Raiffeisen Superliga 2008���09 was the sixty-third season of top-tier football in Kosovo. It was scheduled to begin on 30 August 2008. The season ended with the 30th round played on 20 June 2009. KF Prishtina were the defending champions.

The 2008���09 season was the 98th season in Hajduk Split���s history and their eighteenth in the Prva HNL. Their 5th place finish in the 2007���08 season meant it was their 18th successive season playing in the Prva HNL.

The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup's 2008/09 football season. This season will be the 8th season since the establishment of the Iran Pro League (Persian Gulf Cup). Persepolis are the defending champions.

Following the Gaza War, humanitarian and reconstruction aid for the Gaza Strip was donated by many countries and international bodies. Damage from the Israeli offensive was estimated to be almost $2 billion. In a March conference, international donors pledged almost $4.5 billion, however, actual transfer of aid has been beset by difficulties.

The 2008���09 HockeyAllsvenskan season was the fourth season of the HockeyAllsvenskan, the second level of ice hockey in Sweden.

The 2008-09 Short Track Speed Skating World Cup was a multi race tournament over a season for Short track speed skating. The season began on October 18, 2008, and lasted until February 15, 2009. The World Cup is organised by the ISU who also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.

The 1500 metres distance for men in the 2008���09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over six races on six occasions, out of a total of nine World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 7���9 November 2008, and the final occasion taking place in Salt Lake City, United States, on 6���7 March 2009.Shani Davis of the United States defended his title from the previous season, while fellow American Trevor Marsicano came second, and H��vard B��kko of Norway came third.On the last competition weekend of the season, Davis set a new world record of 1:41.80.

The 2008���09 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final was the senior and junior Grand Prix Final competition of the 2008���09 season. It was the culminating competition of the 2008���09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition, and the 2008���09 ISU Junior Grand Prix, a junior-level international competition.

The 2008���09 Highland Football League was won by Cove Rangers. Fort William finished bottom with the lowest points tally in the history of the league (1 point).

The 2008���09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of six international invitational competitions in the 2008���09 season. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior level.

The following is the final results of the Iran Super League 2008/09 basketball season, Persian Gulf Cup.

The Gozo First Division 2008���09 (also known as the ONVOL First Division due to sponsorship reasons) was the 61st season of the Gozitan First Division, which saw Sannat Lions be declared as champions for the first time in 19 years. The league started on 17 September 2008 with a match between Sannat Lions and SK Victoria Wanderers where the Victoria-based side won 3���0, with Ige Adesina being the first scorer of the season.

The 2008���09 HV71 season saw HV71's attempt to defend their Swedish Championship title and win the regular season for a second consecutive season. It was the 25th season in the Swedish elite league Elitserien for the club.

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Hong Kong League Cup 2008���09 is the 9th Hong Kong League Cup.All teams of Hong Kong First Division League 2008���09 will play in this competition.

Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball 2008���2009 season is the 2008���2009 basketball season for Turkish professional basketball club Galatasaray SK.The club competes in:IWBF Champions Cup : WinnerKitakyushu Champions Cup : WinnerTurkish Wheelchair Basketball Super League : Winner

The 2008���09 Florida Panthers season was the 16th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League. The 2008���09 season was also the eighth consecutive season in which the Panthers did not make the playoffs, missing them via tiebreaker, based upon losing the season series vs. the Montreal Canadians (1���3).On June 14, 2008, the Panthers named Peter DeBoer head coach and signed him to a multi-year contract. Former coach Jacques Martin relinquished his coaching duties, but continues as the team's General Manager.

Map of Belfast with the location of the Belfast-based teams in the 2013���14 NIFL Premiership

The 2008���09 Jordan League is the 57th season of the top-flight football in Jordan.

The 2008���09 Horizon League men's basketball season marks the 29th season of Horizon League basketball.

The 2008���09 Football League Cup, known as the Carling Cup due to the competition's sponsorship by lager brand Carling, was the 49th season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The winners qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2009���10 UEFA Europa League, if not already qualified for European competition.Manchester United won the competition by defeating defending champions Tottenham Hotspur on penalties in the final on 1 March 2009.

The 2008���09 SEB Korvpalli Meistriliiga is the 18th season of the Estonian basketball league and the fifth under the title sponsorship of SEB. Including the competition's previous incarnations, this is the 84th season of the Estonian men's basketball league.

The 2008���09 Indiana Pacers season was Indiana's 42nd season as a franchise and 33rd season in the NBA.

The ninth and final competition weekend of the 2008���09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was a three-day event with races in all cups except the team pursuits, held at the Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City, United States, from Friday, March 6, until Sunday, March 8, 2009.American Shani Davis set new world records for the 1000 and 1500 meters distances.

The 2008���09 KHL season was the inaugural season of the Kontinental Hockey League. It started on September 2, 2008, and finished on April 12, 2009. 24 teams each played 56 games.

The women's team pursuit in the 2008���09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over three races on three occasions, out of a total of nine World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 7���9 November 2008, and the last occasion involving the event taking place in Erfurt, Germany, on 30 January ��� 1 February 2009.The Czech Republic won the cup, while the United States came second, and the Netherlands came third. The defending champions, Canada, ended up in eighth place.

The Football League 2008���09, known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons, is the 17th season under its current league division format. It began in August 2008 and concluded in May 2009, with the promotion play-off finals.The Football League is contested through three Divisions. The third division of these is League Two. The winner, runner up and third-placed team of League Two will be automatically promoted to Football League One and they will be joined by the winner of the League Two playoff. The bottom two teams in the league will be relegated from the Football League to the Conference National for the 2009���10 season.Before the season started, Luton Town, Rotherham United and A.F.C. Bournemouth were all docked points for the League Two season for, in all cases, financial problems and additionally, in the case of Luton, for criminal matters regarding transfers of players. Bournemouth and Rotherham both started on ���17 points while Luton had to begin on ���30 points. On 25 January, Darlington were docked ten points after going into administration.

The 2008���09 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash was the 4th season of the official Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. Six teams representing six states in Australia participated in the competition. The competition began on 26 December 2008 when the Queensland Bulls took on the New South Wales Blues at the Brisbane Cricket Ground (Gabba).This season comprised 15 regular matches, a preliminary final and a final, the same as was in the 2007���08 season except with the addition of the preliminary final.

The 1000 metres distance for women in the 2008���09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 10 races on seven occasions, out of a total of nine World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 7���9 November 2008, and the final occasion taking place in Salt Lake City, United States, on 6���7 March 2009.Christine Nesbitt of Canada won the cup, while fellow Canadian Kristina Groves came second, and Laurine van Riessen of the Netherlands came third.Defending champion Anni Friesinger of Germany was injured in bicycle accident in the summer of 2008, leading to an operation to her right knee.

