2019 in sports describes the year's events in world sports. The main events were the 2019 Cricket World Cup, the 2019 Rugby World Cup, and the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Calendar by month
Air sports
Aerobatics
July 5 – 13: 2nd FAI World Intermediate Aerobatic Championship in Břeclav
Individual Overall: Igor Chernov
Team Winner: Ukraine (Igor Chernov, Timur Fatkullin, Dmitry Pogrebitsky) July 18 – 28: 10th FAI World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships Deva Individual Overall: Patrycja Pacak Team Winner: Romania July 18 – 28: 22nd FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships Deva Individual Overall: Ferenc Toth Team Winner: Germany July 18 – 28: 11th FAI European Advanced Aerobatic Championships Torun Individual Overall: Nicolas Durin Team Winner: France July 18 – 28: 11th FAI European Advanced Aerobatic Championships Châteauroux Individual Mixed Overall: Louis Vanel Individual Women's Overall: Aude Lemordant Individual Men's Overall: Louis Vanel Team Winner: France
Air racing
2019 Red Bull Air Race World Championship
February 8 & 9: Red Bull Air Race #1 in Abu Dhabi
Winner: Yoshihide Muroya (Zivko Edge 540 V3) Challenger winner: Florian Bergér (both) June 15 & 16: Red Bull Air Race #2 in Kazan Winner: Yoshihide Muroya (Zivko Edge 540 V3) Challenger winner: Kenni Chiang (Race 1) / Florian Bergér (Race 2) July 13 & 14: Red Bull Air Race #3 in Zamárdi Winner: Matt Hall (Zivko Edge 540 V3) Challenger winner: Dario Costa (Race 1) / Daniel Ryfa (Race 2) September 7 & 8: Red Bull Air Race #4 in Makuhari (final) Winner: Yoshihide Muroya (Zivko Edge 540 V3) Challenger races cancelled
Aeromodelling
March 17 – 23: 2019 FAI F3P World Championship for Indoor Aerobatic Model Aircraft in Heraklion F3P – (Indoor aerobatics) winner: Gernot Bruckmann Junior F3P – (Indoor aerobatics) winner: Maxime Schmitt F3 – Radio Controlled Flight winner: Donatas Paužuolis Junior F3 – Radio Controlled Flight winner: Andreas Wildauer June 2 – 9: 2019 FAI F1D European Championships for Free Flight Indoor Model Aircraft in Tachov Senior winner: Ivan Tréger Junior winner: Vladyslav Dziubak Senior team winner: Junior team winner: October 17 – 22: 2019 FAI F1 World Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in Lost Hills F1A Individual: Constantin Brinzoi F1A Individual: Mickael Rigault F1A Individual: Taron Malkhasyan F1A Team: F1A Team: F1A Team: Challenge France:
Ballooning
August 27 - September 1: Slovenian Open National Hot Air Balloon Championship 2019 in Murska Sobota Winners: 1st. Dominic Bareford; 2nd. John Petrehn; 3rd. Matthew Scaife September 9 – 14: 3rd Central European Cup Szeged Winners: 1st. Daniel Kusternigg; 2nd. Peter Molnar; 3rd. Evgeny Chubarov September 9 – 14: 1st Women European Cup Szeged Winners: 1st. Diana Nasonova; 2nd. Tita Becz; 3rd. Inga Ule September 12 – 21: 63rd Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett in Montbéliard Winners: 1st. Laurent Sciboz / Nicolas Tieche; 2nd. Kurt Frieden / Pascal Witpraechtiger; 3rd. Vincent Leys / Christophe Houver October 20 – 27: 21st FAI European Hot Air Balloon Championship in Mallorca Winners: 1st. Stefan Zeberli 2nd. Laurynas Komža 3rd. Nicolas Schwartz