Sports 2025: A Calendar of Major Events for the Year

The U21 European Football Championship, World Games, Grand Slam tennis tournaments, World Chess Championship, Formula 1 racing, and 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers...

Ukrinform presents the calendar of major sporting events for 2025.

January

12-26: Australian Open Tennis Championship (Melbourne, Australia).

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January 14 - February 2: Men's Handball World Championship (Croatia, Denmark, Norway)

26: SBD Sheffield World Powerlifting Tournament (Sheffield, UK).

February

12-23: Biathlon World Championship (Lenzerheide, Switzerland)

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February 24 - March 3: European Shooting Championship (Dier, Hungary)

25: World Table Tennis Championship (Busan, South Korea).

March

7-13: European Championship in Shooting with Air Weapons (Osijek, Croatia)

16: "Formula 1". Season opener, Australian Grand Prix (Melbourne)

13-16: European Indoor Athletics Championship (Apeldoorn, Netherlands)

20, 23: UEFA Nations League: Playoff matches Ukraine - Belgium

21-23: Indoor Athletics World Championship (Nanjing, China)

24-30: World Figure Skating Championship (Boston, USA).

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April

7-13: European Wrestling Championship (Bratislava, Slovakia)

13-21: European Weightlifting Championship (Chisinau, Moldova)

April 19 - May 5: World Snooker Championship (Sheffield, England)

23-26: European Judo Championship (Podgorica, Montenegro).

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May

2-4: World Diving Cup, final (Beijing, China)

9-25: Ice Hockey World Championship (Sweden, Denmark)

21: UEFA Europa League Final (Bilbao, Spain)

May 25 - June 8: French Open Tennis Championship Roland Garros (Paris, France)

28: UEFA Conference League Final (Wroclaw, Poland)

31: UEFA Champions League Final (Munich, Germany).

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June

8-15: Powerlifting World Championship (Chemnitz, Germany)

11-28: U21 European Football Championship (Slovakia)

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13-20: World Judo Championship (Budapest, Hungary)

14-19: European Fencing Championship (Genoa, Italy)

June 15 - July 13: FIFA Club World Cup (USA)

27-29: European Team Athletics Championship (Madrid, Spain)

June 30 - July 13: Wimbledon Tennis Tournament (London, England).

July

July 5-27: Cycling. "Tour de France"

July 5-29: Women's Chess World Cup (Batumi, Georgia)

July 11 - August 3: World Aquatics Championship (Singapore)

20-30: World Fencing Championship (Tbilisi, Georgia).

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August

7-17: World Games (Chengdu, China)

August 22 - September 7: Women's Volleyball World Championship (Thailand)

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August 25 - September 7: US Open Tennis Championship (New York, USA).

September

5: 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifier Ukraine - France/Croatia

9: 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifier Azerbaijan - Ukraine

12-28: Men's Volleyball World Championship (Philippines)

13-21: World Wrestling Championship (Zagreb, Croatia)

13-21: World Athletics Championship (Tokyo, Japan)

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27-28: Diamond League Athletics Final (Zurich, Switzerland).

October

3-12: World Weightlifting Championship (Forde, Norway)

10: 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifier Iceland - Ukraine

13: 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifier Ukraine - Azerbaijan

8-19: World Shotgun Shooting Championship (Malakasa, Greece)

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October 20 - November 2: World Chess Championship (Gallipoli, Italy).

November

6-16: World Shooting Championship (Cairo, Egypt)

13: 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifier France/Croatia - Ukraine

16: 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifier Ukraine - Iceland.

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