For the main series, see 2009 GP2 Series season.The 2008���09 GP2 Asia Series season was the second season of the GP2 Asia Series. It began on 18 October 2008 and ended on 26 April 2009 and consisted of twelve races at six events.All teams from the 2008 GP2 Series season except for Racing Engineering took part in the competition, with the thirteenth slot being filled by Qi-Meritus Mahara. The reigning champion Romain Grosjean did not defend his title. Kamui Kobayashi clinched the title with a fourth place at the penultimate race in Bahrain.

The 2008-09 Apertura was the first part of the 2008-09 season of Liga Nacional de F��tbol de Honduras, the first division national football league in Honduras. The season started 26 July 2008 and finished on December 14, 2008. It followed the 2007-08 Clausura season. The winner competed in the 2009���10 CONCACAF Champions League.Soccer scores, attendance figures, team and individual stats are compiled from news reported from Diario La Prensa, La Tribuna, El Tiempo, and El Diez.

During the 2008���09 English football season, Ipswich Town competed in the Football League Championship.

The 2008���09 season of the Hessenliga was the first season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system after the introduction of the 3. Fu��ball-Liga.SC Waldgirmes, champions of the Hessenliga, did not meet the licensing criteria for the Fu��ball-Regionalliga. In their place, the Bavarian team FC Bayern Alzenau were promoted to the 2009���10 Regionalliga S��d.

The 38th FIE Fencing World Cup began on October 2008 and concluded on October 2009 at the 2009 World Fencing Championships held in Antalya, Turkey.

The 2008���09 IRB Sevens World Series was the tenth of an annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board since 1999���2000. South Africa clinched the 2008���09 World Series on Day 1 of the Edinburgh Sevens, its first Series title. The defending series champions were New Zealand, who won the 2007���08 series by winning the season's first 5 tournaments.

The I-League 2008-2009 season began on 26 September 2008 and finished on 16 April 2009 with a break in December for the Federation Cup and Durand Cup. Most games this season were played on Saturday's and Sunday's to attract larger crowds. After a successful first season for the I League, the second season featured 12 teams from four different cities - again this would be expanded in the 2009-10 season to 14 teams.The champion in the I-League qualified for the AFC Champions League 2010 qualifying playoffs in 2010, while the bottom two teams were relegated to I-League 2nd Division for the next season.

The 2008���09 IFA Championship (known as the Ladbrokes.com Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the first season of a major overhaul of the league system in Northern Ireland. The 2008���09 Championship consisted of one division of 17 clubs, with the clubs having intermediate status. The Championship served as the second tier of Northern Irish football for this season. With no promotion from the IFA Interim Intermediate League this season, from next season the division would be reduced to 14 clubs, with the newly introduced Championship 2 having 15.Portadown were the champions, achieving promotion back to the top flight after only one season of absence. Donegal Celtic finished as runners-up but lost out on promotion as they were defeated on the away goals rule by Dungannon Swifts, when the Promotion/Relegation play-off finished 2���2 on aggregate.The bottom 3 clubs (Tobermore United, Dergview and Killymoon Rangers) were relegated to the newly introduced Championship 2 for next season.
Relegation to 2009���10 IFA Championship 2

The 2008���09 season of the Israeli Futsal League was the 3rd season of top-tier futsal under the Israel Football Association and 9th overall. The regular season started on 16 December 2008 and was concluded on 31 March 2009.

Statistics of Guam League in season 2008/2009.

The 1500 metres distance for women in the 2008���09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over six races on six occasions, out of a total of nine World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 7���9 November 2008, and the final occasion taking place in Salt Lake City, United States, on 6���7 March 2009.Kristina Groves of Canada successfully defended her title from the previous season, while Daniela Ansch��tz-Thoms of Germany came second, and Christine Nesbitt of Canada, the previous season's runner-up, came third.

The 2008���09 Irish League Cup (known as the Co-operative Insurance Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd edition of Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. The tournament started on 26 August 2008 with the qualifying round and ended on 28 February 2009 with the Final.Linfield were the defending champions after their ninth League Cup win last season; a 3���2 victory over Crusaders in the previous final.

The 100 metres distance for women in the 2008���09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over four races on four occasions, out of a total of nine World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion involving the distance taking place in Changchun, China, on 6���7 December 2008, and the final occasion taking place in Salt Lake City, United States, on 6���7 March 2009.Jenny Wolf of Germany successfully defended her title, while Thijsje Oenema of the Netherlands came second, and Xing Aihua of China came third.

Football Club Internazionale Milano took part in four competitions in 2008���09: Serie A, the Coppa Italia, the Supercoppa Italiana and the UEFA Champions League. Inter finished as champions of Italy for the fourth consecutive year, as well as winning the Supercoppa Italiana against Roma.

The 100 metres distance for men in the 2008���09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over four races on four occasions, out of a total of nine World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion involving the distance taking place in Changchun, China, on 6���7 December 2008, and the final occasion taking place in Salt Lake City, United States, on 6���7 March 2009.Yuya Oikawa of Japan won the cup, while Yu Fengtong of China came second, and the defending champion, Lee Kang-seok of South Korea, had to settle for third place.

The 2008���09 season was the 94th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England. Also, it was the third season for the current incarnations of the Division One North and Division One South.

The first competition weekend of the 2008���09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Sportforum Hohensch��nhausen in Berlin, Germany, from Friday, 7 November, until Sunday, 9 November 2008.

The 2008���09 Dongbu Promy Professional Basketball season was the 13th season of the Korean Basketball League.

The 2008���09 Houston Cougars women's basketball team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH, represents the University of Houston in the college basketball 2008-09 season. It is their 65th year of season play. The head coach for the Cougars is Joe Curl, who is serving in his 11th year in that position. The team plays its home games at Hofheinz Pavilion on-campus in Houston, Texas. The team finished the season with 19 wins. The Cougars were 12-2 at home, 6-6 on the road, and 1-2 in neutral site games.

The Football League 2008���09 (named Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons), was the seventeenth season under its current league division format. It began in August 2008 and concluded in May 2009, with the promotion play-off finals.The Football League is contested through three Divisions. The second division of these is League One.

Greek Cup 2008���09 was the 67th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.The competition started on 30 August 2008 with the First Round and concluded on 2 May 2009 with the Final, held at Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis".Olympiacos claimed this season's Greek Cup with a 15���14 victory on penalties over AEK after a 4���4 draw.

The 2008���09 Heineken Cup was the fourteenth edition of the Heineken Cup, the annual rugby union European club competition for clubs from the top six nations in European rugby. It started in October 2008 and ended on 23 May 2009 at Murrayfield in Edinburgh. Irish side Leinster became the champions, defeating Leicester Tigers 19���16 in the final.

Hong Kong Third Division League 2008���09 is the 7th season since the establishment of Hong Kong Third Division "District" League.

The 2008���09 Florida Panthers season was the 16th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League. The 2008���09 season was also the eighth consecutive season in which the Panthers did not make the playoffs, missing them via tiebreaker, based upon losing the season series vs. the Montreal Canadians (1���3).On June 14, 2008, the Panthers named Peter DeBoer head coach and signed him to a multi-year contract.

