Township The", "id": "11076050" }, { "contents": "M-102 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-102 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs along the northern boundary of Detroit following 8 Mile Road. The highway follows the Michigan Baseline, a part of the land survey of the state, and the roadway is also called Base Line Road in places. As a county road or city street, 8 Mile Road extends both east and west of the M-102 designation, which leaves 8 Mile on the eastern end to follow Vernier Road. The western terminus of M-102 is at the junction", "id": "5983336" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nTahquamenon River, Bus. M-28 turned east into the community of Dollarville. There the trunkline followed Dollarville Road and Engadine Road to the western city limits of Newberry. Once in the city of Newberry, Bus. M-28 followed West McMillan Avenue. At the intersection with M-117 (Newberry Avenue), Bus. M-28 turned south concurrently with M-117. The combined highway passed through the central business district. South of town, M-117/Bus. M-28 turned east along Campbell Avenue and then south along Miller Road. West of the Luce", "id": "14231893" }, { "contents": "M-90 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-90 is a state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from near North Branch eastward to Lexington situated on Lake Huron. The highway is a lightly traveled roadway that runs through rural farmlands. The trunkline runs mostly east–west with two short north–south segments where it turns to run concurrently with other state highways. Along the routing, there are two river crossings and one railroad crossing. The current highway that bears the M-90 designation is the second to carry number. The first", "id": "9440848" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\nBath Township. In 1919, the MSHD signposted the highway system for the first time, and the east–west highways through Lansing were part of the original M-29 through downtown and the original M-39 north of downtown. The north–south highway in Lansing was the original M-14. On November 11, 1926, the United States Numbered Highway System was approved by the AASHO, and the new US 27 replaced M-29 and M-14 in the area. By the end of the next year, M-78 was extended from Charlotte along US 27", "id": "12718047" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nroadway on any average day of the year. Along M-37, the volume varies from the peak 49,173 vehicles on a section of I-96/M-37 in Grand Rapids to the 718 vehicles at the northern terminus by the Mission Point Light. M-37 starts joined with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) as the two highway designations run concurrently at exit 92 on I-94 southwest of Battle Creek. They follow Columbia Avenue and pass around the southern side of the W. K. Kellogg Airport. When the roadway meets M-96, BL I-94/M-37 turns", "id": "17071077" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-60 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Niles area at a junction with US Highway 12 (US 12) to the Jackson area where it ends at Interstate 94 (I-94). The trunkline passes through a mix of farm fields and woodlands, crosses or runs along several rivers and connects several small towns of the southern area of the state. The westernmost segment runs along divided highway while the easternmost section is a full freeway bypass of Jackson. M-60 was originally", "id": "18513790" }, { "contents": "M-95 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nlater be extended in 1932 to the state line south of Kingsford. The total of M-45 was converted to M-95 in 1934 as a realignment near Witch Lake is completed. M-95 was rerouted in 1942 from Republic north to Humboldt Township. This new section replaced the last section of gravel roadway that was transferred to Marquette County as County Road 601. Another rerouting in the Republic area moved the trunkline in 1957 to bypass South Republic. The former roadway was partially closed to become part of the Republic Mine. M-69 was shortened, eliminating", "id": "20686812" } ]

[ { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nfields. South of Thornapple Lake, M-79 angles southeasterly moving from Quimby Road to Scott Road running parallel to the Thornapple River again into the community of Nashville. M-79 meets M-66 and turns south along the latter highway's route along Main and Durkee streets through the community. South of town in Maple Grove Township, M-79 separates from M-66 and turns east along Lawrence Road. Outside of Charlotte, M-79 curves southeast to transition to Lawrence Avenue through town. The eastern terminus is at an intersection with Cochran Avenue, which carries BL I-69", "id": "10575936" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nis located on southbound I-69 at exit 61. The highway was first designated in 1919 between Hastings and Battle Creek. It was later moved to run to Charlotte. A section of M-79 was designated as M-214 in the 1930s. M-214 would later be decommissioned as a highway designation and the M-79 designation was reapplied to the roadway. M-79 starts south of Hastings at a three-way intersection with M-37 in Hastings Township. The trunkline runs east and parallel to a section of the Thornapple River through wooded terrain that is interspersed with farm", "id": "10575935" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 at the same time carries the highway designation to Vermontville. M-79 was extended easterly to Charlotte in 1934 at the same time that the section of the trunkline between Nashville and Vermontville was redesignated M-214. M-79 was rerouted along Assyria and Lawrence roads at the time to connect the sections of M-79 on either side of M-214. By 1941, M-214 was shortened to a connector route in downtown Nashville running between M-79 and M-66. In 1953, M-79 replaced M-214 and the latter designation was retired from the highway system. The last section", "id": "10575938" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nand M-50. M-79 was formed as a state trunkline by July 1, 1919 along part of its present routing. At the time, it ran between Hastings and Nashville as it does today. From Nashville, the trunkline turned south and west to end at the contemporary M-17 in Battle Creek. By 1927, the southernmost section of M-79 was truncated when M-78 was extended to Battle Creek. In late 1930, the southernmost section was shortened once again as a new M-14 designation replaced M-79 south of Nashville. An eastward extension of", "id": "10575937" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the central portion of Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The western terminus is about southeast of Hastings at the junction with M-37 and the eastern terminus is in downtown Charlotte at the junction with M-50 and Business Loop Interstate 69 (BL I-69). It passes through Quimby and Nashville, where there is a junction with M-66. The entire highway is undivided surface road. It has no direct access with Interstate 69 (I-69), although a sign for the highway", "id": "10575934" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nThe M-14 designation of the time was decommissioned and replaced with M-66. Starting at Six Lakes, M-66 turned west along M-46 instead of east and then turned south through Stanton and Ionia ending north of Battle Creek. The highway between Lowell and Lakeview was redesignated as M-91. A minor realignment in late 1950 removed two 90° curves near the Osceola–Missaukee county line and replaced them with a pair of sweeping curves. The MSHD rerouted M-66 between Maple Grove and Nashville in mid-1953. In the changes, M-79 was extended along the", "id": "18787175" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nBarry–Eaton county line. After meeting M-43, the two trunklines run concurrently for about a mile (1.6 km) before M-50 breaks off to the southwest near Woodbury. From there, the road continues in its southeasterly path along Clinton Trail through the northeast part of Eaton County as it runs through fields to Charlotte. Just prior to entering the city, the road bends to the south and near the middle of town it has a junction with M-79 and Business Loop I-69 (BL I-69). After this intersection, M-50", "id": "11076036" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-78 ran along a route similar that of today. It started north of Battle Creek at a junction with then M-79 and cut through the corner of Barry County to Bellevue, but it turned northeasterly to end at Charlotte at a junction with M-29. By 1927, M-78 was extended southward, replacing M-79 to the Indiana state line, connecting with State Road 9 (SR 9) south of Sturgis. At the same time, a northerly addition extended the highway concurrently along US Highway 27 (US 27) to Dewitt and", "id": "18787228" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthrough Dowling and meets the western terminus of M-79. The highway follows Hanover Street through the south side of Hastings into downtown, where it turns west on Green Street and north on Broadway Street. At the intersection of Broadway and State streets, M-37 meets and joins M-43. West of Hastings, M-43 separates and heads south toward Kalamazoo while M-37 turns northwesterly and runs parallel to the Thornapple River. The highway follows the river west and north to the community of Middleville through mixed farms and forests. In southern Kent County, M-37", "id": "17071079" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nends, and M-66 continues northeast out of the Cereal City on Division Street and then northeast on Capital Avenue along the Battle Creek River. M-66 continues northward through Barry County on Capital Avenue which becomes 9 Mile Road north of Baseline Road. The highway passes through Assyria before meeting M-79, with which it has a short concurrency, in Nashville. On the north side of the village, M-66 crosses the Thornapple River and continues north through mixed rural forest land and farm fields. Near Woodland, M-66 joins M-43 and the two run", "id": "18787163" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nnew route of M-66 and then over M-214 to Hastings. M-66 was shifted off Assyria Road which was turned back to local control. Another realignment in 1954 shifted M-66 to the modern routing between the M-43 concurrency termini, removing M-43/M-66 from a section of M-50 in the process. The final section gravel section of M-66, approximately in length, was paved near Nashville in 1957. M-32 was extended along the northernmost section of M-66 in 1963. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing", "id": "18787176" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-78 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus is the intersection with M-66 north of Battle Creek in Pennfield Township. The roadway runs through rural farmland and the community of Bellevue as it approaches its eastern terminus at an interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) near Olivet. The highway is used by between 3,100 and 5,300 vehicles on a daily basis. When the state highway system was signed in 1919, M-78 followed a similar routing. At Bellevue, it turned northeast to terminate at Charlotte.", "id": "18787223" }, { "contents": "M-100 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-100 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the central region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between Potterville and Grand Ledge, connecting Interstate 69 (I-69) and I-96 west of the state capital, Lansing. The highway was previously a section of M-16. After M-16 was realigned, M-100 was created by 1927. Three extensions in the 1930s, 1950s and 1990s resulted in the current highway routing. M-100 starts at exit 66 on I-69 in Potterville. The highway runs north along Hartel Road, intersecting Lansing", "id": "169088" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\n. North of a crossing of the Battle Creek River, Cochrane Road widens to include a center turn lane. About north of the starting point, BL I-69 begins a concurrency with M-50 at Shepherd Street. North of Warren Avenue, BL I-69/M-50 widens to four lanes, two in each direction. The concurrency ends at Lawrence Avenue; M-50 continues north, and the business loop heads east on Lawrence Avenue for a few blocks. That intersection also marks the eastern terminus of M-79. From that point, BL I-69 follows", "id": "12718039" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturn of the century. M-69 and M-95 separate in Randville as the former turns east and the latter continues southward. Between Randville and the former community of Metropolitan, M-69 runs along the West Branch of the Sturgeon River through more hilly terrain. The trunkline continues east to the twin communities of Theodore and Felch. The river and the road part ways until meeting again at Foster City. This is also the location of a unique junction of highways. M-69 meets G-69, a County-Designated Highway that runs south to Loretto in", "id": "1214340" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe concurrency. In western Webberville, M-52 passes under I-96 and merges with M-43 at the latter's eastern terminus. The two highways run north to, and turn west along, Grand River Avenue. At Perry Road, M-52 turns back north out of the village. The trunkline continues north into Shiawassee County and runs through Perry before crossing I-69. Continuing north, M-52 curves northeasterly into downtown Owosso intersecting M-21 west of M-71's western terminus. M-52 continues northward parallel to the Shiawassee River into Saginaw County. The trunkline runs through", "id": "15803113" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ndowntown Ionia, the trunkline crosses the Grand River and the abandoned mainline of the Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad near the county fairgrounds. M-66 turns west along M-21 (Lincoln Avenue) for two blocks before turning back to the north along State Street. The trunkline runs through the northern part of the county and meets M-44's eastern terminus near Woodard Lake. In Montcalm County, M-66 intersects M-57 in a rural area south of Sheridan before running north on Sheridan Road through Stanton. The highway jogs west along Main Street in Stanton before returning", "id": "18787165" }, { "contents": "M-74 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-74 was the designation of a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The highway ran through rural Missaukee County connecting Pioneer with Merritt. The highway was designated by 1919 along a longer route. It was shortened before it was totally removed from the highway system in the late 1930s. M-74 started at a junction with M-66 near the community of Pioneer. It ran east on Moorestown Road through Stittsville to Moorestown before turning south on Nelson Road. There it ran through the community of Star City, turning west briefly on", "id": "9319580" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n131 freeway, M-55 merges north along the freeway, bypassing downtown Cadillac. On the east side of town, M-55 leaves the freeway and turns east again running through the Pere Marquette State Forest along Watergate Road. When the highway meets M-66, M-55 joins M-66 and runs north through farmland. As the two highways approach Lake City, they run along the shore of Lake Missaukee and through downtown. M-55 turns east again along Houghton Lake Road, separating from M-66 north of the central business district. This section of trunkline passes through", "id": "19769038" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 junction and the I-94 interchange. The NHS is a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility. M-96 was formed as a state trunkline in late 1926 from parts of M-17. The section of M-17 between Galesberg and Battle Creek was not utilized for US 12 and became M-96. In 1936, the Alternate US 12 trunkline was designated through the Battle Creek area along a section of highway that had previously been part of US 12. This highway was added to M-96 three years later in 1939", "id": "16718650" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the airport, M-96 runs concurrently with both Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) and M-37. M-96 turns south on Helmer Road, separating from the other two trunklines, and then turns east crossing along Columbia Avenue. Here the highway runs along the edge of the city of Battle Creek through more residential areas and crosses the I-194/M-66 freeway next to the Riverside County Club. Near Brownlee Park, M-96 (Columbia Avenue) merges with BL I-94 (Michigan Avenue). Together BL I-94/M-96 continues along Michigan Avenue", "id": "16718647" }, { "contents": "M-42 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturns ninety degrees to the south off Walker Road before angling southeasterly skirting the edge of some hills near Dyer Lake just west of M-66. The road turns back due east between Al Moses Road and M-66, where it ends north of Lake City. No section of the trunkline is part of the National Highway System. M-42 is an original state trunkline dating back to the 1919 signage of the highway system in Michigan. The original highway routing started at M-13 in Manton and ran due west to Mesick. From there the highway turned", "id": "6820888" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-50 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. Although designated as an east–west highway, it is nearly a diagonal northwest–southeast route. The western terminus is at exit 52 along Interstate 96 (I-96) near Alto a few miles east of the metro Grand Rapids area, and its eastern terminus is in downtown Monroe at US Highway 24 (US 24, Telegraph Road). In between the trunkline runs through seven counties of the southern part of the Lower Peninsula mostly through rural farm fields and", "id": "11076032" }, { "contents": "M-82 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe downtown area and M-82 turns south along Stewart Avenue out of town. The highway rounds a curve and transitions to 72nd Street running eastward through more farm land. As the trunkline approaches Newaygo, the terrain becomes more wooded near the Muskegon River. M-82 follows Fremont Street east to a junction with M-37. The two highways merge and run concurrently over the river and into downtown on State Street. South of downtown, M-82 turns east again, independent of M-37, and runs along 82nd Street on the southern edge of the Manistee", "id": "9440783" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-96 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Kalamazoo and Marshall. Its termini are both on business routes of Interstate 94 (I-94); the eastern one coincides with an intersection with I-69. Between Kalamazoo and Marshall it passes through Comstock, Galesburg, Augusta, and Battle Creek intersecting I-194/M-66 in Battle Creek and I-94 in Emmett Township. The highway now known as M-96 was originally part of M-17. Parts of M-17 that were not used for US Highway 12 (US 12) in", "id": "16718644" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncontinues south concurrent with the business loop for a several blocks before turning eastward. On the eastern end of town, it has an interchange with I-69 at exit 60. After heading east past the junction with I-69, the highway turns southeast as it heads through rural fields toward Eaton Rapids. Once it reaches the city, M-50 converges with M-99, and the two intersect M-188 on the south side of the Grand River. The two highways run south out of the city. Immediately prior to entering Jackson County, the two trunklines", "id": "11076037" }, { "contents": "M-199 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-199 is a state trunkline highway near Albion in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus of the road is in Sheridan Township at exit 119 off Interstate 94 (I-94). The eastern terminus is a junction with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) downtown Albion. The entire road is within Calhoun County and runs through rural farm fields outside of Albion; in town it is a residential street. The M-199 designation had previously been applied to a highway in the Upper Peninsula in the 1930s. The current highway was previously", "id": "318093" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, before entering Missaukee County. The trunkline then turns westward on Stoney Corners Road toward McBain through farm land. In town it runs along Maple Street and then runs north toward Lake City on Morey Road. South of the Lake City, M-55 runs concurrently with M-66 by Missaukee Golf Course and into town along the eastern shore of Lake Missaukee. North of town, M-55 splits off to the east on Houghton Lake Road, and M-66 continues north to an intersection with the eastern terminus of M-42 in a rural forest. M-66 leaves", "id": "18787168" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-136 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Brockway to Fort Gratiot in the lower part of The Thumb of the Lower Peninsula. The highway serves as a connector between M-19 on the west and M-25 northwest of Port Huron. In between, the highway runs through rural St. Clair County through farm fields and along a creek and river. The trunkline uses roads that were part of the state highway system in 1919. The M-136 designation was assigned in 1931 and extended to its current length in 1961", "id": "12150122" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nCounty before meeting M-179 and M-37. M-43 merges with the latter highway and together they run into Hastings. Downtown, M-37 leaves town to the south, while M-43 heads north before curving around the east, passing through farmfields approaching the community of Woodland. After leaving town, the road meets M-66, and together they head north to a junction with M-50. M-43 then turns east with M-50, and they briefly run together before M-50 diverges to the southeast. Now known as the Grand Ledge Highway, M-43 continues its easterly path", "id": "1132339" }, { "contents": "M-63 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto M-13 (later US 131) in Osceola County on July 1, 1919. This highway was extended in 1930 along US 131 to Tustin and then to a terminus with M-66 in Marion. At the same time, M-37 was extended north from Baldwin to meet M-63 east of Peacock. This eastern extension was truncated in 1932 when it was redesignated as part of M-61. A short connector roadway, M-179, was designated in 1935 between M-63 and US 131, forming a small triangle of highways. The western end was shortened", "id": "11402253" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nAvenue removed. Then in 2003, the signs along the East Beltline were restored and the route extended back to its former terminus. M-44 Connector, or Conn. M-44, is a connector route state trunkline highway running along Plainfield Avenue in the Grand Rapids area. It connects I-96/M-37 near Lamberton Lake with M-44 running along East Beltline Avenue near the Grand River. In between, the highway passes through a commercial area. North of 5 Mile Road, Plainfield Avenue takes on a more suburban residential character. There are more business", "id": "13109173" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nmeets Interstate 69 (I-69) northwest of town. Continuing to Homer, the highway runs along Lehigh Street in town; M-99 merges into M-60 after the intersection with Hillsdale Street. East of town, the highway widens into a four-lane divided highway; M-99 turns north along this short section of roadway and M-60 reverts to a two-lane highway again. The trunkline crosses the Kalamazoo River at Concord before it crosses into Jackson County. At Spring Arbor, M-60 passes the campus of Spring Arbor University. Outside of Jackson", "id": "18513796" }, { "contents": "M-142 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-53 turns west, ending the overlap of the two highways. M-142 exits town and follows Sand Beach Road through farm country. About of Bad Axe, M-142 meets the northern terminus of M-19 (Ubly Road). Continuing eastward, the highway crosses two branches of the Willow River as it passes through the unincorporated community of Verona. East of that location, the trunkline turns northeasterly, roughly parallel to the Rock Falls Creek, as it angles to Harbor Beach. M-142 follows State Street through town, and the trunkline terminates at", "id": "8283132" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nhilly terrain. After crossing the Cheboygan County line, the roadway meets the community of Burt Lake. It curves southeasterly along the shoreline of the lake of the same name. The roadway rounds the south end of Burt Lake and approaches the community of Indian River. South of Burt Lake State Park, the trunkline meets Straits Highway, the former routing of US 27 through Indian River. M-68 turns north along Straits Highway through downtown and then turns east toward Interstate 75 (I-75). It is along this section of M-68 that", "id": "9319421" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nproceeds south along with Alden Nash Avenue and turns east on 92nd Street through farms and fields in the rural southeastern corner of the county. As the trunkline runs to the east, it crosses into Ionia County. M-50 follows Thompson Road, Nash Highway and Tupper Lake Road into Lake Odessa. In Lake Odessa, the road bends around the north side of Jordan Lake, curving to the south into the extreme northeastern Barry County. The highway turns back to the east as it heads towards a junction with M-66 and M-43 at the", "id": "11076035" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-66 is a north–south state trunkline highway on the Lower Peninsula (LP) of the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Indiana state line in the south to Charlevoix in the north. M-66 is the only state highway to run the north–south distance of the LP. It starts as a continuation of State Road 9 (SR 9) which provides access to the Indiana Toll Road. The total length is approximately , which includes almost of freeway between Interstate 94 (I-94) and downtown Battle Creek designated", "id": "18787155" }, { "contents": "M-113 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-113 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in Grand Traverse County from M-37 near Hannah to US Highway 131 (US 131) in Walton Junction. The trunkline runs through farm fields and woodlands in a rural area of the county. It connects the highways at its termini with the village of Kingsley. First designated in November 1927, the highway was extended in 1940 by adding the southernmost section near Walton Junction which was originally part of US 131. M-113 starts west of Hannah at an intersection with", "id": "4961848" }, { "contents": "M-24 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nexpressway from Metamora to I-69. South of Metamora, M-24 runs parallel to the former right-of-way for the Michigan Central Railroad north into the city of Lapeer. M-24 continues north from Lapeer running west of Barnes Lake and east of the community of Columbiaville just south of the M-90 junction. South of the Tuscola County line, the trunkline passes the Greenbriar Golf Club and crosses the Pere Marquette Railroad before turning west along Saginaw Road into the community of Mayville and turning north along Mertz Road. South of Caro, M-24", "id": "12670654" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\ncarried the M-28A designation before it was redesignated as Bus. M-28 in 1950. The trunkline was partially turned back to local control in 1953, and the business loop designation was removed at that time. The section of the roadway in downtown Newberry has carried several different designations in addition to the original M-28. Bus. M-28 started at the top of a small hill at an intersection with M-28 southwest of Newberry. The highway ran due north from the intersection along Engadine Road, running downhill towards Teaspoon Creek. Just south of the", "id": "14231892" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-13 is a north–south state trunkline highway that runs through the Saginaw Bay region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from Interstate 69 (I-69) south of Lennon to US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish. The southern section of the trunkline runs along a pair of county lines in a rural area dominated by farm fields. The highway directly connects the downtown areas of both Saginaw and Bay City. North of the latter city, the Lake Huron Circle Tour follows M-13 along the Saginaw Bay. The", "id": "5767618" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nterrain. East of town, the highway turns north running parallel to the AuTrain River Basin. The trunkline crosses Dexter Creek between Paulsen and Trout Lake roads. About halfway along the north–south segment of the highway, M-67 passes through the community of Limestone and crosses Johnson Creek. After running for , M-67 ends at a four-way intersection with M-94 and Tunteri Road. Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) traffic surveys in 2007 show that between 1,200 and 1,400 vehicles traveled the road daily in 2007 in a measure of", "id": "1214514" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nrun concurrently into Allegan. In 1963, when the I-196/US 31 freeway opened, the western terminus of M-89 was extended to meet the new freeway. A few years later, when M-96 was realigned onto a route that took it into Battle Creek, M-89 was extended southeasterly along Michigan Avenue (the old M-96) and terminated at M-37. The highway was extended further southeasterly into Battle Creek to replace the old routing of M-37 along Michigan Avenue; it then turned south on Washington to the BL I-94 where it terminated,", "id": "18787900" }, { "contents": "M-138 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-138 is a east–west state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from a junction with M-15 west of the unincorporated community of Munger in Bay County to the intersection with M-24 east of Akron in Tuscola County. The trunkline runs through rural agricultural areas outside of the villages and communities it serves. It was designated in the 1930s and extended in the 1940s. M-138 was truncated in the 1990s as well. M-138 begins at a junction with M-15 (Tuscola Road) just west", "id": "19948037" }, { "contents": "M-65 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the Pine River, M-65 merges with M-72. The two trunklines run concurrently curving to the northwest past the eastern terminus of county road F-32 into Curran. North of town, they separate as M-72 turns westward and M-65 continues north, exiting the Huron National Forest. The highway jogs along the Alcona–Alpena County line and crosses the Beaver Creek in the process. The trunkline runs to the east of Beaver Lake as it runs north through mixed forest and fields toward the community of Lachine. Southeast of that town, M-65", "id": "1359267" }, { "contents": "M-31 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, the trunkline turned southwesterly to follow along part of the Saginaw Bay. The road passed through Sebewaing to Unionville before turning back inland. Running southward to Akron, the highway turned alternately westward and southward to Fairgrove. M-31 next ran west along Bradleyville Road to a connection with M-81; the two highways ran concurrently south through Gilford before M-31 separated and turned back westward through Reese to Saginaw. The northern terminus in downtown Saginaw was at an intersection with what was then M-10. When the state highway system was first signed in 1919", "id": "19066175" }, { "contents": "M-76 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-76 is a former state trunkline highway designation in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The highway's designation was decommissioned when the last section of it was converted to freeway as a part of the present-day Interstate 75 (I-75). At that time, M-76 extended from US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish northwesterly to I-75 south of Grayling. Two sections of the route followed freeways with a two-lane highway in between to connect them. The former routing of M-76 through West Branch before", "id": "13291830" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 94 in Michigan\n\n\nlonger reconnects to I-94 on both ends. Major intersections Business Loop Interstate 94 (BL I-94) is a state trunkline highway serving as a business loop from I-94 through downtown Battle Creek. The highway begins at exit 92 on I-94 near the Kalamazoo–Calhoun county line. BL I-94 runs concurrently along M-37 northwesterly from the freeway on the two-lane Columbia Avenue on the eastern edge of Fort Custer. At an intersection south of the W.K. Kellogg Airport, BL I-94/M-37 turns easterly to run on the southern side of the", "id": "16557414" }, { "contents": "M-21 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto Port Huron in 1966. A freeway segment between Flint and Lapeer opened in 1971. M-21 was routed down M-13 to the new freeway where it joined the M-78 designation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after I-69 was extended north from Charlotte. The 1974 completion of I-196 meant the truncation of M-21 to end in Grand Rapids. At the time, M-21 was extended along Fulton Street to the East Beltline, and", "id": "13431388" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nas a result of the various reroutings in the Lansing area, both of which are no longer part of the state highway system. M-78 begins at an intersection with M-66 in Pennfield Township, north of Battle Creek in Calhoun County. The trunkline passes through rural farm lands as it runs due east and northeast. It briefly crosses the southeast corner of Barry County as it enters Eaton County. There M-78 follows Battle Creek Highway past some small ponds and into the town of Bellevue. The trunkline becomes Capitol Avenue in town and turns", "id": "18787225" }, { "contents": "M-81 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. East of town, the highway follows Caro Road through more farm fields through the community of Watrousville. Near the south side of the Tuscola Area Airport, M-81 turns to the northeast running along the Cass River to Caro. In the city, the trunkline follows State Street past the fairgrounds. At the intersection with Ellington Street, M-81 crosses M-24. The highway continues northeasterly out of town and through the community of Ellington. Northeast of Elmwood, M-81 turns due east along Cass City Road. The trunkline runs to the village", "id": "9440771" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nUS 12 freeway was completed in the area. Bus. US 12 was redesignated as BL I-94 in 1960 and M-96 was shortened to end at BL I-94/M-78 running on Capital Avenue. M-37 was reextended in 1961 in Battle Creek to a concurrent routing with M-96 in 1961. M-89 was extended along the roadway used by M-96 west of Battle Creek to M-37 in 1965, truncating M-96 in the process. M-96 was reextended back to Battle Creek along Dickman Road and Fort Custer Highway from Augusta east in 1971. Several changes in", "id": "16718652" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthat junction, M-71 turns easterly and then southeasterly out of town. The highway continues to run alongside the rail line through farmland to the outskirts of Vernon. M-71 crosses the Shiawassee River for a second time. The rail line and the highway diverge and run on opposite sides of town; the highway rounds the northeast side and the rail line runs along the southwest side. This section of trunkline through Vernon had the lowest AADT value in 2009 with 4,371 vehicles. M-71 continues to the interchange with I-69 at exit 118 northwest of", "id": "9319504" }, { "contents": "M-140 (Michigan highway)\n\n\njog along Pokagon Road around Riggins Lake. M-140 turns back northward and runs through the community of Berrien Center. Near Eau Claire, the highway turns bends along Maple Grove Road for about before going north on Watervliet Road. East of town, the trunkline follows Main Street eastward toward the Berrien–Cass county line. M-140 intersects the northern terminus of M-62 and curves north. In northern Berrien County, M-140 follows Watervliet Road to an interchange with Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues northward along Main Street into Watervliet,", "id": "800150" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-69 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 2 (US 2) on both ends in Crystal Falls and near Bark River. In between, the highway runs for in rural UP forest lands. Before the creation of the U.S. Highway System, the current M-69 was a portion of M-12. The original M-69 was replaced by US 102 and the M-69 designation was reused on a section of M-12 not replaced by US 2.", "id": "1214334" }, { "contents": "M-36 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof town. At Howell Street, County Road D-19 merges in from the south. The two designations run concurrently along Main Street to Pearl Street, where D-19 turns northward. At the intersection with Dexter Street, M-36 intersects the western terminus of D-32, the \"Highway to Hell\". East of Pinckney, M-36 passes between Rush and Bass lakes in the Pettysville area. Immediately east of there, the highway passes through woods between Oneida and Zukey lakes in Lakeland. The trunkline passes to the south of Buck Lake and then", "id": "19826396" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n(MDOT). The highway was first designated by July 1, 1919 along a portion of the current roadway. In a series of extensions, M-55 was lengthened to connect its current endpoints by the early 1930s. The trunkline has been rerouted in sections since that time resulting in the modern roadway alignment. One set of changes produced a business loop in the Houghton Lake area. M-55 starts at a three-way intersection with US 31 north of Manistee. The trunkline runs southeast on Caberfae Highway over the Manistee River and through", "id": "19769036" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto enter the outskirts of Battle Creek it follows Michigan Avenue. It passes through the neighborhoods of Level Park-Oak Park and Urbandale, the first residential areas of the city. As the highway continues towards Battle Creek it has a junction with M-37. M-89 continues on Michigan Avenue until an intersection with Washington Avenue where the route turns to the southwest where it crosses the Kalamazoo River one last time. The trunkline terminates a few blocks later at Dickman Road, otherwise known as the Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94). M-89", "id": "18787895" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nMountain, M-88 turns east at Alden highway and enters the community of Mancelona, passing the Fairview Cemetery. The highway runs along on State Street into downtown. M-88 ends at an intersection with US 131/M-66 running along Williams Street, and State Street continues eastward as C-38. M-88 was first designated by July 1, 1919 along its current routing between Mancelona and Bellaire. It was extended in 1927 through Central Lake to end in Eastport. It was used as a temporary routing of US 31 between Eastport and Bellaire while the", "id": "6692228" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 designation transfers from the freeway to run concurrently with M-89 eastward. After the freeway, M-43/M-89 passes through the city of Plainwell and crosses the Kalamazoo River again before continuing into rural areas again. The trunkline continues to the southeast on towards the village of Richland. Just north of Richland, M-89 parts ways with M-43. M-89 heads south through town and intersects M-343, before turning eastward and passing to the south of Gull Lake. After passing the lake, the highway turns southeast towards Battle Creek. As M-89 begins", "id": "18787894" }, { "contents": "M-14 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nstreets to new stretches of freeways running south of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. The former route of US 12, much of which was known as Plymouth Road, was retained as a trunkline and redesignated M-14. In 1964, a northern bypass connecting US 23 with M-153 was completed, and M-14 was rerouted onto the new freeway; the highway still ran through Ann Arbor along routes now designated Bus. US 23 and Business Loop I-94. The following year, the freeway was extended to its present western terminus at I-94, and M-14", "id": "11243057" }, { "contents": "M-188 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-188 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from Eaton Rapids to the VFW National Home for Children, southeast of town through a rural area. Approximately 1,000 vehicles each day use a highway that was first designated in the 1930s and paved in the 1940s. Starting in Eaton Rapids, M-188 heads eastward from the intersection with M-99/M-50 (Michigan highway) toward the Grand River. The highway follows Water Street southeasterly along the river through residential neighborhoods and exits town. M-188 turns back due east", "id": "3803194" }, { "contents": "M-72 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. At South Down River Road, M-72 turns east again to leave Grayling, crossing I-75 in the process. There is no direct access to I-75 from M-72. Instead traffic is directed to follow BL I-75 in either direction to get to the freeway. In eastern Crawford County, M-72 runs through the Au Sable State Forest and crosses the South Branch of the Au Sable River on the Wakeley Bridge. East of the river crossing, the trunkline intersects the northern terminus of M-18 before crossing into Oscoda County. M-72 continues east through", "id": "18092035" }, { "contents": "M-28 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof M-28 designated as a part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour is from the western terminus to the eastern junction with M-64 in Bergland, where the Circle Tour turns north along M-64, leaving M-28. Here, M-28 has its lowest traffic counts; within the 2013 MDOT survey, the road is listed with only an average annual daily traffic (AADT) of 1,425 vehicles on a section of highway between Bergland and the US 45 intersection in Bruce Crossing. The trunkline runs through heavily forested areas of southern Houghton and Baraga counties.", "id": "20777599" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, which runs along the western city line. M-13 meets the 2 one-way streets that carry M-25 and the I-75 business spur at the intersections with Thomas and Jenny streets. From this intersection on, M-13 forms a part of the Lake Huron Circle Tour. Farther north, the highway turns northwesterly on Huron Road; Euclid Avenue continues north as M-247. As the trunkline heads away from Bay City, it runs parallel to the Lake State Railway again. M-13 intersects the northern end of its connector route before Huron Road crosses", "id": "5767624" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-89 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from near Ganges to Battle Creek. M-89 starts at an interchange with Interstate 196/US Highway 31 (I-196/US 31) and passes through Allegan, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and Calhoun counties. The highway also briefly crosses the southwest corner of Barry County before it terminates an at intersection with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) on the northwestern side of downtown Battle Creek. In between the trunkline runs parallel to the Kalamazoo River", "id": "18787890" }, { "contents": "M-33 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-33 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Interstate 75 (I-75) at Alger in Arenac County north to M-27 near Cheboygan. In between, the trunkline runs through rural sections of the northeastern Lower Peninsula including state and national forest areas. M-33 connects to a handful of parks and crosses several of the rivers in that section of the state. It runs concurrently with three other state highways, sharing pavement to connect through several small communities of Northern Michigan. M-33 was designated by", "id": "16986002" }, { "contents": "M-57 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncounty line, the highway crosses a branch of the Great Lakes Central Railroad. M-57 follows Brady Road and crosses M-52 just west of Chesaning. Further east, the trunkline crosses another line of the Great Lakes Central. The highway follows Broad Street into town and over the Shiawassee River. On the east banks, M-57 runs along Main Street south along the river to a junction with Peet Road where it then turns east along the latter road out of town. The highway passes through more farm fields and through Layton Corners on the", "id": "12341714" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe western end of the highway, halfway between Bark River and Hyde, west of Escanaba. In 1919, M-69 started at the state line south of Crystal Falls. It ran north through Crystal Falls, where it intersected M-12, to end in Covington at an intersection with M-28. This roadway was redesignated with the creation of the U.S. Highway System in 1926. US 2 replaced M-69 south and M-12 west of Crystal Falls. US 102 replaced M-69 north of Crystal Falls, and the latter designation was reused on the section of", "id": "1214343" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-227 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It consists largely of a segment of old U.S. Highway 27 (US 27) along the south and west sides of Marshall. The highway passes the airport and serves an industrial section of town north of the Kalamazoo River. M-227 was created as a part of a program to add additional routes into the state's highway system under the leadership of Governor John Engler. M-227 starts at a diamond interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) at exit 32", "id": "16700161" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. M-136 begins at a junction with M-19 just south of Brockway on the north side of Mill Creek. The highway heads eastward through farm fields on Metcalf Road for about before bending to the southeast on Beard Road, parallel to the creek. The road then turns eastward on Avoca Road near Tackaberry Airport and heads toward Avoca. The trunkline continues in this direction through farm fields and the community of Avoca before turning southward on Glyshaw Road near the Black River. M-136 turns east, returning to Beard Road, and running through a", "id": "12150123" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-71 is a state trunkline highway in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. It serves as a connector between M-21 in Owosso to Interstate 69 (I-69) near Durand. The highway runs along a rail line in a northwest-to-southeast direction in rural Shiawassee County connecting a few small towns along its path. The highway dates back to the start of the state highway system in 1919. There were some changes made to the routing in the 1930s which increased its length. Two adjacent highways have been rerouted", "id": "9319501" }, { "contents": "M-61 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-61 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Marion and Standish. The highway runs along the boundary area between Northern Michigan and Central Michigan in the Lower Peninsula. M-61 runs through rural forestland connecting several smaller communities together as it connects M-115, US Highway 127 (US 127), Interstate 75 (I-75) and US 23. Less than 10,000 vehicles a day use various segments of the roadway on average. The trunkline was first designated along a portion of its current alignment by 1919. M-61", "id": "8785849" }, { "contents": "M-91 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, but subsequent transfers or roadway sections have truncated the route to its present form. For a time period in the 1980s, M-91 was even a discontinuous highway when a section in the middle was transferred to county control before the southernmost section was transferred. M-91 starts at an intersection with M-44 west of Belding in Otisco Township. The road runs north along Storey Road and past the Candlestone Golf Course and farmlands. At Bricker Road, M-91 crosses out of Ionia County into Montcalm County. The trunkline runs along Greenville Road and passes", "id": "8283414" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 is a state trunkline highway in the southwestern and central parts of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from South Haven to Webberville along an indirect path through both rural areas and larger cities. The trunkline follows five overall segments: a southeasterly track from South Haven to Kalamazoo, a northerly path to Plainwell, a southeasterly route to Richland, a northeasterly course to the Hastings area and an easterly route through the Lansing area. The M-43 designation dates back to at least July 1, 1919, when it was used", "id": "1132334" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-88 is a state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between US Highway 31 (US 31) and US 131/M-66 in the Lower Peninsula. Running from Mancelona to Eastport, M-88 also goes through the communities of Bellaire and Central Lake. The highway is completely within Antrim County and is known by the street name of \"Scenic Highway\" outside of the various communities along its routing. M-88 is an original trunkline dating back to the 1919 signing of the state system. An extension in the 1920s", "id": "6692224" }, { "contents": "M-34 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-99 turns south along Pioneer Road, M-34 continues east along Hudson Road. The highway turns to the southeast to the south of Osseo near Deer Lake and continues towards Pittsford. Hudson Road runs through a mix of forests and local farms. The trunkline passes to the south of the main business district in Pittsford. East of town, the highway turns east and intersects US Highway 127 (US 127) at the Hillsdale–Lenawee county line in Hudson. The trunkline continues eastward through the city of Hudson as Main Street. On", "id": "16558269" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-44 is a state trunkline highway in the western region of the US state of Michigan. It runs northward from the intersection of M-11 (28th Street) and M-37 toward the Rockford area. The highway then turns eastward to Belding, and it ends six miles (10 km) north of Ionia at M-66. M-44 is known in Grand Rapids as the \"East Beltline\" and intersects with its related highway, Connector M-44, in Plainfield Township. This highway runs concurrently with M-37 between M-11 and Interstate 96 (I-96).", "id": "13109166" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nBusiness M-28 (Bus. M-28) was a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It served as a business route running for through the Newberry area. The business loop followed a U-shaped routing to connect downtown Newberry with M-28 south of town. It ran west of the city of Newberry, passing through the community of Dollarville before entering downtown, turning south and ending near the county airport. Bus. M-28 was originally a section of M-28 before the latter was realigned in the late 1930s. The highway", "id": "14231891" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nbetween Tekonsha and Marshall. From I-69, M-227 runs east on F Drive South north of Pine and Long lakes for approximately one mile (1.6 km). The highway runs through agricultural land and turns north to follow Old US 27/17 Mile Road. At Division Drive, M-227 passes into Marshall on Kalamazoo Avenue. The highway runs past the Brooks Field airport and the Alwin Downs Golf Course. Kalamazoo Avenue crosses the Kalamazoo River, and M-227 turns west along Industrial Road. This section of town is an industrial park, and M-227", "id": "16700162" }, { "contents": "M-51 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nPokagon, M-51 turns back northeasterly toward Dowagiac. Once the highway reaches that city, it merges with M-62. The two highways run concurrently eastward along Spruce, Main and Division streets through downtown. M-51 turns to the north along Front Street, separating from the concurrency and leaving downtown. North of town in rural Cass County, M-51 intersects M-152 near location where the highway crosses the Dowagiac River. North of that intersection, the trunkline crosses into Van Buren County and turns to the east again. M-51 passes south of Knickerbocker Lake", "id": "11912684" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-67 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 41 (US 41) and M-94 between Trenary and Chatham. The highway has largely been unchanged during its history, although the highways that connect to M-67 on each end have changed several times. M-67 starts at an intersection with US 41 near Trenary east of the West Branch of the Whitefish River. From that intersection the highway runs east crossing Scott Creek before running into downtown Trenary along relatively flat", "id": "1214513" }, { "contents": "M-343 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-343 is a state trunkline highway in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It runs for almost along Gull Road between the northeast side of Kalamazoo and continues through rural areas on the way to Richland. The highway was created in January 2019 from a section of M-43 after that highway was rerouted in the aftermath of a series of jurisdictional transfers in downtown Kalamazoo. It had been a part of the state highway system for a century under its previous number until it was given its current designation. M-343 starts where Gull Road intersects Riverview Drive east", "id": "11381182" }, { "contents": "M-115 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. The lowest AADT was the 2,236 vehicles near Copemish. The trunkline between the US 10 and M-37 junctions has been listed on the National Highway System. a network of roads important to the country's defense, economy and mobility. In 1929, the first stretch of M-115 was designated from Frankfort to Benzonia. Beginning in the mid-1930s, construction of M-115 began from central to northwestern Lower Michigan. In 1936, an earthen highway was opened between the south side of Cadillac to M-66, with additional sections west of Mesick and northwest", "id": "9213548" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is near the border between Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties at exit 92 of Interstate 94 (I-94) southwest of Battle Creek. The northern terminus is at the Mission Point Light on Old Mission Point in Grand Traverse County. In between, the highway connects Battle Creek, Grand Rapids and Traverse City. Motorists will travel through agricultural land, forests, suburbs and large cities along the way. The section of M-37 on the Old Mission", "id": "17071073" }, { "contents": "M-203 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-203 turns inland running due east to Cloverland Road then turning north and east along Veterans Memorial Highway. Along this section of roadway, the AADT was measured at 440 vehicles in 2007. The highway follows Veterans Memorial Highway through the neighborhood of Tamarack west of Calumet. From there it continues eastward, following Pine Street north of downtown Calumet, looping back to US 41/M-26. The northern terminus of M-203 is at the intersection of Pine Street and Calumet Avenue. M-203 was first designated as a spur route from Hancock north", "id": "1358584" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nline, the highway intersects with US 12 before crossing into Washtenaw County. The limited-access section of M-52 continues north through western Washtenaw County, where it ends in Manchester. M-52 turns west along Austin and City roads into the village. The trunkline continues along the banks of the north branch of the River Raisin on Riverside Drive before turning north out of town. Just south of Chelsea, M-52 crosses Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues through downtown Chelsea and turns northwesterly through the Waterloo State Recreation Area in the", "id": "15803111" }, { "contents": "M-29 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-29 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in a south–north direction from Chesterfield Township to Marysville. It generally runs along the shore of Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River. The M-29 designation has been used twice in Michigan starting in 1919. The first designation near Lansing was replaced by U.S. Route 27 (US 27) in 1926. At that time, the M-29 designation was moved to the east side of the state along the current routing and farther north along part of what", "id": "18258775" }, { "contents": "Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\ndesignation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after a Temporary I-69 (Temp. I-69) designation was extended northward from Charlotte through Lansing to Perry. On September 4 of that year, I-69's designation was officially extended by Congress to end at I-475 on the east side of Flint; this extension, and all subsequent ones, was of \"non-chargeable mileage\", or segments not financed through the Interstate Highway", "id": "20840099" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-52 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is on the Ohio border, where it continues as State Route 109 (SR 109). The highway passes through communities like Adrian, where it intersects US Highway 223 (US 223), Chelsea and Webberville along its course. It crosses some major rivers, including the River Raisin and the Shiawassee. The section of the highway between M-50 and Manchester was built as a limited-access highway. M-52's northern terminus is", "id": "15803106" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nI-96 and then north on I-496. From there, M-78 followed the one-way pairing of Homer and Howard streets from the northern end of the freeway up to the one-way couplet of Saginaw Street and Grand River Avenue, returning to its previous routing. The former route through downtown along US 27 was redesignated Business M-78 (Bus. M-78) at the same time. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing sections of M-78 in 1965. The US 127 freeway was completed from", "id": "18787232" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n23) was incorporated into the trunkline as a discontinuous section in the early 1940s until it was later connected in 1946. M-68 starts in the community of Alanson east of Little Traverse Bay in Emmet County. US 31 runs along Burr Avenue parallel to the former Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad line and depot in town. M-68 starts at an intersection between Chicago Street and Burr Avenue. The trunkline runs southeasterly from this intersection and on a bridge over the Crooked River. After leaving town, the highway curves to run due east through", "id": "9319420" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nGrand Rapids. The state trunkline highway was created when M-50 was rerouted to follow 28th Street and Wilson Avenue around the south and west sides of the city in 1953. The business loop was decommissioned when M-50 was returned to its former routing in 1961. The highway followed Lake Michigan Drive (now M-45) from the Standale neighborhood of Walker easterly to Fulton Street in Grand Rapids. From there it followed Fulton easterly through downtown Grand Rapids and the east side of the city to a junction with Cascade Road in Grand Rapids Township The", "id": "11076050" }, { "contents": "M-102 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-102 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs along the northern boundary of Detroit following 8 Mile Road. The highway follows the Michigan Baseline, a part of the land survey of the state, and the roadway is also called Base Line Road in places. As a county road or city street, 8 Mile Road extends both east and west of the M-102 designation, which leaves 8 Mile on the eastern end to follow Vernier Road. The western terminus of M-102 is at the junction", "id": "5983336" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nTahquamenon River, Bus. M-28 turned east into the community of Dollarville. There the trunkline followed Dollarville Road and Engadine Road to the western city limits of Newberry. Once in the city of Newberry, Bus. M-28 followed West McMillan Avenue. At the intersection with M-117 (Newberry Avenue), Bus. M-28 turned south concurrently with M-117. The combined highway passed through the central business district. South of town, M-117/Bus. M-28 turned east along Campbell Avenue and then south along Miller Road. West of the Luce", "id": "14231893" }, { "contents": "M-90 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-90 is a state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from near North Branch eastward to Lexington situated on Lake Huron. The highway is a lightly traveled roadway that runs through rural farmlands. The trunkline runs mostly east–west with two short north–south segments where it turns to run concurrently with other state highways. Along the routing, there are two river crossings and one railroad crossing. The current highway that bears the M-90 designation is the second to carry number. The first", "id": "9440848" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\nBath Township. In 1919, the MSHD signposted the highway system for the first time, and the east–west highways through Lansing were part of the original M-29 through downtown and the original M-39 north of downtown. The north–south highway in Lansing was the original M-14. On November 11, 1926, the United States Numbered Highway System was approved by the AASHO, and the new US 27 replaced M-29 and M-14 in the area. By the end of the next year, M-78 was extended from Charlotte along US 27", "id": "12718047" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nroadway on any average day of the year. Along M-37, the volume varies from the peak 49,173 vehicles on a section of I-96/M-37 in Grand Rapids to the 718 vehicles at the northern terminus by the Mission Point Light. M-37 starts joined with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) as the two highway designations run concurrently at exit 92 on I-94 southwest of Battle Creek. They follow Columbia Avenue and pass around the southern side of the W. K. Kellogg Airport. When the roadway meets M-96, BL I-94/M-37 turns", "id": "17071077" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-60 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Niles area at a junction with US Highway 12 (US 12) to the Jackson area where it ends at Interstate 94 (I-94). The trunkline passes through a mix of farm fields and woodlands, crosses or runs along several rivers and connects several small towns of the southern area of the state. The westernmost segment runs along divided highway while the easternmost section is a full freeway bypass of Jackson. M-60 was originally", "id": "18513790" }, { "contents": "M-95 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nlater be extended in 1932 to the state line south of Kingsford. The total of M-45 was converted to M-95 in 1934 as a realignment near Witch Lake is completed. M-95 was rerouted in 1942 from Republic north to Humboldt Township. This new section replaced the last section of gravel roadway that was transferred to Marquette County as County Road 601. Another rerouting in the Republic area moved the trunkline in 1957 to bypass South Republic. The former roadway was partially closed to become part of the Republic Mine. M-69 was shortened, eliminating", "id": "20686812" } ]

[ { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nfields. South of Thornapple Lake, M-79 angles southeasterly moving from Quimby Road to Scott Road running parallel to the Thornapple River again into the community of Nashville. M-79 meets M-66 and turns south along the latter highway's route along Main and Durkee streets through the community. South of town in Maple Grove Township, M-79 separates from M-66 and turns east along Lawrence Road. Outside of Charlotte, M-79 curves southeast to transition to Lawrence Avenue through town. The eastern terminus is at an intersection with Cochran Avenue, which carries BL I-69", "id": "10575936" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nis located on southbound I-69 at exit 61. The highway was first designated in 1919 between Hastings and Battle Creek. It was later moved to run to Charlotte. A section of M-79 was designated as M-214 in the 1930s. M-214 would later be decommissioned as a highway designation and the M-79 designation was reapplied to the roadway. M-79 starts south of Hastings at a three-way intersection with M-37 in Hastings Township. The trunkline runs east and parallel to a section of the Thornapple River through wooded terrain that is interspersed with farm", "id": "10575935" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 at the same time carries the highway designation to Vermontville. M-79 was extended easterly to Charlotte in 1934 at the same time that the section of the trunkline between Nashville and Vermontville was redesignated M-214. M-79 was rerouted along Assyria and Lawrence roads at the time to connect the sections of M-79 on either side of M-214. By 1941, M-214 was shortened to a connector route in downtown Nashville running between M-79 and M-66. In 1953, M-79 replaced M-214 and the latter designation was retired from the highway system. The last section", "id": "10575938" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nand M-50. M-79 was formed as a state trunkline by July 1, 1919 along part of its present routing. At the time, it ran between Hastings and Nashville as it does today. From Nashville, the trunkline turned south and west to end at the contemporary M-17 in Battle Creek. By 1927, the southernmost section of M-79 was truncated when M-78 was extended to Battle Creek. In late 1930, the southernmost section was shortened once again as a new M-14 designation replaced M-79 south of Nashville. An eastward extension of", "id": "10575937" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the central portion of Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The western terminus is about southeast of Hastings at the junction with M-37 and the eastern terminus is in downtown Charlotte at the junction with M-50 and Business Loop Interstate 69 (BL I-69). It passes through Quimby and Nashville, where there is a junction with M-66. The entire highway is undivided surface road. It has no direct access with Interstate 69 (I-69), although a sign for the highway", "id": "10575934" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nThe M-14 designation of the time was decommissioned and replaced with M-66. Starting at Six Lakes, M-66 turned west along M-46 instead of east and then turned south through Stanton and Ionia ending north of Battle Creek. The highway between Lowell and Lakeview was redesignated as M-91. A minor realignment in late 1950 removed two 90° curves near the Osceola–Missaukee county line and replaced them with a pair of sweeping curves. The MSHD rerouted M-66 between Maple Grove and Nashville in mid-1953. In the changes, M-79 was extended along the", "id": "18787175" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nBarry–Eaton county line. After meeting M-43, the two trunklines run concurrently for about a mile (1.6 km) before M-50 breaks off to the southwest near Woodbury. From there, the road continues in its southeasterly path along Clinton Trail through the northeast part of Eaton County as it runs through fields to Charlotte. Just prior to entering the city, the road bends to the south and near the middle of town it has a junction with M-79 and Business Loop I-69 (BL I-69). After this intersection, M-50", "id": "11076036" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-78 ran along a route similar that of today. It started north of Battle Creek at a junction with then M-79 and cut through the corner of Barry County to Bellevue, but it turned northeasterly to end at Charlotte at a junction with M-29. By 1927, M-78 was extended southward, replacing M-79 to the Indiana state line, connecting with State Road 9 (SR 9) south of Sturgis. At the same time, a northerly addition extended the highway concurrently along US Highway 27 (US 27) to Dewitt and", "id": "18787228" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthrough Dowling and meets the western terminus of M-79. The highway follows Hanover Street through the south side of Hastings into downtown, where it turns west on Green Street and north on Broadway Street. At the intersection of Broadway and State streets, M-37 meets and joins M-43. West of Hastings, M-43 separates and heads south toward Kalamazoo while M-37 turns northwesterly and runs parallel to the Thornapple River. The highway follows the river west and north to the community of Middleville through mixed farms and forests. In southern Kent County, M-37", "id": "17071079" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nends, and M-66 continues northeast out of the Cereal City on Division Street and then northeast on Capital Avenue along the Battle Creek River. M-66 continues northward through Barry County on Capital Avenue which becomes 9 Mile Road north of Baseline Road. The highway passes through Assyria before meeting M-79, with which it has a short concurrency, in Nashville. On the north side of the village, M-66 crosses the Thornapple River and continues north through mixed rural forest land and farm fields. Near Woodland, M-66 joins M-43 and the two run", "id": "18787163" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nnew route of M-66 and then over M-214 to Hastings. M-66 was shifted off Assyria Road which was turned back to local control. Another realignment in 1954 shifted M-66 to the modern routing between the M-43 concurrency termini, removing M-43/M-66 from a section of M-50 in the process. The final section gravel section of M-66, approximately in length, was paved near Nashville in 1957. M-32 was extended along the northernmost section of M-66 in 1963. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing", "id": "18787176" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-78 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus is the intersection with M-66 north of Battle Creek in Pennfield Township. The roadway runs through rural farmland and the community of Bellevue as it approaches its eastern terminus at an interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) near Olivet. The highway is used by between 3,100 and 5,300 vehicles on a daily basis. When the state highway system was signed in 1919, M-78 followed a similar routing. At Bellevue, it turned northeast to terminate at Charlotte.", "id": "18787223" }, { "contents": "M-100 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-100 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the central region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between Potterville and Grand Ledge, connecting Interstate 69 (I-69) and I-96 west of the state capital, Lansing. The highway was previously a section of M-16. After M-16 was realigned, M-100 was created by 1927. Three extensions in the 1930s, 1950s and 1990s resulted in the current highway routing. M-100 starts at exit 66 on I-69 in Potterville. The highway runs north along Hartel Road, intersecting Lansing", "id": "169088" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\n. North of a crossing of the Battle Creek River, Cochrane Road widens to include a center turn lane. About north of the starting point, BL I-69 begins a concurrency with M-50 at Shepherd Street. North of Warren Avenue, BL I-69/M-50 widens to four lanes, two in each direction. The concurrency ends at Lawrence Avenue; M-50 continues north, and the business loop heads east on Lawrence Avenue for a few blocks. That intersection also marks the eastern terminus of M-79. From that point, BL I-69 follows", "id": "12718039" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturn of the century. M-69 and M-95 separate in Randville as the former turns east and the latter continues southward. Between Randville and the former community of Metropolitan, M-69 runs along the West Branch of the Sturgeon River through more hilly terrain. The trunkline continues east to the twin communities of Theodore and Felch. The river and the road part ways until meeting again at Foster City. This is also the location of a unique junction of highways. M-69 meets G-69, a County-Designated Highway that runs south to Loretto in", "id": "1214340" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe concurrency. In western Webberville, M-52 passes under I-96 and merges with M-43 at the latter's eastern terminus. The two highways run north to, and turn west along, Grand River Avenue. At Perry Road, M-52 turns back north out of the village. The trunkline continues north into Shiawassee County and runs through Perry before crossing I-69. Continuing north, M-52 curves northeasterly into downtown Owosso intersecting M-21 west of M-71's western terminus. M-52 continues northward parallel to the Shiawassee River into Saginaw County. The trunkline runs through", "id": "15803113" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ndowntown Ionia, the trunkline crosses the Grand River and the abandoned mainline of the Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad near the county fairgrounds. M-66 turns west along M-21 (Lincoln Avenue) for two blocks before turning back to the north along State Street. The trunkline runs through the northern part of the county and meets M-44's eastern terminus near Woodard Lake. In Montcalm County, M-66 intersects M-57 in a rural area south of Sheridan before running north on Sheridan Road through Stanton. The highway jogs west along Main Street in Stanton before returning", "id": "18787165" }, { "contents": "M-74 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-74 was the designation of a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The highway ran through rural Missaukee County connecting Pioneer with Merritt. The highway was designated by 1919 along a longer route. It was shortened before it was totally removed from the highway system in the late 1930s. M-74 started at a junction with M-66 near the community of Pioneer. It ran east on Moorestown Road through Stittsville to Moorestown before turning south on Nelson Road. There it ran through the community of Star City, turning west briefly on", "id": "9319580" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n131 freeway, M-55 merges north along the freeway, bypassing downtown Cadillac. On the east side of town, M-55 leaves the freeway and turns east again running through the Pere Marquette State Forest along Watergate Road. When the highway meets M-66, M-55 joins M-66 and runs north through farmland. As the two highways approach Lake City, they run along the shore of Lake Missaukee and through downtown. M-55 turns east again along Houghton Lake Road, separating from M-66 north of the central business district. This section of trunkline passes through", "id": "19769038" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 junction and the I-94 interchange. The NHS is a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility. M-96 was formed as a state trunkline in late 1926 from parts of M-17. The section of M-17 between Galesberg and Battle Creek was not utilized for US 12 and became M-96. In 1936, the Alternate US 12 trunkline was designated through the Battle Creek area along a section of highway that had previously been part of US 12. This highway was added to M-96 three years later in 1939", "id": "16718650" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the airport, M-96 runs concurrently with both Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) and M-37. M-96 turns south on Helmer Road, separating from the other two trunklines, and then turns east crossing along Columbia Avenue. Here the highway runs along the edge of the city of Battle Creek through more residential areas and crosses the I-194/M-66 freeway next to the Riverside County Club. Near Brownlee Park, M-96 (Columbia Avenue) merges with BL I-94 (Michigan Avenue). Together BL I-94/M-96 continues along Michigan Avenue", "id": "16718647" }, { "contents": "M-42 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturns ninety degrees to the south off Walker Road before angling southeasterly skirting the edge of some hills near Dyer Lake just west of M-66. The road turns back due east between Al Moses Road and M-66, where it ends north of Lake City. No section of the trunkline is part of the National Highway System. M-42 is an original state trunkline dating back to the 1919 signage of the highway system in Michigan. The original highway routing started at M-13 in Manton and ran due west to Mesick. From there the highway turned", "id": "6820888" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-50 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. Although designated as an east–west highway, it is nearly a diagonal northwest–southeast route. The western terminus is at exit 52 along Interstate 96 (I-96) near Alto a few miles east of the metro Grand Rapids area, and its eastern terminus is in downtown Monroe at US Highway 24 (US 24, Telegraph Road). In between the trunkline runs through seven counties of the southern part of the Lower Peninsula mostly through rural farm fields and", "id": "11076032" }, { "contents": "M-82 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe downtown area and M-82 turns south along Stewart Avenue out of town. The highway rounds a curve and transitions to 72nd Street running eastward through more farm land. As the trunkline approaches Newaygo, the terrain becomes more wooded near the Muskegon River. M-82 follows Fremont Street east to a junction with M-37. The two highways merge and run concurrently over the river and into downtown on State Street. South of downtown, M-82 turns east again, independent of M-37, and runs along 82nd Street on the southern edge of the Manistee", "id": "9440783" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-96 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Kalamazoo and Marshall. Its termini are both on business routes of Interstate 94 (I-94); the eastern one coincides with an intersection with I-69. Between Kalamazoo and Marshall it passes through Comstock, Galesburg, Augusta, and Battle Creek intersecting I-194/M-66 in Battle Creek and I-94 in Emmett Township. The highway now known as M-96 was originally part of M-17. Parts of M-17 that were not used for US Highway 12 (US 12) in", "id": "16718644" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncontinues south concurrent with the business loop for a several blocks before turning eastward. On the eastern end of town, it has an interchange with I-69 at exit 60. After heading east past the junction with I-69, the highway turns southeast as it heads through rural fields toward Eaton Rapids. Once it reaches the city, M-50 converges with M-99, and the two intersect M-188 on the south side of the Grand River. The two highways run south out of the city. Immediately prior to entering Jackson County, the two trunklines", "id": "11076037" }, { "contents": "M-199 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-199 is a state trunkline highway near Albion in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus of the road is in Sheridan Township at exit 119 off Interstate 94 (I-94). The eastern terminus is a junction with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) downtown Albion. The entire road is within Calhoun County and runs through rural farm fields outside of Albion; in town it is a residential street. The M-199 designation had previously been applied to a highway in the Upper Peninsula in the 1930s. The current highway was previously", "id": "318093" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, before entering Missaukee County. The trunkline then turns westward on Stoney Corners Road toward McBain through farm land. In town it runs along Maple Street and then runs north toward Lake City on Morey Road. South of the Lake City, M-55 runs concurrently with M-66 by Missaukee Golf Course and into town along the eastern shore of Lake Missaukee. North of town, M-55 splits off to the east on Houghton Lake Road, and M-66 continues north to an intersection with the eastern terminus of M-42 in a rural forest. M-66 leaves", "id": "18787168" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-136 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Brockway to Fort Gratiot in the lower part of The Thumb of the Lower Peninsula. The highway serves as a connector between M-19 on the west and M-25 northwest of Port Huron. In between, the highway runs through rural St. Clair County through farm fields and along a creek and river. The trunkline uses roads that were part of the state highway system in 1919. The M-136 designation was assigned in 1931 and extended to its current length in 1961", "id": "12150122" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nCounty before meeting M-179 and M-37. M-43 merges with the latter highway and together they run into Hastings. Downtown, M-37 leaves town to the south, while M-43 heads north before curving around the east, passing through farmfields approaching the community of Woodland. After leaving town, the road meets M-66, and together they head north to a junction with M-50. M-43 then turns east with M-50, and they briefly run together before M-50 diverges to the southeast. Now known as the Grand Ledge Highway, M-43 continues its easterly path", "id": "1132339" }, { "contents": "M-63 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto M-13 (later US 131) in Osceola County on July 1, 1919. This highway was extended in 1930 along US 131 to Tustin and then to a terminus with M-66 in Marion. At the same time, M-37 was extended north from Baldwin to meet M-63 east of Peacock. This eastern extension was truncated in 1932 when it was redesignated as part of M-61. A short connector roadway, M-179, was designated in 1935 between M-63 and US 131, forming a small triangle of highways. The western end was shortened", "id": "11402253" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nAvenue removed. Then in 2003, the signs along the East Beltline were restored and the route extended back to its former terminus. M-44 Connector, or Conn. M-44, is a connector route state trunkline highway running along Plainfield Avenue in the Grand Rapids area. It connects I-96/M-37 near Lamberton Lake with M-44 running along East Beltline Avenue near the Grand River. In between, the highway passes through a commercial area. North of 5 Mile Road, Plainfield Avenue takes on a more suburban residential character. There are more business", "id": "13109173" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nmeets Interstate 69 (I-69) northwest of town. Continuing to Homer, the highway runs along Lehigh Street in town; M-99 merges into M-60 after the intersection with Hillsdale Street. East of town, the highway widens into a four-lane divided highway; M-99 turns north along this short section of roadway and M-60 reverts to a two-lane highway again. The trunkline crosses the Kalamazoo River at Concord before it crosses into Jackson County. At Spring Arbor, M-60 passes the campus of Spring Arbor University. Outside of Jackson", "id": "18513796" }, { "contents": "M-142 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-53 turns west, ending the overlap of the two highways. M-142 exits town and follows Sand Beach Road through farm country. About of Bad Axe, M-142 meets the northern terminus of M-19 (Ubly Road). Continuing eastward, the highway crosses two branches of the Willow River as it passes through the unincorporated community of Verona. East of that location, the trunkline turns northeasterly, roughly parallel to the Rock Falls Creek, as it angles to Harbor Beach. M-142 follows State Street through town, and the trunkline terminates at", "id": "8283132" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nhilly terrain. After crossing the Cheboygan County line, the roadway meets the community of Burt Lake. It curves southeasterly along the shoreline of the lake of the same name. The roadway rounds the south end of Burt Lake and approaches the community of Indian River. South of Burt Lake State Park, the trunkline meets Straits Highway, the former routing of US 27 through Indian River. M-68 turns north along Straits Highway through downtown and then turns east toward Interstate 75 (I-75). It is along this section of M-68 that", "id": "9319421" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nproceeds south along with Alden Nash Avenue and turns east on 92nd Street through farms and fields in the rural southeastern corner of the county. As the trunkline runs to the east, it crosses into Ionia County. M-50 follows Thompson Road, Nash Highway and Tupper Lake Road into Lake Odessa. In Lake Odessa, the road bends around the north side of Jordan Lake, curving to the south into the extreme northeastern Barry County. The highway turns back to the east as it heads towards a junction with M-66 and M-43 at the", "id": "11076035" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-66 is a north–south state trunkline highway on the Lower Peninsula (LP) of the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Indiana state line in the south to Charlevoix in the north. M-66 is the only state highway to run the north–south distance of the LP. It starts as a continuation of State Road 9 (SR 9) which provides access to the Indiana Toll Road. The total length is approximately , which includes almost of freeway between Interstate 94 (I-94) and downtown Battle Creek designated", "id": "18787155" }, { "contents": "M-113 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-113 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in Grand Traverse County from M-37 near Hannah to US Highway 131 (US 131) in Walton Junction. The trunkline runs through farm fields and woodlands in a rural area of the county. It connects the highways at its termini with the village of Kingsley. First designated in November 1927, the highway was extended in 1940 by adding the southernmost section near Walton Junction which was originally part of US 131. M-113 starts west of Hannah at an intersection with", "id": "4961848" }, { "contents": "M-24 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nexpressway from Metamora to I-69. South of Metamora, M-24 runs parallel to the former right-of-way for the Michigan Central Railroad north into the city of Lapeer. M-24 continues north from Lapeer running west of Barnes Lake and east of the community of Columbiaville just south of the M-90 junction. South of the Tuscola County line, the trunkline passes the Greenbriar Golf Club and crosses the Pere Marquette Railroad before turning west along Saginaw Road into the community of Mayville and turning north along Mertz Road. South of Caro, M-24", "id": "12670654" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\ncarried the M-28A designation before it was redesignated as Bus. M-28 in 1950. The trunkline was partially turned back to local control in 1953, and the business loop designation was removed at that time. The section of the roadway in downtown Newberry has carried several different designations in addition to the original M-28. Bus. M-28 started at the top of a small hill at an intersection with M-28 southwest of Newberry. The highway ran due north from the intersection along Engadine Road, running downhill towards Teaspoon Creek. Just south of the", "id": "14231892" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-13 is a north–south state trunkline highway that runs through the Saginaw Bay region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from Interstate 69 (I-69) south of Lennon to US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish. The southern section of the trunkline runs along a pair of county lines in a rural area dominated by farm fields. The highway directly connects the downtown areas of both Saginaw and Bay City. North of the latter city, the Lake Huron Circle Tour follows M-13 along the Saginaw Bay. The", "id": "5767618" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nterrain. East of town, the highway turns north running parallel to the AuTrain River Basin. The trunkline crosses Dexter Creek between Paulsen and Trout Lake roads. About halfway along the north–south segment of the highway, M-67 passes through the community of Limestone and crosses Johnson Creek. After running for , M-67 ends at a four-way intersection with M-94 and Tunteri Road. Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) traffic surveys in 2007 show that between 1,200 and 1,400 vehicles traveled the road daily in 2007 in a measure of", "id": "1214514" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nrun concurrently into Allegan. In 1963, when the I-196/US 31 freeway opened, the western terminus of M-89 was extended to meet the new freeway. A few years later, when M-96 was realigned onto a route that took it into Battle Creek, M-89 was extended southeasterly along Michigan Avenue (the old M-96) and terminated at M-37. The highway was extended further southeasterly into Battle Creek to replace the old routing of M-37 along Michigan Avenue; it then turned south on Washington to the BL I-94 where it terminated,", "id": "18787900" }, { "contents": "M-138 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-138 is a east–west state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from a junction with M-15 west of the unincorporated community of Munger in Bay County to the intersection with M-24 east of Akron in Tuscola County. The trunkline runs through rural agricultural areas outside of the villages and communities it serves. It was designated in the 1930s and extended in the 1940s. M-138 was truncated in the 1990s as well. M-138 begins at a junction with M-15 (Tuscola Road) just west", "id": "19948037" }, { "contents": "M-65 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the Pine River, M-65 merges with M-72. The two trunklines run concurrently curving to the northwest past the eastern terminus of county road F-32 into Curran. North of town, they separate as M-72 turns westward and M-65 continues north, exiting the Huron National Forest. The highway jogs along the Alcona–Alpena County line and crosses the Beaver Creek in the process. The trunkline runs to the east of Beaver Lake as it runs north through mixed forest and fields toward the community of Lachine. Southeast of that town, M-65", "id": "1359267" }, { "contents": "M-31 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, the trunkline turned southwesterly to follow along part of the Saginaw Bay. The road passed through Sebewaing to Unionville before turning back inland. Running southward to Akron, the highway turned alternately westward and southward to Fairgrove. M-31 next ran west along Bradleyville Road to a connection with M-81; the two highways ran concurrently south through Gilford before M-31 separated and turned back westward through Reese to Saginaw. The northern terminus in downtown Saginaw was at an intersection with what was then M-10. When the state highway system was first signed in 1919", "id": "19066175" }, { "contents": "M-76 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-76 is a former state trunkline highway designation in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The highway's designation was decommissioned when the last section of it was converted to freeway as a part of the present-day Interstate 75 (I-75). At that time, M-76 extended from US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish northwesterly to I-75 south of Grayling. Two sections of the route followed freeways with a two-lane highway in between to connect them. The former routing of M-76 through West Branch before", "id": "13291830" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 94 in Michigan\n\n\nlonger reconnects to I-94 on both ends. Major intersections Business Loop Interstate 94 (BL I-94) is a state trunkline highway serving as a business loop from I-94 through downtown Battle Creek. The highway begins at exit 92 on I-94 near the Kalamazoo–Calhoun county line. BL I-94 runs concurrently along M-37 northwesterly from the freeway on the two-lane Columbia Avenue on the eastern edge of Fort Custer. At an intersection south of the W.K. Kellogg Airport, BL I-94/M-37 turns easterly to run on the southern side of the", "id": "16557414" }, { "contents": "M-21 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto Port Huron in 1966. A freeway segment between Flint and Lapeer opened in 1971. M-21 was routed down M-13 to the new freeway where it joined the M-78 designation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after I-69 was extended north from Charlotte. The 1974 completion of I-196 meant the truncation of M-21 to end in Grand Rapids. At the time, M-21 was extended along Fulton Street to the East Beltline, and", "id": "13431388" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nas a result of the various reroutings in the Lansing area, both of which are no longer part of the state highway system. M-78 begins at an intersection with M-66 in Pennfield Township, north of Battle Creek in Calhoun County. The trunkline passes through rural farm lands as it runs due east and northeast. It briefly crosses the southeast corner of Barry County as it enters Eaton County. There M-78 follows Battle Creek Highway past some small ponds and into the town of Bellevue. The trunkline becomes Capitol Avenue in town and turns", "id": "18787225" }, { "contents": "M-81 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. East of town, the highway follows Caro Road through more farm fields through the community of Watrousville. Near the south side of the Tuscola Area Airport, M-81 turns to the northeast running along the Cass River to Caro. In the city, the trunkline follows State Street past the fairgrounds. At the intersection with Ellington Street, M-81 crosses M-24. The highway continues northeasterly out of town and through the community of Ellington. Northeast of Elmwood, M-81 turns due east along Cass City Road. The trunkline runs to the village", "id": "9440771" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nUS 12 freeway was completed in the area. Bus. US 12 was redesignated as BL I-94 in 1960 and M-96 was shortened to end at BL I-94/M-78 running on Capital Avenue. M-37 was reextended in 1961 in Battle Creek to a concurrent routing with M-96 in 1961. M-89 was extended along the roadway used by M-96 west of Battle Creek to M-37 in 1965, truncating M-96 in the process. M-96 was reextended back to Battle Creek along Dickman Road and Fort Custer Highway from Augusta east in 1971. Several changes in", "id": "16718652" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthat junction, M-71 turns easterly and then southeasterly out of town. The highway continues to run alongside the rail line through farmland to the outskirts of Vernon. M-71 crosses the Shiawassee River for a second time. The rail line and the highway diverge and run on opposite sides of town; the highway rounds the northeast side and the rail line runs along the southwest side. This section of trunkline through Vernon had the lowest AADT value in 2009 with 4,371 vehicles. M-71 continues to the interchange with I-69 at exit 118 northwest of", "id": "9319504" }, { "contents": "M-140 (Michigan highway)\n\n\njog along Pokagon Road around Riggins Lake. M-140 turns back northward and runs through the community of Berrien Center. Near Eau Claire, the highway turns bends along Maple Grove Road for about before going north on Watervliet Road. East of town, the trunkline follows Main Street eastward toward the Berrien–Cass county line. M-140 intersects the northern terminus of M-62 and curves north. In northern Berrien County, M-140 follows Watervliet Road to an interchange with Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues northward along Main Street into Watervliet,", "id": "800150" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-69 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 2 (US 2) on both ends in Crystal Falls and near Bark River. In between, the highway runs for in rural UP forest lands. Before the creation of the U.S. Highway System, the current M-69 was a portion of M-12. The original M-69 was replaced by US 102 and the M-69 designation was reused on a section of M-12 not replaced by US 2.", "id": "1214334" }, { "contents": "M-36 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof town. At Howell Street, County Road D-19 merges in from the south. The two designations run concurrently along Main Street to Pearl Street, where D-19 turns northward. At the intersection with Dexter Street, M-36 intersects the western terminus of D-32, the \"Highway to Hell\". East of Pinckney, M-36 passes between Rush and Bass lakes in the Pettysville area. Immediately east of there, the highway passes through woods between Oneida and Zukey lakes in Lakeland. The trunkline passes to the south of Buck Lake and then", "id": "19826396" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n(MDOT). The highway was first designated by July 1, 1919 along a portion of the current roadway. In a series of extensions, M-55 was lengthened to connect its current endpoints by the early 1930s. The trunkline has been rerouted in sections since that time resulting in the modern roadway alignment. One set of changes produced a business loop in the Houghton Lake area. M-55 starts at a three-way intersection with US 31 north of Manistee. The trunkline runs southeast on Caberfae Highway over the Manistee River and through", "id": "19769036" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto enter the outskirts of Battle Creek it follows Michigan Avenue. It passes through the neighborhoods of Level Park-Oak Park and Urbandale, the first residential areas of the city. As the highway continues towards Battle Creek it has a junction with M-37. M-89 continues on Michigan Avenue until an intersection with Washington Avenue where the route turns to the southwest where it crosses the Kalamazoo River one last time. The trunkline terminates a few blocks later at Dickman Road, otherwise known as the Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94). M-89", "id": "18787895" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nMountain, M-88 turns east at Alden highway and enters the community of Mancelona, passing the Fairview Cemetery. The highway runs along on State Street into downtown. M-88 ends at an intersection with US 131/M-66 running along Williams Street, and State Street continues eastward as C-38. M-88 was first designated by July 1, 1919 along its current routing between Mancelona and Bellaire. It was extended in 1927 through Central Lake to end in Eastport. It was used as a temporary routing of US 31 between Eastport and Bellaire while the", "id": "6692228" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 designation transfers from the freeway to run concurrently with M-89 eastward. After the freeway, M-43/M-89 passes through the city of Plainwell and crosses the Kalamazoo River again before continuing into rural areas again. The trunkline continues to the southeast on towards the village of Richland. Just north of Richland, M-89 parts ways with M-43. M-89 heads south through town and intersects M-343, before turning eastward and passing to the south of Gull Lake. After passing the lake, the highway turns southeast towards Battle Creek. As M-89 begins", "id": "18787894" }, { "contents": "M-14 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nstreets to new stretches of freeways running south of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. The former route of US 12, much of which was known as Plymouth Road, was retained as a trunkline and redesignated M-14. In 1964, a northern bypass connecting US 23 with M-153 was completed, and M-14 was rerouted onto the new freeway; the highway still ran through Ann Arbor along routes now designated Bus. US 23 and Business Loop I-94. The following year, the freeway was extended to its present western terminus at I-94, and M-14", "id": "11243057" }, { "contents": "M-188 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-188 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from Eaton Rapids to the VFW National Home for Children, southeast of town through a rural area. Approximately 1,000 vehicles each day use a highway that was first designated in the 1930s and paved in the 1940s. Starting in Eaton Rapids, M-188 heads eastward from the intersection with M-99/M-50 (Michigan highway) toward the Grand River. The highway follows Water Street southeasterly along the river through residential neighborhoods and exits town. M-188 turns back due east", "id": "3803194" }, { "contents": "M-72 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. At South Down River Road, M-72 turns east again to leave Grayling, crossing I-75 in the process. There is no direct access to I-75 from M-72. Instead traffic is directed to follow BL I-75 in either direction to get to the freeway. In eastern Crawford County, M-72 runs through the Au Sable State Forest and crosses the South Branch of the Au Sable River on the Wakeley Bridge. East of the river crossing, the trunkline intersects the northern terminus of M-18 before crossing into Oscoda County. M-72 continues east through", "id": "18092035" }, { "contents": "M-28 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof M-28 designated as a part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour is from the western terminus to the eastern junction with M-64 in Bergland, where the Circle Tour turns north along M-64, leaving M-28. Here, M-28 has its lowest traffic counts; within the 2013 MDOT survey, the road is listed with only an average annual daily traffic (AADT) of 1,425 vehicles on a section of highway between Bergland and the US 45 intersection in Bruce Crossing. The trunkline runs through heavily forested areas of southern Houghton and Baraga counties.", "id": "20777599" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, which runs along the western city line. M-13 meets the 2 one-way streets that carry M-25 and the I-75 business spur at the intersections with Thomas and Jenny streets. From this intersection on, M-13 forms a part of the Lake Huron Circle Tour. Farther north, the highway turns northwesterly on Huron Road; Euclid Avenue continues north as M-247. As the trunkline heads away from Bay City, it runs parallel to the Lake State Railway again. M-13 intersects the northern end of its connector route before Huron Road crosses", "id": "5767624" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-89 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from near Ganges to Battle Creek. M-89 starts at an interchange with Interstate 196/US Highway 31 (I-196/US 31) and passes through Allegan, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and Calhoun counties. The highway also briefly crosses the southwest corner of Barry County before it terminates an at intersection with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) on the northwestern side of downtown Battle Creek. In between the trunkline runs parallel to the Kalamazoo River", "id": "18787890" }, { "contents": "M-33 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-33 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Interstate 75 (I-75) at Alger in Arenac County north to M-27 near Cheboygan. In between, the trunkline runs through rural sections of the northeastern Lower Peninsula including state and national forest areas. M-33 connects to a handful of parks and crosses several of the rivers in that section of the state. It runs concurrently with three other state highways, sharing pavement to connect through several small communities of Northern Michigan. M-33 was designated by", "id": "16986002" }, { "contents": "M-57 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncounty line, the highway crosses a branch of the Great Lakes Central Railroad. M-57 follows Brady Road and crosses M-52 just west of Chesaning. Further east, the trunkline crosses another line of the Great Lakes Central. The highway follows Broad Street into town and over the Shiawassee River. On the east banks, M-57 runs along Main Street south along the river to a junction with Peet Road where it then turns east along the latter road out of town. The highway passes through more farm fields and through Layton Corners on the", "id": "12341714" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe western end of the highway, halfway between Bark River and Hyde, west of Escanaba. In 1919, M-69 started at the state line south of Crystal Falls. It ran north through Crystal Falls, where it intersected M-12, to end in Covington at an intersection with M-28. This roadway was redesignated with the creation of the U.S. Highway System in 1926. US 2 replaced M-69 south and M-12 west of Crystal Falls. US 102 replaced M-69 north of Crystal Falls, and the latter designation was reused on the section of", "id": "1214343" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-227 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It consists largely of a segment of old U.S. Highway 27 (US 27) along the south and west sides of Marshall. The highway passes the airport and serves an industrial section of town north of the Kalamazoo River. M-227 was created as a part of a program to add additional routes into the state's highway system under the leadership of Governor John Engler. M-227 starts at a diamond interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) at exit 32", "id": "16700161" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. M-136 begins at a junction with M-19 just south of Brockway on the north side of Mill Creek. The highway heads eastward through farm fields on Metcalf Road for about before bending to the southeast on Beard Road, parallel to the creek. The road then turns eastward on Avoca Road near Tackaberry Airport and heads toward Avoca. The trunkline continues in this direction through farm fields and the community of Avoca before turning southward on Glyshaw Road near the Black River. M-136 turns east, returning to Beard Road, and running through a", "id": "12150123" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-71 is a state trunkline highway in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. It serves as a connector between M-21 in Owosso to Interstate 69 (I-69) near Durand. The highway runs along a rail line in a northwest-to-southeast direction in rural Shiawassee County connecting a few small towns along its path. The highway dates back to the start of the state highway system in 1919. There were some changes made to the routing in the 1930s which increased its length. Two adjacent highways have been rerouted", "id": "9319501" }, { "contents": "M-61 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-61 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Marion and Standish. The highway runs along the boundary area between Northern Michigan and Central Michigan in the Lower Peninsula. M-61 runs through rural forestland connecting several smaller communities together as it connects M-115, US Highway 127 (US 127), Interstate 75 (I-75) and US 23. Less than 10,000 vehicles a day use various segments of the roadway on average. The trunkline was first designated along a portion of its current alignment by 1919. M-61", "id": "8785849" }, { "contents": "M-91 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, but subsequent transfers or roadway sections have truncated the route to its present form. For a time period in the 1980s, M-91 was even a discontinuous highway when a section in the middle was transferred to county control before the southernmost section was transferred. M-91 starts at an intersection with M-44 west of Belding in Otisco Township. The road runs north along Storey Road and past the Candlestone Golf Course and farmlands. At Bricker Road, M-91 crosses out of Ionia County into Montcalm County. The trunkline runs along Greenville Road and passes", "id": "8283414" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 is a state trunkline highway in the southwestern and central parts of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from South Haven to Webberville along an indirect path through both rural areas and larger cities. The trunkline follows five overall segments: a southeasterly track from South Haven to Kalamazoo, a northerly path to Plainwell, a southeasterly route to Richland, a northeasterly course to the Hastings area and an easterly route through the Lansing area. The M-43 designation dates back to at least July 1, 1919, when it was used", "id": "1132334" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-88 is a state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between US Highway 31 (US 31) and US 131/M-66 in the Lower Peninsula. Running from Mancelona to Eastport, M-88 also goes through the communities of Bellaire and Central Lake. The highway is completely within Antrim County and is known by the street name of \"Scenic Highway\" outside of the various communities along its routing. M-88 is an original trunkline dating back to the 1919 signing of the state system. An extension in the 1920s", "id": "6692224" }, { "contents": "M-34 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-99 turns south along Pioneer Road, M-34 continues east along Hudson Road. The highway turns to the southeast to the south of Osseo near Deer Lake and continues towards Pittsford. Hudson Road runs through a mix of forests and local farms. The trunkline passes to the south of the main business district in Pittsford. East of town, the highway turns east and intersects US Highway 127 (US 127) at the Hillsdale–Lenawee county line in Hudson. The trunkline continues eastward through the city of Hudson as Main Street. On", "id": "16558269" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-44 is a state trunkline highway in the western region of the US state of Michigan. It runs northward from the intersection of M-11 (28th Street) and M-37 toward the Rockford area. The highway then turns eastward to Belding, and it ends six miles (10 km) north of Ionia at M-66. M-44 is known in Grand Rapids as the \"East Beltline\" and intersects with its related highway, Connector M-44, in Plainfield Township. This highway runs concurrently with M-37 between M-11 and Interstate 96 (I-96).", "id": "13109166" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nBusiness M-28 (Bus. M-28) was a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It served as a business route running for through the Newberry area. The business loop followed a U-shaped routing to connect downtown Newberry with M-28 south of town. It ran west of the city of Newberry, passing through the community of Dollarville before entering downtown, turning south and ending near the county airport. Bus. M-28 was originally a section of M-28 before the latter was realigned in the late 1930s. The highway", "id": "14231891" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nbetween Tekonsha and Marshall. From I-69, M-227 runs east on F Drive South north of Pine and Long lakes for approximately one mile (1.6 km). The highway runs through agricultural land and turns north to follow Old US 27/17 Mile Road. At Division Drive, M-227 passes into Marshall on Kalamazoo Avenue. The highway runs past the Brooks Field airport and the Alwin Downs Golf Course. Kalamazoo Avenue crosses the Kalamazoo River, and M-227 turns west along Industrial Road. This section of town is an industrial park, and M-227", "id": "16700162" }, { "contents": "M-51 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nPokagon, M-51 turns back northeasterly toward Dowagiac. Once the highway reaches that city, it merges with M-62. The two highways run concurrently eastward along Spruce, Main and Division streets through downtown. M-51 turns to the north along Front Street, separating from the concurrency and leaving downtown. North of town in rural Cass County, M-51 intersects M-152 near location where the highway crosses the Dowagiac River. North of that intersection, the trunkline crosses into Van Buren County and turns to the east again. M-51 passes south of Knickerbocker Lake", "id": "11912684" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-67 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 41 (US 41) and M-94 between Trenary and Chatham. The highway has largely been unchanged during its history, although the highways that connect to M-67 on each end have changed several times. M-67 starts at an intersection with US 41 near Trenary east of the West Branch of the Whitefish River. From that intersection the highway runs east crossing Scott Creek before running into downtown Trenary along relatively flat", "id": "1214513" }, { "contents": "M-343 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-343 is a state trunkline highway in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It runs for almost along Gull Road between the northeast side of Kalamazoo and continues through rural areas on the way to Richland. The highway was created in January 2019 from a section of M-43 after that highway was rerouted in the aftermath of a series of jurisdictional transfers in downtown Kalamazoo. It had been a part of the state highway system for a century under its previous number until it was given its current designation. M-343 starts where Gull Road intersects Riverview Drive east", "id": "11381182" }, { "contents": "M-115 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. The lowest AADT was the 2,236 vehicles near Copemish. The trunkline between the US 10 and M-37 junctions has been listed on the National Highway System. a network of roads important to the country's defense, economy and mobility. In 1929, the first stretch of M-115 was designated from Frankfort to Benzonia. Beginning in the mid-1930s, construction of M-115 began from central to northwestern Lower Michigan. In 1936, an earthen highway was opened between the south side of Cadillac to M-66, with additional sections west of Mesick and northwest", "id": "9213548" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is near the border between Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties at exit 92 of Interstate 94 (I-94) southwest of Battle Creek. The northern terminus is at the Mission Point Light on Old Mission Point in Grand Traverse County. In between, the highway connects Battle Creek, Grand Rapids and Traverse City. Motorists will travel through agricultural land, forests, suburbs and large cities along the way. The section of M-37 on the Old Mission", "id": "17071073" }, { "contents": "M-203 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-203 turns inland running due east to Cloverland Road then turning north and east along Veterans Memorial Highway. Along this section of roadway, the AADT was measured at 440 vehicles in 2007. The highway follows Veterans Memorial Highway through the neighborhood of Tamarack west of Calumet. From there it continues eastward, following Pine Street north of downtown Calumet, looping back to US 41/M-26. The northern terminus of M-203 is at the intersection of Pine Street and Calumet Avenue. M-203 was first designated as a spur route from Hancock north", "id": "1358584" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nline, the highway intersects with US 12 before crossing into Washtenaw County. The limited-access section of M-52 continues north through western Washtenaw County, where it ends in Manchester. M-52 turns west along Austin and City roads into the village. The trunkline continues along the banks of the north branch of the River Raisin on Riverside Drive before turning north out of town. Just south of Chelsea, M-52 crosses Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues through downtown Chelsea and turns northwesterly through the Waterloo State Recreation Area in the", "id": "15803111" }, { "contents": "M-29 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-29 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in a south–north direction from Chesterfield Township to Marysville. It generally runs along the shore of Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River. The M-29 designation has been used twice in Michigan starting in 1919. The first designation near Lansing was replaced by U.S. Route 27 (US 27) in 1926. At that time, the M-29 designation was moved to the east side of the state along the current routing and farther north along part of what", "id": "18258775" }, { "contents": "Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\ndesignation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after a Temporary I-69 (Temp. I-69) designation was extended northward from Charlotte through Lansing to Perry. On September 4 of that year, I-69's designation was officially extended by Congress to end at I-475 on the east side of Flint; this extension, and all subsequent ones, was of \"non-chargeable mileage\", or segments not financed through the Interstate Highway", "id": "20840099" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-52 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is on the Ohio border, where it continues as State Route 109 (SR 109). The highway passes through communities like Adrian, where it intersects US Highway 223 (US 223), Chelsea and Webberville along its course. It crosses some major rivers, including the River Raisin and the Shiawassee. The section of the highway between M-50 and Manchester was built as a limited-access highway. M-52's northern terminus is", "id": "15803106" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nI-96 and then north on I-496. From there, M-78 followed the one-way pairing of Homer and Howard streets from the northern end of the freeway up to the one-way couplet of Saginaw Street and Grand River Avenue, returning to its previous routing. The former route through downtown along US 27 was redesignated Business M-78 (Bus. M-78) at the same time. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing sections of M-78 in 1965. The US 127 freeway was completed from", "id": "18787232" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n23) was incorporated into the trunkline as a discontinuous section in the early 1940s until it was later connected in 1946. M-68 starts in the community of Alanson east of Little Traverse Bay in Emmet County. US 31 runs along Burr Avenue parallel to the former Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad line and depot in town. M-68 starts at an intersection between Chicago Street and Burr Avenue. The trunkline runs southeasterly from this intersection and on a bridge over the Crooked River. After leaving town, the highway curves to run due east through", "id": "9319420" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nGrand Rapids. The state trunkline highway was created when M-50 was rerouted to follow 28th Street and Wilson Avenue around the south and west sides of the city in 1953. The business loop was decommissioned when M-50 was returned to its former routing in 1961. The highway followed Lake Michigan Drive (now M-45) from the Standale neighborhood of Walker easterly to Fulton Street in Grand Rapids. From there it followed Fulton easterly through downtown Grand Rapids and the east side of the city to a junction with Cascade Road in Grand Rapids Township The", "id": "11076050" }, { "contents": "M-102 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-102 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs along the northern boundary of Detroit following 8 Mile Road. The highway follows the Michigan Baseline, a part of the land survey of the state, and the roadway is also called Base Line Road in places. As a county road or city street, 8 Mile Road extends both east and west of the M-102 designation, which leaves 8 Mile on the eastern end to follow Vernier Road. The western terminus of M-102 is at the junction", "id": "5983336" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nTahquamenon River, Bus. M-28 turned east into the community of Dollarville. There the trunkline followed Dollarville Road and Engadine Road to the western city limits of Newberry. Once in the city of Newberry, Bus. M-28 followed West McMillan Avenue. At the intersection with M-117 (Newberry Avenue), Bus. M-28 turned south concurrently with M-117. The combined highway passed through the central business district. South of town, M-117/Bus. M-28 turned east along Campbell Avenue and then south along Miller Road. West of the Luce", "id": "14231893" }, { "contents": "M-90 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-90 is a state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from near North Branch eastward to Lexington situated on Lake Huron. The highway is a lightly traveled roadway that runs through rural farmlands. The trunkline runs mostly east–west with two short north–south segments where it turns to run concurrently with other state highways. Along the routing, there are two river crossings and one railroad crossing. The current highway that bears the M-90 designation is the second to carry number. The first", "id": "9440848" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\nBath Township. In 1919, the MSHD signposted the highway system for the first time, and the east–west highways through Lansing were part of the original M-29 through downtown and the original M-39 north of downtown. The north–south highway in Lansing was the original M-14. On November 11, 1926, the United States Numbered Highway System was approved by the AASHO, and the new US 27 replaced M-29 and M-14 in the area. By the end of the next year, M-78 was extended from Charlotte along US 27", "id": "12718047" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nroadway on any average day of the year. Along M-37, the volume varies from the peak 49,173 vehicles on a section of I-96/M-37 in Grand Rapids to the 718 vehicles at the northern terminus by the Mission Point Light. M-37 starts joined with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) as the two highway designations run concurrently at exit 92 on I-94 southwest of Battle Creek. They follow Columbia Avenue and pass around the southern side of the W. K. Kellogg Airport. When the roadway meets M-96, BL I-94/M-37 turns", "id": "17071077" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-60 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Niles area at a junction with US Highway 12 (US 12) to the Jackson area where it ends at Interstate 94 (I-94). The trunkline passes through a mix of farm fields and woodlands, crosses or runs along several rivers and connects several small towns of the southern area of the state. The westernmost segment runs along divided highway while the easternmost section is a full freeway bypass of Jackson. M-60 was originally", "id": "18513790" }, { "contents": "M-95 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nlater be extended in 1932 to the state line south of Kingsford. The total of M-45 was converted to M-95 in 1934 as a realignment near Witch Lake is completed. M-95 was rerouted in 1942 from Republic north to Humboldt Township. This new section replaced the last section of gravel roadway that was transferred to Marquette County as County Road 601. Another rerouting in the Republic area moved the trunkline in 1957 to bypass South Republic. The former roadway was partially closed to become part of the Republic Mine. M-69 was shortened, eliminating", "id": "20686812" } ]

[ { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nfields. South of Thornapple Lake, M-79 angles southeasterly moving from Quimby Road to Scott Road running parallel to the Thornapple River again into the community of Nashville. M-79 meets M-66 and turns south along the latter highway's route along Main and Durkee streets through the community. South of town in Maple Grove Township, M-79 separates from M-66 and turns east along Lawrence Road. Outside of Charlotte, M-79 curves southeast to transition to Lawrence Avenue through town. The eastern terminus is at an intersection with Cochran Avenue, which carries BL I-69", "id": "10575936" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nis located on southbound I-69 at exit 61. The highway was first designated in 1919 between Hastings and Battle Creek. It was later moved to run to Charlotte. A section of M-79 was designated as M-214 in the 1930s. M-214 would later be decommissioned as a highway designation and the M-79 designation was reapplied to the roadway. M-79 starts south of Hastings at a three-way intersection with M-37 in Hastings Township. The trunkline runs east and parallel to a section of the Thornapple River through wooded terrain that is interspersed with farm", "id": "10575935" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 at the same time carries the highway designation to Vermontville. M-79 was extended easterly to Charlotte in 1934 at the same time that the section of the trunkline between Nashville and Vermontville was redesignated M-214. M-79 was rerouted along Assyria and Lawrence roads at the time to connect the sections of M-79 on either side of M-214. By 1941, M-214 was shortened to a connector route in downtown Nashville running between M-79 and M-66. In 1953, M-79 replaced M-214 and the latter designation was retired from the highway system. The last section", "id": "10575938" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nand M-50. M-79 was formed as a state trunkline by July 1, 1919 along part of its present routing. At the time, it ran between Hastings and Nashville as it does today. From Nashville, the trunkline turned south and west to end at the contemporary M-17 in Battle Creek. By 1927, the southernmost section of M-79 was truncated when M-78 was extended to Battle Creek. In late 1930, the southernmost section was shortened once again as a new M-14 designation replaced M-79 south of Nashville. An eastward extension of", "id": "10575937" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the central portion of Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The western terminus is about southeast of Hastings at the junction with M-37 and the eastern terminus is in downtown Charlotte at the junction with M-50 and Business Loop Interstate 69 (BL I-69). It passes through Quimby and Nashville, where there is a junction with M-66. The entire highway is undivided surface road. It has no direct access with Interstate 69 (I-69), although a sign for the highway", "id": "10575934" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nThe M-14 designation of the time was decommissioned and replaced with M-66. Starting at Six Lakes, M-66 turned west along M-46 instead of east and then turned south through Stanton and Ionia ending north of Battle Creek. The highway between Lowell and Lakeview was redesignated as M-91. A minor realignment in late 1950 removed two 90° curves near the Osceola–Missaukee county line and replaced them with a pair of sweeping curves. The MSHD rerouted M-66 between Maple Grove and Nashville in mid-1953. In the changes, M-79 was extended along the", "id": "18787175" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nBarry–Eaton county line. After meeting M-43, the two trunklines run concurrently for about a mile (1.6 km) before M-50 breaks off to the southwest near Woodbury. From there, the road continues in its southeasterly path along Clinton Trail through the northeast part of Eaton County as it runs through fields to Charlotte. Just prior to entering the city, the road bends to the south and near the middle of town it has a junction with M-79 and Business Loop I-69 (BL I-69). After this intersection, M-50", "id": "11076036" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-78 ran along a route similar that of today. It started north of Battle Creek at a junction with then M-79 and cut through the corner of Barry County to Bellevue, but it turned northeasterly to end at Charlotte at a junction with M-29. By 1927, M-78 was extended southward, replacing M-79 to the Indiana state line, connecting with State Road 9 (SR 9) south of Sturgis. At the same time, a northerly addition extended the highway concurrently along US Highway 27 (US 27) to Dewitt and", "id": "18787228" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthrough Dowling and meets the western terminus of M-79. The highway follows Hanover Street through the south side of Hastings into downtown, where it turns west on Green Street and north on Broadway Street. At the intersection of Broadway and State streets, M-37 meets and joins M-43. West of Hastings, M-43 separates and heads south toward Kalamazoo while M-37 turns northwesterly and runs parallel to the Thornapple River. The highway follows the river west and north to the community of Middleville through mixed farms and forests. In southern Kent County, M-37", "id": "17071079" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nends, and M-66 continues northeast out of the Cereal City on Division Street and then northeast on Capital Avenue along the Battle Creek River. M-66 continues northward through Barry County on Capital Avenue which becomes 9 Mile Road north of Baseline Road. The highway passes through Assyria before meeting M-79, with which it has a short concurrency, in Nashville. On the north side of the village, M-66 crosses the Thornapple River and continues north through mixed rural forest land and farm fields. Near Woodland, M-66 joins M-43 and the two run", "id": "18787163" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nnew route of M-66 and then over M-214 to Hastings. M-66 was shifted off Assyria Road which was turned back to local control. Another realignment in 1954 shifted M-66 to the modern routing between the M-43 concurrency termini, removing M-43/M-66 from a section of M-50 in the process. The final section gravel section of M-66, approximately in length, was paved near Nashville in 1957. M-32 was extended along the northernmost section of M-66 in 1963. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing", "id": "18787176" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-78 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus is the intersection with M-66 north of Battle Creek in Pennfield Township. The roadway runs through rural farmland and the community of Bellevue as it approaches its eastern terminus at an interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) near Olivet. The highway is used by between 3,100 and 5,300 vehicles on a daily basis. When the state highway system was signed in 1919, M-78 followed a similar routing. At Bellevue, it turned northeast to terminate at Charlotte.", "id": "18787223" }, { "contents": "M-100 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-100 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the central region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between Potterville and Grand Ledge, connecting Interstate 69 (I-69) and I-96 west of the state capital, Lansing. The highway was previously a section of M-16. After M-16 was realigned, M-100 was created by 1927. Three extensions in the 1930s, 1950s and 1990s resulted in the current highway routing. M-100 starts at exit 66 on I-69 in Potterville. The highway runs north along Hartel Road, intersecting Lansing", "id": "169088" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\n. North of a crossing of the Battle Creek River, Cochrane Road widens to include a center turn lane. About north of the starting point, BL I-69 begins a concurrency with M-50 at Shepherd Street. North of Warren Avenue, BL I-69/M-50 widens to four lanes, two in each direction. The concurrency ends at Lawrence Avenue; M-50 continues north, and the business loop heads east on Lawrence Avenue for a few blocks. That intersection also marks the eastern terminus of M-79. From that point, BL I-69 follows", "id": "12718039" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturn of the century. M-69 and M-95 separate in Randville as the former turns east and the latter continues southward. Between Randville and the former community of Metropolitan, M-69 runs along the West Branch of the Sturgeon River through more hilly terrain. The trunkline continues east to the twin communities of Theodore and Felch. The river and the road part ways until meeting again at Foster City. This is also the location of a unique junction of highways. M-69 meets G-69, a County-Designated Highway that runs south to Loretto in", "id": "1214340" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe concurrency. In western Webberville, M-52 passes under I-96 and merges with M-43 at the latter's eastern terminus. The two highways run north to, and turn west along, Grand River Avenue. At Perry Road, M-52 turns back north out of the village. The trunkline continues north into Shiawassee County and runs through Perry before crossing I-69. Continuing north, M-52 curves northeasterly into downtown Owosso intersecting M-21 west of M-71's western terminus. M-52 continues northward parallel to the Shiawassee River into Saginaw County. The trunkline runs through", "id": "15803113" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ndowntown Ionia, the trunkline crosses the Grand River and the abandoned mainline of the Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad near the county fairgrounds. M-66 turns west along M-21 (Lincoln Avenue) for two blocks before turning back to the north along State Street. The trunkline runs through the northern part of the county and meets M-44's eastern terminus near Woodard Lake. In Montcalm County, M-66 intersects M-57 in a rural area south of Sheridan before running north on Sheridan Road through Stanton. The highway jogs west along Main Street in Stanton before returning", "id": "18787165" }, { "contents": "M-74 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-74 was the designation of a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The highway ran through rural Missaukee County connecting Pioneer with Merritt. The highway was designated by 1919 along a longer route. It was shortened before it was totally removed from the highway system in the late 1930s. M-74 started at a junction with M-66 near the community of Pioneer. It ran east on Moorestown Road through Stittsville to Moorestown before turning south on Nelson Road. There it ran through the community of Star City, turning west briefly on", "id": "9319580" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n131 freeway, M-55 merges north along the freeway, bypassing downtown Cadillac. On the east side of town, M-55 leaves the freeway and turns east again running through the Pere Marquette State Forest along Watergate Road. When the highway meets M-66, M-55 joins M-66 and runs north through farmland. As the two highways approach Lake City, they run along the shore of Lake Missaukee and through downtown. M-55 turns east again along Houghton Lake Road, separating from M-66 north of the central business district. This section of trunkline passes through", "id": "19769038" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 junction and the I-94 interchange. The NHS is a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility. M-96 was formed as a state trunkline in late 1926 from parts of M-17. The section of M-17 between Galesberg and Battle Creek was not utilized for US 12 and became M-96. In 1936, the Alternate US 12 trunkline was designated through the Battle Creek area along a section of highway that had previously been part of US 12. This highway was added to M-96 three years later in 1939", "id": "16718650" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the airport, M-96 runs concurrently with both Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) and M-37. M-96 turns south on Helmer Road, separating from the other two trunklines, and then turns east crossing along Columbia Avenue. Here the highway runs along the edge of the city of Battle Creek through more residential areas and crosses the I-194/M-66 freeway next to the Riverside County Club. Near Brownlee Park, M-96 (Columbia Avenue) merges with BL I-94 (Michigan Avenue). Together BL I-94/M-96 continues along Michigan Avenue", "id": "16718647" }, { "contents": "M-42 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturns ninety degrees to the south off Walker Road before angling southeasterly skirting the edge of some hills near Dyer Lake just west of M-66. The road turns back due east between Al Moses Road and M-66, where it ends north of Lake City. No section of the trunkline is part of the National Highway System. M-42 is an original state trunkline dating back to the 1919 signage of the highway system in Michigan. The original highway routing started at M-13 in Manton and ran due west to Mesick. From there the highway turned", "id": "6820888" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-50 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. Although designated as an east–west highway, it is nearly a diagonal northwest–southeast route. The western terminus is at exit 52 along Interstate 96 (I-96) near Alto a few miles east of the metro Grand Rapids area, and its eastern terminus is in downtown Monroe at US Highway 24 (US 24, Telegraph Road). In between the trunkline runs through seven counties of the southern part of the Lower Peninsula mostly through rural farm fields and", "id": "11076032" }, { "contents": "M-82 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe downtown area and M-82 turns south along Stewart Avenue out of town. The highway rounds a curve and transitions to 72nd Street running eastward through more farm land. As the trunkline approaches Newaygo, the terrain becomes more wooded near the Muskegon River. M-82 follows Fremont Street east to a junction with M-37. The two highways merge and run concurrently over the river and into downtown on State Street. South of downtown, M-82 turns east again, independent of M-37, and runs along 82nd Street on the southern edge of the Manistee", "id": "9440783" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-96 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Kalamazoo and Marshall. Its termini are both on business routes of Interstate 94 (I-94); the eastern one coincides with an intersection with I-69. Between Kalamazoo and Marshall it passes through Comstock, Galesburg, Augusta, and Battle Creek intersecting I-194/M-66 in Battle Creek and I-94 in Emmett Township. The highway now known as M-96 was originally part of M-17. Parts of M-17 that were not used for US Highway 12 (US 12) in", "id": "16718644" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncontinues south concurrent with the business loop for a several blocks before turning eastward. On the eastern end of town, it has an interchange with I-69 at exit 60. After heading east past the junction with I-69, the highway turns southeast as it heads through rural fields toward Eaton Rapids. Once it reaches the city, M-50 converges with M-99, and the two intersect M-188 on the south side of the Grand River. The two highways run south out of the city. Immediately prior to entering Jackson County, the two trunklines", "id": "11076037" }, { "contents": "M-199 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-199 is a state trunkline highway near Albion in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus of the road is in Sheridan Township at exit 119 off Interstate 94 (I-94). The eastern terminus is a junction with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) downtown Albion. The entire road is within Calhoun County and runs through rural farm fields outside of Albion; in town it is a residential street. The M-199 designation had previously been applied to a highway in the Upper Peninsula in the 1930s. The current highway was previously", "id": "318093" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, before entering Missaukee County. The trunkline then turns westward on Stoney Corners Road toward McBain through farm land. In town it runs along Maple Street and then runs north toward Lake City on Morey Road. South of the Lake City, M-55 runs concurrently with M-66 by Missaukee Golf Course and into town along the eastern shore of Lake Missaukee. North of town, M-55 splits off to the east on Houghton Lake Road, and M-66 continues north to an intersection with the eastern terminus of M-42 in a rural forest. M-66 leaves", "id": "18787168" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-136 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Brockway to Fort Gratiot in the lower part of The Thumb of the Lower Peninsula. The highway serves as a connector between M-19 on the west and M-25 northwest of Port Huron. In between, the highway runs through rural St. Clair County through farm fields and along a creek and river. The trunkline uses roads that were part of the state highway system in 1919. The M-136 designation was assigned in 1931 and extended to its current length in 1961", "id": "12150122" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nCounty before meeting M-179 and M-37. M-43 merges with the latter highway and together they run into Hastings. Downtown, M-37 leaves town to the south, while M-43 heads north before curving around the east, passing through farmfields approaching the community of Woodland. After leaving town, the road meets M-66, and together they head north to a junction with M-50. M-43 then turns east with M-50, and they briefly run together before M-50 diverges to the southeast. Now known as the Grand Ledge Highway, M-43 continues its easterly path", "id": "1132339" }, { "contents": "M-63 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto M-13 (later US 131) in Osceola County on July 1, 1919. This highway was extended in 1930 along US 131 to Tustin and then to a terminus with M-66 in Marion. At the same time, M-37 was extended north from Baldwin to meet M-63 east of Peacock. This eastern extension was truncated in 1932 when it was redesignated as part of M-61. A short connector roadway, M-179, was designated in 1935 between M-63 and US 131, forming a small triangle of highways. The western end was shortened", "id": "11402253" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nAvenue removed. Then in 2003, the signs along the East Beltline were restored and the route extended back to its former terminus. M-44 Connector, or Conn. M-44, is a connector route state trunkline highway running along Plainfield Avenue in the Grand Rapids area. It connects I-96/M-37 near Lamberton Lake with M-44 running along East Beltline Avenue near the Grand River. In between, the highway passes through a commercial area. North of 5 Mile Road, Plainfield Avenue takes on a more suburban residential character. There are more business", "id": "13109173" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nmeets Interstate 69 (I-69) northwest of town. Continuing to Homer, the highway runs along Lehigh Street in town; M-99 merges into M-60 after the intersection with Hillsdale Street. East of town, the highway widens into a four-lane divided highway; M-99 turns north along this short section of roadway and M-60 reverts to a two-lane highway again. The trunkline crosses the Kalamazoo River at Concord before it crosses into Jackson County. At Spring Arbor, M-60 passes the campus of Spring Arbor University. Outside of Jackson", "id": "18513796" }, { "contents": "M-142 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-53 turns west, ending the overlap of the two highways. M-142 exits town and follows Sand Beach Road through farm country. About of Bad Axe, M-142 meets the northern terminus of M-19 (Ubly Road). Continuing eastward, the highway crosses two branches of the Willow River as it passes through the unincorporated community of Verona. East of that location, the trunkline turns northeasterly, roughly parallel to the Rock Falls Creek, as it angles to Harbor Beach. M-142 follows State Street through town, and the trunkline terminates at", "id": "8283132" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nhilly terrain. After crossing the Cheboygan County line, the roadway meets the community of Burt Lake. It curves southeasterly along the shoreline of the lake of the same name. The roadway rounds the south end of Burt Lake and approaches the community of Indian River. South of Burt Lake State Park, the trunkline meets Straits Highway, the former routing of US 27 through Indian River. M-68 turns north along Straits Highway through downtown and then turns east toward Interstate 75 (I-75). It is along this section of M-68 that", "id": "9319421" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nproceeds south along with Alden Nash Avenue and turns east on 92nd Street through farms and fields in the rural southeastern corner of the county. As the trunkline runs to the east, it crosses into Ionia County. M-50 follows Thompson Road, Nash Highway and Tupper Lake Road into Lake Odessa. In Lake Odessa, the road bends around the north side of Jordan Lake, curving to the south into the extreme northeastern Barry County. The highway turns back to the east as it heads towards a junction with M-66 and M-43 at the", "id": "11076035" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-66 is a north–south state trunkline highway on the Lower Peninsula (LP) of the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Indiana state line in the south to Charlevoix in the north. M-66 is the only state highway to run the north–south distance of the LP. It starts as a continuation of State Road 9 (SR 9) which provides access to the Indiana Toll Road. The total length is approximately , which includes almost of freeway between Interstate 94 (I-94) and downtown Battle Creek designated", "id": "18787155" }, { "contents": "M-113 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-113 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in Grand Traverse County from M-37 near Hannah to US Highway 131 (US 131) in Walton Junction. The trunkline runs through farm fields and woodlands in a rural area of the county. It connects the highways at its termini with the village of Kingsley. First designated in November 1927, the highway was extended in 1940 by adding the southernmost section near Walton Junction which was originally part of US 131. M-113 starts west of Hannah at an intersection with", "id": "4961848" }, { "contents": "M-24 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nexpressway from Metamora to I-69. South of Metamora, M-24 runs parallel to the former right-of-way for the Michigan Central Railroad north into the city of Lapeer. M-24 continues north from Lapeer running west of Barnes Lake and east of the community of Columbiaville just south of the M-90 junction. South of the Tuscola County line, the trunkline passes the Greenbriar Golf Club and crosses the Pere Marquette Railroad before turning west along Saginaw Road into the community of Mayville and turning north along Mertz Road. South of Caro, M-24", "id": "12670654" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\ncarried the M-28A designation before it was redesignated as Bus. M-28 in 1950. The trunkline was partially turned back to local control in 1953, and the business loop designation was removed at that time. The section of the roadway in downtown Newberry has carried several different designations in addition to the original M-28. Bus. M-28 started at the top of a small hill at an intersection with M-28 southwest of Newberry. The highway ran due north from the intersection along Engadine Road, running downhill towards Teaspoon Creek. Just south of the", "id": "14231892" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-13 is a north–south state trunkline highway that runs through the Saginaw Bay region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from Interstate 69 (I-69) south of Lennon to US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish. The southern section of the trunkline runs along a pair of county lines in a rural area dominated by farm fields. The highway directly connects the downtown areas of both Saginaw and Bay City. North of the latter city, the Lake Huron Circle Tour follows M-13 along the Saginaw Bay. The", "id": "5767618" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nterrain. East of town, the highway turns north running parallel to the AuTrain River Basin. The trunkline crosses Dexter Creek between Paulsen and Trout Lake roads. About halfway along the north–south segment of the highway, M-67 passes through the community of Limestone and crosses Johnson Creek. After running for , M-67 ends at a four-way intersection with M-94 and Tunteri Road. Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) traffic surveys in 2007 show that between 1,200 and 1,400 vehicles traveled the road daily in 2007 in a measure of", "id": "1214514" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nrun concurrently into Allegan. In 1963, when the I-196/US 31 freeway opened, the western terminus of M-89 was extended to meet the new freeway. A few years later, when M-96 was realigned onto a route that took it into Battle Creek, M-89 was extended southeasterly along Michigan Avenue (the old M-96) and terminated at M-37. The highway was extended further southeasterly into Battle Creek to replace the old routing of M-37 along Michigan Avenue; it then turned south on Washington to the BL I-94 where it terminated,", "id": "18787900" }, { "contents": "M-138 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-138 is a east–west state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from a junction with M-15 west of the unincorporated community of Munger in Bay County to the intersection with M-24 east of Akron in Tuscola County. The trunkline runs through rural agricultural areas outside of the villages and communities it serves. It was designated in the 1930s and extended in the 1940s. M-138 was truncated in the 1990s as well. M-138 begins at a junction with M-15 (Tuscola Road) just west", "id": "19948037" }, { "contents": "M-65 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the Pine River, M-65 merges with M-72. The two trunklines run concurrently curving to the northwest past the eastern terminus of county road F-32 into Curran. North of town, they separate as M-72 turns westward and M-65 continues north, exiting the Huron National Forest. The highway jogs along the Alcona–Alpena County line and crosses the Beaver Creek in the process. The trunkline runs to the east of Beaver Lake as it runs north through mixed forest and fields toward the community of Lachine. Southeast of that town, M-65", "id": "1359267" }, { "contents": "M-31 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, the trunkline turned southwesterly to follow along part of the Saginaw Bay. The road passed through Sebewaing to Unionville before turning back inland. Running southward to Akron, the highway turned alternately westward and southward to Fairgrove. M-31 next ran west along Bradleyville Road to a connection with M-81; the two highways ran concurrently south through Gilford before M-31 separated and turned back westward through Reese to Saginaw. The northern terminus in downtown Saginaw was at an intersection with what was then M-10. When the state highway system was first signed in 1919", "id": "19066175" }, { "contents": "M-76 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-76 is a former state trunkline highway designation in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The highway's designation was decommissioned when the last section of it was converted to freeway as a part of the present-day Interstate 75 (I-75). At that time, M-76 extended from US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish northwesterly to I-75 south of Grayling. Two sections of the route followed freeways with a two-lane highway in between to connect them. The former routing of M-76 through West Branch before", "id": "13291830" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 94 in Michigan\n\n\nlonger reconnects to I-94 on both ends. Major intersections Business Loop Interstate 94 (BL I-94) is a state trunkline highway serving as a business loop from I-94 through downtown Battle Creek. The highway begins at exit 92 on I-94 near the Kalamazoo–Calhoun county line. BL I-94 runs concurrently along M-37 northwesterly from the freeway on the two-lane Columbia Avenue on the eastern edge of Fort Custer. At an intersection south of the W.K. Kellogg Airport, BL I-94/M-37 turns easterly to run on the southern side of the", "id": "16557414" }, { "contents": "M-21 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto Port Huron in 1966. A freeway segment between Flint and Lapeer opened in 1971. M-21 was routed down M-13 to the new freeway where it joined the M-78 designation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after I-69 was extended north from Charlotte. The 1974 completion of I-196 meant the truncation of M-21 to end in Grand Rapids. At the time, M-21 was extended along Fulton Street to the East Beltline, and", "id": "13431388" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nas a result of the various reroutings in the Lansing area, both of which are no longer part of the state highway system. M-78 begins at an intersection with M-66 in Pennfield Township, north of Battle Creek in Calhoun County. The trunkline passes through rural farm lands as it runs due east and northeast. It briefly crosses the southeast corner of Barry County as it enters Eaton County. There M-78 follows Battle Creek Highway past some small ponds and into the town of Bellevue. The trunkline becomes Capitol Avenue in town and turns", "id": "18787225" }, { "contents": "M-81 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. East of town, the highway follows Caro Road through more farm fields through the community of Watrousville. Near the south side of the Tuscola Area Airport, M-81 turns to the northeast running along the Cass River to Caro. In the city, the trunkline follows State Street past the fairgrounds. At the intersection with Ellington Street, M-81 crosses M-24. The highway continues northeasterly out of town and through the community of Ellington. Northeast of Elmwood, M-81 turns due east along Cass City Road. The trunkline runs to the village", "id": "9440771" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nUS 12 freeway was completed in the area. Bus. US 12 was redesignated as BL I-94 in 1960 and M-96 was shortened to end at BL I-94/M-78 running on Capital Avenue. M-37 was reextended in 1961 in Battle Creek to a concurrent routing with M-96 in 1961. M-89 was extended along the roadway used by M-96 west of Battle Creek to M-37 in 1965, truncating M-96 in the process. M-96 was reextended back to Battle Creek along Dickman Road and Fort Custer Highway from Augusta east in 1971. Several changes in", "id": "16718652" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthat junction, M-71 turns easterly and then southeasterly out of town. The highway continues to run alongside the rail line through farmland to the outskirts of Vernon. M-71 crosses the Shiawassee River for a second time. The rail line and the highway diverge and run on opposite sides of town; the highway rounds the northeast side and the rail line runs along the southwest side. This section of trunkline through Vernon had the lowest AADT value in 2009 with 4,371 vehicles. M-71 continues to the interchange with I-69 at exit 118 northwest of", "id": "9319504" }, { "contents": "M-140 (Michigan highway)\n\n\njog along Pokagon Road around Riggins Lake. M-140 turns back northward and runs through the community of Berrien Center. Near Eau Claire, the highway turns bends along Maple Grove Road for about before going north on Watervliet Road. East of town, the trunkline follows Main Street eastward toward the Berrien–Cass county line. M-140 intersects the northern terminus of M-62 and curves north. In northern Berrien County, M-140 follows Watervliet Road to an interchange with Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues northward along Main Street into Watervliet,", "id": "800150" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-69 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 2 (US 2) on both ends in Crystal Falls and near Bark River. In between, the highway runs for in rural UP forest lands. Before the creation of the U.S. Highway System, the current M-69 was a portion of M-12. The original M-69 was replaced by US 102 and the M-69 designation was reused on a section of M-12 not replaced by US 2.", "id": "1214334" }, { "contents": "M-36 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof town. At Howell Street, County Road D-19 merges in from the south. The two designations run concurrently along Main Street to Pearl Street, where D-19 turns northward. At the intersection with Dexter Street, M-36 intersects the western terminus of D-32, the \"Highway to Hell\". East of Pinckney, M-36 passes between Rush and Bass lakes in the Pettysville area. Immediately east of there, the highway passes through woods between Oneida and Zukey lakes in Lakeland. The trunkline passes to the south of Buck Lake and then", "id": "19826396" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n(MDOT). The highway was first designated by July 1, 1919 along a portion of the current roadway. In a series of extensions, M-55 was lengthened to connect its current endpoints by the early 1930s. The trunkline has been rerouted in sections since that time resulting in the modern roadway alignment. One set of changes produced a business loop in the Houghton Lake area. M-55 starts at a three-way intersection with US 31 north of Manistee. The trunkline runs southeast on Caberfae Highway over the Manistee River and through", "id": "19769036" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto enter the outskirts of Battle Creek it follows Michigan Avenue. It passes through the neighborhoods of Level Park-Oak Park and Urbandale, the first residential areas of the city. As the highway continues towards Battle Creek it has a junction with M-37. M-89 continues on Michigan Avenue until an intersection with Washington Avenue where the route turns to the southwest where it crosses the Kalamazoo River one last time. The trunkline terminates a few blocks later at Dickman Road, otherwise known as the Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94). M-89", "id": "18787895" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nMountain, M-88 turns east at Alden highway and enters the community of Mancelona, passing the Fairview Cemetery. The highway runs along on State Street into downtown. M-88 ends at an intersection with US 131/M-66 running along Williams Street, and State Street continues eastward as C-38. M-88 was first designated by July 1, 1919 along its current routing between Mancelona and Bellaire. It was extended in 1927 through Central Lake to end in Eastport. It was used as a temporary routing of US 31 between Eastport and Bellaire while the", "id": "6692228" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 designation transfers from the freeway to run concurrently with M-89 eastward. After the freeway, M-43/M-89 passes through the city of Plainwell and crosses the Kalamazoo River again before continuing into rural areas again. The trunkline continues to the southeast on towards the village of Richland. Just north of Richland, M-89 parts ways with M-43. M-89 heads south through town and intersects M-343, before turning eastward and passing to the south of Gull Lake. After passing the lake, the highway turns southeast towards Battle Creek. As M-89 begins", "id": "18787894" }, { "contents": "M-14 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nstreets to new stretches of freeways running south of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. The former route of US 12, much of which was known as Plymouth Road, was retained as a trunkline and redesignated M-14. In 1964, a northern bypass connecting US 23 with M-153 was completed, and M-14 was rerouted onto the new freeway; the highway still ran through Ann Arbor along routes now designated Bus. US 23 and Business Loop I-94. The following year, the freeway was extended to its present western terminus at I-94, and M-14", "id": "11243057" }, { "contents": "M-188 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-188 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from Eaton Rapids to the VFW National Home for Children, southeast of town through a rural area. Approximately 1,000 vehicles each day use a highway that was first designated in the 1930s and paved in the 1940s. Starting in Eaton Rapids, M-188 heads eastward from the intersection with M-99/M-50 (Michigan highway) toward the Grand River. The highway follows Water Street southeasterly along the river through residential neighborhoods and exits town. M-188 turns back due east", "id": "3803194" }, { "contents": "M-72 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. At South Down River Road, M-72 turns east again to leave Grayling, crossing I-75 in the process. There is no direct access to I-75 from M-72. Instead traffic is directed to follow BL I-75 in either direction to get to the freeway. In eastern Crawford County, M-72 runs through the Au Sable State Forest and crosses the South Branch of the Au Sable River on the Wakeley Bridge. East of the river crossing, the trunkline intersects the northern terminus of M-18 before crossing into Oscoda County. M-72 continues east through", "id": "18092035" }, { "contents": "M-28 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof M-28 designated as a part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour is from the western terminus to the eastern junction with M-64 in Bergland, where the Circle Tour turns north along M-64, leaving M-28. Here, M-28 has its lowest traffic counts; within the 2013 MDOT survey, the road is listed with only an average annual daily traffic (AADT) of 1,425 vehicles on a section of highway between Bergland and the US 45 intersection in Bruce Crossing. The trunkline runs through heavily forested areas of southern Houghton and Baraga counties.", "id": "20777599" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, which runs along the western city line. M-13 meets the 2 one-way streets that carry M-25 and the I-75 business spur at the intersections with Thomas and Jenny streets. From this intersection on, M-13 forms a part of the Lake Huron Circle Tour. Farther north, the highway turns northwesterly on Huron Road; Euclid Avenue continues north as M-247. As the trunkline heads away from Bay City, it runs parallel to the Lake State Railway again. M-13 intersects the northern end of its connector route before Huron Road crosses", "id": "5767624" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-89 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from near Ganges to Battle Creek. M-89 starts at an interchange with Interstate 196/US Highway 31 (I-196/US 31) and passes through Allegan, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and Calhoun counties. The highway also briefly crosses the southwest corner of Barry County before it terminates an at intersection with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) on the northwestern side of downtown Battle Creek. In between the trunkline runs parallel to the Kalamazoo River", "id": "18787890" }, { "contents": "M-33 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-33 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Interstate 75 (I-75) at Alger in Arenac County north to M-27 near Cheboygan. In between, the trunkline runs through rural sections of the northeastern Lower Peninsula including state and national forest areas. M-33 connects to a handful of parks and crosses several of the rivers in that section of the state. It runs concurrently with three other state highways, sharing pavement to connect through several small communities of Northern Michigan. M-33 was designated by", "id": "16986002" }, { "contents": "M-57 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncounty line, the highway crosses a branch of the Great Lakes Central Railroad. M-57 follows Brady Road and crosses M-52 just west of Chesaning. Further east, the trunkline crosses another line of the Great Lakes Central. The highway follows Broad Street into town and over the Shiawassee River. On the east banks, M-57 runs along Main Street south along the river to a junction with Peet Road where it then turns east along the latter road out of town. The highway passes through more farm fields and through Layton Corners on the", "id": "12341714" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe western end of the highway, halfway between Bark River and Hyde, west of Escanaba. In 1919, M-69 started at the state line south of Crystal Falls. It ran north through Crystal Falls, where it intersected M-12, to end in Covington at an intersection with M-28. This roadway was redesignated with the creation of the U.S. Highway System in 1926. US 2 replaced M-69 south and M-12 west of Crystal Falls. US 102 replaced M-69 north of Crystal Falls, and the latter designation was reused on the section of", "id": "1214343" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-227 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It consists largely of a segment of old U.S. Highway 27 (US 27) along the south and west sides of Marshall. The highway passes the airport and serves an industrial section of town north of the Kalamazoo River. M-227 was created as a part of a program to add additional routes into the state's highway system under the leadership of Governor John Engler. M-227 starts at a diamond interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) at exit 32", "id": "16700161" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. M-136 begins at a junction with M-19 just south of Brockway on the north side of Mill Creek. The highway heads eastward through farm fields on Metcalf Road for about before bending to the southeast on Beard Road, parallel to the creek. The road then turns eastward on Avoca Road near Tackaberry Airport and heads toward Avoca. The trunkline continues in this direction through farm fields and the community of Avoca before turning southward on Glyshaw Road near the Black River. M-136 turns east, returning to Beard Road, and running through a", "id": "12150123" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-71 is a state trunkline highway in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. It serves as a connector between M-21 in Owosso to Interstate 69 (I-69) near Durand. The highway runs along a rail line in a northwest-to-southeast direction in rural Shiawassee County connecting a few small towns along its path. The highway dates back to the start of the state highway system in 1919. There were some changes made to the routing in the 1930s which increased its length. Two adjacent highways have been rerouted", "id": "9319501" }, { "contents": "M-61 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-61 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Marion and Standish. The highway runs along the boundary area between Northern Michigan and Central Michigan in the Lower Peninsula. M-61 runs through rural forestland connecting several smaller communities together as it connects M-115, US Highway 127 (US 127), Interstate 75 (I-75) and US 23. Less than 10,000 vehicles a day use various segments of the roadway on average. The trunkline was first designated along a portion of its current alignment by 1919. M-61", "id": "8785849" }, { "contents": "M-91 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, but subsequent transfers or roadway sections have truncated the route to its present form. For a time period in the 1980s, M-91 was even a discontinuous highway when a section in the middle was transferred to county control before the southernmost section was transferred. M-91 starts at an intersection with M-44 west of Belding in Otisco Township. The road runs north along Storey Road and past the Candlestone Golf Course and farmlands. At Bricker Road, M-91 crosses out of Ionia County into Montcalm County. The trunkline runs along Greenville Road and passes", "id": "8283414" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 is a state trunkline highway in the southwestern and central parts of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from South Haven to Webberville along an indirect path through both rural areas and larger cities. The trunkline follows five overall segments: a southeasterly track from South Haven to Kalamazoo, a northerly path to Plainwell, a southeasterly route to Richland, a northeasterly course to the Hastings area and an easterly route through the Lansing area. The M-43 designation dates back to at least July 1, 1919, when it was used", "id": "1132334" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-88 is a state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between US Highway 31 (US 31) and US 131/M-66 in the Lower Peninsula. Running from Mancelona to Eastport, M-88 also goes through the communities of Bellaire and Central Lake. The highway is completely within Antrim County and is known by the street name of \"Scenic Highway\" outside of the various communities along its routing. M-88 is an original trunkline dating back to the 1919 signing of the state system. An extension in the 1920s", "id": "6692224" }, { "contents": "M-34 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-99 turns south along Pioneer Road, M-34 continues east along Hudson Road. The highway turns to the southeast to the south of Osseo near Deer Lake and continues towards Pittsford. Hudson Road runs through a mix of forests and local farms. The trunkline passes to the south of the main business district in Pittsford. East of town, the highway turns east and intersects US Highway 127 (US 127) at the Hillsdale–Lenawee county line in Hudson. The trunkline continues eastward through the city of Hudson as Main Street. On", "id": "16558269" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-44 is a state trunkline highway in the western region of the US state of Michigan. It runs northward from the intersection of M-11 (28th Street) and M-37 toward the Rockford area. The highway then turns eastward to Belding, and it ends six miles (10 km) north of Ionia at M-66. M-44 is known in Grand Rapids as the \"East Beltline\" and intersects with its related highway, Connector M-44, in Plainfield Township. This highway runs concurrently with M-37 between M-11 and Interstate 96 (I-96).", "id": "13109166" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nBusiness M-28 (Bus. M-28) was a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It served as a business route running for through the Newberry area. The business loop followed a U-shaped routing to connect downtown Newberry with M-28 south of town. It ran west of the city of Newberry, passing through the community of Dollarville before entering downtown, turning south and ending near the county airport. Bus. M-28 was originally a section of M-28 before the latter was realigned in the late 1930s. The highway", "id": "14231891" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nbetween Tekonsha and Marshall. From I-69, M-227 runs east on F Drive South north of Pine and Long lakes for approximately one mile (1.6 km). The highway runs through agricultural land and turns north to follow Old US 27/17 Mile Road. At Division Drive, M-227 passes into Marshall on Kalamazoo Avenue. The highway runs past the Brooks Field airport and the Alwin Downs Golf Course. Kalamazoo Avenue crosses the Kalamazoo River, and M-227 turns west along Industrial Road. This section of town is an industrial park, and M-227", "id": "16700162" }, { "contents": "M-51 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nPokagon, M-51 turns back northeasterly toward Dowagiac. Once the highway reaches that city, it merges with M-62. The two highways run concurrently eastward along Spruce, Main and Division streets through downtown. M-51 turns to the north along Front Street, separating from the concurrency and leaving downtown. North of town in rural Cass County, M-51 intersects M-152 near location where the highway crosses the Dowagiac River. North of that intersection, the trunkline crosses into Van Buren County and turns to the east again. M-51 passes south of Knickerbocker Lake", "id": "11912684" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-67 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 41 (US 41) and M-94 between Trenary and Chatham. The highway has largely been unchanged during its history, although the highways that connect to M-67 on each end have changed several times. M-67 starts at an intersection with US 41 near Trenary east of the West Branch of the Whitefish River. From that intersection the highway runs east crossing Scott Creek before running into downtown Trenary along relatively flat", "id": "1214513" }, { "contents": "M-343 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-343 is a state trunkline highway in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It runs for almost along Gull Road between the northeast side of Kalamazoo and continues through rural areas on the way to Richland. The highway was created in January 2019 from a section of M-43 after that highway was rerouted in the aftermath of a series of jurisdictional transfers in downtown Kalamazoo. It had been a part of the state highway system for a century under its previous number until it was given its current designation. M-343 starts where Gull Road intersects Riverview Drive east", "id": "11381182" }, { "contents": "M-115 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. The lowest AADT was the 2,236 vehicles near Copemish. The trunkline between the US 10 and M-37 junctions has been listed on the National Highway System. a network of roads important to the country's defense, economy and mobility. In 1929, the first stretch of M-115 was designated from Frankfort to Benzonia. Beginning in the mid-1930s, construction of M-115 began from central to northwestern Lower Michigan. In 1936, an earthen highway was opened between the south side of Cadillac to M-66, with additional sections west of Mesick and northwest", "id": "9213548" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is near the border between Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties at exit 92 of Interstate 94 (I-94) southwest of Battle Creek. The northern terminus is at the Mission Point Light on Old Mission Point in Grand Traverse County. In between, the highway connects Battle Creek, Grand Rapids and Traverse City. Motorists will travel through agricultural land, forests, suburbs and large cities along the way. The section of M-37 on the Old Mission", "id": "17071073" }, { "contents": "M-203 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-203 turns inland running due east to Cloverland Road then turning north and east along Veterans Memorial Highway. Along this section of roadway, the AADT was measured at 440 vehicles in 2007. The highway follows Veterans Memorial Highway through the neighborhood of Tamarack west of Calumet. From there it continues eastward, following Pine Street north of downtown Calumet, looping back to US 41/M-26. The northern terminus of M-203 is at the intersection of Pine Street and Calumet Avenue. M-203 was first designated as a spur route from Hancock north", "id": "1358584" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nline, the highway intersects with US 12 before crossing into Washtenaw County. The limited-access section of M-52 continues north through western Washtenaw County, where it ends in Manchester. M-52 turns west along Austin and City roads into the village. The trunkline continues along the banks of the north branch of the River Raisin on Riverside Drive before turning north out of town. Just south of Chelsea, M-52 crosses Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues through downtown Chelsea and turns northwesterly through the Waterloo State Recreation Area in the", "id": "15803111" }, { "contents": "M-29 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-29 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in a south–north direction from Chesterfield Township to Marysville. It generally runs along the shore of Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River. The M-29 designation has been used twice in Michigan starting in 1919. The first designation near Lansing was replaced by U.S. Route 27 (US 27) in 1926. At that time, the M-29 designation was moved to the east side of the state along the current routing and farther north along part of what", "id": "18258775" }, { "contents": "Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\ndesignation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after a Temporary I-69 (Temp. I-69) designation was extended northward from Charlotte through Lansing to Perry. On September 4 of that year, I-69's designation was officially extended by Congress to end at I-475 on the east side of Flint; this extension, and all subsequent ones, was of \"non-chargeable mileage\", or segments not financed through the Interstate Highway", "id": "20840099" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-52 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is on the Ohio border, where it continues as State Route 109 (SR 109). The highway passes through communities like Adrian, where it intersects US Highway 223 (US 223), Chelsea and Webberville along its course. It crosses some major rivers, including the River Raisin and the Shiawassee. The section of the highway between M-50 and Manchester was built as a limited-access highway. M-52's northern terminus is", "id": "15803106" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nI-96 and then north on I-496. From there, M-78 followed the one-way pairing of Homer and Howard streets from the northern end of the freeway up to the one-way couplet of Saginaw Street and Grand River Avenue, returning to its previous routing. The former route through downtown along US 27 was redesignated Business M-78 (Bus. M-78) at the same time. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing sections of M-78 in 1965. The US 127 freeway was completed from", "id": "18787232" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n23) was incorporated into the trunkline as a discontinuous section in the early 1940s until it was later connected in 1946. M-68 starts in the community of Alanson east of Little Traverse Bay in Emmet County. US 31 runs along Burr Avenue parallel to the former Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad line and depot in town. M-68 starts at an intersection between Chicago Street and Burr Avenue. The trunkline runs southeasterly from this intersection and on a bridge over the Crooked River. After leaving town, the highway curves to run due east through", "id": "9319420" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nGrand Rapids. The state trunkline highway was created when M-50 was rerouted to follow 28th Street and Wilson Avenue around the south and west sides of the city in 1953. The business loop was decommissioned when M-50 was returned to its former routing in 1961. The highway followed Lake Michigan Drive (now M-45) from the Standale neighborhood of Walker easterly to Fulton Street in Grand Rapids. From there it followed Fulton easterly through downtown Grand Rapids and the east side of the city to a junction with Cascade Road in Grand Rapids Township The", "id": "11076050" }, { "contents": "M-102 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-102 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs along the northern boundary of Detroit following 8 Mile Road. The highway follows the Michigan Baseline, a part of the land survey of the state, and the roadway is also called Base Line Road in places. As a county road or city street, 8 Mile Road extends both east and west of the M-102 designation, which leaves 8 Mile on the eastern end to follow Vernier Road. The western terminus of M-102 is at the junction", "id": "5983336" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nTahquamenon River, Bus. M-28 turned east into the community of Dollarville. There the trunkline followed Dollarville Road and Engadine Road to the western city limits of Newberry. Once in the city of Newberry, Bus. M-28 followed West McMillan Avenue. At the intersection with M-117 (Newberry Avenue), Bus. M-28 turned south concurrently with M-117. The combined highway passed through the central business district. South of town, M-117/Bus. M-28 turned east along Campbell Avenue and then south along Miller Road. West of the Luce", "id": "14231893" }, { "contents": "M-90 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-90 is a state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from near North Branch eastward to Lexington situated on Lake Huron. The highway is a lightly traveled roadway that runs through rural farmlands. The trunkline runs mostly east–west with two short north–south segments where it turns to run concurrently with other state highways. Along the routing, there are two river crossings and one railroad crossing. The current highway that bears the M-90 designation is the second to carry number. The first", "id": "9440848" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\nBath Township. In 1919, the MSHD signposted the highway system for the first time, and the east–west highways through Lansing were part of the original M-29 through downtown and the original M-39 north of downtown. The north–south highway in Lansing was the original M-14. On November 11, 1926, the United States Numbered Highway System was approved by the AASHO, and the new US 27 replaced M-29 and M-14 in the area. By the end of the next year, M-78 was extended from Charlotte along US 27", "id": "12718047" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nroadway on any average day of the year. Along M-37, the volume varies from the peak 49,173 vehicles on a section of I-96/M-37 in Grand Rapids to the 718 vehicles at the northern terminus by the Mission Point Light. M-37 starts joined with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) as the two highway designations run concurrently at exit 92 on I-94 southwest of Battle Creek. They follow Columbia Avenue and pass around the southern side of the W. K. Kellogg Airport. When the roadway meets M-96, BL I-94/M-37 turns", "id": "17071077" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-60 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Niles area at a junction with US Highway 12 (US 12) to the Jackson area where it ends at Interstate 94 (I-94). The trunkline passes through a mix of farm fields and woodlands, crosses or runs along several rivers and connects several small towns of the southern area of the state. The westernmost segment runs along divided highway while the easternmost section is a full freeway bypass of Jackson. M-60 was originally", "id": "18513790" }, { "contents": "M-95 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nlater be extended in 1932 to the state line south of Kingsford. The total of M-45 was converted to M-95 in 1934 as a realignment near Witch Lake is completed. M-95 was rerouted in 1942 from Republic north to Humboldt Township. This new section replaced the last section of gravel roadway that was transferred to Marquette County as County Road 601. Another rerouting in the Republic area moved the trunkline in 1957 to bypass South Republic. The former roadway was partially closed to become part of the Republic Mine. M-69 was shortened, eliminating", "id": "20686812" } ]

[ { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nfields. South of Thornapple Lake, M-79 angles southeasterly moving from Quimby Road to Scott Road running parallel to the Thornapple River again into the community of Nashville. M-79 meets M-66 and turns south along the latter highway's route along Main and Durkee streets through the community. South of town in Maple Grove Township, M-79 separates from M-66 and turns east along Lawrence Road. Outside of Charlotte, M-79 curves southeast to transition to Lawrence Avenue through town. The eastern terminus is at an intersection with Cochran Avenue, which carries BL I-69", "id": "10575936" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nis located on southbound I-69 at exit 61. The highway was first designated in 1919 between Hastings and Battle Creek. It was later moved to run to Charlotte. A section of M-79 was designated as M-214 in the 1930s. M-214 would later be decommissioned as a highway designation and the M-79 designation was reapplied to the roadway. M-79 starts south of Hastings at a three-way intersection with M-37 in Hastings Township. The trunkline runs east and parallel to a section of the Thornapple River through wooded terrain that is interspersed with farm", "id": "10575935" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 at the same time carries the highway designation to Vermontville. M-79 was extended easterly to Charlotte in 1934 at the same time that the section of the trunkline between Nashville and Vermontville was redesignated M-214. M-79 was rerouted along Assyria and Lawrence roads at the time to connect the sections of M-79 on either side of M-214. By 1941, M-214 was shortened to a connector route in downtown Nashville running between M-79 and M-66. In 1953, M-79 replaced M-214 and the latter designation was retired from the highway system. The last section", "id": "10575938" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nand M-50. M-79 was formed as a state trunkline by July 1, 1919 along part of its present routing. At the time, it ran between Hastings and Nashville as it does today. From Nashville, the trunkline turned south and west to end at the contemporary M-17 in Battle Creek. By 1927, the southernmost section of M-79 was truncated when M-78 was extended to Battle Creek. In late 1930, the southernmost section was shortened once again as a new M-14 designation replaced M-79 south of Nashville. An eastward extension of", "id": "10575937" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the central portion of Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The western terminus is about southeast of Hastings at the junction with M-37 and the eastern terminus is in downtown Charlotte at the junction with M-50 and Business Loop Interstate 69 (BL I-69). It passes through Quimby and Nashville, where there is a junction with M-66. The entire highway is undivided surface road. It has no direct access with Interstate 69 (I-69), although a sign for the highway", "id": "10575934" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nThe M-14 designation of the time was decommissioned and replaced with M-66. Starting at Six Lakes, M-66 turned west along M-46 instead of east and then turned south through Stanton and Ionia ending north of Battle Creek. The highway between Lowell and Lakeview was redesignated as M-91. A minor realignment in late 1950 removed two 90° curves near the Osceola–Missaukee county line and replaced them with a pair of sweeping curves. The MSHD rerouted M-66 between Maple Grove and Nashville in mid-1953. In the changes, M-79 was extended along the", "id": "18787175" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nBarry–Eaton county line. After meeting M-43, the two trunklines run concurrently for about a mile (1.6 km) before M-50 breaks off to the southwest near Woodbury. From there, the road continues in its southeasterly path along Clinton Trail through the northeast part of Eaton County as it runs through fields to Charlotte. Just prior to entering the city, the road bends to the south and near the middle of town it has a junction with M-79 and Business Loop I-69 (BL I-69). After this intersection, M-50", "id": "11076036" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-78 ran along a route similar that of today. It started north of Battle Creek at a junction with then M-79 and cut through the corner of Barry County to Bellevue, but it turned northeasterly to end at Charlotte at a junction with M-29. By 1927, M-78 was extended southward, replacing M-79 to the Indiana state line, connecting with State Road 9 (SR 9) south of Sturgis. At the same time, a northerly addition extended the highway concurrently along US Highway 27 (US 27) to Dewitt and", "id": "18787228" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthrough Dowling and meets the western terminus of M-79. The highway follows Hanover Street through the south side of Hastings into downtown, where it turns west on Green Street and north on Broadway Street. At the intersection of Broadway and State streets, M-37 meets and joins M-43. West of Hastings, M-43 separates and heads south toward Kalamazoo while M-37 turns northwesterly and runs parallel to the Thornapple River. The highway follows the river west and north to the community of Middleville through mixed farms and forests. In southern Kent County, M-37", "id": "17071079" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nends, and M-66 continues northeast out of the Cereal City on Division Street and then northeast on Capital Avenue along the Battle Creek River. M-66 continues northward through Barry County on Capital Avenue which becomes 9 Mile Road north of Baseline Road. The highway passes through Assyria before meeting M-79, with which it has a short concurrency, in Nashville. On the north side of the village, M-66 crosses the Thornapple River and continues north through mixed rural forest land and farm fields. Near Woodland, M-66 joins M-43 and the two run", "id": "18787163" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nnew route of M-66 and then over M-214 to Hastings. M-66 was shifted off Assyria Road which was turned back to local control. Another realignment in 1954 shifted M-66 to the modern routing between the M-43 concurrency termini, removing M-43/M-66 from a section of M-50 in the process. The final section gravel section of M-66, approximately in length, was paved near Nashville in 1957. M-32 was extended along the northernmost section of M-66 in 1963. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing", "id": "18787176" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-78 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus is the intersection with M-66 north of Battle Creek in Pennfield Township. The roadway runs through rural farmland and the community of Bellevue as it approaches its eastern terminus at an interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) near Olivet. The highway is used by between 3,100 and 5,300 vehicles on a daily basis. When the state highway system was signed in 1919, M-78 followed a similar routing. At Bellevue, it turned northeast to terminate at Charlotte.", "id": "18787223" }, { "contents": "M-100 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-100 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the central region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between Potterville and Grand Ledge, connecting Interstate 69 (I-69) and I-96 west of the state capital, Lansing. The highway was previously a section of M-16. After M-16 was realigned, M-100 was created by 1927. Three extensions in the 1930s, 1950s and 1990s resulted in the current highway routing. M-100 starts at exit 66 on I-69 in Potterville. The highway runs north along Hartel Road, intersecting Lansing", "id": "169088" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\n. North of a crossing of the Battle Creek River, Cochrane Road widens to include a center turn lane. About north of the starting point, BL I-69 begins a concurrency with M-50 at Shepherd Street. North of Warren Avenue, BL I-69/M-50 widens to four lanes, two in each direction. The concurrency ends at Lawrence Avenue; M-50 continues north, and the business loop heads east on Lawrence Avenue for a few blocks. That intersection also marks the eastern terminus of M-79. From that point, BL I-69 follows", "id": "12718039" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturn of the century. M-69 and M-95 separate in Randville as the former turns east and the latter continues southward. Between Randville and the former community of Metropolitan, M-69 runs along the West Branch of the Sturgeon River through more hilly terrain. The trunkline continues east to the twin communities of Theodore and Felch. The river and the road part ways until meeting again at Foster City. This is also the location of a unique junction of highways. M-69 meets G-69, a County-Designated Highway that runs south to Loretto in", "id": "1214340" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe concurrency. In western Webberville, M-52 passes under I-96 and merges with M-43 at the latter's eastern terminus. The two highways run north to, and turn west along, Grand River Avenue. At Perry Road, M-52 turns back north out of the village. The trunkline continues north into Shiawassee County and runs through Perry before crossing I-69. Continuing north, M-52 curves northeasterly into downtown Owosso intersecting M-21 west of M-71's western terminus. M-52 continues northward parallel to the Shiawassee River into Saginaw County. The trunkline runs through", "id": "15803113" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ndowntown Ionia, the trunkline crosses the Grand River and the abandoned mainline of the Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad near the county fairgrounds. M-66 turns west along M-21 (Lincoln Avenue) for two blocks before turning back to the north along State Street. The trunkline runs through the northern part of the county and meets M-44's eastern terminus near Woodard Lake. In Montcalm County, M-66 intersects M-57 in a rural area south of Sheridan before running north on Sheridan Road through Stanton. The highway jogs west along Main Street in Stanton before returning", "id": "18787165" }, { "contents": "M-74 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-74 was the designation of a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The highway ran through rural Missaukee County connecting Pioneer with Merritt. The highway was designated by 1919 along a longer route. It was shortened before it was totally removed from the highway system in the late 1930s. M-74 started at a junction with M-66 near the community of Pioneer. It ran east on Moorestown Road through Stittsville to Moorestown before turning south on Nelson Road. There it ran through the community of Star City, turning west briefly on", "id": "9319580" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n131 freeway, M-55 merges north along the freeway, bypassing downtown Cadillac. On the east side of town, M-55 leaves the freeway and turns east again running through the Pere Marquette State Forest along Watergate Road. When the highway meets M-66, M-55 joins M-66 and runs north through farmland. As the two highways approach Lake City, they run along the shore of Lake Missaukee and through downtown. M-55 turns east again along Houghton Lake Road, separating from M-66 north of the central business district. This section of trunkline passes through", "id": "19769038" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 junction and the I-94 interchange. The NHS is a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility. M-96 was formed as a state trunkline in late 1926 from parts of M-17. The section of M-17 between Galesberg and Battle Creek was not utilized for US 12 and became M-96. In 1936, the Alternate US 12 trunkline was designated through the Battle Creek area along a section of highway that had previously been part of US 12. This highway was added to M-96 three years later in 1939", "id": "16718650" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the airport, M-96 runs concurrently with both Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) and M-37. M-96 turns south on Helmer Road, separating from the other two trunklines, and then turns east crossing along Columbia Avenue. Here the highway runs along the edge of the city of Battle Creek through more residential areas and crosses the I-194/M-66 freeway next to the Riverside County Club. Near Brownlee Park, M-96 (Columbia Avenue) merges with BL I-94 (Michigan Avenue). Together BL I-94/M-96 continues along Michigan Avenue", "id": "16718647" }, { "contents": "M-42 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturns ninety degrees to the south off Walker Road before angling southeasterly skirting the edge of some hills near Dyer Lake just west of M-66. The road turns back due east between Al Moses Road and M-66, where it ends north of Lake City. No section of the trunkline is part of the National Highway System. M-42 is an original state trunkline dating back to the 1919 signage of the highway system in Michigan. The original highway routing started at M-13 in Manton and ran due west to Mesick. From there the highway turned", "id": "6820888" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-50 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. Although designated as an east–west highway, it is nearly a diagonal northwest–southeast route. The western terminus is at exit 52 along Interstate 96 (I-96) near Alto a few miles east of the metro Grand Rapids area, and its eastern terminus is in downtown Monroe at US Highway 24 (US 24, Telegraph Road). In between the trunkline runs through seven counties of the southern part of the Lower Peninsula mostly through rural farm fields and", "id": "11076032" }, { "contents": "M-82 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe downtown area and M-82 turns south along Stewart Avenue out of town. The highway rounds a curve and transitions to 72nd Street running eastward through more farm land. As the trunkline approaches Newaygo, the terrain becomes more wooded near the Muskegon River. M-82 follows Fremont Street east to a junction with M-37. The two highways merge and run concurrently over the river and into downtown on State Street. South of downtown, M-82 turns east again, independent of M-37, and runs along 82nd Street on the southern edge of the Manistee", "id": "9440783" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-96 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Kalamazoo and Marshall. Its termini are both on business routes of Interstate 94 (I-94); the eastern one coincides with an intersection with I-69. Between Kalamazoo and Marshall it passes through Comstock, Galesburg, Augusta, and Battle Creek intersecting I-194/M-66 in Battle Creek and I-94 in Emmett Township. The highway now known as M-96 was originally part of M-17. Parts of M-17 that were not used for US Highway 12 (US 12) in", "id": "16718644" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncontinues south concurrent with the business loop for a several blocks before turning eastward. On the eastern end of town, it has an interchange with I-69 at exit 60. After heading east past the junction with I-69, the highway turns southeast as it heads through rural fields toward Eaton Rapids. Once it reaches the city, M-50 converges with M-99, and the two intersect M-188 on the south side of the Grand River. The two highways run south out of the city. Immediately prior to entering Jackson County, the two trunklines", "id": "11076037" }, { "contents": "M-199 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-199 is a state trunkline highway near Albion in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus of the road is in Sheridan Township at exit 119 off Interstate 94 (I-94). The eastern terminus is a junction with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) downtown Albion. The entire road is within Calhoun County and runs through rural farm fields outside of Albion; in town it is a residential street. The M-199 designation had previously been applied to a highway in the Upper Peninsula in the 1930s. The current highway was previously", "id": "318093" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, before entering Missaukee County. The trunkline then turns westward on Stoney Corners Road toward McBain through farm land. In town it runs along Maple Street and then runs north toward Lake City on Morey Road. South of the Lake City, M-55 runs concurrently with M-66 by Missaukee Golf Course and into town along the eastern shore of Lake Missaukee. North of town, M-55 splits off to the east on Houghton Lake Road, and M-66 continues north to an intersection with the eastern terminus of M-42 in a rural forest. M-66 leaves", "id": "18787168" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-136 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Brockway to Fort Gratiot in the lower part of The Thumb of the Lower Peninsula. The highway serves as a connector between M-19 on the west and M-25 northwest of Port Huron. In between, the highway runs through rural St. Clair County through farm fields and along a creek and river. The trunkline uses roads that were part of the state highway system in 1919. The M-136 designation was assigned in 1931 and extended to its current length in 1961", "id": "12150122" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nCounty before meeting M-179 and M-37. M-43 merges with the latter highway and together they run into Hastings. Downtown, M-37 leaves town to the south, while M-43 heads north before curving around the east, passing through farmfields approaching the community of Woodland. After leaving town, the road meets M-66, and together they head north to a junction with M-50. M-43 then turns east with M-50, and they briefly run together before M-50 diverges to the southeast. Now known as the Grand Ledge Highway, M-43 continues its easterly path", "id": "1132339" }, { "contents": "M-63 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto M-13 (later US 131) in Osceola County on July 1, 1919. This highway was extended in 1930 along US 131 to Tustin and then to a terminus with M-66 in Marion. At the same time, M-37 was extended north from Baldwin to meet M-63 east of Peacock. This eastern extension was truncated in 1932 when it was redesignated as part of M-61. A short connector roadway, M-179, was designated in 1935 between M-63 and US 131, forming a small triangle of highways. The western end was shortened", "id": "11402253" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nAvenue removed. Then in 2003, the signs along the East Beltline were restored and the route extended back to its former terminus. M-44 Connector, or Conn. M-44, is a connector route state trunkline highway running along Plainfield Avenue in the Grand Rapids area. It connects I-96/M-37 near Lamberton Lake with M-44 running along East Beltline Avenue near the Grand River. In between, the highway passes through a commercial area. North of 5 Mile Road, Plainfield Avenue takes on a more suburban residential character. There are more business", "id": "13109173" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nmeets Interstate 69 (I-69) northwest of town. Continuing to Homer, the highway runs along Lehigh Street in town; M-99 merges into M-60 after the intersection with Hillsdale Street. East of town, the highway widens into a four-lane divided highway; M-99 turns north along this short section of roadway and M-60 reverts to a two-lane highway again. The trunkline crosses the Kalamazoo River at Concord before it crosses into Jackson County. At Spring Arbor, M-60 passes the campus of Spring Arbor University. Outside of Jackson", "id": "18513796" }, { "contents": "M-142 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-53 turns west, ending the overlap of the two highways. M-142 exits town and follows Sand Beach Road through farm country. About of Bad Axe, M-142 meets the northern terminus of M-19 (Ubly Road). Continuing eastward, the highway crosses two branches of the Willow River as it passes through the unincorporated community of Verona. East of that location, the trunkline turns northeasterly, roughly parallel to the Rock Falls Creek, as it angles to Harbor Beach. M-142 follows State Street through town, and the trunkline terminates at", "id": "8283132" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nhilly terrain. After crossing the Cheboygan County line, the roadway meets the community of Burt Lake. It curves southeasterly along the shoreline of the lake of the same name. The roadway rounds the south end of Burt Lake and approaches the community of Indian River. South of Burt Lake State Park, the trunkline meets Straits Highway, the former routing of US 27 through Indian River. M-68 turns north along Straits Highway through downtown and then turns east toward Interstate 75 (I-75). It is along this section of M-68 that", "id": "9319421" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nproceeds south along with Alden Nash Avenue and turns east on 92nd Street through farms and fields in the rural southeastern corner of the county. As the trunkline runs to the east, it crosses into Ionia County. M-50 follows Thompson Road, Nash Highway and Tupper Lake Road into Lake Odessa. In Lake Odessa, the road bends around the north side of Jordan Lake, curving to the south into the extreme northeastern Barry County. The highway turns back to the east as it heads towards a junction with M-66 and M-43 at the", "id": "11076035" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-66 is a north–south state trunkline highway on the Lower Peninsula (LP) of the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Indiana state line in the south to Charlevoix in the north. M-66 is the only state highway to run the north–south distance of the LP. It starts as a continuation of State Road 9 (SR 9) which provides access to the Indiana Toll Road. The total length is approximately , which includes almost of freeway between Interstate 94 (I-94) and downtown Battle Creek designated", "id": "18787155" }, { "contents": "M-113 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-113 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in Grand Traverse County from M-37 near Hannah to US Highway 131 (US 131) in Walton Junction. The trunkline runs through farm fields and woodlands in a rural area of the county. It connects the highways at its termini with the village of Kingsley. First designated in November 1927, the highway was extended in 1940 by adding the southernmost section near Walton Junction which was originally part of US 131. M-113 starts west of Hannah at an intersection with", "id": "4961848" }, { "contents": "M-24 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nexpressway from Metamora to I-69. South of Metamora, M-24 runs parallel to the former right-of-way for the Michigan Central Railroad north into the city of Lapeer. M-24 continues north from Lapeer running west of Barnes Lake and east of the community of Columbiaville just south of the M-90 junction. South of the Tuscola County line, the trunkline passes the Greenbriar Golf Club and crosses the Pere Marquette Railroad before turning west along Saginaw Road into the community of Mayville and turning north along Mertz Road. South of Caro, M-24", "id": "12670654" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\ncarried the M-28A designation before it was redesignated as Bus. M-28 in 1950. The trunkline was partially turned back to local control in 1953, and the business loop designation was removed at that time. The section of the roadway in downtown Newberry has carried several different designations in addition to the original M-28. Bus. M-28 started at the top of a small hill at an intersection with M-28 southwest of Newberry. The highway ran due north from the intersection along Engadine Road, running downhill towards Teaspoon Creek. Just south of the", "id": "14231892" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-13 is a north–south state trunkline highway that runs through the Saginaw Bay region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from Interstate 69 (I-69) south of Lennon to US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish. The southern section of the trunkline runs along a pair of county lines in a rural area dominated by farm fields. The highway directly connects the downtown areas of both Saginaw and Bay City. North of the latter city, the Lake Huron Circle Tour follows M-13 along the Saginaw Bay. The", "id": "5767618" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nterrain. East of town, the highway turns north running parallel to the AuTrain River Basin. The trunkline crosses Dexter Creek between Paulsen and Trout Lake roads. About halfway along the north–south segment of the highway, M-67 passes through the community of Limestone and crosses Johnson Creek. After running for , M-67 ends at a four-way intersection with M-94 and Tunteri Road. Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) traffic surveys in 2007 show that between 1,200 and 1,400 vehicles traveled the road daily in 2007 in a measure of", "id": "1214514" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nrun concurrently into Allegan. In 1963, when the I-196/US 31 freeway opened, the western terminus of M-89 was extended to meet the new freeway. A few years later, when M-96 was realigned onto a route that took it into Battle Creek, M-89 was extended southeasterly along Michigan Avenue (the old M-96) and terminated at M-37. The highway was extended further southeasterly into Battle Creek to replace the old routing of M-37 along Michigan Avenue; it then turned south on Washington to the BL I-94 where it terminated,", "id": "18787900" }, { "contents": "M-138 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-138 is a east–west state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from a junction with M-15 west of the unincorporated community of Munger in Bay County to the intersection with M-24 east of Akron in Tuscola County. The trunkline runs through rural agricultural areas outside of the villages and communities it serves. It was designated in the 1930s and extended in the 1940s. M-138 was truncated in the 1990s as well. M-138 begins at a junction with M-15 (Tuscola Road) just west", "id": "19948037" }, { "contents": "M-65 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the Pine River, M-65 merges with M-72. The two trunklines run concurrently curving to the northwest past the eastern terminus of county road F-32 into Curran. North of town, they separate as M-72 turns westward and M-65 continues north, exiting the Huron National Forest. The highway jogs along the Alcona–Alpena County line and crosses the Beaver Creek in the process. The trunkline runs to the east of Beaver Lake as it runs north through mixed forest and fields toward the community of Lachine. Southeast of that town, M-65", "id": "1359267" }, { "contents": "M-31 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, the trunkline turned southwesterly to follow along part of the Saginaw Bay. The road passed through Sebewaing to Unionville before turning back inland. Running southward to Akron, the highway turned alternately westward and southward to Fairgrove. M-31 next ran west along Bradleyville Road to a connection with M-81; the two highways ran concurrently south through Gilford before M-31 separated and turned back westward through Reese to Saginaw. The northern terminus in downtown Saginaw was at an intersection with what was then M-10. When the state highway system was first signed in 1919", "id": "19066175" }, { "contents": "M-76 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-76 is a former state trunkline highway designation in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The highway's designation was decommissioned when the last section of it was converted to freeway as a part of the present-day Interstate 75 (I-75). At that time, M-76 extended from US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish northwesterly to I-75 south of Grayling. Two sections of the route followed freeways with a two-lane highway in between to connect them. The former routing of M-76 through West Branch before", "id": "13291830" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 94 in Michigan\n\n\nlonger reconnects to I-94 on both ends. Major intersections Business Loop Interstate 94 (BL I-94) is a state trunkline highway serving as a business loop from I-94 through downtown Battle Creek. The highway begins at exit 92 on I-94 near the Kalamazoo–Calhoun county line. BL I-94 runs concurrently along M-37 northwesterly from the freeway on the two-lane Columbia Avenue on the eastern edge of Fort Custer. At an intersection south of the W.K. Kellogg Airport, BL I-94/M-37 turns easterly to run on the southern side of the", "id": "16557414" }, { "contents": "M-21 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto Port Huron in 1966. A freeway segment between Flint and Lapeer opened in 1971. M-21 was routed down M-13 to the new freeway where it joined the M-78 designation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after I-69 was extended north from Charlotte. The 1974 completion of I-196 meant the truncation of M-21 to end in Grand Rapids. At the time, M-21 was extended along Fulton Street to the East Beltline, and", "id": "13431388" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nas a result of the various reroutings in the Lansing area, both of which are no longer part of the state highway system. M-78 begins at an intersection with M-66 in Pennfield Township, north of Battle Creek in Calhoun County. The trunkline passes through rural farm lands as it runs due east and northeast. It briefly crosses the southeast corner of Barry County as it enters Eaton County. There M-78 follows Battle Creek Highway past some small ponds and into the town of Bellevue. The trunkline becomes Capitol Avenue in town and turns", "id": "18787225" }, { "contents": "M-81 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. East of town, the highway follows Caro Road through more farm fields through the community of Watrousville. Near the south side of the Tuscola Area Airport, M-81 turns to the northeast running along the Cass River to Caro. In the city, the trunkline follows State Street past the fairgrounds. At the intersection with Ellington Street, M-81 crosses M-24. The highway continues northeasterly out of town and through the community of Ellington. Northeast of Elmwood, M-81 turns due east along Cass City Road. The trunkline runs to the village", "id": "9440771" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nUS 12 freeway was completed in the area. Bus. US 12 was redesignated as BL I-94 in 1960 and M-96 was shortened to end at BL I-94/M-78 running on Capital Avenue. M-37 was reextended in 1961 in Battle Creek to a concurrent routing with M-96 in 1961. M-89 was extended along the roadway used by M-96 west of Battle Creek to M-37 in 1965, truncating M-96 in the process. M-96 was reextended back to Battle Creek along Dickman Road and Fort Custer Highway from Augusta east in 1971. Several changes in", "id": "16718652" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthat junction, M-71 turns easterly and then southeasterly out of town. The highway continues to run alongside the rail line through farmland to the outskirts of Vernon. M-71 crosses the Shiawassee River for a second time. The rail line and the highway diverge and run on opposite sides of town; the highway rounds the northeast side and the rail line runs along the southwest side. This section of trunkline through Vernon had the lowest AADT value in 2009 with 4,371 vehicles. M-71 continues to the interchange with I-69 at exit 118 northwest of", "id": "9319504" }, { "contents": "M-140 (Michigan highway)\n\n\njog along Pokagon Road around Riggins Lake. M-140 turns back northward and runs through the community of Berrien Center. Near Eau Claire, the highway turns bends along Maple Grove Road for about before going north on Watervliet Road. East of town, the trunkline follows Main Street eastward toward the Berrien–Cass county line. M-140 intersects the northern terminus of M-62 and curves north. In northern Berrien County, M-140 follows Watervliet Road to an interchange with Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues northward along Main Street into Watervliet,", "id": "800150" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-69 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 2 (US 2) on both ends in Crystal Falls and near Bark River. In between, the highway runs for in rural UP forest lands. Before the creation of the U.S. Highway System, the current M-69 was a portion of M-12. The original M-69 was replaced by US 102 and the M-69 designation was reused on a section of M-12 not replaced by US 2.", "id": "1214334" }, { "contents": "M-36 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof town. At Howell Street, County Road D-19 merges in from the south. The two designations run concurrently along Main Street to Pearl Street, where D-19 turns northward. At the intersection with Dexter Street, M-36 intersects the western terminus of D-32, the \"Highway to Hell\". East of Pinckney, M-36 passes between Rush and Bass lakes in the Pettysville area. Immediately east of there, the highway passes through woods between Oneida and Zukey lakes in Lakeland. The trunkline passes to the south of Buck Lake and then", "id": "19826396" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n(MDOT). The highway was first designated by July 1, 1919 along a portion of the current roadway. In a series of extensions, M-55 was lengthened to connect its current endpoints by the early 1930s. The trunkline has been rerouted in sections since that time resulting in the modern roadway alignment. One set of changes produced a business loop in the Houghton Lake area. M-55 starts at a three-way intersection with US 31 north of Manistee. The trunkline runs southeast on Caberfae Highway over the Manistee River and through", "id": "19769036" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto enter the outskirts of Battle Creek it follows Michigan Avenue. It passes through the neighborhoods of Level Park-Oak Park and Urbandale, the first residential areas of the city. As the highway continues towards Battle Creek it has a junction with M-37. M-89 continues on Michigan Avenue until an intersection with Washington Avenue where the route turns to the southwest where it crosses the Kalamazoo River one last time. The trunkline terminates a few blocks later at Dickman Road, otherwise known as the Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94). M-89", "id": "18787895" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nMountain, M-88 turns east at Alden highway and enters the community of Mancelona, passing the Fairview Cemetery. The highway runs along on State Street into downtown. M-88 ends at an intersection with US 131/M-66 running along Williams Street, and State Street continues eastward as C-38. M-88 was first designated by July 1, 1919 along its current routing between Mancelona and Bellaire. It was extended in 1927 through Central Lake to end in Eastport. It was used as a temporary routing of US 31 between Eastport and Bellaire while the", "id": "6692228" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 designation transfers from the freeway to run concurrently with M-89 eastward. After the freeway, M-43/M-89 passes through the city of Plainwell and crosses the Kalamazoo River again before continuing into rural areas again. The trunkline continues to the southeast on towards the village of Richland. Just north of Richland, M-89 parts ways with M-43. M-89 heads south through town and intersects M-343, before turning eastward and passing to the south of Gull Lake. After passing the lake, the highway turns southeast towards Battle Creek. As M-89 begins", "id": "18787894" }, { "contents": "M-14 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nstreets to new stretches of freeways running south of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. The former route of US 12, much of which was known as Plymouth Road, was retained as a trunkline and redesignated M-14. In 1964, a northern bypass connecting US 23 with M-153 was completed, and M-14 was rerouted onto the new freeway; the highway still ran through Ann Arbor along routes now designated Bus. US 23 and Business Loop I-94. The following year, the freeway was extended to its present western terminus at I-94, and M-14", "id": "11243057" }, { "contents": "M-188 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-188 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from Eaton Rapids to the VFW National Home for Children, southeast of town through a rural area. Approximately 1,000 vehicles each day use a highway that was first designated in the 1930s and paved in the 1940s. Starting in Eaton Rapids, M-188 heads eastward from the intersection with M-99/M-50 (Michigan highway) toward the Grand River. The highway follows Water Street southeasterly along the river through residential neighborhoods and exits town. M-188 turns back due east", "id": "3803194" }, { "contents": "M-72 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. At South Down River Road, M-72 turns east again to leave Grayling, crossing I-75 in the process. There is no direct access to I-75 from M-72. Instead traffic is directed to follow BL I-75 in either direction to get to the freeway. In eastern Crawford County, M-72 runs through the Au Sable State Forest and crosses the South Branch of the Au Sable River on the Wakeley Bridge. East of the river crossing, the trunkline intersects the northern terminus of M-18 before crossing into Oscoda County. M-72 continues east through", "id": "18092035" }, { "contents": "M-28 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof M-28 designated as a part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour is from the western terminus to the eastern junction with M-64 in Bergland, where the Circle Tour turns north along M-64, leaving M-28. Here, M-28 has its lowest traffic counts; within the 2013 MDOT survey, the road is listed with only an average annual daily traffic (AADT) of 1,425 vehicles on a section of highway between Bergland and the US 45 intersection in Bruce Crossing. The trunkline runs through heavily forested areas of southern Houghton and Baraga counties.", "id": "20777599" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, which runs along the western city line. M-13 meets the 2 one-way streets that carry M-25 and the I-75 business spur at the intersections with Thomas and Jenny streets. From this intersection on, M-13 forms a part of the Lake Huron Circle Tour. Farther north, the highway turns northwesterly on Huron Road; Euclid Avenue continues north as M-247. As the trunkline heads away from Bay City, it runs parallel to the Lake State Railway again. M-13 intersects the northern end of its connector route before Huron Road crosses", "id": "5767624" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-89 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from near Ganges to Battle Creek. M-89 starts at an interchange with Interstate 196/US Highway 31 (I-196/US 31) and passes through Allegan, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and Calhoun counties. The highway also briefly crosses the southwest corner of Barry County before it terminates an at intersection with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) on the northwestern side of downtown Battle Creek. In between the trunkline runs parallel to the Kalamazoo River", "id": "18787890" }, { "contents": "M-33 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-33 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Interstate 75 (I-75) at Alger in Arenac County north to M-27 near Cheboygan. In between, the trunkline runs through rural sections of the northeastern Lower Peninsula including state and national forest areas. M-33 connects to a handful of parks and crosses several of the rivers in that section of the state. It runs concurrently with three other state highways, sharing pavement to connect through several small communities of Northern Michigan. M-33 was designated by", "id": "16986002" }, { "contents": "M-57 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncounty line, the highway crosses a branch of the Great Lakes Central Railroad. M-57 follows Brady Road and crosses M-52 just west of Chesaning. Further east, the trunkline crosses another line of the Great Lakes Central. The highway follows Broad Street into town and over the Shiawassee River. On the east banks, M-57 runs along Main Street south along the river to a junction with Peet Road where it then turns east along the latter road out of town. The highway passes through more farm fields and through Layton Corners on the", "id": "12341714" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe western end of the highway, halfway between Bark River and Hyde, west of Escanaba. In 1919, M-69 started at the state line south of Crystal Falls. It ran north through Crystal Falls, where it intersected M-12, to end in Covington at an intersection with M-28. This roadway was redesignated with the creation of the U.S. Highway System in 1926. US 2 replaced M-69 south and M-12 west of Crystal Falls. US 102 replaced M-69 north of Crystal Falls, and the latter designation was reused on the section of", "id": "1214343" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-227 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It consists largely of a segment of old U.S. Highway 27 (US 27) along the south and west sides of Marshall. The highway passes the airport and serves an industrial section of town north of the Kalamazoo River. M-227 was created as a part of a program to add additional routes into the state's highway system under the leadership of Governor John Engler. M-227 starts at a diamond interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) at exit 32", "id": "16700161" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. M-136 begins at a junction with M-19 just south of Brockway on the north side of Mill Creek. The highway heads eastward through farm fields on Metcalf Road for about before bending to the southeast on Beard Road, parallel to the creek. The road then turns eastward on Avoca Road near Tackaberry Airport and heads toward Avoca. The trunkline continues in this direction through farm fields and the community of Avoca before turning southward on Glyshaw Road near the Black River. M-136 turns east, returning to Beard Road, and running through a", "id": "12150123" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-71 is a state trunkline highway in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. It serves as a connector between M-21 in Owosso to Interstate 69 (I-69) near Durand. The highway runs along a rail line in a northwest-to-southeast direction in rural Shiawassee County connecting a few small towns along its path. The highway dates back to the start of the state highway system in 1919. There were some changes made to the routing in the 1930s which increased its length. Two adjacent highways have been rerouted", "id": "9319501" }, { "contents": "M-61 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-61 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Marion and Standish. The highway runs along the boundary area between Northern Michigan and Central Michigan in the Lower Peninsula. M-61 runs through rural forestland connecting several smaller communities together as it connects M-115, US Highway 127 (US 127), Interstate 75 (I-75) and US 23. Less than 10,000 vehicles a day use various segments of the roadway on average. The trunkline was first designated along a portion of its current alignment by 1919. M-61", "id": "8785849" }, { "contents": "M-91 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, but subsequent transfers or roadway sections have truncated the route to its present form. For a time period in the 1980s, M-91 was even a discontinuous highway when a section in the middle was transferred to county control before the southernmost section was transferred. M-91 starts at an intersection with M-44 west of Belding in Otisco Township. The road runs north along Storey Road and past the Candlestone Golf Course and farmlands. At Bricker Road, M-91 crosses out of Ionia County into Montcalm County. The trunkline runs along Greenville Road and passes", "id": "8283414" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 is a state trunkline highway in the southwestern and central parts of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from South Haven to Webberville along an indirect path through both rural areas and larger cities. The trunkline follows five overall segments: a southeasterly track from South Haven to Kalamazoo, a northerly path to Plainwell, a southeasterly route to Richland, a northeasterly course to the Hastings area and an easterly route through the Lansing area. The M-43 designation dates back to at least July 1, 1919, when it was used", "id": "1132334" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-88 is a state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between US Highway 31 (US 31) and US 131/M-66 in the Lower Peninsula. Running from Mancelona to Eastport, M-88 also goes through the communities of Bellaire and Central Lake. The highway is completely within Antrim County and is known by the street name of \"Scenic Highway\" outside of the various communities along its routing. M-88 is an original trunkline dating back to the 1919 signing of the state system. An extension in the 1920s", "id": "6692224" }, { "contents": "M-34 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-99 turns south along Pioneer Road, M-34 continues east along Hudson Road. The highway turns to the southeast to the south of Osseo near Deer Lake and continues towards Pittsford. Hudson Road runs through a mix of forests and local farms. The trunkline passes to the south of the main business district in Pittsford. East of town, the highway turns east and intersects US Highway 127 (US 127) at the Hillsdale–Lenawee county line in Hudson. The trunkline continues eastward through the city of Hudson as Main Street. On", "id": "16558269" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-44 is a state trunkline highway in the western region of the US state of Michigan. It runs northward from the intersection of M-11 (28th Street) and M-37 toward the Rockford area. The highway then turns eastward to Belding, and it ends six miles (10 km) north of Ionia at M-66. M-44 is known in Grand Rapids as the \"East Beltline\" and intersects with its related highway, Connector M-44, in Plainfield Township. This highway runs concurrently with M-37 between M-11 and Interstate 96 (I-96).", "id": "13109166" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nBusiness M-28 (Bus. M-28) was a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It served as a business route running for through the Newberry area. The business loop followed a U-shaped routing to connect downtown Newberry with M-28 south of town. It ran west of the city of Newberry, passing through the community of Dollarville before entering downtown, turning south and ending near the county airport. Bus. M-28 was originally a section of M-28 before the latter was realigned in the late 1930s. The highway", "id": "14231891" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nbetween Tekonsha and Marshall. From I-69, M-227 runs east on F Drive South north of Pine and Long lakes for approximately one mile (1.6 km). The highway runs through agricultural land and turns north to follow Old US 27/17 Mile Road. At Division Drive, M-227 passes into Marshall on Kalamazoo Avenue. The highway runs past the Brooks Field airport and the Alwin Downs Golf Course. Kalamazoo Avenue crosses the Kalamazoo River, and M-227 turns west along Industrial Road. This section of town is an industrial park, and M-227", "id": "16700162" }, { "contents": "M-51 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nPokagon, M-51 turns back northeasterly toward Dowagiac. Once the highway reaches that city, it merges with M-62. The two highways run concurrently eastward along Spruce, Main and Division streets through downtown. M-51 turns to the north along Front Street, separating from the concurrency and leaving downtown. North of town in rural Cass County, M-51 intersects M-152 near location where the highway crosses the Dowagiac River. North of that intersection, the trunkline crosses into Van Buren County and turns to the east again. M-51 passes south of Knickerbocker Lake", "id": "11912684" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-67 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 41 (US 41) and M-94 between Trenary and Chatham. The highway has largely been unchanged during its history, although the highways that connect to M-67 on each end have changed several times. M-67 starts at an intersection with US 41 near Trenary east of the West Branch of the Whitefish River. From that intersection the highway runs east crossing Scott Creek before running into downtown Trenary along relatively flat", "id": "1214513" }, { "contents": "M-343 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-343 is a state trunkline highway in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It runs for almost along Gull Road between the northeast side of Kalamazoo and continues through rural areas on the way to Richland. The highway was created in January 2019 from a section of M-43 after that highway was rerouted in the aftermath of a series of jurisdictional transfers in downtown Kalamazoo. It had been a part of the state highway system for a century under its previous number until it was given its current designation. M-343 starts where Gull Road intersects Riverview Drive east", "id": "11381182" }, { "contents": "M-115 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. The lowest AADT was the 2,236 vehicles near Copemish. The trunkline between the US 10 and M-37 junctions has been listed on the National Highway System. a network of roads important to the country's defense, economy and mobility. In 1929, the first stretch of M-115 was designated from Frankfort to Benzonia. Beginning in the mid-1930s, construction of M-115 began from central to northwestern Lower Michigan. In 1936, an earthen highway was opened between the south side of Cadillac to M-66, with additional sections west of Mesick and northwest", "id": "9213548" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is near the border between Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties at exit 92 of Interstate 94 (I-94) southwest of Battle Creek. The northern terminus is at the Mission Point Light on Old Mission Point in Grand Traverse County. In between, the highway connects Battle Creek, Grand Rapids and Traverse City. Motorists will travel through agricultural land, forests, suburbs and large cities along the way. The section of M-37 on the Old Mission", "id": "17071073" }, { "contents": "M-203 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-203 turns inland running due east to Cloverland Road then turning north and east along Veterans Memorial Highway. Along this section of roadway, the AADT was measured at 440 vehicles in 2007. The highway follows Veterans Memorial Highway through the neighborhood of Tamarack west of Calumet. From there it continues eastward, following Pine Street north of downtown Calumet, looping back to US 41/M-26. The northern terminus of M-203 is at the intersection of Pine Street and Calumet Avenue. M-203 was first designated as a spur route from Hancock north", "id": "1358584" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nline, the highway intersects with US 12 before crossing into Washtenaw County. The limited-access section of M-52 continues north through western Washtenaw County, where it ends in Manchester. M-52 turns west along Austin and City roads into the village. The trunkline continues along the banks of the north branch of the River Raisin on Riverside Drive before turning north out of town. Just south of Chelsea, M-52 crosses Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues through downtown Chelsea and turns northwesterly through the Waterloo State Recreation Area in the", "id": "15803111" }, { "contents": "M-29 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-29 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in a south–north direction from Chesterfield Township to Marysville. It generally runs along the shore of Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River. The M-29 designation has been used twice in Michigan starting in 1919. The first designation near Lansing was replaced by U.S. Route 27 (US 27) in 1926. At that time, the M-29 designation was moved to the east side of the state along the current routing and farther north along part of what", "id": "18258775" }, { "contents": "Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\ndesignation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after a Temporary I-69 (Temp. I-69) designation was extended northward from Charlotte through Lansing to Perry. On September 4 of that year, I-69's designation was officially extended by Congress to end at I-475 on the east side of Flint; this extension, and all subsequent ones, was of \"non-chargeable mileage\", or segments not financed through the Interstate Highway", "id": "20840099" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-52 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is on the Ohio border, where it continues as State Route 109 (SR 109). The highway passes through communities like Adrian, where it intersects US Highway 223 (US 223), Chelsea and Webberville along its course. It crosses some major rivers, including the River Raisin and the Shiawassee. The section of the highway between M-50 and Manchester was built as a limited-access highway. M-52's northern terminus is", "id": "15803106" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nI-96 and then north on I-496. From there, M-78 followed the one-way pairing of Homer and Howard streets from the northern end of the freeway up to the one-way couplet of Saginaw Street and Grand River Avenue, returning to its previous routing. The former route through downtown along US 27 was redesignated Business M-78 (Bus. M-78) at the same time. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing sections of M-78 in 1965. The US 127 freeway was completed from", "id": "18787232" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n23) was incorporated into the trunkline as a discontinuous section in the early 1940s until it was later connected in 1946. M-68 starts in the community of Alanson east of Little Traverse Bay in Emmet County. US 31 runs along Burr Avenue parallel to the former Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad line and depot in town. M-68 starts at an intersection between Chicago Street and Burr Avenue. The trunkline runs southeasterly from this intersection and on a bridge over the Crooked River. After leaving town, the highway curves to run due east through", "id": "9319420" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nGrand Rapids. The state trunkline highway was created when M-50 was rerouted to follow 28th Street and Wilson Avenue around the south and west sides of the city in 1953. The business loop was decommissioned when M-50 was returned to its former routing in 1961. The highway followed Lake Michigan Drive (now M-45) from the Standale neighborhood of Walker easterly to Fulton Street in Grand Rapids. From there it followed Fulton easterly through downtown Grand Rapids and the east side of the city to a junction with Cascade Road in Grand Rapids Township The", "id": "11076050" }, { "contents": "M-102 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-102 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs along the northern boundary of Detroit following 8 Mile Road. The highway follows the Michigan Baseline, a part of the land survey of the state, and the roadway is also called Base Line Road in places. As a county road or city street, 8 Mile Road extends both east and west of the M-102 designation, which leaves 8 Mile on the eastern end to follow Vernier Road. The western terminus of M-102 is at the junction", "id": "5983336" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nTahquamenon River, Bus. M-28 turned east into the community of Dollarville. There the trunkline followed Dollarville Road and Engadine Road to the western city limits of Newberry. Once in the city of Newberry, Bus. M-28 followed West McMillan Avenue. At the intersection with M-117 (Newberry Avenue), Bus. M-28 turned south concurrently with M-117. The combined highway passed through the central business district. South of town, M-117/Bus. M-28 turned east along Campbell Avenue and then south along Miller Road. West of the Luce", "id": "14231893" }, { "contents": "M-90 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-90 is a state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from near North Branch eastward to Lexington situated on Lake Huron. The highway is a lightly traveled roadway that runs through rural farmlands. The trunkline runs mostly east–west with two short north–south segments where it turns to run concurrently with other state highways. Along the routing, there are two river crossings and one railroad crossing. The current highway that bears the M-90 designation is the second to carry number. The first", "id": "9440848" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\nBath Township. In 1919, the MSHD signposted the highway system for the first time, and the east–west highways through Lansing were part of the original M-29 through downtown and the original M-39 north of downtown. The north–south highway in Lansing was the original M-14. On November 11, 1926, the United States Numbered Highway System was approved by the AASHO, and the new US 27 replaced M-29 and M-14 in the area. By the end of the next year, M-78 was extended from Charlotte along US 27", "id": "12718047" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nroadway on any average day of the year. Along M-37, the volume varies from the peak 49,173 vehicles on a section of I-96/M-37 in Grand Rapids to the 718 vehicles at the northern terminus by the Mission Point Light. M-37 starts joined with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) as the two highway designations run concurrently at exit 92 on I-94 southwest of Battle Creek. They follow Columbia Avenue and pass around the southern side of the W. K. Kellogg Airport. When the roadway meets M-96, BL I-94/M-37 turns", "id": "17071077" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-60 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Niles area at a junction with US Highway 12 (US 12) to the Jackson area where it ends at Interstate 94 (I-94). The trunkline passes through a mix of farm fields and woodlands, crosses or runs along several rivers and connects several small towns of the southern area of the state. The westernmost segment runs along divided highway while the easternmost section is a full freeway bypass of Jackson. M-60 was originally", "id": "18513790" }, { "contents": "M-95 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nlater be extended in 1932 to the state line south of Kingsford. The total of M-45 was converted to M-95 in 1934 as a realignment near Witch Lake is completed. M-95 was rerouted in 1942 from Republic north to Humboldt Township. This new section replaced the last section of gravel roadway that was transferred to Marquette County as County Road 601. Another rerouting in the Republic area moved the trunkline in 1957 to bypass South Republic. The former roadway was partially closed to become part of the Republic Mine. M-69 was shortened, eliminating", "id": "20686812" } ]

[ { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nfields. South of Thornapple Lake, M-79 angles southeasterly moving from Quimby Road to Scott Road running parallel to the Thornapple River again into the community of Nashville. M-79 meets M-66 and turns south along the latter highway's route along Main and Durkee streets through the community. South of town in Maple Grove Township, M-79 separates from M-66 and turns east along Lawrence Road. Outside of Charlotte, M-79 curves southeast to transition to Lawrence Avenue through town. The eastern terminus is at an intersection with Cochran Avenue, which carries BL I-69", "id": "10575936" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nis located on southbound I-69 at exit 61. The highway was first designated in 1919 between Hastings and Battle Creek. It was later moved to run to Charlotte. A section of M-79 was designated as M-214 in the 1930s. M-214 would later be decommissioned as a highway designation and the M-79 designation was reapplied to the roadway. M-79 starts south of Hastings at a three-way intersection with M-37 in Hastings Township. The trunkline runs east and parallel to a section of the Thornapple River through wooded terrain that is interspersed with farm", "id": "10575935" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 at the same time carries the highway designation to Vermontville. M-79 was extended easterly to Charlotte in 1934 at the same time that the section of the trunkline between Nashville and Vermontville was redesignated M-214. M-79 was rerouted along Assyria and Lawrence roads at the time to connect the sections of M-79 on either side of M-214. By 1941, M-214 was shortened to a connector route in downtown Nashville running between M-79 and M-66. In 1953, M-79 replaced M-214 and the latter designation was retired from the highway system. The last section", "id": "10575938" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nand M-50. M-79 was formed as a state trunkline by July 1, 1919 along part of its present routing. At the time, it ran between Hastings and Nashville as it does today. From Nashville, the trunkline turned south and west to end at the contemporary M-17 in Battle Creek. By 1927, the southernmost section of M-79 was truncated when M-78 was extended to Battle Creek. In late 1930, the southernmost section was shortened once again as a new M-14 designation replaced M-79 south of Nashville. An eastward extension of", "id": "10575937" }, { "contents": "M-79 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-79 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the central portion of Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The western terminus is about southeast of Hastings at the junction with M-37 and the eastern terminus is in downtown Charlotte at the junction with M-50 and Business Loop Interstate 69 (BL I-69). It passes through Quimby and Nashville, where there is a junction with M-66. The entire highway is undivided surface road. It has no direct access with Interstate 69 (I-69), although a sign for the highway", "id": "10575934" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nThe M-14 designation of the time was decommissioned and replaced with M-66. Starting at Six Lakes, M-66 turned west along M-46 instead of east and then turned south through Stanton and Ionia ending north of Battle Creek. The highway between Lowell and Lakeview was redesignated as M-91. A minor realignment in late 1950 removed two 90° curves near the Osceola–Missaukee county line and replaced them with a pair of sweeping curves. The MSHD rerouted M-66 between Maple Grove and Nashville in mid-1953. In the changes, M-79 was extended along the", "id": "18787175" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nBarry–Eaton county line. After meeting M-43, the two trunklines run concurrently for about a mile (1.6 km) before M-50 breaks off to the southwest near Woodbury. From there, the road continues in its southeasterly path along Clinton Trail through the northeast part of Eaton County as it runs through fields to Charlotte. Just prior to entering the city, the road bends to the south and near the middle of town it has a junction with M-79 and Business Loop I-69 (BL I-69). After this intersection, M-50", "id": "11076036" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-78 ran along a route similar that of today. It started north of Battle Creek at a junction with then M-79 and cut through the corner of Barry County to Bellevue, but it turned northeasterly to end at Charlotte at a junction with M-29. By 1927, M-78 was extended southward, replacing M-79 to the Indiana state line, connecting with State Road 9 (SR 9) south of Sturgis. At the same time, a northerly addition extended the highway concurrently along US Highway 27 (US 27) to Dewitt and", "id": "18787228" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthrough Dowling and meets the western terminus of M-79. The highway follows Hanover Street through the south side of Hastings into downtown, where it turns west on Green Street and north on Broadway Street. At the intersection of Broadway and State streets, M-37 meets and joins M-43. West of Hastings, M-43 separates and heads south toward Kalamazoo while M-37 turns northwesterly and runs parallel to the Thornapple River. The highway follows the river west and north to the community of Middleville through mixed farms and forests. In southern Kent County, M-37", "id": "17071079" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nends, and M-66 continues northeast out of the Cereal City on Division Street and then northeast on Capital Avenue along the Battle Creek River. M-66 continues northward through Barry County on Capital Avenue which becomes 9 Mile Road north of Baseline Road. The highway passes through Assyria before meeting M-79, with which it has a short concurrency, in Nashville. On the north side of the village, M-66 crosses the Thornapple River and continues north through mixed rural forest land and farm fields. Near Woodland, M-66 joins M-43 and the two run", "id": "18787163" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nnew route of M-66 and then over M-214 to Hastings. M-66 was shifted off Assyria Road which was turned back to local control. Another realignment in 1954 shifted M-66 to the modern routing between the M-43 concurrency termini, removing M-43/M-66 from a section of M-50 in the process. The final section gravel section of M-66, approximately in length, was paved near Nashville in 1957. M-32 was extended along the northernmost section of M-66 in 1963. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing", "id": "18787176" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-78 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus is the intersection with M-66 north of Battle Creek in Pennfield Township. The roadway runs through rural farmland and the community of Bellevue as it approaches its eastern terminus at an interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) near Olivet. The highway is used by between 3,100 and 5,300 vehicles on a daily basis. When the state highway system was signed in 1919, M-78 followed a similar routing. At Bellevue, it turned northeast to terminate at Charlotte.", "id": "18787223" }, { "contents": "M-100 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-100 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the central region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between Potterville and Grand Ledge, connecting Interstate 69 (I-69) and I-96 west of the state capital, Lansing. The highway was previously a section of M-16. After M-16 was realigned, M-100 was created by 1927. Three extensions in the 1930s, 1950s and 1990s resulted in the current highway routing. M-100 starts at exit 66 on I-69 in Potterville. The highway runs north along Hartel Road, intersecting Lansing", "id": "169088" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\n. North of a crossing of the Battle Creek River, Cochrane Road widens to include a center turn lane. About north of the starting point, BL I-69 begins a concurrency with M-50 at Shepherd Street. North of Warren Avenue, BL I-69/M-50 widens to four lanes, two in each direction. The concurrency ends at Lawrence Avenue; M-50 continues north, and the business loop heads east on Lawrence Avenue for a few blocks. That intersection also marks the eastern terminus of M-79. From that point, BL I-69 follows", "id": "12718039" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturn of the century. M-69 and M-95 separate in Randville as the former turns east and the latter continues southward. Between Randville and the former community of Metropolitan, M-69 runs along the West Branch of the Sturgeon River through more hilly terrain. The trunkline continues east to the twin communities of Theodore and Felch. The river and the road part ways until meeting again at Foster City. This is also the location of a unique junction of highways. M-69 meets G-69, a County-Designated Highway that runs south to Loretto in", "id": "1214340" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe concurrency. In western Webberville, M-52 passes under I-96 and merges with M-43 at the latter's eastern terminus. The two highways run north to, and turn west along, Grand River Avenue. At Perry Road, M-52 turns back north out of the village. The trunkline continues north into Shiawassee County and runs through Perry before crossing I-69. Continuing north, M-52 curves northeasterly into downtown Owosso intersecting M-21 west of M-71's western terminus. M-52 continues northward parallel to the Shiawassee River into Saginaw County. The trunkline runs through", "id": "15803113" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ndowntown Ionia, the trunkline crosses the Grand River and the abandoned mainline of the Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad near the county fairgrounds. M-66 turns west along M-21 (Lincoln Avenue) for two blocks before turning back to the north along State Street. The trunkline runs through the northern part of the county and meets M-44's eastern terminus near Woodard Lake. In Montcalm County, M-66 intersects M-57 in a rural area south of Sheridan before running north on Sheridan Road through Stanton. The highway jogs west along Main Street in Stanton before returning", "id": "18787165" }, { "contents": "M-74 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-74 was the designation of a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The highway ran through rural Missaukee County connecting Pioneer with Merritt. The highway was designated by 1919 along a longer route. It was shortened before it was totally removed from the highway system in the late 1930s. M-74 started at a junction with M-66 near the community of Pioneer. It ran east on Moorestown Road through Stittsville to Moorestown before turning south on Nelson Road. There it ran through the community of Star City, turning west briefly on", "id": "9319580" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n131 freeway, M-55 merges north along the freeway, bypassing downtown Cadillac. On the east side of town, M-55 leaves the freeway and turns east again running through the Pere Marquette State Forest along Watergate Road. When the highway meets M-66, M-55 joins M-66 and runs north through farmland. As the two highways approach Lake City, they run along the shore of Lake Missaukee and through downtown. M-55 turns east again along Houghton Lake Road, separating from M-66 north of the central business district. This section of trunkline passes through", "id": "19769038" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 junction and the I-94 interchange. The NHS is a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility. M-96 was formed as a state trunkline in late 1926 from parts of M-17. The section of M-17 between Galesberg and Battle Creek was not utilized for US 12 and became M-96. In 1936, the Alternate US 12 trunkline was designated through the Battle Creek area along a section of highway that had previously been part of US 12. This highway was added to M-96 three years later in 1939", "id": "16718650" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the airport, M-96 runs concurrently with both Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) and M-37. M-96 turns south on Helmer Road, separating from the other two trunklines, and then turns east crossing along Columbia Avenue. Here the highway runs along the edge of the city of Battle Creek through more residential areas and crosses the I-194/M-66 freeway next to the Riverside County Club. Near Brownlee Park, M-96 (Columbia Avenue) merges with BL I-94 (Michigan Avenue). Together BL I-94/M-96 continues along Michigan Avenue", "id": "16718647" }, { "contents": "M-42 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nturns ninety degrees to the south off Walker Road before angling southeasterly skirting the edge of some hills near Dyer Lake just west of M-66. The road turns back due east between Al Moses Road and M-66, where it ends north of Lake City. No section of the trunkline is part of the National Highway System. M-42 is an original state trunkline dating back to the 1919 signage of the highway system in Michigan. The original highway routing started at M-13 in Manton and ran due west to Mesick. From there the highway turned", "id": "6820888" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-50 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. Although designated as an east–west highway, it is nearly a diagonal northwest–southeast route. The western terminus is at exit 52 along Interstate 96 (I-96) near Alto a few miles east of the metro Grand Rapids area, and its eastern terminus is in downtown Monroe at US Highway 24 (US 24, Telegraph Road). In between the trunkline runs through seven counties of the southern part of the Lower Peninsula mostly through rural farm fields and", "id": "11076032" }, { "contents": "M-82 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe downtown area and M-82 turns south along Stewart Avenue out of town. The highway rounds a curve and transitions to 72nd Street running eastward through more farm land. As the trunkline approaches Newaygo, the terrain becomes more wooded near the Muskegon River. M-82 follows Fremont Street east to a junction with M-37. The two highways merge and run concurrently over the river and into downtown on State Street. South of downtown, M-82 turns east again, independent of M-37, and runs along 82nd Street on the southern edge of the Manistee", "id": "9440783" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-96 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Kalamazoo and Marshall. Its termini are both on business routes of Interstate 94 (I-94); the eastern one coincides with an intersection with I-69. Between Kalamazoo and Marshall it passes through Comstock, Galesburg, Augusta, and Battle Creek intersecting I-194/M-66 in Battle Creek and I-94 in Emmett Township. The highway now known as M-96 was originally part of M-17. Parts of M-17 that were not used for US Highway 12 (US 12) in", "id": "16718644" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncontinues south concurrent with the business loop for a several blocks before turning eastward. On the eastern end of town, it has an interchange with I-69 at exit 60. After heading east past the junction with I-69, the highway turns southeast as it heads through rural fields toward Eaton Rapids. Once it reaches the city, M-50 converges with M-99, and the two intersect M-188 on the south side of the Grand River. The two highways run south out of the city. Immediately prior to entering Jackson County, the two trunklines", "id": "11076037" }, { "contents": "M-199 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-199 is a state trunkline highway near Albion in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus of the road is in Sheridan Township at exit 119 off Interstate 94 (I-94). The eastern terminus is a junction with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) downtown Albion. The entire road is within Calhoun County and runs through rural farm fields outside of Albion; in town it is a residential street. The M-199 designation had previously been applied to a highway in the Upper Peninsula in the 1930s. The current highway was previously", "id": "318093" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, before entering Missaukee County. The trunkline then turns westward on Stoney Corners Road toward McBain through farm land. In town it runs along Maple Street and then runs north toward Lake City on Morey Road. South of the Lake City, M-55 runs concurrently with M-66 by Missaukee Golf Course and into town along the eastern shore of Lake Missaukee. North of town, M-55 splits off to the east on Houghton Lake Road, and M-66 continues north to an intersection with the eastern terminus of M-42 in a rural forest. M-66 leaves", "id": "18787168" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-136 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Brockway to Fort Gratiot in the lower part of The Thumb of the Lower Peninsula. The highway serves as a connector between M-19 on the west and M-25 northwest of Port Huron. In between, the highway runs through rural St. Clair County through farm fields and along a creek and river. The trunkline uses roads that were part of the state highway system in 1919. The M-136 designation was assigned in 1931 and extended to its current length in 1961", "id": "12150122" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nCounty before meeting M-179 and M-37. M-43 merges with the latter highway and together they run into Hastings. Downtown, M-37 leaves town to the south, while M-43 heads north before curving around the east, passing through farmfields approaching the community of Woodland. After leaving town, the road meets M-66, and together they head north to a junction with M-50. M-43 then turns east with M-50, and they briefly run together before M-50 diverges to the southeast. Now known as the Grand Ledge Highway, M-43 continues its easterly path", "id": "1132339" }, { "contents": "M-63 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto M-13 (later US 131) in Osceola County on July 1, 1919. This highway was extended in 1930 along US 131 to Tustin and then to a terminus with M-66 in Marion. At the same time, M-37 was extended north from Baldwin to meet M-63 east of Peacock. This eastern extension was truncated in 1932 when it was redesignated as part of M-61. A short connector roadway, M-179, was designated in 1935 between M-63 and US 131, forming a small triangle of highways. The western end was shortened", "id": "11402253" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nAvenue removed. Then in 2003, the signs along the East Beltline were restored and the route extended back to its former terminus. M-44 Connector, or Conn. M-44, is a connector route state trunkline highway running along Plainfield Avenue in the Grand Rapids area. It connects I-96/M-37 near Lamberton Lake with M-44 running along East Beltline Avenue near the Grand River. In between, the highway passes through a commercial area. North of 5 Mile Road, Plainfield Avenue takes on a more suburban residential character. There are more business", "id": "13109173" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nmeets Interstate 69 (I-69) northwest of town. Continuing to Homer, the highway runs along Lehigh Street in town; M-99 merges into M-60 after the intersection with Hillsdale Street. East of town, the highway widens into a four-lane divided highway; M-99 turns north along this short section of roadway and M-60 reverts to a two-lane highway again. The trunkline crosses the Kalamazoo River at Concord before it crosses into Jackson County. At Spring Arbor, M-60 passes the campus of Spring Arbor University. Outside of Jackson", "id": "18513796" }, { "contents": "M-142 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-53 turns west, ending the overlap of the two highways. M-142 exits town and follows Sand Beach Road through farm country. About of Bad Axe, M-142 meets the northern terminus of M-19 (Ubly Road). Continuing eastward, the highway crosses two branches of the Willow River as it passes through the unincorporated community of Verona. East of that location, the trunkline turns northeasterly, roughly parallel to the Rock Falls Creek, as it angles to Harbor Beach. M-142 follows State Street through town, and the trunkline terminates at", "id": "8283132" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nhilly terrain. After crossing the Cheboygan County line, the roadway meets the community of Burt Lake. It curves southeasterly along the shoreline of the lake of the same name. The roadway rounds the south end of Burt Lake and approaches the community of Indian River. South of Burt Lake State Park, the trunkline meets Straits Highway, the former routing of US 27 through Indian River. M-68 turns north along Straits Highway through downtown and then turns east toward Interstate 75 (I-75). It is along this section of M-68 that", "id": "9319421" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nproceeds south along with Alden Nash Avenue and turns east on 92nd Street through farms and fields in the rural southeastern corner of the county. As the trunkline runs to the east, it crosses into Ionia County. M-50 follows Thompson Road, Nash Highway and Tupper Lake Road into Lake Odessa. In Lake Odessa, the road bends around the north side of Jordan Lake, curving to the south into the extreme northeastern Barry County. The highway turns back to the east as it heads towards a junction with M-66 and M-43 at the", "id": "11076035" }, { "contents": "M-66 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-66 is a north–south state trunkline highway on the Lower Peninsula (LP) of the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Indiana state line in the south to Charlevoix in the north. M-66 is the only state highway to run the north–south distance of the LP. It starts as a continuation of State Road 9 (SR 9) which provides access to the Indiana Toll Road. The total length is approximately , which includes almost of freeway between Interstate 94 (I-94) and downtown Battle Creek designated", "id": "18787155" }, { "contents": "M-113 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-113 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in Grand Traverse County from M-37 near Hannah to US Highway 131 (US 131) in Walton Junction. The trunkline runs through farm fields and woodlands in a rural area of the county. It connects the highways at its termini with the village of Kingsley. First designated in November 1927, the highway was extended in 1940 by adding the southernmost section near Walton Junction which was originally part of US 131. M-113 starts west of Hannah at an intersection with", "id": "4961848" }, { "contents": "M-24 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nexpressway from Metamora to I-69. South of Metamora, M-24 runs parallel to the former right-of-way for the Michigan Central Railroad north into the city of Lapeer. M-24 continues north from Lapeer running west of Barnes Lake and east of the community of Columbiaville just south of the M-90 junction. South of the Tuscola County line, the trunkline passes the Greenbriar Golf Club and crosses the Pere Marquette Railroad before turning west along Saginaw Road into the community of Mayville and turning north along Mertz Road. South of Caro, M-24", "id": "12670654" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\ncarried the M-28A designation before it was redesignated as Bus. M-28 in 1950. The trunkline was partially turned back to local control in 1953, and the business loop designation was removed at that time. The section of the roadway in downtown Newberry has carried several different designations in addition to the original M-28. Bus. M-28 started at the top of a small hill at an intersection with M-28 southwest of Newberry. The highway ran due north from the intersection along Engadine Road, running downhill towards Teaspoon Creek. Just south of the", "id": "14231892" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-13 is a north–south state trunkline highway that runs through the Saginaw Bay region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from Interstate 69 (I-69) south of Lennon to US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish. The southern section of the trunkline runs along a pair of county lines in a rural area dominated by farm fields. The highway directly connects the downtown areas of both Saginaw and Bay City. North of the latter city, the Lake Huron Circle Tour follows M-13 along the Saginaw Bay. The", "id": "5767618" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nterrain. East of town, the highway turns north running parallel to the AuTrain River Basin. The trunkline crosses Dexter Creek between Paulsen and Trout Lake roads. About halfway along the north–south segment of the highway, M-67 passes through the community of Limestone and crosses Johnson Creek. After running for , M-67 ends at a four-way intersection with M-94 and Tunteri Road. Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) traffic surveys in 2007 show that between 1,200 and 1,400 vehicles traveled the road daily in 2007 in a measure of", "id": "1214514" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nrun concurrently into Allegan. In 1963, when the I-196/US 31 freeway opened, the western terminus of M-89 was extended to meet the new freeway. A few years later, when M-96 was realigned onto a route that took it into Battle Creek, M-89 was extended southeasterly along Michigan Avenue (the old M-96) and terminated at M-37. The highway was extended further southeasterly into Battle Creek to replace the old routing of M-37 along Michigan Avenue; it then turned south on Washington to the BL I-94 where it terminated,", "id": "18787900" }, { "contents": "M-138 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-138 is a east–west state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from a junction with M-15 west of the unincorporated community of Munger in Bay County to the intersection with M-24 east of Akron in Tuscola County. The trunkline runs through rural agricultural areas outside of the villages and communities it serves. It was designated in the 1930s and extended in the 1940s. M-138 was truncated in the 1990s as well. M-138 begins at a junction with M-15 (Tuscola Road) just west", "id": "19948037" }, { "contents": "M-65 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof the Pine River, M-65 merges with M-72. The two trunklines run concurrently curving to the northwest past the eastern terminus of county road F-32 into Curran. North of town, they separate as M-72 turns westward and M-65 continues north, exiting the Huron National Forest. The highway jogs along the Alcona–Alpena County line and crosses the Beaver Creek in the process. The trunkline runs to the east of Beaver Lake as it runs north through mixed forest and fields toward the community of Lachine. Southeast of that town, M-65", "id": "1359267" }, { "contents": "M-31 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, the trunkline turned southwesterly to follow along part of the Saginaw Bay. The road passed through Sebewaing to Unionville before turning back inland. Running southward to Akron, the highway turned alternately westward and southward to Fairgrove. M-31 next ran west along Bradleyville Road to a connection with M-81; the two highways ran concurrently south through Gilford before M-31 separated and turned back westward through Reese to Saginaw. The northern terminus in downtown Saginaw was at an intersection with what was then M-10. When the state highway system was first signed in 1919", "id": "19066175" }, { "contents": "M-76 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-76 is a former state trunkline highway designation in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The highway's designation was decommissioned when the last section of it was converted to freeway as a part of the present-day Interstate 75 (I-75). At that time, M-76 extended from US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish northwesterly to I-75 south of Grayling. Two sections of the route followed freeways with a two-lane highway in between to connect them. The former routing of M-76 through West Branch before", "id": "13291830" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 94 in Michigan\n\n\nlonger reconnects to I-94 on both ends. Major intersections Business Loop Interstate 94 (BL I-94) is a state trunkline highway serving as a business loop from I-94 through downtown Battle Creek. The highway begins at exit 92 on I-94 near the Kalamazoo–Calhoun county line. BL I-94 runs concurrently along M-37 northwesterly from the freeway on the two-lane Columbia Avenue on the eastern edge of Fort Custer. At an intersection south of the W.K. Kellogg Airport, BL I-94/M-37 turns easterly to run on the southern side of the", "id": "16557414" }, { "contents": "M-21 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto Port Huron in 1966. A freeway segment between Flint and Lapeer opened in 1971. M-21 was routed down M-13 to the new freeway where it joined the M-78 designation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after I-69 was extended north from Charlotte. The 1974 completion of I-196 meant the truncation of M-21 to end in Grand Rapids. At the time, M-21 was extended along Fulton Street to the East Beltline, and", "id": "13431388" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nas a result of the various reroutings in the Lansing area, both of which are no longer part of the state highway system. M-78 begins at an intersection with M-66 in Pennfield Township, north of Battle Creek in Calhoun County. The trunkline passes through rural farm lands as it runs due east and northeast. It briefly crosses the southeast corner of Barry County as it enters Eaton County. There M-78 follows Battle Creek Highway past some small ponds and into the town of Bellevue. The trunkline becomes Capitol Avenue in town and turns", "id": "18787225" }, { "contents": "M-81 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. East of town, the highway follows Caro Road through more farm fields through the community of Watrousville. Near the south side of the Tuscola Area Airport, M-81 turns to the northeast running along the Cass River to Caro. In the city, the trunkline follows State Street past the fairgrounds. At the intersection with Ellington Street, M-81 crosses M-24. The highway continues northeasterly out of town and through the community of Ellington. Northeast of Elmwood, M-81 turns due east along Cass City Road. The trunkline runs to the village", "id": "9440771" }, { "contents": "M-96 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nUS 12 freeway was completed in the area. Bus. US 12 was redesignated as BL I-94 in 1960 and M-96 was shortened to end at BL I-94/M-78 running on Capital Avenue. M-37 was reextended in 1961 in Battle Creek to a concurrent routing with M-96 in 1961. M-89 was extended along the roadway used by M-96 west of Battle Creek to M-37 in 1965, truncating M-96 in the process. M-96 was reextended back to Battle Creek along Dickman Road and Fort Custer Highway from Augusta east in 1971. Several changes in", "id": "16718652" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthat junction, M-71 turns easterly and then southeasterly out of town. The highway continues to run alongside the rail line through farmland to the outskirts of Vernon. M-71 crosses the Shiawassee River for a second time. The rail line and the highway diverge and run on opposite sides of town; the highway rounds the northeast side and the rail line runs along the southwest side. This section of trunkline through Vernon had the lowest AADT value in 2009 with 4,371 vehicles. M-71 continues to the interchange with I-69 at exit 118 northwest of", "id": "9319504" }, { "contents": "M-140 (Michigan highway)\n\n\njog along Pokagon Road around Riggins Lake. M-140 turns back northward and runs through the community of Berrien Center. Near Eau Claire, the highway turns bends along Maple Grove Road for about before going north on Watervliet Road. East of town, the trunkline follows Main Street eastward toward the Berrien–Cass county line. M-140 intersects the northern terminus of M-62 and curves north. In northern Berrien County, M-140 follows Watervliet Road to an interchange with Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues northward along Main Street into Watervliet,", "id": "800150" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-69 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 2 (US 2) on both ends in Crystal Falls and near Bark River. In between, the highway runs for in rural UP forest lands. Before the creation of the U.S. Highway System, the current M-69 was a portion of M-12. The original M-69 was replaced by US 102 and the M-69 designation was reused on a section of M-12 not replaced by US 2.", "id": "1214334" }, { "contents": "M-36 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof town. At Howell Street, County Road D-19 merges in from the south. The two designations run concurrently along Main Street to Pearl Street, where D-19 turns northward. At the intersection with Dexter Street, M-36 intersects the western terminus of D-32, the \"Highway to Hell\". East of Pinckney, M-36 passes between Rush and Bass lakes in the Pettysville area. Immediately east of there, the highway passes through woods between Oneida and Zukey lakes in Lakeland. The trunkline passes to the south of Buck Lake and then", "id": "19826396" }, { "contents": "M-55 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n(MDOT). The highway was first designated by July 1, 1919 along a portion of the current roadway. In a series of extensions, M-55 was lengthened to connect its current endpoints by the early 1930s. The trunkline has been rerouted in sections since that time resulting in the modern roadway alignment. One set of changes produced a business loop in the Houghton Lake area. M-55 starts at a three-way intersection with US 31 north of Manistee. The trunkline runs southeast on Caberfae Highway over the Manistee River and through", "id": "19769036" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nto enter the outskirts of Battle Creek it follows Michigan Avenue. It passes through the neighborhoods of Level Park-Oak Park and Urbandale, the first residential areas of the city. As the highway continues towards Battle Creek it has a junction with M-37. M-89 continues on Michigan Avenue until an intersection with Washington Avenue where the route turns to the southwest where it crosses the Kalamazoo River one last time. The trunkline terminates a few blocks later at Dickman Road, otherwise known as the Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94). M-89", "id": "18787895" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nMountain, M-88 turns east at Alden highway and enters the community of Mancelona, passing the Fairview Cemetery. The highway runs along on State Street into downtown. M-88 ends at an intersection with US 131/M-66 running along Williams Street, and State Street continues eastward as C-38. M-88 was first designated by July 1, 1919 along its current routing between Mancelona and Bellaire. It was extended in 1927 through Central Lake to end in Eastport. It was used as a temporary routing of US 31 between Eastport and Bellaire while the", "id": "6692228" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 designation transfers from the freeway to run concurrently with M-89 eastward. After the freeway, M-43/M-89 passes through the city of Plainwell and crosses the Kalamazoo River again before continuing into rural areas again. The trunkline continues to the southeast on towards the village of Richland. Just north of Richland, M-89 parts ways with M-43. M-89 heads south through town and intersects M-343, before turning eastward and passing to the south of Gull Lake. After passing the lake, the highway turns southeast towards Battle Creek. As M-89 begins", "id": "18787894" }, { "contents": "M-14 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nstreets to new stretches of freeways running south of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. The former route of US 12, much of which was known as Plymouth Road, was retained as a trunkline and redesignated M-14. In 1964, a northern bypass connecting US 23 with M-153 was completed, and M-14 was rerouted onto the new freeway; the highway still ran through Ann Arbor along routes now designated Bus. US 23 and Business Loop I-94. The following year, the freeway was extended to its present western terminus at I-94, and M-14", "id": "11243057" }, { "contents": "M-188 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-188 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from Eaton Rapids to the VFW National Home for Children, southeast of town through a rural area. Approximately 1,000 vehicles each day use a highway that was first designated in the 1930s and paved in the 1940s. Starting in Eaton Rapids, M-188 heads eastward from the intersection with M-99/M-50 (Michigan highway) toward the Grand River. The highway follows Water Street southeasterly along the river through residential neighborhoods and exits town. M-188 turns back due east", "id": "3803194" }, { "contents": "M-72 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. At South Down River Road, M-72 turns east again to leave Grayling, crossing I-75 in the process. There is no direct access to I-75 from M-72. Instead traffic is directed to follow BL I-75 in either direction to get to the freeway. In eastern Crawford County, M-72 runs through the Au Sable State Forest and crosses the South Branch of the Au Sable River on the Wakeley Bridge. East of the river crossing, the trunkline intersects the northern terminus of M-18 before crossing into Oscoda County. M-72 continues east through", "id": "18092035" }, { "contents": "M-28 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nof M-28 designated as a part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour is from the western terminus to the eastern junction with M-64 in Bergland, where the Circle Tour turns north along M-64, leaving M-28. Here, M-28 has its lowest traffic counts; within the 2013 MDOT survey, the road is listed with only an average annual daily traffic (AADT) of 1,425 vehicles on a section of highway between Bergland and the US 45 intersection in Bruce Crossing. The trunkline runs through heavily forested areas of southern Houghton and Baraga counties.", "id": "20777599" }, { "contents": "M-13 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, which runs along the western city line. M-13 meets the 2 one-way streets that carry M-25 and the I-75 business spur at the intersections with Thomas and Jenny streets. From this intersection on, M-13 forms a part of the Lake Huron Circle Tour. Farther north, the highway turns northwesterly on Huron Road; Euclid Avenue continues north as M-247. As the trunkline heads away from Bay City, it runs parallel to the Lake State Railway again. M-13 intersects the northern end of its connector route before Huron Road crosses", "id": "5767624" }, { "contents": "M-89 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-89 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from near Ganges to Battle Creek. M-89 starts at an interchange with Interstate 196/US Highway 31 (I-196/US 31) and passes through Allegan, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and Calhoun counties. The highway also briefly crosses the southwest corner of Barry County before it terminates an at intersection with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) on the northwestern side of downtown Battle Creek. In between the trunkline runs parallel to the Kalamazoo River", "id": "18787890" }, { "contents": "M-33 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-33 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Interstate 75 (I-75) at Alger in Arenac County north to M-27 near Cheboygan. In between, the trunkline runs through rural sections of the northeastern Lower Peninsula including state and national forest areas. M-33 connects to a handful of parks and crosses several of the rivers in that section of the state. It runs concurrently with three other state highways, sharing pavement to connect through several small communities of Northern Michigan. M-33 was designated by", "id": "16986002" }, { "contents": "M-57 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ncounty line, the highway crosses a branch of the Great Lakes Central Railroad. M-57 follows Brady Road and crosses M-52 just west of Chesaning. Further east, the trunkline crosses another line of the Great Lakes Central. The highway follows Broad Street into town and over the Shiawassee River. On the east banks, M-57 runs along Main Street south along the river to a junction with Peet Road where it then turns east along the latter road out of town. The highway passes through more farm fields and through Layton Corners on the", "id": "12341714" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe western end of the highway, halfway between Bark River and Hyde, west of Escanaba. In 1919, M-69 started at the state line south of Crystal Falls. It ran north through Crystal Falls, where it intersected M-12, to end in Covington at an intersection with M-28. This roadway was redesignated with the creation of the U.S. Highway System in 1926. US 2 replaced M-69 south and M-12 west of Crystal Falls. US 102 replaced M-69 north of Crystal Falls, and the latter designation was reused on the section of", "id": "1214343" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-227 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It consists largely of a segment of old U.S. Highway 27 (US 27) along the south and west sides of Marshall. The highway passes the airport and serves an industrial section of town north of the Kalamazoo River. M-227 was created as a part of a program to add additional routes into the state's highway system under the leadership of Governor John Engler. M-227 starts at a diamond interchange with Interstate 69 (I-69) at exit 32", "id": "16700161" }, { "contents": "M-136 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. M-136 begins at a junction with M-19 just south of Brockway on the north side of Mill Creek. The highway heads eastward through farm fields on Metcalf Road for about before bending to the southeast on Beard Road, parallel to the creek. The road then turns eastward on Avoca Road near Tackaberry Airport and heads toward Avoca. The trunkline continues in this direction through farm fields and the community of Avoca before turning southward on Glyshaw Road near the Black River. M-136 turns east, returning to Beard Road, and running through a", "id": "12150123" }, { "contents": "M-71 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-71 is a state trunkline highway in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. It serves as a connector between M-21 in Owosso to Interstate 69 (I-69) near Durand. The highway runs along a rail line in a northwest-to-southeast direction in rural Shiawassee County connecting a few small towns along its path. The highway dates back to the start of the state highway system in 1919. There were some changes made to the routing in the 1930s which increased its length. Two adjacent highways have been rerouted", "id": "9319501" }, { "contents": "M-61 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-61 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Marion and Standish. The highway runs along the boundary area between Northern Michigan and Central Michigan in the Lower Peninsula. M-61 runs through rural forestland connecting several smaller communities together as it connects M-115, US Highway 127 (US 127), Interstate 75 (I-75) and US 23. Less than 10,000 vehicles a day use various segments of the roadway on average. The trunkline was first designated along a portion of its current alignment by 1919. M-61", "id": "8785849" }, { "contents": "M-91 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, but subsequent transfers or roadway sections have truncated the route to its present form. For a time period in the 1980s, M-91 was even a discontinuous highway when a section in the middle was transferred to county control before the southernmost section was transferred. M-91 starts at an intersection with M-44 west of Belding in Otisco Township. The road runs north along Storey Road and past the Candlestone Golf Course and farmlands. At Bricker Road, M-91 crosses out of Ionia County into Montcalm County. The trunkline runs along Greenville Road and passes", "id": "8283414" }, { "contents": "M-43 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-43 is a state trunkline highway in the southwestern and central parts of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from South Haven to Webberville along an indirect path through both rural areas and larger cities. The trunkline follows five overall segments: a southeasterly track from South Haven to Kalamazoo, a northerly path to Plainwell, a southeasterly route to Richland, a northeasterly course to the Hastings area and an easterly route through the Lansing area. The M-43 designation dates back to at least July 1, 1919, when it was used", "id": "1132334" }, { "contents": "M-88 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-88 is a state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs between US Highway 31 (US 31) and US 131/M-66 in the Lower Peninsula. Running from Mancelona to Eastport, M-88 also goes through the communities of Bellaire and Central Lake. The highway is completely within Antrim County and is known by the street name of \"Scenic Highway\" outside of the various communities along its routing. M-88 is an original trunkline dating back to the 1919 signing of the state system. An extension in the 1920s", "id": "6692224" }, { "contents": "M-34 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-99 turns south along Pioneer Road, M-34 continues east along Hudson Road. The highway turns to the southeast to the south of Osseo near Deer Lake and continues towards Pittsford. Hudson Road runs through a mix of forests and local farms. The trunkline passes to the south of the main business district in Pittsford. East of town, the highway turns east and intersects US Highway 127 (US 127) at the Hillsdale–Lenawee county line in Hudson. The trunkline continues eastward through the city of Hudson as Main Street. On", "id": "16558269" }, { "contents": "M-44 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-44 is a state trunkline highway in the western region of the US state of Michigan. It runs northward from the intersection of M-11 (28th Street) and M-37 toward the Rockford area. The highway then turns eastward to Belding, and it ends six miles (10 km) north of Ionia at M-66. M-44 is known in Grand Rapids as the \"East Beltline\" and intersects with its related highway, Connector M-44, in Plainfield Township. This highway runs concurrently with M-37 between M-11 and Interstate 96 (I-96).", "id": "13109166" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nBusiness M-28 (Bus. M-28) was a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It served as a business route running for through the Newberry area. The business loop followed a U-shaped routing to connect downtown Newberry with M-28 south of town. It ran west of the city of Newberry, passing through the community of Dollarville before entering downtown, turning south and ending near the county airport. Bus. M-28 was originally a section of M-28 before the latter was realigned in the late 1930s. The highway", "id": "14231891" }, { "contents": "M-227 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nbetween Tekonsha and Marshall. From I-69, M-227 runs east on F Drive South north of Pine and Long lakes for approximately one mile (1.6 km). The highway runs through agricultural land and turns north to follow Old US 27/17 Mile Road. At Division Drive, M-227 passes into Marshall on Kalamazoo Avenue. The highway runs past the Brooks Field airport and the Alwin Downs Golf Course. Kalamazoo Avenue crosses the Kalamazoo River, and M-227 turns west along Industrial Road. This section of town is an industrial park, and M-227", "id": "16700162" }, { "contents": "M-51 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nPokagon, M-51 turns back northeasterly toward Dowagiac. Once the highway reaches that city, it merges with M-62. The two highways run concurrently eastward along Spruce, Main and Division streets through downtown. M-51 turns to the north along Front Street, separating from the concurrency and leaving downtown. North of town in rural Cass County, M-51 intersects M-152 near location where the highway crosses the Dowagiac River. North of that intersection, the trunkline crosses into Van Buren County and turns to the east again. M-51 passes south of Knickerbocker Lake", "id": "11912684" }, { "contents": "M-67 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-67 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects with US Highway 41 (US 41) and M-94 between Trenary and Chatham. The highway has largely been unchanged during its history, although the highways that connect to M-67 on each end have changed several times. M-67 starts at an intersection with US 41 near Trenary east of the West Branch of the Whitefish River. From that intersection the highway runs east crossing Scott Creek before running into downtown Trenary along relatively flat", "id": "1214513" }, { "contents": "M-343 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-343 is a state trunkline highway in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It runs for almost along Gull Road between the northeast side of Kalamazoo and continues through rural areas on the way to Richland. The highway was created in January 2019 from a section of M-43 after that highway was rerouted in the aftermath of a series of jurisdictional transfers in downtown Kalamazoo. It had been a part of the state highway system for a century under its previous number until it was given its current designation. M-343 starts where Gull Road intersects Riverview Drive east", "id": "11381182" }, { "contents": "M-115 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. The lowest AADT was the 2,236 vehicles near Copemish. The trunkline between the US 10 and M-37 junctions has been listed on the National Highway System. a network of roads important to the country's defense, economy and mobility. In 1929, the first stretch of M-115 was designated from Frankfort to Benzonia. Beginning in the mid-1930s, construction of M-115 began from central to northwestern Lower Michigan. In 1936, an earthen highway was opened between the south side of Cadillac to M-66, with additional sections west of Mesick and northwest", "id": "9213548" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-37 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is near the border between Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties at exit 92 of Interstate 94 (I-94) southwest of Battle Creek. The northern terminus is at the Mission Point Light on Old Mission Point in Grand Traverse County. In between, the highway connects Battle Creek, Grand Rapids and Traverse City. Motorists will travel through agricultural land, forests, suburbs and large cities along the way. The section of M-37 on the Old Mission", "id": "17071073" }, { "contents": "M-203 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n, M-203 turns inland running due east to Cloverland Road then turning north and east along Veterans Memorial Highway. Along this section of roadway, the AADT was measured at 440 vehicles in 2007. The highway follows Veterans Memorial Highway through the neighborhood of Tamarack west of Calumet. From there it continues eastward, following Pine Street north of downtown Calumet, looping back to US 41/M-26. The northern terminus of M-203 is at the intersection of Pine Street and Calumet Avenue. M-203 was first designated as a spur route from Hancock north", "id": "1358584" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nline, the highway intersects with US 12 before crossing into Washtenaw County. The limited-access section of M-52 continues north through western Washtenaw County, where it ends in Manchester. M-52 turns west along Austin and City roads into the village. The trunkline continues along the banks of the north branch of the River Raisin on Riverside Drive before turning north out of town. Just south of Chelsea, M-52 crosses Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues through downtown Chelsea and turns northwesterly through the Waterloo State Recreation Area in the", "id": "15803111" }, { "contents": "M-29 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-29 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in a south–north direction from Chesterfield Township to Marysville. It generally runs along the shore of Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River. The M-29 designation has been used twice in Michigan starting in 1919. The first designation near Lansing was replaced by U.S. Route 27 (US 27) in 1926. At that time, the M-29 designation was moved to the east side of the state along the current routing and farther north along part of what", "id": "18258775" }, { "contents": "Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\ndesignation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after a Temporary I-69 (Temp. I-69) designation was extended northward from Charlotte through Lansing to Perry. On September 4 of that year, I-69's designation was officially extended by Congress to end at I-475 on the east side of Flint; this extension, and all subsequent ones, was of \"non-chargeable mileage\", or segments not financed through the Interstate Highway", "id": "20840099" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-52 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is on the Ohio border, where it continues as State Route 109 (SR 109). The highway passes through communities like Adrian, where it intersects US Highway 223 (US 223), Chelsea and Webberville along its course. It crosses some major rivers, including the River Raisin and the Shiawassee. The section of the highway between M-50 and Manchester was built as a limited-access highway. M-52's northern terminus is", "id": "15803106" }, { "contents": "M-78 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nI-96 and then north on I-496. From there, M-78 followed the one-way pairing of Homer and Howard streets from the northern end of the freeway up to the one-way couplet of Saginaw Street and Grand River Avenue, returning to its previous routing. The former route through downtown along US 27 was redesignated Business M-78 (Bus. M-78) at the same time. M-66 was extended southerly from Assyria through Battle Creek to the Indiana state line replacing sections of M-78 in 1965. The US 127 freeway was completed from", "id": "18787232" }, { "contents": "M-68 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n23) was incorporated into the trunkline as a discontinuous section in the early 1940s until it was later connected in 1946. M-68 starts in the community of Alanson east of Little Traverse Bay in Emmet County. US 31 runs along Burr Avenue parallel to the former Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad line and depot in town. M-68 starts at an intersection between Chicago Street and Burr Avenue. The trunkline runs southeasterly from this intersection and on a bridge over the Crooked River. After leaving town, the highway curves to run due east through", "id": "9319420" }, { "contents": "M-50 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nGrand Rapids. The state trunkline highway was created when M-50 was rerouted to follow 28th Street and Wilson Avenue around the south and west sides of the city in 1953. The business loop was decommissioned when M-50 was returned to its former routing in 1961. The highway followed Lake Michigan Drive (now M-45) from the Standale neighborhood of Walker easterly to Fulton Street in Grand Rapids. From there it followed Fulton easterly through downtown Grand Rapids and the east side of the city to a junction with Cascade Road in Grand Rapids Township The", "id": "11076050" }, { "contents": "M-102 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-102 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs along the northern boundary of Detroit following 8 Mile Road. The highway follows the Michigan Baseline, a part of the land survey of the state, and the roadway is also called Base Line Road in places. As a county road or city street, 8 Mile Road extends both east and west of the M-102 designation, which leaves 8 Mile on the eastern end to follow Vernier Road. The western terminus of M-102 is at the junction", "id": "5983336" }, { "contents": "M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)\n\n\nTahquamenon River, Bus. M-28 turned east into the community of Dollarville. There the trunkline followed Dollarville Road and Engadine Road to the western city limits of Newberry. Once in the city of Newberry, Bus. M-28 followed West McMillan Avenue. At the intersection with M-117 (Newberry Avenue), Bus. M-28 turned south concurrently with M-117. The combined highway passed through the central business district. South of town, M-117/Bus. M-28 turned east along Campbell Avenue and then south along Miller Road. West of the Luce", "id": "14231893" }, { "contents": "M-90 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-90 is a state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from near North Branch eastward to Lexington situated on Lake Huron. The highway is a lightly traveled roadway that runs through rural farmlands. The trunkline runs mostly east–west with two short north–south segments where it turns to run concurrently with other state highways. Along the routing, there are two river crossings and one railroad crossing. The current highway that bears the M-90 designation is the second to carry number. The first", "id": "9440848" }, { "contents": "Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan\n\n\nBath Township. In 1919, the MSHD signposted the highway system for the first time, and the east–west highways through Lansing were part of the original M-29 through downtown and the original M-39 north of downtown. The north–south highway in Lansing was the original M-14. On November 11, 1926, the United States Numbered Highway System was approved by the AASHO, and the new US 27 replaced M-29 and M-14 in the area. By the end of the next year, M-78 was extended from Charlotte along US 27", "id": "12718047" }, { "contents": "M-37 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nroadway on any average day of the year. Along M-37, the volume varies from the peak 49,173 vehicles on a section of I-96/M-37 in Grand Rapids to the 718 vehicles at the northern terminus by the Mission Point Light. M-37 starts joined with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) as the two highway designations run concurrently at exit 92 on I-94 southwest of Battle Creek. They follow Columbia Avenue and pass around the southern side of the W. K. Kellogg Airport. When the roadway meets M-96, BL I-94/M-37 turns", "id": "17071077" }, { "contents": "M-60 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nM-60 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Niles area at a junction with US Highway 12 (US 12) to the Jackson area where it ends at Interstate 94 (I-94). The trunkline passes through a mix of farm fields and woodlands, crosses or runs along several rivers and connects several small towns of the southern area of the state. The westernmost segment runs along divided highway while the easternmost section is a full freeway bypass of Jackson. M-60 was originally", "id": "18513790" }, { "contents": "M-95 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nlater be extended in 1932 to the state line south of Kingsford. The total of M-45 was converted to M-95 in 1934 as a realignment near Witch Lake is completed. M-95 was rerouted in 1942 from Republic north to Humboldt Township. This new section replaced the last section of gravel roadway that was transferred to Marquette County as County Road 601. Another rerouting in the Republic area moved the trunkline in 1957 to bypass South Republic. The former roadway was partially closed to become part of the Republic Mine. M-69 was shortened, eliminating", "id": "20686812" } ]

[ { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nHirscher won the overall World Cup title again in 2013 with 6 victories; he also won the slalom title and was runner-up in giant slalom. Hirscher scored a total of 18 podium finishes out of 19 races in the two technical events. The only race in either slalom or giant slalom where he finished outside the top 3 was the giant slalom in Adelboden. In that particular race Hirscher was leading after the first run, built up his advantage to over a second in the second run, but nearly fell several gates", "id": "14754284" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nChampionships, which ended his 2011 season. Returning after injury, Hirscher had an outstanding season in terms of wins in 2012 with 9 victories and a total of 14 podiums, all in the two technical events (except for one third place in the season's last Super G). He won the World Cup overall and giant slalom titles, and placed third in the slalom. In October 2012, Hirscher was awarded the Skieur d'Or Award by members of the International Association of Ski Journalists for his performances during the previous season.", "id": "14754283" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nMarcel Hirscher (born 2 March 1989) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. Hirscher made his World Cup debut in March 2007. He competes primarily in slalom and giant slalom, as well as combined and occasionally in super G. Winner of a record eight consecutive World Cup titles, Hirscher has also won 11 medals at the Alpine Skiing World Championships, seven of them gold, a silver medal in slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and two gold medals in the combined and giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics.", "id": "14754281" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\ncancelled. Three days after turning 18, Shiffrin won the final slalom race at Lenzerheide on 16 March to overtake Maze and win that discipline's season title by 33 points. The men's overall title wasn't decided until the World Cup finals at Lenzerheide. A runner-up finish in the giant slalom on 16 March gave Hirscher his second consecutive overall title, the first male to achieve this feat since Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003. Hirscher also won the slalom title, while the downhill and super-G titles went", "id": "9809256" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nsurpassing Benjamin Raich's total. On 18 December he won the fourth giant slalom of the season in Alta Badia having finished second in the three preceding giant slalom races, equalling Alberto Tomba's 4 wins at the venue, and with it became the 5th most successful male World Cup winner. On 7 January Hirscher achieved his 100th podium from 191 starts (a ratio of 52.3%) with a 2nd-place finish in the giant slalom in Adelboden. On 29 January Hirscher won the GS in Garmisch, achieving his 20th GS", "id": "14754289" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nnumber of points but Ligety had more victories (4, as opposed to 2 by Hirscher). This was Ligety's second consecutive giant slalom title and fifth overall. The slalom title went to Hirscher, who secured it in the last race of the season. The combined title was shared by Ligety and Alexis Pinturault of France, who each won a first and a second place in two combined races of the season. Fenninger won the overall women's title, her first, and the first by an Austrian woman since Nicole", "id": "7283678" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nbefore the final, thus missing the win and finished only 16th. He became the first male racer to retain the overall World Cup title since fellow Austrian Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003 and the first to win it three years in a row since American Phil Mahre did so in 1981, 1982 and 1983. In 2015 Hirscher dominated the giant slalom standings with 5 wins, including a winning margin of 3.28 seconds in Garmisch, and won the GS title for the second time. With his slalom win in Zagreb he became the", "id": "14754285" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nDue to his record number of overall titles, many years of extreme dominance of both slalom and giant slalom and of the men's overall ranking, he is considered by many, including his rivals Henrik Kristoffersen, Kjetil Jansrud and Alexis Pinturault, to be the best alpine skier in history. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Hirscher placed fourth in the giant slalom and fifth in the slalom at Whistler Creekside. He placed fourth in the giant slalom at the 2009 World Championships, but broke his ankle the weekend preceding the 2011 World", "id": "14754282" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n. On 13 January 2019 he won the slalom race in Adelboden and celebrated a 9th World Cup win and a 16th podium, a record among male athletes at a single resort. At the 2019 Alpine World Ski Championships in Åre in February, Hirscher took a silver in the giant slalom behind Henrik Kristoffersen, before winning the slalom by 0.65 seconds after holding a 0.56 second lead from the first run: Hirscher described his first run as one of the best performances of his career. He led teammates Michael Matt and Marco Schwarz in", "id": "14754299" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\ntherefore 10 points more than fourth place. The 2015 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup season was less successful for Ligety as he was able to win just one race and finished third in the giant slalom standings and eleventh overall. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 held in Beaver Creek, Ligety finished third in the super combined event despite being ranked 29th after the downhill leg. In the giant slalom, placed fifth after the first run and trailing by 0.24 to then leading favorite Marcel Hirscher, Ligety skied impressively in the second", "id": "12994700" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmatching the total of legendary technical racer Alberto Tomba. Two days later Hirscher achieved his sixth win of the season by winning the GS in Adelboden and moved to 3rd overall in the men's World Cup winners rankings. The next day he won the slalom in Adelboden. On 23 January, with his 9th win of the season in the Schladming night slalom, Hirscher equalled his compatriot Austrian ski legend Hermann Maier's 54 World Cup victories. It was the 500th World Cup win for Austrian men. On 28 January Hirscher moved to", "id": "14754293" }, { "contents": "Matts Olsson\n\n\nMatts Olsson (born 1 December 1988) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden who races in the giant slalom discipline. Born in Karlstad, Olsson made his World Cup debut at age 19 in October 2007. He won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in the team event, and finished 18th in the giant slalom, and 24th in the super-G. Matts Olsson won his first World Cup competition victory in Alta Badia in December 2017 at an evening event in Parallel Giant Slalom. Matts defeated Marcel Hirscher", "id": "12104888" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmost successful Austrian male World Cup slalom skier surpassing Benjamin Raich. In the final race of the season in Meribel he overturned a 55-point deficit in the standings by winning his 16th World Cup slalom, and with it won the slalom title for the third year in a row. Hirscher became the first male alpine skier to win the overall World Cup title four times in a row. In 2016 Hirscher became the most successful Austrian male World Cup GS skier by winning in Beaver Creek, Colorado, surpassing Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier.", "id": "14754286" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nwas won by Hirscher for the third time in a row, becoming the first man to achieve this since Phil Mahre in 1983. Hirscher secured the title after the second-to-last race of the season when he beat Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who did not compete in slalom. Svindal won both the downhill (second time in a row) and super-G titles (third time in a row). The giant slalom title went to Ted Ligety of the United States. Ligety and Hirscher shared the same", "id": "7283677" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the race on March 15 with a 0,03 second advantage over Alexis Pinturault and with Hirscher finishing fourth, both skiers ended the season tied with 560 points. The Crystal Globe was however awarded to Ligety who won due to having five discipline victories during the season compared to Hirscher's two. This was the fifth giant slalom title in Ligety's career. - Hirscher lost the title in that last giant slalom race with a deficit of 0.01 seconds to the 3rd place (achieved by Felix Neureuther) which is awarded 60 points,", "id": "12994699" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nand 43rd World Cup win, and with it attained Austria's 100th GS win for men. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 in St. Moritz, Switzerland Hirscher won gold in the GS and slalom, and silver in the combined, missing the gold by just 0.01 seconds. He was the most successful athlete at the championships. On 4 March in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Hirscher won his third GS race of the season and with it secured his 4th GS World Cup title and his 6th overall World Cup title;", "id": "14754290" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n12 November and achieved a 17th-place finish. The next technical race was the GS in Val d'Isère on 9 December and Hirscher came 3rd. He won the slalom the next day. On 17 December 2017 he won the giant slalom race in Alta Badia, which was his fifth consecutive victory in that location, surpassing Ivica Kostelić, who won the Kitzbühel combined 4 times in a row. On 4 January Hirscher achieved his 5th win of the season in the slalom in Zagreb and with it his 50th World Cup win,", "id": "14754292" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n. He won his third season title in giant slalom in 2011. Even though Ligety was able to win three giant slalom races during the season, he was dethroned as the discipline champion by an overall champion Marcel Hirscher from Austria. Before the last giant slalom race which was held on March 17 at Schladming, Hirscher was in lead with 605 points ahead to Ted with 513 points. Therefore, Ted was forced to attack as powerful as he was able to do but he did fall in the first leg; he did continue", "id": "12994692" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nthe only male skier in history to do so. One day later Hirscher finished fourth in the slalom and with it secured his fourth World Cup slalom title. The start of the 2018 season was expected to be more difficult as Hirscher suffered a fracture to his left ankle during the first day of snow training on 17 August. Fortunately the first race of the season in Sölden was cancelled due to high winds, giving Hirscher a few more weeks to recover. He made a last minute decision to race the slalom in Levi on", "id": "14754291" }, { "contents": "Ingemar Stenmark\n\n\nCup slalom title in 1983. Stenmark began skiing at the age of five and won his first national competition at age eight. Stenmark made his World Cup debut in December 1973 at age 17. He won more international races than any other alpine skier in history: he took 86 wins (46 giant slaloms and 40 slaloms). His closest male competitor is Marcel Hirscher, with 67 (up to January 2019) victories to his name. Stenmark won only in the two technical disciplines: slalom and giant slalom (the other", "id": "19815131" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nachievement he shares with Pirmin Zurbriggen and Hermann Maier, exceeded by Marcel Hirscher's and Marc Girardelli's five. Thöni was the dominant skier in the technical events (slalom and giant slalom) in the early 1970s. His first victory came in his debut race on the World Cup circuit, a giant slalom at Val-d'Isère, France, in December 1969. Still a teenager, he had a very successful rookie year during that 1970 season with four victories and nine podiums. He finished third in the overall standings, just", "id": "10362488" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nrun, to finish 0.45 ahead of Hirscher and secure his third consecutive world title in the discipline. Ligety won the season's first race, a giant slalom on October 25, 2015, at Sölden, Austria. While training on January 27 at Oberjoch, Germany, he tore the ACL in his right knee, which required surgery and ended his 2016 season. Ligety returned to World Cup racing in October 2016, competing in the prelude (giant slalom) race at Sölden on October 23 (finishing 5th), and he", "id": "12994701" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 47th World Cup season began on 27 October 2012, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 17 March 2013, at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The overall titles were won by Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. A break in the schedule was for the biennial World Championships, held 4–17 February in Schladming, Austria. Changes for the 2013 season included the awarding of World Cup points for the slalom crystal globe for the limited field city events (parallel slalom), not just in", "id": "9809251" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nlegends Ingemar Stenmark and Hermann Maier. Unfortunately, the following day the slalom race was cancelled due to high winds, denying Hirscher the opportunity to obtain the record outright. Hirscher has started 245 World Cup races, has won 67 of them, (a ratio of 27%) has achieved 138 podiums (a ratio of 56%) and has finished 73% of his races in the Top 10. In December 2018 Hirscher became Austria's most prolific World Cup race winner when he won a slalom in Saalbach-Hinterglemm in", "id": "14754297" }, { "contents": "Manfred Mölgg\n\n\nManfred Mölgg (born 3 June 1982) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from northern Italy. He specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made his World Cup debut in January 2003 at Bormio. As of mid-January 2016, he has 19 World Cup podiums with three victories, all achieved in slalom. Mölgg won the World Cup season title in slalom in 2008, and finished fourth in the overall standings, the best result for an Italian since Kristian", "id": "20862702" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nto reach the top of the standings in the greatest alpine skiers of all time men's super ranking. At the end of the slalom race, Hirscher said on Austrian television that he would go home \"and consider where the journey will go. I don't know if I will be skiing World Cup next season\". At the World Cup finals in Åre, Hirscher won the GS race on 17 March and equaled the record of most wins in a single season: he shares the record of 13 wins with alpine skiing", "id": "14754296" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWorld Cup technical races resumed in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia on 3 March with the GS. Hirscher secured the GS crystal globe for the 5th time by winning the race with a winning margin of 1.66 seconds. The following day, Hirscher also won the slalom with a winning margin of 1.22 seconds. As a result, he also won the slalom crystal globe for the 5th time, and the overall crystal globe for the seventh time in succession with 2 technical races remaining. His Olympic gold medals plus the additional crystal globes enabled him", "id": "14754295" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nin Kranjska Gora for a record sixth time. At the season finals in Lenzerheide he surprisingly finished second, tied with Christof Innerhofer, in the downhill race. The result was his first ever podium in downhill and made him only the second American skier in history, after Bode Miller, to podium in all five alpine skiing disciplines. Ligety then finished fifth in the final super-G race. Before the last giant slalom race of the season Ligety was trailing Marcel Hirscher by 50 points for the discipline title. However, Ligety", "id": "12994698" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhe had three fourth-place finishes, one in giant slalom, one in super combined, and one in the World Cup finals downhill, as well as a fourth-place finish in the giant slalom at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden, missing a medal by 0.07 seconds. He finished eleventh overall in 2007. Ligety won his first World Cup season title in the giant slalom in 2008, and finished fifth in the overall standings. He won the final two giant slaloms of the year at Kranjska Gora and", "id": "12994684" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's giant slalom\n\n\nThe Men's Giant Slalom competition at the 2013 World Championships ran on Friday, February 15 at 10:00 local time (1st run) and 13:30 (2nd run), the ninth race of the championships. 99 athletes from 55 countries competed in the main race while 132 athletes from 53 countries competed in the qualification race on Thursday, February 14. Ted Ligety won his third gold medal of the 2013 World Championships, joined on the podium by Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three", "id": "6822507" }, { "contents": "Giorgio Rocca\n\n\nGiorgio Rocca (born 6 August 1975) is an Italian former alpine skier, a specialist in slalom skiing. Together with Marc Girardelli, Ingemar Stenmark and Marcel Hirscher, he is one of four skiers to have won 5 Alpine Skiing World Cup slaloms in a row, which he achieved in the 2005/2006 season: only Alberto Tomba (7) has won more World Cup slaloms consecutively. He is currently ninth in the list of all-time slalom winners, with a total of 11 victories. Rocca was born in Chur,", "id": "14243073" }, { "contents": "Viktoria Rebensburg\n\n\nViktoria Rebensburg (born 4 October 1989) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer and the 2010 Olympic gold medalist in the Born in Tegernsee, Bavaria, she has three World Cup season titles, all in giant slalom. After finishing 28th in the Olympic super-G, she won gold in the giant slalom, her first victory in international competition. Her previous best finish was second place at a GS a month earlier, her only World Cup podium. Ten months later Rebensberg won her first World Cup race in October", "id": "7848199" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nAustria to narrowly beat France in the men's nations cup by 201 points, the narrowest winning margin for many years. Hirscher was the only Austrian male skier to win a race in the entire season, and scored 30.9% (1795 out of 5804) of the Austrian men's nations cup points. On 13 November in Levi, Finland, Hirscher won the first slalom of the 2017 season and equalled Pirmin Zurbriggen's win total of 40, putting him equal 5th in the standings. He also achieved his 93rd podium,", "id": "14754288" }, { "contents": "Marco Schwarz\n\n\nMarco Schwarz (born 16 August 1995) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He focuses on the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Schwarz competed for Austria at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in the alpine skiing and won three gold medals; in the boys' combined, the parallel mixed team event, and the boys' giant slalom. Schwarz made his World Cup debut in November 2014 at age 19. He achieved his first World Cup podium in December 2015; third place in a slalom at Madonna di", "id": "12834730" }, { "contents": "Dave Ryding\n\n\n's slalom in 2002, from which he was disqualified. He went on the finish the season 11th in the World Cup slalom standings. Ryding took one of the best World Cup results of his career so far in a slalom in Madonna di Campiglio in December 2018: after placing 27th in the first run, he set the fastest second run time to secure a fourth-placed finish. Ryding continued his good form at the Oslo parallel slalom on New Year's Day 2019: he knocked out Hirscher in the quarter-finals", "id": "16035158" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 48th World Cup season began on 26 October 2013, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 16 March 2014 at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The defending overall champions from the 2013 season were Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. The overall titles were won by Hirscher and Anna Fenninger, also of Austria. The season was interrupted by the 2014 Winter Olympics that took place from 7 to 23 February in Sochi, Russia, with the alpine events at Rosa Khutor. The men's title", "id": "7283676" }, { "contents": "Michaela Kirchgasser\n\n\nMichaela Kirchgasser (born 18 March 1985) is a retired Austrian alpine ski racer. She raced in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom, and also the combined. On 25 November 2006, Kirchgasser made her first World Cup podium with a third place in the giant slalom at Aspen, Colorado. Her first victory was on 24 February 2007, in a giant slalom at Sierra Nevada, Spain. She has competed in three Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she finished fifth in the slalom", "id": "6480720" }, { "contents": "Marcel Mathis\n\n\nMarcel Mathis (born December 24, 1991) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Hohenems, Vorarlberg, he primarily competed on the European Cup circuit, but raced in several World Cup events, all in giant slalom. Mathis' first top result in World Cup was his third place in giant slalom in Bansko, Bulgaria, on February 18, 2012. He was in 26th place after the first run, but had the fastest second run to attain the podium. It was also his first", "id": "4965368" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\ngiant slalom and combined, and silver in super-G. He also won two other giant slaloms during the season. In the 2004 season, Miller won World Cup titles in two disciplines: giant slalom and combined, but placed fourth in the competition for the overall title. He won six World Cup races: three giant slaloms, two combineds and one slalom. After the season, Miller switched to Atomic skis. Miller won his first overall World Cup title in 2005, defeating Austrians Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier. He made", "id": "8624673" }, { "contents": "Henrik Kristoffersen\n\n\nHenrik Kristoffersen (born 2 July 1994) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, 2019 World Champion and Olympic medalist. Born in Lørenskog in Akershus county, Kristoffersen specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. He made his World Cup debut in March 2012 in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, and attained his first podium in November 2013, a third-place finish in slalom at Levi, Finland. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Kristoffersen won the bronze medal in slalom at Rosa Khutor at age 19", "id": "12443237" }, { "contents": "Alexis Pinturault\n\n\n, as he missed pre-season speed training after surgery on his left ankle in August to repair ligaments damaged while playing tennis. Pinturault did not medal at the world championships in 2013, but had four top-six finishes. A week later he claimed a fourth World Cup win, his first in giant slalom, at Garmisch, Germany. Second after the first run, Pinturault's total time was 0.60 seconds ahead of runner-up Hirscher. On 15 March, he was honored as the 2013 Longines Rising Star,", "id": "14820258" }, { "contents": "Žan Kranjec\n\n\nŽan Kranjec (born 15 November 1992) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovenia. He specializes in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Kranjec made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 2011 at Kranjska Gora. He represented Slovenia at the World Championships in 2013 and was 22nd in giant slalom. A week later at the Junior World Championships in Canada, he won a bronze medal in giant slalom. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kranjec placed fourth in the giant slalom. In December 2018,", "id": "9034523" }, { "contents": "Hannes Reichelt\n\n\nJohannes \"Hannes\" Reichelt (born 5 July 1980) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He competes in downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom, and Combined. Born in Altenmarkt im Pongau in Salzburg, Reichelt made his World Cup debut in December 2001. He made his first podium in December 2002 and won his first World Cup race, a Super-G, in December 2005. Reichelt also won the European Cup overall title in 2005, as well as the European Cup season title in giant slalom", "id": "15634035" }, { "contents": "Phil Mahre\n\n\nselected to the \"A\" team following the 1975 season and made his World Cup debut in December 1975 at Val d'Isère, France. Two months later he competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, taking fifth in the giant slalom at age 18. He made his first podium in March with a second in a giant slalom at Copper Mountain, Colorado, and finished the 1976 World Cup season in 14th place in the overall standings. He won his first World Cup race the next season, a giant slalom", "id": "12320115" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWith his GS win in Alta Badia, Italy (his 3rd consecutive win at that venue), he became Austria's most successful World Cup GS skier overtaking Annemarie Moser-Pröll. Another GS win in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia confirmed Hirscher as the GS title winner with one race to go. To wrap up an amazing season with 8 wins and 19 podiums Hirscher also won the men's overall World Cup title, his 5th consecutive overall title, a feat never before achieved by a male skier. His points total also enabled", "id": "14754287" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nreaching the podium for the first time, with a second place from Adelboden in January. He also won the slalom run in the Alpine Combined Event at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships. On 3 March in Furano, he finished second in the giant slalom, winning the slalom race two days later. One week later in Shigakogen, he won the giant slalom race and finished second in the slalom. As a result, he won the Giant Slalom Cup that year, though jointly with Pirmin Zurbriggen. In the Slalom Cup", "id": "9904883" }, { "contents": "Jean-Noël Augert\n\n\nwon three World Cups in 1969, 1971 and 1972, and in which he won a Gold medal at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena. He was also second in the overall classification of the 1969 World Cup and third in the Giant Slalom World Cup 1969. Besides his 15 wins in World Cup races, he finished 15 times at the podium (place two: 6 slaloms, 3 giant slaloms; place three: 2 slaloms, 4 giant slaloms). He came fifth in both the men's slalom and giant", "id": "18262429" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nTed Ligety) in a giant slalom race in Kranjska Gora, the same place where he also won his first top-3 result more than 15 years earlier (in January 1999). His last top three finish came in early March 2015 in a giant slalom race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen that came to be one of his very last races in the alpine world cup. On September 10, 2015, he announced his retirement. 9 titles: 1 overall, 2 giant slalom, 3 slalom, 3 combined 36 total: 14 slalom", "id": "20658336" }, { "contents": "Anna Veith\n\n\n-G at the Austrian Championships in late March. In late December 2011, Veith won her first World Cup event in Lienz, Austria, in the Giant slalom. Her most consistent World Cup podium results have been in the super-G. After another giant slalom win in Austria in December 2012, Veith's first super-G victory came in March 2013 in Germany. At the 2013 World Championships in Schladming, Austria, Veith won bronze in the giant slalom. In the alpine skiing World Cup overall ranking 2013 she finished", "id": "18958035" }, { "contents": "Davide Simoncelli\n\n\nDavide Simoncelli (born January 30, 1979 in Rovereto) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy who specialized in giant slalom. Simoncelli made his World Cup debut in 1999. He took two World Cup victories and eight podium finishes, all in giant slalom. He took five podiums on the \"Gran Risa\" track of Alta Badia, with a victory and four second places. He finished fourth in the World Cup points standings for giant slalom twice, in 2006 and 2010. Simoncelli competed for Italy in three", "id": "8459823" }, { "contents": "Kjetil Jansrud\n\n\nKjetil Jansrud (born 28 August 1985) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion. He races in all alpine disciplines apart from slalom, and his best event used to be the giant slalom where he has 6 World Cup podiums and an Olympic silver medal. However, since 2012 he has become more of a speed specialist, having won all but two of his World Cup victories in the speed events. At the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, he won the Super-G and placed third in the Downhill", "id": "11513877" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nmissed 11 races, including two classic slaloms and one parallel, in Stockholm. In the meantime, Marcel Hirscher took the lead in the overall standings and would go on to claim his first overall title. Kostelić returned to action in Schladming at the end of the season, and competed only in slalom. He finished 16th and André Myhrer took the slalom title. Born and raised in Zagreb, his parents, Ante and Marica, are former elite team handball players. They taught Ivica and his sister Janica, two years younger", "id": "3227806" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nin a giant slalom race at Maribor. During her early World Cup seasons, Maze competed in slalom, giant slalom, and super-G, but scored World Cup points only in the first two disciplines. At the 2001 World Championships, Maze's best result was a 16th place in slalom. In January 2002, Maze won her first podium, a second place in giant slalom in Maribor. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in the United States, Maze finished twelfth in the giant slalom in her Olympic debut at Park City", "id": "12638260" }, { "contents": "Günther Mader\n\n\ntotal of six medals in the world championships. He won his first championship medal, the silver medal in the Slalom Race at Crans Montana in 1987, after only placing eighth after the first leg of the competition. Mader won two World Cup season titles, giant slalom in 1990 and combined in 1996, and placed second in the overall World Cup standings in 1995 and 1996, and third in 1990. Without his 14 wins, he did achieve another 27 places in World Cup races. His only World Cup victory in downhill", "id": "16142764" }, { "contents": "Nicole Hosp\n\n\nNicole Hosp (; born 6 November 1983) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. She competed in all five disciplines and was a world champion, three-time Olympic medalist, and an overall World Cup champion. Born in Ehenbichl, Tyrol, Hosp won the overall World Cup title in 2007 and the season title in giant slalom. A versatile all-around racer, she won World Cup races in four of the five alpine skiing disciplines (super-G, giant slalom, slalom and combined),", "id": "18723452" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Men's super combined\n\n\nThe Men's super combined competition at the 2015 World Championships was held on Sunday, February 8. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, despite originally finishing in 31st position after the downhill leg. Ondřej Bank however, fell on the final jump and, although the original results had Bank in 25th place, the jury disqualified him after the run ended and as a result, Hirscher was able to start first in the slalom leg instead of starting after the top 30. With a clean track he was able to rise all the", "id": "2139631" }, { "contents": "Loïc Meillard\n\n\nLoïc Meillard (born 29 October 1996) is a Swiss alpine ski racer and specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Meillard made his World Cup debut in January 2015; his younger sister Mélanie is also a World Cup alpine racer. Meillard made his World Cup debut at age 18 in the Adelboden giant slalom in January 2015. At the World Junior Championships that March at Hafjell, Norway, he won a bronze medal in the Super-G, silver in the giant slalom, and gold in the combined", "id": "4438833" }, { "contents": "Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander\n\n\nSimon Breitfuss Kammerlander (born 29 November 1992) is a Bolivian-Austrian alpine ski racer. Breitfuss Kammerlander specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut on 23 October 2016. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut at the Sölden Giant slalom on 23 October 2016, he failed to qualify for the second run finishing in 78th place. He competed for Bolivia at the 2017 Alpine World Ski Championships. He finished 46th in the Super-G and failed to finish the first run", "id": "10351390" }, { "contents": "Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen\n\n\nLeif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen (born 29 November 1987) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, specializing in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Haugen made his World Cup debut in October 2009 in Sölden, and collected his first World Cup points with a 26th place. He won a bronze medal in giant slalom at the World Championships in 2017 and attained his first World Cup podium in March 2017 at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Nestvold-Haugen represents the sports club Lommedalens IL, and hails from Lommedalen.", "id": "14989586" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\nwas disqualified – while in first place at the time – during the second leg of the combined event, failed to finish the super-G, tied for 6th in the giant slalom, and had another DNF after missing a gate in the first run of the slalom. Nevertheless, Miller won two races during the season (a giant slalom and a super-G) and placed third for the season's overall World Cup title. At the 2006 U.S. National Championships following the World Cup season, Miller won the downhill and", "id": "8624676" }, { "contents": "Leonardo David\n\n\nthe World Cup season in North America and Japan. Then age 18, David was a promising talent on the Italian team, in his first year on the World Cup circuit. He won the overall and slalom titles of the European Cup in 1978, and placed second in giant slalom. He won his only World Cup race, a slalom in Oslo, less than a month before his accident, outpacing Ingemar Stenmark and Phil Mahre. David had 10 top ten finishes with four podiums during the 1979 World Cup season, and", "id": "2954663" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n-placed. But Ligety did do a phenomenal best time in the second leg, becoming first ahead to Raich. Ligety opened defense of his 2008 giant slalom title with a third-place finish in Sölden, Austria, and then placed second at Beaver Creek, Colorado. At the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isère, France, Ligety took the bronze medal in the giant slalom, then won his fourth World Cup race at Kranjska Gora. He finished the season with another second at the finals in Åre, Sweden, which", "id": "12994686" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nof 0.28 sec. (Janka was unbeatable on that afternoon, he finished 0.71 sec. ahead to Raich.) Ligety notched his fifth World Cup victory in January, his third win at Kranjska Gora in as many seasons. At the finals in Garmisch, Germany, he finished on the podium to secure his second season title in giant slalom, and finished seventh in the overall standings. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics at Whistler, he finished ninth in the giant slalom (on February 23 - he was eighth-placed after", "id": "12994688" }, { "contents": "Stefan Luitz\n\n\nStefan Luitz (; born 26 March 1992) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer. He primarily competes in giant slalom, but on 24 January 2016 in Kitzbühel, for the first time in his career, he completed both runs in slalom and finished 18th. Previously, he had once qualified to second run in slalom, on 18 December 2012 in Madonna di Campiglio, but did not finish the second run. Luitz made his World Cup debut in Adelboden in 2011, and attained his first World Cup podium in December 2012", "id": "15313224" }, { "contents": "Didier Cuche\n\n\nDidier Cuche (born 16 August 1974) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Le Pâquier, Neuchâtel, he competed in the downhill and super-G, along with the giant slalom. He won the World Cup downhill and super-G title for the 2011 season and has won three previous downhill titles in 2010, 2008 and 2007, along with a giant slalom title in 2009. Cuche has 21 World Cup race victories, along with 67 podiums (top three) and 181 top ten", "id": "11060008" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nBenjamin Raich (born 28 February 1978 in Arzl im Pitztal, Tyrol) is a retired champion World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria. With 14 medals won at Winter Olympics and World Championships, 36 World Cup race victories (in all disciplines except downhill), one first place and five second places in the World Cup overall ranking, three victories of the slalom World Cup, three victories of the combined World Cup, two victories of the giant slalom World Cup and the highest score of career World", "id": "20658332" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n50 World Cup races at the age of 23 years and 9 months. She has won 60 World Cup races, the 3rd most all time by a female alpine skier, including 40 WC slalom races, the most all-time by a female alpine skier. She is the only female athlete to have won 15 races in the same calendar year, winning the last slalom of the 2018 season in Semmering and equalling the men's record holder Marcel Hirscher. In the 2019 season she became the first athlete, male or female", "id": "8983516" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the GS world title in 2011 besting Cyprien Richard and Philipp Schörghofer. Ligety repeated as world champion in GS in 2013, ahead of Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. At Schladming in 2013, he became a triple world champion in giant slalom, super-G, and combined at Planai. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three or more gold medals at one world championships and the first in 45 years, when Jean-Claude Killy won four in 1968 at Chamrousse, with the combined as a \"paper", "id": "12994706" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\nher fourth slalom world cup. In Aspen, Colorado, the World Cup finals of the season took place. Shiffrin secured her first overall World Cup, but did not win the giant slalom World Cup that year. After the season, she received the \"Skieur d’Or\" (golden skier) award, given by the international ski journalist association to the best alpine skier of the year (one award for both genders). Shiffrin started the 2018 season with a 5th place finish in giant slalom at Sölden. In early December", "id": "8983533" }, { "contents": "Marilyn Cochran\n\n\nthe final five giant slalom races and won the World Cup season title. Cochran was the only American alpine racer with a World Cup season title until 1980, when Phil Mahre won the combined. She won the bronze medal in the combined at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena, Italy. Sister Barbara was fourth in that competition, but won a silver in the slalom, where Marilyn was sixth. Cochran won three World Cup races, two in giant slalom and one in slalom, and had 15 podiums and fifty top", "id": "314375" }, { "contents": "Thomas Grandi\n\n\nThomas Grandi (born 27 December 1972 in Bolzano, Italy) is a retired Canadian alpine skier. He specialized in technical skiing giant slalom and slalom. Grandi started in the Alpine Skiing World Cup in the 1992-93 season. His first top ten finish in the World Cup came in December 1996 where he finished in 10th position in the Giant Slalom in Alta Badia, Italy. In the 1997-98 World Cup season, he had his first top three finish when he finished in third place in a Giant Slalom race", "id": "10762400" }, { "contents": "Kajsa Kling\n\n\nKajsa Britta Kling (born 25 December 1988) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden. Born in Åre, Kling competed in all five alpine disciplines. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, she finished 26th in the giant slalom. On 28 December 2010, Kling crashed during a giant slalom race in Semmering, Austria, which ended her 2011 season. On 14 December 2013, Kling attained her first World Cup podium, placing second in a Super-G race in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Ahead of the 2017/18", "id": "18745147" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhis world title in giant slalom in 2013 in Schladming, Austria, where he also won an unexpected gold medal in the super-G and a third gold medal in the super combined. Through October, 2015, he has 25 victories (24 in giant slalom and 1 super combined) and 52 podiums in World Cup competition. His Olympic giant slalom gold medal, 24 GS World Cup wins, 3 GS world championship gold medals and 5 World Cup titles make him one of the greatest giant slalom skiers of all time.", "id": "12994676" }, { "contents": "Gauthier de Tessières\n\n\nGauthier de Tessières (born 9 November 1981) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from France, and has competed in two Winter Olympics and five World Championships. He made his breakthrough on the Alpine Skiing World Cup in a giant slalom in Val-d'Isère in December 2008, where after finishing 30th in the first run to narrowly qualify for the second run, he worked his way up to finish third overall, bettering his previous World Cup personal best of 15th. He won the silver medal in the super-G at", "id": "12658447" }, { "contents": "Albert Popov\n\n\ngiant slalom at the 2018 FIS Junior World Ski Championships in Davos. Twelve days later he made his debut at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang 2018, where he placed 28th in the giant slalom and did not finish the slalom. His World Cup breakthrough came in the opening race of the 2018–19 season in Levi, where he finished 20th, earning 11 points - Bulgaria's first in the World Cup since Petar Popangelov during the 1986–87 season. Popov followed that up with a 16th place finish at Madonna di Campiglio in December, after", "id": "1530499" }, { "contents": "Tessa Worley\n\n\nplace in a giant slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany. She finished in fifth place in the first race of the 2009 World Cup season, a giant slalom in Sölden, Austria, in October 2008. A month later she won her first World Cup race (and first podium) in a giant slalom at Aspen, United States. Early in the 2011 season, Worley won three consecutive giant slalom races before January. In February, Worley won a gold medal in the nations team event at the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen", "id": "4107613" }, { "contents": "Armand Marchant\n\n\nArmand Marchant (born 14 December 1997) is a Belgian alpine ski racer. Marchant specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, in the Giant slalom and the Slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014 in the Alta Badia giant slalom, he failed to finish the first run. At the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek he finished 41st in the Giant slalom and", "id": "4076226" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nCup points (ahead of Norwegian Kjetil André Aamodt), he is considered among the best alpine racers in World Cup history. After winning Junior World Championships in both slalom and giant slalom, Raich made his World Cup debut in March 1996. He scored his first victory in 1999, in slalom. In 2001 he won the silver medal in slalom at the World Championships, and at the end of the season he won the slalom World Cup. In 2002 he won two bronze medals at the Salt Lake City Olympics. Raich", "id": "20658333" }, { "contents": "Manuela Mölgg\n\n\nManuela Mölgg (born 28 August 1983) is a retired alpine ski racer from Italy, a specialist in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2000 and gained her first podium in November 2004. She has 14 World Cup podium finishes and appeared in two Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2009 Alpine World Ski Championships in Val-d'Isère Mölgg took the lead in the slalom after the first run but was disqualified from", "id": "21947840" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom\n\n\nFelix Neureuther, and Alexis Pinturault), which spawned criticism of the course. The second run was set by Ante Kostelić, known for idiosyncratic gate settings. He is the father of competitor Ivica Kostelić of Croatia, who finished ninth. Less than seven weeks shy of his 35th birthday, Mario Matt of Austria became the oldest gold medalist in Olympic alpine skiing history. The silver went to defending World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher, and Henrik Kristoffersen became the youngest male to medal in an Olympic alpine event at age 19. The", "id": "2699458" }, { "contents": "Jean-Baptiste Grange\n\n\nHe won his first World Cup race on 17 December 2007, and won the 2009 season title in the slalom. Injured in early December 2009 in a giant slalom at Beaver Creek, he opted for surgery and missed the remainder of the 2010 season, which included the 2010 Winter Olympics. He returned to competition for the 2011 season and won the world championship in the slalom. He won his second slalom world title in Beaver Creek on 15 February 2015. His older brother is François-Cyrille Grange, also an alpine ski", "id": "20737157" }, { "contents": "Petra Vlhová\n\n\nPetra Vlhová (born 13 June 1995) is a Slovak World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. She is the current world champion in giant slalom. Born in Liptovský Mikuláš, Vlhová won a gold medal in 2012 Winter Youth Olympics and represented Slovakia in the 2014 Winter Olympics. She also won gold in the slalom at the Junior World Championships in 2014 in Jasná, Slovakia. She made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2012 and her first World Cup podium came", "id": "7975537" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n, at the age of 23 years and nine months. With that race she also equalled the record of the Austrian Marlies Schild for the most wins in women's slalom – 35, and put herself in joint seventh place in all-time World Cup victories with Alberto Tomba of Italy. One week later, she took another World Cup slalom win in Semmering, Austria, becoming the first alpine skier to take 15 World Cup wins in a single calendar year, moving ahead of Marcel Hirscher, who had taken 14 wins in", "id": "8983544" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's combined\n\n\nThe men's combined competition of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics was held on 13 February 2018 at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre and the Yongpyong Alpine Centre at the Alpensia Sports Park in PyeongChang. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, with Alexis Pinturault coming in second, and Victor Muffat-Jeandet third. For Muffat-Jeandet, this was the first Olympic medal, and for both Hirscher and Pinturault the first medal in combined. Hirscher, who won six overall World Cup titles and was skiing in his third Olympics, previously only won a", "id": "17712395" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\n, Utah. On 26 October 2002, Maze won her first World Cup race at the season opener in Sölden, Austria. She shared the giant slalom win with Nicole Hosp of Austria and Andrine Flemmen of Norway in the first-ever a three-way tie in a World Cup race. Maze finished the 2003 season on the 38th place in the overall standings with 190 points, all in giant slalom. At the 2003 World Championships, she finished 5th in giant slalom. In the 2004 season, Maze scored one podium", "id": "12638261" }, { "contents": "1978–79 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 13th World Cup season began in December 1978 in Austria and concluded in March 1979 in Japan. The overall winners were Peter Lüscher of Switzerland, his first overall win, and Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria, her sixth (which remained the record until 2017-18, when Austria's Marcel Hirscher won his seventh overall title). Although Ingemar Stenmark did not win the overall title due to restrictions on the number of races that counted for overall championship points, he won 13 races during the season (including the last", "id": "844407" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\n, including the super-G race in January in Les Menuires. He again won the Giant Slalom Cup, finished second in the overall standings and second in the Slalom Cup. In the 1990–91 season he performed best in the slalom. He won competitions in Madonna di Campiglio and Kranjska Gora in December, and recorded three-second places, only one of them in giant slalom. Again he finished second in the Slalom Cup. At the 1991 World Championships, he won the bronze medal in slalom and placed fourth in both", "id": "9904885" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\na World Championship gold medal in slalom in 2003, Olympic silver medal in slalom in 2010, Olympic silver medals in combined in 2006 (traditional combined), 2010 (super combined) and 2014, as well as the overall World Cup title in 2011. Kostelić scored a total of 26 World Cup race victories and a total of 59 World Cup podiums during his career (). He won the slalom World Cup title in 2002 and 2011, and the combined World Cup title in 2011 and 2012. Since 2008, he", "id": "3227791" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nMarch 1975 at Sun Valley. He won the final race of the season, a parallel slalom (\"pro-style\" heats) the following week in Val Gardena, Italy, against his challenger Stenmark to secure the overall title. His last win in giant slalom was in January 1976, and his final World Cup victory was in the combined at Kitzbühel in January 1977. His last podium finish was a third place in the slalom at Åre, Sweden, in February 1979. He finished eighth in the slalom at the", "id": "10362492" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nand 10th in the combined. In the 2006 season, Maze won one giant slalom race and two more podiums, a third place in giant slalom and a runner-up position in super-G. She finished the season 14th in the overall standings with 525 points and scored World Cup points in all disciplines for the first time. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Maze competed in the giant slalom and super-G events, where she finished 12th and 39th, respectively. The 2007 season was not as successful for her as", "id": "12638263" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n2013 in Sölden, Austria, with a career-best sixth in giant slalom, within a half-second of the podium. She won the next event, a slalom at Levi, Finland, improving on her podium finish the previous year for her fifth World Cup victory. At Beaver Creek, she was runner-up in the giant slalom, her first World Cup podium in that discipline. On January 5, Shiffrin secured first place in a two-run slalom race in Bormio, Italy (the race took place", "id": "8983524" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nfinished among the top six in the overall World Cup standings each season (2008: sixth; 2009: fourth; 2010: fifth; 2011: first; 2012: fourth; 2013: fifth). He also scored points in all disciplines each of those seasons, and his best race results were a seventh place in downhill, a second place in giant slalom, and victories in all other disciplines (11 in slalom, 1 in parallel-slalom, 2 in combined, 4 in super combined, and 1 in super", "id": "3227792" }, { "contents": "Fabienne Serrat\n\n\nFabienne Serrat (born 5 July 1956) is a former world champion alpine ski racer. At age 17, Serrat won two gold medals at the 1974 World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in the giant slalom and the combined events. During her World Cup career she had three victories, 37 podiums, and 124 top ten finishes. Serrat competed at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Winter Olympics in a total of five events. Her best result was fourth place in the giant slalom in 1980. She retired from competition", "id": "6439530" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nhe finished third, and in the overall standings he finished fourth. He also competed at the 1989 World Championships, placing eighth in the giant slalom and sixth in the slalom. He was given the Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year award of 1989. The 1989–90 season started equally well, with two-second places in August in Thredbo. He then won his next race, a giant slalom competition in Park City in November. Although that would be his only victory that season, he became runner-up in three further races", "id": "9904884" }, { "contents": "Thomas Fanara\n\n\nThomas Fanara (born 24 April 1981) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from France. Born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Fanara specialised in giant slalom; his one and only win came in March 2016 at the giant slalom finals in St. Moritz, Switzerland. He is the oldest racer to reach a World Cup podium in giant slalom, and competed for France at three Winter Olympics and six World Championships. He retired from competition at the end of the 2018-19 season. Fanara has started over 70", "id": "8162366" }, { "contents": "Alena Zavarzina\n\n\nin Kreischberg, she won a silver medal in parallel giant slalom after losing to Claudia Riegler in the repeat of the 2011 final, and finished fifth in the parallel slalom. She reached her second World Cup podium of the season at the season finale in Winterberg, and finished the season in thirteenth place in the overall World Cup standings. In 2015/16 season, Zavarzina won her second career World Cup victory, this time in parallel slalom, in Winterberg which was also her sole World Cup podium of the season. At the end", "id": "5559259" }, { "contents": "Tanja Poutiainen\n\n\nin the United States. At the 1999 Junior World Championships, she placed third in the giant slalom at Pra-Loup, France. Poutiainen scored her first World Cup victory – and the first for a female Finnish alpine skier – on 28 February 2004 in a slalom held on home snow in Levi, Finland – the first alpine World Cup race to be held in the country. In the 2005 World Cup season, Poutiainen won the season titles in both the slalom and giant slalom, and placed fifth in the overall standings", "id": "20125357" }, { "contents": "Ramón Homs\n\n\nWinter World Cup, he finished seventeenth in the overall standings. At the March 2008 Italian National Championships, he finished third in the Super G, fifth in the Giant Slalom and was disqualified from the Slalom. At the last round of the European Cup in March 2008, an event held in La Molina, Spain, he was one of several non-vision impaired Spanish skiers competing at the event. At the first IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup event in the 2008/2009 ski season, he failed to finish one of his races", "id": "1327121" }, { "contents": "Mitchell Gourley\n\n\ncompeted in five Men's Standing events. He finished fourth in the Giant Slalom and fifth in the Super-G. He finished the 2015/16 World Cup season on a high, placing third on the overall rankings after a successful run of events that saw him podium nine times. Gourley won the gold medal in the Men's Super Combined Standing at the 2017 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Tarvisio, Italy. Gourley was in sixth place after the super-G, but put on a masterclass in the slalom to secure the gold", "id": "6530863" }, { "contents": "Didier Défago\n\n\nDidier Défago (born 2 October 1977) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Morgins, Valais, Défago made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 1996, and was Swiss national champion in downhill (2003) and Giant slalom (2004). At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he won the downhill at Whistler to become the Olympic champion. Défago finished the 2005 World Cup season as sixth overall and fourth in the Super-G, his most successful season so far. In 2009", "id": "11060083" } ]

[ { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nHirscher won the overall World Cup title again in 2013 with 6 victories; he also won the slalom title and was runner-up in giant slalom. Hirscher scored a total of 18 podium finishes out of 19 races in the two technical events. The only race in either slalom or giant slalom where he finished outside the top 3 was the giant slalom in Adelboden. In that particular race Hirscher was leading after the first run, built up his advantage to over a second in the second run, but nearly fell several gates", "id": "14754284" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nChampionships, which ended his 2011 season. Returning after injury, Hirscher had an outstanding season in terms of wins in 2012 with 9 victories and a total of 14 podiums, all in the two technical events (except for one third place in the season's last Super G). He won the World Cup overall and giant slalom titles, and placed third in the slalom. In October 2012, Hirscher was awarded the Skieur d'Or Award by members of the International Association of Ski Journalists for his performances during the previous season.", "id": "14754283" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nMarcel Hirscher (born 2 March 1989) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. Hirscher made his World Cup debut in March 2007. He competes primarily in slalom and giant slalom, as well as combined and occasionally in super G. Winner of a record eight consecutive World Cup titles, Hirscher has also won 11 medals at the Alpine Skiing World Championships, seven of them gold, a silver medal in slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and two gold medals in the combined and giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics.", "id": "14754281" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\ncancelled. Three days after turning 18, Shiffrin won the final slalom race at Lenzerheide on 16 March to overtake Maze and win that discipline's season title by 33 points. The men's overall title wasn't decided until the World Cup finals at Lenzerheide. A runner-up finish in the giant slalom on 16 March gave Hirscher his second consecutive overall title, the first male to achieve this feat since Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003. Hirscher also won the slalom title, while the downhill and super-G titles went", "id": "9809256" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nsurpassing Benjamin Raich's total. On 18 December he won the fourth giant slalom of the season in Alta Badia having finished second in the three preceding giant slalom races, equalling Alberto Tomba's 4 wins at the venue, and with it became the 5th most successful male World Cup winner. On 7 January Hirscher achieved his 100th podium from 191 starts (a ratio of 52.3%) with a 2nd-place finish in the giant slalom in Adelboden. On 29 January Hirscher won the GS in Garmisch, achieving his 20th GS", "id": "14754289" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nnumber of points but Ligety had more victories (4, as opposed to 2 by Hirscher). This was Ligety's second consecutive giant slalom title and fifth overall. The slalom title went to Hirscher, who secured it in the last race of the season. The combined title was shared by Ligety and Alexis Pinturault of France, who each won a first and a second place in two combined races of the season. Fenninger won the overall women's title, her first, and the first by an Austrian woman since Nicole", "id": "7283678" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nbefore the final, thus missing the win and finished only 16th. He became the first male racer to retain the overall World Cup title since fellow Austrian Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003 and the first to win it three years in a row since American Phil Mahre did so in 1981, 1982 and 1983. In 2015 Hirscher dominated the giant slalom standings with 5 wins, including a winning margin of 3.28 seconds in Garmisch, and won the GS title for the second time. With his slalom win in Zagreb he became the", "id": "14754285" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nDue to his record number of overall titles, many years of extreme dominance of both slalom and giant slalom and of the men's overall ranking, he is considered by many, including his rivals Henrik Kristoffersen, Kjetil Jansrud and Alexis Pinturault, to be the best alpine skier in history. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Hirscher placed fourth in the giant slalom and fifth in the slalom at Whistler Creekside. He placed fourth in the giant slalom at the 2009 World Championships, but broke his ankle the weekend preceding the 2011 World", "id": "14754282" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n. On 13 January 2019 he won the slalom race in Adelboden and celebrated a 9th World Cup win and a 16th podium, a record among male athletes at a single resort. At the 2019 Alpine World Ski Championships in Åre in February, Hirscher took a silver in the giant slalom behind Henrik Kristoffersen, before winning the slalom by 0.65 seconds after holding a 0.56 second lead from the first run: Hirscher described his first run as one of the best performances of his career. He led teammates Michael Matt and Marco Schwarz in", "id": "14754299" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\ntherefore 10 points more than fourth place. The 2015 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup season was less successful for Ligety as he was able to win just one race and finished third in the giant slalom standings and eleventh overall. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 held in Beaver Creek, Ligety finished third in the super combined event despite being ranked 29th after the downhill leg. In the giant slalom, placed fifth after the first run and trailing by 0.24 to then leading favorite Marcel Hirscher, Ligety skied impressively in the second", "id": "12994700" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmatching the total of legendary technical racer Alberto Tomba. Two days later Hirscher achieved his sixth win of the season by winning the GS in Adelboden and moved to 3rd overall in the men's World Cup winners rankings. The next day he won the slalom in Adelboden. On 23 January, with his 9th win of the season in the Schladming night slalom, Hirscher equalled his compatriot Austrian ski legend Hermann Maier's 54 World Cup victories. It was the 500th World Cup win for Austrian men. On 28 January Hirscher moved to", "id": "14754293" }, { "contents": "Matts Olsson\n\n\nMatts Olsson (born 1 December 1988) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden who races in the giant slalom discipline. Born in Karlstad, Olsson made his World Cup debut at age 19 in October 2007. He won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in the team event, and finished 18th in the giant slalom, and 24th in the super-G. Matts Olsson won his first World Cup competition victory in Alta Badia in December 2017 at an evening event in Parallel Giant Slalom. Matts defeated Marcel Hirscher", "id": "12104888" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmost successful Austrian male World Cup slalom skier surpassing Benjamin Raich. In the final race of the season in Meribel he overturned a 55-point deficit in the standings by winning his 16th World Cup slalom, and with it won the slalom title for the third year in a row. Hirscher became the first male alpine skier to win the overall World Cup title four times in a row. In 2016 Hirscher became the most successful Austrian male World Cup GS skier by winning in Beaver Creek, Colorado, surpassing Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier.", "id": "14754286" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nwas won by Hirscher for the third time in a row, becoming the first man to achieve this since Phil Mahre in 1983. Hirscher secured the title after the second-to-last race of the season when he beat Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who did not compete in slalom. Svindal won both the downhill (second time in a row) and super-G titles (third time in a row). The giant slalom title went to Ted Ligety of the United States. Ligety and Hirscher shared the same", "id": "7283677" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the race on March 15 with a 0,03 second advantage over Alexis Pinturault and with Hirscher finishing fourth, both skiers ended the season tied with 560 points. The Crystal Globe was however awarded to Ligety who won due to having five discipline victories during the season compared to Hirscher's two. This was the fifth giant slalom title in Ligety's career. - Hirscher lost the title in that last giant slalom race with a deficit of 0.01 seconds to the 3rd place (achieved by Felix Neureuther) which is awarded 60 points,", "id": "12994699" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nand 43rd World Cup win, and with it attained Austria's 100th GS win for men. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 in St. Moritz, Switzerland Hirscher won gold in the GS and slalom, and silver in the combined, missing the gold by just 0.01 seconds. He was the most successful athlete at the championships. On 4 March in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Hirscher won his third GS race of the season and with it secured his 4th GS World Cup title and his 6th overall World Cup title;", "id": "14754290" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n12 November and achieved a 17th-place finish. The next technical race was the GS in Val d'Isère on 9 December and Hirscher came 3rd. He won the slalom the next day. On 17 December 2017 he won the giant slalom race in Alta Badia, which was his fifth consecutive victory in that location, surpassing Ivica Kostelić, who won the Kitzbühel combined 4 times in a row. On 4 January Hirscher achieved his 5th win of the season in the slalom in Zagreb and with it his 50th World Cup win,", "id": "14754292" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n. He won his third season title in giant slalom in 2011. Even though Ligety was able to win three giant slalom races during the season, he was dethroned as the discipline champion by an overall champion Marcel Hirscher from Austria. Before the last giant slalom race which was held on March 17 at Schladming, Hirscher was in lead with 605 points ahead to Ted with 513 points. Therefore, Ted was forced to attack as powerful as he was able to do but he did fall in the first leg; he did continue", "id": "12994692" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nthe only male skier in history to do so. One day later Hirscher finished fourth in the slalom and with it secured his fourth World Cup slalom title. The start of the 2018 season was expected to be more difficult as Hirscher suffered a fracture to his left ankle during the first day of snow training on 17 August. Fortunately the first race of the season in Sölden was cancelled due to high winds, giving Hirscher a few more weeks to recover. He made a last minute decision to race the slalom in Levi on", "id": "14754291" }, { "contents": "Ingemar Stenmark\n\n\nCup slalom title in 1983. Stenmark began skiing at the age of five and won his first national competition at age eight. Stenmark made his World Cup debut in December 1973 at age 17. He won more international races than any other alpine skier in history: he took 86 wins (46 giant slaloms and 40 slaloms). His closest male competitor is Marcel Hirscher, with 67 (up to January 2019) victories to his name. Stenmark won only in the two technical disciplines: slalom and giant slalom (the other", "id": "19815131" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nachievement he shares with Pirmin Zurbriggen and Hermann Maier, exceeded by Marcel Hirscher's and Marc Girardelli's five. Thöni was the dominant skier in the technical events (slalom and giant slalom) in the early 1970s. His first victory came in his debut race on the World Cup circuit, a giant slalom at Val-d'Isère, France, in December 1969. Still a teenager, he had a very successful rookie year during that 1970 season with four victories and nine podiums. He finished third in the overall standings, just", "id": "10362488" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nrun, to finish 0.45 ahead of Hirscher and secure his third consecutive world title in the discipline. Ligety won the season's first race, a giant slalom on October 25, 2015, at Sölden, Austria. While training on January 27 at Oberjoch, Germany, he tore the ACL in his right knee, which required surgery and ended his 2016 season. Ligety returned to World Cup racing in October 2016, competing in the prelude (giant slalom) race at Sölden on October 23 (finishing 5th), and he", "id": "12994701" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 47th World Cup season began on 27 October 2012, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 17 March 2013, at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The overall titles were won by Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. A break in the schedule was for the biennial World Championships, held 4–17 February in Schladming, Austria. Changes for the 2013 season included the awarding of World Cup points for the slalom crystal globe for the limited field city events (parallel slalom), not just in", "id": "9809251" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nlegends Ingemar Stenmark and Hermann Maier. Unfortunately, the following day the slalom race was cancelled due to high winds, denying Hirscher the opportunity to obtain the record outright. Hirscher has started 245 World Cup races, has won 67 of them, (a ratio of 27%) has achieved 138 podiums (a ratio of 56%) and has finished 73% of his races in the Top 10. In December 2018 Hirscher became Austria's most prolific World Cup race winner when he won a slalom in Saalbach-Hinterglemm in", "id": "14754297" }, { "contents": "Manfred Mölgg\n\n\nManfred Mölgg (born 3 June 1982) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from northern Italy. He specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made his World Cup debut in January 2003 at Bormio. As of mid-January 2016, he has 19 World Cup podiums with three victories, all achieved in slalom. Mölgg won the World Cup season title in slalom in 2008, and finished fourth in the overall standings, the best result for an Italian since Kristian", "id": "20862702" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nto reach the top of the standings in the greatest alpine skiers of all time men's super ranking. At the end of the slalom race, Hirscher said on Austrian television that he would go home \"and consider where the journey will go. I don't know if I will be skiing World Cup next season\". At the World Cup finals in Åre, Hirscher won the GS race on 17 March and equaled the record of most wins in a single season: he shares the record of 13 wins with alpine skiing", "id": "14754296" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWorld Cup technical races resumed in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia on 3 March with the GS. Hirscher secured the GS crystal globe for the 5th time by winning the race with a winning margin of 1.66 seconds. The following day, Hirscher also won the slalom with a winning margin of 1.22 seconds. As a result, he also won the slalom crystal globe for the 5th time, and the overall crystal globe for the seventh time in succession with 2 technical races remaining. His Olympic gold medals plus the additional crystal globes enabled him", "id": "14754295" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nin Kranjska Gora for a record sixth time. At the season finals in Lenzerheide he surprisingly finished second, tied with Christof Innerhofer, in the downhill race. The result was his first ever podium in downhill and made him only the second American skier in history, after Bode Miller, to podium in all five alpine skiing disciplines. Ligety then finished fifth in the final super-G race. Before the last giant slalom race of the season Ligety was trailing Marcel Hirscher by 50 points for the discipline title. However, Ligety", "id": "12994698" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhe had three fourth-place finishes, one in giant slalom, one in super combined, and one in the World Cup finals downhill, as well as a fourth-place finish in the giant slalom at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden, missing a medal by 0.07 seconds. He finished eleventh overall in 2007. Ligety won his first World Cup season title in the giant slalom in 2008, and finished fifth in the overall standings. He won the final two giant slaloms of the year at Kranjska Gora and", "id": "12994684" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's giant slalom\n\n\nThe Men's Giant Slalom competition at the 2013 World Championships ran on Friday, February 15 at 10:00 local time (1st run) and 13:30 (2nd run), the ninth race of the championships. 99 athletes from 55 countries competed in the main race while 132 athletes from 53 countries competed in the qualification race on Thursday, February 14. Ted Ligety won his third gold medal of the 2013 World Championships, joined on the podium by Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three", "id": "6822507" }, { "contents": "Giorgio Rocca\n\n\nGiorgio Rocca (born 6 August 1975) is an Italian former alpine skier, a specialist in slalom skiing. Together with Marc Girardelli, Ingemar Stenmark and Marcel Hirscher, he is one of four skiers to have won 5 Alpine Skiing World Cup slaloms in a row, which he achieved in the 2005/2006 season: only Alberto Tomba (7) has won more World Cup slaloms consecutively. He is currently ninth in the list of all-time slalom winners, with a total of 11 victories. Rocca was born in Chur,", "id": "14243073" }, { "contents": "Viktoria Rebensburg\n\n\nViktoria Rebensburg (born 4 October 1989) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer and the 2010 Olympic gold medalist in the Born in Tegernsee, Bavaria, she has three World Cup season titles, all in giant slalom. After finishing 28th in the Olympic super-G, she won gold in the giant slalom, her first victory in international competition. Her previous best finish was second place at a GS a month earlier, her only World Cup podium. Ten months later Rebensberg won her first World Cup race in October", "id": "7848199" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nAustria to narrowly beat France in the men's nations cup by 201 points, the narrowest winning margin for many years. Hirscher was the only Austrian male skier to win a race in the entire season, and scored 30.9% (1795 out of 5804) of the Austrian men's nations cup points. On 13 November in Levi, Finland, Hirscher won the first slalom of the 2017 season and equalled Pirmin Zurbriggen's win total of 40, putting him equal 5th in the standings. He also achieved his 93rd podium,", "id": "14754288" }, { "contents": "Marco Schwarz\n\n\nMarco Schwarz (born 16 August 1995) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He focuses on the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Schwarz competed for Austria at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in the alpine skiing and won three gold medals; in the boys' combined, the parallel mixed team event, and the boys' giant slalom. Schwarz made his World Cup debut in November 2014 at age 19. He achieved his first World Cup podium in December 2015; third place in a slalom at Madonna di", "id": "12834730" }, { "contents": "Dave Ryding\n\n\n's slalom in 2002, from which he was disqualified. He went on the finish the season 11th in the World Cup slalom standings. Ryding took one of the best World Cup results of his career so far in a slalom in Madonna di Campiglio in December 2018: after placing 27th in the first run, he set the fastest second run time to secure a fourth-placed finish. Ryding continued his good form at the Oslo parallel slalom on New Year's Day 2019: he knocked out Hirscher in the quarter-finals", "id": "16035158" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 48th World Cup season began on 26 October 2013, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 16 March 2014 at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The defending overall champions from the 2013 season were Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. The overall titles were won by Hirscher and Anna Fenninger, also of Austria. The season was interrupted by the 2014 Winter Olympics that took place from 7 to 23 February in Sochi, Russia, with the alpine events at Rosa Khutor. The men's title", "id": "7283676" }, { "contents": "Michaela Kirchgasser\n\n\nMichaela Kirchgasser (born 18 March 1985) is a retired Austrian alpine ski racer. She raced in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom, and also the combined. On 25 November 2006, Kirchgasser made her first World Cup podium with a third place in the giant slalom at Aspen, Colorado. Her first victory was on 24 February 2007, in a giant slalom at Sierra Nevada, Spain. She has competed in three Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she finished fifth in the slalom", "id": "6480720" }, { "contents": "Marcel Mathis\n\n\nMarcel Mathis (born December 24, 1991) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Hohenems, Vorarlberg, he primarily competed on the European Cup circuit, but raced in several World Cup events, all in giant slalom. Mathis' first top result in World Cup was his third place in giant slalom in Bansko, Bulgaria, on February 18, 2012. He was in 26th place after the first run, but had the fastest second run to attain the podium. It was also his first", "id": "4965368" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\ngiant slalom and combined, and silver in super-G. He also won two other giant slaloms during the season. In the 2004 season, Miller won World Cup titles in two disciplines: giant slalom and combined, but placed fourth in the competition for the overall title. He won six World Cup races: three giant slaloms, two combineds and one slalom. After the season, Miller switched to Atomic skis. Miller won his first overall World Cup title in 2005, defeating Austrians Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier. He made", "id": "8624673" }, { "contents": "Henrik Kristoffersen\n\n\nHenrik Kristoffersen (born 2 July 1994) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, 2019 World Champion and Olympic medalist. Born in Lørenskog in Akershus county, Kristoffersen specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. He made his World Cup debut in March 2012 in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, and attained his first podium in November 2013, a third-place finish in slalom at Levi, Finland. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Kristoffersen won the bronze medal in slalom at Rosa Khutor at age 19", "id": "12443237" }, { "contents": "Alexis Pinturault\n\n\n, as he missed pre-season speed training after surgery on his left ankle in August to repair ligaments damaged while playing tennis. Pinturault did not medal at the world championships in 2013, but had four top-six finishes. A week later he claimed a fourth World Cup win, his first in giant slalom, at Garmisch, Germany. Second after the first run, Pinturault's total time was 0.60 seconds ahead of runner-up Hirscher. On 15 March, he was honored as the 2013 Longines Rising Star,", "id": "14820258" }, { "contents": "Žan Kranjec\n\n\nŽan Kranjec (born 15 November 1992) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovenia. He specializes in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Kranjec made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 2011 at Kranjska Gora. He represented Slovenia at the World Championships in 2013 and was 22nd in giant slalom. A week later at the Junior World Championships in Canada, he won a bronze medal in giant slalom. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kranjec placed fourth in the giant slalom. In December 2018,", "id": "9034523" }, { "contents": "Hannes Reichelt\n\n\nJohannes \"Hannes\" Reichelt (born 5 July 1980) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He competes in downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom, and Combined. Born in Altenmarkt im Pongau in Salzburg, Reichelt made his World Cup debut in December 2001. He made his first podium in December 2002 and won his first World Cup race, a Super-G, in December 2005. Reichelt also won the European Cup overall title in 2005, as well as the European Cup season title in giant slalom", "id": "15634035" }, { "contents": "Phil Mahre\n\n\nselected to the \"A\" team following the 1975 season and made his World Cup debut in December 1975 at Val d'Isère, France. Two months later he competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, taking fifth in the giant slalom at age 18. He made his first podium in March with a second in a giant slalom at Copper Mountain, Colorado, and finished the 1976 World Cup season in 14th place in the overall standings. He won his first World Cup race the next season, a giant slalom", "id": "12320115" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWith his GS win in Alta Badia, Italy (his 3rd consecutive win at that venue), he became Austria's most successful World Cup GS skier overtaking Annemarie Moser-Pröll. Another GS win in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia confirmed Hirscher as the GS title winner with one race to go. To wrap up an amazing season with 8 wins and 19 podiums Hirscher also won the men's overall World Cup title, his 5th consecutive overall title, a feat never before achieved by a male skier. His points total also enabled", "id": "14754287" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nreaching the podium for the first time, with a second place from Adelboden in January. He also won the slalom run in the Alpine Combined Event at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships. On 3 March in Furano, he finished second in the giant slalom, winning the slalom race two days later. One week later in Shigakogen, he won the giant slalom race and finished second in the slalom. As a result, he won the Giant Slalom Cup that year, though jointly with Pirmin Zurbriggen. In the Slalom Cup", "id": "9904883" }, { "contents": "Jean-Noël Augert\n\n\nwon three World Cups in 1969, 1971 and 1972, and in which he won a Gold medal at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena. He was also second in the overall classification of the 1969 World Cup and third in the Giant Slalom World Cup 1969. Besides his 15 wins in World Cup races, he finished 15 times at the podium (place two: 6 slaloms, 3 giant slaloms; place three: 2 slaloms, 4 giant slaloms). He came fifth in both the men's slalom and giant", "id": "18262429" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nTed Ligety) in a giant slalom race in Kranjska Gora, the same place where he also won his first top-3 result more than 15 years earlier (in January 1999). His last top three finish came in early March 2015 in a giant slalom race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen that came to be one of his very last races in the alpine world cup. On September 10, 2015, he announced his retirement. 9 titles: 1 overall, 2 giant slalom, 3 slalom, 3 combined 36 total: 14 slalom", "id": "20658336" }, { "contents": "Anna Veith\n\n\n-G at the Austrian Championships in late March. In late December 2011, Veith won her first World Cup event in Lienz, Austria, in the Giant slalom. Her most consistent World Cup podium results have been in the super-G. After another giant slalom win in Austria in December 2012, Veith's first super-G victory came in March 2013 in Germany. At the 2013 World Championships in Schladming, Austria, Veith won bronze in the giant slalom. In the alpine skiing World Cup overall ranking 2013 she finished", "id": "18958035" }, { "contents": "Davide Simoncelli\n\n\nDavide Simoncelli (born January 30, 1979 in Rovereto) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy who specialized in giant slalom. Simoncelli made his World Cup debut in 1999. He took two World Cup victories and eight podium finishes, all in giant slalom. He took five podiums on the \"Gran Risa\" track of Alta Badia, with a victory and four second places. He finished fourth in the World Cup points standings for giant slalom twice, in 2006 and 2010. Simoncelli competed for Italy in three", "id": "8459823" }, { "contents": "Kjetil Jansrud\n\n\nKjetil Jansrud (born 28 August 1985) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion. He races in all alpine disciplines apart from slalom, and his best event used to be the giant slalom where he has 6 World Cup podiums and an Olympic silver medal. However, since 2012 he has become more of a speed specialist, having won all but two of his World Cup victories in the speed events. At the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, he won the Super-G and placed third in the Downhill", "id": "11513877" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nmissed 11 races, including two classic slaloms and one parallel, in Stockholm. In the meantime, Marcel Hirscher took the lead in the overall standings and would go on to claim his first overall title. Kostelić returned to action in Schladming at the end of the season, and competed only in slalom. He finished 16th and André Myhrer took the slalom title. Born and raised in Zagreb, his parents, Ante and Marica, are former elite team handball players. They taught Ivica and his sister Janica, two years younger", "id": "3227806" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nin a giant slalom race at Maribor. During her early World Cup seasons, Maze competed in slalom, giant slalom, and super-G, but scored World Cup points only in the first two disciplines. At the 2001 World Championships, Maze's best result was a 16th place in slalom. In January 2002, Maze won her first podium, a second place in giant slalom in Maribor. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in the United States, Maze finished twelfth in the giant slalom in her Olympic debut at Park City", "id": "12638260" }, { "contents": "Günther Mader\n\n\ntotal of six medals in the world championships. He won his first championship medal, the silver medal in the Slalom Race at Crans Montana in 1987, after only placing eighth after the first leg of the competition. Mader won two World Cup season titles, giant slalom in 1990 and combined in 1996, and placed second in the overall World Cup standings in 1995 and 1996, and third in 1990. Without his 14 wins, he did achieve another 27 places in World Cup races. His only World Cup victory in downhill", "id": "16142764" }, { "contents": "Nicole Hosp\n\n\nNicole Hosp (; born 6 November 1983) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. She competed in all five disciplines and was a world champion, three-time Olympic medalist, and an overall World Cup champion. Born in Ehenbichl, Tyrol, Hosp won the overall World Cup title in 2007 and the season title in giant slalom. A versatile all-around racer, she won World Cup races in four of the five alpine skiing disciplines (super-G, giant slalom, slalom and combined),", "id": "18723452" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Men's super combined\n\n\nThe Men's super combined competition at the 2015 World Championships was held on Sunday, February 8. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, despite originally finishing in 31st position after the downhill leg. Ondřej Bank however, fell on the final jump and, although the original results had Bank in 25th place, the jury disqualified him after the run ended and as a result, Hirscher was able to start first in the slalom leg instead of starting after the top 30. With a clean track he was able to rise all the", "id": "2139631" }, { "contents": "Loïc Meillard\n\n\nLoïc Meillard (born 29 October 1996) is a Swiss alpine ski racer and specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Meillard made his World Cup debut in January 2015; his younger sister Mélanie is also a World Cup alpine racer. Meillard made his World Cup debut at age 18 in the Adelboden giant slalom in January 2015. At the World Junior Championships that March at Hafjell, Norway, he won a bronze medal in the Super-G, silver in the giant slalom, and gold in the combined", "id": "4438833" }, { "contents": "Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander\n\n\nSimon Breitfuss Kammerlander (born 29 November 1992) is a Bolivian-Austrian alpine ski racer. Breitfuss Kammerlander specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut on 23 October 2016. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut at the Sölden Giant slalom on 23 October 2016, he failed to qualify for the second run finishing in 78th place. He competed for Bolivia at the 2017 Alpine World Ski Championships. He finished 46th in the Super-G and failed to finish the first run", "id": "10351390" }, { "contents": "Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen\n\n\nLeif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen (born 29 November 1987) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, specializing in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Haugen made his World Cup debut in October 2009 in Sölden, and collected his first World Cup points with a 26th place. He won a bronze medal in giant slalom at the World Championships in 2017 and attained his first World Cup podium in March 2017 at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Nestvold-Haugen represents the sports club Lommedalens IL, and hails from Lommedalen.", "id": "14989586" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\nwas disqualified – while in first place at the time – during the second leg of the combined event, failed to finish the super-G, tied for 6th in the giant slalom, and had another DNF after missing a gate in the first run of the slalom. Nevertheless, Miller won two races during the season (a giant slalom and a super-G) and placed third for the season's overall World Cup title. At the 2006 U.S. National Championships following the World Cup season, Miller won the downhill and", "id": "8624676" }, { "contents": "Leonardo David\n\n\nthe World Cup season in North America and Japan. Then age 18, David was a promising talent on the Italian team, in his first year on the World Cup circuit. He won the overall and slalom titles of the European Cup in 1978, and placed second in giant slalom. He won his only World Cup race, a slalom in Oslo, less than a month before his accident, outpacing Ingemar Stenmark and Phil Mahre. David had 10 top ten finishes with four podiums during the 1979 World Cup season, and", "id": "2954663" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n-placed. But Ligety did do a phenomenal best time in the second leg, becoming first ahead to Raich. Ligety opened defense of his 2008 giant slalom title with a third-place finish in Sölden, Austria, and then placed second at Beaver Creek, Colorado. At the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isère, France, Ligety took the bronze medal in the giant slalom, then won his fourth World Cup race at Kranjska Gora. He finished the season with another second at the finals in Åre, Sweden, which", "id": "12994686" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nof 0.28 sec. (Janka was unbeatable on that afternoon, he finished 0.71 sec. ahead to Raich.) Ligety notched his fifth World Cup victory in January, his third win at Kranjska Gora in as many seasons. At the finals in Garmisch, Germany, he finished on the podium to secure his second season title in giant slalom, and finished seventh in the overall standings. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics at Whistler, he finished ninth in the giant slalom (on February 23 - he was eighth-placed after", "id": "12994688" }, { "contents": "Stefan Luitz\n\n\nStefan Luitz (; born 26 March 1992) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer. He primarily competes in giant slalom, but on 24 January 2016 in Kitzbühel, for the first time in his career, he completed both runs in slalom and finished 18th. Previously, he had once qualified to second run in slalom, on 18 December 2012 in Madonna di Campiglio, but did not finish the second run. Luitz made his World Cup debut in Adelboden in 2011, and attained his first World Cup podium in December 2012", "id": "15313224" }, { "contents": "Didier Cuche\n\n\nDidier Cuche (born 16 August 1974) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Le Pâquier, Neuchâtel, he competed in the downhill and super-G, along with the giant slalom. He won the World Cup downhill and super-G title for the 2011 season and has won three previous downhill titles in 2010, 2008 and 2007, along with a giant slalom title in 2009. Cuche has 21 World Cup race victories, along with 67 podiums (top three) and 181 top ten", "id": "11060008" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nBenjamin Raich (born 28 February 1978 in Arzl im Pitztal, Tyrol) is a retired champion World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria. With 14 medals won at Winter Olympics and World Championships, 36 World Cup race victories (in all disciplines except downhill), one first place and five second places in the World Cup overall ranking, three victories of the slalom World Cup, three victories of the combined World Cup, two victories of the giant slalom World Cup and the highest score of career World", "id": "20658332" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n50 World Cup races at the age of 23 years and 9 months. She has won 60 World Cup races, the 3rd most all time by a female alpine skier, including 40 WC slalom races, the most all-time by a female alpine skier. She is the only female athlete to have won 15 races in the same calendar year, winning the last slalom of the 2018 season in Semmering and equalling the men's record holder Marcel Hirscher. In the 2019 season she became the first athlete, male or female", "id": "8983516" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the GS world title in 2011 besting Cyprien Richard and Philipp Schörghofer. Ligety repeated as world champion in GS in 2013, ahead of Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. At Schladming in 2013, he became a triple world champion in giant slalom, super-G, and combined at Planai. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three or more gold medals at one world championships and the first in 45 years, when Jean-Claude Killy won four in 1968 at Chamrousse, with the combined as a \"paper", "id": "12994706" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\nher fourth slalom world cup. In Aspen, Colorado, the World Cup finals of the season took place. Shiffrin secured her first overall World Cup, but did not win the giant slalom World Cup that year. After the season, she received the \"Skieur d’Or\" (golden skier) award, given by the international ski journalist association to the best alpine skier of the year (one award for both genders). Shiffrin started the 2018 season with a 5th place finish in giant slalom at Sölden. In early December", "id": "8983533" }, { "contents": "Marilyn Cochran\n\n\nthe final five giant slalom races and won the World Cup season title. Cochran was the only American alpine racer with a World Cup season title until 1980, when Phil Mahre won the combined. She won the bronze medal in the combined at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena, Italy. Sister Barbara was fourth in that competition, but won a silver in the slalom, where Marilyn was sixth. Cochran won three World Cup races, two in giant slalom and one in slalom, and had 15 podiums and fifty top", "id": "314375" }, { "contents": "Thomas Grandi\n\n\nThomas Grandi (born 27 December 1972 in Bolzano, Italy) is a retired Canadian alpine skier. He specialized in technical skiing giant slalom and slalom. Grandi started in the Alpine Skiing World Cup in the 1992-93 season. His first top ten finish in the World Cup came in December 1996 where he finished in 10th position in the Giant Slalom in Alta Badia, Italy. In the 1997-98 World Cup season, he had his first top three finish when he finished in third place in a Giant Slalom race", "id": "10762400" }, { "contents": "Kajsa Kling\n\n\nKajsa Britta Kling (born 25 December 1988) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden. Born in Åre, Kling competed in all five alpine disciplines. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, she finished 26th in the giant slalom. On 28 December 2010, Kling crashed during a giant slalom race in Semmering, Austria, which ended her 2011 season. On 14 December 2013, Kling attained her first World Cup podium, placing second in a Super-G race in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Ahead of the 2017/18", "id": "18745147" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhis world title in giant slalom in 2013 in Schladming, Austria, where he also won an unexpected gold medal in the super-G and a third gold medal in the super combined. Through October, 2015, he has 25 victories (24 in giant slalom and 1 super combined) and 52 podiums in World Cup competition. His Olympic giant slalom gold medal, 24 GS World Cup wins, 3 GS world championship gold medals and 5 World Cup titles make him one of the greatest giant slalom skiers of all time.", "id": "12994676" }, { "contents": "Gauthier de Tessières\n\n\nGauthier de Tessières (born 9 November 1981) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from France, and has competed in two Winter Olympics and five World Championships. He made his breakthrough on the Alpine Skiing World Cup in a giant slalom in Val-d'Isère in December 2008, where after finishing 30th in the first run to narrowly qualify for the second run, he worked his way up to finish third overall, bettering his previous World Cup personal best of 15th. He won the silver medal in the super-G at", "id": "12658447" }, { "contents": "Albert Popov\n\n\ngiant slalom at the 2018 FIS Junior World Ski Championships in Davos. Twelve days later he made his debut at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang 2018, where he placed 28th in the giant slalom and did not finish the slalom. His World Cup breakthrough came in the opening race of the 2018–19 season in Levi, where he finished 20th, earning 11 points - Bulgaria's first in the World Cup since Petar Popangelov during the 1986–87 season. Popov followed that up with a 16th place finish at Madonna di Campiglio in December, after", "id": "1530499" }, { "contents": "Tessa Worley\n\n\nplace in a giant slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany. She finished in fifth place in the first race of the 2009 World Cup season, a giant slalom in Sölden, Austria, in October 2008. A month later she won her first World Cup race (and first podium) in a giant slalom at Aspen, United States. Early in the 2011 season, Worley won three consecutive giant slalom races before January. In February, Worley won a gold medal in the nations team event at the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen", "id": "4107613" }, { "contents": "Armand Marchant\n\n\nArmand Marchant (born 14 December 1997) is a Belgian alpine ski racer. Marchant specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, in the Giant slalom and the Slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014 in the Alta Badia giant slalom, he failed to finish the first run. At the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek he finished 41st in the Giant slalom and", "id": "4076226" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nCup points (ahead of Norwegian Kjetil André Aamodt), he is considered among the best alpine racers in World Cup history. After winning Junior World Championships in both slalom and giant slalom, Raich made his World Cup debut in March 1996. He scored his first victory in 1999, in slalom. In 2001 he won the silver medal in slalom at the World Championships, and at the end of the season he won the slalom World Cup. In 2002 he won two bronze medals at the Salt Lake City Olympics. Raich", "id": "20658333" }, { "contents": "Manuela Mölgg\n\n\nManuela Mölgg (born 28 August 1983) is a retired alpine ski racer from Italy, a specialist in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2000 and gained her first podium in November 2004. She has 14 World Cup podium finishes and appeared in two Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2009 Alpine World Ski Championships in Val-d'Isère Mölgg took the lead in the slalom after the first run but was disqualified from", "id": "21947840" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom\n\n\nFelix Neureuther, and Alexis Pinturault), which spawned criticism of the course. The second run was set by Ante Kostelić, known for idiosyncratic gate settings. He is the father of competitor Ivica Kostelić of Croatia, who finished ninth. Less than seven weeks shy of his 35th birthday, Mario Matt of Austria became the oldest gold medalist in Olympic alpine skiing history. The silver went to defending World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher, and Henrik Kristoffersen became the youngest male to medal in an Olympic alpine event at age 19. The", "id": "2699458" }, { "contents": "Jean-Baptiste Grange\n\n\nHe won his first World Cup race on 17 December 2007, and won the 2009 season title in the slalom. Injured in early December 2009 in a giant slalom at Beaver Creek, he opted for surgery and missed the remainder of the 2010 season, which included the 2010 Winter Olympics. He returned to competition for the 2011 season and won the world championship in the slalom. He won his second slalom world title in Beaver Creek on 15 February 2015. His older brother is François-Cyrille Grange, also an alpine ski", "id": "20737157" }, { "contents": "Petra Vlhová\n\n\nPetra Vlhová (born 13 June 1995) is a Slovak World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. She is the current world champion in giant slalom. Born in Liptovský Mikuláš, Vlhová won a gold medal in 2012 Winter Youth Olympics and represented Slovakia in the 2014 Winter Olympics. She also won gold in the slalom at the Junior World Championships in 2014 in Jasná, Slovakia. She made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2012 and her first World Cup podium came", "id": "7975537" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n, at the age of 23 years and nine months. With that race she also equalled the record of the Austrian Marlies Schild for the most wins in women's slalom – 35, and put herself in joint seventh place in all-time World Cup victories with Alberto Tomba of Italy. One week later, she took another World Cup slalom win in Semmering, Austria, becoming the first alpine skier to take 15 World Cup wins in a single calendar year, moving ahead of Marcel Hirscher, who had taken 14 wins in", "id": "8983544" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's combined\n\n\nThe men's combined competition of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics was held on 13 February 2018 at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre and the Yongpyong Alpine Centre at the Alpensia Sports Park in PyeongChang. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, with Alexis Pinturault coming in second, and Victor Muffat-Jeandet third. For Muffat-Jeandet, this was the first Olympic medal, and for both Hirscher and Pinturault the first medal in combined. Hirscher, who won six overall World Cup titles and was skiing in his third Olympics, previously only won a", "id": "17712395" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\n, Utah. On 26 October 2002, Maze won her first World Cup race at the season opener in Sölden, Austria. She shared the giant slalom win with Nicole Hosp of Austria and Andrine Flemmen of Norway in the first-ever a three-way tie in a World Cup race. Maze finished the 2003 season on the 38th place in the overall standings with 190 points, all in giant slalom. At the 2003 World Championships, she finished 5th in giant slalom. In the 2004 season, Maze scored one podium", "id": "12638261" }, { "contents": "1978–79 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 13th World Cup season began in December 1978 in Austria and concluded in March 1979 in Japan. The overall winners were Peter Lüscher of Switzerland, his first overall win, and Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria, her sixth (which remained the record until 2017-18, when Austria's Marcel Hirscher won his seventh overall title). Although Ingemar Stenmark did not win the overall title due to restrictions on the number of races that counted for overall championship points, he won 13 races during the season (including the last", "id": "844407" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\n, including the super-G race in January in Les Menuires. He again won the Giant Slalom Cup, finished second in the overall standings and second in the Slalom Cup. In the 1990–91 season he performed best in the slalom. He won competitions in Madonna di Campiglio and Kranjska Gora in December, and recorded three-second places, only one of them in giant slalom. Again he finished second in the Slalom Cup. At the 1991 World Championships, he won the bronze medal in slalom and placed fourth in both", "id": "9904885" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\na World Championship gold medal in slalom in 2003, Olympic silver medal in slalom in 2010, Olympic silver medals in combined in 2006 (traditional combined), 2010 (super combined) and 2014, as well as the overall World Cup title in 2011. Kostelić scored a total of 26 World Cup race victories and a total of 59 World Cup podiums during his career (). He won the slalom World Cup title in 2002 and 2011, and the combined World Cup title in 2011 and 2012. Since 2008, he", "id": "3227791" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nMarch 1975 at Sun Valley. He won the final race of the season, a parallel slalom (\"pro-style\" heats) the following week in Val Gardena, Italy, against his challenger Stenmark to secure the overall title. His last win in giant slalom was in January 1976, and his final World Cup victory was in the combined at Kitzbühel in January 1977. His last podium finish was a third place in the slalom at Åre, Sweden, in February 1979. He finished eighth in the slalom at the", "id": "10362492" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nand 10th in the combined. In the 2006 season, Maze won one giant slalom race and two more podiums, a third place in giant slalom and a runner-up position in super-G. She finished the season 14th in the overall standings with 525 points and scored World Cup points in all disciplines for the first time. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Maze competed in the giant slalom and super-G events, where she finished 12th and 39th, respectively. The 2007 season was not as successful for her as", "id": "12638263" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n2013 in Sölden, Austria, with a career-best sixth in giant slalom, within a half-second of the podium. She won the next event, a slalom at Levi, Finland, improving on her podium finish the previous year for her fifth World Cup victory. At Beaver Creek, she was runner-up in the giant slalom, her first World Cup podium in that discipline. On January 5, Shiffrin secured first place in a two-run slalom race in Bormio, Italy (the race took place", "id": "8983524" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nfinished among the top six in the overall World Cup standings each season (2008: sixth; 2009: fourth; 2010: fifth; 2011: first; 2012: fourth; 2013: fifth). He also scored points in all disciplines each of those seasons, and his best race results were a seventh place in downhill, a second place in giant slalom, and victories in all other disciplines (11 in slalom, 1 in parallel-slalom, 2 in combined, 4 in super combined, and 1 in super", "id": "3227792" }, { "contents": "Fabienne Serrat\n\n\nFabienne Serrat (born 5 July 1956) is a former world champion alpine ski racer. At age 17, Serrat won two gold medals at the 1974 World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in the giant slalom and the combined events. During her World Cup career she had three victories, 37 podiums, and 124 top ten finishes. Serrat competed at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Winter Olympics in a total of five events. Her best result was fourth place in the giant slalom in 1980. She retired from competition", "id": "6439530" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nhe finished third, and in the overall standings he finished fourth. He also competed at the 1989 World Championships, placing eighth in the giant slalom and sixth in the slalom. He was given the Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year award of 1989. The 1989–90 season started equally well, with two-second places in August in Thredbo. He then won his next race, a giant slalom competition in Park City in November. Although that would be his only victory that season, he became runner-up in three further races", "id": "9904884" }, { "contents": "Thomas Fanara\n\n\nThomas Fanara (born 24 April 1981) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from France. Born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Fanara specialised in giant slalom; his one and only win came in March 2016 at the giant slalom finals in St. Moritz, Switzerland. He is the oldest racer to reach a World Cup podium in giant slalom, and competed for France at three Winter Olympics and six World Championships. He retired from competition at the end of the 2018-19 season. Fanara has started over 70", "id": "8162366" }, { "contents": "Alena Zavarzina\n\n\nin Kreischberg, she won a silver medal in parallel giant slalom after losing to Claudia Riegler in the repeat of the 2011 final, and finished fifth in the parallel slalom. She reached her second World Cup podium of the season at the season finale in Winterberg, and finished the season in thirteenth place in the overall World Cup standings. In 2015/16 season, Zavarzina won her second career World Cup victory, this time in parallel slalom, in Winterberg which was also her sole World Cup podium of the season. At the end", "id": "5559259" }, { "contents": "Tanja Poutiainen\n\n\nin the United States. At the 1999 Junior World Championships, she placed third in the giant slalom at Pra-Loup, France. Poutiainen scored her first World Cup victory – and the first for a female Finnish alpine skier – on 28 February 2004 in a slalom held on home snow in Levi, Finland – the first alpine World Cup race to be held in the country. In the 2005 World Cup season, Poutiainen won the season titles in both the slalom and giant slalom, and placed fifth in the overall standings", "id": "20125357" }, { "contents": "Ramón Homs\n\n\nWinter World Cup, he finished seventeenth in the overall standings. At the March 2008 Italian National Championships, he finished third in the Super G, fifth in the Giant Slalom and was disqualified from the Slalom. At the last round of the European Cup in March 2008, an event held in La Molina, Spain, he was one of several non-vision impaired Spanish skiers competing at the event. At the first IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup event in the 2008/2009 ski season, he failed to finish one of his races", "id": "1327121" }, { "contents": "Mitchell Gourley\n\n\ncompeted in five Men's Standing events. He finished fourth in the Giant Slalom and fifth in the Super-G. He finished the 2015/16 World Cup season on a high, placing third on the overall rankings after a successful run of events that saw him podium nine times. Gourley won the gold medal in the Men's Super Combined Standing at the 2017 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Tarvisio, Italy. Gourley was in sixth place after the super-G, but put on a masterclass in the slalom to secure the gold", "id": "6530863" }, { "contents": "Didier Défago\n\n\nDidier Défago (born 2 October 1977) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Morgins, Valais, Défago made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 1996, and was Swiss national champion in downhill (2003) and Giant slalom (2004). At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he won the downhill at Whistler to become the Olympic champion. Défago finished the 2005 World Cup season as sixth overall and fourth in the Super-G, his most successful season so far. In 2009", "id": "11060083" } ]

[ { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nHirscher won the overall World Cup title again in 2013 with 6 victories; he also won the slalom title and was runner-up in giant slalom. Hirscher scored a total of 18 podium finishes out of 19 races in the two technical events. The only race in either slalom or giant slalom where he finished outside the top 3 was the giant slalom in Adelboden. In that particular race Hirscher was leading after the first run, built up his advantage to over a second in the second run, but nearly fell several gates", "id": "14754284" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nChampionships, which ended his 2011 season. Returning after injury, Hirscher had an outstanding season in terms of wins in 2012 with 9 victories and a total of 14 podiums, all in the two technical events (except for one third place in the season's last Super G). He won the World Cup overall and giant slalom titles, and placed third in the slalom. In October 2012, Hirscher was awarded the Skieur d'Or Award by members of the International Association of Ski Journalists for his performances during the previous season.", "id": "14754283" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nMarcel Hirscher (born 2 March 1989) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. Hirscher made his World Cup debut in March 2007. He competes primarily in slalom and giant slalom, as well as combined and occasionally in super G. Winner of a record eight consecutive World Cup titles, Hirscher has also won 11 medals at the Alpine Skiing World Championships, seven of them gold, a silver medal in slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and two gold medals in the combined and giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics.", "id": "14754281" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\ncancelled. Three days after turning 18, Shiffrin won the final slalom race at Lenzerheide on 16 March to overtake Maze and win that discipline's season title by 33 points. The men's overall title wasn't decided until the World Cup finals at Lenzerheide. A runner-up finish in the giant slalom on 16 March gave Hirscher his second consecutive overall title, the first male to achieve this feat since Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003. Hirscher also won the slalom title, while the downhill and super-G titles went", "id": "9809256" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nsurpassing Benjamin Raich's total. On 18 December he won the fourth giant slalom of the season in Alta Badia having finished second in the three preceding giant slalom races, equalling Alberto Tomba's 4 wins at the venue, and with it became the 5th most successful male World Cup winner. On 7 January Hirscher achieved his 100th podium from 191 starts (a ratio of 52.3%) with a 2nd-place finish in the giant slalom in Adelboden. On 29 January Hirscher won the GS in Garmisch, achieving his 20th GS", "id": "14754289" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nnumber of points but Ligety had more victories (4, as opposed to 2 by Hirscher). This was Ligety's second consecutive giant slalom title and fifth overall. The slalom title went to Hirscher, who secured it in the last race of the season. The combined title was shared by Ligety and Alexis Pinturault of France, who each won a first and a second place in two combined races of the season. Fenninger won the overall women's title, her first, and the first by an Austrian woman since Nicole", "id": "7283678" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nbefore the final, thus missing the win and finished only 16th. He became the first male racer to retain the overall World Cup title since fellow Austrian Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003 and the first to win it three years in a row since American Phil Mahre did so in 1981, 1982 and 1983. In 2015 Hirscher dominated the giant slalom standings with 5 wins, including a winning margin of 3.28 seconds in Garmisch, and won the GS title for the second time. With his slalom win in Zagreb he became the", "id": "14754285" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nDue to his record number of overall titles, many years of extreme dominance of both slalom and giant slalom and of the men's overall ranking, he is considered by many, including his rivals Henrik Kristoffersen, Kjetil Jansrud and Alexis Pinturault, to be the best alpine skier in history. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Hirscher placed fourth in the giant slalom and fifth in the slalom at Whistler Creekside. He placed fourth in the giant slalom at the 2009 World Championships, but broke his ankle the weekend preceding the 2011 World", "id": "14754282" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n. On 13 January 2019 he won the slalom race in Adelboden and celebrated a 9th World Cup win and a 16th podium, a record among male athletes at a single resort. At the 2019 Alpine World Ski Championships in Åre in February, Hirscher took a silver in the giant slalom behind Henrik Kristoffersen, before winning the slalom by 0.65 seconds after holding a 0.56 second lead from the first run: Hirscher described his first run as one of the best performances of his career. He led teammates Michael Matt and Marco Schwarz in", "id": "14754299" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\ntherefore 10 points more than fourth place. The 2015 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup season was less successful for Ligety as he was able to win just one race and finished third in the giant slalom standings and eleventh overall. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 held in Beaver Creek, Ligety finished third in the super combined event despite being ranked 29th after the downhill leg. In the giant slalom, placed fifth after the first run and trailing by 0.24 to then leading favorite Marcel Hirscher, Ligety skied impressively in the second", "id": "12994700" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmatching the total of legendary technical racer Alberto Tomba. Two days later Hirscher achieved his sixth win of the season by winning the GS in Adelboden and moved to 3rd overall in the men's World Cup winners rankings. The next day he won the slalom in Adelboden. On 23 January, with his 9th win of the season in the Schladming night slalom, Hirscher equalled his compatriot Austrian ski legend Hermann Maier's 54 World Cup victories. It was the 500th World Cup win for Austrian men. On 28 January Hirscher moved to", "id": "14754293" }, { "contents": "Matts Olsson\n\n\nMatts Olsson (born 1 December 1988) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden who races in the giant slalom discipline. Born in Karlstad, Olsson made his World Cup debut at age 19 in October 2007. He won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in the team event, and finished 18th in the giant slalom, and 24th in the super-G. Matts Olsson won his first World Cup competition victory in Alta Badia in December 2017 at an evening event in Parallel Giant Slalom. Matts defeated Marcel Hirscher", "id": "12104888" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmost successful Austrian male World Cup slalom skier surpassing Benjamin Raich. In the final race of the season in Meribel he overturned a 55-point deficit in the standings by winning his 16th World Cup slalom, and with it won the slalom title for the third year in a row. Hirscher became the first male alpine skier to win the overall World Cup title four times in a row. In 2016 Hirscher became the most successful Austrian male World Cup GS skier by winning in Beaver Creek, Colorado, surpassing Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier.", "id": "14754286" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nwas won by Hirscher for the third time in a row, becoming the first man to achieve this since Phil Mahre in 1983. Hirscher secured the title after the second-to-last race of the season when he beat Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who did not compete in slalom. Svindal won both the downhill (second time in a row) and super-G titles (third time in a row). The giant slalom title went to Ted Ligety of the United States. Ligety and Hirscher shared the same", "id": "7283677" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the race on March 15 with a 0,03 second advantage over Alexis Pinturault and with Hirscher finishing fourth, both skiers ended the season tied with 560 points. The Crystal Globe was however awarded to Ligety who won due to having five discipline victories during the season compared to Hirscher's two. This was the fifth giant slalom title in Ligety's career. - Hirscher lost the title in that last giant slalom race with a deficit of 0.01 seconds to the 3rd place (achieved by Felix Neureuther) which is awarded 60 points,", "id": "12994699" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nand 43rd World Cup win, and with it attained Austria's 100th GS win for men. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 in St. Moritz, Switzerland Hirscher won gold in the GS and slalom, and silver in the combined, missing the gold by just 0.01 seconds. He was the most successful athlete at the championships. On 4 March in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Hirscher won his third GS race of the season and with it secured his 4th GS World Cup title and his 6th overall World Cup title;", "id": "14754290" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n12 November and achieved a 17th-place finish. The next technical race was the GS in Val d'Isère on 9 December and Hirscher came 3rd. He won the slalom the next day. On 17 December 2017 he won the giant slalom race in Alta Badia, which was his fifth consecutive victory in that location, surpassing Ivica Kostelić, who won the Kitzbühel combined 4 times in a row. On 4 January Hirscher achieved his 5th win of the season in the slalom in Zagreb and with it his 50th World Cup win,", "id": "14754292" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n. He won his third season title in giant slalom in 2011. Even though Ligety was able to win three giant slalom races during the season, he was dethroned as the discipline champion by an overall champion Marcel Hirscher from Austria. Before the last giant slalom race which was held on March 17 at Schladming, Hirscher was in lead with 605 points ahead to Ted with 513 points. Therefore, Ted was forced to attack as powerful as he was able to do but he did fall in the first leg; he did continue", "id": "12994692" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nthe only male skier in history to do so. One day later Hirscher finished fourth in the slalom and with it secured his fourth World Cup slalom title. The start of the 2018 season was expected to be more difficult as Hirscher suffered a fracture to his left ankle during the first day of snow training on 17 August. Fortunately the first race of the season in Sölden was cancelled due to high winds, giving Hirscher a few more weeks to recover. He made a last minute decision to race the slalom in Levi on", "id": "14754291" }, { "contents": "Ingemar Stenmark\n\n\nCup slalom title in 1983. Stenmark began skiing at the age of five and won his first national competition at age eight. Stenmark made his World Cup debut in December 1973 at age 17. He won more international races than any other alpine skier in history: he took 86 wins (46 giant slaloms and 40 slaloms). His closest male competitor is Marcel Hirscher, with 67 (up to January 2019) victories to his name. Stenmark won only in the two technical disciplines: slalom and giant slalom (the other", "id": "19815131" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nachievement he shares with Pirmin Zurbriggen and Hermann Maier, exceeded by Marcel Hirscher's and Marc Girardelli's five. Thöni was the dominant skier in the technical events (slalom and giant slalom) in the early 1970s. His first victory came in his debut race on the World Cup circuit, a giant slalom at Val-d'Isère, France, in December 1969. Still a teenager, he had a very successful rookie year during that 1970 season with four victories and nine podiums. He finished third in the overall standings, just", "id": "10362488" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nrun, to finish 0.45 ahead of Hirscher and secure his third consecutive world title in the discipline. Ligety won the season's first race, a giant slalom on October 25, 2015, at Sölden, Austria. While training on January 27 at Oberjoch, Germany, he tore the ACL in his right knee, which required surgery and ended his 2016 season. Ligety returned to World Cup racing in October 2016, competing in the prelude (giant slalom) race at Sölden on October 23 (finishing 5th), and he", "id": "12994701" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 47th World Cup season began on 27 October 2012, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 17 March 2013, at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The overall titles were won by Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. A break in the schedule was for the biennial World Championships, held 4–17 February in Schladming, Austria. Changes for the 2013 season included the awarding of World Cup points for the slalom crystal globe for the limited field city events (parallel slalom), not just in", "id": "9809251" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nlegends Ingemar Stenmark and Hermann Maier. Unfortunately, the following day the slalom race was cancelled due to high winds, denying Hirscher the opportunity to obtain the record outright. Hirscher has started 245 World Cup races, has won 67 of them, (a ratio of 27%) has achieved 138 podiums (a ratio of 56%) and has finished 73% of his races in the Top 10. In December 2018 Hirscher became Austria's most prolific World Cup race winner when he won a slalom in Saalbach-Hinterglemm in", "id": "14754297" }, { "contents": "Manfred Mölgg\n\n\nManfred Mölgg (born 3 June 1982) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from northern Italy. He specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made his World Cup debut in January 2003 at Bormio. As of mid-January 2016, he has 19 World Cup podiums with three victories, all achieved in slalom. Mölgg won the World Cup season title in slalom in 2008, and finished fourth in the overall standings, the best result for an Italian since Kristian", "id": "20862702" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nto reach the top of the standings in the greatest alpine skiers of all time men's super ranking. At the end of the slalom race, Hirscher said on Austrian television that he would go home \"and consider where the journey will go. I don't know if I will be skiing World Cup next season\". At the World Cup finals in Åre, Hirscher won the GS race on 17 March and equaled the record of most wins in a single season: he shares the record of 13 wins with alpine skiing", "id": "14754296" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWorld Cup technical races resumed in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia on 3 March with the GS. Hirscher secured the GS crystal globe for the 5th time by winning the race with a winning margin of 1.66 seconds. The following day, Hirscher also won the slalom with a winning margin of 1.22 seconds. As a result, he also won the slalom crystal globe for the 5th time, and the overall crystal globe for the seventh time in succession with 2 technical races remaining. His Olympic gold medals plus the additional crystal globes enabled him", "id": "14754295" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nin Kranjska Gora for a record sixth time. At the season finals in Lenzerheide he surprisingly finished second, tied with Christof Innerhofer, in the downhill race. The result was his first ever podium in downhill and made him only the second American skier in history, after Bode Miller, to podium in all five alpine skiing disciplines. Ligety then finished fifth in the final super-G race. Before the last giant slalom race of the season Ligety was trailing Marcel Hirscher by 50 points for the discipline title. However, Ligety", "id": "12994698" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhe had three fourth-place finishes, one in giant slalom, one in super combined, and one in the World Cup finals downhill, as well as a fourth-place finish in the giant slalom at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden, missing a medal by 0.07 seconds. He finished eleventh overall in 2007. Ligety won his first World Cup season title in the giant slalom in 2008, and finished fifth in the overall standings. He won the final two giant slaloms of the year at Kranjska Gora and", "id": "12994684" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's giant slalom\n\n\nThe Men's Giant Slalom competition at the 2013 World Championships ran on Friday, February 15 at 10:00 local time (1st run) and 13:30 (2nd run), the ninth race of the championships. 99 athletes from 55 countries competed in the main race while 132 athletes from 53 countries competed in the qualification race on Thursday, February 14. Ted Ligety won his third gold medal of the 2013 World Championships, joined on the podium by Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three", "id": "6822507" }, { "contents": "Giorgio Rocca\n\n\nGiorgio Rocca (born 6 August 1975) is an Italian former alpine skier, a specialist in slalom skiing. Together with Marc Girardelli, Ingemar Stenmark and Marcel Hirscher, he is one of four skiers to have won 5 Alpine Skiing World Cup slaloms in a row, which he achieved in the 2005/2006 season: only Alberto Tomba (7) has won more World Cup slaloms consecutively. He is currently ninth in the list of all-time slalom winners, with a total of 11 victories. Rocca was born in Chur,", "id": "14243073" }, { "contents": "Viktoria Rebensburg\n\n\nViktoria Rebensburg (born 4 October 1989) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer and the 2010 Olympic gold medalist in the Born in Tegernsee, Bavaria, she has three World Cup season titles, all in giant slalom. After finishing 28th in the Olympic super-G, she won gold in the giant slalom, her first victory in international competition. Her previous best finish was second place at a GS a month earlier, her only World Cup podium. Ten months later Rebensberg won her first World Cup race in October", "id": "7848199" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nAustria to narrowly beat France in the men's nations cup by 201 points, the narrowest winning margin for many years. Hirscher was the only Austrian male skier to win a race in the entire season, and scored 30.9% (1795 out of 5804) of the Austrian men's nations cup points. On 13 November in Levi, Finland, Hirscher won the first slalom of the 2017 season and equalled Pirmin Zurbriggen's win total of 40, putting him equal 5th in the standings. He also achieved his 93rd podium,", "id": "14754288" }, { "contents": "Marco Schwarz\n\n\nMarco Schwarz (born 16 August 1995) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He focuses on the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Schwarz competed for Austria at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in the alpine skiing and won three gold medals; in the boys' combined, the parallel mixed team event, and the boys' giant slalom. Schwarz made his World Cup debut in November 2014 at age 19. He achieved his first World Cup podium in December 2015; third place in a slalom at Madonna di", "id": "12834730" }, { "contents": "Dave Ryding\n\n\n's slalom in 2002, from which he was disqualified. He went on the finish the season 11th in the World Cup slalom standings. Ryding took one of the best World Cup results of his career so far in a slalom in Madonna di Campiglio in December 2018: after placing 27th in the first run, he set the fastest second run time to secure a fourth-placed finish. Ryding continued his good form at the Oslo parallel slalom on New Year's Day 2019: he knocked out Hirscher in the quarter-finals", "id": "16035158" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 48th World Cup season began on 26 October 2013, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 16 March 2014 at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The defending overall champions from the 2013 season were Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. The overall titles were won by Hirscher and Anna Fenninger, also of Austria. The season was interrupted by the 2014 Winter Olympics that took place from 7 to 23 February in Sochi, Russia, with the alpine events at Rosa Khutor. The men's title", "id": "7283676" }, { "contents": "Michaela Kirchgasser\n\n\nMichaela Kirchgasser (born 18 March 1985) is a retired Austrian alpine ski racer. She raced in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom, and also the combined. On 25 November 2006, Kirchgasser made her first World Cup podium with a third place in the giant slalom at Aspen, Colorado. Her first victory was on 24 February 2007, in a giant slalom at Sierra Nevada, Spain. She has competed in three Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she finished fifth in the slalom", "id": "6480720" }, { "contents": "Marcel Mathis\n\n\nMarcel Mathis (born December 24, 1991) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Hohenems, Vorarlberg, he primarily competed on the European Cup circuit, but raced in several World Cup events, all in giant slalom. Mathis' first top result in World Cup was his third place in giant slalom in Bansko, Bulgaria, on February 18, 2012. He was in 26th place after the first run, but had the fastest second run to attain the podium. It was also his first", "id": "4965368" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\ngiant slalom and combined, and silver in super-G. He also won two other giant slaloms during the season. In the 2004 season, Miller won World Cup titles in two disciplines: giant slalom and combined, but placed fourth in the competition for the overall title. He won six World Cup races: three giant slaloms, two combineds and one slalom. After the season, Miller switched to Atomic skis. Miller won his first overall World Cup title in 2005, defeating Austrians Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier. He made", "id": "8624673" }, { "contents": "Henrik Kristoffersen\n\n\nHenrik Kristoffersen (born 2 July 1994) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, 2019 World Champion and Olympic medalist. Born in Lørenskog in Akershus county, Kristoffersen specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. He made his World Cup debut in March 2012 in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, and attained his first podium in November 2013, a third-place finish in slalom at Levi, Finland. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Kristoffersen won the bronze medal in slalom at Rosa Khutor at age 19", "id": "12443237" }, { "contents": "Alexis Pinturault\n\n\n, as he missed pre-season speed training after surgery on his left ankle in August to repair ligaments damaged while playing tennis. Pinturault did not medal at the world championships in 2013, but had four top-six finishes. A week later he claimed a fourth World Cup win, his first in giant slalom, at Garmisch, Germany. Second after the first run, Pinturault's total time was 0.60 seconds ahead of runner-up Hirscher. On 15 March, he was honored as the 2013 Longines Rising Star,", "id": "14820258" }, { "contents": "Žan Kranjec\n\n\nŽan Kranjec (born 15 November 1992) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovenia. He specializes in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Kranjec made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 2011 at Kranjska Gora. He represented Slovenia at the World Championships in 2013 and was 22nd in giant slalom. A week later at the Junior World Championships in Canada, he won a bronze medal in giant slalom. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kranjec placed fourth in the giant slalom. In December 2018,", "id": "9034523" }, { "contents": "Hannes Reichelt\n\n\nJohannes \"Hannes\" Reichelt (born 5 July 1980) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He competes in downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom, and Combined. Born in Altenmarkt im Pongau in Salzburg, Reichelt made his World Cup debut in December 2001. He made his first podium in December 2002 and won his first World Cup race, a Super-G, in December 2005. Reichelt also won the European Cup overall title in 2005, as well as the European Cup season title in giant slalom", "id": "15634035" }, { "contents": "Phil Mahre\n\n\nselected to the \"A\" team following the 1975 season and made his World Cup debut in December 1975 at Val d'Isère, France. Two months later he competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, taking fifth in the giant slalom at age 18. He made his first podium in March with a second in a giant slalom at Copper Mountain, Colorado, and finished the 1976 World Cup season in 14th place in the overall standings. He won his first World Cup race the next season, a giant slalom", "id": "12320115" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWith his GS win in Alta Badia, Italy (his 3rd consecutive win at that venue), he became Austria's most successful World Cup GS skier overtaking Annemarie Moser-Pröll. Another GS win in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia confirmed Hirscher as the GS title winner with one race to go. To wrap up an amazing season with 8 wins and 19 podiums Hirscher also won the men's overall World Cup title, his 5th consecutive overall title, a feat never before achieved by a male skier. His points total also enabled", "id": "14754287" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nreaching the podium for the first time, with a second place from Adelboden in January. He also won the slalom run in the Alpine Combined Event at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships. On 3 March in Furano, he finished second in the giant slalom, winning the slalom race two days later. One week later in Shigakogen, he won the giant slalom race and finished second in the slalom. As a result, he won the Giant Slalom Cup that year, though jointly with Pirmin Zurbriggen. In the Slalom Cup", "id": "9904883" }, { "contents": "Jean-Noël Augert\n\n\nwon three World Cups in 1969, 1971 and 1972, and in which he won a Gold medal at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena. He was also second in the overall classification of the 1969 World Cup and third in the Giant Slalom World Cup 1969. Besides his 15 wins in World Cup races, he finished 15 times at the podium (place two: 6 slaloms, 3 giant slaloms; place three: 2 slaloms, 4 giant slaloms). He came fifth in both the men's slalom and giant", "id": "18262429" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nTed Ligety) in a giant slalom race in Kranjska Gora, the same place where he also won his first top-3 result more than 15 years earlier (in January 1999). His last top three finish came in early March 2015 in a giant slalom race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen that came to be one of his very last races in the alpine world cup. On September 10, 2015, he announced his retirement. 9 titles: 1 overall, 2 giant slalom, 3 slalom, 3 combined 36 total: 14 slalom", "id": "20658336" }, { "contents": "Anna Veith\n\n\n-G at the Austrian Championships in late March. In late December 2011, Veith won her first World Cup event in Lienz, Austria, in the Giant slalom. Her most consistent World Cup podium results have been in the super-G. After another giant slalom win in Austria in December 2012, Veith's first super-G victory came in March 2013 in Germany. At the 2013 World Championships in Schladming, Austria, Veith won bronze in the giant slalom. In the alpine skiing World Cup overall ranking 2013 she finished", "id": "18958035" }, { "contents": "Davide Simoncelli\n\n\nDavide Simoncelli (born January 30, 1979 in Rovereto) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy who specialized in giant slalom. Simoncelli made his World Cup debut in 1999. He took two World Cup victories and eight podium finishes, all in giant slalom. He took five podiums on the \"Gran Risa\" track of Alta Badia, with a victory and four second places. He finished fourth in the World Cup points standings for giant slalom twice, in 2006 and 2010. Simoncelli competed for Italy in three", "id": "8459823" }, { "contents": "Kjetil Jansrud\n\n\nKjetil Jansrud (born 28 August 1985) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion. He races in all alpine disciplines apart from slalom, and his best event used to be the giant slalom where he has 6 World Cup podiums and an Olympic silver medal. However, since 2012 he has become more of a speed specialist, having won all but two of his World Cup victories in the speed events. At the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, he won the Super-G and placed third in the Downhill", "id": "11513877" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nmissed 11 races, including two classic slaloms and one parallel, in Stockholm. In the meantime, Marcel Hirscher took the lead in the overall standings and would go on to claim his first overall title. Kostelić returned to action in Schladming at the end of the season, and competed only in slalom. He finished 16th and André Myhrer took the slalom title. Born and raised in Zagreb, his parents, Ante and Marica, are former elite team handball players. They taught Ivica and his sister Janica, two years younger", "id": "3227806" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nin a giant slalom race at Maribor. During her early World Cup seasons, Maze competed in slalom, giant slalom, and super-G, but scored World Cup points only in the first two disciplines. At the 2001 World Championships, Maze's best result was a 16th place in slalom. In January 2002, Maze won her first podium, a second place in giant slalom in Maribor. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in the United States, Maze finished twelfth in the giant slalom in her Olympic debut at Park City", "id": "12638260" }, { "contents": "Günther Mader\n\n\ntotal of six medals in the world championships. He won his first championship medal, the silver medal in the Slalom Race at Crans Montana in 1987, after only placing eighth after the first leg of the competition. Mader won two World Cup season titles, giant slalom in 1990 and combined in 1996, and placed second in the overall World Cup standings in 1995 and 1996, and third in 1990. Without his 14 wins, he did achieve another 27 places in World Cup races. His only World Cup victory in downhill", "id": "16142764" }, { "contents": "Nicole Hosp\n\n\nNicole Hosp (; born 6 November 1983) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. She competed in all five disciplines and was a world champion, three-time Olympic medalist, and an overall World Cup champion. Born in Ehenbichl, Tyrol, Hosp won the overall World Cup title in 2007 and the season title in giant slalom. A versatile all-around racer, she won World Cup races in four of the five alpine skiing disciplines (super-G, giant slalom, slalom and combined),", "id": "18723452" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Men's super combined\n\n\nThe Men's super combined competition at the 2015 World Championships was held on Sunday, February 8. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, despite originally finishing in 31st position after the downhill leg. Ondřej Bank however, fell on the final jump and, although the original results had Bank in 25th place, the jury disqualified him after the run ended and as a result, Hirscher was able to start first in the slalom leg instead of starting after the top 30. With a clean track he was able to rise all the", "id": "2139631" }, { "contents": "Loïc Meillard\n\n\nLoïc Meillard (born 29 October 1996) is a Swiss alpine ski racer and specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Meillard made his World Cup debut in January 2015; his younger sister Mélanie is also a World Cup alpine racer. Meillard made his World Cup debut at age 18 in the Adelboden giant slalom in January 2015. At the World Junior Championships that March at Hafjell, Norway, he won a bronze medal in the Super-G, silver in the giant slalom, and gold in the combined", "id": "4438833" }, { "contents": "Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander\n\n\nSimon Breitfuss Kammerlander (born 29 November 1992) is a Bolivian-Austrian alpine ski racer. Breitfuss Kammerlander specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut on 23 October 2016. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut at the Sölden Giant slalom on 23 October 2016, he failed to qualify for the second run finishing in 78th place. He competed for Bolivia at the 2017 Alpine World Ski Championships. He finished 46th in the Super-G and failed to finish the first run", "id": "10351390" }, { "contents": "Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen\n\n\nLeif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen (born 29 November 1987) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, specializing in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Haugen made his World Cup debut in October 2009 in Sölden, and collected his first World Cup points with a 26th place. He won a bronze medal in giant slalom at the World Championships in 2017 and attained his first World Cup podium in March 2017 at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Nestvold-Haugen represents the sports club Lommedalens IL, and hails from Lommedalen.", "id": "14989586" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\nwas disqualified – while in first place at the time – during the second leg of the combined event, failed to finish the super-G, tied for 6th in the giant slalom, and had another DNF after missing a gate in the first run of the slalom. Nevertheless, Miller won two races during the season (a giant slalom and a super-G) and placed third for the season's overall World Cup title. At the 2006 U.S. National Championships following the World Cup season, Miller won the downhill and", "id": "8624676" }, { "contents": "Leonardo David\n\n\nthe World Cup season in North America and Japan. Then age 18, David was a promising talent on the Italian team, in his first year on the World Cup circuit. He won the overall and slalom titles of the European Cup in 1978, and placed second in giant slalom. He won his only World Cup race, a slalom in Oslo, less than a month before his accident, outpacing Ingemar Stenmark and Phil Mahre. David had 10 top ten finishes with four podiums during the 1979 World Cup season, and", "id": "2954663" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n-placed. But Ligety did do a phenomenal best time in the second leg, becoming first ahead to Raich. Ligety opened defense of his 2008 giant slalom title with a third-place finish in Sölden, Austria, and then placed second at Beaver Creek, Colorado. At the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isère, France, Ligety took the bronze medal in the giant slalom, then won his fourth World Cup race at Kranjska Gora. He finished the season with another second at the finals in Åre, Sweden, which", "id": "12994686" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nof 0.28 sec. (Janka was unbeatable on that afternoon, he finished 0.71 sec. ahead to Raich.) Ligety notched his fifth World Cup victory in January, his third win at Kranjska Gora in as many seasons. At the finals in Garmisch, Germany, he finished on the podium to secure his second season title in giant slalom, and finished seventh in the overall standings. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics at Whistler, he finished ninth in the giant slalom (on February 23 - he was eighth-placed after", "id": "12994688" }, { "contents": "Stefan Luitz\n\n\nStefan Luitz (; born 26 March 1992) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer. He primarily competes in giant slalom, but on 24 January 2016 in Kitzbühel, for the first time in his career, he completed both runs in slalom and finished 18th. Previously, he had once qualified to second run in slalom, on 18 December 2012 in Madonna di Campiglio, but did not finish the second run. Luitz made his World Cup debut in Adelboden in 2011, and attained his first World Cup podium in December 2012", "id": "15313224" }, { "contents": "Didier Cuche\n\n\nDidier Cuche (born 16 August 1974) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Le Pâquier, Neuchâtel, he competed in the downhill and super-G, along with the giant slalom. He won the World Cup downhill and super-G title for the 2011 season and has won three previous downhill titles in 2010, 2008 and 2007, along with a giant slalom title in 2009. Cuche has 21 World Cup race victories, along with 67 podiums (top three) and 181 top ten", "id": "11060008" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nBenjamin Raich (born 28 February 1978 in Arzl im Pitztal, Tyrol) is a retired champion World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria. With 14 medals won at Winter Olympics and World Championships, 36 World Cup race victories (in all disciplines except downhill), one first place and five second places in the World Cup overall ranking, three victories of the slalom World Cup, three victories of the combined World Cup, two victories of the giant slalom World Cup and the highest score of career World", "id": "20658332" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n50 World Cup races at the age of 23 years and 9 months. She has won 60 World Cup races, the 3rd most all time by a female alpine skier, including 40 WC slalom races, the most all-time by a female alpine skier. She is the only female athlete to have won 15 races in the same calendar year, winning the last slalom of the 2018 season in Semmering and equalling the men's record holder Marcel Hirscher. In the 2019 season she became the first athlete, male or female", "id": "8983516" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the GS world title in 2011 besting Cyprien Richard and Philipp Schörghofer. Ligety repeated as world champion in GS in 2013, ahead of Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. At Schladming in 2013, he became a triple world champion in giant slalom, super-G, and combined at Planai. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three or more gold medals at one world championships and the first in 45 years, when Jean-Claude Killy won four in 1968 at Chamrousse, with the combined as a \"paper", "id": "12994706" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\nher fourth slalom world cup. In Aspen, Colorado, the World Cup finals of the season took place. Shiffrin secured her first overall World Cup, but did not win the giant slalom World Cup that year. After the season, she received the \"Skieur d’Or\" (golden skier) award, given by the international ski journalist association to the best alpine skier of the year (one award for both genders). Shiffrin started the 2018 season with a 5th place finish in giant slalom at Sölden. In early December", "id": "8983533" }, { "contents": "Marilyn Cochran\n\n\nthe final five giant slalom races and won the World Cup season title. Cochran was the only American alpine racer with a World Cup season title until 1980, when Phil Mahre won the combined. She won the bronze medal in the combined at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena, Italy. Sister Barbara was fourth in that competition, but won a silver in the slalom, where Marilyn was sixth. Cochran won three World Cup races, two in giant slalom and one in slalom, and had 15 podiums and fifty top", "id": "314375" }, { "contents": "Thomas Grandi\n\n\nThomas Grandi (born 27 December 1972 in Bolzano, Italy) is a retired Canadian alpine skier. He specialized in technical skiing giant slalom and slalom. Grandi started in the Alpine Skiing World Cup in the 1992-93 season. His first top ten finish in the World Cup came in December 1996 where he finished in 10th position in the Giant Slalom in Alta Badia, Italy. In the 1997-98 World Cup season, he had his first top three finish when he finished in third place in a Giant Slalom race", "id": "10762400" }, { "contents": "Kajsa Kling\n\n\nKajsa Britta Kling (born 25 December 1988) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden. Born in Åre, Kling competed in all five alpine disciplines. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, she finished 26th in the giant slalom. On 28 December 2010, Kling crashed during a giant slalom race in Semmering, Austria, which ended her 2011 season. On 14 December 2013, Kling attained her first World Cup podium, placing second in a Super-G race in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Ahead of the 2017/18", "id": "18745147" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhis world title in giant slalom in 2013 in Schladming, Austria, where he also won an unexpected gold medal in the super-G and a third gold medal in the super combined. Through October, 2015, he has 25 victories (24 in giant slalom and 1 super combined) and 52 podiums in World Cup competition. His Olympic giant slalom gold medal, 24 GS World Cup wins, 3 GS world championship gold medals and 5 World Cup titles make him one of the greatest giant slalom skiers of all time.", "id": "12994676" }, { "contents": "Gauthier de Tessières\n\n\nGauthier de Tessières (born 9 November 1981) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from France, and has competed in two Winter Olympics and five World Championships. He made his breakthrough on the Alpine Skiing World Cup in a giant slalom in Val-d'Isère in December 2008, where after finishing 30th in the first run to narrowly qualify for the second run, he worked his way up to finish third overall, bettering his previous World Cup personal best of 15th. He won the silver medal in the super-G at", "id": "12658447" }, { "contents": "Albert Popov\n\n\ngiant slalom at the 2018 FIS Junior World Ski Championships in Davos. Twelve days later he made his debut at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang 2018, where he placed 28th in the giant slalom and did not finish the slalom. His World Cup breakthrough came in the opening race of the 2018–19 season in Levi, where he finished 20th, earning 11 points - Bulgaria's first in the World Cup since Petar Popangelov during the 1986–87 season. Popov followed that up with a 16th place finish at Madonna di Campiglio in December, after", "id": "1530499" }, { "contents": "Tessa Worley\n\n\nplace in a giant slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany. She finished in fifth place in the first race of the 2009 World Cup season, a giant slalom in Sölden, Austria, in October 2008. A month later she won her first World Cup race (and first podium) in a giant slalom at Aspen, United States. Early in the 2011 season, Worley won three consecutive giant slalom races before January. In February, Worley won a gold medal in the nations team event at the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen", "id": "4107613" }, { "contents": "Armand Marchant\n\n\nArmand Marchant (born 14 December 1997) is a Belgian alpine ski racer. Marchant specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, in the Giant slalom and the Slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014 in the Alta Badia giant slalom, he failed to finish the first run. At the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek he finished 41st in the Giant slalom and", "id": "4076226" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nCup points (ahead of Norwegian Kjetil André Aamodt), he is considered among the best alpine racers in World Cup history. After winning Junior World Championships in both slalom and giant slalom, Raich made his World Cup debut in March 1996. He scored his first victory in 1999, in slalom. In 2001 he won the silver medal in slalom at the World Championships, and at the end of the season he won the slalom World Cup. In 2002 he won two bronze medals at the Salt Lake City Olympics. Raich", "id": "20658333" }, { "contents": "Manuela Mölgg\n\n\nManuela Mölgg (born 28 August 1983) is a retired alpine ski racer from Italy, a specialist in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2000 and gained her first podium in November 2004. She has 14 World Cup podium finishes and appeared in two Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2009 Alpine World Ski Championships in Val-d'Isère Mölgg took the lead in the slalom after the first run but was disqualified from", "id": "21947840" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom\n\n\nFelix Neureuther, and Alexis Pinturault), which spawned criticism of the course. The second run was set by Ante Kostelić, known for idiosyncratic gate settings. He is the father of competitor Ivica Kostelić of Croatia, who finished ninth. Less than seven weeks shy of his 35th birthday, Mario Matt of Austria became the oldest gold medalist in Olympic alpine skiing history. The silver went to defending World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher, and Henrik Kristoffersen became the youngest male to medal in an Olympic alpine event at age 19. The", "id": "2699458" }, { "contents": "Jean-Baptiste Grange\n\n\nHe won his first World Cup race on 17 December 2007, and won the 2009 season title in the slalom. Injured in early December 2009 in a giant slalom at Beaver Creek, he opted for surgery and missed the remainder of the 2010 season, which included the 2010 Winter Olympics. He returned to competition for the 2011 season and won the world championship in the slalom. He won his second slalom world title in Beaver Creek on 15 February 2015. His older brother is François-Cyrille Grange, also an alpine ski", "id": "20737157" }, { "contents": "Petra Vlhová\n\n\nPetra Vlhová (born 13 June 1995) is a Slovak World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. She is the current world champion in giant slalom. Born in Liptovský Mikuláš, Vlhová won a gold medal in 2012 Winter Youth Olympics and represented Slovakia in the 2014 Winter Olympics. She also won gold in the slalom at the Junior World Championships in 2014 in Jasná, Slovakia. She made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2012 and her first World Cup podium came", "id": "7975537" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n, at the age of 23 years and nine months. With that race she also equalled the record of the Austrian Marlies Schild for the most wins in women's slalom – 35, and put herself in joint seventh place in all-time World Cup victories with Alberto Tomba of Italy. One week later, she took another World Cup slalom win in Semmering, Austria, becoming the first alpine skier to take 15 World Cup wins in a single calendar year, moving ahead of Marcel Hirscher, who had taken 14 wins in", "id": "8983544" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's combined\n\n\nThe men's combined competition of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics was held on 13 February 2018 at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre and the Yongpyong Alpine Centre at the Alpensia Sports Park in PyeongChang. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, with Alexis Pinturault coming in second, and Victor Muffat-Jeandet third. For Muffat-Jeandet, this was the first Olympic medal, and for both Hirscher and Pinturault the first medal in combined. Hirscher, who won six overall World Cup titles and was skiing in his third Olympics, previously only won a", "id": "17712395" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\n, Utah. On 26 October 2002, Maze won her first World Cup race at the season opener in Sölden, Austria. She shared the giant slalom win with Nicole Hosp of Austria and Andrine Flemmen of Norway in the first-ever a three-way tie in a World Cup race. Maze finished the 2003 season on the 38th place in the overall standings with 190 points, all in giant slalom. At the 2003 World Championships, she finished 5th in giant slalom. In the 2004 season, Maze scored one podium", "id": "12638261" }, { "contents": "1978–79 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 13th World Cup season began in December 1978 in Austria and concluded in March 1979 in Japan. The overall winners were Peter Lüscher of Switzerland, his first overall win, and Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria, her sixth (which remained the record until 2017-18, when Austria's Marcel Hirscher won his seventh overall title). Although Ingemar Stenmark did not win the overall title due to restrictions on the number of races that counted for overall championship points, he won 13 races during the season (including the last", "id": "844407" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\n, including the super-G race in January in Les Menuires. He again won the Giant Slalom Cup, finished second in the overall standings and second in the Slalom Cup. In the 1990–91 season he performed best in the slalom. He won competitions in Madonna di Campiglio and Kranjska Gora in December, and recorded three-second places, only one of them in giant slalom. Again he finished second in the Slalom Cup. At the 1991 World Championships, he won the bronze medal in slalom and placed fourth in both", "id": "9904885" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\na World Championship gold medal in slalom in 2003, Olympic silver medal in slalom in 2010, Olympic silver medals in combined in 2006 (traditional combined), 2010 (super combined) and 2014, as well as the overall World Cup title in 2011. Kostelić scored a total of 26 World Cup race victories and a total of 59 World Cup podiums during his career (). He won the slalom World Cup title in 2002 and 2011, and the combined World Cup title in 2011 and 2012. Since 2008, he", "id": "3227791" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nMarch 1975 at Sun Valley. He won the final race of the season, a parallel slalom (\"pro-style\" heats) the following week in Val Gardena, Italy, against his challenger Stenmark to secure the overall title. His last win in giant slalom was in January 1976, and his final World Cup victory was in the combined at Kitzbühel in January 1977. His last podium finish was a third place in the slalom at Åre, Sweden, in February 1979. He finished eighth in the slalom at the", "id": "10362492" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nand 10th in the combined. In the 2006 season, Maze won one giant slalom race and two more podiums, a third place in giant slalom and a runner-up position in super-G. She finished the season 14th in the overall standings with 525 points and scored World Cup points in all disciplines for the first time. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Maze competed in the giant slalom and super-G events, where she finished 12th and 39th, respectively. The 2007 season was not as successful for her as", "id": "12638263" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n2013 in Sölden, Austria, with a career-best sixth in giant slalom, within a half-second of the podium. She won the next event, a slalom at Levi, Finland, improving on her podium finish the previous year for her fifth World Cup victory. At Beaver Creek, she was runner-up in the giant slalom, her first World Cup podium in that discipline. On January 5, Shiffrin secured first place in a two-run slalom race in Bormio, Italy (the race took place", "id": "8983524" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nfinished among the top six in the overall World Cup standings each season (2008: sixth; 2009: fourth; 2010: fifth; 2011: first; 2012: fourth; 2013: fifth). He also scored points in all disciplines each of those seasons, and his best race results were a seventh place in downhill, a second place in giant slalom, and victories in all other disciplines (11 in slalom, 1 in parallel-slalom, 2 in combined, 4 in super combined, and 1 in super", "id": "3227792" }, { "contents": "Fabienne Serrat\n\n\nFabienne Serrat (born 5 July 1956) is a former world champion alpine ski racer. At age 17, Serrat won two gold medals at the 1974 World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in the giant slalom and the combined events. During her World Cup career she had three victories, 37 podiums, and 124 top ten finishes. Serrat competed at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Winter Olympics in a total of five events. Her best result was fourth place in the giant slalom in 1980. She retired from competition", "id": "6439530" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nhe finished third, and in the overall standings he finished fourth. He also competed at the 1989 World Championships, placing eighth in the giant slalom and sixth in the slalom. He was given the Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year award of 1989. The 1989–90 season started equally well, with two-second places in August in Thredbo. He then won his next race, a giant slalom competition in Park City in November. Although that would be his only victory that season, he became runner-up in three further races", "id": "9904884" }, { "contents": "Thomas Fanara\n\n\nThomas Fanara (born 24 April 1981) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from France. Born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Fanara specialised in giant slalom; his one and only win came in March 2016 at the giant slalom finals in St. Moritz, Switzerland. He is the oldest racer to reach a World Cup podium in giant slalom, and competed for France at three Winter Olympics and six World Championships. He retired from competition at the end of the 2018-19 season. Fanara has started over 70", "id": "8162366" }, { "contents": "Alena Zavarzina\n\n\nin Kreischberg, she won a silver medal in parallel giant slalom after losing to Claudia Riegler in the repeat of the 2011 final, and finished fifth in the parallel slalom. She reached her second World Cup podium of the season at the season finale in Winterberg, and finished the season in thirteenth place in the overall World Cup standings. In 2015/16 season, Zavarzina won her second career World Cup victory, this time in parallel slalom, in Winterberg which was also her sole World Cup podium of the season. At the end", "id": "5559259" }, { "contents": "Tanja Poutiainen\n\n\nin the United States. At the 1999 Junior World Championships, she placed third in the giant slalom at Pra-Loup, France. Poutiainen scored her first World Cup victory – and the first for a female Finnish alpine skier – on 28 February 2004 in a slalom held on home snow in Levi, Finland – the first alpine World Cup race to be held in the country. In the 2005 World Cup season, Poutiainen won the season titles in both the slalom and giant slalom, and placed fifth in the overall standings", "id": "20125357" }, { "contents": "Ramón Homs\n\n\nWinter World Cup, he finished seventeenth in the overall standings. At the March 2008 Italian National Championships, he finished third in the Super G, fifth in the Giant Slalom and was disqualified from the Slalom. At the last round of the European Cup in March 2008, an event held in La Molina, Spain, he was one of several non-vision impaired Spanish skiers competing at the event. At the first IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup event in the 2008/2009 ski season, he failed to finish one of his races", "id": "1327121" }, { "contents": "Mitchell Gourley\n\n\ncompeted in five Men's Standing events. He finished fourth in the Giant Slalom and fifth in the Super-G. He finished the 2015/16 World Cup season on a high, placing third on the overall rankings after a successful run of events that saw him podium nine times. Gourley won the gold medal in the Men's Super Combined Standing at the 2017 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Tarvisio, Italy. Gourley was in sixth place after the super-G, but put on a masterclass in the slalom to secure the gold", "id": "6530863" }, { "contents": "Didier Défago\n\n\nDidier Défago (born 2 October 1977) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Morgins, Valais, Défago made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 1996, and was Swiss national champion in downhill (2003) and Giant slalom (2004). At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he won the downhill at Whistler to become the Olympic champion. Défago finished the 2005 World Cup season as sixth overall and fourth in the Super-G, his most successful season so far. In 2009", "id": "11060083" } ]

[ { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nHirscher won the overall World Cup title again in 2013 with 6 victories; he also won the slalom title and was runner-up in giant slalom. Hirscher scored a total of 18 podium finishes out of 19 races in the two technical events. The only race in either slalom or giant slalom where he finished outside the top 3 was the giant slalom in Adelboden. In that particular race Hirscher was leading after the first run, built up his advantage to over a second in the second run, but nearly fell several gates", "id": "14754284" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nChampionships, which ended his 2011 season. Returning after injury, Hirscher had an outstanding season in terms of wins in 2012 with 9 victories and a total of 14 podiums, all in the two technical events (except for one third place in the season's last Super G). He won the World Cup overall and giant slalom titles, and placed third in the slalom. In October 2012, Hirscher was awarded the Skieur d'Or Award by members of the International Association of Ski Journalists for his performances during the previous season.", "id": "14754283" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nMarcel Hirscher (born 2 March 1989) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. Hirscher made his World Cup debut in March 2007. He competes primarily in slalom and giant slalom, as well as combined and occasionally in super G. Winner of a record eight consecutive World Cup titles, Hirscher has also won 11 medals at the Alpine Skiing World Championships, seven of them gold, a silver medal in slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and two gold medals in the combined and giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics.", "id": "14754281" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\ncancelled. Three days after turning 18, Shiffrin won the final slalom race at Lenzerheide on 16 March to overtake Maze and win that discipline's season title by 33 points. The men's overall title wasn't decided until the World Cup finals at Lenzerheide. A runner-up finish in the giant slalom on 16 March gave Hirscher his second consecutive overall title, the first male to achieve this feat since Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003. Hirscher also won the slalom title, while the downhill and super-G titles went", "id": "9809256" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nsurpassing Benjamin Raich's total. On 18 December he won the fourth giant slalom of the season in Alta Badia having finished second in the three preceding giant slalom races, equalling Alberto Tomba's 4 wins at the venue, and with it became the 5th most successful male World Cup winner. On 7 January Hirscher achieved his 100th podium from 191 starts (a ratio of 52.3%) with a 2nd-place finish in the giant slalom in Adelboden. On 29 January Hirscher won the GS in Garmisch, achieving his 20th GS", "id": "14754289" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nnumber of points but Ligety had more victories (4, as opposed to 2 by Hirscher). This was Ligety's second consecutive giant slalom title and fifth overall. The slalom title went to Hirscher, who secured it in the last race of the season. The combined title was shared by Ligety and Alexis Pinturault of France, who each won a first and a second place in two combined races of the season. Fenninger won the overall women's title, her first, and the first by an Austrian woman since Nicole", "id": "7283678" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nbefore the final, thus missing the win and finished only 16th. He became the first male racer to retain the overall World Cup title since fellow Austrian Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003 and the first to win it three years in a row since American Phil Mahre did so in 1981, 1982 and 1983. In 2015 Hirscher dominated the giant slalom standings with 5 wins, including a winning margin of 3.28 seconds in Garmisch, and won the GS title for the second time. With his slalom win in Zagreb he became the", "id": "14754285" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nDue to his record number of overall titles, many years of extreme dominance of both slalom and giant slalom and of the men's overall ranking, he is considered by many, including his rivals Henrik Kristoffersen, Kjetil Jansrud and Alexis Pinturault, to be the best alpine skier in history. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Hirscher placed fourth in the giant slalom and fifth in the slalom at Whistler Creekside. He placed fourth in the giant slalom at the 2009 World Championships, but broke his ankle the weekend preceding the 2011 World", "id": "14754282" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n. On 13 January 2019 he won the slalom race in Adelboden and celebrated a 9th World Cup win and a 16th podium, a record among male athletes at a single resort. At the 2019 Alpine World Ski Championships in Åre in February, Hirscher took a silver in the giant slalom behind Henrik Kristoffersen, before winning the slalom by 0.65 seconds after holding a 0.56 second lead from the first run: Hirscher described his first run as one of the best performances of his career. He led teammates Michael Matt and Marco Schwarz in", "id": "14754299" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\ntherefore 10 points more than fourth place. The 2015 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup season was less successful for Ligety as he was able to win just one race and finished third in the giant slalom standings and eleventh overall. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 held in Beaver Creek, Ligety finished third in the super combined event despite being ranked 29th after the downhill leg. In the giant slalom, placed fifth after the first run and trailing by 0.24 to then leading favorite Marcel Hirscher, Ligety skied impressively in the second", "id": "12994700" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmatching the total of legendary technical racer Alberto Tomba. Two days later Hirscher achieved his sixth win of the season by winning the GS in Adelboden and moved to 3rd overall in the men's World Cup winners rankings. The next day he won the slalom in Adelboden. On 23 January, with his 9th win of the season in the Schladming night slalom, Hirscher equalled his compatriot Austrian ski legend Hermann Maier's 54 World Cup victories. It was the 500th World Cup win for Austrian men. On 28 January Hirscher moved to", "id": "14754293" }, { "contents": "Matts Olsson\n\n\nMatts Olsson (born 1 December 1988) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden who races in the giant slalom discipline. Born in Karlstad, Olsson made his World Cup debut at age 19 in October 2007. He won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in the team event, and finished 18th in the giant slalom, and 24th in the super-G. Matts Olsson won his first World Cup competition victory in Alta Badia in December 2017 at an evening event in Parallel Giant Slalom. Matts defeated Marcel Hirscher", "id": "12104888" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmost successful Austrian male World Cup slalom skier surpassing Benjamin Raich. In the final race of the season in Meribel he overturned a 55-point deficit in the standings by winning his 16th World Cup slalom, and with it won the slalom title for the third year in a row. Hirscher became the first male alpine skier to win the overall World Cup title four times in a row. In 2016 Hirscher became the most successful Austrian male World Cup GS skier by winning in Beaver Creek, Colorado, surpassing Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier.", "id": "14754286" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nwas won by Hirscher for the third time in a row, becoming the first man to achieve this since Phil Mahre in 1983. Hirscher secured the title after the second-to-last race of the season when he beat Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who did not compete in slalom. Svindal won both the downhill (second time in a row) and super-G titles (third time in a row). The giant slalom title went to Ted Ligety of the United States. Ligety and Hirscher shared the same", "id": "7283677" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the race on March 15 with a 0,03 second advantage over Alexis Pinturault and with Hirscher finishing fourth, both skiers ended the season tied with 560 points. The Crystal Globe was however awarded to Ligety who won due to having five discipline victories during the season compared to Hirscher's two. This was the fifth giant slalom title in Ligety's career. - Hirscher lost the title in that last giant slalom race with a deficit of 0.01 seconds to the 3rd place (achieved by Felix Neureuther) which is awarded 60 points,", "id": "12994699" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nand 43rd World Cup win, and with it attained Austria's 100th GS win for men. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 in St. Moritz, Switzerland Hirscher won gold in the GS and slalom, and silver in the combined, missing the gold by just 0.01 seconds. He was the most successful athlete at the championships. On 4 March in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Hirscher won his third GS race of the season and with it secured his 4th GS World Cup title and his 6th overall World Cup title;", "id": "14754290" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n12 November and achieved a 17th-place finish. The next technical race was the GS in Val d'Isère on 9 December and Hirscher came 3rd. He won the slalom the next day. On 17 December 2017 he won the giant slalom race in Alta Badia, which was his fifth consecutive victory in that location, surpassing Ivica Kostelić, who won the Kitzbühel combined 4 times in a row. On 4 January Hirscher achieved his 5th win of the season in the slalom in Zagreb and with it his 50th World Cup win,", "id": "14754292" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n. He won his third season title in giant slalom in 2011. Even though Ligety was able to win three giant slalom races during the season, he was dethroned as the discipline champion by an overall champion Marcel Hirscher from Austria. Before the last giant slalom race which was held on March 17 at Schladming, Hirscher was in lead with 605 points ahead to Ted with 513 points. Therefore, Ted was forced to attack as powerful as he was able to do but he did fall in the first leg; he did continue", "id": "12994692" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nthe only male skier in history to do so. One day later Hirscher finished fourth in the slalom and with it secured his fourth World Cup slalom title. The start of the 2018 season was expected to be more difficult as Hirscher suffered a fracture to his left ankle during the first day of snow training on 17 August. Fortunately the first race of the season in Sölden was cancelled due to high winds, giving Hirscher a few more weeks to recover. He made a last minute decision to race the slalom in Levi on", "id": "14754291" }, { "contents": "Ingemar Stenmark\n\n\nCup slalom title in 1983. Stenmark began skiing at the age of five and won his first national competition at age eight. Stenmark made his World Cup debut in December 1973 at age 17. He won more international races than any other alpine skier in history: he took 86 wins (46 giant slaloms and 40 slaloms). His closest male competitor is Marcel Hirscher, with 67 (up to January 2019) victories to his name. Stenmark won only in the two technical disciplines: slalom and giant slalom (the other", "id": "19815131" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nachievement he shares with Pirmin Zurbriggen and Hermann Maier, exceeded by Marcel Hirscher's and Marc Girardelli's five. Thöni was the dominant skier in the technical events (slalom and giant slalom) in the early 1970s. His first victory came in his debut race on the World Cup circuit, a giant slalom at Val-d'Isère, France, in December 1969. Still a teenager, he had a very successful rookie year during that 1970 season with four victories and nine podiums. He finished third in the overall standings, just", "id": "10362488" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nrun, to finish 0.45 ahead of Hirscher and secure his third consecutive world title in the discipline. Ligety won the season's first race, a giant slalom on October 25, 2015, at Sölden, Austria. While training on January 27 at Oberjoch, Germany, he tore the ACL in his right knee, which required surgery and ended his 2016 season. Ligety returned to World Cup racing in October 2016, competing in the prelude (giant slalom) race at Sölden on October 23 (finishing 5th), and he", "id": "12994701" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 47th World Cup season began on 27 October 2012, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 17 March 2013, at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The overall titles were won by Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. A break in the schedule was for the biennial World Championships, held 4–17 February in Schladming, Austria. Changes for the 2013 season included the awarding of World Cup points for the slalom crystal globe for the limited field city events (parallel slalom), not just in", "id": "9809251" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nlegends Ingemar Stenmark and Hermann Maier. Unfortunately, the following day the slalom race was cancelled due to high winds, denying Hirscher the opportunity to obtain the record outright. Hirscher has started 245 World Cup races, has won 67 of them, (a ratio of 27%) has achieved 138 podiums (a ratio of 56%) and has finished 73% of his races in the Top 10. In December 2018 Hirscher became Austria's most prolific World Cup race winner when he won a slalom in Saalbach-Hinterglemm in", "id": "14754297" }, { "contents": "Manfred Mölgg\n\n\nManfred Mölgg (born 3 June 1982) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from northern Italy. He specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made his World Cup debut in January 2003 at Bormio. As of mid-January 2016, he has 19 World Cup podiums with three victories, all achieved in slalom. Mölgg won the World Cup season title in slalom in 2008, and finished fourth in the overall standings, the best result for an Italian since Kristian", "id": "20862702" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nto reach the top of the standings in the greatest alpine skiers of all time men's super ranking. At the end of the slalom race, Hirscher said on Austrian television that he would go home \"and consider where the journey will go. I don't know if I will be skiing World Cup next season\". At the World Cup finals in Åre, Hirscher won the GS race on 17 March and equaled the record of most wins in a single season: he shares the record of 13 wins with alpine skiing", "id": "14754296" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWorld Cup technical races resumed in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia on 3 March with the GS. Hirscher secured the GS crystal globe for the 5th time by winning the race with a winning margin of 1.66 seconds. The following day, Hirscher also won the slalom with a winning margin of 1.22 seconds. As a result, he also won the slalom crystal globe for the 5th time, and the overall crystal globe for the seventh time in succession with 2 technical races remaining. His Olympic gold medals plus the additional crystal globes enabled him", "id": "14754295" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nin Kranjska Gora for a record sixth time. At the season finals in Lenzerheide he surprisingly finished second, tied with Christof Innerhofer, in the downhill race. The result was his first ever podium in downhill and made him only the second American skier in history, after Bode Miller, to podium in all five alpine skiing disciplines. Ligety then finished fifth in the final super-G race. Before the last giant slalom race of the season Ligety was trailing Marcel Hirscher by 50 points for the discipline title. However, Ligety", "id": "12994698" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhe had three fourth-place finishes, one in giant slalom, one in super combined, and one in the World Cup finals downhill, as well as a fourth-place finish in the giant slalom at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden, missing a medal by 0.07 seconds. He finished eleventh overall in 2007. Ligety won his first World Cup season title in the giant slalom in 2008, and finished fifth in the overall standings. He won the final two giant slaloms of the year at Kranjska Gora and", "id": "12994684" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's giant slalom\n\n\nThe Men's Giant Slalom competition at the 2013 World Championships ran on Friday, February 15 at 10:00 local time (1st run) and 13:30 (2nd run), the ninth race of the championships. 99 athletes from 55 countries competed in the main race while 132 athletes from 53 countries competed in the qualification race on Thursday, February 14. Ted Ligety won his third gold medal of the 2013 World Championships, joined on the podium by Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three", "id": "6822507" }, { "contents": "Giorgio Rocca\n\n\nGiorgio Rocca (born 6 August 1975) is an Italian former alpine skier, a specialist in slalom skiing. Together with Marc Girardelli, Ingemar Stenmark and Marcel Hirscher, he is one of four skiers to have won 5 Alpine Skiing World Cup slaloms in a row, which he achieved in the 2005/2006 season: only Alberto Tomba (7) has won more World Cup slaloms consecutively. He is currently ninth in the list of all-time slalom winners, with a total of 11 victories. Rocca was born in Chur,", "id": "14243073" }, { "contents": "Viktoria Rebensburg\n\n\nViktoria Rebensburg (born 4 October 1989) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer and the 2010 Olympic gold medalist in the Born in Tegernsee, Bavaria, she has three World Cup season titles, all in giant slalom. After finishing 28th in the Olympic super-G, she won gold in the giant slalom, her first victory in international competition. Her previous best finish was second place at a GS a month earlier, her only World Cup podium. Ten months later Rebensberg won her first World Cup race in October", "id": "7848199" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nAustria to narrowly beat France in the men's nations cup by 201 points, the narrowest winning margin for many years. Hirscher was the only Austrian male skier to win a race in the entire season, and scored 30.9% (1795 out of 5804) of the Austrian men's nations cup points. On 13 November in Levi, Finland, Hirscher won the first slalom of the 2017 season and equalled Pirmin Zurbriggen's win total of 40, putting him equal 5th in the standings. He also achieved his 93rd podium,", "id": "14754288" }, { "contents": "Marco Schwarz\n\n\nMarco Schwarz (born 16 August 1995) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He focuses on the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Schwarz competed for Austria at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in the alpine skiing and won three gold medals; in the boys' combined, the parallel mixed team event, and the boys' giant slalom. Schwarz made his World Cup debut in November 2014 at age 19. He achieved his first World Cup podium in December 2015; third place in a slalom at Madonna di", "id": "12834730" }, { "contents": "Dave Ryding\n\n\n's slalom in 2002, from which he was disqualified. He went on the finish the season 11th in the World Cup slalom standings. Ryding took one of the best World Cup results of his career so far in a slalom in Madonna di Campiglio in December 2018: after placing 27th in the first run, he set the fastest second run time to secure a fourth-placed finish. Ryding continued his good form at the Oslo parallel slalom on New Year's Day 2019: he knocked out Hirscher in the quarter-finals", "id": "16035158" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 48th World Cup season began on 26 October 2013, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 16 March 2014 at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The defending overall champions from the 2013 season were Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. The overall titles were won by Hirscher and Anna Fenninger, also of Austria. The season was interrupted by the 2014 Winter Olympics that took place from 7 to 23 February in Sochi, Russia, with the alpine events at Rosa Khutor. The men's title", "id": "7283676" }, { "contents": "Michaela Kirchgasser\n\n\nMichaela Kirchgasser (born 18 March 1985) is a retired Austrian alpine ski racer. She raced in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom, and also the combined. On 25 November 2006, Kirchgasser made her first World Cup podium with a third place in the giant slalom at Aspen, Colorado. Her first victory was on 24 February 2007, in a giant slalom at Sierra Nevada, Spain. She has competed in three Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she finished fifth in the slalom", "id": "6480720" }, { "contents": "Marcel Mathis\n\n\nMarcel Mathis (born December 24, 1991) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Hohenems, Vorarlberg, he primarily competed on the European Cup circuit, but raced in several World Cup events, all in giant slalom. Mathis' first top result in World Cup was his third place in giant slalom in Bansko, Bulgaria, on February 18, 2012. He was in 26th place after the first run, but had the fastest second run to attain the podium. It was also his first", "id": "4965368" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\ngiant slalom and combined, and silver in super-G. He also won two other giant slaloms during the season. In the 2004 season, Miller won World Cup titles in two disciplines: giant slalom and combined, but placed fourth in the competition for the overall title. He won six World Cup races: three giant slaloms, two combineds and one slalom. After the season, Miller switched to Atomic skis. Miller won his first overall World Cup title in 2005, defeating Austrians Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier. He made", "id": "8624673" }, { "contents": "Henrik Kristoffersen\n\n\nHenrik Kristoffersen (born 2 July 1994) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, 2019 World Champion and Olympic medalist. Born in Lørenskog in Akershus county, Kristoffersen specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. He made his World Cup debut in March 2012 in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, and attained his first podium in November 2013, a third-place finish in slalom at Levi, Finland. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Kristoffersen won the bronze medal in slalom at Rosa Khutor at age 19", "id": "12443237" }, { "contents": "Alexis Pinturault\n\n\n, as he missed pre-season speed training after surgery on his left ankle in August to repair ligaments damaged while playing tennis. Pinturault did not medal at the world championships in 2013, but had four top-six finishes. A week later he claimed a fourth World Cup win, his first in giant slalom, at Garmisch, Germany. Second after the first run, Pinturault's total time was 0.60 seconds ahead of runner-up Hirscher. On 15 March, he was honored as the 2013 Longines Rising Star,", "id": "14820258" }, { "contents": "Žan Kranjec\n\n\nŽan Kranjec (born 15 November 1992) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovenia. He specializes in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Kranjec made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 2011 at Kranjska Gora. He represented Slovenia at the World Championships in 2013 and was 22nd in giant slalom. A week later at the Junior World Championships in Canada, he won a bronze medal in giant slalom. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kranjec placed fourth in the giant slalom. In December 2018,", "id": "9034523" }, { "contents": "Hannes Reichelt\n\n\nJohannes \"Hannes\" Reichelt (born 5 July 1980) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He competes in downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom, and Combined. Born in Altenmarkt im Pongau in Salzburg, Reichelt made his World Cup debut in December 2001. He made his first podium in December 2002 and won his first World Cup race, a Super-G, in December 2005. Reichelt also won the European Cup overall title in 2005, as well as the European Cup season title in giant slalom", "id": "15634035" }, { "contents": "Phil Mahre\n\n\nselected to the \"A\" team following the 1975 season and made his World Cup debut in December 1975 at Val d'Isère, France. Two months later he competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, taking fifth in the giant slalom at age 18. He made his first podium in March with a second in a giant slalom at Copper Mountain, Colorado, and finished the 1976 World Cup season in 14th place in the overall standings. He won his first World Cup race the next season, a giant slalom", "id": "12320115" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWith his GS win in Alta Badia, Italy (his 3rd consecutive win at that venue), he became Austria's most successful World Cup GS skier overtaking Annemarie Moser-Pröll. Another GS win in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia confirmed Hirscher as the GS title winner with one race to go. To wrap up an amazing season with 8 wins and 19 podiums Hirscher also won the men's overall World Cup title, his 5th consecutive overall title, a feat never before achieved by a male skier. His points total also enabled", "id": "14754287" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nreaching the podium for the first time, with a second place from Adelboden in January. He also won the slalom run in the Alpine Combined Event at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships. On 3 March in Furano, he finished second in the giant slalom, winning the slalom race two days later. One week later in Shigakogen, he won the giant slalom race and finished second in the slalom. As a result, he won the Giant Slalom Cup that year, though jointly with Pirmin Zurbriggen. In the Slalom Cup", "id": "9904883" }, { "contents": "Jean-Noël Augert\n\n\nwon three World Cups in 1969, 1971 and 1972, and in which he won a Gold medal at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena. He was also second in the overall classification of the 1969 World Cup and third in the Giant Slalom World Cup 1969. Besides his 15 wins in World Cup races, he finished 15 times at the podium (place two: 6 slaloms, 3 giant slaloms; place three: 2 slaloms, 4 giant slaloms). He came fifth in both the men's slalom and giant", "id": "18262429" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nTed Ligety) in a giant slalom race in Kranjska Gora, the same place where he also won his first top-3 result more than 15 years earlier (in January 1999). His last top three finish came in early March 2015 in a giant slalom race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen that came to be one of his very last races in the alpine world cup. On September 10, 2015, he announced his retirement. 9 titles: 1 overall, 2 giant slalom, 3 slalom, 3 combined 36 total: 14 slalom", "id": "20658336" }, { "contents": "Anna Veith\n\n\n-G at the Austrian Championships in late March. In late December 2011, Veith won her first World Cup event in Lienz, Austria, in the Giant slalom. Her most consistent World Cup podium results have been in the super-G. After another giant slalom win in Austria in December 2012, Veith's first super-G victory came in March 2013 in Germany. At the 2013 World Championships in Schladming, Austria, Veith won bronze in the giant slalom. In the alpine skiing World Cup overall ranking 2013 she finished", "id": "18958035" }, { "contents": "Davide Simoncelli\n\n\nDavide Simoncelli (born January 30, 1979 in Rovereto) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy who specialized in giant slalom. Simoncelli made his World Cup debut in 1999. He took two World Cup victories and eight podium finishes, all in giant slalom. He took five podiums on the \"Gran Risa\" track of Alta Badia, with a victory and four second places. He finished fourth in the World Cup points standings for giant slalom twice, in 2006 and 2010. Simoncelli competed for Italy in three", "id": "8459823" }, { "contents": "Kjetil Jansrud\n\n\nKjetil Jansrud (born 28 August 1985) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion. He races in all alpine disciplines apart from slalom, and his best event used to be the giant slalom where he has 6 World Cup podiums and an Olympic silver medal. However, since 2012 he has become more of a speed specialist, having won all but two of his World Cup victories in the speed events. At the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, he won the Super-G and placed third in the Downhill", "id": "11513877" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nmissed 11 races, including two classic slaloms and one parallel, in Stockholm. In the meantime, Marcel Hirscher took the lead in the overall standings and would go on to claim his first overall title. Kostelić returned to action in Schladming at the end of the season, and competed only in slalom. He finished 16th and André Myhrer took the slalom title. Born and raised in Zagreb, his parents, Ante and Marica, are former elite team handball players. They taught Ivica and his sister Janica, two years younger", "id": "3227806" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nin a giant slalom race at Maribor. During her early World Cup seasons, Maze competed in slalom, giant slalom, and super-G, but scored World Cup points only in the first two disciplines. At the 2001 World Championships, Maze's best result was a 16th place in slalom. In January 2002, Maze won her first podium, a second place in giant slalom in Maribor. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in the United States, Maze finished twelfth in the giant slalom in her Olympic debut at Park City", "id": "12638260" }, { "contents": "Günther Mader\n\n\ntotal of six medals in the world championships. He won his first championship medal, the silver medal in the Slalom Race at Crans Montana in 1987, after only placing eighth after the first leg of the competition. Mader won two World Cup season titles, giant slalom in 1990 and combined in 1996, and placed second in the overall World Cup standings in 1995 and 1996, and third in 1990. Without his 14 wins, he did achieve another 27 places in World Cup races. His only World Cup victory in downhill", "id": "16142764" }, { "contents": "Nicole Hosp\n\n\nNicole Hosp (; born 6 November 1983) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. She competed in all five disciplines and was a world champion, three-time Olympic medalist, and an overall World Cup champion. Born in Ehenbichl, Tyrol, Hosp won the overall World Cup title in 2007 and the season title in giant slalom. A versatile all-around racer, she won World Cup races in four of the five alpine skiing disciplines (super-G, giant slalom, slalom and combined),", "id": "18723452" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Men's super combined\n\n\nThe Men's super combined competition at the 2015 World Championships was held on Sunday, February 8. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, despite originally finishing in 31st position after the downhill leg. Ondřej Bank however, fell on the final jump and, although the original results had Bank in 25th place, the jury disqualified him after the run ended and as a result, Hirscher was able to start first in the slalom leg instead of starting after the top 30. With a clean track he was able to rise all the", "id": "2139631" }, { "contents": "Loïc Meillard\n\n\nLoïc Meillard (born 29 October 1996) is a Swiss alpine ski racer and specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Meillard made his World Cup debut in January 2015; his younger sister Mélanie is also a World Cup alpine racer. Meillard made his World Cup debut at age 18 in the Adelboden giant slalom in January 2015. At the World Junior Championships that March at Hafjell, Norway, he won a bronze medal in the Super-G, silver in the giant slalom, and gold in the combined", "id": "4438833" }, { "contents": "Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander\n\n\nSimon Breitfuss Kammerlander (born 29 November 1992) is a Bolivian-Austrian alpine ski racer. Breitfuss Kammerlander specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut on 23 October 2016. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut at the Sölden Giant slalom on 23 October 2016, he failed to qualify for the second run finishing in 78th place. He competed for Bolivia at the 2017 Alpine World Ski Championships. He finished 46th in the Super-G and failed to finish the first run", "id": "10351390" }, { "contents": "Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen\n\n\nLeif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen (born 29 November 1987) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, specializing in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Haugen made his World Cup debut in October 2009 in Sölden, and collected his first World Cup points with a 26th place. He won a bronze medal in giant slalom at the World Championships in 2017 and attained his first World Cup podium in March 2017 at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Nestvold-Haugen represents the sports club Lommedalens IL, and hails from Lommedalen.", "id": "14989586" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\nwas disqualified – while in first place at the time – during the second leg of the combined event, failed to finish the super-G, tied for 6th in the giant slalom, and had another DNF after missing a gate in the first run of the slalom. Nevertheless, Miller won two races during the season (a giant slalom and a super-G) and placed third for the season's overall World Cup title. At the 2006 U.S. National Championships following the World Cup season, Miller won the downhill and", "id": "8624676" }, { "contents": "Leonardo David\n\n\nthe World Cup season in North America and Japan. Then age 18, David was a promising talent on the Italian team, in his first year on the World Cup circuit. He won the overall and slalom titles of the European Cup in 1978, and placed second in giant slalom. He won his only World Cup race, a slalom in Oslo, less than a month before his accident, outpacing Ingemar Stenmark and Phil Mahre. David had 10 top ten finishes with four podiums during the 1979 World Cup season, and", "id": "2954663" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n-placed. But Ligety did do a phenomenal best time in the second leg, becoming first ahead to Raich. Ligety opened defense of his 2008 giant slalom title with a third-place finish in Sölden, Austria, and then placed second at Beaver Creek, Colorado. At the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isère, France, Ligety took the bronze medal in the giant slalom, then won his fourth World Cup race at Kranjska Gora. He finished the season with another second at the finals in Åre, Sweden, which", "id": "12994686" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nof 0.28 sec. (Janka was unbeatable on that afternoon, he finished 0.71 sec. ahead to Raich.) Ligety notched his fifth World Cup victory in January, his third win at Kranjska Gora in as many seasons. At the finals in Garmisch, Germany, he finished on the podium to secure his second season title in giant slalom, and finished seventh in the overall standings. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics at Whistler, he finished ninth in the giant slalom (on February 23 - he was eighth-placed after", "id": "12994688" }, { "contents": "Stefan Luitz\n\n\nStefan Luitz (; born 26 March 1992) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer. He primarily competes in giant slalom, but on 24 January 2016 in Kitzbühel, for the first time in his career, he completed both runs in slalom and finished 18th. Previously, he had once qualified to second run in slalom, on 18 December 2012 in Madonna di Campiglio, but did not finish the second run. Luitz made his World Cup debut in Adelboden in 2011, and attained his first World Cup podium in December 2012", "id": "15313224" }, { "contents": "Didier Cuche\n\n\nDidier Cuche (born 16 August 1974) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Le Pâquier, Neuchâtel, he competed in the downhill and super-G, along with the giant slalom. He won the World Cup downhill and super-G title for the 2011 season and has won three previous downhill titles in 2010, 2008 and 2007, along with a giant slalom title in 2009. Cuche has 21 World Cup race victories, along with 67 podiums (top three) and 181 top ten", "id": "11060008" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nBenjamin Raich (born 28 February 1978 in Arzl im Pitztal, Tyrol) is a retired champion World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria. With 14 medals won at Winter Olympics and World Championships, 36 World Cup race victories (in all disciplines except downhill), one first place and five second places in the World Cup overall ranking, three victories of the slalom World Cup, three victories of the combined World Cup, two victories of the giant slalom World Cup and the highest score of career World", "id": "20658332" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n50 World Cup races at the age of 23 years and 9 months. She has won 60 World Cup races, the 3rd most all time by a female alpine skier, including 40 WC slalom races, the most all-time by a female alpine skier. She is the only female athlete to have won 15 races in the same calendar year, winning the last slalom of the 2018 season in Semmering and equalling the men's record holder Marcel Hirscher. In the 2019 season she became the first athlete, male or female", "id": "8983516" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the GS world title in 2011 besting Cyprien Richard and Philipp Schörghofer. Ligety repeated as world champion in GS in 2013, ahead of Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. At Schladming in 2013, he became a triple world champion in giant slalom, super-G, and combined at Planai. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three or more gold medals at one world championships and the first in 45 years, when Jean-Claude Killy won four in 1968 at Chamrousse, with the combined as a \"paper", "id": "12994706" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\nher fourth slalom world cup. In Aspen, Colorado, the World Cup finals of the season took place. Shiffrin secured her first overall World Cup, but did not win the giant slalom World Cup that year. After the season, she received the \"Skieur d’Or\" (golden skier) award, given by the international ski journalist association to the best alpine skier of the year (one award for both genders). Shiffrin started the 2018 season with a 5th place finish in giant slalom at Sölden. In early December", "id": "8983533" }, { "contents": "Marilyn Cochran\n\n\nthe final five giant slalom races and won the World Cup season title. Cochran was the only American alpine racer with a World Cup season title until 1980, when Phil Mahre won the combined. She won the bronze medal in the combined at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena, Italy. Sister Barbara was fourth in that competition, but won a silver in the slalom, where Marilyn was sixth. Cochran won three World Cup races, two in giant slalom and one in slalom, and had 15 podiums and fifty top", "id": "314375" }, { "contents": "Thomas Grandi\n\n\nThomas Grandi (born 27 December 1972 in Bolzano, Italy) is a retired Canadian alpine skier. He specialized in technical skiing giant slalom and slalom. Grandi started in the Alpine Skiing World Cup in the 1992-93 season. His first top ten finish in the World Cup came in December 1996 where he finished in 10th position in the Giant Slalom in Alta Badia, Italy. In the 1997-98 World Cup season, he had his first top three finish when he finished in third place in a Giant Slalom race", "id": "10762400" }, { "contents": "Kajsa Kling\n\n\nKajsa Britta Kling (born 25 December 1988) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden. Born in Åre, Kling competed in all five alpine disciplines. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, she finished 26th in the giant slalom. On 28 December 2010, Kling crashed during a giant slalom race in Semmering, Austria, which ended her 2011 season. On 14 December 2013, Kling attained her first World Cup podium, placing second in a Super-G race in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Ahead of the 2017/18", "id": "18745147" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhis world title in giant slalom in 2013 in Schladming, Austria, where he also won an unexpected gold medal in the super-G and a third gold medal in the super combined. Through October, 2015, he has 25 victories (24 in giant slalom and 1 super combined) and 52 podiums in World Cup competition. His Olympic giant slalom gold medal, 24 GS World Cup wins, 3 GS world championship gold medals and 5 World Cup titles make him one of the greatest giant slalom skiers of all time.", "id": "12994676" }, { "contents": "Gauthier de Tessières\n\n\nGauthier de Tessières (born 9 November 1981) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from France, and has competed in two Winter Olympics and five World Championships. He made his breakthrough on the Alpine Skiing World Cup in a giant slalom in Val-d'Isère in December 2008, where after finishing 30th in the first run to narrowly qualify for the second run, he worked his way up to finish third overall, bettering his previous World Cup personal best of 15th. He won the silver medal in the super-G at", "id": "12658447" }, { "contents": "Albert Popov\n\n\ngiant slalom at the 2018 FIS Junior World Ski Championships in Davos. Twelve days later he made his debut at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang 2018, where he placed 28th in the giant slalom and did not finish the slalom. His World Cup breakthrough came in the opening race of the 2018–19 season in Levi, where he finished 20th, earning 11 points - Bulgaria's first in the World Cup since Petar Popangelov during the 1986–87 season. Popov followed that up with a 16th place finish at Madonna di Campiglio in December, after", "id": "1530499" }, { "contents": "Tessa Worley\n\n\nplace in a giant slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany. She finished in fifth place in the first race of the 2009 World Cup season, a giant slalom in Sölden, Austria, in October 2008. A month later she won her first World Cup race (and first podium) in a giant slalom at Aspen, United States. Early in the 2011 season, Worley won three consecutive giant slalom races before January. In February, Worley won a gold medal in the nations team event at the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen", "id": "4107613" }, { "contents": "Armand Marchant\n\n\nArmand Marchant (born 14 December 1997) is a Belgian alpine ski racer. Marchant specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, in the Giant slalom and the Slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014 in the Alta Badia giant slalom, he failed to finish the first run. At the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek he finished 41st in the Giant slalom and", "id": "4076226" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nCup points (ahead of Norwegian Kjetil André Aamodt), he is considered among the best alpine racers in World Cup history. After winning Junior World Championships in both slalom and giant slalom, Raich made his World Cup debut in March 1996. He scored his first victory in 1999, in slalom. In 2001 he won the silver medal in slalom at the World Championships, and at the end of the season he won the slalom World Cup. In 2002 he won two bronze medals at the Salt Lake City Olympics. Raich", "id": "20658333" }, { "contents": "Manuela Mölgg\n\n\nManuela Mölgg (born 28 August 1983) is a retired alpine ski racer from Italy, a specialist in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2000 and gained her first podium in November 2004. She has 14 World Cup podium finishes and appeared in two Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2009 Alpine World Ski Championships in Val-d'Isère Mölgg took the lead in the slalom after the first run but was disqualified from", "id": "21947840" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom\n\n\nFelix Neureuther, and Alexis Pinturault), which spawned criticism of the course. The second run was set by Ante Kostelić, known for idiosyncratic gate settings. He is the father of competitor Ivica Kostelić of Croatia, who finished ninth. Less than seven weeks shy of his 35th birthday, Mario Matt of Austria became the oldest gold medalist in Olympic alpine skiing history. The silver went to defending World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher, and Henrik Kristoffersen became the youngest male to medal in an Olympic alpine event at age 19. The", "id": "2699458" }, { "contents": "Jean-Baptiste Grange\n\n\nHe won his first World Cup race on 17 December 2007, and won the 2009 season title in the slalom. Injured in early December 2009 in a giant slalom at Beaver Creek, he opted for surgery and missed the remainder of the 2010 season, which included the 2010 Winter Olympics. He returned to competition for the 2011 season and won the world championship in the slalom. He won his second slalom world title in Beaver Creek on 15 February 2015. His older brother is François-Cyrille Grange, also an alpine ski", "id": "20737157" }, { "contents": "Petra Vlhová\n\n\nPetra Vlhová (born 13 June 1995) is a Slovak World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. She is the current world champion in giant slalom. Born in Liptovský Mikuláš, Vlhová won a gold medal in 2012 Winter Youth Olympics and represented Slovakia in the 2014 Winter Olympics. She also won gold in the slalom at the Junior World Championships in 2014 in Jasná, Slovakia. She made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2012 and her first World Cup podium came", "id": "7975537" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n, at the age of 23 years and nine months. With that race she also equalled the record of the Austrian Marlies Schild for the most wins in women's slalom – 35, and put herself in joint seventh place in all-time World Cup victories with Alberto Tomba of Italy. One week later, she took another World Cup slalom win in Semmering, Austria, becoming the first alpine skier to take 15 World Cup wins in a single calendar year, moving ahead of Marcel Hirscher, who had taken 14 wins in", "id": "8983544" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's combined\n\n\nThe men's combined competition of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics was held on 13 February 2018 at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre and the Yongpyong Alpine Centre at the Alpensia Sports Park in PyeongChang. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, with Alexis Pinturault coming in second, and Victor Muffat-Jeandet third. For Muffat-Jeandet, this was the first Olympic medal, and for both Hirscher and Pinturault the first medal in combined. Hirscher, who won six overall World Cup titles and was skiing in his third Olympics, previously only won a", "id": "17712395" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\n, Utah. On 26 October 2002, Maze won her first World Cup race at the season opener in Sölden, Austria. She shared the giant slalom win with Nicole Hosp of Austria and Andrine Flemmen of Norway in the first-ever a three-way tie in a World Cup race. Maze finished the 2003 season on the 38th place in the overall standings with 190 points, all in giant slalom. At the 2003 World Championships, she finished 5th in giant slalom. In the 2004 season, Maze scored one podium", "id": "12638261" }, { "contents": "1978–79 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 13th World Cup season began in December 1978 in Austria and concluded in March 1979 in Japan. The overall winners were Peter Lüscher of Switzerland, his first overall win, and Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria, her sixth (which remained the record until 2017-18, when Austria's Marcel Hirscher won his seventh overall title). Although Ingemar Stenmark did not win the overall title due to restrictions on the number of races that counted for overall championship points, he won 13 races during the season (including the last", "id": "844407" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\n, including the super-G race in January in Les Menuires. He again won the Giant Slalom Cup, finished second in the overall standings and second in the Slalom Cup. In the 1990–91 season he performed best in the slalom. He won competitions in Madonna di Campiglio and Kranjska Gora in December, and recorded three-second places, only one of them in giant slalom. Again he finished second in the Slalom Cup. At the 1991 World Championships, he won the bronze medal in slalom and placed fourth in both", "id": "9904885" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\na World Championship gold medal in slalom in 2003, Olympic silver medal in slalom in 2010, Olympic silver medals in combined in 2006 (traditional combined), 2010 (super combined) and 2014, as well as the overall World Cup title in 2011. Kostelić scored a total of 26 World Cup race victories and a total of 59 World Cup podiums during his career (). He won the slalom World Cup title in 2002 and 2011, and the combined World Cup title in 2011 and 2012. Since 2008, he", "id": "3227791" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nMarch 1975 at Sun Valley. He won the final race of the season, a parallel slalom (\"pro-style\" heats) the following week in Val Gardena, Italy, against his challenger Stenmark to secure the overall title. His last win in giant slalom was in January 1976, and his final World Cup victory was in the combined at Kitzbühel in January 1977. His last podium finish was a third place in the slalom at Åre, Sweden, in February 1979. He finished eighth in the slalom at the", "id": "10362492" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nand 10th in the combined. In the 2006 season, Maze won one giant slalom race and two more podiums, a third place in giant slalom and a runner-up position in super-G. She finished the season 14th in the overall standings with 525 points and scored World Cup points in all disciplines for the first time. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Maze competed in the giant slalom and super-G events, where she finished 12th and 39th, respectively. The 2007 season was not as successful for her as", "id": "12638263" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n2013 in Sölden, Austria, with a career-best sixth in giant slalom, within a half-second of the podium. She won the next event, a slalom at Levi, Finland, improving on her podium finish the previous year for her fifth World Cup victory. At Beaver Creek, she was runner-up in the giant slalom, her first World Cup podium in that discipline. On January 5, Shiffrin secured first place in a two-run slalom race in Bormio, Italy (the race took place", "id": "8983524" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nfinished among the top six in the overall World Cup standings each season (2008: sixth; 2009: fourth; 2010: fifth; 2011: first; 2012: fourth; 2013: fifth). He also scored points in all disciplines each of those seasons, and his best race results were a seventh place in downhill, a second place in giant slalom, and victories in all other disciplines (11 in slalom, 1 in parallel-slalom, 2 in combined, 4 in super combined, and 1 in super", "id": "3227792" }, { "contents": "Fabienne Serrat\n\n\nFabienne Serrat (born 5 July 1956) is a former world champion alpine ski racer. At age 17, Serrat won two gold medals at the 1974 World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in the giant slalom and the combined events. During her World Cup career she had three victories, 37 podiums, and 124 top ten finishes. Serrat competed at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Winter Olympics in a total of five events. Her best result was fourth place in the giant slalom in 1980. She retired from competition", "id": "6439530" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nhe finished third, and in the overall standings he finished fourth. He also competed at the 1989 World Championships, placing eighth in the giant slalom and sixth in the slalom. He was given the Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year award of 1989. The 1989–90 season started equally well, with two-second places in August in Thredbo. He then won his next race, a giant slalom competition in Park City in November. Although that would be his only victory that season, he became runner-up in three further races", "id": "9904884" }, { "contents": "Thomas Fanara\n\n\nThomas Fanara (born 24 April 1981) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from France. Born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Fanara specialised in giant slalom; his one and only win came in March 2016 at the giant slalom finals in St. Moritz, Switzerland. He is the oldest racer to reach a World Cup podium in giant slalom, and competed for France at three Winter Olympics and six World Championships. He retired from competition at the end of the 2018-19 season. Fanara has started over 70", "id": "8162366" }, { "contents": "Alena Zavarzina\n\n\nin Kreischberg, she won a silver medal in parallel giant slalom after losing to Claudia Riegler in the repeat of the 2011 final, and finished fifth in the parallel slalom. She reached her second World Cup podium of the season at the season finale in Winterberg, and finished the season in thirteenth place in the overall World Cup standings. In 2015/16 season, Zavarzina won her second career World Cup victory, this time in parallel slalom, in Winterberg which was also her sole World Cup podium of the season. At the end", "id": "5559259" }, { "contents": "Tanja Poutiainen\n\n\nin the United States. At the 1999 Junior World Championships, she placed third in the giant slalom at Pra-Loup, France. Poutiainen scored her first World Cup victory – and the first for a female Finnish alpine skier – on 28 February 2004 in a slalom held on home snow in Levi, Finland – the first alpine World Cup race to be held in the country. In the 2005 World Cup season, Poutiainen won the season titles in both the slalom and giant slalom, and placed fifth in the overall standings", "id": "20125357" }, { "contents": "Ramón Homs\n\n\nWinter World Cup, he finished seventeenth in the overall standings. At the March 2008 Italian National Championships, he finished third in the Super G, fifth in the Giant Slalom and was disqualified from the Slalom. At the last round of the European Cup in March 2008, an event held in La Molina, Spain, he was one of several non-vision impaired Spanish skiers competing at the event. At the first IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup event in the 2008/2009 ski season, he failed to finish one of his races", "id": "1327121" }, { "contents": "Mitchell Gourley\n\n\ncompeted in five Men's Standing events. He finished fourth in the Giant Slalom and fifth in the Super-G. He finished the 2015/16 World Cup season on a high, placing third on the overall rankings after a successful run of events that saw him podium nine times. Gourley won the gold medal in the Men's Super Combined Standing at the 2017 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Tarvisio, Italy. Gourley was in sixth place after the super-G, but put on a masterclass in the slalom to secure the gold", "id": "6530863" }, { "contents": "Didier Défago\n\n\nDidier Défago (born 2 October 1977) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Morgins, Valais, Défago made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 1996, and was Swiss national champion in downhill (2003) and Giant slalom (2004). At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he won the downhill at Whistler to become the Olympic champion. Défago finished the 2005 World Cup season as sixth overall and fourth in the Super-G, his most successful season so far. In 2009", "id": "11060083" } ]

[ { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nHirscher won the overall World Cup title again in 2013 with 6 victories; he also won the slalom title and was runner-up in giant slalom. Hirscher scored a total of 18 podium finishes out of 19 races in the two technical events. The only race in either slalom or giant slalom where he finished outside the top 3 was the giant slalom in Adelboden. In that particular race Hirscher was leading after the first run, built up his advantage to over a second in the second run, but nearly fell several gates", "id": "14754284" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nChampionships, which ended his 2011 season. Returning after injury, Hirscher had an outstanding season in terms of wins in 2012 with 9 victories and a total of 14 podiums, all in the two technical events (except for one third place in the season's last Super G). He won the World Cup overall and giant slalom titles, and placed third in the slalom. In October 2012, Hirscher was awarded the Skieur d'Or Award by members of the International Association of Ski Journalists for his performances during the previous season.", "id": "14754283" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nMarcel Hirscher (born 2 March 1989) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. Hirscher made his World Cup debut in March 2007. He competes primarily in slalom and giant slalom, as well as combined and occasionally in super G. Winner of a record eight consecutive World Cup titles, Hirscher has also won 11 medals at the Alpine Skiing World Championships, seven of them gold, a silver medal in slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and two gold medals in the combined and giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics.", "id": "14754281" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\ncancelled. Three days after turning 18, Shiffrin won the final slalom race at Lenzerheide on 16 March to overtake Maze and win that discipline's season title by 33 points. The men's overall title wasn't decided until the World Cup finals at Lenzerheide. A runner-up finish in the giant slalom on 16 March gave Hirscher his second consecutive overall title, the first male to achieve this feat since Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003. Hirscher also won the slalom title, while the downhill and super-G titles went", "id": "9809256" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nsurpassing Benjamin Raich's total. On 18 December he won the fourth giant slalom of the season in Alta Badia having finished second in the three preceding giant slalom races, equalling Alberto Tomba's 4 wins at the venue, and with it became the 5th most successful male World Cup winner. On 7 January Hirscher achieved his 100th podium from 191 starts (a ratio of 52.3%) with a 2nd-place finish in the giant slalom in Adelboden. On 29 January Hirscher won the GS in Garmisch, achieving his 20th GS", "id": "14754289" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nnumber of points but Ligety had more victories (4, as opposed to 2 by Hirscher). This was Ligety's second consecutive giant slalom title and fifth overall. The slalom title went to Hirscher, who secured it in the last race of the season. The combined title was shared by Ligety and Alexis Pinturault of France, who each won a first and a second place in two combined races of the season. Fenninger won the overall women's title, her first, and the first by an Austrian woman since Nicole", "id": "7283678" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nbefore the final, thus missing the win and finished only 16th. He became the first male racer to retain the overall World Cup title since fellow Austrian Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003 and the first to win it three years in a row since American Phil Mahre did so in 1981, 1982 and 1983. In 2015 Hirscher dominated the giant slalom standings with 5 wins, including a winning margin of 3.28 seconds in Garmisch, and won the GS title for the second time. With his slalom win in Zagreb he became the", "id": "14754285" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nDue to his record number of overall titles, many years of extreme dominance of both slalom and giant slalom and of the men's overall ranking, he is considered by many, including his rivals Henrik Kristoffersen, Kjetil Jansrud and Alexis Pinturault, to be the best alpine skier in history. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Hirscher placed fourth in the giant slalom and fifth in the slalom at Whistler Creekside. He placed fourth in the giant slalom at the 2009 World Championships, but broke his ankle the weekend preceding the 2011 World", "id": "14754282" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n. On 13 January 2019 he won the slalom race in Adelboden and celebrated a 9th World Cup win and a 16th podium, a record among male athletes at a single resort. At the 2019 Alpine World Ski Championships in Åre in February, Hirscher took a silver in the giant slalom behind Henrik Kristoffersen, before winning the slalom by 0.65 seconds after holding a 0.56 second lead from the first run: Hirscher described his first run as one of the best performances of his career. He led teammates Michael Matt and Marco Schwarz in", "id": "14754299" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\ntherefore 10 points more than fourth place. The 2015 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup season was less successful for Ligety as he was able to win just one race and finished third in the giant slalom standings and eleventh overall. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 held in Beaver Creek, Ligety finished third in the super combined event despite being ranked 29th after the downhill leg. In the giant slalom, placed fifth after the first run and trailing by 0.24 to then leading favorite Marcel Hirscher, Ligety skied impressively in the second", "id": "12994700" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmatching the total of legendary technical racer Alberto Tomba. Two days later Hirscher achieved his sixth win of the season by winning the GS in Adelboden and moved to 3rd overall in the men's World Cup winners rankings. The next day he won the slalom in Adelboden. On 23 January, with his 9th win of the season in the Schladming night slalom, Hirscher equalled his compatriot Austrian ski legend Hermann Maier's 54 World Cup victories. It was the 500th World Cup win for Austrian men. On 28 January Hirscher moved to", "id": "14754293" }, { "contents": "Matts Olsson\n\n\nMatts Olsson (born 1 December 1988) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden who races in the giant slalom discipline. Born in Karlstad, Olsson made his World Cup debut at age 19 in October 2007. He won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in the team event, and finished 18th in the giant slalom, and 24th in the super-G. Matts Olsson won his first World Cup competition victory in Alta Badia in December 2017 at an evening event in Parallel Giant Slalom. Matts defeated Marcel Hirscher", "id": "12104888" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmost successful Austrian male World Cup slalom skier surpassing Benjamin Raich. In the final race of the season in Meribel he overturned a 55-point deficit in the standings by winning his 16th World Cup slalom, and with it won the slalom title for the third year in a row. Hirscher became the first male alpine skier to win the overall World Cup title four times in a row. In 2016 Hirscher became the most successful Austrian male World Cup GS skier by winning in Beaver Creek, Colorado, surpassing Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier.", "id": "14754286" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nwas won by Hirscher for the third time in a row, becoming the first man to achieve this since Phil Mahre in 1983. Hirscher secured the title after the second-to-last race of the season when he beat Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who did not compete in slalom. Svindal won both the downhill (second time in a row) and super-G titles (third time in a row). The giant slalom title went to Ted Ligety of the United States. Ligety and Hirscher shared the same", "id": "7283677" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the race on March 15 with a 0,03 second advantage over Alexis Pinturault and with Hirscher finishing fourth, both skiers ended the season tied with 560 points. The Crystal Globe was however awarded to Ligety who won due to having five discipline victories during the season compared to Hirscher's two. This was the fifth giant slalom title in Ligety's career. - Hirscher lost the title in that last giant slalom race with a deficit of 0.01 seconds to the 3rd place (achieved by Felix Neureuther) which is awarded 60 points,", "id": "12994699" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nand 43rd World Cup win, and with it attained Austria's 100th GS win for men. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 in St. Moritz, Switzerland Hirscher won gold in the GS and slalom, and silver in the combined, missing the gold by just 0.01 seconds. He was the most successful athlete at the championships. On 4 March in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Hirscher won his third GS race of the season and with it secured his 4th GS World Cup title and his 6th overall World Cup title;", "id": "14754290" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n12 November and achieved a 17th-place finish. The next technical race was the GS in Val d'Isère on 9 December and Hirscher came 3rd. He won the slalom the next day. On 17 December 2017 he won the giant slalom race in Alta Badia, which was his fifth consecutive victory in that location, surpassing Ivica Kostelić, who won the Kitzbühel combined 4 times in a row. On 4 January Hirscher achieved his 5th win of the season in the slalom in Zagreb and with it his 50th World Cup win,", "id": "14754292" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n. He won his third season title in giant slalom in 2011. Even though Ligety was able to win three giant slalom races during the season, he was dethroned as the discipline champion by an overall champion Marcel Hirscher from Austria. Before the last giant slalom race which was held on March 17 at Schladming, Hirscher was in lead with 605 points ahead to Ted with 513 points. Therefore, Ted was forced to attack as powerful as he was able to do but he did fall in the first leg; he did continue", "id": "12994692" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nthe only male skier in history to do so. One day later Hirscher finished fourth in the slalom and with it secured his fourth World Cup slalom title. The start of the 2018 season was expected to be more difficult as Hirscher suffered a fracture to his left ankle during the first day of snow training on 17 August. Fortunately the first race of the season in Sölden was cancelled due to high winds, giving Hirscher a few more weeks to recover. He made a last minute decision to race the slalom in Levi on", "id": "14754291" }, { "contents": "Ingemar Stenmark\n\n\nCup slalom title in 1983. Stenmark began skiing at the age of five and won his first national competition at age eight. Stenmark made his World Cup debut in December 1973 at age 17. He won more international races than any other alpine skier in history: he took 86 wins (46 giant slaloms and 40 slaloms). His closest male competitor is Marcel Hirscher, with 67 (up to January 2019) victories to his name. Stenmark won only in the two technical disciplines: slalom and giant slalom (the other", "id": "19815131" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nachievement he shares with Pirmin Zurbriggen and Hermann Maier, exceeded by Marcel Hirscher's and Marc Girardelli's five. Thöni was the dominant skier in the technical events (slalom and giant slalom) in the early 1970s. His first victory came in his debut race on the World Cup circuit, a giant slalom at Val-d'Isère, France, in December 1969. Still a teenager, he had a very successful rookie year during that 1970 season with four victories and nine podiums. He finished third in the overall standings, just", "id": "10362488" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nrun, to finish 0.45 ahead of Hirscher and secure his third consecutive world title in the discipline. Ligety won the season's first race, a giant slalom on October 25, 2015, at Sölden, Austria. While training on January 27 at Oberjoch, Germany, he tore the ACL in his right knee, which required surgery and ended his 2016 season. Ligety returned to World Cup racing in October 2016, competing in the prelude (giant slalom) race at Sölden on October 23 (finishing 5th), and he", "id": "12994701" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 47th World Cup season began on 27 October 2012, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 17 March 2013, at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The overall titles were won by Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. A break in the schedule was for the biennial World Championships, held 4–17 February in Schladming, Austria. Changes for the 2013 season included the awarding of World Cup points for the slalom crystal globe for the limited field city events (parallel slalom), not just in", "id": "9809251" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nlegends Ingemar Stenmark and Hermann Maier. Unfortunately, the following day the slalom race was cancelled due to high winds, denying Hirscher the opportunity to obtain the record outright. Hirscher has started 245 World Cup races, has won 67 of them, (a ratio of 27%) has achieved 138 podiums (a ratio of 56%) and has finished 73% of his races in the Top 10. In December 2018 Hirscher became Austria's most prolific World Cup race winner when he won a slalom in Saalbach-Hinterglemm in", "id": "14754297" }, { "contents": "Manfred Mölgg\n\n\nManfred Mölgg (born 3 June 1982) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from northern Italy. He specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made his World Cup debut in January 2003 at Bormio. As of mid-January 2016, he has 19 World Cup podiums with three victories, all achieved in slalom. Mölgg won the World Cup season title in slalom in 2008, and finished fourth in the overall standings, the best result for an Italian since Kristian", "id": "20862702" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nto reach the top of the standings in the greatest alpine skiers of all time men's super ranking. At the end of the slalom race, Hirscher said on Austrian television that he would go home \"and consider where the journey will go. I don't know if I will be skiing World Cup next season\". At the World Cup finals in Åre, Hirscher won the GS race on 17 March and equaled the record of most wins in a single season: he shares the record of 13 wins with alpine skiing", "id": "14754296" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWorld Cup technical races resumed in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia on 3 March with the GS. Hirscher secured the GS crystal globe for the 5th time by winning the race with a winning margin of 1.66 seconds. The following day, Hirscher also won the slalom with a winning margin of 1.22 seconds. As a result, he also won the slalom crystal globe for the 5th time, and the overall crystal globe for the seventh time in succession with 2 technical races remaining. His Olympic gold medals plus the additional crystal globes enabled him", "id": "14754295" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nin Kranjska Gora for a record sixth time. At the season finals in Lenzerheide he surprisingly finished second, tied with Christof Innerhofer, in the downhill race. The result was his first ever podium in downhill and made him only the second American skier in history, after Bode Miller, to podium in all five alpine skiing disciplines. Ligety then finished fifth in the final super-G race. Before the last giant slalom race of the season Ligety was trailing Marcel Hirscher by 50 points for the discipline title. However, Ligety", "id": "12994698" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhe had three fourth-place finishes, one in giant slalom, one in super combined, and one in the World Cup finals downhill, as well as a fourth-place finish in the giant slalom at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden, missing a medal by 0.07 seconds. He finished eleventh overall in 2007. Ligety won his first World Cup season title in the giant slalom in 2008, and finished fifth in the overall standings. He won the final two giant slaloms of the year at Kranjska Gora and", "id": "12994684" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's giant slalom\n\n\nThe Men's Giant Slalom competition at the 2013 World Championships ran on Friday, February 15 at 10:00 local time (1st run) and 13:30 (2nd run), the ninth race of the championships. 99 athletes from 55 countries competed in the main race while 132 athletes from 53 countries competed in the qualification race on Thursday, February 14. Ted Ligety won his third gold medal of the 2013 World Championships, joined on the podium by Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three", "id": "6822507" }, { "contents": "Giorgio Rocca\n\n\nGiorgio Rocca (born 6 August 1975) is an Italian former alpine skier, a specialist in slalom skiing. Together with Marc Girardelli, Ingemar Stenmark and Marcel Hirscher, he is one of four skiers to have won 5 Alpine Skiing World Cup slaloms in a row, which he achieved in the 2005/2006 season: only Alberto Tomba (7) has won more World Cup slaloms consecutively. He is currently ninth in the list of all-time slalom winners, with a total of 11 victories. Rocca was born in Chur,", "id": "14243073" }, { "contents": "Viktoria Rebensburg\n\n\nViktoria Rebensburg (born 4 October 1989) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer and the 2010 Olympic gold medalist in the Born in Tegernsee, Bavaria, she has three World Cup season titles, all in giant slalom. After finishing 28th in the Olympic super-G, she won gold in the giant slalom, her first victory in international competition. Her previous best finish was second place at a GS a month earlier, her only World Cup podium. Ten months later Rebensberg won her first World Cup race in October", "id": "7848199" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nAustria to narrowly beat France in the men's nations cup by 201 points, the narrowest winning margin for many years. Hirscher was the only Austrian male skier to win a race in the entire season, and scored 30.9% (1795 out of 5804) of the Austrian men's nations cup points. On 13 November in Levi, Finland, Hirscher won the first slalom of the 2017 season and equalled Pirmin Zurbriggen's win total of 40, putting him equal 5th in the standings. He also achieved his 93rd podium,", "id": "14754288" }, { "contents": "Marco Schwarz\n\n\nMarco Schwarz (born 16 August 1995) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He focuses on the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Schwarz competed for Austria at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in the alpine skiing and won three gold medals; in the boys' combined, the parallel mixed team event, and the boys' giant slalom. Schwarz made his World Cup debut in November 2014 at age 19. He achieved his first World Cup podium in December 2015; third place in a slalom at Madonna di", "id": "12834730" }, { "contents": "Dave Ryding\n\n\n's slalom in 2002, from which he was disqualified. He went on the finish the season 11th in the World Cup slalom standings. Ryding took one of the best World Cup results of his career so far in a slalom in Madonna di Campiglio in December 2018: after placing 27th in the first run, he set the fastest second run time to secure a fourth-placed finish. Ryding continued his good form at the Oslo parallel slalom on New Year's Day 2019: he knocked out Hirscher in the quarter-finals", "id": "16035158" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 48th World Cup season began on 26 October 2013, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 16 March 2014 at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The defending overall champions from the 2013 season were Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. The overall titles were won by Hirscher and Anna Fenninger, also of Austria. The season was interrupted by the 2014 Winter Olympics that took place from 7 to 23 February in Sochi, Russia, with the alpine events at Rosa Khutor. The men's title", "id": "7283676" }, { "contents": "Michaela Kirchgasser\n\n\nMichaela Kirchgasser (born 18 March 1985) is a retired Austrian alpine ski racer. She raced in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom, and also the combined. On 25 November 2006, Kirchgasser made her first World Cup podium with a third place in the giant slalom at Aspen, Colorado. Her first victory was on 24 February 2007, in a giant slalom at Sierra Nevada, Spain. She has competed in three Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she finished fifth in the slalom", "id": "6480720" }, { "contents": "Marcel Mathis\n\n\nMarcel Mathis (born December 24, 1991) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Hohenems, Vorarlberg, he primarily competed on the European Cup circuit, but raced in several World Cup events, all in giant slalom. Mathis' first top result in World Cup was his third place in giant slalom in Bansko, Bulgaria, on February 18, 2012. He was in 26th place after the first run, but had the fastest second run to attain the podium. It was also his first", "id": "4965368" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\ngiant slalom and combined, and silver in super-G. He also won two other giant slaloms during the season. In the 2004 season, Miller won World Cup titles in two disciplines: giant slalom and combined, but placed fourth in the competition for the overall title. He won six World Cup races: three giant slaloms, two combineds and one slalom. After the season, Miller switched to Atomic skis. Miller won his first overall World Cup title in 2005, defeating Austrians Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier. He made", "id": "8624673" }, { "contents": "Henrik Kristoffersen\n\n\nHenrik Kristoffersen (born 2 July 1994) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, 2019 World Champion and Olympic medalist. Born in Lørenskog in Akershus county, Kristoffersen specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. He made his World Cup debut in March 2012 in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, and attained his first podium in November 2013, a third-place finish in slalom at Levi, Finland. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Kristoffersen won the bronze medal in slalom at Rosa Khutor at age 19", "id": "12443237" }, { "contents": "Alexis Pinturault\n\n\n, as he missed pre-season speed training after surgery on his left ankle in August to repair ligaments damaged while playing tennis. Pinturault did not medal at the world championships in 2013, but had four top-six finishes. A week later he claimed a fourth World Cup win, his first in giant slalom, at Garmisch, Germany. Second after the first run, Pinturault's total time was 0.60 seconds ahead of runner-up Hirscher. On 15 March, he was honored as the 2013 Longines Rising Star,", "id": "14820258" }, { "contents": "Žan Kranjec\n\n\nŽan Kranjec (born 15 November 1992) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovenia. He specializes in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Kranjec made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 2011 at Kranjska Gora. He represented Slovenia at the World Championships in 2013 and was 22nd in giant slalom. A week later at the Junior World Championships in Canada, he won a bronze medal in giant slalom. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kranjec placed fourth in the giant slalom. In December 2018,", "id": "9034523" }, { "contents": "Hannes Reichelt\n\n\nJohannes \"Hannes\" Reichelt (born 5 July 1980) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He competes in downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom, and Combined. Born in Altenmarkt im Pongau in Salzburg, Reichelt made his World Cup debut in December 2001. He made his first podium in December 2002 and won his first World Cup race, a Super-G, in December 2005. Reichelt also won the European Cup overall title in 2005, as well as the European Cup season title in giant slalom", "id": "15634035" }, { "contents": "Phil Mahre\n\n\nselected to the \"A\" team following the 1975 season and made his World Cup debut in December 1975 at Val d'Isère, France. Two months later he competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, taking fifth in the giant slalom at age 18. He made his first podium in March with a second in a giant slalom at Copper Mountain, Colorado, and finished the 1976 World Cup season in 14th place in the overall standings. He won his first World Cup race the next season, a giant slalom", "id": "12320115" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWith his GS win in Alta Badia, Italy (his 3rd consecutive win at that venue), he became Austria's most successful World Cup GS skier overtaking Annemarie Moser-Pröll. Another GS win in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia confirmed Hirscher as the GS title winner with one race to go. To wrap up an amazing season with 8 wins and 19 podiums Hirscher also won the men's overall World Cup title, his 5th consecutive overall title, a feat never before achieved by a male skier. His points total also enabled", "id": "14754287" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nreaching the podium for the first time, with a second place from Adelboden in January. He also won the slalom run in the Alpine Combined Event at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships. On 3 March in Furano, he finished second in the giant slalom, winning the slalom race two days later. One week later in Shigakogen, he won the giant slalom race and finished second in the slalom. As a result, he won the Giant Slalom Cup that year, though jointly with Pirmin Zurbriggen. In the Slalom Cup", "id": "9904883" }, { "contents": "Jean-Noël Augert\n\n\nwon three World Cups in 1969, 1971 and 1972, and in which he won a Gold medal at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena. He was also second in the overall classification of the 1969 World Cup and third in the Giant Slalom World Cup 1969. Besides his 15 wins in World Cup races, he finished 15 times at the podium (place two: 6 slaloms, 3 giant slaloms; place three: 2 slaloms, 4 giant slaloms). He came fifth in both the men's slalom and giant", "id": "18262429" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nTed Ligety) in a giant slalom race in Kranjska Gora, the same place where he also won his first top-3 result more than 15 years earlier (in January 1999). His last top three finish came in early March 2015 in a giant slalom race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen that came to be one of his very last races in the alpine world cup. On September 10, 2015, he announced his retirement. 9 titles: 1 overall, 2 giant slalom, 3 slalom, 3 combined 36 total: 14 slalom", "id": "20658336" }, { "contents": "Anna Veith\n\n\n-G at the Austrian Championships in late March. In late December 2011, Veith won her first World Cup event in Lienz, Austria, in the Giant slalom. Her most consistent World Cup podium results have been in the super-G. After another giant slalom win in Austria in December 2012, Veith's first super-G victory came in March 2013 in Germany. At the 2013 World Championships in Schladming, Austria, Veith won bronze in the giant slalom. In the alpine skiing World Cup overall ranking 2013 she finished", "id": "18958035" }, { "contents": "Davide Simoncelli\n\n\nDavide Simoncelli (born January 30, 1979 in Rovereto) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy who specialized in giant slalom. Simoncelli made his World Cup debut in 1999. He took two World Cup victories and eight podium finishes, all in giant slalom. He took five podiums on the \"Gran Risa\" track of Alta Badia, with a victory and four second places. He finished fourth in the World Cup points standings for giant slalom twice, in 2006 and 2010. Simoncelli competed for Italy in three", "id": "8459823" }, { "contents": "Kjetil Jansrud\n\n\nKjetil Jansrud (born 28 August 1985) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion. He races in all alpine disciplines apart from slalom, and his best event used to be the giant slalom where he has 6 World Cup podiums and an Olympic silver medal. However, since 2012 he has become more of a speed specialist, having won all but two of his World Cup victories in the speed events. At the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, he won the Super-G and placed third in the Downhill", "id": "11513877" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nmissed 11 races, including two classic slaloms and one parallel, in Stockholm. In the meantime, Marcel Hirscher took the lead in the overall standings and would go on to claim his first overall title. Kostelić returned to action in Schladming at the end of the season, and competed only in slalom. He finished 16th and André Myhrer took the slalom title. Born and raised in Zagreb, his parents, Ante and Marica, are former elite team handball players. They taught Ivica and his sister Janica, two years younger", "id": "3227806" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nin a giant slalom race at Maribor. During her early World Cup seasons, Maze competed in slalom, giant slalom, and super-G, but scored World Cup points only in the first two disciplines. At the 2001 World Championships, Maze's best result was a 16th place in slalom. In January 2002, Maze won her first podium, a second place in giant slalom in Maribor. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in the United States, Maze finished twelfth in the giant slalom in her Olympic debut at Park City", "id": "12638260" }, { "contents": "Günther Mader\n\n\ntotal of six medals in the world championships. He won his first championship medal, the silver medal in the Slalom Race at Crans Montana in 1987, after only placing eighth after the first leg of the competition. Mader won two World Cup season titles, giant slalom in 1990 and combined in 1996, and placed second in the overall World Cup standings in 1995 and 1996, and third in 1990. Without his 14 wins, he did achieve another 27 places in World Cup races. His only World Cup victory in downhill", "id": "16142764" }, { "contents": "Nicole Hosp\n\n\nNicole Hosp (; born 6 November 1983) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. She competed in all five disciplines and was a world champion, three-time Olympic medalist, and an overall World Cup champion. Born in Ehenbichl, Tyrol, Hosp won the overall World Cup title in 2007 and the season title in giant slalom. A versatile all-around racer, she won World Cup races in four of the five alpine skiing disciplines (super-G, giant slalom, slalom and combined),", "id": "18723452" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Men's super combined\n\n\nThe Men's super combined competition at the 2015 World Championships was held on Sunday, February 8. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, despite originally finishing in 31st position after the downhill leg. Ondřej Bank however, fell on the final jump and, although the original results had Bank in 25th place, the jury disqualified him after the run ended and as a result, Hirscher was able to start first in the slalom leg instead of starting after the top 30. With a clean track he was able to rise all the", "id": "2139631" }, { "contents": "Loïc Meillard\n\n\nLoïc Meillard (born 29 October 1996) is a Swiss alpine ski racer and specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Meillard made his World Cup debut in January 2015; his younger sister Mélanie is also a World Cup alpine racer. Meillard made his World Cup debut at age 18 in the Adelboden giant slalom in January 2015. At the World Junior Championships that March at Hafjell, Norway, he won a bronze medal in the Super-G, silver in the giant slalom, and gold in the combined", "id": "4438833" }, { "contents": "Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander\n\n\nSimon Breitfuss Kammerlander (born 29 November 1992) is a Bolivian-Austrian alpine ski racer. Breitfuss Kammerlander specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut on 23 October 2016. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut at the Sölden Giant slalom on 23 October 2016, he failed to qualify for the second run finishing in 78th place. He competed for Bolivia at the 2017 Alpine World Ski Championships. He finished 46th in the Super-G and failed to finish the first run", "id": "10351390" }, { "contents": "Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen\n\n\nLeif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen (born 29 November 1987) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, specializing in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Haugen made his World Cup debut in October 2009 in Sölden, and collected his first World Cup points with a 26th place. He won a bronze medal in giant slalom at the World Championships in 2017 and attained his first World Cup podium in March 2017 at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Nestvold-Haugen represents the sports club Lommedalens IL, and hails from Lommedalen.", "id": "14989586" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\nwas disqualified – while in first place at the time – during the second leg of the combined event, failed to finish the super-G, tied for 6th in the giant slalom, and had another DNF after missing a gate in the first run of the slalom. Nevertheless, Miller won two races during the season (a giant slalom and a super-G) and placed third for the season's overall World Cup title. At the 2006 U.S. National Championships following the World Cup season, Miller won the downhill and", "id": "8624676" }, { "contents": "Leonardo David\n\n\nthe World Cup season in North America and Japan. Then age 18, David was a promising talent on the Italian team, in his first year on the World Cup circuit. He won the overall and slalom titles of the European Cup in 1978, and placed second in giant slalom. He won his only World Cup race, a slalom in Oslo, less than a month before his accident, outpacing Ingemar Stenmark and Phil Mahre. David had 10 top ten finishes with four podiums during the 1979 World Cup season, and", "id": "2954663" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n-placed. But Ligety did do a phenomenal best time in the second leg, becoming first ahead to Raich. Ligety opened defense of his 2008 giant slalom title with a third-place finish in Sölden, Austria, and then placed second at Beaver Creek, Colorado. At the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isère, France, Ligety took the bronze medal in the giant slalom, then won his fourth World Cup race at Kranjska Gora. He finished the season with another second at the finals in Åre, Sweden, which", "id": "12994686" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nof 0.28 sec. (Janka was unbeatable on that afternoon, he finished 0.71 sec. ahead to Raich.) Ligety notched his fifth World Cup victory in January, his third win at Kranjska Gora in as many seasons. At the finals in Garmisch, Germany, he finished on the podium to secure his second season title in giant slalom, and finished seventh in the overall standings. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics at Whistler, he finished ninth in the giant slalom (on February 23 - he was eighth-placed after", "id": "12994688" }, { "contents": "Stefan Luitz\n\n\nStefan Luitz (; born 26 March 1992) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer. He primarily competes in giant slalom, but on 24 January 2016 in Kitzbühel, for the first time in his career, he completed both runs in slalom and finished 18th. Previously, he had once qualified to second run in slalom, on 18 December 2012 in Madonna di Campiglio, but did not finish the second run. Luitz made his World Cup debut in Adelboden in 2011, and attained his first World Cup podium in December 2012", "id": "15313224" }, { "contents": "Didier Cuche\n\n\nDidier Cuche (born 16 August 1974) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Le Pâquier, Neuchâtel, he competed in the downhill and super-G, along with the giant slalom. He won the World Cup downhill and super-G title for the 2011 season and has won three previous downhill titles in 2010, 2008 and 2007, along with a giant slalom title in 2009. Cuche has 21 World Cup race victories, along with 67 podiums (top three) and 181 top ten", "id": "11060008" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nBenjamin Raich (born 28 February 1978 in Arzl im Pitztal, Tyrol) is a retired champion World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria. With 14 medals won at Winter Olympics and World Championships, 36 World Cup race victories (in all disciplines except downhill), one first place and five second places in the World Cup overall ranking, three victories of the slalom World Cup, three victories of the combined World Cup, two victories of the giant slalom World Cup and the highest score of career World", "id": "20658332" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n50 World Cup races at the age of 23 years and 9 months. She has won 60 World Cup races, the 3rd most all time by a female alpine skier, including 40 WC slalom races, the most all-time by a female alpine skier. She is the only female athlete to have won 15 races in the same calendar year, winning the last slalom of the 2018 season in Semmering and equalling the men's record holder Marcel Hirscher. In the 2019 season she became the first athlete, male or female", "id": "8983516" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the GS world title in 2011 besting Cyprien Richard and Philipp Schörghofer. Ligety repeated as world champion in GS in 2013, ahead of Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. At Schladming in 2013, he became a triple world champion in giant slalom, super-G, and combined at Planai. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three or more gold medals at one world championships and the first in 45 years, when Jean-Claude Killy won four in 1968 at Chamrousse, with the combined as a \"paper", "id": "12994706" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\nher fourth slalom world cup. In Aspen, Colorado, the World Cup finals of the season took place. Shiffrin secured her first overall World Cup, but did not win the giant slalom World Cup that year. After the season, she received the \"Skieur d’Or\" (golden skier) award, given by the international ski journalist association to the best alpine skier of the year (one award for both genders). Shiffrin started the 2018 season with a 5th place finish in giant slalom at Sölden. In early December", "id": "8983533" }, { "contents": "Marilyn Cochran\n\n\nthe final five giant slalom races and won the World Cup season title. Cochran was the only American alpine racer with a World Cup season title until 1980, when Phil Mahre won the combined. She won the bronze medal in the combined at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena, Italy. Sister Barbara was fourth in that competition, but won a silver in the slalom, where Marilyn was sixth. Cochran won three World Cup races, two in giant slalom and one in slalom, and had 15 podiums and fifty top", "id": "314375" }, { "contents": "Thomas Grandi\n\n\nThomas Grandi (born 27 December 1972 in Bolzano, Italy) is a retired Canadian alpine skier. He specialized in technical skiing giant slalom and slalom. Grandi started in the Alpine Skiing World Cup in the 1992-93 season. His first top ten finish in the World Cup came in December 1996 where he finished in 10th position in the Giant Slalom in Alta Badia, Italy. In the 1997-98 World Cup season, he had his first top three finish when he finished in third place in a Giant Slalom race", "id": "10762400" }, { "contents": "Kajsa Kling\n\n\nKajsa Britta Kling (born 25 December 1988) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden. Born in Åre, Kling competed in all five alpine disciplines. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, she finished 26th in the giant slalom. On 28 December 2010, Kling crashed during a giant slalom race in Semmering, Austria, which ended her 2011 season. On 14 December 2013, Kling attained her first World Cup podium, placing second in a Super-G race in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Ahead of the 2017/18", "id": "18745147" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhis world title in giant slalom in 2013 in Schladming, Austria, where he also won an unexpected gold medal in the super-G and a third gold medal in the super combined. Through October, 2015, he has 25 victories (24 in giant slalom and 1 super combined) and 52 podiums in World Cup competition. His Olympic giant slalom gold medal, 24 GS World Cup wins, 3 GS world championship gold medals and 5 World Cup titles make him one of the greatest giant slalom skiers of all time.", "id": "12994676" }, { "contents": "Gauthier de Tessières\n\n\nGauthier de Tessières (born 9 November 1981) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from France, and has competed in two Winter Olympics and five World Championships. He made his breakthrough on the Alpine Skiing World Cup in a giant slalom in Val-d'Isère in December 2008, where after finishing 30th in the first run to narrowly qualify for the second run, he worked his way up to finish third overall, bettering his previous World Cup personal best of 15th. He won the silver medal in the super-G at", "id": "12658447" }, { "contents": "Albert Popov\n\n\ngiant slalom at the 2018 FIS Junior World Ski Championships in Davos. Twelve days later he made his debut at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang 2018, where he placed 28th in the giant slalom and did not finish the slalom. His World Cup breakthrough came in the opening race of the 2018–19 season in Levi, where he finished 20th, earning 11 points - Bulgaria's first in the World Cup since Petar Popangelov during the 1986–87 season. Popov followed that up with a 16th place finish at Madonna di Campiglio in December, after", "id": "1530499" }, { "contents": "Tessa Worley\n\n\nplace in a giant slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany. She finished in fifth place in the first race of the 2009 World Cup season, a giant slalom in Sölden, Austria, in October 2008. A month later she won her first World Cup race (and first podium) in a giant slalom at Aspen, United States. Early in the 2011 season, Worley won three consecutive giant slalom races before January. In February, Worley won a gold medal in the nations team event at the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen", "id": "4107613" }, { "contents": "Armand Marchant\n\n\nArmand Marchant (born 14 December 1997) is a Belgian alpine ski racer. Marchant specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, in the Giant slalom and the Slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014 in the Alta Badia giant slalom, he failed to finish the first run. At the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek he finished 41st in the Giant slalom and", "id": "4076226" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nCup points (ahead of Norwegian Kjetil André Aamodt), he is considered among the best alpine racers in World Cup history. After winning Junior World Championships in both slalom and giant slalom, Raich made his World Cup debut in March 1996. He scored his first victory in 1999, in slalom. In 2001 he won the silver medal in slalom at the World Championships, and at the end of the season he won the slalom World Cup. In 2002 he won two bronze medals at the Salt Lake City Olympics. Raich", "id": "20658333" }, { "contents": "Manuela Mölgg\n\n\nManuela Mölgg (born 28 August 1983) is a retired alpine ski racer from Italy, a specialist in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2000 and gained her first podium in November 2004. She has 14 World Cup podium finishes and appeared in two Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2009 Alpine World Ski Championships in Val-d'Isère Mölgg took the lead in the slalom after the first run but was disqualified from", "id": "21947840" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom\n\n\nFelix Neureuther, and Alexis Pinturault), which spawned criticism of the course. The second run was set by Ante Kostelić, known for idiosyncratic gate settings. He is the father of competitor Ivica Kostelić of Croatia, who finished ninth. Less than seven weeks shy of his 35th birthday, Mario Matt of Austria became the oldest gold medalist in Olympic alpine skiing history. The silver went to defending World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher, and Henrik Kristoffersen became the youngest male to medal in an Olympic alpine event at age 19. The", "id": "2699458" }, { "contents": "Jean-Baptiste Grange\n\n\nHe won his first World Cup race on 17 December 2007, and won the 2009 season title in the slalom. Injured in early December 2009 in a giant slalom at Beaver Creek, he opted for surgery and missed the remainder of the 2010 season, which included the 2010 Winter Olympics. He returned to competition for the 2011 season and won the world championship in the slalom. He won his second slalom world title in Beaver Creek on 15 February 2015. His older brother is François-Cyrille Grange, also an alpine ski", "id": "20737157" }, { "contents": "Petra Vlhová\n\n\nPetra Vlhová (born 13 June 1995) is a Slovak World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. She is the current world champion in giant slalom. Born in Liptovský Mikuláš, Vlhová won a gold medal in 2012 Winter Youth Olympics and represented Slovakia in the 2014 Winter Olympics. She also won gold in the slalom at the Junior World Championships in 2014 in Jasná, Slovakia. She made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2012 and her first World Cup podium came", "id": "7975537" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n, at the age of 23 years and nine months. With that race she also equalled the record of the Austrian Marlies Schild for the most wins in women's slalom – 35, and put herself in joint seventh place in all-time World Cup victories with Alberto Tomba of Italy. One week later, she took another World Cup slalom win in Semmering, Austria, becoming the first alpine skier to take 15 World Cup wins in a single calendar year, moving ahead of Marcel Hirscher, who had taken 14 wins in", "id": "8983544" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's combined\n\n\nThe men's combined competition of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics was held on 13 February 2018 at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre and the Yongpyong Alpine Centre at the Alpensia Sports Park in PyeongChang. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, with Alexis Pinturault coming in second, and Victor Muffat-Jeandet third. For Muffat-Jeandet, this was the first Olympic medal, and for both Hirscher and Pinturault the first medal in combined. Hirscher, who won six overall World Cup titles and was skiing in his third Olympics, previously only won a", "id": "17712395" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\n, Utah. On 26 October 2002, Maze won her first World Cup race at the season opener in Sölden, Austria. She shared the giant slalom win with Nicole Hosp of Austria and Andrine Flemmen of Norway in the first-ever a three-way tie in a World Cup race. Maze finished the 2003 season on the 38th place in the overall standings with 190 points, all in giant slalom. At the 2003 World Championships, she finished 5th in giant slalom. In the 2004 season, Maze scored one podium", "id": "12638261" }, { "contents": "1978–79 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 13th World Cup season began in December 1978 in Austria and concluded in March 1979 in Japan. The overall winners were Peter Lüscher of Switzerland, his first overall win, and Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria, her sixth (which remained the record until 2017-18, when Austria's Marcel Hirscher won his seventh overall title). Although Ingemar Stenmark did not win the overall title due to restrictions on the number of races that counted for overall championship points, he won 13 races during the season (including the last", "id": "844407" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\n, including the super-G race in January in Les Menuires. He again won the Giant Slalom Cup, finished second in the overall standings and second in the Slalom Cup. In the 1990–91 season he performed best in the slalom. He won competitions in Madonna di Campiglio and Kranjska Gora in December, and recorded three-second places, only one of them in giant slalom. Again he finished second in the Slalom Cup. At the 1991 World Championships, he won the bronze medal in slalom and placed fourth in both", "id": "9904885" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\na World Championship gold medal in slalom in 2003, Olympic silver medal in slalom in 2010, Olympic silver medals in combined in 2006 (traditional combined), 2010 (super combined) and 2014, as well as the overall World Cup title in 2011. Kostelić scored a total of 26 World Cup race victories and a total of 59 World Cup podiums during his career (). He won the slalom World Cup title in 2002 and 2011, and the combined World Cup title in 2011 and 2012. Since 2008, he", "id": "3227791" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nMarch 1975 at Sun Valley. He won the final race of the season, a parallel slalom (\"pro-style\" heats) the following week in Val Gardena, Italy, against his challenger Stenmark to secure the overall title. His last win in giant slalom was in January 1976, and his final World Cup victory was in the combined at Kitzbühel in January 1977. His last podium finish was a third place in the slalom at Åre, Sweden, in February 1979. He finished eighth in the slalom at the", "id": "10362492" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nand 10th in the combined. In the 2006 season, Maze won one giant slalom race and two more podiums, a third place in giant slalom and a runner-up position in super-G. She finished the season 14th in the overall standings with 525 points and scored World Cup points in all disciplines for the first time. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Maze competed in the giant slalom and super-G events, where she finished 12th and 39th, respectively. The 2007 season was not as successful for her as", "id": "12638263" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n2013 in Sölden, Austria, with a career-best sixth in giant slalom, within a half-second of the podium. She won the next event, a slalom at Levi, Finland, improving on her podium finish the previous year for her fifth World Cup victory. At Beaver Creek, she was runner-up in the giant slalom, her first World Cup podium in that discipline. On January 5, Shiffrin secured first place in a two-run slalom race in Bormio, Italy (the race took place", "id": "8983524" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nfinished among the top six in the overall World Cup standings each season (2008: sixth; 2009: fourth; 2010: fifth; 2011: first; 2012: fourth; 2013: fifth). He also scored points in all disciplines each of those seasons, and his best race results were a seventh place in downhill, a second place in giant slalom, and victories in all other disciplines (11 in slalom, 1 in parallel-slalom, 2 in combined, 4 in super combined, and 1 in super", "id": "3227792" }, { "contents": "Fabienne Serrat\n\n\nFabienne Serrat (born 5 July 1956) is a former world champion alpine ski racer. At age 17, Serrat won two gold medals at the 1974 World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in the giant slalom and the combined events. During her World Cup career she had three victories, 37 podiums, and 124 top ten finishes. Serrat competed at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Winter Olympics in a total of five events. Her best result was fourth place in the giant slalom in 1980. She retired from competition", "id": "6439530" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nhe finished third, and in the overall standings he finished fourth. He also competed at the 1989 World Championships, placing eighth in the giant slalom and sixth in the slalom. He was given the Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year award of 1989. The 1989–90 season started equally well, with two-second places in August in Thredbo. He then won his next race, a giant slalom competition in Park City in November. Although that would be his only victory that season, he became runner-up in three further races", "id": "9904884" }, { "contents": "Thomas Fanara\n\n\nThomas Fanara (born 24 April 1981) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from France. Born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Fanara specialised in giant slalom; his one and only win came in March 2016 at the giant slalom finals in St. Moritz, Switzerland. He is the oldest racer to reach a World Cup podium in giant slalom, and competed for France at three Winter Olympics and six World Championships. He retired from competition at the end of the 2018-19 season. Fanara has started over 70", "id": "8162366" }, { "contents": "Alena Zavarzina\n\n\nin Kreischberg, she won a silver medal in parallel giant slalom after losing to Claudia Riegler in the repeat of the 2011 final, and finished fifth in the parallel slalom. She reached her second World Cup podium of the season at the season finale in Winterberg, and finished the season in thirteenth place in the overall World Cup standings. In 2015/16 season, Zavarzina won her second career World Cup victory, this time in parallel slalom, in Winterberg which was also her sole World Cup podium of the season. At the end", "id": "5559259" }, { "contents": "Tanja Poutiainen\n\n\nin the United States. At the 1999 Junior World Championships, she placed third in the giant slalom at Pra-Loup, France. Poutiainen scored her first World Cup victory – and the first for a female Finnish alpine skier – on 28 February 2004 in a slalom held on home snow in Levi, Finland – the first alpine World Cup race to be held in the country. In the 2005 World Cup season, Poutiainen won the season titles in both the slalom and giant slalom, and placed fifth in the overall standings", "id": "20125357" }, { "contents": "Ramón Homs\n\n\nWinter World Cup, he finished seventeenth in the overall standings. At the March 2008 Italian National Championships, he finished third in the Super G, fifth in the Giant Slalom and was disqualified from the Slalom. At the last round of the European Cup in March 2008, an event held in La Molina, Spain, he was one of several non-vision impaired Spanish skiers competing at the event. At the first IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup event in the 2008/2009 ski season, he failed to finish one of his races", "id": "1327121" }, { "contents": "Mitchell Gourley\n\n\ncompeted in five Men's Standing events. He finished fourth in the Giant Slalom and fifth in the Super-G. He finished the 2015/16 World Cup season on a high, placing third on the overall rankings after a successful run of events that saw him podium nine times. Gourley won the gold medal in the Men's Super Combined Standing at the 2017 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Tarvisio, Italy. Gourley was in sixth place after the super-G, but put on a masterclass in the slalom to secure the gold", "id": "6530863" }, { "contents": "Didier Défago\n\n\nDidier Défago (born 2 October 1977) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Morgins, Valais, Défago made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 1996, and was Swiss national champion in downhill (2003) and Giant slalom (2004). At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he won the downhill at Whistler to become the Olympic champion. Défago finished the 2005 World Cup season as sixth overall and fourth in the Super-G, his most successful season so far. In 2009", "id": "11060083" } ]

[ { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nHirscher won the overall World Cup title again in 2013 with 6 victories; he also won the slalom title and was runner-up in giant slalom. Hirscher scored a total of 18 podium finishes out of 19 races in the two technical events. The only race in either slalom or giant slalom where he finished outside the top 3 was the giant slalom in Adelboden. In that particular race Hirscher was leading after the first run, built up his advantage to over a second in the second run, but nearly fell several gates", "id": "14754284" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nChampionships, which ended his 2011 season. Returning after injury, Hirscher had an outstanding season in terms of wins in 2012 with 9 victories and a total of 14 podiums, all in the two technical events (except for one third place in the season's last Super G). He won the World Cup overall and giant slalom titles, and placed third in the slalom. In October 2012, Hirscher was awarded the Skieur d'Or Award by members of the International Association of Ski Journalists for his performances during the previous season.", "id": "14754283" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nMarcel Hirscher (born 2 March 1989) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. Hirscher made his World Cup debut in March 2007. He competes primarily in slalom and giant slalom, as well as combined and occasionally in super G. Winner of a record eight consecutive World Cup titles, Hirscher has also won 11 medals at the Alpine Skiing World Championships, seven of them gold, a silver medal in slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and two gold medals in the combined and giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics.", "id": "14754281" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\ncancelled. Three days after turning 18, Shiffrin won the final slalom race at Lenzerheide on 16 March to overtake Maze and win that discipline's season title by 33 points. The men's overall title wasn't decided until the World Cup finals at Lenzerheide. A runner-up finish in the giant slalom on 16 March gave Hirscher his second consecutive overall title, the first male to achieve this feat since Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003. Hirscher also won the slalom title, while the downhill and super-G titles went", "id": "9809256" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nsurpassing Benjamin Raich's total. On 18 December he won the fourth giant slalom of the season in Alta Badia having finished second in the three preceding giant slalom races, equalling Alberto Tomba's 4 wins at the venue, and with it became the 5th most successful male World Cup winner. On 7 January Hirscher achieved his 100th podium from 191 starts (a ratio of 52.3%) with a 2nd-place finish in the giant slalom in Adelboden. On 29 January Hirscher won the GS in Garmisch, achieving his 20th GS", "id": "14754289" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nnumber of points but Ligety had more victories (4, as opposed to 2 by Hirscher). This was Ligety's second consecutive giant slalom title and fifth overall. The slalom title went to Hirscher, who secured it in the last race of the season. The combined title was shared by Ligety and Alexis Pinturault of France, who each won a first and a second place in two combined races of the season. Fenninger won the overall women's title, her first, and the first by an Austrian woman since Nicole", "id": "7283678" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nbefore the final, thus missing the win and finished only 16th. He became the first male racer to retain the overall World Cup title since fellow Austrian Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003 and the first to win it three years in a row since American Phil Mahre did so in 1981, 1982 and 1983. In 2015 Hirscher dominated the giant slalom standings with 5 wins, including a winning margin of 3.28 seconds in Garmisch, and won the GS title for the second time. With his slalom win in Zagreb he became the", "id": "14754285" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nDue to his record number of overall titles, many years of extreme dominance of both slalom and giant slalom and of the men's overall ranking, he is considered by many, including his rivals Henrik Kristoffersen, Kjetil Jansrud and Alexis Pinturault, to be the best alpine skier in history. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Hirscher placed fourth in the giant slalom and fifth in the slalom at Whistler Creekside. He placed fourth in the giant slalom at the 2009 World Championships, but broke his ankle the weekend preceding the 2011 World", "id": "14754282" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n. On 13 January 2019 he won the slalom race in Adelboden and celebrated a 9th World Cup win and a 16th podium, a record among male athletes at a single resort. At the 2019 Alpine World Ski Championships in Åre in February, Hirscher took a silver in the giant slalom behind Henrik Kristoffersen, before winning the slalom by 0.65 seconds after holding a 0.56 second lead from the first run: Hirscher described his first run as one of the best performances of his career. He led teammates Michael Matt and Marco Schwarz in", "id": "14754299" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\ntherefore 10 points more than fourth place. The 2015 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup season was less successful for Ligety as he was able to win just one race and finished third in the giant slalom standings and eleventh overall. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 held in Beaver Creek, Ligety finished third in the super combined event despite being ranked 29th after the downhill leg. In the giant slalom, placed fifth after the first run and trailing by 0.24 to then leading favorite Marcel Hirscher, Ligety skied impressively in the second", "id": "12994700" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmatching the total of legendary technical racer Alberto Tomba. Two days later Hirscher achieved his sixth win of the season by winning the GS in Adelboden and moved to 3rd overall in the men's World Cup winners rankings. The next day he won the slalom in Adelboden. On 23 January, with his 9th win of the season in the Schladming night slalom, Hirscher equalled his compatriot Austrian ski legend Hermann Maier's 54 World Cup victories. It was the 500th World Cup win for Austrian men. On 28 January Hirscher moved to", "id": "14754293" }, { "contents": "Matts Olsson\n\n\nMatts Olsson (born 1 December 1988) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden who races in the giant slalom discipline. Born in Karlstad, Olsson made his World Cup debut at age 19 in October 2007. He won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in the team event, and finished 18th in the giant slalom, and 24th in the super-G. Matts Olsson won his first World Cup competition victory in Alta Badia in December 2017 at an evening event in Parallel Giant Slalom. Matts defeated Marcel Hirscher", "id": "12104888" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmost successful Austrian male World Cup slalom skier surpassing Benjamin Raich. In the final race of the season in Meribel he overturned a 55-point deficit in the standings by winning his 16th World Cup slalom, and with it won the slalom title for the third year in a row. Hirscher became the first male alpine skier to win the overall World Cup title four times in a row. In 2016 Hirscher became the most successful Austrian male World Cup GS skier by winning in Beaver Creek, Colorado, surpassing Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier.", "id": "14754286" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nwas won by Hirscher for the third time in a row, becoming the first man to achieve this since Phil Mahre in 1983. Hirscher secured the title after the second-to-last race of the season when he beat Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who did not compete in slalom. Svindal won both the downhill (second time in a row) and super-G titles (third time in a row). The giant slalom title went to Ted Ligety of the United States. Ligety and Hirscher shared the same", "id": "7283677" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the race on March 15 with a 0,03 second advantage over Alexis Pinturault and with Hirscher finishing fourth, both skiers ended the season tied with 560 points. The Crystal Globe was however awarded to Ligety who won due to having five discipline victories during the season compared to Hirscher's two. This was the fifth giant slalom title in Ligety's career. - Hirscher lost the title in that last giant slalom race with a deficit of 0.01 seconds to the 3rd place (achieved by Felix Neureuther) which is awarded 60 points,", "id": "12994699" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nand 43rd World Cup win, and with it attained Austria's 100th GS win for men. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 in St. Moritz, Switzerland Hirscher won gold in the GS and slalom, and silver in the combined, missing the gold by just 0.01 seconds. He was the most successful athlete at the championships. On 4 March in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Hirscher won his third GS race of the season and with it secured his 4th GS World Cup title and his 6th overall World Cup title;", "id": "14754290" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n12 November and achieved a 17th-place finish. The next technical race was the GS in Val d'Isère on 9 December and Hirscher came 3rd. He won the slalom the next day. On 17 December 2017 he won the giant slalom race in Alta Badia, which was his fifth consecutive victory in that location, surpassing Ivica Kostelić, who won the Kitzbühel combined 4 times in a row. On 4 January Hirscher achieved his 5th win of the season in the slalom in Zagreb and with it his 50th World Cup win,", "id": "14754292" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n. He won his third season title in giant slalom in 2011. Even though Ligety was able to win three giant slalom races during the season, he was dethroned as the discipline champion by an overall champion Marcel Hirscher from Austria. Before the last giant slalom race which was held on March 17 at Schladming, Hirscher was in lead with 605 points ahead to Ted with 513 points. Therefore, Ted was forced to attack as powerful as he was able to do but he did fall in the first leg; he did continue", "id": "12994692" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nthe only male skier in history to do so. One day later Hirscher finished fourth in the slalom and with it secured his fourth World Cup slalom title. The start of the 2018 season was expected to be more difficult as Hirscher suffered a fracture to his left ankle during the first day of snow training on 17 August. Fortunately the first race of the season in Sölden was cancelled due to high winds, giving Hirscher a few more weeks to recover. He made a last minute decision to race the slalom in Levi on", "id": "14754291" }, { "contents": "Ingemar Stenmark\n\n\nCup slalom title in 1983. Stenmark began skiing at the age of five and won his first national competition at age eight. Stenmark made his World Cup debut in December 1973 at age 17. He won more international races than any other alpine skier in history: he took 86 wins (46 giant slaloms and 40 slaloms). His closest male competitor is Marcel Hirscher, with 67 (up to January 2019) victories to his name. Stenmark won only in the two technical disciplines: slalom and giant slalom (the other", "id": "19815131" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nachievement he shares with Pirmin Zurbriggen and Hermann Maier, exceeded by Marcel Hirscher's and Marc Girardelli's five. Thöni was the dominant skier in the technical events (slalom and giant slalom) in the early 1970s. His first victory came in his debut race on the World Cup circuit, a giant slalom at Val-d'Isère, France, in December 1969. Still a teenager, he had a very successful rookie year during that 1970 season with four victories and nine podiums. He finished third in the overall standings, just", "id": "10362488" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nrun, to finish 0.45 ahead of Hirscher and secure his third consecutive world title in the discipline. Ligety won the season's first race, a giant slalom on October 25, 2015, at Sölden, Austria. While training on January 27 at Oberjoch, Germany, he tore the ACL in his right knee, which required surgery and ended his 2016 season. Ligety returned to World Cup racing in October 2016, competing in the prelude (giant slalom) race at Sölden on October 23 (finishing 5th), and he", "id": "12994701" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 47th World Cup season began on 27 October 2012, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 17 March 2013, at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The overall titles were won by Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. A break in the schedule was for the biennial World Championships, held 4–17 February in Schladming, Austria. Changes for the 2013 season included the awarding of World Cup points for the slalom crystal globe for the limited field city events (parallel slalom), not just in", "id": "9809251" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nlegends Ingemar Stenmark and Hermann Maier. Unfortunately, the following day the slalom race was cancelled due to high winds, denying Hirscher the opportunity to obtain the record outright. Hirscher has started 245 World Cup races, has won 67 of them, (a ratio of 27%) has achieved 138 podiums (a ratio of 56%) and has finished 73% of his races in the Top 10. In December 2018 Hirscher became Austria's most prolific World Cup race winner when he won a slalom in Saalbach-Hinterglemm in", "id": "14754297" }, { "contents": "Manfred Mölgg\n\n\nManfred Mölgg (born 3 June 1982) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from northern Italy. He specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made his World Cup debut in January 2003 at Bormio. As of mid-January 2016, he has 19 World Cup podiums with three victories, all achieved in slalom. Mölgg won the World Cup season title in slalom in 2008, and finished fourth in the overall standings, the best result for an Italian since Kristian", "id": "20862702" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nto reach the top of the standings in the greatest alpine skiers of all time men's super ranking. At the end of the slalom race, Hirscher said on Austrian television that he would go home \"and consider where the journey will go. I don't know if I will be skiing World Cup next season\". At the World Cup finals in Åre, Hirscher won the GS race on 17 March and equaled the record of most wins in a single season: he shares the record of 13 wins with alpine skiing", "id": "14754296" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWorld Cup technical races resumed in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia on 3 March with the GS. Hirscher secured the GS crystal globe for the 5th time by winning the race with a winning margin of 1.66 seconds. The following day, Hirscher also won the slalom with a winning margin of 1.22 seconds. As a result, he also won the slalom crystal globe for the 5th time, and the overall crystal globe for the seventh time in succession with 2 technical races remaining. His Olympic gold medals plus the additional crystal globes enabled him", "id": "14754295" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nin Kranjska Gora for a record sixth time. At the season finals in Lenzerheide he surprisingly finished second, tied with Christof Innerhofer, in the downhill race. The result was his first ever podium in downhill and made him only the second American skier in history, after Bode Miller, to podium in all five alpine skiing disciplines. Ligety then finished fifth in the final super-G race. Before the last giant slalom race of the season Ligety was trailing Marcel Hirscher by 50 points for the discipline title. However, Ligety", "id": "12994698" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhe had three fourth-place finishes, one in giant slalom, one in super combined, and one in the World Cup finals downhill, as well as a fourth-place finish in the giant slalom at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden, missing a medal by 0.07 seconds. He finished eleventh overall in 2007. Ligety won his first World Cup season title in the giant slalom in 2008, and finished fifth in the overall standings. He won the final two giant slaloms of the year at Kranjska Gora and", "id": "12994684" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's giant slalom\n\n\nThe Men's Giant Slalom competition at the 2013 World Championships ran on Friday, February 15 at 10:00 local time (1st run) and 13:30 (2nd run), the ninth race of the championships. 99 athletes from 55 countries competed in the main race while 132 athletes from 53 countries competed in the qualification race on Thursday, February 14. Ted Ligety won his third gold medal of the 2013 World Championships, joined on the podium by Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three", "id": "6822507" }, { "contents": "Giorgio Rocca\n\n\nGiorgio Rocca (born 6 August 1975) is an Italian former alpine skier, a specialist in slalom skiing. Together with Marc Girardelli, Ingemar Stenmark and Marcel Hirscher, he is one of four skiers to have won 5 Alpine Skiing World Cup slaloms in a row, which he achieved in the 2005/2006 season: only Alberto Tomba (7) has won more World Cup slaloms consecutively. He is currently ninth in the list of all-time slalom winners, with a total of 11 victories. Rocca was born in Chur,", "id": "14243073" }, { "contents": "Viktoria Rebensburg\n\n\nViktoria Rebensburg (born 4 October 1989) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer and the 2010 Olympic gold medalist in the Born in Tegernsee, Bavaria, she has three World Cup season titles, all in giant slalom. After finishing 28th in the Olympic super-G, she won gold in the giant slalom, her first victory in international competition. Her previous best finish was second place at a GS a month earlier, her only World Cup podium. Ten months later Rebensberg won her first World Cup race in October", "id": "7848199" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nAustria to narrowly beat France in the men's nations cup by 201 points, the narrowest winning margin for many years. Hirscher was the only Austrian male skier to win a race in the entire season, and scored 30.9% (1795 out of 5804) of the Austrian men's nations cup points. On 13 November in Levi, Finland, Hirscher won the first slalom of the 2017 season and equalled Pirmin Zurbriggen's win total of 40, putting him equal 5th in the standings. He also achieved his 93rd podium,", "id": "14754288" }, { "contents": "Marco Schwarz\n\n\nMarco Schwarz (born 16 August 1995) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He focuses on the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Schwarz competed for Austria at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in the alpine skiing and won three gold medals; in the boys' combined, the parallel mixed team event, and the boys' giant slalom. Schwarz made his World Cup debut in November 2014 at age 19. He achieved his first World Cup podium in December 2015; third place in a slalom at Madonna di", "id": "12834730" }, { "contents": "Dave Ryding\n\n\n's slalom in 2002, from which he was disqualified. He went on the finish the season 11th in the World Cup slalom standings. Ryding took one of the best World Cup results of his career so far in a slalom in Madonna di Campiglio in December 2018: after placing 27th in the first run, he set the fastest second run time to secure a fourth-placed finish. Ryding continued his good form at the Oslo parallel slalom on New Year's Day 2019: he knocked out Hirscher in the quarter-finals", "id": "16035158" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 48th World Cup season began on 26 October 2013, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 16 March 2014 at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The defending overall champions from the 2013 season were Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. The overall titles were won by Hirscher and Anna Fenninger, also of Austria. The season was interrupted by the 2014 Winter Olympics that took place from 7 to 23 February in Sochi, Russia, with the alpine events at Rosa Khutor. The men's title", "id": "7283676" }, { "contents": "Michaela Kirchgasser\n\n\nMichaela Kirchgasser (born 18 March 1985) is a retired Austrian alpine ski racer. She raced in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom, and also the combined. On 25 November 2006, Kirchgasser made her first World Cup podium with a third place in the giant slalom at Aspen, Colorado. Her first victory was on 24 February 2007, in a giant slalom at Sierra Nevada, Spain. She has competed in three Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she finished fifth in the slalom", "id": "6480720" }, { "contents": "Marcel Mathis\n\n\nMarcel Mathis (born December 24, 1991) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Hohenems, Vorarlberg, he primarily competed on the European Cup circuit, but raced in several World Cup events, all in giant slalom. Mathis' first top result in World Cup was his third place in giant slalom in Bansko, Bulgaria, on February 18, 2012. He was in 26th place after the first run, but had the fastest second run to attain the podium. It was also his first", "id": "4965368" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\ngiant slalom and combined, and silver in super-G. He also won two other giant slaloms during the season. In the 2004 season, Miller won World Cup titles in two disciplines: giant slalom and combined, but placed fourth in the competition for the overall title. He won six World Cup races: three giant slaloms, two combineds and one slalom. After the season, Miller switched to Atomic skis. Miller won his first overall World Cup title in 2005, defeating Austrians Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier. He made", "id": "8624673" }, { "contents": "Henrik Kristoffersen\n\n\nHenrik Kristoffersen (born 2 July 1994) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, 2019 World Champion and Olympic medalist. Born in Lørenskog in Akershus county, Kristoffersen specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. He made his World Cup debut in March 2012 in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, and attained his first podium in November 2013, a third-place finish in slalom at Levi, Finland. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Kristoffersen won the bronze medal in slalom at Rosa Khutor at age 19", "id": "12443237" }, { "contents": "Alexis Pinturault\n\n\n, as he missed pre-season speed training after surgery on his left ankle in August to repair ligaments damaged while playing tennis. Pinturault did not medal at the world championships in 2013, but had four top-six finishes. A week later he claimed a fourth World Cup win, his first in giant slalom, at Garmisch, Germany. Second after the first run, Pinturault's total time was 0.60 seconds ahead of runner-up Hirscher. On 15 March, he was honored as the 2013 Longines Rising Star,", "id": "14820258" }, { "contents": "Žan Kranjec\n\n\nŽan Kranjec (born 15 November 1992) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovenia. He specializes in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Kranjec made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 2011 at Kranjska Gora. He represented Slovenia at the World Championships in 2013 and was 22nd in giant slalom. A week later at the Junior World Championships in Canada, he won a bronze medal in giant slalom. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kranjec placed fourth in the giant slalom. In December 2018,", "id": "9034523" }, { "contents": "Hannes Reichelt\n\n\nJohannes \"Hannes\" Reichelt (born 5 July 1980) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He competes in downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom, and Combined. Born in Altenmarkt im Pongau in Salzburg, Reichelt made his World Cup debut in December 2001. He made his first podium in December 2002 and won his first World Cup race, a Super-G, in December 2005. Reichelt also won the European Cup overall title in 2005, as well as the European Cup season title in giant slalom", "id": "15634035" }, { "contents": "Phil Mahre\n\n\nselected to the \"A\" team following the 1975 season and made his World Cup debut in December 1975 at Val d'Isère, France. Two months later he competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, taking fifth in the giant slalom at age 18. He made his first podium in March with a second in a giant slalom at Copper Mountain, Colorado, and finished the 1976 World Cup season in 14th place in the overall standings. He won his first World Cup race the next season, a giant slalom", "id": "12320115" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWith his GS win in Alta Badia, Italy (his 3rd consecutive win at that venue), he became Austria's most successful World Cup GS skier overtaking Annemarie Moser-Pröll. Another GS win in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia confirmed Hirscher as the GS title winner with one race to go. To wrap up an amazing season with 8 wins and 19 podiums Hirscher also won the men's overall World Cup title, his 5th consecutive overall title, a feat never before achieved by a male skier. His points total also enabled", "id": "14754287" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nreaching the podium for the first time, with a second place from Adelboden in January. He also won the slalom run in the Alpine Combined Event at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships. On 3 March in Furano, he finished second in the giant slalom, winning the slalom race two days later. One week later in Shigakogen, he won the giant slalom race and finished second in the slalom. As a result, he won the Giant Slalom Cup that year, though jointly with Pirmin Zurbriggen. In the Slalom Cup", "id": "9904883" }, { "contents": "Jean-Noël Augert\n\n\nwon three World Cups in 1969, 1971 and 1972, and in which he won a Gold medal at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena. He was also second in the overall classification of the 1969 World Cup and third in the Giant Slalom World Cup 1969. Besides his 15 wins in World Cup races, he finished 15 times at the podium (place two: 6 slaloms, 3 giant slaloms; place three: 2 slaloms, 4 giant slaloms). He came fifth in both the men's slalom and giant", "id": "18262429" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nTed Ligety) in a giant slalom race in Kranjska Gora, the same place where he also won his first top-3 result more than 15 years earlier (in January 1999). His last top three finish came in early March 2015 in a giant slalom race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen that came to be one of his very last races in the alpine world cup. On September 10, 2015, he announced his retirement. 9 titles: 1 overall, 2 giant slalom, 3 slalom, 3 combined 36 total: 14 slalom", "id": "20658336" }, { "contents": "Anna Veith\n\n\n-G at the Austrian Championships in late March. In late December 2011, Veith won her first World Cup event in Lienz, Austria, in the Giant slalom. Her most consistent World Cup podium results have been in the super-G. After another giant slalom win in Austria in December 2012, Veith's first super-G victory came in March 2013 in Germany. At the 2013 World Championships in Schladming, Austria, Veith won bronze in the giant slalom. In the alpine skiing World Cup overall ranking 2013 she finished", "id": "18958035" }, { "contents": "Davide Simoncelli\n\n\nDavide Simoncelli (born January 30, 1979 in Rovereto) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy who specialized in giant slalom. Simoncelli made his World Cup debut in 1999. He took two World Cup victories and eight podium finishes, all in giant slalom. He took five podiums on the \"Gran Risa\" track of Alta Badia, with a victory and four second places. He finished fourth in the World Cup points standings for giant slalom twice, in 2006 and 2010. Simoncelli competed for Italy in three", "id": "8459823" }, { "contents": "Kjetil Jansrud\n\n\nKjetil Jansrud (born 28 August 1985) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion. He races in all alpine disciplines apart from slalom, and his best event used to be the giant slalom where he has 6 World Cup podiums and an Olympic silver medal. However, since 2012 he has become more of a speed specialist, having won all but two of his World Cup victories in the speed events. At the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, he won the Super-G and placed third in the Downhill", "id": "11513877" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nmissed 11 races, including two classic slaloms and one parallel, in Stockholm. In the meantime, Marcel Hirscher took the lead in the overall standings and would go on to claim his first overall title. Kostelić returned to action in Schladming at the end of the season, and competed only in slalom. He finished 16th and André Myhrer took the slalom title. Born and raised in Zagreb, his parents, Ante and Marica, are former elite team handball players. They taught Ivica and his sister Janica, two years younger", "id": "3227806" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nin a giant slalom race at Maribor. During her early World Cup seasons, Maze competed in slalom, giant slalom, and super-G, but scored World Cup points only in the first two disciplines. At the 2001 World Championships, Maze's best result was a 16th place in slalom. In January 2002, Maze won her first podium, a second place in giant slalom in Maribor. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in the United States, Maze finished twelfth in the giant slalom in her Olympic debut at Park City", "id": "12638260" }, { "contents": "Günther Mader\n\n\ntotal of six medals in the world championships. He won his first championship medal, the silver medal in the Slalom Race at Crans Montana in 1987, after only placing eighth after the first leg of the competition. Mader won two World Cup season titles, giant slalom in 1990 and combined in 1996, and placed second in the overall World Cup standings in 1995 and 1996, and third in 1990. Without his 14 wins, he did achieve another 27 places in World Cup races. His only World Cup victory in downhill", "id": "16142764" }, { "contents": "Nicole Hosp\n\n\nNicole Hosp (; born 6 November 1983) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. She competed in all five disciplines and was a world champion, three-time Olympic medalist, and an overall World Cup champion. Born in Ehenbichl, Tyrol, Hosp won the overall World Cup title in 2007 and the season title in giant slalom. A versatile all-around racer, she won World Cup races in four of the five alpine skiing disciplines (super-G, giant slalom, slalom and combined),", "id": "18723452" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Men's super combined\n\n\nThe Men's super combined competition at the 2015 World Championships was held on Sunday, February 8. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, despite originally finishing in 31st position after the downhill leg. Ondřej Bank however, fell on the final jump and, although the original results had Bank in 25th place, the jury disqualified him after the run ended and as a result, Hirscher was able to start first in the slalom leg instead of starting after the top 30. With a clean track he was able to rise all the", "id": "2139631" }, { "contents": "Loïc Meillard\n\n\nLoïc Meillard (born 29 October 1996) is a Swiss alpine ski racer and specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Meillard made his World Cup debut in January 2015; his younger sister Mélanie is also a World Cup alpine racer. Meillard made his World Cup debut at age 18 in the Adelboden giant slalom in January 2015. At the World Junior Championships that March at Hafjell, Norway, he won a bronze medal in the Super-G, silver in the giant slalom, and gold in the combined", "id": "4438833" }, { "contents": "Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander\n\n\nSimon Breitfuss Kammerlander (born 29 November 1992) is a Bolivian-Austrian alpine ski racer. Breitfuss Kammerlander specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut on 23 October 2016. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut at the Sölden Giant slalom on 23 October 2016, he failed to qualify for the second run finishing in 78th place. He competed for Bolivia at the 2017 Alpine World Ski Championships. He finished 46th in the Super-G and failed to finish the first run", "id": "10351390" }, { "contents": "Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen\n\n\nLeif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen (born 29 November 1987) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, specializing in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Haugen made his World Cup debut in October 2009 in Sölden, and collected his first World Cup points with a 26th place. He won a bronze medal in giant slalom at the World Championships in 2017 and attained his first World Cup podium in March 2017 at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Nestvold-Haugen represents the sports club Lommedalens IL, and hails from Lommedalen.", "id": "14989586" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\nwas disqualified – while in first place at the time – during the second leg of the combined event, failed to finish the super-G, tied for 6th in the giant slalom, and had another DNF after missing a gate in the first run of the slalom. Nevertheless, Miller won two races during the season (a giant slalom and a super-G) and placed third for the season's overall World Cup title. At the 2006 U.S. National Championships following the World Cup season, Miller won the downhill and", "id": "8624676" }, { "contents": "Leonardo David\n\n\nthe World Cup season in North America and Japan. Then age 18, David was a promising talent on the Italian team, in his first year on the World Cup circuit. He won the overall and slalom titles of the European Cup in 1978, and placed second in giant slalom. He won his only World Cup race, a slalom in Oslo, less than a month before his accident, outpacing Ingemar Stenmark and Phil Mahre. David had 10 top ten finishes with four podiums during the 1979 World Cup season, and", "id": "2954663" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n-placed. But Ligety did do a phenomenal best time in the second leg, becoming first ahead to Raich. Ligety opened defense of his 2008 giant slalom title with a third-place finish in Sölden, Austria, and then placed second at Beaver Creek, Colorado. At the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isère, France, Ligety took the bronze medal in the giant slalom, then won his fourth World Cup race at Kranjska Gora. He finished the season with another second at the finals in Åre, Sweden, which", "id": "12994686" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nof 0.28 sec. (Janka was unbeatable on that afternoon, he finished 0.71 sec. ahead to Raich.) Ligety notched his fifth World Cup victory in January, his third win at Kranjska Gora in as many seasons. At the finals in Garmisch, Germany, he finished on the podium to secure his second season title in giant slalom, and finished seventh in the overall standings. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics at Whistler, he finished ninth in the giant slalom (on February 23 - he was eighth-placed after", "id": "12994688" }, { "contents": "Stefan Luitz\n\n\nStefan Luitz (; born 26 March 1992) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer. He primarily competes in giant slalom, but on 24 January 2016 in Kitzbühel, for the first time in his career, he completed both runs in slalom and finished 18th. Previously, he had once qualified to second run in slalom, on 18 December 2012 in Madonna di Campiglio, but did not finish the second run. Luitz made his World Cup debut in Adelboden in 2011, and attained his first World Cup podium in December 2012", "id": "15313224" }, { "contents": "Didier Cuche\n\n\nDidier Cuche (born 16 August 1974) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Le Pâquier, Neuchâtel, he competed in the downhill and super-G, along with the giant slalom. He won the World Cup downhill and super-G title for the 2011 season and has won three previous downhill titles in 2010, 2008 and 2007, along with a giant slalom title in 2009. Cuche has 21 World Cup race victories, along with 67 podiums (top three) and 181 top ten", "id": "11060008" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nBenjamin Raich (born 28 February 1978 in Arzl im Pitztal, Tyrol) is a retired champion World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria. With 14 medals won at Winter Olympics and World Championships, 36 World Cup race victories (in all disciplines except downhill), one first place and five second places in the World Cup overall ranking, three victories of the slalom World Cup, three victories of the combined World Cup, two victories of the giant slalom World Cup and the highest score of career World", "id": "20658332" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n50 World Cup races at the age of 23 years and 9 months. She has won 60 World Cup races, the 3rd most all time by a female alpine skier, including 40 WC slalom races, the most all-time by a female alpine skier. She is the only female athlete to have won 15 races in the same calendar year, winning the last slalom of the 2018 season in Semmering and equalling the men's record holder Marcel Hirscher. In the 2019 season she became the first athlete, male or female", "id": "8983516" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the GS world title in 2011 besting Cyprien Richard and Philipp Schörghofer. Ligety repeated as world champion in GS in 2013, ahead of Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. At Schladming in 2013, he became a triple world champion in giant slalom, super-G, and combined at Planai. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three or more gold medals at one world championships and the first in 45 years, when Jean-Claude Killy won four in 1968 at Chamrousse, with the combined as a \"paper", "id": "12994706" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\nher fourth slalom world cup. In Aspen, Colorado, the World Cup finals of the season took place. Shiffrin secured her first overall World Cup, but did not win the giant slalom World Cup that year. After the season, she received the \"Skieur d’Or\" (golden skier) award, given by the international ski journalist association to the best alpine skier of the year (one award for both genders). Shiffrin started the 2018 season with a 5th place finish in giant slalom at Sölden. In early December", "id": "8983533" }, { "contents": "Marilyn Cochran\n\n\nthe final five giant slalom races and won the World Cup season title. Cochran was the only American alpine racer with a World Cup season title until 1980, when Phil Mahre won the combined. She won the bronze medal in the combined at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena, Italy. Sister Barbara was fourth in that competition, but won a silver in the slalom, where Marilyn was sixth. Cochran won three World Cup races, two in giant slalom and one in slalom, and had 15 podiums and fifty top", "id": "314375" }, { "contents": "Thomas Grandi\n\n\nThomas Grandi (born 27 December 1972 in Bolzano, Italy) is a retired Canadian alpine skier. He specialized in technical skiing giant slalom and slalom. Grandi started in the Alpine Skiing World Cup in the 1992-93 season. His first top ten finish in the World Cup came in December 1996 where he finished in 10th position in the Giant Slalom in Alta Badia, Italy. In the 1997-98 World Cup season, he had his first top three finish when he finished in third place in a Giant Slalom race", "id": "10762400" }, { "contents": "Kajsa Kling\n\n\nKajsa Britta Kling (born 25 December 1988) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden. Born in Åre, Kling competed in all five alpine disciplines. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, she finished 26th in the giant slalom. On 28 December 2010, Kling crashed during a giant slalom race in Semmering, Austria, which ended her 2011 season. On 14 December 2013, Kling attained her first World Cup podium, placing second in a Super-G race in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Ahead of the 2017/18", "id": "18745147" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhis world title in giant slalom in 2013 in Schladming, Austria, where he also won an unexpected gold medal in the super-G and a third gold medal in the super combined. Through October, 2015, he has 25 victories (24 in giant slalom and 1 super combined) and 52 podiums in World Cup competition. His Olympic giant slalom gold medal, 24 GS World Cup wins, 3 GS world championship gold medals and 5 World Cup titles make him one of the greatest giant slalom skiers of all time.", "id": "12994676" }, { "contents": "Gauthier de Tessières\n\n\nGauthier de Tessières (born 9 November 1981) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from France, and has competed in two Winter Olympics and five World Championships. He made his breakthrough on the Alpine Skiing World Cup in a giant slalom in Val-d'Isère in December 2008, where after finishing 30th in the first run to narrowly qualify for the second run, he worked his way up to finish third overall, bettering his previous World Cup personal best of 15th. He won the silver medal in the super-G at", "id": "12658447" }, { "contents": "Albert Popov\n\n\ngiant slalom at the 2018 FIS Junior World Ski Championships in Davos. Twelve days later he made his debut at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang 2018, where he placed 28th in the giant slalom and did not finish the slalom. His World Cup breakthrough came in the opening race of the 2018–19 season in Levi, where he finished 20th, earning 11 points - Bulgaria's first in the World Cup since Petar Popangelov during the 1986–87 season. Popov followed that up with a 16th place finish at Madonna di Campiglio in December, after", "id": "1530499" }, { "contents": "Tessa Worley\n\n\nplace in a giant slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany. She finished in fifth place in the first race of the 2009 World Cup season, a giant slalom in Sölden, Austria, in October 2008. A month later she won her first World Cup race (and first podium) in a giant slalom at Aspen, United States. Early in the 2011 season, Worley won three consecutive giant slalom races before January. In February, Worley won a gold medal in the nations team event at the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen", "id": "4107613" }, { "contents": "Armand Marchant\n\n\nArmand Marchant (born 14 December 1997) is a Belgian alpine ski racer. Marchant specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, in the Giant slalom and the Slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014 in the Alta Badia giant slalom, he failed to finish the first run. At the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek he finished 41st in the Giant slalom and", "id": "4076226" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nCup points (ahead of Norwegian Kjetil André Aamodt), he is considered among the best alpine racers in World Cup history. After winning Junior World Championships in both slalom and giant slalom, Raich made his World Cup debut in March 1996. He scored his first victory in 1999, in slalom. In 2001 he won the silver medal in slalom at the World Championships, and at the end of the season he won the slalom World Cup. In 2002 he won two bronze medals at the Salt Lake City Olympics. Raich", "id": "20658333" }, { "contents": "Manuela Mölgg\n\n\nManuela Mölgg (born 28 August 1983) is a retired alpine ski racer from Italy, a specialist in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2000 and gained her first podium in November 2004. She has 14 World Cup podium finishes and appeared in two Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2009 Alpine World Ski Championships in Val-d'Isère Mölgg took the lead in the slalom after the first run but was disqualified from", "id": "21947840" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom\n\n\nFelix Neureuther, and Alexis Pinturault), which spawned criticism of the course. The second run was set by Ante Kostelić, known for idiosyncratic gate settings. He is the father of competitor Ivica Kostelić of Croatia, who finished ninth. Less than seven weeks shy of his 35th birthday, Mario Matt of Austria became the oldest gold medalist in Olympic alpine skiing history. The silver went to defending World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher, and Henrik Kristoffersen became the youngest male to medal in an Olympic alpine event at age 19. The", "id": "2699458" }, { "contents": "Jean-Baptiste Grange\n\n\nHe won his first World Cup race on 17 December 2007, and won the 2009 season title in the slalom. Injured in early December 2009 in a giant slalom at Beaver Creek, he opted for surgery and missed the remainder of the 2010 season, which included the 2010 Winter Olympics. He returned to competition for the 2011 season and won the world championship in the slalom. He won his second slalom world title in Beaver Creek on 15 February 2015. His older brother is François-Cyrille Grange, also an alpine ski", "id": "20737157" }, { "contents": "Petra Vlhová\n\n\nPetra Vlhová (born 13 June 1995) is a Slovak World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. She is the current world champion in giant slalom. Born in Liptovský Mikuláš, Vlhová won a gold medal in 2012 Winter Youth Olympics and represented Slovakia in the 2014 Winter Olympics. She also won gold in the slalom at the Junior World Championships in 2014 in Jasná, Slovakia. She made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2012 and her first World Cup podium came", "id": "7975537" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n, at the age of 23 years and nine months. With that race she also equalled the record of the Austrian Marlies Schild for the most wins in women's slalom – 35, and put herself in joint seventh place in all-time World Cup victories with Alberto Tomba of Italy. One week later, she took another World Cup slalom win in Semmering, Austria, becoming the first alpine skier to take 15 World Cup wins in a single calendar year, moving ahead of Marcel Hirscher, who had taken 14 wins in", "id": "8983544" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's combined\n\n\nThe men's combined competition of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics was held on 13 February 2018 at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre and the Yongpyong Alpine Centre at the Alpensia Sports Park in PyeongChang. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, with Alexis Pinturault coming in second, and Victor Muffat-Jeandet third. For Muffat-Jeandet, this was the first Olympic medal, and for both Hirscher and Pinturault the first medal in combined. Hirscher, who won six overall World Cup titles and was skiing in his third Olympics, previously only won a", "id": "17712395" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\n, Utah. On 26 October 2002, Maze won her first World Cup race at the season opener in Sölden, Austria. She shared the giant slalom win with Nicole Hosp of Austria and Andrine Flemmen of Norway in the first-ever a three-way tie in a World Cup race. Maze finished the 2003 season on the 38th place in the overall standings with 190 points, all in giant slalom. At the 2003 World Championships, she finished 5th in giant slalom. In the 2004 season, Maze scored one podium", "id": "12638261" }, { "contents": "1978–79 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 13th World Cup season began in December 1978 in Austria and concluded in March 1979 in Japan. The overall winners were Peter Lüscher of Switzerland, his first overall win, and Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria, her sixth (which remained the record until 2017-18, when Austria's Marcel Hirscher won his seventh overall title). Although Ingemar Stenmark did not win the overall title due to restrictions on the number of races that counted for overall championship points, he won 13 races during the season (including the last", "id": "844407" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\n, including the super-G race in January in Les Menuires. He again won the Giant Slalom Cup, finished second in the overall standings and second in the Slalom Cup. In the 1990–91 season he performed best in the slalom. He won competitions in Madonna di Campiglio and Kranjska Gora in December, and recorded three-second places, only one of them in giant slalom. Again he finished second in the Slalom Cup. At the 1991 World Championships, he won the bronze medal in slalom and placed fourth in both", "id": "9904885" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\na World Championship gold medal in slalom in 2003, Olympic silver medal in slalom in 2010, Olympic silver medals in combined in 2006 (traditional combined), 2010 (super combined) and 2014, as well as the overall World Cup title in 2011. Kostelić scored a total of 26 World Cup race victories and a total of 59 World Cup podiums during his career (). He won the slalom World Cup title in 2002 and 2011, and the combined World Cup title in 2011 and 2012. Since 2008, he", "id": "3227791" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nMarch 1975 at Sun Valley. He won the final race of the season, a parallel slalom (\"pro-style\" heats) the following week in Val Gardena, Italy, against his challenger Stenmark to secure the overall title. His last win in giant slalom was in January 1976, and his final World Cup victory was in the combined at Kitzbühel in January 1977. His last podium finish was a third place in the slalom at Åre, Sweden, in February 1979. He finished eighth in the slalom at the", "id": "10362492" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nand 10th in the combined. In the 2006 season, Maze won one giant slalom race and two more podiums, a third place in giant slalom and a runner-up position in super-G. She finished the season 14th in the overall standings with 525 points and scored World Cup points in all disciplines for the first time. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Maze competed in the giant slalom and super-G events, where she finished 12th and 39th, respectively. The 2007 season was not as successful for her as", "id": "12638263" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n2013 in Sölden, Austria, with a career-best sixth in giant slalom, within a half-second of the podium. She won the next event, a slalom at Levi, Finland, improving on her podium finish the previous year for her fifth World Cup victory. At Beaver Creek, she was runner-up in the giant slalom, her first World Cup podium in that discipline. On January 5, Shiffrin secured first place in a two-run slalom race in Bormio, Italy (the race took place", "id": "8983524" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nfinished among the top six in the overall World Cup standings each season (2008: sixth; 2009: fourth; 2010: fifth; 2011: first; 2012: fourth; 2013: fifth). He also scored points in all disciplines each of those seasons, and his best race results were a seventh place in downhill, a second place in giant slalom, and victories in all other disciplines (11 in slalom, 1 in parallel-slalom, 2 in combined, 4 in super combined, and 1 in super", "id": "3227792" }, { "contents": "Fabienne Serrat\n\n\nFabienne Serrat (born 5 July 1956) is a former world champion alpine ski racer. At age 17, Serrat won two gold medals at the 1974 World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in the giant slalom and the combined events. During her World Cup career she had three victories, 37 podiums, and 124 top ten finishes. Serrat competed at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Winter Olympics in a total of five events. Her best result was fourth place in the giant slalom in 1980. She retired from competition", "id": "6439530" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nhe finished third, and in the overall standings he finished fourth. He also competed at the 1989 World Championships, placing eighth in the giant slalom and sixth in the slalom. He was given the Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year award of 1989. The 1989–90 season started equally well, with two-second places in August in Thredbo. He then won his next race, a giant slalom competition in Park City in November. Although that would be his only victory that season, he became runner-up in three further races", "id": "9904884" }, { "contents": "Thomas Fanara\n\n\nThomas Fanara (born 24 April 1981) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from France. Born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Fanara specialised in giant slalom; his one and only win came in March 2016 at the giant slalom finals in St. Moritz, Switzerland. He is the oldest racer to reach a World Cup podium in giant slalom, and competed for France at three Winter Olympics and six World Championships. He retired from competition at the end of the 2018-19 season. Fanara has started over 70", "id": "8162366" }, { "contents": "Alena Zavarzina\n\n\nin Kreischberg, she won a silver medal in parallel giant slalom after losing to Claudia Riegler in the repeat of the 2011 final, and finished fifth in the parallel slalom. She reached her second World Cup podium of the season at the season finale in Winterberg, and finished the season in thirteenth place in the overall World Cup standings. In 2015/16 season, Zavarzina won her second career World Cup victory, this time in parallel slalom, in Winterberg which was also her sole World Cup podium of the season. At the end", "id": "5559259" }, { "contents": "Tanja Poutiainen\n\n\nin the United States. At the 1999 Junior World Championships, she placed third in the giant slalom at Pra-Loup, France. Poutiainen scored her first World Cup victory – and the first for a female Finnish alpine skier – on 28 February 2004 in a slalom held on home snow in Levi, Finland – the first alpine World Cup race to be held in the country. In the 2005 World Cup season, Poutiainen won the season titles in both the slalom and giant slalom, and placed fifth in the overall standings", "id": "20125357" }, { "contents": "Ramón Homs\n\n\nWinter World Cup, he finished seventeenth in the overall standings. At the March 2008 Italian National Championships, he finished third in the Super G, fifth in the Giant Slalom and was disqualified from the Slalom. At the last round of the European Cup in March 2008, an event held in La Molina, Spain, he was one of several non-vision impaired Spanish skiers competing at the event. At the first IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup event in the 2008/2009 ski season, he failed to finish one of his races", "id": "1327121" }, { "contents": "Mitchell Gourley\n\n\ncompeted in five Men's Standing events. He finished fourth in the Giant Slalom and fifth in the Super-G. He finished the 2015/16 World Cup season on a high, placing third on the overall rankings after a successful run of events that saw him podium nine times. Gourley won the gold medal in the Men's Super Combined Standing at the 2017 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Tarvisio, Italy. Gourley was in sixth place after the super-G, but put on a masterclass in the slalom to secure the gold", "id": "6530863" }, { "contents": "Didier Défago\n\n\nDidier Défago (born 2 October 1977) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Morgins, Valais, Défago made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 1996, and was Swiss national champion in downhill (2003) and Giant slalom (2004). At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he won the downhill at Whistler to become the Olympic champion. Défago finished the 2005 World Cup season as sixth overall and fourth in the Super-G, his most successful season so far. In 2009", "id": "11060083" } ]

[ { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nHirscher won the overall World Cup title again in 2013 with 6 victories; he also won the slalom title and was runner-up in giant slalom. Hirscher scored a total of 18 podium finishes out of 19 races in the two technical events. The only race in either slalom or giant slalom where he finished outside the top 3 was the giant slalom in Adelboden. In that particular race Hirscher was leading after the first run, built up his advantage to over a second in the second run, but nearly fell several gates", "id": "14754284" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nChampionships, which ended his 2011 season. Returning after injury, Hirscher had an outstanding season in terms of wins in 2012 with 9 victories and a total of 14 podiums, all in the two technical events (except for one third place in the season's last Super G). He won the World Cup overall and giant slalom titles, and placed third in the slalom. In October 2012, Hirscher was awarded the Skieur d'Or Award by members of the International Association of Ski Journalists for his performances during the previous season.", "id": "14754283" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nMarcel Hirscher (born 2 March 1989) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. Hirscher made his World Cup debut in March 2007. He competes primarily in slalom and giant slalom, as well as combined and occasionally in super G. Winner of a record eight consecutive World Cup titles, Hirscher has also won 11 medals at the Alpine Skiing World Championships, seven of them gold, a silver medal in slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and two gold medals in the combined and giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics.", "id": "14754281" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\ncancelled. Three days after turning 18, Shiffrin won the final slalom race at Lenzerheide on 16 March to overtake Maze and win that discipline's season title by 33 points. The men's overall title wasn't decided until the World Cup finals at Lenzerheide. A runner-up finish in the giant slalom on 16 March gave Hirscher his second consecutive overall title, the first male to achieve this feat since Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003. Hirscher also won the slalom title, while the downhill and super-G titles went", "id": "9809256" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nsurpassing Benjamin Raich's total. On 18 December he won the fourth giant slalom of the season in Alta Badia having finished second in the three preceding giant slalom races, equalling Alberto Tomba's 4 wins at the venue, and with it became the 5th most successful male World Cup winner. On 7 January Hirscher achieved his 100th podium from 191 starts (a ratio of 52.3%) with a 2nd-place finish in the giant slalom in Adelboden. On 29 January Hirscher won the GS in Garmisch, achieving his 20th GS", "id": "14754289" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nnumber of points but Ligety had more victories (4, as opposed to 2 by Hirscher). This was Ligety's second consecutive giant slalom title and fifth overall. The slalom title went to Hirscher, who secured it in the last race of the season. The combined title was shared by Ligety and Alexis Pinturault of France, who each won a first and a second place in two combined races of the season. Fenninger won the overall women's title, her first, and the first by an Austrian woman since Nicole", "id": "7283678" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nbefore the final, thus missing the win and finished only 16th. He became the first male racer to retain the overall World Cup title since fellow Austrian Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003 and the first to win it three years in a row since American Phil Mahre did so in 1981, 1982 and 1983. In 2015 Hirscher dominated the giant slalom standings with 5 wins, including a winning margin of 3.28 seconds in Garmisch, and won the GS title for the second time. With his slalom win in Zagreb he became the", "id": "14754285" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nDue to his record number of overall titles, many years of extreme dominance of both slalom and giant slalom and of the men's overall ranking, he is considered by many, including his rivals Henrik Kristoffersen, Kjetil Jansrud and Alexis Pinturault, to be the best alpine skier in history. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Hirscher placed fourth in the giant slalom and fifth in the slalom at Whistler Creekside. He placed fourth in the giant slalom at the 2009 World Championships, but broke his ankle the weekend preceding the 2011 World", "id": "14754282" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n. On 13 January 2019 he won the slalom race in Adelboden and celebrated a 9th World Cup win and a 16th podium, a record among male athletes at a single resort. At the 2019 Alpine World Ski Championships in Åre in February, Hirscher took a silver in the giant slalom behind Henrik Kristoffersen, before winning the slalom by 0.65 seconds after holding a 0.56 second lead from the first run: Hirscher described his first run as one of the best performances of his career. He led teammates Michael Matt and Marco Schwarz in", "id": "14754299" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\ntherefore 10 points more than fourth place. The 2015 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup season was less successful for Ligety as he was able to win just one race and finished third in the giant slalom standings and eleventh overall. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 held in Beaver Creek, Ligety finished third in the super combined event despite being ranked 29th after the downhill leg. In the giant slalom, placed fifth after the first run and trailing by 0.24 to then leading favorite Marcel Hirscher, Ligety skied impressively in the second", "id": "12994700" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmatching the total of legendary technical racer Alberto Tomba. Two days later Hirscher achieved his sixth win of the season by winning the GS in Adelboden and moved to 3rd overall in the men's World Cup winners rankings. The next day he won the slalom in Adelboden. On 23 January, with his 9th win of the season in the Schladming night slalom, Hirscher equalled his compatriot Austrian ski legend Hermann Maier's 54 World Cup victories. It was the 500th World Cup win for Austrian men. On 28 January Hirscher moved to", "id": "14754293" }, { "contents": "Matts Olsson\n\n\nMatts Olsson (born 1 December 1988) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden who races in the giant slalom discipline. Born in Karlstad, Olsson made his World Cup debut at age 19 in October 2007. He won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in the team event, and finished 18th in the giant slalom, and 24th in the super-G. Matts Olsson won his first World Cup competition victory in Alta Badia in December 2017 at an evening event in Parallel Giant Slalom. Matts defeated Marcel Hirscher", "id": "12104888" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmost successful Austrian male World Cup slalom skier surpassing Benjamin Raich. In the final race of the season in Meribel he overturned a 55-point deficit in the standings by winning his 16th World Cup slalom, and with it won the slalom title for the third year in a row. Hirscher became the first male alpine skier to win the overall World Cup title four times in a row. In 2016 Hirscher became the most successful Austrian male World Cup GS skier by winning in Beaver Creek, Colorado, surpassing Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier.", "id": "14754286" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nwas won by Hirscher for the third time in a row, becoming the first man to achieve this since Phil Mahre in 1983. Hirscher secured the title after the second-to-last race of the season when he beat Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who did not compete in slalom. Svindal won both the downhill (second time in a row) and super-G titles (third time in a row). The giant slalom title went to Ted Ligety of the United States. Ligety and Hirscher shared the same", "id": "7283677" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the race on March 15 with a 0,03 second advantage over Alexis Pinturault and with Hirscher finishing fourth, both skiers ended the season tied with 560 points. The Crystal Globe was however awarded to Ligety who won due to having five discipline victories during the season compared to Hirscher's two. This was the fifth giant slalom title in Ligety's career. - Hirscher lost the title in that last giant slalom race with a deficit of 0.01 seconds to the 3rd place (achieved by Felix Neureuther) which is awarded 60 points,", "id": "12994699" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nand 43rd World Cup win, and with it attained Austria's 100th GS win for men. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 in St. Moritz, Switzerland Hirscher won gold in the GS and slalom, and silver in the combined, missing the gold by just 0.01 seconds. He was the most successful athlete at the championships. On 4 March in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Hirscher won his third GS race of the season and with it secured his 4th GS World Cup title and his 6th overall World Cup title;", "id": "14754290" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n12 November and achieved a 17th-place finish. The next technical race was the GS in Val d'Isère on 9 December and Hirscher came 3rd. He won the slalom the next day. On 17 December 2017 he won the giant slalom race in Alta Badia, which was his fifth consecutive victory in that location, surpassing Ivica Kostelić, who won the Kitzbühel combined 4 times in a row. On 4 January Hirscher achieved his 5th win of the season in the slalom in Zagreb and with it his 50th World Cup win,", "id": "14754292" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n. He won his third season title in giant slalom in 2011. Even though Ligety was able to win three giant slalom races during the season, he was dethroned as the discipline champion by an overall champion Marcel Hirscher from Austria. Before the last giant slalom race which was held on March 17 at Schladming, Hirscher was in lead with 605 points ahead to Ted with 513 points. Therefore, Ted was forced to attack as powerful as he was able to do but he did fall in the first leg; he did continue", "id": "12994692" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nthe only male skier in history to do so. One day later Hirscher finished fourth in the slalom and with it secured his fourth World Cup slalom title. The start of the 2018 season was expected to be more difficult as Hirscher suffered a fracture to his left ankle during the first day of snow training on 17 August. Fortunately the first race of the season in Sölden was cancelled due to high winds, giving Hirscher a few more weeks to recover. He made a last minute decision to race the slalom in Levi on", "id": "14754291" }, { "contents": "Ingemar Stenmark\n\n\nCup slalom title in 1983. Stenmark began skiing at the age of five and won his first national competition at age eight. Stenmark made his World Cup debut in December 1973 at age 17. He won more international races than any other alpine skier in history: he took 86 wins (46 giant slaloms and 40 slaloms). His closest male competitor is Marcel Hirscher, with 67 (up to January 2019) victories to his name. Stenmark won only in the two technical disciplines: slalom and giant slalom (the other", "id": "19815131" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nachievement he shares with Pirmin Zurbriggen and Hermann Maier, exceeded by Marcel Hirscher's and Marc Girardelli's five. Thöni was the dominant skier in the technical events (slalom and giant slalom) in the early 1970s. His first victory came in his debut race on the World Cup circuit, a giant slalom at Val-d'Isère, France, in December 1969. Still a teenager, he had a very successful rookie year during that 1970 season with four victories and nine podiums. He finished third in the overall standings, just", "id": "10362488" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nrun, to finish 0.45 ahead of Hirscher and secure his third consecutive world title in the discipline. Ligety won the season's first race, a giant slalom on October 25, 2015, at Sölden, Austria. While training on January 27 at Oberjoch, Germany, he tore the ACL in his right knee, which required surgery and ended his 2016 season. Ligety returned to World Cup racing in October 2016, competing in the prelude (giant slalom) race at Sölden on October 23 (finishing 5th), and he", "id": "12994701" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 47th World Cup season began on 27 October 2012, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 17 March 2013, at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The overall titles were won by Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. A break in the schedule was for the biennial World Championships, held 4–17 February in Schladming, Austria. Changes for the 2013 season included the awarding of World Cup points for the slalom crystal globe for the limited field city events (parallel slalom), not just in", "id": "9809251" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nlegends Ingemar Stenmark and Hermann Maier. Unfortunately, the following day the slalom race was cancelled due to high winds, denying Hirscher the opportunity to obtain the record outright. Hirscher has started 245 World Cup races, has won 67 of them, (a ratio of 27%) has achieved 138 podiums (a ratio of 56%) and has finished 73% of his races in the Top 10. In December 2018 Hirscher became Austria's most prolific World Cup race winner when he won a slalom in Saalbach-Hinterglemm in", "id": "14754297" }, { "contents": "Manfred Mölgg\n\n\nManfred Mölgg (born 3 June 1982) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from northern Italy. He specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made his World Cup debut in January 2003 at Bormio. As of mid-January 2016, he has 19 World Cup podiums with three victories, all achieved in slalom. Mölgg won the World Cup season title in slalom in 2008, and finished fourth in the overall standings, the best result for an Italian since Kristian", "id": "20862702" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nto reach the top of the standings in the greatest alpine skiers of all time men's super ranking. At the end of the slalom race, Hirscher said on Austrian television that he would go home \"and consider where the journey will go. I don't know if I will be skiing World Cup next season\". At the World Cup finals in Åre, Hirscher won the GS race on 17 March and equaled the record of most wins in a single season: he shares the record of 13 wins with alpine skiing", "id": "14754296" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWorld Cup technical races resumed in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia on 3 March with the GS. Hirscher secured the GS crystal globe for the 5th time by winning the race with a winning margin of 1.66 seconds. The following day, Hirscher also won the slalom with a winning margin of 1.22 seconds. As a result, he also won the slalom crystal globe for the 5th time, and the overall crystal globe for the seventh time in succession with 2 technical races remaining. His Olympic gold medals plus the additional crystal globes enabled him", "id": "14754295" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nin Kranjska Gora for a record sixth time. At the season finals in Lenzerheide he surprisingly finished second, tied with Christof Innerhofer, in the downhill race. The result was his first ever podium in downhill and made him only the second American skier in history, after Bode Miller, to podium in all five alpine skiing disciplines. Ligety then finished fifth in the final super-G race. Before the last giant slalom race of the season Ligety was trailing Marcel Hirscher by 50 points for the discipline title. However, Ligety", "id": "12994698" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhe had three fourth-place finishes, one in giant slalom, one in super combined, and one in the World Cup finals downhill, as well as a fourth-place finish in the giant slalom at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden, missing a medal by 0.07 seconds. He finished eleventh overall in 2007. Ligety won his first World Cup season title in the giant slalom in 2008, and finished fifth in the overall standings. He won the final two giant slaloms of the year at Kranjska Gora and", "id": "12994684" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's giant slalom\n\n\nThe Men's Giant Slalom competition at the 2013 World Championships ran on Friday, February 15 at 10:00 local time (1st run) and 13:30 (2nd run), the ninth race of the championships. 99 athletes from 55 countries competed in the main race while 132 athletes from 53 countries competed in the qualification race on Thursday, February 14. Ted Ligety won his third gold medal of the 2013 World Championships, joined on the podium by Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three", "id": "6822507" }, { "contents": "Giorgio Rocca\n\n\nGiorgio Rocca (born 6 August 1975) is an Italian former alpine skier, a specialist in slalom skiing. Together with Marc Girardelli, Ingemar Stenmark and Marcel Hirscher, he is one of four skiers to have won 5 Alpine Skiing World Cup slaloms in a row, which he achieved in the 2005/2006 season: only Alberto Tomba (7) has won more World Cup slaloms consecutively. He is currently ninth in the list of all-time slalom winners, with a total of 11 victories. Rocca was born in Chur,", "id": "14243073" }, { "contents": "Viktoria Rebensburg\n\n\nViktoria Rebensburg (born 4 October 1989) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer and the 2010 Olympic gold medalist in the Born in Tegernsee, Bavaria, she has three World Cup season titles, all in giant slalom. After finishing 28th in the Olympic super-G, she won gold in the giant slalom, her first victory in international competition. Her previous best finish was second place at a GS a month earlier, her only World Cup podium. Ten months later Rebensberg won her first World Cup race in October", "id": "7848199" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nAustria to narrowly beat France in the men's nations cup by 201 points, the narrowest winning margin for many years. Hirscher was the only Austrian male skier to win a race in the entire season, and scored 30.9% (1795 out of 5804) of the Austrian men's nations cup points. On 13 November in Levi, Finland, Hirscher won the first slalom of the 2017 season and equalled Pirmin Zurbriggen's win total of 40, putting him equal 5th in the standings. He also achieved his 93rd podium,", "id": "14754288" }, { "contents": "Marco Schwarz\n\n\nMarco Schwarz (born 16 August 1995) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He focuses on the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Schwarz competed for Austria at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in the alpine skiing and won three gold medals; in the boys' combined, the parallel mixed team event, and the boys' giant slalom. Schwarz made his World Cup debut in November 2014 at age 19. He achieved his first World Cup podium in December 2015; third place in a slalom at Madonna di", "id": "12834730" }, { "contents": "Dave Ryding\n\n\n's slalom in 2002, from which he was disqualified. He went on the finish the season 11th in the World Cup slalom standings. Ryding took one of the best World Cup results of his career so far in a slalom in Madonna di Campiglio in December 2018: after placing 27th in the first run, he set the fastest second run time to secure a fourth-placed finish. Ryding continued his good form at the Oslo parallel slalom on New Year's Day 2019: he knocked out Hirscher in the quarter-finals", "id": "16035158" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 48th World Cup season began on 26 October 2013, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 16 March 2014 at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The defending overall champions from the 2013 season were Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. The overall titles were won by Hirscher and Anna Fenninger, also of Austria. The season was interrupted by the 2014 Winter Olympics that took place from 7 to 23 February in Sochi, Russia, with the alpine events at Rosa Khutor. The men's title", "id": "7283676" }, { "contents": "Michaela Kirchgasser\n\n\nMichaela Kirchgasser (born 18 March 1985) is a retired Austrian alpine ski racer. She raced in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom, and also the combined. On 25 November 2006, Kirchgasser made her first World Cup podium with a third place in the giant slalom at Aspen, Colorado. Her first victory was on 24 February 2007, in a giant slalom at Sierra Nevada, Spain. She has competed in three Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she finished fifth in the slalom", "id": "6480720" }, { "contents": "Marcel Mathis\n\n\nMarcel Mathis (born December 24, 1991) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Hohenems, Vorarlberg, he primarily competed on the European Cup circuit, but raced in several World Cup events, all in giant slalom. Mathis' first top result in World Cup was his third place in giant slalom in Bansko, Bulgaria, on February 18, 2012. He was in 26th place after the first run, but had the fastest second run to attain the podium. It was also his first", "id": "4965368" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\ngiant slalom and combined, and silver in super-G. He also won two other giant slaloms during the season. In the 2004 season, Miller won World Cup titles in two disciplines: giant slalom and combined, but placed fourth in the competition for the overall title. He won six World Cup races: three giant slaloms, two combineds and one slalom. After the season, Miller switched to Atomic skis. Miller won his first overall World Cup title in 2005, defeating Austrians Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier. He made", "id": "8624673" }, { "contents": "Henrik Kristoffersen\n\n\nHenrik Kristoffersen (born 2 July 1994) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, 2019 World Champion and Olympic medalist. Born in Lørenskog in Akershus county, Kristoffersen specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. He made his World Cup debut in March 2012 in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, and attained his first podium in November 2013, a third-place finish in slalom at Levi, Finland. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Kristoffersen won the bronze medal in slalom at Rosa Khutor at age 19", "id": "12443237" }, { "contents": "Alexis Pinturault\n\n\n, as he missed pre-season speed training after surgery on his left ankle in August to repair ligaments damaged while playing tennis. Pinturault did not medal at the world championships in 2013, but had four top-six finishes. A week later he claimed a fourth World Cup win, his first in giant slalom, at Garmisch, Germany. Second after the first run, Pinturault's total time was 0.60 seconds ahead of runner-up Hirscher. On 15 March, he was honored as the 2013 Longines Rising Star,", "id": "14820258" }, { "contents": "Žan Kranjec\n\n\nŽan Kranjec (born 15 November 1992) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovenia. He specializes in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Kranjec made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 2011 at Kranjska Gora. He represented Slovenia at the World Championships in 2013 and was 22nd in giant slalom. A week later at the Junior World Championships in Canada, he won a bronze medal in giant slalom. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kranjec placed fourth in the giant slalom. In December 2018,", "id": "9034523" }, { "contents": "Hannes Reichelt\n\n\nJohannes \"Hannes\" Reichelt (born 5 July 1980) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He competes in downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom, and Combined. Born in Altenmarkt im Pongau in Salzburg, Reichelt made his World Cup debut in December 2001. He made his first podium in December 2002 and won his first World Cup race, a Super-G, in December 2005. Reichelt also won the European Cup overall title in 2005, as well as the European Cup season title in giant slalom", "id": "15634035" }, { "contents": "Phil Mahre\n\n\nselected to the \"A\" team following the 1975 season and made his World Cup debut in December 1975 at Val d'Isère, France. Two months later he competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, taking fifth in the giant slalom at age 18. He made his first podium in March with a second in a giant slalom at Copper Mountain, Colorado, and finished the 1976 World Cup season in 14th place in the overall standings. He won his first World Cup race the next season, a giant slalom", "id": "12320115" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWith his GS win in Alta Badia, Italy (his 3rd consecutive win at that venue), he became Austria's most successful World Cup GS skier overtaking Annemarie Moser-Pröll. Another GS win in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia confirmed Hirscher as the GS title winner with one race to go. To wrap up an amazing season with 8 wins and 19 podiums Hirscher also won the men's overall World Cup title, his 5th consecutive overall title, a feat never before achieved by a male skier. His points total also enabled", "id": "14754287" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nreaching the podium for the first time, with a second place from Adelboden in January. He also won the slalom run in the Alpine Combined Event at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships. On 3 March in Furano, he finished second in the giant slalom, winning the slalom race two days later. One week later in Shigakogen, he won the giant slalom race and finished second in the slalom. As a result, he won the Giant Slalom Cup that year, though jointly with Pirmin Zurbriggen. In the Slalom Cup", "id": "9904883" }, { "contents": "Jean-Noël Augert\n\n\nwon three World Cups in 1969, 1971 and 1972, and in which he won a Gold medal at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena. He was also second in the overall classification of the 1969 World Cup and third in the Giant Slalom World Cup 1969. Besides his 15 wins in World Cup races, he finished 15 times at the podium (place two: 6 slaloms, 3 giant slaloms; place three: 2 slaloms, 4 giant slaloms). He came fifth in both the men's slalom and giant", "id": "18262429" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nTed Ligety) in a giant slalom race in Kranjska Gora, the same place where he also won his first top-3 result more than 15 years earlier (in January 1999). His last top three finish came in early March 2015 in a giant slalom race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen that came to be one of his very last races in the alpine world cup. On September 10, 2015, he announced his retirement. 9 titles: 1 overall, 2 giant slalom, 3 slalom, 3 combined 36 total: 14 slalom", "id": "20658336" }, { "contents": "Anna Veith\n\n\n-G at the Austrian Championships in late March. In late December 2011, Veith won her first World Cup event in Lienz, Austria, in the Giant slalom. Her most consistent World Cup podium results have been in the super-G. After another giant slalom win in Austria in December 2012, Veith's first super-G victory came in March 2013 in Germany. At the 2013 World Championships in Schladming, Austria, Veith won bronze in the giant slalom. In the alpine skiing World Cup overall ranking 2013 she finished", "id": "18958035" }, { "contents": "Davide Simoncelli\n\n\nDavide Simoncelli (born January 30, 1979 in Rovereto) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy who specialized in giant slalom. Simoncelli made his World Cup debut in 1999. He took two World Cup victories and eight podium finishes, all in giant slalom. He took five podiums on the \"Gran Risa\" track of Alta Badia, with a victory and four second places. He finished fourth in the World Cup points standings for giant slalom twice, in 2006 and 2010. Simoncelli competed for Italy in three", "id": "8459823" }, { "contents": "Kjetil Jansrud\n\n\nKjetil Jansrud (born 28 August 1985) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion. He races in all alpine disciplines apart from slalom, and his best event used to be the giant slalom where he has 6 World Cup podiums and an Olympic silver medal. However, since 2012 he has become more of a speed specialist, having won all but two of his World Cup victories in the speed events. At the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, he won the Super-G and placed third in the Downhill", "id": "11513877" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nmissed 11 races, including two classic slaloms and one parallel, in Stockholm. In the meantime, Marcel Hirscher took the lead in the overall standings and would go on to claim his first overall title. Kostelić returned to action in Schladming at the end of the season, and competed only in slalom. He finished 16th and André Myhrer took the slalom title. Born and raised in Zagreb, his parents, Ante and Marica, are former elite team handball players. They taught Ivica and his sister Janica, two years younger", "id": "3227806" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nin a giant slalom race at Maribor. During her early World Cup seasons, Maze competed in slalom, giant slalom, and super-G, but scored World Cup points only in the first two disciplines. At the 2001 World Championships, Maze's best result was a 16th place in slalom. In January 2002, Maze won her first podium, a second place in giant slalom in Maribor. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in the United States, Maze finished twelfth in the giant slalom in her Olympic debut at Park City", "id": "12638260" }, { "contents": "Günther Mader\n\n\ntotal of six medals in the world championships. He won his first championship medal, the silver medal in the Slalom Race at Crans Montana in 1987, after only placing eighth after the first leg of the competition. Mader won two World Cup season titles, giant slalom in 1990 and combined in 1996, and placed second in the overall World Cup standings in 1995 and 1996, and third in 1990. Without his 14 wins, he did achieve another 27 places in World Cup races. His only World Cup victory in downhill", "id": "16142764" }, { "contents": "Nicole Hosp\n\n\nNicole Hosp (; born 6 November 1983) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. She competed in all five disciplines and was a world champion, three-time Olympic medalist, and an overall World Cup champion. Born in Ehenbichl, Tyrol, Hosp won the overall World Cup title in 2007 and the season title in giant slalom. A versatile all-around racer, she won World Cup races in four of the five alpine skiing disciplines (super-G, giant slalom, slalom and combined),", "id": "18723452" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Men's super combined\n\n\nThe Men's super combined competition at the 2015 World Championships was held on Sunday, February 8. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, despite originally finishing in 31st position after the downhill leg. Ondřej Bank however, fell on the final jump and, although the original results had Bank in 25th place, the jury disqualified him after the run ended and as a result, Hirscher was able to start first in the slalom leg instead of starting after the top 30. With a clean track he was able to rise all the", "id": "2139631" }, { "contents": "Loïc Meillard\n\n\nLoïc Meillard (born 29 October 1996) is a Swiss alpine ski racer and specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Meillard made his World Cup debut in January 2015; his younger sister Mélanie is also a World Cup alpine racer. Meillard made his World Cup debut at age 18 in the Adelboden giant slalom in January 2015. At the World Junior Championships that March at Hafjell, Norway, he won a bronze medal in the Super-G, silver in the giant slalom, and gold in the combined", "id": "4438833" }, { "contents": "Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander\n\n\nSimon Breitfuss Kammerlander (born 29 November 1992) is a Bolivian-Austrian alpine ski racer. Breitfuss Kammerlander specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut on 23 October 2016. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut at the Sölden Giant slalom on 23 October 2016, he failed to qualify for the second run finishing in 78th place. He competed for Bolivia at the 2017 Alpine World Ski Championships. He finished 46th in the Super-G and failed to finish the first run", "id": "10351390" }, { "contents": "Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen\n\n\nLeif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen (born 29 November 1987) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, specializing in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Haugen made his World Cup debut in October 2009 in Sölden, and collected his first World Cup points with a 26th place. He won a bronze medal in giant slalom at the World Championships in 2017 and attained his first World Cup podium in March 2017 at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Nestvold-Haugen represents the sports club Lommedalens IL, and hails from Lommedalen.", "id": "14989586" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\nwas disqualified – while in first place at the time – during the second leg of the combined event, failed to finish the super-G, tied for 6th in the giant slalom, and had another DNF after missing a gate in the first run of the slalom. Nevertheless, Miller won two races during the season (a giant slalom and a super-G) and placed third for the season's overall World Cup title. At the 2006 U.S. National Championships following the World Cup season, Miller won the downhill and", "id": "8624676" }, { "contents": "Leonardo David\n\n\nthe World Cup season in North America and Japan. Then age 18, David was a promising talent on the Italian team, in his first year on the World Cup circuit. He won the overall and slalom titles of the European Cup in 1978, and placed second in giant slalom. He won his only World Cup race, a slalom in Oslo, less than a month before his accident, outpacing Ingemar Stenmark and Phil Mahre. David had 10 top ten finishes with four podiums during the 1979 World Cup season, and", "id": "2954663" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n-placed. But Ligety did do a phenomenal best time in the second leg, becoming first ahead to Raich. Ligety opened defense of his 2008 giant slalom title with a third-place finish in Sölden, Austria, and then placed second at Beaver Creek, Colorado. At the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isère, France, Ligety took the bronze medal in the giant slalom, then won his fourth World Cup race at Kranjska Gora. He finished the season with another second at the finals in Åre, Sweden, which", "id": "12994686" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nof 0.28 sec. (Janka was unbeatable on that afternoon, he finished 0.71 sec. ahead to Raich.) Ligety notched his fifth World Cup victory in January, his third win at Kranjska Gora in as many seasons. At the finals in Garmisch, Germany, he finished on the podium to secure his second season title in giant slalom, and finished seventh in the overall standings. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics at Whistler, he finished ninth in the giant slalom (on February 23 - he was eighth-placed after", "id": "12994688" }, { "contents": "Stefan Luitz\n\n\nStefan Luitz (; born 26 March 1992) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer. He primarily competes in giant slalom, but on 24 January 2016 in Kitzbühel, for the first time in his career, he completed both runs in slalom and finished 18th. Previously, he had once qualified to second run in slalom, on 18 December 2012 in Madonna di Campiglio, but did not finish the second run. Luitz made his World Cup debut in Adelboden in 2011, and attained his first World Cup podium in December 2012", "id": "15313224" }, { "contents": "Didier Cuche\n\n\nDidier Cuche (born 16 August 1974) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Le Pâquier, Neuchâtel, he competed in the downhill and super-G, along with the giant slalom. He won the World Cup downhill and super-G title for the 2011 season and has won three previous downhill titles in 2010, 2008 and 2007, along with a giant slalom title in 2009. Cuche has 21 World Cup race victories, along with 67 podiums (top three) and 181 top ten", "id": "11060008" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nBenjamin Raich (born 28 February 1978 in Arzl im Pitztal, Tyrol) is a retired champion World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria. With 14 medals won at Winter Olympics and World Championships, 36 World Cup race victories (in all disciplines except downhill), one first place and five second places in the World Cup overall ranking, three victories of the slalom World Cup, three victories of the combined World Cup, two victories of the giant slalom World Cup and the highest score of career World", "id": "20658332" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n50 World Cup races at the age of 23 years and 9 months. She has won 60 World Cup races, the 3rd most all time by a female alpine skier, including 40 WC slalom races, the most all-time by a female alpine skier. She is the only female athlete to have won 15 races in the same calendar year, winning the last slalom of the 2018 season in Semmering and equalling the men's record holder Marcel Hirscher. In the 2019 season she became the first athlete, male or female", "id": "8983516" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the GS world title in 2011 besting Cyprien Richard and Philipp Schörghofer. Ligety repeated as world champion in GS in 2013, ahead of Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. At Schladming in 2013, he became a triple world champion in giant slalom, super-G, and combined at Planai. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three or more gold medals at one world championships and the first in 45 years, when Jean-Claude Killy won four in 1968 at Chamrousse, with the combined as a \"paper", "id": "12994706" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\nher fourth slalom world cup. In Aspen, Colorado, the World Cup finals of the season took place. Shiffrin secured her first overall World Cup, but did not win the giant slalom World Cup that year. After the season, she received the \"Skieur d’Or\" (golden skier) award, given by the international ski journalist association to the best alpine skier of the year (one award for both genders). Shiffrin started the 2018 season with a 5th place finish in giant slalom at Sölden. In early December", "id": "8983533" }, { "contents": "Marilyn Cochran\n\n\nthe final five giant slalom races and won the World Cup season title. Cochran was the only American alpine racer with a World Cup season title until 1980, when Phil Mahre won the combined. She won the bronze medal in the combined at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena, Italy. Sister Barbara was fourth in that competition, but won a silver in the slalom, where Marilyn was sixth. Cochran won three World Cup races, two in giant slalom and one in slalom, and had 15 podiums and fifty top", "id": "314375" }, { "contents": "Thomas Grandi\n\n\nThomas Grandi (born 27 December 1972 in Bolzano, Italy) is a retired Canadian alpine skier. He specialized in technical skiing giant slalom and slalom. Grandi started in the Alpine Skiing World Cup in the 1992-93 season. His first top ten finish in the World Cup came in December 1996 where he finished in 10th position in the Giant Slalom in Alta Badia, Italy. In the 1997-98 World Cup season, he had his first top three finish when he finished in third place in a Giant Slalom race", "id": "10762400" }, { "contents": "Kajsa Kling\n\n\nKajsa Britta Kling (born 25 December 1988) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden. Born in Åre, Kling competed in all five alpine disciplines. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, she finished 26th in the giant slalom. On 28 December 2010, Kling crashed during a giant slalom race in Semmering, Austria, which ended her 2011 season. On 14 December 2013, Kling attained her first World Cup podium, placing second in a Super-G race in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Ahead of the 2017/18", "id": "18745147" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhis world title in giant slalom in 2013 in Schladming, Austria, where he also won an unexpected gold medal in the super-G and a third gold medal in the super combined. Through October, 2015, he has 25 victories (24 in giant slalom and 1 super combined) and 52 podiums in World Cup competition. His Olympic giant slalom gold medal, 24 GS World Cup wins, 3 GS world championship gold medals and 5 World Cup titles make him one of the greatest giant slalom skiers of all time.", "id": "12994676" }, { "contents": "Gauthier de Tessières\n\n\nGauthier de Tessières (born 9 November 1981) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from France, and has competed in two Winter Olympics and five World Championships. He made his breakthrough on the Alpine Skiing World Cup in a giant slalom in Val-d'Isère in December 2008, where after finishing 30th in the first run to narrowly qualify for the second run, he worked his way up to finish third overall, bettering his previous World Cup personal best of 15th. He won the silver medal in the super-G at", "id": "12658447" }, { "contents": "Albert Popov\n\n\ngiant slalom at the 2018 FIS Junior World Ski Championships in Davos. Twelve days later he made his debut at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang 2018, where he placed 28th in the giant slalom and did not finish the slalom. His World Cup breakthrough came in the opening race of the 2018–19 season in Levi, where he finished 20th, earning 11 points - Bulgaria's first in the World Cup since Petar Popangelov during the 1986–87 season. Popov followed that up with a 16th place finish at Madonna di Campiglio in December, after", "id": "1530499" }, { "contents": "Tessa Worley\n\n\nplace in a giant slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany. She finished in fifth place in the first race of the 2009 World Cup season, a giant slalom in Sölden, Austria, in October 2008. A month later she won her first World Cup race (and first podium) in a giant slalom at Aspen, United States. Early in the 2011 season, Worley won three consecutive giant slalom races before January. In February, Worley won a gold medal in the nations team event at the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen", "id": "4107613" }, { "contents": "Armand Marchant\n\n\nArmand Marchant (born 14 December 1997) is a Belgian alpine ski racer. Marchant specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, in the Giant slalom and the Slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014 in the Alta Badia giant slalom, he failed to finish the first run. At the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek he finished 41st in the Giant slalom and", "id": "4076226" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nCup points (ahead of Norwegian Kjetil André Aamodt), he is considered among the best alpine racers in World Cup history. After winning Junior World Championships in both slalom and giant slalom, Raich made his World Cup debut in March 1996. He scored his first victory in 1999, in slalom. In 2001 he won the silver medal in slalom at the World Championships, and at the end of the season he won the slalom World Cup. In 2002 he won two bronze medals at the Salt Lake City Olympics. Raich", "id": "20658333" }, { "contents": "Manuela Mölgg\n\n\nManuela Mölgg (born 28 August 1983) is a retired alpine ski racer from Italy, a specialist in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2000 and gained her first podium in November 2004. She has 14 World Cup podium finishes and appeared in two Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2009 Alpine World Ski Championships in Val-d'Isère Mölgg took the lead in the slalom after the first run but was disqualified from", "id": "21947840" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom\n\n\nFelix Neureuther, and Alexis Pinturault), which spawned criticism of the course. The second run was set by Ante Kostelić, known for idiosyncratic gate settings. He is the father of competitor Ivica Kostelić of Croatia, who finished ninth. Less than seven weeks shy of his 35th birthday, Mario Matt of Austria became the oldest gold medalist in Olympic alpine skiing history. The silver went to defending World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher, and Henrik Kristoffersen became the youngest male to medal in an Olympic alpine event at age 19. The", "id": "2699458" }, { "contents": "Jean-Baptiste Grange\n\n\nHe won his first World Cup race on 17 December 2007, and won the 2009 season title in the slalom. Injured in early December 2009 in a giant slalom at Beaver Creek, he opted for surgery and missed the remainder of the 2010 season, which included the 2010 Winter Olympics. He returned to competition for the 2011 season and won the world championship in the slalom. He won his second slalom world title in Beaver Creek on 15 February 2015. His older brother is François-Cyrille Grange, also an alpine ski", "id": "20737157" }, { "contents": "Petra Vlhová\n\n\nPetra Vlhová (born 13 June 1995) is a Slovak World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. She is the current world champion in giant slalom. Born in Liptovský Mikuláš, Vlhová won a gold medal in 2012 Winter Youth Olympics and represented Slovakia in the 2014 Winter Olympics. She also won gold in the slalom at the Junior World Championships in 2014 in Jasná, Slovakia. She made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2012 and her first World Cup podium came", "id": "7975537" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n, at the age of 23 years and nine months. With that race she also equalled the record of the Austrian Marlies Schild for the most wins in women's slalom – 35, and put herself in joint seventh place in all-time World Cup victories with Alberto Tomba of Italy. One week later, she took another World Cup slalom win in Semmering, Austria, becoming the first alpine skier to take 15 World Cup wins in a single calendar year, moving ahead of Marcel Hirscher, who had taken 14 wins in", "id": "8983544" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's combined\n\n\nThe men's combined competition of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics was held on 13 February 2018 at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre and the Yongpyong Alpine Centre at the Alpensia Sports Park in PyeongChang. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, with Alexis Pinturault coming in second, and Victor Muffat-Jeandet third. For Muffat-Jeandet, this was the first Olympic medal, and for both Hirscher and Pinturault the first medal in combined. Hirscher, who won six overall World Cup titles and was skiing in his third Olympics, previously only won a", "id": "17712395" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\n, Utah. On 26 October 2002, Maze won her first World Cup race at the season opener in Sölden, Austria. She shared the giant slalom win with Nicole Hosp of Austria and Andrine Flemmen of Norway in the first-ever a three-way tie in a World Cup race. Maze finished the 2003 season on the 38th place in the overall standings with 190 points, all in giant slalom. At the 2003 World Championships, she finished 5th in giant slalom. In the 2004 season, Maze scored one podium", "id": "12638261" }, { "contents": "1978–79 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 13th World Cup season began in December 1978 in Austria and concluded in March 1979 in Japan. The overall winners were Peter Lüscher of Switzerland, his first overall win, and Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria, her sixth (which remained the record until 2017-18, when Austria's Marcel Hirscher won his seventh overall title). Although Ingemar Stenmark did not win the overall title due to restrictions on the number of races that counted for overall championship points, he won 13 races during the season (including the last", "id": "844407" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\n, including the super-G race in January in Les Menuires. He again won the Giant Slalom Cup, finished second in the overall standings and second in the Slalom Cup. In the 1990–91 season he performed best in the slalom. He won competitions in Madonna di Campiglio and Kranjska Gora in December, and recorded three-second places, only one of them in giant slalom. Again he finished second in the Slalom Cup. At the 1991 World Championships, he won the bronze medal in slalom and placed fourth in both", "id": "9904885" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\na World Championship gold medal in slalom in 2003, Olympic silver medal in slalom in 2010, Olympic silver medals in combined in 2006 (traditional combined), 2010 (super combined) and 2014, as well as the overall World Cup title in 2011. Kostelić scored a total of 26 World Cup race victories and a total of 59 World Cup podiums during his career (). He won the slalom World Cup title in 2002 and 2011, and the combined World Cup title in 2011 and 2012. Since 2008, he", "id": "3227791" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nMarch 1975 at Sun Valley. He won the final race of the season, a parallel slalom (\"pro-style\" heats) the following week in Val Gardena, Italy, against his challenger Stenmark to secure the overall title. His last win in giant slalom was in January 1976, and his final World Cup victory was in the combined at Kitzbühel in January 1977. His last podium finish was a third place in the slalom at Åre, Sweden, in February 1979. He finished eighth in the slalom at the", "id": "10362492" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nand 10th in the combined. In the 2006 season, Maze won one giant slalom race and two more podiums, a third place in giant slalom and a runner-up position in super-G. She finished the season 14th in the overall standings with 525 points and scored World Cup points in all disciplines for the first time. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Maze competed in the giant slalom and super-G events, where she finished 12th and 39th, respectively. The 2007 season was not as successful for her as", "id": "12638263" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n2013 in Sölden, Austria, with a career-best sixth in giant slalom, within a half-second of the podium. She won the next event, a slalom at Levi, Finland, improving on her podium finish the previous year for her fifth World Cup victory. At Beaver Creek, she was runner-up in the giant slalom, her first World Cup podium in that discipline. On January 5, Shiffrin secured first place in a two-run slalom race in Bormio, Italy (the race took place", "id": "8983524" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nfinished among the top six in the overall World Cup standings each season (2008: sixth; 2009: fourth; 2010: fifth; 2011: first; 2012: fourth; 2013: fifth). He also scored points in all disciplines each of those seasons, and his best race results were a seventh place in downhill, a second place in giant slalom, and victories in all other disciplines (11 in slalom, 1 in parallel-slalom, 2 in combined, 4 in super combined, and 1 in super", "id": "3227792" }, { "contents": "Fabienne Serrat\n\n\nFabienne Serrat (born 5 July 1956) is a former world champion alpine ski racer. At age 17, Serrat won two gold medals at the 1974 World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in the giant slalom and the combined events. During her World Cup career she had three victories, 37 podiums, and 124 top ten finishes. Serrat competed at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Winter Olympics in a total of five events. Her best result was fourth place in the giant slalom in 1980. She retired from competition", "id": "6439530" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nhe finished third, and in the overall standings he finished fourth. He also competed at the 1989 World Championships, placing eighth in the giant slalom and sixth in the slalom. He was given the Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year award of 1989. The 1989–90 season started equally well, with two-second places in August in Thredbo. He then won his next race, a giant slalom competition in Park City in November. Although that would be his only victory that season, he became runner-up in three further races", "id": "9904884" }, { "contents": "Thomas Fanara\n\n\nThomas Fanara (born 24 April 1981) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from France. Born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Fanara specialised in giant slalom; his one and only win came in March 2016 at the giant slalom finals in St. Moritz, Switzerland. He is the oldest racer to reach a World Cup podium in giant slalom, and competed for France at three Winter Olympics and six World Championships. He retired from competition at the end of the 2018-19 season. Fanara has started over 70", "id": "8162366" }, { "contents": "Alena Zavarzina\n\n\nin Kreischberg, she won a silver medal in parallel giant slalom after losing to Claudia Riegler in the repeat of the 2011 final, and finished fifth in the parallel slalom. She reached her second World Cup podium of the season at the season finale in Winterberg, and finished the season in thirteenth place in the overall World Cup standings. In 2015/16 season, Zavarzina won her second career World Cup victory, this time in parallel slalom, in Winterberg which was also her sole World Cup podium of the season. At the end", "id": "5559259" }, { "contents": "Tanja Poutiainen\n\n\nin the United States. At the 1999 Junior World Championships, she placed third in the giant slalom at Pra-Loup, France. Poutiainen scored her first World Cup victory – and the first for a female Finnish alpine skier – on 28 February 2004 in a slalom held on home snow in Levi, Finland – the first alpine World Cup race to be held in the country. In the 2005 World Cup season, Poutiainen won the season titles in both the slalom and giant slalom, and placed fifth in the overall standings", "id": "20125357" }, { "contents": "Ramón Homs\n\n\nWinter World Cup, he finished seventeenth in the overall standings. At the March 2008 Italian National Championships, he finished third in the Super G, fifth in the Giant Slalom and was disqualified from the Slalom. At the last round of the European Cup in March 2008, an event held in La Molina, Spain, he was one of several non-vision impaired Spanish skiers competing at the event. At the first IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup event in the 2008/2009 ski season, he failed to finish one of his races", "id": "1327121" }, { "contents": "Mitchell Gourley\n\n\ncompeted in five Men's Standing events. He finished fourth in the Giant Slalom and fifth in the Super-G. He finished the 2015/16 World Cup season on a high, placing third on the overall rankings after a successful run of events that saw him podium nine times. Gourley won the gold medal in the Men's Super Combined Standing at the 2017 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Tarvisio, Italy. Gourley was in sixth place after the super-G, but put on a masterclass in the slalom to secure the gold", "id": "6530863" }, { "contents": "Didier Défago\n\n\nDidier Défago (born 2 October 1977) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Morgins, Valais, Défago made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 1996, and was Swiss national champion in downhill (2003) and Giant slalom (2004). At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he won the downhill at Whistler to become the Olympic champion. Défago finished the 2005 World Cup season as sixth overall and fourth in the Super-G, his most successful season so far. In 2009", "id": "11060083" } ]

[ { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nHirscher won the overall World Cup title again in 2013 with 6 victories; he also won the slalom title and was runner-up in giant slalom. Hirscher scored a total of 18 podium finishes out of 19 races in the two technical events. The only race in either slalom or giant slalom where he finished outside the top 3 was the giant slalom in Adelboden. In that particular race Hirscher was leading after the first run, built up his advantage to over a second in the second run, but nearly fell several gates", "id": "14754284" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nChampionships, which ended his 2011 season. Returning after injury, Hirscher had an outstanding season in terms of wins in 2012 with 9 victories and a total of 14 podiums, all in the two technical events (except for one third place in the season's last Super G). He won the World Cup overall and giant slalom titles, and placed third in the slalom. In October 2012, Hirscher was awarded the Skieur d'Or Award by members of the International Association of Ski Journalists for his performances during the previous season.", "id": "14754283" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nMarcel Hirscher (born 2 March 1989) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. Hirscher made his World Cup debut in March 2007. He competes primarily in slalom and giant slalom, as well as combined and occasionally in super G. Winner of a record eight consecutive World Cup titles, Hirscher has also won 11 medals at the Alpine Skiing World Championships, seven of them gold, a silver medal in slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and two gold medals in the combined and giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics.", "id": "14754281" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\ncancelled. Three days after turning 18, Shiffrin won the final slalom race at Lenzerheide on 16 March to overtake Maze and win that discipline's season title by 33 points. The men's overall title wasn't decided until the World Cup finals at Lenzerheide. A runner-up finish in the giant slalom on 16 March gave Hirscher his second consecutive overall title, the first male to achieve this feat since Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003. Hirscher also won the slalom title, while the downhill and super-G titles went", "id": "9809256" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nsurpassing Benjamin Raich's total. On 18 December he won the fourth giant slalom of the season in Alta Badia having finished second in the three preceding giant slalom races, equalling Alberto Tomba's 4 wins at the venue, and with it became the 5th most successful male World Cup winner. On 7 January Hirscher achieved his 100th podium from 191 starts (a ratio of 52.3%) with a 2nd-place finish in the giant slalom in Adelboden. On 29 January Hirscher won the GS in Garmisch, achieving his 20th GS", "id": "14754289" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nnumber of points but Ligety had more victories (4, as opposed to 2 by Hirscher). This was Ligety's second consecutive giant slalom title and fifth overall. The slalom title went to Hirscher, who secured it in the last race of the season. The combined title was shared by Ligety and Alexis Pinturault of France, who each won a first and a second place in two combined races of the season. Fenninger won the overall women's title, her first, and the first by an Austrian woman since Nicole", "id": "7283678" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nbefore the final, thus missing the win and finished only 16th. He became the first male racer to retain the overall World Cup title since fellow Austrian Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003 and the first to win it three years in a row since American Phil Mahre did so in 1981, 1982 and 1983. In 2015 Hirscher dominated the giant slalom standings with 5 wins, including a winning margin of 3.28 seconds in Garmisch, and won the GS title for the second time. With his slalom win in Zagreb he became the", "id": "14754285" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nDue to his record number of overall titles, many years of extreme dominance of both slalom and giant slalom and of the men's overall ranking, he is considered by many, including his rivals Henrik Kristoffersen, Kjetil Jansrud and Alexis Pinturault, to be the best alpine skier in history. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Hirscher placed fourth in the giant slalom and fifth in the slalom at Whistler Creekside. He placed fourth in the giant slalom at the 2009 World Championships, but broke his ankle the weekend preceding the 2011 World", "id": "14754282" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n. On 13 January 2019 he won the slalom race in Adelboden and celebrated a 9th World Cup win and a 16th podium, a record among male athletes at a single resort. At the 2019 Alpine World Ski Championships in Åre in February, Hirscher took a silver in the giant slalom behind Henrik Kristoffersen, before winning the slalom by 0.65 seconds after holding a 0.56 second lead from the first run: Hirscher described his first run as one of the best performances of his career. He led teammates Michael Matt and Marco Schwarz in", "id": "14754299" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\ntherefore 10 points more than fourth place. The 2015 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup season was less successful for Ligety as he was able to win just one race and finished third in the giant slalom standings and eleventh overall. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 held in Beaver Creek, Ligety finished third in the super combined event despite being ranked 29th after the downhill leg. In the giant slalom, placed fifth after the first run and trailing by 0.24 to then leading favorite Marcel Hirscher, Ligety skied impressively in the second", "id": "12994700" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmatching the total of legendary technical racer Alberto Tomba. Two days later Hirscher achieved his sixth win of the season by winning the GS in Adelboden and moved to 3rd overall in the men's World Cup winners rankings. The next day he won the slalom in Adelboden. On 23 January, with his 9th win of the season in the Schladming night slalom, Hirscher equalled his compatriot Austrian ski legend Hermann Maier's 54 World Cup victories. It was the 500th World Cup win for Austrian men. On 28 January Hirscher moved to", "id": "14754293" }, { "contents": "Matts Olsson\n\n\nMatts Olsson (born 1 December 1988) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden who races in the giant slalom discipline. Born in Karlstad, Olsson made his World Cup debut at age 19 in October 2007. He won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in the team event, and finished 18th in the giant slalom, and 24th in the super-G. Matts Olsson won his first World Cup competition victory in Alta Badia in December 2017 at an evening event in Parallel Giant Slalom. Matts defeated Marcel Hirscher", "id": "12104888" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmost successful Austrian male World Cup slalom skier surpassing Benjamin Raich. In the final race of the season in Meribel he overturned a 55-point deficit in the standings by winning his 16th World Cup slalom, and with it won the slalom title for the third year in a row. Hirscher became the first male alpine skier to win the overall World Cup title four times in a row. In 2016 Hirscher became the most successful Austrian male World Cup GS skier by winning in Beaver Creek, Colorado, surpassing Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier.", "id": "14754286" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nwas won by Hirscher for the third time in a row, becoming the first man to achieve this since Phil Mahre in 1983. Hirscher secured the title after the second-to-last race of the season when he beat Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who did not compete in slalom. Svindal won both the downhill (second time in a row) and super-G titles (third time in a row). The giant slalom title went to Ted Ligety of the United States. Ligety and Hirscher shared the same", "id": "7283677" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the race on March 15 with a 0,03 second advantage over Alexis Pinturault and with Hirscher finishing fourth, both skiers ended the season tied with 560 points. The Crystal Globe was however awarded to Ligety who won due to having five discipline victories during the season compared to Hirscher's two. This was the fifth giant slalom title in Ligety's career. - Hirscher lost the title in that last giant slalom race with a deficit of 0.01 seconds to the 3rd place (achieved by Felix Neureuther) which is awarded 60 points,", "id": "12994699" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nand 43rd World Cup win, and with it attained Austria's 100th GS win for men. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 in St. Moritz, Switzerland Hirscher won gold in the GS and slalom, and silver in the combined, missing the gold by just 0.01 seconds. He was the most successful athlete at the championships. On 4 March in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Hirscher won his third GS race of the season and with it secured his 4th GS World Cup title and his 6th overall World Cup title;", "id": "14754290" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n12 November and achieved a 17th-place finish. The next technical race was the GS in Val d'Isère on 9 December and Hirscher came 3rd. He won the slalom the next day. On 17 December 2017 he won the giant slalom race in Alta Badia, which was his fifth consecutive victory in that location, surpassing Ivica Kostelić, who won the Kitzbühel combined 4 times in a row. On 4 January Hirscher achieved his 5th win of the season in the slalom in Zagreb and with it his 50th World Cup win,", "id": "14754292" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n. He won his third season title in giant slalom in 2011. Even though Ligety was able to win three giant slalom races during the season, he was dethroned as the discipline champion by an overall champion Marcel Hirscher from Austria. Before the last giant slalom race which was held on March 17 at Schladming, Hirscher was in lead with 605 points ahead to Ted with 513 points. Therefore, Ted was forced to attack as powerful as he was able to do but he did fall in the first leg; he did continue", "id": "12994692" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nthe only male skier in history to do so. One day later Hirscher finished fourth in the slalom and with it secured his fourth World Cup slalom title. The start of the 2018 season was expected to be more difficult as Hirscher suffered a fracture to his left ankle during the first day of snow training on 17 August. Fortunately the first race of the season in Sölden was cancelled due to high winds, giving Hirscher a few more weeks to recover. He made a last minute decision to race the slalom in Levi on", "id": "14754291" }, { "contents": "Ingemar Stenmark\n\n\nCup slalom title in 1983. Stenmark began skiing at the age of five and won his first national competition at age eight. Stenmark made his World Cup debut in December 1973 at age 17. He won more international races than any other alpine skier in history: he took 86 wins (46 giant slaloms and 40 slaloms). His closest male competitor is Marcel Hirscher, with 67 (up to January 2019) victories to his name. Stenmark won only in the two technical disciplines: slalom and giant slalom (the other", "id": "19815131" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nachievement he shares with Pirmin Zurbriggen and Hermann Maier, exceeded by Marcel Hirscher's and Marc Girardelli's five. Thöni was the dominant skier in the technical events (slalom and giant slalom) in the early 1970s. His first victory came in his debut race on the World Cup circuit, a giant slalom at Val-d'Isère, France, in December 1969. Still a teenager, he had a very successful rookie year during that 1970 season with four victories and nine podiums. He finished third in the overall standings, just", "id": "10362488" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nrun, to finish 0.45 ahead of Hirscher and secure his third consecutive world title in the discipline. Ligety won the season's first race, a giant slalom on October 25, 2015, at Sölden, Austria. While training on January 27 at Oberjoch, Germany, he tore the ACL in his right knee, which required surgery and ended his 2016 season. Ligety returned to World Cup racing in October 2016, competing in the prelude (giant slalom) race at Sölden on October 23 (finishing 5th), and he", "id": "12994701" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 47th World Cup season began on 27 October 2012, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 17 March 2013, at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The overall titles were won by Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. A break in the schedule was for the biennial World Championships, held 4–17 February in Schladming, Austria. Changes for the 2013 season included the awarding of World Cup points for the slalom crystal globe for the limited field city events (parallel slalom), not just in", "id": "9809251" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nlegends Ingemar Stenmark and Hermann Maier. Unfortunately, the following day the slalom race was cancelled due to high winds, denying Hirscher the opportunity to obtain the record outright. Hirscher has started 245 World Cup races, has won 67 of them, (a ratio of 27%) has achieved 138 podiums (a ratio of 56%) and has finished 73% of his races in the Top 10. In December 2018 Hirscher became Austria's most prolific World Cup race winner when he won a slalom in Saalbach-Hinterglemm in", "id": "14754297" }, { "contents": "Manfred Mölgg\n\n\nManfred Mölgg (born 3 June 1982) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from northern Italy. He specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made his World Cup debut in January 2003 at Bormio. As of mid-January 2016, he has 19 World Cup podiums with three victories, all achieved in slalom. Mölgg won the World Cup season title in slalom in 2008, and finished fourth in the overall standings, the best result for an Italian since Kristian", "id": "20862702" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nto reach the top of the standings in the greatest alpine skiers of all time men's super ranking. At the end of the slalom race, Hirscher said on Austrian television that he would go home \"and consider where the journey will go. I don't know if I will be skiing World Cup next season\". At the World Cup finals in Åre, Hirscher won the GS race on 17 March and equaled the record of most wins in a single season: he shares the record of 13 wins with alpine skiing", "id": "14754296" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWorld Cup technical races resumed in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia on 3 March with the GS. Hirscher secured the GS crystal globe for the 5th time by winning the race with a winning margin of 1.66 seconds. The following day, Hirscher also won the slalom with a winning margin of 1.22 seconds. As a result, he also won the slalom crystal globe for the 5th time, and the overall crystal globe for the seventh time in succession with 2 technical races remaining. His Olympic gold medals plus the additional crystal globes enabled him", "id": "14754295" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nin Kranjska Gora for a record sixth time. At the season finals in Lenzerheide he surprisingly finished second, tied with Christof Innerhofer, in the downhill race. The result was his first ever podium in downhill and made him only the second American skier in history, after Bode Miller, to podium in all five alpine skiing disciplines. Ligety then finished fifth in the final super-G race. Before the last giant slalom race of the season Ligety was trailing Marcel Hirscher by 50 points for the discipline title. However, Ligety", "id": "12994698" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhe had three fourth-place finishes, one in giant slalom, one in super combined, and one in the World Cup finals downhill, as well as a fourth-place finish in the giant slalom at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden, missing a medal by 0.07 seconds. He finished eleventh overall in 2007. Ligety won his first World Cup season title in the giant slalom in 2008, and finished fifth in the overall standings. He won the final two giant slaloms of the year at Kranjska Gora and", "id": "12994684" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's giant slalom\n\n\nThe Men's Giant Slalom competition at the 2013 World Championships ran on Friday, February 15 at 10:00 local time (1st run) and 13:30 (2nd run), the ninth race of the championships. 99 athletes from 55 countries competed in the main race while 132 athletes from 53 countries competed in the qualification race on Thursday, February 14. Ted Ligety won his third gold medal of the 2013 World Championships, joined on the podium by Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three", "id": "6822507" }, { "contents": "Giorgio Rocca\n\n\nGiorgio Rocca (born 6 August 1975) is an Italian former alpine skier, a specialist in slalom skiing. Together with Marc Girardelli, Ingemar Stenmark and Marcel Hirscher, he is one of four skiers to have won 5 Alpine Skiing World Cup slaloms in a row, which he achieved in the 2005/2006 season: only Alberto Tomba (7) has won more World Cup slaloms consecutively. He is currently ninth in the list of all-time slalom winners, with a total of 11 victories. Rocca was born in Chur,", "id": "14243073" }, { "contents": "Viktoria Rebensburg\n\n\nViktoria Rebensburg (born 4 October 1989) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer and the 2010 Olympic gold medalist in the Born in Tegernsee, Bavaria, she has three World Cup season titles, all in giant slalom. After finishing 28th in the Olympic super-G, she won gold in the giant slalom, her first victory in international competition. Her previous best finish was second place at a GS a month earlier, her only World Cup podium. Ten months later Rebensberg won her first World Cup race in October", "id": "7848199" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nAustria to narrowly beat France in the men's nations cup by 201 points, the narrowest winning margin for many years. Hirscher was the only Austrian male skier to win a race in the entire season, and scored 30.9% (1795 out of 5804) of the Austrian men's nations cup points. On 13 November in Levi, Finland, Hirscher won the first slalom of the 2017 season and equalled Pirmin Zurbriggen's win total of 40, putting him equal 5th in the standings. He also achieved his 93rd podium,", "id": "14754288" }, { "contents": "Marco Schwarz\n\n\nMarco Schwarz (born 16 August 1995) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He focuses on the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Schwarz competed for Austria at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in the alpine skiing and won three gold medals; in the boys' combined, the parallel mixed team event, and the boys' giant slalom. Schwarz made his World Cup debut in November 2014 at age 19. He achieved his first World Cup podium in December 2015; third place in a slalom at Madonna di", "id": "12834730" }, { "contents": "Dave Ryding\n\n\n's slalom in 2002, from which he was disqualified. He went on the finish the season 11th in the World Cup slalom standings. Ryding took one of the best World Cup results of his career so far in a slalom in Madonna di Campiglio in December 2018: after placing 27th in the first run, he set the fastest second run time to secure a fourth-placed finish. Ryding continued his good form at the Oslo parallel slalom on New Year's Day 2019: he knocked out Hirscher in the quarter-finals", "id": "16035158" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 48th World Cup season began on 26 October 2013, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 16 March 2014 at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The defending overall champions from the 2013 season were Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. The overall titles were won by Hirscher and Anna Fenninger, also of Austria. The season was interrupted by the 2014 Winter Olympics that took place from 7 to 23 February in Sochi, Russia, with the alpine events at Rosa Khutor. The men's title", "id": "7283676" }, { "contents": "Michaela Kirchgasser\n\n\nMichaela Kirchgasser (born 18 March 1985) is a retired Austrian alpine ski racer. She raced in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom, and also the combined. On 25 November 2006, Kirchgasser made her first World Cup podium with a third place in the giant slalom at Aspen, Colorado. Her first victory was on 24 February 2007, in a giant slalom at Sierra Nevada, Spain. She has competed in three Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she finished fifth in the slalom", "id": "6480720" }, { "contents": "Marcel Mathis\n\n\nMarcel Mathis (born December 24, 1991) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Hohenems, Vorarlberg, he primarily competed on the European Cup circuit, but raced in several World Cup events, all in giant slalom. Mathis' first top result in World Cup was his third place in giant slalom in Bansko, Bulgaria, on February 18, 2012. He was in 26th place after the first run, but had the fastest second run to attain the podium. It was also his first", "id": "4965368" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\ngiant slalom and combined, and silver in super-G. He also won two other giant slaloms during the season. In the 2004 season, Miller won World Cup titles in two disciplines: giant slalom and combined, but placed fourth in the competition for the overall title. He won six World Cup races: three giant slaloms, two combineds and one slalom. After the season, Miller switched to Atomic skis. Miller won his first overall World Cup title in 2005, defeating Austrians Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier. He made", "id": "8624673" }, { "contents": "Henrik Kristoffersen\n\n\nHenrik Kristoffersen (born 2 July 1994) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, 2019 World Champion and Olympic medalist. Born in Lørenskog in Akershus county, Kristoffersen specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. He made his World Cup debut in March 2012 in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, and attained his first podium in November 2013, a third-place finish in slalom at Levi, Finland. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Kristoffersen won the bronze medal in slalom at Rosa Khutor at age 19", "id": "12443237" }, { "contents": "Alexis Pinturault\n\n\n, as he missed pre-season speed training after surgery on his left ankle in August to repair ligaments damaged while playing tennis. Pinturault did not medal at the world championships in 2013, but had four top-six finishes. A week later he claimed a fourth World Cup win, his first in giant slalom, at Garmisch, Germany. Second after the first run, Pinturault's total time was 0.60 seconds ahead of runner-up Hirscher. On 15 March, he was honored as the 2013 Longines Rising Star,", "id": "14820258" }, { "contents": "Žan Kranjec\n\n\nŽan Kranjec (born 15 November 1992) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovenia. He specializes in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Kranjec made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 2011 at Kranjska Gora. He represented Slovenia at the World Championships in 2013 and was 22nd in giant slalom. A week later at the Junior World Championships in Canada, he won a bronze medal in giant slalom. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kranjec placed fourth in the giant slalom. In December 2018,", "id": "9034523" }, { "contents": "Hannes Reichelt\n\n\nJohannes \"Hannes\" Reichelt (born 5 July 1980) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He competes in downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom, and Combined. Born in Altenmarkt im Pongau in Salzburg, Reichelt made his World Cup debut in December 2001. He made his first podium in December 2002 and won his first World Cup race, a Super-G, in December 2005. Reichelt also won the European Cup overall title in 2005, as well as the European Cup season title in giant slalom", "id": "15634035" }, { "contents": "Phil Mahre\n\n\nselected to the \"A\" team following the 1975 season and made his World Cup debut in December 1975 at Val d'Isère, France. Two months later he competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, taking fifth in the giant slalom at age 18. He made his first podium in March with a second in a giant slalom at Copper Mountain, Colorado, and finished the 1976 World Cup season in 14th place in the overall standings. He won his first World Cup race the next season, a giant slalom", "id": "12320115" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWith his GS win in Alta Badia, Italy (his 3rd consecutive win at that venue), he became Austria's most successful World Cup GS skier overtaking Annemarie Moser-Pröll. Another GS win in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia confirmed Hirscher as the GS title winner with one race to go. To wrap up an amazing season with 8 wins and 19 podiums Hirscher also won the men's overall World Cup title, his 5th consecutive overall title, a feat never before achieved by a male skier. His points total also enabled", "id": "14754287" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nreaching the podium for the first time, with a second place from Adelboden in January. He also won the slalom run in the Alpine Combined Event at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships. On 3 March in Furano, he finished second in the giant slalom, winning the slalom race two days later. One week later in Shigakogen, he won the giant slalom race and finished second in the slalom. As a result, he won the Giant Slalom Cup that year, though jointly with Pirmin Zurbriggen. In the Slalom Cup", "id": "9904883" }, { "contents": "Jean-Noël Augert\n\n\nwon three World Cups in 1969, 1971 and 1972, and in which he won a Gold medal at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena. He was also second in the overall classification of the 1969 World Cup and third in the Giant Slalom World Cup 1969. Besides his 15 wins in World Cup races, he finished 15 times at the podium (place two: 6 slaloms, 3 giant slaloms; place three: 2 slaloms, 4 giant slaloms). He came fifth in both the men's slalom and giant", "id": "18262429" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nTed Ligety) in a giant slalom race in Kranjska Gora, the same place where he also won his first top-3 result more than 15 years earlier (in January 1999). His last top three finish came in early March 2015 in a giant slalom race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen that came to be one of his very last races in the alpine world cup. On September 10, 2015, he announced his retirement. 9 titles: 1 overall, 2 giant slalom, 3 slalom, 3 combined 36 total: 14 slalom", "id": "20658336" }, { "contents": "Anna Veith\n\n\n-G at the Austrian Championships in late March. In late December 2011, Veith won her first World Cup event in Lienz, Austria, in the Giant slalom. Her most consistent World Cup podium results have been in the super-G. After another giant slalom win in Austria in December 2012, Veith's first super-G victory came in March 2013 in Germany. At the 2013 World Championships in Schladming, Austria, Veith won bronze in the giant slalom. In the alpine skiing World Cup overall ranking 2013 she finished", "id": "18958035" }, { "contents": "Davide Simoncelli\n\n\nDavide Simoncelli (born January 30, 1979 in Rovereto) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy who specialized in giant slalom. Simoncelli made his World Cup debut in 1999. He took two World Cup victories and eight podium finishes, all in giant slalom. He took five podiums on the \"Gran Risa\" track of Alta Badia, with a victory and four second places. He finished fourth in the World Cup points standings for giant slalom twice, in 2006 and 2010. Simoncelli competed for Italy in three", "id": "8459823" }, { "contents": "Kjetil Jansrud\n\n\nKjetil Jansrud (born 28 August 1985) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion. He races in all alpine disciplines apart from slalom, and his best event used to be the giant slalom where he has 6 World Cup podiums and an Olympic silver medal. However, since 2012 he has become more of a speed specialist, having won all but two of his World Cup victories in the speed events. At the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, he won the Super-G and placed third in the Downhill", "id": "11513877" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nmissed 11 races, including two classic slaloms and one parallel, in Stockholm. In the meantime, Marcel Hirscher took the lead in the overall standings and would go on to claim his first overall title. Kostelić returned to action in Schladming at the end of the season, and competed only in slalom. He finished 16th and André Myhrer took the slalom title. Born and raised in Zagreb, his parents, Ante and Marica, are former elite team handball players. They taught Ivica and his sister Janica, two years younger", "id": "3227806" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nin a giant slalom race at Maribor. During her early World Cup seasons, Maze competed in slalom, giant slalom, and super-G, but scored World Cup points only in the first two disciplines. At the 2001 World Championships, Maze's best result was a 16th place in slalom. In January 2002, Maze won her first podium, a second place in giant slalom in Maribor. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in the United States, Maze finished twelfth in the giant slalom in her Olympic debut at Park City", "id": "12638260" }, { "contents": "Günther Mader\n\n\ntotal of six medals in the world championships. He won his first championship medal, the silver medal in the Slalom Race at Crans Montana in 1987, after only placing eighth after the first leg of the competition. Mader won two World Cup season titles, giant slalom in 1990 and combined in 1996, and placed second in the overall World Cup standings in 1995 and 1996, and third in 1990. Without his 14 wins, he did achieve another 27 places in World Cup races. His only World Cup victory in downhill", "id": "16142764" }, { "contents": "Nicole Hosp\n\n\nNicole Hosp (; born 6 November 1983) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. She competed in all five disciplines and was a world champion, three-time Olympic medalist, and an overall World Cup champion. Born in Ehenbichl, Tyrol, Hosp won the overall World Cup title in 2007 and the season title in giant slalom. A versatile all-around racer, she won World Cup races in four of the five alpine skiing disciplines (super-G, giant slalom, slalom and combined),", "id": "18723452" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Men's super combined\n\n\nThe Men's super combined competition at the 2015 World Championships was held on Sunday, February 8. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, despite originally finishing in 31st position after the downhill leg. Ondřej Bank however, fell on the final jump and, although the original results had Bank in 25th place, the jury disqualified him after the run ended and as a result, Hirscher was able to start first in the slalom leg instead of starting after the top 30. With a clean track he was able to rise all the", "id": "2139631" }, { "contents": "Loïc Meillard\n\n\nLoïc Meillard (born 29 October 1996) is a Swiss alpine ski racer and specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Meillard made his World Cup debut in January 2015; his younger sister Mélanie is also a World Cup alpine racer. Meillard made his World Cup debut at age 18 in the Adelboden giant slalom in January 2015. At the World Junior Championships that March at Hafjell, Norway, he won a bronze medal in the Super-G, silver in the giant slalom, and gold in the combined", "id": "4438833" }, { "contents": "Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander\n\n\nSimon Breitfuss Kammerlander (born 29 November 1992) is a Bolivian-Austrian alpine ski racer. Breitfuss Kammerlander specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut on 23 October 2016. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut at the Sölden Giant slalom on 23 October 2016, he failed to qualify for the second run finishing in 78th place. He competed for Bolivia at the 2017 Alpine World Ski Championships. He finished 46th in the Super-G and failed to finish the first run", "id": "10351390" }, { "contents": "Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen\n\n\nLeif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen (born 29 November 1987) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, specializing in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Haugen made his World Cup debut in October 2009 in Sölden, and collected his first World Cup points with a 26th place. He won a bronze medal in giant slalom at the World Championships in 2017 and attained his first World Cup podium in March 2017 at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Nestvold-Haugen represents the sports club Lommedalens IL, and hails from Lommedalen.", "id": "14989586" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\nwas disqualified – while in first place at the time – during the second leg of the combined event, failed to finish the super-G, tied for 6th in the giant slalom, and had another DNF after missing a gate in the first run of the slalom. Nevertheless, Miller won two races during the season (a giant slalom and a super-G) and placed third for the season's overall World Cup title. At the 2006 U.S. National Championships following the World Cup season, Miller won the downhill and", "id": "8624676" }, { "contents": "Leonardo David\n\n\nthe World Cup season in North America and Japan. Then age 18, David was a promising talent on the Italian team, in his first year on the World Cup circuit. He won the overall and slalom titles of the European Cup in 1978, and placed second in giant slalom. He won his only World Cup race, a slalom in Oslo, less than a month before his accident, outpacing Ingemar Stenmark and Phil Mahre. David had 10 top ten finishes with four podiums during the 1979 World Cup season, and", "id": "2954663" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n-placed. But Ligety did do a phenomenal best time in the second leg, becoming first ahead to Raich. Ligety opened defense of his 2008 giant slalom title with a third-place finish in Sölden, Austria, and then placed second at Beaver Creek, Colorado. At the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isère, France, Ligety took the bronze medal in the giant slalom, then won his fourth World Cup race at Kranjska Gora. He finished the season with another second at the finals in Åre, Sweden, which", "id": "12994686" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nof 0.28 sec. (Janka was unbeatable on that afternoon, he finished 0.71 sec. ahead to Raich.) Ligety notched his fifth World Cup victory in January, his third win at Kranjska Gora in as many seasons. At the finals in Garmisch, Germany, he finished on the podium to secure his second season title in giant slalom, and finished seventh in the overall standings. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics at Whistler, he finished ninth in the giant slalom (on February 23 - he was eighth-placed after", "id": "12994688" }, { "contents": "Stefan Luitz\n\n\nStefan Luitz (; born 26 March 1992) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer. He primarily competes in giant slalom, but on 24 January 2016 in Kitzbühel, for the first time in his career, he completed both runs in slalom and finished 18th. Previously, he had once qualified to second run in slalom, on 18 December 2012 in Madonna di Campiglio, but did not finish the second run. Luitz made his World Cup debut in Adelboden in 2011, and attained his first World Cup podium in December 2012", "id": "15313224" }, { "contents": "Didier Cuche\n\n\nDidier Cuche (born 16 August 1974) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Le Pâquier, Neuchâtel, he competed in the downhill and super-G, along with the giant slalom. He won the World Cup downhill and super-G title for the 2011 season and has won three previous downhill titles in 2010, 2008 and 2007, along with a giant slalom title in 2009. Cuche has 21 World Cup race victories, along with 67 podiums (top three) and 181 top ten", "id": "11060008" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nBenjamin Raich (born 28 February 1978 in Arzl im Pitztal, Tyrol) is a retired champion World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria. With 14 medals won at Winter Olympics and World Championships, 36 World Cup race victories (in all disciplines except downhill), one first place and five second places in the World Cup overall ranking, three victories of the slalom World Cup, three victories of the combined World Cup, two victories of the giant slalom World Cup and the highest score of career World", "id": "20658332" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n50 World Cup races at the age of 23 years and 9 months. She has won 60 World Cup races, the 3rd most all time by a female alpine skier, including 40 WC slalom races, the most all-time by a female alpine skier. She is the only female athlete to have won 15 races in the same calendar year, winning the last slalom of the 2018 season in Semmering and equalling the men's record holder Marcel Hirscher. In the 2019 season she became the first athlete, male or female", "id": "8983516" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the GS world title in 2011 besting Cyprien Richard and Philipp Schörghofer. Ligety repeated as world champion in GS in 2013, ahead of Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. At Schladming in 2013, he became a triple world champion in giant slalom, super-G, and combined at Planai. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three or more gold medals at one world championships and the first in 45 years, when Jean-Claude Killy won four in 1968 at Chamrousse, with the combined as a \"paper", "id": "12994706" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\nher fourth slalom world cup. In Aspen, Colorado, the World Cup finals of the season took place. Shiffrin secured her first overall World Cup, but did not win the giant slalom World Cup that year. After the season, she received the \"Skieur d’Or\" (golden skier) award, given by the international ski journalist association to the best alpine skier of the year (one award for both genders). Shiffrin started the 2018 season with a 5th place finish in giant slalom at Sölden. In early December", "id": "8983533" }, { "contents": "Marilyn Cochran\n\n\nthe final five giant slalom races and won the World Cup season title. Cochran was the only American alpine racer with a World Cup season title until 1980, when Phil Mahre won the combined. She won the bronze medal in the combined at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena, Italy. Sister Barbara was fourth in that competition, but won a silver in the slalom, where Marilyn was sixth. Cochran won three World Cup races, two in giant slalom and one in slalom, and had 15 podiums and fifty top", "id": "314375" }, { "contents": "Thomas Grandi\n\n\nThomas Grandi (born 27 December 1972 in Bolzano, Italy) is a retired Canadian alpine skier. He specialized in technical skiing giant slalom and slalom. Grandi started in the Alpine Skiing World Cup in the 1992-93 season. His first top ten finish in the World Cup came in December 1996 where he finished in 10th position in the Giant Slalom in Alta Badia, Italy. In the 1997-98 World Cup season, he had his first top three finish when he finished in third place in a Giant Slalom race", "id": "10762400" }, { "contents": "Kajsa Kling\n\n\nKajsa Britta Kling (born 25 December 1988) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden. Born in Åre, Kling competed in all five alpine disciplines. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, she finished 26th in the giant slalom. On 28 December 2010, Kling crashed during a giant slalom race in Semmering, Austria, which ended her 2011 season. On 14 December 2013, Kling attained her first World Cup podium, placing second in a Super-G race in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Ahead of the 2017/18", "id": "18745147" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhis world title in giant slalom in 2013 in Schladming, Austria, where he also won an unexpected gold medal in the super-G and a third gold medal in the super combined. Through October, 2015, he has 25 victories (24 in giant slalom and 1 super combined) and 52 podiums in World Cup competition. His Olympic giant slalom gold medal, 24 GS World Cup wins, 3 GS world championship gold medals and 5 World Cup titles make him one of the greatest giant slalom skiers of all time.", "id": "12994676" }, { "contents": "Gauthier de Tessières\n\n\nGauthier de Tessières (born 9 November 1981) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from France, and has competed in two Winter Olympics and five World Championships. He made his breakthrough on the Alpine Skiing World Cup in a giant slalom in Val-d'Isère in December 2008, where after finishing 30th in the first run to narrowly qualify for the second run, he worked his way up to finish third overall, bettering his previous World Cup personal best of 15th. He won the silver medal in the super-G at", "id": "12658447" }, { "contents": "Albert Popov\n\n\ngiant slalom at the 2018 FIS Junior World Ski Championships in Davos. Twelve days later he made his debut at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang 2018, where he placed 28th in the giant slalom and did not finish the slalom. His World Cup breakthrough came in the opening race of the 2018–19 season in Levi, where he finished 20th, earning 11 points - Bulgaria's first in the World Cup since Petar Popangelov during the 1986–87 season. Popov followed that up with a 16th place finish at Madonna di Campiglio in December, after", "id": "1530499" }, { "contents": "Tessa Worley\n\n\nplace in a giant slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany. She finished in fifth place in the first race of the 2009 World Cup season, a giant slalom in Sölden, Austria, in October 2008. A month later she won her first World Cup race (and first podium) in a giant slalom at Aspen, United States. Early in the 2011 season, Worley won three consecutive giant slalom races before January. In February, Worley won a gold medal in the nations team event at the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen", "id": "4107613" }, { "contents": "Armand Marchant\n\n\nArmand Marchant (born 14 December 1997) is a Belgian alpine ski racer. Marchant specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, in the Giant slalom and the Slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014 in the Alta Badia giant slalom, he failed to finish the first run. At the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek he finished 41st in the Giant slalom and", "id": "4076226" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nCup points (ahead of Norwegian Kjetil André Aamodt), he is considered among the best alpine racers in World Cup history. After winning Junior World Championships in both slalom and giant slalom, Raich made his World Cup debut in March 1996. He scored his first victory in 1999, in slalom. In 2001 he won the silver medal in slalom at the World Championships, and at the end of the season he won the slalom World Cup. In 2002 he won two bronze medals at the Salt Lake City Olympics. Raich", "id": "20658333" }, { "contents": "Manuela Mölgg\n\n\nManuela Mölgg (born 28 August 1983) is a retired alpine ski racer from Italy, a specialist in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2000 and gained her first podium in November 2004. She has 14 World Cup podium finishes and appeared in two Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2009 Alpine World Ski Championships in Val-d'Isère Mölgg took the lead in the slalom after the first run but was disqualified from", "id": "21947840" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom\n\n\nFelix Neureuther, and Alexis Pinturault), which spawned criticism of the course. The second run was set by Ante Kostelić, known for idiosyncratic gate settings. He is the father of competitor Ivica Kostelić of Croatia, who finished ninth. Less than seven weeks shy of his 35th birthday, Mario Matt of Austria became the oldest gold medalist in Olympic alpine skiing history. The silver went to defending World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher, and Henrik Kristoffersen became the youngest male to medal in an Olympic alpine event at age 19. The", "id": "2699458" }, { "contents": "Jean-Baptiste Grange\n\n\nHe won his first World Cup race on 17 December 2007, and won the 2009 season title in the slalom. Injured in early December 2009 in a giant slalom at Beaver Creek, he opted for surgery and missed the remainder of the 2010 season, which included the 2010 Winter Olympics. He returned to competition for the 2011 season and won the world championship in the slalom. He won his second slalom world title in Beaver Creek on 15 February 2015. His older brother is François-Cyrille Grange, also an alpine ski", "id": "20737157" }, { "contents": "Petra Vlhová\n\n\nPetra Vlhová (born 13 June 1995) is a Slovak World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. She is the current world champion in giant slalom. Born in Liptovský Mikuláš, Vlhová won a gold medal in 2012 Winter Youth Olympics and represented Slovakia in the 2014 Winter Olympics. She also won gold in the slalom at the Junior World Championships in 2014 in Jasná, Slovakia. She made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2012 and her first World Cup podium came", "id": "7975537" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n, at the age of 23 years and nine months. With that race she also equalled the record of the Austrian Marlies Schild for the most wins in women's slalom – 35, and put herself in joint seventh place in all-time World Cup victories with Alberto Tomba of Italy. One week later, she took another World Cup slalom win in Semmering, Austria, becoming the first alpine skier to take 15 World Cup wins in a single calendar year, moving ahead of Marcel Hirscher, who had taken 14 wins in", "id": "8983544" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's combined\n\n\nThe men's combined competition of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics was held on 13 February 2018 at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre and the Yongpyong Alpine Centre at the Alpensia Sports Park in PyeongChang. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, with Alexis Pinturault coming in second, and Victor Muffat-Jeandet third. For Muffat-Jeandet, this was the first Olympic medal, and for both Hirscher and Pinturault the first medal in combined. Hirscher, who won six overall World Cup titles and was skiing in his third Olympics, previously only won a", "id": "17712395" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\n, Utah. On 26 October 2002, Maze won her first World Cup race at the season opener in Sölden, Austria. She shared the giant slalom win with Nicole Hosp of Austria and Andrine Flemmen of Norway in the first-ever a three-way tie in a World Cup race. Maze finished the 2003 season on the 38th place in the overall standings with 190 points, all in giant slalom. At the 2003 World Championships, she finished 5th in giant slalom. In the 2004 season, Maze scored one podium", "id": "12638261" }, { "contents": "1978–79 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 13th World Cup season began in December 1978 in Austria and concluded in March 1979 in Japan. The overall winners were Peter Lüscher of Switzerland, his first overall win, and Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria, her sixth (which remained the record until 2017-18, when Austria's Marcel Hirscher won his seventh overall title). Although Ingemar Stenmark did not win the overall title due to restrictions on the number of races that counted for overall championship points, he won 13 races during the season (including the last", "id": "844407" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\n, including the super-G race in January in Les Menuires. He again won the Giant Slalom Cup, finished second in the overall standings and second in the Slalom Cup. In the 1990–91 season he performed best in the slalom. He won competitions in Madonna di Campiglio and Kranjska Gora in December, and recorded three-second places, only one of them in giant slalom. Again he finished second in the Slalom Cup. At the 1991 World Championships, he won the bronze medal in slalom and placed fourth in both", "id": "9904885" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\na World Championship gold medal in slalom in 2003, Olympic silver medal in slalom in 2010, Olympic silver medals in combined in 2006 (traditional combined), 2010 (super combined) and 2014, as well as the overall World Cup title in 2011. Kostelić scored a total of 26 World Cup race victories and a total of 59 World Cup podiums during his career (). He won the slalom World Cup title in 2002 and 2011, and the combined World Cup title in 2011 and 2012. Since 2008, he", "id": "3227791" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nMarch 1975 at Sun Valley. He won the final race of the season, a parallel slalom (\"pro-style\" heats) the following week in Val Gardena, Italy, against his challenger Stenmark to secure the overall title. His last win in giant slalom was in January 1976, and his final World Cup victory was in the combined at Kitzbühel in January 1977. His last podium finish was a third place in the slalom at Åre, Sweden, in February 1979. He finished eighth in the slalom at the", "id": "10362492" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nand 10th in the combined. In the 2006 season, Maze won one giant slalom race and two more podiums, a third place in giant slalom and a runner-up position in super-G. She finished the season 14th in the overall standings with 525 points and scored World Cup points in all disciplines for the first time. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Maze competed in the giant slalom and super-G events, where she finished 12th and 39th, respectively. The 2007 season was not as successful for her as", "id": "12638263" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n2013 in Sölden, Austria, with a career-best sixth in giant slalom, within a half-second of the podium. She won the next event, a slalom at Levi, Finland, improving on her podium finish the previous year for her fifth World Cup victory. At Beaver Creek, she was runner-up in the giant slalom, her first World Cup podium in that discipline. On January 5, Shiffrin secured first place in a two-run slalom race in Bormio, Italy (the race took place", "id": "8983524" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nfinished among the top six in the overall World Cup standings each season (2008: sixth; 2009: fourth; 2010: fifth; 2011: first; 2012: fourth; 2013: fifth). He also scored points in all disciplines each of those seasons, and his best race results were a seventh place in downhill, a second place in giant slalom, and victories in all other disciplines (11 in slalom, 1 in parallel-slalom, 2 in combined, 4 in super combined, and 1 in super", "id": "3227792" }, { "contents": "Fabienne Serrat\n\n\nFabienne Serrat (born 5 July 1956) is a former world champion alpine ski racer. At age 17, Serrat won two gold medals at the 1974 World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in the giant slalom and the combined events. During her World Cup career she had three victories, 37 podiums, and 124 top ten finishes. Serrat competed at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Winter Olympics in a total of five events. Her best result was fourth place in the giant slalom in 1980. She retired from competition", "id": "6439530" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nhe finished third, and in the overall standings he finished fourth. He also competed at the 1989 World Championships, placing eighth in the giant slalom and sixth in the slalom. He was given the Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year award of 1989. The 1989–90 season started equally well, with two-second places in August in Thredbo. He then won his next race, a giant slalom competition in Park City in November. Although that would be his only victory that season, he became runner-up in three further races", "id": "9904884" }, { "contents": "Thomas Fanara\n\n\nThomas Fanara (born 24 April 1981) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from France. Born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Fanara specialised in giant slalom; his one and only win came in March 2016 at the giant slalom finals in St. Moritz, Switzerland. He is the oldest racer to reach a World Cup podium in giant slalom, and competed for France at three Winter Olympics and six World Championships. He retired from competition at the end of the 2018-19 season. Fanara has started over 70", "id": "8162366" }, { "contents": "Alena Zavarzina\n\n\nin Kreischberg, she won a silver medal in parallel giant slalom after losing to Claudia Riegler in the repeat of the 2011 final, and finished fifth in the parallel slalom. She reached her second World Cup podium of the season at the season finale in Winterberg, and finished the season in thirteenth place in the overall World Cup standings. In 2015/16 season, Zavarzina won her second career World Cup victory, this time in parallel slalom, in Winterberg which was also her sole World Cup podium of the season. At the end", "id": "5559259" }, { "contents": "Tanja Poutiainen\n\n\nin the United States. At the 1999 Junior World Championships, she placed third in the giant slalom at Pra-Loup, France. Poutiainen scored her first World Cup victory – and the first for a female Finnish alpine skier – on 28 February 2004 in a slalom held on home snow in Levi, Finland – the first alpine World Cup race to be held in the country. In the 2005 World Cup season, Poutiainen won the season titles in both the slalom and giant slalom, and placed fifth in the overall standings", "id": "20125357" }, { "contents": "Ramón Homs\n\n\nWinter World Cup, he finished seventeenth in the overall standings. At the March 2008 Italian National Championships, he finished third in the Super G, fifth in the Giant Slalom and was disqualified from the Slalom. At the last round of the European Cup in March 2008, an event held in La Molina, Spain, he was one of several non-vision impaired Spanish skiers competing at the event. At the first IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup event in the 2008/2009 ski season, he failed to finish one of his races", "id": "1327121" }, { "contents": "Mitchell Gourley\n\n\ncompeted in five Men's Standing events. He finished fourth in the Giant Slalom and fifth in the Super-G. He finished the 2015/16 World Cup season on a high, placing third on the overall rankings after a successful run of events that saw him podium nine times. Gourley won the gold medal in the Men's Super Combined Standing at the 2017 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Tarvisio, Italy. Gourley was in sixth place after the super-G, but put on a masterclass in the slalom to secure the gold", "id": "6530863" }, { "contents": "Didier Défago\n\n\nDidier Défago (born 2 October 1977) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Morgins, Valais, Défago made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 1996, and was Swiss national champion in downhill (2003) and Giant slalom (2004). At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he won the downhill at Whistler to become the Olympic champion. Défago finished the 2005 World Cup season as sixth overall and fourth in the Super-G, his most successful season so far. In 2009", "id": "11060083" } ]

[ { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nHirscher won the overall World Cup title again in 2013 with 6 victories; he also won the slalom title and was runner-up in giant slalom. Hirscher scored a total of 18 podium finishes out of 19 races in the two technical events. The only race in either slalom or giant slalom where he finished outside the top 3 was the giant slalom in Adelboden. In that particular race Hirscher was leading after the first run, built up his advantage to over a second in the second run, but nearly fell several gates", "id": "14754284" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nChampionships, which ended his 2011 season. Returning after injury, Hirscher had an outstanding season in terms of wins in 2012 with 9 victories and a total of 14 podiums, all in the two technical events (except for one third place in the season's last Super G). He won the World Cup overall and giant slalom titles, and placed third in the slalom. In October 2012, Hirscher was awarded the Skieur d'Or Award by members of the International Association of Ski Journalists for his performances during the previous season.", "id": "14754283" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nMarcel Hirscher (born 2 March 1989) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. Hirscher made his World Cup debut in March 2007. He competes primarily in slalom and giant slalom, as well as combined and occasionally in super G. Winner of a record eight consecutive World Cup titles, Hirscher has also won 11 medals at the Alpine Skiing World Championships, seven of them gold, a silver medal in slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and two gold medals in the combined and giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics.", "id": "14754281" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\ncancelled. Three days after turning 18, Shiffrin won the final slalom race at Lenzerheide on 16 March to overtake Maze and win that discipline's season title by 33 points. The men's overall title wasn't decided until the World Cup finals at Lenzerheide. A runner-up finish in the giant slalom on 16 March gave Hirscher his second consecutive overall title, the first male to achieve this feat since Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003. Hirscher also won the slalom title, while the downhill and super-G titles went", "id": "9809256" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nsurpassing Benjamin Raich's total. On 18 December he won the fourth giant slalom of the season in Alta Badia having finished second in the three preceding giant slalom races, equalling Alberto Tomba's 4 wins at the venue, and with it became the 5th most successful male World Cup winner. On 7 January Hirscher achieved his 100th podium from 191 starts (a ratio of 52.3%) with a 2nd-place finish in the giant slalom in Adelboden. On 29 January Hirscher won the GS in Garmisch, achieving his 20th GS", "id": "14754289" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nnumber of points but Ligety had more victories (4, as opposed to 2 by Hirscher). This was Ligety's second consecutive giant slalom title and fifth overall. The slalom title went to Hirscher, who secured it in the last race of the season. The combined title was shared by Ligety and Alexis Pinturault of France, who each won a first and a second place in two combined races of the season. Fenninger won the overall women's title, her first, and the first by an Austrian woman since Nicole", "id": "7283678" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nbefore the final, thus missing the win and finished only 16th. He became the first male racer to retain the overall World Cup title since fellow Austrian Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003 and the first to win it three years in a row since American Phil Mahre did so in 1981, 1982 and 1983. In 2015 Hirscher dominated the giant slalom standings with 5 wins, including a winning margin of 3.28 seconds in Garmisch, and won the GS title for the second time. With his slalom win in Zagreb he became the", "id": "14754285" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nDue to his record number of overall titles, many years of extreme dominance of both slalom and giant slalom and of the men's overall ranking, he is considered by many, including his rivals Henrik Kristoffersen, Kjetil Jansrud and Alexis Pinturault, to be the best alpine skier in history. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Hirscher placed fourth in the giant slalom and fifth in the slalom at Whistler Creekside. He placed fourth in the giant slalom at the 2009 World Championships, but broke his ankle the weekend preceding the 2011 World", "id": "14754282" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n. On 13 January 2019 he won the slalom race in Adelboden and celebrated a 9th World Cup win and a 16th podium, a record among male athletes at a single resort. At the 2019 Alpine World Ski Championships in Åre in February, Hirscher took a silver in the giant slalom behind Henrik Kristoffersen, before winning the slalom by 0.65 seconds after holding a 0.56 second lead from the first run: Hirscher described his first run as one of the best performances of his career. He led teammates Michael Matt and Marco Schwarz in", "id": "14754299" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\ntherefore 10 points more than fourth place. The 2015 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup season was less successful for Ligety as he was able to win just one race and finished third in the giant slalom standings and eleventh overall. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 held in Beaver Creek, Ligety finished third in the super combined event despite being ranked 29th after the downhill leg. In the giant slalom, placed fifth after the first run and trailing by 0.24 to then leading favorite Marcel Hirscher, Ligety skied impressively in the second", "id": "12994700" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmatching the total of legendary technical racer Alberto Tomba. Two days later Hirscher achieved his sixth win of the season by winning the GS in Adelboden and moved to 3rd overall in the men's World Cup winners rankings. The next day he won the slalom in Adelboden. On 23 January, with his 9th win of the season in the Schladming night slalom, Hirscher equalled his compatriot Austrian ski legend Hermann Maier's 54 World Cup victories. It was the 500th World Cup win for Austrian men. On 28 January Hirscher moved to", "id": "14754293" }, { "contents": "Matts Olsson\n\n\nMatts Olsson (born 1 December 1988) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden who races in the giant slalom discipline. Born in Karlstad, Olsson made his World Cup debut at age 19 in October 2007. He won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in the team event, and finished 18th in the giant slalom, and 24th in the super-G. Matts Olsson won his first World Cup competition victory in Alta Badia in December 2017 at an evening event in Parallel Giant Slalom. Matts defeated Marcel Hirscher", "id": "12104888" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmost successful Austrian male World Cup slalom skier surpassing Benjamin Raich. In the final race of the season in Meribel he overturned a 55-point deficit in the standings by winning his 16th World Cup slalom, and with it won the slalom title for the third year in a row. Hirscher became the first male alpine skier to win the overall World Cup title four times in a row. In 2016 Hirscher became the most successful Austrian male World Cup GS skier by winning in Beaver Creek, Colorado, surpassing Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier.", "id": "14754286" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nwas won by Hirscher for the third time in a row, becoming the first man to achieve this since Phil Mahre in 1983. Hirscher secured the title after the second-to-last race of the season when he beat Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who did not compete in slalom. Svindal won both the downhill (second time in a row) and super-G titles (third time in a row). The giant slalom title went to Ted Ligety of the United States. Ligety and Hirscher shared the same", "id": "7283677" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the race on March 15 with a 0,03 second advantage over Alexis Pinturault and with Hirscher finishing fourth, both skiers ended the season tied with 560 points. The Crystal Globe was however awarded to Ligety who won due to having five discipline victories during the season compared to Hirscher's two. This was the fifth giant slalom title in Ligety's career. - Hirscher lost the title in that last giant slalom race with a deficit of 0.01 seconds to the 3rd place (achieved by Felix Neureuther) which is awarded 60 points,", "id": "12994699" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nand 43rd World Cup win, and with it attained Austria's 100th GS win for men. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 in St. Moritz, Switzerland Hirscher won gold in the GS and slalom, and silver in the combined, missing the gold by just 0.01 seconds. He was the most successful athlete at the championships. On 4 March in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Hirscher won his third GS race of the season and with it secured his 4th GS World Cup title and his 6th overall World Cup title;", "id": "14754290" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n12 November and achieved a 17th-place finish. The next technical race was the GS in Val d'Isère on 9 December and Hirscher came 3rd. He won the slalom the next day. On 17 December 2017 he won the giant slalom race in Alta Badia, which was his fifth consecutive victory in that location, surpassing Ivica Kostelić, who won the Kitzbühel combined 4 times in a row. On 4 January Hirscher achieved his 5th win of the season in the slalom in Zagreb and with it his 50th World Cup win,", "id": "14754292" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n. He won his third season title in giant slalom in 2011. Even though Ligety was able to win three giant slalom races during the season, he was dethroned as the discipline champion by an overall champion Marcel Hirscher from Austria. Before the last giant slalom race which was held on March 17 at Schladming, Hirscher was in lead with 605 points ahead to Ted with 513 points. Therefore, Ted was forced to attack as powerful as he was able to do but he did fall in the first leg; he did continue", "id": "12994692" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nthe only male skier in history to do so. One day later Hirscher finished fourth in the slalom and with it secured his fourth World Cup slalom title. The start of the 2018 season was expected to be more difficult as Hirscher suffered a fracture to his left ankle during the first day of snow training on 17 August. Fortunately the first race of the season in Sölden was cancelled due to high winds, giving Hirscher a few more weeks to recover. He made a last minute decision to race the slalom in Levi on", "id": "14754291" }, { "contents": "Ingemar Stenmark\n\n\nCup slalom title in 1983. Stenmark began skiing at the age of five and won his first national competition at age eight. Stenmark made his World Cup debut in December 1973 at age 17. He won more international races than any other alpine skier in history: he took 86 wins (46 giant slaloms and 40 slaloms). His closest male competitor is Marcel Hirscher, with 67 (up to January 2019) victories to his name. Stenmark won only in the two technical disciplines: slalom and giant slalom (the other", "id": "19815131" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nachievement he shares with Pirmin Zurbriggen and Hermann Maier, exceeded by Marcel Hirscher's and Marc Girardelli's five. Thöni was the dominant skier in the technical events (slalom and giant slalom) in the early 1970s. His first victory came in his debut race on the World Cup circuit, a giant slalom at Val-d'Isère, France, in December 1969. Still a teenager, he had a very successful rookie year during that 1970 season with four victories and nine podiums. He finished third in the overall standings, just", "id": "10362488" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nrun, to finish 0.45 ahead of Hirscher and secure his third consecutive world title in the discipline. Ligety won the season's first race, a giant slalom on October 25, 2015, at Sölden, Austria. While training on January 27 at Oberjoch, Germany, he tore the ACL in his right knee, which required surgery and ended his 2016 season. Ligety returned to World Cup racing in October 2016, competing in the prelude (giant slalom) race at Sölden on October 23 (finishing 5th), and he", "id": "12994701" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 47th World Cup season began on 27 October 2012, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 17 March 2013, at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The overall titles were won by Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. A break in the schedule was for the biennial World Championships, held 4–17 February in Schladming, Austria. Changes for the 2013 season included the awarding of World Cup points for the slalom crystal globe for the limited field city events (parallel slalom), not just in", "id": "9809251" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nlegends Ingemar Stenmark and Hermann Maier. Unfortunately, the following day the slalom race was cancelled due to high winds, denying Hirscher the opportunity to obtain the record outright. Hirscher has started 245 World Cup races, has won 67 of them, (a ratio of 27%) has achieved 138 podiums (a ratio of 56%) and has finished 73% of his races in the Top 10. In December 2018 Hirscher became Austria's most prolific World Cup race winner when he won a slalom in Saalbach-Hinterglemm in", "id": "14754297" }, { "contents": "Manfred Mölgg\n\n\nManfred Mölgg (born 3 June 1982) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from northern Italy. He specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made his World Cup debut in January 2003 at Bormio. As of mid-January 2016, he has 19 World Cup podiums with three victories, all achieved in slalom. Mölgg won the World Cup season title in slalom in 2008, and finished fourth in the overall standings, the best result for an Italian since Kristian", "id": "20862702" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nto reach the top of the standings in the greatest alpine skiers of all time men's super ranking. At the end of the slalom race, Hirscher said on Austrian television that he would go home \"and consider where the journey will go. I don't know if I will be skiing World Cup next season\". At the World Cup finals in Åre, Hirscher won the GS race on 17 March and equaled the record of most wins in a single season: he shares the record of 13 wins with alpine skiing", "id": "14754296" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWorld Cup technical races resumed in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia on 3 March with the GS. Hirscher secured the GS crystal globe for the 5th time by winning the race with a winning margin of 1.66 seconds. The following day, Hirscher also won the slalom with a winning margin of 1.22 seconds. As a result, he also won the slalom crystal globe for the 5th time, and the overall crystal globe for the seventh time in succession with 2 technical races remaining. His Olympic gold medals plus the additional crystal globes enabled him", "id": "14754295" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nin Kranjska Gora for a record sixth time. At the season finals in Lenzerheide he surprisingly finished second, tied with Christof Innerhofer, in the downhill race. The result was his first ever podium in downhill and made him only the second American skier in history, after Bode Miller, to podium in all five alpine skiing disciplines. Ligety then finished fifth in the final super-G race. Before the last giant slalom race of the season Ligety was trailing Marcel Hirscher by 50 points for the discipline title. However, Ligety", "id": "12994698" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhe had three fourth-place finishes, one in giant slalom, one in super combined, and one in the World Cup finals downhill, as well as a fourth-place finish in the giant slalom at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden, missing a medal by 0.07 seconds. He finished eleventh overall in 2007. Ligety won his first World Cup season title in the giant slalom in 2008, and finished fifth in the overall standings. He won the final two giant slaloms of the year at Kranjska Gora and", "id": "12994684" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's giant slalom\n\n\nThe Men's Giant Slalom competition at the 2013 World Championships ran on Friday, February 15 at 10:00 local time (1st run) and 13:30 (2nd run), the ninth race of the championships. 99 athletes from 55 countries competed in the main race while 132 athletes from 53 countries competed in the qualification race on Thursday, February 14. Ted Ligety won his third gold medal of the 2013 World Championships, joined on the podium by Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three", "id": "6822507" }, { "contents": "Giorgio Rocca\n\n\nGiorgio Rocca (born 6 August 1975) is an Italian former alpine skier, a specialist in slalom skiing. Together with Marc Girardelli, Ingemar Stenmark and Marcel Hirscher, he is one of four skiers to have won 5 Alpine Skiing World Cup slaloms in a row, which he achieved in the 2005/2006 season: only Alberto Tomba (7) has won more World Cup slaloms consecutively. He is currently ninth in the list of all-time slalom winners, with a total of 11 victories. Rocca was born in Chur,", "id": "14243073" }, { "contents": "Viktoria Rebensburg\n\n\nViktoria Rebensburg (born 4 October 1989) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer and the 2010 Olympic gold medalist in the Born in Tegernsee, Bavaria, she has three World Cup season titles, all in giant slalom. After finishing 28th in the Olympic super-G, she won gold in the giant slalom, her first victory in international competition. Her previous best finish was second place at a GS a month earlier, her only World Cup podium. Ten months later Rebensberg won her first World Cup race in October", "id": "7848199" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nAustria to narrowly beat France in the men's nations cup by 201 points, the narrowest winning margin for many years. Hirscher was the only Austrian male skier to win a race in the entire season, and scored 30.9% (1795 out of 5804) of the Austrian men's nations cup points. On 13 November in Levi, Finland, Hirscher won the first slalom of the 2017 season and equalled Pirmin Zurbriggen's win total of 40, putting him equal 5th in the standings. He also achieved his 93rd podium,", "id": "14754288" }, { "contents": "Marco Schwarz\n\n\nMarco Schwarz (born 16 August 1995) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He focuses on the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Schwarz competed for Austria at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in the alpine skiing and won three gold medals; in the boys' combined, the parallel mixed team event, and the boys' giant slalom. Schwarz made his World Cup debut in November 2014 at age 19. He achieved his first World Cup podium in December 2015; third place in a slalom at Madonna di", "id": "12834730" }, { "contents": "Dave Ryding\n\n\n's slalom in 2002, from which he was disqualified. He went on the finish the season 11th in the World Cup slalom standings. Ryding took one of the best World Cup results of his career so far in a slalom in Madonna di Campiglio in December 2018: after placing 27th in the first run, he set the fastest second run time to secure a fourth-placed finish. Ryding continued his good form at the Oslo parallel slalom on New Year's Day 2019: he knocked out Hirscher in the quarter-finals", "id": "16035158" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 48th World Cup season began on 26 October 2013, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 16 March 2014 at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The defending overall champions from the 2013 season were Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. The overall titles were won by Hirscher and Anna Fenninger, also of Austria. The season was interrupted by the 2014 Winter Olympics that took place from 7 to 23 February in Sochi, Russia, with the alpine events at Rosa Khutor. The men's title", "id": "7283676" }, { "contents": "Michaela Kirchgasser\n\n\nMichaela Kirchgasser (born 18 March 1985) is a retired Austrian alpine ski racer. She raced in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom, and also the combined. On 25 November 2006, Kirchgasser made her first World Cup podium with a third place in the giant slalom at Aspen, Colorado. Her first victory was on 24 February 2007, in a giant slalom at Sierra Nevada, Spain. She has competed in three Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she finished fifth in the slalom", "id": "6480720" }, { "contents": "Marcel Mathis\n\n\nMarcel Mathis (born December 24, 1991) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Hohenems, Vorarlberg, he primarily competed on the European Cup circuit, but raced in several World Cup events, all in giant slalom. Mathis' first top result in World Cup was his third place in giant slalom in Bansko, Bulgaria, on February 18, 2012. He was in 26th place after the first run, but had the fastest second run to attain the podium. It was also his first", "id": "4965368" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\ngiant slalom and combined, and silver in super-G. He also won two other giant slaloms during the season. In the 2004 season, Miller won World Cup titles in two disciplines: giant slalom and combined, but placed fourth in the competition for the overall title. He won six World Cup races: three giant slaloms, two combineds and one slalom. After the season, Miller switched to Atomic skis. Miller won his first overall World Cup title in 2005, defeating Austrians Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier. He made", "id": "8624673" }, { "contents": "Henrik Kristoffersen\n\n\nHenrik Kristoffersen (born 2 July 1994) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, 2019 World Champion and Olympic medalist. Born in Lørenskog in Akershus county, Kristoffersen specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. He made his World Cup debut in March 2012 in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, and attained his first podium in November 2013, a third-place finish in slalom at Levi, Finland. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Kristoffersen won the bronze medal in slalom at Rosa Khutor at age 19", "id": "12443237" }, { "contents": "Alexis Pinturault\n\n\n, as he missed pre-season speed training after surgery on his left ankle in August to repair ligaments damaged while playing tennis. Pinturault did not medal at the world championships in 2013, but had four top-six finishes. A week later he claimed a fourth World Cup win, his first in giant slalom, at Garmisch, Germany. Second after the first run, Pinturault's total time was 0.60 seconds ahead of runner-up Hirscher. On 15 March, he was honored as the 2013 Longines Rising Star,", "id": "14820258" }, { "contents": "Žan Kranjec\n\n\nŽan Kranjec (born 15 November 1992) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovenia. He specializes in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Kranjec made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 2011 at Kranjska Gora. He represented Slovenia at the World Championships in 2013 and was 22nd in giant slalom. A week later at the Junior World Championships in Canada, he won a bronze medal in giant slalom. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kranjec placed fourth in the giant slalom. In December 2018,", "id": "9034523" }, { "contents": "Hannes Reichelt\n\n\nJohannes \"Hannes\" Reichelt (born 5 July 1980) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He competes in downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom, and Combined. Born in Altenmarkt im Pongau in Salzburg, Reichelt made his World Cup debut in December 2001. He made his first podium in December 2002 and won his first World Cup race, a Super-G, in December 2005. Reichelt also won the European Cup overall title in 2005, as well as the European Cup season title in giant slalom", "id": "15634035" }, { "contents": "Phil Mahre\n\n\nselected to the \"A\" team following the 1975 season and made his World Cup debut in December 1975 at Val d'Isère, France. Two months later he competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, taking fifth in the giant slalom at age 18. He made his first podium in March with a second in a giant slalom at Copper Mountain, Colorado, and finished the 1976 World Cup season in 14th place in the overall standings. He won his first World Cup race the next season, a giant slalom", "id": "12320115" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWith his GS win in Alta Badia, Italy (his 3rd consecutive win at that venue), he became Austria's most successful World Cup GS skier overtaking Annemarie Moser-Pröll. Another GS win in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia confirmed Hirscher as the GS title winner with one race to go. To wrap up an amazing season with 8 wins and 19 podiums Hirscher also won the men's overall World Cup title, his 5th consecutive overall title, a feat never before achieved by a male skier. His points total also enabled", "id": "14754287" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nreaching the podium for the first time, with a second place from Adelboden in January. He also won the slalom run in the Alpine Combined Event at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships. On 3 March in Furano, he finished second in the giant slalom, winning the slalom race two days later. One week later in Shigakogen, he won the giant slalom race and finished second in the slalom. As a result, he won the Giant Slalom Cup that year, though jointly with Pirmin Zurbriggen. In the Slalom Cup", "id": "9904883" }, { "contents": "Jean-Noël Augert\n\n\nwon three World Cups in 1969, 1971 and 1972, and in which he won a Gold medal at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena. He was also second in the overall classification of the 1969 World Cup and third in the Giant Slalom World Cup 1969. Besides his 15 wins in World Cup races, he finished 15 times at the podium (place two: 6 slaloms, 3 giant slaloms; place three: 2 slaloms, 4 giant slaloms). He came fifth in both the men's slalom and giant", "id": "18262429" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nTed Ligety) in a giant slalom race in Kranjska Gora, the same place where he also won his first top-3 result more than 15 years earlier (in January 1999). His last top three finish came in early March 2015 in a giant slalom race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen that came to be one of his very last races in the alpine world cup. On September 10, 2015, he announced his retirement. 9 titles: 1 overall, 2 giant slalom, 3 slalom, 3 combined 36 total: 14 slalom", "id": "20658336" }, { "contents": "Anna Veith\n\n\n-G at the Austrian Championships in late March. In late December 2011, Veith won her first World Cup event in Lienz, Austria, in the Giant slalom. Her most consistent World Cup podium results have been in the super-G. After another giant slalom win in Austria in December 2012, Veith's first super-G victory came in March 2013 in Germany. At the 2013 World Championships in Schladming, Austria, Veith won bronze in the giant slalom. In the alpine skiing World Cup overall ranking 2013 she finished", "id": "18958035" }, { "contents": "Davide Simoncelli\n\n\nDavide Simoncelli (born January 30, 1979 in Rovereto) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy who specialized in giant slalom. Simoncelli made his World Cup debut in 1999. He took two World Cup victories and eight podium finishes, all in giant slalom. He took five podiums on the \"Gran Risa\" track of Alta Badia, with a victory and four second places. He finished fourth in the World Cup points standings for giant slalom twice, in 2006 and 2010. Simoncelli competed for Italy in three", "id": "8459823" }, { "contents": "Kjetil Jansrud\n\n\nKjetil Jansrud (born 28 August 1985) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion. He races in all alpine disciplines apart from slalom, and his best event used to be the giant slalom where he has 6 World Cup podiums and an Olympic silver medal. However, since 2012 he has become more of a speed specialist, having won all but two of his World Cup victories in the speed events. At the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, he won the Super-G and placed third in the Downhill", "id": "11513877" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nmissed 11 races, including two classic slaloms and one parallel, in Stockholm. In the meantime, Marcel Hirscher took the lead in the overall standings and would go on to claim his first overall title. Kostelić returned to action in Schladming at the end of the season, and competed only in slalom. He finished 16th and André Myhrer took the slalom title. Born and raised in Zagreb, his parents, Ante and Marica, are former elite team handball players. They taught Ivica and his sister Janica, two years younger", "id": "3227806" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nin a giant slalom race at Maribor. During her early World Cup seasons, Maze competed in slalom, giant slalom, and super-G, but scored World Cup points only in the first two disciplines. At the 2001 World Championships, Maze's best result was a 16th place in slalom. In January 2002, Maze won her first podium, a second place in giant slalom in Maribor. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in the United States, Maze finished twelfth in the giant slalom in her Olympic debut at Park City", "id": "12638260" }, { "contents": "Günther Mader\n\n\ntotal of six medals in the world championships. He won his first championship medal, the silver medal in the Slalom Race at Crans Montana in 1987, after only placing eighth after the first leg of the competition. Mader won two World Cup season titles, giant slalom in 1990 and combined in 1996, and placed second in the overall World Cup standings in 1995 and 1996, and third in 1990. Without his 14 wins, he did achieve another 27 places in World Cup races. His only World Cup victory in downhill", "id": "16142764" }, { "contents": "Nicole Hosp\n\n\nNicole Hosp (; born 6 November 1983) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. She competed in all five disciplines and was a world champion, three-time Olympic medalist, and an overall World Cup champion. Born in Ehenbichl, Tyrol, Hosp won the overall World Cup title in 2007 and the season title in giant slalom. A versatile all-around racer, she won World Cup races in four of the five alpine skiing disciplines (super-G, giant slalom, slalom and combined),", "id": "18723452" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Men's super combined\n\n\nThe Men's super combined competition at the 2015 World Championships was held on Sunday, February 8. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, despite originally finishing in 31st position after the downhill leg. Ondřej Bank however, fell on the final jump and, although the original results had Bank in 25th place, the jury disqualified him after the run ended and as a result, Hirscher was able to start first in the slalom leg instead of starting after the top 30. With a clean track he was able to rise all the", "id": "2139631" }, { "contents": "Loïc Meillard\n\n\nLoïc Meillard (born 29 October 1996) is a Swiss alpine ski racer and specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Meillard made his World Cup debut in January 2015; his younger sister Mélanie is also a World Cup alpine racer. Meillard made his World Cup debut at age 18 in the Adelboden giant slalom in January 2015. At the World Junior Championships that March at Hafjell, Norway, he won a bronze medal in the Super-G, silver in the giant slalom, and gold in the combined", "id": "4438833" }, { "contents": "Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander\n\n\nSimon Breitfuss Kammerlander (born 29 November 1992) is a Bolivian-Austrian alpine ski racer. Breitfuss Kammerlander specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut on 23 October 2016. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut at the Sölden Giant slalom on 23 October 2016, he failed to qualify for the second run finishing in 78th place. He competed for Bolivia at the 2017 Alpine World Ski Championships. He finished 46th in the Super-G and failed to finish the first run", "id": "10351390" }, { "contents": "Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen\n\n\nLeif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen (born 29 November 1987) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, specializing in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Haugen made his World Cup debut in October 2009 in Sölden, and collected his first World Cup points with a 26th place. He won a bronze medal in giant slalom at the World Championships in 2017 and attained his first World Cup podium in March 2017 at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Nestvold-Haugen represents the sports club Lommedalens IL, and hails from Lommedalen.", "id": "14989586" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\nwas disqualified – while in first place at the time – during the second leg of the combined event, failed to finish the super-G, tied for 6th in the giant slalom, and had another DNF after missing a gate in the first run of the slalom. Nevertheless, Miller won two races during the season (a giant slalom and a super-G) and placed third for the season's overall World Cup title. At the 2006 U.S. National Championships following the World Cup season, Miller won the downhill and", "id": "8624676" }, { "contents": "Leonardo David\n\n\nthe World Cup season in North America and Japan. Then age 18, David was a promising talent on the Italian team, in his first year on the World Cup circuit. He won the overall and slalom titles of the European Cup in 1978, and placed second in giant slalom. He won his only World Cup race, a slalom in Oslo, less than a month before his accident, outpacing Ingemar Stenmark and Phil Mahre. David had 10 top ten finishes with four podiums during the 1979 World Cup season, and", "id": "2954663" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n-placed. But Ligety did do a phenomenal best time in the second leg, becoming first ahead to Raich. Ligety opened defense of his 2008 giant slalom title with a third-place finish in Sölden, Austria, and then placed second at Beaver Creek, Colorado. At the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isère, France, Ligety took the bronze medal in the giant slalom, then won his fourth World Cup race at Kranjska Gora. He finished the season with another second at the finals in Åre, Sweden, which", "id": "12994686" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nof 0.28 sec. (Janka was unbeatable on that afternoon, he finished 0.71 sec. ahead to Raich.) Ligety notched his fifth World Cup victory in January, his third win at Kranjska Gora in as many seasons. At the finals in Garmisch, Germany, he finished on the podium to secure his second season title in giant slalom, and finished seventh in the overall standings. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics at Whistler, he finished ninth in the giant slalom (on February 23 - he was eighth-placed after", "id": "12994688" }, { "contents": "Stefan Luitz\n\n\nStefan Luitz (; born 26 March 1992) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer. He primarily competes in giant slalom, but on 24 January 2016 in Kitzbühel, for the first time in his career, he completed both runs in slalom and finished 18th. Previously, he had once qualified to second run in slalom, on 18 December 2012 in Madonna di Campiglio, but did not finish the second run. Luitz made his World Cup debut in Adelboden in 2011, and attained his first World Cup podium in December 2012", "id": "15313224" }, { "contents": "Didier Cuche\n\n\nDidier Cuche (born 16 August 1974) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Le Pâquier, Neuchâtel, he competed in the downhill and super-G, along with the giant slalom. He won the World Cup downhill and super-G title for the 2011 season and has won three previous downhill titles in 2010, 2008 and 2007, along with a giant slalom title in 2009. Cuche has 21 World Cup race victories, along with 67 podiums (top three) and 181 top ten", "id": "11060008" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nBenjamin Raich (born 28 February 1978 in Arzl im Pitztal, Tyrol) is a retired champion World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria. With 14 medals won at Winter Olympics and World Championships, 36 World Cup race victories (in all disciplines except downhill), one first place and five second places in the World Cup overall ranking, three victories of the slalom World Cup, three victories of the combined World Cup, two victories of the giant slalom World Cup and the highest score of career World", "id": "20658332" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n50 World Cup races at the age of 23 years and 9 months. She has won 60 World Cup races, the 3rd most all time by a female alpine skier, including 40 WC slalom races, the most all-time by a female alpine skier. She is the only female athlete to have won 15 races in the same calendar year, winning the last slalom of the 2018 season in Semmering and equalling the men's record holder Marcel Hirscher. In the 2019 season she became the first athlete, male or female", "id": "8983516" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the GS world title in 2011 besting Cyprien Richard and Philipp Schörghofer. Ligety repeated as world champion in GS in 2013, ahead of Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. At Schladming in 2013, he became a triple world champion in giant slalom, super-G, and combined at Planai. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three or more gold medals at one world championships and the first in 45 years, when Jean-Claude Killy won four in 1968 at Chamrousse, with the combined as a \"paper", "id": "12994706" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\nher fourth slalom world cup. In Aspen, Colorado, the World Cup finals of the season took place. Shiffrin secured her first overall World Cup, but did not win the giant slalom World Cup that year. After the season, she received the \"Skieur d’Or\" (golden skier) award, given by the international ski journalist association to the best alpine skier of the year (one award for both genders). Shiffrin started the 2018 season with a 5th place finish in giant slalom at Sölden. In early December", "id": "8983533" }, { "contents": "Marilyn Cochran\n\n\nthe final five giant slalom races and won the World Cup season title. Cochran was the only American alpine racer with a World Cup season title until 1980, when Phil Mahre won the combined. She won the bronze medal in the combined at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena, Italy. Sister Barbara was fourth in that competition, but won a silver in the slalom, where Marilyn was sixth. Cochran won three World Cup races, two in giant slalom and one in slalom, and had 15 podiums and fifty top", "id": "314375" }, { "contents": "Thomas Grandi\n\n\nThomas Grandi (born 27 December 1972 in Bolzano, Italy) is a retired Canadian alpine skier. He specialized in technical skiing giant slalom and slalom. Grandi started in the Alpine Skiing World Cup in the 1992-93 season. His first top ten finish in the World Cup came in December 1996 where he finished in 10th position in the Giant Slalom in Alta Badia, Italy. In the 1997-98 World Cup season, he had his first top three finish when he finished in third place in a Giant Slalom race", "id": "10762400" }, { "contents": "Kajsa Kling\n\n\nKajsa Britta Kling (born 25 December 1988) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden. Born in Åre, Kling competed in all five alpine disciplines. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, she finished 26th in the giant slalom. On 28 December 2010, Kling crashed during a giant slalom race in Semmering, Austria, which ended her 2011 season. On 14 December 2013, Kling attained her first World Cup podium, placing second in a Super-G race in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Ahead of the 2017/18", "id": "18745147" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhis world title in giant slalom in 2013 in Schladming, Austria, where he also won an unexpected gold medal in the super-G and a third gold medal in the super combined. Through October, 2015, he has 25 victories (24 in giant slalom and 1 super combined) and 52 podiums in World Cup competition. His Olympic giant slalom gold medal, 24 GS World Cup wins, 3 GS world championship gold medals and 5 World Cup titles make him one of the greatest giant slalom skiers of all time.", "id": "12994676" }, { "contents": "Gauthier de Tessières\n\n\nGauthier de Tessières (born 9 November 1981) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from France, and has competed in two Winter Olympics and five World Championships. He made his breakthrough on the Alpine Skiing World Cup in a giant slalom in Val-d'Isère in December 2008, where after finishing 30th in the first run to narrowly qualify for the second run, he worked his way up to finish third overall, bettering his previous World Cup personal best of 15th. He won the silver medal in the super-G at", "id": "12658447" }, { "contents": "Albert Popov\n\n\ngiant slalom at the 2018 FIS Junior World Ski Championships in Davos. Twelve days later he made his debut at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang 2018, where he placed 28th in the giant slalom and did not finish the slalom. His World Cup breakthrough came in the opening race of the 2018–19 season in Levi, where he finished 20th, earning 11 points - Bulgaria's first in the World Cup since Petar Popangelov during the 1986–87 season. Popov followed that up with a 16th place finish at Madonna di Campiglio in December, after", "id": "1530499" }, { "contents": "Tessa Worley\n\n\nplace in a giant slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany. She finished in fifth place in the first race of the 2009 World Cup season, a giant slalom in Sölden, Austria, in October 2008. A month later she won her first World Cup race (and first podium) in a giant slalom at Aspen, United States. Early in the 2011 season, Worley won three consecutive giant slalom races before January. In February, Worley won a gold medal in the nations team event at the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen", "id": "4107613" }, { "contents": "Armand Marchant\n\n\nArmand Marchant (born 14 December 1997) is a Belgian alpine ski racer. Marchant specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, in the Giant slalom and the Slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014 in the Alta Badia giant slalom, he failed to finish the first run. At the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek he finished 41st in the Giant slalom and", "id": "4076226" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nCup points (ahead of Norwegian Kjetil André Aamodt), he is considered among the best alpine racers in World Cup history. After winning Junior World Championships in both slalom and giant slalom, Raich made his World Cup debut in March 1996. He scored his first victory in 1999, in slalom. In 2001 he won the silver medal in slalom at the World Championships, and at the end of the season he won the slalom World Cup. In 2002 he won two bronze medals at the Salt Lake City Olympics. Raich", "id": "20658333" }, { "contents": "Manuela Mölgg\n\n\nManuela Mölgg (born 28 August 1983) is a retired alpine ski racer from Italy, a specialist in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2000 and gained her first podium in November 2004. She has 14 World Cup podium finishes and appeared in two Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2009 Alpine World Ski Championships in Val-d'Isère Mölgg took the lead in the slalom after the first run but was disqualified from", "id": "21947840" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom\n\n\nFelix Neureuther, and Alexis Pinturault), which spawned criticism of the course. The second run was set by Ante Kostelić, known for idiosyncratic gate settings. He is the father of competitor Ivica Kostelić of Croatia, who finished ninth. Less than seven weeks shy of his 35th birthday, Mario Matt of Austria became the oldest gold medalist in Olympic alpine skiing history. The silver went to defending World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher, and Henrik Kristoffersen became the youngest male to medal in an Olympic alpine event at age 19. The", "id": "2699458" }, { "contents": "Jean-Baptiste Grange\n\n\nHe won his first World Cup race on 17 December 2007, and won the 2009 season title in the slalom. Injured in early December 2009 in a giant slalom at Beaver Creek, he opted for surgery and missed the remainder of the 2010 season, which included the 2010 Winter Olympics. He returned to competition for the 2011 season and won the world championship in the slalom. He won his second slalom world title in Beaver Creek on 15 February 2015. His older brother is François-Cyrille Grange, also an alpine ski", "id": "20737157" }, { "contents": "Petra Vlhová\n\n\nPetra Vlhová (born 13 June 1995) is a Slovak World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. She is the current world champion in giant slalom. Born in Liptovský Mikuláš, Vlhová won a gold medal in 2012 Winter Youth Olympics and represented Slovakia in the 2014 Winter Olympics. She also won gold in the slalom at the Junior World Championships in 2014 in Jasná, Slovakia. She made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2012 and her first World Cup podium came", "id": "7975537" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n, at the age of 23 years and nine months. With that race she also equalled the record of the Austrian Marlies Schild for the most wins in women's slalom – 35, and put herself in joint seventh place in all-time World Cup victories with Alberto Tomba of Italy. One week later, she took another World Cup slalom win in Semmering, Austria, becoming the first alpine skier to take 15 World Cup wins in a single calendar year, moving ahead of Marcel Hirscher, who had taken 14 wins in", "id": "8983544" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's combined\n\n\nThe men's combined competition of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics was held on 13 February 2018 at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre and the Yongpyong Alpine Centre at the Alpensia Sports Park in PyeongChang. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, with Alexis Pinturault coming in second, and Victor Muffat-Jeandet third. For Muffat-Jeandet, this was the first Olympic medal, and for both Hirscher and Pinturault the first medal in combined. Hirscher, who won six overall World Cup titles and was skiing in his third Olympics, previously only won a", "id": "17712395" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\n, Utah. On 26 October 2002, Maze won her first World Cup race at the season opener in Sölden, Austria. She shared the giant slalom win with Nicole Hosp of Austria and Andrine Flemmen of Norway in the first-ever a three-way tie in a World Cup race. Maze finished the 2003 season on the 38th place in the overall standings with 190 points, all in giant slalom. At the 2003 World Championships, she finished 5th in giant slalom. In the 2004 season, Maze scored one podium", "id": "12638261" }, { "contents": "1978–79 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 13th World Cup season began in December 1978 in Austria and concluded in March 1979 in Japan. The overall winners were Peter Lüscher of Switzerland, his first overall win, and Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria, her sixth (which remained the record until 2017-18, when Austria's Marcel Hirscher won his seventh overall title). Although Ingemar Stenmark did not win the overall title due to restrictions on the number of races that counted for overall championship points, he won 13 races during the season (including the last", "id": "844407" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\n, including the super-G race in January in Les Menuires. He again won the Giant Slalom Cup, finished second in the overall standings and second in the Slalom Cup. In the 1990–91 season he performed best in the slalom. He won competitions in Madonna di Campiglio and Kranjska Gora in December, and recorded three-second places, only one of them in giant slalom. Again he finished second in the Slalom Cup. At the 1991 World Championships, he won the bronze medal in slalom and placed fourth in both", "id": "9904885" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\na World Championship gold medal in slalom in 2003, Olympic silver medal in slalom in 2010, Olympic silver medals in combined in 2006 (traditional combined), 2010 (super combined) and 2014, as well as the overall World Cup title in 2011. Kostelić scored a total of 26 World Cup race victories and a total of 59 World Cup podiums during his career (). He won the slalom World Cup title in 2002 and 2011, and the combined World Cup title in 2011 and 2012. Since 2008, he", "id": "3227791" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nMarch 1975 at Sun Valley. He won the final race of the season, a parallel slalom (\"pro-style\" heats) the following week in Val Gardena, Italy, against his challenger Stenmark to secure the overall title. His last win in giant slalom was in January 1976, and his final World Cup victory was in the combined at Kitzbühel in January 1977. His last podium finish was a third place in the slalom at Åre, Sweden, in February 1979. He finished eighth in the slalom at the", "id": "10362492" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nand 10th in the combined. In the 2006 season, Maze won one giant slalom race and two more podiums, a third place in giant slalom and a runner-up position in super-G. She finished the season 14th in the overall standings with 525 points and scored World Cup points in all disciplines for the first time. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Maze competed in the giant slalom and super-G events, where she finished 12th and 39th, respectively. The 2007 season was not as successful for her as", "id": "12638263" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n2013 in Sölden, Austria, with a career-best sixth in giant slalom, within a half-second of the podium. She won the next event, a slalom at Levi, Finland, improving on her podium finish the previous year for her fifth World Cup victory. At Beaver Creek, she was runner-up in the giant slalom, her first World Cup podium in that discipline. On January 5, Shiffrin secured first place in a two-run slalom race in Bormio, Italy (the race took place", "id": "8983524" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nfinished among the top six in the overall World Cup standings each season (2008: sixth; 2009: fourth; 2010: fifth; 2011: first; 2012: fourth; 2013: fifth). He also scored points in all disciplines each of those seasons, and his best race results were a seventh place in downhill, a second place in giant slalom, and victories in all other disciplines (11 in slalom, 1 in parallel-slalom, 2 in combined, 4 in super combined, and 1 in super", "id": "3227792" }, { "contents": "Fabienne Serrat\n\n\nFabienne Serrat (born 5 July 1956) is a former world champion alpine ski racer. At age 17, Serrat won two gold medals at the 1974 World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in the giant slalom and the combined events. During her World Cup career she had three victories, 37 podiums, and 124 top ten finishes. Serrat competed at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Winter Olympics in a total of five events. Her best result was fourth place in the giant slalom in 1980. She retired from competition", "id": "6439530" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nhe finished third, and in the overall standings he finished fourth. He also competed at the 1989 World Championships, placing eighth in the giant slalom and sixth in the slalom. He was given the Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year award of 1989. The 1989–90 season started equally well, with two-second places in August in Thredbo. He then won his next race, a giant slalom competition in Park City in November. Although that would be his only victory that season, he became runner-up in three further races", "id": "9904884" }, { "contents": "Thomas Fanara\n\n\nThomas Fanara (born 24 April 1981) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from France. Born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Fanara specialised in giant slalom; his one and only win came in March 2016 at the giant slalom finals in St. Moritz, Switzerland. He is the oldest racer to reach a World Cup podium in giant slalom, and competed for France at three Winter Olympics and six World Championships. He retired from competition at the end of the 2018-19 season. Fanara has started over 70", "id": "8162366" }, { "contents": "Alena Zavarzina\n\n\nin Kreischberg, she won a silver medal in parallel giant slalom after losing to Claudia Riegler in the repeat of the 2011 final, and finished fifth in the parallel slalom. She reached her second World Cup podium of the season at the season finale in Winterberg, and finished the season in thirteenth place in the overall World Cup standings. In 2015/16 season, Zavarzina won her second career World Cup victory, this time in parallel slalom, in Winterberg which was also her sole World Cup podium of the season. At the end", "id": "5559259" }, { "contents": "Tanja Poutiainen\n\n\nin the United States. At the 1999 Junior World Championships, she placed third in the giant slalom at Pra-Loup, France. Poutiainen scored her first World Cup victory – and the first for a female Finnish alpine skier – on 28 February 2004 in a slalom held on home snow in Levi, Finland – the first alpine World Cup race to be held in the country. In the 2005 World Cup season, Poutiainen won the season titles in both the slalom and giant slalom, and placed fifth in the overall standings", "id": "20125357" }, { "contents": "Ramón Homs\n\n\nWinter World Cup, he finished seventeenth in the overall standings. At the March 2008 Italian National Championships, he finished third in the Super G, fifth in the Giant Slalom and was disqualified from the Slalom. At the last round of the European Cup in March 2008, an event held in La Molina, Spain, he was one of several non-vision impaired Spanish skiers competing at the event. At the first IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup event in the 2008/2009 ski season, he failed to finish one of his races", "id": "1327121" }, { "contents": "Mitchell Gourley\n\n\ncompeted in five Men's Standing events. He finished fourth in the Giant Slalom and fifth in the Super-G. He finished the 2015/16 World Cup season on a high, placing third on the overall rankings after a successful run of events that saw him podium nine times. Gourley won the gold medal in the Men's Super Combined Standing at the 2017 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Tarvisio, Italy. Gourley was in sixth place after the super-G, but put on a masterclass in the slalom to secure the gold", "id": "6530863" }, { "contents": "Didier Défago\n\n\nDidier Défago (born 2 October 1977) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Morgins, Valais, Défago made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 1996, and was Swiss national champion in downhill (2003) and Giant slalom (2004). At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he won the downhill at Whistler to become the Olympic champion. Défago finished the 2005 World Cup season as sixth overall and fourth in the Super-G, his most successful season so far. In 2009", "id": "11060083" } ]

[ { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nHirscher won the overall World Cup title again in 2013 with 6 victories; he also won the slalom title and was runner-up in giant slalom. Hirscher scored a total of 18 podium finishes out of 19 races in the two technical events. The only race in either slalom or giant slalom where he finished outside the top 3 was the giant slalom in Adelboden. In that particular race Hirscher was leading after the first run, built up his advantage to over a second in the second run, but nearly fell several gates", "id": "14754284" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nChampionships, which ended his 2011 season. Returning after injury, Hirscher had an outstanding season in terms of wins in 2012 with 9 victories and a total of 14 podiums, all in the two technical events (except for one third place in the season's last Super G). He won the World Cup overall and giant slalom titles, and placed third in the slalom. In October 2012, Hirscher was awarded the Skieur d'Or Award by members of the International Association of Ski Journalists for his performances during the previous season.", "id": "14754283" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nMarcel Hirscher (born 2 March 1989) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. Hirscher made his World Cup debut in March 2007. He competes primarily in slalom and giant slalom, as well as combined and occasionally in super G. Winner of a record eight consecutive World Cup titles, Hirscher has also won 11 medals at the Alpine Skiing World Championships, seven of them gold, a silver medal in slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and two gold medals in the combined and giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics.", "id": "14754281" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\ncancelled. Three days after turning 18, Shiffrin won the final slalom race at Lenzerheide on 16 March to overtake Maze and win that discipline's season title by 33 points. The men's overall title wasn't decided until the World Cup finals at Lenzerheide. A runner-up finish in the giant slalom on 16 March gave Hirscher his second consecutive overall title, the first male to achieve this feat since Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003. Hirscher also won the slalom title, while the downhill and super-G titles went", "id": "9809256" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nsurpassing Benjamin Raich's total. On 18 December he won the fourth giant slalom of the season in Alta Badia having finished second in the three preceding giant slalom races, equalling Alberto Tomba's 4 wins at the venue, and with it became the 5th most successful male World Cup winner. On 7 January Hirscher achieved his 100th podium from 191 starts (a ratio of 52.3%) with a 2nd-place finish in the giant slalom in Adelboden. On 29 January Hirscher won the GS in Garmisch, achieving his 20th GS", "id": "14754289" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nnumber of points but Ligety had more victories (4, as opposed to 2 by Hirscher). This was Ligety's second consecutive giant slalom title and fifth overall. The slalom title went to Hirscher, who secured it in the last race of the season. The combined title was shared by Ligety and Alexis Pinturault of France, who each won a first and a second place in two combined races of the season. Fenninger won the overall women's title, her first, and the first by an Austrian woman since Nicole", "id": "7283678" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nbefore the final, thus missing the win and finished only 16th. He became the first male racer to retain the overall World Cup title since fellow Austrian Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003 and the first to win it three years in a row since American Phil Mahre did so in 1981, 1982 and 1983. In 2015 Hirscher dominated the giant slalom standings with 5 wins, including a winning margin of 3.28 seconds in Garmisch, and won the GS title for the second time. With his slalom win in Zagreb he became the", "id": "14754285" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nDue to his record number of overall titles, many years of extreme dominance of both slalom and giant slalom and of the men's overall ranking, he is considered by many, including his rivals Henrik Kristoffersen, Kjetil Jansrud and Alexis Pinturault, to be the best alpine skier in history. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Hirscher placed fourth in the giant slalom and fifth in the slalom at Whistler Creekside. He placed fourth in the giant slalom at the 2009 World Championships, but broke his ankle the weekend preceding the 2011 World", "id": "14754282" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n. On 13 January 2019 he won the slalom race in Adelboden and celebrated a 9th World Cup win and a 16th podium, a record among male athletes at a single resort. At the 2019 Alpine World Ski Championships in Åre in February, Hirscher took a silver in the giant slalom behind Henrik Kristoffersen, before winning the slalom by 0.65 seconds after holding a 0.56 second lead from the first run: Hirscher described his first run as one of the best performances of his career. He led teammates Michael Matt and Marco Schwarz in", "id": "14754299" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\ntherefore 10 points more than fourth place. The 2015 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup season was less successful for Ligety as he was able to win just one race and finished third in the giant slalom standings and eleventh overall. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 held in Beaver Creek, Ligety finished third in the super combined event despite being ranked 29th after the downhill leg. In the giant slalom, placed fifth after the first run and trailing by 0.24 to then leading favorite Marcel Hirscher, Ligety skied impressively in the second", "id": "12994700" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmatching the total of legendary technical racer Alberto Tomba. Two days later Hirscher achieved his sixth win of the season by winning the GS in Adelboden and moved to 3rd overall in the men's World Cup winners rankings. The next day he won the slalom in Adelboden. On 23 January, with his 9th win of the season in the Schladming night slalom, Hirscher equalled his compatriot Austrian ski legend Hermann Maier's 54 World Cup victories. It was the 500th World Cup win for Austrian men. On 28 January Hirscher moved to", "id": "14754293" }, { "contents": "Matts Olsson\n\n\nMatts Olsson (born 1 December 1988) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden who races in the giant slalom discipline. Born in Karlstad, Olsson made his World Cup debut at age 19 in October 2007. He won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in the team event, and finished 18th in the giant slalom, and 24th in the super-G. Matts Olsson won his first World Cup competition victory in Alta Badia in December 2017 at an evening event in Parallel Giant Slalom. Matts defeated Marcel Hirscher", "id": "12104888" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmost successful Austrian male World Cup slalom skier surpassing Benjamin Raich. In the final race of the season in Meribel he overturned a 55-point deficit in the standings by winning his 16th World Cup slalom, and with it won the slalom title for the third year in a row. Hirscher became the first male alpine skier to win the overall World Cup title four times in a row. In 2016 Hirscher became the most successful Austrian male World Cup GS skier by winning in Beaver Creek, Colorado, surpassing Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier.", "id": "14754286" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nwas won by Hirscher for the third time in a row, becoming the first man to achieve this since Phil Mahre in 1983. Hirscher secured the title after the second-to-last race of the season when he beat Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who did not compete in slalom. Svindal won both the downhill (second time in a row) and super-G titles (third time in a row). The giant slalom title went to Ted Ligety of the United States. Ligety and Hirscher shared the same", "id": "7283677" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the race on March 15 with a 0,03 second advantage over Alexis Pinturault and with Hirscher finishing fourth, both skiers ended the season tied with 560 points. The Crystal Globe was however awarded to Ligety who won due to having five discipline victories during the season compared to Hirscher's two. This was the fifth giant slalom title in Ligety's career. - Hirscher lost the title in that last giant slalom race with a deficit of 0.01 seconds to the 3rd place (achieved by Felix Neureuther) which is awarded 60 points,", "id": "12994699" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nand 43rd World Cup win, and with it attained Austria's 100th GS win for men. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 in St. Moritz, Switzerland Hirscher won gold in the GS and slalom, and silver in the combined, missing the gold by just 0.01 seconds. He was the most successful athlete at the championships. On 4 March in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Hirscher won his third GS race of the season and with it secured his 4th GS World Cup title and his 6th overall World Cup title;", "id": "14754290" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n12 November and achieved a 17th-place finish. The next technical race was the GS in Val d'Isère on 9 December and Hirscher came 3rd. He won the slalom the next day. On 17 December 2017 he won the giant slalom race in Alta Badia, which was his fifth consecutive victory in that location, surpassing Ivica Kostelić, who won the Kitzbühel combined 4 times in a row. On 4 January Hirscher achieved his 5th win of the season in the slalom in Zagreb and with it his 50th World Cup win,", "id": "14754292" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n. He won his third season title in giant slalom in 2011. Even though Ligety was able to win three giant slalom races during the season, he was dethroned as the discipline champion by an overall champion Marcel Hirscher from Austria. Before the last giant slalom race which was held on March 17 at Schladming, Hirscher was in lead with 605 points ahead to Ted with 513 points. Therefore, Ted was forced to attack as powerful as he was able to do but he did fall in the first leg; he did continue", "id": "12994692" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nthe only male skier in history to do so. One day later Hirscher finished fourth in the slalom and with it secured his fourth World Cup slalom title. The start of the 2018 season was expected to be more difficult as Hirscher suffered a fracture to his left ankle during the first day of snow training on 17 August. Fortunately the first race of the season in Sölden was cancelled due to high winds, giving Hirscher a few more weeks to recover. He made a last minute decision to race the slalom in Levi on", "id": "14754291" }, { "contents": "Ingemar Stenmark\n\n\nCup slalom title in 1983. Stenmark began skiing at the age of five and won his first national competition at age eight. Stenmark made his World Cup debut in December 1973 at age 17. He won more international races than any other alpine skier in history: he took 86 wins (46 giant slaloms and 40 slaloms). His closest male competitor is Marcel Hirscher, with 67 (up to January 2019) victories to his name. Stenmark won only in the two technical disciplines: slalom and giant slalom (the other", "id": "19815131" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nachievement he shares with Pirmin Zurbriggen and Hermann Maier, exceeded by Marcel Hirscher's and Marc Girardelli's five. Thöni was the dominant skier in the technical events (slalom and giant slalom) in the early 1970s. His first victory came in his debut race on the World Cup circuit, a giant slalom at Val-d'Isère, France, in December 1969. Still a teenager, he had a very successful rookie year during that 1970 season with four victories and nine podiums. He finished third in the overall standings, just", "id": "10362488" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nrun, to finish 0.45 ahead of Hirscher and secure his third consecutive world title in the discipline. Ligety won the season's first race, a giant slalom on October 25, 2015, at Sölden, Austria. While training on January 27 at Oberjoch, Germany, he tore the ACL in his right knee, which required surgery and ended his 2016 season. Ligety returned to World Cup racing in October 2016, competing in the prelude (giant slalom) race at Sölden on October 23 (finishing 5th), and he", "id": "12994701" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 47th World Cup season began on 27 October 2012, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 17 March 2013, at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The overall titles were won by Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. A break in the schedule was for the biennial World Championships, held 4–17 February in Schladming, Austria. Changes for the 2013 season included the awarding of World Cup points for the slalom crystal globe for the limited field city events (parallel slalom), not just in", "id": "9809251" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nlegends Ingemar Stenmark and Hermann Maier. Unfortunately, the following day the slalom race was cancelled due to high winds, denying Hirscher the opportunity to obtain the record outright. Hirscher has started 245 World Cup races, has won 67 of them, (a ratio of 27%) has achieved 138 podiums (a ratio of 56%) and has finished 73% of his races in the Top 10. In December 2018 Hirscher became Austria's most prolific World Cup race winner when he won a slalom in Saalbach-Hinterglemm in", "id": "14754297" }, { "contents": "Manfred Mölgg\n\n\nManfred Mölgg (born 3 June 1982) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from northern Italy. He specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made his World Cup debut in January 2003 at Bormio. As of mid-January 2016, he has 19 World Cup podiums with three victories, all achieved in slalom. Mölgg won the World Cup season title in slalom in 2008, and finished fourth in the overall standings, the best result for an Italian since Kristian", "id": "20862702" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nto reach the top of the standings in the greatest alpine skiers of all time men's super ranking. At the end of the slalom race, Hirscher said on Austrian television that he would go home \"and consider where the journey will go. I don't know if I will be skiing World Cup next season\". At the World Cup finals in Åre, Hirscher won the GS race on 17 March and equaled the record of most wins in a single season: he shares the record of 13 wins with alpine skiing", "id": "14754296" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWorld Cup technical races resumed in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia on 3 March with the GS. Hirscher secured the GS crystal globe for the 5th time by winning the race with a winning margin of 1.66 seconds. The following day, Hirscher also won the slalom with a winning margin of 1.22 seconds. As a result, he also won the slalom crystal globe for the 5th time, and the overall crystal globe for the seventh time in succession with 2 technical races remaining. His Olympic gold medals plus the additional crystal globes enabled him", "id": "14754295" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nin Kranjska Gora for a record sixth time. At the season finals in Lenzerheide he surprisingly finished second, tied with Christof Innerhofer, in the downhill race. The result was his first ever podium in downhill and made him only the second American skier in history, after Bode Miller, to podium in all five alpine skiing disciplines. Ligety then finished fifth in the final super-G race. Before the last giant slalom race of the season Ligety was trailing Marcel Hirscher by 50 points for the discipline title. However, Ligety", "id": "12994698" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhe had three fourth-place finishes, one in giant slalom, one in super combined, and one in the World Cup finals downhill, as well as a fourth-place finish in the giant slalom at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden, missing a medal by 0.07 seconds. He finished eleventh overall in 2007. Ligety won his first World Cup season title in the giant slalom in 2008, and finished fifth in the overall standings. He won the final two giant slaloms of the year at Kranjska Gora and", "id": "12994684" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's giant slalom\n\n\nThe Men's Giant Slalom competition at the 2013 World Championships ran on Friday, February 15 at 10:00 local time (1st run) and 13:30 (2nd run), the ninth race of the championships. 99 athletes from 55 countries competed in the main race while 132 athletes from 53 countries competed in the qualification race on Thursday, February 14. Ted Ligety won his third gold medal of the 2013 World Championships, joined on the podium by Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three", "id": "6822507" }, { "contents": "Giorgio Rocca\n\n\nGiorgio Rocca (born 6 August 1975) is an Italian former alpine skier, a specialist in slalom skiing. Together with Marc Girardelli, Ingemar Stenmark and Marcel Hirscher, he is one of four skiers to have won 5 Alpine Skiing World Cup slaloms in a row, which he achieved in the 2005/2006 season: only Alberto Tomba (7) has won more World Cup slaloms consecutively. He is currently ninth in the list of all-time slalom winners, with a total of 11 victories. Rocca was born in Chur,", "id": "14243073" }, { "contents": "Viktoria Rebensburg\n\n\nViktoria Rebensburg (born 4 October 1989) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer and the 2010 Olympic gold medalist in the Born in Tegernsee, Bavaria, she has three World Cup season titles, all in giant slalom. After finishing 28th in the Olympic super-G, she won gold in the giant slalom, her first victory in international competition. Her previous best finish was second place at a GS a month earlier, her only World Cup podium. Ten months later Rebensberg won her first World Cup race in October", "id": "7848199" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nAustria to narrowly beat France in the men's nations cup by 201 points, the narrowest winning margin for many years. Hirscher was the only Austrian male skier to win a race in the entire season, and scored 30.9% (1795 out of 5804) of the Austrian men's nations cup points. On 13 November in Levi, Finland, Hirscher won the first slalom of the 2017 season and equalled Pirmin Zurbriggen's win total of 40, putting him equal 5th in the standings. He also achieved his 93rd podium,", "id": "14754288" }, { "contents": "Marco Schwarz\n\n\nMarco Schwarz (born 16 August 1995) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He focuses on the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Schwarz competed for Austria at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in the alpine skiing and won three gold medals; in the boys' combined, the parallel mixed team event, and the boys' giant slalom. Schwarz made his World Cup debut in November 2014 at age 19. He achieved his first World Cup podium in December 2015; third place in a slalom at Madonna di", "id": "12834730" }, { "contents": "Dave Ryding\n\n\n's slalom in 2002, from which he was disqualified. He went on the finish the season 11th in the World Cup slalom standings. Ryding took one of the best World Cup results of his career so far in a slalom in Madonna di Campiglio in December 2018: after placing 27th in the first run, he set the fastest second run time to secure a fourth-placed finish. Ryding continued his good form at the Oslo parallel slalom on New Year's Day 2019: he knocked out Hirscher in the quarter-finals", "id": "16035158" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 48th World Cup season began on 26 October 2013, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 16 March 2014 at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The defending overall champions from the 2013 season were Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. The overall titles were won by Hirscher and Anna Fenninger, also of Austria. The season was interrupted by the 2014 Winter Olympics that took place from 7 to 23 February in Sochi, Russia, with the alpine events at Rosa Khutor. The men's title", "id": "7283676" }, { "contents": "Michaela Kirchgasser\n\n\nMichaela Kirchgasser (born 18 March 1985) is a retired Austrian alpine ski racer. She raced in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom, and also the combined. On 25 November 2006, Kirchgasser made her first World Cup podium with a third place in the giant slalom at Aspen, Colorado. Her first victory was on 24 February 2007, in a giant slalom at Sierra Nevada, Spain. She has competed in three Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she finished fifth in the slalom", "id": "6480720" }, { "contents": "Marcel Mathis\n\n\nMarcel Mathis (born December 24, 1991) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Hohenems, Vorarlberg, he primarily competed on the European Cup circuit, but raced in several World Cup events, all in giant slalom. Mathis' first top result in World Cup was his third place in giant slalom in Bansko, Bulgaria, on February 18, 2012. He was in 26th place after the first run, but had the fastest second run to attain the podium. It was also his first", "id": "4965368" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\ngiant slalom and combined, and silver in super-G. He also won two other giant slaloms during the season. In the 2004 season, Miller won World Cup titles in two disciplines: giant slalom and combined, but placed fourth in the competition for the overall title. He won six World Cup races: three giant slaloms, two combineds and one slalom. After the season, Miller switched to Atomic skis. Miller won his first overall World Cup title in 2005, defeating Austrians Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier. He made", "id": "8624673" }, { "contents": "Henrik Kristoffersen\n\n\nHenrik Kristoffersen (born 2 July 1994) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, 2019 World Champion and Olympic medalist. Born in Lørenskog in Akershus county, Kristoffersen specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. He made his World Cup debut in March 2012 in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, and attained his first podium in November 2013, a third-place finish in slalom at Levi, Finland. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Kristoffersen won the bronze medal in slalom at Rosa Khutor at age 19", "id": "12443237" }, { "contents": "Alexis Pinturault\n\n\n, as he missed pre-season speed training after surgery on his left ankle in August to repair ligaments damaged while playing tennis. Pinturault did not medal at the world championships in 2013, but had four top-six finishes. A week later he claimed a fourth World Cup win, his first in giant slalom, at Garmisch, Germany. Second after the first run, Pinturault's total time was 0.60 seconds ahead of runner-up Hirscher. On 15 March, he was honored as the 2013 Longines Rising Star,", "id": "14820258" }, { "contents": "Žan Kranjec\n\n\nŽan Kranjec (born 15 November 1992) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovenia. He specializes in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Kranjec made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 2011 at Kranjska Gora. He represented Slovenia at the World Championships in 2013 and was 22nd in giant slalom. A week later at the Junior World Championships in Canada, he won a bronze medal in giant slalom. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kranjec placed fourth in the giant slalom. In December 2018,", "id": "9034523" }, { "contents": "Hannes Reichelt\n\n\nJohannes \"Hannes\" Reichelt (born 5 July 1980) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He competes in downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom, and Combined. Born in Altenmarkt im Pongau in Salzburg, Reichelt made his World Cup debut in December 2001. He made his first podium in December 2002 and won his first World Cup race, a Super-G, in December 2005. Reichelt also won the European Cup overall title in 2005, as well as the European Cup season title in giant slalom", "id": "15634035" }, { "contents": "Phil Mahre\n\n\nselected to the \"A\" team following the 1975 season and made his World Cup debut in December 1975 at Val d'Isère, France. Two months later he competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, taking fifth in the giant slalom at age 18. He made his first podium in March with a second in a giant slalom at Copper Mountain, Colorado, and finished the 1976 World Cup season in 14th place in the overall standings. He won his first World Cup race the next season, a giant slalom", "id": "12320115" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWith his GS win in Alta Badia, Italy (his 3rd consecutive win at that venue), he became Austria's most successful World Cup GS skier overtaking Annemarie Moser-Pröll. Another GS win in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia confirmed Hirscher as the GS title winner with one race to go. To wrap up an amazing season with 8 wins and 19 podiums Hirscher also won the men's overall World Cup title, his 5th consecutive overall title, a feat never before achieved by a male skier. His points total also enabled", "id": "14754287" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nreaching the podium for the first time, with a second place from Adelboden in January. He also won the slalom run in the Alpine Combined Event at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships. On 3 March in Furano, he finished second in the giant slalom, winning the slalom race two days later. One week later in Shigakogen, he won the giant slalom race and finished second in the slalom. As a result, he won the Giant Slalom Cup that year, though jointly with Pirmin Zurbriggen. In the Slalom Cup", "id": "9904883" }, { "contents": "Jean-Noël Augert\n\n\nwon three World Cups in 1969, 1971 and 1972, and in which he won a Gold medal at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena. He was also second in the overall classification of the 1969 World Cup and third in the Giant Slalom World Cup 1969. Besides his 15 wins in World Cup races, he finished 15 times at the podium (place two: 6 slaloms, 3 giant slaloms; place three: 2 slaloms, 4 giant slaloms). He came fifth in both the men's slalom and giant", "id": "18262429" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nTed Ligety) in a giant slalom race in Kranjska Gora, the same place where he also won his first top-3 result more than 15 years earlier (in January 1999). His last top three finish came in early March 2015 in a giant slalom race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen that came to be one of his very last races in the alpine world cup. On September 10, 2015, he announced his retirement. 9 titles: 1 overall, 2 giant slalom, 3 slalom, 3 combined 36 total: 14 slalom", "id": "20658336" }, { "contents": "Anna Veith\n\n\n-G at the Austrian Championships in late March. In late December 2011, Veith won her first World Cup event in Lienz, Austria, in the Giant slalom. Her most consistent World Cup podium results have been in the super-G. After another giant slalom win in Austria in December 2012, Veith's first super-G victory came in March 2013 in Germany. At the 2013 World Championships in Schladming, Austria, Veith won bronze in the giant slalom. In the alpine skiing World Cup overall ranking 2013 she finished", "id": "18958035" }, { "contents": "Davide Simoncelli\n\n\nDavide Simoncelli (born January 30, 1979 in Rovereto) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy who specialized in giant slalom. Simoncelli made his World Cup debut in 1999. He took two World Cup victories and eight podium finishes, all in giant slalom. He took five podiums on the \"Gran Risa\" track of Alta Badia, with a victory and four second places. He finished fourth in the World Cup points standings for giant slalom twice, in 2006 and 2010. Simoncelli competed for Italy in three", "id": "8459823" }, { "contents": "Kjetil Jansrud\n\n\nKjetil Jansrud (born 28 August 1985) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion. He races in all alpine disciplines apart from slalom, and his best event used to be the giant slalom where he has 6 World Cup podiums and an Olympic silver medal. However, since 2012 he has become more of a speed specialist, having won all but two of his World Cup victories in the speed events. At the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, he won the Super-G and placed third in the Downhill", "id": "11513877" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nmissed 11 races, including two classic slaloms and one parallel, in Stockholm. In the meantime, Marcel Hirscher took the lead in the overall standings and would go on to claim his first overall title. Kostelić returned to action in Schladming at the end of the season, and competed only in slalom. He finished 16th and André Myhrer took the slalom title. Born and raised in Zagreb, his parents, Ante and Marica, are former elite team handball players. They taught Ivica and his sister Janica, two years younger", "id": "3227806" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nin a giant slalom race at Maribor. During her early World Cup seasons, Maze competed in slalom, giant slalom, and super-G, but scored World Cup points only in the first two disciplines. At the 2001 World Championships, Maze's best result was a 16th place in slalom. In January 2002, Maze won her first podium, a second place in giant slalom in Maribor. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in the United States, Maze finished twelfth in the giant slalom in her Olympic debut at Park City", "id": "12638260" }, { "contents": "Günther Mader\n\n\ntotal of six medals in the world championships. He won his first championship medal, the silver medal in the Slalom Race at Crans Montana in 1987, after only placing eighth after the first leg of the competition. Mader won two World Cup season titles, giant slalom in 1990 and combined in 1996, and placed second in the overall World Cup standings in 1995 and 1996, and third in 1990. Without his 14 wins, he did achieve another 27 places in World Cup races. His only World Cup victory in downhill", "id": "16142764" }, { "contents": "Nicole Hosp\n\n\nNicole Hosp (; born 6 November 1983) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. She competed in all five disciplines and was a world champion, three-time Olympic medalist, and an overall World Cup champion. Born in Ehenbichl, Tyrol, Hosp won the overall World Cup title in 2007 and the season title in giant slalom. A versatile all-around racer, she won World Cup races in four of the five alpine skiing disciplines (super-G, giant slalom, slalom and combined),", "id": "18723452" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Men's super combined\n\n\nThe Men's super combined competition at the 2015 World Championships was held on Sunday, February 8. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, despite originally finishing in 31st position after the downhill leg. Ondřej Bank however, fell on the final jump and, although the original results had Bank in 25th place, the jury disqualified him after the run ended and as a result, Hirscher was able to start first in the slalom leg instead of starting after the top 30. With a clean track he was able to rise all the", "id": "2139631" }, { "contents": "Loïc Meillard\n\n\nLoïc Meillard (born 29 October 1996) is a Swiss alpine ski racer and specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Meillard made his World Cup debut in January 2015; his younger sister Mélanie is also a World Cup alpine racer. Meillard made his World Cup debut at age 18 in the Adelboden giant slalom in January 2015. At the World Junior Championships that March at Hafjell, Norway, he won a bronze medal in the Super-G, silver in the giant slalom, and gold in the combined", "id": "4438833" }, { "contents": "Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander\n\n\nSimon Breitfuss Kammerlander (born 29 November 1992) is a Bolivian-Austrian alpine ski racer. Breitfuss Kammerlander specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut on 23 October 2016. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut at the Sölden Giant slalom on 23 October 2016, he failed to qualify for the second run finishing in 78th place. He competed for Bolivia at the 2017 Alpine World Ski Championships. He finished 46th in the Super-G and failed to finish the first run", "id": "10351390" }, { "contents": "Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen\n\n\nLeif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen (born 29 November 1987) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, specializing in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Haugen made his World Cup debut in October 2009 in Sölden, and collected his first World Cup points with a 26th place. He won a bronze medal in giant slalom at the World Championships in 2017 and attained his first World Cup podium in March 2017 at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Nestvold-Haugen represents the sports club Lommedalens IL, and hails from Lommedalen.", "id": "14989586" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\nwas disqualified – while in first place at the time – during the second leg of the combined event, failed to finish the super-G, tied for 6th in the giant slalom, and had another DNF after missing a gate in the first run of the slalom. Nevertheless, Miller won two races during the season (a giant slalom and a super-G) and placed third for the season's overall World Cup title. At the 2006 U.S. National Championships following the World Cup season, Miller won the downhill and", "id": "8624676" }, { "contents": "Leonardo David\n\n\nthe World Cup season in North America and Japan. Then age 18, David was a promising talent on the Italian team, in his first year on the World Cup circuit. He won the overall and slalom titles of the European Cup in 1978, and placed second in giant slalom. He won his only World Cup race, a slalom in Oslo, less than a month before his accident, outpacing Ingemar Stenmark and Phil Mahre. David had 10 top ten finishes with four podiums during the 1979 World Cup season, and", "id": "2954663" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n-placed. But Ligety did do a phenomenal best time in the second leg, becoming first ahead to Raich. Ligety opened defense of his 2008 giant slalom title with a third-place finish in Sölden, Austria, and then placed second at Beaver Creek, Colorado. At the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isère, France, Ligety took the bronze medal in the giant slalom, then won his fourth World Cup race at Kranjska Gora. He finished the season with another second at the finals in Åre, Sweden, which", "id": "12994686" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nof 0.28 sec. (Janka was unbeatable on that afternoon, he finished 0.71 sec. ahead to Raich.) Ligety notched his fifth World Cup victory in January, his third win at Kranjska Gora in as many seasons. At the finals in Garmisch, Germany, he finished on the podium to secure his second season title in giant slalom, and finished seventh in the overall standings. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics at Whistler, he finished ninth in the giant slalom (on February 23 - he was eighth-placed after", "id": "12994688" }, { "contents": "Stefan Luitz\n\n\nStefan Luitz (; born 26 March 1992) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer. He primarily competes in giant slalom, but on 24 January 2016 in Kitzbühel, for the first time in his career, he completed both runs in slalom and finished 18th. Previously, he had once qualified to second run in slalom, on 18 December 2012 in Madonna di Campiglio, but did not finish the second run. Luitz made his World Cup debut in Adelboden in 2011, and attained his first World Cup podium in December 2012", "id": "15313224" }, { "contents": "Didier Cuche\n\n\nDidier Cuche (born 16 August 1974) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Le Pâquier, Neuchâtel, he competed in the downhill and super-G, along with the giant slalom. He won the World Cup downhill and super-G title for the 2011 season and has won three previous downhill titles in 2010, 2008 and 2007, along with a giant slalom title in 2009. Cuche has 21 World Cup race victories, along with 67 podiums (top three) and 181 top ten", "id": "11060008" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nBenjamin Raich (born 28 February 1978 in Arzl im Pitztal, Tyrol) is a retired champion World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria. With 14 medals won at Winter Olympics and World Championships, 36 World Cup race victories (in all disciplines except downhill), one first place and five second places in the World Cup overall ranking, three victories of the slalom World Cup, three victories of the combined World Cup, two victories of the giant slalom World Cup and the highest score of career World", "id": "20658332" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n50 World Cup races at the age of 23 years and 9 months. She has won 60 World Cup races, the 3rd most all time by a female alpine skier, including 40 WC slalom races, the most all-time by a female alpine skier. She is the only female athlete to have won 15 races in the same calendar year, winning the last slalom of the 2018 season in Semmering and equalling the men's record holder Marcel Hirscher. In the 2019 season she became the first athlete, male or female", "id": "8983516" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the GS world title in 2011 besting Cyprien Richard and Philipp Schörghofer. Ligety repeated as world champion in GS in 2013, ahead of Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. At Schladming in 2013, he became a triple world champion in giant slalom, super-G, and combined at Planai. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three or more gold medals at one world championships and the first in 45 years, when Jean-Claude Killy won four in 1968 at Chamrousse, with the combined as a \"paper", "id": "12994706" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\nher fourth slalom world cup. In Aspen, Colorado, the World Cup finals of the season took place. Shiffrin secured her first overall World Cup, but did not win the giant slalom World Cup that year. After the season, she received the \"Skieur d’Or\" (golden skier) award, given by the international ski journalist association to the best alpine skier of the year (one award for both genders). Shiffrin started the 2018 season with a 5th place finish in giant slalom at Sölden. In early December", "id": "8983533" }, { "contents": "Marilyn Cochran\n\n\nthe final five giant slalom races and won the World Cup season title. Cochran was the only American alpine racer with a World Cup season title until 1980, when Phil Mahre won the combined. She won the bronze medal in the combined at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena, Italy. Sister Barbara was fourth in that competition, but won a silver in the slalom, where Marilyn was sixth. Cochran won three World Cup races, two in giant slalom and one in slalom, and had 15 podiums and fifty top", "id": "314375" }, { "contents": "Thomas Grandi\n\n\nThomas Grandi (born 27 December 1972 in Bolzano, Italy) is a retired Canadian alpine skier. He specialized in technical skiing giant slalom and slalom. Grandi started in the Alpine Skiing World Cup in the 1992-93 season. His first top ten finish in the World Cup came in December 1996 where he finished in 10th position in the Giant Slalom in Alta Badia, Italy. In the 1997-98 World Cup season, he had his first top three finish when he finished in third place in a Giant Slalom race", "id": "10762400" }, { "contents": "Kajsa Kling\n\n\nKajsa Britta Kling (born 25 December 1988) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden. Born in Åre, Kling competed in all five alpine disciplines. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, she finished 26th in the giant slalom. On 28 December 2010, Kling crashed during a giant slalom race in Semmering, Austria, which ended her 2011 season. On 14 December 2013, Kling attained her first World Cup podium, placing second in a Super-G race in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Ahead of the 2017/18", "id": "18745147" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhis world title in giant slalom in 2013 in Schladming, Austria, where he also won an unexpected gold medal in the super-G and a third gold medal in the super combined. Through October, 2015, he has 25 victories (24 in giant slalom and 1 super combined) and 52 podiums in World Cup competition. His Olympic giant slalom gold medal, 24 GS World Cup wins, 3 GS world championship gold medals and 5 World Cup titles make him one of the greatest giant slalom skiers of all time.", "id": "12994676" }, { "contents": "Gauthier de Tessières\n\n\nGauthier de Tessières (born 9 November 1981) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from France, and has competed in two Winter Olympics and five World Championships. He made his breakthrough on the Alpine Skiing World Cup in a giant slalom in Val-d'Isère in December 2008, where after finishing 30th in the first run to narrowly qualify for the second run, he worked his way up to finish third overall, bettering his previous World Cup personal best of 15th. He won the silver medal in the super-G at", "id": "12658447" }, { "contents": "Albert Popov\n\n\ngiant slalom at the 2018 FIS Junior World Ski Championships in Davos. Twelve days later he made his debut at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang 2018, where he placed 28th in the giant slalom and did not finish the slalom. His World Cup breakthrough came in the opening race of the 2018–19 season in Levi, where he finished 20th, earning 11 points - Bulgaria's first in the World Cup since Petar Popangelov during the 1986–87 season. Popov followed that up with a 16th place finish at Madonna di Campiglio in December, after", "id": "1530499" }, { "contents": "Tessa Worley\n\n\nplace in a giant slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany. She finished in fifth place in the first race of the 2009 World Cup season, a giant slalom in Sölden, Austria, in October 2008. A month later she won her first World Cup race (and first podium) in a giant slalom at Aspen, United States. Early in the 2011 season, Worley won three consecutive giant slalom races before January. In February, Worley won a gold medal in the nations team event at the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen", "id": "4107613" }, { "contents": "Armand Marchant\n\n\nArmand Marchant (born 14 December 1997) is a Belgian alpine ski racer. Marchant specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, in the Giant slalom and the Slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014 in the Alta Badia giant slalom, he failed to finish the first run. At the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek he finished 41st in the Giant slalom and", "id": "4076226" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nCup points (ahead of Norwegian Kjetil André Aamodt), he is considered among the best alpine racers in World Cup history. After winning Junior World Championships in both slalom and giant slalom, Raich made his World Cup debut in March 1996. He scored his first victory in 1999, in slalom. In 2001 he won the silver medal in slalom at the World Championships, and at the end of the season he won the slalom World Cup. In 2002 he won two bronze medals at the Salt Lake City Olympics. Raich", "id": "20658333" }, { "contents": "Manuela Mölgg\n\n\nManuela Mölgg (born 28 August 1983) is a retired alpine ski racer from Italy, a specialist in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2000 and gained her first podium in November 2004. She has 14 World Cup podium finishes and appeared in two Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2009 Alpine World Ski Championships in Val-d'Isère Mölgg took the lead in the slalom after the first run but was disqualified from", "id": "21947840" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom\n\n\nFelix Neureuther, and Alexis Pinturault), which spawned criticism of the course. The second run was set by Ante Kostelić, known for idiosyncratic gate settings. He is the father of competitor Ivica Kostelić of Croatia, who finished ninth. Less than seven weeks shy of his 35th birthday, Mario Matt of Austria became the oldest gold medalist in Olympic alpine skiing history. The silver went to defending World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher, and Henrik Kristoffersen became the youngest male to medal in an Olympic alpine event at age 19. The", "id": "2699458" }, { "contents": "Jean-Baptiste Grange\n\n\nHe won his first World Cup race on 17 December 2007, and won the 2009 season title in the slalom. Injured in early December 2009 in a giant slalom at Beaver Creek, he opted for surgery and missed the remainder of the 2010 season, which included the 2010 Winter Olympics. He returned to competition for the 2011 season and won the world championship in the slalom. He won his second slalom world title in Beaver Creek on 15 February 2015. His older brother is François-Cyrille Grange, also an alpine ski", "id": "20737157" }, { "contents": "Petra Vlhová\n\n\nPetra Vlhová (born 13 June 1995) is a Slovak World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. She is the current world champion in giant slalom. Born in Liptovský Mikuláš, Vlhová won a gold medal in 2012 Winter Youth Olympics and represented Slovakia in the 2014 Winter Olympics. She also won gold in the slalom at the Junior World Championships in 2014 in Jasná, Slovakia. She made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2012 and her first World Cup podium came", "id": "7975537" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n, at the age of 23 years and nine months. With that race she also equalled the record of the Austrian Marlies Schild for the most wins in women's slalom – 35, and put herself in joint seventh place in all-time World Cup victories with Alberto Tomba of Italy. One week later, she took another World Cup slalom win in Semmering, Austria, becoming the first alpine skier to take 15 World Cup wins in a single calendar year, moving ahead of Marcel Hirscher, who had taken 14 wins in", "id": "8983544" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's combined\n\n\nThe men's combined competition of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics was held on 13 February 2018 at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre and the Yongpyong Alpine Centre at the Alpensia Sports Park in PyeongChang. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, with Alexis Pinturault coming in second, and Victor Muffat-Jeandet third. For Muffat-Jeandet, this was the first Olympic medal, and for both Hirscher and Pinturault the first medal in combined. Hirscher, who won six overall World Cup titles and was skiing in his third Olympics, previously only won a", "id": "17712395" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\n, Utah. On 26 October 2002, Maze won her first World Cup race at the season opener in Sölden, Austria. She shared the giant slalom win with Nicole Hosp of Austria and Andrine Flemmen of Norway in the first-ever a three-way tie in a World Cup race. Maze finished the 2003 season on the 38th place in the overall standings with 190 points, all in giant slalom. At the 2003 World Championships, she finished 5th in giant slalom. In the 2004 season, Maze scored one podium", "id": "12638261" }, { "contents": "1978–79 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 13th World Cup season began in December 1978 in Austria and concluded in March 1979 in Japan. The overall winners were Peter Lüscher of Switzerland, his first overall win, and Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria, her sixth (which remained the record until 2017-18, when Austria's Marcel Hirscher won his seventh overall title). Although Ingemar Stenmark did not win the overall title due to restrictions on the number of races that counted for overall championship points, he won 13 races during the season (including the last", "id": "844407" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\n, including the super-G race in January in Les Menuires. He again won the Giant Slalom Cup, finished second in the overall standings and second in the Slalom Cup. In the 1990–91 season he performed best in the slalom. He won competitions in Madonna di Campiglio and Kranjska Gora in December, and recorded three-second places, only one of them in giant slalom. Again he finished second in the Slalom Cup. At the 1991 World Championships, he won the bronze medal in slalom and placed fourth in both", "id": "9904885" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\na World Championship gold medal in slalom in 2003, Olympic silver medal in slalom in 2010, Olympic silver medals in combined in 2006 (traditional combined), 2010 (super combined) and 2014, as well as the overall World Cup title in 2011. Kostelić scored a total of 26 World Cup race victories and a total of 59 World Cup podiums during his career (). He won the slalom World Cup title in 2002 and 2011, and the combined World Cup title in 2011 and 2012. Since 2008, he", "id": "3227791" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nMarch 1975 at Sun Valley. He won the final race of the season, a parallel slalom (\"pro-style\" heats) the following week in Val Gardena, Italy, against his challenger Stenmark to secure the overall title. His last win in giant slalom was in January 1976, and his final World Cup victory was in the combined at Kitzbühel in January 1977. His last podium finish was a third place in the slalom at Åre, Sweden, in February 1979. He finished eighth in the slalom at the", "id": "10362492" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nand 10th in the combined. In the 2006 season, Maze won one giant slalom race and two more podiums, a third place in giant slalom and a runner-up position in super-G. She finished the season 14th in the overall standings with 525 points and scored World Cup points in all disciplines for the first time. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Maze competed in the giant slalom and super-G events, where she finished 12th and 39th, respectively. The 2007 season was not as successful for her as", "id": "12638263" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n2013 in Sölden, Austria, with a career-best sixth in giant slalom, within a half-second of the podium. She won the next event, a slalom at Levi, Finland, improving on her podium finish the previous year for her fifth World Cup victory. At Beaver Creek, she was runner-up in the giant slalom, her first World Cup podium in that discipline. On January 5, Shiffrin secured first place in a two-run slalom race in Bormio, Italy (the race took place", "id": "8983524" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nfinished among the top six in the overall World Cup standings each season (2008: sixth; 2009: fourth; 2010: fifth; 2011: first; 2012: fourth; 2013: fifth). He also scored points in all disciplines each of those seasons, and his best race results were a seventh place in downhill, a second place in giant slalom, and victories in all other disciplines (11 in slalom, 1 in parallel-slalom, 2 in combined, 4 in super combined, and 1 in super", "id": "3227792" }, { "contents": "Fabienne Serrat\n\n\nFabienne Serrat (born 5 July 1956) is a former world champion alpine ski racer. At age 17, Serrat won two gold medals at the 1974 World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in the giant slalom and the combined events. During her World Cup career she had three victories, 37 podiums, and 124 top ten finishes. Serrat competed at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Winter Olympics in a total of five events. Her best result was fourth place in the giant slalom in 1980. She retired from competition", "id": "6439530" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nhe finished third, and in the overall standings he finished fourth. He also competed at the 1989 World Championships, placing eighth in the giant slalom and sixth in the slalom. He was given the Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year award of 1989. The 1989–90 season started equally well, with two-second places in August in Thredbo. He then won his next race, a giant slalom competition in Park City in November. Although that would be his only victory that season, he became runner-up in three further races", "id": "9904884" }, { "contents": "Thomas Fanara\n\n\nThomas Fanara (born 24 April 1981) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from France. Born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Fanara specialised in giant slalom; his one and only win came in March 2016 at the giant slalom finals in St. Moritz, Switzerland. He is the oldest racer to reach a World Cup podium in giant slalom, and competed for France at three Winter Olympics and six World Championships. He retired from competition at the end of the 2018-19 season. Fanara has started over 70", "id": "8162366" }, { "contents": "Alena Zavarzina\n\n\nin Kreischberg, she won a silver medal in parallel giant slalom after losing to Claudia Riegler in the repeat of the 2011 final, and finished fifth in the parallel slalom. She reached her second World Cup podium of the season at the season finale in Winterberg, and finished the season in thirteenth place in the overall World Cup standings. In 2015/16 season, Zavarzina won her second career World Cup victory, this time in parallel slalom, in Winterberg which was also her sole World Cup podium of the season. At the end", "id": "5559259" }, { "contents": "Tanja Poutiainen\n\n\nin the United States. At the 1999 Junior World Championships, she placed third in the giant slalom at Pra-Loup, France. Poutiainen scored her first World Cup victory – and the first for a female Finnish alpine skier – on 28 February 2004 in a slalom held on home snow in Levi, Finland – the first alpine World Cup race to be held in the country. In the 2005 World Cup season, Poutiainen won the season titles in both the slalom and giant slalom, and placed fifth in the overall standings", "id": "20125357" }, { "contents": "Ramón Homs\n\n\nWinter World Cup, he finished seventeenth in the overall standings. At the March 2008 Italian National Championships, he finished third in the Super G, fifth in the Giant Slalom and was disqualified from the Slalom. At the last round of the European Cup in March 2008, an event held in La Molina, Spain, he was one of several non-vision impaired Spanish skiers competing at the event. At the first IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup event in the 2008/2009 ski season, he failed to finish one of his races", "id": "1327121" }, { "contents": "Mitchell Gourley\n\n\ncompeted in five Men's Standing events. He finished fourth in the Giant Slalom and fifth in the Super-G. He finished the 2015/16 World Cup season on a high, placing third on the overall rankings after a successful run of events that saw him podium nine times. Gourley won the gold medal in the Men's Super Combined Standing at the 2017 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Tarvisio, Italy. Gourley was in sixth place after the super-G, but put on a masterclass in the slalom to secure the gold", "id": "6530863" }, { "contents": "Didier Défago\n\n\nDidier Défago (born 2 October 1977) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Morgins, Valais, Défago made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 1996, and was Swiss national champion in downhill (2003) and Giant slalom (2004). At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he won the downhill at Whistler to become the Olympic champion. Défago finished the 2005 World Cup season as sixth overall and fourth in the Super-G, his most successful season so far. In 2009", "id": "11060083" } ]

[ { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nHirscher won the overall World Cup title again in 2013 with 6 victories; he also won the slalom title and was runner-up in giant slalom. Hirscher scored a total of 18 podium finishes out of 19 races in the two technical events. The only race in either slalom or giant slalom where he finished outside the top 3 was the giant slalom in Adelboden. In that particular race Hirscher was leading after the first run, built up his advantage to over a second in the second run, but nearly fell several gates", "id": "14754284" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nChampionships, which ended his 2011 season. Returning after injury, Hirscher had an outstanding season in terms of wins in 2012 with 9 victories and a total of 14 podiums, all in the two technical events (except for one third place in the season's last Super G). He won the World Cup overall and giant slalom titles, and placed third in the slalom. In October 2012, Hirscher was awarded the Skieur d'Or Award by members of the International Association of Ski Journalists for his performances during the previous season.", "id": "14754283" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nMarcel Hirscher (born 2 March 1989) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. Hirscher made his World Cup debut in March 2007. He competes primarily in slalom and giant slalom, as well as combined and occasionally in super G. Winner of a record eight consecutive World Cup titles, Hirscher has also won 11 medals at the Alpine Skiing World Championships, seven of them gold, a silver medal in slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and two gold medals in the combined and giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics.", "id": "14754281" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\ncancelled. Three days after turning 18, Shiffrin won the final slalom race at Lenzerheide on 16 March to overtake Maze and win that discipline's season title by 33 points. The men's overall title wasn't decided until the World Cup finals at Lenzerheide. A runner-up finish in the giant slalom on 16 March gave Hirscher his second consecutive overall title, the first male to achieve this feat since Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003. Hirscher also won the slalom title, while the downhill and super-G titles went", "id": "9809256" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nsurpassing Benjamin Raich's total. On 18 December he won the fourth giant slalom of the season in Alta Badia having finished second in the three preceding giant slalom races, equalling Alberto Tomba's 4 wins at the venue, and with it became the 5th most successful male World Cup winner. On 7 January Hirscher achieved his 100th podium from 191 starts (a ratio of 52.3%) with a 2nd-place finish in the giant slalom in Adelboden. On 29 January Hirscher won the GS in Garmisch, achieving his 20th GS", "id": "14754289" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nnumber of points but Ligety had more victories (4, as opposed to 2 by Hirscher). This was Ligety's second consecutive giant slalom title and fifth overall. The slalom title went to Hirscher, who secured it in the last race of the season. The combined title was shared by Ligety and Alexis Pinturault of France, who each won a first and a second place in two combined races of the season. Fenninger won the overall women's title, her first, and the first by an Austrian woman since Nicole", "id": "7283678" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nbefore the final, thus missing the win and finished only 16th. He became the first male racer to retain the overall World Cup title since fellow Austrian Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003 and the first to win it three years in a row since American Phil Mahre did so in 1981, 1982 and 1983. In 2015 Hirscher dominated the giant slalom standings with 5 wins, including a winning margin of 3.28 seconds in Garmisch, and won the GS title for the second time. With his slalom win in Zagreb he became the", "id": "14754285" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nDue to his record number of overall titles, many years of extreme dominance of both slalom and giant slalom and of the men's overall ranking, he is considered by many, including his rivals Henrik Kristoffersen, Kjetil Jansrud and Alexis Pinturault, to be the best alpine skier in history. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Hirscher placed fourth in the giant slalom and fifth in the slalom at Whistler Creekside. He placed fourth in the giant slalom at the 2009 World Championships, but broke his ankle the weekend preceding the 2011 World", "id": "14754282" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n. On 13 January 2019 he won the slalom race in Adelboden and celebrated a 9th World Cup win and a 16th podium, a record among male athletes at a single resort. At the 2019 Alpine World Ski Championships in Åre in February, Hirscher took a silver in the giant slalom behind Henrik Kristoffersen, before winning the slalom by 0.65 seconds after holding a 0.56 second lead from the first run: Hirscher described his first run as one of the best performances of his career. He led teammates Michael Matt and Marco Schwarz in", "id": "14754299" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\ntherefore 10 points more than fourth place. The 2015 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup season was less successful for Ligety as he was able to win just one race and finished third in the giant slalom standings and eleventh overall. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 held in Beaver Creek, Ligety finished third in the super combined event despite being ranked 29th after the downhill leg. In the giant slalom, placed fifth after the first run and trailing by 0.24 to then leading favorite Marcel Hirscher, Ligety skied impressively in the second", "id": "12994700" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmatching the total of legendary technical racer Alberto Tomba. Two days later Hirscher achieved his sixth win of the season by winning the GS in Adelboden and moved to 3rd overall in the men's World Cup winners rankings. The next day he won the slalom in Adelboden. On 23 January, with his 9th win of the season in the Schladming night slalom, Hirscher equalled his compatriot Austrian ski legend Hermann Maier's 54 World Cup victories. It was the 500th World Cup win for Austrian men. On 28 January Hirscher moved to", "id": "14754293" }, { "contents": "Matts Olsson\n\n\nMatts Olsson (born 1 December 1988) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden who races in the giant slalom discipline. Born in Karlstad, Olsson made his World Cup debut at age 19 in October 2007. He won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in the team event, and finished 18th in the giant slalom, and 24th in the super-G. Matts Olsson won his first World Cup competition victory in Alta Badia in December 2017 at an evening event in Parallel Giant Slalom. Matts defeated Marcel Hirscher", "id": "12104888" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmost successful Austrian male World Cup slalom skier surpassing Benjamin Raich. In the final race of the season in Meribel he overturned a 55-point deficit in the standings by winning his 16th World Cup slalom, and with it won the slalom title for the third year in a row. Hirscher became the first male alpine skier to win the overall World Cup title four times in a row. In 2016 Hirscher became the most successful Austrian male World Cup GS skier by winning in Beaver Creek, Colorado, surpassing Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier.", "id": "14754286" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nwas won by Hirscher for the third time in a row, becoming the first man to achieve this since Phil Mahre in 1983. Hirscher secured the title after the second-to-last race of the season when he beat Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who did not compete in slalom. Svindal won both the downhill (second time in a row) and super-G titles (third time in a row). The giant slalom title went to Ted Ligety of the United States. Ligety and Hirscher shared the same", "id": "7283677" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the race on March 15 with a 0,03 second advantage over Alexis Pinturault and with Hirscher finishing fourth, both skiers ended the season tied with 560 points. The Crystal Globe was however awarded to Ligety who won due to having five discipline victories during the season compared to Hirscher's two. This was the fifth giant slalom title in Ligety's career. - Hirscher lost the title in that last giant slalom race with a deficit of 0.01 seconds to the 3rd place (achieved by Felix Neureuther) which is awarded 60 points,", "id": "12994699" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nand 43rd World Cup win, and with it attained Austria's 100th GS win for men. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 in St. Moritz, Switzerland Hirscher won gold in the GS and slalom, and silver in the combined, missing the gold by just 0.01 seconds. He was the most successful athlete at the championships. On 4 March in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Hirscher won his third GS race of the season and with it secured his 4th GS World Cup title and his 6th overall World Cup title;", "id": "14754290" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n12 November and achieved a 17th-place finish. The next technical race was the GS in Val d'Isère on 9 December and Hirscher came 3rd. He won the slalom the next day. On 17 December 2017 he won the giant slalom race in Alta Badia, which was his fifth consecutive victory in that location, surpassing Ivica Kostelić, who won the Kitzbühel combined 4 times in a row. On 4 January Hirscher achieved his 5th win of the season in the slalom in Zagreb and with it his 50th World Cup win,", "id": "14754292" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n. He won his third season title in giant slalom in 2011. Even though Ligety was able to win three giant slalom races during the season, he was dethroned as the discipline champion by an overall champion Marcel Hirscher from Austria. Before the last giant slalom race which was held on March 17 at Schladming, Hirscher was in lead with 605 points ahead to Ted with 513 points. Therefore, Ted was forced to attack as powerful as he was able to do but he did fall in the first leg; he did continue", "id": "12994692" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nthe only male skier in history to do so. One day later Hirscher finished fourth in the slalom and with it secured his fourth World Cup slalom title. The start of the 2018 season was expected to be more difficult as Hirscher suffered a fracture to his left ankle during the first day of snow training on 17 August. Fortunately the first race of the season in Sölden was cancelled due to high winds, giving Hirscher a few more weeks to recover. He made a last minute decision to race the slalom in Levi on", "id": "14754291" }, { "contents": "Ingemar Stenmark\n\n\nCup slalom title in 1983. Stenmark began skiing at the age of five and won his first national competition at age eight. Stenmark made his World Cup debut in December 1973 at age 17. He won more international races than any other alpine skier in history: he took 86 wins (46 giant slaloms and 40 slaloms). His closest male competitor is Marcel Hirscher, with 67 (up to January 2019) victories to his name. Stenmark won only in the two technical disciplines: slalom and giant slalom (the other", "id": "19815131" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nachievement he shares with Pirmin Zurbriggen and Hermann Maier, exceeded by Marcel Hirscher's and Marc Girardelli's five. Thöni was the dominant skier in the technical events (slalom and giant slalom) in the early 1970s. His first victory came in his debut race on the World Cup circuit, a giant slalom at Val-d'Isère, France, in December 1969. Still a teenager, he had a very successful rookie year during that 1970 season with four victories and nine podiums. He finished third in the overall standings, just", "id": "10362488" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nrun, to finish 0.45 ahead of Hirscher and secure his third consecutive world title in the discipline. Ligety won the season's first race, a giant slalom on October 25, 2015, at Sölden, Austria. While training on January 27 at Oberjoch, Germany, he tore the ACL in his right knee, which required surgery and ended his 2016 season. Ligety returned to World Cup racing in October 2016, competing in the prelude (giant slalom) race at Sölden on October 23 (finishing 5th), and he", "id": "12994701" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 47th World Cup season began on 27 October 2012, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 17 March 2013, at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The overall titles were won by Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. A break in the schedule was for the biennial World Championships, held 4–17 February in Schladming, Austria. Changes for the 2013 season included the awarding of World Cup points for the slalom crystal globe for the limited field city events (parallel slalom), not just in", "id": "9809251" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nlegends Ingemar Stenmark and Hermann Maier. Unfortunately, the following day the slalom race was cancelled due to high winds, denying Hirscher the opportunity to obtain the record outright. Hirscher has started 245 World Cup races, has won 67 of them, (a ratio of 27%) has achieved 138 podiums (a ratio of 56%) and has finished 73% of his races in the Top 10. In December 2018 Hirscher became Austria's most prolific World Cup race winner when he won a slalom in Saalbach-Hinterglemm in", "id": "14754297" }, { "contents": "Manfred Mölgg\n\n\nManfred Mölgg (born 3 June 1982) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from northern Italy. He specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made his World Cup debut in January 2003 at Bormio. As of mid-January 2016, he has 19 World Cup podiums with three victories, all achieved in slalom. Mölgg won the World Cup season title in slalom in 2008, and finished fourth in the overall standings, the best result for an Italian since Kristian", "id": "20862702" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nto reach the top of the standings in the greatest alpine skiers of all time men's super ranking. At the end of the slalom race, Hirscher said on Austrian television that he would go home \"and consider where the journey will go. I don't know if I will be skiing World Cup next season\". At the World Cup finals in Åre, Hirscher won the GS race on 17 March and equaled the record of most wins in a single season: he shares the record of 13 wins with alpine skiing", "id": "14754296" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWorld Cup technical races resumed in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia on 3 March with the GS. Hirscher secured the GS crystal globe for the 5th time by winning the race with a winning margin of 1.66 seconds. The following day, Hirscher also won the slalom with a winning margin of 1.22 seconds. As a result, he also won the slalom crystal globe for the 5th time, and the overall crystal globe for the seventh time in succession with 2 technical races remaining. His Olympic gold medals plus the additional crystal globes enabled him", "id": "14754295" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nin Kranjska Gora for a record sixth time. At the season finals in Lenzerheide he surprisingly finished second, tied with Christof Innerhofer, in the downhill race. The result was his first ever podium in downhill and made him only the second American skier in history, after Bode Miller, to podium in all five alpine skiing disciplines. Ligety then finished fifth in the final super-G race. Before the last giant slalom race of the season Ligety was trailing Marcel Hirscher by 50 points for the discipline title. However, Ligety", "id": "12994698" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhe had three fourth-place finishes, one in giant slalom, one in super combined, and one in the World Cup finals downhill, as well as a fourth-place finish in the giant slalom at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden, missing a medal by 0.07 seconds. He finished eleventh overall in 2007. Ligety won his first World Cup season title in the giant slalom in 2008, and finished fifth in the overall standings. He won the final two giant slaloms of the year at Kranjska Gora and", "id": "12994684" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's giant slalom\n\n\nThe Men's Giant Slalom competition at the 2013 World Championships ran on Friday, February 15 at 10:00 local time (1st run) and 13:30 (2nd run), the ninth race of the championships. 99 athletes from 55 countries competed in the main race while 132 athletes from 53 countries competed in the qualification race on Thursday, February 14. Ted Ligety won his third gold medal of the 2013 World Championships, joined on the podium by Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three", "id": "6822507" }, { "contents": "Giorgio Rocca\n\n\nGiorgio Rocca (born 6 August 1975) is an Italian former alpine skier, a specialist in slalom skiing. Together with Marc Girardelli, Ingemar Stenmark and Marcel Hirscher, he is one of four skiers to have won 5 Alpine Skiing World Cup slaloms in a row, which he achieved in the 2005/2006 season: only Alberto Tomba (7) has won more World Cup slaloms consecutively. He is currently ninth in the list of all-time slalom winners, with a total of 11 victories. Rocca was born in Chur,", "id": "14243073" }, { "contents": "Viktoria Rebensburg\n\n\nViktoria Rebensburg (born 4 October 1989) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer and the 2010 Olympic gold medalist in the Born in Tegernsee, Bavaria, she has three World Cup season titles, all in giant slalom. After finishing 28th in the Olympic super-G, she won gold in the giant slalom, her first victory in international competition. Her previous best finish was second place at a GS a month earlier, her only World Cup podium. Ten months later Rebensberg won her first World Cup race in October", "id": "7848199" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nAustria to narrowly beat France in the men's nations cup by 201 points, the narrowest winning margin for many years. Hirscher was the only Austrian male skier to win a race in the entire season, and scored 30.9% (1795 out of 5804) of the Austrian men's nations cup points. On 13 November in Levi, Finland, Hirscher won the first slalom of the 2017 season and equalled Pirmin Zurbriggen's win total of 40, putting him equal 5th in the standings. He also achieved his 93rd podium,", "id": "14754288" }, { "contents": "Marco Schwarz\n\n\nMarco Schwarz (born 16 August 1995) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He focuses on the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Schwarz competed for Austria at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in the alpine skiing and won three gold medals; in the boys' combined, the parallel mixed team event, and the boys' giant slalom. Schwarz made his World Cup debut in November 2014 at age 19. He achieved his first World Cup podium in December 2015; third place in a slalom at Madonna di", "id": "12834730" }, { "contents": "Dave Ryding\n\n\n's slalom in 2002, from which he was disqualified. He went on the finish the season 11th in the World Cup slalom standings. Ryding took one of the best World Cup results of his career so far in a slalom in Madonna di Campiglio in December 2018: after placing 27th in the first run, he set the fastest second run time to secure a fourth-placed finish. Ryding continued his good form at the Oslo parallel slalom on New Year's Day 2019: he knocked out Hirscher in the quarter-finals", "id": "16035158" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 48th World Cup season began on 26 October 2013, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 16 March 2014 at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The defending overall champions from the 2013 season were Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. The overall titles were won by Hirscher and Anna Fenninger, also of Austria. The season was interrupted by the 2014 Winter Olympics that took place from 7 to 23 February in Sochi, Russia, with the alpine events at Rosa Khutor. The men's title", "id": "7283676" }, { "contents": "Michaela Kirchgasser\n\n\nMichaela Kirchgasser (born 18 March 1985) is a retired Austrian alpine ski racer. She raced in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom, and also the combined. On 25 November 2006, Kirchgasser made her first World Cup podium with a third place in the giant slalom at Aspen, Colorado. Her first victory was on 24 February 2007, in a giant slalom at Sierra Nevada, Spain. She has competed in three Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she finished fifth in the slalom", "id": "6480720" }, { "contents": "Marcel Mathis\n\n\nMarcel Mathis (born December 24, 1991) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Hohenems, Vorarlberg, he primarily competed on the European Cup circuit, but raced in several World Cup events, all in giant slalom. Mathis' first top result in World Cup was his third place in giant slalom in Bansko, Bulgaria, on February 18, 2012. He was in 26th place after the first run, but had the fastest second run to attain the podium. It was also his first", "id": "4965368" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\ngiant slalom and combined, and silver in super-G. He also won two other giant slaloms during the season. In the 2004 season, Miller won World Cup titles in two disciplines: giant slalom and combined, but placed fourth in the competition for the overall title. He won six World Cup races: three giant slaloms, two combineds and one slalom. After the season, Miller switched to Atomic skis. Miller won his first overall World Cup title in 2005, defeating Austrians Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier. He made", "id": "8624673" }, { "contents": "Henrik Kristoffersen\n\n\nHenrik Kristoffersen (born 2 July 1994) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, 2019 World Champion and Olympic medalist. Born in Lørenskog in Akershus county, Kristoffersen specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. He made his World Cup debut in March 2012 in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, and attained his first podium in November 2013, a third-place finish in slalom at Levi, Finland. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Kristoffersen won the bronze medal in slalom at Rosa Khutor at age 19", "id": "12443237" }, { "contents": "Alexis Pinturault\n\n\n, as he missed pre-season speed training after surgery on his left ankle in August to repair ligaments damaged while playing tennis. Pinturault did not medal at the world championships in 2013, but had four top-six finishes. A week later he claimed a fourth World Cup win, his first in giant slalom, at Garmisch, Germany. Second after the first run, Pinturault's total time was 0.60 seconds ahead of runner-up Hirscher. On 15 March, he was honored as the 2013 Longines Rising Star,", "id": "14820258" }, { "contents": "Žan Kranjec\n\n\nŽan Kranjec (born 15 November 1992) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovenia. He specializes in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Kranjec made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 2011 at Kranjska Gora. He represented Slovenia at the World Championships in 2013 and was 22nd in giant slalom. A week later at the Junior World Championships in Canada, he won a bronze medal in giant slalom. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kranjec placed fourth in the giant slalom. In December 2018,", "id": "9034523" }, { "contents": "Hannes Reichelt\n\n\nJohannes \"Hannes\" Reichelt (born 5 July 1980) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He competes in downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom, and Combined. Born in Altenmarkt im Pongau in Salzburg, Reichelt made his World Cup debut in December 2001. He made his first podium in December 2002 and won his first World Cup race, a Super-G, in December 2005. Reichelt also won the European Cup overall title in 2005, as well as the European Cup season title in giant slalom", "id": "15634035" }, { "contents": "Phil Mahre\n\n\nselected to the \"A\" team following the 1975 season and made his World Cup debut in December 1975 at Val d'Isère, France. Two months later he competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, taking fifth in the giant slalom at age 18. He made his first podium in March with a second in a giant slalom at Copper Mountain, Colorado, and finished the 1976 World Cup season in 14th place in the overall standings. He won his first World Cup race the next season, a giant slalom", "id": "12320115" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWith his GS win in Alta Badia, Italy (his 3rd consecutive win at that venue), he became Austria's most successful World Cup GS skier overtaking Annemarie Moser-Pröll. Another GS win in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia confirmed Hirscher as the GS title winner with one race to go. To wrap up an amazing season with 8 wins and 19 podiums Hirscher also won the men's overall World Cup title, his 5th consecutive overall title, a feat never before achieved by a male skier. His points total also enabled", "id": "14754287" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nreaching the podium for the first time, with a second place from Adelboden in January. He also won the slalom run in the Alpine Combined Event at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships. On 3 March in Furano, he finished second in the giant slalom, winning the slalom race two days later. One week later in Shigakogen, he won the giant slalom race and finished second in the slalom. As a result, he won the Giant Slalom Cup that year, though jointly with Pirmin Zurbriggen. In the Slalom Cup", "id": "9904883" }, { "contents": "Jean-Noël Augert\n\n\nwon three World Cups in 1969, 1971 and 1972, and in which he won a Gold medal at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena. He was also second in the overall classification of the 1969 World Cup and third in the Giant Slalom World Cup 1969. Besides his 15 wins in World Cup races, he finished 15 times at the podium (place two: 6 slaloms, 3 giant slaloms; place three: 2 slaloms, 4 giant slaloms). He came fifth in both the men's slalom and giant", "id": "18262429" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nTed Ligety) in a giant slalom race in Kranjska Gora, the same place where he also won his first top-3 result more than 15 years earlier (in January 1999). His last top three finish came in early March 2015 in a giant slalom race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen that came to be one of his very last races in the alpine world cup. On September 10, 2015, he announced his retirement. 9 titles: 1 overall, 2 giant slalom, 3 slalom, 3 combined 36 total: 14 slalom", "id": "20658336" }, { "contents": "Anna Veith\n\n\n-G at the Austrian Championships in late March. In late December 2011, Veith won her first World Cup event in Lienz, Austria, in the Giant slalom. Her most consistent World Cup podium results have been in the super-G. After another giant slalom win in Austria in December 2012, Veith's first super-G victory came in March 2013 in Germany. At the 2013 World Championships in Schladming, Austria, Veith won bronze in the giant slalom. In the alpine skiing World Cup overall ranking 2013 she finished", "id": "18958035" }, { "contents": "Davide Simoncelli\n\n\nDavide Simoncelli (born January 30, 1979 in Rovereto) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy who specialized in giant slalom. Simoncelli made his World Cup debut in 1999. He took two World Cup victories and eight podium finishes, all in giant slalom. He took five podiums on the \"Gran Risa\" track of Alta Badia, with a victory and four second places. He finished fourth in the World Cup points standings for giant slalom twice, in 2006 and 2010. Simoncelli competed for Italy in three", "id": "8459823" }, { "contents": "Kjetil Jansrud\n\n\nKjetil Jansrud (born 28 August 1985) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion. He races in all alpine disciplines apart from slalom, and his best event used to be the giant slalom where he has 6 World Cup podiums and an Olympic silver medal. However, since 2012 he has become more of a speed specialist, having won all but two of his World Cup victories in the speed events. At the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, he won the Super-G and placed third in the Downhill", "id": "11513877" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nmissed 11 races, including two classic slaloms and one parallel, in Stockholm. In the meantime, Marcel Hirscher took the lead in the overall standings and would go on to claim his first overall title. Kostelić returned to action in Schladming at the end of the season, and competed only in slalom. He finished 16th and André Myhrer took the slalom title. Born and raised in Zagreb, his parents, Ante and Marica, are former elite team handball players. They taught Ivica and his sister Janica, two years younger", "id": "3227806" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nin a giant slalom race at Maribor. During her early World Cup seasons, Maze competed in slalom, giant slalom, and super-G, but scored World Cup points only in the first two disciplines. At the 2001 World Championships, Maze's best result was a 16th place in slalom. In January 2002, Maze won her first podium, a second place in giant slalom in Maribor. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in the United States, Maze finished twelfth in the giant slalom in her Olympic debut at Park City", "id": "12638260" }, { "contents": "Günther Mader\n\n\ntotal of six medals in the world championships. He won his first championship medal, the silver medal in the Slalom Race at Crans Montana in 1987, after only placing eighth after the first leg of the competition. Mader won two World Cup season titles, giant slalom in 1990 and combined in 1996, and placed second in the overall World Cup standings in 1995 and 1996, and third in 1990. Without his 14 wins, he did achieve another 27 places in World Cup races. His only World Cup victory in downhill", "id": "16142764" }, { "contents": "Nicole Hosp\n\n\nNicole Hosp (; born 6 November 1983) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. She competed in all five disciplines and was a world champion, three-time Olympic medalist, and an overall World Cup champion. Born in Ehenbichl, Tyrol, Hosp won the overall World Cup title in 2007 and the season title in giant slalom. A versatile all-around racer, she won World Cup races in four of the five alpine skiing disciplines (super-G, giant slalom, slalom and combined),", "id": "18723452" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Men's super combined\n\n\nThe Men's super combined competition at the 2015 World Championships was held on Sunday, February 8. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, despite originally finishing in 31st position after the downhill leg. Ondřej Bank however, fell on the final jump and, although the original results had Bank in 25th place, the jury disqualified him after the run ended and as a result, Hirscher was able to start first in the slalom leg instead of starting after the top 30. With a clean track he was able to rise all the", "id": "2139631" }, { "contents": "Loïc Meillard\n\n\nLoïc Meillard (born 29 October 1996) is a Swiss alpine ski racer and specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Meillard made his World Cup debut in January 2015; his younger sister Mélanie is also a World Cup alpine racer. Meillard made his World Cup debut at age 18 in the Adelboden giant slalom in January 2015. At the World Junior Championships that March at Hafjell, Norway, he won a bronze medal in the Super-G, silver in the giant slalom, and gold in the combined", "id": "4438833" }, { "contents": "Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander\n\n\nSimon Breitfuss Kammerlander (born 29 November 1992) is a Bolivian-Austrian alpine ski racer. Breitfuss Kammerlander specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut on 23 October 2016. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut at the Sölden Giant slalom on 23 October 2016, he failed to qualify for the second run finishing in 78th place. He competed for Bolivia at the 2017 Alpine World Ski Championships. He finished 46th in the Super-G and failed to finish the first run", "id": "10351390" }, { "contents": "Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen\n\n\nLeif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen (born 29 November 1987) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, specializing in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Haugen made his World Cup debut in October 2009 in Sölden, and collected his first World Cup points with a 26th place. He won a bronze medal in giant slalom at the World Championships in 2017 and attained his first World Cup podium in March 2017 at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Nestvold-Haugen represents the sports club Lommedalens IL, and hails from Lommedalen.", "id": "14989586" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\nwas disqualified – while in first place at the time – during the second leg of the combined event, failed to finish the super-G, tied for 6th in the giant slalom, and had another DNF after missing a gate in the first run of the slalom. Nevertheless, Miller won two races during the season (a giant slalom and a super-G) and placed third for the season's overall World Cup title. At the 2006 U.S. National Championships following the World Cup season, Miller won the downhill and", "id": "8624676" }, { "contents": "Leonardo David\n\n\nthe World Cup season in North America and Japan. Then age 18, David was a promising talent on the Italian team, in his first year on the World Cup circuit. He won the overall and slalom titles of the European Cup in 1978, and placed second in giant slalom. He won his only World Cup race, a slalom in Oslo, less than a month before his accident, outpacing Ingemar Stenmark and Phil Mahre. David had 10 top ten finishes with four podiums during the 1979 World Cup season, and", "id": "2954663" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n-placed. But Ligety did do a phenomenal best time in the second leg, becoming first ahead to Raich. Ligety opened defense of his 2008 giant slalom title with a third-place finish in Sölden, Austria, and then placed second at Beaver Creek, Colorado. At the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isère, France, Ligety took the bronze medal in the giant slalom, then won his fourth World Cup race at Kranjska Gora. He finished the season with another second at the finals in Åre, Sweden, which", "id": "12994686" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nof 0.28 sec. (Janka was unbeatable on that afternoon, he finished 0.71 sec. ahead to Raich.) Ligety notched his fifth World Cup victory in January, his third win at Kranjska Gora in as many seasons. At the finals in Garmisch, Germany, he finished on the podium to secure his second season title in giant slalom, and finished seventh in the overall standings. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics at Whistler, he finished ninth in the giant slalom (on February 23 - he was eighth-placed after", "id": "12994688" }, { "contents": "Stefan Luitz\n\n\nStefan Luitz (; born 26 March 1992) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer. He primarily competes in giant slalom, but on 24 January 2016 in Kitzbühel, for the first time in his career, he completed both runs in slalom and finished 18th. Previously, he had once qualified to second run in slalom, on 18 December 2012 in Madonna di Campiglio, but did not finish the second run. Luitz made his World Cup debut in Adelboden in 2011, and attained his first World Cup podium in December 2012", "id": "15313224" }, { "contents": "Didier Cuche\n\n\nDidier Cuche (born 16 August 1974) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Le Pâquier, Neuchâtel, he competed in the downhill and super-G, along with the giant slalom. He won the World Cup downhill and super-G title for the 2011 season and has won three previous downhill titles in 2010, 2008 and 2007, along with a giant slalom title in 2009. Cuche has 21 World Cup race victories, along with 67 podiums (top three) and 181 top ten", "id": "11060008" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nBenjamin Raich (born 28 February 1978 in Arzl im Pitztal, Tyrol) is a retired champion World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria. With 14 medals won at Winter Olympics and World Championships, 36 World Cup race victories (in all disciplines except downhill), one first place and five second places in the World Cup overall ranking, three victories of the slalom World Cup, three victories of the combined World Cup, two victories of the giant slalom World Cup and the highest score of career World", "id": "20658332" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n50 World Cup races at the age of 23 years and 9 months. She has won 60 World Cup races, the 3rd most all time by a female alpine skier, including 40 WC slalom races, the most all-time by a female alpine skier. She is the only female athlete to have won 15 races in the same calendar year, winning the last slalom of the 2018 season in Semmering and equalling the men's record holder Marcel Hirscher. In the 2019 season she became the first athlete, male or female", "id": "8983516" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the GS world title in 2011 besting Cyprien Richard and Philipp Schörghofer. Ligety repeated as world champion in GS in 2013, ahead of Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. At Schladming in 2013, he became a triple world champion in giant slalom, super-G, and combined at Planai. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three or more gold medals at one world championships and the first in 45 years, when Jean-Claude Killy won four in 1968 at Chamrousse, with the combined as a \"paper", "id": "12994706" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\nher fourth slalom world cup. In Aspen, Colorado, the World Cup finals of the season took place. Shiffrin secured her first overall World Cup, but did not win the giant slalom World Cup that year. After the season, she received the \"Skieur d’Or\" (golden skier) award, given by the international ski journalist association to the best alpine skier of the year (one award for both genders). Shiffrin started the 2018 season with a 5th place finish in giant slalom at Sölden. In early December", "id": "8983533" }, { "contents": "Marilyn Cochran\n\n\nthe final five giant slalom races and won the World Cup season title. Cochran was the only American alpine racer with a World Cup season title until 1980, when Phil Mahre won the combined. She won the bronze medal in the combined at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena, Italy. Sister Barbara was fourth in that competition, but won a silver in the slalom, where Marilyn was sixth. Cochran won three World Cup races, two in giant slalom and one in slalom, and had 15 podiums and fifty top", "id": "314375" }, { "contents": "Thomas Grandi\n\n\nThomas Grandi (born 27 December 1972 in Bolzano, Italy) is a retired Canadian alpine skier. He specialized in technical skiing giant slalom and slalom. Grandi started in the Alpine Skiing World Cup in the 1992-93 season. His first top ten finish in the World Cup came in December 1996 where he finished in 10th position in the Giant Slalom in Alta Badia, Italy. In the 1997-98 World Cup season, he had his first top three finish when he finished in third place in a Giant Slalom race", "id": "10762400" }, { "contents": "Kajsa Kling\n\n\nKajsa Britta Kling (born 25 December 1988) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden. Born in Åre, Kling competed in all five alpine disciplines. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, she finished 26th in the giant slalom. On 28 December 2010, Kling crashed during a giant slalom race in Semmering, Austria, which ended her 2011 season. On 14 December 2013, Kling attained her first World Cup podium, placing second in a Super-G race in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Ahead of the 2017/18", "id": "18745147" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhis world title in giant slalom in 2013 in Schladming, Austria, where he also won an unexpected gold medal in the super-G and a third gold medal in the super combined. Through October, 2015, he has 25 victories (24 in giant slalom and 1 super combined) and 52 podiums in World Cup competition. His Olympic giant slalom gold medal, 24 GS World Cup wins, 3 GS world championship gold medals and 5 World Cup titles make him one of the greatest giant slalom skiers of all time.", "id": "12994676" }, { "contents": "Gauthier de Tessières\n\n\nGauthier de Tessières (born 9 November 1981) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from France, and has competed in two Winter Olympics and five World Championships. He made his breakthrough on the Alpine Skiing World Cup in a giant slalom in Val-d'Isère in December 2008, where after finishing 30th in the first run to narrowly qualify for the second run, he worked his way up to finish third overall, bettering his previous World Cup personal best of 15th. He won the silver medal in the super-G at", "id": "12658447" }, { "contents": "Albert Popov\n\n\ngiant slalom at the 2018 FIS Junior World Ski Championships in Davos. Twelve days later he made his debut at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang 2018, where he placed 28th in the giant slalom and did not finish the slalom. His World Cup breakthrough came in the opening race of the 2018–19 season in Levi, where he finished 20th, earning 11 points - Bulgaria's first in the World Cup since Petar Popangelov during the 1986–87 season. Popov followed that up with a 16th place finish at Madonna di Campiglio in December, after", "id": "1530499" }, { "contents": "Tessa Worley\n\n\nplace in a giant slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany. She finished in fifth place in the first race of the 2009 World Cup season, a giant slalom in Sölden, Austria, in October 2008. A month later she won her first World Cup race (and first podium) in a giant slalom at Aspen, United States. Early in the 2011 season, Worley won three consecutive giant slalom races before January. In February, Worley won a gold medal in the nations team event at the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen", "id": "4107613" }, { "contents": "Armand Marchant\n\n\nArmand Marchant (born 14 December 1997) is a Belgian alpine ski racer. Marchant specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, in the Giant slalom and the Slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014 in the Alta Badia giant slalom, he failed to finish the first run. At the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek he finished 41st in the Giant slalom and", "id": "4076226" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nCup points (ahead of Norwegian Kjetil André Aamodt), he is considered among the best alpine racers in World Cup history. After winning Junior World Championships in both slalom and giant slalom, Raich made his World Cup debut in March 1996. He scored his first victory in 1999, in slalom. In 2001 he won the silver medal in slalom at the World Championships, and at the end of the season he won the slalom World Cup. In 2002 he won two bronze medals at the Salt Lake City Olympics. Raich", "id": "20658333" }, { "contents": "Manuela Mölgg\n\n\nManuela Mölgg (born 28 August 1983) is a retired alpine ski racer from Italy, a specialist in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2000 and gained her first podium in November 2004. She has 14 World Cup podium finishes and appeared in two Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2009 Alpine World Ski Championships in Val-d'Isère Mölgg took the lead in the slalom after the first run but was disqualified from", "id": "21947840" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom\n\n\nFelix Neureuther, and Alexis Pinturault), which spawned criticism of the course. The second run was set by Ante Kostelić, known for idiosyncratic gate settings. He is the father of competitor Ivica Kostelić of Croatia, who finished ninth. Less than seven weeks shy of his 35th birthday, Mario Matt of Austria became the oldest gold medalist in Olympic alpine skiing history. The silver went to defending World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher, and Henrik Kristoffersen became the youngest male to medal in an Olympic alpine event at age 19. The", "id": "2699458" }, { "contents": "Jean-Baptiste Grange\n\n\nHe won his first World Cup race on 17 December 2007, and won the 2009 season title in the slalom. Injured in early December 2009 in a giant slalom at Beaver Creek, he opted for surgery and missed the remainder of the 2010 season, which included the 2010 Winter Olympics. He returned to competition for the 2011 season and won the world championship in the slalom. He won his second slalom world title in Beaver Creek on 15 February 2015. His older brother is François-Cyrille Grange, also an alpine ski", "id": "20737157" }, { "contents": "Petra Vlhová\n\n\nPetra Vlhová (born 13 June 1995) is a Slovak World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. She is the current world champion in giant slalom. Born in Liptovský Mikuláš, Vlhová won a gold medal in 2012 Winter Youth Olympics and represented Slovakia in the 2014 Winter Olympics. She also won gold in the slalom at the Junior World Championships in 2014 in Jasná, Slovakia. She made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2012 and her first World Cup podium came", "id": "7975537" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n, at the age of 23 years and nine months. With that race she also equalled the record of the Austrian Marlies Schild for the most wins in women's slalom – 35, and put herself in joint seventh place in all-time World Cup victories with Alberto Tomba of Italy. One week later, she took another World Cup slalom win in Semmering, Austria, becoming the first alpine skier to take 15 World Cup wins in a single calendar year, moving ahead of Marcel Hirscher, who had taken 14 wins in", "id": "8983544" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's combined\n\n\nThe men's combined competition of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics was held on 13 February 2018 at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre and the Yongpyong Alpine Centre at the Alpensia Sports Park in PyeongChang. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, with Alexis Pinturault coming in second, and Victor Muffat-Jeandet third. For Muffat-Jeandet, this was the first Olympic medal, and for both Hirscher and Pinturault the first medal in combined. Hirscher, who won six overall World Cup titles and was skiing in his third Olympics, previously only won a", "id": "17712395" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\n, Utah. On 26 October 2002, Maze won her first World Cup race at the season opener in Sölden, Austria. She shared the giant slalom win with Nicole Hosp of Austria and Andrine Flemmen of Norway in the first-ever a three-way tie in a World Cup race. Maze finished the 2003 season on the 38th place in the overall standings with 190 points, all in giant slalom. At the 2003 World Championships, she finished 5th in giant slalom. In the 2004 season, Maze scored one podium", "id": "12638261" }, { "contents": "1978–79 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 13th World Cup season began in December 1978 in Austria and concluded in March 1979 in Japan. The overall winners were Peter Lüscher of Switzerland, his first overall win, and Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria, her sixth (which remained the record until 2017-18, when Austria's Marcel Hirscher won his seventh overall title). Although Ingemar Stenmark did not win the overall title due to restrictions on the number of races that counted for overall championship points, he won 13 races during the season (including the last", "id": "844407" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\n, including the super-G race in January in Les Menuires. He again won the Giant Slalom Cup, finished second in the overall standings and second in the Slalom Cup. In the 1990–91 season he performed best in the slalom. He won competitions in Madonna di Campiglio and Kranjska Gora in December, and recorded three-second places, only one of them in giant slalom. Again he finished second in the Slalom Cup. At the 1991 World Championships, he won the bronze medal in slalom and placed fourth in both", "id": "9904885" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\na World Championship gold medal in slalom in 2003, Olympic silver medal in slalom in 2010, Olympic silver medals in combined in 2006 (traditional combined), 2010 (super combined) and 2014, as well as the overall World Cup title in 2011. Kostelić scored a total of 26 World Cup race victories and a total of 59 World Cup podiums during his career (). He won the slalom World Cup title in 2002 and 2011, and the combined World Cup title in 2011 and 2012. Since 2008, he", "id": "3227791" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nMarch 1975 at Sun Valley. He won the final race of the season, a parallel slalom (\"pro-style\" heats) the following week in Val Gardena, Italy, against his challenger Stenmark to secure the overall title. His last win in giant slalom was in January 1976, and his final World Cup victory was in the combined at Kitzbühel in January 1977. His last podium finish was a third place in the slalom at Åre, Sweden, in February 1979. He finished eighth in the slalom at the", "id": "10362492" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nand 10th in the combined. In the 2006 season, Maze won one giant slalom race and two more podiums, a third place in giant slalom and a runner-up position in super-G. She finished the season 14th in the overall standings with 525 points and scored World Cup points in all disciplines for the first time. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Maze competed in the giant slalom and super-G events, where she finished 12th and 39th, respectively. The 2007 season was not as successful for her as", "id": "12638263" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n2013 in Sölden, Austria, with a career-best sixth in giant slalom, within a half-second of the podium. She won the next event, a slalom at Levi, Finland, improving on her podium finish the previous year for her fifth World Cup victory. At Beaver Creek, she was runner-up in the giant slalom, her first World Cup podium in that discipline. On January 5, Shiffrin secured first place in a two-run slalom race in Bormio, Italy (the race took place", "id": "8983524" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nfinished among the top six in the overall World Cup standings each season (2008: sixth; 2009: fourth; 2010: fifth; 2011: first; 2012: fourth; 2013: fifth). He also scored points in all disciplines each of those seasons, and his best race results were a seventh place in downhill, a second place in giant slalom, and victories in all other disciplines (11 in slalom, 1 in parallel-slalom, 2 in combined, 4 in super combined, and 1 in super", "id": "3227792" }, { "contents": "Fabienne Serrat\n\n\nFabienne Serrat (born 5 July 1956) is a former world champion alpine ski racer. At age 17, Serrat won two gold medals at the 1974 World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in the giant slalom and the combined events. During her World Cup career she had three victories, 37 podiums, and 124 top ten finishes. Serrat competed at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Winter Olympics in a total of five events. Her best result was fourth place in the giant slalom in 1980. She retired from competition", "id": "6439530" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nhe finished third, and in the overall standings he finished fourth. He also competed at the 1989 World Championships, placing eighth in the giant slalom and sixth in the slalom. He was given the Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year award of 1989. The 1989–90 season started equally well, with two-second places in August in Thredbo. He then won his next race, a giant slalom competition in Park City in November. Although that would be his only victory that season, he became runner-up in three further races", "id": "9904884" }, { "contents": "Thomas Fanara\n\n\nThomas Fanara (born 24 April 1981) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from France. Born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Fanara specialised in giant slalom; his one and only win came in March 2016 at the giant slalom finals in St. Moritz, Switzerland. He is the oldest racer to reach a World Cup podium in giant slalom, and competed for France at three Winter Olympics and six World Championships. He retired from competition at the end of the 2018-19 season. Fanara has started over 70", "id": "8162366" }, { "contents": "Alena Zavarzina\n\n\nin Kreischberg, she won a silver medal in parallel giant slalom after losing to Claudia Riegler in the repeat of the 2011 final, and finished fifth in the parallel slalom. She reached her second World Cup podium of the season at the season finale in Winterberg, and finished the season in thirteenth place in the overall World Cup standings. In 2015/16 season, Zavarzina won her second career World Cup victory, this time in parallel slalom, in Winterberg which was also her sole World Cup podium of the season. At the end", "id": "5559259" }, { "contents": "Tanja Poutiainen\n\n\nin the United States. At the 1999 Junior World Championships, she placed third in the giant slalom at Pra-Loup, France. Poutiainen scored her first World Cup victory – and the first for a female Finnish alpine skier – on 28 February 2004 in a slalom held on home snow in Levi, Finland – the first alpine World Cup race to be held in the country. In the 2005 World Cup season, Poutiainen won the season titles in both the slalom and giant slalom, and placed fifth in the overall standings", "id": "20125357" }, { "contents": "Ramón Homs\n\n\nWinter World Cup, he finished seventeenth in the overall standings. At the March 2008 Italian National Championships, he finished third in the Super G, fifth in the Giant Slalom and was disqualified from the Slalom. At the last round of the European Cup in March 2008, an event held in La Molina, Spain, he was one of several non-vision impaired Spanish skiers competing at the event. At the first IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup event in the 2008/2009 ski season, he failed to finish one of his races", "id": "1327121" }, { "contents": "Mitchell Gourley\n\n\ncompeted in five Men's Standing events. He finished fourth in the Giant Slalom and fifth in the Super-G. He finished the 2015/16 World Cup season on a high, placing third on the overall rankings after a successful run of events that saw him podium nine times. Gourley won the gold medal in the Men's Super Combined Standing at the 2017 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Tarvisio, Italy. Gourley was in sixth place after the super-G, but put on a masterclass in the slalom to secure the gold", "id": "6530863" }, { "contents": "Didier Défago\n\n\nDidier Défago (born 2 October 1977) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Morgins, Valais, Défago made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 1996, and was Swiss national champion in downhill (2003) and Giant slalom (2004). At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he won the downhill at Whistler to become the Olympic champion. Défago finished the 2005 World Cup season as sixth overall and fourth in the Super-G, his most successful season so far. In 2009", "id": "11060083" } ]

[ { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nHirscher won the overall World Cup title again in 2013 with 6 victories; he also won the slalom title and was runner-up in giant slalom. Hirscher scored a total of 18 podium finishes out of 19 races in the two technical events. The only race in either slalom or giant slalom where he finished outside the top 3 was the giant slalom in Adelboden. In that particular race Hirscher was leading after the first run, built up his advantage to over a second in the second run, but nearly fell several gates", "id": "14754284" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nChampionships, which ended his 2011 season. Returning after injury, Hirscher had an outstanding season in terms of wins in 2012 with 9 victories and a total of 14 podiums, all in the two technical events (except for one third place in the season's last Super G). He won the World Cup overall and giant slalom titles, and placed third in the slalom. In October 2012, Hirscher was awarded the Skieur d'Or Award by members of the International Association of Ski Journalists for his performances during the previous season.", "id": "14754283" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nMarcel Hirscher (born 2 March 1989) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. Hirscher made his World Cup debut in March 2007. He competes primarily in slalom and giant slalom, as well as combined and occasionally in super G. Winner of a record eight consecutive World Cup titles, Hirscher has also won 11 medals at the Alpine Skiing World Championships, seven of them gold, a silver medal in slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and two gold medals in the combined and giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics.", "id": "14754281" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\ncancelled. Three days after turning 18, Shiffrin won the final slalom race at Lenzerheide on 16 March to overtake Maze and win that discipline's season title by 33 points. The men's overall title wasn't decided until the World Cup finals at Lenzerheide. A runner-up finish in the giant slalom on 16 March gave Hirscher his second consecutive overall title, the first male to achieve this feat since Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003. Hirscher also won the slalom title, while the downhill and super-G titles went", "id": "9809256" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nsurpassing Benjamin Raich's total. On 18 December he won the fourth giant slalom of the season in Alta Badia having finished second in the three preceding giant slalom races, equalling Alberto Tomba's 4 wins at the venue, and with it became the 5th most successful male World Cup winner. On 7 January Hirscher achieved his 100th podium from 191 starts (a ratio of 52.3%) with a 2nd-place finish in the giant slalom in Adelboden. On 29 January Hirscher won the GS in Garmisch, achieving his 20th GS", "id": "14754289" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nnumber of points but Ligety had more victories (4, as opposed to 2 by Hirscher). This was Ligety's second consecutive giant slalom title and fifth overall. The slalom title went to Hirscher, who secured it in the last race of the season. The combined title was shared by Ligety and Alexis Pinturault of France, who each won a first and a second place in two combined races of the season. Fenninger won the overall women's title, her first, and the first by an Austrian woman since Nicole", "id": "7283678" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nbefore the final, thus missing the win and finished only 16th. He became the first male racer to retain the overall World Cup title since fellow Austrian Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003 and the first to win it three years in a row since American Phil Mahre did so in 1981, 1982 and 1983. In 2015 Hirscher dominated the giant slalom standings with 5 wins, including a winning margin of 3.28 seconds in Garmisch, and won the GS title for the second time. With his slalom win in Zagreb he became the", "id": "14754285" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nDue to his record number of overall titles, many years of extreme dominance of both slalom and giant slalom and of the men's overall ranking, he is considered by many, including his rivals Henrik Kristoffersen, Kjetil Jansrud and Alexis Pinturault, to be the best alpine skier in history. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Hirscher placed fourth in the giant slalom and fifth in the slalom at Whistler Creekside. He placed fourth in the giant slalom at the 2009 World Championships, but broke his ankle the weekend preceding the 2011 World", "id": "14754282" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n. On 13 January 2019 he won the slalom race in Adelboden and celebrated a 9th World Cup win and a 16th podium, a record among male athletes at a single resort. At the 2019 Alpine World Ski Championships in Åre in February, Hirscher took a silver in the giant slalom behind Henrik Kristoffersen, before winning the slalom by 0.65 seconds after holding a 0.56 second lead from the first run: Hirscher described his first run as one of the best performances of his career. He led teammates Michael Matt and Marco Schwarz in", "id": "14754299" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\ntherefore 10 points more than fourth place. The 2015 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup season was less successful for Ligety as he was able to win just one race and finished third in the giant slalom standings and eleventh overall. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 held in Beaver Creek, Ligety finished third in the super combined event despite being ranked 29th after the downhill leg. In the giant slalom, placed fifth after the first run and trailing by 0.24 to then leading favorite Marcel Hirscher, Ligety skied impressively in the second", "id": "12994700" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmatching the total of legendary technical racer Alberto Tomba. Two days later Hirscher achieved his sixth win of the season by winning the GS in Adelboden and moved to 3rd overall in the men's World Cup winners rankings. The next day he won the slalom in Adelboden. On 23 January, with his 9th win of the season in the Schladming night slalom, Hirscher equalled his compatriot Austrian ski legend Hermann Maier's 54 World Cup victories. It was the 500th World Cup win for Austrian men. On 28 January Hirscher moved to", "id": "14754293" }, { "contents": "Matts Olsson\n\n\nMatts Olsson (born 1 December 1988) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden who races in the giant slalom discipline. Born in Karlstad, Olsson made his World Cup debut at age 19 in October 2007. He won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in the team event, and finished 18th in the giant slalom, and 24th in the super-G. Matts Olsson won his first World Cup competition victory in Alta Badia in December 2017 at an evening event in Parallel Giant Slalom. Matts defeated Marcel Hirscher", "id": "12104888" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmost successful Austrian male World Cup slalom skier surpassing Benjamin Raich. In the final race of the season in Meribel he overturned a 55-point deficit in the standings by winning his 16th World Cup slalom, and with it won the slalom title for the third year in a row. Hirscher became the first male alpine skier to win the overall World Cup title four times in a row. In 2016 Hirscher became the most successful Austrian male World Cup GS skier by winning in Beaver Creek, Colorado, surpassing Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier.", "id": "14754286" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nwas won by Hirscher for the third time in a row, becoming the first man to achieve this since Phil Mahre in 1983. Hirscher secured the title after the second-to-last race of the season when he beat Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who did not compete in slalom. Svindal won both the downhill (second time in a row) and super-G titles (third time in a row). The giant slalom title went to Ted Ligety of the United States. Ligety and Hirscher shared the same", "id": "7283677" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the race on March 15 with a 0,03 second advantage over Alexis Pinturault and with Hirscher finishing fourth, both skiers ended the season tied with 560 points. The Crystal Globe was however awarded to Ligety who won due to having five discipline victories during the season compared to Hirscher's two. This was the fifth giant slalom title in Ligety's career. - Hirscher lost the title in that last giant slalom race with a deficit of 0.01 seconds to the 3rd place (achieved by Felix Neureuther) which is awarded 60 points,", "id": "12994699" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nand 43rd World Cup win, and with it attained Austria's 100th GS win for men. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 in St. Moritz, Switzerland Hirscher won gold in the GS and slalom, and silver in the combined, missing the gold by just 0.01 seconds. He was the most successful athlete at the championships. On 4 March in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Hirscher won his third GS race of the season and with it secured his 4th GS World Cup title and his 6th overall World Cup title;", "id": "14754290" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n12 November and achieved a 17th-place finish. The next technical race was the GS in Val d'Isère on 9 December and Hirscher came 3rd. He won the slalom the next day. On 17 December 2017 he won the giant slalom race in Alta Badia, which was his fifth consecutive victory in that location, surpassing Ivica Kostelić, who won the Kitzbühel combined 4 times in a row. On 4 January Hirscher achieved his 5th win of the season in the slalom in Zagreb and with it his 50th World Cup win,", "id": "14754292" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n. He won his third season title in giant slalom in 2011. Even though Ligety was able to win three giant slalom races during the season, he was dethroned as the discipline champion by an overall champion Marcel Hirscher from Austria. Before the last giant slalom race which was held on March 17 at Schladming, Hirscher was in lead with 605 points ahead to Ted with 513 points. Therefore, Ted was forced to attack as powerful as he was able to do but he did fall in the first leg; he did continue", "id": "12994692" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nthe only male skier in history to do so. One day later Hirscher finished fourth in the slalom and with it secured his fourth World Cup slalom title. The start of the 2018 season was expected to be more difficult as Hirscher suffered a fracture to his left ankle during the first day of snow training on 17 August. Fortunately the first race of the season in Sölden was cancelled due to high winds, giving Hirscher a few more weeks to recover. He made a last minute decision to race the slalom in Levi on", "id": "14754291" }, { "contents": "Ingemar Stenmark\n\n\nCup slalom title in 1983. Stenmark began skiing at the age of five and won his first national competition at age eight. Stenmark made his World Cup debut in December 1973 at age 17. He won more international races than any other alpine skier in history: he took 86 wins (46 giant slaloms and 40 slaloms). His closest male competitor is Marcel Hirscher, with 67 (up to January 2019) victories to his name. Stenmark won only in the two technical disciplines: slalom and giant slalom (the other", "id": "19815131" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nachievement he shares with Pirmin Zurbriggen and Hermann Maier, exceeded by Marcel Hirscher's and Marc Girardelli's five. Thöni was the dominant skier in the technical events (slalom and giant slalom) in the early 1970s. His first victory came in his debut race on the World Cup circuit, a giant slalom at Val-d'Isère, France, in December 1969. Still a teenager, he had a very successful rookie year during that 1970 season with four victories and nine podiums. He finished third in the overall standings, just", "id": "10362488" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nrun, to finish 0.45 ahead of Hirscher and secure his third consecutive world title in the discipline. Ligety won the season's first race, a giant slalom on October 25, 2015, at Sölden, Austria. While training on January 27 at Oberjoch, Germany, he tore the ACL in his right knee, which required surgery and ended his 2016 season. Ligety returned to World Cup racing in October 2016, competing in the prelude (giant slalom) race at Sölden on October 23 (finishing 5th), and he", "id": "12994701" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 47th World Cup season began on 27 October 2012, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 17 March 2013, at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The overall titles were won by Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. A break in the schedule was for the biennial World Championships, held 4–17 February in Schladming, Austria. Changes for the 2013 season included the awarding of World Cup points for the slalom crystal globe for the limited field city events (parallel slalom), not just in", "id": "9809251" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nlegends Ingemar Stenmark and Hermann Maier. Unfortunately, the following day the slalom race was cancelled due to high winds, denying Hirscher the opportunity to obtain the record outright. Hirscher has started 245 World Cup races, has won 67 of them, (a ratio of 27%) has achieved 138 podiums (a ratio of 56%) and has finished 73% of his races in the Top 10. In December 2018 Hirscher became Austria's most prolific World Cup race winner when he won a slalom in Saalbach-Hinterglemm in", "id": "14754297" }, { "contents": "Manfred Mölgg\n\n\nManfred Mölgg (born 3 June 1982) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from northern Italy. He specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made his World Cup debut in January 2003 at Bormio. As of mid-January 2016, he has 19 World Cup podiums with three victories, all achieved in slalom. Mölgg won the World Cup season title in slalom in 2008, and finished fourth in the overall standings, the best result for an Italian since Kristian", "id": "20862702" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nto reach the top of the standings in the greatest alpine skiers of all time men's super ranking. At the end of the slalom race, Hirscher said on Austrian television that he would go home \"and consider where the journey will go. I don't know if I will be skiing World Cup next season\". At the World Cup finals in Åre, Hirscher won the GS race on 17 March and equaled the record of most wins in a single season: he shares the record of 13 wins with alpine skiing", "id": "14754296" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWorld Cup technical races resumed in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia on 3 March with the GS. Hirscher secured the GS crystal globe for the 5th time by winning the race with a winning margin of 1.66 seconds. The following day, Hirscher also won the slalom with a winning margin of 1.22 seconds. As a result, he also won the slalom crystal globe for the 5th time, and the overall crystal globe for the seventh time in succession with 2 technical races remaining. His Olympic gold medals plus the additional crystal globes enabled him", "id": "14754295" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nin Kranjska Gora for a record sixth time. At the season finals in Lenzerheide he surprisingly finished second, tied with Christof Innerhofer, in the downhill race. The result was his first ever podium in downhill and made him only the second American skier in history, after Bode Miller, to podium in all five alpine skiing disciplines. Ligety then finished fifth in the final super-G race. Before the last giant slalom race of the season Ligety was trailing Marcel Hirscher by 50 points for the discipline title. However, Ligety", "id": "12994698" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhe had three fourth-place finishes, one in giant slalom, one in super combined, and one in the World Cup finals downhill, as well as a fourth-place finish in the giant slalom at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden, missing a medal by 0.07 seconds. He finished eleventh overall in 2007. Ligety won his first World Cup season title in the giant slalom in 2008, and finished fifth in the overall standings. He won the final two giant slaloms of the year at Kranjska Gora and", "id": "12994684" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's giant slalom\n\n\nThe Men's Giant Slalom competition at the 2013 World Championships ran on Friday, February 15 at 10:00 local time (1st run) and 13:30 (2nd run), the ninth race of the championships. 99 athletes from 55 countries competed in the main race while 132 athletes from 53 countries competed in the qualification race on Thursday, February 14. Ted Ligety won his third gold medal of the 2013 World Championships, joined on the podium by Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three", "id": "6822507" }, { "contents": "Giorgio Rocca\n\n\nGiorgio Rocca (born 6 August 1975) is an Italian former alpine skier, a specialist in slalom skiing. Together with Marc Girardelli, Ingemar Stenmark and Marcel Hirscher, he is one of four skiers to have won 5 Alpine Skiing World Cup slaloms in a row, which he achieved in the 2005/2006 season: only Alberto Tomba (7) has won more World Cup slaloms consecutively. He is currently ninth in the list of all-time slalom winners, with a total of 11 victories. Rocca was born in Chur,", "id": "14243073" }, { "contents": "Viktoria Rebensburg\n\n\nViktoria Rebensburg (born 4 October 1989) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer and the 2010 Olympic gold medalist in the Born in Tegernsee, Bavaria, she has three World Cup season titles, all in giant slalom. After finishing 28th in the Olympic super-G, she won gold in the giant slalom, her first victory in international competition. Her previous best finish was second place at a GS a month earlier, her only World Cup podium. Ten months later Rebensberg won her first World Cup race in October", "id": "7848199" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nAustria to narrowly beat France in the men's nations cup by 201 points, the narrowest winning margin for many years. Hirscher was the only Austrian male skier to win a race in the entire season, and scored 30.9% (1795 out of 5804) of the Austrian men's nations cup points. On 13 November in Levi, Finland, Hirscher won the first slalom of the 2017 season and equalled Pirmin Zurbriggen's win total of 40, putting him equal 5th in the standings. He also achieved his 93rd podium,", "id": "14754288" }, { "contents": "Marco Schwarz\n\n\nMarco Schwarz (born 16 August 1995) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He focuses on the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Schwarz competed for Austria at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in the alpine skiing and won three gold medals; in the boys' combined, the parallel mixed team event, and the boys' giant slalom. Schwarz made his World Cup debut in November 2014 at age 19. He achieved his first World Cup podium in December 2015; third place in a slalom at Madonna di", "id": "12834730" }, { "contents": "Dave Ryding\n\n\n's slalom in 2002, from which he was disqualified. He went on the finish the season 11th in the World Cup slalom standings. Ryding took one of the best World Cup results of his career so far in a slalom in Madonna di Campiglio in December 2018: after placing 27th in the first run, he set the fastest second run time to secure a fourth-placed finish. Ryding continued his good form at the Oslo parallel slalom on New Year's Day 2019: he knocked out Hirscher in the quarter-finals", "id": "16035158" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 48th World Cup season began on 26 October 2013, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 16 March 2014 at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The defending overall champions from the 2013 season were Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. The overall titles were won by Hirscher and Anna Fenninger, also of Austria. The season was interrupted by the 2014 Winter Olympics that took place from 7 to 23 February in Sochi, Russia, with the alpine events at Rosa Khutor. The men's title", "id": "7283676" }, { "contents": "Michaela Kirchgasser\n\n\nMichaela Kirchgasser (born 18 March 1985) is a retired Austrian alpine ski racer. She raced in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom, and also the combined. On 25 November 2006, Kirchgasser made her first World Cup podium with a third place in the giant slalom at Aspen, Colorado. Her first victory was on 24 February 2007, in a giant slalom at Sierra Nevada, Spain. She has competed in three Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she finished fifth in the slalom", "id": "6480720" }, { "contents": "Marcel Mathis\n\n\nMarcel Mathis (born December 24, 1991) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Hohenems, Vorarlberg, he primarily competed on the European Cup circuit, but raced in several World Cup events, all in giant slalom. Mathis' first top result in World Cup was his third place in giant slalom in Bansko, Bulgaria, on February 18, 2012. He was in 26th place after the first run, but had the fastest second run to attain the podium. It was also his first", "id": "4965368" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\ngiant slalom and combined, and silver in super-G. He also won two other giant slaloms during the season. In the 2004 season, Miller won World Cup titles in two disciplines: giant slalom and combined, but placed fourth in the competition for the overall title. He won six World Cup races: three giant slaloms, two combineds and one slalom. After the season, Miller switched to Atomic skis. Miller won his first overall World Cup title in 2005, defeating Austrians Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier. He made", "id": "8624673" }, { "contents": "Henrik Kristoffersen\n\n\nHenrik Kristoffersen (born 2 July 1994) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, 2019 World Champion and Olympic medalist. Born in Lørenskog in Akershus county, Kristoffersen specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. He made his World Cup debut in March 2012 in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, and attained his first podium in November 2013, a third-place finish in slalom at Levi, Finland. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Kristoffersen won the bronze medal in slalom at Rosa Khutor at age 19", "id": "12443237" }, { "contents": "Alexis Pinturault\n\n\n, as he missed pre-season speed training after surgery on his left ankle in August to repair ligaments damaged while playing tennis. Pinturault did not medal at the world championships in 2013, but had four top-six finishes. A week later he claimed a fourth World Cup win, his first in giant slalom, at Garmisch, Germany. Second after the first run, Pinturault's total time was 0.60 seconds ahead of runner-up Hirscher. On 15 March, he was honored as the 2013 Longines Rising Star,", "id": "14820258" }, { "contents": "Žan Kranjec\n\n\nŽan Kranjec (born 15 November 1992) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovenia. He specializes in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Kranjec made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 2011 at Kranjska Gora. He represented Slovenia at the World Championships in 2013 and was 22nd in giant slalom. A week later at the Junior World Championships in Canada, he won a bronze medal in giant slalom. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kranjec placed fourth in the giant slalom. In December 2018,", "id": "9034523" }, { "contents": "Hannes Reichelt\n\n\nJohannes \"Hannes\" Reichelt (born 5 July 1980) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He competes in downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom, and Combined. Born in Altenmarkt im Pongau in Salzburg, Reichelt made his World Cup debut in December 2001. He made his first podium in December 2002 and won his first World Cup race, a Super-G, in December 2005. Reichelt also won the European Cup overall title in 2005, as well as the European Cup season title in giant slalom", "id": "15634035" }, { "contents": "Phil Mahre\n\n\nselected to the \"A\" team following the 1975 season and made his World Cup debut in December 1975 at Val d'Isère, France. Two months later he competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, taking fifth in the giant slalom at age 18. He made his first podium in March with a second in a giant slalom at Copper Mountain, Colorado, and finished the 1976 World Cup season in 14th place in the overall standings. He won his first World Cup race the next season, a giant slalom", "id": "12320115" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWith his GS win in Alta Badia, Italy (his 3rd consecutive win at that venue), he became Austria's most successful World Cup GS skier overtaking Annemarie Moser-Pröll. Another GS win in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia confirmed Hirscher as the GS title winner with one race to go. To wrap up an amazing season with 8 wins and 19 podiums Hirscher also won the men's overall World Cup title, his 5th consecutive overall title, a feat never before achieved by a male skier. His points total also enabled", "id": "14754287" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nreaching the podium for the first time, with a second place from Adelboden in January. He also won the slalom run in the Alpine Combined Event at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships. On 3 March in Furano, he finished second in the giant slalom, winning the slalom race two days later. One week later in Shigakogen, he won the giant slalom race and finished second in the slalom. As a result, he won the Giant Slalom Cup that year, though jointly with Pirmin Zurbriggen. In the Slalom Cup", "id": "9904883" }, { "contents": "Jean-Noël Augert\n\n\nwon three World Cups in 1969, 1971 and 1972, and in which he won a Gold medal at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena. He was also second in the overall classification of the 1969 World Cup and third in the Giant Slalom World Cup 1969. Besides his 15 wins in World Cup races, he finished 15 times at the podium (place two: 6 slaloms, 3 giant slaloms; place three: 2 slaloms, 4 giant slaloms). He came fifth in both the men's slalom and giant", "id": "18262429" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nTed Ligety) in a giant slalom race in Kranjska Gora, the same place where he also won his first top-3 result more than 15 years earlier (in January 1999). His last top three finish came in early March 2015 in a giant slalom race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen that came to be one of his very last races in the alpine world cup. On September 10, 2015, he announced his retirement. 9 titles: 1 overall, 2 giant slalom, 3 slalom, 3 combined 36 total: 14 slalom", "id": "20658336" }, { "contents": "Anna Veith\n\n\n-G at the Austrian Championships in late March. In late December 2011, Veith won her first World Cup event in Lienz, Austria, in the Giant slalom. Her most consistent World Cup podium results have been in the super-G. After another giant slalom win in Austria in December 2012, Veith's first super-G victory came in March 2013 in Germany. At the 2013 World Championships in Schladming, Austria, Veith won bronze in the giant slalom. In the alpine skiing World Cup overall ranking 2013 she finished", "id": "18958035" }, { "contents": "Davide Simoncelli\n\n\nDavide Simoncelli (born January 30, 1979 in Rovereto) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy who specialized in giant slalom. Simoncelli made his World Cup debut in 1999. He took two World Cup victories and eight podium finishes, all in giant slalom. He took five podiums on the \"Gran Risa\" track of Alta Badia, with a victory and four second places. He finished fourth in the World Cup points standings for giant slalom twice, in 2006 and 2010. Simoncelli competed for Italy in three", "id": "8459823" }, { "contents": "Kjetil Jansrud\n\n\nKjetil Jansrud (born 28 August 1985) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion. He races in all alpine disciplines apart from slalom, and his best event used to be the giant slalom where he has 6 World Cup podiums and an Olympic silver medal. However, since 2012 he has become more of a speed specialist, having won all but two of his World Cup victories in the speed events. At the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, he won the Super-G and placed third in the Downhill", "id": "11513877" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nmissed 11 races, including two classic slaloms and one parallel, in Stockholm. In the meantime, Marcel Hirscher took the lead in the overall standings and would go on to claim his first overall title. Kostelić returned to action in Schladming at the end of the season, and competed only in slalom. He finished 16th and André Myhrer took the slalom title. Born and raised in Zagreb, his parents, Ante and Marica, are former elite team handball players. They taught Ivica and his sister Janica, two years younger", "id": "3227806" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nin a giant slalom race at Maribor. During her early World Cup seasons, Maze competed in slalom, giant slalom, and super-G, but scored World Cup points only in the first two disciplines. At the 2001 World Championships, Maze's best result was a 16th place in slalom. In January 2002, Maze won her first podium, a second place in giant slalom in Maribor. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in the United States, Maze finished twelfth in the giant slalom in her Olympic debut at Park City", "id": "12638260" }, { "contents": "Günther Mader\n\n\ntotal of six medals in the world championships. He won his first championship medal, the silver medal in the Slalom Race at Crans Montana in 1987, after only placing eighth after the first leg of the competition. Mader won two World Cup season titles, giant slalom in 1990 and combined in 1996, and placed second in the overall World Cup standings in 1995 and 1996, and third in 1990. Without his 14 wins, he did achieve another 27 places in World Cup races. His only World Cup victory in downhill", "id": "16142764" }, { "contents": "Nicole Hosp\n\n\nNicole Hosp (; born 6 November 1983) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. She competed in all five disciplines and was a world champion, three-time Olympic medalist, and an overall World Cup champion. Born in Ehenbichl, Tyrol, Hosp won the overall World Cup title in 2007 and the season title in giant slalom. A versatile all-around racer, she won World Cup races in four of the five alpine skiing disciplines (super-G, giant slalom, slalom and combined),", "id": "18723452" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Men's super combined\n\n\nThe Men's super combined competition at the 2015 World Championships was held on Sunday, February 8. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, despite originally finishing in 31st position after the downhill leg. Ondřej Bank however, fell on the final jump and, although the original results had Bank in 25th place, the jury disqualified him after the run ended and as a result, Hirscher was able to start first in the slalom leg instead of starting after the top 30. With a clean track he was able to rise all the", "id": "2139631" }, { "contents": "Loïc Meillard\n\n\nLoïc Meillard (born 29 October 1996) is a Swiss alpine ski racer and specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Meillard made his World Cup debut in January 2015; his younger sister Mélanie is also a World Cup alpine racer. Meillard made his World Cup debut at age 18 in the Adelboden giant slalom in January 2015. At the World Junior Championships that March at Hafjell, Norway, he won a bronze medal in the Super-G, silver in the giant slalom, and gold in the combined", "id": "4438833" }, { "contents": "Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander\n\n\nSimon Breitfuss Kammerlander (born 29 November 1992) is a Bolivian-Austrian alpine ski racer. Breitfuss Kammerlander specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut on 23 October 2016. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut at the Sölden Giant slalom on 23 October 2016, he failed to qualify for the second run finishing in 78th place. He competed for Bolivia at the 2017 Alpine World Ski Championships. He finished 46th in the Super-G and failed to finish the first run", "id": "10351390" }, { "contents": "Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen\n\n\nLeif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen (born 29 November 1987) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, specializing in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Haugen made his World Cup debut in October 2009 in Sölden, and collected his first World Cup points with a 26th place. He won a bronze medal in giant slalom at the World Championships in 2017 and attained his first World Cup podium in March 2017 at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Nestvold-Haugen represents the sports club Lommedalens IL, and hails from Lommedalen.", "id": "14989586" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\nwas disqualified – while in first place at the time – during the second leg of the combined event, failed to finish the super-G, tied for 6th in the giant slalom, and had another DNF after missing a gate in the first run of the slalom. Nevertheless, Miller won two races during the season (a giant slalom and a super-G) and placed third for the season's overall World Cup title. At the 2006 U.S. National Championships following the World Cup season, Miller won the downhill and", "id": "8624676" }, { "contents": "Leonardo David\n\n\nthe World Cup season in North America and Japan. Then age 18, David was a promising talent on the Italian team, in his first year on the World Cup circuit. He won the overall and slalom titles of the European Cup in 1978, and placed second in giant slalom. He won his only World Cup race, a slalom in Oslo, less than a month before his accident, outpacing Ingemar Stenmark and Phil Mahre. David had 10 top ten finishes with four podiums during the 1979 World Cup season, and", "id": "2954663" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n-placed. But Ligety did do a phenomenal best time in the second leg, becoming first ahead to Raich. Ligety opened defense of his 2008 giant slalom title with a third-place finish in Sölden, Austria, and then placed second at Beaver Creek, Colorado. At the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isère, France, Ligety took the bronze medal in the giant slalom, then won his fourth World Cup race at Kranjska Gora. He finished the season with another second at the finals in Åre, Sweden, which", "id": "12994686" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nof 0.28 sec. (Janka was unbeatable on that afternoon, he finished 0.71 sec. ahead to Raich.) Ligety notched his fifth World Cup victory in January, his third win at Kranjska Gora in as many seasons. At the finals in Garmisch, Germany, he finished on the podium to secure his second season title in giant slalom, and finished seventh in the overall standings. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics at Whistler, he finished ninth in the giant slalom (on February 23 - he was eighth-placed after", "id": "12994688" }, { "contents": "Stefan Luitz\n\n\nStefan Luitz (; born 26 March 1992) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer. He primarily competes in giant slalom, but on 24 January 2016 in Kitzbühel, for the first time in his career, he completed both runs in slalom and finished 18th. Previously, he had once qualified to second run in slalom, on 18 December 2012 in Madonna di Campiglio, but did not finish the second run. Luitz made his World Cup debut in Adelboden in 2011, and attained his first World Cup podium in December 2012", "id": "15313224" }, { "contents": "Didier Cuche\n\n\nDidier Cuche (born 16 August 1974) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Le Pâquier, Neuchâtel, he competed in the downhill and super-G, along with the giant slalom. He won the World Cup downhill and super-G title for the 2011 season and has won three previous downhill titles in 2010, 2008 and 2007, along with a giant slalom title in 2009. Cuche has 21 World Cup race victories, along with 67 podiums (top three) and 181 top ten", "id": "11060008" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nBenjamin Raich (born 28 February 1978 in Arzl im Pitztal, Tyrol) is a retired champion World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria. With 14 medals won at Winter Olympics and World Championships, 36 World Cup race victories (in all disciplines except downhill), one first place and five second places in the World Cup overall ranking, three victories of the slalom World Cup, three victories of the combined World Cup, two victories of the giant slalom World Cup and the highest score of career World", "id": "20658332" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n50 World Cup races at the age of 23 years and 9 months. She has won 60 World Cup races, the 3rd most all time by a female alpine skier, including 40 WC slalom races, the most all-time by a female alpine skier. She is the only female athlete to have won 15 races in the same calendar year, winning the last slalom of the 2018 season in Semmering and equalling the men's record holder Marcel Hirscher. In the 2019 season she became the first athlete, male or female", "id": "8983516" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the GS world title in 2011 besting Cyprien Richard and Philipp Schörghofer. Ligety repeated as world champion in GS in 2013, ahead of Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. At Schladming in 2013, he became a triple world champion in giant slalom, super-G, and combined at Planai. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three or more gold medals at one world championships and the first in 45 years, when Jean-Claude Killy won four in 1968 at Chamrousse, with the combined as a \"paper", "id": "12994706" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\nher fourth slalom world cup. In Aspen, Colorado, the World Cup finals of the season took place. Shiffrin secured her first overall World Cup, but did not win the giant slalom World Cup that year. After the season, she received the \"Skieur d’Or\" (golden skier) award, given by the international ski journalist association to the best alpine skier of the year (one award for both genders). Shiffrin started the 2018 season with a 5th place finish in giant slalom at Sölden. In early December", "id": "8983533" }, { "contents": "Marilyn Cochran\n\n\nthe final five giant slalom races and won the World Cup season title. Cochran was the only American alpine racer with a World Cup season title until 1980, when Phil Mahre won the combined. She won the bronze medal in the combined at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena, Italy. Sister Barbara was fourth in that competition, but won a silver in the slalom, where Marilyn was sixth. Cochran won three World Cup races, two in giant slalom and one in slalom, and had 15 podiums and fifty top", "id": "314375" }, { "contents": "Thomas Grandi\n\n\nThomas Grandi (born 27 December 1972 in Bolzano, Italy) is a retired Canadian alpine skier. He specialized in technical skiing giant slalom and slalom. Grandi started in the Alpine Skiing World Cup in the 1992-93 season. His first top ten finish in the World Cup came in December 1996 where he finished in 10th position in the Giant Slalom in Alta Badia, Italy. In the 1997-98 World Cup season, he had his first top three finish when he finished in third place in a Giant Slalom race", "id": "10762400" }, { "contents": "Kajsa Kling\n\n\nKajsa Britta Kling (born 25 December 1988) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden. Born in Åre, Kling competed in all five alpine disciplines. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, she finished 26th in the giant slalom. On 28 December 2010, Kling crashed during a giant slalom race in Semmering, Austria, which ended her 2011 season. On 14 December 2013, Kling attained her first World Cup podium, placing second in a Super-G race in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Ahead of the 2017/18", "id": "18745147" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhis world title in giant slalom in 2013 in Schladming, Austria, where he also won an unexpected gold medal in the super-G and a third gold medal in the super combined. Through October, 2015, he has 25 victories (24 in giant slalom and 1 super combined) and 52 podiums in World Cup competition. His Olympic giant slalom gold medal, 24 GS World Cup wins, 3 GS world championship gold medals and 5 World Cup titles make him one of the greatest giant slalom skiers of all time.", "id": "12994676" }, { "contents": "Gauthier de Tessières\n\n\nGauthier de Tessières (born 9 November 1981) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from France, and has competed in two Winter Olympics and five World Championships. He made his breakthrough on the Alpine Skiing World Cup in a giant slalom in Val-d'Isère in December 2008, where after finishing 30th in the first run to narrowly qualify for the second run, he worked his way up to finish third overall, bettering his previous World Cup personal best of 15th. He won the silver medal in the super-G at", "id": "12658447" }, { "contents": "Albert Popov\n\n\ngiant slalom at the 2018 FIS Junior World Ski Championships in Davos. Twelve days later he made his debut at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang 2018, where he placed 28th in the giant slalom and did not finish the slalom. His World Cup breakthrough came in the opening race of the 2018–19 season in Levi, where he finished 20th, earning 11 points - Bulgaria's first in the World Cup since Petar Popangelov during the 1986–87 season. Popov followed that up with a 16th place finish at Madonna di Campiglio in December, after", "id": "1530499" }, { "contents": "Tessa Worley\n\n\nplace in a giant slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany. She finished in fifth place in the first race of the 2009 World Cup season, a giant slalom in Sölden, Austria, in October 2008. A month later she won her first World Cup race (and first podium) in a giant slalom at Aspen, United States. Early in the 2011 season, Worley won three consecutive giant slalom races before January. In February, Worley won a gold medal in the nations team event at the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen", "id": "4107613" }, { "contents": "Armand Marchant\n\n\nArmand Marchant (born 14 December 1997) is a Belgian alpine ski racer. Marchant specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, in the Giant slalom and the Slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014 in the Alta Badia giant slalom, he failed to finish the first run. At the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek he finished 41st in the Giant slalom and", "id": "4076226" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nCup points (ahead of Norwegian Kjetil André Aamodt), he is considered among the best alpine racers in World Cup history. After winning Junior World Championships in both slalom and giant slalom, Raich made his World Cup debut in March 1996. He scored his first victory in 1999, in slalom. In 2001 he won the silver medal in slalom at the World Championships, and at the end of the season he won the slalom World Cup. In 2002 he won two bronze medals at the Salt Lake City Olympics. Raich", "id": "20658333" }, { "contents": "Manuela Mölgg\n\n\nManuela Mölgg (born 28 August 1983) is a retired alpine ski racer from Italy, a specialist in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2000 and gained her first podium in November 2004. She has 14 World Cup podium finishes and appeared in two Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2009 Alpine World Ski Championships in Val-d'Isère Mölgg took the lead in the slalom after the first run but was disqualified from", "id": "21947840" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom\n\n\nFelix Neureuther, and Alexis Pinturault), which spawned criticism of the course. The second run was set by Ante Kostelić, known for idiosyncratic gate settings. He is the father of competitor Ivica Kostelić of Croatia, who finished ninth. Less than seven weeks shy of his 35th birthday, Mario Matt of Austria became the oldest gold medalist in Olympic alpine skiing history. The silver went to defending World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher, and Henrik Kristoffersen became the youngest male to medal in an Olympic alpine event at age 19. The", "id": "2699458" }, { "contents": "Jean-Baptiste Grange\n\n\nHe won his first World Cup race on 17 December 2007, and won the 2009 season title in the slalom. Injured in early December 2009 in a giant slalom at Beaver Creek, he opted for surgery and missed the remainder of the 2010 season, which included the 2010 Winter Olympics. He returned to competition for the 2011 season and won the world championship in the slalom. He won his second slalom world title in Beaver Creek on 15 February 2015. His older brother is François-Cyrille Grange, also an alpine ski", "id": "20737157" }, { "contents": "Petra Vlhová\n\n\nPetra Vlhová (born 13 June 1995) is a Slovak World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. She is the current world champion in giant slalom. Born in Liptovský Mikuláš, Vlhová won a gold medal in 2012 Winter Youth Olympics and represented Slovakia in the 2014 Winter Olympics. She also won gold in the slalom at the Junior World Championships in 2014 in Jasná, Slovakia. She made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2012 and her first World Cup podium came", "id": "7975537" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n, at the age of 23 years and nine months. With that race she also equalled the record of the Austrian Marlies Schild for the most wins in women's slalom – 35, and put herself in joint seventh place in all-time World Cup victories with Alberto Tomba of Italy. One week later, she took another World Cup slalom win in Semmering, Austria, becoming the first alpine skier to take 15 World Cup wins in a single calendar year, moving ahead of Marcel Hirscher, who had taken 14 wins in", "id": "8983544" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's combined\n\n\nThe men's combined competition of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics was held on 13 February 2018 at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre and the Yongpyong Alpine Centre at the Alpensia Sports Park in PyeongChang. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, with Alexis Pinturault coming in second, and Victor Muffat-Jeandet third. For Muffat-Jeandet, this was the first Olympic medal, and for both Hirscher and Pinturault the first medal in combined. Hirscher, who won six overall World Cup titles and was skiing in his third Olympics, previously only won a", "id": "17712395" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\n, Utah. On 26 October 2002, Maze won her first World Cup race at the season opener in Sölden, Austria. She shared the giant slalom win with Nicole Hosp of Austria and Andrine Flemmen of Norway in the first-ever a three-way tie in a World Cup race. Maze finished the 2003 season on the 38th place in the overall standings with 190 points, all in giant slalom. At the 2003 World Championships, she finished 5th in giant slalom. In the 2004 season, Maze scored one podium", "id": "12638261" }, { "contents": "1978–79 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 13th World Cup season began in December 1978 in Austria and concluded in March 1979 in Japan. The overall winners were Peter Lüscher of Switzerland, his first overall win, and Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria, her sixth (which remained the record until 2017-18, when Austria's Marcel Hirscher won his seventh overall title). Although Ingemar Stenmark did not win the overall title due to restrictions on the number of races that counted for overall championship points, he won 13 races during the season (including the last", "id": "844407" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\n, including the super-G race in January in Les Menuires. He again won the Giant Slalom Cup, finished second in the overall standings and second in the Slalom Cup. In the 1990–91 season he performed best in the slalom. He won competitions in Madonna di Campiglio and Kranjska Gora in December, and recorded three-second places, only one of them in giant slalom. Again he finished second in the Slalom Cup. At the 1991 World Championships, he won the bronze medal in slalom and placed fourth in both", "id": "9904885" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\na World Championship gold medal in slalom in 2003, Olympic silver medal in slalom in 2010, Olympic silver medals in combined in 2006 (traditional combined), 2010 (super combined) and 2014, as well as the overall World Cup title in 2011. Kostelić scored a total of 26 World Cup race victories and a total of 59 World Cup podiums during his career (). He won the slalom World Cup title in 2002 and 2011, and the combined World Cup title in 2011 and 2012. Since 2008, he", "id": "3227791" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nMarch 1975 at Sun Valley. He won the final race of the season, a parallel slalom (\"pro-style\" heats) the following week in Val Gardena, Italy, against his challenger Stenmark to secure the overall title. His last win in giant slalom was in January 1976, and his final World Cup victory was in the combined at Kitzbühel in January 1977. His last podium finish was a third place in the slalom at Åre, Sweden, in February 1979. He finished eighth in the slalom at the", "id": "10362492" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nand 10th in the combined. In the 2006 season, Maze won one giant slalom race and two more podiums, a third place in giant slalom and a runner-up position in super-G. She finished the season 14th in the overall standings with 525 points and scored World Cup points in all disciplines for the first time. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Maze competed in the giant slalom and super-G events, where she finished 12th and 39th, respectively. The 2007 season was not as successful for her as", "id": "12638263" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n2013 in Sölden, Austria, with a career-best sixth in giant slalom, within a half-second of the podium. She won the next event, a slalom at Levi, Finland, improving on her podium finish the previous year for her fifth World Cup victory. At Beaver Creek, she was runner-up in the giant slalom, her first World Cup podium in that discipline. On January 5, Shiffrin secured first place in a two-run slalom race in Bormio, Italy (the race took place", "id": "8983524" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nfinished among the top six in the overall World Cup standings each season (2008: sixth; 2009: fourth; 2010: fifth; 2011: first; 2012: fourth; 2013: fifth). He also scored points in all disciplines each of those seasons, and his best race results were a seventh place in downhill, a second place in giant slalom, and victories in all other disciplines (11 in slalom, 1 in parallel-slalom, 2 in combined, 4 in super combined, and 1 in super", "id": "3227792" }, { "contents": "Fabienne Serrat\n\n\nFabienne Serrat (born 5 July 1956) is a former world champion alpine ski racer. At age 17, Serrat won two gold medals at the 1974 World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in the giant slalom and the combined events. During her World Cup career she had three victories, 37 podiums, and 124 top ten finishes. Serrat competed at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Winter Olympics in a total of five events. Her best result was fourth place in the giant slalom in 1980. She retired from competition", "id": "6439530" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nhe finished third, and in the overall standings he finished fourth. He also competed at the 1989 World Championships, placing eighth in the giant slalom and sixth in the slalom. He was given the Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year award of 1989. The 1989–90 season started equally well, with two-second places in August in Thredbo. He then won his next race, a giant slalom competition in Park City in November. Although that would be his only victory that season, he became runner-up in three further races", "id": "9904884" }, { "contents": "Thomas Fanara\n\n\nThomas Fanara (born 24 April 1981) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from France. Born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Fanara specialised in giant slalom; his one and only win came in March 2016 at the giant slalom finals in St. Moritz, Switzerland. He is the oldest racer to reach a World Cup podium in giant slalom, and competed for France at three Winter Olympics and six World Championships. He retired from competition at the end of the 2018-19 season. Fanara has started over 70", "id": "8162366" }, { "contents": "Alena Zavarzina\n\n\nin Kreischberg, she won a silver medal in parallel giant slalom after losing to Claudia Riegler in the repeat of the 2011 final, and finished fifth in the parallel slalom. She reached her second World Cup podium of the season at the season finale in Winterberg, and finished the season in thirteenth place in the overall World Cup standings. In 2015/16 season, Zavarzina won her second career World Cup victory, this time in parallel slalom, in Winterberg which was also her sole World Cup podium of the season. At the end", "id": "5559259" }, { "contents": "Tanja Poutiainen\n\n\nin the United States. At the 1999 Junior World Championships, she placed third in the giant slalom at Pra-Loup, France. Poutiainen scored her first World Cup victory – and the first for a female Finnish alpine skier – on 28 February 2004 in a slalom held on home snow in Levi, Finland – the first alpine World Cup race to be held in the country. In the 2005 World Cup season, Poutiainen won the season titles in both the slalom and giant slalom, and placed fifth in the overall standings", "id": "20125357" }, { "contents": "Ramón Homs\n\n\nWinter World Cup, he finished seventeenth in the overall standings. At the March 2008 Italian National Championships, he finished third in the Super G, fifth in the Giant Slalom and was disqualified from the Slalom. At the last round of the European Cup in March 2008, an event held in La Molina, Spain, he was one of several non-vision impaired Spanish skiers competing at the event. At the first IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup event in the 2008/2009 ski season, he failed to finish one of his races", "id": "1327121" }, { "contents": "Mitchell Gourley\n\n\ncompeted in five Men's Standing events. He finished fourth in the Giant Slalom and fifth in the Super-G. He finished the 2015/16 World Cup season on a high, placing third on the overall rankings after a successful run of events that saw him podium nine times. Gourley won the gold medal in the Men's Super Combined Standing at the 2017 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Tarvisio, Italy. Gourley was in sixth place after the super-G, but put on a masterclass in the slalom to secure the gold", "id": "6530863" }, { "contents": "Didier Défago\n\n\nDidier Défago (born 2 October 1977) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Morgins, Valais, Défago made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 1996, and was Swiss national champion in downhill (2003) and Giant slalom (2004). At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he won the downhill at Whistler to become the Olympic champion. Défago finished the 2005 World Cup season as sixth overall and fourth in the Super-G, his most successful season so far. In 2009", "id": "11060083" } ]

[ { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nHirscher won the overall World Cup title again in 2013 with 6 victories; he also won the slalom title and was runner-up in giant slalom. Hirscher scored a total of 18 podium finishes out of 19 races in the two technical events. The only race in either slalom or giant slalom where he finished outside the top 3 was the giant slalom in Adelboden. In that particular race Hirscher was leading after the first run, built up his advantage to over a second in the second run, but nearly fell several gates", "id": "14754284" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nChampionships, which ended his 2011 season. Returning after injury, Hirscher had an outstanding season in terms of wins in 2012 with 9 victories and a total of 14 podiums, all in the two technical events (except for one third place in the season's last Super G). He won the World Cup overall and giant slalom titles, and placed third in the slalom. In October 2012, Hirscher was awarded the Skieur d'Or Award by members of the International Association of Ski Journalists for his performances during the previous season.", "id": "14754283" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nMarcel Hirscher (born 2 March 1989) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. Hirscher made his World Cup debut in March 2007. He competes primarily in slalom and giant slalom, as well as combined and occasionally in super G. Winner of a record eight consecutive World Cup titles, Hirscher has also won 11 medals at the Alpine Skiing World Championships, seven of them gold, a silver medal in slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and two gold medals in the combined and giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics.", "id": "14754281" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\ncancelled. Three days after turning 18, Shiffrin won the final slalom race at Lenzerheide on 16 March to overtake Maze and win that discipline's season title by 33 points. The men's overall title wasn't decided until the World Cup finals at Lenzerheide. A runner-up finish in the giant slalom on 16 March gave Hirscher his second consecutive overall title, the first male to achieve this feat since Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003. Hirscher also won the slalom title, while the downhill and super-G titles went", "id": "9809256" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nsurpassing Benjamin Raich's total. On 18 December he won the fourth giant slalom of the season in Alta Badia having finished second in the three preceding giant slalom races, equalling Alberto Tomba's 4 wins at the venue, and with it became the 5th most successful male World Cup winner. On 7 January Hirscher achieved his 100th podium from 191 starts (a ratio of 52.3%) with a 2nd-place finish in the giant slalom in Adelboden. On 29 January Hirscher won the GS in Garmisch, achieving his 20th GS", "id": "14754289" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nnumber of points but Ligety had more victories (4, as opposed to 2 by Hirscher). This was Ligety's second consecutive giant slalom title and fifth overall. The slalom title went to Hirscher, who secured it in the last race of the season. The combined title was shared by Ligety and Alexis Pinturault of France, who each won a first and a second place in two combined races of the season. Fenninger won the overall women's title, her first, and the first by an Austrian woman since Nicole", "id": "7283678" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nbefore the final, thus missing the win and finished only 16th. He became the first male racer to retain the overall World Cup title since fellow Austrian Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003 and the first to win it three years in a row since American Phil Mahre did so in 1981, 1982 and 1983. In 2015 Hirscher dominated the giant slalom standings with 5 wins, including a winning margin of 3.28 seconds in Garmisch, and won the GS title for the second time. With his slalom win in Zagreb he became the", "id": "14754285" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nDue to his record number of overall titles, many years of extreme dominance of both slalom and giant slalom and of the men's overall ranking, he is considered by many, including his rivals Henrik Kristoffersen, Kjetil Jansrud and Alexis Pinturault, to be the best alpine skier in history. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Hirscher placed fourth in the giant slalom and fifth in the slalom at Whistler Creekside. He placed fourth in the giant slalom at the 2009 World Championships, but broke his ankle the weekend preceding the 2011 World", "id": "14754282" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n. On 13 January 2019 he won the slalom race in Adelboden and celebrated a 9th World Cup win and a 16th podium, a record among male athletes at a single resort. At the 2019 Alpine World Ski Championships in Åre in February, Hirscher took a silver in the giant slalom behind Henrik Kristoffersen, before winning the slalom by 0.65 seconds after holding a 0.56 second lead from the first run: Hirscher described his first run as one of the best performances of his career. He led teammates Michael Matt and Marco Schwarz in", "id": "14754299" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\ntherefore 10 points more than fourth place. The 2015 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup season was less successful for Ligety as he was able to win just one race and finished third in the giant slalom standings and eleventh overall. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 held in Beaver Creek, Ligety finished third in the super combined event despite being ranked 29th after the downhill leg. In the giant slalom, placed fifth after the first run and trailing by 0.24 to then leading favorite Marcel Hirscher, Ligety skied impressively in the second", "id": "12994700" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmatching the total of legendary technical racer Alberto Tomba. Two days later Hirscher achieved his sixth win of the season by winning the GS in Adelboden and moved to 3rd overall in the men's World Cup winners rankings. The next day he won the slalom in Adelboden. On 23 January, with his 9th win of the season in the Schladming night slalom, Hirscher equalled his compatriot Austrian ski legend Hermann Maier's 54 World Cup victories. It was the 500th World Cup win for Austrian men. On 28 January Hirscher moved to", "id": "14754293" }, { "contents": "Matts Olsson\n\n\nMatts Olsson (born 1 December 1988) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden who races in the giant slalom discipline. Born in Karlstad, Olsson made his World Cup debut at age 19 in October 2007. He won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in the team event, and finished 18th in the giant slalom, and 24th in the super-G. Matts Olsson won his first World Cup competition victory in Alta Badia in December 2017 at an evening event in Parallel Giant Slalom. Matts defeated Marcel Hirscher", "id": "12104888" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmost successful Austrian male World Cup slalom skier surpassing Benjamin Raich. In the final race of the season in Meribel he overturned a 55-point deficit in the standings by winning his 16th World Cup slalom, and with it won the slalom title for the third year in a row. Hirscher became the first male alpine skier to win the overall World Cup title four times in a row. In 2016 Hirscher became the most successful Austrian male World Cup GS skier by winning in Beaver Creek, Colorado, surpassing Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier.", "id": "14754286" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nwas won by Hirscher for the third time in a row, becoming the first man to achieve this since Phil Mahre in 1983. Hirscher secured the title after the second-to-last race of the season when he beat Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who did not compete in slalom. Svindal won both the downhill (second time in a row) and super-G titles (third time in a row). The giant slalom title went to Ted Ligety of the United States. Ligety and Hirscher shared the same", "id": "7283677" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the race on March 15 with a 0,03 second advantage over Alexis Pinturault and with Hirscher finishing fourth, both skiers ended the season tied with 560 points. The Crystal Globe was however awarded to Ligety who won due to having five discipline victories during the season compared to Hirscher's two. This was the fifth giant slalom title in Ligety's career. - Hirscher lost the title in that last giant slalom race with a deficit of 0.01 seconds to the 3rd place (achieved by Felix Neureuther) which is awarded 60 points,", "id": "12994699" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nand 43rd World Cup win, and with it attained Austria's 100th GS win for men. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 in St. Moritz, Switzerland Hirscher won gold in the GS and slalom, and silver in the combined, missing the gold by just 0.01 seconds. He was the most successful athlete at the championships. On 4 March in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Hirscher won his third GS race of the season and with it secured his 4th GS World Cup title and his 6th overall World Cup title;", "id": "14754290" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n12 November and achieved a 17th-place finish. The next technical race was the GS in Val d'Isère on 9 December and Hirscher came 3rd. He won the slalom the next day. On 17 December 2017 he won the giant slalom race in Alta Badia, which was his fifth consecutive victory in that location, surpassing Ivica Kostelić, who won the Kitzbühel combined 4 times in a row. On 4 January Hirscher achieved his 5th win of the season in the slalom in Zagreb and with it his 50th World Cup win,", "id": "14754292" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n. He won his third season title in giant slalom in 2011. Even though Ligety was able to win three giant slalom races during the season, he was dethroned as the discipline champion by an overall champion Marcel Hirscher from Austria. Before the last giant slalom race which was held on March 17 at Schladming, Hirscher was in lead with 605 points ahead to Ted with 513 points. Therefore, Ted was forced to attack as powerful as he was able to do but he did fall in the first leg; he did continue", "id": "12994692" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nthe only male skier in history to do so. One day later Hirscher finished fourth in the slalom and with it secured his fourth World Cup slalom title. The start of the 2018 season was expected to be more difficult as Hirscher suffered a fracture to his left ankle during the first day of snow training on 17 August. Fortunately the first race of the season in Sölden was cancelled due to high winds, giving Hirscher a few more weeks to recover. He made a last minute decision to race the slalom in Levi on", "id": "14754291" }, { "contents": "Ingemar Stenmark\n\n\nCup slalom title in 1983. Stenmark began skiing at the age of five and won his first national competition at age eight. Stenmark made his World Cup debut in December 1973 at age 17. He won more international races than any other alpine skier in history: he took 86 wins (46 giant slaloms and 40 slaloms). His closest male competitor is Marcel Hirscher, with 67 (up to January 2019) victories to his name. Stenmark won only in the two technical disciplines: slalom and giant slalom (the other", "id": "19815131" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nachievement he shares with Pirmin Zurbriggen and Hermann Maier, exceeded by Marcel Hirscher's and Marc Girardelli's five. Thöni was the dominant skier in the technical events (slalom and giant slalom) in the early 1970s. His first victory came in his debut race on the World Cup circuit, a giant slalom at Val-d'Isère, France, in December 1969. Still a teenager, he had a very successful rookie year during that 1970 season with four victories and nine podiums. He finished third in the overall standings, just", "id": "10362488" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nrun, to finish 0.45 ahead of Hirscher and secure his third consecutive world title in the discipline. Ligety won the season's first race, a giant slalom on October 25, 2015, at Sölden, Austria. While training on January 27 at Oberjoch, Germany, he tore the ACL in his right knee, which required surgery and ended his 2016 season. Ligety returned to World Cup racing in October 2016, competing in the prelude (giant slalom) race at Sölden on October 23 (finishing 5th), and he", "id": "12994701" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 47th World Cup season began on 27 October 2012, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 17 March 2013, at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The overall titles were won by Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. A break in the schedule was for the biennial World Championships, held 4–17 February in Schladming, Austria. Changes for the 2013 season included the awarding of World Cup points for the slalom crystal globe for the limited field city events (parallel slalom), not just in", "id": "9809251" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nlegends Ingemar Stenmark and Hermann Maier. Unfortunately, the following day the slalom race was cancelled due to high winds, denying Hirscher the opportunity to obtain the record outright. Hirscher has started 245 World Cup races, has won 67 of them, (a ratio of 27%) has achieved 138 podiums (a ratio of 56%) and has finished 73% of his races in the Top 10. In December 2018 Hirscher became Austria's most prolific World Cup race winner when he won a slalom in Saalbach-Hinterglemm in", "id": "14754297" }, { "contents": "Manfred Mölgg\n\n\nManfred Mölgg (born 3 June 1982) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from northern Italy. He specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made his World Cup debut in January 2003 at Bormio. As of mid-January 2016, he has 19 World Cup podiums with three victories, all achieved in slalom. Mölgg won the World Cup season title in slalom in 2008, and finished fourth in the overall standings, the best result for an Italian since Kristian", "id": "20862702" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nto reach the top of the standings in the greatest alpine skiers of all time men's super ranking. At the end of the slalom race, Hirscher said on Austrian television that he would go home \"and consider where the journey will go. I don't know if I will be skiing World Cup next season\". At the World Cup finals in Åre, Hirscher won the GS race on 17 March and equaled the record of most wins in a single season: he shares the record of 13 wins with alpine skiing", "id": "14754296" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWorld Cup technical races resumed in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia on 3 March with the GS. Hirscher secured the GS crystal globe for the 5th time by winning the race with a winning margin of 1.66 seconds. The following day, Hirscher also won the slalom with a winning margin of 1.22 seconds. As a result, he also won the slalom crystal globe for the 5th time, and the overall crystal globe for the seventh time in succession with 2 technical races remaining. His Olympic gold medals plus the additional crystal globes enabled him", "id": "14754295" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nin Kranjska Gora for a record sixth time. At the season finals in Lenzerheide he surprisingly finished second, tied with Christof Innerhofer, in the downhill race. The result was his first ever podium in downhill and made him only the second American skier in history, after Bode Miller, to podium in all five alpine skiing disciplines. Ligety then finished fifth in the final super-G race. Before the last giant slalom race of the season Ligety was trailing Marcel Hirscher by 50 points for the discipline title. However, Ligety", "id": "12994698" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhe had three fourth-place finishes, one in giant slalom, one in super combined, and one in the World Cup finals downhill, as well as a fourth-place finish in the giant slalom at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden, missing a medal by 0.07 seconds. He finished eleventh overall in 2007. Ligety won his first World Cup season title in the giant slalom in 2008, and finished fifth in the overall standings. He won the final two giant slaloms of the year at Kranjska Gora and", "id": "12994684" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's giant slalom\n\n\nThe Men's Giant Slalom competition at the 2013 World Championships ran on Friday, February 15 at 10:00 local time (1st run) and 13:30 (2nd run), the ninth race of the championships. 99 athletes from 55 countries competed in the main race while 132 athletes from 53 countries competed in the qualification race on Thursday, February 14. Ted Ligety won his third gold medal of the 2013 World Championships, joined on the podium by Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three", "id": "6822507" }, { "contents": "Giorgio Rocca\n\n\nGiorgio Rocca (born 6 August 1975) is an Italian former alpine skier, a specialist in slalom skiing. Together with Marc Girardelli, Ingemar Stenmark and Marcel Hirscher, he is one of four skiers to have won 5 Alpine Skiing World Cup slaloms in a row, which he achieved in the 2005/2006 season: only Alberto Tomba (7) has won more World Cup slaloms consecutively. He is currently ninth in the list of all-time slalom winners, with a total of 11 victories. Rocca was born in Chur,", "id": "14243073" }, { "contents": "Viktoria Rebensburg\n\n\nViktoria Rebensburg (born 4 October 1989) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer and the 2010 Olympic gold medalist in the Born in Tegernsee, Bavaria, she has three World Cup season titles, all in giant slalom. After finishing 28th in the Olympic super-G, she won gold in the giant slalom, her first victory in international competition. Her previous best finish was second place at a GS a month earlier, her only World Cup podium. Ten months later Rebensberg won her first World Cup race in October", "id": "7848199" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nAustria to narrowly beat France in the men's nations cup by 201 points, the narrowest winning margin for many years. Hirscher was the only Austrian male skier to win a race in the entire season, and scored 30.9% (1795 out of 5804) of the Austrian men's nations cup points. On 13 November in Levi, Finland, Hirscher won the first slalom of the 2017 season and equalled Pirmin Zurbriggen's win total of 40, putting him equal 5th in the standings. He also achieved his 93rd podium,", "id": "14754288" }, { "contents": "Marco Schwarz\n\n\nMarco Schwarz (born 16 August 1995) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He focuses on the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Schwarz competed for Austria at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in the alpine skiing and won three gold medals; in the boys' combined, the parallel mixed team event, and the boys' giant slalom. Schwarz made his World Cup debut in November 2014 at age 19. He achieved his first World Cup podium in December 2015; third place in a slalom at Madonna di", "id": "12834730" }, { "contents": "Dave Ryding\n\n\n's slalom in 2002, from which he was disqualified. He went on the finish the season 11th in the World Cup slalom standings. Ryding took one of the best World Cup results of his career so far in a slalom in Madonna di Campiglio in December 2018: after placing 27th in the first run, he set the fastest second run time to secure a fourth-placed finish. Ryding continued his good form at the Oslo parallel slalom on New Year's Day 2019: he knocked out Hirscher in the quarter-finals", "id": "16035158" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 48th World Cup season began on 26 October 2013, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 16 March 2014 at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The defending overall champions from the 2013 season were Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. The overall titles were won by Hirscher and Anna Fenninger, also of Austria. The season was interrupted by the 2014 Winter Olympics that took place from 7 to 23 February in Sochi, Russia, with the alpine events at Rosa Khutor. The men's title", "id": "7283676" }, { "contents": "Michaela Kirchgasser\n\n\nMichaela Kirchgasser (born 18 March 1985) is a retired Austrian alpine ski racer. She raced in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom, and also the combined. On 25 November 2006, Kirchgasser made her first World Cup podium with a third place in the giant slalom at Aspen, Colorado. Her first victory was on 24 February 2007, in a giant slalom at Sierra Nevada, Spain. She has competed in three Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she finished fifth in the slalom", "id": "6480720" }, { "contents": "Marcel Mathis\n\n\nMarcel Mathis (born December 24, 1991) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Hohenems, Vorarlberg, he primarily competed on the European Cup circuit, but raced in several World Cup events, all in giant slalom. Mathis' first top result in World Cup was his third place in giant slalom in Bansko, Bulgaria, on February 18, 2012. He was in 26th place after the first run, but had the fastest second run to attain the podium. It was also his first", "id": "4965368" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\ngiant slalom and combined, and silver in super-G. He also won two other giant slaloms during the season. In the 2004 season, Miller won World Cup titles in two disciplines: giant slalom and combined, but placed fourth in the competition for the overall title. He won six World Cup races: three giant slaloms, two combineds and one slalom. After the season, Miller switched to Atomic skis. Miller won his first overall World Cup title in 2005, defeating Austrians Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier. He made", "id": "8624673" }, { "contents": "Henrik Kristoffersen\n\n\nHenrik Kristoffersen (born 2 July 1994) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, 2019 World Champion and Olympic medalist. Born in Lørenskog in Akershus county, Kristoffersen specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. He made his World Cup debut in March 2012 in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, and attained his first podium in November 2013, a third-place finish in slalom at Levi, Finland. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Kristoffersen won the bronze medal in slalom at Rosa Khutor at age 19", "id": "12443237" }, { "contents": "Alexis Pinturault\n\n\n, as he missed pre-season speed training after surgery on his left ankle in August to repair ligaments damaged while playing tennis. Pinturault did not medal at the world championships in 2013, but had four top-six finishes. A week later he claimed a fourth World Cup win, his first in giant slalom, at Garmisch, Germany. Second after the first run, Pinturault's total time was 0.60 seconds ahead of runner-up Hirscher. On 15 March, he was honored as the 2013 Longines Rising Star,", "id": "14820258" }, { "contents": "Žan Kranjec\n\n\nŽan Kranjec (born 15 November 1992) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovenia. He specializes in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Kranjec made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 2011 at Kranjska Gora. He represented Slovenia at the World Championships in 2013 and was 22nd in giant slalom. A week later at the Junior World Championships in Canada, he won a bronze medal in giant slalom. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kranjec placed fourth in the giant slalom. In December 2018,", "id": "9034523" }, { "contents": "Hannes Reichelt\n\n\nJohannes \"Hannes\" Reichelt (born 5 July 1980) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He competes in downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom, and Combined. Born in Altenmarkt im Pongau in Salzburg, Reichelt made his World Cup debut in December 2001. He made his first podium in December 2002 and won his first World Cup race, a Super-G, in December 2005. Reichelt also won the European Cup overall title in 2005, as well as the European Cup season title in giant slalom", "id": "15634035" }, { "contents": "Phil Mahre\n\n\nselected to the \"A\" team following the 1975 season and made his World Cup debut in December 1975 at Val d'Isère, France. Two months later he competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, taking fifth in the giant slalom at age 18. He made his first podium in March with a second in a giant slalom at Copper Mountain, Colorado, and finished the 1976 World Cup season in 14th place in the overall standings. He won his first World Cup race the next season, a giant slalom", "id": "12320115" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWith his GS win in Alta Badia, Italy (his 3rd consecutive win at that venue), he became Austria's most successful World Cup GS skier overtaking Annemarie Moser-Pröll. Another GS win in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia confirmed Hirscher as the GS title winner with one race to go. To wrap up an amazing season with 8 wins and 19 podiums Hirscher also won the men's overall World Cup title, his 5th consecutive overall title, a feat never before achieved by a male skier. His points total also enabled", "id": "14754287" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nreaching the podium for the first time, with a second place from Adelboden in January. He also won the slalom run in the Alpine Combined Event at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships. On 3 March in Furano, he finished second in the giant slalom, winning the slalom race two days later. One week later in Shigakogen, he won the giant slalom race and finished second in the slalom. As a result, he won the Giant Slalom Cup that year, though jointly with Pirmin Zurbriggen. In the Slalom Cup", "id": "9904883" }, { "contents": "Jean-Noël Augert\n\n\nwon three World Cups in 1969, 1971 and 1972, and in which he won a Gold medal at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena. He was also second in the overall classification of the 1969 World Cup and third in the Giant Slalom World Cup 1969. Besides his 15 wins in World Cup races, he finished 15 times at the podium (place two: 6 slaloms, 3 giant slaloms; place three: 2 slaloms, 4 giant slaloms). He came fifth in both the men's slalom and giant", "id": "18262429" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nTed Ligety) in a giant slalom race in Kranjska Gora, the same place where he also won his first top-3 result more than 15 years earlier (in January 1999). His last top three finish came in early March 2015 in a giant slalom race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen that came to be one of his very last races in the alpine world cup. On September 10, 2015, he announced his retirement. 9 titles: 1 overall, 2 giant slalom, 3 slalom, 3 combined 36 total: 14 slalom", "id": "20658336" }, { "contents": "Anna Veith\n\n\n-G at the Austrian Championships in late March. In late December 2011, Veith won her first World Cup event in Lienz, Austria, in the Giant slalom. Her most consistent World Cup podium results have been in the super-G. After another giant slalom win in Austria in December 2012, Veith's first super-G victory came in March 2013 in Germany. At the 2013 World Championships in Schladming, Austria, Veith won bronze in the giant slalom. In the alpine skiing World Cup overall ranking 2013 she finished", "id": "18958035" }, { "contents": "Davide Simoncelli\n\n\nDavide Simoncelli (born January 30, 1979 in Rovereto) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy who specialized in giant slalom. Simoncelli made his World Cup debut in 1999. He took two World Cup victories and eight podium finishes, all in giant slalom. He took five podiums on the \"Gran Risa\" track of Alta Badia, with a victory and four second places. He finished fourth in the World Cup points standings for giant slalom twice, in 2006 and 2010. Simoncelli competed for Italy in three", "id": "8459823" }, { "contents": "Kjetil Jansrud\n\n\nKjetil Jansrud (born 28 August 1985) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion. He races in all alpine disciplines apart from slalom, and his best event used to be the giant slalom where he has 6 World Cup podiums and an Olympic silver medal. However, since 2012 he has become more of a speed specialist, having won all but two of his World Cup victories in the speed events. At the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, he won the Super-G and placed third in the Downhill", "id": "11513877" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nmissed 11 races, including two classic slaloms and one parallel, in Stockholm. In the meantime, Marcel Hirscher took the lead in the overall standings and would go on to claim his first overall title. Kostelić returned to action in Schladming at the end of the season, and competed only in slalom. He finished 16th and André Myhrer took the slalom title. Born and raised in Zagreb, his parents, Ante and Marica, are former elite team handball players. They taught Ivica and his sister Janica, two years younger", "id": "3227806" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nin a giant slalom race at Maribor. During her early World Cup seasons, Maze competed in slalom, giant slalom, and super-G, but scored World Cup points only in the first two disciplines. At the 2001 World Championships, Maze's best result was a 16th place in slalom. In January 2002, Maze won her first podium, a second place in giant slalom in Maribor. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in the United States, Maze finished twelfth in the giant slalom in her Olympic debut at Park City", "id": "12638260" }, { "contents": "Günther Mader\n\n\ntotal of six medals in the world championships. He won his first championship medal, the silver medal in the Slalom Race at Crans Montana in 1987, after only placing eighth after the first leg of the competition. Mader won two World Cup season titles, giant slalom in 1990 and combined in 1996, and placed second in the overall World Cup standings in 1995 and 1996, and third in 1990. Without his 14 wins, he did achieve another 27 places in World Cup races. His only World Cup victory in downhill", "id": "16142764" }, { "contents": "Nicole Hosp\n\n\nNicole Hosp (; born 6 November 1983) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. She competed in all five disciplines and was a world champion, three-time Olympic medalist, and an overall World Cup champion. Born in Ehenbichl, Tyrol, Hosp won the overall World Cup title in 2007 and the season title in giant slalom. A versatile all-around racer, she won World Cup races in four of the five alpine skiing disciplines (super-G, giant slalom, slalom and combined),", "id": "18723452" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Men's super combined\n\n\nThe Men's super combined competition at the 2015 World Championships was held on Sunday, February 8. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, despite originally finishing in 31st position after the downhill leg. Ondřej Bank however, fell on the final jump and, although the original results had Bank in 25th place, the jury disqualified him after the run ended and as a result, Hirscher was able to start first in the slalom leg instead of starting after the top 30. With a clean track he was able to rise all the", "id": "2139631" }, { "contents": "Loïc Meillard\n\n\nLoïc Meillard (born 29 October 1996) is a Swiss alpine ski racer and specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Meillard made his World Cup debut in January 2015; his younger sister Mélanie is also a World Cup alpine racer. Meillard made his World Cup debut at age 18 in the Adelboden giant slalom in January 2015. At the World Junior Championships that March at Hafjell, Norway, he won a bronze medal in the Super-G, silver in the giant slalom, and gold in the combined", "id": "4438833" }, { "contents": "Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander\n\n\nSimon Breitfuss Kammerlander (born 29 November 1992) is a Bolivian-Austrian alpine ski racer. Breitfuss Kammerlander specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut on 23 October 2016. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut at the Sölden Giant slalom on 23 October 2016, he failed to qualify for the second run finishing in 78th place. He competed for Bolivia at the 2017 Alpine World Ski Championships. He finished 46th in the Super-G and failed to finish the first run", "id": "10351390" }, { "contents": "Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen\n\n\nLeif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen (born 29 November 1987) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, specializing in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Haugen made his World Cup debut in October 2009 in Sölden, and collected his first World Cup points with a 26th place. He won a bronze medal in giant slalom at the World Championships in 2017 and attained his first World Cup podium in March 2017 at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Nestvold-Haugen represents the sports club Lommedalens IL, and hails from Lommedalen.", "id": "14989586" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\nwas disqualified – while in first place at the time – during the second leg of the combined event, failed to finish the super-G, tied for 6th in the giant slalom, and had another DNF after missing a gate in the first run of the slalom. Nevertheless, Miller won two races during the season (a giant slalom and a super-G) and placed third for the season's overall World Cup title. At the 2006 U.S. National Championships following the World Cup season, Miller won the downhill and", "id": "8624676" }, { "contents": "Leonardo David\n\n\nthe World Cup season in North America and Japan. Then age 18, David was a promising talent on the Italian team, in his first year on the World Cup circuit. He won the overall and slalom titles of the European Cup in 1978, and placed second in giant slalom. He won his only World Cup race, a slalom in Oslo, less than a month before his accident, outpacing Ingemar Stenmark and Phil Mahre. David had 10 top ten finishes with four podiums during the 1979 World Cup season, and", "id": "2954663" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n-placed. But Ligety did do a phenomenal best time in the second leg, becoming first ahead to Raich. Ligety opened defense of his 2008 giant slalom title with a third-place finish in Sölden, Austria, and then placed second at Beaver Creek, Colorado. At the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isère, France, Ligety took the bronze medal in the giant slalom, then won his fourth World Cup race at Kranjska Gora. He finished the season with another second at the finals in Åre, Sweden, which", "id": "12994686" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nof 0.28 sec. (Janka was unbeatable on that afternoon, he finished 0.71 sec. ahead to Raich.) Ligety notched his fifth World Cup victory in January, his third win at Kranjska Gora in as many seasons. At the finals in Garmisch, Germany, he finished on the podium to secure his second season title in giant slalom, and finished seventh in the overall standings. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics at Whistler, he finished ninth in the giant slalom (on February 23 - he was eighth-placed after", "id": "12994688" }, { "contents": "Stefan Luitz\n\n\nStefan Luitz (; born 26 March 1992) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer. He primarily competes in giant slalom, but on 24 January 2016 in Kitzbühel, for the first time in his career, he completed both runs in slalom and finished 18th. Previously, he had once qualified to second run in slalom, on 18 December 2012 in Madonna di Campiglio, but did not finish the second run. Luitz made his World Cup debut in Adelboden in 2011, and attained his first World Cup podium in December 2012", "id": "15313224" }, { "contents": "Didier Cuche\n\n\nDidier Cuche (born 16 August 1974) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Le Pâquier, Neuchâtel, he competed in the downhill and super-G, along with the giant slalom. He won the World Cup downhill and super-G title for the 2011 season and has won three previous downhill titles in 2010, 2008 and 2007, along with a giant slalom title in 2009. Cuche has 21 World Cup race victories, along with 67 podiums (top three) and 181 top ten", "id": "11060008" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nBenjamin Raich (born 28 February 1978 in Arzl im Pitztal, Tyrol) is a retired champion World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria. With 14 medals won at Winter Olympics and World Championships, 36 World Cup race victories (in all disciplines except downhill), one first place and five second places in the World Cup overall ranking, three victories of the slalom World Cup, three victories of the combined World Cup, two victories of the giant slalom World Cup and the highest score of career World", "id": "20658332" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n50 World Cup races at the age of 23 years and 9 months. She has won 60 World Cup races, the 3rd most all time by a female alpine skier, including 40 WC slalom races, the most all-time by a female alpine skier. She is the only female athlete to have won 15 races in the same calendar year, winning the last slalom of the 2018 season in Semmering and equalling the men's record holder Marcel Hirscher. In the 2019 season she became the first athlete, male or female", "id": "8983516" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the GS world title in 2011 besting Cyprien Richard and Philipp Schörghofer. Ligety repeated as world champion in GS in 2013, ahead of Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. At Schladming in 2013, he became a triple world champion in giant slalom, super-G, and combined at Planai. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three or more gold medals at one world championships and the first in 45 years, when Jean-Claude Killy won four in 1968 at Chamrousse, with the combined as a \"paper", "id": "12994706" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\nher fourth slalom world cup. In Aspen, Colorado, the World Cup finals of the season took place. Shiffrin secured her first overall World Cup, but did not win the giant slalom World Cup that year. After the season, she received the \"Skieur d’Or\" (golden skier) award, given by the international ski journalist association to the best alpine skier of the year (one award for both genders). Shiffrin started the 2018 season with a 5th place finish in giant slalom at Sölden. In early December", "id": "8983533" }, { "contents": "Marilyn Cochran\n\n\nthe final five giant slalom races and won the World Cup season title. Cochran was the only American alpine racer with a World Cup season title until 1980, when Phil Mahre won the combined. She won the bronze medal in the combined at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena, Italy. Sister Barbara was fourth in that competition, but won a silver in the slalom, where Marilyn was sixth. Cochran won three World Cup races, two in giant slalom and one in slalom, and had 15 podiums and fifty top", "id": "314375" }, { "contents": "Thomas Grandi\n\n\nThomas Grandi (born 27 December 1972 in Bolzano, Italy) is a retired Canadian alpine skier. He specialized in technical skiing giant slalom and slalom. Grandi started in the Alpine Skiing World Cup in the 1992-93 season. His first top ten finish in the World Cup came in December 1996 where he finished in 10th position in the Giant Slalom in Alta Badia, Italy. In the 1997-98 World Cup season, he had his first top three finish when he finished in third place in a Giant Slalom race", "id": "10762400" }, { "contents": "Kajsa Kling\n\n\nKajsa Britta Kling (born 25 December 1988) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden. Born in Åre, Kling competed in all five alpine disciplines. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, she finished 26th in the giant slalom. On 28 December 2010, Kling crashed during a giant slalom race in Semmering, Austria, which ended her 2011 season. On 14 December 2013, Kling attained her first World Cup podium, placing second in a Super-G race in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Ahead of the 2017/18", "id": "18745147" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhis world title in giant slalom in 2013 in Schladming, Austria, where he also won an unexpected gold medal in the super-G and a third gold medal in the super combined. Through October, 2015, he has 25 victories (24 in giant slalom and 1 super combined) and 52 podiums in World Cup competition. His Olympic giant slalom gold medal, 24 GS World Cup wins, 3 GS world championship gold medals and 5 World Cup titles make him one of the greatest giant slalom skiers of all time.", "id": "12994676" }, { "contents": "Gauthier de Tessières\n\n\nGauthier de Tessières (born 9 November 1981) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from France, and has competed in two Winter Olympics and five World Championships. He made his breakthrough on the Alpine Skiing World Cup in a giant slalom in Val-d'Isère in December 2008, where after finishing 30th in the first run to narrowly qualify for the second run, he worked his way up to finish third overall, bettering his previous World Cup personal best of 15th. He won the silver medal in the super-G at", "id": "12658447" }, { "contents": "Albert Popov\n\n\ngiant slalom at the 2018 FIS Junior World Ski Championships in Davos. Twelve days later he made his debut at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang 2018, where he placed 28th in the giant slalom and did not finish the slalom. His World Cup breakthrough came in the opening race of the 2018–19 season in Levi, where he finished 20th, earning 11 points - Bulgaria's first in the World Cup since Petar Popangelov during the 1986–87 season. Popov followed that up with a 16th place finish at Madonna di Campiglio in December, after", "id": "1530499" }, { "contents": "Tessa Worley\n\n\nplace in a giant slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany. She finished in fifth place in the first race of the 2009 World Cup season, a giant slalom in Sölden, Austria, in October 2008. A month later she won her first World Cup race (and first podium) in a giant slalom at Aspen, United States. Early in the 2011 season, Worley won three consecutive giant slalom races before January. In February, Worley won a gold medal in the nations team event at the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen", "id": "4107613" }, { "contents": "Armand Marchant\n\n\nArmand Marchant (born 14 December 1997) is a Belgian alpine ski racer. Marchant specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, in the Giant slalom and the Slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014 in the Alta Badia giant slalom, he failed to finish the first run. At the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek he finished 41st in the Giant slalom and", "id": "4076226" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nCup points (ahead of Norwegian Kjetil André Aamodt), he is considered among the best alpine racers in World Cup history. After winning Junior World Championships in both slalom and giant slalom, Raich made his World Cup debut in March 1996. He scored his first victory in 1999, in slalom. In 2001 he won the silver medal in slalom at the World Championships, and at the end of the season he won the slalom World Cup. In 2002 he won two bronze medals at the Salt Lake City Olympics. Raich", "id": "20658333" }, { "contents": "Manuela Mölgg\n\n\nManuela Mölgg (born 28 August 1983) is a retired alpine ski racer from Italy, a specialist in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2000 and gained her first podium in November 2004. She has 14 World Cup podium finishes and appeared in two Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2009 Alpine World Ski Championships in Val-d'Isère Mölgg took the lead in the slalom after the first run but was disqualified from", "id": "21947840" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom\n\n\nFelix Neureuther, and Alexis Pinturault), which spawned criticism of the course. The second run was set by Ante Kostelić, known for idiosyncratic gate settings. He is the father of competitor Ivica Kostelić of Croatia, who finished ninth. Less than seven weeks shy of his 35th birthday, Mario Matt of Austria became the oldest gold medalist in Olympic alpine skiing history. The silver went to defending World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher, and Henrik Kristoffersen became the youngest male to medal in an Olympic alpine event at age 19. The", "id": "2699458" }, { "contents": "Jean-Baptiste Grange\n\n\nHe won his first World Cup race on 17 December 2007, and won the 2009 season title in the slalom. Injured in early December 2009 in a giant slalom at Beaver Creek, he opted for surgery and missed the remainder of the 2010 season, which included the 2010 Winter Olympics. He returned to competition for the 2011 season and won the world championship in the slalom. He won his second slalom world title in Beaver Creek on 15 February 2015. His older brother is François-Cyrille Grange, also an alpine ski", "id": "20737157" }, { "contents": "Petra Vlhová\n\n\nPetra Vlhová (born 13 June 1995) is a Slovak World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. She is the current world champion in giant slalom. Born in Liptovský Mikuláš, Vlhová won a gold medal in 2012 Winter Youth Olympics and represented Slovakia in the 2014 Winter Olympics. She also won gold in the slalom at the Junior World Championships in 2014 in Jasná, Slovakia. She made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2012 and her first World Cup podium came", "id": "7975537" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n, at the age of 23 years and nine months. With that race she also equalled the record of the Austrian Marlies Schild for the most wins in women's slalom – 35, and put herself in joint seventh place in all-time World Cup victories with Alberto Tomba of Italy. One week later, she took another World Cup slalom win in Semmering, Austria, becoming the first alpine skier to take 15 World Cup wins in a single calendar year, moving ahead of Marcel Hirscher, who had taken 14 wins in", "id": "8983544" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's combined\n\n\nThe men's combined competition of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics was held on 13 February 2018 at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre and the Yongpyong Alpine Centre at the Alpensia Sports Park in PyeongChang. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, with Alexis Pinturault coming in second, and Victor Muffat-Jeandet third. For Muffat-Jeandet, this was the first Olympic medal, and for both Hirscher and Pinturault the first medal in combined. Hirscher, who won six overall World Cup titles and was skiing in his third Olympics, previously only won a", "id": "17712395" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\n, Utah. On 26 October 2002, Maze won her first World Cup race at the season opener in Sölden, Austria. She shared the giant slalom win with Nicole Hosp of Austria and Andrine Flemmen of Norway in the first-ever a three-way tie in a World Cup race. Maze finished the 2003 season on the 38th place in the overall standings with 190 points, all in giant slalom. At the 2003 World Championships, she finished 5th in giant slalom. In the 2004 season, Maze scored one podium", "id": "12638261" }, { "contents": "1978–79 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 13th World Cup season began in December 1978 in Austria and concluded in March 1979 in Japan. The overall winners were Peter Lüscher of Switzerland, his first overall win, and Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria, her sixth (which remained the record until 2017-18, when Austria's Marcel Hirscher won his seventh overall title). Although Ingemar Stenmark did not win the overall title due to restrictions on the number of races that counted for overall championship points, he won 13 races during the season (including the last", "id": "844407" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\n, including the super-G race in January in Les Menuires. He again won the Giant Slalom Cup, finished second in the overall standings and second in the Slalom Cup. In the 1990–91 season he performed best in the slalom. He won competitions in Madonna di Campiglio and Kranjska Gora in December, and recorded three-second places, only one of them in giant slalom. Again he finished second in the Slalom Cup. At the 1991 World Championships, he won the bronze medal in slalom and placed fourth in both", "id": "9904885" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\na World Championship gold medal in slalom in 2003, Olympic silver medal in slalom in 2010, Olympic silver medals in combined in 2006 (traditional combined), 2010 (super combined) and 2014, as well as the overall World Cup title in 2011. Kostelić scored a total of 26 World Cup race victories and a total of 59 World Cup podiums during his career (). He won the slalom World Cup title in 2002 and 2011, and the combined World Cup title in 2011 and 2012. Since 2008, he", "id": "3227791" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nMarch 1975 at Sun Valley. He won the final race of the season, a parallel slalom (\"pro-style\" heats) the following week in Val Gardena, Italy, against his challenger Stenmark to secure the overall title. His last win in giant slalom was in January 1976, and his final World Cup victory was in the combined at Kitzbühel in January 1977. His last podium finish was a third place in the slalom at Åre, Sweden, in February 1979. He finished eighth in the slalom at the", "id": "10362492" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nand 10th in the combined. In the 2006 season, Maze won one giant slalom race and two more podiums, a third place in giant slalom and a runner-up position in super-G. She finished the season 14th in the overall standings with 525 points and scored World Cup points in all disciplines for the first time. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Maze competed in the giant slalom and super-G events, where she finished 12th and 39th, respectively. The 2007 season was not as successful for her as", "id": "12638263" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n2013 in Sölden, Austria, with a career-best sixth in giant slalom, within a half-second of the podium. She won the next event, a slalom at Levi, Finland, improving on her podium finish the previous year for her fifth World Cup victory. At Beaver Creek, she was runner-up in the giant slalom, her first World Cup podium in that discipline. On January 5, Shiffrin secured first place in a two-run slalom race in Bormio, Italy (the race took place", "id": "8983524" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nfinished among the top six in the overall World Cup standings each season (2008: sixth; 2009: fourth; 2010: fifth; 2011: first; 2012: fourth; 2013: fifth). He also scored points in all disciplines each of those seasons, and his best race results were a seventh place in downhill, a second place in giant slalom, and victories in all other disciplines (11 in slalom, 1 in parallel-slalom, 2 in combined, 4 in super combined, and 1 in super", "id": "3227792" }, { "contents": "Fabienne Serrat\n\n\nFabienne Serrat (born 5 July 1956) is a former world champion alpine ski racer. At age 17, Serrat won two gold medals at the 1974 World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in the giant slalom and the combined events. During her World Cup career she had three victories, 37 podiums, and 124 top ten finishes. Serrat competed at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Winter Olympics in a total of five events. Her best result was fourth place in the giant slalom in 1980. She retired from competition", "id": "6439530" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nhe finished third, and in the overall standings he finished fourth. He also competed at the 1989 World Championships, placing eighth in the giant slalom and sixth in the slalom. He was given the Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year award of 1989. The 1989–90 season started equally well, with two-second places in August in Thredbo. He then won his next race, a giant slalom competition in Park City in November. Although that would be his only victory that season, he became runner-up in three further races", "id": "9904884" }, { "contents": "Thomas Fanara\n\n\nThomas Fanara (born 24 April 1981) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from France. Born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Fanara specialised in giant slalom; his one and only win came in March 2016 at the giant slalom finals in St. Moritz, Switzerland. He is the oldest racer to reach a World Cup podium in giant slalom, and competed for France at three Winter Olympics and six World Championships. He retired from competition at the end of the 2018-19 season. Fanara has started over 70", "id": "8162366" }, { "contents": "Alena Zavarzina\n\n\nin Kreischberg, she won a silver medal in parallel giant slalom after losing to Claudia Riegler in the repeat of the 2011 final, and finished fifth in the parallel slalom. She reached her second World Cup podium of the season at the season finale in Winterberg, and finished the season in thirteenth place in the overall World Cup standings. In 2015/16 season, Zavarzina won her second career World Cup victory, this time in parallel slalom, in Winterberg which was also her sole World Cup podium of the season. At the end", "id": "5559259" }, { "contents": "Tanja Poutiainen\n\n\nin the United States. At the 1999 Junior World Championships, she placed third in the giant slalom at Pra-Loup, France. Poutiainen scored her first World Cup victory – and the first for a female Finnish alpine skier – on 28 February 2004 in a slalom held on home snow in Levi, Finland – the first alpine World Cup race to be held in the country. In the 2005 World Cup season, Poutiainen won the season titles in both the slalom and giant slalom, and placed fifth in the overall standings", "id": "20125357" }, { "contents": "Ramón Homs\n\n\nWinter World Cup, he finished seventeenth in the overall standings. At the March 2008 Italian National Championships, he finished third in the Super G, fifth in the Giant Slalom and was disqualified from the Slalom. At the last round of the European Cup in March 2008, an event held in La Molina, Spain, he was one of several non-vision impaired Spanish skiers competing at the event. At the first IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup event in the 2008/2009 ski season, he failed to finish one of his races", "id": "1327121" }, { "contents": "Mitchell Gourley\n\n\ncompeted in five Men's Standing events. He finished fourth in the Giant Slalom and fifth in the Super-G. He finished the 2015/16 World Cup season on a high, placing third on the overall rankings after a successful run of events that saw him podium nine times. Gourley won the gold medal in the Men's Super Combined Standing at the 2017 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Tarvisio, Italy. Gourley was in sixth place after the super-G, but put on a masterclass in the slalom to secure the gold", "id": "6530863" }, { "contents": "Didier Défago\n\n\nDidier Défago (born 2 October 1977) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Morgins, Valais, Défago made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 1996, and was Swiss national champion in downhill (2003) and Giant slalom (2004). At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he won the downhill at Whistler to become the Olympic champion. Défago finished the 2005 World Cup season as sixth overall and fourth in the Super-G, his most successful season so far. In 2009", "id": "11060083" } ]

[ { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nHirscher won the overall World Cup title again in 2013 with 6 victories; he also won the slalom title and was runner-up in giant slalom. Hirscher scored a total of 18 podium finishes out of 19 races in the two technical events. The only race in either slalom or giant slalom where he finished outside the top 3 was the giant slalom in Adelboden. In that particular race Hirscher was leading after the first run, built up his advantage to over a second in the second run, but nearly fell several gates", "id": "14754284" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nChampionships, which ended his 2011 season. Returning after injury, Hirscher had an outstanding season in terms of wins in 2012 with 9 victories and a total of 14 podiums, all in the two technical events (except for one third place in the season's last Super G). He won the World Cup overall and giant slalom titles, and placed third in the slalom. In October 2012, Hirscher was awarded the Skieur d'Or Award by members of the International Association of Ski Journalists for his performances during the previous season.", "id": "14754283" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nMarcel Hirscher (born 2 March 1989) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. Hirscher made his World Cup debut in March 2007. He competes primarily in slalom and giant slalom, as well as combined and occasionally in super G. Winner of a record eight consecutive World Cup titles, Hirscher has also won 11 medals at the Alpine Skiing World Championships, seven of them gold, a silver medal in slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and two gold medals in the combined and giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics.", "id": "14754281" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\ncancelled. Three days after turning 18, Shiffrin won the final slalom race at Lenzerheide on 16 March to overtake Maze and win that discipline's season title by 33 points. The men's overall title wasn't decided until the World Cup finals at Lenzerheide. A runner-up finish in the giant slalom on 16 March gave Hirscher his second consecutive overall title, the first male to achieve this feat since Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003. Hirscher also won the slalom title, while the downhill and super-G titles went", "id": "9809256" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nsurpassing Benjamin Raich's total. On 18 December he won the fourth giant slalom of the season in Alta Badia having finished second in the three preceding giant slalom races, equalling Alberto Tomba's 4 wins at the venue, and with it became the 5th most successful male World Cup winner. On 7 January Hirscher achieved his 100th podium from 191 starts (a ratio of 52.3%) with a 2nd-place finish in the giant slalom in Adelboden. On 29 January Hirscher won the GS in Garmisch, achieving his 20th GS", "id": "14754289" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nnumber of points but Ligety had more victories (4, as opposed to 2 by Hirscher). This was Ligety's second consecutive giant slalom title and fifth overall. The slalom title went to Hirscher, who secured it in the last race of the season. The combined title was shared by Ligety and Alexis Pinturault of France, who each won a first and a second place in two combined races of the season. Fenninger won the overall women's title, her first, and the first by an Austrian woman since Nicole", "id": "7283678" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nbefore the final, thus missing the win and finished only 16th. He became the first male racer to retain the overall World Cup title since fellow Austrian Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003 and the first to win it three years in a row since American Phil Mahre did so in 1981, 1982 and 1983. In 2015 Hirscher dominated the giant slalom standings with 5 wins, including a winning margin of 3.28 seconds in Garmisch, and won the GS title for the second time. With his slalom win in Zagreb he became the", "id": "14754285" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nDue to his record number of overall titles, many years of extreme dominance of both slalom and giant slalom and of the men's overall ranking, he is considered by many, including his rivals Henrik Kristoffersen, Kjetil Jansrud and Alexis Pinturault, to be the best alpine skier in history. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Hirscher placed fourth in the giant slalom and fifth in the slalom at Whistler Creekside. He placed fourth in the giant slalom at the 2009 World Championships, but broke his ankle the weekend preceding the 2011 World", "id": "14754282" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n. On 13 January 2019 he won the slalom race in Adelboden and celebrated a 9th World Cup win and a 16th podium, a record among male athletes at a single resort. At the 2019 Alpine World Ski Championships in Åre in February, Hirscher took a silver in the giant slalom behind Henrik Kristoffersen, before winning the slalom by 0.65 seconds after holding a 0.56 second lead from the first run: Hirscher described his first run as one of the best performances of his career. He led teammates Michael Matt and Marco Schwarz in", "id": "14754299" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\ntherefore 10 points more than fourth place. The 2015 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup season was less successful for Ligety as he was able to win just one race and finished third in the giant slalom standings and eleventh overall. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 held in Beaver Creek, Ligety finished third in the super combined event despite being ranked 29th after the downhill leg. In the giant slalom, placed fifth after the first run and trailing by 0.24 to then leading favorite Marcel Hirscher, Ligety skied impressively in the second", "id": "12994700" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmatching the total of legendary technical racer Alberto Tomba. Two days later Hirscher achieved his sixth win of the season by winning the GS in Adelboden and moved to 3rd overall in the men's World Cup winners rankings. The next day he won the slalom in Adelboden. On 23 January, with his 9th win of the season in the Schladming night slalom, Hirscher equalled his compatriot Austrian ski legend Hermann Maier's 54 World Cup victories. It was the 500th World Cup win for Austrian men. On 28 January Hirscher moved to", "id": "14754293" }, { "contents": "Matts Olsson\n\n\nMatts Olsson (born 1 December 1988) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden who races in the giant slalom discipline. Born in Karlstad, Olsson made his World Cup debut at age 19 in October 2007. He won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in the team event, and finished 18th in the giant slalom, and 24th in the super-G. Matts Olsson won his first World Cup competition victory in Alta Badia in December 2017 at an evening event in Parallel Giant Slalom. Matts defeated Marcel Hirscher", "id": "12104888" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmost successful Austrian male World Cup slalom skier surpassing Benjamin Raich. In the final race of the season in Meribel he overturned a 55-point deficit in the standings by winning his 16th World Cup slalom, and with it won the slalom title for the third year in a row. Hirscher became the first male alpine skier to win the overall World Cup title four times in a row. In 2016 Hirscher became the most successful Austrian male World Cup GS skier by winning in Beaver Creek, Colorado, surpassing Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier.", "id": "14754286" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nwas won by Hirscher for the third time in a row, becoming the first man to achieve this since Phil Mahre in 1983. Hirscher secured the title after the second-to-last race of the season when he beat Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who did not compete in slalom. Svindal won both the downhill (second time in a row) and super-G titles (third time in a row). The giant slalom title went to Ted Ligety of the United States. Ligety and Hirscher shared the same", "id": "7283677" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the race on March 15 with a 0,03 second advantage over Alexis Pinturault and with Hirscher finishing fourth, both skiers ended the season tied with 560 points. The Crystal Globe was however awarded to Ligety who won due to having five discipline victories during the season compared to Hirscher's two. This was the fifth giant slalom title in Ligety's career. - Hirscher lost the title in that last giant slalom race with a deficit of 0.01 seconds to the 3rd place (achieved by Felix Neureuther) which is awarded 60 points,", "id": "12994699" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nand 43rd World Cup win, and with it attained Austria's 100th GS win for men. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 in St. Moritz, Switzerland Hirscher won gold in the GS and slalom, and silver in the combined, missing the gold by just 0.01 seconds. He was the most successful athlete at the championships. On 4 March in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Hirscher won his third GS race of the season and with it secured his 4th GS World Cup title and his 6th overall World Cup title;", "id": "14754290" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n12 November and achieved a 17th-place finish. The next technical race was the GS in Val d'Isère on 9 December and Hirscher came 3rd. He won the slalom the next day. On 17 December 2017 he won the giant slalom race in Alta Badia, which was his fifth consecutive victory in that location, surpassing Ivica Kostelić, who won the Kitzbühel combined 4 times in a row. On 4 January Hirscher achieved his 5th win of the season in the slalom in Zagreb and with it his 50th World Cup win,", "id": "14754292" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n. He won his third season title in giant slalom in 2011. Even though Ligety was able to win three giant slalom races during the season, he was dethroned as the discipline champion by an overall champion Marcel Hirscher from Austria. Before the last giant slalom race which was held on March 17 at Schladming, Hirscher was in lead with 605 points ahead to Ted with 513 points. Therefore, Ted was forced to attack as powerful as he was able to do but he did fall in the first leg; he did continue", "id": "12994692" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nthe only male skier in history to do so. One day later Hirscher finished fourth in the slalom and with it secured his fourth World Cup slalom title. The start of the 2018 season was expected to be more difficult as Hirscher suffered a fracture to his left ankle during the first day of snow training on 17 August. Fortunately the first race of the season in Sölden was cancelled due to high winds, giving Hirscher a few more weeks to recover. He made a last minute decision to race the slalom in Levi on", "id": "14754291" }, { "contents": "Ingemar Stenmark\n\n\nCup slalom title in 1983. Stenmark began skiing at the age of five and won his first national competition at age eight. Stenmark made his World Cup debut in December 1973 at age 17. He won more international races than any other alpine skier in history: he took 86 wins (46 giant slaloms and 40 slaloms). His closest male competitor is Marcel Hirscher, with 67 (up to January 2019) victories to his name. Stenmark won only in the two technical disciplines: slalom and giant slalom (the other", "id": "19815131" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nachievement he shares with Pirmin Zurbriggen and Hermann Maier, exceeded by Marcel Hirscher's and Marc Girardelli's five. Thöni was the dominant skier in the technical events (slalom and giant slalom) in the early 1970s. His first victory came in his debut race on the World Cup circuit, a giant slalom at Val-d'Isère, France, in December 1969. Still a teenager, he had a very successful rookie year during that 1970 season with four victories and nine podiums. He finished third in the overall standings, just", "id": "10362488" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nrun, to finish 0.45 ahead of Hirscher and secure his third consecutive world title in the discipline. Ligety won the season's first race, a giant slalom on October 25, 2015, at Sölden, Austria. While training on January 27 at Oberjoch, Germany, he tore the ACL in his right knee, which required surgery and ended his 2016 season. Ligety returned to World Cup racing in October 2016, competing in the prelude (giant slalom) race at Sölden on October 23 (finishing 5th), and he", "id": "12994701" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 47th World Cup season began on 27 October 2012, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 17 March 2013, at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The overall titles were won by Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. A break in the schedule was for the biennial World Championships, held 4–17 February in Schladming, Austria. Changes for the 2013 season included the awarding of World Cup points for the slalom crystal globe for the limited field city events (parallel slalom), not just in", "id": "9809251" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nlegends Ingemar Stenmark and Hermann Maier. Unfortunately, the following day the slalom race was cancelled due to high winds, denying Hirscher the opportunity to obtain the record outright. Hirscher has started 245 World Cup races, has won 67 of them, (a ratio of 27%) has achieved 138 podiums (a ratio of 56%) and has finished 73% of his races in the Top 10. In December 2018 Hirscher became Austria's most prolific World Cup race winner when he won a slalom in Saalbach-Hinterglemm in", "id": "14754297" }, { "contents": "Manfred Mölgg\n\n\nManfred Mölgg (born 3 June 1982) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from northern Italy. He specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made his World Cup debut in January 2003 at Bormio. As of mid-January 2016, he has 19 World Cup podiums with three victories, all achieved in slalom. Mölgg won the World Cup season title in slalom in 2008, and finished fourth in the overall standings, the best result for an Italian since Kristian", "id": "20862702" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nto reach the top of the standings in the greatest alpine skiers of all time men's super ranking. At the end of the slalom race, Hirscher said on Austrian television that he would go home \"and consider where the journey will go. I don't know if I will be skiing World Cup next season\". At the World Cup finals in Åre, Hirscher won the GS race on 17 March and equaled the record of most wins in a single season: he shares the record of 13 wins with alpine skiing", "id": "14754296" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWorld Cup technical races resumed in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia on 3 March with the GS. Hirscher secured the GS crystal globe for the 5th time by winning the race with a winning margin of 1.66 seconds. The following day, Hirscher also won the slalom with a winning margin of 1.22 seconds. As a result, he also won the slalom crystal globe for the 5th time, and the overall crystal globe for the seventh time in succession with 2 technical races remaining. His Olympic gold medals plus the additional crystal globes enabled him", "id": "14754295" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nin Kranjska Gora for a record sixth time. At the season finals in Lenzerheide he surprisingly finished second, tied with Christof Innerhofer, in the downhill race. The result was his first ever podium in downhill and made him only the second American skier in history, after Bode Miller, to podium in all five alpine skiing disciplines. Ligety then finished fifth in the final super-G race. Before the last giant slalom race of the season Ligety was trailing Marcel Hirscher by 50 points for the discipline title. However, Ligety", "id": "12994698" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhe had three fourth-place finishes, one in giant slalom, one in super combined, and one in the World Cup finals downhill, as well as a fourth-place finish in the giant slalom at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden, missing a medal by 0.07 seconds. He finished eleventh overall in 2007. Ligety won his first World Cup season title in the giant slalom in 2008, and finished fifth in the overall standings. He won the final two giant slaloms of the year at Kranjska Gora and", "id": "12994684" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's giant slalom\n\n\nThe Men's Giant Slalom competition at the 2013 World Championships ran on Friday, February 15 at 10:00 local time (1st run) and 13:30 (2nd run), the ninth race of the championships. 99 athletes from 55 countries competed in the main race while 132 athletes from 53 countries competed in the qualification race on Thursday, February 14. Ted Ligety won his third gold medal of the 2013 World Championships, joined on the podium by Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three", "id": "6822507" }, { "contents": "Giorgio Rocca\n\n\nGiorgio Rocca (born 6 August 1975) is an Italian former alpine skier, a specialist in slalom skiing. Together with Marc Girardelli, Ingemar Stenmark and Marcel Hirscher, he is one of four skiers to have won 5 Alpine Skiing World Cup slaloms in a row, which he achieved in the 2005/2006 season: only Alberto Tomba (7) has won more World Cup slaloms consecutively. He is currently ninth in the list of all-time slalom winners, with a total of 11 victories. Rocca was born in Chur,", "id": "14243073" }, { "contents": "Viktoria Rebensburg\n\n\nViktoria Rebensburg (born 4 October 1989) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer and the 2010 Olympic gold medalist in the Born in Tegernsee, Bavaria, she has three World Cup season titles, all in giant slalom. After finishing 28th in the Olympic super-G, she won gold in the giant slalom, her first victory in international competition. Her previous best finish was second place at a GS a month earlier, her only World Cup podium. Ten months later Rebensberg won her first World Cup race in October", "id": "7848199" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nAustria to narrowly beat France in the men's nations cup by 201 points, the narrowest winning margin for many years. Hirscher was the only Austrian male skier to win a race in the entire season, and scored 30.9% (1795 out of 5804) of the Austrian men's nations cup points. On 13 November in Levi, Finland, Hirscher won the first slalom of the 2017 season and equalled Pirmin Zurbriggen's win total of 40, putting him equal 5th in the standings. He also achieved his 93rd podium,", "id": "14754288" }, { "contents": "Marco Schwarz\n\n\nMarco Schwarz (born 16 August 1995) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He focuses on the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Schwarz competed for Austria at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in the alpine skiing and won three gold medals; in the boys' combined, the parallel mixed team event, and the boys' giant slalom. Schwarz made his World Cup debut in November 2014 at age 19. He achieved his first World Cup podium in December 2015; third place in a slalom at Madonna di", "id": "12834730" }, { "contents": "Dave Ryding\n\n\n's slalom in 2002, from which he was disqualified. He went on the finish the season 11th in the World Cup slalom standings. Ryding took one of the best World Cup results of his career so far in a slalom in Madonna di Campiglio in December 2018: after placing 27th in the first run, he set the fastest second run time to secure a fourth-placed finish. Ryding continued his good form at the Oslo parallel slalom on New Year's Day 2019: he knocked out Hirscher in the quarter-finals", "id": "16035158" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 48th World Cup season began on 26 October 2013, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 16 March 2014 at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The defending overall champions from the 2013 season were Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. The overall titles were won by Hirscher and Anna Fenninger, also of Austria. The season was interrupted by the 2014 Winter Olympics that took place from 7 to 23 February in Sochi, Russia, with the alpine events at Rosa Khutor. The men's title", "id": "7283676" }, { "contents": "Michaela Kirchgasser\n\n\nMichaela Kirchgasser (born 18 March 1985) is a retired Austrian alpine ski racer. She raced in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom, and also the combined. On 25 November 2006, Kirchgasser made her first World Cup podium with a third place in the giant slalom at Aspen, Colorado. Her first victory was on 24 February 2007, in a giant slalom at Sierra Nevada, Spain. She has competed in three Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she finished fifth in the slalom", "id": "6480720" }, { "contents": "Marcel Mathis\n\n\nMarcel Mathis (born December 24, 1991) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Hohenems, Vorarlberg, he primarily competed on the European Cup circuit, but raced in several World Cup events, all in giant slalom. Mathis' first top result in World Cup was his third place in giant slalom in Bansko, Bulgaria, on February 18, 2012. He was in 26th place after the first run, but had the fastest second run to attain the podium. It was also his first", "id": "4965368" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\ngiant slalom and combined, and silver in super-G. He also won two other giant slaloms during the season. In the 2004 season, Miller won World Cup titles in two disciplines: giant slalom and combined, but placed fourth in the competition for the overall title. He won six World Cup races: three giant slaloms, two combineds and one slalom. After the season, Miller switched to Atomic skis. Miller won his first overall World Cup title in 2005, defeating Austrians Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier. He made", "id": "8624673" }, { "contents": "Henrik Kristoffersen\n\n\nHenrik Kristoffersen (born 2 July 1994) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, 2019 World Champion and Olympic medalist. Born in Lørenskog in Akershus county, Kristoffersen specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. He made his World Cup debut in March 2012 in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, and attained his first podium in November 2013, a third-place finish in slalom at Levi, Finland. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Kristoffersen won the bronze medal in slalom at Rosa Khutor at age 19", "id": "12443237" }, { "contents": "Alexis Pinturault\n\n\n, as he missed pre-season speed training after surgery on his left ankle in August to repair ligaments damaged while playing tennis. Pinturault did not medal at the world championships in 2013, but had four top-six finishes. A week later he claimed a fourth World Cup win, his first in giant slalom, at Garmisch, Germany. Second after the first run, Pinturault's total time was 0.60 seconds ahead of runner-up Hirscher. On 15 March, he was honored as the 2013 Longines Rising Star,", "id": "14820258" }, { "contents": "Žan Kranjec\n\n\nŽan Kranjec (born 15 November 1992) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovenia. He specializes in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Kranjec made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 2011 at Kranjska Gora. He represented Slovenia at the World Championships in 2013 and was 22nd in giant slalom. A week later at the Junior World Championships in Canada, he won a bronze medal in giant slalom. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kranjec placed fourth in the giant slalom. In December 2018,", "id": "9034523" }, { "contents": "Hannes Reichelt\n\n\nJohannes \"Hannes\" Reichelt (born 5 July 1980) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He competes in downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom, and Combined. Born in Altenmarkt im Pongau in Salzburg, Reichelt made his World Cup debut in December 2001. He made his first podium in December 2002 and won his first World Cup race, a Super-G, in December 2005. Reichelt also won the European Cup overall title in 2005, as well as the European Cup season title in giant slalom", "id": "15634035" }, { "contents": "Phil Mahre\n\n\nselected to the \"A\" team following the 1975 season and made his World Cup debut in December 1975 at Val d'Isère, France. Two months later he competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, taking fifth in the giant slalom at age 18. He made his first podium in March with a second in a giant slalom at Copper Mountain, Colorado, and finished the 1976 World Cup season in 14th place in the overall standings. He won his first World Cup race the next season, a giant slalom", "id": "12320115" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWith his GS win in Alta Badia, Italy (his 3rd consecutive win at that venue), he became Austria's most successful World Cup GS skier overtaking Annemarie Moser-Pröll. Another GS win in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia confirmed Hirscher as the GS title winner with one race to go. To wrap up an amazing season with 8 wins and 19 podiums Hirscher also won the men's overall World Cup title, his 5th consecutive overall title, a feat never before achieved by a male skier. His points total also enabled", "id": "14754287" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nreaching the podium for the first time, with a second place from Adelboden in January. He also won the slalom run in the Alpine Combined Event at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships. On 3 March in Furano, he finished second in the giant slalom, winning the slalom race two days later. One week later in Shigakogen, he won the giant slalom race and finished second in the slalom. As a result, he won the Giant Slalom Cup that year, though jointly with Pirmin Zurbriggen. In the Slalom Cup", "id": "9904883" }, { "contents": "Jean-Noël Augert\n\n\nwon three World Cups in 1969, 1971 and 1972, and in which he won a Gold medal at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena. He was also second in the overall classification of the 1969 World Cup and third in the Giant Slalom World Cup 1969. Besides his 15 wins in World Cup races, he finished 15 times at the podium (place two: 6 slaloms, 3 giant slaloms; place three: 2 slaloms, 4 giant slaloms). He came fifth in both the men's slalom and giant", "id": "18262429" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nTed Ligety) in a giant slalom race in Kranjska Gora, the same place where he also won his first top-3 result more than 15 years earlier (in January 1999). His last top three finish came in early March 2015 in a giant slalom race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen that came to be one of his very last races in the alpine world cup. On September 10, 2015, he announced his retirement. 9 titles: 1 overall, 2 giant slalom, 3 slalom, 3 combined 36 total: 14 slalom", "id": "20658336" }, { "contents": "Anna Veith\n\n\n-G at the Austrian Championships in late March. In late December 2011, Veith won her first World Cup event in Lienz, Austria, in the Giant slalom. Her most consistent World Cup podium results have been in the super-G. After another giant slalom win in Austria in December 2012, Veith's first super-G victory came in March 2013 in Germany. At the 2013 World Championships in Schladming, Austria, Veith won bronze in the giant slalom. In the alpine skiing World Cup overall ranking 2013 she finished", "id": "18958035" }, { "contents": "Davide Simoncelli\n\n\nDavide Simoncelli (born January 30, 1979 in Rovereto) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy who specialized in giant slalom. Simoncelli made his World Cup debut in 1999. He took two World Cup victories and eight podium finishes, all in giant slalom. He took five podiums on the \"Gran Risa\" track of Alta Badia, with a victory and four second places. He finished fourth in the World Cup points standings for giant slalom twice, in 2006 and 2010. Simoncelli competed for Italy in three", "id": "8459823" }, { "contents": "Kjetil Jansrud\n\n\nKjetil Jansrud (born 28 August 1985) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion. He races in all alpine disciplines apart from slalom, and his best event used to be the giant slalom where he has 6 World Cup podiums and an Olympic silver medal. However, since 2012 he has become more of a speed specialist, having won all but two of his World Cup victories in the speed events. At the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, he won the Super-G and placed third in the Downhill", "id": "11513877" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nmissed 11 races, including two classic slaloms and one parallel, in Stockholm. In the meantime, Marcel Hirscher took the lead in the overall standings and would go on to claim his first overall title. Kostelić returned to action in Schladming at the end of the season, and competed only in slalom. He finished 16th and André Myhrer took the slalom title. Born and raised in Zagreb, his parents, Ante and Marica, are former elite team handball players. They taught Ivica and his sister Janica, two years younger", "id": "3227806" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nin a giant slalom race at Maribor. During her early World Cup seasons, Maze competed in slalom, giant slalom, and super-G, but scored World Cup points only in the first two disciplines. At the 2001 World Championships, Maze's best result was a 16th place in slalom. In January 2002, Maze won her first podium, a second place in giant slalom in Maribor. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in the United States, Maze finished twelfth in the giant slalom in her Olympic debut at Park City", "id": "12638260" }, { "contents": "Günther Mader\n\n\ntotal of six medals in the world championships. He won his first championship medal, the silver medal in the Slalom Race at Crans Montana in 1987, after only placing eighth after the first leg of the competition. Mader won two World Cup season titles, giant slalom in 1990 and combined in 1996, and placed second in the overall World Cup standings in 1995 and 1996, and third in 1990. Without his 14 wins, he did achieve another 27 places in World Cup races. His only World Cup victory in downhill", "id": "16142764" }, { "contents": "Nicole Hosp\n\n\nNicole Hosp (; born 6 November 1983) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. She competed in all five disciplines and was a world champion, three-time Olympic medalist, and an overall World Cup champion. Born in Ehenbichl, Tyrol, Hosp won the overall World Cup title in 2007 and the season title in giant slalom. A versatile all-around racer, she won World Cup races in four of the five alpine skiing disciplines (super-G, giant slalom, slalom and combined),", "id": "18723452" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Men's super combined\n\n\nThe Men's super combined competition at the 2015 World Championships was held on Sunday, February 8. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, despite originally finishing in 31st position after the downhill leg. Ondřej Bank however, fell on the final jump and, although the original results had Bank in 25th place, the jury disqualified him after the run ended and as a result, Hirscher was able to start first in the slalom leg instead of starting after the top 30. With a clean track he was able to rise all the", "id": "2139631" }, { "contents": "Loïc Meillard\n\n\nLoïc Meillard (born 29 October 1996) is a Swiss alpine ski racer and specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Meillard made his World Cup debut in January 2015; his younger sister Mélanie is also a World Cup alpine racer. Meillard made his World Cup debut at age 18 in the Adelboden giant slalom in January 2015. At the World Junior Championships that March at Hafjell, Norway, he won a bronze medal in the Super-G, silver in the giant slalom, and gold in the combined", "id": "4438833" }, { "contents": "Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander\n\n\nSimon Breitfuss Kammerlander (born 29 November 1992) is a Bolivian-Austrian alpine ski racer. Breitfuss Kammerlander specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut on 23 October 2016. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut at the Sölden Giant slalom on 23 October 2016, he failed to qualify for the second run finishing in 78th place. He competed for Bolivia at the 2017 Alpine World Ski Championships. He finished 46th in the Super-G and failed to finish the first run", "id": "10351390" }, { "contents": "Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen\n\n\nLeif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen (born 29 November 1987) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, specializing in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Haugen made his World Cup debut in October 2009 in Sölden, and collected his first World Cup points with a 26th place. He won a bronze medal in giant slalom at the World Championships in 2017 and attained his first World Cup podium in March 2017 at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Nestvold-Haugen represents the sports club Lommedalens IL, and hails from Lommedalen.", "id": "14989586" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\nwas disqualified – while in first place at the time – during the second leg of the combined event, failed to finish the super-G, tied for 6th in the giant slalom, and had another DNF after missing a gate in the first run of the slalom. Nevertheless, Miller won two races during the season (a giant slalom and a super-G) and placed third for the season's overall World Cup title. At the 2006 U.S. National Championships following the World Cup season, Miller won the downhill and", "id": "8624676" }, { "contents": "Leonardo David\n\n\nthe World Cup season in North America and Japan. Then age 18, David was a promising talent on the Italian team, in his first year on the World Cup circuit. He won the overall and slalom titles of the European Cup in 1978, and placed second in giant slalom. He won his only World Cup race, a slalom in Oslo, less than a month before his accident, outpacing Ingemar Stenmark and Phil Mahre. David had 10 top ten finishes with four podiums during the 1979 World Cup season, and", "id": "2954663" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n-placed. But Ligety did do a phenomenal best time in the second leg, becoming first ahead to Raich. Ligety opened defense of his 2008 giant slalom title with a third-place finish in Sölden, Austria, and then placed second at Beaver Creek, Colorado. At the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isère, France, Ligety took the bronze medal in the giant slalom, then won his fourth World Cup race at Kranjska Gora. He finished the season with another second at the finals in Åre, Sweden, which", "id": "12994686" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nof 0.28 sec. (Janka was unbeatable on that afternoon, he finished 0.71 sec. ahead to Raich.) Ligety notched his fifth World Cup victory in January, his third win at Kranjska Gora in as many seasons. At the finals in Garmisch, Germany, he finished on the podium to secure his second season title in giant slalom, and finished seventh in the overall standings. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics at Whistler, he finished ninth in the giant slalom (on February 23 - he was eighth-placed after", "id": "12994688" }, { "contents": "Stefan Luitz\n\n\nStefan Luitz (; born 26 March 1992) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer. He primarily competes in giant slalom, but on 24 January 2016 in Kitzbühel, for the first time in his career, he completed both runs in slalom and finished 18th. Previously, he had once qualified to second run in slalom, on 18 December 2012 in Madonna di Campiglio, but did not finish the second run. Luitz made his World Cup debut in Adelboden in 2011, and attained his first World Cup podium in December 2012", "id": "15313224" }, { "contents": "Didier Cuche\n\n\nDidier Cuche (born 16 August 1974) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Le Pâquier, Neuchâtel, he competed in the downhill and super-G, along with the giant slalom. He won the World Cup downhill and super-G title for the 2011 season and has won three previous downhill titles in 2010, 2008 and 2007, along with a giant slalom title in 2009. Cuche has 21 World Cup race victories, along with 67 podiums (top three) and 181 top ten", "id": "11060008" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nBenjamin Raich (born 28 February 1978 in Arzl im Pitztal, Tyrol) is a retired champion World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria. With 14 medals won at Winter Olympics and World Championships, 36 World Cup race victories (in all disciplines except downhill), one first place and five second places in the World Cup overall ranking, three victories of the slalom World Cup, three victories of the combined World Cup, two victories of the giant slalom World Cup and the highest score of career World", "id": "20658332" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n50 World Cup races at the age of 23 years and 9 months. She has won 60 World Cup races, the 3rd most all time by a female alpine skier, including 40 WC slalom races, the most all-time by a female alpine skier. She is the only female athlete to have won 15 races in the same calendar year, winning the last slalom of the 2018 season in Semmering and equalling the men's record holder Marcel Hirscher. In the 2019 season she became the first athlete, male or female", "id": "8983516" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the GS world title in 2011 besting Cyprien Richard and Philipp Schörghofer. Ligety repeated as world champion in GS in 2013, ahead of Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. At Schladming in 2013, he became a triple world champion in giant slalom, super-G, and combined at Planai. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three or more gold medals at one world championships and the first in 45 years, when Jean-Claude Killy won four in 1968 at Chamrousse, with the combined as a \"paper", "id": "12994706" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\nher fourth slalom world cup. In Aspen, Colorado, the World Cup finals of the season took place. Shiffrin secured her first overall World Cup, but did not win the giant slalom World Cup that year. After the season, she received the \"Skieur d’Or\" (golden skier) award, given by the international ski journalist association to the best alpine skier of the year (one award for both genders). Shiffrin started the 2018 season with a 5th place finish in giant slalom at Sölden. In early December", "id": "8983533" }, { "contents": "Marilyn Cochran\n\n\nthe final five giant slalom races and won the World Cup season title. Cochran was the only American alpine racer with a World Cup season title until 1980, when Phil Mahre won the combined. She won the bronze medal in the combined at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena, Italy. Sister Barbara was fourth in that competition, but won a silver in the slalom, where Marilyn was sixth. Cochran won three World Cup races, two in giant slalom and one in slalom, and had 15 podiums and fifty top", "id": "314375" }, { "contents": "Thomas Grandi\n\n\nThomas Grandi (born 27 December 1972 in Bolzano, Italy) is a retired Canadian alpine skier. He specialized in technical skiing giant slalom and slalom. Grandi started in the Alpine Skiing World Cup in the 1992-93 season. His first top ten finish in the World Cup came in December 1996 where he finished in 10th position in the Giant Slalom in Alta Badia, Italy. In the 1997-98 World Cup season, he had his first top three finish when he finished in third place in a Giant Slalom race", "id": "10762400" }, { "contents": "Kajsa Kling\n\n\nKajsa Britta Kling (born 25 December 1988) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden. Born in Åre, Kling competed in all five alpine disciplines. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, she finished 26th in the giant slalom. On 28 December 2010, Kling crashed during a giant slalom race in Semmering, Austria, which ended her 2011 season. On 14 December 2013, Kling attained her first World Cup podium, placing second in a Super-G race in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Ahead of the 2017/18", "id": "18745147" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhis world title in giant slalom in 2013 in Schladming, Austria, where he also won an unexpected gold medal in the super-G and a third gold medal in the super combined. Through October, 2015, he has 25 victories (24 in giant slalom and 1 super combined) and 52 podiums in World Cup competition. His Olympic giant slalom gold medal, 24 GS World Cup wins, 3 GS world championship gold medals and 5 World Cup titles make him one of the greatest giant slalom skiers of all time.", "id": "12994676" }, { "contents": "Gauthier de Tessières\n\n\nGauthier de Tessières (born 9 November 1981) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from France, and has competed in two Winter Olympics and five World Championships. He made his breakthrough on the Alpine Skiing World Cup in a giant slalom in Val-d'Isère in December 2008, where after finishing 30th in the first run to narrowly qualify for the second run, he worked his way up to finish third overall, bettering his previous World Cup personal best of 15th. He won the silver medal in the super-G at", "id": "12658447" }, { "contents": "Albert Popov\n\n\ngiant slalom at the 2018 FIS Junior World Ski Championships in Davos. Twelve days later he made his debut at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang 2018, where he placed 28th in the giant slalom and did not finish the slalom. His World Cup breakthrough came in the opening race of the 2018–19 season in Levi, where he finished 20th, earning 11 points - Bulgaria's first in the World Cup since Petar Popangelov during the 1986–87 season. Popov followed that up with a 16th place finish at Madonna di Campiglio in December, after", "id": "1530499" }, { "contents": "Tessa Worley\n\n\nplace in a giant slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany. She finished in fifth place in the first race of the 2009 World Cup season, a giant slalom in Sölden, Austria, in October 2008. A month later she won her first World Cup race (and first podium) in a giant slalom at Aspen, United States. Early in the 2011 season, Worley won three consecutive giant slalom races before January. In February, Worley won a gold medal in the nations team event at the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen", "id": "4107613" }, { "contents": "Armand Marchant\n\n\nArmand Marchant (born 14 December 1997) is a Belgian alpine ski racer. Marchant specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, in the Giant slalom and the Slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014 in the Alta Badia giant slalom, he failed to finish the first run. At the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek he finished 41st in the Giant slalom and", "id": "4076226" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nCup points (ahead of Norwegian Kjetil André Aamodt), he is considered among the best alpine racers in World Cup history. After winning Junior World Championships in both slalom and giant slalom, Raich made his World Cup debut in March 1996. He scored his first victory in 1999, in slalom. In 2001 he won the silver medal in slalom at the World Championships, and at the end of the season he won the slalom World Cup. In 2002 he won two bronze medals at the Salt Lake City Olympics. Raich", "id": "20658333" }, { "contents": "Manuela Mölgg\n\n\nManuela Mölgg (born 28 August 1983) is a retired alpine ski racer from Italy, a specialist in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2000 and gained her first podium in November 2004. She has 14 World Cup podium finishes and appeared in two Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2009 Alpine World Ski Championships in Val-d'Isère Mölgg took the lead in the slalom after the first run but was disqualified from", "id": "21947840" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom\n\n\nFelix Neureuther, and Alexis Pinturault), which spawned criticism of the course. The second run was set by Ante Kostelić, known for idiosyncratic gate settings. He is the father of competitor Ivica Kostelić of Croatia, who finished ninth. Less than seven weeks shy of his 35th birthday, Mario Matt of Austria became the oldest gold medalist in Olympic alpine skiing history. The silver went to defending World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher, and Henrik Kristoffersen became the youngest male to medal in an Olympic alpine event at age 19. The", "id": "2699458" }, { "contents": "Jean-Baptiste Grange\n\n\nHe won his first World Cup race on 17 December 2007, and won the 2009 season title in the slalom. Injured in early December 2009 in a giant slalom at Beaver Creek, he opted for surgery and missed the remainder of the 2010 season, which included the 2010 Winter Olympics. He returned to competition for the 2011 season and won the world championship in the slalom. He won his second slalom world title in Beaver Creek on 15 February 2015. His older brother is François-Cyrille Grange, also an alpine ski", "id": "20737157" }, { "contents": "Petra Vlhová\n\n\nPetra Vlhová (born 13 June 1995) is a Slovak World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. She is the current world champion in giant slalom. Born in Liptovský Mikuláš, Vlhová won a gold medal in 2012 Winter Youth Olympics and represented Slovakia in the 2014 Winter Olympics. She also won gold in the slalom at the Junior World Championships in 2014 in Jasná, Slovakia. She made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2012 and her first World Cup podium came", "id": "7975537" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n, at the age of 23 years and nine months. With that race she also equalled the record of the Austrian Marlies Schild for the most wins in women's slalom – 35, and put herself in joint seventh place in all-time World Cup victories with Alberto Tomba of Italy. One week later, she took another World Cup slalom win in Semmering, Austria, becoming the first alpine skier to take 15 World Cup wins in a single calendar year, moving ahead of Marcel Hirscher, who had taken 14 wins in", "id": "8983544" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's combined\n\n\nThe men's combined competition of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics was held on 13 February 2018 at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre and the Yongpyong Alpine Centre at the Alpensia Sports Park in PyeongChang. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, with Alexis Pinturault coming in second, and Victor Muffat-Jeandet third. For Muffat-Jeandet, this was the first Olympic medal, and for both Hirscher and Pinturault the first medal in combined. Hirscher, who won six overall World Cup titles and was skiing in his third Olympics, previously only won a", "id": "17712395" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\n, Utah. On 26 October 2002, Maze won her first World Cup race at the season opener in Sölden, Austria. She shared the giant slalom win with Nicole Hosp of Austria and Andrine Flemmen of Norway in the first-ever a three-way tie in a World Cup race. Maze finished the 2003 season on the 38th place in the overall standings with 190 points, all in giant slalom. At the 2003 World Championships, she finished 5th in giant slalom. In the 2004 season, Maze scored one podium", "id": "12638261" }, { "contents": "1978–79 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 13th World Cup season began in December 1978 in Austria and concluded in March 1979 in Japan. The overall winners were Peter Lüscher of Switzerland, his first overall win, and Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria, her sixth (which remained the record until 2017-18, when Austria's Marcel Hirscher won his seventh overall title). Although Ingemar Stenmark did not win the overall title due to restrictions on the number of races that counted for overall championship points, he won 13 races during the season (including the last", "id": "844407" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\n, including the super-G race in January in Les Menuires. He again won the Giant Slalom Cup, finished second in the overall standings and second in the Slalom Cup. In the 1990–91 season he performed best in the slalom. He won competitions in Madonna di Campiglio and Kranjska Gora in December, and recorded three-second places, only one of them in giant slalom. Again he finished second in the Slalom Cup. At the 1991 World Championships, he won the bronze medal in slalom and placed fourth in both", "id": "9904885" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\na World Championship gold medal in slalom in 2003, Olympic silver medal in slalom in 2010, Olympic silver medals in combined in 2006 (traditional combined), 2010 (super combined) and 2014, as well as the overall World Cup title in 2011. Kostelić scored a total of 26 World Cup race victories and a total of 59 World Cup podiums during his career (). He won the slalom World Cup title in 2002 and 2011, and the combined World Cup title in 2011 and 2012. Since 2008, he", "id": "3227791" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nMarch 1975 at Sun Valley. He won the final race of the season, a parallel slalom (\"pro-style\" heats) the following week in Val Gardena, Italy, against his challenger Stenmark to secure the overall title. His last win in giant slalom was in January 1976, and his final World Cup victory was in the combined at Kitzbühel in January 1977. His last podium finish was a third place in the slalom at Åre, Sweden, in February 1979. He finished eighth in the slalom at the", "id": "10362492" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nand 10th in the combined. In the 2006 season, Maze won one giant slalom race and two more podiums, a third place in giant slalom and a runner-up position in super-G. She finished the season 14th in the overall standings with 525 points and scored World Cup points in all disciplines for the first time. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Maze competed in the giant slalom and super-G events, where she finished 12th and 39th, respectively. The 2007 season was not as successful for her as", "id": "12638263" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n2013 in Sölden, Austria, with a career-best sixth in giant slalom, within a half-second of the podium. She won the next event, a slalom at Levi, Finland, improving on her podium finish the previous year for her fifth World Cup victory. At Beaver Creek, she was runner-up in the giant slalom, her first World Cup podium in that discipline. On January 5, Shiffrin secured first place in a two-run slalom race in Bormio, Italy (the race took place", "id": "8983524" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nfinished among the top six in the overall World Cup standings each season (2008: sixth; 2009: fourth; 2010: fifth; 2011: first; 2012: fourth; 2013: fifth). He also scored points in all disciplines each of those seasons, and his best race results were a seventh place in downhill, a second place in giant slalom, and victories in all other disciplines (11 in slalom, 1 in parallel-slalom, 2 in combined, 4 in super combined, and 1 in super", "id": "3227792" }, { "contents": "Fabienne Serrat\n\n\nFabienne Serrat (born 5 July 1956) is a former world champion alpine ski racer. At age 17, Serrat won two gold medals at the 1974 World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in the giant slalom and the combined events. During her World Cup career she had three victories, 37 podiums, and 124 top ten finishes. Serrat competed at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Winter Olympics in a total of five events. Her best result was fourth place in the giant slalom in 1980. She retired from competition", "id": "6439530" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nhe finished third, and in the overall standings he finished fourth. He also competed at the 1989 World Championships, placing eighth in the giant slalom and sixth in the slalom. He was given the Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year award of 1989. The 1989–90 season started equally well, with two-second places in August in Thredbo. He then won his next race, a giant slalom competition in Park City in November. Although that would be his only victory that season, he became runner-up in three further races", "id": "9904884" }, { "contents": "Thomas Fanara\n\n\nThomas Fanara (born 24 April 1981) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from France. Born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Fanara specialised in giant slalom; his one and only win came in March 2016 at the giant slalom finals in St. Moritz, Switzerland. He is the oldest racer to reach a World Cup podium in giant slalom, and competed for France at three Winter Olympics and six World Championships. He retired from competition at the end of the 2018-19 season. Fanara has started over 70", "id": "8162366" }, { "contents": "Alena Zavarzina\n\n\nin Kreischberg, she won a silver medal in parallel giant slalom after losing to Claudia Riegler in the repeat of the 2011 final, and finished fifth in the parallel slalom. She reached her second World Cup podium of the season at the season finale in Winterberg, and finished the season in thirteenth place in the overall World Cup standings. In 2015/16 season, Zavarzina won her second career World Cup victory, this time in parallel slalom, in Winterberg which was also her sole World Cup podium of the season. At the end", "id": "5559259" }, { "contents": "Tanja Poutiainen\n\n\nin the United States. At the 1999 Junior World Championships, she placed third in the giant slalom at Pra-Loup, France. Poutiainen scored her first World Cup victory – and the first for a female Finnish alpine skier – on 28 February 2004 in a slalom held on home snow in Levi, Finland – the first alpine World Cup race to be held in the country. In the 2005 World Cup season, Poutiainen won the season titles in both the slalom and giant slalom, and placed fifth in the overall standings", "id": "20125357" }, { "contents": "Ramón Homs\n\n\nWinter World Cup, he finished seventeenth in the overall standings. At the March 2008 Italian National Championships, he finished third in the Super G, fifth in the Giant Slalom and was disqualified from the Slalom. At the last round of the European Cup in March 2008, an event held in La Molina, Spain, he was one of several non-vision impaired Spanish skiers competing at the event. At the first IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup event in the 2008/2009 ski season, he failed to finish one of his races", "id": "1327121" }, { "contents": "Mitchell Gourley\n\n\ncompeted in five Men's Standing events. He finished fourth in the Giant Slalom and fifth in the Super-G. He finished the 2015/16 World Cup season on a high, placing third on the overall rankings after a successful run of events that saw him podium nine times. Gourley won the gold medal in the Men's Super Combined Standing at the 2017 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Tarvisio, Italy. Gourley was in sixth place after the super-G, but put on a masterclass in the slalom to secure the gold", "id": "6530863" }, { "contents": "Didier Défago\n\n\nDidier Défago (born 2 October 1977) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Morgins, Valais, Défago made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 1996, and was Swiss national champion in downhill (2003) and Giant slalom (2004). At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he won the downhill at Whistler to become the Olympic champion. Défago finished the 2005 World Cup season as sixth overall and fourth in the Super-G, his most successful season so far. In 2009", "id": "11060083" } ]

[ { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nHirscher won the overall World Cup title again in 2013 with 6 victories; he also won the slalom title and was runner-up in giant slalom. Hirscher scored a total of 18 podium finishes out of 19 races in the two technical events. The only race in either slalom or giant slalom where he finished outside the top 3 was the giant slalom in Adelboden. In that particular race Hirscher was leading after the first run, built up his advantage to over a second in the second run, but nearly fell several gates", "id": "14754284" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nChampionships, which ended his 2011 season. Returning after injury, Hirscher had an outstanding season in terms of wins in 2012 with 9 victories and a total of 14 podiums, all in the two technical events (except for one third place in the season's last Super G). He won the World Cup overall and giant slalom titles, and placed third in the slalom. In October 2012, Hirscher was awarded the Skieur d'Or Award by members of the International Association of Ski Journalists for his performances during the previous season.", "id": "14754283" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nMarcel Hirscher (born 2 March 1989) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. Hirscher made his World Cup debut in March 2007. He competes primarily in slalom and giant slalom, as well as combined and occasionally in super G. Winner of a record eight consecutive World Cup titles, Hirscher has also won 11 medals at the Alpine Skiing World Championships, seven of them gold, a silver medal in slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and two gold medals in the combined and giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics.", "id": "14754281" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\ncancelled. Three days after turning 18, Shiffrin won the final slalom race at Lenzerheide on 16 March to overtake Maze and win that discipline's season title by 33 points. The men's overall title wasn't decided until the World Cup finals at Lenzerheide. A runner-up finish in the giant slalom on 16 March gave Hirscher his second consecutive overall title, the first male to achieve this feat since Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003. Hirscher also won the slalom title, while the downhill and super-G titles went", "id": "9809256" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nsurpassing Benjamin Raich's total. On 18 December he won the fourth giant slalom of the season in Alta Badia having finished second in the three preceding giant slalom races, equalling Alberto Tomba's 4 wins at the venue, and with it became the 5th most successful male World Cup winner. On 7 January Hirscher achieved his 100th podium from 191 starts (a ratio of 52.3%) with a 2nd-place finish in the giant slalom in Adelboden. On 29 January Hirscher won the GS in Garmisch, achieving his 20th GS", "id": "14754289" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nnumber of points but Ligety had more victories (4, as opposed to 2 by Hirscher). This was Ligety's second consecutive giant slalom title and fifth overall. The slalom title went to Hirscher, who secured it in the last race of the season. The combined title was shared by Ligety and Alexis Pinturault of France, who each won a first and a second place in two combined races of the season. Fenninger won the overall women's title, her first, and the first by an Austrian woman since Nicole", "id": "7283678" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nbefore the final, thus missing the win and finished only 16th. He became the first male racer to retain the overall World Cup title since fellow Austrian Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003 and the first to win it three years in a row since American Phil Mahre did so in 1981, 1982 and 1983. In 2015 Hirscher dominated the giant slalom standings with 5 wins, including a winning margin of 3.28 seconds in Garmisch, and won the GS title for the second time. With his slalom win in Zagreb he became the", "id": "14754285" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nDue to his record number of overall titles, many years of extreme dominance of both slalom and giant slalom and of the men's overall ranking, he is considered by many, including his rivals Henrik Kristoffersen, Kjetil Jansrud and Alexis Pinturault, to be the best alpine skier in history. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Hirscher placed fourth in the giant slalom and fifth in the slalom at Whistler Creekside. He placed fourth in the giant slalom at the 2009 World Championships, but broke his ankle the weekend preceding the 2011 World", "id": "14754282" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n. On 13 January 2019 he won the slalom race in Adelboden and celebrated a 9th World Cup win and a 16th podium, a record among male athletes at a single resort. At the 2019 Alpine World Ski Championships in Åre in February, Hirscher took a silver in the giant slalom behind Henrik Kristoffersen, before winning the slalom by 0.65 seconds after holding a 0.56 second lead from the first run: Hirscher described his first run as one of the best performances of his career. He led teammates Michael Matt and Marco Schwarz in", "id": "14754299" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\ntherefore 10 points more than fourth place. The 2015 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup season was less successful for Ligety as he was able to win just one race and finished third in the giant slalom standings and eleventh overall. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 held in Beaver Creek, Ligety finished third in the super combined event despite being ranked 29th after the downhill leg. In the giant slalom, placed fifth after the first run and trailing by 0.24 to then leading favorite Marcel Hirscher, Ligety skied impressively in the second", "id": "12994700" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmatching the total of legendary technical racer Alberto Tomba. Two days later Hirscher achieved his sixth win of the season by winning the GS in Adelboden and moved to 3rd overall in the men's World Cup winners rankings. The next day he won the slalom in Adelboden. On 23 January, with his 9th win of the season in the Schladming night slalom, Hirscher equalled his compatriot Austrian ski legend Hermann Maier's 54 World Cup victories. It was the 500th World Cup win for Austrian men. On 28 January Hirscher moved to", "id": "14754293" }, { "contents": "Matts Olsson\n\n\nMatts Olsson (born 1 December 1988) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden who races in the giant slalom discipline. Born in Karlstad, Olsson made his World Cup debut at age 19 in October 2007. He won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in the team event, and finished 18th in the giant slalom, and 24th in the super-G. Matts Olsson won his first World Cup competition victory in Alta Badia in December 2017 at an evening event in Parallel Giant Slalom. Matts defeated Marcel Hirscher", "id": "12104888" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmost successful Austrian male World Cup slalom skier surpassing Benjamin Raich. In the final race of the season in Meribel he overturned a 55-point deficit in the standings by winning his 16th World Cup slalom, and with it won the slalom title for the third year in a row. Hirscher became the first male alpine skier to win the overall World Cup title four times in a row. In 2016 Hirscher became the most successful Austrian male World Cup GS skier by winning in Beaver Creek, Colorado, surpassing Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier.", "id": "14754286" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nwas won by Hirscher for the third time in a row, becoming the first man to achieve this since Phil Mahre in 1983. Hirscher secured the title after the second-to-last race of the season when he beat Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who did not compete in slalom. Svindal won both the downhill (second time in a row) and super-G titles (third time in a row). The giant slalom title went to Ted Ligety of the United States. Ligety and Hirscher shared the same", "id": "7283677" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the race on March 15 with a 0,03 second advantage over Alexis Pinturault and with Hirscher finishing fourth, both skiers ended the season tied with 560 points. The Crystal Globe was however awarded to Ligety who won due to having five discipline victories during the season compared to Hirscher's two. This was the fifth giant slalom title in Ligety's career. - Hirscher lost the title in that last giant slalom race with a deficit of 0.01 seconds to the 3rd place (achieved by Felix Neureuther) which is awarded 60 points,", "id": "12994699" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nand 43rd World Cup win, and with it attained Austria's 100th GS win for men. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 in St. Moritz, Switzerland Hirscher won gold in the GS and slalom, and silver in the combined, missing the gold by just 0.01 seconds. He was the most successful athlete at the championships. On 4 March in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Hirscher won his third GS race of the season and with it secured his 4th GS World Cup title and his 6th overall World Cup title;", "id": "14754290" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n12 November and achieved a 17th-place finish. The next technical race was the GS in Val d'Isère on 9 December and Hirscher came 3rd. He won the slalom the next day. On 17 December 2017 he won the giant slalom race in Alta Badia, which was his fifth consecutive victory in that location, surpassing Ivica Kostelić, who won the Kitzbühel combined 4 times in a row. On 4 January Hirscher achieved his 5th win of the season in the slalom in Zagreb and with it his 50th World Cup win,", "id": "14754292" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n. He won his third season title in giant slalom in 2011. Even though Ligety was able to win three giant slalom races during the season, he was dethroned as the discipline champion by an overall champion Marcel Hirscher from Austria. Before the last giant slalom race which was held on March 17 at Schladming, Hirscher was in lead with 605 points ahead to Ted with 513 points. Therefore, Ted was forced to attack as powerful as he was able to do but he did fall in the first leg; he did continue", "id": "12994692" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nthe only male skier in history to do so. One day later Hirscher finished fourth in the slalom and with it secured his fourth World Cup slalom title. The start of the 2018 season was expected to be more difficult as Hirscher suffered a fracture to his left ankle during the first day of snow training on 17 August. Fortunately the first race of the season in Sölden was cancelled due to high winds, giving Hirscher a few more weeks to recover. He made a last minute decision to race the slalom in Levi on", "id": "14754291" }, { "contents": "Ingemar Stenmark\n\n\nCup slalom title in 1983. Stenmark began skiing at the age of five and won his first national competition at age eight. Stenmark made his World Cup debut in December 1973 at age 17. He won more international races than any other alpine skier in history: he took 86 wins (46 giant slaloms and 40 slaloms). His closest male competitor is Marcel Hirscher, with 67 (up to January 2019) victories to his name. Stenmark won only in the two technical disciplines: slalom and giant slalom (the other", "id": "19815131" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nachievement he shares with Pirmin Zurbriggen and Hermann Maier, exceeded by Marcel Hirscher's and Marc Girardelli's five. Thöni was the dominant skier in the technical events (slalom and giant slalom) in the early 1970s. His first victory came in his debut race on the World Cup circuit, a giant slalom at Val-d'Isère, France, in December 1969. Still a teenager, he had a very successful rookie year during that 1970 season with four victories and nine podiums. He finished third in the overall standings, just", "id": "10362488" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nrun, to finish 0.45 ahead of Hirscher and secure his third consecutive world title in the discipline. Ligety won the season's first race, a giant slalom on October 25, 2015, at Sölden, Austria. While training on January 27 at Oberjoch, Germany, he tore the ACL in his right knee, which required surgery and ended his 2016 season. Ligety returned to World Cup racing in October 2016, competing in the prelude (giant slalom) race at Sölden on October 23 (finishing 5th), and he", "id": "12994701" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 47th World Cup season began on 27 October 2012, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 17 March 2013, at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The overall titles were won by Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. A break in the schedule was for the biennial World Championships, held 4–17 February in Schladming, Austria. Changes for the 2013 season included the awarding of World Cup points for the slalom crystal globe for the limited field city events (parallel slalom), not just in", "id": "9809251" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nlegends Ingemar Stenmark and Hermann Maier. Unfortunately, the following day the slalom race was cancelled due to high winds, denying Hirscher the opportunity to obtain the record outright. Hirscher has started 245 World Cup races, has won 67 of them, (a ratio of 27%) has achieved 138 podiums (a ratio of 56%) and has finished 73% of his races in the Top 10. In December 2018 Hirscher became Austria's most prolific World Cup race winner when he won a slalom in Saalbach-Hinterglemm in", "id": "14754297" }, { "contents": "Manfred Mölgg\n\n\nManfred Mölgg (born 3 June 1982) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from northern Italy. He specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made his World Cup debut in January 2003 at Bormio. As of mid-January 2016, he has 19 World Cup podiums with three victories, all achieved in slalom. Mölgg won the World Cup season title in slalom in 2008, and finished fourth in the overall standings, the best result for an Italian since Kristian", "id": "20862702" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nto reach the top of the standings in the greatest alpine skiers of all time men's super ranking. At the end of the slalom race, Hirscher said on Austrian television that he would go home \"and consider where the journey will go. I don't know if I will be skiing World Cup next season\". At the World Cup finals in Åre, Hirscher won the GS race on 17 March and equaled the record of most wins in a single season: he shares the record of 13 wins with alpine skiing", "id": "14754296" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWorld Cup technical races resumed in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia on 3 March with the GS. Hirscher secured the GS crystal globe for the 5th time by winning the race with a winning margin of 1.66 seconds. The following day, Hirscher also won the slalom with a winning margin of 1.22 seconds. As a result, he also won the slalom crystal globe for the 5th time, and the overall crystal globe for the seventh time in succession with 2 technical races remaining. His Olympic gold medals plus the additional crystal globes enabled him", "id": "14754295" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nin Kranjska Gora for a record sixth time. At the season finals in Lenzerheide he surprisingly finished second, tied with Christof Innerhofer, in the downhill race. The result was his first ever podium in downhill and made him only the second American skier in history, after Bode Miller, to podium in all five alpine skiing disciplines. Ligety then finished fifth in the final super-G race. Before the last giant slalom race of the season Ligety was trailing Marcel Hirscher by 50 points for the discipline title. However, Ligety", "id": "12994698" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhe had three fourth-place finishes, one in giant slalom, one in super combined, and one in the World Cup finals downhill, as well as a fourth-place finish in the giant slalom at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden, missing a medal by 0.07 seconds. He finished eleventh overall in 2007. Ligety won his first World Cup season title in the giant slalom in 2008, and finished fifth in the overall standings. He won the final two giant slaloms of the year at Kranjska Gora and", "id": "12994684" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's giant slalom\n\n\nThe Men's Giant Slalom competition at the 2013 World Championships ran on Friday, February 15 at 10:00 local time (1st run) and 13:30 (2nd run), the ninth race of the championships. 99 athletes from 55 countries competed in the main race while 132 athletes from 53 countries competed in the qualification race on Thursday, February 14. Ted Ligety won his third gold medal of the 2013 World Championships, joined on the podium by Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three", "id": "6822507" }, { "contents": "Giorgio Rocca\n\n\nGiorgio Rocca (born 6 August 1975) is an Italian former alpine skier, a specialist in slalom skiing. Together with Marc Girardelli, Ingemar Stenmark and Marcel Hirscher, he is one of four skiers to have won 5 Alpine Skiing World Cup slaloms in a row, which he achieved in the 2005/2006 season: only Alberto Tomba (7) has won more World Cup slaloms consecutively. He is currently ninth in the list of all-time slalom winners, with a total of 11 victories. Rocca was born in Chur,", "id": "14243073" }, { "contents": "Viktoria Rebensburg\n\n\nViktoria Rebensburg (born 4 October 1989) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer and the 2010 Olympic gold medalist in the Born in Tegernsee, Bavaria, she has three World Cup season titles, all in giant slalom. After finishing 28th in the Olympic super-G, she won gold in the giant slalom, her first victory in international competition. Her previous best finish was second place at a GS a month earlier, her only World Cup podium. Ten months later Rebensberg won her first World Cup race in October", "id": "7848199" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nAustria to narrowly beat France in the men's nations cup by 201 points, the narrowest winning margin for many years. Hirscher was the only Austrian male skier to win a race in the entire season, and scored 30.9% (1795 out of 5804) of the Austrian men's nations cup points. On 13 November in Levi, Finland, Hirscher won the first slalom of the 2017 season and equalled Pirmin Zurbriggen's win total of 40, putting him equal 5th in the standings. He also achieved his 93rd podium,", "id": "14754288" }, { "contents": "Marco Schwarz\n\n\nMarco Schwarz (born 16 August 1995) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He focuses on the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Schwarz competed for Austria at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in the alpine skiing and won three gold medals; in the boys' combined, the parallel mixed team event, and the boys' giant slalom. Schwarz made his World Cup debut in November 2014 at age 19. He achieved his first World Cup podium in December 2015; third place in a slalom at Madonna di", "id": "12834730" }, { "contents": "Dave Ryding\n\n\n's slalom in 2002, from which he was disqualified. He went on the finish the season 11th in the World Cup slalom standings. Ryding took one of the best World Cup results of his career so far in a slalom in Madonna di Campiglio in December 2018: after placing 27th in the first run, he set the fastest second run time to secure a fourth-placed finish. Ryding continued his good form at the Oslo parallel slalom on New Year's Day 2019: he knocked out Hirscher in the quarter-finals", "id": "16035158" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 48th World Cup season began on 26 October 2013, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 16 March 2014 at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The defending overall champions from the 2013 season were Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. The overall titles were won by Hirscher and Anna Fenninger, also of Austria. The season was interrupted by the 2014 Winter Olympics that took place from 7 to 23 February in Sochi, Russia, with the alpine events at Rosa Khutor. The men's title", "id": "7283676" }, { "contents": "Michaela Kirchgasser\n\n\nMichaela Kirchgasser (born 18 March 1985) is a retired Austrian alpine ski racer. She raced in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom, and also the combined. On 25 November 2006, Kirchgasser made her first World Cup podium with a third place in the giant slalom at Aspen, Colorado. Her first victory was on 24 February 2007, in a giant slalom at Sierra Nevada, Spain. She has competed in three Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she finished fifth in the slalom", "id": "6480720" }, { "contents": "Marcel Mathis\n\n\nMarcel Mathis (born December 24, 1991) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Hohenems, Vorarlberg, he primarily competed on the European Cup circuit, but raced in several World Cup events, all in giant slalom. Mathis' first top result in World Cup was his third place in giant slalom in Bansko, Bulgaria, on February 18, 2012. He was in 26th place after the first run, but had the fastest second run to attain the podium. It was also his first", "id": "4965368" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\ngiant slalom and combined, and silver in super-G. He also won two other giant slaloms during the season. In the 2004 season, Miller won World Cup titles in two disciplines: giant slalom and combined, but placed fourth in the competition for the overall title. He won six World Cup races: three giant slaloms, two combineds and one slalom. After the season, Miller switched to Atomic skis. Miller won his first overall World Cup title in 2005, defeating Austrians Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier. He made", "id": "8624673" }, { "contents": "Henrik Kristoffersen\n\n\nHenrik Kristoffersen (born 2 July 1994) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, 2019 World Champion and Olympic medalist. Born in Lørenskog in Akershus county, Kristoffersen specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. He made his World Cup debut in March 2012 in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, and attained his first podium in November 2013, a third-place finish in slalom at Levi, Finland. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Kristoffersen won the bronze medal in slalom at Rosa Khutor at age 19", "id": "12443237" }, { "contents": "Alexis Pinturault\n\n\n, as he missed pre-season speed training after surgery on his left ankle in August to repair ligaments damaged while playing tennis. Pinturault did not medal at the world championships in 2013, but had four top-six finishes. A week later he claimed a fourth World Cup win, his first in giant slalom, at Garmisch, Germany. Second after the first run, Pinturault's total time was 0.60 seconds ahead of runner-up Hirscher. On 15 March, he was honored as the 2013 Longines Rising Star,", "id": "14820258" }, { "contents": "Žan Kranjec\n\n\nŽan Kranjec (born 15 November 1992) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovenia. He specializes in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Kranjec made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 2011 at Kranjska Gora. He represented Slovenia at the World Championships in 2013 and was 22nd in giant slalom. A week later at the Junior World Championships in Canada, he won a bronze medal in giant slalom. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kranjec placed fourth in the giant slalom. In December 2018,", "id": "9034523" }, { "contents": "Hannes Reichelt\n\n\nJohannes \"Hannes\" Reichelt (born 5 July 1980) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He competes in downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom, and Combined. Born in Altenmarkt im Pongau in Salzburg, Reichelt made his World Cup debut in December 2001. He made his first podium in December 2002 and won his first World Cup race, a Super-G, in December 2005. Reichelt also won the European Cup overall title in 2005, as well as the European Cup season title in giant slalom", "id": "15634035" }, { "contents": "Phil Mahre\n\n\nselected to the \"A\" team following the 1975 season and made his World Cup debut in December 1975 at Val d'Isère, France. Two months later he competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, taking fifth in the giant slalom at age 18. He made his first podium in March with a second in a giant slalom at Copper Mountain, Colorado, and finished the 1976 World Cup season in 14th place in the overall standings. He won his first World Cup race the next season, a giant slalom", "id": "12320115" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWith his GS win in Alta Badia, Italy (his 3rd consecutive win at that venue), he became Austria's most successful World Cup GS skier overtaking Annemarie Moser-Pröll. Another GS win in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia confirmed Hirscher as the GS title winner with one race to go. To wrap up an amazing season with 8 wins and 19 podiums Hirscher also won the men's overall World Cup title, his 5th consecutive overall title, a feat never before achieved by a male skier. His points total also enabled", "id": "14754287" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nreaching the podium for the first time, with a second place from Adelboden in January. He also won the slalom run in the Alpine Combined Event at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships. On 3 March in Furano, he finished second in the giant slalom, winning the slalom race two days later. One week later in Shigakogen, he won the giant slalom race and finished second in the slalom. As a result, he won the Giant Slalom Cup that year, though jointly with Pirmin Zurbriggen. In the Slalom Cup", "id": "9904883" }, { "contents": "Jean-Noël Augert\n\n\nwon three World Cups in 1969, 1971 and 1972, and in which he won a Gold medal at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena. He was also second in the overall classification of the 1969 World Cup and third in the Giant Slalom World Cup 1969. Besides his 15 wins in World Cup races, he finished 15 times at the podium (place two: 6 slaloms, 3 giant slaloms; place three: 2 slaloms, 4 giant slaloms). He came fifth in both the men's slalom and giant", "id": "18262429" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nTed Ligety) in a giant slalom race in Kranjska Gora, the same place where he also won his first top-3 result more than 15 years earlier (in January 1999). His last top three finish came in early March 2015 in a giant slalom race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen that came to be one of his very last races in the alpine world cup. On September 10, 2015, he announced his retirement. 9 titles: 1 overall, 2 giant slalom, 3 slalom, 3 combined 36 total: 14 slalom", "id": "20658336" }, { "contents": "Anna Veith\n\n\n-G at the Austrian Championships in late March. In late December 2011, Veith won her first World Cup event in Lienz, Austria, in the Giant slalom. Her most consistent World Cup podium results have been in the super-G. After another giant slalom win in Austria in December 2012, Veith's first super-G victory came in March 2013 in Germany. At the 2013 World Championships in Schladming, Austria, Veith won bronze in the giant slalom. In the alpine skiing World Cup overall ranking 2013 she finished", "id": "18958035" }, { "contents": "Davide Simoncelli\n\n\nDavide Simoncelli (born January 30, 1979 in Rovereto) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy who specialized in giant slalom. Simoncelli made his World Cup debut in 1999. He took two World Cup victories and eight podium finishes, all in giant slalom. He took five podiums on the \"Gran Risa\" track of Alta Badia, with a victory and four second places. He finished fourth in the World Cup points standings for giant slalom twice, in 2006 and 2010. Simoncelli competed for Italy in three", "id": "8459823" }, { "contents": "Kjetil Jansrud\n\n\nKjetil Jansrud (born 28 August 1985) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion. He races in all alpine disciplines apart from slalom, and his best event used to be the giant slalom where he has 6 World Cup podiums and an Olympic silver medal. However, since 2012 he has become more of a speed specialist, having won all but two of his World Cup victories in the speed events. At the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, he won the Super-G and placed third in the Downhill", "id": "11513877" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nmissed 11 races, including two classic slaloms and one parallel, in Stockholm. In the meantime, Marcel Hirscher took the lead in the overall standings and would go on to claim his first overall title. Kostelić returned to action in Schladming at the end of the season, and competed only in slalom. He finished 16th and André Myhrer took the slalom title. Born and raised in Zagreb, his parents, Ante and Marica, are former elite team handball players. They taught Ivica and his sister Janica, two years younger", "id": "3227806" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nin a giant slalom race at Maribor. During her early World Cup seasons, Maze competed in slalom, giant slalom, and super-G, but scored World Cup points only in the first two disciplines. At the 2001 World Championships, Maze's best result was a 16th place in slalom. In January 2002, Maze won her first podium, a second place in giant slalom in Maribor. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in the United States, Maze finished twelfth in the giant slalom in her Olympic debut at Park City", "id": "12638260" }, { "contents": "Günther Mader\n\n\ntotal of six medals in the world championships. He won his first championship medal, the silver medal in the Slalom Race at Crans Montana in 1987, after only placing eighth after the first leg of the competition. Mader won two World Cup season titles, giant slalom in 1990 and combined in 1996, and placed second in the overall World Cup standings in 1995 and 1996, and third in 1990. Without his 14 wins, he did achieve another 27 places in World Cup races. His only World Cup victory in downhill", "id": "16142764" }, { "contents": "Nicole Hosp\n\n\nNicole Hosp (; born 6 November 1983) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. She competed in all five disciplines and was a world champion, three-time Olympic medalist, and an overall World Cup champion. Born in Ehenbichl, Tyrol, Hosp won the overall World Cup title in 2007 and the season title in giant slalom. A versatile all-around racer, she won World Cup races in four of the five alpine skiing disciplines (super-G, giant slalom, slalom and combined),", "id": "18723452" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Men's super combined\n\n\nThe Men's super combined competition at the 2015 World Championships was held on Sunday, February 8. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, despite originally finishing in 31st position after the downhill leg. Ondřej Bank however, fell on the final jump and, although the original results had Bank in 25th place, the jury disqualified him after the run ended and as a result, Hirscher was able to start first in the slalom leg instead of starting after the top 30. With a clean track he was able to rise all the", "id": "2139631" }, { "contents": "Loïc Meillard\n\n\nLoïc Meillard (born 29 October 1996) is a Swiss alpine ski racer and specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Meillard made his World Cup debut in January 2015; his younger sister Mélanie is also a World Cup alpine racer. Meillard made his World Cup debut at age 18 in the Adelboden giant slalom in January 2015. At the World Junior Championships that March at Hafjell, Norway, he won a bronze medal in the Super-G, silver in the giant slalom, and gold in the combined", "id": "4438833" }, { "contents": "Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander\n\n\nSimon Breitfuss Kammerlander (born 29 November 1992) is a Bolivian-Austrian alpine ski racer. Breitfuss Kammerlander specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut on 23 October 2016. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut at the Sölden Giant slalom on 23 October 2016, he failed to qualify for the second run finishing in 78th place. He competed for Bolivia at the 2017 Alpine World Ski Championships. He finished 46th in the Super-G and failed to finish the first run", "id": "10351390" }, { "contents": "Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen\n\n\nLeif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen (born 29 November 1987) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, specializing in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Haugen made his World Cup debut in October 2009 in Sölden, and collected his first World Cup points with a 26th place. He won a bronze medal in giant slalom at the World Championships in 2017 and attained his first World Cup podium in March 2017 at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Nestvold-Haugen represents the sports club Lommedalens IL, and hails from Lommedalen.", "id": "14989586" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\nwas disqualified – while in first place at the time – during the second leg of the combined event, failed to finish the super-G, tied for 6th in the giant slalom, and had another DNF after missing a gate in the first run of the slalom. Nevertheless, Miller won two races during the season (a giant slalom and a super-G) and placed third for the season's overall World Cup title. At the 2006 U.S. National Championships following the World Cup season, Miller won the downhill and", "id": "8624676" }, { "contents": "Leonardo David\n\n\nthe World Cup season in North America and Japan. Then age 18, David was a promising talent on the Italian team, in his first year on the World Cup circuit. He won the overall and slalom titles of the European Cup in 1978, and placed second in giant slalom. He won his only World Cup race, a slalom in Oslo, less than a month before his accident, outpacing Ingemar Stenmark and Phil Mahre. David had 10 top ten finishes with four podiums during the 1979 World Cup season, and", "id": "2954663" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n-placed. But Ligety did do a phenomenal best time in the second leg, becoming first ahead to Raich. Ligety opened defense of his 2008 giant slalom title with a third-place finish in Sölden, Austria, and then placed second at Beaver Creek, Colorado. At the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isère, France, Ligety took the bronze medal in the giant slalom, then won his fourth World Cup race at Kranjska Gora. He finished the season with another second at the finals in Åre, Sweden, which", "id": "12994686" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nof 0.28 sec. (Janka was unbeatable on that afternoon, he finished 0.71 sec. ahead to Raich.) Ligety notched his fifth World Cup victory in January, his third win at Kranjska Gora in as many seasons. At the finals in Garmisch, Germany, he finished on the podium to secure his second season title in giant slalom, and finished seventh in the overall standings. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics at Whistler, he finished ninth in the giant slalom (on February 23 - he was eighth-placed after", "id": "12994688" }, { "contents": "Stefan Luitz\n\n\nStefan Luitz (; born 26 March 1992) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer. He primarily competes in giant slalom, but on 24 January 2016 in Kitzbühel, for the first time in his career, he completed both runs in slalom and finished 18th. Previously, he had once qualified to second run in slalom, on 18 December 2012 in Madonna di Campiglio, but did not finish the second run. Luitz made his World Cup debut in Adelboden in 2011, and attained his first World Cup podium in December 2012", "id": "15313224" }, { "contents": "Didier Cuche\n\n\nDidier Cuche (born 16 August 1974) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Le Pâquier, Neuchâtel, he competed in the downhill and super-G, along with the giant slalom. He won the World Cup downhill and super-G title for the 2011 season and has won three previous downhill titles in 2010, 2008 and 2007, along with a giant slalom title in 2009. Cuche has 21 World Cup race victories, along with 67 podiums (top three) and 181 top ten", "id": "11060008" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nBenjamin Raich (born 28 February 1978 in Arzl im Pitztal, Tyrol) is a retired champion World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria. With 14 medals won at Winter Olympics and World Championships, 36 World Cup race victories (in all disciplines except downhill), one first place and five second places in the World Cup overall ranking, three victories of the slalom World Cup, three victories of the combined World Cup, two victories of the giant slalom World Cup and the highest score of career World", "id": "20658332" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n50 World Cup races at the age of 23 years and 9 months. She has won 60 World Cup races, the 3rd most all time by a female alpine skier, including 40 WC slalom races, the most all-time by a female alpine skier. She is the only female athlete to have won 15 races in the same calendar year, winning the last slalom of the 2018 season in Semmering and equalling the men's record holder Marcel Hirscher. In the 2019 season she became the first athlete, male or female", "id": "8983516" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the GS world title in 2011 besting Cyprien Richard and Philipp Schörghofer. Ligety repeated as world champion in GS in 2013, ahead of Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. At Schladming in 2013, he became a triple world champion in giant slalom, super-G, and combined at Planai. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three or more gold medals at one world championships and the first in 45 years, when Jean-Claude Killy won four in 1968 at Chamrousse, with the combined as a \"paper", "id": "12994706" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\nher fourth slalom world cup. In Aspen, Colorado, the World Cup finals of the season took place. Shiffrin secured her first overall World Cup, but did not win the giant slalom World Cup that year. After the season, she received the \"Skieur d’Or\" (golden skier) award, given by the international ski journalist association to the best alpine skier of the year (one award for both genders). Shiffrin started the 2018 season with a 5th place finish in giant slalom at Sölden. In early December", "id": "8983533" }, { "contents": "Marilyn Cochran\n\n\nthe final five giant slalom races and won the World Cup season title. Cochran was the only American alpine racer with a World Cup season title until 1980, when Phil Mahre won the combined. She won the bronze medal in the combined at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena, Italy. Sister Barbara was fourth in that competition, but won a silver in the slalom, where Marilyn was sixth. Cochran won three World Cup races, two in giant slalom and one in slalom, and had 15 podiums and fifty top", "id": "314375" }, { "contents": "Thomas Grandi\n\n\nThomas Grandi (born 27 December 1972 in Bolzano, Italy) is a retired Canadian alpine skier. He specialized in technical skiing giant slalom and slalom. Grandi started in the Alpine Skiing World Cup in the 1992-93 season. His first top ten finish in the World Cup came in December 1996 where he finished in 10th position in the Giant Slalom in Alta Badia, Italy. In the 1997-98 World Cup season, he had his first top three finish when he finished in third place in a Giant Slalom race", "id": "10762400" }, { "contents": "Kajsa Kling\n\n\nKajsa Britta Kling (born 25 December 1988) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden. Born in Åre, Kling competed in all five alpine disciplines. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, she finished 26th in the giant slalom. On 28 December 2010, Kling crashed during a giant slalom race in Semmering, Austria, which ended her 2011 season. On 14 December 2013, Kling attained her first World Cup podium, placing second in a Super-G race in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Ahead of the 2017/18", "id": "18745147" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhis world title in giant slalom in 2013 in Schladming, Austria, where he also won an unexpected gold medal in the super-G and a third gold medal in the super combined. Through October, 2015, he has 25 victories (24 in giant slalom and 1 super combined) and 52 podiums in World Cup competition. His Olympic giant slalom gold medal, 24 GS World Cup wins, 3 GS world championship gold medals and 5 World Cup titles make him one of the greatest giant slalom skiers of all time.", "id": "12994676" }, { "contents": "Gauthier de Tessières\n\n\nGauthier de Tessières (born 9 November 1981) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from France, and has competed in two Winter Olympics and five World Championships. He made his breakthrough on the Alpine Skiing World Cup in a giant slalom in Val-d'Isère in December 2008, where after finishing 30th in the first run to narrowly qualify for the second run, he worked his way up to finish third overall, bettering his previous World Cup personal best of 15th. He won the silver medal in the super-G at", "id": "12658447" }, { "contents": "Albert Popov\n\n\ngiant slalom at the 2018 FIS Junior World Ski Championships in Davos. Twelve days later he made his debut at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang 2018, where he placed 28th in the giant slalom and did not finish the slalom. His World Cup breakthrough came in the opening race of the 2018–19 season in Levi, where he finished 20th, earning 11 points - Bulgaria's first in the World Cup since Petar Popangelov during the 1986–87 season. Popov followed that up with a 16th place finish at Madonna di Campiglio in December, after", "id": "1530499" }, { "contents": "Tessa Worley\n\n\nplace in a giant slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany. She finished in fifth place in the first race of the 2009 World Cup season, a giant slalom in Sölden, Austria, in October 2008. A month later she won her first World Cup race (and first podium) in a giant slalom at Aspen, United States. Early in the 2011 season, Worley won three consecutive giant slalom races before January. In February, Worley won a gold medal in the nations team event at the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen", "id": "4107613" }, { "contents": "Armand Marchant\n\n\nArmand Marchant (born 14 December 1997) is a Belgian alpine ski racer. Marchant specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, in the Giant slalom and the Slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014 in the Alta Badia giant slalom, he failed to finish the first run. At the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek he finished 41st in the Giant slalom and", "id": "4076226" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nCup points (ahead of Norwegian Kjetil André Aamodt), he is considered among the best alpine racers in World Cup history. After winning Junior World Championships in both slalom and giant slalom, Raich made his World Cup debut in March 1996. He scored his first victory in 1999, in slalom. In 2001 he won the silver medal in slalom at the World Championships, and at the end of the season he won the slalom World Cup. In 2002 he won two bronze medals at the Salt Lake City Olympics. Raich", "id": "20658333" }, { "contents": "Manuela Mölgg\n\n\nManuela Mölgg (born 28 August 1983) is a retired alpine ski racer from Italy, a specialist in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2000 and gained her first podium in November 2004. She has 14 World Cup podium finishes and appeared in two Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2009 Alpine World Ski Championships in Val-d'Isère Mölgg took the lead in the slalom after the first run but was disqualified from", "id": "21947840" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom\n\n\nFelix Neureuther, and Alexis Pinturault), which spawned criticism of the course. The second run was set by Ante Kostelić, known for idiosyncratic gate settings. He is the father of competitor Ivica Kostelić of Croatia, who finished ninth. Less than seven weeks shy of his 35th birthday, Mario Matt of Austria became the oldest gold medalist in Olympic alpine skiing history. The silver went to defending World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher, and Henrik Kristoffersen became the youngest male to medal in an Olympic alpine event at age 19. The", "id": "2699458" }, { "contents": "Jean-Baptiste Grange\n\n\nHe won his first World Cup race on 17 December 2007, and won the 2009 season title in the slalom. Injured in early December 2009 in a giant slalom at Beaver Creek, he opted for surgery and missed the remainder of the 2010 season, which included the 2010 Winter Olympics. He returned to competition for the 2011 season and won the world championship in the slalom. He won his second slalom world title in Beaver Creek on 15 February 2015. His older brother is François-Cyrille Grange, also an alpine ski", "id": "20737157" }, { "contents": "Petra Vlhová\n\n\nPetra Vlhová (born 13 June 1995) is a Slovak World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. She is the current world champion in giant slalom. Born in Liptovský Mikuláš, Vlhová won a gold medal in 2012 Winter Youth Olympics and represented Slovakia in the 2014 Winter Olympics. She also won gold in the slalom at the Junior World Championships in 2014 in Jasná, Slovakia. She made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2012 and her first World Cup podium came", "id": "7975537" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n, at the age of 23 years and nine months. With that race she also equalled the record of the Austrian Marlies Schild for the most wins in women's slalom – 35, and put herself in joint seventh place in all-time World Cup victories with Alberto Tomba of Italy. One week later, she took another World Cup slalom win in Semmering, Austria, becoming the first alpine skier to take 15 World Cup wins in a single calendar year, moving ahead of Marcel Hirscher, who had taken 14 wins in", "id": "8983544" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's combined\n\n\nThe men's combined competition of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics was held on 13 February 2018 at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre and the Yongpyong Alpine Centre at the Alpensia Sports Park in PyeongChang. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, with Alexis Pinturault coming in second, and Victor Muffat-Jeandet third. For Muffat-Jeandet, this was the first Olympic medal, and for both Hirscher and Pinturault the first medal in combined. Hirscher, who won six overall World Cup titles and was skiing in his third Olympics, previously only won a", "id": "17712395" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\n, Utah. On 26 October 2002, Maze won her first World Cup race at the season opener in Sölden, Austria. She shared the giant slalom win with Nicole Hosp of Austria and Andrine Flemmen of Norway in the first-ever a three-way tie in a World Cup race. Maze finished the 2003 season on the 38th place in the overall standings with 190 points, all in giant slalom. At the 2003 World Championships, she finished 5th in giant slalom. In the 2004 season, Maze scored one podium", "id": "12638261" }, { "contents": "1978–79 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 13th World Cup season began in December 1978 in Austria and concluded in March 1979 in Japan. The overall winners were Peter Lüscher of Switzerland, his first overall win, and Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria, her sixth (which remained the record until 2017-18, when Austria's Marcel Hirscher won his seventh overall title). Although Ingemar Stenmark did not win the overall title due to restrictions on the number of races that counted for overall championship points, he won 13 races during the season (including the last", "id": "844407" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\n, including the super-G race in January in Les Menuires. He again won the Giant Slalom Cup, finished second in the overall standings and second in the Slalom Cup. In the 1990–91 season he performed best in the slalom. He won competitions in Madonna di Campiglio and Kranjska Gora in December, and recorded three-second places, only one of them in giant slalom. Again he finished second in the Slalom Cup. At the 1991 World Championships, he won the bronze medal in slalom and placed fourth in both", "id": "9904885" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\na World Championship gold medal in slalom in 2003, Olympic silver medal in slalom in 2010, Olympic silver medals in combined in 2006 (traditional combined), 2010 (super combined) and 2014, as well as the overall World Cup title in 2011. Kostelić scored a total of 26 World Cup race victories and a total of 59 World Cup podiums during his career (). He won the slalom World Cup title in 2002 and 2011, and the combined World Cup title in 2011 and 2012. Since 2008, he", "id": "3227791" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nMarch 1975 at Sun Valley. He won the final race of the season, a parallel slalom (\"pro-style\" heats) the following week in Val Gardena, Italy, against his challenger Stenmark to secure the overall title. His last win in giant slalom was in January 1976, and his final World Cup victory was in the combined at Kitzbühel in January 1977. His last podium finish was a third place in the slalom at Åre, Sweden, in February 1979. He finished eighth in the slalom at the", "id": "10362492" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nand 10th in the combined. In the 2006 season, Maze won one giant slalom race and two more podiums, a third place in giant slalom and a runner-up position in super-G. She finished the season 14th in the overall standings with 525 points and scored World Cup points in all disciplines for the first time. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Maze competed in the giant slalom and super-G events, where she finished 12th and 39th, respectively. The 2007 season was not as successful for her as", "id": "12638263" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n2013 in Sölden, Austria, with a career-best sixth in giant slalom, within a half-second of the podium. She won the next event, a slalom at Levi, Finland, improving on her podium finish the previous year for her fifth World Cup victory. At Beaver Creek, she was runner-up in the giant slalom, her first World Cup podium in that discipline. On January 5, Shiffrin secured first place in a two-run slalom race in Bormio, Italy (the race took place", "id": "8983524" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nfinished among the top six in the overall World Cup standings each season (2008: sixth; 2009: fourth; 2010: fifth; 2011: first; 2012: fourth; 2013: fifth). He also scored points in all disciplines each of those seasons, and his best race results were a seventh place in downhill, a second place in giant slalom, and victories in all other disciplines (11 in slalom, 1 in parallel-slalom, 2 in combined, 4 in super combined, and 1 in super", "id": "3227792" }, { "contents": "Fabienne Serrat\n\n\nFabienne Serrat (born 5 July 1956) is a former world champion alpine ski racer. At age 17, Serrat won two gold medals at the 1974 World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in the giant slalom and the combined events. During her World Cup career she had three victories, 37 podiums, and 124 top ten finishes. Serrat competed at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Winter Olympics in a total of five events. Her best result was fourth place in the giant slalom in 1980. She retired from competition", "id": "6439530" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nhe finished third, and in the overall standings he finished fourth. He also competed at the 1989 World Championships, placing eighth in the giant slalom and sixth in the slalom. He was given the Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year award of 1989. The 1989–90 season started equally well, with two-second places in August in Thredbo. He then won his next race, a giant slalom competition in Park City in November. Although that would be his only victory that season, he became runner-up in three further races", "id": "9904884" }, { "contents": "Thomas Fanara\n\n\nThomas Fanara (born 24 April 1981) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from France. Born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Fanara specialised in giant slalom; his one and only win came in March 2016 at the giant slalom finals in St. Moritz, Switzerland. He is the oldest racer to reach a World Cup podium in giant slalom, and competed for France at three Winter Olympics and six World Championships. He retired from competition at the end of the 2018-19 season. Fanara has started over 70", "id": "8162366" }, { "contents": "Alena Zavarzina\n\n\nin Kreischberg, she won a silver medal in parallel giant slalom after losing to Claudia Riegler in the repeat of the 2011 final, and finished fifth in the parallel slalom. She reached her second World Cup podium of the season at the season finale in Winterberg, and finished the season in thirteenth place in the overall World Cup standings. In 2015/16 season, Zavarzina won her second career World Cup victory, this time in parallel slalom, in Winterberg which was also her sole World Cup podium of the season. At the end", "id": "5559259" }, { "contents": "Tanja Poutiainen\n\n\nin the United States. At the 1999 Junior World Championships, she placed third in the giant slalom at Pra-Loup, France. Poutiainen scored her first World Cup victory – and the first for a female Finnish alpine skier – on 28 February 2004 in a slalom held on home snow in Levi, Finland – the first alpine World Cup race to be held in the country. In the 2005 World Cup season, Poutiainen won the season titles in both the slalom and giant slalom, and placed fifth in the overall standings", "id": "20125357" }, { "contents": "Ramón Homs\n\n\nWinter World Cup, he finished seventeenth in the overall standings. At the March 2008 Italian National Championships, he finished third in the Super G, fifth in the Giant Slalom and was disqualified from the Slalom. At the last round of the European Cup in March 2008, an event held in La Molina, Spain, he was one of several non-vision impaired Spanish skiers competing at the event. At the first IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup event in the 2008/2009 ski season, he failed to finish one of his races", "id": "1327121" }, { "contents": "Mitchell Gourley\n\n\ncompeted in five Men's Standing events. He finished fourth in the Giant Slalom and fifth in the Super-G. He finished the 2015/16 World Cup season on a high, placing third on the overall rankings after a successful run of events that saw him podium nine times. Gourley won the gold medal in the Men's Super Combined Standing at the 2017 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Tarvisio, Italy. Gourley was in sixth place after the super-G, but put on a masterclass in the slalom to secure the gold", "id": "6530863" }, { "contents": "Didier Défago\n\n\nDidier Défago (born 2 October 1977) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Morgins, Valais, Défago made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 1996, and was Swiss national champion in downhill (2003) and Giant slalom (2004). At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he won the downhill at Whistler to become the Olympic champion. Défago finished the 2005 World Cup season as sixth overall and fourth in the Super-G, his most successful season so far. In 2009", "id": "11060083" } ]

[ { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nHirscher won the overall World Cup title again in 2013 with 6 victories; he also won the slalom title and was runner-up in giant slalom. Hirscher scored a total of 18 podium finishes out of 19 races in the two technical events. The only race in either slalom or giant slalom where he finished outside the top 3 was the giant slalom in Adelboden. In that particular race Hirscher was leading after the first run, built up his advantage to over a second in the second run, but nearly fell several gates", "id": "14754284" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nChampionships, which ended his 2011 season. Returning after injury, Hirscher had an outstanding season in terms of wins in 2012 with 9 victories and a total of 14 podiums, all in the two technical events (except for one third place in the season's last Super G). He won the World Cup overall and giant slalom titles, and placed third in the slalom. In October 2012, Hirscher was awarded the Skieur d'Or Award by members of the International Association of Ski Journalists for his performances during the previous season.", "id": "14754283" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nMarcel Hirscher (born 2 March 1989) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. Hirscher made his World Cup debut in March 2007. He competes primarily in slalom and giant slalom, as well as combined and occasionally in super G. Winner of a record eight consecutive World Cup titles, Hirscher has also won 11 medals at the Alpine Skiing World Championships, seven of them gold, a silver medal in slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and two gold medals in the combined and giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics.", "id": "14754281" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\ncancelled. Three days after turning 18, Shiffrin won the final slalom race at Lenzerheide on 16 March to overtake Maze and win that discipline's season title by 33 points. The men's overall title wasn't decided until the World Cup finals at Lenzerheide. A runner-up finish in the giant slalom on 16 March gave Hirscher his second consecutive overall title, the first male to achieve this feat since Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003. Hirscher also won the slalom title, while the downhill and super-G titles went", "id": "9809256" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nsurpassing Benjamin Raich's total. On 18 December he won the fourth giant slalom of the season in Alta Badia having finished second in the three preceding giant slalom races, equalling Alberto Tomba's 4 wins at the venue, and with it became the 5th most successful male World Cup winner. On 7 January Hirscher achieved his 100th podium from 191 starts (a ratio of 52.3%) with a 2nd-place finish in the giant slalom in Adelboden. On 29 January Hirscher won the GS in Garmisch, achieving his 20th GS", "id": "14754289" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nnumber of points but Ligety had more victories (4, as opposed to 2 by Hirscher). This was Ligety's second consecutive giant slalom title and fifth overall. The slalom title went to Hirscher, who secured it in the last race of the season. The combined title was shared by Ligety and Alexis Pinturault of France, who each won a first and a second place in two combined races of the season. Fenninger won the overall women's title, her first, and the first by an Austrian woman since Nicole", "id": "7283678" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nbefore the final, thus missing the win and finished only 16th. He became the first male racer to retain the overall World Cup title since fellow Austrian Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003 and the first to win it three years in a row since American Phil Mahre did so in 1981, 1982 and 1983. In 2015 Hirscher dominated the giant slalom standings with 5 wins, including a winning margin of 3.28 seconds in Garmisch, and won the GS title for the second time. With his slalom win in Zagreb he became the", "id": "14754285" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nDue to his record number of overall titles, many years of extreme dominance of both slalom and giant slalom and of the men's overall ranking, he is considered by many, including his rivals Henrik Kristoffersen, Kjetil Jansrud and Alexis Pinturault, to be the best alpine skier in history. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Hirscher placed fourth in the giant slalom and fifth in the slalom at Whistler Creekside. He placed fourth in the giant slalom at the 2009 World Championships, but broke his ankle the weekend preceding the 2011 World", "id": "14754282" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n. On 13 January 2019 he won the slalom race in Adelboden and celebrated a 9th World Cup win and a 16th podium, a record among male athletes at a single resort. At the 2019 Alpine World Ski Championships in Åre in February, Hirscher took a silver in the giant slalom behind Henrik Kristoffersen, before winning the slalom by 0.65 seconds after holding a 0.56 second lead from the first run: Hirscher described his first run as one of the best performances of his career. He led teammates Michael Matt and Marco Schwarz in", "id": "14754299" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\ntherefore 10 points more than fourth place. The 2015 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup season was less successful for Ligety as he was able to win just one race and finished third in the giant slalom standings and eleventh overall. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 held in Beaver Creek, Ligety finished third in the super combined event despite being ranked 29th after the downhill leg. In the giant slalom, placed fifth after the first run and trailing by 0.24 to then leading favorite Marcel Hirscher, Ligety skied impressively in the second", "id": "12994700" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmatching the total of legendary technical racer Alberto Tomba. Two days later Hirscher achieved his sixth win of the season by winning the GS in Adelboden and moved to 3rd overall in the men's World Cup winners rankings. The next day he won the slalom in Adelboden. On 23 January, with his 9th win of the season in the Schladming night slalom, Hirscher equalled his compatriot Austrian ski legend Hermann Maier's 54 World Cup victories. It was the 500th World Cup win for Austrian men. On 28 January Hirscher moved to", "id": "14754293" }, { "contents": "Matts Olsson\n\n\nMatts Olsson (born 1 December 1988) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden who races in the giant slalom discipline. Born in Karlstad, Olsson made his World Cup debut at age 19 in October 2007. He won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in the team event, and finished 18th in the giant slalom, and 24th in the super-G. Matts Olsson won his first World Cup competition victory in Alta Badia in December 2017 at an evening event in Parallel Giant Slalom. Matts defeated Marcel Hirscher", "id": "12104888" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nmost successful Austrian male World Cup slalom skier surpassing Benjamin Raich. In the final race of the season in Meribel he overturned a 55-point deficit in the standings by winning his 16th World Cup slalom, and with it won the slalom title for the third year in a row. Hirscher became the first male alpine skier to win the overall World Cup title four times in a row. In 2016 Hirscher became the most successful Austrian male World Cup GS skier by winning in Beaver Creek, Colorado, surpassing Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier.", "id": "14754286" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nwas won by Hirscher for the third time in a row, becoming the first man to achieve this since Phil Mahre in 1983. Hirscher secured the title after the second-to-last race of the season when he beat Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who did not compete in slalom. Svindal won both the downhill (second time in a row) and super-G titles (third time in a row). The giant slalom title went to Ted Ligety of the United States. Ligety and Hirscher shared the same", "id": "7283677" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the race on March 15 with a 0,03 second advantage over Alexis Pinturault and with Hirscher finishing fourth, both skiers ended the season tied with 560 points. The Crystal Globe was however awarded to Ligety who won due to having five discipline victories during the season compared to Hirscher's two. This was the fifth giant slalom title in Ligety's career. - Hirscher lost the title in that last giant slalom race with a deficit of 0.01 seconds to the 3rd place (achieved by Felix Neureuther) which is awarded 60 points,", "id": "12994699" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nand 43rd World Cup win, and with it attained Austria's 100th GS win for men. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 in St. Moritz, Switzerland Hirscher won gold in the GS and slalom, and silver in the combined, missing the gold by just 0.01 seconds. He was the most successful athlete at the championships. On 4 March in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Hirscher won his third GS race of the season and with it secured his 4th GS World Cup title and his 6th overall World Cup title;", "id": "14754290" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\n12 November and achieved a 17th-place finish. The next technical race was the GS in Val d'Isère on 9 December and Hirscher came 3rd. He won the slalom the next day. On 17 December 2017 he won the giant slalom race in Alta Badia, which was his fifth consecutive victory in that location, surpassing Ivica Kostelić, who won the Kitzbühel combined 4 times in a row. On 4 January Hirscher achieved his 5th win of the season in the slalom in Zagreb and with it his 50th World Cup win,", "id": "14754292" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n. He won his third season title in giant slalom in 2011. Even though Ligety was able to win three giant slalom races during the season, he was dethroned as the discipline champion by an overall champion Marcel Hirscher from Austria. Before the last giant slalom race which was held on March 17 at Schladming, Hirscher was in lead with 605 points ahead to Ted with 513 points. Therefore, Ted was forced to attack as powerful as he was able to do but he did fall in the first leg; he did continue", "id": "12994692" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nthe only male skier in history to do so. One day later Hirscher finished fourth in the slalom and with it secured his fourth World Cup slalom title. The start of the 2018 season was expected to be more difficult as Hirscher suffered a fracture to his left ankle during the first day of snow training on 17 August. Fortunately the first race of the season in Sölden was cancelled due to high winds, giving Hirscher a few more weeks to recover. He made a last minute decision to race the slalom in Levi on", "id": "14754291" }, { "contents": "Ingemar Stenmark\n\n\nCup slalom title in 1983. Stenmark began skiing at the age of five and won his first national competition at age eight. Stenmark made his World Cup debut in December 1973 at age 17. He won more international races than any other alpine skier in history: he took 86 wins (46 giant slaloms and 40 slaloms). His closest male competitor is Marcel Hirscher, with 67 (up to January 2019) victories to his name. Stenmark won only in the two technical disciplines: slalom and giant slalom (the other", "id": "19815131" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nachievement he shares with Pirmin Zurbriggen and Hermann Maier, exceeded by Marcel Hirscher's and Marc Girardelli's five. Thöni was the dominant skier in the technical events (slalom and giant slalom) in the early 1970s. His first victory came in his debut race on the World Cup circuit, a giant slalom at Val-d'Isère, France, in December 1969. Still a teenager, he had a very successful rookie year during that 1970 season with four victories and nine podiums. He finished third in the overall standings, just", "id": "10362488" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nrun, to finish 0.45 ahead of Hirscher and secure his third consecutive world title in the discipline. Ligety won the season's first race, a giant slalom on October 25, 2015, at Sölden, Austria. While training on January 27 at Oberjoch, Germany, he tore the ACL in his right knee, which required surgery and ended his 2016 season. Ligety returned to World Cup racing in October 2016, competing in the prelude (giant slalom) race at Sölden on October 23 (finishing 5th), and he", "id": "12994701" }, { "contents": "2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 47th World Cup season began on 27 October 2012, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 17 March 2013, at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The overall titles were won by Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. A break in the schedule was for the biennial World Championships, held 4–17 February in Schladming, Austria. Changes for the 2013 season included the awarding of World Cup points for the slalom crystal globe for the limited field city events (parallel slalom), not just in", "id": "9809251" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nlegends Ingemar Stenmark and Hermann Maier. Unfortunately, the following day the slalom race was cancelled due to high winds, denying Hirscher the opportunity to obtain the record outright. Hirscher has started 245 World Cup races, has won 67 of them, (a ratio of 27%) has achieved 138 podiums (a ratio of 56%) and has finished 73% of his races in the Top 10. In December 2018 Hirscher became Austria's most prolific World Cup race winner when he won a slalom in Saalbach-Hinterglemm in", "id": "14754297" }, { "contents": "Manfred Mölgg\n\n\nManfred Mölgg (born 3 June 1982) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from northern Italy. He specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made his World Cup debut in January 2003 at Bormio. As of mid-January 2016, he has 19 World Cup podiums with three victories, all achieved in slalom. Mölgg won the World Cup season title in slalom in 2008, and finished fourth in the overall standings, the best result for an Italian since Kristian", "id": "20862702" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nto reach the top of the standings in the greatest alpine skiers of all time men's super ranking. At the end of the slalom race, Hirscher said on Austrian television that he would go home \"and consider where the journey will go. I don't know if I will be skiing World Cup next season\". At the World Cup finals in Åre, Hirscher won the GS race on 17 March and equaled the record of most wins in a single season: he shares the record of 13 wins with alpine skiing", "id": "14754296" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWorld Cup technical races resumed in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia on 3 March with the GS. Hirscher secured the GS crystal globe for the 5th time by winning the race with a winning margin of 1.66 seconds. The following day, Hirscher also won the slalom with a winning margin of 1.22 seconds. As a result, he also won the slalom crystal globe for the 5th time, and the overall crystal globe for the seventh time in succession with 2 technical races remaining. His Olympic gold medals plus the additional crystal globes enabled him", "id": "14754295" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nin Kranjska Gora for a record sixth time. At the season finals in Lenzerheide he surprisingly finished second, tied with Christof Innerhofer, in the downhill race. The result was his first ever podium in downhill and made him only the second American skier in history, after Bode Miller, to podium in all five alpine skiing disciplines. Ligety then finished fifth in the final super-G race. Before the last giant slalom race of the season Ligety was trailing Marcel Hirscher by 50 points for the discipline title. However, Ligety", "id": "12994698" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhe had three fourth-place finishes, one in giant slalom, one in super combined, and one in the World Cup finals downhill, as well as a fourth-place finish in the giant slalom at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden, missing a medal by 0.07 seconds. He finished eleventh overall in 2007. Ligety won his first World Cup season title in the giant slalom in 2008, and finished fifth in the overall standings. He won the final two giant slaloms of the year at Kranjska Gora and", "id": "12994684" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's giant slalom\n\n\nThe Men's Giant Slalom competition at the 2013 World Championships ran on Friday, February 15 at 10:00 local time (1st run) and 13:30 (2nd run), the ninth race of the championships. 99 athletes from 55 countries competed in the main race while 132 athletes from 53 countries competed in the qualification race on Thursday, February 14. Ted Ligety won his third gold medal of the 2013 World Championships, joined on the podium by Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three", "id": "6822507" }, { "contents": "Giorgio Rocca\n\n\nGiorgio Rocca (born 6 August 1975) is an Italian former alpine skier, a specialist in slalom skiing. Together with Marc Girardelli, Ingemar Stenmark and Marcel Hirscher, he is one of four skiers to have won 5 Alpine Skiing World Cup slaloms in a row, which he achieved in the 2005/2006 season: only Alberto Tomba (7) has won more World Cup slaloms consecutively. He is currently ninth in the list of all-time slalom winners, with a total of 11 victories. Rocca was born in Chur,", "id": "14243073" }, { "contents": "Viktoria Rebensburg\n\n\nViktoria Rebensburg (born 4 October 1989) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer and the 2010 Olympic gold medalist in the Born in Tegernsee, Bavaria, she has three World Cup season titles, all in giant slalom. After finishing 28th in the Olympic super-G, she won gold in the giant slalom, her first victory in international competition. Her previous best finish was second place at a GS a month earlier, her only World Cup podium. Ten months later Rebensberg won her first World Cup race in October", "id": "7848199" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nAustria to narrowly beat France in the men's nations cup by 201 points, the narrowest winning margin for many years. Hirscher was the only Austrian male skier to win a race in the entire season, and scored 30.9% (1795 out of 5804) of the Austrian men's nations cup points. On 13 November in Levi, Finland, Hirscher won the first slalom of the 2017 season and equalled Pirmin Zurbriggen's win total of 40, putting him equal 5th in the standings. He also achieved his 93rd podium,", "id": "14754288" }, { "contents": "Marco Schwarz\n\n\nMarco Schwarz (born 16 August 1995) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He focuses on the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Schwarz competed for Austria at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in the alpine skiing and won three gold medals; in the boys' combined, the parallel mixed team event, and the boys' giant slalom. Schwarz made his World Cup debut in November 2014 at age 19. He achieved his first World Cup podium in December 2015; third place in a slalom at Madonna di", "id": "12834730" }, { "contents": "Dave Ryding\n\n\n's slalom in 2002, from which he was disqualified. He went on the finish the season 11th in the World Cup slalom standings. Ryding took one of the best World Cup results of his career so far in a slalom in Madonna di Campiglio in December 2018: after placing 27th in the first run, he set the fastest second run time to secure a fourth-placed finish. Ryding continued his good form at the Oslo parallel slalom on New Year's Day 2019: he knocked out Hirscher in the quarter-finals", "id": "16035158" }, { "contents": "2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 48th World Cup season began on 26 October 2013, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 16 March 2014 at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The defending overall champions from the 2013 season were Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. The overall titles were won by Hirscher and Anna Fenninger, also of Austria. The season was interrupted by the 2014 Winter Olympics that took place from 7 to 23 February in Sochi, Russia, with the alpine events at Rosa Khutor. The men's title", "id": "7283676" }, { "contents": "Michaela Kirchgasser\n\n\nMichaela Kirchgasser (born 18 March 1985) is a retired Austrian alpine ski racer. She raced in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom, and also the combined. On 25 November 2006, Kirchgasser made her first World Cup podium with a third place in the giant slalom at Aspen, Colorado. Her first victory was on 24 February 2007, in a giant slalom at Sierra Nevada, Spain. She has competed in three Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she finished fifth in the slalom", "id": "6480720" }, { "contents": "Marcel Mathis\n\n\nMarcel Mathis (born December 24, 1991) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Hohenems, Vorarlberg, he primarily competed on the European Cup circuit, but raced in several World Cup events, all in giant slalom. Mathis' first top result in World Cup was his third place in giant slalom in Bansko, Bulgaria, on February 18, 2012. He was in 26th place after the first run, but had the fastest second run to attain the podium. It was also his first", "id": "4965368" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\ngiant slalom and combined, and silver in super-G. He also won two other giant slaloms during the season. In the 2004 season, Miller won World Cup titles in two disciplines: giant slalom and combined, but placed fourth in the competition for the overall title. He won six World Cup races: three giant slaloms, two combineds and one slalom. After the season, Miller switched to Atomic skis. Miller won his first overall World Cup title in 2005, defeating Austrians Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier. He made", "id": "8624673" }, { "contents": "Henrik Kristoffersen\n\n\nHenrik Kristoffersen (born 2 July 1994) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, 2019 World Champion and Olympic medalist. Born in Lørenskog in Akershus county, Kristoffersen specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. He made his World Cup debut in March 2012 in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, and attained his first podium in November 2013, a third-place finish in slalom at Levi, Finland. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Kristoffersen won the bronze medal in slalom at Rosa Khutor at age 19", "id": "12443237" }, { "contents": "Alexis Pinturault\n\n\n, as he missed pre-season speed training after surgery on his left ankle in August to repair ligaments damaged while playing tennis. Pinturault did not medal at the world championships in 2013, but had four top-six finishes. A week later he claimed a fourth World Cup win, his first in giant slalom, at Garmisch, Germany. Second after the first run, Pinturault's total time was 0.60 seconds ahead of runner-up Hirscher. On 15 March, he was honored as the 2013 Longines Rising Star,", "id": "14820258" }, { "contents": "Žan Kranjec\n\n\nŽan Kranjec (born 15 November 1992) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovenia. He specializes in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Kranjec made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 2011 at Kranjska Gora. He represented Slovenia at the World Championships in 2013 and was 22nd in giant slalom. A week later at the Junior World Championships in Canada, he won a bronze medal in giant slalom. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kranjec placed fourth in the giant slalom. In December 2018,", "id": "9034523" }, { "contents": "Hannes Reichelt\n\n\nJohannes \"Hannes\" Reichelt (born 5 July 1980) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He competes in downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom, and Combined. Born in Altenmarkt im Pongau in Salzburg, Reichelt made his World Cup debut in December 2001. He made his first podium in December 2002 and won his first World Cup race, a Super-G, in December 2005. Reichelt also won the European Cup overall title in 2005, as well as the European Cup season title in giant slalom", "id": "15634035" }, { "contents": "Phil Mahre\n\n\nselected to the \"A\" team following the 1975 season and made his World Cup debut in December 1975 at Val d'Isère, France. Two months later he competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, taking fifth in the giant slalom at age 18. He made his first podium in March with a second in a giant slalom at Copper Mountain, Colorado, and finished the 1976 World Cup season in 14th place in the overall standings. He won his first World Cup race the next season, a giant slalom", "id": "12320115" }, { "contents": "Marcel Hirscher\n\n\nWith his GS win in Alta Badia, Italy (his 3rd consecutive win at that venue), he became Austria's most successful World Cup GS skier overtaking Annemarie Moser-Pröll. Another GS win in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia confirmed Hirscher as the GS title winner with one race to go. To wrap up an amazing season with 8 wins and 19 podiums Hirscher also won the men's overall World Cup title, his 5th consecutive overall title, a feat never before achieved by a male skier. His points total also enabled", "id": "14754287" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nreaching the podium for the first time, with a second place from Adelboden in January. He also won the slalom run in the Alpine Combined Event at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships. On 3 March in Furano, he finished second in the giant slalom, winning the slalom race two days later. One week later in Shigakogen, he won the giant slalom race and finished second in the slalom. As a result, he won the Giant Slalom Cup that year, though jointly with Pirmin Zurbriggen. In the Slalom Cup", "id": "9904883" }, { "contents": "Jean-Noël Augert\n\n\nwon three World Cups in 1969, 1971 and 1972, and in which he won a Gold medal at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena. He was also second in the overall classification of the 1969 World Cup and third in the Giant Slalom World Cup 1969. Besides his 15 wins in World Cup races, he finished 15 times at the podium (place two: 6 slaloms, 3 giant slaloms; place three: 2 slaloms, 4 giant slaloms). He came fifth in both the men's slalom and giant", "id": "18262429" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nTed Ligety) in a giant slalom race in Kranjska Gora, the same place where he also won his first top-3 result more than 15 years earlier (in January 1999). His last top three finish came in early March 2015 in a giant slalom race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen that came to be one of his very last races in the alpine world cup. On September 10, 2015, he announced his retirement. 9 titles: 1 overall, 2 giant slalom, 3 slalom, 3 combined 36 total: 14 slalom", "id": "20658336" }, { "contents": "Anna Veith\n\n\n-G at the Austrian Championships in late March. In late December 2011, Veith won her first World Cup event in Lienz, Austria, in the Giant slalom. Her most consistent World Cup podium results have been in the super-G. After another giant slalom win in Austria in December 2012, Veith's first super-G victory came in March 2013 in Germany. At the 2013 World Championships in Schladming, Austria, Veith won bronze in the giant slalom. In the alpine skiing World Cup overall ranking 2013 she finished", "id": "18958035" }, { "contents": "Davide Simoncelli\n\n\nDavide Simoncelli (born January 30, 1979 in Rovereto) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy who specialized in giant slalom. Simoncelli made his World Cup debut in 1999. He took two World Cup victories and eight podium finishes, all in giant slalom. He took five podiums on the \"Gran Risa\" track of Alta Badia, with a victory and four second places. He finished fourth in the World Cup points standings for giant slalom twice, in 2006 and 2010. Simoncelli competed for Italy in three", "id": "8459823" }, { "contents": "Kjetil Jansrud\n\n\nKjetil Jansrud (born 28 August 1985) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion. He races in all alpine disciplines apart from slalom, and his best event used to be the giant slalom where he has 6 World Cup podiums and an Olympic silver medal. However, since 2012 he has become more of a speed specialist, having won all but two of his World Cup victories in the speed events. At the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, he won the Super-G and placed third in the Downhill", "id": "11513877" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nmissed 11 races, including two classic slaloms and one parallel, in Stockholm. In the meantime, Marcel Hirscher took the lead in the overall standings and would go on to claim his first overall title. Kostelić returned to action in Schladming at the end of the season, and competed only in slalom. He finished 16th and André Myhrer took the slalom title. Born and raised in Zagreb, his parents, Ante and Marica, are former elite team handball players. They taught Ivica and his sister Janica, two years younger", "id": "3227806" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nin a giant slalom race at Maribor. During her early World Cup seasons, Maze competed in slalom, giant slalom, and super-G, but scored World Cup points only in the first two disciplines. At the 2001 World Championships, Maze's best result was a 16th place in slalom. In January 2002, Maze won her first podium, a second place in giant slalom in Maribor. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in the United States, Maze finished twelfth in the giant slalom in her Olympic debut at Park City", "id": "12638260" }, { "contents": "Günther Mader\n\n\ntotal of six medals in the world championships. He won his first championship medal, the silver medal in the Slalom Race at Crans Montana in 1987, after only placing eighth after the first leg of the competition. Mader won two World Cup season titles, giant slalom in 1990 and combined in 1996, and placed second in the overall World Cup standings in 1995 and 1996, and third in 1990. Without his 14 wins, he did achieve another 27 places in World Cup races. His only World Cup victory in downhill", "id": "16142764" }, { "contents": "Nicole Hosp\n\n\nNicole Hosp (; born 6 November 1983) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. She competed in all five disciplines and was a world champion, three-time Olympic medalist, and an overall World Cup champion. Born in Ehenbichl, Tyrol, Hosp won the overall World Cup title in 2007 and the season title in giant slalom. A versatile all-around racer, she won World Cup races in four of the five alpine skiing disciplines (super-G, giant slalom, slalom and combined),", "id": "18723452" }, { "contents": "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Men's super combined\n\n\nThe Men's super combined competition at the 2015 World Championships was held on Sunday, February 8. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, despite originally finishing in 31st position after the downhill leg. Ondřej Bank however, fell on the final jump and, although the original results had Bank in 25th place, the jury disqualified him after the run ended and as a result, Hirscher was able to start first in the slalom leg instead of starting after the top 30. With a clean track he was able to rise all the", "id": "2139631" }, { "contents": "Loïc Meillard\n\n\nLoïc Meillard (born 29 October 1996) is a Swiss alpine ski racer and specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Meillard made his World Cup debut in January 2015; his younger sister Mélanie is also a World Cup alpine racer. Meillard made his World Cup debut at age 18 in the Adelboden giant slalom in January 2015. At the World Junior Championships that March at Hafjell, Norway, he won a bronze medal in the Super-G, silver in the giant slalom, and gold in the combined", "id": "4438833" }, { "contents": "Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander\n\n\nSimon Breitfuss Kammerlander (born 29 November 1992) is a Bolivian-Austrian alpine ski racer. Breitfuss Kammerlander specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut on 23 October 2016. Breitfuss Kammerlander made his World Cup debut at the Sölden Giant slalom on 23 October 2016, he failed to qualify for the second run finishing in 78th place. He competed for Bolivia at the 2017 Alpine World Ski Championships. He finished 46th in the Super-G and failed to finish the first run", "id": "10351390" }, { "contents": "Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen\n\n\nLeif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen (born 29 November 1987) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, specializing in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Haugen made his World Cup debut in October 2009 in Sölden, and collected his first World Cup points with a 26th place. He won a bronze medal in giant slalom at the World Championships in 2017 and attained his first World Cup podium in March 2017 at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Nestvold-Haugen represents the sports club Lommedalens IL, and hails from Lommedalen.", "id": "14989586" }, { "contents": "Bode Miller\n\n\nwas disqualified – while in first place at the time – during the second leg of the combined event, failed to finish the super-G, tied for 6th in the giant slalom, and had another DNF after missing a gate in the first run of the slalom. Nevertheless, Miller won two races during the season (a giant slalom and a super-G) and placed third for the season's overall World Cup title. At the 2006 U.S. National Championships following the World Cup season, Miller won the downhill and", "id": "8624676" }, { "contents": "Leonardo David\n\n\nthe World Cup season in North America and Japan. Then age 18, David was a promising talent on the Italian team, in his first year on the World Cup circuit. He won the overall and slalom titles of the European Cup in 1978, and placed second in giant slalom. He won his only World Cup race, a slalom in Oslo, less than a month before his accident, outpacing Ingemar Stenmark and Phil Mahre. David had 10 top ten finishes with four podiums during the 1979 World Cup season, and", "id": "2954663" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\n-placed. But Ligety did do a phenomenal best time in the second leg, becoming first ahead to Raich. Ligety opened defense of his 2008 giant slalom title with a third-place finish in Sölden, Austria, and then placed second at Beaver Creek, Colorado. At the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isère, France, Ligety took the bronze medal in the giant slalom, then won his fourth World Cup race at Kranjska Gora. He finished the season with another second at the finals in Åre, Sweden, which", "id": "12994686" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nof 0.28 sec. (Janka was unbeatable on that afternoon, he finished 0.71 sec. ahead to Raich.) Ligety notched his fifth World Cup victory in January, his third win at Kranjska Gora in as many seasons. At the finals in Garmisch, Germany, he finished on the podium to secure his second season title in giant slalom, and finished seventh in the overall standings. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics at Whistler, he finished ninth in the giant slalom (on February 23 - he was eighth-placed after", "id": "12994688" }, { "contents": "Stefan Luitz\n\n\nStefan Luitz (; born 26 March 1992) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer. He primarily competes in giant slalom, but on 24 January 2016 in Kitzbühel, for the first time in his career, he completed both runs in slalom and finished 18th. Previously, he had once qualified to second run in slalom, on 18 December 2012 in Madonna di Campiglio, but did not finish the second run. Luitz made his World Cup debut in Adelboden in 2011, and attained his first World Cup podium in December 2012", "id": "15313224" }, { "contents": "Didier Cuche\n\n\nDidier Cuche (born 16 August 1974) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Le Pâquier, Neuchâtel, he competed in the downhill and super-G, along with the giant slalom. He won the World Cup downhill and super-G title for the 2011 season and has won three previous downhill titles in 2010, 2008 and 2007, along with a giant slalom title in 2009. Cuche has 21 World Cup race victories, along with 67 podiums (top three) and 181 top ten", "id": "11060008" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nBenjamin Raich (born 28 February 1978 in Arzl im Pitztal, Tyrol) is a retired champion World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria. With 14 medals won at Winter Olympics and World Championships, 36 World Cup race victories (in all disciplines except downhill), one first place and five second places in the World Cup overall ranking, three victories of the slalom World Cup, three victories of the combined World Cup, two victories of the giant slalom World Cup and the highest score of career World", "id": "20658332" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n50 World Cup races at the age of 23 years and 9 months. She has won 60 World Cup races, the 3rd most all time by a female alpine skier, including 40 WC slalom races, the most all-time by a female alpine skier. She is the only female athlete to have won 15 races in the same calendar year, winning the last slalom of the 2018 season in Semmering and equalling the men's record holder Marcel Hirscher. In the 2019 season she became the first athlete, male or female", "id": "8983516" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nwon the GS world title in 2011 besting Cyprien Richard and Philipp Schörghofer. Ligety repeated as world champion in GS in 2013, ahead of Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. At Schladming in 2013, he became a triple world champion in giant slalom, super-G, and combined at Planai. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three or more gold medals at one world championships and the first in 45 years, when Jean-Claude Killy won four in 1968 at Chamrousse, with the combined as a \"paper", "id": "12994706" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\nher fourth slalom world cup. In Aspen, Colorado, the World Cup finals of the season took place. Shiffrin secured her first overall World Cup, but did not win the giant slalom World Cup that year. After the season, she received the \"Skieur d’Or\" (golden skier) award, given by the international ski journalist association to the best alpine skier of the year (one award for both genders). Shiffrin started the 2018 season with a 5th place finish in giant slalom at Sölden. In early December", "id": "8983533" }, { "contents": "Marilyn Cochran\n\n\nthe final five giant slalom races and won the World Cup season title. Cochran was the only American alpine racer with a World Cup season title until 1980, when Phil Mahre won the combined. She won the bronze medal in the combined at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena, Italy. Sister Barbara was fourth in that competition, but won a silver in the slalom, where Marilyn was sixth. Cochran won three World Cup races, two in giant slalom and one in slalom, and had 15 podiums and fifty top", "id": "314375" }, { "contents": "Thomas Grandi\n\n\nThomas Grandi (born 27 December 1972 in Bolzano, Italy) is a retired Canadian alpine skier. He specialized in technical skiing giant slalom and slalom. Grandi started in the Alpine Skiing World Cup in the 1992-93 season. His first top ten finish in the World Cup came in December 1996 where he finished in 10th position in the Giant Slalom in Alta Badia, Italy. In the 1997-98 World Cup season, he had his first top three finish when he finished in third place in a Giant Slalom race", "id": "10762400" }, { "contents": "Kajsa Kling\n\n\nKajsa Britta Kling (born 25 December 1988) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden. Born in Åre, Kling competed in all five alpine disciplines. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, she finished 26th in the giant slalom. On 28 December 2010, Kling crashed during a giant slalom race in Semmering, Austria, which ended her 2011 season. On 14 December 2013, Kling attained her first World Cup podium, placing second in a Super-G race in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Ahead of the 2017/18", "id": "18745147" }, { "contents": "Ted Ligety\n\n\nhis world title in giant slalom in 2013 in Schladming, Austria, where he also won an unexpected gold medal in the super-G and a third gold medal in the super combined. Through October, 2015, he has 25 victories (24 in giant slalom and 1 super combined) and 52 podiums in World Cup competition. His Olympic giant slalom gold medal, 24 GS World Cup wins, 3 GS world championship gold medals and 5 World Cup titles make him one of the greatest giant slalom skiers of all time.", "id": "12994676" }, { "contents": "Gauthier de Tessières\n\n\nGauthier de Tessières (born 9 November 1981) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from France, and has competed in two Winter Olympics and five World Championships. He made his breakthrough on the Alpine Skiing World Cup in a giant slalom in Val-d'Isère in December 2008, where after finishing 30th in the first run to narrowly qualify for the second run, he worked his way up to finish third overall, bettering his previous World Cup personal best of 15th. He won the silver medal in the super-G at", "id": "12658447" }, { "contents": "Albert Popov\n\n\ngiant slalom at the 2018 FIS Junior World Ski Championships in Davos. Twelve days later he made his debut at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang 2018, where he placed 28th in the giant slalom and did not finish the slalom. His World Cup breakthrough came in the opening race of the 2018–19 season in Levi, where he finished 20th, earning 11 points - Bulgaria's first in the World Cup since Petar Popangelov during the 1986–87 season. Popov followed that up with a 16th place finish at Madonna di Campiglio in December, after", "id": "1530499" }, { "contents": "Tessa Worley\n\n\nplace in a giant slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany. She finished in fifth place in the first race of the 2009 World Cup season, a giant slalom in Sölden, Austria, in October 2008. A month later she won her first World Cup race (and first podium) in a giant slalom at Aspen, United States. Early in the 2011 season, Worley won three consecutive giant slalom races before January. In February, Worley won a gold medal in the nations team event at the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen", "id": "4107613" }, { "contents": "Armand Marchant\n\n\nArmand Marchant (born 14 December 1997) is a Belgian alpine ski racer. Marchant specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, in the Giant slalom and the Slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014 in the Alta Badia giant slalom, he failed to finish the first run. At the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek he finished 41st in the Giant slalom and", "id": "4076226" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Raich\n\n\nCup points (ahead of Norwegian Kjetil André Aamodt), he is considered among the best alpine racers in World Cup history. After winning Junior World Championships in both slalom and giant slalom, Raich made his World Cup debut in March 1996. He scored his first victory in 1999, in slalom. In 2001 he won the silver medal in slalom at the World Championships, and at the end of the season he won the slalom World Cup. In 2002 he won two bronze medals at the Salt Lake City Olympics. Raich", "id": "20658333" }, { "contents": "Manuela Mölgg\n\n\nManuela Mölgg (born 28 August 1983) is a retired alpine ski racer from Italy, a specialist in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2000 and gained her first podium in November 2004. She has 14 World Cup podium finishes and appeared in two Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2009 Alpine World Ski Championships in Val-d'Isère Mölgg took the lead in the slalom after the first run but was disqualified from", "id": "21947840" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom\n\n\nFelix Neureuther, and Alexis Pinturault), which spawned criticism of the course. The second run was set by Ante Kostelić, known for idiosyncratic gate settings. He is the father of competitor Ivica Kostelić of Croatia, who finished ninth. Less than seven weeks shy of his 35th birthday, Mario Matt of Austria became the oldest gold medalist in Olympic alpine skiing history. The silver went to defending World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher, and Henrik Kristoffersen became the youngest male to medal in an Olympic alpine event at age 19. The", "id": "2699458" }, { "contents": "Jean-Baptiste Grange\n\n\nHe won his first World Cup race on 17 December 2007, and won the 2009 season title in the slalom. Injured in early December 2009 in a giant slalom at Beaver Creek, he opted for surgery and missed the remainder of the 2010 season, which included the 2010 Winter Olympics. He returned to competition for the 2011 season and won the world championship in the slalom. He won his second slalom world title in Beaver Creek on 15 February 2015. His older brother is François-Cyrille Grange, also an alpine ski", "id": "20737157" }, { "contents": "Petra Vlhová\n\n\nPetra Vlhová (born 13 June 1995) is a Slovak World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. She is the current world champion in giant slalom. Born in Liptovský Mikuláš, Vlhová won a gold medal in 2012 Winter Youth Olympics and represented Slovakia in the 2014 Winter Olympics. She also won gold in the slalom at the Junior World Championships in 2014 in Jasná, Slovakia. She made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2012 and her first World Cup podium came", "id": "7975537" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n, at the age of 23 years and nine months. With that race she also equalled the record of the Austrian Marlies Schild for the most wins in women's slalom – 35, and put herself in joint seventh place in all-time World Cup victories with Alberto Tomba of Italy. One week later, she took another World Cup slalom win in Semmering, Austria, becoming the first alpine skier to take 15 World Cup wins in a single calendar year, moving ahead of Marcel Hirscher, who had taken 14 wins in", "id": "8983544" }, { "contents": "Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's combined\n\n\nThe men's combined competition of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics was held on 13 February 2018 at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre and the Yongpyong Alpine Centre at the Alpensia Sports Park in PyeongChang. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, with Alexis Pinturault coming in second, and Victor Muffat-Jeandet third. For Muffat-Jeandet, this was the first Olympic medal, and for both Hirscher and Pinturault the first medal in combined. Hirscher, who won six overall World Cup titles and was skiing in his third Olympics, previously only won a", "id": "17712395" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\n, Utah. On 26 October 2002, Maze won her first World Cup race at the season opener in Sölden, Austria. She shared the giant slalom win with Nicole Hosp of Austria and Andrine Flemmen of Norway in the first-ever a three-way tie in a World Cup race. Maze finished the 2003 season on the 38th place in the overall standings with 190 points, all in giant slalom. At the 2003 World Championships, she finished 5th in giant slalom. In the 2004 season, Maze scored one podium", "id": "12638261" }, { "contents": "1978–79 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\n\n\nThe 13th World Cup season began in December 1978 in Austria and concluded in March 1979 in Japan. The overall winners were Peter Lüscher of Switzerland, his first overall win, and Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria, her sixth (which remained the record until 2017-18, when Austria's Marcel Hirscher won his seventh overall title). Although Ingemar Stenmark did not win the overall title due to restrictions on the number of races that counted for overall championship points, he won 13 races during the season (including the last", "id": "844407" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\n, including the super-G race in January in Les Menuires. He again won the Giant Slalom Cup, finished second in the overall standings and second in the Slalom Cup. In the 1990–91 season he performed best in the slalom. He won competitions in Madonna di Campiglio and Kranjska Gora in December, and recorded three-second places, only one of them in giant slalom. Again he finished second in the Slalom Cup. At the 1991 World Championships, he won the bronze medal in slalom and placed fourth in both", "id": "9904885" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\na World Championship gold medal in slalom in 2003, Olympic silver medal in slalom in 2010, Olympic silver medals in combined in 2006 (traditional combined), 2010 (super combined) and 2014, as well as the overall World Cup title in 2011. Kostelić scored a total of 26 World Cup race victories and a total of 59 World Cup podiums during his career (). He won the slalom World Cup title in 2002 and 2011, and the combined World Cup title in 2011 and 2012. Since 2008, he", "id": "3227791" }, { "contents": "Gustav Thöni\n\n\nMarch 1975 at Sun Valley. He won the final race of the season, a parallel slalom (\"pro-style\" heats) the following week in Val Gardena, Italy, against his challenger Stenmark to secure the overall title. His last win in giant slalom was in January 1976, and his final World Cup victory was in the combined at Kitzbühel in January 1977. His last podium finish was a third place in the slalom at Åre, Sweden, in February 1979. He finished eighth in the slalom at the", "id": "10362492" }, { "contents": "Tina Maze\n\n\nand 10th in the combined. In the 2006 season, Maze won one giant slalom race and two more podiums, a third place in giant slalom and a runner-up position in super-G. She finished the season 14th in the overall standings with 525 points and scored World Cup points in all disciplines for the first time. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Maze competed in the giant slalom and super-G events, where she finished 12th and 39th, respectively. The 2007 season was not as successful for her as", "id": "12638263" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Shiffrin\n\n\n2013 in Sölden, Austria, with a career-best sixth in giant slalom, within a half-second of the podium. She won the next event, a slalom at Levi, Finland, improving on her podium finish the previous year for her fifth World Cup victory. At Beaver Creek, she was runner-up in the giant slalom, her first World Cup podium in that discipline. On January 5, Shiffrin secured first place in a two-run slalom race in Bormio, Italy (the race took place", "id": "8983524" }, { "contents": "Ivica Kostelić\n\n\nfinished among the top six in the overall World Cup standings each season (2008: sixth; 2009: fourth; 2010: fifth; 2011: first; 2012: fourth; 2013: fifth). He also scored points in all disciplines each of those seasons, and his best race results were a seventh place in downhill, a second place in giant slalom, and victories in all other disciplines (11 in slalom, 1 in parallel-slalom, 2 in combined, 4 in super combined, and 1 in super", "id": "3227792" }, { "contents": "Fabienne Serrat\n\n\nFabienne Serrat (born 5 July 1956) is a former world champion alpine ski racer. At age 17, Serrat won two gold medals at the 1974 World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in the giant slalom and the combined events. During her World Cup career she had three victories, 37 podiums, and 124 top ten finishes. Serrat competed at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Winter Olympics in a total of five events. Her best result was fourth place in the giant slalom in 1980. She retired from competition", "id": "6439530" }, { "contents": "Ole Kristian Furuseth\n\n\nhe finished third, and in the overall standings he finished fourth. He also competed at the 1989 World Championships, placing eighth in the giant slalom and sixth in the slalom. He was given the Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year award of 1989. The 1989–90 season started equally well, with two-second places in August in Thredbo. He then won his next race, a giant slalom competition in Park City in November. Although that would be his only victory that season, he became runner-up in three further races", "id": "9904884" }, { "contents": "Thomas Fanara\n\n\nThomas Fanara (born 24 April 1981) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from France. Born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Fanara specialised in giant slalom; his one and only win came in March 2016 at the giant slalom finals in St. Moritz, Switzerland. He is the oldest racer to reach a World Cup podium in giant slalom, and competed for France at three Winter Olympics and six World Championships. He retired from competition at the end of the 2018-19 season. Fanara has started over 70", "id": "8162366" }, { "contents": "Alena Zavarzina\n\n\nin Kreischberg, she won a silver medal in parallel giant slalom after losing to Claudia Riegler in the repeat of the 2011 final, and finished fifth in the parallel slalom. She reached her second World Cup podium of the season at the season finale in Winterberg, and finished the season in thirteenth place in the overall World Cup standings. In 2015/16 season, Zavarzina won her second career World Cup victory, this time in parallel slalom, in Winterberg which was also her sole World Cup podium of the season. At the end", "id": "5559259" }, { "contents": "Tanja Poutiainen\n\n\nin the United States. At the 1999 Junior World Championships, she placed third in the giant slalom at Pra-Loup, France. Poutiainen scored her first World Cup victory – and the first for a female Finnish alpine skier – on 28 February 2004 in a slalom held on home snow in Levi, Finland – the first alpine World Cup race to be held in the country. In the 2005 World Cup season, Poutiainen won the season titles in both the slalom and giant slalom, and placed fifth in the overall standings", "id": "20125357" }, { "contents": "Ramón Homs\n\n\nWinter World Cup, he finished seventeenth in the overall standings. At the March 2008 Italian National Championships, he finished third in the Super G, fifth in the Giant Slalom and was disqualified from the Slalom. At the last round of the European Cup in March 2008, an event held in La Molina, Spain, he was one of several non-vision impaired Spanish skiers competing at the event. At the first IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup event in the 2008/2009 ski season, he failed to finish one of his races", "id": "1327121" }, { "contents": "Mitchell Gourley\n\n\ncompeted in five Men's Standing events. He finished fourth in the Giant Slalom and fifth in the Super-G. He finished the 2015/16 World Cup season on a high, placing third on the overall rankings after a successful run of events that saw him podium nine times. Gourley won the gold medal in the Men's Super Combined Standing at the 2017 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Tarvisio, Italy. Gourley was in sixth place after the super-G, but put on a masterclass in the slalom to secure the gold", "id": "6530863" }, { "contents": "Didier Défago\n\n\nDidier Défago (born 2 October 1977) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Morgins, Valais, Défago made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 1996, and was Swiss national champion in downhill (2003) and Giant slalom (2004). At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he won the downhill at Whistler to become the Olympic champion. Défago finished the 2005 World Cup season as sixth overall and fourth in the Super-G, his most successful season so far. In 2009", "id": "11060083" } ]

[ { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nJune 19, 1946, he served as the President of the House of Peers, a post which he held until May 2, 1947, when the Allied occupation authorities authorized the current Constitution of Japan abolishing the House of Peers. He died of heart disease at his home in Shibuya, Tokyo, on February 18, 1963, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class. His grave is located at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. He was succeeded as head of the Tokugawa clan", "id": "11961761" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince also known as Iyemasa, was a Japanese political figure of the Taishō and early Shōwa periods. He was the 17th hereditary head of the former shogunal branch of the Tokugawa clan and the final President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Iemasa Tokugawa was born in what is now the Sendagaya district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato and his wife, Konoe Hiroko, daughter of Konoe Tadafusa. He graduated from the law school of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909, and accepted a post in", "id": "11961759" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nthe diplomatic corps of Foreign Ministry the same year. In 1924, he was appointed Consul-general to the Japanese consulate in Sydney, Australia. In 1929, he was appointed Envoy to Canada and from 1937 to 1939 served as the Japanese ambassador to Turkey. In 1940, on the death of his father, he inherited the title of \"kōshaku\" (, \"prince\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and a seat as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On", "id": "11961760" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nin 1882, and was given the title of \"kōshaku\" (公爵, prince) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He became a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan from its creation in 1890, and served as President of the House of Peers from 1901-1933. When the administration of Prime Minister Yamamoto Gonnohyōe was brought down by the Siemens scandal, there was a strong movement to have Tokugawa Iesato nominated to be his successor. Following World War I, Iesato served on the Japanese", "id": "11796153" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince was the 13th head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan and the President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Kuniyuki Tokugawa inherited the title of \"shishaku\" (侯爵, marquis) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system on the death of his father, Tokugawa Atsuyoshi in 1898. A scholar, he turned his attention in 1906 to the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\", a comprehensive history of Japan begun by his ancestor, Tokugawa Mitsukuni in the 17th century. However, in 1910", "id": "13926670" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshinobu\n\n\n's photographs have been published in recent years by his great-grandson, Yoshitomo. In 1902, the Meiji Emperor allowed him to reestablish his own house as a Tokugawa branch (\"bekke\") with the highest rank in the peerage, that of prince (\"kōshaku\"), for his loyal service to Japan. He took a seat in the House of Peers, resigning in 1910. Tokugawa Yoshinobu died on November 21, 1913, at 4:10 pm and is buried in Yanaka Cemetery, Tokyo. On 9 January", "id": "12861306" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nCount was a Japanese political figure of the late Meiji through early Shōwa periods, and served as President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Yorinaga Matsudaira was the eighth son of Matsudaira Yoritoshi, the former \"daimyō\" of Matsuyama Domain in Shikoku. His mother, Chiyoko, was the daughter of Ii Naosuke and his wife was the daughter of Tokugawa Akitake, head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. He attended the Gakushūin Peer’s School, and with the sponsorship of Ōkuma Shigenobu, graduated from", "id": "14764736" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nthe law school of Waseda University. district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato. In 1909 he became a member of the House of Peers, and continued to serve as a member every year (except for a hiatus between 1911–1914) until his death. A strong supporter of education, he donated a large property in downtown Tokyo to create the Hongo Gakuin school. In 1933, he was made Vice-President of the House of Peers, breaking with the precedent that only men with the rank of princes", "id": "14764737" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\n, he was accepted into the 22nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and was commissioned as Second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army. He resigned his commission in 1914 citing health reasons, and went into the reserves in 1915. From December 1911, Kuniyuki Tokugawa served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\" in 1929, he was awarded the title of \"koshaku\" (公爵, prince). On June 25, 1940, he", "id": "13926671" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nPrince was the first head of the Tokugawa clan after the overthrow of the Tokugawa bakufu, and a figure in Japanese politics during the Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. Tokugawa Iesato was born to the Tayasu branch of the Tokugawa clan, under the name Kamenosuke, he became its 16th head, following the resignation of the last \"shōgun,\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu. His brothers were Tokugawa Satotaka and Tokugawa Takachiyo, who also held the Tayasu headship at different times. Iesato was also briefly the \"daimyō\" of the", "id": "11796150" }, { "contents": "Iwamura Michitoshi\n\n\n1896, Iwamura was awarded the title of viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure later the same year. He served as an advisor to Emperor Meiji, and was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers. He was also awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class on June 23, 1904. He died in Tokyo on February 12, 1915, and his grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo.", "id": "17814139" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nor marquis could service in the highest level positions. Four years later, when Fumimaro Konoe became Prime Minister of Japan, Yorinaga Matsudaira became the President of the House of Peers. He died while in office, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class with Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. His nephew Yorihiro Matsudaira succeeded him in his peerage. Yorinaga Matsudaira was also a noted collector of miniature bonsai, and served as honorary president of the Kofuku Bonsai Association. His", "id": "14764738" }, { "contents": "Prince Kachō Hirotada\n\n\nPrince Hirotada was the second son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu. His mother was Tokugawa Tsuneko, the 9th daughter of the last Tokugawa Shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He succeeded his father to the head of the Kachō-no-miya household when he was only 2 years old in 1904. Prince Kachō attended the Gakushuin Peers’ School. He entered the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1918, graduating 1st out of 176 cadets. Prince Kuni Asaakira was one of his classmates. He served his midshipman duty on the", "id": "17635064" }, { "contents": "Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu\n\n\nNovember 1942. From 1936 to 1945, he held various staff positions in the Naval General Staff Office in Tokyo. On 4 February 1930, Prince Takamatsu married Kikuko Tokugawa (26 December 1911 – 18 December 2004), the second daughter of Yoshihisa Tokugawa (peer). The bride was a granddaughter of Yoshinobu Tokugawa, the last Shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, and a granddaughter of the late Prince Arisugawa Takehito. Prince and Princess Takamatsu had no children. From the 1930s, Prince Takamatsu expressed grave reservations regarding Japanese aggression in", "id": "1048484" }, { "contents": "Francis Brinkley\n\n\n, covered Japanese history, fine arts and literature from the origins of the Japanese race up until the latter half of the Meiji period. In 1912, at the age of 71 and one month after General Nogi's death, Francis Brinkley died. At his funeral, the mourners included the Speaker of the House of Peers, Tokugawa Iesato, the Minister of the Navy Saitō Makoto, and the Foreign Minister Uchida Kosai. He is buried in the foreign section of the Aoyama Reien cemetery in central Tokyo. After his death Ernest", "id": "10262389" }, { "contents": "Enkichi Ōki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese statesman in the Taishō period. Ōki was born in Tokyo. His father, Ōki Takatō was one of the leaders in the Meiji Restoration, and served in numerous cabinet posts in the early Meiji government. In 1899, Enkichi succeeded to his father’s title of count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His political career began in 1908, when he was elected to the House of Peers. He initially supported the \"Kenkyūkai\", but soon switched his allegiance to the", "id": "2422914" }, { "contents": "Yoshitoshi Tokugawa\n\n\nLieutenant General Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and one of the pioneers of military aviation in Japan. Tokugawa Yoshitoshi was the son of Count Tokugawa Atsumori (1856–1924) (head of the Shimizu branch of the Tokugawa clan). Through his father, he was the grandnephew of the last shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. While his father had been created a count in 1884, he had relinquished the title in 1899. Yoshitoshi graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1903, after having specialized in military engineering. In", "id": "751688" }, { "contents": "Enomoto Takeaki\n\n\nViscount was a Japanese samurai and admiral of the Tokugawa navy of Bakumatsu-period Japan, who remained faithful to the Tokugawa shogunate and fought against the new Meiji government until the end of the Boshin War. He later served in the Meiji government as one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Enomoto was born as a member of a samurai family in the direct service of the Tokugawa clan in the Shitaya district of Edo (modern Taitō, Tokyo). Enomoto started learning Dutch in the 1850s, and after Japan's", "id": "12566973" }, { "contents": "Yamada Akiyoshi\n\n\ncount (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage on July 7, 1884, and served in the House of Peers (Japan) from its establishment in 1890. On January 28, 1892, he was appointed to a seat in the Privy Council of Japan but died in November of the same year at the age of 49, while inspecting the Ikuno Silver Mine in Asago, Hyōgo. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Buddhist temple of Gokoku-ji in", "id": "655166" }, { "contents": "International Martial Arts Federation\n\n\nwas appointed as the 5th President of IMAF. He served as the Japanese Ambassador to India and Deputy Foreign Minister. The current president of Kokusai Budoin, International Martial Arts Federation (IMAF) is Yasuhisa Tokugawa, the great-grandson of the 15th and final \"shōgun\" of Japan, Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837–1913). He was also the Chief Priest for the in Tokyo from 2013-2018. Note: In the mid 1980's IMAF-Europe split from IMAF Japan to create a current non-affiliated organization with a", "id": "8525267" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masami\n\n\nInaba Masami was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Tateyama Domain, Inaba Masamori. On his father’s death in 1820, he succeeded to the head of the Tateyama Inaba clan and the position of \"daimyō\" of Tateyama. In 1862, he was appointed as a \"Wakadoshiyori\" in the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate under \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemochi. He resigned the title in 1864, with instructions to strengthen Japan's naval defenses against the increasing aggressive incursions of foreign black ships, and supported Katsu", "id": "8052899" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Mochiaki\n\n\nabolition of the han system in 1871. In 1884, he became a Count (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He was awarded the Fourth class of the Order of the Rising Sun in 1885. In 1889, he inherited the title of Marquis (\"koshaku\") from his adopted father. He died in 1890. His son, Matsudaira Yasutaka (1867–1930) served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan and was author of a number of works on agricultural", "id": "4765039" }, { "contents": "Tsunenari Tokugawa\n\n\nHis son, Iehiro Tokugawa, is a translator. In 2007, Tsunenari published a book entitled \"Edo no idenshi\" (江戸の遺伝子), released in English in 2009 as \"The Edo Inheritance\", which seeks to counter the common belief among Japanese that the Edo period (throughout which members of his Tokugawa clan ruled Japan as \"shōguns\") was like a dark age, when Japan, cut off from the world, fell behind. On the contrary, he argues, the roughly 250 years of peace and relative", "id": "11961777" }, { "contents": "Matsui Keishirō\n\n\nto Japan in 1913. During the First World War, served as Japanese Ambassador to France and was a plenipotentiary at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. On the successful completion of this mission, he was awarded with the title of baron (\"danshaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He served as Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 7 to June 11, 1924, under the administration of Kiyoura Keigo and was also appointed a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He later served", "id": "9380810" }, { "contents": "Konoe Tadafusa\n\n\n, son of regent Tadahiro with his wife Shimazu Kyoko, was a \"kugyō\" or Japanese court noble of the late Edo period (1603–1868). He did not hold any regent position kampaku or sesshō. His consort was Shimazu Mitsuko, an adopted daughter of Shimazu Nariakira, eleventh head of Satsuma Domain. The couple had a daughter, Konoe Hiroko, who later married Tokugawa Iesato, the sixteenth head of Tokugawa family and bore him Tokugawa Iemasa, the seventeenth head of the Tokugawa clan. He adopted a son of Konoe", "id": "20767712" }, { "contents": "Tenshō-in\n\n\nShe spent her remaining years nurturing Tokugawa Iesato, the 16th head of the Tokugawa clan. She moved into the Tokugawa residence in Sendagaya, in the Shibuya district, Tokyo. She suffered from Parkinson's disease which eventually took her life on November 20th, 1883, at the age of 47. She was buried in Kaneiji in Ueno, Tokyo, together with her husband, Onkyoin (Iesada). Beside Onkyoin and Tenshoin tombs, There is loquat tree planted there as it was Tenshoin's favorite food. The 2008 NHK Taiga", "id": "241772" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshimune\n\n\nYoshimune was not the son of any former \"shōgun\". Rather, he was a member of a cadet branch of the Tokugawa clan. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, well aware of the extinction of the Minamoto line in 1219, had realized that his direct descendants might die out, leaving the Tokugawa family at risk of extinction. Thus, while his son Tokugawa Hidetada was the second \"shōgun\", he selected three other sons to establish the \"gosanke,\" hereditary houses which would provide a", "id": "16258375" }, { "contents": "Kitasato Shibasaburō\n\n\nonki Corporation, with the intention of manufacturing the most reliable clinical thermometer possible. The company was later renamed Terumo Corporation. Kitasato also was the first dean of medicine at Keio University, first president of the Japan Medical Association, and served on the House of Peers. He was ennobled with the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system in February 1924. Kitasato died of an intracranial hemorrhage at his home in Azabu, Tokyo, on June 13, 1931. His grave is at the", "id": "11568829" }, { "contents": "Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa\n\n\nPrince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa was the only son of Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa and Fusako, Princess Kane. He succeeded as the head of the Kitashirakawa-no-miya house upon his father's unexpected death in an automobile accident in France in 1923. On 25 April 1935, Prince Nagahisa married Sachiko Tokugawa, born , died , the daughter of Baron Yoshikuni Tokugawa. Prince and Princess Kitashirakawa Nagahisa had one son and one daughter: Prince Nagahisa graduated from the 43rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1931, and was commissioned a sub", "id": "8171688" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nbrother Tokugawa Yoshiatsu and ordering him to assume the post of \"daimyō\" to assure the stability of Mito Domain. He departed from Marseille in December 1868. Tokugawa Akitake succeeded Tokugawa Yoshiatsu to become the 11th head of the Mito Tokugawa clan on his return to Japan. However, the title of \"daimyō\" was officially abolished in 1869, and he continued at Mito as domain governor. His request for land development in Hokkaido to resettle ex-samurai from the domain was granted on August 17, 1869, and he was", "id": "17914477" }, { "contents": "Sōma Nakamura Domain\n\n\nyounger brother Masatane. was the 5th \"daimyō\" of Sōma-Nakamura Domain and the 21st hereditary chieftain of the Sōma clan. As his older brother Sadatane had died without heir, he was posthumously appointed successor. He was received in formal audience to Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna and received the courtesy title of \"Danjō-shōhitsu\". From 1689-1690 he served as a \"sobayōnin\" to Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. He retired from public life in February 1701, living in rural seclusion to his death at the age of 68", "id": "4010353" }, { "contents": "Aizu\n\n\nof only 15. He was succeeded by the eighth lord Katataka, who was a sixth cousin (twice removed) and a member of the Takasu cadet branch of the Mito collateral line. He died without heirs in 1852 and was succeeded by his grandnephew, the famous Katamori, whose descendants have since headed the family. The present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tsunenari, is also from the Aizu lineage. In the house code set down by Masayuki, there was a specific injunction to serve the shogun with single-minded", "id": "17967555" }, { "contents": "Arai Hakuseki\n\n\nshogun Tokugawa Ienobu. He went on to displace the official Hayashi advisers to become the leading confucianist for Ienobu and Tokugawa Ietsugu. While some of Hakuseki's policies were still carried out after Ienobu's death, after the 6th shogun, Tokugawa Ietsugu, died and Tokugawa Yoshimune's rule began, Hakuseki left his post to begin his career as a prolific writer of Japanese history and Occidental studies. He was buried in Asakusa (current day Taitō, Tokyo), Hoonji temple but was later moved to Nakano, Tokyo, Kotokuji temple", "id": "12566945" }, { "contents": "Tsuruga Domain\n\n\nin the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. His courtesy title was \"Ukyō-no-suke\". His wife was the daughter of Doi Toshifusa of Ōno Domain. He died in 1706 and his grave is at the temple of Seisho-ji in Atago, Tokyo. was the 2nd \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga Domain in Echizen Province under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. Tadakiku was the eldest son of Sakai Tadashige. He became \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga on the death of his father in 1706. He was an \"", "id": "2398354" }, { "contents": "Mito-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe is a branch of the Tokugawa clan based in Mito, Ibaraki. Following the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as daimyō in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Although the Mito branch held less land", "id": "18026528" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\n. After Hideyoshi's death in 1598, Tokugawa Ieyasu came to power and was appointed \"shōgun\" by the Emperor. The Tokugawa shogunate, which governed from Edo (modern Tokyo), presided over a prosperous and peaceful era known as the Edo period (1600–1868). The Tokugawa shogunate imposed a strict class system on Japanese society and cut off almost all contact with the outside world. Portugal and Japan started their first affiliation in 1543, making the Portuguese the first Europeans to reach Japan by landing in the southern archipelago of", "id": "3250463" }, { "contents": "Tadaatsu Ishiguro\n\n\n, citing illness. His father died the same year, and per the provisions of his father’s will, he did not inherit the kazoku peerage title of viscount held by his father. In January 1943, he was granted a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. In 1945, he returned to the cabinet as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce under the Suzuki administration. In 1946, after the surrender of Japan, as with all members of the prewar and wartime Japanese government, Ishiguro was purged by", "id": "9448122" }, { "contents": "Ōkuma Shigenobu\n\n\nof the Diet of Japan until 1922. He was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum in 1916, and was elevated to the title of \"kōshaku\" (侯爵) (marquis) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system the same year. Ōkuma returned to Waseda, and died there in 1922. An estimated 300,000 people attended his funeral in Tokyo's Hibiya Park. He was posthumously elevated to the rank of prince in the peerage and was also posthumously conferred with the Collar of the Order of the", "id": "9013378" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nTokugawa branch houses (\"shinpan daimyō\") became marquesses, the heads of the secondary branches became counts and the heads of more distant branches became viscounts. The head of the Matsudaira (Fukui Domain) branch was raised to the rank of marquess from the rank of count in 1888. In 1902, the former \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu was created a prince, and the head of the Mito \"shinpan\" house was raised to the same rank, prince, in 1929. Of the other former \"daimyō\" clans", "id": "2052552" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Naganari\n\n\nViscount was an Admiral and naval strategist in the Imperial Japanese Navy in Meiji and Taishō period Japan, and a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. He was also known as Ogasawara Chōsei, Ogasawara Nagayo. Ogasawara was born in Saga prefecture. His father was the Rōjū Ogasawara Nagamichi, a senior retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. As his father was forced into retirement by the events of the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Ogasawara Naganari succeeded his grandfather to become head of the Ogasawara clan in 1873, and as", "id": "15329213" }, { "contents": "Katō Takaaki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese politician, diplomat, and the 14th Prime Minister of Japan, a position he held from 11 June 1924 until his death on 28 January 1926, during the period which historians have called \"Taishō Democracy\". He was also known as Katō Kōmei. Katō, was born as Hattori Sokichi, the second son of a former \"samurai\" retainer of the Owari Tokugawa domain in Nagoya, Owari Province, in the town of Saya, Ama District in what is now part of the city of Aisai,", "id": "9068839" }, { "contents": "Kawasaki Takukichi\n\n\n. Under his administration, the Yagoto Baseball Ground was built, and the first Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament was held in 1924. Later in 1924, Kawasaki was recalled to Tokyo to assume the post of Director-General of the National Police Agency under the Home Ministry. He became Deputy Home Minister in 1925. In 1926, he was invited to take a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He was recruited by Osachi Hamaguchi and Wakatsuki Reijirō to join the \"Kenseikai\" political party,", "id": "22092779" }, { "contents": "Masuda Takashi\n\n\nBaron , was a Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector. He was a prominent entrepreneur in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan, responsible for transforming Mitsui into a \"zaibatsu\" through the creation of a general trading company, Mitsui Bussan. He also established a newspaper, the , which was later renamed the \"Nihon Keizai Shimbun\". Masuda was born on Sado Island, in what is now Niigata Prefecture. His father was an official in the Tokugawa shogunate, serving as Hakodate bugyō, a position which", "id": "13847203" }, { "contents": "Suwa Tadamasa\n\n\nthe Shiba Tōshō-gū, a Shinto Shrine dedicated to the previous Shoguns of the Tokugawa clan in Tokyo. After the death of Suwa Tadaaya in 1878, he resumed his position as chieftain of the Suwa clan. he was reappointed \"kannushi\" of the Shiba Tōshō-gū from 1882 to 1889. In 1884 he became a viscount (\"shisaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His court rank was increased to Senior Fourth Rank in 1887. From 1891 to 1895, he returned to Suwa and became", "id": "12726550" }, { "contents": "Ōkubo Tadanori\n\n\nŌkubo Tadanori was the nephew of Tokugawa Nariaki, which made him a cousin to Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He was born as the 5th son of Matsudaira Yorihiro, daimyō of Takamatsu Domain, in Sanuki Province. On the death of former daimyō of Odawara, Ōkubo Tadanao in 1859 he was adopted into the Ōkubo clan as 11th clan head, and by default, daimyō of Odawara Domain. He served in a number of posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate, including that of \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) in", "id": "1881957" }, { "contents": "Kinichiro Ishikawa\n\n\nIshikawa Kinichiro, a watercolor painter and champion of Taiwanese Western art education, was born in Shizuoka City, Japan. His father was a former official of the Tokugawa government during the bakumatsu (late Tokugawa Shogunate). He was infatuated with painting from a very early age, but his father did not approve of his artistic pursuits. In 1888, he entered the Tokyo Telecommunications School of the Ministry of Communications. In order to sustain his interest in painting, aside from using prints of English works to engage in self-study", "id": "7410092" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masanori\n\n\nInaba Masanori was the second son of the previous daimyō of Odawara, Inaba Masakatsu. As his mother died when he was still very young, he was raised by his grandmother, Kasuga no Tsubone, the wet nurse to \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu. On the death of his father in 1634, he became head of the Inaba clan, and inherited his father’s position as daimyō of Odawara. Due to the influence of his grandmother, he rose rapidly through the hierarchy of the Tokugawa shogunate and was appointed \"Rōjū\"", "id": "1882506" }, { "contents": "Pak Yung-hio\n\n\nfled to exile in Japan, where he remained until 1907. On his return, he accepted the post of Royal Household Minister under Ye Wanyong. Following the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, in which Korea was annexed to the Empire of Japan, Park was awarded with the \"kazoku\" title of marquess (\"koshaku\") in the Japanese peerage, and a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Director of the Bank of Chosen in 1918, Chairman of the Korean Economic", "id": "5961340" }, { "contents": "Fumio Gotō\n\n\nBorn in Ōita Prefecture, Gotō was a graduate of the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909. During his early career in the 1920s, he worked in the Home Ministry, and was Director of Administration within the office of the Governor-General of Taiwan. In the 1930s, Gotō was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries between 1932 and 1934 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Makoto Saitō, and was later Home Minister", "id": "15188268" }, { "contents": "Konoe Atsumaro\n\n\nDuke was a Japanese politician and journalist of the Meiji era. He served as the 3rd President of the House of Peers and 7th President of the Gakushūin Peer's School in Meiji period Japan. He was also the father of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoe was born in Kyoto as the heir to the highly ranked Konoe family of Court nobility, one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. His father Konoe Tadafusa died when he was young, so he was raised by his grandfather Konoe Tadahiro. His mother was", "id": "1475111" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nassigned lands in Tomamae-gun, Teshio-gun, Kamikawa-gun, Nakagawa-gun in Teshio no kuni along with Rishiri-gun in Kitami no kuni. With the abolition of the han system in 1871, he was required by the government to leave in Mito and to live in Tokyo. He relocated to the former \"shimoyashiki\" secondary residence of the Mito Clan located in Mukōjima. Tokugawa Akitake was appointed a second lieutenant in Imperial Japanese Army in 1875, and served as an instructor during the early days of", "id": "17914478" }, { "contents": "Yonekura Tadasuke\n\n\nYonekura Tadasuke was the sixth son of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, a favorite of \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi who served in a number of important posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. In 1710, he was adopted by Yonekura Masateru, the \"daimyō\" of Minagawa Domain in Shimotsuke Province, and succeeded to the head of the Yonekura clan and daimyo of Minagawa two years later. On September 1, 1716, he was received in a formal audience by Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune. On July 27, 1722, he transferred the seat", "id": "9479884" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\nit was essential that Tokyo host the 1940 Olympics, as the date coincided with the Japanese 2600th Anniversary celebrations. He was forced to resign after a police sweep rounded up 6900 suspected communists in Tokyo. Nagata subsequently served in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. From March 9, 1936 to February 2, 1937, Nagata was appointed Minister of Colonial Affairs under the Kōki administration. He returned to the cabinet as Railway Minister under the Abe administration from November 29, 1939, to January 14, 1940. Nagata", "id": "15430221" }, { "contents": "Kijūrō Shidehara\n\n\nhe was named ambassador to the United States and was Japan's leading negotiator during the Washington Naval Conference. His negotiations led to the return of Shandong Province to China. However, while he was ambassador, the United States enacted discriminatory immigration laws against Japanese, which created much ill will in Japan. Shidehara was elevated to the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1920, and appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in 1925. In 1924, Shidehara became Minister of", "id": "9069195" }, { "contents": "Sōma clan\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. During the Boshin War of 1868–69, the Sōma clan fought on the site of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, supporting the Tokugawa regime. After Meiji Restoration, the head of the Sōma clan became part of the \"kazoku\" peerage, with Sōma Aritane receiving the title of \"shishaku\" (Viscount). Sōma Morotsune was the younger son of Chiba Tsunetane, and with his father was a samurai in the service of Minamoto no Yoritomo. He took his name from the Sōma Mikuriya, a \"shōen\" controlled", "id": "7506834" }, { "contents": "Matsumoto Kazu\n\n\nMatsumoto was born in Edo (now Tokyo) as the younger son of a direct retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. He graduated in 1880 from the 7th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, ranked 19 out of 30 cadets. He served on a number of ships in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, including the corvettes , , , and . Promoted to lieutenant in 1886, he graduated from the first class of the Naval Staff College in 1888. He was the chief navigator on the cruiser in 1891–1892 on its year-", "id": "8947678" }, { "contents": "Mito Domain\n\n\nof the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as \"daimyō\" in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the gosanke. Although the Mito branch held less land and wealth than either of the other two branches, they maintained considerable influence throughout the Edo period. The domain's promiximity to the \"de", "id": "290529" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nAtsuyoshi's son Tokugawa Kuniyuki was 11 years old at that time, and became the 13th head of the Mito Tokugawa under Akitake's tutelage. However, Akitake subsequently had a son, Tokugawa Takesada, who was born to a concubine in 1888. Takesada was made a viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1892 and founded the separate Matsudo Tokugawa line. In 1903, Tokugawa Akitake was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class. He died at Koumetei mansion in 1910. \"", "id": "17914481" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nand was raised by Tenshō-in and Kazu-no-Miya Chikako. In 1868 he was sent to Kyoto by his mother, Kazu-no-Miya Chikako and met with Emperor Meiji. He married the daughter of Konoe Tadafusa, Konoe Hiroko, who bore him Iemasa Tokugawa, the seventeenth Tokugawa family head, Yasuko Tokugawa, who married Nobusuke Takatsukasa and bore him Toshimichi Takatsukasa, Ryōko Tokugawa, and Toshiko Tokugawa. In 1877, Iesato was sent to Eton College in Great Britain to study. He returned to Japan", "id": "11796152" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\nthis, almost immediately after Hideyoshi's death, war broke out between Hideyori's allies and those loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu, a \"daimyō\" and a former ally of Hideyoshi. Tokugawa Ieyasu won a decisive victory at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, ushering in 268 uninterrupted years of rule by the Tokugawa clan. The Edo period was characterized by relative peace and stability under the tight control of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled from the eastern city of Edo (modern Tokyo). In 1603, Emperor Go-Yōzei declared", "id": "3250534" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nKorean Empire was annexed in 1910, the House of Yi was mediatized as an incorporated and therefore subordinate kingship (王). Excluding the Tokugawas, the initial \"kazoku\" rank distribution for the former \"daimyō\" lords depended on rice revenue: those with 150,000 \"koku\" or more became marquesses, those with 50,000 \"koku\" or more become counts, and those with holdings rated below 50,000 \"koku\" became viscounts. The head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Iesato, became a prince, the heads of primary", "id": "2052551" }, { "contents": "Gosanke\n\n\nThe , also called simply , or even , were the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan: Owari House of Tokugawa, Kii House of Tokugawa, and Mito House of Tokugawa, all of which were descended from clan founder Tokugawa Ieyasu's three youngest sons, Yoshinao, Yorinobu, and Yorifusa, and were allowed to provide a shōgun in case of need. In the Edo period the term \"gosanke\" could also refer to various other combinations of Tokugawa houses, including (1) the shogunal, Owari", "id": "17630062" }, { "contents": "Hirohide Fushimi\n\n\nBorn as , the 4th son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, he was the younger brother of Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, Prince Kachō Hirotada and Marquis Kachō Hironobu. In October 1932, he served as a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. On 1 April 1936, by order of Emperor Hirohito, he was allowed to establish his own household after renouncing his imperial title, and was created a count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. The same year, he married Tomoko Yanagisawa", "id": "230990" }, { "contents": "Sano Tsunetami\n\n\nduring the 1st Matsukata administration, he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. In 1895, Sano was elevated to the title of count (\"hakushaku\"). On his death at his home in Tokyo in 1902, he was posthumously awarded with the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class with Paulownia Blossoms). His grave is at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo. In 1939, the Japanese government issued a series of four commemorative postage stamps honoring the 75th anniversary of the Red Cross Treaty. A portrait of Sano", "id": "7051581" }, { "contents": "Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu\n\n\nsucceeded to title Kachō-no-miya on April 23, 1883, upon which he changed his name from \"Narukata\" to \"Hiroyasu,\" but returned to the house of Fushimi-no-miya on January 16, 1904. On January 9, 1896, Prince Hiroyasu married Tokugawa Tsuneko (1882–1939), the ninth daughter of Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japan's last \"shōgun\", with whom he had six children: Prince Hiroyasu entered the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy on 5 April 1886, but resigned in September", "id": "3864370" }, { "contents": "Mizoguchi clan\n\n\nas part of the guard of Nagoya Castle. In 1598, he was transferred to Shibata and his \"kokudaka\" was increased to 60,000 \"koku\". Following the Battle of Sekigahara, he was confirmed in his holdings by the Tokugawa shogunate. The Mizoguchi ruled Shibata as \"tozama daimyō\" until the Meiji restoration. After the abolition of the han system in 1871, the final \"daimyō\" of Shibata, Mizoguchi Naomasa relocated to Tokyo and received the \"kazoku\" peerage title of \"hakushaku\" (Count) in", "id": "19300691" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Norinaga\n\n\nMatsudaira Norinaga was the eldest son of Matsudaira Ienori, a Sengoku period samurai and daimyō of Iwamura Domain in Mino Province under the early Tokugawa shogunate. On the death of his father in 1614, he was confirmed as head of the Ogyū-Matsdaira clan and the same year accompanied the forces of \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada at the Siege of Osaka. In 1634, he was transferred to Hamamatsu Domain in Tōtōmi Province with an increase in revenues from 20,000 to 36,000 \"koku\". In 1642, Matsudaira Norinaga was promoted to", "id": "3314701" }, { "contents": "Canada–Japan relations\n\n\nway to deal with the Japanese question is to have our own Minister in Japan to visa passports.\" As a context, it is worth noting that Japan's consulate in Vancouver was established in 1889, 40 years before its embassy was opened in Ottawa in 1929. The first Japanese Minister in Canada was Prince Iemasa Tokugawa, serving from 1929 to 1934. The first Canadian Minister in Japan was Sir Herbert Marler, serving from 1929 to 1936. Diplomatic ties were severed in 1941 with the start of the Pacific War. During", "id": "15989893" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Ienari\n\n\nTokugawa Ienari (, November 18, 1773 – March 22, 1841) was the eleventh and longest-serving \"shōgun\" of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1787 to 1837. He was a great-grandson of the eighth shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune through his son Munetada (1721–1764), head of the Hitotsubashi branch of the family, and his grandson Harusada (1751–1827). Ienari died in 1841 and was given the Buddhist name Bunkyouin and buried at Kan'ei-ji. In 1778, the four-year", "id": "12177738" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nin more broad terms, the period begins with Oda Nobunaga's entry into Kyoto in 1568, when he led his army to the imperial capital in order to install Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the 15th, and ultimately final, shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, and it lasts until the coming to power of Tokugawa Ieyasu after his victory over supporters of the Toyotomi clan at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. The Edo period from 1600 to 1868 characterized early modern Japan. The Tokugawa shogunate was a feudalist regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu", "id": "9974550" }, { "contents": "Kaga Domain\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. The location of the main Edo residence of the \"daimyō\" of the Kaga Domain is now the site of the Hongō campus of the University of Tokyo. Maeda Toshiie was a distinguished military commander, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and a close friend of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. A member of the Council of Five Elders who ruled Japan during the Sengoku period, he was granted the Kaga Domain in 1583. His eldest son, Maeda Toshinaga, supported Tokugawa Ieyasu in his rise to power and was rewarded by an increase", "id": "6571560" }, { "contents": "Inoue Masamoto\n\n\nInoue Masamoto was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain, Inoue Masasada. He became 8th head of the Mikawa-branch of Inoue clan and \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain on his father's death in 1786. He was awarded Lower 5th Court Rank and the courtesy title of \"Kawachi-no-kami\" soon afterwards. In 1802, Masamoto entered the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate as a \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) under \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Ienari. In 1816, while", "id": "4715826" }, { "contents": "March Incident\n\n\nexecute a coup d'état and seize power.br 3. A new Cabinet would be formed under the premiership of the then-War Minister, General Kazushige Ugaki. The project was underwritten by a 200,000-yen donation by Yoshichika Tokugawa, ultra-rightist member of the House of Peers, son of the last \"daimyō\" of Nagoya, founder of the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya and Emperor Shōwa's second cousin. Ultra-rightist civilian organizations led by Kanichiro Kamei and Shūmei Ōkawa fomented a commotion outside the Diet Building in Tokyo late in February", "id": "5593888" }, { "contents": "Nanbu Shigenao\n\n\nHowever, in April 1636, his \"sankin-kōtai\" procession arrived in Edo ten days late, which was a violation of the new \"Buke shohatto\" regulations issued by \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu, and he was declared unfit to govern, and sentenced to house arrest at the clan residence in Edo. After his death in Edo in 1664, the Tokugawa shogunate intervened, and by order of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna appointed his younger brother Shichinohe Shigenobu as the next \"daimyō\", with the son of Hotta Masamori reduced", "id": "4495846" }, { "contents": "Akira Tomii\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese diplomat. He was born as a son of Baron Masaaki Tomii, the president of Tokyo Imperial University of Legal and a draft member of Japanese Civil Law. When he was young, his father hired Keita Gotō as Akira's home teacher. Akira Tomii graduated Tokyo Imperial University, and served as the Japanese Consul in Mukden, China, in 1915. From 1916 to 1924 served as consul in New York City, from 1924 to 1927 as consul in London, and from 1927 to 1933 as consul in", "id": "5339969" }, { "contents": "Maeda Toshisada\n\n\nand afterwards assumed his family’s seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. In 1922, he was appointed Communications Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Katō Tomosaburō. He subsequently served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kiyoura Keigo as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. He retired from public life in January 1944, and died in October of the same year. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasures, 1st class. Maeda studied poetry under Sasaki Nobutsuna. His daughter married post-war Foreign Minister", "id": "2257384" }, { "contents": "Hideo Kodama\n\n\nwas assigned to the Imperial General Headquarters and sent to the Liaodong Peninsula (under Japanese occupation), where he served as liaison between the civilian government in Tokyo and the Japanese general armies in Manchuria. Following the war, he returned to the Finance Ministry as head of the government's Tobacco Monopoly. He was later assigned to serve in the Japanese Government-General of Korea, as a secretary to the Privy Council, and as a member of the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 23 July 1906,", "id": "14284806" }, { "contents": "Prince Kuni Asaakira\n\n\nDomain. In 1921, he served for the customary term in the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 29 January 1929, he succeeded as head of the Kuni-no-miya house. Prince Kuni graduated from the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1921. He served as a midshipman on the cruiser and battleship . After his commissioning as ensign, he was assigned to the battleship , followed by battleships and . After his graduation from the Naval Staff College in 1925, he was assigned to", "id": "20710624" }, { "contents": "Saneatsu Mushanokōji\n\n\nJapanese ambassador to Nazi Germany, he traveled throughout Europe in 1936. In 1946, he was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. However, four months later he was purged from public office by the American Occupation authorities, due to his (1942), supporting the actions of the Japanese government in World War II. Mushanokōji made a literary comeback with his novel (1949–1950). He was awarded the Order of Culture in 1951, and became a member of the Japan Art Academy", "id": "5324629" }, { "contents": "Shizuoka (city)\n\n\nwhich he could influence \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada from behind the scenes. Subsequently, aside for brief periods, Sunpu was \"tenryō\" (territory under direct administration by the Shogunate), ruled by the , an appointed official based in Sunpu. In 1869, after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, the former shogunal line, headed by Tokugawa Iesato was sent to Sunpu and assigned the short-lived Sunpu Domain. The same year, Sunpu was renamed \"Shizuoka\". Shizuoka Domain became Shizuoka Prefecture with the abolition of", "id": "1359009" }, { "contents": "Ōta Dōkan\n\n\nlived in the same place. In the late 16th century, Dōkan's Edo Castle was chosen as the new home of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had been persuaded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to transfer the seat of his clan holdings into the Kantō. With the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in the early 17th century, Edo Castle became the center of the shogunate government. When the shogunate was displaced in the Meiji Restoration in the late 19th century, the newly named Tokyo became an Imperial capital with an Imperial Palace rising from the former shōgun", "id": "9984404" }, { "contents": "Prince Kaya Tsunenori\n\n\n, was the second head of the Kaya-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. He was first cousin to Empress Kōjun (Nagako), the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). Prince Kaya Tsunenori was born in Tokyo, the first son of Prince Kaya Kuninori and his wife, the former Daigō Yoshiko. He received his primary and secondary education at the boys' department of the Gakushuin Peers’ School. On December 8, 1909, he became the second head of the Kaya-no-", "id": "9139501" }, { "contents": "Hachisuka Mochiaki\n\n\nto Great Britain and attended Oxford University, where he matriculated at Balliol College in 1874. After returning to Japan, he joined the government as Director of the Customs Bureau director in the Ministry of Finance and a member of \"Sanjiin\" (legislative advisory council). In 1882, Hachisuka was envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to France, and received the title of \"kōshaku\" (marquis) under the new \"kazoku\" peerage system. After returning to Japan, he served as a member of the House of Peers,", "id": "18933529" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nand ruled by the \"shōguns\" of the Tokugawa clan. The period gets its name from the capital city, Edo, now called Tokyo. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo Castle from 1603 until 1868, when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration in the late Edo period (often called the Late Tokugawa shogunate). In 1392, General Yi Seong-gye established the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) with a largely bloodless coup. Yi Seong-gye moved the capital of Korea to the location of modern-day Seoul", "id": "9974551" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Hirotada\n\n\nHe is best known for being the father of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Hirotada was the son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (7th head of Mikawa Matsudaira clan). He was known in his childhood as Senshōmaru, Senchiyo, and Jirōzaburō. After his father's assassination in 1537, Hirotada was placed under the protection of a loyal retainer, Abe Sadayoshi. He allied with the Imagawa, and with their help was installed at Okazaki castle. The alliance with them brought him into conflict with the Tokugawa clan. In", "id": "20973368" }, { "contents": "Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda\n\n\nPrince Takeda Tsuneyoshi was the only son of Prince Takeda Tsunehisa and Princess Masako, Princess Tsune (1888–1940), the sixth daughter of Emperor Meiji. He was, therefore, a first cousin of Emperor Shōwa. Prince Tsuneyoshi became the second head of the Takeda-no-miya house on 23 April 1919. After being educated at the Gakushūin Peers' School, and serving for a session in the House of Peers, he graduated from the 32nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in July 1930, and received a commission", "id": "4712175" }, { "contents": "Ishii Kikujirō\n\n\nViscount , was a Japanese diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan between 1915 and 1916. Ishii was born in Mobara city, Kazusa Province (present-day Chiba Prefecture). He graduated from the Law Department of Tokyo Imperial University and joined the Foreign Ministry. His first posting was as an attaché to Paris in 1891, and he was later sent to Chemulpo, Korea in 1896 and to Beijing, China in 1897.", "id": "19761626" }, { "contents": "Nagai Naoyuki\n\n\n, also known as or , was a Japanese hatamoto under the Tokugawa of Bakumatsu period Japan. His great-great-grandchild was Yukio Mishima. Naoyuki's adopted son, Iwanojō Nagai, was the father of Natsu, who was Mishima's grandmother. Iwanojō's real father was Nagasumi Miyoshi (Miyoshi clan) who was a Tokugawa retainer. Nagai Naoyuki, or as he was first known, , was born in the Nukada district of the Okutono Domain by a concubine to \"daimyō\" . Noritada, while head of a", "id": "5425993" }, { "contents": "Hidemaro Konoye\n\n\nViscount was a conductor and composer of classical music in Shōwa period Japan. He was the younger brother of pre-war Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoye was born in Kōjimachi, Tokyo as the younger son of Duke Konoe Atsumaro, scion of one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. The Konoe clan traditionally provided \"gagaku\" musicians to the Imperial Household, and Hidemaro chose to follow the family's musical tradition, whereas his older brother Fumimaro went into politics. Konoye attended the Gakushuin Peers School, where", "id": "22220081" }, { "contents": "Yoritake Matsudaira\n\n\n. After graduation from Waseda University, he worked for Toshiba. Now he is the president of . One of his hobbies is horseback riding, he is an amateur radio aficionado, and he gives lectures about the advantages of Scouting activities. Yoritake is a second cousin of the present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Tsunenari, as both are great-grandsons of Nabeshima Naohiro, the 11th and last \"daimyō\" of Saga. By virtue of his descent from the \"kuge\" Madenokōji family, he is also a sixth", "id": "1769206" }, { "contents": "Nabeshima Naoyoshi\n\n\nperiod of Naoyoshi's administration, and the prefecture's economic production was increased, particularly in the area of sugar production. In 1881, Naoyoshi was recalled to Tokyo, and became president of the \"Genrōin\". With the establishment of the \"kazoku\" peerage, he became a , and a member of the House of Peers on the establishment of the Diet of Japan in 1890. In his later years he helped build hospitals and schools in the region of Kashima, which he had once ruled, and was awarded Second", "id": "17536683" }, { "contents": "Obama Domain\n\n\nKawagoe Domain, before being the 1st Sakai \"daimyō\" of Obama Domain. He was the son of Sakai Tadatoshi, a hereditary retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He served Tokugawa Hidetada during the Siege of Ueda and later served Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who promoted him to \"rōjū\" in 1624. In 1634, he was transferred to Obama and completed the construction of Obama Castle. He retired from public life in 1656 and died in 1662. His grave is at the clan temple of Kuin-ji in Obama. was the", "id": "16508967" }, { "contents": "Edo period\n\n\nEmperor Kōmei died and was succeeded by his underaged son Emperor Meiji. Tokugawa Yoshinobu reluctantly became head of the Tokugawa house and \"shōgun\". He tried to reorganize the government under the emperor while preserving the \"shōgun\"s leadership role. Fearing the growing power of the Satsuma and Chōshū \"daimyō\", other \"daimyō\" called for returning the \"shōgun\"s political power to the emperor and a council of \"daimyō\" chaired by the former Tokugawa \"shōgun\". Yoshinobu accepted the plan in late 1867 and resigned, announcing an", "id": "3932378" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\n, was a politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan, twice as a cabinet minister, and also serving twice as mayor of Tokyo. Nagata was born in Mihara District, Hyōgo Prefecture, in what is now part of the city of Minamiawaji. After graduating from the predecessor of Kyoto Imperial University and serving as a school principal in Sumoto, Hyōgo from 1902 to 1904, he obtained a posting in the Home Ministry and rose to become", "id": "15430218" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Nagashige\n\n\n, also known as Sado-no-kami or Etchū-no-kami, was a Japanese samurai \"daimyō\" of the mid-Edo period. The Ogasawara were identified as one of the \"fudai\" or insider \"daimyō\" clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa, in contrast with the \"tozama\" or outsider clans. Nagashige served the Tokugawa shogunate as its eleventh Kyoto \"shoshidai\" in the period spanning October 17, 1691, through May 15, 1702. He had previously been shogunate", "id": "8758740" }, { "contents": "Jo Hyeong\n\n\nJo Hyeong (1606–1679) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty Korea in the 17th century. He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 6th Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. In 1655 King Hyojong of Joseon sent a mission to the shogunal court of Tokugawa Ietsuna. This diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for developing a political foundation for trade. The delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a \"Communication Envoy", "id": "5288304" }, { "contents": "Tsugaru clan\n\n\nwho took the name of (1872–1919) to be his heir. Hidemaru was educated in Germany, graduating from the University of Bonn, Humboldt University of Berlin and University of Geneva and after his return to Japan served in under the Japanese Resident-General of Korea from 1907-1914, and in the Ministry of the Imperial Household from 1914-1918. In 1918, he was appointed to the House of Peers. His son was (1907-1994), who was born as the second son of a branch of", "id": "10903481" }, { "contents": "Arima Ryōkitsu\n\n\nAdmiral was a career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy during Meiji and Taishō periods. Arima was a native of Wakayama, where his father was a senior \"samurai\" retainer of the Kishū Tokugawa clan, and an active supporter of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Although he came from such an unfavorable background, Arima was able to secure admission to the 12th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, after graduating from the forerunners of Doshisha University and Keio University with degrees in English language.", "id": "14930546" }, { "contents": "Mitsukuri Rinsho\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese statesman and legal scholar in Meiji period Japan. Mitsukuri was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo) to a noted family of scholars working for the Tokugawa bakufu. He studied \"rangaku\" and received a posting to the \"Bansho Shirabesho,\" the Shōgun's research institute for foreign technology. In 1867, he was selected to accompany the Shogunate's expedition to the Paris World Exposition, which proved to be an eye-opener. On his return to Japan, Mitsukuri joined the new Meiji government", "id": "19948939" }, { "contents": "Owari-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe , a branch of the Tokugawa clan, is the seniormost house of the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Originally descended from Tokugawa Yoshinao, the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the original line became extinct in 1800 with the death of the ninth lord and family head. It has since been kept in existence through repeated adoptions from the two remaining houses, and is currently headed by a member of the Kishu branch. For over 250 years, the Owari family ruled Owari Domain,", "id": "17810278" } ]

[ { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nJune 19, 1946, he served as the President of the House of Peers, a post which he held until May 2, 1947, when the Allied occupation authorities authorized the current Constitution of Japan abolishing the House of Peers. He died of heart disease at his home in Shibuya, Tokyo, on February 18, 1963, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class. His grave is located at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. He was succeeded as head of the Tokugawa clan", "id": "11961761" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince also known as Iyemasa, was a Japanese political figure of the Taishō and early Shōwa periods. He was the 17th hereditary head of the former shogunal branch of the Tokugawa clan and the final President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Iemasa Tokugawa was born in what is now the Sendagaya district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato and his wife, Konoe Hiroko, daughter of Konoe Tadafusa. He graduated from the law school of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909, and accepted a post in", "id": "11961759" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nthe diplomatic corps of Foreign Ministry the same year. In 1924, he was appointed Consul-general to the Japanese consulate in Sydney, Australia. In 1929, he was appointed Envoy to Canada and from 1937 to 1939 served as the Japanese ambassador to Turkey. In 1940, on the death of his father, he inherited the title of \"kōshaku\" (, \"prince\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and a seat as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On", "id": "11961760" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nin 1882, and was given the title of \"kōshaku\" (公爵, prince) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He became a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan from its creation in 1890, and served as President of the House of Peers from 1901-1933. When the administration of Prime Minister Yamamoto Gonnohyōe was brought down by the Siemens scandal, there was a strong movement to have Tokugawa Iesato nominated to be his successor. Following World War I, Iesato served on the Japanese", "id": "11796153" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince was the 13th head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan and the President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Kuniyuki Tokugawa inherited the title of \"shishaku\" (侯爵, marquis) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system on the death of his father, Tokugawa Atsuyoshi in 1898. A scholar, he turned his attention in 1906 to the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\", a comprehensive history of Japan begun by his ancestor, Tokugawa Mitsukuni in the 17th century. However, in 1910", "id": "13926670" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshinobu\n\n\n's photographs have been published in recent years by his great-grandson, Yoshitomo. In 1902, the Meiji Emperor allowed him to reestablish his own house as a Tokugawa branch (\"bekke\") with the highest rank in the peerage, that of prince (\"kōshaku\"), for his loyal service to Japan. He took a seat in the House of Peers, resigning in 1910. Tokugawa Yoshinobu died on November 21, 1913, at 4:10 pm and is buried in Yanaka Cemetery, Tokyo. On 9 January", "id": "12861306" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nCount was a Japanese political figure of the late Meiji through early Shōwa periods, and served as President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Yorinaga Matsudaira was the eighth son of Matsudaira Yoritoshi, the former \"daimyō\" of Matsuyama Domain in Shikoku. His mother, Chiyoko, was the daughter of Ii Naosuke and his wife was the daughter of Tokugawa Akitake, head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. He attended the Gakushūin Peer’s School, and with the sponsorship of Ōkuma Shigenobu, graduated from", "id": "14764736" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nthe law school of Waseda University. district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato. In 1909 he became a member of the House of Peers, and continued to serve as a member every year (except for a hiatus between 1911–1914) until his death. A strong supporter of education, he donated a large property in downtown Tokyo to create the Hongo Gakuin school. In 1933, he was made Vice-President of the House of Peers, breaking with the precedent that only men with the rank of princes", "id": "14764737" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\n, he was accepted into the 22nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and was commissioned as Second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army. He resigned his commission in 1914 citing health reasons, and went into the reserves in 1915. From December 1911, Kuniyuki Tokugawa served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\" in 1929, he was awarded the title of \"koshaku\" (公爵, prince). On June 25, 1940, he", "id": "13926671" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nPrince was the first head of the Tokugawa clan after the overthrow of the Tokugawa bakufu, and a figure in Japanese politics during the Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. Tokugawa Iesato was born to the Tayasu branch of the Tokugawa clan, under the name Kamenosuke, he became its 16th head, following the resignation of the last \"shōgun,\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu. His brothers were Tokugawa Satotaka and Tokugawa Takachiyo, who also held the Tayasu headship at different times. Iesato was also briefly the \"daimyō\" of the", "id": "11796150" }, { "contents": "Iwamura Michitoshi\n\n\n1896, Iwamura was awarded the title of viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure later the same year. He served as an advisor to Emperor Meiji, and was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers. He was also awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class on June 23, 1904. He died in Tokyo on February 12, 1915, and his grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo.", "id": "17814139" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nor marquis could service in the highest level positions. Four years later, when Fumimaro Konoe became Prime Minister of Japan, Yorinaga Matsudaira became the President of the House of Peers. He died while in office, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class with Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. His nephew Yorihiro Matsudaira succeeded him in his peerage. Yorinaga Matsudaira was also a noted collector of miniature bonsai, and served as honorary president of the Kofuku Bonsai Association. His", "id": "14764738" }, { "contents": "Prince Kachō Hirotada\n\n\nPrince Hirotada was the second son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu. His mother was Tokugawa Tsuneko, the 9th daughter of the last Tokugawa Shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He succeeded his father to the head of the Kachō-no-miya household when he was only 2 years old in 1904. Prince Kachō attended the Gakushuin Peers’ School. He entered the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1918, graduating 1st out of 176 cadets. Prince Kuni Asaakira was one of his classmates. He served his midshipman duty on the", "id": "17635064" }, { "contents": "Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu\n\n\nNovember 1942. From 1936 to 1945, he held various staff positions in the Naval General Staff Office in Tokyo. On 4 February 1930, Prince Takamatsu married Kikuko Tokugawa (26 December 1911 – 18 December 2004), the second daughter of Yoshihisa Tokugawa (peer). The bride was a granddaughter of Yoshinobu Tokugawa, the last Shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, and a granddaughter of the late Prince Arisugawa Takehito. Prince and Princess Takamatsu had no children. From the 1930s, Prince Takamatsu expressed grave reservations regarding Japanese aggression in", "id": "1048484" }, { "contents": "Francis Brinkley\n\n\n, covered Japanese history, fine arts and literature from the origins of the Japanese race up until the latter half of the Meiji period. In 1912, at the age of 71 and one month after General Nogi's death, Francis Brinkley died. At his funeral, the mourners included the Speaker of the House of Peers, Tokugawa Iesato, the Minister of the Navy Saitō Makoto, and the Foreign Minister Uchida Kosai. He is buried in the foreign section of the Aoyama Reien cemetery in central Tokyo. After his death Ernest", "id": "10262389" }, { "contents": "Enkichi Ōki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese statesman in the Taishō period. Ōki was born in Tokyo. His father, Ōki Takatō was one of the leaders in the Meiji Restoration, and served in numerous cabinet posts in the early Meiji government. In 1899, Enkichi succeeded to his father’s title of count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His political career began in 1908, when he was elected to the House of Peers. He initially supported the \"Kenkyūkai\", but soon switched his allegiance to the", "id": "2422914" }, { "contents": "Yoshitoshi Tokugawa\n\n\nLieutenant General Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and one of the pioneers of military aviation in Japan. Tokugawa Yoshitoshi was the son of Count Tokugawa Atsumori (1856–1924) (head of the Shimizu branch of the Tokugawa clan). Through his father, he was the grandnephew of the last shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. While his father had been created a count in 1884, he had relinquished the title in 1899. Yoshitoshi graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1903, after having specialized in military engineering. In", "id": "751688" }, { "contents": "Enomoto Takeaki\n\n\nViscount was a Japanese samurai and admiral of the Tokugawa navy of Bakumatsu-period Japan, who remained faithful to the Tokugawa shogunate and fought against the new Meiji government until the end of the Boshin War. He later served in the Meiji government as one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Enomoto was born as a member of a samurai family in the direct service of the Tokugawa clan in the Shitaya district of Edo (modern Taitō, Tokyo). Enomoto started learning Dutch in the 1850s, and after Japan's", "id": "12566973" }, { "contents": "Yamada Akiyoshi\n\n\ncount (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage on July 7, 1884, and served in the House of Peers (Japan) from its establishment in 1890. On January 28, 1892, he was appointed to a seat in the Privy Council of Japan but died in November of the same year at the age of 49, while inspecting the Ikuno Silver Mine in Asago, Hyōgo. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Buddhist temple of Gokoku-ji in", "id": "655166" }, { "contents": "International Martial Arts Federation\n\n\nwas appointed as the 5th President of IMAF. He served as the Japanese Ambassador to India and Deputy Foreign Minister. The current president of Kokusai Budoin, International Martial Arts Federation (IMAF) is Yasuhisa Tokugawa, the great-grandson of the 15th and final \"shōgun\" of Japan, Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837–1913). He was also the Chief Priest for the in Tokyo from 2013-2018. Note: In the mid 1980's IMAF-Europe split from IMAF Japan to create a current non-affiliated organization with a", "id": "8525267" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masami\n\n\nInaba Masami was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Tateyama Domain, Inaba Masamori. On his father’s death in 1820, he succeeded to the head of the Tateyama Inaba clan and the position of \"daimyō\" of Tateyama. In 1862, he was appointed as a \"Wakadoshiyori\" in the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate under \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemochi. He resigned the title in 1864, with instructions to strengthen Japan's naval defenses against the increasing aggressive incursions of foreign black ships, and supported Katsu", "id": "8052899" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Mochiaki\n\n\nabolition of the han system in 1871. In 1884, he became a Count (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He was awarded the Fourth class of the Order of the Rising Sun in 1885. In 1889, he inherited the title of Marquis (\"koshaku\") from his adopted father. He died in 1890. His son, Matsudaira Yasutaka (1867–1930) served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan and was author of a number of works on agricultural", "id": "4765039" }, { "contents": "Tsunenari Tokugawa\n\n\nHis son, Iehiro Tokugawa, is a translator. In 2007, Tsunenari published a book entitled \"Edo no idenshi\" (江戸の遺伝子), released in English in 2009 as \"The Edo Inheritance\", which seeks to counter the common belief among Japanese that the Edo period (throughout which members of his Tokugawa clan ruled Japan as \"shōguns\") was like a dark age, when Japan, cut off from the world, fell behind. On the contrary, he argues, the roughly 250 years of peace and relative", "id": "11961777" }, { "contents": "Matsui Keishirō\n\n\nto Japan in 1913. During the First World War, served as Japanese Ambassador to France and was a plenipotentiary at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. On the successful completion of this mission, he was awarded with the title of baron (\"danshaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He served as Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 7 to June 11, 1924, under the administration of Kiyoura Keigo and was also appointed a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He later served", "id": "9380810" }, { "contents": "Konoe Tadafusa\n\n\n, son of regent Tadahiro with his wife Shimazu Kyoko, was a \"kugyō\" or Japanese court noble of the late Edo period (1603–1868). He did not hold any regent position kampaku or sesshō. His consort was Shimazu Mitsuko, an adopted daughter of Shimazu Nariakira, eleventh head of Satsuma Domain. The couple had a daughter, Konoe Hiroko, who later married Tokugawa Iesato, the sixteenth head of Tokugawa family and bore him Tokugawa Iemasa, the seventeenth head of the Tokugawa clan. He adopted a son of Konoe", "id": "20767712" }, { "contents": "Tenshō-in\n\n\nShe spent her remaining years nurturing Tokugawa Iesato, the 16th head of the Tokugawa clan. She moved into the Tokugawa residence in Sendagaya, in the Shibuya district, Tokyo. She suffered from Parkinson's disease which eventually took her life on November 20th, 1883, at the age of 47. She was buried in Kaneiji in Ueno, Tokyo, together with her husband, Onkyoin (Iesada). Beside Onkyoin and Tenshoin tombs, There is loquat tree planted there as it was Tenshoin's favorite food. The 2008 NHK Taiga", "id": "241772" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshimune\n\n\nYoshimune was not the son of any former \"shōgun\". Rather, he was a member of a cadet branch of the Tokugawa clan. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, well aware of the extinction of the Minamoto line in 1219, had realized that his direct descendants might die out, leaving the Tokugawa family at risk of extinction. Thus, while his son Tokugawa Hidetada was the second \"shōgun\", he selected three other sons to establish the \"gosanke,\" hereditary houses which would provide a", "id": "16258375" }, { "contents": "Kitasato Shibasaburō\n\n\nonki Corporation, with the intention of manufacturing the most reliable clinical thermometer possible. The company was later renamed Terumo Corporation. Kitasato also was the first dean of medicine at Keio University, first president of the Japan Medical Association, and served on the House of Peers. He was ennobled with the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system in February 1924. Kitasato died of an intracranial hemorrhage at his home in Azabu, Tokyo, on June 13, 1931. His grave is at the", "id": "11568829" }, { "contents": "Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa\n\n\nPrince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa was the only son of Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa and Fusako, Princess Kane. He succeeded as the head of the Kitashirakawa-no-miya house upon his father's unexpected death in an automobile accident in France in 1923. On 25 April 1935, Prince Nagahisa married Sachiko Tokugawa, born , died , the daughter of Baron Yoshikuni Tokugawa. Prince and Princess Kitashirakawa Nagahisa had one son and one daughter: Prince Nagahisa graduated from the 43rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1931, and was commissioned a sub", "id": "8171688" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nbrother Tokugawa Yoshiatsu and ordering him to assume the post of \"daimyō\" to assure the stability of Mito Domain. He departed from Marseille in December 1868. Tokugawa Akitake succeeded Tokugawa Yoshiatsu to become the 11th head of the Mito Tokugawa clan on his return to Japan. However, the title of \"daimyō\" was officially abolished in 1869, and he continued at Mito as domain governor. His request for land development in Hokkaido to resettle ex-samurai from the domain was granted on August 17, 1869, and he was", "id": "17914477" }, { "contents": "Sōma Nakamura Domain\n\n\nyounger brother Masatane. was the 5th \"daimyō\" of Sōma-Nakamura Domain and the 21st hereditary chieftain of the Sōma clan. As his older brother Sadatane had died without heir, he was posthumously appointed successor. He was received in formal audience to Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna and received the courtesy title of \"Danjō-shōhitsu\". From 1689-1690 he served as a \"sobayōnin\" to Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. He retired from public life in February 1701, living in rural seclusion to his death at the age of 68", "id": "4010353" }, { "contents": "Aizu\n\n\nof only 15. He was succeeded by the eighth lord Katataka, who was a sixth cousin (twice removed) and a member of the Takasu cadet branch of the Mito collateral line. He died without heirs in 1852 and was succeeded by his grandnephew, the famous Katamori, whose descendants have since headed the family. The present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tsunenari, is also from the Aizu lineage. In the house code set down by Masayuki, there was a specific injunction to serve the shogun with single-minded", "id": "17967555" }, { "contents": "Arai Hakuseki\n\n\nshogun Tokugawa Ienobu. He went on to displace the official Hayashi advisers to become the leading confucianist for Ienobu and Tokugawa Ietsugu. While some of Hakuseki's policies were still carried out after Ienobu's death, after the 6th shogun, Tokugawa Ietsugu, died and Tokugawa Yoshimune's rule began, Hakuseki left his post to begin his career as a prolific writer of Japanese history and Occidental studies. He was buried in Asakusa (current day Taitō, Tokyo), Hoonji temple but was later moved to Nakano, Tokyo, Kotokuji temple", "id": "12566945" }, { "contents": "Tsuruga Domain\n\n\nin the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. His courtesy title was \"Ukyō-no-suke\". His wife was the daughter of Doi Toshifusa of Ōno Domain. He died in 1706 and his grave is at the temple of Seisho-ji in Atago, Tokyo. was the 2nd \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga Domain in Echizen Province under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. Tadakiku was the eldest son of Sakai Tadashige. He became \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga on the death of his father in 1706. He was an \"", "id": "2398354" }, { "contents": "Mito-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe is a branch of the Tokugawa clan based in Mito, Ibaraki. Following the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as daimyō in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Although the Mito branch held less land", "id": "18026528" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\n. After Hideyoshi's death in 1598, Tokugawa Ieyasu came to power and was appointed \"shōgun\" by the Emperor. The Tokugawa shogunate, which governed from Edo (modern Tokyo), presided over a prosperous and peaceful era known as the Edo period (1600–1868). The Tokugawa shogunate imposed a strict class system on Japanese society and cut off almost all contact with the outside world. Portugal and Japan started their first affiliation in 1543, making the Portuguese the first Europeans to reach Japan by landing in the southern archipelago of", "id": "3250463" }, { "contents": "Tadaatsu Ishiguro\n\n\n, citing illness. His father died the same year, and per the provisions of his father’s will, he did not inherit the kazoku peerage title of viscount held by his father. In January 1943, he was granted a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. In 1945, he returned to the cabinet as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce under the Suzuki administration. In 1946, after the surrender of Japan, as with all members of the prewar and wartime Japanese government, Ishiguro was purged by", "id": "9448122" }, { "contents": "Ōkuma Shigenobu\n\n\nof the Diet of Japan until 1922. He was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum in 1916, and was elevated to the title of \"kōshaku\" (侯爵) (marquis) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system the same year. Ōkuma returned to Waseda, and died there in 1922. An estimated 300,000 people attended his funeral in Tokyo's Hibiya Park. He was posthumously elevated to the rank of prince in the peerage and was also posthumously conferred with the Collar of the Order of the", "id": "9013378" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nTokugawa branch houses (\"shinpan daimyō\") became marquesses, the heads of the secondary branches became counts and the heads of more distant branches became viscounts. The head of the Matsudaira (Fukui Domain) branch was raised to the rank of marquess from the rank of count in 1888. In 1902, the former \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu was created a prince, and the head of the Mito \"shinpan\" house was raised to the same rank, prince, in 1929. Of the other former \"daimyō\" clans", "id": "2052552" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Naganari\n\n\nViscount was an Admiral and naval strategist in the Imperial Japanese Navy in Meiji and Taishō period Japan, and a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. He was also known as Ogasawara Chōsei, Ogasawara Nagayo. Ogasawara was born in Saga prefecture. His father was the Rōjū Ogasawara Nagamichi, a senior retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. As his father was forced into retirement by the events of the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Ogasawara Naganari succeeded his grandfather to become head of the Ogasawara clan in 1873, and as", "id": "15329213" }, { "contents": "Katō Takaaki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese politician, diplomat, and the 14th Prime Minister of Japan, a position he held from 11 June 1924 until his death on 28 January 1926, during the period which historians have called \"Taishō Democracy\". He was also known as Katō Kōmei. Katō, was born as Hattori Sokichi, the second son of a former \"samurai\" retainer of the Owari Tokugawa domain in Nagoya, Owari Province, in the town of Saya, Ama District in what is now part of the city of Aisai,", "id": "9068839" }, { "contents": "Kawasaki Takukichi\n\n\n. Under his administration, the Yagoto Baseball Ground was built, and the first Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament was held in 1924. Later in 1924, Kawasaki was recalled to Tokyo to assume the post of Director-General of the National Police Agency under the Home Ministry. He became Deputy Home Minister in 1925. In 1926, he was invited to take a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He was recruited by Osachi Hamaguchi and Wakatsuki Reijirō to join the \"Kenseikai\" political party,", "id": "22092779" }, { "contents": "Masuda Takashi\n\n\nBaron , was a Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector. He was a prominent entrepreneur in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan, responsible for transforming Mitsui into a \"zaibatsu\" through the creation of a general trading company, Mitsui Bussan. He also established a newspaper, the , which was later renamed the \"Nihon Keizai Shimbun\". Masuda was born on Sado Island, in what is now Niigata Prefecture. His father was an official in the Tokugawa shogunate, serving as Hakodate bugyō, a position which", "id": "13847203" }, { "contents": "Suwa Tadamasa\n\n\nthe Shiba Tōshō-gū, a Shinto Shrine dedicated to the previous Shoguns of the Tokugawa clan in Tokyo. After the death of Suwa Tadaaya in 1878, he resumed his position as chieftain of the Suwa clan. he was reappointed \"kannushi\" of the Shiba Tōshō-gū from 1882 to 1889. In 1884 he became a viscount (\"shisaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His court rank was increased to Senior Fourth Rank in 1887. From 1891 to 1895, he returned to Suwa and became", "id": "12726550" }, { "contents": "Ōkubo Tadanori\n\n\nŌkubo Tadanori was the nephew of Tokugawa Nariaki, which made him a cousin to Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He was born as the 5th son of Matsudaira Yorihiro, daimyō of Takamatsu Domain, in Sanuki Province. On the death of former daimyō of Odawara, Ōkubo Tadanao in 1859 he was adopted into the Ōkubo clan as 11th clan head, and by default, daimyō of Odawara Domain. He served in a number of posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate, including that of \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) in", "id": "1881957" }, { "contents": "Kinichiro Ishikawa\n\n\nIshikawa Kinichiro, a watercolor painter and champion of Taiwanese Western art education, was born in Shizuoka City, Japan. His father was a former official of the Tokugawa government during the bakumatsu (late Tokugawa Shogunate). He was infatuated with painting from a very early age, but his father did not approve of his artistic pursuits. In 1888, he entered the Tokyo Telecommunications School of the Ministry of Communications. In order to sustain his interest in painting, aside from using prints of English works to engage in self-study", "id": "7410092" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masanori\n\n\nInaba Masanori was the second son of the previous daimyō of Odawara, Inaba Masakatsu. As his mother died when he was still very young, he was raised by his grandmother, Kasuga no Tsubone, the wet nurse to \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu. On the death of his father in 1634, he became head of the Inaba clan, and inherited his father’s position as daimyō of Odawara. Due to the influence of his grandmother, he rose rapidly through the hierarchy of the Tokugawa shogunate and was appointed \"Rōjū\"", "id": "1882506" }, { "contents": "Pak Yung-hio\n\n\nfled to exile in Japan, where he remained until 1907. On his return, he accepted the post of Royal Household Minister under Ye Wanyong. Following the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, in which Korea was annexed to the Empire of Japan, Park was awarded with the \"kazoku\" title of marquess (\"koshaku\") in the Japanese peerage, and a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Director of the Bank of Chosen in 1918, Chairman of the Korean Economic", "id": "5961340" }, { "contents": "Fumio Gotō\n\n\nBorn in Ōita Prefecture, Gotō was a graduate of the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909. During his early career in the 1920s, he worked in the Home Ministry, and was Director of Administration within the office of the Governor-General of Taiwan. In the 1930s, Gotō was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries between 1932 and 1934 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Makoto Saitō, and was later Home Minister", "id": "15188268" }, { "contents": "Konoe Atsumaro\n\n\nDuke was a Japanese politician and journalist of the Meiji era. He served as the 3rd President of the House of Peers and 7th President of the Gakushūin Peer's School in Meiji period Japan. He was also the father of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoe was born in Kyoto as the heir to the highly ranked Konoe family of Court nobility, one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. His father Konoe Tadafusa died when he was young, so he was raised by his grandfather Konoe Tadahiro. His mother was", "id": "1475111" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nassigned lands in Tomamae-gun, Teshio-gun, Kamikawa-gun, Nakagawa-gun in Teshio no kuni along with Rishiri-gun in Kitami no kuni. With the abolition of the han system in 1871, he was required by the government to leave in Mito and to live in Tokyo. He relocated to the former \"shimoyashiki\" secondary residence of the Mito Clan located in Mukōjima. Tokugawa Akitake was appointed a second lieutenant in Imperial Japanese Army in 1875, and served as an instructor during the early days of", "id": "17914478" }, { "contents": "Yonekura Tadasuke\n\n\nYonekura Tadasuke was the sixth son of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, a favorite of \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi who served in a number of important posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. In 1710, he was adopted by Yonekura Masateru, the \"daimyō\" of Minagawa Domain in Shimotsuke Province, and succeeded to the head of the Yonekura clan and daimyo of Minagawa two years later. On September 1, 1716, he was received in a formal audience by Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune. On July 27, 1722, he transferred the seat", "id": "9479884" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\nit was essential that Tokyo host the 1940 Olympics, as the date coincided with the Japanese 2600th Anniversary celebrations. He was forced to resign after a police sweep rounded up 6900 suspected communists in Tokyo. Nagata subsequently served in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. From March 9, 1936 to February 2, 1937, Nagata was appointed Minister of Colonial Affairs under the Kōki administration. He returned to the cabinet as Railway Minister under the Abe administration from November 29, 1939, to January 14, 1940. Nagata", "id": "15430221" }, { "contents": "Kijūrō Shidehara\n\n\nhe was named ambassador to the United States and was Japan's leading negotiator during the Washington Naval Conference. His negotiations led to the return of Shandong Province to China. However, while he was ambassador, the United States enacted discriminatory immigration laws against Japanese, which created much ill will in Japan. Shidehara was elevated to the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1920, and appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in 1925. In 1924, Shidehara became Minister of", "id": "9069195" }, { "contents": "Sōma clan\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. During the Boshin War of 1868–69, the Sōma clan fought on the site of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, supporting the Tokugawa regime. After Meiji Restoration, the head of the Sōma clan became part of the \"kazoku\" peerage, with Sōma Aritane receiving the title of \"shishaku\" (Viscount). Sōma Morotsune was the younger son of Chiba Tsunetane, and with his father was a samurai in the service of Minamoto no Yoritomo. He took his name from the Sōma Mikuriya, a \"shōen\" controlled", "id": "7506834" }, { "contents": "Matsumoto Kazu\n\n\nMatsumoto was born in Edo (now Tokyo) as the younger son of a direct retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. He graduated in 1880 from the 7th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, ranked 19 out of 30 cadets. He served on a number of ships in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, including the corvettes , , , and . Promoted to lieutenant in 1886, he graduated from the first class of the Naval Staff College in 1888. He was the chief navigator on the cruiser in 1891–1892 on its year-", "id": "8947678" }, { "contents": "Mito Domain\n\n\nof the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as \"daimyō\" in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the gosanke. Although the Mito branch held less land and wealth than either of the other two branches, they maintained considerable influence throughout the Edo period. The domain's promiximity to the \"de", "id": "290529" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nAtsuyoshi's son Tokugawa Kuniyuki was 11 years old at that time, and became the 13th head of the Mito Tokugawa under Akitake's tutelage. However, Akitake subsequently had a son, Tokugawa Takesada, who was born to a concubine in 1888. Takesada was made a viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1892 and founded the separate Matsudo Tokugawa line. In 1903, Tokugawa Akitake was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class. He died at Koumetei mansion in 1910. \"", "id": "17914481" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nand was raised by Tenshō-in and Kazu-no-Miya Chikako. In 1868 he was sent to Kyoto by his mother, Kazu-no-Miya Chikako and met with Emperor Meiji. He married the daughter of Konoe Tadafusa, Konoe Hiroko, who bore him Iemasa Tokugawa, the seventeenth Tokugawa family head, Yasuko Tokugawa, who married Nobusuke Takatsukasa and bore him Toshimichi Takatsukasa, Ryōko Tokugawa, and Toshiko Tokugawa. In 1877, Iesato was sent to Eton College in Great Britain to study. He returned to Japan", "id": "11796152" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\nthis, almost immediately after Hideyoshi's death, war broke out between Hideyori's allies and those loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu, a \"daimyō\" and a former ally of Hideyoshi. Tokugawa Ieyasu won a decisive victory at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, ushering in 268 uninterrupted years of rule by the Tokugawa clan. The Edo period was characterized by relative peace and stability under the tight control of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled from the eastern city of Edo (modern Tokyo). In 1603, Emperor Go-Yōzei declared", "id": "3250534" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nKorean Empire was annexed in 1910, the House of Yi was mediatized as an incorporated and therefore subordinate kingship (王). Excluding the Tokugawas, the initial \"kazoku\" rank distribution for the former \"daimyō\" lords depended on rice revenue: those with 150,000 \"koku\" or more became marquesses, those with 50,000 \"koku\" or more become counts, and those with holdings rated below 50,000 \"koku\" became viscounts. The head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Iesato, became a prince, the heads of primary", "id": "2052551" }, { "contents": "Gosanke\n\n\nThe , also called simply , or even , were the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan: Owari House of Tokugawa, Kii House of Tokugawa, and Mito House of Tokugawa, all of which were descended from clan founder Tokugawa Ieyasu's three youngest sons, Yoshinao, Yorinobu, and Yorifusa, and were allowed to provide a shōgun in case of need. In the Edo period the term \"gosanke\" could also refer to various other combinations of Tokugawa houses, including (1) the shogunal, Owari", "id": "17630062" }, { "contents": "Hirohide Fushimi\n\n\nBorn as , the 4th son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, he was the younger brother of Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, Prince Kachō Hirotada and Marquis Kachō Hironobu. In October 1932, he served as a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. On 1 April 1936, by order of Emperor Hirohito, he was allowed to establish his own household after renouncing his imperial title, and was created a count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. The same year, he married Tomoko Yanagisawa", "id": "230990" }, { "contents": "Sano Tsunetami\n\n\nduring the 1st Matsukata administration, he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. In 1895, Sano was elevated to the title of count (\"hakushaku\"). On his death at his home in Tokyo in 1902, he was posthumously awarded with the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class with Paulownia Blossoms). His grave is at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo. In 1939, the Japanese government issued a series of four commemorative postage stamps honoring the 75th anniversary of the Red Cross Treaty. A portrait of Sano", "id": "7051581" }, { "contents": "Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu\n\n\nsucceeded to title Kachō-no-miya on April 23, 1883, upon which he changed his name from \"Narukata\" to \"Hiroyasu,\" but returned to the house of Fushimi-no-miya on January 16, 1904. On January 9, 1896, Prince Hiroyasu married Tokugawa Tsuneko (1882–1939), the ninth daughter of Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japan's last \"shōgun\", with whom he had six children: Prince Hiroyasu entered the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy on 5 April 1886, but resigned in September", "id": "3864370" }, { "contents": "Mizoguchi clan\n\n\nas part of the guard of Nagoya Castle. In 1598, he was transferred to Shibata and his \"kokudaka\" was increased to 60,000 \"koku\". Following the Battle of Sekigahara, he was confirmed in his holdings by the Tokugawa shogunate. The Mizoguchi ruled Shibata as \"tozama daimyō\" until the Meiji restoration. After the abolition of the han system in 1871, the final \"daimyō\" of Shibata, Mizoguchi Naomasa relocated to Tokyo and received the \"kazoku\" peerage title of \"hakushaku\" (Count) in", "id": "19300691" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Norinaga\n\n\nMatsudaira Norinaga was the eldest son of Matsudaira Ienori, a Sengoku period samurai and daimyō of Iwamura Domain in Mino Province under the early Tokugawa shogunate. On the death of his father in 1614, he was confirmed as head of the Ogyū-Matsdaira clan and the same year accompanied the forces of \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada at the Siege of Osaka. In 1634, he was transferred to Hamamatsu Domain in Tōtōmi Province with an increase in revenues from 20,000 to 36,000 \"koku\". In 1642, Matsudaira Norinaga was promoted to", "id": "3314701" }, { "contents": "Canada–Japan relations\n\n\nway to deal with the Japanese question is to have our own Minister in Japan to visa passports.\" As a context, it is worth noting that Japan's consulate in Vancouver was established in 1889, 40 years before its embassy was opened in Ottawa in 1929. The first Japanese Minister in Canada was Prince Iemasa Tokugawa, serving from 1929 to 1934. The first Canadian Minister in Japan was Sir Herbert Marler, serving from 1929 to 1936. Diplomatic ties were severed in 1941 with the start of the Pacific War. During", "id": "15989893" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Ienari\n\n\nTokugawa Ienari (, November 18, 1773 – March 22, 1841) was the eleventh and longest-serving \"shōgun\" of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1787 to 1837. He was a great-grandson of the eighth shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune through his son Munetada (1721–1764), head of the Hitotsubashi branch of the family, and his grandson Harusada (1751–1827). Ienari died in 1841 and was given the Buddhist name Bunkyouin and buried at Kan'ei-ji. In 1778, the four-year", "id": "12177738" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nin more broad terms, the period begins with Oda Nobunaga's entry into Kyoto in 1568, when he led his army to the imperial capital in order to install Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the 15th, and ultimately final, shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, and it lasts until the coming to power of Tokugawa Ieyasu after his victory over supporters of the Toyotomi clan at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. The Edo period from 1600 to 1868 characterized early modern Japan. The Tokugawa shogunate was a feudalist regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu", "id": "9974550" }, { "contents": "Kaga Domain\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. The location of the main Edo residence of the \"daimyō\" of the Kaga Domain is now the site of the Hongō campus of the University of Tokyo. Maeda Toshiie was a distinguished military commander, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and a close friend of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. A member of the Council of Five Elders who ruled Japan during the Sengoku period, he was granted the Kaga Domain in 1583. His eldest son, Maeda Toshinaga, supported Tokugawa Ieyasu in his rise to power and was rewarded by an increase", "id": "6571560" }, { "contents": "Inoue Masamoto\n\n\nInoue Masamoto was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain, Inoue Masasada. He became 8th head of the Mikawa-branch of Inoue clan and \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain on his father's death in 1786. He was awarded Lower 5th Court Rank and the courtesy title of \"Kawachi-no-kami\" soon afterwards. In 1802, Masamoto entered the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate as a \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) under \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Ienari. In 1816, while", "id": "4715826" }, { "contents": "March Incident\n\n\nexecute a coup d'état and seize power.br 3. A new Cabinet would be formed under the premiership of the then-War Minister, General Kazushige Ugaki. The project was underwritten by a 200,000-yen donation by Yoshichika Tokugawa, ultra-rightist member of the House of Peers, son of the last \"daimyō\" of Nagoya, founder of the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya and Emperor Shōwa's second cousin. Ultra-rightist civilian organizations led by Kanichiro Kamei and Shūmei Ōkawa fomented a commotion outside the Diet Building in Tokyo late in February", "id": "5593888" }, { "contents": "Nanbu Shigenao\n\n\nHowever, in April 1636, his \"sankin-kōtai\" procession arrived in Edo ten days late, which was a violation of the new \"Buke shohatto\" regulations issued by \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu, and he was declared unfit to govern, and sentenced to house arrest at the clan residence in Edo. After his death in Edo in 1664, the Tokugawa shogunate intervened, and by order of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna appointed his younger brother Shichinohe Shigenobu as the next \"daimyō\", with the son of Hotta Masamori reduced", "id": "4495846" }, { "contents": "Akira Tomii\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese diplomat. He was born as a son of Baron Masaaki Tomii, the president of Tokyo Imperial University of Legal and a draft member of Japanese Civil Law. When he was young, his father hired Keita Gotō as Akira's home teacher. Akira Tomii graduated Tokyo Imperial University, and served as the Japanese Consul in Mukden, China, in 1915. From 1916 to 1924 served as consul in New York City, from 1924 to 1927 as consul in London, and from 1927 to 1933 as consul in", "id": "5339969" }, { "contents": "Maeda Toshisada\n\n\nand afterwards assumed his family’s seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. In 1922, he was appointed Communications Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Katō Tomosaburō. He subsequently served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kiyoura Keigo as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. He retired from public life in January 1944, and died in October of the same year. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasures, 1st class. Maeda studied poetry under Sasaki Nobutsuna. His daughter married post-war Foreign Minister", "id": "2257384" }, { "contents": "Hideo Kodama\n\n\nwas assigned to the Imperial General Headquarters and sent to the Liaodong Peninsula (under Japanese occupation), where he served as liaison between the civilian government in Tokyo and the Japanese general armies in Manchuria. Following the war, he returned to the Finance Ministry as head of the government's Tobacco Monopoly. He was later assigned to serve in the Japanese Government-General of Korea, as a secretary to the Privy Council, and as a member of the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 23 July 1906,", "id": "14284806" }, { "contents": "Prince Kuni Asaakira\n\n\nDomain. In 1921, he served for the customary term in the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 29 January 1929, he succeeded as head of the Kuni-no-miya house. Prince Kuni graduated from the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1921. He served as a midshipman on the cruiser and battleship . After his commissioning as ensign, he was assigned to the battleship , followed by battleships and . After his graduation from the Naval Staff College in 1925, he was assigned to", "id": "20710624" }, { "contents": "Saneatsu Mushanokōji\n\n\nJapanese ambassador to Nazi Germany, he traveled throughout Europe in 1936. In 1946, he was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. However, four months later he was purged from public office by the American Occupation authorities, due to his (1942), supporting the actions of the Japanese government in World War II. Mushanokōji made a literary comeback with his novel (1949–1950). He was awarded the Order of Culture in 1951, and became a member of the Japan Art Academy", "id": "5324629" }, { "contents": "Shizuoka (city)\n\n\nwhich he could influence \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada from behind the scenes. Subsequently, aside for brief periods, Sunpu was \"tenryō\" (territory under direct administration by the Shogunate), ruled by the , an appointed official based in Sunpu. In 1869, after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, the former shogunal line, headed by Tokugawa Iesato was sent to Sunpu and assigned the short-lived Sunpu Domain. The same year, Sunpu was renamed \"Shizuoka\". Shizuoka Domain became Shizuoka Prefecture with the abolition of", "id": "1359009" }, { "contents": "Ōta Dōkan\n\n\nlived in the same place. In the late 16th century, Dōkan's Edo Castle was chosen as the new home of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had been persuaded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to transfer the seat of his clan holdings into the Kantō. With the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in the early 17th century, Edo Castle became the center of the shogunate government. When the shogunate was displaced in the Meiji Restoration in the late 19th century, the newly named Tokyo became an Imperial capital with an Imperial Palace rising from the former shōgun", "id": "9984404" }, { "contents": "Prince Kaya Tsunenori\n\n\n, was the second head of the Kaya-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. He was first cousin to Empress Kōjun (Nagako), the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). Prince Kaya Tsunenori was born in Tokyo, the first son of Prince Kaya Kuninori and his wife, the former Daigō Yoshiko. He received his primary and secondary education at the boys' department of the Gakushuin Peers’ School. On December 8, 1909, he became the second head of the Kaya-no-", "id": "9139501" }, { "contents": "Hachisuka Mochiaki\n\n\nto Great Britain and attended Oxford University, where he matriculated at Balliol College in 1874. After returning to Japan, he joined the government as Director of the Customs Bureau director in the Ministry of Finance and a member of \"Sanjiin\" (legislative advisory council). In 1882, Hachisuka was envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to France, and received the title of \"kōshaku\" (marquis) under the new \"kazoku\" peerage system. After returning to Japan, he served as a member of the House of Peers,", "id": "18933529" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nand ruled by the \"shōguns\" of the Tokugawa clan. The period gets its name from the capital city, Edo, now called Tokyo. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo Castle from 1603 until 1868, when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration in the late Edo period (often called the Late Tokugawa shogunate). In 1392, General Yi Seong-gye established the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) with a largely bloodless coup. Yi Seong-gye moved the capital of Korea to the location of modern-day Seoul", "id": "9974551" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Hirotada\n\n\nHe is best known for being the father of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Hirotada was the son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (7th head of Mikawa Matsudaira clan). He was known in his childhood as Senshōmaru, Senchiyo, and Jirōzaburō. After his father's assassination in 1537, Hirotada was placed under the protection of a loyal retainer, Abe Sadayoshi. He allied with the Imagawa, and with their help was installed at Okazaki castle. The alliance with them brought him into conflict with the Tokugawa clan. In", "id": "20973368" }, { "contents": "Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda\n\n\nPrince Takeda Tsuneyoshi was the only son of Prince Takeda Tsunehisa and Princess Masako, Princess Tsune (1888–1940), the sixth daughter of Emperor Meiji. He was, therefore, a first cousin of Emperor Shōwa. Prince Tsuneyoshi became the second head of the Takeda-no-miya house on 23 April 1919. After being educated at the Gakushūin Peers' School, and serving for a session in the House of Peers, he graduated from the 32nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in July 1930, and received a commission", "id": "4712175" }, { "contents": "Ishii Kikujirō\n\n\nViscount , was a Japanese diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan between 1915 and 1916. Ishii was born in Mobara city, Kazusa Province (present-day Chiba Prefecture). He graduated from the Law Department of Tokyo Imperial University and joined the Foreign Ministry. His first posting was as an attaché to Paris in 1891, and he was later sent to Chemulpo, Korea in 1896 and to Beijing, China in 1897.", "id": "19761626" }, { "contents": "Nagai Naoyuki\n\n\n, also known as or , was a Japanese hatamoto under the Tokugawa of Bakumatsu period Japan. His great-great-grandchild was Yukio Mishima. Naoyuki's adopted son, Iwanojō Nagai, was the father of Natsu, who was Mishima's grandmother. Iwanojō's real father was Nagasumi Miyoshi (Miyoshi clan) who was a Tokugawa retainer. Nagai Naoyuki, or as he was first known, , was born in the Nukada district of the Okutono Domain by a concubine to \"daimyō\" . Noritada, while head of a", "id": "5425993" }, { "contents": "Hidemaro Konoye\n\n\nViscount was a conductor and composer of classical music in Shōwa period Japan. He was the younger brother of pre-war Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoye was born in Kōjimachi, Tokyo as the younger son of Duke Konoe Atsumaro, scion of one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. The Konoe clan traditionally provided \"gagaku\" musicians to the Imperial Household, and Hidemaro chose to follow the family's musical tradition, whereas his older brother Fumimaro went into politics. Konoye attended the Gakushuin Peers School, where", "id": "22220081" }, { "contents": "Yoritake Matsudaira\n\n\n. After graduation from Waseda University, he worked for Toshiba. Now he is the president of . One of his hobbies is horseback riding, he is an amateur radio aficionado, and he gives lectures about the advantages of Scouting activities. Yoritake is a second cousin of the present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Tsunenari, as both are great-grandsons of Nabeshima Naohiro, the 11th and last \"daimyō\" of Saga. By virtue of his descent from the \"kuge\" Madenokōji family, he is also a sixth", "id": "1769206" }, { "contents": "Nabeshima Naoyoshi\n\n\nperiod of Naoyoshi's administration, and the prefecture's economic production was increased, particularly in the area of sugar production. In 1881, Naoyoshi was recalled to Tokyo, and became president of the \"Genrōin\". With the establishment of the \"kazoku\" peerage, he became a , and a member of the House of Peers on the establishment of the Diet of Japan in 1890. In his later years he helped build hospitals and schools in the region of Kashima, which he had once ruled, and was awarded Second", "id": "17536683" }, { "contents": "Obama Domain\n\n\nKawagoe Domain, before being the 1st Sakai \"daimyō\" of Obama Domain. He was the son of Sakai Tadatoshi, a hereditary retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He served Tokugawa Hidetada during the Siege of Ueda and later served Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who promoted him to \"rōjū\" in 1624. In 1634, he was transferred to Obama and completed the construction of Obama Castle. He retired from public life in 1656 and died in 1662. His grave is at the clan temple of Kuin-ji in Obama. was the", "id": "16508967" }, { "contents": "Edo period\n\n\nEmperor Kōmei died and was succeeded by his underaged son Emperor Meiji. Tokugawa Yoshinobu reluctantly became head of the Tokugawa house and \"shōgun\". He tried to reorganize the government under the emperor while preserving the \"shōgun\"s leadership role. Fearing the growing power of the Satsuma and Chōshū \"daimyō\", other \"daimyō\" called for returning the \"shōgun\"s political power to the emperor and a council of \"daimyō\" chaired by the former Tokugawa \"shōgun\". Yoshinobu accepted the plan in late 1867 and resigned, announcing an", "id": "3932378" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\n, was a politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan, twice as a cabinet minister, and also serving twice as mayor of Tokyo. Nagata was born in Mihara District, Hyōgo Prefecture, in what is now part of the city of Minamiawaji. After graduating from the predecessor of Kyoto Imperial University and serving as a school principal in Sumoto, Hyōgo from 1902 to 1904, he obtained a posting in the Home Ministry and rose to become", "id": "15430218" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Nagashige\n\n\n, also known as Sado-no-kami or Etchū-no-kami, was a Japanese samurai \"daimyō\" of the mid-Edo period. The Ogasawara were identified as one of the \"fudai\" or insider \"daimyō\" clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa, in contrast with the \"tozama\" or outsider clans. Nagashige served the Tokugawa shogunate as its eleventh Kyoto \"shoshidai\" in the period spanning October 17, 1691, through May 15, 1702. He had previously been shogunate", "id": "8758740" }, { "contents": "Jo Hyeong\n\n\nJo Hyeong (1606–1679) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty Korea in the 17th century. He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 6th Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. In 1655 King Hyojong of Joseon sent a mission to the shogunal court of Tokugawa Ietsuna. This diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for developing a political foundation for trade. The delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a \"Communication Envoy", "id": "5288304" }, { "contents": "Tsugaru clan\n\n\nwho took the name of (1872–1919) to be his heir. Hidemaru was educated in Germany, graduating from the University of Bonn, Humboldt University of Berlin and University of Geneva and after his return to Japan served in under the Japanese Resident-General of Korea from 1907-1914, and in the Ministry of the Imperial Household from 1914-1918. In 1918, he was appointed to the House of Peers. His son was (1907-1994), who was born as the second son of a branch of", "id": "10903481" }, { "contents": "Arima Ryōkitsu\n\n\nAdmiral was a career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy during Meiji and Taishō periods. Arima was a native of Wakayama, where his father was a senior \"samurai\" retainer of the Kishū Tokugawa clan, and an active supporter of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Although he came from such an unfavorable background, Arima was able to secure admission to the 12th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, after graduating from the forerunners of Doshisha University and Keio University with degrees in English language.", "id": "14930546" }, { "contents": "Mitsukuri Rinsho\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese statesman and legal scholar in Meiji period Japan. Mitsukuri was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo) to a noted family of scholars working for the Tokugawa bakufu. He studied \"rangaku\" and received a posting to the \"Bansho Shirabesho,\" the Shōgun's research institute for foreign technology. In 1867, he was selected to accompany the Shogunate's expedition to the Paris World Exposition, which proved to be an eye-opener. On his return to Japan, Mitsukuri joined the new Meiji government", "id": "19948939" }, { "contents": "Owari-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe , a branch of the Tokugawa clan, is the seniormost house of the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Originally descended from Tokugawa Yoshinao, the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the original line became extinct in 1800 with the death of the ninth lord and family head. It has since been kept in existence through repeated adoptions from the two remaining houses, and is currently headed by a member of the Kishu branch. For over 250 years, the Owari family ruled Owari Domain,", "id": "17810278" } ]

[ { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nJune 19, 1946, he served as the President of the House of Peers, a post which he held until May 2, 1947, when the Allied occupation authorities authorized the current Constitution of Japan abolishing the House of Peers. He died of heart disease at his home in Shibuya, Tokyo, on February 18, 1963, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class. His grave is located at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. He was succeeded as head of the Tokugawa clan", "id": "11961761" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince also known as Iyemasa, was a Japanese political figure of the Taishō and early Shōwa periods. He was the 17th hereditary head of the former shogunal branch of the Tokugawa clan and the final President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Iemasa Tokugawa was born in what is now the Sendagaya district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato and his wife, Konoe Hiroko, daughter of Konoe Tadafusa. He graduated from the law school of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909, and accepted a post in", "id": "11961759" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nthe diplomatic corps of Foreign Ministry the same year. In 1924, he was appointed Consul-general to the Japanese consulate in Sydney, Australia. In 1929, he was appointed Envoy to Canada and from 1937 to 1939 served as the Japanese ambassador to Turkey. In 1940, on the death of his father, he inherited the title of \"kōshaku\" (, \"prince\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and a seat as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On", "id": "11961760" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nin 1882, and was given the title of \"kōshaku\" (公爵, prince) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He became a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan from its creation in 1890, and served as President of the House of Peers from 1901-1933. When the administration of Prime Minister Yamamoto Gonnohyōe was brought down by the Siemens scandal, there was a strong movement to have Tokugawa Iesato nominated to be his successor. Following World War I, Iesato served on the Japanese", "id": "11796153" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince was the 13th head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan and the President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Kuniyuki Tokugawa inherited the title of \"shishaku\" (侯爵, marquis) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system on the death of his father, Tokugawa Atsuyoshi in 1898. A scholar, he turned his attention in 1906 to the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\", a comprehensive history of Japan begun by his ancestor, Tokugawa Mitsukuni in the 17th century. However, in 1910", "id": "13926670" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshinobu\n\n\n's photographs have been published in recent years by his great-grandson, Yoshitomo. In 1902, the Meiji Emperor allowed him to reestablish his own house as a Tokugawa branch (\"bekke\") with the highest rank in the peerage, that of prince (\"kōshaku\"), for his loyal service to Japan. He took a seat in the House of Peers, resigning in 1910. Tokugawa Yoshinobu died on November 21, 1913, at 4:10 pm and is buried in Yanaka Cemetery, Tokyo. On 9 January", "id": "12861306" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nCount was a Japanese political figure of the late Meiji through early Shōwa periods, and served as President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Yorinaga Matsudaira was the eighth son of Matsudaira Yoritoshi, the former \"daimyō\" of Matsuyama Domain in Shikoku. His mother, Chiyoko, was the daughter of Ii Naosuke and his wife was the daughter of Tokugawa Akitake, head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. He attended the Gakushūin Peer’s School, and with the sponsorship of Ōkuma Shigenobu, graduated from", "id": "14764736" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nthe law school of Waseda University. district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato. In 1909 he became a member of the House of Peers, and continued to serve as a member every year (except for a hiatus between 1911–1914) until his death. A strong supporter of education, he donated a large property in downtown Tokyo to create the Hongo Gakuin school. In 1933, he was made Vice-President of the House of Peers, breaking with the precedent that only men with the rank of princes", "id": "14764737" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\n, he was accepted into the 22nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and was commissioned as Second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army. He resigned his commission in 1914 citing health reasons, and went into the reserves in 1915. From December 1911, Kuniyuki Tokugawa served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\" in 1929, he was awarded the title of \"koshaku\" (公爵, prince). On June 25, 1940, he", "id": "13926671" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nPrince was the first head of the Tokugawa clan after the overthrow of the Tokugawa bakufu, and a figure in Japanese politics during the Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. Tokugawa Iesato was born to the Tayasu branch of the Tokugawa clan, under the name Kamenosuke, he became its 16th head, following the resignation of the last \"shōgun,\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu. His brothers were Tokugawa Satotaka and Tokugawa Takachiyo, who also held the Tayasu headship at different times. Iesato was also briefly the \"daimyō\" of the", "id": "11796150" }, { "contents": "Iwamura Michitoshi\n\n\n1896, Iwamura was awarded the title of viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure later the same year. He served as an advisor to Emperor Meiji, and was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers. He was also awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class on June 23, 1904. He died in Tokyo on February 12, 1915, and his grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo.", "id": "17814139" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nor marquis could service in the highest level positions. Four years later, when Fumimaro Konoe became Prime Minister of Japan, Yorinaga Matsudaira became the President of the House of Peers. He died while in office, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class with Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. His nephew Yorihiro Matsudaira succeeded him in his peerage. Yorinaga Matsudaira was also a noted collector of miniature bonsai, and served as honorary president of the Kofuku Bonsai Association. His", "id": "14764738" }, { "contents": "Prince Kachō Hirotada\n\n\nPrince Hirotada was the second son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu. His mother was Tokugawa Tsuneko, the 9th daughter of the last Tokugawa Shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He succeeded his father to the head of the Kachō-no-miya household when he was only 2 years old in 1904. Prince Kachō attended the Gakushuin Peers’ School. He entered the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1918, graduating 1st out of 176 cadets. Prince Kuni Asaakira was one of his classmates. He served his midshipman duty on the", "id": "17635064" }, { "contents": "Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu\n\n\nNovember 1942. From 1936 to 1945, he held various staff positions in the Naval General Staff Office in Tokyo. On 4 February 1930, Prince Takamatsu married Kikuko Tokugawa (26 December 1911 – 18 December 2004), the second daughter of Yoshihisa Tokugawa (peer). The bride was a granddaughter of Yoshinobu Tokugawa, the last Shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, and a granddaughter of the late Prince Arisugawa Takehito. Prince and Princess Takamatsu had no children. From the 1930s, Prince Takamatsu expressed grave reservations regarding Japanese aggression in", "id": "1048484" }, { "contents": "Francis Brinkley\n\n\n, covered Japanese history, fine arts and literature from the origins of the Japanese race up until the latter half of the Meiji period. In 1912, at the age of 71 and one month after General Nogi's death, Francis Brinkley died. At his funeral, the mourners included the Speaker of the House of Peers, Tokugawa Iesato, the Minister of the Navy Saitō Makoto, and the Foreign Minister Uchida Kosai. He is buried in the foreign section of the Aoyama Reien cemetery in central Tokyo. After his death Ernest", "id": "10262389" }, { "contents": "Enkichi Ōki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese statesman in the Taishō period. Ōki was born in Tokyo. His father, Ōki Takatō was one of the leaders in the Meiji Restoration, and served in numerous cabinet posts in the early Meiji government. In 1899, Enkichi succeeded to his father’s title of count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His political career began in 1908, when he was elected to the House of Peers. He initially supported the \"Kenkyūkai\", but soon switched his allegiance to the", "id": "2422914" }, { "contents": "Yoshitoshi Tokugawa\n\n\nLieutenant General Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and one of the pioneers of military aviation in Japan. Tokugawa Yoshitoshi was the son of Count Tokugawa Atsumori (1856–1924) (head of the Shimizu branch of the Tokugawa clan). Through his father, he was the grandnephew of the last shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. While his father had been created a count in 1884, he had relinquished the title in 1899. Yoshitoshi graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1903, after having specialized in military engineering. In", "id": "751688" }, { "contents": "Enomoto Takeaki\n\n\nViscount was a Japanese samurai and admiral of the Tokugawa navy of Bakumatsu-period Japan, who remained faithful to the Tokugawa shogunate and fought against the new Meiji government until the end of the Boshin War. He later served in the Meiji government as one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Enomoto was born as a member of a samurai family in the direct service of the Tokugawa clan in the Shitaya district of Edo (modern Taitō, Tokyo). Enomoto started learning Dutch in the 1850s, and after Japan's", "id": "12566973" }, { "contents": "Yamada Akiyoshi\n\n\ncount (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage on July 7, 1884, and served in the House of Peers (Japan) from its establishment in 1890. On January 28, 1892, he was appointed to a seat in the Privy Council of Japan but died in November of the same year at the age of 49, while inspecting the Ikuno Silver Mine in Asago, Hyōgo. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Buddhist temple of Gokoku-ji in", "id": "655166" }, { "contents": "International Martial Arts Federation\n\n\nwas appointed as the 5th President of IMAF. He served as the Japanese Ambassador to India and Deputy Foreign Minister. The current president of Kokusai Budoin, International Martial Arts Federation (IMAF) is Yasuhisa Tokugawa, the great-grandson of the 15th and final \"shōgun\" of Japan, Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837–1913). He was also the Chief Priest for the in Tokyo from 2013-2018. Note: In the mid 1980's IMAF-Europe split from IMAF Japan to create a current non-affiliated organization with a", "id": "8525267" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masami\n\n\nInaba Masami was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Tateyama Domain, Inaba Masamori. On his father’s death in 1820, he succeeded to the head of the Tateyama Inaba clan and the position of \"daimyō\" of Tateyama. In 1862, he was appointed as a \"Wakadoshiyori\" in the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate under \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemochi. He resigned the title in 1864, with instructions to strengthen Japan's naval defenses against the increasing aggressive incursions of foreign black ships, and supported Katsu", "id": "8052899" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Mochiaki\n\n\nabolition of the han system in 1871. In 1884, he became a Count (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He was awarded the Fourth class of the Order of the Rising Sun in 1885. In 1889, he inherited the title of Marquis (\"koshaku\") from his adopted father. He died in 1890. His son, Matsudaira Yasutaka (1867–1930) served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan and was author of a number of works on agricultural", "id": "4765039" }, { "contents": "Tsunenari Tokugawa\n\n\nHis son, Iehiro Tokugawa, is a translator. In 2007, Tsunenari published a book entitled \"Edo no idenshi\" (江戸の遺伝子), released in English in 2009 as \"The Edo Inheritance\", which seeks to counter the common belief among Japanese that the Edo period (throughout which members of his Tokugawa clan ruled Japan as \"shōguns\") was like a dark age, when Japan, cut off from the world, fell behind. On the contrary, he argues, the roughly 250 years of peace and relative", "id": "11961777" }, { "contents": "Matsui Keishirō\n\n\nto Japan in 1913. During the First World War, served as Japanese Ambassador to France and was a plenipotentiary at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. On the successful completion of this mission, he was awarded with the title of baron (\"danshaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He served as Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 7 to June 11, 1924, under the administration of Kiyoura Keigo and was also appointed a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He later served", "id": "9380810" }, { "contents": "Konoe Tadafusa\n\n\n, son of regent Tadahiro with his wife Shimazu Kyoko, was a \"kugyō\" or Japanese court noble of the late Edo period (1603–1868). He did not hold any regent position kampaku or sesshō. His consort was Shimazu Mitsuko, an adopted daughter of Shimazu Nariakira, eleventh head of Satsuma Domain. The couple had a daughter, Konoe Hiroko, who later married Tokugawa Iesato, the sixteenth head of Tokugawa family and bore him Tokugawa Iemasa, the seventeenth head of the Tokugawa clan. He adopted a son of Konoe", "id": "20767712" }, { "contents": "Tenshō-in\n\n\nShe spent her remaining years nurturing Tokugawa Iesato, the 16th head of the Tokugawa clan. She moved into the Tokugawa residence in Sendagaya, in the Shibuya district, Tokyo. She suffered from Parkinson's disease which eventually took her life on November 20th, 1883, at the age of 47. She was buried in Kaneiji in Ueno, Tokyo, together with her husband, Onkyoin (Iesada). Beside Onkyoin and Tenshoin tombs, There is loquat tree planted there as it was Tenshoin's favorite food. The 2008 NHK Taiga", "id": "241772" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshimune\n\n\nYoshimune was not the son of any former \"shōgun\". Rather, he was a member of a cadet branch of the Tokugawa clan. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, well aware of the extinction of the Minamoto line in 1219, had realized that his direct descendants might die out, leaving the Tokugawa family at risk of extinction. Thus, while his son Tokugawa Hidetada was the second \"shōgun\", he selected three other sons to establish the \"gosanke,\" hereditary houses which would provide a", "id": "16258375" }, { "contents": "Kitasato Shibasaburō\n\n\nonki Corporation, with the intention of manufacturing the most reliable clinical thermometer possible. The company was later renamed Terumo Corporation. Kitasato also was the first dean of medicine at Keio University, first president of the Japan Medical Association, and served on the House of Peers. He was ennobled with the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system in February 1924. Kitasato died of an intracranial hemorrhage at his home in Azabu, Tokyo, on June 13, 1931. His grave is at the", "id": "11568829" }, { "contents": "Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa\n\n\nPrince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa was the only son of Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa and Fusako, Princess Kane. He succeeded as the head of the Kitashirakawa-no-miya house upon his father's unexpected death in an automobile accident in France in 1923. On 25 April 1935, Prince Nagahisa married Sachiko Tokugawa, born , died , the daughter of Baron Yoshikuni Tokugawa. Prince and Princess Kitashirakawa Nagahisa had one son and one daughter: Prince Nagahisa graduated from the 43rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1931, and was commissioned a sub", "id": "8171688" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nbrother Tokugawa Yoshiatsu and ordering him to assume the post of \"daimyō\" to assure the stability of Mito Domain. He departed from Marseille in December 1868. Tokugawa Akitake succeeded Tokugawa Yoshiatsu to become the 11th head of the Mito Tokugawa clan on his return to Japan. However, the title of \"daimyō\" was officially abolished in 1869, and he continued at Mito as domain governor. His request for land development in Hokkaido to resettle ex-samurai from the domain was granted on August 17, 1869, and he was", "id": "17914477" }, { "contents": "Sōma Nakamura Domain\n\n\nyounger brother Masatane. was the 5th \"daimyō\" of Sōma-Nakamura Domain and the 21st hereditary chieftain of the Sōma clan. As his older brother Sadatane had died without heir, he was posthumously appointed successor. He was received in formal audience to Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna and received the courtesy title of \"Danjō-shōhitsu\". From 1689-1690 he served as a \"sobayōnin\" to Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. He retired from public life in February 1701, living in rural seclusion to his death at the age of 68", "id": "4010353" }, { "contents": "Aizu\n\n\nof only 15. He was succeeded by the eighth lord Katataka, who was a sixth cousin (twice removed) and a member of the Takasu cadet branch of the Mito collateral line. He died without heirs in 1852 and was succeeded by his grandnephew, the famous Katamori, whose descendants have since headed the family. The present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tsunenari, is also from the Aizu lineage. In the house code set down by Masayuki, there was a specific injunction to serve the shogun with single-minded", "id": "17967555" }, { "contents": "Arai Hakuseki\n\n\nshogun Tokugawa Ienobu. He went on to displace the official Hayashi advisers to become the leading confucianist for Ienobu and Tokugawa Ietsugu. While some of Hakuseki's policies were still carried out after Ienobu's death, after the 6th shogun, Tokugawa Ietsugu, died and Tokugawa Yoshimune's rule began, Hakuseki left his post to begin his career as a prolific writer of Japanese history and Occidental studies. He was buried in Asakusa (current day Taitō, Tokyo), Hoonji temple but was later moved to Nakano, Tokyo, Kotokuji temple", "id": "12566945" }, { "contents": "Tsuruga Domain\n\n\nin the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. His courtesy title was \"Ukyō-no-suke\". His wife was the daughter of Doi Toshifusa of Ōno Domain. He died in 1706 and his grave is at the temple of Seisho-ji in Atago, Tokyo. was the 2nd \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga Domain in Echizen Province under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. Tadakiku was the eldest son of Sakai Tadashige. He became \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga on the death of his father in 1706. He was an \"", "id": "2398354" }, { "contents": "Mito-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe is a branch of the Tokugawa clan based in Mito, Ibaraki. Following the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as daimyō in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Although the Mito branch held less land", "id": "18026528" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\n. After Hideyoshi's death in 1598, Tokugawa Ieyasu came to power and was appointed \"shōgun\" by the Emperor. The Tokugawa shogunate, which governed from Edo (modern Tokyo), presided over a prosperous and peaceful era known as the Edo period (1600–1868). The Tokugawa shogunate imposed a strict class system on Japanese society and cut off almost all contact with the outside world. Portugal and Japan started their first affiliation in 1543, making the Portuguese the first Europeans to reach Japan by landing in the southern archipelago of", "id": "3250463" }, { "contents": "Tadaatsu Ishiguro\n\n\n, citing illness. His father died the same year, and per the provisions of his father’s will, he did not inherit the kazoku peerage title of viscount held by his father. In January 1943, he was granted a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. In 1945, he returned to the cabinet as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce under the Suzuki administration. In 1946, after the surrender of Japan, as with all members of the prewar and wartime Japanese government, Ishiguro was purged by", "id": "9448122" }, { "contents": "Ōkuma Shigenobu\n\n\nof the Diet of Japan until 1922. He was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum in 1916, and was elevated to the title of \"kōshaku\" (侯爵) (marquis) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system the same year. Ōkuma returned to Waseda, and died there in 1922. An estimated 300,000 people attended his funeral in Tokyo's Hibiya Park. He was posthumously elevated to the rank of prince in the peerage and was also posthumously conferred with the Collar of the Order of the", "id": "9013378" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nTokugawa branch houses (\"shinpan daimyō\") became marquesses, the heads of the secondary branches became counts and the heads of more distant branches became viscounts. The head of the Matsudaira (Fukui Domain) branch was raised to the rank of marquess from the rank of count in 1888. In 1902, the former \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu was created a prince, and the head of the Mito \"shinpan\" house was raised to the same rank, prince, in 1929. Of the other former \"daimyō\" clans", "id": "2052552" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Naganari\n\n\nViscount was an Admiral and naval strategist in the Imperial Japanese Navy in Meiji and Taishō period Japan, and a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. He was also known as Ogasawara Chōsei, Ogasawara Nagayo. Ogasawara was born in Saga prefecture. His father was the Rōjū Ogasawara Nagamichi, a senior retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. As his father was forced into retirement by the events of the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Ogasawara Naganari succeeded his grandfather to become head of the Ogasawara clan in 1873, and as", "id": "15329213" }, { "contents": "Katō Takaaki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese politician, diplomat, and the 14th Prime Minister of Japan, a position he held from 11 June 1924 until his death on 28 January 1926, during the period which historians have called \"Taishō Democracy\". He was also known as Katō Kōmei. Katō, was born as Hattori Sokichi, the second son of a former \"samurai\" retainer of the Owari Tokugawa domain in Nagoya, Owari Province, in the town of Saya, Ama District in what is now part of the city of Aisai,", "id": "9068839" }, { "contents": "Kawasaki Takukichi\n\n\n. Under his administration, the Yagoto Baseball Ground was built, and the first Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament was held in 1924. Later in 1924, Kawasaki was recalled to Tokyo to assume the post of Director-General of the National Police Agency under the Home Ministry. He became Deputy Home Minister in 1925. In 1926, he was invited to take a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He was recruited by Osachi Hamaguchi and Wakatsuki Reijirō to join the \"Kenseikai\" political party,", "id": "22092779" }, { "contents": "Masuda Takashi\n\n\nBaron , was a Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector. He was a prominent entrepreneur in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan, responsible for transforming Mitsui into a \"zaibatsu\" through the creation of a general trading company, Mitsui Bussan. He also established a newspaper, the , which was later renamed the \"Nihon Keizai Shimbun\". Masuda was born on Sado Island, in what is now Niigata Prefecture. His father was an official in the Tokugawa shogunate, serving as Hakodate bugyō, a position which", "id": "13847203" }, { "contents": "Suwa Tadamasa\n\n\nthe Shiba Tōshō-gū, a Shinto Shrine dedicated to the previous Shoguns of the Tokugawa clan in Tokyo. After the death of Suwa Tadaaya in 1878, he resumed his position as chieftain of the Suwa clan. he was reappointed \"kannushi\" of the Shiba Tōshō-gū from 1882 to 1889. In 1884 he became a viscount (\"shisaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His court rank was increased to Senior Fourth Rank in 1887. From 1891 to 1895, he returned to Suwa and became", "id": "12726550" }, { "contents": "Ōkubo Tadanori\n\n\nŌkubo Tadanori was the nephew of Tokugawa Nariaki, which made him a cousin to Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He was born as the 5th son of Matsudaira Yorihiro, daimyō of Takamatsu Domain, in Sanuki Province. On the death of former daimyō of Odawara, Ōkubo Tadanao in 1859 he was adopted into the Ōkubo clan as 11th clan head, and by default, daimyō of Odawara Domain. He served in a number of posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate, including that of \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) in", "id": "1881957" }, { "contents": "Kinichiro Ishikawa\n\n\nIshikawa Kinichiro, a watercolor painter and champion of Taiwanese Western art education, was born in Shizuoka City, Japan. His father was a former official of the Tokugawa government during the bakumatsu (late Tokugawa Shogunate). He was infatuated with painting from a very early age, but his father did not approve of his artistic pursuits. In 1888, he entered the Tokyo Telecommunications School of the Ministry of Communications. In order to sustain his interest in painting, aside from using prints of English works to engage in self-study", "id": "7410092" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masanori\n\n\nInaba Masanori was the second son of the previous daimyō of Odawara, Inaba Masakatsu. As his mother died when he was still very young, he was raised by his grandmother, Kasuga no Tsubone, the wet nurse to \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu. On the death of his father in 1634, he became head of the Inaba clan, and inherited his father’s position as daimyō of Odawara. Due to the influence of his grandmother, he rose rapidly through the hierarchy of the Tokugawa shogunate and was appointed \"Rōjū\"", "id": "1882506" }, { "contents": "Pak Yung-hio\n\n\nfled to exile in Japan, where he remained until 1907. On his return, he accepted the post of Royal Household Minister under Ye Wanyong. Following the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, in which Korea was annexed to the Empire of Japan, Park was awarded with the \"kazoku\" title of marquess (\"koshaku\") in the Japanese peerage, and a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Director of the Bank of Chosen in 1918, Chairman of the Korean Economic", "id": "5961340" }, { "contents": "Fumio Gotō\n\n\nBorn in Ōita Prefecture, Gotō was a graduate of the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909. During his early career in the 1920s, he worked in the Home Ministry, and was Director of Administration within the office of the Governor-General of Taiwan. In the 1930s, Gotō was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries between 1932 and 1934 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Makoto Saitō, and was later Home Minister", "id": "15188268" }, { "contents": "Konoe Atsumaro\n\n\nDuke was a Japanese politician and journalist of the Meiji era. He served as the 3rd President of the House of Peers and 7th President of the Gakushūin Peer's School in Meiji period Japan. He was also the father of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoe was born in Kyoto as the heir to the highly ranked Konoe family of Court nobility, one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. His father Konoe Tadafusa died when he was young, so he was raised by his grandfather Konoe Tadahiro. His mother was", "id": "1475111" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nassigned lands in Tomamae-gun, Teshio-gun, Kamikawa-gun, Nakagawa-gun in Teshio no kuni along with Rishiri-gun in Kitami no kuni. With the abolition of the han system in 1871, he was required by the government to leave in Mito and to live in Tokyo. He relocated to the former \"shimoyashiki\" secondary residence of the Mito Clan located in Mukōjima. Tokugawa Akitake was appointed a second lieutenant in Imperial Japanese Army in 1875, and served as an instructor during the early days of", "id": "17914478" }, { "contents": "Yonekura Tadasuke\n\n\nYonekura Tadasuke was the sixth son of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, a favorite of \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi who served in a number of important posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. In 1710, he was adopted by Yonekura Masateru, the \"daimyō\" of Minagawa Domain in Shimotsuke Province, and succeeded to the head of the Yonekura clan and daimyo of Minagawa two years later. On September 1, 1716, he was received in a formal audience by Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune. On July 27, 1722, he transferred the seat", "id": "9479884" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\nit was essential that Tokyo host the 1940 Olympics, as the date coincided with the Japanese 2600th Anniversary celebrations. He was forced to resign after a police sweep rounded up 6900 suspected communists in Tokyo. Nagata subsequently served in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. From March 9, 1936 to February 2, 1937, Nagata was appointed Minister of Colonial Affairs under the Kōki administration. He returned to the cabinet as Railway Minister under the Abe administration from November 29, 1939, to January 14, 1940. Nagata", "id": "15430221" }, { "contents": "Kijūrō Shidehara\n\n\nhe was named ambassador to the United States and was Japan's leading negotiator during the Washington Naval Conference. His negotiations led to the return of Shandong Province to China. However, while he was ambassador, the United States enacted discriminatory immigration laws against Japanese, which created much ill will in Japan. Shidehara was elevated to the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1920, and appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in 1925. In 1924, Shidehara became Minister of", "id": "9069195" }, { "contents": "Sōma clan\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. During the Boshin War of 1868–69, the Sōma clan fought on the site of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, supporting the Tokugawa regime. After Meiji Restoration, the head of the Sōma clan became part of the \"kazoku\" peerage, with Sōma Aritane receiving the title of \"shishaku\" (Viscount). Sōma Morotsune was the younger son of Chiba Tsunetane, and with his father was a samurai in the service of Minamoto no Yoritomo. He took his name from the Sōma Mikuriya, a \"shōen\" controlled", "id": "7506834" }, { "contents": "Matsumoto Kazu\n\n\nMatsumoto was born in Edo (now Tokyo) as the younger son of a direct retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. He graduated in 1880 from the 7th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, ranked 19 out of 30 cadets. He served on a number of ships in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, including the corvettes , , , and . Promoted to lieutenant in 1886, he graduated from the first class of the Naval Staff College in 1888. He was the chief navigator on the cruiser in 1891–1892 on its year-", "id": "8947678" }, { "contents": "Mito Domain\n\n\nof the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as \"daimyō\" in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the gosanke. Although the Mito branch held less land and wealth than either of the other two branches, they maintained considerable influence throughout the Edo period. The domain's promiximity to the \"de", "id": "290529" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nAtsuyoshi's son Tokugawa Kuniyuki was 11 years old at that time, and became the 13th head of the Mito Tokugawa under Akitake's tutelage. However, Akitake subsequently had a son, Tokugawa Takesada, who was born to a concubine in 1888. Takesada was made a viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1892 and founded the separate Matsudo Tokugawa line. In 1903, Tokugawa Akitake was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class. He died at Koumetei mansion in 1910. \"", "id": "17914481" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nand was raised by Tenshō-in and Kazu-no-Miya Chikako. In 1868 he was sent to Kyoto by his mother, Kazu-no-Miya Chikako and met with Emperor Meiji. He married the daughter of Konoe Tadafusa, Konoe Hiroko, who bore him Iemasa Tokugawa, the seventeenth Tokugawa family head, Yasuko Tokugawa, who married Nobusuke Takatsukasa and bore him Toshimichi Takatsukasa, Ryōko Tokugawa, and Toshiko Tokugawa. In 1877, Iesato was sent to Eton College in Great Britain to study. He returned to Japan", "id": "11796152" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\nthis, almost immediately after Hideyoshi's death, war broke out between Hideyori's allies and those loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu, a \"daimyō\" and a former ally of Hideyoshi. Tokugawa Ieyasu won a decisive victory at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, ushering in 268 uninterrupted years of rule by the Tokugawa clan. The Edo period was characterized by relative peace and stability under the tight control of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled from the eastern city of Edo (modern Tokyo). In 1603, Emperor Go-Yōzei declared", "id": "3250534" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nKorean Empire was annexed in 1910, the House of Yi was mediatized as an incorporated and therefore subordinate kingship (王). Excluding the Tokugawas, the initial \"kazoku\" rank distribution for the former \"daimyō\" lords depended on rice revenue: those with 150,000 \"koku\" or more became marquesses, those with 50,000 \"koku\" or more become counts, and those with holdings rated below 50,000 \"koku\" became viscounts. The head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Iesato, became a prince, the heads of primary", "id": "2052551" }, { "contents": "Gosanke\n\n\nThe , also called simply , or even , were the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan: Owari House of Tokugawa, Kii House of Tokugawa, and Mito House of Tokugawa, all of which were descended from clan founder Tokugawa Ieyasu's three youngest sons, Yoshinao, Yorinobu, and Yorifusa, and were allowed to provide a shōgun in case of need. In the Edo period the term \"gosanke\" could also refer to various other combinations of Tokugawa houses, including (1) the shogunal, Owari", "id": "17630062" }, { "contents": "Hirohide Fushimi\n\n\nBorn as , the 4th son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, he was the younger brother of Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, Prince Kachō Hirotada and Marquis Kachō Hironobu. In October 1932, he served as a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. On 1 April 1936, by order of Emperor Hirohito, he was allowed to establish his own household after renouncing his imperial title, and was created a count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. The same year, he married Tomoko Yanagisawa", "id": "230990" }, { "contents": "Sano Tsunetami\n\n\nduring the 1st Matsukata administration, he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. In 1895, Sano was elevated to the title of count (\"hakushaku\"). On his death at his home in Tokyo in 1902, he was posthumously awarded with the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class with Paulownia Blossoms). His grave is at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo. In 1939, the Japanese government issued a series of four commemorative postage stamps honoring the 75th anniversary of the Red Cross Treaty. A portrait of Sano", "id": "7051581" }, { "contents": "Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu\n\n\nsucceeded to title Kachō-no-miya on April 23, 1883, upon which he changed his name from \"Narukata\" to \"Hiroyasu,\" but returned to the house of Fushimi-no-miya on January 16, 1904. On January 9, 1896, Prince Hiroyasu married Tokugawa Tsuneko (1882–1939), the ninth daughter of Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japan's last \"shōgun\", with whom he had six children: Prince Hiroyasu entered the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy on 5 April 1886, but resigned in September", "id": "3864370" }, { "contents": "Mizoguchi clan\n\n\nas part of the guard of Nagoya Castle. In 1598, he was transferred to Shibata and his \"kokudaka\" was increased to 60,000 \"koku\". Following the Battle of Sekigahara, he was confirmed in his holdings by the Tokugawa shogunate. The Mizoguchi ruled Shibata as \"tozama daimyō\" until the Meiji restoration. After the abolition of the han system in 1871, the final \"daimyō\" of Shibata, Mizoguchi Naomasa relocated to Tokyo and received the \"kazoku\" peerage title of \"hakushaku\" (Count) in", "id": "19300691" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Norinaga\n\n\nMatsudaira Norinaga was the eldest son of Matsudaira Ienori, a Sengoku period samurai and daimyō of Iwamura Domain in Mino Province under the early Tokugawa shogunate. On the death of his father in 1614, he was confirmed as head of the Ogyū-Matsdaira clan and the same year accompanied the forces of \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada at the Siege of Osaka. In 1634, he was transferred to Hamamatsu Domain in Tōtōmi Province with an increase in revenues from 20,000 to 36,000 \"koku\". In 1642, Matsudaira Norinaga was promoted to", "id": "3314701" }, { "contents": "Canada–Japan relations\n\n\nway to deal with the Japanese question is to have our own Minister in Japan to visa passports.\" As a context, it is worth noting that Japan's consulate in Vancouver was established in 1889, 40 years before its embassy was opened in Ottawa in 1929. The first Japanese Minister in Canada was Prince Iemasa Tokugawa, serving from 1929 to 1934. The first Canadian Minister in Japan was Sir Herbert Marler, serving from 1929 to 1936. Diplomatic ties were severed in 1941 with the start of the Pacific War. During", "id": "15989893" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Ienari\n\n\nTokugawa Ienari (, November 18, 1773 – March 22, 1841) was the eleventh and longest-serving \"shōgun\" of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1787 to 1837. He was a great-grandson of the eighth shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune through his son Munetada (1721–1764), head of the Hitotsubashi branch of the family, and his grandson Harusada (1751–1827). Ienari died in 1841 and was given the Buddhist name Bunkyouin and buried at Kan'ei-ji. In 1778, the four-year", "id": "12177738" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nin more broad terms, the period begins with Oda Nobunaga's entry into Kyoto in 1568, when he led his army to the imperial capital in order to install Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the 15th, and ultimately final, shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, and it lasts until the coming to power of Tokugawa Ieyasu after his victory over supporters of the Toyotomi clan at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. The Edo period from 1600 to 1868 characterized early modern Japan. The Tokugawa shogunate was a feudalist regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu", "id": "9974550" }, { "contents": "Kaga Domain\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. The location of the main Edo residence of the \"daimyō\" of the Kaga Domain is now the site of the Hongō campus of the University of Tokyo. Maeda Toshiie was a distinguished military commander, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and a close friend of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. A member of the Council of Five Elders who ruled Japan during the Sengoku period, he was granted the Kaga Domain in 1583. His eldest son, Maeda Toshinaga, supported Tokugawa Ieyasu in his rise to power and was rewarded by an increase", "id": "6571560" }, { "contents": "Inoue Masamoto\n\n\nInoue Masamoto was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain, Inoue Masasada. He became 8th head of the Mikawa-branch of Inoue clan and \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain on his father's death in 1786. He was awarded Lower 5th Court Rank and the courtesy title of \"Kawachi-no-kami\" soon afterwards. In 1802, Masamoto entered the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate as a \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) under \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Ienari. In 1816, while", "id": "4715826" }, { "contents": "March Incident\n\n\nexecute a coup d'état and seize power.br 3. A new Cabinet would be formed under the premiership of the then-War Minister, General Kazushige Ugaki. The project was underwritten by a 200,000-yen donation by Yoshichika Tokugawa, ultra-rightist member of the House of Peers, son of the last \"daimyō\" of Nagoya, founder of the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya and Emperor Shōwa's second cousin. Ultra-rightist civilian organizations led by Kanichiro Kamei and Shūmei Ōkawa fomented a commotion outside the Diet Building in Tokyo late in February", "id": "5593888" }, { "contents": "Nanbu Shigenao\n\n\nHowever, in April 1636, his \"sankin-kōtai\" procession arrived in Edo ten days late, which was a violation of the new \"Buke shohatto\" regulations issued by \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu, and he was declared unfit to govern, and sentenced to house arrest at the clan residence in Edo. After his death in Edo in 1664, the Tokugawa shogunate intervened, and by order of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna appointed his younger brother Shichinohe Shigenobu as the next \"daimyō\", with the son of Hotta Masamori reduced", "id": "4495846" }, { "contents": "Akira Tomii\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese diplomat. He was born as a son of Baron Masaaki Tomii, the president of Tokyo Imperial University of Legal and a draft member of Japanese Civil Law. When he was young, his father hired Keita Gotō as Akira's home teacher. Akira Tomii graduated Tokyo Imperial University, and served as the Japanese Consul in Mukden, China, in 1915. From 1916 to 1924 served as consul in New York City, from 1924 to 1927 as consul in London, and from 1927 to 1933 as consul in", "id": "5339969" }, { "contents": "Maeda Toshisada\n\n\nand afterwards assumed his family’s seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. In 1922, he was appointed Communications Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Katō Tomosaburō. He subsequently served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kiyoura Keigo as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. He retired from public life in January 1944, and died in October of the same year. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasures, 1st class. Maeda studied poetry under Sasaki Nobutsuna. His daughter married post-war Foreign Minister", "id": "2257384" }, { "contents": "Hideo Kodama\n\n\nwas assigned to the Imperial General Headquarters and sent to the Liaodong Peninsula (under Japanese occupation), where he served as liaison between the civilian government in Tokyo and the Japanese general armies in Manchuria. Following the war, he returned to the Finance Ministry as head of the government's Tobacco Monopoly. He was later assigned to serve in the Japanese Government-General of Korea, as a secretary to the Privy Council, and as a member of the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 23 July 1906,", "id": "14284806" }, { "contents": "Prince Kuni Asaakira\n\n\nDomain. In 1921, he served for the customary term in the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 29 January 1929, he succeeded as head of the Kuni-no-miya house. Prince Kuni graduated from the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1921. He served as a midshipman on the cruiser and battleship . After his commissioning as ensign, he was assigned to the battleship , followed by battleships and . After his graduation from the Naval Staff College in 1925, he was assigned to", "id": "20710624" }, { "contents": "Saneatsu Mushanokōji\n\n\nJapanese ambassador to Nazi Germany, he traveled throughout Europe in 1936. In 1946, he was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. However, four months later he was purged from public office by the American Occupation authorities, due to his (1942), supporting the actions of the Japanese government in World War II. Mushanokōji made a literary comeback with his novel (1949–1950). He was awarded the Order of Culture in 1951, and became a member of the Japan Art Academy", "id": "5324629" }, { "contents": "Shizuoka (city)\n\n\nwhich he could influence \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada from behind the scenes. Subsequently, aside for brief periods, Sunpu was \"tenryō\" (territory under direct administration by the Shogunate), ruled by the , an appointed official based in Sunpu. In 1869, after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, the former shogunal line, headed by Tokugawa Iesato was sent to Sunpu and assigned the short-lived Sunpu Domain. The same year, Sunpu was renamed \"Shizuoka\". Shizuoka Domain became Shizuoka Prefecture with the abolition of", "id": "1359009" }, { "contents": "Ōta Dōkan\n\n\nlived in the same place. In the late 16th century, Dōkan's Edo Castle was chosen as the new home of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had been persuaded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to transfer the seat of his clan holdings into the Kantō. With the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in the early 17th century, Edo Castle became the center of the shogunate government. When the shogunate was displaced in the Meiji Restoration in the late 19th century, the newly named Tokyo became an Imperial capital with an Imperial Palace rising from the former shōgun", "id": "9984404" }, { "contents": "Prince Kaya Tsunenori\n\n\n, was the second head of the Kaya-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. He was first cousin to Empress Kōjun (Nagako), the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). Prince Kaya Tsunenori was born in Tokyo, the first son of Prince Kaya Kuninori and his wife, the former Daigō Yoshiko. He received his primary and secondary education at the boys' department of the Gakushuin Peers’ School. On December 8, 1909, he became the second head of the Kaya-no-", "id": "9139501" }, { "contents": "Hachisuka Mochiaki\n\n\nto Great Britain and attended Oxford University, where he matriculated at Balliol College in 1874. After returning to Japan, he joined the government as Director of the Customs Bureau director in the Ministry of Finance and a member of \"Sanjiin\" (legislative advisory council). In 1882, Hachisuka was envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to France, and received the title of \"kōshaku\" (marquis) under the new \"kazoku\" peerage system. After returning to Japan, he served as a member of the House of Peers,", "id": "18933529" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nand ruled by the \"shōguns\" of the Tokugawa clan. The period gets its name from the capital city, Edo, now called Tokyo. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo Castle from 1603 until 1868, when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration in the late Edo period (often called the Late Tokugawa shogunate). In 1392, General Yi Seong-gye established the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) with a largely bloodless coup. Yi Seong-gye moved the capital of Korea to the location of modern-day Seoul", "id": "9974551" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Hirotada\n\n\nHe is best known for being the father of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Hirotada was the son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (7th head of Mikawa Matsudaira clan). He was known in his childhood as Senshōmaru, Senchiyo, and Jirōzaburō. After his father's assassination in 1537, Hirotada was placed under the protection of a loyal retainer, Abe Sadayoshi. He allied with the Imagawa, and with their help was installed at Okazaki castle. The alliance with them brought him into conflict with the Tokugawa clan. In", "id": "20973368" }, { "contents": "Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda\n\n\nPrince Takeda Tsuneyoshi was the only son of Prince Takeda Tsunehisa and Princess Masako, Princess Tsune (1888–1940), the sixth daughter of Emperor Meiji. He was, therefore, a first cousin of Emperor Shōwa. Prince Tsuneyoshi became the second head of the Takeda-no-miya house on 23 April 1919. After being educated at the Gakushūin Peers' School, and serving for a session in the House of Peers, he graduated from the 32nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in July 1930, and received a commission", "id": "4712175" }, { "contents": "Ishii Kikujirō\n\n\nViscount , was a Japanese diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan between 1915 and 1916. Ishii was born in Mobara city, Kazusa Province (present-day Chiba Prefecture). He graduated from the Law Department of Tokyo Imperial University and joined the Foreign Ministry. His first posting was as an attaché to Paris in 1891, and he was later sent to Chemulpo, Korea in 1896 and to Beijing, China in 1897.", "id": "19761626" }, { "contents": "Nagai Naoyuki\n\n\n, also known as or , was a Japanese hatamoto under the Tokugawa of Bakumatsu period Japan. His great-great-grandchild was Yukio Mishima. Naoyuki's adopted son, Iwanojō Nagai, was the father of Natsu, who was Mishima's grandmother. Iwanojō's real father was Nagasumi Miyoshi (Miyoshi clan) who was a Tokugawa retainer. Nagai Naoyuki, or as he was first known, , was born in the Nukada district of the Okutono Domain by a concubine to \"daimyō\" . Noritada, while head of a", "id": "5425993" }, { "contents": "Hidemaro Konoye\n\n\nViscount was a conductor and composer of classical music in Shōwa period Japan. He was the younger brother of pre-war Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoye was born in Kōjimachi, Tokyo as the younger son of Duke Konoe Atsumaro, scion of one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. The Konoe clan traditionally provided \"gagaku\" musicians to the Imperial Household, and Hidemaro chose to follow the family's musical tradition, whereas his older brother Fumimaro went into politics. Konoye attended the Gakushuin Peers School, where", "id": "22220081" }, { "contents": "Yoritake Matsudaira\n\n\n. After graduation from Waseda University, he worked for Toshiba. Now he is the president of . One of his hobbies is horseback riding, he is an amateur radio aficionado, and he gives lectures about the advantages of Scouting activities. Yoritake is a second cousin of the present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Tsunenari, as both are great-grandsons of Nabeshima Naohiro, the 11th and last \"daimyō\" of Saga. By virtue of his descent from the \"kuge\" Madenokōji family, he is also a sixth", "id": "1769206" }, { "contents": "Nabeshima Naoyoshi\n\n\nperiod of Naoyoshi's administration, and the prefecture's economic production was increased, particularly in the area of sugar production. In 1881, Naoyoshi was recalled to Tokyo, and became president of the \"Genrōin\". With the establishment of the \"kazoku\" peerage, he became a , and a member of the House of Peers on the establishment of the Diet of Japan in 1890. In his later years he helped build hospitals and schools in the region of Kashima, which he had once ruled, and was awarded Second", "id": "17536683" }, { "contents": "Obama Domain\n\n\nKawagoe Domain, before being the 1st Sakai \"daimyō\" of Obama Domain. He was the son of Sakai Tadatoshi, a hereditary retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He served Tokugawa Hidetada during the Siege of Ueda and later served Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who promoted him to \"rōjū\" in 1624. In 1634, he was transferred to Obama and completed the construction of Obama Castle. He retired from public life in 1656 and died in 1662. His grave is at the clan temple of Kuin-ji in Obama. was the", "id": "16508967" }, { "contents": "Edo period\n\n\nEmperor Kōmei died and was succeeded by his underaged son Emperor Meiji. Tokugawa Yoshinobu reluctantly became head of the Tokugawa house and \"shōgun\". He tried to reorganize the government under the emperor while preserving the \"shōgun\"s leadership role. Fearing the growing power of the Satsuma and Chōshū \"daimyō\", other \"daimyō\" called for returning the \"shōgun\"s political power to the emperor and a council of \"daimyō\" chaired by the former Tokugawa \"shōgun\". Yoshinobu accepted the plan in late 1867 and resigned, announcing an", "id": "3932378" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\n, was a politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan, twice as a cabinet minister, and also serving twice as mayor of Tokyo. Nagata was born in Mihara District, Hyōgo Prefecture, in what is now part of the city of Minamiawaji. After graduating from the predecessor of Kyoto Imperial University and serving as a school principal in Sumoto, Hyōgo from 1902 to 1904, he obtained a posting in the Home Ministry and rose to become", "id": "15430218" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Nagashige\n\n\n, also known as Sado-no-kami or Etchū-no-kami, was a Japanese samurai \"daimyō\" of the mid-Edo period. The Ogasawara were identified as one of the \"fudai\" or insider \"daimyō\" clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa, in contrast with the \"tozama\" or outsider clans. Nagashige served the Tokugawa shogunate as its eleventh Kyoto \"shoshidai\" in the period spanning October 17, 1691, through May 15, 1702. He had previously been shogunate", "id": "8758740" }, { "contents": "Jo Hyeong\n\n\nJo Hyeong (1606–1679) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty Korea in the 17th century. He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 6th Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. In 1655 King Hyojong of Joseon sent a mission to the shogunal court of Tokugawa Ietsuna. This diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for developing a political foundation for trade. The delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a \"Communication Envoy", "id": "5288304" }, { "contents": "Tsugaru clan\n\n\nwho took the name of (1872–1919) to be his heir. Hidemaru was educated in Germany, graduating from the University of Bonn, Humboldt University of Berlin and University of Geneva and after his return to Japan served in under the Japanese Resident-General of Korea from 1907-1914, and in the Ministry of the Imperial Household from 1914-1918. In 1918, he was appointed to the House of Peers. His son was (1907-1994), who was born as the second son of a branch of", "id": "10903481" }, { "contents": "Arima Ryōkitsu\n\n\nAdmiral was a career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy during Meiji and Taishō periods. Arima was a native of Wakayama, where his father was a senior \"samurai\" retainer of the Kishū Tokugawa clan, and an active supporter of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Although he came from such an unfavorable background, Arima was able to secure admission to the 12th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, after graduating from the forerunners of Doshisha University and Keio University with degrees in English language.", "id": "14930546" }, { "contents": "Mitsukuri Rinsho\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese statesman and legal scholar in Meiji period Japan. Mitsukuri was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo) to a noted family of scholars working for the Tokugawa bakufu. He studied \"rangaku\" and received a posting to the \"Bansho Shirabesho,\" the Shōgun's research institute for foreign technology. In 1867, he was selected to accompany the Shogunate's expedition to the Paris World Exposition, which proved to be an eye-opener. On his return to Japan, Mitsukuri joined the new Meiji government", "id": "19948939" }, { "contents": "Owari-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe , a branch of the Tokugawa clan, is the seniormost house of the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Originally descended from Tokugawa Yoshinao, the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the original line became extinct in 1800 with the death of the ninth lord and family head. It has since been kept in existence through repeated adoptions from the two remaining houses, and is currently headed by a member of the Kishu branch. For over 250 years, the Owari family ruled Owari Domain,", "id": "17810278" } ]

[ { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nJune 19, 1946, he served as the President of the House of Peers, a post which he held until May 2, 1947, when the Allied occupation authorities authorized the current Constitution of Japan abolishing the House of Peers. He died of heart disease at his home in Shibuya, Tokyo, on February 18, 1963, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class. His grave is located at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. He was succeeded as head of the Tokugawa clan", "id": "11961761" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince also known as Iyemasa, was a Japanese political figure of the Taishō and early Shōwa periods. He was the 17th hereditary head of the former shogunal branch of the Tokugawa clan and the final President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Iemasa Tokugawa was born in what is now the Sendagaya district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato and his wife, Konoe Hiroko, daughter of Konoe Tadafusa. He graduated from the law school of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909, and accepted a post in", "id": "11961759" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nthe diplomatic corps of Foreign Ministry the same year. In 1924, he was appointed Consul-general to the Japanese consulate in Sydney, Australia. In 1929, he was appointed Envoy to Canada and from 1937 to 1939 served as the Japanese ambassador to Turkey. In 1940, on the death of his father, he inherited the title of \"kōshaku\" (, \"prince\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and a seat as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On", "id": "11961760" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nin 1882, and was given the title of \"kōshaku\" (公爵, prince) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He became a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan from its creation in 1890, and served as President of the House of Peers from 1901-1933. When the administration of Prime Minister Yamamoto Gonnohyōe was brought down by the Siemens scandal, there was a strong movement to have Tokugawa Iesato nominated to be his successor. Following World War I, Iesato served on the Japanese", "id": "11796153" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince was the 13th head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan and the President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Kuniyuki Tokugawa inherited the title of \"shishaku\" (侯爵, marquis) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system on the death of his father, Tokugawa Atsuyoshi in 1898. A scholar, he turned his attention in 1906 to the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\", a comprehensive history of Japan begun by his ancestor, Tokugawa Mitsukuni in the 17th century. However, in 1910", "id": "13926670" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshinobu\n\n\n's photographs have been published in recent years by his great-grandson, Yoshitomo. In 1902, the Meiji Emperor allowed him to reestablish his own house as a Tokugawa branch (\"bekke\") with the highest rank in the peerage, that of prince (\"kōshaku\"), for his loyal service to Japan. He took a seat in the House of Peers, resigning in 1910. Tokugawa Yoshinobu died on November 21, 1913, at 4:10 pm and is buried in Yanaka Cemetery, Tokyo. On 9 January", "id": "12861306" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nCount was a Japanese political figure of the late Meiji through early Shōwa periods, and served as President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Yorinaga Matsudaira was the eighth son of Matsudaira Yoritoshi, the former \"daimyō\" of Matsuyama Domain in Shikoku. His mother, Chiyoko, was the daughter of Ii Naosuke and his wife was the daughter of Tokugawa Akitake, head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. He attended the Gakushūin Peer’s School, and with the sponsorship of Ōkuma Shigenobu, graduated from", "id": "14764736" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nthe law school of Waseda University. district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato. In 1909 he became a member of the House of Peers, and continued to serve as a member every year (except for a hiatus between 1911–1914) until his death. A strong supporter of education, he donated a large property in downtown Tokyo to create the Hongo Gakuin school. In 1933, he was made Vice-President of the House of Peers, breaking with the precedent that only men with the rank of princes", "id": "14764737" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\n, he was accepted into the 22nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and was commissioned as Second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army. He resigned his commission in 1914 citing health reasons, and went into the reserves in 1915. From December 1911, Kuniyuki Tokugawa served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\" in 1929, he was awarded the title of \"koshaku\" (公爵, prince). On June 25, 1940, he", "id": "13926671" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nPrince was the first head of the Tokugawa clan after the overthrow of the Tokugawa bakufu, and a figure in Japanese politics during the Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. Tokugawa Iesato was born to the Tayasu branch of the Tokugawa clan, under the name Kamenosuke, he became its 16th head, following the resignation of the last \"shōgun,\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu. His brothers were Tokugawa Satotaka and Tokugawa Takachiyo, who also held the Tayasu headship at different times. Iesato was also briefly the \"daimyō\" of the", "id": "11796150" }, { "contents": "Iwamura Michitoshi\n\n\n1896, Iwamura was awarded the title of viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure later the same year. He served as an advisor to Emperor Meiji, and was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers. He was also awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class on June 23, 1904. He died in Tokyo on February 12, 1915, and his grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo.", "id": "17814139" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nor marquis could service in the highest level positions. Four years later, when Fumimaro Konoe became Prime Minister of Japan, Yorinaga Matsudaira became the President of the House of Peers. He died while in office, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class with Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. His nephew Yorihiro Matsudaira succeeded him in his peerage. Yorinaga Matsudaira was also a noted collector of miniature bonsai, and served as honorary president of the Kofuku Bonsai Association. His", "id": "14764738" }, { "contents": "Prince Kachō Hirotada\n\n\nPrince Hirotada was the second son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu. His mother was Tokugawa Tsuneko, the 9th daughter of the last Tokugawa Shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He succeeded his father to the head of the Kachō-no-miya household when he was only 2 years old in 1904. Prince Kachō attended the Gakushuin Peers’ School. He entered the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1918, graduating 1st out of 176 cadets. Prince Kuni Asaakira was one of his classmates. He served his midshipman duty on the", "id": "17635064" }, { "contents": "Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu\n\n\nNovember 1942. From 1936 to 1945, he held various staff positions in the Naval General Staff Office in Tokyo. On 4 February 1930, Prince Takamatsu married Kikuko Tokugawa (26 December 1911 – 18 December 2004), the second daughter of Yoshihisa Tokugawa (peer). The bride was a granddaughter of Yoshinobu Tokugawa, the last Shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, and a granddaughter of the late Prince Arisugawa Takehito. Prince and Princess Takamatsu had no children. From the 1930s, Prince Takamatsu expressed grave reservations regarding Japanese aggression in", "id": "1048484" }, { "contents": "Francis Brinkley\n\n\n, covered Japanese history, fine arts and literature from the origins of the Japanese race up until the latter half of the Meiji period. In 1912, at the age of 71 and one month after General Nogi's death, Francis Brinkley died. At his funeral, the mourners included the Speaker of the House of Peers, Tokugawa Iesato, the Minister of the Navy Saitō Makoto, and the Foreign Minister Uchida Kosai. He is buried in the foreign section of the Aoyama Reien cemetery in central Tokyo. After his death Ernest", "id": "10262389" }, { "contents": "Enkichi Ōki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese statesman in the Taishō period. Ōki was born in Tokyo. His father, Ōki Takatō was one of the leaders in the Meiji Restoration, and served in numerous cabinet posts in the early Meiji government. In 1899, Enkichi succeeded to his father’s title of count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His political career began in 1908, when he was elected to the House of Peers. He initially supported the \"Kenkyūkai\", but soon switched his allegiance to the", "id": "2422914" }, { "contents": "Yoshitoshi Tokugawa\n\n\nLieutenant General Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and one of the pioneers of military aviation in Japan. Tokugawa Yoshitoshi was the son of Count Tokugawa Atsumori (1856–1924) (head of the Shimizu branch of the Tokugawa clan). Through his father, he was the grandnephew of the last shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. While his father had been created a count in 1884, he had relinquished the title in 1899. Yoshitoshi graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1903, after having specialized in military engineering. In", "id": "751688" }, { "contents": "Enomoto Takeaki\n\n\nViscount was a Japanese samurai and admiral of the Tokugawa navy of Bakumatsu-period Japan, who remained faithful to the Tokugawa shogunate and fought against the new Meiji government until the end of the Boshin War. He later served in the Meiji government as one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Enomoto was born as a member of a samurai family in the direct service of the Tokugawa clan in the Shitaya district of Edo (modern Taitō, Tokyo). Enomoto started learning Dutch in the 1850s, and after Japan's", "id": "12566973" }, { "contents": "Yamada Akiyoshi\n\n\ncount (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage on July 7, 1884, and served in the House of Peers (Japan) from its establishment in 1890. On January 28, 1892, he was appointed to a seat in the Privy Council of Japan but died in November of the same year at the age of 49, while inspecting the Ikuno Silver Mine in Asago, Hyōgo. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Buddhist temple of Gokoku-ji in", "id": "655166" }, { "contents": "International Martial Arts Federation\n\n\nwas appointed as the 5th President of IMAF. He served as the Japanese Ambassador to India and Deputy Foreign Minister. The current president of Kokusai Budoin, International Martial Arts Federation (IMAF) is Yasuhisa Tokugawa, the great-grandson of the 15th and final \"shōgun\" of Japan, Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837–1913). He was also the Chief Priest for the in Tokyo from 2013-2018. Note: In the mid 1980's IMAF-Europe split from IMAF Japan to create a current non-affiliated organization with a", "id": "8525267" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masami\n\n\nInaba Masami was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Tateyama Domain, Inaba Masamori. On his father’s death in 1820, he succeeded to the head of the Tateyama Inaba clan and the position of \"daimyō\" of Tateyama. In 1862, he was appointed as a \"Wakadoshiyori\" in the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate under \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemochi. He resigned the title in 1864, with instructions to strengthen Japan's naval defenses against the increasing aggressive incursions of foreign black ships, and supported Katsu", "id": "8052899" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Mochiaki\n\n\nabolition of the han system in 1871. In 1884, he became a Count (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He was awarded the Fourth class of the Order of the Rising Sun in 1885. In 1889, he inherited the title of Marquis (\"koshaku\") from his adopted father. He died in 1890. His son, Matsudaira Yasutaka (1867–1930) served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan and was author of a number of works on agricultural", "id": "4765039" }, { "contents": "Tsunenari Tokugawa\n\n\nHis son, Iehiro Tokugawa, is a translator. In 2007, Tsunenari published a book entitled \"Edo no idenshi\" (江戸の遺伝子), released in English in 2009 as \"The Edo Inheritance\", which seeks to counter the common belief among Japanese that the Edo period (throughout which members of his Tokugawa clan ruled Japan as \"shōguns\") was like a dark age, when Japan, cut off from the world, fell behind. On the contrary, he argues, the roughly 250 years of peace and relative", "id": "11961777" }, { "contents": "Matsui Keishirō\n\n\nto Japan in 1913. During the First World War, served as Japanese Ambassador to France and was a plenipotentiary at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. On the successful completion of this mission, he was awarded with the title of baron (\"danshaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He served as Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 7 to June 11, 1924, under the administration of Kiyoura Keigo and was also appointed a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He later served", "id": "9380810" }, { "contents": "Konoe Tadafusa\n\n\n, son of regent Tadahiro with his wife Shimazu Kyoko, was a \"kugyō\" or Japanese court noble of the late Edo period (1603–1868). He did not hold any regent position kampaku or sesshō. His consort was Shimazu Mitsuko, an adopted daughter of Shimazu Nariakira, eleventh head of Satsuma Domain. The couple had a daughter, Konoe Hiroko, who later married Tokugawa Iesato, the sixteenth head of Tokugawa family and bore him Tokugawa Iemasa, the seventeenth head of the Tokugawa clan. He adopted a son of Konoe", "id": "20767712" }, { "contents": "Tenshō-in\n\n\nShe spent her remaining years nurturing Tokugawa Iesato, the 16th head of the Tokugawa clan. She moved into the Tokugawa residence in Sendagaya, in the Shibuya district, Tokyo. She suffered from Parkinson's disease which eventually took her life on November 20th, 1883, at the age of 47. She was buried in Kaneiji in Ueno, Tokyo, together with her husband, Onkyoin (Iesada). Beside Onkyoin and Tenshoin tombs, There is loquat tree planted there as it was Tenshoin's favorite food. The 2008 NHK Taiga", "id": "241772" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshimune\n\n\nYoshimune was not the son of any former \"shōgun\". Rather, he was a member of a cadet branch of the Tokugawa clan. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, well aware of the extinction of the Minamoto line in 1219, had realized that his direct descendants might die out, leaving the Tokugawa family at risk of extinction. Thus, while his son Tokugawa Hidetada was the second \"shōgun\", he selected three other sons to establish the \"gosanke,\" hereditary houses which would provide a", "id": "16258375" }, { "contents": "Kitasato Shibasaburō\n\n\nonki Corporation, with the intention of manufacturing the most reliable clinical thermometer possible. The company was later renamed Terumo Corporation. Kitasato also was the first dean of medicine at Keio University, first president of the Japan Medical Association, and served on the House of Peers. He was ennobled with the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system in February 1924. Kitasato died of an intracranial hemorrhage at his home in Azabu, Tokyo, on June 13, 1931. His grave is at the", "id": "11568829" }, { "contents": "Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa\n\n\nPrince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa was the only son of Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa and Fusako, Princess Kane. He succeeded as the head of the Kitashirakawa-no-miya house upon his father's unexpected death in an automobile accident in France in 1923. On 25 April 1935, Prince Nagahisa married Sachiko Tokugawa, born , died , the daughter of Baron Yoshikuni Tokugawa. Prince and Princess Kitashirakawa Nagahisa had one son and one daughter: Prince Nagahisa graduated from the 43rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1931, and was commissioned a sub", "id": "8171688" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nbrother Tokugawa Yoshiatsu and ordering him to assume the post of \"daimyō\" to assure the stability of Mito Domain. He departed from Marseille in December 1868. Tokugawa Akitake succeeded Tokugawa Yoshiatsu to become the 11th head of the Mito Tokugawa clan on his return to Japan. However, the title of \"daimyō\" was officially abolished in 1869, and he continued at Mito as domain governor. His request for land development in Hokkaido to resettle ex-samurai from the domain was granted on August 17, 1869, and he was", "id": "17914477" }, { "contents": "Sōma Nakamura Domain\n\n\nyounger brother Masatane. was the 5th \"daimyō\" of Sōma-Nakamura Domain and the 21st hereditary chieftain of the Sōma clan. As his older brother Sadatane had died without heir, he was posthumously appointed successor. He was received in formal audience to Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna and received the courtesy title of \"Danjō-shōhitsu\". From 1689-1690 he served as a \"sobayōnin\" to Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. He retired from public life in February 1701, living in rural seclusion to his death at the age of 68", "id": "4010353" }, { "contents": "Aizu\n\n\nof only 15. He was succeeded by the eighth lord Katataka, who was a sixth cousin (twice removed) and a member of the Takasu cadet branch of the Mito collateral line. He died without heirs in 1852 and was succeeded by his grandnephew, the famous Katamori, whose descendants have since headed the family. The present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tsunenari, is also from the Aizu lineage. In the house code set down by Masayuki, there was a specific injunction to serve the shogun with single-minded", "id": "17967555" }, { "contents": "Arai Hakuseki\n\n\nshogun Tokugawa Ienobu. He went on to displace the official Hayashi advisers to become the leading confucianist for Ienobu and Tokugawa Ietsugu. While some of Hakuseki's policies were still carried out after Ienobu's death, after the 6th shogun, Tokugawa Ietsugu, died and Tokugawa Yoshimune's rule began, Hakuseki left his post to begin his career as a prolific writer of Japanese history and Occidental studies. He was buried in Asakusa (current day Taitō, Tokyo), Hoonji temple but was later moved to Nakano, Tokyo, Kotokuji temple", "id": "12566945" }, { "contents": "Tsuruga Domain\n\n\nin the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. His courtesy title was \"Ukyō-no-suke\". His wife was the daughter of Doi Toshifusa of Ōno Domain. He died in 1706 and his grave is at the temple of Seisho-ji in Atago, Tokyo. was the 2nd \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga Domain in Echizen Province under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. Tadakiku was the eldest son of Sakai Tadashige. He became \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga on the death of his father in 1706. He was an \"", "id": "2398354" }, { "contents": "Mito-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe is a branch of the Tokugawa clan based in Mito, Ibaraki. Following the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as daimyō in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Although the Mito branch held less land", "id": "18026528" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\n. After Hideyoshi's death in 1598, Tokugawa Ieyasu came to power and was appointed \"shōgun\" by the Emperor. The Tokugawa shogunate, which governed from Edo (modern Tokyo), presided over a prosperous and peaceful era known as the Edo period (1600–1868). The Tokugawa shogunate imposed a strict class system on Japanese society and cut off almost all contact with the outside world. Portugal and Japan started their first affiliation in 1543, making the Portuguese the first Europeans to reach Japan by landing in the southern archipelago of", "id": "3250463" }, { "contents": "Tadaatsu Ishiguro\n\n\n, citing illness. His father died the same year, and per the provisions of his father’s will, he did not inherit the kazoku peerage title of viscount held by his father. In January 1943, he was granted a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. In 1945, he returned to the cabinet as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce under the Suzuki administration. In 1946, after the surrender of Japan, as with all members of the prewar and wartime Japanese government, Ishiguro was purged by", "id": "9448122" }, { "contents": "Ōkuma Shigenobu\n\n\nof the Diet of Japan until 1922. He was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum in 1916, and was elevated to the title of \"kōshaku\" (侯爵) (marquis) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system the same year. Ōkuma returned to Waseda, and died there in 1922. An estimated 300,000 people attended his funeral in Tokyo's Hibiya Park. He was posthumously elevated to the rank of prince in the peerage and was also posthumously conferred with the Collar of the Order of the", "id": "9013378" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nTokugawa branch houses (\"shinpan daimyō\") became marquesses, the heads of the secondary branches became counts and the heads of more distant branches became viscounts. The head of the Matsudaira (Fukui Domain) branch was raised to the rank of marquess from the rank of count in 1888. In 1902, the former \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu was created a prince, and the head of the Mito \"shinpan\" house was raised to the same rank, prince, in 1929. Of the other former \"daimyō\" clans", "id": "2052552" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Naganari\n\n\nViscount was an Admiral and naval strategist in the Imperial Japanese Navy in Meiji and Taishō period Japan, and a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. He was also known as Ogasawara Chōsei, Ogasawara Nagayo. Ogasawara was born in Saga prefecture. His father was the Rōjū Ogasawara Nagamichi, a senior retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. As his father was forced into retirement by the events of the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Ogasawara Naganari succeeded his grandfather to become head of the Ogasawara clan in 1873, and as", "id": "15329213" }, { "contents": "Katō Takaaki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese politician, diplomat, and the 14th Prime Minister of Japan, a position he held from 11 June 1924 until his death on 28 January 1926, during the period which historians have called \"Taishō Democracy\". He was also known as Katō Kōmei. Katō, was born as Hattori Sokichi, the second son of a former \"samurai\" retainer of the Owari Tokugawa domain in Nagoya, Owari Province, in the town of Saya, Ama District in what is now part of the city of Aisai,", "id": "9068839" }, { "contents": "Kawasaki Takukichi\n\n\n. Under his administration, the Yagoto Baseball Ground was built, and the first Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament was held in 1924. Later in 1924, Kawasaki was recalled to Tokyo to assume the post of Director-General of the National Police Agency under the Home Ministry. He became Deputy Home Minister in 1925. In 1926, he was invited to take a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He was recruited by Osachi Hamaguchi and Wakatsuki Reijirō to join the \"Kenseikai\" political party,", "id": "22092779" }, { "contents": "Masuda Takashi\n\n\nBaron , was a Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector. He was a prominent entrepreneur in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan, responsible for transforming Mitsui into a \"zaibatsu\" through the creation of a general trading company, Mitsui Bussan. He also established a newspaper, the , which was later renamed the \"Nihon Keizai Shimbun\". Masuda was born on Sado Island, in what is now Niigata Prefecture. His father was an official in the Tokugawa shogunate, serving as Hakodate bugyō, a position which", "id": "13847203" }, { "contents": "Suwa Tadamasa\n\n\nthe Shiba Tōshō-gū, a Shinto Shrine dedicated to the previous Shoguns of the Tokugawa clan in Tokyo. After the death of Suwa Tadaaya in 1878, he resumed his position as chieftain of the Suwa clan. he was reappointed \"kannushi\" of the Shiba Tōshō-gū from 1882 to 1889. In 1884 he became a viscount (\"shisaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His court rank was increased to Senior Fourth Rank in 1887. From 1891 to 1895, he returned to Suwa and became", "id": "12726550" }, { "contents": "Ōkubo Tadanori\n\n\nŌkubo Tadanori was the nephew of Tokugawa Nariaki, which made him a cousin to Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He was born as the 5th son of Matsudaira Yorihiro, daimyō of Takamatsu Domain, in Sanuki Province. On the death of former daimyō of Odawara, Ōkubo Tadanao in 1859 he was adopted into the Ōkubo clan as 11th clan head, and by default, daimyō of Odawara Domain. He served in a number of posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate, including that of \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) in", "id": "1881957" }, { "contents": "Kinichiro Ishikawa\n\n\nIshikawa Kinichiro, a watercolor painter and champion of Taiwanese Western art education, was born in Shizuoka City, Japan. His father was a former official of the Tokugawa government during the bakumatsu (late Tokugawa Shogunate). He was infatuated with painting from a very early age, but his father did not approve of his artistic pursuits. In 1888, he entered the Tokyo Telecommunications School of the Ministry of Communications. In order to sustain his interest in painting, aside from using prints of English works to engage in self-study", "id": "7410092" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masanori\n\n\nInaba Masanori was the second son of the previous daimyō of Odawara, Inaba Masakatsu. As his mother died when he was still very young, he was raised by his grandmother, Kasuga no Tsubone, the wet nurse to \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu. On the death of his father in 1634, he became head of the Inaba clan, and inherited his father’s position as daimyō of Odawara. Due to the influence of his grandmother, he rose rapidly through the hierarchy of the Tokugawa shogunate and was appointed \"Rōjū\"", "id": "1882506" }, { "contents": "Pak Yung-hio\n\n\nfled to exile in Japan, where he remained until 1907. On his return, he accepted the post of Royal Household Minister under Ye Wanyong. Following the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, in which Korea was annexed to the Empire of Japan, Park was awarded with the \"kazoku\" title of marquess (\"koshaku\") in the Japanese peerage, and a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Director of the Bank of Chosen in 1918, Chairman of the Korean Economic", "id": "5961340" }, { "contents": "Fumio Gotō\n\n\nBorn in Ōita Prefecture, Gotō was a graduate of the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909. During his early career in the 1920s, he worked in the Home Ministry, and was Director of Administration within the office of the Governor-General of Taiwan. In the 1930s, Gotō was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries between 1932 and 1934 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Makoto Saitō, and was later Home Minister", "id": "15188268" }, { "contents": "Konoe Atsumaro\n\n\nDuke was a Japanese politician and journalist of the Meiji era. He served as the 3rd President of the House of Peers and 7th President of the Gakushūin Peer's School in Meiji period Japan. He was also the father of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoe was born in Kyoto as the heir to the highly ranked Konoe family of Court nobility, one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. His father Konoe Tadafusa died when he was young, so he was raised by his grandfather Konoe Tadahiro. His mother was", "id": "1475111" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nassigned lands in Tomamae-gun, Teshio-gun, Kamikawa-gun, Nakagawa-gun in Teshio no kuni along with Rishiri-gun in Kitami no kuni. With the abolition of the han system in 1871, he was required by the government to leave in Mito and to live in Tokyo. He relocated to the former \"shimoyashiki\" secondary residence of the Mito Clan located in Mukōjima. Tokugawa Akitake was appointed a second lieutenant in Imperial Japanese Army in 1875, and served as an instructor during the early days of", "id": "17914478" }, { "contents": "Yonekura Tadasuke\n\n\nYonekura Tadasuke was the sixth son of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, a favorite of \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi who served in a number of important posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. In 1710, he was adopted by Yonekura Masateru, the \"daimyō\" of Minagawa Domain in Shimotsuke Province, and succeeded to the head of the Yonekura clan and daimyo of Minagawa two years later. On September 1, 1716, he was received in a formal audience by Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune. On July 27, 1722, he transferred the seat", "id": "9479884" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\nit was essential that Tokyo host the 1940 Olympics, as the date coincided with the Japanese 2600th Anniversary celebrations. He was forced to resign after a police sweep rounded up 6900 suspected communists in Tokyo. Nagata subsequently served in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. From March 9, 1936 to February 2, 1937, Nagata was appointed Minister of Colonial Affairs under the Kōki administration. He returned to the cabinet as Railway Minister under the Abe administration from November 29, 1939, to January 14, 1940. Nagata", "id": "15430221" }, { "contents": "Kijūrō Shidehara\n\n\nhe was named ambassador to the United States and was Japan's leading negotiator during the Washington Naval Conference. His negotiations led to the return of Shandong Province to China. However, while he was ambassador, the United States enacted discriminatory immigration laws against Japanese, which created much ill will in Japan. Shidehara was elevated to the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1920, and appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in 1925. In 1924, Shidehara became Minister of", "id": "9069195" }, { "contents": "Sōma clan\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. During the Boshin War of 1868–69, the Sōma clan fought on the site of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, supporting the Tokugawa regime. After Meiji Restoration, the head of the Sōma clan became part of the \"kazoku\" peerage, with Sōma Aritane receiving the title of \"shishaku\" (Viscount). Sōma Morotsune was the younger son of Chiba Tsunetane, and with his father was a samurai in the service of Minamoto no Yoritomo. He took his name from the Sōma Mikuriya, a \"shōen\" controlled", "id": "7506834" }, { "contents": "Matsumoto Kazu\n\n\nMatsumoto was born in Edo (now Tokyo) as the younger son of a direct retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. He graduated in 1880 from the 7th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, ranked 19 out of 30 cadets. He served on a number of ships in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, including the corvettes , , , and . Promoted to lieutenant in 1886, he graduated from the first class of the Naval Staff College in 1888. He was the chief navigator on the cruiser in 1891–1892 on its year-", "id": "8947678" }, { "contents": "Mito Domain\n\n\nof the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as \"daimyō\" in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the gosanke. Although the Mito branch held less land and wealth than either of the other two branches, they maintained considerable influence throughout the Edo period. The domain's promiximity to the \"de", "id": "290529" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nAtsuyoshi's son Tokugawa Kuniyuki was 11 years old at that time, and became the 13th head of the Mito Tokugawa under Akitake's tutelage. However, Akitake subsequently had a son, Tokugawa Takesada, who was born to a concubine in 1888. Takesada was made a viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1892 and founded the separate Matsudo Tokugawa line. In 1903, Tokugawa Akitake was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class. He died at Koumetei mansion in 1910. \"", "id": "17914481" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nand was raised by Tenshō-in and Kazu-no-Miya Chikako. In 1868 he was sent to Kyoto by his mother, Kazu-no-Miya Chikako and met with Emperor Meiji. He married the daughter of Konoe Tadafusa, Konoe Hiroko, who bore him Iemasa Tokugawa, the seventeenth Tokugawa family head, Yasuko Tokugawa, who married Nobusuke Takatsukasa and bore him Toshimichi Takatsukasa, Ryōko Tokugawa, and Toshiko Tokugawa. In 1877, Iesato was sent to Eton College in Great Britain to study. He returned to Japan", "id": "11796152" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\nthis, almost immediately after Hideyoshi's death, war broke out between Hideyori's allies and those loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu, a \"daimyō\" and a former ally of Hideyoshi. Tokugawa Ieyasu won a decisive victory at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, ushering in 268 uninterrupted years of rule by the Tokugawa clan. The Edo period was characterized by relative peace and stability under the tight control of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled from the eastern city of Edo (modern Tokyo). In 1603, Emperor Go-Yōzei declared", "id": "3250534" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nKorean Empire was annexed in 1910, the House of Yi was mediatized as an incorporated and therefore subordinate kingship (王). Excluding the Tokugawas, the initial \"kazoku\" rank distribution for the former \"daimyō\" lords depended on rice revenue: those with 150,000 \"koku\" or more became marquesses, those with 50,000 \"koku\" or more become counts, and those with holdings rated below 50,000 \"koku\" became viscounts. The head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Iesato, became a prince, the heads of primary", "id": "2052551" }, { "contents": "Gosanke\n\n\nThe , also called simply , or even , were the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan: Owari House of Tokugawa, Kii House of Tokugawa, and Mito House of Tokugawa, all of which were descended from clan founder Tokugawa Ieyasu's three youngest sons, Yoshinao, Yorinobu, and Yorifusa, and were allowed to provide a shōgun in case of need. In the Edo period the term \"gosanke\" could also refer to various other combinations of Tokugawa houses, including (1) the shogunal, Owari", "id": "17630062" }, { "contents": "Hirohide Fushimi\n\n\nBorn as , the 4th son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, he was the younger brother of Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, Prince Kachō Hirotada and Marquis Kachō Hironobu. In October 1932, he served as a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. On 1 April 1936, by order of Emperor Hirohito, he was allowed to establish his own household after renouncing his imperial title, and was created a count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. The same year, he married Tomoko Yanagisawa", "id": "230990" }, { "contents": "Sano Tsunetami\n\n\nduring the 1st Matsukata administration, he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. In 1895, Sano was elevated to the title of count (\"hakushaku\"). On his death at his home in Tokyo in 1902, he was posthumously awarded with the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class with Paulownia Blossoms). His grave is at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo. In 1939, the Japanese government issued a series of four commemorative postage stamps honoring the 75th anniversary of the Red Cross Treaty. A portrait of Sano", "id": "7051581" }, { "contents": "Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu\n\n\nsucceeded to title Kachō-no-miya on April 23, 1883, upon which he changed his name from \"Narukata\" to \"Hiroyasu,\" but returned to the house of Fushimi-no-miya on January 16, 1904. On January 9, 1896, Prince Hiroyasu married Tokugawa Tsuneko (1882–1939), the ninth daughter of Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japan's last \"shōgun\", with whom he had six children: Prince Hiroyasu entered the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy on 5 April 1886, but resigned in September", "id": "3864370" }, { "contents": "Mizoguchi clan\n\n\nas part of the guard of Nagoya Castle. In 1598, he was transferred to Shibata and his \"kokudaka\" was increased to 60,000 \"koku\". Following the Battle of Sekigahara, he was confirmed in his holdings by the Tokugawa shogunate. The Mizoguchi ruled Shibata as \"tozama daimyō\" until the Meiji restoration. After the abolition of the han system in 1871, the final \"daimyō\" of Shibata, Mizoguchi Naomasa relocated to Tokyo and received the \"kazoku\" peerage title of \"hakushaku\" (Count) in", "id": "19300691" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Norinaga\n\n\nMatsudaira Norinaga was the eldest son of Matsudaira Ienori, a Sengoku period samurai and daimyō of Iwamura Domain in Mino Province under the early Tokugawa shogunate. On the death of his father in 1614, he was confirmed as head of the Ogyū-Matsdaira clan and the same year accompanied the forces of \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada at the Siege of Osaka. In 1634, he was transferred to Hamamatsu Domain in Tōtōmi Province with an increase in revenues from 20,000 to 36,000 \"koku\". In 1642, Matsudaira Norinaga was promoted to", "id": "3314701" }, { "contents": "Canada–Japan relations\n\n\nway to deal with the Japanese question is to have our own Minister in Japan to visa passports.\" As a context, it is worth noting that Japan's consulate in Vancouver was established in 1889, 40 years before its embassy was opened in Ottawa in 1929. The first Japanese Minister in Canada was Prince Iemasa Tokugawa, serving from 1929 to 1934. The first Canadian Minister in Japan was Sir Herbert Marler, serving from 1929 to 1936. Diplomatic ties were severed in 1941 with the start of the Pacific War. During", "id": "15989893" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Ienari\n\n\nTokugawa Ienari (, November 18, 1773 – March 22, 1841) was the eleventh and longest-serving \"shōgun\" of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1787 to 1837. He was a great-grandson of the eighth shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune through his son Munetada (1721–1764), head of the Hitotsubashi branch of the family, and his grandson Harusada (1751–1827). Ienari died in 1841 and was given the Buddhist name Bunkyouin and buried at Kan'ei-ji. In 1778, the four-year", "id": "12177738" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nin more broad terms, the period begins with Oda Nobunaga's entry into Kyoto in 1568, when he led his army to the imperial capital in order to install Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the 15th, and ultimately final, shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, and it lasts until the coming to power of Tokugawa Ieyasu after his victory over supporters of the Toyotomi clan at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. The Edo period from 1600 to 1868 characterized early modern Japan. The Tokugawa shogunate was a feudalist regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu", "id": "9974550" }, { "contents": "Kaga Domain\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. The location of the main Edo residence of the \"daimyō\" of the Kaga Domain is now the site of the Hongō campus of the University of Tokyo. Maeda Toshiie was a distinguished military commander, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and a close friend of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. A member of the Council of Five Elders who ruled Japan during the Sengoku period, he was granted the Kaga Domain in 1583. His eldest son, Maeda Toshinaga, supported Tokugawa Ieyasu in his rise to power and was rewarded by an increase", "id": "6571560" }, { "contents": "Inoue Masamoto\n\n\nInoue Masamoto was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain, Inoue Masasada. He became 8th head of the Mikawa-branch of Inoue clan and \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain on his father's death in 1786. He was awarded Lower 5th Court Rank and the courtesy title of \"Kawachi-no-kami\" soon afterwards. In 1802, Masamoto entered the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate as a \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) under \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Ienari. In 1816, while", "id": "4715826" }, { "contents": "March Incident\n\n\nexecute a coup d'état and seize power.br 3. A new Cabinet would be formed under the premiership of the then-War Minister, General Kazushige Ugaki. The project was underwritten by a 200,000-yen donation by Yoshichika Tokugawa, ultra-rightist member of the House of Peers, son of the last \"daimyō\" of Nagoya, founder of the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya and Emperor Shōwa's second cousin. Ultra-rightist civilian organizations led by Kanichiro Kamei and Shūmei Ōkawa fomented a commotion outside the Diet Building in Tokyo late in February", "id": "5593888" }, { "contents": "Nanbu Shigenao\n\n\nHowever, in April 1636, his \"sankin-kōtai\" procession arrived in Edo ten days late, which was a violation of the new \"Buke shohatto\" regulations issued by \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu, and he was declared unfit to govern, and sentenced to house arrest at the clan residence in Edo. After his death in Edo in 1664, the Tokugawa shogunate intervened, and by order of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna appointed his younger brother Shichinohe Shigenobu as the next \"daimyō\", with the son of Hotta Masamori reduced", "id": "4495846" }, { "contents": "Akira Tomii\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese diplomat. He was born as a son of Baron Masaaki Tomii, the president of Tokyo Imperial University of Legal and a draft member of Japanese Civil Law. When he was young, his father hired Keita Gotō as Akira's home teacher. Akira Tomii graduated Tokyo Imperial University, and served as the Japanese Consul in Mukden, China, in 1915. From 1916 to 1924 served as consul in New York City, from 1924 to 1927 as consul in London, and from 1927 to 1933 as consul in", "id": "5339969" }, { "contents": "Maeda Toshisada\n\n\nand afterwards assumed his family’s seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. In 1922, he was appointed Communications Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Katō Tomosaburō. He subsequently served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kiyoura Keigo as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. He retired from public life in January 1944, and died in October of the same year. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasures, 1st class. Maeda studied poetry under Sasaki Nobutsuna. His daughter married post-war Foreign Minister", "id": "2257384" }, { "contents": "Hideo Kodama\n\n\nwas assigned to the Imperial General Headquarters and sent to the Liaodong Peninsula (under Japanese occupation), where he served as liaison between the civilian government in Tokyo and the Japanese general armies in Manchuria. Following the war, he returned to the Finance Ministry as head of the government's Tobacco Monopoly. He was later assigned to serve in the Japanese Government-General of Korea, as a secretary to the Privy Council, and as a member of the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 23 July 1906,", "id": "14284806" }, { "contents": "Prince Kuni Asaakira\n\n\nDomain. In 1921, he served for the customary term in the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 29 January 1929, he succeeded as head of the Kuni-no-miya house. Prince Kuni graduated from the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1921. He served as a midshipman on the cruiser and battleship . After his commissioning as ensign, he was assigned to the battleship , followed by battleships and . After his graduation from the Naval Staff College in 1925, he was assigned to", "id": "20710624" }, { "contents": "Saneatsu Mushanokōji\n\n\nJapanese ambassador to Nazi Germany, he traveled throughout Europe in 1936. In 1946, he was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. However, four months later he was purged from public office by the American Occupation authorities, due to his (1942), supporting the actions of the Japanese government in World War II. Mushanokōji made a literary comeback with his novel (1949–1950). He was awarded the Order of Culture in 1951, and became a member of the Japan Art Academy", "id": "5324629" }, { "contents": "Shizuoka (city)\n\n\nwhich he could influence \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada from behind the scenes. Subsequently, aside for brief periods, Sunpu was \"tenryō\" (territory under direct administration by the Shogunate), ruled by the , an appointed official based in Sunpu. In 1869, after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, the former shogunal line, headed by Tokugawa Iesato was sent to Sunpu and assigned the short-lived Sunpu Domain. The same year, Sunpu was renamed \"Shizuoka\". Shizuoka Domain became Shizuoka Prefecture with the abolition of", "id": "1359009" }, { "contents": "Ōta Dōkan\n\n\nlived in the same place. In the late 16th century, Dōkan's Edo Castle was chosen as the new home of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had been persuaded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to transfer the seat of his clan holdings into the Kantō. With the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in the early 17th century, Edo Castle became the center of the shogunate government. When the shogunate was displaced in the Meiji Restoration in the late 19th century, the newly named Tokyo became an Imperial capital with an Imperial Palace rising from the former shōgun", "id": "9984404" }, { "contents": "Prince Kaya Tsunenori\n\n\n, was the second head of the Kaya-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. He was first cousin to Empress Kōjun (Nagako), the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). Prince Kaya Tsunenori was born in Tokyo, the first son of Prince Kaya Kuninori and his wife, the former Daigō Yoshiko. He received his primary and secondary education at the boys' department of the Gakushuin Peers’ School. On December 8, 1909, he became the second head of the Kaya-no-", "id": "9139501" }, { "contents": "Hachisuka Mochiaki\n\n\nto Great Britain and attended Oxford University, where he matriculated at Balliol College in 1874. After returning to Japan, he joined the government as Director of the Customs Bureau director in the Ministry of Finance and a member of \"Sanjiin\" (legislative advisory council). In 1882, Hachisuka was envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to France, and received the title of \"kōshaku\" (marquis) under the new \"kazoku\" peerage system. After returning to Japan, he served as a member of the House of Peers,", "id": "18933529" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nand ruled by the \"shōguns\" of the Tokugawa clan. The period gets its name from the capital city, Edo, now called Tokyo. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo Castle from 1603 until 1868, when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration in the late Edo period (often called the Late Tokugawa shogunate). In 1392, General Yi Seong-gye established the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) with a largely bloodless coup. Yi Seong-gye moved the capital of Korea to the location of modern-day Seoul", "id": "9974551" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Hirotada\n\n\nHe is best known for being the father of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Hirotada was the son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (7th head of Mikawa Matsudaira clan). He was known in his childhood as Senshōmaru, Senchiyo, and Jirōzaburō. After his father's assassination in 1537, Hirotada was placed under the protection of a loyal retainer, Abe Sadayoshi. He allied with the Imagawa, and with their help was installed at Okazaki castle. The alliance with them brought him into conflict with the Tokugawa clan. In", "id": "20973368" }, { "contents": "Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda\n\n\nPrince Takeda Tsuneyoshi was the only son of Prince Takeda Tsunehisa and Princess Masako, Princess Tsune (1888–1940), the sixth daughter of Emperor Meiji. He was, therefore, a first cousin of Emperor Shōwa. Prince Tsuneyoshi became the second head of the Takeda-no-miya house on 23 April 1919. After being educated at the Gakushūin Peers' School, and serving for a session in the House of Peers, he graduated from the 32nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in July 1930, and received a commission", "id": "4712175" }, { "contents": "Ishii Kikujirō\n\n\nViscount , was a Japanese diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan between 1915 and 1916. Ishii was born in Mobara city, Kazusa Province (present-day Chiba Prefecture). He graduated from the Law Department of Tokyo Imperial University and joined the Foreign Ministry. His first posting was as an attaché to Paris in 1891, and he was later sent to Chemulpo, Korea in 1896 and to Beijing, China in 1897.", "id": "19761626" }, { "contents": "Nagai Naoyuki\n\n\n, also known as or , was a Japanese hatamoto under the Tokugawa of Bakumatsu period Japan. His great-great-grandchild was Yukio Mishima. Naoyuki's adopted son, Iwanojō Nagai, was the father of Natsu, who was Mishima's grandmother. Iwanojō's real father was Nagasumi Miyoshi (Miyoshi clan) who was a Tokugawa retainer. Nagai Naoyuki, or as he was first known, , was born in the Nukada district of the Okutono Domain by a concubine to \"daimyō\" . Noritada, while head of a", "id": "5425993" }, { "contents": "Hidemaro Konoye\n\n\nViscount was a conductor and composer of classical music in Shōwa period Japan. He was the younger brother of pre-war Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoye was born in Kōjimachi, Tokyo as the younger son of Duke Konoe Atsumaro, scion of one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. The Konoe clan traditionally provided \"gagaku\" musicians to the Imperial Household, and Hidemaro chose to follow the family's musical tradition, whereas his older brother Fumimaro went into politics. Konoye attended the Gakushuin Peers School, where", "id": "22220081" }, { "contents": "Yoritake Matsudaira\n\n\n. After graduation from Waseda University, he worked for Toshiba. Now he is the president of . One of his hobbies is horseback riding, he is an amateur radio aficionado, and he gives lectures about the advantages of Scouting activities. Yoritake is a second cousin of the present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Tsunenari, as both are great-grandsons of Nabeshima Naohiro, the 11th and last \"daimyō\" of Saga. By virtue of his descent from the \"kuge\" Madenokōji family, he is also a sixth", "id": "1769206" }, { "contents": "Nabeshima Naoyoshi\n\n\nperiod of Naoyoshi's administration, and the prefecture's economic production was increased, particularly in the area of sugar production. In 1881, Naoyoshi was recalled to Tokyo, and became president of the \"Genrōin\". With the establishment of the \"kazoku\" peerage, he became a , and a member of the House of Peers on the establishment of the Diet of Japan in 1890. In his later years he helped build hospitals and schools in the region of Kashima, which he had once ruled, and was awarded Second", "id": "17536683" }, { "contents": "Obama Domain\n\n\nKawagoe Domain, before being the 1st Sakai \"daimyō\" of Obama Domain. He was the son of Sakai Tadatoshi, a hereditary retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He served Tokugawa Hidetada during the Siege of Ueda and later served Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who promoted him to \"rōjū\" in 1624. In 1634, he was transferred to Obama and completed the construction of Obama Castle. He retired from public life in 1656 and died in 1662. His grave is at the clan temple of Kuin-ji in Obama. was the", "id": "16508967" }, { "contents": "Edo period\n\n\nEmperor Kōmei died and was succeeded by his underaged son Emperor Meiji. Tokugawa Yoshinobu reluctantly became head of the Tokugawa house and \"shōgun\". He tried to reorganize the government under the emperor while preserving the \"shōgun\"s leadership role. Fearing the growing power of the Satsuma and Chōshū \"daimyō\", other \"daimyō\" called for returning the \"shōgun\"s political power to the emperor and a council of \"daimyō\" chaired by the former Tokugawa \"shōgun\". Yoshinobu accepted the plan in late 1867 and resigned, announcing an", "id": "3932378" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\n, was a politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan, twice as a cabinet minister, and also serving twice as mayor of Tokyo. Nagata was born in Mihara District, Hyōgo Prefecture, in what is now part of the city of Minamiawaji. After graduating from the predecessor of Kyoto Imperial University and serving as a school principal in Sumoto, Hyōgo from 1902 to 1904, he obtained a posting in the Home Ministry and rose to become", "id": "15430218" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Nagashige\n\n\n, also known as Sado-no-kami or Etchū-no-kami, was a Japanese samurai \"daimyō\" of the mid-Edo period. The Ogasawara were identified as one of the \"fudai\" or insider \"daimyō\" clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa, in contrast with the \"tozama\" or outsider clans. Nagashige served the Tokugawa shogunate as its eleventh Kyoto \"shoshidai\" in the period spanning October 17, 1691, through May 15, 1702. He had previously been shogunate", "id": "8758740" }, { "contents": "Jo Hyeong\n\n\nJo Hyeong (1606–1679) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty Korea in the 17th century. He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 6th Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. In 1655 King Hyojong of Joseon sent a mission to the shogunal court of Tokugawa Ietsuna. This diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for developing a political foundation for trade. The delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a \"Communication Envoy", "id": "5288304" }, { "contents": "Tsugaru clan\n\n\nwho took the name of (1872–1919) to be his heir. Hidemaru was educated in Germany, graduating from the University of Bonn, Humboldt University of Berlin and University of Geneva and after his return to Japan served in under the Japanese Resident-General of Korea from 1907-1914, and in the Ministry of the Imperial Household from 1914-1918. In 1918, he was appointed to the House of Peers. His son was (1907-1994), who was born as the second son of a branch of", "id": "10903481" }, { "contents": "Arima Ryōkitsu\n\n\nAdmiral was a career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy during Meiji and Taishō periods. Arima was a native of Wakayama, where his father was a senior \"samurai\" retainer of the Kishū Tokugawa clan, and an active supporter of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Although he came from such an unfavorable background, Arima was able to secure admission to the 12th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, after graduating from the forerunners of Doshisha University and Keio University with degrees in English language.", "id": "14930546" }, { "contents": "Mitsukuri Rinsho\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese statesman and legal scholar in Meiji period Japan. Mitsukuri was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo) to a noted family of scholars working for the Tokugawa bakufu. He studied \"rangaku\" and received a posting to the \"Bansho Shirabesho,\" the Shōgun's research institute for foreign technology. In 1867, he was selected to accompany the Shogunate's expedition to the Paris World Exposition, which proved to be an eye-opener. On his return to Japan, Mitsukuri joined the new Meiji government", "id": "19948939" }, { "contents": "Owari-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe , a branch of the Tokugawa clan, is the seniormost house of the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Originally descended from Tokugawa Yoshinao, the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the original line became extinct in 1800 with the death of the ninth lord and family head. It has since been kept in existence through repeated adoptions from the two remaining houses, and is currently headed by a member of the Kishu branch. For over 250 years, the Owari family ruled Owari Domain,", "id": "17810278" } ]

[ { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nJune 19, 1946, he served as the President of the House of Peers, a post which he held until May 2, 1947, when the Allied occupation authorities authorized the current Constitution of Japan abolishing the House of Peers. He died of heart disease at his home in Shibuya, Tokyo, on February 18, 1963, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class. His grave is located at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. He was succeeded as head of the Tokugawa clan", "id": "11961761" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince also known as Iyemasa, was a Japanese political figure of the Taishō and early Shōwa periods. He was the 17th hereditary head of the former shogunal branch of the Tokugawa clan and the final President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Iemasa Tokugawa was born in what is now the Sendagaya district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato and his wife, Konoe Hiroko, daughter of Konoe Tadafusa. He graduated from the law school of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909, and accepted a post in", "id": "11961759" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nthe diplomatic corps of Foreign Ministry the same year. In 1924, he was appointed Consul-general to the Japanese consulate in Sydney, Australia. In 1929, he was appointed Envoy to Canada and from 1937 to 1939 served as the Japanese ambassador to Turkey. In 1940, on the death of his father, he inherited the title of \"kōshaku\" (, \"prince\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and a seat as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On", "id": "11961760" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nin 1882, and was given the title of \"kōshaku\" (公爵, prince) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He became a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan from its creation in 1890, and served as President of the House of Peers from 1901-1933. When the administration of Prime Minister Yamamoto Gonnohyōe was brought down by the Siemens scandal, there was a strong movement to have Tokugawa Iesato nominated to be his successor. Following World War I, Iesato served on the Japanese", "id": "11796153" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince was the 13th head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan and the President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Kuniyuki Tokugawa inherited the title of \"shishaku\" (侯爵, marquis) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system on the death of his father, Tokugawa Atsuyoshi in 1898. A scholar, he turned his attention in 1906 to the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\", a comprehensive history of Japan begun by his ancestor, Tokugawa Mitsukuni in the 17th century. However, in 1910", "id": "13926670" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshinobu\n\n\n's photographs have been published in recent years by his great-grandson, Yoshitomo. In 1902, the Meiji Emperor allowed him to reestablish his own house as a Tokugawa branch (\"bekke\") with the highest rank in the peerage, that of prince (\"kōshaku\"), for his loyal service to Japan. He took a seat in the House of Peers, resigning in 1910. Tokugawa Yoshinobu died on November 21, 1913, at 4:10 pm and is buried in Yanaka Cemetery, Tokyo. On 9 January", "id": "12861306" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nCount was a Japanese political figure of the late Meiji through early Shōwa periods, and served as President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Yorinaga Matsudaira was the eighth son of Matsudaira Yoritoshi, the former \"daimyō\" of Matsuyama Domain in Shikoku. His mother, Chiyoko, was the daughter of Ii Naosuke and his wife was the daughter of Tokugawa Akitake, head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. He attended the Gakushūin Peer’s School, and with the sponsorship of Ōkuma Shigenobu, graduated from", "id": "14764736" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nthe law school of Waseda University. district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato. In 1909 he became a member of the House of Peers, and continued to serve as a member every year (except for a hiatus between 1911–1914) until his death. A strong supporter of education, he donated a large property in downtown Tokyo to create the Hongo Gakuin school. In 1933, he was made Vice-President of the House of Peers, breaking with the precedent that only men with the rank of princes", "id": "14764737" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\n, he was accepted into the 22nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and was commissioned as Second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army. He resigned his commission in 1914 citing health reasons, and went into the reserves in 1915. From December 1911, Kuniyuki Tokugawa served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\" in 1929, he was awarded the title of \"koshaku\" (公爵, prince). On June 25, 1940, he", "id": "13926671" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nPrince was the first head of the Tokugawa clan after the overthrow of the Tokugawa bakufu, and a figure in Japanese politics during the Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. Tokugawa Iesato was born to the Tayasu branch of the Tokugawa clan, under the name Kamenosuke, he became its 16th head, following the resignation of the last \"shōgun,\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu. His brothers were Tokugawa Satotaka and Tokugawa Takachiyo, who also held the Tayasu headship at different times. Iesato was also briefly the \"daimyō\" of the", "id": "11796150" }, { "contents": "Iwamura Michitoshi\n\n\n1896, Iwamura was awarded the title of viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure later the same year. He served as an advisor to Emperor Meiji, and was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers. He was also awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class on June 23, 1904. He died in Tokyo on February 12, 1915, and his grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo.", "id": "17814139" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nor marquis could service in the highest level positions. Four years later, when Fumimaro Konoe became Prime Minister of Japan, Yorinaga Matsudaira became the President of the House of Peers. He died while in office, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class with Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. His nephew Yorihiro Matsudaira succeeded him in his peerage. Yorinaga Matsudaira was also a noted collector of miniature bonsai, and served as honorary president of the Kofuku Bonsai Association. His", "id": "14764738" }, { "contents": "Prince Kachō Hirotada\n\n\nPrince Hirotada was the second son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu. His mother was Tokugawa Tsuneko, the 9th daughter of the last Tokugawa Shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He succeeded his father to the head of the Kachō-no-miya household when he was only 2 years old in 1904. Prince Kachō attended the Gakushuin Peers’ School. He entered the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1918, graduating 1st out of 176 cadets. Prince Kuni Asaakira was one of his classmates. He served his midshipman duty on the", "id": "17635064" }, { "contents": "Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu\n\n\nNovember 1942. From 1936 to 1945, he held various staff positions in the Naval General Staff Office in Tokyo. On 4 February 1930, Prince Takamatsu married Kikuko Tokugawa (26 December 1911 – 18 December 2004), the second daughter of Yoshihisa Tokugawa (peer). The bride was a granddaughter of Yoshinobu Tokugawa, the last Shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, and a granddaughter of the late Prince Arisugawa Takehito. Prince and Princess Takamatsu had no children. From the 1930s, Prince Takamatsu expressed grave reservations regarding Japanese aggression in", "id": "1048484" }, { "contents": "Francis Brinkley\n\n\n, covered Japanese history, fine arts and literature from the origins of the Japanese race up until the latter half of the Meiji period. In 1912, at the age of 71 and one month after General Nogi's death, Francis Brinkley died. At his funeral, the mourners included the Speaker of the House of Peers, Tokugawa Iesato, the Minister of the Navy Saitō Makoto, and the Foreign Minister Uchida Kosai. He is buried in the foreign section of the Aoyama Reien cemetery in central Tokyo. After his death Ernest", "id": "10262389" }, { "contents": "Enkichi Ōki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese statesman in the Taishō period. Ōki was born in Tokyo. His father, Ōki Takatō was one of the leaders in the Meiji Restoration, and served in numerous cabinet posts in the early Meiji government. In 1899, Enkichi succeeded to his father’s title of count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His political career began in 1908, when he was elected to the House of Peers. He initially supported the \"Kenkyūkai\", but soon switched his allegiance to the", "id": "2422914" }, { "contents": "Yoshitoshi Tokugawa\n\n\nLieutenant General Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and one of the pioneers of military aviation in Japan. Tokugawa Yoshitoshi was the son of Count Tokugawa Atsumori (1856–1924) (head of the Shimizu branch of the Tokugawa clan). Through his father, he was the grandnephew of the last shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. While his father had been created a count in 1884, he had relinquished the title in 1899. Yoshitoshi graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1903, after having specialized in military engineering. In", "id": "751688" }, { "contents": "Enomoto Takeaki\n\n\nViscount was a Japanese samurai and admiral of the Tokugawa navy of Bakumatsu-period Japan, who remained faithful to the Tokugawa shogunate and fought against the new Meiji government until the end of the Boshin War. He later served in the Meiji government as one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Enomoto was born as a member of a samurai family in the direct service of the Tokugawa clan in the Shitaya district of Edo (modern Taitō, Tokyo). Enomoto started learning Dutch in the 1850s, and after Japan's", "id": "12566973" }, { "contents": "Yamada Akiyoshi\n\n\ncount (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage on July 7, 1884, and served in the House of Peers (Japan) from its establishment in 1890. On January 28, 1892, he was appointed to a seat in the Privy Council of Japan but died in November of the same year at the age of 49, while inspecting the Ikuno Silver Mine in Asago, Hyōgo. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Buddhist temple of Gokoku-ji in", "id": "655166" }, { "contents": "International Martial Arts Federation\n\n\nwas appointed as the 5th President of IMAF. He served as the Japanese Ambassador to India and Deputy Foreign Minister. The current president of Kokusai Budoin, International Martial Arts Federation (IMAF) is Yasuhisa Tokugawa, the great-grandson of the 15th and final \"shōgun\" of Japan, Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837–1913). He was also the Chief Priest for the in Tokyo from 2013-2018. Note: In the mid 1980's IMAF-Europe split from IMAF Japan to create a current non-affiliated organization with a", "id": "8525267" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masami\n\n\nInaba Masami was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Tateyama Domain, Inaba Masamori. On his father’s death in 1820, he succeeded to the head of the Tateyama Inaba clan and the position of \"daimyō\" of Tateyama. In 1862, he was appointed as a \"Wakadoshiyori\" in the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate under \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemochi. He resigned the title in 1864, with instructions to strengthen Japan's naval defenses against the increasing aggressive incursions of foreign black ships, and supported Katsu", "id": "8052899" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Mochiaki\n\n\nabolition of the han system in 1871. In 1884, he became a Count (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He was awarded the Fourth class of the Order of the Rising Sun in 1885. In 1889, he inherited the title of Marquis (\"koshaku\") from his adopted father. He died in 1890. His son, Matsudaira Yasutaka (1867–1930) served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan and was author of a number of works on agricultural", "id": "4765039" }, { "contents": "Tsunenari Tokugawa\n\n\nHis son, Iehiro Tokugawa, is a translator. In 2007, Tsunenari published a book entitled \"Edo no idenshi\" (江戸の遺伝子), released in English in 2009 as \"The Edo Inheritance\", which seeks to counter the common belief among Japanese that the Edo period (throughout which members of his Tokugawa clan ruled Japan as \"shōguns\") was like a dark age, when Japan, cut off from the world, fell behind. On the contrary, he argues, the roughly 250 years of peace and relative", "id": "11961777" }, { "contents": "Matsui Keishirō\n\n\nto Japan in 1913. During the First World War, served as Japanese Ambassador to France and was a plenipotentiary at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. On the successful completion of this mission, he was awarded with the title of baron (\"danshaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He served as Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 7 to June 11, 1924, under the administration of Kiyoura Keigo and was also appointed a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He later served", "id": "9380810" }, { "contents": "Konoe Tadafusa\n\n\n, son of regent Tadahiro with his wife Shimazu Kyoko, was a \"kugyō\" or Japanese court noble of the late Edo period (1603–1868). He did not hold any regent position kampaku or sesshō. His consort was Shimazu Mitsuko, an adopted daughter of Shimazu Nariakira, eleventh head of Satsuma Domain. The couple had a daughter, Konoe Hiroko, who later married Tokugawa Iesato, the sixteenth head of Tokugawa family and bore him Tokugawa Iemasa, the seventeenth head of the Tokugawa clan. He adopted a son of Konoe", "id": "20767712" }, { "contents": "Tenshō-in\n\n\nShe spent her remaining years nurturing Tokugawa Iesato, the 16th head of the Tokugawa clan. She moved into the Tokugawa residence in Sendagaya, in the Shibuya district, Tokyo. She suffered from Parkinson's disease which eventually took her life on November 20th, 1883, at the age of 47. She was buried in Kaneiji in Ueno, Tokyo, together with her husband, Onkyoin (Iesada). Beside Onkyoin and Tenshoin tombs, There is loquat tree planted there as it was Tenshoin's favorite food. The 2008 NHK Taiga", "id": "241772" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshimune\n\n\nYoshimune was not the son of any former \"shōgun\". Rather, he was a member of a cadet branch of the Tokugawa clan. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, well aware of the extinction of the Minamoto line in 1219, had realized that his direct descendants might die out, leaving the Tokugawa family at risk of extinction. Thus, while his son Tokugawa Hidetada was the second \"shōgun\", he selected three other sons to establish the \"gosanke,\" hereditary houses which would provide a", "id": "16258375" }, { "contents": "Kitasato Shibasaburō\n\n\nonki Corporation, with the intention of manufacturing the most reliable clinical thermometer possible. The company was later renamed Terumo Corporation. Kitasato also was the first dean of medicine at Keio University, first president of the Japan Medical Association, and served on the House of Peers. He was ennobled with the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system in February 1924. Kitasato died of an intracranial hemorrhage at his home in Azabu, Tokyo, on June 13, 1931. His grave is at the", "id": "11568829" }, { "contents": "Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa\n\n\nPrince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa was the only son of Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa and Fusako, Princess Kane. He succeeded as the head of the Kitashirakawa-no-miya house upon his father's unexpected death in an automobile accident in France in 1923. On 25 April 1935, Prince Nagahisa married Sachiko Tokugawa, born , died , the daughter of Baron Yoshikuni Tokugawa. Prince and Princess Kitashirakawa Nagahisa had one son and one daughter: Prince Nagahisa graduated from the 43rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1931, and was commissioned a sub", "id": "8171688" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nbrother Tokugawa Yoshiatsu and ordering him to assume the post of \"daimyō\" to assure the stability of Mito Domain. He departed from Marseille in December 1868. Tokugawa Akitake succeeded Tokugawa Yoshiatsu to become the 11th head of the Mito Tokugawa clan on his return to Japan. However, the title of \"daimyō\" was officially abolished in 1869, and he continued at Mito as domain governor. His request for land development in Hokkaido to resettle ex-samurai from the domain was granted on August 17, 1869, and he was", "id": "17914477" }, { "contents": "Sōma Nakamura Domain\n\n\nyounger brother Masatane. was the 5th \"daimyō\" of Sōma-Nakamura Domain and the 21st hereditary chieftain of the Sōma clan. As his older brother Sadatane had died without heir, he was posthumously appointed successor. He was received in formal audience to Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna and received the courtesy title of \"Danjō-shōhitsu\". From 1689-1690 he served as a \"sobayōnin\" to Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. He retired from public life in February 1701, living in rural seclusion to his death at the age of 68", "id": "4010353" }, { "contents": "Aizu\n\n\nof only 15. He was succeeded by the eighth lord Katataka, who was a sixth cousin (twice removed) and a member of the Takasu cadet branch of the Mito collateral line. He died without heirs in 1852 and was succeeded by his grandnephew, the famous Katamori, whose descendants have since headed the family. The present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tsunenari, is also from the Aizu lineage. In the house code set down by Masayuki, there was a specific injunction to serve the shogun with single-minded", "id": "17967555" }, { "contents": "Arai Hakuseki\n\n\nshogun Tokugawa Ienobu. He went on to displace the official Hayashi advisers to become the leading confucianist for Ienobu and Tokugawa Ietsugu. While some of Hakuseki's policies were still carried out after Ienobu's death, after the 6th shogun, Tokugawa Ietsugu, died and Tokugawa Yoshimune's rule began, Hakuseki left his post to begin his career as a prolific writer of Japanese history and Occidental studies. He was buried in Asakusa (current day Taitō, Tokyo), Hoonji temple but was later moved to Nakano, Tokyo, Kotokuji temple", "id": "12566945" }, { "contents": "Tsuruga Domain\n\n\nin the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. His courtesy title was \"Ukyō-no-suke\". His wife was the daughter of Doi Toshifusa of Ōno Domain. He died in 1706 and his grave is at the temple of Seisho-ji in Atago, Tokyo. was the 2nd \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga Domain in Echizen Province under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. Tadakiku was the eldest son of Sakai Tadashige. He became \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga on the death of his father in 1706. He was an \"", "id": "2398354" }, { "contents": "Mito-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe is a branch of the Tokugawa clan based in Mito, Ibaraki. Following the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as daimyō in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Although the Mito branch held less land", "id": "18026528" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\n. After Hideyoshi's death in 1598, Tokugawa Ieyasu came to power and was appointed \"shōgun\" by the Emperor. The Tokugawa shogunate, which governed from Edo (modern Tokyo), presided over a prosperous and peaceful era known as the Edo period (1600–1868). The Tokugawa shogunate imposed a strict class system on Japanese society and cut off almost all contact with the outside world. Portugal and Japan started their first affiliation in 1543, making the Portuguese the first Europeans to reach Japan by landing in the southern archipelago of", "id": "3250463" }, { "contents": "Tadaatsu Ishiguro\n\n\n, citing illness. His father died the same year, and per the provisions of his father’s will, he did not inherit the kazoku peerage title of viscount held by his father. In January 1943, he was granted a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. In 1945, he returned to the cabinet as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce under the Suzuki administration. In 1946, after the surrender of Japan, as with all members of the prewar and wartime Japanese government, Ishiguro was purged by", "id": "9448122" }, { "contents": "Ōkuma Shigenobu\n\n\nof the Diet of Japan until 1922. He was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum in 1916, and was elevated to the title of \"kōshaku\" (侯爵) (marquis) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system the same year. Ōkuma returned to Waseda, and died there in 1922. An estimated 300,000 people attended his funeral in Tokyo's Hibiya Park. He was posthumously elevated to the rank of prince in the peerage and was also posthumously conferred with the Collar of the Order of the", "id": "9013378" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nTokugawa branch houses (\"shinpan daimyō\") became marquesses, the heads of the secondary branches became counts and the heads of more distant branches became viscounts. The head of the Matsudaira (Fukui Domain) branch was raised to the rank of marquess from the rank of count in 1888. In 1902, the former \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu was created a prince, and the head of the Mito \"shinpan\" house was raised to the same rank, prince, in 1929. Of the other former \"daimyō\" clans", "id": "2052552" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Naganari\n\n\nViscount was an Admiral and naval strategist in the Imperial Japanese Navy in Meiji and Taishō period Japan, and a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. He was also known as Ogasawara Chōsei, Ogasawara Nagayo. Ogasawara was born in Saga prefecture. His father was the Rōjū Ogasawara Nagamichi, a senior retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. As his father was forced into retirement by the events of the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Ogasawara Naganari succeeded his grandfather to become head of the Ogasawara clan in 1873, and as", "id": "15329213" }, { "contents": "Katō Takaaki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese politician, diplomat, and the 14th Prime Minister of Japan, a position he held from 11 June 1924 until his death on 28 January 1926, during the period which historians have called \"Taishō Democracy\". He was also known as Katō Kōmei. Katō, was born as Hattori Sokichi, the second son of a former \"samurai\" retainer of the Owari Tokugawa domain in Nagoya, Owari Province, in the town of Saya, Ama District in what is now part of the city of Aisai,", "id": "9068839" }, { "contents": "Kawasaki Takukichi\n\n\n. Under his administration, the Yagoto Baseball Ground was built, and the first Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament was held in 1924. Later in 1924, Kawasaki was recalled to Tokyo to assume the post of Director-General of the National Police Agency under the Home Ministry. He became Deputy Home Minister in 1925. In 1926, he was invited to take a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He was recruited by Osachi Hamaguchi and Wakatsuki Reijirō to join the \"Kenseikai\" political party,", "id": "22092779" }, { "contents": "Masuda Takashi\n\n\nBaron , was a Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector. He was a prominent entrepreneur in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan, responsible for transforming Mitsui into a \"zaibatsu\" through the creation of a general trading company, Mitsui Bussan. He also established a newspaper, the , which was later renamed the \"Nihon Keizai Shimbun\". Masuda was born on Sado Island, in what is now Niigata Prefecture. His father was an official in the Tokugawa shogunate, serving as Hakodate bugyō, a position which", "id": "13847203" }, { "contents": "Suwa Tadamasa\n\n\nthe Shiba Tōshō-gū, a Shinto Shrine dedicated to the previous Shoguns of the Tokugawa clan in Tokyo. After the death of Suwa Tadaaya in 1878, he resumed his position as chieftain of the Suwa clan. he was reappointed \"kannushi\" of the Shiba Tōshō-gū from 1882 to 1889. In 1884 he became a viscount (\"shisaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His court rank was increased to Senior Fourth Rank in 1887. From 1891 to 1895, he returned to Suwa and became", "id": "12726550" }, { "contents": "Ōkubo Tadanori\n\n\nŌkubo Tadanori was the nephew of Tokugawa Nariaki, which made him a cousin to Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He was born as the 5th son of Matsudaira Yorihiro, daimyō of Takamatsu Domain, in Sanuki Province. On the death of former daimyō of Odawara, Ōkubo Tadanao in 1859 he was adopted into the Ōkubo clan as 11th clan head, and by default, daimyō of Odawara Domain. He served in a number of posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate, including that of \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) in", "id": "1881957" }, { "contents": "Kinichiro Ishikawa\n\n\nIshikawa Kinichiro, a watercolor painter and champion of Taiwanese Western art education, was born in Shizuoka City, Japan. His father was a former official of the Tokugawa government during the bakumatsu (late Tokugawa Shogunate). He was infatuated with painting from a very early age, but his father did not approve of his artistic pursuits. In 1888, he entered the Tokyo Telecommunications School of the Ministry of Communications. In order to sustain his interest in painting, aside from using prints of English works to engage in self-study", "id": "7410092" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masanori\n\n\nInaba Masanori was the second son of the previous daimyō of Odawara, Inaba Masakatsu. As his mother died when he was still very young, he was raised by his grandmother, Kasuga no Tsubone, the wet nurse to \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu. On the death of his father in 1634, he became head of the Inaba clan, and inherited his father’s position as daimyō of Odawara. Due to the influence of his grandmother, he rose rapidly through the hierarchy of the Tokugawa shogunate and was appointed \"Rōjū\"", "id": "1882506" }, { "contents": "Pak Yung-hio\n\n\nfled to exile in Japan, where he remained until 1907. On his return, he accepted the post of Royal Household Minister under Ye Wanyong. Following the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, in which Korea was annexed to the Empire of Japan, Park was awarded with the \"kazoku\" title of marquess (\"koshaku\") in the Japanese peerage, and a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Director of the Bank of Chosen in 1918, Chairman of the Korean Economic", "id": "5961340" }, { "contents": "Fumio Gotō\n\n\nBorn in Ōita Prefecture, Gotō was a graduate of the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909. During his early career in the 1920s, he worked in the Home Ministry, and was Director of Administration within the office of the Governor-General of Taiwan. In the 1930s, Gotō was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries between 1932 and 1934 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Makoto Saitō, and was later Home Minister", "id": "15188268" }, { "contents": "Konoe Atsumaro\n\n\nDuke was a Japanese politician and journalist of the Meiji era. He served as the 3rd President of the House of Peers and 7th President of the Gakushūin Peer's School in Meiji period Japan. He was also the father of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoe was born in Kyoto as the heir to the highly ranked Konoe family of Court nobility, one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. His father Konoe Tadafusa died when he was young, so he was raised by his grandfather Konoe Tadahiro. His mother was", "id": "1475111" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nassigned lands in Tomamae-gun, Teshio-gun, Kamikawa-gun, Nakagawa-gun in Teshio no kuni along with Rishiri-gun in Kitami no kuni. With the abolition of the han system in 1871, he was required by the government to leave in Mito and to live in Tokyo. He relocated to the former \"shimoyashiki\" secondary residence of the Mito Clan located in Mukōjima. Tokugawa Akitake was appointed a second lieutenant in Imperial Japanese Army in 1875, and served as an instructor during the early days of", "id": "17914478" }, { "contents": "Yonekura Tadasuke\n\n\nYonekura Tadasuke was the sixth son of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, a favorite of \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi who served in a number of important posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. In 1710, he was adopted by Yonekura Masateru, the \"daimyō\" of Minagawa Domain in Shimotsuke Province, and succeeded to the head of the Yonekura clan and daimyo of Minagawa two years later. On September 1, 1716, he was received in a formal audience by Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune. On July 27, 1722, he transferred the seat", "id": "9479884" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\nit was essential that Tokyo host the 1940 Olympics, as the date coincided with the Japanese 2600th Anniversary celebrations. He was forced to resign after a police sweep rounded up 6900 suspected communists in Tokyo. Nagata subsequently served in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. From March 9, 1936 to February 2, 1937, Nagata was appointed Minister of Colonial Affairs under the Kōki administration. He returned to the cabinet as Railway Minister under the Abe administration from November 29, 1939, to January 14, 1940. Nagata", "id": "15430221" }, { "contents": "Kijūrō Shidehara\n\n\nhe was named ambassador to the United States and was Japan's leading negotiator during the Washington Naval Conference. His negotiations led to the return of Shandong Province to China. However, while he was ambassador, the United States enacted discriminatory immigration laws against Japanese, which created much ill will in Japan. Shidehara was elevated to the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1920, and appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in 1925. In 1924, Shidehara became Minister of", "id": "9069195" }, { "contents": "Sōma clan\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. During the Boshin War of 1868–69, the Sōma clan fought on the site of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, supporting the Tokugawa regime. After Meiji Restoration, the head of the Sōma clan became part of the \"kazoku\" peerage, with Sōma Aritane receiving the title of \"shishaku\" (Viscount). Sōma Morotsune was the younger son of Chiba Tsunetane, and with his father was a samurai in the service of Minamoto no Yoritomo. He took his name from the Sōma Mikuriya, a \"shōen\" controlled", "id": "7506834" }, { "contents": "Matsumoto Kazu\n\n\nMatsumoto was born in Edo (now Tokyo) as the younger son of a direct retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. He graduated in 1880 from the 7th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, ranked 19 out of 30 cadets. He served on a number of ships in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, including the corvettes , , , and . Promoted to lieutenant in 1886, he graduated from the first class of the Naval Staff College in 1888. He was the chief navigator on the cruiser in 1891–1892 on its year-", "id": "8947678" }, { "contents": "Mito Domain\n\n\nof the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as \"daimyō\" in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the gosanke. Although the Mito branch held less land and wealth than either of the other two branches, they maintained considerable influence throughout the Edo period. The domain's promiximity to the \"de", "id": "290529" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nAtsuyoshi's son Tokugawa Kuniyuki was 11 years old at that time, and became the 13th head of the Mito Tokugawa under Akitake's tutelage. However, Akitake subsequently had a son, Tokugawa Takesada, who was born to a concubine in 1888. Takesada was made a viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1892 and founded the separate Matsudo Tokugawa line. In 1903, Tokugawa Akitake was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class. He died at Koumetei mansion in 1910. \"", "id": "17914481" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nand was raised by Tenshō-in and Kazu-no-Miya Chikako. In 1868 he was sent to Kyoto by his mother, Kazu-no-Miya Chikako and met with Emperor Meiji. He married the daughter of Konoe Tadafusa, Konoe Hiroko, who bore him Iemasa Tokugawa, the seventeenth Tokugawa family head, Yasuko Tokugawa, who married Nobusuke Takatsukasa and bore him Toshimichi Takatsukasa, Ryōko Tokugawa, and Toshiko Tokugawa. In 1877, Iesato was sent to Eton College in Great Britain to study. He returned to Japan", "id": "11796152" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\nthis, almost immediately after Hideyoshi's death, war broke out between Hideyori's allies and those loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu, a \"daimyō\" and a former ally of Hideyoshi. Tokugawa Ieyasu won a decisive victory at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, ushering in 268 uninterrupted years of rule by the Tokugawa clan. The Edo period was characterized by relative peace and stability under the tight control of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled from the eastern city of Edo (modern Tokyo). In 1603, Emperor Go-Yōzei declared", "id": "3250534" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nKorean Empire was annexed in 1910, the House of Yi was mediatized as an incorporated and therefore subordinate kingship (王). Excluding the Tokugawas, the initial \"kazoku\" rank distribution for the former \"daimyō\" lords depended on rice revenue: those with 150,000 \"koku\" or more became marquesses, those with 50,000 \"koku\" or more become counts, and those with holdings rated below 50,000 \"koku\" became viscounts. The head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Iesato, became a prince, the heads of primary", "id": "2052551" }, { "contents": "Gosanke\n\n\nThe , also called simply , or even , were the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan: Owari House of Tokugawa, Kii House of Tokugawa, and Mito House of Tokugawa, all of which were descended from clan founder Tokugawa Ieyasu's three youngest sons, Yoshinao, Yorinobu, and Yorifusa, and were allowed to provide a shōgun in case of need. In the Edo period the term \"gosanke\" could also refer to various other combinations of Tokugawa houses, including (1) the shogunal, Owari", "id": "17630062" }, { "contents": "Hirohide Fushimi\n\n\nBorn as , the 4th son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, he was the younger brother of Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, Prince Kachō Hirotada and Marquis Kachō Hironobu. In October 1932, he served as a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. On 1 April 1936, by order of Emperor Hirohito, he was allowed to establish his own household after renouncing his imperial title, and was created a count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. The same year, he married Tomoko Yanagisawa", "id": "230990" }, { "contents": "Sano Tsunetami\n\n\nduring the 1st Matsukata administration, he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. In 1895, Sano was elevated to the title of count (\"hakushaku\"). On his death at his home in Tokyo in 1902, he was posthumously awarded with the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class with Paulownia Blossoms). His grave is at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo. In 1939, the Japanese government issued a series of four commemorative postage stamps honoring the 75th anniversary of the Red Cross Treaty. A portrait of Sano", "id": "7051581" }, { "contents": "Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu\n\n\nsucceeded to title Kachō-no-miya on April 23, 1883, upon which he changed his name from \"Narukata\" to \"Hiroyasu,\" but returned to the house of Fushimi-no-miya on January 16, 1904. On January 9, 1896, Prince Hiroyasu married Tokugawa Tsuneko (1882–1939), the ninth daughter of Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japan's last \"shōgun\", with whom he had six children: Prince Hiroyasu entered the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy on 5 April 1886, but resigned in September", "id": "3864370" }, { "contents": "Mizoguchi clan\n\n\nas part of the guard of Nagoya Castle. In 1598, he was transferred to Shibata and his \"kokudaka\" was increased to 60,000 \"koku\". Following the Battle of Sekigahara, he was confirmed in his holdings by the Tokugawa shogunate. The Mizoguchi ruled Shibata as \"tozama daimyō\" until the Meiji restoration. After the abolition of the han system in 1871, the final \"daimyō\" of Shibata, Mizoguchi Naomasa relocated to Tokyo and received the \"kazoku\" peerage title of \"hakushaku\" (Count) in", "id": "19300691" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Norinaga\n\n\nMatsudaira Norinaga was the eldest son of Matsudaira Ienori, a Sengoku period samurai and daimyō of Iwamura Domain in Mino Province under the early Tokugawa shogunate. On the death of his father in 1614, he was confirmed as head of the Ogyū-Matsdaira clan and the same year accompanied the forces of \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada at the Siege of Osaka. In 1634, he was transferred to Hamamatsu Domain in Tōtōmi Province with an increase in revenues from 20,000 to 36,000 \"koku\". In 1642, Matsudaira Norinaga was promoted to", "id": "3314701" }, { "contents": "Canada–Japan relations\n\n\nway to deal with the Japanese question is to have our own Minister in Japan to visa passports.\" As a context, it is worth noting that Japan's consulate in Vancouver was established in 1889, 40 years before its embassy was opened in Ottawa in 1929. The first Japanese Minister in Canada was Prince Iemasa Tokugawa, serving from 1929 to 1934. The first Canadian Minister in Japan was Sir Herbert Marler, serving from 1929 to 1936. Diplomatic ties were severed in 1941 with the start of the Pacific War. During", "id": "15989893" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Ienari\n\n\nTokugawa Ienari (, November 18, 1773 – March 22, 1841) was the eleventh and longest-serving \"shōgun\" of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1787 to 1837. He was a great-grandson of the eighth shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune through his son Munetada (1721–1764), head of the Hitotsubashi branch of the family, and his grandson Harusada (1751–1827). Ienari died in 1841 and was given the Buddhist name Bunkyouin and buried at Kan'ei-ji. In 1778, the four-year", "id": "12177738" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nin more broad terms, the period begins with Oda Nobunaga's entry into Kyoto in 1568, when he led his army to the imperial capital in order to install Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the 15th, and ultimately final, shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, and it lasts until the coming to power of Tokugawa Ieyasu after his victory over supporters of the Toyotomi clan at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. The Edo period from 1600 to 1868 characterized early modern Japan. The Tokugawa shogunate was a feudalist regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu", "id": "9974550" }, { "contents": "Kaga Domain\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. The location of the main Edo residence of the \"daimyō\" of the Kaga Domain is now the site of the Hongō campus of the University of Tokyo. Maeda Toshiie was a distinguished military commander, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and a close friend of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. A member of the Council of Five Elders who ruled Japan during the Sengoku period, he was granted the Kaga Domain in 1583. His eldest son, Maeda Toshinaga, supported Tokugawa Ieyasu in his rise to power and was rewarded by an increase", "id": "6571560" }, { "contents": "Inoue Masamoto\n\n\nInoue Masamoto was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain, Inoue Masasada. He became 8th head of the Mikawa-branch of Inoue clan and \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain on his father's death in 1786. He was awarded Lower 5th Court Rank and the courtesy title of \"Kawachi-no-kami\" soon afterwards. In 1802, Masamoto entered the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate as a \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) under \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Ienari. In 1816, while", "id": "4715826" }, { "contents": "March Incident\n\n\nexecute a coup d'état and seize power.br 3. A new Cabinet would be formed under the premiership of the then-War Minister, General Kazushige Ugaki. The project was underwritten by a 200,000-yen donation by Yoshichika Tokugawa, ultra-rightist member of the House of Peers, son of the last \"daimyō\" of Nagoya, founder of the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya and Emperor Shōwa's second cousin. Ultra-rightist civilian organizations led by Kanichiro Kamei and Shūmei Ōkawa fomented a commotion outside the Diet Building in Tokyo late in February", "id": "5593888" }, { "contents": "Nanbu Shigenao\n\n\nHowever, in April 1636, his \"sankin-kōtai\" procession arrived in Edo ten days late, which was a violation of the new \"Buke shohatto\" regulations issued by \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu, and he was declared unfit to govern, and sentenced to house arrest at the clan residence in Edo. After his death in Edo in 1664, the Tokugawa shogunate intervened, and by order of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna appointed his younger brother Shichinohe Shigenobu as the next \"daimyō\", with the son of Hotta Masamori reduced", "id": "4495846" }, { "contents": "Akira Tomii\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese diplomat. He was born as a son of Baron Masaaki Tomii, the president of Tokyo Imperial University of Legal and a draft member of Japanese Civil Law. When he was young, his father hired Keita Gotō as Akira's home teacher. Akira Tomii graduated Tokyo Imperial University, and served as the Japanese Consul in Mukden, China, in 1915. From 1916 to 1924 served as consul in New York City, from 1924 to 1927 as consul in London, and from 1927 to 1933 as consul in", "id": "5339969" }, { "contents": "Maeda Toshisada\n\n\nand afterwards assumed his family’s seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. In 1922, he was appointed Communications Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Katō Tomosaburō. He subsequently served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kiyoura Keigo as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. He retired from public life in January 1944, and died in October of the same year. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasures, 1st class. Maeda studied poetry under Sasaki Nobutsuna. His daughter married post-war Foreign Minister", "id": "2257384" }, { "contents": "Hideo Kodama\n\n\nwas assigned to the Imperial General Headquarters and sent to the Liaodong Peninsula (under Japanese occupation), where he served as liaison between the civilian government in Tokyo and the Japanese general armies in Manchuria. Following the war, he returned to the Finance Ministry as head of the government's Tobacco Monopoly. He was later assigned to serve in the Japanese Government-General of Korea, as a secretary to the Privy Council, and as a member of the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 23 July 1906,", "id": "14284806" }, { "contents": "Prince Kuni Asaakira\n\n\nDomain. In 1921, he served for the customary term in the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 29 January 1929, he succeeded as head of the Kuni-no-miya house. Prince Kuni graduated from the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1921. He served as a midshipman on the cruiser and battleship . After his commissioning as ensign, he was assigned to the battleship , followed by battleships and . After his graduation from the Naval Staff College in 1925, he was assigned to", "id": "20710624" }, { "contents": "Saneatsu Mushanokōji\n\n\nJapanese ambassador to Nazi Germany, he traveled throughout Europe in 1936. In 1946, he was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. However, four months later he was purged from public office by the American Occupation authorities, due to his (1942), supporting the actions of the Japanese government in World War II. Mushanokōji made a literary comeback with his novel (1949–1950). He was awarded the Order of Culture in 1951, and became a member of the Japan Art Academy", "id": "5324629" }, { "contents": "Shizuoka (city)\n\n\nwhich he could influence \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada from behind the scenes. Subsequently, aside for brief periods, Sunpu was \"tenryō\" (territory under direct administration by the Shogunate), ruled by the , an appointed official based in Sunpu. In 1869, after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, the former shogunal line, headed by Tokugawa Iesato was sent to Sunpu and assigned the short-lived Sunpu Domain. The same year, Sunpu was renamed \"Shizuoka\". Shizuoka Domain became Shizuoka Prefecture with the abolition of", "id": "1359009" }, { "contents": "Ōta Dōkan\n\n\nlived in the same place. In the late 16th century, Dōkan's Edo Castle was chosen as the new home of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had been persuaded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to transfer the seat of his clan holdings into the Kantō. With the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in the early 17th century, Edo Castle became the center of the shogunate government. When the shogunate was displaced in the Meiji Restoration in the late 19th century, the newly named Tokyo became an Imperial capital with an Imperial Palace rising from the former shōgun", "id": "9984404" }, { "contents": "Prince Kaya Tsunenori\n\n\n, was the second head of the Kaya-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. He was first cousin to Empress Kōjun (Nagako), the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). Prince Kaya Tsunenori was born in Tokyo, the first son of Prince Kaya Kuninori and his wife, the former Daigō Yoshiko. He received his primary and secondary education at the boys' department of the Gakushuin Peers’ School. On December 8, 1909, he became the second head of the Kaya-no-", "id": "9139501" }, { "contents": "Hachisuka Mochiaki\n\n\nto Great Britain and attended Oxford University, where he matriculated at Balliol College in 1874. After returning to Japan, he joined the government as Director of the Customs Bureau director in the Ministry of Finance and a member of \"Sanjiin\" (legislative advisory council). In 1882, Hachisuka was envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to France, and received the title of \"kōshaku\" (marquis) under the new \"kazoku\" peerage system. After returning to Japan, he served as a member of the House of Peers,", "id": "18933529" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nand ruled by the \"shōguns\" of the Tokugawa clan. The period gets its name from the capital city, Edo, now called Tokyo. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo Castle from 1603 until 1868, when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration in the late Edo period (often called the Late Tokugawa shogunate). In 1392, General Yi Seong-gye established the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) with a largely bloodless coup. Yi Seong-gye moved the capital of Korea to the location of modern-day Seoul", "id": "9974551" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Hirotada\n\n\nHe is best known for being the father of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Hirotada was the son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (7th head of Mikawa Matsudaira clan). He was known in his childhood as Senshōmaru, Senchiyo, and Jirōzaburō. After his father's assassination in 1537, Hirotada was placed under the protection of a loyal retainer, Abe Sadayoshi. He allied with the Imagawa, and with their help was installed at Okazaki castle. The alliance with them brought him into conflict with the Tokugawa clan. In", "id": "20973368" }, { "contents": "Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda\n\n\nPrince Takeda Tsuneyoshi was the only son of Prince Takeda Tsunehisa and Princess Masako, Princess Tsune (1888–1940), the sixth daughter of Emperor Meiji. He was, therefore, a first cousin of Emperor Shōwa. Prince Tsuneyoshi became the second head of the Takeda-no-miya house on 23 April 1919. After being educated at the Gakushūin Peers' School, and serving for a session in the House of Peers, he graduated from the 32nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in July 1930, and received a commission", "id": "4712175" }, { "contents": "Ishii Kikujirō\n\n\nViscount , was a Japanese diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan between 1915 and 1916. Ishii was born in Mobara city, Kazusa Province (present-day Chiba Prefecture). He graduated from the Law Department of Tokyo Imperial University and joined the Foreign Ministry. His first posting was as an attaché to Paris in 1891, and he was later sent to Chemulpo, Korea in 1896 and to Beijing, China in 1897.", "id": "19761626" }, { "contents": "Nagai Naoyuki\n\n\n, also known as or , was a Japanese hatamoto under the Tokugawa of Bakumatsu period Japan. His great-great-grandchild was Yukio Mishima. Naoyuki's adopted son, Iwanojō Nagai, was the father of Natsu, who was Mishima's grandmother. Iwanojō's real father was Nagasumi Miyoshi (Miyoshi clan) who was a Tokugawa retainer. Nagai Naoyuki, or as he was first known, , was born in the Nukada district of the Okutono Domain by a concubine to \"daimyō\" . Noritada, while head of a", "id": "5425993" }, { "contents": "Hidemaro Konoye\n\n\nViscount was a conductor and composer of classical music in Shōwa period Japan. He was the younger brother of pre-war Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoye was born in Kōjimachi, Tokyo as the younger son of Duke Konoe Atsumaro, scion of one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. The Konoe clan traditionally provided \"gagaku\" musicians to the Imperial Household, and Hidemaro chose to follow the family's musical tradition, whereas his older brother Fumimaro went into politics. Konoye attended the Gakushuin Peers School, where", "id": "22220081" }, { "contents": "Yoritake Matsudaira\n\n\n. After graduation from Waseda University, he worked for Toshiba. Now he is the president of . One of his hobbies is horseback riding, he is an amateur radio aficionado, and he gives lectures about the advantages of Scouting activities. Yoritake is a second cousin of the present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Tsunenari, as both are great-grandsons of Nabeshima Naohiro, the 11th and last \"daimyō\" of Saga. By virtue of his descent from the \"kuge\" Madenokōji family, he is also a sixth", "id": "1769206" }, { "contents": "Nabeshima Naoyoshi\n\n\nperiod of Naoyoshi's administration, and the prefecture's economic production was increased, particularly in the area of sugar production. In 1881, Naoyoshi was recalled to Tokyo, and became president of the \"Genrōin\". With the establishment of the \"kazoku\" peerage, he became a , and a member of the House of Peers on the establishment of the Diet of Japan in 1890. In his later years he helped build hospitals and schools in the region of Kashima, which he had once ruled, and was awarded Second", "id": "17536683" }, { "contents": "Obama Domain\n\n\nKawagoe Domain, before being the 1st Sakai \"daimyō\" of Obama Domain. He was the son of Sakai Tadatoshi, a hereditary retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He served Tokugawa Hidetada during the Siege of Ueda and later served Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who promoted him to \"rōjū\" in 1624. In 1634, he was transferred to Obama and completed the construction of Obama Castle. He retired from public life in 1656 and died in 1662. His grave is at the clan temple of Kuin-ji in Obama. was the", "id": "16508967" }, { "contents": "Edo period\n\n\nEmperor Kōmei died and was succeeded by his underaged son Emperor Meiji. Tokugawa Yoshinobu reluctantly became head of the Tokugawa house and \"shōgun\". He tried to reorganize the government under the emperor while preserving the \"shōgun\"s leadership role. Fearing the growing power of the Satsuma and Chōshū \"daimyō\", other \"daimyō\" called for returning the \"shōgun\"s political power to the emperor and a council of \"daimyō\" chaired by the former Tokugawa \"shōgun\". Yoshinobu accepted the plan in late 1867 and resigned, announcing an", "id": "3932378" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\n, was a politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan, twice as a cabinet minister, and also serving twice as mayor of Tokyo. Nagata was born in Mihara District, Hyōgo Prefecture, in what is now part of the city of Minamiawaji. After graduating from the predecessor of Kyoto Imperial University and serving as a school principal in Sumoto, Hyōgo from 1902 to 1904, he obtained a posting in the Home Ministry and rose to become", "id": "15430218" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Nagashige\n\n\n, also known as Sado-no-kami or Etchū-no-kami, was a Japanese samurai \"daimyō\" of the mid-Edo period. The Ogasawara were identified as one of the \"fudai\" or insider \"daimyō\" clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa, in contrast with the \"tozama\" or outsider clans. Nagashige served the Tokugawa shogunate as its eleventh Kyoto \"shoshidai\" in the period spanning October 17, 1691, through May 15, 1702. He had previously been shogunate", "id": "8758740" }, { "contents": "Jo Hyeong\n\n\nJo Hyeong (1606–1679) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty Korea in the 17th century. He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 6th Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. In 1655 King Hyojong of Joseon sent a mission to the shogunal court of Tokugawa Ietsuna. This diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for developing a political foundation for trade. The delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a \"Communication Envoy", "id": "5288304" }, { "contents": "Tsugaru clan\n\n\nwho took the name of (1872–1919) to be his heir. Hidemaru was educated in Germany, graduating from the University of Bonn, Humboldt University of Berlin and University of Geneva and after his return to Japan served in under the Japanese Resident-General of Korea from 1907-1914, and in the Ministry of the Imperial Household from 1914-1918. In 1918, he was appointed to the House of Peers. His son was (1907-1994), who was born as the second son of a branch of", "id": "10903481" }, { "contents": "Arima Ryōkitsu\n\n\nAdmiral was a career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy during Meiji and Taishō periods. Arima was a native of Wakayama, where his father was a senior \"samurai\" retainer of the Kishū Tokugawa clan, and an active supporter of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Although he came from such an unfavorable background, Arima was able to secure admission to the 12th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, after graduating from the forerunners of Doshisha University and Keio University with degrees in English language.", "id": "14930546" }, { "contents": "Mitsukuri Rinsho\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese statesman and legal scholar in Meiji period Japan. Mitsukuri was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo) to a noted family of scholars working for the Tokugawa bakufu. He studied \"rangaku\" and received a posting to the \"Bansho Shirabesho,\" the Shōgun's research institute for foreign technology. In 1867, he was selected to accompany the Shogunate's expedition to the Paris World Exposition, which proved to be an eye-opener. On his return to Japan, Mitsukuri joined the new Meiji government", "id": "19948939" }, { "contents": "Owari-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe , a branch of the Tokugawa clan, is the seniormost house of the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Originally descended from Tokugawa Yoshinao, the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the original line became extinct in 1800 with the death of the ninth lord and family head. It has since been kept in existence through repeated adoptions from the two remaining houses, and is currently headed by a member of the Kishu branch. For over 250 years, the Owari family ruled Owari Domain,", "id": "17810278" } ]

[ { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nJune 19, 1946, he served as the President of the House of Peers, a post which he held until May 2, 1947, when the Allied occupation authorities authorized the current Constitution of Japan abolishing the House of Peers. He died of heart disease at his home in Shibuya, Tokyo, on February 18, 1963, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class. His grave is located at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. He was succeeded as head of the Tokugawa clan", "id": "11961761" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince also known as Iyemasa, was a Japanese political figure of the Taishō and early Shōwa periods. He was the 17th hereditary head of the former shogunal branch of the Tokugawa clan and the final President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Iemasa Tokugawa was born in what is now the Sendagaya district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato and his wife, Konoe Hiroko, daughter of Konoe Tadafusa. He graduated from the law school of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909, and accepted a post in", "id": "11961759" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nthe diplomatic corps of Foreign Ministry the same year. In 1924, he was appointed Consul-general to the Japanese consulate in Sydney, Australia. In 1929, he was appointed Envoy to Canada and from 1937 to 1939 served as the Japanese ambassador to Turkey. In 1940, on the death of his father, he inherited the title of \"kōshaku\" (, \"prince\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and a seat as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On", "id": "11961760" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nin 1882, and was given the title of \"kōshaku\" (公爵, prince) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He became a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan from its creation in 1890, and served as President of the House of Peers from 1901-1933. When the administration of Prime Minister Yamamoto Gonnohyōe was brought down by the Siemens scandal, there was a strong movement to have Tokugawa Iesato nominated to be his successor. Following World War I, Iesato served on the Japanese", "id": "11796153" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince was the 13th head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan and the President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Kuniyuki Tokugawa inherited the title of \"shishaku\" (侯爵, marquis) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system on the death of his father, Tokugawa Atsuyoshi in 1898. A scholar, he turned his attention in 1906 to the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\", a comprehensive history of Japan begun by his ancestor, Tokugawa Mitsukuni in the 17th century. However, in 1910", "id": "13926670" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshinobu\n\n\n's photographs have been published in recent years by his great-grandson, Yoshitomo. In 1902, the Meiji Emperor allowed him to reestablish his own house as a Tokugawa branch (\"bekke\") with the highest rank in the peerage, that of prince (\"kōshaku\"), for his loyal service to Japan. He took a seat in the House of Peers, resigning in 1910. Tokugawa Yoshinobu died on November 21, 1913, at 4:10 pm and is buried in Yanaka Cemetery, Tokyo. On 9 January", "id": "12861306" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nCount was a Japanese political figure of the late Meiji through early Shōwa periods, and served as President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Yorinaga Matsudaira was the eighth son of Matsudaira Yoritoshi, the former \"daimyō\" of Matsuyama Domain in Shikoku. His mother, Chiyoko, was the daughter of Ii Naosuke and his wife was the daughter of Tokugawa Akitake, head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. He attended the Gakushūin Peer’s School, and with the sponsorship of Ōkuma Shigenobu, graduated from", "id": "14764736" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nthe law school of Waseda University. district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato. In 1909 he became a member of the House of Peers, and continued to serve as a member every year (except for a hiatus between 1911–1914) until his death. A strong supporter of education, he donated a large property in downtown Tokyo to create the Hongo Gakuin school. In 1933, he was made Vice-President of the House of Peers, breaking with the precedent that only men with the rank of princes", "id": "14764737" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\n, he was accepted into the 22nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and was commissioned as Second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army. He resigned his commission in 1914 citing health reasons, and went into the reserves in 1915. From December 1911, Kuniyuki Tokugawa served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\" in 1929, he was awarded the title of \"koshaku\" (公爵, prince). On June 25, 1940, he", "id": "13926671" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nPrince was the first head of the Tokugawa clan after the overthrow of the Tokugawa bakufu, and a figure in Japanese politics during the Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. Tokugawa Iesato was born to the Tayasu branch of the Tokugawa clan, under the name Kamenosuke, he became its 16th head, following the resignation of the last \"shōgun,\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu. His brothers were Tokugawa Satotaka and Tokugawa Takachiyo, who also held the Tayasu headship at different times. Iesato was also briefly the \"daimyō\" of the", "id": "11796150" }, { "contents": "Iwamura Michitoshi\n\n\n1896, Iwamura was awarded the title of viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure later the same year. He served as an advisor to Emperor Meiji, and was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers. He was also awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class on June 23, 1904. He died in Tokyo on February 12, 1915, and his grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo.", "id": "17814139" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nor marquis could service in the highest level positions. Four years later, when Fumimaro Konoe became Prime Minister of Japan, Yorinaga Matsudaira became the President of the House of Peers. He died while in office, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class with Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. His nephew Yorihiro Matsudaira succeeded him in his peerage. Yorinaga Matsudaira was also a noted collector of miniature bonsai, and served as honorary president of the Kofuku Bonsai Association. His", "id": "14764738" }, { "contents": "Prince Kachō Hirotada\n\n\nPrince Hirotada was the second son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu. His mother was Tokugawa Tsuneko, the 9th daughter of the last Tokugawa Shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He succeeded his father to the head of the Kachō-no-miya household when he was only 2 years old in 1904. Prince Kachō attended the Gakushuin Peers’ School. He entered the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1918, graduating 1st out of 176 cadets. Prince Kuni Asaakira was one of his classmates. He served his midshipman duty on the", "id": "17635064" }, { "contents": "Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu\n\n\nNovember 1942. From 1936 to 1945, he held various staff positions in the Naval General Staff Office in Tokyo. On 4 February 1930, Prince Takamatsu married Kikuko Tokugawa (26 December 1911 – 18 December 2004), the second daughter of Yoshihisa Tokugawa (peer). The bride was a granddaughter of Yoshinobu Tokugawa, the last Shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, and a granddaughter of the late Prince Arisugawa Takehito. Prince and Princess Takamatsu had no children. From the 1930s, Prince Takamatsu expressed grave reservations regarding Japanese aggression in", "id": "1048484" }, { "contents": "Francis Brinkley\n\n\n, covered Japanese history, fine arts and literature from the origins of the Japanese race up until the latter half of the Meiji period. In 1912, at the age of 71 and one month after General Nogi's death, Francis Brinkley died. At his funeral, the mourners included the Speaker of the House of Peers, Tokugawa Iesato, the Minister of the Navy Saitō Makoto, and the Foreign Minister Uchida Kosai. He is buried in the foreign section of the Aoyama Reien cemetery in central Tokyo. After his death Ernest", "id": "10262389" }, { "contents": "Enkichi Ōki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese statesman in the Taishō period. Ōki was born in Tokyo. His father, Ōki Takatō was one of the leaders in the Meiji Restoration, and served in numerous cabinet posts in the early Meiji government. In 1899, Enkichi succeeded to his father’s title of count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His political career began in 1908, when he was elected to the House of Peers. He initially supported the \"Kenkyūkai\", but soon switched his allegiance to the", "id": "2422914" }, { "contents": "Yoshitoshi Tokugawa\n\n\nLieutenant General Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and one of the pioneers of military aviation in Japan. Tokugawa Yoshitoshi was the son of Count Tokugawa Atsumori (1856–1924) (head of the Shimizu branch of the Tokugawa clan). Through his father, he was the grandnephew of the last shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. While his father had been created a count in 1884, he had relinquished the title in 1899. Yoshitoshi graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1903, after having specialized in military engineering. In", "id": "751688" }, { "contents": "Enomoto Takeaki\n\n\nViscount was a Japanese samurai and admiral of the Tokugawa navy of Bakumatsu-period Japan, who remained faithful to the Tokugawa shogunate and fought against the new Meiji government until the end of the Boshin War. He later served in the Meiji government as one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Enomoto was born as a member of a samurai family in the direct service of the Tokugawa clan in the Shitaya district of Edo (modern Taitō, Tokyo). Enomoto started learning Dutch in the 1850s, and after Japan's", "id": "12566973" }, { "contents": "Yamada Akiyoshi\n\n\ncount (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage on July 7, 1884, and served in the House of Peers (Japan) from its establishment in 1890. On January 28, 1892, he was appointed to a seat in the Privy Council of Japan but died in November of the same year at the age of 49, while inspecting the Ikuno Silver Mine in Asago, Hyōgo. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Buddhist temple of Gokoku-ji in", "id": "655166" }, { "contents": "International Martial Arts Federation\n\n\nwas appointed as the 5th President of IMAF. He served as the Japanese Ambassador to India and Deputy Foreign Minister. The current president of Kokusai Budoin, International Martial Arts Federation (IMAF) is Yasuhisa Tokugawa, the great-grandson of the 15th and final \"shōgun\" of Japan, Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837–1913). He was also the Chief Priest for the in Tokyo from 2013-2018. Note: In the mid 1980's IMAF-Europe split from IMAF Japan to create a current non-affiliated organization with a", "id": "8525267" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masami\n\n\nInaba Masami was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Tateyama Domain, Inaba Masamori. On his father’s death in 1820, he succeeded to the head of the Tateyama Inaba clan and the position of \"daimyō\" of Tateyama. In 1862, he was appointed as a \"Wakadoshiyori\" in the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate under \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemochi. He resigned the title in 1864, with instructions to strengthen Japan's naval defenses against the increasing aggressive incursions of foreign black ships, and supported Katsu", "id": "8052899" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Mochiaki\n\n\nabolition of the han system in 1871. In 1884, he became a Count (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He was awarded the Fourth class of the Order of the Rising Sun in 1885. In 1889, he inherited the title of Marquis (\"koshaku\") from his adopted father. He died in 1890. His son, Matsudaira Yasutaka (1867–1930) served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan and was author of a number of works on agricultural", "id": "4765039" }, { "contents": "Tsunenari Tokugawa\n\n\nHis son, Iehiro Tokugawa, is a translator. In 2007, Tsunenari published a book entitled \"Edo no idenshi\" (江戸の遺伝子), released in English in 2009 as \"The Edo Inheritance\", which seeks to counter the common belief among Japanese that the Edo period (throughout which members of his Tokugawa clan ruled Japan as \"shōguns\") was like a dark age, when Japan, cut off from the world, fell behind. On the contrary, he argues, the roughly 250 years of peace and relative", "id": "11961777" }, { "contents": "Matsui Keishirō\n\n\nto Japan in 1913. During the First World War, served as Japanese Ambassador to France and was a plenipotentiary at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. On the successful completion of this mission, he was awarded with the title of baron (\"danshaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He served as Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 7 to June 11, 1924, under the administration of Kiyoura Keigo and was also appointed a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He later served", "id": "9380810" }, { "contents": "Konoe Tadafusa\n\n\n, son of regent Tadahiro with his wife Shimazu Kyoko, was a \"kugyō\" or Japanese court noble of the late Edo period (1603–1868). He did not hold any regent position kampaku or sesshō. His consort was Shimazu Mitsuko, an adopted daughter of Shimazu Nariakira, eleventh head of Satsuma Domain. The couple had a daughter, Konoe Hiroko, who later married Tokugawa Iesato, the sixteenth head of Tokugawa family and bore him Tokugawa Iemasa, the seventeenth head of the Tokugawa clan. He adopted a son of Konoe", "id": "20767712" }, { "contents": "Tenshō-in\n\n\nShe spent her remaining years nurturing Tokugawa Iesato, the 16th head of the Tokugawa clan. She moved into the Tokugawa residence in Sendagaya, in the Shibuya district, Tokyo. She suffered from Parkinson's disease which eventually took her life on November 20th, 1883, at the age of 47. She was buried in Kaneiji in Ueno, Tokyo, together with her husband, Onkyoin (Iesada). Beside Onkyoin and Tenshoin tombs, There is loquat tree planted there as it was Tenshoin's favorite food. The 2008 NHK Taiga", "id": "241772" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshimune\n\n\nYoshimune was not the son of any former \"shōgun\". Rather, he was a member of a cadet branch of the Tokugawa clan. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, well aware of the extinction of the Minamoto line in 1219, had realized that his direct descendants might die out, leaving the Tokugawa family at risk of extinction. Thus, while his son Tokugawa Hidetada was the second \"shōgun\", he selected three other sons to establish the \"gosanke,\" hereditary houses which would provide a", "id": "16258375" }, { "contents": "Kitasato Shibasaburō\n\n\nonki Corporation, with the intention of manufacturing the most reliable clinical thermometer possible. The company was later renamed Terumo Corporation. Kitasato also was the first dean of medicine at Keio University, first president of the Japan Medical Association, and served on the House of Peers. He was ennobled with the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system in February 1924. Kitasato died of an intracranial hemorrhage at his home in Azabu, Tokyo, on June 13, 1931. His grave is at the", "id": "11568829" }, { "contents": "Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa\n\n\nPrince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa was the only son of Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa and Fusako, Princess Kane. He succeeded as the head of the Kitashirakawa-no-miya house upon his father's unexpected death in an automobile accident in France in 1923. On 25 April 1935, Prince Nagahisa married Sachiko Tokugawa, born , died , the daughter of Baron Yoshikuni Tokugawa. Prince and Princess Kitashirakawa Nagahisa had one son and one daughter: Prince Nagahisa graduated from the 43rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1931, and was commissioned a sub", "id": "8171688" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nbrother Tokugawa Yoshiatsu and ordering him to assume the post of \"daimyō\" to assure the stability of Mito Domain. He departed from Marseille in December 1868. Tokugawa Akitake succeeded Tokugawa Yoshiatsu to become the 11th head of the Mito Tokugawa clan on his return to Japan. However, the title of \"daimyō\" was officially abolished in 1869, and he continued at Mito as domain governor. His request for land development in Hokkaido to resettle ex-samurai from the domain was granted on August 17, 1869, and he was", "id": "17914477" }, { "contents": "Sōma Nakamura Domain\n\n\nyounger brother Masatane. was the 5th \"daimyō\" of Sōma-Nakamura Domain and the 21st hereditary chieftain of the Sōma clan. As his older brother Sadatane had died without heir, he was posthumously appointed successor. He was received in formal audience to Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna and received the courtesy title of \"Danjō-shōhitsu\". From 1689-1690 he served as a \"sobayōnin\" to Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. He retired from public life in February 1701, living in rural seclusion to his death at the age of 68", "id": "4010353" }, { "contents": "Aizu\n\n\nof only 15. He was succeeded by the eighth lord Katataka, who was a sixth cousin (twice removed) and a member of the Takasu cadet branch of the Mito collateral line. He died without heirs in 1852 and was succeeded by his grandnephew, the famous Katamori, whose descendants have since headed the family. The present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tsunenari, is also from the Aizu lineage. In the house code set down by Masayuki, there was a specific injunction to serve the shogun with single-minded", "id": "17967555" }, { "contents": "Arai Hakuseki\n\n\nshogun Tokugawa Ienobu. He went on to displace the official Hayashi advisers to become the leading confucianist for Ienobu and Tokugawa Ietsugu. While some of Hakuseki's policies were still carried out after Ienobu's death, after the 6th shogun, Tokugawa Ietsugu, died and Tokugawa Yoshimune's rule began, Hakuseki left his post to begin his career as a prolific writer of Japanese history and Occidental studies. He was buried in Asakusa (current day Taitō, Tokyo), Hoonji temple but was later moved to Nakano, Tokyo, Kotokuji temple", "id": "12566945" }, { "contents": "Tsuruga Domain\n\n\nin the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. His courtesy title was \"Ukyō-no-suke\". His wife was the daughter of Doi Toshifusa of Ōno Domain. He died in 1706 and his grave is at the temple of Seisho-ji in Atago, Tokyo. was the 2nd \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga Domain in Echizen Province under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. Tadakiku was the eldest son of Sakai Tadashige. He became \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga on the death of his father in 1706. He was an \"", "id": "2398354" }, { "contents": "Mito-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe is a branch of the Tokugawa clan based in Mito, Ibaraki. Following the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as daimyō in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Although the Mito branch held less land", "id": "18026528" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\n. After Hideyoshi's death in 1598, Tokugawa Ieyasu came to power and was appointed \"shōgun\" by the Emperor. The Tokugawa shogunate, which governed from Edo (modern Tokyo), presided over a prosperous and peaceful era known as the Edo period (1600–1868). The Tokugawa shogunate imposed a strict class system on Japanese society and cut off almost all contact with the outside world. Portugal and Japan started their first affiliation in 1543, making the Portuguese the first Europeans to reach Japan by landing in the southern archipelago of", "id": "3250463" }, { "contents": "Tadaatsu Ishiguro\n\n\n, citing illness. His father died the same year, and per the provisions of his father’s will, he did not inherit the kazoku peerage title of viscount held by his father. In January 1943, he was granted a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. In 1945, he returned to the cabinet as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce under the Suzuki administration. In 1946, after the surrender of Japan, as with all members of the prewar and wartime Japanese government, Ishiguro was purged by", "id": "9448122" }, { "contents": "Ōkuma Shigenobu\n\n\nof the Diet of Japan until 1922. He was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum in 1916, and was elevated to the title of \"kōshaku\" (侯爵) (marquis) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system the same year. Ōkuma returned to Waseda, and died there in 1922. An estimated 300,000 people attended his funeral in Tokyo's Hibiya Park. He was posthumously elevated to the rank of prince in the peerage and was also posthumously conferred with the Collar of the Order of the", "id": "9013378" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nTokugawa branch houses (\"shinpan daimyō\") became marquesses, the heads of the secondary branches became counts and the heads of more distant branches became viscounts. The head of the Matsudaira (Fukui Domain) branch was raised to the rank of marquess from the rank of count in 1888. In 1902, the former \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu was created a prince, and the head of the Mito \"shinpan\" house was raised to the same rank, prince, in 1929. Of the other former \"daimyō\" clans", "id": "2052552" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Naganari\n\n\nViscount was an Admiral and naval strategist in the Imperial Japanese Navy in Meiji and Taishō period Japan, and a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. He was also known as Ogasawara Chōsei, Ogasawara Nagayo. Ogasawara was born in Saga prefecture. His father was the Rōjū Ogasawara Nagamichi, a senior retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. As his father was forced into retirement by the events of the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Ogasawara Naganari succeeded his grandfather to become head of the Ogasawara clan in 1873, and as", "id": "15329213" }, { "contents": "Katō Takaaki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese politician, diplomat, and the 14th Prime Minister of Japan, a position he held from 11 June 1924 until his death on 28 January 1926, during the period which historians have called \"Taishō Democracy\". He was also known as Katō Kōmei. Katō, was born as Hattori Sokichi, the second son of a former \"samurai\" retainer of the Owari Tokugawa domain in Nagoya, Owari Province, in the town of Saya, Ama District in what is now part of the city of Aisai,", "id": "9068839" }, { "contents": "Kawasaki Takukichi\n\n\n. Under his administration, the Yagoto Baseball Ground was built, and the first Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament was held in 1924. Later in 1924, Kawasaki was recalled to Tokyo to assume the post of Director-General of the National Police Agency under the Home Ministry. He became Deputy Home Minister in 1925. In 1926, he was invited to take a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He was recruited by Osachi Hamaguchi and Wakatsuki Reijirō to join the \"Kenseikai\" political party,", "id": "22092779" }, { "contents": "Masuda Takashi\n\n\nBaron , was a Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector. He was a prominent entrepreneur in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan, responsible for transforming Mitsui into a \"zaibatsu\" through the creation of a general trading company, Mitsui Bussan. He also established a newspaper, the , which was later renamed the \"Nihon Keizai Shimbun\". Masuda was born on Sado Island, in what is now Niigata Prefecture. His father was an official in the Tokugawa shogunate, serving as Hakodate bugyō, a position which", "id": "13847203" }, { "contents": "Suwa Tadamasa\n\n\nthe Shiba Tōshō-gū, a Shinto Shrine dedicated to the previous Shoguns of the Tokugawa clan in Tokyo. After the death of Suwa Tadaaya in 1878, he resumed his position as chieftain of the Suwa clan. he was reappointed \"kannushi\" of the Shiba Tōshō-gū from 1882 to 1889. In 1884 he became a viscount (\"shisaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His court rank was increased to Senior Fourth Rank in 1887. From 1891 to 1895, he returned to Suwa and became", "id": "12726550" }, { "contents": "Ōkubo Tadanori\n\n\nŌkubo Tadanori was the nephew of Tokugawa Nariaki, which made him a cousin to Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He was born as the 5th son of Matsudaira Yorihiro, daimyō of Takamatsu Domain, in Sanuki Province. On the death of former daimyō of Odawara, Ōkubo Tadanao in 1859 he was adopted into the Ōkubo clan as 11th clan head, and by default, daimyō of Odawara Domain. He served in a number of posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate, including that of \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) in", "id": "1881957" }, { "contents": "Kinichiro Ishikawa\n\n\nIshikawa Kinichiro, a watercolor painter and champion of Taiwanese Western art education, was born in Shizuoka City, Japan. His father was a former official of the Tokugawa government during the bakumatsu (late Tokugawa Shogunate). He was infatuated with painting from a very early age, but his father did not approve of his artistic pursuits. In 1888, he entered the Tokyo Telecommunications School of the Ministry of Communications. In order to sustain his interest in painting, aside from using prints of English works to engage in self-study", "id": "7410092" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masanori\n\n\nInaba Masanori was the second son of the previous daimyō of Odawara, Inaba Masakatsu. As his mother died when he was still very young, he was raised by his grandmother, Kasuga no Tsubone, the wet nurse to \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu. On the death of his father in 1634, he became head of the Inaba clan, and inherited his father’s position as daimyō of Odawara. Due to the influence of his grandmother, he rose rapidly through the hierarchy of the Tokugawa shogunate and was appointed \"Rōjū\"", "id": "1882506" }, { "contents": "Pak Yung-hio\n\n\nfled to exile in Japan, where he remained until 1907. On his return, he accepted the post of Royal Household Minister under Ye Wanyong. Following the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, in which Korea was annexed to the Empire of Japan, Park was awarded with the \"kazoku\" title of marquess (\"koshaku\") in the Japanese peerage, and a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Director of the Bank of Chosen in 1918, Chairman of the Korean Economic", "id": "5961340" }, { "contents": "Fumio Gotō\n\n\nBorn in Ōita Prefecture, Gotō was a graduate of the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909. During his early career in the 1920s, he worked in the Home Ministry, and was Director of Administration within the office of the Governor-General of Taiwan. In the 1930s, Gotō was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries between 1932 and 1934 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Makoto Saitō, and was later Home Minister", "id": "15188268" }, { "contents": "Konoe Atsumaro\n\n\nDuke was a Japanese politician and journalist of the Meiji era. He served as the 3rd President of the House of Peers and 7th President of the Gakushūin Peer's School in Meiji period Japan. He was also the father of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoe was born in Kyoto as the heir to the highly ranked Konoe family of Court nobility, one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. His father Konoe Tadafusa died when he was young, so he was raised by his grandfather Konoe Tadahiro. His mother was", "id": "1475111" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nassigned lands in Tomamae-gun, Teshio-gun, Kamikawa-gun, Nakagawa-gun in Teshio no kuni along with Rishiri-gun in Kitami no kuni. With the abolition of the han system in 1871, he was required by the government to leave in Mito and to live in Tokyo. He relocated to the former \"shimoyashiki\" secondary residence of the Mito Clan located in Mukōjima. Tokugawa Akitake was appointed a second lieutenant in Imperial Japanese Army in 1875, and served as an instructor during the early days of", "id": "17914478" }, { "contents": "Yonekura Tadasuke\n\n\nYonekura Tadasuke was the sixth son of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, a favorite of \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi who served in a number of important posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. In 1710, he was adopted by Yonekura Masateru, the \"daimyō\" of Minagawa Domain in Shimotsuke Province, and succeeded to the head of the Yonekura clan and daimyo of Minagawa two years later. On September 1, 1716, he was received in a formal audience by Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune. On July 27, 1722, he transferred the seat", "id": "9479884" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\nit was essential that Tokyo host the 1940 Olympics, as the date coincided with the Japanese 2600th Anniversary celebrations. He was forced to resign after a police sweep rounded up 6900 suspected communists in Tokyo. Nagata subsequently served in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. From March 9, 1936 to February 2, 1937, Nagata was appointed Minister of Colonial Affairs under the Kōki administration. He returned to the cabinet as Railway Minister under the Abe administration from November 29, 1939, to January 14, 1940. Nagata", "id": "15430221" }, { "contents": "Kijūrō Shidehara\n\n\nhe was named ambassador to the United States and was Japan's leading negotiator during the Washington Naval Conference. His negotiations led to the return of Shandong Province to China. However, while he was ambassador, the United States enacted discriminatory immigration laws against Japanese, which created much ill will in Japan. Shidehara was elevated to the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1920, and appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in 1925. In 1924, Shidehara became Minister of", "id": "9069195" }, { "contents": "Sōma clan\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. During the Boshin War of 1868–69, the Sōma clan fought on the site of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, supporting the Tokugawa regime. After Meiji Restoration, the head of the Sōma clan became part of the \"kazoku\" peerage, with Sōma Aritane receiving the title of \"shishaku\" (Viscount). Sōma Morotsune was the younger son of Chiba Tsunetane, and with his father was a samurai in the service of Minamoto no Yoritomo. He took his name from the Sōma Mikuriya, a \"shōen\" controlled", "id": "7506834" }, { "contents": "Matsumoto Kazu\n\n\nMatsumoto was born in Edo (now Tokyo) as the younger son of a direct retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. He graduated in 1880 from the 7th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, ranked 19 out of 30 cadets. He served on a number of ships in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, including the corvettes , , , and . Promoted to lieutenant in 1886, he graduated from the first class of the Naval Staff College in 1888. He was the chief navigator on the cruiser in 1891–1892 on its year-", "id": "8947678" }, { "contents": "Mito Domain\n\n\nof the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as \"daimyō\" in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the gosanke. Although the Mito branch held less land and wealth than either of the other two branches, they maintained considerable influence throughout the Edo period. The domain's promiximity to the \"de", "id": "290529" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nAtsuyoshi's son Tokugawa Kuniyuki was 11 years old at that time, and became the 13th head of the Mito Tokugawa under Akitake's tutelage. However, Akitake subsequently had a son, Tokugawa Takesada, who was born to a concubine in 1888. Takesada was made a viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1892 and founded the separate Matsudo Tokugawa line. In 1903, Tokugawa Akitake was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class. He died at Koumetei mansion in 1910. \"", "id": "17914481" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nand was raised by Tenshō-in and Kazu-no-Miya Chikako. In 1868 he was sent to Kyoto by his mother, Kazu-no-Miya Chikako and met with Emperor Meiji. He married the daughter of Konoe Tadafusa, Konoe Hiroko, who bore him Iemasa Tokugawa, the seventeenth Tokugawa family head, Yasuko Tokugawa, who married Nobusuke Takatsukasa and bore him Toshimichi Takatsukasa, Ryōko Tokugawa, and Toshiko Tokugawa. In 1877, Iesato was sent to Eton College in Great Britain to study. He returned to Japan", "id": "11796152" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\nthis, almost immediately after Hideyoshi's death, war broke out between Hideyori's allies and those loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu, a \"daimyō\" and a former ally of Hideyoshi. Tokugawa Ieyasu won a decisive victory at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, ushering in 268 uninterrupted years of rule by the Tokugawa clan. The Edo period was characterized by relative peace and stability under the tight control of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled from the eastern city of Edo (modern Tokyo). In 1603, Emperor Go-Yōzei declared", "id": "3250534" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nKorean Empire was annexed in 1910, the House of Yi was mediatized as an incorporated and therefore subordinate kingship (王). Excluding the Tokugawas, the initial \"kazoku\" rank distribution for the former \"daimyō\" lords depended on rice revenue: those with 150,000 \"koku\" or more became marquesses, those with 50,000 \"koku\" or more become counts, and those with holdings rated below 50,000 \"koku\" became viscounts. The head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Iesato, became a prince, the heads of primary", "id": "2052551" }, { "contents": "Gosanke\n\n\nThe , also called simply , or even , were the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan: Owari House of Tokugawa, Kii House of Tokugawa, and Mito House of Tokugawa, all of which were descended from clan founder Tokugawa Ieyasu's three youngest sons, Yoshinao, Yorinobu, and Yorifusa, and were allowed to provide a shōgun in case of need. In the Edo period the term \"gosanke\" could also refer to various other combinations of Tokugawa houses, including (1) the shogunal, Owari", "id": "17630062" }, { "contents": "Hirohide Fushimi\n\n\nBorn as , the 4th son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, he was the younger brother of Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, Prince Kachō Hirotada and Marquis Kachō Hironobu. In October 1932, he served as a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. On 1 April 1936, by order of Emperor Hirohito, he was allowed to establish his own household after renouncing his imperial title, and was created a count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. The same year, he married Tomoko Yanagisawa", "id": "230990" }, { "contents": "Sano Tsunetami\n\n\nduring the 1st Matsukata administration, he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. In 1895, Sano was elevated to the title of count (\"hakushaku\"). On his death at his home in Tokyo in 1902, he was posthumously awarded with the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class with Paulownia Blossoms). His grave is at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo. In 1939, the Japanese government issued a series of four commemorative postage stamps honoring the 75th anniversary of the Red Cross Treaty. A portrait of Sano", "id": "7051581" }, { "contents": "Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu\n\n\nsucceeded to title Kachō-no-miya on April 23, 1883, upon which he changed his name from \"Narukata\" to \"Hiroyasu,\" but returned to the house of Fushimi-no-miya on January 16, 1904. On January 9, 1896, Prince Hiroyasu married Tokugawa Tsuneko (1882–1939), the ninth daughter of Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japan's last \"shōgun\", with whom he had six children: Prince Hiroyasu entered the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy on 5 April 1886, but resigned in September", "id": "3864370" }, { "contents": "Mizoguchi clan\n\n\nas part of the guard of Nagoya Castle. In 1598, he was transferred to Shibata and his \"kokudaka\" was increased to 60,000 \"koku\". Following the Battle of Sekigahara, he was confirmed in his holdings by the Tokugawa shogunate. The Mizoguchi ruled Shibata as \"tozama daimyō\" until the Meiji restoration. After the abolition of the han system in 1871, the final \"daimyō\" of Shibata, Mizoguchi Naomasa relocated to Tokyo and received the \"kazoku\" peerage title of \"hakushaku\" (Count) in", "id": "19300691" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Norinaga\n\n\nMatsudaira Norinaga was the eldest son of Matsudaira Ienori, a Sengoku period samurai and daimyō of Iwamura Domain in Mino Province under the early Tokugawa shogunate. On the death of his father in 1614, he was confirmed as head of the Ogyū-Matsdaira clan and the same year accompanied the forces of \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada at the Siege of Osaka. In 1634, he was transferred to Hamamatsu Domain in Tōtōmi Province with an increase in revenues from 20,000 to 36,000 \"koku\". In 1642, Matsudaira Norinaga was promoted to", "id": "3314701" }, { "contents": "Canada–Japan relations\n\n\nway to deal with the Japanese question is to have our own Minister in Japan to visa passports.\" As a context, it is worth noting that Japan's consulate in Vancouver was established in 1889, 40 years before its embassy was opened in Ottawa in 1929. The first Japanese Minister in Canada was Prince Iemasa Tokugawa, serving from 1929 to 1934. The first Canadian Minister in Japan was Sir Herbert Marler, serving from 1929 to 1936. Diplomatic ties were severed in 1941 with the start of the Pacific War. During", "id": "15989893" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Ienari\n\n\nTokugawa Ienari (, November 18, 1773 – March 22, 1841) was the eleventh and longest-serving \"shōgun\" of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1787 to 1837. He was a great-grandson of the eighth shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune through his son Munetada (1721–1764), head of the Hitotsubashi branch of the family, and his grandson Harusada (1751–1827). Ienari died in 1841 and was given the Buddhist name Bunkyouin and buried at Kan'ei-ji. In 1778, the four-year", "id": "12177738" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nin more broad terms, the period begins with Oda Nobunaga's entry into Kyoto in 1568, when he led his army to the imperial capital in order to install Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the 15th, and ultimately final, shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, and it lasts until the coming to power of Tokugawa Ieyasu after his victory over supporters of the Toyotomi clan at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. The Edo period from 1600 to 1868 characterized early modern Japan. The Tokugawa shogunate was a feudalist regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu", "id": "9974550" }, { "contents": "Kaga Domain\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. The location of the main Edo residence of the \"daimyō\" of the Kaga Domain is now the site of the Hongō campus of the University of Tokyo. Maeda Toshiie was a distinguished military commander, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and a close friend of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. A member of the Council of Five Elders who ruled Japan during the Sengoku period, he was granted the Kaga Domain in 1583. His eldest son, Maeda Toshinaga, supported Tokugawa Ieyasu in his rise to power and was rewarded by an increase", "id": "6571560" }, { "contents": "Inoue Masamoto\n\n\nInoue Masamoto was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain, Inoue Masasada. He became 8th head of the Mikawa-branch of Inoue clan and \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain on his father's death in 1786. He was awarded Lower 5th Court Rank and the courtesy title of \"Kawachi-no-kami\" soon afterwards. In 1802, Masamoto entered the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate as a \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) under \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Ienari. In 1816, while", "id": "4715826" }, { "contents": "March Incident\n\n\nexecute a coup d'état and seize power.br 3. A new Cabinet would be formed under the premiership of the then-War Minister, General Kazushige Ugaki. The project was underwritten by a 200,000-yen donation by Yoshichika Tokugawa, ultra-rightist member of the House of Peers, son of the last \"daimyō\" of Nagoya, founder of the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya and Emperor Shōwa's second cousin. Ultra-rightist civilian organizations led by Kanichiro Kamei and Shūmei Ōkawa fomented a commotion outside the Diet Building in Tokyo late in February", "id": "5593888" }, { "contents": "Nanbu Shigenao\n\n\nHowever, in April 1636, his \"sankin-kōtai\" procession arrived in Edo ten days late, which was a violation of the new \"Buke shohatto\" regulations issued by \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu, and he was declared unfit to govern, and sentenced to house arrest at the clan residence in Edo. After his death in Edo in 1664, the Tokugawa shogunate intervened, and by order of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna appointed his younger brother Shichinohe Shigenobu as the next \"daimyō\", with the son of Hotta Masamori reduced", "id": "4495846" }, { "contents": "Akira Tomii\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese diplomat. He was born as a son of Baron Masaaki Tomii, the president of Tokyo Imperial University of Legal and a draft member of Japanese Civil Law. When he was young, his father hired Keita Gotō as Akira's home teacher. Akira Tomii graduated Tokyo Imperial University, and served as the Japanese Consul in Mukden, China, in 1915. From 1916 to 1924 served as consul in New York City, from 1924 to 1927 as consul in London, and from 1927 to 1933 as consul in", "id": "5339969" }, { "contents": "Maeda Toshisada\n\n\nand afterwards assumed his family’s seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. In 1922, he was appointed Communications Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Katō Tomosaburō. He subsequently served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kiyoura Keigo as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. He retired from public life in January 1944, and died in October of the same year. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasures, 1st class. Maeda studied poetry under Sasaki Nobutsuna. His daughter married post-war Foreign Minister", "id": "2257384" }, { "contents": "Hideo Kodama\n\n\nwas assigned to the Imperial General Headquarters and sent to the Liaodong Peninsula (under Japanese occupation), where he served as liaison between the civilian government in Tokyo and the Japanese general armies in Manchuria. Following the war, he returned to the Finance Ministry as head of the government's Tobacco Monopoly. He was later assigned to serve in the Japanese Government-General of Korea, as a secretary to the Privy Council, and as a member of the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 23 July 1906,", "id": "14284806" }, { "contents": "Prince Kuni Asaakira\n\n\nDomain. In 1921, he served for the customary term in the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 29 January 1929, he succeeded as head of the Kuni-no-miya house. Prince Kuni graduated from the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1921. He served as a midshipman on the cruiser and battleship . After his commissioning as ensign, he was assigned to the battleship , followed by battleships and . After his graduation from the Naval Staff College in 1925, he was assigned to", "id": "20710624" }, { "contents": "Saneatsu Mushanokōji\n\n\nJapanese ambassador to Nazi Germany, he traveled throughout Europe in 1936. In 1946, he was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. However, four months later he was purged from public office by the American Occupation authorities, due to his (1942), supporting the actions of the Japanese government in World War II. Mushanokōji made a literary comeback with his novel (1949–1950). He was awarded the Order of Culture in 1951, and became a member of the Japan Art Academy", "id": "5324629" }, { "contents": "Shizuoka (city)\n\n\nwhich he could influence \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada from behind the scenes. Subsequently, aside for brief periods, Sunpu was \"tenryō\" (territory under direct administration by the Shogunate), ruled by the , an appointed official based in Sunpu. In 1869, after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, the former shogunal line, headed by Tokugawa Iesato was sent to Sunpu and assigned the short-lived Sunpu Domain. The same year, Sunpu was renamed \"Shizuoka\". Shizuoka Domain became Shizuoka Prefecture with the abolition of", "id": "1359009" }, { "contents": "Ōta Dōkan\n\n\nlived in the same place. In the late 16th century, Dōkan's Edo Castle was chosen as the new home of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had been persuaded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to transfer the seat of his clan holdings into the Kantō. With the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in the early 17th century, Edo Castle became the center of the shogunate government. When the shogunate was displaced in the Meiji Restoration in the late 19th century, the newly named Tokyo became an Imperial capital with an Imperial Palace rising from the former shōgun", "id": "9984404" }, { "contents": "Prince Kaya Tsunenori\n\n\n, was the second head of the Kaya-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. He was first cousin to Empress Kōjun (Nagako), the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). Prince Kaya Tsunenori was born in Tokyo, the first son of Prince Kaya Kuninori and his wife, the former Daigō Yoshiko. He received his primary and secondary education at the boys' department of the Gakushuin Peers’ School. On December 8, 1909, he became the second head of the Kaya-no-", "id": "9139501" }, { "contents": "Hachisuka Mochiaki\n\n\nto Great Britain and attended Oxford University, where he matriculated at Balliol College in 1874. After returning to Japan, he joined the government as Director of the Customs Bureau director in the Ministry of Finance and a member of \"Sanjiin\" (legislative advisory council). In 1882, Hachisuka was envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to France, and received the title of \"kōshaku\" (marquis) under the new \"kazoku\" peerage system. After returning to Japan, he served as a member of the House of Peers,", "id": "18933529" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nand ruled by the \"shōguns\" of the Tokugawa clan. The period gets its name from the capital city, Edo, now called Tokyo. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo Castle from 1603 until 1868, when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration in the late Edo period (often called the Late Tokugawa shogunate). In 1392, General Yi Seong-gye established the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) with a largely bloodless coup. Yi Seong-gye moved the capital of Korea to the location of modern-day Seoul", "id": "9974551" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Hirotada\n\n\nHe is best known for being the father of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Hirotada was the son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (7th head of Mikawa Matsudaira clan). He was known in his childhood as Senshōmaru, Senchiyo, and Jirōzaburō. After his father's assassination in 1537, Hirotada was placed under the protection of a loyal retainer, Abe Sadayoshi. He allied with the Imagawa, and with their help was installed at Okazaki castle. The alliance with them brought him into conflict with the Tokugawa clan. In", "id": "20973368" }, { "contents": "Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda\n\n\nPrince Takeda Tsuneyoshi was the only son of Prince Takeda Tsunehisa and Princess Masako, Princess Tsune (1888–1940), the sixth daughter of Emperor Meiji. He was, therefore, a first cousin of Emperor Shōwa. Prince Tsuneyoshi became the second head of the Takeda-no-miya house on 23 April 1919. After being educated at the Gakushūin Peers' School, and serving for a session in the House of Peers, he graduated from the 32nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in July 1930, and received a commission", "id": "4712175" }, { "contents": "Ishii Kikujirō\n\n\nViscount , was a Japanese diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan between 1915 and 1916. Ishii was born in Mobara city, Kazusa Province (present-day Chiba Prefecture). He graduated from the Law Department of Tokyo Imperial University and joined the Foreign Ministry. His first posting was as an attaché to Paris in 1891, and he was later sent to Chemulpo, Korea in 1896 and to Beijing, China in 1897.", "id": "19761626" }, { "contents": "Nagai Naoyuki\n\n\n, also known as or , was a Japanese hatamoto under the Tokugawa of Bakumatsu period Japan. His great-great-grandchild was Yukio Mishima. Naoyuki's adopted son, Iwanojō Nagai, was the father of Natsu, who was Mishima's grandmother. Iwanojō's real father was Nagasumi Miyoshi (Miyoshi clan) who was a Tokugawa retainer. Nagai Naoyuki, or as he was first known, , was born in the Nukada district of the Okutono Domain by a concubine to \"daimyō\" . Noritada, while head of a", "id": "5425993" }, { "contents": "Hidemaro Konoye\n\n\nViscount was a conductor and composer of classical music in Shōwa period Japan. He was the younger brother of pre-war Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoye was born in Kōjimachi, Tokyo as the younger son of Duke Konoe Atsumaro, scion of one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. The Konoe clan traditionally provided \"gagaku\" musicians to the Imperial Household, and Hidemaro chose to follow the family's musical tradition, whereas his older brother Fumimaro went into politics. Konoye attended the Gakushuin Peers School, where", "id": "22220081" }, { "contents": "Yoritake Matsudaira\n\n\n. After graduation from Waseda University, he worked for Toshiba. Now he is the president of . One of his hobbies is horseback riding, he is an amateur radio aficionado, and he gives lectures about the advantages of Scouting activities. Yoritake is a second cousin of the present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Tsunenari, as both are great-grandsons of Nabeshima Naohiro, the 11th and last \"daimyō\" of Saga. By virtue of his descent from the \"kuge\" Madenokōji family, he is also a sixth", "id": "1769206" }, { "contents": "Nabeshima Naoyoshi\n\n\nperiod of Naoyoshi's administration, and the prefecture's economic production was increased, particularly in the area of sugar production. In 1881, Naoyoshi was recalled to Tokyo, and became president of the \"Genrōin\". With the establishment of the \"kazoku\" peerage, he became a , and a member of the House of Peers on the establishment of the Diet of Japan in 1890. In his later years he helped build hospitals and schools in the region of Kashima, which he had once ruled, and was awarded Second", "id": "17536683" }, { "contents": "Obama Domain\n\n\nKawagoe Domain, before being the 1st Sakai \"daimyō\" of Obama Domain. He was the son of Sakai Tadatoshi, a hereditary retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He served Tokugawa Hidetada during the Siege of Ueda and later served Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who promoted him to \"rōjū\" in 1624. In 1634, he was transferred to Obama and completed the construction of Obama Castle. He retired from public life in 1656 and died in 1662. His grave is at the clan temple of Kuin-ji in Obama. was the", "id": "16508967" }, { "contents": "Edo period\n\n\nEmperor Kōmei died and was succeeded by his underaged son Emperor Meiji. Tokugawa Yoshinobu reluctantly became head of the Tokugawa house and \"shōgun\". He tried to reorganize the government under the emperor while preserving the \"shōgun\"s leadership role. Fearing the growing power of the Satsuma and Chōshū \"daimyō\", other \"daimyō\" called for returning the \"shōgun\"s political power to the emperor and a council of \"daimyō\" chaired by the former Tokugawa \"shōgun\". Yoshinobu accepted the plan in late 1867 and resigned, announcing an", "id": "3932378" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\n, was a politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan, twice as a cabinet minister, and also serving twice as mayor of Tokyo. Nagata was born in Mihara District, Hyōgo Prefecture, in what is now part of the city of Minamiawaji. After graduating from the predecessor of Kyoto Imperial University and serving as a school principal in Sumoto, Hyōgo from 1902 to 1904, he obtained a posting in the Home Ministry and rose to become", "id": "15430218" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Nagashige\n\n\n, also known as Sado-no-kami or Etchū-no-kami, was a Japanese samurai \"daimyō\" of the mid-Edo period. The Ogasawara were identified as one of the \"fudai\" or insider \"daimyō\" clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa, in contrast with the \"tozama\" or outsider clans. Nagashige served the Tokugawa shogunate as its eleventh Kyoto \"shoshidai\" in the period spanning October 17, 1691, through May 15, 1702. He had previously been shogunate", "id": "8758740" }, { "contents": "Jo Hyeong\n\n\nJo Hyeong (1606–1679) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty Korea in the 17th century. He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 6th Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. In 1655 King Hyojong of Joseon sent a mission to the shogunal court of Tokugawa Ietsuna. This diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for developing a political foundation for trade. The delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a \"Communication Envoy", "id": "5288304" }, { "contents": "Tsugaru clan\n\n\nwho took the name of (1872–1919) to be his heir. Hidemaru was educated in Germany, graduating from the University of Bonn, Humboldt University of Berlin and University of Geneva and after his return to Japan served in under the Japanese Resident-General of Korea from 1907-1914, and in the Ministry of the Imperial Household from 1914-1918. In 1918, he was appointed to the House of Peers. His son was (1907-1994), who was born as the second son of a branch of", "id": "10903481" }, { "contents": "Arima Ryōkitsu\n\n\nAdmiral was a career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy during Meiji and Taishō periods. Arima was a native of Wakayama, where his father was a senior \"samurai\" retainer of the Kishū Tokugawa clan, and an active supporter of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Although he came from such an unfavorable background, Arima was able to secure admission to the 12th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, after graduating from the forerunners of Doshisha University and Keio University with degrees in English language.", "id": "14930546" }, { "contents": "Mitsukuri Rinsho\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese statesman and legal scholar in Meiji period Japan. Mitsukuri was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo) to a noted family of scholars working for the Tokugawa bakufu. He studied \"rangaku\" and received a posting to the \"Bansho Shirabesho,\" the Shōgun's research institute for foreign technology. In 1867, he was selected to accompany the Shogunate's expedition to the Paris World Exposition, which proved to be an eye-opener. On his return to Japan, Mitsukuri joined the new Meiji government", "id": "19948939" }, { "contents": "Owari-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe , a branch of the Tokugawa clan, is the seniormost house of the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Originally descended from Tokugawa Yoshinao, the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the original line became extinct in 1800 with the death of the ninth lord and family head. It has since been kept in existence through repeated adoptions from the two remaining houses, and is currently headed by a member of the Kishu branch. For over 250 years, the Owari family ruled Owari Domain,", "id": "17810278" } ]

[ { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nJune 19, 1946, he served as the President of the House of Peers, a post which he held until May 2, 1947, when the Allied occupation authorities authorized the current Constitution of Japan abolishing the House of Peers. He died of heart disease at his home in Shibuya, Tokyo, on February 18, 1963, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class. His grave is located at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. He was succeeded as head of the Tokugawa clan", "id": "11961761" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince also known as Iyemasa, was a Japanese political figure of the Taishō and early Shōwa periods. He was the 17th hereditary head of the former shogunal branch of the Tokugawa clan and the final President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Iemasa Tokugawa was born in what is now the Sendagaya district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato and his wife, Konoe Hiroko, daughter of Konoe Tadafusa. He graduated from the law school of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909, and accepted a post in", "id": "11961759" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nthe diplomatic corps of Foreign Ministry the same year. In 1924, he was appointed Consul-general to the Japanese consulate in Sydney, Australia. In 1929, he was appointed Envoy to Canada and from 1937 to 1939 served as the Japanese ambassador to Turkey. In 1940, on the death of his father, he inherited the title of \"kōshaku\" (, \"prince\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and a seat as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On", "id": "11961760" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nin 1882, and was given the title of \"kōshaku\" (公爵, prince) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He became a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan from its creation in 1890, and served as President of the House of Peers from 1901-1933. When the administration of Prime Minister Yamamoto Gonnohyōe was brought down by the Siemens scandal, there was a strong movement to have Tokugawa Iesato nominated to be his successor. Following World War I, Iesato served on the Japanese", "id": "11796153" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince was the 13th head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan and the President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Kuniyuki Tokugawa inherited the title of \"shishaku\" (侯爵, marquis) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system on the death of his father, Tokugawa Atsuyoshi in 1898. A scholar, he turned his attention in 1906 to the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\", a comprehensive history of Japan begun by his ancestor, Tokugawa Mitsukuni in the 17th century. However, in 1910", "id": "13926670" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshinobu\n\n\n's photographs have been published in recent years by his great-grandson, Yoshitomo. In 1902, the Meiji Emperor allowed him to reestablish his own house as a Tokugawa branch (\"bekke\") with the highest rank in the peerage, that of prince (\"kōshaku\"), for his loyal service to Japan. He took a seat in the House of Peers, resigning in 1910. Tokugawa Yoshinobu died on November 21, 1913, at 4:10 pm and is buried in Yanaka Cemetery, Tokyo. On 9 January", "id": "12861306" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nCount was a Japanese political figure of the late Meiji through early Shōwa periods, and served as President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Yorinaga Matsudaira was the eighth son of Matsudaira Yoritoshi, the former \"daimyō\" of Matsuyama Domain in Shikoku. His mother, Chiyoko, was the daughter of Ii Naosuke and his wife was the daughter of Tokugawa Akitake, head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. He attended the Gakushūin Peer’s School, and with the sponsorship of Ōkuma Shigenobu, graduated from", "id": "14764736" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nthe law school of Waseda University. district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato. In 1909 he became a member of the House of Peers, and continued to serve as a member every year (except for a hiatus between 1911–1914) until his death. A strong supporter of education, he donated a large property in downtown Tokyo to create the Hongo Gakuin school. In 1933, he was made Vice-President of the House of Peers, breaking with the precedent that only men with the rank of princes", "id": "14764737" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\n, he was accepted into the 22nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and was commissioned as Second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army. He resigned his commission in 1914 citing health reasons, and went into the reserves in 1915. From December 1911, Kuniyuki Tokugawa served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\" in 1929, he was awarded the title of \"koshaku\" (公爵, prince). On June 25, 1940, he", "id": "13926671" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nPrince was the first head of the Tokugawa clan after the overthrow of the Tokugawa bakufu, and a figure in Japanese politics during the Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. Tokugawa Iesato was born to the Tayasu branch of the Tokugawa clan, under the name Kamenosuke, he became its 16th head, following the resignation of the last \"shōgun,\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu. His brothers were Tokugawa Satotaka and Tokugawa Takachiyo, who also held the Tayasu headship at different times. Iesato was also briefly the \"daimyō\" of the", "id": "11796150" }, { "contents": "Iwamura Michitoshi\n\n\n1896, Iwamura was awarded the title of viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure later the same year. He served as an advisor to Emperor Meiji, and was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers. He was also awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class on June 23, 1904. He died in Tokyo on February 12, 1915, and his grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo.", "id": "17814139" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nor marquis could service in the highest level positions. Four years later, when Fumimaro Konoe became Prime Minister of Japan, Yorinaga Matsudaira became the President of the House of Peers. He died while in office, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class with Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. His nephew Yorihiro Matsudaira succeeded him in his peerage. Yorinaga Matsudaira was also a noted collector of miniature bonsai, and served as honorary president of the Kofuku Bonsai Association. His", "id": "14764738" }, { "contents": "Prince Kachō Hirotada\n\n\nPrince Hirotada was the second son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu. His mother was Tokugawa Tsuneko, the 9th daughter of the last Tokugawa Shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He succeeded his father to the head of the Kachō-no-miya household when he was only 2 years old in 1904. Prince Kachō attended the Gakushuin Peers’ School. He entered the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1918, graduating 1st out of 176 cadets. Prince Kuni Asaakira was one of his classmates. He served his midshipman duty on the", "id": "17635064" }, { "contents": "Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu\n\n\nNovember 1942. From 1936 to 1945, he held various staff positions in the Naval General Staff Office in Tokyo. On 4 February 1930, Prince Takamatsu married Kikuko Tokugawa (26 December 1911 – 18 December 2004), the second daughter of Yoshihisa Tokugawa (peer). The bride was a granddaughter of Yoshinobu Tokugawa, the last Shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, and a granddaughter of the late Prince Arisugawa Takehito. Prince and Princess Takamatsu had no children. From the 1930s, Prince Takamatsu expressed grave reservations regarding Japanese aggression in", "id": "1048484" }, { "contents": "Francis Brinkley\n\n\n, covered Japanese history, fine arts and literature from the origins of the Japanese race up until the latter half of the Meiji period. In 1912, at the age of 71 and one month after General Nogi's death, Francis Brinkley died. At his funeral, the mourners included the Speaker of the House of Peers, Tokugawa Iesato, the Minister of the Navy Saitō Makoto, and the Foreign Minister Uchida Kosai. He is buried in the foreign section of the Aoyama Reien cemetery in central Tokyo. After his death Ernest", "id": "10262389" }, { "contents": "Enkichi Ōki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese statesman in the Taishō period. Ōki was born in Tokyo. His father, Ōki Takatō was one of the leaders in the Meiji Restoration, and served in numerous cabinet posts in the early Meiji government. In 1899, Enkichi succeeded to his father’s title of count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His political career began in 1908, when he was elected to the House of Peers. He initially supported the \"Kenkyūkai\", but soon switched his allegiance to the", "id": "2422914" }, { "contents": "Yoshitoshi Tokugawa\n\n\nLieutenant General Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and one of the pioneers of military aviation in Japan. Tokugawa Yoshitoshi was the son of Count Tokugawa Atsumori (1856–1924) (head of the Shimizu branch of the Tokugawa clan). Through his father, he was the grandnephew of the last shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. While his father had been created a count in 1884, he had relinquished the title in 1899. Yoshitoshi graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1903, after having specialized in military engineering. In", "id": "751688" }, { "contents": "Enomoto Takeaki\n\n\nViscount was a Japanese samurai and admiral of the Tokugawa navy of Bakumatsu-period Japan, who remained faithful to the Tokugawa shogunate and fought against the new Meiji government until the end of the Boshin War. He later served in the Meiji government as one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Enomoto was born as a member of a samurai family in the direct service of the Tokugawa clan in the Shitaya district of Edo (modern Taitō, Tokyo). Enomoto started learning Dutch in the 1850s, and after Japan's", "id": "12566973" }, { "contents": "Yamada Akiyoshi\n\n\ncount (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage on July 7, 1884, and served in the House of Peers (Japan) from its establishment in 1890. On January 28, 1892, he was appointed to a seat in the Privy Council of Japan but died in November of the same year at the age of 49, while inspecting the Ikuno Silver Mine in Asago, Hyōgo. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Buddhist temple of Gokoku-ji in", "id": "655166" }, { "contents": "International Martial Arts Federation\n\n\nwas appointed as the 5th President of IMAF. He served as the Japanese Ambassador to India and Deputy Foreign Minister. The current president of Kokusai Budoin, International Martial Arts Federation (IMAF) is Yasuhisa Tokugawa, the great-grandson of the 15th and final \"shōgun\" of Japan, Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837–1913). He was also the Chief Priest for the in Tokyo from 2013-2018. Note: In the mid 1980's IMAF-Europe split from IMAF Japan to create a current non-affiliated organization with a", "id": "8525267" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masami\n\n\nInaba Masami was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Tateyama Domain, Inaba Masamori. On his father’s death in 1820, he succeeded to the head of the Tateyama Inaba clan and the position of \"daimyō\" of Tateyama. In 1862, he was appointed as a \"Wakadoshiyori\" in the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate under \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemochi. He resigned the title in 1864, with instructions to strengthen Japan's naval defenses against the increasing aggressive incursions of foreign black ships, and supported Katsu", "id": "8052899" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Mochiaki\n\n\nabolition of the han system in 1871. In 1884, he became a Count (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He was awarded the Fourth class of the Order of the Rising Sun in 1885. In 1889, he inherited the title of Marquis (\"koshaku\") from his adopted father. He died in 1890. His son, Matsudaira Yasutaka (1867–1930) served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan and was author of a number of works on agricultural", "id": "4765039" }, { "contents": "Tsunenari Tokugawa\n\n\nHis son, Iehiro Tokugawa, is a translator. In 2007, Tsunenari published a book entitled \"Edo no idenshi\" (江戸の遺伝子), released in English in 2009 as \"The Edo Inheritance\", which seeks to counter the common belief among Japanese that the Edo period (throughout which members of his Tokugawa clan ruled Japan as \"shōguns\") was like a dark age, when Japan, cut off from the world, fell behind. On the contrary, he argues, the roughly 250 years of peace and relative", "id": "11961777" }, { "contents": "Matsui Keishirō\n\n\nto Japan in 1913. During the First World War, served as Japanese Ambassador to France and was a plenipotentiary at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. On the successful completion of this mission, he was awarded with the title of baron (\"danshaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He served as Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 7 to June 11, 1924, under the administration of Kiyoura Keigo and was also appointed a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He later served", "id": "9380810" }, { "contents": "Konoe Tadafusa\n\n\n, son of regent Tadahiro with his wife Shimazu Kyoko, was a \"kugyō\" or Japanese court noble of the late Edo period (1603–1868). He did not hold any regent position kampaku or sesshō. His consort was Shimazu Mitsuko, an adopted daughter of Shimazu Nariakira, eleventh head of Satsuma Domain. The couple had a daughter, Konoe Hiroko, who later married Tokugawa Iesato, the sixteenth head of Tokugawa family and bore him Tokugawa Iemasa, the seventeenth head of the Tokugawa clan. He adopted a son of Konoe", "id": "20767712" }, { "contents": "Tenshō-in\n\n\nShe spent her remaining years nurturing Tokugawa Iesato, the 16th head of the Tokugawa clan. She moved into the Tokugawa residence in Sendagaya, in the Shibuya district, Tokyo. She suffered from Parkinson's disease which eventually took her life on November 20th, 1883, at the age of 47. She was buried in Kaneiji in Ueno, Tokyo, together with her husband, Onkyoin (Iesada). Beside Onkyoin and Tenshoin tombs, There is loquat tree planted there as it was Tenshoin's favorite food. The 2008 NHK Taiga", "id": "241772" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshimune\n\n\nYoshimune was not the son of any former \"shōgun\". Rather, he was a member of a cadet branch of the Tokugawa clan. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, well aware of the extinction of the Minamoto line in 1219, had realized that his direct descendants might die out, leaving the Tokugawa family at risk of extinction. Thus, while his son Tokugawa Hidetada was the second \"shōgun\", he selected three other sons to establish the \"gosanke,\" hereditary houses which would provide a", "id": "16258375" }, { "contents": "Kitasato Shibasaburō\n\n\nonki Corporation, with the intention of manufacturing the most reliable clinical thermometer possible. The company was later renamed Terumo Corporation. Kitasato also was the first dean of medicine at Keio University, first president of the Japan Medical Association, and served on the House of Peers. He was ennobled with the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system in February 1924. Kitasato died of an intracranial hemorrhage at his home in Azabu, Tokyo, on June 13, 1931. His grave is at the", "id": "11568829" }, { "contents": "Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa\n\n\nPrince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa was the only son of Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa and Fusako, Princess Kane. He succeeded as the head of the Kitashirakawa-no-miya house upon his father's unexpected death in an automobile accident in France in 1923. On 25 April 1935, Prince Nagahisa married Sachiko Tokugawa, born , died , the daughter of Baron Yoshikuni Tokugawa. Prince and Princess Kitashirakawa Nagahisa had one son and one daughter: Prince Nagahisa graduated from the 43rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1931, and was commissioned a sub", "id": "8171688" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nbrother Tokugawa Yoshiatsu and ordering him to assume the post of \"daimyō\" to assure the stability of Mito Domain. He departed from Marseille in December 1868. Tokugawa Akitake succeeded Tokugawa Yoshiatsu to become the 11th head of the Mito Tokugawa clan on his return to Japan. However, the title of \"daimyō\" was officially abolished in 1869, and he continued at Mito as domain governor. His request for land development in Hokkaido to resettle ex-samurai from the domain was granted on August 17, 1869, and he was", "id": "17914477" }, { "contents": "Sōma Nakamura Domain\n\n\nyounger brother Masatane. was the 5th \"daimyō\" of Sōma-Nakamura Domain and the 21st hereditary chieftain of the Sōma clan. As his older brother Sadatane had died without heir, he was posthumously appointed successor. He was received in formal audience to Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna and received the courtesy title of \"Danjō-shōhitsu\". From 1689-1690 he served as a \"sobayōnin\" to Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. He retired from public life in February 1701, living in rural seclusion to his death at the age of 68", "id": "4010353" }, { "contents": "Aizu\n\n\nof only 15. He was succeeded by the eighth lord Katataka, who was a sixth cousin (twice removed) and a member of the Takasu cadet branch of the Mito collateral line. He died without heirs in 1852 and was succeeded by his grandnephew, the famous Katamori, whose descendants have since headed the family. The present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tsunenari, is also from the Aizu lineage. In the house code set down by Masayuki, there was a specific injunction to serve the shogun with single-minded", "id": "17967555" }, { "contents": "Arai Hakuseki\n\n\nshogun Tokugawa Ienobu. He went on to displace the official Hayashi advisers to become the leading confucianist for Ienobu and Tokugawa Ietsugu. While some of Hakuseki's policies were still carried out after Ienobu's death, after the 6th shogun, Tokugawa Ietsugu, died and Tokugawa Yoshimune's rule began, Hakuseki left his post to begin his career as a prolific writer of Japanese history and Occidental studies. He was buried in Asakusa (current day Taitō, Tokyo), Hoonji temple but was later moved to Nakano, Tokyo, Kotokuji temple", "id": "12566945" }, { "contents": "Tsuruga Domain\n\n\nin the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. His courtesy title was \"Ukyō-no-suke\". His wife was the daughter of Doi Toshifusa of Ōno Domain. He died in 1706 and his grave is at the temple of Seisho-ji in Atago, Tokyo. was the 2nd \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga Domain in Echizen Province under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. Tadakiku was the eldest son of Sakai Tadashige. He became \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga on the death of his father in 1706. He was an \"", "id": "2398354" }, { "contents": "Mito-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe is a branch of the Tokugawa clan based in Mito, Ibaraki. Following the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as daimyō in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Although the Mito branch held less land", "id": "18026528" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\n. After Hideyoshi's death in 1598, Tokugawa Ieyasu came to power and was appointed \"shōgun\" by the Emperor. The Tokugawa shogunate, which governed from Edo (modern Tokyo), presided over a prosperous and peaceful era known as the Edo period (1600–1868). The Tokugawa shogunate imposed a strict class system on Japanese society and cut off almost all contact with the outside world. Portugal and Japan started their first affiliation in 1543, making the Portuguese the first Europeans to reach Japan by landing in the southern archipelago of", "id": "3250463" }, { "contents": "Tadaatsu Ishiguro\n\n\n, citing illness. His father died the same year, and per the provisions of his father’s will, he did not inherit the kazoku peerage title of viscount held by his father. In January 1943, he was granted a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. In 1945, he returned to the cabinet as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce under the Suzuki administration. In 1946, after the surrender of Japan, as with all members of the prewar and wartime Japanese government, Ishiguro was purged by", "id": "9448122" }, { "contents": "Ōkuma Shigenobu\n\n\nof the Diet of Japan until 1922. He was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum in 1916, and was elevated to the title of \"kōshaku\" (侯爵) (marquis) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system the same year. Ōkuma returned to Waseda, and died there in 1922. An estimated 300,000 people attended his funeral in Tokyo's Hibiya Park. He was posthumously elevated to the rank of prince in the peerage and was also posthumously conferred with the Collar of the Order of the", "id": "9013378" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nTokugawa branch houses (\"shinpan daimyō\") became marquesses, the heads of the secondary branches became counts and the heads of more distant branches became viscounts. The head of the Matsudaira (Fukui Domain) branch was raised to the rank of marquess from the rank of count in 1888. In 1902, the former \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu was created a prince, and the head of the Mito \"shinpan\" house was raised to the same rank, prince, in 1929. Of the other former \"daimyō\" clans", "id": "2052552" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Naganari\n\n\nViscount was an Admiral and naval strategist in the Imperial Japanese Navy in Meiji and Taishō period Japan, and a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. He was also known as Ogasawara Chōsei, Ogasawara Nagayo. Ogasawara was born in Saga prefecture. His father was the Rōjū Ogasawara Nagamichi, a senior retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. As his father was forced into retirement by the events of the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Ogasawara Naganari succeeded his grandfather to become head of the Ogasawara clan in 1873, and as", "id": "15329213" }, { "contents": "Katō Takaaki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese politician, diplomat, and the 14th Prime Minister of Japan, a position he held from 11 June 1924 until his death on 28 January 1926, during the period which historians have called \"Taishō Democracy\". He was also known as Katō Kōmei. Katō, was born as Hattori Sokichi, the second son of a former \"samurai\" retainer of the Owari Tokugawa domain in Nagoya, Owari Province, in the town of Saya, Ama District in what is now part of the city of Aisai,", "id": "9068839" }, { "contents": "Kawasaki Takukichi\n\n\n. Under his administration, the Yagoto Baseball Ground was built, and the first Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament was held in 1924. Later in 1924, Kawasaki was recalled to Tokyo to assume the post of Director-General of the National Police Agency under the Home Ministry. He became Deputy Home Minister in 1925. In 1926, he was invited to take a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He was recruited by Osachi Hamaguchi and Wakatsuki Reijirō to join the \"Kenseikai\" political party,", "id": "22092779" }, { "contents": "Masuda Takashi\n\n\nBaron , was a Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector. He was a prominent entrepreneur in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan, responsible for transforming Mitsui into a \"zaibatsu\" through the creation of a general trading company, Mitsui Bussan. He also established a newspaper, the , which was later renamed the \"Nihon Keizai Shimbun\". Masuda was born on Sado Island, in what is now Niigata Prefecture. His father was an official in the Tokugawa shogunate, serving as Hakodate bugyō, a position which", "id": "13847203" }, { "contents": "Suwa Tadamasa\n\n\nthe Shiba Tōshō-gū, a Shinto Shrine dedicated to the previous Shoguns of the Tokugawa clan in Tokyo. After the death of Suwa Tadaaya in 1878, he resumed his position as chieftain of the Suwa clan. he was reappointed \"kannushi\" of the Shiba Tōshō-gū from 1882 to 1889. In 1884 he became a viscount (\"shisaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His court rank was increased to Senior Fourth Rank in 1887. From 1891 to 1895, he returned to Suwa and became", "id": "12726550" }, { "contents": "Ōkubo Tadanori\n\n\nŌkubo Tadanori was the nephew of Tokugawa Nariaki, which made him a cousin to Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He was born as the 5th son of Matsudaira Yorihiro, daimyō of Takamatsu Domain, in Sanuki Province. On the death of former daimyō of Odawara, Ōkubo Tadanao in 1859 he was adopted into the Ōkubo clan as 11th clan head, and by default, daimyō of Odawara Domain. He served in a number of posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate, including that of \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) in", "id": "1881957" }, { "contents": "Kinichiro Ishikawa\n\n\nIshikawa Kinichiro, a watercolor painter and champion of Taiwanese Western art education, was born in Shizuoka City, Japan. His father was a former official of the Tokugawa government during the bakumatsu (late Tokugawa Shogunate). He was infatuated with painting from a very early age, but his father did not approve of his artistic pursuits. In 1888, he entered the Tokyo Telecommunications School of the Ministry of Communications. In order to sustain his interest in painting, aside from using prints of English works to engage in self-study", "id": "7410092" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masanori\n\n\nInaba Masanori was the second son of the previous daimyō of Odawara, Inaba Masakatsu. As his mother died when he was still very young, he was raised by his grandmother, Kasuga no Tsubone, the wet nurse to \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu. On the death of his father in 1634, he became head of the Inaba clan, and inherited his father’s position as daimyō of Odawara. Due to the influence of his grandmother, he rose rapidly through the hierarchy of the Tokugawa shogunate and was appointed \"Rōjū\"", "id": "1882506" }, { "contents": "Pak Yung-hio\n\n\nfled to exile in Japan, where he remained until 1907. On his return, he accepted the post of Royal Household Minister under Ye Wanyong. Following the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, in which Korea was annexed to the Empire of Japan, Park was awarded with the \"kazoku\" title of marquess (\"koshaku\") in the Japanese peerage, and a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Director of the Bank of Chosen in 1918, Chairman of the Korean Economic", "id": "5961340" }, { "contents": "Fumio Gotō\n\n\nBorn in Ōita Prefecture, Gotō was a graduate of the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909. During his early career in the 1920s, he worked in the Home Ministry, and was Director of Administration within the office of the Governor-General of Taiwan. In the 1930s, Gotō was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries between 1932 and 1934 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Makoto Saitō, and was later Home Minister", "id": "15188268" }, { "contents": "Konoe Atsumaro\n\n\nDuke was a Japanese politician and journalist of the Meiji era. He served as the 3rd President of the House of Peers and 7th President of the Gakushūin Peer's School in Meiji period Japan. He was also the father of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoe was born in Kyoto as the heir to the highly ranked Konoe family of Court nobility, one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. His father Konoe Tadafusa died when he was young, so he was raised by his grandfather Konoe Tadahiro. His mother was", "id": "1475111" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nassigned lands in Tomamae-gun, Teshio-gun, Kamikawa-gun, Nakagawa-gun in Teshio no kuni along with Rishiri-gun in Kitami no kuni. With the abolition of the han system in 1871, he was required by the government to leave in Mito and to live in Tokyo. He relocated to the former \"shimoyashiki\" secondary residence of the Mito Clan located in Mukōjima. Tokugawa Akitake was appointed a second lieutenant in Imperial Japanese Army in 1875, and served as an instructor during the early days of", "id": "17914478" }, { "contents": "Yonekura Tadasuke\n\n\nYonekura Tadasuke was the sixth son of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, a favorite of \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi who served in a number of important posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. In 1710, he was adopted by Yonekura Masateru, the \"daimyō\" of Minagawa Domain in Shimotsuke Province, and succeeded to the head of the Yonekura clan and daimyo of Minagawa two years later. On September 1, 1716, he was received in a formal audience by Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune. On July 27, 1722, he transferred the seat", "id": "9479884" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\nit was essential that Tokyo host the 1940 Olympics, as the date coincided with the Japanese 2600th Anniversary celebrations. He was forced to resign after a police sweep rounded up 6900 suspected communists in Tokyo. Nagata subsequently served in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. From March 9, 1936 to February 2, 1937, Nagata was appointed Minister of Colonial Affairs under the Kōki administration. He returned to the cabinet as Railway Minister under the Abe administration from November 29, 1939, to January 14, 1940. Nagata", "id": "15430221" }, { "contents": "Kijūrō Shidehara\n\n\nhe was named ambassador to the United States and was Japan's leading negotiator during the Washington Naval Conference. His negotiations led to the return of Shandong Province to China. However, while he was ambassador, the United States enacted discriminatory immigration laws against Japanese, which created much ill will in Japan. Shidehara was elevated to the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1920, and appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in 1925. In 1924, Shidehara became Minister of", "id": "9069195" }, { "contents": "Sōma clan\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. During the Boshin War of 1868–69, the Sōma clan fought on the site of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, supporting the Tokugawa regime. After Meiji Restoration, the head of the Sōma clan became part of the \"kazoku\" peerage, with Sōma Aritane receiving the title of \"shishaku\" (Viscount). Sōma Morotsune was the younger son of Chiba Tsunetane, and with his father was a samurai in the service of Minamoto no Yoritomo. He took his name from the Sōma Mikuriya, a \"shōen\" controlled", "id": "7506834" }, { "contents": "Matsumoto Kazu\n\n\nMatsumoto was born in Edo (now Tokyo) as the younger son of a direct retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. He graduated in 1880 from the 7th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, ranked 19 out of 30 cadets. He served on a number of ships in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, including the corvettes , , , and . Promoted to lieutenant in 1886, he graduated from the first class of the Naval Staff College in 1888. He was the chief navigator on the cruiser in 1891–1892 on its year-", "id": "8947678" }, { "contents": "Mito Domain\n\n\nof the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as \"daimyō\" in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the gosanke. Although the Mito branch held less land and wealth than either of the other two branches, they maintained considerable influence throughout the Edo period. The domain's promiximity to the \"de", "id": "290529" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nAtsuyoshi's son Tokugawa Kuniyuki was 11 years old at that time, and became the 13th head of the Mito Tokugawa under Akitake's tutelage. However, Akitake subsequently had a son, Tokugawa Takesada, who was born to a concubine in 1888. Takesada was made a viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1892 and founded the separate Matsudo Tokugawa line. In 1903, Tokugawa Akitake was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class. He died at Koumetei mansion in 1910. \"", "id": "17914481" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nand was raised by Tenshō-in and Kazu-no-Miya Chikako. In 1868 he was sent to Kyoto by his mother, Kazu-no-Miya Chikako and met with Emperor Meiji. He married the daughter of Konoe Tadafusa, Konoe Hiroko, who bore him Iemasa Tokugawa, the seventeenth Tokugawa family head, Yasuko Tokugawa, who married Nobusuke Takatsukasa and bore him Toshimichi Takatsukasa, Ryōko Tokugawa, and Toshiko Tokugawa. In 1877, Iesato was sent to Eton College in Great Britain to study. He returned to Japan", "id": "11796152" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\nthis, almost immediately after Hideyoshi's death, war broke out between Hideyori's allies and those loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu, a \"daimyō\" and a former ally of Hideyoshi. Tokugawa Ieyasu won a decisive victory at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, ushering in 268 uninterrupted years of rule by the Tokugawa clan. The Edo period was characterized by relative peace and stability under the tight control of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled from the eastern city of Edo (modern Tokyo). In 1603, Emperor Go-Yōzei declared", "id": "3250534" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nKorean Empire was annexed in 1910, the House of Yi was mediatized as an incorporated and therefore subordinate kingship (王). Excluding the Tokugawas, the initial \"kazoku\" rank distribution for the former \"daimyō\" lords depended on rice revenue: those with 150,000 \"koku\" or more became marquesses, those with 50,000 \"koku\" or more become counts, and those with holdings rated below 50,000 \"koku\" became viscounts. The head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Iesato, became a prince, the heads of primary", "id": "2052551" }, { "contents": "Gosanke\n\n\nThe , also called simply , or even , were the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan: Owari House of Tokugawa, Kii House of Tokugawa, and Mito House of Tokugawa, all of which were descended from clan founder Tokugawa Ieyasu's three youngest sons, Yoshinao, Yorinobu, and Yorifusa, and were allowed to provide a shōgun in case of need. In the Edo period the term \"gosanke\" could also refer to various other combinations of Tokugawa houses, including (1) the shogunal, Owari", "id": "17630062" }, { "contents": "Hirohide Fushimi\n\n\nBorn as , the 4th son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, he was the younger brother of Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, Prince Kachō Hirotada and Marquis Kachō Hironobu. In October 1932, he served as a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. On 1 April 1936, by order of Emperor Hirohito, he was allowed to establish his own household after renouncing his imperial title, and was created a count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. The same year, he married Tomoko Yanagisawa", "id": "230990" }, { "contents": "Sano Tsunetami\n\n\nduring the 1st Matsukata administration, he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. In 1895, Sano was elevated to the title of count (\"hakushaku\"). On his death at his home in Tokyo in 1902, he was posthumously awarded with the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class with Paulownia Blossoms). His grave is at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo. In 1939, the Japanese government issued a series of four commemorative postage stamps honoring the 75th anniversary of the Red Cross Treaty. A portrait of Sano", "id": "7051581" }, { "contents": "Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu\n\n\nsucceeded to title Kachō-no-miya on April 23, 1883, upon which he changed his name from \"Narukata\" to \"Hiroyasu,\" but returned to the house of Fushimi-no-miya on January 16, 1904. On January 9, 1896, Prince Hiroyasu married Tokugawa Tsuneko (1882–1939), the ninth daughter of Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japan's last \"shōgun\", with whom he had six children: Prince Hiroyasu entered the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy on 5 April 1886, but resigned in September", "id": "3864370" }, { "contents": "Mizoguchi clan\n\n\nas part of the guard of Nagoya Castle. In 1598, he was transferred to Shibata and his \"kokudaka\" was increased to 60,000 \"koku\". Following the Battle of Sekigahara, he was confirmed in his holdings by the Tokugawa shogunate. The Mizoguchi ruled Shibata as \"tozama daimyō\" until the Meiji restoration. After the abolition of the han system in 1871, the final \"daimyō\" of Shibata, Mizoguchi Naomasa relocated to Tokyo and received the \"kazoku\" peerage title of \"hakushaku\" (Count) in", "id": "19300691" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Norinaga\n\n\nMatsudaira Norinaga was the eldest son of Matsudaira Ienori, a Sengoku period samurai and daimyō of Iwamura Domain in Mino Province under the early Tokugawa shogunate. On the death of his father in 1614, he was confirmed as head of the Ogyū-Matsdaira clan and the same year accompanied the forces of \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada at the Siege of Osaka. In 1634, he was transferred to Hamamatsu Domain in Tōtōmi Province with an increase in revenues from 20,000 to 36,000 \"koku\". In 1642, Matsudaira Norinaga was promoted to", "id": "3314701" }, { "contents": "Canada–Japan relations\n\n\nway to deal with the Japanese question is to have our own Minister in Japan to visa passports.\" As a context, it is worth noting that Japan's consulate in Vancouver was established in 1889, 40 years before its embassy was opened in Ottawa in 1929. The first Japanese Minister in Canada was Prince Iemasa Tokugawa, serving from 1929 to 1934. The first Canadian Minister in Japan was Sir Herbert Marler, serving from 1929 to 1936. Diplomatic ties were severed in 1941 with the start of the Pacific War. During", "id": "15989893" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Ienari\n\n\nTokugawa Ienari (, November 18, 1773 – March 22, 1841) was the eleventh and longest-serving \"shōgun\" of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1787 to 1837. He was a great-grandson of the eighth shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune through his son Munetada (1721–1764), head of the Hitotsubashi branch of the family, and his grandson Harusada (1751–1827). Ienari died in 1841 and was given the Buddhist name Bunkyouin and buried at Kan'ei-ji. In 1778, the four-year", "id": "12177738" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nin more broad terms, the period begins with Oda Nobunaga's entry into Kyoto in 1568, when he led his army to the imperial capital in order to install Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the 15th, and ultimately final, shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, and it lasts until the coming to power of Tokugawa Ieyasu after his victory over supporters of the Toyotomi clan at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. The Edo period from 1600 to 1868 characterized early modern Japan. The Tokugawa shogunate was a feudalist regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu", "id": "9974550" }, { "contents": "Kaga Domain\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. The location of the main Edo residence of the \"daimyō\" of the Kaga Domain is now the site of the Hongō campus of the University of Tokyo. Maeda Toshiie was a distinguished military commander, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and a close friend of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. A member of the Council of Five Elders who ruled Japan during the Sengoku period, he was granted the Kaga Domain in 1583. His eldest son, Maeda Toshinaga, supported Tokugawa Ieyasu in his rise to power and was rewarded by an increase", "id": "6571560" }, { "contents": "Inoue Masamoto\n\n\nInoue Masamoto was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain, Inoue Masasada. He became 8th head of the Mikawa-branch of Inoue clan and \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain on his father's death in 1786. He was awarded Lower 5th Court Rank and the courtesy title of \"Kawachi-no-kami\" soon afterwards. In 1802, Masamoto entered the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate as a \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) under \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Ienari. In 1816, while", "id": "4715826" }, { "contents": "March Incident\n\n\nexecute a coup d'état and seize power.br 3. A new Cabinet would be formed under the premiership of the then-War Minister, General Kazushige Ugaki. The project was underwritten by a 200,000-yen donation by Yoshichika Tokugawa, ultra-rightist member of the House of Peers, son of the last \"daimyō\" of Nagoya, founder of the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya and Emperor Shōwa's second cousin. Ultra-rightist civilian organizations led by Kanichiro Kamei and Shūmei Ōkawa fomented a commotion outside the Diet Building in Tokyo late in February", "id": "5593888" }, { "contents": "Nanbu Shigenao\n\n\nHowever, in April 1636, his \"sankin-kōtai\" procession arrived in Edo ten days late, which was a violation of the new \"Buke shohatto\" regulations issued by \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu, and he was declared unfit to govern, and sentenced to house arrest at the clan residence in Edo. After his death in Edo in 1664, the Tokugawa shogunate intervened, and by order of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna appointed his younger brother Shichinohe Shigenobu as the next \"daimyō\", with the son of Hotta Masamori reduced", "id": "4495846" }, { "contents": "Akira Tomii\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese diplomat. He was born as a son of Baron Masaaki Tomii, the president of Tokyo Imperial University of Legal and a draft member of Japanese Civil Law. When he was young, his father hired Keita Gotō as Akira's home teacher. Akira Tomii graduated Tokyo Imperial University, and served as the Japanese Consul in Mukden, China, in 1915. From 1916 to 1924 served as consul in New York City, from 1924 to 1927 as consul in London, and from 1927 to 1933 as consul in", "id": "5339969" }, { "contents": "Maeda Toshisada\n\n\nand afterwards assumed his family’s seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. In 1922, he was appointed Communications Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Katō Tomosaburō. He subsequently served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kiyoura Keigo as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. He retired from public life in January 1944, and died in October of the same year. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasures, 1st class. Maeda studied poetry under Sasaki Nobutsuna. His daughter married post-war Foreign Minister", "id": "2257384" }, { "contents": "Hideo Kodama\n\n\nwas assigned to the Imperial General Headquarters and sent to the Liaodong Peninsula (under Japanese occupation), where he served as liaison between the civilian government in Tokyo and the Japanese general armies in Manchuria. Following the war, he returned to the Finance Ministry as head of the government's Tobacco Monopoly. He was later assigned to serve in the Japanese Government-General of Korea, as a secretary to the Privy Council, and as a member of the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 23 July 1906,", "id": "14284806" }, { "contents": "Prince Kuni Asaakira\n\n\nDomain. In 1921, he served for the customary term in the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 29 January 1929, he succeeded as head of the Kuni-no-miya house. Prince Kuni graduated from the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1921. He served as a midshipman on the cruiser and battleship . After his commissioning as ensign, he was assigned to the battleship , followed by battleships and . After his graduation from the Naval Staff College in 1925, he was assigned to", "id": "20710624" }, { "contents": "Saneatsu Mushanokōji\n\n\nJapanese ambassador to Nazi Germany, he traveled throughout Europe in 1936. In 1946, he was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. However, four months later he was purged from public office by the American Occupation authorities, due to his (1942), supporting the actions of the Japanese government in World War II. Mushanokōji made a literary comeback with his novel (1949–1950). He was awarded the Order of Culture in 1951, and became a member of the Japan Art Academy", "id": "5324629" }, { "contents": "Shizuoka (city)\n\n\nwhich he could influence \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada from behind the scenes. Subsequently, aside for brief periods, Sunpu was \"tenryō\" (territory under direct administration by the Shogunate), ruled by the , an appointed official based in Sunpu. In 1869, after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, the former shogunal line, headed by Tokugawa Iesato was sent to Sunpu and assigned the short-lived Sunpu Domain. The same year, Sunpu was renamed \"Shizuoka\". Shizuoka Domain became Shizuoka Prefecture with the abolition of", "id": "1359009" }, { "contents": "Ōta Dōkan\n\n\nlived in the same place. In the late 16th century, Dōkan's Edo Castle was chosen as the new home of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had been persuaded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to transfer the seat of his clan holdings into the Kantō. With the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in the early 17th century, Edo Castle became the center of the shogunate government. When the shogunate was displaced in the Meiji Restoration in the late 19th century, the newly named Tokyo became an Imperial capital with an Imperial Palace rising from the former shōgun", "id": "9984404" }, { "contents": "Prince Kaya Tsunenori\n\n\n, was the second head of the Kaya-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. He was first cousin to Empress Kōjun (Nagako), the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). Prince Kaya Tsunenori was born in Tokyo, the first son of Prince Kaya Kuninori and his wife, the former Daigō Yoshiko. He received his primary and secondary education at the boys' department of the Gakushuin Peers’ School. On December 8, 1909, he became the second head of the Kaya-no-", "id": "9139501" }, { "contents": "Hachisuka Mochiaki\n\n\nto Great Britain and attended Oxford University, where he matriculated at Balliol College in 1874. After returning to Japan, he joined the government as Director of the Customs Bureau director in the Ministry of Finance and a member of \"Sanjiin\" (legislative advisory council). In 1882, Hachisuka was envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to France, and received the title of \"kōshaku\" (marquis) under the new \"kazoku\" peerage system. After returning to Japan, he served as a member of the House of Peers,", "id": "18933529" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nand ruled by the \"shōguns\" of the Tokugawa clan. The period gets its name from the capital city, Edo, now called Tokyo. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo Castle from 1603 until 1868, when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration in the late Edo period (often called the Late Tokugawa shogunate). In 1392, General Yi Seong-gye established the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) with a largely bloodless coup. Yi Seong-gye moved the capital of Korea to the location of modern-day Seoul", "id": "9974551" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Hirotada\n\n\nHe is best known for being the father of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Hirotada was the son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (7th head of Mikawa Matsudaira clan). He was known in his childhood as Senshōmaru, Senchiyo, and Jirōzaburō. After his father's assassination in 1537, Hirotada was placed under the protection of a loyal retainer, Abe Sadayoshi. He allied with the Imagawa, and with their help was installed at Okazaki castle. The alliance with them brought him into conflict with the Tokugawa clan. In", "id": "20973368" }, { "contents": "Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda\n\n\nPrince Takeda Tsuneyoshi was the only son of Prince Takeda Tsunehisa and Princess Masako, Princess Tsune (1888–1940), the sixth daughter of Emperor Meiji. He was, therefore, a first cousin of Emperor Shōwa. Prince Tsuneyoshi became the second head of the Takeda-no-miya house on 23 April 1919. After being educated at the Gakushūin Peers' School, and serving for a session in the House of Peers, he graduated from the 32nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in July 1930, and received a commission", "id": "4712175" }, { "contents": "Ishii Kikujirō\n\n\nViscount , was a Japanese diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan between 1915 and 1916. Ishii was born in Mobara city, Kazusa Province (present-day Chiba Prefecture). He graduated from the Law Department of Tokyo Imperial University and joined the Foreign Ministry. His first posting was as an attaché to Paris in 1891, and he was later sent to Chemulpo, Korea in 1896 and to Beijing, China in 1897.", "id": "19761626" }, { "contents": "Nagai Naoyuki\n\n\n, also known as or , was a Japanese hatamoto under the Tokugawa of Bakumatsu period Japan. His great-great-grandchild was Yukio Mishima. Naoyuki's adopted son, Iwanojō Nagai, was the father of Natsu, who was Mishima's grandmother. Iwanojō's real father was Nagasumi Miyoshi (Miyoshi clan) who was a Tokugawa retainer. Nagai Naoyuki, or as he was first known, , was born in the Nukada district of the Okutono Domain by a concubine to \"daimyō\" . Noritada, while head of a", "id": "5425993" }, { "contents": "Hidemaro Konoye\n\n\nViscount was a conductor and composer of classical music in Shōwa period Japan. He was the younger brother of pre-war Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoye was born in Kōjimachi, Tokyo as the younger son of Duke Konoe Atsumaro, scion of one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. The Konoe clan traditionally provided \"gagaku\" musicians to the Imperial Household, and Hidemaro chose to follow the family's musical tradition, whereas his older brother Fumimaro went into politics. Konoye attended the Gakushuin Peers School, where", "id": "22220081" }, { "contents": "Yoritake Matsudaira\n\n\n. After graduation from Waseda University, he worked for Toshiba. Now he is the president of . One of his hobbies is horseback riding, he is an amateur radio aficionado, and he gives lectures about the advantages of Scouting activities. Yoritake is a second cousin of the present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Tsunenari, as both are great-grandsons of Nabeshima Naohiro, the 11th and last \"daimyō\" of Saga. By virtue of his descent from the \"kuge\" Madenokōji family, he is also a sixth", "id": "1769206" }, { "contents": "Nabeshima Naoyoshi\n\n\nperiod of Naoyoshi's administration, and the prefecture's economic production was increased, particularly in the area of sugar production. In 1881, Naoyoshi was recalled to Tokyo, and became president of the \"Genrōin\". With the establishment of the \"kazoku\" peerage, he became a , and a member of the House of Peers on the establishment of the Diet of Japan in 1890. In his later years he helped build hospitals and schools in the region of Kashima, which he had once ruled, and was awarded Second", "id": "17536683" }, { "contents": "Obama Domain\n\n\nKawagoe Domain, before being the 1st Sakai \"daimyō\" of Obama Domain. He was the son of Sakai Tadatoshi, a hereditary retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He served Tokugawa Hidetada during the Siege of Ueda and later served Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who promoted him to \"rōjū\" in 1624. In 1634, he was transferred to Obama and completed the construction of Obama Castle. He retired from public life in 1656 and died in 1662. His grave is at the clan temple of Kuin-ji in Obama. was the", "id": "16508967" }, { "contents": "Edo period\n\n\nEmperor Kōmei died and was succeeded by his underaged son Emperor Meiji. Tokugawa Yoshinobu reluctantly became head of the Tokugawa house and \"shōgun\". He tried to reorganize the government under the emperor while preserving the \"shōgun\"s leadership role. Fearing the growing power of the Satsuma and Chōshū \"daimyō\", other \"daimyō\" called for returning the \"shōgun\"s political power to the emperor and a council of \"daimyō\" chaired by the former Tokugawa \"shōgun\". Yoshinobu accepted the plan in late 1867 and resigned, announcing an", "id": "3932378" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\n, was a politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan, twice as a cabinet minister, and also serving twice as mayor of Tokyo. Nagata was born in Mihara District, Hyōgo Prefecture, in what is now part of the city of Minamiawaji. After graduating from the predecessor of Kyoto Imperial University and serving as a school principal in Sumoto, Hyōgo from 1902 to 1904, he obtained a posting in the Home Ministry and rose to become", "id": "15430218" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Nagashige\n\n\n, also known as Sado-no-kami or Etchū-no-kami, was a Japanese samurai \"daimyō\" of the mid-Edo period. The Ogasawara were identified as one of the \"fudai\" or insider \"daimyō\" clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa, in contrast with the \"tozama\" or outsider clans. Nagashige served the Tokugawa shogunate as its eleventh Kyoto \"shoshidai\" in the period spanning October 17, 1691, through May 15, 1702. He had previously been shogunate", "id": "8758740" }, { "contents": "Jo Hyeong\n\n\nJo Hyeong (1606–1679) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty Korea in the 17th century. He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 6th Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. In 1655 King Hyojong of Joseon sent a mission to the shogunal court of Tokugawa Ietsuna. This diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for developing a political foundation for trade. The delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a \"Communication Envoy", "id": "5288304" }, { "contents": "Tsugaru clan\n\n\nwho took the name of (1872–1919) to be his heir. Hidemaru was educated in Germany, graduating from the University of Bonn, Humboldt University of Berlin and University of Geneva and after his return to Japan served in under the Japanese Resident-General of Korea from 1907-1914, and in the Ministry of the Imperial Household from 1914-1918. In 1918, he was appointed to the House of Peers. His son was (1907-1994), who was born as the second son of a branch of", "id": "10903481" }, { "contents": "Arima Ryōkitsu\n\n\nAdmiral was a career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy during Meiji and Taishō periods. Arima was a native of Wakayama, where his father was a senior \"samurai\" retainer of the Kishū Tokugawa clan, and an active supporter of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Although he came from such an unfavorable background, Arima was able to secure admission to the 12th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, after graduating from the forerunners of Doshisha University and Keio University with degrees in English language.", "id": "14930546" }, { "contents": "Mitsukuri Rinsho\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese statesman and legal scholar in Meiji period Japan. Mitsukuri was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo) to a noted family of scholars working for the Tokugawa bakufu. He studied \"rangaku\" and received a posting to the \"Bansho Shirabesho,\" the Shōgun's research institute for foreign technology. In 1867, he was selected to accompany the Shogunate's expedition to the Paris World Exposition, which proved to be an eye-opener. On his return to Japan, Mitsukuri joined the new Meiji government", "id": "19948939" }, { "contents": "Owari-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe , a branch of the Tokugawa clan, is the seniormost house of the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Originally descended from Tokugawa Yoshinao, the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the original line became extinct in 1800 with the death of the ninth lord and family head. It has since been kept in existence through repeated adoptions from the two remaining houses, and is currently headed by a member of the Kishu branch. For over 250 years, the Owari family ruled Owari Domain,", "id": "17810278" } ]

[ { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nJune 19, 1946, he served as the President of the House of Peers, a post which he held until May 2, 1947, when the Allied occupation authorities authorized the current Constitution of Japan abolishing the House of Peers. He died of heart disease at his home in Shibuya, Tokyo, on February 18, 1963, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class. His grave is located at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. He was succeeded as head of the Tokugawa clan", "id": "11961761" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince also known as Iyemasa, was a Japanese political figure of the Taishō and early Shōwa periods. He was the 17th hereditary head of the former shogunal branch of the Tokugawa clan and the final President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Iemasa Tokugawa was born in what is now the Sendagaya district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato and his wife, Konoe Hiroko, daughter of Konoe Tadafusa. He graduated from the law school of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909, and accepted a post in", "id": "11961759" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nthe diplomatic corps of Foreign Ministry the same year. In 1924, he was appointed Consul-general to the Japanese consulate in Sydney, Australia. In 1929, he was appointed Envoy to Canada and from 1937 to 1939 served as the Japanese ambassador to Turkey. In 1940, on the death of his father, he inherited the title of \"kōshaku\" (, \"prince\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and a seat as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On", "id": "11961760" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nin 1882, and was given the title of \"kōshaku\" (公爵, prince) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He became a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan from its creation in 1890, and served as President of the House of Peers from 1901-1933. When the administration of Prime Minister Yamamoto Gonnohyōe was brought down by the Siemens scandal, there was a strong movement to have Tokugawa Iesato nominated to be his successor. Following World War I, Iesato served on the Japanese", "id": "11796153" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince was the 13th head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan and the President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Kuniyuki Tokugawa inherited the title of \"shishaku\" (侯爵, marquis) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system on the death of his father, Tokugawa Atsuyoshi in 1898. A scholar, he turned his attention in 1906 to the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\", a comprehensive history of Japan begun by his ancestor, Tokugawa Mitsukuni in the 17th century. However, in 1910", "id": "13926670" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshinobu\n\n\n's photographs have been published in recent years by his great-grandson, Yoshitomo. In 1902, the Meiji Emperor allowed him to reestablish his own house as a Tokugawa branch (\"bekke\") with the highest rank in the peerage, that of prince (\"kōshaku\"), for his loyal service to Japan. He took a seat in the House of Peers, resigning in 1910. Tokugawa Yoshinobu died on November 21, 1913, at 4:10 pm and is buried in Yanaka Cemetery, Tokyo. On 9 January", "id": "12861306" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nCount was a Japanese political figure of the late Meiji through early Shōwa periods, and served as President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Yorinaga Matsudaira was the eighth son of Matsudaira Yoritoshi, the former \"daimyō\" of Matsuyama Domain in Shikoku. His mother, Chiyoko, was the daughter of Ii Naosuke and his wife was the daughter of Tokugawa Akitake, head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. He attended the Gakushūin Peer’s School, and with the sponsorship of Ōkuma Shigenobu, graduated from", "id": "14764736" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nthe law school of Waseda University. district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato. In 1909 he became a member of the House of Peers, and continued to serve as a member every year (except for a hiatus between 1911–1914) until his death. A strong supporter of education, he donated a large property in downtown Tokyo to create the Hongo Gakuin school. In 1933, he was made Vice-President of the House of Peers, breaking with the precedent that only men with the rank of princes", "id": "14764737" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\n, he was accepted into the 22nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and was commissioned as Second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army. He resigned his commission in 1914 citing health reasons, and went into the reserves in 1915. From December 1911, Kuniyuki Tokugawa served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\" in 1929, he was awarded the title of \"koshaku\" (公爵, prince). On June 25, 1940, he", "id": "13926671" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nPrince was the first head of the Tokugawa clan after the overthrow of the Tokugawa bakufu, and a figure in Japanese politics during the Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. Tokugawa Iesato was born to the Tayasu branch of the Tokugawa clan, under the name Kamenosuke, he became its 16th head, following the resignation of the last \"shōgun,\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu. His brothers were Tokugawa Satotaka and Tokugawa Takachiyo, who also held the Tayasu headship at different times. Iesato was also briefly the \"daimyō\" of the", "id": "11796150" }, { "contents": "Iwamura Michitoshi\n\n\n1896, Iwamura was awarded the title of viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure later the same year. He served as an advisor to Emperor Meiji, and was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers. He was also awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class on June 23, 1904. He died in Tokyo on February 12, 1915, and his grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo.", "id": "17814139" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nor marquis could service in the highest level positions. Four years later, when Fumimaro Konoe became Prime Minister of Japan, Yorinaga Matsudaira became the President of the House of Peers. He died while in office, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class with Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. His nephew Yorihiro Matsudaira succeeded him in his peerage. Yorinaga Matsudaira was also a noted collector of miniature bonsai, and served as honorary president of the Kofuku Bonsai Association. His", "id": "14764738" }, { "contents": "Prince Kachō Hirotada\n\n\nPrince Hirotada was the second son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu. His mother was Tokugawa Tsuneko, the 9th daughter of the last Tokugawa Shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He succeeded his father to the head of the Kachō-no-miya household when he was only 2 years old in 1904. Prince Kachō attended the Gakushuin Peers’ School. He entered the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1918, graduating 1st out of 176 cadets. Prince Kuni Asaakira was one of his classmates. He served his midshipman duty on the", "id": "17635064" }, { "contents": "Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu\n\n\nNovember 1942. From 1936 to 1945, he held various staff positions in the Naval General Staff Office in Tokyo. On 4 February 1930, Prince Takamatsu married Kikuko Tokugawa (26 December 1911 – 18 December 2004), the second daughter of Yoshihisa Tokugawa (peer). The bride was a granddaughter of Yoshinobu Tokugawa, the last Shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, and a granddaughter of the late Prince Arisugawa Takehito. Prince and Princess Takamatsu had no children. From the 1930s, Prince Takamatsu expressed grave reservations regarding Japanese aggression in", "id": "1048484" }, { "contents": "Francis Brinkley\n\n\n, covered Japanese history, fine arts and literature from the origins of the Japanese race up until the latter half of the Meiji period. In 1912, at the age of 71 and one month after General Nogi's death, Francis Brinkley died. At his funeral, the mourners included the Speaker of the House of Peers, Tokugawa Iesato, the Minister of the Navy Saitō Makoto, and the Foreign Minister Uchida Kosai. He is buried in the foreign section of the Aoyama Reien cemetery in central Tokyo. After his death Ernest", "id": "10262389" }, { "contents": "Enkichi Ōki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese statesman in the Taishō period. Ōki was born in Tokyo. His father, Ōki Takatō was one of the leaders in the Meiji Restoration, and served in numerous cabinet posts in the early Meiji government. In 1899, Enkichi succeeded to his father’s title of count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His political career began in 1908, when he was elected to the House of Peers. He initially supported the \"Kenkyūkai\", but soon switched his allegiance to the", "id": "2422914" }, { "contents": "Yoshitoshi Tokugawa\n\n\nLieutenant General Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and one of the pioneers of military aviation in Japan. Tokugawa Yoshitoshi was the son of Count Tokugawa Atsumori (1856–1924) (head of the Shimizu branch of the Tokugawa clan). Through his father, he was the grandnephew of the last shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. While his father had been created a count in 1884, he had relinquished the title in 1899. Yoshitoshi graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1903, after having specialized in military engineering. In", "id": "751688" }, { "contents": "Enomoto Takeaki\n\n\nViscount was a Japanese samurai and admiral of the Tokugawa navy of Bakumatsu-period Japan, who remained faithful to the Tokugawa shogunate and fought against the new Meiji government until the end of the Boshin War. He later served in the Meiji government as one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Enomoto was born as a member of a samurai family in the direct service of the Tokugawa clan in the Shitaya district of Edo (modern Taitō, Tokyo). Enomoto started learning Dutch in the 1850s, and after Japan's", "id": "12566973" }, { "contents": "Yamada Akiyoshi\n\n\ncount (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage on July 7, 1884, and served in the House of Peers (Japan) from its establishment in 1890. On January 28, 1892, he was appointed to a seat in the Privy Council of Japan but died in November of the same year at the age of 49, while inspecting the Ikuno Silver Mine in Asago, Hyōgo. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Buddhist temple of Gokoku-ji in", "id": "655166" }, { "contents": "International Martial Arts Federation\n\n\nwas appointed as the 5th President of IMAF. He served as the Japanese Ambassador to India and Deputy Foreign Minister. The current president of Kokusai Budoin, International Martial Arts Federation (IMAF) is Yasuhisa Tokugawa, the great-grandson of the 15th and final \"shōgun\" of Japan, Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837–1913). He was also the Chief Priest for the in Tokyo from 2013-2018. Note: In the mid 1980's IMAF-Europe split from IMAF Japan to create a current non-affiliated organization with a", "id": "8525267" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masami\n\n\nInaba Masami was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Tateyama Domain, Inaba Masamori. On his father’s death in 1820, he succeeded to the head of the Tateyama Inaba clan and the position of \"daimyō\" of Tateyama. In 1862, he was appointed as a \"Wakadoshiyori\" in the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate under \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemochi. He resigned the title in 1864, with instructions to strengthen Japan's naval defenses against the increasing aggressive incursions of foreign black ships, and supported Katsu", "id": "8052899" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Mochiaki\n\n\nabolition of the han system in 1871. In 1884, he became a Count (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He was awarded the Fourth class of the Order of the Rising Sun in 1885. In 1889, he inherited the title of Marquis (\"koshaku\") from his adopted father. He died in 1890. His son, Matsudaira Yasutaka (1867–1930) served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan and was author of a number of works on agricultural", "id": "4765039" }, { "contents": "Tsunenari Tokugawa\n\n\nHis son, Iehiro Tokugawa, is a translator. In 2007, Tsunenari published a book entitled \"Edo no idenshi\" (江戸の遺伝子), released in English in 2009 as \"The Edo Inheritance\", which seeks to counter the common belief among Japanese that the Edo period (throughout which members of his Tokugawa clan ruled Japan as \"shōguns\") was like a dark age, when Japan, cut off from the world, fell behind. On the contrary, he argues, the roughly 250 years of peace and relative", "id": "11961777" }, { "contents": "Matsui Keishirō\n\n\nto Japan in 1913. During the First World War, served as Japanese Ambassador to France and was a plenipotentiary at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. On the successful completion of this mission, he was awarded with the title of baron (\"danshaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He served as Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 7 to June 11, 1924, under the administration of Kiyoura Keigo and was also appointed a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He later served", "id": "9380810" }, { "contents": "Konoe Tadafusa\n\n\n, son of regent Tadahiro with his wife Shimazu Kyoko, was a \"kugyō\" or Japanese court noble of the late Edo period (1603–1868). He did not hold any regent position kampaku or sesshō. His consort was Shimazu Mitsuko, an adopted daughter of Shimazu Nariakira, eleventh head of Satsuma Domain. The couple had a daughter, Konoe Hiroko, who later married Tokugawa Iesato, the sixteenth head of Tokugawa family and bore him Tokugawa Iemasa, the seventeenth head of the Tokugawa clan. He adopted a son of Konoe", "id": "20767712" }, { "contents": "Tenshō-in\n\n\nShe spent her remaining years nurturing Tokugawa Iesato, the 16th head of the Tokugawa clan. She moved into the Tokugawa residence in Sendagaya, in the Shibuya district, Tokyo. She suffered from Parkinson's disease which eventually took her life on November 20th, 1883, at the age of 47. She was buried in Kaneiji in Ueno, Tokyo, together with her husband, Onkyoin (Iesada). Beside Onkyoin and Tenshoin tombs, There is loquat tree planted there as it was Tenshoin's favorite food. The 2008 NHK Taiga", "id": "241772" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshimune\n\n\nYoshimune was not the son of any former \"shōgun\". Rather, he was a member of a cadet branch of the Tokugawa clan. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, well aware of the extinction of the Minamoto line in 1219, had realized that his direct descendants might die out, leaving the Tokugawa family at risk of extinction. Thus, while his son Tokugawa Hidetada was the second \"shōgun\", he selected three other sons to establish the \"gosanke,\" hereditary houses which would provide a", "id": "16258375" }, { "contents": "Kitasato Shibasaburō\n\n\nonki Corporation, with the intention of manufacturing the most reliable clinical thermometer possible. The company was later renamed Terumo Corporation. Kitasato also was the first dean of medicine at Keio University, first president of the Japan Medical Association, and served on the House of Peers. He was ennobled with the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system in February 1924. Kitasato died of an intracranial hemorrhage at his home in Azabu, Tokyo, on June 13, 1931. His grave is at the", "id": "11568829" }, { "contents": "Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa\n\n\nPrince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa was the only son of Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa and Fusako, Princess Kane. He succeeded as the head of the Kitashirakawa-no-miya house upon his father's unexpected death in an automobile accident in France in 1923. On 25 April 1935, Prince Nagahisa married Sachiko Tokugawa, born , died , the daughter of Baron Yoshikuni Tokugawa. Prince and Princess Kitashirakawa Nagahisa had one son and one daughter: Prince Nagahisa graduated from the 43rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1931, and was commissioned a sub", "id": "8171688" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nbrother Tokugawa Yoshiatsu and ordering him to assume the post of \"daimyō\" to assure the stability of Mito Domain. He departed from Marseille in December 1868. Tokugawa Akitake succeeded Tokugawa Yoshiatsu to become the 11th head of the Mito Tokugawa clan on his return to Japan. However, the title of \"daimyō\" was officially abolished in 1869, and he continued at Mito as domain governor. His request for land development in Hokkaido to resettle ex-samurai from the domain was granted on August 17, 1869, and he was", "id": "17914477" }, { "contents": "Sōma Nakamura Domain\n\n\nyounger brother Masatane. was the 5th \"daimyō\" of Sōma-Nakamura Domain and the 21st hereditary chieftain of the Sōma clan. As his older brother Sadatane had died without heir, he was posthumously appointed successor. He was received in formal audience to Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna and received the courtesy title of \"Danjō-shōhitsu\". From 1689-1690 he served as a \"sobayōnin\" to Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. He retired from public life in February 1701, living in rural seclusion to his death at the age of 68", "id": "4010353" }, { "contents": "Aizu\n\n\nof only 15. He was succeeded by the eighth lord Katataka, who was a sixth cousin (twice removed) and a member of the Takasu cadet branch of the Mito collateral line. He died without heirs in 1852 and was succeeded by his grandnephew, the famous Katamori, whose descendants have since headed the family. The present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tsunenari, is also from the Aizu lineage. In the house code set down by Masayuki, there was a specific injunction to serve the shogun with single-minded", "id": "17967555" }, { "contents": "Arai Hakuseki\n\n\nshogun Tokugawa Ienobu. He went on to displace the official Hayashi advisers to become the leading confucianist for Ienobu and Tokugawa Ietsugu. While some of Hakuseki's policies were still carried out after Ienobu's death, after the 6th shogun, Tokugawa Ietsugu, died and Tokugawa Yoshimune's rule began, Hakuseki left his post to begin his career as a prolific writer of Japanese history and Occidental studies. He was buried in Asakusa (current day Taitō, Tokyo), Hoonji temple but was later moved to Nakano, Tokyo, Kotokuji temple", "id": "12566945" }, { "contents": "Tsuruga Domain\n\n\nin the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. His courtesy title was \"Ukyō-no-suke\". His wife was the daughter of Doi Toshifusa of Ōno Domain. He died in 1706 and his grave is at the temple of Seisho-ji in Atago, Tokyo. was the 2nd \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga Domain in Echizen Province under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. Tadakiku was the eldest son of Sakai Tadashige. He became \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga on the death of his father in 1706. He was an \"", "id": "2398354" }, { "contents": "Mito-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe is a branch of the Tokugawa clan based in Mito, Ibaraki. Following the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as daimyō in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Although the Mito branch held less land", "id": "18026528" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\n. After Hideyoshi's death in 1598, Tokugawa Ieyasu came to power and was appointed \"shōgun\" by the Emperor. The Tokugawa shogunate, which governed from Edo (modern Tokyo), presided over a prosperous and peaceful era known as the Edo period (1600–1868). The Tokugawa shogunate imposed a strict class system on Japanese society and cut off almost all contact with the outside world. Portugal and Japan started their first affiliation in 1543, making the Portuguese the first Europeans to reach Japan by landing in the southern archipelago of", "id": "3250463" }, { "contents": "Tadaatsu Ishiguro\n\n\n, citing illness. His father died the same year, and per the provisions of his father’s will, he did not inherit the kazoku peerage title of viscount held by his father. In January 1943, he was granted a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. In 1945, he returned to the cabinet as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce under the Suzuki administration. In 1946, after the surrender of Japan, as with all members of the prewar and wartime Japanese government, Ishiguro was purged by", "id": "9448122" }, { "contents": "Ōkuma Shigenobu\n\n\nof the Diet of Japan until 1922. He was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum in 1916, and was elevated to the title of \"kōshaku\" (侯爵) (marquis) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system the same year. Ōkuma returned to Waseda, and died there in 1922. An estimated 300,000 people attended his funeral in Tokyo's Hibiya Park. He was posthumously elevated to the rank of prince in the peerage and was also posthumously conferred with the Collar of the Order of the", "id": "9013378" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nTokugawa branch houses (\"shinpan daimyō\") became marquesses, the heads of the secondary branches became counts and the heads of more distant branches became viscounts. The head of the Matsudaira (Fukui Domain) branch was raised to the rank of marquess from the rank of count in 1888. In 1902, the former \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu was created a prince, and the head of the Mito \"shinpan\" house was raised to the same rank, prince, in 1929. Of the other former \"daimyō\" clans", "id": "2052552" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Naganari\n\n\nViscount was an Admiral and naval strategist in the Imperial Japanese Navy in Meiji and Taishō period Japan, and a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. He was also known as Ogasawara Chōsei, Ogasawara Nagayo. Ogasawara was born in Saga prefecture. His father was the Rōjū Ogasawara Nagamichi, a senior retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. As his father was forced into retirement by the events of the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Ogasawara Naganari succeeded his grandfather to become head of the Ogasawara clan in 1873, and as", "id": "15329213" }, { "contents": "Katō Takaaki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese politician, diplomat, and the 14th Prime Minister of Japan, a position he held from 11 June 1924 until his death on 28 January 1926, during the period which historians have called \"Taishō Democracy\". He was also known as Katō Kōmei. Katō, was born as Hattori Sokichi, the second son of a former \"samurai\" retainer of the Owari Tokugawa domain in Nagoya, Owari Province, in the town of Saya, Ama District in what is now part of the city of Aisai,", "id": "9068839" }, { "contents": "Kawasaki Takukichi\n\n\n. Under his administration, the Yagoto Baseball Ground was built, and the first Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament was held in 1924. Later in 1924, Kawasaki was recalled to Tokyo to assume the post of Director-General of the National Police Agency under the Home Ministry. He became Deputy Home Minister in 1925. In 1926, he was invited to take a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He was recruited by Osachi Hamaguchi and Wakatsuki Reijirō to join the \"Kenseikai\" political party,", "id": "22092779" }, { "contents": "Masuda Takashi\n\n\nBaron , was a Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector. He was a prominent entrepreneur in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan, responsible for transforming Mitsui into a \"zaibatsu\" through the creation of a general trading company, Mitsui Bussan. He also established a newspaper, the , which was later renamed the \"Nihon Keizai Shimbun\". Masuda was born on Sado Island, in what is now Niigata Prefecture. His father was an official in the Tokugawa shogunate, serving as Hakodate bugyō, a position which", "id": "13847203" }, { "contents": "Suwa Tadamasa\n\n\nthe Shiba Tōshō-gū, a Shinto Shrine dedicated to the previous Shoguns of the Tokugawa clan in Tokyo. After the death of Suwa Tadaaya in 1878, he resumed his position as chieftain of the Suwa clan. he was reappointed \"kannushi\" of the Shiba Tōshō-gū from 1882 to 1889. In 1884 he became a viscount (\"shisaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His court rank was increased to Senior Fourth Rank in 1887. From 1891 to 1895, he returned to Suwa and became", "id": "12726550" }, { "contents": "Ōkubo Tadanori\n\n\nŌkubo Tadanori was the nephew of Tokugawa Nariaki, which made him a cousin to Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He was born as the 5th son of Matsudaira Yorihiro, daimyō of Takamatsu Domain, in Sanuki Province. On the death of former daimyō of Odawara, Ōkubo Tadanao in 1859 he was adopted into the Ōkubo clan as 11th clan head, and by default, daimyō of Odawara Domain. He served in a number of posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate, including that of \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) in", "id": "1881957" }, { "contents": "Kinichiro Ishikawa\n\n\nIshikawa Kinichiro, a watercolor painter and champion of Taiwanese Western art education, was born in Shizuoka City, Japan. His father was a former official of the Tokugawa government during the bakumatsu (late Tokugawa Shogunate). He was infatuated with painting from a very early age, but his father did not approve of his artistic pursuits. In 1888, he entered the Tokyo Telecommunications School of the Ministry of Communications. In order to sustain his interest in painting, aside from using prints of English works to engage in self-study", "id": "7410092" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masanori\n\n\nInaba Masanori was the second son of the previous daimyō of Odawara, Inaba Masakatsu. As his mother died when he was still very young, he was raised by his grandmother, Kasuga no Tsubone, the wet nurse to \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu. On the death of his father in 1634, he became head of the Inaba clan, and inherited his father’s position as daimyō of Odawara. Due to the influence of his grandmother, he rose rapidly through the hierarchy of the Tokugawa shogunate and was appointed \"Rōjū\"", "id": "1882506" }, { "contents": "Pak Yung-hio\n\n\nfled to exile in Japan, where he remained until 1907. On his return, he accepted the post of Royal Household Minister under Ye Wanyong. Following the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, in which Korea was annexed to the Empire of Japan, Park was awarded with the \"kazoku\" title of marquess (\"koshaku\") in the Japanese peerage, and a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Director of the Bank of Chosen in 1918, Chairman of the Korean Economic", "id": "5961340" }, { "contents": "Fumio Gotō\n\n\nBorn in Ōita Prefecture, Gotō was a graduate of the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909. During his early career in the 1920s, he worked in the Home Ministry, and was Director of Administration within the office of the Governor-General of Taiwan. In the 1930s, Gotō was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries between 1932 and 1934 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Makoto Saitō, and was later Home Minister", "id": "15188268" }, { "contents": "Konoe Atsumaro\n\n\nDuke was a Japanese politician and journalist of the Meiji era. He served as the 3rd President of the House of Peers and 7th President of the Gakushūin Peer's School in Meiji period Japan. He was also the father of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoe was born in Kyoto as the heir to the highly ranked Konoe family of Court nobility, one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. His father Konoe Tadafusa died when he was young, so he was raised by his grandfather Konoe Tadahiro. His mother was", "id": "1475111" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nassigned lands in Tomamae-gun, Teshio-gun, Kamikawa-gun, Nakagawa-gun in Teshio no kuni along with Rishiri-gun in Kitami no kuni. With the abolition of the han system in 1871, he was required by the government to leave in Mito and to live in Tokyo. He relocated to the former \"shimoyashiki\" secondary residence of the Mito Clan located in Mukōjima. Tokugawa Akitake was appointed a second lieutenant in Imperial Japanese Army in 1875, and served as an instructor during the early days of", "id": "17914478" }, { "contents": "Yonekura Tadasuke\n\n\nYonekura Tadasuke was the sixth son of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, a favorite of \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi who served in a number of important posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. In 1710, he was adopted by Yonekura Masateru, the \"daimyō\" of Minagawa Domain in Shimotsuke Province, and succeeded to the head of the Yonekura clan and daimyo of Minagawa two years later. On September 1, 1716, he was received in a formal audience by Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune. On July 27, 1722, he transferred the seat", "id": "9479884" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\nit was essential that Tokyo host the 1940 Olympics, as the date coincided with the Japanese 2600th Anniversary celebrations. He was forced to resign after a police sweep rounded up 6900 suspected communists in Tokyo. Nagata subsequently served in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. From March 9, 1936 to February 2, 1937, Nagata was appointed Minister of Colonial Affairs under the Kōki administration. He returned to the cabinet as Railway Minister under the Abe administration from November 29, 1939, to January 14, 1940. Nagata", "id": "15430221" }, { "contents": "Kijūrō Shidehara\n\n\nhe was named ambassador to the United States and was Japan's leading negotiator during the Washington Naval Conference. His negotiations led to the return of Shandong Province to China. However, while he was ambassador, the United States enacted discriminatory immigration laws against Japanese, which created much ill will in Japan. Shidehara was elevated to the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1920, and appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in 1925. In 1924, Shidehara became Minister of", "id": "9069195" }, { "contents": "Sōma clan\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. During the Boshin War of 1868–69, the Sōma clan fought on the site of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, supporting the Tokugawa regime. After Meiji Restoration, the head of the Sōma clan became part of the \"kazoku\" peerage, with Sōma Aritane receiving the title of \"shishaku\" (Viscount). Sōma Morotsune was the younger son of Chiba Tsunetane, and with his father was a samurai in the service of Minamoto no Yoritomo. He took his name from the Sōma Mikuriya, a \"shōen\" controlled", "id": "7506834" }, { "contents": "Matsumoto Kazu\n\n\nMatsumoto was born in Edo (now Tokyo) as the younger son of a direct retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. He graduated in 1880 from the 7th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, ranked 19 out of 30 cadets. He served on a number of ships in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, including the corvettes , , , and . Promoted to lieutenant in 1886, he graduated from the first class of the Naval Staff College in 1888. He was the chief navigator on the cruiser in 1891–1892 on its year-", "id": "8947678" }, { "contents": "Mito Domain\n\n\nof the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as \"daimyō\" in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the gosanke. Although the Mito branch held less land and wealth than either of the other two branches, they maintained considerable influence throughout the Edo period. The domain's promiximity to the \"de", "id": "290529" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nAtsuyoshi's son Tokugawa Kuniyuki was 11 years old at that time, and became the 13th head of the Mito Tokugawa under Akitake's tutelage. However, Akitake subsequently had a son, Tokugawa Takesada, who was born to a concubine in 1888. Takesada was made a viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1892 and founded the separate Matsudo Tokugawa line. In 1903, Tokugawa Akitake was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class. He died at Koumetei mansion in 1910. \"", "id": "17914481" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nand was raised by Tenshō-in and Kazu-no-Miya Chikako. In 1868 he was sent to Kyoto by his mother, Kazu-no-Miya Chikako and met with Emperor Meiji. He married the daughter of Konoe Tadafusa, Konoe Hiroko, who bore him Iemasa Tokugawa, the seventeenth Tokugawa family head, Yasuko Tokugawa, who married Nobusuke Takatsukasa and bore him Toshimichi Takatsukasa, Ryōko Tokugawa, and Toshiko Tokugawa. In 1877, Iesato was sent to Eton College in Great Britain to study. He returned to Japan", "id": "11796152" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\nthis, almost immediately after Hideyoshi's death, war broke out between Hideyori's allies and those loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu, a \"daimyō\" and a former ally of Hideyoshi. Tokugawa Ieyasu won a decisive victory at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, ushering in 268 uninterrupted years of rule by the Tokugawa clan. The Edo period was characterized by relative peace and stability under the tight control of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled from the eastern city of Edo (modern Tokyo). In 1603, Emperor Go-Yōzei declared", "id": "3250534" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nKorean Empire was annexed in 1910, the House of Yi was mediatized as an incorporated and therefore subordinate kingship (王). Excluding the Tokugawas, the initial \"kazoku\" rank distribution for the former \"daimyō\" lords depended on rice revenue: those with 150,000 \"koku\" or more became marquesses, those with 50,000 \"koku\" or more become counts, and those with holdings rated below 50,000 \"koku\" became viscounts. The head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Iesato, became a prince, the heads of primary", "id": "2052551" }, { "contents": "Gosanke\n\n\nThe , also called simply , or even , were the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan: Owari House of Tokugawa, Kii House of Tokugawa, and Mito House of Tokugawa, all of which were descended from clan founder Tokugawa Ieyasu's three youngest sons, Yoshinao, Yorinobu, and Yorifusa, and were allowed to provide a shōgun in case of need. In the Edo period the term \"gosanke\" could also refer to various other combinations of Tokugawa houses, including (1) the shogunal, Owari", "id": "17630062" }, { "contents": "Hirohide Fushimi\n\n\nBorn as , the 4th son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, he was the younger brother of Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, Prince Kachō Hirotada and Marquis Kachō Hironobu. In October 1932, he served as a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. On 1 April 1936, by order of Emperor Hirohito, he was allowed to establish his own household after renouncing his imperial title, and was created a count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. The same year, he married Tomoko Yanagisawa", "id": "230990" }, { "contents": "Sano Tsunetami\n\n\nduring the 1st Matsukata administration, he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. In 1895, Sano was elevated to the title of count (\"hakushaku\"). On his death at his home in Tokyo in 1902, he was posthumously awarded with the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class with Paulownia Blossoms). His grave is at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo. In 1939, the Japanese government issued a series of four commemorative postage stamps honoring the 75th anniversary of the Red Cross Treaty. A portrait of Sano", "id": "7051581" }, { "contents": "Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu\n\n\nsucceeded to title Kachō-no-miya on April 23, 1883, upon which he changed his name from \"Narukata\" to \"Hiroyasu,\" but returned to the house of Fushimi-no-miya on January 16, 1904. On January 9, 1896, Prince Hiroyasu married Tokugawa Tsuneko (1882–1939), the ninth daughter of Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japan's last \"shōgun\", with whom he had six children: Prince Hiroyasu entered the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy on 5 April 1886, but resigned in September", "id": "3864370" }, { "contents": "Mizoguchi clan\n\n\nas part of the guard of Nagoya Castle. In 1598, he was transferred to Shibata and his \"kokudaka\" was increased to 60,000 \"koku\". Following the Battle of Sekigahara, he was confirmed in his holdings by the Tokugawa shogunate. The Mizoguchi ruled Shibata as \"tozama daimyō\" until the Meiji restoration. After the abolition of the han system in 1871, the final \"daimyō\" of Shibata, Mizoguchi Naomasa relocated to Tokyo and received the \"kazoku\" peerage title of \"hakushaku\" (Count) in", "id": "19300691" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Norinaga\n\n\nMatsudaira Norinaga was the eldest son of Matsudaira Ienori, a Sengoku period samurai and daimyō of Iwamura Domain in Mino Province under the early Tokugawa shogunate. On the death of his father in 1614, he was confirmed as head of the Ogyū-Matsdaira clan and the same year accompanied the forces of \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada at the Siege of Osaka. In 1634, he was transferred to Hamamatsu Domain in Tōtōmi Province with an increase in revenues from 20,000 to 36,000 \"koku\". In 1642, Matsudaira Norinaga was promoted to", "id": "3314701" }, { "contents": "Canada–Japan relations\n\n\nway to deal with the Japanese question is to have our own Minister in Japan to visa passports.\" As a context, it is worth noting that Japan's consulate in Vancouver was established in 1889, 40 years before its embassy was opened in Ottawa in 1929. The first Japanese Minister in Canada was Prince Iemasa Tokugawa, serving from 1929 to 1934. The first Canadian Minister in Japan was Sir Herbert Marler, serving from 1929 to 1936. Diplomatic ties were severed in 1941 with the start of the Pacific War. During", "id": "15989893" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Ienari\n\n\nTokugawa Ienari (, November 18, 1773 – March 22, 1841) was the eleventh and longest-serving \"shōgun\" of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1787 to 1837. He was a great-grandson of the eighth shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune through his son Munetada (1721–1764), head of the Hitotsubashi branch of the family, and his grandson Harusada (1751–1827). Ienari died in 1841 and was given the Buddhist name Bunkyouin and buried at Kan'ei-ji. In 1778, the four-year", "id": "12177738" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nin more broad terms, the period begins with Oda Nobunaga's entry into Kyoto in 1568, when he led his army to the imperial capital in order to install Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the 15th, and ultimately final, shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, and it lasts until the coming to power of Tokugawa Ieyasu after his victory over supporters of the Toyotomi clan at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. The Edo period from 1600 to 1868 characterized early modern Japan. The Tokugawa shogunate was a feudalist regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu", "id": "9974550" }, { "contents": "Kaga Domain\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. The location of the main Edo residence of the \"daimyō\" of the Kaga Domain is now the site of the Hongō campus of the University of Tokyo. Maeda Toshiie was a distinguished military commander, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and a close friend of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. A member of the Council of Five Elders who ruled Japan during the Sengoku period, he was granted the Kaga Domain in 1583. His eldest son, Maeda Toshinaga, supported Tokugawa Ieyasu in his rise to power and was rewarded by an increase", "id": "6571560" }, { "contents": "Inoue Masamoto\n\n\nInoue Masamoto was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain, Inoue Masasada. He became 8th head of the Mikawa-branch of Inoue clan and \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain on his father's death in 1786. He was awarded Lower 5th Court Rank and the courtesy title of \"Kawachi-no-kami\" soon afterwards. In 1802, Masamoto entered the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate as a \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) under \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Ienari. In 1816, while", "id": "4715826" }, { "contents": "March Incident\n\n\nexecute a coup d'état and seize power.br 3. A new Cabinet would be formed under the premiership of the then-War Minister, General Kazushige Ugaki. The project was underwritten by a 200,000-yen donation by Yoshichika Tokugawa, ultra-rightist member of the House of Peers, son of the last \"daimyō\" of Nagoya, founder of the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya and Emperor Shōwa's second cousin. Ultra-rightist civilian organizations led by Kanichiro Kamei and Shūmei Ōkawa fomented a commotion outside the Diet Building in Tokyo late in February", "id": "5593888" }, { "contents": "Nanbu Shigenao\n\n\nHowever, in April 1636, his \"sankin-kōtai\" procession arrived in Edo ten days late, which was a violation of the new \"Buke shohatto\" regulations issued by \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu, and he was declared unfit to govern, and sentenced to house arrest at the clan residence in Edo. After his death in Edo in 1664, the Tokugawa shogunate intervened, and by order of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna appointed his younger brother Shichinohe Shigenobu as the next \"daimyō\", with the son of Hotta Masamori reduced", "id": "4495846" }, { "contents": "Akira Tomii\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese diplomat. He was born as a son of Baron Masaaki Tomii, the president of Tokyo Imperial University of Legal and a draft member of Japanese Civil Law. When he was young, his father hired Keita Gotō as Akira's home teacher. Akira Tomii graduated Tokyo Imperial University, and served as the Japanese Consul in Mukden, China, in 1915. From 1916 to 1924 served as consul in New York City, from 1924 to 1927 as consul in London, and from 1927 to 1933 as consul in", "id": "5339969" }, { "contents": "Maeda Toshisada\n\n\nand afterwards assumed his family’s seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. In 1922, he was appointed Communications Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Katō Tomosaburō. He subsequently served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kiyoura Keigo as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. He retired from public life in January 1944, and died in October of the same year. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasures, 1st class. Maeda studied poetry under Sasaki Nobutsuna. His daughter married post-war Foreign Minister", "id": "2257384" }, { "contents": "Hideo Kodama\n\n\nwas assigned to the Imperial General Headquarters and sent to the Liaodong Peninsula (under Japanese occupation), where he served as liaison between the civilian government in Tokyo and the Japanese general armies in Manchuria. Following the war, he returned to the Finance Ministry as head of the government's Tobacco Monopoly. He was later assigned to serve in the Japanese Government-General of Korea, as a secretary to the Privy Council, and as a member of the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 23 July 1906,", "id": "14284806" }, { "contents": "Prince Kuni Asaakira\n\n\nDomain. In 1921, he served for the customary term in the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 29 January 1929, he succeeded as head of the Kuni-no-miya house. Prince Kuni graduated from the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1921. He served as a midshipman on the cruiser and battleship . After his commissioning as ensign, he was assigned to the battleship , followed by battleships and . After his graduation from the Naval Staff College in 1925, he was assigned to", "id": "20710624" }, { "contents": "Saneatsu Mushanokōji\n\n\nJapanese ambassador to Nazi Germany, he traveled throughout Europe in 1936. In 1946, he was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. However, four months later he was purged from public office by the American Occupation authorities, due to his (1942), supporting the actions of the Japanese government in World War II. Mushanokōji made a literary comeback with his novel (1949–1950). He was awarded the Order of Culture in 1951, and became a member of the Japan Art Academy", "id": "5324629" }, { "contents": "Shizuoka (city)\n\n\nwhich he could influence \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada from behind the scenes. Subsequently, aside for brief periods, Sunpu was \"tenryō\" (territory under direct administration by the Shogunate), ruled by the , an appointed official based in Sunpu. In 1869, after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, the former shogunal line, headed by Tokugawa Iesato was sent to Sunpu and assigned the short-lived Sunpu Domain. The same year, Sunpu was renamed \"Shizuoka\". Shizuoka Domain became Shizuoka Prefecture with the abolition of", "id": "1359009" }, { "contents": "Ōta Dōkan\n\n\nlived in the same place. In the late 16th century, Dōkan's Edo Castle was chosen as the new home of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had been persuaded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to transfer the seat of his clan holdings into the Kantō. With the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in the early 17th century, Edo Castle became the center of the shogunate government. When the shogunate was displaced in the Meiji Restoration in the late 19th century, the newly named Tokyo became an Imperial capital with an Imperial Palace rising from the former shōgun", "id": "9984404" }, { "contents": "Prince Kaya Tsunenori\n\n\n, was the second head of the Kaya-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. He was first cousin to Empress Kōjun (Nagako), the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). Prince Kaya Tsunenori was born in Tokyo, the first son of Prince Kaya Kuninori and his wife, the former Daigō Yoshiko. He received his primary and secondary education at the boys' department of the Gakushuin Peers’ School. On December 8, 1909, he became the second head of the Kaya-no-", "id": "9139501" }, { "contents": "Hachisuka Mochiaki\n\n\nto Great Britain and attended Oxford University, where he matriculated at Balliol College in 1874. After returning to Japan, he joined the government as Director of the Customs Bureau director in the Ministry of Finance and a member of \"Sanjiin\" (legislative advisory council). In 1882, Hachisuka was envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to France, and received the title of \"kōshaku\" (marquis) under the new \"kazoku\" peerage system. After returning to Japan, he served as a member of the House of Peers,", "id": "18933529" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nand ruled by the \"shōguns\" of the Tokugawa clan. The period gets its name from the capital city, Edo, now called Tokyo. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo Castle from 1603 until 1868, when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration in the late Edo period (often called the Late Tokugawa shogunate). In 1392, General Yi Seong-gye established the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) with a largely bloodless coup. Yi Seong-gye moved the capital of Korea to the location of modern-day Seoul", "id": "9974551" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Hirotada\n\n\nHe is best known for being the father of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Hirotada was the son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (7th head of Mikawa Matsudaira clan). He was known in his childhood as Senshōmaru, Senchiyo, and Jirōzaburō. After his father's assassination in 1537, Hirotada was placed under the protection of a loyal retainer, Abe Sadayoshi. He allied with the Imagawa, and with their help was installed at Okazaki castle. The alliance with them brought him into conflict with the Tokugawa clan. In", "id": "20973368" }, { "contents": "Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda\n\n\nPrince Takeda Tsuneyoshi was the only son of Prince Takeda Tsunehisa and Princess Masako, Princess Tsune (1888–1940), the sixth daughter of Emperor Meiji. He was, therefore, a first cousin of Emperor Shōwa. Prince Tsuneyoshi became the second head of the Takeda-no-miya house on 23 April 1919. After being educated at the Gakushūin Peers' School, and serving for a session in the House of Peers, he graduated from the 32nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in July 1930, and received a commission", "id": "4712175" }, { "contents": "Ishii Kikujirō\n\n\nViscount , was a Japanese diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan between 1915 and 1916. Ishii was born in Mobara city, Kazusa Province (present-day Chiba Prefecture). He graduated from the Law Department of Tokyo Imperial University and joined the Foreign Ministry. His first posting was as an attaché to Paris in 1891, and he was later sent to Chemulpo, Korea in 1896 and to Beijing, China in 1897.", "id": "19761626" }, { "contents": "Nagai Naoyuki\n\n\n, also known as or , was a Japanese hatamoto under the Tokugawa of Bakumatsu period Japan. His great-great-grandchild was Yukio Mishima. Naoyuki's adopted son, Iwanojō Nagai, was the father of Natsu, who was Mishima's grandmother. Iwanojō's real father was Nagasumi Miyoshi (Miyoshi clan) who was a Tokugawa retainer. Nagai Naoyuki, or as he was first known, , was born in the Nukada district of the Okutono Domain by a concubine to \"daimyō\" . Noritada, while head of a", "id": "5425993" }, { "contents": "Hidemaro Konoye\n\n\nViscount was a conductor and composer of classical music in Shōwa period Japan. He was the younger brother of pre-war Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoye was born in Kōjimachi, Tokyo as the younger son of Duke Konoe Atsumaro, scion of one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. The Konoe clan traditionally provided \"gagaku\" musicians to the Imperial Household, and Hidemaro chose to follow the family's musical tradition, whereas his older brother Fumimaro went into politics. Konoye attended the Gakushuin Peers School, where", "id": "22220081" }, { "contents": "Yoritake Matsudaira\n\n\n. After graduation from Waseda University, he worked for Toshiba. Now he is the president of . One of his hobbies is horseback riding, he is an amateur radio aficionado, and he gives lectures about the advantages of Scouting activities. Yoritake is a second cousin of the present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Tsunenari, as both are great-grandsons of Nabeshima Naohiro, the 11th and last \"daimyō\" of Saga. By virtue of his descent from the \"kuge\" Madenokōji family, he is also a sixth", "id": "1769206" }, { "contents": "Nabeshima Naoyoshi\n\n\nperiod of Naoyoshi's administration, and the prefecture's economic production was increased, particularly in the area of sugar production. In 1881, Naoyoshi was recalled to Tokyo, and became president of the \"Genrōin\". With the establishment of the \"kazoku\" peerage, he became a , and a member of the House of Peers on the establishment of the Diet of Japan in 1890. In his later years he helped build hospitals and schools in the region of Kashima, which he had once ruled, and was awarded Second", "id": "17536683" }, { "contents": "Obama Domain\n\n\nKawagoe Domain, before being the 1st Sakai \"daimyō\" of Obama Domain. He was the son of Sakai Tadatoshi, a hereditary retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He served Tokugawa Hidetada during the Siege of Ueda and later served Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who promoted him to \"rōjū\" in 1624. In 1634, he was transferred to Obama and completed the construction of Obama Castle. He retired from public life in 1656 and died in 1662. His grave is at the clan temple of Kuin-ji in Obama. was the", "id": "16508967" }, { "contents": "Edo period\n\n\nEmperor Kōmei died and was succeeded by his underaged son Emperor Meiji. Tokugawa Yoshinobu reluctantly became head of the Tokugawa house and \"shōgun\". He tried to reorganize the government under the emperor while preserving the \"shōgun\"s leadership role. Fearing the growing power of the Satsuma and Chōshū \"daimyō\", other \"daimyō\" called for returning the \"shōgun\"s political power to the emperor and a council of \"daimyō\" chaired by the former Tokugawa \"shōgun\". Yoshinobu accepted the plan in late 1867 and resigned, announcing an", "id": "3932378" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\n, was a politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan, twice as a cabinet minister, and also serving twice as mayor of Tokyo. Nagata was born in Mihara District, Hyōgo Prefecture, in what is now part of the city of Minamiawaji. After graduating from the predecessor of Kyoto Imperial University and serving as a school principal in Sumoto, Hyōgo from 1902 to 1904, he obtained a posting in the Home Ministry and rose to become", "id": "15430218" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Nagashige\n\n\n, also known as Sado-no-kami or Etchū-no-kami, was a Japanese samurai \"daimyō\" of the mid-Edo period. The Ogasawara were identified as one of the \"fudai\" or insider \"daimyō\" clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa, in contrast with the \"tozama\" or outsider clans. Nagashige served the Tokugawa shogunate as its eleventh Kyoto \"shoshidai\" in the period spanning October 17, 1691, through May 15, 1702. He had previously been shogunate", "id": "8758740" }, { "contents": "Jo Hyeong\n\n\nJo Hyeong (1606–1679) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty Korea in the 17th century. He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 6th Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. In 1655 King Hyojong of Joseon sent a mission to the shogunal court of Tokugawa Ietsuna. This diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for developing a political foundation for trade. The delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a \"Communication Envoy", "id": "5288304" }, { "contents": "Tsugaru clan\n\n\nwho took the name of (1872–1919) to be his heir. Hidemaru was educated in Germany, graduating from the University of Bonn, Humboldt University of Berlin and University of Geneva and after his return to Japan served in under the Japanese Resident-General of Korea from 1907-1914, and in the Ministry of the Imperial Household from 1914-1918. In 1918, he was appointed to the House of Peers. His son was (1907-1994), who was born as the second son of a branch of", "id": "10903481" }, { "contents": "Arima Ryōkitsu\n\n\nAdmiral was a career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy during Meiji and Taishō periods. Arima was a native of Wakayama, where his father was a senior \"samurai\" retainer of the Kishū Tokugawa clan, and an active supporter of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Although he came from such an unfavorable background, Arima was able to secure admission to the 12th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, after graduating from the forerunners of Doshisha University and Keio University with degrees in English language.", "id": "14930546" }, { "contents": "Mitsukuri Rinsho\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese statesman and legal scholar in Meiji period Japan. Mitsukuri was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo) to a noted family of scholars working for the Tokugawa bakufu. He studied \"rangaku\" and received a posting to the \"Bansho Shirabesho,\" the Shōgun's research institute for foreign technology. In 1867, he was selected to accompany the Shogunate's expedition to the Paris World Exposition, which proved to be an eye-opener. On his return to Japan, Mitsukuri joined the new Meiji government", "id": "19948939" }, { "contents": "Owari-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe , a branch of the Tokugawa clan, is the seniormost house of the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Originally descended from Tokugawa Yoshinao, the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the original line became extinct in 1800 with the death of the ninth lord and family head. It has since been kept in existence through repeated adoptions from the two remaining houses, and is currently headed by a member of the Kishu branch. For over 250 years, the Owari family ruled Owari Domain,", "id": "17810278" } ]

[ { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nJune 19, 1946, he served as the President of the House of Peers, a post which he held until May 2, 1947, when the Allied occupation authorities authorized the current Constitution of Japan abolishing the House of Peers. He died of heart disease at his home in Shibuya, Tokyo, on February 18, 1963, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class. His grave is located at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. He was succeeded as head of the Tokugawa clan", "id": "11961761" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince also known as Iyemasa, was a Japanese political figure of the Taishō and early Shōwa periods. He was the 17th hereditary head of the former shogunal branch of the Tokugawa clan and the final President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Iemasa Tokugawa was born in what is now the Sendagaya district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato and his wife, Konoe Hiroko, daughter of Konoe Tadafusa. He graduated from the law school of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909, and accepted a post in", "id": "11961759" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nthe diplomatic corps of Foreign Ministry the same year. In 1924, he was appointed Consul-general to the Japanese consulate in Sydney, Australia. In 1929, he was appointed Envoy to Canada and from 1937 to 1939 served as the Japanese ambassador to Turkey. In 1940, on the death of his father, he inherited the title of \"kōshaku\" (, \"prince\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and a seat as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On", "id": "11961760" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nin 1882, and was given the title of \"kōshaku\" (公爵, prince) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He became a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan from its creation in 1890, and served as President of the House of Peers from 1901-1933. When the administration of Prime Minister Yamamoto Gonnohyōe was brought down by the Siemens scandal, there was a strong movement to have Tokugawa Iesato nominated to be his successor. Following World War I, Iesato served on the Japanese", "id": "11796153" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince was the 13th head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan and the President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Kuniyuki Tokugawa inherited the title of \"shishaku\" (侯爵, marquis) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system on the death of his father, Tokugawa Atsuyoshi in 1898. A scholar, he turned his attention in 1906 to the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\", a comprehensive history of Japan begun by his ancestor, Tokugawa Mitsukuni in the 17th century. However, in 1910", "id": "13926670" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshinobu\n\n\n's photographs have been published in recent years by his great-grandson, Yoshitomo. In 1902, the Meiji Emperor allowed him to reestablish his own house as a Tokugawa branch (\"bekke\") with the highest rank in the peerage, that of prince (\"kōshaku\"), for his loyal service to Japan. He took a seat in the House of Peers, resigning in 1910. Tokugawa Yoshinobu died on November 21, 1913, at 4:10 pm and is buried in Yanaka Cemetery, Tokyo. On 9 January", "id": "12861306" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nCount was a Japanese political figure of the late Meiji through early Shōwa periods, and served as President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Yorinaga Matsudaira was the eighth son of Matsudaira Yoritoshi, the former \"daimyō\" of Matsuyama Domain in Shikoku. His mother, Chiyoko, was the daughter of Ii Naosuke and his wife was the daughter of Tokugawa Akitake, head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. He attended the Gakushūin Peer’s School, and with the sponsorship of Ōkuma Shigenobu, graduated from", "id": "14764736" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nthe law school of Waseda University. district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato. In 1909 he became a member of the House of Peers, and continued to serve as a member every year (except for a hiatus between 1911–1914) until his death. A strong supporter of education, he donated a large property in downtown Tokyo to create the Hongo Gakuin school. In 1933, he was made Vice-President of the House of Peers, breaking with the precedent that only men with the rank of princes", "id": "14764737" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\n, he was accepted into the 22nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and was commissioned as Second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army. He resigned his commission in 1914 citing health reasons, and went into the reserves in 1915. From December 1911, Kuniyuki Tokugawa served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\" in 1929, he was awarded the title of \"koshaku\" (公爵, prince). On June 25, 1940, he", "id": "13926671" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nPrince was the first head of the Tokugawa clan after the overthrow of the Tokugawa bakufu, and a figure in Japanese politics during the Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. Tokugawa Iesato was born to the Tayasu branch of the Tokugawa clan, under the name Kamenosuke, he became its 16th head, following the resignation of the last \"shōgun,\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu. His brothers were Tokugawa Satotaka and Tokugawa Takachiyo, who also held the Tayasu headship at different times. Iesato was also briefly the \"daimyō\" of the", "id": "11796150" }, { "contents": "Iwamura Michitoshi\n\n\n1896, Iwamura was awarded the title of viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure later the same year. He served as an advisor to Emperor Meiji, and was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers. He was also awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class on June 23, 1904. He died in Tokyo on February 12, 1915, and his grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo.", "id": "17814139" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nor marquis could service in the highest level positions. Four years later, when Fumimaro Konoe became Prime Minister of Japan, Yorinaga Matsudaira became the President of the House of Peers. He died while in office, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class with Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. His nephew Yorihiro Matsudaira succeeded him in his peerage. Yorinaga Matsudaira was also a noted collector of miniature bonsai, and served as honorary president of the Kofuku Bonsai Association. His", "id": "14764738" }, { "contents": "Prince Kachō Hirotada\n\n\nPrince Hirotada was the second son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu. His mother was Tokugawa Tsuneko, the 9th daughter of the last Tokugawa Shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He succeeded his father to the head of the Kachō-no-miya household when he was only 2 years old in 1904. Prince Kachō attended the Gakushuin Peers’ School. He entered the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1918, graduating 1st out of 176 cadets. Prince Kuni Asaakira was one of his classmates. He served his midshipman duty on the", "id": "17635064" }, { "contents": "Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu\n\n\nNovember 1942. From 1936 to 1945, he held various staff positions in the Naval General Staff Office in Tokyo. On 4 February 1930, Prince Takamatsu married Kikuko Tokugawa (26 December 1911 – 18 December 2004), the second daughter of Yoshihisa Tokugawa (peer). The bride was a granddaughter of Yoshinobu Tokugawa, the last Shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, and a granddaughter of the late Prince Arisugawa Takehito. Prince and Princess Takamatsu had no children. From the 1930s, Prince Takamatsu expressed grave reservations regarding Japanese aggression in", "id": "1048484" }, { "contents": "Francis Brinkley\n\n\n, covered Japanese history, fine arts and literature from the origins of the Japanese race up until the latter half of the Meiji period. In 1912, at the age of 71 and one month after General Nogi's death, Francis Brinkley died. At his funeral, the mourners included the Speaker of the House of Peers, Tokugawa Iesato, the Minister of the Navy Saitō Makoto, and the Foreign Minister Uchida Kosai. He is buried in the foreign section of the Aoyama Reien cemetery in central Tokyo. After his death Ernest", "id": "10262389" }, { "contents": "Enkichi Ōki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese statesman in the Taishō period. Ōki was born in Tokyo. His father, Ōki Takatō was one of the leaders in the Meiji Restoration, and served in numerous cabinet posts in the early Meiji government. In 1899, Enkichi succeeded to his father’s title of count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His political career began in 1908, when he was elected to the House of Peers. He initially supported the \"Kenkyūkai\", but soon switched his allegiance to the", "id": "2422914" }, { "contents": "Yoshitoshi Tokugawa\n\n\nLieutenant General Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and one of the pioneers of military aviation in Japan. Tokugawa Yoshitoshi was the son of Count Tokugawa Atsumori (1856–1924) (head of the Shimizu branch of the Tokugawa clan). Through his father, he was the grandnephew of the last shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. While his father had been created a count in 1884, he had relinquished the title in 1899. Yoshitoshi graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1903, after having specialized in military engineering. In", "id": "751688" }, { "contents": "Enomoto Takeaki\n\n\nViscount was a Japanese samurai and admiral of the Tokugawa navy of Bakumatsu-period Japan, who remained faithful to the Tokugawa shogunate and fought against the new Meiji government until the end of the Boshin War. He later served in the Meiji government as one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Enomoto was born as a member of a samurai family in the direct service of the Tokugawa clan in the Shitaya district of Edo (modern Taitō, Tokyo). Enomoto started learning Dutch in the 1850s, and after Japan's", "id": "12566973" }, { "contents": "Yamada Akiyoshi\n\n\ncount (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage on July 7, 1884, and served in the House of Peers (Japan) from its establishment in 1890. On January 28, 1892, he was appointed to a seat in the Privy Council of Japan but died in November of the same year at the age of 49, while inspecting the Ikuno Silver Mine in Asago, Hyōgo. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Buddhist temple of Gokoku-ji in", "id": "655166" }, { "contents": "International Martial Arts Federation\n\n\nwas appointed as the 5th President of IMAF. He served as the Japanese Ambassador to India and Deputy Foreign Minister. The current president of Kokusai Budoin, International Martial Arts Federation (IMAF) is Yasuhisa Tokugawa, the great-grandson of the 15th and final \"shōgun\" of Japan, Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837–1913). He was also the Chief Priest for the in Tokyo from 2013-2018. Note: In the mid 1980's IMAF-Europe split from IMAF Japan to create a current non-affiliated organization with a", "id": "8525267" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masami\n\n\nInaba Masami was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Tateyama Domain, Inaba Masamori. On his father’s death in 1820, he succeeded to the head of the Tateyama Inaba clan and the position of \"daimyō\" of Tateyama. In 1862, he was appointed as a \"Wakadoshiyori\" in the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate under \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemochi. He resigned the title in 1864, with instructions to strengthen Japan's naval defenses against the increasing aggressive incursions of foreign black ships, and supported Katsu", "id": "8052899" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Mochiaki\n\n\nabolition of the han system in 1871. In 1884, he became a Count (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He was awarded the Fourth class of the Order of the Rising Sun in 1885. In 1889, he inherited the title of Marquis (\"koshaku\") from his adopted father. He died in 1890. His son, Matsudaira Yasutaka (1867–1930) served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan and was author of a number of works on agricultural", "id": "4765039" }, { "contents": "Tsunenari Tokugawa\n\n\nHis son, Iehiro Tokugawa, is a translator. In 2007, Tsunenari published a book entitled \"Edo no idenshi\" (江戸の遺伝子), released in English in 2009 as \"The Edo Inheritance\", which seeks to counter the common belief among Japanese that the Edo period (throughout which members of his Tokugawa clan ruled Japan as \"shōguns\") was like a dark age, when Japan, cut off from the world, fell behind. On the contrary, he argues, the roughly 250 years of peace and relative", "id": "11961777" }, { "contents": "Matsui Keishirō\n\n\nto Japan in 1913. During the First World War, served as Japanese Ambassador to France and was a plenipotentiary at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. On the successful completion of this mission, he was awarded with the title of baron (\"danshaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He served as Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 7 to June 11, 1924, under the administration of Kiyoura Keigo and was also appointed a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He later served", "id": "9380810" }, { "contents": "Konoe Tadafusa\n\n\n, son of regent Tadahiro with his wife Shimazu Kyoko, was a \"kugyō\" or Japanese court noble of the late Edo period (1603–1868). He did not hold any regent position kampaku or sesshō. His consort was Shimazu Mitsuko, an adopted daughter of Shimazu Nariakira, eleventh head of Satsuma Domain. The couple had a daughter, Konoe Hiroko, who later married Tokugawa Iesato, the sixteenth head of Tokugawa family and bore him Tokugawa Iemasa, the seventeenth head of the Tokugawa clan. He adopted a son of Konoe", "id": "20767712" }, { "contents": "Tenshō-in\n\n\nShe spent her remaining years nurturing Tokugawa Iesato, the 16th head of the Tokugawa clan. She moved into the Tokugawa residence in Sendagaya, in the Shibuya district, Tokyo. She suffered from Parkinson's disease which eventually took her life on November 20th, 1883, at the age of 47. She was buried in Kaneiji in Ueno, Tokyo, together with her husband, Onkyoin (Iesada). Beside Onkyoin and Tenshoin tombs, There is loquat tree planted there as it was Tenshoin's favorite food. The 2008 NHK Taiga", "id": "241772" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshimune\n\n\nYoshimune was not the son of any former \"shōgun\". Rather, he was a member of a cadet branch of the Tokugawa clan. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, well aware of the extinction of the Minamoto line in 1219, had realized that his direct descendants might die out, leaving the Tokugawa family at risk of extinction. Thus, while his son Tokugawa Hidetada was the second \"shōgun\", he selected three other sons to establish the \"gosanke,\" hereditary houses which would provide a", "id": "16258375" }, { "contents": "Kitasato Shibasaburō\n\n\nonki Corporation, with the intention of manufacturing the most reliable clinical thermometer possible. The company was later renamed Terumo Corporation. Kitasato also was the first dean of medicine at Keio University, first president of the Japan Medical Association, and served on the House of Peers. He was ennobled with the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system in February 1924. Kitasato died of an intracranial hemorrhage at his home in Azabu, Tokyo, on June 13, 1931. His grave is at the", "id": "11568829" }, { "contents": "Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa\n\n\nPrince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa was the only son of Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa and Fusako, Princess Kane. He succeeded as the head of the Kitashirakawa-no-miya house upon his father's unexpected death in an automobile accident in France in 1923. On 25 April 1935, Prince Nagahisa married Sachiko Tokugawa, born , died , the daughter of Baron Yoshikuni Tokugawa. Prince and Princess Kitashirakawa Nagahisa had one son and one daughter: Prince Nagahisa graduated from the 43rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1931, and was commissioned a sub", "id": "8171688" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nbrother Tokugawa Yoshiatsu and ordering him to assume the post of \"daimyō\" to assure the stability of Mito Domain. He departed from Marseille in December 1868. Tokugawa Akitake succeeded Tokugawa Yoshiatsu to become the 11th head of the Mito Tokugawa clan on his return to Japan. However, the title of \"daimyō\" was officially abolished in 1869, and he continued at Mito as domain governor. His request for land development in Hokkaido to resettle ex-samurai from the domain was granted on August 17, 1869, and he was", "id": "17914477" }, { "contents": "Sōma Nakamura Domain\n\n\nyounger brother Masatane. was the 5th \"daimyō\" of Sōma-Nakamura Domain and the 21st hereditary chieftain of the Sōma clan. As his older brother Sadatane had died without heir, he was posthumously appointed successor. He was received in formal audience to Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna and received the courtesy title of \"Danjō-shōhitsu\". From 1689-1690 he served as a \"sobayōnin\" to Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. He retired from public life in February 1701, living in rural seclusion to his death at the age of 68", "id": "4010353" }, { "contents": "Aizu\n\n\nof only 15. He was succeeded by the eighth lord Katataka, who was a sixth cousin (twice removed) and a member of the Takasu cadet branch of the Mito collateral line. He died without heirs in 1852 and was succeeded by his grandnephew, the famous Katamori, whose descendants have since headed the family. The present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tsunenari, is also from the Aizu lineage. In the house code set down by Masayuki, there was a specific injunction to serve the shogun with single-minded", "id": "17967555" }, { "contents": "Arai Hakuseki\n\n\nshogun Tokugawa Ienobu. He went on to displace the official Hayashi advisers to become the leading confucianist for Ienobu and Tokugawa Ietsugu. While some of Hakuseki's policies were still carried out after Ienobu's death, after the 6th shogun, Tokugawa Ietsugu, died and Tokugawa Yoshimune's rule began, Hakuseki left his post to begin his career as a prolific writer of Japanese history and Occidental studies. He was buried in Asakusa (current day Taitō, Tokyo), Hoonji temple but was later moved to Nakano, Tokyo, Kotokuji temple", "id": "12566945" }, { "contents": "Tsuruga Domain\n\n\nin the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. His courtesy title was \"Ukyō-no-suke\". His wife was the daughter of Doi Toshifusa of Ōno Domain. He died in 1706 and his grave is at the temple of Seisho-ji in Atago, Tokyo. was the 2nd \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga Domain in Echizen Province under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. Tadakiku was the eldest son of Sakai Tadashige. He became \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga on the death of his father in 1706. He was an \"", "id": "2398354" }, { "contents": "Mito-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe is a branch of the Tokugawa clan based in Mito, Ibaraki. Following the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as daimyō in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Although the Mito branch held less land", "id": "18026528" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\n. After Hideyoshi's death in 1598, Tokugawa Ieyasu came to power and was appointed \"shōgun\" by the Emperor. The Tokugawa shogunate, which governed from Edo (modern Tokyo), presided over a prosperous and peaceful era known as the Edo period (1600–1868). The Tokugawa shogunate imposed a strict class system on Japanese society and cut off almost all contact with the outside world. Portugal and Japan started their first affiliation in 1543, making the Portuguese the first Europeans to reach Japan by landing in the southern archipelago of", "id": "3250463" }, { "contents": "Tadaatsu Ishiguro\n\n\n, citing illness. His father died the same year, and per the provisions of his father’s will, he did not inherit the kazoku peerage title of viscount held by his father. In January 1943, he was granted a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. In 1945, he returned to the cabinet as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce under the Suzuki administration. In 1946, after the surrender of Japan, as with all members of the prewar and wartime Japanese government, Ishiguro was purged by", "id": "9448122" }, { "contents": "Ōkuma Shigenobu\n\n\nof the Diet of Japan until 1922. He was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum in 1916, and was elevated to the title of \"kōshaku\" (侯爵) (marquis) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system the same year. Ōkuma returned to Waseda, and died there in 1922. An estimated 300,000 people attended his funeral in Tokyo's Hibiya Park. He was posthumously elevated to the rank of prince in the peerage and was also posthumously conferred with the Collar of the Order of the", "id": "9013378" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nTokugawa branch houses (\"shinpan daimyō\") became marquesses, the heads of the secondary branches became counts and the heads of more distant branches became viscounts. The head of the Matsudaira (Fukui Domain) branch was raised to the rank of marquess from the rank of count in 1888. In 1902, the former \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu was created a prince, and the head of the Mito \"shinpan\" house was raised to the same rank, prince, in 1929. Of the other former \"daimyō\" clans", "id": "2052552" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Naganari\n\n\nViscount was an Admiral and naval strategist in the Imperial Japanese Navy in Meiji and Taishō period Japan, and a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. He was also known as Ogasawara Chōsei, Ogasawara Nagayo. Ogasawara was born in Saga prefecture. His father was the Rōjū Ogasawara Nagamichi, a senior retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. As his father was forced into retirement by the events of the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Ogasawara Naganari succeeded his grandfather to become head of the Ogasawara clan in 1873, and as", "id": "15329213" }, { "contents": "Katō Takaaki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese politician, diplomat, and the 14th Prime Minister of Japan, a position he held from 11 June 1924 until his death on 28 January 1926, during the period which historians have called \"Taishō Democracy\". He was also known as Katō Kōmei. Katō, was born as Hattori Sokichi, the second son of a former \"samurai\" retainer of the Owari Tokugawa domain in Nagoya, Owari Province, in the town of Saya, Ama District in what is now part of the city of Aisai,", "id": "9068839" }, { "contents": "Kawasaki Takukichi\n\n\n. Under his administration, the Yagoto Baseball Ground was built, and the first Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament was held in 1924. Later in 1924, Kawasaki was recalled to Tokyo to assume the post of Director-General of the National Police Agency under the Home Ministry. He became Deputy Home Minister in 1925. In 1926, he was invited to take a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He was recruited by Osachi Hamaguchi and Wakatsuki Reijirō to join the \"Kenseikai\" political party,", "id": "22092779" }, { "contents": "Masuda Takashi\n\n\nBaron , was a Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector. He was a prominent entrepreneur in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan, responsible for transforming Mitsui into a \"zaibatsu\" through the creation of a general trading company, Mitsui Bussan. He also established a newspaper, the , which was later renamed the \"Nihon Keizai Shimbun\". Masuda was born on Sado Island, in what is now Niigata Prefecture. His father was an official in the Tokugawa shogunate, serving as Hakodate bugyō, a position which", "id": "13847203" }, { "contents": "Suwa Tadamasa\n\n\nthe Shiba Tōshō-gū, a Shinto Shrine dedicated to the previous Shoguns of the Tokugawa clan in Tokyo. After the death of Suwa Tadaaya in 1878, he resumed his position as chieftain of the Suwa clan. he was reappointed \"kannushi\" of the Shiba Tōshō-gū from 1882 to 1889. In 1884 he became a viscount (\"shisaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His court rank was increased to Senior Fourth Rank in 1887. From 1891 to 1895, he returned to Suwa and became", "id": "12726550" }, { "contents": "Ōkubo Tadanori\n\n\nŌkubo Tadanori was the nephew of Tokugawa Nariaki, which made him a cousin to Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He was born as the 5th son of Matsudaira Yorihiro, daimyō of Takamatsu Domain, in Sanuki Province. On the death of former daimyō of Odawara, Ōkubo Tadanao in 1859 he was adopted into the Ōkubo clan as 11th clan head, and by default, daimyō of Odawara Domain. He served in a number of posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate, including that of \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) in", "id": "1881957" }, { "contents": "Kinichiro Ishikawa\n\n\nIshikawa Kinichiro, a watercolor painter and champion of Taiwanese Western art education, was born in Shizuoka City, Japan. His father was a former official of the Tokugawa government during the bakumatsu (late Tokugawa Shogunate). He was infatuated with painting from a very early age, but his father did not approve of his artistic pursuits. In 1888, he entered the Tokyo Telecommunications School of the Ministry of Communications. In order to sustain his interest in painting, aside from using prints of English works to engage in self-study", "id": "7410092" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masanori\n\n\nInaba Masanori was the second son of the previous daimyō of Odawara, Inaba Masakatsu. As his mother died when he was still very young, he was raised by his grandmother, Kasuga no Tsubone, the wet nurse to \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu. On the death of his father in 1634, he became head of the Inaba clan, and inherited his father’s position as daimyō of Odawara. Due to the influence of his grandmother, he rose rapidly through the hierarchy of the Tokugawa shogunate and was appointed \"Rōjū\"", "id": "1882506" }, { "contents": "Pak Yung-hio\n\n\nfled to exile in Japan, where he remained until 1907. On his return, he accepted the post of Royal Household Minister under Ye Wanyong. Following the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, in which Korea was annexed to the Empire of Japan, Park was awarded with the \"kazoku\" title of marquess (\"koshaku\") in the Japanese peerage, and a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Director of the Bank of Chosen in 1918, Chairman of the Korean Economic", "id": "5961340" }, { "contents": "Fumio Gotō\n\n\nBorn in Ōita Prefecture, Gotō was a graduate of the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909. During his early career in the 1920s, he worked in the Home Ministry, and was Director of Administration within the office of the Governor-General of Taiwan. In the 1930s, Gotō was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries between 1932 and 1934 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Makoto Saitō, and was later Home Minister", "id": "15188268" }, { "contents": "Konoe Atsumaro\n\n\nDuke was a Japanese politician and journalist of the Meiji era. He served as the 3rd President of the House of Peers and 7th President of the Gakushūin Peer's School in Meiji period Japan. He was also the father of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoe was born in Kyoto as the heir to the highly ranked Konoe family of Court nobility, one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. His father Konoe Tadafusa died when he was young, so he was raised by his grandfather Konoe Tadahiro. His mother was", "id": "1475111" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nassigned lands in Tomamae-gun, Teshio-gun, Kamikawa-gun, Nakagawa-gun in Teshio no kuni along with Rishiri-gun in Kitami no kuni. With the abolition of the han system in 1871, he was required by the government to leave in Mito and to live in Tokyo. He relocated to the former \"shimoyashiki\" secondary residence of the Mito Clan located in Mukōjima. Tokugawa Akitake was appointed a second lieutenant in Imperial Japanese Army in 1875, and served as an instructor during the early days of", "id": "17914478" }, { "contents": "Yonekura Tadasuke\n\n\nYonekura Tadasuke was the sixth son of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, a favorite of \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi who served in a number of important posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. In 1710, he was adopted by Yonekura Masateru, the \"daimyō\" of Minagawa Domain in Shimotsuke Province, and succeeded to the head of the Yonekura clan and daimyo of Minagawa two years later. On September 1, 1716, he was received in a formal audience by Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune. On July 27, 1722, he transferred the seat", "id": "9479884" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\nit was essential that Tokyo host the 1940 Olympics, as the date coincided with the Japanese 2600th Anniversary celebrations. He was forced to resign after a police sweep rounded up 6900 suspected communists in Tokyo. Nagata subsequently served in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. From March 9, 1936 to February 2, 1937, Nagata was appointed Minister of Colonial Affairs under the Kōki administration. He returned to the cabinet as Railway Minister under the Abe administration from November 29, 1939, to January 14, 1940. Nagata", "id": "15430221" }, { "contents": "Kijūrō Shidehara\n\n\nhe was named ambassador to the United States and was Japan's leading negotiator during the Washington Naval Conference. His negotiations led to the return of Shandong Province to China. However, while he was ambassador, the United States enacted discriminatory immigration laws against Japanese, which created much ill will in Japan. Shidehara was elevated to the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1920, and appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in 1925. In 1924, Shidehara became Minister of", "id": "9069195" }, { "contents": "Sōma clan\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. During the Boshin War of 1868–69, the Sōma clan fought on the site of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, supporting the Tokugawa regime. After Meiji Restoration, the head of the Sōma clan became part of the \"kazoku\" peerage, with Sōma Aritane receiving the title of \"shishaku\" (Viscount). Sōma Morotsune was the younger son of Chiba Tsunetane, and with his father was a samurai in the service of Minamoto no Yoritomo. He took his name from the Sōma Mikuriya, a \"shōen\" controlled", "id": "7506834" }, { "contents": "Matsumoto Kazu\n\n\nMatsumoto was born in Edo (now Tokyo) as the younger son of a direct retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. He graduated in 1880 from the 7th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, ranked 19 out of 30 cadets. He served on a number of ships in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, including the corvettes , , , and . Promoted to lieutenant in 1886, he graduated from the first class of the Naval Staff College in 1888. He was the chief navigator on the cruiser in 1891–1892 on its year-", "id": "8947678" }, { "contents": "Mito Domain\n\n\nof the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as \"daimyō\" in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the gosanke. Although the Mito branch held less land and wealth than either of the other two branches, they maintained considerable influence throughout the Edo period. The domain's promiximity to the \"de", "id": "290529" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nAtsuyoshi's son Tokugawa Kuniyuki was 11 years old at that time, and became the 13th head of the Mito Tokugawa under Akitake's tutelage. However, Akitake subsequently had a son, Tokugawa Takesada, who was born to a concubine in 1888. Takesada was made a viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1892 and founded the separate Matsudo Tokugawa line. In 1903, Tokugawa Akitake was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class. He died at Koumetei mansion in 1910. \"", "id": "17914481" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nand was raised by Tenshō-in and Kazu-no-Miya Chikako. In 1868 he was sent to Kyoto by his mother, Kazu-no-Miya Chikako and met with Emperor Meiji. He married the daughter of Konoe Tadafusa, Konoe Hiroko, who bore him Iemasa Tokugawa, the seventeenth Tokugawa family head, Yasuko Tokugawa, who married Nobusuke Takatsukasa and bore him Toshimichi Takatsukasa, Ryōko Tokugawa, and Toshiko Tokugawa. In 1877, Iesato was sent to Eton College in Great Britain to study. He returned to Japan", "id": "11796152" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\nthis, almost immediately after Hideyoshi's death, war broke out between Hideyori's allies and those loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu, a \"daimyō\" and a former ally of Hideyoshi. Tokugawa Ieyasu won a decisive victory at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, ushering in 268 uninterrupted years of rule by the Tokugawa clan. The Edo period was characterized by relative peace and stability under the tight control of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled from the eastern city of Edo (modern Tokyo). In 1603, Emperor Go-Yōzei declared", "id": "3250534" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nKorean Empire was annexed in 1910, the House of Yi was mediatized as an incorporated and therefore subordinate kingship (王). Excluding the Tokugawas, the initial \"kazoku\" rank distribution for the former \"daimyō\" lords depended on rice revenue: those with 150,000 \"koku\" or more became marquesses, those with 50,000 \"koku\" or more become counts, and those with holdings rated below 50,000 \"koku\" became viscounts. The head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Iesato, became a prince, the heads of primary", "id": "2052551" }, { "contents": "Gosanke\n\n\nThe , also called simply , or even , were the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan: Owari House of Tokugawa, Kii House of Tokugawa, and Mito House of Tokugawa, all of which were descended from clan founder Tokugawa Ieyasu's three youngest sons, Yoshinao, Yorinobu, and Yorifusa, and were allowed to provide a shōgun in case of need. In the Edo period the term \"gosanke\" could also refer to various other combinations of Tokugawa houses, including (1) the shogunal, Owari", "id": "17630062" }, { "contents": "Hirohide Fushimi\n\n\nBorn as , the 4th son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, he was the younger brother of Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, Prince Kachō Hirotada and Marquis Kachō Hironobu. In October 1932, he served as a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. On 1 April 1936, by order of Emperor Hirohito, he was allowed to establish his own household after renouncing his imperial title, and was created a count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. The same year, he married Tomoko Yanagisawa", "id": "230990" }, { "contents": "Sano Tsunetami\n\n\nduring the 1st Matsukata administration, he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. In 1895, Sano was elevated to the title of count (\"hakushaku\"). On his death at his home in Tokyo in 1902, he was posthumously awarded with the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class with Paulownia Blossoms). His grave is at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo. In 1939, the Japanese government issued a series of four commemorative postage stamps honoring the 75th anniversary of the Red Cross Treaty. A portrait of Sano", "id": "7051581" }, { "contents": "Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu\n\n\nsucceeded to title Kachō-no-miya on April 23, 1883, upon which he changed his name from \"Narukata\" to \"Hiroyasu,\" but returned to the house of Fushimi-no-miya on January 16, 1904. On January 9, 1896, Prince Hiroyasu married Tokugawa Tsuneko (1882–1939), the ninth daughter of Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japan's last \"shōgun\", with whom he had six children: Prince Hiroyasu entered the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy on 5 April 1886, but resigned in September", "id": "3864370" }, { "contents": "Mizoguchi clan\n\n\nas part of the guard of Nagoya Castle. In 1598, he was transferred to Shibata and his \"kokudaka\" was increased to 60,000 \"koku\". Following the Battle of Sekigahara, he was confirmed in his holdings by the Tokugawa shogunate. The Mizoguchi ruled Shibata as \"tozama daimyō\" until the Meiji restoration. After the abolition of the han system in 1871, the final \"daimyō\" of Shibata, Mizoguchi Naomasa relocated to Tokyo and received the \"kazoku\" peerage title of \"hakushaku\" (Count) in", "id": "19300691" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Norinaga\n\n\nMatsudaira Norinaga was the eldest son of Matsudaira Ienori, a Sengoku period samurai and daimyō of Iwamura Domain in Mino Province under the early Tokugawa shogunate. On the death of his father in 1614, he was confirmed as head of the Ogyū-Matsdaira clan and the same year accompanied the forces of \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada at the Siege of Osaka. In 1634, he was transferred to Hamamatsu Domain in Tōtōmi Province with an increase in revenues from 20,000 to 36,000 \"koku\". In 1642, Matsudaira Norinaga was promoted to", "id": "3314701" }, { "contents": "Canada–Japan relations\n\n\nway to deal with the Japanese question is to have our own Minister in Japan to visa passports.\" As a context, it is worth noting that Japan's consulate in Vancouver was established in 1889, 40 years before its embassy was opened in Ottawa in 1929. The first Japanese Minister in Canada was Prince Iemasa Tokugawa, serving from 1929 to 1934. The first Canadian Minister in Japan was Sir Herbert Marler, serving from 1929 to 1936. Diplomatic ties were severed in 1941 with the start of the Pacific War. During", "id": "15989893" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Ienari\n\n\nTokugawa Ienari (, November 18, 1773 – March 22, 1841) was the eleventh and longest-serving \"shōgun\" of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1787 to 1837. He was a great-grandson of the eighth shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune through his son Munetada (1721–1764), head of the Hitotsubashi branch of the family, and his grandson Harusada (1751–1827). Ienari died in 1841 and was given the Buddhist name Bunkyouin and buried at Kan'ei-ji. In 1778, the four-year", "id": "12177738" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nin more broad terms, the period begins with Oda Nobunaga's entry into Kyoto in 1568, when he led his army to the imperial capital in order to install Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the 15th, and ultimately final, shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, and it lasts until the coming to power of Tokugawa Ieyasu after his victory over supporters of the Toyotomi clan at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. The Edo period from 1600 to 1868 characterized early modern Japan. The Tokugawa shogunate was a feudalist regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu", "id": "9974550" }, { "contents": "Kaga Domain\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. The location of the main Edo residence of the \"daimyō\" of the Kaga Domain is now the site of the Hongō campus of the University of Tokyo. Maeda Toshiie was a distinguished military commander, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and a close friend of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. A member of the Council of Five Elders who ruled Japan during the Sengoku period, he was granted the Kaga Domain in 1583. His eldest son, Maeda Toshinaga, supported Tokugawa Ieyasu in his rise to power and was rewarded by an increase", "id": "6571560" }, { "contents": "Inoue Masamoto\n\n\nInoue Masamoto was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain, Inoue Masasada. He became 8th head of the Mikawa-branch of Inoue clan and \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain on his father's death in 1786. He was awarded Lower 5th Court Rank and the courtesy title of \"Kawachi-no-kami\" soon afterwards. In 1802, Masamoto entered the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate as a \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) under \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Ienari. In 1816, while", "id": "4715826" }, { "contents": "March Incident\n\n\nexecute a coup d'état and seize power.br 3. A new Cabinet would be formed under the premiership of the then-War Minister, General Kazushige Ugaki. The project was underwritten by a 200,000-yen donation by Yoshichika Tokugawa, ultra-rightist member of the House of Peers, son of the last \"daimyō\" of Nagoya, founder of the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya and Emperor Shōwa's second cousin. Ultra-rightist civilian organizations led by Kanichiro Kamei and Shūmei Ōkawa fomented a commotion outside the Diet Building in Tokyo late in February", "id": "5593888" }, { "contents": "Nanbu Shigenao\n\n\nHowever, in April 1636, his \"sankin-kōtai\" procession arrived in Edo ten days late, which was a violation of the new \"Buke shohatto\" regulations issued by \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu, and he was declared unfit to govern, and sentenced to house arrest at the clan residence in Edo. After his death in Edo in 1664, the Tokugawa shogunate intervened, and by order of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna appointed his younger brother Shichinohe Shigenobu as the next \"daimyō\", with the son of Hotta Masamori reduced", "id": "4495846" }, { "contents": "Akira Tomii\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese diplomat. He was born as a son of Baron Masaaki Tomii, the president of Tokyo Imperial University of Legal and a draft member of Japanese Civil Law. When he was young, his father hired Keita Gotō as Akira's home teacher. Akira Tomii graduated Tokyo Imperial University, and served as the Japanese Consul in Mukden, China, in 1915. From 1916 to 1924 served as consul in New York City, from 1924 to 1927 as consul in London, and from 1927 to 1933 as consul in", "id": "5339969" }, { "contents": "Maeda Toshisada\n\n\nand afterwards assumed his family’s seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. In 1922, he was appointed Communications Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Katō Tomosaburō. He subsequently served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kiyoura Keigo as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. He retired from public life in January 1944, and died in October of the same year. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasures, 1st class. Maeda studied poetry under Sasaki Nobutsuna. His daughter married post-war Foreign Minister", "id": "2257384" }, { "contents": "Hideo Kodama\n\n\nwas assigned to the Imperial General Headquarters and sent to the Liaodong Peninsula (under Japanese occupation), where he served as liaison between the civilian government in Tokyo and the Japanese general armies in Manchuria. Following the war, he returned to the Finance Ministry as head of the government's Tobacco Monopoly. He was later assigned to serve in the Japanese Government-General of Korea, as a secretary to the Privy Council, and as a member of the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 23 July 1906,", "id": "14284806" }, { "contents": "Prince Kuni Asaakira\n\n\nDomain. In 1921, he served for the customary term in the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 29 January 1929, he succeeded as head of the Kuni-no-miya house. Prince Kuni graduated from the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1921. He served as a midshipman on the cruiser and battleship . After his commissioning as ensign, he was assigned to the battleship , followed by battleships and . After his graduation from the Naval Staff College in 1925, he was assigned to", "id": "20710624" }, { "contents": "Saneatsu Mushanokōji\n\n\nJapanese ambassador to Nazi Germany, he traveled throughout Europe in 1936. In 1946, he was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. However, four months later he was purged from public office by the American Occupation authorities, due to his (1942), supporting the actions of the Japanese government in World War II. Mushanokōji made a literary comeback with his novel (1949–1950). He was awarded the Order of Culture in 1951, and became a member of the Japan Art Academy", "id": "5324629" }, { "contents": "Shizuoka (city)\n\n\nwhich he could influence \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada from behind the scenes. Subsequently, aside for brief periods, Sunpu was \"tenryō\" (territory under direct administration by the Shogunate), ruled by the , an appointed official based in Sunpu. In 1869, after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, the former shogunal line, headed by Tokugawa Iesato was sent to Sunpu and assigned the short-lived Sunpu Domain. The same year, Sunpu was renamed \"Shizuoka\". Shizuoka Domain became Shizuoka Prefecture with the abolition of", "id": "1359009" }, { "contents": "Ōta Dōkan\n\n\nlived in the same place. In the late 16th century, Dōkan's Edo Castle was chosen as the new home of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had been persuaded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to transfer the seat of his clan holdings into the Kantō. With the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in the early 17th century, Edo Castle became the center of the shogunate government. When the shogunate was displaced in the Meiji Restoration in the late 19th century, the newly named Tokyo became an Imperial capital with an Imperial Palace rising from the former shōgun", "id": "9984404" }, { "contents": "Prince Kaya Tsunenori\n\n\n, was the second head of the Kaya-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. He was first cousin to Empress Kōjun (Nagako), the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). Prince Kaya Tsunenori was born in Tokyo, the first son of Prince Kaya Kuninori and his wife, the former Daigō Yoshiko. He received his primary and secondary education at the boys' department of the Gakushuin Peers’ School. On December 8, 1909, he became the second head of the Kaya-no-", "id": "9139501" }, { "contents": "Hachisuka Mochiaki\n\n\nto Great Britain and attended Oxford University, where he matriculated at Balliol College in 1874. After returning to Japan, he joined the government as Director of the Customs Bureau director in the Ministry of Finance and a member of \"Sanjiin\" (legislative advisory council). In 1882, Hachisuka was envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to France, and received the title of \"kōshaku\" (marquis) under the new \"kazoku\" peerage system. After returning to Japan, he served as a member of the House of Peers,", "id": "18933529" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nand ruled by the \"shōguns\" of the Tokugawa clan. The period gets its name from the capital city, Edo, now called Tokyo. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo Castle from 1603 until 1868, when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration in the late Edo period (often called the Late Tokugawa shogunate). In 1392, General Yi Seong-gye established the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) with a largely bloodless coup. Yi Seong-gye moved the capital of Korea to the location of modern-day Seoul", "id": "9974551" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Hirotada\n\n\nHe is best known for being the father of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Hirotada was the son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (7th head of Mikawa Matsudaira clan). He was known in his childhood as Senshōmaru, Senchiyo, and Jirōzaburō. After his father's assassination in 1537, Hirotada was placed under the protection of a loyal retainer, Abe Sadayoshi. He allied with the Imagawa, and with their help was installed at Okazaki castle. The alliance with them brought him into conflict with the Tokugawa clan. In", "id": "20973368" }, { "contents": "Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda\n\n\nPrince Takeda Tsuneyoshi was the only son of Prince Takeda Tsunehisa and Princess Masako, Princess Tsune (1888–1940), the sixth daughter of Emperor Meiji. He was, therefore, a first cousin of Emperor Shōwa. Prince Tsuneyoshi became the second head of the Takeda-no-miya house on 23 April 1919. After being educated at the Gakushūin Peers' School, and serving for a session in the House of Peers, he graduated from the 32nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in July 1930, and received a commission", "id": "4712175" }, { "contents": "Ishii Kikujirō\n\n\nViscount , was a Japanese diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan between 1915 and 1916. Ishii was born in Mobara city, Kazusa Province (present-day Chiba Prefecture). He graduated from the Law Department of Tokyo Imperial University and joined the Foreign Ministry. His first posting was as an attaché to Paris in 1891, and he was later sent to Chemulpo, Korea in 1896 and to Beijing, China in 1897.", "id": "19761626" }, { "contents": "Nagai Naoyuki\n\n\n, also known as or , was a Japanese hatamoto under the Tokugawa of Bakumatsu period Japan. His great-great-grandchild was Yukio Mishima. Naoyuki's adopted son, Iwanojō Nagai, was the father of Natsu, who was Mishima's grandmother. Iwanojō's real father was Nagasumi Miyoshi (Miyoshi clan) who was a Tokugawa retainer. Nagai Naoyuki, or as he was first known, , was born in the Nukada district of the Okutono Domain by a concubine to \"daimyō\" . Noritada, while head of a", "id": "5425993" }, { "contents": "Hidemaro Konoye\n\n\nViscount was a conductor and composer of classical music in Shōwa period Japan. He was the younger brother of pre-war Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoye was born in Kōjimachi, Tokyo as the younger son of Duke Konoe Atsumaro, scion of one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. The Konoe clan traditionally provided \"gagaku\" musicians to the Imperial Household, and Hidemaro chose to follow the family's musical tradition, whereas his older brother Fumimaro went into politics. Konoye attended the Gakushuin Peers School, where", "id": "22220081" }, { "contents": "Yoritake Matsudaira\n\n\n. After graduation from Waseda University, he worked for Toshiba. Now he is the president of . One of his hobbies is horseback riding, he is an amateur radio aficionado, and he gives lectures about the advantages of Scouting activities. Yoritake is a second cousin of the present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Tsunenari, as both are great-grandsons of Nabeshima Naohiro, the 11th and last \"daimyō\" of Saga. By virtue of his descent from the \"kuge\" Madenokōji family, he is also a sixth", "id": "1769206" }, { "contents": "Nabeshima Naoyoshi\n\n\nperiod of Naoyoshi's administration, and the prefecture's economic production was increased, particularly in the area of sugar production. In 1881, Naoyoshi was recalled to Tokyo, and became president of the \"Genrōin\". With the establishment of the \"kazoku\" peerage, he became a , and a member of the House of Peers on the establishment of the Diet of Japan in 1890. In his later years he helped build hospitals and schools in the region of Kashima, which he had once ruled, and was awarded Second", "id": "17536683" }, { "contents": "Obama Domain\n\n\nKawagoe Domain, before being the 1st Sakai \"daimyō\" of Obama Domain. He was the son of Sakai Tadatoshi, a hereditary retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He served Tokugawa Hidetada during the Siege of Ueda and later served Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who promoted him to \"rōjū\" in 1624. In 1634, he was transferred to Obama and completed the construction of Obama Castle. He retired from public life in 1656 and died in 1662. His grave is at the clan temple of Kuin-ji in Obama. was the", "id": "16508967" }, { "contents": "Edo period\n\n\nEmperor Kōmei died and was succeeded by his underaged son Emperor Meiji. Tokugawa Yoshinobu reluctantly became head of the Tokugawa house and \"shōgun\". He tried to reorganize the government under the emperor while preserving the \"shōgun\"s leadership role. Fearing the growing power of the Satsuma and Chōshū \"daimyō\", other \"daimyō\" called for returning the \"shōgun\"s political power to the emperor and a council of \"daimyō\" chaired by the former Tokugawa \"shōgun\". Yoshinobu accepted the plan in late 1867 and resigned, announcing an", "id": "3932378" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\n, was a politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan, twice as a cabinet minister, and also serving twice as mayor of Tokyo. Nagata was born in Mihara District, Hyōgo Prefecture, in what is now part of the city of Minamiawaji. After graduating from the predecessor of Kyoto Imperial University and serving as a school principal in Sumoto, Hyōgo from 1902 to 1904, he obtained a posting in the Home Ministry and rose to become", "id": "15430218" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Nagashige\n\n\n, also known as Sado-no-kami or Etchū-no-kami, was a Japanese samurai \"daimyō\" of the mid-Edo period. The Ogasawara were identified as one of the \"fudai\" or insider \"daimyō\" clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa, in contrast with the \"tozama\" or outsider clans. Nagashige served the Tokugawa shogunate as its eleventh Kyoto \"shoshidai\" in the period spanning October 17, 1691, through May 15, 1702. He had previously been shogunate", "id": "8758740" }, { "contents": "Jo Hyeong\n\n\nJo Hyeong (1606–1679) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty Korea in the 17th century. He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 6th Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. In 1655 King Hyojong of Joseon sent a mission to the shogunal court of Tokugawa Ietsuna. This diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for developing a political foundation for trade. The delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a \"Communication Envoy", "id": "5288304" }, { "contents": "Tsugaru clan\n\n\nwho took the name of (1872–1919) to be his heir. Hidemaru was educated in Germany, graduating from the University of Bonn, Humboldt University of Berlin and University of Geneva and after his return to Japan served in under the Japanese Resident-General of Korea from 1907-1914, and in the Ministry of the Imperial Household from 1914-1918. In 1918, he was appointed to the House of Peers. His son was (1907-1994), who was born as the second son of a branch of", "id": "10903481" }, { "contents": "Arima Ryōkitsu\n\n\nAdmiral was a career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy during Meiji and Taishō periods. Arima was a native of Wakayama, where his father was a senior \"samurai\" retainer of the Kishū Tokugawa clan, and an active supporter of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Although he came from such an unfavorable background, Arima was able to secure admission to the 12th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, after graduating from the forerunners of Doshisha University and Keio University with degrees in English language.", "id": "14930546" }, { "contents": "Mitsukuri Rinsho\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese statesman and legal scholar in Meiji period Japan. Mitsukuri was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo) to a noted family of scholars working for the Tokugawa bakufu. He studied \"rangaku\" and received a posting to the \"Bansho Shirabesho,\" the Shōgun's research institute for foreign technology. In 1867, he was selected to accompany the Shogunate's expedition to the Paris World Exposition, which proved to be an eye-opener. On his return to Japan, Mitsukuri joined the new Meiji government", "id": "19948939" }, { "contents": "Owari-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe , a branch of the Tokugawa clan, is the seniormost house of the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Originally descended from Tokugawa Yoshinao, the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the original line became extinct in 1800 with the death of the ninth lord and family head. It has since been kept in existence through repeated adoptions from the two remaining houses, and is currently headed by a member of the Kishu branch. For over 250 years, the Owari family ruled Owari Domain,", "id": "17810278" } ]

[ { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nJune 19, 1946, he served as the President of the House of Peers, a post which he held until May 2, 1947, when the Allied occupation authorities authorized the current Constitution of Japan abolishing the House of Peers. He died of heart disease at his home in Shibuya, Tokyo, on February 18, 1963, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class. His grave is located at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. He was succeeded as head of the Tokugawa clan", "id": "11961761" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince also known as Iyemasa, was a Japanese political figure of the Taishō and early Shōwa periods. He was the 17th hereditary head of the former shogunal branch of the Tokugawa clan and the final President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Iemasa Tokugawa was born in what is now the Sendagaya district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato and his wife, Konoe Hiroko, daughter of Konoe Tadafusa. He graduated from the law school of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909, and accepted a post in", "id": "11961759" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nthe diplomatic corps of Foreign Ministry the same year. In 1924, he was appointed Consul-general to the Japanese consulate in Sydney, Australia. In 1929, he was appointed Envoy to Canada and from 1937 to 1939 served as the Japanese ambassador to Turkey. In 1940, on the death of his father, he inherited the title of \"kōshaku\" (, \"prince\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and a seat as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On", "id": "11961760" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nin 1882, and was given the title of \"kōshaku\" (公爵, prince) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He became a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan from its creation in 1890, and served as President of the House of Peers from 1901-1933. When the administration of Prime Minister Yamamoto Gonnohyōe was brought down by the Siemens scandal, there was a strong movement to have Tokugawa Iesato nominated to be his successor. Following World War I, Iesato served on the Japanese", "id": "11796153" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince was the 13th head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan and the President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Kuniyuki Tokugawa inherited the title of \"shishaku\" (侯爵, marquis) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system on the death of his father, Tokugawa Atsuyoshi in 1898. A scholar, he turned his attention in 1906 to the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\", a comprehensive history of Japan begun by his ancestor, Tokugawa Mitsukuni in the 17th century. However, in 1910", "id": "13926670" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshinobu\n\n\n's photographs have been published in recent years by his great-grandson, Yoshitomo. In 1902, the Meiji Emperor allowed him to reestablish his own house as a Tokugawa branch (\"bekke\") with the highest rank in the peerage, that of prince (\"kōshaku\"), for his loyal service to Japan. He took a seat in the House of Peers, resigning in 1910. Tokugawa Yoshinobu died on November 21, 1913, at 4:10 pm and is buried in Yanaka Cemetery, Tokyo. On 9 January", "id": "12861306" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nCount was a Japanese political figure of the late Meiji through early Shōwa periods, and served as President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Yorinaga Matsudaira was the eighth son of Matsudaira Yoritoshi, the former \"daimyō\" of Matsuyama Domain in Shikoku. His mother, Chiyoko, was the daughter of Ii Naosuke and his wife was the daughter of Tokugawa Akitake, head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. He attended the Gakushūin Peer’s School, and with the sponsorship of Ōkuma Shigenobu, graduated from", "id": "14764736" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nthe law school of Waseda University. district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato. In 1909 he became a member of the House of Peers, and continued to serve as a member every year (except for a hiatus between 1911–1914) until his death. A strong supporter of education, he donated a large property in downtown Tokyo to create the Hongo Gakuin school. In 1933, he was made Vice-President of the House of Peers, breaking with the precedent that only men with the rank of princes", "id": "14764737" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\n, he was accepted into the 22nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and was commissioned as Second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army. He resigned his commission in 1914 citing health reasons, and went into the reserves in 1915. From December 1911, Kuniyuki Tokugawa served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\" in 1929, he was awarded the title of \"koshaku\" (公爵, prince). On June 25, 1940, he", "id": "13926671" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nPrince was the first head of the Tokugawa clan after the overthrow of the Tokugawa bakufu, and a figure in Japanese politics during the Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. Tokugawa Iesato was born to the Tayasu branch of the Tokugawa clan, under the name Kamenosuke, he became its 16th head, following the resignation of the last \"shōgun,\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu. His brothers were Tokugawa Satotaka and Tokugawa Takachiyo, who also held the Tayasu headship at different times. Iesato was also briefly the \"daimyō\" of the", "id": "11796150" }, { "contents": "Iwamura Michitoshi\n\n\n1896, Iwamura was awarded the title of viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure later the same year. He served as an advisor to Emperor Meiji, and was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers. He was also awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class on June 23, 1904. He died in Tokyo on February 12, 1915, and his grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo.", "id": "17814139" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nor marquis could service in the highest level positions. Four years later, when Fumimaro Konoe became Prime Minister of Japan, Yorinaga Matsudaira became the President of the House of Peers. He died while in office, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class with Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. His nephew Yorihiro Matsudaira succeeded him in his peerage. Yorinaga Matsudaira was also a noted collector of miniature bonsai, and served as honorary president of the Kofuku Bonsai Association. His", "id": "14764738" }, { "contents": "Prince Kachō Hirotada\n\n\nPrince Hirotada was the second son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu. His mother was Tokugawa Tsuneko, the 9th daughter of the last Tokugawa Shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He succeeded his father to the head of the Kachō-no-miya household when he was only 2 years old in 1904. Prince Kachō attended the Gakushuin Peers’ School. He entered the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1918, graduating 1st out of 176 cadets. Prince Kuni Asaakira was one of his classmates. He served his midshipman duty on the", "id": "17635064" }, { "contents": "Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu\n\n\nNovember 1942. From 1936 to 1945, he held various staff positions in the Naval General Staff Office in Tokyo. On 4 February 1930, Prince Takamatsu married Kikuko Tokugawa (26 December 1911 – 18 December 2004), the second daughter of Yoshihisa Tokugawa (peer). The bride was a granddaughter of Yoshinobu Tokugawa, the last Shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, and a granddaughter of the late Prince Arisugawa Takehito. Prince and Princess Takamatsu had no children. From the 1930s, Prince Takamatsu expressed grave reservations regarding Japanese aggression in", "id": "1048484" }, { "contents": "Francis Brinkley\n\n\n, covered Japanese history, fine arts and literature from the origins of the Japanese race up until the latter half of the Meiji period. In 1912, at the age of 71 and one month after General Nogi's death, Francis Brinkley died. At his funeral, the mourners included the Speaker of the House of Peers, Tokugawa Iesato, the Minister of the Navy Saitō Makoto, and the Foreign Minister Uchida Kosai. He is buried in the foreign section of the Aoyama Reien cemetery in central Tokyo. After his death Ernest", "id": "10262389" }, { "contents": "Enkichi Ōki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese statesman in the Taishō period. Ōki was born in Tokyo. His father, Ōki Takatō was one of the leaders in the Meiji Restoration, and served in numerous cabinet posts in the early Meiji government. In 1899, Enkichi succeeded to his father’s title of count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His political career began in 1908, when he was elected to the House of Peers. He initially supported the \"Kenkyūkai\", but soon switched his allegiance to the", "id": "2422914" }, { "contents": "Yoshitoshi Tokugawa\n\n\nLieutenant General Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and one of the pioneers of military aviation in Japan. Tokugawa Yoshitoshi was the son of Count Tokugawa Atsumori (1856–1924) (head of the Shimizu branch of the Tokugawa clan). Through his father, he was the grandnephew of the last shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. While his father had been created a count in 1884, he had relinquished the title in 1899. Yoshitoshi graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1903, after having specialized in military engineering. In", "id": "751688" }, { "contents": "Enomoto Takeaki\n\n\nViscount was a Japanese samurai and admiral of the Tokugawa navy of Bakumatsu-period Japan, who remained faithful to the Tokugawa shogunate and fought against the new Meiji government until the end of the Boshin War. He later served in the Meiji government as one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Enomoto was born as a member of a samurai family in the direct service of the Tokugawa clan in the Shitaya district of Edo (modern Taitō, Tokyo). Enomoto started learning Dutch in the 1850s, and after Japan's", "id": "12566973" }, { "contents": "Yamada Akiyoshi\n\n\ncount (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage on July 7, 1884, and served in the House of Peers (Japan) from its establishment in 1890. On January 28, 1892, he was appointed to a seat in the Privy Council of Japan but died in November of the same year at the age of 49, while inspecting the Ikuno Silver Mine in Asago, Hyōgo. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Buddhist temple of Gokoku-ji in", "id": "655166" }, { "contents": "International Martial Arts Federation\n\n\nwas appointed as the 5th President of IMAF. He served as the Japanese Ambassador to India and Deputy Foreign Minister. The current president of Kokusai Budoin, International Martial Arts Federation (IMAF) is Yasuhisa Tokugawa, the great-grandson of the 15th and final \"shōgun\" of Japan, Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837–1913). He was also the Chief Priest for the in Tokyo from 2013-2018. Note: In the mid 1980's IMAF-Europe split from IMAF Japan to create a current non-affiliated organization with a", "id": "8525267" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masami\n\n\nInaba Masami was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Tateyama Domain, Inaba Masamori. On his father’s death in 1820, he succeeded to the head of the Tateyama Inaba clan and the position of \"daimyō\" of Tateyama. In 1862, he was appointed as a \"Wakadoshiyori\" in the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate under \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemochi. He resigned the title in 1864, with instructions to strengthen Japan's naval defenses against the increasing aggressive incursions of foreign black ships, and supported Katsu", "id": "8052899" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Mochiaki\n\n\nabolition of the han system in 1871. In 1884, he became a Count (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He was awarded the Fourth class of the Order of the Rising Sun in 1885. In 1889, he inherited the title of Marquis (\"koshaku\") from his adopted father. He died in 1890. His son, Matsudaira Yasutaka (1867–1930) served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan and was author of a number of works on agricultural", "id": "4765039" }, { "contents": "Tsunenari Tokugawa\n\n\nHis son, Iehiro Tokugawa, is a translator. In 2007, Tsunenari published a book entitled \"Edo no idenshi\" (江戸の遺伝子), released in English in 2009 as \"The Edo Inheritance\", which seeks to counter the common belief among Japanese that the Edo period (throughout which members of his Tokugawa clan ruled Japan as \"shōguns\") was like a dark age, when Japan, cut off from the world, fell behind. On the contrary, he argues, the roughly 250 years of peace and relative", "id": "11961777" }, { "contents": "Matsui Keishirō\n\n\nto Japan in 1913. During the First World War, served as Japanese Ambassador to France and was a plenipotentiary at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. On the successful completion of this mission, he was awarded with the title of baron (\"danshaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He served as Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 7 to June 11, 1924, under the administration of Kiyoura Keigo and was also appointed a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He later served", "id": "9380810" }, { "contents": "Konoe Tadafusa\n\n\n, son of regent Tadahiro with his wife Shimazu Kyoko, was a \"kugyō\" or Japanese court noble of the late Edo period (1603–1868). He did not hold any regent position kampaku or sesshō. His consort was Shimazu Mitsuko, an adopted daughter of Shimazu Nariakira, eleventh head of Satsuma Domain. The couple had a daughter, Konoe Hiroko, who later married Tokugawa Iesato, the sixteenth head of Tokugawa family and bore him Tokugawa Iemasa, the seventeenth head of the Tokugawa clan. He adopted a son of Konoe", "id": "20767712" }, { "contents": "Tenshō-in\n\n\nShe spent her remaining years nurturing Tokugawa Iesato, the 16th head of the Tokugawa clan. She moved into the Tokugawa residence in Sendagaya, in the Shibuya district, Tokyo. She suffered from Parkinson's disease which eventually took her life on November 20th, 1883, at the age of 47. She was buried in Kaneiji in Ueno, Tokyo, together with her husband, Onkyoin (Iesada). Beside Onkyoin and Tenshoin tombs, There is loquat tree planted there as it was Tenshoin's favorite food. The 2008 NHK Taiga", "id": "241772" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshimune\n\n\nYoshimune was not the son of any former \"shōgun\". Rather, he was a member of a cadet branch of the Tokugawa clan. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, well aware of the extinction of the Minamoto line in 1219, had realized that his direct descendants might die out, leaving the Tokugawa family at risk of extinction. Thus, while his son Tokugawa Hidetada was the second \"shōgun\", he selected three other sons to establish the \"gosanke,\" hereditary houses which would provide a", "id": "16258375" }, { "contents": "Kitasato Shibasaburō\n\n\nonki Corporation, with the intention of manufacturing the most reliable clinical thermometer possible. The company was later renamed Terumo Corporation. Kitasato also was the first dean of medicine at Keio University, first president of the Japan Medical Association, and served on the House of Peers. He was ennobled with the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system in February 1924. Kitasato died of an intracranial hemorrhage at his home in Azabu, Tokyo, on June 13, 1931. His grave is at the", "id": "11568829" }, { "contents": "Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa\n\n\nPrince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa was the only son of Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa and Fusako, Princess Kane. He succeeded as the head of the Kitashirakawa-no-miya house upon his father's unexpected death in an automobile accident in France in 1923. On 25 April 1935, Prince Nagahisa married Sachiko Tokugawa, born , died , the daughter of Baron Yoshikuni Tokugawa. Prince and Princess Kitashirakawa Nagahisa had one son and one daughter: Prince Nagahisa graduated from the 43rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1931, and was commissioned a sub", "id": "8171688" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nbrother Tokugawa Yoshiatsu and ordering him to assume the post of \"daimyō\" to assure the stability of Mito Domain. He departed from Marseille in December 1868. Tokugawa Akitake succeeded Tokugawa Yoshiatsu to become the 11th head of the Mito Tokugawa clan on his return to Japan. However, the title of \"daimyō\" was officially abolished in 1869, and he continued at Mito as domain governor. His request for land development in Hokkaido to resettle ex-samurai from the domain was granted on August 17, 1869, and he was", "id": "17914477" }, { "contents": "Sōma Nakamura Domain\n\n\nyounger brother Masatane. was the 5th \"daimyō\" of Sōma-Nakamura Domain and the 21st hereditary chieftain of the Sōma clan. As his older brother Sadatane had died without heir, he was posthumously appointed successor. He was received in formal audience to Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna and received the courtesy title of \"Danjō-shōhitsu\". From 1689-1690 he served as a \"sobayōnin\" to Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. He retired from public life in February 1701, living in rural seclusion to his death at the age of 68", "id": "4010353" }, { "contents": "Aizu\n\n\nof only 15. He was succeeded by the eighth lord Katataka, who was a sixth cousin (twice removed) and a member of the Takasu cadet branch of the Mito collateral line. He died without heirs in 1852 and was succeeded by his grandnephew, the famous Katamori, whose descendants have since headed the family. The present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tsunenari, is also from the Aizu lineage. In the house code set down by Masayuki, there was a specific injunction to serve the shogun with single-minded", "id": "17967555" }, { "contents": "Arai Hakuseki\n\n\nshogun Tokugawa Ienobu. He went on to displace the official Hayashi advisers to become the leading confucianist for Ienobu and Tokugawa Ietsugu. While some of Hakuseki's policies were still carried out after Ienobu's death, after the 6th shogun, Tokugawa Ietsugu, died and Tokugawa Yoshimune's rule began, Hakuseki left his post to begin his career as a prolific writer of Japanese history and Occidental studies. He was buried in Asakusa (current day Taitō, Tokyo), Hoonji temple but was later moved to Nakano, Tokyo, Kotokuji temple", "id": "12566945" }, { "contents": "Tsuruga Domain\n\n\nin the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. His courtesy title was \"Ukyō-no-suke\". His wife was the daughter of Doi Toshifusa of Ōno Domain. He died in 1706 and his grave is at the temple of Seisho-ji in Atago, Tokyo. was the 2nd \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga Domain in Echizen Province under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. Tadakiku was the eldest son of Sakai Tadashige. He became \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga on the death of his father in 1706. He was an \"", "id": "2398354" }, { "contents": "Mito-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe is a branch of the Tokugawa clan based in Mito, Ibaraki. Following the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as daimyō in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Although the Mito branch held less land", "id": "18026528" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\n. After Hideyoshi's death in 1598, Tokugawa Ieyasu came to power and was appointed \"shōgun\" by the Emperor. The Tokugawa shogunate, which governed from Edo (modern Tokyo), presided over a prosperous and peaceful era known as the Edo period (1600–1868). The Tokugawa shogunate imposed a strict class system on Japanese society and cut off almost all contact with the outside world. Portugal and Japan started their first affiliation in 1543, making the Portuguese the first Europeans to reach Japan by landing in the southern archipelago of", "id": "3250463" }, { "contents": "Tadaatsu Ishiguro\n\n\n, citing illness. His father died the same year, and per the provisions of his father’s will, he did not inherit the kazoku peerage title of viscount held by his father. In January 1943, he was granted a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. In 1945, he returned to the cabinet as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce under the Suzuki administration. In 1946, after the surrender of Japan, as with all members of the prewar and wartime Japanese government, Ishiguro was purged by", "id": "9448122" }, { "contents": "Ōkuma Shigenobu\n\n\nof the Diet of Japan until 1922. He was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum in 1916, and was elevated to the title of \"kōshaku\" (侯爵) (marquis) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system the same year. Ōkuma returned to Waseda, and died there in 1922. An estimated 300,000 people attended his funeral in Tokyo's Hibiya Park. He was posthumously elevated to the rank of prince in the peerage and was also posthumously conferred with the Collar of the Order of the", "id": "9013378" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nTokugawa branch houses (\"shinpan daimyō\") became marquesses, the heads of the secondary branches became counts and the heads of more distant branches became viscounts. The head of the Matsudaira (Fukui Domain) branch was raised to the rank of marquess from the rank of count in 1888. In 1902, the former \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu was created a prince, and the head of the Mito \"shinpan\" house was raised to the same rank, prince, in 1929. Of the other former \"daimyō\" clans", "id": "2052552" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Naganari\n\n\nViscount was an Admiral and naval strategist in the Imperial Japanese Navy in Meiji and Taishō period Japan, and a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. He was also known as Ogasawara Chōsei, Ogasawara Nagayo. Ogasawara was born in Saga prefecture. His father was the Rōjū Ogasawara Nagamichi, a senior retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. As his father was forced into retirement by the events of the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Ogasawara Naganari succeeded his grandfather to become head of the Ogasawara clan in 1873, and as", "id": "15329213" }, { "contents": "Katō Takaaki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese politician, diplomat, and the 14th Prime Minister of Japan, a position he held from 11 June 1924 until his death on 28 January 1926, during the period which historians have called \"Taishō Democracy\". He was also known as Katō Kōmei. Katō, was born as Hattori Sokichi, the second son of a former \"samurai\" retainer of the Owari Tokugawa domain in Nagoya, Owari Province, in the town of Saya, Ama District in what is now part of the city of Aisai,", "id": "9068839" }, { "contents": "Kawasaki Takukichi\n\n\n. Under his administration, the Yagoto Baseball Ground was built, and the first Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament was held in 1924. Later in 1924, Kawasaki was recalled to Tokyo to assume the post of Director-General of the National Police Agency under the Home Ministry. He became Deputy Home Minister in 1925. In 1926, he was invited to take a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He was recruited by Osachi Hamaguchi and Wakatsuki Reijirō to join the \"Kenseikai\" political party,", "id": "22092779" }, { "contents": "Masuda Takashi\n\n\nBaron , was a Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector. He was a prominent entrepreneur in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan, responsible for transforming Mitsui into a \"zaibatsu\" through the creation of a general trading company, Mitsui Bussan. He also established a newspaper, the , which was later renamed the \"Nihon Keizai Shimbun\". Masuda was born on Sado Island, in what is now Niigata Prefecture. His father was an official in the Tokugawa shogunate, serving as Hakodate bugyō, a position which", "id": "13847203" }, { "contents": "Suwa Tadamasa\n\n\nthe Shiba Tōshō-gū, a Shinto Shrine dedicated to the previous Shoguns of the Tokugawa clan in Tokyo. After the death of Suwa Tadaaya in 1878, he resumed his position as chieftain of the Suwa clan. he was reappointed \"kannushi\" of the Shiba Tōshō-gū from 1882 to 1889. In 1884 he became a viscount (\"shisaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His court rank was increased to Senior Fourth Rank in 1887. From 1891 to 1895, he returned to Suwa and became", "id": "12726550" }, { "contents": "Ōkubo Tadanori\n\n\nŌkubo Tadanori was the nephew of Tokugawa Nariaki, which made him a cousin to Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He was born as the 5th son of Matsudaira Yorihiro, daimyō of Takamatsu Domain, in Sanuki Province. On the death of former daimyō of Odawara, Ōkubo Tadanao in 1859 he was adopted into the Ōkubo clan as 11th clan head, and by default, daimyō of Odawara Domain. He served in a number of posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate, including that of \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) in", "id": "1881957" }, { "contents": "Kinichiro Ishikawa\n\n\nIshikawa Kinichiro, a watercolor painter and champion of Taiwanese Western art education, was born in Shizuoka City, Japan. His father was a former official of the Tokugawa government during the bakumatsu (late Tokugawa Shogunate). He was infatuated with painting from a very early age, but his father did not approve of his artistic pursuits. In 1888, he entered the Tokyo Telecommunications School of the Ministry of Communications. In order to sustain his interest in painting, aside from using prints of English works to engage in self-study", "id": "7410092" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masanori\n\n\nInaba Masanori was the second son of the previous daimyō of Odawara, Inaba Masakatsu. As his mother died when he was still very young, he was raised by his grandmother, Kasuga no Tsubone, the wet nurse to \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu. On the death of his father in 1634, he became head of the Inaba clan, and inherited his father’s position as daimyō of Odawara. Due to the influence of his grandmother, he rose rapidly through the hierarchy of the Tokugawa shogunate and was appointed \"Rōjū\"", "id": "1882506" }, { "contents": "Pak Yung-hio\n\n\nfled to exile in Japan, where he remained until 1907. On his return, he accepted the post of Royal Household Minister under Ye Wanyong. Following the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, in which Korea was annexed to the Empire of Japan, Park was awarded with the \"kazoku\" title of marquess (\"koshaku\") in the Japanese peerage, and a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Director of the Bank of Chosen in 1918, Chairman of the Korean Economic", "id": "5961340" }, { "contents": "Fumio Gotō\n\n\nBorn in Ōita Prefecture, Gotō was a graduate of the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909. During his early career in the 1920s, he worked in the Home Ministry, and was Director of Administration within the office of the Governor-General of Taiwan. In the 1930s, Gotō was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries between 1932 and 1934 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Makoto Saitō, and was later Home Minister", "id": "15188268" }, { "contents": "Konoe Atsumaro\n\n\nDuke was a Japanese politician and journalist of the Meiji era. He served as the 3rd President of the House of Peers and 7th President of the Gakushūin Peer's School in Meiji period Japan. He was also the father of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoe was born in Kyoto as the heir to the highly ranked Konoe family of Court nobility, one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. His father Konoe Tadafusa died when he was young, so he was raised by his grandfather Konoe Tadahiro. His mother was", "id": "1475111" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nassigned lands in Tomamae-gun, Teshio-gun, Kamikawa-gun, Nakagawa-gun in Teshio no kuni along with Rishiri-gun in Kitami no kuni. With the abolition of the han system in 1871, he was required by the government to leave in Mito and to live in Tokyo. He relocated to the former \"shimoyashiki\" secondary residence of the Mito Clan located in Mukōjima. Tokugawa Akitake was appointed a second lieutenant in Imperial Japanese Army in 1875, and served as an instructor during the early days of", "id": "17914478" }, { "contents": "Yonekura Tadasuke\n\n\nYonekura Tadasuke was the sixth son of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, a favorite of \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi who served in a number of important posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. In 1710, he was adopted by Yonekura Masateru, the \"daimyō\" of Minagawa Domain in Shimotsuke Province, and succeeded to the head of the Yonekura clan and daimyo of Minagawa two years later. On September 1, 1716, he was received in a formal audience by Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune. On July 27, 1722, he transferred the seat", "id": "9479884" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\nit was essential that Tokyo host the 1940 Olympics, as the date coincided with the Japanese 2600th Anniversary celebrations. He was forced to resign after a police sweep rounded up 6900 suspected communists in Tokyo. Nagata subsequently served in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. From March 9, 1936 to February 2, 1937, Nagata was appointed Minister of Colonial Affairs under the Kōki administration. He returned to the cabinet as Railway Minister under the Abe administration from November 29, 1939, to January 14, 1940. Nagata", "id": "15430221" }, { "contents": "Kijūrō Shidehara\n\n\nhe was named ambassador to the United States and was Japan's leading negotiator during the Washington Naval Conference. His negotiations led to the return of Shandong Province to China. However, while he was ambassador, the United States enacted discriminatory immigration laws against Japanese, which created much ill will in Japan. Shidehara was elevated to the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1920, and appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in 1925. In 1924, Shidehara became Minister of", "id": "9069195" }, { "contents": "Sōma clan\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. During the Boshin War of 1868–69, the Sōma clan fought on the site of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, supporting the Tokugawa regime. After Meiji Restoration, the head of the Sōma clan became part of the \"kazoku\" peerage, with Sōma Aritane receiving the title of \"shishaku\" (Viscount). Sōma Morotsune was the younger son of Chiba Tsunetane, and with his father was a samurai in the service of Minamoto no Yoritomo. He took his name from the Sōma Mikuriya, a \"shōen\" controlled", "id": "7506834" }, { "contents": "Matsumoto Kazu\n\n\nMatsumoto was born in Edo (now Tokyo) as the younger son of a direct retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. He graduated in 1880 from the 7th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, ranked 19 out of 30 cadets. He served on a number of ships in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, including the corvettes , , , and . Promoted to lieutenant in 1886, he graduated from the first class of the Naval Staff College in 1888. He was the chief navigator on the cruiser in 1891–1892 on its year-", "id": "8947678" }, { "contents": "Mito Domain\n\n\nof the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as \"daimyō\" in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the gosanke. Although the Mito branch held less land and wealth than either of the other two branches, they maintained considerable influence throughout the Edo period. The domain's promiximity to the \"de", "id": "290529" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nAtsuyoshi's son Tokugawa Kuniyuki was 11 years old at that time, and became the 13th head of the Mito Tokugawa under Akitake's tutelage. However, Akitake subsequently had a son, Tokugawa Takesada, who was born to a concubine in 1888. Takesada was made a viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1892 and founded the separate Matsudo Tokugawa line. In 1903, Tokugawa Akitake was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class. He died at Koumetei mansion in 1910. \"", "id": "17914481" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nand was raised by Tenshō-in and Kazu-no-Miya Chikako. In 1868 he was sent to Kyoto by his mother, Kazu-no-Miya Chikako and met with Emperor Meiji. He married the daughter of Konoe Tadafusa, Konoe Hiroko, who bore him Iemasa Tokugawa, the seventeenth Tokugawa family head, Yasuko Tokugawa, who married Nobusuke Takatsukasa and bore him Toshimichi Takatsukasa, Ryōko Tokugawa, and Toshiko Tokugawa. In 1877, Iesato was sent to Eton College in Great Britain to study. He returned to Japan", "id": "11796152" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\nthis, almost immediately after Hideyoshi's death, war broke out between Hideyori's allies and those loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu, a \"daimyō\" and a former ally of Hideyoshi. Tokugawa Ieyasu won a decisive victory at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, ushering in 268 uninterrupted years of rule by the Tokugawa clan. The Edo period was characterized by relative peace and stability under the tight control of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled from the eastern city of Edo (modern Tokyo). In 1603, Emperor Go-Yōzei declared", "id": "3250534" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nKorean Empire was annexed in 1910, the House of Yi was mediatized as an incorporated and therefore subordinate kingship (王). Excluding the Tokugawas, the initial \"kazoku\" rank distribution for the former \"daimyō\" lords depended on rice revenue: those with 150,000 \"koku\" or more became marquesses, those with 50,000 \"koku\" or more become counts, and those with holdings rated below 50,000 \"koku\" became viscounts. The head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Iesato, became a prince, the heads of primary", "id": "2052551" }, { "contents": "Gosanke\n\n\nThe , also called simply , or even , were the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan: Owari House of Tokugawa, Kii House of Tokugawa, and Mito House of Tokugawa, all of which were descended from clan founder Tokugawa Ieyasu's three youngest sons, Yoshinao, Yorinobu, and Yorifusa, and were allowed to provide a shōgun in case of need. In the Edo period the term \"gosanke\" could also refer to various other combinations of Tokugawa houses, including (1) the shogunal, Owari", "id": "17630062" }, { "contents": "Hirohide Fushimi\n\n\nBorn as , the 4th son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, he was the younger brother of Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, Prince Kachō Hirotada and Marquis Kachō Hironobu. In October 1932, he served as a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. On 1 April 1936, by order of Emperor Hirohito, he was allowed to establish his own household after renouncing his imperial title, and was created a count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. The same year, he married Tomoko Yanagisawa", "id": "230990" }, { "contents": "Sano Tsunetami\n\n\nduring the 1st Matsukata administration, he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. In 1895, Sano was elevated to the title of count (\"hakushaku\"). On his death at his home in Tokyo in 1902, he was posthumously awarded with the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class with Paulownia Blossoms). His grave is at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo. In 1939, the Japanese government issued a series of four commemorative postage stamps honoring the 75th anniversary of the Red Cross Treaty. A portrait of Sano", "id": "7051581" }, { "contents": "Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu\n\n\nsucceeded to title Kachō-no-miya on April 23, 1883, upon which he changed his name from \"Narukata\" to \"Hiroyasu,\" but returned to the house of Fushimi-no-miya on January 16, 1904. On January 9, 1896, Prince Hiroyasu married Tokugawa Tsuneko (1882–1939), the ninth daughter of Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japan's last \"shōgun\", with whom he had six children: Prince Hiroyasu entered the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy on 5 April 1886, but resigned in September", "id": "3864370" }, { "contents": "Mizoguchi clan\n\n\nas part of the guard of Nagoya Castle. In 1598, he was transferred to Shibata and his \"kokudaka\" was increased to 60,000 \"koku\". Following the Battle of Sekigahara, he was confirmed in his holdings by the Tokugawa shogunate. The Mizoguchi ruled Shibata as \"tozama daimyō\" until the Meiji restoration. After the abolition of the han system in 1871, the final \"daimyō\" of Shibata, Mizoguchi Naomasa relocated to Tokyo and received the \"kazoku\" peerage title of \"hakushaku\" (Count) in", "id": "19300691" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Norinaga\n\n\nMatsudaira Norinaga was the eldest son of Matsudaira Ienori, a Sengoku period samurai and daimyō of Iwamura Domain in Mino Province under the early Tokugawa shogunate. On the death of his father in 1614, he was confirmed as head of the Ogyū-Matsdaira clan and the same year accompanied the forces of \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada at the Siege of Osaka. In 1634, he was transferred to Hamamatsu Domain in Tōtōmi Province with an increase in revenues from 20,000 to 36,000 \"koku\". In 1642, Matsudaira Norinaga was promoted to", "id": "3314701" }, { "contents": "Canada–Japan relations\n\n\nway to deal with the Japanese question is to have our own Minister in Japan to visa passports.\" As a context, it is worth noting that Japan's consulate in Vancouver was established in 1889, 40 years before its embassy was opened in Ottawa in 1929. The first Japanese Minister in Canada was Prince Iemasa Tokugawa, serving from 1929 to 1934. The first Canadian Minister in Japan was Sir Herbert Marler, serving from 1929 to 1936. Diplomatic ties were severed in 1941 with the start of the Pacific War. During", "id": "15989893" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Ienari\n\n\nTokugawa Ienari (, November 18, 1773 – March 22, 1841) was the eleventh and longest-serving \"shōgun\" of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1787 to 1837. He was a great-grandson of the eighth shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune through his son Munetada (1721–1764), head of the Hitotsubashi branch of the family, and his grandson Harusada (1751–1827). Ienari died in 1841 and was given the Buddhist name Bunkyouin and buried at Kan'ei-ji. In 1778, the four-year", "id": "12177738" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nin more broad terms, the period begins with Oda Nobunaga's entry into Kyoto in 1568, when he led his army to the imperial capital in order to install Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the 15th, and ultimately final, shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, and it lasts until the coming to power of Tokugawa Ieyasu after his victory over supporters of the Toyotomi clan at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. The Edo period from 1600 to 1868 characterized early modern Japan. The Tokugawa shogunate was a feudalist regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu", "id": "9974550" }, { "contents": "Kaga Domain\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. The location of the main Edo residence of the \"daimyō\" of the Kaga Domain is now the site of the Hongō campus of the University of Tokyo. Maeda Toshiie was a distinguished military commander, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and a close friend of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. A member of the Council of Five Elders who ruled Japan during the Sengoku period, he was granted the Kaga Domain in 1583. His eldest son, Maeda Toshinaga, supported Tokugawa Ieyasu in his rise to power and was rewarded by an increase", "id": "6571560" }, { "contents": "Inoue Masamoto\n\n\nInoue Masamoto was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain, Inoue Masasada. He became 8th head of the Mikawa-branch of Inoue clan and \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain on his father's death in 1786. He was awarded Lower 5th Court Rank and the courtesy title of \"Kawachi-no-kami\" soon afterwards. In 1802, Masamoto entered the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate as a \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) under \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Ienari. In 1816, while", "id": "4715826" }, { "contents": "March Incident\n\n\nexecute a coup d'état and seize power.br 3. A new Cabinet would be formed under the premiership of the then-War Minister, General Kazushige Ugaki. The project was underwritten by a 200,000-yen donation by Yoshichika Tokugawa, ultra-rightist member of the House of Peers, son of the last \"daimyō\" of Nagoya, founder of the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya and Emperor Shōwa's second cousin. Ultra-rightist civilian organizations led by Kanichiro Kamei and Shūmei Ōkawa fomented a commotion outside the Diet Building in Tokyo late in February", "id": "5593888" }, { "contents": "Nanbu Shigenao\n\n\nHowever, in April 1636, his \"sankin-kōtai\" procession arrived in Edo ten days late, which was a violation of the new \"Buke shohatto\" regulations issued by \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu, and he was declared unfit to govern, and sentenced to house arrest at the clan residence in Edo. After his death in Edo in 1664, the Tokugawa shogunate intervened, and by order of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna appointed his younger brother Shichinohe Shigenobu as the next \"daimyō\", with the son of Hotta Masamori reduced", "id": "4495846" }, { "contents": "Akira Tomii\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese diplomat. He was born as a son of Baron Masaaki Tomii, the president of Tokyo Imperial University of Legal and a draft member of Japanese Civil Law. When he was young, his father hired Keita Gotō as Akira's home teacher. Akira Tomii graduated Tokyo Imperial University, and served as the Japanese Consul in Mukden, China, in 1915. From 1916 to 1924 served as consul in New York City, from 1924 to 1927 as consul in London, and from 1927 to 1933 as consul in", "id": "5339969" }, { "contents": "Maeda Toshisada\n\n\nand afterwards assumed his family’s seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. In 1922, he was appointed Communications Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Katō Tomosaburō. He subsequently served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kiyoura Keigo as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. He retired from public life in January 1944, and died in October of the same year. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasures, 1st class. Maeda studied poetry under Sasaki Nobutsuna. His daughter married post-war Foreign Minister", "id": "2257384" }, { "contents": "Hideo Kodama\n\n\nwas assigned to the Imperial General Headquarters and sent to the Liaodong Peninsula (under Japanese occupation), where he served as liaison between the civilian government in Tokyo and the Japanese general armies in Manchuria. Following the war, he returned to the Finance Ministry as head of the government's Tobacco Monopoly. He was later assigned to serve in the Japanese Government-General of Korea, as a secretary to the Privy Council, and as a member of the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 23 July 1906,", "id": "14284806" }, { "contents": "Prince Kuni Asaakira\n\n\nDomain. In 1921, he served for the customary term in the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 29 January 1929, he succeeded as head of the Kuni-no-miya house. Prince Kuni graduated from the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1921. He served as a midshipman on the cruiser and battleship . After his commissioning as ensign, he was assigned to the battleship , followed by battleships and . After his graduation from the Naval Staff College in 1925, he was assigned to", "id": "20710624" }, { "contents": "Saneatsu Mushanokōji\n\n\nJapanese ambassador to Nazi Germany, he traveled throughout Europe in 1936. In 1946, he was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. However, four months later he was purged from public office by the American Occupation authorities, due to his (1942), supporting the actions of the Japanese government in World War II. Mushanokōji made a literary comeback with his novel (1949–1950). He was awarded the Order of Culture in 1951, and became a member of the Japan Art Academy", "id": "5324629" }, { "contents": "Shizuoka (city)\n\n\nwhich he could influence \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada from behind the scenes. Subsequently, aside for brief periods, Sunpu was \"tenryō\" (territory under direct administration by the Shogunate), ruled by the , an appointed official based in Sunpu. In 1869, after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, the former shogunal line, headed by Tokugawa Iesato was sent to Sunpu and assigned the short-lived Sunpu Domain. The same year, Sunpu was renamed \"Shizuoka\". Shizuoka Domain became Shizuoka Prefecture with the abolition of", "id": "1359009" }, { "contents": "Ōta Dōkan\n\n\nlived in the same place. In the late 16th century, Dōkan's Edo Castle was chosen as the new home of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had been persuaded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to transfer the seat of his clan holdings into the Kantō. With the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in the early 17th century, Edo Castle became the center of the shogunate government. When the shogunate was displaced in the Meiji Restoration in the late 19th century, the newly named Tokyo became an Imperial capital with an Imperial Palace rising from the former shōgun", "id": "9984404" }, { "contents": "Prince Kaya Tsunenori\n\n\n, was the second head of the Kaya-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. He was first cousin to Empress Kōjun (Nagako), the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). Prince Kaya Tsunenori was born in Tokyo, the first son of Prince Kaya Kuninori and his wife, the former Daigō Yoshiko. He received his primary and secondary education at the boys' department of the Gakushuin Peers’ School. On December 8, 1909, he became the second head of the Kaya-no-", "id": "9139501" }, { "contents": "Hachisuka Mochiaki\n\n\nto Great Britain and attended Oxford University, where he matriculated at Balliol College in 1874. After returning to Japan, he joined the government as Director of the Customs Bureau director in the Ministry of Finance and a member of \"Sanjiin\" (legislative advisory council). In 1882, Hachisuka was envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to France, and received the title of \"kōshaku\" (marquis) under the new \"kazoku\" peerage system. After returning to Japan, he served as a member of the House of Peers,", "id": "18933529" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nand ruled by the \"shōguns\" of the Tokugawa clan. The period gets its name from the capital city, Edo, now called Tokyo. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo Castle from 1603 until 1868, when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration in the late Edo period (often called the Late Tokugawa shogunate). In 1392, General Yi Seong-gye established the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) with a largely bloodless coup. Yi Seong-gye moved the capital of Korea to the location of modern-day Seoul", "id": "9974551" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Hirotada\n\n\nHe is best known for being the father of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Hirotada was the son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (7th head of Mikawa Matsudaira clan). He was known in his childhood as Senshōmaru, Senchiyo, and Jirōzaburō. After his father's assassination in 1537, Hirotada was placed under the protection of a loyal retainer, Abe Sadayoshi. He allied with the Imagawa, and with their help was installed at Okazaki castle. The alliance with them brought him into conflict with the Tokugawa clan. In", "id": "20973368" }, { "contents": "Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda\n\n\nPrince Takeda Tsuneyoshi was the only son of Prince Takeda Tsunehisa and Princess Masako, Princess Tsune (1888–1940), the sixth daughter of Emperor Meiji. He was, therefore, a first cousin of Emperor Shōwa. Prince Tsuneyoshi became the second head of the Takeda-no-miya house on 23 April 1919. After being educated at the Gakushūin Peers' School, and serving for a session in the House of Peers, he graduated from the 32nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in July 1930, and received a commission", "id": "4712175" }, { "contents": "Ishii Kikujirō\n\n\nViscount , was a Japanese diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan between 1915 and 1916. Ishii was born in Mobara city, Kazusa Province (present-day Chiba Prefecture). He graduated from the Law Department of Tokyo Imperial University and joined the Foreign Ministry. His first posting was as an attaché to Paris in 1891, and he was later sent to Chemulpo, Korea in 1896 and to Beijing, China in 1897.", "id": "19761626" }, { "contents": "Nagai Naoyuki\n\n\n, also known as or , was a Japanese hatamoto under the Tokugawa of Bakumatsu period Japan. His great-great-grandchild was Yukio Mishima. Naoyuki's adopted son, Iwanojō Nagai, was the father of Natsu, who was Mishima's grandmother. Iwanojō's real father was Nagasumi Miyoshi (Miyoshi clan) who was a Tokugawa retainer. Nagai Naoyuki, or as he was first known, , was born in the Nukada district of the Okutono Domain by a concubine to \"daimyō\" . Noritada, while head of a", "id": "5425993" }, { "contents": "Hidemaro Konoye\n\n\nViscount was a conductor and composer of classical music in Shōwa period Japan. He was the younger brother of pre-war Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoye was born in Kōjimachi, Tokyo as the younger son of Duke Konoe Atsumaro, scion of one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. The Konoe clan traditionally provided \"gagaku\" musicians to the Imperial Household, and Hidemaro chose to follow the family's musical tradition, whereas his older brother Fumimaro went into politics. Konoye attended the Gakushuin Peers School, where", "id": "22220081" }, { "contents": "Yoritake Matsudaira\n\n\n. After graduation from Waseda University, he worked for Toshiba. Now he is the president of . One of his hobbies is horseback riding, he is an amateur radio aficionado, and he gives lectures about the advantages of Scouting activities. Yoritake is a second cousin of the present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Tsunenari, as both are great-grandsons of Nabeshima Naohiro, the 11th and last \"daimyō\" of Saga. By virtue of his descent from the \"kuge\" Madenokōji family, he is also a sixth", "id": "1769206" }, { "contents": "Nabeshima Naoyoshi\n\n\nperiod of Naoyoshi's administration, and the prefecture's economic production was increased, particularly in the area of sugar production. In 1881, Naoyoshi was recalled to Tokyo, and became president of the \"Genrōin\". With the establishment of the \"kazoku\" peerage, he became a , and a member of the House of Peers on the establishment of the Diet of Japan in 1890. In his later years he helped build hospitals and schools in the region of Kashima, which he had once ruled, and was awarded Second", "id": "17536683" }, { "contents": "Obama Domain\n\n\nKawagoe Domain, before being the 1st Sakai \"daimyō\" of Obama Domain. He was the son of Sakai Tadatoshi, a hereditary retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He served Tokugawa Hidetada during the Siege of Ueda and later served Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who promoted him to \"rōjū\" in 1624. In 1634, he was transferred to Obama and completed the construction of Obama Castle. He retired from public life in 1656 and died in 1662. His grave is at the clan temple of Kuin-ji in Obama. was the", "id": "16508967" }, { "contents": "Edo period\n\n\nEmperor Kōmei died and was succeeded by his underaged son Emperor Meiji. Tokugawa Yoshinobu reluctantly became head of the Tokugawa house and \"shōgun\". He tried to reorganize the government under the emperor while preserving the \"shōgun\"s leadership role. Fearing the growing power of the Satsuma and Chōshū \"daimyō\", other \"daimyō\" called for returning the \"shōgun\"s political power to the emperor and a council of \"daimyō\" chaired by the former Tokugawa \"shōgun\". Yoshinobu accepted the plan in late 1867 and resigned, announcing an", "id": "3932378" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\n, was a politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan, twice as a cabinet minister, and also serving twice as mayor of Tokyo. Nagata was born in Mihara District, Hyōgo Prefecture, in what is now part of the city of Minamiawaji. After graduating from the predecessor of Kyoto Imperial University and serving as a school principal in Sumoto, Hyōgo from 1902 to 1904, he obtained a posting in the Home Ministry and rose to become", "id": "15430218" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Nagashige\n\n\n, also known as Sado-no-kami or Etchū-no-kami, was a Japanese samurai \"daimyō\" of the mid-Edo period. The Ogasawara were identified as one of the \"fudai\" or insider \"daimyō\" clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa, in contrast with the \"tozama\" or outsider clans. Nagashige served the Tokugawa shogunate as its eleventh Kyoto \"shoshidai\" in the period spanning October 17, 1691, through May 15, 1702. He had previously been shogunate", "id": "8758740" }, { "contents": "Jo Hyeong\n\n\nJo Hyeong (1606–1679) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty Korea in the 17th century. He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 6th Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. In 1655 King Hyojong of Joseon sent a mission to the shogunal court of Tokugawa Ietsuna. This diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for developing a political foundation for trade. The delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a \"Communication Envoy", "id": "5288304" }, { "contents": "Tsugaru clan\n\n\nwho took the name of (1872–1919) to be his heir. Hidemaru was educated in Germany, graduating from the University of Bonn, Humboldt University of Berlin and University of Geneva and after his return to Japan served in under the Japanese Resident-General of Korea from 1907-1914, and in the Ministry of the Imperial Household from 1914-1918. In 1918, he was appointed to the House of Peers. His son was (1907-1994), who was born as the second son of a branch of", "id": "10903481" }, { "contents": "Arima Ryōkitsu\n\n\nAdmiral was a career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy during Meiji and Taishō periods. Arima was a native of Wakayama, where his father was a senior \"samurai\" retainer of the Kishū Tokugawa clan, and an active supporter of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Although he came from such an unfavorable background, Arima was able to secure admission to the 12th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, after graduating from the forerunners of Doshisha University and Keio University with degrees in English language.", "id": "14930546" }, { "contents": "Mitsukuri Rinsho\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese statesman and legal scholar in Meiji period Japan. Mitsukuri was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo) to a noted family of scholars working for the Tokugawa bakufu. He studied \"rangaku\" and received a posting to the \"Bansho Shirabesho,\" the Shōgun's research institute for foreign technology. In 1867, he was selected to accompany the Shogunate's expedition to the Paris World Exposition, which proved to be an eye-opener. On his return to Japan, Mitsukuri joined the new Meiji government", "id": "19948939" }, { "contents": "Owari-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe , a branch of the Tokugawa clan, is the seniormost house of the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Originally descended from Tokugawa Yoshinao, the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the original line became extinct in 1800 with the death of the ninth lord and family head. It has since been kept in existence through repeated adoptions from the two remaining houses, and is currently headed by a member of the Kishu branch. For over 250 years, the Owari family ruled Owari Domain,", "id": "17810278" } ]

[ { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nJune 19, 1946, he served as the President of the House of Peers, a post which he held until May 2, 1947, when the Allied occupation authorities authorized the current Constitution of Japan abolishing the House of Peers. He died of heart disease at his home in Shibuya, Tokyo, on February 18, 1963, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class. His grave is located at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. He was succeeded as head of the Tokugawa clan", "id": "11961761" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince also known as Iyemasa, was a Japanese political figure of the Taishō and early Shōwa periods. He was the 17th hereditary head of the former shogunal branch of the Tokugawa clan and the final President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Iemasa Tokugawa was born in what is now the Sendagaya district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato and his wife, Konoe Hiroko, daughter of Konoe Tadafusa. He graduated from the law school of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909, and accepted a post in", "id": "11961759" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nthe diplomatic corps of Foreign Ministry the same year. In 1924, he was appointed Consul-general to the Japanese consulate in Sydney, Australia. In 1929, he was appointed Envoy to Canada and from 1937 to 1939 served as the Japanese ambassador to Turkey. In 1940, on the death of his father, he inherited the title of \"kōshaku\" (, \"prince\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and a seat as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On", "id": "11961760" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nin 1882, and was given the title of \"kōshaku\" (公爵, prince) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He became a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan from its creation in 1890, and served as President of the House of Peers from 1901-1933. When the administration of Prime Minister Yamamoto Gonnohyōe was brought down by the Siemens scandal, there was a strong movement to have Tokugawa Iesato nominated to be his successor. Following World War I, Iesato served on the Japanese", "id": "11796153" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince was the 13th head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan and the President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Kuniyuki Tokugawa inherited the title of \"shishaku\" (侯爵, marquis) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system on the death of his father, Tokugawa Atsuyoshi in 1898. A scholar, he turned his attention in 1906 to the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\", a comprehensive history of Japan begun by his ancestor, Tokugawa Mitsukuni in the 17th century. However, in 1910", "id": "13926670" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshinobu\n\n\n's photographs have been published in recent years by his great-grandson, Yoshitomo. In 1902, the Meiji Emperor allowed him to reestablish his own house as a Tokugawa branch (\"bekke\") with the highest rank in the peerage, that of prince (\"kōshaku\"), for his loyal service to Japan. He took a seat in the House of Peers, resigning in 1910. Tokugawa Yoshinobu died on November 21, 1913, at 4:10 pm and is buried in Yanaka Cemetery, Tokyo. On 9 January", "id": "12861306" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nCount was a Japanese political figure of the late Meiji through early Shōwa periods, and served as President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Yorinaga Matsudaira was the eighth son of Matsudaira Yoritoshi, the former \"daimyō\" of Matsuyama Domain in Shikoku. His mother, Chiyoko, was the daughter of Ii Naosuke and his wife was the daughter of Tokugawa Akitake, head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. He attended the Gakushūin Peer’s School, and with the sponsorship of Ōkuma Shigenobu, graduated from", "id": "14764736" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nthe law school of Waseda University. district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato. In 1909 he became a member of the House of Peers, and continued to serve as a member every year (except for a hiatus between 1911–1914) until his death. A strong supporter of education, he donated a large property in downtown Tokyo to create the Hongo Gakuin school. In 1933, he was made Vice-President of the House of Peers, breaking with the precedent that only men with the rank of princes", "id": "14764737" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\n, he was accepted into the 22nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and was commissioned as Second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army. He resigned his commission in 1914 citing health reasons, and went into the reserves in 1915. From December 1911, Kuniyuki Tokugawa served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\" in 1929, he was awarded the title of \"koshaku\" (公爵, prince). On June 25, 1940, he", "id": "13926671" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nPrince was the first head of the Tokugawa clan after the overthrow of the Tokugawa bakufu, and a figure in Japanese politics during the Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. Tokugawa Iesato was born to the Tayasu branch of the Tokugawa clan, under the name Kamenosuke, he became its 16th head, following the resignation of the last \"shōgun,\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu. His brothers were Tokugawa Satotaka and Tokugawa Takachiyo, who also held the Tayasu headship at different times. Iesato was also briefly the \"daimyō\" of the", "id": "11796150" }, { "contents": "Iwamura Michitoshi\n\n\n1896, Iwamura was awarded the title of viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure later the same year. He served as an advisor to Emperor Meiji, and was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers. He was also awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class on June 23, 1904. He died in Tokyo on February 12, 1915, and his grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo.", "id": "17814139" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nor marquis could service in the highest level positions. Four years later, when Fumimaro Konoe became Prime Minister of Japan, Yorinaga Matsudaira became the President of the House of Peers. He died while in office, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class with Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. His nephew Yorihiro Matsudaira succeeded him in his peerage. Yorinaga Matsudaira was also a noted collector of miniature bonsai, and served as honorary president of the Kofuku Bonsai Association. His", "id": "14764738" }, { "contents": "Prince Kachō Hirotada\n\n\nPrince Hirotada was the second son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu. His mother was Tokugawa Tsuneko, the 9th daughter of the last Tokugawa Shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He succeeded his father to the head of the Kachō-no-miya household when he was only 2 years old in 1904. Prince Kachō attended the Gakushuin Peers’ School. He entered the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1918, graduating 1st out of 176 cadets. Prince Kuni Asaakira was one of his classmates. He served his midshipman duty on the", "id": "17635064" }, { "contents": "Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu\n\n\nNovember 1942. From 1936 to 1945, he held various staff positions in the Naval General Staff Office in Tokyo. On 4 February 1930, Prince Takamatsu married Kikuko Tokugawa (26 December 1911 – 18 December 2004), the second daughter of Yoshihisa Tokugawa (peer). The bride was a granddaughter of Yoshinobu Tokugawa, the last Shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, and a granddaughter of the late Prince Arisugawa Takehito. Prince and Princess Takamatsu had no children. From the 1930s, Prince Takamatsu expressed grave reservations regarding Japanese aggression in", "id": "1048484" }, { "contents": "Francis Brinkley\n\n\n, covered Japanese history, fine arts and literature from the origins of the Japanese race up until the latter half of the Meiji period. In 1912, at the age of 71 and one month after General Nogi's death, Francis Brinkley died. At his funeral, the mourners included the Speaker of the House of Peers, Tokugawa Iesato, the Minister of the Navy Saitō Makoto, and the Foreign Minister Uchida Kosai. He is buried in the foreign section of the Aoyama Reien cemetery in central Tokyo. After his death Ernest", "id": "10262389" }, { "contents": "Enkichi Ōki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese statesman in the Taishō period. Ōki was born in Tokyo. His father, Ōki Takatō was one of the leaders in the Meiji Restoration, and served in numerous cabinet posts in the early Meiji government. In 1899, Enkichi succeeded to his father’s title of count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His political career began in 1908, when he was elected to the House of Peers. He initially supported the \"Kenkyūkai\", but soon switched his allegiance to the", "id": "2422914" }, { "contents": "Yoshitoshi Tokugawa\n\n\nLieutenant General Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and one of the pioneers of military aviation in Japan. Tokugawa Yoshitoshi was the son of Count Tokugawa Atsumori (1856–1924) (head of the Shimizu branch of the Tokugawa clan). Through his father, he was the grandnephew of the last shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. While his father had been created a count in 1884, he had relinquished the title in 1899. Yoshitoshi graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1903, after having specialized in military engineering. In", "id": "751688" }, { "contents": "Enomoto Takeaki\n\n\nViscount was a Japanese samurai and admiral of the Tokugawa navy of Bakumatsu-period Japan, who remained faithful to the Tokugawa shogunate and fought against the new Meiji government until the end of the Boshin War. He later served in the Meiji government as one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Enomoto was born as a member of a samurai family in the direct service of the Tokugawa clan in the Shitaya district of Edo (modern Taitō, Tokyo). Enomoto started learning Dutch in the 1850s, and after Japan's", "id": "12566973" }, { "contents": "Yamada Akiyoshi\n\n\ncount (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage on July 7, 1884, and served in the House of Peers (Japan) from its establishment in 1890. On January 28, 1892, he was appointed to a seat in the Privy Council of Japan but died in November of the same year at the age of 49, while inspecting the Ikuno Silver Mine in Asago, Hyōgo. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Buddhist temple of Gokoku-ji in", "id": "655166" }, { "contents": "International Martial Arts Federation\n\n\nwas appointed as the 5th President of IMAF. He served as the Japanese Ambassador to India and Deputy Foreign Minister. The current president of Kokusai Budoin, International Martial Arts Federation (IMAF) is Yasuhisa Tokugawa, the great-grandson of the 15th and final \"shōgun\" of Japan, Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837–1913). He was also the Chief Priest for the in Tokyo from 2013-2018. Note: In the mid 1980's IMAF-Europe split from IMAF Japan to create a current non-affiliated organization with a", "id": "8525267" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masami\n\n\nInaba Masami was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Tateyama Domain, Inaba Masamori. On his father’s death in 1820, he succeeded to the head of the Tateyama Inaba clan and the position of \"daimyō\" of Tateyama. In 1862, he was appointed as a \"Wakadoshiyori\" in the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate under \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemochi. He resigned the title in 1864, with instructions to strengthen Japan's naval defenses against the increasing aggressive incursions of foreign black ships, and supported Katsu", "id": "8052899" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Mochiaki\n\n\nabolition of the han system in 1871. In 1884, he became a Count (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He was awarded the Fourth class of the Order of the Rising Sun in 1885. In 1889, he inherited the title of Marquis (\"koshaku\") from his adopted father. He died in 1890. His son, Matsudaira Yasutaka (1867–1930) served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan and was author of a number of works on agricultural", "id": "4765039" }, { "contents": "Tsunenari Tokugawa\n\n\nHis son, Iehiro Tokugawa, is a translator. In 2007, Tsunenari published a book entitled \"Edo no idenshi\" (江戸の遺伝子), released in English in 2009 as \"The Edo Inheritance\", which seeks to counter the common belief among Japanese that the Edo period (throughout which members of his Tokugawa clan ruled Japan as \"shōguns\") was like a dark age, when Japan, cut off from the world, fell behind. On the contrary, he argues, the roughly 250 years of peace and relative", "id": "11961777" }, { "contents": "Matsui Keishirō\n\n\nto Japan in 1913. During the First World War, served as Japanese Ambassador to France and was a plenipotentiary at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. On the successful completion of this mission, he was awarded with the title of baron (\"danshaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He served as Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 7 to June 11, 1924, under the administration of Kiyoura Keigo and was also appointed a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He later served", "id": "9380810" }, { "contents": "Konoe Tadafusa\n\n\n, son of regent Tadahiro with his wife Shimazu Kyoko, was a \"kugyō\" or Japanese court noble of the late Edo period (1603–1868). He did not hold any regent position kampaku or sesshō. His consort was Shimazu Mitsuko, an adopted daughter of Shimazu Nariakira, eleventh head of Satsuma Domain. The couple had a daughter, Konoe Hiroko, who later married Tokugawa Iesato, the sixteenth head of Tokugawa family and bore him Tokugawa Iemasa, the seventeenth head of the Tokugawa clan. He adopted a son of Konoe", "id": "20767712" }, { "contents": "Tenshō-in\n\n\nShe spent her remaining years nurturing Tokugawa Iesato, the 16th head of the Tokugawa clan. She moved into the Tokugawa residence in Sendagaya, in the Shibuya district, Tokyo. She suffered from Parkinson's disease which eventually took her life on November 20th, 1883, at the age of 47. She was buried in Kaneiji in Ueno, Tokyo, together with her husband, Onkyoin (Iesada). Beside Onkyoin and Tenshoin tombs, There is loquat tree planted there as it was Tenshoin's favorite food. The 2008 NHK Taiga", "id": "241772" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshimune\n\n\nYoshimune was not the son of any former \"shōgun\". Rather, he was a member of a cadet branch of the Tokugawa clan. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, well aware of the extinction of the Minamoto line in 1219, had realized that his direct descendants might die out, leaving the Tokugawa family at risk of extinction. Thus, while his son Tokugawa Hidetada was the second \"shōgun\", he selected three other sons to establish the \"gosanke,\" hereditary houses which would provide a", "id": "16258375" }, { "contents": "Kitasato Shibasaburō\n\n\nonki Corporation, with the intention of manufacturing the most reliable clinical thermometer possible. The company was later renamed Terumo Corporation. Kitasato also was the first dean of medicine at Keio University, first president of the Japan Medical Association, and served on the House of Peers. He was ennobled with the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system in February 1924. Kitasato died of an intracranial hemorrhage at his home in Azabu, Tokyo, on June 13, 1931. His grave is at the", "id": "11568829" }, { "contents": "Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa\n\n\nPrince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa was the only son of Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa and Fusako, Princess Kane. He succeeded as the head of the Kitashirakawa-no-miya house upon his father's unexpected death in an automobile accident in France in 1923. On 25 April 1935, Prince Nagahisa married Sachiko Tokugawa, born , died , the daughter of Baron Yoshikuni Tokugawa. Prince and Princess Kitashirakawa Nagahisa had one son and one daughter: Prince Nagahisa graduated from the 43rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1931, and was commissioned a sub", "id": "8171688" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nbrother Tokugawa Yoshiatsu and ordering him to assume the post of \"daimyō\" to assure the stability of Mito Domain. He departed from Marseille in December 1868. Tokugawa Akitake succeeded Tokugawa Yoshiatsu to become the 11th head of the Mito Tokugawa clan on his return to Japan. However, the title of \"daimyō\" was officially abolished in 1869, and he continued at Mito as domain governor. His request for land development in Hokkaido to resettle ex-samurai from the domain was granted on August 17, 1869, and he was", "id": "17914477" }, { "contents": "Sōma Nakamura Domain\n\n\nyounger brother Masatane. was the 5th \"daimyō\" of Sōma-Nakamura Domain and the 21st hereditary chieftain of the Sōma clan. As his older brother Sadatane had died without heir, he was posthumously appointed successor. He was received in formal audience to Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna and received the courtesy title of \"Danjō-shōhitsu\". From 1689-1690 he served as a \"sobayōnin\" to Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. He retired from public life in February 1701, living in rural seclusion to his death at the age of 68", "id": "4010353" }, { "contents": "Aizu\n\n\nof only 15. He was succeeded by the eighth lord Katataka, who was a sixth cousin (twice removed) and a member of the Takasu cadet branch of the Mito collateral line. He died without heirs in 1852 and was succeeded by his grandnephew, the famous Katamori, whose descendants have since headed the family. The present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tsunenari, is also from the Aizu lineage. In the house code set down by Masayuki, there was a specific injunction to serve the shogun with single-minded", "id": "17967555" }, { "contents": "Arai Hakuseki\n\n\nshogun Tokugawa Ienobu. He went on to displace the official Hayashi advisers to become the leading confucianist for Ienobu and Tokugawa Ietsugu. While some of Hakuseki's policies were still carried out after Ienobu's death, after the 6th shogun, Tokugawa Ietsugu, died and Tokugawa Yoshimune's rule began, Hakuseki left his post to begin his career as a prolific writer of Japanese history and Occidental studies. He was buried in Asakusa (current day Taitō, Tokyo), Hoonji temple but was later moved to Nakano, Tokyo, Kotokuji temple", "id": "12566945" }, { "contents": "Tsuruga Domain\n\n\nin the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. His courtesy title was \"Ukyō-no-suke\". His wife was the daughter of Doi Toshifusa of Ōno Domain. He died in 1706 and his grave is at the temple of Seisho-ji in Atago, Tokyo. was the 2nd \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga Domain in Echizen Province under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. Tadakiku was the eldest son of Sakai Tadashige. He became \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga on the death of his father in 1706. He was an \"", "id": "2398354" }, { "contents": "Mito-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe is a branch of the Tokugawa clan based in Mito, Ibaraki. Following the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as daimyō in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Although the Mito branch held less land", "id": "18026528" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\n. After Hideyoshi's death in 1598, Tokugawa Ieyasu came to power and was appointed \"shōgun\" by the Emperor. The Tokugawa shogunate, which governed from Edo (modern Tokyo), presided over a prosperous and peaceful era known as the Edo period (1600–1868). The Tokugawa shogunate imposed a strict class system on Japanese society and cut off almost all contact with the outside world. Portugal and Japan started their first affiliation in 1543, making the Portuguese the first Europeans to reach Japan by landing in the southern archipelago of", "id": "3250463" }, { "contents": "Tadaatsu Ishiguro\n\n\n, citing illness. His father died the same year, and per the provisions of his father’s will, he did not inherit the kazoku peerage title of viscount held by his father. In January 1943, he was granted a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. In 1945, he returned to the cabinet as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce under the Suzuki administration. In 1946, after the surrender of Japan, as with all members of the prewar and wartime Japanese government, Ishiguro was purged by", "id": "9448122" }, { "contents": "Ōkuma Shigenobu\n\n\nof the Diet of Japan until 1922. He was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum in 1916, and was elevated to the title of \"kōshaku\" (侯爵) (marquis) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system the same year. Ōkuma returned to Waseda, and died there in 1922. An estimated 300,000 people attended his funeral in Tokyo's Hibiya Park. He was posthumously elevated to the rank of prince in the peerage and was also posthumously conferred with the Collar of the Order of the", "id": "9013378" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nTokugawa branch houses (\"shinpan daimyō\") became marquesses, the heads of the secondary branches became counts and the heads of more distant branches became viscounts. The head of the Matsudaira (Fukui Domain) branch was raised to the rank of marquess from the rank of count in 1888. In 1902, the former \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu was created a prince, and the head of the Mito \"shinpan\" house was raised to the same rank, prince, in 1929. Of the other former \"daimyō\" clans", "id": "2052552" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Naganari\n\n\nViscount was an Admiral and naval strategist in the Imperial Japanese Navy in Meiji and Taishō period Japan, and a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. He was also known as Ogasawara Chōsei, Ogasawara Nagayo. Ogasawara was born in Saga prefecture. His father was the Rōjū Ogasawara Nagamichi, a senior retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. As his father was forced into retirement by the events of the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Ogasawara Naganari succeeded his grandfather to become head of the Ogasawara clan in 1873, and as", "id": "15329213" }, { "contents": "Katō Takaaki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese politician, diplomat, and the 14th Prime Minister of Japan, a position he held from 11 June 1924 until his death on 28 January 1926, during the period which historians have called \"Taishō Democracy\". He was also known as Katō Kōmei. Katō, was born as Hattori Sokichi, the second son of a former \"samurai\" retainer of the Owari Tokugawa domain in Nagoya, Owari Province, in the town of Saya, Ama District in what is now part of the city of Aisai,", "id": "9068839" }, { "contents": "Kawasaki Takukichi\n\n\n. Under his administration, the Yagoto Baseball Ground was built, and the first Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament was held in 1924. Later in 1924, Kawasaki was recalled to Tokyo to assume the post of Director-General of the National Police Agency under the Home Ministry. He became Deputy Home Minister in 1925. In 1926, he was invited to take a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He was recruited by Osachi Hamaguchi and Wakatsuki Reijirō to join the \"Kenseikai\" political party,", "id": "22092779" }, { "contents": "Masuda Takashi\n\n\nBaron , was a Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector. He was a prominent entrepreneur in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan, responsible for transforming Mitsui into a \"zaibatsu\" through the creation of a general trading company, Mitsui Bussan. He also established a newspaper, the , which was later renamed the \"Nihon Keizai Shimbun\". Masuda was born on Sado Island, in what is now Niigata Prefecture. His father was an official in the Tokugawa shogunate, serving as Hakodate bugyō, a position which", "id": "13847203" }, { "contents": "Suwa Tadamasa\n\n\nthe Shiba Tōshō-gū, a Shinto Shrine dedicated to the previous Shoguns of the Tokugawa clan in Tokyo. After the death of Suwa Tadaaya in 1878, he resumed his position as chieftain of the Suwa clan. he was reappointed \"kannushi\" of the Shiba Tōshō-gū from 1882 to 1889. In 1884 he became a viscount (\"shisaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His court rank was increased to Senior Fourth Rank in 1887. From 1891 to 1895, he returned to Suwa and became", "id": "12726550" }, { "contents": "Ōkubo Tadanori\n\n\nŌkubo Tadanori was the nephew of Tokugawa Nariaki, which made him a cousin to Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He was born as the 5th son of Matsudaira Yorihiro, daimyō of Takamatsu Domain, in Sanuki Province. On the death of former daimyō of Odawara, Ōkubo Tadanao in 1859 he was adopted into the Ōkubo clan as 11th clan head, and by default, daimyō of Odawara Domain. He served in a number of posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate, including that of \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) in", "id": "1881957" }, { "contents": "Kinichiro Ishikawa\n\n\nIshikawa Kinichiro, a watercolor painter and champion of Taiwanese Western art education, was born in Shizuoka City, Japan. His father was a former official of the Tokugawa government during the bakumatsu (late Tokugawa Shogunate). He was infatuated with painting from a very early age, but his father did not approve of his artistic pursuits. In 1888, he entered the Tokyo Telecommunications School of the Ministry of Communications. In order to sustain his interest in painting, aside from using prints of English works to engage in self-study", "id": "7410092" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masanori\n\n\nInaba Masanori was the second son of the previous daimyō of Odawara, Inaba Masakatsu. As his mother died when he was still very young, he was raised by his grandmother, Kasuga no Tsubone, the wet nurse to \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu. On the death of his father in 1634, he became head of the Inaba clan, and inherited his father’s position as daimyō of Odawara. Due to the influence of his grandmother, he rose rapidly through the hierarchy of the Tokugawa shogunate and was appointed \"Rōjū\"", "id": "1882506" }, { "contents": "Pak Yung-hio\n\n\nfled to exile in Japan, where he remained until 1907. On his return, he accepted the post of Royal Household Minister under Ye Wanyong. Following the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, in which Korea was annexed to the Empire of Japan, Park was awarded with the \"kazoku\" title of marquess (\"koshaku\") in the Japanese peerage, and a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Director of the Bank of Chosen in 1918, Chairman of the Korean Economic", "id": "5961340" }, { "contents": "Fumio Gotō\n\n\nBorn in Ōita Prefecture, Gotō was a graduate of the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909. During his early career in the 1920s, he worked in the Home Ministry, and was Director of Administration within the office of the Governor-General of Taiwan. In the 1930s, Gotō was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries between 1932 and 1934 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Makoto Saitō, and was later Home Minister", "id": "15188268" }, { "contents": "Konoe Atsumaro\n\n\nDuke was a Japanese politician and journalist of the Meiji era. He served as the 3rd President of the House of Peers and 7th President of the Gakushūin Peer's School in Meiji period Japan. He was also the father of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoe was born in Kyoto as the heir to the highly ranked Konoe family of Court nobility, one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. His father Konoe Tadafusa died when he was young, so he was raised by his grandfather Konoe Tadahiro. His mother was", "id": "1475111" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nassigned lands in Tomamae-gun, Teshio-gun, Kamikawa-gun, Nakagawa-gun in Teshio no kuni along with Rishiri-gun in Kitami no kuni. With the abolition of the han system in 1871, he was required by the government to leave in Mito and to live in Tokyo. He relocated to the former \"shimoyashiki\" secondary residence of the Mito Clan located in Mukōjima. Tokugawa Akitake was appointed a second lieutenant in Imperial Japanese Army in 1875, and served as an instructor during the early days of", "id": "17914478" }, { "contents": "Yonekura Tadasuke\n\n\nYonekura Tadasuke was the sixth son of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, a favorite of \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi who served in a number of important posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. In 1710, he was adopted by Yonekura Masateru, the \"daimyō\" of Minagawa Domain in Shimotsuke Province, and succeeded to the head of the Yonekura clan and daimyo of Minagawa two years later. On September 1, 1716, he was received in a formal audience by Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune. On July 27, 1722, he transferred the seat", "id": "9479884" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\nit was essential that Tokyo host the 1940 Olympics, as the date coincided with the Japanese 2600th Anniversary celebrations. He was forced to resign after a police sweep rounded up 6900 suspected communists in Tokyo. Nagata subsequently served in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. From March 9, 1936 to February 2, 1937, Nagata was appointed Minister of Colonial Affairs under the Kōki administration. He returned to the cabinet as Railway Minister under the Abe administration from November 29, 1939, to January 14, 1940. Nagata", "id": "15430221" }, { "contents": "Kijūrō Shidehara\n\n\nhe was named ambassador to the United States and was Japan's leading negotiator during the Washington Naval Conference. His negotiations led to the return of Shandong Province to China. However, while he was ambassador, the United States enacted discriminatory immigration laws against Japanese, which created much ill will in Japan. Shidehara was elevated to the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1920, and appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in 1925. In 1924, Shidehara became Minister of", "id": "9069195" }, { "contents": "Sōma clan\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. During the Boshin War of 1868–69, the Sōma clan fought on the site of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, supporting the Tokugawa regime. After Meiji Restoration, the head of the Sōma clan became part of the \"kazoku\" peerage, with Sōma Aritane receiving the title of \"shishaku\" (Viscount). Sōma Morotsune was the younger son of Chiba Tsunetane, and with his father was a samurai in the service of Minamoto no Yoritomo. He took his name from the Sōma Mikuriya, a \"shōen\" controlled", "id": "7506834" }, { "contents": "Matsumoto Kazu\n\n\nMatsumoto was born in Edo (now Tokyo) as the younger son of a direct retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. He graduated in 1880 from the 7th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, ranked 19 out of 30 cadets. He served on a number of ships in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, including the corvettes , , , and . Promoted to lieutenant in 1886, he graduated from the first class of the Naval Staff College in 1888. He was the chief navigator on the cruiser in 1891–1892 on its year-", "id": "8947678" }, { "contents": "Mito Domain\n\n\nof the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as \"daimyō\" in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the gosanke. Although the Mito branch held less land and wealth than either of the other two branches, they maintained considerable influence throughout the Edo period. The domain's promiximity to the \"de", "id": "290529" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nAtsuyoshi's son Tokugawa Kuniyuki was 11 years old at that time, and became the 13th head of the Mito Tokugawa under Akitake's tutelage. However, Akitake subsequently had a son, Tokugawa Takesada, who was born to a concubine in 1888. Takesada was made a viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1892 and founded the separate Matsudo Tokugawa line. In 1903, Tokugawa Akitake was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class. He died at Koumetei mansion in 1910. \"", "id": "17914481" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nand was raised by Tenshō-in and Kazu-no-Miya Chikako. In 1868 he was sent to Kyoto by his mother, Kazu-no-Miya Chikako and met with Emperor Meiji. He married the daughter of Konoe Tadafusa, Konoe Hiroko, who bore him Iemasa Tokugawa, the seventeenth Tokugawa family head, Yasuko Tokugawa, who married Nobusuke Takatsukasa and bore him Toshimichi Takatsukasa, Ryōko Tokugawa, and Toshiko Tokugawa. In 1877, Iesato was sent to Eton College in Great Britain to study. He returned to Japan", "id": "11796152" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\nthis, almost immediately after Hideyoshi's death, war broke out between Hideyori's allies and those loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu, a \"daimyō\" and a former ally of Hideyoshi. Tokugawa Ieyasu won a decisive victory at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, ushering in 268 uninterrupted years of rule by the Tokugawa clan. The Edo period was characterized by relative peace and stability under the tight control of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled from the eastern city of Edo (modern Tokyo). In 1603, Emperor Go-Yōzei declared", "id": "3250534" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nKorean Empire was annexed in 1910, the House of Yi was mediatized as an incorporated and therefore subordinate kingship (王). Excluding the Tokugawas, the initial \"kazoku\" rank distribution for the former \"daimyō\" lords depended on rice revenue: those with 150,000 \"koku\" or more became marquesses, those with 50,000 \"koku\" or more become counts, and those with holdings rated below 50,000 \"koku\" became viscounts. The head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Iesato, became a prince, the heads of primary", "id": "2052551" }, { "contents": "Gosanke\n\n\nThe , also called simply , or even , were the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan: Owari House of Tokugawa, Kii House of Tokugawa, and Mito House of Tokugawa, all of which were descended from clan founder Tokugawa Ieyasu's three youngest sons, Yoshinao, Yorinobu, and Yorifusa, and were allowed to provide a shōgun in case of need. In the Edo period the term \"gosanke\" could also refer to various other combinations of Tokugawa houses, including (1) the shogunal, Owari", "id": "17630062" }, { "contents": "Hirohide Fushimi\n\n\nBorn as , the 4th son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, he was the younger brother of Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, Prince Kachō Hirotada and Marquis Kachō Hironobu. In October 1932, he served as a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. On 1 April 1936, by order of Emperor Hirohito, he was allowed to establish his own household after renouncing his imperial title, and was created a count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. The same year, he married Tomoko Yanagisawa", "id": "230990" }, { "contents": "Sano Tsunetami\n\n\nduring the 1st Matsukata administration, he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. In 1895, Sano was elevated to the title of count (\"hakushaku\"). On his death at his home in Tokyo in 1902, he was posthumously awarded with the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class with Paulownia Blossoms). His grave is at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo. In 1939, the Japanese government issued a series of four commemorative postage stamps honoring the 75th anniversary of the Red Cross Treaty. A portrait of Sano", "id": "7051581" }, { "contents": "Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu\n\n\nsucceeded to title Kachō-no-miya on April 23, 1883, upon which he changed his name from \"Narukata\" to \"Hiroyasu,\" but returned to the house of Fushimi-no-miya on January 16, 1904. On January 9, 1896, Prince Hiroyasu married Tokugawa Tsuneko (1882–1939), the ninth daughter of Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japan's last \"shōgun\", with whom he had six children: Prince Hiroyasu entered the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy on 5 April 1886, but resigned in September", "id": "3864370" }, { "contents": "Mizoguchi clan\n\n\nas part of the guard of Nagoya Castle. In 1598, he was transferred to Shibata and his \"kokudaka\" was increased to 60,000 \"koku\". Following the Battle of Sekigahara, he was confirmed in his holdings by the Tokugawa shogunate. The Mizoguchi ruled Shibata as \"tozama daimyō\" until the Meiji restoration. After the abolition of the han system in 1871, the final \"daimyō\" of Shibata, Mizoguchi Naomasa relocated to Tokyo and received the \"kazoku\" peerage title of \"hakushaku\" (Count) in", "id": "19300691" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Norinaga\n\n\nMatsudaira Norinaga was the eldest son of Matsudaira Ienori, a Sengoku period samurai and daimyō of Iwamura Domain in Mino Province under the early Tokugawa shogunate. On the death of his father in 1614, he was confirmed as head of the Ogyū-Matsdaira clan and the same year accompanied the forces of \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada at the Siege of Osaka. In 1634, he was transferred to Hamamatsu Domain in Tōtōmi Province with an increase in revenues from 20,000 to 36,000 \"koku\". In 1642, Matsudaira Norinaga was promoted to", "id": "3314701" }, { "contents": "Canada–Japan relations\n\n\nway to deal with the Japanese question is to have our own Minister in Japan to visa passports.\" As a context, it is worth noting that Japan's consulate in Vancouver was established in 1889, 40 years before its embassy was opened in Ottawa in 1929. The first Japanese Minister in Canada was Prince Iemasa Tokugawa, serving from 1929 to 1934. The first Canadian Minister in Japan was Sir Herbert Marler, serving from 1929 to 1936. Diplomatic ties were severed in 1941 with the start of the Pacific War. During", "id": "15989893" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Ienari\n\n\nTokugawa Ienari (, November 18, 1773 – March 22, 1841) was the eleventh and longest-serving \"shōgun\" of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1787 to 1837. He was a great-grandson of the eighth shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune through his son Munetada (1721–1764), head of the Hitotsubashi branch of the family, and his grandson Harusada (1751–1827). Ienari died in 1841 and was given the Buddhist name Bunkyouin and buried at Kan'ei-ji. In 1778, the four-year", "id": "12177738" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nin more broad terms, the period begins with Oda Nobunaga's entry into Kyoto in 1568, when he led his army to the imperial capital in order to install Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the 15th, and ultimately final, shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, and it lasts until the coming to power of Tokugawa Ieyasu after his victory over supporters of the Toyotomi clan at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. The Edo period from 1600 to 1868 characterized early modern Japan. The Tokugawa shogunate was a feudalist regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu", "id": "9974550" }, { "contents": "Kaga Domain\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. The location of the main Edo residence of the \"daimyō\" of the Kaga Domain is now the site of the Hongō campus of the University of Tokyo. Maeda Toshiie was a distinguished military commander, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and a close friend of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. A member of the Council of Five Elders who ruled Japan during the Sengoku period, he was granted the Kaga Domain in 1583. His eldest son, Maeda Toshinaga, supported Tokugawa Ieyasu in his rise to power and was rewarded by an increase", "id": "6571560" }, { "contents": "Inoue Masamoto\n\n\nInoue Masamoto was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain, Inoue Masasada. He became 8th head of the Mikawa-branch of Inoue clan and \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain on his father's death in 1786. He was awarded Lower 5th Court Rank and the courtesy title of \"Kawachi-no-kami\" soon afterwards. In 1802, Masamoto entered the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate as a \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) under \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Ienari. In 1816, while", "id": "4715826" }, { "contents": "March Incident\n\n\nexecute a coup d'état and seize power.br 3. A new Cabinet would be formed under the premiership of the then-War Minister, General Kazushige Ugaki. The project was underwritten by a 200,000-yen donation by Yoshichika Tokugawa, ultra-rightist member of the House of Peers, son of the last \"daimyō\" of Nagoya, founder of the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya and Emperor Shōwa's second cousin. Ultra-rightist civilian organizations led by Kanichiro Kamei and Shūmei Ōkawa fomented a commotion outside the Diet Building in Tokyo late in February", "id": "5593888" }, { "contents": "Nanbu Shigenao\n\n\nHowever, in April 1636, his \"sankin-kōtai\" procession arrived in Edo ten days late, which was a violation of the new \"Buke shohatto\" regulations issued by \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu, and he was declared unfit to govern, and sentenced to house arrest at the clan residence in Edo. After his death in Edo in 1664, the Tokugawa shogunate intervened, and by order of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna appointed his younger brother Shichinohe Shigenobu as the next \"daimyō\", with the son of Hotta Masamori reduced", "id": "4495846" }, { "contents": "Akira Tomii\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese diplomat. He was born as a son of Baron Masaaki Tomii, the president of Tokyo Imperial University of Legal and a draft member of Japanese Civil Law. When he was young, his father hired Keita Gotō as Akira's home teacher. Akira Tomii graduated Tokyo Imperial University, and served as the Japanese Consul in Mukden, China, in 1915. From 1916 to 1924 served as consul in New York City, from 1924 to 1927 as consul in London, and from 1927 to 1933 as consul in", "id": "5339969" }, { "contents": "Maeda Toshisada\n\n\nand afterwards assumed his family’s seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. In 1922, he was appointed Communications Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Katō Tomosaburō. He subsequently served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kiyoura Keigo as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. He retired from public life in January 1944, and died in October of the same year. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasures, 1st class. Maeda studied poetry under Sasaki Nobutsuna. His daughter married post-war Foreign Minister", "id": "2257384" }, { "contents": "Hideo Kodama\n\n\nwas assigned to the Imperial General Headquarters and sent to the Liaodong Peninsula (under Japanese occupation), where he served as liaison between the civilian government in Tokyo and the Japanese general armies in Manchuria. Following the war, he returned to the Finance Ministry as head of the government's Tobacco Monopoly. He was later assigned to serve in the Japanese Government-General of Korea, as a secretary to the Privy Council, and as a member of the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 23 July 1906,", "id": "14284806" }, { "contents": "Prince Kuni Asaakira\n\n\nDomain. In 1921, he served for the customary term in the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 29 January 1929, he succeeded as head of the Kuni-no-miya house. Prince Kuni graduated from the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1921. He served as a midshipman on the cruiser and battleship . After his commissioning as ensign, he was assigned to the battleship , followed by battleships and . After his graduation from the Naval Staff College in 1925, he was assigned to", "id": "20710624" }, { "contents": "Saneatsu Mushanokōji\n\n\nJapanese ambassador to Nazi Germany, he traveled throughout Europe in 1936. In 1946, he was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. However, four months later he was purged from public office by the American Occupation authorities, due to his (1942), supporting the actions of the Japanese government in World War II. Mushanokōji made a literary comeback with his novel (1949–1950). He was awarded the Order of Culture in 1951, and became a member of the Japan Art Academy", "id": "5324629" }, { "contents": "Shizuoka (city)\n\n\nwhich he could influence \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada from behind the scenes. Subsequently, aside for brief periods, Sunpu was \"tenryō\" (territory under direct administration by the Shogunate), ruled by the , an appointed official based in Sunpu. In 1869, after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, the former shogunal line, headed by Tokugawa Iesato was sent to Sunpu and assigned the short-lived Sunpu Domain. The same year, Sunpu was renamed \"Shizuoka\". Shizuoka Domain became Shizuoka Prefecture with the abolition of", "id": "1359009" }, { "contents": "Ōta Dōkan\n\n\nlived in the same place. In the late 16th century, Dōkan's Edo Castle was chosen as the new home of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had been persuaded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to transfer the seat of his clan holdings into the Kantō. With the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in the early 17th century, Edo Castle became the center of the shogunate government. When the shogunate was displaced in the Meiji Restoration in the late 19th century, the newly named Tokyo became an Imperial capital with an Imperial Palace rising from the former shōgun", "id": "9984404" }, { "contents": "Prince Kaya Tsunenori\n\n\n, was the second head of the Kaya-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. He was first cousin to Empress Kōjun (Nagako), the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). Prince Kaya Tsunenori was born in Tokyo, the first son of Prince Kaya Kuninori and his wife, the former Daigō Yoshiko. He received his primary and secondary education at the boys' department of the Gakushuin Peers’ School. On December 8, 1909, he became the second head of the Kaya-no-", "id": "9139501" }, { "contents": "Hachisuka Mochiaki\n\n\nto Great Britain and attended Oxford University, where he matriculated at Balliol College in 1874. After returning to Japan, he joined the government as Director of the Customs Bureau director in the Ministry of Finance and a member of \"Sanjiin\" (legislative advisory council). In 1882, Hachisuka was envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to France, and received the title of \"kōshaku\" (marquis) under the new \"kazoku\" peerage system. After returning to Japan, he served as a member of the House of Peers,", "id": "18933529" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nand ruled by the \"shōguns\" of the Tokugawa clan. The period gets its name from the capital city, Edo, now called Tokyo. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo Castle from 1603 until 1868, when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration in the late Edo period (often called the Late Tokugawa shogunate). In 1392, General Yi Seong-gye established the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) with a largely bloodless coup. Yi Seong-gye moved the capital of Korea to the location of modern-day Seoul", "id": "9974551" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Hirotada\n\n\nHe is best known for being the father of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Hirotada was the son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (7th head of Mikawa Matsudaira clan). He was known in his childhood as Senshōmaru, Senchiyo, and Jirōzaburō. After his father's assassination in 1537, Hirotada was placed under the protection of a loyal retainer, Abe Sadayoshi. He allied with the Imagawa, and with their help was installed at Okazaki castle. The alliance with them brought him into conflict with the Tokugawa clan. In", "id": "20973368" }, { "contents": "Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda\n\n\nPrince Takeda Tsuneyoshi was the only son of Prince Takeda Tsunehisa and Princess Masako, Princess Tsune (1888–1940), the sixth daughter of Emperor Meiji. He was, therefore, a first cousin of Emperor Shōwa. Prince Tsuneyoshi became the second head of the Takeda-no-miya house on 23 April 1919. After being educated at the Gakushūin Peers' School, and serving for a session in the House of Peers, he graduated from the 32nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in July 1930, and received a commission", "id": "4712175" }, { "contents": "Ishii Kikujirō\n\n\nViscount , was a Japanese diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan between 1915 and 1916. Ishii was born in Mobara city, Kazusa Province (present-day Chiba Prefecture). He graduated from the Law Department of Tokyo Imperial University and joined the Foreign Ministry. His first posting was as an attaché to Paris in 1891, and he was later sent to Chemulpo, Korea in 1896 and to Beijing, China in 1897.", "id": "19761626" }, { "contents": "Nagai Naoyuki\n\n\n, also known as or , was a Japanese hatamoto under the Tokugawa of Bakumatsu period Japan. His great-great-grandchild was Yukio Mishima. Naoyuki's adopted son, Iwanojō Nagai, was the father of Natsu, who was Mishima's grandmother. Iwanojō's real father was Nagasumi Miyoshi (Miyoshi clan) who was a Tokugawa retainer. Nagai Naoyuki, or as he was first known, , was born in the Nukada district of the Okutono Domain by a concubine to \"daimyō\" . Noritada, while head of a", "id": "5425993" }, { "contents": "Hidemaro Konoye\n\n\nViscount was a conductor and composer of classical music in Shōwa period Japan. He was the younger brother of pre-war Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoye was born in Kōjimachi, Tokyo as the younger son of Duke Konoe Atsumaro, scion of one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. The Konoe clan traditionally provided \"gagaku\" musicians to the Imperial Household, and Hidemaro chose to follow the family's musical tradition, whereas his older brother Fumimaro went into politics. Konoye attended the Gakushuin Peers School, where", "id": "22220081" }, { "contents": "Yoritake Matsudaira\n\n\n. After graduation from Waseda University, he worked for Toshiba. Now he is the president of . One of his hobbies is horseback riding, he is an amateur radio aficionado, and he gives lectures about the advantages of Scouting activities. Yoritake is a second cousin of the present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Tsunenari, as both are great-grandsons of Nabeshima Naohiro, the 11th and last \"daimyō\" of Saga. By virtue of his descent from the \"kuge\" Madenokōji family, he is also a sixth", "id": "1769206" }, { "contents": "Nabeshima Naoyoshi\n\n\nperiod of Naoyoshi's administration, and the prefecture's economic production was increased, particularly in the area of sugar production. In 1881, Naoyoshi was recalled to Tokyo, and became president of the \"Genrōin\". With the establishment of the \"kazoku\" peerage, he became a , and a member of the House of Peers on the establishment of the Diet of Japan in 1890. In his later years he helped build hospitals and schools in the region of Kashima, which he had once ruled, and was awarded Second", "id": "17536683" }, { "contents": "Obama Domain\n\n\nKawagoe Domain, before being the 1st Sakai \"daimyō\" of Obama Domain. He was the son of Sakai Tadatoshi, a hereditary retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He served Tokugawa Hidetada during the Siege of Ueda and later served Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who promoted him to \"rōjū\" in 1624. In 1634, he was transferred to Obama and completed the construction of Obama Castle. He retired from public life in 1656 and died in 1662. His grave is at the clan temple of Kuin-ji in Obama. was the", "id": "16508967" }, { "contents": "Edo period\n\n\nEmperor Kōmei died and was succeeded by his underaged son Emperor Meiji. Tokugawa Yoshinobu reluctantly became head of the Tokugawa house and \"shōgun\". He tried to reorganize the government under the emperor while preserving the \"shōgun\"s leadership role. Fearing the growing power of the Satsuma and Chōshū \"daimyō\", other \"daimyō\" called for returning the \"shōgun\"s political power to the emperor and a council of \"daimyō\" chaired by the former Tokugawa \"shōgun\". Yoshinobu accepted the plan in late 1867 and resigned, announcing an", "id": "3932378" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\n, was a politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan, twice as a cabinet minister, and also serving twice as mayor of Tokyo. Nagata was born in Mihara District, Hyōgo Prefecture, in what is now part of the city of Minamiawaji. After graduating from the predecessor of Kyoto Imperial University and serving as a school principal in Sumoto, Hyōgo from 1902 to 1904, he obtained a posting in the Home Ministry and rose to become", "id": "15430218" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Nagashige\n\n\n, also known as Sado-no-kami or Etchū-no-kami, was a Japanese samurai \"daimyō\" of the mid-Edo period. The Ogasawara were identified as one of the \"fudai\" or insider \"daimyō\" clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa, in contrast with the \"tozama\" or outsider clans. Nagashige served the Tokugawa shogunate as its eleventh Kyoto \"shoshidai\" in the period spanning October 17, 1691, through May 15, 1702. He had previously been shogunate", "id": "8758740" }, { "contents": "Jo Hyeong\n\n\nJo Hyeong (1606–1679) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty Korea in the 17th century. He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 6th Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. In 1655 King Hyojong of Joseon sent a mission to the shogunal court of Tokugawa Ietsuna. This diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for developing a political foundation for trade. The delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a \"Communication Envoy", "id": "5288304" }, { "contents": "Tsugaru clan\n\n\nwho took the name of (1872–1919) to be his heir. Hidemaru was educated in Germany, graduating from the University of Bonn, Humboldt University of Berlin and University of Geneva and after his return to Japan served in under the Japanese Resident-General of Korea from 1907-1914, and in the Ministry of the Imperial Household from 1914-1918. In 1918, he was appointed to the House of Peers. His son was (1907-1994), who was born as the second son of a branch of", "id": "10903481" }, { "contents": "Arima Ryōkitsu\n\n\nAdmiral was a career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy during Meiji and Taishō periods. Arima was a native of Wakayama, where his father was a senior \"samurai\" retainer of the Kishū Tokugawa clan, and an active supporter of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Although he came from such an unfavorable background, Arima was able to secure admission to the 12th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, after graduating from the forerunners of Doshisha University and Keio University with degrees in English language.", "id": "14930546" }, { "contents": "Mitsukuri Rinsho\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese statesman and legal scholar in Meiji period Japan. Mitsukuri was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo) to a noted family of scholars working for the Tokugawa bakufu. He studied \"rangaku\" and received a posting to the \"Bansho Shirabesho,\" the Shōgun's research institute for foreign technology. In 1867, he was selected to accompany the Shogunate's expedition to the Paris World Exposition, which proved to be an eye-opener. On his return to Japan, Mitsukuri joined the new Meiji government", "id": "19948939" }, { "contents": "Owari-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe , a branch of the Tokugawa clan, is the seniormost house of the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Originally descended from Tokugawa Yoshinao, the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the original line became extinct in 1800 with the death of the ninth lord and family head. It has since been kept in existence through repeated adoptions from the two remaining houses, and is currently headed by a member of the Kishu branch. For over 250 years, the Owari family ruled Owari Domain,", "id": "17810278" } ]

[ { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nJune 19, 1946, he served as the President of the House of Peers, a post which he held until May 2, 1947, when the Allied occupation authorities authorized the current Constitution of Japan abolishing the House of Peers. He died of heart disease at his home in Shibuya, Tokyo, on February 18, 1963, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class. His grave is located at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. He was succeeded as head of the Tokugawa clan", "id": "11961761" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince also known as Iyemasa, was a Japanese political figure of the Taishō and early Shōwa periods. He was the 17th hereditary head of the former shogunal branch of the Tokugawa clan and the final President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Iemasa Tokugawa was born in what is now the Sendagaya district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato and his wife, Konoe Hiroko, daughter of Konoe Tadafusa. He graduated from the law school of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909, and accepted a post in", "id": "11961759" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nthe diplomatic corps of Foreign Ministry the same year. In 1924, he was appointed Consul-general to the Japanese consulate in Sydney, Australia. In 1929, he was appointed Envoy to Canada and from 1937 to 1939 served as the Japanese ambassador to Turkey. In 1940, on the death of his father, he inherited the title of \"kōshaku\" (, \"prince\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and a seat as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On", "id": "11961760" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nin 1882, and was given the title of \"kōshaku\" (公爵, prince) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He became a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan from its creation in 1890, and served as President of the House of Peers from 1901-1933. When the administration of Prime Minister Yamamoto Gonnohyōe was brought down by the Siemens scandal, there was a strong movement to have Tokugawa Iesato nominated to be his successor. Following World War I, Iesato served on the Japanese", "id": "11796153" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince was the 13th head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan and the President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Kuniyuki Tokugawa inherited the title of \"shishaku\" (侯爵, marquis) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system on the death of his father, Tokugawa Atsuyoshi in 1898. A scholar, he turned his attention in 1906 to the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\", a comprehensive history of Japan begun by his ancestor, Tokugawa Mitsukuni in the 17th century. However, in 1910", "id": "13926670" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshinobu\n\n\n's photographs have been published in recent years by his great-grandson, Yoshitomo. In 1902, the Meiji Emperor allowed him to reestablish his own house as a Tokugawa branch (\"bekke\") with the highest rank in the peerage, that of prince (\"kōshaku\"), for his loyal service to Japan. He took a seat in the House of Peers, resigning in 1910. Tokugawa Yoshinobu died on November 21, 1913, at 4:10 pm and is buried in Yanaka Cemetery, Tokyo. On 9 January", "id": "12861306" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nCount was a Japanese political figure of the late Meiji through early Shōwa periods, and served as President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Yorinaga Matsudaira was the eighth son of Matsudaira Yoritoshi, the former \"daimyō\" of Matsuyama Domain in Shikoku. His mother, Chiyoko, was the daughter of Ii Naosuke and his wife was the daughter of Tokugawa Akitake, head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. He attended the Gakushūin Peer’s School, and with the sponsorship of Ōkuma Shigenobu, graduated from", "id": "14764736" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nthe law school of Waseda University. district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato. In 1909 he became a member of the House of Peers, and continued to serve as a member every year (except for a hiatus between 1911–1914) until his death. A strong supporter of education, he donated a large property in downtown Tokyo to create the Hongo Gakuin school. In 1933, he was made Vice-President of the House of Peers, breaking with the precedent that only men with the rank of princes", "id": "14764737" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\n, he was accepted into the 22nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and was commissioned as Second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army. He resigned his commission in 1914 citing health reasons, and went into the reserves in 1915. From December 1911, Kuniyuki Tokugawa served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\" in 1929, he was awarded the title of \"koshaku\" (公爵, prince). On June 25, 1940, he", "id": "13926671" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nPrince was the first head of the Tokugawa clan after the overthrow of the Tokugawa bakufu, and a figure in Japanese politics during the Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. Tokugawa Iesato was born to the Tayasu branch of the Tokugawa clan, under the name Kamenosuke, he became its 16th head, following the resignation of the last \"shōgun,\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu. His brothers were Tokugawa Satotaka and Tokugawa Takachiyo, who also held the Tayasu headship at different times. Iesato was also briefly the \"daimyō\" of the", "id": "11796150" }, { "contents": "Iwamura Michitoshi\n\n\n1896, Iwamura was awarded the title of viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure later the same year. He served as an advisor to Emperor Meiji, and was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers. He was also awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class on June 23, 1904. He died in Tokyo on February 12, 1915, and his grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo.", "id": "17814139" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nor marquis could service in the highest level positions. Four years later, when Fumimaro Konoe became Prime Minister of Japan, Yorinaga Matsudaira became the President of the House of Peers. He died while in office, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class with Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. His nephew Yorihiro Matsudaira succeeded him in his peerage. Yorinaga Matsudaira was also a noted collector of miniature bonsai, and served as honorary president of the Kofuku Bonsai Association. His", "id": "14764738" }, { "contents": "Prince Kachō Hirotada\n\n\nPrince Hirotada was the second son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu. His mother was Tokugawa Tsuneko, the 9th daughter of the last Tokugawa Shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He succeeded his father to the head of the Kachō-no-miya household when he was only 2 years old in 1904. Prince Kachō attended the Gakushuin Peers’ School. He entered the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1918, graduating 1st out of 176 cadets. Prince Kuni Asaakira was one of his classmates. He served his midshipman duty on the", "id": "17635064" }, { "contents": "Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu\n\n\nNovember 1942. From 1936 to 1945, he held various staff positions in the Naval General Staff Office in Tokyo. On 4 February 1930, Prince Takamatsu married Kikuko Tokugawa (26 December 1911 – 18 December 2004), the second daughter of Yoshihisa Tokugawa (peer). The bride was a granddaughter of Yoshinobu Tokugawa, the last Shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, and a granddaughter of the late Prince Arisugawa Takehito. Prince and Princess Takamatsu had no children. From the 1930s, Prince Takamatsu expressed grave reservations regarding Japanese aggression in", "id": "1048484" }, { "contents": "Francis Brinkley\n\n\n, covered Japanese history, fine arts and literature from the origins of the Japanese race up until the latter half of the Meiji period. In 1912, at the age of 71 and one month after General Nogi's death, Francis Brinkley died. At his funeral, the mourners included the Speaker of the House of Peers, Tokugawa Iesato, the Minister of the Navy Saitō Makoto, and the Foreign Minister Uchida Kosai. He is buried in the foreign section of the Aoyama Reien cemetery in central Tokyo. After his death Ernest", "id": "10262389" }, { "contents": "Enkichi Ōki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese statesman in the Taishō period. Ōki was born in Tokyo. His father, Ōki Takatō was one of the leaders in the Meiji Restoration, and served in numerous cabinet posts in the early Meiji government. In 1899, Enkichi succeeded to his father’s title of count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His political career began in 1908, when he was elected to the House of Peers. He initially supported the \"Kenkyūkai\", but soon switched his allegiance to the", "id": "2422914" }, { "contents": "Yoshitoshi Tokugawa\n\n\nLieutenant General Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and one of the pioneers of military aviation in Japan. Tokugawa Yoshitoshi was the son of Count Tokugawa Atsumori (1856–1924) (head of the Shimizu branch of the Tokugawa clan). Through his father, he was the grandnephew of the last shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. While his father had been created a count in 1884, he had relinquished the title in 1899. Yoshitoshi graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1903, after having specialized in military engineering. In", "id": "751688" }, { "contents": "Enomoto Takeaki\n\n\nViscount was a Japanese samurai and admiral of the Tokugawa navy of Bakumatsu-period Japan, who remained faithful to the Tokugawa shogunate and fought against the new Meiji government until the end of the Boshin War. He later served in the Meiji government as one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Enomoto was born as a member of a samurai family in the direct service of the Tokugawa clan in the Shitaya district of Edo (modern Taitō, Tokyo). Enomoto started learning Dutch in the 1850s, and after Japan's", "id": "12566973" }, { "contents": "Yamada Akiyoshi\n\n\ncount (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage on July 7, 1884, and served in the House of Peers (Japan) from its establishment in 1890. On January 28, 1892, he was appointed to a seat in the Privy Council of Japan but died in November of the same year at the age of 49, while inspecting the Ikuno Silver Mine in Asago, Hyōgo. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Buddhist temple of Gokoku-ji in", "id": "655166" }, { "contents": "International Martial Arts Federation\n\n\nwas appointed as the 5th President of IMAF. He served as the Japanese Ambassador to India and Deputy Foreign Minister. The current president of Kokusai Budoin, International Martial Arts Federation (IMAF) is Yasuhisa Tokugawa, the great-grandson of the 15th and final \"shōgun\" of Japan, Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837–1913). He was also the Chief Priest for the in Tokyo from 2013-2018. Note: In the mid 1980's IMAF-Europe split from IMAF Japan to create a current non-affiliated organization with a", "id": "8525267" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masami\n\n\nInaba Masami was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Tateyama Domain, Inaba Masamori. On his father’s death in 1820, he succeeded to the head of the Tateyama Inaba clan and the position of \"daimyō\" of Tateyama. In 1862, he was appointed as a \"Wakadoshiyori\" in the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate under \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemochi. He resigned the title in 1864, with instructions to strengthen Japan's naval defenses against the increasing aggressive incursions of foreign black ships, and supported Katsu", "id": "8052899" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Mochiaki\n\n\nabolition of the han system in 1871. In 1884, he became a Count (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He was awarded the Fourth class of the Order of the Rising Sun in 1885. In 1889, he inherited the title of Marquis (\"koshaku\") from his adopted father. He died in 1890. His son, Matsudaira Yasutaka (1867–1930) served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan and was author of a number of works on agricultural", "id": "4765039" }, { "contents": "Tsunenari Tokugawa\n\n\nHis son, Iehiro Tokugawa, is a translator. In 2007, Tsunenari published a book entitled \"Edo no idenshi\" (江戸の遺伝子), released in English in 2009 as \"The Edo Inheritance\", which seeks to counter the common belief among Japanese that the Edo period (throughout which members of his Tokugawa clan ruled Japan as \"shōguns\") was like a dark age, when Japan, cut off from the world, fell behind. On the contrary, he argues, the roughly 250 years of peace and relative", "id": "11961777" }, { "contents": "Matsui Keishirō\n\n\nto Japan in 1913. During the First World War, served as Japanese Ambassador to France and was a plenipotentiary at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. On the successful completion of this mission, he was awarded with the title of baron (\"danshaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He served as Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 7 to June 11, 1924, under the administration of Kiyoura Keigo and was also appointed a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He later served", "id": "9380810" }, { "contents": "Konoe Tadafusa\n\n\n, son of regent Tadahiro with his wife Shimazu Kyoko, was a \"kugyō\" or Japanese court noble of the late Edo period (1603–1868). He did not hold any regent position kampaku or sesshō. His consort was Shimazu Mitsuko, an adopted daughter of Shimazu Nariakira, eleventh head of Satsuma Domain. The couple had a daughter, Konoe Hiroko, who later married Tokugawa Iesato, the sixteenth head of Tokugawa family and bore him Tokugawa Iemasa, the seventeenth head of the Tokugawa clan. He adopted a son of Konoe", "id": "20767712" }, { "contents": "Tenshō-in\n\n\nShe spent her remaining years nurturing Tokugawa Iesato, the 16th head of the Tokugawa clan. She moved into the Tokugawa residence in Sendagaya, in the Shibuya district, Tokyo. She suffered from Parkinson's disease which eventually took her life on November 20th, 1883, at the age of 47. She was buried in Kaneiji in Ueno, Tokyo, together with her husband, Onkyoin (Iesada). Beside Onkyoin and Tenshoin tombs, There is loquat tree planted there as it was Tenshoin's favorite food. The 2008 NHK Taiga", "id": "241772" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshimune\n\n\nYoshimune was not the son of any former \"shōgun\". Rather, he was a member of a cadet branch of the Tokugawa clan. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, well aware of the extinction of the Minamoto line in 1219, had realized that his direct descendants might die out, leaving the Tokugawa family at risk of extinction. Thus, while his son Tokugawa Hidetada was the second \"shōgun\", he selected three other sons to establish the \"gosanke,\" hereditary houses which would provide a", "id": "16258375" }, { "contents": "Kitasato Shibasaburō\n\n\nonki Corporation, with the intention of manufacturing the most reliable clinical thermometer possible. The company was later renamed Terumo Corporation. Kitasato also was the first dean of medicine at Keio University, first president of the Japan Medical Association, and served on the House of Peers. He was ennobled with the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system in February 1924. Kitasato died of an intracranial hemorrhage at his home in Azabu, Tokyo, on June 13, 1931. His grave is at the", "id": "11568829" }, { "contents": "Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa\n\n\nPrince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa was the only son of Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa and Fusako, Princess Kane. He succeeded as the head of the Kitashirakawa-no-miya house upon his father's unexpected death in an automobile accident in France in 1923. On 25 April 1935, Prince Nagahisa married Sachiko Tokugawa, born , died , the daughter of Baron Yoshikuni Tokugawa. Prince and Princess Kitashirakawa Nagahisa had one son and one daughter: Prince Nagahisa graduated from the 43rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1931, and was commissioned a sub", "id": "8171688" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nbrother Tokugawa Yoshiatsu and ordering him to assume the post of \"daimyō\" to assure the stability of Mito Domain. He departed from Marseille in December 1868. Tokugawa Akitake succeeded Tokugawa Yoshiatsu to become the 11th head of the Mito Tokugawa clan on his return to Japan. However, the title of \"daimyō\" was officially abolished in 1869, and he continued at Mito as domain governor. His request for land development in Hokkaido to resettle ex-samurai from the domain was granted on August 17, 1869, and he was", "id": "17914477" }, { "contents": "Sōma Nakamura Domain\n\n\nyounger brother Masatane. was the 5th \"daimyō\" of Sōma-Nakamura Domain and the 21st hereditary chieftain of the Sōma clan. As his older brother Sadatane had died without heir, he was posthumously appointed successor. He was received in formal audience to Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna and received the courtesy title of \"Danjō-shōhitsu\". From 1689-1690 he served as a \"sobayōnin\" to Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. He retired from public life in February 1701, living in rural seclusion to his death at the age of 68", "id": "4010353" }, { "contents": "Aizu\n\n\nof only 15. He was succeeded by the eighth lord Katataka, who was a sixth cousin (twice removed) and a member of the Takasu cadet branch of the Mito collateral line. He died without heirs in 1852 and was succeeded by his grandnephew, the famous Katamori, whose descendants have since headed the family. The present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tsunenari, is also from the Aizu lineage. In the house code set down by Masayuki, there was a specific injunction to serve the shogun with single-minded", "id": "17967555" }, { "contents": "Arai Hakuseki\n\n\nshogun Tokugawa Ienobu. He went on to displace the official Hayashi advisers to become the leading confucianist for Ienobu and Tokugawa Ietsugu. While some of Hakuseki's policies were still carried out after Ienobu's death, after the 6th shogun, Tokugawa Ietsugu, died and Tokugawa Yoshimune's rule began, Hakuseki left his post to begin his career as a prolific writer of Japanese history and Occidental studies. He was buried in Asakusa (current day Taitō, Tokyo), Hoonji temple but was later moved to Nakano, Tokyo, Kotokuji temple", "id": "12566945" }, { "contents": "Tsuruga Domain\n\n\nin the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. His courtesy title was \"Ukyō-no-suke\". His wife was the daughter of Doi Toshifusa of Ōno Domain. He died in 1706 and his grave is at the temple of Seisho-ji in Atago, Tokyo. was the 2nd \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga Domain in Echizen Province under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. Tadakiku was the eldest son of Sakai Tadashige. He became \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga on the death of his father in 1706. He was an \"", "id": "2398354" }, { "contents": "Mito-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe is a branch of the Tokugawa clan based in Mito, Ibaraki. Following the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as daimyō in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Although the Mito branch held less land", "id": "18026528" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\n. After Hideyoshi's death in 1598, Tokugawa Ieyasu came to power and was appointed \"shōgun\" by the Emperor. The Tokugawa shogunate, which governed from Edo (modern Tokyo), presided over a prosperous and peaceful era known as the Edo period (1600–1868). The Tokugawa shogunate imposed a strict class system on Japanese society and cut off almost all contact with the outside world. Portugal and Japan started their first affiliation in 1543, making the Portuguese the first Europeans to reach Japan by landing in the southern archipelago of", "id": "3250463" }, { "contents": "Tadaatsu Ishiguro\n\n\n, citing illness. His father died the same year, and per the provisions of his father’s will, he did not inherit the kazoku peerage title of viscount held by his father. In January 1943, he was granted a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. In 1945, he returned to the cabinet as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce under the Suzuki administration. In 1946, after the surrender of Japan, as with all members of the prewar and wartime Japanese government, Ishiguro was purged by", "id": "9448122" }, { "contents": "Ōkuma Shigenobu\n\n\nof the Diet of Japan until 1922. He was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum in 1916, and was elevated to the title of \"kōshaku\" (侯爵) (marquis) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system the same year. Ōkuma returned to Waseda, and died there in 1922. An estimated 300,000 people attended his funeral in Tokyo's Hibiya Park. He was posthumously elevated to the rank of prince in the peerage and was also posthumously conferred with the Collar of the Order of the", "id": "9013378" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nTokugawa branch houses (\"shinpan daimyō\") became marquesses, the heads of the secondary branches became counts and the heads of more distant branches became viscounts. The head of the Matsudaira (Fukui Domain) branch was raised to the rank of marquess from the rank of count in 1888. In 1902, the former \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu was created a prince, and the head of the Mito \"shinpan\" house was raised to the same rank, prince, in 1929. Of the other former \"daimyō\" clans", "id": "2052552" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Naganari\n\n\nViscount was an Admiral and naval strategist in the Imperial Japanese Navy in Meiji and Taishō period Japan, and a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. He was also known as Ogasawara Chōsei, Ogasawara Nagayo. Ogasawara was born in Saga prefecture. His father was the Rōjū Ogasawara Nagamichi, a senior retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. As his father was forced into retirement by the events of the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Ogasawara Naganari succeeded his grandfather to become head of the Ogasawara clan in 1873, and as", "id": "15329213" }, { "contents": "Katō Takaaki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese politician, diplomat, and the 14th Prime Minister of Japan, a position he held from 11 June 1924 until his death on 28 January 1926, during the period which historians have called \"Taishō Democracy\". He was also known as Katō Kōmei. Katō, was born as Hattori Sokichi, the second son of a former \"samurai\" retainer of the Owari Tokugawa domain in Nagoya, Owari Province, in the town of Saya, Ama District in what is now part of the city of Aisai,", "id": "9068839" }, { "contents": "Kawasaki Takukichi\n\n\n. Under his administration, the Yagoto Baseball Ground was built, and the first Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament was held in 1924. Later in 1924, Kawasaki was recalled to Tokyo to assume the post of Director-General of the National Police Agency under the Home Ministry. He became Deputy Home Minister in 1925. In 1926, he was invited to take a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He was recruited by Osachi Hamaguchi and Wakatsuki Reijirō to join the \"Kenseikai\" political party,", "id": "22092779" }, { "contents": "Masuda Takashi\n\n\nBaron , was a Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector. He was a prominent entrepreneur in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan, responsible for transforming Mitsui into a \"zaibatsu\" through the creation of a general trading company, Mitsui Bussan. He also established a newspaper, the , which was later renamed the \"Nihon Keizai Shimbun\". Masuda was born on Sado Island, in what is now Niigata Prefecture. His father was an official in the Tokugawa shogunate, serving as Hakodate bugyō, a position which", "id": "13847203" }, { "contents": "Suwa Tadamasa\n\n\nthe Shiba Tōshō-gū, a Shinto Shrine dedicated to the previous Shoguns of the Tokugawa clan in Tokyo. After the death of Suwa Tadaaya in 1878, he resumed his position as chieftain of the Suwa clan. he was reappointed \"kannushi\" of the Shiba Tōshō-gū from 1882 to 1889. In 1884 he became a viscount (\"shisaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His court rank was increased to Senior Fourth Rank in 1887. From 1891 to 1895, he returned to Suwa and became", "id": "12726550" }, { "contents": "Ōkubo Tadanori\n\n\nŌkubo Tadanori was the nephew of Tokugawa Nariaki, which made him a cousin to Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He was born as the 5th son of Matsudaira Yorihiro, daimyō of Takamatsu Domain, in Sanuki Province. On the death of former daimyō of Odawara, Ōkubo Tadanao in 1859 he was adopted into the Ōkubo clan as 11th clan head, and by default, daimyō of Odawara Domain. He served in a number of posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate, including that of \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) in", "id": "1881957" }, { "contents": "Kinichiro Ishikawa\n\n\nIshikawa Kinichiro, a watercolor painter and champion of Taiwanese Western art education, was born in Shizuoka City, Japan. His father was a former official of the Tokugawa government during the bakumatsu (late Tokugawa Shogunate). He was infatuated with painting from a very early age, but his father did not approve of his artistic pursuits. In 1888, he entered the Tokyo Telecommunications School of the Ministry of Communications. In order to sustain his interest in painting, aside from using prints of English works to engage in self-study", "id": "7410092" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masanori\n\n\nInaba Masanori was the second son of the previous daimyō of Odawara, Inaba Masakatsu. As his mother died when he was still very young, he was raised by his grandmother, Kasuga no Tsubone, the wet nurse to \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu. On the death of his father in 1634, he became head of the Inaba clan, and inherited his father’s position as daimyō of Odawara. Due to the influence of his grandmother, he rose rapidly through the hierarchy of the Tokugawa shogunate and was appointed \"Rōjū\"", "id": "1882506" }, { "contents": "Pak Yung-hio\n\n\nfled to exile in Japan, where he remained until 1907. On his return, he accepted the post of Royal Household Minister under Ye Wanyong. Following the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, in which Korea was annexed to the Empire of Japan, Park was awarded with the \"kazoku\" title of marquess (\"koshaku\") in the Japanese peerage, and a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Director of the Bank of Chosen in 1918, Chairman of the Korean Economic", "id": "5961340" }, { "contents": "Fumio Gotō\n\n\nBorn in Ōita Prefecture, Gotō was a graduate of the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909. During his early career in the 1920s, he worked in the Home Ministry, and was Director of Administration within the office of the Governor-General of Taiwan. In the 1930s, Gotō was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries between 1932 and 1934 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Makoto Saitō, and was later Home Minister", "id": "15188268" }, { "contents": "Konoe Atsumaro\n\n\nDuke was a Japanese politician and journalist of the Meiji era. He served as the 3rd President of the House of Peers and 7th President of the Gakushūin Peer's School in Meiji period Japan. He was also the father of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoe was born in Kyoto as the heir to the highly ranked Konoe family of Court nobility, one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. His father Konoe Tadafusa died when he was young, so he was raised by his grandfather Konoe Tadahiro. His mother was", "id": "1475111" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nassigned lands in Tomamae-gun, Teshio-gun, Kamikawa-gun, Nakagawa-gun in Teshio no kuni along with Rishiri-gun in Kitami no kuni. With the abolition of the han system in 1871, he was required by the government to leave in Mito and to live in Tokyo. He relocated to the former \"shimoyashiki\" secondary residence of the Mito Clan located in Mukōjima. Tokugawa Akitake was appointed a second lieutenant in Imperial Japanese Army in 1875, and served as an instructor during the early days of", "id": "17914478" }, { "contents": "Yonekura Tadasuke\n\n\nYonekura Tadasuke was the sixth son of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, a favorite of \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi who served in a number of important posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. In 1710, he was adopted by Yonekura Masateru, the \"daimyō\" of Minagawa Domain in Shimotsuke Province, and succeeded to the head of the Yonekura clan and daimyo of Minagawa two years later. On September 1, 1716, he was received in a formal audience by Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune. On July 27, 1722, he transferred the seat", "id": "9479884" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\nit was essential that Tokyo host the 1940 Olympics, as the date coincided with the Japanese 2600th Anniversary celebrations. He was forced to resign after a police sweep rounded up 6900 suspected communists in Tokyo. Nagata subsequently served in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. From March 9, 1936 to February 2, 1937, Nagata was appointed Minister of Colonial Affairs under the Kōki administration. He returned to the cabinet as Railway Minister under the Abe administration from November 29, 1939, to January 14, 1940. Nagata", "id": "15430221" }, { "contents": "Kijūrō Shidehara\n\n\nhe was named ambassador to the United States and was Japan's leading negotiator during the Washington Naval Conference. His negotiations led to the return of Shandong Province to China. However, while he was ambassador, the United States enacted discriminatory immigration laws against Japanese, which created much ill will in Japan. Shidehara was elevated to the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1920, and appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in 1925. In 1924, Shidehara became Minister of", "id": "9069195" }, { "contents": "Sōma clan\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. During the Boshin War of 1868–69, the Sōma clan fought on the site of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, supporting the Tokugawa regime. After Meiji Restoration, the head of the Sōma clan became part of the \"kazoku\" peerage, with Sōma Aritane receiving the title of \"shishaku\" (Viscount). Sōma Morotsune was the younger son of Chiba Tsunetane, and with his father was a samurai in the service of Minamoto no Yoritomo. He took his name from the Sōma Mikuriya, a \"shōen\" controlled", "id": "7506834" }, { "contents": "Matsumoto Kazu\n\n\nMatsumoto was born in Edo (now Tokyo) as the younger son of a direct retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. He graduated in 1880 from the 7th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, ranked 19 out of 30 cadets. He served on a number of ships in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, including the corvettes , , , and . Promoted to lieutenant in 1886, he graduated from the first class of the Naval Staff College in 1888. He was the chief navigator on the cruiser in 1891–1892 on its year-", "id": "8947678" }, { "contents": "Mito Domain\n\n\nof the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as \"daimyō\" in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the gosanke. Although the Mito branch held less land and wealth than either of the other two branches, they maintained considerable influence throughout the Edo period. The domain's promiximity to the \"de", "id": "290529" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nAtsuyoshi's son Tokugawa Kuniyuki was 11 years old at that time, and became the 13th head of the Mito Tokugawa under Akitake's tutelage. However, Akitake subsequently had a son, Tokugawa Takesada, who was born to a concubine in 1888. Takesada was made a viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1892 and founded the separate Matsudo Tokugawa line. In 1903, Tokugawa Akitake was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class. He died at Koumetei mansion in 1910. \"", "id": "17914481" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nand was raised by Tenshō-in and Kazu-no-Miya Chikako. In 1868 he was sent to Kyoto by his mother, Kazu-no-Miya Chikako and met with Emperor Meiji. He married the daughter of Konoe Tadafusa, Konoe Hiroko, who bore him Iemasa Tokugawa, the seventeenth Tokugawa family head, Yasuko Tokugawa, who married Nobusuke Takatsukasa and bore him Toshimichi Takatsukasa, Ryōko Tokugawa, and Toshiko Tokugawa. In 1877, Iesato was sent to Eton College in Great Britain to study. He returned to Japan", "id": "11796152" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\nthis, almost immediately after Hideyoshi's death, war broke out between Hideyori's allies and those loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu, a \"daimyō\" and a former ally of Hideyoshi. Tokugawa Ieyasu won a decisive victory at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, ushering in 268 uninterrupted years of rule by the Tokugawa clan. The Edo period was characterized by relative peace and stability under the tight control of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled from the eastern city of Edo (modern Tokyo). In 1603, Emperor Go-Yōzei declared", "id": "3250534" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nKorean Empire was annexed in 1910, the House of Yi was mediatized as an incorporated and therefore subordinate kingship (王). Excluding the Tokugawas, the initial \"kazoku\" rank distribution for the former \"daimyō\" lords depended on rice revenue: those with 150,000 \"koku\" or more became marquesses, those with 50,000 \"koku\" or more become counts, and those with holdings rated below 50,000 \"koku\" became viscounts. The head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Iesato, became a prince, the heads of primary", "id": "2052551" }, { "contents": "Gosanke\n\n\nThe , also called simply , or even , were the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan: Owari House of Tokugawa, Kii House of Tokugawa, and Mito House of Tokugawa, all of which were descended from clan founder Tokugawa Ieyasu's three youngest sons, Yoshinao, Yorinobu, and Yorifusa, and were allowed to provide a shōgun in case of need. In the Edo period the term \"gosanke\" could also refer to various other combinations of Tokugawa houses, including (1) the shogunal, Owari", "id": "17630062" }, { "contents": "Hirohide Fushimi\n\n\nBorn as , the 4th son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, he was the younger brother of Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, Prince Kachō Hirotada and Marquis Kachō Hironobu. In October 1932, he served as a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. On 1 April 1936, by order of Emperor Hirohito, he was allowed to establish his own household after renouncing his imperial title, and was created a count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. The same year, he married Tomoko Yanagisawa", "id": "230990" }, { "contents": "Sano Tsunetami\n\n\nduring the 1st Matsukata administration, he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. In 1895, Sano was elevated to the title of count (\"hakushaku\"). On his death at his home in Tokyo in 1902, he was posthumously awarded with the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class with Paulownia Blossoms). His grave is at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo. In 1939, the Japanese government issued a series of four commemorative postage stamps honoring the 75th anniversary of the Red Cross Treaty. A portrait of Sano", "id": "7051581" }, { "contents": "Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu\n\n\nsucceeded to title Kachō-no-miya on April 23, 1883, upon which he changed his name from \"Narukata\" to \"Hiroyasu,\" but returned to the house of Fushimi-no-miya on January 16, 1904. On January 9, 1896, Prince Hiroyasu married Tokugawa Tsuneko (1882–1939), the ninth daughter of Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japan's last \"shōgun\", with whom he had six children: Prince Hiroyasu entered the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy on 5 April 1886, but resigned in September", "id": "3864370" }, { "contents": "Mizoguchi clan\n\n\nas part of the guard of Nagoya Castle. In 1598, he was transferred to Shibata and his \"kokudaka\" was increased to 60,000 \"koku\". Following the Battle of Sekigahara, he was confirmed in his holdings by the Tokugawa shogunate. The Mizoguchi ruled Shibata as \"tozama daimyō\" until the Meiji restoration. After the abolition of the han system in 1871, the final \"daimyō\" of Shibata, Mizoguchi Naomasa relocated to Tokyo and received the \"kazoku\" peerage title of \"hakushaku\" (Count) in", "id": "19300691" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Norinaga\n\n\nMatsudaira Norinaga was the eldest son of Matsudaira Ienori, a Sengoku period samurai and daimyō of Iwamura Domain in Mino Province under the early Tokugawa shogunate. On the death of his father in 1614, he was confirmed as head of the Ogyū-Matsdaira clan and the same year accompanied the forces of \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada at the Siege of Osaka. In 1634, he was transferred to Hamamatsu Domain in Tōtōmi Province with an increase in revenues from 20,000 to 36,000 \"koku\". In 1642, Matsudaira Norinaga was promoted to", "id": "3314701" }, { "contents": "Canada–Japan relations\n\n\nway to deal with the Japanese question is to have our own Minister in Japan to visa passports.\" As a context, it is worth noting that Japan's consulate in Vancouver was established in 1889, 40 years before its embassy was opened in Ottawa in 1929. The first Japanese Minister in Canada was Prince Iemasa Tokugawa, serving from 1929 to 1934. The first Canadian Minister in Japan was Sir Herbert Marler, serving from 1929 to 1936. Diplomatic ties were severed in 1941 with the start of the Pacific War. During", "id": "15989893" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Ienari\n\n\nTokugawa Ienari (, November 18, 1773 – March 22, 1841) was the eleventh and longest-serving \"shōgun\" of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1787 to 1837. He was a great-grandson of the eighth shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune through his son Munetada (1721–1764), head of the Hitotsubashi branch of the family, and his grandson Harusada (1751–1827). Ienari died in 1841 and was given the Buddhist name Bunkyouin and buried at Kan'ei-ji. In 1778, the four-year", "id": "12177738" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nin more broad terms, the period begins with Oda Nobunaga's entry into Kyoto in 1568, when he led his army to the imperial capital in order to install Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the 15th, and ultimately final, shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, and it lasts until the coming to power of Tokugawa Ieyasu after his victory over supporters of the Toyotomi clan at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. The Edo period from 1600 to 1868 characterized early modern Japan. The Tokugawa shogunate was a feudalist regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu", "id": "9974550" }, { "contents": "Kaga Domain\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. The location of the main Edo residence of the \"daimyō\" of the Kaga Domain is now the site of the Hongō campus of the University of Tokyo. Maeda Toshiie was a distinguished military commander, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and a close friend of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. A member of the Council of Five Elders who ruled Japan during the Sengoku period, he was granted the Kaga Domain in 1583. His eldest son, Maeda Toshinaga, supported Tokugawa Ieyasu in his rise to power and was rewarded by an increase", "id": "6571560" }, { "contents": "Inoue Masamoto\n\n\nInoue Masamoto was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain, Inoue Masasada. He became 8th head of the Mikawa-branch of Inoue clan and \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain on his father's death in 1786. He was awarded Lower 5th Court Rank and the courtesy title of \"Kawachi-no-kami\" soon afterwards. In 1802, Masamoto entered the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate as a \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) under \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Ienari. In 1816, while", "id": "4715826" }, { "contents": "March Incident\n\n\nexecute a coup d'état and seize power.br 3. A new Cabinet would be formed under the premiership of the then-War Minister, General Kazushige Ugaki. The project was underwritten by a 200,000-yen donation by Yoshichika Tokugawa, ultra-rightist member of the House of Peers, son of the last \"daimyō\" of Nagoya, founder of the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya and Emperor Shōwa's second cousin. Ultra-rightist civilian organizations led by Kanichiro Kamei and Shūmei Ōkawa fomented a commotion outside the Diet Building in Tokyo late in February", "id": "5593888" }, { "contents": "Nanbu Shigenao\n\n\nHowever, in April 1636, his \"sankin-kōtai\" procession arrived in Edo ten days late, which was a violation of the new \"Buke shohatto\" regulations issued by \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu, and he was declared unfit to govern, and sentenced to house arrest at the clan residence in Edo. After his death in Edo in 1664, the Tokugawa shogunate intervened, and by order of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna appointed his younger brother Shichinohe Shigenobu as the next \"daimyō\", with the son of Hotta Masamori reduced", "id": "4495846" }, { "contents": "Akira Tomii\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese diplomat. He was born as a son of Baron Masaaki Tomii, the president of Tokyo Imperial University of Legal and a draft member of Japanese Civil Law. When he was young, his father hired Keita Gotō as Akira's home teacher. Akira Tomii graduated Tokyo Imperial University, and served as the Japanese Consul in Mukden, China, in 1915. From 1916 to 1924 served as consul in New York City, from 1924 to 1927 as consul in London, and from 1927 to 1933 as consul in", "id": "5339969" }, { "contents": "Maeda Toshisada\n\n\nand afterwards assumed his family’s seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. In 1922, he was appointed Communications Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Katō Tomosaburō. He subsequently served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kiyoura Keigo as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. He retired from public life in January 1944, and died in October of the same year. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasures, 1st class. Maeda studied poetry under Sasaki Nobutsuna. His daughter married post-war Foreign Minister", "id": "2257384" }, { "contents": "Hideo Kodama\n\n\nwas assigned to the Imperial General Headquarters and sent to the Liaodong Peninsula (under Japanese occupation), where he served as liaison between the civilian government in Tokyo and the Japanese general armies in Manchuria. Following the war, he returned to the Finance Ministry as head of the government's Tobacco Monopoly. He was later assigned to serve in the Japanese Government-General of Korea, as a secretary to the Privy Council, and as a member of the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 23 July 1906,", "id": "14284806" }, { "contents": "Prince Kuni Asaakira\n\n\nDomain. In 1921, he served for the customary term in the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 29 January 1929, he succeeded as head of the Kuni-no-miya house. Prince Kuni graduated from the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1921. He served as a midshipman on the cruiser and battleship . After his commissioning as ensign, he was assigned to the battleship , followed by battleships and . After his graduation from the Naval Staff College in 1925, he was assigned to", "id": "20710624" }, { "contents": "Saneatsu Mushanokōji\n\n\nJapanese ambassador to Nazi Germany, he traveled throughout Europe in 1936. In 1946, he was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. However, four months later he was purged from public office by the American Occupation authorities, due to his (1942), supporting the actions of the Japanese government in World War II. Mushanokōji made a literary comeback with his novel (1949–1950). He was awarded the Order of Culture in 1951, and became a member of the Japan Art Academy", "id": "5324629" }, { "contents": "Shizuoka (city)\n\n\nwhich he could influence \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada from behind the scenes. Subsequently, aside for brief periods, Sunpu was \"tenryō\" (territory under direct administration by the Shogunate), ruled by the , an appointed official based in Sunpu. In 1869, after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, the former shogunal line, headed by Tokugawa Iesato was sent to Sunpu and assigned the short-lived Sunpu Domain. The same year, Sunpu was renamed \"Shizuoka\". Shizuoka Domain became Shizuoka Prefecture with the abolition of", "id": "1359009" }, { "contents": "Ōta Dōkan\n\n\nlived in the same place. In the late 16th century, Dōkan's Edo Castle was chosen as the new home of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had been persuaded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to transfer the seat of his clan holdings into the Kantō. With the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in the early 17th century, Edo Castle became the center of the shogunate government. When the shogunate was displaced in the Meiji Restoration in the late 19th century, the newly named Tokyo became an Imperial capital with an Imperial Palace rising from the former shōgun", "id": "9984404" }, { "contents": "Prince Kaya Tsunenori\n\n\n, was the second head of the Kaya-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. He was first cousin to Empress Kōjun (Nagako), the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). Prince Kaya Tsunenori was born in Tokyo, the first son of Prince Kaya Kuninori and his wife, the former Daigō Yoshiko. He received his primary and secondary education at the boys' department of the Gakushuin Peers’ School. On December 8, 1909, he became the second head of the Kaya-no-", "id": "9139501" }, { "contents": "Hachisuka Mochiaki\n\n\nto Great Britain and attended Oxford University, where he matriculated at Balliol College in 1874. After returning to Japan, he joined the government as Director of the Customs Bureau director in the Ministry of Finance and a member of \"Sanjiin\" (legislative advisory council). In 1882, Hachisuka was envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to France, and received the title of \"kōshaku\" (marquis) under the new \"kazoku\" peerage system. After returning to Japan, he served as a member of the House of Peers,", "id": "18933529" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nand ruled by the \"shōguns\" of the Tokugawa clan. The period gets its name from the capital city, Edo, now called Tokyo. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo Castle from 1603 until 1868, when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration in the late Edo period (often called the Late Tokugawa shogunate). In 1392, General Yi Seong-gye established the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) with a largely bloodless coup. Yi Seong-gye moved the capital of Korea to the location of modern-day Seoul", "id": "9974551" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Hirotada\n\n\nHe is best known for being the father of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Hirotada was the son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (7th head of Mikawa Matsudaira clan). He was known in his childhood as Senshōmaru, Senchiyo, and Jirōzaburō. After his father's assassination in 1537, Hirotada was placed under the protection of a loyal retainer, Abe Sadayoshi. He allied with the Imagawa, and with their help was installed at Okazaki castle. The alliance with them brought him into conflict with the Tokugawa clan. In", "id": "20973368" }, { "contents": "Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda\n\n\nPrince Takeda Tsuneyoshi was the only son of Prince Takeda Tsunehisa and Princess Masako, Princess Tsune (1888–1940), the sixth daughter of Emperor Meiji. He was, therefore, a first cousin of Emperor Shōwa. Prince Tsuneyoshi became the second head of the Takeda-no-miya house on 23 April 1919. After being educated at the Gakushūin Peers' School, and serving for a session in the House of Peers, he graduated from the 32nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in July 1930, and received a commission", "id": "4712175" }, { "contents": "Ishii Kikujirō\n\n\nViscount , was a Japanese diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan between 1915 and 1916. Ishii was born in Mobara city, Kazusa Province (present-day Chiba Prefecture). He graduated from the Law Department of Tokyo Imperial University and joined the Foreign Ministry. His first posting was as an attaché to Paris in 1891, and he was later sent to Chemulpo, Korea in 1896 and to Beijing, China in 1897.", "id": "19761626" }, { "contents": "Nagai Naoyuki\n\n\n, also known as or , was a Japanese hatamoto under the Tokugawa of Bakumatsu period Japan. His great-great-grandchild was Yukio Mishima. Naoyuki's adopted son, Iwanojō Nagai, was the father of Natsu, who was Mishima's grandmother. Iwanojō's real father was Nagasumi Miyoshi (Miyoshi clan) who was a Tokugawa retainer. Nagai Naoyuki, or as he was first known, , was born in the Nukada district of the Okutono Domain by a concubine to \"daimyō\" . Noritada, while head of a", "id": "5425993" }, { "contents": "Hidemaro Konoye\n\n\nViscount was a conductor and composer of classical music in Shōwa period Japan. He was the younger brother of pre-war Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoye was born in Kōjimachi, Tokyo as the younger son of Duke Konoe Atsumaro, scion of one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. The Konoe clan traditionally provided \"gagaku\" musicians to the Imperial Household, and Hidemaro chose to follow the family's musical tradition, whereas his older brother Fumimaro went into politics. Konoye attended the Gakushuin Peers School, where", "id": "22220081" }, { "contents": "Yoritake Matsudaira\n\n\n. After graduation from Waseda University, he worked for Toshiba. Now he is the president of . One of his hobbies is horseback riding, he is an amateur radio aficionado, and he gives lectures about the advantages of Scouting activities. Yoritake is a second cousin of the present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Tsunenari, as both are great-grandsons of Nabeshima Naohiro, the 11th and last \"daimyō\" of Saga. By virtue of his descent from the \"kuge\" Madenokōji family, he is also a sixth", "id": "1769206" }, { "contents": "Nabeshima Naoyoshi\n\n\nperiod of Naoyoshi's administration, and the prefecture's economic production was increased, particularly in the area of sugar production. In 1881, Naoyoshi was recalled to Tokyo, and became president of the \"Genrōin\". With the establishment of the \"kazoku\" peerage, he became a , and a member of the House of Peers on the establishment of the Diet of Japan in 1890. In his later years he helped build hospitals and schools in the region of Kashima, which he had once ruled, and was awarded Second", "id": "17536683" }, { "contents": "Obama Domain\n\n\nKawagoe Domain, before being the 1st Sakai \"daimyō\" of Obama Domain. He was the son of Sakai Tadatoshi, a hereditary retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He served Tokugawa Hidetada during the Siege of Ueda and later served Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who promoted him to \"rōjū\" in 1624. In 1634, he was transferred to Obama and completed the construction of Obama Castle. He retired from public life in 1656 and died in 1662. His grave is at the clan temple of Kuin-ji in Obama. was the", "id": "16508967" }, { "contents": "Edo period\n\n\nEmperor Kōmei died and was succeeded by his underaged son Emperor Meiji. Tokugawa Yoshinobu reluctantly became head of the Tokugawa house and \"shōgun\". He tried to reorganize the government under the emperor while preserving the \"shōgun\"s leadership role. Fearing the growing power of the Satsuma and Chōshū \"daimyō\", other \"daimyō\" called for returning the \"shōgun\"s political power to the emperor and a council of \"daimyō\" chaired by the former Tokugawa \"shōgun\". Yoshinobu accepted the plan in late 1867 and resigned, announcing an", "id": "3932378" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\n, was a politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan, twice as a cabinet minister, and also serving twice as mayor of Tokyo. Nagata was born in Mihara District, Hyōgo Prefecture, in what is now part of the city of Minamiawaji. After graduating from the predecessor of Kyoto Imperial University and serving as a school principal in Sumoto, Hyōgo from 1902 to 1904, he obtained a posting in the Home Ministry and rose to become", "id": "15430218" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Nagashige\n\n\n, also known as Sado-no-kami or Etchū-no-kami, was a Japanese samurai \"daimyō\" of the mid-Edo period. The Ogasawara were identified as one of the \"fudai\" or insider \"daimyō\" clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa, in contrast with the \"tozama\" or outsider clans. Nagashige served the Tokugawa shogunate as its eleventh Kyoto \"shoshidai\" in the period spanning October 17, 1691, through May 15, 1702. He had previously been shogunate", "id": "8758740" }, { "contents": "Jo Hyeong\n\n\nJo Hyeong (1606–1679) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty Korea in the 17th century. He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 6th Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. In 1655 King Hyojong of Joseon sent a mission to the shogunal court of Tokugawa Ietsuna. This diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for developing a political foundation for trade. The delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a \"Communication Envoy", "id": "5288304" }, { "contents": "Tsugaru clan\n\n\nwho took the name of (1872–1919) to be his heir. Hidemaru was educated in Germany, graduating from the University of Bonn, Humboldt University of Berlin and University of Geneva and after his return to Japan served in under the Japanese Resident-General of Korea from 1907-1914, and in the Ministry of the Imperial Household from 1914-1918. In 1918, he was appointed to the House of Peers. His son was (1907-1994), who was born as the second son of a branch of", "id": "10903481" }, { "contents": "Arima Ryōkitsu\n\n\nAdmiral was a career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy during Meiji and Taishō periods. Arima was a native of Wakayama, where his father was a senior \"samurai\" retainer of the Kishū Tokugawa clan, and an active supporter of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Although he came from such an unfavorable background, Arima was able to secure admission to the 12th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, after graduating from the forerunners of Doshisha University and Keio University with degrees in English language.", "id": "14930546" }, { "contents": "Mitsukuri Rinsho\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese statesman and legal scholar in Meiji period Japan. Mitsukuri was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo) to a noted family of scholars working for the Tokugawa bakufu. He studied \"rangaku\" and received a posting to the \"Bansho Shirabesho,\" the Shōgun's research institute for foreign technology. In 1867, he was selected to accompany the Shogunate's expedition to the Paris World Exposition, which proved to be an eye-opener. On his return to Japan, Mitsukuri joined the new Meiji government", "id": "19948939" }, { "contents": "Owari-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe , a branch of the Tokugawa clan, is the seniormost house of the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Originally descended from Tokugawa Yoshinao, the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the original line became extinct in 1800 with the death of the ninth lord and family head. It has since been kept in existence through repeated adoptions from the two remaining houses, and is currently headed by a member of the Kishu branch. For over 250 years, the Owari family ruled Owari Domain,", "id": "17810278" } ]

[ { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nJune 19, 1946, he served as the President of the House of Peers, a post which he held until May 2, 1947, when the Allied occupation authorities authorized the current Constitution of Japan abolishing the House of Peers. He died of heart disease at his home in Shibuya, Tokyo, on February 18, 1963, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class. His grave is located at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. He was succeeded as head of the Tokugawa clan", "id": "11961761" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince also known as Iyemasa, was a Japanese political figure of the Taishō and early Shōwa periods. He was the 17th hereditary head of the former shogunal branch of the Tokugawa clan and the final President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Iemasa Tokugawa was born in what is now the Sendagaya district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato and his wife, Konoe Hiroko, daughter of Konoe Tadafusa. He graduated from the law school of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909, and accepted a post in", "id": "11961759" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nthe diplomatic corps of Foreign Ministry the same year. In 1924, he was appointed Consul-general to the Japanese consulate in Sydney, Australia. In 1929, he was appointed Envoy to Canada and from 1937 to 1939 served as the Japanese ambassador to Turkey. In 1940, on the death of his father, he inherited the title of \"kōshaku\" (, \"prince\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and a seat as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On", "id": "11961760" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nin 1882, and was given the title of \"kōshaku\" (公爵, prince) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He became a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan from its creation in 1890, and served as President of the House of Peers from 1901-1933. When the administration of Prime Minister Yamamoto Gonnohyōe was brought down by the Siemens scandal, there was a strong movement to have Tokugawa Iesato nominated to be his successor. Following World War I, Iesato served on the Japanese", "id": "11796153" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince was the 13th head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan and the President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Kuniyuki Tokugawa inherited the title of \"shishaku\" (侯爵, marquis) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system on the death of his father, Tokugawa Atsuyoshi in 1898. A scholar, he turned his attention in 1906 to the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\", a comprehensive history of Japan begun by his ancestor, Tokugawa Mitsukuni in the 17th century. However, in 1910", "id": "13926670" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshinobu\n\n\n's photographs have been published in recent years by his great-grandson, Yoshitomo. In 1902, the Meiji Emperor allowed him to reestablish his own house as a Tokugawa branch (\"bekke\") with the highest rank in the peerage, that of prince (\"kōshaku\"), for his loyal service to Japan. He took a seat in the House of Peers, resigning in 1910. Tokugawa Yoshinobu died on November 21, 1913, at 4:10 pm and is buried in Yanaka Cemetery, Tokyo. On 9 January", "id": "12861306" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nCount was a Japanese political figure of the late Meiji through early Shōwa periods, and served as President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Yorinaga Matsudaira was the eighth son of Matsudaira Yoritoshi, the former \"daimyō\" of Matsuyama Domain in Shikoku. His mother, Chiyoko, was the daughter of Ii Naosuke and his wife was the daughter of Tokugawa Akitake, head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. He attended the Gakushūin Peer’s School, and with the sponsorship of Ōkuma Shigenobu, graduated from", "id": "14764736" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nthe law school of Waseda University. district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato. In 1909 he became a member of the House of Peers, and continued to serve as a member every year (except for a hiatus between 1911–1914) until his death. A strong supporter of education, he donated a large property in downtown Tokyo to create the Hongo Gakuin school. In 1933, he was made Vice-President of the House of Peers, breaking with the precedent that only men with the rank of princes", "id": "14764737" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\n, he was accepted into the 22nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and was commissioned as Second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army. He resigned his commission in 1914 citing health reasons, and went into the reserves in 1915. From December 1911, Kuniyuki Tokugawa served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\" in 1929, he was awarded the title of \"koshaku\" (公爵, prince). On June 25, 1940, he", "id": "13926671" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nPrince was the first head of the Tokugawa clan after the overthrow of the Tokugawa bakufu, and a figure in Japanese politics during the Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. Tokugawa Iesato was born to the Tayasu branch of the Tokugawa clan, under the name Kamenosuke, he became its 16th head, following the resignation of the last \"shōgun,\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu. His brothers were Tokugawa Satotaka and Tokugawa Takachiyo, who also held the Tayasu headship at different times. Iesato was also briefly the \"daimyō\" of the", "id": "11796150" }, { "contents": "Iwamura Michitoshi\n\n\n1896, Iwamura was awarded the title of viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure later the same year. He served as an advisor to Emperor Meiji, and was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers. He was also awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class on June 23, 1904. He died in Tokyo on February 12, 1915, and his grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo.", "id": "17814139" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nor marquis could service in the highest level positions. Four years later, when Fumimaro Konoe became Prime Minister of Japan, Yorinaga Matsudaira became the President of the House of Peers. He died while in office, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class with Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. His nephew Yorihiro Matsudaira succeeded him in his peerage. Yorinaga Matsudaira was also a noted collector of miniature bonsai, and served as honorary president of the Kofuku Bonsai Association. His", "id": "14764738" }, { "contents": "Prince Kachō Hirotada\n\n\nPrince Hirotada was the second son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu. His mother was Tokugawa Tsuneko, the 9th daughter of the last Tokugawa Shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He succeeded his father to the head of the Kachō-no-miya household when he was only 2 years old in 1904. Prince Kachō attended the Gakushuin Peers’ School. He entered the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1918, graduating 1st out of 176 cadets. Prince Kuni Asaakira was one of his classmates. He served his midshipman duty on the", "id": "17635064" }, { "contents": "Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu\n\n\nNovember 1942. From 1936 to 1945, he held various staff positions in the Naval General Staff Office in Tokyo. On 4 February 1930, Prince Takamatsu married Kikuko Tokugawa (26 December 1911 – 18 December 2004), the second daughter of Yoshihisa Tokugawa (peer). The bride was a granddaughter of Yoshinobu Tokugawa, the last Shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, and a granddaughter of the late Prince Arisugawa Takehito. Prince and Princess Takamatsu had no children. From the 1930s, Prince Takamatsu expressed grave reservations regarding Japanese aggression in", "id": "1048484" }, { "contents": "Francis Brinkley\n\n\n, covered Japanese history, fine arts and literature from the origins of the Japanese race up until the latter half of the Meiji period. In 1912, at the age of 71 and one month after General Nogi's death, Francis Brinkley died. At his funeral, the mourners included the Speaker of the House of Peers, Tokugawa Iesato, the Minister of the Navy Saitō Makoto, and the Foreign Minister Uchida Kosai. He is buried in the foreign section of the Aoyama Reien cemetery in central Tokyo. After his death Ernest", "id": "10262389" }, { "contents": "Enkichi Ōki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese statesman in the Taishō period. Ōki was born in Tokyo. His father, Ōki Takatō was one of the leaders in the Meiji Restoration, and served in numerous cabinet posts in the early Meiji government. In 1899, Enkichi succeeded to his father’s title of count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His political career began in 1908, when he was elected to the House of Peers. He initially supported the \"Kenkyūkai\", but soon switched his allegiance to the", "id": "2422914" }, { "contents": "Yoshitoshi Tokugawa\n\n\nLieutenant General Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and one of the pioneers of military aviation in Japan. Tokugawa Yoshitoshi was the son of Count Tokugawa Atsumori (1856–1924) (head of the Shimizu branch of the Tokugawa clan). Through his father, he was the grandnephew of the last shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. While his father had been created a count in 1884, he had relinquished the title in 1899. Yoshitoshi graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1903, after having specialized in military engineering. In", "id": "751688" }, { "contents": "Enomoto Takeaki\n\n\nViscount was a Japanese samurai and admiral of the Tokugawa navy of Bakumatsu-period Japan, who remained faithful to the Tokugawa shogunate and fought against the new Meiji government until the end of the Boshin War. He later served in the Meiji government as one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Enomoto was born as a member of a samurai family in the direct service of the Tokugawa clan in the Shitaya district of Edo (modern Taitō, Tokyo). Enomoto started learning Dutch in the 1850s, and after Japan's", "id": "12566973" }, { "contents": "Yamada Akiyoshi\n\n\ncount (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage on July 7, 1884, and served in the House of Peers (Japan) from its establishment in 1890. On January 28, 1892, he was appointed to a seat in the Privy Council of Japan but died in November of the same year at the age of 49, while inspecting the Ikuno Silver Mine in Asago, Hyōgo. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Buddhist temple of Gokoku-ji in", "id": "655166" }, { "contents": "International Martial Arts Federation\n\n\nwas appointed as the 5th President of IMAF. He served as the Japanese Ambassador to India and Deputy Foreign Minister. The current president of Kokusai Budoin, International Martial Arts Federation (IMAF) is Yasuhisa Tokugawa, the great-grandson of the 15th and final \"shōgun\" of Japan, Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837–1913). He was also the Chief Priest for the in Tokyo from 2013-2018. Note: In the mid 1980's IMAF-Europe split from IMAF Japan to create a current non-affiliated organization with a", "id": "8525267" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masami\n\n\nInaba Masami was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Tateyama Domain, Inaba Masamori. On his father’s death in 1820, he succeeded to the head of the Tateyama Inaba clan and the position of \"daimyō\" of Tateyama. In 1862, he was appointed as a \"Wakadoshiyori\" in the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate under \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemochi. He resigned the title in 1864, with instructions to strengthen Japan's naval defenses against the increasing aggressive incursions of foreign black ships, and supported Katsu", "id": "8052899" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Mochiaki\n\n\nabolition of the han system in 1871. In 1884, he became a Count (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He was awarded the Fourth class of the Order of the Rising Sun in 1885. In 1889, he inherited the title of Marquis (\"koshaku\") from his adopted father. He died in 1890. His son, Matsudaira Yasutaka (1867–1930) served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan and was author of a number of works on agricultural", "id": "4765039" }, { "contents": "Tsunenari Tokugawa\n\n\nHis son, Iehiro Tokugawa, is a translator. In 2007, Tsunenari published a book entitled \"Edo no idenshi\" (江戸の遺伝子), released in English in 2009 as \"The Edo Inheritance\", which seeks to counter the common belief among Japanese that the Edo period (throughout which members of his Tokugawa clan ruled Japan as \"shōguns\") was like a dark age, when Japan, cut off from the world, fell behind. On the contrary, he argues, the roughly 250 years of peace and relative", "id": "11961777" }, { "contents": "Matsui Keishirō\n\n\nto Japan in 1913. During the First World War, served as Japanese Ambassador to France and was a plenipotentiary at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. On the successful completion of this mission, he was awarded with the title of baron (\"danshaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He served as Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 7 to June 11, 1924, under the administration of Kiyoura Keigo and was also appointed a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He later served", "id": "9380810" }, { "contents": "Konoe Tadafusa\n\n\n, son of regent Tadahiro with his wife Shimazu Kyoko, was a \"kugyō\" or Japanese court noble of the late Edo period (1603–1868). He did not hold any regent position kampaku or sesshō. His consort was Shimazu Mitsuko, an adopted daughter of Shimazu Nariakira, eleventh head of Satsuma Domain. The couple had a daughter, Konoe Hiroko, who later married Tokugawa Iesato, the sixteenth head of Tokugawa family and bore him Tokugawa Iemasa, the seventeenth head of the Tokugawa clan. He adopted a son of Konoe", "id": "20767712" }, { "contents": "Tenshō-in\n\n\nShe spent her remaining years nurturing Tokugawa Iesato, the 16th head of the Tokugawa clan. She moved into the Tokugawa residence in Sendagaya, in the Shibuya district, Tokyo. She suffered from Parkinson's disease which eventually took her life on November 20th, 1883, at the age of 47. She was buried in Kaneiji in Ueno, Tokyo, together with her husband, Onkyoin (Iesada). Beside Onkyoin and Tenshoin tombs, There is loquat tree planted there as it was Tenshoin's favorite food. The 2008 NHK Taiga", "id": "241772" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshimune\n\n\nYoshimune was not the son of any former \"shōgun\". Rather, he was a member of a cadet branch of the Tokugawa clan. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, well aware of the extinction of the Minamoto line in 1219, had realized that his direct descendants might die out, leaving the Tokugawa family at risk of extinction. Thus, while his son Tokugawa Hidetada was the second \"shōgun\", he selected three other sons to establish the \"gosanke,\" hereditary houses which would provide a", "id": "16258375" }, { "contents": "Kitasato Shibasaburō\n\n\nonki Corporation, with the intention of manufacturing the most reliable clinical thermometer possible. The company was later renamed Terumo Corporation. Kitasato also was the first dean of medicine at Keio University, first president of the Japan Medical Association, and served on the House of Peers. He was ennobled with the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system in February 1924. Kitasato died of an intracranial hemorrhage at his home in Azabu, Tokyo, on June 13, 1931. His grave is at the", "id": "11568829" }, { "contents": "Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa\n\n\nPrince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa was the only son of Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa and Fusako, Princess Kane. He succeeded as the head of the Kitashirakawa-no-miya house upon his father's unexpected death in an automobile accident in France in 1923. On 25 April 1935, Prince Nagahisa married Sachiko Tokugawa, born , died , the daughter of Baron Yoshikuni Tokugawa. Prince and Princess Kitashirakawa Nagahisa had one son and one daughter: Prince Nagahisa graduated from the 43rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1931, and was commissioned a sub", "id": "8171688" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nbrother Tokugawa Yoshiatsu and ordering him to assume the post of \"daimyō\" to assure the stability of Mito Domain. He departed from Marseille in December 1868. Tokugawa Akitake succeeded Tokugawa Yoshiatsu to become the 11th head of the Mito Tokugawa clan on his return to Japan. However, the title of \"daimyō\" was officially abolished in 1869, and he continued at Mito as domain governor. His request for land development in Hokkaido to resettle ex-samurai from the domain was granted on August 17, 1869, and he was", "id": "17914477" }, { "contents": "Sōma Nakamura Domain\n\n\nyounger brother Masatane. was the 5th \"daimyō\" of Sōma-Nakamura Domain and the 21st hereditary chieftain of the Sōma clan. As his older brother Sadatane had died without heir, he was posthumously appointed successor. He was received in formal audience to Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna and received the courtesy title of \"Danjō-shōhitsu\". From 1689-1690 he served as a \"sobayōnin\" to Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. He retired from public life in February 1701, living in rural seclusion to his death at the age of 68", "id": "4010353" }, { "contents": "Aizu\n\n\nof only 15. He was succeeded by the eighth lord Katataka, who was a sixth cousin (twice removed) and a member of the Takasu cadet branch of the Mito collateral line. He died without heirs in 1852 and was succeeded by his grandnephew, the famous Katamori, whose descendants have since headed the family. The present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tsunenari, is also from the Aizu lineage. In the house code set down by Masayuki, there was a specific injunction to serve the shogun with single-minded", "id": "17967555" }, { "contents": "Arai Hakuseki\n\n\nshogun Tokugawa Ienobu. He went on to displace the official Hayashi advisers to become the leading confucianist for Ienobu and Tokugawa Ietsugu. While some of Hakuseki's policies were still carried out after Ienobu's death, after the 6th shogun, Tokugawa Ietsugu, died and Tokugawa Yoshimune's rule began, Hakuseki left his post to begin his career as a prolific writer of Japanese history and Occidental studies. He was buried in Asakusa (current day Taitō, Tokyo), Hoonji temple but was later moved to Nakano, Tokyo, Kotokuji temple", "id": "12566945" }, { "contents": "Tsuruga Domain\n\n\nin the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. His courtesy title was \"Ukyō-no-suke\". His wife was the daughter of Doi Toshifusa of Ōno Domain. He died in 1706 and his grave is at the temple of Seisho-ji in Atago, Tokyo. was the 2nd \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga Domain in Echizen Province under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. Tadakiku was the eldest son of Sakai Tadashige. He became \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga on the death of his father in 1706. He was an \"", "id": "2398354" }, { "contents": "Mito-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe is a branch of the Tokugawa clan based in Mito, Ibaraki. Following the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as daimyō in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Although the Mito branch held less land", "id": "18026528" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\n. After Hideyoshi's death in 1598, Tokugawa Ieyasu came to power and was appointed \"shōgun\" by the Emperor. The Tokugawa shogunate, which governed from Edo (modern Tokyo), presided over a prosperous and peaceful era known as the Edo period (1600–1868). The Tokugawa shogunate imposed a strict class system on Japanese society and cut off almost all contact with the outside world. Portugal and Japan started their first affiliation in 1543, making the Portuguese the first Europeans to reach Japan by landing in the southern archipelago of", "id": "3250463" }, { "contents": "Tadaatsu Ishiguro\n\n\n, citing illness. His father died the same year, and per the provisions of his father’s will, he did not inherit the kazoku peerage title of viscount held by his father. In January 1943, he was granted a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. In 1945, he returned to the cabinet as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce under the Suzuki administration. In 1946, after the surrender of Japan, as with all members of the prewar and wartime Japanese government, Ishiguro was purged by", "id": "9448122" }, { "contents": "Ōkuma Shigenobu\n\n\nof the Diet of Japan until 1922. He was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum in 1916, and was elevated to the title of \"kōshaku\" (侯爵) (marquis) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system the same year. Ōkuma returned to Waseda, and died there in 1922. An estimated 300,000 people attended his funeral in Tokyo's Hibiya Park. He was posthumously elevated to the rank of prince in the peerage and was also posthumously conferred with the Collar of the Order of the", "id": "9013378" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nTokugawa branch houses (\"shinpan daimyō\") became marquesses, the heads of the secondary branches became counts and the heads of more distant branches became viscounts. The head of the Matsudaira (Fukui Domain) branch was raised to the rank of marquess from the rank of count in 1888. In 1902, the former \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu was created a prince, and the head of the Mito \"shinpan\" house was raised to the same rank, prince, in 1929. Of the other former \"daimyō\" clans", "id": "2052552" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Naganari\n\n\nViscount was an Admiral and naval strategist in the Imperial Japanese Navy in Meiji and Taishō period Japan, and a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. He was also known as Ogasawara Chōsei, Ogasawara Nagayo. Ogasawara was born in Saga prefecture. His father was the Rōjū Ogasawara Nagamichi, a senior retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. As his father was forced into retirement by the events of the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Ogasawara Naganari succeeded his grandfather to become head of the Ogasawara clan in 1873, and as", "id": "15329213" }, { "contents": "Katō Takaaki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese politician, diplomat, and the 14th Prime Minister of Japan, a position he held from 11 June 1924 until his death on 28 January 1926, during the period which historians have called \"Taishō Democracy\". He was also known as Katō Kōmei. Katō, was born as Hattori Sokichi, the second son of a former \"samurai\" retainer of the Owari Tokugawa domain in Nagoya, Owari Province, in the town of Saya, Ama District in what is now part of the city of Aisai,", "id": "9068839" }, { "contents": "Kawasaki Takukichi\n\n\n. Under his administration, the Yagoto Baseball Ground was built, and the first Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament was held in 1924. Later in 1924, Kawasaki was recalled to Tokyo to assume the post of Director-General of the National Police Agency under the Home Ministry. He became Deputy Home Minister in 1925. In 1926, he was invited to take a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He was recruited by Osachi Hamaguchi and Wakatsuki Reijirō to join the \"Kenseikai\" political party,", "id": "22092779" }, { "contents": "Masuda Takashi\n\n\nBaron , was a Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector. He was a prominent entrepreneur in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan, responsible for transforming Mitsui into a \"zaibatsu\" through the creation of a general trading company, Mitsui Bussan. He also established a newspaper, the , which was later renamed the \"Nihon Keizai Shimbun\". Masuda was born on Sado Island, in what is now Niigata Prefecture. His father was an official in the Tokugawa shogunate, serving as Hakodate bugyō, a position which", "id": "13847203" }, { "contents": "Suwa Tadamasa\n\n\nthe Shiba Tōshō-gū, a Shinto Shrine dedicated to the previous Shoguns of the Tokugawa clan in Tokyo. After the death of Suwa Tadaaya in 1878, he resumed his position as chieftain of the Suwa clan. he was reappointed \"kannushi\" of the Shiba Tōshō-gū from 1882 to 1889. In 1884 he became a viscount (\"shisaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His court rank was increased to Senior Fourth Rank in 1887. From 1891 to 1895, he returned to Suwa and became", "id": "12726550" }, { "contents": "Ōkubo Tadanori\n\n\nŌkubo Tadanori was the nephew of Tokugawa Nariaki, which made him a cousin to Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He was born as the 5th son of Matsudaira Yorihiro, daimyō of Takamatsu Domain, in Sanuki Province. On the death of former daimyō of Odawara, Ōkubo Tadanao in 1859 he was adopted into the Ōkubo clan as 11th clan head, and by default, daimyō of Odawara Domain. He served in a number of posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate, including that of \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) in", "id": "1881957" }, { "contents": "Kinichiro Ishikawa\n\n\nIshikawa Kinichiro, a watercolor painter and champion of Taiwanese Western art education, was born in Shizuoka City, Japan. His father was a former official of the Tokugawa government during the bakumatsu (late Tokugawa Shogunate). He was infatuated with painting from a very early age, but his father did not approve of his artistic pursuits. In 1888, he entered the Tokyo Telecommunications School of the Ministry of Communications. In order to sustain his interest in painting, aside from using prints of English works to engage in self-study", "id": "7410092" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masanori\n\n\nInaba Masanori was the second son of the previous daimyō of Odawara, Inaba Masakatsu. As his mother died when he was still very young, he was raised by his grandmother, Kasuga no Tsubone, the wet nurse to \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu. On the death of his father in 1634, he became head of the Inaba clan, and inherited his father’s position as daimyō of Odawara. Due to the influence of his grandmother, he rose rapidly through the hierarchy of the Tokugawa shogunate and was appointed \"Rōjū\"", "id": "1882506" }, { "contents": "Pak Yung-hio\n\n\nfled to exile in Japan, where he remained until 1907. On his return, he accepted the post of Royal Household Minister under Ye Wanyong. Following the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, in which Korea was annexed to the Empire of Japan, Park was awarded with the \"kazoku\" title of marquess (\"koshaku\") in the Japanese peerage, and a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Director of the Bank of Chosen in 1918, Chairman of the Korean Economic", "id": "5961340" }, { "contents": "Fumio Gotō\n\n\nBorn in Ōita Prefecture, Gotō was a graduate of the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909. During his early career in the 1920s, he worked in the Home Ministry, and was Director of Administration within the office of the Governor-General of Taiwan. In the 1930s, Gotō was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries between 1932 and 1934 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Makoto Saitō, and was later Home Minister", "id": "15188268" }, { "contents": "Konoe Atsumaro\n\n\nDuke was a Japanese politician and journalist of the Meiji era. He served as the 3rd President of the House of Peers and 7th President of the Gakushūin Peer's School in Meiji period Japan. He was also the father of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoe was born in Kyoto as the heir to the highly ranked Konoe family of Court nobility, one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. His father Konoe Tadafusa died when he was young, so he was raised by his grandfather Konoe Tadahiro. His mother was", "id": "1475111" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nassigned lands in Tomamae-gun, Teshio-gun, Kamikawa-gun, Nakagawa-gun in Teshio no kuni along with Rishiri-gun in Kitami no kuni. With the abolition of the han system in 1871, he was required by the government to leave in Mito and to live in Tokyo. He relocated to the former \"shimoyashiki\" secondary residence of the Mito Clan located in Mukōjima. Tokugawa Akitake was appointed a second lieutenant in Imperial Japanese Army in 1875, and served as an instructor during the early days of", "id": "17914478" }, { "contents": "Yonekura Tadasuke\n\n\nYonekura Tadasuke was the sixth son of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, a favorite of \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi who served in a number of important posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. In 1710, he was adopted by Yonekura Masateru, the \"daimyō\" of Minagawa Domain in Shimotsuke Province, and succeeded to the head of the Yonekura clan and daimyo of Minagawa two years later. On September 1, 1716, he was received in a formal audience by Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune. On July 27, 1722, he transferred the seat", "id": "9479884" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\nit was essential that Tokyo host the 1940 Olympics, as the date coincided with the Japanese 2600th Anniversary celebrations. He was forced to resign after a police sweep rounded up 6900 suspected communists in Tokyo. Nagata subsequently served in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. From March 9, 1936 to February 2, 1937, Nagata was appointed Minister of Colonial Affairs under the Kōki administration. He returned to the cabinet as Railway Minister under the Abe administration from November 29, 1939, to January 14, 1940. Nagata", "id": "15430221" }, { "contents": "Kijūrō Shidehara\n\n\nhe was named ambassador to the United States and was Japan's leading negotiator during the Washington Naval Conference. His negotiations led to the return of Shandong Province to China. However, while he was ambassador, the United States enacted discriminatory immigration laws against Japanese, which created much ill will in Japan. Shidehara was elevated to the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1920, and appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in 1925. In 1924, Shidehara became Minister of", "id": "9069195" }, { "contents": "Sōma clan\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. During the Boshin War of 1868–69, the Sōma clan fought on the site of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, supporting the Tokugawa regime. After Meiji Restoration, the head of the Sōma clan became part of the \"kazoku\" peerage, with Sōma Aritane receiving the title of \"shishaku\" (Viscount). Sōma Morotsune was the younger son of Chiba Tsunetane, and with his father was a samurai in the service of Minamoto no Yoritomo. He took his name from the Sōma Mikuriya, a \"shōen\" controlled", "id": "7506834" }, { "contents": "Matsumoto Kazu\n\n\nMatsumoto was born in Edo (now Tokyo) as the younger son of a direct retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. He graduated in 1880 from the 7th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, ranked 19 out of 30 cadets. He served on a number of ships in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, including the corvettes , , , and . Promoted to lieutenant in 1886, he graduated from the first class of the Naval Staff College in 1888. He was the chief navigator on the cruiser in 1891–1892 on its year-", "id": "8947678" }, { "contents": "Mito Domain\n\n\nof the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as \"daimyō\" in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the gosanke. Although the Mito branch held less land and wealth than either of the other two branches, they maintained considerable influence throughout the Edo period. The domain's promiximity to the \"de", "id": "290529" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nAtsuyoshi's son Tokugawa Kuniyuki was 11 years old at that time, and became the 13th head of the Mito Tokugawa under Akitake's tutelage. However, Akitake subsequently had a son, Tokugawa Takesada, who was born to a concubine in 1888. Takesada was made a viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1892 and founded the separate Matsudo Tokugawa line. In 1903, Tokugawa Akitake was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class. He died at Koumetei mansion in 1910. \"", "id": "17914481" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nand was raised by Tenshō-in and Kazu-no-Miya Chikako. In 1868 he was sent to Kyoto by his mother, Kazu-no-Miya Chikako and met with Emperor Meiji. He married the daughter of Konoe Tadafusa, Konoe Hiroko, who bore him Iemasa Tokugawa, the seventeenth Tokugawa family head, Yasuko Tokugawa, who married Nobusuke Takatsukasa and bore him Toshimichi Takatsukasa, Ryōko Tokugawa, and Toshiko Tokugawa. In 1877, Iesato was sent to Eton College in Great Britain to study. He returned to Japan", "id": "11796152" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\nthis, almost immediately after Hideyoshi's death, war broke out between Hideyori's allies and those loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu, a \"daimyō\" and a former ally of Hideyoshi. Tokugawa Ieyasu won a decisive victory at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, ushering in 268 uninterrupted years of rule by the Tokugawa clan. The Edo period was characterized by relative peace and stability under the tight control of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled from the eastern city of Edo (modern Tokyo). In 1603, Emperor Go-Yōzei declared", "id": "3250534" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nKorean Empire was annexed in 1910, the House of Yi was mediatized as an incorporated and therefore subordinate kingship (王). Excluding the Tokugawas, the initial \"kazoku\" rank distribution for the former \"daimyō\" lords depended on rice revenue: those with 150,000 \"koku\" or more became marquesses, those with 50,000 \"koku\" or more become counts, and those with holdings rated below 50,000 \"koku\" became viscounts. The head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Iesato, became a prince, the heads of primary", "id": "2052551" }, { "contents": "Gosanke\n\n\nThe , also called simply , or even , were the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan: Owari House of Tokugawa, Kii House of Tokugawa, and Mito House of Tokugawa, all of which were descended from clan founder Tokugawa Ieyasu's three youngest sons, Yoshinao, Yorinobu, and Yorifusa, and were allowed to provide a shōgun in case of need. In the Edo period the term \"gosanke\" could also refer to various other combinations of Tokugawa houses, including (1) the shogunal, Owari", "id": "17630062" }, { "contents": "Hirohide Fushimi\n\n\nBorn as , the 4th son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, he was the younger brother of Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, Prince Kachō Hirotada and Marquis Kachō Hironobu. In October 1932, he served as a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. On 1 April 1936, by order of Emperor Hirohito, he was allowed to establish his own household after renouncing his imperial title, and was created a count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. The same year, he married Tomoko Yanagisawa", "id": "230990" }, { "contents": "Sano Tsunetami\n\n\nduring the 1st Matsukata administration, he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. In 1895, Sano was elevated to the title of count (\"hakushaku\"). On his death at his home in Tokyo in 1902, he was posthumously awarded with the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class with Paulownia Blossoms). His grave is at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo. In 1939, the Japanese government issued a series of four commemorative postage stamps honoring the 75th anniversary of the Red Cross Treaty. A portrait of Sano", "id": "7051581" }, { "contents": "Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu\n\n\nsucceeded to title Kachō-no-miya on April 23, 1883, upon which he changed his name from \"Narukata\" to \"Hiroyasu,\" but returned to the house of Fushimi-no-miya on January 16, 1904. On January 9, 1896, Prince Hiroyasu married Tokugawa Tsuneko (1882–1939), the ninth daughter of Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japan's last \"shōgun\", with whom he had six children: Prince Hiroyasu entered the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy on 5 April 1886, but resigned in September", "id": "3864370" }, { "contents": "Mizoguchi clan\n\n\nas part of the guard of Nagoya Castle. In 1598, he was transferred to Shibata and his \"kokudaka\" was increased to 60,000 \"koku\". Following the Battle of Sekigahara, he was confirmed in his holdings by the Tokugawa shogunate. The Mizoguchi ruled Shibata as \"tozama daimyō\" until the Meiji restoration. After the abolition of the han system in 1871, the final \"daimyō\" of Shibata, Mizoguchi Naomasa relocated to Tokyo and received the \"kazoku\" peerage title of \"hakushaku\" (Count) in", "id": "19300691" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Norinaga\n\n\nMatsudaira Norinaga was the eldest son of Matsudaira Ienori, a Sengoku period samurai and daimyō of Iwamura Domain in Mino Province under the early Tokugawa shogunate. On the death of his father in 1614, he was confirmed as head of the Ogyū-Matsdaira clan and the same year accompanied the forces of \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada at the Siege of Osaka. In 1634, he was transferred to Hamamatsu Domain in Tōtōmi Province with an increase in revenues from 20,000 to 36,000 \"koku\". In 1642, Matsudaira Norinaga was promoted to", "id": "3314701" }, { "contents": "Canada–Japan relations\n\n\nway to deal with the Japanese question is to have our own Minister in Japan to visa passports.\" As a context, it is worth noting that Japan's consulate in Vancouver was established in 1889, 40 years before its embassy was opened in Ottawa in 1929. The first Japanese Minister in Canada was Prince Iemasa Tokugawa, serving from 1929 to 1934. The first Canadian Minister in Japan was Sir Herbert Marler, serving from 1929 to 1936. Diplomatic ties were severed in 1941 with the start of the Pacific War. During", "id": "15989893" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Ienari\n\n\nTokugawa Ienari (, November 18, 1773 – March 22, 1841) was the eleventh and longest-serving \"shōgun\" of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1787 to 1837. He was a great-grandson of the eighth shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune through his son Munetada (1721–1764), head of the Hitotsubashi branch of the family, and his grandson Harusada (1751–1827). Ienari died in 1841 and was given the Buddhist name Bunkyouin and buried at Kan'ei-ji. In 1778, the four-year", "id": "12177738" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nin more broad terms, the period begins with Oda Nobunaga's entry into Kyoto in 1568, when he led his army to the imperial capital in order to install Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the 15th, and ultimately final, shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, and it lasts until the coming to power of Tokugawa Ieyasu after his victory over supporters of the Toyotomi clan at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. The Edo period from 1600 to 1868 characterized early modern Japan. The Tokugawa shogunate was a feudalist regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu", "id": "9974550" }, { "contents": "Kaga Domain\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. The location of the main Edo residence of the \"daimyō\" of the Kaga Domain is now the site of the Hongō campus of the University of Tokyo. Maeda Toshiie was a distinguished military commander, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and a close friend of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. A member of the Council of Five Elders who ruled Japan during the Sengoku period, he was granted the Kaga Domain in 1583. His eldest son, Maeda Toshinaga, supported Tokugawa Ieyasu in his rise to power and was rewarded by an increase", "id": "6571560" }, { "contents": "Inoue Masamoto\n\n\nInoue Masamoto was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain, Inoue Masasada. He became 8th head of the Mikawa-branch of Inoue clan and \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain on his father's death in 1786. He was awarded Lower 5th Court Rank and the courtesy title of \"Kawachi-no-kami\" soon afterwards. In 1802, Masamoto entered the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate as a \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) under \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Ienari. In 1816, while", "id": "4715826" }, { "contents": "March Incident\n\n\nexecute a coup d'état and seize power.br 3. A new Cabinet would be formed under the premiership of the then-War Minister, General Kazushige Ugaki. The project was underwritten by a 200,000-yen donation by Yoshichika Tokugawa, ultra-rightist member of the House of Peers, son of the last \"daimyō\" of Nagoya, founder of the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya and Emperor Shōwa's second cousin. Ultra-rightist civilian organizations led by Kanichiro Kamei and Shūmei Ōkawa fomented a commotion outside the Diet Building in Tokyo late in February", "id": "5593888" }, { "contents": "Nanbu Shigenao\n\n\nHowever, in April 1636, his \"sankin-kōtai\" procession arrived in Edo ten days late, which was a violation of the new \"Buke shohatto\" regulations issued by \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu, and he was declared unfit to govern, and sentenced to house arrest at the clan residence in Edo. After his death in Edo in 1664, the Tokugawa shogunate intervened, and by order of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna appointed his younger brother Shichinohe Shigenobu as the next \"daimyō\", with the son of Hotta Masamori reduced", "id": "4495846" }, { "contents": "Akira Tomii\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese diplomat. He was born as a son of Baron Masaaki Tomii, the president of Tokyo Imperial University of Legal and a draft member of Japanese Civil Law. When he was young, his father hired Keita Gotō as Akira's home teacher. Akira Tomii graduated Tokyo Imperial University, and served as the Japanese Consul in Mukden, China, in 1915. From 1916 to 1924 served as consul in New York City, from 1924 to 1927 as consul in London, and from 1927 to 1933 as consul in", "id": "5339969" }, { "contents": "Maeda Toshisada\n\n\nand afterwards assumed his family’s seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. In 1922, he was appointed Communications Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Katō Tomosaburō. He subsequently served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kiyoura Keigo as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. He retired from public life in January 1944, and died in October of the same year. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasures, 1st class. Maeda studied poetry under Sasaki Nobutsuna. His daughter married post-war Foreign Minister", "id": "2257384" }, { "contents": "Hideo Kodama\n\n\nwas assigned to the Imperial General Headquarters and sent to the Liaodong Peninsula (under Japanese occupation), where he served as liaison between the civilian government in Tokyo and the Japanese general armies in Manchuria. Following the war, he returned to the Finance Ministry as head of the government's Tobacco Monopoly. He was later assigned to serve in the Japanese Government-General of Korea, as a secretary to the Privy Council, and as a member of the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 23 July 1906,", "id": "14284806" }, { "contents": "Prince Kuni Asaakira\n\n\nDomain. In 1921, he served for the customary term in the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 29 January 1929, he succeeded as head of the Kuni-no-miya house. Prince Kuni graduated from the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1921. He served as a midshipman on the cruiser and battleship . After his commissioning as ensign, he was assigned to the battleship , followed by battleships and . After his graduation from the Naval Staff College in 1925, he was assigned to", "id": "20710624" }, { "contents": "Saneatsu Mushanokōji\n\n\nJapanese ambassador to Nazi Germany, he traveled throughout Europe in 1936. In 1946, he was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. However, four months later he was purged from public office by the American Occupation authorities, due to his (1942), supporting the actions of the Japanese government in World War II. Mushanokōji made a literary comeback with his novel (1949–1950). He was awarded the Order of Culture in 1951, and became a member of the Japan Art Academy", "id": "5324629" }, { "contents": "Shizuoka (city)\n\n\nwhich he could influence \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada from behind the scenes. Subsequently, aside for brief periods, Sunpu was \"tenryō\" (territory under direct administration by the Shogunate), ruled by the , an appointed official based in Sunpu. In 1869, after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, the former shogunal line, headed by Tokugawa Iesato was sent to Sunpu and assigned the short-lived Sunpu Domain. The same year, Sunpu was renamed \"Shizuoka\". Shizuoka Domain became Shizuoka Prefecture with the abolition of", "id": "1359009" }, { "contents": "Ōta Dōkan\n\n\nlived in the same place. In the late 16th century, Dōkan's Edo Castle was chosen as the new home of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had been persuaded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to transfer the seat of his clan holdings into the Kantō. With the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in the early 17th century, Edo Castle became the center of the shogunate government. When the shogunate was displaced in the Meiji Restoration in the late 19th century, the newly named Tokyo became an Imperial capital with an Imperial Palace rising from the former shōgun", "id": "9984404" }, { "contents": "Prince Kaya Tsunenori\n\n\n, was the second head of the Kaya-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. He was first cousin to Empress Kōjun (Nagako), the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). Prince Kaya Tsunenori was born in Tokyo, the first son of Prince Kaya Kuninori and his wife, the former Daigō Yoshiko. He received his primary and secondary education at the boys' department of the Gakushuin Peers’ School. On December 8, 1909, he became the second head of the Kaya-no-", "id": "9139501" }, { "contents": "Hachisuka Mochiaki\n\n\nto Great Britain and attended Oxford University, where he matriculated at Balliol College in 1874. After returning to Japan, he joined the government as Director of the Customs Bureau director in the Ministry of Finance and a member of \"Sanjiin\" (legislative advisory council). In 1882, Hachisuka was envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to France, and received the title of \"kōshaku\" (marquis) under the new \"kazoku\" peerage system. After returning to Japan, he served as a member of the House of Peers,", "id": "18933529" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nand ruled by the \"shōguns\" of the Tokugawa clan. The period gets its name from the capital city, Edo, now called Tokyo. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo Castle from 1603 until 1868, when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration in the late Edo period (often called the Late Tokugawa shogunate). In 1392, General Yi Seong-gye established the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) with a largely bloodless coup. Yi Seong-gye moved the capital of Korea to the location of modern-day Seoul", "id": "9974551" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Hirotada\n\n\nHe is best known for being the father of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Hirotada was the son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (7th head of Mikawa Matsudaira clan). He was known in his childhood as Senshōmaru, Senchiyo, and Jirōzaburō. After his father's assassination in 1537, Hirotada was placed under the protection of a loyal retainer, Abe Sadayoshi. He allied with the Imagawa, and with their help was installed at Okazaki castle. The alliance with them brought him into conflict with the Tokugawa clan. In", "id": "20973368" }, { "contents": "Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda\n\n\nPrince Takeda Tsuneyoshi was the only son of Prince Takeda Tsunehisa and Princess Masako, Princess Tsune (1888–1940), the sixth daughter of Emperor Meiji. He was, therefore, a first cousin of Emperor Shōwa. Prince Tsuneyoshi became the second head of the Takeda-no-miya house on 23 April 1919. After being educated at the Gakushūin Peers' School, and serving for a session in the House of Peers, he graduated from the 32nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in July 1930, and received a commission", "id": "4712175" }, { "contents": "Ishii Kikujirō\n\n\nViscount , was a Japanese diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan between 1915 and 1916. Ishii was born in Mobara city, Kazusa Province (present-day Chiba Prefecture). He graduated from the Law Department of Tokyo Imperial University and joined the Foreign Ministry. His first posting was as an attaché to Paris in 1891, and he was later sent to Chemulpo, Korea in 1896 and to Beijing, China in 1897.", "id": "19761626" }, { "contents": "Nagai Naoyuki\n\n\n, also known as or , was a Japanese hatamoto under the Tokugawa of Bakumatsu period Japan. His great-great-grandchild was Yukio Mishima. Naoyuki's adopted son, Iwanojō Nagai, was the father of Natsu, who was Mishima's grandmother. Iwanojō's real father was Nagasumi Miyoshi (Miyoshi clan) who was a Tokugawa retainer. Nagai Naoyuki, or as he was first known, , was born in the Nukada district of the Okutono Domain by a concubine to \"daimyō\" . Noritada, while head of a", "id": "5425993" }, { "contents": "Hidemaro Konoye\n\n\nViscount was a conductor and composer of classical music in Shōwa period Japan. He was the younger brother of pre-war Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoye was born in Kōjimachi, Tokyo as the younger son of Duke Konoe Atsumaro, scion of one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. The Konoe clan traditionally provided \"gagaku\" musicians to the Imperial Household, and Hidemaro chose to follow the family's musical tradition, whereas his older brother Fumimaro went into politics. Konoye attended the Gakushuin Peers School, where", "id": "22220081" }, { "contents": "Yoritake Matsudaira\n\n\n. After graduation from Waseda University, he worked for Toshiba. Now he is the president of . One of his hobbies is horseback riding, he is an amateur radio aficionado, and he gives lectures about the advantages of Scouting activities. Yoritake is a second cousin of the present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Tsunenari, as both are great-grandsons of Nabeshima Naohiro, the 11th and last \"daimyō\" of Saga. By virtue of his descent from the \"kuge\" Madenokōji family, he is also a sixth", "id": "1769206" }, { "contents": "Nabeshima Naoyoshi\n\n\nperiod of Naoyoshi's administration, and the prefecture's economic production was increased, particularly in the area of sugar production. In 1881, Naoyoshi was recalled to Tokyo, and became president of the \"Genrōin\". With the establishment of the \"kazoku\" peerage, he became a , and a member of the House of Peers on the establishment of the Diet of Japan in 1890. In his later years he helped build hospitals and schools in the region of Kashima, which he had once ruled, and was awarded Second", "id": "17536683" }, { "contents": "Obama Domain\n\n\nKawagoe Domain, before being the 1st Sakai \"daimyō\" of Obama Domain. He was the son of Sakai Tadatoshi, a hereditary retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He served Tokugawa Hidetada during the Siege of Ueda and later served Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who promoted him to \"rōjū\" in 1624. In 1634, he was transferred to Obama and completed the construction of Obama Castle. He retired from public life in 1656 and died in 1662. His grave is at the clan temple of Kuin-ji in Obama. was the", "id": "16508967" }, { "contents": "Edo period\n\n\nEmperor Kōmei died and was succeeded by his underaged son Emperor Meiji. Tokugawa Yoshinobu reluctantly became head of the Tokugawa house and \"shōgun\". He tried to reorganize the government under the emperor while preserving the \"shōgun\"s leadership role. Fearing the growing power of the Satsuma and Chōshū \"daimyō\", other \"daimyō\" called for returning the \"shōgun\"s political power to the emperor and a council of \"daimyō\" chaired by the former Tokugawa \"shōgun\". Yoshinobu accepted the plan in late 1867 and resigned, announcing an", "id": "3932378" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\n, was a politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan, twice as a cabinet minister, and also serving twice as mayor of Tokyo. Nagata was born in Mihara District, Hyōgo Prefecture, in what is now part of the city of Minamiawaji. After graduating from the predecessor of Kyoto Imperial University and serving as a school principal in Sumoto, Hyōgo from 1902 to 1904, he obtained a posting in the Home Ministry and rose to become", "id": "15430218" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Nagashige\n\n\n, also known as Sado-no-kami or Etchū-no-kami, was a Japanese samurai \"daimyō\" of the mid-Edo period. The Ogasawara were identified as one of the \"fudai\" or insider \"daimyō\" clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa, in contrast with the \"tozama\" or outsider clans. Nagashige served the Tokugawa shogunate as its eleventh Kyoto \"shoshidai\" in the period spanning October 17, 1691, through May 15, 1702. He had previously been shogunate", "id": "8758740" }, { "contents": "Jo Hyeong\n\n\nJo Hyeong (1606–1679) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty Korea in the 17th century. He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 6th Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. In 1655 King Hyojong of Joseon sent a mission to the shogunal court of Tokugawa Ietsuna. This diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for developing a political foundation for trade. The delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a \"Communication Envoy", "id": "5288304" }, { "contents": "Tsugaru clan\n\n\nwho took the name of (1872–1919) to be his heir. Hidemaru was educated in Germany, graduating from the University of Bonn, Humboldt University of Berlin and University of Geneva and after his return to Japan served in under the Japanese Resident-General of Korea from 1907-1914, and in the Ministry of the Imperial Household from 1914-1918. In 1918, he was appointed to the House of Peers. His son was (1907-1994), who was born as the second son of a branch of", "id": "10903481" }, { "contents": "Arima Ryōkitsu\n\n\nAdmiral was a career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy during Meiji and Taishō periods. Arima was a native of Wakayama, where his father was a senior \"samurai\" retainer of the Kishū Tokugawa clan, and an active supporter of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Although he came from such an unfavorable background, Arima was able to secure admission to the 12th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, after graduating from the forerunners of Doshisha University and Keio University with degrees in English language.", "id": "14930546" }, { "contents": "Mitsukuri Rinsho\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese statesman and legal scholar in Meiji period Japan. Mitsukuri was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo) to a noted family of scholars working for the Tokugawa bakufu. He studied \"rangaku\" and received a posting to the \"Bansho Shirabesho,\" the Shōgun's research institute for foreign technology. In 1867, he was selected to accompany the Shogunate's expedition to the Paris World Exposition, which proved to be an eye-opener. On his return to Japan, Mitsukuri joined the new Meiji government", "id": "19948939" }, { "contents": "Owari-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe , a branch of the Tokugawa clan, is the seniormost house of the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Originally descended from Tokugawa Yoshinao, the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the original line became extinct in 1800 with the death of the ninth lord and family head. It has since been kept in existence through repeated adoptions from the two remaining houses, and is currently headed by a member of the Kishu branch. For over 250 years, the Owari family ruled Owari Domain,", "id": "17810278" } ]

[ { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nJune 19, 1946, he served as the President of the House of Peers, a post which he held until May 2, 1947, when the Allied occupation authorities authorized the current Constitution of Japan abolishing the House of Peers. He died of heart disease at his home in Shibuya, Tokyo, on February 18, 1963, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class. His grave is located at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. He was succeeded as head of the Tokugawa clan", "id": "11961761" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince also known as Iyemasa, was a Japanese political figure of the Taishō and early Shōwa periods. He was the 17th hereditary head of the former shogunal branch of the Tokugawa clan and the final President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Iemasa Tokugawa was born in what is now the Sendagaya district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato and his wife, Konoe Hiroko, daughter of Konoe Tadafusa. He graduated from the law school of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909, and accepted a post in", "id": "11961759" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nthe diplomatic corps of Foreign Ministry the same year. In 1924, he was appointed Consul-general to the Japanese consulate in Sydney, Australia. In 1929, he was appointed Envoy to Canada and from 1937 to 1939 served as the Japanese ambassador to Turkey. In 1940, on the death of his father, he inherited the title of \"kōshaku\" (, \"prince\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and a seat as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On", "id": "11961760" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nin 1882, and was given the title of \"kōshaku\" (公爵, prince) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He became a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan from its creation in 1890, and served as President of the House of Peers from 1901-1933. When the administration of Prime Minister Yamamoto Gonnohyōe was brought down by the Siemens scandal, there was a strong movement to have Tokugawa Iesato nominated to be his successor. Following World War I, Iesato served on the Japanese", "id": "11796153" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince was the 13th head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan and the President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Kuniyuki Tokugawa inherited the title of \"shishaku\" (侯爵, marquis) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system on the death of his father, Tokugawa Atsuyoshi in 1898. A scholar, he turned his attention in 1906 to the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\", a comprehensive history of Japan begun by his ancestor, Tokugawa Mitsukuni in the 17th century. However, in 1910", "id": "13926670" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshinobu\n\n\n's photographs have been published in recent years by his great-grandson, Yoshitomo. In 1902, the Meiji Emperor allowed him to reestablish his own house as a Tokugawa branch (\"bekke\") with the highest rank in the peerage, that of prince (\"kōshaku\"), for his loyal service to Japan. He took a seat in the House of Peers, resigning in 1910. Tokugawa Yoshinobu died on November 21, 1913, at 4:10 pm and is buried in Yanaka Cemetery, Tokyo. On 9 January", "id": "12861306" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nCount was a Japanese political figure of the late Meiji through early Shōwa periods, and served as President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Yorinaga Matsudaira was the eighth son of Matsudaira Yoritoshi, the former \"daimyō\" of Matsuyama Domain in Shikoku. His mother, Chiyoko, was the daughter of Ii Naosuke and his wife was the daughter of Tokugawa Akitake, head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. He attended the Gakushūin Peer’s School, and with the sponsorship of Ōkuma Shigenobu, graduated from", "id": "14764736" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nthe law school of Waseda University. district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato. In 1909 he became a member of the House of Peers, and continued to serve as a member every year (except for a hiatus between 1911–1914) until his death. A strong supporter of education, he donated a large property in downtown Tokyo to create the Hongo Gakuin school. In 1933, he was made Vice-President of the House of Peers, breaking with the precedent that only men with the rank of princes", "id": "14764737" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\n, he was accepted into the 22nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and was commissioned as Second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army. He resigned his commission in 1914 citing health reasons, and went into the reserves in 1915. From December 1911, Kuniyuki Tokugawa served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\" in 1929, he was awarded the title of \"koshaku\" (公爵, prince). On June 25, 1940, he", "id": "13926671" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nPrince was the first head of the Tokugawa clan after the overthrow of the Tokugawa bakufu, and a figure in Japanese politics during the Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. Tokugawa Iesato was born to the Tayasu branch of the Tokugawa clan, under the name Kamenosuke, he became its 16th head, following the resignation of the last \"shōgun,\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu. His brothers were Tokugawa Satotaka and Tokugawa Takachiyo, who also held the Tayasu headship at different times. Iesato was also briefly the \"daimyō\" of the", "id": "11796150" }, { "contents": "Iwamura Michitoshi\n\n\n1896, Iwamura was awarded the title of viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure later the same year. He served as an advisor to Emperor Meiji, and was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers. He was also awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class on June 23, 1904. He died in Tokyo on February 12, 1915, and his grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo.", "id": "17814139" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nor marquis could service in the highest level positions. Four years later, when Fumimaro Konoe became Prime Minister of Japan, Yorinaga Matsudaira became the President of the House of Peers. He died while in office, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class with Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. His nephew Yorihiro Matsudaira succeeded him in his peerage. Yorinaga Matsudaira was also a noted collector of miniature bonsai, and served as honorary president of the Kofuku Bonsai Association. His", "id": "14764738" }, { "contents": "Prince Kachō Hirotada\n\n\nPrince Hirotada was the second son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu. His mother was Tokugawa Tsuneko, the 9th daughter of the last Tokugawa Shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He succeeded his father to the head of the Kachō-no-miya household when he was only 2 years old in 1904. Prince Kachō attended the Gakushuin Peers’ School. He entered the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1918, graduating 1st out of 176 cadets. Prince Kuni Asaakira was one of his classmates. He served his midshipman duty on the", "id": "17635064" }, { "contents": "Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu\n\n\nNovember 1942. From 1936 to 1945, he held various staff positions in the Naval General Staff Office in Tokyo. On 4 February 1930, Prince Takamatsu married Kikuko Tokugawa (26 December 1911 – 18 December 2004), the second daughter of Yoshihisa Tokugawa (peer). The bride was a granddaughter of Yoshinobu Tokugawa, the last Shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, and a granddaughter of the late Prince Arisugawa Takehito. Prince and Princess Takamatsu had no children. From the 1930s, Prince Takamatsu expressed grave reservations regarding Japanese aggression in", "id": "1048484" }, { "contents": "Francis Brinkley\n\n\n, covered Japanese history, fine arts and literature from the origins of the Japanese race up until the latter half of the Meiji period. In 1912, at the age of 71 and one month after General Nogi's death, Francis Brinkley died. At his funeral, the mourners included the Speaker of the House of Peers, Tokugawa Iesato, the Minister of the Navy Saitō Makoto, and the Foreign Minister Uchida Kosai. He is buried in the foreign section of the Aoyama Reien cemetery in central Tokyo. After his death Ernest", "id": "10262389" }, { "contents": "Enkichi Ōki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese statesman in the Taishō period. Ōki was born in Tokyo. His father, Ōki Takatō was one of the leaders in the Meiji Restoration, and served in numerous cabinet posts in the early Meiji government. In 1899, Enkichi succeeded to his father’s title of count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His political career began in 1908, when he was elected to the House of Peers. He initially supported the \"Kenkyūkai\", but soon switched his allegiance to the", "id": "2422914" }, { "contents": "Yoshitoshi Tokugawa\n\n\nLieutenant General Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and one of the pioneers of military aviation in Japan. Tokugawa Yoshitoshi was the son of Count Tokugawa Atsumori (1856–1924) (head of the Shimizu branch of the Tokugawa clan). Through his father, he was the grandnephew of the last shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. While his father had been created a count in 1884, he had relinquished the title in 1899. Yoshitoshi graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1903, after having specialized in military engineering. In", "id": "751688" }, { "contents": "Enomoto Takeaki\n\n\nViscount was a Japanese samurai and admiral of the Tokugawa navy of Bakumatsu-period Japan, who remained faithful to the Tokugawa shogunate and fought against the new Meiji government until the end of the Boshin War. He later served in the Meiji government as one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Enomoto was born as a member of a samurai family in the direct service of the Tokugawa clan in the Shitaya district of Edo (modern Taitō, Tokyo). Enomoto started learning Dutch in the 1850s, and after Japan's", "id": "12566973" }, { "contents": "Yamada Akiyoshi\n\n\ncount (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage on July 7, 1884, and served in the House of Peers (Japan) from its establishment in 1890. On January 28, 1892, he was appointed to a seat in the Privy Council of Japan but died in November of the same year at the age of 49, while inspecting the Ikuno Silver Mine in Asago, Hyōgo. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Buddhist temple of Gokoku-ji in", "id": "655166" }, { "contents": "International Martial Arts Federation\n\n\nwas appointed as the 5th President of IMAF. He served as the Japanese Ambassador to India and Deputy Foreign Minister. The current president of Kokusai Budoin, International Martial Arts Federation (IMAF) is Yasuhisa Tokugawa, the great-grandson of the 15th and final \"shōgun\" of Japan, Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837–1913). He was also the Chief Priest for the in Tokyo from 2013-2018. Note: In the mid 1980's IMAF-Europe split from IMAF Japan to create a current non-affiliated organization with a", "id": "8525267" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masami\n\n\nInaba Masami was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Tateyama Domain, Inaba Masamori. On his father’s death in 1820, he succeeded to the head of the Tateyama Inaba clan and the position of \"daimyō\" of Tateyama. In 1862, he was appointed as a \"Wakadoshiyori\" in the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate under \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemochi. He resigned the title in 1864, with instructions to strengthen Japan's naval defenses against the increasing aggressive incursions of foreign black ships, and supported Katsu", "id": "8052899" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Mochiaki\n\n\nabolition of the han system in 1871. In 1884, he became a Count (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He was awarded the Fourth class of the Order of the Rising Sun in 1885. In 1889, he inherited the title of Marquis (\"koshaku\") from his adopted father. He died in 1890. His son, Matsudaira Yasutaka (1867–1930) served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan and was author of a number of works on agricultural", "id": "4765039" }, { "contents": "Tsunenari Tokugawa\n\n\nHis son, Iehiro Tokugawa, is a translator. In 2007, Tsunenari published a book entitled \"Edo no idenshi\" (江戸の遺伝子), released in English in 2009 as \"The Edo Inheritance\", which seeks to counter the common belief among Japanese that the Edo period (throughout which members of his Tokugawa clan ruled Japan as \"shōguns\") was like a dark age, when Japan, cut off from the world, fell behind. On the contrary, he argues, the roughly 250 years of peace and relative", "id": "11961777" }, { "contents": "Matsui Keishirō\n\n\nto Japan in 1913. During the First World War, served as Japanese Ambassador to France and was a plenipotentiary at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. On the successful completion of this mission, he was awarded with the title of baron (\"danshaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He served as Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 7 to June 11, 1924, under the administration of Kiyoura Keigo and was also appointed a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He later served", "id": "9380810" }, { "contents": "Konoe Tadafusa\n\n\n, son of regent Tadahiro with his wife Shimazu Kyoko, was a \"kugyō\" or Japanese court noble of the late Edo period (1603–1868). He did not hold any regent position kampaku or sesshō. His consort was Shimazu Mitsuko, an adopted daughter of Shimazu Nariakira, eleventh head of Satsuma Domain. The couple had a daughter, Konoe Hiroko, who later married Tokugawa Iesato, the sixteenth head of Tokugawa family and bore him Tokugawa Iemasa, the seventeenth head of the Tokugawa clan. He adopted a son of Konoe", "id": "20767712" }, { "contents": "Tenshō-in\n\n\nShe spent her remaining years nurturing Tokugawa Iesato, the 16th head of the Tokugawa clan. She moved into the Tokugawa residence in Sendagaya, in the Shibuya district, Tokyo. She suffered from Parkinson's disease which eventually took her life on November 20th, 1883, at the age of 47. She was buried in Kaneiji in Ueno, Tokyo, together with her husband, Onkyoin (Iesada). Beside Onkyoin and Tenshoin tombs, There is loquat tree planted there as it was Tenshoin's favorite food. The 2008 NHK Taiga", "id": "241772" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshimune\n\n\nYoshimune was not the son of any former \"shōgun\". Rather, he was a member of a cadet branch of the Tokugawa clan. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, well aware of the extinction of the Minamoto line in 1219, had realized that his direct descendants might die out, leaving the Tokugawa family at risk of extinction. Thus, while his son Tokugawa Hidetada was the second \"shōgun\", he selected three other sons to establish the \"gosanke,\" hereditary houses which would provide a", "id": "16258375" }, { "contents": "Kitasato Shibasaburō\n\n\nonki Corporation, with the intention of manufacturing the most reliable clinical thermometer possible. The company was later renamed Terumo Corporation. Kitasato also was the first dean of medicine at Keio University, first president of the Japan Medical Association, and served on the House of Peers. He was ennobled with the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system in February 1924. Kitasato died of an intracranial hemorrhage at his home in Azabu, Tokyo, on June 13, 1931. His grave is at the", "id": "11568829" }, { "contents": "Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa\n\n\nPrince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa was the only son of Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa and Fusako, Princess Kane. He succeeded as the head of the Kitashirakawa-no-miya house upon his father's unexpected death in an automobile accident in France in 1923. On 25 April 1935, Prince Nagahisa married Sachiko Tokugawa, born , died , the daughter of Baron Yoshikuni Tokugawa. Prince and Princess Kitashirakawa Nagahisa had one son and one daughter: Prince Nagahisa graduated from the 43rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1931, and was commissioned a sub", "id": "8171688" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nbrother Tokugawa Yoshiatsu and ordering him to assume the post of \"daimyō\" to assure the stability of Mito Domain. He departed from Marseille in December 1868. Tokugawa Akitake succeeded Tokugawa Yoshiatsu to become the 11th head of the Mito Tokugawa clan on his return to Japan. However, the title of \"daimyō\" was officially abolished in 1869, and he continued at Mito as domain governor. His request for land development in Hokkaido to resettle ex-samurai from the domain was granted on August 17, 1869, and he was", "id": "17914477" }, { "contents": "Sōma Nakamura Domain\n\n\nyounger brother Masatane. was the 5th \"daimyō\" of Sōma-Nakamura Domain and the 21st hereditary chieftain of the Sōma clan. As his older brother Sadatane had died without heir, he was posthumously appointed successor. He was received in formal audience to Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna and received the courtesy title of \"Danjō-shōhitsu\". From 1689-1690 he served as a \"sobayōnin\" to Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. He retired from public life in February 1701, living in rural seclusion to his death at the age of 68", "id": "4010353" }, { "contents": "Aizu\n\n\nof only 15. He was succeeded by the eighth lord Katataka, who was a sixth cousin (twice removed) and a member of the Takasu cadet branch of the Mito collateral line. He died without heirs in 1852 and was succeeded by his grandnephew, the famous Katamori, whose descendants have since headed the family. The present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tsunenari, is also from the Aizu lineage. In the house code set down by Masayuki, there was a specific injunction to serve the shogun with single-minded", "id": "17967555" }, { "contents": "Arai Hakuseki\n\n\nshogun Tokugawa Ienobu. He went on to displace the official Hayashi advisers to become the leading confucianist for Ienobu and Tokugawa Ietsugu. While some of Hakuseki's policies were still carried out after Ienobu's death, after the 6th shogun, Tokugawa Ietsugu, died and Tokugawa Yoshimune's rule began, Hakuseki left his post to begin his career as a prolific writer of Japanese history and Occidental studies. He was buried in Asakusa (current day Taitō, Tokyo), Hoonji temple but was later moved to Nakano, Tokyo, Kotokuji temple", "id": "12566945" }, { "contents": "Tsuruga Domain\n\n\nin the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. His courtesy title was \"Ukyō-no-suke\". His wife was the daughter of Doi Toshifusa of Ōno Domain. He died in 1706 and his grave is at the temple of Seisho-ji in Atago, Tokyo. was the 2nd \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga Domain in Echizen Province under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. Tadakiku was the eldest son of Sakai Tadashige. He became \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga on the death of his father in 1706. He was an \"", "id": "2398354" }, { "contents": "Mito-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe is a branch of the Tokugawa clan based in Mito, Ibaraki. Following the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as daimyō in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Although the Mito branch held less land", "id": "18026528" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\n. After Hideyoshi's death in 1598, Tokugawa Ieyasu came to power and was appointed \"shōgun\" by the Emperor. The Tokugawa shogunate, which governed from Edo (modern Tokyo), presided over a prosperous and peaceful era known as the Edo period (1600–1868). The Tokugawa shogunate imposed a strict class system on Japanese society and cut off almost all contact with the outside world. Portugal and Japan started their first affiliation in 1543, making the Portuguese the first Europeans to reach Japan by landing in the southern archipelago of", "id": "3250463" }, { "contents": "Tadaatsu Ishiguro\n\n\n, citing illness. His father died the same year, and per the provisions of his father’s will, he did not inherit the kazoku peerage title of viscount held by his father. In January 1943, he was granted a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. In 1945, he returned to the cabinet as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce under the Suzuki administration. In 1946, after the surrender of Japan, as with all members of the prewar and wartime Japanese government, Ishiguro was purged by", "id": "9448122" }, { "contents": "Ōkuma Shigenobu\n\n\nof the Diet of Japan until 1922. He was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum in 1916, and was elevated to the title of \"kōshaku\" (侯爵) (marquis) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system the same year. Ōkuma returned to Waseda, and died there in 1922. An estimated 300,000 people attended his funeral in Tokyo's Hibiya Park. He was posthumously elevated to the rank of prince in the peerage and was also posthumously conferred with the Collar of the Order of the", "id": "9013378" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nTokugawa branch houses (\"shinpan daimyō\") became marquesses, the heads of the secondary branches became counts and the heads of more distant branches became viscounts. The head of the Matsudaira (Fukui Domain) branch was raised to the rank of marquess from the rank of count in 1888. In 1902, the former \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu was created a prince, and the head of the Mito \"shinpan\" house was raised to the same rank, prince, in 1929. Of the other former \"daimyō\" clans", "id": "2052552" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Naganari\n\n\nViscount was an Admiral and naval strategist in the Imperial Japanese Navy in Meiji and Taishō period Japan, and a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. He was also known as Ogasawara Chōsei, Ogasawara Nagayo. Ogasawara was born in Saga prefecture. His father was the Rōjū Ogasawara Nagamichi, a senior retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. As his father was forced into retirement by the events of the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Ogasawara Naganari succeeded his grandfather to become head of the Ogasawara clan in 1873, and as", "id": "15329213" }, { "contents": "Katō Takaaki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese politician, diplomat, and the 14th Prime Minister of Japan, a position he held from 11 June 1924 until his death on 28 January 1926, during the period which historians have called \"Taishō Democracy\". He was also known as Katō Kōmei. Katō, was born as Hattori Sokichi, the second son of a former \"samurai\" retainer of the Owari Tokugawa domain in Nagoya, Owari Province, in the town of Saya, Ama District in what is now part of the city of Aisai,", "id": "9068839" }, { "contents": "Kawasaki Takukichi\n\n\n. Under his administration, the Yagoto Baseball Ground was built, and the first Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament was held in 1924. Later in 1924, Kawasaki was recalled to Tokyo to assume the post of Director-General of the National Police Agency under the Home Ministry. He became Deputy Home Minister in 1925. In 1926, he was invited to take a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He was recruited by Osachi Hamaguchi and Wakatsuki Reijirō to join the \"Kenseikai\" political party,", "id": "22092779" }, { "contents": "Masuda Takashi\n\n\nBaron , was a Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector. He was a prominent entrepreneur in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan, responsible for transforming Mitsui into a \"zaibatsu\" through the creation of a general trading company, Mitsui Bussan. He also established a newspaper, the , which was later renamed the \"Nihon Keizai Shimbun\". Masuda was born on Sado Island, in what is now Niigata Prefecture. His father was an official in the Tokugawa shogunate, serving as Hakodate bugyō, a position which", "id": "13847203" }, { "contents": "Suwa Tadamasa\n\n\nthe Shiba Tōshō-gū, a Shinto Shrine dedicated to the previous Shoguns of the Tokugawa clan in Tokyo. After the death of Suwa Tadaaya in 1878, he resumed his position as chieftain of the Suwa clan. he was reappointed \"kannushi\" of the Shiba Tōshō-gū from 1882 to 1889. In 1884 he became a viscount (\"shisaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His court rank was increased to Senior Fourth Rank in 1887. From 1891 to 1895, he returned to Suwa and became", "id": "12726550" }, { "contents": "Ōkubo Tadanori\n\n\nŌkubo Tadanori was the nephew of Tokugawa Nariaki, which made him a cousin to Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He was born as the 5th son of Matsudaira Yorihiro, daimyō of Takamatsu Domain, in Sanuki Province. On the death of former daimyō of Odawara, Ōkubo Tadanao in 1859 he was adopted into the Ōkubo clan as 11th clan head, and by default, daimyō of Odawara Domain. He served in a number of posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate, including that of \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) in", "id": "1881957" }, { "contents": "Kinichiro Ishikawa\n\n\nIshikawa Kinichiro, a watercolor painter and champion of Taiwanese Western art education, was born in Shizuoka City, Japan. His father was a former official of the Tokugawa government during the bakumatsu (late Tokugawa Shogunate). He was infatuated with painting from a very early age, but his father did not approve of his artistic pursuits. In 1888, he entered the Tokyo Telecommunications School of the Ministry of Communications. In order to sustain his interest in painting, aside from using prints of English works to engage in self-study", "id": "7410092" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masanori\n\n\nInaba Masanori was the second son of the previous daimyō of Odawara, Inaba Masakatsu. As his mother died when he was still very young, he was raised by his grandmother, Kasuga no Tsubone, the wet nurse to \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu. On the death of his father in 1634, he became head of the Inaba clan, and inherited his father’s position as daimyō of Odawara. Due to the influence of his grandmother, he rose rapidly through the hierarchy of the Tokugawa shogunate and was appointed \"Rōjū\"", "id": "1882506" }, { "contents": "Pak Yung-hio\n\n\nfled to exile in Japan, where he remained until 1907. On his return, he accepted the post of Royal Household Minister under Ye Wanyong. Following the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, in which Korea was annexed to the Empire of Japan, Park was awarded with the \"kazoku\" title of marquess (\"koshaku\") in the Japanese peerage, and a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Director of the Bank of Chosen in 1918, Chairman of the Korean Economic", "id": "5961340" }, { "contents": "Fumio Gotō\n\n\nBorn in Ōita Prefecture, Gotō was a graduate of the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909. During his early career in the 1920s, he worked in the Home Ministry, and was Director of Administration within the office of the Governor-General of Taiwan. In the 1930s, Gotō was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries between 1932 and 1934 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Makoto Saitō, and was later Home Minister", "id": "15188268" }, { "contents": "Konoe Atsumaro\n\n\nDuke was a Japanese politician and journalist of the Meiji era. He served as the 3rd President of the House of Peers and 7th President of the Gakushūin Peer's School in Meiji period Japan. He was also the father of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoe was born in Kyoto as the heir to the highly ranked Konoe family of Court nobility, one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. His father Konoe Tadafusa died when he was young, so he was raised by his grandfather Konoe Tadahiro. His mother was", "id": "1475111" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nassigned lands in Tomamae-gun, Teshio-gun, Kamikawa-gun, Nakagawa-gun in Teshio no kuni along with Rishiri-gun in Kitami no kuni. With the abolition of the han system in 1871, he was required by the government to leave in Mito and to live in Tokyo. He relocated to the former \"shimoyashiki\" secondary residence of the Mito Clan located in Mukōjima. Tokugawa Akitake was appointed a second lieutenant in Imperial Japanese Army in 1875, and served as an instructor during the early days of", "id": "17914478" }, { "contents": "Yonekura Tadasuke\n\n\nYonekura Tadasuke was the sixth son of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, a favorite of \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi who served in a number of important posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. In 1710, he was adopted by Yonekura Masateru, the \"daimyō\" of Minagawa Domain in Shimotsuke Province, and succeeded to the head of the Yonekura clan and daimyo of Minagawa two years later. On September 1, 1716, he was received in a formal audience by Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune. On July 27, 1722, he transferred the seat", "id": "9479884" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\nit was essential that Tokyo host the 1940 Olympics, as the date coincided with the Japanese 2600th Anniversary celebrations. He was forced to resign after a police sweep rounded up 6900 suspected communists in Tokyo. Nagata subsequently served in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. From March 9, 1936 to February 2, 1937, Nagata was appointed Minister of Colonial Affairs under the Kōki administration. He returned to the cabinet as Railway Minister under the Abe administration from November 29, 1939, to January 14, 1940. Nagata", "id": "15430221" }, { "contents": "Kijūrō Shidehara\n\n\nhe was named ambassador to the United States and was Japan's leading negotiator during the Washington Naval Conference. His negotiations led to the return of Shandong Province to China. However, while he was ambassador, the United States enacted discriminatory immigration laws against Japanese, which created much ill will in Japan. Shidehara was elevated to the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1920, and appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in 1925. In 1924, Shidehara became Minister of", "id": "9069195" }, { "contents": "Sōma clan\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. During the Boshin War of 1868–69, the Sōma clan fought on the site of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, supporting the Tokugawa regime. After Meiji Restoration, the head of the Sōma clan became part of the \"kazoku\" peerage, with Sōma Aritane receiving the title of \"shishaku\" (Viscount). Sōma Morotsune was the younger son of Chiba Tsunetane, and with his father was a samurai in the service of Minamoto no Yoritomo. He took his name from the Sōma Mikuriya, a \"shōen\" controlled", "id": "7506834" }, { "contents": "Matsumoto Kazu\n\n\nMatsumoto was born in Edo (now Tokyo) as the younger son of a direct retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. He graduated in 1880 from the 7th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, ranked 19 out of 30 cadets. He served on a number of ships in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, including the corvettes , , , and . Promoted to lieutenant in 1886, he graduated from the first class of the Naval Staff College in 1888. He was the chief navigator on the cruiser in 1891–1892 on its year-", "id": "8947678" }, { "contents": "Mito Domain\n\n\nof the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as \"daimyō\" in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the gosanke. Although the Mito branch held less land and wealth than either of the other two branches, they maintained considerable influence throughout the Edo period. The domain's promiximity to the \"de", "id": "290529" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nAtsuyoshi's son Tokugawa Kuniyuki was 11 years old at that time, and became the 13th head of the Mito Tokugawa under Akitake's tutelage. However, Akitake subsequently had a son, Tokugawa Takesada, who was born to a concubine in 1888. Takesada was made a viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1892 and founded the separate Matsudo Tokugawa line. In 1903, Tokugawa Akitake was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class. He died at Koumetei mansion in 1910. \"", "id": "17914481" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nand was raised by Tenshō-in and Kazu-no-Miya Chikako. In 1868 he was sent to Kyoto by his mother, Kazu-no-Miya Chikako and met with Emperor Meiji. He married the daughter of Konoe Tadafusa, Konoe Hiroko, who bore him Iemasa Tokugawa, the seventeenth Tokugawa family head, Yasuko Tokugawa, who married Nobusuke Takatsukasa and bore him Toshimichi Takatsukasa, Ryōko Tokugawa, and Toshiko Tokugawa. In 1877, Iesato was sent to Eton College in Great Britain to study. He returned to Japan", "id": "11796152" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\nthis, almost immediately after Hideyoshi's death, war broke out between Hideyori's allies and those loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu, a \"daimyō\" and a former ally of Hideyoshi. Tokugawa Ieyasu won a decisive victory at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, ushering in 268 uninterrupted years of rule by the Tokugawa clan. The Edo period was characterized by relative peace and stability under the tight control of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled from the eastern city of Edo (modern Tokyo). In 1603, Emperor Go-Yōzei declared", "id": "3250534" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nKorean Empire was annexed in 1910, the House of Yi was mediatized as an incorporated and therefore subordinate kingship (王). Excluding the Tokugawas, the initial \"kazoku\" rank distribution for the former \"daimyō\" lords depended on rice revenue: those with 150,000 \"koku\" or more became marquesses, those with 50,000 \"koku\" or more become counts, and those with holdings rated below 50,000 \"koku\" became viscounts. The head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Iesato, became a prince, the heads of primary", "id": "2052551" }, { "contents": "Gosanke\n\n\nThe , also called simply , or even , were the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan: Owari House of Tokugawa, Kii House of Tokugawa, and Mito House of Tokugawa, all of which were descended from clan founder Tokugawa Ieyasu's three youngest sons, Yoshinao, Yorinobu, and Yorifusa, and were allowed to provide a shōgun in case of need. In the Edo period the term \"gosanke\" could also refer to various other combinations of Tokugawa houses, including (1) the shogunal, Owari", "id": "17630062" }, { "contents": "Hirohide Fushimi\n\n\nBorn as , the 4th son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, he was the younger brother of Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, Prince Kachō Hirotada and Marquis Kachō Hironobu. In October 1932, he served as a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. On 1 April 1936, by order of Emperor Hirohito, he was allowed to establish his own household after renouncing his imperial title, and was created a count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. The same year, he married Tomoko Yanagisawa", "id": "230990" }, { "contents": "Sano Tsunetami\n\n\nduring the 1st Matsukata administration, he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. In 1895, Sano was elevated to the title of count (\"hakushaku\"). On his death at his home in Tokyo in 1902, he was posthumously awarded with the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class with Paulownia Blossoms). His grave is at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo. In 1939, the Japanese government issued a series of four commemorative postage stamps honoring the 75th anniversary of the Red Cross Treaty. A portrait of Sano", "id": "7051581" }, { "contents": "Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu\n\n\nsucceeded to title Kachō-no-miya on April 23, 1883, upon which he changed his name from \"Narukata\" to \"Hiroyasu,\" but returned to the house of Fushimi-no-miya on January 16, 1904. On January 9, 1896, Prince Hiroyasu married Tokugawa Tsuneko (1882–1939), the ninth daughter of Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japan's last \"shōgun\", with whom he had six children: Prince Hiroyasu entered the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy on 5 April 1886, but resigned in September", "id": "3864370" }, { "contents": "Mizoguchi clan\n\n\nas part of the guard of Nagoya Castle. In 1598, he was transferred to Shibata and his \"kokudaka\" was increased to 60,000 \"koku\". Following the Battle of Sekigahara, he was confirmed in his holdings by the Tokugawa shogunate. The Mizoguchi ruled Shibata as \"tozama daimyō\" until the Meiji restoration. After the abolition of the han system in 1871, the final \"daimyō\" of Shibata, Mizoguchi Naomasa relocated to Tokyo and received the \"kazoku\" peerage title of \"hakushaku\" (Count) in", "id": "19300691" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Norinaga\n\n\nMatsudaira Norinaga was the eldest son of Matsudaira Ienori, a Sengoku period samurai and daimyō of Iwamura Domain in Mino Province under the early Tokugawa shogunate. On the death of his father in 1614, he was confirmed as head of the Ogyū-Matsdaira clan and the same year accompanied the forces of \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada at the Siege of Osaka. In 1634, he was transferred to Hamamatsu Domain in Tōtōmi Province with an increase in revenues from 20,000 to 36,000 \"koku\". In 1642, Matsudaira Norinaga was promoted to", "id": "3314701" }, { "contents": "Canada–Japan relations\n\n\nway to deal with the Japanese question is to have our own Minister in Japan to visa passports.\" As a context, it is worth noting that Japan's consulate in Vancouver was established in 1889, 40 years before its embassy was opened in Ottawa in 1929. The first Japanese Minister in Canada was Prince Iemasa Tokugawa, serving from 1929 to 1934. The first Canadian Minister in Japan was Sir Herbert Marler, serving from 1929 to 1936. Diplomatic ties were severed in 1941 with the start of the Pacific War. During", "id": "15989893" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Ienari\n\n\nTokugawa Ienari (, November 18, 1773 – March 22, 1841) was the eleventh and longest-serving \"shōgun\" of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1787 to 1837. He was a great-grandson of the eighth shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune through his son Munetada (1721–1764), head of the Hitotsubashi branch of the family, and his grandson Harusada (1751–1827). Ienari died in 1841 and was given the Buddhist name Bunkyouin and buried at Kan'ei-ji. In 1778, the four-year", "id": "12177738" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nin more broad terms, the period begins with Oda Nobunaga's entry into Kyoto in 1568, when he led his army to the imperial capital in order to install Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the 15th, and ultimately final, shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, and it lasts until the coming to power of Tokugawa Ieyasu after his victory over supporters of the Toyotomi clan at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. The Edo period from 1600 to 1868 characterized early modern Japan. The Tokugawa shogunate was a feudalist regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu", "id": "9974550" }, { "contents": "Kaga Domain\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. The location of the main Edo residence of the \"daimyō\" of the Kaga Domain is now the site of the Hongō campus of the University of Tokyo. Maeda Toshiie was a distinguished military commander, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and a close friend of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. A member of the Council of Five Elders who ruled Japan during the Sengoku period, he was granted the Kaga Domain in 1583. His eldest son, Maeda Toshinaga, supported Tokugawa Ieyasu in his rise to power and was rewarded by an increase", "id": "6571560" }, { "contents": "Inoue Masamoto\n\n\nInoue Masamoto was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain, Inoue Masasada. He became 8th head of the Mikawa-branch of Inoue clan and \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain on his father's death in 1786. He was awarded Lower 5th Court Rank and the courtesy title of \"Kawachi-no-kami\" soon afterwards. In 1802, Masamoto entered the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate as a \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) under \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Ienari. In 1816, while", "id": "4715826" }, { "contents": "March Incident\n\n\nexecute a coup d'état and seize power.br 3. A new Cabinet would be formed under the premiership of the then-War Minister, General Kazushige Ugaki. The project was underwritten by a 200,000-yen donation by Yoshichika Tokugawa, ultra-rightist member of the House of Peers, son of the last \"daimyō\" of Nagoya, founder of the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya and Emperor Shōwa's second cousin. Ultra-rightist civilian organizations led by Kanichiro Kamei and Shūmei Ōkawa fomented a commotion outside the Diet Building in Tokyo late in February", "id": "5593888" }, { "contents": "Nanbu Shigenao\n\n\nHowever, in April 1636, his \"sankin-kōtai\" procession arrived in Edo ten days late, which was a violation of the new \"Buke shohatto\" regulations issued by \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu, and he was declared unfit to govern, and sentenced to house arrest at the clan residence in Edo. After his death in Edo in 1664, the Tokugawa shogunate intervened, and by order of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna appointed his younger brother Shichinohe Shigenobu as the next \"daimyō\", with the son of Hotta Masamori reduced", "id": "4495846" }, { "contents": "Akira Tomii\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese diplomat. He was born as a son of Baron Masaaki Tomii, the president of Tokyo Imperial University of Legal and a draft member of Japanese Civil Law. When he was young, his father hired Keita Gotō as Akira's home teacher. Akira Tomii graduated Tokyo Imperial University, and served as the Japanese Consul in Mukden, China, in 1915. From 1916 to 1924 served as consul in New York City, from 1924 to 1927 as consul in London, and from 1927 to 1933 as consul in", "id": "5339969" }, { "contents": "Maeda Toshisada\n\n\nand afterwards assumed his family’s seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. In 1922, he was appointed Communications Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Katō Tomosaburō. He subsequently served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kiyoura Keigo as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. He retired from public life in January 1944, and died in October of the same year. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasures, 1st class. Maeda studied poetry under Sasaki Nobutsuna. His daughter married post-war Foreign Minister", "id": "2257384" }, { "contents": "Hideo Kodama\n\n\nwas assigned to the Imperial General Headquarters and sent to the Liaodong Peninsula (under Japanese occupation), where he served as liaison between the civilian government in Tokyo and the Japanese general armies in Manchuria. Following the war, he returned to the Finance Ministry as head of the government's Tobacco Monopoly. He was later assigned to serve in the Japanese Government-General of Korea, as a secretary to the Privy Council, and as a member of the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 23 July 1906,", "id": "14284806" }, { "contents": "Prince Kuni Asaakira\n\n\nDomain. In 1921, he served for the customary term in the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 29 January 1929, he succeeded as head of the Kuni-no-miya house. Prince Kuni graduated from the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1921. He served as a midshipman on the cruiser and battleship . After his commissioning as ensign, he was assigned to the battleship , followed by battleships and . After his graduation from the Naval Staff College in 1925, he was assigned to", "id": "20710624" }, { "contents": "Saneatsu Mushanokōji\n\n\nJapanese ambassador to Nazi Germany, he traveled throughout Europe in 1936. In 1946, he was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. However, four months later he was purged from public office by the American Occupation authorities, due to his (1942), supporting the actions of the Japanese government in World War II. Mushanokōji made a literary comeback with his novel (1949–1950). He was awarded the Order of Culture in 1951, and became a member of the Japan Art Academy", "id": "5324629" }, { "contents": "Shizuoka (city)\n\n\nwhich he could influence \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada from behind the scenes. Subsequently, aside for brief periods, Sunpu was \"tenryō\" (territory under direct administration by the Shogunate), ruled by the , an appointed official based in Sunpu. In 1869, after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, the former shogunal line, headed by Tokugawa Iesato was sent to Sunpu and assigned the short-lived Sunpu Domain. The same year, Sunpu was renamed \"Shizuoka\". Shizuoka Domain became Shizuoka Prefecture with the abolition of", "id": "1359009" }, { "contents": "Ōta Dōkan\n\n\nlived in the same place. In the late 16th century, Dōkan's Edo Castle was chosen as the new home of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had been persuaded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to transfer the seat of his clan holdings into the Kantō. With the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in the early 17th century, Edo Castle became the center of the shogunate government. When the shogunate was displaced in the Meiji Restoration in the late 19th century, the newly named Tokyo became an Imperial capital with an Imperial Palace rising from the former shōgun", "id": "9984404" }, { "contents": "Prince Kaya Tsunenori\n\n\n, was the second head of the Kaya-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. He was first cousin to Empress Kōjun (Nagako), the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). Prince Kaya Tsunenori was born in Tokyo, the first son of Prince Kaya Kuninori and his wife, the former Daigō Yoshiko. He received his primary and secondary education at the boys' department of the Gakushuin Peers’ School. On December 8, 1909, he became the second head of the Kaya-no-", "id": "9139501" }, { "contents": "Hachisuka Mochiaki\n\n\nto Great Britain and attended Oxford University, where he matriculated at Balliol College in 1874. After returning to Japan, he joined the government as Director of the Customs Bureau director in the Ministry of Finance and a member of \"Sanjiin\" (legislative advisory council). In 1882, Hachisuka was envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to France, and received the title of \"kōshaku\" (marquis) under the new \"kazoku\" peerage system. After returning to Japan, he served as a member of the House of Peers,", "id": "18933529" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nand ruled by the \"shōguns\" of the Tokugawa clan. The period gets its name from the capital city, Edo, now called Tokyo. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo Castle from 1603 until 1868, when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration in the late Edo period (often called the Late Tokugawa shogunate). In 1392, General Yi Seong-gye established the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) with a largely bloodless coup. Yi Seong-gye moved the capital of Korea to the location of modern-day Seoul", "id": "9974551" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Hirotada\n\n\nHe is best known for being the father of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Hirotada was the son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (7th head of Mikawa Matsudaira clan). He was known in his childhood as Senshōmaru, Senchiyo, and Jirōzaburō. After his father's assassination in 1537, Hirotada was placed under the protection of a loyal retainer, Abe Sadayoshi. He allied with the Imagawa, and with their help was installed at Okazaki castle. The alliance with them brought him into conflict with the Tokugawa clan. In", "id": "20973368" }, { "contents": "Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda\n\n\nPrince Takeda Tsuneyoshi was the only son of Prince Takeda Tsunehisa and Princess Masako, Princess Tsune (1888–1940), the sixth daughter of Emperor Meiji. He was, therefore, a first cousin of Emperor Shōwa. Prince Tsuneyoshi became the second head of the Takeda-no-miya house on 23 April 1919. After being educated at the Gakushūin Peers' School, and serving for a session in the House of Peers, he graduated from the 32nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in July 1930, and received a commission", "id": "4712175" }, { "contents": "Ishii Kikujirō\n\n\nViscount , was a Japanese diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan between 1915 and 1916. Ishii was born in Mobara city, Kazusa Province (present-day Chiba Prefecture). He graduated from the Law Department of Tokyo Imperial University and joined the Foreign Ministry. His first posting was as an attaché to Paris in 1891, and he was later sent to Chemulpo, Korea in 1896 and to Beijing, China in 1897.", "id": "19761626" }, { "contents": "Nagai Naoyuki\n\n\n, also known as or , was a Japanese hatamoto under the Tokugawa of Bakumatsu period Japan. His great-great-grandchild was Yukio Mishima. Naoyuki's adopted son, Iwanojō Nagai, was the father of Natsu, who was Mishima's grandmother. Iwanojō's real father was Nagasumi Miyoshi (Miyoshi clan) who was a Tokugawa retainer. Nagai Naoyuki, or as he was first known, , was born in the Nukada district of the Okutono Domain by a concubine to \"daimyō\" . Noritada, while head of a", "id": "5425993" }, { "contents": "Hidemaro Konoye\n\n\nViscount was a conductor and composer of classical music in Shōwa period Japan. He was the younger brother of pre-war Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoye was born in Kōjimachi, Tokyo as the younger son of Duke Konoe Atsumaro, scion of one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. The Konoe clan traditionally provided \"gagaku\" musicians to the Imperial Household, and Hidemaro chose to follow the family's musical tradition, whereas his older brother Fumimaro went into politics. Konoye attended the Gakushuin Peers School, where", "id": "22220081" }, { "contents": "Yoritake Matsudaira\n\n\n. After graduation from Waseda University, he worked for Toshiba. Now he is the president of . One of his hobbies is horseback riding, he is an amateur radio aficionado, and he gives lectures about the advantages of Scouting activities. Yoritake is a second cousin of the present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Tsunenari, as both are great-grandsons of Nabeshima Naohiro, the 11th and last \"daimyō\" of Saga. By virtue of his descent from the \"kuge\" Madenokōji family, he is also a sixth", "id": "1769206" }, { "contents": "Nabeshima Naoyoshi\n\n\nperiod of Naoyoshi's administration, and the prefecture's economic production was increased, particularly in the area of sugar production. In 1881, Naoyoshi was recalled to Tokyo, and became president of the \"Genrōin\". With the establishment of the \"kazoku\" peerage, he became a , and a member of the House of Peers on the establishment of the Diet of Japan in 1890. In his later years he helped build hospitals and schools in the region of Kashima, which he had once ruled, and was awarded Second", "id": "17536683" }, { "contents": "Obama Domain\n\n\nKawagoe Domain, before being the 1st Sakai \"daimyō\" of Obama Domain. He was the son of Sakai Tadatoshi, a hereditary retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He served Tokugawa Hidetada during the Siege of Ueda and later served Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who promoted him to \"rōjū\" in 1624. In 1634, he was transferred to Obama and completed the construction of Obama Castle. He retired from public life in 1656 and died in 1662. His grave is at the clan temple of Kuin-ji in Obama. was the", "id": "16508967" }, { "contents": "Edo period\n\n\nEmperor Kōmei died and was succeeded by his underaged son Emperor Meiji. Tokugawa Yoshinobu reluctantly became head of the Tokugawa house and \"shōgun\". He tried to reorganize the government under the emperor while preserving the \"shōgun\"s leadership role. Fearing the growing power of the Satsuma and Chōshū \"daimyō\", other \"daimyō\" called for returning the \"shōgun\"s political power to the emperor and a council of \"daimyō\" chaired by the former Tokugawa \"shōgun\". Yoshinobu accepted the plan in late 1867 and resigned, announcing an", "id": "3932378" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\n, was a politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan, twice as a cabinet minister, and also serving twice as mayor of Tokyo. Nagata was born in Mihara District, Hyōgo Prefecture, in what is now part of the city of Minamiawaji. After graduating from the predecessor of Kyoto Imperial University and serving as a school principal in Sumoto, Hyōgo from 1902 to 1904, he obtained a posting in the Home Ministry and rose to become", "id": "15430218" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Nagashige\n\n\n, also known as Sado-no-kami or Etchū-no-kami, was a Japanese samurai \"daimyō\" of the mid-Edo period. The Ogasawara were identified as one of the \"fudai\" or insider \"daimyō\" clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa, in contrast with the \"tozama\" or outsider clans. Nagashige served the Tokugawa shogunate as its eleventh Kyoto \"shoshidai\" in the period spanning October 17, 1691, through May 15, 1702. He had previously been shogunate", "id": "8758740" }, { "contents": "Jo Hyeong\n\n\nJo Hyeong (1606–1679) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty Korea in the 17th century. He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 6th Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. In 1655 King Hyojong of Joseon sent a mission to the shogunal court of Tokugawa Ietsuna. This diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for developing a political foundation for trade. The delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a \"Communication Envoy", "id": "5288304" }, { "contents": "Tsugaru clan\n\n\nwho took the name of (1872–1919) to be his heir. Hidemaru was educated in Germany, graduating from the University of Bonn, Humboldt University of Berlin and University of Geneva and after his return to Japan served in under the Japanese Resident-General of Korea from 1907-1914, and in the Ministry of the Imperial Household from 1914-1918. In 1918, he was appointed to the House of Peers. His son was (1907-1994), who was born as the second son of a branch of", "id": "10903481" }, { "contents": "Arima Ryōkitsu\n\n\nAdmiral was a career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy during Meiji and Taishō periods. Arima was a native of Wakayama, where his father was a senior \"samurai\" retainer of the Kishū Tokugawa clan, and an active supporter of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Although he came from such an unfavorable background, Arima was able to secure admission to the 12th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, after graduating from the forerunners of Doshisha University and Keio University with degrees in English language.", "id": "14930546" }, { "contents": "Mitsukuri Rinsho\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese statesman and legal scholar in Meiji period Japan. Mitsukuri was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo) to a noted family of scholars working for the Tokugawa bakufu. He studied \"rangaku\" and received a posting to the \"Bansho Shirabesho,\" the Shōgun's research institute for foreign technology. In 1867, he was selected to accompany the Shogunate's expedition to the Paris World Exposition, which proved to be an eye-opener. On his return to Japan, Mitsukuri joined the new Meiji government", "id": "19948939" }, { "contents": "Owari-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe , a branch of the Tokugawa clan, is the seniormost house of the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Originally descended from Tokugawa Yoshinao, the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the original line became extinct in 1800 with the death of the ninth lord and family head. It has since been kept in existence through repeated adoptions from the two remaining houses, and is currently headed by a member of the Kishu branch. For over 250 years, the Owari family ruled Owari Domain,", "id": "17810278" } ]

[ { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nJune 19, 1946, he served as the President of the House of Peers, a post which he held until May 2, 1947, when the Allied occupation authorities authorized the current Constitution of Japan abolishing the House of Peers. He died of heart disease at his home in Shibuya, Tokyo, on February 18, 1963, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class. His grave is located at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. He was succeeded as head of the Tokugawa clan", "id": "11961761" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince also known as Iyemasa, was a Japanese political figure of the Taishō and early Shōwa periods. He was the 17th hereditary head of the former shogunal branch of the Tokugawa clan and the final President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Iemasa Tokugawa was born in what is now the Sendagaya district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato and his wife, Konoe Hiroko, daughter of Konoe Tadafusa. He graduated from the law school of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909, and accepted a post in", "id": "11961759" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nthe diplomatic corps of Foreign Ministry the same year. In 1924, he was appointed Consul-general to the Japanese consulate in Sydney, Australia. In 1929, he was appointed Envoy to Canada and from 1937 to 1939 served as the Japanese ambassador to Turkey. In 1940, on the death of his father, he inherited the title of \"kōshaku\" (, \"prince\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and a seat as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On", "id": "11961760" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nin 1882, and was given the title of \"kōshaku\" (公爵, prince) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He became a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan from its creation in 1890, and served as President of the House of Peers from 1901-1933. When the administration of Prime Minister Yamamoto Gonnohyōe was brought down by the Siemens scandal, there was a strong movement to have Tokugawa Iesato nominated to be his successor. Following World War I, Iesato served on the Japanese", "id": "11796153" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince was the 13th head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan and the President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Kuniyuki Tokugawa inherited the title of \"shishaku\" (侯爵, marquis) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system on the death of his father, Tokugawa Atsuyoshi in 1898. A scholar, he turned his attention in 1906 to the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\", a comprehensive history of Japan begun by his ancestor, Tokugawa Mitsukuni in the 17th century. However, in 1910", "id": "13926670" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshinobu\n\n\n's photographs have been published in recent years by his great-grandson, Yoshitomo. In 1902, the Meiji Emperor allowed him to reestablish his own house as a Tokugawa branch (\"bekke\") with the highest rank in the peerage, that of prince (\"kōshaku\"), for his loyal service to Japan. He took a seat in the House of Peers, resigning in 1910. Tokugawa Yoshinobu died on November 21, 1913, at 4:10 pm and is buried in Yanaka Cemetery, Tokyo. On 9 January", "id": "12861306" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nCount was a Japanese political figure of the late Meiji through early Shōwa periods, and served as President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Yorinaga Matsudaira was the eighth son of Matsudaira Yoritoshi, the former \"daimyō\" of Matsuyama Domain in Shikoku. His mother, Chiyoko, was the daughter of Ii Naosuke and his wife was the daughter of Tokugawa Akitake, head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. He attended the Gakushūin Peer’s School, and with the sponsorship of Ōkuma Shigenobu, graduated from", "id": "14764736" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nthe law school of Waseda University. district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato. In 1909 he became a member of the House of Peers, and continued to serve as a member every year (except for a hiatus between 1911–1914) until his death. A strong supporter of education, he donated a large property in downtown Tokyo to create the Hongo Gakuin school. In 1933, he was made Vice-President of the House of Peers, breaking with the precedent that only men with the rank of princes", "id": "14764737" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\n, he was accepted into the 22nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and was commissioned as Second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army. He resigned his commission in 1914 citing health reasons, and went into the reserves in 1915. From December 1911, Kuniyuki Tokugawa served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\" in 1929, he was awarded the title of \"koshaku\" (公爵, prince). On June 25, 1940, he", "id": "13926671" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nPrince was the first head of the Tokugawa clan after the overthrow of the Tokugawa bakufu, and a figure in Japanese politics during the Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. Tokugawa Iesato was born to the Tayasu branch of the Tokugawa clan, under the name Kamenosuke, he became its 16th head, following the resignation of the last \"shōgun,\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu. His brothers were Tokugawa Satotaka and Tokugawa Takachiyo, who also held the Tayasu headship at different times. Iesato was also briefly the \"daimyō\" of the", "id": "11796150" }, { "contents": "Iwamura Michitoshi\n\n\n1896, Iwamura was awarded the title of viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure later the same year. He served as an advisor to Emperor Meiji, and was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers. He was also awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class on June 23, 1904. He died in Tokyo on February 12, 1915, and his grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo.", "id": "17814139" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nor marquis could service in the highest level positions. Four years later, when Fumimaro Konoe became Prime Minister of Japan, Yorinaga Matsudaira became the President of the House of Peers. He died while in office, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class with Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. His nephew Yorihiro Matsudaira succeeded him in his peerage. Yorinaga Matsudaira was also a noted collector of miniature bonsai, and served as honorary president of the Kofuku Bonsai Association. His", "id": "14764738" }, { "contents": "Prince Kachō Hirotada\n\n\nPrince Hirotada was the second son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu. His mother was Tokugawa Tsuneko, the 9th daughter of the last Tokugawa Shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He succeeded his father to the head of the Kachō-no-miya household when he was only 2 years old in 1904. Prince Kachō attended the Gakushuin Peers’ School. He entered the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1918, graduating 1st out of 176 cadets. Prince Kuni Asaakira was one of his classmates. He served his midshipman duty on the", "id": "17635064" }, { "contents": "Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu\n\n\nNovember 1942. From 1936 to 1945, he held various staff positions in the Naval General Staff Office in Tokyo. On 4 February 1930, Prince Takamatsu married Kikuko Tokugawa (26 December 1911 – 18 December 2004), the second daughter of Yoshihisa Tokugawa (peer). The bride was a granddaughter of Yoshinobu Tokugawa, the last Shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, and a granddaughter of the late Prince Arisugawa Takehito. Prince and Princess Takamatsu had no children. From the 1930s, Prince Takamatsu expressed grave reservations regarding Japanese aggression in", "id": "1048484" }, { "contents": "Francis Brinkley\n\n\n, covered Japanese history, fine arts and literature from the origins of the Japanese race up until the latter half of the Meiji period. In 1912, at the age of 71 and one month after General Nogi's death, Francis Brinkley died. At his funeral, the mourners included the Speaker of the House of Peers, Tokugawa Iesato, the Minister of the Navy Saitō Makoto, and the Foreign Minister Uchida Kosai. He is buried in the foreign section of the Aoyama Reien cemetery in central Tokyo. After his death Ernest", "id": "10262389" }, { "contents": "Enkichi Ōki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese statesman in the Taishō period. Ōki was born in Tokyo. His father, Ōki Takatō was one of the leaders in the Meiji Restoration, and served in numerous cabinet posts in the early Meiji government. In 1899, Enkichi succeeded to his father’s title of count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His political career began in 1908, when he was elected to the House of Peers. He initially supported the \"Kenkyūkai\", but soon switched his allegiance to the", "id": "2422914" }, { "contents": "Yoshitoshi Tokugawa\n\n\nLieutenant General Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and one of the pioneers of military aviation in Japan. Tokugawa Yoshitoshi was the son of Count Tokugawa Atsumori (1856–1924) (head of the Shimizu branch of the Tokugawa clan). Through his father, he was the grandnephew of the last shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. While his father had been created a count in 1884, he had relinquished the title in 1899. Yoshitoshi graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1903, after having specialized in military engineering. In", "id": "751688" }, { "contents": "Enomoto Takeaki\n\n\nViscount was a Japanese samurai and admiral of the Tokugawa navy of Bakumatsu-period Japan, who remained faithful to the Tokugawa shogunate and fought against the new Meiji government until the end of the Boshin War. He later served in the Meiji government as one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Enomoto was born as a member of a samurai family in the direct service of the Tokugawa clan in the Shitaya district of Edo (modern Taitō, Tokyo). Enomoto started learning Dutch in the 1850s, and after Japan's", "id": "12566973" }, { "contents": "Yamada Akiyoshi\n\n\ncount (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage on July 7, 1884, and served in the House of Peers (Japan) from its establishment in 1890. On January 28, 1892, he was appointed to a seat in the Privy Council of Japan but died in November of the same year at the age of 49, while inspecting the Ikuno Silver Mine in Asago, Hyōgo. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Buddhist temple of Gokoku-ji in", "id": "655166" }, { "contents": "International Martial Arts Federation\n\n\nwas appointed as the 5th President of IMAF. He served as the Japanese Ambassador to India and Deputy Foreign Minister. The current president of Kokusai Budoin, International Martial Arts Federation (IMAF) is Yasuhisa Tokugawa, the great-grandson of the 15th and final \"shōgun\" of Japan, Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837–1913). He was also the Chief Priest for the in Tokyo from 2013-2018. Note: In the mid 1980's IMAF-Europe split from IMAF Japan to create a current non-affiliated organization with a", "id": "8525267" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masami\n\n\nInaba Masami was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Tateyama Domain, Inaba Masamori. On his father’s death in 1820, he succeeded to the head of the Tateyama Inaba clan and the position of \"daimyō\" of Tateyama. In 1862, he was appointed as a \"Wakadoshiyori\" in the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate under \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemochi. He resigned the title in 1864, with instructions to strengthen Japan's naval defenses against the increasing aggressive incursions of foreign black ships, and supported Katsu", "id": "8052899" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Mochiaki\n\n\nabolition of the han system in 1871. In 1884, he became a Count (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He was awarded the Fourth class of the Order of the Rising Sun in 1885. In 1889, he inherited the title of Marquis (\"koshaku\") from his adopted father. He died in 1890. His son, Matsudaira Yasutaka (1867–1930) served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan and was author of a number of works on agricultural", "id": "4765039" }, { "contents": "Tsunenari Tokugawa\n\n\nHis son, Iehiro Tokugawa, is a translator. In 2007, Tsunenari published a book entitled \"Edo no idenshi\" (江戸の遺伝子), released in English in 2009 as \"The Edo Inheritance\", which seeks to counter the common belief among Japanese that the Edo period (throughout which members of his Tokugawa clan ruled Japan as \"shōguns\") was like a dark age, when Japan, cut off from the world, fell behind. On the contrary, he argues, the roughly 250 years of peace and relative", "id": "11961777" }, { "contents": "Matsui Keishirō\n\n\nto Japan in 1913. During the First World War, served as Japanese Ambassador to France and was a plenipotentiary at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. On the successful completion of this mission, he was awarded with the title of baron (\"danshaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He served as Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 7 to June 11, 1924, under the administration of Kiyoura Keigo and was also appointed a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He later served", "id": "9380810" }, { "contents": "Konoe Tadafusa\n\n\n, son of regent Tadahiro with his wife Shimazu Kyoko, was a \"kugyō\" or Japanese court noble of the late Edo period (1603–1868). He did not hold any regent position kampaku or sesshō. His consort was Shimazu Mitsuko, an adopted daughter of Shimazu Nariakira, eleventh head of Satsuma Domain. The couple had a daughter, Konoe Hiroko, who later married Tokugawa Iesato, the sixteenth head of Tokugawa family and bore him Tokugawa Iemasa, the seventeenth head of the Tokugawa clan. He adopted a son of Konoe", "id": "20767712" }, { "contents": "Tenshō-in\n\n\nShe spent her remaining years nurturing Tokugawa Iesato, the 16th head of the Tokugawa clan. She moved into the Tokugawa residence in Sendagaya, in the Shibuya district, Tokyo. She suffered from Parkinson's disease which eventually took her life on November 20th, 1883, at the age of 47. She was buried in Kaneiji in Ueno, Tokyo, together with her husband, Onkyoin (Iesada). Beside Onkyoin and Tenshoin tombs, There is loquat tree planted there as it was Tenshoin's favorite food. The 2008 NHK Taiga", "id": "241772" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshimune\n\n\nYoshimune was not the son of any former \"shōgun\". Rather, he was a member of a cadet branch of the Tokugawa clan. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, well aware of the extinction of the Minamoto line in 1219, had realized that his direct descendants might die out, leaving the Tokugawa family at risk of extinction. Thus, while his son Tokugawa Hidetada was the second \"shōgun\", he selected three other sons to establish the \"gosanke,\" hereditary houses which would provide a", "id": "16258375" }, { "contents": "Kitasato Shibasaburō\n\n\nonki Corporation, with the intention of manufacturing the most reliable clinical thermometer possible. The company was later renamed Terumo Corporation. Kitasato also was the first dean of medicine at Keio University, first president of the Japan Medical Association, and served on the House of Peers. He was ennobled with the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system in February 1924. Kitasato died of an intracranial hemorrhage at his home in Azabu, Tokyo, on June 13, 1931. His grave is at the", "id": "11568829" }, { "contents": "Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa\n\n\nPrince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa was the only son of Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa and Fusako, Princess Kane. He succeeded as the head of the Kitashirakawa-no-miya house upon his father's unexpected death in an automobile accident in France in 1923. On 25 April 1935, Prince Nagahisa married Sachiko Tokugawa, born , died , the daughter of Baron Yoshikuni Tokugawa. Prince and Princess Kitashirakawa Nagahisa had one son and one daughter: Prince Nagahisa graduated from the 43rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1931, and was commissioned a sub", "id": "8171688" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nbrother Tokugawa Yoshiatsu and ordering him to assume the post of \"daimyō\" to assure the stability of Mito Domain. He departed from Marseille in December 1868. Tokugawa Akitake succeeded Tokugawa Yoshiatsu to become the 11th head of the Mito Tokugawa clan on his return to Japan. However, the title of \"daimyō\" was officially abolished in 1869, and he continued at Mito as domain governor. His request for land development in Hokkaido to resettle ex-samurai from the domain was granted on August 17, 1869, and he was", "id": "17914477" }, { "contents": "Sōma Nakamura Domain\n\n\nyounger brother Masatane. was the 5th \"daimyō\" of Sōma-Nakamura Domain and the 21st hereditary chieftain of the Sōma clan. As his older brother Sadatane had died without heir, he was posthumously appointed successor. He was received in formal audience to Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna and received the courtesy title of \"Danjō-shōhitsu\". From 1689-1690 he served as a \"sobayōnin\" to Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. He retired from public life in February 1701, living in rural seclusion to his death at the age of 68", "id": "4010353" }, { "contents": "Aizu\n\n\nof only 15. He was succeeded by the eighth lord Katataka, who was a sixth cousin (twice removed) and a member of the Takasu cadet branch of the Mito collateral line. He died without heirs in 1852 and was succeeded by his grandnephew, the famous Katamori, whose descendants have since headed the family. The present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tsunenari, is also from the Aizu lineage. In the house code set down by Masayuki, there was a specific injunction to serve the shogun with single-minded", "id": "17967555" }, { "contents": "Arai Hakuseki\n\n\nshogun Tokugawa Ienobu. He went on to displace the official Hayashi advisers to become the leading confucianist for Ienobu and Tokugawa Ietsugu. While some of Hakuseki's policies were still carried out after Ienobu's death, after the 6th shogun, Tokugawa Ietsugu, died and Tokugawa Yoshimune's rule began, Hakuseki left his post to begin his career as a prolific writer of Japanese history and Occidental studies. He was buried in Asakusa (current day Taitō, Tokyo), Hoonji temple but was later moved to Nakano, Tokyo, Kotokuji temple", "id": "12566945" }, { "contents": "Tsuruga Domain\n\n\nin the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. His courtesy title was \"Ukyō-no-suke\". His wife was the daughter of Doi Toshifusa of Ōno Domain. He died in 1706 and his grave is at the temple of Seisho-ji in Atago, Tokyo. was the 2nd \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga Domain in Echizen Province under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. Tadakiku was the eldest son of Sakai Tadashige. He became \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga on the death of his father in 1706. He was an \"", "id": "2398354" }, { "contents": "Mito-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe is a branch of the Tokugawa clan based in Mito, Ibaraki. Following the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as daimyō in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Although the Mito branch held less land", "id": "18026528" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\n. After Hideyoshi's death in 1598, Tokugawa Ieyasu came to power and was appointed \"shōgun\" by the Emperor. The Tokugawa shogunate, which governed from Edo (modern Tokyo), presided over a prosperous and peaceful era known as the Edo period (1600–1868). The Tokugawa shogunate imposed a strict class system on Japanese society and cut off almost all contact with the outside world. Portugal and Japan started their first affiliation in 1543, making the Portuguese the first Europeans to reach Japan by landing in the southern archipelago of", "id": "3250463" }, { "contents": "Tadaatsu Ishiguro\n\n\n, citing illness. His father died the same year, and per the provisions of his father’s will, he did not inherit the kazoku peerage title of viscount held by his father. In January 1943, he was granted a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. In 1945, he returned to the cabinet as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce under the Suzuki administration. In 1946, after the surrender of Japan, as with all members of the prewar and wartime Japanese government, Ishiguro was purged by", "id": "9448122" }, { "contents": "Ōkuma Shigenobu\n\n\nof the Diet of Japan until 1922. He was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum in 1916, and was elevated to the title of \"kōshaku\" (侯爵) (marquis) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system the same year. Ōkuma returned to Waseda, and died there in 1922. An estimated 300,000 people attended his funeral in Tokyo's Hibiya Park. He was posthumously elevated to the rank of prince in the peerage and was also posthumously conferred with the Collar of the Order of the", "id": "9013378" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nTokugawa branch houses (\"shinpan daimyō\") became marquesses, the heads of the secondary branches became counts and the heads of more distant branches became viscounts. The head of the Matsudaira (Fukui Domain) branch was raised to the rank of marquess from the rank of count in 1888. In 1902, the former \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu was created a prince, and the head of the Mito \"shinpan\" house was raised to the same rank, prince, in 1929. Of the other former \"daimyō\" clans", "id": "2052552" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Naganari\n\n\nViscount was an Admiral and naval strategist in the Imperial Japanese Navy in Meiji and Taishō period Japan, and a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. He was also known as Ogasawara Chōsei, Ogasawara Nagayo. Ogasawara was born in Saga prefecture. His father was the Rōjū Ogasawara Nagamichi, a senior retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. As his father was forced into retirement by the events of the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Ogasawara Naganari succeeded his grandfather to become head of the Ogasawara clan in 1873, and as", "id": "15329213" }, { "contents": "Katō Takaaki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese politician, diplomat, and the 14th Prime Minister of Japan, a position he held from 11 June 1924 until his death on 28 January 1926, during the period which historians have called \"Taishō Democracy\". He was also known as Katō Kōmei. Katō, was born as Hattori Sokichi, the second son of a former \"samurai\" retainer of the Owari Tokugawa domain in Nagoya, Owari Province, in the town of Saya, Ama District in what is now part of the city of Aisai,", "id": "9068839" }, { "contents": "Kawasaki Takukichi\n\n\n. Under his administration, the Yagoto Baseball Ground was built, and the first Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament was held in 1924. Later in 1924, Kawasaki was recalled to Tokyo to assume the post of Director-General of the National Police Agency under the Home Ministry. He became Deputy Home Minister in 1925. In 1926, he was invited to take a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He was recruited by Osachi Hamaguchi and Wakatsuki Reijirō to join the \"Kenseikai\" political party,", "id": "22092779" }, { "contents": "Masuda Takashi\n\n\nBaron , was a Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector. He was a prominent entrepreneur in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan, responsible for transforming Mitsui into a \"zaibatsu\" through the creation of a general trading company, Mitsui Bussan. He also established a newspaper, the , which was later renamed the \"Nihon Keizai Shimbun\". Masuda was born on Sado Island, in what is now Niigata Prefecture. His father was an official in the Tokugawa shogunate, serving as Hakodate bugyō, a position which", "id": "13847203" }, { "contents": "Suwa Tadamasa\n\n\nthe Shiba Tōshō-gū, a Shinto Shrine dedicated to the previous Shoguns of the Tokugawa clan in Tokyo. After the death of Suwa Tadaaya in 1878, he resumed his position as chieftain of the Suwa clan. he was reappointed \"kannushi\" of the Shiba Tōshō-gū from 1882 to 1889. In 1884 he became a viscount (\"shisaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His court rank was increased to Senior Fourth Rank in 1887. From 1891 to 1895, he returned to Suwa and became", "id": "12726550" }, { "contents": "Ōkubo Tadanori\n\n\nŌkubo Tadanori was the nephew of Tokugawa Nariaki, which made him a cousin to Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He was born as the 5th son of Matsudaira Yorihiro, daimyō of Takamatsu Domain, in Sanuki Province. On the death of former daimyō of Odawara, Ōkubo Tadanao in 1859 he was adopted into the Ōkubo clan as 11th clan head, and by default, daimyō of Odawara Domain. He served in a number of posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate, including that of \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) in", "id": "1881957" }, { "contents": "Kinichiro Ishikawa\n\n\nIshikawa Kinichiro, a watercolor painter and champion of Taiwanese Western art education, was born in Shizuoka City, Japan. His father was a former official of the Tokugawa government during the bakumatsu (late Tokugawa Shogunate). He was infatuated with painting from a very early age, but his father did not approve of his artistic pursuits. In 1888, he entered the Tokyo Telecommunications School of the Ministry of Communications. In order to sustain his interest in painting, aside from using prints of English works to engage in self-study", "id": "7410092" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masanori\n\n\nInaba Masanori was the second son of the previous daimyō of Odawara, Inaba Masakatsu. As his mother died when he was still very young, he was raised by his grandmother, Kasuga no Tsubone, the wet nurse to \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu. On the death of his father in 1634, he became head of the Inaba clan, and inherited his father’s position as daimyō of Odawara. Due to the influence of his grandmother, he rose rapidly through the hierarchy of the Tokugawa shogunate and was appointed \"Rōjū\"", "id": "1882506" }, { "contents": "Pak Yung-hio\n\n\nfled to exile in Japan, where he remained until 1907. On his return, he accepted the post of Royal Household Minister under Ye Wanyong. Following the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, in which Korea was annexed to the Empire of Japan, Park was awarded with the \"kazoku\" title of marquess (\"koshaku\") in the Japanese peerage, and a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Director of the Bank of Chosen in 1918, Chairman of the Korean Economic", "id": "5961340" }, { "contents": "Fumio Gotō\n\n\nBorn in Ōita Prefecture, Gotō was a graduate of the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909. During his early career in the 1920s, he worked in the Home Ministry, and was Director of Administration within the office of the Governor-General of Taiwan. In the 1930s, Gotō was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries between 1932 and 1934 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Makoto Saitō, and was later Home Minister", "id": "15188268" }, { "contents": "Konoe Atsumaro\n\n\nDuke was a Japanese politician and journalist of the Meiji era. He served as the 3rd President of the House of Peers and 7th President of the Gakushūin Peer's School in Meiji period Japan. He was also the father of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoe was born in Kyoto as the heir to the highly ranked Konoe family of Court nobility, one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. His father Konoe Tadafusa died when he was young, so he was raised by his grandfather Konoe Tadahiro. His mother was", "id": "1475111" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nassigned lands in Tomamae-gun, Teshio-gun, Kamikawa-gun, Nakagawa-gun in Teshio no kuni along with Rishiri-gun in Kitami no kuni. With the abolition of the han system in 1871, he was required by the government to leave in Mito and to live in Tokyo. He relocated to the former \"shimoyashiki\" secondary residence of the Mito Clan located in Mukōjima. Tokugawa Akitake was appointed a second lieutenant in Imperial Japanese Army in 1875, and served as an instructor during the early days of", "id": "17914478" }, { "contents": "Yonekura Tadasuke\n\n\nYonekura Tadasuke was the sixth son of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, a favorite of \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi who served in a number of important posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. In 1710, he was adopted by Yonekura Masateru, the \"daimyō\" of Minagawa Domain in Shimotsuke Province, and succeeded to the head of the Yonekura clan and daimyo of Minagawa two years later. On September 1, 1716, he was received in a formal audience by Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune. On July 27, 1722, he transferred the seat", "id": "9479884" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\nit was essential that Tokyo host the 1940 Olympics, as the date coincided with the Japanese 2600th Anniversary celebrations. He was forced to resign after a police sweep rounded up 6900 suspected communists in Tokyo. Nagata subsequently served in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. From March 9, 1936 to February 2, 1937, Nagata was appointed Minister of Colonial Affairs under the Kōki administration. He returned to the cabinet as Railway Minister under the Abe administration from November 29, 1939, to January 14, 1940. Nagata", "id": "15430221" }, { "contents": "Kijūrō Shidehara\n\n\nhe was named ambassador to the United States and was Japan's leading negotiator during the Washington Naval Conference. His negotiations led to the return of Shandong Province to China. However, while he was ambassador, the United States enacted discriminatory immigration laws against Japanese, which created much ill will in Japan. Shidehara was elevated to the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1920, and appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in 1925. In 1924, Shidehara became Minister of", "id": "9069195" }, { "contents": "Sōma clan\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. During the Boshin War of 1868–69, the Sōma clan fought on the site of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, supporting the Tokugawa regime. After Meiji Restoration, the head of the Sōma clan became part of the \"kazoku\" peerage, with Sōma Aritane receiving the title of \"shishaku\" (Viscount). Sōma Morotsune was the younger son of Chiba Tsunetane, and with his father was a samurai in the service of Minamoto no Yoritomo. He took his name from the Sōma Mikuriya, a \"shōen\" controlled", "id": "7506834" }, { "contents": "Matsumoto Kazu\n\n\nMatsumoto was born in Edo (now Tokyo) as the younger son of a direct retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. He graduated in 1880 from the 7th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, ranked 19 out of 30 cadets. He served on a number of ships in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, including the corvettes , , , and . Promoted to lieutenant in 1886, he graduated from the first class of the Naval Staff College in 1888. He was the chief navigator on the cruiser in 1891–1892 on its year-", "id": "8947678" }, { "contents": "Mito Domain\n\n\nof the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as \"daimyō\" in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the gosanke. Although the Mito branch held less land and wealth than either of the other two branches, they maintained considerable influence throughout the Edo period. The domain's promiximity to the \"de", "id": "290529" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nAtsuyoshi's son Tokugawa Kuniyuki was 11 years old at that time, and became the 13th head of the Mito Tokugawa under Akitake's tutelage. However, Akitake subsequently had a son, Tokugawa Takesada, who was born to a concubine in 1888. Takesada was made a viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1892 and founded the separate Matsudo Tokugawa line. In 1903, Tokugawa Akitake was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class. He died at Koumetei mansion in 1910. \"", "id": "17914481" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nand was raised by Tenshō-in and Kazu-no-Miya Chikako. In 1868 he was sent to Kyoto by his mother, Kazu-no-Miya Chikako and met with Emperor Meiji. He married the daughter of Konoe Tadafusa, Konoe Hiroko, who bore him Iemasa Tokugawa, the seventeenth Tokugawa family head, Yasuko Tokugawa, who married Nobusuke Takatsukasa and bore him Toshimichi Takatsukasa, Ryōko Tokugawa, and Toshiko Tokugawa. In 1877, Iesato was sent to Eton College in Great Britain to study. He returned to Japan", "id": "11796152" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\nthis, almost immediately after Hideyoshi's death, war broke out between Hideyori's allies and those loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu, a \"daimyō\" and a former ally of Hideyoshi. Tokugawa Ieyasu won a decisive victory at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, ushering in 268 uninterrupted years of rule by the Tokugawa clan. The Edo period was characterized by relative peace and stability under the tight control of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled from the eastern city of Edo (modern Tokyo). In 1603, Emperor Go-Yōzei declared", "id": "3250534" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nKorean Empire was annexed in 1910, the House of Yi was mediatized as an incorporated and therefore subordinate kingship (王). Excluding the Tokugawas, the initial \"kazoku\" rank distribution for the former \"daimyō\" lords depended on rice revenue: those with 150,000 \"koku\" or more became marquesses, those with 50,000 \"koku\" or more become counts, and those with holdings rated below 50,000 \"koku\" became viscounts. The head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Iesato, became a prince, the heads of primary", "id": "2052551" }, { "contents": "Gosanke\n\n\nThe , also called simply , or even , were the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan: Owari House of Tokugawa, Kii House of Tokugawa, and Mito House of Tokugawa, all of which were descended from clan founder Tokugawa Ieyasu's three youngest sons, Yoshinao, Yorinobu, and Yorifusa, and were allowed to provide a shōgun in case of need. In the Edo period the term \"gosanke\" could also refer to various other combinations of Tokugawa houses, including (1) the shogunal, Owari", "id": "17630062" }, { "contents": "Hirohide Fushimi\n\n\nBorn as , the 4th son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, he was the younger brother of Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, Prince Kachō Hirotada and Marquis Kachō Hironobu. In October 1932, he served as a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. On 1 April 1936, by order of Emperor Hirohito, he was allowed to establish his own household after renouncing his imperial title, and was created a count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. The same year, he married Tomoko Yanagisawa", "id": "230990" }, { "contents": "Sano Tsunetami\n\n\nduring the 1st Matsukata administration, he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. In 1895, Sano was elevated to the title of count (\"hakushaku\"). On his death at his home in Tokyo in 1902, he was posthumously awarded with the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class with Paulownia Blossoms). His grave is at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo. In 1939, the Japanese government issued a series of four commemorative postage stamps honoring the 75th anniversary of the Red Cross Treaty. A portrait of Sano", "id": "7051581" }, { "contents": "Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu\n\n\nsucceeded to title Kachō-no-miya on April 23, 1883, upon which he changed his name from \"Narukata\" to \"Hiroyasu,\" but returned to the house of Fushimi-no-miya on January 16, 1904. On January 9, 1896, Prince Hiroyasu married Tokugawa Tsuneko (1882–1939), the ninth daughter of Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japan's last \"shōgun\", with whom he had six children: Prince Hiroyasu entered the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy on 5 April 1886, but resigned in September", "id": "3864370" }, { "contents": "Mizoguchi clan\n\n\nas part of the guard of Nagoya Castle. In 1598, he was transferred to Shibata and his \"kokudaka\" was increased to 60,000 \"koku\". Following the Battle of Sekigahara, he was confirmed in his holdings by the Tokugawa shogunate. The Mizoguchi ruled Shibata as \"tozama daimyō\" until the Meiji restoration. After the abolition of the han system in 1871, the final \"daimyō\" of Shibata, Mizoguchi Naomasa relocated to Tokyo and received the \"kazoku\" peerage title of \"hakushaku\" (Count) in", "id": "19300691" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Norinaga\n\n\nMatsudaira Norinaga was the eldest son of Matsudaira Ienori, a Sengoku period samurai and daimyō of Iwamura Domain in Mino Province under the early Tokugawa shogunate. On the death of his father in 1614, he was confirmed as head of the Ogyū-Matsdaira clan and the same year accompanied the forces of \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada at the Siege of Osaka. In 1634, he was transferred to Hamamatsu Domain in Tōtōmi Province with an increase in revenues from 20,000 to 36,000 \"koku\". In 1642, Matsudaira Norinaga was promoted to", "id": "3314701" }, { "contents": "Canada–Japan relations\n\n\nway to deal with the Japanese question is to have our own Minister in Japan to visa passports.\" As a context, it is worth noting that Japan's consulate in Vancouver was established in 1889, 40 years before its embassy was opened in Ottawa in 1929. The first Japanese Minister in Canada was Prince Iemasa Tokugawa, serving from 1929 to 1934. The first Canadian Minister in Japan was Sir Herbert Marler, serving from 1929 to 1936. Diplomatic ties were severed in 1941 with the start of the Pacific War. During", "id": "15989893" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Ienari\n\n\nTokugawa Ienari (, November 18, 1773 – March 22, 1841) was the eleventh and longest-serving \"shōgun\" of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1787 to 1837. He was a great-grandson of the eighth shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune through his son Munetada (1721–1764), head of the Hitotsubashi branch of the family, and his grandson Harusada (1751–1827). Ienari died in 1841 and was given the Buddhist name Bunkyouin and buried at Kan'ei-ji. In 1778, the four-year", "id": "12177738" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nin more broad terms, the period begins with Oda Nobunaga's entry into Kyoto in 1568, when he led his army to the imperial capital in order to install Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the 15th, and ultimately final, shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, and it lasts until the coming to power of Tokugawa Ieyasu after his victory over supporters of the Toyotomi clan at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. The Edo period from 1600 to 1868 characterized early modern Japan. The Tokugawa shogunate was a feudalist regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu", "id": "9974550" }, { "contents": "Kaga Domain\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. The location of the main Edo residence of the \"daimyō\" of the Kaga Domain is now the site of the Hongō campus of the University of Tokyo. Maeda Toshiie was a distinguished military commander, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and a close friend of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. A member of the Council of Five Elders who ruled Japan during the Sengoku period, he was granted the Kaga Domain in 1583. His eldest son, Maeda Toshinaga, supported Tokugawa Ieyasu in his rise to power and was rewarded by an increase", "id": "6571560" }, { "contents": "Inoue Masamoto\n\n\nInoue Masamoto was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain, Inoue Masasada. He became 8th head of the Mikawa-branch of Inoue clan and \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain on his father's death in 1786. He was awarded Lower 5th Court Rank and the courtesy title of \"Kawachi-no-kami\" soon afterwards. In 1802, Masamoto entered the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate as a \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) under \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Ienari. In 1816, while", "id": "4715826" }, { "contents": "March Incident\n\n\nexecute a coup d'état and seize power.br 3. A new Cabinet would be formed under the premiership of the then-War Minister, General Kazushige Ugaki. The project was underwritten by a 200,000-yen donation by Yoshichika Tokugawa, ultra-rightist member of the House of Peers, son of the last \"daimyō\" of Nagoya, founder of the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya and Emperor Shōwa's second cousin. Ultra-rightist civilian organizations led by Kanichiro Kamei and Shūmei Ōkawa fomented a commotion outside the Diet Building in Tokyo late in February", "id": "5593888" }, { "contents": "Nanbu Shigenao\n\n\nHowever, in April 1636, his \"sankin-kōtai\" procession arrived in Edo ten days late, which was a violation of the new \"Buke shohatto\" regulations issued by \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu, and he was declared unfit to govern, and sentenced to house arrest at the clan residence in Edo. After his death in Edo in 1664, the Tokugawa shogunate intervened, and by order of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna appointed his younger brother Shichinohe Shigenobu as the next \"daimyō\", with the son of Hotta Masamori reduced", "id": "4495846" }, { "contents": "Akira Tomii\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese diplomat. He was born as a son of Baron Masaaki Tomii, the president of Tokyo Imperial University of Legal and a draft member of Japanese Civil Law. When he was young, his father hired Keita Gotō as Akira's home teacher. Akira Tomii graduated Tokyo Imperial University, and served as the Japanese Consul in Mukden, China, in 1915. From 1916 to 1924 served as consul in New York City, from 1924 to 1927 as consul in London, and from 1927 to 1933 as consul in", "id": "5339969" }, { "contents": "Maeda Toshisada\n\n\nand afterwards assumed his family’s seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. In 1922, he was appointed Communications Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Katō Tomosaburō. He subsequently served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kiyoura Keigo as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. He retired from public life in January 1944, and died in October of the same year. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasures, 1st class. Maeda studied poetry under Sasaki Nobutsuna. His daughter married post-war Foreign Minister", "id": "2257384" }, { "contents": "Hideo Kodama\n\n\nwas assigned to the Imperial General Headquarters and sent to the Liaodong Peninsula (under Japanese occupation), where he served as liaison between the civilian government in Tokyo and the Japanese general armies in Manchuria. Following the war, he returned to the Finance Ministry as head of the government's Tobacco Monopoly. He was later assigned to serve in the Japanese Government-General of Korea, as a secretary to the Privy Council, and as a member of the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 23 July 1906,", "id": "14284806" }, { "contents": "Prince Kuni Asaakira\n\n\nDomain. In 1921, he served for the customary term in the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 29 January 1929, he succeeded as head of the Kuni-no-miya house. Prince Kuni graduated from the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1921. He served as a midshipman on the cruiser and battleship . After his commissioning as ensign, he was assigned to the battleship , followed by battleships and . After his graduation from the Naval Staff College in 1925, he was assigned to", "id": "20710624" }, { "contents": "Saneatsu Mushanokōji\n\n\nJapanese ambassador to Nazi Germany, he traveled throughout Europe in 1936. In 1946, he was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. However, four months later he was purged from public office by the American Occupation authorities, due to his (1942), supporting the actions of the Japanese government in World War II. Mushanokōji made a literary comeback with his novel (1949–1950). He was awarded the Order of Culture in 1951, and became a member of the Japan Art Academy", "id": "5324629" }, { "contents": "Shizuoka (city)\n\n\nwhich he could influence \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada from behind the scenes. Subsequently, aside for brief periods, Sunpu was \"tenryō\" (territory under direct administration by the Shogunate), ruled by the , an appointed official based in Sunpu. In 1869, after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, the former shogunal line, headed by Tokugawa Iesato was sent to Sunpu and assigned the short-lived Sunpu Domain. The same year, Sunpu was renamed \"Shizuoka\". Shizuoka Domain became Shizuoka Prefecture with the abolition of", "id": "1359009" }, { "contents": "Ōta Dōkan\n\n\nlived in the same place. In the late 16th century, Dōkan's Edo Castle was chosen as the new home of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had been persuaded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to transfer the seat of his clan holdings into the Kantō. With the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in the early 17th century, Edo Castle became the center of the shogunate government. When the shogunate was displaced in the Meiji Restoration in the late 19th century, the newly named Tokyo became an Imperial capital with an Imperial Palace rising from the former shōgun", "id": "9984404" }, { "contents": "Prince Kaya Tsunenori\n\n\n, was the second head of the Kaya-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. He was first cousin to Empress Kōjun (Nagako), the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). Prince Kaya Tsunenori was born in Tokyo, the first son of Prince Kaya Kuninori and his wife, the former Daigō Yoshiko. He received his primary and secondary education at the boys' department of the Gakushuin Peers’ School. On December 8, 1909, he became the second head of the Kaya-no-", "id": "9139501" }, { "contents": "Hachisuka Mochiaki\n\n\nto Great Britain and attended Oxford University, where he matriculated at Balliol College in 1874. After returning to Japan, he joined the government as Director of the Customs Bureau director in the Ministry of Finance and a member of \"Sanjiin\" (legislative advisory council). In 1882, Hachisuka was envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to France, and received the title of \"kōshaku\" (marquis) under the new \"kazoku\" peerage system. After returning to Japan, he served as a member of the House of Peers,", "id": "18933529" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nand ruled by the \"shōguns\" of the Tokugawa clan. The period gets its name from the capital city, Edo, now called Tokyo. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo Castle from 1603 until 1868, when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration in the late Edo period (often called the Late Tokugawa shogunate). In 1392, General Yi Seong-gye established the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) with a largely bloodless coup. Yi Seong-gye moved the capital of Korea to the location of modern-day Seoul", "id": "9974551" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Hirotada\n\n\nHe is best known for being the father of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Hirotada was the son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (7th head of Mikawa Matsudaira clan). He was known in his childhood as Senshōmaru, Senchiyo, and Jirōzaburō. After his father's assassination in 1537, Hirotada was placed under the protection of a loyal retainer, Abe Sadayoshi. He allied with the Imagawa, and with their help was installed at Okazaki castle. The alliance with them brought him into conflict with the Tokugawa clan. In", "id": "20973368" }, { "contents": "Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda\n\n\nPrince Takeda Tsuneyoshi was the only son of Prince Takeda Tsunehisa and Princess Masako, Princess Tsune (1888–1940), the sixth daughter of Emperor Meiji. He was, therefore, a first cousin of Emperor Shōwa. Prince Tsuneyoshi became the second head of the Takeda-no-miya house on 23 April 1919. After being educated at the Gakushūin Peers' School, and serving for a session in the House of Peers, he graduated from the 32nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in July 1930, and received a commission", "id": "4712175" }, { "contents": "Ishii Kikujirō\n\n\nViscount , was a Japanese diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan between 1915 and 1916. Ishii was born in Mobara city, Kazusa Province (present-day Chiba Prefecture). He graduated from the Law Department of Tokyo Imperial University and joined the Foreign Ministry. His first posting was as an attaché to Paris in 1891, and he was later sent to Chemulpo, Korea in 1896 and to Beijing, China in 1897.", "id": "19761626" }, { "contents": "Nagai Naoyuki\n\n\n, also known as or , was a Japanese hatamoto under the Tokugawa of Bakumatsu period Japan. His great-great-grandchild was Yukio Mishima. Naoyuki's adopted son, Iwanojō Nagai, was the father of Natsu, who was Mishima's grandmother. Iwanojō's real father was Nagasumi Miyoshi (Miyoshi clan) who was a Tokugawa retainer. Nagai Naoyuki, or as he was first known, , was born in the Nukada district of the Okutono Domain by a concubine to \"daimyō\" . Noritada, while head of a", "id": "5425993" }, { "contents": "Hidemaro Konoye\n\n\nViscount was a conductor and composer of classical music in Shōwa period Japan. He was the younger brother of pre-war Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoye was born in Kōjimachi, Tokyo as the younger son of Duke Konoe Atsumaro, scion of one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. The Konoe clan traditionally provided \"gagaku\" musicians to the Imperial Household, and Hidemaro chose to follow the family's musical tradition, whereas his older brother Fumimaro went into politics. Konoye attended the Gakushuin Peers School, where", "id": "22220081" }, { "contents": "Yoritake Matsudaira\n\n\n. After graduation from Waseda University, he worked for Toshiba. Now he is the president of . One of his hobbies is horseback riding, he is an amateur radio aficionado, and he gives lectures about the advantages of Scouting activities. Yoritake is a second cousin of the present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Tsunenari, as both are great-grandsons of Nabeshima Naohiro, the 11th and last \"daimyō\" of Saga. By virtue of his descent from the \"kuge\" Madenokōji family, he is also a sixth", "id": "1769206" }, { "contents": "Nabeshima Naoyoshi\n\n\nperiod of Naoyoshi's administration, and the prefecture's economic production was increased, particularly in the area of sugar production. In 1881, Naoyoshi was recalled to Tokyo, and became president of the \"Genrōin\". With the establishment of the \"kazoku\" peerage, he became a , and a member of the House of Peers on the establishment of the Diet of Japan in 1890. In his later years he helped build hospitals and schools in the region of Kashima, which he had once ruled, and was awarded Second", "id": "17536683" }, { "contents": "Obama Domain\n\n\nKawagoe Domain, before being the 1st Sakai \"daimyō\" of Obama Domain. He was the son of Sakai Tadatoshi, a hereditary retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He served Tokugawa Hidetada during the Siege of Ueda and later served Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who promoted him to \"rōjū\" in 1624. In 1634, he was transferred to Obama and completed the construction of Obama Castle. He retired from public life in 1656 and died in 1662. His grave is at the clan temple of Kuin-ji in Obama. was the", "id": "16508967" }, { "contents": "Edo period\n\n\nEmperor Kōmei died and was succeeded by his underaged son Emperor Meiji. Tokugawa Yoshinobu reluctantly became head of the Tokugawa house and \"shōgun\". He tried to reorganize the government under the emperor while preserving the \"shōgun\"s leadership role. Fearing the growing power of the Satsuma and Chōshū \"daimyō\", other \"daimyō\" called for returning the \"shōgun\"s political power to the emperor and a council of \"daimyō\" chaired by the former Tokugawa \"shōgun\". Yoshinobu accepted the plan in late 1867 and resigned, announcing an", "id": "3932378" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\n, was a politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan, twice as a cabinet minister, and also serving twice as mayor of Tokyo. Nagata was born in Mihara District, Hyōgo Prefecture, in what is now part of the city of Minamiawaji. After graduating from the predecessor of Kyoto Imperial University and serving as a school principal in Sumoto, Hyōgo from 1902 to 1904, he obtained a posting in the Home Ministry and rose to become", "id": "15430218" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Nagashige\n\n\n, also known as Sado-no-kami or Etchū-no-kami, was a Japanese samurai \"daimyō\" of the mid-Edo period. The Ogasawara were identified as one of the \"fudai\" or insider \"daimyō\" clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa, in contrast with the \"tozama\" or outsider clans. Nagashige served the Tokugawa shogunate as its eleventh Kyoto \"shoshidai\" in the period spanning October 17, 1691, through May 15, 1702. He had previously been shogunate", "id": "8758740" }, { "contents": "Jo Hyeong\n\n\nJo Hyeong (1606–1679) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty Korea in the 17th century. He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 6th Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. In 1655 King Hyojong of Joseon sent a mission to the shogunal court of Tokugawa Ietsuna. This diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for developing a political foundation for trade. The delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a \"Communication Envoy", "id": "5288304" }, { "contents": "Tsugaru clan\n\n\nwho took the name of (1872–1919) to be his heir. Hidemaru was educated in Germany, graduating from the University of Bonn, Humboldt University of Berlin and University of Geneva and after his return to Japan served in under the Japanese Resident-General of Korea from 1907-1914, and in the Ministry of the Imperial Household from 1914-1918. In 1918, he was appointed to the House of Peers. His son was (1907-1994), who was born as the second son of a branch of", "id": "10903481" }, { "contents": "Arima Ryōkitsu\n\n\nAdmiral was a career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy during Meiji and Taishō periods. Arima was a native of Wakayama, where his father was a senior \"samurai\" retainer of the Kishū Tokugawa clan, and an active supporter of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Although he came from such an unfavorable background, Arima was able to secure admission to the 12th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, after graduating from the forerunners of Doshisha University and Keio University with degrees in English language.", "id": "14930546" }, { "contents": "Mitsukuri Rinsho\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese statesman and legal scholar in Meiji period Japan. Mitsukuri was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo) to a noted family of scholars working for the Tokugawa bakufu. He studied \"rangaku\" and received a posting to the \"Bansho Shirabesho,\" the Shōgun's research institute for foreign technology. In 1867, he was selected to accompany the Shogunate's expedition to the Paris World Exposition, which proved to be an eye-opener. On his return to Japan, Mitsukuri joined the new Meiji government", "id": "19948939" }, { "contents": "Owari-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe , a branch of the Tokugawa clan, is the seniormost house of the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Originally descended from Tokugawa Yoshinao, the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the original line became extinct in 1800 with the death of the ninth lord and family head. It has since been kept in existence through repeated adoptions from the two remaining houses, and is currently headed by a member of the Kishu branch. For over 250 years, the Owari family ruled Owari Domain,", "id": "17810278" } ]

[ { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nJune 19, 1946, he served as the President of the House of Peers, a post which he held until May 2, 1947, when the Allied occupation authorities authorized the current Constitution of Japan abolishing the House of Peers. He died of heart disease at his home in Shibuya, Tokyo, on February 18, 1963, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class. His grave is located at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. He was succeeded as head of the Tokugawa clan", "id": "11961761" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince also known as Iyemasa, was a Japanese political figure of the Taishō and early Shōwa periods. He was the 17th hereditary head of the former shogunal branch of the Tokugawa clan and the final President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Iemasa Tokugawa was born in what is now the Sendagaya district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato and his wife, Konoe Hiroko, daughter of Konoe Tadafusa. He graduated from the law school of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909, and accepted a post in", "id": "11961759" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nthe diplomatic corps of Foreign Ministry the same year. In 1924, he was appointed Consul-general to the Japanese consulate in Sydney, Australia. In 1929, he was appointed Envoy to Canada and from 1937 to 1939 served as the Japanese ambassador to Turkey. In 1940, on the death of his father, he inherited the title of \"kōshaku\" (, \"prince\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and a seat as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On", "id": "11961760" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nin 1882, and was given the title of \"kōshaku\" (公爵, prince) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He became a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan from its creation in 1890, and served as President of the House of Peers from 1901-1933. When the administration of Prime Minister Yamamoto Gonnohyōe was brought down by the Siemens scandal, there was a strong movement to have Tokugawa Iesato nominated to be his successor. Following World War I, Iesato served on the Japanese", "id": "11796153" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince was the 13th head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan and the President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Kuniyuki Tokugawa inherited the title of \"shishaku\" (侯爵, marquis) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system on the death of his father, Tokugawa Atsuyoshi in 1898. A scholar, he turned his attention in 1906 to the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\", a comprehensive history of Japan begun by his ancestor, Tokugawa Mitsukuni in the 17th century. However, in 1910", "id": "13926670" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshinobu\n\n\n's photographs have been published in recent years by his great-grandson, Yoshitomo. In 1902, the Meiji Emperor allowed him to reestablish his own house as a Tokugawa branch (\"bekke\") with the highest rank in the peerage, that of prince (\"kōshaku\"), for his loyal service to Japan. He took a seat in the House of Peers, resigning in 1910. Tokugawa Yoshinobu died on November 21, 1913, at 4:10 pm and is buried in Yanaka Cemetery, Tokyo. On 9 January", "id": "12861306" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nCount was a Japanese political figure of the late Meiji through early Shōwa periods, and served as President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Yorinaga Matsudaira was the eighth son of Matsudaira Yoritoshi, the former \"daimyō\" of Matsuyama Domain in Shikoku. His mother, Chiyoko, was the daughter of Ii Naosuke and his wife was the daughter of Tokugawa Akitake, head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. He attended the Gakushūin Peer’s School, and with the sponsorship of Ōkuma Shigenobu, graduated from", "id": "14764736" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nthe law school of Waseda University. district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato. In 1909 he became a member of the House of Peers, and continued to serve as a member every year (except for a hiatus between 1911–1914) until his death. A strong supporter of education, he donated a large property in downtown Tokyo to create the Hongo Gakuin school. In 1933, he was made Vice-President of the House of Peers, breaking with the precedent that only men with the rank of princes", "id": "14764737" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\n, he was accepted into the 22nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and was commissioned as Second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army. He resigned his commission in 1914 citing health reasons, and went into the reserves in 1915. From December 1911, Kuniyuki Tokugawa served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\" in 1929, he was awarded the title of \"koshaku\" (公爵, prince). On June 25, 1940, he", "id": "13926671" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nPrince was the first head of the Tokugawa clan after the overthrow of the Tokugawa bakufu, and a figure in Japanese politics during the Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. Tokugawa Iesato was born to the Tayasu branch of the Tokugawa clan, under the name Kamenosuke, he became its 16th head, following the resignation of the last \"shōgun,\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu. His brothers were Tokugawa Satotaka and Tokugawa Takachiyo, who also held the Tayasu headship at different times. Iesato was also briefly the \"daimyō\" of the", "id": "11796150" }, { "contents": "Iwamura Michitoshi\n\n\n1896, Iwamura was awarded the title of viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure later the same year. He served as an advisor to Emperor Meiji, and was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers. He was also awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class on June 23, 1904. He died in Tokyo on February 12, 1915, and his grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo.", "id": "17814139" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nor marquis could service in the highest level positions. Four years later, when Fumimaro Konoe became Prime Minister of Japan, Yorinaga Matsudaira became the President of the House of Peers. He died while in office, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class with Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. His nephew Yorihiro Matsudaira succeeded him in his peerage. Yorinaga Matsudaira was also a noted collector of miniature bonsai, and served as honorary president of the Kofuku Bonsai Association. His", "id": "14764738" }, { "contents": "Prince Kachō Hirotada\n\n\nPrince Hirotada was the second son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu. His mother was Tokugawa Tsuneko, the 9th daughter of the last Tokugawa Shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He succeeded his father to the head of the Kachō-no-miya household when he was only 2 years old in 1904. Prince Kachō attended the Gakushuin Peers’ School. He entered the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1918, graduating 1st out of 176 cadets. Prince Kuni Asaakira was one of his classmates. He served his midshipman duty on the", "id": "17635064" }, { "contents": "Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu\n\n\nNovember 1942. From 1936 to 1945, he held various staff positions in the Naval General Staff Office in Tokyo. On 4 February 1930, Prince Takamatsu married Kikuko Tokugawa (26 December 1911 – 18 December 2004), the second daughter of Yoshihisa Tokugawa (peer). The bride was a granddaughter of Yoshinobu Tokugawa, the last Shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, and a granddaughter of the late Prince Arisugawa Takehito. Prince and Princess Takamatsu had no children. From the 1930s, Prince Takamatsu expressed grave reservations regarding Japanese aggression in", "id": "1048484" }, { "contents": "Francis Brinkley\n\n\n, covered Japanese history, fine arts and literature from the origins of the Japanese race up until the latter half of the Meiji period. In 1912, at the age of 71 and one month after General Nogi's death, Francis Brinkley died. At his funeral, the mourners included the Speaker of the House of Peers, Tokugawa Iesato, the Minister of the Navy Saitō Makoto, and the Foreign Minister Uchida Kosai. He is buried in the foreign section of the Aoyama Reien cemetery in central Tokyo. After his death Ernest", "id": "10262389" }, { "contents": "Enkichi Ōki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese statesman in the Taishō period. Ōki was born in Tokyo. His father, Ōki Takatō was one of the leaders in the Meiji Restoration, and served in numerous cabinet posts in the early Meiji government. In 1899, Enkichi succeeded to his father’s title of count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His political career began in 1908, when he was elected to the House of Peers. He initially supported the \"Kenkyūkai\", but soon switched his allegiance to the", "id": "2422914" }, { "contents": "Yoshitoshi Tokugawa\n\n\nLieutenant General Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and one of the pioneers of military aviation in Japan. Tokugawa Yoshitoshi was the son of Count Tokugawa Atsumori (1856–1924) (head of the Shimizu branch of the Tokugawa clan). Through his father, he was the grandnephew of the last shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. While his father had been created a count in 1884, he had relinquished the title in 1899. Yoshitoshi graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1903, after having specialized in military engineering. In", "id": "751688" }, { "contents": "Enomoto Takeaki\n\n\nViscount was a Japanese samurai and admiral of the Tokugawa navy of Bakumatsu-period Japan, who remained faithful to the Tokugawa shogunate and fought against the new Meiji government until the end of the Boshin War. He later served in the Meiji government as one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Enomoto was born as a member of a samurai family in the direct service of the Tokugawa clan in the Shitaya district of Edo (modern Taitō, Tokyo). Enomoto started learning Dutch in the 1850s, and after Japan's", "id": "12566973" }, { "contents": "Yamada Akiyoshi\n\n\ncount (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage on July 7, 1884, and served in the House of Peers (Japan) from its establishment in 1890. On January 28, 1892, he was appointed to a seat in the Privy Council of Japan but died in November of the same year at the age of 49, while inspecting the Ikuno Silver Mine in Asago, Hyōgo. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Buddhist temple of Gokoku-ji in", "id": "655166" }, { "contents": "International Martial Arts Federation\n\n\nwas appointed as the 5th President of IMAF. He served as the Japanese Ambassador to India and Deputy Foreign Minister. The current president of Kokusai Budoin, International Martial Arts Federation (IMAF) is Yasuhisa Tokugawa, the great-grandson of the 15th and final \"shōgun\" of Japan, Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837–1913). He was also the Chief Priest for the in Tokyo from 2013-2018. Note: In the mid 1980's IMAF-Europe split from IMAF Japan to create a current non-affiliated organization with a", "id": "8525267" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masami\n\n\nInaba Masami was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Tateyama Domain, Inaba Masamori. On his father’s death in 1820, he succeeded to the head of the Tateyama Inaba clan and the position of \"daimyō\" of Tateyama. In 1862, he was appointed as a \"Wakadoshiyori\" in the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate under \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemochi. He resigned the title in 1864, with instructions to strengthen Japan's naval defenses against the increasing aggressive incursions of foreign black ships, and supported Katsu", "id": "8052899" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Mochiaki\n\n\nabolition of the han system in 1871. In 1884, he became a Count (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He was awarded the Fourth class of the Order of the Rising Sun in 1885. In 1889, he inherited the title of Marquis (\"koshaku\") from his adopted father. He died in 1890. His son, Matsudaira Yasutaka (1867–1930) served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan and was author of a number of works on agricultural", "id": "4765039" }, { "contents": "Tsunenari Tokugawa\n\n\nHis son, Iehiro Tokugawa, is a translator. In 2007, Tsunenari published a book entitled \"Edo no idenshi\" (江戸の遺伝子), released in English in 2009 as \"The Edo Inheritance\", which seeks to counter the common belief among Japanese that the Edo period (throughout which members of his Tokugawa clan ruled Japan as \"shōguns\") was like a dark age, when Japan, cut off from the world, fell behind. On the contrary, he argues, the roughly 250 years of peace and relative", "id": "11961777" }, { "contents": "Matsui Keishirō\n\n\nto Japan in 1913. During the First World War, served as Japanese Ambassador to France and was a plenipotentiary at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. On the successful completion of this mission, he was awarded with the title of baron (\"danshaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He served as Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 7 to June 11, 1924, under the administration of Kiyoura Keigo and was also appointed a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He later served", "id": "9380810" }, { "contents": "Konoe Tadafusa\n\n\n, son of regent Tadahiro with his wife Shimazu Kyoko, was a \"kugyō\" or Japanese court noble of the late Edo period (1603–1868). He did not hold any regent position kampaku or sesshō. His consort was Shimazu Mitsuko, an adopted daughter of Shimazu Nariakira, eleventh head of Satsuma Domain. The couple had a daughter, Konoe Hiroko, who later married Tokugawa Iesato, the sixteenth head of Tokugawa family and bore him Tokugawa Iemasa, the seventeenth head of the Tokugawa clan. He adopted a son of Konoe", "id": "20767712" }, { "contents": "Tenshō-in\n\n\nShe spent her remaining years nurturing Tokugawa Iesato, the 16th head of the Tokugawa clan. She moved into the Tokugawa residence in Sendagaya, in the Shibuya district, Tokyo. She suffered from Parkinson's disease which eventually took her life on November 20th, 1883, at the age of 47. She was buried in Kaneiji in Ueno, Tokyo, together with her husband, Onkyoin (Iesada). Beside Onkyoin and Tenshoin tombs, There is loquat tree planted there as it was Tenshoin's favorite food. The 2008 NHK Taiga", "id": "241772" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshimune\n\n\nYoshimune was not the son of any former \"shōgun\". Rather, he was a member of a cadet branch of the Tokugawa clan. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, well aware of the extinction of the Minamoto line in 1219, had realized that his direct descendants might die out, leaving the Tokugawa family at risk of extinction. Thus, while his son Tokugawa Hidetada was the second \"shōgun\", he selected three other sons to establish the \"gosanke,\" hereditary houses which would provide a", "id": "16258375" }, { "contents": "Kitasato Shibasaburō\n\n\nonki Corporation, with the intention of manufacturing the most reliable clinical thermometer possible. The company was later renamed Terumo Corporation. Kitasato also was the first dean of medicine at Keio University, first president of the Japan Medical Association, and served on the House of Peers. He was ennobled with the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system in February 1924. Kitasato died of an intracranial hemorrhage at his home in Azabu, Tokyo, on June 13, 1931. His grave is at the", "id": "11568829" }, { "contents": "Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa\n\n\nPrince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa was the only son of Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa and Fusako, Princess Kane. He succeeded as the head of the Kitashirakawa-no-miya house upon his father's unexpected death in an automobile accident in France in 1923. On 25 April 1935, Prince Nagahisa married Sachiko Tokugawa, born , died , the daughter of Baron Yoshikuni Tokugawa. Prince and Princess Kitashirakawa Nagahisa had one son and one daughter: Prince Nagahisa graduated from the 43rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1931, and was commissioned a sub", "id": "8171688" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nbrother Tokugawa Yoshiatsu and ordering him to assume the post of \"daimyō\" to assure the stability of Mito Domain. He departed from Marseille in December 1868. Tokugawa Akitake succeeded Tokugawa Yoshiatsu to become the 11th head of the Mito Tokugawa clan on his return to Japan. However, the title of \"daimyō\" was officially abolished in 1869, and he continued at Mito as domain governor. His request for land development in Hokkaido to resettle ex-samurai from the domain was granted on August 17, 1869, and he was", "id": "17914477" }, { "contents": "Sōma Nakamura Domain\n\n\nyounger brother Masatane. was the 5th \"daimyō\" of Sōma-Nakamura Domain and the 21st hereditary chieftain of the Sōma clan. As his older brother Sadatane had died without heir, he was posthumously appointed successor. He was received in formal audience to Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna and received the courtesy title of \"Danjō-shōhitsu\". From 1689-1690 he served as a \"sobayōnin\" to Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. He retired from public life in February 1701, living in rural seclusion to his death at the age of 68", "id": "4010353" }, { "contents": "Aizu\n\n\nof only 15. He was succeeded by the eighth lord Katataka, who was a sixth cousin (twice removed) and a member of the Takasu cadet branch of the Mito collateral line. He died without heirs in 1852 and was succeeded by his grandnephew, the famous Katamori, whose descendants have since headed the family. The present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tsunenari, is also from the Aizu lineage. In the house code set down by Masayuki, there was a specific injunction to serve the shogun with single-minded", "id": "17967555" }, { "contents": "Arai Hakuseki\n\n\nshogun Tokugawa Ienobu. He went on to displace the official Hayashi advisers to become the leading confucianist for Ienobu and Tokugawa Ietsugu. While some of Hakuseki's policies were still carried out after Ienobu's death, after the 6th shogun, Tokugawa Ietsugu, died and Tokugawa Yoshimune's rule began, Hakuseki left his post to begin his career as a prolific writer of Japanese history and Occidental studies. He was buried in Asakusa (current day Taitō, Tokyo), Hoonji temple but was later moved to Nakano, Tokyo, Kotokuji temple", "id": "12566945" }, { "contents": "Tsuruga Domain\n\n\nin the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. His courtesy title was \"Ukyō-no-suke\". His wife was the daughter of Doi Toshifusa of Ōno Domain. He died in 1706 and his grave is at the temple of Seisho-ji in Atago, Tokyo. was the 2nd \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga Domain in Echizen Province under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. Tadakiku was the eldest son of Sakai Tadashige. He became \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga on the death of his father in 1706. He was an \"", "id": "2398354" }, { "contents": "Mito-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe is a branch of the Tokugawa clan based in Mito, Ibaraki. Following the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as daimyō in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Although the Mito branch held less land", "id": "18026528" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\n. After Hideyoshi's death in 1598, Tokugawa Ieyasu came to power and was appointed \"shōgun\" by the Emperor. The Tokugawa shogunate, which governed from Edo (modern Tokyo), presided over a prosperous and peaceful era known as the Edo period (1600–1868). The Tokugawa shogunate imposed a strict class system on Japanese society and cut off almost all contact with the outside world. Portugal and Japan started their first affiliation in 1543, making the Portuguese the first Europeans to reach Japan by landing in the southern archipelago of", "id": "3250463" }, { "contents": "Tadaatsu Ishiguro\n\n\n, citing illness. His father died the same year, and per the provisions of his father’s will, he did not inherit the kazoku peerage title of viscount held by his father. In January 1943, he was granted a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. In 1945, he returned to the cabinet as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce under the Suzuki administration. In 1946, after the surrender of Japan, as with all members of the prewar and wartime Japanese government, Ishiguro was purged by", "id": "9448122" }, { "contents": "Ōkuma Shigenobu\n\n\nof the Diet of Japan until 1922. He was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum in 1916, and was elevated to the title of \"kōshaku\" (侯爵) (marquis) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system the same year. Ōkuma returned to Waseda, and died there in 1922. An estimated 300,000 people attended his funeral in Tokyo's Hibiya Park. He was posthumously elevated to the rank of prince in the peerage and was also posthumously conferred with the Collar of the Order of the", "id": "9013378" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nTokugawa branch houses (\"shinpan daimyō\") became marquesses, the heads of the secondary branches became counts and the heads of more distant branches became viscounts. The head of the Matsudaira (Fukui Domain) branch was raised to the rank of marquess from the rank of count in 1888. In 1902, the former \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu was created a prince, and the head of the Mito \"shinpan\" house was raised to the same rank, prince, in 1929. Of the other former \"daimyō\" clans", "id": "2052552" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Naganari\n\n\nViscount was an Admiral and naval strategist in the Imperial Japanese Navy in Meiji and Taishō period Japan, and a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. He was also known as Ogasawara Chōsei, Ogasawara Nagayo. Ogasawara was born in Saga prefecture. His father was the Rōjū Ogasawara Nagamichi, a senior retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. As his father was forced into retirement by the events of the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Ogasawara Naganari succeeded his grandfather to become head of the Ogasawara clan in 1873, and as", "id": "15329213" }, { "contents": "Katō Takaaki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese politician, diplomat, and the 14th Prime Minister of Japan, a position he held from 11 June 1924 until his death on 28 January 1926, during the period which historians have called \"Taishō Democracy\". He was also known as Katō Kōmei. Katō, was born as Hattori Sokichi, the second son of a former \"samurai\" retainer of the Owari Tokugawa domain in Nagoya, Owari Province, in the town of Saya, Ama District in what is now part of the city of Aisai,", "id": "9068839" }, { "contents": "Kawasaki Takukichi\n\n\n. Under his administration, the Yagoto Baseball Ground was built, and the first Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament was held in 1924. Later in 1924, Kawasaki was recalled to Tokyo to assume the post of Director-General of the National Police Agency under the Home Ministry. He became Deputy Home Minister in 1925. In 1926, he was invited to take a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He was recruited by Osachi Hamaguchi and Wakatsuki Reijirō to join the \"Kenseikai\" political party,", "id": "22092779" }, { "contents": "Masuda Takashi\n\n\nBaron , was a Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector. He was a prominent entrepreneur in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan, responsible for transforming Mitsui into a \"zaibatsu\" through the creation of a general trading company, Mitsui Bussan. He also established a newspaper, the , which was later renamed the \"Nihon Keizai Shimbun\". Masuda was born on Sado Island, in what is now Niigata Prefecture. His father was an official in the Tokugawa shogunate, serving as Hakodate bugyō, a position which", "id": "13847203" }, { "contents": "Suwa Tadamasa\n\n\nthe Shiba Tōshō-gū, a Shinto Shrine dedicated to the previous Shoguns of the Tokugawa clan in Tokyo. After the death of Suwa Tadaaya in 1878, he resumed his position as chieftain of the Suwa clan. he was reappointed \"kannushi\" of the Shiba Tōshō-gū from 1882 to 1889. In 1884 he became a viscount (\"shisaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His court rank was increased to Senior Fourth Rank in 1887. From 1891 to 1895, he returned to Suwa and became", "id": "12726550" }, { "contents": "Ōkubo Tadanori\n\n\nŌkubo Tadanori was the nephew of Tokugawa Nariaki, which made him a cousin to Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He was born as the 5th son of Matsudaira Yorihiro, daimyō of Takamatsu Domain, in Sanuki Province. On the death of former daimyō of Odawara, Ōkubo Tadanao in 1859 he was adopted into the Ōkubo clan as 11th clan head, and by default, daimyō of Odawara Domain. He served in a number of posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate, including that of \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) in", "id": "1881957" }, { "contents": "Kinichiro Ishikawa\n\n\nIshikawa Kinichiro, a watercolor painter and champion of Taiwanese Western art education, was born in Shizuoka City, Japan. His father was a former official of the Tokugawa government during the bakumatsu (late Tokugawa Shogunate). He was infatuated with painting from a very early age, but his father did not approve of his artistic pursuits. In 1888, he entered the Tokyo Telecommunications School of the Ministry of Communications. In order to sustain his interest in painting, aside from using prints of English works to engage in self-study", "id": "7410092" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masanori\n\n\nInaba Masanori was the second son of the previous daimyō of Odawara, Inaba Masakatsu. As his mother died when he was still very young, he was raised by his grandmother, Kasuga no Tsubone, the wet nurse to \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu. On the death of his father in 1634, he became head of the Inaba clan, and inherited his father’s position as daimyō of Odawara. Due to the influence of his grandmother, he rose rapidly through the hierarchy of the Tokugawa shogunate and was appointed \"Rōjū\"", "id": "1882506" }, { "contents": "Pak Yung-hio\n\n\nfled to exile in Japan, where he remained until 1907. On his return, he accepted the post of Royal Household Minister under Ye Wanyong. Following the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, in which Korea was annexed to the Empire of Japan, Park was awarded with the \"kazoku\" title of marquess (\"koshaku\") in the Japanese peerage, and a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Director of the Bank of Chosen in 1918, Chairman of the Korean Economic", "id": "5961340" }, { "contents": "Fumio Gotō\n\n\nBorn in Ōita Prefecture, Gotō was a graduate of the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909. During his early career in the 1920s, he worked in the Home Ministry, and was Director of Administration within the office of the Governor-General of Taiwan. In the 1930s, Gotō was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries between 1932 and 1934 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Makoto Saitō, and was later Home Minister", "id": "15188268" }, { "contents": "Konoe Atsumaro\n\n\nDuke was a Japanese politician and journalist of the Meiji era. He served as the 3rd President of the House of Peers and 7th President of the Gakushūin Peer's School in Meiji period Japan. He was also the father of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoe was born in Kyoto as the heir to the highly ranked Konoe family of Court nobility, one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. His father Konoe Tadafusa died when he was young, so he was raised by his grandfather Konoe Tadahiro. His mother was", "id": "1475111" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nassigned lands in Tomamae-gun, Teshio-gun, Kamikawa-gun, Nakagawa-gun in Teshio no kuni along with Rishiri-gun in Kitami no kuni. With the abolition of the han system in 1871, he was required by the government to leave in Mito and to live in Tokyo. He relocated to the former \"shimoyashiki\" secondary residence of the Mito Clan located in Mukōjima. Tokugawa Akitake was appointed a second lieutenant in Imperial Japanese Army in 1875, and served as an instructor during the early days of", "id": "17914478" }, { "contents": "Yonekura Tadasuke\n\n\nYonekura Tadasuke was the sixth son of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, a favorite of \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi who served in a number of important posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. In 1710, he was adopted by Yonekura Masateru, the \"daimyō\" of Minagawa Domain in Shimotsuke Province, and succeeded to the head of the Yonekura clan and daimyo of Minagawa two years later. On September 1, 1716, he was received in a formal audience by Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune. On July 27, 1722, he transferred the seat", "id": "9479884" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\nit was essential that Tokyo host the 1940 Olympics, as the date coincided with the Japanese 2600th Anniversary celebrations. He was forced to resign after a police sweep rounded up 6900 suspected communists in Tokyo. Nagata subsequently served in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. From March 9, 1936 to February 2, 1937, Nagata was appointed Minister of Colonial Affairs under the Kōki administration. He returned to the cabinet as Railway Minister under the Abe administration from November 29, 1939, to January 14, 1940. Nagata", "id": "15430221" }, { "contents": "Kijūrō Shidehara\n\n\nhe was named ambassador to the United States and was Japan's leading negotiator during the Washington Naval Conference. His negotiations led to the return of Shandong Province to China. However, while he was ambassador, the United States enacted discriminatory immigration laws against Japanese, which created much ill will in Japan. Shidehara was elevated to the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1920, and appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in 1925. In 1924, Shidehara became Minister of", "id": "9069195" }, { "contents": "Sōma clan\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. During the Boshin War of 1868–69, the Sōma clan fought on the site of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, supporting the Tokugawa regime. After Meiji Restoration, the head of the Sōma clan became part of the \"kazoku\" peerage, with Sōma Aritane receiving the title of \"shishaku\" (Viscount). Sōma Morotsune was the younger son of Chiba Tsunetane, and with his father was a samurai in the service of Minamoto no Yoritomo. He took his name from the Sōma Mikuriya, a \"shōen\" controlled", "id": "7506834" }, { "contents": "Matsumoto Kazu\n\n\nMatsumoto was born in Edo (now Tokyo) as the younger son of a direct retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. He graduated in 1880 from the 7th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, ranked 19 out of 30 cadets. He served on a number of ships in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, including the corvettes , , , and . Promoted to lieutenant in 1886, he graduated from the first class of the Naval Staff College in 1888. He was the chief navigator on the cruiser in 1891–1892 on its year-", "id": "8947678" }, { "contents": "Mito Domain\n\n\nof the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as \"daimyō\" in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the gosanke. Although the Mito branch held less land and wealth than either of the other two branches, they maintained considerable influence throughout the Edo period. The domain's promiximity to the \"de", "id": "290529" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nAtsuyoshi's son Tokugawa Kuniyuki was 11 years old at that time, and became the 13th head of the Mito Tokugawa under Akitake's tutelage. However, Akitake subsequently had a son, Tokugawa Takesada, who was born to a concubine in 1888. Takesada was made a viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1892 and founded the separate Matsudo Tokugawa line. In 1903, Tokugawa Akitake was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class. He died at Koumetei mansion in 1910. \"", "id": "17914481" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nand was raised by Tenshō-in and Kazu-no-Miya Chikako. In 1868 he was sent to Kyoto by his mother, Kazu-no-Miya Chikako and met with Emperor Meiji. He married the daughter of Konoe Tadafusa, Konoe Hiroko, who bore him Iemasa Tokugawa, the seventeenth Tokugawa family head, Yasuko Tokugawa, who married Nobusuke Takatsukasa and bore him Toshimichi Takatsukasa, Ryōko Tokugawa, and Toshiko Tokugawa. In 1877, Iesato was sent to Eton College in Great Britain to study. He returned to Japan", "id": "11796152" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\nthis, almost immediately after Hideyoshi's death, war broke out between Hideyori's allies and those loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu, a \"daimyō\" and a former ally of Hideyoshi. Tokugawa Ieyasu won a decisive victory at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, ushering in 268 uninterrupted years of rule by the Tokugawa clan. The Edo period was characterized by relative peace and stability under the tight control of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled from the eastern city of Edo (modern Tokyo). In 1603, Emperor Go-Yōzei declared", "id": "3250534" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nKorean Empire was annexed in 1910, the House of Yi was mediatized as an incorporated and therefore subordinate kingship (王). Excluding the Tokugawas, the initial \"kazoku\" rank distribution for the former \"daimyō\" lords depended on rice revenue: those with 150,000 \"koku\" or more became marquesses, those with 50,000 \"koku\" or more become counts, and those with holdings rated below 50,000 \"koku\" became viscounts. The head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Iesato, became a prince, the heads of primary", "id": "2052551" }, { "contents": "Gosanke\n\n\nThe , also called simply , or even , were the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan: Owari House of Tokugawa, Kii House of Tokugawa, and Mito House of Tokugawa, all of which were descended from clan founder Tokugawa Ieyasu's three youngest sons, Yoshinao, Yorinobu, and Yorifusa, and were allowed to provide a shōgun in case of need. In the Edo period the term \"gosanke\" could also refer to various other combinations of Tokugawa houses, including (1) the shogunal, Owari", "id": "17630062" }, { "contents": "Hirohide Fushimi\n\n\nBorn as , the 4th son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, he was the younger brother of Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, Prince Kachō Hirotada and Marquis Kachō Hironobu. In October 1932, he served as a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. On 1 April 1936, by order of Emperor Hirohito, he was allowed to establish his own household after renouncing his imperial title, and was created a count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. The same year, he married Tomoko Yanagisawa", "id": "230990" }, { "contents": "Sano Tsunetami\n\n\nduring the 1st Matsukata administration, he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. In 1895, Sano was elevated to the title of count (\"hakushaku\"). On his death at his home in Tokyo in 1902, he was posthumously awarded with the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class with Paulownia Blossoms). His grave is at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo. In 1939, the Japanese government issued a series of four commemorative postage stamps honoring the 75th anniversary of the Red Cross Treaty. A portrait of Sano", "id": "7051581" }, { "contents": "Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu\n\n\nsucceeded to title Kachō-no-miya on April 23, 1883, upon which he changed his name from \"Narukata\" to \"Hiroyasu,\" but returned to the house of Fushimi-no-miya on January 16, 1904. On January 9, 1896, Prince Hiroyasu married Tokugawa Tsuneko (1882–1939), the ninth daughter of Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japan's last \"shōgun\", with whom he had six children: Prince Hiroyasu entered the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy on 5 April 1886, but resigned in September", "id": "3864370" }, { "contents": "Mizoguchi clan\n\n\nas part of the guard of Nagoya Castle. In 1598, he was transferred to Shibata and his \"kokudaka\" was increased to 60,000 \"koku\". Following the Battle of Sekigahara, he was confirmed in his holdings by the Tokugawa shogunate. The Mizoguchi ruled Shibata as \"tozama daimyō\" until the Meiji restoration. After the abolition of the han system in 1871, the final \"daimyō\" of Shibata, Mizoguchi Naomasa relocated to Tokyo and received the \"kazoku\" peerage title of \"hakushaku\" (Count) in", "id": "19300691" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Norinaga\n\n\nMatsudaira Norinaga was the eldest son of Matsudaira Ienori, a Sengoku period samurai and daimyō of Iwamura Domain in Mino Province under the early Tokugawa shogunate. On the death of his father in 1614, he was confirmed as head of the Ogyū-Matsdaira clan and the same year accompanied the forces of \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada at the Siege of Osaka. In 1634, he was transferred to Hamamatsu Domain in Tōtōmi Province with an increase in revenues from 20,000 to 36,000 \"koku\". In 1642, Matsudaira Norinaga was promoted to", "id": "3314701" }, { "contents": "Canada–Japan relations\n\n\nway to deal with the Japanese question is to have our own Minister in Japan to visa passports.\" As a context, it is worth noting that Japan's consulate in Vancouver was established in 1889, 40 years before its embassy was opened in Ottawa in 1929. The first Japanese Minister in Canada was Prince Iemasa Tokugawa, serving from 1929 to 1934. The first Canadian Minister in Japan was Sir Herbert Marler, serving from 1929 to 1936. Diplomatic ties were severed in 1941 with the start of the Pacific War. During", "id": "15989893" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Ienari\n\n\nTokugawa Ienari (, November 18, 1773 – March 22, 1841) was the eleventh and longest-serving \"shōgun\" of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1787 to 1837. He was a great-grandson of the eighth shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune through his son Munetada (1721–1764), head of the Hitotsubashi branch of the family, and his grandson Harusada (1751–1827). Ienari died in 1841 and was given the Buddhist name Bunkyouin and buried at Kan'ei-ji. In 1778, the four-year", "id": "12177738" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nin more broad terms, the period begins with Oda Nobunaga's entry into Kyoto in 1568, when he led his army to the imperial capital in order to install Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the 15th, and ultimately final, shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, and it lasts until the coming to power of Tokugawa Ieyasu after his victory over supporters of the Toyotomi clan at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. The Edo period from 1600 to 1868 characterized early modern Japan. The Tokugawa shogunate was a feudalist regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu", "id": "9974550" }, { "contents": "Kaga Domain\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. The location of the main Edo residence of the \"daimyō\" of the Kaga Domain is now the site of the Hongō campus of the University of Tokyo. Maeda Toshiie was a distinguished military commander, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and a close friend of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. A member of the Council of Five Elders who ruled Japan during the Sengoku period, he was granted the Kaga Domain in 1583. His eldest son, Maeda Toshinaga, supported Tokugawa Ieyasu in his rise to power and was rewarded by an increase", "id": "6571560" }, { "contents": "Inoue Masamoto\n\n\nInoue Masamoto was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain, Inoue Masasada. He became 8th head of the Mikawa-branch of Inoue clan and \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain on his father's death in 1786. He was awarded Lower 5th Court Rank and the courtesy title of \"Kawachi-no-kami\" soon afterwards. In 1802, Masamoto entered the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate as a \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) under \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Ienari. In 1816, while", "id": "4715826" }, { "contents": "March Incident\n\n\nexecute a coup d'état and seize power.br 3. A new Cabinet would be formed under the premiership of the then-War Minister, General Kazushige Ugaki. The project was underwritten by a 200,000-yen donation by Yoshichika Tokugawa, ultra-rightist member of the House of Peers, son of the last \"daimyō\" of Nagoya, founder of the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya and Emperor Shōwa's second cousin. Ultra-rightist civilian organizations led by Kanichiro Kamei and Shūmei Ōkawa fomented a commotion outside the Diet Building in Tokyo late in February", "id": "5593888" }, { "contents": "Nanbu Shigenao\n\n\nHowever, in April 1636, his \"sankin-kōtai\" procession arrived in Edo ten days late, which was a violation of the new \"Buke shohatto\" regulations issued by \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu, and he was declared unfit to govern, and sentenced to house arrest at the clan residence in Edo. After his death in Edo in 1664, the Tokugawa shogunate intervened, and by order of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna appointed his younger brother Shichinohe Shigenobu as the next \"daimyō\", with the son of Hotta Masamori reduced", "id": "4495846" }, { "contents": "Akira Tomii\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese diplomat. He was born as a son of Baron Masaaki Tomii, the president of Tokyo Imperial University of Legal and a draft member of Japanese Civil Law. When he was young, his father hired Keita Gotō as Akira's home teacher. Akira Tomii graduated Tokyo Imperial University, and served as the Japanese Consul in Mukden, China, in 1915. From 1916 to 1924 served as consul in New York City, from 1924 to 1927 as consul in London, and from 1927 to 1933 as consul in", "id": "5339969" }, { "contents": "Maeda Toshisada\n\n\nand afterwards assumed his family’s seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. In 1922, he was appointed Communications Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Katō Tomosaburō. He subsequently served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kiyoura Keigo as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. He retired from public life in January 1944, and died in October of the same year. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasures, 1st class. Maeda studied poetry under Sasaki Nobutsuna. His daughter married post-war Foreign Minister", "id": "2257384" }, { "contents": "Hideo Kodama\n\n\nwas assigned to the Imperial General Headquarters and sent to the Liaodong Peninsula (under Japanese occupation), where he served as liaison between the civilian government in Tokyo and the Japanese general armies in Manchuria. Following the war, he returned to the Finance Ministry as head of the government's Tobacco Monopoly. He was later assigned to serve in the Japanese Government-General of Korea, as a secretary to the Privy Council, and as a member of the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 23 July 1906,", "id": "14284806" }, { "contents": "Prince Kuni Asaakira\n\n\nDomain. In 1921, he served for the customary term in the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 29 January 1929, he succeeded as head of the Kuni-no-miya house. Prince Kuni graduated from the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1921. He served as a midshipman on the cruiser and battleship . After his commissioning as ensign, he was assigned to the battleship , followed by battleships and . After his graduation from the Naval Staff College in 1925, he was assigned to", "id": "20710624" }, { "contents": "Saneatsu Mushanokōji\n\n\nJapanese ambassador to Nazi Germany, he traveled throughout Europe in 1936. In 1946, he was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. However, four months later he was purged from public office by the American Occupation authorities, due to his (1942), supporting the actions of the Japanese government in World War II. Mushanokōji made a literary comeback with his novel (1949–1950). He was awarded the Order of Culture in 1951, and became a member of the Japan Art Academy", "id": "5324629" }, { "contents": "Shizuoka (city)\n\n\nwhich he could influence \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada from behind the scenes. Subsequently, aside for brief periods, Sunpu was \"tenryō\" (territory under direct administration by the Shogunate), ruled by the , an appointed official based in Sunpu. In 1869, after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, the former shogunal line, headed by Tokugawa Iesato was sent to Sunpu and assigned the short-lived Sunpu Domain. The same year, Sunpu was renamed \"Shizuoka\". Shizuoka Domain became Shizuoka Prefecture with the abolition of", "id": "1359009" }, { "contents": "Ōta Dōkan\n\n\nlived in the same place. In the late 16th century, Dōkan's Edo Castle was chosen as the new home of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had been persuaded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to transfer the seat of his clan holdings into the Kantō. With the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in the early 17th century, Edo Castle became the center of the shogunate government. When the shogunate was displaced in the Meiji Restoration in the late 19th century, the newly named Tokyo became an Imperial capital with an Imperial Palace rising from the former shōgun", "id": "9984404" }, { "contents": "Prince Kaya Tsunenori\n\n\n, was the second head of the Kaya-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. He was first cousin to Empress Kōjun (Nagako), the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). Prince Kaya Tsunenori was born in Tokyo, the first son of Prince Kaya Kuninori and his wife, the former Daigō Yoshiko. He received his primary and secondary education at the boys' department of the Gakushuin Peers’ School. On December 8, 1909, he became the second head of the Kaya-no-", "id": "9139501" }, { "contents": "Hachisuka Mochiaki\n\n\nto Great Britain and attended Oxford University, where he matriculated at Balliol College in 1874. After returning to Japan, he joined the government as Director of the Customs Bureau director in the Ministry of Finance and a member of \"Sanjiin\" (legislative advisory council). In 1882, Hachisuka was envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to France, and received the title of \"kōshaku\" (marquis) under the new \"kazoku\" peerage system. After returning to Japan, he served as a member of the House of Peers,", "id": "18933529" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nand ruled by the \"shōguns\" of the Tokugawa clan. The period gets its name from the capital city, Edo, now called Tokyo. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo Castle from 1603 until 1868, when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration in the late Edo period (often called the Late Tokugawa shogunate). In 1392, General Yi Seong-gye established the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) with a largely bloodless coup. Yi Seong-gye moved the capital of Korea to the location of modern-day Seoul", "id": "9974551" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Hirotada\n\n\nHe is best known for being the father of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Hirotada was the son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (7th head of Mikawa Matsudaira clan). He was known in his childhood as Senshōmaru, Senchiyo, and Jirōzaburō. After his father's assassination in 1537, Hirotada was placed under the protection of a loyal retainer, Abe Sadayoshi. He allied with the Imagawa, and with their help was installed at Okazaki castle. The alliance with them brought him into conflict with the Tokugawa clan. In", "id": "20973368" }, { "contents": "Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda\n\n\nPrince Takeda Tsuneyoshi was the only son of Prince Takeda Tsunehisa and Princess Masako, Princess Tsune (1888–1940), the sixth daughter of Emperor Meiji. He was, therefore, a first cousin of Emperor Shōwa. Prince Tsuneyoshi became the second head of the Takeda-no-miya house on 23 April 1919. After being educated at the Gakushūin Peers' School, and serving for a session in the House of Peers, he graduated from the 32nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in July 1930, and received a commission", "id": "4712175" }, { "contents": "Ishii Kikujirō\n\n\nViscount , was a Japanese diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan between 1915 and 1916. Ishii was born in Mobara city, Kazusa Province (present-day Chiba Prefecture). He graduated from the Law Department of Tokyo Imperial University and joined the Foreign Ministry. His first posting was as an attaché to Paris in 1891, and he was later sent to Chemulpo, Korea in 1896 and to Beijing, China in 1897.", "id": "19761626" }, { "contents": "Nagai Naoyuki\n\n\n, also known as or , was a Japanese hatamoto under the Tokugawa of Bakumatsu period Japan. His great-great-grandchild was Yukio Mishima. Naoyuki's adopted son, Iwanojō Nagai, was the father of Natsu, who was Mishima's grandmother. Iwanojō's real father was Nagasumi Miyoshi (Miyoshi clan) who was a Tokugawa retainer. Nagai Naoyuki, or as he was first known, , was born in the Nukada district of the Okutono Domain by a concubine to \"daimyō\" . Noritada, while head of a", "id": "5425993" }, { "contents": "Hidemaro Konoye\n\n\nViscount was a conductor and composer of classical music in Shōwa period Japan. He was the younger brother of pre-war Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoye was born in Kōjimachi, Tokyo as the younger son of Duke Konoe Atsumaro, scion of one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. The Konoe clan traditionally provided \"gagaku\" musicians to the Imperial Household, and Hidemaro chose to follow the family's musical tradition, whereas his older brother Fumimaro went into politics. Konoye attended the Gakushuin Peers School, where", "id": "22220081" }, { "contents": "Yoritake Matsudaira\n\n\n. After graduation from Waseda University, he worked for Toshiba. Now he is the president of . One of his hobbies is horseback riding, he is an amateur radio aficionado, and he gives lectures about the advantages of Scouting activities. Yoritake is a second cousin of the present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Tsunenari, as both are great-grandsons of Nabeshima Naohiro, the 11th and last \"daimyō\" of Saga. By virtue of his descent from the \"kuge\" Madenokōji family, he is also a sixth", "id": "1769206" }, { "contents": "Nabeshima Naoyoshi\n\n\nperiod of Naoyoshi's administration, and the prefecture's economic production was increased, particularly in the area of sugar production. In 1881, Naoyoshi was recalled to Tokyo, and became president of the \"Genrōin\". With the establishment of the \"kazoku\" peerage, he became a , and a member of the House of Peers on the establishment of the Diet of Japan in 1890. In his later years he helped build hospitals and schools in the region of Kashima, which he had once ruled, and was awarded Second", "id": "17536683" }, { "contents": "Obama Domain\n\n\nKawagoe Domain, before being the 1st Sakai \"daimyō\" of Obama Domain. He was the son of Sakai Tadatoshi, a hereditary retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He served Tokugawa Hidetada during the Siege of Ueda and later served Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who promoted him to \"rōjū\" in 1624. In 1634, he was transferred to Obama and completed the construction of Obama Castle. He retired from public life in 1656 and died in 1662. His grave is at the clan temple of Kuin-ji in Obama. was the", "id": "16508967" }, { "contents": "Edo period\n\n\nEmperor Kōmei died and was succeeded by his underaged son Emperor Meiji. Tokugawa Yoshinobu reluctantly became head of the Tokugawa house and \"shōgun\". He tried to reorganize the government under the emperor while preserving the \"shōgun\"s leadership role. Fearing the growing power of the Satsuma and Chōshū \"daimyō\", other \"daimyō\" called for returning the \"shōgun\"s political power to the emperor and a council of \"daimyō\" chaired by the former Tokugawa \"shōgun\". Yoshinobu accepted the plan in late 1867 and resigned, announcing an", "id": "3932378" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\n, was a politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan, twice as a cabinet minister, and also serving twice as mayor of Tokyo. Nagata was born in Mihara District, Hyōgo Prefecture, in what is now part of the city of Minamiawaji. After graduating from the predecessor of Kyoto Imperial University and serving as a school principal in Sumoto, Hyōgo from 1902 to 1904, he obtained a posting in the Home Ministry and rose to become", "id": "15430218" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Nagashige\n\n\n, also known as Sado-no-kami or Etchū-no-kami, was a Japanese samurai \"daimyō\" of the mid-Edo period. The Ogasawara were identified as one of the \"fudai\" or insider \"daimyō\" clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa, in contrast with the \"tozama\" or outsider clans. Nagashige served the Tokugawa shogunate as its eleventh Kyoto \"shoshidai\" in the period spanning October 17, 1691, through May 15, 1702. He had previously been shogunate", "id": "8758740" }, { "contents": "Jo Hyeong\n\n\nJo Hyeong (1606–1679) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty Korea in the 17th century. He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 6th Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. In 1655 King Hyojong of Joseon sent a mission to the shogunal court of Tokugawa Ietsuna. This diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for developing a political foundation for trade. The delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a \"Communication Envoy", "id": "5288304" }, { "contents": "Tsugaru clan\n\n\nwho took the name of (1872–1919) to be his heir. Hidemaru was educated in Germany, graduating from the University of Bonn, Humboldt University of Berlin and University of Geneva and after his return to Japan served in under the Japanese Resident-General of Korea from 1907-1914, and in the Ministry of the Imperial Household from 1914-1918. In 1918, he was appointed to the House of Peers. His son was (1907-1994), who was born as the second son of a branch of", "id": "10903481" }, { "contents": "Arima Ryōkitsu\n\n\nAdmiral was a career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy during Meiji and Taishō periods. Arima was a native of Wakayama, where his father was a senior \"samurai\" retainer of the Kishū Tokugawa clan, and an active supporter of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Although he came from such an unfavorable background, Arima was able to secure admission to the 12th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, after graduating from the forerunners of Doshisha University and Keio University with degrees in English language.", "id": "14930546" }, { "contents": "Mitsukuri Rinsho\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese statesman and legal scholar in Meiji period Japan. Mitsukuri was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo) to a noted family of scholars working for the Tokugawa bakufu. He studied \"rangaku\" and received a posting to the \"Bansho Shirabesho,\" the Shōgun's research institute for foreign technology. In 1867, he was selected to accompany the Shogunate's expedition to the Paris World Exposition, which proved to be an eye-opener. On his return to Japan, Mitsukuri joined the new Meiji government", "id": "19948939" }, { "contents": "Owari-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe , a branch of the Tokugawa clan, is the seniormost house of the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Originally descended from Tokugawa Yoshinao, the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the original line became extinct in 1800 with the death of the ninth lord and family head. It has since been kept in existence through repeated adoptions from the two remaining houses, and is currently headed by a member of the Kishu branch. For over 250 years, the Owari family ruled Owari Domain,", "id": "17810278" } ]

[ { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nJune 19, 1946, he served as the President of the House of Peers, a post which he held until May 2, 1947, when the Allied occupation authorities authorized the current Constitution of Japan abolishing the House of Peers. He died of heart disease at his home in Shibuya, Tokyo, on February 18, 1963, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class. His grave is located at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. He was succeeded as head of the Tokugawa clan", "id": "11961761" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince also known as Iyemasa, was a Japanese political figure of the Taishō and early Shōwa periods. He was the 17th hereditary head of the former shogunal branch of the Tokugawa clan and the final President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Iemasa Tokugawa was born in what is now the Sendagaya district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato and his wife, Konoe Hiroko, daughter of Konoe Tadafusa. He graduated from the law school of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909, and accepted a post in", "id": "11961759" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nthe diplomatic corps of Foreign Ministry the same year. In 1924, he was appointed Consul-general to the Japanese consulate in Sydney, Australia. In 1929, he was appointed Envoy to Canada and from 1937 to 1939 served as the Japanese ambassador to Turkey. In 1940, on the death of his father, he inherited the title of \"kōshaku\" (, \"prince\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and a seat as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On", "id": "11961760" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nin 1882, and was given the title of \"kōshaku\" (公爵, prince) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He became a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan from its creation in 1890, and served as President of the House of Peers from 1901-1933. When the administration of Prime Minister Yamamoto Gonnohyōe was brought down by the Siemens scandal, there was a strong movement to have Tokugawa Iesato nominated to be his successor. Following World War I, Iesato served on the Japanese", "id": "11796153" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince was the 13th head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan and the President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Kuniyuki Tokugawa inherited the title of \"shishaku\" (侯爵, marquis) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system on the death of his father, Tokugawa Atsuyoshi in 1898. A scholar, he turned his attention in 1906 to the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\", a comprehensive history of Japan begun by his ancestor, Tokugawa Mitsukuni in the 17th century. However, in 1910", "id": "13926670" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshinobu\n\n\n's photographs have been published in recent years by his great-grandson, Yoshitomo. In 1902, the Meiji Emperor allowed him to reestablish his own house as a Tokugawa branch (\"bekke\") with the highest rank in the peerage, that of prince (\"kōshaku\"), for his loyal service to Japan. He took a seat in the House of Peers, resigning in 1910. Tokugawa Yoshinobu died on November 21, 1913, at 4:10 pm and is buried in Yanaka Cemetery, Tokyo. On 9 January", "id": "12861306" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nCount was a Japanese political figure of the late Meiji through early Shōwa periods, and served as President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Yorinaga Matsudaira was the eighth son of Matsudaira Yoritoshi, the former \"daimyō\" of Matsuyama Domain in Shikoku. His mother, Chiyoko, was the daughter of Ii Naosuke and his wife was the daughter of Tokugawa Akitake, head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. He attended the Gakushūin Peer’s School, and with the sponsorship of Ōkuma Shigenobu, graduated from", "id": "14764736" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nthe law school of Waseda University. district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato. In 1909 he became a member of the House of Peers, and continued to serve as a member every year (except for a hiatus between 1911–1914) until his death. A strong supporter of education, he donated a large property in downtown Tokyo to create the Hongo Gakuin school. In 1933, he was made Vice-President of the House of Peers, breaking with the precedent that only men with the rank of princes", "id": "14764737" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\n, he was accepted into the 22nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and was commissioned as Second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army. He resigned his commission in 1914 citing health reasons, and went into the reserves in 1915. From December 1911, Kuniyuki Tokugawa served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\" in 1929, he was awarded the title of \"koshaku\" (公爵, prince). On June 25, 1940, he", "id": "13926671" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nPrince was the first head of the Tokugawa clan after the overthrow of the Tokugawa bakufu, and a figure in Japanese politics during the Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. Tokugawa Iesato was born to the Tayasu branch of the Tokugawa clan, under the name Kamenosuke, he became its 16th head, following the resignation of the last \"shōgun,\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu. His brothers were Tokugawa Satotaka and Tokugawa Takachiyo, who also held the Tayasu headship at different times. Iesato was also briefly the \"daimyō\" of the", "id": "11796150" }, { "contents": "Iwamura Michitoshi\n\n\n1896, Iwamura was awarded the title of viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure later the same year. He served as an advisor to Emperor Meiji, and was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers. He was also awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class on June 23, 1904. He died in Tokyo on February 12, 1915, and his grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo.", "id": "17814139" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nor marquis could service in the highest level positions. Four years later, when Fumimaro Konoe became Prime Minister of Japan, Yorinaga Matsudaira became the President of the House of Peers. He died while in office, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class with Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. His nephew Yorihiro Matsudaira succeeded him in his peerage. Yorinaga Matsudaira was also a noted collector of miniature bonsai, and served as honorary president of the Kofuku Bonsai Association. His", "id": "14764738" }, { "contents": "Prince Kachō Hirotada\n\n\nPrince Hirotada was the second son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu. His mother was Tokugawa Tsuneko, the 9th daughter of the last Tokugawa Shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He succeeded his father to the head of the Kachō-no-miya household when he was only 2 years old in 1904. Prince Kachō attended the Gakushuin Peers’ School. He entered the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1918, graduating 1st out of 176 cadets. Prince Kuni Asaakira was one of his classmates. He served his midshipman duty on the", "id": "17635064" }, { "contents": "Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu\n\n\nNovember 1942. From 1936 to 1945, he held various staff positions in the Naval General Staff Office in Tokyo. On 4 February 1930, Prince Takamatsu married Kikuko Tokugawa (26 December 1911 – 18 December 2004), the second daughter of Yoshihisa Tokugawa (peer). The bride was a granddaughter of Yoshinobu Tokugawa, the last Shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, and a granddaughter of the late Prince Arisugawa Takehito. Prince and Princess Takamatsu had no children. From the 1930s, Prince Takamatsu expressed grave reservations regarding Japanese aggression in", "id": "1048484" }, { "contents": "Francis Brinkley\n\n\n, covered Japanese history, fine arts and literature from the origins of the Japanese race up until the latter half of the Meiji period. In 1912, at the age of 71 and one month after General Nogi's death, Francis Brinkley died. At his funeral, the mourners included the Speaker of the House of Peers, Tokugawa Iesato, the Minister of the Navy Saitō Makoto, and the Foreign Minister Uchida Kosai. He is buried in the foreign section of the Aoyama Reien cemetery in central Tokyo. After his death Ernest", "id": "10262389" }, { "contents": "Enkichi Ōki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese statesman in the Taishō period. Ōki was born in Tokyo. His father, Ōki Takatō was one of the leaders in the Meiji Restoration, and served in numerous cabinet posts in the early Meiji government. In 1899, Enkichi succeeded to his father’s title of count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His political career began in 1908, when he was elected to the House of Peers. He initially supported the \"Kenkyūkai\", but soon switched his allegiance to the", "id": "2422914" }, { "contents": "Yoshitoshi Tokugawa\n\n\nLieutenant General Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and one of the pioneers of military aviation in Japan. Tokugawa Yoshitoshi was the son of Count Tokugawa Atsumori (1856–1924) (head of the Shimizu branch of the Tokugawa clan). Through his father, he was the grandnephew of the last shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. While his father had been created a count in 1884, he had relinquished the title in 1899. Yoshitoshi graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1903, after having specialized in military engineering. In", "id": "751688" }, { "contents": "Enomoto Takeaki\n\n\nViscount was a Japanese samurai and admiral of the Tokugawa navy of Bakumatsu-period Japan, who remained faithful to the Tokugawa shogunate and fought against the new Meiji government until the end of the Boshin War. He later served in the Meiji government as one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Enomoto was born as a member of a samurai family in the direct service of the Tokugawa clan in the Shitaya district of Edo (modern Taitō, Tokyo). Enomoto started learning Dutch in the 1850s, and after Japan's", "id": "12566973" }, { "contents": "Yamada Akiyoshi\n\n\ncount (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage on July 7, 1884, and served in the House of Peers (Japan) from its establishment in 1890. On January 28, 1892, he was appointed to a seat in the Privy Council of Japan but died in November of the same year at the age of 49, while inspecting the Ikuno Silver Mine in Asago, Hyōgo. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Buddhist temple of Gokoku-ji in", "id": "655166" }, { "contents": "International Martial Arts Federation\n\n\nwas appointed as the 5th President of IMAF. He served as the Japanese Ambassador to India and Deputy Foreign Minister. The current president of Kokusai Budoin, International Martial Arts Federation (IMAF) is Yasuhisa Tokugawa, the great-grandson of the 15th and final \"shōgun\" of Japan, Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837–1913). He was also the Chief Priest for the in Tokyo from 2013-2018. Note: In the mid 1980's IMAF-Europe split from IMAF Japan to create a current non-affiliated organization with a", "id": "8525267" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masami\n\n\nInaba Masami was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Tateyama Domain, Inaba Masamori. On his father’s death in 1820, he succeeded to the head of the Tateyama Inaba clan and the position of \"daimyō\" of Tateyama. In 1862, he was appointed as a \"Wakadoshiyori\" in the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate under \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemochi. He resigned the title in 1864, with instructions to strengthen Japan's naval defenses against the increasing aggressive incursions of foreign black ships, and supported Katsu", "id": "8052899" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Mochiaki\n\n\nabolition of the han system in 1871. In 1884, he became a Count (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He was awarded the Fourth class of the Order of the Rising Sun in 1885. In 1889, he inherited the title of Marquis (\"koshaku\") from his adopted father. He died in 1890. His son, Matsudaira Yasutaka (1867–1930) served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan and was author of a number of works on agricultural", "id": "4765039" }, { "contents": "Tsunenari Tokugawa\n\n\nHis son, Iehiro Tokugawa, is a translator. In 2007, Tsunenari published a book entitled \"Edo no idenshi\" (江戸の遺伝子), released in English in 2009 as \"The Edo Inheritance\", which seeks to counter the common belief among Japanese that the Edo period (throughout which members of his Tokugawa clan ruled Japan as \"shōguns\") was like a dark age, when Japan, cut off from the world, fell behind. On the contrary, he argues, the roughly 250 years of peace and relative", "id": "11961777" }, { "contents": "Matsui Keishirō\n\n\nto Japan in 1913. During the First World War, served as Japanese Ambassador to France and was a plenipotentiary at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. On the successful completion of this mission, he was awarded with the title of baron (\"danshaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He served as Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 7 to June 11, 1924, under the administration of Kiyoura Keigo and was also appointed a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He later served", "id": "9380810" }, { "contents": "Konoe Tadafusa\n\n\n, son of regent Tadahiro with his wife Shimazu Kyoko, was a \"kugyō\" or Japanese court noble of the late Edo period (1603–1868). He did not hold any regent position kampaku or sesshō. His consort was Shimazu Mitsuko, an adopted daughter of Shimazu Nariakira, eleventh head of Satsuma Domain. The couple had a daughter, Konoe Hiroko, who later married Tokugawa Iesato, the sixteenth head of Tokugawa family and bore him Tokugawa Iemasa, the seventeenth head of the Tokugawa clan. He adopted a son of Konoe", "id": "20767712" }, { "contents": "Tenshō-in\n\n\nShe spent her remaining years nurturing Tokugawa Iesato, the 16th head of the Tokugawa clan. She moved into the Tokugawa residence in Sendagaya, in the Shibuya district, Tokyo. She suffered from Parkinson's disease which eventually took her life on November 20th, 1883, at the age of 47. She was buried in Kaneiji in Ueno, Tokyo, together with her husband, Onkyoin (Iesada). Beside Onkyoin and Tenshoin tombs, There is loquat tree planted there as it was Tenshoin's favorite food. The 2008 NHK Taiga", "id": "241772" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshimune\n\n\nYoshimune was not the son of any former \"shōgun\". Rather, he was a member of a cadet branch of the Tokugawa clan. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, well aware of the extinction of the Minamoto line in 1219, had realized that his direct descendants might die out, leaving the Tokugawa family at risk of extinction. Thus, while his son Tokugawa Hidetada was the second \"shōgun\", he selected three other sons to establish the \"gosanke,\" hereditary houses which would provide a", "id": "16258375" }, { "contents": "Kitasato Shibasaburō\n\n\nonki Corporation, with the intention of manufacturing the most reliable clinical thermometer possible. The company was later renamed Terumo Corporation. Kitasato also was the first dean of medicine at Keio University, first president of the Japan Medical Association, and served on the House of Peers. He was ennobled with the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system in February 1924. Kitasato died of an intracranial hemorrhage at his home in Azabu, Tokyo, on June 13, 1931. His grave is at the", "id": "11568829" }, { "contents": "Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa\n\n\nPrince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa was the only son of Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa and Fusako, Princess Kane. He succeeded as the head of the Kitashirakawa-no-miya house upon his father's unexpected death in an automobile accident in France in 1923. On 25 April 1935, Prince Nagahisa married Sachiko Tokugawa, born , died , the daughter of Baron Yoshikuni Tokugawa. Prince and Princess Kitashirakawa Nagahisa had one son and one daughter: Prince Nagahisa graduated from the 43rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1931, and was commissioned a sub", "id": "8171688" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nbrother Tokugawa Yoshiatsu and ordering him to assume the post of \"daimyō\" to assure the stability of Mito Domain. He departed from Marseille in December 1868. Tokugawa Akitake succeeded Tokugawa Yoshiatsu to become the 11th head of the Mito Tokugawa clan on his return to Japan. However, the title of \"daimyō\" was officially abolished in 1869, and he continued at Mito as domain governor. His request for land development in Hokkaido to resettle ex-samurai from the domain was granted on August 17, 1869, and he was", "id": "17914477" }, { "contents": "Sōma Nakamura Domain\n\n\nyounger brother Masatane. was the 5th \"daimyō\" of Sōma-Nakamura Domain and the 21st hereditary chieftain of the Sōma clan. As his older brother Sadatane had died without heir, he was posthumously appointed successor. He was received in formal audience to Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna and received the courtesy title of \"Danjō-shōhitsu\". From 1689-1690 he served as a \"sobayōnin\" to Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. He retired from public life in February 1701, living in rural seclusion to his death at the age of 68", "id": "4010353" }, { "contents": "Aizu\n\n\nof only 15. He was succeeded by the eighth lord Katataka, who was a sixth cousin (twice removed) and a member of the Takasu cadet branch of the Mito collateral line. He died without heirs in 1852 and was succeeded by his grandnephew, the famous Katamori, whose descendants have since headed the family. The present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tsunenari, is also from the Aizu lineage. In the house code set down by Masayuki, there was a specific injunction to serve the shogun with single-minded", "id": "17967555" }, { "contents": "Arai Hakuseki\n\n\nshogun Tokugawa Ienobu. He went on to displace the official Hayashi advisers to become the leading confucianist for Ienobu and Tokugawa Ietsugu. While some of Hakuseki's policies were still carried out after Ienobu's death, after the 6th shogun, Tokugawa Ietsugu, died and Tokugawa Yoshimune's rule began, Hakuseki left his post to begin his career as a prolific writer of Japanese history and Occidental studies. He was buried in Asakusa (current day Taitō, Tokyo), Hoonji temple but was later moved to Nakano, Tokyo, Kotokuji temple", "id": "12566945" }, { "contents": "Tsuruga Domain\n\n\nin the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. His courtesy title was \"Ukyō-no-suke\". His wife was the daughter of Doi Toshifusa of Ōno Domain. He died in 1706 and his grave is at the temple of Seisho-ji in Atago, Tokyo. was the 2nd \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga Domain in Echizen Province under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. Tadakiku was the eldest son of Sakai Tadashige. He became \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga on the death of his father in 1706. He was an \"", "id": "2398354" }, { "contents": "Mito-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe is a branch of the Tokugawa clan based in Mito, Ibaraki. Following the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as daimyō in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Although the Mito branch held less land", "id": "18026528" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\n. After Hideyoshi's death in 1598, Tokugawa Ieyasu came to power and was appointed \"shōgun\" by the Emperor. The Tokugawa shogunate, which governed from Edo (modern Tokyo), presided over a prosperous and peaceful era known as the Edo period (1600–1868). The Tokugawa shogunate imposed a strict class system on Japanese society and cut off almost all contact with the outside world. Portugal and Japan started their first affiliation in 1543, making the Portuguese the first Europeans to reach Japan by landing in the southern archipelago of", "id": "3250463" }, { "contents": "Tadaatsu Ishiguro\n\n\n, citing illness. His father died the same year, and per the provisions of his father’s will, he did not inherit the kazoku peerage title of viscount held by his father. In January 1943, he was granted a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. In 1945, he returned to the cabinet as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce under the Suzuki administration. In 1946, after the surrender of Japan, as with all members of the prewar and wartime Japanese government, Ishiguro was purged by", "id": "9448122" }, { "contents": "Ōkuma Shigenobu\n\n\nof the Diet of Japan until 1922. He was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum in 1916, and was elevated to the title of \"kōshaku\" (侯爵) (marquis) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system the same year. Ōkuma returned to Waseda, and died there in 1922. An estimated 300,000 people attended his funeral in Tokyo's Hibiya Park. He was posthumously elevated to the rank of prince in the peerage and was also posthumously conferred with the Collar of the Order of the", "id": "9013378" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nTokugawa branch houses (\"shinpan daimyō\") became marquesses, the heads of the secondary branches became counts and the heads of more distant branches became viscounts. The head of the Matsudaira (Fukui Domain) branch was raised to the rank of marquess from the rank of count in 1888. In 1902, the former \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu was created a prince, and the head of the Mito \"shinpan\" house was raised to the same rank, prince, in 1929. Of the other former \"daimyō\" clans", "id": "2052552" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Naganari\n\n\nViscount was an Admiral and naval strategist in the Imperial Japanese Navy in Meiji and Taishō period Japan, and a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. He was also known as Ogasawara Chōsei, Ogasawara Nagayo. Ogasawara was born in Saga prefecture. His father was the Rōjū Ogasawara Nagamichi, a senior retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. As his father was forced into retirement by the events of the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Ogasawara Naganari succeeded his grandfather to become head of the Ogasawara clan in 1873, and as", "id": "15329213" }, { "contents": "Katō Takaaki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese politician, diplomat, and the 14th Prime Minister of Japan, a position he held from 11 June 1924 until his death on 28 January 1926, during the period which historians have called \"Taishō Democracy\". He was also known as Katō Kōmei. Katō, was born as Hattori Sokichi, the second son of a former \"samurai\" retainer of the Owari Tokugawa domain in Nagoya, Owari Province, in the town of Saya, Ama District in what is now part of the city of Aisai,", "id": "9068839" }, { "contents": "Kawasaki Takukichi\n\n\n. Under his administration, the Yagoto Baseball Ground was built, and the first Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament was held in 1924. Later in 1924, Kawasaki was recalled to Tokyo to assume the post of Director-General of the National Police Agency under the Home Ministry. He became Deputy Home Minister in 1925. In 1926, he was invited to take a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He was recruited by Osachi Hamaguchi and Wakatsuki Reijirō to join the \"Kenseikai\" political party,", "id": "22092779" }, { "contents": "Masuda Takashi\n\n\nBaron , was a Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector. He was a prominent entrepreneur in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan, responsible for transforming Mitsui into a \"zaibatsu\" through the creation of a general trading company, Mitsui Bussan. He also established a newspaper, the , which was later renamed the \"Nihon Keizai Shimbun\". Masuda was born on Sado Island, in what is now Niigata Prefecture. His father was an official in the Tokugawa shogunate, serving as Hakodate bugyō, a position which", "id": "13847203" }, { "contents": "Suwa Tadamasa\n\n\nthe Shiba Tōshō-gū, a Shinto Shrine dedicated to the previous Shoguns of the Tokugawa clan in Tokyo. After the death of Suwa Tadaaya in 1878, he resumed his position as chieftain of the Suwa clan. he was reappointed \"kannushi\" of the Shiba Tōshō-gū from 1882 to 1889. In 1884 he became a viscount (\"shisaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His court rank was increased to Senior Fourth Rank in 1887. From 1891 to 1895, he returned to Suwa and became", "id": "12726550" }, { "contents": "Ōkubo Tadanori\n\n\nŌkubo Tadanori was the nephew of Tokugawa Nariaki, which made him a cousin to Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He was born as the 5th son of Matsudaira Yorihiro, daimyō of Takamatsu Domain, in Sanuki Province. On the death of former daimyō of Odawara, Ōkubo Tadanao in 1859 he was adopted into the Ōkubo clan as 11th clan head, and by default, daimyō of Odawara Domain. He served in a number of posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate, including that of \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) in", "id": "1881957" }, { "contents": "Kinichiro Ishikawa\n\n\nIshikawa Kinichiro, a watercolor painter and champion of Taiwanese Western art education, was born in Shizuoka City, Japan. His father was a former official of the Tokugawa government during the bakumatsu (late Tokugawa Shogunate). He was infatuated with painting from a very early age, but his father did not approve of his artistic pursuits. In 1888, he entered the Tokyo Telecommunications School of the Ministry of Communications. In order to sustain his interest in painting, aside from using prints of English works to engage in self-study", "id": "7410092" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masanori\n\n\nInaba Masanori was the second son of the previous daimyō of Odawara, Inaba Masakatsu. As his mother died when he was still very young, he was raised by his grandmother, Kasuga no Tsubone, the wet nurse to \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu. On the death of his father in 1634, he became head of the Inaba clan, and inherited his father’s position as daimyō of Odawara. Due to the influence of his grandmother, he rose rapidly through the hierarchy of the Tokugawa shogunate and was appointed \"Rōjū\"", "id": "1882506" }, { "contents": "Pak Yung-hio\n\n\nfled to exile in Japan, where he remained until 1907. On his return, he accepted the post of Royal Household Minister under Ye Wanyong. Following the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, in which Korea was annexed to the Empire of Japan, Park was awarded with the \"kazoku\" title of marquess (\"koshaku\") in the Japanese peerage, and a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Director of the Bank of Chosen in 1918, Chairman of the Korean Economic", "id": "5961340" }, { "contents": "Fumio Gotō\n\n\nBorn in Ōita Prefecture, Gotō was a graduate of the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909. During his early career in the 1920s, he worked in the Home Ministry, and was Director of Administration within the office of the Governor-General of Taiwan. In the 1930s, Gotō was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries between 1932 and 1934 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Makoto Saitō, and was later Home Minister", "id": "15188268" }, { "contents": "Konoe Atsumaro\n\n\nDuke was a Japanese politician and journalist of the Meiji era. He served as the 3rd President of the House of Peers and 7th President of the Gakushūin Peer's School in Meiji period Japan. He was also the father of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoe was born in Kyoto as the heir to the highly ranked Konoe family of Court nobility, one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. His father Konoe Tadafusa died when he was young, so he was raised by his grandfather Konoe Tadahiro. His mother was", "id": "1475111" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nassigned lands in Tomamae-gun, Teshio-gun, Kamikawa-gun, Nakagawa-gun in Teshio no kuni along with Rishiri-gun in Kitami no kuni. With the abolition of the han system in 1871, he was required by the government to leave in Mito and to live in Tokyo. He relocated to the former \"shimoyashiki\" secondary residence of the Mito Clan located in Mukōjima. Tokugawa Akitake was appointed a second lieutenant in Imperial Japanese Army in 1875, and served as an instructor during the early days of", "id": "17914478" }, { "contents": "Yonekura Tadasuke\n\n\nYonekura Tadasuke was the sixth son of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, a favorite of \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi who served in a number of important posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. In 1710, he was adopted by Yonekura Masateru, the \"daimyō\" of Minagawa Domain in Shimotsuke Province, and succeeded to the head of the Yonekura clan and daimyo of Minagawa two years later. On September 1, 1716, he was received in a formal audience by Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune. On July 27, 1722, he transferred the seat", "id": "9479884" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\nit was essential that Tokyo host the 1940 Olympics, as the date coincided with the Japanese 2600th Anniversary celebrations. He was forced to resign after a police sweep rounded up 6900 suspected communists in Tokyo. Nagata subsequently served in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. From March 9, 1936 to February 2, 1937, Nagata was appointed Minister of Colonial Affairs under the Kōki administration. He returned to the cabinet as Railway Minister under the Abe administration from November 29, 1939, to January 14, 1940. Nagata", "id": "15430221" }, { "contents": "Kijūrō Shidehara\n\n\nhe was named ambassador to the United States and was Japan's leading negotiator during the Washington Naval Conference. His negotiations led to the return of Shandong Province to China. However, while he was ambassador, the United States enacted discriminatory immigration laws against Japanese, which created much ill will in Japan. Shidehara was elevated to the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1920, and appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in 1925. In 1924, Shidehara became Minister of", "id": "9069195" }, { "contents": "Sōma clan\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. During the Boshin War of 1868–69, the Sōma clan fought on the site of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, supporting the Tokugawa regime. After Meiji Restoration, the head of the Sōma clan became part of the \"kazoku\" peerage, with Sōma Aritane receiving the title of \"shishaku\" (Viscount). Sōma Morotsune was the younger son of Chiba Tsunetane, and with his father was a samurai in the service of Minamoto no Yoritomo. He took his name from the Sōma Mikuriya, a \"shōen\" controlled", "id": "7506834" }, { "contents": "Matsumoto Kazu\n\n\nMatsumoto was born in Edo (now Tokyo) as the younger son of a direct retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. He graduated in 1880 from the 7th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, ranked 19 out of 30 cadets. He served on a number of ships in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, including the corvettes , , , and . Promoted to lieutenant in 1886, he graduated from the first class of the Naval Staff College in 1888. He was the chief navigator on the cruiser in 1891–1892 on its year-", "id": "8947678" }, { "contents": "Mito Domain\n\n\nof the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as \"daimyō\" in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the gosanke. Although the Mito branch held less land and wealth than either of the other two branches, they maintained considerable influence throughout the Edo period. The domain's promiximity to the \"de", "id": "290529" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nAtsuyoshi's son Tokugawa Kuniyuki was 11 years old at that time, and became the 13th head of the Mito Tokugawa under Akitake's tutelage. However, Akitake subsequently had a son, Tokugawa Takesada, who was born to a concubine in 1888. Takesada was made a viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1892 and founded the separate Matsudo Tokugawa line. In 1903, Tokugawa Akitake was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class. He died at Koumetei mansion in 1910. \"", "id": "17914481" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nand was raised by Tenshō-in and Kazu-no-Miya Chikako. In 1868 he was sent to Kyoto by his mother, Kazu-no-Miya Chikako and met with Emperor Meiji. He married the daughter of Konoe Tadafusa, Konoe Hiroko, who bore him Iemasa Tokugawa, the seventeenth Tokugawa family head, Yasuko Tokugawa, who married Nobusuke Takatsukasa and bore him Toshimichi Takatsukasa, Ryōko Tokugawa, and Toshiko Tokugawa. In 1877, Iesato was sent to Eton College in Great Britain to study. He returned to Japan", "id": "11796152" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\nthis, almost immediately after Hideyoshi's death, war broke out between Hideyori's allies and those loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu, a \"daimyō\" and a former ally of Hideyoshi. Tokugawa Ieyasu won a decisive victory at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, ushering in 268 uninterrupted years of rule by the Tokugawa clan. The Edo period was characterized by relative peace and stability under the tight control of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled from the eastern city of Edo (modern Tokyo). In 1603, Emperor Go-Yōzei declared", "id": "3250534" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nKorean Empire was annexed in 1910, the House of Yi was mediatized as an incorporated and therefore subordinate kingship (王). Excluding the Tokugawas, the initial \"kazoku\" rank distribution for the former \"daimyō\" lords depended on rice revenue: those with 150,000 \"koku\" or more became marquesses, those with 50,000 \"koku\" or more become counts, and those with holdings rated below 50,000 \"koku\" became viscounts. The head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Iesato, became a prince, the heads of primary", "id": "2052551" }, { "contents": "Gosanke\n\n\nThe , also called simply , or even , were the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan: Owari House of Tokugawa, Kii House of Tokugawa, and Mito House of Tokugawa, all of which were descended from clan founder Tokugawa Ieyasu's three youngest sons, Yoshinao, Yorinobu, and Yorifusa, and were allowed to provide a shōgun in case of need. In the Edo period the term \"gosanke\" could also refer to various other combinations of Tokugawa houses, including (1) the shogunal, Owari", "id": "17630062" }, { "contents": "Hirohide Fushimi\n\n\nBorn as , the 4th son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, he was the younger brother of Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, Prince Kachō Hirotada and Marquis Kachō Hironobu. In October 1932, he served as a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. On 1 April 1936, by order of Emperor Hirohito, he was allowed to establish his own household after renouncing his imperial title, and was created a count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. The same year, he married Tomoko Yanagisawa", "id": "230990" }, { "contents": "Sano Tsunetami\n\n\nduring the 1st Matsukata administration, he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. In 1895, Sano was elevated to the title of count (\"hakushaku\"). On his death at his home in Tokyo in 1902, he was posthumously awarded with the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class with Paulownia Blossoms). His grave is at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo. In 1939, the Japanese government issued a series of four commemorative postage stamps honoring the 75th anniversary of the Red Cross Treaty. A portrait of Sano", "id": "7051581" }, { "contents": "Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu\n\n\nsucceeded to title Kachō-no-miya on April 23, 1883, upon which he changed his name from \"Narukata\" to \"Hiroyasu,\" but returned to the house of Fushimi-no-miya on January 16, 1904. On January 9, 1896, Prince Hiroyasu married Tokugawa Tsuneko (1882–1939), the ninth daughter of Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japan's last \"shōgun\", with whom he had six children: Prince Hiroyasu entered the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy on 5 April 1886, but resigned in September", "id": "3864370" }, { "contents": "Mizoguchi clan\n\n\nas part of the guard of Nagoya Castle. In 1598, he was transferred to Shibata and his \"kokudaka\" was increased to 60,000 \"koku\". Following the Battle of Sekigahara, he was confirmed in his holdings by the Tokugawa shogunate. The Mizoguchi ruled Shibata as \"tozama daimyō\" until the Meiji restoration. After the abolition of the han system in 1871, the final \"daimyō\" of Shibata, Mizoguchi Naomasa relocated to Tokyo and received the \"kazoku\" peerage title of \"hakushaku\" (Count) in", "id": "19300691" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Norinaga\n\n\nMatsudaira Norinaga was the eldest son of Matsudaira Ienori, a Sengoku period samurai and daimyō of Iwamura Domain in Mino Province under the early Tokugawa shogunate. On the death of his father in 1614, he was confirmed as head of the Ogyū-Matsdaira clan and the same year accompanied the forces of \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada at the Siege of Osaka. In 1634, he was transferred to Hamamatsu Domain in Tōtōmi Province with an increase in revenues from 20,000 to 36,000 \"koku\". In 1642, Matsudaira Norinaga was promoted to", "id": "3314701" }, { "contents": "Canada–Japan relations\n\n\nway to deal with the Japanese question is to have our own Minister in Japan to visa passports.\" As a context, it is worth noting that Japan's consulate in Vancouver was established in 1889, 40 years before its embassy was opened in Ottawa in 1929. The first Japanese Minister in Canada was Prince Iemasa Tokugawa, serving from 1929 to 1934. The first Canadian Minister in Japan was Sir Herbert Marler, serving from 1929 to 1936. Diplomatic ties were severed in 1941 with the start of the Pacific War. During", "id": "15989893" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Ienari\n\n\nTokugawa Ienari (, November 18, 1773 – March 22, 1841) was the eleventh and longest-serving \"shōgun\" of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1787 to 1837. He was a great-grandson of the eighth shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune through his son Munetada (1721–1764), head of the Hitotsubashi branch of the family, and his grandson Harusada (1751–1827). Ienari died in 1841 and was given the Buddhist name Bunkyouin and buried at Kan'ei-ji. In 1778, the four-year", "id": "12177738" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nin more broad terms, the period begins with Oda Nobunaga's entry into Kyoto in 1568, when he led his army to the imperial capital in order to install Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the 15th, and ultimately final, shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, and it lasts until the coming to power of Tokugawa Ieyasu after his victory over supporters of the Toyotomi clan at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. The Edo period from 1600 to 1868 characterized early modern Japan. The Tokugawa shogunate was a feudalist regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu", "id": "9974550" }, { "contents": "Kaga Domain\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. The location of the main Edo residence of the \"daimyō\" of the Kaga Domain is now the site of the Hongō campus of the University of Tokyo. Maeda Toshiie was a distinguished military commander, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and a close friend of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. A member of the Council of Five Elders who ruled Japan during the Sengoku period, he was granted the Kaga Domain in 1583. His eldest son, Maeda Toshinaga, supported Tokugawa Ieyasu in his rise to power and was rewarded by an increase", "id": "6571560" }, { "contents": "Inoue Masamoto\n\n\nInoue Masamoto was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain, Inoue Masasada. He became 8th head of the Mikawa-branch of Inoue clan and \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain on his father's death in 1786. He was awarded Lower 5th Court Rank and the courtesy title of \"Kawachi-no-kami\" soon afterwards. In 1802, Masamoto entered the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate as a \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) under \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Ienari. In 1816, while", "id": "4715826" }, { "contents": "March Incident\n\n\nexecute a coup d'état and seize power.br 3. A new Cabinet would be formed under the premiership of the then-War Minister, General Kazushige Ugaki. The project was underwritten by a 200,000-yen donation by Yoshichika Tokugawa, ultra-rightist member of the House of Peers, son of the last \"daimyō\" of Nagoya, founder of the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya and Emperor Shōwa's second cousin. Ultra-rightist civilian organizations led by Kanichiro Kamei and Shūmei Ōkawa fomented a commotion outside the Diet Building in Tokyo late in February", "id": "5593888" }, { "contents": "Nanbu Shigenao\n\n\nHowever, in April 1636, his \"sankin-kōtai\" procession arrived in Edo ten days late, which was a violation of the new \"Buke shohatto\" regulations issued by \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu, and he was declared unfit to govern, and sentenced to house arrest at the clan residence in Edo. After his death in Edo in 1664, the Tokugawa shogunate intervened, and by order of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna appointed his younger brother Shichinohe Shigenobu as the next \"daimyō\", with the son of Hotta Masamori reduced", "id": "4495846" }, { "contents": "Akira Tomii\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese diplomat. He was born as a son of Baron Masaaki Tomii, the president of Tokyo Imperial University of Legal and a draft member of Japanese Civil Law. When he was young, his father hired Keita Gotō as Akira's home teacher. Akira Tomii graduated Tokyo Imperial University, and served as the Japanese Consul in Mukden, China, in 1915. From 1916 to 1924 served as consul in New York City, from 1924 to 1927 as consul in London, and from 1927 to 1933 as consul in", "id": "5339969" }, { "contents": "Maeda Toshisada\n\n\nand afterwards assumed his family’s seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. In 1922, he was appointed Communications Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Katō Tomosaburō. He subsequently served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kiyoura Keigo as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. He retired from public life in January 1944, and died in October of the same year. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasures, 1st class. Maeda studied poetry under Sasaki Nobutsuna. His daughter married post-war Foreign Minister", "id": "2257384" }, { "contents": "Hideo Kodama\n\n\nwas assigned to the Imperial General Headquarters and sent to the Liaodong Peninsula (under Japanese occupation), where he served as liaison between the civilian government in Tokyo and the Japanese general armies in Manchuria. Following the war, he returned to the Finance Ministry as head of the government's Tobacco Monopoly. He was later assigned to serve in the Japanese Government-General of Korea, as a secretary to the Privy Council, and as a member of the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 23 July 1906,", "id": "14284806" }, { "contents": "Prince Kuni Asaakira\n\n\nDomain. In 1921, he served for the customary term in the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 29 January 1929, he succeeded as head of the Kuni-no-miya house. Prince Kuni graduated from the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1921. He served as a midshipman on the cruiser and battleship . After his commissioning as ensign, he was assigned to the battleship , followed by battleships and . After his graduation from the Naval Staff College in 1925, he was assigned to", "id": "20710624" }, { "contents": "Saneatsu Mushanokōji\n\n\nJapanese ambassador to Nazi Germany, he traveled throughout Europe in 1936. In 1946, he was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. However, four months later he was purged from public office by the American Occupation authorities, due to his (1942), supporting the actions of the Japanese government in World War II. Mushanokōji made a literary comeback with his novel (1949–1950). He was awarded the Order of Culture in 1951, and became a member of the Japan Art Academy", "id": "5324629" }, { "contents": "Shizuoka (city)\n\n\nwhich he could influence \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada from behind the scenes. Subsequently, aside for brief periods, Sunpu was \"tenryō\" (territory under direct administration by the Shogunate), ruled by the , an appointed official based in Sunpu. In 1869, after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, the former shogunal line, headed by Tokugawa Iesato was sent to Sunpu and assigned the short-lived Sunpu Domain. The same year, Sunpu was renamed \"Shizuoka\". Shizuoka Domain became Shizuoka Prefecture with the abolition of", "id": "1359009" }, { "contents": "Ōta Dōkan\n\n\nlived in the same place. In the late 16th century, Dōkan's Edo Castle was chosen as the new home of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had been persuaded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to transfer the seat of his clan holdings into the Kantō. With the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in the early 17th century, Edo Castle became the center of the shogunate government. When the shogunate was displaced in the Meiji Restoration in the late 19th century, the newly named Tokyo became an Imperial capital with an Imperial Palace rising from the former shōgun", "id": "9984404" }, { "contents": "Prince Kaya Tsunenori\n\n\n, was the second head of the Kaya-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. He was first cousin to Empress Kōjun (Nagako), the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). Prince Kaya Tsunenori was born in Tokyo, the first son of Prince Kaya Kuninori and his wife, the former Daigō Yoshiko. He received his primary and secondary education at the boys' department of the Gakushuin Peers’ School. On December 8, 1909, he became the second head of the Kaya-no-", "id": "9139501" }, { "contents": "Hachisuka Mochiaki\n\n\nto Great Britain and attended Oxford University, where he matriculated at Balliol College in 1874. After returning to Japan, he joined the government as Director of the Customs Bureau director in the Ministry of Finance and a member of \"Sanjiin\" (legislative advisory council). In 1882, Hachisuka was envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to France, and received the title of \"kōshaku\" (marquis) under the new \"kazoku\" peerage system. After returning to Japan, he served as a member of the House of Peers,", "id": "18933529" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nand ruled by the \"shōguns\" of the Tokugawa clan. The period gets its name from the capital city, Edo, now called Tokyo. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo Castle from 1603 until 1868, when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration in the late Edo period (often called the Late Tokugawa shogunate). In 1392, General Yi Seong-gye established the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) with a largely bloodless coup. Yi Seong-gye moved the capital of Korea to the location of modern-day Seoul", "id": "9974551" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Hirotada\n\n\nHe is best known for being the father of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Hirotada was the son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (7th head of Mikawa Matsudaira clan). He was known in his childhood as Senshōmaru, Senchiyo, and Jirōzaburō. After his father's assassination in 1537, Hirotada was placed under the protection of a loyal retainer, Abe Sadayoshi. He allied with the Imagawa, and with their help was installed at Okazaki castle. The alliance with them brought him into conflict with the Tokugawa clan. In", "id": "20973368" }, { "contents": "Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda\n\n\nPrince Takeda Tsuneyoshi was the only son of Prince Takeda Tsunehisa and Princess Masako, Princess Tsune (1888–1940), the sixth daughter of Emperor Meiji. He was, therefore, a first cousin of Emperor Shōwa. Prince Tsuneyoshi became the second head of the Takeda-no-miya house on 23 April 1919. After being educated at the Gakushūin Peers' School, and serving for a session in the House of Peers, he graduated from the 32nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in July 1930, and received a commission", "id": "4712175" }, { "contents": "Ishii Kikujirō\n\n\nViscount , was a Japanese diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan between 1915 and 1916. Ishii was born in Mobara city, Kazusa Province (present-day Chiba Prefecture). He graduated from the Law Department of Tokyo Imperial University and joined the Foreign Ministry. His first posting was as an attaché to Paris in 1891, and he was later sent to Chemulpo, Korea in 1896 and to Beijing, China in 1897.", "id": "19761626" }, { "contents": "Nagai Naoyuki\n\n\n, also known as or , was a Japanese hatamoto under the Tokugawa of Bakumatsu period Japan. His great-great-grandchild was Yukio Mishima. Naoyuki's adopted son, Iwanojō Nagai, was the father of Natsu, who was Mishima's grandmother. Iwanojō's real father was Nagasumi Miyoshi (Miyoshi clan) who was a Tokugawa retainer. Nagai Naoyuki, or as he was first known, , was born in the Nukada district of the Okutono Domain by a concubine to \"daimyō\" . Noritada, while head of a", "id": "5425993" }, { "contents": "Hidemaro Konoye\n\n\nViscount was a conductor and composer of classical music in Shōwa period Japan. He was the younger brother of pre-war Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoye was born in Kōjimachi, Tokyo as the younger son of Duke Konoe Atsumaro, scion of one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. The Konoe clan traditionally provided \"gagaku\" musicians to the Imperial Household, and Hidemaro chose to follow the family's musical tradition, whereas his older brother Fumimaro went into politics. Konoye attended the Gakushuin Peers School, where", "id": "22220081" }, { "contents": "Yoritake Matsudaira\n\n\n. After graduation from Waseda University, he worked for Toshiba. Now he is the president of . One of his hobbies is horseback riding, he is an amateur radio aficionado, and he gives lectures about the advantages of Scouting activities. Yoritake is a second cousin of the present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Tsunenari, as both are great-grandsons of Nabeshima Naohiro, the 11th and last \"daimyō\" of Saga. By virtue of his descent from the \"kuge\" Madenokōji family, he is also a sixth", "id": "1769206" }, { "contents": "Nabeshima Naoyoshi\n\n\nperiod of Naoyoshi's administration, and the prefecture's economic production was increased, particularly in the area of sugar production. In 1881, Naoyoshi was recalled to Tokyo, and became president of the \"Genrōin\". With the establishment of the \"kazoku\" peerage, he became a , and a member of the House of Peers on the establishment of the Diet of Japan in 1890. In his later years he helped build hospitals and schools in the region of Kashima, which he had once ruled, and was awarded Second", "id": "17536683" }, { "contents": "Obama Domain\n\n\nKawagoe Domain, before being the 1st Sakai \"daimyō\" of Obama Domain. He was the son of Sakai Tadatoshi, a hereditary retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He served Tokugawa Hidetada during the Siege of Ueda and later served Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who promoted him to \"rōjū\" in 1624. In 1634, he was transferred to Obama and completed the construction of Obama Castle. He retired from public life in 1656 and died in 1662. His grave is at the clan temple of Kuin-ji in Obama. was the", "id": "16508967" }, { "contents": "Edo period\n\n\nEmperor Kōmei died and was succeeded by his underaged son Emperor Meiji. Tokugawa Yoshinobu reluctantly became head of the Tokugawa house and \"shōgun\". He tried to reorganize the government under the emperor while preserving the \"shōgun\"s leadership role. Fearing the growing power of the Satsuma and Chōshū \"daimyō\", other \"daimyō\" called for returning the \"shōgun\"s political power to the emperor and a council of \"daimyō\" chaired by the former Tokugawa \"shōgun\". Yoshinobu accepted the plan in late 1867 and resigned, announcing an", "id": "3932378" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\n, was a politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan, twice as a cabinet minister, and also serving twice as mayor of Tokyo. Nagata was born in Mihara District, Hyōgo Prefecture, in what is now part of the city of Minamiawaji. After graduating from the predecessor of Kyoto Imperial University and serving as a school principal in Sumoto, Hyōgo from 1902 to 1904, he obtained a posting in the Home Ministry and rose to become", "id": "15430218" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Nagashige\n\n\n, also known as Sado-no-kami or Etchū-no-kami, was a Japanese samurai \"daimyō\" of the mid-Edo period. The Ogasawara were identified as one of the \"fudai\" or insider \"daimyō\" clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa, in contrast with the \"tozama\" or outsider clans. Nagashige served the Tokugawa shogunate as its eleventh Kyoto \"shoshidai\" in the period spanning October 17, 1691, through May 15, 1702. He had previously been shogunate", "id": "8758740" }, { "contents": "Jo Hyeong\n\n\nJo Hyeong (1606–1679) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty Korea in the 17th century. He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 6th Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. In 1655 King Hyojong of Joseon sent a mission to the shogunal court of Tokugawa Ietsuna. This diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for developing a political foundation for trade. The delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a \"Communication Envoy", "id": "5288304" }, { "contents": "Tsugaru clan\n\n\nwho took the name of (1872–1919) to be his heir. Hidemaru was educated in Germany, graduating from the University of Bonn, Humboldt University of Berlin and University of Geneva and after his return to Japan served in under the Japanese Resident-General of Korea from 1907-1914, and in the Ministry of the Imperial Household from 1914-1918. In 1918, he was appointed to the House of Peers. His son was (1907-1994), who was born as the second son of a branch of", "id": "10903481" }, { "contents": "Arima Ryōkitsu\n\n\nAdmiral was a career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy during Meiji and Taishō periods. Arima was a native of Wakayama, where his father was a senior \"samurai\" retainer of the Kishū Tokugawa clan, and an active supporter of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Although he came from such an unfavorable background, Arima was able to secure admission to the 12th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, after graduating from the forerunners of Doshisha University and Keio University with degrees in English language.", "id": "14930546" }, { "contents": "Mitsukuri Rinsho\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese statesman and legal scholar in Meiji period Japan. Mitsukuri was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo) to a noted family of scholars working for the Tokugawa bakufu. He studied \"rangaku\" and received a posting to the \"Bansho Shirabesho,\" the Shōgun's research institute for foreign technology. In 1867, he was selected to accompany the Shogunate's expedition to the Paris World Exposition, which proved to be an eye-opener. On his return to Japan, Mitsukuri joined the new Meiji government", "id": "19948939" }, { "contents": "Owari-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe , a branch of the Tokugawa clan, is the seniormost house of the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Originally descended from Tokugawa Yoshinao, the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the original line became extinct in 1800 with the death of the ninth lord and family head. It has since been kept in existence through repeated adoptions from the two remaining houses, and is currently headed by a member of the Kishu branch. For over 250 years, the Owari family ruled Owari Domain,", "id": "17810278" } ]

[ { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nJune 19, 1946, he served as the President of the House of Peers, a post which he held until May 2, 1947, when the Allied occupation authorities authorized the current Constitution of Japan abolishing the House of Peers. He died of heart disease at his home in Shibuya, Tokyo, on February 18, 1963, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class. His grave is located at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. He was succeeded as head of the Tokugawa clan", "id": "11961761" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince also known as Iyemasa, was a Japanese political figure of the Taishō and early Shōwa periods. He was the 17th hereditary head of the former shogunal branch of the Tokugawa clan and the final President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Iemasa Tokugawa was born in what is now the Sendagaya district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato and his wife, Konoe Hiroko, daughter of Konoe Tadafusa. He graduated from the law school of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909, and accepted a post in", "id": "11961759" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nthe diplomatic corps of Foreign Ministry the same year. In 1924, he was appointed Consul-general to the Japanese consulate in Sydney, Australia. In 1929, he was appointed Envoy to Canada and from 1937 to 1939 served as the Japanese ambassador to Turkey. In 1940, on the death of his father, he inherited the title of \"kōshaku\" (, \"prince\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and a seat as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On", "id": "11961760" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nin 1882, and was given the title of \"kōshaku\" (公爵, prince) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He became a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan from its creation in 1890, and served as President of the House of Peers from 1901-1933. When the administration of Prime Minister Yamamoto Gonnohyōe was brought down by the Siemens scandal, there was a strong movement to have Tokugawa Iesato nominated to be his successor. Following World War I, Iesato served on the Japanese", "id": "11796153" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince was the 13th head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan and the President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Kuniyuki Tokugawa inherited the title of \"shishaku\" (侯爵, marquis) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system on the death of his father, Tokugawa Atsuyoshi in 1898. A scholar, he turned his attention in 1906 to the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\", a comprehensive history of Japan begun by his ancestor, Tokugawa Mitsukuni in the 17th century. However, in 1910", "id": "13926670" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshinobu\n\n\n's photographs have been published in recent years by his great-grandson, Yoshitomo. In 1902, the Meiji Emperor allowed him to reestablish his own house as a Tokugawa branch (\"bekke\") with the highest rank in the peerage, that of prince (\"kōshaku\"), for his loyal service to Japan. He took a seat in the House of Peers, resigning in 1910. Tokugawa Yoshinobu died on November 21, 1913, at 4:10 pm and is buried in Yanaka Cemetery, Tokyo. On 9 January", "id": "12861306" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nCount was a Japanese political figure of the late Meiji through early Shōwa periods, and served as President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Yorinaga Matsudaira was the eighth son of Matsudaira Yoritoshi, the former \"daimyō\" of Matsuyama Domain in Shikoku. His mother, Chiyoko, was the daughter of Ii Naosuke and his wife was the daughter of Tokugawa Akitake, head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. He attended the Gakushūin Peer’s School, and with the sponsorship of Ōkuma Shigenobu, graduated from", "id": "14764736" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nthe law school of Waseda University. district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato. In 1909 he became a member of the House of Peers, and continued to serve as a member every year (except for a hiatus between 1911–1914) until his death. A strong supporter of education, he donated a large property in downtown Tokyo to create the Hongo Gakuin school. In 1933, he was made Vice-President of the House of Peers, breaking with the precedent that only men with the rank of princes", "id": "14764737" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\n, he was accepted into the 22nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and was commissioned as Second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army. He resigned his commission in 1914 citing health reasons, and went into the reserves in 1915. From December 1911, Kuniyuki Tokugawa served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\" in 1929, he was awarded the title of \"koshaku\" (公爵, prince). On June 25, 1940, he", "id": "13926671" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nPrince was the first head of the Tokugawa clan after the overthrow of the Tokugawa bakufu, and a figure in Japanese politics during the Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. Tokugawa Iesato was born to the Tayasu branch of the Tokugawa clan, under the name Kamenosuke, he became its 16th head, following the resignation of the last \"shōgun,\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu. His brothers were Tokugawa Satotaka and Tokugawa Takachiyo, who also held the Tayasu headship at different times. Iesato was also briefly the \"daimyō\" of the", "id": "11796150" }, { "contents": "Iwamura Michitoshi\n\n\n1896, Iwamura was awarded the title of viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure later the same year. He served as an advisor to Emperor Meiji, and was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers. He was also awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class on June 23, 1904. He died in Tokyo on February 12, 1915, and his grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo.", "id": "17814139" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nor marquis could service in the highest level positions. Four years later, when Fumimaro Konoe became Prime Minister of Japan, Yorinaga Matsudaira became the President of the House of Peers. He died while in office, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class with Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. His nephew Yorihiro Matsudaira succeeded him in his peerage. Yorinaga Matsudaira was also a noted collector of miniature bonsai, and served as honorary president of the Kofuku Bonsai Association. His", "id": "14764738" }, { "contents": "Prince Kachō Hirotada\n\n\nPrince Hirotada was the second son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu. His mother was Tokugawa Tsuneko, the 9th daughter of the last Tokugawa Shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He succeeded his father to the head of the Kachō-no-miya household when he was only 2 years old in 1904. Prince Kachō attended the Gakushuin Peers’ School. He entered the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1918, graduating 1st out of 176 cadets. Prince Kuni Asaakira was one of his classmates. He served his midshipman duty on the", "id": "17635064" }, { "contents": "Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu\n\n\nNovember 1942. From 1936 to 1945, he held various staff positions in the Naval General Staff Office in Tokyo. On 4 February 1930, Prince Takamatsu married Kikuko Tokugawa (26 December 1911 – 18 December 2004), the second daughter of Yoshihisa Tokugawa (peer). The bride was a granddaughter of Yoshinobu Tokugawa, the last Shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, and a granddaughter of the late Prince Arisugawa Takehito. Prince and Princess Takamatsu had no children. From the 1930s, Prince Takamatsu expressed grave reservations regarding Japanese aggression in", "id": "1048484" }, { "contents": "Francis Brinkley\n\n\n, covered Japanese history, fine arts and literature from the origins of the Japanese race up until the latter half of the Meiji period. In 1912, at the age of 71 and one month after General Nogi's death, Francis Brinkley died. At his funeral, the mourners included the Speaker of the House of Peers, Tokugawa Iesato, the Minister of the Navy Saitō Makoto, and the Foreign Minister Uchida Kosai. He is buried in the foreign section of the Aoyama Reien cemetery in central Tokyo. After his death Ernest", "id": "10262389" }, { "contents": "Enkichi Ōki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese statesman in the Taishō period. Ōki was born in Tokyo. His father, Ōki Takatō was one of the leaders in the Meiji Restoration, and served in numerous cabinet posts in the early Meiji government. In 1899, Enkichi succeeded to his father’s title of count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His political career began in 1908, when he was elected to the House of Peers. He initially supported the \"Kenkyūkai\", but soon switched his allegiance to the", "id": "2422914" }, { "contents": "Yoshitoshi Tokugawa\n\n\nLieutenant General Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and one of the pioneers of military aviation in Japan. Tokugawa Yoshitoshi was the son of Count Tokugawa Atsumori (1856–1924) (head of the Shimizu branch of the Tokugawa clan). Through his father, he was the grandnephew of the last shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. While his father had been created a count in 1884, he had relinquished the title in 1899. Yoshitoshi graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1903, after having specialized in military engineering. In", "id": "751688" }, { "contents": "Enomoto Takeaki\n\n\nViscount was a Japanese samurai and admiral of the Tokugawa navy of Bakumatsu-period Japan, who remained faithful to the Tokugawa shogunate and fought against the new Meiji government until the end of the Boshin War. He later served in the Meiji government as one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Enomoto was born as a member of a samurai family in the direct service of the Tokugawa clan in the Shitaya district of Edo (modern Taitō, Tokyo). Enomoto started learning Dutch in the 1850s, and after Japan's", "id": "12566973" }, { "contents": "Yamada Akiyoshi\n\n\ncount (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage on July 7, 1884, and served in the House of Peers (Japan) from its establishment in 1890. On January 28, 1892, he was appointed to a seat in the Privy Council of Japan but died in November of the same year at the age of 49, while inspecting the Ikuno Silver Mine in Asago, Hyōgo. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Buddhist temple of Gokoku-ji in", "id": "655166" }, { "contents": "International Martial Arts Federation\n\n\nwas appointed as the 5th President of IMAF. He served as the Japanese Ambassador to India and Deputy Foreign Minister. The current president of Kokusai Budoin, International Martial Arts Federation (IMAF) is Yasuhisa Tokugawa, the great-grandson of the 15th and final \"shōgun\" of Japan, Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837–1913). He was also the Chief Priest for the in Tokyo from 2013-2018. Note: In the mid 1980's IMAF-Europe split from IMAF Japan to create a current non-affiliated organization with a", "id": "8525267" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masami\n\n\nInaba Masami was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Tateyama Domain, Inaba Masamori. On his father’s death in 1820, he succeeded to the head of the Tateyama Inaba clan and the position of \"daimyō\" of Tateyama. In 1862, he was appointed as a \"Wakadoshiyori\" in the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate under \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemochi. He resigned the title in 1864, with instructions to strengthen Japan's naval defenses against the increasing aggressive incursions of foreign black ships, and supported Katsu", "id": "8052899" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Mochiaki\n\n\nabolition of the han system in 1871. In 1884, he became a Count (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He was awarded the Fourth class of the Order of the Rising Sun in 1885. In 1889, he inherited the title of Marquis (\"koshaku\") from his adopted father. He died in 1890. His son, Matsudaira Yasutaka (1867–1930) served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan and was author of a number of works on agricultural", "id": "4765039" }, { "contents": "Tsunenari Tokugawa\n\n\nHis son, Iehiro Tokugawa, is a translator. In 2007, Tsunenari published a book entitled \"Edo no idenshi\" (江戸の遺伝子), released in English in 2009 as \"The Edo Inheritance\", which seeks to counter the common belief among Japanese that the Edo period (throughout which members of his Tokugawa clan ruled Japan as \"shōguns\") was like a dark age, when Japan, cut off from the world, fell behind. On the contrary, he argues, the roughly 250 years of peace and relative", "id": "11961777" }, { "contents": "Matsui Keishirō\n\n\nto Japan in 1913. During the First World War, served as Japanese Ambassador to France and was a plenipotentiary at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. On the successful completion of this mission, he was awarded with the title of baron (\"danshaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He served as Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 7 to June 11, 1924, under the administration of Kiyoura Keigo and was also appointed a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He later served", "id": "9380810" }, { "contents": "Konoe Tadafusa\n\n\n, son of regent Tadahiro with his wife Shimazu Kyoko, was a \"kugyō\" or Japanese court noble of the late Edo period (1603–1868). He did not hold any regent position kampaku or sesshō. His consort was Shimazu Mitsuko, an adopted daughter of Shimazu Nariakira, eleventh head of Satsuma Domain. The couple had a daughter, Konoe Hiroko, who later married Tokugawa Iesato, the sixteenth head of Tokugawa family and bore him Tokugawa Iemasa, the seventeenth head of the Tokugawa clan. He adopted a son of Konoe", "id": "20767712" }, { "contents": "Tenshō-in\n\n\nShe spent her remaining years nurturing Tokugawa Iesato, the 16th head of the Tokugawa clan. She moved into the Tokugawa residence in Sendagaya, in the Shibuya district, Tokyo. She suffered from Parkinson's disease which eventually took her life on November 20th, 1883, at the age of 47. She was buried in Kaneiji in Ueno, Tokyo, together with her husband, Onkyoin (Iesada). Beside Onkyoin and Tenshoin tombs, There is loquat tree planted there as it was Tenshoin's favorite food. The 2008 NHK Taiga", "id": "241772" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshimune\n\n\nYoshimune was not the son of any former \"shōgun\". Rather, he was a member of a cadet branch of the Tokugawa clan. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, well aware of the extinction of the Minamoto line in 1219, had realized that his direct descendants might die out, leaving the Tokugawa family at risk of extinction. Thus, while his son Tokugawa Hidetada was the second \"shōgun\", he selected three other sons to establish the \"gosanke,\" hereditary houses which would provide a", "id": "16258375" }, { "contents": "Kitasato Shibasaburō\n\n\nonki Corporation, with the intention of manufacturing the most reliable clinical thermometer possible. The company was later renamed Terumo Corporation. Kitasato also was the first dean of medicine at Keio University, first president of the Japan Medical Association, and served on the House of Peers. He was ennobled with the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system in February 1924. Kitasato died of an intracranial hemorrhage at his home in Azabu, Tokyo, on June 13, 1931. His grave is at the", "id": "11568829" }, { "contents": "Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa\n\n\nPrince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa was the only son of Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa and Fusako, Princess Kane. He succeeded as the head of the Kitashirakawa-no-miya house upon his father's unexpected death in an automobile accident in France in 1923. On 25 April 1935, Prince Nagahisa married Sachiko Tokugawa, born , died , the daughter of Baron Yoshikuni Tokugawa. Prince and Princess Kitashirakawa Nagahisa had one son and one daughter: Prince Nagahisa graduated from the 43rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1931, and was commissioned a sub", "id": "8171688" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nbrother Tokugawa Yoshiatsu and ordering him to assume the post of \"daimyō\" to assure the stability of Mito Domain. He departed from Marseille in December 1868. Tokugawa Akitake succeeded Tokugawa Yoshiatsu to become the 11th head of the Mito Tokugawa clan on his return to Japan. However, the title of \"daimyō\" was officially abolished in 1869, and he continued at Mito as domain governor. His request for land development in Hokkaido to resettle ex-samurai from the domain was granted on August 17, 1869, and he was", "id": "17914477" }, { "contents": "Sōma Nakamura Domain\n\n\nyounger brother Masatane. was the 5th \"daimyō\" of Sōma-Nakamura Domain and the 21st hereditary chieftain of the Sōma clan. As his older brother Sadatane had died without heir, he was posthumously appointed successor. He was received in formal audience to Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna and received the courtesy title of \"Danjō-shōhitsu\". From 1689-1690 he served as a \"sobayōnin\" to Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. He retired from public life in February 1701, living in rural seclusion to his death at the age of 68", "id": "4010353" }, { "contents": "Aizu\n\n\nof only 15. He was succeeded by the eighth lord Katataka, who was a sixth cousin (twice removed) and a member of the Takasu cadet branch of the Mito collateral line. He died without heirs in 1852 and was succeeded by his grandnephew, the famous Katamori, whose descendants have since headed the family. The present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tsunenari, is also from the Aizu lineage. In the house code set down by Masayuki, there was a specific injunction to serve the shogun with single-minded", "id": "17967555" }, { "contents": "Arai Hakuseki\n\n\nshogun Tokugawa Ienobu. He went on to displace the official Hayashi advisers to become the leading confucianist for Ienobu and Tokugawa Ietsugu. While some of Hakuseki's policies were still carried out after Ienobu's death, after the 6th shogun, Tokugawa Ietsugu, died and Tokugawa Yoshimune's rule began, Hakuseki left his post to begin his career as a prolific writer of Japanese history and Occidental studies. He was buried in Asakusa (current day Taitō, Tokyo), Hoonji temple but was later moved to Nakano, Tokyo, Kotokuji temple", "id": "12566945" }, { "contents": "Tsuruga Domain\n\n\nin the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. His courtesy title was \"Ukyō-no-suke\". His wife was the daughter of Doi Toshifusa of Ōno Domain. He died in 1706 and his grave is at the temple of Seisho-ji in Atago, Tokyo. was the 2nd \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga Domain in Echizen Province under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. Tadakiku was the eldest son of Sakai Tadashige. He became \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga on the death of his father in 1706. He was an \"", "id": "2398354" }, { "contents": "Mito-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe is a branch of the Tokugawa clan based in Mito, Ibaraki. Following the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as daimyō in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Although the Mito branch held less land", "id": "18026528" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\n. After Hideyoshi's death in 1598, Tokugawa Ieyasu came to power and was appointed \"shōgun\" by the Emperor. The Tokugawa shogunate, which governed from Edo (modern Tokyo), presided over a prosperous and peaceful era known as the Edo period (1600–1868). The Tokugawa shogunate imposed a strict class system on Japanese society and cut off almost all contact with the outside world. Portugal and Japan started their first affiliation in 1543, making the Portuguese the first Europeans to reach Japan by landing in the southern archipelago of", "id": "3250463" }, { "contents": "Tadaatsu Ishiguro\n\n\n, citing illness. His father died the same year, and per the provisions of his father’s will, he did not inherit the kazoku peerage title of viscount held by his father. In January 1943, he was granted a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. In 1945, he returned to the cabinet as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce under the Suzuki administration. In 1946, after the surrender of Japan, as with all members of the prewar and wartime Japanese government, Ishiguro was purged by", "id": "9448122" }, { "contents": "Ōkuma Shigenobu\n\n\nof the Diet of Japan until 1922. He was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum in 1916, and was elevated to the title of \"kōshaku\" (侯爵) (marquis) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system the same year. Ōkuma returned to Waseda, and died there in 1922. An estimated 300,000 people attended his funeral in Tokyo's Hibiya Park. He was posthumously elevated to the rank of prince in the peerage and was also posthumously conferred with the Collar of the Order of the", "id": "9013378" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nTokugawa branch houses (\"shinpan daimyō\") became marquesses, the heads of the secondary branches became counts and the heads of more distant branches became viscounts. The head of the Matsudaira (Fukui Domain) branch was raised to the rank of marquess from the rank of count in 1888. In 1902, the former \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu was created a prince, and the head of the Mito \"shinpan\" house was raised to the same rank, prince, in 1929. Of the other former \"daimyō\" clans", "id": "2052552" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Naganari\n\n\nViscount was an Admiral and naval strategist in the Imperial Japanese Navy in Meiji and Taishō period Japan, and a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. He was also known as Ogasawara Chōsei, Ogasawara Nagayo. Ogasawara was born in Saga prefecture. His father was the Rōjū Ogasawara Nagamichi, a senior retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. As his father was forced into retirement by the events of the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Ogasawara Naganari succeeded his grandfather to become head of the Ogasawara clan in 1873, and as", "id": "15329213" }, { "contents": "Katō Takaaki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese politician, diplomat, and the 14th Prime Minister of Japan, a position he held from 11 June 1924 until his death on 28 January 1926, during the period which historians have called \"Taishō Democracy\". He was also known as Katō Kōmei. Katō, was born as Hattori Sokichi, the second son of a former \"samurai\" retainer of the Owari Tokugawa domain in Nagoya, Owari Province, in the town of Saya, Ama District in what is now part of the city of Aisai,", "id": "9068839" }, { "contents": "Kawasaki Takukichi\n\n\n. Under his administration, the Yagoto Baseball Ground was built, and the first Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament was held in 1924. Later in 1924, Kawasaki was recalled to Tokyo to assume the post of Director-General of the National Police Agency under the Home Ministry. He became Deputy Home Minister in 1925. In 1926, he was invited to take a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He was recruited by Osachi Hamaguchi and Wakatsuki Reijirō to join the \"Kenseikai\" political party,", "id": "22092779" }, { "contents": "Masuda Takashi\n\n\nBaron , was a Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector. He was a prominent entrepreneur in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan, responsible for transforming Mitsui into a \"zaibatsu\" through the creation of a general trading company, Mitsui Bussan. He also established a newspaper, the , which was later renamed the \"Nihon Keizai Shimbun\". Masuda was born on Sado Island, in what is now Niigata Prefecture. His father was an official in the Tokugawa shogunate, serving as Hakodate bugyō, a position which", "id": "13847203" }, { "contents": "Suwa Tadamasa\n\n\nthe Shiba Tōshō-gū, a Shinto Shrine dedicated to the previous Shoguns of the Tokugawa clan in Tokyo. After the death of Suwa Tadaaya in 1878, he resumed his position as chieftain of the Suwa clan. he was reappointed \"kannushi\" of the Shiba Tōshō-gū from 1882 to 1889. In 1884 he became a viscount (\"shisaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His court rank was increased to Senior Fourth Rank in 1887. From 1891 to 1895, he returned to Suwa and became", "id": "12726550" }, { "contents": "Ōkubo Tadanori\n\n\nŌkubo Tadanori was the nephew of Tokugawa Nariaki, which made him a cousin to Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He was born as the 5th son of Matsudaira Yorihiro, daimyō of Takamatsu Domain, in Sanuki Province. On the death of former daimyō of Odawara, Ōkubo Tadanao in 1859 he was adopted into the Ōkubo clan as 11th clan head, and by default, daimyō of Odawara Domain. He served in a number of posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate, including that of \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) in", "id": "1881957" }, { "contents": "Kinichiro Ishikawa\n\n\nIshikawa Kinichiro, a watercolor painter and champion of Taiwanese Western art education, was born in Shizuoka City, Japan. His father was a former official of the Tokugawa government during the bakumatsu (late Tokugawa Shogunate). He was infatuated with painting from a very early age, but his father did not approve of his artistic pursuits. In 1888, he entered the Tokyo Telecommunications School of the Ministry of Communications. In order to sustain his interest in painting, aside from using prints of English works to engage in self-study", "id": "7410092" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masanori\n\n\nInaba Masanori was the second son of the previous daimyō of Odawara, Inaba Masakatsu. As his mother died when he was still very young, he was raised by his grandmother, Kasuga no Tsubone, the wet nurse to \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu. On the death of his father in 1634, he became head of the Inaba clan, and inherited his father’s position as daimyō of Odawara. Due to the influence of his grandmother, he rose rapidly through the hierarchy of the Tokugawa shogunate and was appointed \"Rōjū\"", "id": "1882506" }, { "contents": "Pak Yung-hio\n\n\nfled to exile in Japan, where he remained until 1907. On his return, he accepted the post of Royal Household Minister under Ye Wanyong. Following the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, in which Korea was annexed to the Empire of Japan, Park was awarded with the \"kazoku\" title of marquess (\"koshaku\") in the Japanese peerage, and a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Director of the Bank of Chosen in 1918, Chairman of the Korean Economic", "id": "5961340" }, { "contents": "Fumio Gotō\n\n\nBorn in Ōita Prefecture, Gotō was a graduate of the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909. During his early career in the 1920s, he worked in the Home Ministry, and was Director of Administration within the office of the Governor-General of Taiwan. In the 1930s, Gotō was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries between 1932 and 1934 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Makoto Saitō, and was later Home Minister", "id": "15188268" }, { "contents": "Konoe Atsumaro\n\n\nDuke was a Japanese politician and journalist of the Meiji era. He served as the 3rd President of the House of Peers and 7th President of the Gakushūin Peer's School in Meiji period Japan. He was also the father of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoe was born in Kyoto as the heir to the highly ranked Konoe family of Court nobility, one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. His father Konoe Tadafusa died when he was young, so he was raised by his grandfather Konoe Tadahiro. His mother was", "id": "1475111" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nassigned lands in Tomamae-gun, Teshio-gun, Kamikawa-gun, Nakagawa-gun in Teshio no kuni along with Rishiri-gun in Kitami no kuni. With the abolition of the han system in 1871, he was required by the government to leave in Mito and to live in Tokyo. He relocated to the former \"shimoyashiki\" secondary residence of the Mito Clan located in Mukōjima. Tokugawa Akitake was appointed a second lieutenant in Imperial Japanese Army in 1875, and served as an instructor during the early days of", "id": "17914478" }, { "contents": "Yonekura Tadasuke\n\n\nYonekura Tadasuke was the sixth son of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, a favorite of \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi who served in a number of important posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. In 1710, he was adopted by Yonekura Masateru, the \"daimyō\" of Minagawa Domain in Shimotsuke Province, and succeeded to the head of the Yonekura clan and daimyo of Minagawa two years later. On September 1, 1716, he was received in a formal audience by Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune. On July 27, 1722, he transferred the seat", "id": "9479884" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\nit was essential that Tokyo host the 1940 Olympics, as the date coincided with the Japanese 2600th Anniversary celebrations. He was forced to resign after a police sweep rounded up 6900 suspected communists in Tokyo. Nagata subsequently served in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. From March 9, 1936 to February 2, 1937, Nagata was appointed Minister of Colonial Affairs under the Kōki administration. He returned to the cabinet as Railway Minister under the Abe administration from November 29, 1939, to January 14, 1940. Nagata", "id": "15430221" }, { "contents": "Kijūrō Shidehara\n\n\nhe was named ambassador to the United States and was Japan's leading negotiator during the Washington Naval Conference. His negotiations led to the return of Shandong Province to China. However, while he was ambassador, the United States enacted discriminatory immigration laws against Japanese, which created much ill will in Japan. Shidehara was elevated to the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1920, and appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in 1925. In 1924, Shidehara became Minister of", "id": "9069195" }, { "contents": "Sōma clan\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. During the Boshin War of 1868–69, the Sōma clan fought on the site of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, supporting the Tokugawa regime. After Meiji Restoration, the head of the Sōma clan became part of the \"kazoku\" peerage, with Sōma Aritane receiving the title of \"shishaku\" (Viscount). Sōma Morotsune was the younger son of Chiba Tsunetane, and with his father was a samurai in the service of Minamoto no Yoritomo. He took his name from the Sōma Mikuriya, a \"shōen\" controlled", "id": "7506834" }, { "contents": "Matsumoto Kazu\n\n\nMatsumoto was born in Edo (now Tokyo) as the younger son of a direct retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. He graduated in 1880 from the 7th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, ranked 19 out of 30 cadets. He served on a number of ships in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, including the corvettes , , , and . Promoted to lieutenant in 1886, he graduated from the first class of the Naval Staff College in 1888. He was the chief navigator on the cruiser in 1891–1892 on its year-", "id": "8947678" }, { "contents": "Mito Domain\n\n\nof the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as \"daimyō\" in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the gosanke. Although the Mito branch held less land and wealth than either of the other two branches, they maintained considerable influence throughout the Edo period. The domain's promiximity to the \"de", "id": "290529" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nAtsuyoshi's son Tokugawa Kuniyuki was 11 years old at that time, and became the 13th head of the Mito Tokugawa under Akitake's tutelage. However, Akitake subsequently had a son, Tokugawa Takesada, who was born to a concubine in 1888. Takesada was made a viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1892 and founded the separate Matsudo Tokugawa line. In 1903, Tokugawa Akitake was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class. He died at Koumetei mansion in 1910. \"", "id": "17914481" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nand was raised by Tenshō-in and Kazu-no-Miya Chikako. In 1868 he was sent to Kyoto by his mother, Kazu-no-Miya Chikako and met with Emperor Meiji. He married the daughter of Konoe Tadafusa, Konoe Hiroko, who bore him Iemasa Tokugawa, the seventeenth Tokugawa family head, Yasuko Tokugawa, who married Nobusuke Takatsukasa and bore him Toshimichi Takatsukasa, Ryōko Tokugawa, and Toshiko Tokugawa. In 1877, Iesato was sent to Eton College in Great Britain to study. He returned to Japan", "id": "11796152" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\nthis, almost immediately after Hideyoshi's death, war broke out between Hideyori's allies and those loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu, a \"daimyō\" and a former ally of Hideyoshi. Tokugawa Ieyasu won a decisive victory at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, ushering in 268 uninterrupted years of rule by the Tokugawa clan. The Edo period was characterized by relative peace and stability under the tight control of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled from the eastern city of Edo (modern Tokyo). In 1603, Emperor Go-Yōzei declared", "id": "3250534" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nKorean Empire was annexed in 1910, the House of Yi was mediatized as an incorporated and therefore subordinate kingship (王). Excluding the Tokugawas, the initial \"kazoku\" rank distribution for the former \"daimyō\" lords depended on rice revenue: those with 150,000 \"koku\" or more became marquesses, those with 50,000 \"koku\" or more become counts, and those with holdings rated below 50,000 \"koku\" became viscounts. The head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Iesato, became a prince, the heads of primary", "id": "2052551" }, { "contents": "Gosanke\n\n\nThe , also called simply , or even , were the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan: Owari House of Tokugawa, Kii House of Tokugawa, and Mito House of Tokugawa, all of which were descended from clan founder Tokugawa Ieyasu's three youngest sons, Yoshinao, Yorinobu, and Yorifusa, and were allowed to provide a shōgun in case of need. In the Edo period the term \"gosanke\" could also refer to various other combinations of Tokugawa houses, including (1) the shogunal, Owari", "id": "17630062" }, { "contents": "Hirohide Fushimi\n\n\nBorn as , the 4th son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, he was the younger brother of Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, Prince Kachō Hirotada and Marquis Kachō Hironobu. In October 1932, he served as a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. On 1 April 1936, by order of Emperor Hirohito, he was allowed to establish his own household after renouncing his imperial title, and was created a count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. The same year, he married Tomoko Yanagisawa", "id": "230990" }, { "contents": "Sano Tsunetami\n\n\nduring the 1st Matsukata administration, he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. In 1895, Sano was elevated to the title of count (\"hakushaku\"). On his death at his home in Tokyo in 1902, he was posthumously awarded with the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class with Paulownia Blossoms). His grave is at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo. In 1939, the Japanese government issued a series of four commemorative postage stamps honoring the 75th anniversary of the Red Cross Treaty. A portrait of Sano", "id": "7051581" }, { "contents": "Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu\n\n\nsucceeded to title Kachō-no-miya on April 23, 1883, upon which he changed his name from \"Narukata\" to \"Hiroyasu,\" but returned to the house of Fushimi-no-miya on January 16, 1904. On January 9, 1896, Prince Hiroyasu married Tokugawa Tsuneko (1882–1939), the ninth daughter of Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japan's last \"shōgun\", with whom he had six children: Prince Hiroyasu entered the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy on 5 April 1886, but resigned in September", "id": "3864370" }, { "contents": "Mizoguchi clan\n\n\nas part of the guard of Nagoya Castle. In 1598, he was transferred to Shibata and his \"kokudaka\" was increased to 60,000 \"koku\". Following the Battle of Sekigahara, he was confirmed in his holdings by the Tokugawa shogunate. The Mizoguchi ruled Shibata as \"tozama daimyō\" until the Meiji restoration. After the abolition of the han system in 1871, the final \"daimyō\" of Shibata, Mizoguchi Naomasa relocated to Tokyo and received the \"kazoku\" peerage title of \"hakushaku\" (Count) in", "id": "19300691" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Norinaga\n\n\nMatsudaira Norinaga was the eldest son of Matsudaira Ienori, a Sengoku period samurai and daimyō of Iwamura Domain in Mino Province under the early Tokugawa shogunate. On the death of his father in 1614, he was confirmed as head of the Ogyū-Matsdaira clan and the same year accompanied the forces of \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada at the Siege of Osaka. In 1634, he was transferred to Hamamatsu Domain in Tōtōmi Province with an increase in revenues from 20,000 to 36,000 \"koku\". In 1642, Matsudaira Norinaga was promoted to", "id": "3314701" }, { "contents": "Canada–Japan relations\n\n\nway to deal with the Japanese question is to have our own Minister in Japan to visa passports.\" As a context, it is worth noting that Japan's consulate in Vancouver was established in 1889, 40 years before its embassy was opened in Ottawa in 1929. The first Japanese Minister in Canada was Prince Iemasa Tokugawa, serving from 1929 to 1934. The first Canadian Minister in Japan was Sir Herbert Marler, serving from 1929 to 1936. Diplomatic ties were severed in 1941 with the start of the Pacific War. During", "id": "15989893" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Ienari\n\n\nTokugawa Ienari (, November 18, 1773 – March 22, 1841) was the eleventh and longest-serving \"shōgun\" of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1787 to 1837. He was a great-grandson of the eighth shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune through his son Munetada (1721–1764), head of the Hitotsubashi branch of the family, and his grandson Harusada (1751–1827). Ienari died in 1841 and was given the Buddhist name Bunkyouin and buried at Kan'ei-ji. In 1778, the four-year", "id": "12177738" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nin more broad terms, the period begins with Oda Nobunaga's entry into Kyoto in 1568, when he led his army to the imperial capital in order to install Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the 15th, and ultimately final, shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, and it lasts until the coming to power of Tokugawa Ieyasu after his victory over supporters of the Toyotomi clan at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. The Edo period from 1600 to 1868 characterized early modern Japan. The Tokugawa shogunate was a feudalist regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu", "id": "9974550" }, { "contents": "Kaga Domain\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. The location of the main Edo residence of the \"daimyō\" of the Kaga Domain is now the site of the Hongō campus of the University of Tokyo. Maeda Toshiie was a distinguished military commander, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and a close friend of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. A member of the Council of Five Elders who ruled Japan during the Sengoku period, he was granted the Kaga Domain in 1583. His eldest son, Maeda Toshinaga, supported Tokugawa Ieyasu in his rise to power and was rewarded by an increase", "id": "6571560" }, { "contents": "Inoue Masamoto\n\n\nInoue Masamoto was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain, Inoue Masasada. He became 8th head of the Mikawa-branch of Inoue clan and \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain on his father's death in 1786. He was awarded Lower 5th Court Rank and the courtesy title of \"Kawachi-no-kami\" soon afterwards. In 1802, Masamoto entered the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate as a \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) under \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Ienari. In 1816, while", "id": "4715826" }, { "contents": "March Incident\n\n\nexecute a coup d'état and seize power.br 3. A new Cabinet would be formed under the premiership of the then-War Minister, General Kazushige Ugaki. The project was underwritten by a 200,000-yen donation by Yoshichika Tokugawa, ultra-rightist member of the House of Peers, son of the last \"daimyō\" of Nagoya, founder of the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya and Emperor Shōwa's second cousin. Ultra-rightist civilian organizations led by Kanichiro Kamei and Shūmei Ōkawa fomented a commotion outside the Diet Building in Tokyo late in February", "id": "5593888" }, { "contents": "Nanbu Shigenao\n\n\nHowever, in April 1636, his \"sankin-kōtai\" procession arrived in Edo ten days late, which was a violation of the new \"Buke shohatto\" regulations issued by \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu, and he was declared unfit to govern, and sentenced to house arrest at the clan residence in Edo. After his death in Edo in 1664, the Tokugawa shogunate intervened, and by order of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna appointed his younger brother Shichinohe Shigenobu as the next \"daimyō\", with the son of Hotta Masamori reduced", "id": "4495846" }, { "contents": "Akira Tomii\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese diplomat. He was born as a son of Baron Masaaki Tomii, the president of Tokyo Imperial University of Legal and a draft member of Japanese Civil Law. When he was young, his father hired Keita Gotō as Akira's home teacher. Akira Tomii graduated Tokyo Imperial University, and served as the Japanese Consul in Mukden, China, in 1915. From 1916 to 1924 served as consul in New York City, from 1924 to 1927 as consul in London, and from 1927 to 1933 as consul in", "id": "5339969" }, { "contents": "Maeda Toshisada\n\n\nand afterwards assumed his family’s seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. In 1922, he was appointed Communications Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Katō Tomosaburō. He subsequently served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kiyoura Keigo as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. He retired from public life in January 1944, and died in October of the same year. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasures, 1st class. Maeda studied poetry under Sasaki Nobutsuna. His daughter married post-war Foreign Minister", "id": "2257384" }, { "contents": "Hideo Kodama\n\n\nwas assigned to the Imperial General Headquarters and sent to the Liaodong Peninsula (under Japanese occupation), where he served as liaison between the civilian government in Tokyo and the Japanese general armies in Manchuria. Following the war, he returned to the Finance Ministry as head of the government's Tobacco Monopoly. He was later assigned to serve in the Japanese Government-General of Korea, as a secretary to the Privy Council, and as a member of the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 23 July 1906,", "id": "14284806" }, { "contents": "Prince Kuni Asaakira\n\n\nDomain. In 1921, he served for the customary term in the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 29 January 1929, he succeeded as head of the Kuni-no-miya house. Prince Kuni graduated from the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1921. He served as a midshipman on the cruiser and battleship . After his commissioning as ensign, he was assigned to the battleship , followed by battleships and . After his graduation from the Naval Staff College in 1925, he was assigned to", "id": "20710624" }, { "contents": "Saneatsu Mushanokōji\n\n\nJapanese ambassador to Nazi Germany, he traveled throughout Europe in 1936. In 1946, he was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. However, four months later he was purged from public office by the American Occupation authorities, due to his (1942), supporting the actions of the Japanese government in World War II. Mushanokōji made a literary comeback with his novel (1949–1950). He was awarded the Order of Culture in 1951, and became a member of the Japan Art Academy", "id": "5324629" }, { "contents": "Shizuoka (city)\n\n\nwhich he could influence \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada from behind the scenes. Subsequently, aside for brief periods, Sunpu was \"tenryō\" (territory under direct administration by the Shogunate), ruled by the , an appointed official based in Sunpu. In 1869, after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, the former shogunal line, headed by Tokugawa Iesato was sent to Sunpu and assigned the short-lived Sunpu Domain. The same year, Sunpu was renamed \"Shizuoka\". Shizuoka Domain became Shizuoka Prefecture with the abolition of", "id": "1359009" }, { "contents": "Ōta Dōkan\n\n\nlived in the same place. In the late 16th century, Dōkan's Edo Castle was chosen as the new home of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had been persuaded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to transfer the seat of his clan holdings into the Kantō. With the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in the early 17th century, Edo Castle became the center of the shogunate government. When the shogunate was displaced in the Meiji Restoration in the late 19th century, the newly named Tokyo became an Imperial capital with an Imperial Palace rising from the former shōgun", "id": "9984404" }, { "contents": "Prince Kaya Tsunenori\n\n\n, was the second head of the Kaya-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. He was first cousin to Empress Kōjun (Nagako), the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). Prince Kaya Tsunenori was born in Tokyo, the first son of Prince Kaya Kuninori and his wife, the former Daigō Yoshiko. He received his primary and secondary education at the boys' department of the Gakushuin Peers’ School. On December 8, 1909, he became the second head of the Kaya-no-", "id": "9139501" }, { "contents": "Hachisuka Mochiaki\n\n\nto Great Britain and attended Oxford University, where he matriculated at Balliol College in 1874. After returning to Japan, he joined the government as Director of the Customs Bureau director in the Ministry of Finance and a member of \"Sanjiin\" (legislative advisory council). In 1882, Hachisuka was envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to France, and received the title of \"kōshaku\" (marquis) under the new \"kazoku\" peerage system. After returning to Japan, he served as a member of the House of Peers,", "id": "18933529" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nand ruled by the \"shōguns\" of the Tokugawa clan. The period gets its name from the capital city, Edo, now called Tokyo. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo Castle from 1603 until 1868, when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration in the late Edo period (often called the Late Tokugawa shogunate). In 1392, General Yi Seong-gye established the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) with a largely bloodless coup. Yi Seong-gye moved the capital of Korea to the location of modern-day Seoul", "id": "9974551" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Hirotada\n\n\nHe is best known for being the father of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Hirotada was the son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (7th head of Mikawa Matsudaira clan). He was known in his childhood as Senshōmaru, Senchiyo, and Jirōzaburō. After his father's assassination in 1537, Hirotada was placed under the protection of a loyal retainer, Abe Sadayoshi. He allied with the Imagawa, and with their help was installed at Okazaki castle. The alliance with them brought him into conflict with the Tokugawa clan. In", "id": "20973368" }, { "contents": "Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda\n\n\nPrince Takeda Tsuneyoshi was the only son of Prince Takeda Tsunehisa and Princess Masako, Princess Tsune (1888–1940), the sixth daughter of Emperor Meiji. He was, therefore, a first cousin of Emperor Shōwa. Prince Tsuneyoshi became the second head of the Takeda-no-miya house on 23 April 1919. After being educated at the Gakushūin Peers' School, and serving for a session in the House of Peers, he graduated from the 32nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in July 1930, and received a commission", "id": "4712175" }, { "contents": "Ishii Kikujirō\n\n\nViscount , was a Japanese diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan between 1915 and 1916. Ishii was born in Mobara city, Kazusa Province (present-day Chiba Prefecture). He graduated from the Law Department of Tokyo Imperial University and joined the Foreign Ministry. His first posting was as an attaché to Paris in 1891, and he was later sent to Chemulpo, Korea in 1896 and to Beijing, China in 1897.", "id": "19761626" }, { "contents": "Nagai Naoyuki\n\n\n, also known as or , was a Japanese hatamoto under the Tokugawa of Bakumatsu period Japan. His great-great-grandchild was Yukio Mishima. Naoyuki's adopted son, Iwanojō Nagai, was the father of Natsu, who was Mishima's grandmother. Iwanojō's real father was Nagasumi Miyoshi (Miyoshi clan) who was a Tokugawa retainer. Nagai Naoyuki, or as he was first known, , was born in the Nukada district of the Okutono Domain by a concubine to \"daimyō\" . Noritada, while head of a", "id": "5425993" }, { "contents": "Hidemaro Konoye\n\n\nViscount was a conductor and composer of classical music in Shōwa period Japan. He was the younger brother of pre-war Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoye was born in Kōjimachi, Tokyo as the younger son of Duke Konoe Atsumaro, scion of one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. The Konoe clan traditionally provided \"gagaku\" musicians to the Imperial Household, and Hidemaro chose to follow the family's musical tradition, whereas his older brother Fumimaro went into politics. Konoye attended the Gakushuin Peers School, where", "id": "22220081" }, { "contents": "Yoritake Matsudaira\n\n\n. After graduation from Waseda University, he worked for Toshiba. Now he is the president of . One of his hobbies is horseback riding, he is an amateur radio aficionado, and he gives lectures about the advantages of Scouting activities. Yoritake is a second cousin of the present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Tsunenari, as both are great-grandsons of Nabeshima Naohiro, the 11th and last \"daimyō\" of Saga. By virtue of his descent from the \"kuge\" Madenokōji family, he is also a sixth", "id": "1769206" }, { "contents": "Nabeshima Naoyoshi\n\n\nperiod of Naoyoshi's administration, and the prefecture's economic production was increased, particularly in the area of sugar production. In 1881, Naoyoshi was recalled to Tokyo, and became president of the \"Genrōin\". With the establishment of the \"kazoku\" peerage, he became a , and a member of the House of Peers on the establishment of the Diet of Japan in 1890. In his later years he helped build hospitals and schools in the region of Kashima, which he had once ruled, and was awarded Second", "id": "17536683" }, { "contents": "Obama Domain\n\n\nKawagoe Domain, before being the 1st Sakai \"daimyō\" of Obama Domain. He was the son of Sakai Tadatoshi, a hereditary retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He served Tokugawa Hidetada during the Siege of Ueda and later served Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who promoted him to \"rōjū\" in 1624. In 1634, he was transferred to Obama and completed the construction of Obama Castle. He retired from public life in 1656 and died in 1662. His grave is at the clan temple of Kuin-ji in Obama. was the", "id": "16508967" }, { "contents": "Edo period\n\n\nEmperor Kōmei died and was succeeded by his underaged son Emperor Meiji. Tokugawa Yoshinobu reluctantly became head of the Tokugawa house and \"shōgun\". He tried to reorganize the government under the emperor while preserving the \"shōgun\"s leadership role. Fearing the growing power of the Satsuma and Chōshū \"daimyō\", other \"daimyō\" called for returning the \"shōgun\"s political power to the emperor and a council of \"daimyō\" chaired by the former Tokugawa \"shōgun\". Yoshinobu accepted the plan in late 1867 and resigned, announcing an", "id": "3932378" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\n, was a politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan, twice as a cabinet minister, and also serving twice as mayor of Tokyo. Nagata was born in Mihara District, Hyōgo Prefecture, in what is now part of the city of Minamiawaji. After graduating from the predecessor of Kyoto Imperial University and serving as a school principal in Sumoto, Hyōgo from 1902 to 1904, he obtained a posting in the Home Ministry and rose to become", "id": "15430218" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Nagashige\n\n\n, also known as Sado-no-kami or Etchū-no-kami, was a Japanese samurai \"daimyō\" of the mid-Edo period. The Ogasawara were identified as one of the \"fudai\" or insider \"daimyō\" clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa, in contrast with the \"tozama\" or outsider clans. Nagashige served the Tokugawa shogunate as its eleventh Kyoto \"shoshidai\" in the period spanning October 17, 1691, through May 15, 1702. He had previously been shogunate", "id": "8758740" }, { "contents": "Jo Hyeong\n\n\nJo Hyeong (1606–1679) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty Korea in the 17th century. He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 6th Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. In 1655 King Hyojong of Joseon sent a mission to the shogunal court of Tokugawa Ietsuna. This diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for developing a political foundation for trade. The delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a \"Communication Envoy", "id": "5288304" }, { "contents": "Tsugaru clan\n\n\nwho took the name of (1872–1919) to be his heir. Hidemaru was educated in Germany, graduating from the University of Bonn, Humboldt University of Berlin and University of Geneva and after his return to Japan served in under the Japanese Resident-General of Korea from 1907-1914, and in the Ministry of the Imperial Household from 1914-1918. In 1918, he was appointed to the House of Peers. His son was (1907-1994), who was born as the second son of a branch of", "id": "10903481" }, { "contents": "Arima Ryōkitsu\n\n\nAdmiral was a career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy during Meiji and Taishō periods. Arima was a native of Wakayama, where his father was a senior \"samurai\" retainer of the Kishū Tokugawa clan, and an active supporter of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Although he came from such an unfavorable background, Arima was able to secure admission to the 12th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, after graduating from the forerunners of Doshisha University and Keio University with degrees in English language.", "id": "14930546" }, { "contents": "Mitsukuri Rinsho\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese statesman and legal scholar in Meiji period Japan. Mitsukuri was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo) to a noted family of scholars working for the Tokugawa bakufu. He studied \"rangaku\" and received a posting to the \"Bansho Shirabesho,\" the Shōgun's research institute for foreign technology. In 1867, he was selected to accompany the Shogunate's expedition to the Paris World Exposition, which proved to be an eye-opener. On his return to Japan, Mitsukuri joined the new Meiji government", "id": "19948939" }, { "contents": "Owari-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe , a branch of the Tokugawa clan, is the seniormost house of the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Originally descended from Tokugawa Yoshinao, the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the original line became extinct in 1800 with the death of the ninth lord and family head. It has since been kept in existence through repeated adoptions from the two remaining houses, and is currently headed by a member of the Kishu branch. For over 250 years, the Owari family ruled Owari Domain,", "id": "17810278" } ]

[ { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nJune 19, 1946, he served as the President of the House of Peers, a post which he held until May 2, 1947, when the Allied occupation authorities authorized the current Constitution of Japan abolishing the House of Peers. He died of heart disease at his home in Shibuya, Tokyo, on February 18, 1963, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class. His grave is located at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. He was succeeded as head of the Tokugawa clan", "id": "11961761" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince also known as Iyemasa, was a Japanese political figure of the Taishō and early Shōwa periods. He was the 17th hereditary head of the former shogunal branch of the Tokugawa clan and the final President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Iemasa Tokugawa was born in what is now the Sendagaya district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato and his wife, Konoe Hiroko, daughter of Konoe Tadafusa. He graduated from the law school of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909, and accepted a post in", "id": "11961759" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nthe diplomatic corps of Foreign Ministry the same year. In 1924, he was appointed Consul-general to the Japanese consulate in Sydney, Australia. In 1929, he was appointed Envoy to Canada and from 1937 to 1939 served as the Japanese ambassador to Turkey. In 1940, on the death of his father, he inherited the title of \"kōshaku\" (, \"prince\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and a seat as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On", "id": "11961760" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nin 1882, and was given the title of \"kōshaku\" (公爵, prince) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He became a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan from its creation in 1890, and served as President of the House of Peers from 1901-1933. When the administration of Prime Minister Yamamoto Gonnohyōe was brought down by the Siemens scandal, there was a strong movement to have Tokugawa Iesato nominated to be his successor. Following World War I, Iesato served on the Japanese", "id": "11796153" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince was the 13th head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan and the President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Kuniyuki Tokugawa inherited the title of \"shishaku\" (侯爵, marquis) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system on the death of his father, Tokugawa Atsuyoshi in 1898. A scholar, he turned his attention in 1906 to the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\", a comprehensive history of Japan begun by his ancestor, Tokugawa Mitsukuni in the 17th century. However, in 1910", "id": "13926670" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshinobu\n\n\n's photographs have been published in recent years by his great-grandson, Yoshitomo. In 1902, the Meiji Emperor allowed him to reestablish his own house as a Tokugawa branch (\"bekke\") with the highest rank in the peerage, that of prince (\"kōshaku\"), for his loyal service to Japan. He took a seat in the House of Peers, resigning in 1910. Tokugawa Yoshinobu died on November 21, 1913, at 4:10 pm and is buried in Yanaka Cemetery, Tokyo. On 9 January", "id": "12861306" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nCount was a Japanese political figure of the late Meiji through early Shōwa periods, and served as President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Yorinaga Matsudaira was the eighth son of Matsudaira Yoritoshi, the former \"daimyō\" of Matsuyama Domain in Shikoku. His mother, Chiyoko, was the daughter of Ii Naosuke and his wife was the daughter of Tokugawa Akitake, head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. He attended the Gakushūin Peer’s School, and with the sponsorship of Ōkuma Shigenobu, graduated from", "id": "14764736" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nthe law school of Waseda University. district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato. In 1909 he became a member of the House of Peers, and continued to serve as a member every year (except for a hiatus between 1911–1914) until his death. A strong supporter of education, he donated a large property in downtown Tokyo to create the Hongo Gakuin school. In 1933, he was made Vice-President of the House of Peers, breaking with the precedent that only men with the rank of princes", "id": "14764737" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\n, he was accepted into the 22nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and was commissioned as Second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army. He resigned his commission in 1914 citing health reasons, and went into the reserves in 1915. From December 1911, Kuniyuki Tokugawa served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\" in 1929, he was awarded the title of \"koshaku\" (公爵, prince). On June 25, 1940, he", "id": "13926671" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nPrince was the first head of the Tokugawa clan after the overthrow of the Tokugawa bakufu, and a figure in Japanese politics during the Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. Tokugawa Iesato was born to the Tayasu branch of the Tokugawa clan, under the name Kamenosuke, he became its 16th head, following the resignation of the last \"shōgun,\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu. His brothers were Tokugawa Satotaka and Tokugawa Takachiyo, who also held the Tayasu headship at different times. Iesato was also briefly the \"daimyō\" of the", "id": "11796150" }, { "contents": "Iwamura Michitoshi\n\n\n1896, Iwamura was awarded the title of viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure later the same year. He served as an advisor to Emperor Meiji, and was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers. He was also awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class on June 23, 1904. He died in Tokyo on February 12, 1915, and his grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo.", "id": "17814139" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nor marquis could service in the highest level positions. Four years later, when Fumimaro Konoe became Prime Minister of Japan, Yorinaga Matsudaira became the President of the House of Peers. He died while in office, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class with Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. His nephew Yorihiro Matsudaira succeeded him in his peerage. Yorinaga Matsudaira was also a noted collector of miniature bonsai, and served as honorary president of the Kofuku Bonsai Association. His", "id": "14764738" }, { "contents": "Prince Kachō Hirotada\n\n\nPrince Hirotada was the second son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu. His mother was Tokugawa Tsuneko, the 9th daughter of the last Tokugawa Shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He succeeded his father to the head of the Kachō-no-miya household when he was only 2 years old in 1904. Prince Kachō attended the Gakushuin Peers’ School. He entered the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1918, graduating 1st out of 176 cadets. Prince Kuni Asaakira was one of his classmates. He served his midshipman duty on the", "id": "17635064" }, { "contents": "Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu\n\n\nNovember 1942. From 1936 to 1945, he held various staff positions in the Naval General Staff Office in Tokyo. On 4 February 1930, Prince Takamatsu married Kikuko Tokugawa (26 December 1911 – 18 December 2004), the second daughter of Yoshihisa Tokugawa (peer). The bride was a granddaughter of Yoshinobu Tokugawa, the last Shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, and a granddaughter of the late Prince Arisugawa Takehito. Prince and Princess Takamatsu had no children. From the 1930s, Prince Takamatsu expressed grave reservations regarding Japanese aggression in", "id": "1048484" }, { "contents": "Francis Brinkley\n\n\n, covered Japanese history, fine arts and literature from the origins of the Japanese race up until the latter half of the Meiji period. In 1912, at the age of 71 and one month after General Nogi's death, Francis Brinkley died. At his funeral, the mourners included the Speaker of the House of Peers, Tokugawa Iesato, the Minister of the Navy Saitō Makoto, and the Foreign Minister Uchida Kosai. He is buried in the foreign section of the Aoyama Reien cemetery in central Tokyo. After his death Ernest", "id": "10262389" }, { "contents": "Enkichi Ōki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese statesman in the Taishō period. Ōki was born in Tokyo. His father, Ōki Takatō was one of the leaders in the Meiji Restoration, and served in numerous cabinet posts in the early Meiji government. In 1899, Enkichi succeeded to his father’s title of count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His political career began in 1908, when he was elected to the House of Peers. He initially supported the \"Kenkyūkai\", but soon switched his allegiance to the", "id": "2422914" }, { "contents": "Yoshitoshi Tokugawa\n\n\nLieutenant General Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and one of the pioneers of military aviation in Japan. Tokugawa Yoshitoshi was the son of Count Tokugawa Atsumori (1856–1924) (head of the Shimizu branch of the Tokugawa clan). Through his father, he was the grandnephew of the last shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. While his father had been created a count in 1884, he had relinquished the title in 1899. Yoshitoshi graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1903, after having specialized in military engineering. In", "id": "751688" }, { "contents": "Enomoto Takeaki\n\n\nViscount was a Japanese samurai and admiral of the Tokugawa navy of Bakumatsu-period Japan, who remained faithful to the Tokugawa shogunate and fought against the new Meiji government until the end of the Boshin War. He later served in the Meiji government as one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Enomoto was born as a member of a samurai family in the direct service of the Tokugawa clan in the Shitaya district of Edo (modern Taitō, Tokyo). Enomoto started learning Dutch in the 1850s, and after Japan's", "id": "12566973" }, { "contents": "Yamada Akiyoshi\n\n\ncount (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage on July 7, 1884, and served in the House of Peers (Japan) from its establishment in 1890. On January 28, 1892, he was appointed to a seat in the Privy Council of Japan but died in November of the same year at the age of 49, while inspecting the Ikuno Silver Mine in Asago, Hyōgo. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Buddhist temple of Gokoku-ji in", "id": "655166" }, { "contents": "International Martial Arts Federation\n\n\nwas appointed as the 5th President of IMAF. He served as the Japanese Ambassador to India and Deputy Foreign Minister. The current president of Kokusai Budoin, International Martial Arts Federation (IMAF) is Yasuhisa Tokugawa, the great-grandson of the 15th and final \"shōgun\" of Japan, Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837–1913). He was also the Chief Priest for the in Tokyo from 2013-2018. Note: In the mid 1980's IMAF-Europe split from IMAF Japan to create a current non-affiliated organization with a", "id": "8525267" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masami\n\n\nInaba Masami was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Tateyama Domain, Inaba Masamori. On his father’s death in 1820, he succeeded to the head of the Tateyama Inaba clan and the position of \"daimyō\" of Tateyama. In 1862, he was appointed as a \"Wakadoshiyori\" in the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate under \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemochi. He resigned the title in 1864, with instructions to strengthen Japan's naval defenses against the increasing aggressive incursions of foreign black ships, and supported Katsu", "id": "8052899" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Mochiaki\n\n\nabolition of the han system in 1871. In 1884, he became a Count (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He was awarded the Fourth class of the Order of the Rising Sun in 1885. In 1889, he inherited the title of Marquis (\"koshaku\") from his adopted father. He died in 1890. His son, Matsudaira Yasutaka (1867–1930) served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan and was author of a number of works on agricultural", "id": "4765039" }, { "contents": "Tsunenari Tokugawa\n\n\nHis son, Iehiro Tokugawa, is a translator. In 2007, Tsunenari published a book entitled \"Edo no idenshi\" (江戸の遺伝子), released in English in 2009 as \"The Edo Inheritance\", which seeks to counter the common belief among Japanese that the Edo period (throughout which members of his Tokugawa clan ruled Japan as \"shōguns\") was like a dark age, when Japan, cut off from the world, fell behind. On the contrary, he argues, the roughly 250 years of peace and relative", "id": "11961777" }, { "contents": "Matsui Keishirō\n\n\nto Japan in 1913. During the First World War, served as Japanese Ambassador to France and was a plenipotentiary at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. On the successful completion of this mission, he was awarded with the title of baron (\"danshaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He served as Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 7 to June 11, 1924, under the administration of Kiyoura Keigo and was also appointed a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He later served", "id": "9380810" }, { "contents": "Konoe Tadafusa\n\n\n, son of regent Tadahiro with his wife Shimazu Kyoko, was a \"kugyō\" or Japanese court noble of the late Edo period (1603–1868). He did not hold any regent position kampaku or sesshō. His consort was Shimazu Mitsuko, an adopted daughter of Shimazu Nariakira, eleventh head of Satsuma Domain. The couple had a daughter, Konoe Hiroko, who later married Tokugawa Iesato, the sixteenth head of Tokugawa family and bore him Tokugawa Iemasa, the seventeenth head of the Tokugawa clan. He adopted a son of Konoe", "id": "20767712" }, { "contents": "Tenshō-in\n\n\nShe spent her remaining years nurturing Tokugawa Iesato, the 16th head of the Tokugawa clan. She moved into the Tokugawa residence in Sendagaya, in the Shibuya district, Tokyo. She suffered from Parkinson's disease which eventually took her life on November 20th, 1883, at the age of 47. She was buried in Kaneiji in Ueno, Tokyo, together with her husband, Onkyoin (Iesada). Beside Onkyoin and Tenshoin tombs, There is loquat tree planted there as it was Tenshoin's favorite food. The 2008 NHK Taiga", "id": "241772" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshimune\n\n\nYoshimune was not the son of any former \"shōgun\". Rather, he was a member of a cadet branch of the Tokugawa clan. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, well aware of the extinction of the Minamoto line in 1219, had realized that his direct descendants might die out, leaving the Tokugawa family at risk of extinction. Thus, while his son Tokugawa Hidetada was the second \"shōgun\", he selected three other sons to establish the \"gosanke,\" hereditary houses which would provide a", "id": "16258375" }, { "contents": "Kitasato Shibasaburō\n\n\nonki Corporation, with the intention of manufacturing the most reliable clinical thermometer possible. The company was later renamed Terumo Corporation. Kitasato also was the first dean of medicine at Keio University, first president of the Japan Medical Association, and served on the House of Peers. He was ennobled with the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system in February 1924. Kitasato died of an intracranial hemorrhage at his home in Azabu, Tokyo, on June 13, 1931. His grave is at the", "id": "11568829" }, { "contents": "Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa\n\n\nPrince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa was the only son of Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa and Fusako, Princess Kane. He succeeded as the head of the Kitashirakawa-no-miya house upon his father's unexpected death in an automobile accident in France in 1923. On 25 April 1935, Prince Nagahisa married Sachiko Tokugawa, born , died , the daughter of Baron Yoshikuni Tokugawa. Prince and Princess Kitashirakawa Nagahisa had one son and one daughter: Prince Nagahisa graduated from the 43rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1931, and was commissioned a sub", "id": "8171688" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nbrother Tokugawa Yoshiatsu and ordering him to assume the post of \"daimyō\" to assure the stability of Mito Domain. He departed from Marseille in December 1868. Tokugawa Akitake succeeded Tokugawa Yoshiatsu to become the 11th head of the Mito Tokugawa clan on his return to Japan. However, the title of \"daimyō\" was officially abolished in 1869, and he continued at Mito as domain governor. His request for land development in Hokkaido to resettle ex-samurai from the domain was granted on August 17, 1869, and he was", "id": "17914477" }, { "contents": "Sōma Nakamura Domain\n\n\nyounger brother Masatane. was the 5th \"daimyō\" of Sōma-Nakamura Domain and the 21st hereditary chieftain of the Sōma clan. As his older brother Sadatane had died without heir, he was posthumously appointed successor. He was received in formal audience to Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna and received the courtesy title of \"Danjō-shōhitsu\". From 1689-1690 he served as a \"sobayōnin\" to Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. He retired from public life in February 1701, living in rural seclusion to his death at the age of 68", "id": "4010353" }, { "contents": "Aizu\n\n\nof only 15. He was succeeded by the eighth lord Katataka, who was a sixth cousin (twice removed) and a member of the Takasu cadet branch of the Mito collateral line. He died without heirs in 1852 and was succeeded by his grandnephew, the famous Katamori, whose descendants have since headed the family. The present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tsunenari, is also from the Aizu lineage. In the house code set down by Masayuki, there was a specific injunction to serve the shogun with single-minded", "id": "17967555" }, { "contents": "Arai Hakuseki\n\n\nshogun Tokugawa Ienobu. He went on to displace the official Hayashi advisers to become the leading confucianist for Ienobu and Tokugawa Ietsugu. While some of Hakuseki's policies were still carried out after Ienobu's death, after the 6th shogun, Tokugawa Ietsugu, died and Tokugawa Yoshimune's rule began, Hakuseki left his post to begin his career as a prolific writer of Japanese history and Occidental studies. He was buried in Asakusa (current day Taitō, Tokyo), Hoonji temple but was later moved to Nakano, Tokyo, Kotokuji temple", "id": "12566945" }, { "contents": "Tsuruga Domain\n\n\nin the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. His courtesy title was \"Ukyō-no-suke\". His wife was the daughter of Doi Toshifusa of Ōno Domain. He died in 1706 and his grave is at the temple of Seisho-ji in Atago, Tokyo. was the 2nd \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga Domain in Echizen Province under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. Tadakiku was the eldest son of Sakai Tadashige. He became \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga on the death of his father in 1706. He was an \"", "id": "2398354" }, { "contents": "Mito-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe is a branch of the Tokugawa clan based in Mito, Ibaraki. Following the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as daimyō in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Although the Mito branch held less land", "id": "18026528" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\n. After Hideyoshi's death in 1598, Tokugawa Ieyasu came to power and was appointed \"shōgun\" by the Emperor. The Tokugawa shogunate, which governed from Edo (modern Tokyo), presided over a prosperous and peaceful era known as the Edo period (1600–1868). The Tokugawa shogunate imposed a strict class system on Japanese society and cut off almost all contact with the outside world. Portugal and Japan started their first affiliation in 1543, making the Portuguese the first Europeans to reach Japan by landing in the southern archipelago of", "id": "3250463" }, { "contents": "Tadaatsu Ishiguro\n\n\n, citing illness. His father died the same year, and per the provisions of his father’s will, he did not inherit the kazoku peerage title of viscount held by his father. In January 1943, he was granted a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. In 1945, he returned to the cabinet as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce under the Suzuki administration. In 1946, after the surrender of Japan, as with all members of the prewar and wartime Japanese government, Ishiguro was purged by", "id": "9448122" }, { "contents": "Ōkuma Shigenobu\n\n\nof the Diet of Japan until 1922. He was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum in 1916, and was elevated to the title of \"kōshaku\" (侯爵) (marquis) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system the same year. Ōkuma returned to Waseda, and died there in 1922. An estimated 300,000 people attended his funeral in Tokyo's Hibiya Park. He was posthumously elevated to the rank of prince in the peerage and was also posthumously conferred with the Collar of the Order of the", "id": "9013378" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nTokugawa branch houses (\"shinpan daimyō\") became marquesses, the heads of the secondary branches became counts and the heads of more distant branches became viscounts. The head of the Matsudaira (Fukui Domain) branch was raised to the rank of marquess from the rank of count in 1888. In 1902, the former \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu was created a prince, and the head of the Mito \"shinpan\" house was raised to the same rank, prince, in 1929. Of the other former \"daimyō\" clans", "id": "2052552" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Naganari\n\n\nViscount was an Admiral and naval strategist in the Imperial Japanese Navy in Meiji and Taishō period Japan, and a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. He was also known as Ogasawara Chōsei, Ogasawara Nagayo. Ogasawara was born in Saga prefecture. His father was the Rōjū Ogasawara Nagamichi, a senior retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. As his father was forced into retirement by the events of the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Ogasawara Naganari succeeded his grandfather to become head of the Ogasawara clan in 1873, and as", "id": "15329213" }, { "contents": "Katō Takaaki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese politician, diplomat, and the 14th Prime Minister of Japan, a position he held from 11 June 1924 until his death on 28 January 1926, during the period which historians have called \"Taishō Democracy\". He was also known as Katō Kōmei. Katō, was born as Hattori Sokichi, the second son of a former \"samurai\" retainer of the Owari Tokugawa domain in Nagoya, Owari Province, in the town of Saya, Ama District in what is now part of the city of Aisai,", "id": "9068839" }, { "contents": "Kawasaki Takukichi\n\n\n. Under his administration, the Yagoto Baseball Ground was built, and the first Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament was held in 1924. Later in 1924, Kawasaki was recalled to Tokyo to assume the post of Director-General of the National Police Agency under the Home Ministry. He became Deputy Home Minister in 1925. In 1926, he was invited to take a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He was recruited by Osachi Hamaguchi and Wakatsuki Reijirō to join the \"Kenseikai\" political party,", "id": "22092779" }, { "contents": "Masuda Takashi\n\n\nBaron , was a Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector. He was a prominent entrepreneur in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan, responsible for transforming Mitsui into a \"zaibatsu\" through the creation of a general trading company, Mitsui Bussan. He also established a newspaper, the , which was later renamed the \"Nihon Keizai Shimbun\". Masuda was born on Sado Island, in what is now Niigata Prefecture. His father was an official in the Tokugawa shogunate, serving as Hakodate bugyō, a position which", "id": "13847203" }, { "contents": "Suwa Tadamasa\n\n\nthe Shiba Tōshō-gū, a Shinto Shrine dedicated to the previous Shoguns of the Tokugawa clan in Tokyo. After the death of Suwa Tadaaya in 1878, he resumed his position as chieftain of the Suwa clan. he was reappointed \"kannushi\" of the Shiba Tōshō-gū from 1882 to 1889. In 1884 he became a viscount (\"shisaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His court rank was increased to Senior Fourth Rank in 1887. From 1891 to 1895, he returned to Suwa and became", "id": "12726550" }, { "contents": "Ōkubo Tadanori\n\n\nŌkubo Tadanori was the nephew of Tokugawa Nariaki, which made him a cousin to Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He was born as the 5th son of Matsudaira Yorihiro, daimyō of Takamatsu Domain, in Sanuki Province. On the death of former daimyō of Odawara, Ōkubo Tadanao in 1859 he was adopted into the Ōkubo clan as 11th clan head, and by default, daimyō of Odawara Domain. He served in a number of posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate, including that of \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) in", "id": "1881957" }, { "contents": "Kinichiro Ishikawa\n\n\nIshikawa Kinichiro, a watercolor painter and champion of Taiwanese Western art education, was born in Shizuoka City, Japan. His father was a former official of the Tokugawa government during the bakumatsu (late Tokugawa Shogunate). He was infatuated with painting from a very early age, but his father did not approve of his artistic pursuits. In 1888, he entered the Tokyo Telecommunications School of the Ministry of Communications. In order to sustain his interest in painting, aside from using prints of English works to engage in self-study", "id": "7410092" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masanori\n\n\nInaba Masanori was the second son of the previous daimyō of Odawara, Inaba Masakatsu. As his mother died when he was still very young, he was raised by his grandmother, Kasuga no Tsubone, the wet nurse to \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu. On the death of his father in 1634, he became head of the Inaba clan, and inherited his father’s position as daimyō of Odawara. Due to the influence of his grandmother, he rose rapidly through the hierarchy of the Tokugawa shogunate and was appointed \"Rōjū\"", "id": "1882506" }, { "contents": "Pak Yung-hio\n\n\nfled to exile in Japan, where he remained until 1907. On his return, he accepted the post of Royal Household Minister under Ye Wanyong. Following the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, in which Korea was annexed to the Empire of Japan, Park was awarded with the \"kazoku\" title of marquess (\"koshaku\") in the Japanese peerage, and a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Director of the Bank of Chosen in 1918, Chairman of the Korean Economic", "id": "5961340" }, { "contents": "Fumio Gotō\n\n\nBorn in Ōita Prefecture, Gotō was a graduate of the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909. During his early career in the 1920s, he worked in the Home Ministry, and was Director of Administration within the office of the Governor-General of Taiwan. In the 1930s, Gotō was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries between 1932 and 1934 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Makoto Saitō, and was later Home Minister", "id": "15188268" }, { "contents": "Konoe Atsumaro\n\n\nDuke was a Japanese politician and journalist of the Meiji era. He served as the 3rd President of the House of Peers and 7th President of the Gakushūin Peer's School in Meiji period Japan. He was also the father of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoe was born in Kyoto as the heir to the highly ranked Konoe family of Court nobility, one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. His father Konoe Tadafusa died when he was young, so he was raised by his grandfather Konoe Tadahiro. His mother was", "id": "1475111" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nassigned lands in Tomamae-gun, Teshio-gun, Kamikawa-gun, Nakagawa-gun in Teshio no kuni along with Rishiri-gun in Kitami no kuni. With the abolition of the han system in 1871, he was required by the government to leave in Mito and to live in Tokyo. He relocated to the former \"shimoyashiki\" secondary residence of the Mito Clan located in Mukōjima. Tokugawa Akitake was appointed a second lieutenant in Imperial Japanese Army in 1875, and served as an instructor during the early days of", "id": "17914478" }, { "contents": "Yonekura Tadasuke\n\n\nYonekura Tadasuke was the sixth son of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, a favorite of \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi who served in a number of important posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. In 1710, he was adopted by Yonekura Masateru, the \"daimyō\" of Minagawa Domain in Shimotsuke Province, and succeeded to the head of the Yonekura clan and daimyo of Minagawa two years later. On September 1, 1716, he was received in a formal audience by Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune. On July 27, 1722, he transferred the seat", "id": "9479884" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\nit was essential that Tokyo host the 1940 Olympics, as the date coincided with the Japanese 2600th Anniversary celebrations. He was forced to resign after a police sweep rounded up 6900 suspected communists in Tokyo. Nagata subsequently served in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. From March 9, 1936 to February 2, 1937, Nagata was appointed Minister of Colonial Affairs under the Kōki administration. He returned to the cabinet as Railway Minister under the Abe administration from November 29, 1939, to January 14, 1940. Nagata", "id": "15430221" }, { "contents": "Kijūrō Shidehara\n\n\nhe was named ambassador to the United States and was Japan's leading negotiator during the Washington Naval Conference. His negotiations led to the return of Shandong Province to China. However, while he was ambassador, the United States enacted discriminatory immigration laws against Japanese, which created much ill will in Japan. Shidehara was elevated to the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1920, and appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in 1925. In 1924, Shidehara became Minister of", "id": "9069195" }, { "contents": "Sōma clan\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. During the Boshin War of 1868–69, the Sōma clan fought on the site of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, supporting the Tokugawa regime. After Meiji Restoration, the head of the Sōma clan became part of the \"kazoku\" peerage, with Sōma Aritane receiving the title of \"shishaku\" (Viscount). Sōma Morotsune was the younger son of Chiba Tsunetane, and with his father was a samurai in the service of Minamoto no Yoritomo. He took his name from the Sōma Mikuriya, a \"shōen\" controlled", "id": "7506834" }, { "contents": "Matsumoto Kazu\n\n\nMatsumoto was born in Edo (now Tokyo) as the younger son of a direct retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. He graduated in 1880 from the 7th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, ranked 19 out of 30 cadets. He served on a number of ships in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, including the corvettes , , , and . Promoted to lieutenant in 1886, he graduated from the first class of the Naval Staff College in 1888. He was the chief navigator on the cruiser in 1891–1892 on its year-", "id": "8947678" }, { "contents": "Mito Domain\n\n\nof the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as \"daimyō\" in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the gosanke. Although the Mito branch held less land and wealth than either of the other two branches, they maintained considerable influence throughout the Edo period. The domain's promiximity to the \"de", "id": "290529" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nAtsuyoshi's son Tokugawa Kuniyuki was 11 years old at that time, and became the 13th head of the Mito Tokugawa under Akitake's tutelage. However, Akitake subsequently had a son, Tokugawa Takesada, who was born to a concubine in 1888. Takesada was made a viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1892 and founded the separate Matsudo Tokugawa line. In 1903, Tokugawa Akitake was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class. He died at Koumetei mansion in 1910. \"", "id": "17914481" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nand was raised by Tenshō-in and Kazu-no-Miya Chikako. In 1868 he was sent to Kyoto by his mother, Kazu-no-Miya Chikako and met with Emperor Meiji. He married the daughter of Konoe Tadafusa, Konoe Hiroko, who bore him Iemasa Tokugawa, the seventeenth Tokugawa family head, Yasuko Tokugawa, who married Nobusuke Takatsukasa and bore him Toshimichi Takatsukasa, Ryōko Tokugawa, and Toshiko Tokugawa. In 1877, Iesato was sent to Eton College in Great Britain to study. He returned to Japan", "id": "11796152" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\nthis, almost immediately after Hideyoshi's death, war broke out between Hideyori's allies and those loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu, a \"daimyō\" and a former ally of Hideyoshi. Tokugawa Ieyasu won a decisive victory at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, ushering in 268 uninterrupted years of rule by the Tokugawa clan. The Edo period was characterized by relative peace and stability under the tight control of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled from the eastern city of Edo (modern Tokyo). In 1603, Emperor Go-Yōzei declared", "id": "3250534" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nKorean Empire was annexed in 1910, the House of Yi was mediatized as an incorporated and therefore subordinate kingship (王). Excluding the Tokugawas, the initial \"kazoku\" rank distribution for the former \"daimyō\" lords depended on rice revenue: those with 150,000 \"koku\" or more became marquesses, those with 50,000 \"koku\" or more become counts, and those with holdings rated below 50,000 \"koku\" became viscounts. The head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Iesato, became a prince, the heads of primary", "id": "2052551" }, { "contents": "Gosanke\n\n\nThe , also called simply , or even , were the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan: Owari House of Tokugawa, Kii House of Tokugawa, and Mito House of Tokugawa, all of which were descended from clan founder Tokugawa Ieyasu's three youngest sons, Yoshinao, Yorinobu, and Yorifusa, and were allowed to provide a shōgun in case of need. In the Edo period the term \"gosanke\" could also refer to various other combinations of Tokugawa houses, including (1) the shogunal, Owari", "id": "17630062" }, { "contents": "Hirohide Fushimi\n\n\nBorn as , the 4th son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, he was the younger brother of Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, Prince Kachō Hirotada and Marquis Kachō Hironobu. In October 1932, he served as a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. On 1 April 1936, by order of Emperor Hirohito, he was allowed to establish his own household after renouncing his imperial title, and was created a count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. The same year, he married Tomoko Yanagisawa", "id": "230990" }, { "contents": "Sano Tsunetami\n\n\nduring the 1st Matsukata administration, he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. In 1895, Sano was elevated to the title of count (\"hakushaku\"). On his death at his home in Tokyo in 1902, he was posthumously awarded with the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class with Paulownia Blossoms). His grave is at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo. In 1939, the Japanese government issued a series of four commemorative postage stamps honoring the 75th anniversary of the Red Cross Treaty. A portrait of Sano", "id": "7051581" }, { "contents": "Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu\n\n\nsucceeded to title Kachō-no-miya on April 23, 1883, upon which he changed his name from \"Narukata\" to \"Hiroyasu,\" but returned to the house of Fushimi-no-miya on January 16, 1904. On January 9, 1896, Prince Hiroyasu married Tokugawa Tsuneko (1882–1939), the ninth daughter of Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japan's last \"shōgun\", with whom he had six children: Prince Hiroyasu entered the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy on 5 April 1886, but resigned in September", "id": "3864370" }, { "contents": "Mizoguchi clan\n\n\nas part of the guard of Nagoya Castle. In 1598, he was transferred to Shibata and his \"kokudaka\" was increased to 60,000 \"koku\". Following the Battle of Sekigahara, he was confirmed in his holdings by the Tokugawa shogunate. The Mizoguchi ruled Shibata as \"tozama daimyō\" until the Meiji restoration. After the abolition of the han system in 1871, the final \"daimyō\" of Shibata, Mizoguchi Naomasa relocated to Tokyo and received the \"kazoku\" peerage title of \"hakushaku\" (Count) in", "id": "19300691" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Norinaga\n\n\nMatsudaira Norinaga was the eldest son of Matsudaira Ienori, a Sengoku period samurai and daimyō of Iwamura Domain in Mino Province under the early Tokugawa shogunate. On the death of his father in 1614, he was confirmed as head of the Ogyū-Matsdaira clan and the same year accompanied the forces of \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada at the Siege of Osaka. In 1634, he was transferred to Hamamatsu Domain in Tōtōmi Province with an increase in revenues from 20,000 to 36,000 \"koku\". In 1642, Matsudaira Norinaga was promoted to", "id": "3314701" }, { "contents": "Canada–Japan relations\n\n\nway to deal with the Japanese question is to have our own Minister in Japan to visa passports.\" As a context, it is worth noting that Japan's consulate in Vancouver was established in 1889, 40 years before its embassy was opened in Ottawa in 1929. The first Japanese Minister in Canada was Prince Iemasa Tokugawa, serving from 1929 to 1934. The first Canadian Minister in Japan was Sir Herbert Marler, serving from 1929 to 1936. Diplomatic ties were severed in 1941 with the start of the Pacific War. During", "id": "15989893" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Ienari\n\n\nTokugawa Ienari (, November 18, 1773 – March 22, 1841) was the eleventh and longest-serving \"shōgun\" of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1787 to 1837. He was a great-grandson of the eighth shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune through his son Munetada (1721–1764), head of the Hitotsubashi branch of the family, and his grandson Harusada (1751–1827). Ienari died in 1841 and was given the Buddhist name Bunkyouin and buried at Kan'ei-ji. In 1778, the four-year", "id": "12177738" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nin more broad terms, the period begins with Oda Nobunaga's entry into Kyoto in 1568, when he led his army to the imperial capital in order to install Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the 15th, and ultimately final, shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, and it lasts until the coming to power of Tokugawa Ieyasu after his victory over supporters of the Toyotomi clan at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. The Edo period from 1600 to 1868 characterized early modern Japan. The Tokugawa shogunate was a feudalist regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu", "id": "9974550" }, { "contents": "Kaga Domain\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. The location of the main Edo residence of the \"daimyō\" of the Kaga Domain is now the site of the Hongō campus of the University of Tokyo. Maeda Toshiie was a distinguished military commander, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and a close friend of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. A member of the Council of Five Elders who ruled Japan during the Sengoku period, he was granted the Kaga Domain in 1583. His eldest son, Maeda Toshinaga, supported Tokugawa Ieyasu in his rise to power and was rewarded by an increase", "id": "6571560" }, { "contents": "Inoue Masamoto\n\n\nInoue Masamoto was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain, Inoue Masasada. He became 8th head of the Mikawa-branch of Inoue clan and \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain on his father's death in 1786. He was awarded Lower 5th Court Rank and the courtesy title of \"Kawachi-no-kami\" soon afterwards. In 1802, Masamoto entered the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate as a \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) under \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Ienari. In 1816, while", "id": "4715826" }, { "contents": "March Incident\n\n\nexecute a coup d'état and seize power.br 3. A new Cabinet would be formed under the premiership of the then-War Minister, General Kazushige Ugaki. The project was underwritten by a 200,000-yen donation by Yoshichika Tokugawa, ultra-rightist member of the House of Peers, son of the last \"daimyō\" of Nagoya, founder of the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya and Emperor Shōwa's second cousin. Ultra-rightist civilian organizations led by Kanichiro Kamei and Shūmei Ōkawa fomented a commotion outside the Diet Building in Tokyo late in February", "id": "5593888" }, { "contents": "Nanbu Shigenao\n\n\nHowever, in April 1636, his \"sankin-kōtai\" procession arrived in Edo ten days late, which was a violation of the new \"Buke shohatto\" regulations issued by \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu, and he was declared unfit to govern, and sentenced to house arrest at the clan residence in Edo. After his death in Edo in 1664, the Tokugawa shogunate intervened, and by order of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna appointed his younger brother Shichinohe Shigenobu as the next \"daimyō\", with the son of Hotta Masamori reduced", "id": "4495846" }, { "contents": "Akira Tomii\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese diplomat. He was born as a son of Baron Masaaki Tomii, the president of Tokyo Imperial University of Legal and a draft member of Japanese Civil Law. When he was young, his father hired Keita Gotō as Akira's home teacher. Akira Tomii graduated Tokyo Imperial University, and served as the Japanese Consul in Mukden, China, in 1915. From 1916 to 1924 served as consul in New York City, from 1924 to 1927 as consul in London, and from 1927 to 1933 as consul in", "id": "5339969" }, { "contents": "Maeda Toshisada\n\n\nand afterwards assumed his family’s seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. In 1922, he was appointed Communications Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Katō Tomosaburō. He subsequently served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kiyoura Keigo as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. He retired from public life in January 1944, and died in October of the same year. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasures, 1st class. Maeda studied poetry under Sasaki Nobutsuna. His daughter married post-war Foreign Minister", "id": "2257384" }, { "contents": "Hideo Kodama\n\n\nwas assigned to the Imperial General Headquarters and sent to the Liaodong Peninsula (under Japanese occupation), where he served as liaison between the civilian government in Tokyo and the Japanese general armies in Manchuria. Following the war, he returned to the Finance Ministry as head of the government's Tobacco Monopoly. He was later assigned to serve in the Japanese Government-General of Korea, as a secretary to the Privy Council, and as a member of the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 23 July 1906,", "id": "14284806" }, { "contents": "Prince Kuni Asaakira\n\n\nDomain. In 1921, he served for the customary term in the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 29 January 1929, he succeeded as head of the Kuni-no-miya house. Prince Kuni graduated from the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1921. He served as a midshipman on the cruiser and battleship . After his commissioning as ensign, he was assigned to the battleship , followed by battleships and . After his graduation from the Naval Staff College in 1925, he was assigned to", "id": "20710624" }, { "contents": "Saneatsu Mushanokōji\n\n\nJapanese ambassador to Nazi Germany, he traveled throughout Europe in 1936. In 1946, he was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. However, four months later he was purged from public office by the American Occupation authorities, due to his (1942), supporting the actions of the Japanese government in World War II. Mushanokōji made a literary comeback with his novel (1949–1950). He was awarded the Order of Culture in 1951, and became a member of the Japan Art Academy", "id": "5324629" }, { "contents": "Shizuoka (city)\n\n\nwhich he could influence \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada from behind the scenes. Subsequently, aside for brief periods, Sunpu was \"tenryō\" (territory under direct administration by the Shogunate), ruled by the , an appointed official based in Sunpu. In 1869, after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, the former shogunal line, headed by Tokugawa Iesato was sent to Sunpu and assigned the short-lived Sunpu Domain. The same year, Sunpu was renamed \"Shizuoka\". Shizuoka Domain became Shizuoka Prefecture with the abolition of", "id": "1359009" }, { "contents": "Ōta Dōkan\n\n\nlived in the same place. In the late 16th century, Dōkan's Edo Castle was chosen as the new home of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had been persuaded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to transfer the seat of his clan holdings into the Kantō. With the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in the early 17th century, Edo Castle became the center of the shogunate government. When the shogunate was displaced in the Meiji Restoration in the late 19th century, the newly named Tokyo became an Imperial capital with an Imperial Palace rising from the former shōgun", "id": "9984404" }, { "contents": "Prince Kaya Tsunenori\n\n\n, was the second head of the Kaya-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. He was first cousin to Empress Kōjun (Nagako), the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). Prince Kaya Tsunenori was born in Tokyo, the first son of Prince Kaya Kuninori and his wife, the former Daigō Yoshiko. He received his primary and secondary education at the boys' department of the Gakushuin Peers’ School. On December 8, 1909, he became the second head of the Kaya-no-", "id": "9139501" }, { "contents": "Hachisuka Mochiaki\n\n\nto Great Britain and attended Oxford University, where he matriculated at Balliol College in 1874. After returning to Japan, he joined the government as Director of the Customs Bureau director in the Ministry of Finance and a member of \"Sanjiin\" (legislative advisory council). In 1882, Hachisuka was envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to France, and received the title of \"kōshaku\" (marquis) under the new \"kazoku\" peerage system. After returning to Japan, he served as a member of the House of Peers,", "id": "18933529" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nand ruled by the \"shōguns\" of the Tokugawa clan. The period gets its name from the capital city, Edo, now called Tokyo. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo Castle from 1603 until 1868, when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration in the late Edo period (often called the Late Tokugawa shogunate). In 1392, General Yi Seong-gye established the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) with a largely bloodless coup. Yi Seong-gye moved the capital of Korea to the location of modern-day Seoul", "id": "9974551" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Hirotada\n\n\nHe is best known for being the father of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Hirotada was the son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (7th head of Mikawa Matsudaira clan). He was known in his childhood as Senshōmaru, Senchiyo, and Jirōzaburō. After his father's assassination in 1537, Hirotada was placed under the protection of a loyal retainer, Abe Sadayoshi. He allied with the Imagawa, and with their help was installed at Okazaki castle. The alliance with them brought him into conflict with the Tokugawa clan. In", "id": "20973368" }, { "contents": "Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda\n\n\nPrince Takeda Tsuneyoshi was the only son of Prince Takeda Tsunehisa and Princess Masako, Princess Tsune (1888–1940), the sixth daughter of Emperor Meiji. He was, therefore, a first cousin of Emperor Shōwa. Prince Tsuneyoshi became the second head of the Takeda-no-miya house on 23 April 1919. After being educated at the Gakushūin Peers' School, and serving for a session in the House of Peers, he graduated from the 32nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in July 1930, and received a commission", "id": "4712175" }, { "contents": "Ishii Kikujirō\n\n\nViscount , was a Japanese diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan between 1915 and 1916. Ishii was born in Mobara city, Kazusa Province (present-day Chiba Prefecture). He graduated from the Law Department of Tokyo Imperial University and joined the Foreign Ministry. His first posting was as an attaché to Paris in 1891, and he was later sent to Chemulpo, Korea in 1896 and to Beijing, China in 1897.", "id": "19761626" }, { "contents": "Nagai Naoyuki\n\n\n, also known as or , was a Japanese hatamoto under the Tokugawa of Bakumatsu period Japan. His great-great-grandchild was Yukio Mishima. Naoyuki's adopted son, Iwanojō Nagai, was the father of Natsu, who was Mishima's grandmother. Iwanojō's real father was Nagasumi Miyoshi (Miyoshi clan) who was a Tokugawa retainer. Nagai Naoyuki, or as he was first known, , was born in the Nukada district of the Okutono Domain by a concubine to \"daimyō\" . Noritada, while head of a", "id": "5425993" }, { "contents": "Hidemaro Konoye\n\n\nViscount was a conductor and composer of classical music in Shōwa period Japan. He was the younger brother of pre-war Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoye was born in Kōjimachi, Tokyo as the younger son of Duke Konoe Atsumaro, scion of one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. The Konoe clan traditionally provided \"gagaku\" musicians to the Imperial Household, and Hidemaro chose to follow the family's musical tradition, whereas his older brother Fumimaro went into politics. Konoye attended the Gakushuin Peers School, where", "id": "22220081" }, { "contents": "Yoritake Matsudaira\n\n\n. After graduation from Waseda University, he worked for Toshiba. Now he is the president of . One of his hobbies is horseback riding, he is an amateur radio aficionado, and he gives lectures about the advantages of Scouting activities. Yoritake is a second cousin of the present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Tsunenari, as both are great-grandsons of Nabeshima Naohiro, the 11th and last \"daimyō\" of Saga. By virtue of his descent from the \"kuge\" Madenokōji family, he is also a sixth", "id": "1769206" }, { "contents": "Nabeshima Naoyoshi\n\n\nperiod of Naoyoshi's administration, and the prefecture's economic production was increased, particularly in the area of sugar production. In 1881, Naoyoshi was recalled to Tokyo, and became president of the \"Genrōin\". With the establishment of the \"kazoku\" peerage, he became a , and a member of the House of Peers on the establishment of the Diet of Japan in 1890. In his later years he helped build hospitals and schools in the region of Kashima, which he had once ruled, and was awarded Second", "id": "17536683" }, { "contents": "Obama Domain\n\n\nKawagoe Domain, before being the 1st Sakai \"daimyō\" of Obama Domain. He was the son of Sakai Tadatoshi, a hereditary retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He served Tokugawa Hidetada during the Siege of Ueda and later served Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who promoted him to \"rōjū\" in 1624. In 1634, he was transferred to Obama and completed the construction of Obama Castle. He retired from public life in 1656 and died in 1662. His grave is at the clan temple of Kuin-ji in Obama. was the", "id": "16508967" }, { "contents": "Edo period\n\n\nEmperor Kōmei died and was succeeded by his underaged son Emperor Meiji. Tokugawa Yoshinobu reluctantly became head of the Tokugawa house and \"shōgun\". He tried to reorganize the government under the emperor while preserving the \"shōgun\"s leadership role. Fearing the growing power of the Satsuma and Chōshū \"daimyō\", other \"daimyō\" called for returning the \"shōgun\"s political power to the emperor and a council of \"daimyō\" chaired by the former Tokugawa \"shōgun\". Yoshinobu accepted the plan in late 1867 and resigned, announcing an", "id": "3932378" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\n, was a politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan, twice as a cabinet minister, and also serving twice as mayor of Tokyo. Nagata was born in Mihara District, Hyōgo Prefecture, in what is now part of the city of Minamiawaji. After graduating from the predecessor of Kyoto Imperial University and serving as a school principal in Sumoto, Hyōgo from 1902 to 1904, he obtained a posting in the Home Ministry and rose to become", "id": "15430218" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Nagashige\n\n\n, also known as Sado-no-kami or Etchū-no-kami, was a Japanese samurai \"daimyō\" of the mid-Edo period. The Ogasawara were identified as one of the \"fudai\" or insider \"daimyō\" clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa, in contrast with the \"tozama\" or outsider clans. Nagashige served the Tokugawa shogunate as its eleventh Kyoto \"shoshidai\" in the period spanning October 17, 1691, through May 15, 1702. He had previously been shogunate", "id": "8758740" }, { "contents": "Jo Hyeong\n\n\nJo Hyeong (1606–1679) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty Korea in the 17th century. He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 6th Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. In 1655 King Hyojong of Joseon sent a mission to the shogunal court of Tokugawa Ietsuna. This diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for developing a political foundation for trade. The delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a \"Communication Envoy", "id": "5288304" }, { "contents": "Tsugaru clan\n\n\nwho took the name of (1872–1919) to be his heir. Hidemaru was educated in Germany, graduating from the University of Bonn, Humboldt University of Berlin and University of Geneva and after his return to Japan served in under the Japanese Resident-General of Korea from 1907-1914, and in the Ministry of the Imperial Household from 1914-1918. In 1918, he was appointed to the House of Peers. His son was (1907-1994), who was born as the second son of a branch of", "id": "10903481" }, { "contents": "Arima Ryōkitsu\n\n\nAdmiral was a career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy during Meiji and Taishō periods. Arima was a native of Wakayama, where his father was a senior \"samurai\" retainer of the Kishū Tokugawa clan, and an active supporter of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Although he came from such an unfavorable background, Arima was able to secure admission to the 12th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, after graduating from the forerunners of Doshisha University and Keio University with degrees in English language.", "id": "14930546" }, { "contents": "Mitsukuri Rinsho\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese statesman and legal scholar in Meiji period Japan. Mitsukuri was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo) to a noted family of scholars working for the Tokugawa bakufu. He studied \"rangaku\" and received a posting to the \"Bansho Shirabesho,\" the Shōgun's research institute for foreign technology. In 1867, he was selected to accompany the Shogunate's expedition to the Paris World Exposition, which proved to be an eye-opener. On his return to Japan, Mitsukuri joined the new Meiji government", "id": "19948939" }, { "contents": "Owari-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe , a branch of the Tokugawa clan, is the seniormost house of the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Originally descended from Tokugawa Yoshinao, the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the original line became extinct in 1800 with the death of the ninth lord and family head. It has since been kept in existence through repeated adoptions from the two remaining houses, and is currently headed by a member of the Kishu branch. For over 250 years, the Owari family ruled Owari Domain,", "id": "17810278" } ]

[ { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nJune 19, 1946, he served as the President of the House of Peers, a post which he held until May 2, 1947, when the Allied occupation authorities authorized the current Constitution of Japan abolishing the House of Peers. He died of heart disease at his home in Shibuya, Tokyo, on February 18, 1963, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class. His grave is located at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. He was succeeded as head of the Tokugawa clan", "id": "11961761" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince also known as Iyemasa, was a Japanese political figure of the Taishō and early Shōwa periods. He was the 17th hereditary head of the former shogunal branch of the Tokugawa clan and the final President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Iemasa Tokugawa was born in what is now the Sendagaya district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato and his wife, Konoe Hiroko, daughter of Konoe Tadafusa. He graduated from the law school of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909, and accepted a post in", "id": "11961759" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nthe diplomatic corps of Foreign Ministry the same year. In 1924, he was appointed Consul-general to the Japanese consulate in Sydney, Australia. In 1929, he was appointed Envoy to Canada and from 1937 to 1939 served as the Japanese ambassador to Turkey. In 1940, on the death of his father, he inherited the title of \"kōshaku\" (, \"prince\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and a seat as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On", "id": "11961760" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nin 1882, and was given the title of \"kōshaku\" (公爵, prince) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He became a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan from its creation in 1890, and served as President of the House of Peers from 1901-1933. When the administration of Prime Minister Yamamoto Gonnohyōe was brought down by the Siemens scandal, there was a strong movement to have Tokugawa Iesato nominated to be his successor. Following World War I, Iesato served on the Japanese", "id": "11796153" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince was the 13th head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan and the President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Kuniyuki Tokugawa inherited the title of \"shishaku\" (侯爵, marquis) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system on the death of his father, Tokugawa Atsuyoshi in 1898. A scholar, he turned his attention in 1906 to the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\", a comprehensive history of Japan begun by his ancestor, Tokugawa Mitsukuni in the 17th century. However, in 1910", "id": "13926670" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshinobu\n\n\n's photographs have been published in recent years by his great-grandson, Yoshitomo. In 1902, the Meiji Emperor allowed him to reestablish his own house as a Tokugawa branch (\"bekke\") with the highest rank in the peerage, that of prince (\"kōshaku\"), for his loyal service to Japan. He took a seat in the House of Peers, resigning in 1910. Tokugawa Yoshinobu died on November 21, 1913, at 4:10 pm and is buried in Yanaka Cemetery, Tokyo. On 9 January", "id": "12861306" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nCount was a Japanese political figure of the late Meiji through early Shōwa periods, and served as President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Yorinaga Matsudaira was the eighth son of Matsudaira Yoritoshi, the former \"daimyō\" of Matsuyama Domain in Shikoku. His mother, Chiyoko, was the daughter of Ii Naosuke and his wife was the daughter of Tokugawa Akitake, head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. He attended the Gakushūin Peer’s School, and with the sponsorship of Ōkuma Shigenobu, graduated from", "id": "14764736" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nthe law school of Waseda University. district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato. In 1909 he became a member of the House of Peers, and continued to serve as a member every year (except for a hiatus between 1911–1914) until his death. A strong supporter of education, he donated a large property in downtown Tokyo to create the Hongo Gakuin school. In 1933, he was made Vice-President of the House of Peers, breaking with the precedent that only men with the rank of princes", "id": "14764737" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\n, he was accepted into the 22nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and was commissioned as Second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army. He resigned his commission in 1914 citing health reasons, and went into the reserves in 1915. From December 1911, Kuniyuki Tokugawa served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\" in 1929, he was awarded the title of \"koshaku\" (公爵, prince). On June 25, 1940, he", "id": "13926671" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nPrince was the first head of the Tokugawa clan after the overthrow of the Tokugawa bakufu, and a figure in Japanese politics during the Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. Tokugawa Iesato was born to the Tayasu branch of the Tokugawa clan, under the name Kamenosuke, he became its 16th head, following the resignation of the last \"shōgun,\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu. His brothers were Tokugawa Satotaka and Tokugawa Takachiyo, who also held the Tayasu headship at different times. Iesato was also briefly the \"daimyō\" of the", "id": "11796150" }, { "contents": "Iwamura Michitoshi\n\n\n1896, Iwamura was awarded the title of viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure later the same year. He served as an advisor to Emperor Meiji, and was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers. He was also awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class on June 23, 1904. He died in Tokyo on February 12, 1915, and his grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo.", "id": "17814139" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nor marquis could service in the highest level positions. Four years later, when Fumimaro Konoe became Prime Minister of Japan, Yorinaga Matsudaira became the President of the House of Peers. He died while in office, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class with Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. His nephew Yorihiro Matsudaira succeeded him in his peerage. Yorinaga Matsudaira was also a noted collector of miniature bonsai, and served as honorary president of the Kofuku Bonsai Association. His", "id": "14764738" }, { "contents": "Prince Kachō Hirotada\n\n\nPrince Hirotada was the second son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu. His mother was Tokugawa Tsuneko, the 9th daughter of the last Tokugawa Shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He succeeded his father to the head of the Kachō-no-miya household when he was only 2 years old in 1904. Prince Kachō attended the Gakushuin Peers’ School. He entered the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1918, graduating 1st out of 176 cadets. Prince Kuni Asaakira was one of his classmates. He served his midshipman duty on the", "id": "17635064" }, { "contents": "Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu\n\n\nNovember 1942. From 1936 to 1945, he held various staff positions in the Naval General Staff Office in Tokyo. On 4 February 1930, Prince Takamatsu married Kikuko Tokugawa (26 December 1911 – 18 December 2004), the second daughter of Yoshihisa Tokugawa (peer). The bride was a granddaughter of Yoshinobu Tokugawa, the last Shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, and a granddaughter of the late Prince Arisugawa Takehito. Prince and Princess Takamatsu had no children. From the 1930s, Prince Takamatsu expressed grave reservations regarding Japanese aggression in", "id": "1048484" }, { "contents": "Francis Brinkley\n\n\n, covered Japanese history, fine arts and literature from the origins of the Japanese race up until the latter half of the Meiji period. In 1912, at the age of 71 and one month after General Nogi's death, Francis Brinkley died. At his funeral, the mourners included the Speaker of the House of Peers, Tokugawa Iesato, the Minister of the Navy Saitō Makoto, and the Foreign Minister Uchida Kosai. He is buried in the foreign section of the Aoyama Reien cemetery in central Tokyo. After his death Ernest", "id": "10262389" }, { "contents": "Enkichi Ōki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese statesman in the Taishō period. Ōki was born in Tokyo. His father, Ōki Takatō was one of the leaders in the Meiji Restoration, and served in numerous cabinet posts in the early Meiji government. In 1899, Enkichi succeeded to his father’s title of count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His political career began in 1908, when he was elected to the House of Peers. He initially supported the \"Kenkyūkai\", but soon switched his allegiance to the", "id": "2422914" }, { "contents": "Yoshitoshi Tokugawa\n\n\nLieutenant General Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and one of the pioneers of military aviation in Japan. Tokugawa Yoshitoshi was the son of Count Tokugawa Atsumori (1856–1924) (head of the Shimizu branch of the Tokugawa clan). Through his father, he was the grandnephew of the last shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. While his father had been created a count in 1884, he had relinquished the title in 1899. Yoshitoshi graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1903, after having specialized in military engineering. In", "id": "751688" }, { "contents": "Enomoto Takeaki\n\n\nViscount was a Japanese samurai and admiral of the Tokugawa navy of Bakumatsu-period Japan, who remained faithful to the Tokugawa shogunate and fought against the new Meiji government until the end of the Boshin War. He later served in the Meiji government as one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Enomoto was born as a member of a samurai family in the direct service of the Tokugawa clan in the Shitaya district of Edo (modern Taitō, Tokyo). Enomoto started learning Dutch in the 1850s, and after Japan's", "id": "12566973" }, { "contents": "Yamada Akiyoshi\n\n\ncount (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage on July 7, 1884, and served in the House of Peers (Japan) from its establishment in 1890. On January 28, 1892, he was appointed to a seat in the Privy Council of Japan but died in November of the same year at the age of 49, while inspecting the Ikuno Silver Mine in Asago, Hyōgo. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Buddhist temple of Gokoku-ji in", "id": "655166" }, { "contents": "International Martial Arts Federation\n\n\nwas appointed as the 5th President of IMAF. He served as the Japanese Ambassador to India and Deputy Foreign Minister. The current president of Kokusai Budoin, International Martial Arts Federation (IMAF) is Yasuhisa Tokugawa, the great-grandson of the 15th and final \"shōgun\" of Japan, Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837–1913). He was also the Chief Priest for the in Tokyo from 2013-2018. Note: In the mid 1980's IMAF-Europe split from IMAF Japan to create a current non-affiliated organization with a", "id": "8525267" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masami\n\n\nInaba Masami was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Tateyama Domain, Inaba Masamori. On his father’s death in 1820, he succeeded to the head of the Tateyama Inaba clan and the position of \"daimyō\" of Tateyama. In 1862, he was appointed as a \"Wakadoshiyori\" in the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate under \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemochi. He resigned the title in 1864, with instructions to strengthen Japan's naval defenses against the increasing aggressive incursions of foreign black ships, and supported Katsu", "id": "8052899" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Mochiaki\n\n\nabolition of the han system in 1871. In 1884, he became a Count (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He was awarded the Fourth class of the Order of the Rising Sun in 1885. In 1889, he inherited the title of Marquis (\"koshaku\") from his adopted father. He died in 1890. His son, Matsudaira Yasutaka (1867–1930) served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan and was author of a number of works on agricultural", "id": "4765039" }, { "contents": "Tsunenari Tokugawa\n\n\nHis son, Iehiro Tokugawa, is a translator. In 2007, Tsunenari published a book entitled \"Edo no idenshi\" (江戸の遺伝子), released in English in 2009 as \"The Edo Inheritance\", which seeks to counter the common belief among Japanese that the Edo period (throughout which members of his Tokugawa clan ruled Japan as \"shōguns\") was like a dark age, when Japan, cut off from the world, fell behind. On the contrary, he argues, the roughly 250 years of peace and relative", "id": "11961777" }, { "contents": "Matsui Keishirō\n\n\nto Japan in 1913. During the First World War, served as Japanese Ambassador to France and was a plenipotentiary at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. On the successful completion of this mission, he was awarded with the title of baron (\"danshaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He served as Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 7 to June 11, 1924, under the administration of Kiyoura Keigo and was also appointed a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He later served", "id": "9380810" }, { "contents": "Konoe Tadafusa\n\n\n, son of regent Tadahiro with his wife Shimazu Kyoko, was a \"kugyō\" or Japanese court noble of the late Edo period (1603–1868). He did not hold any regent position kampaku or sesshō. His consort was Shimazu Mitsuko, an adopted daughter of Shimazu Nariakira, eleventh head of Satsuma Domain. The couple had a daughter, Konoe Hiroko, who later married Tokugawa Iesato, the sixteenth head of Tokugawa family and bore him Tokugawa Iemasa, the seventeenth head of the Tokugawa clan. He adopted a son of Konoe", "id": "20767712" }, { "contents": "Tenshō-in\n\n\nShe spent her remaining years nurturing Tokugawa Iesato, the 16th head of the Tokugawa clan. She moved into the Tokugawa residence in Sendagaya, in the Shibuya district, Tokyo. She suffered from Parkinson's disease which eventually took her life on November 20th, 1883, at the age of 47. She was buried in Kaneiji in Ueno, Tokyo, together with her husband, Onkyoin (Iesada). Beside Onkyoin and Tenshoin tombs, There is loquat tree planted there as it was Tenshoin's favorite food. The 2008 NHK Taiga", "id": "241772" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshimune\n\n\nYoshimune was not the son of any former \"shōgun\". Rather, he was a member of a cadet branch of the Tokugawa clan. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, well aware of the extinction of the Minamoto line in 1219, had realized that his direct descendants might die out, leaving the Tokugawa family at risk of extinction. Thus, while his son Tokugawa Hidetada was the second \"shōgun\", he selected three other sons to establish the \"gosanke,\" hereditary houses which would provide a", "id": "16258375" }, { "contents": "Kitasato Shibasaburō\n\n\nonki Corporation, with the intention of manufacturing the most reliable clinical thermometer possible. The company was later renamed Terumo Corporation. Kitasato also was the first dean of medicine at Keio University, first president of the Japan Medical Association, and served on the House of Peers. He was ennobled with the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system in February 1924. Kitasato died of an intracranial hemorrhage at his home in Azabu, Tokyo, on June 13, 1931. His grave is at the", "id": "11568829" }, { "contents": "Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa\n\n\nPrince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa was the only son of Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa and Fusako, Princess Kane. He succeeded as the head of the Kitashirakawa-no-miya house upon his father's unexpected death in an automobile accident in France in 1923. On 25 April 1935, Prince Nagahisa married Sachiko Tokugawa, born , died , the daughter of Baron Yoshikuni Tokugawa. Prince and Princess Kitashirakawa Nagahisa had one son and one daughter: Prince Nagahisa graduated from the 43rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1931, and was commissioned a sub", "id": "8171688" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nbrother Tokugawa Yoshiatsu and ordering him to assume the post of \"daimyō\" to assure the stability of Mito Domain. He departed from Marseille in December 1868. Tokugawa Akitake succeeded Tokugawa Yoshiatsu to become the 11th head of the Mito Tokugawa clan on his return to Japan. However, the title of \"daimyō\" was officially abolished in 1869, and he continued at Mito as domain governor. His request for land development in Hokkaido to resettle ex-samurai from the domain was granted on August 17, 1869, and he was", "id": "17914477" }, { "contents": "Sōma Nakamura Domain\n\n\nyounger brother Masatane. was the 5th \"daimyō\" of Sōma-Nakamura Domain and the 21st hereditary chieftain of the Sōma clan. As his older brother Sadatane had died without heir, he was posthumously appointed successor. He was received in formal audience to Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna and received the courtesy title of \"Danjō-shōhitsu\". From 1689-1690 he served as a \"sobayōnin\" to Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. He retired from public life in February 1701, living in rural seclusion to his death at the age of 68", "id": "4010353" }, { "contents": "Aizu\n\n\nof only 15. He was succeeded by the eighth lord Katataka, who was a sixth cousin (twice removed) and a member of the Takasu cadet branch of the Mito collateral line. He died without heirs in 1852 and was succeeded by his grandnephew, the famous Katamori, whose descendants have since headed the family. The present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tsunenari, is also from the Aizu lineage. In the house code set down by Masayuki, there was a specific injunction to serve the shogun with single-minded", "id": "17967555" }, { "contents": "Arai Hakuseki\n\n\nshogun Tokugawa Ienobu. He went on to displace the official Hayashi advisers to become the leading confucianist for Ienobu and Tokugawa Ietsugu. While some of Hakuseki's policies were still carried out after Ienobu's death, after the 6th shogun, Tokugawa Ietsugu, died and Tokugawa Yoshimune's rule began, Hakuseki left his post to begin his career as a prolific writer of Japanese history and Occidental studies. He was buried in Asakusa (current day Taitō, Tokyo), Hoonji temple but was later moved to Nakano, Tokyo, Kotokuji temple", "id": "12566945" }, { "contents": "Tsuruga Domain\n\n\nin the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. His courtesy title was \"Ukyō-no-suke\". His wife was the daughter of Doi Toshifusa of Ōno Domain. He died in 1706 and his grave is at the temple of Seisho-ji in Atago, Tokyo. was the 2nd \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga Domain in Echizen Province under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. Tadakiku was the eldest son of Sakai Tadashige. He became \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga on the death of his father in 1706. He was an \"", "id": "2398354" }, { "contents": "Mito-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe is a branch of the Tokugawa clan based in Mito, Ibaraki. Following the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as daimyō in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Although the Mito branch held less land", "id": "18026528" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\n. After Hideyoshi's death in 1598, Tokugawa Ieyasu came to power and was appointed \"shōgun\" by the Emperor. The Tokugawa shogunate, which governed from Edo (modern Tokyo), presided over a prosperous and peaceful era known as the Edo period (1600–1868). The Tokugawa shogunate imposed a strict class system on Japanese society and cut off almost all contact with the outside world. Portugal and Japan started their first affiliation in 1543, making the Portuguese the first Europeans to reach Japan by landing in the southern archipelago of", "id": "3250463" }, { "contents": "Tadaatsu Ishiguro\n\n\n, citing illness. His father died the same year, and per the provisions of his father’s will, he did not inherit the kazoku peerage title of viscount held by his father. In January 1943, he was granted a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. In 1945, he returned to the cabinet as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce under the Suzuki administration. In 1946, after the surrender of Japan, as with all members of the prewar and wartime Japanese government, Ishiguro was purged by", "id": "9448122" }, { "contents": "Ōkuma Shigenobu\n\n\nof the Diet of Japan until 1922. He was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum in 1916, and was elevated to the title of \"kōshaku\" (侯爵) (marquis) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system the same year. Ōkuma returned to Waseda, and died there in 1922. An estimated 300,000 people attended his funeral in Tokyo's Hibiya Park. He was posthumously elevated to the rank of prince in the peerage and was also posthumously conferred with the Collar of the Order of the", "id": "9013378" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nTokugawa branch houses (\"shinpan daimyō\") became marquesses, the heads of the secondary branches became counts and the heads of more distant branches became viscounts. The head of the Matsudaira (Fukui Domain) branch was raised to the rank of marquess from the rank of count in 1888. In 1902, the former \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu was created a prince, and the head of the Mito \"shinpan\" house was raised to the same rank, prince, in 1929. Of the other former \"daimyō\" clans", "id": "2052552" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Naganari\n\n\nViscount was an Admiral and naval strategist in the Imperial Japanese Navy in Meiji and Taishō period Japan, and a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. He was also known as Ogasawara Chōsei, Ogasawara Nagayo. Ogasawara was born in Saga prefecture. His father was the Rōjū Ogasawara Nagamichi, a senior retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. As his father was forced into retirement by the events of the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Ogasawara Naganari succeeded his grandfather to become head of the Ogasawara clan in 1873, and as", "id": "15329213" }, { "contents": "Katō Takaaki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese politician, diplomat, and the 14th Prime Minister of Japan, a position he held from 11 June 1924 until his death on 28 January 1926, during the period which historians have called \"Taishō Democracy\". He was also known as Katō Kōmei. Katō, was born as Hattori Sokichi, the second son of a former \"samurai\" retainer of the Owari Tokugawa domain in Nagoya, Owari Province, in the town of Saya, Ama District in what is now part of the city of Aisai,", "id": "9068839" }, { "contents": "Kawasaki Takukichi\n\n\n. Under his administration, the Yagoto Baseball Ground was built, and the first Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament was held in 1924. Later in 1924, Kawasaki was recalled to Tokyo to assume the post of Director-General of the National Police Agency under the Home Ministry. He became Deputy Home Minister in 1925. In 1926, he was invited to take a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He was recruited by Osachi Hamaguchi and Wakatsuki Reijirō to join the \"Kenseikai\" political party,", "id": "22092779" }, { "contents": "Masuda Takashi\n\n\nBaron , was a Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector. He was a prominent entrepreneur in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan, responsible for transforming Mitsui into a \"zaibatsu\" through the creation of a general trading company, Mitsui Bussan. He also established a newspaper, the , which was later renamed the \"Nihon Keizai Shimbun\". Masuda was born on Sado Island, in what is now Niigata Prefecture. His father was an official in the Tokugawa shogunate, serving as Hakodate bugyō, a position which", "id": "13847203" }, { "contents": "Suwa Tadamasa\n\n\nthe Shiba Tōshō-gū, a Shinto Shrine dedicated to the previous Shoguns of the Tokugawa clan in Tokyo. After the death of Suwa Tadaaya in 1878, he resumed his position as chieftain of the Suwa clan. he was reappointed \"kannushi\" of the Shiba Tōshō-gū from 1882 to 1889. In 1884 he became a viscount (\"shisaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His court rank was increased to Senior Fourth Rank in 1887. From 1891 to 1895, he returned to Suwa and became", "id": "12726550" }, { "contents": "Ōkubo Tadanori\n\n\nŌkubo Tadanori was the nephew of Tokugawa Nariaki, which made him a cousin to Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He was born as the 5th son of Matsudaira Yorihiro, daimyō of Takamatsu Domain, in Sanuki Province. On the death of former daimyō of Odawara, Ōkubo Tadanao in 1859 he was adopted into the Ōkubo clan as 11th clan head, and by default, daimyō of Odawara Domain. He served in a number of posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate, including that of \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) in", "id": "1881957" }, { "contents": "Kinichiro Ishikawa\n\n\nIshikawa Kinichiro, a watercolor painter and champion of Taiwanese Western art education, was born in Shizuoka City, Japan. His father was a former official of the Tokugawa government during the bakumatsu (late Tokugawa Shogunate). He was infatuated with painting from a very early age, but his father did not approve of his artistic pursuits. In 1888, he entered the Tokyo Telecommunications School of the Ministry of Communications. In order to sustain his interest in painting, aside from using prints of English works to engage in self-study", "id": "7410092" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masanori\n\n\nInaba Masanori was the second son of the previous daimyō of Odawara, Inaba Masakatsu. As his mother died when he was still very young, he was raised by his grandmother, Kasuga no Tsubone, the wet nurse to \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu. On the death of his father in 1634, he became head of the Inaba clan, and inherited his father’s position as daimyō of Odawara. Due to the influence of his grandmother, he rose rapidly through the hierarchy of the Tokugawa shogunate and was appointed \"Rōjū\"", "id": "1882506" }, { "contents": "Pak Yung-hio\n\n\nfled to exile in Japan, where he remained until 1907. On his return, he accepted the post of Royal Household Minister under Ye Wanyong. Following the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, in which Korea was annexed to the Empire of Japan, Park was awarded with the \"kazoku\" title of marquess (\"koshaku\") in the Japanese peerage, and a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Director of the Bank of Chosen in 1918, Chairman of the Korean Economic", "id": "5961340" }, { "contents": "Fumio Gotō\n\n\nBorn in Ōita Prefecture, Gotō was a graduate of the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909. During his early career in the 1920s, he worked in the Home Ministry, and was Director of Administration within the office of the Governor-General of Taiwan. In the 1930s, Gotō was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries between 1932 and 1934 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Makoto Saitō, and was later Home Minister", "id": "15188268" }, { "contents": "Konoe Atsumaro\n\n\nDuke was a Japanese politician and journalist of the Meiji era. He served as the 3rd President of the House of Peers and 7th President of the Gakushūin Peer's School in Meiji period Japan. He was also the father of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoe was born in Kyoto as the heir to the highly ranked Konoe family of Court nobility, one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. His father Konoe Tadafusa died when he was young, so he was raised by his grandfather Konoe Tadahiro. His mother was", "id": "1475111" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nassigned lands in Tomamae-gun, Teshio-gun, Kamikawa-gun, Nakagawa-gun in Teshio no kuni along with Rishiri-gun in Kitami no kuni. With the abolition of the han system in 1871, he was required by the government to leave in Mito and to live in Tokyo. He relocated to the former \"shimoyashiki\" secondary residence of the Mito Clan located in Mukōjima. Tokugawa Akitake was appointed a second lieutenant in Imperial Japanese Army in 1875, and served as an instructor during the early days of", "id": "17914478" }, { "contents": "Yonekura Tadasuke\n\n\nYonekura Tadasuke was the sixth son of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, a favorite of \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi who served in a number of important posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. In 1710, he was adopted by Yonekura Masateru, the \"daimyō\" of Minagawa Domain in Shimotsuke Province, and succeeded to the head of the Yonekura clan and daimyo of Minagawa two years later. On September 1, 1716, he was received in a formal audience by Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune. On July 27, 1722, he transferred the seat", "id": "9479884" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\nit was essential that Tokyo host the 1940 Olympics, as the date coincided with the Japanese 2600th Anniversary celebrations. He was forced to resign after a police sweep rounded up 6900 suspected communists in Tokyo. Nagata subsequently served in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. From March 9, 1936 to February 2, 1937, Nagata was appointed Minister of Colonial Affairs under the Kōki administration. He returned to the cabinet as Railway Minister under the Abe administration from November 29, 1939, to January 14, 1940. Nagata", "id": "15430221" }, { "contents": "Kijūrō Shidehara\n\n\nhe was named ambassador to the United States and was Japan's leading negotiator during the Washington Naval Conference. His negotiations led to the return of Shandong Province to China. However, while he was ambassador, the United States enacted discriminatory immigration laws against Japanese, which created much ill will in Japan. Shidehara was elevated to the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1920, and appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in 1925. In 1924, Shidehara became Minister of", "id": "9069195" }, { "contents": "Sōma clan\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. During the Boshin War of 1868–69, the Sōma clan fought on the site of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, supporting the Tokugawa regime. After Meiji Restoration, the head of the Sōma clan became part of the \"kazoku\" peerage, with Sōma Aritane receiving the title of \"shishaku\" (Viscount). Sōma Morotsune was the younger son of Chiba Tsunetane, and with his father was a samurai in the service of Minamoto no Yoritomo. He took his name from the Sōma Mikuriya, a \"shōen\" controlled", "id": "7506834" }, { "contents": "Matsumoto Kazu\n\n\nMatsumoto was born in Edo (now Tokyo) as the younger son of a direct retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. He graduated in 1880 from the 7th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, ranked 19 out of 30 cadets. He served on a number of ships in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, including the corvettes , , , and . Promoted to lieutenant in 1886, he graduated from the first class of the Naval Staff College in 1888. He was the chief navigator on the cruiser in 1891–1892 on its year-", "id": "8947678" }, { "contents": "Mito Domain\n\n\nof the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as \"daimyō\" in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the gosanke. Although the Mito branch held less land and wealth than either of the other two branches, they maintained considerable influence throughout the Edo period. The domain's promiximity to the \"de", "id": "290529" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nAtsuyoshi's son Tokugawa Kuniyuki was 11 years old at that time, and became the 13th head of the Mito Tokugawa under Akitake's tutelage. However, Akitake subsequently had a son, Tokugawa Takesada, who was born to a concubine in 1888. Takesada was made a viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1892 and founded the separate Matsudo Tokugawa line. In 1903, Tokugawa Akitake was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class. He died at Koumetei mansion in 1910. \"", "id": "17914481" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nand was raised by Tenshō-in and Kazu-no-Miya Chikako. In 1868 he was sent to Kyoto by his mother, Kazu-no-Miya Chikako and met with Emperor Meiji. He married the daughter of Konoe Tadafusa, Konoe Hiroko, who bore him Iemasa Tokugawa, the seventeenth Tokugawa family head, Yasuko Tokugawa, who married Nobusuke Takatsukasa and bore him Toshimichi Takatsukasa, Ryōko Tokugawa, and Toshiko Tokugawa. In 1877, Iesato was sent to Eton College in Great Britain to study. He returned to Japan", "id": "11796152" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\nthis, almost immediately after Hideyoshi's death, war broke out between Hideyori's allies and those loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu, a \"daimyō\" and a former ally of Hideyoshi. Tokugawa Ieyasu won a decisive victory at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, ushering in 268 uninterrupted years of rule by the Tokugawa clan. The Edo period was characterized by relative peace and stability under the tight control of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled from the eastern city of Edo (modern Tokyo). In 1603, Emperor Go-Yōzei declared", "id": "3250534" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nKorean Empire was annexed in 1910, the House of Yi was mediatized as an incorporated and therefore subordinate kingship (王). Excluding the Tokugawas, the initial \"kazoku\" rank distribution for the former \"daimyō\" lords depended on rice revenue: those with 150,000 \"koku\" or more became marquesses, those with 50,000 \"koku\" or more become counts, and those with holdings rated below 50,000 \"koku\" became viscounts. The head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Iesato, became a prince, the heads of primary", "id": "2052551" }, { "contents": "Gosanke\n\n\nThe , also called simply , or even , were the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan: Owari House of Tokugawa, Kii House of Tokugawa, and Mito House of Tokugawa, all of which were descended from clan founder Tokugawa Ieyasu's three youngest sons, Yoshinao, Yorinobu, and Yorifusa, and were allowed to provide a shōgun in case of need. In the Edo period the term \"gosanke\" could also refer to various other combinations of Tokugawa houses, including (1) the shogunal, Owari", "id": "17630062" }, { "contents": "Hirohide Fushimi\n\n\nBorn as , the 4th son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, he was the younger brother of Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, Prince Kachō Hirotada and Marquis Kachō Hironobu. In October 1932, he served as a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. On 1 April 1936, by order of Emperor Hirohito, he was allowed to establish his own household after renouncing his imperial title, and was created a count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. The same year, he married Tomoko Yanagisawa", "id": "230990" }, { "contents": "Sano Tsunetami\n\n\nduring the 1st Matsukata administration, he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. In 1895, Sano was elevated to the title of count (\"hakushaku\"). On his death at his home in Tokyo in 1902, he was posthumously awarded with the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class with Paulownia Blossoms). His grave is at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo. In 1939, the Japanese government issued a series of four commemorative postage stamps honoring the 75th anniversary of the Red Cross Treaty. A portrait of Sano", "id": "7051581" }, { "contents": "Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu\n\n\nsucceeded to title Kachō-no-miya on April 23, 1883, upon which he changed his name from \"Narukata\" to \"Hiroyasu,\" but returned to the house of Fushimi-no-miya on January 16, 1904. On January 9, 1896, Prince Hiroyasu married Tokugawa Tsuneko (1882–1939), the ninth daughter of Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japan's last \"shōgun\", with whom he had six children: Prince Hiroyasu entered the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy on 5 April 1886, but resigned in September", "id": "3864370" }, { "contents": "Mizoguchi clan\n\n\nas part of the guard of Nagoya Castle. In 1598, he was transferred to Shibata and his \"kokudaka\" was increased to 60,000 \"koku\". Following the Battle of Sekigahara, he was confirmed in his holdings by the Tokugawa shogunate. The Mizoguchi ruled Shibata as \"tozama daimyō\" until the Meiji restoration. After the abolition of the han system in 1871, the final \"daimyō\" of Shibata, Mizoguchi Naomasa relocated to Tokyo and received the \"kazoku\" peerage title of \"hakushaku\" (Count) in", "id": "19300691" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Norinaga\n\n\nMatsudaira Norinaga was the eldest son of Matsudaira Ienori, a Sengoku period samurai and daimyō of Iwamura Domain in Mino Province under the early Tokugawa shogunate. On the death of his father in 1614, he was confirmed as head of the Ogyū-Matsdaira clan and the same year accompanied the forces of \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada at the Siege of Osaka. In 1634, he was transferred to Hamamatsu Domain in Tōtōmi Province with an increase in revenues from 20,000 to 36,000 \"koku\". In 1642, Matsudaira Norinaga was promoted to", "id": "3314701" }, { "contents": "Canada–Japan relations\n\n\nway to deal with the Japanese question is to have our own Minister in Japan to visa passports.\" As a context, it is worth noting that Japan's consulate in Vancouver was established in 1889, 40 years before its embassy was opened in Ottawa in 1929. The first Japanese Minister in Canada was Prince Iemasa Tokugawa, serving from 1929 to 1934. The first Canadian Minister in Japan was Sir Herbert Marler, serving from 1929 to 1936. Diplomatic ties were severed in 1941 with the start of the Pacific War. During", "id": "15989893" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Ienari\n\n\nTokugawa Ienari (, November 18, 1773 – March 22, 1841) was the eleventh and longest-serving \"shōgun\" of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1787 to 1837. He was a great-grandson of the eighth shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune through his son Munetada (1721–1764), head of the Hitotsubashi branch of the family, and his grandson Harusada (1751–1827). Ienari died in 1841 and was given the Buddhist name Bunkyouin and buried at Kan'ei-ji. In 1778, the four-year", "id": "12177738" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nin more broad terms, the period begins with Oda Nobunaga's entry into Kyoto in 1568, when he led his army to the imperial capital in order to install Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the 15th, and ultimately final, shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, and it lasts until the coming to power of Tokugawa Ieyasu after his victory over supporters of the Toyotomi clan at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. The Edo period from 1600 to 1868 characterized early modern Japan. The Tokugawa shogunate was a feudalist regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu", "id": "9974550" }, { "contents": "Kaga Domain\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. The location of the main Edo residence of the \"daimyō\" of the Kaga Domain is now the site of the Hongō campus of the University of Tokyo. Maeda Toshiie was a distinguished military commander, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and a close friend of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. A member of the Council of Five Elders who ruled Japan during the Sengoku period, he was granted the Kaga Domain in 1583. His eldest son, Maeda Toshinaga, supported Tokugawa Ieyasu in his rise to power and was rewarded by an increase", "id": "6571560" }, { "contents": "Inoue Masamoto\n\n\nInoue Masamoto was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain, Inoue Masasada. He became 8th head of the Mikawa-branch of Inoue clan and \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain on his father's death in 1786. He was awarded Lower 5th Court Rank and the courtesy title of \"Kawachi-no-kami\" soon afterwards. In 1802, Masamoto entered the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate as a \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) under \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Ienari. In 1816, while", "id": "4715826" }, { "contents": "March Incident\n\n\nexecute a coup d'état and seize power.br 3. A new Cabinet would be formed under the premiership of the then-War Minister, General Kazushige Ugaki. The project was underwritten by a 200,000-yen donation by Yoshichika Tokugawa, ultra-rightist member of the House of Peers, son of the last \"daimyō\" of Nagoya, founder of the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya and Emperor Shōwa's second cousin. Ultra-rightist civilian organizations led by Kanichiro Kamei and Shūmei Ōkawa fomented a commotion outside the Diet Building in Tokyo late in February", "id": "5593888" }, { "contents": "Nanbu Shigenao\n\n\nHowever, in April 1636, his \"sankin-kōtai\" procession arrived in Edo ten days late, which was a violation of the new \"Buke shohatto\" regulations issued by \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu, and he was declared unfit to govern, and sentenced to house arrest at the clan residence in Edo. After his death in Edo in 1664, the Tokugawa shogunate intervened, and by order of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna appointed his younger brother Shichinohe Shigenobu as the next \"daimyō\", with the son of Hotta Masamori reduced", "id": "4495846" }, { "contents": "Akira Tomii\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese diplomat. He was born as a son of Baron Masaaki Tomii, the president of Tokyo Imperial University of Legal and a draft member of Japanese Civil Law. When he was young, his father hired Keita Gotō as Akira's home teacher. Akira Tomii graduated Tokyo Imperial University, and served as the Japanese Consul in Mukden, China, in 1915. From 1916 to 1924 served as consul in New York City, from 1924 to 1927 as consul in London, and from 1927 to 1933 as consul in", "id": "5339969" }, { "contents": "Maeda Toshisada\n\n\nand afterwards assumed his family’s seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. In 1922, he was appointed Communications Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Katō Tomosaburō. He subsequently served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kiyoura Keigo as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. He retired from public life in January 1944, and died in October of the same year. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasures, 1st class. Maeda studied poetry under Sasaki Nobutsuna. His daughter married post-war Foreign Minister", "id": "2257384" }, { "contents": "Hideo Kodama\n\n\nwas assigned to the Imperial General Headquarters and sent to the Liaodong Peninsula (under Japanese occupation), where he served as liaison between the civilian government in Tokyo and the Japanese general armies in Manchuria. Following the war, he returned to the Finance Ministry as head of the government's Tobacco Monopoly. He was later assigned to serve in the Japanese Government-General of Korea, as a secretary to the Privy Council, and as a member of the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 23 July 1906,", "id": "14284806" }, { "contents": "Prince Kuni Asaakira\n\n\nDomain. In 1921, he served for the customary term in the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 29 January 1929, he succeeded as head of the Kuni-no-miya house. Prince Kuni graduated from the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1921. He served as a midshipman on the cruiser and battleship . After his commissioning as ensign, he was assigned to the battleship , followed by battleships and . After his graduation from the Naval Staff College in 1925, he was assigned to", "id": "20710624" }, { "contents": "Saneatsu Mushanokōji\n\n\nJapanese ambassador to Nazi Germany, he traveled throughout Europe in 1936. In 1946, he was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. However, four months later he was purged from public office by the American Occupation authorities, due to his (1942), supporting the actions of the Japanese government in World War II. Mushanokōji made a literary comeback with his novel (1949–1950). He was awarded the Order of Culture in 1951, and became a member of the Japan Art Academy", "id": "5324629" }, { "contents": "Shizuoka (city)\n\n\nwhich he could influence \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada from behind the scenes. Subsequently, aside for brief periods, Sunpu was \"tenryō\" (territory under direct administration by the Shogunate), ruled by the , an appointed official based in Sunpu. In 1869, after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, the former shogunal line, headed by Tokugawa Iesato was sent to Sunpu and assigned the short-lived Sunpu Domain. The same year, Sunpu was renamed \"Shizuoka\". Shizuoka Domain became Shizuoka Prefecture with the abolition of", "id": "1359009" }, { "contents": "Ōta Dōkan\n\n\nlived in the same place. In the late 16th century, Dōkan's Edo Castle was chosen as the new home of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had been persuaded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to transfer the seat of his clan holdings into the Kantō. With the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in the early 17th century, Edo Castle became the center of the shogunate government. When the shogunate was displaced in the Meiji Restoration in the late 19th century, the newly named Tokyo became an Imperial capital with an Imperial Palace rising from the former shōgun", "id": "9984404" }, { "contents": "Prince Kaya Tsunenori\n\n\n, was the second head of the Kaya-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. He was first cousin to Empress Kōjun (Nagako), the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). Prince Kaya Tsunenori was born in Tokyo, the first son of Prince Kaya Kuninori and his wife, the former Daigō Yoshiko. He received his primary and secondary education at the boys' department of the Gakushuin Peers’ School. On December 8, 1909, he became the second head of the Kaya-no-", "id": "9139501" }, { "contents": "Hachisuka Mochiaki\n\n\nto Great Britain and attended Oxford University, where he matriculated at Balliol College in 1874. After returning to Japan, he joined the government as Director of the Customs Bureau director in the Ministry of Finance and a member of \"Sanjiin\" (legislative advisory council). In 1882, Hachisuka was envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to France, and received the title of \"kōshaku\" (marquis) under the new \"kazoku\" peerage system. After returning to Japan, he served as a member of the House of Peers,", "id": "18933529" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nand ruled by the \"shōguns\" of the Tokugawa clan. The period gets its name from the capital city, Edo, now called Tokyo. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo Castle from 1603 until 1868, when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration in the late Edo period (often called the Late Tokugawa shogunate). In 1392, General Yi Seong-gye established the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) with a largely bloodless coup. Yi Seong-gye moved the capital of Korea to the location of modern-day Seoul", "id": "9974551" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Hirotada\n\n\nHe is best known for being the father of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Hirotada was the son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (7th head of Mikawa Matsudaira clan). He was known in his childhood as Senshōmaru, Senchiyo, and Jirōzaburō. After his father's assassination in 1537, Hirotada was placed under the protection of a loyal retainer, Abe Sadayoshi. He allied with the Imagawa, and with their help was installed at Okazaki castle. The alliance with them brought him into conflict with the Tokugawa clan. In", "id": "20973368" }, { "contents": "Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda\n\n\nPrince Takeda Tsuneyoshi was the only son of Prince Takeda Tsunehisa and Princess Masako, Princess Tsune (1888–1940), the sixth daughter of Emperor Meiji. He was, therefore, a first cousin of Emperor Shōwa. Prince Tsuneyoshi became the second head of the Takeda-no-miya house on 23 April 1919. After being educated at the Gakushūin Peers' School, and serving for a session in the House of Peers, he graduated from the 32nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in July 1930, and received a commission", "id": "4712175" }, { "contents": "Ishii Kikujirō\n\n\nViscount , was a Japanese diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan between 1915 and 1916. Ishii was born in Mobara city, Kazusa Province (present-day Chiba Prefecture). He graduated from the Law Department of Tokyo Imperial University and joined the Foreign Ministry. His first posting was as an attaché to Paris in 1891, and he was later sent to Chemulpo, Korea in 1896 and to Beijing, China in 1897.", "id": "19761626" }, { "contents": "Nagai Naoyuki\n\n\n, also known as or , was a Japanese hatamoto under the Tokugawa of Bakumatsu period Japan. His great-great-grandchild was Yukio Mishima. Naoyuki's adopted son, Iwanojō Nagai, was the father of Natsu, who was Mishima's grandmother. Iwanojō's real father was Nagasumi Miyoshi (Miyoshi clan) who was a Tokugawa retainer. Nagai Naoyuki, or as he was first known, , was born in the Nukada district of the Okutono Domain by a concubine to \"daimyō\" . Noritada, while head of a", "id": "5425993" }, { "contents": "Hidemaro Konoye\n\n\nViscount was a conductor and composer of classical music in Shōwa period Japan. He was the younger brother of pre-war Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoye was born in Kōjimachi, Tokyo as the younger son of Duke Konoe Atsumaro, scion of one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. The Konoe clan traditionally provided \"gagaku\" musicians to the Imperial Household, and Hidemaro chose to follow the family's musical tradition, whereas his older brother Fumimaro went into politics. Konoye attended the Gakushuin Peers School, where", "id": "22220081" }, { "contents": "Yoritake Matsudaira\n\n\n. After graduation from Waseda University, he worked for Toshiba. Now he is the president of . One of his hobbies is horseback riding, he is an amateur radio aficionado, and he gives lectures about the advantages of Scouting activities. Yoritake is a second cousin of the present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Tsunenari, as both are great-grandsons of Nabeshima Naohiro, the 11th and last \"daimyō\" of Saga. By virtue of his descent from the \"kuge\" Madenokōji family, he is also a sixth", "id": "1769206" }, { "contents": "Nabeshima Naoyoshi\n\n\nperiod of Naoyoshi's administration, and the prefecture's economic production was increased, particularly in the area of sugar production. In 1881, Naoyoshi was recalled to Tokyo, and became president of the \"Genrōin\". With the establishment of the \"kazoku\" peerage, he became a , and a member of the House of Peers on the establishment of the Diet of Japan in 1890. In his later years he helped build hospitals and schools in the region of Kashima, which he had once ruled, and was awarded Second", "id": "17536683" }, { "contents": "Obama Domain\n\n\nKawagoe Domain, before being the 1st Sakai \"daimyō\" of Obama Domain. He was the son of Sakai Tadatoshi, a hereditary retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He served Tokugawa Hidetada during the Siege of Ueda and later served Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who promoted him to \"rōjū\" in 1624. In 1634, he was transferred to Obama and completed the construction of Obama Castle. He retired from public life in 1656 and died in 1662. His grave is at the clan temple of Kuin-ji in Obama. was the", "id": "16508967" }, { "contents": "Edo period\n\n\nEmperor Kōmei died and was succeeded by his underaged son Emperor Meiji. Tokugawa Yoshinobu reluctantly became head of the Tokugawa house and \"shōgun\". He tried to reorganize the government under the emperor while preserving the \"shōgun\"s leadership role. Fearing the growing power of the Satsuma and Chōshū \"daimyō\", other \"daimyō\" called for returning the \"shōgun\"s political power to the emperor and a council of \"daimyō\" chaired by the former Tokugawa \"shōgun\". Yoshinobu accepted the plan in late 1867 and resigned, announcing an", "id": "3932378" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\n, was a politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan, twice as a cabinet minister, and also serving twice as mayor of Tokyo. Nagata was born in Mihara District, Hyōgo Prefecture, in what is now part of the city of Minamiawaji. After graduating from the predecessor of Kyoto Imperial University and serving as a school principal in Sumoto, Hyōgo from 1902 to 1904, he obtained a posting in the Home Ministry and rose to become", "id": "15430218" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Nagashige\n\n\n, also known as Sado-no-kami or Etchū-no-kami, was a Japanese samurai \"daimyō\" of the mid-Edo period. The Ogasawara were identified as one of the \"fudai\" or insider \"daimyō\" clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa, in contrast with the \"tozama\" or outsider clans. Nagashige served the Tokugawa shogunate as its eleventh Kyoto \"shoshidai\" in the period spanning October 17, 1691, through May 15, 1702. He had previously been shogunate", "id": "8758740" }, { "contents": "Jo Hyeong\n\n\nJo Hyeong (1606–1679) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty Korea in the 17th century. He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 6th Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. In 1655 King Hyojong of Joseon sent a mission to the shogunal court of Tokugawa Ietsuna. This diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for developing a political foundation for trade. The delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a \"Communication Envoy", "id": "5288304" }, { "contents": "Tsugaru clan\n\n\nwho took the name of (1872–1919) to be his heir. Hidemaru was educated in Germany, graduating from the University of Bonn, Humboldt University of Berlin and University of Geneva and after his return to Japan served in under the Japanese Resident-General of Korea from 1907-1914, and in the Ministry of the Imperial Household from 1914-1918. In 1918, he was appointed to the House of Peers. His son was (1907-1994), who was born as the second son of a branch of", "id": "10903481" }, { "contents": "Arima Ryōkitsu\n\n\nAdmiral was a career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy during Meiji and Taishō periods. Arima was a native of Wakayama, where his father was a senior \"samurai\" retainer of the Kishū Tokugawa clan, and an active supporter of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Although he came from such an unfavorable background, Arima was able to secure admission to the 12th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, after graduating from the forerunners of Doshisha University and Keio University with degrees in English language.", "id": "14930546" }, { "contents": "Mitsukuri Rinsho\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese statesman and legal scholar in Meiji period Japan. Mitsukuri was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo) to a noted family of scholars working for the Tokugawa bakufu. He studied \"rangaku\" and received a posting to the \"Bansho Shirabesho,\" the Shōgun's research institute for foreign technology. In 1867, he was selected to accompany the Shogunate's expedition to the Paris World Exposition, which proved to be an eye-opener. On his return to Japan, Mitsukuri joined the new Meiji government", "id": "19948939" }, { "contents": "Owari-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe , a branch of the Tokugawa clan, is the seniormost house of the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Originally descended from Tokugawa Yoshinao, the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the original line became extinct in 1800 with the death of the ninth lord and family head. It has since been kept in existence through repeated adoptions from the two remaining houses, and is currently headed by a member of the Kishu branch. For over 250 years, the Owari family ruled Owari Domain,", "id": "17810278" } ]

[ { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nJune 19, 1946, he served as the President of the House of Peers, a post which he held until May 2, 1947, when the Allied occupation authorities authorized the current Constitution of Japan abolishing the House of Peers. He died of heart disease at his home in Shibuya, Tokyo, on February 18, 1963, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class. His grave is located at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. He was succeeded as head of the Tokugawa clan", "id": "11961761" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince also known as Iyemasa, was a Japanese political figure of the Taishō and early Shōwa periods. He was the 17th hereditary head of the former shogunal branch of the Tokugawa clan and the final President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Iemasa Tokugawa was born in what is now the Sendagaya district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato and his wife, Konoe Hiroko, daughter of Konoe Tadafusa. He graduated from the law school of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909, and accepted a post in", "id": "11961759" }, { "contents": "Iemasa Tokugawa\n\n\nthe diplomatic corps of Foreign Ministry the same year. In 1924, he was appointed Consul-general to the Japanese consulate in Sydney, Australia. In 1929, he was appointed Envoy to Canada and from 1937 to 1939 served as the Japanese ambassador to Turkey. In 1940, on the death of his father, he inherited the title of \"kōshaku\" (, \"prince\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and a seat as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On", "id": "11961760" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nin 1882, and was given the title of \"kōshaku\" (公爵, prince) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He became a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan from its creation in 1890, and served as President of the House of Peers from 1901-1933. When the administration of Prime Minister Yamamoto Gonnohyōe was brought down by the Siemens scandal, there was a strong movement to have Tokugawa Iesato nominated to be his successor. Following World War I, Iesato served on the Japanese", "id": "11796153" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\nPrince was the 13th head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan and the President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Kuniyuki Tokugawa inherited the title of \"shishaku\" (侯爵, marquis) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system on the death of his father, Tokugawa Atsuyoshi in 1898. A scholar, he turned his attention in 1906 to the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\", a comprehensive history of Japan begun by his ancestor, Tokugawa Mitsukuni in the 17th century. However, in 1910", "id": "13926670" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshinobu\n\n\n's photographs have been published in recent years by his great-grandson, Yoshitomo. In 1902, the Meiji Emperor allowed him to reestablish his own house as a Tokugawa branch (\"bekke\") with the highest rank in the peerage, that of prince (\"kōshaku\"), for his loyal service to Japan. He took a seat in the House of Peers, resigning in 1910. Tokugawa Yoshinobu died on November 21, 1913, at 4:10 pm and is buried in Yanaka Cemetery, Tokyo. On 9 January", "id": "12861306" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nCount was a Japanese political figure of the late Meiji through early Shōwa periods, and served as President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Yorinaga Matsudaira was the eighth son of Matsudaira Yoritoshi, the former \"daimyō\" of Matsuyama Domain in Shikoku. His mother, Chiyoko, was the daughter of Ii Naosuke and his wife was the daughter of Tokugawa Akitake, head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. He attended the Gakushūin Peer’s School, and with the sponsorship of Ōkuma Shigenobu, graduated from", "id": "14764736" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nthe law school of Waseda University. district of Tokyo, as the eldest son of Tokugawa Iesato. In 1909 he became a member of the House of Peers, and continued to serve as a member every year (except for a hiatus between 1911–1914) until his death. A strong supporter of education, he donated a large property in downtown Tokyo to create the Hongo Gakuin school. In 1933, he was made Vice-President of the House of Peers, breaking with the precedent that only men with the rank of princes", "id": "14764737" }, { "contents": "Kuniyuki Tokugawa\n\n\n, he was accepted into the 22nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and was commissioned as Second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army. He resigned his commission in 1914 citing health reasons, and went into the reserves in 1915. From December 1911, Kuniyuki Tokugawa served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On the completion of the \"Dai Nihonshi\" in 1929, he was awarded the title of \"koshaku\" (公爵, prince). On June 25, 1940, he", "id": "13926671" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nPrince was the first head of the Tokugawa clan after the overthrow of the Tokugawa bakufu, and a figure in Japanese politics during the Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. Tokugawa Iesato was born to the Tayasu branch of the Tokugawa clan, under the name Kamenosuke, he became its 16th head, following the resignation of the last \"shōgun,\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu. His brothers were Tokugawa Satotaka and Tokugawa Takachiyo, who also held the Tayasu headship at different times. Iesato was also briefly the \"daimyō\" of the", "id": "11796150" }, { "contents": "Iwamura Michitoshi\n\n\n1896, Iwamura was awarded the title of viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system, and received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure later the same year. He served as an advisor to Emperor Meiji, and was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers. He was also awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class on June 23, 1904. He died in Tokyo on February 12, 1915, and his grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo.", "id": "17814139" }, { "contents": "Yorinaga Matsudaira\n\n\nor marquis could service in the highest level positions. Four years later, when Fumimaro Konoe became Prime Minister of Japan, Yorinaga Matsudaira became the President of the House of Peers. He died while in office, and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class with Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo. His nephew Yorihiro Matsudaira succeeded him in his peerage. Yorinaga Matsudaira was also a noted collector of miniature bonsai, and served as honorary president of the Kofuku Bonsai Association. His", "id": "14764738" }, { "contents": "Prince Kachō Hirotada\n\n\nPrince Hirotada was the second son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu. His mother was Tokugawa Tsuneko, the 9th daughter of the last Tokugawa Shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He succeeded his father to the head of the Kachō-no-miya household when he was only 2 years old in 1904. Prince Kachō attended the Gakushuin Peers’ School. He entered the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1918, graduating 1st out of 176 cadets. Prince Kuni Asaakira was one of his classmates. He served his midshipman duty on the", "id": "17635064" }, { "contents": "Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu\n\n\nNovember 1942. From 1936 to 1945, he held various staff positions in the Naval General Staff Office in Tokyo. On 4 February 1930, Prince Takamatsu married Kikuko Tokugawa (26 December 1911 – 18 December 2004), the second daughter of Yoshihisa Tokugawa (peer). The bride was a granddaughter of Yoshinobu Tokugawa, the last Shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, and a granddaughter of the late Prince Arisugawa Takehito. Prince and Princess Takamatsu had no children. From the 1930s, Prince Takamatsu expressed grave reservations regarding Japanese aggression in", "id": "1048484" }, { "contents": "Francis Brinkley\n\n\n, covered Japanese history, fine arts and literature from the origins of the Japanese race up until the latter half of the Meiji period. In 1912, at the age of 71 and one month after General Nogi's death, Francis Brinkley died. At his funeral, the mourners included the Speaker of the House of Peers, Tokugawa Iesato, the Minister of the Navy Saitō Makoto, and the Foreign Minister Uchida Kosai. He is buried in the foreign section of the Aoyama Reien cemetery in central Tokyo. After his death Ernest", "id": "10262389" }, { "contents": "Enkichi Ōki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese statesman in the Taishō period. Ōki was born in Tokyo. His father, Ōki Takatō was one of the leaders in the Meiji Restoration, and served in numerous cabinet posts in the early Meiji government. In 1899, Enkichi succeeded to his father’s title of count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His political career began in 1908, when he was elected to the House of Peers. He initially supported the \"Kenkyūkai\", but soon switched his allegiance to the", "id": "2422914" }, { "contents": "Yoshitoshi Tokugawa\n\n\nLieutenant General Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and one of the pioneers of military aviation in Japan. Tokugawa Yoshitoshi was the son of Count Tokugawa Atsumori (1856–1924) (head of the Shimizu branch of the Tokugawa clan). Through his father, he was the grandnephew of the last shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. While his father had been created a count in 1884, he had relinquished the title in 1899. Yoshitoshi graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1903, after having specialized in military engineering. In", "id": "751688" }, { "contents": "Enomoto Takeaki\n\n\nViscount was a Japanese samurai and admiral of the Tokugawa navy of Bakumatsu-period Japan, who remained faithful to the Tokugawa shogunate and fought against the new Meiji government until the end of the Boshin War. He later served in the Meiji government as one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Enomoto was born as a member of a samurai family in the direct service of the Tokugawa clan in the Shitaya district of Edo (modern Taitō, Tokyo). Enomoto started learning Dutch in the 1850s, and after Japan's", "id": "12566973" }, { "contents": "Yamada Akiyoshi\n\n\ncount (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage on July 7, 1884, and served in the House of Peers (Japan) from its establishment in 1890. On January 28, 1892, he was appointed to a seat in the Privy Council of Japan but died in November of the same year at the age of 49, while inspecting the Ikuno Silver Mine in Asago, Hyōgo. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Paulownia Flowers. His grave is at the Buddhist temple of Gokoku-ji in", "id": "655166" }, { "contents": "International Martial Arts Federation\n\n\nwas appointed as the 5th President of IMAF. He served as the Japanese Ambassador to India and Deputy Foreign Minister. The current president of Kokusai Budoin, International Martial Arts Federation (IMAF) is Yasuhisa Tokugawa, the great-grandson of the 15th and final \"shōgun\" of Japan, Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837–1913). He was also the Chief Priest for the in Tokyo from 2013-2018. Note: In the mid 1980's IMAF-Europe split from IMAF Japan to create a current non-affiliated organization with a", "id": "8525267" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masami\n\n\nInaba Masami was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Tateyama Domain, Inaba Masamori. On his father’s death in 1820, he succeeded to the head of the Tateyama Inaba clan and the position of \"daimyō\" of Tateyama. In 1862, he was appointed as a \"Wakadoshiyori\" in the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate under \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemochi. He resigned the title in 1864, with instructions to strengthen Japan's naval defenses against the increasing aggressive incursions of foreign black ships, and supported Katsu", "id": "8052899" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Mochiaki\n\n\nabolition of the han system in 1871. In 1884, he became a Count (\"hakushaku\") in the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He was awarded the Fourth class of the Order of the Rising Sun in 1885. In 1889, he inherited the title of Marquis (\"koshaku\") from his adopted father. He died in 1890. His son, Matsudaira Yasutaka (1867–1930) served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan and was author of a number of works on agricultural", "id": "4765039" }, { "contents": "Tsunenari Tokugawa\n\n\nHis son, Iehiro Tokugawa, is a translator. In 2007, Tsunenari published a book entitled \"Edo no idenshi\" (江戸の遺伝子), released in English in 2009 as \"The Edo Inheritance\", which seeks to counter the common belief among Japanese that the Edo period (throughout which members of his Tokugawa clan ruled Japan as \"shōguns\") was like a dark age, when Japan, cut off from the world, fell behind. On the contrary, he argues, the roughly 250 years of peace and relative", "id": "11961777" }, { "contents": "Matsui Keishirō\n\n\nto Japan in 1913. During the First World War, served as Japanese Ambassador to France and was a plenipotentiary at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. On the successful completion of this mission, he was awarded with the title of baron (\"danshaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. He served as Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 7 to June 11, 1924, under the administration of Kiyoura Keigo and was also appointed a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He later served", "id": "9380810" }, { "contents": "Konoe Tadafusa\n\n\n, son of regent Tadahiro with his wife Shimazu Kyoko, was a \"kugyō\" or Japanese court noble of the late Edo period (1603–1868). He did not hold any regent position kampaku or sesshō. His consort was Shimazu Mitsuko, an adopted daughter of Shimazu Nariakira, eleventh head of Satsuma Domain. The couple had a daughter, Konoe Hiroko, who later married Tokugawa Iesato, the sixteenth head of Tokugawa family and bore him Tokugawa Iemasa, the seventeenth head of the Tokugawa clan. He adopted a son of Konoe", "id": "20767712" }, { "contents": "Tenshō-in\n\n\nShe spent her remaining years nurturing Tokugawa Iesato, the 16th head of the Tokugawa clan. She moved into the Tokugawa residence in Sendagaya, in the Shibuya district, Tokyo. She suffered from Parkinson's disease which eventually took her life on November 20th, 1883, at the age of 47. She was buried in Kaneiji in Ueno, Tokyo, together with her husband, Onkyoin (Iesada). Beside Onkyoin and Tenshoin tombs, There is loquat tree planted there as it was Tenshoin's favorite food. The 2008 NHK Taiga", "id": "241772" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Yoshimune\n\n\nYoshimune was not the son of any former \"shōgun\". Rather, he was a member of a cadet branch of the Tokugawa clan. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, well aware of the extinction of the Minamoto line in 1219, had realized that his direct descendants might die out, leaving the Tokugawa family at risk of extinction. Thus, while his son Tokugawa Hidetada was the second \"shōgun\", he selected three other sons to establish the \"gosanke,\" hereditary houses which would provide a", "id": "16258375" }, { "contents": "Kitasato Shibasaburō\n\n\nonki Corporation, with the intention of manufacturing the most reliable clinical thermometer possible. The company was later renamed Terumo Corporation. Kitasato also was the first dean of medicine at Keio University, first president of the Japan Medical Association, and served on the House of Peers. He was ennobled with the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system in February 1924. Kitasato died of an intracranial hemorrhage at his home in Azabu, Tokyo, on June 13, 1931. His grave is at the", "id": "11568829" }, { "contents": "Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa\n\n\nPrince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa was the only son of Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa and Fusako, Princess Kane. He succeeded as the head of the Kitashirakawa-no-miya house upon his father's unexpected death in an automobile accident in France in 1923. On 25 April 1935, Prince Nagahisa married Sachiko Tokugawa, born , died , the daughter of Baron Yoshikuni Tokugawa. Prince and Princess Kitashirakawa Nagahisa had one son and one daughter: Prince Nagahisa graduated from the 43rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1931, and was commissioned a sub", "id": "8171688" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nbrother Tokugawa Yoshiatsu and ordering him to assume the post of \"daimyō\" to assure the stability of Mito Domain. He departed from Marseille in December 1868. Tokugawa Akitake succeeded Tokugawa Yoshiatsu to become the 11th head of the Mito Tokugawa clan on his return to Japan. However, the title of \"daimyō\" was officially abolished in 1869, and he continued at Mito as domain governor. His request for land development in Hokkaido to resettle ex-samurai from the domain was granted on August 17, 1869, and he was", "id": "17914477" }, { "contents": "Sōma Nakamura Domain\n\n\nyounger brother Masatane. was the 5th \"daimyō\" of Sōma-Nakamura Domain and the 21st hereditary chieftain of the Sōma clan. As his older brother Sadatane had died without heir, he was posthumously appointed successor. He was received in formal audience to Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna and received the courtesy title of \"Danjō-shōhitsu\". From 1689-1690 he served as a \"sobayōnin\" to Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. He retired from public life in February 1701, living in rural seclusion to his death at the age of 68", "id": "4010353" }, { "contents": "Aizu\n\n\nof only 15. He was succeeded by the eighth lord Katataka, who was a sixth cousin (twice removed) and a member of the Takasu cadet branch of the Mito collateral line. He died without heirs in 1852 and was succeeded by his grandnephew, the famous Katamori, whose descendants have since headed the family. The present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tsunenari, is also from the Aizu lineage. In the house code set down by Masayuki, there was a specific injunction to serve the shogun with single-minded", "id": "17967555" }, { "contents": "Arai Hakuseki\n\n\nshogun Tokugawa Ienobu. He went on to displace the official Hayashi advisers to become the leading confucianist for Ienobu and Tokugawa Ietsugu. While some of Hakuseki's policies were still carried out after Ienobu's death, after the 6th shogun, Tokugawa Ietsugu, died and Tokugawa Yoshimune's rule began, Hakuseki left his post to begin his career as a prolific writer of Japanese history and Occidental studies. He was buried in Asakusa (current day Taitō, Tokyo), Hoonji temple but was later moved to Nakano, Tokyo, Kotokuji temple", "id": "12566945" }, { "contents": "Tsuruga Domain\n\n\nin the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. His courtesy title was \"Ukyō-no-suke\". His wife was the daughter of Doi Toshifusa of Ōno Domain. He died in 1706 and his grave is at the temple of Seisho-ji in Atago, Tokyo. was the 2nd \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga Domain in Echizen Province under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. Tadakiku was the eldest son of Sakai Tadashige. He became \"daimyō\" of Tsuruga on the death of his father in 1706. He was an \"", "id": "2398354" }, { "contents": "Mito-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe is a branch of the Tokugawa clan based in Mito, Ibaraki. Following the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as daimyō in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Although the Mito branch held less land", "id": "18026528" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\n. After Hideyoshi's death in 1598, Tokugawa Ieyasu came to power and was appointed \"shōgun\" by the Emperor. The Tokugawa shogunate, which governed from Edo (modern Tokyo), presided over a prosperous and peaceful era known as the Edo period (1600–1868). The Tokugawa shogunate imposed a strict class system on Japanese society and cut off almost all contact with the outside world. Portugal and Japan started their first affiliation in 1543, making the Portuguese the first Europeans to reach Japan by landing in the southern archipelago of", "id": "3250463" }, { "contents": "Tadaatsu Ishiguro\n\n\n, citing illness. His father died the same year, and per the provisions of his father’s will, he did not inherit the kazoku peerage title of viscount held by his father. In January 1943, he was granted a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. In 1945, he returned to the cabinet as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce under the Suzuki administration. In 1946, after the surrender of Japan, as with all members of the prewar and wartime Japanese government, Ishiguro was purged by", "id": "9448122" }, { "contents": "Ōkuma Shigenobu\n\n\nof the Diet of Japan until 1922. He was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum in 1916, and was elevated to the title of \"kōshaku\" (侯爵) (marquis) in the \"kazoku\" peerage system the same year. Ōkuma returned to Waseda, and died there in 1922. An estimated 300,000 people attended his funeral in Tokyo's Hibiya Park. He was posthumously elevated to the rank of prince in the peerage and was also posthumously conferred with the Collar of the Order of the", "id": "9013378" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nTokugawa branch houses (\"shinpan daimyō\") became marquesses, the heads of the secondary branches became counts and the heads of more distant branches became viscounts. The head of the Matsudaira (Fukui Domain) branch was raised to the rank of marquess from the rank of count in 1888. In 1902, the former \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Yoshinobu was created a prince, and the head of the Mito \"shinpan\" house was raised to the same rank, prince, in 1929. Of the other former \"daimyō\" clans", "id": "2052552" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Naganari\n\n\nViscount was an Admiral and naval strategist in the Imperial Japanese Navy in Meiji and Taishō period Japan, and a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. He was also known as Ogasawara Chōsei, Ogasawara Nagayo. Ogasawara was born in Saga prefecture. His father was the Rōjū Ogasawara Nagamichi, a senior retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. As his father was forced into retirement by the events of the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Ogasawara Naganari succeeded his grandfather to become head of the Ogasawara clan in 1873, and as", "id": "15329213" }, { "contents": "Katō Takaaki\n\n\nCount was a Japanese politician, diplomat, and the 14th Prime Minister of Japan, a position he held from 11 June 1924 until his death on 28 January 1926, during the period which historians have called \"Taishō Democracy\". He was also known as Katō Kōmei. Katō, was born as Hattori Sokichi, the second son of a former \"samurai\" retainer of the Owari Tokugawa domain in Nagoya, Owari Province, in the town of Saya, Ama District in what is now part of the city of Aisai,", "id": "9068839" }, { "contents": "Kawasaki Takukichi\n\n\n. Under his administration, the Yagoto Baseball Ground was built, and the first Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament was held in 1924. Later in 1924, Kawasaki was recalled to Tokyo to assume the post of Director-General of the National Police Agency under the Home Ministry. He became Deputy Home Minister in 1925. In 1926, he was invited to take a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He was recruited by Osachi Hamaguchi and Wakatsuki Reijirō to join the \"Kenseikai\" political party,", "id": "22092779" }, { "contents": "Masuda Takashi\n\n\nBaron , was a Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector. He was a prominent entrepreneur in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan, responsible for transforming Mitsui into a \"zaibatsu\" through the creation of a general trading company, Mitsui Bussan. He also established a newspaper, the , which was later renamed the \"Nihon Keizai Shimbun\". Masuda was born on Sado Island, in what is now Niigata Prefecture. His father was an official in the Tokugawa shogunate, serving as Hakodate bugyō, a position which", "id": "13847203" }, { "contents": "Suwa Tadamasa\n\n\nthe Shiba Tōshō-gū, a Shinto Shrine dedicated to the previous Shoguns of the Tokugawa clan in Tokyo. After the death of Suwa Tadaaya in 1878, he resumed his position as chieftain of the Suwa clan. he was reappointed \"kannushi\" of the Shiba Tōshō-gū from 1882 to 1889. In 1884 he became a viscount (\"shisaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. His court rank was increased to Senior Fourth Rank in 1887. From 1891 to 1895, he returned to Suwa and became", "id": "12726550" }, { "contents": "Ōkubo Tadanori\n\n\nŌkubo Tadanori was the nephew of Tokugawa Nariaki, which made him a cousin to Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He was born as the 5th son of Matsudaira Yorihiro, daimyō of Takamatsu Domain, in Sanuki Province. On the death of former daimyō of Odawara, Ōkubo Tadanao in 1859 he was adopted into the Ōkubo clan as 11th clan head, and by default, daimyō of Odawara Domain. He served in a number of posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate, including that of \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) in", "id": "1881957" }, { "contents": "Kinichiro Ishikawa\n\n\nIshikawa Kinichiro, a watercolor painter and champion of Taiwanese Western art education, was born in Shizuoka City, Japan. His father was a former official of the Tokugawa government during the bakumatsu (late Tokugawa Shogunate). He was infatuated with painting from a very early age, but his father did not approve of his artistic pursuits. In 1888, he entered the Tokyo Telecommunications School of the Ministry of Communications. In order to sustain his interest in painting, aside from using prints of English works to engage in self-study", "id": "7410092" }, { "contents": "Inaba Masanori\n\n\nInaba Masanori was the second son of the previous daimyō of Odawara, Inaba Masakatsu. As his mother died when he was still very young, he was raised by his grandmother, Kasuga no Tsubone, the wet nurse to \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu. On the death of his father in 1634, he became head of the Inaba clan, and inherited his father’s position as daimyō of Odawara. Due to the influence of his grandmother, he rose rapidly through the hierarchy of the Tokugawa shogunate and was appointed \"Rōjū\"", "id": "1882506" }, { "contents": "Pak Yung-hio\n\n\nfled to exile in Japan, where he remained until 1907. On his return, he accepted the post of Royal Household Minister under Ye Wanyong. Following the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, in which Korea was annexed to the Empire of Japan, Park was awarded with the \"kazoku\" title of marquess (\"koshaku\") in the Japanese peerage, and a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Director of the Bank of Chosen in 1918, Chairman of the Korean Economic", "id": "5961340" }, { "contents": "Fumio Gotō\n\n\nBorn in Ōita Prefecture, Gotō was a graduate of the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909. During his early career in the 1920s, he worked in the Home Ministry, and was Director of Administration within the office of the Governor-General of Taiwan. In the 1930s, Gotō was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries between 1932 and 1934 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Makoto Saitō, and was later Home Minister", "id": "15188268" }, { "contents": "Konoe Atsumaro\n\n\nDuke was a Japanese politician and journalist of the Meiji era. He served as the 3rd President of the House of Peers and 7th President of the Gakushūin Peer's School in Meiji period Japan. He was also the father of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoe was born in Kyoto as the heir to the highly ranked Konoe family of Court nobility, one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. His father Konoe Tadafusa died when he was young, so he was raised by his grandfather Konoe Tadahiro. His mother was", "id": "1475111" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nassigned lands in Tomamae-gun, Teshio-gun, Kamikawa-gun, Nakagawa-gun in Teshio no kuni along with Rishiri-gun in Kitami no kuni. With the abolition of the han system in 1871, he was required by the government to leave in Mito and to live in Tokyo. He relocated to the former \"shimoyashiki\" secondary residence of the Mito Clan located in Mukōjima. Tokugawa Akitake was appointed a second lieutenant in Imperial Japanese Army in 1875, and served as an instructor during the early days of", "id": "17914478" }, { "contents": "Yonekura Tadasuke\n\n\nYonekura Tadasuke was the sixth son of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, a favorite of \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi who served in a number of important posts within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. In 1710, he was adopted by Yonekura Masateru, the \"daimyō\" of Minagawa Domain in Shimotsuke Province, and succeeded to the head of the Yonekura clan and daimyo of Minagawa two years later. On September 1, 1716, he was received in a formal audience by Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune. On July 27, 1722, he transferred the seat", "id": "9479884" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\nit was essential that Tokyo host the 1940 Olympics, as the date coincided with the Japanese 2600th Anniversary celebrations. He was forced to resign after a police sweep rounded up 6900 suspected communists in Tokyo. Nagata subsequently served in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. From March 9, 1936 to February 2, 1937, Nagata was appointed Minister of Colonial Affairs under the Kōki administration. He returned to the cabinet as Railway Minister under the Abe administration from November 29, 1939, to January 14, 1940. Nagata", "id": "15430221" }, { "contents": "Kijūrō Shidehara\n\n\nhe was named ambassador to the United States and was Japan's leading negotiator during the Washington Naval Conference. His negotiations led to the return of Shandong Province to China. However, while he was ambassador, the United States enacted discriminatory immigration laws against Japanese, which created much ill will in Japan. Shidehara was elevated to the title of \"danshaku\" (baron) under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1920, and appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in 1925. In 1924, Shidehara became Minister of", "id": "9069195" }, { "contents": "Sōma clan\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. During the Boshin War of 1868–69, the Sōma clan fought on the site of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, supporting the Tokugawa regime. After Meiji Restoration, the head of the Sōma clan became part of the \"kazoku\" peerage, with Sōma Aritane receiving the title of \"shishaku\" (Viscount). Sōma Morotsune was the younger son of Chiba Tsunetane, and with his father was a samurai in the service of Minamoto no Yoritomo. He took his name from the Sōma Mikuriya, a \"shōen\" controlled", "id": "7506834" }, { "contents": "Matsumoto Kazu\n\n\nMatsumoto was born in Edo (now Tokyo) as the younger son of a direct retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. He graduated in 1880 from the 7th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, ranked 19 out of 30 cadets. He served on a number of ships in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, including the corvettes , , , and . Promoted to lieutenant in 1886, he graduated from the first class of the Naval Staff College in 1888. He was the chief navigator on the cruiser in 1891–1892 on its year-", "id": "8947678" }, { "contents": "Mito Domain\n\n\nof the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed his eleventh son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, as \"daimyō\" in 1608. With his appointment, Yorifusa became the founding member of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan. Along with the Tokugawa branches in Kii and Owari, the Mito branch represented one of three Tokugawa houses known as the gosanke. Although the Mito branch held less land and wealth than either of the other two branches, they maintained considerable influence throughout the Edo period. The domain's promiximity to the \"de", "id": "290529" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Akitake\n\n\nAtsuyoshi's son Tokugawa Kuniyuki was 11 years old at that time, and became the 13th head of the Mito Tokugawa under Akitake's tutelage. However, Akitake subsequently had a son, Tokugawa Takesada, who was born to a concubine in 1888. Takesada was made a viscount (\"shishaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system in 1892 and founded the separate Matsudo Tokugawa line. In 1903, Tokugawa Akitake was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class. He died at Koumetei mansion in 1910. \"", "id": "17914481" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Iesato\n\n\nand was raised by Tenshō-in and Kazu-no-Miya Chikako. In 1868 he was sent to Kyoto by his mother, Kazu-no-Miya Chikako and met with Emperor Meiji. He married the daughter of Konoe Tadafusa, Konoe Hiroko, who bore him Iemasa Tokugawa, the seventeenth Tokugawa family head, Yasuko Tokugawa, who married Nobusuke Takatsukasa and bore him Toshimichi Takatsukasa, Ryōko Tokugawa, and Toshiko Tokugawa. In 1877, Iesato was sent to Eton College in Great Britain to study. He returned to Japan", "id": "11796152" }, { "contents": "History of Japan\n\n\nthis, almost immediately after Hideyoshi's death, war broke out between Hideyori's allies and those loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu, a \"daimyō\" and a former ally of Hideyoshi. Tokugawa Ieyasu won a decisive victory at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, ushering in 268 uninterrupted years of rule by the Tokugawa clan. The Edo period was characterized by relative peace and stability under the tight control of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled from the eastern city of Edo (modern Tokyo). In 1603, Emperor Go-Yōzei declared", "id": "3250534" }, { "contents": "Kazoku\n\n\nKorean Empire was annexed in 1910, the House of Yi was mediatized as an incorporated and therefore subordinate kingship (王). Excluding the Tokugawas, the initial \"kazoku\" rank distribution for the former \"daimyō\" lords depended on rice revenue: those with 150,000 \"koku\" or more became marquesses, those with 50,000 \"koku\" or more become counts, and those with holdings rated below 50,000 \"koku\" became viscounts. The head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Iesato, became a prince, the heads of primary", "id": "2052551" }, { "contents": "Gosanke\n\n\nThe , also called simply , or even , were the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan: Owari House of Tokugawa, Kii House of Tokugawa, and Mito House of Tokugawa, all of which were descended from clan founder Tokugawa Ieyasu's three youngest sons, Yoshinao, Yorinobu, and Yorifusa, and were allowed to provide a shōgun in case of need. In the Edo period the term \"gosanke\" could also refer to various other combinations of Tokugawa houses, including (1) the shogunal, Owari", "id": "17630062" }, { "contents": "Hirohide Fushimi\n\n\nBorn as , the 4th son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, he was the younger brother of Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, Prince Kachō Hirotada and Marquis Kachō Hironobu. In October 1932, he served as a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. On 1 April 1936, by order of Emperor Hirohito, he was allowed to establish his own household after renouncing his imperial title, and was created a count (\"hakushaku\") under the \"kazoku\" peerage system. The same year, he married Tomoko Yanagisawa", "id": "230990" }, { "contents": "Sano Tsunetami\n\n\nduring the 1st Matsukata administration, he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. In 1895, Sano was elevated to the title of count (\"hakushaku\"). On his death at his home in Tokyo in 1902, he was posthumously awarded with the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class with Paulownia Blossoms). His grave is at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo. In 1939, the Japanese government issued a series of four commemorative postage stamps honoring the 75th anniversary of the Red Cross Treaty. A portrait of Sano", "id": "7051581" }, { "contents": "Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu\n\n\nsucceeded to title Kachō-no-miya on April 23, 1883, upon which he changed his name from \"Narukata\" to \"Hiroyasu,\" but returned to the house of Fushimi-no-miya on January 16, 1904. On January 9, 1896, Prince Hiroyasu married Tokugawa Tsuneko (1882–1939), the ninth daughter of Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japan's last \"shōgun\", with whom he had six children: Prince Hiroyasu entered the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy on 5 April 1886, but resigned in September", "id": "3864370" }, { "contents": "Mizoguchi clan\n\n\nas part of the guard of Nagoya Castle. In 1598, he was transferred to Shibata and his \"kokudaka\" was increased to 60,000 \"koku\". Following the Battle of Sekigahara, he was confirmed in his holdings by the Tokugawa shogunate. The Mizoguchi ruled Shibata as \"tozama daimyō\" until the Meiji restoration. After the abolition of the han system in 1871, the final \"daimyō\" of Shibata, Mizoguchi Naomasa relocated to Tokyo and received the \"kazoku\" peerage title of \"hakushaku\" (Count) in", "id": "19300691" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Norinaga\n\n\nMatsudaira Norinaga was the eldest son of Matsudaira Ienori, a Sengoku period samurai and daimyō of Iwamura Domain in Mino Province under the early Tokugawa shogunate. On the death of his father in 1614, he was confirmed as head of the Ogyū-Matsdaira clan and the same year accompanied the forces of \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada at the Siege of Osaka. In 1634, he was transferred to Hamamatsu Domain in Tōtōmi Province with an increase in revenues from 20,000 to 36,000 \"koku\". In 1642, Matsudaira Norinaga was promoted to", "id": "3314701" }, { "contents": "Canada–Japan relations\n\n\nway to deal with the Japanese question is to have our own Minister in Japan to visa passports.\" As a context, it is worth noting that Japan's consulate in Vancouver was established in 1889, 40 years before its embassy was opened in Ottawa in 1929. The first Japanese Minister in Canada was Prince Iemasa Tokugawa, serving from 1929 to 1934. The first Canadian Minister in Japan was Sir Herbert Marler, serving from 1929 to 1936. Diplomatic ties were severed in 1941 with the start of the Pacific War. During", "id": "15989893" }, { "contents": "Tokugawa Ienari\n\n\nTokugawa Ienari (, November 18, 1773 – March 22, 1841) was the eleventh and longest-serving \"shōgun\" of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1787 to 1837. He was a great-grandson of the eighth shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune through his son Munetada (1721–1764), head of the Hitotsubashi branch of the family, and his grandson Harusada (1751–1827). Ienari died in 1841 and was given the Buddhist name Bunkyouin and buried at Kan'ei-ji. In 1778, the four-year", "id": "12177738" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nin more broad terms, the period begins with Oda Nobunaga's entry into Kyoto in 1568, when he led his army to the imperial capital in order to install Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the 15th, and ultimately final, shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, and it lasts until the coming to power of Tokugawa Ieyasu after his victory over supporters of the Toyotomi clan at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. The Edo period from 1600 to 1868 characterized early modern Japan. The Tokugawa shogunate was a feudalist regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu", "id": "9974550" }, { "contents": "Kaga Domain\n\n\nTokugawa shogunate. The location of the main Edo residence of the \"daimyō\" of the Kaga Domain is now the site of the Hongō campus of the University of Tokyo. Maeda Toshiie was a distinguished military commander, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and a close friend of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. A member of the Council of Five Elders who ruled Japan during the Sengoku period, he was granted the Kaga Domain in 1583. His eldest son, Maeda Toshinaga, supported Tokugawa Ieyasu in his rise to power and was rewarded by an increase", "id": "6571560" }, { "contents": "Inoue Masamoto\n\n\nInoue Masamoto was the eldest son of the previous \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain, Inoue Masasada. He became 8th head of the Mikawa-branch of Inoue clan and \"daimyō\" of Hamamatsu Domain on his father's death in 1786. He was awarded Lower 5th Court Rank and the courtesy title of \"Kawachi-no-kami\" soon afterwards. In 1802, Masamoto entered the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate as a \"Sōshaban\" (Master of Ceremonies) under \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Ienari. In 1816, while", "id": "4715826" }, { "contents": "March Incident\n\n\nexecute a coup d'état and seize power.br 3. A new Cabinet would be formed under the premiership of the then-War Minister, General Kazushige Ugaki. The project was underwritten by a 200,000-yen donation by Yoshichika Tokugawa, ultra-rightist member of the House of Peers, son of the last \"daimyō\" of Nagoya, founder of the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya and Emperor Shōwa's second cousin. Ultra-rightist civilian organizations led by Kanichiro Kamei and Shūmei Ōkawa fomented a commotion outside the Diet Building in Tokyo late in February", "id": "5593888" }, { "contents": "Nanbu Shigenao\n\n\nHowever, in April 1636, his \"sankin-kōtai\" procession arrived in Edo ten days late, which was a violation of the new \"Buke shohatto\" regulations issued by \"shōgun\" Tokugawa Iemitsu, and he was declared unfit to govern, and sentenced to house arrest at the clan residence in Edo. After his death in Edo in 1664, the Tokugawa shogunate intervened, and by order of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna appointed his younger brother Shichinohe Shigenobu as the next \"daimyō\", with the son of Hotta Masamori reduced", "id": "4495846" }, { "contents": "Akira Tomii\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese diplomat. He was born as a son of Baron Masaaki Tomii, the president of Tokyo Imperial University of Legal and a draft member of Japanese Civil Law. When he was young, his father hired Keita Gotō as Akira's home teacher. Akira Tomii graduated Tokyo Imperial University, and served as the Japanese Consul in Mukden, China, in 1915. From 1916 to 1924 served as consul in New York City, from 1924 to 1927 as consul in London, and from 1927 to 1933 as consul in", "id": "5339969" }, { "contents": "Maeda Toshisada\n\n\nand afterwards assumed his family’s seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. In 1922, he was appointed Communications Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Katō Tomosaburō. He subsequently served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kiyoura Keigo as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. He retired from public life in January 1944, and died in October of the same year. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasures, 1st class. Maeda studied poetry under Sasaki Nobutsuna. His daughter married post-war Foreign Minister", "id": "2257384" }, { "contents": "Hideo Kodama\n\n\nwas assigned to the Imperial General Headquarters and sent to the Liaodong Peninsula (under Japanese occupation), where he served as liaison between the civilian government in Tokyo and the Japanese general armies in Manchuria. Following the war, he returned to the Finance Ministry as head of the government's Tobacco Monopoly. He was later assigned to serve in the Japanese Government-General of Korea, as a secretary to the Privy Council, and as a member of the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 23 July 1906,", "id": "14284806" }, { "contents": "Prince Kuni Asaakira\n\n\nDomain. In 1921, he served for the customary term in the House of Peers. Upon his father's death on 29 January 1929, he succeeded as head of the Kuni-no-miya house. Prince Kuni graduated from the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1921. He served as a midshipman on the cruiser and battleship . After his commissioning as ensign, he was assigned to the battleship , followed by battleships and . After his graduation from the Naval Staff College in 1925, he was assigned to", "id": "20710624" }, { "contents": "Saneatsu Mushanokōji\n\n\nJapanese ambassador to Nazi Germany, he traveled throughout Europe in 1936. In 1946, he was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. However, four months later he was purged from public office by the American Occupation authorities, due to his (1942), supporting the actions of the Japanese government in World War II. Mushanokōji made a literary comeback with his novel (1949–1950). He was awarded the Order of Culture in 1951, and became a member of the Japan Art Academy", "id": "5324629" }, { "contents": "Shizuoka (city)\n\n\nwhich he could influence \"Shōgun\" Tokugawa Hidetada from behind the scenes. Subsequently, aside for brief periods, Sunpu was \"tenryō\" (territory under direct administration by the Shogunate), ruled by the , an appointed official based in Sunpu. In 1869, after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, the former shogunal line, headed by Tokugawa Iesato was sent to Sunpu and assigned the short-lived Sunpu Domain. The same year, Sunpu was renamed \"Shizuoka\". Shizuoka Domain became Shizuoka Prefecture with the abolition of", "id": "1359009" }, { "contents": "Ōta Dōkan\n\n\nlived in the same place. In the late 16th century, Dōkan's Edo Castle was chosen as the new home of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had been persuaded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to transfer the seat of his clan holdings into the Kantō. With the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in the early 17th century, Edo Castle became the center of the shogunate government. When the shogunate was displaced in the Meiji Restoration in the late 19th century, the newly named Tokyo became an Imperial capital with an Imperial Palace rising from the former shōgun", "id": "9984404" }, { "contents": "Prince Kaya Tsunenori\n\n\n, was the second head of the Kaya-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. He was first cousin to Empress Kōjun (Nagako), the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). Prince Kaya Tsunenori was born in Tokyo, the first son of Prince Kaya Kuninori and his wife, the former Daigō Yoshiko. He received his primary and secondary education at the boys' department of the Gakushuin Peers’ School. On December 8, 1909, he became the second head of the Kaya-no-", "id": "9139501" }, { "contents": "Hachisuka Mochiaki\n\n\nto Great Britain and attended Oxford University, where he matriculated at Balliol College in 1874. After returning to Japan, he joined the government as Director of the Customs Bureau director in the Ministry of Finance and a member of \"Sanjiin\" (legislative advisory council). In 1882, Hachisuka was envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to France, and received the title of \"kōshaku\" (marquis) under the new \"kazoku\" peerage system. After returning to Japan, he served as a member of the House of Peers,", "id": "18933529" }, { "contents": "Early modern period\n\n\nand ruled by the \"shōguns\" of the Tokugawa clan. The period gets its name from the capital city, Edo, now called Tokyo. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo Castle from 1603 until 1868, when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration in the late Edo period (often called the Late Tokugawa shogunate). In 1392, General Yi Seong-gye established the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) with a largely bloodless coup. Yi Seong-gye moved the capital of Korea to the location of modern-day Seoul", "id": "9974551" }, { "contents": "Matsudaira Hirotada\n\n\nHe is best known for being the father of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Hirotada was the son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (7th head of Mikawa Matsudaira clan). He was known in his childhood as Senshōmaru, Senchiyo, and Jirōzaburō. After his father's assassination in 1537, Hirotada was placed under the protection of a loyal retainer, Abe Sadayoshi. He allied with the Imagawa, and with their help was installed at Okazaki castle. The alliance with them brought him into conflict with the Tokugawa clan. In", "id": "20973368" }, { "contents": "Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda\n\n\nPrince Takeda Tsuneyoshi was the only son of Prince Takeda Tsunehisa and Princess Masako, Princess Tsune (1888–1940), the sixth daughter of Emperor Meiji. He was, therefore, a first cousin of Emperor Shōwa. Prince Tsuneyoshi became the second head of the Takeda-no-miya house on 23 April 1919. After being educated at the Gakushūin Peers' School, and serving for a session in the House of Peers, he graduated from the 32nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in July 1930, and received a commission", "id": "4712175" }, { "contents": "Ishii Kikujirō\n\n\nViscount , was a Japanese diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan between 1915 and 1916. Ishii was born in Mobara city, Kazusa Province (present-day Chiba Prefecture). He graduated from the Law Department of Tokyo Imperial University and joined the Foreign Ministry. His first posting was as an attaché to Paris in 1891, and he was later sent to Chemulpo, Korea in 1896 and to Beijing, China in 1897.", "id": "19761626" }, { "contents": "Nagai Naoyuki\n\n\n, also known as or , was a Japanese hatamoto under the Tokugawa of Bakumatsu period Japan. His great-great-grandchild was Yukio Mishima. Naoyuki's adopted son, Iwanojō Nagai, was the father of Natsu, who was Mishima's grandmother. Iwanojō's real father was Nagasumi Miyoshi (Miyoshi clan) who was a Tokugawa retainer. Nagai Naoyuki, or as he was first known, , was born in the Nukada district of the Okutono Domain by a concubine to \"daimyō\" . Noritada, while head of a", "id": "5425993" }, { "contents": "Hidemaro Konoye\n\n\nViscount was a conductor and composer of classical music in Shōwa period Japan. He was the younger brother of pre-war Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Konoye was born in Kōjimachi, Tokyo as the younger son of Duke Konoe Atsumaro, scion of one of the Five regent houses of the Fujiwara clan. The Konoe clan traditionally provided \"gagaku\" musicians to the Imperial Household, and Hidemaro chose to follow the family's musical tradition, whereas his older brother Fumimaro went into politics. Konoye attended the Gakushuin Peers School, where", "id": "22220081" }, { "contents": "Yoritake Matsudaira\n\n\n. After graduation from Waseda University, he worked for Toshiba. Now he is the president of . One of his hobbies is horseback riding, he is an amateur radio aficionado, and he gives lectures about the advantages of Scouting activities. Yoritake is a second cousin of the present head of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Tsunenari, as both are great-grandsons of Nabeshima Naohiro, the 11th and last \"daimyō\" of Saga. By virtue of his descent from the \"kuge\" Madenokōji family, he is also a sixth", "id": "1769206" }, { "contents": "Nabeshima Naoyoshi\n\n\nperiod of Naoyoshi's administration, and the prefecture's economic production was increased, particularly in the area of sugar production. In 1881, Naoyoshi was recalled to Tokyo, and became president of the \"Genrōin\". With the establishment of the \"kazoku\" peerage, he became a , and a member of the House of Peers on the establishment of the Diet of Japan in 1890. In his later years he helped build hospitals and schools in the region of Kashima, which he had once ruled, and was awarded Second", "id": "17536683" }, { "contents": "Obama Domain\n\n\nKawagoe Domain, before being the 1st Sakai \"daimyō\" of Obama Domain. He was the son of Sakai Tadatoshi, a hereditary retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He served Tokugawa Hidetada during the Siege of Ueda and later served Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who promoted him to \"rōjū\" in 1624. In 1634, he was transferred to Obama and completed the construction of Obama Castle. He retired from public life in 1656 and died in 1662. His grave is at the clan temple of Kuin-ji in Obama. was the", "id": "16508967" }, { "contents": "Edo period\n\n\nEmperor Kōmei died and was succeeded by his underaged son Emperor Meiji. Tokugawa Yoshinobu reluctantly became head of the Tokugawa house and \"shōgun\". He tried to reorganize the government under the emperor while preserving the \"shōgun\"s leadership role. Fearing the growing power of the Satsuma and Chōshū \"daimyō\", other \"daimyō\" called for returning the \"shōgun\"s political power to the emperor and a council of \"daimyō\" chaired by the former Tokugawa \"shōgun\". Yoshinobu accepted the plan in late 1867 and resigned, announcing an", "id": "3932378" }, { "contents": "Hidejirō Nagata\n\n\n, was a politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan, twice as a cabinet minister, and also serving twice as mayor of Tokyo. Nagata was born in Mihara District, Hyōgo Prefecture, in what is now part of the city of Minamiawaji. After graduating from the predecessor of Kyoto Imperial University and serving as a school principal in Sumoto, Hyōgo from 1902 to 1904, he obtained a posting in the Home Ministry and rose to become", "id": "15430218" }, { "contents": "Ogasawara Nagashige\n\n\n, also known as Sado-no-kami or Etchū-no-kami, was a Japanese samurai \"daimyō\" of the mid-Edo period. The Ogasawara were identified as one of the \"fudai\" or insider \"daimyō\" clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa, in contrast with the \"tozama\" or outsider clans. Nagashige served the Tokugawa shogunate as its eleventh Kyoto \"shoshidai\" in the period spanning October 17, 1691, through May 15, 1702. He had previously been shogunate", "id": "8758740" }, { "contents": "Jo Hyeong\n\n\nJo Hyeong (1606–1679) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty Korea in the 17th century. He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 6th Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. In 1655 King Hyojong of Joseon sent a mission to the shogunal court of Tokugawa Ietsuna. This diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for developing a political foundation for trade. The delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a \"Communication Envoy", "id": "5288304" }, { "contents": "Tsugaru clan\n\n\nwho took the name of (1872–1919) to be his heir. Hidemaru was educated in Germany, graduating from the University of Bonn, Humboldt University of Berlin and University of Geneva and after his return to Japan served in under the Japanese Resident-General of Korea from 1907-1914, and in the Ministry of the Imperial Household from 1914-1918. In 1918, he was appointed to the House of Peers. His son was (1907-1994), who was born as the second son of a branch of", "id": "10903481" }, { "contents": "Arima Ryōkitsu\n\n\nAdmiral was a career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy during Meiji and Taishō periods. Arima was a native of Wakayama, where his father was a senior \"samurai\" retainer of the Kishū Tokugawa clan, and an active supporter of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration. Although he came from such an unfavorable background, Arima was able to secure admission to the 12th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, after graduating from the forerunners of Doshisha University and Keio University with degrees in English language.", "id": "14930546" }, { "contents": "Mitsukuri Rinsho\n\n\nBaron was a Japanese statesman and legal scholar in Meiji period Japan. Mitsukuri was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo) to a noted family of scholars working for the Tokugawa bakufu. He studied \"rangaku\" and received a posting to the \"Bansho Shirabesho,\" the Shōgun's research institute for foreign technology. In 1867, he was selected to accompany the Shogunate's expedition to the Paris World Exposition, which proved to be an eye-opener. On his return to Japan, Mitsukuri joined the new Meiji government", "id": "19948939" }, { "contents": "Owari-Tokugawa family\n\n\nThe , a branch of the Tokugawa clan, is the seniormost house of the \"Gosanke\" (\"three honourable houses of the Tokugawa\"). Originally descended from Tokugawa Yoshinao, the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the original line became extinct in 1800 with the death of the ninth lord and family head. It has since been kept in existence through repeated adoptions from the two remaining houses, and is currently headed by a member of the Kishu branch. For over 250 years, the Owari family ruled Owari Domain,", "id": "17810278" } ]

[ { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSan Diego State 81–71, becoming the first time a 15th seed has ever advanced to the Sweet 16. The school was referred to as \"Dunk City\" or \"Florida Dunk Coast\" on many media outlets such as ESPN and CBS due to their high-flying athletic finishing style. The Eagles participated in their first Division I postseason tournament in 2013, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. On March 22, 2013; the Eagles", "id": "14634777" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nfull Division I member on August 11, 2011. The Eagles men's basketball team is best known for their run in the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, their first since moving up to Division I. In the Round of 64, the Eagles defeated the #2 seed Georgetown 78–68. It was only the seventh time that a 15th seed has defeated a 2nd seed, and the second-highest margin of victory for one. Two days later in the Round of 32, the Eagles defeated the #7 seed", "id": "14634776" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\n, the 15th seed in the South Region, scored one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history, defeating second-seeded Georgetown 78–68. They were only the seventh #15 seed to defeat a #2 seed, the first being Richmond's 1991 victory over Syracuse. Two days later, they defeated seventh seeded San Diego State to become the first #15 seed ever to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Their run ended there in a 62–50 loss to third seeded Florida. This is \"officially\" the third-deepest", "id": "14634778" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\ntournament final earning the automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became the seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. The Eagles went on to win two more Atlantic Sun Conference championships in", "id": "21316638" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nplayed in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. That earned the team an automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament, and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became", "id": "15898381" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nearn their first ever bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 15 seed in the south region. Guard Sherwood Brown was named the A-Sun player of the year. In their NCAA Tournament debut, the 15 seeded Eagles upset 2 seeded Georgetown 78–68. It was the third time in two years and eighth time overall that a 15 seed had upset a 2 seed. With a second round 81-71 win over San Diego State, they became the first 15 seed to win two games in a tournament to advance", "id": "8068116" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nNCAA Division I, having been officially founded in 1991 and started classes in 1997. FGCU athletics began in the NAIA. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a full Division I member on August 11, 2011. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, FGCU became the first number 15 seed to advance to the Sweet", "id": "15898378" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by second year head coach Andy Enfield, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished A-Sun play with a record of 13–5 to finish in second place. In only their second year of full NCAA eligibility, the Eagles won the Atlantic Sun Tournament, beating top-seeded Mercer in the championship game, to", "id": "8068115" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida and were led by fourth-year head coach Joe Dooley as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the regular season 26–8, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the ASUN Tournament, they defeated Stetson, Kennesaw State, and North Florida", "id": "11309074" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSweet Sixteen as the first ever 15-seed to do such. After putting FGCU on the map with their new \"Dunk City\" moniker, Enfield accepted the men's basketball position at USC. Joe Dooley then assumed the role from 2013-2018 before accepting the Head Coach position at East Carolina The Eagles are now led by long-time program assistant coach, Michael Fly. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a", "id": "14634775" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division", "id": "19591078" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAndrew William Enfield (born June 8, 1969) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Southern California (USC). He came to national prominence as the head coach of Florida Gulf Coast University when his team achieved two major feats at the 2013 NCAA Tournament. First they became just the seventh 15-seed to defeat a 2-seed by upsetting Georgetown in the first round of the tournament. Then with an 81–71 upset of No. 7 San Diego State they became the first ever", "id": "13490420" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. He was succeeded by Andy Enfield from 2011-13, who took the Eagles to the", "id": "14634774" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles are led by first-year head coach Michael Fly and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Eagles finished the 2017–18 season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost", "id": "5505776" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles were led by fifth-year head coach Joe Dooley and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost to Lipscomb", "id": "15628413" }, { "contents": "Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball\n\n\ntournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University in the Second Round. Georgetown lost to the 15th-seeded Eagles 78–68, the seventh number two seed to lose to a 15 seed. It was the fourth consecutive season the Hoyas were eliminated by a double-digit seed in the NCAA Tournament. The 2013–14 season was the team's first after Georgetown and six other schools left the original Big East Conference and joined Butler, Creighton, and Xavier in forming the new Big East Conference – part of a major conference realignment in which several other", "id": "7112965" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nrun by a first-time tournament participant in NCAA history, behind only Indiana State advancing all the way to the national championship game in 1979 and Charlotte and Georgia reaching the Final Four in 1977 and 1983, respectively. Southwestern Louisiana, now known as Louisiana–Lafayette, advanced to the Sweet 16 in its first appearance as well, in 1972, but that appearance was vacated due to NCAA sanctions. Coach Andy Enfield was hired by USC on April 1. To replace him, the Eagles hired Joe Dooley, an assistant", "id": "14634779" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference and were the defending A-Sun Tournament champion. They played their home games at Alico Arena. The team went through many changes for the 2013–14 season. Head coach Andy Enfield left to take the same job at USC and former Kansas assistant Joe Dooley takes over as head coach. Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Player of", "id": "14271711" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by second year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 22–11, 12–3 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the A-Sun Tournament where they lost to USC Upstate. They received an invitation to the", "id": "14301819" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nto win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Florida State. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to win the A-Sun Tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 16 seed where they defeated", "id": "11309075" }, { "contents": "Sherwood Brown\n\n\nNCAA Tournament appearance in just the school's second year of full Division I eligibility. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Brown, scoring 24 points and grabbing 9 rebounds, led his Eagles to 78–68 win over No. 2 seed Georgetown. Then, his #15 seeded Eagles made history, by beating #7 seed San Diego State, 81–71. It marked the first time a No. 15 seed reached the sweet sixteen. Brown scored 17 points and added 8 rebounds in the contest. His final", "id": "13929588" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\nwon the Atlantic Sun Conference regular-season and/or tournament championship each year since (except for 2010) with annual postseason appearances either in the NCAA Tournament or the WNIT, in which the Eagles finished second nationally in 2016 after losing to South Dakota in the championship game. In 2012, FGCU's first year of full Division I postseason eligibility, the men's team played in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference", "id": "21316637" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n's regular season and conference tourney titles, earning its first berth into the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. The Eagles lost to St. Bonaventure University in the first round of the tournament 72-65 in Tallahassee, FL. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. Founded in 2007, the Eagles are one of the youngest men's soccer programs in the country. The team made the NCAA Tournament in the first year of eligibility, in 2011", "id": "15898384" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 15th year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 26–9, 12–2 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They defeated North Florida, Jacksonville and Stetson to become champions of the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's", "id": "5941281" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles were coached by 13th year head coach Karl Smesko and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–3, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They also won the Atlantic Sun Tournament to earn an automatic to the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to Florida State in the", "id": "10569284" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by third year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to be champions of the A-Sun", "id": "15873400" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nthe seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. On March 24, 2007, FGCU women's basketball team ended their 35–1 season with a loss in the Division II National Championship to Southern Connecticut State University. One year later, in 2008, the Women's Basketball team qualified for the WNIT, becoming the first team to qualify for the WNIT in its first season of Division I sports. During the 2008 WNIT Tourney, the team became the first Atlantic", "id": "15898382" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ndecisive 8–0 Georgetown run early in the second half, the Hoyas took their first double-digit lead on a Nate Lubick dunk with 6:18 left to play on the way to a 77–65 win. It was their first win in a postseason tournament since the 2012 NCAA Tournament and their first win in the NIT since 2005. Georgetown advanced to the second round, visiting the region's No. 1 seed, Florida State, which had defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the first round. None of the defenses the Hoyas tried against Florida", "id": "6143540" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nwon the SEC Championship with a conference record of 14–4. During the regular season, Billy Donovan notched his 400th career win as the head coach of the Gators over Missouri. After losing in the final of the 2013 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament to Mississippi, they entered the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the South Region. Florida defeated the No. 14 seed Northwestern State 79–47 in the first round, and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen after soundly beating the No. 11 seed", "id": "17774979" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by seventeenth year head coach Karl Smesko, will play their home games at the Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 28–4, 16–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season. Florida Gulf Coast won the conference tournament championship game over Liberty, 72–49. They lost in the first round to Miami (", "id": "1471180" }, { "contents": "USC Trojans men's basketball\n\n\nof one scholarship for the 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 academic years, and reductions in the numbers of recruiting days and coaches participating in off-campus recruiting through 2011. The school also vacated all wins earned during the 2007–2008 season, due to Mayo's ineligibility at that time. After becoming the first head coach to lead a 15-seed to the Sweet 16, guiding his Florida Gulf Coast Eagles to upsets of Georgetown and San Diego State, Andy Enfield was hired as the new head coach at USC on April 1, 2013. Enfield replaces", "id": "10682450" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. The Eagles compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The soccer team is one of several varsity sports teams that represent the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. The team made the NCAA tournament in the first year of eligibility in 2011, and returned in 2012, 2014, and 2016. Source: Bob Butehorn has served as head coach for Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer since the", "id": "12451948" }, { "contents": "Fairleigh Dickinson University\n\n\nthe top seeded Illinois Fighting Illini a huge scare. Being only down 1 at the half, the Knights played well and held their own for a while. However, in the second half the Illini pulled away from FDU and won the game by 12. More recently, the men's team made the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles in the First Four, and the 2019 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they defeated Prairie View A&M University in the First", "id": "6126133" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntournament debut in only their second year of Division I eligibility. They upset Georgetown and San Diego State in their first two games, becoming the first #15 seed to advance to the regional semifinals (where they were defeated by Florida). For the first time since 2010, a #14 seed won as Harvard defeated New Mexico in the West Region. The same region saw #13 La Salle, who won in the opening round, defeat #4 Kansas State and #12 Mississippi defeat #5 Wisconsin. In addition", "id": "14862719" }, { "contents": "2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament marked the 38th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 27, March 2 and 5, 2017 at campus sites as top seeds host each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated North Florida, 77–61, in the championship game to receive the conference's automatic trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records", "id": "20563986" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nis not any official definition of what constitutes a \"Cinderella team\", there does seem to be a consensus that such teams represent small schools, are usually low-seeded in the tournament, and achieves at least one unexpected win in the tournament. A recent example of this is Florida Gulf Coast University, a relatively new school that held its first classes in 1997 and became Division I postseason eligible in 2011. They made their first appearance in the 2013 tournament, winning two games to become the first #15 seed to", "id": "20874955" }, { "contents": "2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament was the 39th year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 26, March 1, and 4, 2018 at campus sites of the higher seeds. Lipscomb defeated regular season champion Florida Gulf Coast in the tournament championship to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the school's first trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a", "id": "22036552" }, { "contents": "2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nwin, as VCU was joined by #12 seed and citymate Richmond, #10 seed Florida State, and #13 seed Morehead State as first round winners. Florida State, VCU, and Richmond all advanced to the Sweet Sixteen from that region, and VCU defeated top-seeded Kansas in the final. Butler and #11 seed Gonzaga advanced from the Southeast Region, with Gonzaga losing in the Round of 32 to BYU. For the third time in as many appearances, Vanderbilt suffered a defeat to a double digit seed", "id": "10990625" }, { "contents": "Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball\n\n\nwould again win their opening game, this time defeating Jacksonville University. The Owls would break their second-round losing tradition, beating Jacksonville State University. In the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, the Owls faced Georgia State University and won 76–75, clinching their first and only conference championship and a bid to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. In the 2002 NCAA tournament, the Owls were seeded as a 15-seed, and placed in the South Region, and were paired with 2-seed University of Alabama. Though the Owls hung", "id": "18358839" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nthe following day and lost to Louisville. Falling to No. 8 in the AP Poll, but with a record of 25-6 and having won 13 of its last 15 games, Georgetown received a bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament, the Hoyas′ fourth consecutive appearance in the tournament, seventh in eight seasons, and 29th overall. Seeded second in the tournament's South Region, they met their first opponent, 15th seed Florida Gulf Coast, in the Round of 64, termed the \"Second Round\" this year.", "id": "4423034" }, { "contents": "1997 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nstripped of their Big Ten title they had also won. Arizona also became the only school since the introduction of the 64-team bracket in 1985, to defeat three number 1 seeds in the tournament, having upset overall number one seed Kansas in addition to their two Final Four victories. The tournament also saw the third victory by a #15 seed over a #2 seed, as Coppin State defeated South Carolina in their first round matchup. In addition, a #14 seed advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for only the second time", "id": "9764587" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 2018 and concluded on February 2018. The season marked the 40th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by two games over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 26 through March 4 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Lipscomb defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship", "id": "5246986" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fourteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 33–6, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the A-Sun Women's Tournament where they lost to Jacksonville. They", "id": "17761190" }, { "contents": "Coppin State Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The school's team currently competes in the NCAA Division I in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Before joining NCAA Division I, the Eagles were the 1976 NAIA National Champions. The Eagles have appeared in the NCAA Tournament four times. Their combined record is 1–4. The 1996–97 team was only the third 15 seed to beat a 2 seed in the tournament. The 2007–08 Coppin State team was", "id": "13930583" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 24, 2017 and concluded on February 23, 2017. The season marked the 39th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by one game over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 27 through March 5 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated", "id": "464189" }, { "contents": "2006 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nUCLA 73–57 in the final game. Florida's Joakim Noah was named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament. George Mason's run was one of several upsets by lower-seeded teams in the tournament. For the second consecutive year, a No. 14 seed beat a No. 3 seed as Northwestern State defeated Iowa. No. 13 seed Bradley also defeated No. 4 seed Kansas and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen by defeating No. 5-seeded Pittsburgh in the Second Round. Two No. 12 seeds won as well", "id": "87698" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nFlorida Gulf Coast University had only started classes in 1997 and was so new that it had become eligible for postseason NCAA Division I play only in 2011; the Eagles had finished in second place in the Atlantic Sun Conference and won the conference tournament, but it was their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Hoyas entered the game allowing opponents to shoot only 37.6 percent from the field – fourth-best in the United States – and limiting opponents to 55.7 points per game, and were the heavy favorites. Behind 11-", "id": "4423035" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by sixteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, play their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–5, 12–1 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season champions. They also won the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they upset Missouri in", "id": "14939652" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nchampionship game by a final score of 82-76, winning their first national title since 1986. They also are the last team from the original Big East Conference to win a national championship. On February 20, 2018, the NCAA vacated Louisville's entire tournament run, including its national title, due to multiple recruiting violations. The tournament featured several notable upsets: at least one team seeded #9 through #15 won at least once in the tournament, The most notable was Florida Gulf Coast University, who made their", "id": "14862718" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nthe Year Sherwood Brown graduated and turned professional, signing a contract with Israel's Maccabi Haifa B.C. in July 2013. They finished the season 22–13, 14–4 in Atlantic Sun play to finish in a tie for the regular season conference championship with Mercer. At the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament they advanced to their third consecutive championship game where they lost to Mercer. Due to failing to win the conference tournament as the #1 seed, they earned an automatic bid to the 2014 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to", "id": "14271712" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAtlantic Sun Conference tournament, losing to regular season champion Belmont. His 2012–13 team first attracted attention by beating Miami and finishing with a second-place finish and second seed in the Atlantic Sun tournament. After defeating regular season champion Mercer in the championship game, the Eagles earned a 15 seed in the South Region of the NCAA tournament, where they pulled off a major upset by defeating 2 seed Georgetown in the first round and then 7 seed San Diego State in the second round, making them the first 15 seed in the", "id": "13490426" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntime in tournament history, none of the four top seeded teams in a single region (the South) advanced to the Sweet 16. Also, the tournament featured the first regional final matchup of a 9-seed (Kansas State) and an 11-seed (Loyola-Chicago). Villanova, Michigan, Kansas, and Loyola-Chicago, the \"Cinderella team\" of the tournament, reached the Final Four. Villanova defeated Michigan in the championship game, 79–62. Atlantic Sun Conference champion Lipscomb made its NCAA tournament debut. The 2018", "id": "11011681" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\n, Minnesota, 78–64. The Gators then defeated Florida Gulf Coast, No. 15 seed, in the Sweet Sixteen 62–50. But once again, their run ended in the Elite Eight, this time against fourth seeded Michigan, who handily defeated the Gators, 79–59. The Gators became the first team since the expansion of the tournament in 1951 to lose in the Elite Eight in three consecutive seasons. Florida is the only program in the nation to have advanced as far as the Elite Eight in each of those seasons from 2011–2013", "id": "17774980" }, { "contents": "North Florida Ospreys men's basketball\n\n\n. In the 2014–15 season, the Ospreys made their first ever appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Tournament for the first time. On December 6, 2014, they defeated the Purdue Boilermakers on the road, marking their first ever victory over a Big Ten Conference opponent. They also won the Atlantic Sun regular season title for the first time and posted the best record in team history with 23 wins and 11 losses. As a No. 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament, they were defeated by", "id": "15251308" }, { "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\npopularly called the \"play-in game\", had Niagara, winner of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament, facing Florida A&M, who won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament, for a chance to play top seed Kansas in the First Round of the Tournament. Niagara defeated Florida A&M, 77–69, to advance to play Kansas. All teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65. The first and second-round games were played at", "id": "257019" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team\n\n\n2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 6 seed in the Midwest Region. They defeated 11 seed San Diego State in the first round and 14 seed Ohio to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the regional semifinal they defeated 2 seed and AP #5 Ohio State to advance to the first Elite Eight in school history. They were defeated by 5 seed and AP #13 Michigan State in the regional final to end their season. The 2008–09 Volunteers finished the season 21–13 overall, against the second-rated", "id": "6859935" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n1992 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, and they advanced to the final before losing to Syracuse. They were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the second round before losing to West Region No. 3 seed Florida State. They were ranked No. 22 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and No. 18 in the final Coaches' Poll. Georgetowns starting lineup of senior center and", "id": "14462787" }, { "contents": "1988–89 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nEast Tournament championship in Georgetown men's basketball history, defeating Syracuse in the final game. They were the No. 1 seed in the East Region of the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the 11th of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the East Region final before losing to the region′s No. 2 seed, Duke. They were ranked No. 2 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and Coaches' Poll. Since Patrick Ewing's graduation in May 1985, Georgetown had struggled to find", "id": "14781639" }, { "contents": "Hampton Pirates men's basketball\n\n\nThe Hampton Pirates men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, United States. The school's team formerly competed in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, but moved to the Big South Conference in 2018-19. Notably, the 2000-01 Hampton team was one of seven 15th seeds ever to upset a 2nd seed in the Round of 64 of an NCAA Tournament, defeating Iowa State in the first round. The Pirates have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament six times.", "id": "13103032" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nlost to 15-seed and tournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University 78-68 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The team was ranked No. 8 in the final Associated Press Poll of the season and No. 17 in the postseason Coaches' Poll. This was Georgetowns last season as a member of the original Big East Conference. It had been a founding member of the conference in the 1979-80 season and had remained a member for 34 seasons, but the conferences increasingly unstable membership and uncertain future and what Georgetown", "id": "4422963" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n, becoming the first player ever named the Big East's Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Tournament MVP in the same season, and only the second Tournament MVP from a team that did not win the tournament. The Hoyas were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances. In the first round, they defeated South Florida, with Mourning scoring 21 points and pulling down 11 rebounds.", "id": "14462796" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n. 7 seed, the Ospreys hosted the No. 2 seed Florida in the first round, where they fell 97–68. The Ospreys made the most three point shots (402) out of all NCAA Division I teams in the 2015–16 season, earning them the nickname \"Birds of Trey\". The Ospreys finished the 2014–15 season with a program-best overall record of 23–12, and a 12–2 record in conference play. They won the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time. As a", "id": "17130629" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nAs the #1 seed in the west region of the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, they defeated Hampton in the second round and Michigan in the third round to advance to the \"Sweet Sixteen\" where they were defeated by Arizona to finish the season 32–5. The team finished 2010 with a 35–5 record, becoming the ACC Regular Season Co-Champion, ACC Tournament Champion, and earning a #1 seed in the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Blue Devils beat Butler in the championship", "id": "16537035" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n81–78. They secured the regular season championship and No. 1 seed in the Atlantic Sun Tournament with a win at crosstown rival Jacksonville. The Ospreys began their quest to win back-to-back Atlantic Sun Tournament titles by defeating USC Upstate in the quarterfinals, 92–69. However, they were blown-out by 33 points in the semifinals by Florida Gulf Coast. Their 56 points were the fewest they scored in any game this season. Due to renovations at the O'Connell Center, the 7-seed Ospreys hosted the 2-seed Florida Gators", "id": "17130638" }, { "contents": "2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Stan Heath, the Flashes finished their best season in program history, posting a 30–6 record and advancing to the Elite Eight of the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament after defeating seventh-seeded Oklahoma State, upsetting second-seeded Alabama and third-seeded Pittsburgh, before falling to eventual national runners-up Indiana. The team set program and Mid-American Conference", "id": "6355295" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nits last 3 games in February and entering the postseason with a 24–6 record, yet still managed to win its second consecutive SEC Tournament Championship. The Gators entered the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a No. 3 seed with a 27–6 record, and ranked No. 10 by the AP. They beat No. 14 seed South Alabama and No. 11 seed Milwaukee to advance to the Minneapolis regional. There, the Gators defeated the No. 7 seed Georgetown Hoyas and upset the No. 1 seed Villanova", "id": "17774968" }, { "contents": "Troy Trojans men's basketball\n\n\n1950. The Trojans appeared in the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a 14-seed after winning the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament and faced 3-seeded Xavier in the first round, losing 71–59. The Trojans were the champions of the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2003 and defeated Central Florida for the conference tournament championship in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2004, the Trojans were the Atlantic Sun Conference Regular Season Champions. That year, the Trojans made it all the way to the Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship game, only to lose a heart", "id": "16764100" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nearned a #2 seed in the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, but lost to #15 seed Lehigh in the round of 64. Following the 2009–2010 basketball team, the 2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team began the season ranked #1 in the nation and held that title for the first nine weeks of the season going 15–0, until being defeated for the first time on January 12 again Florida State. The only non-conference loss during the regular season came again St. John's weeks later.", "id": "19517109" }, { "contents": "South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball\n\n\nTournament victory since 1973 with a 20-point win over the Marquette Golden Eagles. Two nights later, the Gamecocks upset the #2 seed Duke Blue Devils to advance to their fourth Sweet 16. South Carolina then beat #3 seed Baylor Bears to advance to their first-ever Elite 8, two days later they upset Florida to advance to their first ever Final Four. The Gamecocks have appeared in the NCAA Tournament nine times. Their combined record is 8–10. The Gamecocks have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 11", "id": "3062795" }, { "contents": "2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament marked the 37th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held March 1–6, 2016 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast won their second Atlantic Sun Tournament title and a berth in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. All 8 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. Stetson was ineligible to participate in the NCAA Tournament due to APR violations, but was allowed to participate in the Atlantic Sun Tournament. Had Stetson won the tournament, North Florida", "id": "9533118" }, { "contents": "2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n. Northern Iowa was one of four teams seeded lower than No. 8 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, joining the East Region's No. 11 seed Washington and No. 12 seed Cornell and the South Region's No. 10 seed Saint Mary's. For the first time since 2006, a No. 14 seed advanced out of the First Round as Ohio defeated Georgetown. The No. 13 seed in the West Region, Murray State, defeated No. 4-seeded Vanderbilt, marking the second consecutive appearance for the Commodores", "id": "10990515" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team represented Boston College during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by third-year head coach Jim Christian, played their home games at the Conte Forum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 9–23, 2–16 in ACC play to finish in last place. As the No. 15 seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost in the first round to Wake Forest. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 7–25", "id": "5940409" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 68 teams to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2017–18 season. The 80th annual edition of the tournament began on March 13, 2018, and concluded with the championship game on April 2 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. During the first round, UMBC became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed in the men's tournament by defeating Virginia 74–54. For the first", "id": "11011680" }, { "contents": "2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe third round of the Midwest Region. A team from the First Four games also won in the Round of 64 for the second consecutive year as South Florida defeated Midwest #5 seed Temple, setting up a #12 vs. #13 matchup that Ohio won. Virginia Commonwealth, a Final Four team from 2011 as an #11 seed, made the 2012 tournament as a #12 seed and once again made the round of 32 by defeating South #5 seed Wichita State. The South Region saw four double digit seeds win", "id": "14155762" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (also FGCU) refer to the fifteen sports teams representing Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and tennis; women's-only: softball, swimming and diving, indoor volleyball, and sand volleyball; and men's-only: baseball. The Eagles compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). FGCU is also notable as the youngest institution competing in", "id": "15898377" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nConference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. In the 2018 NCAA Tournament, Virginia became the first number 1 seed to lose to a number 16 seed when they lost to the UMBC Retrievers 74–54. Led by tenth-year head coach Tony Bennett, Virginia finished the regular season with a record of 28–2. They posted a 16–2 conference record, earning them the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament, where they defeated No. 8 seed NC State, before losing to No. 4 seed Florida State. In the", "id": "19522360" }, { "contents": "American Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe American Eagles men's basketball team represents American University in Washington, D.C. in NCAA Division I competition. The school's team competes in the Patriot League and play their home games in Bender Arena. Their rivals include Boston University, Bucknell University, and Navy. In 2008, the Eagles earned their first ever bid to the NCAA Division I Tournament by defeating Colgate in the final round of the Patriot League Tournament. The Eagles were seeded 15th against #2 Tennessee. American held tight against the Volunteers most of the game,", "id": "1515606" }, { "contents": "2010 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 11–March 14 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. This tournament was notable for the high number of upsets, with the higher seed winning only twice in the first two rounds, and the 11 and 12 seeds progressing to the semifinals. The championship game matched Duke against Georgia Tech. It was the third time a team has played 4 games (NC State in 1997 and", "id": "1478152" }, { "contents": "2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nCole Aldrich on the NCAA Tournament All-Midwest Regional team. To play the top-seeded Louisville Cardinals in the first round, Morehead State defeated Alabama State 58–43, with the Eagles keeping the Hornets without a lead the entire game. This marked the first time either team had played in the tournament in five years; the Eagles had not played since 1984. Morehead State fell to Louisville 74–54, the 100th time a 1 seed beat a 16 seed in the tournament since seeding began. However, the Eagles managed to keep", "id": "21670617" }, { "contents": "Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball\n\n\nThe Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Bisons made their first ever trip to the NCAA tournament in school history in 2018, when they defeated Florida Gulf Coast University in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament final. Lipscomb has a 177–179 all-time record in NCAA basketball and a 96–76 record in Atlantic Sun games. Lipscomb won their first Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament title", "id": "16052096" }, { "contents": "2000 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n1979 by defeating Florida 89-76 in the final game. Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, while Morris Peterson was its leading scorer. Despite the string of upsets, no seed lower than 11 won a game in the tournament. The only 11 seed to win was Pepperdine, which defeated Indiana in the East Region's first round in what turned out to be Bob Knight's last game coaching the Hoosiers before his firing that offseason. Also, two teams that qualified as 10 seeds", "id": "9764963" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by sixth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at Hawkins Arena on the university's Macon, Georgia campus and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–9, 14–4 in A-Sun play to win the regular season A-Sun championship, shared with Florida Gulf Coast. They defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship game of the A-Sun", "id": "13259751" }, { "contents": "1993 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe second round in that region. At the time, 15-seed Santa Clara's victory over 2-seed Arizona was only the second such upset, and following the 2019 tournament, is one of only eight times that a 15-seed defeated a 2-seed since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams (in 2018, Maryland-Baltimore County became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed, ousting Virginia 74-54.). For the third time, the Superdome was the host venue for the Final Four, and for the second straight year,", "id": "9764537" }, { "contents": "2006–07 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team\n\n\nWisconsin to with the tournament championship. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and received a No. 1 seed in the South regional. They defeated Central Connecticut State and Matta's former team, Xavier, to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The Buckeyes then defeated Tennessee and Memphis to advance to the Final Four, their first trip to the Final Four under Matta. With a win over Georgetown, they advanced to the National Championship game against Florida. Florida led from the start,", "id": "19897895" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team\n\n\nfinishing in third place in the Atlantic 10 during the regular season, Richmond advanced to the finals of the conference tournament before falling to Temple. Richmond was awarded an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As the seventh seed in the tournament's South region, Richmond earned the highest seeding in its history. They lost in the first round to ten seed Saint Mary's to end their season. !colspan=9| Regular Season !colspan=9| 2010 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament !colspan=10| 2010 NCAA", "id": "6019729" }, { "contents": "Norfolk State University\n\n\nchampionship which gave them the conference's automatic bid in the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, the school's first ever appearance in the tournament. The Spartans, a 15 seed, defeated the #2 seeded Missouri Tigers in the second round, 86-84. This victory was only the fifth time in NCAA Tournament history that a 15 seed defeated a 2 seed, with the last coming in 2001 by MEAC in-state rival Hampton. The Marching Spartan Legion Band performs at campus events and during Norfolk State", "id": "3283354" }, { "contents": "2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season\n\n\nof these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Ivy League does not have a conference tournament, instead giving their automatic invitation to their regular-season champion. By contrast, the Atlantic Coast Conference does not have a regular-season champion, using the standings only for seeding purposes in its conference tournament. A \"major upset\" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent. After the NCAA Tournament field was announced, the National", "id": "19699405" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nNCAA Tournament, the Cavaliers earned a No. 1 seed in the South Regional. The Cavaliers defeated No. 16 seed and NCAA tournament debutants Gardner–Webb in the first round, and No. 9 seed Oklahoma in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where they ended a potential Cinderella run from No. 12 seed Oregon. In the Elite Eight, the Cavs needed overtime to beat No. 3 Purdue; with the win, they advanced to their first Final Four since 1984. They then defeated No", "id": "19522361" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team represented Morehead State University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 5th year head coach Donnie Tyndall, played their home games at Ellis Johnson Arena and are members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 13–5 in Ohio Valley play and were champions of the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic bid in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As a 13 seed, they upset", "id": "15587818" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament upsets\n\n\nseed has ever advanced to this point in the women's tournament, all defeated teams were 3 seeds. To date, no 13 seed, in either the men's or women's tournament, has advanced to the Elite Eight. Unlike the men's tournament, in which one 12 seed won its Sweet 16 game since 1985, no 12 seed has ever won a game in the women's tournament. Only one team seeded 11 or lower has won in the Sweet 16 and advanced to the Elite Eight—11 seed Gonzaga in 2011", "id": "14196695" }, { "contents": "1985–86 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ntournament semifinals, where they lost to Syracuse. Georgetown was the No. 4 seed in the Midwest Region of the 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the eighth of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and defeated Texas Tech in the first round to advance to the second round, in which the Hoyas met the Midwest Regions No. 5 seed, Michigan State. Although he had nine of Georgetowns 17 assists, Michael Jackson shot only 1-for-7 (14.3%) from the field while Michigan State senior guard Scott Skiles", "id": "14959435" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nnational championship), and Michigan, returning for the first time since the Fab Five's second appearance in 1993 (which was later vacated). By winning the West Region, Wichita State became the first #9 seed and first Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) team to reach the Final Four since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The last #9 seed to reach the Final Four was Penn, and the last MVC team to do so was Indiana State, both in 1979. Louisville defeated Michigan in the", "id": "14862717" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by fourth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at the University Center and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–11, 13–5 in A-Sun play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the semifinals of the Atlantic Sun Basketball Tournament to Florida Gulf Coast. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Tennessee", "id": "21424844" }, { "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nwas played between two #1 seeds, due to the fact that all four #1 seeds were in the Final Four for the first time in NCAA Tournament history. Kansas entered the 2008 NCAA Tournament as the #1 seed in the Midwest Regional. In the 1st round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas dominated Portland State with an 85-61 victory. In the 2nd round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas beat UNLV 75-56 to advance to the Sweet 16. In the Sweet 16 of the 2008 NCAA", "id": "17054491" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hokies were led by third-year head coach Buzz Williams and played their home games at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 22–11, 10–8 in ACC play to finish a three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the ACC Tournament, they beat Wake Forest before losing to Florida", "id": "6984911" }, { "contents": "2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was head coach Dave Rose's 13th season at BYU and the Cougars seventh season as members of the West Coast Conference. The Cougars played their home games at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah. They finished the season 24–11, 11–7 in West Coast Conference play to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated San Diego in the quarterfinals and Saint", "id": "14065303" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n, and returned in 2012. They most recently returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2014 where they lost to Coastal Carolina 1–0. The men's soccer team plays its home games at the FGCU Soccer Complex. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I women's soccer competitions. The Green and Blue have competed in the NCAA Tournament 6 times, with a win against South Florida during the 2015 tournament. The women's team played their first home NCAA tournament game in 2014", "id": "15898385" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nto that, the region's top seed, Gonzaga, was defeated in the round of 32 by eventual region winner Wichita State, who defeated La Salle in the Sweet Sixteen. Two other teams also earned their first ever NCAA Tournament victory: Ivy League champion Harvard and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champion North Carolina A&T. Liberty became the first 20-loss team in five years to earn an NCAA bid, having finished its season with five consecutive wins to secure the Big South championship and its automatic qualification. The following are", "id": "14862720" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nThey received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning an 8 seed in the West Region. They defeated 9 seed Florida State in the first round before losing to 1 seed and AP #4 Syracuse in the second round. Gonzaga opened the season with a 94–53 exhibition victory over Alberta on November 2. Matt Bouldin led the team with 17 points, followed by Sam Dower with 15 points and Robert Sacre with 11 points. Gonzaga led by as many as 26 points in the", "id": "651215" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nUTEP and 13 seed Murray State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The team next defeated 1 seed Syracuse to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history, and then defeated 2 seed Kansas State to earn their first Final Four appearance in school history. They were only the second team from a mid-major conference to \"officially\" advance that far in the tournament since UNLV made the Final Four in 1991. On April 3, 2010, Butler defeated Michigan State and advanced to the National Championship game", "id": "12646316" } ]

[ { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSan Diego State 81–71, becoming the first time a 15th seed has ever advanced to the Sweet 16. The school was referred to as \"Dunk City\" or \"Florida Dunk Coast\" on many media outlets such as ESPN and CBS due to their high-flying athletic finishing style. The Eagles participated in their first Division I postseason tournament in 2013, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. On March 22, 2013; the Eagles", "id": "14634777" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nfull Division I member on August 11, 2011. The Eagles men's basketball team is best known for their run in the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, their first since moving up to Division I. In the Round of 64, the Eagles defeated the #2 seed Georgetown 78–68. It was only the seventh time that a 15th seed has defeated a 2nd seed, and the second-highest margin of victory for one. Two days later in the Round of 32, the Eagles defeated the #7 seed", "id": "14634776" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\n, the 15th seed in the South Region, scored one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history, defeating second-seeded Georgetown 78–68. They were only the seventh #15 seed to defeat a #2 seed, the first being Richmond's 1991 victory over Syracuse. Two days later, they defeated seventh seeded San Diego State to become the first #15 seed ever to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Their run ended there in a 62–50 loss to third seeded Florida. This is \"officially\" the third-deepest", "id": "14634778" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\ntournament final earning the automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became the seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. The Eagles went on to win two more Atlantic Sun Conference championships in", "id": "21316638" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nplayed in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. That earned the team an automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament, and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became", "id": "15898381" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nearn their first ever bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 15 seed in the south region. Guard Sherwood Brown was named the A-Sun player of the year. In their NCAA Tournament debut, the 15 seeded Eagles upset 2 seeded Georgetown 78–68. It was the third time in two years and eighth time overall that a 15 seed had upset a 2 seed. With a second round 81-71 win over San Diego State, they became the first 15 seed to win two games in a tournament to advance", "id": "8068116" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nNCAA Division I, having been officially founded in 1991 and started classes in 1997. FGCU athletics began in the NAIA. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a full Division I member on August 11, 2011. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, FGCU became the first number 15 seed to advance to the Sweet", "id": "15898378" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by second year head coach Andy Enfield, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished A-Sun play with a record of 13–5 to finish in second place. In only their second year of full NCAA eligibility, the Eagles won the Atlantic Sun Tournament, beating top-seeded Mercer in the championship game, to", "id": "8068115" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida and were led by fourth-year head coach Joe Dooley as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the regular season 26–8, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the ASUN Tournament, they defeated Stetson, Kennesaw State, and North Florida", "id": "11309074" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSweet Sixteen as the first ever 15-seed to do such. After putting FGCU on the map with their new \"Dunk City\" moniker, Enfield accepted the men's basketball position at USC. Joe Dooley then assumed the role from 2013-2018 before accepting the Head Coach position at East Carolina The Eagles are now led by long-time program assistant coach, Michael Fly. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a", "id": "14634775" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division", "id": "19591078" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAndrew William Enfield (born June 8, 1969) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Southern California (USC). He came to national prominence as the head coach of Florida Gulf Coast University when his team achieved two major feats at the 2013 NCAA Tournament. First they became just the seventh 15-seed to defeat a 2-seed by upsetting Georgetown in the first round of the tournament. Then with an 81–71 upset of No. 7 San Diego State they became the first ever", "id": "13490420" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. He was succeeded by Andy Enfield from 2011-13, who took the Eagles to the", "id": "14634774" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles are led by first-year head coach Michael Fly and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Eagles finished the 2017–18 season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost", "id": "5505776" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles were led by fifth-year head coach Joe Dooley and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost to Lipscomb", "id": "15628413" }, { "contents": "Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball\n\n\ntournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University in the Second Round. Georgetown lost to the 15th-seeded Eagles 78–68, the seventh number two seed to lose to a 15 seed. It was the fourth consecutive season the Hoyas were eliminated by a double-digit seed in the NCAA Tournament. The 2013–14 season was the team's first after Georgetown and six other schools left the original Big East Conference and joined Butler, Creighton, and Xavier in forming the new Big East Conference – part of a major conference realignment in which several other", "id": "7112965" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nrun by a first-time tournament participant in NCAA history, behind only Indiana State advancing all the way to the national championship game in 1979 and Charlotte and Georgia reaching the Final Four in 1977 and 1983, respectively. Southwestern Louisiana, now known as Louisiana–Lafayette, advanced to the Sweet 16 in its first appearance as well, in 1972, but that appearance was vacated due to NCAA sanctions. Coach Andy Enfield was hired by USC on April 1. To replace him, the Eagles hired Joe Dooley, an assistant", "id": "14634779" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference and were the defending A-Sun Tournament champion. They played their home games at Alico Arena. The team went through many changes for the 2013–14 season. Head coach Andy Enfield left to take the same job at USC and former Kansas assistant Joe Dooley takes over as head coach. Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Player of", "id": "14271711" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by second year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 22–11, 12–3 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the A-Sun Tournament where they lost to USC Upstate. They received an invitation to the", "id": "14301819" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nto win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Florida State. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to win the A-Sun Tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 16 seed where they defeated", "id": "11309075" }, { "contents": "Sherwood Brown\n\n\nNCAA Tournament appearance in just the school's second year of full Division I eligibility. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Brown, scoring 24 points and grabbing 9 rebounds, led his Eagles to 78–68 win over No. 2 seed Georgetown. Then, his #15 seeded Eagles made history, by beating #7 seed San Diego State, 81–71. It marked the first time a No. 15 seed reached the sweet sixteen. Brown scored 17 points and added 8 rebounds in the contest. His final", "id": "13929588" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\nwon the Atlantic Sun Conference regular-season and/or tournament championship each year since (except for 2010) with annual postseason appearances either in the NCAA Tournament or the WNIT, in which the Eagles finished second nationally in 2016 after losing to South Dakota in the championship game. In 2012, FGCU's first year of full Division I postseason eligibility, the men's team played in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference", "id": "21316637" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n's regular season and conference tourney titles, earning its first berth into the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. The Eagles lost to St. Bonaventure University in the first round of the tournament 72-65 in Tallahassee, FL. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. Founded in 2007, the Eagles are one of the youngest men's soccer programs in the country. The team made the NCAA Tournament in the first year of eligibility, in 2011", "id": "15898384" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 15th year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 26–9, 12–2 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They defeated North Florida, Jacksonville and Stetson to become champions of the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's", "id": "5941281" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles were coached by 13th year head coach Karl Smesko and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–3, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They also won the Atlantic Sun Tournament to earn an automatic to the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to Florida State in the", "id": "10569284" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by third year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to be champions of the A-Sun", "id": "15873400" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nthe seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. On March 24, 2007, FGCU women's basketball team ended their 35–1 season with a loss in the Division II National Championship to Southern Connecticut State University. One year later, in 2008, the Women's Basketball team qualified for the WNIT, becoming the first team to qualify for the WNIT in its first season of Division I sports. During the 2008 WNIT Tourney, the team became the first Atlantic", "id": "15898382" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ndecisive 8–0 Georgetown run early in the second half, the Hoyas took their first double-digit lead on a Nate Lubick dunk with 6:18 left to play on the way to a 77–65 win. It was their first win in a postseason tournament since the 2012 NCAA Tournament and their first win in the NIT since 2005. Georgetown advanced to the second round, visiting the region's No. 1 seed, Florida State, which had defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the first round. None of the defenses the Hoyas tried against Florida", "id": "6143540" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nwon the SEC Championship with a conference record of 14–4. During the regular season, Billy Donovan notched his 400th career win as the head coach of the Gators over Missouri. After losing in the final of the 2013 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament to Mississippi, they entered the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the South Region. Florida defeated the No. 14 seed Northwestern State 79–47 in the first round, and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen after soundly beating the No. 11 seed", "id": "17774979" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by seventeenth year head coach Karl Smesko, will play their home games at the Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 28–4, 16–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season. Florida Gulf Coast won the conference tournament championship game over Liberty, 72–49. They lost in the first round to Miami (", "id": "1471180" }, { "contents": "USC Trojans men's basketball\n\n\nof one scholarship for the 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 academic years, and reductions in the numbers of recruiting days and coaches participating in off-campus recruiting through 2011. The school also vacated all wins earned during the 2007–2008 season, due to Mayo's ineligibility at that time. After becoming the first head coach to lead a 15-seed to the Sweet 16, guiding his Florida Gulf Coast Eagles to upsets of Georgetown and San Diego State, Andy Enfield was hired as the new head coach at USC on April 1, 2013. Enfield replaces", "id": "10682450" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. The Eagles compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The soccer team is one of several varsity sports teams that represent the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. The team made the NCAA tournament in the first year of eligibility in 2011, and returned in 2012, 2014, and 2016. Source: Bob Butehorn has served as head coach for Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer since the", "id": "12451948" }, { "contents": "Fairleigh Dickinson University\n\n\nthe top seeded Illinois Fighting Illini a huge scare. Being only down 1 at the half, the Knights played well and held their own for a while. However, in the second half the Illini pulled away from FDU and won the game by 12. More recently, the men's team made the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles in the First Four, and the 2019 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they defeated Prairie View A&M University in the First", "id": "6126133" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntournament debut in only their second year of Division I eligibility. They upset Georgetown and San Diego State in their first two games, becoming the first #15 seed to advance to the regional semifinals (where they were defeated by Florida). For the first time since 2010, a #14 seed won as Harvard defeated New Mexico in the West Region. The same region saw #13 La Salle, who won in the opening round, defeat #4 Kansas State and #12 Mississippi defeat #5 Wisconsin. In addition", "id": "14862719" }, { "contents": "2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament marked the 38th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 27, March 2 and 5, 2017 at campus sites as top seeds host each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated North Florida, 77–61, in the championship game to receive the conference's automatic trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records", "id": "20563986" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nis not any official definition of what constitutes a \"Cinderella team\", there does seem to be a consensus that such teams represent small schools, are usually low-seeded in the tournament, and achieves at least one unexpected win in the tournament. A recent example of this is Florida Gulf Coast University, a relatively new school that held its first classes in 1997 and became Division I postseason eligible in 2011. They made their first appearance in the 2013 tournament, winning two games to become the first #15 seed to", "id": "20874955" }, { "contents": "2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament was the 39th year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 26, March 1, and 4, 2018 at campus sites of the higher seeds. Lipscomb defeated regular season champion Florida Gulf Coast in the tournament championship to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the school's first trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a", "id": "22036552" }, { "contents": "2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nwin, as VCU was joined by #12 seed and citymate Richmond, #10 seed Florida State, and #13 seed Morehead State as first round winners. Florida State, VCU, and Richmond all advanced to the Sweet Sixteen from that region, and VCU defeated top-seeded Kansas in the final. Butler and #11 seed Gonzaga advanced from the Southeast Region, with Gonzaga losing in the Round of 32 to BYU. For the third time in as many appearances, Vanderbilt suffered a defeat to a double digit seed", "id": "10990625" }, { "contents": "Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball\n\n\nwould again win their opening game, this time defeating Jacksonville University. The Owls would break their second-round losing tradition, beating Jacksonville State University. In the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, the Owls faced Georgia State University and won 76–75, clinching their first and only conference championship and a bid to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. In the 2002 NCAA tournament, the Owls were seeded as a 15-seed, and placed in the South Region, and were paired with 2-seed University of Alabama. Though the Owls hung", "id": "18358839" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nthe following day and lost to Louisville. Falling to No. 8 in the AP Poll, but with a record of 25-6 and having won 13 of its last 15 games, Georgetown received a bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament, the Hoyas′ fourth consecutive appearance in the tournament, seventh in eight seasons, and 29th overall. Seeded second in the tournament's South Region, they met their first opponent, 15th seed Florida Gulf Coast, in the Round of 64, termed the \"Second Round\" this year.", "id": "4423034" }, { "contents": "1997 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nstripped of their Big Ten title they had also won. Arizona also became the only school since the introduction of the 64-team bracket in 1985, to defeat three number 1 seeds in the tournament, having upset overall number one seed Kansas in addition to their two Final Four victories. The tournament also saw the third victory by a #15 seed over a #2 seed, as Coppin State defeated South Carolina in their first round matchup. In addition, a #14 seed advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for only the second time", "id": "9764587" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 2018 and concluded on February 2018. The season marked the 40th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by two games over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 26 through March 4 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Lipscomb defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship", "id": "5246986" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fourteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 33–6, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the A-Sun Women's Tournament where they lost to Jacksonville. They", "id": "17761190" }, { "contents": "Coppin State Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The school's team currently competes in the NCAA Division I in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Before joining NCAA Division I, the Eagles were the 1976 NAIA National Champions. The Eagles have appeared in the NCAA Tournament four times. Their combined record is 1–4. The 1996–97 team was only the third 15 seed to beat a 2 seed in the tournament. The 2007–08 Coppin State team was", "id": "13930583" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 24, 2017 and concluded on February 23, 2017. The season marked the 39th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by one game over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 27 through March 5 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated", "id": "464189" }, { "contents": "2006 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nUCLA 73–57 in the final game. Florida's Joakim Noah was named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament. George Mason's run was one of several upsets by lower-seeded teams in the tournament. For the second consecutive year, a No. 14 seed beat a No. 3 seed as Northwestern State defeated Iowa. No. 13 seed Bradley also defeated No. 4 seed Kansas and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen by defeating No. 5-seeded Pittsburgh in the Second Round. Two No. 12 seeds won as well", "id": "87698" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nFlorida Gulf Coast University had only started classes in 1997 and was so new that it had become eligible for postseason NCAA Division I play only in 2011; the Eagles had finished in second place in the Atlantic Sun Conference and won the conference tournament, but it was their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Hoyas entered the game allowing opponents to shoot only 37.6 percent from the field – fourth-best in the United States – and limiting opponents to 55.7 points per game, and were the heavy favorites. Behind 11-", "id": "4423035" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by sixteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, play their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–5, 12–1 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season champions. They also won the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they upset Missouri in", "id": "14939652" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nchampionship game by a final score of 82-76, winning their first national title since 1986. They also are the last team from the original Big East Conference to win a national championship. On February 20, 2018, the NCAA vacated Louisville's entire tournament run, including its national title, due to multiple recruiting violations. The tournament featured several notable upsets: at least one team seeded #9 through #15 won at least once in the tournament, The most notable was Florida Gulf Coast University, who made their", "id": "14862718" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nthe Year Sherwood Brown graduated and turned professional, signing a contract with Israel's Maccabi Haifa B.C. in July 2013. They finished the season 22–13, 14–4 in Atlantic Sun play to finish in a tie for the regular season conference championship with Mercer. At the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament they advanced to their third consecutive championship game where they lost to Mercer. Due to failing to win the conference tournament as the #1 seed, they earned an automatic bid to the 2014 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to", "id": "14271712" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAtlantic Sun Conference tournament, losing to regular season champion Belmont. His 2012–13 team first attracted attention by beating Miami and finishing with a second-place finish and second seed in the Atlantic Sun tournament. After defeating regular season champion Mercer in the championship game, the Eagles earned a 15 seed in the South Region of the NCAA tournament, where they pulled off a major upset by defeating 2 seed Georgetown in the first round and then 7 seed San Diego State in the second round, making them the first 15 seed in the", "id": "13490426" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntime in tournament history, none of the four top seeded teams in a single region (the South) advanced to the Sweet 16. Also, the tournament featured the first regional final matchup of a 9-seed (Kansas State) and an 11-seed (Loyola-Chicago). Villanova, Michigan, Kansas, and Loyola-Chicago, the \"Cinderella team\" of the tournament, reached the Final Four. Villanova defeated Michigan in the championship game, 79–62. Atlantic Sun Conference champion Lipscomb made its NCAA tournament debut. The 2018", "id": "11011681" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\n, Minnesota, 78–64. The Gators then defeated Florida Gulf Coast, No. 15 seed, in the Sweet Sixteen 62–50. But once again, their run ended in the Elite Eight, this time against fourth seeded Michigan, who handily defeated the Gators, 79–59. The Gators became the first team since the expansion of the tournament in 1951 to lose in the Elite Eight in three consecutive seasons. Florida is the only program in the nation to have advanced as far as the Elite Eight in each of those seasons from 2011–2013", "id": "17774980" }, { "contents": "North Florida Ospreys men's basketball\n\n\n. In the 2014–15 season, the Ospreys made their first ever appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Tournament for the first time. On December 6, 2014, they defeated the Purdue Boilermakers on the road, marking their first ever victory over a Big Ten Conference opponent. They also won the Atlantic Sun regular season title for the first time and posted the best record in team history with 23 wins and 11 losses. As a No. 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament, they were defeated by", "id": "15251308" }, { "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\npopularly called the \"play-in game\", had Niagara, winner of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament, facing Florida A&M, who won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament, for a chance to play top seed Kansas in the First Round of the Tournament. Niagara defeated Florida A&M, 77–69, to advance to play Kansas. All teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65. The first and second-round games were played at", "id": "257019" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team\n\n\n2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 6 seed in the Midwest Region. They defeated 11 seed San Diego State in the first round and 14 seed Ohio to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the regional semifinal they defeated 2 seed and AP #5 Ohio State to advance to the first Elite Eight in school history. They were defeated by 5 seed and AP #13 Michigan State in the regional final to end their season. The 2008–09 Volunteers finished the season 21–13 overall, against the second-rated", "id": "6859935" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n1992 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, and they advanced to the final before losing to Syracuse. They were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the second round before losing to West Region No. 3 seed Florida State. They were ranked No. 22 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and No. 18 in the final Coaches' Poll. Georgetowns starting lineup of senior center and", "id": "14462787" }, { "contents": "1988–89 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nEast Tournament championship in Georgetown men's basketball history, defeating Syracuse in the final game. They were the No. 1 seed in the East Region of the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the 11th of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the East Region final before losing to the region′s No. 2 seed, Duke. They were ranked No. 2 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and Coaches' Poll. Since Patrick Ewing's graduation in May 1985, Georgetown had struggled to find", "id": "14781639" }, { "contents": "Hampton Pirates men's basketball\n\n\nThe Hampton Pirates men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, United States. The school's team formerly competed in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, but moved to the Big South Conference in 2018-19. Notably, the 2000-01 Hampton team was one of seven 15th seeds ever to upset a 2nd seed in the Round of 64 of an NCAA Tournament, defeating Iowa State in the first round. The Pirates have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament six times.", "id": "13103032" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nlost to 15-seed and tournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University 78-68 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The team was ranked No. 8 in the final Associated Press Poll of the season and No. 17 in the postseason Coaches' Poll. This was Georgetowns last season as a member of the original Big East Conference. It had been a founding member of the conference in the 1979-80 season and had remained a member for 34 seasons, but the conferences increasingly unstable membership and uncertain future and what Georgetown", "id": "4422963" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n, becoming the first player ever named the Big East's Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Tournament MVP in the same season, and only the second Tournament MVP from a team that did not win the tournament. The Hoyas were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances. In the first round, they defeated South Florida, with Mourning scoring 21 points and pulling down 11 rebounds.", "id": "14462796" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n. 7 seed, the Ospreys hosted the No. 2 seed Florida in the first round, where they fell 97–68. The Ospreys made the most three point shots (402) out of all NCAA Division I teams in the 2015–16 season, earning them the nickname \"Birds of Trey\". The Ospreys finished the 2014–15 season with a program-best overall record of 23–12, and a 12–2 record in conference play. They won the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time. As a", "id": "17130629" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nAs the #1 seed in the west region of the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, they defeated Hampton in the second round and Michigan in the third round to advance to the \"Sweet Sixteen\" where they were defeated by Arizona to finish the season 32–5. The team finished 2010 with a 35–5 record, becoming the ACC Regular Season Co-Champion, ACC Tournament Champion, and earning a #1 seed in the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Blue Devils beat Butler in the championship", "id": "16537035" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n81–78. They secured the regular season championship and No. 1 seed in the Atlantic Sun Tournament with a win at crosstown rival Jacksonville. The Ospreys began their quest to win back-to-back Atlantic Sun Tournament titles by defeating USC Upstate in the quarterfinals, 92–69. However, they were blown-out by 33 points in the semifinals by Florida Gulf Coast. Their 56 points were the fewest they scored in any game this season. Due to renovations at the O'Connell Center, the 7-seed Ospreys hosted the 2-seed Florida Gators", "id": "17130638" }, { "contents": "2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Stan Heath, the Flashes finished their best season in program history, posting a 30–6 record and advancing to the Elite Eight of the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament after defeating seventh-seeded Oklahoma State, upsetting second-seeded Alabama and third-seeded Pittsburgh, before falling to eventual national runners-up Indiana. The team set program and Mid-American Conference", "id": "6355295" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nits last 3 games in February and entering the postseason with a 24–6 record, yet still managed to win its second consecutive SEC Tournament Championship. The Gators entered the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a No. 3 seed with a 27–6 record, and ranked No. 10 by the AP. They beat No. 14 seed South Alabama and No. 11 seed Milwaukee to advance to the Minneapolis regional. There, the Gators defeated the No. 7 seed Georgetown Hoyas and upset the No. 1 seed Villanova", "id": "17774968" }, { "contents": "Troy Trojans men's basketball\n\n\n1950. The Trojans appeared in the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a 14-seed after winning the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament and faced 3-seeded Xavier in the first round, losing 71–59. The Trojans were the champions of the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2003 and defeated Central Florida for the conference tournament championship in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2004, the Trojans were the Atlantic Sun Conference Regular Season Champions. That year, the Trojans made it all the way to the Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship game, only to lose a heart", "id": "16764100" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nearned a #2 seed in the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, but lost to #15 seed Lehigh in the round of 64. Following the 2009–2010 basketball team, the 2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team began the season ranked #1 in the nation and held that title for the first nine weeks of the season going 15–0, until being defeated for the first time on January 12 again Florida State. The only non-conference loss during the regular season came again St. John's weeks later.", "id": "19517109" }, { "contents": "South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball\n\n\nTournament victory since 1973 with a 20-point win over the Marquette Golden Eagles. Two nights later, the Gamecocks upset the #2 seed Duke Blue Devils to advance to their fourth Sweet 16. South Carolina then beat #3 seed Baylor Bears to advance to their first-ever Elite 8, two days later they upset Florida to advance to their first ever Final Four. The Gamecocks have appeared in the NCAA Tournament nine times. Their combined record is 8–10. The Gamecocks have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 11", "id": "3062795" }, { "contents": "2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament marked the 37th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held March 1–6, 2016 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast won their second Atlantic Sun Tournament title and a berth in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. All 8 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. Stetson was ineligible to participate in the NCAA Tournament due to APR violations, but was allowed to participate in the Atlantic Sun Tournament. Had Stetson won the tournament, North Florida", "id": "9533118" }, { "contents": "2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n. Northern Iowa was one of four teams seeded lower than No. 8 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, joining the East Region's No. 11 seed Washington and No. 12 seed Cornell and the South Region's No. 10 seed Saint Mary's. For the first time since 2006, a No. 14 seed advanced out of the First Round as Ohio defeated Georgetown. The No. 13 seed in the West Region, Murray State, defeated No. 4-seeded Vanderbilt, marking the second consecutive appearance for the Commodores", "id": "10990515" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team represented Boston College during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by third-year head coach Jim Christian, played their home games at the Conte Forum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 9–23, 2–16 in ACC play to finish in last place. As the No. 15 seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost in the first round to Wake Forest. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 7–25", "id": "5940409" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 68 teams to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2017–18 season. The 80th annual edition of the tournament began on March 13, 2018, and concluded with the championship game on April 2 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. During the first round, UMBC became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed in the men's tournament by defeating Virginia 74–54. For the first", "id": "11011680" }, { "contents": "2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe third round of the Midwest Region. A team from the First Four games also won in the Round of 64 for the second consecutive year as South Florida defeated Midwest #5 seed Temple, setting up a #12 vs. #13 matchup that Ohio won. Virginia Commonwealth, a Final Four team from 2011 as an #11 seed, made the 2012 tournament as a #12 seed and once again made the round of 32 by defeating South #5 seed Wichita State. The South Region saw four double digit seeds win", "id": "14155762" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (also FGCU) refer to the fifteen sports teams representing Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and tennis; women's-only: softball, swimming and diving, indoor volleyball, and sand volleyball; and men's-only: baseball. The Eagles compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). FGCU is also notable as the youngest institution competing in", "id": "15898377" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nConference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. In the 2018 NCAA Tournament, Virginia became the first number 1 seed to lose to a number 16 seed when they lost to the UMBC Retrievers 74–54. Led by tenth-year head coach Tony Bennett, Virginia finished the regular season with a record of 28–2. They posted a 16–2 conference record, earning them the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament, where they defeated No. 8 seed NC State, before losing to No. 4 seed Florida State. In the", "id": "19522360" }, { "contents": "American Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe American Eagles men's basketball team represents American University in Washington, D.C. in NCAA Division I competition. The school's team competes in the Patriot League and play their home games in Bender Arena. Their rivals include Boston University, Bucknell University, and Navy. In 2008, the Eagles earned their first ever bid to the NCAA Division I Tournament by defeating Colgate in the final round of the Patriot League Tournament. The Eagles were seeded 15th against #2 Tennessee. American held tight against the Volunteers most of the game,", "id": "1515606" }, { "contents": "2010 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 11–March 14 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. This tournament was notable for the high number of upsets, with the higher seed winning only twice in the first two rounds, and the 11 and 12 seeds progressing to the semifinals. The championship game matched Duke against Georgia Tech. It was the third time a team has played 4 games (NC State in 1997 and", "id": "1478152" }, { "contents": "2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nCole Aldrich on the NCAA Tournament All-Midwest Regional team. To play the top-seeded Louisville Cardinals in the first round, Morehead State defeated Alabama State 58–43, with the Eagles keeping the Hornets without a lead the entire game. This marked the first time either team had played in the tournament in five years; the Eagles had not played since 1984. Morehead State fell to Louisville 74–54, the 100th time a 1 seed beat a 16 seed in the tournament since seeding began. However, the Eagles managed to keep", "id": "21670617" }, { "contents": "Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball\n\n\nThe Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Bisons made their first ever trip to the NCAA tournament in school history in 2018, when they defeated Florida Gulf Coast University in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament final. Lipscomb has a 177–179 all-time record in NCAA basketball and a 96–76 record in Atlantic Sun games. Lipscomb won their first Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament title", "id": "16052096" }, { "contents": "2000 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n1979 by defeating Florida 89-76 in the final game. Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, while Morris Peterson was its leading scorer. Despite the string of upsets, no seed lower than 11 won a game in the tournament. The only 11 seed to win was Pepperdine, which defeated Indiana in the East Region's first round in what turned out to be Bob Knight's last game coaching the Hoosiers before his firing that offseason. Also, two teams that qualified as 10 seeds", "id": "9764963" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by sixth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at Hawkins Arena on the university's Macon, Georgia campus and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–9, 14–4 in A-Sun play to win the regular season A-Sun championship, shared with Florida Gulf Coast. They defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship game of the A-Sun", "id": "13259751" }, { "contents": "1993 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe second round in that region. At the time, 15-seed Santa Clara's victory over 2-seed Arizona was only the second such upset, and following the 2019 tournament, is one of only eight times that a 15-seed defeated a 2-seed since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams (in 2018, Maryland-Baltimore County became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed, ousting Virginia 74-54.). For the third time, the Superdome was the host venue for the Final Four, and for the second straight year,", "id": "9764537" }, { "contents": "2006–07 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team\n\n\nWisconsin to with the tournament championship. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and received a No. 1 seed in the South regional. They defeated Central Connecticut State and Matta's former team, Xavier, to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The Buckeyes then defeated Tennessee and Memphis to advance to the Final Four, their first trip to the Final Four under Matta. With a win over Georgetown, they advanced to the National Championship game against Florida. Florida led from the start,", "id": "19897895" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team\n\n\nfinishing in third place in the Atlantic 10 during the regular season, Richmond advanced to the finals of the conference tournament before falling to Temple. Richmond was awarded an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As the seventh seed in the tournament's South region, Richmond earned the highest seeding in its history. They lost in the first round to ten seed Saint Mary's to end their season. !colspan=9| Regular Season !colspan=9| 2010 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament !colspan=10| 2010 NCAA", "id": "6019729" }, { "contents": "Norfolk State University\n\n\nchampionship which gave them the conference's automatic bid in the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, the school's first ever appearance in the tournament. The Spartans, a 15 seed, defeated the #2 seeded Missouri Tigers in the second round, 86-84. This victory was only the fifth time in NCAA Tournament history that a 15 seed defeated a 2 seed, with the last coming in 2001 by MEAC in-state rival Hampton. The Marching Spartan Legion Band performs at campus events and during Norfolk State", "id": "3283354" }, { "contents": "2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season\n\n\nof these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Ivy League does not have a conference tournament, instead giving their automatic invitation to their regular-season champion. By contrast, the Atlantic Coast Conference does not have a regular-season champion, using the standings only for seeding purposes in its conference tournament. A \"major upset\" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent. After the NCAA Tournament field was announced, the National", "id": "19699405" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nNCAA Tournament, the Cavaliers earned a No. 1 seed in the South Regional. The Cavaliers defeated No. 16 seed and NCAA tournament debutants Gardner–Webb in the first round, and No. 9 seed Oklahoma in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where they ended a potential Cinderella run from No. 12 seed Oregon. In the Elite Eight, the Cavs needed overtime to beat No. 3 Purdue; with the win, they advanced to their first Final Four since 1984. They then defeated No", "id": "19522361" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team represented Morehead State University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 5th year head coach Donnie Tyndall, played their home games at Ellis Johnson Arena and are members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 13–5 in Ohio Valley play and were champions of the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic bid in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As a 13 seed, they upset", "id": "15587818" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament upsets\n\n\nseed has ever advanced to this point in the women's tournament, all defeated teams were 3 seeds. To date, no 13 seed, in either the men's or women's tournament, has advanced to the Elite Eight. Unlike the men's tournament, in which one 12 seed won its Sweet 16 game since 1985, no 12 seed has ever won a game in the women's tournament. Only one team seeded 11 or lower has won in the Sweet 16 and advanced to the Elite Eight—11 seed Gonzaga in 2011", "id": "14196695" }, { "contents": "1985–86 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ntournament semifinals, where they lost to Syracuse. Georgetown was the No. 4 seed in the Midwest Region of the 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the eighth of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and defeated Texas Tech in the first round to advance to the second round, in which the Hoyas met the Midwest Regions No. 5 seed, Michigan State. Although he had nine of Georgetowns 17 assists, Michael Jackson shot only 1-for-7 (14.3%) from the field while Michigan State senior guard Scott Skiles", "id": "14959435" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nnational championship), and Michigan, returning for the first time since the Fab Five's second appearance in 1993 (which was later vacated). By winning the West Region, Wichita State became the first #9 seed and first Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) team to reach the Final Four since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The last #9 seed to reach the Final Four was Penn, and the last MVC team to do so was Indiana State, both in 1979. Louisville defeated Michigan in the", "id": "14862717" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by fourth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at the University Center and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–11, 13–5 in A-Sun play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the semifinals of the Atlantic Sun Basketball Tournament to Florida Gulf Coast. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Tennessee", "id": "21424844" }, { "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nwas played between two #1 seeds, due to the fact that all four #1 seeds were in the Final Four for the first time in NCAA Tournament history. Kansas entered the 2008 NCAA Tournament as the #1 seed in the Midwest Regional. In the 1st round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas dominated Portland State with an 85-61 victory. In the 2nd round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas beat UNLV 75-56 to advance to the Sweet 16. In the Sweet 16 of the 2008 NCAA", "id": "17054491" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hokies were led by third-year head coach Buzz Williams and played their home games at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 22–11, 10–8 in ACC play to finish a three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the ACC Tournament, they beat Wake Forest before losing to Florida", "id": "6984911" }, { "contents": "2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was head coach Dave Rose's 13th season at BYU and the Cougars seventh season as members of the West Coast Conference. The Cougars played their home games at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah. They finished the season 24–11, 11–7 in West Coast Conference play to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated San Diego in the quarterfinals and Saint", "id": "14065303" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n, and returned in 2012. They most recently returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2014 where they lost to Coastal Carolina 1–0. The men's soccer team plays its home games at the FGCU Soccer Complex. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I women's soccer competitions. The Green and Blue have competed in the NCAA Tournament 6 times, with a win against South Florida during the 2015 tournament. The women's team played their first home NCAA tournament game in 2014", "id": "15898385" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nto that, the region's top seed, Gonzaga, was defeated in the round of 32 by eventual region winner Wichita State, who defeated La Salle in the Sweet Sixteen. Two other teams also earned their first ever NCAA Tournament victory: Ivy League champion Harvard and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champion North Carolina A&T. Liberty became the first 20-loss team in five years to earn an NCAA bid, having finished its season with five consecutive wins to secure the Big South championship and its automatic qualification. The following are", "id": "14862720" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nThey received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning an 8 seed in the West Region. They defeated 9 seed Florida State in the first round before losing to 1 seed and AP #4 Syracuse in the second round. Gonzaga opened the season with a 94–53 exhibition victory over Alberta on November 2. Matt Bouldin led the team with 17 points, followed by Sam Dower with 15 points and Robert Sacre with 11 points. Gonzaga led by as many as 26 points in the", "id": "651215" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nUTEP and 13 seed Murray State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The team next defeated 1 seed Syracuse to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history, and then defeated 2 seed Kansas State to earn their first Final Four appearance in school history. They were only the second team from a mid-major conference to \"officially\" advance that far in the tournament since UNLV made the Final Four in 1991. On April 3, 2010, Butler defeated Michigan State and advanced to the National Championship game", "id": "12646316" } ]

[ { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSan Diego State 81–71, becoming the first time a 15th seed has ever advanced to the Sweet 16. The school was referred to as \"Dunk City\" or \"Florida Dunk Coast\" on many media outlets such as ESPN and CBS due to their high-flying athletic finishing style. The Eagles participated in their first Division I postseason tournament in 2013, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. On March 22, 2013; the Eagles", "id": "14634777" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nfull Division I member on August 11, 2011. The Eagles men's basketball team is best known for their run in the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, their first since moving up to Division I. In the Round of 64, the Eagles defeated the #2 seed Georgetown 78–68. It was only the seventh time that a 15th seed has defeated a 2nd seed, and the second-highest margin of victory for one. Two days later in the Round of 32, the Eagles defeated the #7 seed", "id": "14634776" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\n, the 15th seed in the South Region, scored one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history, defeating second-seeded Georgetown 78–68. They were only the seventh #15 seed to defeat a #2 seed, the first being Richmond's 1991 victory over Syracuse. Two days later, they defeated seventh seeded San Diego State to become the first #15 seed ever to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Their run ended there in a 62–50 loss to third seeded Florida. This is \"officially\" the third-deepest", "id": "14634778" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\ntournament final earning the automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became the seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. The Eagles went on to win two more Atlantic Sun Conference championships in", "id": "21316638" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nplayed in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. That earned the team an automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament, and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became", "id": "15898381" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nearn their first ever bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 15 seed in the south region. Guard Sherwood Brown was named the A-Sun player of the year. In their NCAA Tournament debut, the 15 seeded Eagles upset 2 seeded Georgetown 78–68. It was the third time in two years and eighth time overall that a 15 seed had upset a 2 seed. With a second round 81-71 win over San Diego State, they became the first 15 seed to win two games in a tournament to advance", "id": "8068116" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nNCAA Division I, having been officially founded in 1991 and started classes in 1997. FGCU athletics began in the NAIA. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a full Division I member on August 11, 2011. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, FGCU became the first number 15 seed to advance to the Sweet", "id": "15898378" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by second year head coach Andy Enfield, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished A-Sun play with a record of 13–5 to finish in second place. In only their second year of full NCAA eligibility, the Eagles won the Atlantic Sun Tournament, beating top-seeded Mercer in the championship game, to", "id": "8068115" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida and were led by fourth-year head coach Joe Dooley as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the regular season 26–8, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the ASUN Tournament, they defeated Stetson, Kennesaw State, and North Florida", "id": "11309074" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSweet Sixteen as the first ever 15-seed to do such. After putting FGCU on the map with their new \"Dunk City\" moniker, Enfield accepted the men's basketball position at USC. Joe Dooley then assumed the role from 2013-2018 before accepting the Head Coach position at East Carolina The Eagles are now led by long-time program assistant coach, Michael Fly. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a", "id": "14634775" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division", "id": "19591078" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAndrew William Enfield (born June 8, 1969) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Southern California (USC). He came to national prominence as the head coach of Florida Gulf Coast University when his team achieved two major feats at the 2013 NCAA Tournament. First they became just the seventh 15-seed to defeat a 2-seed by upsetting Georgetown in the first round of the tournament. Then with an 81–71 upset of No. 7 San Diego State they became the first ever", "id": "13490420" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. He was succeeded by Andy Enfield from 2011-13, who took the Eagles to the", "id": "14634774" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles are led by first-year head coach Michael Fly and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Eagles finished the 2017–18 season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost", "id": "5505776" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles were led by fifth-year head coach Joe Dooley and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost to Lipscomb", "id": "15628413" }, { "contents": "Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball\n\n\ntournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University in the Second Round. Georgetown lost to the 15th-seeded Eagles 78–68, the seventh number two seed to lose to a 15 seed. It was the fourth consecutive season the Hoyas were eliminated by a double-digit seed in the NCAA Tournament. The 2013–14 season was the team's first after Georgetown and six other schools left the original Big East Conference and joined Butler, Creighton, and Xavier in forming the new Big East Conference – part of a major conference realignment in which several other", "id": "7112965" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nrun by a first-time tournament participant in NCAA history, behind only Indiana State advancing all the way to the national championship game in 1979 and Charlotte and Georgia reaching the Final Four in 1977 and 1983, respectively. Southwestern Louisiana, now known as Louisiana–Lafayette, advanced to the Sweet 16 in its first appearance as well, in 1972, but that appearance was vacated due to NCAA sanctions. Coach Andy Enfield was hired by USC on April 1. To replace him, the Eagles hired Joe Dooley, an assistant", "id": "14634779" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference and were the defending A-Sun Tournament champion. They played their home games at Alico Arena. The team went through many changes for the 2013–14 season. Head coach Andy Enfield left to take the same job at USC and former Kansas assistant Joe Dooley takes over as head coach. Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Player of", "id": "14271711" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by second year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 22–11, 12–3 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the A-Sun Tournament where they lost to USC Upstate. They received an invitation to the", "id": "14301819" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nto win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Florida State. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to win the A-Sun Tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 16 seed where they defeated", "id": "11309075" }, { "contents": "Sherwood Brown\n\n\nNCAA Tournament appearance in just the school's second year of full Division I eligibility. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Brown, scoring 24 points and grabbing 9 rebounds, led his Eagles to 78–68 win over No. 2 seed Georgetown. Then, his #15 seeded Eagles made history, by beating #7 seed San Diego State, 81–71. It marked the first time a No. 15 seed reached the sweet sixteen. Brown scored 17 points and added 8 rebounds in the contest. His final", "id": "13929588" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\nwon the Atlantic Sun Conference regular-season and/or tournament championship each year since (except for 2010) with annual postseason appearances either in the NCAA Tournament or the WNIT, in which the Eagles finished second nationally in 2016 after losing to South Dakota in the championship game. In 2012, FGCU's first year of full Division I postseason eligibility, the men's team played in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference", "id": "21316637" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n's regular season and conference tourney titles, earning its first berth into the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. The Eagles lost to St. Bonaventure University in the first round of the tournament 72-65 in Tallahassee, FL. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. Founded in 2007, the Eagles are one of the youngest men's soccer programs in the country. The team made the NCAA Tournament in the first year of eligibility, in 2011", "id": "15898384" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 15th year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 26–9, 12–2 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They defeated North Florida, Jacksonville and Stetson to become champions of the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's", "id": "5941281" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles were coached by 13th year head coach Karl Smesko and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–3, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They also won the Atlantic Sun Tournament to earn an automatic to the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to Florida State in the", "id": "10569284" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by third year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to be champions of the A-Sun", "id": "15873400" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nthe seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. On March 24, 2007, FGCU women's basketball team ended their 35–1 season with a loss in the Division II National Championship to Southern Connecticut State University. One year later, in 2008, the Women's Basketball team qualified for the WNIT, becoming the first team to qualify for the WNIT in its first season of Division I sports. During the 2008 WNIT Tourney, the team became the first Atlantic", "id": "15898382" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ndecisive 8–0 Georgetown run early in the second half, the Hoyas took their first double-digit lead on a Nate Lubick dunk with 6:18 left to play on the way to a 77–65 win. It was their first win in a postseason tournament since the 2012 NCAA Tournament and their first win in the NIT since 2005. Georgetown advanced to the second round, visiting the region's No. 1 seed, Florida State, which had defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the first round. None of the defenses the Hoyas tried against Florida", "id": "6143540" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nwon the SEC Championship with a conference record of 14–4. During the regular season, Billy Donovan notched his 400th career win as the head coach of the Gators over Missouri. After losing in the final of the 2013 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament to Mississippi, they entered the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the South Region. Florida defeated the No. 14 seed Northwestern State 79–47 in the first round, and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen after soundly beating the No. 11 seed", "id": "17774979" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by seventeenth year head coach Karl Smesko, will play their home games at the Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 28–4, 16–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season. Florida Gulf Coast won the conference tournament championship game over Liberty, 72–49. They lost in the first round to Miami (", "id": "1471180" }, { "contents": "USC Trojans men's basketball\n\n\nof one scholarship for the 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 academic years, and reductions in the numbers of recruiting days and coaches participating in off-campus recruiting through 2011. The school also vacated all wins earned during the 2007–2008 season, due to Mayo's ineligibility at that time. After becoming the first head coach to lead a 15-seed to the Sweet 16, guiding his Florida Gulf Coast Eagles to upsets of Georgetown and San Diego State, Andy Enfield was hired as the new head coach at USC on April 1, 2013. Enfield replaces", "id": "10682450" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. The Eagles compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The soccer team is one of several varsity sports teams that represent the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. The team made the NCAA tournament in the first year of eligibility in 2011, and returned in 2012, 2014, and 2016. Source: Bob Butehorn has served as head coach for Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer since the", "id": "12451948" }, { "contents": "Fairleigh Dickinson University\n\n\nthe top seeded Illinois Fighting Illini a huge scare. Being only down 1 at the half, the Knights played well and held their own for a while. However, in the second half the Illini pulled away from FDU and won the game by 12. More recently, the men's team made the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles in the First Four, and the 2019 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they defeated Prairie View A&M University in the First", "id": "6126133" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntournament debut in only their second year of Division I eligibility. They upset Georgetown and San Diego State in their first two games, becoming the first #15 seed to advance to the regional semifinals (where they were defeated by Florida). For the first time since 2010, a #14 seed won as Harvard defeated New Mexico in the West Region. The same region saw #13 La Salle, who won in the opening round, defeat #4 Kansas State and #12 Mississippi defeat #5 Wisconsin. In addition", "id": "14862719" }, { "contents": "2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament marked the 38th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 27, March 2 and 5, 2017 at campus sites as top seeds host each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated North Florida, 77–61, in the championship game to receive the conference's automatic trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records", "id": "20563986" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nis not any official definition of what constitutes a \"Cinderella team\", there does seem to be a consensus that such teams represent small schools, are usually low-seeded in the tournament, and achieves at least one unexpected win in the tournament. A recent example of this is Florida Gulf Coast University, a relatively new school that held its first classes in 1997 and became Division I postseason eligible in 2011. They made their first appearance in the 2013 tournament, winning two games to become the first #15 seed to", "id": "20874955" }, { "contents": "2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament was the 39th year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 26, March 1, and 4, 2018 at campus sites of the higher seeds. Lipscomb defeated regular season champion Florida Gulf Coast in the tournament championship to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the school's first trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a", "id": "22036552" }, { "contents": "2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nwin, as VCU was joined by #12 seed and citymate Richmond, #10 seed Florida State, and #13 seed Morehead State as first round winners. Florida State, VCU, and Richmond all advanced to the Sweet Sixteen from that region, and VCU defeated top-seeded Kansas in the final. Butler and #11 seed Gonzaga advanced from the Southeast Region, with Gonzaga losing in the Round of 32 to BYU. For the third time in as many appearances, Vanderbilt suffered a defeat to a double digit seed", "id": "10990625" }, { "contents": "Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball\n\n\nwould again win their opening game, this time defeating Jacksonville University. The Owls would break their second-round losing tradition, beating Jacksonville State University. In the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, the Owls faced Georgia State University and won 76–75, clinching their first and only conference championship and a bid to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. In the 2002 NCAA tournament, the Owls were seeded as a 15-seed, and placed in the South Region, and were paired with 2-seed University of Alabama. Though the Owls hung", "id": "18358839" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nthe following day and lost to Louisville. Falling to No. 8 in the AP Poll, but with a record of 25-6 and having won 13 of its last 15 games, Georgetown received a bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament, the Hoyas′ fourth consecutive appearance in the tournament, seventh in eight seasons, and 29th overall. Seeded second in the tournament's South Region, they met their first opponent, 15th seed Florida Gulf Coast, in the Round of 64, termed the \"Second Round\" this year.", "id": "4423034" }, { "contents": "1997 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nstripped of their Big Ten title they had also won. Arizona also became the only school since the introduction of the 64-team bracket in 1985, to defeat three number 1 seeds in the tournament, having upset overall number one seed Kansas in addition to their two Final Four victories. The tournament also saw the third victory by a #15 seed over a #2 seed, as Coppin State defeated South Carolina in their first round matchup. In addition, a #14 seed advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for only the second time", "id": "9764587" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 2018 and concluded on February 2018. The season marked the 40th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by two games over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 26 through March 4 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Lipscomb defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship", "id": "5246986" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fourteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 33–6, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the A-Sun Women's Tournament where they lost to Jacksonville. They", "id": "17761190" }, { "contents": "Coppin State Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The school's team currently competes in the NCAA Division I in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Before joining NCAA Division I, the Eagles were the 1976 NAIA National Champions. The Eagles have appeared in the NCAA Tournament four times. Their combined record is 1–4. The 1996–97 team was only the third 15 seed to beat a 2 seed in the tournament. The 2007–08 Coppin State team was", "id": "13930583" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 24, 2017 and concluded on February 23, 2017. The season marked the 39th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by one game over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 27 through March 5 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated", "id": "464189" }, { "contents": "2006 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nUCLA 73–57 in the final game. Florida's Joakim Noah was named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament. George Mason's run was one of several upsets by lower-seeded teams in the tournament. For the second consecutive year, a No. 14 seed beat a No. 3 seed as Northwestern State defeated Iowa. No. 13 seed Bradley also defeated No. 4 seed Kansas and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen by defeating No. 5-seeded Pittsburgh in the Second Round. Two No. 12 seeds won as well", "id": "87698" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nFlorida Gulf Coast University had only started classes in 1997 and was so new that it had become eligible for postseason NCAA Division I play only in 2011; the Eagles had finished in second place in the Atlantic Sun Conference and won the conference tournament, but it was their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Hoyas entered the game allowing opponents to shoot only 37.6 percent from the field – fourth-best in the United States – and limiting opponents to 55.7 points per game, and were the heavy favorites. Behind 11-", "id": "4423035" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by sixteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, play their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–5, 12–1 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season champions. They also won the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they upset Missouri in", "id": "14939652" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nchampionship game by a final score of 82-76, winning their first national title since 1986. They also are the last team from the original Big East Conference to win a national championship. On February 20, 2018, the NCAA vacated Louisville's entire tournament run, including its national title, due to multiple recruiting violations. The tournament featured several notable upsets: at least one team seeded #9 through #15 won at least once in the tournament, The most notable was Florida Gulf Coast University, who made their", "id": "14862718" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nthe Year Sherwood Brown graduated and turned professional, signing a contract with Israel's Maccabi Haifa B.C. in July 2013. They finished the season 22–13, 14–4 in Atlantic Sun play to finish in a tie for the regular season conference championship with Mercer. At the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament they advanced to their third consecutive championship game where they lost to Mercer. Due to failing to win the conference tournament as the #1 seed, they earned an automatic bid to the 2014 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to", "id": "14271712" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAtlantic Sun Conference tournament, losing to regular season champion Belmont. His 2012–13 team first attracted attention by beating Miami and finishing with a second-place finish and second seed in the Atlantic Sun tournament. After defeating regular season champion Mercer in the championship game, the Eagles earned a 15 seed in the South Region of the NCAA tournament, where they pulled off a major upset by defeating 2 seed Georgetown in the first round and then 7 seed San Diego State in the second round, making them the first 15 seed in the", "id": "13490426" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntime in tournament history, none of the four top seeded teams in a single region (the South) advanced to the Sweet 16. Also, the tournament featured the first regional final matchup of a 9-seed (Kansas State) and an 11-seed (Loyola-Chicago). Villanova, Michigan, Kansas, and Loyola-Chicago, the \"Cinderella team\" of the tournament, reached the Final Four. Villanova defeated Michigan in the championship game, 79–62. Atlantic Sun Conference champion Lipscomb made its NCAA tournament debut. The 2018", "id": "11011681" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\n, Minnesota, 78–64. The Gators then defeated Florida Gulf Coast, No. 15 seed, in the Sweet Sixteen 62–50. But once again, their run ended in the Elite Eight, this time against fourth seeded Michigan, who handily defeated the Gators, 79–59. The Gators became the first team since the expansion of the tournament in 1951 to lose in the Elite Eight in three consecutive seasons. Florida is the only program in the nation to have advanced as far as the Elite Eight in each of those seasons from 2011–2013", "id": "17774980" }, { "contents": "North Florida Ospreys men's basketball\n\n\n. In the 2014–15 season, the Ospreys made their first ever appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Tournament for the first time. On December 6, 2014, they defeated the Purdue Boilermakers on the road, marking their first ever victory over a Big Ten Conference opponent. They also won the Atlantic Sun regular season title for the first time and posted the best record in team history with 23 wins and 11 losses. As a No. 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament, they were defeated by", "id": "15251308" }, { "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\npopularly called the \"play-in game\", had Niagara, winner of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament, facing Florida A&M, who won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament, for a chance to play top seed Kansas in the First Round of the Tournament. Niagara defeated Florida A&M, 77–69, to advance to play Kansas. All teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65. The first and second-round games were played at", "id": "257019" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team\n\n\n2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 6 seed in the Midwest Region. They defeated 11 seed San Diego State in the first round and 14 seed Ohio to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the regional semifinal they defeated 2 seed and AP #5 Ohio State to advance to the first Elite Eight in school history. They were defeated by 5 seed and AP #13 Michigan State in the regional final to end their season. The 2008–09 Volunteers finished the season 21–13 overall, against the second-rated", "id": "6859935" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n1992 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, and they advanced to the final before losing to Syracuse. They were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the second round before losing to West Region No. 3 seed Florida State. They were ranked No. 22 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and No. 18 in the final Coaches' Poll. Georgetowns starting lineup of senior center and", "id": "14462787" }, { "contents": "1988–89 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nEast Tournament championship in Georgetown men's basketball history, defeating Syracuse in the final game. They were the No. 1 seed in the East Region of the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the 11th of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the East Region final before losing to the region′s No. 2 seed, Duke. They were ranked No. 2 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and Coaches' Poll. Since Patrick Ewing's graduation in May 1985, Georgetown had struggled to find", "id": "14781639" }, { "contents": "Hampton Pirates men's basketball\n\n\nThe Hampton Pirates men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, United States. The school's team formerly competed in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, but moved to the Big South Conference in 2018-19. Notably, the 2000-01 Hampton team was one of seven 15th seeds ever to upset a 2nd seed in the Round of 64 of an NCAA Tournament, defeating Iowa State in the first round. The Pirates have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament six times.", "id": "13103032" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nlost to 15-seed and tournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University 78-68 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The team was ranked No. 8 in the final Associated Press Poll of the season and No. 17 in the postseason Coaches' Poll. This was Georgetowns last season as a member of the original Big East Conference. It had been a founding member of the conference in the 1979-80 season and had remained a member for 34 seasons, but the conferences increasingly unstable membership and uncertain future and what Georgetown", "id": "4422963" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n, becoming the first player ever named the Big East's Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Tournament MVP in the same season, and only the second Tournament MVP from a team that did not win the tournament. The Hoyas were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances. In the first round, they defeated South Florida, with Mourning scoring 21 points and pulling down 11 rebounds.", "id": "14462796" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n. 7 seed, the Ospreys hosted the No. 2 seed Florida in the first round, where they fell 97–68. The Ospreys made the most three point shots (402) out of all NCAA Division I teams in the 2015–16 season, earning them the nickname \"Birds of Trey\". The Ospreys finished the 2014–15 season with a program-best overall record of 23–12, and a 12–2 record in conference play. They won the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time. As a", "id": "17130629" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nAs the #1 seed in the west region of the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, they defeated Hampton in the second round and Michigan in the third round to advance to the \"Sweet Sixteen\" where they were defeated by Arizona to finish the season 32–5. The team finished 2010 with a 35–5 record, becoming the ACC Regular Season Co-Champion, ACC Tournament Champion, and earning a #1 seed in the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Blue Devils beat Butler in the championship", "id": "16537035" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n81–78. They secured the regular season championship and No. 1 seed in the Atlantic Sun Tournament with a win at crosstown rival Jacksonville. The Ospreys began their quest to win back-to-back Atlantic Sun Tournament titles by defeating USC Upstate in the quarterfinals, 92–69. However, they were blown-out by 33 points in the semifinals by Florida Gulf Coast. Their 56 points were the fewest they scored in any game this season. Due to renovations at the O'Connell Center, the 7-seed Ospreys hosted the 2-seed Florida Gators", "id": "17130638" }, { "contents": "2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Stan Heath, the Flashes finished their best season in program history, posting a 30–6 record and advancing to the Elite Eight of the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament after defeating seventh-seeded Oklahoma State, upsetting second-seeded Alabama and third-seeded Pittsburgh, before falling to eventual national runners-up Indiana. The team set program and Mid-American Conference", "id": "6355295" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nits last 3 games in February and entering the postseason with a 24–6 record, yet still managed to win its second consecutive SEC Tournament Championship. The Gators entered the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a No. 3 seed with a 27–6 record, and ranked No. 10 by the AP. They beat No. 14 seed South Alabama and No. 11 seed Milwaukee to advance to the Minneapolis regional. There, the Gators defeated the No. 7 seed Georgetown Hoyas and upset the No. 1 seed Villanova", "id": "17774968" }, { "contents": "Troy Trojans men's basketball\n\n\n1950. The Trojans appeared in the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a 14-seed after winning the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament and faced 3-seeded Xavier in the first round, losing 71–59. The Trojans were the champions of the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2003 and defeated Central Florida for the conference tournament championship in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2004, the Trojans were the Atlantic Sun Conference Regular Season Champions. That year, the Trojans made it all the way to the Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship game, only to lose a heart", "id": "16764100" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nearned a #2 seed in the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, but lost to #15 seed Lehigh in the round of 64. Following the 2009–2010 basketball team, the 2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team began the season ranked #1 in the nation and held that title for the first nine weeks of the season going 15–0, until being defeated for the first time on January 12 again Florida State. The only non-conference loss during the regular season came again St. John's weeks later.", "id": "19517109" }, { "contents": "South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball\n\n\nTournament victory since 1973 with a 20-point win over the Marquette Golden Eagles. Two nights later, the Gamecocks upset the #2 seed Duke Blue Devils to advance to their fourth Sweet 16. South Carolina then beat #3 seed Baylor Bears to advance to their first-ever Elite 8, two days later they upset Florida to advance to their first ever Final Four. The Gamecocks have appeared in the NCAA Tournament nine times. Their combined record is 8–10. The Gamecocks have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 11", "id": "3062795" }, { "contents": "2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament marked the 37th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held March 1–6, 2016 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast won their second Atlantic Sun Tournament title and a berth in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. All 8 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. Stetson was ineligible to participate in the NCAA Tournament due to APR violations, but was allowed to participate in the Atlantic Sun Tournament. Had Stetson won the tournament, North Florida", "id": "9533118" }, { "contents": "2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n. Northern Iowa was one of four teams seeded lower than No. 8 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, joining the East Region's No. 11 seed Washington and No. 12 seed Cornell and the South Region's No. 10 seed Saint Mary's. For the first time since 2006, a No. 14 seed advanced out of the First Round as Ohio defeated Georgetown. The No. 13 seed in the West Region, Murray State, defeated No. 4-seeded Vanderbilt, marking the second consecutive appearance for the Commodores", "id": "10990515" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team represented Boston College during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by third-year head coach Jim Christian, played their home games at the Conte Forum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 9–23, 2–16 in ACC play to finish in last place. As the No. 15 seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost in the first round to Wake Forest. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 7–25", "id": "5940409" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 68 teams to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2017–18 season. The 80th annual edition of the tournament began on March 13, 2018, and concluded with the championship game on April 2 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. During the first round, UMBC became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed in the men's tournament by defeating Virginia 74–54. For the first", "id": "11011680" }, { "contents": "2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe third round of the Midwest Region. A team from the First Four games also won in the Round of 64 for the second consecutive year as South Florida defeated Midwest #5 seed Temple, setting up a #12 vs. #13 matchup that Ohio won. Virginia Commonwealth, a Final Four team from 2011 as an #11 seed, made the 2012 tournament as a #12 seed and once again made the round of 32 by defeating South #5 seed Wichita State. The South Region saw four double digit seeds win", "id": "14155762" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (also FGCU) refer to the fifteen sports teams representing Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and tennis; women's-only: softball, swimming and diving, indoor volleyball, and sand volleyball; and men's-only: baseball. The Eagles compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). FGCU is also notable as the youngest institution competing in", "id": "15898377" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nConference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. In the 2018 NCAA Tournament, Virginia became the first number 1 seed to lose to a number 16 seed when they lost to the UMBC Retrievers 74–54. Led by tenth-year head coach Tony Bennett, Virginia finished the regular season with a record of 28–2. They posted a 16–2 conference record, earning them the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament, where they defeated No. 8 seed NC State, before losing to No. 4 seed Florida State. In the", "id": "19522360" }, { "contents": "American Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe American Eagles men's basketball team represents American University in Washington, D.C. in NCAA Division I competition. The school's team competes in the Patriot League and play their home games in Bender Arena. Their rivals include Boston University, Bucknell University, and Navy. In 2008, the Eagles earned their first ever bid to the NCAA Division I Tournament by defeating Colgate in the final round of the Patriot League Tournament. The Eagles were seeded 15th against #2 Tennessee. American held tight against the Volunteers most of the game,", "id": "1515606" }, { "contents": "2010 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 11–March 14 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. This tournament was notable for the high number of upsets, with the higher seed winning only twice in the first two rounds, and the 11 and 12 seeds progressing to the semifinals. The championship game matched Duke against Georgia Tech. It was the third time a team has played 4 games (NC State in 1997 and", "id": "1478152" }, { "contents": "2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nCole Aldrich on the NCAA Tournament All-Midwest Regional team. To play the top-seeded Louisville Cardinals in the first round, Morehead State defeated Alabama State 58–43, with the Eagles keeping the Hornets without a lead the entire game. This marked the first time either team had played in the tournament in five years; the Eagles had not played since 1984. Morehead State fell to Louisville 74–54, the 100th time a 1 seed beat a 16 seed in the tournament since seeding began. However, the Eagles managed to keep", "id": "21670617" }, { "contents": "Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball\n\n\nThe Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Bisons made their first ever trip to the NCAA tournament in school history in 2018, when they defeated Florida Gulf Coast University in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament final. Lipscomb has a 177–179 all-time record in NCAA basketball and a 96–76 record in Atlantic Sun games. Lipscomb won their first Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament title", "id": "16052096" }, { "contents": "2000 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n1979 by defeating Florida 89-76 in the final game. Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, while Morris Peterson was its leading scorer. Despite the string of upsets, no seed lower than 11 won a game in the tournament. The only 11 seed to win was Pepperdine, which defeated Indiana in the East Region's first round in what turned out to be Bob Knight's last game coaching the Hoosiers before his firing that offseason. Also, two teams that qualified as 10 seeds", "id": "9764963" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by sixth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at Hawkins Arena on the university's Macon, Georgia campus and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–9, 14–4 in A-Sun play to win the regular season A-Sun championship, shared with Florida Gulf Coast. They defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship game of the A-Sun", "id": "13259751" }, { "contents": "1993 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe second round in that region. At the time, 15-seed Santa Clara's victory over 2-seed Arizona was only the second such upset, and following the 2019 tournament, is one of only eight times that a 15-seed defeated a 2-seed since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams (in 2018, Maryland-Baltimore County became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed, ousting Virginia 74-54.). For the third time, the Superdome was the host venue for the Final Four, and for the second straight year,", "id": "9764537" }, { "contents": "2006–07 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team\n\n\nWisconsin to with the tournament championship. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and received a No. 1 seed in the South regional. They defeated Central Connecticut State and Matta's former team, Xavier, to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The Buckeyes then defeated Tennessee and Memphis to advance to the Final Four, their first trip to the Final Four under Matta. With a win over Georgetown, they advanced to the National Championship game against Florida. Florida led from the start,", "id": "19897895" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team\n\n\nfinishing in third place in the Atlantic 10 during the regular season, Richmond advanced to the finals of the conference tournament before falling to Temple. Richmond was awarded an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As the seventh seed in the tournament's South region, Richmond earned the highest seeding in its history. They lost in the first round to ten seed Saint Mary's to end their season. !colspan=9| Regular Season !colspan=9| 2010 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament !colspan=10| 2010 NCAA", "id": "6019729" }, { "contents": "Norfolk State University\n\n\nchampionship which gave them the conference's automatic bid in the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, the school's first ever appearance in the tournament. The Spartans, a 15 seed, defeated the #2 seeded Missouri Tigers in the second round, 86-84. This victory was only the fifth time in NCAA Tournament history that a 15 seed defeated a 2 seed, with the last coming in 2001 by MEAC in-state rival Hampton. The Marching Spartan Legion Band performs at campus events and during Norfolk State", "id": "3283354" }, { "contents": "2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season\n\n\nof these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Ivy League does not have a conference tournament, instead giving their automatic invitation to their regular-season champion. By contrast, the Atlantic Coast Conference does not have a regular-season champion, using the standings only for seeding purposes in its conference tournament. A \"major upset\" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent. After the NCAA Tournament field was announced, the National", "id": "19699405" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nNCAA Tournament, the Cavaliers earned a No. 1 seed in the South Regional. The Cavaliers defeated No. 16 seed and NCAA tournament debutants Gardner–Webb in the first round, and No. 9 seed Oklahoma in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where they ended a potential Cinderella run from No. 12 seed Oregon. In the Elite Eight, the Cavs needed overtime to beat No. 3 Purdue; with the win, they advanced to their first Final Four since 1984. They then defeated No", "id": "19522361" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team represented Morehead State University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 5th year head coach Donnie Tyndall, played their home games at Ellis Johnson Arena and are members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 13–5 in Ohio Valley play and were champions of the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic bid in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As a 13 seed, they upset", "id": "15587818" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament upsets\n\n\nseed has ever advanced to this point in the women's tournament, all defeated teams were 3 seeds. To date, no 13 seed, in either the men's or women's tournament, has advanced to the Elite Eight. Unlike the men's tournament, in which one 12 seed won its Sweet 16 game since 1985, no 12 seed has ever won a game in the women's tournament. Only one team seeded 11 or lower has won in the Sweet 16 and advanced to the Elite Eight—11 seed Gonzaga in 2011", "id": "14196695" }, { "contents": "1985–86 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ntournament semifinals, where they lost to Syracuse. Georgetown was the No. 4 seed in the Midwest Region of the 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the eighth of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and defeated Texas Tech in the first round to advance to the second round, in which the Hoyas met the Midwest Regions No. 5 seed, Michigan State. Although he had nine of Georgetowns 17 assists, Michael Jackson shot only 1-for-7 (14.3%) from the field while Michigan State senior guard Scott Skiles", "id": "14959435" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nnational championship), and Michigan, returning for the first time since the Fab Five's second appearance in 1993 (which was later vacated). By winning the West Region, Wichita State became the first #9 seed and first Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) team to reach the Final Four since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The last #9 seed to reach the Final Four was Penn, and the last MVC team to do so was Indiana State, both in 1979. Louisville defeated Michigan in the", "id": "14862717" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by fourth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at the University Center and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–11, 13–5 in A-Sun play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the semifinals of the Atlantic Sun Basketball Tournament to Florida Gulf Coast. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Tennessee", "id": "21424844" }, { "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nwas played between two #1 seeds, due to the fact that all four #1 seeds were in the Final Four for the first time in NCAA Tournament history. Kansas entered the 2008 NCAA Tournament as the #1 seed in the Midwest Regional. In the 1st round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas dominated Portland State with an 85-61 victory. In the 2nd round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas beat UNLV 75-56 to advance to the Sweet 16. In the Sweet 16 of the 2008 NCAA", "id": "17054491" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hokies were led by third-year head coach Buzz Williams and played their home games at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 22–11, 10–8 in ACC play to finish a three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the ACC Tournament, they beat Wake Forest before losing to Florida", "id": "6984911" }, { "contents": "2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was head coach Dave Rose's 13th season at BYU and the Cougars seventh season as members of the West Coast Conference. The Cougars played their home games at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah. They finished the season 24–11, 11–7 in West Coast Conference play to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated San Diego in the quarterfinals and Saint", "id": "14065303" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n, and returned in 2012. They most recently returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2014 where they lost to Coastal Carolina 1–0. The men's soccer team plays its home games at the FGCU Soccer Complex. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I women's soccer competitions. The Green and Blue have competed in the NCAA Tournament 6 times, with a win against South Florida during the 2015 tournament. The women's team played their first home NCAA tournament game in 2014", "id": "15898385" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nto that, the region's top seed, Gonzaga, was defeated in the round of 32 by eventual region winner Wichita State, who defeated La Salle in the Sweet Sixteen. Two other teams also earned their first ever NCAA Tournament victory: Ivy League champion Harvard and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champion North Carolina A&T. Liberty became the first 20-loss team in five years to earn an NCAA bid, having finished its season with five consecutive wins to secure the Big South championship and its automatic qualification. The following are", "id": "14862720" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nThey received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning an 8 seed in the West Region. They defeated 9 seed Florida State in the first round before losing to 1 seed and AP #4 Syracuse in the second round. Gonzaga opened the season with a 94–53 exhibition victory over Alberta on November 2. Matt Bouldin led the team with 17 points, followed by Sam Dower with 15 points and Robert Sacre with 11 points. Gonzaga led by as many as 26 points in the", "id": "651215" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nUTEP and 13 seed Murray State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The team next defeated 1 seed Syracuse to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history, and then defeated 2 seed Kansas State to earn their first Final Four appearance in school history. They were only the second team from a mid-major conference to \"officially\" advance that far in the tournament since UNLV made the Final Four in 1991. On April 3, 2010, Butler defeated Michigan State and advanced to the National Championship game", "id": "12646316" } ]

[ { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSan Diego State 81–71, becoming the first time a 15th seed has ever advanced to the Sweet 16. The school was referred to as \"Dunk City\" or \"Florida Dunk Coast\" on many media outlets such as ESPN and CBS due to their high-flying athletic finishing style. The Eagles participated in their first Division I postseason tournament in 2013, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. On March 22, 2013; the Eagles", "id": "14634777" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nfull Division I member on August 11, 2011. The Eagles men's basketball team is best known for their run in the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, their first since moving up to Division I. In the Round of 64, the Eagles defeated the #2 seed Georgetown 78–68. It was only the seventh time that a 15th seed has defeated a 2nd seed, and the second-highest margin of victory for one. Two days later in the Round of 32, the Eagles defeated the #7 seed", "id": "14634776" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\n, the 15th seed in the South Region, scored one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history, defeating second-seeded Georgetown 78–68. They were only the seventh #15 seed to defeat a #2 seed, the first being Richmond's 1991 victory over Syracuse. Two days later, they defeated seventh seeded San Diego State to become the first #15 seed ever to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Their run ended there in a 62–50 loss to third seeded Florida. This is \"officially\" the third-deepest", "id": "14634778" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\ntournament final earning the automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became the seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. The Eagles went on to win two more Atlantic Sun Conference championships in", "id": "21316638" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nplayed in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. That earned the team an automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament, and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became", "id": "15898381" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nearn their first ever bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 15 seed in the south region. Guard Sherwood Brown was named the A-Sun player of the year. In their NCAA Tournament debut, the 15 seeded Eagles upset 2 seeded Georgetown 78–68. It was the third time in two years and eighth time overall that a 15 seed had upset a 2 seed. With a second round 81-71 win over San Diego State, they became the first 15 seed to win two games in a tournament to advance", "id": "8068116" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nNCAA Division I, having been officially founded in 1991 and started classes in 1997. FGCU athletics began in the NAIA. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a full Division I member on August 11, 2011. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, FGCU became the first number 15 seed to advance to the Sweet", "id": "15898378" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by second year head coach Andy Enfield, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished A-Sun play with a record of 13–5 to finish in second place. In only their second year of full NCAA eligibility, the Eagles won the Atlantic Sun Tournament, beating top-seeded Mercer in the championship game, to", "id": "8068115" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida and were led by fourth-year head coach Joe Dooley as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the regular season 26–8, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the ASUN Tournament, they defeated Stetson, Kennesaw State, and North Florida", "id": "11309074" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSweet Sixteen as the first ever 15-seed to do such. After putting FGCU on the map with their new \"Dunk City\" moniker, Enfield accepted the men's basketball position at USC. Joe Dooley then assumed the role from 2013-2018 before accepting the Head Coach position at East Carolina The Eagles are now led by long-time program assistant coach, Michael Fly. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a", "id": "14634775" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division", "id": "19591078" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAndrew William Enfield (born June 8, 1969) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Southern California (USC). He came to national prominence as the head coach of Florida Gulf Coast University when his team achieved two major feats at the 2013 NCAA Tournament. First they became just the seventh 15-seed to defeat a 2-seed by upsetting Georgetown in the first round of the tournament. Then with an 81–71 upset of No. 7 San Diego State they became the first ever", "id": "13490420" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. He was succeeded by Andy Enfield from 2011-13, who took the Eagles to the", "id": "14634774" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles are led by first-year head coach Michael Fly and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Eagles finished the 2017–18 season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost", "id": "5505776" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles were led by fifth-year head coach Joe Dooley and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost to Lipscomb", "id": "15628413" }, { "contents": "Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball\n\n\ntournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University in the Second Round. Georgetown lost to the 15th-seeded Eagles 78–68, the seventh number two seed to lose to a 15 seed. It was the fourth consecutive season the Hoyas were eliminated by a double-digit seed in the NCAA Tournament. The 2013–14 season was the team's first after Georgetown and six other schools left the original Big East Conference and joined Butler, Creighton, and Xavier in forming the new Big East Conference – part of a major conference realignment in which several other", "id": "7112965" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nrun by a first-time tournament participant in NCAA history, behind only Indiana State advancing all the way to the national championship game in 1979 and Charlotte and Georgia reaching the Final Four in 1977 and 1983, respectively. Southwestern Louisiana, now known as Louisiana–Lafayette, advanced to the Sweet 16 in its first appearance as well, in 1972, but that appearance was vacated due to NCAA sanctions. Coach Andy Enfield was hired by USC on April 1. To replace him, the Eagles hired Joe Dooley, an assistant", "id": "14634779" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference and were the defending A-Sun Tournament champion. They played their home games at Alico Arena. The team went through many changes for the 2013–14 season. Head coach Andy Enfield left to take the same job at USC and former Kansas assistant Joe Dooley takes over as head coach. Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Player of", "id": "14271711" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by second year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 22–11, 12–3 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the A-Sun Tournament where they lost to USC Upstate. They received an invitation to the", "id": "14301819" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nto win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Florida State. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to win the A-Sun Tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 16 seed where they defeated", "id": "11309075" }, { "contents": "Sherwood Brown\n\n\nNCAA Tournament appearance in just the school's second year of full Division I eligibility. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Brown, scoring 24 points and grabbing 9 rebounds, led his Eagles to 78–68 win over No. 2 seed Georgetown. Then, his #15 seeded Eagles made history, by beating #7 seed San Diego State, 81–71. It marked the first time a No. 15 seed reached the sweet sixteen. Brown scored 17 points and added 8 rebounds in the contest. His final", "id": "13929588" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\nwon the Atlantic Sun Conference regular-season and/or tournament championship each year since (except for 2010) with annual postseason appearances either in the NCAA Tournament or the WNIT, in which the Eagles finished second nationally in 2016 after losing to South Dakota in the championship game. In 2012, FGCU's first year of full Division I postseason eligibility, the men's team played in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference", "id": "21316637" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n's regular season and conference tourney titles, earning its first berth into the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. The Eagles lost to St. Bonaventure University in the first round of the tournament 72-65 in Tallahassee, FL. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. Founded in 2007, the Eagles are one of the youngest men's soccer programs in the country. The team made the NCAA Tournament in the first year of eligibility, in 2011", "id": "15898384" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 15th year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 26–9, 12–2 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They defeated North Florida, Jacksonville and Stetson to become champions of the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's", "id": "5941281" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles were coached by 13th year head coach Karl Smesko and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–3, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They also won the Atlantic Sun Tournament to earn an automatic to the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to Florida State in the", "id": "10569284" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by third year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to be champions of the A-Sun", "id": "15873400" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nthe seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. On March 24, 2007, FGCU women's basketball team ended their 35–1 season with a loss in the Division II National Championship to Southern Connecticut State University. One year later, in 2008, the Women's Basketball team qualified for the WNIT, becoming the first team to qualify for the WNIT in its first season of Division I sports. During the 2008 WNIT Tourney, the team became the first Atlantic", "id": "15898382" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ndecisive 8–0 Georgetown run early in the second half, the Hoyas took their first double-digit lead on a Nate Lubick dunk with 6:18 left to play on the way to a 77–65 win. It was their first win in a postseason tournament since the 2012 NCAA Tournament and their first win in the NIT since 2005. Georgetown advanced to the second round, visiting the region's No. 1 seed, Florida State, which had defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the first round. None of the defenses the Hoyas tried against Florida", "id": "6143540" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nwon the SEC Championship with a conference record of 14–4. During the regular season, Billy Donovan notched his 400th career win as the head coach of the Gators over Missouri. After losing in the final of the 2013 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament to Mississippi, they entered the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the South Region. Florida defeated the No. 14 seed Northwestern State 79–47 in the first round, and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen after soundly beating the No. 11 seed", "id": "17774979" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by seventeenth year head coach Karl Smesko, will play their home games at the Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 28–4, 16–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season. Florida Gulf Coast won the conference tournament championship game over Liberty, 72–49. They lost in the first round to Miami (", "id": "1471180" }, { "contents": "USC Trojans men's basketball\n\n\nof one scholarship for the 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 academic years, and reductions in the numbers of recruiting days and coaches participating in off-campus recruiting through 2011. The school also vacated all wins earned during the 2007–2008 season, due to Mayo's ineligibility at that time. After becoming the first head coach to lead a 15-seed to the Sweet 16, guiding his Florida Gulf Coast Eagles to upsets of Georgetown and San Diego State, Andy Enfield was hired as the new head coach at USC on April 1, 2013. Enfield replaces", "id": "10682450" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. The Eagles compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The soccer team is one of several varsity sports teams that represent the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. The team made the NCAA tournament in the first year of eligibility in 2011, and returned in 2012, 2014, and 2016. Source: Bob Butehorn has served as head coach for Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer since the", "id": "12451948" }, { "contents": "Fairleigh Dickinson University\n\n\nthe top seeded Illinois Fighting Illini a huge scare. Being only down 1 at the half, the Knights played well and held their own for a while. However, in the second half the Illini pulled away from FDU and won the game by 12. More recently, the men's team made the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles in the First Four, and the 2019 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they defeated Prairie View A&M University in the First", "id": "6126133" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntournament debut in only their second year of Division I eligibility. They upset Georgetown and San Diego State in their first two games, becoming the first #15 seed to advance to the regional semifinals (where they were defeated by Florida). For the first time since 2010, a #14 seed won as Harvard defeated New Mexico in the West Region. The same region saw #13 La Salle, who won in the opening round, defeat #4 Kansas State and #12 Mississippi defeat #5 Wisconsin. In addition", "id": "14862719" }, { "contents": "2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament marked the 38th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 27, March 2 and 5, 2017 at campus sites as top seeds host each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated North Florida, 77–61, in the championship game to receive the conference's automatic trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records", "id": "20563986" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nis not any official definition of what constitutes a \"Cinderella team\", there does seem to be a consensus that such teams represent small schools, are usually low-seeded in the tournament, and achieves at least one unexpected win in the tournament. A recent example of this is Florida Gulf Coast University, a relatively new school that held its first classes in 1997 and became Division I postseason eligible in 2011. They made their first appearance in the 2013 tournament, winning two games to become the first #15 seed to", "id": "20874955" }, { "contents": "2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament was the 39th year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 26, March 1, and 4, 2018 at campus sites of the higher seeds. Lipscomb defeated regular season champion Florida Gulf Coast in the tournament championship to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the school's first trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a", "id": "22036552" }, { "contents": "2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nwin, as VCU was joined by #12 seed and citymate Richmond, #10 seed Florida State, and #13 seed Morehead State as first round winners. Florida State, VCU, and Richmond all advanced to the Sweet Sixteen from that region, and VCU defeated top-seeded Kansas in the final. Butler and #11 seed Gonzaga advanced from the Southeast Region, with Gonzaga losing in the Round of 32 to BYU. For the third time in as many appearances, Vanderbilt suffered a defeat to a double digit seed", "id": "10990625" }, { "contents": "Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball\n\n\nwould again win their opening game, this time defeating Jacksonville University. The Owls would break their second-round losing tradition, beating Jacksonville State University. In the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, the Owls faced Georgia State University and won 76–75, clinching their first and only conference championship and a bid to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. In the 2002 NCAA tournament, the Owls were seeded as a 15-seed, and placed in the South Region, and were paired with 2-seed University of Alabama. Though the Owls hung", "id": "18358839" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nthe following day and lost to Louisville. Falling to No. 8 in the AP Poll, but with a record of 25-6 and having won 13 of its last 15 games, Georgetown received a bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament, the Hoyas′ fourth consecutive appearance in the tournament, seventh in eight seasons, and 29th overall. Seeded second in the tournament's South Region, they met their first opponent, 15th seed Florida Gulf Coast, in the Round of 64, termed the \"Second Round\" this year.", "id": "4423034" }, { "contents": "1997 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nstripped of their Big Ten title they had also won. Arizona also became the only school since the introduction of the 64-team bracket in 1985, to defeat three number 1 seeds in the tournament, having upset overall number one seed Kansas in addition to their two Final Four victories. The tournament also saw the third victory by a #15 seed over a #2 seed, as Coppin State defeated South Carolina in their first round matchup. In addition, a #14 seed advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for only the second time", "id": "9764587" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 2018 and concluded on February 2018. The season marked the 40th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by two games over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 26 through March 4 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Lipscomb defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship", "id": "5246986" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fourteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 33–6, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the A-Sun Women's Tournament where they lost to Jacksonville. They", "id": "17761190" }, { "contents": "Coppin State Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The school's team currently competes in the NCAA Division I in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Before joining NCAA Division I, the Eagles were the 1976 NAIA National Champions. The Eagles have appeared in the NCAA Tournament four times. Their combined record is 1–4. The 1996–97 team was only the third 15 seed to beat a 2 seed in the tournament. The 2007–08 Coppin State team was", "id": "13930583" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 24, 2017 and concluded on February 23, 2017. The season marked the 39th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by one game over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 27 through March 5 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated", "id": "464189" }, { "contents": "2006 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nUCLA 73–57 in the final game. Florida's Joakim Noah was named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament. George Mason's run was one of several upsets by lower-seeded teams in the tournament. For the second consecutive year, a No. 14 seed beat a No. 3 seed as Northwestern State defeated Iowa. No. 13 seed Bradley also defeated No. 4 seed Kansas and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen by defeating No. 5-seeded Pittsburgh in the Second Round. Two No. 12 seeds won as well", "id": "87698" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nFlorida Gulf Coast University had only started classes in 1997 and was so new that it had become eligible for postseason NCAA Division I play only in 2011; the Eagles had finished in second place in the Atlantic Sun Conference and won the conference tournament, but it was their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Hoyas entered the game allowing opponents to shoot only 37.6 percent from the field – fourth-best in the United States – and limiting opponents to 55.7 points per game, and were the heavy favorites. Behind 11-", "id": "4423035" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by sixteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, play their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–5, 12–1 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season champions. They also won the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they upset Missouri in", "id": "14939652" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nchampionship game by a final score of 82-76, winning their first national title since 1986. They also are the last team from the original Big East Conference to win a national championship. On February 20, 2018, the NCAA vacated Louisville's entire tournament run, including its national title, due to multiple recruiting violations. The tournament featured several notable upsets: at least one team seeded #9 through #15 won at least once in the tournament, The most notable was Florida Gulf Coast University, who made their", "id": "14862718" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nthe Year Sherwood Brown graduated and turned professional, signing a contract with Israel's Maccabi Haifa B.C. in July 2013. They finished the season 22–13, 14–4 in Atlantic Sun play to finish in a tie for the regular season conference championship with Mercer. At the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament they advanced to their third consecutive championship game where they lost to Mercer. Due to failing to win the conference tournament as the #1 seed, they earned an automatic bid to the 2014 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to", "id": "14271712" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAtlantic Sun Conference tournament, losing to regular season champion Belmont. His 2012–13 team first attracted attention by beating Miami and finishing with a second-place finish and second seed in the Atlantic Sun tournament. After defeating regular season champion Mercer in the championship game, the Eagles earned a 15 seed in the South Region of the NCAA tournament, where they pulled off a major upset by defeating 2 seed Georgetown in the first round and then 7 seed San Diego State in the second round, making them the first 15 seed in the", "id": "13490426" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntime in tournament history, none of the four top seeded teams in a single region (the South) advanced to the Sweet 16. Also, the tournament featured the first regional final matchup of a 9-seed (Kansas State) and an 11-seed (Loyola-Chicago). Villanova, Michigan, Kansas, and Loyola-Chicago, the \"Cinderella team\" of the tournament, reached the Final Four. Villanova defeated Michigan in the championship game, 79–62. Atlantic Sun Conference champion Lipscomb made its NCAA tournament debut. The 2018", "id": "11011681" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\n, Minnesota, 78–64. The Gators then defeated Florida Gulf Coast, No. 15 seed, in the Sweet Sixteen 62–50. But once again, their run ended in the Elite Eight, this time against fourth seeded Michigan, who handily defeated the Gators, 79–59. The Gators became the first team since the expansion of the tournament in 1951 to lose in the Elite Eight in three consecutive seasons. Florida is the only program in the nation to have advanced as far as the Elite Eight in each of those seasons from 2011–2013", "id": "17774980" }, { "contents": "North Florida Ospreys men's basketball\n\n\n. In the 2014–15 season, the Ospreys made their first ever appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Tournament for the first time. On December 6, 2014, they defeated the Purdue Boilermakers on the road, marking their first ever victory over a Big Ten Conference opponent. They also won the Atlantic Sun regular season title for the first time and posted the best record in team history with 23 wins and 11 losses. As a No. 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament, they were defeated by", "id": "15251308" }, { "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\npopularly called the \"play-in game\", had Niagara, winner of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament, facing Florida A&M, who won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament, for a chance to play top seed Kansas in the First Round of the Tournament. Niagara defeated Florida A&M, 77–69, to advance to play Kansas. All teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65. The first and second-round games were played at", "id": "257019" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team\n\n\n2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 6 seed in the Midwest Region. They defeated 11 seed San Diego State in the first round and 14 seed Ohio to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the regional semifinal they defeated 2 seed and AP #5 Ohio State to advance to the first Elite Eight in school history. They were defeated by 5 seed and AP #13 Michigan State in the regional final to end their season. The 2008–09 Volunteers finished the season 21–13 overall, against the second-rated", "id": "6859935" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n1992 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, and they advanced to the final before losing to Syracuse. They were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the second round before losing to West Region No. 3 seed Florida State. They were ranked No. 22 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and No. 18 in the final Coaches' Poll. Georgetowns starting lineup of senior center and", "id": "14462787" }, { "contents": "1988–89 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nEast Tournament championship in Georgetown men's basketball history, defeating Syracuse in the final game. They were the No. 1 seed in the East Region of the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the 11th of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the East Region final before losing to the region′s No. 2 seed, Duke. They were ranked No. 2 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and Coaches' Poll. Since Patrick Ewing's graduation in May 1985, Georgetown had struggled to find", "id": "14781639" }, { "contents": "Hampton Pirates men's basketball\n\n\nThe Hampton Pirates men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, United States. The school's team formerly competed in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, but moved to the Big South Conference in 2018-19. Notably, the 2000-01 Hampton team was one of seven 15th seeds ever to upset a 2nd seed in the Round of 64 of an NCAA Tournament, defeating Iowa State in the first round. The Pirates have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament six times.", "id": "13103032" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nlost to 15-seed and tournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University 78-68 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The team was ranked No. 8 in the final Associated Press Poll of the season and No. 17 in the postseason Coaches' Poll. This was Georgetowns last season as a member of the original Big East Conference. It had been a founding member of the conference in the 1979-80 season and had remained a member for 34 seasons, but the conferences increasingly unstable membership and uncertain future and what Georgetown", "id": "4422963" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n, becoming the first player ever named the Big East's Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Tournament MVP in the same season, and only the second Tournament MVP from a team that did not win the tournament. The Hoyas were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances. In the first round, they defeated South Florida, with Mourning scoring 21 points and pulling down 11 rebounds.", "id": "14462796" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n. 7 seed, the Ospreys hosted the No. 2 seed Florida in the first round, where they fell 97–68. The Ospreys made the most three point shots (402) out of all NCAA Division I teams in the 2015–16 season, earning them the nickname \"Birds of Trey\". The Ospreys finished the 2014–15 season with a program-best overall record of 23–12, and a 12–2 record in conference play. They won the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time. As a", "id": "17130629" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nAs the #1 seed in the west region of the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, they defeated Hampton in the second round and Michigan in the third round to advance to the \"Sweet Sixteen\" where they were defeated by Arizona to finish the season 32–5. The team finished 2010 with a 35–5 record, becoming the ACC Regular Season Co-Champion, ACC Tournament Champion, and earning a #1 seed in the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Blue Devils beat Butler in the championship", "id": "16537035" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n81–78. They secured the regular season championship and No. 1 seed in the Atlantic Sun Tournament with a win at crosstown rival Jacksonville. The Ospreys began their quest to win back-to-back Atlantic Sun Tournament titles by defeating USC Upstate in the quarterfinals, 92–69. However, they were blown-out by 33 points in the semifinals by Florida Gulf Coast. Their 56 points were the fewest they scored in any game this season. Due to renovations at the O'Connell Center, the 7-seed Ospreys hosted the 2-seed Florida Gators", "id": "17130638" }, { "contents": "2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Stan Heath, the Flashes finished their best season in program history, posting a 30–6 record and advancing to the Elite Eight of the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament after defeating seventh-seeded Oklahoma State, upsetting second-seeded Alabama and third-seeded Pittsburgh, before falling to eventual national runners-up Indiana. The team set program and Mid-American Conference", "id": "6355295" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nits last 3 games in February and entering the postseason with a 24–6 record, yet still managed to win its second consecutive SEC Tournament Championship. The Gators entered the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a No. 3 seed with a 27–6 record, and ranked No. 10 by the AP. They beat No. 14 seed South Alabama and No. 11 seed Milwaukee to advance to the Minneapolis regional. There, the Gators defeated the No. 7 seed Georgetown Hoyas and upset the No. 1 seed Villanova", "id": "17774968" }, { "contents": "Troy Trojans men's basketball\n\n\n1950. The Trojans appeared in the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a 14-seed after winning the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament and faced 3-seeded Xavier in the first round, losing 71–59. The Trojans were the champions of the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2003 and defeated Central Florida for the conference tournament championship in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2004, the Trojans were the Atlantic Sun Conference Regular Season Champions. That year, the Trojans made it all the way to the Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship game, only to lose a heart", "id": "16764100" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nearned a #2 seed in the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, but lost to #15 seed Lehigh in the round of 64. Following the 2009–2010 basketball team, the 2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team began the season ranked #1 in the nation and held that title for the first nine weeks of the season going 15–0, until being defeated for the first time on January 12 again Florida State. The only non-conference loss during the regular season came again St. John's weeks later.", "id": "19517109" }, { "contents": "South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball\n\n\nTournament victory since 1973 with a 20-point win over the Marquette Golden Eagles. Two nights later, the Gamecocks upset the #2 seed Duke Blue Devils to advance to their fourth Sweet 16. South Carolina then beat #3 seed Baylor Bears to advance to their first-ever Elite 8, two days later they upset Florida to advance to their first ever Final Four. The Gamecocks have appeared in the NCAA Tournament nine times. Their combined record is 8–10. The Gamecocks have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 11", "id": "3062795" }, { "contents": "2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament marked the 37th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held March 1–6, 2016 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast won their second Atlantic Sun Tournament title and a berth in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. All 8 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. Stetson was ineligible to participate in the NCAA Tournament due to APR violations, but was allowed to participate in the Atlantic Sun Tournament. Had Stetson won the tournament, North Florida", "id": "9533118" }, { "contents": "2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n. Northern Iowa was one of four teams seeded lower than No. 8 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, joining the East Region's No. 11 seed Washington and No. 12 seed Cornell and the South Region's No. 10 seed Saint Mary's. For the first time since 2006, a No. 14 seed advanced out of the First Round as Ohio defeated Georgetown. The No. 13 seed in the West Region, Murray State, defeated No. 4-seeded Vanderbilt, marking the second consecutive appearance for the Commodores", "id": "10990515" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team represented Boston College during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by third-year head coach Jim Christian, played their home games at the Conte Forum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 9–23, 2–16 in ACC play to finish in last place. As the No. 15 seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost in the first round to Wake Forest. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 7–25", "id": "5940409" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 68 teams to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2017–18 season. The 80th annual edition of the tournament began on March 13, 2018, and concluded with the championship game on April 2 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. During the first round, UMBC became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed in the men's tournament by defeating Virginia 74–54. For the first", "id": "11011680" }, { "contents": "2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe third round of the Midwest Region. A team from the First Four games also won in the Round of 64 for the second consecutive year as South Florida defeated Midwest #5 seed Temple, setting up a #12 vs. #13 matchup that Ohio won. Virginia Commonwealth, a Final Four team from 2011 as an #11 seed, made the 2012 tournament as a #12 seed and once again made the round of 32 by defeating South #5 seed Wichita State. The South Region saw four double digit seeds win", "id": "14155762" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (also FGCU) refer to the fifteen sports teams representing Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and tennis; women's-only: softball, swimming and diving, indoor volleyball, and sand volleyball; and men's-only: baseball. The Eagles compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). FGCU is also notable as the youngest institution competing in", "id": "15898377" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nConference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. In the 2018 NCAA Tournament, Virginia became the first number 1 seed to lose to a number 16 seed when they lost to the UMBC Retrievers 74–54. Led by tenth-year head coach Tony Bennett, Virginia finished the regular season with a record of 28–2. They posted a 16–2 conference record, earning them the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament, where they defeated No. 8 seed NC State, before losing to No. 4 seed Florida State. In the", "id": "19522360" }, { "contents": "American Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe American Eagles men's basketball team represents American University in Washington, D.C. in NCAA Division I competition. The school's team competes in the Patriot League and play their home games in Bender Arena. Their rivals include Boston University, Bucknell University, and Navy. In 2008, the Eagles earned their first ever bid to the NCAA Division I Tournament by defeating Colgate in the final round of the Patriot League Tournament. The Eagles were seeded 15th against #2 Tennessee. American held tight against the Volunteers most of the game,", "id": "1515606" }, { "contents": "2010 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 11–March 14 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. This tournament was notable for the high number of upsets, with the higher seed winning only twice in the first two rounds, and the 11 and 12 seeds progressing to the semifinals. The championship game matched Duke against Georgia Tech. It was the third time a team has played 4 games (NC State in 1997 and", "id": "1478152" }, { "contents": "2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nCole Aldrich on the NCAA Tournament All-Midwest Regional team. To play the top-seeded Louisville Cardinals in the first round, Morehead State defeated Alabama State 58–43, with the Eagles keeping the Hornets without a lead the entire game. This marked the first time either team had played in the tournament in five years; the Eagles had not played since 1984. Morehead State fell to Louisville 74–54, the 100th time a 1 seed beat a 16 seed in the tournament since seeding began. However, the Eagles managed to keep", "id": "21670617" }, { "contents": "Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball\n\n\nThe Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Bisons made their first ever trip to the NCAA tournament in school history in 2018, when they defeated Florida Gulf Coast University in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament final. Lipscomb has a 177–179 all-time record in NCAA basketball and a 96–76 record in Atlantic Sun games. Lipscomb won their first Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament title", "id": "16052096" }, { "contents": "2000 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n1979 by defeating Florida 89-76 in the final game. Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, while Morris Peterson was its leading scorer. Despite the string of upsets, no seed lower than 11 won a game in the tournament. The only 11 seed to win was Pepperdine, which defeated Indiana in the East Region's first round in what turned out to be Bob Knight's last game coaching the Hoosiers before his firing that offseason. Also, two teams that qualified as 10 seeds", "id": "9764963" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by sixth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at Hawkins Arena on the university's Macon, Georgia campus and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–9, 14–4 in A-Sun play to win the regular season A-Sun championship, shared with Florida Gulf Coast. They defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship game of the A-Sun", "id": "13259751" }, { "contents": "1993 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe second round in that region. At the time, 15-seed Santa Clara's victory over 2-seed Arizona was only the second such upset, and following the 2019 tournament, is one of only eight times that a 15-seed defeated a 2-seed since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams (in 2018, Maryland-Baltimore County became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed, ousting Virginia 74-54.). For the third time, the Superdome was the host venue for the Final Four, and for the second straight year,", "id": "9764537" }, { "contents": "2006–07 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team\n\n\nWisconsin to with the tournament championship. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and received a No. 1 seed in the South regional. They defeated Central Connecticut State and Matta's former team, Xavier, to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The Buckeyes then defeated Tennessee and Memphis to advance to the Final Four, their first trip to the Final Four under Matta. With a win over Georgetown, they advanced to the National Championship game against Florida. Florida led from the start,", "id": "19897895" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team\n\n\nfinishing in third place in the Atlantic 10 during the regular season, Richmond advanced to the finals of the conference tournament before falling to Temple. Richmond was awarded an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As the seventh seed in the tournament's South region, Richmond earned the highest seeding in its history. They lost in the first round to ten seed Saint Mary's to end their season. !colspan=9| Regular Season !colspan=9| 2010 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament !colspan=10| 2010 NCAA", "id": "6019729" }, { "contents": "Norfolk State University\n\n\nchampionship which gave them the conference's automatic bid in the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, the school's first ever appearance in the tournament. The Spartans, a 15 seed, defeated the #2 seeded Missouri Tigers in the second round, 86-84. This victory was only the fifth time in NCAA Tournament history that a 15 seed defeated a 2 seed, with the last coming in 2001 by MEAC in-state rival Hampton. The Marching Spartan Legion Band performs at campus events and during Norfolk State", "id": "3283354" }, { "contents": "2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season\n\n\nof these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Ivy League does not have a conference tournament, instead giving their automatic invitation to their regular-season champion. By contrast, the Atlantic Coast Conference does not have a regular-season champion, using the standings only for seeding purposes in its conference tournament. A \"major upset\" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent. After the NCAA Tournament field was announced, the National", "id": "19699405" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nNCAA Tournament, the Cavaliers earned a No. 1 seed in the South Regional. The Cavaliers defeated No. 16 seed and NCAA tournament debutants Gardner–Webb in the first round, and No. 9 seed Oklahoma in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where they ended a potential Cinderella run from No. 12 seed Oregon. In the Elite Eight, the Cavs needed overtime to beat No. 3 Purdue; with the win, they advanced to their first Final Four since 1984. They then defeated No", "id": "19522361" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team represented Morehead State University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 5th year head coach Donnie Tyndall, played their home games at Ellis Johnson Arena and are members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 13–5 in Ohio Valley play and were champions of the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic bid in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As a 13 seed, they upset", "id": "15587818" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament upsets\n\n\nseed has ever advanced to this point in the women's tournament, all defeated teams were 3 seeds. To date, no 13 seed, in either the men's or women's tournament, has advanced to the Elite Eight. Unlike the men's tournament, in which one 12 seed won its Sweet 16 game since 1985, no 12 seed has ever won a game in the women's tournament. Only one team seeded 11 or lower has won in the Sweet 16 and advanced to the Elite Eight—11 seed Gonzaga in 2011", "id": "14196695" }, { "contents": "1985–86 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ntournament semifinals, where they lost to Syracuse. Georgetown was the No. 4 seed in the Midwest Region of the 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the eighth of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and defeated Texas Tech in the first round to advance to the second round, in which the Hoyas met the Midwest Regions No. 5 seed, Michigan State. Although he had nine of Georgetowns 17 assists, Michael Jackson shot only 1-for-7 (14.3%) from the field while Michigan State senior guard Scott Skiles", "id": "14959435" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nnational championship), and Michigan, returning for the first time since the Fab Five's second appearance in 1993 (which was later vacated). By winning the West Region, Wichita State became the first #9 seed and first Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) team to reach the Final Four since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The last #9 seed to reach the Final Four was Penn, and the last MVC team to do so was Indiana State, both in 1979. Louisville defeated Michigan in the", "id": "14862717" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by fourth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at the University Center and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–11, 13–5 in A-Sun play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the semifinals of the Atlantic Sun Basketball Tournament to Florida Gulf Coast. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Tennessee", "id": "21424844" }, { "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nwas played between two #1 seeds, due to the fact that all four #1 seeds were in the Final Four for the first time in NCAA Tournament history. Kansas entered the 2008 NCAA Tournament as the #1 seed in the Midwest Regional. In the 1st round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas dominated Portland State with an 85-61 victory. In the 2nd round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas beat UNLV 75-56 to advance to the Sweet 16. In the Sweet 16 of the 2008 NCAA", "id": "17054491" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hokies were led by third-year head coach Buzz Williams and played their home games at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 22–11, 10–8 in ACC play to finish a three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the ACC Tournament, they beat Wake Forest before losing to Florida", "id": "6984911" }, { "contents": "2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was head coach Dave Rose's 13th season at BYU and the Cougars seventh season as members of the West Coast Conference. The Cougars played their home games at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah. They finished the season 24–11, 11–7 in West Coast Conference play to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated San Diego in the quarterfinals and Saint", "id": "14065303" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n, and returned in 2012. They most recently returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2014 where they lost to Coastal Carolina 1–0. The men's soccer team plays its home games at the FGCU Soccer Complex. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I women's soccer competitions. The Green and Blue have competed in the NCAA Tournament 6 times, with a win against South Florida during the 2015 tournament. The women's team played their first home NCAA tournament game in 2014", "id": "15898385" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nto that, the region's top seed, Gonzaga, was defeated in the round of 32 by eventual region winner Wichita State, who defeated La Salle in the Sweet Sixteen. Two other teams also earned their first ever NCAA Tournament victory: Ivy League champion Harvard and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champion North Carolina A&T. Liberty became the first 20-loss team in five years to earn an NCAA bid, having finished its season with five consecutive wins to secure the Big South championship and its automatic qualification. The following are", "id": "14862720" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nThey received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning an 8 seed in the West Region. They defeated 9 seed Florida State in the first round before losing to 1 seed and AP #4 Syracuse in the second round. Gonzaga opened the season with a 94–53 exhibition victory over Alberta on November 2. Matt Bouldin led the team with 17 points, followed by Sam Dower with 15 points and Robert Sacre with 11 points. Gonzaga led by as many as 26 points in the", "id": "651215" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nUTEP and 13 seed Murray State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The team next defeated 1 seed Syracuse to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history, and then defeated 2 seed Kansas State to earn their first Final Four appearance in school history. They were only the second team from a mid-major conference to \"officially\" advance that far in the tournament since UNLV made the Final Four in 1991. On April 3, 2010, Butler defeated Michigan State and advanced to the National Championship game", "id": "12646316" } ]

[ { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSan Diego State 81–71, becoming the first time a 15th seed has ever advanced to the Sweet 16. The school was referred to as \"Dunk City\" or \"Florida Dunk Coast\" on many media outlets such as ESPN and CBS due to their high-flying athletic finishing style. The Eagles participated in their first Division I postseason tournament in 2013, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. On March 22, 2013; the Eagles", "id": "14634777" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nfull Division I member on August 11, 2011. The Eagles men's basketball team is best known for their run in the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, their first since moving up to Division I. In the Round of 64, the Eagles defeated the #2 seed Georgetown 78–68. It was only the seventh time that a 15th seed has defeated a 2nd seed, and the second-highest margin of victory for one. Two days later in the Round of 32, the Eagles defeated the #7 seed", "id": "14634776" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\n, the 15th seed in the South Region, scored one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history, defeating second-seeded Georgetown 78–68. They were only the seventh #15 seed to defeat a #2 seed, the first being Richmond's 1991 victory over Syracuse. Two days later, they defeated seventh seeded San Diego State to become the first #15 seed ever to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Their run ended there in a 62–50 loss to third seeded Florida. This is \"officially\" the third-deepest", "id": "14634778" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\ntournament final earning the automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became the seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. The Eagles went on to win two more Atlantic Sun Conference championships in", "id": "21316638" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nplayed in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. That earned the team an automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament, and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became", "id": "15898381" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nearn their first ever bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 15 seed in the south region. Guard Sherwood Brown was named the A-Sun player of the year. In their NCAA Tournament debut, the 15 seeded Eagles upset 2 seeded Georgetown 78–68. It was the third time in two years and eighth time overall that a 15 seed had upset a 2 seed. With a second round 81-71 win over San Diego State, they became the first 15 seed to win two games in a tournament to advance", "id": "8068116" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nNCAA Division I, having been officially founded in 1991 and started classes in 1997. FGCU athletics began in the NAIA. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a full Division I member on August 11, 2011. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, FGCU became the first number 15 seed to advance to the Sweet", "id": "15898378" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by second year head coach Andy Enfield, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished A-Sun play with a record of 13–5 to finish in second place. In only their second year of full NCAA eligibility, the Eagles won the Atlantic Sun Tournament, beating top-seeded Mercer in the championship game, to", "id": "8068115" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida and were led by fourth-year head coach Joe Dooley as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the regular season 26–8, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the ASUN Tournament, they defeated Stetson, Kennesaw State, and North Florida", "id": "11309074" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSweet Sixteen as the first ever 15-seed to do such. After putting FGCU on the map with their new \"Dunk City\" moniker, Enfield accepted the men's basketball position at USC. Joe Dooley then assumed the role from 2013-2018 before accepting the Head Coach position at East Carolina The Eagles are now led by long-time program assistant coach, Michael Fly. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a", "id": "14634775" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division", "id": "19591078" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAndrew William Enfield (born June 8, 1969) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Southern California (USC). He came to national prominence as the head coach of Florida Gulf Coast University when his team achieved two major feats at the 2013 NCAA Tournament. First they became just the seventh 15-seed to defeat a 2-seed by upsetting Georgetown in the first round of the tournament. Then with an 81–71 upset of No. 7 San Diego State they became the first ever", "id": "13490420" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. He was succeeded by Andy Enfield from 2011-13, who took the Eagles to the", "id": "14634774" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles are led by first-year head coach Michael Fly and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Eagles finished the 2017–18 season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost", "id": "5505776" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles were led by fifth-year head coach Joe Dooley and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost to Lipscomb", "id": "15628413" }, { "contents": "Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball\n\n\ntournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University in the Second Round. Georgetown lost to the 15th-seeded Eagles 78–68, the seventh number two seed to lose to a 15 seed. It was the fourth consecutive season the Hoyas were eliminated by a double-digit seed in the NCAA Tournament. The 2013–14 season was the team's first after Georgetown and six other schools left the original Big East Conference and joined Butler, Creighton, and Xavier in forming the new Big East Conference – part of a major conference realignment in which several other", "id": "7112965" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nrun by a first-time tournament participant in NCAA history, behind only Indiana State advancing all the way to the national championship game in 1979 and Charlotte and Georgia reaching the Final Four in 1977 and 1983, respectively. Southwestern Louisiana, now known as Louisiana–Lafayette, advanced to the Sweet 16 in its first appearance as well, in 1972, but that appearance was vacated due to NCAA sanctions. Coach Andy Enfield was hired by USC on April 1. To replace him, the Eagles hired Joe Dooley, an assistant", "id": "14634779" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference and were the defending A-Sun Tournament champion. They played their home games at Alico Arena. The team went through many changes for the 2013–14 season. Head coach Andy Enfield left to take the same job at USC and former Kansas assistant Joe Dooley takes over as head coach. Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Player of", "id": "14271711" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by second year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 22–11, 12–3 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the A-Sun Tournament where they lost to USC Upstate. They received an invitation to the", "id": "14301819" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nto win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Florida State. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to win the A-Sun Tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 16 seed where they defeated", "id": "11309075" }, { "contents": "Sherwood Brown\n\n\nNCAA Tournament appearance in just the school's second year of full Division I eligibility. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Brown, scoring 24 points and grabbing 9 rebounds, led his Eagles to 78–68 win over No. 2 seed Georgetown. Then, his #15 seeded Eagles made history, by beating #7 seed San Diego State, 81–71. It marked the first time a No. 15 seed reached the sweet sixteen. Brown scored 17 points and added 8 rebounds in the contest. His final", "id": "13929588" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\nwon the Atlantic Sun Conference regular-season and/or tournament championship each year since (except for 2010) with annual postseason appearances either in the NCAA Tournament or the WNIT, in which the Eagles finished second nationally in 2016 after losing to South Dakota in the championship game. In 2012, FGCU's first year of full Division I postseason eligibility, the men's team played in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference", "id": "21316637" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n's regular season and conference tourney titles, earning its first berth into the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. The Eagles lost to St. Bonaventure University in the first round of the tournament 72-65 in Tallahassee, FL. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. Founded in 2007, the Eagles are one of the youngest men's soccer programs in the country. The team made the NCAA Tournament in the first year of eligibility, in 2011", "id": "15898384" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 15th year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 26–9, 12–2 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They defeated North Florida, Jacksonville and Stetson to become champions of the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's", "id": "5941281" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles were coached by 13th year head coach Karl Smesko and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–3, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They also won the Atlantic Sun Tournament to earn an automatic to the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to Florida State in the", "id": "10569284" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by third year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to be champions of the A-Sun", "id": "15873400" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nthe seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. On March 24, 2007, FGCU women's basketball team ended their 35–1 season with a loss in the Division II National Championship to Southern Connecticut State University. One year later, in 2008, the Women's Basketball team qualified for the WNIT, becoming the first team to qualify for the WNIT in its first season of Division I sports. During the 2008 WNIT Tourney, the team became the first Atlantic", "id": "15898382" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ndecisive 8–0 Georgetown run early in the second half, the Hoyas took their first double-digit lead on a Nate Lubick dunk with 6:18 left to play on the way to a 77–65 win. It was their first win in a postseason tournament since the 2012 NCAA Tournament and their first win in the NIT since 2005. Georgetown advanced to the second round, visiting the region's No. 1 seed, Florida State, which had defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the first round. None of the defenses the Hoyas tried against Florida", "id": "6143540" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nwon the SEC Championship with a conference record of 14–4. During the regular season, Billy Donovan notched his 400th career win as the head coach of the Gators over Missouri. After losing in the final of the 2013 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament to Mississippi, they entered the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the South Region. Florida defeated the No. 14 seed Northwestern State 79–47 in the first round, and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen after soundly beating the No. 11 seed", "id": "17774979" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by seventeenth year head coach Karl Smesko, will play their home games at the Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 28–4, 16–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season. Florida Gulf Coast won the conference tournament championship game over Liberty, 72–49. They lost in the first round to Miami (", "id": "1471180" }, { "contents": "USC Trojans men's basketball\n\n\nof one scholarship for the 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 academic years, and reductions in the numbers of recruiting days and coaches participating in off-campus recruiting through 2011. The school also vacated all wins earned during the 2007–2008 season, due to Mayo's ineligibility at that time. After becoming the first head coach to lead a 15-seed to the Sweet 16, guiding his Florida Gulf Coast Eagles to upsets of Georgetown and San Diego State, Andy Enfield was hired as the new head coach at USC on April 1, 2013. Enfield replaces", "id": "10682450" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. The Eagles compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The soccer team is one of several varsity sports teams that represent the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. The team made the NCAA tournament in the first year of eligibility in 2011, and returned in 2012, 2014, and 2016. Source: Bob Butehorn has served as head coach for Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer since the", "id": "12451948" }, { "contents": "Fairleigh Dickinson University\n\n\nthe top seeded Illinois Fighting Illini a huge scare. Being only down 1 at the half, the Knights played well and held their own for a while. However, in the second half the Illini pulled away from FDU and won the game by 12. More recently, the men's team made the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles in the First Four, and the 2019 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they defeated Prairie View A&M University in the First", "id": "6126133" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntournament debut in only their second year of Division I eligibility. They upset Georgetown and San Diego State in their first two games, becoming the first #15 seed to advance to the regional semifinals (where they were defeated by Florida). For the first time since 2010, a #14 seed won as Harvard defeated New Mexico in the West Region. The same region saw #13 La Salle, who won in the opening round, defeat #4 Kansas State and #12 Mississippi defeat #5 Wisconsin. In addition", "id": "14862719" }, { "contents": "2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament marked the 38th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 27, March 2 and 5, 2017 at campus sites as top seeds host each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated North Florida, 77–61, in the championship game to receive the conference's automatic trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records", "id": "20563986" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nis not any official definition of what constitutes a \"Cinderella team\", there does seem to be a consensus that such teams represent small schools, are usually low-seeded in the tournament, and achieves at least one unexpected win in the tournament. A recent example of this is Florida Gulf Coast University, a relatively new school that held its first classes in 1997 and became Division I postseason eligible in 2011. They made their first appearance in the 2013 tournament, winning two games to become the first #15 seed to", "id": "20874955" }, { "contents": "2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament was the 39th year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 26, March 1, and 4, 2018 at campus sites of the higher seeds. Lipscomb defeated regular season champion Florida Gulf Coast in the tournament championship to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the school's first trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a", "id": "22036552" }, { "contents": "2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nwin, as VCU was joined by #12 seed and citymate Richmond, #10 seed Florida State, and #13 seed Morehead State as first round winners. Florida State, VCU, and Richmond all advanced to the Sweet Sixteen from that region, and VCU defeated top-seeded Kansas in the final. Butler and #11 seed Gonzaga advanced from the Southeast Region, with Gonzaga losing in the Round of 32 to BYU. For the third time in as many appearances, Vanderbilt suffered a defeat to a double digit seed", "id": "10990625" }, { "contents": "Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball\n\n\nwould again win their opening game, this time defeating Jacksonville University. The Owls would break their second-round losing tradition, beating Jacksonville State University. In the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, the Owls faced Georgia State University and won 76–75, clinching their first and only conference championship and a bid to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. In the 2002 NCAA tournament, the Owls were seeded as a 15-seed, and placed in the South Region, and were paired with 2-seed University of Alabama. Though the Owls hung", "id": "18358839" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nthe following day and lost to Louisville. Falling to No. 8 in the AP Poll, but with a record of 25-6 and having won 13 of its last 15 games, Georgetown received a bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament, the Hoyas′ fourth consecutive appearance in the tournament, seventh in eight seasons, and 29th overall. Seeded second in the tournament's South Region, they met their first opponent, 15th seed Florida Gulf Coast, in the Round of 64, termed the \"Second Round\" this year.", "id": "4423034" }, { "contents": "1997 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nstripped of their Big Ten title they had also won. Arizona also became the only school since the introduction of the 64-team bracket in 1985, to defeat three number 1 seeds in the tournament, having upset overall number one seed Kansas in addition to their two Final Four victories. The tournament also saw the third victory by a #15 seed over a #2 seed, as Coppin State defeated South Carolina in their first round matchup. In addition, a #14 seed advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for only the second time", "id": "9764587" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 2018 and concluded on February 2018. The season marked the 40th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by two games over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 26 through March 4 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Lipscomb defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship", "id": "5246986" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fourteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 33–6, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the A-Sun Women's Tournament where they lost to Jacksonville. They", "id": "17761190" }, { "contents": "Coppin State Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The school's team currently competes in the NCAA Division I in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Before joining NCAA Division I, the Eagles were the 1976 NAIA National Champions. The Eagles have appeared in the NCAA Tournament four times. Their combined record is 1–4. The 1996–97 team was only the third 15 seed to beat a 2 seed in the tournament. The 2007–08 Coppin State team was", "id": "13930583" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 24, 2017 and concluded on February 23, 2017. The season marked the 39th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by one game over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 27 through March 5 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated", "id": "464189" }, { "contents": "2006 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nUCLA 73–57 in the final game. Florida's Joakim Noah was named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament. George Mason's run was one of several upsets by lower-seeded teams in the tournament. For the second consecutive year, a No. 14 seed beat a No. 3 seed as Northwestern State defeated Iowa. No. 13 seed Bradley also defeated No. 4 seed Kansas and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen by defeating No. 5-seeded Pittsburgh in the Second Round. Two No. 12 seeds won as well", "id": "87698" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nFlorida Gulf Coast University had only started classes in 1997 and was so new that it had become eligible for postseason NCAA Division I play only in 2011; the Eagles had finished in second place in the Atlantic Sun Conference and won the conference tournament, but it was their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Hoyas entered the game allowing opponents to shoot only 37.6 percent from the field – fourth-best in the United States – and limiting opponents to 55.7 points per game, and were the heavy favorites. Behind 11-", "id": "4423035" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by sixteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, play their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–5, 12–1 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season champions. They also won the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they upset Missouri in", "id": "14939652" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nchampionship game by a final score of 82-76, winning their first national title since 1986. They also are the last team from the original Big East Conference to win a national championship. On February 20, 2018, the NCAA vacated Louisville's entire tournament run, including its national title, due to multiple recruiting violations. The tournament featured several notable upsets: at least one team seeded #9 through #15 won at least once in the tournament, The most notable was Florida Gulf Coast University, who made their", "id": "14862718" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nthe Year Sherwood Brown graduated and turned professional, signing a contract with Israel's Maccabi Haifa B.C. in July 2013. They finished the season 22–13, 14–4 in Atlantic Sun play to finish in a tie for the regular season conference championship with Mercer. At the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament they advanced to their third consecutive championship game where they lost to Mercer. Due to failing to win the conference tournament as the #1 seed, they earned an automatic bid to the 2014 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to", "id": "14271712" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAtlantic Sun Conference tournament, losing to regular season champion Belmont. His 2012–13 team first attracted attention by beating Miami and finishing with a second-place finish and second seed in the Atlantic Sun tournament. After defeating regular season champion Mercer in the championship game, the Eagles earned a 15 seed in the South Region of the NCAA tournament, where they pulled off a major upset by defeating 2 seed Georgetown in the first round and then 7 seed San Diego State in the second round, making them the first 15 seed in the", "id": "13490426" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntime in tournament history, none of the four top seeded teams in a single region (the South) advanced to the Sweet 16. Also, the tournament featured the first regional final matchup of a 9-seed (Kansas State) and an 11-seed (Loyola-Chicago). Villanova, Michigan, Kansas, and Loyola-Chicago, the \"Cinderella team\" of the tournament, reached the Final Four. Villanova defeated Michigan in the championship game, 79–62. Atlantic Sun Conference champion Lipscomb made its NCAA tournament debut. The 2018", "id": "11011681" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\n, Minnesota, 78–64. The Gators then defeated Florida Gulf Coast, No. 15 seed, in the Sweet Sixteen 62–50. But once again, their run ended in the Elite Eight, this time against fourth seeded Michigan, who handily defeated the Gators, 79–59. The Gators became the first team since the expansion of the tournament in 1951 to lose in the Elite Eight in three consecutive seasons. Florida is the only program in the nation to have advanced as far as the Elite Eight in each of those seasons from 2011–2013", "id": "17774980" }, { "contents": "North Florida Ospreys men's basketball\n\n\n. In the 2014–15 season, the Ospreys made their first ever appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Tournament for the first time. On December 6, 2014, they defeated the Purdue Boilermakers on the road, marking their first ever victory over a Big Ten Conference opponent. They also won the Atlantic Sun regular season title for the first time and posted the best record in team history with 23 wins and 11 losses. As a No. 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament, they were defeated by", "id": "15251308" }, { "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\npopularly called the \"play-in game\", had Niagara, winner of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament, facing Florida A&M, who won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament, for a chance to play top seed Kansas in the First Round of the Tournament. Niagara defeated Florida A&M, 77–69, to advance to play Kansas. All teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65. The first and second-round games were played at", "id": "257019" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team\n\n\n2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 6 seed in the Midwest Region. They defeated 11 seed San Diego State in the first round and 14 seed Ohio to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the regional semifinal they defeated 2 seed and AP #5 Ohio State to advance to the first Elite Eight in school history. They were defeated by 5 seed and AP #13 Michigan State in the regional final to end their season. The 2008–09 Volunteers finished the season 21–13 overall, against the second-rated", "id": "6859935" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n1992 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, and they advanced to the final before losing to Syracuse. They were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the second round before losing to West Region No. 3 seed Florida State. They were ranked No. 22 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and No. 18 in the final Coaches' Poll. Georgetowns starting lineup of senior center and", "id": "14462787" }, { "contents": "1988–89 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nEast Tournament championship in Georgetown men's basketball history, defeating Syracuse in the final game. They were the No. 1 seed in the East Region of the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the 11th of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the East Region final before losing to the region′s No. 2 seed, Duke. They were ranked No. 2 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and Coaches' Poll. Since Patrick Ewing's graduation in May 1985, Georgetown had struggled to find", "id": "14781639" }, { "contents": "Hampton Pirates men's basketball\n\n\nThe Hampton Pirates men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, United States. The school's team formerly competed in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, but moved to the Big South Conference in 2018-19. Notably, the 2000-01 Hampton team was one of seven 15th seeds ever to upset a 2nd seed in the Round of 64 of an NCAA Tournament, defeating Iowa State in the first round. The Pirates have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament six times.", "id": "13103032" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nlost to 15-seed and tournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University 78-68 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The team was ranked No. 8 in the final Associated Press Poll of the season and No. 17 in the postseason Coaches' Poll. This was Georgetowns last season as a member of the original Big East Conference. It had been a founding member of the conference in the 1979-80 season and had remained a member for 34 seasons, but the conferences increasingly unstable membership and uncertain future and what Georgetown", "id": "4422963" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n, becoming the first player ever named the Big East's Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Tournament MVP in the same season, and only the second Tournament MVP from a team that did not win the tournament. The Hoyas were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances. In the first round, they defeated South Florida, with Mourning scoring 21 points and pulling down 11 rebounds.", "id": "14462796" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n. 7 seed, the Ospreys hosted the No. 2 seed Florida in the first round, where they fell 97–68. The Ospreys made the most three point shots (402) out of all NCAA Division I teams in the 2015–16 season, earning them the nickname \"Birds of Trey\". The Ospreys finished the 2014–15 season with a program-best overall record of 23–12, and a 12–2 record in conference play. They won the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time. As a", "id": "17130629" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nAs the #1 seed in the west region of the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, they defeated Hampton in the second round and Michigan in the third round to advance to the \"Sweet Sixteen\" where they were defeated by Arizona to finish the season 32–5. The team finished 2010 with a 35–5 record, becoming the ACC Regular Season Co-Champion, ACC Tournament Champion, and earning a #1 seed in the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Blue Devils beat Butler in the championship", "id": "16537035" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n81–78. They secured the regular season championship and No. 1 seed in the Atlantic Sun Tournament with a win at crosstown rival Jacksonville. The Ospreys began their quest to win back-to-back Atlantic Sun Tournament titles by defeating USC Upstate in the quarterfinals, 92–69. However, they were blown-out by 33 points in the semifinals by Florida Gulf Coast. Their 56 points were the fewest they scored in any game this season. Due to renovations at the O'Connell Center, the 7-seed Ospreys hosted the 2-seed Florida Gators", "id": "17130638" }, { "contents": "2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Stan Heath, the Flashes finished their best season in program history, posting a 30–6 record and advancing to the Elite Eight of the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament after defeating seventh-seeded Oklahoma State, upsetting second-seeded Alabama and third-seeded Pittsburgh, before falling to eventual national runners-up Indiana. The team set program and Mid-American Conference", "id": "6355295" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nits last 3 games in February and entering the postseason with a 24–6 record, yet still managed to win its second consecutive SEC Tournament Championship. The Gators entered the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a No. 3 seed with a 27–6 record, and ranked No. 10 by the AP. They beat No. 14 seed South Alabama and No. 11 seed Milwaukee to advance to the Minneapolis regional. There, the Gators defeated the No. 7 seed Georgetown Hoyas and upset the No. 1 seed Villanova", "id": "17774968" }, { "contents": "Troy Trojans men's basketball\n\n\n1950. The Trojans appeared in the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a 14-seed after winning the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament and faced 3-seeded Xavier in the first round, losing 71–59. The Trojans were the champions of the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2003 and defeated Central Florida for the conference tournament championship in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2004, the Trojans were the Atlantic Sun Conference Regular Season Champions. That year, the Trojans made it all the way to the Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship game, only to lose a heart", "id": "16764100" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nearned a #2 seed in the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, but lost to #15 seed Lehigh in the round of 64. Following the 2009–2010 basketball team, the 2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team began the season ranked #1 in the nation and held that title for the first nine weeks of the season going 15–0, until being defeated for the first time on January 12 again Florida State. The only non-conference loss during the regular season came again St. John's weeks later.", "id": "19517109" }, { "contents": "South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball\n\n\nTournament victory since 1973 with a 20-point win over the Marquette Golden Eagles. Two nights later, the Gamecocks upset the #2 seed Duke Blue Devils to advance to their fourth Sweet 16. South Carolina then beat #3 seed Baylor Bears to advance to their first-ever Elite 8, two days later they upset Florida to advance to their first ever Final Four. The Gamecocks have appeared in the NCAA Tournament nine times. Their combined record is 8–10. The Gamecocks have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 11", "id": "3062795" }, { "contents": "2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament marked the 37th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held March 1–6, 2016 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast won their second Atlantic Sun Tournament title and a berth in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. All 8 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. Stetson was ineligible to participate in the NCAA Tournament due to APR violations, but was allowed to participate in the Atlantic Sun Tournament. Had Stetson won the tournament, North Florida", "id": "9533118" }, { "contents": "2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n. Northern Iowa was one of four teams seeded lower than No. 8 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, joining the East Region's No. 11 seed Washington and No. 12 seed Cornell and the South Region's No. 10 seed Saint Mary's. For the first time since 2006, a No. 14 seed advanced out of the First Round as Ohio defeated Georgetown. The No. 13 seed in the West Region, Murray State, defeated No. 4-seeded Vanderbilt, marking the second consecutive appearance for the Commodores", "id": "10990515" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team represented Boston College during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by third-year head coach Jim Christian, played their home games at the Conte Forum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 9–23, 2–16 in ACC play to finish in last place. As the No. 15 seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost in the first round to Wake Forest. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 7–25", "id": "5940409" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 68 teams to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2017–18 season. The 80th annual edition of the tournament began on March 13, 2018, and concluded with the championship game on April 2 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. During the first round, UMBC became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed in the men's tournament by defeating Virginia 74–54. For the first", "id": "11011680" }, { "contents": "2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe third round of the Midwest Region. A team from the First Four games also won in the Round of 64 for the second consecutive year as South Florida defeated Midwest #5 seed Temple, setting up a #12 vs. #13 matchup that Ohio won. Virginia Commonwealth, a Final Four team from 2011 as an #11 seed, made the 2012 tournament as a #12 seed and once again made the round of 32 by defeating South #5 seed Wichita State. The South Region saw four double digit seeds win", "id": "14155762" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (also FGCU) refer to the fifteen sports teams representing Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and tennis; women's-only: softball, swimming and diving, indoor volleyball, and sand volleyball; and men's-only: baseball. The Eagles compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). FGCU is also notable as the youngest institution competing in", "id": "15898377" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nConference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. In the 2018 NCAA Tournament, Virginia became the first number 1 seed to lose to a number 16 seed when they lost to the UMBC Retrievers 74–54. Led by tenth-year head coach Tony Bennett, Virginia finished the regular season with a record of 28–2. They posted a 16–2 conference record, earning them the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament, where they defeated No. 8 seed NC State, before losing to No. 4 seed Florida State. In the", "id": "19522360" }, { "contents": "American Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe American Eagles men's basketball team represents American University in Washington, D.C. in NCAA Division I competition. The school's team competes in the Patriot League and play their home games in Bender Arena. Their rivals include Boston University, Bucknell University, and Navy. In 2008, the Eagles earned their first ever bid to the NCAA Division I Tournament by defeating Colgate in the final round of the Patriot League Tournament. The Eagles were seeded 15th against #2 Tennessee. American held tight against the Volunteers most of the game,", "id": "1515606" }, { "contents": "2010 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 11–March 14 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. This tournament was notable for the high number of upsets, with the higher seed winning only twice in the first two rounds, and the 11 and 12 seeds progressing to the semifinals. The championship game matched Duke against Georgia Tech. It was the third time a team has played 4 games (NC State in 1997 and", "id": "1478152" }, { "contents": "2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nCole Aldrich on the NCAA Tournament All-Midwest Regional team. To play the top-seeded Louisville Cardinals in the first round, Morehead State defeated Alabama State 58–43, with the Eagles keeping the Hornets without a lead the entire game. This marked the first time either team had played in the tournament in five years; the Eagles had not played since 1984. Morehead State fell to Louisville 74–54, the 100th time a 1 seed beat a 16 seed in the tournament since seeding began. However, the Eagles managed to keep", "id": "21670617" }, { "contents": "Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball\n\n\nThe Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Bisons made their first ever trip to the NCAA tournament in school history in 2018, when they defeated Florida Gulf Coast University in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament final. Lipscomb has a 177–179 all-time record in NCAA basketball and a 96–76 record in Atlantic Sun games. Lipscomb won their first Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament title", "id": "16052096" }, { "contents": "2000 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n1979 by defeating Florida 89-76 in the final game. Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, while Morris Peterson was its leading scorer. Despite the string of upsets, no seed lower than 11 won a game in the tournament. The only 11 seed to win was Pepperdine, which defeated Indiana in the East Region's first round in what turned out to be Bob Knight's last game coaching the Hoosiers before his firing that offseason. Also, two teams that qualified as 10 seeds", "id": "9764963" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by sixth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at Hawkins Arena on the university's Macon, Georgia campus and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–9, 14–4 in A-Sun play to win the regular season A-Sun championship, shared with Florida Gulf Coast. They defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship game of the A-Sun", "id": "13259751" }, { "contents": "1993 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe second round in that region. At the time, 15-seed Santa Clara's victory over 2-seed Arizona was only the second such upset, and following the 2019 tournament, is one of only eight times that a 15-seed defeated a 2-seed since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams (in 2018, Maryland-Baltimore County became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed, ousting Virginia 74-54.). For the third time, the Superdome was the host venue for the Final Four, and for the second straight year,", "id": "9764537" }, { "contents": "2006–07 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team\n\n\nWisconsin to with the tournament championship. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and received a No. 1 seed in the South regional. They defeated Central Connecticut State and Matta's former team, Xavier, to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The Buckeyes then defeated Tennessee and Memphis to advance to the Final Four, their first trip to the Final Four under Matta. With a win over Georgetown, they advanced to the National Championship game against Florida. Florida led from the start,", "id": "19897895" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team\n\n\nfinishing in third place in the Atlantic 10 during the regular season, Richmond advanced to the finals of the conference tournament before falling to Temple. Richmond was awarded an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As the seventh seed in the tournament's South region, Richmond earned the highest seeding in its history. They lost in the first round to ten seed Saint Mary's to end their season. !colspan=9| Regular Season !colspan=9| 2010 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament !colspan=10| 2010 NCAA", "id": "6019729" }, { "contents": "Norfolk State University\n\n\nchampionship which gave them the conference's automatic bid in the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, the school's first ever appearance in the tournament. The Spartans, a 15 seed, defeated the #2 seeded Missouri Tigers in the second round, 86-84. This victory was only the fifth time in NCAA Tournament history that a 15 seed defeated a 2 seed, with the last coming in 2001 by MEAC in-state rival Hampton. The Marching Spartan Legion Band performs at campus events and during Norfolk State", "id": "3283354" }, { "contents": "2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season\n\n\nof these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Ivy League does not have a conference tournament, instead giving their automatic invitation to their regular-season champion. By contrast, the Atlantic Coast Conference does not have a regular-season champion, using the standings only for seeding purposes in its conference tournament. A \"major upset\" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent. After the NCAA Tournament field was announced, the National", "id": "19699405" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nNCAA Tournament, the Cavaliers earned a No. 1 seed in the South Regional. The Cavaliers defeated No. 16 seed and NCAA tournament debutants Gardner–Webb in the first round, and No. 9 seed Oklahoma in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where they ended a potential Cinderella run from No. 12 seed Oregon. In the Elite Eight, the Cavs needed overtime to beat No. 3 Purdue; with the win, they advanced to their first Final Four since 1984. They then defeated No", "id": "19522361" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team represented Morehead State University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 5th year head coach Donnie Tyndall, played their home games at Ellis Johnson Arena and are members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 13–5 in Ohio Valley play and were champions of the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic bid in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As a 13 seed, they upset", "id": "15587818" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament upsets\n\n\nseed has ever advanced to this point in the women's tournament, all defeated teams were 3 seeds. To date, no 13 seed, in either the men's or women's tournament, has advanced to the Elite Eight. Unlike the men's tournament, in which one 12 seed won its Sweet 16 game since 1985, no 12 seed has ever won a game in the women's tournament. Only one team seeded 11 or lower has won in the Sweet 16 and advanced to the Elite Eight—11 seed Gonzaga in 2011", "id": "14196695" }, { "contents": "1985–86 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ntournament semifinals, where they lost to Syracuse. Georgetown was the No. 4 seed in the Midwest Region of the 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the eighth of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and defeated Texas Tech in the first round to advance to the second round, in which the Hoyas met the Midwest Regions No. 5 seed, Michigan State. Although he had nine of Georgetowns 17 assists, Michael Jackson shot only 1-for-7 (14.3%) from the field while Michigan State senior guard Scott Skiles", "id": "14959435" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nnational championship), and Michigan, returning for the first time since the Fab Five's second appearance in 1993 (which was later vacated). By winning the West Region, Wichita State became the first #9 seed and first Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) team to reach the Final Four since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The last #9 seed to reach the Final Four was Penn, and the last MVC team to do so was Indiana State, both in 1979. Louisville defeated Michigan in the", "id": "14862717" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by fourth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at the University Center and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–11, 13–5 in A-Sun play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the semifinals of the Atlantic Sun Basketball Tournament to Florida Gulf Coast. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Tennessee", "id": "21424844" }, { "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nwas played between two #1 seeds, due to the fact that all four #1 seeds were in the Final Four for the first time in NCAA Tournament history. Kansas entered the 2008 NCAA Tournament as the #1 seed in the Midwest Regional. In the 1st round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas dominated Portland State with an 85-61 victory. In the 2nd round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas beat UNLV 75-56 to advance to the Sweet 16. In the Sweet 16 of the 2008 NCAA", "id": "17054491" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hokies were led by third-year head coach Buzz Williams and played their home games at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 22–11, 10–8 in ACC play to finish a three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the ACC Tournament, they beat Wake Forest before losing to Florida", "id": "6984911" }, { "contents": "2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was head coach Dave Rose's 13th season at BYU and the Cougars seventh season as members of the West Coast Conference. The Cougars played their home games at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah. They finished the season 24–11, 11–7 in West Coast Conference play to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated San Diego in the quarterfinals and Saint", "id": "14065303" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n, and returned in 2012. They most recently returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2014 where they lost to Coastal Carolina 1–0. The men's soccer team plays its home games at the FGCU Soccer Complex. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I women's soccer competitions. The Green and Blue have competed in the NCAA Tournament 6 times, with a win against South Florida during the 2015 tournament. The women's team played their first home NCAA tournament game in 2014", "id": "15898385" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nto that, the region's top seed, Gonzaga, was defeated in the round of 32 by eventual region winner Wichita State, who defeated La Salle in the Sweet Sixteen. Two other teams also earned their first ever NCAA Tournament victory: Ivy League champion Harvard and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champion North Carolina A&T. Liberty became the first 20-loss team in five years to earn an NCAA bid, having finished its season with five consecutive wins to secure the Big South championship and its automatic qualification. The following are", "id": "14862720" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nThey received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning an 8 seed in the West Region. They defeated 9 seed Florida State in the first round before losing to 1 seed and AP #4 Syracuse in the second round. Gonzaga opened the season with a 94–53 exhibition victory over Alberta on November 2. Matt Bouldin led the team with 17 points, followed by Sam Dower with 15 points and Robert Sacre with 11 points. Gonzaga led by as many as 26 points in the", "id": "651215" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nUTEP and 13 seed Murray State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The team next defeated 1 seed Syracuse to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history, and then defeated 2 seed Kansas State to earn their first Final Four appearance in school history. They were only the second team from a mid-major conference to \"officially\" advance that far in the tournament since UNLV made the Final Four in 1991. On April 3, 2010, Butler defeated Michigan State and advanced to the National Championship game", "id": "12646316" } ]

[ { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSan Diego State 81–71, becoming the first time a 15th seed has ever advanced to the Sweet 16. The school was referred to as \"Dunk City\" or \"Florida Dunk Coast\" on many media outlets such as ESPN and CBS due to their high-flying athletic finishing style. The Eagles participated in their first Division I postseason tournament in 2013, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. On March 22, 2013; the Eagles", "id": "14634777" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nfull Division I member on August 11, 2011. The Eagles men's basketball team is best known for their run in the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, their first since moving up to Division I. In the Round of 64, the Eagles defeated the #2 seed Georgetown 78–68. It was only the seventh time that a 15th seed has defeated a 2nd seed, and the second-highest margin of victory for one. Two days later in the Round of 32, the Eagles defeated the #7 seed", "id": "14634776" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\n, the 15th seed in the South Region, scored one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history, defeating second-seeded Georgetown 78–68. They were only the seventh #15 seed to defeat a #2 seed, the first being Richmond's 1991 victory over Syracuse. Two days later, they defeated seventh seeded San Diego State to become the first #15 seed ever to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Their run ended there in a 62–50 loss to third seeded Florida. This is \"officially\" the third-deepest", "id": "14634778" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\ntournament final earning the automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became the seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. The Eagles went on to win two more Atlantic Sun Conference championships in", "id": "21316638" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nplayed in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. That earned the team an automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament, and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became", "id": "15898381" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nearn their first ever bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 15 seed in the south region. Guard Sherwood Brown was named the A-Sun player of the year. In their NCAA Tournament debut, the 15 seeded Eagles upset 2 seeded Georgetown 78–68. It was the third time in two years and eighth time overall that a 15 seed had upset a 2 seed. With a second round 81-71 win over San Diego State, they became the first 15 seed to win two games in a tournament to advance", "id": "8068116" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nNCAA Division I, having been officially founded in 1991 and started classes in 1997. FGCU athletics began in the NAIA. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a full Division I member on August 11, 2011. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, FGCU became the first number 15 seed to advance to the Sweet", "id": "15898378" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by second year head coach Andy Enfield, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished A-Sun play with a record of 13–5 to finish in second place. In only their second year of full NCAA eligibility, the Eagles won the Atlantic Sun Tournament, beating top-seeded Mercer in the championship game, to", "id": "8068115" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida and were led by fourth-year head coach Joe Dooley as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the regular season 26–8, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the ASUN Tournament, they defeated Stetson, Kennesaw State, and North Florida", "id": "11309074" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSweet Sixteen as the first ever 15-seed to do such. After putting FGCU on the map with their new \"Dunk City\" moniker, Enfield accepted the men's basketball position at USC. Joe Dooley then assumed the role from 2013-2018 before accepting the Head Coach position at East Carolina The Eagles are now led by long-time program assistant coach, Michael Fly. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a", "id": "14634775" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division", "id": "19591078" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAndrew William Enfield (born June 8, 1969) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Southern California (USC). He came to national prominence as the head coach of Florida Gulf Coast University when his team achieved two major feats at the 2013 NCAA Tournament. First they became just the seventh 15-seed to defeat a 2-seed by upsetting Georgetown in the first round of the tournament. Then with an 81–71 upset of No. 7 San Diego State they became the first ever", "id": "13490420" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. He was succeeded by Andy Enfield from 2011-13, who took the Eagles to the", "id": "14634774" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles are led by first-year head coach Michael Fly and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Eagles finished the 2017–18 season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost", "id": "5505776" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles were led by fifth-year head coach Joe Dooley and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost to Lipscomb", "id": "15628413" }, { "contents": "Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball\n\n\ntournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University in the Second Round. Georgetown lost to the 15th-seeded Eagles 78–68, the seventh number two seed to lose to a 15 seed. It was the fourth consecutive season the Hoyas were eliminated by a double-digit seed in the NCAA Tournament. The 2013–14 season was the team's first after Georgetown and six other schools left the original Big East Conference and joined Butler, Creighton, and Xavier in forming the new Big East Conference – part of a major conference realignment in which several other", "id": "7112965" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nrun by a first-time tournament participant in NCAA history, behind only Indiana State advancing all the way to the national championship game in 1979 and Charlotte and Georgia reaching the Final Four in 1977 and 1983, respectively. Southwestern Louisiana, now known as Louisiana–Lafayette, advanced to the Sweet 16 in its first appearance as well, in 1972, but that appearance was vacated due to NCAA sanctions. Coach Andy Enfield was hired by USC on April 1. To replace him, the Eagles hired Joe Dooley, an assistant", "id": "14634779" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference and were the defending A-Sun Tournament champion. They played their home games at Alico Arena. The team went through many changes for the 2013–14 season. Head coach Andy Enfield left to take the same job at USC and former Kansas assistant Joe Dooley takes over as head coach. Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Player of", "id": "14271711" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by second year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 22–11, 12–3 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the A-Sun Tournament where they lost to USC Upstate. They received an invitation to the", "id": "14301819" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nto win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Florida State. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to win the A-Sun Tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 16 seed where they defeated", "id": "11309075" }, { "contents": "Sherwood Brown\n\n\nNCAA Tournament appearance in just the school's second year of full Division I eligibility. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Brown, scoring 24 points and grabbing 9 rebounds, led his Eagles to 78–68 win over No. 2 seed Georgetown. Then, his #15 seeded Eagles made history, by beating #7 seed San Diego State, 81–71. It marked the first time a No. 15 seed reached the sweet sixteen. Brown scored 17 points and added 8 rebounds in the contest. His final", "id": "13929588" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\nwon the Atlantic Sun Conference regular-season and/or tournament championship each year since (except for 2010) with annual postseason appearances either in the NCAA Tournament or the WNIT, in which the Eagles finished second nationally in 2016 after losing to South Dakota in the championship game. In 2012, FGCU's first year of full Division I postseason eligibility, the men's team played in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference", "id": "21316637" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n's regular season and conference tourney titles, earning its first berth into the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. The Eagles lost to St. Bonaventure University in the first round of the tournament 72-65 in Tallahassee, FL. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. Founded in 2007, the Eagles are one of the youngest men's soccer programs in the country. The team made the NCAA Tournament in the first year of eligibility, in 2011", "id": "15898384" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 15th year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 26–9, 12–2 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They defeated North Florida, Jacksonville and Stetson to become champions of the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's", "id": "5941281" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles were coached by 13th year head coach Karl Smesko and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–3, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They also won the Atlantic Sun Tournament to earn an automatic to the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to Florida State in the", "id": "10569284" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by third year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to be champions of the A-Sun", "id": "15873400" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nthe seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. On March 24, 2007, FGCU women's basketball team ended their 35–1 season with a loss in the Division II National Championship to Southern Connecticut State University. One year later, in 2008, the Women's Basketball team qualified for the WNIT, becoming the first team to qualify for the WNIT in its first season of Division I sports. During the 2008 WNIT Tourney, the team became the first Atlantic", "id": "15898382" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ndecisive 8–0 Georgetown run early in the second half, the Hoyas took their first double-digit lead on a Nate Lubick dunk with 6:18 left to play on the way to a 77–65 win. It was their first win in a postseason tournament since the 2012 NCAA Tournament and their first win in the NIT since 2005. Georgetown advanced to the second round, visiting the region's No. 1 seed, Florida State, which had defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the first round. None of the defenses the Hoyas tried against Florida", "id": "6143540" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nwon the SEC Championship with a conference record of 14–4. During the regular season, Billy Donovan notched his 400th career win as the head coach of the Gators over Missouri. After losing in the final of the 2013 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament to Mississippi, they entered the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the South Region. Florida defeated the No. 14 seed Northwestern State 79–47 in the first round, and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen after soundly beating the No. 11 seed", "id": "17774979" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by seventeenth year head coach Karl Smesko, will play their home games at the Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 28–4, 16–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season. Florida Gulf Coast won the conference tournament championship game over Liberty, 72–49. They lost in the first round to Miami (", "id": "1471180" }, { "contents": "USC Trojans men's basketball\n\n\nof one scholarship for the 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 academic years, and reductions in the numbers of recruiting days and coaches participating in off-campus recruiting through 2011. The school also vacated all wins earned during the 2007–2008 season, due to Mayo's ineligibility at that time. After becoming the first head coach to lead a 15-seed to the Sweet 16, guiding his Florida Gulf Coast Eagles to upsets of Georgetown and San Diego State, Andy Enfield was hired as the new head coach at USC on April 1, 2013. Enfield replaces", "id": "10682450" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. The Eagles compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The soccer team is one of several varsity sports teams that represent the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. The team made the NCAA tournament in the first year of eligibility in 2011, and returned in 2012, 2014, and 2016. Source: Bob Butehorn has served as head coach for Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer since the", "id": "12451948" }, { "contents": "Fairleigh Dickinson University\n\n\nthe top seeded Illinois Fighting Illini a huge scare. Being only down 1 at the half, the Knights played well and held their own for a while. However, in the second half the Illini pulled away from FDU and won the game by 12. More recently, the men's team made the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles in the First Four, and the 2019 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they defeated Prairie View A&M University in the First", "id": "6126133" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntournament debut in only their second year of Division I eligibility. They upset Georgetown and San Diego State in their first two games, becoming the first #15 seed to advance to the regional semifinals (where they were defeated by Florida). For the first time since 2010, a #14 seed won as Harvard defeated New Mexico in the West Region. The same region saw #13 La Salle, who won in the opening round, defeat #4 Kansas State and #12 Mississippi defeat #5 Wisconsin. In addition", "id": "14862719" }, { "contents": "2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament marked the 38th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 27, March 2 and 5, 2017 at campus sites as top seeds host each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated North Florida, 77–61, in the championship game to receive the conference's automatic trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records", "id": "20563986" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nis not any official definition of what constitutes a \"Cinderella team\", there does seem to be a consensus that such teams represent small schools, are usually low-seeded in the tournament, and achieves at least one unexpected win in the tournament. A recent example of this is Florida Gulf Coast University, a relatively new school that held its first classes in 1997 and became Division I postseason eligible in 2011. They made their first appearance in the 2013 tournament, winning two games to become the first #15 seed to", "id": "20874955" }, { "contents": "2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament was the 39th year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 26, March 1, and 4, 2018 at campus sites of the higher seeds. Lipscomb defeated regular season champion Florida Gulf Coast in the tournament championship to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the school's first trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a", "id": "22036552" }, { "contents": "2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nwin, as VCU was joined by #12 seed and citymate Richmond, #10 seed Florida State, and #13 seed Morehead State as first round winners. Florida State, VCU, and Richmond all advanced to the Sweet Sixteen from that region, and VCU defeated top-seeded Kansas in the final. Butler and #11 seed Gonzaga advanced from the Southeast Region, with Gonzaga losing in the Round of 32 to BYU. For the third time in as many appearances, Vanderbilt suffered a defeat to a double digit seed", "id": "10990625" }, { "contents": "Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball\n\n\nwould again win their opening game, this time defeating Jacksonville University. The Owls would break their second-round losing tradition, beating Jacksonville State University. In the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, the Owls faced Georgia State University and won 76–75, clinching their first and only conference championship and a bid to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. In the 2002 NCAA tournament, the Owls were seeded as a 15-seed, and placed in the South Region, and were paired with 2-seed University of Alabama. Though the Owls hung", "id": "18358839" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nthe following day and lost to Louisville. Falling to No. 8 in the AP Poll, but with a record of 25-6 and having won 13 of its last 15 games, Georgetown received a bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament, the Hoyas′ fourth consecutive appearance in the tournament, seventh in eight seasons, and 29th overall. Seeded second in the tournament's South Region, they met their first opponent, 15th seed Florida Gulf Coast, in the Round of 64, termed the \"Second Round\" this year.", "id": "4423034" }, { "contents": "1997 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nstripped of their Big Ten title they had also won. Arizona also became the only school since the introduction of the 64-team bracket in 1985, to defeat three number 1 seeds in the tournament, having upset overall number one seed Kansas in addition to their two Final Four victories. The tournament also saw the third victory by a #15 seed over a #2 seed, as Coppin State defeated South Carolina in their first round matchup. In addition, a #14 seed advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for only the second time", "id": "9764587" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 2018 and concluded on February 2018. The season marked the 40th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by two games over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 26 through March 4 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Lipscomb defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship", "id": "5246986" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fourteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 33–6, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the A-Sun Women's Tournament where they lost to Jacksonville. They", "id": "17761190" }, { "contents": "Coppin State Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The school's team currently competes in the NCAA Division I in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Before joining NCAA Division I, the Eagles were the 1976 NAIA National Champions. The Eagles have appeared in the NCAA Tournament four times. Their combined record is 1–4. The 1996–97 team was only the third 15 seed to beat a 2 seed in the tournament. The 2007–08 Coppin State team was", "id": "13930583" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 24, 2017 and concluded on February 23, 2017. The season marked the 39th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by one game over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 27 through March 5 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated", "id": "464189" }, { "contents": "2006 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nUCLA 73–57 in the final game. Florida's Joakim Noah was named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament. George Mason's run was one of several upsets by lower-seeded teams in the tournament. For the second consecutive year, a No. 14 seed beat a No. 3 seed as Northwestern State defeated Iowa. No. 13 seed Bradley also defeated No. 4 seed Kansas and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen by defeating No. 5-seeded Pittsburgh in the Second Round. Two No. 12 seeds won as well", "id": "87698" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nFlorida Gulf Coast University had only started classes in 1997 and was so new that it had become eligible for postseason NCAA Division I play only in 2011; the Eagles had finished in second place in the Atlantic Sun Conference and won the conference tournament, but it was their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Hoyas entered the game allowing opponents to shoot only 37.6 percent from the field – fourth-best in the United States – and limiting opponents to 55.7 points per game, and were the heavy favorites. Behind 11-", "id": "4423035" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by sixteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, play their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–5, 12–1 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season champions. They also won the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they upset Missouri in", "id": "14939652" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nchampionship game by a final score of 82-76, winning their first national title since 1986. They also are the last team from the original Big East Conference to win a national championship. On February 20, 2018, the NCAA vacated Louisville's entire tournament run, including its national title, due to multiple recruiting violations. The tournament featured several notable upsets: at least one team seeded #9 through #15 won at least once in the tournament, The most notable was Florida Gulf Coast University, who made their", "id": "14862718" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nthe Year Sherwood Brown graduated and turned professional, signing a contract with Israel's Maccabi Haifa B.C. in July 2013. They finished the season 22–13, 14–4 in Atlantic Sun play to finish in a tie for the regular season conference championship with Mercer. At the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament they advanced to their third consecutive championship game where they lost to Mercer. Due to failing to win the conference tournament as the #1 seed, they earned an automatic bid to the 2014 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to", "id": "14271712" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAtlantic Sun Conference tournament, losing to regular season champion Belmont. His 2012–13 team first attracted attention by beating Miami and finishing with a second-place finish and second seed in the Atlantic Sun tournament. After defeating regular season champion Mercer in the championship game, the Eagles earned a 15 seed in the South Region of the NCAA tournament, where they pulled off a major upset by defeating 2 seed Georgetown in the first round and then 7 seed San Diego State in the second round, making them the first 15 seed in the", "id": "13490426" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntime in tournament history, none of the four top seeded teams in a single region (the South) advanced to the Sweet 16. Also, the tournament featured the first regional final matchup of a 9-seed (Kansas State) and an 11-seed (Loyola-Chicago). Villanova, Michigan, Kansas, and Loyola-Chicago, the \"Cinderella team\" of the tournament, reached the Final Four. Villanova defeated Michigan in the championship game, 79–62. Atlantic Sun Conference champion Lipscomb made its NCAA tournament debut. The 2018", "id": "11011681" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\n, Minnesota, 78–64. The Gators then defeated Florida Gulf Coast, No. 15 seed, in the Sweet Sixteen 62–50. But once again, their run ended in the Elite Eight, this time against fourth seeded Michigan, who handily defeated the Gators, 79–59. The Gators became the first team since the expansion of the tournament in 1951 to lose in the Elite Eight in three consecutive seasons. Florida is the only program in the nation to have advanced as far as the Elite Eight in each of those seasons from 2011–2013", "id": "17774980" }, { "contents": "North Florida Ospreys men's basketball\n\n\n. In the 2014–15 season, the Ospreys made their first ever appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Tournament for the first time. On December 6, 2014, they defeated the Purdue Boilermakers on the road, marking their first ever victory over a Big Ten Conference opponent. They also won the Atlantic Sun regular season title for the first time and posted the best record in team history with 23 wins and 11 losses. As a No. 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament, they were defeated by", "id": "15251308" }, { "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\npopularly called the \"play-in game\", had Niagara, winner of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament, facing Florida A&M, who won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament, for a chance to play top seed Kansas in the First Round of the Tournament. Niagara defeated Florida A&M, 77–69, to advance to play Kansas. All teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65. The first and second-round games were played at", "id": "257019" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team\n\n\n2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 6 seed in the Midwest Region. They defeated 11 seed San Diego State in the first round and 14 seed Ohio to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the regional semifinal they defeated 2 seed and AP #5 Ohio State to advance to the first Elite Eight in school history. They were defeated by 5 seed and AP #13 Michigan State in the regional final to end their season. The 2008–09 Volunteers finished the season 21–13 overall, against the second-rated", "id": "6859935" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n1992 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, and they advanced to the final before losing to Syracuse. They were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the second round before losing to West Region No. 3 seed Florida State. They were ranked No. 22 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and No. 18 in the final Coaches' Poll. Georgetowns starting lineup of senior center and", "id": "14462787" }, { "contents": "1988–89 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nEast Tournament championship in Georgetown men's basketball history, defeating Syracuse in the final game. They were the No. 1 seed in the East Region of the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the 11th of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the East Region final before losing to the region′s No. 2 seed, Duke. They were ranked No. 2 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and Coaches' Poll. Since Patrick Ewing's graduation in May 1985, Georgetown had struggled to find", "id": "14781639" }, { "contents": "Hampton Pirates men's basketball\n\n\nThe Hampton Pirates men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, United States. The school's team formerly competed in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, but moved to the Big South Conference in 2018-19. Notably, the 2000-01 Hampton team was one of seven 15th seeds ever to upset a 2nd seed in the Round of 64 of an NCAA Tournament, defeating Iowa State in the first round. The Pirates have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament six times.", "id": "13103032" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nlost to 15-seed and tournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University 78-68 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The team was ranked No. 8 in the final Associated Press Poll of the season and No. 17 in the postseason Coaches' Poll. This was Georgetowns last season as a member of the original Big East Conference. It had been a founding member of the conference in the 1979-80 season and had remained a member for 34 seasons, but the conferences increasingly unstable membership and uncertain future and what Georgetown", "id": "4422963" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n, becoming the first player ever named the Big East's Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Tournament MVP in the same season, and only the second Tournament MVP from a team that did not win the tournament. The Hoyas were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances. In the first round, they defeated South Florida, with Mourning scoring 21 points and pulling down 11 rebounds.", "id": "14462796" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n. 7 seed, the Ospreys hosted the No. 2 seed Florida in the first round, where they fell 97–68. The Ospreys made the most three point shots (402) out of all NCAA Division I teams in the 2015–16 season, earning them the nickname \"Birds of Trey\". The Ospreys finished the 2014–15 season with a program-best overall record of 23–12, and a 12–2 record in conference play. They won the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time. As a", "id": "17130629" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nAs the #1 seed in the west region of the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, they defeated Hampton in the second round and Michigan in the third round to advance to the \"Sweet Sixteen\" where they were defeated by Arizona to finish the season 32–5. The team finished 2010 with a 35–5 record, becoming the ACC Regular Season Co-Champion, ACC Tournament Champion, and earning a #1 seed in the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Blue Devils beat Butler in the championship", "id": "16537035" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n81–78. They secured the regular season championship and No. 1 seed in the Atlantic Sun Tournament with a win at crosstown rival Jacksonville. The Ospreys began their quest to win back-to-back Atlantic Sun Tournament titles by defeating USC Upstate in the quarterfinals, 92–69. However, they were blown-out by 33 points in the semifinals by Florida Gulf Coast. Their 56 points were the fewest they scored in any game this season. Due to renovations at the O'Connell Center, the 7-seed Ospreys hosted the 2-seed Florida Gators", "id": "17130638" }, { "contents": "2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Stan Heath, the Flashes finished their best season in program history, posting a 30–6 record and advancing to the Elite Eight of the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament after defeating seventh-seeded Oklahoma State, upsetting second-seeded Alabama and third-seeded Pittsburgh, before falling to eventual national runners-up Indiana. The team set program and Mid-American Conference", "id": "6355295" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nits last 3 games in February and entering the postseason with a 24–6 record, yet still managed to win its second consecutive SEC Tournament Championship. The Gators entered the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a No. 3 seed with a 27–6 record, and ranked No. 10 by the AP. They beat No. 14 seed South Alabama and No. 11 seed Milwaukee to advance to the Minneapolis regional. There, the Gators defeated the No. 7 seed Georgetown Hoyas and upset the No. 1 seed Villanova", "id": "17774968" }, { "contents": "Troy Trojans men's basketball\n\n\n1950. The Trojans appeared in the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a 14-seed after winning the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament and faced 3-seeded Xavier in the first round, losing 71–59. The Trojans were the champions of the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2003 and defeated Central Florida for the conference tournament championship in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2004, the Trojans were the Atlantic Sun Conference Regular Season Champions. That year, the Trojans made it all the way to the Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship game, only to lose a heart", "id": "16764100" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nearned a #2 seed in the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, but lost to #15 seed Lehigh in the round of 64. Following the 2009–2010 basketball team, the 2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team began the season ranked #1 in the nation and held that title for the first nine weeks of the season going 15–0, until being defeated for the first time on January 12 again Florida State. The only non-conference loss during the regular season came again St. John's weeks later.", "id": "19517109" }, { "contents": "South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball\n\n\nTournament victory since 1973 with a 20-point win over the Marquette Golden Eagles. Two nights later, the Gamecocks upset the #2 seed Duke Blue Devils to advance to their fourth Sweet 16. South Carolina then beat #3 seed Baylor Bears to advance to their first-ever Elite 8, two days later they upset Florida to advance to their first ever Final Four. The Gamecocks have appeared in the NCAA Tournament nine times. Their combined record is 8–10. The Gamecocks have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 11", "id": "3062795" }, { "contents": "2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament marked the 37th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held March 1–6, 2016 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast won their second Atlantic Sun Tournament title and a berth in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. All 8 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. Stetson was ineligible to participate in the NCAA Tournament due to APR violations, but was allowed to participate in the Atlantic Sun Tournament. Had Stetson won the tournament, North Florida", "id": "9533118" }, { "contents": "2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n. Northern Iowa was one of four teams seeded lower than No. 8 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, joining the East Region's No. 11 seed Washington and No. 12 seed Cornell and the South Region's No. 10 seed Saint Mary's. For the first time since 2006, a No. 14 seed advanced out of the First Round as Ohio defeated Georgetown. The No. 13 seed in the West Region, Murray State, defeated No. 4-seeded Vanderbilt, marking the second consecutive appearance for the Commodores", "id": "10990515" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team represented Boston College during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by third-year head coach Jim Christian, played their home games at the Conte Forum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 9–23, 2–16 in ACC play to finish in last place. As the No. 15 seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost in the first round to Wake Forest. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 7–25", "id": "5940409" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 68 teams to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2017–18 season. The 80th annual edition of the tournament began on March 13, 2018, and concluded with the championship game on April 2 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. During the first round, UMBC became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed in the men's tournament by defeating Virginia 74–54. For the first", "id": "11011680" }, { "contents": "2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe third round of the Midwest Region. A team from the First Four games also won in the Round of 64 for the second consecutive year as South Florida defeated Midwest #5 seed Temple, setting up a #12 vs. #13 matchup that Ohio won. Virginia Commonwealth, a Final Four team from 2011 as an #11 seed, made the 2012 tournament as a #12 seed and once again made the round of 32 by defeating South #5 seed Wichita State. The South Region saw four double digit seeds win", "id": "14155762" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (also FGCU) refer to the fifteen sports teams representing Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and tennis; women's-only: softball, swimming and diving, indoor volleyball, and sand volleyball; and men's-only: baseball. The Eagles compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). FGCU is also notable as the youngest institution competing in", "id": "15898377" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nConference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. In the 2018 NCAA Tournament, Virginia became the first number 1 seed to lose to a number 16 seed when they lost to the UMBC Retrievers 74–54. Led by tenth-year head coach Tony Bennett, Virginia finished the regular season with a record of 28–2. They posted a 16–2 conference record, earning them the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament, where they defeated No. 8 seed NC State, before losing to No. 4 seed Florida State. In the", "id": "19522360" }, { "contents": "American Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe American Eagles men's basketball team represents American University in Washington, D.C. in NCAA Division I competition. The school's team competes in the Patriot League and play their home games in Bender Arena. Their rivals include Boston University, Bucknell University, and Navy. In 2008, the Eagles earned their first ever bid to the NCAA Division I Tournament by defeating Colgate in the final round of the Patriot League Tournament. The Eagles were seeded 15th against #2 Tennessee. American held tight against the Volunteers most of the game,", "id": "1515606" }, { "contents": "2010 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 11–March 14 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. This tournament was notable for the high number of upsets, with the higher seed winning only twice in the first two rounds, and the 11 and 12 seeds progressing to the semifinals. The championship game matched Duke against Georgia Tech. It was the third time a team has played 4 games (NC State in 1997 and", "id": "1478152" }, { "contents": "2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nCole Aldrich on the NCAA Tournament All-Midwest Regional team. To play the top-seeded Louisville Cardinals in the first round, Morehead State defeated Alabama State 58–43, with the Eagles keeping the Hornets without a lead the entire game. This marked the first time either team had played in the tournament in five years; the Eagles had not played since 1984. Morehead State fell to Louisville 74–54, the 100th time a 1 seed beat a 16 seed in the tournament since seeding began. However, the Eagles managed to keep", "id": "21670617" }, { "contents": "Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball\n\n\nThe Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Bisons made their first ever trip to the NCAA tournament in school history in 2018, when they defeated Florida Gulf Coast University in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament final. Lipscomb has a 177–179 all-time record in NCAA basketball and a 96–76 record in Atlantic Sun games. Lipscomb won their first Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament title", "id": "16052096" }, { "contents": "2000 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n1979 by defeating Florida 89-76 in the final game. Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, while Morris Peterson was its leading scorer. Despite the string of upsets, no seed lower than 11 won a game in the tournament. The only 11 seed to win was Pepperdine, which defeated Indiana in the East Region's first round in what turned out to be Bob Knight's last game coaching the Hoosiers before his firing that offseason. Also, two teams that qualified as 10 seeds", "id": "9764963" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by sixth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at Hawkins Arena on the university's Macon, Georgia campus and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–9, 14–4 in A-Sun play to win the regular season A-Sun championship, shared with Florida Gulf Coast. They defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship game of the A-Sun", "id": "13259751" }, { "contents": "1993 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe second round in that region. At the time, 15-seed Santa Clara's victory over 2-seed Arizona was only the second such upset, and following the 2019 tournament, is one of only eight times that a 15-seed defeated a 2-seed since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams (in 2018, Maryland-Baltimore County became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed, ousting Virginia 74-54.). For the third time, the Superdome was the host venue for the Final Four, and for the second straight year,", "id": "9764537" }, { "contents": "2006–07 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team\n\n\nWisconsin to with the tournament championship. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and received a No. 1 seed in the South regional. They defeated Central Connecticut State and Matta's former team, Xavier, to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The Buckeyes then defeated Tennessee and Memphis to advance to the Final Four, their first trip to the Final Four under Matta. With a win over Georgetown, they advanced to the National Championship game against Florida. Florida led from the start,", "id": "19897895" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team\n\n\nfinishing in third place in the Atlantic 10 during the regular season, Richmond advanced to the finals of the conference tournament before falling to Temple. Richmond was awarded an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As the seventh seed in the tournament's South region, Richmond earned the highest seeding in its history. They lost in the first round to ten seed Saint Mary's to end their season. !colspan=9| Regular Season !colspan=9| 2010 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament !colspan=10| 2010 NCAA", "id": "6019729" }, { "contents": "Norfolk State University\n\n\nchampionship which gave them the conference's automatic bid in the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, the school's first ever appearance in the tournament. The Spartans, a 15 seed, defeated the #2 seeded Missouri Tigers in the second round, 86-84. This victory was only the fifth time in NCAA Tournament history that a 15 seed defeated a 2 seed, with the last coming in 2001 by MEAC in-state rival Hampton. The Marching Spartan Legion Band performs at campus events and during Norfolk State", "id": "3283354" }, { "contents": "2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season\n\n\nof these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Ivy League does not have a conference tournament, instead giving their automatic invitation to their regular-season champion. By contrast, the Atlantic Coast Conference does not have a regular-season champion, using the standings only for seeding purposes in its conference tournament. A \"major upset\" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent. After the NCAA Tournament field was announced, the National", "id": "19699405" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nNCAA Tournament, the Cavaliers earned a No. 1 seed in the South Regional. The Cavaliers defeated No. 16 seed and NCAA tournament debutants Gardner–Webb in the first round, and No. 9 seed Oklahoma in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where they ended a potential Cinderella run from No. 12 seed Oregon. In the Elite Eight, the Cavs needed overtime to beat No. 3 Purdue; with the win, they advanced to their first Final Four since 1984. They then defeated No", "id": "19522361" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team represented Morehead State University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 5th year head coach Donnie Tyndall, played their home games at Ellis Johnson Arena and are members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 13–5 in Ohio Valley play and were champions of the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic bid in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As a 13 seed, they upset", "id": "15587818" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament upsets\n\n\nseed has ever advanced to this point in the women's tournament, all defeated teams were 3 seeds. To date, no 13 seed, in either the men's or women's tournament, has advanced to the Elite Eight. Unlike the men's tournament, in which one 12 seed won its Sweet 16 game since 1985, no 12 seed has ever won a game in the women's tournament. Only one team seeded 11 or lower has won in the Sweet 16 and advanced to the Elite Eight—11 seed Gonzaga in 2011", "id": "14196695" }, { "contents": "1985–86 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ntournament semifinals, where they lost to Syracuse. Georgetown was the No. 4 seed in the Midwest Region of the 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the eighth of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and defeated Texas Tech in the first round to advance to the second round, in which the Hoyas met the Midwest Regions No. 5 seed, Michigan State. Although he had nine of Georgetowns 17 assists, Michael Jackson shot only 1-for-7 (14.3%) from the field while Michigan State senior guard Scott Skiles", "id": "14959435" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nnational championship), and Michigan, returning for the first time since the Fab Five's second appearance in 1993 (which was later vacated). By winning the West Region, Wichita State became the first #9 seed and first Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) team to reach the Final Four since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The last #9 seed to reach the Final Four was Penn, and the last MVC team to do so was Indiana State, both in 1979. Louisville defeated Michigan in the", "id": "14862717" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by fourth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at the University Center and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–11, 13–5 in A-Sun play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the semifinals of the Atlantic Sun Basketball Tournament to Florida Gulf Coast. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Tennessee", "id": "21424844" }, { "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nwas played between two #1 seeds, due to the fact that all four #1 seeds were in the Final Four for the first time in NCAA Tournament history. Kansas entered the 2008 NCAA Tournament as the #1 seed in the Midwest Regional. In the 1st round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas dominated Portland State with an 85-61 victory. In the 2nd round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas beat UNLV 75-56 to advance to the Sweet 16. In the Sweet 16 of the 2008 NCAA", "id": "17054491" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hokies were led by third-year head coach Buzz Williams and played their home games at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 22–11, 10–8 in ACC play to finish a three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the ACC Tournament, they beat Wake Forest before losing to Florida", "id": "6984911" }, { "contents": "2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was head coach Dave Rose's 13th season at BYU and the Cougars seventh season as members of the West Coast Conference. The Cougars played their home games at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah. They finished the season 24–11, 11–7 in West Coast Conference play to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated San Diego in the quarterfinals and Saint", "id": "14065303" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n, and returned in 2012. They most recently returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2014 where they lost to Coastal Carolina 1–0. The men's soccer team plays its home games at the FGCU Soccer Complex. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I women's soccer competitions. The Green and Blue have competed in the NCAA Tournament 6 times, with a win against South Florida during the 2015 tournament. The women's team played their first home NCAA tournament game in 2014", "id": "15898385" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nto that, the region's top seed, Gonzaga, was defeated in the round of 32 by eventual region winner Wichita State, who defeated La Salle in the Sweet Sixteen. Two other teams also earned their first ever NCAA Tournament victory: Ivy League champion Harvard and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champion North Carolina A&T. Liberty became the first 20-loss team in five years to earn an NCAA bid, having finished its season with five consecutive wins to secure the Big South championship and its automatic qualification. The following are", "id": "14862720" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nThey received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning an 8 seed in the West Region. They defeated 9 seed Florida State in the first round before losing to 1 seed and AP #4 Syracuse in the second round. Gonzaga opened the season with a 94–53 exhibition victory over Alberta on November 2. Matt Bouldin led the team with 17 points, followed by Sam Dower with 15 points and Robert Sacre with 11 points. Gonzaga led by as many as 26 points in the", "id": "651215" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nUTEP and 13 seed Murray State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The team next defeated 1 seed Syracuse to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history, and then defeated 2 seed Kansas State to earn their first Final Four appearance in school history. They were only the second team from a mid-major conference to \"officially\" advance that far in the tournament since UNLV made the Final Four in 1991. On April 3, 2010, Butler defeated Michigan State and advanced to the National Championship game", "id": "12646316" } ]

[ { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSan Diego State 81–71, becoming the first time a 15th seed has ever advanced to the Sweet 16. The school was referred to as \"Dunk City\" or \"Florida Dunk Coast\" on many media outlets such as ESPN and CBS due to their high-flying athletic finishing style. The Eagles participated in their first Division I postseason tournament in 2013, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. On March 22, 2013; the Eagles", "id": "14634777" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nfull Division I member on August 11, 2011. The Eagles men's basketball team is best known for their run in the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, their first since moving up to Division I. In the Round of 64, the Eagles defeated the #2 seed Georgetown 78–68. It was only the seventh time that a 15th seed has defeated a 2nd seed, and the second-highest margin of victory for one. Two days later in the Round of 32, the Eagles defeated the #7 seed", "id": "14634776" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\n, the 15th seed in the South Region, scored one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history, defeating second-seeded Georgetown 78–68. They were only the seventh #15 seed to defeat a #2 seed, the first being Richmond's 1991 victory over Syracuse. Two days later, they defeated seventh seeded San Diego State to become the first #15 seed ever to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Their run ended there in a 62–50 loss to third seeded Florida. This is \"officially\" the third-deepest", "id": "14634778" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\ntournament final earning the automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became the seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. The Eagles went on to win two more Atlantic Sun Conference championships in", "id": "21316638" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nplayed in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. That earned the team an automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament, and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became", "id": "15898381" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nearn their first ever bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 15 seed in the south region. Guard Sherwood Brown was named the A-Sun player of the year. In their NCAA Tournament debut, the 15 seeded Eagles upset 2 seeded Georgetown 78–68. It was the third time in two years and eighth time overall that a 15 seed had upset a 2 seed. With a second round 81-71 win over San Diego State, they became the first 15 seed to win two games in a tournament to advance", "id": "8068116" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nNCAA Division I, having been officially founded in 1991 and started classes in 1997. FGCU athletics began in the NAIA. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a full Division I member on August 11, 2011. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, FGCU became the first number 15 seed to advance to the Sweet", "id": "15898378" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by second year head coach Andy Enfield, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished A-Sun play with a record of 13–5 to finish in second place. In only their second year of full NCAA eligibility, the Eagles won the Atlantic Sun Tournament, beating top-seeded Mercer in the championship game, to", "id": "8068115" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida and were led by fourth-year head coach Joe Dooley as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the regular season 26–8, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the ASUN Tournament, they defeated Stetson, Kennesaw State, and North Florida", "id": "11309074" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSweet Sixteen as the first ever 15-seed to do such. After putting FGCU on the map with their new \"Dunk City\" moniker, Enfield accepted the men's basketball position at USC. Joe Dooley then assumed the role from 2013-2018 before accepting the Head Coach position at East Carolina The Eagles are now led by long-time program assistant coach, Michael Fly. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a", "id": "14634775" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division", "id": "19591078" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAndrew William Enfield (born June 8, 1969) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Southern California (USC). He came to national prominence as the head coach of Florida Gulf Coast University when his team achieved two major feats at the 2013 NCAA Tournament. First they became just the seventh 15-seed to defeat a 2-seed by upsetting Georgetown in the first round of the tournament. Then with an 81–71 upset of No. 7 San Diego State they became the first ever", "id": "13490420" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. He was succeeded by Andy Enfield from 2011-13, who took the Eagles to the", "id": "14634774" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles are led by first-year head coach Michael Fly and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Eagles finished the 2017–18 season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost", "id": "5505776" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles were led by fifth-year head coach Joe Dooley and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost to Lipscomb", "id": "15628413" }, { "contents": "Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball\n\n\ntournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University in the Second Round. Georgetown lost to the 15th-seeded Eagles 78–68, the seventh number two seed to lose to a 15 seed. It was the fourth consecutive season the Hoyas were eliminated by a double-digit seed in the NCAA Tournament. The 2013–14 season was the team's first after Georgetown and six other schools left the original Big East Conference and joined Butler, Creighton, and Xavier in forming the new Big East Conference – part of a major conference realignment in which several other", "id": "7112965" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nrun by a first-time tournament participant in NCAA history, behind only Indiana State advancing all the way to the national championship game in 1979 and Charlotte and Georgia reaching the Final Four in 1977 and 1983, respectively. Southwestern Louisiana, now known as Louisiana–Lafayette, advanced to the Sweet 16 in its first appearance as well, in 1972, but that appearance was vacated due to NCAA sanctions. Coach Andy Enfield was hired by USC on April 1. To replace him, the Eagles hired Joe Dooley, an assistant", "id": "14634779" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference and were the defending A-Sun Tournament champion. They played their home games at Alico Arena. The team went through many changes for the 2013–14 season. Head coach Andy Enfield left to take the same job at USC and former Kansas assistant Joe Dooley takes over as head coach. Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Player of", "id": "14271711" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by second year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 22–11, 12–3 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the A-Sun Tournament where they lost to USC Upstate. They received an invitation to the", "id": "14301819" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nto win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Florida State. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to win the A-Sun Tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 16 seed where they defeated", "id": "11309075" }, { "contents": "Sherwood Brown\n\n\nNCAA Tournament appearance in just the school's second year of full Division I eligibility. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Brown, scoring 24 points and grabbing 9 rebounds, led his Eagles to 78–68 win over No. 2 seed Georgetown. Then, his #15 seeded Eagles made history, by beating #7 seed San Diego State, 81–71. It marked the first time a No. 15 seed reached the sweet sixteen. Brown scored 17 points and added 8 rebounds in the contest. His final", "id": "13929588" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\nwon the Atlantic Sun Conference regular-season and/or tournament championship each year since (except for 2010) with annual postseason appearances either in the NCAA Tournament or the WNIT, in which the Eagles finished second nationally in 2016 after losing to South Dakota in the championship game. In 2012, FGCU's first year of full Division I postseason eligibility, the men's team played in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference", "id": "21316637" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n's regular season and conference tourney titles, earning its first berth into the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. The Eagles lost to St. Bonaventure University in the first round of the tournament 72-65 in Tallahassee, FL. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. Founded in 2007, the Eagles are one of the youngest men's soccer programs in the country. The team made the NCAA Tournament in the first year of eligibility, in 2011", "id": "15898384" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 15th year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 26–9, 12–2 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They defeated North Florida, Jacksonville and Stetson to become champions of the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's", "id": "5941281" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles were coached by 13th year head coach Karl Smesko and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–3, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They also won the Atlantic Sun Tournament to earn an automatic to the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to Florida State in the", "id": "10569284" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by third year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to be champions of the A-Sun", "id": "15873400" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nthe seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. On March 24, 2007, FGCU women's basketball team ended their 35–1 season with a loss in the Division II National Championship to Southern Connecticut State University. One year later, in 2008, the Women's Basketball team qualified for the WNIT, becoming the first team to qualify for the WNIT in its first season of Division I sports. During the 2008 WNIT Tourney, the team became the first Atlantic", "id": "15898382" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ndecisive 8–0 Georgetown run early in the second half, the Hoyas took their first double-digit lead on a Nate Lubick dunk with 6:18 left to play on the way to a 77–65 win. It was their first win in a postseason tournament since the 2012 NCAA Tournament and their first win in the NIT since 2005. Georgetown advanced to the second round, visiting the region's No. 1 seed, Florida State, which had defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the first round. None of the defenses the Hoyas tried against Florida", "id": "6143540" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nwon the SEC Championship with a conference record of 14–4. During the regular season, Billy Donovan notched his 400th career win as the head coach of the Gators over Missouri. After losing in the final of the 2013 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament to Mississippi, they entered the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the South Region. Florida defeated the No. 14 seed Northwestern State 79–47 in the first round, and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen after soundly beating the No. 11 seed", "id": "17774979" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by seventeenth year head coach Karl Smesko, will play their home games at the Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 28–4, 16–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season. Florida Gulf Coast won the conference tournament championship game over Liberty, 72–49. They lost in the first round to Miami (", "id": "1471180" }, { "contents": "USC Trojans men's basketball\n\n\nof one scholarship for the 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 academic years, and reductions in the numbers of recruiting days and coaches participating in off-campus recruiting through 2011. The school also vacated all wins earned during the 2007–2008 season, due to Mayo's ineligibility at that time. After becoming the first head coach to lead a 15-seed to the Sweet 16, guiding his Florida Gulf Coast Eagles to upsets of Georgetown and San Diego State, Andy Enfield was hired as the new head coach at USC on April 1, 2013. Enfield replaces", "id": "10682450" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. The Eagles compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The soccer team is one of several varsity sports teams that represent the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. The team made the NCAA tournament in the first year of eligibility in 2011, and returned in 2012, 2014, and 2016. Source: Bob Butehorn has served as head coach for Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer since the", "id": "12451948" }, { "contents": "Fairleigh Dickinson University\n\n\nthe top seeded Illinois Fighting Illini a huge scare. Being only down 1 at the half, the Knights played well and held their own for a while. However, in the second half the Illini pulled away from FDU and won the game by 12. More recently, the men's team made the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles in the First Four, and the 2019 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they defeated Prairie View A&M University in the First", "id": "6126133" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntournament debut in only their second year of Division I eligibility. They upset Georgetown and San Diego State in their first two games, becoming the first #15 seed to advance to the regional semifinals (where they were defeated by Florida). For the first time since 2010, a #14 seed won as Harvard defeated New Mexico in the West Region. The same region saw #13 La Salle, who won in the opening round, defeat #4 Kansas State and #12 Mississippi defeat #5 Wisconsin. In addition", "id": "14862719" }, { "contents": "2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament marked the 38th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 27, March 2 and 5, 2017 at campus sites as top seeds host each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated North Florida, 77–61, in the championship game to receive the conference's automatic trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records", "id": "20563986" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nis not any official definition of what constitutes a \"Cinderella team\", there does seem to be a consensus that such teams represent small schools, are usually low-seeded in the tournament, and achieves at least one unexpected win in the tournament. A recent example of this is Florida Gulf Coast University, a relatively new school that held its first classes in 1997 and became Division I postseason eligible in 2011. They made their first appearance in the 2013 tournament, winning two games to become the first #15 seed to", "id": "20874955" }, { "contents": "2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament was the 39th year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 26, March 1, and 4, 2018 at campus sites of the higher seeds. Lipscomb defeated regular season champion Florida Gulf Coast in the tournament championship to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the school's first trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a", "id": "22036552" }, { "contents": "2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nwin, as VCU was joined by #12 seed and citymate Richmond, #10 seed Florida State, and #13 seed Morehead State as first round winners. Florida State, VCU, and Richmond all advanced to the Sweet Sixteen from that region, and VCU defeated top-seeded Kansas in the final. Butler and #11 seed Gonzaga advanced from the Southeast Region, with Gonzaga losing in the Round of 32 to BYU. For the third time in as many appearances, Vanderbilt suffered a defeat to a double digit seed", "id": "10990625" }, { "contents": "Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball\n\n\nwould again win their opening game, this time defeating Jacksonville University. The Owls would break their second-round losing tradition, beating Jacksonville State University. In the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, the Owls faced Georgia State University and won 76–75, clinching their first and only conference championship and a bid to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. In the 2002 NCAA tournament, the Owls were seeded as a 15-seed, and placed in the South Region, and were paired with 2-seed University of Alabama. Though the Owls hung", "id": "18358839" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nthe following day and lost to Louisville. Falling to No. 8 in the AP Poll, but with a record of 25-6 and having won 13 of its last 15 games, Georgetown received a bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament, the Hoyas′ fourth consecutive appearance in the tournament, seventh in eight seasons, and 29th overall. Seeded second in the tournament's South Region, they met their first opponent, 15th seed Florida Gulf Coast, in the Round of 64, termed the \"Second Round\" this year.", "id": "4423034" }, { "contents": "1997 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nstripped of their Big Ten title they had also won. Arizona also became the only school since the introduction of the 64-team bracket in 1985, to defeat three number 1 seeds in the tournament, having upset overall number one seed Kansas in addition to their two Final Four victories. The tournament also saw the third victory by a #15 seed over a #2 seed, as Coppin State defeated South Carolina in their first round matchup. In addition, a #14 seed advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for only the second time", "id": "9764587" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 2018 and concluded on February 2018. The season marked the 40th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by two games over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 26 through March 4 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Lipscomb defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship", "id": "5246986" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fourteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 33–6, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the A-Sun Women's Tournament where they lost to Jacksonville. They", "id": "17761190" }, { "contents": "Coppin State Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The school's team currently competes in the NCAA Division I in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Before joining NCAA Division I, the Eagles were the 1976 NAIA National Champions. The Eagles have appeared in the NCAA Tournament four times. Their combined record is 1–4. The 1996–97 team was only the third 15 seed to beat a 2 seed in the tournament. The 2007–08 Coppin State team was", "id": "13930583" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 24, 2017 and concluded on February 23, 2017. The season marked the 39th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by one game over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 27 through March 5 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated", "id": "464189" }, { "contents": "2006 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nUCLA 73–57 in the final game. Florida's Joakim Noah was named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament. George Mason's run was one of several upsets by lower-seeded teams in the tournament. For the second consecutive year, a No. 14 seed beat a No. 3 seed as Northwestern State defeated Iowa. No. 13 seed Bradley also defeated No. 4 seed Kansas and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen by defeating No. 5-seeded Pittsburgh in the Second Round. Two No. 12 seeds won as well", "id": "87698" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nFlorida Gulf Coast University had only started classes in 1997 and was so new that it had become eligible for postseason NCAA Division I play only in 2011; the Eagles had finished in second place in the Atlantic Sun Conference and won the conference tournament, but it was their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Hoyas entered the game allowing opponents to shoot only 37.6 percent from the field – fourth-best in the United States – and limiting opponents to 55.7 points per game, and were the heavy favorites. Behind 11-", "id": "4423035" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by sixteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, play their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–5, 12–1 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season champions. They also won the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they upset Missouri in", "id": "14939652" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nchampionship game by a final score of 82-76, winning their first national title since 1986. They also are the last team from the original Big East Conference to win a national championship. On February 20, 2018, the NCAA vacated Louisville's entire tournament run, including its national title, due to multiple recruiting violations. The tournament featured several notable upsets: at least one team seeded #9 through #15 won at least once in the tournament, The most notable was Florida Gulf Coast University, who made their", "id": "14862718" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nthe Year Sherwood Brown graduated and turned professional, signing a contract with Israel's Maccabi Haifa B.C. in July 2013. They finished the season 22–13, 14–4 in Atlantic Sun play to finish in a tie for the regular season conference championship with Mercer. At the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament they advanced to their third consecutive championship game where they lost to Mercer. Due to failing to win the conference tournament as the #1 seed, they earned an automatic bid to the 2014 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to", "id": "14271712" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAtlantic Sun Conference tournament, losing to regular season champion Belmont. His 2012–13 team first attracted attention by beating Miami and finishing with a second-place finish and second seed in the Atlantic Sun tournament. After defeating regular season champion Mercer in the championship game, the Eagles earned a 15 seed in the South Region of the NCAA tournament, where they pulled off a major upset by defeating 2 seed Georgetown in the first round and then 7 seed San Diego State in the second round, making them the first 15 seed in the", "id": "13490426" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntime in tournament history, none of the four top seeded teams in a single region (the South) advanced to the Sweet 16. Also, the tournament featured the first regional final matchup of a 9-seed (Kansas State) and an 11-seed (Loyola-Chicago). Villanova, Michigan, Kansas, and Loyola-Chicago, the \"Cinderella team\" of the tournament, reached the Final Four. Villanova defeated Michigan in the championship game, 79–62. Atlantic Sun Conference champion Lipscomb made its NCAA tournament debut. The 2018", "id": "11011681" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\n, Minnesota, 78–64. The Gators then defeated Florida Gulf Coast, No. 15 seed, in the Sweet Sixteen 62–50. But once again, their run ended in the Elite Eight, this time against fourth seeded Michigan, who handily defeated the Gators, 79–59. The Gators became the first team since the expansion of the tournament in 1951 to lose in the Elite Eight in three consecutive seasons. Florida is the only program in the nation to have advanced as far as the Elite Eight in each of those seasons from 2011–2013", "id": "17774980" }, { "contents": "North Florida Ospreys men's basketball\n\n\n. In the 2014–15 season, the Ospreys made their first ever appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Tournament for the first time. On December 6, 2014, they defeated the Purdue Boilermakers on the road, marking their first ever victory over a Big Ten Conference opponent. They also won the Atlantic Sun regular season title for the first time and posted the best record in team history with 23 wins and 11 losses. As a No. 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament, they were defeated by", "id": "15251308" }, { "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\npopularly called the \"play-in game\", had Niagara, winner of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament, facing Florida A&M, who won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament, for a chance to play top seed Kansas in the First Round of the Tournament. Niagara defeated Florida A&M, 77–69, to advance to play Kansas. All teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65. The first and second-round games were played at", "id": "257019" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team\n\n\n2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 6 seed in the Midwest Region. They defeated 11 seed San Diego State in the first round and 14 seed Ohio to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the regional semifinal they defeated 2 seed and AP #5 Ohio State to advance to the first Elite Eight in school history. They were defeated by 5 seed and AP #13 Michigan State in the regional final to end their season. The 2008–09 Volunteers finished the season 21–13 overall, against the second-rated", "id": "6859935" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n1992 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, and they advanced to the final before losing to Syracuse. They were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the second round before losing to West Region No. 3 seed Florida State. They were ranked No. 22 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and No. 18 in the final Coaches' Poll. Georgetowns starting lineup of senior center and", "id": "14462787" }, { "contents": "1988–89 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nEast Tournament championship in Georgetown men's basketball history, defeating Syracuse in the final game. They were the No. 1 seed in the East Region of the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the 11th of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the East Region final before losing to the region′s No. 2 seed, Duke. They were ranked No. 2 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and Coaches' Poll. Since Patrick Ewing's graduation in May 1985, Georgetown had struggled to find", "id": "14781639" }, { "contents": "Hampton Pirates men's basketball\n\n\nThe Hampton Pirates men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, United States. The school's team formerly competed in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, but moved to the Big South Conference in 2018-19. Notably, the 2000-01 Hampton team was one of seven 15th seeds ever to upset a 2nd seed in the Round of 64 of an NCAA Tournament, defeating Iowa State in the first round. The Pirates have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament six times.", "id": "13103032" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nlost to 15-seed and tournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University 78-68 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The team was ranked No. 8 in the final Associated Press Poll of the season and No. 17 in the postseason Coaches' Poll. This was Georgetowns last season as a member of the original Big East Conference. It had been a founding member of the conference in the 1979-80 season and had remained a member for 34 seasons, but the conferences increasingly unstable membership and uncertain future and what Georgetown", "id": "4422963" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n, becoming the first player ever named the Big East's Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Tournament MVP in the same season, and only the second Tournament MVP from a team that did not win the tournament. The Hoyas were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances. In the first round, they defeated South Florida, with Mourning scoring 21 points and pulling down 11 rebounds.", "id": "14462796" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n. 7 seed, the Ospreys hosted the No. 2 seed Florida in the first round, where they fell 97–68. The Ospreys made the most three point shots (402) out of all NCAA Division I teams in the 2015–16 season, earning them the nickname \"Birds of Trey\". The Ospreys finished the 2014–15 season with a program-best overall record of 23–12, and a 12–2 record in conference play. They won the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time. As a", "id": "17130629" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nAs the #1 seed in the west region of the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, they defeated Hampton in the second round and Michigan in the third round to advance to the \"Sweet Sixteen\" where they were defeated by Arizona to finish the season 32–5. The team finished 2010 with a 35–5 record, becoming the ACC Regular Season Co-Champion, ACC Tournament Champion, and earning a #1 seed in the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Blue Devils beat Butler in the championship", "id": "16537035" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n81–78. They secured the regular season championship and No. 1 seed in the Atlantic Sun Tournament with a win at crosstown rival Jacksonville. The Ospreys began their quest to win back-to-back Atlantic Sun Tournament titles by defeating USC Upstate in the quarterfinals, 92–69. However, they were blown-out by 33 points in the semifinals by Florida Gulf Coast. Their 56 points were the fewest they scored in any game this season. Due to renovations at the O'Connell Center, the 7-seed Ospreys hosted the 2-seed Florida Gators", "id": "17130638" }, { "contents": "2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Stan Heath, the Flashes finished their best season in program history, posting a 30–6 record and advancing to the Elite Eight of the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament after defeating seventh-seeded Oklahoma State, upsetting second-seeded Alabama and third-seeded Pittsburgh, before falling to eventual national runners-up Indiana. The team set program and Mid-American Conference", "id": "6355295" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nits last 3 games in February and entering the postseason with a 24–6 record, yet still managed to win its second consecutive SEC Tournament Championship. The Gators entered the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a No. 3 seed with a 27–6 record, and ranked No. 10 by the AP. They beat No. 14 seed South Alabama and No. 11 seed Milwaukee to advance to the Minneapolis regional. There, the Gators defeated the No. 7 seed Georgetown Hoyas and upset the No. 1 seed Villanova", "id": "17774968" }, { "contents": "Troy Trojans men's basketball\n\n\n1950. The Trojans appeared in the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a 14-seed after winning the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament and faced 3-seeded Xavier in the first round, losing 71–59. The Trojans were the champions of the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2003 and defeated Central Florida for the conference tournament championship in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2004, the Trojans were the Atlantic Sun Conference Regular Season Champions. That year, the Trojans made it all the way to the Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship game, only to lose a heart", "id": "16764100" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nearned a #2 seed in the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, but lost to #15 seed Lehigh in the round of 64. Following the 2009–2010 basketball team, the 2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team began the season ranked #1 in the nation and held that title for the first nine weeks of the season going 15–0, until being defeated for the first time on January 12 again Florida State. The only non-conference loss during the regular season came again St. John's weeks later.", "id": "19517109" }, { "contents": "South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball\n\n\nTournament victory since 1973 with a 20-point win over the Marquette Golden Eagles. Two nights later, the Gamecocks upset the #2 seed Duke Blue Devils to advance to their fourth Sweet 16. South Carolina then beat #3 seed Baylor Bears to advance to their first-ever Elite 8, two days later they upset Florida to advance to their first ever Final Four. The Gamecocks have appeared in the NCAA Tournament nine times. Their combined record is 8–10. The Gamecocks have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 11", "id": "3062795" }, { "contents": "2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament marked the 37th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held March 1–6, 2016 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast won their second Atlantic Sun Tournament title and a berth in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. All 8 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. Stetson was ineligible to participate in the NCAA Tournament due to APR violations, but was allowed to participate in the Atlantic Sun Tournament. Had Stetson won the tournament, North Florida", "id": "9533118" }, { "contents": "2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n. Northern Iowa was one of four teams seeded lower than No. 8 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, joining the East Region's No. 11 seed Washington and No. 12 seed Cornell and the South Region's No. 10 seed Saint Mary's. For the first time since 2006, a No. 14 seed advanced out of the First Round as Ohio defeated Georgetown. The No. 13 seed in the West Region, Murray State, defeated No. 4-seeded Vanderbilt, marking the second consecutive appearance for the Commodores", "id": "10990515" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team represented Boston College during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by third-year head coach Jim Christian, played their home games at the Conte Forum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 9–23, 2–16 in ACC play to finish in last place. As the No. 15 seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost in the first round to Wake Forest. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 7–25", "id": "5940409" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 68 teams to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2017–18 season. The 80th annual edition of the tournament began on March 13, 2018, and concluded with the championship game on April 2 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. During the first round, UMBC became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed in the men's tournament by defeating Virginia 74–54. For the first", "id": "11011680" }, { "contents": "2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe third round of the Midwest Region. A team from the First Four games also won in the Round of 64 for the second consecutive year as South Florida defeated Midwest #5 seed Temple, setting up a #12 vs. #13 matchup that Ohio won. Virginia Commonwealth, a Final Four team from 2011 as an #11 seed, made the 2012 tournament as a #12 seed and once again made the round of 32 by defeating South #5 seed Wichita State. The South Region saw four double digit seeds win", "id": "14155762" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (also FGCU) refer to the fifteen sports teams representing Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and tennis; women's-only: softball, swimming and diving, indoor volleyball, and sand volleyball; and men's-only: baseball. The Eagles compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). FGCU is also notable as the youngest institution competing in", "id": "15898377" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nConference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. In the 2018 NCAA Tournament, Virginia became the first number 1 seed to lose to a number 16 seed when they lost to the UMBC Retrievers 74–54. Led by tenth-year head coach Tony Bennett, Virginia finished the regular season with a record of 28–2. They posted a 16–2 conference record, earning them the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament, where they defeated No. 8 seed NC State, before losing to No. 4 seed Florida State. In the", "id": "19522360" }, { "contents": "American Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe American Eagles men's basketball team represents American University in Washington, D.C. in NCAA Division I competition. The school's team competes in the Patriot League and play their home games in Bender Arena. Their rivals include Boston University, Bucknell University, and Navy. In 2008, the Eagles earned their first ever bid to the NCAA Division I Tournament by defeating Colgate in the final round of the Patriot League Tournament. The Eagles were seeded 15th against #2 Tennessee. American held tight against the Volunteers most of the game,", "id": "1515606" }, { "contents": "2010 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 11–March 14 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. This tournament was notable for the high number of upsets, with the higher seed winning only twice in the first two rounds, and the 11 and 12 seeds progressing to the semifinals. The championship game matched Duke against Georgia Tech. It was the third time a team has played 4 games (NC State in 1997 and", "id": "1478152" }, { "contents": "2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nCole Aldrich on the NCAA Tournament All-Midwest Regional team. To play the top-seeded Louisville Cardinals in the first round, Morehead State defeated Alabama State 58–43, with the Eagles keeping the Hornets without a lead the entire game. This marked the first time either team had played in the tournament in five years; the Eagles had not played since 1984. Morehead State fell to Louisville 74–54, the 100th time a 1 seed beat a 16 seed in the tournament since seeding began. However, the Eagles managed to keep", "id": "21670617" }, { "contents": "Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball\n\n\nThe Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Bisons made their first ever trip to the NCAA tournament in school history in 2018, when they defeated Florida Gulf Coast University in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament final. Lipscomb has a 177–179 all-time record in NCAA basketball and a 96–76 record in Atlantic Sun games. Lipscomb won their first Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament title", "id": "16052096" }, { "contents": "2000 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n1979 by defeating Florida 89-76 in the final game. Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, while Morris Peterson was its leading scorer. Despite the string of upsets, no seed lower than 11 won a game in the tournament. The only 11 seed to win was Pepperdine, which defeated Indiana in the East Region's first round in what turned out to be Bob Knight's last game coaching the Hoosiers before his firing that offseason. Also, two teams that qualified as 10 seeds", "id": "9764963" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by sixth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at Hawkins Arena on the university's Macon, Georgia campus and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–9, 14–4 in A-Sun play to win the regular season A-Sun championship, shared with Florida Gulf Coast. They defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship game of the A-Sun", "id": "13259751" }, { "contents": "1993 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe second round in that region. At the time, 15-seed Santa Clara's victory over 2-seed Arizona was only the second such upset, and following the 2019 tournament, is one of only eight times that a 15-seed defeated a 2-seed since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams (in 2018, Maryland-Baltimore County became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed, ousting Virginia 74-54.). For the third time, the Superdome was the host venue for the Final Four, and for the second straight year,", "id": "9764537" }, { "contents": "2006–07 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team\n\n\nWisconsin to with the tournament championship. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and received a No. 1 seed in the South regional. They defeated Central Connecticut State and Matta's former team, Xavier, to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The Buckeyes then defeated Tennessee and Memphis to advance to the Final Four, their first trip to the Final Four under Matta. With a win over Georgetown, they advanced to the National Championship game against Florida. Florida led from the start,", "id": "19897895" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team\n\n\nfinishing in third place in the Atlantic 10 during the regular season, Richmond advanced to the finals of the conference tournament before falling to Temple. Richmond was awarded an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As the seventh seed in the tournament's South region, Richmond earned the highest seeding in its history. They lost in the first round to ten seed Saint Mary's to end their season. !colspan=9| Regular Season !colspan=9| 2010 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament !colspan=10| 2010 NCAA", "id": "6019729" }, { "contents": "Norfolk State University\n\n\nchampionship which gave them the conference's automatic bid in the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, the school's first ever appearance in the tournament. The Spartans, a 15 seed, defeated the #2 seeded Missouri Tigers in the second round, 86-84. This victory was only the fifth time in NCAA Tournament history that a 15 seed defeated a 2 seed, with the last coming in 2001 by MEAC in-state rival Hampton. The Marching Spartan Legion Band performs at campus events and during Norfolk State", "id": "3283354" }, { "contents": "2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season\n\n\nof these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Ivy League does not have a conference tournament, instead giving their automatic invitation to their regular-season champion. By contrast, the Atlantic Coast Conference does not have a regular-season champion, using the standings only for seeding purposes in its conference tournament. A \"major upset\" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent. After the NCAA Tournament field was announced, the National", "id": "19699405" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nNCAA Tournament, the Cavaliers earned a No. 1 seed in the South Regional. The Cavaliers defeated No. 16 seed and NCAA tournament debutants Gardner–Webb in the first round, and No. 9 seed Oklahoma in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where they ended a potential Cinderella run from No. 12 seed Oregon. In the Elite Eight, the Cavs needed overtime to beat No. 3 Purdue; with the win, they advanced to their first Final Four since 1984. They then defeated No", "id": "19522361" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team represented Morehead State University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 5th year head coach Donnie Tyndall, played their home games at Ellis Johnson Arena and are members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 13–5 in Ohio Valley play and were champions of the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic bid in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As a 13 seed, they upset", "id": "15587818" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament upsets\n\n\nseed has ever advanced to this point in the women's tournament, all defeated teams were 3 seeds. To date, no 13 seed, in either the men's or women's tournament, has advanced to the Elite Eight. Unlike the men's tournament, in which one 12 seed won its Sweet 16 game since 1985, no 12 seed has ever won a game in the women's tournament. Only one team seeded 11 or lower has won in the Sweet 16 and advanced to the Elite Eight—11 seed Gonzaga in 2011", "id": "14196695" }, { "contents": "1985–86 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ntournament semifinals, where they lost to Syracuse. Georgetown was the No. 4 seed in the Midwest Region of the 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the eighth of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and defeated Texas Tech in the first round to advance to the second round, in which the Hoyas met the Midwest Regions No. 5 seed, Michigan State. Although he had nine of Georgetowns 17 assists, Michael Jackson shot only 1-for-7 (14.3%) from the field while Michigan State senior guard Scott Skiles", "id": "14959435" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nnational championship), and Michigan, returning for the first time since the Fab Five's second appearance in 1993 (which was later vacated). By winning the West Region, Wichita State became the first #9 seed and first Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) team to reach the Final Four since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The last #9 seed to reach the Final Four was Penn, and the last MVC team to do so was Indiana State, both in 1979. Louisville defeated Michigan in the", "id": "14862717" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by fourth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at the University Center and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–11, 13–5 in A-Sun play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the semifinals of the Atlantic Sun Basketball Tournament to Florida Gulf Coast. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Tennessee", "id": "21424844" }, { "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nwas played between two #1 seeds, due to the fact that all four #1 seeds were in the Final Four for the first time in NCAA Tournament history. Kansas entered the 2008 NCAA Tournament as the #1 seed in the Midwest Regional. In the 1st round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas dominated Portland State with an 85-61 victory. In the 2nd round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas beat UNLV 75-56 to advance to the Sweet 16. In the Sweet 16 of the 2008 NCAA", "id": "17054491" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hokies were led by third-year head coach Buzz Williams and played their home games at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 22–11, 10–8 in ACC play to finish a three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the ACC Tournament, they beat Wake Forest before losing to Florida", "id": "6984911" }, { "contents": "2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was head coach Dave Rose's 13th season at BYU and the Cougars seventh season as members of the West Coast Conference. The Cougars played their home games at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah. They finished the season 24–11, 11–7 in West Coast Conference play to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated San Diego in the quarterfinals and Saint", "id": "14065303" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n, and returned in 2012. They most recently returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2014 where they lost to Coastal Carolina 1–0. The men's soccer team plays its home games at the FGCU Soccer Complex. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I women's soccer competitions. The Green and Blue have competed in the NCAA Tournament 6 times, with a win against South Florida during the 2015 tournament. The women's team played their first home NCAA tournament game in 2014", "id": "15898385" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nto that, the region's top seed, Gonzaga, was defeated in the round of 32 by eventual region winner Wichita State, who defeated La Salle in the Sweet Sixteen. Two other teams also earned their first ever NCAA Tournament victory: Ivy League champion Harvard and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champion North Carolina A&T. Liberty became the first 20-loss team in five years to earn an NCAA bid, having finished its season with five consecutive wins to secure the Big South championship and its automatic qualification. The following are", "id": "14862720" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nThey received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning an 8 seed in the West Region. They defeated 9 seed Florida State in the first round before losing to 1 seed and AP #4 Syracuse in the second round. Gonzaga opened the season with a 94–53 exhibition victory over Alberta on November 2. Matt Bouldin led the team with 17 points, followed by Sam Dower with 15 points and Robert Sacre with 11 points. Gonzaga led by as many as 26 points in the", "id": "651215" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nUTEP and 13 seed Murray State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The team next defeated 1 seed Syracuse to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history, and then defeated 2 seed Kansas State to earn their first Final Four appearance in school history. They were only the second team from a mid-major conference to \"officially\" advance that far in the tournament since UNLV made the Final Four in 1991. On April 3, 2010, Butler defeated Michigan State and advanced to the National Championship game", "id": "12646316" } ]

[ { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSan Diego State 81–71, becoming the first time a 15th seed has ever advanced to the Sweet 16. The school was referred to as \"Dunk City\" or \"Florida Dunk Coast\" on many media outlets such as ESPN and CBS due to their high-flying athletic finishing style. The Eagles participated in their first Division I postseason tournament in 2013, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. On March 22, 2013; the Eagles", "id": "14634777" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nfull Division I member on August 11, 2011. The Eagles men's basketball team is best known for their run in the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, their first since moving up to Division I. In the Round of 64, the Eagles defeated the #2 seed Georgetown 78–68. It was only the seventh time that a 15th seed has defeated a 2nd seed, and the second-highest margin of victory for one. Two days later in the Round of 32, the Eagles defeated the #7 seed", "id": "14634776" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\n, the 15th seed in the South Region, scored one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history, defeating second-seeded Georgetown 78–68. They were only the seventh #15 seed to defeat a #2 seed, the first being Richmond's 1991 victory over Syracuse. Two days later, they defeated seventh seeded San Diego State to become the first #15 seed ever to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Their run ended there in a 62–50 loss to third seeded Florida. This is \"officially\" the third-deepest", "id": "14634778" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\ntournament final earning the automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became the seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. The Eagles went on to win two more Atlantic Sun Conference championships in", "id": "21316638" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nplayed in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. That earned the team an automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament, and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became", "id": "15898381" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nearn their first ever bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 15 seed in the south region. Guard Sherwood Brown was named the A-Sun player of the year. In their NCAA Tournament debut, the 15 seeded Eagles upset 2 seeded Georgetown 78–68. It was the third time in two years and eighth time overall that a 15 seed had upset a 2 seed. With a second round 81-71 win over San Diego State, they became the first 15 seed to win two games in a tournament to advance", "id": "8068116" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nNCAA Division I, having been officially founded in 1991 and started classes in 1997. FGCU athletics began in the NAIA. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a full Division I member on August 11, 2011. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, FGCU became the first number 15 seed to advance to the Sweet", "id": "15898378" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by second year head coach Andy Enfield, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished A-Sun play with a record of 13–5 to finish in second place. In only their second year of full NCAA eligibility, the Eagles won the Atlantic Sun Tournament, beating top-seeded Mercer in the championship game, to", "id": "8068115" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida and were led by fourth-year head coach Joe Dooley as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the regular season 26–8, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the ASUN Tournament, they defeated Stetson, Kennesaw State, and North Florida", "id": "11309074" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSweet Sixteen as the first ever 15-seed to do such. After putting FGCU on the map with their new \"Dunk City\" moniker, Enfield accepted the men's basketball position at USC. Joe Dooley then assumed the role from 2013-2018 before accepting the Head Coach position at East Carolina The Eagles are now led by long-time program assistant coach, Michael Fly. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a", "id": "14634775" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division", "id": "19591078" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAndrew William Enfield (born June 8, 1969) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Southern California (USC). He came to national prominence as the head coach of Florida Gulf Coast University when his team achieved two major feats at the 2013 NCAA Tournament. First they became just the seventh 15-seed to defeat a 2-seed by upsetting Georgetown in the first round of the tournament. Then with an 81–71 upset of No. 7 San Diego State they became the first ever", "id": "13490420" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. He was succeeded by Andy Enfield from 2011-13, who took the Eagles to the", "id": "14634774" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles are led by first-year head coach Michael Fly and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Eagles finished the 2017–18 season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost", "id": "5505776" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles were led by fifth-year head coach Joe Dooley and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost to Lipscomb", "id": "15628413" }, { "contents": "Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball\n\n\ntournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University in the Second Round. Georgetown lost to the 15th-seeded Eagles 78–68, the seventh number two seed to lose to a 15 seed. It was the fourth consecutive season the Hoyas were eliminated by a double-digit seed in the NCAA Tournament. The 2013–14 season was the team's first after Georgetown and six other schools left the original Big East Conference and joined Butler, Creighton, and Xavier in forming the new Big East Conference – part of a major conference realignment in which several other", "id": "7112965" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nrun by a first-time tournament participant in NCAA history, behind only Indiana State advancing all the way to the national championship game in 1979 and Charlotte and Georgia reaching the Final Four in 1977 and 1983, respectively. Southwestern Louisiana, now known as Louisiana–Lafayette, advanced to the Sweet 16 in its first appearance as well, in 1972, but that appearance was vacated due to NCAA sanctions. Coach Andy Enfield was hired by USC on April 1. To replace him, the Eagles hired Joe Dooley, an assistant", "id": "14634779" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference and were the defending A-Sun Tournament champion. They played their home games at Alico Arena. The team went through many changes for the 2013–14 season. Head coach Andy Enfield left to take the same job at USC and former Kansas assistant Joe Dooley takes over as head coach. Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Player of", "id": "14271711" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by second year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 22–11, 12–3 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the A-Sun Tournament where they lost to USC Upstate. They received an invitation to the", "id": "14301819" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nto win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Florida State. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to win the A-Sun Tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 16 seed where they defeated", "id": "11309075" }, { "contents": "Sherwood Brown\n\n\nNCAA Tournament appearance in just the school's second year of full Division I eligibility. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Brown, scoring 24 points and grabbing 9 rebounds, led his Eagles to 78–68 win over No. 2 seed Georgetown. Then, his #15 seeded Eagles made history, by beating #7 seed San Diego State, 81–71. It marked the first time a No. 15 seed reached the sweet sixteen. Brown scored 17 points and added 8 rebounds in the contest. His final", "id": "13929588" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\nwon the Atlantic Sun Conference regular-season and/or tournament championship each year since (except for 2010) with annual postseason appearances either in the NCAA Tournament or the WNIT, in which the Eagles finished second nationally in 2016 after losing to South Dakota in the championship game. In 2012, FGCU's first year of full Division I postseason eligibility, the men's team played in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference", "id": "21316637" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n's regular season and conference tourney titles, earning its first berth into the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. The Eagles lost to St. Bonaventure University in the first round of the tournament 72-65 in Tallahassee, FL. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. Founded in 2007, the Eagles are one of the youngest men's soccer programs in the country. The team made the NCAA Tournament in the first year of eligibility, in 2011", "id": "15898384" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 15th year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 26–9, 12–2 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They defeated North Florida, Jacksonville and Stetson to become champions of the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's", "id": "5941281" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles were coached by 13th year head coach Karl Smesko and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–3, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They also won the Atlantic Sun Tournament to earn an automatic to the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to Florida State in the", "id": "10569284" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by third year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to be champions of the A-Sun", "id": "15873400" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nthe seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. On March 24, 2007, FGCU women's basketball team ended their 35–1 season with a loss in the Division II National Championship to Southern Connecticut State University. One year later, in 2008, the Women's Basketball team qualified for the WNIT, becoming the first team to qualify for the WNIT in its first season of Division I sports. During the 2008 WNIT Tourney, the team became the first Atlantic", "id": "15898382" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ndecisive 8–0 Georgetown run early in the second half, the Hoyas took their first double-digit lead on a Nate Lubick dunk with 6:18 left to play on the way to a 77–65 win. It was their first win in a postseason tournament since the 2012 NCAA Tournament and their first win in the NIT since 2005. Georgetown advanced to the second round, visiting the region's No. 1 seed, Florida State, which had defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the first round. None of the defenses the Hoyas tried against Florida", "id": "6143540" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nwon the SEC Championship with a conference record of 14–4. During the regular season, Billy Donovan notched his 400th career win as the head coach of the Gators over Missouri. After losing in the final of the 2013 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament to Mississippi, they entered the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the South Region. Florida defeated the No. 14 seed Northwestern State 79–47 in the first round, and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen after soundly beating the No. 11 seed", "id": "17774979" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by seventeenth year head coach Karl Smesko, will play their home games at the Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 28–4, 16–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season. Florida Gulf Coast won the conference tournament championship game over Liberty, 72–49. They lost in the first round to Miami (", "id": "1471180" }, { "contents": "USC Trojans men's basketball\n\n\nof one scholarship for the 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 academic years, and reductions in the numbers of recruiting days and coaches participating in off-campus recruiting through 2011. The school also vacated all wins earned during the 2007–2008 season, due to Mayo's ineligibility at that time. After becoming the first head coach to lead a 15-seed to the Sweet 16, guiding his Florida Gulf Coast Eagles to upsets of Georgetown and San Diego State, Andy Enfield was hired as the new head coach at USC on April 1, 2013. Enfield replaces", "id": "10682450" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. The Eagles compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The soccer team is one of several varsity sports teams that represent the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. The team made the NCAA tournament in the first year of eligibility in 2011, and returned in 2012, 2014, and 2016. Source: Bob Butehorn has served as head coach for Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer since the", "id": "12451948" }, { "contents": "Fairleigh Dickinson University\n\n\nthe top seeded Illinois Fighting Illini a huge scare. Being only down 1 at the half, the Knights played well and held their own for a while. However, in the second half the Illini pulled away from FDU and won the game by 12. More recently, the men's team made the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles in the First Four, and the 2019 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they defeated Prairie View A&M University in the First", "id": "6126133" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntournament debut in only their second year of Division I eligibility. They upset Georgetown and San Diego State in their first two games, becoming the first #15 seed to advance to the regional semifinals (where they were defeated by Florida). For the first time since 2010, a #14 seed won as Harvard defeated New Mexico in the West Region. The same region saw #13 La Salle, who won in the opening round, defeat #4 Kansas State and #12 Mississippi defeat #5 Wisconsin. In addition", "id": "14862719" }, { "contents": "2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament marked the 38th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 27, March 2 and 5, 2017 at campus sites as top seeds host each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated North Florida, 77–61, in the championship game to receive the conference's automatic trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records", "id": "20563986" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nis not any official definition of what constitutes a \"Cinderella team\", there does seem to be a consensus that such teams represent small schools, are usually low-seeded in the tournament, and achieves at least one unexpected win in the tournament. A recent example of this is Florida Gulf Coast University, a relatively new school that held its first classes in 1997 and became Division I postseason eligible in 2011. They made their first appearance in the 2013 tournament, winning two games to become the first #15 seed to", "id": "20874955" }, { "contents": "2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament was the 39th year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 26, March 1, and 4, 2018 at campus sites of the higher seeds. Lipscomb defeated regular season champion Florida Gulf Coast in the tournament championship to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the school's first trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a", "id": "22036552" }, { "contents": "2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nwin, as VCU was joined by #12 seed and citymate Richmond, #10 seed Florida State, and #13 seed Morehead State as first round winners. Florida State, VCU, and Richmond all advanced to the Sweet Sixteen from that region, and VCU defeated top-seeded Kansas in the final. Butler and #11 seed Gonzaga advanced from the Southeast Region, with Gonzaga losing in the Round of 32 to BYU. For the third time in as many appearances, Vanderbilt suffered a defeat to a double digit seed", "id": "10990625" }, { "contents": "Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball\n\n\nwould again win their opening game, this time defeating Jacksonville University. The Owls would break their second-round losing tradition, beating Jacksonville State University. In the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, the Owls faced Georgia State University and won 76–75, clinching their first and only conference championship and a bid to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. In the 2002 NCAA tournament, the Owls were seeded as a 15-seed, and placed in the South Region, and were paired with 2-seed University of Alabama. Though the Owls hung", "id": "18358839" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nthe following day and lost to Louisville. Falling to No. 8 in the AP Poll, but with a record of 25-6 and having won 13 of its last 15 games, Georgetown received a bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament, the Hoyas′ fourth consecutive appearance in the tournament, seventh in eight seasons, and 29th overall. Seeded second in the tournament's South Region, they met their first opponent, 15th seed Florida Gulf Coast, in the Round of 64, termed the \"Second Round\" this year.", "id": "4423034" }, { "contents": "1997 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nstripped of their Big Ten title they had also won. Arizona also became the only school since the introduction of the 64-team bracket in 1985, to defeat three number 1 seeds in the tournament, having upset overall number one seed Kansas in addition to their two Final Four victories. The tournament also saw the third victory by a #15 seed over a #2 seed, as Coppin State defeated South Carolina in their first round matchup. In addition, a #14 seed advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for only the second time", "id": "9764587" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 2018 and concluded on February 2018. The season marked the 40th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by two games over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 26 through March 4 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Lipscomb defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship", "id": "5246986" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fourteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 33–6, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the A-Sun Women's Tournament where they lost to Jacksonville. They", "id": "17761190" }, { "contents": "Coppin State Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The school's team currently competes in the NCAA Division I in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Before joining NCAA Division I, the Eagles were the 1976 NAIA National Champions. The Eagles have appeared in the NCAA Tournament four times. Their combined record is 1–4. The 1996–97 team was only the third 15 seed to beat a 2 seed in the tournament. The 2007–08 Coppin State team was", "id": "13930583" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 24, 2017 and concluded on February 23, 2017. The season marked the 39th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by one game over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 27 through March 5 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated", "id": "464189" }, { "contents": "2006 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nUCLA 73–57 in the final game. Florida's Joakim Noah was named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament. George Mason's run was one of several upsets by lower-seeded teams in the tournament. For the second consecutive year, a No. 14 seed beat a No. 3 seed as Northwestern State defeated Iowa. No. 13 seed Bradley also defeated No. 4 seed Kansas and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen by defeating No. 5-seeded Pittsburgh in the Second Round. Two No. 12 seeds won as well", "id": "87698" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nFlorida Gulf Coast University had only started classes in 1997 and was so new that it had become eligible for postseason NCAA Division I play only in 2011; the Eagles had finished in second place in the Atlantic Sun Conference and won the conference tournament, but it was their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Hoyas entered the game allowing opponents to shoot only 37.6 percent from the field – fourth-best in the United States – and limiting opponents to 55.7 points per game, and were the heavy favorites. Behind 11-", "id": "4423035" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by sixteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, play their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–5, 12–1 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season champions. They also won the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they upset Missouri in", "id": "14939652" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nchampionship game by a final score of 82-76, winning their first national title since 1986. They also are the last team from the original Big East Conference to win a national championship. On February 20, 2018, the NCAA vacated Louisville's entire tournament run, including its national title, due to multiple recruiting violations. The tournament featured several notable upsets: at least one team seeded #9 through #15 won at least once in the tournament, The most notable was Florida Gulf Coast University, who made their", "id": "14862718" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nthe Year Sherwood Brown graduated and turned professional, signing a contract with Israel's Maccabi Haifa B.C. in July 2013. They finished the season 22–13, 14–4 in Atlantic Sun play to finish in a tie for the regular season conference championship with Mercer. At the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament they advanced to their third consecutive championship game where they lost to Mercer. Due to failing to win the conference tournament as the #1 seed, they earned an automatic bid to the 2014 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to", "id": "14271712" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAtlantic Sun Conference tournament, losing to regular season champion Belmont. His 2012–13 team first attracted attention by beating Miami and finishing with a second-place finish and second seed in the Atlantic Sun tournament. After defeating regular season champion Mercer in the championship game, the Eagles earned a 15 seed in the South Region of the NCAA tournament, where they pulled off a major upset by defeating 2 seed Georgetown in the first round and then 7 seed San Diego State in the second round, making them the first 15 seed in the", "id": "13490426" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntime in tournament history, none of the four top seeded teams in a single region (the South) advanced to the Sweet 16. Also, the tournament featured the first regional final matchup of a 9-seed (Kansas State) and an 11-seed (Loyola-Chicago). Villanova, Michigan, Kansas, and Loyola-Chicago, the \"Cinderella team\" of the tournament, reached the Final Four. Villanova defeated Michigan in the championship game, 79–62. Atlantic Sun Conference champion Lipscomb made its NCAA tournament debut. The 2018", "id": "11011681" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\n, Minnesota, 78–64. The Gators then defeated Florida Gulf Coast, No. 15 seed, in the Sweet Sixteen 62–50. But once again, their run ended in the Elite Eight, this time against fourth seeded Michigan, who handily defeated the Gators, 79–59. The Gators became the first team since the expansion of the tournament in 1951 to lose in the Elite Eight in three consecutive seasons. Florida is the only program in the nation to have advanced as far as the Elite Eight in each of those seasons from 2011–2013", "id": "17774980" }, { "contents": "North Florida Ospreys men's basketball\n\n\n. In the 2014–15 season, the Ospreys made their first ever appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Tournament for the first time. On December 6, 2014, they defeated the Purdue Boilermakers on the road, marking their first ever victory over a Big Ten Conference opponent. They also won the Atlantic Sun regular season title for the first time and posted the best record in team history with 23 wins and 11 losses. As a No. 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament, they were defeated by", "id": "15251308" }, { "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\npopularly called the \"play-in game\", had Niagara, winner of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament, facing Florida A&M, who won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament, for a chance to play top seed Kansas in the First Round of the Tournament. Niagara defeated Florida A&M, 77–69, to advance to play Kansas. All teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65. The first and second-round games were played at", "id": "257019" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team\n\n\n2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 6 seed in the Midwest Region. They defeated 11 seed San Diego State in the first round and 14 seed Ohio to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the regional semifinal they defeated 2 seed and AP #5 Ohio State to advance to the first Elite Eight in school history. They were defeated by 5 seed and AP #13 Michigan State in the regional final to end their season. The 2008–09 Volunteers finished the season 21–13 overall, against the second-rated", "id": "6859935" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n1992 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, and they advanced to the final before losing to Syracuse. They were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the second round before losing to West Region No. 3 seed Florida State. They were ranked No. 22 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and No. 18 in the final Coaches' Poll. Georgetowns starting lineup of senior center and", "id": "14462787" }, { "contents": "1988–89 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nEast Tournament championship in Georgetown men's basketball history, defeating Syracuse in the final game. They were the No. 1 seed in the East Region of the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the 11th of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the East Region final before losing to the region′s No. 2 seed, Duke. They were ranked No. 2 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and Coaches' Poll. Since Patrick Ewing's graduation in May 1985, Georgetown had struggled to find", "id": "14781639" }, { "contents": "Hampton Pirates men's basketball\n\n\nThe Hampton Pirates men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, United States. The school's team formerly competed in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, but moved to the Big South Conference in 2018-19. Notably, the 2000-01 Hampton team was one of seven 15th seeds ever to upset a 2nd seed in the Round of 64 of an NCAA Tournament, defeating Iowa State in the first round. The Pirates have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament six times.", "id": "13103032" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nlost to 15-seed and tournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University 78-68 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The team was ranked No. 8 in the final Associated Press Poll of the season and No. 17 in the postseason Coaches' Poll. This was Georgetowns last season as a member of the original Big East Conference. It had been a founding member of the conference in the 1979-80 season and had remained a member for 34 seasons, but the conferences increasingly unstable membership and uncertain future and what Georgetown", "id": "4422963" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n, becoming the first player ever named the Big East's Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Tournament MVP in the same season, and only the second Tournament MVP from a team that did not win the tournament. The Hoyas were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances. In the first round, they defeated South Florida, with Mourning scoring 21 points and pulling down 11 rebounds.", "id": "14462796" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n. 7 seed, the Ospreys hosted the No. 2 seed Florida in the first round, where they fell 97–68. The Ospreys made the most three point shots (402) out of all NCAA Division I teams in the 2015–16 season, earning them the nickname \"Birds of Trey\". The Ospreys finished the 2014–15 season with a program-best overall record of 23–12, and a 12–2 record in conference play. They won the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time. As a", "id": "17130629" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nAs the #1 seed in the west region of the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, they defeated Hampton in the second round and Michigan in the third round to advance to the \"Sweet Sixteen\" where they were defeated by Arizona to finish the season 32–5. The team finished 2010 with a 35–5 record, becoming the ACC Regular Season Co-Champion, ACC Tournament Champion, and earning a #1 seed in the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Blue Devils beat Butler in the championship", "id": "16537035" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n81–78. They secured the regular season championship and No. 1 seed in the Atlantic Sun Tournament with a win at crosstown rival Jacksonville. The Ospreys began their quest to win back-to-back Atlantic Sun Tournament titles by defeating USC Upstate in the quarterfinals, 92–69. However, they were blown-out by 33 points in the semifinals by Florida Gulf Coast. Their 56 points were the fewest they scored in any game this season. Due to renovations at the O'Connell Center, the 7-seed Ospreys hosted the 2-seed Florida Gators", "id": "17130638" }, { "contents": "2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Stan Heath, the Flashes finished their best season in program history, posting a 30–6 record and advancing to the Elite Eight of the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament after defeating seventh-seeded Oklahoma State, upsetting second-seeded Alabama and third-seeded Pittsburgh, before falling to eventual national runners-up Indiana. The team set program and Mid-American Conference", "id": "6355295" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nits last 3 games in February and entering the postseason with a 24–6 record, yet still managed to win its second consecutive SEC Tournament Championship. The Gators entered the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a No. 3 seed with a 27–6 record, and ranked No. 10 by the AP. They beat No. 14 seed South Alabama and No. 11 seed Milwaukee to advance to the Minneapolis regional. There, the Gators defeated the No. 7 seed Georgetown Hoyas and upset the No. 1 seed Villanova", "id": "17774968" }, { "contents": "Troy Trojans men's basketball\n\n\n1950. The Trojans appeared in the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a 14-seed after winning the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament and faced 3-seeded Xavier in the first round, losing 71–59. The Trojans were the champions of the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2003 and defeated Central Florida for the conference tournament championship in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2004, the Trojans were the Atlantic Sun Conference Regular Season Champions. That year, the Trojans made it all the way to the Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship game, only to lose a heart", "id": "16764100" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nearned a #2 seed in the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, but lost to #15 seed Lehigh in the round of 64. Following the 2009–2010 basketball team, the 2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team began the season ranked #1 in the nation and held that title for the first nine weeks of the season going 15–0, until being defeated for the first time on January 12 again Florida State. The only non-conference loss during the regular season came again St. John's weeks later.", "id": "19517109" }, { "contents": "South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball\n\n\nTournament victory since 1973 with a 20-point win over the Marquette Golden Eagles. Two nights later, the Gamecocks upset the #2 seed Duke Blue Devils to advance to their fourth Sweet 16. South Carolina then beat #3 seed Baylor Bears to advance to their first-ever Elite 8, two days later they upset Florida to advance to their first ever Final Four. The Gamecocks have appeared in the NCAA Tournament nine times. Their combined record is 8–10. The Gamecocks have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 11", "id": "3062795" }, { "contents": "2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament marked the 37th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held March 1–6, 2016 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast won their second Atlantic Sun Tournament title and a berth in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. All 8 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. Stetson was ineligible to participate in the NCAA Tournament due to APR violations, but was allowed to participate in the Atlantic Sun Tournament. Had Stetson won the tournament, North Florida", "id": "9533118" }, { "contents": "2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n. Northern Iowa was one of four teams seeded lower than No. 8 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, joining the East Region's No. 11 seed Washington and No. 12 seed Cornell and the South Region's No. 10 seed Saint Mary's. For the first time since 2006, a No. 14 seed advanced out of the First Round as Ohio defeated Georgetown. The No. 13 seed in the West Region, Murray State, defeated No. 4-seeded Vanderbilt, marking the second consecutive appearance for the Commodores", "id": "10990515" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team represented Boston College during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by third-year head coach Jim Christian, played their home games at the Conte Forum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 9–23, 2–16 in ACC play to finish in last place. As the No. 15 seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost in the first round to Wake Forest. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 7–25", "id": "5940409" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 68 teams to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2017–18 season. The 80th annual edition of the tournament began on March 13, 2018, and concluded with the championship game on April 2 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. During the first round, UMBC became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed in the men's tournament by defeating Virginia 74–54. For the first", "id": "11011680" }, { "contents": "2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe third round of the Midwest Region. A team from the First Four games also won in the Round of 64 for the second consecutive year as South Florida defeated Midwest #5 seed Temple, setting up a #12 vs. #13 matchup that Ohio won. Virginia Commonwealth, a Final Four team from 2011 as an #11 seed, made the 2012 tournament as a #12 seed and once again made the round of 32 by defeating South #5 seed Wichita State. The South Region saw four double digit seeds win", "id": "14155762" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (also FGCU) refer to the fifteen sports teams representing Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and tennis; women's-only: softball, swimming and diving, indoor volleyball, and sand volleyball; and men's-only: baseball. The Eagles compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). FGCU is also notable as the youngest institution competing in", "id": "15898377" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nConference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. In the 2018 NCAA Tournament, Virginia became the first number 1 seed to lose to a number 16 seed when they lost to the UMBC Retrievers 74–54. Led by tenth-year head coach Tony Bennett, Virginia finished the regular season with a record of 28–2. They posted a 16–2 conference record, earning them the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament, where they defeated No. 8 seed NC State, before losing to No. 4 seed Florida State. In the", "id": "19522360" }, { "contents": "American Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe American Eagles men's basketball team represents American University in Washington, D.C. in NCAA Division I competition. The school's team competes in the Patriot League and play their home games in Bender Arena. Their rivals include Boston University, Bucknell University, and Navy. In 2008, the Eagles earned their first ever bid to the NCAA Division I Tournament by defeating Colgate in the final round of the Patriot League Tournament. The Eagles were seeded 15th against #2 Tennessee. American held tight against the Volunteers most of the game,", "id": "1515606" }, { "contents": "2010 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 11–March 14 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. This tournament was notable for the high number of upsets, with the higher seed winning only twice in the first two rounds, and the 11 and 12 seeds progressing to the semifinals. The championship game matched Duke against Georgia Tech. It was the third time a team has played 4 games (NC State in 1997 and", "id": "1478152" }, { "contents": "2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nCole Aldrich on the NCAA Tournament All-Midwest Regional team. To play the top-seeded Louisville Cardinals in the first round, Morehead State defeated Alabama State 58–43, with the Eagles keeping the Hornets without a lead the entire game. This marked the first time either team had played in the tournament in five years; the Eagles had not played since 1984. Morehead State fell to Louisville 74–54, the 100th time a 1 seed beat a 16 seed in the tournament since seeding began. However, the Eagles managed to keep", "id": "21670617" }, { "contents": "Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball\n\n\nThe Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Bisons made their first ever trip to the NCAA tournament in school history in 2018, when they defeated Florida Gulf Coast University in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament final. Lipscomb has a 177–179 all-time record in NCAA basketball and a 96–76 record in Atlantic Sun games. Lipscomb won their first Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament title", "id": "16052096" }, { "contents": "2000 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n1979 by defeating Florida 89-76 in the final game. Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, while Morris Peterson was its leading scorer. Despite the string of upsets, no seed lower than 11 won a game in the tournament. The only 11 seed to win was Pepperdine, which defeated Indiana in the East Region's first round in what turned out to be Bob Knight's last game coaching the Hoosiers before his firing that offseason. Also, two teams that qualified as 10 seeds", "id": "9764963" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by sixth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at Hawkins Arena on the university's Macon, Georgia campus and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–9, 14–4 in A-Sun play to win the regular season A-Sun championship, shared with Florida Gulf Coast. They defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship game of the A-Sun", "id": "13259751" }, { "contents": "1993 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe second round in that region. At the time, 15-seed Santa Clara's victory over 2-seed Arizona was only the second such upset, and following the 2019 tournament, is one of only eight times that a 15-seed defeated a 2-seed since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams (in 2018, Maryland-Baltimore County became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed, ousting Virginia 74-54.). For the third time, the Superdome was the host venue for the Final Four, and for the second straight year,", "id": "9764537" }, { "contents": "2006–07 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team\n\n\nWisconsin to with the tournament championship. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and received a No. 1 seed in the South regional. They defeated Central Connecticut State and Matta's former team, Xavier, to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The Buckeyes then defeated Tennessee and Memphis to advance to the Final Four, their first trip to the Final Four under Matta. With a win over Georgetown, they advanced to the National Championship game against Florida. Florida led from the start,", "id": "19897895" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team\n\n\nfinishing in third place in the Atlantic 10 during the regular season, Richmond advanced to the finals of the conference tournament before falling to Temple. Richmond was awarded an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As the seventh seed in the tournament's South region, Richmond earned the highest seeding in its history. They lost in the first round to ten seed Saint Mary's to end their season. !colspan=9| Regular Season !colspan=9| 2010 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament !colspan=10| 2010 NCAA", "id": "6019729" }, { "contents": "Norfolk State University\n\n\nchampionship which gave them the conference's automatic bid in the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, the school's first ever appearance in the tournament. The Spartans, a 15 seed, defeated the #2 seeded Missouri Tigers in the second round, 86-84. This victory was only the fifth time in NCAA Tournament history that a 15 seed defeated a 2 seed, with the last coming in 2001 by MEAC in-state rival Hampton. The Marching Spartan Legion Band performs at campus events and during Norfolk State", "id": "3283354" }, { "contents": "2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season\n\n\nof these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Ivy League does not have a conference tournament, instead giving their automatic invitation to their regular-season champion. By contrast, the Atlantic Coast Conference does not have a regular-season champion, using the standings only for seeding purposes in its conference tournament. A \"major upset\" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent. After the NCAA Tournament field was announced, the National", "id": "19699405" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nNCAA Tournament, the Cavaliers earned a No. 1 seed in the South Regional. The Cavaliers defeated No. 16 seed and NCAA tournament debutants Gardner–Webb in the first round, and No. 9 seed Oklahoma in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where they ended a potential Cinderella run from No. 12 seed Oregon. In the Elite Eight, the Cavs needed overtime to beat No. 3 Purdue; with the win, they advanced to their first Final Four since 1984. They then defeated No", "id": "19522361" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team represented Morehead State University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 5th year head coach Donnie Tyndall, played their home games at Ellis Johnson Arena and are members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 13–5 in Ohio Valley play and were champions of the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic bid in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As a 13 seed, they upset", "id": "15587818" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament upsets\n\n\nseed has ever advanced to this point in the women's tournament, all defeated teams were 3 seeds. To date, no 13 seed, in either the men's or women's tournament, has advanced to the Elite Eight. Unlike the men's tournament, in which one 12 seed won its Sweet 16 game since 1985, no 12 seed has ever won a game in the women's tournament. Only one team seeded 11 or lower has won in the Sweet 16 and advanced to the Elite Eight—11 seed Gonzaga in 2011", "id": "14196695" }, { "contents": "1985–86 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ntournament semifinals, where they lost to Syracuse. Georgetown was the No. 4 seed in the Midwest Region of the 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the eighth of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and defeated Texas Tech in the first round to advance to the second round, in which the Hoyas met the Midwest Regions No. 5 seed, Michigan State. Although he had nine of Georgetowns 17 assists, Michael Jackson shot only 1-for-7 (14.3%) from the field while Michigan State senior guard Scott Skiles", "id": "14959435" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nnational championship), and Michigan, returning for the first time since the Fab Five's second appearance in 1993 (which was later vacated). By winning the West Region, Wichita State became the first #9 seed and first Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) team to reach the Final Four since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The last #9 seed to reach the Final Four was Penn, and the last MVC team to do so was Indiana State, both in 1979. Louisville defeated Michigan in the", "id": "14862717" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by fourth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at the University Center and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–11, 13–5 in A-Sun play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the semifinals of the Atlantic Sun Basketball Tournament to Florida Gulf Coast. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Tennessee", "id": "21424844" }, { "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nwas played between two #1 seeds, due to the fact that all four #1 seeds were in the Final Four for the first time in NCAA Tournament history. Kansas entered the 2008 NCAA Tournament as the #1 seed in the Midwest Regional. In the 1st round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas dominated Portland State with an 85-61 victory. In the 2nd round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas beat UNLV 75-56 to advance to the Sweet 16. In the Sweet 16 of the 2008 NCAA", "id": "17054491" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hokies were led by third-year head coach Buzz Williams and played their home games at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 22–11, 10–8 in ACC play to finish a three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the ACC Tournament, they beat Wake Forest before losing to Florida", "id": "6984911" }, { "contents": "2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was head coach Dave Rose's 13th season at BYU and the Cougars seventh season as members of the West Coast Conference. The Cougars played their home games at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah. They finished the season 24–11, 11–7 in West Coast Conference play to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated San Diego in the quarterfinals and Saint", "id": "14065303" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n, and returned in 2012. They most recently returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2014 where they lost to Coastal Carolina 1–0. The men's soccer team plays its home games at the FGCU Soccer Complex. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I women's soccer competitions. The Green and Blue have competed in the NCAA Tournament 6 times, with a win against South Florida during the 2015 tournament. The women's team played their first home NCAA tournament game in 2014", "id": "15898385" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nto that, the region's top seed, Gonzaga, was defeated in the round of 32 by eventual region winner Wichita State, who defeated La Salle in the Sweet Sixteen. Two other teams also earned their first ever NCAA Tournament victory: Ivy League champion Harvard and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champion North Carolina A&T. Liberty became the first 20-loss team in five years to earn an NCAA bid, having finished its season with five consecutive wins to secure the Big South championship and its automatic qualification. The following are", "id": "14862720" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nThey received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning an 8 seed in the West Region. They defeated 9 seed Florida State in the first round before losing to 1 seed and AP #4 Syracuse in the second round. Gonzaga opened the season with a 94–53 exhibition victory over Alberta on November 2. Matt Bouldin led the team with 17 points, followed by Sam Dower with 15 points and Robert Sacre with 11 points. Gonzaga led by as many as 26 points in the", "id": "651215" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nUTEP and 13 seed Murray State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The team next defeated 1 seed Syracuse to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history, and then defeated 2 seed Kansas State to earn their first Final Four appearance in school history. They were only the second team from a mid-major conference to \"officially\" advance that far in the tournament since UNLV made the Final Four in 1991. On April 3, 2010, Butler defeated Michigan State and advanced to the National Championship game", "id": "12646316" } ]

[ { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSan Diego State 81–71, becoming the first time a 15th seed has ever advanced to the Sweet 16. The school was referred to as \"Dunk City\" or \"Florida Dunk Coast\" on many media outlets such as ESPN and CBS due to their high-flying athletic finishing style. The Eagles participated in their first Division I postseason tournament in 2013, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. On March 22, 2013; the Eagles", "id": "14634777" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nfull Division I member on August 11, 2011. The Eagles men's basketball team is best known for their run in the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, their first since moving up to Division I. In the Round of 64, the Eagles defeated the #2 seed Georgetown 78–68. It was only the seventh time that a 15th seed has defeated a 2nd seed, and the second-highest margin of victory for one. Two days later in the Round of 32, the Eagles defeated the #7 seed", "id": "14634776" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\n, the 15th seed in the South Region, scored one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history, defeating second-seeded Georgetown 78–68. They were only the seventh #15 seed to defeat a #2 seed, the first being Richmond's 1991 victory over Syracuse. Two days later, they defeated seventh seeded San Diego State to become the first #15 seed ever to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Their run ended there in a 62–50 loss to third seeded Florida. This is \"officially\" the third-deepest", "id": "14634778" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\ntournament final earning the automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became the seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. The Eagles went on to win two more Atlantic Sun Conference championships in", "id": "21316638" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nplayed in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. That earned the team an automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament, and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became", "id": "15898381" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nearn their first ever bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 15 seed in the south region. Guard Sherwood Brown was named the A-Sun player of the year. In their NCAA Tournament debut, the 15 seeded Eagles upset 2 seeded Georgetown 78–68. It was the third time in two years and eighth time overall that a 15 seed had upset a 2 seed. With a second round 81-71 win over San Diego State, they became the first 15 seed to win two games in a tournament to advance", "id": "8068116" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nNCAA Division I, having been officially founded in 1991 and started classes in 1997. FGCU athletics began in the NAIA. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a full Division I member on August 11, 2011. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, FGCU became the first number 15 seed to advance to the Sweet", "id": "15898378" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by second year head coach Andy Enfield, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished A-Sun play with a record of 13–5 to finish in second place. In only their second year of full NCAA eligibility, the Eagles won the Atlantic Sun Tournament, beating top-seeded Mercer in the championship game, to", "id": "8068115" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida and were led by fourth-year head coach Joe Dooley as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the regular season 26–8, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the ASUN Tournament, they defeated Stetson, Kennesaw State, and North Florida", "id": "11309074" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSweet Sixteen as the first ever 15-seed to do such. After putting FGCU on the map with their new \"Dunk City\" moniker, Enfield accepted the men's basketball position at USC. Joe Dooley then assumed the role from 2013-2018 before accepting the Head Coach position at East Carolina The Eagles are now led by long-time program assistant coach, Michael Fly. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a", "id": "14634775" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division", "id": "19591078" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAndrew William Enfield (born June 8, 1969) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Southern California (USC). He came to national prominence as the head coach of Florida Gulf Coast University when his team achieved two major feats at the 2013 NCAA Tournament. First they became just the seventh 15-seed to defeat a 2-seed by upsetting Georgetown in the first round of the tournament. Then with an 81–71 upset of No. 7 San Diego State they became the first ever", "id": "13490420" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. He was succeeded by Andy Enfield from 2011-13, who took the Eagles to the", "id": "14634774" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles are led by first-year head coach Michael Fly and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Eagles finished the 2017–18 season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost", "id": "5505776" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles were led by fifth-year head coach Joe Dooley and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost to Lipscomb", "id": "15628413" }, { "contents": "Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball\n\n\ntournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University in the Second Round. Georgetown lost to the 15th-seeded Eagles 78–68, the seventh number two seed to lose to a 15 seed. It was the fourth consecutive season the Hoyas were eliminated by a double-digit seed in the NCAA Tournament. The 2013–14 season was the team's first after Georgetown and six other schools left the original Big East Conference and joined Butler, Creighton, and Xavier in forming the new Big East Conference – part of a major conference realignment in which several other", "id": "7112965" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nrun by a first-time tournament participant in NCAA history, behind only Indiana State advancing all the way to the national championship game in 1979 and Charlotte and Georgia reaching the Final Four in 1977 and 1983, respectively. Southwestern Louisiana, now known as Louisiana–Lafayette, advanced to the Sweet 16 in its first appearance as well, in 1972, but that appearance was vacated due to NCAA sanctions. Coach Andy Enfield was hired by USC on April 1. To replace him, the Eagles hired Joe Dooley, an assistant", "id": "14634779" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference and were the defending A-Sun Tournament champion. They played their home games at Alico Arena. The team went through many changes for the 2013–14 season. Head coach Andy Enfield left to take the same job at USC and former Kansas assistant Joe Dooley takes over as head coach. Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Player of", "id": "14271711" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by second year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 22–11, 12–3 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the A-Sun Tournament where they lost to USC Upstate. They received an invitation to the", "id": "14301819" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nto win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Florida State. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to win the A-Sun Tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 16 seed where they defeated", "id": "11309075" }, { "contents": "Sherwood Brown\n\n\nNCAA Tournament appearance in just the school's second year of full Division I eligibility. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Brown, scoring 24 points and grabbing 9 rebounds, led his Eagles to 78–68 win over No. 2 seed Georgetown. Then, his #15 seeded Eagles made history, by beating #7 seed San Diego State, 81–71. It marked the first time a No. 15 seed reached the sweet sixteen. Brown scored 17 points and added 8 rebounds in the contest. His final", "id": "13929588" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\nwon the Atlantic Sun Conference regular-season and/or tournament championship each year since (except for 2010) with annual postseason appearances either in the NCAA Tournament or the WNIT, in which the Eagles finished second nationally in 2016 after losing to South Dakota in the championship game. In 2012, FGCU's first year of full Division I postseason eligibility, the men's team played in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference", "id": "21316637" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n's regular season and conference tourney titles, earning its first berth into the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. The Eagles lost to St. Bonaventure University in the first round of the tournament 72-65 in Tallahassee, FL. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. Founded in 2007, the Eagles are one of the youngest men's soccer programs in the country. The team made the NCAA Tournament in the first year of eligibility, in 2011", "id": "15898384" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 15th year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 26–9, 12–2 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They defeated North Florida, Jacksonville and Stetson to become champions of the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's", "id": "5941281" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles were coached by 13th year head coach Karl Smesko and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–3, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They also won the Atlantic Sun Tournament to earn an automatic to the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to Florida State in the", "id": "10569284" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by third year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to be champions of the A-Sun", "id": "15873400" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nthe seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. On March 24, 2007, FGCU women's basketball team ended their 35–1 season with a loss in the Division II National Championship to Southern Connecticut State University. One year later, in 2008, the Women's Basketball team qualified for the WNIT, becoming the first team to qualify for the WNIT in its first season of Division I sports. During the 2008 WNIT Tourney, the team became the first Atlantic", "id": "15898382" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ndecisive 8–0 Georgetown run early in the second half, the Hoyas took their first double-digit lead on a Nate Lubick dunk with 6:18 left to play on the way to a 77–65 win. It was their first win in a postseason tournament since the 2012 NCAA Tournament and their first win in the NIT since 2005. Georgetown advanced to the second round, visiting the region's No. 1 seed, Florida State, which had defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the first round. None of the defenses the Hoyas tried against Florida", "id": "6143540" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nwon the SEC Championship with a conference record of 14–4. During the regular season, Billy Donovan notched his 400th career win as the head coach of the Gators over Missouri. After losing in the final of the 2013 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament to Mississippi, they entered the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the South Region. Florida defeated the No. 14 seed Northwestern State 79–47 in the first round, and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen after soundly beating the No. 11 seed", "id": "17774979" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by seventeenth year head coach Karl Smesko, will play their home games at the Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 28–4, 16–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season. Florida Gulf Coast won the conference tournament championship game over Liberty, 72–49. They lost in the first round to Miami (", "id": "1471180" }, { "contents": "USC Trojans men's basketball\n\n\nof one scholarship for the 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 academic years, and reductions in the numbers of recruiting days and coaches participating in off-campus recruiting through 2011. The school also vacated all wins earned during the 2007–2008 season, due to Mayo's ineligibility at that time. After becoming the first head coach to lead a 15-seed to the Sweet 16, guiding his Florida Gulf Coast Eagles to upsets of Georgetown and San Diego State, Andy Enfield was hired as the new head coach at USC on April 1, 2013. Enfield replaces", "id": "10682450" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. The Eagles compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The soccer team is one of several varsity sports teams that represent the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. The team made the NCAA tournament in the first year of eligibility in 2011, and returned in 2012, 2014, and 2016. Source: Bob Butehorn has served as head coach for Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer since the", "id": "12451948" }, { "contents": "Fairleigh Dickinson University\n\n\nthe top seeded Illinois Fighting Illini a huge scare. Being only down 1 at the half, the Knights played well and held their own for a while. However, in the second half the Illini pulled away from FDU and won the game by 12. More recently, the men's team made the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles in the First Four, and the 2019 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they defeated Prairie View A&M University in the First", "id": "6126133" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntournament debut in only their second year of Division I eligibility. They upset Georgetown and San Diego State in their first two games, becoming the first #15 seed to advance to the regional semifinals (where they were defeated by Florida). For the first time since 2010, a #14 seed won as Harvard defeated New Mexico in the West Region. The same region saw #13 La Salle, who won in the opening round, defeat #4 Kansas State and #12 Mississippi defeat #5 Wisconsin. In addition", "id": "14862719" }, { "contents": "2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament marked the 38th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 27, March 2 and 5, 2017 at campus sites as top seeds host each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated North Florida, 77–61, in the championship game to receive the conference's automatic trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records", "id": "20563986" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nis not any official definition of what constitutes a \"Cinderella team\", there does seem to be a consensus that such teams represent small schools, are usually low-seeded in the tournament, and achieves at least one unexpected win in the tournament. A recent example of this is Florida Gulf Coast University, a relatively new school that held its first classes in 1997 and became Division I postseason eligible in 2011. They made their first appearance in the 2013 tournament, winning two games to become the first #15 seed to", "id": "20874955" }, { "contents": "2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament was the 39th year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 26, March 1, and 4, 2018 at campus sites of the higher seeds. Lipscomb defeated regular season champion Florida Gulf Coast in the tournament championship to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the school's first trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a", "id": "22036552" }, { "contents": "2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nwin, as VCU was joined by #12 seed and citymate Richmond, #10 seed Florida State, and #13 seed Morehead State as first round winners. Florida State, VCU, and Richmond all advanced to the Sweet Sixteen from that region, and VCU defeated top-seeded Kansas in the final. Butler and #11 seed Gonzaga advanced from the Southeast Region, with Gonzaga losing in the Round of 32 to BYU. For the third time in as many appearances, Vanderbilt suffered a defeat to a double digit seed", "id": "10990625" }, { "contents": "Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball\n\n\nwould again win their opening game, this time defeating Jacksonville University. The Owls would break their second-round losing tradition, beating Jacksonville State University. In the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, the Owls faced Georgia State University and won 76–75, clinching their first and only conference championship and a bid to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. In the 2002 NCAA tournament, the Owls were seeded as a 15-seed, and placed in the South Region, and were paired with 2-seed University of Alabama. Though the Owls hung", "id": "18358839" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nthe following day and lost to Louisville. Falling to No. 8 in the AP Poll, but with a record of 25-6 and having won 13 of its last 15 games, Georgetown received a bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament, the Hoyas′ fourth consecutive appearance in the tournament, seventh in eight seasons, and 29th overall. Seeded second in the tournament's South Region, they met their first opponent, 15th seed Florida Gulf Coast, in the Round of 64, termed the \"Second Round\" this year.", "id": "4423034" }, { "contents": "1997 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nstripped of their Big Ten title they had also won. Arizona also became the only school since the introduction of the 64-team bracket in 1985, to defeat three number 1 seeds in the tournament, having upset overall number one seed Kansas in addition to their two Final Four victories. The tournament also saw the third victory by a #15 seed over a #2 seed, as Coppin State defeated South Carolina in their first round matchup. In addition, a #14 seed advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for only the second time", "id": "9764587" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 2018 and concluded on February 2018. The season marked the 40th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by two games over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 26 through March 4 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Lipscomb defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship", "id": "5246986" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fourteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 33–6, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the A-Sun Women's Tournament where they lost to Jacksonville. They", "id": "17761190" }, { "contents": "Coppin State Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The school's team currently competes in the NCAA Division I in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Before joining NCAA Division I, the Eagles were the 1976 NAIA National Champions. The Eagles have appeared in the NCAA Tournament four times. Their combined record is 1–4. The 1996–97 team was only the third 15 seed to beat a 2 seed in the tournament. The 2007–08 Coppin State team was", "id": "13930583" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 24, 2017 and concluded on February 23, 2017. The season marked the 39th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by one game over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 27 through March 5 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated", "id": "464189" }, { "contents": "2006 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nUCLA 73–57 in the final game. Florida's Joakim Noah was named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament. George Mason's run was one of several upsets by lower-seeded teams in the tournament. For the second consecutive year, a No. 14 seed beat a No. 3 seed as Northwestern State defeated Iowa. No. 13 seed Bradley also defeated No. 4 seed Kansas and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen by defeating No. 5-seeded Pittsburgh in the Second Round. Two No. 12 seeds won as well", "id": "87698" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nFlorida Gulf Coast University had only started classes in 1997 and was so new that it had become eligible for postseason NCAA Division I play only in 2011; the Eagles had finished in second place in the Atlantic Sun Conference and won the conference tournament, but it was their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Hoyas entered the game allowing opponents to shoot only 37.6 percent from the field – fourth-best in the United States – and limiting opponents to 55.7 points per game, and were the heavy favorites. Behind 11-", "id": "4423035" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by sixteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, play their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–5, 12–1 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season champions. They also won the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they upset Missouri in", "id": "14939652" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nchampionship game by a final score of 82-76, winning their first national title since 1986. They also are the last team from the original Big East Conference to win a national championship. On February 20, 2018, the NCAA vacated Louisville's entire tournament run, including its national title, due to multiple recruiting violations. The tournament featured several notable upsets: at least one team seeded #9 through #15 won at least once in the tournament, The most notable was Florida Gulf Coast University, who made their", "id": "14862718" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nthe Year Sherwood Brown graduated and turned professional, signing a contract with Israel's Maccabi Haifa B.C. in July 2013. They finished the season 22–13, 14–4 in Atlantic Sun play to finish in a tie for the regular season conference championship with Mercer. At the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament they advanced to their third consecutive championship game where they lost to Mercer. Due to failing to win the conference tournament as the #1 seed, they earned an automatic bid to the 2014 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to", "id": "14271712" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAtlantic Sun Conference tournament, losing to regular season champion Belmont. His 2012–13 team first attracted attention by beating Miami and finishing with a second-place finish and second seed in the Atlantic Sun tournament. After defeating regular season champion Mercer in the championship game, the Eagles earned a 15 seed in the South Region of the NCAA tournament, where they pulled off a major upset by defeating 2 seed Georgetown in the first round and then 7 seed San Diego State in the second round, making them the first 15 seed in the", "id": "13490426" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntime in tournament history, none of the four top seeded teams in a single region (the South) advanced to the Sweet 16. Also, the tournament featured the first regional final matchup of a 9-seed (Kansas State) and an 11-seed (Loyola-Chicago). Villanova, Michigan, Kansas, and Loyola-Chicago, the \"Cinderella team\" of the tournament, reached the Final Four. Villanova defeated Michigan in the championship game, 79–62. Atlantic Sun Conference champion Lipscomb made its NCAA tournament debut. The 2018", "id": "11011681" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\n, Minnesota, 78–64. The Gators then defeated Florida Gulf Coast, No. 15 seed, in the Sweet Sixteen 62–50. But once again, their run ended in the Elite Eight, this time against fourth seeded Michigan, who handily defeated the Gators, 79–59. The Gators became the first team since the expansion of the tournament in 1951 to lose in the Elite Eight in three consecutive seasons. Florida is the only program in the nation to have advanced as far as the Elite Eight in each of those seasons from 2011–2013", "id": "17774980" }, { "contents": "North Florida Ospreys men's basketball\n\n\n. In the 2014–15 season, the Ospreys made their first ever appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Tournament for the first time. On December 6, 2014, they defeated the Purdue Boilermakers on the road, marking their first ever victory over a Big Ten Conference opponent. They also won the Atlantic Sun regular season title for the first time and posted the best record in team history with 23 wins and 11 losses. As a No. 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament, they were defeated by", "id": "15251308" }, { "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\npopularly called the \"play-in game\", had Niagara, winner of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament, facing Florida A&M, who won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament, for a chance to play top seed Kansas in the First Round of the Tournament. Niagara defeated Florida A&M, 77–69, to advance to play Kansas. All teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65. The first and second-round games were played at", "id": "257019" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team\n\n\n2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 6 seed in the Midwest Region. They defeated 11 seed San Diego State in the first round and 14 seed Ohio to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the regional semifinal they defeated 2 seed and AP #5 Ohio State to advance to the first Elite Eight in school history. They were defeated by 5 seed and AP #13 Michigan State in the regional final to end their season. The 2008–09 Volunteers finished the season 21–13 overall, against the second-rated", "id": "6859935" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n1992 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, and they advanced to the final before losing to Syracuse. They were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the second round before losing to West Region No. 3 seed Florida State. They were ranked No. 22 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and No. 18 in the final Coaches' Poll. Georgetowns starting lineup of senior center and", "id": "14462787" }, { "contents": "1988–89 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nEast Tournament championship in Georgetown men's basketball history, defeating Syracuse in the final game. They were the No. 1 seed in the East Region of the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the 11th of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the East Region final before losing to the region′s No. 2 seed, Duke. They were ranked No. 2 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and Coaches' Poll. Since Patrick Ewing's graduation in May 1985, Georgetown had struggled to find", "id": "14781639" }, { "contents": "Hampton Pirates men's basketball\n\n\nThe Hampton Pirates men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, United States. The school's team formerly competed in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, but moved to the Big South Conference in 2018-19. Notably, the 2000-01 Hampton team was one of seven 15th seeds ever to upset a 2nd seed in the Round of 64 of an NCAA Tournament, defeating Iowa State in the first round. The Pirates have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament six times.", "id": "13103032" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nlost to 15-seed and tournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University 78-68 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The team was ranked No. 8 in the final Associated Press Poll of the season and No. 17 in the postseason Coaches' Poll. This was Georgetowns last season as a member of the original Big East Conference. It had been a founding member of the conference in the 1979-80 season and had remained a member for 34 seasons, but the conferences increasingly unstable membership and uncertain future and what Georgetown", "id": "4422963" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n, becoming the first player ever named the Big East's Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Tournament MVP in the same season, and only the second Tournament MVP from a team that did not win the tournament. The Hoyas were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances. In the first round, they defeated South Florida, with Mourning scoring 21 points and pulling down 11 rebounds.", "id": "14462796" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n. 7 seed, the Ospreys hosted the No. 2 seed Florida in the first round, where they fell 97–68. The Ospreys made the most three point shots (402) out of all NCAA Division I teams in the 2015–16 season, earning them the nickname \"Birds of Trey\". The Ospreys finished the 2014–15 season with a program-best overall record of 23–12, and a 12–2 record in conference play. They won the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time. As a", "id": "17130629" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nAs the #1 seed in the west region of the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, they defeated Hampton in the second round and Michigan in the third round to advance to the \"Sweet Sixteen\" where they were defeated by Arizona to finish the season 32–5. The team finished 2010 with a 35–5 record, becoming the ACC Regular Season Co-Champion, ACC Tournament Champion, and earning a #1 seed in the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Blue Devils beat Butler in the championship", "id": "16537035" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n81–78. They secured the regular season championship and No. 1 seed in the Atlantic Sun Tournament with a win at crosstown rival Jacksonville. The Ospreys began their quest to win back-to-back Atlantic Sun Tournament titles by defeating USC Upstate in the quarterfinals, 92–69. However, they were blown-out by 33 points in the semifinals by Florida Gulf Coast. Their 56 points were the fewest they scored in any game this season. Due to renovations at the O'Connell Center, the 7-seed Ospreys hosted the 2-seed Florida Gators", "id": "17130638" }, { "contents": "2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Stan Heath, the Flashes finished their best season in program history, posting a 30–6 record and advancing to the Elite Eight of the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament after defeating seventh-seeded Oklahoma State, upsetting second-seeded Alabama and third-seeded Pittsburgh, before falling to eventual national runners-up Indiana. The team set program and Mid-American Conference", "id": "6355295" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nits last 3 games in February and entering the postseason with a 24–6 record, yet still managed to win its second consecutive SEC Tournament Championship. The Gators entered the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a No. 3 seed with a 27–6 record, and ranked No. 10 by the AP. They beat No. 14 seed South Alabama and No. 11 seed Milwaukee to advance to the Minneapolis regional. There, the Gators defeated the No. 7 seed Georgetown Hoyas and upset the No. 1 seed Villanova", "id": "17774968" }, { "contents": "Troy Trojans men's basketball\n\n\n1950. The Trojans appeared in the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a 14-seed after winning the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament and faced 3-seeded Xavier in the first round, losing 71–59. The Trojans were the champions of the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2003 and defeated Central Florida for the conference tournament championship in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2004, the Trojans were the Atlantic Sun Conference Regular Season Champions. That year, the Trojans made it all the way to the Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship game, only to lose a heart", "id": "16764100" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nearned a #2 seed in the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, but lost to #15 seed Lehigh in the round of 64. Following the 2009–2010 basketball team, the 2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team began the season ranked #1 in the nation and held that title for the first nine weeks of the season going 15–0, until being defeated for the first time on January 12 again Florida State. The only non-conference loss during the regular season came again St. John's weeks later.", "id": "19517109" }, { "contents": "South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball\n\n\nTournament victory since 1973 with a 20-point win over the Marquette Golden Eagles. Two nights later, the Gamecocks upset the #2 seed Duke Blue Devils to advance to their fourth Sweet 16. South Carolina then beat #3 seed Baylor Bears to advance to their first-ever Elite 8, two days later they upset Florida to advance to their first ever Final Four. The Gamecocks have appeared in the NCAA Tournament nine times. Their combined record is 8–10. The Gamecocks have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 11", "id": "3062795" }, { "contents": "2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament marked the 37th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held March 1–6, 2016 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast won their second Atlantic Sun Tournament title and a berth in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. All 8 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. Stetson was ineligible to participate in the NCAA Tournament due to APR violations, but was allowed to participate in the Atlantic Sun Tournament. Had Stetson won the tournament, North Florida", "id": "9533118" }, { "contents": "2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n. Northern Iowa was one of four teams seeded lower than No. 8 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, joining the East Region's No. 11 seed Washington and No. 12 seed Cornell and the South Region's No. 10 seed Saint Mary's. For the first time since 2006, a No. 14 seed advanced out of the First Round as Ohio defeated Georgetown. The No. 13 seed in the West Region, Murray State, defeated No. 4-seeded Vanderbilt, marking the second consecutive appearance for the Commodores", "id": "10990515" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team represented Boston College during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by third-year head coach Jim Christian, played their home games at the Conte Forum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 9–23, 2–16 in ACC play to finish in last place. As the No. 15 seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost in the first round to Wake Forest. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 7–25", "id": "5940409" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 68 teams to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2017–18 season. The 80th annual edition of the tournament began on March 13, 2018, and concluded with the championship game on April 2 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. During the first round, UMBC became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed in the men's tournament by defeating Virginia 74–54. For the first", "id": "11011680" }, { "contents": "2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe third round of the Midwest Region. A team from the First Four games also won in the Round of 64 for the second consecutive year as South Florida defeated Midwest #5 seed Temple, setting up a #12 vs. #13 matchup that Ohio won. Virginia Commonwealth, a Final Four team from 2011 as an #11 seed, made the 2012 tournament as a #12 seed and once again made the round of 32 by defeating South #5 seed Wichita State. The South Region saw four double digit seeds win", "id": "14155762" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (also FGCU) refer to the fifteen sports teams representing Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and tennis; women's-only: softball, swimming and diving, indoor volleyball, and sand volleyball; and men's-only: baseball. The Eagles compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). FGCU is also notable as the youngest institution competing in", "id": "15898377" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nConference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. In the 2018 NCAA Tournament, Virginia became the first number 1 seed to lose to a number 16 seed when they lost to the UMBC Retrievers 74–54. Led by tenth-year head coach Tony Bennett, Virginia finished the regular season with a record of 28–2. They posted a 16–2 conference record, earning them the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament, where they defeated No. 8 seed NC State, before losing to No. 4 seed Florida State. In the", "id": "19522360" }, { "contents": "American Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe American Eagles men's basketball team represents American University in Washington, D.C. in NCAA Division I competition. The school's team competes in the Patriot League and play their home games in Bender Arena. Their rivals include Boston University, Bucknell University, and Navy. In 2008, the Eagles earned their first ever bid to the NCAA Division I Tournament by defeating Colgate in the final round of the Patriot League Tournament. The Eagles were seeded 15th against #2 Tennessee. American held tight against the Volunteers most of the game,", "id": "1515606" }, { "contents": "2010 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 11–March 14 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. This tournament was notable for the high number of upsets, with the higher seed winning only twice in the first two rounds, and the 11 and 12 seeds progressing to the semifinals. The championship game matched Duke against Georgia Tech. It was the third time a team has played 4 games (NC State in 1997 and", "id": "1478152" }, { "contents": "2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nCole Aldrich on the NCAA Tournament All-Midwest Regional team. To play the top-seeded Louisville Cardinals in the first round, Morehead State defeated Alabama State 58–43, with the Eagles keeping the Hornets without a lead the entire game. This marked the first time either team had played in the tournament in five years; the Eagles had not played since 1984. Morehead State fell to Louisville 74–54, the 100th time a 1 seed beat a 16 seed in the tournament since seeding began. However, the Eagles managed to keep", "id": "21670617" }, { "contents": "Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball\n\n\nThe Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Bisons made their first ever trip to the NCAA tournament in school history in 2018, when they defeated Florida Gulf Coast University in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament final. Lipscomb has a 177–179 all-time record in NCAA basketball and a 96–76 record in Atlantic Sun games. Lipscomb won their first Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament title", "id": "16052096" }, { "contents": "2000 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n1979 by defeating Florida 89-76 in the final game. Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, while Morris Peterson was its leading scorer. Despite the string of upsets, no seed lower than 11 won a game in the tournament. The only 11 seed to win was Pepperdine, which defeated Indiana in the East Region's first round in what turned out to be Bob Knight's last game coaching the Hoosiers before his firing that offseason. Also, two teams that qualified as 10 seeds", "id": "9764963" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by sixth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at Hawkins Arena on the university's Macon, Georgia campus and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–9, 14–4 in A-Sun play to win the regular season A-Sun championship, shared with Florida Gulf Coast. They defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship game of the A-Sun", "id": "13259751" }, { "contents": "1993 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe second round in that region. At the time, 15-seed Santa Clara's victory over 2-seed Arizona was only the second such upset, and following the 2019 tournament, is one of only eight times that a 15-seed defeated a 2-seed since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams (in 2018, Maryland-Baltimore County became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed, ousting Virginia 74-54.). For the third time, the Superdome was the host venue for the Final Four, and for the second straight year,", "id": "9764537" }, { "contents": "2006–07 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team\n\n\nWisconsin to with the tournament championship. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and received a No. 1 seed in the South regional. They defeated Central Connecticut State and Matta's former team, Xavier, to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The Buckeyes then defeated Tennessee and Memphis to advance to the Final Four, their first trip to the Final Four under Matta. With a win over Georgetown, they advanced to the National Championship game against Florida. Florida led from the start,", "id": "19897895" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team\n\n\nfinishing in third place in the Atlantic 10 during the regular season, Richmond advanced to the finals of the conference tournament before falling to Temple. Richmond was awarded an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As the seventh seed in the tournament's South region, Richmond earned the highest seeding in its history. They lost in the first round to ten seed Saint Mary's to end their season. !colspan=9| Regular Season !colspan=9| 2010 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament !colspan=10| 2010 NCAA", "id": "6019729" }, { "contents": "Norfolk State University\n\n\nchampionship which gave them the conference's automatic bid in the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, the school's first ever appearance in the tournament. The Spartans, a 15 seed, defeated the #2 seeded Missouri Tigers in the second round, 86-84. This victory was only the fifth time in NCAA Tournament history that a 15 seed defeated a 2 seed, with the last coming in 2001 by MEAC in-state rival Hampton. The Marching Spartan Legion Band performs at campus events and during Norfolk State", "id": "3283354" }, { "contents": "2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season\n\n\nof these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Ivy League does not have a conference tournament, instead giving their automatic invitation to their regular-season champion. By contrast, the Atlantic Coast Conference does not have a regular-season champion, using the standings only for seeding purposes in its conference tournament. A \"major upset\" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent. After the NCAA Tournament field was announced, the National", "id": "19699405" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nNCAA Tournament, the Cavaliers earned a No. 1 seed in the South Regional. The Cavaliers defeated No. 16 seed and NCAA tournament debutants Gardner–Webb in the first round, and No. 9 seed Oklahoma in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where they ended a potential Cinderella run from No. 12 seed Oregon. In the Elite Eight, the Cavs needed overtime to beat No. 3 Purdue; with the win, they advanced to their first Final Four since 1984. They then defeated No", "id": "19522361" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team represented Morehead State University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 5th year head coach Donnie Tyndall, played their home games at Ellis Johnson Arena and are members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 13–5 in Ohio Valley play and were champions of the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic bid in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As a 13 seed, they upset", "id": "15587818" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament upsets\n\n\nseed has ever advanced to this point in the women's tournament, all defeated teams were 3 seeds. To date, no 13 seed, in either the men's or women's tournament, has advanced to the Elite Eight. Unlike the men's tournament, in which one 12 seed won its Sweet 16 game since 1985, no 12 seed has ever won a game in the women's tournament. Only one team seeded 11 or lower has won in the Sweet 16 and advanced to the Elite Eight—11 seed Gonzaga in 2011", "id": "14196695" }, { "contents": "1985–86 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ntournament semifinals, where they lost to Syracuse. Georgetown was the No. 4 seed in the Midwest Region of the 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the eighth of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and defeated Texas Tech in the first round to advance to the second round, in which the Hoyas met the Midwest Regions No. 5 seed, Michigan State. Although he had nine of Georgetowns 17 assists, Michael Jackson shot only 1-for-7 (14.3%) from the field while Michigan State senior guard Scott Skiles", "id": "14959435" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nnational championship), and Michigan, returning for the first time since the Fab Five's second appearance in 1993 (which was later vacated). By winning the West Region, Wichita State became the first #9 seed and first Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) team to reach the Final Four since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The last #9 seed to reach the Final Four was Penn, and the last MVC team to do so was Indiana State, both in 1979. Louisville defeated Michigan in the", "id": "14862717" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by fourth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at the University Center and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–11, 13–5 in A-Sun play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the semifinals of the Atlantic Sun Basketball Tournament to Florida Gulf Coast. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Tennessee", "id": "21424844" }, { "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nwas played between two #1 seeds, due to the fact that all four #1 seeds were in the Final Four for the first time in NCAA Tournament history. Kansas entered the 2008 NCAA Tournament as the #1 seed in the Midwest Regional. In the 1st round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas dominated Portland State with an 85-61 victory. In the 2nd round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas beat UNLV 75-56 to advance to the Sweet 16. In the Sweet 16 of the 2008 NCAA", "id": "17054491" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hokies were led by third-year head coach Buzz Williams and played their home games at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 22–11, 10–8 in ACC play to finish a three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the ACC Tournament, they beat Wake Forest before losing to Florida", "id": "6984911" }, { "contents": "2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was head coach Dave Rose's 13th season at BYU and the Cougars seventh season as members of the West Coast Conference. The Cougars played their home games at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah. They finished the season 24–11, 11–7 in West Coast Conference play to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated San Diego in the quarterfinals and Saint", "id": "14065303" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n, and returned in 2012. They most recently returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2014 where they lost to Coastal Carolina 1–0. The men's soccer team plays its home games at the FGCU Soccer Complex. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I women's soccer competitions. The Green and Blue have competed in the NCAA Tournament 6 times, with a win against South Florida during the 2015 tournament. The women's team played their first home NCAA tournament game in 2014", "id": "15898385" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nto that, the region's top seed, Gonzaga, was defeated in the round of 32 by eventual region winner Wichita State, who defeated La Salle in the Sweet Sixteen. Two other teams also earned their first ever NCAA Tournament victory: Ivy League champion Harvard and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champion North Carolina A&T. Liberty became the first 20-loss team in five years to earn an NCAA bid, having finished its season with five consecutive wins to secure the Big South championship and its automatic qualification. The following are", "id": "14862720" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nThey received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning an 8 seed in the West Region. They defeated 9 seed Florida State in the first round before losing to 1 seed and AP #4 Syracuse in the second round. Gonzaga opened the season with a 94–53 exhibition victory over Alberta on November 2. Matt Bouldin led the team with 17 points, followed by Sam Dower with 15 points and Robert Sacre with 11 points. Gonzaga led by as many as 26 points in the", "id": "651215" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nUTEP and 13 seed Murray State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The team next defeated 1 seed Syracuse to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history, and then defeated 2 seed Kansas State to earn their first Final Four appearance in school history. They were only the second team from a mid-major conference to \"officially\" advance that far in the tournament since UNLV made the Final Four in 1991. On April 3, 2010, Butler defeated Michigan State and advanced to the National Championship game", "id": "12646316" } ]

[ { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSan Diego State 81–71, becoming the first time a 15th seed has ever advanced to the Sweet 16. The school was referred to as \"Dunk City\" or \"Florida Dunk Coast\" on many media outlets such as ESPN and CBS due to their high-flying athletic finishing style. The Eagles participated in their first Division I postseason tournament in 2013, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. On March 22, 2013; the Eagles", "id": "14634777" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nfull Division I member on August 11, 2011. The Eagles men's basketball team is best known for their run in the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, their first since moving up to Division I. In the Round of 64, the Eagles defeated the #2 seed Georgetown 78–68. It was only the seventh time that a 15th seed has defeated a 2nd seed, and the second-highest margin of victory for one. Two days later in the Round of 32, the Eagles defeated the #7 seed", "id": "14634776" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\n, the 15th seed in the South Region, scored one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history, defeating second-seeded Georgetown 78–68. They were only the seventh #15 seed to defeat a #2 seed, the first being Richmond's 1991 victory over Syracuse. Two days later, they defeated seventh seeded San Diego State to become the first #15 seed ever to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Their run ended there in a 62–50 loss to third seeded Florida. This is \"officially\" the third-deepest", "id": "14634778" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\ntournament final earning the automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became the seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. The Eagles went on to win two more Atlantic Sun Conference championships in", "id": "21316638" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nplayed in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. That earned the team an automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament, and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became", "id": "15898381" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nearn their first ever bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 15 seed in the south region. Guard Sherwood Brown was named the A-Sun player of the year. In their NCAA Tournament debut, the 15 seeded Eagles upset 2 seeded Georgetown 78–68. It was the third time in two years and eighth time overall that a 15 seed had upset a 2 seed. With a second round 81-71 win over San Diego State, they became the first 15 seed to win two games in a tournament to advance", "id": "8068116" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nNCAA Division I, having been officially founded in 1991 and started classes in 1997. FGCU athletics began in the NAIA. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a full Division I member on August 11, 2011. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, FGCU became the first number 15 seed to advance to the Sweet", "id": "15898378" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by second year head coach Andy Enfield, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished A-Sun play with a record of 13–5 to finish in second place. In only their second year of full NCAA eligibility, the Eagles won the Atlantic Sun Tournament, beating top-seeded Mercer in the championship game, to", "id": "8068115" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida and were led by fourth-year head coach Joe Dooley as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the regular season 26–8, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the ASUN Tournament, they defeated Stetson, Kennesaw State, and North Florida", "id": "11309074" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSweet Sixteen as the first ever 15-seed to do such. After putting FGCU on the map with their new \"Dunk City\" moniker, Enfield accepted the men's basketball position at USC. Joe Dooley then assumed the role from 2013-2018 before accepting the Head Coach position at East Carolina The Eagles are now led by long-time program assistant coach, Michael Fly. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a", "id": "14634775" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division", "id": "19591078" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAndrew William Enfield (born June 8, 1969) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Southern California (USC). He came to national prominence as the head coach of Florida Gulf Coast University when his team achieved two major feats at the 2013 NCAA Tournament. First they became just the seventh 15-seed to defeat a 2-seed by upsetting Georgetown in the first round of the tournament. Then with an 81–71 upset of No. 7 San Diego State they became the first ever", "id": "13490420" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. He was succeeded by Andy Enfield from 2011-13, who took the Eagles to the", "id": "14634774" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles are led by first-year head coach Michael Fly and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Eagles finished the 2017–18 season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost", "id": "5505776" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles were led by fifth-year head coach Joe Dooley and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost to Lipscomb", "id": "15628413" }, { "contents": "Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball\n\n\ntournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University in the Second Round. Georgetown lost to the 15th-seeded Eagles 78–68, the seventh number two seed to lose to a 15 seed. It was the fourth consecutive season the Hoyas were eliminated by a double-digit seed in the NCAA Tournament. The 2013–14 season was the team's first after Georgetown and six other schools left the original Big East Conference and joined Butler, Creighton, and Xavier in forming the new Big East Conference – part of a major conference realignment in which several other", "id": "7112965" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nrun by a first-time tournament participant in NCAA history, behind only Indiana State advancing all the way to the national championship game in 1979 and Charlotte and Georgia reaching the Final Four in 1977 and 1983, respectively. Southwestern Louisiana, now known as Louisiana–Lafayette, advanced to the Sweet 16 in its first appearance as well, in 1972, but that appearance was vacated due to NCAA sanctions. Coach Andy Enfield was hired by USC on April 1. To replace him, the Eagles hired Joe Dooley, an assistant", "id": "14634779" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference and were the defending A-Sun Tournament champion. They played their home games at Alico Arena. The team went through many changes for the 2013–14 season. Head coach Andy Enfield left to take the same job at USC and former Kansas assistant Joe Dooley takes over as head coach. Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Player of", "id": "14271711" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by second year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 22–11, 12–3 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the A-Sun Tournament where they lost to USC Upstate. They received an invitation to the", "id": "14301819" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nto win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Florida State. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to win the A-Sun Tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 16 seed where they defeated", "id": "11309075" }, { "contents": "Sherwood Brown\n\n\nNCAA Tournament appearance in just the school's second year of full Division I eligibility. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Brown, scoring 24 points and grabbing 9 rebounds, led his Eagles to 78–68 win over No. 2 seed Georgetown. Then, his #15 seeded Eagles made history, by beating #7 seed San Diego State, 81–71. It marked the first time a No. 15 seed reached the sweet sixteen. Brown scored 17 points and added 8 rebounds in the contest. His final", "id": "13929588" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\nwon the Atlantic Sun Conference regular-season and/or tournament championship each year since (except for 2010) with annual postseason appearances either in the NCAA Tournament or the WNIT, in which the Eagles finished second nationally in 2016 after losing to South Dakota in the championship game. In 2012, FGCU's first year of full Division I postseason eligibility, the men's team played in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference", "id": "21316637" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n's regular season and conference tourney titles, earning its first berth into the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. The Eagles lost to St. Bonaventure University in the first round of the tournament 72-65 in Tallahassee, FL. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. Founded in 2007, the Eagles are one of the youngest men's soccer programs in the country. The team made the NCAA Tournament in the first year of eligibility, in 2011", "id": "15898384" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 15th year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 26–9, 12–2 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They defeated North Florida, Jacksonville and Stetson to become champions of the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's", "id": "5941281" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles were coached by 13th year head coach Karl Smesko and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–3, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They also won the Atlantic Sun Tournament to earn an automatic to the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to Florida State in the", "id": "10569284" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by third year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to be champions of the A-Sun", "id": "15873400" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nthe seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. On March 24, 2007, FGCU women's basketball team ended their 35–1 season with a loss in the Division II National Championship to Southern Connecticut State University. One year later, in 2008, the Women's Basketball team qualified for the WNIT, becoming the first team to qualify for the WNIT in its first season of Division I sports. During the 2008 WNIT Tourney, the team became the first Atlantic", "id": "15898382" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ndecisive 8–0 Georgetown run early in the second half, the Hoyas took their first double-digit lead on a Nate Lubick dunk with 6:18 left to play on the way to a 77–65 win. It was their first win in a postseason tournament since the 2012 NCAA Tournament and their first win in the NIT since 2005. Georgetown advanced to the second round, visiting the region's No. 1 seed, Florida State, which had defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the first round. None of the defenses the Hoyas tried against Florida", "id": "6143540" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nwon the SEC Championship with a conference record of 14–4. During the regular season, Billy Donovan notched his 400th career win as the head coach of the Gators over Missouri. After losing in the final of the 2013 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament to Mississippi, they entered the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the South Region. Florida defeated the No. 14 seed Northwestern State 79–47 in the first round, and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen after soundly beating the No. 11 seed", "id": "17774979" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by seventeenth year head coach Karl Smesko, will play their home games at the Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 28–4, 16–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season. Florida Gulf Coast won the conference tournament championship game over Liberty, 72–49. They lost in the first round to Miami (", "id": "1471180" }, { "contents": "USC Trojans men's basketball\n\n\nof one scholarship for the 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 academic years, and reductions in the numbers of recruiting days and coaches participating in off-campus recruiting through 2011. The school also vacated all wins earned during the 2007–2008 season, due to Mayo's ineligibility at that time. After becoming the first head coach to lead a 15-seed to the Sweet 16, guiding his Florida Gulf Coast Eagles to upsets of Georgetown and San Diego State, Andy Enfield was hired as the new head coach at USC on April 1, 2013. Enfield replaces", "id": "10682450" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. The Eagles compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The soccer team is one of several varsity sports teams that represent the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. The team made the NCAA tournament in the first year of eligibility in 2011, and returned in 2012, 2014, and 2016. Source: Bob Butehorn has served as head coach for Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer since the", "id": "12451948" }, { "contents": "Fairleigh Dickinson University\n\n\nthe top seeded Illinois Fighting Illini a huge scare. Being only down 1 at the half, the Knights played well and held their own for a while. However, in the second half the Illini pulled away from FDU and won the game by 12. More recently, the men's team made the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles in the First Four, and the 2019 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they defeated Prairie View A&M University in the First", "id": "6126133" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntournament debut in only their second year of Division I eligibility. They upset Georgetown and San Diego State in their first two games, becoming the first #15 seed to advance to the regional semifinals (where they were defeated by Florida). For the first time since 2010, a #14 seed won as Harvard defeated New Mexico in the West Region. The same region saw #13 La Salle, who won in the opening round, defeat #4 Kansas State and #12 Mississippi defeat #5 Wisconsin. In addition", "id": "14862719" }, { "contents": "2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament marked the 38th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 27, March 2 and 5, 2017 at campus sites as top seeds host each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated North Florida, 77–61, in the championship game to receive the conference's automatic trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records", "id": "20563986" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nis not any official definition of what constitutes a \"Cinderella team\", there does seem to be a consensus that such teams represent small schools, are usually low-seeded in the tournament, and achieves at least one unexpected win in the tournament. A recent example of this is Florida Gulf Coast University, a relatively new school that held its first classes in 1997 and became Division I postseason eligible in 2011. They made their first appearance in the 2013 tournament, winning two games to become the first #15 seed to", "id": "20874955" }, { "contents": "2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament was the 39th year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 26, March 1, and 4, 2018 at campus sites of the higher seeds. Lipscomb defeated regular season champion Florida Gulf Coast in the tournament championship to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the school's first trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a", "id": "22036552" }, { "contents": "2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nwin, as VCU was joined by #12 seed and citymate Richmond, #10 seed Florida State, and #13 seed Morehead State as first round winners. Florida State, VCU, and Richmond all advanced to the Sweet Sixteen from that region, and VCU defeated top-seeded Kansas in the final. Butler and #11 seed Gonzaga advanced from the Southeast Region, with Gonzaga losing in the Round of 32 to BYU. For the third time in as many appearances, Vanderbilt suffered a defeat to a double digit seed", "id": "10990625" }, { "contents": "Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball\n\n\nwould again win their opening game, this time defeating Jacksonville University. The Owls would break their second-round losing tradition, beating Jacksonville State University. In the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, the Owls faced Georgia State University and won 76–75, clinching their first and only conference championship and a bid to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. In the 2002 NCAA tournament, the Owls were seeded as a 15-seed, and placed in the South Region, and were paired with 2-seed University of Alabama. Though the Owls hung", "id": "18358839" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nthe following day and lost to Louisville. Falling to No. 8 in the AP Poll, but with a record of 25-6 and having won 13 of its last 15 games, Georgetown received a bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament, the Hoyas′ fourth consecutive appearance in the tournament, seventh in eight seasons, and 29th overall. Seeded second in the tournament's South Region, they met their first opponent, 15th seed Florida Gulf Coast, in the Round of 64, termed the \"Second Round\" this year.", "id": "4423034" }, { "contents": "1997 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nstripped of their Big Ten title they had also won. Arizona also became the only school since the introduction of the 64-team bracket in 1985, to defeat three number 1 seeds in the tournament, having upset overall number one seed Kansas in addition to their two Final Four victories. The tournament also saw the third victory by a #15 seed over a #2 seed, as Coppin State defeated South Carolina in their first round matchup. In addition, a #14 seed advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for only the second time", "id": "9764587" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 2018 and concluded on February 2018. The season marked the 40th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by two games over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 26 through March 4 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Lipscomb defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship", "id": "5246986" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fourteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 33–6, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the A-Sun Women's Tournament where they lost to Jacksonville. They", "id": "17761190" }, { "contents": "Coppin State Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The school's team currently competes in the NCAA Division I in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Before joining NCAA Division I, the Eagles were the 1976 NAIA National Champions. The Eagles have appeared in the NCAA Tournament four times. Their combined record is 1–4. The 1996–97 team was only the third 15 seed to beat a 2 seed in the tournament. The 2007–08 Coppin State team was", "id": "13930583" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 24, 2017 and concluded on February 23, 2017. The season marked the 39th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by one game over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 27 through March 5 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated", "id": "464189" }, { "contents": "2006 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nUCLA 73–57 in the final game. Florida's Joakim Noah was named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament. George Mason's run was one of several upsets by lower-seeded teams in the tournament. For the second consecutive year, a No. 14 seed beat a No. 3 seed as Northwestern State defeated Iowa. No. 13 seed Bradley also defeated No. 4 seed Kansas and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen by defeating No. 5-seeded Pittsburgh in the Second Round. Two No. 12 seeds won as well", "id": "87698" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nFlorida Gulf Coast University had only started classes in 1997 and was so new that it had become eligible for postseason NCAA Division I play only in 2011; the Eagles had finished in second place in the Atlantic Sun Conference and won the conference tournament, but it was their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Hoyas entered the game allowing opponents to shoot only 37.6 percent from the field – fourth-best in the United States – and limiting opponents to 55.7 points per game, and were the heavy favorites. Behind 11-", "id": "4423035" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by sixteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, play their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–5, 12–1 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season champions. They also won the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they upset Missouri in", "id": "14939652" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nchampionship game by a final score of 82-76, winning their first national title since 1986. They also are the last team from the original Big East Conference to win a national championship. On February 20, 2018, the NCAA vacated Louisville's entire tournament run, including its national title, due to multiple recruiting violations. The tournament featured several notable upsets: at least one team seeded #9 through #15 won at least once in the tournament, The most notable was Florida Gulf Coast University, who made their", "id": "14862718" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nthe Year Sherwood Brown graduated and turned professional, signing a contract with Israel's Maccabi Haifa B.C. in July 2013. They finished the season 22–13, 14–4 in Atlantic Sun play to finish in a tie for the regular season conference championship with Mercer. At the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament they advanced to their third consecutive championship game where they lost to Mercer. Due to failing to win the conference tournament as the #1 seed, they earned an automatic bid to the 2014 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to", "id": "14271712" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAtlantic Sun Conference tournament, losing to regular season champion Belmont. His 2012–13 team first attracted attention by beating Miami and finishing with a second-place finish and second seed in the Atlantic Sun tournament. After defeating regular season champion Mercer in the championship game, the Eagles earned a 15 seed in the South Region of the NCAA tournament, where they pulled off a major upset by defeating 2 seed Georgetown in the first round and then 7 seed San Diego State in the second round, making them the first 15 seed in the", "id": "13490426" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntime in tournament history, none of the four top seeded teams in a single region (the South) advanced to the Sweet 16. Also, the tournament featured the first regional final matchup of a 9-seed (Kansas State) and an 11-seed (Loyola-Chicago). Villanova, Michigan, Kansas, and Loyola-Chicago, the \"Cinderella team\" of the tournament, reached the Final Four. Villanova defeated Michigan in the championship game, 79–62. Atlantic Sun Conference champion Lipscomb made its NCAA tournament debut. The 2018", "id": "11011681" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\n, Minnesota, 78–64. The Gators then defeated Florida Gulf Coast, No. 15 seed, in the Sweet Sixteen 62–50. But once again, their run ended in the Elite Eight, this time against fourth seeded Michigan, who handily defeated the Gators, 79–59. The Gators became the first team since the expansion of the tournament in 1951 to lose in the Elite Eight in three consecutive seasons. Florida is the only program in the nation to have advanced as far as the Elite Eight in each of those seasons from 2011–2013", "id": "17774980" }, { "contents": "North Florida Ospreys men's basketball\n\n\n. In the 2014–15 season, the Ospreys made their first ever appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Tournament for the first time. On December 6, 2014, they defeated the Purdue Boilermakers on the road, marking their first ever victory over a Big Ten Conference opponent. They also won the Atlantic Sun regular season title for the first time and posted the best record in team history with 23 wins and 11 losses. As a No. 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament, they were defeated by", "id": "15251308" }, { "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\npopularly called the \"play-in game\", had Niagara, winner of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament, facing Florida A&M, who won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament, for a chance to play top seed Kansas in the First Round of the Tournament. Niagara defeated Florida A&M, 77–69, to advance to play Kansas. All teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65. The first and second-round games were played at", "id": "257019" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team\n\n\n2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 6 seed in the Midwest Region. They defeated 11 seed San Diego State in the first round and 14 seed Ohio to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the regional semifinal they defeated 2 seed and AP #5 Ohio State to advance to the first Elite Eight in school history. They were defeated by 5 seed and AP #13 Michigan State in the regional final to end their season. The 2008–09 Volunteers finished the season 21–13 overall, against the second-rated", "id": "6859935" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n1992 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, and they advanced to the final before losing to Syracuse. They were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the second round before losing to West Region No. 3 seed Florida State. They were ranked No. 22 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and No. 18 in the final Coaches' Poll. Georgetowns starting lineup of senior center and", "id": "14462787" }, { "contents": "1988–89 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nEast Tournament championship in Georgetown men's basketball history, defeating Syracuse in the final game. They were the No. 1 seed in the East Region of the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the 11th of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the East Region final before losing to the region′s No. 2 seed, Duke. They were ranked No. 2 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and Coaches' Poll. Since Patrick Ewing's graduation in May 1985, Georgetown had struggled to find", "id": "14781639" }, { "contents": "Hampton Pirates men's basketball\n\n\nThe Hampton Pirates men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, United States. The school's team formerly competed in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, but moved to the Big South Conference in 2018-19. Notably, the 2000-01 Hampton team was one of seven 15th seeds ever to upset a 2nd seed in the Round of 64 of an NCAA Tournament, defeating Iowa State in the first round. The Pirates have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament six times.", "id": "13103032" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nlost to 15-seed and tournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University 78-68 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The team was ranked No. 8 in the final Associated Press Poll of the season and No. 17 in the postseason Coaches' Poll. This was Georgetowns last season as a member of the original Big East Conference. It had been a founding member of the conference in the 1979-80 season and had remained a member for 34 seasons, but the conferences increasingly unstable membership and uncertain future and what Georgetown", "id": "4422963" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n, becoming the first player ever named the Big East's Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Tournament MVP in the same season, and only the second Tournament MVP from a team that did not win the tournament. The Hoyas were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances. In the first round, they defeated South Florida, with Mourning scoring 21 points and pulling down 11 rebounds.", "id": "14462796" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n. 7 seed, the Ospreys hosted the No. 2 seed Florida in the first round, where they fell 97–68. The Ospreys made the most three point shots (402) out of all NCAA Division I teams in the 2015–16 season, earning them the nickname \"Birds of Trey\". The Ospreys finished the 2014–15 season with a program-best overall record of 23–12, and a 12–2 record in conference play. They won the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time. As a", "id": "17130629" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nAs the #1 seed in the west region of the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, they defeated Hampton in the second round and Michigan in the third round to advance to the \"Sweet Sixteen\" where they were defeated by Arizona to finish the season 32–5. The team finished 2010 with a 35–5 record, becoming the ACC Regular Season Co-Champion, ACC Tournament Champion, and earning a #1 seed in the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Blue Devils beat Butler in the championship", "id": "16537035" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n81–78. They secured the regular season championship and No. 1 seed in the Atlantic Sun Tournament with a win at crosstown rival Jacksonville. The Ospreys began their quest to win back-to-back Atlantic Sun Tournament titles by defeating USC Upstate in the quarterfinals, 92–69. However, they were blown-out by 33 points in the semifinals by Florida Gulf Coast. Their 56 points were the fewest they scored in any game this season. Due to renovations at the O'Connell Center, the 7-seed Ospreys hosted the 2-seed Florida Gators", "id": "17130638" }, { "contents": "2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Stan Heath, the Flashes finished their best season in program history, posting a 30–6 record and advancing to the Elite Eight of the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament after defeating seventh-seeded Oklahoma State, upsetting second-seeded Alabama and third-seeded Pittsburgh, before falling to eventual national runners-up Indiana. The team set program and Mid-American Conference", "id": "6355295" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nits last 3 games in February and entering the postseason with a 24–6 record, yet still managed to win its second consecutive SEC Tournament Championship. The Gators entered the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a No. 3 seed with a 27–6 record, and ranked No. 10 by the AP. They beat No. 14 seed South Alabama and No. 11 seed Milwaukee to advance to the Minneapolis regional. There, the Gators defeated the No. 7 seed Georgetown Hoyas and upset the No. 1 seed Villanova", "id": "17774968" }, { "contents": "Troy Trojans men's basketball\n\n\n1950. The Trojans appeared in the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a 14-seed after winning the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament and faced 3-seeded Xavier in the first round, losing 71–59. The Trojans were the champions of the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2003 and defeated Central Florida for the conference tournament championship in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2004, the Trojans were the Atlantic Sun Conference Regular Season Champions. That year, the Trojans made it all the way to the Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship game, only to lose a heart", "id": "16764100" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nearned a #2 seed in the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, but lost to #15 seed Lehigh in the round of 64. Following the 2009–2010 basketball team, the 2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team began the season ranked #1 in the nation and held that title for the first nine weeks of the season going 15–0, until being defeated for the first time on January 12 again Florida State. The only non-conference loss during the regular season came again St. John's weeks later.", "id": "19517109" }, { "contents": "South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball\n\n\nTournament victory since 1973 with a 20-point win over the Marquette Golden Eagles. Two nights later, the Gamecocks upset the #2 seed Duke Blue Devils to advance to their fourth Sweet 16. South Carolina then beat #3 seed Baylor Bears to advance to their first-ever Elite 8, two days later they upset Florida to advance to their first ever Final Four. The Gamecocks have appeared in the NCAA Tournament nine times. Their combined record is 8–10. The Gamecocks have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 11", "id": "3062795" }, { "contents": "2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament marked the 37th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held March 1–6, 2016 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast won their second Atlantic Sun Tournament title and a berth in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. All 8 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. Stetson was ineligible to participate in the NCAA Tournament due to APR violations, but was allowed to participate in the Atlantic Sun Tournament. Had Stetson won the tournament, North Florida", "id": "9533118" }, { "contents": "2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n. Northern Iowa was one of four teams seeded lower than No. 8 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, joining the East Region's No. 11 seed Washington and No. 12 seed Cornell and the South Region's No. 10 seed Saint Mary's. For the first time since 2006, a No. 14 seed advanced out of the First Round as Ohio defeated Georgetown. The No. 13 seed in the West Region, Murray State, defeated No. 4-seeded Vanderbilt, marking the second consecutive appearance for the Commodores", "id": "10990515" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team represented Boston College during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by third-year head coach Jim Christian, played their home games at the Conte Forum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 9–23, 2–16 in ACC play to finish in last place. As the No. 15 seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost in the first round to Wake Forest. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 7–25", "id": "5940409" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 68 teams to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2017–18 season. The 80th annual edition of the tournament began on March 13, 2018, and concluded with the championship game on April 2 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. During the first round, UMBC became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed in the men's tournament by defeating Virginia 74–54. For the first", "id": "11011680" }, { "contents": "2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe third round of the Midwest Region. A team from the First Four games also won in the Round of 64 for the second consecutive year as South Florida defeated Midwest #5 seed Temple, setting up a #12 vs. #13 matchup that Ohio won. Virginia Commonwealth, a Final Four team from 2011 as an #11 seed, made the 2012 tournament as a #12 seed and once again made the round of 32 by defeating South #5 seed Wichita State. The South Region saw four double digit seeds win", "id": "14155762" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (also FGCU) refer to the fifteen sports teams representing Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and tennis; women's-only: softball, swimming and diving, indoor volleyball, and sand volleyball; and men's-only: baseball. The Eagles compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). FGCU is also notable as the youngest institution competing in", "id": "15898377" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nConference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. In the 2018 NCAA Tournament, Virginia became the first number 1 seed to lose to a number 16 seed when they lost to the UMBC Retrievers 74–54. Led by tenth-year head coach Tony Bennett, Virginia finished the regular season with a record of 28–2. They posted a 16–2 conference record, earning them the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament, where they defeated No. 8 seed NC State, before losing to No. 4 seed Florida State. In the", "id": "19522360" }, { "contents": "American Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe American Eagles men's basketball team represents American University in Washington, D.C. in NCAA Division I competition. The school's team competes in the Patriot League and play their home games in Bender Arena. Their rivals include Boston University, Bucknell University, and Navy. In 2008, the Eagles earned their first ever bid to the NCAA Division I Tournament by defeating Colgate in the final round of the Patriot League Tournament. The Eagles were seeded 15th against #2 Tennessee. American held tight against the Volunteers most of the game,", "id": "1515606" }, { "contents": "2010 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 11–March 14 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. This tournament was notable for the high number of upsets, with the higher seed winning only twice in the first two rounds, and the 11 and 12 seeds progressing to the semifinals. The championship game matched Duke against Georgia Tech. It was the third time a team has played 4 games (NC State in 1997 and", "id": "1478152" }, { "contents": "2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nCole Aldrich on the NCAA Tournament All-Midwest Regional team. To play the top-seeded Louisville Cardinals in the first round, Morehead State defeated Alabama State 58–43, with the Eagles keeping the Hornets without a lead the entire game. This marked the first time either team had played in the tournament in five years; the Eagles had not played since 1984. Morehead State fell to Louisville 74–54, the 100th time a 1 seed beat a 16 seed in the tournament since seeding began. However, the Eagles managed to keep", "id": "21670617" }, { "contents": "Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball\n\n\nThe Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Bisons made their first ever trip to the NCAA tournament in school history in 2018, when they defeated Florida Gulf Coast University in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament final. Lipscomb has a 177–179 all-time record in NCAA basketball and a 96–76 record in Atlantic Sun games. Lipscomb won their first Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament title", "id": "16052096" }, { "contents": "2000 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n1979 by defeating Florida 89-76 in the final game. Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, while Morris Peterson was its leading scorer. Despite the string of upsets, no seed lower than 11 won a game in the tournament. The only 11 seed to win was Pepperdine, which defeated Indiana in the East Region's first round in what turned out to be Bob Knight's last game coaching the Hoosiers before his firing that offseason. Also, two teams that qualified as 10 seeds", "id": "9764963" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by sixth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at Hawkins Arena on the university's Macon, Georgia campus and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–9, 14–4 in A-Sun play to win the regular season A-Sun championship, shared with Florida Gulf Coast. They defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship game of the A-Sun", "id": "13259751" }, { "contents": "1993 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe second round in that region. At the time, 15-seed Santa Clara's victory over 2-seed Arizona was only the second such upset, and following the 2019 tournament, is one of only eight times that a 15-seed defeated a 2-seed since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams (in 2018, Maryland-Baltimore County became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed, ousting Virginia 74-54.). For the third time, the Superdome was the host venue for the Final Four, and for the second straight year,", "id": "9764537" }, { "contents": "2006–07 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team\n\n\nWisconsin to with the tournament championship. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and received a No. 1 seed in the South regional. They defeated Central Connecticut State and Matta's former team, Xavier, to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The Buckeyes then defeated Tennessee and Memphis to advance to the Final Four, their first trip to the Final Four under Matta. With a win over Georgetown, they advanced to the National Championship game against Florida. Florida led from the start,", "id": "19897895" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team\n\n\nfinishing in third place in the Atlantic 10 during the regular season, Richmond advanced to the finals of the conference tournament before falling to Temple. Richmond was awarded an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As the seventh seed in the tournament's South region, Richmond earned the highest seeding in its history. They lost in the first round to ten seed Saint Mary's to end their season. !colspan=9| Regular Season !colspan=9| 2010 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament !colspan=10| 2010 NCAA", "id": "6019729" }, { "contents": "Norfolk State University\n\n\nchampionship which gave them the conference's automatic bid in the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, the school's first ever appearance in the tournament. The Spartans, a 15 seed, defeated the #2 seeded Missouri Tigers in the second round, 86-84. This victory was only the fifth time in NCAA Tournament history that a 15 seed defeated a 2 seed, with the last coming in 2001 by MEAC in-state rival Hampton. The Marching Spartan Legion Band performs at campus events and during Norfolk State", "id": "3283354" }, { "contents": "2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season\n\n\nof these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Ivy League does not have a conference tournament, instead giving their automatic invitation to their regular-season champion. By contrast, the Atlantic Coast Conference does not have a regular-season champion, using the standings only for seeding purposes in its conference tournament. A \"major upset\" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent. After the NCAA Tournament field was announced, the National", "id": "19699405" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nNCAA Tournament, the Cavaliers earned a No. 1 seed in the South Regional. The Cavaliers defeated No. 16 seed and NCAA tournament debutants Gardner–Webb in the first round, and No. 9 seed Oklahoma in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where they ended a potential Cinderella run from No. 12 seed Oregon. In the Elite Eight, the Cavs needed overtime to beat No. 3 Purdue; with the win, they advanced to their first Final Four since 1984. They then defeated No", "id": "19522361" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team represented Morehead State University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 5th year head coach Donnie Tyndall, played their home games at Ellis Johnson Arena and are members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 13–5 in Ohio Valley play and were champions of the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic bid in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As a 13 seed, they upset", "id": "15587818" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament upsets\n\n\nseed has ever advanced to this point in the women's tournament, all defeated teams were 3 seeds. To date, no 13 seed, in either the men's or women's tournament, has advanced to the Elite Eight. Unlike the men's tournament, in which one 12 seed won its Sweet 16 game since 1985, no 12 seed has ever won a game in the women's tournament. Only one team seeded 11 or lower has won in the Sweet 16 and advanced to the Elite Eight—11 seed Gonzaga in 2011", "id": "14196695" }, { "contents": "1985–86 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ntournament semifinals, where they lost to Syracuse. Georgetown was the No. 4 seed in the Midwest Region of the 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the eighth of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and defeated Texas Tech in the first round to advance to the second round, in which the Hoyas met the Midwest Regions No. 5 seed, Michigan State. Although he had nine of Georgetowns 17 assists, Michael Jackson shot only 1-for-7 (14.3%) from the field while Michigan State senior guard Scott Skiles", "id": "14959435" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nnational championship), and Michigan, returning for the first time since the Fab Five's second appearance in 1993 (which was later vacated). By winning the West Region, Wichita State became the first #9 seed and first Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) team to reach the Final Four since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The last #9 seed to reach the Final Four was Penn, and the last MVC team to do so was Indiana State, both in 1979. Louisville defeated Michigan in the", "id": "14862717" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by fourth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at the University Center and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–11, 13–5 in A-Sun play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the semifinals of the Atlantic Sun Basketball Tournament to Florida Gulf Coast. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Tennessee", "id": "21424844" }, { "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nwas played between two #1 seeds, due to the fact that all four #1 seeds were in the Final Four for the first time in NCAA Tournament history. Kansas entered the 2008 NCAA Tournament as the #1 seed in the Midwest Regional. In the 1st round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas dominated Portland State with an 85-61 victory. In the 2nd round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas beat UNLV 75-56 to advance to the Sweet 16. In the Sweet 16 of the 2008 NCAA", "id": "17054491" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hokies were led by third-year head coach Buzz Williams and played their home games at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 22–11, 10–8 in ACC play to finish a three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the ACC Tournament, they beat Wake Forest before losing to Florida", "id": "6984911" }, { "contents": "2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was head coach Dave Rose's 13th season at BYU and the Cougars seventh season as members of the West Coast Conference. The Cougars played their home games at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah. They finished the season 24–11, 11–7 in West Coast Conference play to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated San Diego in the quarterfinals and Saint", "id": "14065303" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n, and returned in 2012. They most recently returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2014 where they lost to Coastal Carolina 1–0. The men's soccer team plays its home games at the FGCU Soccer Complex. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I women's soccer competitions. The Green and Blue have competed in the NCAA Tournament 6 times, with a win against South Florida during the 2015 tournament. The women's team played their first home NCAA tournament game in 2014", "id": "15898385" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nto that, the region's top seed, Gonzaga, was defeated in the round of 32 by eventual region winner Wichita State, who defeated La Salle in the Sweet Sixteen. Two other teams also earned their first ever NCAA Tournament victory: Ivy League champion Harvard and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champion North Carolina A&T. Liberty became the first 20-loss team in five years to earn an NCAA bid, having finished its season with five consecutive wins to secure the Big South championship and its automatic qualification. The following are", "id": "14862720" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nThey received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning an 8 seed in the West Region. They defeated 9 seed Florida State in the first round before losing to 1 seed and AP #4 Syracuse in the second round. Gonzaga opened the season with a 94–53 exhibition victory over Alberta on November 2. Matt Bouldin led the team with 17 points, followed by Sam Dower with 15 points and Robert Sacre with 11 points. Gonzaga led by as many as 26 points in the", "id": "651215" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nUTEP and 13 seed Murray State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The team next defeated 1 seed Syracuse to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history, and then defeated 2 seed Kansas State to earn their first Final Four appearance in school history. They were only the second team from a mid-major conference to \"officially\" advance that far in the tournament since UNLV made the Final Four in 1991. On April 3, 2010, Butler defeated Michigan State and advanced to the National Championship game", "id": "12646316" } ]

[ { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSan Diego State 81–71, becoming the first time a 15th seed has ever advanced to the Sweet 16. The school was referred to as \"Dunk City\" or \"Florida Dunk Coast\" on many media outlets such as ESPN and CBS due to their high-flying athletic finishing style. The Eagles participated in their first Division I postseason tournament in 2013, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. On March 22, 2013; the Eagles", "id": "14634777" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nfull Division I member on August 11, 2011. The Eagles men's basketball team is best known for their run in the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, their first since moving up to Division I. In the Round of 64, the Eagles defeated the #2 seed Georgetown 78–68. It was only the seventh time that a 15th seed has defeated a 2nd seed, and the second-highest margin of victory for one. Two days later in the Round of 32, the Eagles defeated the #7 seed", "id": "14634776" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\n, the 15th seed in the South Region, scored one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history, defeating second-seeded Georgetown 78–68. They were only the seventh #15 seed to defeat a #2 seed, the first being Richmond's 1991 victory over Syracuse. Two days later, they defeated seventh seeded San Diego State to become the first #15 seed ever to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Their run ended there in a 62–50 loss to third seeded Florida. This is \"officially\" the third-deepest", "id": "14634778" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\ntournament final earning the automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became the seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. The Eagles went on to win two more Atlantic Sun Conference championships in", "id": "21316638" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nplayed in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. That earned the team an automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament, and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became", "id": "15898381" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nearn their first ever bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 15 seed in the south region. Guard Sherwood Brown was named the A-Sun player of the year. In their NCAA Tournament debut, the 15 seeded Eagles upset 2 seeded Georgetown 78–68. It was the third time in two years and eighth time overall that a 15 seed had upset a 2 seed. With a second round 81-71 win over San Diego State, they became the first 15 seed to win two games in a tournament to advance", "id": "8068116" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nNCAA Division I, having been officially founded in 1991 and started classes in 1997. FGCU athletics began in the NAIA. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a full Division I member on August 11, 2011. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, FGCU became the first number 15 seed to advance to the Sweet", "id": "15898378" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by second year head coach Andy Enfield, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished A-Sun play with a record of 13–5 to finish in second place. In only their second year of full NCAA eligibility, the Eagles won the Atlantic Sun Tournament, beating top-seeded Mercer in the championship game, to", "id": "8068115" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida and were led by fourth-year head coach Joe Dooley as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the regular season 26–8, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the ASUN Tournament, they defeated Stetson, Kennesaw State, and North Florida", "id": "11309074" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSweet Sixteen as the first ever 15-seed to do such. After putting FGCU on the map with their new \"Dunk City\" moniker, Enfield accepted the men's basketball position at USC. Joe Dooley then assumed the role from 2013-2018 before accepting the Head Coach position at East Carolina The Eagles are now led by long-time program assistant coach, Michael Fly. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a", "id": "14634775" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division", "id": "19591078" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAndrew William Enfield (born June 8, 1969) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Southern California (USC). He came to national prominence as the head coach of Florida Gulf Coast University when his team achieved two major feats at the 2013 NCAA Tournament. First they became just the seventh 15-seed to defeat a 2-seed by upsetting Georgetown in the first round of the tournament. Then with an 81–71 upset of No. 7 San Diego State they became the first ever", "id": "13490420" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. He was succeeded by Andy Enfield from 2011-13, who took the Eagles to the", "id": "14634774" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles are led by first-year head coach Michael Fly and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Eagles finished the 2017–18 season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost", "id": "5505776" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles were led by fifth-year head coach Joe Dooley and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost to Lipscomb", "id": "15628413" }, { "contents": "Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball\n\n\ntournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University in the Second Round. Georgetown lost to the 15th-seeded Eagles 78–68, the seventh number two seed to lose to a 15 seed. It was the fourth consecutive season the Hoyas were eliminated by a double-digit seed in the NCAA Tournament. The 2013–14 season was the team's first after Georgetown and six other schools left the original Big East Conference and joined Butler, Creighton, and Xavier in forming the new Big East Conference – part of a major conference realignment in which several other", "id": "7112965" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nrun by a first-time tournament participant in NCAA history, behind only Indiana State advancing all the way to the national championship game in 1979 and Charlotte and Georgia reaching the Final Four in 1977 and 1983, respectively. Southwestern Louisiana, now known as Louisiana–Lafayette, advanced to the Sweet 16 in its first appearance as well, in 1972, but that appearance was vacated due to NCAA sanctions. Coach Andy Enfield was hired by USC on April 1. To replace him, the Eagles hired Joe Dooley, an assistant", "id": "14634779" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference and were the defending A-Sun Tournament champion. They played their home games at Alico Arena. The team went through many changes for the 2013–14 season. Head coach Andy Enfield left to take the same job at USC and former Kansas assistant Joe Dooley takes over as head coach. Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Player of", "id": "14271711" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by second year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 22–11, 12–3 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the A-Sun Tournament where they lost to USC Upstate. They received an invitation to the", "id": "14301819" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nto win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Florida State. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to win the A-Sun Tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 16 seed where they defeated", "id": "11309075" }, { "contents": "Sherwood Brown\n\n\nNCAA Tournament appearance in just the school's second year of full Division I eligibility. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Brown, scoring 24 points and grabbing 9 rebounds, led his Eagles to 78–68 win over No. 2 seed Georgetown. Then, his #15 seeded Eagles made history, by beating #7 seed San Diego State, 81–71. It marked the first time a No. 15 seed reached the sweet sixteen. Brown scored 17 points and added 8 rebounds in the contest. His final", "id": "13929588" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\nwon the Atlantic Sun Conference regular-season and/or tournament championship each year since (except for 2010) with annual postseason appearances either in the NCAA Tournament or the WNIT, in which the Eagles finished second nationally in 2016 after losing to South Dakota in the championship game. In 2012, FGCU's first year of full Division I postseason eligibility, the men's team played in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference", "id": "21316637" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n's regular season and conference tourney titles, earning its first berth into the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. The Eagles lost to St. Bonaventure University in the first round of the tournament 72-65 in Tallahassee, FL. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. Founded in 2007, the Eagles are one of the youngest men's soccer programs in the country. The team made the NCAA Tournament in the first year of eligibility, in 2011", "id": "15898384" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 15th year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 26–9, 12–2 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They defeated North Florida, Jacksonville and Stetson to become champions of the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's", "id": "5941281" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles were coached by 13th year head coach Karl Smesko and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–3, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They also won the Atlantic Sun Tournament to earn an automatic to the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to Florida State in the", "id": "10569284" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by third year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to be champions of the A-Sun", "id": "15873400" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nthe seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. On March 24, 2007, FGCU women's basketball team ended their 35–1 season with a loss in the Division II National Championship to Southern Connecticut State University. One year later, in 2008, the Women's Basketball team qualified for the WNIT, becoming the first team to qualify for the WNIT in its first season of Division I sports. During the 2008 WNIT Tourney, the team became the first Atlantic", "id": "15898382" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ndecisive 8–0 Georgetown run early in the second half, the Hoyas took their first double-digit lead on a Nate Lubick dunk with 6:18 left to play on the way to a 77–65 win. It was their first win in a postseason tournament since the 2012 NCAA Tournament and their first win in the NIT since 2005. Georgetown advanced to the second round, visiting the region's No. 1 seed, Florida State, which had defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the first round. None of the defenses the Hoyas tried against Florida", "id": "6143540" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nwon the SEC Championship with a conference record of 14–4. During the regular season, Billy Donovan notched his 400th career win as the head coach of the Gators over Missouri. After losing in the final of the 2013 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament to Mississippi, they entered the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the South Region. Florida defeated the No. 14 seed Northwestern State 79–47 in the first round, and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen after soundly beating the No. 11 seed", "id": "17774979" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by seventeenth year head coach Karl Smesko, will play their home games at the Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 28–4, 16–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season. Florida Gulf Coast won the conference tournament championship game over Liberty, 72–49. They lost in the first round to Miami (", "id": "1471180" }, { "contents": "USC Trojans men's basketball\n\n\nof one scholarship for the 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 academic years, and reductions in the numbers of recruiting days and coaches participating in off-campus recruiting through 2011. The school also vacated all wins earned during the 2007–2008 season, due to Mayo's ineligibility at that time. After becoming the first head coach to lead a 15-seed to the Sweet 16, guiding his Florida Gulf Coast Eagles to upsets of Georgetown and San Diego State, Andy Enfield was hired as the new head coach at USC on April 1, 2013. Enfield replaces", "id": "10682450" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. The Eagles compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The soccer team is one of several varsity sports teams that represent the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. The team made the NCAA tournament in the first year of eligibility in 2011, and returned in 2012, 2014, and 2016. Source: Bob Butehorn has served as head coach for Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer since the", "id": "12451948" }, { "contents": "Fairleigh Dickinson University\n\n\nthe top seeded Illinois Fighting Illini a huge scare. Being only down 1 at the half, the Knights played well and held their own for a while. However, in the second half the Illini pulled away from FDU and won the game by 12. More recently, the men's team made the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles in the First Four, and the 2019 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they defeated Prairie View A&M University in the First", "id": "6126133" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntournament debut in only their second year of Division I eligibility. They upset Georgetown and San Diego State in their first two games, becoming the first #15 seed to advance to the regional semifinals (where they were defeated by Florida). For the first time since 2010, a #14 seed won as Harvard defeated New Mexico in the West Region. The same region saw #13 La Salle, who won in the opening round, defeat #4 Kansas State and #12 Mississippi defeat #5 Wisconsin. In addition", "id": "14862719" }, { "contents": "2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament marked the 38th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 27, March 2 and 5, 2017 at campus sites as top seeds host each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated North Florida, 77–61, in the championship game to receive the conference's automatic trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records", "id": "20563986" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nis not any official definition of what constitutes a \"Cinderella team\", there does seem to be a consensus that such teams represent small schools, are usually low-seeded in the tournament, and achieves at least one unexpected win in the tournament. A recent example of this is Florida Gulf Coast University, a relatively new school that held its first classes in 1997 and became Division I postseason eligible in 2011. They made their first appearance in the 2013 tournament, winning two games to become the first #15 seed to", "id": "20874955" }, { "contents": "2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament was the 39th year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 26, March 1, and 4, 2018 at campus sites of the higher seeds. Lipscomb defeated regular season champion Florida Gulf Coast in the tournament championship to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the school's first trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a", "id": "22036552" }, { "contents": "2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nwin, as VCU was joined by #12 seed and citymate Richmond, #10 seed Florida State, and #13 seed Morehead State as first round winners. Florida State, VCU, and Richmond all advanced to the Sweet Sixteen from that region, and VCU defeated top-seeded Kansas in the final. Butler and #11 seed Gonzaga advanced from the Southeast Region, with Gonzaga losing in the Round of 32 to BYU. For the third time in as many appearances, Vanderbilt suffered a defeat to a double digit seed", "id": "10990625" }, { "contents": "Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball\n\n\nwould again win their opening game, this time defeating Jacksonville University. The Owls would break their second-round losing tradition, beating Jacksonville State University. In the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, the Owls faced Georgia State University and won 76–75, clinching their first and only conference championship and a bid to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. In the 2002 NCAA tournament, the Owls were seeded as a 15-seed, and placed in the South Region, and were paired with 2-seed University of Alabama. Though the Owls hung", "id": "18358839" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nthe following day and lost to Louisville. Falling to No. 8 in the AP Poll, but with a record of 25-6 and having won 13 of its last 15 games, Georgetown received a bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament, the Hoyas′ fourth consecutive appearance in the tournament, seventh in eight seasons, and 29th overall. Seeded second in the tournament's South Region, they met their first opponent, 15th seed Florida Gulf Coast, in the Round of 64, termed the \"Second Round\" this year.", "id": "4423034" }, { "contents": "1997 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nstripped of their Big Ten title they had also won. Arizona also became the only school since the introduction of the 64-team bracket in 1985, to defeat three number 1 seeds in the tournament, having upset overall number one seed Kansas in addition to their two Final Four victories. The tournament also saw the third victory by a #15 seed over a #2 seed, as Coppin State defeated South Carolina in their first round matchup. In addition, a #14 seed advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for only the second time", "id": "9764587" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 2018 and concluded on February 2018. The season marked the 40th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by two games over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 26 through March 4 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Lipscomb defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship", "id": "5246986" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fourteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 33–6, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the A-Sun Women's Tournament where they lost to Jacksonville. They", "id": "17761190" }, { "contents": "Coppin State Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The school's team currently competes in the NCAA Division I in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Before joining NCAA Division I, the Eagles were the 1976 NAIA National Champions. The Eagles have appeared in the NCAA Tournament four times. Their combined record is 1–4. The 1996–97 team was only the third 15 seed to beat a 2 seed in the tournament. The 2007–08 Coppin State team was", "id": "13930583" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 24, 2017 and concluded on February 23, 2017. The season marked the 39th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by one game over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 27 through March 5 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated", "id": "464189" }, { "contents": "2006 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nUCLA 73–57 in the final game. Florida's Joakim Noah was named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament. George Mason's run was one of several upsets by lower-seeded teams in the tournament. For the second consecutive year, a No. 14 seed beat a No. 3 seed as Northwestern State defeated Iowa. No. 13 seed Bradley also defeated No. 4 seed Kansas and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen by defeating No. 5-seeded Pittsburgh in the Second Round. Two No. 12 seeds won as well", "id": "87698" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nFlorida Gulf Coast University had only started classes in 1997 and was so new that it had become eligible for postseason NCAA Division I play only in 2011; the Eagles had finished in second place in the Atlantic Sun Conference and won the conference tournament, but it was their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Hoyas entered the game allowing opponents to shoot only 37.6 percent from the field – fourth-best in the United States – and limiting opponents to 55.7 points per game, and were the heavy favorites. Behind 11-", "id": "4423035" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by sixteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, play their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–5, 12–1 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season champions. They also won the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they upset Missouri in", "id": "14939652" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nchampionship game by a final score of 82-76, winning their first national title since 1986. They also are the last team from the original Big East Conference to win a national championship. On February 20, 2018, the NCAA vacated Louisville's entire tournament run, including its national title, due to multiple recruiting violations. The tournament featured several notable upsets: at least one team seeded #9 through #15 won at least once in the tournament, The most notable was Florida Gulf Coast University, who made their", "id": "14862718" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nthe Year Sherwood Brown graduated and turned professional, signing a contract with Israel's Maccabi Haifa B.C. in July 2013. They finished the season 22–13, 14–4 in Atlantic Sun play to finish in a tie for the regular season conference championship with Mercer. At the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament they advanced to their third consecutive championship game where they lost to Mercer. Due to failing to win the conference tournament as the #1 seed, they earned an automatic bid to the 2014 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to", "id": "14271712" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAtlantic Sun Conference tournament, losing to regular season champion Belmont. His 2012–13 team first attracted attention by beating Miami and finishing with a second-place finish and second seed in the Atlantic Sun tournament. After defeating regular season champion Mercer in the championship game, the Eagles earned a 15 seed in the South Region of the NCAA tournament, where they pulled off a major upset by defeating 2 seed Georgetown in the first round and then 7 seed San Diego State in the second round, making them the first 15 seed in the", "id": "13490426" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntime in tournament history, none of the four top seeded teams in a single region (the South) advanced to the Sweet 16. Also, the tournament featured the first regional final matchup of a 9-seed (Kansas State) and an 11-seed (Loyola-Chicago). Villanova, Michigan, Kansas, and Loyola-Chicago, the \"Cinderella team\" of the tournament, reached the Final Four. Villanova defeated Michigan in the championship game, 79–62. Atlantic Sun Conference champion Lipscomb made its NCAA tournament debut. The 2018", "id": "11011681" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\n, Minnesota, 78–64. The Gators then defeated Florida Gulf Coast, No. 15 seed, in the Sweet Sixteen 62–50. But once again, their run ended in the Elite Eight, this time against fourth seeded Michigan, who handily defeated the Gators, 79–59. The Gators became the first team since the expansion of the tournament in 1951 to lose in the Elite Eight in three consecutive seasons. Florida is the only program in the nation to have advanced as far as the Elite Eight in each of those seasons from 2011–2013", "id": "17774980" }, { "contents": "North Florida Ospreys men's basketball\n\n\n. In the 2014–15 season, the Ospreys made their first ever appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Tournament for the first time. On December 6, 2014, they defeated the Purdue Boilermakers on the road, marking their first ever victory over a Big Ten Conference opponent. They also won the Atlantic Sun regular season title for the first time and posted the best record in team history with 23 wins and 11 losses. As a No. 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament, they were defeated by", "id": "15251308" }, { "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\npopularly called the \"play-in game\", had Niagara, winner of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament, facing Florida A&M, who won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament, for a chance to play top seed Kansas in the First Round of the Tournament. Niagara defeated Florida A&M, 77–69, to advance to play Kansas. All teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65. The first and second-round games were played at", "id": "257019" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team\n\n\n2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 6 seed in the Midwest Region. They defeated 11 seed San Diego State in the first round and 14 seed Ohio to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the regional semifinal they defeated 2 seed and AP #5 Ohio State to advance to the first Elite Eight in school history. They were defeated by 5 seed and AP #13 Michigan State in the regional final to end their season. The 2008–09 Volunteers finished the season 21–13 overall, against the second-rated", "id": "6859935" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n1992 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, and they advanced to the final before losing to Syracuse. They were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the second round before losing to West Region No. 3 seed Florida State. They were ranked No. 22 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and No. 18 in the final Coaches' Poll. Georgetowns starting lineup of senior center and", "id": "14462787" }, { "contents": "1988–89 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nEast Tournament championship in Georgetown men's basketball history, defeating Syracuse in the final game. They were the No. 1 seed in the East Region of the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the 11th of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the East Region final before losing to the region′s No. 2 seed, Duke. They were ranked No. 2 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and Coaches' Poll. Since Patrick Ewing's graduation in May 1985, Georgetown had struggled to find", "id": "14781639" }, { "contents": "Hampton Pirates men's basketball\n\n\nThe Hampton Pirates men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, United States. The school's team formerly competed in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, but moved to the Big South Conference in 2018-19. Notably, the 2000-01 Hampton team was one of seven 15th seeds ever to upset a 2nd seed in the Round of 64 of an NCAA Tournament, defeating Iowa State in the first round. The Pirates have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament six times.", "id": "13103032" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nlost to 15-seed and tournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University 78-68 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The team was ranked No. 8 in the final Associated Press Poll of the season and No. 17 in the postseason Coaches' Poll. This was Georgetowns last season as a member of the original Big East Conference. It had been a founding member of the conference in the 1979-80 season and had remained a member for 34 seasons, but the conferences increasingly unstable membership and uncertain future and what Georgetown", "id": "4422963" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n, becoming the first player ever named the Big East's Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Tournament MVP in the same season, and only the second Tournament MVP from a team that did not win the tournament. The Hoyas were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances. In the first round, they defeated South Florida, with Mourning scoring 21 points and pulling down 11 rebounds.", "id": "14462796" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n. 7 seed, the Ospreys hosted the No. 2 seed Florida in the first round, where they fell 97–68. The Ospreys made the most three point shots (402) out of all NCAA Division I teams in the 2015–16 season, earning them the nickname \"Birds of Trey\". The Ospreys finished the 2014–15 season with a program-best overall record of 23–12, and a 12–2 record in conference play. They won the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time. As a", "id": "17130629" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nAs the #1 seed in the west region of the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, they defeated Hampton in the second round and Michigan in the third round to advance to the \"Sweet Sixteen\" where they were defeated by Arizona to finish the season 32–5. The team finished 2010 with a 35–5 record, becoming the ACC Regular Season Co-Champion, ACC Tournament Champion, and earning a #1 seed in the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Blue Devils beat Butler in the championship", "id": "16537035" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n81–78. They secured the regular season championship and No. 1 seed in the Atlantic Sun Tournament with a win at crosstown rival Jacksonville. The Ospreys began their quest to win back-to-back Atlantic Sun Tournament titles by defeating USC Upstate in the quarterfinals, 92–69. However, they were blown-out by 33 points in the semifinals by Florida Gulf Coast. Their 56 points were the fewest they scored in any game this season. Due to renovations at the O'Connell Center, the 7-seed Ospreys hosted the 2-seed Florida Gators", "id": "17130638" }, { "contents": "2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Stan Heath, the Flashes finished their best season in program history, posting a 30–6 record and advancing to the Elite Eight of the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament after defeating seventh-seeded Oklahoma State, upsetting second-seeded Alabama and third-seeded Pittsburgh, before falling to eventual national runners-up Indiana. The team set program and Mid-American Conference", "id": "6355295" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nits last 3 games in February and entering the postseason with a 24–6 record, yet still managed to win its second consecutive SEC Tournament Championship. The Gators entered the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a No. 3 seed with a 27–6 record, and ranked No. 10 by the AP. They beat No. 14 seed South Alabama and No. 11 seed Milwaukee to advance to the Minneapolis regional. There, the Gators defeated the No. 7 seed Georgetown Hoyas and upset the No. 1 seed Villanova", "id": "17774968" }, { "contents": "Troy Trojans men's basketball\n\n\n1950. The Trojans appeared in the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a 14-seed after winning the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament and faced 3-seeded Xavier in the first round, losing 71–59. The Trojans were the champions of the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2003 and defeated Central Florida for the conference tournament championship in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2004, the Trojans were the Atlantic Sun Conference Regular Season Champions. That year, the Trojans made it all the way to the Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship game, only to lose a heart", "id": "16764100" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nearned a #2 seed in the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, but lost to #15 seed Lehigh in the round of 64. Following the 2009–2010 basketball team, the 2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team began the season ranked #1 in the nation and held that title for the first nine weeks of the season going 15–0, until being defeated for the first time on January 12 again Florida State. The only non-conference loss during the regular season came again St. John's weeks later.", "id": "19517109" }, { "contents": "South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball\n\n\nTournament victory since 1973 with a 20-point win over the Marquette Golden Eagles. Two nights later, the Gamecocks upset the #2 seed Duke Blue Devils to advance to their fourth Sweet 16. South Carolina then beat #3 seed Baylor Bears to advance to their first-ever Elite 8, two days later they upset Florida to advance to their first ever Final Four. The Gamecocks have appeared in the NCAA Tournament nine times. Their combined record is 8–10. The Gamecocks have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 11", "id": "3062795" }, { "contents": "2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament marked the 37th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held March 1–6, 2016 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast won their second Atlantic Sun Tournament title and a berth in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. All 8 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. Stetson was ineligible to participate in the NCAA Tournament due to APR violations, but was allowed to participate in the Atlantic Sun Tournament. Had Stetson won the tournament, North Florida", "id": "9533118" }, { "contents": "2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n. Northern Iowa was one of four teams seeded lower than No. 8 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, joining the East Region's No. 11 seed Washington and No. 12 seed Cornell and the South Region's No. 10 seed Saint Mary's. For the first time since 2006, a No. 14 seed advanced out of the First Round as Ohio defeated Georgetown. The No. 13 seed in the West Region, Murray State, defeated No. 4-seeded Vanderbilt, marking the second consecutive appearance for the Commodores", "id": "10990515" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team represented Boston College during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by third-year head coach Jim Christian, played their home games at the Conte Forum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 9–23, 2–16 in ACC play to finish in last place. As the No. 15 seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost in the first round to Wake Forest. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 7–25", "id": "5940409" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 68 teams to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2017–18 season. The 80th annual edition of the tournament began on March 13, 2018, and concluded with the championship game on April 2 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. During the first round, UMBC became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed in the men's tournament by defeating Virginia 74–54. For the first", "id": "11011680" }, { "contents": "2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe third round of the Midwest Region. A team from the First Four games also won in the Round of 64 for the second consecutive year as South Florida defeated Midwest #5 seed Temple, setting up a #12 vs. #13 matchup that Ohio won. Virginia Commonwealth, a Final Four team from 2011 as an #11 seed, made the 2012 tournament as a #12 seed and once again made the round of 32 by defeating South #5 seed Wichita State. The South Region saw four double digit seeds win", "id": "14155762" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (also FGCU) refer to the fifteen sports teams representing Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and tennis; women's-only: softball, swimming and diving, indoor volleyball, and sand volleyball; and men's-only: baseball. The Eagles compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). FGCU is also notable as the youngest institution competing in", "id": "15898377" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nConference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. In the 2018 NCAA Tournament, Virginia became the first number 1 seed to lose to a number 16 seed when they lost to the UMBC Retrievers 74–54. Led by tenth-year head coach Tony Bennett, Virginia finished the regular season with a record of 28–2. They posted a 16–2 conference record, earning them the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament, where they defeated No. 8 seed NC State, before losing to No. 4 seed Florida State. In the", "id": "19522360" }, { "contents": "American Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe American Eagles men's basketball team represents American University in Washington, D.C. in NCAA Division I competition. The school's team competes in the Patriot League and play their home games in Bender Arena. Their rivals include Boston University, Bucknell University, and Navy. In 2008, the Eagles earned their first ever bid to the NCAA Division I Tournament by defeating Colgate in the final round of the Patriot League Tournament. The Eagles were seeded 15th against #2 Tennessee. American held tight against the Volunteers most of the game,", "id": "1515606" }, { "contents": "2010 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 11–March 14 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. This tournament was notable for the high number of upsets, with the higher seed winning only twice in the first two rounds, and the 11 and 12 seeds progressing to the semifinals. The championship game matched Duke against Georgia Tech. It was the third time a team has played 4 games (NC State in 1997 and", "id": "1478152" }, { "contents": "2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nCole Aldrich on the NCAA Tournament All-Midwest Regional team. To play the top-seeded Louisville Cardinals in the first round, Morehead State defeated Alabama State 58–43, with the Eagles keeping the Hornets without a lead the entire game. This marked the first time either team had played in the tournament in five years; the Eagles had not played since 1984. Morehead State fell to Louisville 74–54, the 100th time a 1 seed beat a 16 seed in the tournament since seeding began. However, the Eagles managed to keep", "id": "21670617" }, { "contents": "Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball\n\n\nThe Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Bisons made their first ever trip to the NCAA tournament in school history in 2018, when they defeated Florida Gulf Coast University in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament final. Lipscomb has a 177–179 all-time record in NCAA basketball and a 96–76 record in Atlantic Sun games. Lipscomb won their first Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament title", "id": "16052096" }, { "contents": "2000 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n1979 by defeating Florida 89-76 in the final game. Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, while Morris Peterson was its leading scorer. Despite the string of upsets, no seed lower than 11 won a game in the tournament. The only 11 seed to win was Pepperdine, which defeated Indiana in the East Region's first round in what turned out to be Bob Knight's last game coaching the Hoosiers before his firing that offseason. Also, two teams that qualified as 10 seeds", "id": "9764963" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by sixth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at Hawkins Arena on the university's Macon, Georgia campus and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–9, 14–4 in A-Sun play to win the regular season A-Sun championship, shared with Florida Gulf Coast. They defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship game of the A-Sun", "id": "13259751" }, { "contents": "1993 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe second round in that region. At the time, 15-seed Santa Clara's victory over 2-seed Arizona was only the second such upset, and following the 2019 tournament, is one of only eight times that a 15-seed defeated a 2-seed since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams (in 2018, Maryland-Baltimore County became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed, ousting Virginia 74-54.). For the third time, the Superdome was the host venue for the Final Four, and for the second straight year,", "id": "9764537" }, { "contents": "2006–07 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team\n\n\nWisconsin to with the tournament championship. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and received a No. 1 seed in the South regional. They defeated Central Connecticut State and Matta's former team, Xavier, to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The Buckeyes then defeated Tennessee and Memphis to advance to the Final Four, their first trip to the Final Four under Matta. With a win over Georgetown, they advanced to the National Championship game against Florida. Florida led from the start,", "id": "19897895" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team\n\n\nfinishing in third place in the Atlantic 10 during the regular season, Richmond advanced to the finals of the conference tournament before falling to Temple. Richmond was awarded an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As the seventh seed in the tournament's South region, Richmond earned the highest seeding in its history. They lost in the first round to ten seed Saint Mary's to end their season. !colspan=9| Regular Season !colspan=9| 2010 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament !colspan=10| 2010 NCAA", "id": "6019729" }, { "contents": "Norfolk State University\n\n\nchampionship which gave them the conference's automatic bid in the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, the school's first ever appearance in the tournament. The Spartans, a 15 seed, defeated the #2 seeded Missouri Tigers in the second round, 86-84. This victory was only the fifth time in NCAA Tournament history that a 15 seed defeated a 2 seed, with the last coming in 2001 by MEAC in-state rival Hampton. The Marching Spartan Legion Band performs at campus events and during Norfolk State", "id": "3283354" }, { "contents": "2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season\n\n\nof these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Ivy League does not have a conference tournament, instead giving their automatic invitation to their regular-season champion. By contrast, the Atlantic Coast Conference does not have a regular-season champion, using the standings only for seeding purposes in its conference tournament. A \"major upset\" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent. After the NCAA Tournament field was announced, the National", "id": "19699405" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nNCAA Tournament, the Cavaliers earned a No. 1 seed in the South Regional. The Cavaliers defeated No. 16 seed and NCAA tournament debutants Gardner–Webb in the first round, and No. 9 seed Oklahoma in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where they ended a potential Cinderella run from No. 12 seed Oregon. In the Elite Eight, the Cavs needed overtime to beat No. 3 Purdue; with the win, they advanced to their first Final Four since 1984. They then defeated No", "id": "19522361" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team represented Morehead State University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 5th year head coach Donnie Tyndall, played their home games at Ellis Johnson Arena and are members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 13–5 in Ohio Valley play and were champions of the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic bid in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As a 13 seed, they upset", "id": "15587818" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament upsets\n\n\nseed has ever advanced to this point in the women's tournament, all defeated teams were 3 seeds. To date, no 13 seed, in either the men's or women's tournament, has advanced to the Elite Eight. Unlike the men's tournament, in which one 12 seed won its Sweet 16 game since 1985, no 12 seed has ever won a game in the women's tournament. Only one team seeded 11 or lower has won in the Sweet 16 and advanced to the Elite Eight—11 seed Gonzaga in 2011", "id": "14196695" }, { "contents": "1985–86 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ntournament semifinals, where they lost to Syracuse. Georgetown was the No. 4 seed in the Midwest Region of the 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the eighth of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and defeated Texas Tech in the first round to advance to the second round, in which the Hoyas met the Midwest Regions No. 5 seed, Michigan State. Although he had nine of Georgetowns 17 assists, Michael Jackson shot only 1-for-7 (14.3%) from the field while Michigan State senior guard Scott Skiles", "id": "14959435" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nnational championship), and Michigan, returning for the first time since the Fab Five's second appearance in 1993 (which was later vacated). By winning the West Region, Wichita State became the first #9 seed and first Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) team to reach the Final Four since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The last #9 seed to reach the Final Four was Penn, and the last MVC team to do so was Indiana State, both in 1979. Louisville defeated Michigan in the", "id": "14862717" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by fourth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at the University Center and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–11, 13–5 in A-Sun play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the semifinals of the Atlantic Sun Basketball Tournament to Florida Gulf Coast. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Tennessee", "id": "21424844" }, { "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nwas played between two #1 seeds, due to the fact that all four #1 seeds were in the Final Four for the first time in NCAA Tournament history. Kansas entered the 2008 NCAA Tournament as the #1 seed in the Midwest Regional. In the 1st round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas dominated Portland State with an 85-61 victory. In the 2nd round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas beat UNLV 75-56 to advance to the Sweet 16. In the Sweet 16 of the 2008 NCAA", "id": "17054491" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hokies were led by third-year head coach Buzz Williams and played their home games at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 22–11, 10–8 in ACC play to finish a three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the ACC Tournament, they beat Wake Forest before losing to Florida", "id": "6984911" }, { "contents": "2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was head coach Dave Rose's 13th season at BYU and the Cougars seventh season as members of the West Coast Conference. The Cougars played their home games at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah. They finished the season 24–11, 11–7 in West Coast Conference play to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated San Diego in the quarterfinals and Saint", "id": "14065303" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n, and returned in 2012. They most recently returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2014 where they lost to Coastal Carolina 1–0. The men's soccer team plays its home games at the FGCU Soccer Complex. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I women's soccer competitions. The Green and Blue have competed in the NCAA Tournament 6 times, with a win against South Florida during the 2015 tournament. The women's team played their first home NCAA tournament game in 2014", "id": "15898385" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nto that, the region's top seed, Gonzaga, was defeated in the round of 32 by eventual region winner Wichita State, who defeated La Salle in the Sweet Sixteen. Two other teams also earned their first ever NCAA Tournament victory: Ivy League champion Harvard and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champion North Carolina A&T. Liberty became the first 20-loss team in five years to earn an NCAA bid, having finished its season with five consecutive wins to secure the Big South championship and its automatic qualification. The following are", "id": "14862720" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nThey received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning an 8 seed in the West Region. They defeated 9 seed Florida State in the first round before losing to 1 seed and AP #4 Syracuse in the second round. Gonzaga opened the season with a 94–53 exhibition victory over Alberta on November 2. Matt Bouldin led the team with 17 points, followed by Sam Dower with 15 points and Robert Sacre with 11 points. Gonzaga led by as many as 26 points in the", "id": "651215" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nUTEP and 13 seed Murray State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The team next defeated 1 seed Syracuse to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history, and then defeated 2 seed Kansas State to earn their first Final Four appearance in school history. They were only the second team from a mid-major conference to \"officially\" advance that far in the tournament since UNLV made the Final Four in 1991. On April 3, 2010, Butler defeated Michigan State and advanced to the National Championship game", "id": "12646316" } ]

[ { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSan Diego State 81–71, becoming the first time a 15th seed has ever advanced to the Sweet 16. The school was referred to as \"Dunk City\" or \"Florida Dunk Coast\" on many media outlets such as ESPN and CBS due to their high-flying athletic finishing style. The Eagles participated in their first Division I postseason tournament in 2013, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. On March 22, 2013; the Eagles", "id": "14634777" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nfull Division I member on August 11, 2011. The Eagles men's basketball team is best known for their run in the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, their first since moving up to Division I. In the Round of 64, the Eagles defeated the #2 seed Georgetown 78–68. It was only the seventh time that a 15th seed has defeated a 2nd seed, and the second-highest margin of victory for one. Two days later in the Round of 32, the Eagles defeated the #7 seed", "id": "14634776" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\n, the 15th seed in the South Region, scored one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history, defeating second-seeded Georgetown 78–68. They were only the seventh #15 seed to defeat a #2 seed, the first being Richmond's 1991 victory over Syracuse. Two days later, they defeated seventh seeded San Diego State to become the first #15 seed ever to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Their run ended there in a 62–50 loss to third seeded Florida. This is \"officially\" the third-deepest", "id": "14634778" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\ntournament final earning the automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became the seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. The Eagles went on to win two more Atlantic Sun Conference championships in", "id": "21316638" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nplayed in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. That earned the team an automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament, and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became", "id": "15898381" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nearn their first ever bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 15 seed in the south region. Guard Sherwood Brown was named the A-Sun player of the year. In their NCAA Tournament debut, the 15 seeded Eagles upset 2 seeded Georgetown 78–68. It was the third time in two years and eighth time overall that a 15 seed had upset a 2 seed. With a second round 81-71 win over San Diego State, they became the first 15 seed to win two games in a tournament to advance", "id": "8068116" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nNCAA Division I, having been officially founded in 1991 and started classes in 1997. FGCU athletics began in the NAIA. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a full Division I member on August 11, 2011. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, FGCU became the first number 15 seed to advance to the Sweet", "id": "15898378" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by second year head coach Andy Enfield, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished A-Sun play with a record of 13–5 to finish in second place. In only their second year of full NCAA eligibility, the Eagles won the Atlantic Sun Tournament, beating top-seeded Mercer in the championship game, to", "id": "8068115" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida and were led by fourth-year head coach Joe Dooley as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the regular season 26–8, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the ASUN Tournament, they defeated Stetson, Kennesaw State, and North Florida", "id": "11309074" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSweet Sixteen as the first ever 15-seed to do such. After putting FGCU on the map with their new \"Dunk City\" moniker, Enfield accepted the men's basketball position at USC. Joe Dooley then assumed the role from 2013-2018 before accepting the Head Coach position at East Carolina The Eagles are now led by long-time program assistant coach, Michael Fly. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a", "id": "14634775" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division", "id": "19591078" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAndrew William Enfield (born June 8, 1969) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Southern California (USC). He came to national prominence as the head coach of Florida Gulf Coast University when his team achieved two major feats at the 2013 NCAA Tournament. First they became just the seventh 15-seed to defeat a 2-seed by upsetting Georgetown in the first round of the tournament. Then with an 81–71 upset of No. 7 San Diego State they became the first ever", "id": "13490420" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. He was succeeded by Andy Enfield from 2011-13, who took the Eagles to the", "id": "14634774" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles are led by first-year head coach Michael Fly and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Eagles finished the 2017–18 season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost", "id": "5505776" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles were led by fifth-year head coach Joe Dooley and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost to Lipscomb", "id": "15628413" }, { "contents": "Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball\n\n\ntournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University in the Second Round. Georgetown lost to the 15th-seeded Eagles 78–68, the seventh number two seed to lose to a 15 seed. It was the fourth consecutive season the Hoyas were eliminated by a double-digit seed in the NCAA Tournament. The 2013–14 season was the team's first after Georgetown and six other schools left the original Big East Conference and joined Butler, Creighton, and Xavier in forming the new Big East Conference – part of a major conference realignment in which several other", "id": "7112965" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nrun by a first-time tournament participant in NCAA history, behind only Indiana State advancing all the way to the national championship game in 1979 and Charlotte and Georgia reaching the Final Four in 1977 and 1983, respectively. Southwestern Louisiana, now known as Louisiana–Lafayette, advanced to the Sweet 16 in its first appearance as well, in 1972, but that appearance was vacated due to NCAA sanctions. Coach Andy Enfield was hired by USC on April 1. To replace him, the Eagles hired Joe Dooley, an assistant", "id": "14634779" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference and were the defending A-Sun Tournament champion. They played their home games at Alico Arena. The team went through many changes for the 2013–14 season. Head coach Andy Enfield left to take the same job at USC and former Kansas assistant Joe Dooley takes over as head coach. Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Player of", "id": "14271711" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by second year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 22–11, 12–3 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the A-Sun Tournament where they lost to USC Upstate. They received an invitation to the", "id": "14301819" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nto win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Florida State. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to win the A-Sun Tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 16 seed where they defeated", "id": "11309075" }, { "contents": "Sherwood Brown\n\n\nNCAA Tournament appearance in just the school's second year of full Division I eligibility. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Brown, scoring 24 points and grabbing 9 rebounds, led his Eagles to 78–68 win over No. 2 seed Georgetown. Then, his #15 seeded Eagles made history, by beating #7 seed San Diego State, 81–71. It marked the first time a No. 15 seed reached the sweet sixteen. Brown scored 17 points and added 8 rebounds in the contest. His final", "id": "13929588" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\nwon the Atlantic Sun Conference regular-season and/or tournament championship each year since (except for 2010) with annual postseason appearances either in the NCAA Tournament or the WNIT, in which the Eagles finished second nationally in 2016 after losing to South Dakota in the championship game. In 2012, FGCU's first year of full Division I postseason eligibility, the men's team played in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference", "id": "21316637" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n's regular season and conference tourney titles, earning its first berth into the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. The Eagles lost to St. Bonaventure University in the first round of the tournament 72-65 in Tallahassee, FL. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. Founded in 2007, the Eagles are one of the youngest men's soccer programs in the country. The team made the NCAA Tournament in the first year of eligibility, in 2011", "id": "15898384" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 15th year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 26–9, 12–2 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They defeated North Florida, Jacksonville and Stetson to become champions of the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's", "id": "5941281" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles were coached by 13th year head coach Karl Smesko and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–3, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They also won the Atlantic Sun Tournament to earn an automatic to the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to Florida State in the", "id": "10569284" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by third year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to be champions of the A-Sun", "id": "15873400" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nthe seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. On March 24, 2007, FGCU women's basketball team ended their 35–1 season with a loss in the Division II National Championship to Southern Connecticut State University. One year later, in 2008, the Women's Basketball team qualified for the WNIT, becoming the first team to qualify for the WNIT in its first season of Division I sports. During the 2008 WNIT Tourney, the team became the first Atlantic", "id": "15898382" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ndecisive 8–0 Georgetown run early in the second half, the Hoyas took their first double-digit lead on a Nate Lubick dunk with 6:18 left to play on the way to a 77–65 win. It was their first win in a postseason tournament since the 2012 NCAA Tournament and their first win in the NIT since 2005. Georgetown advanced to the second round, visiting the region's No. 1 seed, Florida State, which had defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the first round. None of the defenses the Hoyas tried against Florida", "id": "6143540" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nwon the SEC Championship with a conference record of 14–4. During the regular season, Billy Donovan notched his 400th career win as the head coach of the Gators over Missouri. After losing in the final of the 2013 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament to Mississippi, they entered the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the South Region. Florida defeated the No. 14 seed Northwestern State 79–47 in the first round, and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen after soundly beating the No. 11 seed", "id": "17774979" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by seventeenth year head coach Karl Smesko, will play their home games at the Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 28–4, 16–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season. Florida Gulf Coast won the conference tournament championship game over Liberty, 72–49. They lost in the first round to Miami (", "id": "1471180" }, { "contents": "USC Trojans men's basketball\n\n\nof one scholarship for the 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 academic years, and reductions in the numbers of recruiting days and coaches participating in off-campus recruiting through 2011. The school also vacated all wins earned during the 2007–2008 season, due to Mayo's ineligibility at that time. After becoming the first head coach to lead a 15-seed to the Sweet 16, guiding his Florida Gulf Coast Eagles to upsets of Georgetown and San Diego State, Andy Enfield was hired as the new head coach at USC on April 1, 2013. Enfield replaces", "id": "10682450" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. The Eagles compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The soccer team is one of several varsity sports teams that represent the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. The team made the NCAA tournament in the first year of eligibility in 2011, and returned in 2012, 2014, and 2016. Source: Bob Butehorn has served as head coach for Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer since the", "id": "12451948" }, { "contents": "Fairleigh Dickinson University\n\n\nthe top seeded Illinois Fighting Illini a huge scare. Being only down 1 at the half, the Knights played well and held their own for a while. However, in the second half the Illini pulled away from FDU and won the game by 12. More recently, the men's team made the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles in the First Four, and the 2019 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they defeated Prairie View A&M University in the First", "id": "6126133" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntournament debut in only their second year of Division I eligibility. They upset Georgetown and San Diego State in their first two games, becoming the first #15 seed to advance to the regional semifinals (where they were defeated by Florida). For the first time since 2010, a #14 seed won as Harvard defeated New Mexico in the West Region. The same region saw #13 La Salle, who won in the opening round, defeat #4 Kansas State and #12 Mississippi defeat #5 Wisconsin. In addition", "id": "14862719" }, { "contents": "2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament marked the 38th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 27, March 2 and 5, 2017 at campus sites as top seeds host each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated North Florida, 77–61, in the championship game to receive the conference's automatic trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records", "id": "20563986" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nis not any official definition of what constitutes a \"Cinderella team\", there does seem to be a consensus that such teams represent small schools, are usually low-seeded in the tournament, and achieves at least one unexpected win in the tournament. A recent example of this is Florida Gulf Coast University, a relatively new school that held its first classes in 1997 and became Division I postseason eligible in 2011. They made their first appearance in the 2013 tournament, winning two games to become the first #15 seed to", "id": "20874955" }, { "contents": "2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament was the 39th year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 26, March 1, and 4, 2018 at campus sites of the higher seeds. Lipscomb defeated regular season champion Florida Gulf Coast in the tournament championship to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the school's first trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a", "id": "22036552" }, { "contents": "2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nwin, as VCU was joined by #12 seed and citymate Richmond, #10 seed Florida State, and #13 seed Morehead State as first round winners. Florida State, VCU, and Richmond all advanced to the Sweet Sixteen from that region, and VCU defeated top-seeded Kansas in the final. Butler and #11 seed Gonzaga advanced from the Southeast Region, with Gonzaga losing in the Round of 32 to BYU. For the third time in as many appearances, Vanderbilt suffered a defeat to a double digit seed", "id": "10990625" }, { "contents": "Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball\n\n\nwould again win their opening game, this time defeating Jacksonville University. The Owls would break their second-round losing tradition, beating Jacksonville State University. In the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, the Owls faced Georgia State University and won 76–75, clinching their first and only conference championship and a bid to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. In the 2002 NCAA tournament, the Owls were seeded as a 15-seed, and placed in the South Region, and were paired with 2-seed University of Alabama. Though the Owls hung", "id": "18358839" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nthe following day and lost to Louisville. Falling to No. 8 in the AP Poll, but with a record of 25-6 and having won 13 of its last 15 games, Georgetown received a bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament, the Hoyas′ fourth consecutive appearance in the tournament, seventh in eight seasons, and 29th overall. Seeded second in the tournament's South Region, they met their first opponent, 15th seed Florida Gulf Coast, in the Round of 64, termed the \"Second Round\" this year.", "id": "4423034" }, { "contents": "1997 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nstripped of their Big Ten title they had also won. Arizona also became the only school since the introduction of the 64-team bracket in 1985, to defeat three number 1 seeds in the tournament, having upset overall number one seed Kansas in addition to their two Final Four victories. The tournament also saw the third victory by a #15 seed over a #2 seed, as Coppin State defeated South Carolina in their first round matchup. In addition, a #14 seed advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for only the second time", "id": "9764587" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 2018 and concluded on February 2018. The season marked the 40th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by two games over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 26 through March 4 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Lipscomb defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship", "id": "5246986" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fourteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 33–6, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the A-Sun Women's Tournament where they lost to Jacksonville. They", "id": "17761190" }, { "contents": "Coppin State Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The school's team currently competes in the NCAA Division I in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Before joining NCAA Division I, the Eagles were the 1976 NAIA National Champions. The Eagles have appeared in the NCAA Tournament four times. Their combined record is 1–4. The 1996–97 team was only the third 15 seed to beat a 2 seed in the tournament. The 2007–08 Coppin State team was", "id": "13930583" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 24, 2017 and concluded on February 23, 2017. The season marked the 39th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by one game over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 27 through March 5 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated", "id": "464189" }, { "contents": "2006 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nUCLA 73–57 in the final game. Florida's Joakim Noah was named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament. George Mason's run was one of several upsets by lower-seeded teams in the tournament. For the second consecutive year, a No. 14 seed beat a No. 3 seed as Northwestern State defeated Iowa. No. 13 seed Bradley also defeated No. 4 seed Kansas and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen by defeating No. 5-seeded Pittsburgh in the Second Round. Two No. 12 seeds won as well", "id": "87698" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nFlorida Gulf Coast University had only started classes in 1997 and was so new that it had become eligible for postseason NCAA Division I play only in 2011; the Eagles had finished in second place in the Atlantic Sun Conference and won the conference tournament, but it was their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Hoyas entered the game allowing opponents to shoot only 37.6 percent from the field – fourth-best in the United States – and limiting opponents to 55.7 points per game, and were the heavy favorites. Behind 11-", "id": "4423035" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by sixteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, play their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–5, 12–1 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season champions. They also won the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they upset Missouri in", "id": "14939652" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nchampionship game by a final score of 82-76, winning their first national title since 1986. They also are the last team from the original Big East Conference to win a national championship. On February 20, 2018, the NCAA vacated Louisville's entire tournament run, including its national title, due to multiple recruiting violations. The tournament featured several notable upsets: at least one team seeded #9 through #15 won at least once in the tournament, The most notable was Florida Gulf Coast University, who made their", "id": "14862718" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nthe Year Sherwood Brown graduated and turned professional, signing a contract with Israel's Maccabi Haifa B.C. in July 2013. They finished the season 22–13, 14–4 in Atlantic Sun play to finish in a tie for the regular season conference championship with Mercer. At the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament they advanced to their third consecutive championship game where they lost to Mercer. Due to failing to win the conference tournament as the #1 seed, they earned an automatic bid to the 2014 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to", "id": "14271712" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAtlantic Sun Conference tournament, losing to regular season champion Belmont. His 2012–13 team first attracted attention by beating Miami and finishing with a second-place finish and second seed in the Atlantic Sun tournament. After defeating regular season champion Mercer in the championship game, the Eagles earned a 15 seed in the South Region of the NCAA tournament, where they pulled off a major upset by defeating 2 seed Georgetown in the first round and then 7 seed San Diego State in the second round, making them the first 15 seed in the", "id": "13490426" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntime in tournament history, none of the four top seeded teams in a single region (the South) advanced to the Sweet 16. Also, the tournament featured the first regional final matchup of a 9-seed (Kansas State) and an 11-seed (Loyola-Chicago). Villanova, Michigan, Kansas, and Loyola-Chicago, the \"Cinderella team\" of the tournament, reached the Final Four. Villanova defeated Michigan in the championship game, 79–62. Atlantic Sun Conference champion Lipscomb made its NCAA tournament debut. The 2018", "id": "11011681" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\n, Minnesota, 78–64. The Gators then defeated Florida Gulf Coast, No. 15 seed, in the Sweet Sixteen 62–50. But once again, their run ended in the Elite Eight, this time against fourth seeded Michigan, who handily defeated the Gators, 79–59. The Gators became the first team since the expansion of the tournament in 1951 to lose in the Elite Eight in three consecutive seasons. Florida is the only program in the nation to have advanced as far as the Elite Eight in each of those seasons from 2011–2013", "id": "17774980" }, { "contents": "North Florida Ospreys men's basketball\n\n\n. In the 2014–15 season, the Ospreys made their first ever appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Tournament for the first time. On December 6, 2014, they defeated the Purdue Boilermakers on the road, marking their first ever victory over a Big Ten Conference opponent. They also won the Atlantic Sun regular season title for the first time and posted the best record in team history with 23 wins and 11 losses. As a No. 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament, they were defeated by", "id": "15251308" }, { "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\npopularly called the \"play-in game\", had Niagara, winner of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament, facing Florida A&M, who won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament, for a chance to play top seed Kansas in the First Round of the Tournament. Niagara defeated Florida A&M, 77–69, to advance to play Kansas. All teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65. The first and second-round games were played at", "id": "257019" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team\n\n\n2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 6 seed in the Midwest Region. They defeated 11 seed San Diego State in the first round and 14 seed Ohio to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the regional semifinal they defeated 2 seed and AP #5 Ohio State to advance to the first Elite Eight in school history. They were defeated by 5 seed and AP #13 Michigan State in the regional final to end their season. The 2008–09 Volunteers finished the season 21–13 overall, against the second-rated", "id": "6859935" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n1992 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, and they advanced to the final before losing to Syracuse. They were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the second round before losing to West Region No. 3 seed Florida State. They were ranked No. 22 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and No. 18 in the final Coaches' Poll. Georgetowns starting lineup of senior center and", "id": "14462787" }, { "contents": "1988–89 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nEast Tournament championship in Georgetown men's basketball history, defeating Syracuse in the final game. They were the No. 1 seed in the East Region of the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the 11th of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the East Region final before losing to the region′s No. 2 seed, Duke. They were ranked No. 2 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and Coaches' Poll. Since Patrick Ewing's graduation in May 1985, Georgetown had struggled to find", "id": "14781639" }, { "contents": "Hampton Pirates men's basketball\n\n\nThe Hampton Pirates men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, United States. The school's team formerly competed in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, but moved to the Big South Conference in 2018-19. Notably, the 2000-01 Hampton team was one of seven 15th seeds ever to upset a 2nd seed in the Round of 64 of an NCAA Tournament, defeating Iowa State in the first round. The Pirates have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament six times.", "id": "13103032" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nlost to 15-seed and tournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University 78-68 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The team was ranked No. 8 in the final Associated Press Poll of the season and No. 17 in the postseason Coaches' Poll. This was Georgetowns last season as a member of the original Big East Conference. It had been a founding member of the conference in the 1979-80 season and had remained a member for 34 seasons, but the conferences increasingly unstable membership and uncertain future and what Georgetown", "id": "4422963" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n, becoming the first player ever named the Big East's Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Tournament MVP in the same season, and only the second Tournament MVP from a team that did not win the tournament. The Hoyas were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances. In the first round, they defeated South Florida, with Mourning scoring 21 points and pulling down 11 rebounds.", "id": "14462796" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n. 7 seed, the Ospreys hosted the No. 2 seed Florida in the first round, where they fell 97–68. The Ospreys made the most three point shots (402) out of all NCAA Division I teams in the 2015–16 season, earning them the nickname \"Birds of Trey\". The Ospreys finished the 2014–15 season with a program-best overall record of 23–12, and a 12–2 record in conference play. They won the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time. As a", "id": "17130629" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nAs the #1 seed in the west region of the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, they defeated Hampton in the second round and Michigan in the third round to advance to the \"Sweet Sixteen\" where they were defeated by Arizona to finish the season 32–5. The team finished 2010 with a 35–5 record, becoming the ACC Regular Season Co-Champion, ACC Tournament Champion, and earning a #1 seed in the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Blue Devils beat Butler in the championship", "id": "16537035" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n81–78. They secured the regular season championship and No. 1 seed in the Atlantic Sun Tournament with a win at crosstown rival Jacksonville. The Ospreys began their quest to win back-to-back Atlantic Sun Tournament titles by defeating USC Upstate in the quarterfinals, 92–69. However, they were blown-out by 33 points in the semifinals by Florida Gulf Coast. Their 56 points were the fewest they scored in any game this season. Due to renovations at the O'Connell Center, the 7-seed Ospreys hosted the 2-seed Florida Gators", "id": "17130638" }, { "contents": "2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Stan Heath, the Flashes finished their best season in program history, posting a 30–6 record and advancing to the Elite Eight of the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament after defeating seventh-seeded Oklahoma State, upsetting second-seeded Alabama and third-seeded Pittsburgh, before falling to eventual national runners-up Indiana. The team set program and Mid-American Conference", "id": "6355295" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nits last 3 games in February and entering the postseason with a 24–6 record, yet still managed to win its second consecutive SEC Tournament Championship. The Gators entered the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a No. 3 seed with a 27–6 record, and ranked No. 10 by the AP. They beat No. 14 seed South Alabama and No. 11 seed Milwaukee to advance to the Minneapolis regional. There, the Gators defeated the No. 7 seed Georgetown Hoyas and upset the No. 1 seed Villanova", "id": "17774968" }, { "contents": "Troy Trojans men's basketball\n\n\n1950. The Trojans appeared in the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a 14-seed after winning the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament and faced 3-seeded Xavier in the first round, losing 71–59. The Trojans were the champions of the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2003 and defeated Central Florida for the conference tournament championship in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2004, the Trojans were the Atlantic Sun Conference Regular Season Champions. That year, the Trojans made it all the way to the Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship game, only to lose a heart", "id": "16764100" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nearned a #2 seed in the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, but lost to #15 seed Lehigh in the round of 64. Following the 2009–2010 basketball team, the 2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team began the season ranked #1 in the nation and held that title for the first nine weeks of the season going 15–0, until being defeated for the first time on January 12 again Florida State. The only non-conference loss during the regular season came again St. John's weeks later.", "id": "19517109" }, { "contents": "South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball\n\n\nTournament victory since 1973 with a 20-point win over the Marquette Golden Eagles. Two nights later, the Gamecocks upset the #2 seed Duke Blue Devils to advance to their fourth Sweet 16. South Carolina then beat #3 seed Baylor Bears to advance to their first-ever Elite 8, two days later they upset Florida to advance to their first ever Final Four. The Gamecocks have appeared in the NCAA Tournament nine times. Their combined record is 8–10. The Gamecocks have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 11", "id": "3062795" }, { "contents": "2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament marked the 37th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held March 1–6, 2016 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast won their second Atlantic Sun Tournament title and a berth in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. All 8 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. Stetson was ineligible to participate in the NCAA Tournament due to APR violations, but was allowed to participate in the Atlantic Sun Tournament. Had Stetson won the tournament, North Florida", "id": "9533118" }, { "contents": "2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n. Northern Iowa was one of four teams seeded lower than No. 8 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, joining the East Region's No. 11 seed Washington and No. 12 seed Cornell and the South Region's No. 10 seed Saint Mary's. For the first time since 2006, a No. 14 seed advanced out of the First Round as Ohio defeated Georgetown. The No. 13 seed in the West Region, Murray State, defeated No. 4-seeded Vanderbilt, marking the second consecutive appearance for the Commodores", "id": "10990515" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team represented Boston College during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by third-year head coach Jim Christian, played their home games at the Conte Forum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 9–23, 2–16 in ACC play to finish in last place. As the No. 15 seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost in the first round to Wake Forest. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 7–25", "id": "5940409" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 68 teams to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2017–18 season. The 80th annual edition of the tournament began on March 13, 2018, and concluded with the championship game on April 2 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. During the first round, UMBC became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed in the men's tournament by defeating Virginia 74–54. For the first", "id": "11011680" }, { "contents": "2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe third round of the Midwest Region. A team from the First Four games also won in the Round of 64 for the second consecutive year as South Florida defeated Midwest #5 seed Temple, setting up a #12 vs. #13 matchup that Ohio won. Virginia Commonwealth, a Final Four team from 2011 as an #11 seed, made the 2012 tournament as a #12 seed and once again made the round of 32 by defeating South #5 seed Wichita State. The South Region saw four double digit seeds win", "id": "14155762" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (also FGCU) refer to the fifteen sports teams representing Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and tennis; women's-only: softball, swimming and diving, indoor volleyball, and sand volleyball; and men's-only: baseball. The Eagles compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). FGCU is also notable as the youngest institution competing in", "id": "15898377" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nConference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. In the 2018 NCAA Tournament, Virginia became the first number 1 seed to lose to a number 16 seed when they lost to the UMBC Retrievers 74–54. Led by tenth-year head coach Tony Bennett, Virginia finished the regular season with a record of 28–2. They posted a 16–2 conference record, earning them the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament, where they defeated No. 8 seed NC State, before losing to No. 4 seed Florida State. In the", "id": "19522360" }, { "contents": "American Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe American Eagles men's basketball team represents American University in Washington, D.C. in NCAA Division I competition. The school's team competes in the Patriot League and play their home games in Bender Arena. Their rivals include Boston University, Bucknell University, and Navy. In 2008, the Eagles earned their first ever bid to the NCAA Division I Tournament by defeating Colgate in the final round of the Patriot League Tournament. The Eagles were seeded 15th against #2 Tennessee. American held tight against the Volunteers most of the game,", "id": "1515606" }, { "contents": "2010 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 11–March 14 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. This tournament was notable for the high number of upsets, with the higher seed winning only twice in the first two rounds, and the 11 and 12 seeds progressing to the semifinals. The championship game matched Duke against Georgia Tech. It was the third time a team has played 4 games (NC State in 1997 and", "id": "1478152" }, { "contents": "2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nCole Aldrich on the NCAA Tournament All-Midwest Regional team. To play the top-seeded Louisville Cardinals in the first round, Morehead State defeated Alabama State 58–43, with the Eagles keeping the Hornets without a lead the entire game. This marked the first time either team had played in the tournament in five years; the Eagles had not played since 1984. Morehead State fell to Louisville 74–54, the 100th time a 1 seed beat a 16 seed in the tournament since seeding began. However, the Eagles managed to keep", "id": "21670617" }, { "contents": "Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball\n\n\nThe Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Bisons made their first ever trip to the NCAA tournament in school history in 2018, when they defeated Florida Gulf Coast University in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament final. Lipscomb has a 177–179 all-time record in NCAA basketball and a 96–76 record in Atlantic Sun games. Lipscomb won their first Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament title", "id": "16052096" }, { "contents": "2000 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n1979 by defeating Florida 89-76 in the final game. Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, while Morris Peterson was its leading scorer. Despite the string of upsets, no seed lower than 11 won a game in the tournament. The only 11 seed to win was Pepperdine, which defeated Indiana in the East Region's first round in what turned out to be Bob Knight's last game coaching the Hoosiers before his firing that offseason. Also, two teams that qualified as 10 seeds", "id": "9764963" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by sixth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at Hawkins Arena on the university's Macon, Georgia campus and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–9, 14–4 in A-Sun play to win the regular season A-Sun championship, shared with Florida Gulf Coast. They defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship game of the A-Sun", "id": "13259751" }, { "contents": "1993 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe second round in that region. At the time, 15-seed Santa Clara's victory over 2-seed Arizona was only the second such upset, and following the 2019 tournament, is one of only eight times that a 15-seed defeated a 2-seed since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams (in 2018, Maryland-Baltimore County became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed, ousting Virginia 74-54.). For the third time, the Superdome was the host venue for the Final Four, and for the second straight year,", "id": "9764537" }, { "contents": "2006–07 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team\n\n\nWisconsin to with the tournament championship. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and received a No. 1 seed in the South regional. They defeated Central Connecticut State and Matta's former team, Xavier, to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The Buckeyes then defeated Tennessee and Memphis to advance to the Final Four, their first trip to the Final Four under Matta. With a win over Georgetown, they advanced to the National Championship game against Florida. Florida led from the start,", "id": "19897895" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team\n\n\nfinishing in third place in the Atlantic 10 during the regular season, Richmond advanced to the finals of the conference tournament before falling to Temple. Richmond was awarded an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As the seventh seed in the tournament's South region, Richmond earned the highest seeding in its history. They lost in the first round to ten seed Saint Mary's to end their season. !colspan=9| Regular Season !colspan=9| 2010 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament !colspan=10| 2010 NCAA", "id": "6019729" }, { "contents": "Norfolk State University\n\n\nchampionship which gave them the conference's automatic bid in the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, the school's first ever appearance in the tournament. The Spartans, a 15 seed, defeated the #2 seeded Missouri Tigers in the second round, 86-84. This victory was only the fifth time in NCAA Tournament history that a 15 seed defeated a 2 seed, with the last coming in 2001 by MEAC in-state rival Hampton. The Marching Spartan Legion Band performs at campus events and during Norfolk State", "id": "3283354" }, { "contents": "2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season\n\n\nof these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Ivy League does not have a conference tournament, instead giving their automatic invitation to their regular-season champion. By contrast, the Atlantic Coast Conference does not have a regular-season champion, using the standings only for seeding purposes in its conference tournament. A \"major upset\" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent. After the NCAA Tournament field was announced, the National", "id": "19699405" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nNCAA Tournament, the Cavaliers earned a No. 1 seed in the South Regional. The Cavaliers defeated No. 16 seed and NCAA tournament debutants Gardner–Webb in the first round, and No. 9 seed Oklahoma in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where they ended a potential Cinderella run from No. 12 seed Oregon. In the Elite Eight, the Cavs needed overtime to beat No. 3 Purdue; with the win, they advanced to their first Final Four since 1984. They then defeated No", "id": "19522361" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team represented Morehead State University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 5th year head coach Donnie Tyndall, played their home games at Ellis Johnson Arena and are members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 13–5 in Ohio Valley play and were champions of the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic bid in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As a 13 seed, they upset", "id": "15587818" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament upsets\n\n\nseed has ever advanced to this point in the women's tournament, all defeated teams were 3 seeds. To date, no 13 seed, in either the men's or women's tournament, has advanced to the Elite Eight. Unlike the men's tournament, in which one 12 seed won its Sweet 16 game since 1985, no 12 seed has ever won a game in the women's tournament. Only one team seeded 11 or lower has won in the Sweet 16 and advanced to the Elite Eight—11 seed Gonzaga in 2011", "id": "14196695" }, { "contents": "1985–86 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ntournament semifinals, where they lost to Syracuse. Georgetown was the No. 4 seed in the Midwest Region of the 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the eighth of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and defeated Texas Tech in the first round to advance to the second round, in which the Hoyas met the Midwest Regions No. 5 seed, Michigan State. Although he had nine of Georgetowns 17 assists, Michael Jackson shot only 1-for-7 (14.3%) from the field while Michigan State senior guard Scott Skiles", "id": "14959435" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nnational championship), and Michigan, returning for the first time since the Fab Five's second appearance in 1993 (which was later vacated). By winning the West Region, Wichita State became the first #9 seed and first Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) team to reach the Final Four since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The last #9 seed to reach the Final Four was Penn, and the last MVC team to do so was Indiana State, both in 1979. Louisville defeated Michigan in the", "id": "14862717" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by fourth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at the University Center and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–11, 13–5 in A-Sun play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the semifinals of the Atlantic Sun Basketball Tournament to Florida Gulf Coast. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Tennessee", "id": "21424844" }, { "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nwas played between two #1 seeds, due to the fact that all four #1 seeds were in the Final Four for the first time in NCAA Tournament history. Kansas entered the 2008 NCAA Tournament as the #1 seed in the Midwest Regional. In the 1st round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas dominated Portland State with an 85-61 victory. In the 2nd round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas beat UNLV 75-56 to advance to the Sweet 16. In the Sweet 16 of the 2008 NCAA", "id": "17054491" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hokies were led by third-year head coach Buzz Williams and played their home games at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 22–11, 10–8 in ACC play to finish a three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the ACC Tournament, they beat Wake Forest before losing to Florida", "id": "6984911" }, { "contents": "2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was head coach Dave Rose's 13th season at BYU and the Cougars seventh season as members of the West Coast Conference. The Cougars played their home games at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah. They finished the season 24–11, 11–7 in West Coast Conference play to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated San Diego in the quarterfinals and Saint", "id": "14065303" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n, and returned in 2012. They most recently returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2014 where they lost to Coastal Carolina 1–0. The men's soccer team plays its home games at the FGCU Soccer Complex. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I women's soccer competitions. The Green and Blue have competed in the NCAA Tournament 6 times, with a win against South Florida during the 2015 tournament. The women's team played their first home NCAA tournament game in 2014", "id": "15898385" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nto that, the region's top seed, Gonzaga, was defeated in the round of 32 by eventual region winner Wichita State, who defeated La Salle in the Sweet Sixteen. Two other teams also earned their first ever NCAA Tournament victory: Ivy League champion Harvard and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champion North Carolina A&T. Liberty became the first 20-loss team in five years to earn an NCAA bid, having finished its season with five consecutive wins to secure the Big South championship and its automatic qualification. The following are", "id": "14862720" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nThey received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning an 8 seed in the West Region. They defeated 9 seed Florida State in the first round before losing to 1 seed and AP #4 Syracuse in the second round. Gonzaga opened the season with a 94–53 exhibition victory over Alberta on November 2. Matt Bouldin led the team with 17 points, followed by Sam Dower with 15 points and Robert Sacre with 11 points. Gonzaga led by as many as 26 points in the", "id": "651215" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nUTEP and 13 seed Murray State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The team next defeated 1 seed Syracuse to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history, and then defeated 2 seed Kansas State to earn their first Final Four appearance in school history. They were only the second team from a mid-major conference to \"officially\" advance that far in the tournament since UNLV made the Final Four in 1991. On April 3, 2010, Butler defeated Michigan State and advanced to the National Championship game", "id": "12646316" } ]

[ { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSan Diego State 81–71, becoming the first time a 15th seed has ever advanced to the Sweet 16. The school was referred to as \"Dunk City\" or \"Florida Dunk Coast\" on many media outlets such as ESPN and CBS due to their high-flying athletic finishing style. The Eagles participated in their first Division I postseason tournament in 2013, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. On March 22, 2013; the Eagles", "id": "14634777" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nfull Division I member on August 11, 2011. The Eagles men's basketball team is best known for their run in the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, their first since moving up to Division I. In the Round of 64, the Eagles defeated the #2 seed Georgetown 78–68. It was only the seventh time that a 15th seed has defeated a 2nd seed, and the second-highest margin of victory for one. Two days later in the Round of 32, the Eagles defeated the #7 seed", "id": "14634776" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\n, the 15th seed in the South Region, scored one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history, defeating second-seeded Georgetown 78–68. They were only the seventh #15 seed to defeat a #2 seed, the first being Richmond's 1991 victory over Syracuse. Two days later, they defeated seventh seeded San Diego State to become the first #15 seed ever to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Their run ended there in a 62–50 loss to third seeded Florida. This is \"officially\" the third-deepest", "id": "14634778" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\ntournament final earning the automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became the seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. The Eagles went on to win two more Atlantic Sun Conference championships in", "id": "21316638" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nplayed in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. That earned the team an automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament, and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became", "id": "15898381" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nearn their first ever bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 15 seed in the south region. Guard Sherwood Brown was named the A-Sun player of the year. In their NCAA Tournament debut, the 15 seeded Eagles upset 2 seeded Georgetown 78–68. It was the third time in two years and eighth time overall that a 15 seed had upset a 2 seed. With a second round 81-71 win over San Diego State, they became the first 15 seed to win two games in a tournament to advance", "id": "8068116" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nNCAA Division I, having been officially founded in 1991 and started classes in 1997. FGCU athletics began in the NAIA. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a full Division I member on August 11, 2011. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, FGCU became the first number 15 seed to advance to the Sweet", "id": "15898378" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by second year head coach Andy Enfield, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished A-Sun play with a record of 13–5 to finish in second place. In only their second year of full NCAA eligibility, the Eagles won the Atlantic Sun Tournament, beating top-seeded Mercer in the championship game, to", "id": "8068115" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida and were led by fourth-year head coach Joe Dooley as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the regular season 26–8, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the ASUN Tournament, they defeated Stetson, Kennesaw State, and North Florida", "id": "11309074" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSweet Sixteen as the first ever 15-seed to do such. After putting FGCU on the map with their new \"Dunk City\" moniker, Enfield accepted the men's basketball position at USC. Joe Dooley then assumed the role from 2013-2018 before accepting the Head Coach position at East Carolina The Eagles are now led by long-time program assistant coach, Michael Fly. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a", "id": "14634775" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division", "id": "19591078" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAndrew William Enfield (born June 8, 1969) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Southern California (USC). He came to national prominence as the head coach of Florida Gulf Coast University when his team achieved two major feats at the 2013 NCAA Tournament. First they became just the seventh 15-seed to defeat a 2-seed by upsetting Georgetown in the first round of the tournament. Then with an 81–71 upset of No. 7 San Diego State they became the first ever", "id": "13490420" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. He was succeeded by Andy Enfield from 2011-13, who took the Eagles to the", "id": "14634774" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles are led by first-year head coach Michael Fly and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Eagles finished the 2017–18 season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost", "id": "5505776" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles were led by fifth-year head coach Joe Dooley and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost to Lipscomb", "id": "15628413" }, { "contents": "Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball\n\n\ntournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University in the Second Round. Georgetown lost to the 15th-seeded Eagles 78–68, the seventh number two seed to lose to a 15 seed. It was the fourth consecutive season the Hoyas were eliminated by a double-digit seed in the NCAA Tournament. The 2013–14 season was the team's first after Georgetown and six other schools left the original Big East Conference and joined Butler, Creighton, and Xavier in forming the new Big East Conference – part of a major conference realignment in which several other", "id": "7112965" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nrun by a first-time tournament participant in NCAA history, behind only Indiana State advancing all the way to the national championship game in 1979 and Charlotte and Georgia reaching the Final Four in 1977 and 1983, respectively. Southwestern Louisiana, now known as Louisiana–Lafayette, advanced to the Sweet 16 in its first appearance as well, in 1972, but that appearance was vacated due to NCAA sanctions. Coach Andy Enfield was hired by USC on April 1. To replace him, the Eagles hired Joe Dooley, an assistant", "id": "14634779" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference and were the defending A-Sun Tournament champion. They played their home games at Alico Arena. The team went through many changes for the 2013–14 season. Head coach Andy Enfield left to take the same job at USC and former Kansas assistant Joe Dooley takes over as head coach. Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Player of", "id": "14271711" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by second year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 22–11, 12–3 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the A-Sun Tournament where they lost to USC Upstate. They received an invitation to the", "id": "14301819" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nto win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Florida State. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to win the A-Sun Tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 16 seed where they defeated", "id": "11309075" }, { "contents": "Sherwood Brown\n\n\nNCAA Tournament appearance in just the school's second year of full Division I eligibility. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Brown, scoring 24 points and grabbing 9 rebounds, led his Eagles to 78–68 win over No. 2 seed Georgetown. Then, his #15 seeded Eagles made history, by beating #7 seed San Diego State, 81–71. It marked the first time a No. 15 seed reached the sweet sixteen. Brown scored 17 points and added 8 rebounds in the contest. His final", "id": "13929588" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\nwon the Atlantic Sun Conference regular-season and/or tournament championship each year since (except for 2010) with annual postseason appearances either in the NCAA Tournament or the WNIT, in which the Eagles finished second nationally in 2016 after losing to South Dakota in the championship game. In 2012, FGCU's first year of full Division I postseason eligibility, the men's team played in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference", "id": "21316637" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n's regular season and conference tourney titles, earning its first berth into the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. The Eagles lost to St. Bonaventure University in the first round of the tournament 72-65 in Tallahassee, FL. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. Founded in 2007, the Eagles are one of the youngest men's soccer programs in the country. The team made the NCAA Tournament in the first year of eligibility, in 2011", "id": "15898384" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 15th year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 26–9, 12–2 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They defeated North Florida, Jacksonville and Stetson to become champions of the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's", "id": "5941281" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles were coached by 13th year head coach Karl Smesko and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–3, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They also won the Atlantic Sun Tournament to earn an automatic to the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to Florida State in the", "id": "10569284" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by third year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to be champions of the A-Sun", "id": "15873400" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nthe seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. On March 24, 2007, FGCU women's basketball team ended their 35–1 season with a loss in the Division II National Championship to Southern Connecticut State University. One year later, in 2008, the Women's Basketball team qualified for the WNIT, becoming the first team to qualify for the WNIT in its first season of Division I sports. During the 2008 WNIT Tourney, the team became the first Atlantic", "id": "15898382" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ndecisive 8–0 Georgetown run early in the second half, the Hoyas took their first double-digit lead on a Nate Lubick dunk with 6:18 left to play on the way to a 77–65 win. It was their first win in a postseason tournament since the 2012 NCAA Tournament and their first win in the NIT since 2005. Georgetown advanced to the second round, visiting the region's No. 1 seed, Florida State, which had defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the first round. None of the defenses the Hoyas tried against Florida", "id": "6143540" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nwon the SEC Championship with a conference record of 14–4. During the regular season, Billy Donovan notched his 400th career win as the head coach of the Gators over Missouri. After losing in the final of the 2013 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament to Mississippi, they entered the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the South Region. Florida defeated the No. 14 seed Northwestern State 79–47 in the first round, and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen after soundly beating the No. 11 seed", "id": "17774979" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by seventeenth year head coach Karl Smesko, will play their home games at the Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 28–4, 16–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season. Florida Gulf Coast won the conference tournament championship game over Liberty, 72–49. They lost in the first round to Miami (", "id": "1471180" }, { "contents": "USC Trojans men's basketball\n\n\nof one scholarship for the 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 academic years, and reductions in the numbers of recruiting days and coaches participating in off-campus recruiting through 2011. The school also vacated all wins earned during the 2007–2008 season, due to Mayo's ineligibility at that time. After becoming the first head coach to lead a 15-seed to the Sweet 16, guiding his Florida Gulf Coast Eagles to upsets of Georgetown and San Diego State, Andy Enfield was hired as the new head coach at USC on April 1, 2013. Enfield replaces", "id": "10682450" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. The Eagles compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The soccer team is one of several varsity sports teams that represent the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. The team made the NCAA tournament in the first year of eligibility in 2011, and returned in 2012, 2014, and 2016. Source: Bob Butehorn has served as head coach for Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer since the", "id": "12451948" }, { "contents": "Fairleigh Dickinson University\n\n\nthe top seeded Illinois Fighting Illini a huge scare. Being only down 1 at the half, the Knights played well and held their own for a while. However, in the second half the Illini pulled away from FDU and won the game by 12. More recently, the men's team made the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles in the First Four, and the 2019 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they defeated Prairie View A&M University in the First", "id": "6126133" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntournament debut in only their second year of Division I eligibility. They upset Georgetown and San Diego State in their first two games, becoming the first #15 seed to advance to the regional semifinals (where they were defeated by Florida). For the first time since 2010, a #14 seed won as Harvard defeated New Mexico in the West Region. The same region saw #13 La Salle, who won in the opening round, defeat #4 Kansas State and #12 Mississippi defeat #5 Wisconsin. In addition", "id": "14862719" }, { "contents": "2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament marked the 38th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 27, March 2 and 5, 2017 at campus sites as top seeds host each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated North Florida, 77–61, in the championship game to receive the conference's automatic trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records", "id": "20563986" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nis not any official definition of what constitutes a \"Cinderella team\", there does seem to be a consensus that such teams represent small schools, are usually low-seeded in the tournament, and achieves at least one unexpected win in the tournament. A recent example of this is Florida Gulf Coast University, a relatively new school that held its first classes in 1997 and became Division I postseason eligible in 2011. They made their first appearance in the 2013 tournament, winning two games to become the first #15 seed to", "id": "20874955" }, { "contents": "2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament was the 39th year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 26, March 1, and 4, 2018 at campus sites of the higher seeds. Lipscomb defeated regular season champion Florida Gulf Coast in the tournament championship to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the school's first trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a", "id": "22036552" }, { "contents": "2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nwin, as VCU was joined by #12 seed and citymate Richmond, #10 seed Florida State, and #13 seed Morehead State as first round winners. Florida State, VCU, and Richmond all advanced to the Sweet Sixteen from that region, and VCU defeated top-seeded Kansas in the final. Butler and #11 seed Gonzaga advanced from the Southeast Region, with Gonzaga losing in the Round of 32 to BYU. For the third time in as many appearances, Vanderbilt suffered a defeat to a double digit seed", "id": "10990625" }, { "contents": "Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball\n\n\nwould again win their opening game, this time defeating Jacksonville University. The Owls would break their second-round losing tradition, beating Jacksonville State University. In the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, the Owls faced Georgia State University and won 76–75, clinching their first and only conference championship and a bid to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. In the 2002 NCAA tournament, the Owls were seeded as a 15-seed, and placed in the South Region, and were paired with 2-seed University of Alabama. Though the Owls hung", "id": "18358839" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nthe following day and lost to Louisville. Falling to No. 8 in the AP Poll, but with a record of 25-6 and having won 13 of its last 15 games, Georgetown received a bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament, the Hoyas′ fourth consecutive appearance in the tournament, seventh in eight seasons, and 29th overall. Seeded second in the tournament's South Region, they met their first opponent, 15th seed Florida Gulf Coast, in the Round of 64, termed the \"Second Round\" this year.", "id": "4423034" }, { "contents": "1997 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nstripped of their Big Ten title they had also won. Arizona also became the only school since the introduction of the 64-team bracket in 1985, to defeat three number 1 seeds in the tournament, having upset overall number one seed Kansas in addition to their two Final Four victories. The tournament also saw the third victory by a #15 seed over a #2 seed, as Coppin State defeated South Carolina in their first round matchup. In addition, a #14 seed advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for only the second time", "id": "9764587" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 2018 and concluded on February 2018. The season marked the 40th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by two games over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 26 through March 4 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Lipscomb defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship", "id": "5246986" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fourteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 33–6, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the A-Sun Women's Tournament where they lost to Jacksonville. They", "id": "17761190" }, { "contents": "Coppin State Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The school's team currently competes in the NCAA Division I in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Before joining NCAA Division I, the Eagles were the 1976 NAIA National Champions. The Eagles have appeared in the NCAA Tournament four times. Their combined record is 1–4. The 1996–97 team was only the third 15 seed to beat a 2 seed in the tournament. The 2007–08 Coppin State team was", "id": "13930583" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 24, 2017 and concluded on February 23, 2017. The season marked the 39th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by one game over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 27 through March 5 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated", "id": "464189" }, { "contents": "2006 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nUCLA 73–57 in the final game. Florida's Joakim Noah was named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament. George Mason's run was one of several upsets by lower-seeded teams in the tournament. For the second consecutive year, a No. 14 seed beat a No. 3 seed as Northwestern State defeated Iowa. No. 13 seed Bradley also defeated No. 4 seed Kansas and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen by defeating No. 5-seeded Pittsburgh in the Second Round. Two No. 12 seeds won as well", "id": "87698" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nFlorida Gulf Coast University had only started classes in 1997 and was so new that it had become eligible for postseason NCAA Division I play only in 2011; the Eagles had finished in second place in the Atlantic Sun Conference and won the conference tournament, but it was their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Hoyas entered the game allowing opponents to shoot only 37.6 percent from the field – fourth-best in the United States – and limiting opponents to 55.7 points per game, and were the heavy favorites. Behind 11-", "id": "4423035" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by sixteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, play their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–5, 12–1 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season champions. They also won the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they upset Missouri in", "id": "14939652" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nchampionship game by a final score of 82-76, winning their first national title since 1986. They also are the last team from the original Big East Conference to win a national championship. On February 20, 2018, the NCAA vacated Louisville's entire tournament run, including its national title, due to multiple recruiting violations. The tournament featured several notable upsets: at least one team seeded #9 through #15 won at least once in the tournament, The most notable was Florida Gulf Coast University, who made their", "id": "14862718" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nthe Year Sherwood Brown graduated and turned professional, signing a contract with Israel's Maccabi Haifa B.C. in July 2013. They finished the season 22–13, 14–4 in Atlantic Sun play to finish in a tie for the regular season conference championship with Mercer. At the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament they advanced to their third consecutive championship game where they lost to Mercer. Due to failing to win the conference tournament as the #1 seed, they earned an automatic bid to the 2014 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to", "id": "14271712" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAtlantic Sun Conference tournament, losing to regular season champion Belmont. His 2012–13 team first attracted attention by beating Miami and finishing with a second-place finish and second seed in the Atlantic Sun tournament. After defeating regular season champion Mercer in the championship game, the Eagles earned a 15 seed in the South Region of the NCAA tournament, where they pulled off a major upset by defeating 2 seed Georgetown in the first round and then 7 seed San Diego State in the second round, making them the first 15 seed in the", "id": "13490426" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntime in tournament history, none of the four top seeded teams in a single region (the South) advanced to the Sweet 16. Also, the tournament featured the first regional final matchup of a 9-seed (Kansas State) and an 11-seed (Loyola-Chicago). Villanova, Michigan, Kansas, and Loyola-Chicago, the \"Cinderella team\" of the tournament, reached the Final Four. Villanova defeated Michigan in the championship game, 79–62. Atlantic Sun Conference champion Lipscomb made its NCAA tournament debut. The 2018", "id": "11011681" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\n, Minnesota, 78–64. The Gators then defeated Florida Gulf Coast, No. 15 seed, in the Sweet Sixteen 62–50. But once again, their run ended in the Elite Eight, this time against fourth seeded Michigan, who handily defeated the Gators, 79–59. The Gators became the first team since the expansion of the tournament in 1951 to lose in the Elite Eight in three consecutive seasons. Florida is the only program in the nation to have advanced as far as the Elite Eight in each of those seasons from 2011–2013", "id": "17774980" }, { "contents": "North Florida Ospreys men's basketball\n\n\n. In the 2014–15 season, the Ospreys made their first ever appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Tournament for the first time. On December 6, 2014, they defeated the Purdue Boilermakers on the road, marking their first ever victory over a Big Ten Conference opponent. They also won the Atlantic Sun regular season title for the first time and posted the best record in team history with 23 wins and 11 losses. As a No. 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament, they were defeated by", "id": "15251308" }, { "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\npopularly called the \"play-in game\", had Niagara, winner of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament, facing Florida A&M, who won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament, for a chance to play top seed Kansas in the First Round of the Tournament. Niagara defeated Florida A&M, 77–69, to advance to play Kansas. All teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65. The first and second-round games were played at", "id": "257019" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team\n\n\n2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 6 seed in the Midwest Region. They defeated 11 seed San Diego State in the first round and 14 seed Ohio to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the regional semifinal they defeated 2 seed and AP #5 Ohio State to advance to the first Elite Eight in school history. They were defeated by 5 seed and AP #13 Michigan State in the regional final to end their season. The 2008–09 Volunteers finished the season 21–13 overall, against the second-rated", "id": "6859935" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n1992 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, and they advanced to the final before losing to Syracuse. They were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the second round before losing to West Region No. 3 seed Florida State. They were ranked No. 22 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and No. 18 in the final Coaches' Poll. Georgetowns starting lineup of senior center and", "id": "14462787" }, { "contents": "1988–89 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nEast Tournament championship in Georgetown men's basketball history, defeating Syracuse in the final game. They were the No. 1 seed in the East Region of the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the 11th of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the East Region final before losing to the region′s No. 2 seed, Duke. They were ranked No. 2 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and Coaches' Poll. Since Patrick Ewing's graduation in May 1985, Georgetown had struggled to find", "id": "14781639" }, { "contents": "Hampton Pirates men's basketball\n\n\nThe Hampton Pirates men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, United States. The school's team formerly competed in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, but moved to the Big South Conference in 2018-19. Notably, the 2000-01 Hampton team was one of seven 15th seeds ever to upset a 2nd seed in the Round of 64 of an NCAA Tournament, defeating Iowa State in the first round. The Pirates have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament six times.", "id": "13103032" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nlost to 15-seed and tournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University 78-68 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The team was ranked No. 8 in the final Associated Press Poll of the season and No. 17 in the postseason Coaches' Poll. This was Georgetowns last season as a member of the original Big East Conference. It had been a founding member of the conference in the 1979-80 season and had remained a member for 34 seasons, but the conferences increasingly unstable membership and uncertain future and what Georgetown", "id": "4422963" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n, becoming the first player ever named the Big East's Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Tournament MVP in the same season, and only the second Tournament MVP from a team that did not win the tournament. The Hoyas were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances. In the first round, they defeated South Florida, with Mourning scoring 21 points and pulling down 11 rebounds.", "id": "14462796" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n. 7 seed, the Ospreys hosted the No. 2 seed Florida in the first round, where they fell 97–68. The Ospreys made the most three point shots (402) out of all NCAA Division I teams in the 2015–16 season, earning them the nickname \"Birds of Trey\". The Ospreys finished the 2014–15 season with a program-best overall record of 23–12, and a 12–2 record in conference play. They won the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time. As a", "id": "17130629" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nAs the #1 seed in the west region of the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, they defeated Hampton in the second round and Michigan in the third round to advance to the \"Sweet Sixteen\" where they were defeated by Arizona to finish the season 32–5. The team finished 2010 with a 35–5 record, becoming the ACC Regular Season Co-Champion, ACC Tournament Champion, and earning a #1 seed in the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Blue Devils beat Butler in the championship", "id": "16537035" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n81–78. They secured the regular season championship and No. 1 seed in the Atlantic Sun Tournament with a win at crosstown rival Jacksonville. The Ospreys began their quest to win back-to-back Atlantic Sun Tournament titles by defeating USC Upstate in the quarterfinals, 92–69. However, they were blown-out by 33 points in the semifinals by Florida Gulf Coast. Their 56 points were the fewest they scored in any game this season. Due to renovations at the O'Connell Center, the 7-seed Ospreys hosted the 2-seed Florida Gators", "id": "17130638" }, { "contents": "2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Stan Heath, the Flashes finished their best season in program history, posting a 30–6 record and advancing to the Elite Eight of the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament after defeating seventh-seeded Oklahoma State, upsetting second-seeded Alabama and third-seeded Pittsburgh, before falling to eventual national runners-up Indiana. The team set program and Mid-American Conference", "id": "6355295" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nits last 3 games in February and entering the postseason with a 24–6 record, yet still managed to win its second consecutive SEC Tournament Championship. The Gators entered the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a No. 3 seed with a 27–6 record, and ranked No. 10 by the AP. They beat No. 14 seed South Alabama and No. 11 seed Milwaukee to advance to the Minneapolis regional. There, the Gators defeated the No. 7 seed Georgetown Hoyas and upset the No. 1 seed Villanova", "id": "17774968" }, { "contents": "Troy Trojans men's basketball\n\n\n1950. The Trojans appeared in the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a 14-seed after winning the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament and faced 3-seeded Xavier in the first round, losing 71–59. The Trojans were the champions of the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2003 and defeated Central Florida for the conference tournament championship in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2004, the Trojans were the Atlantic Sun Conference Regular Season Champions. That year, the Trojans made it all the way to the Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship game, only to lose a heart", "id": "16764100" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nearned a #2 seed in the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, but lost to #15 seed Lehigh in the round of 64. Following the 2009–2010 basketball team, the 2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team began the season ranked #1 in the nation and held that title for the first nine weeks of the season going 15–0, until being defeated for the first time on January 12 again Florida State. The only non-conference loss during the regular season came again St. John's weeks later.", "id": "19517109" }, { "contents": "South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball\n\n\nTournament victory since 1973 with a 20-point win over the Marquette Golden Eagles. Two nights later, the Gamecocks upset the #2 seed Duke Blue Devils to advance to their fourth Sweet 16. South Carolina then beat #3 seed Baylor Bears to advance to their first-ever Elite 8, two days later they upset Florida to advance to their first ever Final Four. The Gamecocks have appeared in the NCAA Tournament nine times. Their combined record is 8–10. The Gamecocks have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 11", "id": "3062795" }, { "contents": "2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament marked the 37th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held March 1–6, 2016 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast won their second Atlantic Sun Tournament title and a berth in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. All 8 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. Stetson was ineligible to participate in the NCAA Tournament due to APR violations, but was allowed to participate in the Atlantic Sun Tournament. Had Stetson won the tournament, North Florida", "id": "9533118" }, { "contents": "2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n. Northern Iowa was one of four teams seeded lower than No. 8 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, joining the East Region's No. 11 seed Washington and No. 12 seed Cornell and the South Region's No. 10 seed Saint Mary's. For the first time since 2006, a No. 14 seed advanced out of the First Round as Ohio defeated Georgetown. The No. 13 seed in the West Region, Murray State, defeated No. 4-seeded Vanderbilt, marking the second consecutive appearance for the Commodores", "id": "10990515" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team represented Boston College during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by third-year head coach Jim Christian, played their home games at the Conte Forum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 9–23, 2–16 in ACC play to finish in last place. As the No. 15 seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost in the first round to Wake Forest. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 7–25", "id": "5940409" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 68 teams to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2017–18 season. The 80th annual edition of the tournament began on March 13, 2018, and concluded with the championship game on April 2 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. During the first round, UMBC became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed in the men's tournament by defeating Virginia 74–54. For the first", "id": "11011680" }, { "contents": "2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe third round of the Midwest Region. A team from the First Four games also won in the Round of 64 for the second consecutive year as South Florida defeated Midwest #5 seed Temple, setting up a #12 vs. #13 matchup that Ohio won. Virginia Commonwealth, a Final Four team from 2011 as an #11 seed, made the 2012 tournament as a #12 seed and once again made the round of 32 by defeating South #5 seed Wichita State. The South Region saw four double digit seeds win", "id": "14155762" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (also FGCU) refer to the fifteen sports teams representing Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and tennis; women's-only: softball, swimming and diving, indoor volleyball, and sand volleyball; and men's-only: baseball. The Eagles compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). FGCU is also notable as the youngest institution competing in", "id": "15898377" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nConference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. In the 2018 NCAA Tournament, Virginia became the first number 1 seed to lose to a number 16 seed when they lost to the UMBC Retrievers 74–54. Led by tenth-year head coach Tony Bennett, Virginia finished the regular season with a record of 28–2. They posted a 16–2 conference record, earning them the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament, where they defeated No. 8 seed NC State, before losing to No. 4 seed Florida State. In the", "id": "19522360" }, { "contents": "American Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe American Eagles men's basketball team represents American University in Washington, D.C. in NCAA Division I competition. The school's team competes in the Patriot League and play their home games in Bender Arena. Their rivals include Boston University, Bucknell University, and Navy. In 2008, the Eagles earned their first ever bid to the NCAA Division I Tournament by defeating Colgate in the final round of the Patriot League Tournament. The Eagles were seeded 15th against #2 Tennessee. American held tight against the Volunteers most of the game,", "id": "1515606" }, { "contents": "2010 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 11–March 14 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. This tournament was notable for the high number of upsets, with the higher seed winning only twice in the first two rounds, and the 11 and 12 seeds progressing to the semifinals. The championship game matched Duke against Georgia Tech. It was the third time a team has played 4 games (NC State in 1997 and", "id": "1478152" }, { "contents": "2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nCole Aldrich on the NCAA Tournament All-Midwest Regional team. To play the top-seeded Louisville Cardinals in the first round, Morehead State defeated Alabama State 58–43, with the Eagles keeping the Hornets without a lead the entire game. This marked the first time either team had played in the tournament in five years; the Eagles had not played since 1984. Morehead State fell to Louisville 74–54, the 100th time a 1 seed beat a 16 seed in the tournament since seeding began. However, the Eagles managed to keep", "id": "21670617" }, { "contents": "Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball\n\n\nThe Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Bisons made their first ever trip to the NCAA tournament in school history in 2018, when they defeated Florida Gulf Coast University in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament final. Lipscomb has a 177–179 all-time record in NCAA basketball and a 96–76 record in Atlantic Sun games. Lipscomb won their first Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament title", "id": "16052096" }, { "contents": "2000 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n1979 by defeating Florida 89-76 in the final game. Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, while Morris Peterson was its leading scorer. Despite the string of upsets, no seed lower than 11 won a game in the tournament. The only 11 seed to win was Pepperdine, which defeated Indiana in the East Region's first round in what turned out to be Bob Knight's last game coaching the Hoosiers before his firing that offseason. Also, two teams that qualified as 10 seeds", "id": "9764963" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by sixth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at Hawkins Arena on the university's Macon, Georgia campus and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–9, 14–4 in A-Sun play to win the regular season A-Sun championship, shared with Florida Gulf Coast. They defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship game of the A-Sun", "id": "13259751" }, { "contents": "1993 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe second round in that region. At the time, 15-seed Santa Clara's victory over 2-seed Arizona was only the second such upset, and following the 2019 tournament, is one of only eight times that a 15-seed defeated a 2-seed since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams (in 2018, Maryland-Baltimore County became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed, ousting Virginia 74-54.). For the third time, the Superdome was the host venue for the Final Four, and for the second straight year,", "id": "9764537" }, { "contents": "2006–07 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team\n\n\nWisconsin to with the tournament championship. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and received a No. 1 seed in the South regional. They defeated Central Connecticut State and Matta's former team, Xavier, to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The Buckeyes then defeated Tennessee and Memphis to advance to the Final Four, their first trip to the Final Four under Matta. With a win over Georgetown, they advanced to the National Championship game against Florida. Florida led from the start,", "id": "19897895" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team\n\n\nfinishing in third place in the Atlantic 10 during the regular season, Richmond advanced to the finals of the conference tournament before falling to Temple. Richmond was awarded an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As the seventh seed in the tournament's South region, Richmond earned the highest seeding in its history. They lost in the first round to ten seed Saint Mary's to end their season. !colspan=9| Regular Season !colspan=9| 2010 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament !colspan=10| 2010 NCAA", "id": "6019729" }, { "contents": "Norfolk State University\n\n\nchampionship which gave them the conference's automatic bid in the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, the school's first ever appearance in the tournament. The Spartans, a 15 seed, defeated the #2 seeded Missouri Tigers in the second round, 86-84. This victory was only the fifth time in NCAA Tournament history that a 15 seed defeated a 2 seed, with the last coming in 2001 by MEAC in-state rival Hampton. The Marching Spartan Legion Band performs at campus events and during Norfolk State", "id": "3283354" }, { "contents": "2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season\n\n\nof these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Ivy League does not have a conference tournament, instead giving their automatic invitation to their regular-season champion. By contrast, the Atlantic Coast Conference does not have a regular-season champion, using the standings only for seeding purposes in its conference tournament. A \"major upset\" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent. After the NCAA Tournament field was announced, the National", "id": "19699405" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nNCAA Tournament, the Cavaliers earned a No. 1 seed in the South Regional. The Cavaliers defeated No. 16 seed and NCAA tournament debutants Gardner–Webb in the first round, and No. 9 seed Oklahoma in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where they ended a potential Cinderella run from No. 12 seed Oregon. In the Elite Eight, the Cavs needed overtime to beat No. 3 Purdue; with the win, they advanced to their first Final Four since 1984. They then defeated No", "id": "19522361" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team represented Morehead State University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 5th year head coach Donnie Tyndall, played their home games at Ellis Johnson Arena and are members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 13–5 in Ohio Valley play and were champions of the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic bid in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As a 13 seed, they upset", "id": "15587818" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament upsets\n\n\nseed has ever advanced to this point in the women's tournament, all defeated teams were 3 seeds. To date, no 13 seed, in either the men's or women's tournament, has advanced to the Elite Eight. Unlike the men's tournament, in which one 12 seed won its Sweet 16 game since 1985, no 12 seed has ever won a game in the women's tournament. Only one team seeded 11 or lower has won in the Sweet 16 and advanced to the Elite Eight—11 seed Gonzaga in 2011", "id": "14196695" }, { "contents": "1985–86 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ntournament semifinals, where they lost to Syracuse. Georgetown was the No. 4 seed in the Midwest Region of the 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the eighth of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and defeated Texas Tech in the first round to advance to the second round, in which the Hoyas met the Midwest Regions No. 5 seed, Michigan State. Although he had nine of Georgetowns 17 assists, Michael Jackson shot only 1-for-7 (14.3%) from the field while Michigan State senior guard Scott Skiles", "id": "14959435" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nnational championship), and Michigan, returning for the first time since the Fab Five's second appearance in 1993 (which was later vacated). By winning the West Region, Wichita State became the first #9 seed and first Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) team to reach the Final Four since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The last #9 seed to reach the Final Four was Penn, and the last MVC team to do so was Indiana State, both in 1979. Louisville defeated Michigan in the", "id": "14862717" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by fourth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at the University Center and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–11, 13–5 in A-Sun play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the semifinals of the Atlantic Sun Basketball Tournament to Florida Gulf Coast. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Tennessee", "id": "21424844" }, { "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nwas played between two #1 seeds, due to the fact that all four #1 seeds were in the Final Four for the first time in NCAA Tournament history. Kansas entered the 2008 NCAA Tournament as the #1 seed in the Midwest Regional. In the 1st round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas dominated Portland State with an 85-61 victory. In the 2nd round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas beat UNLV 75-56 to advance to the Sweet 16. In the Sweet 16 of the 2008 NCAA", "id": "17054491" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hokies were led by third-year head coach Buzz Williams and played their home games at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 22–11, 10–8 in ACC play to finish a three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the ACC Tournament, they beat Wake Forest before losing to Florida", "id": "6984911" }, { "contents": "2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was head coach Dave Rose's 13th season at BYU and the Cougars seventh season as members of the West Coast Conference. The Cougars played their home games at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah. They finished the season 24–11, 11–7 in West Coast Conference play to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated San Diego in the quarterfinals and Saint", "id": "14065303" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n, and returned in 2012. They most recently returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2014 where they lost to Coastal Carolina 1–0. The men's soccer team plays its home games at the FGCU Soccer Complex. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I women's soccer competitions. The Green and Blue have competed in the NCAA Tournament 6 times, with a win against South Florida during the 2015 tournament. The women's team played their first home NCAA tournament game in 2014", "id": "15898385" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nto that, the region's top seed, Gonzaga, was defeated in the round of 32 by eventual region winner Wichita State, who defeated La Salle in the Sweet Sixteen. Two other teams also earned their first ever NCAA Tournament victory: Ivy League champion Harvard and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champion North Carolina A&T. Liberty became the first 20-loss team in five years to earn an NCAA bid, having finished its season with five consecutive wins to secure the Big South championship and its automatic qualification. The following are", "id": "14862720" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nThey received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning an 8 seed in the West Region. They defeated 9 seed Florida State in the first round before losing to 1 seed and AP #4 Syracuse in the second round. Gonzaga opened the season with a 94–53 exhibition victory over Alberta on November 2. Matt Bouldin led the team with 17 points, followed by Sam Dower with 15 points and Robert Sacre with 11 points. Gonzaga led by as many as 26 points in the", "id": "651215" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nUTEP and 13 seed Murray State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The team next defeated 1 seed Syracuse to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history, and then defeated 2 seed Kansas State to earn their first Final Four appearance in school history. They were only the second team from a mid-major conference to \"officially\" advance that far in the tournament since UNLV made the Final Four in 1991. On April 3, 2010, Butler defeated Michigan State and advanced to the National Championship game", "id": "12646316" } ]

[ { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSan Diego State 81–71, becoming the first time a 15th seed has ever advanced to the Sweet 16. The school was referred to as \"Dunk City\" or \"Florida Dunk Coast\" on many media outlets such as ESPN and CBS due to their high-flying athletic finishing style. The Eagles participated in their first Division I postseason tournament in 2013, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. On March 22, 2013; the Eagles", "id": "14634777" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nfull Division I member on August 11, 2011. The Eagles men's basketball team is best known for their run in the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, their first since moving up to Division I. In the Round of 64, the Eagles defeated the #2 seed Georgetown 78–68. It was only the seventh time that a 15th seed has defeated a 2nd seed, and the second-highest margin of victory for one. Two days later in the Round of 32, the Eagles defeated the #7 seed", "id": "14634776" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\n, the 15th seed in the South Region, scored one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history, defeating second-seeded Georgetown 78–68. They were only the seventh #15 seed to defeat a #2 seed, the first being Richmond's 1991 victory over Syracuse. Two days later, they defeated seventh seeded San Diego State to become the first #15 seed ever to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Their run ended there in a 62–50 loss to third seeded Florida. This is \"officially\" the third-deepest", "id": "14634778" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\ntournament final earning the automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became the seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. The Eagles went on to win two more Atlantic Sun Conference championships in", "id": "21316638" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nplayed in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. That earned the team an automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament, and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became", "id": "15898381" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nearn their first ever bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 15 seed in the south region. Guard Sherwood Brown was named the A-Sun player of the year. In their NCAA Tournament debut, the 15 seeded Eagles upset 2 seeded Georgetown 78–68. It was the third time in two years and eighth time overall that a 15 seed had upset a 2 seed. With a second round 81-71 win over San Diego State, they became the first 15 seed to win two games in a tournament to advance", "id": "8068116" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nNCAA Division I, having been officially founded in 1991 and started classes in 1997. FGCU athletics began in the NAIA. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a full Division I member on August 11, 2011. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, FGCU became the first number 15 seed to advance to the Sweet", "id": "15898378" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by second year head coach Andy Enfield, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished A-Sun play with a record of 13–5 to finish in second place. In only their second year of full NCAA eligibility, the Eagles won the Atlantic Sun Tournament, beating top-seeded Mercer in the championship game, to", "id": "8068115" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida and were led by fourth-year head coach Joe Dooley as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the regular season 26–8, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the ASUN Tournament, they defeated Stetson, Kennesaw State, and North Florida", "id": "11309074" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSweet Sixteen as the first ever 15-seed to do such. After putting FGCU on the map with their new \"Dunk City\" moniker, Enfield accepted the men's basketball position at USC. Joe Dooley then assumed the role from 2013-2018 before accepting the Head Coach position at East Carolina The Eagles are now led by long-time program assistant coach, Michael Fly. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a", "id": "14634775" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division", "id": "19591078" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAndrew William Enfield (born June 8, 1969) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Southern California (USC). He came to national prominence as the head coach of Florida Gulf Coast University when his team achieved two major feats at the 2013 NCAA Tournament. First they became just the seventh 15-seed to defeat a 2-seed by upsetting Georgetown in the first round of the tournament. Then with an 81–71 upset of No. 7 San Diego State they became the first ever", "id": "13490420" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. He was succeeded by Andy Enfield from 2011-13, who took the Eagles to the", "id": "14634774" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles are led by first-year head coach Michael Fly and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Eagles finished the 2017–18 season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost", "id": "5505776" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles were led by fifth-year head coach Joe Dooley and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost to Lipscomb", "id": "15628413" }, { "contents": "Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball\n\n\ntournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University in the Second Round. Georgetown lost to the 15th-seeded Eagles 78–68, the seventh number two seed to lose to a 15 seed. It was the fourth consecutive season the Hoyas were eliminated by a double-digit seed in the NCAA Tournament. The 2013–14 season was the team's first after Georgetown and six other schools left the original Big East Conference and joined Butler, Creighton, and Xavier in forming the new Big East Conference – part of a major conference realignment in which several other", "id": "7112965" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nrun by a first-time tournament participant in NCAA history, behind only Indiana State advancing all the way to the national championship game in 1979 and Charlotte and Georgia reaching the Final Four in 1977 and 1983, respectively. Southwestern Louisiana, now known as Louisiana–Lafayette, advanced to the Sweet 16 in its first appearance as well, in 1972, but that appearance was vacated due to NCAA sanctions. Coach Andy Enfield was hired by USC on April 1. To replace him, the Eagles hired Joe Dooley, an assistant", "id": "14634779" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference and were the defending A-Sun Tournament champion. They played their home games at Alico Arena. The team went through many changes for the 2013–14 season. Head coach Andy Enfield left to take the same job at USC and former Kansas assistant Joe Dooley takes over as head coach. Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Player of", "id": "14271711" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by second year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 22–11, 12–3 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the A-Sun Tournament where they lost to USC Upstate. They received an invitation to the", "id": "14301819" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nto win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Florida State. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to win the A-Sun Tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 16 seed where they defeated", "id": "11309075" }, { "contents": "Sherwood Brown\n\n\nNCAA Tournament appearance in just the school's second year of full Division I eligibility. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Brown, scoring 24 points and grabbing 9 rebounds, led his Eagles to 78–68 win over No. 2 seed Georgetown. Then, his #15 seeded Eagles made history, by beating #7 seed San Diego State, 81–71. It marked the first time a No. 15 seed reached the sweet sixteen. Brown scored 17 points and added 8 rebounds in the contest. His final", "id": "13929588" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\nwon the Atlantic Sun Conference regular-season and/or tournament championship each year since (except for 2010) with annual postseason appearances either in the NCAA Tournament or the WNIT, in which the Eagles finished second nationally in 2016 after losing to South Dakota in the championship game. In 2012, FGCU's first year of full Division I postseason eligibility, the men's team played in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference", "id": "21316637" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n's regular season and conference tourney titles, earning its first berth into the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. The Eagles lost to St. Bonaventure University in the first round of the tournament 72-65 in Tallahassee, FL. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. Founded in 2007, the Eagles are one of the youngest men's soccer programs in the country. The team made the NCAA Tournament in the first year of eligibility, in 2011", "id": "15898384" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 15th year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 26–9, 12–2 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They defeated North Florida, Jacksonville and Stetson to become champions of the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's", "id": "5941281" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles were coached by 13th year head coach Karl Smesko and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–3, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They also won the Atlantic Sun Tournament to earn an automatic to the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to Florida State in the", "id": "10569284" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by third year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to be champions of the A-Sun", "id": "15873400" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nthe seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. On March 24, 2007, FGCU women's basketball team ended their 35–1 season with a loss in the Division II National Championship to Southern Connecticut State University. One year later, in 2008, the Women's Basketball team qualified for the WNIT, becoming the first team to qualify for the WNIT in its first season of Division I sports. During the 2008 WNIT Tourney, the team became the first Atlantic", "id": "15898382" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ndecisive 8–0 Georgetown run early in the second half, the Hoyas took their first double-digit lead on a Nate Lubick dunk with 6:18 left to play on the way to a 77–65 win. It was their first win in a postseason tournament since the 2012 NCAA Tournament and their first win in the NIT since 2005. Georgetown advanced to the second round, visiting the region's No. 1 seed, Florida State, which had defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the first round. None of the defenses the Hoyas tried against Florida", "id": "6143540" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nwon the SEC Championship with a conference record of 14–4. During the regular season, Billy Donovan notched his 400th career win as the head coach of the Gators over Missouri. After losing in the final of the 2013 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament to Mississippi, they entered the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the South Region. Florida defeated the No. 14 seed Northwestern State 79–47 in the first round, and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen after soundly beating the No. 11 seed", "id": "17774979" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by seventeenth year head coach Karl Smesko, will play their home games at the Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 28–4, 16–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season. Florida Gulf Coast won the conference tournament championship game over Liberty, 72–49. They lost in the first round to Miami (", "id": "1471180" }, { "contents": "USC Trojans men's basketball\n\n\nof one scholarship for the 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 academic years, and reductions in the numbers of recruiting days and coaches participating in off-campus recruiting through 2011. The school also vacated all wins earned during the 2007–2008 season, due to Mayo's ineligibility at that time. After becoming the first head coach to lead a 15-seed to the Sweet 16, guiding his Florida Gulf Coast Eagles to upsets of Georgetown and San Diego State, Andy Enfield was hired as the new head coach at USC on April 1, 2013. Enfield replaces", "id": "10682450" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. The Eagles compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The soccer team is one of several varsity sports teams that represent the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. The team made the NCAA tournament in the first year of eligibility in 2011, and returned in 2012, 2014, and 2016. Source: Bob Butehorn has served as head coach for Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer since the", "id": "12451948" }, { "contents": "Fairleigh Dickinson University\n\n\nthe top seeded Illinois Fighting Illini a huge scare. Being only down 1 at the half, the Knights played well and held their own for a while. However, in the second half the Illini pulled away from FDU and won the game by 12. More recently, the men's team made the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles in the First Four, and the 2019 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they defeated Prairie View A&M University in the First", "id": "6126133" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntournament debut in only their second year of Division I eligibility. They upset Georgetown and San Diego State in their first two games, becoming the first #15 seed to advance to the regional semifinals (where they were defeated by Florida). For the first time since 2010, a #14 seed won as Harvard defeated New Mexico in the West Region. The same region saw #13 La Salle, who won in the opening round, defeat #4 Kansas State and #12 Mississippi defeat #5 Wisconsin. In addition", "id": "14862719" }, { "contents": "2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament marked the 38th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 27, March 2 and 5, 2017 at campus sites as top seeds host each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated North Florida, 77–61, in the championship game to receive the conference's automatic trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records", "id": "20563986" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nis not any official definition of what constitutes a \"Cinderella team\", there does seem to be a consensus that such teams represent small schools, are usually low-seeded in the tournament, and achieves at least one unexpected win in the tournament. A recent example of this is Florida Gulf Coast University, a relatively new school that held its first classes in 1997 and became Division I postseason eligible in 2011. They made their first appearance in the 2013 tournament, winning two games to become the first #15 seed to", "id": "20874955" }, { "contents": "2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament was the 39th year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 26, March 1, and 4, 2018 at campus sites of the higher seeds. Lipscomb defeated regular season champion Florida Gulf Coast in the tournament championship to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the school's first trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a", "id": "22036552" }, { "contents": "2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nwin, as VCU was joined by #12 seed and citymate Richmond, #10 seed Florida State, and #13 seed Morehead State as first round winners. Florida State, VCU, and Richmond all advanced to the Sweet Sixteen from that region, and VCU defeated top-seeded Kansas in the final. Butler and #11 seed Gonzaga advanced from the Southeast Region, with Gonzaga losing in the Round of 32 to BYU. For the third time in as many appearances, Vanderbilt suffered a defeat to a double digit seed", "id": "10990625" }, { "contents": "Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball\n\n\nwould again win their opening game, this time defeating Jacksonville University. The Owls would break their second-round losing tradition, beating Jacksonville State University. In the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, the Owls faced Georgia State University and won 76–75, clinching their first and only conference championship and a bid to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. In the 2002 NCAA tournament, the Owls were seeded as a 15-seed, and placed in the South Region, and were paired with 2-seed University of Alabama. Though the Owls hung", "id": "18358839" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nthe following day and lost to Louisville. Falling to No. 8 in the AP Poll, but with a record of 25-6 and having won 13 of its last 15 games, Georgetown received a bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament, the Hoyas′ fourth consecutive appearance in the tournament, seventh in eight seasons, and 29th overall. Seeded second in the tournament's South Region, they met their first opponent, 15th seed Florida Gulf Coast, in the Round of 64, termed the \"Second Round\" this year.", "id": "4423034" }, { "contents": "1997 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nstripped of their Big Ten title they had also won. Arizona also became the only school since the introduction of the 64-team bracket in 1985, to defeat three number 1 seeds in the tournament, having upset overall number one seed Kansas in addition to their two Final Four victories. The tournament also saw the third victory by a #15 seed over a #2 seed, as Coppin State defeated South Carolina in their first round matchup. In addition, a #14 seed advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for only the second time", "id": "9764587" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 2018 and concluded on February 2018. The season marked the 40th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by two games over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 26 through March 4 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Lipscomb defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship", "id": "5246986" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fourteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 33–6, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the A-Sun Women's Tournament where they lost to Jacksonville. They", "id": "17761190" }, { "contents": "Coppin State Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The school's team currently competes in the NCAA Division I in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Before joining NCAA Division I, the Eagles were the 1976 NAIA National Champions. The Eagles have appeared in the NCAA Tournament four times. Their combined record is 1–4. The 1996–97 team was only the third 15 seed to beat a 2 seed in the tournament. The 2007–08 Coppin State team was", "id": "13930583" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 24, 2017 and concluded on February 23, 2017. The season marked the 39th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by one game over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 27 through March 5 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated", "id": "464189" }, { "contents": "2006 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nUCLA 73–57 in the final game. Florida's Joakim Noah was named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament. George Mason's run was one of several upsets by lower-seeded teams in the tournament. For the second consecutive year, a No. 14 seed beat a No. 3 seed as Northwestern State defeated Iowa. No. 13 seed Bradley also defeated No. 4 seed Kansas and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen by defeating No. 5-seeded Pittsburgh in the Second Round. Two No. 12 seeds won as well", "id": "87698" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nFlorida Gulf Coast University had only started classes in 1997 and was so new that it had become eligible for postseason NCAA Division I play only in 2011; the Eagles had finished in second place in the Atlantic Sun Conference and won the conference tournament, but it was their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Hoyas entered the game allowing opponents to shoot only 37.6 percent from the field – fourth-best in the United States – and limiting opponents to 55.7 points per game, and were the heavy favorites. Behind 11-", "id": "4423035" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by sixteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, play their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–5, 12–1 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season champions. They also won the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they upset Missouri in", "id": "14939652" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nchampionship game by a final score of 82-76, winning their first national title since 1986. They also are the last team from the original Big East Conference to win a national championship. On February 20, 2018, the NCAA vacated Louisville's entire tournament run, including its national title, due to multiple recruiting violations. The tournament featured several notable upsets: at least one team seeded #9 through #15 won at least once in the tournament, The most notable was Florida Gulf Coast University, who made their", "id": "14862718" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nthe Year Sherwood Brown graduated and turned professional, signing a contract with Israel's Maccabi Haifa B.C. in July 2013. They finished the season 22–13, 14–4 in Atlantic Sun play to finish in a tie for the regular season conference championship with Mercer. At the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament they advanced to their third consecutive championship game where they lost to Mercer. Due to failing to win the conference tournament as the #1 seed, they earned an automatic bid to the 2014 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to", "id": "14271712" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAtlantic Sun Conference tournament, losing to regular season champion Belmont. His 2012–13 team first attracted attention by beating Miami and finishing with a second-place finish and second seed in the Atlantic Sun tournament. After defeating regular season champion Mercer in the championship game, the Eagles earned a 15 seed in the South Region of the NCAA tournament, where they pulled off a major upset by defeating 2 seed Georgetown in the first round and then 7 seed San Diego State in the second round, making them the first 15 seed in the", "id": "13490426" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntime in tournament history, none of the four top seeded teams in a single region (the South) advanced to the Sweet 16. Also, the tournament featured the first regional final matchup of a 9-seed (Kansas State) and an 11-seed (Loyola-Chicago). Villanova, Michigan, Kansas, and Loyola-Chicago, the \"Cinderella team\" of the tournament, reached the Final Four. Villanova defeated Michigan in the championship game, 79–62. Atlantic Sun Conference champion Lipscomb made its NCAA tournament debut. The 2018", "id": "11011681" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\n, Minnesota, 78–64. The Gators then defeated Florida Gulf Coast, No. 15 seed, in the Sweet Sixteen 62–50. But once again, their run ended in the Elite Eight, this time against fourth seeded Michigan, who handily defeated the Gators, 79–59. The Gators became the first team since the expansion of the tournament in 1951 to lose in the Elite Eight in three consecutive seasons. Florida is the only program in the nation to have advanced as far as the Elite Eight in each of those seasons from 2011–2013", "id": "17774980" }, { "contents": "North Florida Ospreys men's basketball\n\n\n. In the 2014–15 season, the Ospreys made their first ever appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Tournament for the first time. On December 6, 2014, they defeated the Purdue Boilermakers on the road, marking their first ever victory over a Big Ten Conference opponent. They also won the Atlantic Sun regular season title for the first time and posted the best record in team history with 23 wins and 11 losses. As a No. 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament, they were defeated by", "id": "15251308" }, { "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\npopularly called the \"play-in game\", had Niagara, winner of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament, facing Florida A&M, who won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament, for a chance to play top seed Kansas in the First Round of the Tournament. Niagara defeated Florida A&M, 77–69, to advance to play Kansas. All teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65. The first and second-round games were played at", "id": "257019" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team\n\n\n2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 6 seed in the Midwest Region. They defeated 11 seed San Diego State in the first round and 14 seed Ohio to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the regional semifinal they defeated 2 seed and AP #5 Ohio State to advance to the first Elite Eight in school history. They were defeated by 5 seed and AP #13 Michigan State in the regional final to end their season. The 2008–09 Volunteers finished the season 21–13 overall, against the second-rated", "id": "6859935" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n1992 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, and they advanced to the final before losing to Syracuse. They were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the second round before losing to West Region No. 3 seed Florida State. They were ranked No. 22 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and No. 18 in the final Coaches' Poll. Georgetowns starting lineup of senior center and", "id": "14462787" }, { "contents": "1988–89 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nEast Tournament championship in Georgetown men's basketball history, defeating Syracuse in the final game. They were the No. 1 seed in the East Region of the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the 11th of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the East Region final before losing to the region′s No. 2 seed, Duke. They were ranked No. 2 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and Coaches' Poll. Since Patrick Ewing's graduation in May 1985, Georgetown had struggled to find", "id": "14781639" }, { "contents": "Hampton Pirates men's basketball\n\n\nThe Hampton Pirates men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, United States. The school's team formerly competed in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, but moved to the Big South Conference in 2018-19. Notably, the 2000-01 Hampton team was one of seven 15th seeds ever to upset a 2nd seed in the Round of 64 of an NCAA Tournament, defeating Iowa State in the first round. The Pirates have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament six times.", "id": "13103032" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nlost to 15-seed and tournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University 78-68 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The team was ranked No. 8 in the final Associated Press Poll of the season and No. 17 in the postseason Coaches' Poll. This was Georgetowns last season as a member of the original Big East Conference. It had been a founding member of the conference in the 1979-80 season and had remained a member for 34 seasons, but the conferences increasingly unstable membership and uncertain future and what Georgetown", "id": "4422963" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n, becoming the first player ever named the Big East's Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Tournament MVP in the same season, and only the second Tournament MVP from a team that did not win the tournament. The Hoyas were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances. In the first round, they defeated South Florida, with Mourning scoring 21 points and pulling down 11 rebounds.", "id": "14462796" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n. 7 seed, the Ospreys hosted the No. 2 seed Florida in the first round, where they fell 97–68. The Ospreys made the most three point shots (402) out of all NCAA Division I teams in the 2015–16 season, earning them the nickname \"Birds of Trey\". The Ospreys finished the 2014–15 season with a program-best overall record of 23–12, and a 12–2 record in conference play. They won the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time. As a", "id": "17130629" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nAs the #1 seed in the west region of the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, they defeated Hampton in the second round and Michigan in the third round to advance to the \"Sweet Sixteen\" where they were defeated by Arizona to finish the season 32–5. The team finished 2010 with a 35–5 record, becoming the ACC Regular Season Co-Champion, ACC Tournament Champion, and earning a #1 seed in the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Blue Devils beat Butler in the championship", "id": "16537035" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n81–78. They secured the regular season championship and No. 1 seed in the Atlantic Sun Tournament with a win at crosstown rival Jacksonville. The Ospreys began their quest to win back-to-back Atlantic Sun Tournament titles by defeating USC Upstate in the quarterfinals, 92–69. However, they were blown-out by 33 points in the semifinals by Florida Gulf Coast. Their 56 points were the fewest they scored in any game this season. Due to renovations at the O'Connell Center, the 7-seed Ospreys hosted the 2-seed Florida Gators", "id": "17130638" }, { "contents": "2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Stan Heath, the Flashes finished their best season in program history, posting a 30–6 record and advancing to the Elite Eight of the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament after defeating seventh-seeded Oklahoma State, upsetting second-seeded Alabama and third-seeded Pittsburgh, before falling to eventual national runners-up Indiana. The team set program and Mid-American Conference", "id": "6355295" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nits last 3 games in February and entering the postseason with a 24–6 record, yet still managed to win its second consecutive SEC Tournament Championship. The Gators entered the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a No. 3 seed with a 27–6 record, and ranked No. 10 by the AP. They beat No. 14 seed South Alabama and No. 11 seed Milwaukee to advance to the Minneapolis regional. There, the Gators defeated the No. 7 seed Georgetown Hoyas and upset the No. 1 seed Villanova", "id": "17774968" }, { "contents": "Troy Trojans men's basketball\n\n\n1950. The Trojans appeared in the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a 14-seed after winning the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament and faced 3-seeded Xavier in the first round, losing 71–59. The Trojans were the champions of the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2003 and defeated Central Florida for the conference tournament championship in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2004, the Trojans were the Atlantic Sun Conference Regular Season Champions. That year, the Trojans made it all the way to the Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship game, only to lose a heart", "id": "16764100" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nearned a #2 seed in the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, but lost to #15 seed Lehigh in the round of 64. Following the 2009–2010 basketball team, the 2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team began the season ranked #1 in the nation and held that title for the first nine weeks of the season going 15–0, until being defeated for the first time on January 12 again Florida State. The only non-conference loss during the regular season came again St. John's weeks later.", "id": "19517109" }, { "contents": "South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball\n\n\nTournament victory since 1973 with a 20-point win over the Marquette Golden Eagles. Two nights later, the Gamecocks upset the #2 seed Duke Blue Devils to advance to their fourth Sweet 16. South Carolina then beat #3 seed Baylor Bears to advance to their first-ever Elite 8, two days later they upset Florida to advance to their first ever Final Four. The Gamecocks have appeared in the NCAA Tournament nine times. Their combined record is 8–10. The Gamecocks have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 11", "id": "3062795" }, { "contents": "2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament marked the 37th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held March 1–6, 2016 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast won their second Atlantic Sun Tournament title and a berth in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. All 8 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. Stetson was ineligible to participate in the NCAA Tournament due to APR violations, but was allowed to participate in the Atlantic Sun Tournament. Had Stetson won the tournament, North Florida", "id": "9533118" }, { "contents": "2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n. Northern Iowa was one of four teams seeded lower than No. 8 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, joining the East Region's No. 11 seed Washington and No. 12 seed Cornell and the South Region's No. 10 seed Saint Mary's. For the first time since 2006, a No. 14 seed advanced out of the First Round as Ohio defeated Georgetown. The No. 13 seed in the West Region, Murray State, defeated No. 4-seeded Vanderbilt, marking the second consecutive appearance for the Commodores", "id": "10990515" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team represented Boston College during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by third-year head coach Jim Christian, played their home games at the Conte Forum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 9–23, 2–16 in ACC play to finish in last place. As the No. 15 seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost in the first round to Wake Forest. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 7–25", "id": "5940409" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 68 teams to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2017–18 season. The 80th annual edition of the tournament began on March 13, 2018, and concluded with the championship game on April 2 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. During the first round, UMBC became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed in the men's tournament by defeating Virginia 74–54. For the first", "id": "11011680" }, { "contents": "2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe third round of the Midwest Region. A team from the First Four games also won in the Round of 64 for the second consecutive year as South Florida defeated Midwest #5 seed Temple, setting up a #12 vs. #13 matchup that Ohio won. Virginia Commonwealth, a Final Four team from 2011 as an #11 seed, made the 2012 tournament as a #12 seed and once again made the round of 32 by defeating South #5 seed Wichita State. The South Region saw four double digit seeds win", "id": "14155762" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (also FGCU) refer to the fifteen sports teams representing Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and tennis; women's-only: softball, swimming and diving, indoor volleyball, and sand volleyball; and men's-only: baseball. The Eagles compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). FGCU is also notable as the youngest institution competing in", "id": "15898377" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nConference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. In the 2018 NCAA Tournament, Virginia became the first number 1 seed to lose to a number 16 seed when they lost to the UMBC Retrievers 74–54. Led by tenth-year head coach Tony Bennett, Virginia finished the regular season with a record of 28–2. They posted a 16–2 conference record, earning them the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament, where they defeated No. 8 seed NC State, before losing to No. 4 seed Florida State. In the", "id": "19522360" }, { "contents": "American Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe American Eagles men's basketball team represents American University in Washington, D.C. in NCAA Division I competition. The school's team competes in the Patriot League and play their home games in Bender Arena. Their rivals include Boston University, Bucknell University, and Navy. In 2008, the Eagles earned their first ever bid to the NCAA Division I Tournament by defeating Colgate in the final round of the Patriot League Tournament. The Eagles were seeded 15th against #2 Tennessee. American held tight against the Volunteers most of the game,", "id": "1515606" }, { "contents": "2010 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 11–March 14 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. This tournament was notable for the high number of upsets, with the higher seed winning only twice in the first two rounds, and the 11 and 12 seeds progressing to the semifinals. The championship game matched Duke against Georgia Tech. It was the third time a team has played 4 games (NC State in 1997 and", "id": "1478152" }, { "contents": "2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nCole Aldrich on the NCAA Tournament All-Midwest Regional team. To play the top-seeded Louisville Cardinals in the first round, Morehead State defeated Alabama State 58–43, with the Eagles keeping the Hornets without a lead the entire game. This marked the first time either team had played in the tournament in five years; the Eagles had not played since 1984. Morehead State fell to Louisville 74–54, the 100th time a 1 seed beat a 16 seed in the tournament since seeding began. However, the Eagles managed to keep", "id": "21670617" }, { "contents": "Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball\n\n\nThe Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Bisons made their first ever trip to the NCAA tournament in school history in 2018, when they defeated Florida Gulf Coast University in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament final. Lipscomb has a 177–179 all-time record in NCAA basketball and a 96–76 record in Atlantic Sun games. Lipscomb won their first Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament title", "id": "16052096" }, { "contents": "2000 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n1979 by defeating Florida 89-76 in the final game. Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, while Morris Peterson was its leading scorer. Despite the string of upsets, no seed lower than 11 won a game in the tournament. The only 11 seed to win was Pepperdine, which defeated Indiana in the East Region's first round in what turned out to be Bob Knight's last game coaching the Hoosiers before his firing that offseason. Also, two teams that qualified as 10 seeds", "id": "9764963" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by sixth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at Hawkins Arena on the university's Macon, Georgia campus and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–9, 14–4 in A-Sun play to win the regular season A-Sun championship, shared with Florida Gulf Coast. They defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship game of the A-Sun", "id": "13259751" }, { "contents": "1993 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe second round in that region. At the time, 15-seed Santa Clara's victory over 2-seed Arizona was only the second such upset, and following the 2019 tournament, is one of only eight times that a 15-seed defeated a 2-seed since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams (in 2018, Maryland-Baltimore County became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed, ousting Virginia 74-54.). For the third time, the Superdome was the host venue for the Final Four, and for the second straight year,", "id": "9764537" }, { "contents": "2006–07 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team\n\n\nWisconsin to with the tournament championship. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and received a No. 1 seed in the South regional. They defeated Central Connecticut State and Matta's former team, Xavier, to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The Buckeyes then defeated Tennessee and Memphis to advance to the Final Four, their first trip to the Final Four under Matta. With a win over Georgetown, they advanced to the National Championship game against Florida. Florida led from the start,", "id": "19897895" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team\n\n\nfinishing in third place in the Atlantic 10 during the regular season, Richmond advanced to the finals of the conference tournament before falling to Temple. Richmond was awarded an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As the seventh seed in the tournament's South region, Richmond earned the highest seeding in its history. They lost in the first round to ten seed Saint Mary's to end their season. !colspan=9| Regular Season !colspan=9| 2010 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament !colspan=10| 2010 NCAA", "id": "6019729" }, { "contents": "Norfolk State University\n\n\nchampionship which gave them the conference's automatic bid in the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, the school's first ever appearance in the tournament. The Spartans, a 15 seed, defeated the #2 seeded Missouri Tigers in the second round, 86-84. This victory was only the fifth time in NCAA Tournament history that a 15 seed defeated a 2 seed, with the last coming in 2001 by MEAC in-state rival Hampton. The Marching Spartan Legion Band performs at campus events and during Norfolk State", "id": "3283354" }, { "contents": "2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season\n\n\nof these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Ivy League does not have a conference tournament, instead giving their automatic invitation to their regular-season champion. By contrast, the Atlantic Coast Conference does not have a regular-season champion, using the standings only for seeding purposes in its conference tournament. A \"major upset\" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent. After the NCAA Tournament field was announced, the National", "id": "19699405" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nNCAA Tournament, the Cavaliers earned a No. 1 seed in the South Regional. The Cavaliers defeated No. 16 seed and NCAA tournament debutants Gardner–Webb in the first round, and No. 9 seed Oklahoma in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where they ended a potential Cinderella run from No. 12 seed Oregon. In the Elite Eight, the Cavs needed overtime to beat No. 3 Purdue; with the win, they advanced to their first Final Four since 1984. They then defeated No", "id": "19522361" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team represented Morehead State University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 5th year head coach Donnie Tyndall, played their home games at Ellis Johnson Arena and are members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 13–5 in Ohio Valley play and were champions of the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic bid in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As a 13 seed, they upset", "id": "15587818" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament upsets\n\n\nseed has ever advanced to this point in the women's tournament, all defeated teams were 3 seeds. To date, no 13 seed, in either the men's or women's tournament, has advanced to the Elite Eight. Unlike the men's tournament, in which one 12 seed won its Sweet 16 game since 1985, no 12 seed has ever won a game in the women's tournament. Only one team seeded 11 or lower has won in the Sweet 16 and advanced to the Elite Eight—11 seed Gonzaga in 2011", "id": "14196695" }, { "contents": "1985–86 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ntournament semifinals, where they lost to Syracuse. Georgetown was the No. 4 seed in the Midwest Region of the 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the eighth of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and defeated Texas Tech in the first round to advance to the second round, in which the Hoyas met the Midwest Regions No. 5 seed, Michigan State. Although he had nine of Georgetowns 17 assists, Michael Jackson shot only 1-for-7 (14.3%) from the field while Michigan State senior guard Scott Skiles", "id": "14959435" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nnational championship), and Michigan, returning for the first time since the Fab Five's second appearance in 1993 (which was later vacated). By winning the West Region, Wichita State became the first #9 seed and first Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) team to reach the Final Four since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The last #9 seed to reach the Final Four was Penn, and the last MVC team to do so was Indiana State, both in 1979. Louisville defeated Michigan in the", "id": "14862717" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by fourth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at the University Center and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–11, 13–5 in A-Sun play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the semifinals of the Atlantic Sun Basketball Tournament to Florida Gulf Coast. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Tennessee", "id": "21424844" }, { "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nwas played between two #1 seeds, due to the fact that all four #1 seeds were in the Final Four for the first time in NCAA Tournament history. Kansas entered the 2008 NCAA Tournament as the #1 seed in the Midwest Regional. In the 1st round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas dominated Portland State with an 85-61 victory. In the 2nd round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas beat UNLV 75-56 to advance to the Sweet 16. In the Sweet 16 of the 2008 NCAA", "id": "17054491" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hokies were led by third-year head coach Buzz Williams and played their home games at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 22–11, 10–8 in ACC play to finish a three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the ACC Tournament, they beat Wake Forest before losing to Florida", "id": "6984911" }, { "contents": "2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was head coach Dave Rose's 13th season at BYU and the Cougars seventh season as members of the West Coast Conference. The Cougars played their home games at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah. They finished the season 24–11, 11–7 in West Coast Conference play to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated San Diego in the quarterfinals and Saint", "id": "14065303" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n, and returned in 2012. They most recently returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2014 where they lost to Coastal Carolina 1–0. The men's soccer team plays its home games at the FGCU Soccer Complex. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I women's soccer competitions. The Green and Blue have competed in the NCAA Tournament 6 times, with a win against South Florida during the 2015 tournament. The women's team played their first home NCAA tournament game in 2014", "id": "15898385" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nto that, the region's top seed, Gonzaga, was defeated in the round of 32 by eventual region winner Wichita State, who defeated La Salle in the Sweet Sixteen. Two other teams also earned their first ever NCAA Tournament victory: Ivy League champion Harvard and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champion North Carolina A&T. Liberty became the first 20-loss team in five years to earn an NCAA bid, having finished its season with five consecutive wins to secure the Big South championship and its automatic qualification. The following are", "id": "14862720" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nThey received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning an 8 seed in the West Region. They defeated 9 seed Florida State in the first round before losing to 1 seed and AP #4 Syracuse in the second round. Gonzaga opened the season with a 94–53 exhibition victory over Alberta on November 2. Matt Bouldin led the team with 17 points, followed by Sam Dower with 15 points and Robert Sacre with 11 points. Gonzaga led by as many as 26 points in the", "id": "651215" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nUTEP and 13 seed Murray State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The team next defeated 1 seed Syracuse to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history, and then defeated 2 seed Kansas State to earn their first Final Four appearance in school history. They were only the second team from a mid-major conference to \"officially\" advance that far in the tournament since UNLV made the Final Four in 1991. On April 3, 2010, Butler defeated Michigan State and advanced to the National Championship game", "id": "12646316" } ]

[ { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSan Diego State 81–71, becoming the first time a 15th seed has ever advanced to the Sweet 16. The school was referred to as \"Dunk City\" or \"Florida Dunk Coast\" on many media outlets such as ESPN and CBS due to their high-flying athletic finishing style. The Eagles participated in their first Division I postseason tournament in 2013, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. On March 22, 2013; the Eagles", "id": "14634777" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nfull Division I member on August 11, 2011. The Eagles men's basketball team is best known for their run in the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, their first since moving up to Division I. In the Round of 64, the Eagles defeated the #2 seed Georgetown 78–68. It was only the seventh time that a 15th seed has defeated a 2nd seed, and the second-highest margin of victory for one. Two days later in the Round of 32, the Eagles defeated the #7 seed", "id": "14634776" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\n, the 15th seed in the South Region, scored one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history, defeating second-seeded Georgetown 78–68. They were only the seventh #15 seed to defeat a #2 seed, the first being Richmond's 1991 victory over Syracuse. Two days later, they defeated seventh seeded San Diego State to become the first #15 seed ever to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Their run ended there in a 62–50 loss to third seeded Florida. This is \"officially\" the third-deepest", "id": "14634778" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\ntournament final earning the automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became the seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. The Eagles went on to win two more Atlantic Sun Conference championships in", "id": "21316638" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nplayed in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. That earned the team an automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament, and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became", "id": "15898381" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nearn their first ever bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 15 seed in the south region. Guard Sherwood Brown was named the A-Sun player of the year. In their NCAA Tournament debut, the 15 seeded Eagles upset 2 seeded Georgetown 78–68. It was the third time in two years and eighth time overall that a 15 seed had upset a 2 seed. With a second round 81-71 win over San Diego State, they became the first 15 seed to win two games in a tournament to advance", "id": "8068116" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nNCAA Division I, having been officially founded in 1991 and started classes in 1997. FGCU athletics began in the NAIA. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a full Division I member on August 11, 2011. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, FGCU became the first number 15 seed to advance to the Sweet", "id": "15898378" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by second year head coach Andy Enfield, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished A-Sun play with a record of 13–5 to finish in second place. In only their second year of full NCAA eligibility, the Eagles won the Atlantic Sun Tournament, beating top-seeded Mercer in the championship game, to", "id": "8068115" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida and were led by fourth-year head coach Joe Dooley as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the regular season 26–8, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the ASUN Tournament, they defeated Stetson, Kennesaw State, and North Florida", "id": "11309074" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSweet Sixteen as the first ever 15-seed to do such. After putting FGCU on the map with their new \"Dunk City\" moniker, Enfield accepted the men's basketball position at USC. Joe Dooley then assumed the role from 2013-2018 before accepting the Head Coach position at East Carolina The Eagles are now led by long-time program assistant coach, Michael Fly. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a", "id": "14634775" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division", "id": "19591078" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAndrew William Enfield (born June 8, 1969) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Southern California (USC). He came to national prominence as the head coach of Florida Gulf Coast University when his team achieved two major feats at the 2013 NCAA Tournament. First they became just the seventh 15-seed to defeat a 2-seed by upsetting Georgetown in the first round of the tournament. Then with an 81–71 upset of No. 7 San Diego State they became the first ever", "id": "13490420" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. He was succeeded by Andy Enfield from 2011-13, who took the Eagles to the", "id": "14634774" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles are led by first-year head coach Michael Fly and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Eagles finished the 2017–18 season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost", "id": "5505776" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles were led by fifth-year head coach Joe Dooley and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost to Lipscomb", "id": "15628413" }, { "contents": "Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball\n\n\ntournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University in the Second Round. Georgetown lost to the 15th-seeded Eagles 78–68, the seventh number two seed to lose to a 15 seed. It was the fourth consecutive season the Hoyas were eliminated by a double-digit seed in the NCAA Tournament. The 2013–14 season was the team's first after Georgetown and six other schools left the original Big East Conference and joined Butler, Creighton, and Xavier in forming the new Big East Conference – part of a major conference realignment in which several other", "id": "7112965" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nrun by a first-time tournament participant in NCAA history, behind only Indiana State advancing all the way to the national championship game in 1979 and Charlotte and Georgia reaching the Final Four in 1977 and 1983, respectively. Southwestern Louisiana, now known as Louisiana–Lafayette, advanced to the Sweet 16 in its first appearance as well, in 1972, but that appearance was vacated due to NCAA sanctions. Coach Andy Enfield was hired by USC on April 1. To replace him, the Eagles hired Joe Dooley, an assistant", "id": "14634779" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference and were the defending A-Sun Tournament champion. They played their home games at Alico Arena. The team went through many changes for the 2013–14 season. Head coach Andy Enfield left to take the same job at USC and former Kansas assistant Joe Dooley takes over as head coach. Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Player of", "id": "14271711" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by second year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 22–11, 12–3 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the A-Sun Tournament where they lost to USC Upstate. They received an invitation to the", "id": "14301819" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nto win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Florida State. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to win the A-Sun Tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 16 seed where they defeated", "id": "11309075" }, { "contents": "Sherwood Brown\n\n\nNCAA Tournament appearance in just the school's second year of full Division I eligibility. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Brown, scoring 24 points and grabbing 9 rebounds, led his Eagles to 78–68 win over No. 2 seed Georgetown. Then, his #15 seeded Eagles made history, by beating #7 seed San Diego State, 81–71. It marked the first time a No. 15 seed reached the sweet sixteen. Brown scored 17 points and added 8 rebounds in the contest. His final", "id": "13929588" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\nwon the Atlantic Sun Conference regular-season and/or tournament championship each year since (except for 2010) with annual postseason appearances either in the NCAA Tournament or the WNIT, in which the Eagles finished second nationally in 2016 after losing to South Dakota in the championship game. In 2012, FGCU's first year of full Division I postseason eligibility, the men's team played in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference", "id": "21316637" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n's regular season and conference tourney titles, earning its first berth into the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. The Eagles lost to St. Bonaventure University in the first round of the tournament 72-65 in Tallahassee, FL. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. Founded in 2007, the Eagles are one of the youngest men's soccer programs in the country. The team made the NCAA Tournament in the first year of eligibility, in 2011", "id": "15898384" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 15th year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 26–9, 12–2 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They defeated North Florida, Jacksonville and Stetson to become champions of the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's", "id": "5941281" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles were coached by 13th year head coach Karl Smesko and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–3, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They also won the Atlantic Sun Tournament to earn an automatic to the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to Florida State in the", "id": "10569284" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by third year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to be champions of the A-Sun", "id": "15873400" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nthe seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. On March 24, 2007, FGCU women's basketball team ended their 35–1 season with a loss in the Division II National Championship to Southern Connecticut State University. One year later, in 2008, the Women's Basketball team qualified for the WNIT, becoming the first team to qualify for the WNIT in its first season of Division I sports. During the 2008 WNIT Tourney, the team became the first Atlantic", "id": "15898382" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ndecisive 8–0 Georgetown run early in the second half, the Hoyas took their first double-digit lead on a Nate Lubick dunk with 6:18 left to play on the way to a 77–65 win. It was their first win in a postseason tournament since the 2012 NCAA Tournament and their first win in the NIT since 2005. Georgetown advanced to the second round, visiting the region's No. 1 seed, Florida State, which had defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the first round. None of the defenses the Hoyas tried against Florida", "id": "6143540" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nwon the SEC Championship with a conference record of 14–4. During the regular season, Billy Donovan notched his 400th career win as the head coach of the Gators over Missouri. After losing in the final of the 2013 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament to Mississippi, they entered the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the South Region. Florida defeated the No. 14 seed Northwestern State 79–47 in the first round, and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen after soundly beating the No. 11 seed", "id": "17774979" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by seventeenth year head coach Karl Smesko, will play their home games at the Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 28–4, 16–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season. Florida Gulf Coast won the conference tournament championship game over Liberty, 72–49. They lost in the first round to Miami (", "id": "1471180" }, { "contents": "USC Trojans men's basketball\n\n\nof one scholarship for the 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 academic years, and reductions in the numbers of recruiting days and coaches participating in off-campus recruiting through 2011. The school also vacated all wins earned during the 2007–2008 season, due to Mayo's ineligibility at that time. After becoming the first head coach to lead a 15-seed to the Sweet 16, guiding his Florida Gulf Coast Eagles to upsets of Georgetown and San Diego State, Andy Enfield was hired as the new head coach at USC on April 1, 2013. Enfield replaces", "id": "10682450" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. The Eagles compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The soccer team is one of several varsity sports teams that represent the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. The team made the NCAA tournament in the first year of eligibility in 2011, and returned in 2012, 2014, and 2016. Source: Bob Butehorn has served as head coach for Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer since the", "id": "12451948" }, { "contents": "Fairleigh Dickinson University\n\n\nthe top seeded Illinois Fighting Illini a huge scare. Being only down 1 at the half, the Knights played well and held their own for a while. However, in the second half the Illini pulled away from FDU and won the game by 12. More recently, the men's team made the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles in the First Four, and the 2019 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they defeated Prairie View A&M University in the First", "id": "6126133" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntournament debut in only their second year of Division I eligibility. They upset Georgetown and San Diego State in their first two games, becoming the first #15 seed to advance to the regional semifinals (where they were defeated by Florida). For the first time since 2010, a #14 seed won as Harvard defeated New Mexico in the West Region. The same region saw #13 La Salle, who won in the opening round, defeat #4 Kansas State and #12 Mississippi defeat #5 Wisconsin. In addition", "id": "14862719" }, { "contents": "2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament marked the 38th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 27, March 2 and 5, 2017 at campus sites as top seeds host each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated North Florida, 77–61, in the championship game to receive the conference's automatic trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records", "id": "20563986" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nis not any official definition of what constitutes a \"Cinderella team\", there does seem to be a consensus that such teams represent small schools, are usually low-seeded in the tournament, and achieves at least one unexpected win in the tournament. A recent example of this is Florida Gulf Coast University, a relatively new school that held its first classes in 1997 and became Division I postseason eligible in 2011. They made their first appearance in the 2013 tournament, winning two games to become the first #15 seed to", "id": "20874955" }, { "contents": "2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament was the 39th year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 26, March 1, and 4, 2018 at campus sites of the higher seeds. Lipscomb defeated regular season champion Florida Gulf Coast in the tournament championship to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the school's first trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a", "id": "22036552" }, { "contents": "2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nwin, as VCU was joined by #12 seed and citymate Richmond, #10 seed Florida State, and #13 seed Morehead State as first round winners. Florida State, VCU, and Richmond all advanced to the Sweet Sixteen from that region, and VCU defeated top-seeded Kansas in the final. Butler and #11 seed Gonzaga advanced from the Southeast Region, with Gonzaga losing in the Round of 32 to BYU. For the third time in as many appearances, Vanderbilt suffered a defeat to a double digit seed", "id": "10990625" }, { "contents": "Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball\n\n\nwould again win their opening game, this time defeating Jacksonville University. The Owls would break their second-round losing tradition, beating Jacksonville State University. In the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, the Owls faced Georgia State University and won 76–75, clinching their first and only conference championship and a bid to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. In the 2002 NCAA tournament, the Owls were seeded as a 15-seed, and placed in the South Region, and were paired with 2-seed University of Alabama. Though the Owls hung", "id": "18358839" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nthe following day and lost to Louisville. Falling to No. 8 in the AP Poll, but with a record of 25-6 and having won 13 of its last 15 games, Georgetown received a bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament, the Hoyas′ fourth consecutive appearance in the tournament, seventh in eight seasons, and 29th overall. Seeded second in the tournament's South Region, they met their first opponent, 15th seed Florida Gulf Coast, in the Round of 64, termed the \"Second Round\" this year.", "id": "4423034" }, { "contents": "1997 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nstripped of their Big Ten title they had also won. Arizona also became the only school since the introduction of the 64-team bracket in 1985, to defeat three number 1 seeds in the tournament, having upset overall number one seed Kansas in addition to their two Final Four victories. The tournament also saw the third victory by a #15 seed over a #2 seed, as Coppin State defeated South Carolina in their first round matchup. In addition, a #14 seed advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for only the second time", "id": "9764587" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 2018 and concluded on February 2018. The season marked the 40th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by two games over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 26 through March 4 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Lipscomb defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship", "id": "5246986" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fourteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 33–6, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the A-Sun Women's Tournament where they lost to Jacksonville. They", "id": "17761190" }, { "contents": "Coppin State Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The school's team currently competes in the NCAA Division I in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Before joining NCAA Division I, the Eagles were the 1976 NAIA National Champions. The Eagles have appeared in the NCAA Tournament four times. Their combined record is 1–4. The 1996–97 team was only the third 15 seed to beat a 2 seed in the tournament. The 2007–08 Coppin State team was", "id": "13930583" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 24, 2017 and concluded on February 23, 2017. The season marked the 39th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by one game over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 27 through March 5 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated", "id": "464189" }, { "contents": "2006 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nUCLA 73–57 in the final game. Florida's Joakim Noah was named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament. George Mason's run was one of several upsets by lower-seeded teams in the tournament. For the second consecutive year, a No. 14 seed beat a No. 3 seed as Northwestern State defeated Iowa. No. 13 seed Bradley also defeated No. 4 seed Kansas and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen by defeating No. 5-seeded Pittsburgh in the Second Round. Two No. 12 seeds won as well", "id": "87698" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nFlorida Gulf Coast University had only started classes in 1997 and was so new that it had become eligible for postseason NCAA Division I play only in 2011; the Eagles had finished in second place in the Atlantic Sun Conference and won the conference tournament, but it was their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Hoyas entered the game allowing opponents to shoot only 37.6 percent from the field – fourth-best in the United States – and limiting opponents to 55.7 points per game, and were the heavy favorites. Behind 11-", "id": "4423035" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by sixteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, play their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–5, 12–1 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season champions. They also won the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they upset Missouri in", "id": "14939652" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nchampionship game by a final score of 82-76, winning their first national title since 1986. They also are the last team from the original Big East Conference to win a national championship. On February 20, 2018, the NCAA vacated Louisville's entire tournament run, including its national title, due to multiple recruiting violations. The tournament featured several notable upsets: at least one team seeded #9 through #15 won at least once in the tournament, The most notable was Florida Gulf Coast University, who made their", "id": "14862718" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nthe Year Sherwood Brown graduated and turned professional, signing a contract with Israel's Maccabi Haifa B.C. in July 2013. They finished the season 22–13, 14–4 in Atlantic Sun play to finish in a tie for the regular season conference championship with Mercer. At the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament they advanced to their third consecutive championship game where they lost to Mercer. Due to failing to win the conference tournament as the #1 seed, they earned an automatic bid to the 2014 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to", "id": "14271712" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAtlantic Sun Conference tournament, losing to regular season champion Belmont. His 2012–13 team first attracted attention by beating Miami and finishing with a second-place finish and second seed in the Atlantic Sun tournament. After defeating regular season champion Mercer in the championship game, the Eagles earned a 15 seed in the South Region of the NCAA tournament, where they pulled off a major upset by defeating 2 seed Georgetown in the first round and then 7 seed San Diego State in the second round, making them the first 15 seed in the", "id": "13490426" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntime in tournament history, none of the four top seeded teams in a single region (the South) advanced to the Sweet 16. Also, the tournament featured the first regional final matchup of a 9-seed (Kansas State) and an 11-seed (Loyola-Chicago). Villanova, Michigan, Kansas, and Loyola-Chicago, the \"Cinderella team\" of the tournament, reached the Final Four. Villanova defeated Michigan in the championship game, 79–62. Atlantic Sun Conference champion Lipscomb made its NCAA tournament debut. The 2018", "id": "11011681" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\n, Minnesota, 78–64. The Gators then defeated Florida Gulf Coast, No. 15 seed, in the Sweet Sixteen 62–50. But once again, their run ended in the Elite Eight, this time against fourth seeded Michigan, who handily defeated the Gators, 79–59. The Gators became the first team since the expansion of the tournament in 1951 to lose in the Elite Eight in three consecutive seasons. Florida is the only program in the nation to have advanced as far as the Elite Eight in each of those seasons from 2011–2013", "id": "17774980" }, { "contents": "North Florida Ospreys men's basketball\n\n\n. In the 2014–15 season, the Ospreys made their first ever appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Tournament for the first time. On December 6, 2014, they defeated the Purdue Boilermakers on the road, marking their first ever victory over a Big Ten Conference opponent. They also won the Atlantic Sun regular season title for the first time and posted the best record in team history with 23 wins and 11 losses. As a No. 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament, they were defeated by", "id": "15251308" }, { "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\npopularly called the \"play-in game\", had Niagara, winner of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament, facing Florida A&M, who won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament, for a chance to play top seed Kansas in the First Round of the Tournament. Niagara defeated Florida A&M, 77–69, to advance to play Kansas. All teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65. The first and second-round games were played at", "id": "257019" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team\n\n\n2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 6 seed in the Midwest Region. They defeated 11 seed San Diego State in the first round and 14 seed Ohio to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the regional semifinal they defeated 2 seed and AP #5 Ohio State to advance to the first Elite Eight in school history. They were defeated by 5 seed and AP #13 Michigan State in the regional final to end their season. The 2008–09 Volunteers finished the season 21–13 overall, against the second-rated", "id": "6859935" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n1992 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, and they advanced to the final before losing to Syracuse. They were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the second round before losing to West Region No. 3 seed Florida State. They were ranked No. 22 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and No. 18 in the final Coaches' Poll. Georgetowns starting lineup of senior center and", "id": "14462787" }, { "contents": "1988–89 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nEast Tournament championship in Georgetown men's basketball history, defeating Syracuse in the final game. They were the No. 1 seed in the East Region of the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the 11th of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the East Region final before losing to the region′s No. 2 seed, Duke. They were ranked No. 2 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and Coaches' Poll. Since Patrick Ewing's graduation in May 1985, Georgetown had struggled to find", "id": "14781639" }, { "contents": "Hampton Pirates men's basketball\n\n\nThe Hampton Pirates men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, United States. The school's team formerly competed in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, but moved to the Big South Conference in 2018-19. Notably, the 2000-01 Hampton team was one of seven 15th seeds ever to upset a 2nd seed in the Round of 64 of an NCAA Tournament, defeating Iowa State in the first round. The Pirates have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament six times.", "id": "13103032" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nlost to 15-seed and tournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University 78-68 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The team was ranked No. 8 in the final Associated Press Poll of the season and No. 17 in the postseason Coaches' Poll. This was Georgetowns last season as a member of the original Big East Conference. It had been a founding member of the conference in the 1979-80 season and had remained a member for 34 seasons, but the conferences increasingly unstable membership and uncertain future and what Georgetown", "id": "4422963" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n, becoming the first player ever named the Big East's Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Tournament MVP in the same season, and only the second Tournament MVP from a team that did not win the tournament. The Hoyas were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances. In the first round, they defeated South Florida, with Mourning scoring 21 points and pulling down 11 rebounds.", "id": "14462796" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n. 7 seed, the Ospreys hosted the No. 2 seed Florida in the first round, where they fell 97–68. The Ospreys made the most three point shots (402) out of all NCAA Division I teams in the 2015–16 season, earning them the nickname \"Birds of Trey\". The Ospreys finished the 2014–15 season with a program-best overall record of 23–12, and a 12–2 record in conference play. They won the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time. As a", "id": "17130629" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nAs the #1 seed in the west region of the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, they defeated Hampton in the second round and Michigan in the third round to advance to the \"Sweet Sixteen\" where they were defeated by Arizona to finish the season 32–5. The team finished 2010 with a 35–5 record, becoming the ACC Regular Season Co-Champion, ACC Tournament Champion, and earning a #1 seed in the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Blue Devils beat Butler in the championship", "id": "16537035" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n81–78. They secured the regular season championship and No. 1 seed in the Atlantic Sun Tournament with a win at crosstown rival Jacksonville. The Ospreys began their quest to win back-to-back Atlantic Sun Tournament titles by defeating USC Upstate in the quarterfinals, 92–69. However, they were blown-out by 33 points in the semifinals by Florida Gulf Coast. Their 56 points were the fewest they scored in any game this season. Due to renovations at the O'Connell Center, the 7-seed Ospreys hosted the 2-seed Florida Gators", "id": "17130638" }, { "contents": "2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Stan Heath, the Flashes finished their best season in program history, posting a 30–6 record and advancing to the Elite Eight of the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament after defeating seventh-seeded Oklahoma State, upsetting second-seeded Alabama and third-seeded Pittsburgh, before falling to eventual national runners-up Indiana. The team set program and Mid-American Conference", "id": "6355295" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nits last 3 games in February and entering the postseason with a 24–6 record, yet still managed to win its second consecutive SEC Tournament Championship. The Gators entered the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a No. 3 seed with a 27–6 record, and ranked No. 10 by the AP. They beat No. 14 seed South Alabama and No. 11 seed Milwaukee to advance to the Minneapolis regional. There, the Gators defeated the No. 7 seed Georgetown Hoyas and upset the No. 1 seed Villanova", "id": "17774968" }, { "contents": "Troy Trojans men's basketball\n\n\n1950. The Trojans appeared in the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a 14-seed after winning the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament and faced 3-seeded Xavier in the first round, losing 71–59. The Trojans were the champions of the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2003 and defeated Central Florida for the conference tournament championship in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2004, the Trojans were the Atlantic Sun Conference Regular Season Champions. That year, the Trojans made it all the way to the Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship game, only to lose a heart", "id": "16764100" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nearned a #2 seed in the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, but lost to #15 seed Lehigh in the round of 64. Following the 2009–2010 basketball team, the 2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team began the season ranked #1 in the nation and held that title for the first nine weeks of the season going 15–0, until being defeated for the first time on January 12 again Florida State. The only non-conference loss during the regular season came again St. John's weeks later.", "id": "19517109" }, { "contents": "South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball\n\n\nTournament victory since 1973 with a 20-point win over the Marquette Golden Eagles. Two nights later, the Gamecocks upset the #2 seed Duke Blue Devils to advance to their fourth Sweet 16. South Carolina then beat #3 seed Baylor Bears to advance to their first-ever Elite 8, two days later they upset Florida to advance to their first ever Final Four. The Gamecocks have appeared in the NCAA Tournament nine times. Their combined record is 8–10. The Gamecocks have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 11", "id": "3062795" }, { "contents": "2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament marked the 37th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held March 1–6, 2016 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast won their second Atlantic Sun Tournament title and a berth in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. All 8 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. Stetson was ineligible to participate in the NCAA Tournament due to APR violations, but was allowed to participate in the Atlantic Sun Tournament. Had Stetson won the tournament, North Florida", "id": "9533118" }, { "contents": "2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n. Northern Iowa was one of four teams seeded lower than No. 8 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, joining the East Region's No. 11 seed Washington and No. 12 seed Cornell and the South Region's No. 10 seed Saint Mary's. For the first time since 2006, a No. 14 seed advanced out of the First Round as Ohio defeated Georgetown. The No. 13 seed in the West Region, Murray State, defeated No. 4-seeded Vanderbilt, marking the second consecutive appearance for the Commodores", "id": "10990515" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team represented Boston College during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by third-year head coach Jim Christian, played their home games at the Conte Forum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 9–23, 2–16 in ACC play to finish in last place. As the No. 15 seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost in the first round to Wake Forest. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 7–25", "id": "5940409" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 68 teams to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2017–18 season. The 80th annual edition of the tournament began on March 13, 2018, and concluded with the championship game on April 2 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. During the first round, UMBC became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed in the men's tournament by defeating Virginia 74–54. For the first", "id": "11011680" }, { "contents": "2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe third round of the Midwest Region. A team from the First Four games also won in the Round of 64 for the second consecutive year as South Florida defeated Midwest #5 seed Temple, setting up a #12 vs. #13 matchup that Ohio won. Virginia Commonwealth, a Final Four team from 2011 as an #11 seed, made the 2012 tournament as a #12 seed and once again made the round of 32 by defeating South #5 seed Wichita State. The South Region saw four double digit seeds win", "id": "14155762" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (also FGCU) refer to the fifteen sports teams representing Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and tennis; women's-only: softball, swimming and diving, indoor volleyball, and sand volleyball; and men's-only: baseball. The Eagles compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). FGCU is also notable as the youngest institution competing in", "id": "15898377" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nConference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. In the 2018 NCAA Tournament, Virginia became the first number 1 seed to lose to a number 16 seed when they lost to the UMBC Retrievers 74–54. Led by tenth-year head coach Tony Bennett, Virginia finished the regular season with a record of 28–2. They posted a 16–2 conference record, earning them the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament, where they defeated No. 8 seed NC State, before losing to No. 4 seed Florida State. In the", "id": "19522360" }, { "contents": "American Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe American Eagles men's basketball team represents American University in Washington, D.C. in NCAA Division I competition. The school's team competes in the Patriot League and play their home games in Bender Arena. Their rivals include Boston University, Bucknell University, and Navy. In 2008, the Eagles earned their first ever bid to the NCAA Division I Tournament by defeating Colgate in the final round of the Patriot League Tournament. The Eagles were seeded 15th against #2 Tennessee. American held tight against the Volunteers most of the game,", "id": "1515606" }, { "contents": "2010 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 11–March 14 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. This tournament was notable for the high number of upsets, with the higher seed winning only twice in the first two rounds, and the 11 and 12 seeds progressing to the semifinals. The championship game matched Duke against Georgia Tech. It was the third time a team has played 4 games (NC State in 1997 and", "id": "1478152" }, { "contents": "2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nCole Aldrich on the NCAA Tournament All-Midwest Regional team. To play the top-seeded Louisville Cardinals in the first round, Morehead State defeated Alabama State 58–43, with the Eagles keeping the Hornets without a lead the entire game. This marked the first time either team had played in the tournament in five years; the Eagles had not played since 1984. Morehead State fell to Louisville 74–54, the 100th time a 1 seed beat a 16 seed in the tournament since seeding began. However, the Eagles managed to keep", "id": "21670617" }, { "contents": "Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball\n\n\nThe Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Bisons made their first ever trip to the NCAA tournament in school history in 2018, when they defeated Florida Gulf Coast University in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament final. Lipscomb has a 177–179 all-time record in NCAA basketball and a 96–76 record in Atlantic Sun games. Lipscomb won their first Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament title", "id": "16052096" }, { "contents": "2000 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n1979 by defeating Florida 89-76 in the final game. Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, while Morris Peterson was its leading scorer. Despite the string of upsets, no seed lower than 11 won a game in the tournament. The only 11 seed to win was Pepperdine, which defeated Indiana in the East Region's first round in what turned out to be Bob Knight's last game coaching the Hoosiers before his firing that offseason. Also, two teams that qualified as 10 seeds", "id": "9764963" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by sixth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at Hawkins Arena on the university's Macon, Georgia campus and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–9, 14–4 in A-Sun play to win the regular season A-Sun championship, shared with Florida Gulf Coast. They defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship game of the A-Sun", "id": "13259751" }, { "contents": "1993 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe second round in that region. At the time, 15-seed Santa Clara's victory over 2-seed Arizona was only the second such upset, and following the 2019 tournament, is one of only eight times that a 15-seed defeated a 2-seed since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams (in 2018, Maryland-Baltimore County became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed, ousting Virginia 74-54.). For the third time, the Superdome was the host venue for the Final Four, and for the second straight year,", "id": "9764537" }, { "contents": "2006–07 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team\n\n\nWisconsin to with the tournament championship. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and received a No. 1 seed in the South regional. They defeated Central Connecticut State and Matta's former team, Xavier, to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The Buckeyes then defeated Tennessee and Memphis to advance to the Final Four, their first trip to the Final Four under Matta. With a win over Georgetown, they advanced to the National Championship game against Florida. Florida led from the start,", "id": "19897895" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team\n\n\nfinishing in third place in the Atlantic 10 during the regular season, Richmond advanced to the finals of the conference tournament before falling to Temple. Richmond was awarded an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As the seventh seed in the tournament's South region, Richmond earned the highest seeding in its history. They lost in the first round to ten seed Saint Mary's to end their season. !colspan=9| Regular Season !colspan=9| 2010 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament !colspan=10| 2010 NCAA", "id": "6019729" }, { "contents": "Norfolk State University\n\n\nchampionship which gave them the conference's automatic bid in the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, the school's first ever appearance in the tournament. The Spartans, a 15 seed, defeated the #2 seeded Missouri Tigers in the second round, 86-84. This victory was only the fifth time in NCAA Tournament history that a 15 seed defeated a 2 seed, with the last coming in 2001 by MEAC in-state rival Hampton. The Marching Spartan Legion Band performs at campus events and during Norfolk State", "id": "3283354" }, { "contents": "2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season\n\n\nof these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Ivy League does not have a conference tournament, instead giving their automatic invitation to their regular-season champion. By contrast, the Atlantic Coast Conference does not have a regular-season champion, using the standings only for seeding purposes in its conference tournament. A \"major upset\" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent. After the NCAA Tournament field was announced, the National", "id": "19699405" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nNCAA Tournament, the Cavaliers earned a No. 1 seed in the South Regional. The Cavaliers defeated No. 16 seed and NCAA tournament debutants Gardner–Webb in the first round, and No. 9 seed Oklahoma in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where they ended a potential Cinderella run from No. 12 seed Oregon. In the Elite Eight, the Cavs needed overtime to beat No. 3 Purdue; with the win, they advanced to their first Final Four since 1984. They then defeated No", "id": "19522361" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team represented Morehead State University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 5th year head coach Donnie Tyndall, played their home games at Ellis Johnson Arena and are members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 13–5 in Ohio Valley play and were champions of the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic bid in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As a 13 seed, they upset", "id": "15587818" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament upsets\n\n\nseed has ever advanced to this point in the women's tournament, all defeated teams were 3 seeds. To date, no 13 seed, in either the men's or women's tournament, has advanced to the Elite Eight. Unlike the men's tournament, in which one 12 seed won its Sweet 16 game since 1985, no 12 seed has ever won a game in the women's tournament. Only one team seeded 11 or lower has won in the Sweet 16 and advanced to the Elite Eight—11 seed Gonzaga in 2011", "id": "14196695" }, { "contents": "1985–86 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ntournament semifinals, where they lost to Syracuse. Georgetown was the No. 4 seed in the Midwest Region of the 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the eighth of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and defeated Texas Tech in the first round to advance to the second round, in which the Hoyas met the Midwest Regions No. 5 seed, Michigan State. Although he had nine of Georgetowns 17 assists, Michael Jackson shot only 1-for-7 (14.3%) from the field while Michigan State senior guard Scott Skiles", "id": "14959435" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nnational championship), and Michigan, returning for the first time since the Fab Five's second appearance in 1993 (which was later vacated). By winning the West Region, Wichita State became the first #9 seed and first Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) team to reach the Final Four since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The last #9 seed to reach the Final Four was Penn, and the last MVC team to do so was Indiana State, both in 1979. Louisville defeated Michigan in the", "id": "14862717" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by fourth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at the University Center and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–11, 13–5 in A-Sun play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the semifinals of the Atlantic Sun Basketball Tournament to Florida Gulf Coast. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Tennessee", "id": "21424844" }, { "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nwas played between two #1 seeds, due to the fact that all four #1 seeds were in the Final Four for the first time in NCAA Tournament history. Kansas entered the 2008 NCAA Tournament as the #1 seed in the Midwest Regional. In the 1st round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas dominated Portland State with an 85-61 victory. In the 2nd round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas beat UNLV 75-56 to advance to the Sweet 16. In the Sweet 16 of the 2008 NCAA", "id": "17054491" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hokies were led by third-year head coach Buzz Williams and played their home games at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 22–11, 10–8 in ACC play to finish a three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the ACC Tournament, they beat Wake Forest before losing to Florida", "id": "6984911" }, { "contents": "2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was head coach Dave Rose's 13th season at BYU and the Cougars seventh season as members of the West Coast Conference. The Cougars played their home games at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah. They finished the season 24–11, 11–7 in West Coast Conference play to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated San Diego in the quarterfinals and Saint", "id": "14065303" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n, and returned in 2012. They most recently returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2014 where they lost to Coastal Carolina 1–0. The men's soccer team plays its home games at the FGCU Soccer Complex. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I women's soccer competitions. The Green and Blue have competed in the NCAA Tournament 6 times, with a win against South Florida during the 2015 tournament. The women's team played their first home NCAA tournament game in 2014", "id": "15898385" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nto that, the region's top seed, Gonzaga, was defeated in the round of 32 by eventual region winner Wichita State, who defeated La Salle in the Sweet Sixteen. Two other teams also earned their first ever NCAA Tournament victory: Ivy League champion Harvard and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champion North Carolina A&T. Liberty became the first 20-loss team in five years to earn an NCAA bid, having finished its season with five consecutive wins to secure the Big South championship and its automatic qualification. The following are", "id": "14862720" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nThey received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning an 8 seed in the West Region. They defeated 9 seed Florida State in the first round before losing to 1 seed and AP #4 Syracuse in the second round. Gonzaga opened the season with a 94–53 exhibition victory over Alberta on November 2. Matt Bouldin led the team with 17 points, followed by Sam Dower with 15 points and Robert Sacre with 11 points. Gonzaga led by as many as 26 points in the", "id": "651215" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nUTEP and 13 seed Murray State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The team next defeated 1 seed Syracuse to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history, and then defeated 2 seed Kansas State to earn their first Final Four appearance in school history. They were only the second team from a mid-major conference to \"officially\" advance that far in the tournament since UNLV made the Final Four in 1991. On April 3, 2010, Butler defeated Michigan State and advanced to the National Championship game", "id": "12646316" } ]

[ { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSan Diego State 81–71, becoming the first time a 15th seed has ever advanced to the Sweet 16. The school was referred to as \"Dunk City\" or \"Florida Dunk Coast\" on many media outlets such as ESPN and CBS due to their high-flying athletic finishing style. The Eagles participated in their first Division I postseason tournament in 2013, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. On March 22, 2013; the Eagles", "id": "14634777" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nfull Division I member on August 11, 2011. The Eagles men's basketball team is best known for their run in the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, their first since moving up to Division I. In the Round of 64, the Eagles defeated the #2 seed Georgetown 78–68. It was only the seventh time that a 15th seed has defeated a 2nd seed, and the second-highest margin of victory for one. Two days later in the Round of 32, the Eagles defeated the #7 seed", "id": "14634776" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\n, the 15th seed in the South Region, scored one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history, defeating second-seeded Georgetown 78–68. They were only the seventh #15 seed to defeat a #2 seed, the first being Richmond's 1991 victory over Syracuse. Two days later, they defeated seventh seeded San Diego State to become the first #15 seed ever to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Their run ended there in a 62–50 loss to third seeded Florida. This is \"officially\" the third-deepest", "id": "14634778" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\ntournament final earning the automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became the seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. The Eagles went on to win two more Atlantic Sun Conference championships in", "id": "21316638" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nplayed in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. That earned the team an automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament, and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became", "id": "15898381" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nearn their first ever bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 15 seed in the south region. Guard Sherwood Brown was named the A-Sun player of the year. In their NCAA Tournament debut, the 15 seeded Eagles upset 2 seeded Georgetown 78–68. It was the third time in two years and eighth time overall that a 15 seed had upset a 2 seed. With a second round 81-71 win over San Diego State, they became the first 15 seed to win two games in a tournament to advance", "id": "8068116" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nNCAA Division I, having been officially founded in 1991 and started classes in 1997. FGCU athletics began in the NAIA. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a full Division I member on August 11, 2011. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, FGCU became the first number 15 seed to advance to the Sweet", "id": "15898378" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by second year head coach Andy Enfield, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished A-Sun play with a record of 13–5 to finish in second place. In only their second year of full NCAA eligibility, the Eagles won the Atlantic Sun Tournament, beating top-seeded Mercer in the championship game, to", "id": "8068115" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida and were led by fourth-year head coach Joe Dooley as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the regular season 26–8, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the ASUN Tournament, they defeated Stetson, Kennesaw State, and North Florida", "id": "11309074" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSweet Sixteen as the first ever 15-seed to do such. After putting FGCU on the map with their new \"Dunk City\" moniker, Enfield accepted the men's basketball position at USC. Joe Dooley then assumed the role from 2013-2018 before accepting the Head Coach position at East Carolina The Eagles are now led by long-time program assistant coach, Michael Fly. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a", "id": "14634775" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division", "id": "19591078" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAndrew William Enfield (born June 8, 1969) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Southern California (USC). He came to national prominence as the head coach of Florida Gulf Coast University when his team achieved two major feats at the 2013 NCAA Tournament. First they became just the seventh 15-seed to defeat a 2-seed by upsetting Georgetown in the first round of the tournament. Then with an 81–71 upset of No. 7 San Diego State they became the first ever", "id": "13490420" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. He was succeeded by Andy Enfield from 2011-13, who took the Eagles to the", "id": "14634774" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles are led by first-year head coach Michael Fly and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Eagles finished the 2017–18 season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost", "id": "5505776" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles were led by fifth-year head coach Joe Dooley and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost to Lipscomb", "id": "15628413" }, { "contents": "Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball\n\n\ntournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University in the Second Round. Georgetown lost to the 15th-seeded Eagles 78–68, the seventh number two seed to lose to a 15 seed. It was the fourth consecutive season the Hoyas were eliminated by a double-digit seed in the NCAA Tournament. The 2013–14 season was the team's first after Georgetown and six other schools left the original Big East Conference and joined Butler, Creighton, and Xavier in forming the new Big East Conference – part of a major conference realignment in which several other", "id": "7112965" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nrun by a first-time tournament participant in NCAA history, behind only Indiana State advancing all the way to the national championship game in 1979 and Charlotte and Georgia reaching the Final Four in 1977 and 1983, respectively. Southwestern Louisiana, now known as Louisiana–Lafayette, advanced to the Sweet 16 in its first appearance as well, in 1972, but that appearance was vacated due to NCAA sanctions. Coach Andy Enfield was hired by USC on April 1. To replace him, the Eagles hired Joe Dooley, an assistant", "id": "14634779" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference and were the defending A-Sun Tournament champion. They played their home games at Alico Arena. The team went through many changes for the 2013–14 season. Head coach Andy Enfield left to take the same job at USC and former Kansas assistant Joe Dooley takes over as head coach. Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Player of", "id": "14271711" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by second year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 22–11, 12–3 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the A-Sun Tournament where they lost to USC Upstate. They received an invitation to the", "id": "14301819" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nto win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Florida State. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to win the A-Sun Tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 16 seed where they defeated", "id": "11309075" }, { "contents": "Sherwood Brown\n\n\nNCAA Tournament appearance in just the school's second year of full Division I eligibility. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Brown, scoring 24 points and grabbing 9 rebounds, led his Eagles to 78–68 win over No. 2 seed Georgetown. Then, his #15 seeded Eagles made history, by beating #7 seed San Diego State, 81–71. It marked the first time a No. 15 seed reached the sweet sixteen. Brown scored 17 points and added 8 rebounds in the contest. His final", "id": "13929588" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\nwon the Atlantic Sun Conference regular-season and/or tournament championship each year since (except for 2010) with annual postseason appearances either in the NCAA Tournament or the WNIT, in which the Eagles finished second nationally in 2016 after losing to South Dakota in the championship game. In 2012, FGCU's first year of full Division I postseason eligibility, the men's team played in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference", "id": "21316637" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n's regular season and conference tourney titles, earning its first berth into the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. The Eagles lost to St. Bonaventure University in the first round of the tournament 72-65 in Tallahassee, FL. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. Founded in 2007, the Eagles are one of the youngest men's soccer programs in the country. The team made the NCAA Tournament in the first year of eligibility, in 2011", "id": "15898384" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 15th year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 26–9, 12–2 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They defeated North Florida, Jacksonville and Stetson to become champions of the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's", "id": "5941281" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles were coached by 13th year head coach Karl Smesko and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–3, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They also won the Atlantic Sun Tournament to earn an automatic to the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to Florida State in the", "id": "10569284" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by third year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to be champions of the A-Sun", "id": "15873400" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nthe seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. On March 24, 2007, FGCU women's basketball team ended their 35–1 season with a loss in the Division II National Championship to Southern Connecticut State University. One year later, in 2008, the Women's Basketball team qualified for the WNIT, becoming the first team to qualify for the WNIT in its first season of Division I sports. During the 2008 WNIT Tourney, the team became the first Atlantic", "id": "15898382" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ndecisive 8–0 Georgetown run early in the second half, the Hoyas took their first double-digit lead on a Nate Lubick dunk with 6:18 left to play on the way to a 77–65 win. It was their first win in a postseason tournament since the 2012 NCAA Tournament and their first win in the NIT since 2005. Georgetown advanced to the second round, visiting the region's No. 1 seed, Florida State, which had defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the first round. None of the defenses the Hoyas tried against Florida", "id": "6143540" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nwon the SEC Championship with a conference record of 14–4. During the regular season, Billy Donovan notched his 400th career win as the head coach of the Gators over Missouri. After losing in the final of the 2013 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament to Mississippi, they entered the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the South Region. Florida defeated the No. 14 seed Northwestern State 79–47 in the first round, and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen after soundly beating the No. 11 seed", "id": "17774979" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by seventeenth year head coach Karl Smesko, will play their home games at the Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 28–4, 16–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season. Florida Gulf Coast won the conference tournament championship game over Liberty, 72–49. They lost in the first round to Miami (", "id": "1471180" }, { "contents": "USC Trojans men's basketball\n\n\nof one scholarship for the 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 academic years, and reductions in the numbers of recruiting days and coaches participating in off-campus recruiting through 2011. The school also vacated all wins earned during the 2007–2008 season, due to Mayo's ineligibility at that time. After becoming the first head coach to lead a 15-seed to the Sweet 16, guiding his Florida Gulf Coast Eagles to upsets of Georgetown and San Diego State, Andy Enfield was hired as the new head coach at USC on April 1, 2013. Enfield replaces", "id": "10682450" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. The Eagles compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The soccer team is one of several varsity sports teams that represent the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. The team made the NCAA tournament in the first year of eligibility in 2011, and returned in 2012, 2014, and 2016. Source: Bob Butehorn has served as head coach for Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer since the", "id": "12451948" }, { "contents": "Fairleigh Dickinson University\n\n\nthe top seeded Illinois Fighting Illini a huge scare. Being only down 1 at the half, the Knights played well and held their own for a while. However, in the second half the Illini pulled away from FDU and won the game by 12. More recently, the men's team made the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles in the First Four, and the 2019 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they defeated Prairie View A&M University in the First", "id": "6126133" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntournament debut in only their second year of Division I eligibility. They upset Georgetown and San Diego State in their first two games, becoming the first #15 seed to advance to the regional semifinals (where they were defeated by Florida). For the first time since 2010, a #14 seed won as Harvard defeated New Mexico in the West Region. The same region saw #13 La Salle, who won in the opening round, defeat #4 Kansas State and #12 Mississippi defeat #5 Wisconsin. In addition", "id": "14862719" }, { "contents": "2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament marked the 38th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 27, March 2 and 5, 2017 at campus sites as top seeds host each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated North Florida, 77–61, in the championship game to receive the conference's automatic trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records", "id": "20563986" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nis not any official definition of what constitutes a \"Cinderella team\", there does seem to be a consensus that such teams represent small schools, are usually low-seeded in the tournament, and achieves at least one unexpected win in the tournament. A recent example of this is Florida Gulf Coast University, a relatively new school that held its first classes in 1997 and became Division I postseason eligible in 2011. They made their first appearance in the 2013 tournament, winning two games to become the first #15 seed to", "id": "20874955" }, { "contents": "2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament was the 39th year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 26, March 1, and 4, 2018 at campus sites of the higher seeds. Lipscomb defeated regular season champion Florida Gulf Coast in the tournament championship to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the school's first trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a", "id": "22036552" }, { "contents": "2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nwin, as VCU was joined by #12 seed and citymate Richmond, #10 seed Florida State, and #13 seed Morehead State as first round winners. Florida State, VCU, and Richmond all advanced to the Sweet Sixteen from that region, and VCU defeated top-seeded Kansas in the final. Butler and #11 seed Gonzaga advanced from the Southeast Region, with Gonzaga losing in the Round of 32 to BYU. For the third time in as many appearances, Vanderbilt suffered a defeat to a double digit seed", "id": "10990625" }, { "contents": "Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball\n\n\nwould again win their opening game, this time defeating Jacksonville University. The Owls would break their second-round losing tradition, beating Jacksonville State University. In the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, the Owls faced Georgia State University and won 76–75, clinching their first and only conference championship and a bid to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. In the 2002 NCAA tournament, the Owls were seeded as a 15-seed, and placed in the South Region, and were paired with 2-seed University of Alabama. Though the Owls hung", "id": "18358839" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nthe following day and lost to Louisville. Falling to No. 8 in the AP Poll, but with a record of 25-6 and having won 13 of its last 15 games, Georgetown received a bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament, the Hoyas′ fourth consecutive appearance in the tournament, seventh in eight seasons, and 29th overall. Seeded second in the tournament's South Region, they met their first opponent, 15th seed Florida Gulf Coast, in the Round of 64, termed the \"Second Round\" this year.", "id": "4423034" }, { "contents": "1997 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nstripped of their Big Ten title they had also won. Arizona also became the only school since the introduction of the 64-team bracket in 1985, to defeat three number 1 seeds in the tournament, having upset overall number one seed Kansas in addition to their two Final Four victories. The tournament also saw the third victory by a #15 seed over a #2 seed, as Coppin State defeated South Carolina in their first round matchup. In addition, a #14 seed advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for only the second time", "id": "9764587" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 2018 and concluded on February 2018. The season marked the 40th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by two games over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 26 through March 4 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Lipscomb defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship", "id": "5246986" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fourteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 33–6, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the A-Sun Women's Tournament where they lost to Jacksonville. They", "id": "17761190" }, { "contents": "Coppin State Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The school's team currently competes in the NCAA Division I in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Before joining NCAA Division I, the Eagles were the 1976 NAIA National Champions. The Eagles have appeared in the NCAA Tournament four times. Their combined record is 1–4. The 1996–97 team was only the third 15 seed to beat a 2 seed in the tournament. The 2007–08 Coppin State team was", "id": "13930583" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 24, 2017 and concluded on February 23, 2017. The season marked the 39th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by one game over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 27 through March 5 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated", "id": "464189" }, { "contents": "2006 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nUCLA 73–57 in the final game. Florida's Joakim Noah was named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament. George Mason's run was one of several upsets by lower-seeded teams in the tournament. For the second consecutive year, a No. 14 seed beat a No. 3 seed as Northwestern State defeated Iowa. No. 13 seed Bradley also defeated No. 4 seed Kansas and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen by defeating No. 5-seeded Pittsburgh in the Second Round. Two No. 12 seeds won as well", "id": "87698" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nFlorida Gulf Coast University had only started classes in 1997 and was so new that it had become eligible for postseason NCAA Division I play only in 2011; the Eagles had finished in second place in the Atlantic Sun Conference and won the conference tournament, but it was their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Hoyas entered the game allowing opponents to shoot only 37.6 percent from the field – fourth-best in the United States – and limiting opponents to 55.7 points per game, and were the heavy favorites. Behind 11-", "id": "4423035" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by sixteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, play their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–5, 12–1 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season champions. They also won the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they upset Missouri in", "id": "14939652" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nchampionship game by a final score of 82-76, winning their first national title since 1986. They also are the last team from the original Big East Conference to win a national championship. On February 20, 2018, the NCAA vacated Louisville's entire tournament run, including its national title, due to multiple recruiting violations. The tournament featured several notable upsets: at least one team seeded #9 through #15 won at least once in the tournament, The most notable was Florida Gulf Coast University, who made their", "id": "14862718" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nthe Year Sherwood Brown graduated and turned professional, signing a contract with Israel's Maccabi Haifa B.C. in July 2013. They finished the season 22–13, 14–4 in Atlantic Sun play to finish in a tie for the regular season conference championship with Mercer. At the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament they advanced to their third consecutive championship game where they lost to Mercer. Due to failing to win the conference tournament as the #1 seed, they earned an automatic bid to the 2014 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to", "id": "14271712" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAtlantic Sun Conference tournament, losing to regular season champion Belmont. His 2012–13 team first attracted attention by beating Miami and finishing with a second-place finish and second seed in the Atlantic Sun tournament. After defeating regular season champion Mercer in the championship game, the Eagles earned a 15 seed in the South Region of the NCAA tournament, where they pulled off a major upset by defeating 2 seed Georgetown in the first round and then 7 seed San Diego State in the second round, making them the first 15 seed in the", "id": "13490426" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntime in tournament history, none of the four top seeded teams in a single region (the South) advanced to the Sweet 16. Also, the tournament featured the first regional final matchup of a 9-seed (Kansas State) and an 11-seed (Loyola-Chicago). Villanova, Michigan, Kansas, and Loyola-Chicago, the \"Cinderella team\" of the tournament, reached the Final Four. Villanova defeated Michigan in the championship game, 79–62. Atlantic Sun Conference champion Lipscomb made its NCAA tournament debut. The 2018", "id": "11011681" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\n, Minnesota, 78–64. The Gators then defeated Florida Gulf Coast, No. 15 seed, in the Sweet Sixteen 62–50. But once again, their run ended in the Elite Eight, this time against fourth seeded Michigan, who handily defeated the Gators, 79–59. The Gators became the first team since the expansion of the tournament in 1951 to lose in the Elite Eight in three consecutive seasons. Florida is the only program in the nation to have advanced as far as the Elite Eight in each of those seasons from 2011–2013", "id": "17774980" }, { "contents": "North Florida Ospreys men's basketball\n\n\n. In the 2014–15 season, the Ospreys made their first ever appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Tournament for the first time. On December 6, 2014, they defeated the Purdue Boilermakers on the road, marking their first ever victory over a Big Ten Conference opponent. They also won the Atlantic Sun regular season title for the first time and posted the best record in team history with 23 wins and 11 losses. As a No. 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament, they were defeated by", "id": "15251308" }, { "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\npopularly called the \"play-in game\", had Niagara, winner of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament, facing Florida A&M, who won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament, for a chance to play top seed Kansas in the First Round of the Tournament. Niagara defeated Florida A&M, 77–69, to advance to play Kansas. All teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65. The first and second-round games were played at", "id": "257019" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team\n\n\n2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 6 seed in the Midwest Region. They defeated 11 seed San Diego State in the first round and 14 seed Ohio to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the regional semifinal they defeated 2 seed and AP #5 Ohio State to advance to the first Elite Eight in school history. They were defeated by 5 seed and AP #13 Michigan State in the regional final to end their season. The 2008–09 Volunteers finished the season 21–13 overall, against the second-rated", "id": "6859935" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n1992 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, and they advanced to the final before losing to Syracuse. They were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the second round before losing to West Region No. 3 seed Florida State. They were ranked No. 22 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and No. 18 in the final Coaches' Poll. Georgetowns starting lineup of senior center and", "id": "14462787" }, { "contents": "1988–89 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nEast Tournament championship in Georgetown men's basketball history, defeating Syracuse in the final game. They were the No. 1 seed in the East Region of the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the 11th of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the East Region final before losing to the region′s No. 2 seed, Duke. They were ranked No. 2 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and Coaches' Poll. Since Patrick Ewing's graduation in May 1985, Georgetown had struggled to find", "id": "14781639" }, { "contents": "Hampton Pirates men's basketball\n\n\nThe Hampton Pirates men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, United States. The school's team formerly competed in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, but moved to the Big South Conference in 2018-19. Notably, the 2000-01 Hampton team was one of seven 15th seeds ever to upset a 2nd seed in the Round of 64 of an NCAA Tournament, defeating Iowa State in the first round. The Pirates have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament six times.", "id": "13103032" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nlost to 15-seed and tournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University 78-68 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The team was ranked No. 8 in the final Associated Press Poll of the season and No. 17 in the postseason Coaches' Poll. This was Georgetowns last season as a member of the original Big East Conference. It had been a founding member of the conference in the 1979-80 season and had remained a member for 34 seasons, but the conferences increasingly unstable membership and uncertain future and what Georgetown", "id": "4422963" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n, becoming the first player ever named the Big East's Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Tournament MVP in the same season, and only the second Tournament MVP from a team that did not win the tournament. The Hoyas were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances. In the first round, they defeated South Florida, with Mourning scoring 21 points and pulling down 11 rebounds.", "id": "14462796" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n. 7 seed, the Ospreys hosted the No. 2 seed Florida in the first round, where they fell 97–68. The Ospreys made the most three point shots (402) out of all NCAA Division I teams in the 2015–16 season, earning them the nickname \"Birds of Trey\". The Ospreys finished the 2014–15 season with a program-best overall record of 23–12, and a 12–2 record in conference play. They won the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time. As a", "id": "17130629" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nAs the #1 seed in the west region of the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, they defeated Hampton in the second round and Michigan in the third round to advance to the \"Sweet Sixteen\" where they were defeated by Arizona to finish the season 32–5. The team finished 2010 with a 35–5 record, becoming the ACC Regular Season Co-Champion, ACC Tournament Champion, and earning a #1 seed in the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Blue Devils beat Butler in the championship", "id": "16537035" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n81–78. They secured the regular season championship and No. 1 seed in the Atlantic Sun Tournament with a win at crosstown rival Jacksonville. The Ospreys began their quest to win back-to-back Atlantic Sun Tournament titles by defeating USC Upstate in the quarterfinals, 92–69. However, they were blown-out by 33 points in the semifinals by Florida Gulf Coast. Their 56 points were the fewest they scored in any game this season. Due to renovations at the O'Connell Center, the 7-seed Ospreys hosted the 2-seed Florida Gators", "id": "17130638" }, { "contents": "2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Stan Heath, the Flashes finished their best season in program history, posting a 30–6 record and advancing to the Elite Eight of the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament after defeating seventh-seeded Oklahoma State, upsetting second-seeded Alabama and third-seeded Pittsburgh, before falling to eventual national runners-up Indiana. The team set program and Mid-American Conference", "id": "6355295" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nits last 3 games in February and entering the postseason with a 24–6 record, yet still managed to win its second consecutive SEC Tournament Championship. The Gators entered the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a No. 3 seed with a 27–6 record, and ranked No. 10 by the AP. They beat No. 14 seed South Alabama and No. 11 seed Milwaukee to advance to the Minneapolis regional. There, the Gators defeated the No. 7 seed Georgetown Hoyas and upset the No. 1 seed Villanova", "id": "17774968" }, { "contents": "Troy Trojans men's basketball\n\n\n1950. The Trojans appeared in the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a 14-seed after winning the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament and faced 3-seeded Xavier in the first round, losing 71–59. The Trojans were the champions of the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2003 and defeated Central Florida for the conference tournament championship in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2004, the Trojans were the Atlantic Sun Conference Regular Season Champions. That year, the Trojans made it all the way to the Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship game, only to lose a heart", "id": "16764100" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nearned a #2 seed in the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, but lost to #15 seed Lehigh in the round of 64. Following the 2009–2010 basketball team, the 2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team began the season ranked #1 in the nation and held that title for the first nine weeks of the season going 15–0, until being defeated for the first time on January 12 again Florida State. The only non-conference loss during the regular season came again St. John's weeks later.", "id": "19517109" }, { "contents": "South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball\n\n\nTournament victory since 1973 with a 20-point win over the Marquette Golden Eagles. Two nights later, the Gamecocks upset the #2 seed Duke Blue Devils to advance to their fourth Sweet 16. South Carolina then beat #3 seed Baylor Bears to advance to their first-ever Elite 8, two days later they upset Florida to advance to their first ever Final Four. The Gamecocks have appeared in the NCAA Tournament nine times. Their combined record is 8–10. The Gamecocks have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 11", "id": "3062795" }, { "contents": "2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament marked the 37th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held March 1–6, 2016 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast won their second Atlantic Sun Tournament title and a berth in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. All 8 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. Stetson was ineligible to participate in the NCAA Tournament due to APR violations, but was allowed to participate in the Atlantic Sun Tournament. Had Stetson won the tournament, North Florida", "id": "9533118" }, { "contents": "2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n. Northern Iowa was one of four teams seeded lower than No. 8 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, joining the East Region's No. 11 seed Washington and No. 12 seed Cornell and the South Region's No. 10 seed Saint Mary's. For the first time since 2006, a No. 14 seed advanced out of the First Round as Ohio defeated Georgetown. The No. 13 seed in the West Region, Murray State, defeated No. 4-seeded Vanderbilt, marking the second consecutive appearance for the Commodores", "id": "10990515" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team represented Boston College during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by third-year head coach Jim Christian, played their home games at the Conte Forum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 9–23, 2–16 in ACC play to finish in last place. As the No. 15 seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost in the first round to Wake Forest. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 7–25", "id": "5940409" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 68 teams to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2017–18 season. The 80th annual edition of the tournament began on March 13, 2018, and concluded with the championship game on April 2 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. During the first round, UMBC became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed in the men's tournament by defeating Virginia 74–54. For the first", "id": "11011680" }, { "contents": "2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe third round of the Midwest Region. A team from the First Four games also won in the Round of 64 for the second consecutive year as South Florida defeated Midwest #5 seed Temple, setting up a #12 vs. #13 matchup that Ohio won. Virginia Commonwealth, a Final Four team from 2011 as an #11 seed, made the 2012 tournament as a #12 seed and once again made the round of 32 by defeating South #5 seed Wichita State. The South Region saw four double digit seeds win", "id": "14155762" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (also FGCU) refer to the fifteen sports teams representing Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and tennis; women's-only: softball, swimming and diving, indoor volleyball, and sand volleyball; and men's-only: baseball. The Eagles compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). FGCU is also notable as the youngest institution competing in", "id": "15898377" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nConference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. In the 2018 NCAA Tournament, Virginia became the first number 1 seed to lose to a number 16 seed when they lost to the UMBC Retrievers 74–54. Led by tenth-year head coach Tony Bennett, Virginia finished the regular season with a record of 28–2. They posted a 16–2 conference record, earning them the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament, where they defeated No. 8 seed NC State, before losing to No. 4 seed Florida State. In the", "id": "19522360" }, { "contents": "American Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe American Eagles men's basketball team represents American University in Washington, D.C. in NCAA Division I competition. The school's team competes in the Patriot League and play their home games in Bender Arena. Their rivals include Boston University, Bucknell University, and Navy. In 2008, the Eagles earned their first ever bid to the NCAA Division I Tournament by defeating Colgate in the final round of the Patriot League Tournament. The Eagles were seeded 15th against #2 Tennessee. American held tight against the Volunteers most of the game,", "id": "1515606" }, { "contents": "2010 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 11–March 14 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. This tournament was notable for the high number of upsets, with the higher seed winning only twice in the first two rounds, and the 11 and 12 seeds progressing to the semifinals. The championship game matched Duke against Georgia Tech. It was the third time a team has played 4 games (NC State in 1997 and", "id": "1478152" }, { "contents": "2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nCole Aldrich on the NCAA Tournament All-Midwest Regional team. To play the top-seeded Louisville Cardinals in the first round, Morehead State defeated Alabama State 58–43, with the Eagles keeping the Hornets without a lead the entire game. This marked the first time either team had played in the tournament in five years; the Eagles had not played since 1984. Morehead State fell to Louisville 74–54, the 100th time a 1 seed beat a 16 seed in the tournament since seeding began. However, the Eagles managed to keep", "id": "21670617" }, { "contents": "Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball\n\n\nThe Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Bisons made their first ever trip to the NCAA tournament in school history in 2018, when they defeated Florida Gulf Coast University in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament final. Lipscomb has a 177–179 all-time record in NCAA basketball and a 96–76 record in Atlantic Sun games. Lipscomb won their first Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament title", "id": "16052096" }, { "contents": "2000 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n1979 by defeating Florida 89-76 in the final game. Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, while Morris Peterson was its leading scorer. Despite the string of upsets, no seed lower than 11 won a game in the tournament. The only 11 seed to win was Pepperdine, which defeated Indiana in the East Region's first round in what turned out to be Bob Knight's last game coaching the Hoosiers before his firing that offseason. Also, two teams that qualified as 10 seeds", "id": "9764963" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by sixth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at Hawkins Arena on the university's Macon, Georgia campus and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–9, 14–4 in A-Sun play to win the regular season A-Sun championship, shared with Florida Gulf Coast. They defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship game of the A-Sun", "id": "13259751" }, { "contents": "1993 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe second round in that region. At the time, 15-seed Santa Clara's victory over 2-seed Arizona was only the second such upset, and following the 2019 tournament, is one of only eight times that a 15-seed defeated a 2-seed since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams (in 2018, Maryland-Baltimore County became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed, ousting Virginia 74-54.). For the third time, the Superdome was the host venue for the Final Four, and for the second straight year,", "id": "9764537" }, { "contents": "2006–07 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team\n\n\nWisconsin to with the tournament championship. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and received a No. 1 seed in the South regional. They defeated Central Connecticut State and Matta's former team, Xavier, to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The Buckeyes then defeated Tennessee and Memphis to advance to the Final Four, their first trip to the Final Four under Matta. With a win over Georgetown, they advanced to the National Championship game against Florida. Florida led from the start,", "id": "19897895" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team\n\n\nfinishing in third place in the Atlantic 10 during the regular season, Richmond advanced to the finals of the conference tournament before falling to Temple. Richmond was awarded an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As the seventh seed in the tournament's South region, Richmond earned the highest seeding in its history. They lost in the first round to ten seed Saint Mary's to end their season. !colspan=9| Regular Season !colspan=9| 2010 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament !colspan=10| 2010 NCAA", "id": "6019729" }, { "contents": "Norfolk State University\n\n\nchampionship which gave them the conference's automatic bid in the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, the school's first ever appearance in the tournament. The Spartans, a 15 seed, defeated the #2 seeded Missouri Tigers in the second round, 86-84. This victory was only the fifth time in NCAA Tournament history that a 15 seed defeated a 2 seed, with the last coming in 2001 by MEAC in-state rival Hampton. The Marching Spartan Legion Band performs at campus events and during Norfolk State", "id": "3283354" }, { "contents": "2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season\n\n\nof these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Ivy League does not have a conference tournament, instead giving their automatic invitation to their regular-season champion. By contrast, the Atlantic Coast Conference does not have a regular-season champion, using the standings only for seeding purposes in its conference tournament. A \"major upset\" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent. After the NCAA Tournament field was announced, the National", "id": "19699405" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nNCAA Tournament, the Cavaliers earned a No. 1 seed in the South Regional. The Cavaliers defeated No. 16 seed and NCAA tournament debutants Gardner–Webb in the first round, and No. 9 seed Oklahoma in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where they ended a potential Cinderella run from No. 12 seed Oregon. In the Elite Eight, the Cavs needed overtime to beat No. 3 Purdue; with the win, they advanced to their first Final Four since 1984. They then defeated No", "id": "19522361" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team represented Morehead State University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 5th year head coach Donnie Tyndall, played their home games at Ellis Johnson Arena and are members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 13–5 in Ohio Valley play and were champions of the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic bid in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As a 13 seed, they upset", "id": "15587818" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament upsets\n\n\nseed has ever advanced to this point in the women's tournament, all defeated teams were 3 seeds. To date, no 13 seed, in either the men's or women's tournament, has advanced to the Elite Eight. Unlike the men's tournament, in which one 12 seed won its Sweet 16 game since 1985, no 12 seed has ever won a game in the women's tournament. Only one team seeded 11 or lower has won in the Sweet 16 and advanced to the Elite Eight—11 seed Gonzaga in 2011", "id": "14196695" }, { "contents": "1985–86 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ntournament semifinals, where they lost to Syracuse. Georgetown was the No. 4 seed in the Midwest Region of the 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the eighth of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and defeated Texas Tech in the first round to advance to the second round, in which the Hoyas met the Midwest Regions No. 5 seed, Michigan State. Although he had nine of Georgetowns 17 assists, Michael Jackson shot only 1-for-7 (14.3%) from the field while Michigan State senior guard Scott Skiles", "id": "14959435" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nnational championship), and Michigan, returning for the first time since the Fab Five's second appearance in 1993 (which was later vacated). By winning the West Region, Wichita State became the first #9 seed and first Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) team to reach the Final Four since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The last #9 seed to reach the Final Four was Penn, and the last MVC team to do so was Indiana State, both in 1979. Louisville defeated Michigan in the", "id": "14862717" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by fourth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at the University Center and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–11, 13–5 in A-Sun play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the semifinals of the Atlantic Sun Basketball Tournament to Florida Gulf Coast. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Tennessee", "id": "21424844" }, { "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nwas played between two #1 seeds, due to the fact that all four #1 seeds were in the Final Four for the first time in NCAA Tournament history. Kansas entered the 2008 NCAA Tournament as the #1 seed in the Midwest Regional. In the 1st round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas dominated Portland State with an 85-61 victory. In the 2nd round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas beat UNLV 75-56 to advance to the Sweet 16. In the Sweet 16 of the 2008 NCAA", "id": "17054491" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hokies were led by third-year head coach Buzz Williams and played their home games at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 22–11, 10–8 in ACC play to finish a three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the ACC Tournament, they beat Wake Forest before losing to Florida", "id": "6984911" }, { "contents": "2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was head coach Dave Rose's 13th season at BYU and the Cougars seventh season as members of the West Coast Conference. The Cougars played their home games at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah. They finished the season 24–11, 11–7 in West Coast Conference play to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated San Diego in the quarterfinals and Saint", "id": "14065303" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n, and returned in 2012. They most recently returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2014 where they lost to Coastal Carolina 1–0. The men's soccer team plays its home games at the FGCU Soccer Complex. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I women's soccer competitions. The Green and Blue have competed in the NCAA Tournament 6 times, with a win against South Florida during the 2015 tournament. The women's team played their first home NCAA tournament game in 2014", "id": "15898385" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nto that, the region's top seed, Gonzaga, was defeated in the round of 32 by eventual region winner Wichita State, who defeated La Salle in the Sweet Sixteen. Two other teams also earned their first ever NCAA Tournament victory: Ivy League champion Harvard and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champion North Carolina A&T. Liberty became the first 20-loss team in five years to earn an NCAA bid, having finished its season with five consecutive wins to secure the Big South championship and its automatic qualification. The following are", "id": "14862720" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nThey received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning an 8 seed in the West Region. They defeated 9 seed Florida State in the first round before losing to 1 seed and AP #4 Syracuse in the second round. Gonzaga opened the season with a 94–53 exhibition victory over Alberta on November 2. Matt Bouldin led the team with 17 points, followed by Sam Dower with 15 points and Robert Sacre with 11 points. Gonzaga led by as many as 26 points in the", "id": "651215" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nUTEP and 13 seed Murray State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The team next defeated 1 seed Syracuse to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history, and then defeated 2 seed Kansas State to earn their first Final Four appearance in school history. They were only the second team from a mid-major conference to \"officially\" advance that far in the tournament since UNLV made the Final Four in 1991. On April 3, 2010, Butler defeated Michigan State and advanced to the National Championship game", "id": "12646316" } ]

[ { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSan Diego State 81–71, becoming the first time a 15th seed has ever advanced to the Sweet 16. The school was referred to as \"Dunk City\" or \"Florida Dunk Coast\" on many media outlets such as ESPN and CBS due to their high-flying athletic finishing style. The Eagles participated in their first Division I postseason tournament in 2013, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. On March 22, 2013; the Eagles", "id": "14634777" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nfull Division I member on August 11, 2011. The Eagles men's basketball team is best known for their run in the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, their first since moving up to Division I. In the Round of 64, the Eagles defeated the #2 seed Georgetown 78–68. It was only the seventh time that a 15th seed has defeated a 2nd seed, and the second-highest margin of victory for one. Two days later in the Round of 32, the Eagles defeated the #7 seed", "id": "14634776" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\n, the 15th seed in the South Region, scored one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history, defeating second-seeded Georgetown 78–68. They were only the seventh #15 seed to defeat a #2 seed, the first being Richmond's 1991 victory over Syracuse. Two days later, they defeated seventh seeded San Diego State to become the first #15 seed ever to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Their run ended there in a 62–50 loss to third seeded Florida. This is \"officially\" the third-deepest", "id": "14634778" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\ntournament final earning the automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became the seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. The Eagles went on to win two more Atlantic Sun Conference championships in", "id": "21316638" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nplayed in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. That earned the team an automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament, and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became", "id": "15898381" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nearn their first ever bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 15 seed in the south region. Guard Sherwood Brown was named the A-Sun player of the year. In their NCAA Tournament debut, the 15 seeded Eagles upset 2 seeded Georgetown 78–68. It was the third time in two years and eighth time overall that a 15 seed had upset a 2 seed. With a second round 81-71 win over San Diego State, they became the first 15 seed to win two games in a tournament to advance", "id": "8068116" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nNCAA Division I, having been officially founded in 1991 and started classes in 1997. FGCU athletics began in the NAIA. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a full Division I member on August 11, 2011. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, FGCU became the first number 15 seed to advance to the Sweet", "id": "15898378" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by second year head coach Andy Enfield, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished A-Sun play with a record of 13–5 to finish in second place. In only their second year of full NCAA eligibility, the Eagles won the Atlantic Sun Tournament, beating top-seeded Mercer in the championship game, to", "id": "8068115" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida and were led by fourth-year head coach Joe Dooley as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the regular season 26–8, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the ASUN Tournament, they defeated Stetson, Kennesaw State, and North Florida", "id": "11309074" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSweet Sixteen as the first ever 15-seed to do such. After putting FGCU on the map with their new \"Dunk City\" moniker, Enfield accepted the men's basketball position at USC. Joe Dooley then assumed the role from 2013-2018 before accepting the Head Coach position at East Carolina The Eagles are now led by long-time program assistant coach, Michael Fly. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a", "id": "14634775" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division", "id": "19591078" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAndrew William Enfield (born June 8, 1969) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Southern California (USC). He came to national prominence as the head coach of Florida Gulf Coast University when his team achieved two major feats at the 2013 NCAA Tournament. First they became just the seventh 15-seed to defeat a 2-seed by upsetting Georgetown in the first round of the tournament. Then with an 81–71 upset of No. 7 San Diego State they became the first ever", "id": "13490420" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. He was succeeded by Andy Enfield from 2011-13, who took the Eagles to the", "id": "14634774" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles are led by first-year head coach Michael Fly and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Eagles finished the 2017–18 season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost", "id": "5505776" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles were led by fifth-year head coach Joe Dooley and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost to Lipscomb", "id": "15628413" }, { "contents": "Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball\n\n\ntournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University in the Second Round. Georgetown lost to the 15th-seeded Eagles 78–68, the seventh number two seed to lose to a 15 seed. It was the fourth consecutive season the Hoyas were eliminated by a double-digit seed in the NCAA Tournament. The 2013–14 season was the team's first after Georgetown and six other schools left the original Big East Conference and joined Butler, Creighton, and Xavier in forming the new Big East Conference – part of a major conference realignment in which several other", "id": "7112965" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nrun by a first-time tournament participant in NCAA history, behind only Indiana State advancing all the way to the national championship game in 1979 and Charlotte and Georgia reaching the Final Four in 1977 and 1983, respectively. Southwestern Louisiana, now known as Louisiana–Lafayette, advanced to the Sweet 16 in its first appearance as well, in 1972, but that appearance was vacated due to NCAA sanctions. Coach Andy Enfield was hired by USC on April 1. To replace him, the Eagles hired Joe Dooley, an assistant", "id": "14634779" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference and were the defending A-Sun Tournament champion. They played their home games at Alico Arena. The team went through many changes for the 2013–14 season. Head coach Andy Enfield left to take the same job at USC and former Kansas assistant Joe Dooley takes over as head coach. Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Player of", "id": "14271711" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by second year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 22–11, 12–3 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the A-Sun Tournament where they lost to USC Upstate. They received an invitation to the", "id": "14301819" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nto win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Florida State. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to win the A-Sun Tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 16 seed where they defeated", "id": "11309075" }, { "contents": "Sherwood Brown\n\n\nNCAA Tournament appearance in just the school's second year of full Division I eligibility. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Brown, scoring 24 points and grabbing 9 rebounds, led his Eagles to 78–68 win over No. 2 seed Georgetown. Then, his #15 seeded Eagles made history, by beating #7 seed San Diego State, 81–71. It marked the first time a No. 15 seed reached the sweet sixteen. Brown scored 17 points and added 8 rebounds in the contest. His final", "id": "13929588" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\nwon the Atlantic Sun Conference regular-season and/or tournament championship each year since (except for 2010) with annual postseason appearances either in the NCAA Tournament or the WNIT, in which the Eagles finished second nationally in 2016 after losing to South Dakota in the championship game. In 2012, FGCU's first year of full Division I postseason eligibility, the men's team played in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference", "id": "21316637" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n's regular season and conference tourney titles, earning its first berth into the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. The Eagles lost to St. Bonaventure University in the first round of the tournament 72-65 in Tallahassee, FL. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. Founded in 2007, the Eagles are one of the youngest men's soccer programs in the country. The team made the NCAA Tournament in the first year of eligibility, in 2011", "id": "15898384" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 15th year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 26–9, 12–2 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They defeated North Florida, Jacksonville and Stetson to become champions of the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's", "id": "5941281" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles were coached by 13th year head coach Karl Smesko and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–3, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They also won the Atlantic Sun Tournament to earn an automatic to the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to Florida State in the", "id": "10569284" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by third year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to be champions of the A-Sun", "id": "15873400" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nthe seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. On March 24, 2007, FGCU women's basketball team ended their 35–1 season with a loss in the Division II National Championship to Southern Connecticut State University. One year later, in 2008, the Women's Basketball team qualified for the WNIT, becoming the first team to qualify for the WNIT in its first season of Division I sports. During the 2008 WNIT Tourney, the team became the first Atlantic", "id": "15898382" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ndecisive 8–0 Georgetown run early in the second half, the Hoyas took their first double-digit lead on a Nate Lubick dunk with 6:18 left to play on the way to a 77–65 win. It was their first win in a postseason tournament since the 2012 NCAA Tournament and their first win in the NIT since 2005. Georgetown advanced to the second round, visiting the region's No. 1 seed, Florida State, which had defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the first round. None of the defenses the Hoyas tried against Florida", "id": "6143540" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nwon the SEC Championship with a conference record of 14–4. During the regular season, Billy Donovan notched his 400th career win as the head coach of the Gators over Missouri. After losing in the final of the 2013 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament to Mississippi, they entered the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the South Region. Florida defeated the No. 14 seed Northwestern State 79–47 in the first round, and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen after soundly beating the No. 11 seed", "id": "17774979" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by seventeenth year head coach Karl Smesko, will play their home games at the Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 28–4, 16–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season. Florida Gulf Coast won the conference tournament championship game over Liberty, 72–49. They lost in the first round to Miami (", "id": "1471180" }, { "contents": "USC Trojans men's basketball\n\n\nof one scholarship for the 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 academic years, and reductions in the numbers of recruiting days and coaches participating in off-campus recruiting through 2011. The school also vacated all wins earned during the 2007–2008 season, due to Mayo's ineligibility at that time. After becoming the first head coach to lead a 15-seed to the Sweet 16, guiding his Florida Gulf Coast Eagles to upsets of Georgetown and San Diego State, Andy Enfield was hired as the new head coach at USC on April 1, 2013. Enfield replaces", "id": "10682450" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. The Eagles compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The soccer team is one of several varsity sports teams that represent the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. The team made the NCAA tournament in the first year of eligibility in 2011, and returned in 2012, 2014, and 2016. Source: Bob Butehorn has served as head coach for Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer since the", "id": "12451948" }, { "contents": "Fairleigh Dickinson University\n\n\nthe top seeded Illinois Fighting Illini a huge scare. Being only down 1 at the half, the Knights played well and held their own for a while. However, in the second half the Illini pulled away from FDU and won the game by 12. More recently, the men's team made the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles in the First Four, and the 2019 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they defeated Prairie View A&M University in the First", "id": "6126133" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntournament debut in only their second year of Division I eligibility. They upset Georgetown and San Diego State in their first two games, becoming the first #15 seed to advance to the regional semifinals (where they were defeated by Florida). For the first time since 2010, a #14 seed won as Harvard defeated New Mexico in the West Region. The same region saw #13 La Salle, who won in the opening round, defeat #4 Kansas State and #12 Mississippi defeat #5 Wisconsin. In addition", "id": "14862719" }, { "contents": "2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament marked the 38th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 27, March 2 and 5, 2017 at campus sites as top seeds host each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated North Florida, 77–61, in the championship game to receive the conference's automatic trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records", "id": "20563986" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nis not any official definition of what constitutes a \"Cinderella team\", there does seem to be a consensus that such teams represent small schools, are usually low-seeded in the tournament, and achieves at least one unexpected win in the tournament. A recent example of this is Florida Gulf Coast University, a relatively new school that held its first classes in 1997 and became Division I postseason eligible in 2011. They made their first appearance in the 2013 tournament, winning two games to become the first #15 seed to", "id": "20874955" }, { "contents": "2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament was the 39th year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 26, March 1, and 4, 2018 at campus sites of the higher seeds. Lipscomb defeated regular season champion Florida Gulf Coast in the tournament championship to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the school's first trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a", "id": "22036552" }, { "contents": "2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nwin, as VCU was joined by #12 seed and citymate Richmond, #10 seed Florida State, and #13 seed Morehead State as first round winners. Florida State, VCU, and Richmond all advanced to the Sweet Sixteen from that region, and VCU defeated top-seeded Kansas in the final. Butler and #11 seed Gonzaga advanced from the Southeast Region, with Gonzaga losing in the Round of 32 to BYU. For the third time in as many appearances, Vanderbilt suffered a defeat to a double digit seed", "id": "10990625" }, { "contents": "Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball\n\n\nwould again win their opening game, this time defeating Jacksonville University. The Owls would break their second-round losing tradition, beating Jacksonville State University. In the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, the Owls faced Georgia State University and won 76–75, clinching their first and only conference championship and a bid to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. In the 2002 NCAA tournament, the Owls were seeded as a 15-seed, and placed in the South Region, and were paired with 2-seed University of Alabama. Though the Owls hung", "id": "18358839" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nthe following day and lost to Louisville. Falling to No. 8 in the AP Poll, but with a record of 25-6 and having won 13 of its last 15 games, Georgetown received a bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament, the Hoyas′ fourth consecutive appearance in the tournament, seventh in eight seasons, and 29th overall. Seeded second in the tournament's South Region, they met their first opponent, 15th seed Florida Gulf Coast, in the Round of 64, termed the \"Second Round\" this year.", "id": "4423034" }, { "contents": "1997 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nstripped of their Big Ten title they had also won. Arizona also became the only school since the introduction of the 64-team bracket in 1985, to defeat three number 1 seeds in the tournament, having upset overall number one seed Kansas in addition to their two Final Four victories. The tournament also saw the third victory by a #15 seed over a #2 seed, as Coppin State defeated South Carolina in their first round matchup. In addition, a #14 seed advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for only the second time", "id": "9764587" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 2018 and concluded on February 2018. The season marked the 40th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by two games over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 26 through March 4 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Lipscomb defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship", "id": "5246986" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fourteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 33–6, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the A-Sun Women's Tournament where they lost to Jacksonville. They", "id": "17761190" }, { "contents": "Coppin State Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The school's team currently competes in the NCAA Division I in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Before joining NCAA Division I, the Eagles were the 1976 NAIA National Champions. The Eagles have appeared in the NCAA Tournament four times. Their combined record is 1–4. The 1996–97 team was only the third 15 seed to beat a 2 seed in the tournament. The 2007–08 Coppin State team was", "id": "13930583" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 24, 2017 and concluded on February 23, 2017. The season marked the 39th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by one game over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 27 through March 5 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated", "id": "464189" }, { "contents": "2006 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nUCLA 73–57 in the final game. Florida's Joakim Noah was named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament. George Mason's run was one of several upsets by lower-seeded teams in the tournament. For the second consecutive year, a No. 14 seed beat a No. 3 seed as Northwestern State defeated Iowa. No. 13 seed Bradley also defeated No. 4 seed Kansas and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen by defeating No. 5-seeded Pittsburgh in the Second Round. Two No. 12 seeds won as well", "id": "87698" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nFlorida Gulf Coast University had only started classes in 1997 and was so new that it had become eligible for postseason NCAA Division I play only in 2011; the Eagles had finished in second place in the Atlantic Sun Conference and won the conference tournament, but it was their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Hoyas entered the game allowing opponents to shoot only 37.6 percent from the field – fourth-best in the United States – and limiting opponents to 55.7 points per game, and were the heavy favorites. Behind 11-", "id": "4423035" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by sixteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, play their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–5, 12–1 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season champions. They also won the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they upset Missouri in", "id": "14939652" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nchampionship game by a final score of 82-76, winning their first national title since 1986. They also are the last team from the original Big East Conference to win a national championship. On February 20, 2018, the NCAA vacated Louisville's entire tournament run, including its national title, due to multiple recruiting violations. The tournament featured several notable upsets: at least one team seeded #9 through #15 won at least once in the tournament, The most notable was Florida Gulf Coast University, who made their", "id": "14862718" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nthe Year Sherwood Brown graduated and turned professional, signing a contract with Israel's Maccabi Haifa B.C. in July 2013. They finished the season 22–13, 14–4 in Atlantic Sun play to finish in a tie for the regular season conference championship with Mercer. At the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament they advanced to their third consecutive championship game where they lost to Mercer. Due to failing to win the conference tournament as the #1 seed, they earned an automatic bid to the 2014 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to", "id": "14271712" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAtlantic Sun Conference tournament, losing to regular season champion Belmont. His 2012–13 team first attracted attention by beating Miami and finishing with a second-place finish and second seed in the Atlantic Sun tournament. After defeating regular season champion Mercer in the championship game, the Eagles earned a 15 seed in the South Region of the NCAA tournament, where they pulled off a major upset by defeating 2 seed Georgetown in the first round and then 7 seed San Diego State in the second round, making them the first 15 seed in the", "id": "13490426" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntime in tournament history, none of the four top seeded teams in a single region (the South) advanced to the Sweet 16. Also, the tournament featured the first regional final matchup of a 9-seed (Kansas State) and an 11-seed (Loyola-Chicago). Villanova, Michigan, Kansas, and Loyola-Chicago, the \"Cinderella team\" of the tournament, reached the Final Four. Villanova defeated Michigan in the championship game, 79–62. Atlantic Sun Conference champion Lipscomb made its NCAA tournament debut. The 2018", "id": "11011681" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\n, Minnesota, 78–64. The Gators then defeated Florida Gulf Coast, No. 15 seed, in the Sweet Sixteen 62–50. But once again, their run ended in the Elite Eight, this time against fourth seeded Michigan, who handily defeated the Gators, 79–59. The Gators became the first team since the expansion of the tournament in 1951 to lose in the Elite Eight in three consecutive seasons. Florida is the only program in the nation to have advanced as far as the Elite Eight in each of those seasons from 2011–2013", "id": "17774980" }, { "contents": "North Florida Ospreys men's basketball\n\n\n. In the 2014–15 season, the Ospreys made their first ever appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Tournament for the first time. On December 6, 2014, they defeated the Purdue Boilermakers on the road, marking their first ever victory over a Big Ten Conference opponent. They also won the Atlantic Sun regular season title for the first time and posted the best record in team history with 23 wins and 11 losses. As a No. 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament, they were defeated by", "id": "15251308" }, { "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\npopularly called the \"play-in game\", had Niagara, winner of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament, facing Florida A&M, who won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament, for a chance to play top seed Kansas in the First Round of the Tournament. Niagara defeated Florida A&M, 77–69, to advance to play Kansas. All teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65. The first and second-round games were played at", "id": "257019" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team\n\n\n2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 6 seed in the Midwest Region. They defeated 11 seed San Diego State in the first round and 14 seed Ohio to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the regional semifinal they defeated 2 seed and AP #5 Ohio State to advance to the first Elite Eight in school history. They were defeated by 5 seed and AP #13 Michigan State in the regional final to end their season. The 2008–09 Volunteers finished the season 21–13 overall, against the second-rated", "id": "6859935" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n1992 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, and they advanced to the final before losing to Syracuse. They were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the second round before losing to West Region No. 3 seed Florida State. They were ranked No. 22 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and No. 18 in the final Coaches' Poll. Georgetowns starting lineup of senior center and", "id": "14462787" }, { "contents": "1988–89 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nEast Tournament championship in Georgetown men's basketball history, defeating Syracuse in the final game. They were the No. 1 seed in the East Region of the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the 11th of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the East Region final before losing to the region′s No. 2 seed, Duke. They were ranked No. 2 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and Coaches' Poll. Since Patrick Ewing's graduation in May 1985, Georgetown had struggled to find", "id": "14781639" }, { "contents": "Hampton Pirates men's basketball\n\n\nThe Hampton Pirates men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, United States. The school's team formerly competed in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, but moved to the Big South Conference in 2018-19. Notably, the 2000-01 Hampton team was one of seven 15th seeds ever to upset a 2nd seed in the Round of 64 of an NCAA Tournament, defeating Iowa State in the first round. The Pirates have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament six times.", "id": "13103032" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nlost to 15-seed and tournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University 78-68 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The team was ranked No. 8 in the final Associated Press Poll of the season and No. 17 in the postseason Coaches' Poll. This was Georgetowns last season as a member of the original Big East Conference. It had been a founding member of the conference in the 1979-80 season and had remained a member for 34 seasons, but the conferences increasingly unstable membership and uncertain future and what Georgetown", "id": "4422963" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n, becoming the first player ever named the Big East's Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Tournament MVP in the same season, and only the second Tournament MVP from a team that did not win the tournament. The Hoyas were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances. In the first round, they defeated South Florida, with Mourning scoring 21 points and pulling down 11 rebounds.", "id": "14462796" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n. 7 seed, the Ospreys hosted the No. 2 seed Florida in the first round, where they fell 97–68. The Ospreys made the most three point shots (402) out of all NCAA Division I teams in the 2015–16 season, earning them the nickname \"Birds of Trey\". The Ospreys finished the 2014–15 season with a program-best overall record of 23–12, and a 12–2 record in conference play. They won the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time. As a", "id": "17130629" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nAs the #1 seed in the west region of the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, they defeated Hampton in the second round and Michigan in the third round to advance to the \"Sweet Sixteen\" where they were defeated by Arizona to finish the season 32–5. The team finished 2010 with a 35–5 record, becoming the ACC Regular Season Co-Champion, ACC Tournament Champion, and earning a #1 seed in the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Blue Devils beat Butler in the championship", "id": "16537035" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n81–78. They secured the regular season championship and No. 1 seed in the Atlantic Sun Tournament with a win at crosstown rival Jacksonville. The Ospreys began their quest to win back-to-back Atlantic Sun Tournament titles by defeating USC Upstate in the quarterfinals, 92–69. However, they were blown-out by 33 points in the semifinals by Florida Gulf Coast. Their 56 points were the fewest they scored in any game this season. Due to renovations at the O'Connell Center, the 7-seed Ospreys hosted the 2-seed Florida Gators", "id": "17130638" }, { "contents": "2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Stan Heath, the Flashes finished their best season in program history, posting a 30–6 record and advancing to the Elite Eight of the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament after defeating seventh-seeded Oklahoma State, upsetting second-seeded Alabama and third-seeded Pittsburgh, before falling to eventual national runners-up Indiana. The team set program and Mid-American Conference", "id": "6355295" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nits last 3 games in February and entering the postseason with a 24–6 record, yet still managed to win its second consecutive SEC Tournament Championship. The Gators entered the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a No. 3 seed with a 27–6 record, and ranked No. 10 by the AP. They beat No. 14 seed South Alabama and No. 11 seed Milwaukee to advance to the Minneapolis regional. There, the Gators defeated the No. 7 seed Georgetown Hoyas and upset the No. 1 seed Villanova", "id": "17774968" }, { "contents": "Troy Trojans men's basketball\n\n\n1950. The Trojans appeared in the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a 14-seed after winning the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament and faced 3-seeded Xavier in the first round, losing 71–59. The Trojans were the champions of the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2003 and defeated Central Florida for the conference tournament championship in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2004, the Trojans were the Atlantic Sun Conference Regular Season Champions. That year, the Trojans made it all the way to the Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship game, only to lose a heart", "id": "16764100" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nearned a #2 seed in the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, but lost to #15 seed Lehigh in the round of 64. Following the 2009–2010 basketball team, the 2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team began the season ranked #1 in the nation and held that title for the first nine weeks of the season going 15–0, until being defeated for the first time on January 12 again Florida State. The only non-conference loss during the regular season came again St. John's weeks later.", "id": "19517109" }, { "contents": "South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball\n\n\nTournament victory since 1973 with a 20-point win over the Marquette Golden Eagles. Two nights later, the Gamecocks upset the #2 seed Duke Blue Devils to advance to their fourth Sweet 16. South Carolina then beat #3 seed Baylor Bears to advance to their first-ever Elite 8, two days later they upset Florida to advance to their first ever Final Four. The Gamecocks have appeared in the NCAA Tournament nine times. Their combined record is 8–10. The Gamecocks have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 11", "id": "3062795" }, { "contents": "2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament marked the 37th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held March 1–6, 2016 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast won their second Atlantic Sun Tournament title and a berth in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. All 8 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. Stetson was ineligible to participate in the NCAA Tournament due to APR violations, but was allowed to participate in the Atlantic Sun Tournament. Had Stetson won the tournament, North Florida", "id": "9533118" }, { "contents": "2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n. Northern Iowa was one of four teams seeded lower than No. 8 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, joining the East Region's No. 11 seed Washington and No. 12 seed Cornell and the South Region's No. 10 seed Saint Mary's. For the first time since 2006, a No. 14 seed advanced out of the First Round as Ohio defeated Georgetown. The No. 13 seed in the West Region, Murray State, defeated No. 4-seeded Vanderbilt, marking the second consecutive appearance for the Commodores", "id": "10990515" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team represented Boston College during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by third-year head coach Jim Christian, played their home games at the Conte Forum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 9–23, 2–16 in ACC play to finish in last place. As the No. 15 seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost in the first round to Wake Forest. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 7–25", "id": "5940409" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 68 teams to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2017–18 season. The 80th annual edition of the tournament began on March 13, 2018, and concluded with the championship game on April 2 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. During the first round, UMBC became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed in the men's tournament by defeating Virginia 74–54. For the first", "id": "11011680" }, { "contents": "2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe third round of the Midwest Region. A team from the First Four games also won in the Round of 64 for the second consecutive year as South Florida defeated Midwest #5 seed Temple, setting up a #12 vs. #13 matchup that Ohio won. Virginia Commonwealth, a Final Four team from 2011 as an #11 seed, made the 2012 tournament as a #12 seed and once again made the round of 32 by defeating South #5 seed Wichita State. The South Region saw four double digit seeds win", "id": "14155762" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (also FGCU) refer to the fifteen sports teams representing Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and tennis; women's-only: softball, swimming and diving, indoor volleyball, and sand volleyball; and men's-only: baseball. The Eagles compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). FGCU is also notable as the youngest institution competing in", "id": "15898377" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nConference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. In the 2018 NCAA Tournament, Virginia became the first number 1 seed to lose to a number 16 seed when they lost to the UMBC Retrievers 74–54. Led by tenth-year head coach Tony Bennett, Virginia finished the regular season with a record of 28–2. They posted a 16–2 conference record, earning them the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament, where they defeated No. 8 seed NC State, before losing to No. 4 seed Florida State. In the", "id": "19522360" }, { "contents": "American Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe American Eagles men's basketball team represents American University in Washington, D.C. in NCAA Division I competition. The school's team competes in the Patriot League and play their home games in Bender Arena. Their rivals include Boston University, Bucknell University, and Navy. In 2008, the Eagles earned their first ever bid to the NCAA Division I Tournament by defeating Colgate in the final round of the Patriot League Tournament. The Eagles were seeded 15th against #2 Tennessee. American held tight against the Volunteers most of the game,", "id": "1515606" }, { "contents": "2010 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 11–March 14 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. This tournament was notable for the high number of upsets, with the higher seed winning only twice in the first two rounds, and the 11 and 12 seeds progressing to the semifinals. The championship game matched Duke against Georgia Tech. It was the third time a team has played 4 games (NC State in 1997 and", "id": "1478152" }, { "contents": "2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nCole Aldrich on the NCAA Tournament All-Midwest Regional team. To play the top-seeded Louisville Cardinals in the first round, Morehead State defeated Alabama State 58–43, with the Eagles keeping the Hornets without a lead the entire game. This marked the first time either team had played in the tournament in five years; the Eagles had not played since 1984. Morehead State fell to Louisville 74–54, the 100th time a 1 seed beat a 16 seed in the tournament since seeding began. However, the Eagles managed to keep", "id": "21670617" }, { "contents": "Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball\n\n\nThe Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Bisons made their first ever trip to the NCAA tournament in school history in 2018, when they defeated Florida Gulf Coast University in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament final. Lipscomb has a 177–179 all-time record in NCAA basketball and a 96–76 record in Atlantic Sun games. Lipscomb won their first Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament title", "id": "16052096" }, { "contents": "2000 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n1979 by defeating Florida 89-76 in the final game. Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, while Morris Peterson was its leading scorer. Despite the string of upsets, no seed lower than 11 won a game in the tournament. The only 11 seed to win was Pepperdine, which defeated Indiana in the East Region's first round in what turned out to be Bob Knight's last game coaching the Hoosiers before his firing that offseason. Also, two teams that qualified as 10 seeds", "id": "9764963" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by sixth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at Hawkins Arena on the university's Macon, Georgia campus and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–9, 14–4 in A-Sun play to win the regular season A-Sun championship, shared with Florida Gulf Coast. They defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship game of the A-Sun", "id": "13259751" }, { "contents": "1993 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe second round in that region. At the time, 15-seed Santa Clara's victory over 2-seed Arizona was only the second such upset, and following the 2019 tournament, is one of only eight times that a 15-seed defeated a 2-seed since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams (in 2018, Maryland-Baltimore County became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed, ousting Virginia 74-54.). For the third time, the Superdome was the host venue for the Final Four, and for the second straight year,", "id": "9764537" }, { "contents": "2006–07 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team\n\n\nWisconsin to with the tournament championship. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and received a No. 1 seed in the South regional. They defeated Central Connecticut State and Matta's former team, Xavier, to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The Buckeyes then defeated Tennessee and Memphis to advance to the Final Four, their first trip to the Final Four under Matta. With a win over Georgetown, they advanced to the National Championship game against Florida. Florida led from the start,", "id": "19897895" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team\n\n\nfinishing in third place in the Atlantic 10 during the regular season, Richmond advanced to the finals of the conference tournament before falling to Temple. Richmond was awarded an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As the seventh seed in the tournament's South region, Richmond earned the highest seeding in its history. They lost in the first round to ten seed Saint Mary's to end their season. !colspan=9| Regular Season !colspan=9| 2010 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament !colspan=10| 2010 NCAA", "id": "6019729" }, { "contents": "Norfolk State University\n\n\nchampionship which gave them the conference's automatic bid in the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, the school's first ever appearance in the tournament. The Spartans, a 15 seed, defeated the #2 seeded Missouri Tigers in the second round, 86-84. This victory was only the fifth time in NCAA Tournament history that a 15 seed defeated a 2 seed, with the last coming in 2001 by MEAC in-state rival Hampton. The Marching Spartan Legion Band performs at campus events and during Norfolk State", "id": "3283354" }, { "contents": "2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season\n\n\nof these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Ivy League does not have a conference tournament, instead giving their automatic invitation to their regular-season champion. By contrast, the Atlantic Coast Conference does not have a regular-season champion, using the standings only for seeding purposes in its conference tournament. A \"major upset\" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent. After the NCAA Tournament field was announced, the National", "id": "19699405" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nNCAA Tournament, the Cavaliers earned a No. 1 seed in the South Regional. The Cavaliers defeated No. 16 seed and NCAA tournament debutants Gardner–Webb in the first round, and No. 9 seed Oklahoma in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where they ended a potential Cinderella run from No. 12 seed Oregon. In the Elite Eight, the Cavs needed overtime to beat No. 3 Purdue; with the win, they advanced to their first Final Four since 1984. They then defeated No", "id": "19522361" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team represented Morehead State University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 5th year head coach Donnie Tyndall, played their home games at Ellis Johnson Arena and are members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 13–5 in Ohio Valley play and were champions of the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic bid in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As a 13 seed, they upset", "id": "15587818" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament upsets\n\n\nseed has ever advanced to this point in the women's tournament, all defeated teams were 3 seeds. To date, no 13 seed, in either the men's or women's tournament, has advanced to the Elite Eight. Unlike the men's tournament, in which one 12 seed won its Sweet 16 game since 1985, no 12 seed has ever won a game in the women's tournament. Only one team seeded 11 or lower has won in the Sweet 16 and advanced to the Elite Eight—11 seed Gonzaga in 2011", "id": "14196695" }, { "contents": "1985–86 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ntournament semifinals, where they lost to Syracuse. Georgetown was the No. 4 seed in the Midwest Region of the 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the eighth of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and defeated Texas Tech in the first round to advance to the second round, in which the Hoyas met the Midwest Regions No. 5 seed, Michigan State. Although he had nine of Georgetowns 17 assists, Michael Jackson shot only 1-for-7 (14.3%) from the field while Michigan State senior guard Scott Skiles", "id": "14959435" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nnational championship), and Michigan, returning for the first time since the Fab Five's second appearance in 1993 (which was later vacated). By winning the West Region, Wichita State became the first #9 seed and first Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) team to reach the Final Four since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The last #9 seed to reach the Final Four was Penn, and the last MVC team to do so was Indiana State, both in 1979. Louisville defeated Michigan in the", "id": "14862717" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by fourth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at the University Center and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–11, 13–5 in A-Sun play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the semifinals of the Atlantic Sun Basketball Tournament to Florida Gulf Coast. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Tennessee", "id": "21424844" }, { "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nwas played between two #1 seeds, due to the fact that all four #1 seeds were in the Final Four for the first time in NCAA Tournament history. Kansas entered the 2008 NCAA Tournament as the #1 seed in the Midwest Regional. In the 1st round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas dominated Portland State with an 85-61 victory. In the 2nd round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas beat UNLV 75-56 to advance to the Sweet 16. In the Sweet 16 of the 2008 NCAA", "id": "17054491" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hokies were led by third-year head coach Buzz Williams and played their home games at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 22–11, 10–8 in ACC play to finish a three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the ACC Tournament, they beat Wake Forest before losing to Florida", "id": "6984911" }, { "contents": "2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was head coach Dave Rose's 13th season at BYU and the Cougars seventh season as members of the West Coast Conference. The Cougars played their home games at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah. They finished the season 24–11, 11–7 in West Coast Conference play to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated San Diego in the quarterfinals and Saint", "id": "14065303" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n, and returned in 2012. They most recently returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2014 where they lost to Coastal Carolina 1–0. The men's soccer team plays its home games at the FGCU Soccer Complex. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I women's soccer competitions. The Green and Blue have competed in the NCAA Tournament 6 times, with a win against South Florida during the 2015 tournament. The women's team played their first home NCAA tournament game in 2014", "id": "15898385" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nto that, the region's top seed, Gonzaga, was defeated in the round of 32 by eventual region winner Wichita State, who defeated La Salle in the Sweet Sixteen. Two other teams also earned their first ever NCAA Tournament victory: Ivy League champion Harvard and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champion North Carolina A&T. Liberty became the first 20-loss team in five years to earn an NCAA bid, having finished its season with five consecutive wins to secure the Big South championship and its automatic qualification. The following are", "id": "14862720" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nThey received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning an 8 seed in the West Region. They defeated 9 seed Florida State in the first round before losing to 1 seed and AP #4 Syracuse in the second round. Gonzaga opened the season with a 94–53 exhibition victory over Alberta on November 2. Matt Bouldin led the team with 17 points, followed by Sam Dower with 15 points and Robert Sacre with 11 points. Gonzaga led by as many as 26 points in the", "id": "651215" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nUTEP and 13 seed Murray State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The team next defeated 1 seed Syracuse to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history, and then defeated 2 seed Kansas State to earn their first Final Four appearance in school history. They were only the second team from a mid-major conference to \"officially\" advance that far in the tournament since UNLV made the Final Four in 1991. On April 3, 2010, Butler defeated Michigan State and advanced to the National Championship game", "id": "12646316" } ]

[ { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSan Diego State 81–71, becoming the first time a 15th seed has ever advanced to the Sweet 16. The school was referred to as \"Dunk City\" or \"Florida Dunk Coast\" on many media outlets such as ESPN and CBS due to their high-flying athletic finishing style. The Eagles participated in their first Division I postseason tournament in 2013, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. On March 22, 2013; the Eagles", "id": "14634777" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nfull Division I member on August 11, 2011. The Eagles men's basketball team is best known for their run in the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, their first since moving up to Division I. In the Round of 64, the Eagles defeated the #2 seed Georgetown 78–68. It was only the seventh time that a 15th seed has defeated a 2nd seed, and the second-highest margin of victory for one. Two days later in the Round of 32, the Eagles defeated the #7 seed", "id": "14634776" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\n, the 15th seed in the South Region, scored one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history, defeating second-seeded Georgetown 78–68. They were only the seventh #15 seed to defeat a #2 seed, the first being Richmond's 1991 victory over Syracuse. Two days later, they defeated seventh seeded San Diego State to become the first #15 seed ever to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Their run ended there in a 62–50 loss to third seeded Florida. This is \"officially\" the third-deepest", "id": "14634778" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\ntournament final earning the automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became the seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. The Eagles went on to win two more Atlantic Sun Conference championships in", "id": "21316638" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nplayed in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. That earned the team an automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament, and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became", "id": "15898381" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nearn their first ever bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 15 seed in the south region. Guard Sherwood Brown was named the A-Sun player of the year. In their NCAA Tournament debut, the 15 seeded Eagles upset 2 seeded Georgetown 78–68. It was the third time in two years and eighth time overall that a 15 seed had upset a 2 seed. With a second round 81-71 win over San Diego State, they became the first 15 seed to win two games in a tournament to advance", "id": "8068116" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nNCAA Division I, having been officially founded in 1991 and started classes in 1997. FGCU athletics began in the NAIA. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a full Division I member on August 11, 2011. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, FGCU became the first number 15 seed to advance to the Sweet", "id": "15898378" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by second year head coach Andy Enfield, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished A-Sun play with a record of 13–5 to finish in second place. In only their second year of full NCAA eligibility, the Eagles won the Atlantic Sun Tournament, beating top-seeded Mercer in the championship game, to", "id": "8068115" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida and were led by fourth-year head coach Joe Dooley as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the regular season 26–8, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the ASUN Tournament, they defeated Stetson, Kennesaw State, and North Florida", "id": "11309074" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSweet Sixteen as the first ever 15-seed to do such. After putting FGCU on the map with their new \"Dunk City\" moniker, Enfield accepted the men's basketball position at USC. Joe Dooley then assumed the role from 2013-2018 before accepting the Head Coach position at East Carolina The Eagles are now led by long-time program assistant coach, Michael Fly. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a", "id": "14634775" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division", "id": "19591078" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAndrew William Enfield (born June 8, 1969) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Southern California (USC). He came to national prominence as the head coach of Florida Gulf Coast University when his team achieved two major feats at the 2013 NCAA Tournament. First they became just the seventh 15-seed to defeat a 2-seed by upsetting Georgetown in the first round of the tournament. Then with an 81–71 upset of No. 7 San Diego State they became the first ever", "id": "13490420" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. He was succeeded by Andy Enfield from 2011-13, who took the Eagles to the", "id": "14634774" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles are led by first-year head coach Michael Fly and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Eagles finished the 2017–18 season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost", "id": "5505776" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles were led by fifth-year head coach Joe Dooley and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost to Lipscomb", "id": "15628413" }, { "contents": "Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball\n\n\ntournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University in the Second Round. Georgetown lost to the 15th-seeded Eagles 78–68, the seventh number two seed to lose to a 15 seed. It was the fourth consecutive season the Hoyas were eliminated by a double-digit seed in the NCAA Tournament. The 2013–14 season was the team's first after Georgetown and six other schools left the original Big East Conference and joined Butler, Creighton, and Xavier in forming the new Big East Conference – part of a major conference realignment in which several other", "id": "7112965" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nrun by a first-time tournament participant in NCAA history, behind only Indiana State advancing all the way to the national championship game in 1979 and Charlotte and Georgia reaching the Final Four in 1977 and 1983, respectively. Southwestern Louisiana, now known as Louisiana–Lafayette, advanced to the Sweet 16 in its first appearance as well, in 1972, but that appearance was vacated due to NCAA sanctions. Coach Andy Enfield was hired by USC on April 1. To replace him, the Eagles hired Joe Dooley, an assistant", "id": "14634779" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference and were the defending A-Sun Tournament champion. They played their home games at Alico Arena. The team went through many changes for the 2013–14 season. Head coach Andy Enfield left to take the same job at USC and former Kansas assistant Joe Dooley takes over as head coach. Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Player of", "id": "14271711" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by second year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 22–11, 12–3 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the A-Sun Tournament where they lost to USC Upstate. They received an invitation to the", "id": "14301819" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nto win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Florida State. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to win the A-Sun Tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 16 seed where they defeated", "id": "11309075" }, { "contents": "Sherwood Brown\n\n\nNCAA Tournament appearance in just the school's second year of full Division I eligibility. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Brown, scoring 24 points and grabbing 9 rebounds, led his Eagles to 78–68 win over No. 2 seed Georgetown. Then, his #15 seeded Eagles made history, by beating #7 seed San Diego State, 81–71. It marked the first time a No. 15 seed reached the sweet sixteen. Brown scored 17 points and added 8 rebounds in the contest. His final", "id": "13929588" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\nwon the Atlantic Sun Conference regular-season and/or tournament championship each year since (except for 2010) with annual postseason appearances either in the NCAA Tournament or the WNIT, in which the Eagles finished second nationally in 2016 after losing to South Dakota in the championship game. In 2012, FGCU's first year of full Division I postseason eligibility, the men's team played in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference", "id": "21316637" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n's regular season and conference tourney titles, earning its first berth into the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. The Eagles lost to St. Bonaventure University in the first round of the tournament 72-65 in Tallahassee, FL. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. Founded in 2007, the Eagles are one of the youngest men's soccer programs in the country. The team made the NCAA Tournament in the first year of eligibility, in 2011", "id": "15898384" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 15th year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 26–9, 12–2 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They defeated North Florida, Jacksonville and Stetson to become champions of the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's", "id": "5941281" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles were coached by 13th year head coach Karl Smesko and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–3, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They also won the Atlantic Sun Tournament to earn an automatic to the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to Florida State in the", "id": "10569284" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by third year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to be champions of the A-Sun", "id": "15873400" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nthe seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. On March 24, 2007, FGCU women's basketball team ended their 35–1 season with a loss in the Division II National Championship to Southern Connecticut State University. One year later, in 2008, the Women's Basketball team qualified for the WNIT, becoming the first team to qualify for the WNIT in its first season of Division I sports. During the 2008 WNIT Tourney, the team became the first Atlantic", "id": "15898382" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ndecisive 8–0 Georgetown run early in the second half, the Hoyas took their first double-digit lead on a Nate Lubick dunk with 6:18 left to play on the way to a 77–65 win. It was their first win in a postseason tournament since the 2012 NCAA Tournament and their first win in the NIT since 2005. Georgetown advanced to the second round, visiting the region's No. 1 seed, Florida State, which had defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the first round. None of the defenses the Hoyas tried against Florida", "id": "6143540" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nwon the SEC Championship with a conference record of 14–4. During the regular season, Billy Donovan notched his 400th career win as the head coach of the Gators over Missouri. After losing in the final of the 2013 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament to Mississippi, they entered the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the South Region. Florida defeated the No. 14 seed Northwestern State 79–47 in the first round, and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen after soundly beating the No. 11 seed", "id": "17774979" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by seventeenth year head coach Karl Smesko, will play their home games at the Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 28–4, 16–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season. Florida Gulf Coast won the conference tournament championship game over Liberty, 72–49. They lost in the first round to Miami (", "id": "1471180" }, { "contents": "USC Trojans men's basketball\n\n\nof one scholarship for the 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 academic years, and reductions in the numbers of recruiting days and coaches participating in off-campus recruiting through 2011. The school also vacated all wins earned during the 2007–2008 season, due to Mayo's ineligibility at that time. After becoming the first head coach to lead a 15-seed to the Sweet 16, guiding his Florida Gulf Coast Eagles to upsets of Georgetown and San Diego State, Andy Enfield was hired as the new head coach at USC on April 1, 2013. Enfield replaces", "id": "10682450" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. The Eagles compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The soccer team is one of several varsity sports teams that represent the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. The team made the NCAA tournament in the first year of eligibility in 2011, and returned in 2012, 2014, and 2016. Source: Bob Butehorn has served as head coach for Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer since the", "id": "12451948" }, { "contents": "Fairleigh Dickinson University\n\n\nthe top seeded Illinois Fighting Illini a huge scare. Being only down 1 at the half, the Knights played well and held their own for a while. However, in the second half the Illini pulled away from FDU and won the game by 12. More recently, the men's team made the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles in the First Four, and the 2019 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they defeated Prairie View A&M University in the First", "id": "6126133" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntournament debut in only their second year of Division I eligibility. They upset Georgetown and San Diego State in their first two games, becoming the first #15 seed to advance to the regional semifinals (where they were defeated by Florida). For the first time since 2010, a #14 seed won as Harvard defeated New Mexico in the West Region. The same region saw #13 La Salle, who won in the opening round, defeat #4 Kansas State and #12 Mississippi defeat #5 Wisconsin. In addition", "id": "14862719" }, { "contents": "2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament marked the 38th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 27, March 2 and 5, 2017 at campus sites as top seeds host each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated North Florida, 77–61, in the championship game to receive the conference's automatic trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records", "id": "20563986" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nis not any official definition of what constitutes a \"Cinderella team\", there does seem to be a consensus that such teams represent small schools, are usually low-seeded in the tournament, and achieves at least one unexpected win in the tournament. A recent example of this is Florida Gulf Coast University, a relatively new school that held its first classes in 1997 and became Division I postseason eligible in 2011. They made their first appearance in the 2013 tournament, winning two games to become the first #15 seed to", "id": "20874955" }, { "contents": "2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament was the 39th year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 26, March 1, and 4, 2018 at campus sites of the higher seeds. Lipscomb defeated regular season champion Florida Gulf Coast in the tournament championship to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the school's first trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a", "id": "22036552" }, { "contents": "2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nwin, as VCU was joined by #12 seed and citymate Richmond, #10 seed Florida State, and #13 seed Morehead State as first round winners. Florida State, VCU, and Richmond all advanced to the Sweet Sixteen from that region, and VCU defeated top-seeded Kansas in the final. Butler and #11 seed Gonzaga advanced from the Southeast Region, with Gonzaga losing in the Round of 32 to BYU. For the third time in as many appearances, Vanderbilt suffered a defeat to a double digit seed", "id": "10990625" }, { "contents": "Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball\n\n\nwould again win their opening game, this time defeating Jacksonville University. The Owls would break their second-round losing tradition, beating Jacksonville State University. In the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, the Owls faced Georgia State University and won 76–75, clinching their first and only conference championship and a bid to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. In the 2002 NCAA tournament, the Owls were seeded as a 15-seed, and placed in the South Region, and were paired with 2-seed University of Alabama. Though the Owls hung", "id": "18358839" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nthe following day and lost to Louisville. Falling to No. 8 in the AP Poll, but with a record of 25-6 and having won 13 of its last 15 games, Georgetown received a bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament, the Hoyas′ fourth consecutive appearance in the tournament, seventh in eight seasons, and 29th overall. Seeded second in the tournament's South Region, they met their first opponent, 15th seed Florida Gulf Coast, in the Round of 64, termed the \"Second Round\" this year.", "id": "4423034" }, { "contents": "1997 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nstripped of their Big Ten title they had also won. Arizona also became the only school since the introduction of the 64-team bracket in 1985, to defeat three number 1 seeds in the tournament, having upset overall number one seed Kansas in addition to their two Final Four victories. The tournament also saw the third victory by a #15 seed over a #2 seed, as Coppin State defeated South Carolina in their first round matchup. In addition, a #14 seed advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for only the second time", "id": "9764587" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 2018 and concluded on February 2018. The season marked the 40th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by two games over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 26 through March 4 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Lipscomb defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship", "id": "5246986" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fourteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 33–6, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the A-Sun Women's Tournament where they lost to Jacksonville. They", "id": "17761190" }, { "contents": "Coppin State Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The school's team currently competes in the NCAA Division I in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Before joining NCAA Division I, the Eagles were the 1976 NAIA National Champions. The Eagles have appeared in the NCAA Tournament four times. Their combined record is 1–4. The 1996–97 team was only the third 15 seed to beat a 2 seed in the tournament. The 2007–08 Coppin State team was", "id": "13930583" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 24, 2017 and concluded on February 23, 2017. The season marked the 39th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by one game over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 27 through March 5 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated", "id": "464189" }, { "contents": "2006 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nUCLA 73–57 in the final game. Florida's Joakim Noah was named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament. George Mason's run was one of several upsets by lower-seeded teams in the tournament. For the second consecutive year, a No. 14 seed beat a No. 3 seed as Northwestern State defeated Iowa. No. 13 seed Bradley also defeated No. 4 seed Kansas and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen by defeating No. 5-seeded Pittsburgh in the Second Round. Two No. 12 seeds won as well", "id": "87698" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nFlorida Gulf Coast University had only started classes in 1997 and was so new that it had become eligible for postseason NCAA Division I play only in 2011; the Eagles had finished in second place in the Atlantic Sun Conference and won the conference tournament, but it was their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Hoyas entered the game allowing opponents to shoot only 37.6 percent from the field – fourth-best in the United States – and limiting opponents to 55.7 points per game, and were the heavy favorites. Behind 11-", "id": "4423035" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by sixteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, play their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–5, 12–1 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season champions. They also won the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they upset Missouri in", "id": "14939652" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nchampionship game by a final score of 82-76, winning their first national title since 1986. They also are the last team from the original Big East Conference to win a national championship. On February 20, 2018, the NCAA vacated Louisville's entire tournament run, including its national title, due to multiple recruiting violations. The tournament featured several notable upsets: at least one team seeded #9 through #15 won at least once in the tournament, The most notable was Florida Gulf Coast University, who made their", "id": "14862718" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nthe Year Sherwood Brown graduated and turned professional, signing a contract with Israel's Maccabi Haifa B.C. in July 2013. They finished the season 22–13, 14–4 in Atlantic Sun play to finish in a tie for the regular season conference championship with Mercer. At the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament they advanced to their third consecutive championship game where they lost to Mercer. Due to failing to win the conference tournament as the #1 seed, they earned an automatic bid to the 2014 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to", "id": "14271712" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAtlantic Sun Conference tournament, losing to regular season champion Belmont. His 2012–13 team first attracted attention by beating Miami and finishing with a second-place finish and second seed in the Atlantic Sun tournament. After defeating regular season champion Mercer in the championship game, the Eagles earned a 15 seed in the South Region of the NCAA tournament, where they pulled off a major upset by defeating 2 seed Georgetown in the first round and then 7 seed San Diego State in the second round, making them the first 15 seed in the", "id": "13490426" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntime in tournament history, none of the four top seeded teams in a single region (the South) advanced to the Sweet 16. Also, the tournament featured the first regional final matchup of a 9-seed (Kansas State) and an 11-seed (Loyola-Chicago). Villanova, Michigan, Kansas, and Loyola-Chicago, the \"Cinderella team\" of the tournament, reached the Final Four. Villanova defeated Michigan in the championship game, 79–62. Atlantic Sun Conference champion Lipscomb made its NCAA tournament debut. The 2018", "id": "11011681" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\n, Minnesota, 78–64. The Gators then defeated Florida Gulf Coast, No. 15 seed, in the Sweet Sixteen 62–50. But once again, their run ended in the Elite Eight, this time against fourth seeded Michigan, who handily defeated the Gators, 79–59. The Gators became the first team since the expansion of the tournament in 1951 to lose in the Elite Eight in three consecutive seasons. Florida is the only program in the nation to have advanced as far as the Elite Eight in each of those seasons from 2011–2013", "id": "17774980" }, { "contents": "North Florida Ospreys men's basketball\n\n\n. In the 2014–15 season, the Ospreys made their first ever appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Tournament for the first time. On December 6, 2014, they defeated the Purdue Boilermakers on the road, marking their first ever victory over a Big Ten Conference opponent. They also won the Atlantic Sun regular season title for the first time and posted the best record in team history with 23 wins and 11 losses. As a No. 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament, they were defeated by", "id": "15251308" }, { "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\npopularly called the \"play-in game\", had Niagara, winner of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament, facing Florida A&M, who won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament, for a chance to play top seed Kansas in the First Round of the Tournament. Niagara defeated Florida A&M, 77–69, to advance to play Kansas. All teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65. The first and second-round games were played at", "id": "257019" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team\n\n\n2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 6 seed in the Midwest Region. They defeated 11 seed San Diego State in the first round and 14 seed Ohio to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the regional semifinal they defeated 2 seed and AP #5 Ohio State to advance to the first Elite Eight in school history. They were defeated by 5 seed and AP #13 Michigan State in the regional final to end their season. The 2008–09 Volunteers finished the season 21–13 overall, against the second-rated", "id": "6859935" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n1992 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, and they advanced to the final before losing to Syracuse. They were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the second round before losing to West Region No. 3 seed Florida State. They were ranked No. 22 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and No. 18 in the final Coaches' Poll. Georgetowns starting lineup of senior center and", "id": "14462787" }, { "contents": "1988–89 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nEast Tournament championship in Georgetown men's basketball history, defeating Syracuse in the final game. They were the No. 1 seed in the East Region of the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the 11th of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the East Region final before losing to the region′s No. 2 seed, Duke. They were ranked No. 2 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and Coaches' Poll. Since Patrick Ewing's graduation in May 1985, Georgetown had struggled to find", "id": "14781639" }, { "contents": "Hampton Pirates men's basketball\n\n\nThe Hampton Pirates men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, United States. The school's team formerly competed in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, but moved to the Big South Conference in 2018-19. Notably, the 2000-01 Hampton team was one of seven 15th seeds ever to upset a 2nd seed in the Round of 64 of an NCAA Tournament, defeating Iowa State in the first round. The Pirates have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament six times.", "id": "13103032" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nlost to 15-seed and tournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University 78-68 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The team was ranked No. 8 in the final Associated Press Poll of the season and No. 17 in the postseason Coaches' Poll. This was Georgetowns last season as a member of the original Big East Conference. It had been a founding member of the conference in the 1979-80 season and had remained a member for 34 seasons, but the conferences increasingly unstable membership and uncertain future and what Georgetown", "id": "4422963" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n, becoming the first player ever named the Big East's Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Tournament MVP in the same season, and only the second Tournament MVP from a team that did not win the tournament. The Hoyas were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances. In the first round, they defeated South Florida, with Mourning scoring 21 points and pulling down 11 rebounds.", "id": "14462796" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n. 7 seed, the Ospreys hosted the No. 2 seed Florida in the first round, where they fell 97–68. The Ospreys made the most three point shots (402) out of all NCAA Division I teams in the 2015–16 season, earning them the nickname \"Birds of Trey\". The Ospreys finished the 2014–15 season with a program-best overall record of 23–12, and a 12–2 record in conference play. They won the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time. As a", "id": "17130629" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nAs the #1 seed in the west region of the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, they defeated Hampton in the second round and Michigan in the third round to advance to the \"Sweet Sixteen\" where they were defeated by Arizona to finish the season 32–5. The team finished 2010 with a 35–5 record, becoming the ACC Regular Season Co-Champion, ACC Tournament Champion, and earning a #1 seed in the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Blue Devils beat Butler in the championship", "id": "16537035" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n81–78. They secured the regular season championship and No. 1 seed in the Atlantic Sun Tournament with a win at crosstown rival Jacksonville. The Ospreys began their quest to win back-to-back Atlantic Sun Tournament titles by defeating USC Upstate in the quarterfinals, 92–69. However, they were blown-out by 33 points in the semifinals by Florida Gulf Coast. Their 56 points were the fewest they scored in any game this season. Due to renovations at the O'Connell Center, the 7-seed Ospreys hosted the 2-seed Florida Gators", "id": "17130638" }, { "contents": "2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Stan Heath, the Flashes finished their best season in program history, posting a 30–6 record and advancing to the Elite Eight of the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament after defeating seventh-seeded Oklahoma State, upsetting second-seeded Alabama and third-seeded Pittsburgh, before falling to eventual national runners-up Indiana. The team set program and Mid-American Conference", "id": "6355295" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nits last 3 games in February and entering the postseason with a 24–6 record, yet still managed to win its second consecutive SEC Tournament Championship. The Gators entered the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a No. 3 seed with a 27–6 record, and ranked No. 10 by the AP. They beat No. 14 seed South Alabama and No. 11 seed Milwaukee to advance to the Minneapolis regional. There, the Gators defeated the No. 7 seed Georgetown Hoyas and upset the No. 1 seed Villanova", "id": "17774968" }, { "contents": "Troy Trojans men's basketball\n\n\n1950. The Trojans appeared in the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a 14-seed after winning the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament and faced 3-seeded Xavier in the first round, losing 71–59. The Trojans were the champions of the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2003 and defeated Central Florida for the conference tournament championship in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2004, the Trojans were the Atlantic Sun Conference Regular Season Champions. That year, the Trojans made it all the way to the Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship game, only to lose a heart", "id": "16764100" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nearned a #2 seed in the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, but lost to #15 seed Lehigh in the round of 64. Following the 2009–2010 basketball team, the 2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team began the season ranked #1 in the nation and held that title for the first nine weeks of the season going 15–0, until being defeated for the first time on January 12 again Florida State. The only non-conference loss during the regular season came again St. John's weeks later.", "id": "19517109" }, { "contents": "South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball\n\n\nTournament victory since 1973 with a 20-point win over the Marquette Golden Eagles. Two nights later, the Gamecocks upset the #2 seed Duke Blue Devils to advance to their fourth Sweet 16. South Carolina then beat #3 seed Baylor Bears to advance to their first-ever Elite 8, two days later they upset Florida to advance to their first ever Final Four. The Gamecocks have appeared in the NCAA Tournament nine times. Their combined record is 8–10. The Gamecocks have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 11", "id": "3062795" }, { "contents": "2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament marked the 37th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held March 1–6, 2016 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast won their second Atlantic Sun Tournament title and a berth in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. All 8 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. Stetson was ineligible to participate in the NCAA Tournament due to APR violations, but was allowed to participate in the Atlantic Sun Tournament. Had Stetson won the tournament, North Florida", "id": "9533118" }, { "contents": "2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n. Northern Iowa was one of four teams seeded lower than No. 8 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, joining the East Region's No. 11 seed Washington and No. 12 seed Cornell and the South Region's No. 10 seed Saint Mary's. For the first time since 2006, a No. 14 seed advanced out of the First Round as Ohio defeated Georgetown. The No. 13 seed in the West Region, Murray State, defeated No. 4-seeded Vanderbilt, marking the second consecutive appearance for the Commodores", "id": "10990515" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team represented Boston College during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by third-year head coach Jim Christian, played their home games at the Conte Forum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 9–23, 2–16 in ACC play to finish in last place. As the No. 15 seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost in the first round to Wake Forest. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 7–25", "id": "5940409" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 68 teams to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2017–18 season. The 80th annual edition of the tournament began on March 13, 2018, and concluded with the championship game on April 2 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. During the first round, UMBC became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed in the men's tournament by defeating Virginia 74–54. For the first", "id": "11011680" }, { "contents": "2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe third round of the Midwest Region. A team from the First Four games also won in the Round of 64 for the second consecutive year as South Florida defeated Midwest #5 seed Temple, setting up a #12 vs. #13 matchup that Ohio won. Virginia Commonwealth, a Final Four team from 2011 as an #11 seed, made the 2012 tournament as a #12 seed and once again made the round of 32 by defeating South #5 seed Wichita State. The South Region saw four double digit seeds win", "id": "14155762" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (also FGCU) refer to the fifteen sports teams representing Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and tennis; women's-only: softball, swimming and diving, indoor volleyball, and sand volleyball; and men's-only: baseball. The Eagles compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). FGCU is also notable as the youngest institution competing in", "id": "15898377" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nConference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. In the 2018 NCAA Tournament, Virginia became the first number 1 seed to lose to a number 16 seed when they lost to the UMBC Retrievers 74–54. Led by tenth-year head coach Tony Bennett, Virginia finished the regular season with a record of 28–2. They posted a 16–2 conference record, earning them the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament, where they defeated No. 8 seed NC State, before losing to No. 4 seed Florida State. In the", "id": "19522360" }, { "contents": "American Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe American Eagles men's basketball team represents American University in Washington, D.C. in NCAA Division I competition. The school's team competes in the Patriot League and play their home games in Bender Arena. Their rivals include Boston University, Bucknell University, and Navy. In 2008, the Eagles earned their first ever bid to the NCAA Division I Tournament by defeating Colgate in the final round of the Patriot League Tournament. The Eagles were seeded 15th against #2 Tennessee. American held tight against the Volunteers most of the game,", "id": "1515606" }, { "contents": "2010 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 11–March 14 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. This tournament was notable for the high number of upsets, with the higher seed winning only twice in the first two rounds, and the 11 and 12 seeds progressing to the semifinals. The championship game matched Duke against Georgia Tech. It was the third time a team has played 4 games (NC State in 1997 and", "id": "1478152" }, { "contents": "2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nCole Aldrich on the NCAA Tournament All-Midwest Regional team. To play the top-seeded Louisville Cardinals in the first round, Morehead State defeated Alabama State 58–43, with the Eagles keeping the Hornets without a lead the entire game. This marked the first time either team had played in the tournament in five years; the Eagles had not played since 1984. Morehead State fell to Louisville 74–54, the 100th time a 1 seed beat a 16 seed in the tournament since seeding began. However, the Eagles managed to keep", "id": "21670617" }, { "contents": "Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball\n\n\nThe Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Bisons made their first ever trip to the NCAA tournament in school history in 2018, when they defeated Florida Gulf Coast University in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament final. Lipscomb has a 177–179 all-time record in NCAA basketball and a 96–76 record in Atlantic Sun games. Lipscomb won their first Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament title", "id": "16052096" }, { "contents": "2000 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n1979 by defeating Florida 89-76 in the final game. Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, while Morris Peterson was its leading scorer. Despite the string of upsets, no seed lower than 11 won a game in the tournament. The only 11 seed to win was Pepperdine, which defeated Indiana in the East Region's first round in what turned out to be Bob Knight's last game coaching the Hoosiers before his firing that offseason. Also, two teams that qualified as 10 seeds", "id": "9764963" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by sixth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at Hawkins Arena on the university's Macon, Georgia campus and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–9, 14–4 in A-Sun play to win the regular season A-Sun championship, shared with Florida Gulf Coast. They defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship game of the A-Sun", "id": "13259751" }, { "contents": "1993 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe second round in that region. At the time, 15-seed Santa Clara's victory over 2-seed Arizona was only the second such upset, and following the 2019 tournament, is one of only eight times that a 15-seed defeated a 2-seed since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams (in 2018, Maryland-Baltimore County became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed, ousting Virginia 74-54.). For the third time, the Superdome was the host venue for the Final Four, and for the second straight year,", "id": "9764537" }, { "contents": "2006–07 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team\n\n\nWisconsin to with the tournament championship. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and received a No. 1 seed in the South regional. They defeated Central Connecticut State and Matta's former team, Xavier, to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The Buckeyes then defeated Tennessee and Memphis to advance to the Final Four, their first trip to the Final Four under Matta. With a win over Georgetown, they advanced to the National Championship game against Florida. Florida led from the start,", "id": "19897895" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team\n\n\nfinishing in third place in the Atlantic 10 during the regular season, Richmond advanced to the finals of the conference tournament before falling to Temple. Richmond was awarded an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As the seventh seed in the tournament's South region, Richmond earned the highest seeding in its history. They lost in the first round to ten seed Saint Mary's to end their season. !colspan=9| Regular Season !colspan=9| 2010 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament !colspan=10| 2010 NCAA", "id": "6019729" }, { "contents": "Norfolk State University\n\n\nchampionship which gave them the conference's automatic bid in the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, the school's first ever appearance in the tournament. The Spartans, a 15 seed, defeated the #2 seeded Missouri Tigers in the second round, 86-84. This victory was only the fifth time in NCAA Tournament history that a 15 seed defeated a 2 seed, with the last coming in 2001 by MEAC in-state rival Hampton. The Marching Spartan Legion Band performs at campus events and during Norfolk State", "id": "3283354" }, { "contents": "2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season\n\n\nof these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Ivy League does not have a conference tournament, instead giving their automatic invitation to their regular-season champion. By contrast, the Atlantic Coast Conference does not have a regular-season champion, using the standings only for seeding purposes in its conference tournament. A \"major upset\" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent. After the NCAA Tournament field was announced, the National", "id": "19699405" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nNCAA Tournament, the Cavaliers earned a No. 1 seed in the South Regional. The Cavaliers defeated No. 16 seed and NCAA tournament debutants Gardner–Webb in the first round, and No. 9 seed Oklahoma in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where they ended a potential Cinderella run from No. 12 seed Oregon. In the Elite Eight, the Cavs needed overtime to beat No. 3 Purdue; with the win, they advanced to their first Final Four since 1984. They then defeated No", "id": "19522361" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team represented Morehead State University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 5th year head coach Donnie Tyndall, played their home games at Ellis Johnson Arena and are members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 13–5 in Ohio Valley play and were champions of the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic bid in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As a 13 seed, they upset", "id": "15587818" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament upsets\n\n\nseed has ever advanced to this point in the women's tournament, all defeated teams were 3 seeds. To date, no 13 seed, in either the men's or women's tournament, has advanced to the Elite Eight. Unlike the men's tournament, in which one 12 seed won its Sweet 16 game since 1985, no 12 seed has ever won a game in the women's tournament. Only one team seeded 11 or lower has won in the Sweet 16 and advanced to the Elite Eight—11 seed Gonzaga in 2011", "id": "14196695" }, { "contents": "1985–86 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ntournament semifinals, where they lost to Syracuse. Georgetown was the No. 4 seed in the Midwest Region of the 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the eighth of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and defeated Texas Tech in the first round to advance to the second round, in which the Hoyas met the Midwest Regions No. 5 seed, Michigan State. Although he had nine of Georgetowns 17 assists, Michael Jackson shot only 1-for-7 (14.3%) from the field while Michigan State senior guard Scott Skiles", "id": "14959435" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nnational championship), and Michigan, returning for the first time since the Fab Five's second appearance in 1993 (which was later vacated). By winning the West Region, Wichita State became the first #9 seed and first Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) team to reach the Final Four since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The last #9 seed to reach the Final Four was Penn, and the last MVC team to do so was Indiana State, both in 1979. Louisville defeated Michigan in the", "id": "14862717" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by fourth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at the University Center and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–11, 13–5 in A-Sun play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the semifinals of the Atlantic Sun Basketball Tournament to Florida Gulf Coast. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Tennessee", "id": "21424844" }, { "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nwas played between two #1 seeds, due to the fact that all four #1 seeds were in the Final Four for the first time in NCAA Tournament history. Kansas entered the 2008 NCAA Tournament as the #1 seed in the Midwest Regional. In the 1st round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas dominated Portland State with an 85-61 victory. In the 2nd round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas beat UNLV 75-56 to advance to the Sweet 16. In the Sweet 16 of the 2008 NCAA", "id": "17054491" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hokies were led by third-year head coach Buzz Williams and played their home games at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 22–11, 10–8 in ACC play to finish a three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the ACC Tournament, they beat Wake Forest before losing to Florida", "id": "6984911" }, { "contents": "2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was head coach Dave Rose's 13th season at BYU and the Cougars seventh season as members of the West Coast Conference. The Cougars played their home games at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah. They finished the season 24–11, 11–7 in West Coast Conference play to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated San Diego in the quarterfinals and Saint", "id": "14065303" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n, and returned in 2012. They most recently returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2014 where they lost to Coastal Carolina 1–0. The men's soccer team plays its home games at the FGCU Soccer Complex. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I women's soccer competitions. The Green and Blue have competed in the NCAA Tournament 6 times, with a win against South Florida during the 2015 tournament. The women's team played their first home NCAA tournament game in 2014", "id": "15898385" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nto that, the region's top seed, Gonzaga, was defeated in the round of 32 by eventual region winner Wichita State, who defeated La Salle in the Sweet Sixteen. Two other teams also earned their first ever NCAA Tournament victory: Ivy League champion Harvard and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champion North Carolina A&T. Liberty became the first 20-loss team in five years to earn an NCAA bid, having finished its season with five consecutive wins to secure the Big South championship and its automatic qualification. The following are", "id": "14862720" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nThey received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning an 8 seed in the West Region. They defeated 9 seed Florida State in the first round before losing to 1 seed and AP #4 Syracuse in the second round. Gonzaga opened the season with a 94–53 exhibition victory over Alberta on November 2. Matt Bouldin led the team with 17 points, followed by Sam Dower with 15 points and Robert Sacre with 11 points. Gonzaga led by as many as 26 points in the", "id": "651215" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nUTEP and 13 seed Murray State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The team next defeated 1 seed Syracuse to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history, and then defeated 2 seed Kansas State to earn their first Final Four appearance in school history. They were only the second team from a mid-major conference to \"officially\" advance that far in the tournament since UNLV made the Final Four in 1991. On April 3, 2010, Butler defeated Michigan State and advanced to the National Championship game", "id": "12646316" } ]

[ { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSan Diego State 81–71, becoming the first time a 15th seed has ever advanced to the Sweet 16. The school was referred to as \"Dunk City\" or \"Florida Dunk Coast\" on many media outlets such as ESPN and CBS due to their high-flying athletic finishing style. The Eagles participated in their first Division I postseason tournament in 2013, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. On March 22, 2013; the Eagles", "id": "14634777" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nfull Division I member on August 11, 2011. The Eagles men's basketball team is best known for their run in the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, their first since moving up to Division I. In the Round of 64, the Eagles defeated the #2 seed Georgetown 78–68. It was only the seventh time that a 15th seed has defeated a 2nd seed, and the second-highest margin of victory for one. Two days later in the Round of 32, the Eagles defeated the #7 seed", "id": "14634776" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\n, the 15th seed in the South Region, scored one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history, defeating second-seeded Georgetown 78–68. They were only the seventh #15 seed to defeat a #2 seed, the first being Richmond's 1991 victory over Syracuse. Two days later, they defeated seventh seeded San Diego State to become the first #15 seed ever to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Their run ended there in a 62–50 loss to third seeded Florida. This is \"officially\" the third-deepest", "id": "14634778" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\ntournament final earning the automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became the seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. The Eagles went on to win two more Atlantic Sun Conference championships in", "id": "21316638" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nplayed in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference tournament final. That earned the team an automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In its first-ever tournament appearance, the No. 15 seeded Eagles upset the No. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the tournament, and the No. 7 seeded San Diego State Aztecs in the second round. The Eagles became", "id": "15898381" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nearn their first ever bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 15 seed in the south region. Guard Sherwood Brown was named the A-Sun player of the year. In their NCAA Tournament debut, the 15 seeded Eagles upset 2 seeded Georgetown 78–68. It was the third time in two years and eighth time overall that a 15 seed had upset a 2 seed. With a second round 81-71 win over San Diego State, they became the first 15 seed to win two games in a tournament to advance", "id": "8068116" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nNCAA Division I, having been officially founded in 1991 and started classes in 1997. FGCU athletics began in the NAIA. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a full Division I member on August 11, 2011. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, FGCU became the first number 15 seed to advance to the Sweet", "id": "15898378" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by second year head coach Andy Enfield, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished A-Sun play with a record of 13–5 to finish in second place. In only their second year of full NCAA eligibility, the Eagles won the Atlantic Sun Tournament, beating top-seeded Mercer in the championship game, to", "id": "8068115" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida and were led by fourth-year head coach Joe Dooley as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the regular season 26–8, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the ASUN Tournament, they defeated Stetson, Kennesaw State, and North Florida", "id": "11309074" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nSweet Sixteen as the first ever 15-seed to do such. After putting FGCU on the map with their new \"Dunk City\" moniker, Enfield accepted the men's basketball position at USC. Joe Dooley then assumed the role from 2013-2018 before accepting the Head Coach position at East Carolina The Eagles are now led by long-time program assistant coach, Michael Fly. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007–08 season. Florida Gulf Coast became a", "id": "14634775" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. In 2006, Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division", "id": "19591078" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAndrew William Enfield (born June 8, 1969) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Southern California (USC). He came to national prominence as the head coach of Florida Gulf Coast University when his team achieved two major feats at the 2013 NCAA Tournament. First they became just the seventh 15-seed to defeat a 2-seed by upsetting Georgetown in the first round of the tournament. Then with an 81–71 upset of No. 7 San Diego State they became the first ever", "id": "13490420" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002, Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast also started its men's basketball team, with Dave Balza as head coach from the inaugural 2002–03 to the 2010–11 season. He was succeeded by Andy Enfield from 2011-13, who took the Eagles to the", "id": "14634774" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles are led by first-year head coach Michael Fly and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Eagles finished the 2017–18 season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost", "id": "5505776" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles were led by fifth-year head coach Joe Dooley and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost to Lipscomb", "id": "15628413" }, { "contents": "Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball\n\n\ntournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University in the Second Round. Georgetown lost to the 15th-seeded Eagles 78–68, the seventh number two seed to lose to a 15 seed. It was the fourth consecutive season the Hoyas were eliminated by a double-digit seed in the NCAA Tournament. The 2013–14 season was the team's first after Georgetown and six other schools left the original Big East Conference and joined Butler, Creighton, and Xavier in forming the new Big East Conference – part of a major conference realignment in which several other", "id": "7112965" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nrun by a first-time tournament participant in NCAA history, behind only Indiana State advancing all the way to the national championship game in 1979 and Charlotte and Georgia reaching the Final Four in 1977 and 1983, respectively. Southwestern Louisiana, now known as Louisiana–Lafayette, advanced to the Sweet 16 in its first appearance as well, in 1972, but that appearance was vacated due to NCAA sanctions. Coach Andy Enfield was hired by USC on April 1. To replace him, the Eagles hired Joe Dooley, an assistant", "id": "14634779" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference and were the defending A-Sun Tournament champion. They played their home games at Alico Arena. The team went through many changes for the 2013–14 season. Head coach Andy Enfield left to take the same job at USC and former Kansas assistant Joe Dooley takes over as head coach. Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Player of", "id": "14271711" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by second year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 22–11, 12–3 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the A-Sun Tournament where they lost to USC Upstate. They received an invitation to the", "id": "14301819" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nto win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Florida State. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to win the A-Sun Tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 16 seed where they defeated", "id": "11309075" }, { "contents": "Sherwood Brown\n\n\nNCAA Tournament appearance in just the school's second year of full Division I eligibility. In the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Brown, scoring 24 points and grabbing 9 rebounds, led his Eagles to 78–68 win over No. 2 seed Georgetown. Then, his #15 seeded Eagles made history, by beating #7 seed San Diego State, 81–71. It marked the first time a No. 15 seed reached the sweet sixteen. Brown scored 17 points and added 8 rebounds in the contest. His final", "id": "13929588" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast University\n\n\nwon the Atlantic Sun Conference regular-season and/or tournament championship each year since (except for 2010) with annual postseason appearances either in the NCAA Tournament or the WNIT, in which the Eagles finished second nationally in 2016 after losing to South Dakota in the championship game. In 2012, FGCU's first year of full Division I postseason eligibility, the men's team played in the Atlantic Sun Championship final, losing to Belmont. In 2013, the team won the Atlantic Sun championship, beating top-seeded Mercer in the conference", "id": "21316637" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n's regular season and conference tourney titles, earning its first berth into the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. The Eagles lost to St. Bonaventure University in the first round of the tournament 72-65 in Tallahassee, FL. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. Founded in 2007, the Eagles are one of the youngest men's soccer programs in the country. The team made the NCAA Tournament in the first year of eligibility, in 2011", "id": "15898384" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 15th year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 26–9, 12–2 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They defeated North Florida, Jacksonville and Stetson to become champions of the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's", "id": "5941281" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles were coached by 13th year head coach Karl Smesko and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–3, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They also won the Atlantic Sun Tournament to earn an automatic to the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to Florida State in the", "id": "10569284" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by third year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to be champions of the A-Sun", "id": "15873400" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nthe seventh No. 15 seed to advance to the round of 32 and the first to advance to the Sweet 16. On March 24, 2007, FGCU women's basketball team ended their 35–1 season with a loss in the Division II National Championship to Southern Connecticut State University. One year later, in 2008, the Women's Basketball team qualified for the WNIT, becoming the first team to qualify for the WNIT in its first season of Division I sports. During the 2008 WNIT Tourney, the team became the first Atlantic", "id": "15898382" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ndecisive 8–0 Georgetown run early in the second half, the Hoyas took their first double-digit lead on a Nate Lubick dunk with 6:18 left to play on the way to a 77–65 win. It was their first win in a postseason tournament since the 2012 NCAA Tournament and their first win in the NIT since 2005. Georgetown advanced to the second round, visiting the region's No. 1 seed, Florida State, which had defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the first round. None of the defenses the Hoyas tried against Florida", "id": "6143540" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nwon the SEC Championship with a conference record of 14–4. During the regular season, Billy Donovan notched his 400th career win as the head coach of the Gators over Missouri. After losing in the final of the 2013 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament to Mississippi, they entered the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the South Region. Florida defeated the No. 14 seed Northwestern State 79–47 in the first round, and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen after soundly beating the No. 11 seed", "id": "17774979" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by seventeenth year head coach Karl Smesko, will play their home games at the Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 28–4, 16–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season. Florida Gulf Coast won the conference tournament championship game over Liberty, 72–49. They lost in the first round to Miami (", "id": "1471180" }, { "contents": "USC Trojans men's basketball\n\n\nof one scholarship for the 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 academic years, and reductions in the numbers of recruiting days and coaches participating in off-campus recruiting through 2011. The school also vacated all wins earned during the 2007–2008 season, due to Mayo's ineligibility at that time. After becoming the first head coach to lead a 15-seed to the Sweet 16, guiding his Florida Gulf Coast Eagles to upsets of Georgetown and San Diego State, Andy Enfield was hired as the new head coach at USC on April 1, 2013. Enfield replaces", "id": "10682450" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. The Eagles compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The soccer team is one of several varsity sports teams that represent the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. The team made the NCAA tournament in the first year of eligibility in 2011, and returned in 2012, 2014, and 2016. Source: Bob Butehorn has served as head coach for Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer since the", "id": "12451948" }, { "contents": "Fairleigh Dickinson University\n\n\nthe top seeded Illinois Fighting Illini a huge scare. Being only down 1 at the half, the Knights played well and held their own for a while. However, in the second half the Illini pulled away from FDU and won the game by 12. More recently, the men's team made the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles in the First Four, and the 2019 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they defeated Prairie View A&M University in the First", "id": "6126133" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntournament debut in only their second year of Division I eligibility. They upset Georgetown and San Diego State in their first two games, becoming the first #15 seed to advance to the regional semifinals (where they were defeated by Florida). For the first time since 2010, a #14 seed won as Harvard defeated New Mexico in the West Region. The same region saw #13 La Salle, who won in the opening round, defeat #4 Kansas State and #12 Mississippi defeat #5 Wisconsin. In addition", "id": "14862719" }, { "contents": "2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament marked the 38th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 27, March 2 and 5, 2017 at campus sites as top seeds host each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated North Florida, 77–61, in the championship game to receive the conference's automatic trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records", "id": "20563986" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nis not any official definition of what constitutes a \"Cinderella team\", there does seem to be a consensus that such teams represent small schools, are usually low-seeded in the tournament, and achieves at least one unexpected win in the tournament. A recent example of this is Florida Gulf Coast University, a relatively new school that held its first classes in 1997 and became Division I postseason eligible in 2011. They made their first appearance in the 2013 tournament, winning two games to become the first #15 seed to", "id": "20874955" }, { "contents": "2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament was the 39th year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 26, March 1, and 4, 2018 at campus sites of the higher seeds. Lipscomb defeated regular season champion Florida Gulf Coast in the tournament championship to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the school's first trip to the NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a", "id": "22036552" }, { "contents": "2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nwin, as VCU was joined by #12 seed and citymate Richmond, #10 seed Florida State, and #13 seed Morehead State as first round winners. Florida State, VCU, and Richmond all advanced to the Sweet Sixteen from that region, and VCU defeated top-seeded Kansas in the final. Butler and #11 seed Gonzaga advanced from the Southeast Region, with Gonzaga losing in the Round of 32 to BYU. For the third time in as many appearances, Vanderbilt suffered a defeat to a double digit seed", "id": "10990625" }, { "contents": "Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball\n\n\nwould again win their opening game, this time defeating Jacksonville University. The Owls would break their second-round losing tradition, beating Jacksonville State University. In the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, the Owls faced Georgia State University and won 76–75, clinching their first and only conference championship and a bid to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. In the 2002 NCAA tournament, the Owls were seeded as a 15-seed, and placed in the South Region, and were paired with 2-seed University of Alabama. Though the Owls hung", "id": "18358839" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nthe following day and lost to Louisville. Falling to No. 8 in the AP Poll, but with a record of 25-6 and having won 13 of its last 15 games, Georgetown received a bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament, the Hoyas′ fourth consecutive appearance in the tournament, seventh in eight seasons, and 29th overall. Seeded second in the tournament's South Region, they met their first opponent, 15th seed Florida Gulf Coast, in the Round of 64, termed the \"Second Round\" this year.", "id": "4423034" }, { "contents": "1997 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nstripped of their Big Ten title they had also won. Arizona also became the only school since the introduction of the 64-team bracket in 1985, to defeat three number 1 seeds in the tournament, having upset overall number one seed Kansas in addition to their two Final Four victories. The tournament also saw the third victory by a #15 seed over a #2 seed, as Coppin State defeated South Carolina in their first round matchup. In addition, a #14 seed advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for only the second time", "id": "9764587" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 2018 and concluded on February 2018. The season marked the 40th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by two games over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 26 through March 4 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Lipscomb defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship", "id": "5246986" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fourteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 33–6, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the A-Sun Women's Tournament where they lost to Jacksonville. They", "id": "17761190" }, { "contents": "Coppin State Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The school's team currently competes in the NCAA Division I in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Before joining NCAA Division I, the Eagles were the 1976 NAIA National Champions. The Eagles have appeared in the NCAA Tournament four times. Their combined record is 1–4. The 1996–97 team was only the third 15 seed to beat a 2 seed in the tournament. The 2007–08 Coppin State team was", "id": "13930583" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on January 24, 2017 and concluded on February 23, 2017. The season marked the 39th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball. Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by one game over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 27 through March 5 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated", "id": "464189" }, { "contents": "2006 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nUCLA 73–57 in the final game. Florida's Joakim Noah was named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament. George Mason's run was one of several upsets by lower-seeded teams in the tournament. For the second consecutive year, a No. 14 seed beat a No. 3 seed as Northwestern State defeated Iowa. No. 13 seed Bradley also defeated No. 4 seed Kansas and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen by defeating No. 5-seeded Pittsburgh in the Second Round. Two No. 12 seeds won as well", "id": "87698" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nFlorida Gulf Coast University had only started classes in 1997 and was so new that it had become eligible for postseason NCAA Division I play only in 2011; the Eagles had finished in second place in the Atlantic Sun Conference and won the conference tournament, but it was their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Hoyas entered the game allowing opponents to shoot only 37.6 percent from the field – fourth-best in the United States – and limiting opponents to 55.7 points per game, and were the heavy favorites. Behind 11-", "id": "4423035" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by sixteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, play their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–5, 12–1 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season champions. They also won the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they upset Missouri in", "id": "14939652" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nchampionship game by a final score of 82-76, winning their first national title since 1986. They also are the last team from the original Big East Conference to win a national championship. On February 20, 2018, the NCAA vacated Louisville's entire tournament run, including its national title, due to multiple recruiting violations. The tournament featured several notable upsets: at least one team seeded #9 through #15 won at least once in the tournament, The most notable was Florida Gulf Coast University, who made their", "id": "14862718" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nthe Year Sherwood Brown graduated and turned professional, signing a contract with Israel's Maccabi Haifa B.C. in July 2013. They finished the season 22–13, 14–4 in Atlantic Sun play to finish in a tie for the regular season conference championship with Mercer. At the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament they advanced to their third consecutive championship game where they lost to Mercer. Due to failing to win the conference tournament as the #1 seed, they earned an automatic bid to the 2014 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to", "id": "14271712" }, { "contents": "Andy Enfield\n\n\nAtlantic Sun Conference tournament, losing to regular season champion Belmont. His 2012–13 team first attracted attention by beating Miami and finishing with a second-place finish and second seed in the Atlantic Sun tournament. After defeating regular season champion Mercer in the championship game, the Eagles earned a 15 seed in the South Region of the NCAA tournament, where they pulled off a major upset by defeating 2 seed Georgetown in the first round and then 7 seed San Diego State in the second round, making them the first 15 seed in the", "id": "13490426" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\ntime in tournament history, none of the four top seeded teams in a single region (the South) advanced to the Sweet 16. Also, the tournament featured the first regional final matchup of a 9-seed (Kansas State) and an 11-seed (Loyola-Chicago). Villanova, Michigan, Kansas, and Loyola-Chicago, the \"Cinderella team\" of the tournament, reached the Final Four. Villanova defeated Michigan in the championship game, 79–62. Atlantic Sun Conference champion Lipscomb made its NCAA tournament debut. The 2018", "id": "11011681" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\n, Minnesota, 78–64. The Gators then defeated Florida Gulf Coast, No. 15 seed, in the Sweet Sixteen 62–50. But once again, their run ended in the Elite Eight, this time against fourth seeded Michigan, who handily defeated the Gators, 79–59. The Gators became the first team since the expansion of the tournament in 1951 to lose in the Elite Eight in three consecutive seasons. Florida is the only program in the nation to have advanced as far as the Elite Eight in each of those seasons from 2011–2013", "id": "17774980" }, { "contents": "North Florida Ospreys men's basketball\n\n\n. In the 2014–15 season, the Ospreys made their first ever appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Tournament for the first time. On December 6, 2014, they defeated the Purdue Boilermakers on the road, marking their first ever victory over a Big Ten Conference opponent. They also won the Atlantic Sun regular season title for the first time and posted the best record in team history with 23 wins and 11 losses. As a No. 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament, they were defeated by", "id": "15251308" }, { "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\npopularly called the \"play-in game\", had Niagara, winner of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament, facing Florida A&M, who won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament, for a chance to play top seed Kansas in the First Round of the Tournament. Niagara defeated Florida A&M, 77–69, to advance to play Kansas. All teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65. The first and second-round games were played at", "id": "257019" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team\n\n\n2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 6 seed in the Midwest Region. They defeated 11 seed San Diego State in the first round and 14 seed Ohio to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the regional semifinal they defeated 2 seed and AP #5 Ohio State to advance to the first Elite Eight in school history. They were defeated by 5 seed and AP #13 Michigan State in the regional final to end their season. The 2008–09 Volunteers finished the season 21–13 overall, against the second-rated", "id": "6859935" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n1992 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, and they advanced to the final before losing to Syracuse. They were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the second round before losing to West Region No. 3 seed Florida State. They were ranked No. 22 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and No. 18 in the final Coaches' Poll. Georgetowns starting lineup of senior center and", "id": "14462787" }, { "contents": "1988–89 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nEast Tournament championship in Georgetown men's basketball history, defeating Syracuse in the final game. They were the No. 1 seed in the East Region of the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the 11th of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and advanced to the East Region final before losing to the region′s No. 2 seed, Duke. They were ranked No. 2 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and Coaches' Poll. Since Patrick Ewing's graduation in May 1985, Georgetown had struggled to find", "id": "14781639" }, { "contents": "Hampton Pirates men's basketball\n\n\nThe Hampton Pirates men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, United States. The school's team formerly competed in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, but moved to the Big South Conference in 2018-19. Notably, the 2000-01 Hampton team was one of seven 15th seeds ever to upset a 2nd seed in the Round of 64 of an NCAA Tournament, defeating Iowa State in the first round. The Pirates have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament six times.", "id": "13103032" }, { "contents": "2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\nlost to 15-seed and tournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University 78-68 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The team was ranked No. 8 in the final Associated Press Poll of the season and No. 17 in the postseason Coaches' Poll. This was Georgetowns last season as a member of the original Big East Conference. It had been a founding member of the conference in the 1979-80 season and had remained a member for 34 seasons, but the conferences increasingly unstable membership and uncertain future and what Georgetown", "id": "4422963" }, { "contents": "1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\n, becoming the first player ever named the Big East's Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Tournament MVP in the same season, and only the second Tournament MVP from a team that did not win the tournament. The Hoyas were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances. In the first round, they defeated South Florida, with Mourning scoring 21 points and pulling down 11 rebounds.", "id": "14462796" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n. 7 seed, the Ospreys hosted the No. 2 seed Florida in the first round, where they fell 97–68. The Ospreys made the most three point shots (402) out of all NCAA Division I teams in the 2015–16 season, earning them the nickname \"Birds of Trey\". The Ospreys finished the 2014–15 season with a program-best overall record of 23–12, and a 12–2 record in conference play. They won the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time. As a", "id": "17130629" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nAs the #1 seed in the west region of the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, they defeated Hampton in the second round and Michigan in the third round to advance to the \"Sweet Sixteen\" where they were defeated by Arizona to finish the season 32–5. The team finished 2010 with a 35–5 record, becoming the ACC Regular Season Co-Champion, ACC Tournament Champion, and earning a #1 seed in the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Blue Devils beat Butler in the championship", "id": "16537035" }, { "contents": "2015–16 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\n\n\n81–78. They secured the regular season championship and No. 1 seed in the Atlantic Sun Tournament with a win at crosstown rival Jacksonville. The Ospreys began their quest to win back-to-back Atlantic Sun Tournament titles by defeating USC Upstate in the quarterfinals, 92–69. However, they were blown-out by 33 points in the semifinals by Florida Gulf Coast. Their 56 points were the fewest they scored in any game this season. Due to renovations at the O'Connell Center, the 7-seed Ospreys hosted the 2-seed Florida Gators", "id": "17130638" }, { "contents": "2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Stan Heath, the Flashes finished their best season in program history, posting a 30–6 record and advancing to the Elite Eight of the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament after defeating seventh-seeded Oklahoma State, upsetting second-seeded Alabama and third-seeded Pittsburgh, before falling to eventual national runners-up Indiana. The team set program and Mid-American Conference", "id": "6355295" }, { "contents": "Florida Gators men's basketball\n\n\nits last 3 games in February and entering the postseason with a 24–6 record, yet still managed to win its second consecutive SEC Tournament Championship. The Gators entered the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a No. 3 seed with a 27–6 record, and ranked No. 10 by the AP. They beat No. 14 seed South Alabama and No. 11 seed Milwaukee to advance to the Minneapolis regional. There, the Gators defeated the No. 7 seed Georgetown Hoyas and upset the No. 1 seed Villanova", "id": "17774968" }, { "contents": "Troy Trojans men's basketball\n\n\n1950. The Trojans appeared in the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a 14-seed after winning the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament and faced 3-seeded Xavier in the first round, losing 71–59. The Trojans were the champions of the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2003 and defeated Central Florida for the conference tournament championship in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2004, the Trojans were the Atlantic Sun Conference Regular Season Champions. That year, the Trojans made it all the way to the Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship game, only to lose a heart", "id": "16764100" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\n\n\nearned a #2 seed in the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, but lost to #15 seed Lehigh in the round of 64. Following the 2009–2010 basketball team, the 2010–11 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team began the season ranked #1 in the nation and held that title for the first nine weeks of the season going 15–0, until being defeated for the first time on January 12 again Florida State. The only non-conference loss during the regular season came again St. John's weeks later.", "id": "19517109" }, { "contents": "South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball\n\n\nTournament victory since 1973 with a 20-point win over the Marquette Golden Eagles. Two nights later, the Gamecocks upset the #2 seed Duke Blue Devils to advance to their fourth Sweet 16. South Carolina then beat #3 seed Baylor Bears to advance to their first-ever Elite 8, two days later they upset Florida to advance to their first ever Final Four. The Gamecocks have appeared in the NCAA Tournament nine times. Their combined record is 8–10. The Gamecocks have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 11", "id": "3062795" }, { "contents": "2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament marked the 37th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held March 1–6, 2016 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast won their second Atlantic Sun Tournament title and a berth in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. All 8 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. Stetson was ineligible to participate in the NCAA Tournament due to APR violations, but was allowed to participate in the Atlantic Sun Tournament. Had Stetson won the tournament, North Florida", "id": "9533118" }, { "contents": "2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n. Northern Iowa was one of four teams seeded lower than No. 8 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, joining the East Region's No. 11 seed Washington and No. 12 seed Cornell and the South Region's No. 10 seed Saint Mary's. For the first time since 2006, a No. 14 seed advanced out of the First Round as Ohio defeated Georgetown. The No. 13 seed in the West Region, Murray State, defeated No. 4-seeded Vanderbilt, marking the second consecutive appearance for the Commodores", "id": "10990515" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team represented Boston College during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by third-year head coach Jim Christian, played their home games at the Conte Forum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 9–23, 2–16 in ACC play to finish in last place. As the No. 15 seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost in the first round to Wake Forest. The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 7–25", "id": "5940409" }, { "contents": "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 68 teams to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2017–18 season. The 80th annual edition of the tournament began on March 13, 2018, and concluded with the championship game on April 2 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. During the first round, UMBC became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed in the men's tournament by defeating Virginia 74–54. For the first", "id": "11011680" }, { "contents": "2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe third round of the Midwest Region. A team from the First Four games also won in the Round of 64 for the second consecutive year as South Florida defeated Midwest #5 seed Temple, setting up a #12 vs. #13 matchup that Ohio won. Virginia Commonwealth, a Final Four team from 2011 as an #11 seed, made the 2012 tournament as a #12 seed and once again made the round of 32 by defeating South #5 seed Wichita State. The South Region saw four double digit seeds win", "id": "14155762" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\nThe Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (also FGCU) refer to the fifteen sports teams representing Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and tennis; women's-only: softball, swimming and diving, indoor volleyball, and sand volleyball; and men's-only: baseball. The Eagles compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). FGCU is also notable as the youngest institution competing in", "id": "15898377" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nConference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. In the 2018 NCAA Tournament, Virginia became the first number 1 seed to lose to a number 16 seed when they lost to the UMBC Retrievers 74–54. Led by tenth-year head coach Tony Bennett, Virginia finished the regular season with a record of 28–2. They posted a 16–2 conference record, earning them the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament, where they defeated No. 8 seed NC State, before losing to No. 4 seed Florida State. In the", "id": "19522360" }, { "contents": "American Eagles men's basketball\n\n\nThe American Eagles men's basketball team represents American University in Washington, D.C. in NCAA Division I competition. The school's team competes in the Patriot League and play their home games in Bender Arena. Their rivals include Boston University, Bucknell University, and Navy. In 2008, the Eagles earned their first ever bid to the NCAA Division I Tournament by defeating Colgate in the final round of the Patriot League Tournament. The Eagles were seeded 15th against #2 Tennessee. American held tight against the Volunteers most of the game,", "id": "1515606" }, { "contents": "2010 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 11–March 14 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. This tournament was notable for the high number of upsets, with the higher seed winning only twice in the first two rounds, and the 11 and 12 seeds progressing to the semifinals. The championship game matched Duke against Georgia Tech. It was the third time a team has played 4 games (NC State in 1997 and", "id": "1478152" }, { "contents": "2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nCole Aldrich on the NCAA Tournament All-Midwest Regional team. To play the top-seeded Louisville Cardinals in the first round, Morehead State defeated Alabama State 58–43, with the Eagles keeping the Hornets without a lead the entire game. This marked the first time either team had played in the tournament in five years; the Eagles had not played since 1984. Morehead State fell to Louisville 74–54, the 100th time a 1 seed beat a 16 seed in the tournament since seeding began. However, the Eagles managed to keep", "id": "21670617" }, { "contents": "Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball\n\n\nThe Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Bisons made their first ever trip to the NCAA tournament in school history in 2018, when they defeated Florida Gulf Coast University in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament final. Lipscomb has a 177–179 all-time record in NCAA basketball and a 96–76 record in Atlantic Sun games. Lipscomb won their first Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament title", "id": "16052096" }, { "contents": "2000 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\n1979 by defeating Florida 89-76 in the final game. Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, while Morris Peterson was its leading scorer. Despite the string of upsets, no seed lower than 11 won a game in the tournament. The only 11 seed to win was Pepperdine, which defeated Indiana in the East Region's first round in what turned out to be Bob Knight's last game coaching the Hoosiers before his firing that offseason. Also, two teams that qualified as 10 seeds", "id": "9764963" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by sixth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at Hawkins Arena on the university's Macon, Georgia campus and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–9, 14–4 in A-Sun play to win the regular season A-Sun championship, shared with Florida Gulf Coast. They defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship game of the A-Sun", "id": "13259751" }, { "contents": "1993 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nthe second round in that region. At the time, 15-seed Santa Clara's victory over 2-seed Arizona was only the second such upset, and following the 2019 tournament, is one of only eight times that a 15-seed defeated a 2-seed since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams (in 2018, Maryland-Baltimore County became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed, ousting Virginia 74-54.). For the third time, the Superdome was the host venue for the Final Four, and for the second straight year,", "id": "9764537" }, { "contents": "2006–07 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team\n\n\nWisconsin to with the tournament championship. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and received a No. 1 seed in the South regional. They defeated Central Connecticut State and Matta's former team, Xavier, to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The Buckeyes then defeated Tennessee and Memphis to advance to the Final Four, their first trip to the Final Four under Matta. With a win over Georgetown, they advanced to the National Championship game against Florida. Florida led from the start,", "id": "19897895" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team\n\n\nfinishing in third place in the Atlantic 10 during the regular season, Richmond advanced to the finals of the conference tournament before falling to Temple. Richmond was awarded an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As the seventh seed in the tournament's South region, Richmond earned the highest seeding in its history. They lost in the first round to ten seed Saint Mary's to end their season. !colspan=9| Regular Season !colspan=9| 2010 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament !colspan=10| 2010 NCAA", "id": "6019729" }, { "contents": "Norfolk State University\n\n\nchampionship which gave them the conference's automatic bid in the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, the school's first ever appearance in the tournament. The Spartans, a 15 seed, defeated the #2 seeded Missouri Tigers in the second round, 86-84. This victory was only the fifth time in NCAA Tournament history that a 15 seed defeated a 2 seed, with the last coming in 2001 by MEAC in-state rival Hampton. The Marching Spartan Legion Band performs at campus events and during Norfolk State", "id": "3283354" }, { "contents": "2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season\n\n\nof these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Ivy League does not have a conference tournament, instead giving their automatic invitation to their regular-season champion. By contrast, the Atlantic Coast Conference does not have a regular-season champion, using the standings only for seeding purposes in its conference tournament. A \"major upset\" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent. After the NCAA Tournament field was announced, the National", "id": "19699405" }, { "contents": "2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nNCAA Tournament, the Cavaliers earned a No. 1 seed in the South Regional. The Cavaliers defeated No. 16 seed and NCAA tournament debutants Gardner–Webb in the first round, and No. 9 seed Oklahoma in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where they ended a potential Cinderella run from No. 12 seed Oregon. In the Elite Eight, the Cavs needed overtime to beat No. 3 Purdue; with the win, they advanced to their first Final Four since 1984. They then defeated No", "id": "19522361" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2010–11 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team represented Morehead State University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 5th year head coach Donnie Tyndall, played their home games at Ellis Johnson Arena and are members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 13–5 in Ohio Valley play and were champions of the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic bid in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As a 13 seed, they upset", "id": "15587818" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament upsets\n\n\nseed has ever advanced to this point in the women's tournament, all defeated teams were 3 seeds. To date, no 13 seed, in either the men's or women's tournament, has advanced to the Elite Eight. Unlike the men's tournament, in which one 12 seed won its Sweet 16 game since 1985, no 12 seed has ever won a game in the women's tournament. Only one team seeded 11 or lower has won in the Sweet 16 and advanced to the Elite Eight—11 seed Gonzaga in 2011", "id": "14196695" }, { "contents": "1985–86 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\n\n\ntournament semifinals, where they lost to Syracuse. Georgetown was the No. 4 seed in the Midwest Region of the 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the eighth of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and defeated Texas Tech in the first round to advance to the second round, in which the Hoyas met the Midwest Regions No. 5 seed, Michigan State. Although he had nine of Georgetowns 17 assists, Michael Jackson shot only 1-for-7 (14.3%) from the field while Michigan State senior guard Scott Skiles", "id": "14959435" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nnational championship), and Michigan, returning for the first time since the Fab Five's second appearance in 1993 (which was later vacated). By winning the West Region, Wichita State became the first #9 seed and first Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) team to reach the Final Four since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The last #9 seed to reach the Final Four was Penn, and the last MVC team to do so was Indiana State, both in 1979. Louisville defeated Michigan in the", "id": "14862717" }, { "contents": "2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2011–12 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by fourth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at the University Center and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–11, 13–5 in A-Sun play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the semifinals of the Atlantic Sun Basketball Tournament to Florida Gulf Coast. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Tennessee", "id": "21424844" }, { "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nwas played between two #1 seeds, due to the fact that all four #1 seeds were in the Final Four for the first time in NCAA Tournament history. Kansas entered the 2008 NCAA Tournament as the #1 seed in the Midwest Regional. In the 1st round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas dominated Portland State with an 85-61 victory. In the 2nd round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas beat UNLV 75-56 to advance to the Sweet 16. In the Sweet 16 of the 2008 NCAA", "id": "17054491" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hokies were led by third-year head coach Buzz Williams and played their home games at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 22–11, 10–8 in ACC play to finish a three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the ACC Tournament, they beat Wake Forest before losing to Florida", "id": "6984911" }, { "contents": "2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was head coach Dave Rose's 13th season at BYU and the Cougars seventh season as members of the West Coast Conference. The Cougars played their home games at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah. They finished the season 24–11, 11–7 in West Coast Conference play to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated San Diego in the quarterfinals and Saint", "id": "14065303" }, { "contents": "Florida Gulf Coast Eagles\n\n\n, and returned in 2012. They most recently returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2014 where they lost to Coastal Carolina 1–0. The men's soccer team plays its home games at the FGCU Soccer Complex. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's soccer team represents Florida Gulf Coast University in all NCAA Division I women's soccer competitions. The Green and Blue have competed in the NCAA Tournament 6 times, with a win against South Florida during the 2015 tournament. The women's team played their first home NCAA tournament game in 2014", "id": "15898385" }, { "contents": "2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nto that, the region's top seed, Gonzaga, was defeated in the round of 32 by eventual region winner Wichita State, who defeated La Salle in the Sweet Sixteen. Two other teams also earned their first ever NCAA Tournament victory: Ivy League champion Harvard and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champion North Carolina A&T. Liberty became the first 20-loss team in five years to earn an NCAA bid, having finished its season with five consecutive wins to secure the Big South championship and its automatic qualification. The following are", "id": "14862720" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nThey received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning an 8 seed in the West Region. They defeated 9 seed Florida State in the first round before losing to 1 seed and AP #4 Syracuse in the second round. Gonzaga opened the season with a 94–53 exhibition victory over Alberta on November 2. Matt Bouldin led the team with 17 points, followed by Sam Dower with 15 points and Robert Sacre with 11 points. Gonzaga led by as many as 26 points in the", "id": "651215" }, { "contents": "2009–10 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team\n\n\nUTEP and 13 seed Murray State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The team next defeated 1 seed Syracuse to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history, and then defeated 2 seed Kansas State to earn their first Final Four appearance in school history. They were only the second team from a mid-major conference to \"officially\" advance that far in the tournament since UNLV made the Final Four in 1991. On April 3, 2010, Butler defeated Michigan State and advanced to the National Championship game", "id": "12646316" } ]

