2002
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 2002.
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[edit] Club competitions
- Further information: List of champions in 2002
[edit] Professional
[edit] Asia and Australia
- Nippon Professional Baseball
- Nippon Series: Yomiuri Giants (CL) over the Seibu Lions (PL), 4 - 0 - 0 (Details)
- Korea Baseball Organization: Samsung Lions defeated the LG Twins in the Korean Series (Details)
- Chinese Professional Baseball League: Brother Elephants defeated the Chinatrust Whales in the Taiwan Series (Details)
- China Baseball League: Tianjin Lions defeated the Beijing Tigers in the championship series, 1 - 0 (Details)
- Taiwan Major League: Taichung Agan over Kaoping Fala, 4 - 1 in the championship series (Details)
- Claxton Shield: Victoria Aces, International Baseball League of Australia (Details)
[edit] Europe
- European Cup: DOOR Neptunus Rotterdam, Hoofdklasse (Details)
- Division Élite: Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge
- Baseball-Bundesliga: Paderborn Untouchables
- Hoofdklasse Honkbal: DOOR Neptunus Rotterdam
- Holland Series: SC Neptunus defeated the HCAW in the series, 3 - 0 (Details)
- Serie A1: Semenzato Casa d'Aste Rimini
[edit] North America
- Major League Baseball
- World Series: Anaheim Angels (AL) over the San Francisco Giants (NL), 4 - 3 (Details)
- Minor League Baseball
- International League: Durham Bulls
- Pacific Coast League: Edmonton Trappers over Salt Lake Stingers, 3-1, in the league finals
- Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Diablos Rojos del México defeated the Tigres de la Angelopolis in the finals, 4 - 3
- Cuban Serie Nacional: Holguín (Details)
[edit] Winter Leagues
- Serie del Caribe: in Caracas, Venezuela; Tomateros de Culiacán (Mexico) (Details)
- Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Tigres del Licey defeated the Águilas Cibaeñas in the finals, 4 - 3
- Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Tomateros de Culiacán
- Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Vaqueros de Bayamón defeated the Cangrejeros de Santurce in the finals, 5 - 3
- Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Navegantes del Magallanes defeated the Tigres de Aragua in the finals, 4 - 1
[edit] Amateur
- Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association/Association de Baseball Inter-Universitaire Canadienne: Université Laval
- All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Asia University defeated the Waseda University in the final, 2 - 1 (Details)
- National Collegiate Athletic Association
- College World Series (Division I): The University of Texas at Austin defeated the University of South Carolina in the finals, 12 - 6 (Details)
- Division II Baseball Championship: Columbus State University over the California State University, Chico, 5 - 3 in the finals
- Division III Baseball Championship: Eastern Connecticut State University over the Marietta College, 8 - 0 in the finals
- NAIA College World Series: Lewis-Clark State College over the Oklahoma City University, 12 - 8 in the finals
- National Junior College Athletic Association
- Community College League of California: Riverside Community College over the Sacramento City College in the finals
- National Club Baseball Association: Texas A&M University
- Japan High School Baseball Federation
- National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Houtoku Gakuen High School (Hyogo) defeat Naruto Kogyo High School (Tokushima), 8 - 2 in the championship (Details)
- National High School Baseball Championship: Meitoku Gijuku High School (Kochi) defeat Chiben Wakayama High School (Wakayama), 7 - 2 in the championship (Details)
- Little League
- Little League World Series: Valley Sports American (Louisville, KY) defeat Sendai Higashi (Sendai, Japan), 1 - 0 in the championship (Details)
[edit] International competitions
- Intercontinental Cup in Cuba (Details)
- Cuba (Gold); South Korea (Silver); Dominican Republic (Bronze)
- World Junior Championship in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan (Details)
- Cuba (Gold); Japan (Silver); South Korea (Bronze)
- World University Baseball Championship in Messina, Sicily, Reggio Calabria, Calabria (Details)
- Cuba (Gold); United States (Silver); Japan (Bronze)
- Asian Games in Busan, South Korea (Details)
- South Korea (Gold); Chinese Taipei (Silver); Japan (Bronze)
- Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, El Salvador (Details)
- Puerto Rico (Gold); Panama (Silver); Dominican Republic (Bronze)
[edit] Events
[edit] Culture
[edit] Literature
[edit] Song
[edit] Film
[edit] Births
- Further information: Births in 2002
[edit] Deaths
- Further information: Deaths in 2002
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