The 2008���09 season is Iraklis 28th consecutive (and 49th in total) season in the Super League Greece.

The 2008���09 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash was the 4th season of the official Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. Six teams representing six states in Australia participated in the competition.

Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round

Season 2008���09 for Hibernian was their tenth consecutive season of play in the Scottish Premier League. The SPL season began on 9 August 2008 with a 1���0 defeat at Kilmarnock. The team were eliminated from each cup competition at the first hurdle, due to defeats by IF Elfsborg in the last Intertoto Cup, Greenock Morton in the Scottish League Cup and Edinburgh derby rivals Hearts in the Scottish Cup. The team was inconsistent in the league, and only squeezed into the top six by a single point ahead of Motherwell. This led to the resignation of manager Mixu Paatelainen at the end of the season. One bright spot for the club was the performance of the under���19 team, which won the Scottish league & cup double.

The 2008-09 Israeli Hockey League season was the 18th season of Israel's hockey league. HC Herzliya won their first Israeli championship.

The 2008���09 season was Gateshead's first season in the Conference North and their first at this level since the introduction of the Conference North & South in 2004.Gateshead qualified for the Conference North Playoffs after finishing the season in second place, five points behind league winners Tamworth. Gateshead were promoted to the Conference National on 8 May 2009 after beating Telford United 1���0 in the playoff final.

The 2008���09 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the University of Iowa during the 2008���09 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes finished the season with a record of 21���11, 13���5 in Big Ten, and finished the regular season tied for second place in the Big Ten. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament where they lost to Ohio State. They received at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost in the first round, to Georgia Tech.

Huddersfield Town's 2008���09 campaign was the club's centenary season. The season did not end in promotion and if things had been left alone, relegation might not have been avoided.After the disastrous start under Stan Ternent, Gerry Murphy led a recovery which continued under the new management team of Lee Clark, Terry McDermott, Derek Fazackerley and Steve Black.They eventually finished 9th place, but the season was noted mainly for it being the first time in 78 years when Town have done the double over local rivals Leeds United, as well as for the retirement of local legend Andy Booth, who made 457 appearances over 2 spells at the club, scoring 150 goals, putting him in the top 5 of both appearances and goals in the club's history.

The 2008���09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, officially the Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2008���2009, was a series of international speed skating competitions which ran the entire season. The season started on 7 November 2008 in Berlin, Germany, and ended on 7 March 2009 in Salt Lake City, United States. In total, nine competition weekends were held at eight different locations, twelve cups were contested (six for men, and six for women), and 84 races took place.

The 2008���09 season was the seventy-seventh season in which football club Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League, and the fifty-ninth since the club's return to the League in 1950. Gillingham finished the season in fifth place in Football League Two, gaining promotion to League One through play-off victories over Rochdale (over two legs) and Shrewsbury Town.The club also reached the third round of the FA Cup, before being defeated by Aston Villa.

The 2008���09 Israeli Premier League season began on 30 August 2008, and ended on 1 June 2009. Beitar Jerusalem were the defending champions, having won their 6th league title the previous year.Two teams from Liga Leumit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan and Hapoel Petah Tikva.

The fourth competition weekend of the 2008���09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was a two-day event focusing on the shorter distances, held at the Jilin Provincial Speed Skating Rink in Changchun, China, from Saturday, 6 December, until Sunday, 7 December 2008. It was the first World Cup competition at this rink, which was also used during the 2007 Asian Winter Games.

The pool stage of the 2008���09 Heineken Cup began on 10 October 2008, with the final match played on 25 January 2009. This was the first year for which qualified teams were seeded for the group stage.

Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield 2008���09, officially named as Eisiti Senior Shield (Chinese: ������������������������) due to the competition's sponsorship by Shenzhen Xiangxue Eisiti FC, was the 107th season of one of the Asian oldest football knockout competition, Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield. It was a knockout competition for all the teams of Hong Kong First Division League.

The seventh competition weekend of the 2008���09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Halle in Erfurt, Germany, from Friday, 30 January, until Sunday, 1 February 2009.

The 2008���09 Coppa Italia di calcio femminile was the 37th edition of the Italian women's football national cup. ASDCF Bardolino defeated defending champion Torres CF in a rematch of the previous edition's final to win its third title.

The 2008���09 Iranian Futsal 1st Division will be divided into two phases.The league will also be composed of 18 teams divided into two divisions of 9 teams each, whose teams will be divided geographically. Teams will play only other teams in their own division, once at home and once away for a total of 18 matches each.

The 2008���09 season was Galatasaray's 105th in existence and the 51st consecutive season in the S��per Lig. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club have played in the season.

The 2008���09 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of basketball during the 2008���09 college basketball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by head coach Billy Donovan, and played their home games in the O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus.The Gators were looking to build on their 24���12 record from the 2007���08 season.

The 2008���09 Football League (known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 110th completed season of the Football League. It began in August 2008 and concluded in May 2009, with the promotion play-off finals.The Football League is contested through three Divisions: the Championship, League One and League Two.

The third competition weekend of the 2008���09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held at the Krylatskoye ice rink in Moscow, Russia, from Saturday, 22 November, until Sunday, 23 November 2008.

The 2008���09 season was Klubi i Futbollit Tirana's 70th competitive season, 70th consecutive season in the Albanian Superliga and 88th year in existence as a football club.

The 2008���09 Georgian Cup (also known as the David Kipiani Cup) was the sixty-fifth season overall and nineteenth since independence of the Georgian annual football tournament. The competition began on 30 August 2008 and ended with the Final held on 30 May 2009. The defending champions are Zestafoni.

The 2008���09 Irish League Cup (known as the Co-operative Insurance Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd edition of Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. The tournament started on 26 August 2008 with the qualifying round and ended on 28 February 2009 with the Final.Linfield were the defending champions after their ninth League Cup win last season; a 3���2 victory over Crusaders in the previous final. This season Linfield went out at the quarter-final stage to eventual winners Portadown, who defeated Newry City 1���0 in the final. This was Portadown's second League Cup win, and first one since 1995���96. This was also only the second time in twelve years that the cup had not been won by one of Belfast's Big Two.The competition was expanded this season and the format was also changed due to a re-structuring of the league system. 29 clubs were now eligible to take part in the competition; the 12 members of the IFA Premiership and the 17 members of the IFA Championship, with the Premiership clubs entering in the third round. The group stage format used in previous seasons was dropped in favour of home and away two-legged aggregate score ties with an away goals rule.

