Abedi Ayew, known professionally as Abedi Pele, is a Ghanaian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and who served as captain of the Ghana national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest African footballers of all-time. He played for several European clubs and found his fame in the French Ligue 1 with Lille and Marseille, the latter where he won the UEFA Champions League in 1993, among other titles.
The Rugby Europe International Championships is the European Championship for tier 2 and tier 3 rugby union nations.
The Hong Kong national cricket team is the team that represents Hong Kong and played its first match in 1866 and has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1969.
There were 20 places available for the 2007 Rugby World Cup held in France. The 86 teams taking part in regional qualifying competitions together with the 8 teams which have qualified automatically brings to 94 the total number of teams participating in the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
The Italian Rugby Federation or FIR is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in Italy. The FIR has one seat on the 28-member World Rugby Council, the governing body of World Rugby.
The German national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Germany in international cricket. The German Cricket Federation, which organises the team, has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1999, having previously been an affiliate member from 1991. The national team made its international debut against Denmark in 1989, playing as West Germany. It has since played regularly in European Cricket Championship tournaments, as well as twice in the lower divisions of the World Cricket League. In 2001, Germany also competed in the ICC Trophy for the first and only time.
The Netherlands national rugby union team first played in 1930. The team competes in the 2017–18 Rugby Europe Trophy of the European Nations Cup, and has never qualified for the Rugby World Cup.
The Lithuania national rugby union team is governed by the Lithuanian Rugby Federation, and have yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup.
Marc Lammers is a former field hockey player and head coach. In the past, he led the Spanish women's national field hockey team from 1999 to 2000 and the Dutch women's national field hockey team from 2000 to 2008. Under his guidance the Dutch team won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Later he also coached the Belgian men's national field hockey team until 2014, with whom he became European vice-champion. As a player, he earned five caps for the Men's Squad. Lammers played for sixteen years in the Netherlands' first division named Hoofdklasse, with HC Den Bosch, HC Tilburg and Oranje Zwart.
The ICC World Cricket League was a series of international one-day cricket tournaments for national teams without Test status, administered by the International Cricket Council. All Associate Members of the ICC are eligible to compete in the league system, which features a promotion and relegation structure between divisions. The league system has two main aims: to provide a qualification system for the World Cup that can be accessed by all Associate Members, and as an opportunity for these sides to play international one-day matches against teams of similar standards.
The Switzerland national rugby union team is a member of Rugby Europe and plays in the Division 2A of the European Nations Cup. Thus far Switzerland have not qualified for a Rugby World Cup. As of 18 November 2016, Switzerland is ranked 33rd in the World Rugby Rankings.
The European Nations Cup (ENC) First Division is the sixth edition of the so-called Six Nations B, since its launch in 2000.
The 2000 European Nations Cup was the first newly formed European Championship for second tier nations. The main reformation of the competition was due to the induction of professionalism and Italy being granted a place in the Six Nations.
The 2008–10 European Nations Cup First Division was the 7th edition of the championship since it was reformed in 2000. The championship not only determined the champions of the ENC but it also acted as an element of European qualification for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.
Here is the complete list of fixtures and results of test match rugby in 2009. All major international competitions, such as the Tri Nations and the Six Nations Championship, continue, as does the qualification process for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
European Cup Combined Events is an annual track and field competition for European combined events specialists, with contests in men's decathlon event and women's heptathlon.
The 2000 European Nations Cup (ENC) Second Division was contested over a one-year period by five teams during which all of them met each other once. The winner was Russia, who won all the games and was promoted to Division 1. There was no relegation to Division 3.
The 2000 European Nations Cup (ENC) Fourth Division was contested over one year during which all teams met each other once. There was no promotion or relegation due the 2003 Rugby World Cup European qualification.
The UEFA Nations League is a biennial international football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA, the sport's European governing body.
Rugby Europe is the administrative body for rugby union in Europe. It was formed in 1999 to promote, develop, organise and administer the game of rugby in Europe under the authority of World Rugby.
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