[ { "contents": "Andrew Procter (cricketer)\n\n\nmatches, 27 Trophy matches, and 10 List A matches. In List A cricket, all of his appearances came for Devon at a time when there were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day tournament. He played his final List A match against Essex in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy at The Maer Ground in Exmouth. In his 10 List A matches, he scored 114 runs at a batting average of 28.50, with a high score of 29*. With the ball he took", "id": "7117115" }, { "contents": "Andrew Procter (cricketer)\n\n\nAndrew John Procter (born 7 September 1968) is an English cricketer. Procter was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Preston, Lancashire. Procter first played for Devon in 1996 against Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship. It would be another four years before Procter represented Devon again, returning to the county for the 2000 season. During this season he made both his MCCA Knockout Trophy and List A debuts. Over the nest seven seasons, he represented Devon in 40 Championship", "id": "7117114" }, { "contents": "David Lye\n\n\nDavid Frank Lye (born 11 April 1979) is an English cricketer. Lye is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Exeter, Devon. Procter first played for Devon in 1998 against Wales Minor Counties in the Minor Counties Championship. Two years later he made his debut MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the county against Cornwall. In that same season he also made his debut in List A cricket against Staffordshire in the 2nd round of the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In the following round", "id": "7117192" }, { "contents": "Ray Tolchard\n\n\nmaiden Championship by scoring a century off 356 balls. He also represented Devon in 3 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches between from 1983 to 1984. Tolchard played List A cricket for Devon, at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut against Staffordshire in the 1978 Gillette Cup 1st round. The following season he played 4 List A matches for Minor Counties South in the 1979 Benson & Hedges Cup. In that same season he played a List A match for Devon against Leicestershire", "id": "8558507" }, { "contents": "Andrew Hele\n\n\nthe county in 20 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Suffolk. In the same season as he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut, Hele also made his List A debut for Devon against Yorkshire in the 1st round of the 1998 NatWest Trophy. From 1998 to 2001, he played in 6 List A matches, the last of which came against Shropshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 40 runs at a batting average of 13.33, with", "id": "7117286" }, { "contents": "Paul Bates (cricketer)\n\n\nin 2000. He played one further Trophy match in 2000 against Cornwall and played his final Trophy match in 2002 against Devon. Bates also represented Wiltshire in 2 List-A matches. His List-A debut for the county came against the Derbyshire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. His second and final List-A game came against Ireland in the 1st round of 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 2 List-A matches, he scored 18 runs at a batting average", "id": "1979241" }, { "contents": "Andrew Pugh\n\n\nmaking his debut in that format in the 1990 NatWest Trophy against Somerset. From 1990 to 2005, he represented Devon in 18 List A matches, the last of which came in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy against Essex. In his 15 List A matches, he scored 271 runs at a batting average of 16.93, with a single half century high score of 54. In the field he took 10 catches. With the ball he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 24.57, with best figures of 2/4 against Staffordshire", "id": "8019077" }, { "contents": "John Tierney (cricketer)\n\n\n22 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Shropshire. During his playing career with Devon, he won two MCCA Knockout Trophy's. He played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1985 NatWest Trophy against Warwickshire. From 1985 to 1991, he represented Devon in 5 List A matches, the last of which came in the 1991 NatWest Trophy against Essex. In his 5 List A matches,", "id": "8227543" }, { "contents": "Haydn Morgan (cricketer)\n\n\nHaydn John Morgan (born 5 July 1973) is a former English cricketer. Morgan was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Torquay, Devon. Morgan made his debut for Devon in 1995 against Cheshire in the Minor Counties Championship. From 1995 to 1996, he represented Devon in 7 Championship matches, the last of which came against Norfolk. In the 1996 NatWest Trophy, he played his only List A match for Devon against Essex. Morgan later joined Central Districts in New", "id": "7670676" }, { "contents": "Jason Whittaker (cricketer)\n\n\nJason Peter Whittaker (born 24 July 1971) is a former English cricketer. Whittaker is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. Whittaker made his debut for Cheshire in the 2001 Minor Counties Championship against Devon. Whittaker has played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 2001 to the present day, including 72 Minor Counties Championship matches and 23 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his List A debut against the Lancashire Cricket Board in the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, with the 1st round", "id": "2170765" }, { "contents": "Christopher Mole\n\n\nwhich was held in 2002. In 2003, Mole joined Devon. He made his debut in the Minor Counties Championship against Herefordshire. He played for Devon from 2003 to 2001, he has represented Devon in 27 Championship matches. Mole has also represented Devon in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, making his debut in that competition for the county against Shropshire in 2003. Additionally, he also represented Devon in List A cricket. His List A debut for the county came against Suffolk in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy", "id": "4825941" }, { "contents": "Stuart Priscott\n\n\nplayed his second and final Trophy match for the county against the same opposition in 1994. Priscott later represented the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Huntingdonshire in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. The following season he played a single List A match for Devon against Yorkshire in the 3rd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 12 runs at a batting average of 6.00, with a high score of 7.", "id": "8492898" }, { "contents": "Andrew Walker (cricketer)\n\n\nAndrew John Walker (born 29 October 1971, Bradford, Yorkshire, England) is a former English cricketer. Walker was a right-handed batsman, who bowled right-arm off break. Walker represented the Yorkshire Cricket Board in three List A matches. His debut List A match came against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. His final two matches came against Huntingdonshire and Yorkshire, both in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his three List A matches, he scored 57 runs at a batting average of 28.50", "id": "7810996" }, { "contents": "Keith Donohue (cricketer)\n\n\n. From 1986 to 2000, he represented the county in 34 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. During this playing career with Devon, he won two Minor Counties Championships and three MCCA Knockout Trophy's. He played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1986 NatWest Trophy against Nottinghamshire. From 1986 to 2000, he represented Devon in 11 List A matches, the last of which", "id": "8227528" }, { "contents": "Robert Dawson (cricketer)\n\n\nLeicestershire, but winning due to being 9 wickets down, therefore winning by losing fewer wickets. In the 3rd round there were heavily defeated by Yorkshire, with Dawson scoring 52 runs, before being dismissed by Anthony McGrath. He played his final List A match the following season against Essex in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. Devon, along with the rest of the Minor counties were not permitted to play in domestic List A matches after this season. During his time as captain he guided Devon to a", "id": "8682313" }, { "contents": "Jonathan Shaw (cricketer)\n\n\nJonathan William Shaw (born 4 May 1980) is an English cricketer. Shaw is a right-handed batsman who bowls both right-arm off break and right-arm medium pace. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Shaw represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Scotland in the 1st round of the 1999 NatWest Trophy. In his only List A match he scored 5 runs. In 2000, he joined Herefordshire where he made his Minor Counties Championship against Dorset and his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut", "id": "11267766" }, { "contents": "John Trueman\n\n\nJohn Fieldston Trueman (born 29 October 1968) is an English cricketer. Trueman is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Trueman represented the Derbyshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against the Middlesex Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his only List A match, he scored 24 runs and took a single catch in the field. With the ball he bowled 10 wicketless overs.", "id": "2728005" }, { "contents": "Andrew Edwards\n\n\n, Edwards also made his debut for Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship against Devon. In 2001, he played 3 further Championship matches for the county, the last of which came against Berkshire. In 2001, he played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match for Herefordshire against the Warwickshire Cricket Board. Edwards also represented the county in List A cricket, making his debut for the county in that format against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played 2 further matches in that season's competition against Middlesex", "id": "8713510" }, { "contents": "David Townsend (Devon cricketer)\n\n\nDavid Edward John Townsend (born 26 October 1965) is a former English cricketer. Townsend was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Tiverton, Devon. Townsend made his debut for Devon in the 1993 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. From 1993 to 2002, he represented the county in 10 Championship matches, the last of which came against Oxfordshire. His MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for the county came against Dorset in 1993. He played one further Trophy match for Devon, which", "id": "18911206" }, { "contents": "David Court (cricketer)\n\n\nof which came against Berkshire. In the same season that he made his debut for Devon, he also made his debut in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, which came against Cornwall. From 2002 to 2009, he represented the county in 22 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Staffordshire. After his List A debut in 2001, Court represented Devon in 6 further matches in that format between 2002 and 2005, the last of which came against Essex in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his", "id": "6668188" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Wilton\n\n\nseason, he represented the county in 5 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Devon. He also played MCCA Knockout Trophy matches for Berkshire. His debut in that competition for Berkshire came against the Middlesex Cricket Board. He played 2 further Trophy matches for the county against Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Wilton also represented Berkshire in 2 List-A matches. His first List-A match for the county came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, with his second match for the", "id": "21064687" }, { "contents": "Gavin Byram\n\n\nappearances, the last of which came against Oxfordshire in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was played in 2001. In his 8 List A matches, he scored 77 runs at an average of 12.83, with a high score of 56. This score came against Devon in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. With the ball, he took 10 wickets at a bowling average of 25.40, with best figures of 3/33. His brother, Adam, also played Minor counties and List A cricket for Shropshire", "id": "21095698" }, { "contents": "Robert Dawson (cricketer)\n\n\nRobert 'Bob' Ian Dawson (born 29 March 1970) is a former English cricketer. Dawson is a right-handed batsman who bowls both leg break and right-arm medium pace. He was born in Exmouth, Devon. Dawson made his debut for Devon in the 1988 Minor Counties Championship against Wales Minor Counties. The following season he played his first MCCA Knockout Trophy match for the county against Dorset. Dawson was a frequent member of the Devon squad in his early years and it was for Devon that he made", "id": "8682304" }, { "contents": "Mark Richards (cricketer)\n\n\nlast of which came against the Sussex Cricket Board. 2002 also saw him make his List A debut for Devon, against Yorkshire in the 3rd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played a further match in that format in 2002, against Cumberland in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2002. Three years later he played a final List A match for Devon against Essex at The Maer Ground in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his three List", "id": "6099698" }, { "contents": "Craig Gibbens\n\n\nto 2002, he represented the county in 12 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. Gibbens also represented Wiltshire in List A cricket. His List A debut came against Scotland in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000 to 2001 he represented the county in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 4 matches, he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 26.75, with best figures of", "id": "2344787" }, { "contents": "Noel Brett\n\n\nNoel Adrian Brett (born 8 September 1975) is a former English cricketer. Brett was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Aldershot, Hampshire. Brett represented the Surrey Cricket Board in List A matches against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board and the Essex Cricket Board in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 2 runs at a batting average of 2.00, with a high score of", "id": "5854822" }, { "contents": "Andrew Mawson (cricketer)\n\n\nKnockout Trophy appearances. He made his first List A appearance for the county against Buckinghamshire in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was played in 2002. He made 2 further List A appearances for the county, against Devon in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2003, and Glamorgan in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 3 List A matches for Suffolk, he scored 67 runs at an average of 22.33, with a high", "id": "21332141" }, { "contents": "Jonathan Davies (cricketer, born 1976)\n\n\nJonathan Richard Davies (born 9 March 1976) is a former English cricketer. Davies was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Burnley, Lancashire. Davies made his debut for Lincolnshire in the 2000 MCCA Knockout Trophy against the Derbyshire Cricket Board. Davies played Minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire from 2000 to 2005, which included 17 Minor Counties Championship matches and 10 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Cheshire in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester", "id": "19270428" }, { "contents": "Mark Richards (cricketer)\n\n\nMark Allan Elliott Richards (born 9 April 1974) is a former English cricketer. Richards is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Bridport, Devon. Richards made his debut for Devon in the 2002 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. He played three further Championship matches that season, the last of which came against Berkshire. In that same season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for Devon, which came against Dorset. He played four further Trophy matches that season, the", "id": "6099697" }, { "contents": "Mark Currie (cricketer)\n\n\nMark Robert Currie (born 22 September 1979) is an English cricketer. Currie is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Manchester. Currie made his debut for Cheshire in the 1999 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1999 to 2005, including 18 Minor Counties Championship matches. and 7 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his List A debut for Cheshire against Cornwall in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In the same season", "id": "2542438" }, { "contents": "Richard Lynch (cricketer)\n\n\nRichard Lynch (born 2 March 1967) is a former English cricketer. Lynch was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire. Lynch made his debut for Oxfordshire in the 2002 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Berkshire. Lynch played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 2002 to 2005, which included 10 Minor Counties Championship matches and 5 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against the Lancashire Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester", "id": "12048123" }, { "contents": "David Court (cricketer)\n\n\nDavid Graeme Court (born 1 November 1980) is an English cricketer. Court is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. 2001 saw him make his debut for Devon in a List A match against Bedfordshire in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. Court made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Devon in 2002 against Shropshire. Between 2002 and 2009, he represented the county in 37 Championship matches, the last", "id": "6668187" }, { "contents": "Adam Cook (cricketer)\n\n\nList A matches, the last coming against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2003. In his 7 List A matches he scored 131 runs at a batting average of 21.83, with a high score of 66. This came against Herefordshire in the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. With the ball he took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 27.66, with best figures of 3/40. He has previously played for the Middlesex Second XI. His brother, Simon, played first-", "id": "12216354" }, { "contents": "Kevin Nash (cricketer)\n\n\nwhich came against Cornwall. Nash also represented Wiltshire in List A cricket. His List A debut for the county came against Scotland in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 1999 to 2005, he represented the county in 6 List A matches, the last of which came against Kent in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 29 runs at a batting average of 9.66, with a high score of 17. With the ball he took 8 wickets at a bowling average of 28.00, with", "id": "2226191" }, { "contents": "Peter Wilshaw\n\n\n2004 to present, he has represented the county in 35 Championship matches. The following season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut against Hertfordshire. From 2005 to present, he has represented the county in 21 Trophy matches. In that same season, he played his List A match for Staffordshire against Surrey in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 2 career List A matches, he scored 20 runs at a batting average of 10.00, with a high score of 20. Wilshaw made his debut in first-class cricket", "id": "10869794" }, { "contents": "Matthew Hunt\n\n\nhe represented the county in 12 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Dorset. 2002 saw him make his List A debut for Devon, against Cumberland in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. From 2002 to 2004, he represented the county in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against Yorkshire at The Maer Ground in the 3rd round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 206 runs at a batting average", "id": "6099606" }, { "contents": "Richard Waite (cricketer)\n\n\nRichard Parkinson Waite (born 11 June 1980) is an English cricketer. Waite is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. Waite represented the Durham Cricket Board in 10 List A matches against Buckinghamshire in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001 and against Glamorgan in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 10 List A matches, he scored 350 runs at a batting averageof 45.23 with high", "id": "8053151" }, { "contents": "David Roberts (cricketer)\n\n\n5 Championship matches, the last of which came against Suffolk, and 4 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He also represented Bedfordshire in 2 List A matches against Hertfordshire and the Netherlands in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which were played in 2002. The following season he joined Cornwall, where he made his Minor Counties Championship debut for the county against Devon. From 2003 to present, he represented the county in 20 Minor Counties Championship matches. Roberts has also represented Cornwall in the MCCA Knockout Trophy.", "id": "3315366" }, { "contents": "John Snashall\n\n\nJohn Stephen Snashall (born 12 October 1982) is a former English cricketer. Snashall is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Eastbourne, Sussex. Snashall represented the Sussex Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against the Essex Cricket Board and Wales Minor Counties in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy; both matches were played in 2001. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 59 runs at a batting average of 29.50, with a single", "id": "4569012" }, { "contents": "Jonathan Shaw (cricketer)\n\n\nagainst the Worcestershire Cricket Board. The following year he played his only List A match for the county against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. His is 2 career List A matches, he scored 32 runs at a batting average of 32.00, with a high score of 32. With the ball he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 27.66, with best figures of 3/49. Shaw represented Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship 11 times from 2000 to 2002 and 7 times in", "id": "11267767" }, { "contents": "Mohammad Akhtar\n\n\nMohammad Akhtar (; born 12 December 1977) is a Pakistani born English first-class cricketer. Akhtar is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Gujranwala, Punjab. Akhtar represented the Essex Cricket Board in a single List A match against Essex in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his only List A match, he made a half century score of 71 runs. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 23.00, with figures of 2/46. He", "id": "8492575" }, { "contents": "Hiley Edwards\n\n\n, in what was the tournaments inaugural season, against Cornwall. From 1984 to 1991, he represented the county in 17 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Staffordshire in the final of the 1991 MCCA Trophy at Lord's which Devon lost by 4 wickets. As well as playing Minor counties cricket for Devon, Edwards also appeared in List A cricket for them when the county was permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition which involved the first-class counties. His List A debut came against Warwickshire", "id": "7116739" }, { "contents": "Iain Bond\n\n\nIain Anthony Bond (born 7 November 1973) is an English cricketer. Bond is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Barnstaple, Devon. Bond made his debut for Devon in the 1996 Minor Counties Championship against Cornwall. From 1996 to 2003, he represented Devon in twenty-one Championship matches, the last of which came against Dorset. The following season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for Devon, which came against Wales Minor Counties. From 1997 to 1999", "id": "6668051" }, { "contents": "Richard Halsall\n\n\nSussex Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against Herefordshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000 to 2001, he represented the Board in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against the Essex Cricket Board in 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 36 runs at an average of 18.00, with a high score of 17. With the ball he took 5 wickets at an average of 20.60,", "id": "4716272" }, { "contents": "Andrew Jones (Staffordshire cricketer)\n\n\nAndrew James Jones (born 30 November 1977) is a former English cricketer. Jones was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Jones made his debut for Staffordshire in the 1998 Minor Counties Championship against Cumberland. Jones played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 1998 to 2002, which included 15 Minor Counties Championship matches and 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2000, he made his only List A appearance against Devon in the NatWest Trophy", "id": "17237532" }, { "contents": "Owen Dawkins\n\n\nthe 2nd round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 29 runs at a batting average of 9.66, with a high score of 18. With the ball he took a single wickets at a bowling average of 81.00, with best figures of 1/21. In 2005, he briefly rejoined Hertfordshire, before representing Buckinghamshire in 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches against Wiltshire and Hertfordshire. He currently plays club cricket for Sully Centurions Cricket Club in the South Wales Cricket League. Previously, Dawkins played", "id": "19323799" }, { "contents": "David Heyes (cricketer)\n\n\nDavid John Heyes (born 7 February 1967) is a former English cricketer. Heyes was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Prescot, Lancashire. Heyes represented the Lancashire Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against the Netherlands in the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Suffolk and the Essex Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 41 runs at a batting average of 13.66, with a high score of 27. In the", "id": "9718266" }, { "contents": "David Butcher (cricketer)\n\n\nDavid Neil Butcher (born 2 October 1969) is a former English cricketer. Butcher was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Colchester, Essex. Butcher made his debut for Devon in the Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire in 1992. From 1992 to 1994, he represented Devon in 14 Championship matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. In 1992, he played his only List A match for Devon, which came against Kent in the 1992 NatWest Trophy. In this", "id": "7180736" }, { "contents": "Mathew Theedom\n\n\nMathew Christopher Theedom (born 1 October 1977) is an English cricketer. Theedom is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Exeter, Devon. Theedom made his debut for Devon in 1996 against Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship. From 1996 to 2002, he represented Devon in 22 Championship matches, the last of which came against Shropshire. Three years later he made his debut MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the county against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board. From 1999 to 2002,", "id": "7117236" }, { "contents": "Robert King (cricketer, born 1978)\n\n\nRobert David King (born 10 July 1978) is an English cricketer. King was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. King made his debut for Staffordshire in the 2003 Minor Counties Championship against Buckinghamshire. King played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 2003 to 2007, which included 22 Minor Counties Championship matches and 11 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2004, he made his only List A appearance against Lancashire in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy", "id": "17125073" }, { "contents": "Paul Draper (cricketer)\n\n\n, he represented the county in 12 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Buckinghamshire. Draper also represented Wiltshire in 2 List-A matches. His debut List-A match came against Herefordshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. His second and final List-A match came against Ireland in the 1st round 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 2 List-A matches, he scored 12 runs at a batting average of 6.00, with a high score of 10. Draper currently plays club", "id": "2225677" }, { "contents": "Andrew Collins (cricketer)\n\n\nCounties Championship match for Berkshire against Oxfordshire and the following season he joined Wiltshire. He played a single Championship match for Wiltshire in 1998 against Dorset and followed that up in 1999 with his final Championship match for the county against Devon. Collins also represented Wiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against the Herefordshire in 1998. He represented the county in 2 further Trophy matches in 1999 against Herefordshire and the Worcestershire Cricket Board. Collins also represented Wiltshire in 2 List A matches. His first came against the", "id": "2472495" }, { "contents": "Steven Naylor\n\n\nfor the county came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. From 2002 to 2005, he represented the county in four List A matches, with his final List A match coming when Berkshire played Gloucestershire in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy at Sonning Lane, Reading. In his combined List A career, he scored 51 runs at a batting average of 12.75, with a high score of 23. With the ball he took 5 wickets at a bowling average of 42.40", "id": "21065511" }, { "contents": "Royston Smith (cricketer)\n\n\nRoyston Anthony Smith (born 14 March 1974) is an English cricketer. Smith is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Romford, London. Smith represented the Essex Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against Warwickshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy, Suffolk in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy and the Surrey Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 27 runs", "id": "8375106" }, { "contents": "Stephen Ogilby\n\n\ncricket for Cheshire from 2001 to 2005, including nineteen Minor Counties Championship matches and seven MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He played List A cricket for Cheshire, with his final List A match coming against Hampshire in the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played a total of four List A matches for Cheshire, scoring 37 runs at a batting average of 18.50, with a high score of 36. Behind the stumps he took 8 catches and made a single stumping. His highest score with the bat came against Hampshire in his final", "id": "982144" }, { "contents": "Stephen Watts\n\n\nStephen John Watts (born 1 May 1979) is a former English cricketer. Watts was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Luton, Bedfordshire. Watts made his debut for Bedfordshire in the 2001 Minor Counties Championship against Staffordshire. Watts played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 2001 to 2006, which included 22 Minor Counties Championship matches and 7 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Cheshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was", "id": "13651970" }, { "contents": "Paul Jenkins (cricketer)\n\n\nPaul Edward Jenkins (born 8 February 1972) is an English cricketer. Jenkins is a right-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Gloucester, Gloucestershire. Jenkins made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Wales Minor Counties in 1998 against Devon. From 1998 to 2000, he represented the team in 5 Championship matches, the last of which came against Cheshire. His only MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the team came in 2000 against Shropshire. His only List A appearance for the team came in", "id": "19577576" }, { "contents": "Phil North\n\n\nTrophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. He also represented Wiltshire in a single List A match against Durham in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. In his combined List A matches, he took 6 wickets at an average of 24.16, with best figures of 3/20. In 1997, North returned to play Minor Counties cricket for Wales Minor Counties. During the 1997 season, he represented the team in 9 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Berkshire. He also played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match", "id": "2344631" }, { "contents": "Timothy Carter (cricketer)\n\n\nTimothy Jolyon Carter (born 21 September 1969) is a former English cricketer. Carter was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born in Tiverton, Devon. Carter represented the Surrey Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against Norfolk in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. From 1999 to 2001, he represented the Board in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Lincolnshire in the second round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In", "id": "6580350" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Carter (cricketer)\n\n\n2002 to 2003, he represented the county in 3 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Norfolk. Carter also represented Cornwall in 2 List A matches. These came against the Somerset Cricket Board and Wales Minor Counties in the 1st and 2nd rounds respectively of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which were played in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 10 runs with a high score of 10* and with the ball he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 22.00, with best figures of 2/21", "id": "3315198" }, { "contents": "Ryan Horrell\n\n\nthe county in just 5 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Wiltshire. Horrell made his List A debut for Devon against Essex in the 1st round of the 1996 NatWest Trophy. His next List A appearance came four years later against Staffordshire in the 2nd round of the 2000 NatWest Trophy, with his final List A match coming in the following round against Surrey. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 25 runs at a batting average of 25.00, with a high score of 25*. With the ball", "id": "7180412" }, { "contents": "Christopher Lello\n\n\n1996 to 2000, he represented the county in 6 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. Lello also represented Cornwall in 3 List A matches. These came against Warwickshire in the 1996 NatWest Trophy, Cumberland in the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Norfolk in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 20 runs at a batting average of 12.33, with a high score of 20. In the field he took 2 catches. With the ball he took a single wicket at a bowling average", "id": "3375044" }, { "contents": "Russell Rowe (cricketer)\n\n\nRussell John Rowe (born 14 May 1975) is a former English cricketer. Rowe was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire. Rowe made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Wiltshire in 1994 against Cheshire. From 1994 to 2005, he represented the county in 50 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Devon. Rowe also represented Wiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Herefordshire in 1999. From 1999 to", "id": "2225703" }, { "contents": "Jamie Went\n\n\nJames Colin Went (born 7 January 1982) is an English cricketer. Went is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Reading, Berkshire. Went represented the Essex Cricket Board in a single List A match against Essex in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his only List A match, he scored a single run and with the ball he took a single wicket at a cost of 64 runs from 10 overs. He currently plays club cricket for Hornchurch Cricket Club.", "id": "8375068" }, { "contents": "Colin Banton\n\n\nof 80*. His highest score came on debut against Cambridge University. In that same season he made his List A debut for the county against Lancashire in the 1995 Benson & Hedges Cup. His second and final List A appearance came in the same season against Essex. In his 2 matches, he scored 41 runs at an average of 20.50, with a high score of 40. After leaving Nottinghamshire, he made a single MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for Buckinghamshire in 1996 against Devon. He also previously had played Second XI", "id": "9334990" }, { "contents": "Paul Bryson\n\n\nPaul Robert John Bryson (born 6 July 1968) is a former English cricketer. Bryson was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire. Bryson made his debut for Cheshire in the 1994 Minor Counties Championship against Dorset. Bryson played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1994 to 2001, including 51 Minor Counties Championship matches and 24 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1995, he made his List A debut against Essex in the NatWest Trophy. He played eight further List", "id": "3873510" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Price (cricketer)\n\n\nCounties Championship matches, the last of which came against Herefordshire. Price also represented Cornwall in List A cricket. His first List A match came against Cheshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. From 2001 to 2003, he represented the county in 7 List A matches, the last of which came against the Netherlands in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2003. In his 7 List A matches, he scored 184 runs at a batting average of 26.28, with", "id": "3374434" }, { "contents": "Peter Lawson (cricketer)\n\n\nCheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001, the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board and Devon in the 1st and 2nd round's respectively of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, with both matches held in 2002. In his three List A matches, he scored 9 runs at a batting average of 9.00, with a high score of 9. Lawson's only List A wicket was that Devon batsman David Court. Although, this wicket across his three matches cost 107.00 runs. He also played for the Leicestershire Second XI in 2002.", "id": "20049880" }, { "contents": "Philip George\n\n\ncame against Devon. His MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for the team came in 1997 against Devon. From 1997 to 2002, George represented the team in 10 Trophy matches, the last of which came against the Worcestershire Cricket Board. His debut List A appearance for the team came in the 1st round of the 1999 NatWest Trophy against Lincolnshire. From 1999 to 2001, he represented the team in 8 List A matches, the last of which came against Leicestershire in the 3rd round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his", "id": "19578319" }, { "contents": "Hedley Wright\n\n\n, which included 33 Minor Counties Championship matches and 6 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. It was for Suffolk that he made his debut in List A cricket against Lancashire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. He played 3 further List A matches for Suffolk, the last coming against Northamptonshire in the 1989 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored 38 runs at a batting average of 12.66, with a high score of 16. With the ball he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 31.75, with best figures of", "id": "10548994" }, { "contents": "Greg Hill (cricketer)\n\n\nGregory Russell Hill (born 13 September 1972) is a former English cricketer. Hill was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Canterbury, Kent. Hill made a single Minor Counties Championship appearance for Devon in 1992 against Herefordshire. Hill also represented the county in a single List A match against Kent in the 1992 NatWest Trophy. In 2000, he made first represented the Worcestershire Cricket Board in List A cricket against the Kent Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000", "id": "7049456" }, { "contents": "Charles Pritchard (cricketer)\n\n\nagainst Dorset. From 1987 to 1994, he represented the county in 14 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Bedfordshire. Pritchard made his List A debut for Devon against Essex in the 1st round of the 1991 NatWest Trophy. From 1991 to 1994 he played 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Yorkshire in the 1st round of the 1994 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored a single run from two innings, giving him a batting average of 1.00. In the field", "id": "7524142" }, { "contents": "James Rodham\n\n\nJames Paul Rodham (born 2 March 1983) is a former English cricketer. Rodham was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Ashford, Surrey. Rodham represented the Middlesex Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against the Derbyshire Cricket Board and Cambridgeshire in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which were held in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 27 runs at a batting average of 13.50, with a high score of 23.", "id": "10367039" }, { "contents": "John Hitchmough (cricketer, born 1962)\n\n\nJohn Jeffrey Hitchmough (born 19 January 1962) is a former English cricketer. Hitchmough was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire. Hitchmough made his debut for Cheshire in the 1983 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Hertfordshire. Hitchmough played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1983 to 1992, including 66 Minor Counties Championship matches and 20 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1985, he made his List A debut against Yorkshire in the NatWest Trophy. He played six further List A", "id": "2343816" }, { "contents": "Ian Roberts (cricketer)\n\n\nIan Clement Roberts (born 29 April 1948) is a former English cricketer. Roberts was a right-handed batsman bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. Roberts made his debut for Devon in the 1974 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire. From 1974 to 1980, he represented the county in 26 Championship matches, the last of which came against Oxfordshire. He also represented Devon in a single List A match, at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one", "id": "8558428" }, { "contents": "Mark Woodman\n\n\n20 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Bedfordshire. Woodman also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1988 NatWest Trophy against Nottinghamshire. He played 5 further List A matches between 1988 and 1995, the last of which came against Sussex. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 9 runs at a batting average of 3.00, with a high score of 8. With the ball", "id": "8019129" }, { "contents": "Stephen Perrin\n\n\nWiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Devon in 1991. From 1991 to 2005, he represented the county in 26 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. Perrin also represented Wiltshire in List A cricket. His List A debut came against Durham in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. From 1993 to 2001, he represented the county in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001", "id": "2472653" }, { "contents": "Stuart Catterall\n\n\nStuart Colin Catterall (born 9 April 1975) is a former English cricketer. Catterall was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Southampton, Hampshire. Catterall represented the Lancashire Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against the Essex Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000 to 2002, he represented the Board in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Scotland in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which", "id": "9619300" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Creed\n\n\nNicholas John Keyworth Creed (born 28 August 1980) is an English cricketer. Creed is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Cuckfield, Sussex. Creed represented the Sussex Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against Herefordshire and Berkshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy and the Worcestershire Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2002. In his 3 List A matches, he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of", "id": "4716106" }, { "contents": "Graham Crawford\n\n\nGraham Andrew Crawford (born 16 October 1967) is a former English cricketer. Crawford was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Windlesham, Surrey. Crawford represented the Surrey Cricket Board in 2 List A cricket matches against Norfolk and Cheshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 71 runs at a batting average of 35.50, with a high score of 41. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 15.50, with", "id": "6580052" }, { "contents": "Steven Oddy\n\n\nSteven Craig Oddy (born 17 May 1979) is an English cricketer. Oddy is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Oddy represented the Lancashire Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against the Yorkshire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy and Cheshire the 1st of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 3 runs at a batting average of 1.50, with a high score", "id": "9619165" }, { "contents": "Keith Arnold (cricketer)\n\n\nKeith Andrew Arnold (born 27 May 1960) is a former English first-class cricketer. Arnold was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Solihull, Warwickshire. Arnold made his debut for Oxfordshire in the 1980 Minor Counties Championship against Devon. Arnold played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 1980 to 2010, which included 208 Minor Counties Championship matches and 47 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Glamorgan in the 1980 Gillette Cup. He played fifteen", "id": "13471171" }, { "contents": "Joe Oliver (cricketer)\n\n\nhe represented the county in 4 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. Oliver also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format against Leicestershire in the 1983 NatWest Trophy. He played 2 further List A matches against Sussex in the 1984 NatWest Trophy and Warwickshire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 55 runs in three unbeaten innings, with a high score of", "id": "8558387" }, { "contents": "Paul Douglas (cricketer)\n\n\nPaul Julian Douglas (born 12 October 1971) is a former English cricketer. Douglas was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Barnstaple, Devon. Douglas made his debut for Suffolk in the 1993 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. Douglas played 3 further Minor Counties Championship matches in 1993. In what was his only season with the county, he made a single List A appearance against Essex in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. In this match, he bowled 12 wicket-less", "id": "21410566" }, { "contents": "Peter Scott (cricketer)\n\n\nPeter James Scott (born 20 November 1982) is an English cricketer. Scott is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Scott represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Bedfordshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his only List A match he took a single wicket at a cost of 28 runs. In 2004, he made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Staffordshire against Bedfordshire. Scott played 2 further", "id": "11002211" }, { "contents": "Kevin Rice\n\n\nin 13 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Dorset. Ward also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format against Warwickshire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. He played 5 further List A matches between 1985 and 1991, the last of which came against Essex in the 1991 NatWest Trophy. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 167 runs at a batting average of 27.83, with a single century", "id": "8558307" }, { "contents": "Kevin Willcock\n\n\nKevin James Willcock (born 8 March 1973) is a former English cricketer. Willcock was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Tavistock, Devon. Willcock made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Cornwall in 1993 against Devon. From 1993 to 1998, he represented the county in 34 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of came match against Herefordshire. Willcock also represented Cornwall in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Devon in 1995. From 1995 to", "id": "3375107" }, { "contents": "Ben Frazer\n\n\nhe made his List A debut against the Durham Cricket Board in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He made 4 further List A appearances for the county, the last coming against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was held in 2003. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 74 runs at a batting average of 14.80, with a high score of 24. With the ball, he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 30.71, with best figures of 3/56. He played", "id": "15931033" }, { "contents": "Zahid Iqbal\n\n\nZahid Iqbal (born 11 February 1981) is an English cricketer. Iqbal was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Zahid Iqbal represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in 2 List A matches. These came against Scotland in the 1st round of the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Cumberland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 57 runs at a batting average of 57.00,", "id": "10869890" }, { "contents": "Craig Macconacie\n\n\nCraig Macconacie (born 10 November 1977) is a former English cricketer. Macconacie was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Leicester, Leicestershire. Macconacie represented the Leicestershire Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against Denmark in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, and the Kent Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the same competition. Both matches were held in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 49 runs at a batting average of", "id": "9840963" }, { "contents": "Richard Pineo\n\n\nRichard William Pineo (born 11 February 1975) is an English cricketer. Pineo was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born at Ipswich, Suffolk. Richard made his debut for Suffolk in the 1996 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. From 1997 to 2003, he represented the county in 29 Minor Counties Championship matches and 9 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List-A debut for Suffolk against Lincolnshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. From 2001 to 2002", "id": "1828725" }, { "contents": "Paul O'Reilly\n\n\nPaul John O'Reilly (born 4 August 1962) is a former English cricketer. O'Reilly was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Watford, Hertfordshire. O'Reilly made his debut for Hertfordshire in the 1996 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Dorset. O'Reilly played Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 1996 to 2003, which included 26 Minor Counties Championship matches and 9 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his List A debut against the Durham Cricket Board in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy", "id": "15930607" }, { "contents": "Richard Kaufman (cricketer)\n\n\nagainst Berkshire. From 2003 to present, he has represented the county in 29 Championship matches. His debut for the county in the MCCA Knockout Trophy came against Dorset in 2003. From 2003 to present, he has represented the county in 19 Trophy matches. Kaufman also represented Bedfordshire in a single List A match when they were permitted to take part in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. This came against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2003. In his career total of 3", "id": "10796352" }, { "contents": "Neil Fox (cricketer)\n\n\nNeil Fox (born 10 February 1962) is a former English cricketer. Fox was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Norwich, Norfolk. Fox made his debut for Norfolk in the 1991 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire. Fox played Minor counties cricket for Norfolk from 1991 to 2000, which included 77 Minor Counties Championship matches and 23 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Warwickshire in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. He made 7 further List A appearances,", "id": "20387068" }, { "contents": "Lee Marland\n\n\nLee John Marland (born 21 September 1975) is an English cricketer. Marland is a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Withington, Manchester. Marland made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Cheshire against Wales Minor Counties in 1998. He played 2 further Championship matches for the county against Herefordshire in 1998 and Wiltshire in 1999. Marland represented the Warwickshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in", "id": "5208352" }, { "contents": "Simon Twigg\n\n\nCheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In 2003, he joined Cheshire where he made his debut for the county in the 2003 Minor Counties Championship against Herefordshire. From 2003 to 2005, he represented the county in 12 Minor Counties matches, with his final Minor Counties appearance coming against Devon. Twigg also represented Cheshire in List-A cricket, representing the county 3 List-A matches, with his final List-A match coming against Hampshire in 2004. In his 4 List-A matches, he scored", "id": "3640174" }, { "contents": "David Lye\n\n\nof that competition, he scored his maiden List A half century, making 56 runs before being dismissed by Saqlain Mushtaq. In 2003, he scored his only List A century against Suffolk in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2003. Opening the batting, he made 121 runs before being dismissed by Philip Caley. In total, Lye played 10 List A matches in the period when Devon were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day tournament. In these 10 matches, he", "id": "7117193" }, { "contents": "Kevin Willcock\n\n\n1998, he represented the county in 7 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. Willcock also represented Cornwall in 2 List A matches. These came against Middlesex in the 1995 NatWest Trophy and Warwickshire in the 1996 NatWest Trophy. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 26 runs at a batting average of 13.00, with a high score of 25. In the field he took a single catch. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 47.50, with best figures of 1/43.", "id": "3375108" }, { "contents": "Timothy Ward\n\n\n13 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. Ward also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1987 NatWest Trophy against Worcestershire. He played 3 further List A matches between 1987 and 1993, the last of which came against Derbyshire in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored 37 runs at a batting average of 9.25, with a high score of", "id": "8227466" }, { "contents": "Arif Saeed\n\n\nArif Saeed (born 30 August 1967) is a Pakistani born English cricketer. Saeed is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Sialkot, Punjab. Saeed represented the Essex Cricket Board in 3 List A matches against Ireland in the 1999 NatWest Trophy, Warwickshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy and the Sussex Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 25 runs at a batting", "id": "8219944" } ]

[ { "contents": "Andrew Procter (cricketer)\n\n\nmatches, 27 Trophy matches, and 10 List A matches. In List A cricket, all of his appearances came for Devon at a time when there were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day tournament. He played his final List A match against Essex in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy at The Maer Ground in Exmouth. In his 10 List A matches, he scored 114 runs at a batting average of 28.50, with a high score of 29*. With the ball he took", "id": "7117115" }, { "contents": "Andrew Procter (cricketer)\n\n\nAndrew John Procter (born 7 September 1968) is an English cricketer. Procter was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Preston, Lancashire. Procter first played for Devon in 1996 against Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship. It would be another four years before Procter represented Devon again, returning to the county for the 2000 season. During this season he made both his MCCA Knockout Trophy and List A debuts. Over the nest seven seasons, he represented Devon in 40 Championship", "id": "7117114" }, { "contents": "David Lye\n\n\nDavid Frank Lye (born 11 April 1979) is an English cricketer. Lye is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Exeter, Devon. Procter first played for Devon in 1998 against Wales Minor Counties in the Minor Counties Championship. Two years later he made his debut MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the county against Cornwall. In that same season he also made his debut in List A cricket against Staffordshire in the 2nd round of the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In the following round", "id": "7117192" }, { "contents": "Ray Tolchard\n\n\nmaiden Championship by scoring a century off 356 balls. He also represented Devon in 3 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches between from 1983 to 1984. Tolchard played List A cricket for Devon, at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut against Staffordshire in the 1978 Gillette Cup 1st round. The following season he played 4 List A matches for Minor Counties South in the 1979 Benson & Hedges Cup. In that same season he played a List A match for Devon against Leicestershire", "id": "8558507" }, { "contents": "Andrew Hele\n\n\nthe county in 20 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Suffolk. In the same season as he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut, Hele also made his List A debut for Devon against Yorkshire in the 1st round of the 1998 NatWest Trophy. From 1998 to 2001, he played in 6 List A matches, the last of which came against Shropshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 40 runs at a batting average of 13.33, with", "id": "7117286" }, { "contents": "Paul Bates (cricketer)\n\n\nin 2000. He played one further Trophy match in 2000 against Cornwall and played his final Trophy match in 2002 against Devon. Bates also represented Wiltshire in 2 List-A matches. His List-A debut for the county came against the Derbyshire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. His second and final List-A game came against Ireland in the 1st round of 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 2 List-A matches, he scored 18 runs at a batting average", "id": "1979241" }, { "contents": "Andrew Pugh\n\n\nmaking his debut in that format in the 1990 NatWest Trophy against Somerset. From 1990 to 2005, he represented Devon in 18 List A matches, the last of which came in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy against Essex. In his 15 List A matches, he scored 271 runs at a batting average of 16.93, with a single half century high score of 54. In the field he took 10 catches. With the ball he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 24.57, with best figures of 2/4 against Staffordshire", "id": "8019077" }, { "contents": "John Tierney (cricketer)\n\n\n22 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Shropshire. During his playing career with Devon, he won two MCCA Knockout Trophy's. He played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1985 NatWest Trophy against Warwickshire. From 1985 to 1991, he represented Devon in 5 List A matches, the last of which came in the 1991 NatWest Trophy against Essex. In his 5 List A matches,", "id": "8227543" }, { "contents": "Haydn Morgan (cricketer)\n\n\nHaydn John Morgan (born 5 July 1973) is a former English cricketer. Morgan was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Torquay, Devon. Morgan made his debut for Devon in 1995 against Cheshire in the Minor Counties Championship. From 1995 to 1996, he represented Devon in 7 Championship matches, the last of which came against Norfolk. In the 1996 NatWest Trophy, he played his only List A match for Devon against Essex. Morgan later joined Central Districts in New", "id": "7670676" }, { "contents": "Jason Whittaker (cricketer)\n\n\nJason Peter Whittaker (born 24 July 1971) is a former English cricketer. Whittaker is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. Whittaker made his debut for Cheshire in the 2001 Minor Counties Championship against Devon. Whittaker has played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 2001 to the present day, including 72 Minor Counties Championship matches and 23 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his List A debut against the Lancashire Cricket Board in the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, with the 1st round", "id": "2170765" }, { "contents": "Christopher Mole\n\n\nwhich was held in 2002. In 2003, Mole joined Devon. He made his debut in the Minor Counties Championship against Herefordshire. He played for Devon from 2003 to 2001, he has represented Devon in 27 Championship matches. Mole has also represented Devon in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, making his debut in that competition for the county against Shropshire in 2003. Additionally, he also represented Devon in List A cricket. His List A debut for the county came against Suffolk in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy", "id": "4825941" }, { "contents": "Stuart Priscott\n\n\nplayed his second and final Trophy match for the county against the same opposition in 1994. Priscott later represented the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Huntingdonshire in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. The following season he played a single List A match for Devon against Yorkshire in the 3rd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 12 runs at a batting average of 6.00, with a high score of 7.", "id": "8492898" }, { "contents": "Andrew Walker (cricketer)\n\n\nAndrew John Walker (born 29 October 1971, Bradford, Yorkshire, England) is a former English cricketer. Walker was a right-handed batsman, who bowled right-arm off break. Walker represented the Yorkshire Cricket Board in three List A matches. His debut List A match came against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. His final two matches came against Huntingdonshire and Yorkshire, both in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his three List A matches, he scored 57 runs at a batting average of 28.50", "id": "7810996" }, { "contents": "Keith Donohue (cricketer)\n\n\n. From 1986 to 2000, he represented the county in 34 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. During this playing career with Devon, he won two Minor Counties Championships and three MCCA Knockout Trophy's. He played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1986 NatWest Trophy against Nottinghamshire. From 1986 to 2000, he represented Devon in 11 List A matches, the last of which", "id": "8227528" }, { "contents": "Robert Dawson (cricketer)\n\n\nLeicestershire, but winning due to being 9 wickets down, therefore winning by losing fewer wickets. In the 3rd round there were heavily defeated by Yorkshire, with Dawson scoring 52 runs, before being dismissed by Anthony McGrath. He played his final List A match the following season against Essex in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. Devon, along with the rest of the Minor counties were not permitted to play in domestic List A matches after this season. During his time as captain he guided Devon to a", "id": "8682313" }, { "contents": "Jonathan Shaw (cricketer)\n\n\nJonathan William Shaw (born 4 May 1980) is an English cricketer. Shaw is a right-handed batsman who bowls both right-arm off break and right-arm medium pace. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Shaw represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Scotland in the 1st round of the 1999 NatWest Trophy. In his only List A match he scored 5 runs. In 2000, he joined Herefordshire where he made his Minor Counties Championship against Dorset and his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut", "id": "11267766" }, { "contents": "John Trueman\n\n\nJohn Fieldston Trueman (born 29 October 1968) is an English cricketer. Trueman is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Trueman represented the Derbyshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against the Middlesex Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his only List A match, he scored 24 runs and took a single catch in the field. With the ball he bowled 10 wicketless overs.", "id": "2728005" }, { "contents": "Andrew Edwards\n\n\n, Edwards also made his debut for Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship against Devon. In 2001, he played 3 further Championship matches for the county, the last of which came against Berkshire. In 2001, he played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match for Herefordshire against the Warwickshire Cricket Board. Edwards also represented the county in List A cricket, making his debut for the county in that format against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played 2 further matches in that season's competition against Middlesex", "id": "8713510" }, { "contents": "David Townsend (Devon cricketer)\n\n\nDavid Edward John Townsend (born 26 October 1965) is a former English cricketer. Townsend was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Tiverton, Devon. Townsend made his debut for Devon in the 1993 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. From 1993 to 2002, he represented the county in 10 Championship matches, the last of which came against Oxfordshire. His MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for the county came against Dorset in 1993. He played one further Trophy match for Devon, which", "id": "18911206" }, { "contents": "David Court (cricketer)\n\n\nof which came against Berkshire. In the same season that he made his debut for Devon, he also made his debut in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, which came against Cornwall. From 2002 to 2009, he represented the county in 22 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Staffordshire. After his List A debut in 2001, Court represented Devon in 6 further matches in that format between 2002 and 2005, the last of which came against Essex in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his", "id": "6668188" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Wilton\n\n\nseason, he represented the county in 5 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Devon. He also played MCCA Knockout Trophy matches for Berkshire. His debut in that competition for Berkshire came against the Middlesex Cricket Board. He played 2 further Trophy matches for the county against Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Wilton also represented Berkshire in 2 List-A matches. His first List-A match for the county came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, with his second match for the", "id": "21064687" }, { "contents": "Gavin Byram\n\n\nappearances, the last of which came against Oxfordshire in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was played in 2001. In his 8 List A matches, he scored 77 runs at an average of 12.83, with a high score of 56. This score came against Devon in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. With the ball, he took 10 wickets at a bowling average of 25.40, with best figures of 3/33. His brother, Adam, also played Minor counties and List A cricket for Shropshire", "id": "21095698" }, { "contents": "Robert Dawson (cricketer)\n\n\nRobert 'Bob' Ian Dawson (born 29 March 1970) is a former English cricketer. Dawson is a right-handed batsman who bowls both leg break and right-arm medium pace. He was born in Exmouth, Devon. Dawson made his debut for Devon in the 1988 Minor Counties Championship against Wales Minor Counties. The following season he played his first MCCA Knockout Trophy match for the county against Dorset. Dawson was a frequent member of the Devon squad in his early years and it was for Devon that he made", "id": "8682304" }, { "contents": "Mark Richards (cricketer)\n\n\nlast of which came against the Sussex Cricket Board. 2002 also saw him make his List A debut for Devon, against Yorkshire in the 3rd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played a further match in that format in 2002, against Cumberland in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2002. Three years later he played a final List A match for Devon against Essex at The Maer Ground in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his three List", "id": "6099698" }, { "contents": "Craig Gibbens\n\n\nto 2002, he represented the county in 12 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. Gibbens also represented Wiltshire in List A cricket. His List A debut came against Scotland in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000 to 2001 he represented the county in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 4 matches, he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 26.75, with best figures of", "id": "2344787" }, { "contents": "Noel Brett\n\n\nNoel Adrian Brett (born 8 September 1975) is a former English cricketer. Brett was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Aldershot, Hampshire. Brett represented the Surrey Cricket Board in List A matches against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board and the Essex Cricket Board in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 2 runs at a batting average of 2.00, with a high score of", "id": "5854822" }, { "contents": "Andrew Mawson (cricketer)\n\n\nKnockout Trophy appearances. He made his first List A appearance for the county against Buckinghamshire in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was played in 2002. He made 2 further List A appearances for the county, against Devon in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2003, and Glamorgan in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 3 List A matches for Suffolk, he scored 67 runs at an average of 22.33, with a high", "id": "21332141" }, { "contents": "Jonathan Davies (cricketer, born 1976)\n\n\nJonathan Richard Davies (born 9 March 1976) is a former English cricketer. Davies was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Burnley, Lancashire. Davies made his debut for Lincolnshire in the 2000 MCCA Knockout Trophy against the Derbyshire Cricket Board. Davies played Minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire from 2000 to 2005, which included 17 Minor Counties Championship matches and 10 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Cheshire in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester", "id": "19270428" }, { "contents": "Mark Richards (cricketer)\n\n\nMark Allan Elliott Richards (born 9 April 1974) is a former English cricketer. Richards is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Bridport, Devon. Richards made his debut for Devon in the 2002 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. He played three further Championship matches that season, the last of which came against Berkshire. In that same season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for Devon, which came against Dorset. He played four further Trophy matches that season, the", "id": "6099697" }, { "contents": "Mark Currie (cricketer)\n\n\nMark Robert Currie (born 22 September 1979) is an English cricketer. Currie is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Manchester. Currie made his debut for Cheshire in the 1999 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1999 to 2005, including 18 Minor Counties Championship matches. and 7 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his List A debut for Cheshire against Cornwall in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In the same season", "id": "2542438" }, { "contents": "Richard Lynch (cricketer)\n\n\nRichard Lynch (born 2 March 1967) is a former English cricketer. Lynch was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire. Lynch made his debut for Oxfordshire in the 2002 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Berkshire. Lynch played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 2002 to 2005, which included 10 Minor Counties Championship matches and 5 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against the Lancashire Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester", "id": "12048123" }, { "contents": "David Court (cricketer)\n\n\nDavid Graeme Court (born 1 November 1980) is an English cricketer. Court is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. 2001 saw him make his debut for Devon in a List A match against Bedfordshire in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. Court made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Devon in 2002 against Shropshire. Between 2002 and 2009, he represented the county in 37 Championship matches, the last", "id": "6668187" }, { "contents": "Adam Cook (cricketer)\n\n\nList A matches, the last coming against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2003. In his 7 List A matches he scored 131 runs at a batting average of 21.83, with a high score of 66. This came against Herefordshire in the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. With the ball he took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 27.66, with best figures of 3/40. He has previously played for the Middlesex Second XI. His brother, Simon, played first-", "id": "12216354" }, { "contents": "Kevin Nash (cricketer)\n\n\nwhich came against Cornwall. Nash also represented Wiltshire in List A cricket. His List A debut for the county came against Scotland in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 1999 to 2005, he represented the county in 6 List A matches, the last of which came against Kent in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 29 runs at a batting average of 9.66, with a high score of 17. With the ball he took 8 wickets at a bowling average of 28.00, with", "id": "2226191" }, { "contents": "Peter Wilshaw\n\n\n2004 to present, he has represented the county in 35 Championship matches. The following season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut against Hertfordshire. From 2005 to present, he has represented the county in 21 Trophy matches. In that same season, he played his List A match for Staffordshire against Surrey in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 2 career List A matches, he scored 20 runs at a batting average of 10.00, with a high score of 20. Wilshaw made his debut in first-class cricket", "id": "10869794" }, { "contents": "Matthew Hunt\n\n\nhe represented the county in 12 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Dorset. 2002 saw him make his List A debut for Devon, against Cumberland in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. From 2002 to 2004, he represented the county in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against Yorkshire at The Maer Ground in the 3rd round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 206 runs at a batting average", "id": "6099606" }, { "contents": "Richard Waite (cricketer)\n\n\nRichard Parkinson Waite (born 11 June 1980) is an English cricketer. Waite is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. Waite represented the Durham Cricket Board in 10 List A matches against Buckinghamshire in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001 and against Glamorgan in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 10 List A matches, he scored 350 runs at a batting averageof 45.23 with high", "id": "8053151" }, { "contents": "David Roberts (cricketer)\n\n\n5 Championship matches, the last of which came against Suffolk, and 4 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He also represented Bedfordshire in 2 List A matches against Hertfordshire and the Netherlands in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which were played in 2002. The following season he joined Cornwall, where he made his Minor Counties Championship debut for the county against Devon. From 2003 to present, he represented the county in 20 Minor Counties Championship matches. Roberts has also represented Cornwall in the MCCA Knockout Trophy.", "id": "3315366" }, { "contents": "John Snashall\n\n\nJohn Stephen Snashall (born 12 October 1982) is a former English cricketer. Snashall is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Eastbourne, Sussex. Snashall represented the Sussex Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against the Essex Cricket Board and Wales Minor Counties in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy; both matches were played in 2001. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 59 runs at a batting average of 29.50, with a single", "id": "4569012" }, { "contents": "Jonathan Shaw (cricketer)\n\n\nagainst the Worcestershire Cricket Board. The following year he played his only List A match for the county against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. His is 2 career List A matches, he scored 32 runs at a batting average of 32.00, with a high score of 32. With the ball he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 27.66, with best figures of 3/49. Shaw represented Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship 11 times from 2000 to 2002 and 7 times in", "id": "11267767" }, { "contents": "Mohammad Akhtar\n\n\nMohammad Akhtar (; born 12 December 1977) is a Pakistani born English first-class cricketer. Akhtar is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Gujranwala, Punjab. Akhtar represented the Essex Cricket Board in a single List A match against Essex in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his only List A match, he made a half century score of 71 runs. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 23.00, with figures of 2/46. He", "id": "8492575" }, { "contents": "Hiley Edwards\n\n\n, in what was the tournaments inaugural season, against Cornwall. From 1984 to 1991, he represented the county in 17 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Staffordshire in the final of the 1991 MCCA Trophy at Lord's which Devon lost by 4 wickets. As well as playing Minor counties cricket for Devon, Edwards also appeared in List A cricket for them when the county was permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition which involved the first-class counties. His List A debut came against Warwickshire", "id": "7116739" }, { "contents": "Iain Bond\n\n\nIain Anthony Bond (born 7 November 1973) is an English cricketer. Bond is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Barnstaple, Devon. Bond made his debut for Devon in the 1996 Minor Counties Championship against Cornwall. From 1996 to 2003, he represented Devon in twenty-one Championship matches, the last of which came against Dorset. The following season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for Devon, which came against Wales Minor Counties. From 1997 to 1999", "id": "6668051" }, { "contents": "Richard Halsall\n\n\nSussex Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against Herefordshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000 to 2001, he represented the Board in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against the Essex Cricket Board in 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 36 runs at an average of 18.00, with a high score of 17. With the ball he took 5 wickets at an average of 20.60,", "id": "4716272" }, { "contents": "Andrew Jones (Staffordshire cricketer)\n\n\nAndrew James Jones (born 30 November 1977) is a former English cricketer. Jones was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Jones made his debut for Staffordshire in the 1998 Minor Counties Championship against Cumberland. Jones played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 1998 to 2002, which included 15 Minor Counties Championship matches and 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2000, he made his only List A appearance against Devon in the NatWest Trophy", "id": "17237532" }, { "contents": "Owen Dawkins\n\n\nthe 2nd round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 29 runs at a batting average of 9.66, with a high score of 18. With the ball he took a single wickets at a bowling average of 81.00, with best figures of 1/21. In 2005, he briefly rejoined Hertfordshire, before representing Buckinghamshire in 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches against Wiltshire and Hertfordshire. He currently plays club cricket for Sully Centurions Cricket Club in the South Wales Cricket League. Previously, Dawkins played", "id": "19323799" }, { "contents": "David Heyes (cricketer)\n\n\nDavid John Heyes (born 7 February 1967) is a former English cricketer. Heyes was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Prescot, Lancashire. Heyes represented the Lancashire Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against the Netherlands in the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Suffolk and the Essex Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 41 runs at a batting average of 13.66, with a high score of 27. In the", "id": "9718266" }, { "contents": "David Butcher (cricketer)\n\n\nDavid Neil Butcher (born 2 October 1969) is a former English cricketer. Butcher was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Colchester, Essex. Butcher made his debut for Devon in the Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire in 1992. From 1992 to 1994, he represented Devon in 14 Championship matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. In 1992, he played his only List A match for Devon, which came against Kent in the 1992 NatWest Trophy. In this", "id": "7180736" }, { "contents": "Mathew Theedom\n\n\nMathew Christopher Theedom (born 1 October 1977) is an English cricketer. Theedom is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Exeter, Devon. Theedom made his debut for Devon in 1996 against Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship. From 1996 to 2002, he represented Devon in 22 Championship matches, the last of which came against Shropshire. Three years later he made his debut MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the county against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board. From 1999 to 2002,", "id": "7117236" }, { "contents": "Robert King (cricketer, born 1978)\n\n\nRobert David King (born 10 July 1978) is an English cricketer. King was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. King made his debut for Staffordshire in the 2003 Minor Counties Championship against Buckinghamshire. King played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 2003 to 2007, which included 22 Minor Counties Championship matches and 11 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2004, he made his only List A appearance against Lancashire in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy", "id": "17125073" }, { "contents": "Paul Draper (cricketer)\n\n\n, he represented the county in 12 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Buckinghamshire. Draper also represented Wiltshire in 2 List-A matches. His debut List-A match came against Herefordshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. His second and final List-A match came against Ireland in the 1st round 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 2 List-A matches, he scored 12 runs at a batting average of 6.00, with a high score of 10. Draper currently plays club", "id": "2225677" }, { "contents": "Andrew Collins (cricketer)\n\n\nCounties Championship match for Berkshire against Oxfordshire and the following season he joined Wiltshire. He played a single Championship match for Wiltshire in 1998 against Dorset and followed that up in 1999 with his final Championship match for the county against Devon. Collins also represented Wiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against the Herefordshire in 1998. He represented the county in 2 further Trophy matches in 1999 against Herefordshire and the Worcestershire Cricket Board. Collins also represented Wiltshire in 2 List A matches. His first came against the", "id": "2472495" }, { "contents": "Steven Naylor\n\n\nfor the county came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. From 2002 to 2005, he represented the county in four List A matches, with his final List A match coming when Berkshire played Gloucestershire in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy at Sonning Lane, Reading. In his combined List A career, he scored 51 runs at a batting average of 12.75, with a high score of 23. With the ball he took 5 wickets at a bowling average of 42.40", "id": "21065511" }, { "contents": "Royston Smith (cricketer)\n\n\nRoyston Anthony Smith (born 14 March 1974) is an English cricketer. Smith is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Romford, London. Smith represented the Essex Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against Warwickshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy, Suffolk in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy and the Surrey Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 27 runs", "id": "8375106" }, { "contents": "Stephen Ogilby\n\n\ncricket for Cheshire from 2001 to 2005, including nineteen Minor Counties Championship matches and seven MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He played List A cricket for Cheshire, with his final List A match coming against Hampshire in the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played a total of four List A matches for Cheshire, scoring 37 runs at a batting average of 18.50, with a high score of 36. Behind the stumps he took 8 catches and made a single stumping. His highest score with the bat came against Hampshire in his final", "id": "982144" }, { "contents": "Stephen Watts\n\n\nStephen John Watts (born 1 May 1979) is a former English cricketer. Watts was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Luton, Bedfordshire. Watts made his debut for Bedfordshire in the 2001 Minor Counties Championship against Staffordshire. Watts played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 2001 to 2006, which included 22 Minor Counties Championship matches and 7 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Cheshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was", "id": "13651970" }, { "contents": "Paul Jenkins (cricketer)\n\n\nPaul Edward Jenkins (born 8 February 1972) is an English cricketer. Jenkins is a right-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Gloucester, Gloucestershire. Jenkins made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Wales Minor Counties in 1998 against Devon. From 1998 to 2000, he represented the team in 5 Championship matches, the last of which came against Cheshire. His only MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the team came in 2000 against Shropshire. His only List A appearance for the team came in", "id": "19577576" }, { "contents": "Phil North\n\n\nTrophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. He also represented Wiltshire in a single List A match against Durham in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. In his combined List A matches, he took 6 wickets at an average of 24.16, with best figures of 3/20. In 1997, North returned to play Minor Counties cricket for Wales Minor Counties. During the 1997 season, he represented the team in 9 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Berkshire. He also played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match", "id": "2344631" }, { "contents": "Timothy Carter (cricketer)\n\n\nTimothy Jolyon Carter (born 21 September 1969) is a former English cricketer. Carter was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born in Tiverton, Devon. Carter represented the Surrey Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against Norfolk in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. From 1999 to 2001, he represented the Board in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Lincolnshire in the second round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In", "id": "6580350" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Carter (cricketer)\n\n\n2002 to 2003, he represented the county in 3 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Norfolk. Carter also represented Cornwall in 2 List A matches. These came against the Somerset Cricket Board and Wales Minor Counties in the 1st and 2nd rounds respectively of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which were played in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 10 runs with a high score of 10* and with the ball he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 22.00, with best figures of 2/21", "id": "3315198" }, { "contents": "Ryan Horrell\n\n\nthe county in just 5 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Wiltshire. Horrell made his List A debut for Devon against Essex in the 1st round of the 1996 NatWest Trophy. His next List A appearance came four years later against Staffordshire in the 2nd round of the 2000 NatWest Trophy, with his final List A match coming in the following round against Surrey. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 25 runs at a batting average of 25.00, with a high score of 25*. With the ball", "id": "7180412" }, { "contents": "Christopher Lello\n\n\n1996 to 2000, he represented the county in 6 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. Lello also represented Cornwall in 3 List A matches. These came against Warwickshire in the 1996 NatWest Trophy, Cumberland in the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Norfolk in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 20 runs at a batting average of 12.33, with a high score of 20. In the field he took 2 catches. With the ball he took a single wicket at a bowling average", "id": "3375044" }, { "contents": "Russell Rowe (cricketer)\n\n\nRussell John Rowe (born 14 May 1975) is a former English cricketer. Rowe was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire. Rowe made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Wiltshire in 1994 against Cheshire. From 1994 to 2005, he represented the county in 50 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Devon. Rowe also represented Wiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Herefordshire in 1999. From 1999 to", "id": "2225703" }, { "contents": "Jamie Went\n\n\nJames Colin Went (born 7 January 1982) is an English cricketer. Went is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Reading, Berkshire. Went represented the Essex Cricket Board in a single List A match against Essex in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his only List A match, he scored a single run and with the ball he took a single wicket at a cost of 64 runs from 10 overs. He currently plays club cricket for Hornchurch Cricket Club.", "id": "8375068" }, { "contents": "Colin Banton\n\n\nof 80*. His highest score came on debut against Cambridge University. In that same season he made his List A debut for the county against Lancashire in the 1995 Benson & Hedges Cup. His second and final List A appearance came in the same season against Essex. In his 2 matches, he scored 41 runs at an average of 20.50, with a high score of 40. After leaving Nottinghamshire, he made a single MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for Buckinghamshire in 1996 against Devon. He also previously had played Second XI", "id": "9334990" }, { "contents": "Paul Bryson\n\n\nPaul Robert John Bryson (born 6 July 1968) is a former English cricketer. Bryson was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire. Bryson made his debut for Cheshire in the 1994 Minor Counties Championship against Dorset. Bryson played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1994 to 2001, including 51 Minor Counties Championship matches and 24 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1995, he made his List A debut against Essex in the NatWest Trophy. He played eight further List", "id": "3873510" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Price (cricketer)\n\n\nCounties Championship matches, the last of which came against Herefordshire. Price also represented Cornwall in List A cricket. His first List A match came against Cheshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. From 2001 to 2003, he represented the county in 7 List A matches, the last of which came against the Netherlands in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2003. In his 7 List A matches, he scored 184 runs at a batting average of 26.28, with", "id": "3374434" }, { "contents": "Peter Lawson (cricketer)\n\n\nCheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001, the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board and Devon in the 1st and 2nd round's respectively of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, with both matches held in 2002. In his three List A matches, he scored 9 runs at a batting average of 9.00, with a high score of 9. Lawson's only List A wicket was that Devon batsman David Court. Although, this wicket across his three matches cost 107.00 runs. He also played for the Leicestershire Second XI in 2002.", "id": "20049880" }, { "contents": "Philip George\n\n\ncame against Devon. His MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for the team came in 1997 against Devon. From 1997 to 2002, George represented the team in 10 Trophy matches, the last of which came against the Worcestershire Cricket Board. His debut List A appearance for the team came in the 1st round of the 1999 NatWest Trophy against Lincolnshire. From 1999 to 2001, he represented the team in 8 List A matches, the last of which came against Leicestershire in the 3rd round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his", "id": "19578319" }, { "contents": "Hedley Wright\n\n\n, which included 33 Minor Counties Championship matches and 6 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. It was for Suffolk that he made his debut in List A cricket against Lancashire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. He played 3 further List A matches for Suffolk, the last coming against Northamptonshire in the 1989 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored 38 runs at a batting average of 12.66, with a high score of 16. With the ball he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 31.75, with best figures of", "id": "10548994" }, { "contents": "Greg Hill (cricketer)\n\n\nGregory Russell Hill (born 13 September 1972) is a former English cricketer. Hill was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Canterbury, Kent. Hill made a single Minor Counties Championship appearance for Devon in 1992 against Herefordshire. Hill also represented the county in a single List A match against Kent in the 1992 NatWest Trophy. In 2000, he made first represented the Worcestershire Cricket Board in List A cricket against the Kent Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000", "id": "7049456" }, { "contents": "Charles Pritchard (cricketer)\n\n\nagainst Dorset. From 1987 to 1994, he represented the county in 14 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Bedfordshire. Pritchard made his List A debut for Devon against Essex in the 1st round of the 1991 NatWest Trophy. From 1991 to 1994 he played 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Yorkshire in the 1st round of the 1994 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored a single run from two innings, giving him a batting average of 1.00. In the field", "id": "7524142" }, { "contents": "James Rodham\n\n\nJames Paul Rodham (born 2 March 1983) is a former English cricketer. Rodham was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Ashford, Surrey. Rodham represented the Middlesex Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against the Derbyshire Cricket Board and Cambridgeshire in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which were held in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 27 runs at a batting average of 13.50, with a high score of 23.", "id": "10367039" }, { "contents": "John Hitchmough (cricketer, born 1962)\n\n\nJohn Jeffrey Hitchmough (born 19 January 1962) is a former English cricketer. Hitchmough was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire. Hitchmough made his debut for Cheshire in the 1983 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Hertfordshire. Hitchmough played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1983 to 1992, including 66 Minor Counties Championship matches and 20 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1985, he made his List A debut against Yorkshire in the NatWest Trophy. He played six further List A", "id": "2343816" }, { "contents": "Ian Roberts (cricketer)\n\n\nIan Clement Roberts (born 29 April 1948) is a former English cricketer. Roberts was a right-handed batsman bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. Roberts made his debut for Devon in the 1974 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire. From 1974 to 1980, he represented the county in 26 Championship matches, the last of which came against Oxfordshire. He also represented Devon in a single List A match, at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one", "id": "8558428" }, { "contents": "Mark Woodman\n\n\n20 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Bedfordshire. Woodman also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1988 NatWest Trophy against Nottinghamshire. He played 5 further List A matches between 1988 and 1995, the last of which came against Sussex. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 9 runs at a batting average of 3.00, with a high score of 8. With the ball", "id": "8019129" }, { "contents": "Stephen Perrin\n\n\nWiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Devon in 1991. From 1991 to 2005, he represented the county in 26 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. Perrin also represented Wiltshire in List A cricket. His List A debut came against Durham in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. From 1993 to 2001, he represented the county in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001", "id": "2472653" }, { "contents": "Stuart Catterall\n\n\nStuart Colin Catterall (born 9 April 1975) is a former English cricketer. Catterall was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Southampton, Hampshire. Catterall represented the Lancashire Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against the Essex Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000 to 2002, he represented the Board in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Scotland in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which", "id": "9619300" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Creed\n\n\nNicholas John Keyworth Creed (born 28 August 1980) is an English cricketer. Creed is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Cuckfield, Sussex. Creed represented the Sussex Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against Herefordshire and Berkshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy and the Worcestershire Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2002. In his 3 List A matches, he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of", "id": "4716106" }, { "contents": "Graham Crawford\n\n\nGraham Andrew Crawford (born 16 October 1967) is a former English cricketer. Crawford was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Windlesham, Surrey. Crawford represented the Surrey Cricket Board in 2 List A cricket matches against Norfolk and Cheshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 71 runs at a batting average of 35.50, with a high score of 41. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 15.50, with", "id": "6580052" }, { "contents": "Steven Oddy\n\n\nSteven Craig Oddy (born 17 May 1979) is an English cricketer. Oddy is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Oddy represented the Lancashire Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against the Yorkshire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy and Cheshire the 1st of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 3 runs at a batting average of 1.50, with a high score", "id": "9619165" }, { "contents": "Keith Arnold (cricketer)\n\n\nKeith Andrew Arnold (born 27 May 1960) is a former English first-class cricketer. Arnold was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Solihull, Warwickshire. Arnold made his debut for Oxfordshire in the 1980 Minor Counties Championship against Devon. Arnold played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 1980 to 2010, which included 208 Minor Counties Championship matches and 47 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Glamorgan in the 1980 Gillette Cup. He played fifteen", "id": "13471171" }, { "contents": "Joe Oliver (cricketer)\n\n\nhe represented the county in 4 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. Oliver also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format against Leicestershire in the 1983 NatWest Trophy. He played 2 further List A matches against Sussex in the 1984 NatWest Trophy and Warwickshire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 55 runs in three unbeaten innings, with a high score of", "id": "8558387" }, { "contents": "Paul Douglas (cricketer)\n\n\nPaul Julian Douglas (born 12 October 1971) is a former English cricketer. Douglas was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Barnstaple, Devon. Douglas made his debut for Suffolk in the 1993 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. Douglas played 3 further Minor Counties Championship matches in 1993. In what was his only season with the county, he made a single List A appearance against Essex in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. In this match, he bowled 12 wicket-less", "id": "21410566" }, { "contents": "Peter Scott (cricketer)\n\n\nPeter James Scott (born 20 November 1982) is an English cricketer. Scott is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Scott represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Bedfordshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his only List A match he took a single wicket at a cost of 28 runs. In 2004, he made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Staffordshire against Bedfordshire. Scott played 2 further", "id": "11002211" }, { "contents": "Kevin Rice\n\n\nin 13 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Dorset. Ward also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format against Warwickshire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. He played 5 further List A matches between 1985 and 1991, the last of which came against Essex in the 1991 NatWest Trophy. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 167 runs at a batting average of 27.83, with a single century", "id": "8558307" }, { "contents": "Kevin Willcock\n\n\nKevin James Willcock (born 8 March 1973) is a former English cricketer. Willcock was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Tavistock, Devon. Willcock made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Cornwall in 1993 against Devon. From 1993 to 1998, he represented the county in 34 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of came match against Herefordshire. Willcock also represented Cornwall in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Devon in 1995. From 1995 to", "id": "3375107" }, { "contents": "Ben Frazer\n\n\nhe made his List A debut against the Durham Cricket Board in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He made 4 further List A appearances for the county, the last coming against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was held in 2003. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 74 runs at a batting average of 14.80, with a high score of 24. With the ball, he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 30.71, with best figures of 3/56. He played", "id": "15931033" }, { "contents": "Zahid Iqbal\n\n\nZahid Iqbal (born 11 February 1981) is an English cricketer. Iqbal was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Zahid Iqbal represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in 2 List A matches. These came against Scotland in the 1st round of the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Cumberland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 57 runs at a batting average of 57.00,", "id": "10869890" }, { "contents": "Craig Macconacie\n\n\nCraig Macconacie (born 10 November 1977) is a former English cricketer. Macconacie was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Leicester, Leicestershire. Macconacie represented the Leicestershire Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against Denmark in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, and the Kent Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the same competition. Both matches were held in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 49 runs at a batting average of", "id": "9840963" }, { "contents": "Richard Pineo\n\n\nRichard William Pineo (born 11 February 1975) is an English cricketer. Pineo was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born at Ipswich, Suffolk. Richard made his debut for Suffolk in the 1996 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. From 1997 to 2003, he represented the county in 29 Minor Counties Championship matches and 9 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List-A debut for Suffolk against Lincolnshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. From 2001 to 2002", "id": "1828725" }, { "contents": "Paul O'Reilly\n\n\nPaul John O'Reilly (born 4 August 1962) is a former English cricketer. O'Reilly was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Watford, Hertfordshire. O'Reilly made his debut for Hertfordshire in the 1996 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Dorset. O'Reilly played Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 1996 to 2003, which included 26 Minor Counties Championship matches and 9 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his List A debut against the Durham Cricket Board in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy", "id": "15930607" }, { "contents": "Richard Kaufman (cricketer)\n\n\nagainst Berkshire. From 2003 to present, he has represented the county in 29 Championship matches. His debut for the county in the MCCA Knockout Trophy came against Dorset in 2003. From 2003 to present, he has represented the county in 19 Trophy matches. Kaufman also represented Bedfordshire in a single List A match when they were permitted to take part in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. This came against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2003. In his career total of 3", "id": "10796352" }, { "contents": "Neil Fox (cricketer)\n\n\nNeil Fox (born 10 February 1962) is a former English cricketer. Fox was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Norwich, Norfolk. Fox made his debut for Norfolk in the 1991 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire. Fox played Minor counties cricket for Norfolk from 1991 to 2000, which included 77 Minor Counties Championship matches and 23 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Warwickshire in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. He made 7 further List A appearances,", "id": "20387068" }, { "contents": "Lee Marland\n\n\nLee John Marland (born 21 September 1975) is an English cricketer. Marland is a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Withington, Manchester. Marland made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Cheshire against Wales Minor Counties in 1998. He played 2 further Championship matches for the county against Herefordshire in 1998 and Wiltshire in 1999. Marland represented the Warwickshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in", "id": "5208352" }, { "contents": "Simon Twigg\n\n\nCheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In 2003, he joined Cheshire where he made his debut for the county in the 2003 Minor Counties Championship against Herefordshire. From 2003 to 2005, he represented the county in 12 Minor Counties matches, with his final Minor Counties appearance coming against Devon. Twigg also represented Cheshire in List-A cricket, representing the county 3 List-A matches, with his final List-A match coming against Hampshire in 2004. In his 4 List-A matches, he scored", "id": "3640174" }, { "contents": "David Lye\n\n\nof that competition, he scored his maiden List A half century, making 56 runs before being dismissed by Saqlain Mushtaq. In 2003, he scored his only List A century against Suffolk in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2003. Opening the batting, he made 121 runs before being dismissed by Philip Caley. In total, Lye played 10 List A matches in the period when Devon were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day tournament. In these 10 matches, he", "id": "7117193" }, { "contents": "Kevin Willcock\n\n\n1998, he represented the county in 7 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. Willcock also represented Cornwall in 2 List A matches. These came against Middlesex in the 1995 NatWest Trophy and Warwickshire in the 1996 NatWest Trophy. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 26 runs at a batting average of 13.00, with a high score of 25. In the field he took a single catch. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 47.50, with best figures of 1/43.", "id": "3375108" }, { "contents": "Timothy Ward\n\n\n13 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. Ward also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1987 NatWest Trophy against Worcestershire. He played 3 further List A matches between 1987 and 1993, the last of which came against Derbyshire in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored 37 runs at a batting average of 9.25, with a high score of", "id": "8227466" }, { "contents": "Arif Saeed\n\n\nArif Saeed (born 30 August 1967) is a Pakistani born English cricketer. Saeed is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Sialkot, Punjab. Saeed represented the Essex Cricket Board in 3 List A matches against Ireland in the 1999 NatWest Trophy, Warwickshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy and the Sussex Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 25 runs at a batting", "id": "8219944" } ]

[ { "contents": "Andrew Procter (cricketer)\n\n\nmatches, 27 Trophy matches, and 10 List A matches. In List A cricket, all of his appearances came for Devon at a time when there were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day tournament. He played his final List A match against Essex in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy at The Maer Ground in Exmouth. In his 10 List A matches, he scored 114 runs at a batting average of 28.50, with a high score of 29*. With the ball he took", "id": "7117115" }, { "contents": "Andrew Procter (cricketer)\n\n\nAndrew John Procter (born 7 September 1968) is an English cricketer. Procter was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Preston, Lancashire. Procter first played for Devon in 1996 against Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship. It would be another four years before Procter represented Devon again, returning to the county for the 2000 season. During this season he made both his MCCA Knockout Trophy and List A debuts. Over the nest seven seasons, he represented Devon in 40 Championship", "id": "7117114" }, { "contents": "David Lye\n\n\nDavid Frank Lye (born 11 April 1979) is an English cricketer. Lye is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Exeter, Devon. Procter first played for Devon in 1998 against Wales Minor Counties in the Minor Counties Championship. Two years later he made his debut MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the county against Cornwall. In that same season he also made his debut in List A cricket against Staffordshire in the 2nd round of the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In the following round", "id": "7117192" }, { "contents": "Ray Tolchard\n\n\nmaiden Championship by scoring a century off 356 balls. He also represented Devon in 3 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches between from 1983 to 1984. Tolchard played List A cricket for Devon, at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut against Staffordshire in the 1978 Gillette Cup 1st round. The following season he played 4 List A matches for Minor Counties South in the 1979 Benson & Hedges Cup. In that same season he played a List A match for Devon against Leicestershire", "id": "8558507" }, { "contents": "Andrew Hele\n\n\nthe county in 20 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Suffolk. In the same season as he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut, Hele also made his List A debut for Devon against Yorkshire in the 1st round of the 1998 NatWest Trophy. From 1998 to 2001, he played in 6 List A matches, the last of which came against Shropshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 40 runs at a batting average of 13.33, with", "id": "7117286" }, { "contents": "Paul Bates (cricketer)\n\n\nin 2000. He played one further Trophy match in 2000 against Cornwall and played his final Trophy match in 2002 against Devon. Bates also represented Wiltshire in 2 List-A matches. His List-A debut for the county came against the Derbyshire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. His second and final List-A game came against Ireland in the 1st round of 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 2 List-A matches, he scored 18 runs at a batting average", "id": "1979241" }, { "contents": "Andrew Pugh\n\n\nmaking his debut in that format in the 1990 NatWest Trophy against Somerset. From 1990 to 2005, he represented Devon in 18 List A matches, the last of which came in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy against Essex. In his 15 List A matches, he scored 271 runs at a batting average of 16.93, with a single half century high score of 54. In the field he took 10 catches. With the ball he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 24.57, with best figures of 2/4 against Staffordshire", "id": "8019077" }, { "contents": "John Tierney (cricketer)\n\n\n22 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Shropshire. During his playing career with Devon, he won two MCCA Knockout Trophy's. He played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1985 NatWest Trophy against Warwickshire. From 1985 to 1991, he represented Devon in 5 List A matches, the last of which came in the 1991 NatWest Trophy against Essex. In his 5 List A matches,", "id": "8227543" }, { "contents": "Haydn Morgan (cricketer)\n\n\nHaydn John Morgan (born 5 July 1973) is a former English cricketer. Morgan was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Torquay, Devon. Morgan made his debut for Devon in 1995 against Cheshire in the Minor Counties Championship. From 1995 to 1996, he represented Devon in 7 Championship matches, the last of which came against Norfolk. In the 1996 NatWest Trophy, he played his only List A match for Devon against Essex. Morgan later joined Central Districts in New", "id": "7670676" }, { "contents": "Jason Whittaker (cricketer)\n\n\nJason Peter Whittaker (born 24 July 1971) is a former English cricketer. Whittaker is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. Whittaker made his debut for Cheshire in the 2001 Minor Counties Championship against Devon. Whittaker has played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 2001 to the present day, including 72 Minor Counties Championship matches and 23 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his List A debut against the Lancashire Cricket Board in the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, with the 1st round", "id": "2170765" }, { "contents": "Christopher Mole\n\n\nwhich was held in 2002. In 2003, Mole joined Devon. He made his debut in the Minor Counties Championship against Herefordshire. He played for Devon from 2003 to 2001, he has represented Devon in 27 Championship matches. Mole has also represented Devon in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, making his debut in that competition for the county against Shropshire in 2003. Additionally, he also represented Devon in List A cricket. His List A debut for the county came against Suffolk in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy", "id": "4825941" }, { "contents": "Stuart Priscott\n\n\nplayed his second and final Trophy match for the county against the same opposition in 1994. Priscott later represented the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Huntingdonshire in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. The following season he played a single List A match for Devon against Yorkshire in the 3rd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 12 runs at a batting average of 6.00, with a high score of 7.", "id": "8492898" }, { "contents": "Andrew Walker (cricketer)\n\n\nAndrew John Walker (born 29 October 1971, Bradford, Yorkshire, England) is a former English cricketer. Walker was a right-handed batsman, who bowled right-arm off break. Walker represented the Yorkshire Cricket Board in three List A matches. His debut List A match came against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. His final two matches came against Huntingdonshire and Yorkshire, both in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his three List A matches, he scored 57 runs at a batting average of 28.50", "id": "7810996" }, { "contents": "Keith Donohue (cricketer)\n\n\n. From 1986 to 2000, he represented the county in 34 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. During this playing career with Devon, he won two Minor Counties Championships and three MCCA Knockout Trophy's. He played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1986 NatWest Trophy against Nottinghamshire. From 1986 to 2000, he represented Devon in 11 List A matches, the last of which", "id": "8227528" }, { "contents": "Robert Dawson (cricketer)\n\n\nLeicestershire, but winning due to being 9 wickets down, therefore winning by losing fewer wickets. In the 3rd round there were heavily defeated by Yorkshire, with Dawson scoring 52 runs, before being dismissed by Anthony McGrath. He played his final List A match the following season against Essex in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. Devon, along with the rest of the Minor counties were not permitted to play in domestic List A matches after this season. During his time as captain he guided Devon to a", "id": "8682313" }, { "contents": "Jonathan Shaw (cricketer)\n\n\nJonathan William Shaw (born 4 May 1980) is an English cricketer. Shaw is a right-handed batsman who bowls both right-arm off break and right-arm medium pace. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Shaw represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Scotland in the 1st round of the 1999 NatWest Trophy. In his only List A match he scored 5 runs. In 2000, he joined Herefordshire where he made his Minor Counties Championship against Dorset and his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut", "id": "11267766" }, { "contents": "John Trueman\n\n\nJohn Fieldston Trueman (born 29 October 1968) is an English cricketer. Trueman is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Trueman represented the Derbyshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against the Middlesex Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his only List A match, he scored 24 runs and took a single catch in the field. With the ball he bowled 10 wicketless overs.", "id": "2728005" }, { "contents": "Andrew Edwards\n\n\n, Edwards also made his debut for Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship against Devon. In 2001, he played 3 further Championship matches for the county, the last of which came against Berkshire. In 2001, he played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match for Herefordshire against the Warwickshire Cricket Board. Edwards also represented the county in List A cricket, making his debut for the county in that format against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played 2 further matches in that season's competition against Middlesex", "id": "8713510" }, { "contents": "David Townsend (Devon cricketer)\n\n\nDavid Edward John Townsend (born 26 October 1965) is a former English cricketer. Townsend was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Tiverton, Devon. Townsend made his debut for Devon in the 1993 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. From 1993 to 2002, he represented the county in 10 Championship matches, the last of which came against Oxfordshire. His MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for the county came against Dorset in 1993. He played one further Trophy match for Devon, which", "id": "18911206" }, { "contents": "David Court (cricketer)\n\n\nof which came against Berkshire. In the same season that he made his debut for Devon, he also made his debut in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, which came against Cornwall. From 2002 to 2009, he represented the county in 22 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Staffordshire. After his List A debut in 2001, Court represented Devon in 6 further matches in that format between 2002 and 2005, the last of which came against Essex in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his", "id": "6668188" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Wilton\n\n\nseason, he represented the county in 5 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Devon. He also played MCCA Knockout Trophy matches for Berkshire. His debut in that competition for Berkshire came against the Middlesex Cricket Board. He played 2 further Trophy matches for the county against Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Wilton also represented Berkshire in 2 List-A matches. His first List-A match for the county came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, with his second match for the", "id": "21064687" }, { "contents": "Gavin Byram\n\n\nappearances, the last of which came against Oxfordshire in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was played in 2001. In his 8 List A matches, he scored 77 runs at an average of 12.83, with a high score of 56. This score came against Devon in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. With the ball, he took 10 wickets at a bowling average of 25.40, with best figures of 3/33. His brother, Adam, also played Minor counties and List A cricket for Shropshire", "id": "21095698" }, { "contents": "Robert Dawson (cricketer)\n\n\nRobert 'Bob' Ian Dawson (born 29 March 1970) is a former English cricketer. Dawson is a right-handed batsman who bowls both leg break and right-arm medium pace. He was born in Exmouth, Devon. Dawson made his debut for Devon in the 1988 Minor Counties Championship against Wales Minor Counties. The following season he played his first MCCA Knockout Trophy match for the county against Dorset. Dawson was a frequent member of the Devon squad in his early years and it was for Devon that he made", "id": "8682304" }, { "contents": "Mark Richards (cricketer)\n\n\nlast of which came against the Sussex Cricket Board. 2002 also saw him make his List A debut for Devon, against Yorkshire in the 3rd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played a further match in that format in 2002, against Cumberland in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2002. Three years later he played a final List A match for Devon against Essex at The Maer Ground in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his three List", "id": "6099698" }, { "contents": "Craig Gibbens\n\n\nto 2002, he represented the county in 12 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. Gibbens also represented Wiltshire in List A cricket. His List A debut came against Scotland in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000 to 2001 he represented the county in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 4 matches, he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 26.75, with best figures of", "id": "2344787" }, { "contents": "Noel Brett\n\n\nNoel Adrian Brett (born 8 September 1975) is a former English cricketer. Brett was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Aldershot, Hampshire. Brett represented the Surrey Cricket Board in List A matches against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board and the Essex Cricket Board in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 2 runs at a batting average of 2.00, with a high score of", "id": "5854822" }, { "contents": "Andrew Mawson (cricketer)\n\n\nKnockout Trophy appearances. He made his first List A appearance for the county against Buckinghamshire in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was played in 2002. He made 2 further List A appearances for the county, against Devon in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2003, and Glamorgan in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 3 List A matches for Suffolk, he scored 67 runs at an average of 22.33, with a high", "id": "21332141" }, { "contents": "Jonathan Davies (cricketer, born 1976)\n\n\nJonathan Richard Davies (born 9 March 1976) is a former English cricketer. Davies was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Burnley, Lancashire. Davies made his debut for Lincolnshire in the 2000 MCCA Knockout Trophy against the Derbyshire Cricket Board. Davies played Minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire from 2000 to 2005, which included 17 Minor Counties Championship matches and 10 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Cheshire in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester", "id": "19270428" }, { "contents": "Mark Richards (cricketer)\n\n\nMark Allan Elliott Richards (born 9 April 1974) is a former English cricketer. Richards is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Bridport, Devon. Richards made his debut for Devon in the 2002 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. He played three further Championship matches that season, the last of which came against Berkshire. In that same season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for Devon, which came against Dorset. He played four further Trophy matches that season, the", "id": "6099697" }, { "contents": "Mark Currie (cricketer)\n\n\nMark Robert Currie (born 22 September 1979) is an English cricketer. Currie is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Manchester. Currie made his debut for Cheshire in the 1999 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1999 to 2005, including 18 Minor Counties Championship matches. and 7 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his List A debut for Cheshire against Cornwall in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In the same season", "id": "2542438" }, { "contents": "Richard Lynch (cricketer)\n\n\nRichard Lynch (born 2 March 1967) is a former English cricketer. Lynch was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire. Lynch made his debut for Oxfordshire in the 2002 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Berkshire. Lynch played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 2002 to 2005, which included 10 Minor Counties Championship matches and 5 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against the Lancashire Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester", "id": "12048123" }, { "contents": "David Court (cricketer)\n\n\nDavid Graeme Court (born 1 November 1980) is an English cricketer. Court is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. 2001 saw him make his debut for Devon in a List A match against Bedfordshire in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. Court made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Devon in 2002 against Shropshire. Between 2002 and 2009, he represented the county in 37 Championship matches, the last", "id": "6668187" }, { "contents": "Adam Cook (cricketer)\n\n\nList A matches, the last coming against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2003. In his 7 List A matches he scored 131 runs at a batting average of 21.83, with a high score of 66. This came against Herefordshire in the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. With the ball he took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 27.66, with best figures of 3/40. He has previously played for the Middlesex Second XI. His brother, Simon, played first-", "id": "12216354" }, { "contents": "Kevin Nash (cricketer)\n\n\nwhich came against Cornwall. Nash also represented Wiltshire in List A cricket. His List A debut for the county came against Scotland in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 1999 to 2005, he represented the county in 6 List A matches, the last of which came against Kent in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 29 runs at a batting average of 9.66, with a high score of 17. With the ball he took 8 wickets at a bowling average of 28.00, with", "id": "2226191" }, { "contents": "Peter Wilshaw\n\n\n2004 to present, he has represented the county in 35 Championship matches. The following season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut against Hertfordshire. From 2005 to present, he has represented the county in 21 Trophy matches. In that same season, he played his List A match for Staffordshire against Surrey in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 2 career List A matches, he scored 20 runs at a batting average of 10.00, with a high score of 20. Wilshaw made his debut in first-class cricket", "id": "10869794" }, { "contents": "Matthew Hunt\n\n\nhe represented the county in 12 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Dorset. 2002 saw him make his List A debut for Devon, against Cumberland in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. From 2002 to 2004, he represented the county in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against Yorkshire at The Maer Ground in the 3rd round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 206 runs at a batting average", "id": "6099606" }, { "contents": "Richard Waite (cricketer)\n\n\nRichard Parkinson Waite (born 11 June 1980) is an English cricketer. Waite is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. Waite represented the Durham Cricket Board in 10 List A matches against Buckinghamshire in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001 and against Glamorgan in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 10 List A matches, he scored 350 runs at a batting averageof 45.23 with high", "id": "8053151" }, { "contents": "David Roberts (cricketer)\n\n\n5 Championship matches, the last of which came against Suffolk, and 4 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He also represented Bedfordshire in 2 List A matches against Hertfordshire and the Netherlands in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which were played in 2002. The following season he joined Cornwall, where he made his Minor Counties Championship debut for the county against Devon. From 2003 to present, he represented the county in 20 Minor Counties Championship matches. Roberts has also represented Cornwall in the MCCA Knockout Trophy.", "id": "3315366" }, { "contents": "John Snashall\n\n\nJohn Stephen Snashall (born 12 October 1982) is a former English cricketer. Snashall is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Eastbourne, Sussex. Snashall represented the Sussex Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against the Essex Cricket Board and Wales Minor Counties in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy; both matches were played in 2001. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 59 runs at a batting average of 29.50, with a single", "id": "4569012" }, { "contents": "Jonathan Shaw (cricketer)\n\n\nagainst the Worcestershire Cricket Board. The following year he played his only List A match for the county against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. His is 2 career List A matches, he scored 32 runs at a batting average of 32.00, with a high score of 32. With the ball he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 27.66, with best figures of 3/49. Shaw represented Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship 11 times from 2000 to 2002 and 7 times in", "id": "11267767" }, { "contents": "Mohammad Akhtar\n\n\nMohammad Akhtar (; born 12 December 1977) is a Pakistani born English first-class cricketer. Akhtar is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Gujranwala, Punjab. Akhtar represented the Essex Cricket Board in a single List A match against Essex in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his only List A match, he made a half century score of 71 runs. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 23.00, with figures of 2/46. He", "id": "8492575" }, { "contents": "Hiley Edwards\n\n\n, in what was the tournaments inaugural season, against Cornwall. From 1984 to 1991, he represented the county in 17 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Staffordshire in the final of the 1991 MCCA Trophy at Lord's which Devon lost by 4 wickets. As well as playing Minor counties cricket for Devon, Edwards also appeared in List A cricket for them when the county was permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition which involved the first-class counties. His List A debut came against Warwickshire", "id": "7116739" }, { "contents": "Iain Bond\n\n\nIain Anthony Bond (born 7 November 1973) is an English cricketer. Bond is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Barnstaple, Devon. Bond made his debut for Devon in the 1996 Minor Counties Championship against Cornwall. From 1996 to 2003, he represented Devon in twenty-one Championship matches, the last of which came against Dorset. The following season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for Devon, which came against Wales Minor Counties. From 1997 to 1999", "id": "6668051" }, { "contents": "Richard Halsall\n\n\nSussex Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against Herefordshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000 to 2001, he represented the Board in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against the Essex Cricket Board in 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 36 runs at an average of 18.00, with a high score of 17. With the ball he took 5 wickets at an average of 20.60,", "id": "4716272" }, { "contents": "Andrew Jones (Staffordshire cricketer)\n\n\nAndrew James Jones (born 30 November 1977) is a former English cricketer. Jones was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Jones made his debut for Staffordshire in the 1998 Minor Counties Championship against Cumberland. Jones played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 1998 to 2002, which included 15 Minor Counties Championship matches and 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2000, he made his only List A appearance against Devon in the NatWest Trophy", "id": "17237532" }, { "contents": "Owen Dawkins\n\n\nthe 2nd round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 29 runs at a batting average of 9.66, with a high score of 18. With the ball he took a single wickets at a bowling average of 81.00, with best figures of 1/21. In 2005, he briefly rejoined Hertfordshire, before representing Buckinghamshire in 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches against Wiltshire and Hertfordshire. He currently plays club cricket for Sully Centurions Cricket Club in the South Wales Cricket League. Previously, Dawkins played", "id": "19323799" }, { "contents": "David Heyes (cricketer)\n\n\nDavid John Heyes (born 7 February 1967) is a former English cricketer. Heyes was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Prescot, Lancashire. Heyes represented the Lancashire Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against the Netherlands in the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Suffolk and the Essex Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 41 runs at a batting average of 13.66, with a high score of 27. In the", "id": "9718266" }, { "contents": "David Butcher (cricketer)\n\n\nDavid Neil Butcher (born 2 October 1969) is a former English cricketer. Butcher was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Colchester, Essex. Butcher made his debut for Devon in the Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire in 1992. From 1992 to 1994, he represented Devon in 14 Championship matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. In 1992, he played his only List A match for Devon, which came against Kent in the 1992 NatWest Trophy. In this", "id": "7180736" }, { "contents": "Mathew Theedom\n\n\nMathew Christopher Theedom (born 1 October 1977) is an English cricketer. Theedom is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Exeter, Devon. Theedom made his debut for Devon in 1996 against Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship. From 1996 to 2002, he represented Devon in 22 Championship matches, the last of which came against Shropshire. Three years later he made his debut MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the county against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board. From 1999 to 2002,", "id": "7117236" }, { "contents": "Robert King (cricketer, born 1978)\n\n\nRobert David King (born 10 July 1978) is an English cricketer. King was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. King made his debut for Staffordshire in the 2003 Minor Counties Championship against Buckinghamshire. King played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 2003 to 2007, which included 22 Minor Counties Championship matches and 11 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2004, he made his only List A appearance against Lancashire in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy", "id": "17125073" }, { "contents": "Paul Draper (cricketer)\n\n\n, he represented the county in 12 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Buckinghamshire. Draper also represented Wiltshire in 2 List-A matches. His debut List-A match came against Herefordshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. His second and final List-A match came against Ireland in the 1st round 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 2 List-A matches, he scored 12 runs at a batting average of 6.00, with a high score of 10. Draper currently plays club", "id": "2225677" }, { "contents": "Andrew Collins (cricketer)\n\n\nCounties Championship match for Berkshire against Oxfordshire and the following season he joined Wiltshire. He played a single Championship match for Wiltshire in 1998 against Dorset and followed that up in 1999 with his final Championship match for the county against Devon. Collins also represented Wiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against the Herefordshire in 1998. He represented the county in 2 further Trophy matches in 1999 against Herefordshire and the Worcestershire Cricket Board. Collins also represented Wiltshire in 2 List A matches. His first came against the", "id": "2472495" }, { "contents": "Steven Naylor\n\n\nfor the county came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. From 2002 to 2005, he represented the county in four List A matches, with his final List A match coming when Berkshire played Gloucestershire in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy at Sonning Lane, Reading. In his combined List A career, he scored 51 runs at a batting average of 12.75, with a high score of 23. With the ball he took 5 wickets at a bowling average of 42.40", "id": "21065511" }, { "contents": "Royston Smith (cricketer)\n\n\nRoyston Anthony Smith (born 14 March 1974) is an English cricketer. Smith is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Romford, London. Smith represented the Essex Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against Warwickshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy, Suffolk in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy and the Surrey Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 27 runs", "id": "8375106" }, { "contents": "Stephen Ogilby\n\n\ncricket for Cheshire from 2001 to 2005, including nineteen Minor Counties Championship matches and seven MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He played List A cricket for Cheshire, with his final List A match coming against Hampshire in the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played a total of four List A matches for Cheshire, scoring 37 runs at a batting average of 18.50, with a high score of 36. Behind the stumps he took 8 catches and made a single stumping. His highest score with the bat came against Hampshire in his final", "id": "982144" }, { "contents": "Stephen Watts\n\n\nStephen John Watts (born 1 May 1979) is a former English cricketer. Watts was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Luton, Bedfordshire. Watts made his debut for Bedfordshire in the 2001 Minor Counties Championship against Staffordshire. Watts played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 2001 to 2006, which included 22 Minor Counties Championship matches and 7 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Cheshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was", "id": "13651970" }, { "contents": "Paul Jenkins (cricketer)\n\n\nPaul Edward Jenkins (born 8 February 1972) is an English cricketer. Jenkins is a right-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Gloucester, Gloucestershire. Jenkins made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Wales Minor Counties in 1998 against Devon. From 1998 to 2000, he represented the team in 5 Championship matches, the last of which came against Cheshire. His only MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the team came in 2000 against Shropshire. His only List A appearance for the team came in", "id": "19577576" }, { "contents": "Phil North\n\n\nTrophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. He also represented Wiltshire in a single List A match against Durham in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. In his combined List A matches, he took 6 wickets at an average of 24.16, with best figures of 3/20. In 1997, North returned to play Minor Counties cricket for Wales Minor Counties. During the 1997 season, he represented the team in 9 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Berkshire. He also played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match", "id": "2344631" }, { "contents": "Timothy Carter (cricketer)\n\n\nTimothy Jolyon Carter (born 21 September 1969) is a former English cricketer. Carter was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born in Tiverton, Devon. Carter represented the Surrey Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against Norfolk in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. From 1999 to 2001, he represented the Board in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Lincolnshire in the second round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In", "id": "6580350" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Carter (cricketer)\n\n\n2002 to 2003, he represented the county in 3 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Norfolk. Carter also represented Cornwall in 2 List A matches. These came against the Somerset Cricket Board and Wales Minor Counties in the 1st and 2nd rounds respectively of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which were played in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 10 runs with a high score of 10* and with the ball he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 22.00, with best figures of 2/21", "id": "3315198" }, { "contents": "Ryan Horrell\n\n\nthe county in just 5 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Wiltshire. Horrell made his List A debut for Devon against Essex in the 1st round of the 1996 NatWest Trophy. His next List A appearance came four years later against Staffordshire in the 2nd round of the 2000 NatWest Trophy, with his final List A match coming in the following round against Surrey. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 25 runs at a batting average of 25.00, with a high score of 25*. With the ball", "id": "7180412" }, { "contents": "Christopher Lello\n\n\n1996 to 2000, he represented the county in 6 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. Lello also represented Cornwall in 3 List A matches. These came against Warwickshire in the 1996 NatWest Trophy, Cumberland in the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Norfolk in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 20 runs at a batting average of 12.33, with a high score of 20. In the field he took 2 catches. With the ball he took a single wicket at a bowling average", "id": "3375044" }, { "contents": "Russell Rowe (cricketer)\n\n\nRussell John Rowe (born 14 May 1975) is a former English cricketer. Rowe was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire. Rowe made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Wiltshire in 1994 against Cheshire. From 1994 to 2005, he represented the county in 50 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Devon. Rowe also represented Wiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Herefordshire in 1999. From 1999 to", "id": "2225703" }, { "contents": "Jamie Went\n\n\nJames Colin Went (born 7 January 1982) is an English cricketer. Went is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Reading, Berkshire. Went represented the Essex Cricket Board in a single List A match against Essex in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his only List A match, he scored a single run and with the ball he took a single wicket at a cost of 64 runs from 10 overs. He currently plays club cricket for Hornchurch Cricket Club.", "id": "8375068" }, { "contents": "Colin Banton\n\n\nof 80*. His highest score came on debut against Cambridge University. In that same season he made his List A debut for the county against Lancashire in the 1995 Benson & Hedges Cup. His second and final List A appearance came in the same season against Essex. In his 2 matches, he scored 41 runs at an average of 20.50, with a high score of 40. After leaving Nottinghamshire, he made a single MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for Buckinghamshire in 1996 against Devon. He also previously had played Second XI", "id": "9334990" }, { "contents": "Paul Bryson\n\n\nPaul Robert John Bryson (born 6 July 1968) is a former English cricketer. Bryson was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire. Bryson made his debut for Cheshire in the 1994 Minor Counties Championship against Dorset. Bryson played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1994 to 2001, including 51 Minor Counties Championship matches and 24 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1995, he made his List A debut against Essex in the NatWest Trophy. He played eight further List", "id": "3873510" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Price (cricketer)\n\n\nCounties Championship matches, the last of which came against Herefordshire. Price also represented Cornwall in List A cricket. His first List A match came against Cheshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. From 2001 to 2003, he represented the county in 7 List A matches, the last of which came against the Netherlands in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2003. In his 7 List A matches, he scored 184 runs at a batting average of 26.28, with", "id": "3374434" }, { "contents": "Peter Lawson (cricketer)\n\n\nCheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001, the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board and Devon in the 1st and 2nd round's respectively of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, with both matches held in 2002. In his three List A matches, he scored 9 runs at a batting average of 9.00, with a high score of 9. Lawson's only List A wicket was that Devon batsman David Court. Although, this wicket across his three matches cost 107.00 runs. He also played for the Leicestershire Second XI in 2002.", "id": "20049880" }, { "contents": "Philip George\n\n\ncame against Devon. His MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for the team came in 1997 against Devon. From 1997 to 2002, George represented the team in 10 Trophy matches, the last of which came against the Worcestershire Cricket Board. His debut List A appearance for the team came in the 1st round of the 1999 NatWest Trophy against Lincolnshire. From 1999 to 2001, he represented the team in 8 List A matches, the last of which came against Leicestershire in the 3rd round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his", "id": "19578319" }, { "contents": "Hedley Wright\n\n\n, which included 33 Minor Counties Championship matches and 6 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. It was for Suffolk that he made his debut in List A cricket against Lancashire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. He played 3 further List A matches for Suffolk, the last coming against Northamptonshire in the 1989 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored 38 runs at a batting average of 12.66, with a high score of 16. With the ball he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 31.75, with best figures of", "id": "10548994" }, { "contents": "Greg Hill (cricketer)\n\n\nGregory Russell Hill (born 13 September 1972) is a former English cricketer. Hill was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Canterbury, Kent. Hill made a single Minor Counties Championship appearance for Devon in 1992 against Herefordshire. Hill also represented the county in a single List A match against Kent in the 1992 NatWest Trophy. In 2000, he made first represented the Worcestershire Cricket Board in List A cricket against the Kent Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000", "id": "7049456" }, { "contents": "Charles Pritchard (cricketer)\n\n\nagainst Dorset. From 1987 to 1994, he represented the county in 14 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Bedfordshire. Pritchard made his List A debut for Devon against Essex in the 1st round of the 1991 NatWest Trophy. From 1991 to 1994 he played 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Yorkshire in the 1st round of the 1994 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored a single run from two innings, giving him a batting average of 1.00. In the field", "id": "7524142" }, { "contents": "James Rodham\n\n\nJames Paul Rodham (born 2 March 1983) is a former English cricketer. Rodham was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Ashford, Surrey. Rodham represented the Middlesex Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against the Derbyshire Cricket Board and Cambridgeshire in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which were held in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 27 runs at a batting average of 13.50, with a high score of 23.", "id": "10367039" }, { "contents": "John Hitchmough (cricketer, born 1962)\n\n\nJohn Jeffrey Hitchmough (born 19 January 1962) is a former English cricketer. Hitchmough was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire. Hitchmough made his debut for Cheshire in the 1983 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Hertfordshire. Hitchmough played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1983 to 1992, including 66 Minor Counties Championship matches and 20 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1985, he made his List A debut against Yorkshire in the NatWest Trophy. He played six further List A", "id": "2343816" }, { "contents": "Ian Roberts (cricketer)\n\n\nIan Clement Roberts (born 29 April 1948) is a former English cricketer. Roberts was a right-handed batsman bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. Roberts made his debut for Devon in the 1974 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire. From 1974 to 1980, he represented the county in 26 Championship matches, the last of which came against Oxfordshire. He also represented Devon in a single List A match, at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one", "id": "8558428" }, { "contents": "Mark Woodman\n\n\n20 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Bedfordshire. Woodman also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1988 NatWest Trophy against Nottinghamshire. He played 5 further List A matches between 1988 and 1995, the last of which came against Sussex. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 9 runs at a batting average of 3.00, with a high score of 8. With the ball", "id": "8019129" }, { "contents": "Stephen Perrin\n\n\nWiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Devon in 1991. From 1991 to 2005, he represented the county in 26 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. Perrin also represented Wiltshire in List A cricket. His List A debut came against Durham in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. From 1993 to 2001, he represented the county in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001", "id": "2472653" }, { "contents": "Stuart Catterall\n\n\nStuart Colin Catterall (born 9 April 1975) is a former English cricketer. Catterall was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Southampton, Hampshire. Catterall represented the Lancashire Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against the Essex Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000 to 2002, he represented the Board in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Scotland in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which", "id": "9619300" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Creed\n\n\nNicholas John Keyworth Creed (born 28 August 1980) is an English cricketer. Creed is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Cuckfield, Sussex. Creed represented the Sussex Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against Herefordshire and Berkshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy and the Worcestershire Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2002. In his 3 List A matches, he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of", "id": "4716106" }, { "contents": "Graham Crawford\n\n\nGraham Andrew Crawford (born 16 October 1967) is a former English cricketer. Crawford was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Windlesham, Surrey. Crawford represented the Surrey Cricket Board in 2 List A cricket matches against Norfolk and Cheshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 71 runs at a batting average of 35.50, with a high score of 41. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 15.50, with", "id": "6580052" }, { "contents": "Steven Oddy\n\n\nSteven Craig Oddy (born 17 May 1979) is an English cricketer. Oddy is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Oddy represented the Lancashire Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against the Yorkshire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy and Cheshire the 1st of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 3 runs at a batting average of 1.50, with a high score", "id": "9619165" }, { "contents": "Keith Arnold (cricketer)\n\n\nKeith Andrew Arnold (born 27 May 1960) is a former English first-class cricketer. Arnold was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Solihull, Warwickshire. Arnold made his debut for Oxfordshire in the 1980 Minor Counties Championship against Devon. Arnold played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 1980 to 2010, which included 208 Minor Counties Championship matches and 47 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Glamorgan in the 1980 Gillette Cup. He played fifteen", "id": "13471171" }, { "contents": "Joe Oliver (cricketer)\n\n\nhe represented the county in 4 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. Oliver also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format against Leicestershire in the 1983 NatWest Trophy. He played 2 further List A matches against Sussex in the 1984 NatWest Trophy and Warwickshire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 55 runs in three unbeaten innings, with a high score of", "id": "8558387" }, { "contents": "Paul Douglas (cricketer)\n\n\nPaul Julian Douglas (born 12 October 1971) is a former English cricketer. Douglas was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Barnstaple, Devon. Douglas made his debut for Suffolk in the 1993 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. Douglas played 3 further Minor Counties Championship matches in 1993. In what was his only season with the county, he made a single List A appearance against Essex in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. In this match, he bowled 12 wicket-less", "id": "21410566" }, { "contents": "Peter Scott (cricketer)\n\n\nPeter James Scott (born 20 November 1982) is an English cricketer. Scott is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Scott represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Bedfordshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his only List A match he took a single wicket at a cost of 28 runs. In 2004, he made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Staffordshire against Bedfordshire. Scott played 2 further", "id": "11002211" }, { "contents": "Kevin Rice\n\n\nin 13 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Dorset. Ward also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format against Warwickshire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. He played 5 further List A matches between 1985 and 1991, the last of which came against Essex in the 1991 NatWest Trophy. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 167 runs at a batting average of 27.83, with a single century", "id": "8558307" }, { "contents": "Kevin Willcock\n\n\nKevin James Willcock (born 8 March 1973) is a former English cricketer. Willcock was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Tavistock, Devon. Willcock made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Cornwall in 1993 against Devon. From 1993 to 1998, he represented the county in 34 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of came match against Herefordshire. Willcock also represented Cornwall in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Devon in 1995. From 1995 to", "id": "3375107" }, { "contents": "Ben Frazer\n\n\nhe made his List A debut against the Durham Cricket Board in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He made 4 further List A appearances for the county, the last coming against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was held in 2003. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 74 runs at a batting average of 14.80, with a high score of 24. With the ball, he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 30.71, with best figures of 3/56. He played", "id": "15931033" }, { "contents": "Zahid Iqbal\n\n\nZahid Iqbal (born 11 February 1981) is an English cricketer. Iqbal was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Zahid Iqbal represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in 2 List A matches. These came against Scotland in the 1st round of the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Cumberland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 57 runs at a batting average of 57.00,", "id": "10869890" }, { "contents": "Craig Macconacie\n\n\nCraig Macconacie (born 10 November 1977) is a former English cricketer. Macconacie was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Leicester, Leicestershire. Macconacie represented the Leicestershire Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against Denmark in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, and the Kent Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the same competition. Both matches were held in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 49 runs at a batting average of", "id": "9840963" }, { "contents": "Richard Pineo\n\n\nRichard William Pineo (born 11 February 1975) is an English cricketer. Pineo was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born at Ipswich, Suffolk. Richard made his debut for Suffolk in the 1996 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. From 1997 to 2003, he represented the county in 29 Minor Counties Championship matches and 9 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List-A debut for Suffolk against Lincolnshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. From 2001 to 2002", "id": "1828725" }, { "contents": "Paul O'Reilly\n\n\nPaul John O'Reilly (born 4 August 1962) is a former English cricketer. O'Reilly was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Watford, Hertfordshire. O'Reilly made his debut for Hertfordshire in the 1996 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Dorset. O'Reilly played Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 1996 to 2003, which included 26 Minor Counties Championship matches and 9 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his List A debut against the Durham Cricket Board in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy", "id": "15930607" }, { "contents": "Richard Kaufman (cricketer)\n\n\nagainst Berkshire. From 2003 to present, he has represented the county in 29 Championship matches. His debut for the county in the MCCA Knockout Trophy came against Dorset in 2003. From 2003 to present, he has represented the county in 19 Trophy matches. Kaufman also represented Bedfordshire in a single List A match when they were permitted to take part in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. This came against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2003. In his career total of 3", "id": "10796352" }, { "contents": "Neil Fox (cricketer)\n\n\nNeil Fox (born 10 February 1962) is a former English cricketer. Fox was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Norwich, Norfolk. Fox made his debut for Norfolk in the 1991 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire. Fox played Minor counties cricket for Norfolk from 1991 to 2000, which included 77 Minor Counties Championship matches and 23 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Warwickshire in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. He made 7 further List A appearances,", "id": "20387068" }, { "contents": "Lee Marland\n\n\nLee John Marland (born 21 September 1975) is an English cricketer. Marland is a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Withington, Manchester. Marland made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Cheshire against Wales Minor Counties in 1998. He played 2 further Championship matches for the county against Herefordshire in 1998 and Wiltshire in 1999. Marland represented the Warwickshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in", "id": "5208352" }, { "contents": "Simon Twigg\n\n\nCheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In 2003, he joined Cheshire where he made his debut for the county in the 2003 Minor Counties Championship against Herefordshire. From 2003 to 2005, he represented the county in 12 Minor Counties matches, with his final Minor Counties appearance coming against Devon. Twigg also represented Cheshire in List-A cricket, representing the county 3 List-A matches, with his final List-A match coming against Hampshire in 2004. In his 4 List-A matches, he scored", "id": "3640174" }, { "contents": "David Lye\n\n\nof that competition, he scored his maiden List A half century, making 56 runs before being dismissed by Saqlain Mushtaq. In 2003, he scored his only List A century against Suffolk in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2003. Opening the batting, he made 121 runs before being dismissed by Philip Caley. In total, Lye played 10 List A matches in the period when Devon were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day tournament. In these 10 matches, he", "id": "7117193" }, { "contents": "Kevin Willcock\n\n\n1998, he represented the county in 7 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. Willcock also represented Cornwall in 2 List A matches. These came against Middlesex in the 1995 NatWest Trophy and Warwickshire in the 1996 NatWest Trophy. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 26 runs at a batting average of 13.00, with a high score of 25. In the field he took a single catch. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 47.50, with best figures of 1/43.", "id": "3375108" }, { "contents": "Timothy Ward\n\n\n13 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. Ward also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1987 NatWest Trophy against Worcestershire. He played 3 further List A matches between 1987 and 1993, the last of which came against Derbyshire in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored 37 runs at a batting average of 9.25, with a high score of", "id": "8227466" }, { "contents": "Arif Saeed\n\n\nArif Saeed (born 30 August 1967) is a Pakistani born English cricketer. Saeed is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Sialkot, Punjab. Saeed represented the Essex Cricket Board in 3 List A matches against Ireland in the 1999 NatWest Trophy, Warwickshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy and the Sussex Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 25 runs at a batting", "id": "8219944" } ]

[ { "contents": "Andrew Procter (cricketer)\n\n\nmatches, 27 Trophy matches, and 10 List A matches. In List A cricket, all of his appearances came for Devon at a time when there were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day tournament. He played his final List A match against Essex in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy at The Maer Ground in Exmouth. In his 10 List A matches, he scored 114 runs at a batting average of 28.50, with a high score of 29*. With the ball he took", "id": "7117115" }, { "contents": "Andrew Procter (cricketer)\n\n\nAndrew John Procter (born 7 September 1968) is an English cricketer. Procter was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Preston, Lancashire. Procter first played for Devon in 1996 against Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship. It would be another four years before Procter represented Devon again, returning to the county for the 2000 season. During this season he made both his MCCA Knockout Trophy and List A debuts. Over the nest seven seasons, he represented Devon in 40 Championship", "id": "7117114" }, { "contents": "David Lye\n\n\nDavid Frank Lye (born 11 April 1979) is an English cricketer. Lye is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Exeter, Devon. Procter first played for Devon in 1998 against Wales Minor Counties in the Minor Counties Championship. Two years later he made his debut MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the county against Cornwall. In that same season he also made his debut in List A cricket against Staffordshire in the 2nd round of the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In the following round", "id": "7117192" }, { "contents": "Ray Tolchard\n\n\nmaiden Championship by scoring a century off 356 balls. He also represented Devon in 3 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches between from 1983 to 1984. Tolchard played List A cricket for Devon, at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut against Staffordshire in the 1978 Gillette Cup 1st round. The following season he played 4 List A matches for Minor Counties South in the 1979 Benson & Hedges Cup. In that same season he played a List A match for Devon against Leicestershire", "id": "8558507" }, { "contents": "Andrew Hele\n\n\nthe county in 20 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Suffolk. In the same season as he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut, Hele also made his List A debut for Devon against Yorkshire in the 1st round of the 1998 NatWest Trophy. From 1998 to 2001, he played in 6 List A matches, the last of which came against Shropshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 40 runs at a batting average of 13.33, with", "id": "7117286" }, { "contents": "Paul Bates (cricketer)\n\n\nin 2000. He played one further Trophy match in 2000 against Cornwall and played his final Trophy match in 2002 against Devon. Bates also represented Wiltshire in 2 List-A matches. His List-A debut for the county came against the Derbyshire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. His second and final List-A game came against Ireland in the 1st round of 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 2 List-A matches, he scored 18 runs at a batting average", "id": "1979241" }, { "contents": "Andrew Pugh\n\n\nmaking his debut in that format in the 1990 NatWest Trophy against Somerset. From 1990 to 2005, he represented Devon in 18 List A matches, the last of which came in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy against Essex. In his 15 List A matches, he scored 271 runs at a batting average of 16.93, with a single half century high score of 54. In the field he took 10 catches. With the ball he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 24.57, with best figures of 2/4 against Staffordshire", "id": "8019077" }, { "contents": "John Tierney (cricketer)\n\n\n22 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Shropshire. During his playing career with Devon, he won two MCCA Knockout Trophy's. He played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1985 NatWest Trophy against Warwickshire. From 1985 to 1991, he represented Devon in 5 List A matches, the last of which came in the 1991 NatWest Trophy against Essex. In his 5 List A matches,", "id": "8227543" }, { "contents": "Haydn Morgan (cricketer)\n\n\nHaydn John Morgan (born 5 July 1973) is a former English cricketer. Morgan was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Torquay, Devon. Morgan made his debut for Devon in 1995 against Cheshire in the Minor Counties Championship. From 1995 to 1996, he represented Devon in 7 Championship matches, the last of which came against Norfolk. In the 1996 NatWest Trophy, he played his only List A match for Devon against Essex. Morgan later joined Central Districts in New", "id": "7670676" }, { "contents": "Jason Whittaker (cricketer)\n\n\nJason Peter Whittaker (born 24 July 1971) is a former English cricketer. Whittaker is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. Whittaker made his debut for Cheshire in the 2001 Minor Counties Championship against Devon. Whittaker has played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 2001 to the present day, including 72 Minor Counties Championship matches and 23 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his List A debut against the Lancashire Cricket Board in the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, with the 1st round", "id": "2170765" }, { "contents": "Christopher Mole\n\n\nwhich was held in 2002. In 2003, Mole joined Devon. He made his debut in the Minor Counties Championship against Herefordshire. He played for Devon from 2003 to 2001, he has represented Devon in 27 Championship matches. Mole has also represented Devon in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, making his debut in that competition for the county against Shropshire in 2003. Additionally, he also represented Devon in List A cricket. His List A debut for the county came against Suffolk in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy", "id": "4825941" }, { "contents": "Stuart Priscott\n\n\nplayed his second and final Trophy match for the county against the same opposition in 1994. Priscott later represented the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Huntingdonshire in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. The following season he played a single List A match for Devon against Yorkshire in the 3rd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 12 runs at a batting average of 6.00, with a high score of 7.", "id": "8492898" }, { "contents": "Andrew Walker (cricketer)\n\n\nAndrew John Walker (born 29 October 1971, Bradford, Yorkshire, England) is a former English cricketer. Walker was a right-handed batsman, who bowled right-arm off break. Walker represented the Yorkshire Cricket Board in three List A matches. His debut List A match came against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. His final two matches came against Huntingdonshire and Yorkshire, both in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his three List A matches, he scored 57 runs at a batting average of 28.50", "id": "7810996" }, { "contents": "Keith Donohue (cricketer)\n\n\n. From 1986 to 2000, he represented the county in 34 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. During this playing career with Devon, he won two Minor Counties Championships and three MCCA Knockout Trophy's. He played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1986 NatWest Trophy against Nottinghamshire. From 1986 to 2000, he represented Devon in 11 List A matches, the last of which", "id": "8227528" }, { "contents": "Robert Dawson (cricketer)\n\n\nLeicestershire, but winning due to being 9 wickets down, therefore winning by losing fewer wickets. In the 3rd round there were heavily defeated by Yorkshire, with Dawson scoring 52 runs, before being dismissed by Anthony McGrath. He played his final List A match the following season against Essex in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. Devon, along with the rest of the Minor counties were not permitted to play in domestic List A matches after this season. During his time as captain he guided Devon to a", "id": "8682313" }, { "contents": "Jonathan Shaw (cricketer)\n\n\nJonathan William Shaw (born 4 May 1980) is an English cricketer. Shaw is a right-handed batsman who bowls both right-arm off break and right-arm medium pace. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Shaw represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Scotland in the 1st round of the 1999 NatWest Trophy. In his only List A match he scored 5 runs. In 2000, he joined Herefordshire where he made his Minor Counties Championship against Dorset and his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut", "id": "11267766" }, { "contents": "John Trueman\n\n\nJohn Fieldston Trueman (born 29 October 1968) is an English cricketer. Trueman is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Trueman represented the Derbyshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against the Middlesex Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his only List A match, he scored 24 runs and took a single catch in the field. With the ball he bowled 10 wicketless overs.", "id": "2728005" }, { "contents": "Andrew Edwards\n\n\n, Edwards also made his debut for Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship against Devon. In 2001, he played 3 further Championship matches for the county, the last of which came against Berkshire. In 2001, he played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match for Herefordshire against the Warwickshire Cricket Board. Edwards also represented the county in List A cricket, making his debut for the county in that format against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played 2 further matches in that season's competition against Middlesex", "id": "8713510" }, { "contents": "David Townsend (Devon cricketer)\n\n\nDavid Edward John Townsend (born 26 October 1965) is a former English cricketer. Townsend was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Tiverton, Devon. Townsend made his debut for Devon in the 1993 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. From 1993 to 2002, he represented the county in 10 Championship matches, the last of which came against Oxfordshire. His MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for the county came against Dorset in 1993. He played one further Trophy match for Devon, which", "id": "18911206" }, { "contents": "David Court (cricketer)\n\n\nof which came against Berkshire. In the same season that he made his debut for Devon, he also made his debut in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, which came against Cornwall. From 2002 to 2009, he represented the county in 22 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Staffordshire. After his List A debut in 2001, Court represented Devon in 6 further matches in that format between 2002 and 2005, the last of which came against Essex in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his", "id": "6668188" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Wilton\n\n\nseason, he represented the county in 5 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Devon. He also played MCCA Knockout Trophy matches for Berkshire. His debut in that competition for Berkshire came against the Middlesex Cricket Board. He played 2 further Trophy matches for the county against Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Wilton also represented Berkshire in 2 List-A matches. His first List-A match for the county came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, with his second match for the", "id": "21064687" }, { "contents": "Gavin Byram\n\n\nappearances, the last of which came against Oxfordshire in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was played in 2001. In his 8 List A matches, he scored 77 runs at an average of 12.83, with a high score of 56. This score came against Devon in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. With the ball, he took 10 wickets at a bowling average of 25.40, with best figures of 3/33. His brother, Adam, also played Minor counties and List A cricket for Shropshire", "id": "21095698" }, { "contents": "Robert Dawson (cricketer)\n\n\nRobert 'Bob' Ian Dawson (born 29 March 1970) is a former English cricketer. Dawson is a right-handed batsman who bowls both leg break and right-arm medium pace. He was born in Exmouth, Devon. Dawson made his debut for Devon in the 1988 Minor Counties Championship against Wales Minor Counties. The following season he played his first MCCA Knockout Trophy match for the county against Dorset. Dawson was a frequent member of the Devon squad in his early years and it was for Devon that he made", "id": "8682304" }, { "contents": "Mark Richards (cricketer)\n\n\nlast of which came against the Sussex Cricket Board. 2002 also saw him make his List A debut for Devon, against Yorkshire in the 3rd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played a further match in that format in 2002, against Cumberland in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2002. Three years later he played a final List A match for Devon against Essex at The Maer Ground in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his three List", "id": "6099698" }, { "contents": "Craig Gibbens\n\n\nto 2002, he represented the county in 12 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. Gibbens also represented Wiltshire in List A cricket. His List A debut came against Scotland in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000 to 2001 he represented the county in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 4 matches, he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 26.75, with best figures of", "id": "2344787" }, { "contents": "Noel Brett\n\n\nNoel Adrian Brett (born 8 September 1975) is a former English cricketer. Brett was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Aldershot, Hampshire. Brett represented the Surrey Cricket Board in List A matches against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board and the Essex Cricket Board in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 2 runs at a batting average of 2.00, with a high score of", "id": "5854822" }, { "contents": "Andrew Mawson (cricketer)\n\n\nKnockout Trophy appearances. He made his first List A appearance for the county against Buckinghamshire in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was played in 2002. He made 2 further List A appearances for the county, against Devon in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2003, and Glamorgan in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 3 List A matches for Suffolk, he scored 67 runs at an average of 22.33, with a high", "id": "21332141" }, { "contents": "Jonathan Davies (cricketer, born 1976)\n\n\nJonathan Richard Davies (born 9 March 1976) is a former English cricketer. Davies was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Burnley, Lancashire. Davies made his debut for Lincolnshire in the 2000 MCCA Knockout Trophy against the Derbyshire Cricket Board. Davies played Minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire from 2000 to 2005, which included 17 Minor Counties Championship matches and 10 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Cheshire in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester", "id": "19270428" }, { "contents": "Mark Richards (cricketer)\n\n\nMark Allan Elliott Richards (born 9 April 1974) is a former English cricketer. Richards is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Bridport, Devon. Richards made his debut for Devon in the 2002 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. He played three further Championship matches that season, the last of which came against Berkshire. In that same season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for Devon, which came against Dorset. He played four further Trophy matches that season, the", "id": "6099697" }, { "contents": "Mark Currie (cricketer)\n\n\nMark Robert Currie (born 22 September 1979) is an English cricketer. Currie is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Manchester. Currie made his debut for Cheshire in the 1999 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1999 to 2005, including 18 Minor Counties Championship matches. and 7 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his List A debut for Cheshire against Cornwall in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In the same season", "id": "2542438" }, { "contents": "Richard Lynch (cricketer)\n\n\nRichard Lynch (born 2 March 1967) is a former English cricketer. Lynch was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire. Lynch made his debut for Oxfordshire in the 2002 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Berkshire. Lynch played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 2002 to 2005, which included 10 Minor Counties Championship matches and 5 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against the Lancashire Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester", "id": "12048123" }, { "contents": "David Court (cricketer)\n\n\nDavid Graeme Court (born 1 November 1980) is an English cricketer. Court is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. 2001 saw him make his debut for Devon in a List A match against Bedfordshire in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. Court made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Devon in 2002 against Shropshire. Between 2002 and 2009, he represented the county in 37 Championship matches, the last", "id": "6668187" }, { "contents": "Adam Cook (cricketer)\n\n\nList A matches, the last coming against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2003. In his 7 List A matches he scored 131 runs at a batting average of 21.83, with a high score of 66. This came against Herefordshire in the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. With the ball he took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 27.66, with best figures of 3/40. He has previously played for the Middlesex Second XI. His brother, Simon, played first-", "id": "12216354" }, { "contents": "Kevin Nash (cricketer)\n\n\nwhich came against Cornwall. Nash also represented Wiltshire in List A cricket. His List A debut for the county came against Scotland in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 1999 to 2005, he represented the county in 6 List A matches, the last of which came against Kent in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 29 runs at a batting average of 9.66, with a high score of 17. With the ball he took 8 wickets at a bowling average of 28.00, with", "id": "2226191" }, { "contents": "Peter Wilshaw\n\n\n2004 to present, he has represented the county in 35 Championship matches. The following season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut against Hertfordshire. From 2005 to present, he has represented the county in 21 Trophy matches. In that same season, he played his List A match for Staffordshire against Surrey in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 2 career List A matches, he scored 20 runs at a batting average of 10.00, with a high score of 20. Wilshaw made his debut in first-class cricket", "id": "10869794" }, { "contents": "Matthew Hunt\n\n\nhe represented the county in 12 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Dorset. 2002 saw him make his List A debut for Devon, against Cumberland in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. From 2002 to 2004, he represented the county in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against Yorkshire at The Maer Ground in the 3rd round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 206 runs at a batting average", "id": "6099606" }, { "contents": "Richard Waite (cricketer)\n\n\nRichard Parkinson Waite (born 11 June 1980) is an English cricketer. Waite is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. Waite represented the Durham Cricket Board in 10 List A matches against Buckinghamshire in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001 and against Glamorgan in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 10 List A matches, he scored 350 runs at a batting averageof 45.23 with high", "id": "8053151" }, { "contents": "David Roberts (cricketer)\n\n\n5 Championship matches, the last of which came against Suffolk, and 4 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He also represented Bedfordshire in 2 List A matches against Hertfordshire and the Netherlands in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which were played in 2002. The following season he joined Cornwall, where he made his Minor Counties Championship debut for the county against Devon. From 2003 to present, he represented the county in 20 Minor Counties Championship matches. Roberts has also represented Cornwall in the MCCA Knockout Trophy.", "id": "3315366" }, { "contents": "John Snashall\n\n\nJohn Stephen Snashall (born 12 October 1982) is a former English cricketer. Snashall is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Eastbourne, Sussex. Snashall represented the Sussex Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against the Essex Cricket Board and Wales Minor Counties in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy; both matches were played in 2001. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 59 runs at a batting average of 29.50, with a single", "id": "4569012" }, { "contents": "Jonathan Shaw (cricketer)\n\n\nagainst the Worcestershire Cricket Board. The following year he played his only List A match for the county against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. His is 2 career List A matches, he scored 32 runs at a batting average of 32.00, with a high score of 32. With the ball he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 27.66, with best figures of 3/49. Shaw represented Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship 11 times from 2000 to 2002 and 7 times in", "id": "11267767" }, { "contents": "Mohammad Akhtar\n\n\nMohammad Akhtar (; born 12 December 1977) is a Pakistani born English first-class cricketer. Akhtar is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Gujranwala, Punjab. Akhtar represented the Essex Cricket Board in a single List A match against Essex in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his only List A match, he made a half century score of 71 runs. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 23.00, with figures of 2/46. He", "id": "8492575" }, { "contents": "Hiley Edwards\n\n\n, in what was the tournaments inaugural season, against Cornwall. From 1984 to 1991, he represented the county in 17 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Staffordshire in the final of the 1991 MCCA Trophy at Lord's which Devon lost by 4 wickets. As well as playing Minor counties cricket for Devon, Edwards also appeared in List A cricket for them when the county was permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition which involved the first-class counties. His List A debut came against Warwickshire", "id": "7116739" }, { "contents": "Iain Bond\n\n\nIain Anthony Bond (born 7 November 1973) is an English cricketer. Bond is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Barnstaple, Devon. Bond made his debut for Devon in the 1996 Minor Counties Championship against Cornwall. From 1996 to 2003, he represented Devon in twenty-one Championship matches, the last of which came against Dorset. The following season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for Devon, which came against Wales Minor Counties. From 1997 to 1999", "id": "6668051" }, { "contents": "Richard Halsall\n\n\nSussex Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against Herefordshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000 to 2001, he represented the Board in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against the Essex Cricket Board in 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 36 runs at an average of 18.00, with a high score of 17. With the ball he took 5 wickets at an average of 20.60,", "id": "4716272" }, { "contents": "Andrew Jones (Staffordshire cricketer)\n\n\nAndrew James Jones (born 30 November 1977) is a former English cricketer. Jones was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Jones made his debut for Staffordshire in the 1998 Minor Counties Championship against Cumberland. Jones played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 1998 to 2002, which included 15 Minor Counties Championship matches and 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2000, he made his only List A appearance against Devon in the NatWest Trophy", "id": "17237532" }, { "contents": "Owen Dawkins\n\n\nthe 2nd round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 29 runs at a batting average of 9.66, with a high score of 18. With the ball he took a single wickets at a bowling average of 81.00, with best figures of 1/21. In 2005, he briefly rejoined Hertfordshire, before representing Buckinghamshire in 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches against Wiltshire and Hertfordshire. He currently plays club cricket for Sully Centurions Cricket Club in the South Wales Cricket League. Previously, Dawkins played", "id": "19323799" }, { "contents": "David Heyes (cricketer)\n\n\nDavid John Heyes (born 7 February 1967) is a former English cricketer. Heyes was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Prescot, Lancashire. Heyes represented the Lancashire Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against the Netherlands in the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Suffolk and the Essex Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 41 runs at a batting average of 13.66, with a high score of 27. In the", "id": "9718266" }, { "contents": "David Butcher (cricketer)\n\n\nDavid Neil Butcher (born 2 October 1969) is a former English cricketer. Butcher was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Colchester, Essex. Butcher made his debut for Devon in the Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire in 1992. From 1992 to 1994, he represented Devon in 14 Championship matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. In 1992, he played his only List A match for Devon, which came against Kent in the 1992 NatWest Trophy. In this", "id": "7180736" }, { "contents": "Mathew Theedom\n\n\nMathew Christopher Theedom (born 1 October 1977) is an English cricketer. Theedom is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Exeter, Devon. Theedom made his debut for Devon in 1996 against Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship. From 1996 to 2002, he represented Devon in 22 Championship matches, the last of which came against Shropshire. Three years later he made his debut MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the county against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board. From 1999 to 2002,", "id": "7117236" }, { "contents": "Robert King (cricketer, born 1978)\n\n\nRobert David King (born 10 July 1978) is an English cricketer. King was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. King made his debut for Staffordshire in the 2003 Minor Counties Championship against Buckinghamshire. King played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 2003 to 2007, which included 22 Minor Counties Championship matches and 11 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2004, he made his only List A appearance against Lancashire in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy", "id": "17125073" }, { "contents": "Paul Draper (cricketer)\n\n\n, he represented the county in 12 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Buckinghamshire. Draper also represented Wiltshire in 2 List-A matches. His debut List-A match came against Herefordshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. His second and final List-A match came against Ireland in the 1st round 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 2 List-A matches, he scored 12 runs at a batting average of 6.00, with a high score of 10. Draper currently plays club", "id": "2225677" }, { "contents": "Andrew Collins (cricketer)\n\n\nCounties Championship match for Berkshire against Oxfordshire and the following season he joined Wiltshire. He played a single Championship match for Wiltshire in 1998 against Dorset and followed that up in 1999 with his final Championship match for the county against Devon. Collins also represented Wiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against the Herefordshire in 1998. He represented the county in 2 further Trophy matches in 1999 against Herefordshire and the Worcestershire Cricket Board. Collins also represented Wiltshire in 2 List A matches. His first came against the", "id": "2472495" }, { "contents": "Steven Naylor\n\n\nfor the county came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. From 2002 to 2005, he represented the county in four List A matches, with his final List A match coming when Berkshire played Gloucestershire in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy at Sonning Lane, Reading. In his combined List A career, he scored 51 runs at a batting average of 12.75, with a high score of 23. With the ball he took 5 wickets at a bowling average of 42.40", "id": "21065511" }, { "contents": "Royston Smith (cricketer)\n\n\nRoyston Anthony Smith (born 14 March 1974) is an English cricketer. Smith is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Romford, London. Smith represented the Essex Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against Warwickshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy, Suffolk in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy and the Surrey Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 27 runs", "id": "8375106" }, { "contents": "Stephen Ogilby\n\n\ncricket for Cheshire from 2001 to 2005, including nineteen Minor Counties Championship matches and seven MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He played List A cricket for Cheshire, with his final List A match coming against Hampshire in the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played a total of four List A matches for Cheshire, scoring 37 runs at a batting average of 18.50, with a high score of 36. Behind the stumps he took 8 catches and made a single stumping. His highest score with the bat came against Hampshire in his final", "id": "982144" }, { "contents": "Stephen Watts\n\n\nStephen John Watts (born 1 May 1979) is a former English cricketer. Watts was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Luton, Bedfordshire. Watts made his debut for Bedfordshire in the 2001 Minor Counties Championship against Staffordshire. Watts played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 2001 to 2006, which included 22 Minor Counties Championship matches and 7 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Cheshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was", "id": "13651970" }, { "contents": "Paul Jenkins (cricketer)\n\n\nPaul Edward Jenkins (born 8 February 1972) is an English cricketer. Jenkins is a right-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Gloucester, Gloucestershire. Jenkins made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Wales Minor Counties in 1998 against Devon. From 1998 to 2000, he represented the team in 5 Championship matches, the last of which came against Cheshire. His only MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the team came in 2000 against Shropshire. His only List A appearance for the team came in", "id": "19577576" }, { "contents": "Phil North\n\n\nTrophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. He also represented Wiltshire in a single List A match against Durham in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. In his combined List A matches, he took 6 wickets at an average of 24.16, with best figures of 3/20. In 1997, North returned to play Minor Counties cricket for Wales Minor Counties. During the 1997 season, he represented the team in 9 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Berkshire. He also played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match", "id": "2344631" }, { "contents": "Timothy Carter (cricketer)\n\n\nTimothy Jolyon Carter (born 21 September 1969) is a former English cricketer. Carter was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born in Tiverton, Devon. Carter represented the Surrey Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against Norfolk in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. From 1999 to 2001, he represented the Board in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Lincolnshire in the second round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In", "id": "6580350" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Carter (cricketer)\n\n\n2002 to 2003, he represented the county in 3 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Norfolk. Carter also represented Cornwall in 2 List A matches. These came against the Somerset Cricket Board and Wales Minor Counties in the 1st and 2nd rounds respectively of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which were played in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 10 runs with a high score of 10* and with the ball he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 22.00, with best figures of 2/21", "id": "3315198" }, { "contents": "Ryan Horrell\n\n\nthe county in just 5 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Wiltshire. Horrell made his List A debut for Devon against Essex in the 1st round of the 1996 NatWest Trophy. His next List A appearance came four years later against Staffordshire in the 2nd round of the 2000 NatWest Trophy, with his final List A match coming in the following round against Surrey. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 25 runs at a batting average of 25.00, with a high score of 25*. With the ball", "id": "7180412" }, { "contents": "Christopher Lello\n\n\n1996 to 2000, he represented the county in 6 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. Lello also represented Cornwall in 3 List A matches. These came against Warwickshire in the 1996 NatWest Trophy, Cumberland in the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Norfolk in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 20 runs at a batting average of 12.33, with a high score of 20. In the field he took 2 catches. With the ball he took a single wicket at a bowling average", "id": "3375044" }, { "contents": "Russell Rowe (cricketer)\n\n\nRussell John Rowe (born 14 May 1975) is a former English cricketer. Rowe was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire. Rowe made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Wiltshire in 1994 against Cheshire. From 1994 to 2005, he represented the county in 50 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Devon. Rowe also represented Wiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Herefordshire in 1999. From 1999 to", "id": "2225703" }, { "contents": "Jamie Went\n\n\nJames Colin Went (born 7 January 1982) is an English cricketer. Went is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Reading, Berkshire. Went represented the Essex Cricket Board in a single List A match against Essex in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his only List A match, he scored a single run and with the ball he took a single wicket at a cost of 64 runs from 10 overs. He currently plays club cricket for Hornchurch Cricket Club.", "id": "8375068" }, { "contents": "Colin Banton\n\n\nof 80*. His highest score came on debut against Cambridge University. In that same season he made his List A debut for the county against Lancashire in the 1995 Benson & Hedges Cup. His second and final List A appearance came in the same season against Essex. In his 2 matches, he scored 41 runs at an average of 20.50, with a high score of 40. After leaving Nottinghamshire, he made a single MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for Buckinghamshire in 1996 against Devon. He also previously had played Second XI", "id": "9334990" }, { "contents": "Paul Bryson\n\n\nPaul Robert John Bryson (born 6 July 1968) is a former English cricketer. Bryson was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire. Bryson made his debut for Cheshire in the 1994 Minor Counties Championship against Dorset. Bryson played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1994 to 2001, including 51 Minor Counties Championship matches and 24 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1995, he made his List A debut against Essex in the NatWest Trophy. He played eight further List", "id": "3873510" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Price (cricketer)\n\n\nCounties Championship matches, the last of which came against Herefordshire. Price also represented Cornwall in List A cricket. His first List A match came against Cheshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. From 2001 to 2003, he represented the county in 7 List A matches, the last of which came against the Netherlands in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2003. In his 7 List A matches, he scored 184 runs at a batting average of 26.28, with", "id": "3374434" }, { "contents": "Peter Lawson (cricketer)\n\n\nCheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001, the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board and Devon in the 1st and 2nd round's respectively of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, with both matches held in 2002. In his three List A matches, he scored 9 runs at a batting average of 9.00, with a high score of 9. Lawson's only List A wicket was that Devon batsman David Court. Although, this wicket across his three matches cost 107.00 runs. He also played for the Leicestershire Second XI in 2002.", "id": "20049880" }, { "contents": "Philip George\n\n\ncame against Devon. His MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for the team came in 1997 against Devon. From 1997 to 2002, George represented the team in 10 Trophy matches, the last of which came against the Worcestershire Cricket Board. His debut List A appearance for the team came in the 1st round of the 1999 NatWest Trophy against Lincolnshire. From 1999 to 2001, he represented the team in 8 List A matches, the last of which came against Leicestershire in the 3rd round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his", "id": "19578319" }, { "contents": "Hedley Wright\n\n\n, which included 33 Minor Counties Championship matches and 6 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. It was for Suffolk that he made his debut in List A cricket against Lancashire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. He played 3 further List A matches for Suffolk, the last coming against Northamptonshire in the 1989 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored 38 runs at a batting average of 12.66, with a high score of 16. With the ball he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 31.75, with best figures of", "id": "10548994" }, { "contents": "Greg Hill (cricketer)\n\n\nGregory Russell Hill (born 13 September 1972) is a former English cricketer. Hill was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Canterbury, Kent. Hill made a single Minor Counties Championship appearance for Devon in 1992 against Herefordshire. Hill also represented the county in a single List A match against Kent in the 1992 NatWest Trophy. In 2000, he made first represented the Worcestershire Cricket Board in List A cricket against the Kent Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000", "id": "7049456" }, { "contents": "Charles Pritchard (cricketer)\n\n\nagainst Dorset. From 1987 to 1994, he represented the county in 14 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Bedfordshire. Pritchard made his List A debut for Devon against Essex in the 1st round of the 1991 NatWest Trophy. From 1991 to 1994 he played 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Yorkshire in the 1st round of the 1994 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored a single run from two innings, giving him a batting average of 1.00. In the field", "id": "7524142" }, { "contents": "James Rodham\n\n\nJames Paul Rodham (born 2 March 1983) is a former English cricketer. Rodham was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Ashford, Surrey. Rodham represented the Middlesex Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against the Derbyshire Cricket Board and Cambridgeshire in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which were held in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 27 runs at a batting average of 13.50, with a high score of 23.", "id": "10367039" }, { "contents": "John Hitchmough (cricketer, born 1962)\n\n\nJohn Jeffrey Hitchmough (born 19 January 1962) is a former English cricketer. Hitchmough was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire. Hitchmough made his debut for Cheshire in the 1983 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Hertfordshire. Hitchmough played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1983 to 1992, including 66 Minor Counties Championship matches and 20 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1985, he made his List A debut against Yorkshire in the NatWest Trophy. He played six further List A", "id": "2343816" }, { "contents": "Ian Roberts (cricketer)\n\n\nIan Clement Roberts (born 29 April 1948) is a former English cricketer. Roberts was a right-handed batsman bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. Roberts made his debut for Devon in the 1974 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire. From 1974 to 1980, he represented the county in 26 Championship matches, the last of which came against Oxfordshire. He also represented Devon in a single List A match, at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one", "id": "8558428" }, { "contents": "Mark Woodman\n\n\n20 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Bedfordshire. Woodman also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1988 NatWest Trophy against Nottinghamshire. He played 5 further List A matches between 1988 and 1995, the last of which came against Sussex. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 9 runs at a batting average of 3.00, with a high score of 8. With the ball", "id": "8019129" }, { "contents": "Stephen Perrin\n\n\nWiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Devon in 1991. From 1991 to 2005, he represented the county in 26 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. Perrin also represented Wiltshire in List A cricket. His List A debut came against Durham in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. From 1993 to 2001, he represented the county in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001", "id": "2472653" }, { "contents": "Stuart Catterall\n\n\nStuart Colin Catterall (born 9 April 1975) is a former English cricketer. Catterall was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Southampton, Hampshire. Catterall represented the Lancashire Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against the Essex Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000 to 2002, he represented the Board in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Scotland in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which", "id": "9619300" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Creed\n\n\nNicholas John Keyworth Creed (born 28 August 1980) is an English cricketer. Creed is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Cuckfield, Sussex. Creed represented the Sussex Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against Herefordshire and Berkshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy and the Worcestershire Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2002. In his 3 List A matches, he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of", "id": "4716106" }, { "contents": "Graham Crawford\n\n\nGraham Andrew Crawford (born 16 October 1967) is a former English cricketer. Crawford was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Windlesham, Surrey. Crawford represented the Surrey Cricket Board in 2 List A cricket matches against Norfolk and Cheshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 71 runs at a batting average of 35.50, with a high score of 41. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 15.50, with", "id": "6580052" }, { "contents": "Steven Oddy\n\n\nSteven Craig Oddy (born 17 May 1979) is an English cricketer. Oddy is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Oddy represented the Lancashire Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against the Yorkshire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy and Cheshire the 1st of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 3 runs at a batting average of 1.50, with a high score", "id": "9619165" }, { "contents": "Keith Arnold (cricketer)\n\n\nKeith Andrew Arnold (born 27 May 1960) is a former English first-class cricketer. Arnold was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Solihull, Warwickshire. Arnold made his debut for Oxfordshire in the 1980 Minor Counties Championship against Devon. Arnold played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 1980 to 2010, which included 208 Minor Counties Championship matches and 47 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Glamorgan in the 1980 Gillette Cup. He played fifteen", "id": "13471171" }, { "contents": "Joe Oliver (cricketer)\n\n\nhe represented the county in 4 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. Oliver also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format against Leicestershire in the 1983 NatWest Trophy. He played 2 further List A matches against Sussex in the 1984 NatWest Trophy and Warwickshire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 55 runs in three unbeaten innings, with a high score of", "id": "8558387" }, { "contents": "Paul Douglas (cricketer)\n\n\nPaul Julian Douglas (born 12 October 1971) is a former English cricketer. Douglas was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Barnstaple, Devon. Douglas made his debut for Suffolk in the 1993 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. Douglas played 3 further Minor Counties Championship matches in 1993. In what was his only season with the county, he made a single List A appearance against Essex in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. In this match, he bowled 12 wicket-less", "id": "21410566" }, { "contents": "Peter Scott (cricketer)\n\n\nPeter James Scott (born 20 November 1982) is an English cricketer. Scott is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Scott represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Bedfordshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his only List A match he took a single wicket at a cost of 28 runs. In 2004, he made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Staffordshire against Bedfordshire. Scott played 2 further", "id": "11002211" }, { "contents": "Kevin Rice\n\n\nin 13 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Dorset. Ward also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format against Warwickshire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. He played 5 further List A matches between 1985 and 1991, the last of which came against Essex in the 1991 NatWest Trophy. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 167 runs at a batting average of 27.83, with a single century", "id": "8558307" }, { "contents": "Kevin Willcock\n\n\nKevin James Willcock (born 8 March 1973) is a former English cricketer. Willcock was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Tavistock, Devon. Willcock made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Cornwall in 1993 against Devon. From 1993 to 1998, he represented the county in 34 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of came match against Herefordshire. Willcock also represented Cornwall in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Devon in 1995. From 1995 to", "id": "3375107" }, { "contents": "Ben Frazer\n\n\nhe made his List A debut against the Durham Cricket Board in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He made 4 further List A appearances for the county, the last coming against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was held in 2003. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 74 runs at a batting average of 14.80, with a high score of 24. With the ball, he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 30.71, with best figures of 3/56. He played", "id": "15931033" }, { "contents": "Zahid Iqbal\n\n\nZahid Iqbal (born 11 February 1981) is an English cricketer. Iqbal was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Zahid Iqbal represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in 2 List A matches. These came against Scotland in the 1st round of the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Cumberland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 57 runs at a batting average of 57.00,", "id": "10869890" }, { "contents": "Craig Macconacie\n\n\nCraig Macconacie (born 10 November 1977) is a former English cricketer. Macconacie was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Leicester, Leicestershire. Macconacie represented the Leicestershire Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against Denmark in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, and the Kent Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the same competition. Both matches were held in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 49 runs at a batting average of", "id": "9840963" }, { "contents": "Richard Pineo\n\n\nRichard William Pineo (born 11 February 1975) is an English cricketer. Pineo was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born at Ipswich, Suffolk. Richard made his debut for Suffolk in the 1996 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. From 1997 to 2003, he represented the county in 29 Minor Counties Championship matches and 9 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List-A debut for Suffolk against Lincolnshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. From 2001 to 2002", "id": "1828725" }, { "contents": "Paul O'Reilly\n\n\nPaul John O'Reilly (born 4 August 1962) is a former English cricketer. O'Reilly was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Watford, Hertfordshire. O'Reilly made his debut for Hertfordshire in the 1996 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Dorset. O'Reilly played Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 1996 to 2003, which included 26 Minor Counties Championship matches and 9 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his List A debut against the Durham Cricket Board in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy", "id": "15930607" }, { "contents": "Richard Kaufman (cricketer)\n\n\nagainst Berkshire. From 2003 to present, he has represented the county in 29 Championship matches. His debut for the county in the MCCA Knockout Trophy came against Dorset in 2003. From 2003 to present, he has represented the county in 19 Trophy matches. Kaufman also represented Bedfordshire in a single List A match when they were permitted to take part in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. This came against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2003. In his career total of 3", "id": "10796352" }, { "contents": "Neil Fox (cricketer)\n\n\nNeil Fox (born 10 February 1962) is a former English cricketer. Fox was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Norwich, Norfolk. Fox made his debut for Norfolk in the 1991 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire. Fox played Minor counties cricket for Norfolk from 1991 to 2000, which included 77 Minor Counties Championship matches and 23 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Warwickshire in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. He made 7 further List A appearances,", "id": "20387068" }, { "contents": "Lee Marland\n\n\nLee John Marland (born 21 September 1975) is an English cricketer. Marland is a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Withington, Manchester. Marland made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Cheshire against Wales Minor Counties in 1998. He played 2 further Championship matches for the county against Herefordshire in 1998 and Wiltshire in 1999. Marland represented the Warwickshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in", "id": "5208352" }, { "contents": "Simon Twigg\n\n\nCheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In 2003, he joined Cheshire where he made his debut for the county in the 2003 Minor Counties Championship against Herefordshire. From 2003 to 2005, he represented the county in 12 Minor Counties matches, with his final Minor Counties appearance coming against Devon. Twigg also represented Cheshire in List-A cricket, representing the county 3 List-A matches, with his final List-A match coming against Hampshire in 2004. In his 4 List-A matches, he scored", "id": "3640174" }, { "contents": "David Lye\n\n\nof that competition, he scored his maiden List A half century, making 56 runs before being dismissed by Saqlain Mushtaq. In 2003, he scored his only List A century against Suffolk in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2003. Opening the batting, he made 121 runs before being dismissed by Philip Caley. In total, Lye played 10 List A matches in the period when Devon were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day tournament. In these 10 matches, he", "id": "7117193" }, { "contents": "Kevin Willcock\n\n\n1998, he represented the county in 7 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. Willcock also represented Cornwall in 2 List A matches. These came against Middlesex in the 1995 NatWest Trophy and Warwickshire in the 1996 NatWest Trophy. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 26 runs at a batting average of 13.00, with a high score of 25. In the field he took a single catch. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 47.50, with best figures of 1/43.", "id": "3375108" }, { "contents": "Timothy Ward\n\n\n13 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. Ward also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1987 NatWest Trophy against Worcestershire. He played 3 further List A matches between 1987 and 1993, the last of which came against Derbyshire in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored 37 runs at a batting average of 9.25, with a high score of", "id": "8227466" }, { "contents": "Arif Saeed\n\n\nArif Saeed (born 30 August 1967) is a Pakistani born English cricketer. Saeed is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Sialkot, Punjab. Saeed represented the Essex Cricket Board in 3 List A matches against Ireland in the 1999 NatWest Trophy, Warwickshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy and the Sussex Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 25 runs at a batting", "id": "8219944" } ]

[ { "contents": "Andrew Procter (cricketer)\n\n\nmatches, 27 Trophy matches, and 10 List A matches. In List A cricket, all of his appearances came for Devon at a time when there were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day tournament. He played his final List A match against Essex in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy at The Maer Ground in Exmouth. In his 10 List A matches, he scored 114 runs at a batting average of 28.50, with a high score of 29*. With the ball he took", "id": "7117115" }, { "contents": "Andrew Procter (cricketer)\n\n\nAndrew John Procter (born 7 September 1968) is an English cricketer. Procter was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Preston, Lancashire. Procter first played for Devon in 1996 against Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship. It would be another four years before Procter represented Devon again, returning to the county for the 2000 season. During this season he made both his MCCA Knockout Trophy and List A debuts. Over the nest seven seasons, he represented Devon in 40 Championship", "id": "7117114" }, { "contents": "David Lye\n\n\nDavid Frank Lye (born 11 April 1979) is an English cricketer. Lye is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Exeter, Devon. Procter first played for Devon in 1998 against Wales Minor Counties in the Minor Counties Championship. Two years later he made his debut MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the county against Cornwall. In that same season he also made his debut in List A cricket against Staffordshire in the 2nd round of the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In the following round", "id": "7117192" }, { "contents": "Ray Tolchard\n\n\nmaiden Championship by scoring a century off 356 balls. He also represented Devon in 3 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches between from 1983 to 1984. Tolchard played List A cricket for Devon, at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut against Staffordshire in the 1978 Gillette Cup 1st round. The following season he played 4 List A matches for Minor Counties South in the 1979 Benson & Hedges Cup. In that same season he played a List A match for Devon against Leicestershire", "id": "8558507" }, { "contents": "Andrew Hele\n\n\nthe county in 20 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Suffolk. In the same season as he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut, Hele also made his List A debut for Devon against Yorkshire in the 1st round of the 1998 NatWest Trophy. From 1998 to 2001, he played in 6 List A matches, the last of which came against Shropshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 40 runs at a batting average of 13.33, with", "id": "7117286" }, { "contents": "Paul Bates (cricketer)\n\n\nin 2000. He played one further Trophy match in 2000 against Cornwall and played his final Trophy match in 2002 against Devon. Bates also represented Wiltshire in 2 List-A matches. His List-A debut for the county came against the Derbyshire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. His second and final List-A game came against Ireland in the 1st round of 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 2 List-A matches, he scored 18 runs at a batting average", "id": "1979241" }, { "contents": "Andrew Pugh\n\n\nmaking his debut in that format in the 1990 NatWest Trophy against Somerset. From 1990 to 2005, he represented Devon in 18 List A matches, the last of which came in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy against Essex. In his 15 List A matches, he scored 271 runs at a batting average of 16.93, with a single half century high score of 54. In the field he took 10 catches. With the ball he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 24.57, with best figures of 2/4 against Staffordshire", "id": "8019077" }, { "contents": "John Tierney (cricketer)\n\n\n22 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Shropshire. During his playing career with Devon, he won two MCCA Knockout Trophy's. He played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1985 NatWest Trophy against Warwickshire. From 1985 to 1991, he represented Devon in 5 List A matches, the last of which came in the 1991 NatWest Trophy against Essex. In his 5 List A matches,", "id": "8227543" }, { "contents": "Haydn Morgan (cricketer)\n\n\nHaydn John Morgan (born 5 July 1973) is a former English cricketer. Morgan was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Torquay, Devon. Morgan made his debut for Devon in 1995 against Cheshire in the Minor Counties Championship. From 1995 to 1996, he represented Devon in 7 Championship matches, the last of which came against Norfolk. In the 1996 NatWest Trophy, he played his only List A match for Devon against Essex. Morgan later joined Central Districts in New", "id": "7670676" }, { "contents": "Jason Whittaker (cricketer)\n\n\nJason Peter Whittaker (born 24 July 1971) is a former English cricketer. Whittaker is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. Whittaker made his debut for Cheshire in the 2001 Minor Counties Championship against Devon. Whittaker has played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 2001 to the present day, including 72 Minor Counties Championship matches and 23 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his List A debut against the Lancashire Cricket Board in the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, with the 1st round", "id": "2170765" }, { "contents": "Christopher Mole\n\n\nwhich was held in 2002. In 2003, Mole joined Devon. He made his debut in the Minor Counties Championship against Herefordshire. He played for Devon from 2003 to 2001, he has represented Devon in 27 Championship matches. Mole has also represented Devon in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, making his debut in that competition for the county against Shropshire in 2003. Additionally, he also represented Devon in List A cricket. His List A debut for the county came against Suffolk in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy", "id": "4825941" }, { "contents": "Stuart Priscott\n\n\nplayed his second and final Trophy match for the county against the same opposition in 1994. Priscott later represented the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Huntingdonshire in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. The following season he played a single List A match for Devon against Yorkshire in the 3rd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 12 runs at a batting average of 6.00, with a high score of 7.", "id": "8492898" }, { "contents": "Andrew Walker (cricketer)\n\n\nAndrew John Walker (born 29 October 1971, Bradford, Yorkshire, England) is a former English cricketer. Walker was a right-handed batsman, who bowled right-arm off break. Walker represented the Yorkshire Cricket Board in three List A matches. His debut List A match came against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. His final two matches came against Huntingdonshire and Yorkshire, both in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his three List A matches, he scored 57 runs at a batting average of 28.50", "id": "7810996" }, { "contents": "Keith Donohue (cricketer)\n\n\n. From 1986 to 2000, he represented the county in 34 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. During this playing career with Devon, he won two Minor Counties Championships and three MCCA Knockout Trophy's. He played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1986 NatWest Trophy against Nottinghamshire. From 1986 to 2000, he represented Devon in 11 List A matches, the last of which", "id": "8227528" }, { "contents": "Robert Dawson (cricketer)\n\n\nLeicestershire, but winning due to being 9 wickets down, therefore winning by losing fewer wickets. In the 3rd round there were heavily defeated by Yorkshire, with Dawson scoring 52 runs, before being dismissed by Anthony McGrath. He played his final List A match the following season against Essex in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. Devon, along with the rest of the Minor counties were not permitted to play in domestic List A matches after this season. During his time as captain he guided Devon to a", "id": "8682313" }, { "contents": "Jonathan Shaw (cricketer)\n\n\nJonathan William Shaw (born 4 May 1980) is an English cricketer. Shaw is a right-handed batsman who bowls both right-arm off break and right-arm medium pace. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Shaw represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Scotland in the 1st round of the 1999 NatWest Trophy. In his only List A match he scored 5 runs. In 2000, he joined Herefordshire where he made his Minor Counties Championship against Dorset and his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut", "id": "11267766" }, { "contents": "John Trueman\n\n\nJohn Fieldston Trueman (born 29 October 1968) is an English cricketer. Trueman is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Trueman represented the Derbyshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against the Middlesex Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his only List A match, he scored 24 runs and took a single catch in the field. With the ball he bowled 10 wicketless overs.", "id": "2728005" }, { "contents": "Andrew Edwards\n\n\n, Edwards also made his debut for Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship against Devon. In 2001, he played 3 further Championship matches for the county, the last of which came against Berkshire. In 2001, he played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match for Herefordshire against the Warwickshire Cricket Board. Edwards also represented the county in List A cricket, making his debut for the county in that format against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played 2 further matches in that season's competition against Middlesex", "id": "8713510" }, { "contents": "David Townsend (Devon cricketer)\n\n\nDavid Edward John Townsend (born 26 October 1965) is a former English cricketer. Townsend was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Tiverton, Devon. Townsend made his debut for Devon in the 1993 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. From 1993 to 2002, he represented the county in 10 Championship matches, the last of which came against Oxfordshire. His MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for the county came against Dorset in 1993. He played one further Trophy match for Devon, which", "id": "18911206" }, { "contents": "David Court (cricketer)\n\n\nof which came against Berkshire. In the same season that he made his debut for Devon, he also made his debut in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, which came against Cornwall. From 2002 to 2009, he represented the county in 22 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Staffordshire. After his List A debut in 2001, Court represented Devon in 6 further matches in that format between 2002 and 2005, the last of which came against Essex in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his", "id": "6668188" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Wilton\n\n\nseason, he represented the county in 5 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Devon. He also played MCCA Knockout Trophy matches for Berkshire. His debut in that competition for Berkshire came against the Middlesex Cricket Board. He played 2 further Trophy matches for the county against Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Wilton also represented Berkshire in 2 List-A matches. His first List-A match for the county came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, with his second match for the", "id": "21064687" }, { "contents": "Gavin Byram\n\n\nappearances, the last of which came against Oxfordshire in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was played in 2001. In his 8 List A matches, he scored 77 runs at an average of 12.83, with a high score of 56. This score came against Devon in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. With the ball, he took 10 wickets at a bowling average of 25.40, with best figures of 3/33. His brother, Adam, also played Minor counties and List A cricket for Shropshire", "id": "21095698" }, { "contents": "Robert Dawson (cricketer)\n\n\nRobert 'Bob' Ian Dawson (born 29 March 1970) is a former English cricketer. Dawson is a right-handed batsman who bowls both leg break and right-arm medium pace. He was born in Exmouth, Devon. Dawson made his debut for Devon in the 1988 Minor Counties Championship against Wales Minor Counties. The following season he played his first MCCA Knockout Trophy match for the county against Dorset. Dawson was a frequent member of the Devon squad in his early years and it was for Devon that he made", "id": "8682304" }, { "contents": "Mark Richards (cricketer)\n\n\nlast of which came against the Sussex Cricket Board. 2002 also saw him make his List A debut for Devon, against Yorkshire in the 3rd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played a further match in that format in 2002, against Cumberland in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2002. Three years later he played a final List A match for Devon against Essex at The Maer Ground in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his three List", "id": "6099698" }, { "contents": "Craig Gibbens\n\n\nto 2002, he represented the county in 12 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. Gibbens also represented Wiltshire in List A cricket. His List A debut came against Scotland in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000 to 2001 he represented the county in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 4 matches, he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 26.75, with best figures of", "id": "2344787" }, { "contents": "Noel Brett\n\n\nNoel Adrian Brett (born 8 September 1975) is a former English cricketer. Brett was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Aldershot, Hampshire. Brett represented the Surrey Cricket Board in List A matches against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board and the Essex Cricket Board in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 2 runs at a batting average of 2.00, with a high score of", "id": "5854822" }, { "contents": "Andrew Mawson (cricketer)\n\n\nKnockout Trophy appearances. He made his first List A appearance for the county against Buckinghamshire in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was played in 2002. He made 2 further List A appearances for the county, against Devon in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2003, and Glamorgan in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 3 List A matches for Suffolk, he scored 67 runs at an average of 22.33, with a high", "id": "21332141" }, { "contents": "Jonathan Davies (cricketer, born 1976)\n\n\nJonathan Richard Davies (born 9 March 1976) is a former English cricketer. Davies was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Burnley, Lancashire. Davies made his debut for Lincolnshire in the 2000 MCCA Knockout Trophy against the Derbyshire Cricket Board. Davies played Minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire from 2000 to 2005, which included 17 Minor Counties Championship matches and 10 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Cheshire in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester", "id": "19270428" }, { "contents": "Mark Richards (cricketer)\n\n\nMark Allan Elliott Richards (born 9 April 1974) is a former English cricketer. Richards is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Bridport, Devon. Richards made his debut for Devon in the 2002 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. He played three further Championship matches that season, the last of which came against Berkshire. In that same season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for Devon, which came against Dorset. He played four further Trophy matches that season, the", "id": "6099697" }, { "contents": "Mark Currie (cricketer)\n\n\nMark Robert Currie (born 22 September 1979) is an English cricketer. Currie is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Manchester. Currie made his debut for Cheshire in the 1999 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1999 to 2005, including 18 Minor Counties Championship matches. and 7 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his List A debut for Cheshire against Cornwall in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In the same season", "id": "2542438" }, { "contents": "Richard Lynch (cricketer)\n\n\nRichard Lynch (born 2 March 1967) is a former English cricketer. Lynch was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire. Lynch made his debut for Oxfordshire in the 2002 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Berkshire. Lynch played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 2002 to 2005, which included 10 Minor Counties Championship matches and 5 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against the Lancashire Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester", "id": "12048123" }, { "contents": "David Court (cricketer)\n\n\nDavid Graeme Court (born 1 November 1980) is an English cricketer. Court is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. 2001 saw him make his debut for Devon in a List A match against Bedfordshire in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. Court made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Devon in 2002 against Shropshire. Between 2002 and 2009, he represented the county in 37 Championship matches, the last", "id": "6668187" }, { "contents": "Adam Cook (cricketer)\n\n\nList A matches, the last coming against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2003. In his 7 List A matches he scored 131 runs at a batting average of 21.83, with a high score of 66. This came against Herefordshire in the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. With the ball he took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 27.66, with best figures of 3/40. He has previously played for the Middlesex Second XI. His brother, Simon, played first-", "id": "12216354" }, { "contents": "Kevin Nash (cricketer)\n\n\nwhich came against Cornwall. Nash also represented Wiltshire in List A cricket. His List A debut for the county came against Scotland in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 1999 to 2005, he represented the county in 6 List A matches, the last of which came against Kent in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 29 runs at a batting average of 9.66, with a high score of 17. With the ball he took 8 wickets at a bowling average of 28.00, with", "id": "2226191" }, { "contents": "Peter Wilshaw\n\n\n2004 to present, he has represented the county in 35 Championship matches. The following season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut against Hertfordshire. From 2005 to present, he has represented the county in 21 Trophy matches. In that same season, he played his List A match for Staffordshire against Surrey in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 2 career List A matches, he scored 20 runs at a batting average of 10.00, with a high score of 20. Wilshaw made his debut in first-class cricket", "id": "10869794" }, { "contents": "Matthew Hunt\n\n\nhe represented the county in 12 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Dorset. 2002 saw him make his List A debut for Devon, against Cumberland in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. From 2002 to 2004, he represented the county in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against Yorkshire at The Maer Ground in the 3rd round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 206 runs at a batting average", "id": "6099606" }, { "contents": "Richard Waite (cricketer)\n\n\nRichard Parkinson Waite (born 11 June 1980) is an English cricketer. Waite is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. Waite represented the Durham Cricket Board in 10 List A matches against Buckinghamshire in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001 and against Glamorgan in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 10 List A matches, he scored 350 runs at a batting averageof 45.23 with high", "id": "8053151" }, { "contents": "David Roberts (cricketer)\n\n\n5 Championship matches, the last of which came against Suffolk, and 4 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He also represented Bedfordshire in 2 List A matches against Hertfordshire and the Netherlands in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which were played in 2002. The following season he joined Cornwall, where he made his Minor Counties Championship debut for the county against Devon. From 2003 to present, he represented the county in 20 Minor Counties Championship matches. Roberts has also represented Cornwall in the MCCA Knockout Trophy.", "id": "3315366" }, { "contents": "John Snashall\n\n\nJohn Stephen Snashall (born 12 October 1982) is a former English cricketer. Snashall is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Eastbourne, Sussex. Snashall represented the Sussex Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against the Essex Cricket Board and Wales Minor Counties in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy; both matches were played in 2001. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 59 runs at a batting average of 29.50, with a single", "id": "4569012" }, { "contents": "Jonathan Shaw (cricketer)\n\n\nagainst the Worcestershire Cricket Board. The following year he played his only List A match for the county against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. His is 2 career List A matches, he scored 32 runs at a batting average of 32.00, with a high score of 32. With the ball he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 27.66, with best figures of 3/49. Shaw represented Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship 11 times from 2000 to 2002 and 7 times in", "id": "11267767" }, { "contents": "Mohammad Akhtar\n\n\nMohammad Akhtar (; born 12 December 1977) is a Pakistani born English first-class cricketer. Akhtar is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Gujranwala, Punjab. Akhtar represented the Essex Cricket Board in a single List A match against Essex in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his only List A match, he made a half century score of 71 runs. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 23.00, with figures of 2/46. He", "id": "8492575" }, { "contents": "Hiley Edwards\n\n\n, in what was the tournaments inaugural season, against Cornwall. From 1984 to 1991, he represented the county in 17 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Staffordshire in the final of the 1991 MCCA Trophy at Lord's which Devon lost by 4 wickets. As well as playing Minor counties cricket for Devon, Edwards also appeared in List A cricket for them when the county was permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition which involved the first-class counties. His List A debut came against Warwickshire", "id": "7116739" }, { "contents": "Iain Bond\n\n\nIain Anthony Bond (born 7 November 1973) is an English cricketer. Bond is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Barnstaple, Devon. Bond made his debut for Devon in the 1996 Minor Counties Championship against Cornwall. From 1996 to 2003, he represented Devon in twenty-one Championship matches, the last of which came against Dorset. The following season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for Devon, which came against Wales Minor Counties. From 1997 to 1999", "id": "6668051" }, { "contents": "Richard Halsall\n\n\nSussex Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against Herefordshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000 to 2001, he represented the Board in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against the Essex Cricket Board in 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 36 runs at an average of 18.00, with a high score of 17. With the ball he took 5 wickets at an average of 20.60,", "id": "4716272" }, { "contents": "Andrew Jones (Staffordshire cricketer)\n\n\nAndrew James Jones (born 30 November 1977) is a former English cricketer. Jones was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Jones made his debut for Staffordshire in the 1998 Minor Counties Championship against Cumberland. Jones played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 1998 to 2002, which included 15 Minor Counties Championship matches and 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2000, he made his only List A appearance against Devon in the NatWest Trophy", "id": "17237532" }, { "contents": "Owen Dawkins\n\n\nthe 2nd round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 29 runs at a batting average of 9.66, with a high score of 18. With the ball he took a single wickets at a bowling average of 81.00, with best figures of 1/21. In 2005, he briefly rejoined Hertfordshire, before representing Buckinghamshire in 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches against Wiltshire and Hertfordshire. He currently plays club cricket for Sully Centurions Cricket Club in the South Wales Cricket League. Previously, Dawkins played", "id": "19323799" }, { "contents": "David Heyes (cricketer)\n\n\nDavid John Heyes (born 7 February 1967) is a former English cricketer. Heyes was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Prescot, Lancashire. Heyes represented the Lancashire Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against the Netherlands in the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Suffolk and the Essex Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 41 runs at a batting average of 13.66, with a high score of 27. In the", "id": "9718266" }, { "contents": "David Butcher (cricketer)\n\n\nDavid Neil Butcher (born 2 October 1969) is a former English cricketer. Butcher was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Colchester, Essex. Butcher made his debut for Devon in the Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire in 1992. From 1992 to 1994, he represented Devon in 14 Championship matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. In 1992, he played his only List A match for Devon, which came against Kent in the 1992 NatWest Trophy. In this", "id": "7180736" }, { "contents": "Mathew Theedom\n\n\nMathew Christopher Theedom (born 1 October 1977) is an English cricketer. Theedom is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Exeter, Devon. Theedom made his debut for Devon in 1996 against Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship. From 1996 to 2002, he represented Devon in 22 Championship matches, the last of which came against Shropshire. Three years later he made his debut MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the county against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board. From 1999 to 2002,", "id": "7117236" }, { "contents": "Robert King (cricketer, born 1978)\n\n\nRobert David King (born 10 July 1978) is an English cricketer. King was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. King made his debut for Staffordshire in the 2003 Minor Counties Championship against Buckinghamshire. King played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 2003 to 2007, which included 22 Minor Counties Championship matches and 11 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2004, he made his only List A appearance against Lancashire in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy", "id": "17125073" }, { "contents": "Paul Draper (cricketer)\n\n\n, he represented the county in 12 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Buckinghamshire. Draper also represented Wiltshire in 2 List-A matches. His debut List-A match came against Herefordshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. His second and final List-A match came against Ireland in the 1st round 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 2 List-A matches, he scored 12 runs at a batting average of 6.00, with a high score of 10. Draper currently plays club", "id": "2225677" }, { "contents": "Andrew Collins (cricketer)\n\n\nCounties Championship match for Berkshire against Oxfordshire and the following season he joined Wiltshire. He played a single Championship match for Wiltshire in 1998 against Dorset and followed that up in 1999 with his final Championship match for the county against Devon. Collins also represented Wiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against the Herefordshire in 1998. He represented the county in 2 further Trophy matches in 1999 against Herefordshire and the Worcestershire Cricket Board. Collins also represented Wiltshire in 2 List A matches. His first came against the", "id": "2472495" }, { "contents": "Steven Naylor\n\n\nfor the county came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. From 2002 to 2005, he represented the county in four List A matches, with his final List A match coming when Berkshire played Gloucestershire in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy at Sonning Lane, Reading. In his combined List A career, he scored 51 runs at a batting average of 12.75, with a high score of 23. With the ball he took 5 wickets at a bowling average of 42.40", "id": "21065511" }, { "contents": "Royston Smith (cricketer)\n\n\nRoyston Anthony Smith (born 14 March 1974) is an English cricketer. Smith is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Romford, London. Smith represented the Essex Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against Warwickshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy, Suffolk in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy and the Surrey Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 27 runs", "id": "8375106" }, { "contents": "Stephen Ogilby\n\n\ncricket for Cheshire from 2001 to 2005, including nineteen Minor Counties Championship matches and seven MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He played List A cricket for Cheshire, with his final List A match coming against Hampshire in the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played a total of four List A matches for Cheshire, scoring 37 runs at a batting average of 18.50, with a high score of 36. Behind the stumps he took 8 catches and made a single stumping. His highest score with the bat came against Hampshire in his final", "id": "982144" }, { "contents": "Stephen Watts\n\n\nStephen John Watts (born 1 May 1979) is a former English cricketer. Watts was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Luton, Bedfordshire. Watts made his debut for Bedfordshire in the 2001 Minor Counties Championship against Staffordshire. Watts played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 2001 to 2006, which included 22 Minor Counties Championship matches and 7 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Cheshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was", "id": "13651970" }, { "contents": "Paul Jenkins (cricketer)\n\n\nPaul Edward Jenkins (born 8 February 1972) is an English cricketer. Jenkins is a right-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Gloucester, Gloucestershire. Jenkins made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Wales Minor Counties in 1998 against Devon. From 1998 to 2000, he represented the team in 5 Championship matches, the last of which came against Cheshire. His only MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the team came in 2000 against Shropshire. His only List A appearance for the team came in", "id": "19577576" }, { "contents": "Phil North\n\n\nTrophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. He also represented Wiltshire in a single List A match against Durham in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. In his combined List A matches, he took 6 wickets at an average of 24.16, with best figures of 3/20. In 1997, North returned to play Minor Counties cricket for Wales Minor Counties. During the 1997 season, he represented the team in 9 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Berkshire. He also played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match", "id": "2344631" }, { "contents": "Timothy Carter (cricketer)\n\n\nTimothy Jolyon Carter (born 21 September 1969) is a former English cricketer. Carter was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born in Tiverton, Devon. Carter represented the Surrey Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against Norfolk in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. From 1999 to 2001, he represented the Board in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Lincolnshire in the second round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In", "id": "6580350" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Carter (cricketer)\n\n\n2002 to 2003, he represented the county in 3 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Norfolk. Carter also represented Cornwall in 2 List A matches. These came against the Somerset Cricket Board and Wales Minor Counties in the 1st and 2nd rounds respectively of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which were played in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 10 runs with a high score of 10* and with the ball he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 22.00, with best figures of 2/21", "id": "3315198" }, { "contents": "Ryan Horrell\n\n\nthe county in just 5 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Wiltshire. Horrell made his List A debut for Devon against Essex in the 1st round of the 1996 NatWest Trophy. His next List A appearance came four years later against Staffordshire in the 2nd round of the 2000 NatWest Trophy, with his final List A match coming in the following round against Surrey. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 25 runs at a batting average of 25.00, with a high score of 25*. With the ball", "id": "7180412" }, { "contents": "Christopher Lello\n\n\n1996 to 2000, he represented the county in 6 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. Lello also represented Cornwall in 3 List A matches. These came against Warwickshire in the 1996 NatWest Trophy, Cumberland in the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Norfolk in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 20 runs at a batting average of 12.33, with a high score of 20. In the field he took 2 catches. With the ball he took a single wicket at a bowling average", "id": "3375044" }, { "contents": "Russell Rowe (cricketer)\n\n\nRussell John Rowe (born 14 May 1975) is a former English cricketer. Rowe was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire. Rowe made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Wiltshire in 1994 against Cheshire. From 1994 to 2005, he represented the county in 50 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Devon. Rowe also represented Wiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Herefordshire in 1999. From 1999 to", "id": "2225703" }, { "contents": "Jamie Went\n\n\nJames Colin Went (born 7 January 1982) is an English cricketer. Went is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Reading, Berkshire. Went represented the Essex Cricket Board in a single List A match against Essex in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his only List A match, he scored a single run and with the ball he took a single wicket at a cost of 64 runs from 10 overs. He currently plays club cricket for Hornchurch Cricket Club.", "id": "8375068" }, { "contents": "Colin Banton\n\n\nof 80*. His highest score came on debut against Cambridge University. In that same season he made his List A debut for the county against Lancashire in the 1995 Benson & Hedges Cup. His second and final List A appearance came in the same season against Essex. In his 2 matches, he scored 41 runs at an average of 20.50, with a high score of 40. After leaving Nottinghamshire, he made a single MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for Buckinghamshire in 1996 against Devon. He also previously had played Second XI", "id": "9334990" }, { "contents": "Paul Bryson\n\n\nPaul Robert John Bryson (born 6 July 1968) is a former English cricketer. Bryson was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire. Bryson made his debut for Cheshire in the 1994 Minor Counties Championship against Dorset. Bryson played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1994 to 2001, including 51 Minor Counties Championship matches and 24 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1995, he made his List A debut against Essex in the NatWest Trophy. He played eight further List", "id": "3873510" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Price (cricketer)\n\n\nCounties Championship matches, the last of which came against Herefordshire. Price also represented Cornwall in List A cricket. His first List A match came against Cheshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. From 2001 to 2003, he represented the county in 7 List A matches, the last of which came against the Netherlands in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2003. In his 7 List A matches, he scored 184 runs at a batting average of 26.28, with", "id": "3374434" }, { "contents": "Peter Lawson (cricketer)\n\n\nCheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001, the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board and Devon in the 1st and 2nd round's respectively of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, with both matches held in 2002. In his three List A matches, he scored 9 runs at a batting average of 9.00, with a high score of 9. Lawson's only List A wicket was that Devon batsman David Court. Although, this wicket across his three matches cost 107.00 runs. He also played for the Leicestershire Second XI in 2002.", "id": "20049880" }, { "contents": "Philip George\n\n\ncame against Devon. His MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for the team came in 1997 against Devon. From 1997 to 2002, George represented the team in 10 Trophy matches, the last of which came against the Worcestershire Cricket Board. His debut List A appearance for the team came in the 1st round of the 1999 NatWest Trophy against Lincolnshire. From 1999 to 2001, he represented the team in 8 List A matches, the last of which came against Leicestershire in the 3rd round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his", "id": "19578319" }, { "contents": "Hedley Wright\n\n\n, which included 33 Minor Counties Championship matches and 6 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. It was for Suffolk that he made his debut in List A cricket against Lancashire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. He played 3 further List A matches for Suffolk, the last coming against Northamptonshire in the 1989 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored 38 runs at a batting average of 12.66, with a high score of 16. With the ball he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 31.75, with best figures of", "id": "10548994" }, { "contents": "Greg Hill (cricketer)\n\n\nGregory Russell Hill (born 13 September 1972) is a former English cricketer. Hill was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Canterbury, Kent. Hill made a single Minor Counties Championship appearance for Devon in 1992 against Herefordshire. Hill also represented the county in a single List A match against Kent in the 1992 NatWest Trophy. In 2000, he made first represented the Worcestershire Cricket Board in List A cricket against the Kent Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000", "id": "7049456" }, { "contents": "Charles Pritchard (cricketer)\n\n\nagainst Dorset. From 1987 to 1994, he represented the county in 14 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Bedfordshire. Pritchard made his List A debut for Devon against Essex in the 1st round of the 1991 NatWest Trophy. From 1991 to 1994 he played 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Yorkshire in the 1st round of the 1994 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored a single run from two innings, giving him a batting average of 1.00. In the field", "id": "7524142" }, { "contents": "James Rodham\n\n\nJames Paul Rodham (born 2 March 1983) is a former English cricketer. Rodham was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Ashford, Surrey. Rodham represented the Middlesex Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against the Derbyshire Cricket Board and Cambridgeshire in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which were held in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 27 runs at a batting average of 13.50, with a high score of 23.", "id": "10367039" }, { "contents": "John Hitchmough (cricketer, born 1962)\n\n\nJohn Jeffrey Hitchmough (born 19 January 1962) is a former English cricketer. Hitchmough was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire. Hitchmough made his debut for Cheshire in the 1983 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Hertfordshire. Hitchmough played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1983 to 1992, including 66 Minor Counties Championship matches and 20 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1985, he made his List A debut against Yorkshire in the NatWest Trophy. He played six further List A", "id": "2343816" }, { "contents": "Ian Roberts (cricketer)\n\n\nIan Clement Roberts (born 29 April 1948) is a former English cricketer. Roberts was a right-handed batsman bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. Roberts made his debut for Devon in the 1974 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire. From 1974 to 1980, he represented the county in 26 Championship matches, the last of which came against Oxfordshire. He also represented Devon in a single List A match, at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one", "id": "8558428" }, { "contents": "Mark Woodman\n\n\n20 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Bedfordshire. Woodman also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1988 NatWest Trophy against Nottinghamshire. He played 5 further List A matches between 1988 and 1995, the last of which came against Sussex. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 9 runs at a batting average of 3.00, with a high score of 8. With the ball", "id": "8019129" }, { "contents": "Stephen Perrin\n\n\nWiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Devon in 1991. From 1991 to 2005, he represented the county in 26 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. Perrin also represented Wiltshire in List A cricket. His List A debut came against Durham in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. From 1993 to 2001, he represented the county in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001", "id": "2472653" }, { "contents": "Stuart Catterall\n\n\nStuart Colin Catterall (born 9 April 1975) is a former English cricketer. Catterall was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Southampton, Hampshire. Catterall represented the Lancashire Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against the Essex Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000 to 2002, he represented the Board in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Scotland in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which", "id": "9619300" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Creed\n\n\nNicholas John Keyworth Creed (born 28 August 1980) is an English cricketer. Creed is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Cuckfield, Sussex. Creed represented the Sussex Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against Herefordshire and Berkshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy and the Worcestershire Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2002. In his 3 List A matches, he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of", "id": "4716106" }, { "contents": "Graham Crawford\n\n\nGraham Andrew Crawford (born 16 October 1967) is a former English cricketer. Crawford was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Windlesham, Surrey. Crawford represented the Surrey Cricket Board in 2 List A cricket matches against Norfolk and Cheshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 71 runs at a batting average of 35.50, with a high score of 41. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 15.50, with", "id": "6580052" }, { "contents": "Steven Oddy\n\n\nSteven Craig Oddy (born 17 May 1979) is an English cricketer. Oddy is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Oddy represented the Lancashire Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against the Yorkshire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy and Cheshire the 1st of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 3 runs at a batting average of 1.50, with a high score", "id": "9619165" }, { "contents": "Keith Arnold (cricketer)\n\n\nKeith Andrew Arnold (born 27 May 1960) is a former English first-class cricketer. Arnold was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Solihull, Warwickshire. Arnold made his debut for Oxfordshire in the 1980 Minor Counties Championship against Devon. Arnold played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 1980 to 2010, which included 208 Minor Counties Championship matches and 47 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Glamorgan in the 1980 Gillette Cup. He played fifteen", "id": "13471171" }, { "contents": "Joe Oliver (cricketer)\n\n\nhe represented the county in 4 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. Oliver also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format against Leicestershire in the 1983 NatWest Trophy. He played 2 further List A matches against Sussex in the 1984 NatWest Trophy and Warwickshire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 55 runs in three unbeaten innings, with a high score of", "id": "8558387" }, { "contents": "Paul Douglas (cricketer)\n\n\nPaul Julian Douglas (born 12 October 1971) is a former English cricketer. Douglas was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Barnstaple, Devon. Douglas made his debut for Suffolk in the 1993 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. Douglas played 3 further Minor Counties Championship matches in 1993. In what was his only season with the county, he made a single List A appearance against Essex in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. In this match, he bowled 12 wicket-less", "id": "21410566" }, { "contents": "Peter Scott (cricketer)\n\n\nPeter James Scott (born 20 November 1982) is an English cricketer. Scott is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Scott represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Bedfordshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his only List A match he took a single wicket at a cost of 28 runs. In 2004, he made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Staffordshire against Bedfordshire. Scott played 2 further", "id": "11002211" }, { "contents": "Kevin Rice\n\n\nin 13 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Dorset. Ward also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format against Warwickshire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. He played 5 further List A matches between 1985 and 1991, the last of which came against Essex in the 1991 NatWest Trophy. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 167 runs at a batting average of 27.83, with a single century", "id": "8558307" }, { "contents": "Kevin Willcock\n\n\nKevin James Willcock (born 8 March 1973) is a former English cricketer. Willcock was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Tavistock, Devon. Willcock made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Cornwall in 1993 against Devon. From 1993 to 1998, he represented the county in 34 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of came match against Herefordshire. Willcock also represented Cornwall in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Devon in 1995. From 1995 to", "id": "3375107" }, { "contents": "Ben Frazer\n\n\nhe made his List A debut against the Durham Cricket Board in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He made 4 further List A appearances for the county, the last coming against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was held in 2003. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 74 runs at a batting average of 14.80, with a high score of 24. With the ball, he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 30.71, with best figures of 3/56. He played", "id": "15931033" }, { "contents": "Zahid Iqbal\n\n\nZahid Iqbal (born 11 February 1981) is an English cricketer. Iqbal was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Zahid Iqbal represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in 2 List A matches. These came against Scotland in the 1st round of the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Cumberland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 57 runs at a batting average of 57.00,", "id": "10869890" }, { "contents": "Craig Macconacie\n\n\nCraig Macconacie (born 10 November 1977) is a former English cricketer. Macconacie was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Leicester, Leicestershire. Macconacie represented the Leicestershire Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against Denmark in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, and the Kent Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the same competition. Both matches were held in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 49 runs at a batting average of", "id": "9840963" }, { "contents": "Richard Pineo\n\n\nRichard William Pineo (born 11 February 1975) is an English cricketer. Pineo was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born at Ipswich, Suffolk. Richard made his debut for Suffolk in the 1996 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. From 1997 to 2003, he represented the county in 29 Minor Counties Championship matches and 9 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List-A debut for Suffolk against Lincolnshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. From 2001 to 2002", "id": "1828725" }, { "contents": "Paul O'Reilly\n\n\nPaul John O'Reilly (born 4 August 1962) is a former English cricketer. O'Reilly was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Watford, Hertfordshire. O'Reilly made his debut for Hertfordshire in the 1996 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Dorset. O'Reilly played Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 1996 to 2003, which included 26 Minor Counties Championship matches and 9 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his List A debut against the Durham Cricket Board in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy", "id": "15930607" }, { "contents": "Richard Kaufman (cricketer)\n\n\nagainst Berkshire. From 2003 to present, he has represented the county in 29 Championship matches. His debut for the county in the MCCA Knockout Trophy came against Dorset in 2003. From 2003 to present, he has represented the county in 19 Trophy matches. Kaufman also represented Bedfordshire in a single List A match when they were permitted to take part in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. This came against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2003. In his career total of 3", "id": "10796352" }, { "contents": "Neil Fox (cricketer)\n\n\nNeil Fox (born 10 February 1962) is a former English cricketer. Fox was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Norwich, Norfolk. Fox made his debut for Norfolk in the 1991 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire. Fox played Minor counties cricket for Norfolk from 1991 to 2000, which included 77 Minor Counties Championship matches and 23 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Warwickshire in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. He made 7 further List A appearances,", "id": "20387068" }, { "contents": "Lee Marland\n\n\nLee John Marland (born 21 September 1975) is an English cricketer. Marland is a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Withington, Manchester. Marland made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Cheshire against Wales Minor Counties in 1998. He played 2 further Championship matches for the county against Herefordshire in 1998 and Wiltshire in 1999. Marland represented the Warwickshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in", "id": "5208352" }, { "contents": "Simon Twigg\n\n\nCheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In 2003, he joined Cheshire where he made his debut for the county in the 2003 Minor Counties Championship against Herefordshire. From 2003 to 2005, he represented the county in 12 Minor Counties matches, with his final Minor Counties appearance coming against Devon. Twigg also represented Cheshire in List-A cricket, representing the county 3 List-A matches, with his final List-A match coming against Hampshire in 2004. In his 4 List-A matches, he scored", "id": "3640174" }, { "contents": "David Lye\n\n\nof that competition, he scored his maiden List A half century, making 56 runs before being dismissed by Saqlain Mushtaq. In 2003, he scored his only List A century against Suffolk in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2003. Opening the batting, he made 121 runs before being dismissed by Philip Caley. In total, Lye played 10 List A matches in the period when Devon were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day tournament. In these 10 matches, he", "id": "7117193" }, { "contents": "Kevin Willcock\n\n\n1998, he represented the county in 7 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. Willcock also represented Cornwall in 2 List A matches. These came against Middlesex in the 1995 NatWest Trophy and Warwickshire in the 1996 NatWest Trophy. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 26 runs at a batting average of 13.00, with a high score of 25. In the field he took a single catch. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 47.50, with best figures of 1/43.", "id": "3375108" }, { "contents": "Timothy Ward\n\n\n13 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. Ward also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1987 NatWest Trophy against Worcestershire. He played 3 further List A matches between 1987 and 1993, the last of which came against Derbyshire in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored 37 runs at a batting average of 9.25, with a high score of", "id": "8227466" }, { "contents": "Arif Saeed\n\n\nArif Saeed (born 30 August 1967) is a Pakistani born English cricketer. Saeed is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Sialkot, Punjab. Saeed represented the Essex Cricket Board in 3 List A matches against Ireland in the 1999 NatWest Trophy, Warwickshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy and the Sussex Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 25 runs at a batting", "id": "8219944" } ]

[ { "contents": "Andrew Procter (cricketer)\n\n\nmatches, 27 Trophy matches, and 10 List A matches. In List A cricket, all of his appearances came for Devon at a time when there were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day tournament. He played his final List A match against Essex in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy at The Maer Ground in Exmouth. In his 10 List A matches, he scored 114 runs at a batting average of 28.50, with a high score of 29*. With the ball he took", "id": "7117115" }, { "contents": "Andrew Procter (cricketer)\n\n\nAndrew John Procter (born 7 September 1968) is an English cricketer. Procter was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Preston, Lancashire. Procter first played for Devon in 1996 against Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship. It would be another four years before Procter represented Devon again, returning to the county for the 2000 season. During this season he made both his MCCA Knockout Trophy and List A debuts. Over the nest seven seasons, he represented Devon in 40 Championship", "id": "7117114" }, { "contents": "David Lye\n\n\nDavid Frank Lye (born 11 April 1979) is an English cricketer. Lye is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Exeter, Devon. Procter first played for Devon in 1998 against Wales Minor Counties in the Minor Counties Championship. Two years later he made his debut MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the county against Cornwall. In that same season he also made his debut in List A cricket against Staffordshire in the 2nd round of the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In the following round", "id": "7117192" }, { "contents": "Ray Tolchard\n\n\nmaiden Championship by scoring a century off 356 balls. He also represented Devon in 3 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches between from 1983 to 1984. Tolchard played List A cricket for Devon, at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut against Staffordshire in the 1978 Gillette Cup 1st round. The following season he played 4 List A matches for Minor Counties South in the 1979 Benson & Hedges Cup. In that same season he played a List A match for Devon against Leicestershire", "id": "8558507" }, { "contents": "Andrew Hele\n\n\nthe county in 20 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Suffolk. In the same season as he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut, Hele also made his List A debut for Devon against Yorkshire in the 1st round of the 1998 NatWest Trophy. From 1998 to 2001, he played in 6 List A matches, the last of which came against Shropshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 40 runs at a batting average of 13.33, with", "id": "7117286" }, { "contents": "Paul Bates (cricketer)\n\n\nin 2000. He played one further Trophy match in 2000 against Cornwall and played his final Trophy match in 2002 against Devon. Bates also represented Wiltshire in 2 List-A matches. His List-A debut for the county came against the Derbyshire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. His second and final List-A game came against Ireland in the 1st round of 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 2 List-A matches, he scored 18 runs at a batting average", "id": "1979241" }, { "contents": "Andrew Pugh\n\n\nmaking his debut in that format in the 1990 NatWest Trophy against Somerset. From 1990 to 2005, he represented Devon in 18 List A matches, the last of which came in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy against Essex. In his 15 List A matches, he scored 271 runs at a batting average of 16.93, with a single half century high score of 54. In the field he took 10 catches. With the ball he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 24.57, with best figures of 2/4 against Staffordshire", "id": "8019077" }, { "contents": "John Tierney (cricketer)\n\n\n22 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Shropshire. During his playing career with Devon, he won two MCCA Knockout Trophy's. He played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1985 NatWest Trophy against Warwickshire. From 1985 to 1991, he represented Devon in 5 List A matches, the last of which came in the 1991 NatWest Trophy against Essex. In his 5 List A matches,", "id": "8227543" }, { "contents": "Haydn Morgan (cricketer)\n\n\nHaydn John Morgan (born 5 July 1973) is a former English cricketer. Morgan was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Torquay, Devon. Morgan made his debut for Devon in 1995 against Cheshire in the Minor Counties Championship. From 1995 to 1996, he represented Devon in 7 Championship matches, the last of which came against Norfolk. In the 1996 NatWest Trophy, he played his only List A match for Devon against Essex. Morgan later joined Central Districts in New", "id": "7670676" }, { "contents": "Jason Whittaker (cricketer)\n\n\nJason Peter Whittaker (born 24 July 1971) is a former English cricketer. Whittaker is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. Whittaker made his debut for Cheshire in the 2001 Minor Counties Championship against Devon. Whittaker has played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 2001 to the present day, including 72 Minor Counties Championship matches and 23 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his List A debut against the Lancashire Cricket Board in the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, with the 1st round", "id": "2170765" }, { "contents": "Christopher Mole\n\n\nwhich was held in 2002. In 2003, Mole joined Devon. He made his debut in the Minor Counties Championship against Herefordshire. He played for Devon from 2003 to 2001, he has represented Devon in 27 Championship matches. Mole has also represented Devon in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, making his debut in that competition for the county against Shropshire in 2003. Additionally, he also represented Devon in List A cricket. His List A debut for the county came against Suffolk in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy", "id": "4825941" }, { "contents": "Stuart Priscott\n\n\nplayed his second and final Trophy match for the county against the same opposition in 1994. Priscott later represented the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Huntingdonshire in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. The following season he played a single List A match for Devon against Yorkshire in the 3rd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 12 runs at a batting average of 6.00, with a high score of 7.", "id": "8492898" }, { "contents": "Andrew Walker (cricketer)\n\n\nAndrew John Walker (born 29 October 1971, Bradford, Yorkshire, England) is a former English cricketer. Walker was a right-handed batsman, who bowled right-arm off break. Walker represented the Yorkshire Cricket Board in three List A matches. His debut List A match came against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. His final two matches came against Huntingdonshire and Yorkshire, both in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his three List A matches, he scored 57 runs at a batting average of 28.50", "id": "7810996" }, { "contents": "Keith Donohue (cricketer)\n\n\n. From 1986 to 2000, he represented the county in 34 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. During this playing career with Devon, he won two Minor Counties Championships and three MCCA Knockout Trophy's. He played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1986 NatWest Trophy against Nottinghamshire. From 1986 to 2000, he represented Devon in 11 List A matches, the last of which", "id": "8227528" }, { "contents": "Robert Dawson (cricketer)\n\n\nLeicestershire, but winning due to being 9 wickets down, therefore winning by losing fewer wickets. In the 3rd round there were heavily defeated by Yorkshire, with Dawson scoring 52 runs, before being dismissed by Anthony McGrath. He played his final List A match the following season against Essex in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. Devon, along with the rest of the Minor counties were not permitted to play in domestic List A matches after this season. During his time as captain he guided Devon to a", "id": "8682313" }, { "contents": "Jonathan Shaw (cricketer)\n\n\nJonathan William Shaw (born 4 May 1980) is an English cricketer. Shaw is a right-handed batsman who bowls both right-arm off break and right-arm medium pace. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Shaw represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Scotland in the 1st round of the 1999 NatWest Trophy. In his only List A match he scored 5 runs. In 2000, he joined Herefordshire where he made his Minor Counties Championship against Dorset and his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut", "id": "11267766" }, { "contents": "John Trueman\n\n\nJohn Fieldston Trueman (born 29 October 1968) is an English cricketer. Trueman is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Trueman represented the Derbyshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against the Middlesex Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his only List A match, he scored 24 runs and took a single catch in the field. With the ball he bowled 10 wicketless overs.", "id": "2728005" }, { "contents": "Andrew Edwards\n\n\n, Edwards also made his debut for Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship against Devon. In 2001, he played 3 further Championship matches for the county, the last of which came against Berkshire. In 2001, he played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match for Herefordshire against the Warwickshire Cricket Board. Edwards also represented the county in List A cricket, making his debut for the county in that format against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played 2 further matches in that season's competition against Middlesex", "id": "8713510" }, { "contents": "David Townsend (Devon cricketer)\n\n\nDavid Edward John Townsend (born 26 October 1965) is a former English cricketer. Townsend was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Tiverton, Devon. Townsend made his debut for Devon in the 1993 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. From 1993 to 2002, he represented the county in 10 Championship matches, the last of which came against Oxfordshire. His MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for the county came against Dorset in 1993. He played one further Trophy match for Devon, which", "id": "18911206" }, { "contents": "David Court (cricketer)\n\n\nof which came against Berkshire. In the same season that he made his debut for Devon, he also made his debut in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, which came against Cornwall. From 2002 to 2009, he represented the county in 22 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Staffordshire. After his List A debut in 2001, Court represented Devon in 6 further matches in that format between 2002 and 2005, the last of which came against Essex in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his", "id": "6668188" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Wilton\n\n\nseason, he represented the county in 5 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Devon. He also played MCCA Knockout Trophy matches for Berkshire. His debut in that competition for Berkshire came against the Middlesex Cricket Board. He played 2 further Trophy matches for the county against Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Wilton also represented Berkshire in 2 List-A matches. His first List-A match for the county came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, with his second match for the", "id": "21064687" }, { "contents": "Gavin Byram\n\n\nappearances, the last of which came against Oxfordshire in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was played in 2001. In his 8 List A matches, he scored 77 runs at an average of 12.83, with a high score of 56. This score came against Devon in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. With the ball, he took 10 wickets at a bowling average of 25.40, with best figures of 3/33. His brother, Adam, also played Minor counties and List A cricket for Shropshire", "id": "21095698" }, { "contents": "Robert Dawson (cricketer)\n\n\nRobert 'Bob' Ian Dawson (born 29 March 1970) is a former English cricketer. Dawson is a right-handed batsman who bowls both leg break and right-arm medium pace. He was born in Exmouth, Devon. Dawson made his debut for Devon in the 1988 Minor Counties Championship against Wales Minor Counties. The following season he played his first MCCA Knockout Trophy match for the county against Dorset. Dawson was a frequent member of the Devon squad in his early years and it was for Devon that he made", "id": "8682304" }, { "contents": "Mark Richards (cricketer)\n\n\nlast of which came against the Sussex Cricket Board. 2002 also saw him make his List A debut for Devon, against Yorkshire in the 3rd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played a further match in that format in 2002, against Cumberland in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2002. Three years later he played a final List A match for Devon against Essex at The Maer Ground in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his three List", "id": "6099698" }, { "contents": "Craig Gibbens\n\n\nto 2002, he represented the county in 12 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. Gibbens also represented Wiltshire in List A cricket. His List A debut came against Scotland in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000 to 2001 he represented the county in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 4 matches, he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 26.75, with best figures of", "id": "2344787" }, { "contents": "Noel Brett\n\n\nNoel Adrian Brett (born 8 September 1975) is a former English cricketer. Brett was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Aldershot, Hampshire. Brett represented the Surrey Cricket Board in List A matches against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board and the Essex Cricket Board in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 2 runs at a batting average of 2.00, with a high score of", "id": "5854822" }, { "contents": "Andrew Mawson (cricketer)\n\n\nKnockout Trophy appearances. He made his first List A appearance for the county against Buckinghamshire in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was played in 2002. He made 2 further List A appearances for the county, against Devon in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2003, and Glamorgan in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 3 List A matches for Suffolk, he scored 67 runs at an average of 22.33, with a high", "id": "21332141" }, { "contents": "Jonathan Davies (cricketer, born 1976)\n\n\nJonathan Richard Davies (born 9 March 1976) is a former English cricketer. Davies was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Burnley, Lancashire. Davies made his debut for Lincolnshire in the 2000 MCCA Knockout Trophy against the Derbyshire Cricket Board. Davies played Minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire from 2000 to 2005, which included 17 Minor Counties Championship matches and 10 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Cheshire in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester", "id": "19270428" }, { "contents": "Mark Richards (cricketer)\n\n\nMark Allan Elliott Richards (born 9 April 1974) is a former English cricketer. Richards is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Bridport, Devon. Richards made his debut for Devon in the 2002 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. He played three further Championship matches that season, the last of which came against Berkshire. In that same season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for Devon, which came against Dorset. He played four further Trophy matches that season, the", "id": "6099697" }, { "contents": "Mark Currie (cricketer)\n\n\nMark Robert Currie (born 22 September 1979) is an English cricketer. Currie is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Manchester. Currie made his debut for Cheshire in the 1999 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1999 to 2005, including 18 Minor Counties Championship matches. and 7 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his List A debut for Cheshire against Cornwall in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In the same season", "id": "2542438" }, { "contents": "Richard Lynch (cricketer)\n\n\nRichard Lynch (born 2 March 1967) is a former English cricketer. Lynch was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire. Lynch made his debut for Oxfordshire in the 2002 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Berkshire. Lynch played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 2002 to 2005, which included 10 Minor Counties Championship matches and 5 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against the Lancashire Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester", "id": "12048123" }, { "contents": "David Court (cricketer)\n\n\nDavid Graeme Court (born 1 November 1980) is an English cricketer. Court is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. 2001 saw him make his debut for Devon in a List A match against Bedfordshire in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. Court made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Devon in 2002 against Shropshire. Between 2002 and 2009, he represented the county in 37 Championship matches, the last", "id": "6668187" }, { "contents": "Adam Cook (cricketer)\n\n\nList A matches, the last coming against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2003. In his 7 List A matches he scored 131 runs at a batting average of 21.83, with a high score of 66. This came against Herefordshire in the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. With the ball he took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 27.66, with best figures of 3/40. He has previously played for the Middlesex Second XI. His brother, Simon, played first-", "id": "12216354" }, { "contents": "Kevin Nash (cricketer)\n\n\nwhich came against Cornwall. Nash also represented Wiltshire in List A cricket. His List A debut for the county came against Scotland in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 1999 to 2005, he represented the county in 6 List A matches, the last of which came against Kent in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 29 runs at a batting average of 9.66, with a high score of 17. With the ball he took 8 wickets at a bowling average of 28.00, with", "id": "2226191" }, { "contents": "Peter Wilshaw\n\n\n2004 to present, he has represented the county in 35 Championship matches. The following season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut against Hertfordshire. From 2005 to present, he has represented the county in 21 Trophy matches. In that same season, he played his List A match for Staffordshire against Surrey in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 2 career List A matches, he scored 20 runs at a batting average of 10.00, with a high score of 20. Wilshaw made his debut in first-class cricket", "id": "10869794" }, { "contents": "Matthew Hunt\n\n\nhe represented the county in 12 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Dorset. 2002 saw him make his List A debut for Devon, against Cumberland in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. From 2002 to 2004, he represented the county in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against Yorkshire at The Maer Ground in the 3rd round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 206 runs at a batting average", "id": "6099606" }, { "contents": "Richard Waite (cricketer)\n\n\nRichard Parkinson Waite (born 11 June 1980) is an English cricketer. Waite is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. Waite represented the Durham Cricket Board in 10 List A matches against Buckinghamshire in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001 and against Glamorgan in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 10 List A matches, he scored 350 runs at a batting averageof 45.23 with high", "id": "8053151" }, { "contents": "David Roberts (cricketer)\n\n\n5 Championship matches, the last of which came against Suffolk, and 4 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He also represented Bedfordshire in 2 List A matches against Hertfordshire and the Netherlands in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which were played in 2002. The following season he joined Cornwall, where he made his Minor Counties Championship debut for the county against Devon. From 2003 to present, he represented the county in 20 Minor Counties Championship matches. Roberts has also represented Cornwall in the MCCA Knockout Trophy.", "id": "3315366" }, { "contents": "John Snashall\n\n\nJohn Stephen Snashall (born 12 October 1982) is a former English cricketer. Snashall is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Eastbourne, Sussex. Snashall represented the Sussex Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against the Essex Cricket Board and Wales Minor Counties in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy; both matches were played in 2001. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 59 runs at a batting average of 29.50, with a single", "id": "4569012" }, { "contents": "Jonathan Shaw (cricketer)\n\n\nagainst the Worcestershire Cricket Board. The following year he played his only List A match for the county against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. His is 2 career List A matches, he scored 32 runs at a batting average of 32.00, with a high score of 32. With the ball he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 27.66, with best figures of 3/49. Shaw represented Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship 11 times from 2000 to 2002 and 7 times in", "id": "11267767" }, { "contents": "Mohammad Akhtar\n\n\nMohammad Akhtar (; born 12 December 1977) is a Pakistani born English first-class cricketer. Akhtar is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Gujranwala, Punjab. Akhtar represented the Essex Cricket Board in a single List A match against Essex in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his only List A match, he made a half century score of 71 runs. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 23.00, with figures of 2/46. He", "id": "8492575" }, { "contents": "Hiley Edwards\n\n\n, in what was the tournaments inaugural season, against Cornwall. From 1984 to 1991, he represented the county in 17 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Staffordshire in the final of the 1991 MCCA Trophy at Lord's which Devon lost by 4 wickets. As well as playing Minor counties cricket for Devon, Edwards also appeared in List A cricket for them when the county was permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition which involved the first-class counties. His List A debut came against Warwickshire", "id": "7116739" }, { "contents": "Iain Bond\n\n\nIain Anthony Bond (born 7 November 1973) is an English cricketer. Bond is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Barnstaple, Devon. Bond made his debut for Devon in the 1996 Minor Counties Championship against Cornwall. From 1996 to 2003, he represented Devon in twenty-one Championship matches, the last of which came against Dorset. The following season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for Devon, which came against Wales Minor Counties. From 1997 to 1999", "id": "6668051" }, { "contents": "Richard Halsall\n\n\nSussex Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against Herefordshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000 to 2001, he represented the Board in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against the Essex Cricket Board in 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 36 runs at an average of 18.00, with a high score of 17. With the ball he took 5 wickets at an average of 20.60,", "id": "4716272" }, { "contents": "Andrew Jones (Staffordshire cricketer)\n\n\nAndrew James Jones (born 30 November 1977) is a former English cricketer. Jones was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Jones made his debut for Staffordshire in the 1998 Minor Counties Championship against Cumberland. Jones played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 1998 to 2002, which included 15 Minor Counties Championship matches and 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2000, he made his only List A appearance against Devon in the NatWest Trophy", "id": "17237532" }, { "contents": "Owen Dawkins\n\n\nthe 2nd round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 29 runs at a batting average of 9.66, with a high score of 18. With the ball he took a single wickets at a bowling average of 81.00, with best figures of 1/21. In 2005, he briefly rejoined Hertfordshire, before representing Buckinghamshire in 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches against Wiltshire and Hertfordshire. He currently plays club cricket for Sully Centurions Cricket Club in the South Wales Cricket League. Previously, Dawkins played", "id": "19323799" }, { "contents": "David Heyes (cricketer)\n\n\nDavid John Heyes (born 7 February 1967) is a former English cricketer. Heyes was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Prescot, Lancashire. Heyes represented the Lancashire Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against the Netherlands in the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Suffolk and the Essex Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 41 runs at a batting average of 13.66, with a high score of 27. In the", "id": "9718266" }, { "contents": "David Butcher (cricketer)\n\n\nDavid Neil Butcher (born 2 October 1969) is a former English cricketer. Butcher was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Colchester, Essex. Butcher made his debut for Devon in the Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire in 1992. From 1992 to 1994, he represented Devon in 14 Championship matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. In 1992, he played his only List A match for Devon, which came against Kent in the 1992 NatWest Trophy. In this", "id": "7180736" }, { "contents": "Mathew Theedom\n\n\nMathew Christopher Theedom (born 1 October 1977) is an English cricketer. Theedom is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Exeter, Devon. Theedom made his debut for Devon in 1996 against Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship. From 1996 to 2002, he represented Devon in 22 Championship matches, the last of which came against Shropshire. Three years later he made his debut MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the county against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board. From 1999 to 2002,", "id": "7117236" }, { "contents": "Robert King (cricketer, born 1978)\n\n\nRobert David King (born 10 July 1978) is an English cricketer. King was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. King made his debut for Staffordshire in the 2003 Minor Counties Championship against Buckinghamshire. King played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 2003 to 2007, which included 22 Minor Counties Championship matches and 11 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2004, he made his only List A appearance against Lancashire in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy", "id": "17125073" }, { "contents": "Paul Draper (cricketer)\n\n\n, he represented the county in 12 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Buckinghamshire. Draper also represented Wiltshire in 2 List-A matches. His debut List-A match came against Herefordshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. His second and final List-A match came against Ireland in the 1st round 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 2 List-A matches, he scored 12 runs at a batting average of 6.00, with a high score of 10. Draper currently plays club", "id": "2225677" }, { "contents": "Andrew Collins (cricketer)\n\n\nCounties Championship match for Berkshire against Oxfordshire and the following season he joined Wiltshire. He played a single Championship match for Wiltshire in 1998 against Dorset and followed that up in 1999 with his final Championship match for the county against Devon. Collins also represented Wiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against the Herefordshire in 1998. He represented the county in 2 further Trophy matches in 1999 against Herefordshire and the Worcestershire Cricket Board. Collins also represented Wiltshire in 2 List A matches. His first came against the", "id": "2472495" }, { "contents": "Steven Naylor\n\n\nfor the county came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. From 2002 to 2005, he represented the county in four List A matches, with his final List A match coming when Berkshire played Gloucestershire in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy at Sonning Lane, Reading. In his combined List A career, he scored 51 runs at a batting average of 12.75, with a high score of 23. With the ball he took 5 wickets at a bowling average of 42.40", "id": "21065511" }, { "contents": "Royston Smith (cricketer)\n\n\nRoyston Anthony Smith (born 14 March 1974) is an English cricketer. Smith is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Romford, London. Smith represented the Essex Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against Warwickshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy, Suffolk in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy and the Surrey Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 27 runs", "id": "8375106" }, { "contents": "Stephen Ogilby\n\n\ncricket for Cheshire from 2001 to 2005, including nineteen Minor Counties Championship matches and seven MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He played List A cricket for Cheshire, with his final List A match coming against Hampshire in the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played a total of four List A matches for Cheshire, scoring 37 runs at a batting average of 18.50, with a high score of 36. Behind the stumps he took 8 catches and made a single stumping. His highest score with the bat came against Hampshire in his final", "id": "982144" }, { "contents": "Stephen Watts\n\n\nStephen John Watts (born 1 May 1979) is a former English cricketer. Watts was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Luton, Bedfordshire. Watts made his debut for Bedfordshire in the 2001 Minor Counties Championship against Staffordshire. Watts played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 2001 to 2006, which included 22 Minor Counties Championship matches and 7 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Cheshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was", "id": "13651970" }, { "contents": "Paul Jenkins (cricketer)\n\n\nPaul Edward Jenkins (born 8 February 1972) is an English cricketer. Jenkins is a right-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Gloucester, Gloucestershire. Jenkins made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Wales Minor Counties in 1998 against Devon. From 1998 to 2000, he represented the team in 5 Championship matches, the last of which came against Cheshire. His only MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the team came in 2000 against Shropshire. His only List A appearance for the team came in", "id": "19577576" }, { "contents": "Phil North\n\n\nTrophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. He also represented Wiltshire in a single List A match against Durham in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. In his combined List A matches, he took 6 wickets at an average of 24.16, with best figures of 3/20. In 1997, North returned to play Minor Counties cricket for Wales Minor Counties. During the 1997 season, he represented the team in 9 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Berkshire. He also played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match", "id": "2344631" }, { "contents": "Timothy Carter (cricketer)\n\n\nTimothy Jolyon Carter (born 21 September 1969) is a former English cricketer. Carter was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born in Tiverton, Devon. Carter represented the Surrey Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against Norfolk in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. From 1999 to 2001, he represented the Board in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Lincolnshire in the second round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In", "id": "6580350" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Carter (cricketer)\n\n\n2002 to 2003, he represented the county in 3 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Norfolk. Carter also represented Cornwall in 2 List A matches. These came against the Somerset Cricket Board and Wales Minor Counties in the 1st and 2nd rounds respectively of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which were played in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 10 runs with a high score of 10* and with the ball he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 22.00, with best figures of 2/21", "id": "3315198" }, { "contents": "Ryan Horrell\n\n\nthe county in just 5 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Wiltshire. Horrell made his List A debut for Devon against Essex in the 1st round of the 1996 NatWest Trophy. His next List A appearance came four years later against Staffordshire in the 2nd round of the 2000 NatWest Trophy, with his final List A match coming in the following round against Surrey. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 25 runs at a batting average of 25.00, with a high score of 25*. With the ball", "id": "7180412" }, { "contents": "Christopher Lello\n\n\n1996 to 2000, he represented the county in 6 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. Lello also represented Cornwall in 3 List A matches. These came against Warwickshire in the 1996 NatWest Trophy, Cumberland in the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Norfolk in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 20 runs at a batting average of 12.33, with a high score of 20. In the field he took 2 catches. With the ball he took a single wicket at a bowling average", "id": "3375044" }, { "contents": "Russell Rowe (cricketer)\n\n\nRussell John Rowe (born 14 May 1975) is a former English cricketer. Rowe was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire. Rowe made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Wiltshire in 1994 against Cheshire. From 1994 to 2005, he represented the county in 50 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Devon. Rowe also represented Wiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Herefordshire in 1999. From 1999 to", "id": "2225703" }, { "contents": "Jamie Went\n\n\nJames Colin Went (born 7 January 1982) is an English cricketer. Went is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Reading, Berkshire. Went represented the Essex Cricket Board in a single List A match against Essex in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his only List A match, he scored a single run and with the ball he took a single wicket at a cost of 64 runs from 10 overs. He currently plays club cricket for Hornchurch Cricket Club.", "id": "8375068" }, { "contents": "Colin Banton\n\n\nof 80*. His highest score came on debut against Cambridge University. In that same season he made his List A debut for the county against Lancashire in the 1995 Benson & Hedges Cup. His second and final List A appearance came in the same season against Essex. In his 2 matches, he scored 41 runs at an average of 20.50, with a high score of 40. After leaving Nottinghamshire, he made a single MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for Buckinghamshire in 1996 against Devon. He also previously had played Second XI", "id": "9334990" }, { "contents": "Paul Bryson\n\n\nPaul Robert John Bryson (born 6 July 1968) is a former English cricketer. Bryson was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire. Bryson made his debut for Cheshire in the 1994 Minor Counties Championship against Dorset. Bryson played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1994 to 2001, including 51 Minor Counties Championship matches and 24 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1995, he made his List A debut against Essex in the NatWest Trophy. He played eight further List", "id": "3873510" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Price (cricketer)\n\n\nCounties Championship matches, the last of which came against Herefordshire. Price also represented Cornwall in List A cricket. His first List A match came against Cheshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. From 2001 to 2003, he represented the county in 7 List A matches, the last of which came against the Netherlands in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2003. In his 7 List A matches, he scored 184 runs at a batting average of 26.28, with", "id": "3374434" }, { "contents": "Peter Lawson (cricketer)\n\n\nCheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001, the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board and Devon in the 1st and 2nd round's respectively of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, with both matches held in 2002. In his three List A matches, he scored 9 runs at a batting average of 9.00, with a high score of 9. Lawson's only List A wicket was that Devon batsman David Court. Although, this wicket across his three matches cost 107.00 runs. He also played for the Leicestershire Second XI in 2002.", "id": "20049880" }, { "contents": "Philip George\n\n\ncame against Devon. His MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for the team came in 1997 against Devon. From 1997 to 2002, George represented the team in 10 Trophy matches, the last of which came against the Worcestershire Cricket Board. His debut List A appearance for the team came in the 1st round of the 1999 NatWest Trophy against Lincolnshire. From 1999 to 2001, he represented the team in 8 List A matches, the last of which came against Leicestershire in the 3rd round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his", "id": "19578319" }, { "contents": "Hedley Wright\n\n\n, which included 33 Minor Counties Championship matches and 6 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. It was for Suffolk that he made his debut in List A cricket against Lancashire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. He played 3 further List A matches for Suffolk, the last coming against Northamptonshire in the 1989 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored 38 runs at a batting average of 12.66, with a high score of 16. With the ball he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 31.75, with best figures of", "id": "10548994" }, { "contents": "Greg Hill (cricketer)\n\n\nGregory Russell Hill (born 13 September 1972) is a former English cricketer. Hill was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Canterbury, Kent. Hill made a single Minor Counties Championship appearance for Devon in 1992 against Herefordshire. Hill also represented the county in a single List A match against Kent in the 1992 NatWest Trophy. In 2000, he made first represented the Worcestershire Cricket Board in List A cricket against the Kent Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000", "id": "7049456" }, { "contents": "Charles Pritchard (cricketer)\n\n\nagainst Dorset. From 1987 to 1994, he represented the county in 14 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Bedfordshire. Pritchard made his List A debut for Devon against Essex in the 1st round of the 1991 NatWest Trophy. From 1991 to 1994 he played 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Yorkshire in the 1st round of the 1994 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored a single run from two innings, giving him a batting average of 1.00. In the field", "id": "7524142" }, { "contents": "James Rodham\n\n\nJames Paul Rodham (born 2 March 1983) is a former English cricketer. Rodham was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Ashford, Surrey. Rodham represented the Middlesex Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against the Derbyshire Cricket Board and Cambridgeshire in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which were held in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 27 runs at a batting average of 13.50, with a high score of 23.", "id": "10367039" }, { "contents": "John Hitchmough (cricketer, born 1962)\n\n\nJohn Jeffrey Hitchmough (born 19 January 1962) is a former English cricketer. Hitchmough was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire. Hitchmough made his debut for Cheshire in the 1983 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Hertfordshire. Hitchmough played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1983 to 1992, including 66 Minor Counties Championship matches and 20 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1985, he made his List A debut against Yorkshire in the NatWest Trophy. He played six further List A", "id": "2343816" }, { "contents": "Ian Roberts (cricketer)\n\n\nIan Clement Roberts (born 29 April 1948) is a former English cricketer. Roberts was a right-handed batsman bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. Roberts made his debut for Devon in the 1974 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire. From 1974 to 1980, he represented the county in 26 Championship matches, the last of which came against Oxfordshire. He also represented Devon in a single List A match, at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one", "id": "8558428" }, { "contents": "Mark Woodman\n\n\n20 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Bedfordshire. Woodman also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1988 NatWest Trophy against Nottinghamshire. He played 5 further List A matches between 1988 and 1995, the last of which came against Sussex. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 9 runs at a batting average of 3.00, with a high score of 8. With the ball", "id": "8019129" }, { "contents": "Stephen Perrin\n\n\nWiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Devon in 1991. From 1991 to 2005, he represented the county in 26 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. Perrin also represented Wiltshire in List A cricket. His List A debut came against Durham in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. From 1993 to 2001, he represented the county in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001", "id": "2472653" }, { "contents": "Stuart Catterall\n\n\nStuart Colin Catterall (born 9 April 1975) is a former English cricketer. Catterall was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Southampton, Hampshire. Catterall represented the Lancashire Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against the Essex Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000 to 2002, he represented the Board in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Scotland in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which", "id": "9619300" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Creed\n\n\nNicholas John Keyworth Creed (born 28 August 1980) is an English cricketer. Creed is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Cuckfield, Sussex. Creed represented the Sussex Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against Herefordshire and Berkshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy and the Worcestershire Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2002. In his 3 List A matches, he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of", "id": "4716106" }, { "contents": "Graham Crawford\n\n\nGraham Andrew Crawford (born 16 October 1967) is a former English cricketer. Crawford was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Windlesham, Surrey. Crawford represented the Surrey Cricket Board in 2 List A cricket matches against Norfolk and Cheshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 71 runs at a batting average of 35.50, with a high score of 41. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 15.50, with", "id": "6580052" }, { "contents": "Steven Oddy\n\n\nSteven Craig Oddy (born 17 May 1979) is an English cricketer. Oddy is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Oddy represented the Lancashire Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against the Yorkshire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy and Cheshire the 1st of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 3 runs at a batting average of 1.50, with a high score", "id": "9619165" }, { "contents": "Keith Arnold (cricketer)\n\n\nKeith Andrew Arnold (born 27 May 1960) is a former English first-class cricketer. Arnold was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Solihull, Warwickshire. Arnold made his debut for Oxfordshire in the 1980 Minor Counties Championship against Devon. Arnold played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 1980 to 2010, which included 208 Minor Counties Championship matches and 47 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Glamorgan in the 1980 Gillette Cup. He played fifteen", "id": "13471171" }, { "contents": "Joe Oliver (cricketer)\n\n\nhe represented the county in 4 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. Oliver also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format against Leicestershire in the 1983 NatWest Trophy. He played 2 further List A matches against Sussex in the 1984 NatWest Trophy and Warwickshire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 55 runs in three unbeaten innings, with a high score of", "id": "8558387" }, { "contents": "Paul Douglas (cricketer)\n\n\nPaul Julian Douglas (born 12 October 1971) is a former English cricketer. Douglas was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Barnstaple, Devon. Douglas made his debut for Suffolk in the 1993 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. Douglas played 3 further Minor Counties Championship matches in 1993. In what was his only season with the county, he made a single List A appearance against Essex in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. In this match, he bowled 12 wicket-less", "id": "21410566" }, { "contents": "Peter Scott (cricketer)\n\n\nPeter James Scott (born 20 November 1982) is an English cricketer. Scott is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Scott represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Bedfordshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his only List A match he took a single wicket at a cost of 28 runs. In 2004, he made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Staffordshire against Bedfordshire. Scott played 2 further", "id": "11002211" }, { "contents": "Kevin Rice\n\n\nin 13 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Dorset. Ward also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format against Warwickshire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. He played 5 further List A matches between 1985 and 1991, the last of which came against Essex in the 1991 NatWest Trophy. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 167 runs at a batting average of 27.83, with a single century", "id": "8558307" }, { "contents": "Kevin Willcock\n\n\nKevin James Willcock (born 8 March 1973) is a former English cricketer. Willcock was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Tavistock, Devon. Willcock made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Cornwall in 1993 against Devon. From 1993 to 1998, he represented the county in 34 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of came match against Herefordshire. Willcock also represented Cornwall in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Devon in 1995. From 1995 to", "id": "3375107" }, { "contents": "Ben Frazer\n\n\nhe made his List A debut against the Durham Cricket Board in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He made 4 further List A appearances for the county, the last coming against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was held in 2003. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 74 runs at a batting average of 14.80, with a high score of 24. With the ball, he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 30.71, with best figures of 3/56. He played", "id": "15931033" }, { "contents": "Zahid Iqbal\n\n\nZahid Iqbal (born 11 February 1981) is an English cricketer. Iqbal was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Zahid Iqbal represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in 2 List A matches. These came against Scotland in the 1st round of the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Cumberland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 57 runs at a batting average of 57.00,", "id": "10869890" }, { "contents": "Craig Macconacie\n\n\nCraig Macconacie (born 10 November 1977) is a former English cricketer. Macconacie was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Leicester, Leicestershire. Macconacie represented the Leicestershire Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against Denmark in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, and the Kent Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the same competition. Both matches were held in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 49 runs at a batting average of", "id": "9840963" }, { "contents": "Richard Pineo\n\n\nRichard William Pineo (born 11 February 1975) is an English cricketer. Pineo was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born at Ipswich, Suffolk. Richard made his debut for Suffolk in the 1996 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. From 1997 to 2003, he represented the county in 29 Minor Counties Championship matches and 9 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List-A debut for Suffolk against Lincolnshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. From 2001 to 2002", "id": "1828725" }, { "contents": "Paul O'Reilly\n\n\nPaul John O'Reilly (born 4 August 1962) is a former English cricketer. O'Reilly was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Watford, Hertfordshire. O'Reilly made his debut for Hertfordshire in the 1996 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Dorset. O'Reilly played Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 1996 to 2003, which included 26 Minor Counties Championship matches and 9 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his List A debut against the Durham Cricket Board in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy", "id": "15930607" }, { "contents": "Richard Kaufman (cricketer)\n\n\nagainst Berkshire. From 2003 to present, he has represented the county in 29 Championship matches. His debut for the county in the MCCA Knockout Trophy came against Dorset in 2003. From 2003 to present, he has represented the county in 19 Trophy matches. Kaufman also represented Bedfordshire in a single List A match when they were permitted to take part in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. This came against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2003. In his career total of 3", "id": "10796352" }, { "contents": "Neil Fox (cricketer)\n\n\nNeil Fox (born 10 February 1962) is a former English cricketer. Fox was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Norwich, Norfolk. Fox made his debut for Norfolk in the 1991 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire. Fox played Minor counties cricket for Norfolk from 1991 to 2000, which included 77 Minor Counties Championship matches and 23 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Warwickshire in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. He made 7 further List A appearances,", "id": "20387068" }, { "contents": "Lee Marland\n\n\nLee John Marland (born 21 September 1975) is an English cricketer. Marland is a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Withington, Manchester. Marland made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Cheshire against Wales Minor Counties in 1998. He played 2 further Championship matches for the county against Herefordshire in 1998 and Wiltshire in 1999. Marland represented the Warwickshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in", "id": "5208352" }, { "contents": "Simon Twigg\n\n\nCheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In 2003, he joined Cheshire where he made his debut for the county in the 2003 Minor Counties Championship against Herefordshire. From 2003 to 2005, he represented the county in 12 Minor Counties matches, with his final Minor Counties appearance coming against Devon. Twigg also represented Cheshire in List-A cricket, representing the county 3 List-A matches, with his final List-A match coming against Hampshire in 2004. In his 4 List-A matches, he scored", "id": "3640174" }, { "contents": "David Lye\n\n\nof that competition, he scored his maiden List A half century, making 56 runs before being dismissed by Saqlain Mushtaq. In 2003, he scored his only List A century against Suffolk in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2003. Opening the batting, he made 121 runs before being dismissed by Philip Caley. In total, Lye played 10 List A matches in the period when Devon were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day tournament. In these 10 matches, he", "id": "7117193" }, { "contents": "Kevin Willcock\n\n\n1998, he represented the county in 7 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. Willcock also represented Cornwall in 2 List A matches. These came against Middlesex in the 1995 NatWest Trophy and Warwickshire in the 1996 NatWest Trophy. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 26 runs at a batting average of 13.00, with a high score of 25. In the field he took a single catch. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 47.50, with best figures of 1/43.", "id": "3375108" }, { "contents": "Timothy Ward\n\n\n13 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. Ward also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1987 NatWest Trophy against Worcestershire. He played 3 further List A matches between 1987 and 1993, the last of which came against Derbyshire in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored 37 runs at a batting average of 9.25, with a high score of", "id": "8227466" }, { "contents": "Arif Saeed\n\n\nArif Saeed (born 30 August 1967) is a Pakistani born English cricketer. Saeed is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Sialkot, Punjab. Saeed represented the Essex Cricket Board in 3 List A matches against Ireland in the 1999 NatWest Trophy, Warwickshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy and the Sussex Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 25 runs at a batting", "id": "8219944" } ]

[ { "contents": "Andrew Procter (cricketer)\n\n\nmatches, 27 Trophy matches, and 10 List A matches. In List A cricket, all of his appearances came for Devon at a time when there were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day tournament. He played his final List A match against Essex in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy at The Maer Ground in Exmouth. In his 10 List A matches, he scored 114 runs at a batting average of 28.50, with a high score of 29*. With the ball he took", "id": "7117115" }, { "contents": "Andrew Procter (cricketer)\n\n\nAndrew John Procter (born 7 September 1968) is an English cricketer. Procter was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Preston, Lancashire. Procter first played for Devon in 1996 against Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship. It would be another four years before Procter represented Devon again, returning to the county for the 2000 season. During this season he made both his MCCA Knockout Trophy and List A debuts. Over the nest seven seasons, he represented Devon in 40 Championship", "id": "7117114" }, { "contents": "David Lye\n\n\nDavid Frank Lye (born 11 April 1979) is an English cricketer. Lye is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Exeter, Devon. Procter first played for Devon in 1998 against Wales Minor Counties in the Minor Counties Championship. Two years later he made his debut MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the county against Cornwall. In that same season he also made his debut in List A cricket against Staffordshire in the 2nd round of the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In the following round", "id": "7117192" }, { "contents": "Ray Tolchard\n\n\nmaiden Championship by scoring a century off 356 balls. He also represented Devon in 3 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches between from 1983 to 1984. Tolchard played List A cricket for Devon, at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut against Staffordshire in the 1978 Gillette Cup 1st round. The following season he played 4 List A matches for Minor Counties South in the 1979 Benson & Hedges Cup. In that same season he played a List A match for Devon against Leicestershire", "id": "8558507" }, { "contents": "Andrew Hele\n\n\nthe county in 20 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Suffolk. In the same season as he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut, Hele also made his List A debut for Devon against Yorkshire in the 1st round of the 1998 NatWest Trophy. From 1998 to 2001, he played in 6 List A matches, the last of which came against Shropshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 40 runs at a batting average of 13.33, with", "id": "7117286" }, { "contents": "Paul Bates (cricketer)\n\n\nin 2000. He played one further Trophy match in 2000 against Cornwall and played his final Trophy match in 2002 against Devon. Bates also represented Wiltshire in 2 List-A matches. His List-A debut for the county came against the Derbyshire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. His second and final List-A game came against Ireland in the 1st round of 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 2 List-A matches, he scored 18 runs at a batting average", "id": "1979241" }, { "contents": "Andrew Pugh\n\n\nmaking his debut in that format in the 1990 NatWest Trophy against Somerset. From 1990 to 2005, he represented Devon in 18 List A matches, the last of which came in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy against Essex. In his 15 List A matches, he scored 271 runs at a batting average of 16.93, with a single half century high score of 54. In the field he took 10 catches. With the ball he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 24.57, with best figures of 2/4 against Staffordshire", "id": "8019077" }, { "contents": "John Tierney (cricketer)\n\n\n22 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Shropshire. During his playing career with Devon, he won two MCCA Knockout Trophy's. He played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1985 NatWest Trophy against Warwickshire. From 1985 to 1991, he represented Devon in 5 List A matches, the last of which came in the 1991 NatWest Trophy against Essex. In his 5 List A matches,", "id": "8227543" }, { "contents": "Haydn Morgan (cricketer)\n\n\nHaydn John Morgan (born 5 July 1973) is a former English cricketer. Morgan was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Torquay, Devon. Morgan made his debut for Devon in 1995 against Cheshire in the Minor Counties Championship. From 1995 to 1996, he represented Devon in 7 Championship matches, the last of which came against Norfolk. In the 1996 NatWest Trophy, he played his only List A match for Devon against Essex. Morgan later joined Central Districts in New", "id": "7670676" }, { "contents": "Jason Whittaker (cricketer)\n\n\nJason Peter Whittaker (born 24 July 1971) is a former English cricketer. Whittaker is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. Whittaker made his debut for Cheshire in the 2001 Minor Counties Championship against Devon. Whittaker has played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 2001 to the present day, including 72 Minor Counties Championship matches and 23 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his List A debut against the Lancashire Cricket Board in the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, with the 1st round", "id": "2170765" }, { "contents": "Christopher Mole\n\n\nwhich was held in 2002. In 2003, Mole joined Devon. He made his debut in the Minor Counties Championship against Herefordshire. He played for Devon from 2003 to 2001, he has represented Devon in 27 Championship matches. Mole has also represented Devon in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, making his debut in that competition for the county against Shropshire in 2003. Additionally, he also represented Devon in List A cricket. His List A debut for the county came against Suffolk in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy", "id": "4825941" }, { "contents": "Stuart Priscott\n\n\nplayed his second and final Trophy match for the county against the same opposition in 1994. Priscott later represented the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Huntingdonshire in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. The following season he played a single List A match for Devon against Yorkshire in the 3rd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 12 runs at a batting average of 6.00, with a high score of 7.", "id": "8492898" }, { "contents": "Andrew Walker (cricketer)\n\n\nAndrew John Walker (born 29 October 1971, Bradford, Yorkshire, England) is a former English cricketer. Walker was a right-handed batsman, who bowled right-arm off break. Walker represented the Yorkshire Cricket Board in three List A matches. His debut List A match came against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. His final two matches came against Huntingdonshire and Yorkshire, both in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his three List A matches, he scored 57 runs at a batting average of 28.50", "id": "7810996" }, { "contents": "Keith Donohue (cricketer)\n\n\n. From 1986 to 2000, he represented the county in 34 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. During this playing career with Devon, he won two Minor Counties Championships and three MCCA Knockout Trophy's. He played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1986 NatWest Trophy against Nottinghamshire. From 1986 to 2000, he represented Devon in 11 List A matches, the last of which", "id": "8227528" }, { "contents": "Robert Dawson (cricketer)\n\n\nLeicestershire, but winning due to being 9 wickets down, therefore winning by losing fewer wickets. In the 3rd round there were heavily defeated by Yorkshire, with Dawson scoring 52 runs, before being dismissed by Anthony McGrath. He played his final List A match the following season against Essex in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. Devon, along with the rest of the Minor counties were not permitted to play in domestic List A matches after this season. During his time as captain he guided Devon to a", "id": "8682313" }, { "contents": "Jonathan Shaw (cricketer)\n\n\nJonathan William Shaw (born 4 May 1980) is an English cricketer. Shaw is a right-handed batsman who bowls both right-arm off break and right-arm medium pace. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Shaw represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Scotland in the 1st round of the 1999 NatWest Trophy. In his only List A match he scored 5 runs. In 2000, he joined Herefordshire where he made his Minor Counties Championship against Dorset and his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut", "id": "11267766" }, { "contents": "John Trueman\n\n\nJohn Fieldston Trueman (born 29 October 1968) is an English cricketer. Trueman is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Trueman represented the Derbyshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against the Middlesex Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his only List A match, he scored 24 runs and took a single catch in the field. With the ball he bowled 10 wicketless overs.", "id": "2728005" }, { "contents": "Andrew Edwards\n\n\n, Edwards also made his debut for Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship against Devon. In 2001, he played 3 further Championship matches for the county, the last of which came against Berkshire. In 2001, he played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match for Herefordshire against the Warwickshire Cricket Board. Edwards also represented the county in List A cricket, making his debut for the county in that format against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played 2 further matches in that season's competition against Middlesex", "id": "8713510" }, { "contents": "David Townsend (Devon cricketer)\n\n\nDavid Edward John Townsend (born 26 October 1965) is a former English cricketer. Townsend was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Tiverton, Devon. Townsend made his debut for Devon in the 1993 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. From 1993 to 2002, he represented the county in 10 Championship matches, the last of which came against Oxfordshire. His MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for the county came against Dorset in 1993. He played one further Trophy match for Devon, which", "id": "18911206" }, { "contents": "David Court (cricketer)\n\n\nof which came against Berkshire. In the same season that he made his debut for Devon, he also made his debut in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, which came against Cornwall. From 2002 to 2009, he represented the county in 22 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Staffordshire. After his List A debut in 2001, Court represented Devon in 6 further matches in that format between 2002 and 2005, the last of which came against Essex in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his", "id": "6668188" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Wilton\n\n\nseason, he represented the county in 5 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Devon. He also played MCCA Knockout Trophy matches for Berkshire. His debut in that competition for Berkshire came against the Middlesex Cricket Board. He played 2 further Trophy matches for the county against Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Wilton also represented Berkshire in 2 List-A matches. His first List-A match for the county came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, with his second match for the", "id": "21064687" }, { "contents": "Gavin Byram\n\n\nappearances, the last of which came against Oxfordshire in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was played in 2001. In his 8 List A matches, he scored 77 runs at an average of 12.83, with a high score of 56. This score came against Devon in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. With the ball, he took 10 wickets at a bowling average of 25.40, with best figures of 3/33. His brother, Adam, also played Minor counties and List A cricket for Shropshire", "id": "21095698" }, { "contents": "Robert Dawson (cricketer)\n\n\nRobert 'Bob' Ian Dawson (born 29 March 1970) is a former English cricketer. Dawson is a right-handed batsman who bowls both leg break and right-arm medium pace. He was born in Exmouth, Devon. Dawson made his debut for Devon in the 1988 Minor Counties Championship against Wales Minor Counties. The following season he played his first MCCA Knockout Trophy match for the county against Dorset. Dawson was a frequent member of the Devon squad in his early years and it was for Devon that he made", "id": "8682304" }, { "contents": "Mark Richards (cricketer)\n\n\nlast of which came against the Sussex Cricket Board. 2002 also saw him make his List A debut for Devon, against Yorkshire in the 3rd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played a further match in that format in 2002, against Cumberland in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2002. Three years later he played a final List A match for Devon against Essex at The Maer Ground in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his three List", "id": "6099698" }, { "contents": "Craig Gibbens\n\n\nto 2002, he represented the county in 12 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. Gibbens also represented Wiltshire in List A cricket. His List A debut came against Scotland in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000 to 2001 he represented the county in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 4 matches, he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 26.75, with best figures of", "id": "2344787" }, { "contents": "Noel Brett\n\n\nNoel Adrian Brett (born 8 September 1975) is a former English cricketer. Brett was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Aldershot, Hampshire. Brett represented the Surrey Cricket Board in List A matches against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board and the Essex Cricket Board in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 2 runs at a batting average of 2.00, with a high score of", "id": "5854822" }, { "contents": "Andrew Mawson (cricketer)\n\n\nKnockout Trophy appearances. He made his first List A appearance for the county against Buckinghamshire in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was played in 2002. He made 2 further List A appearances for the county, against Devon in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2003, and Glamorgan in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 3 List A matches for Suffolk, he scored 67 runs at an average of 22.33, with a high", "id": "21332141" }, { "contents": "Jonathan Davies (cricketer, born 1976)\n\n\nJonathan Richard Davies (born 9 March 1976) is a former English cricketer. Davies was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Burnley, Lancashire. Davies made his debut for Lincolnshire in the 2000 MCCA Knockout Trophy against the Derbyshire Cricket Board. Davies played Minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire from 2000 to 2005, which included 17 Minor Counties Championship matches and 10 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Cheshire in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester", "id": "19270428" }, { "contents": "Mark Richards (cricketer)\n\n\nMark Allan Elliott Richards (born 9 April 1974) is a former English cricketer. Richards is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Bridport, Devon. Richards made his debut for Devon in the 2002 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. He played three further Championship matches that season, the last of which came against Berkshire. In that same season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for Devon, which came against Dorset. He played four further Trophy matches that season, the", "id": "6099697" }, { "contents": "Mark Currie (cricketer)\n\n\nMark Robert Currie (born 22 September 1979) is an English cricketer. Currie is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Manchester. Currie made his debut for Cheshire in the 1999 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1999 to 2005, including 18 Minor Counties Championship matches. and 7 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his List A debut for Cheshire against Cornwall in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In the same season", "id": "2542438" }, { "contents": "Richard Lynch (cricketer)\n\n\nRichard Lynch (born 2 March 1967) is a former English cricketer. Lynch was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire. Lynch made his debut for Oxfordshire in the 2002 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Berkshire. Lynch played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 2002 to 2005, which included 10 Minor Counties Championship matches and 5 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against the Lancashire Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester", "id": "12048123" }, { "contents": "David Court (cricketer)\n\n\nDavid Graeme Court (born 1 November 1980) is an English cricketer. Court is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. 2001 saw him make his debut for Devon in a List A match against Bedfordshire in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. Court made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Devon in 2002 against Shropshire. Between 2002 and 2009, he represented the county in 37 Championship matches, the last", "id": "6668187" }, { "contents": "Adam Cook (cricketer)\n\n\nList A matches, the last coming against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2003. In his 7 List A matches he scored 131 runs at a batting average of 21.83, with a high score of 66. This came against Herefordshire in the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. With the ball he took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 27.66, with best figures of 3/40. He has previously played for the Middlesex Second XI. His brother, Simon, played first-", "id": "12216354" }, { "contents": "Kevin Nash (cricketer)\n\n\nwhich came against Cornwall. Nash also represented Wiltshire in List A cricket. His List A debut for the county came against Scotland in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 1999 to 2005, he represented the county in 6 List A matches, the last of which came against Kent in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 29 runs at a batting average of 9.66, with a high score of 17. With the ball he took 8 wickets at a bowling average of 28.00, with", "id": "2226191" }, { "contents": "Peter Wilshaw\n\n\n2004 to present, he has represented the county in 35 Championship matches. The following season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut against Hertfordshire. From 2005 to present, he has represented the county in 21 Trophy matches. In that same season, he played his List A match for Staffordshire against Surrey in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 2 career List A matches, he scored 20 runs at a batting average of 10.00, with a high score of 20. Wilshaw made his debut in first-class cricket", "id": "10869794" }, { "contents": "Matthew Hunt\n\n\nhe represented the county in 12 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Dorset. 2002 saw him make his List A debut for Devon, against Cumberland in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. From 2002 to 2004, he represented the county in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against Yorkshire at The Maer Ground in the 3rd round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 206 runs at a batting average", "id": "6099606" }, { "contents": "Richard Waite (cricketer)\n\n\nRichard Parkinson Waite (born 11 June 1980) is an English cricketer. Waite is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. Waite represented the Durham Cricket Board in 10 List A matches against Buckinghamshire in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001 and against Glamorgan in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 10 List A matches, he scored 350 runs at a batting averageof 45.23 with high", "id": "8053151" }, { "contents": "David Roberts (cricketer)\n\n\n5 Championship matches, the last of which came against Suffolk, and 4 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He also represented Bedfordshire in 2 List A matches against Hertfordshire and the Netherlands in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which were played in 2002. The following season he joined Cornwall, where he made his Minor Counties Championship debut for the county against Devon. From 2003 to present, he represented the county in 20 Minor Counties Championship matches. Roberts has also represented Cornwall in the MCCA Knockout Trophy.", "id": "3315366" }, { "contents": "John Snashall\n\n\nJohn Stephen Snashall (born 12 October 1982) is a former English cricketer. Snashall is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Eastbourne, Sussex. Snashall represented the Sussex Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against the Essex Cricket Board and Wales Minor Counties in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy; both matches were played in 2001. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 59 runs at a batting average of 29.50, with a single", "id": "4569012" }, { "contents": "Jonathan Shaw (cricketer)\n\n\nagainst the Worcestershire Cricket Board. The following year he played his only List A match for the county against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. His is 2 career List A matches, he scored 32 runs at a batting average of 32.00, with a high score of 32. With the ball he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 27.66, with best figures of 3/49. Shaw represented Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship 11 times from 2000 to 2002 and 7 times in", "id": "11267767" }, { "contents": "Mohammad Akhtar\n\n\nMohammad Akhtar (; born 12 December 1977) is a Pakistani born English first-class cricketer. Akhtar is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Gujranwala, Punjab. Akhtar represented the Essex Cricket Board in a single List A match against Essex in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his only List A match, he made a half century score of 71 runs. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 23.00, with figures of 2/46. He", "id": "8492575" }, { "contents": "Hiley Edwards\n\n\n, in what was the tournaments inaugural season, against Cornwall. From 1984 to 1991, he represented the county in 17 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Staffordshire in the final of the 1991 MCCA Trophy at Lord's which Devon lost by 4 wickets. As well as playing Minor counties cricket for Devon, Edwards also appeared in List A cricket for them when the county was permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition which involved the first-class counties. His List A debut came against Warwickshire", "id": "7116739" }, { "contents": "Iain Bond\n\n\nIain Anthony Bond (born 7 November 1973) is an English cricketer. Bond is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Barnstaple, Devon. Bond made his debut for Devon in the 1996 Minor Counties Championship against Cornwall. From 1996 to 2003, he represented Devon in twenty-one Championship matches, the last of which came against Dorset. The following season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for Devon, which came against Wales Minor Counties. From 1997 to 1999", "id": "6668051" }, { "contents": "Richard Halsall\n\n\nSussex Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against Herefordshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000 to 2001, he represented the Board in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against the Essex Cricket Board in 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 36 runs at an average of 18.00, with a high score of 17. With the ball he took 5 wickets at an average of 20.60,", "id": "4716272" }, { "contents": "Andrew Jones (Staffordshire cricketer)\n\n\nAndrew James Jones (born 30 November 1977) is a former English cricketer. Jones was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Jones made his debut for Staffordshire in the 1998 Minor Counties Championship against Cumberland. Jones played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 1998 to 2002, which included 15 Minor Counties Championship matches and 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2000, he made his only List A appearance against Devon in the NatWest Trophy", "id": "17237532" }, { "contents": "Owen Dawkins\n\n\nthe 2nd round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 29 runs at a batting average of 9.66, with a high score of 18. With the ball he took a single wickets at a bowling average of 81.00, with best figures of 1/21. In 2005, he briefly rejoined Hertfordshire, before representing Buckinghamshire in 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches against Wiltshire and Hertfordshire. He currently plays club cricket for Sully Centurions Cricket Club in the South Wales Cricket League. Previously, Dawkins played", "id": "19323799" }, { "contents": "David Heyes (cricketer)\n\n\nDavid John Heyes (born 7 February 1967) is a former English cricketer. Heyes was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Prescot, Lancashire. Heyes represented the Lancashire Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against the Netherlands in the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Suffolk and the Essex Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 41 runs at a batting average of 13.66, with a high score of 27. In the", "id": "9718266" }, { "contents": "David Butcher (cricketer)\n\n\nDavid Neil Butcher (born 2 October 1969) is a former English cricketer. Butcher was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Colchester, Essex. Butcher made his debut for Devon in the Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire in 1992. From 1992 to 1994, he represented Devon in 14 Championship matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. In 1992, he played his only List A match for Devon, which came against Kent in the 1992 NatWest Trophy. In this", "id": "7180736" }, { "contents": "Mathew Theedom\n\n\nMathew Christopher Theedom (born 1 October 1977) is an English cricketer. Theedom is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Exeter, Devon. Theedom made his debut for Devon in 1996 against Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship. From 1996 to 2002, he represented Devon in 22 Championship matches, the last of which came against Shropshire. Three years later he made his debut MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the county against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board. From 1999 to 2002,", "id": "7117236" }, { "contents": "Robert King (cricketer, born 1978)\n\n\nRobert David King (born 10 July 1978) is an English cricketer. King was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. King made his debut for Staffordshire in the 2003 Minor Counties Championship against Buckinghamshire. King played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 2003 to 2007, which included 22 Minor Counties Championship matches and 11 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2004, he made his only List A appearance against Lancashire in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy", "id": "17125073" }, { "contents": "Paul Draper (cricketer)\n\n\n, he represented the county in 12 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Buckinghamshire. Draper also represented Wiltshire in 2 List-A matches. His debut List-A match came against Herefordshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. His second and final List-A match came against Ireland in the 1st round 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 2 List-A matches, he scored 12 runs at a batting average of 6.00, with a high score of 10. Draper currently plays club", "id": "2225677" }, { "contents": "Andrew Collins (cricketer)\n\n\nCounties Championship match for Berkshire against Oxfordshire and the following season he joined Wiltshire. He played a single Championship match for Wiltshire in 1998 against Dorset and followed that up in 1999 with his final Championship match for the county against Devon. Collins also represented Wiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against the Herefordshire in 1998. He represented the county in 2 further Trophy matches in 1999 against Herefordshire and the Worcestershire Cricket Board. Collins also represented Wiltshire in 2 List A matches. His first came against the", "id": "2472495" }, { "contents": "Steven Naylor\n\n\nfor the county came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. From 2002 to 2005, he represented the county in four List A matches, with his final List A match coming when Berkshire played Gloucestershire in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy at Sonning Lane, Reading. In his combined List A career, he scored 51 runs at a batting average of 12.75, with a high score of 23. With the ball he took 5 wickets at a bowling average of 42.40", "id": "21065511" }, { "contents": "Royston Smith (cricketer)\n\n\nRoyston Anthony Smith (born 14 March 1974) is an English cricketer. Smith is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Romford, London. Smith represented the Essex Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against Warwickshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy, Suffolk in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy and the Surrey Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 27 runs", "id": "8375106" }, { "contents": "Stephen Ogilby\n\n\ncricket for Cheshire from 2001 to 2005, including nineteen Minor Counties Championship matches and seven MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He played List A cricket for Cheshire, with his final List A match coming against Hampshire in the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played a total of four List A matches for Cheshire, scoring 37 runs at a batting average of 18.50, with a high score of 36. Behind the stumps he took 8 catches and made a single stumping. His highest score with the bat came against Hampshire in his final", "id": "982144" }, { "contents": "Stephen Watts\n\n\nStephen John Watts (born 1 May 1979) is a former English cricketer. Watts was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Luton, Bedfordshire. Watts made his debut for Bedfordshire in the 2001 Minor Counties Championship against Staffordshire. Watts played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 2001 to 2006, which included 22 Minor Counties Championship matches and 7 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Cheshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was", "id": "13651970" }, { "contents": "Paul Jenkins (cricketer)\n\n\nPaul Edward Jenkins (born 8 February 1972) is an English cricketer. Jenkins is a right-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Gloucester, Gloucestershire. Jenkins made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Wales Minor Counties in 1998 against Devon. From 1998 to 2000, he represented the team in 5 Championship matches, the last of which came against Cheshire. His only MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the team came in 2000 against Shropshire. His only List A appearance for the team came in", "id": "19577576" }, { "contents": "Phil North\n\n\nTrophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. He also represented Wiltshire in a single List A match against Durham in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. In his combined List A matches, he took 6 wickets at an average of 24.16, with best figures of 3/20. In 1997, North returned to play Minor Counties cricket for Wales Minor Counties. During the 1997 season, he represented the team in 9 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Berkshire. He also played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match", "id": "2344631" }, { "contents": "Timothy Carter (cricketer)\n\n\nTimothy Jolyon Carter (born 21 September 1969) is a former English cricketer. Carter was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born in Tiverton, Devon. Carter represented the Surrey Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against Norfolk in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. From 1999 to 2001, he represented the Board in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Lincolnshire in the second round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In", "id": "6580350" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Carter (cricketer)\n\n\n2002 to 2003, he represented the county in 3 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Norfolk. Carter also represented Cornwall in 2 List A matches. These came against the Somerset Cricket Board and Wales Minor Counties in the 1st and 2nd rounds respectively of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which were played in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 10 runs with a high score of 10* and with the ball he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 22.00, with best figures of 2/21", "id": "3315198" }, { "contents": "Ryan Horrell\n\n\nthe county in just 5 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Wiltshire. Horrell made his List A debut for Devon against Essex in the 1st round of the 1996 NatWest Trophy. His next List A appearance came four years later against Staffordshire in the 2nd round of the 2000 NatWest Trophy, with his final List A match coming in the following round against Surrey. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 25 runs at a batting average of 25.00, with a high score of 25*. With the ball", "id": "7180412" }, { "contents": "Christopher Lello\n\n\n1996 to 2000, he represented the county in 6 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. Lello also represented Cornwall in 3 List A matches. These came against Warwickshire in the 1996 NatWest Trophy, Cumberland in the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Norfolk in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 20 runs at a batting average of 12.33, with a high score of 20. In the field he took 2 catches. With the ball he took a single wicket at a bowling average", "id": "3375044" }, { "contents": "Russell Rowe (cricketer)\n\n\nRussell John Rowe (born 14 May 1975) is a former English cricketer. Rowe was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire. Rowe made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Wiltshire in 1994 against Cheshire. From 1994 to 2005, he represented the county in 50 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Devon. Rowe also represented Wiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Herefordshire in 1999. From 1999 to", "id": "2225703" }, { "contents": "Jamie Went\n\n\nJames Colin Went (born 7 January 1982) is an English cricketer. Went is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Reading, Berkshire. Went represented the Essex Cricket Board in a single List A match against Essex in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his only List A match, he scored a single run and with the ball he took a single wicket at a cost of 64 runs from 10 overs. He currently plays club cricket for Hornchurch Cricket Club.", "id": "8375068" }, { "contents": "Colin Banton\n\n\nof 80*. His highest score came on debut against Cambridge University. In that same season he made his List A debut for the county against Lancashire in the 1995 Benson & Hedges Cup. His second and final List A appearance came in the same season against Essex. In his 2 matches, he scored 41 runs at an average of 20.50, with a high score of 40. After leaving Nottinghamshire, he made a single MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for Buckinghamshire in 1996 against Devon. He also previously had played Second XI", "id": "9334990" }, { "contents": "Paul Bryson\n\n\nPaul Robert John Bryson (born 6 July 1968) is a former English cricketer. Bryson was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire. Bryson made his debut for Cheshire in the 1994 Minor Counties Championship against Dorset. Bryson played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1994 to 2001, including 51 Minor Counties Championship matches and 24 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1995, he made his List A debut against Essex in the NatWest Trophy. He played eight further List", "id": "3873510" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Price (cricketer)\n\n\nCounties Championship matches, the last of which came against Herefordshire. Price also represented Cornwall in List A cricket. His first List A match came against Cheshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. From 2001 to 2003, he represented the county in 7 List A matches, the last of which came against the Netherlands in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2003. In his 7 List A matches, he scored 184 runs at a batting average of 26.28, with", "id": "3374434" }, { "contents": "Peter Lawson (cricketer)\n\n\nCheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001, the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board and Devon in the 1st and 2nd round's respectively of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, with both matches held in 2002. In his three List A matches, he scored 9 runs at a batting average of 9.00, with a high score of 9. Lawson's only List A wicket was that Devon batsman David Court. Although, this wicket across his three matches cost 107.00 runs. He also played for the Leicestershire Second XI in 2002.", "id": "20049880" }, { "contents": "Philip George\n\n\ncame against Devon. His MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for the team came in 1997 against Devon. From 1997 to 2002, George represented the team in 10 Trophy matches, the last of which came against the Worcestershire Cricket Board. His debut List A appearance for the team came in the 1st round of the 1999 NatWest Trophy against Lincolnshire. From 1999 to 2001, he represented the team in 8 List A matches, the last of which came against Leicestershire in the 3rd round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his", "id": "19578319" }, { "contents": "Hedley Wright\n\n\n, which included 33 Minor Counties Championship matches and 6 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. It was for Suffolk that he made his debut in List A cricket against Lancashire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. He played 3 further List A matches for Suffolk, the last coming against Northamptonshire in the 1989 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored 38 runs at a batting average of 12.66, with a high score of 16. With the ball he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 31.75, with best figures of", "id": "10548994" }, { "contents": "Greg Hill (cricketer)\n\n\nGregory Russell Hill (born 13 September 1972) is a former English cricketer. Hill was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Canterbury, Kent. Hill made a single Minor Counties Championship appearance for Devon in 1992 against Herefordshire. Hill also represented the county in a single List A match against Kent in the 1992 NatWest Trophy. In 2000, he made first represented the Worcestershire Cricket Board in List A cricket against the Kent Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000", "id": "7049456" }, { "contents": "Charles Pritchard (cricketer)\n\n\nagainst Dorset. From 1987 to 1994, he represented the county in 14 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Bedfordshire. Pritchard made his List A debut for Devon against Essex in the 1st round of the 1991 NatWest Trophy. From 1991 to 1994 he played 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Yorkshire in the 1st round of the 1994 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored a single run from two innings, giving him a batting average of 1.00. In the field", "id": "7524142" }, { "contents": "James Rodham\n\n\nJames Paul Rodham (born 2 March 1983) is a former English cricketer. Rodham was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Ashford, Surrey. Rodham represented the Middlesex Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against the Derbyshire Cricket Board and Cambridgeshire in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which were held in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 27 runs at a batting average of 13.50, with a high score of 23.", "id": "10367039" }, { "contents": "John Hitchmough (cricketer, born 1962)\n\n\nJohn Jeffrey Hitchmough (born 19 January 1962) is a former English cricketer. Hitchmough was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire. Hitchmough made his debut for Cheshire in the 1983 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Hertfordshire. Hitchmough played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1983 to 1992, including 66 Minor Counties Championship matches and 20 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1985, he made his List A debut against Yorkshire in the NatWest Trophy. He played six further List A", "id": "2343816" }, { "contents": "Ian Roberts (cricketer)\n\n\nIan Clement Roberts (born 29 April 1948) is a former English cricketer. Roberts was a right-handed batsman bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. Roberts made his debut for Devon in the 1974 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire. From 1974 to 1980, he represented the county in 26 Championship matches, the last of which came against Oxfordshire. He also represented Devon in a single List A match, at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one", "id": "8558428" }, { "contents": "Mark Woodman\n\n\n20 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Bedfordshire. Woodman also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1988 NatWest Trophy against Nottinghamshire. He played 5 further List A matches between 1988 and 1995, the last of which came against Sussex. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 9 runs at a batting average of 3.00, with a high score of 8. With the ball", "id": "8019129" }, { "contents": "Stephen Perrin\n\n\nWiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Devon in 1991. From 1991 to 2005, he represented the county in 26 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. Perrin also represented Wiltshire in List A cricket. His List A debut came against Durham in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. From 1993 to 2001, he represented the county in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001", "id": "2472653" }, { "contents": "Stuart Catterall\n\n\nStuart Colin Catterall (born 9 April 1975) is a former English cricketer. Catterall was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Southampton, Hampshire. Catterall represented the Lancashire Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against the Essex Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000 to 2002, he represented the Board in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Scotland in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which", "id": "9619300" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Creed\n\n\nNicholas John Keyworth Creed (born 28 August 1980) is an English cricketer. Creed is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Cuckfield, Sussex. Creed represented the Sussex Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against Herefordshire and Berkshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy and the Worcestershire Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2002. In his 3 List A matches, he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of", "id": "4716106" }, { "contents": "Graham Crawford\n\n\nGraham Andrew Crawford (born 16 October 1967) is a former English cricketer. Crawford was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Windlesham, Surrey. Crawford represented the Surrey Cricket Board in 2 List A cricket matches against Norfolk and Cheshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 71 runs at a batting average of 35.50, with a high score of 41. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 15.50, with", "id": "6580052" }, { "contents": "Steven Oddy\n\n\nSteven Craig Oddy (born 17 May 1979) is an English cricketer. Oddy is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Oddy represented the Lancashire Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against the Yorkshire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy and Cheshire the 1st of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 3 runs at a batting average of 1.50, with a high score", "id": "9619165" }, { "contents": "Keith Arnold (cricketer)\n\n\nKeith Andrew Arnold (born 27 May 1960) is a former English first-class cricketer. Arnold was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Solihull, Warwickshire. Arnold made his debut for Oxfordshire in the 1980 Minor Counties Championship against Devon. Arnold played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 1980 to 2010, which included 208 Minor Counties Championship matches and 47 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Glamorgan in the 1980 Gillette Cup. He played fifteen", "id": "13471171" }, { "contents": "Joe Oliver (cricketer)\n\n\nhe represented the county in 4 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. Oliver also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format against Leicestershire in the 1983 NatWest Trophy. He played 2 further List A matches against Sussex in the 1984 NatWest Trophy and Warwickshire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 55 runs in three unbeaten innings, with a high score of", "id": "8558387" }, { "contents": "Paul Douglas (cricketer)\n\n\nPaul Julian Douglas (born 12 October 1971) is a former English cricketer. Douglas was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Barnstaple, Devon. Douglas made his debut for Suffolk in the 1993 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. Douglas played 3 further Minor Counties Championship matches in 1993. In what was his only season with the county, he made a single List A appearance against Essex in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. In this match, he bowled 12 wicket-less", "id": "21410566" }, { "contents": "Peter Scott (cricketer)\n\n\nPeter James Scott (born 20 November 1982) is an English cricketer. Scott is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Scott represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Bedfordshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his only List A match he took a single wicket at a cost of 28 runs. In 2004, he made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Staffordshire against Bedfordshire. Scott played 2 further", "id": "11002211" }, { "contents": "Kevin Rice\n\n\nin 13 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Dorset. Ward also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format against Warwickshire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. He played 5 further List A matches between 1985 and 1991, the last of which came against Essex in the 1991 NatWest Trophy. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 167 runs at a batting average of 27.83, with a single century", "id": "8558307" }, { "contents": "Kevin Willcock\n\n\nKevin James Willcock (born 8 March 1973) is a former English cricketer. Willcock was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Tavistock, Devon. Willcock made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Cornwall in 1993 against Devon. From 1993 to 1998, he represented the county in 34 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of came match against Herefordshire. Willcock also represented Cornwall in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Devon in 1995. From 1995 to", "id": "3375107" }, { "contents": "Ben Frazer\n\n\nhe made his List A debut against the Durham Cricket Board in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He made 4 further List A appearances for the county, the last coming against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was held in 2003. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 74 runs at a batting average of 14.80, with a high score of 24. With the ball, he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 30.71, with best figures of 3/56. He played", "id": "15931033" }, { "contents": "Zahid Iqbal\n\n\nZahid Iqbal (born 11 February 1981) is an English cricketer. Iqbal was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Zahid Iqbal represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in 2 List A matches. These came against Scotland in the 1st round of the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Cumberland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 57 runs at a batting average of 57.00,", "id": "10869890" }, { "contents": "Craig Macconacie\n\n\nCraig Macconacie (born 10 November 1977) is a former English cricketer. Macconacie was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Leicester, Leicestershire. Macconacie represented the Leicestershire Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against Denmark in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, and the Kent Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the same competition. Both matches were held in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 49 runs at a batting average of", "id": "9840963" }, { "contents": "Richard Pineo\n\n\nRichard William Pineo (born 11 February 1975) is an English cricketer. Pineo was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born at Ipswich, Suffolk. Richard made his debut for Suffolk in the 1996 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. From 1997 to 2003, he represented the county in 29 Minor Counties Championship matches and 9 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List-A debut for Suffolk against Lincolnshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. From 2001 to 2002", "id": "1828725" }, { "contents": "Paul O'Reilly\n\n\nPaul John O'Reilly (born 4 August 1962) is a former English cricketer. O'Reilly was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Watford, Hertfordshire. O'Reilly made his debut for Hertfordshire in the 1996 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Dorset. O'Reilly played Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 1996 to 2003, which included 26 Minor Counties Championship matches and 9 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his List A debut against the Durham Cricket Board in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy", "id": "15930607" }, { "contents": "Richard Kaufman (cricketer)\n\n\nagainst Berkshire. From 2003 to present, he has represented the county in 29 Championship matches. His debut for the county in the MCCA Knockout Trophy came against Dorset in 2003. From 2003 to present, he has represented the county in 19 Trophy matches. Kaufman also represented Bedfordshire in a single List A match when they were permitted to take part in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. This came against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2003. In his career total of 3", "id": "10796352" }, { "contents": "Neil Fox (cricketer)\n\n\nNeil Fox (born 10 February 1962) is a former English cricketer. Fox was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Norwich, Norfolk. Fox made his debut for Norfolk in the 1991 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire. Fox played Minor counties cricket for Norfolk from 1991 to 2000, which included 77 Minor Counties Championship matches and 23 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Warwickshire in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. He made 7 further List A appearances,", "id": "20387068" }, { "contents": "Lee Marland\n\n\nLee John Marland (born 21 September 1975) is an English cricketer. Marland is a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Withington, Manchester. Marland made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Cheshire against Wales Minor Counties in 1998. He played 2 further Championship matches for the county against Herefordshire in 1998 and Wiltshire in 1999. Marland represented the Warwickshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in", "id": "5208352" }, { "contents": "Simon Twigg\n\n\nCheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In 2003, he joined Cheshire where he made his debut for the county in the 2003 Minor Counties Championship against Herefordshire. From 2003 to 2005, he represented the county in 12 Minor Counties matches, with his final Minor Counties appearance coming against Devon. Twigg also represented Cheshire in List-A cricket, representing the county 3 List-A matches, with his final List-A match coming against Hampshire in 2004. In his 4 List-A matches, he scored", "id": "3640174" }, { "contents": "David Lye\n\n\nof that competition, he scored his maiden List A half century, making 56 runs before being dismissed by Saqlain Mushtaq. In 2003, he scored his only List A century against Suffolk in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2003. Opening the batting, he made 121 runs before being dismissed by Philip Caley. In total, Lye played 10 List A matches in the period when Devon were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day tournament. In these 10 matches, he", "id": "7117193" }, { "contents": "Kevin Willcock\n\n\n1998, he represented the county in 7 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. Willcock also represented Cornwall in 2 List A matches. These came against Middlesex in the 1995 NatWest Trophy and Warwickshire in the 1996 NatWest Trophy. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 26 runs at a batting average of 13.00, with a high score of 25. In the field he took a single catch. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 47.50, with best figures of 1/43.", "id": "3375108" }, { "contents": "Timothy Ward\n\n\n13 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. Ward also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1987 NatWest Trophy against Worcestershire. He played 3 further List A matches between 1987 and 1993, the last of which came against Derbyshire in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored 37 runs at a batting average of 9.25, with a high score of", "id": "8227466" }, { "contents": "Arif Saeed\n\n\nArif Saeed (born 30 August 1967) is a Pakistani born English cricketer. Saeed is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Sialkot, Punjab. Saeed represented the Essex Cricket Board in 3 List A matches against Ireland in the 1999 NatWest Trophy, Warwickshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy and the Sussex Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 25 runs at a batting", "id": "8219944" } ]

[ { "contents": "Andrew Procter (cricketer)\n\n\nmatches, 27 Trophy matches, and 10 List A matches. In List A cricket, all of his appearances came for Devon at a time when there were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day tournament. He played his final List A match against Essex in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy at The Maer Ground in Exmouth. In his 10 List A matches, he scored 114 runs at a batting average of 28.50, with a high score of 29*. With the ball he took", "id": "7117115" }, { "contents": "Andrew Procter (cricketer)\n\n\nAndrew John Procter (born 7 September 1968) is an English cricketer. Procter was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Preston, Lancashire. Procter first played for Devon in 1996 against Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship. It would be another four years before Procter represented Devon again, returning to the county for the 2000 season. During this season he made both his MCCA Knockout Trophy and List A debuts. Over the nest seven seasons, he represented Devon in 40 Championship", "id": "7117114" }, { "contents": "David Lye\n\n\nDavid Frank Lye (born 11 April 1979) is an English cricketer. Lye is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Exeter, Devon. Procter first played for Devon in 1998 against Wales Minor Counties in the Minor Counties Championship. Two years later he made his debut MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the county against Cornwall. In that same season he also made his debut in List A cricket against Staffordshire in the 2nd round of the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In the following round", "id": "7117192" }, { "contents": "Ray Tolchard\n\n\nmaiden Championship by scoring a century off 356 balls. He also represented Devon in 3 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches between from 1983 to 1984. Tolchard played List A cricket for Devon, at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut against Staffordshire in the 1978 Gillette Cup 1st round. The following season he played 4 List A matches for Minor Counties South in the 1979 Benson & Hedges Cup. In that same season he played a List A match for Devon against Leicestershire", "id": "8558507" }, { "contents": "Andrew Hele\n\n\nthe county in 20 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Suffolk. In the same season as he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut, Hele also made his List A debut for Devon against Yorkshire in the 1st round of the 1998 NatWest Trophy. From 1998 to 2001, he played in 6 List A matches, the last of which came against Shropshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 40 runs at a batting average of 13.33, with", "id": "7117286" }, { "contents": "Paul Bates (cricketer)\n\n\nin 2000. He played one further Trophy match in 2000 against Cornwall and played his final Trophy match in 2002 against Devon. Bates also represented Wiltshire in 2 List-A matches. His List-A debut for the county came against the Derbyshire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. His second and final List-A game came against Ireland in the 1st round of 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 2 List-A matches, he scored 18 runs at a batting average", "id": "1979241" }, { "contents": "Andrew Pugh\n\n\nmaking his debut in that format in the 1990 NatWest Trophy against Somerset. From 1990 to 2005, he represented Devon in 18 List A matches, the last of which came in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy against Essex. In his 15 List A matches, he scored 271 runs at a batting average of 16.93, with a single half century high score of 54. In the field he took 10 catches. With the ball he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 24.57, with best figures of 2/4 against Staffordshire", "id": "8019077" }, { "contents": "John Tierney (cricketer)\n\n\n22 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Shropshire. During his playing career with Devon, he won two MCCA Knockout Trophy's. He played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1985 NatWest Trophy against Warwickshire. From 1985 to 1991, he represented Devon in 5 List A matches, the last of which came in the 1991 NatWest Trophy against Essex. In his 5 List A matches,", "id": "8227543" }, { "contents": "Haydn Morgan (cricketer)\n\n\nHaydn John Morgan (born 5 July 1973) is a former English cricketer. Morgan was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Torquay, Devon. Morgan made his debut for Devon in 1995 against Cheshire in the Minor Counties Championship. From 1995 to 1996, he represented Devon in 7 Championship matches, the last of which came against Norfolk. In the 1996 NatWest Trophy, he played his only List A match for Devon against Essex. Morgan later joined Central Districts in New", "id": "7670676" }, { "contents": "Jason Whittaker (cricketer)\n\n\nJason Peter Whittaker (born 24 July 1971) is a former English cricketer. Whittaker is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. Whittaker made his debut for Cheshire in the 2001 Minor Counties Championship against Devon. Whittaker has played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 2001 to the present day, including 72 Minor Counties Championship matches and 23 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his List A debut against the Lancashire Cricket Board in the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, with the 1st round", "id": "2170765" }, { "contents": "Christopher Mole\n\n\nwhich was held in 2002. In 2003, Mole joined Devon. He made his debut in the Minor Counties Championship against Herefordshire. He played for Devon from 2003 to 2001, he has represented Devon in 27 Championship matches. Mole has also represented Devon in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, making his debut in that competition for the county against Shropshire in 2003. Additionally, he also represented Devon in List A cricket. His List A debut for the county came against Suffolk in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy", "id": "4825941" }, { "contents": "Stuart Priscott\n\n\nplayed his second and final Trophy match for the county against the same opposition in 1994. Priscott later represented the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Huntingdonshire in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. The following season he played a single List A match for Devon against Yorkshire in the 3rd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 12 runs at a batting average of 6.00, with a high score of 7.", "id": "8492898" }, { "contents": "Andrew Walker (cricketer)\n\n\nAndrew John Walker (born 29 October 1971, Bradford, Yorkshire, England) is a former English cricketer. Walker was a right-handed batsman, who bowled right-arm off break. Walker represented the Yorkshire Cricket Board in three List A matches. His debut List A match came against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. His final two matches came against Huntingdonshire and Yorkshire, both in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his three List A matches, he scored 57 runs at a batting average of 28.50", "id": "7810996" }, { "contents": "Keith Donohue (cricketer)\n\n\n. From 1986 to 2000, he represented the county in 34 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. During this playing career with Devon, he won two Minor Counties Championships and three MCCA Knockout Trophy's. He played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1986 NatWest Trophy against Nottinghamshire. From 1986 to 2000, he represented Devon in 11 List A matches, the last of which", "id": "8227528" }, { "contents": "Robert Dawson (cricketer)\n\n\nLeicestershire, but winning due to being 9 wickets down, therefore winning by losing fewer wickets. In the 3rd round there were heavily defeated by Yorkshire, with Dawson scoring 52 runs, before being dismissed by Anthony McGrath. He played his final List A match the following season against Essex in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. Devon, along with the rest of the Minor counties were not permitted to play in domestic List A matches after this season. During his time as captain he guided Devon to a", "id": "8682313" }, { "contents": "Jonathan Shaw (cricketer)\n\n\nJonathan William Shaw (born 4 May 1980) is an English cricketer. Shaw is a right-handed batsman who bowls both right-arm off break and right-arm medium pace. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Shaw represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Scotland in the 1st round of the 1999 NatWest Trophy. In his only List A match he scored 5 runs. In 2000, he joined Herefordshire where he made his Minor Counties Championship against Dorset and his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut", "id": "11267766" }, { "contents": "John Trueman\n\n\nJohn Fieldston Trueman (born 29 October 1968) is an English cricketer. Trueman is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Trueman represented the Derbyshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against the Middlesex Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his only List A match, he scored 24 runs and took a single catch in the field. With the ball he bowled 10 wicketless overs.", "id": "2728005" }, { "contents": "Andrew Edwards\n\n\n, Edwards also made his debut for Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship against Devon. In 2001, he played 3 further Championship matches for the county, the last of which came against Berkshire. In 2001, he played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match for Herefordshire against the Warwickshire Cricket Board. Edwards also represented the county in List A cricket, making his debut for the county in that format against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played 2 further matches in that season's competition against Middlesex", "id": "8713510" }, { "contents": "David Townsend (Devon cricketer)\n\n\nDavid Edward John Townsend (born 26 October 1965) is a former English cricketer. Townsend was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Tiverton, Devon. Townsend made his debut for Devon in the 1993 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. From 1993 to 2002, he represented the county in 10 Championship matches, the last of which came against Oxfordshire. His MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for the county came against Dorset in 1993. He played one further Trophy match for Devon, which", "id": "18911206" }, { "contents": "David Court (cricketer)\n\n\nof which came against Berkshire. In the same season that he made his debut for Devon, he also made his debut in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, which came against Cornwall. From 2002 to 2009, he represented the county in 22 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Staffordshire. After his List A debut in 2001, Court represented Devon in 6 further matches in that format between 2002 and 2005, the last of which came against Essex in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his", "id": "6668188" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Wilton\n\n\nseason, he represented the county in 5 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Devon. He also played MCCA Knockout Trophy matches for Berkshire. His debut in that competition for Berkshire came against the Middlesex Cricket Board. He played 2 further Trophy matches for the county against Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Wilton also represented Berkshire in 2 List-A matches. His first List-A match for the county came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, with his second match for the", "id": "21064687" }, { "contents": "Gavin Byram\n\n\nappearances, the last of which came against Oxfordshire in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was played in 2001. In his 8 List A matches, he scored 77 runs at an average of 12.83, with a high score of 56. This score came against Devon in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. With the ball, he took 10 wickets at a bowling average of 25.40, with best figures of 3/33. His brother, Adam, also played Minor counties and List A cricket for Shropshire", "id": "21095698" }, { "contents": "Robert Dawson (cricketer)\n\n\nRobert 'Bob' Ian Dawson (born 29 March 1970) is a former English cricketer. Dawson is a right-handed batsman who bowls both leg break and right-arm medium pace. He was born in Exmouth, Devon. Dawson made his debut for Devon in the 1988 Minor Counties Championship against Wales Minor Counties. The following season he played his first MCCA Knockout Trophy match for the county against Dorset. Dawson was a frequent member of the Devon squad in his early years and it was for Devon that he made", "id": "8682304" }, { "contents": "Mark Richards (cricketer)\n\n\nlast of which came against the Sussex Cricket Board. 2002 also saw him make his List A debut for Devon, against Yorkshire in the 3rd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played a further match in that format in 2002, against Cumberland in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2002. Three years later he played a final List A match for Devon against Essex at The Maer Ground in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his three List", "id": "6099698" }, { "contents": "Craig Gibbens\n\n\nto 2002, he represented the county in 12 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. Gibbens also represented Wiltshire in List A cricket. His List A debut came against Scotland in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000 to 2001 he represented the county in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 4 matches, he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 26.75, with best figures of", "id": "2344787" }, { "contents": "Noel Brett\n\n\nNoel Adrian Brett (born 8 September 1975) is a former English cricketer. Brett was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Aldershot, Hampshire. Brett represented the Surrey Cricket Board in List A matches against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board and the Essex Cricket Board in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 2 runs at a batting average of 2.00, with a high score of", "id": "5854822" }, { "contents": "Andrew Mawson (cricketer)\n\n\nKnockout Trophy appearances. He made his first List A appearance for the county against Buckinghamshire in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was played in 2002. He made 2 further List A appearances for the county, against Devon in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2003, and Glamorgan in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 3 List A matches for Suffolk, he scored 67 runs at an average of 22.33, with a high", "id": "21332141" }, { "contents": "Jonathan Davies (cricketer, born 1976)\n\n\nJonathan Richard Davies (born 9 March 1976) is a former English cricketer. Davies was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Burnley, Lancashire. Davies made his debut for Lincolnshire in the 2000 MCCA Knockout Trophy against the Derbyshire Cricket Board. Davies played Minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire from 2000 to 2005, which included 17 Minor Counties Championship matches and 10 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Cheshire in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester", "id": "19270428" }, { "contents": "Mark Richards (cricketer)\n\n\nMark Allan Elliott Richards (born 9 April 1974) is a former English cricketer. Richards is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Bridport, Devon. Richards made his debut for Devon in the 2002 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. He played three further Championship matches that season, the last of which came against Berkshire. In that same season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for Devon, which came against Dorset. He played four further Trophy matches that season, the", "id": "6099697" }, { "contents": "Mark Currie (cricketer)\n\n\nMark Robert Currie (born 22 September 1979) is an English cricketer. Currie is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Manchester. Currie made his debut for Cheshire in the 1999 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1999 to 2005, including 18 Minor Counties Championship matches. and 7 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his List A debut for Cheshire against Cornwall in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In the same season", "id": "2542438" }, { "contents": "Richard Lynch (cricketer)\n\n\nRichard Lynch (born 2 March 1967) is a former English cricketer. Lynch was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire. Lynch made his debut for Oxfordshire in the 2002 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Berkshire. Lynch played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 2002 to 2005, which included 10 Minor Counties Championship matches and 5 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against the Lancashire Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester", "id": "12048123" }, { "contents": "David Court (cricketer)\n\n\nDavid Graeme Court (born 1 November 1980) is an English cricketer. Court is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. 2001 saw him make his debut for Devon in a List A match against Bedfordshire in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. Court made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Devon in 2002 against Shropshire. Between 2002 and 2009, he represented the county in 37 Championship matches, the last", "id": "6668187" }, { "contents": "Adam Cook (cricketer)\n\n\nList A matches, the last coming against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2003. In his 7 List A matches he scored 131 runs at a batting average of 21.83, with a high score of 66. This came against Herefordshire in the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. With the ball he took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 27.66, with best figures of 3/40. He has previously played for the Middlesex Second XI. His brother, Simon, played first-", "id": "12216354" }, { "contents": "Kevin Nash (cricketer)\n\n\nwhich came against Cornwall. Nash also represented Wiltshire in List A cricket. His List A debut for the county came against Scotland in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 1999 to 2005, he represented the county in 6 List A matches, the last of which came against Kent in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 29 runs at a batting average of 9.66, with a high score of 17. With the ball he took 8 wickets at a bowling average of 28.00, with", "id": "2226191" }, { "contents": "Peter Wilshaw\n\n\n2004 to present, he has represented the county in 35 Championship matches. The following season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut against Hertfordshire. From 2005 to present, he has represented the county in 21 Trophy matches. In that same season, he played his List A match for Staffordshire against Surrey in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 2 career List A matches, he scored 20 runs at a batting average of 10.00, with a high score of 20. Wilshaw made his debut in first-class cricket", "id": "10869794" }, { "contents": "Matthew Hunt\n\n\nhe represented the county in 12 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Dorset. 2002 saw him make his List A debut for Devon, against Cumberland in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. From 2002 to 2004, he represented the county in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against Yorkshire at The Maer Ground in the 3rd round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 206 runs at a batting average", "id": "6099606" }, { "contents": "Richard Waite (cricketer)\n\n\nRichard Parkinson Waite (born 11 June 1980) is an English cricketer. Waite is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. Waite represented the Durham Cricket Board in 10 List A matches against Buckinghamshire in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001 and against Glamorgan in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 10 List A matches, he scored 350 runs at a batting averageof 45.23 with high", "id": "8053151" }, { "contents": "David Roberts (cricketer)\n\n\n5 Championship matches, the last of which came against Suffolk, and 4 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He also represented Bedfordshire in 2 List A matches against Hertfordshire and the Netherlands in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which were played in 2002. The following season he joined Cornwall, where he made his Minor Counties Championship debut for the county against Devon. From 2003 to present, he represented the county in 20 Minor Counties Championship matches. Roberts has also represented Cornwall in the MCCA Knockout Trophy.", "id": "3315366" }, { "contents": "John Snashall\n\n\nJohn Stephen Snashall (born 12 October 1982) is a former English cricketer. Snashall is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Eastbourne, Sussex. Snashall represented the Sussex Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against the Essex Cricket Board and Wales Minor Counties in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy; both matches were played in 2001. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 59 runs at a batting average of 29.50, with a single", "id": "4569012" }, { "contents": "Jonathan Shaw (cricketer)\n\n\nagainst the Worcestershire Cricket Board. The following year he played his only List A match for the county against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. His is 2 career List A matches, he scored 32 runs at a batting average of 32.00, with a high score of 32. With the ball he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 27.66, with best figures of 3/49. Shaw represented Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship 11 times from 2000 to 2002 and 7 times in", "id": "11267767" }, { "contents": "Mohammad Akhtar\n\n\nMohammad Akhtar (; born 12 December 1977) is a Pakistani born English first-class cricketer. Akhtar is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Gujranwala, Punjab. Akhtar represented the Essex Cricket Board in a single List A match against Essex in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his only List A match, he made a half century score of 71 runs. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 23.00, with figures of 2/46. He", "id": "8492575" }, { "contents": "Hiley Edwards\n\n\n, in what was the tournaments inaugural season, against Cornwall. From 1984 to 1991, he represented the county in 17 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Staffordshire in the final of the 1991 MCCA Trophy at Lord's which Devon lost by 4 wickets. As well as playing Minor counties cricket for Devon, Edwards also appeared in List A cricket for them when the county was permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition which involved the first-class counties. His List A debut came against Warwickshire", "id": "7116739" }, { "contents": "Iain Bond\n\n\nIain Anthony Bond (born 7 November 1973) is an English cricketer. Bond is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Barnstaple, Devon. Bond made his debut for Devon in the 1996 Minor Counties Championship against Cornwall. From 1996 to 2003, he represented Devon in twenty-one Championship matches, the last of which came against Dorset. The following season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for Devon, which came against Wales Minor Counties. From 1997 to 1999", "id": "6668051" }, { "contents": "Richard Halsall\n\n\nSussex Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against Herefordshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000 to 2001, he represented the Board in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against the Essex Cricket Board in 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 36 runs at an average of 18.00, with a high score of 17. With the ball he took 5 wickets at an average of 20.60,", "id": "4716272" }, { "contents": "Andrew Jones (Staffordshire cricketer)\n\n\nAndrew James Jones (born 30 November 1977) is a former English cricketer. Jones was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Jones made his debut for Staffordshire in the 1998 Minor Counties Championship against Cumberland. Jones played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 1998 to 2002, which included 15 Minor Counties Championship matches and 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2000, he made his only List A appearance against Devon in the NatWest Trophy", "id": "17237532" }, { "contents": "Owen Dawkins\n\n\nthe 2nd round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 29 runs at a batting average of 9.66, with a high score of 18. With the ball he took a single wickets at a bowling average of 81.00, with best figures of 1/21. In 2005, he briefly rejoined Hertfordshire, before representing Buckinghamshire in 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches against Wiltshire and Hertfordshire. He currently plays club cricket for Sully Centurions Cricket Club in the South Wales Cricket League. Previously, Dawkins played", "id": "19323799" }, { "contents": "David Heyes (cricketer)\n\n\nDavid John Heyes (born 7 February 1967) is a former English cricketer. Heyes was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Prescot, Lancashire. Heyes represented the Lancashire Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against the Netherlands in the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Suffolk and the Essex Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 41 runs at a batting average of 13.66, with a high score of 27. In the", "id": "9718266" }, { "contents": "David Butcher (cricketer)\n\n\nDavid Neil Butcher (born 2 October 1969) is a former English cricketer. Butcher was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Colchester, Essex. Butcher made his debut for Devon in the Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire in 1992. From 1992 to 1994, he represented Devon in 14 Championship matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. In 1992, he played his only List A match for Devon, which came against Kent in the 1992 NatWest Trophy. In this", "id": "7180736" }, { "contents": "Mathew Theedom\n\n\nMathew Christopher Theedom (born 1 October 1977) is an English cricketer. Theedom is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Exeter, Devon. Theedom made his debut for Devon in 1996 against Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship. From 1996 to 2002, he represented Devon in 22 Championship matches, the last of which came against Shropshire. Three years later he made his debut MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the county against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board. From 1999 to 2002,", "id": "7117236" }, { "contents": "Robert King (cricketer, born 1978)\n\n\nRobert David King (born 10 July 1978) is an English cricketer. King was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. King made his debut for Staffordshire in the 2003 Minor Counties Championship against Buckinghamshire. King played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 2003 to 2007, which included 22 Minor Counties Championship matches and 11 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2004, he made his only List A appearance against Lancashire in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy", "id": "17125073" }, { "contents": "Paul Draper (cricketer)\n\n\n, he represented the county in 12 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Buckinghamshire. Draper also represented Wiltshire in 2 List-A matches. His debut List-A match came against Herefordshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. His second and final List-A match came against Ireland in the 1st round 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 2 List-A matches, he scored 12 runs at a batting average of 6.00, with a high score of 10. Draper currently plays club", "id": "2225677" }, { "contents": "Andrew Collins (cricketer)\n\n\nCounties Championship match for Berkshire against Oxfordshire and the following season he joined Wiltshire. He played a single Championship match for Wiltshire in 1998 against Dorset and followed that up in 1999 with his final Championship match for the county against Devon. Collins also represented Wiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against the Herefordshire in 1998. He represented the county in 2 further Trophy matches in 1999 against Herefordshire and the Worcestershire Cricket Board. Collins also represented Wiltshire in 2 List A matches. His first came against the", "id": "2472495" }, { "contents": "Steven Naylor\n\n\nfor the county came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. From 2002 to 2005, he represented the county in four List A matches, with his final List A match coming when Berkshire played Gloucestershire in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy at Sonning Lane, Reading. In his combined List A career, he scored 51 runs at a batting average of 12.75, with a high score of 23. With the ball he took 5 wickets at a bowling average of 42.40", "id": "21065511" }, { "contents": "Royston Smith (cricketer)\n\n\nRoyston Anthony Smith (born 14 March 1974) is an English cricketer. Smith is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Romford, London. Smith represented the Essex Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against Warwickshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy, Suffolk in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy and the Surrey Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 27 runs", "id": "8375106" }, { "contents": "Stephen Ogilby\n\n\ncricket for Cheshire from 2001 to 2005, including nineteen Minor Counties Championship matches and seven MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He played List A cricket for Cheshire, with his final List A match coming against Hampshire in the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played a total of four List A matches for Cheshire, scoring 37 runs at a batting average of 18.50, with a high score of 36. Behind the stumps he took 8 catches and made a single stumping. His highest score with the bat came against Hampshire in his final", "id": "982144" }, { "contents": "Stephen Watts\n\n\nStephen John Watts (born 1 May 1979) is a former English cricketer. Watts was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Luton, Bedfordshire. Watts made his debut for Bedfordshire in the 2001 Minor Counties Championship against Staffordshire. Watts played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 2001 to 2006, which included 22 Minor Counties Championship matches and 7 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Cheshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was", "id": "13651970" }, { "contents": "Paul Jenkins (cricketer)\n\n\nPaul Edward Jenkins (born 8 February 1972) is an English cricketer. Jenkins is a right-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Gloucester, Gloucestershire. Jenkins made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Wales Minor Counties in 1998 against Devon. From 1998 to 2000, he represented the team in 5 Championship matches, the last of which came against Cheshire. His only MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the team came in 2000 against Shropshire. His only List A appearance for the team came in", "id": "19577576" }, { "contents": "Phil North\n\n\nTrophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. He also represented Wiltshire in a single List A match against Durham in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. In his combined List A matches, he took 6 wickets at an average of 24.16, with best figures of 3/20. In 1997, North returned to play Minor Counties cricket for Wales Minor Counties. During the 1997 season, he represented the team in 9 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Berkshire. He also played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match", "id": "2344631" }, { "contents": "Timothy Carter (cricketer)\n\n\nTimothy Jolyon Carter (born 21 September 1969) is a former English cricketer. Carter was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born in Tiverton, Devon. Carter represented the Surrey Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against Norfolk in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. From 1999 to 2001, he represented the Board in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Lincolnshire in the second round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In", "id": "6580350" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Carter (cricketer)\n\n\n2002 to 2003, he represented the county in 3 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Norfolk. Carter also represented Cornwall in 2 List A matches. These came against the Somerset Cricket Board and Wales Minor Counties in the 1st and 2nd rounds respectively of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which were played in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 10 runs with a high score of 10* and with the ball he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 22.00, with best figures of 2/21", "id": "3315198" }, { "contents": "Ryan Horrell\n\n\nthe county in just 5 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Wiltshire. Horrell made his List A debut for Devon against Essex in the 1st round of the 1996 NatWest Trophy. His next List A appearance came four years later against Staffordshire in the 2nd round of the 2000 NatWest Trophy, with his final List A match coming in the following round against Surrey. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 25 runs at a batting average of 25.00, with a high score of 25*. With the ball", "id": "7180412" }, { "contents": "Christopher Lello\n\n\n1996 to 2000, he represented the county in 6 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. Lello also represented Cornwall in 3 List A matches. These came against Warwickshire in the 1996 NatWest Trophy, Cumberland in the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Norfolk in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 20 runs at a batting average of 12.33, with a high score of 20. In the field he took 2 catches. With the ball he took a single wicket at a bowling average", "id": "3375044" }, { "contents": "Russell Rowe (cricketer)\n\n\nRussell John Rowe (born 14 May 1975) is a former English cricketer. Rowe was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire. Rowe made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Wiltshire in 1994 against Cheshire. From 1994 to 2005, he represented the county in 50 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Devon. Rowe also represented Wiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Herefordshire in 1999. From 1999 to", "id": "2225703" }, { "contents": "Jamie Went\n\n\nJames Colin Went (born 7 January 1982) is an English cricketer. Went is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Reading, Berkshire. Went represented the Essex Cricket Board in a single List A match against Essex in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his only List A match, he scored a single run and with the ball he took a single wicket at a cost of 64 runs from 10 overs. He currently plays club cricket for Hornchurch Cricket Club.", "id": "8375068" }, { "contents": "Colin Banton\n\n\nof 80*. His highest score came on debut against Cambridge University. In that same season he made his List A debut for the county against Lancashire in the 1995 Benson & Hedges Cup. His second and final List A appearance came in the same season against Essex. In his 2 matches, he scored 41 runs at an average of 20.50, with a high score of 40. After leaving Nottinghamshire, he made a single MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for Buckinghamshire in 1996 against Devon. He also previously had played Second XI", "id": "9334990" }, { "contents": "Paul Bryson\n\n\nPaul Robert John Bryson (born 6 July 1968) is a former English cricketer. Bryson was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire. Bryson made his debut for Cheshire in the 1994 Minor Counties Championship against Dorset. Bryson played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1994 to 2001, including 51 Minor Counties Championship matches and 24 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1995, he made his List A debut against Essex in the NatWest Trophy. He played eight further List", "id": "3873510" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Price (cricketer)\n\n\nCounties Championship matches, the last of which came against Herefordshire. Price also represented Cornwall in List A cricket. His first List A match came against Cheshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. From 2001 to 2003, he represented the county in 7 List A matches, the last of which came against the Netherlands in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2003. In his 7 List A matches, he scored 184 runs at a batting average of 26.28, with", "id": "3374434" }, { "contents": "Peter Lawson (cricketer)\n\n\nCheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001, the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board and Devon in the 1st and 2nd round's respectively of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, with both matches held in 2002. In his three List A matches, he scored 9 runs at a batting average of 9.00, with a high score of 9. Lawson's only List A wicket was that Devon batsman David Court. Although, this wicket across his three matches cost 107.00 runs. He also played for the Leicestershire Second XI in 2002.", "id": "20049880" }, { "contents": "Philip George\n\n\ncame against Devon. His MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for the team came in 1997 against Devon. From 1997 to 2002, George represented the team in 10 Trophy matches, the last of which came against the Worcestershire Cricket Board. His debut List A appearance for the team came in the 1st round of the 1999 NatWest Trophy against Lincolnshire. From 1999 to 2001, he represented the team in 8 List A matches, the last of which came against Leicestershire in the 3rd round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his", "id": "19578319" }, { "contents": "Hedley Wright\n\n\n, which included 33 Minor Counties Championship matches and 6 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. It was for Suffolk that he made his debut in List A cricket against Lancashire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. He played 3 further List A matches for Suffolk, the last coming against Northamptonshire in the 1989 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored 38 runs at a batting average of 12.66, with a high score of 16. With the ball he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 31.75, with best figures of", "id": "10548994" }, { "contents": "Greg Hill (cricketer)\n\n\nGregory Russell Hill (born 13 September 1972) is a former English cricketer. Hill was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Canterbury, Kent. Hill made a single Minor Counties Championship appearance for Devon in 1992 against Herefordshire. Hill also represented the county in a single List A match against Kent in the 1992 NatWest Trophy. In 2000, he made first represented the Worcestershire Cricket Board in List A cricket against the Kent Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000", "id": "7049456" }, { "contents": "Charles Pritchard (cricketer)\n\n\nagainst Dorset. From 1987 to 1994, he represented the county in 14 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Bedfordshire. Pritchard made his List A debut for Devon against Essex in the 1st round of the 1991 NatWest Trophy. From 1991 to 1994 he played 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Yorkshire in the 1st round of the 1994 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored a single run from two innings, giving him a batting average of 1.00. In the field", "id": "7524142" }, { "contents": "James Rodham\n\n\nJames Paul Rodham (born 2 March 1983) is a former English cricketer. Rodham was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Ashford, Surrey. Rodham represented the Middlesex Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against the Derbyshire Cricket Board and Cambridgeshire in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which were held in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 27 runs at a batting average of 13.50, with a high score of 23.", "id": "10367039" }, { "contents": "John Hitchmough (cricketer, born 1962)\n\n\nJohn Jeffrey Hitchmough (born 19 January 1962) is a former English cricketer. Hitchmough was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire. Hitchmough made his debut for Cheshire in the 1983 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Hertfordshire. Hitchmough played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1983 to 1992, including 66 Minor Counties Championship matches and 20 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1985, he made his List A debut against Yorkshire in the NatWest Trophy. He played six further List A", "id": "2343816" }, { "contents": "Ian Roberts (cricketer)\n\n\nIan Clement Roberts (born 29 April 1948) is a former English cricketer. Roberts was a right-handed batsman bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. Roberts made his debut for Devon in the 1974 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire. From 1974 to 1980, he represented the county in 26 Championship matches, the last of which came against Oxfordshire. He also represented Devon in a single List A match, at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one", "id": "8558428" }, { "contents": "Mark Woodman\n\n\n20 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Bedfordshire. Woodman also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1988 NatWest Trophy against Nottinghamshire. He played 5 further List A matches between 1988 and 1995, the last of which came against Sussex. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 9 runs at a batting average of 3.00, with a high score of 8. With the ball", "id": "8019129" }, { "contents": "Stephen Perrin\n\n\nWiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Devon in 1991. From 1991 to 2005, he represented the county in 26 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. Perrin also represented Wiltshire in List A cricket. His List A debut came against Durham in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. From 1993 to 2001, he represented the county in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001", "id": "2472653" }, { "contents": "Stuart Catterall\n\n\nStuart Colin Catterall (born 9 April 1975) is a former English cricketer. Catterall was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Southampton, Hampshire. Catterall represented the Lancashire Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against the Essex Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000 to 2002, he represented the Board in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Scotland in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which", "id": "9619300" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Creed\n\n\nNicholas John Keyworth Creed (born 28 August 1980) is an English cricketer. Creed is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Cuckfield, Sussex. Creed represented the Sussex Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against Herefordshire and Berkshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy and the Worcestershire Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2002. In his 3 List A matches, he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of", "id": "4716106" }, { "contents": "Graham Crawford\n\n\nGraham Andrew Crawford (born 16 October 1967) is a former English cricketer. Crawford was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Windlesham, Surrey. Crawford represented the Surrey Cricket Board in 2 List A cricket matches against Norfolk and Cheshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 71 runs at a batting average of 35.50, with a high score of 41. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 15.50, with", "id": "6580052" }, { "contents": "Steven Oddy\n\n\nSteven Craig Oddy (born 17 May 1979) is an English cricketer. Oddy is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Oddy represented the Lancashire Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against the Yorkshire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy and Cheshire the 1st of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 3 runs at a batting average of 1.50, with a high score", "id": "9619165" }, { "contents": "Keith Arnold (cricketer)\n\n\nKeith Andrew Arnold (born 27 May 1960) is a former English first-class cricketer. Arnold was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Solihull, Warwickshire. Arnold made his debut for Oxfordshire in the 1980 Minor Counties Championship against Devon. Arnold played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 1980 to 2010, which included 208 Minor Counties Championship matches and 47 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Glamorgan in the 1980 Gillette Cup. He played fifteen", "id": "13471171" }, { "contents": "Joe Oliver (cricketer)\n\n\nhe represented the county in 4 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. Oliver also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format against Leicestershire in the 1983 NatWest Trophy. He played 2 further List A matches against Sussex in the 1984 NatWest Trophy and Warwickshire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 55 runs in three unbeaten innings, with a high score of", "id": "8558387" }, { "contents": "Paul Douglas (cricketer)\n\n\nPaul Julian Douglas (born 12 October 1971) is a former English cricketer. Douglas was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Barnstaple, Devon. Douglas made his debut for Suffolk in the 1993 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. Douglas played 3 further Minor Counties Championship matches in 1993. In what was his only season with the county, he made a single List A appearance against Essex in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. In this match, he bowled 12 wicket-less", "id": "21410566" }, { "contents": "Peter Scott (cricketer)\n\n\nPeter James Scott (born 20 November 1982) is an English cricketer. Scott is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Scott represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Bedfordshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his only List A match he took a single wicket at a cost of 28 runs. In 2004, he made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Staffordshire against Bedfordshire. Scott played 2 further", "id": "11002211" }, { "contents": "Kevin Rice\n\n\nin 13 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Dorset. Ward also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format against Warwickshire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. He played 5 further List A matches between 1985 and 1991, the last of which came against Essex in the 1991 NatWest Trophy. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 167 runs at a batting average of 27.83, with a single century", "id": "8558307" }, { "contents": "Kevin Willcock\n\n\nKevin James Willcock (born 8 March 1973) is a former English cricketer. Willcock was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Tavistock, Devon. Willcock made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Cornwall in 1993 against Devon. From 1993 to 1998, he represented the county in 34 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of came match against Herefordshire. Willcock also represented Cornwall in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Devon in 1995. From 1995 to", "id": "3375107" }, { "contents": "Ben Frazer\n\n\nhe made his List A debut against the Durham Cricket Board in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He made 4 further List A appearances for the county, the last coming against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was held in 2003. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 74 runs at a batting average of 14.80, with a high score of 24. With the ball, he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 30.71, with best figures of 3/56. He played", "id": "15931033" }, { "contents": "Zahid Iqbal\n\n\nZahid Iqbal (born 11 February 1981) is an English cricketer. Iqbal was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Zahid Iqbal represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in 2 List A matches. These came against Scotland in the 1st round of the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Cumberland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 57 runs at a batting average of 57.00,", "id": "10869890" }, { "contents": "Craig Macconacie\n\n\nCraig Macconacie (born 10 November 1977) is a former English cricketer. Macconacie was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Leicester, Leicestershire. Macconacie represented the Leicestershire Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against Denmark in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, and the Kent Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the same competition. Both matches were held in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 49 runs at a batting average of", "id": "9840963" }, { "contents": "Richard Pineo\n\n\nRichard William Pineo (born 11 February 1975) is an English cricketer. Pineo was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born at Ipswich, Suffolk. Richard made his debut for Suffolk in the 1996 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. From 1997 to 2003, he represented the county in 29 Minor Counties Championship matches and 9 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List-A debut for Suffolk against Lincolnshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. From 2001 to 2002", "id": "1828725" }, { "contents": "Paul O'Reilly\n\n\nPaul John O'Reilly (born 4 August 1962) is a former English cricketer. O'Reilly was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Watford, Hertfordshire. O'Reilly made his debut for Hertfordshire in the 1996 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Dorset. O'Reilly played Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 1996 to 2003, which included 26 Minor Counties Championship matches and 9 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his List A debut against the Durham Cricket Board in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy", "id": "15930607" }, { "contents": "Richard Kaufman (cricketer)\n\n\nagainst Berkshire. From 2003 to present, he has represented the county in 29 Championship matches. His debut for the county in the MCCA Knockout Trophy came against Dorset in 2003. From 2003 to present, he has represented the county in 19 Trophy matches. Kaufman also represented Bedfordshire in a single List A match when they were permitted to take part in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. This came against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2003. In his career total of 3", "id": "10796352" }, { "contents": "Neil Fox (cricketer)\n\n\nNeil Fox (born 10 February 1962) is a former English cricketer. Fox was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Norwich, Norfolk. Fox made his debut for Norfolk in the 1991 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire. Fox played Minor counties cricket for Norfolk from 1991 to 2000, which included 77 Minor Counties Championship matches and 23 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Warwickshire in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. He made 7 further List A appearances,", "id": "20387068" }, { "contents": "Lee Marland\n\n\nLee John Marland (born 21 September 1975) is an English cricketer. Marland is a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Withington, Manchester. Marland made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Cheshire against Wales Minor Counties in 1998. He played 2 further Championship matches for the county against Herefordshire in 1998 and Wiltshire in 1999. Marland represented the Warwickshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in", "id": "5208352" }, { "contents": "Simon Twigg\n\n\nCheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In 2003, he joined Cheshire where he made his debut for the county in the 2003 Minor Counties Championship against Herefordshire. From 2003 to 2005, he represented the county in 12 Minor Counties matches, with his final Minor Counties appearance coming against Devon. Twigg also represented Cheshire in List-A cricket, representing the county 3 List-A matches, with his final List-A match coming against Hampshire in 2004. In his 4 List-A matches, he scored", "id": "3640174" }, { "contents": "David Lye\n\n\nof that competition, he scored his maiden List A half century, making 56 runs before being dismissed by Saqlain Mushtaq. In 2003, he scored his only List A century against Suffolk in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2003. Opening the batting, he made 121 runs before being dismissed by Philip Caley. In total, Lye played 10 List A matches in the period when Devon were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day tournament. In these 10 matches, he", "id": "7117193" }, { "contents": "Kevin Willcock\n\n\n1998, he represented the county in 7 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. Willcock also represented Cornwall in 2 List A matches. These came against Middlesex in the 1995 NatWest Trophy and Warwickshire in the 1996 NatWest Trophy. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 26 runs at a batting average of 13.00, with a high score of 25. In the field he took a single catch. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 47.50, with best figures of 1/43.", "id": "3375108" }, { "contents": "Timothy Ward\n\n\n13 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. Ward also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1987 NatWest Trophy against Worcestershire. He played 3 further List A matches between 1987 and 1993, the last of which came against Derbyshire in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored 37 runs at a batting average of 9.25, with a high score of", "id": "8227466" }, { "contents": "Arif Saeed\n\n\nArif Saeed (born 30 August 1967) is a Pakistani born English cricketer. Saeed is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Sialkot, Punjab. Saeed represented the Essex Cricket Board in 3 List A matches against Ireland in the 1999 NatWest Trophy, Warwickshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy and the Sussex Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 25 runs at a batting", "id": "8219944" } ]

[ { "contents": "Andrew Procter (cricketer)\n\n\nmatches, 27 Trophy matches, and 10 List A matches. In List A cricket, all of his appearances came for Devon at a time when there were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day tournament. He played his final List A match against Essex in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy at The Maer Ground in Exmouth. In his 10 List A matches, he scored 114 runs at a batting average of 28.50, with a high score of 29*. With the ball he took", "id": "7117115" }, { "contents": "Andrew Procter (cricketer)\n\n\nAndrew John Procter (born 7 September 1968) is an English cricketer. Procter was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Preston, Lancashire. Procter first played for Devon in 1996 against Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship. It would be another four years before Procter represented Devon again, returning to the county for the 2000 season. During this season he made both his MCCA Knockout Trophy and List A debuts. Over the nest seven seasons, he represented Devon in 40 Championship", "id": "7117114" }, { "contents": "David Lye\n\n\nDavid Frank Lye (born 11 April 1979) is an English cricketer. Lye is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Exeter, Devon. Procter first played for Devon in 1998 against Wales Minor Counties in the Minor Counties Championship. Two years later he made his debut MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the county against Cornwall. In that same season he also made his debut in List A cricket against Staffordshire in the 2nd round of the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In the following round", "id": "7117192" }, { "contents": "Ray Tolchard\n\n\nmaiden Championship by scoring a century off 356 balls. He also represented Devon in 3 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches between from 1983 to 1984. Tolchard played List A cricket for Devon, at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut against Staffordshire in the 1978 Gillette Cup 1st round. The following season he played 4 List A matches for Minor Counties South in the 1979 Benson & Hedges Cup. In that same season he played a List A match for Devon against Leicestershire", "id": "8558507" }, { "contents": "Andrew Hele\n\n\nthe county in 20 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Suffolk. In the same season as he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut, Hele also made his List A debut for Devon against Yorkshire in the 1st round of the 1998 NatWest Trophy. From 1998 to 2001, he played in 6 List A matches, the last of which came against Shropshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 40 runs at a batting average of 13.33, with", "id": "7117286" }, { "contents": "Paul Bates (cricketer)\n\n\nin 2000. He played one further Trophy match in 2000 against Cornwall and played his final Trophy match in 2002 against Devon. Bates also represented Wiltshire in 2 List-A matches. His List-A debut for the county came against the Derbyshire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. His second and final List-A game came against Ireland in the 1st round of 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 2 List-A matches, he scored 18 runs at a batting average", "id": "1979241" }, { "contents": "Andrew Pugh\n\n\nmaking his debut in that format in the 1990 NatWest Trophy against Somerset. From 1990 to 2005, he represented Devon in 18 List A matches, the last of which came in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy against Essex. In his 15 List A matches, he scored 271 runs at a batting average of 16.93, with a single half century high score of 54. In the field he took 10 catches. With the ball he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 24.57, with best figures of 2/4 against Staffordshire", "id": "8019077" }, { "contents": "John Tierney (cricketer)\n\n\n22 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Shropshire. During his playing career with Devon, he won two MCCA Knockout Trophy's. He played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1985 NatWest Trophy against Warwickshire. From 1985 to 1991, he represented Devon in 5 List A matches, the last of which came in the 1991 NatWest Trophy against Essex. In his 5 List A matches,", "id": "8227543" }, { "contents": "Haydn Morgan (cricketer)\n\n\nHaydn John Morgan (born 5 July 1973) is a former English cricketer. Morgan was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Torquay, Devon. Morgan made his debut for Devon in 1995 against Cheshire in the Minor Counties Championship. From 1995 to 1996, he represented Devon in 7 Championship matches, the last of which came against Norfolk. In the 1996 NatWest Trophy, he played his only List A match for Devon against Essex. Morgan later joined Central Districts in New", "id": "7670676" }, { "contents": "Jason Whittaker (cricketer)\n\n\nJason Peter Whittaker (born 24 July 1971) is a former English cricketer. Whittaker is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. Whittaker made his debut for Cheshire in the 2001 Minor Counties Championship against Devon. Whittaker has played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 2001 to the present day, including 72 Minor Counties Championship matches and 23 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his List A debut against the Lancashire Cricket Board in the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, with the 1st round", "id": "2170765" }, { "contents": "Christopher Mole\n\n\nwhich was held in 2002. In 2003, Mole joined Devon. He made his debut in the Minor Counties Championship against Herefordshire. He played for Devon from 2003 to 2001, he has represented Devon in 27 Championship matches. Mole has also represented Devon in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, making his debut in that competition for the county against Shropshire in 2003. Additionally, he also represented Devon in List A cricket. His List A debut for the county came against Suffolk in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy", "id": "4825941" }, { "contents": "Stuart Priscott\n\n\nplayed his second and final Trophy match for the county against the same opposition in 1994. Priscott later represented the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Huntingdonshire in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. The following season he played a single List A match for Devon against Yorkshire in the 3rd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 12 runs at a batting average of 6.00, with a high score of 7.", "id": "8492898" }, { "contents": "Andrew Walker (cricketer)\n\n\nAndrew John Walker (born 29 October 1971, Bradford, Yorkshire, England) is a former English cricketer. Walker was a right-handed batsman, who bowled right-arm off break. Walker represented the Yorkshire Cricket Board in three List A matches. His debut List A match came against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. His final two matches came against Huntingdonshire and Yorkshire, both in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his three List A matches, he scored 57 runs at a batting average of 28.50", "id": "7810996" }, { "contents": "Keith Donohue (cricketer)\n\n\n. From 1986 to 2000, he represented the county in 34 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. During this playing career with Devon, he won two Minor Counties Championships and three MCCA Knockout Trophy's. He played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1986 NatWest Trophy against Nottinghamshire. From 1986 to 2000, he represented Devon in 11 List A matches, the last of which", "id": "8227528" }, { "contents": "Robert Dawson (cricketer)\n\n\nLeicestershire, but winning due to being 9 wickets down, therefore winning by losing fewer wickets. In the 3rd round there were heavily defeated by Yorkshire, with Dawson scoring 52 runs, before being dismissed by Anthony McGrath. He played his final List A match the following season against Essex in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. Devon, along with the rest of the Minor counties were not permitted to play in domestic List A matches after this season. During his time as captain he guided Devon to a", "id": "8682313" }, { "contents": "Jonathan Shaw (cricketer)\n\n\nJonathan William Shaw (born 4 May 1980) is an English cricketer. Shaw is a right-handed batsman who bowls both right-arm off break and right-arm medium pace. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Shaw represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Scotland in the 1st round of the 1999 NatWest Trophy. In his only List A match he scored 5 runs. In 2000, he joined Herefordshire where he made his Minor Counties Championship against Dorset and his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut", "id": "11267766" }, { "contents": "John Trueman\n\n\nJohn Fieldston Trueman (born 29 October 1968) is an English cricketer. Trueman is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Trueman represented the Derbyshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against the Middlesex Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his only List A match, he scored 24 runs and took a single catch in the field. With the ball he bowled 10 wicketless overs.", "id": "2728005" }, { "contents": "Andrew Edwards\n\n\n, Edwards also made his debut for Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship against Devon. In 2001, he played 3 further Championship matches for the county, the last of which came against Berkshire. In 2001, he played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match for Herefordshire against the Warwickshire Cricket Board. Edwards also represented the county in List A cricket, making his debut for the county in that format against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played 2 further matches in that season's competition against Middlesex", "id": "8713510" }, { "contents": "David Townsend (Devon cricketer)\n\n\nDavid Edward John Townsend (born 26 October 1965) is a former English cricketer. Townsend was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Tiverton, Devon. Townsend made his debut for Devon in the 1993 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. From 1993 to 2002, he represented the county in 10 Championship matches, the last of which came against Oxfordshire. His MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for the county came against Dorset in 1993. He played one further Trophy match for Devon, which", "id": "18911206" }, { "contents": "David Court (cricketer)\n\n\nof which came against Berkshire. In the same season that he made his debut for Devon, he also made his debut in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, which came against Cornwall. From 2002 to 2009, he represented the county in 22 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Staffordshire. After his List A debut in 2001, Court represented Devon in 6 further matches in that format between 2002 and 2005, the last of which came against Essex in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his", "id": "6668188" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Wilton\n\n\nseason, he represented the county in 5 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Devon. He also played MCCA Knockout Trophy matches for Berkshire. His debut in that competition for Berkshire came against the Middlesex Cricket Board. He played 2 further Trophy matches for the county against Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Wilton also represented Berkshire in 2 List-A matches. His first List-A match for the county came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, with his second match for the", "id": "21064687" }, { "contents": "Gavin Byram\n\n\nappearances, the last of which came against Oxfordshire in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was played in 2001. In his 8 List A matches, he scored 77 runs at an average of 12.83, with a high score of 56. This score came against Devon in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. With the ball, he took 10 wickets at a bowling average of 25.40, with best figures of 3/33. His brother, Adam, also played Minor counties and List A cricket for Shropshire", "id": "21095698" }, { "contents": "Robert Dawson (cricketer)\n\n\nRobert 'Bob' Ian Dawson (born 29 March 1970) is a former English cricketer. Dawson is a right-handed batsman who bowls both leg break and right-arm medium pace. He was born in Exmouth, Devon. Dawson made his debut for Devon in the 1988 Minor Counties Championship against Wales Minor Counties. The following season he played his first MCCA Knockout Trophy match for the county against Dorset. Dawson was a frequent member of the Devon squad in his early years and it was for Devon that he made", "id": "8682304" }, { "contents": "Mark Richards (cricketer)\n\n\nlast of which came against the Sussex Cricket Board. 2002 also saw him make his List A debut for Devon, against Yorkshire in the 3rd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played a further match in that format in 2002, against Cumberland in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2002. Three years later he played a final List A match for Devon against Essex at The Maer Ground in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his three List", "id": "6099698" }, { "contents": "Craig Gibbens\n\n\nto 2002, he represented the county in 12 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. Gibbens also represented Wiltshire in List A cricket. His List A debut came against Scotland in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000 to 2001 he represented the county in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 4 matches, he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 26.75, with best figures of", "id": "2344787" }, { "contents": "Noel Brett\n\n\nNoel Adrian Brett (born 8 September 1975) is a former English cricketer. Brett was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Aldershot, Hampshire. Brett represented the Surrey Cricket Board in List A matches against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board and the Essex Cricket Board in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 2 runs at a batting average of 2.00, with a high score of", "id": "5854822" }, { "contents": "Andrew Mawson (cricketer)\n\n\nKnockout Trophy appearances. He made his first List A appearance for the county against Buckinghamshire in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was played in 2002. He made 2 further List A appearances for the county, against Devon in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2003, and Glamorgan in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 3 List A matches for Suffolk, he scored 67 runs at an average of 22.33, with a high", "id": "21332141" }, { "contents": "Jonathan Davies (cricketer, born 1976)\n\n\nJonathan Richard Davies (born 9 March 1976) is a former English cricketer. Davies was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Burnley, Lancashire. Davies made his debut for Lincolnshire in the 2000 MCCA Knockout Trophy against the Derbyshire Cricket Board. Davies played Minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire from 2000 to 2005, which included 17 Minor Counties Championship matches and 10 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Cheshire in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester", "id": "19270428" }, { "contents": "Mark Richards (cricketer)\n\n\nMark Allan Elliott Richards (born 9 April 1974) is a former English cricketer. Richards is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Bridport, Devon. Richards made his debut for Devon in the 2002 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. He played three further Championship matches that season, the last of which came against Berkshire. In that same season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for Devon, which came against Dorset. He played four further Trophy matches that season, the", "id": "6099697" }, { "contents": "Mark Currie (cricketer)\n\n\nMark Robert Currie (born 22 September 1979) is an English cricketer. Currie is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Manchester. Currie made his debut for Cheshire in the 1999 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1999 to 2005, including 18 Minor Counties Championship matches. and 7 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his List A debut for Cheshire against Cornwall in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In the same season", "id": "2542438" }, { "contents": "Richard Lynch (cricketer)\n\n\nRichard Lynch (born 2 March 1967) is a former English cricketer. Lynch was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire. Lynch made his debut for Oxfordshire in the 2002 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Berkshire. Lynch played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 2002 to 2005, which included 10 Minor Counties Championship matches and 5 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against the Lancashire Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester", "id": "12048123" }, { "contents": "David Court (cricketer)\n\n\nDavid Graeme Court (born 1 November 1980) is an English cricketer. Court is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. 2001 saw him make his debut for Devon in a List A match against Bedfordshire in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. Court made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Devon in 2002 against Shropshire. Between 2002 and 2009, he represented the county in 37 Championship matches, the last", "id": "6668187" }, { "contents": "Adam Cook (cricketer)\n\n\nList A matches, the last coming against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2003. In his 7 List A matches he scored 131 runs at a batting average of 21.83, with a high score of 66. This came against Herefordshire in the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. With the ball he took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 27.66, with best figures of 3/40. He has previously played for the Middlesex Second XI. His brother, Simon, played first-", "id": "12216354" }, { "contents": "Kevin Nash (cricketer)\n\n\nwhich came against Cornwall. Nash also represented Wiltshire in List A cricket. His List A debut for the county came against Scotland in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 1999 to 2005, he represented the county in 6 List A matches, the last of which came against Kent in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 29 runs at a batting average of 9.66, with a high score of 17. With the ball he took 8 wickets at a bowling average of 28.00, with", "id": "2226191" }, { "contents": "Peter Wilshaw\n\n\n2004 to present, he has represented the county in 35 Championship matches. The following season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut against Hertfordshire. From 2005 to present, he has represented the county in 21 Trophy matches. In that same season, he played his List A match for Staffordshire against Surrey in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 2 career List A matches, he scored 20 runs at a batting average of 10.00, with a high score of 20. Wilshaw made his debut in first-class cricket", "id": "10869794" }, { "contents": "Matthew Hunt\n\n\nhe represented the county in 12 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Dorset. 2002 saw him make his List A debut for Devon, against Cumberland in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. From 2002 to 2004, he represented the county in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against Yorkshire at The Maer Ground in the 3rd round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 206 runs at a batting average", "id": "6099606" }, { "contents": "Richard Waite (cricketer)\n\n\nRichard Parkinson Waite (born 11 June 1980) is an English cricketer. Waite is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. Waite represented the Durham Cricket Board in 10 List A matches against Buckinghamshire in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001 and against Glamorgan in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 10 List A matches, he scored 350 runs at a batting averageof 45.23 with high", "id": "8053151" }, { "contents": "David Roberts (cricketer)\n\n\n5 Championship matches, the last of which came against Suffolk, and 4 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He also represented Bedfordshire in 2 List A matches against Hertfordshire and the Netherlands in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which were played in 2002. The following season he joined Cornwall, where he made his Minor Counties Championship debut for the county against Devon. From 2003 to present, he represented the county in 20 Minor Counties Championship matches. Roberts has also represented Cornwall in the MCCA Knockout Trophy.", "id": "3315366" }, { "contents": "John Snashall\n\n\nJohn Stephen Snashall (born 12 October 1982) is a former English cricketer. Snashall is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Eastbourne, Sussex. Snashall represented the Sussex Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against the Essex Cricket Board and Wales Minor Counties in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy; both matches were played in 2001. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 59 runs at a batting average of 29.50, with a single", "id": "4569012" }, { "contents": "Jonathan Shaw (cricketer)\n\n\nagainst the Worcestershire Cricket Board. The following year he played his only List A match for the county against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. His is 2 career List A matches, he scored 32 runs at a batting average of 32.00, with a high score of 32. With the ball he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 27.66, with best figures of 3/49. Shaw represented Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship 11 times from 2000 to 2002 and 7 times in", "id": "11267767" }, { "contents": "Mohammad Akhtar\n\n\nMohammad Akhtar (; born 12 December 1977) is a Pakistani born English first-class cricketer. Akhtar is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Gujranwala, Punjab. Akhtar represented the Essex Cricket Board in a single List A match against Essex in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his only List A match, he made a half century score of 71 runs. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 23.00, with figures of 2/46. He", "id": "8492575" }, { "contents": "Hiley Edwards\n\n\n, in what was the tournaments inaugural season, against Cornwall. From 1984 to 1991, he represented the county in 17 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Staffordshire in the final of the 1991 MCCA Trophy at Lord's which Devon lost by 4 wickets. As well as playing Minor counties cricket for Devon, Edwards also appeared in List A cricket for them when the county was permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition which involved the first-class counties. His List A debut came against Warwickshire", "id": "7116739" }, { "contents": "Iain Bond\n\n\nIain Anthony Bond (born 7 November 1973) is an English cricketer. Bond is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Barnstaple, Devon. Bond made his debut for Devon in the 1996 Minor Counties Championship against Cornwall. From 1996 to 2003, he represented Devon in twenty-one Championship matches, the last of which came against Dorset. The following season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for Devon, which came against Wales Minor Counties. From 1997 to 1999", "id": "6668051" }, { "contents": "Richard Halsall\n\n\nSussex Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against Herefordshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000 to 2001, he represented the Board in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against the Essex Cricket Board in 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 36 runs at an average of 18.00, with a high score of 17. With the ball he took 5 wickets at an average of 20.60,", "id": "4716272" }, { "contents": "Andrew Jones (Staffordshire cricketer)\n\n\nAndrew James Jones (born 30 November 1977) is a former English cricketer. Jones was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Jones made his debut for Staffordshire in the 1998 Minor Counties Championship against Cumberland. Jones played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 1998 to 2002, which included 15 Minor Counties Championship matches and 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2000, he made his only List A appearance against Devon in the NatWest Trophy", "id": "17237532" }, { "contents": "Owen Dawkins\n\n\nthe 2nd round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 29 runs at a batting average of 9.66, with a high score of 18. With the ball he took a single wickets at a bowling average of 81.00, with best figures of 1/21. In 2005, he briefly rejoined Hertfordshire, before representing Buckinghamshire in 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches against Wiltshire and Hertfordshire. He currently plays club cricket for Sully Centurions Cricket Club in the South Wales Cricket League. Previously, Dawkins played", "id": "19323799" }, { "contents": "David Heyes (cricketer)\n\n\nDavid John Heyes (born 7 February 1967) is a former English cricketer. Heyes was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Prescot, Lancashire. Heyes represented the Lancashire Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against the Netherlands in the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Suffolk and the Essex Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 41 runs at a batting average of 13.66, with a high score of 27. In the", "id": "9718266" }, { "contents": "David Butcher (cricketer)\n\n\nDavid Neil Butcher (born 2 October 1969) is a former English cricketer. Butcher was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Colchester, Essex. Butcher made his debut for Devon in the Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire in 1992. From 1992 to 1994, he represented Devon in 14 Championship matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. In 1992, he played his only List A match for Devon, which came against Kent in the 1992 NatWest Trophy. In this", "id": "7180736" }, { "contents": "Mathew Theedom\n\n\nMathew Christopher Theedom (born 1 October 1977) is an English cricketer. Theedom is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Exeter, Devon. Theedom made his debut for Devon in 1996 against Herefordshire in the Minor Counties Championship. From 1996 to 2002, he represented Devon in 22 Championship matches, the last of which came against Shropshire. Three years later he made his debut MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the county against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board. From 1999 to 2002,", "id": "7117236" }, { "contents": "Robert King (cricketer, born 1978)\n\n\nRobert David King (born 10 July 1978) is an English cricketer. King was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. King made his debut for Staffordshire in the 2003 Minor Counties Championship against Buckinghamshire. King played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 2003 to 2007, which included 22 Minor Counties Championship matches and 11 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2004, he made his only List A appearance against Lancashire in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy", "id": "17125073" }, { "contents": "Paul Draper (cricketer)\n\n\n, he represented the county in 12 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Buckinghamshire. Draper also represented Wiltshire in 2 List-A matches. His debut List-A match came against Herefordshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. His second and final List-A match came against Ireland in the 1st round 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 2 List-A matches, he scored 12 runs at a batting average of 6.00, with a high score of 10. Draper currently plays club", "id": "2225677" }, { "contents": "Andrew Collins (cricketer)\n\n\nCounties Championship match for Berkshire against Oxfordshire and the following season he joined Wiltshire. He played a single Championship match for Wiltshire in 1998 against Dorset and followed that up in 1999 with his final Championship match for the county against Devon. Collins also represented Wiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against the Herefordshire in 1998. He represented the county in 2 further Trophy matches in 1999 against Herefordshire and the Worcestershire Cricket Board. Collins also represented Wiltshire in 2 List A matches. His first came against the", "id": "2472495" }, { "contents": "Steven Naylor\n\n\nfor the county came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. From 2002 to 2005, he represented the county in four List A matches, with his final List A match coming when Berkshire played Gloucestershire in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy at Sonning Lane, Reading. In his combined List A career, he scored 51 runs at a batting average of 12.75, with a high score of 23. With the ball he took 5 wickets at a bowling average of 42.40", "id": "21065511" }, { "contents": "Royston Smith (cricketer)\n\n\nRoyston Anthony Smith (born 14 March 1974) is an English cricketer. Smith is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Romford, London. Smith represented the Essex Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against Warwickshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy, Suffolk in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy and the Surrey Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 27 runs", "id": "8375106" }, { "contents": "Stephen Ogilby\n\n\ncricket for Cheshire from 2001 to 2005, including nineteen Minor Counties Championship matches and seven MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He played List A cricket for Cheshire, with his final List A match coming against Hampshire in the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played a total of four List A matches for Cheshire, scoring 37 runs at a batting average of 18.50, with a high score of 36. Behind the stumps he took 8 catches and made a single stumping. His highest score with the bat came against Hampshire in his final", "id": "982144" }, { "contents": "Stephen Watts\n\n\nStephen John Watts (born 1 May 1979) is a former English cricketer. Watts was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Luton, Bedfordshire. Watts made his debut for Bedfordshire in the 2001 Minor Counties Championship against Staffordshire. Watts played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 2001 to 2006, which included 22 Minor Counties Championship matches and 7 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Cheshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was", "id": "13651970" }, { "contents": "Paul Jenkins (cricketer)\n\n\nPaul Edward Jenkins (born 8 February 1972) is an English cricketer. Jenkins is a right-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Gloucester, Gloucestershire. Jenkins made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Wales Minor Counties in 1998 against Devon. From 1998 to 2000, he represented the team in 5 Championship matches, the last of which came against Cheshire. His only MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the team came in 2000 against Shropshire. His only List A appearance for the team came in", "id": "19577576" }, { "contents": "Phil North\n\n\nTrophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. He also represented Wiltshire in a single List A match against Durham in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. In his combined List A matches, he took 6 wickets at an average of 24.16, with best figures of 3/20. In 1997, North returned to play Minor Counties cricket for Wales Minor Counties. During the 1997 season, he represented the team in 9 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Berkshire. He also played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match", "id": "2344631" }, { "contents": "Timothy Carter (cricketer)\n\n\nTimothy Jolyon Carter (born 21 September 1969) is a former English cricketer. Carter was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born in Tiverton, Devon. Carter represented the Surrey Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against Norfolk in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. From 1999 to 2001, he represented the Board in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Lincolnshire in the second round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In", "id": "6580350" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Carter (cricketer)\n\n\n2002 to 2003, he represented the county in 3 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Norfolk. Carter also represented Cornwall in 2 List A matches. These came against the Somerset Cricket Board and Wales Minor Counties in the 1st and 2nd rounds respectively of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which were played in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 10 runs with a high score of 10* and with the ball he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 22.00, with best figures of 2/21", "id": "3315198" }, { "contents": "Ryan Horrell\n\n\nthe county in just 5 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Wiltshire. Horrell made his List A debut for Devon against Essex in the 1st round of the 1996 NatWest Trophy. His next List A appearance came four years later against Staffordshire in the 2nd round of the 2000 NatWest Trophy, with his final List A match coming in the following round against Surrey. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 25 runs at a batting average of 25.00, with a high score of 25*. With the ball", "id": "7180412" }, { "contents": "Christopher Lello\n\n\n1996 to 2000, he represented the county in 6 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. Lello also represented Cornwall in 3 List A matches. These came against Warwickshire in the 1996 NatWest Trophy, Cumberland in the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Norfolk in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 20 runs at a batting average of 12.33, with a high score of 20. In the field he took 2 catches. With the ball he took a single wicket at a bowling average", "id": "3375044" }, { "contents": "Russell Rowe (cricketer)\n\n\nRussell John Rowe (born 14 May 1975) is a former English cricketer. Rowe was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire. Rowe made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Wiltshire in 1994 against Cheshire. From 1994 to 2005, he represented the county in 50 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Devon. Rowe also represented Wiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Herefordshire in 1999. From 1999 to", "id": "2225703" }, { "contents": "Jamie Went\n\n\nJames Colin Went (born 7 January 1982) is an English cricketer. Went is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Reading, Berkshire. Went represented the Essex Cricket Board in a single List A match against Essex in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his only List A match, he scored a single run and with the ball he took a single wicket at a cost of 64 runs from 10 overs. He currently plays club cricket for Hornchurch Cricket Club.", "id": "8375068" }, { "contents": "Colin Banton\n\n\nof 80*. His highest score came on debut against Cambridge University. In that same season he made his List A debut for the county against Lancashire in the 1995 Benson & Hedges Cup. His second and final List A appearance came in the same season against Essex. In his 2 matches, he scored 41 runs at an average of 20.50, with a high score of 40. After leaving Nottinghamshire, he made a single MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for Buckinghamshire in 1996 against Devon. He also previously had played Second XI", "id": "9334990" }, { "contents": "Paul Bryson\n\n\nPaul Robert John Bryson (born 6 July 1968) is a former English cricketer. Bryson was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire. Bryson made his debut for Cheshire in the 1994 Minor Counties Championship against Dorset. Bryson played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1994 to 2001, including 51 Minor Counties Championship matches and 24 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1995, he made his List A debut against Essex in the NatWest Trophy. He played eight further List", "id": "3873510" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Price (cricketer)\n\n\nCounties Championship matches, the last of which came against Herefordshire. Price also represented Cornwall in List A cricket. His first List A match came against Cheshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. From 2001 to 2003, he represented the county in 7 List A matches, the last of which came against the Netherlands in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2003. In his 7 List A matches, he scored 184 runs at a batting average of 26.28, with", "id": "3374434" }, { "contents": "Peter Lawson (cricketer)\n\n\nCheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001, the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board and Devon in the 1st and 2nd round's respectively of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, with both matches held in 2002. In his three List A matches, he scored 9 runs at a batting average of 9.00, with a high score of 9. Lawson's only List A wicket was that Devon batsman David Court. Although, this wicket across his three matches cost 107.00 runs. He also played for the Leicestershire Second XI in 2002.", "id": "20049880" }, { "contents": "Philip George\n\n\ncame against Devon. His MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for the team came in 1997 against Devon. From 1997 to 2002, George represented the team in 10 Trophy matches, the last of which came against the Worcestershire Cricket Board. His debut List A appearance for the team came in the 1st round of the 1999 NatWest Trophy against Lincolnshire. From 1999 to 2001, he represented the team in 8 List A matches, the last of which came against Leicestershire in the 3rd round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his", "id": "19578319" }, { "contents": "Hedley Wright\n\n\n, which included 33 Minor Counties Championship matches and 6 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. It was for Suffolk that he made his debut in List A cricket against Lancashire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. He played 3 further List A matches for Suffolk, the last coming against Northamptonshire in the 1989 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored 38 runs at a batting average of 12.66, with a high score of 16. With the ball he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 31.75, with best figures of", "id": "10548994" }, { "contents": "Greg Hill (cricketer)\n\n\nGregory Russell Hill (born 13 September 1972) is a former English cricketer. Hill was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Canterbury, Kent. Hill made a single Minor Counties Championship appearance for Devon in 1992 against Herefordshire. Hill also represented the county in a single List A match against Kent in the 1992 NatWest Trophy. In 2000, he made first represented the Worcestershire Cricket Board in List A cricket against the Kent Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000", "id": "7049456" }, { "contents": "Charles Pritchard (cricketer)\n\n\nagainst Dorset. From 1987 to 1994, he represented the county in 14 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Bedfordshire. Pritchard made his List A debut for Devon against Essex in the 1st round of the 1991 NatWest Trophy. From 1991 to 1994 he played 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Yorkshire in the 1st round of the 1994 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored a single run from two innings, giving him a batting average of 1.00. In the field", "id": "7524142" }, { "contents": "James Rodham\n\n\nJames Paul Rodham (born 2 March 1983) is a former English cricketer. Rodham was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Ashford, Surrey. Rodham represented the Middlesex Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against the Derbyshire Cricket Board and Cambridgeshire in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which were held in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 27 runs at a batting average of 13.50, with a high score of 23.", "id": "10367039" }, { "contents": "John Hitchmough (cricketer, born 1962)\n\n\nJohn Jeffrey Hitchmough (born 19 January 1962) is a former English cricketer. Hitchmough was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire. Hitchmough made his debut for Cheshire in the 1983 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Hertfordshire. Hitchmough played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1983 to 1992, including 66 Minor Counties Championship matches and 20 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1985, he made his List A debut against Yorkshire in the NatWest Trophy. He played six further List A", "id": "2343816" }, { "contents": "Ian Roberts (cricketer)\n\n\nIan Clement Roberts (born 29 April 1948) is a former English cricketer. Roberts was a right-handed batsman bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. Roberts made his debut for Devon in the 1974 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire. From 1974 to 1980, he represented the county in 26 Championship matches, the last of which came against Oxfordshire. He also represented Devon in a single List A match, at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one", "id": "8558428" }, { "contents": "Mark Woodman\n\n\n20 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Bedfordshire. Woodman also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1988 NatWest Trophy against Nottinghamshire. He played 5 further List A matches between 1988 and 1995, the last of which came against Sussex. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 9 runs at a batting average of 3.00, with a high score of 8. With the ball", "id": "8019129" }, { "contents": "Stephen Perrin\n\n\nWiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Devon in 1991. From 1991 to 2005, he represented the county in 26 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. Perrin also represented Wiltshire in List A cricket. His List A debut came against Durham in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. From 1993 to 2001, he represented the county in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001", "id": "2472653" }, { "contents": "Stuart Catterall\n\n\nStuart Colin Catterall (born 9 April 1975) is a former English cricketer. Catterall was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Southampton, Hampshire. Catterall represented the Lancashire Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against the Essex Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000 to 2002, he represented the Board in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Scotland in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which", "id": "9619300" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Creed\n\n\nNicholas John Keyworth Creed (born 28 August 1980) is an English cricketer. Creed is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Cuckfield, Sussex. Creed represented the Sussex Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against Herefordshire and Berkshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy and the Worcestershire Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2002. In his 3 List A matches, he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of", "id": "4716106" }, { "contents": "Graham Crawford\n\n\nGraham Andrew Crawford (born 16 October 1967) is a former English cricketer. Crawford was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Windlesham, Surrey. Crawford represented the Surrey Cricket Board in 2 List A cricket matches against Norfolk and Cheshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 71 runs at a batting average of 35.50, with a high score of 41. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 15.50, with", "id": "6580052" }, { "contents": "Steven Oddy\n\n\nSteven Craig Oddy (born 17 May 1979) is an English cricketer. Oddy is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Oddy represented the Lancashire Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against the Yorkshire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy and Cheshire the 1st of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 3 runs at a batting average of 1.50, with a high score", "id": "9619165" }, { "contents": "Keith Arnold (cricketer)\n\n\nKeith Andrew Arnold (born 27 May 1960) is a former English first-class cricketer. Arnold was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Solihull, Warwickshire. Arnold made his debut for Oxfordshire in the 1980 Minor Counties Championship against Devon. Arnold played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 1980 to 2010, which included 208 Minor Counties Championship matches and 47 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Glamorgan in the 1980 Gillette Cup. He played fifteen", "id": "13471171" }, { "contents": "Joe Oliver (cricketer)\n\n\nhe represented the county in 4 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. Oliver also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format against Leicestershire in the 1983 NatWest Trophy. He played 2 further List A matches against Sussex in the 1984 NatWest Trophy and Warwickshire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 55 runs in three unbeaten innings, with a high score of", "id": "8558387" }, { "contents": "Paul Douglas (cricketer)\n\n\nPaul Julian Douglas (born 12 October 1971) is a former English cricketer. Douglas was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Barnstaple, Devon. Douglas made his debut for Suffolk in the 1993 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. Douglas played 3 further Minor Counties Championship matches in 1993. In what was his only season with the county, he made a single List A appearance against Essex in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. In this match, he bowled 12 wicket-less", "id": "21410566" }, { "contents": "Peter Scott (cricketer)\n\n\nPeter James Scott (born 20 November 1982) is an English cricketer. Scott is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Scott represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Bedfordshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his only List A match he took a single wicket at a cost of 28 runs. In 2004, he made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Staffordshire against Bedfordshire. Scott played 2 further", "id": "11002211" }, { "contents": "Kevin Rice\n\n\nin 13 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Dorset. Ward also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format against Warwickshire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. He played 5 further List A matches between 1985 and 1991, the last of which came against Essex in the 1991 NatWest Trophy. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 167 runs at a batting average of 27.83, with a single century", "id": "8558307" }, { "contents": "Kevin Willcock\n\n\nKevin James Willcock (born 8 March 1973) is a former English cricketer. Willcock was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Tavistock, Devon. Willcock made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Cornwall in 1993 against Devon. From 1993 to 1998, he represented the county in 34 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of came match against Herefordshire. Willcock also represented Cornwall in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Devon in 1995. From 1995 to", "id": "3375107" }, { "contents": "Ben Frazer\n\n\nhe made his List A debut against the Durham Cricket Board in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He made 4 further List A appearances for the county, the last coming against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was held in 2003. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 74 runs at a batting average of 14.80, with a high score of 24. With the ball, he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 30.71, with best figures of 3/56. He played", "id": "15931033" }, { "contents": "Zahid Iqbal\n\n\nZahid Iqbal (born 11 February 1981) is an English cricketer. Iqbal was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Zahid Iqbal represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in 2 List A matches. These came against Scotland in the 1st round of the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Cumberland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 57 runs at a batting average of 57.00,", "id": "10869890" }, { "contents": "Craig Macconacie\n\n\nCraig Macconacie (born 10 November 1977) is a former English cricketer. Macconacie was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Leicester, Leicestershire. Macconacie represented the Leicestershire Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against Denmark in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, and the Kent Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the same competition. Both matches were held in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 49 runs at a batting average of", "id": "9840963" }, { "contents": "Richard Pineo\n\n\nRichard William Pineo (born 11 February 1975) is an English cricketer. Pineo was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born at Ipswich, Suffolk. Richard made his debut for Suffolk in the 1996 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. From 1997 to 2003, he represented the county in 29 Minor Counties Championship matches and 9 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List-A debut for Suffolk against Lincolnshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. From 2001 to 2002", "id": "1828725" }, { "contents": "Paul O'Reilly\n\n\nPaul John O'Reilly (born 4 August 1962) is a former English cricketer. O'Reilly was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Watford, Hertfordshire. O'Reilly made his debut for Hertfordshire in the 1996 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Dorset. O'Reilly played Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 1996 to 2003, which included 26 Minor Counties Championship matches and 9 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his List A debut against the Durham Cricket Board in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy", "id": "15930607" }, { "contents": "Richard Kaufman (cricketer)\n\n\nagainst Berkshire. From 2003 to present, he has represented the county in 29 Championship matches. His debut for the county in the MCCA Knockout Trophy came against Dorset in 2003. From 2003 to present, he has represented the county in 19 Trophy matches. Kaufman also represented Bedfordshire in a single List A match when they were permitted to take part in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. This came against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2003. In his career total of 3", "id": "10796352" }, { "contents": "Neil Fox (cricketer)\n\n\nNeil Fox (born 10 February 1962) is a former English cricketer. Fox was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Norwich, Norfolk. Fox made his debut for Norfolk in the 1991 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire. Fox played Minor counties cricket for Norfolk from 1991 to 2000, which included 77 Minor Counties Championship matches and 23 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Warwickshire in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. He made 7 further List A appearances,", "id": "20387068" }, { "contents": "Lee Marland\n\n\nLee John Marland (born 21 September 1975) is an English cricketer. Marland is a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Withington, Manchester. Marland made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Cheshire against Wales Minor Counties in 1998. He played 2 further Championship matches for the county against Herefordshire in 1998 and Wiltshire in 1999. Marland represented the Warwickshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in", "id": "5208352" }, { "contents": "Simon Twigg\n\n\nCheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002. In 2003, he joined Cheshire where he made his debut for the county in the 2003 Minor Counties Championship against Herefordshire. From 2003 to 2005, he represented the county in 12 Minor Counties matches, with his final Minor Counties appearance coming against Devon. Twigg also represented Cheshire in List-A cricket, representing the county 3 List-A matches, with his final List-A match coming against Hampshire in 2004. In his 4 List-A matches, he scored", "id": "3640174" }, { "contents": "David Lye\n\n\nof that competition, he scored his maiden List A half century, making 56 runs before being dismissed by Saqlain Mushtaq. In 2003, he scored his only List A century against Suffolk in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2003. Opening the batting, he made 121 runs before being dismissed by Philip Caley. In total, Lye played 10 List A matches in the period when Devon were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day tournament. In these 10 matches, he", "id": "7117193" }, { "contents": "Kevin Willcock\n\n\n1998, he represented the county in 7 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Devon. Willcock also represented Cornwall in 2 List A matches. These came against Middlesex in the 1995 NatWest Trophy and Warwickshire in the 1996 NatWest Trophy. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 26 runs at a batting average of 13.00, with a high score of 25. In the field he took a single catch. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 47.50, with best figures of 1/43.", "id": "3375108" }, { "contents": "Timothy Ward\n\n\n13 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. Ward also played List A cricket for Devon at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut in that format in the 1987 NatWest Trophy against Worcestershire. He played 3 further List A matches between 1987 and 1993, the last of which came against Derbyshire in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored 37 runs at a batting average of 9.25, with a high score of", "id": "8227466" }, { "contents": "Arif Saeed\n\n\nArif Saeed (born 30 August 1967) is a Pakistani born English cricketer. Saeed is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Sialkot, Punjab. Saeed represented the Essex Cricket Board in 3 List A matches against Ireland in the 1999 NatWest Trophy, Warwickshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy and the Sussex Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 25 runs at a batting", "id": "8219944" } ]