The 2008���09 season of the Hessenliga was the first season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system after the introduction of the 3. Fu��ball-Liga.SC Waldgirmes, champions of the Hessenliga, did not meet the licensing criteria for the Fu��ball-Regionalliga. In their place, the Bavarian team FC Bayern Alzenau were promoted to the 2009���10 Regionalliga S��d. SV Buchonia Flieden, Borussia Fulda, KSV Hessen Kassel II and FSC Lohfelden were relegated to their respective Verbandsligen.1. FC Schwalmstadt and SVA Bad Hersfeld from the Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord, VfB Marburg from the Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte and FSV Frankfurt II from the Verbandsliga Hessen-S��d were promoted to the 2009���10 Hessenliga. Joining them in the Hessenliga next season are Viktoria Aschaffenburg, having been relegated from the Regionalliga.Source: fussballdaten.deRules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored* SC Waldgirmes did not meet the licensing criteria for the Regionalliga. FC Bayern Alzenau were promoted in their place.1 FC Bayern Alzenau, Rot-Weiss Frankfurt, RSV W��rges and FSC Lohfelden were docked 1 point for not fulfilling league requirements.(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.Only applicable when the season is not finished:(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

The 2008���09 season was Hull City's first ever season in the Premier League. Home games were played at the KC Stadium, which has a capacity of 25,404. On Friday 6 June 2008 Hull City announced they had sold out all 20,500 season tickets. Hull City's first ever top-flight fixture was a home game against Fulham, which they won 2���1. City finished the season in 17th place in the table, successfully avoiding relegation by the narrow margin of one point over Newcastle United.

Unlike other leagues within the NCAA, the Ivy League does not play a league tournament for a berth in the NCAA Tournament. Rather, they send the regular season league champion. Cornell won by second time consecutive.Cornell would be humbled in the first round, losing to Missouri.During the 2008���09 season, Harvard's Jeremy Lin was the only NCAA Division I men's college basketball player who ranked in the top ten in his conference for scoring (17.8), rebounding (5.5), assists (4.3), steals (2.4), blocked shots (0.6), field goal percentage (0.502), free throw percentage (0.744), and 3 point shot percentage (0.400).

The 2008���09 season is the 122nd season of competitive football by Hamilton Academical.

The eighth competition weekend of the 2008���09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was a two-day event focusing on allround-events, held in Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands, from Saturday, 14 February, until Sunday, 15 February 2009.

The 2008���09 Fr��lunda HC season was the club's 29th season in the Swedish elite league Elitserien. The regular season began on 15 September 2008 against rival team HV71, and concluded on 28 February 2009 against Djurg��rdens IF. Fr��lunda looked to improve upon their progress in the 2007���08 season after being eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by F��rjestad BK.Niklas Andersson was named captain of the team after Jonas Johnson retired.

The 3000 and 5000 metres distances for women in the 2008���09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup were contested over six races on six occasions, out of a total of nine World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 7���9 November 2008, and the final occasion taking place in Salt Lake City, United States, on 6���7 March 2009.Martina S��bl��kov�� of the Czech Republic successfully defended her title from the previous season, while Daniela Ansch��tz-Thoms of Germany came second, and Kristina Groves of Canada came third.

The 2000-09 First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina season was the ninth since its establishment.

The 2008-09 version of the Jordan FA Cup is the 29th edition to be played. It is the premier knockout tournament for football teams in Jordan.Al-Faisaly (Amman) went into this edition as the club with the most number of wins, on 16, and the 2007-08 winner.The cup winner were guaranteed a place in the 2010 AFC Cup.

The 2008-09 HEBA Greek All Star Game marked the 17th HEBA Greek All Star Game of the HEBA A1 Division. The game was held on March 15, 2009, at Xanthi Arena in Xanthi, Greece. The Greek All Stars beat The Rest of the World All Stars by a score of 127-93. Ioannis Bourousis was named the MVP of the game.

The following is the final results of the Iranian Volleyball Super League (Innovation and Flourishing Cup) 2008/09 season.

The 2008���09 Isle of Man League was the 100th season of Football league on the Isle of Man.There were two tiers of men's football, consisting 27 clubs, the Sure Mobile Premier League and the CFS Division Two. There were six senior cup competitions ��� the Manx FA Cup, Railway Cup, Hospital Cup, Woods Cup, Paul Henry Gold Cup and the Charity Shield. Each club had a reserve team in the Isle of Man Football Combination, and they compete in the Junior Cup.

The men's team pursuit in the 2008���09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over three races on three occasions, out of a total of nine World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 7���9 November 2008, and the last occasion involving the event taking place in Erfurt, Germany, on 30 January ��� 1 February 2009.Canada won the cup, while Italy came second, and Japan came third. The defending champions, the Netherlands, ended up in seventh place.

The fifth competition weekend of the 2008���09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was a two-day event focusing on the shorter distances, held at the M-Wave arena in Nagano, Japan, from Saturday, 13 December, until Sunday, 14 December 2008. It was the second and last World Cup in Asia of this season.

The Continental Cup 2008���09 was the 12th edition of the IIHF Continental Cup. The season started on September 19, 2008, and finished on January 18, 2009.The tournament was won by MHC Martin, who led the final group.The points system used in this tournament was: the winner in regular time won 3 points, the loser 0 points; in case of a tie, an overtime and a penalty shootout is played, the winner in penalty shootouts or overtime won 2 points and the loser won 1 point.

The 2008���09 Football Conference season was the fifth season with the Conference consisting of three divisions, and the thirtieth season overall. The Conference covers the top two levels of Non-League football in England. The Conference Premier is the fifth highest level of the overall pyramid, whilst the Conference North and Conference South exist at the sixth level. The top team and the winner of the playoff of the National division were promoted to Football League Two, while the bottom four were relegated to the North or South divisions. The champions of the North and South divisions were promoted to the National division, alongside the play-off winners from each division. The bottom three in each of the North and South divisions were relegated to the premier divisions of the Northern Premier League, Isthmian League or Southern League. For sponsorship reasons, the Conference Premier is frequently referred to as the Blue Square Premier.

The 2008���09 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final was the senior and junior Grand Prix Final competition of the 2008���09 season. It was the culminating competition of the 2008���09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition, and the 2008���09 ISU Junior Grand Prix, a junior-level international competition. The junior and senior finals were hosted together for the first time.Skaters had earned points towards qualifying for the senior Grand Prix Final at the 2008 Skate America, the 2008 Skate Canada International, the 2008 Cup of China, the 2008 Troph��e Eric Bompard, the 2008 Cup of Russia, and the 2008 NHK Trophy. Skaters had earned points towards qualifying for the junior Grand Prix Final at each of the eight Junior Grand Prix events. The six highest ranking skaters/teams from the Grand Prix series and the eight highest ranking skaters/teams from the Junior Grand Prix met at the Grand Prix Final.Hosted by the Korea Skating Union, the Grand Prix Final was held in Goyang, South Korea from December 10 to 14, 2008. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels.Unlike the other events in both series, there was no compulsory dance portion of the competition. Ice dancers were ranked in the original dance starting order in reverse order of their qualification to the Final.

The 2008���09 Irish Cup was the 129th edition of Northern Ireland's premier football knock-out cup competition. The competition began on 25 October 2008 with the first round and ended on 9 May 2009 with the final.Linfield were the defending champions, winning their third consecutive Irish Cup the previous season after a 2���1 win over Coleraine in the 2008 final. This season they reached the semi-finals, but were defeated by Cliftonville. Crusaders went on to lift the trophy, beating Cliftonville 1���0 in the final. In doing so, they earned a place in the second qualifying round of the 2009���10 UEFA Europa League.

The 2008���09 First League of the Republika Srpska season was the fourteenth since its establishment.

Grimsby Town Football Club entered the 2008-2009 as a member of the Coca Cola League Two for the 5th season on the trot. The club were still managed by Alan Buckley until September, when he was dismissed after poor pre-season and poor start to the club's League campaign. Mike Newell was given the job on a permanent basis after Assistant Manager Stuart Watkiss briefly took control of first team affairs. The club are still aiming to leave Blundell Park within the next few seasons.

The 2008-09 IIHF European Women's Champions Cup was the fifth playing of the IIHF European Women's Champions Cup. SKIF Nizhny Novgorod of Russia won the tournament for the first time.

The 2008���09 Golden State Warriors season was the 63rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

The 2008���09 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team represents Illinois State University in the 2008-09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team, which plays in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC), is led by second-year head coach Tim Jankovich. In 2007-08, the Redbirds finished 25-10 (13-5 in the MVC).

The Hazfi Cup 2008���09 is the 22nd staging of Iran's football knockout competition. Esteghlal is the defending champions.The cup winner were guaranteed a place in the 2010 AFC Champions League.

The 2008���09 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team played basketball for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. In 2007-08, they went 11-10 (4-4 ACC). Georgia Institute of Technology's basketball program is one of the most popular and successful college basketball programs in the nation. The Yellow Jackets have been to 2 NCAA Final Fours and have won 3 ACC Championships in the past 25 years.

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The following is the standings of the Iran Football's 2nd Division 2008���09 football season.

The 2008���09 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the 2008-09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Bruce Weber's sixth season at Illinois.

Season 2008���09 for Hibernian was their tenth consecutive season of play in the Scottish Premier League. The SPL season began on 9 August 2008 with a 1���0 defeat at Kilmarnock. The team were eliminated from each cup competition at the first hurdle, due to defeats by IF Elfsborg in the last Intertoto Cup, Greenock Morton in the Scottish League Cup and Edinburgh derby rivals Hearts in the Scottish Cup.

The Khazar Lankaran 2010-11 season is Khazar Lankaran's fourth Azerbaijan Premier League season. Khazar started the season under the management of Rasim Kara, however he was replaced by Igor Ponomaryov during the season. Khazar finished the season in 4th place and where knocked out of the Azerbaijan Cup at the quarterfinal stage by Baku.

The 1000 metres distance for men in the 2008���09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 10 races on seven occasions, out of a total of nine World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 7���9 November 2008, and the final occasion taking place in Salt Lake City, United States, on 6���7 March 2009.Shani Davis of the United States defended his title from the previous season, while Denny Morrison of Canada repeated his second place, and Stefan Groothuis of the Netherlands came third.On the last competition weekend of the season, Davis set a new world record of 1:06.42.

The 2008���09 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented The University of Iowa in the 2008���09 college basketball season. The team was led by head coach Todd Lickliter. The team played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, which the team has done since 1983.

The 2008-09 International Hockey League season was the 18th season of the International Hockey League (Colonial Hockey League before 1997, United Hockey League before 2007), a North American minor professional league. Six teams participated in the regular season, and the Fort Wayne Komets won the league title.

The 2008���09 Houston Rockets season was the 42nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Despite a season-ending knee injury to Tracy McGrady, the Rockets breezed past the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round, but could not defeat the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round. Dikembe Mutombo, who entered his 18th and final season, was injured in Game 2 of the first round and announced his retirement, ending his 18-year NBA career.

The 2008���09 SEB Korvpalli Meistriliiga is the 18th season of the Estonian basketball league and the fifth under the title sponsorship of SEB. Including the competition's previous incarnations, this is the 84th season of the Estonian men's basketball league. T��/Rock came into the season as defending champions of the 2007���08 KML season.The season started on 15 October 2008 and concluded on 1 June 2009 with Kalev/Cramo defeating T��/Rock 4 games to 2 in the 2009 KML Finals to win their 3rd Estonian League title.

The 2008���09 season is the 112th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian.

The 2008���09 Greek Basket League season was the 69th season of the Greek Basket League, the highest tier professional basketball league in Greece. The 182-game regular season (26 games for each of the 14 teams) began on Saturday, October 4, 2008, and ended on Sunday, May 10, 2009. The playoffs ended on June 3, 2009.

Season 2008-09 saw Greenock Morton compete in their second consecutive season in the First Division. They finished sixth in the league, a rise from the previous season's avoidance of the relegation play-off by one goal.

The 2008���09 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the 12th season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the Junior-level complement to the 2008���09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which was for Senior-level skaters. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singes, pair skating, and ice dancing.Skaters earned points towards qualification at each of the eight Junior Grand Prix events. The top eight skaters/teams in the series from each discipline met at the Junior Grand Prix Final. For the first time, the Junior Grand Prix Final was held concurrently with the senior Grand Prix Final.

The Football League Trophy 2008���09, known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy 2008���09 for sponsorship reasons, is the 25th Football League Trophy, a knockout competition for English football clubs in Leagues One and Two, the third and fourth tiers of English football. Luton Town won the competition, beating Scunthorpe United 3���2 after extra time in the final. However, Luton were unable to defend their trophy as they were relegated from the Football League at the end of the season.The format was the same as that which had been used since 1996, with four first round regions; North-West, North-East, South-West and South-East and a two-region format from the second round; North and South. The resulting regional winners then meet in the final.

The 2008-09 Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey team represented Harvard University. Led by Katey Stone, the Crimson went on a 12-game winning streak versus ECAC Hockey opponents. The Crimson would win the ECAC regular-season conference title for the second straight year. In addition, the Crimson would win the Ivy League title.

The 2008���09 IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college basketball team representing Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.IUPUI was picked to finish fourth in The Summit League's preseason poll. Oral Roberts was voted to finish first and North Dakota State second. Senior guard Gary Patterson was named to the Preseason All-League Second Team.

The KNVB Cup 2008���09 was the 91st season of the Dutch national football knockout tournament. The defending champions were Feyenoord. The competition started on August 30, 2008 and ended with sc Heerenveen winning the Final in Rotterdam on May 17, 2009.

The 2008���09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of six international invitational competitions in the 2008���09 season. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior level. At each event, skaters earned points based on their placements and the top six scoring skaters or teams at the end of the series qualified for the 2008���09 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, held in Goyang, South Korea.The Grand Prix series set the stage for the 2009 European Figure Skating Championships, the 2009 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, the 2009 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, and the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships, as well as each country's national championships. The Grand Prix series began on October 23, 2008 and ended on December 14, 2008.The Grand Prix was organized by the International Skating Union. Skaters competed for prize money and for a chance to compete in the Grand Prix Final. The corresponding series for Junior-level skaters was the 2008���09 ISU Junior Grand Prix.

The 2008���09 Israel State Cup (Hebrew: �������� ������������������, Gvia HaMedina) was the 70th season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the 55th after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.The competition was won by Beitar Jerusalem who had beaten Maccabi Haifa 2���1 in the final.As Beitar Jerusalem wasn't eligible for participating in UEFA competitions, and as runners-up Maccabi Haifa already qualified to 2009���10 UEFA Champions League, all Europa League spots were awarded to teams according to their league positions.

The 2008���09 season of the Israeli Futsal League was the 3rd season of top-tier futsal under the Israel Football Association and 9th overall. The regular season started on 16 December 2008 and was concluded on 31 March 2009. The championship playoffs began on 7 April 2009 with semi-finals series and concluded with the championship final series from 6���14 May.Hapoel Ironi Rishon LeZion were the defending champions but lost the title by losing to Yanshufei Agudat Sport Tel Aviv on goal difference in the 2008���09 Championship Final series.

The 500 metres distance for women in the 2008���09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 13 races on seven occasions, out of a total of nine World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 7���9 November 2008, and the final occasion taking place in Salt Lake City, United States, on 6���7 March 2009.Jenny Wolf of Germany successfully defended her title, while Margot Boer of the Netherlands came second.

The 2008���09 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team played basketball for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. In 2007-08, they went 11-10 (4-4 ACC). Georgia Institute of Technology's basketball program is one of the most popular and successful college basketball programs in the nation. The Yellow Jackets have been to 2 NCAA Final Fours and have won 3 ACC Championships in the past 25 years. The program is most well known for its famous alumni, such as Chris Bosh, Stephon Marbury, Kenny Anderson, John Salley, Mark Price, and Jarrett Jack. Bobby Cremins built the Georgia Tech basketball program from the basement up and passed the torch to current head coach Paul Hewitt. Hewitt's teams feed off pressure defense and fast-paced transition offenses.

The 2008���09 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 2008���2009 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Hoyas were coached by John Thompson III and played their home games at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. The Hoyas are members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 16-15, 7-11 in Big East play. They lost to St. John's in the first round of the 2009 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament. They received an at���large bid to the 2009 National Invitation Tournament, earning a 6 seed in one of the NIT's regions, and lost to Baylor in the first round.

The 2008���09 GMHL season was the third season of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League (GMHL). The fifteen teams of the GMHL will play 43-game schedules.Come February, the top teams of the league will play down for the Russell Cup, emblematic of the grand championship of the GMHL. Since the GMHL is independent from Hockey Canada and the Canadian Junior Hockey League, this is where the GMHL's season ends.

The 2008���09 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. The Head Coach was Tom Crean. The team played its home games in the Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.The Big Ten Network included the team in a two-and-a-half-hour special that featured Midnight Madness events from several Big Ten campuses on October 17, 2008, the Indiana event to kick of the season was called "Hoosier Hysteria".

The 2008-2009 season of the Hoofdklasse was competed in six leagues, three Saturday leagues and three Sunday leagues.

The 2008���09 season was Fulham's 111th professional season and their 8th consecutive season in the top flight of English football, the Premier League, since their return in 2001. They were managed by Roy Hodgson in his first full season as Fulham manager. They played in the Premier League by virtue of staying up on goal difference from Reading on the last day of the previous campaign and were hoping to improve on their placing of seventeenth. They eventually finished in 7th place in the Premier League table with 53 points, an improvement of ten places and 18 points. Their league position secured a place in the newly formed Europa League for the 2009-10 season as well as their highest league finish in their history. The club received a number of additional awards from the Premier League, namely the Fair Play Award, the Behaviour of the Public Award and the Barclays Spirit Award for manager Roy Hodgson.Some of the most notable results of the season came against clubs who finished in the top four in the table. The club beat Manchester United and Arsenal at home and managed a draw at home against Chelsea. In other competitions, Fulham reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup before losing to league champions Manchester United. In the Football League Cup they defeated Leicester City in the second round but were knocked out by Burnley in the third round.

The 2008���09 Fr��lunda HC season was the club's 29th season in the Swedish elite league Elitserien. The regular season began on 15 September 2008 against rival team HV71, and concluded on 28 February 2009 against Djurg��rdens IF. Fr��lunda looked to improve upon their progress in the 2007���08 season after being eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by F��rjestad BK.Niklas Andersson was named captain of the team after Jonas Johnson retired. Ronnie Sundin continued serving as alternate captain; Tomi Kallio and Riku Hahl were named alternate captains after Jonas Esbj��rs had retired.

The 2008���09 Football League (known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 110th completed season of the Football League. It began in August 2008 and concluded in May 2009, with the promotion play-off finals.The Football League is contested through three Divisions: the Championship, League One and League Two. The winner and the runner up of the League Championship are automatically promoted to the Premier League and they will are joined by the winner of the Championship playoff. The bottom two teams in League Two are relegated to the Conference Premier.

The 500 metres distance for men in the 2008���09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 13 races on seven occasions, out of a total of nine World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 7���9 November 2008, and the final occasion taking place in Salt Lake City, United States, on 6���7 March 2009.Yu Fengtong of China won the cup, while Keiichiro Nagashima of Japan came second, and Tucker Fredricks of the United States came third. Defending champion Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada suffered an arm injury in race 2 of the first occasion, which stopped him from participating in the rest of the World Cup season.

The 2008���09 Israeli Premier League season began on 30 August 2008, and ended on 1 June 2009. Beitar Jerusalem were the defending champions, having won their 6th league title the previous year.Two teams from Liga Leumit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan and Hapoel Petah Tikva. The two teams relegated were Hapoel Kfar Saba and Maccabi Herzliya.At a 24 June 2008 IFA administration meeting it was decided that the league would be expanded to 16 clubs for the following season. Due to the expansion, only one team was relegated directly to Liga Leumit, while five clubs were promoted. The eleventh-ranked team played in a play-off match against the sixth-ranked team from Liga Leumit.Maccabi Haifa clinched their 11th title after a 0���2 win against Maccabi Netanya on 23 May 2009.

The 2008���09 Japan Figure Skating Championships were the Japan Figure Skating Championships for the 2008���09 figure skating season. They were the 77th edition of the Japan Figure Skating Championships. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior level for the title of national champion of Japan.

The 2008���09 IFA Premiership (known as the JJB Sports Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the first season after a major overhaul of the league system in Northern Ireland, and the 108th season of Irish league football overall. It was scheduled to begin on 9 August 2008. However, the start of the league was delayed by a week due to a referees' strike. The season eventually began on 16 August 2008, and concluded on 2 May 2009. Linfield were the defending champions, but narrowly fell short of retaining the title as rivals Glentoran pipped them by a single point to win their 23rd league title overall.

2008���09 Hong Kong First Division League season (known as Coolpoint Ventilation First Division League for sponsorship reasons, Chinese: ������������������������) is the ninety-seventh since its establishment in 1908. It began on 6 September 2008, and is scheulded to end on 10 May 2009. The unveiling match was contested by the defending champions South China, and the runners-up of last season Citizen. They made a 1���1 draw, scored by Sandro of Citizen and Detinho of South China.Three new teams joined the league as competition members, including Fourway, TSW Pegasus and Xiangxue Eisiti. First Division League contested by 13 teams was a record since 1979���80.

The 2008���09 season was the 63rd season in Rijeka���s history. It was their 18th season in the Prva HNL and 35th successive top tier season.

The 2008���09 Ford Ranger One Day Cup is the 39th season of official List A domestic cricket in Australia. The season began on 8 October 2008 when Western Australia played, New South Wales.The final between the Victorian Bushrangers and the Queensland Bulls was played at the MCG on 22 February 2009.

The 2008-09 Irish Ice Hockey League season was the second season of the Irish Ice Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Ireland. Six teams participated in the league, and the Dundalk Bulls won the championship.

The Israeli Basketball Super League (BSL) 2008-09 season was the 55th season of the top basketball league in Israel. The season began on 26 October 2008 and ended on 21 May 2009. Maccabi Tel Aviv won its 48th league title, defeating Maccabi Haifa Heat 85-72 in the final. The defending champion was Hapoel Holon.Each out of the 12 participating teams played 22 regular league games, one home game and one away game against each other team.

The 2008���09 Houston Cougars men's basketball team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH, represented the University of Houston in the college basketball 2008���09 season. It was their 64th year of season play. The head coach for the Cougars was Tom Penders, who was serving in his 5th year in that position. The team played its home games at Hofheinz Pavilion on-campus in Houston, Texas. The Cougars played in the first game of the NCAA Division I season in the 2K Sports College Classic.

Location of the Belfast-based teams in the 2008���09 NIFL Premiership

Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. in their 15th season in Scottish football competing in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup in season 2008���09.

The 2008���09 Houston Rockets season was the 42nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Despite a season-ending knee injury to Tracy McGrady, the Rockets breezed past the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round, but could not defeat the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round. Dikembe Mutombo, who entered his 18th and final season, was injured in Game 2 of the first round and announced his retirement, ending his 18-year NBA career. Besides losing Mutombo, Yao Ming missed most of the second round due to a foot injury that required off-season surgery. Before the season, the team acquired Ron Artest (now Metta World Peace), who was known for his violent temper. Following the season, Artest signed as a free agent with the Lakers. The Rockets would not return to the postseason until 2013.

During the 2008���09 German football season, Hamburger SV competed in the Bundesliga.

HKFA 7-A-Side Competition 2008���09, officially known as 2008/2009 HKFA Fourway Challenge Cup 7-A-Side Competition due to sponsorship from Fourway Athletics Co Ltd, is the 1st staging of the competition. Competing teams include all local teams under the HKFA leagues, including First Division, Second Division, Third "A" Division and Third "District" Division. The two China team in the First Division League, Xiangxue Eisiti and Sheffies United, do not compete in the competition.

The 2008-09 Indonesia Super League season has 18 teams battling out to become the number one in the top flight of football in Indonesia. The league is sponsored by Djarum and is officially called Djarum Super Liga Indonesia (SLI) or Djarum Indonesia Super League (ISL). This is the first edition of Indonesia Super League, which replaced the Premier Division as the top rank of football competition in the country.Persipura Jayapura clinched the title after winning a match 3-1 against Persija Jakarta on May 17, 2009. This is their 1st Indonesia Super League title and 2nd title, counting the Premier Division era.

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The 2008���09 Israeli Final Four [1], the fourth Israeli Final Four was held at Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv, Israel on 19 and 21 May 2009 to determine the winner of the 2008���09 Israeli League. The contestants were Maccabi Tel Aviv, the 2007���08 Israeli League runner-up, Hapoel Jerusalem, Maccabi Haifa, the 2008���09 Israeli State Cup runner-up and Gilboa/Galil. Maccabi Tel Aviv won their 48th Israeli League crown, beating Maccabi Haifa 85-72 in the final.

The 2008���09 Gamma Ethniki is the 26th season since the official establishment of the third tier of Greek football in 1983. It started on September 14, 2008 and it is estimated to be finished in May 2009. 36 teams contest the league, divided into two groups of 18 clubs each, using certain geographical criteria. 23 of the participant clubs have contested in the 2007-08 season, 3 of them have been relegated from Beta Ethniki, while 10 of them have been promoted from Delta Ethniki.

The 2008���09 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of basketball during the 2008���09 college basketball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

The 2008���2009 Garamba offensive (codenamed Operation Lightning Thunder) started on 14 December 2008, when joint Ugandan, DR Congolese and Southern Sudanese forces launched a botched military attack against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the Garamba region of DR Congo.

The 2008���09 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team represented Iowa State University in the 2008���09 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Bill Fennelly and played their home games at the Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa. The Cyclones are a member of the Big 12 Conference (North Division). The Cyclones participated in the Waikiki Beach Marriott Classic (from November 28���30) and the Cyclone Challenge (from December 29���30).

The 2008-09 season is the 35th edition of the Iraqi Premier League, It starts on 1 November 2008 and is scheduled to end on 16 July 2009. 28 teams from all over the country are competing for the title. Arbil FC are the defending champion.

The 2008���09 IFA Premiership (known as the JJB Sports Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the first season after a major overhaul of the league system in Northern Ireland, and the 108th season of Irish league football overall. It was scheduled to begin on 9 August 2008. However, the start of the league was delayed by a week due to a referees' strike. The season eventually began on 16 August 2008, and concluded on 2 May 2009.

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The 2008���09 Israeli Noar Leumit League was the 13th season since its introduction in 1994, It is the top-tier football in Israel for teenagers between the ages 18���20.Maccabi Haifa won the title, whilst Bnei Yehuda and Hapoel Be'er Sheva were relegated.

During the 2008-09 football season, Dinamo will play its 58th Kategoria Superiore season in the club's existence.

The I liga 2008���09 season sees 18 teams competing for promotion to the Ekstraklasa. This is the first season under its new name. Formerly, the league was known as the II liga (while the current II liga was known as the III liga). The champions and runners-up will receive automatic promotion while the third-placed team will compete in playoffs.

The 5000 and 10000 metres distances for men in the 2008���09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup were contested over six races on six occasions, out of a total of nine World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 7���9 November 2008, and the final occasion taking place in Salt Lake City, United States, on 6���7 March 2009.Sven Kramer of the Netherlands won the cup, while the defending champion, H��vard B��kko of Norway, came second, and Bob de Jong of the Netherlands came third.

The 2008-09 Icelandic Hockey League season was the 18th season of the Icelandic Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Iceland. Three teams participated in the league, and Skautafelag Reykjavikur won the championship.

The Gabala FC 2008-09 season was Gabala's third Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their third season under manager Ramiz Mammadov. They finished 10th in the Premier League, whilst being knocked out at the Semifinal stage of the 2008���09 Azerbaijan Cup by Inter Baku. Their kit was supplied by Erre�� and their main sponsor was Hyundai.

The 2008���2009 season was Hereford United's 28th season in the Football League and they competed in League One, the third tier of English football. Hereford's previous season at this level was the 1977-78 season when they finished 23rd - despite having won the same division just two years previously.Hereford reached League One on the back of two promotions in three seasons, having won the Conference play-offs in 2005-06, and finished third in League Two in 2007-08. Graham Turner was voted League Two Manager of the Year by the League Managers Association for the latter achievement and entered his 14th season at the club.Hereford struggled in League One, and after the first 15 matches they were bottom with 9 points. For the vast majority of the season the Bulls were in the relegation zone and were relegated on 18 April after a sixth consecutive defeat - their worst form of the season. Hereford did manage to achieve the double over both Cheltenham Town and Carlisle United. Their two other notable results were a 5-0 home win over Oldham Athletic, and a 2-0 home win over Leeds United.The top goalscorer of the season is Steve Guinan with 15 goals, all scored in the league. Guinan is the club's longest serving player with 68 goals in 176 appearances. In a cumulative four and a half season spell, he has featured for the club in the Football League, Conference, Play-offs, FA Cup, Football League Cup, Football League Trophy and FA Trophy during his three spells with the club - having been signed twice and loaned once.Graham Turner stepped down as manager following confirmation of relegation and appointed John Trewick, first team coach for the last 5 seasons, as the new manager for the remaining two matches of the season and beyond.

The 2008-09 season was the Fenerbah��e's 51st consecutive season in the S��per Lig and their 101st year in existence. They also compete in the UEFA Champions League started in the group stage.

The 2008-09 season saw Glasgow Warriors compete in the competitions: the Magners Celtic League and the European Champions Cup, the Heineken Cup.

2008���09 Hong Kong FA Cup (officially named Sheffield United F.A. Cup due to sponsorship from Chengdu Blades F.C. Ltd, Chinese: ������������������) was the 35th season of Hong Kong FA Cup.NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po won the title, and qualified for the 2010 AFC Cup as TSW Pegasus won the 2008���09 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield but was not eligible to compete in Asian competitions as not a full member of the Hong Kong Football Association.

The 2008���09 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team began their 43rd season of collegiate play on November 15, 2008 versus the University of Vermont. They were looking to continue the success from their 2007���2008 season where they won the 2008 Colonial Athletic Association tournament championship game and advanced to the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. The 2008���09 Patriots had a 13 ��� 5 regular season record and were runners-up in the 2009 Colonial Athletic Association tournament.

The 2008���09 season was FK Partizan's 3rd season in Serbian SuperLiga. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club played during the 2008���09 season.

The second competition weekend of the 2008���09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in Thialf in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from Friday, 14 November, until Sunday, 16 November 2008.

The 2008���09 season was Hull City's first ever season in the Premier League. Home games were played at the KC Stadium, which has a capacity of 25,404. On Friday 6 June 2008 Hull City announced they had sold out all 20,500 season tickets. Hull City's first ever top-flight fixture was a home game against Fulham, which they won 2���1. City finished the season in 17th place in the table, successfully avoiding relegation by the narrow margin of one point over Newcastle United. In the FA Cup, Hull reached the quarterfinals stage for the first time in 38 years, where they were knocked out by Arsenal with a controversial offside goal.

The 1000 metres distance for women in the 2008���09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 10 races on seven occasions, out of a total of nine World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 7���9 November 2008, and the final occasion taking place in Salt Lake City, United States, on 6���7 March 2009.Christine Nesbitt of Canada won the cup, while fellow Canadian Kristina Groves came second, and Laurine van Riessen of the Netherlands came third.Defending champion Anni Friesinger of Germany was injured in bicycle accident in the summer of 2008, leading to an operation to her right knee. Having recovered, she made a strong return to the World Cup towards the end of the season, and finished in eighth place after winning the last two races.

The 2008���09 season was Juventus Football Club's 111th in existence and 2nd consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.

The 2008���09 FIS Snowboard World Cup is a multi race tournament over a season for snowboarding. The season began on September 6, 2008, and finished on 22 March 2009. The World Cup is organized by the FIS who also runs world cups and championships in cross-country skiing, ski jumping, nordic combined, alpine skiing and freestyle skiing.

The 2008���09 GET-ligaen season began on 18 September 2008 and is scheduled to end 22 February 2009.

The 2008���09 Football League Championship (known as the Coca-Cola Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth season of the league under its current title and seventeenth season under its current league division format.Wolverhampton Wanderers won the division to return to the Premier League after a five-year absence. They secured the Championship title on 25 April, one week after having confirmed their promotion with a victory over QPR.Birmingham City were promoted at the first attempt following their relegation. They secured their return to the top flight on the final day of the season by winning at promotion rivals Reading 2���1. Norwich City, Southampton and Charlton Athletic were relegated;Burnley won the play-offs to reach the Premier League for the first time after a 1���0 win in the play-off final against Sheffield United, who had been in with a chance of automatic promotion on the final day.

The 2008���09 season was FK Vojvodina's 3rd season in Serbian SuperLiga. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club played during the 2008���09 season.

2008���09 Hong Kong First Division League season (known as Coolpoint Ventilation First Division League for sponsorship reasons, Chinese: ������������������������) is the ninety-seventh since its establishment in 1908. It began on 6 September 2008, and is scheulded to end on 10 May 2009. The unveiling match was contested by the defending champions South China, and the runners-up of last season Citizen.

The Football League 2008���09, known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons, is the 17th season under its current league division format. It began in August 2008 and concluded in May 2009, with the promotion play-off finals.The Football League is contested through three Divisions. The third division of these is League Two.

The following is the standings of the Futsal Super League's 2008/09 season.

The 2008���09 Japan Figure Skating Championships were the Japan Figure Skating Championships for the 2008���09 figure skating season. They were the 77th edition of the Japan Figure Skating Championships. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior level for the title of national champion of Japan. In addition, the event will also be used to choose the Japanese teams to the 2009 World Championships and the 2009 Four Continents Championships. The Japanese team to the 2009 World Junior Championships was chosen at the Japanese Junior Championships.The 2008���09 championships took place between December 25 and 27, 2008 at the Big Hat arena in Nagano.

The I liga 2008���09 season sees 18 teams competing for promotion to the Ekstraklasa. This is the first season under its new name. Formerly, the league was known as the II liga (while the current II liga was known as the III liga). The champions and runners-up will receive automatic promotion while the third-placed team will compete in playoffs. At the other end, the bottom four teams face automatic demotion to the II liga, while the fate of the 13th and 14th place finishers will be decided by playoffs.

Location of teams in the 2008���09 IFA Premiership

Genoa C.F.C. enjoyed its best season in recent history and finished fifth in Serie A. Topscorer Diego Milito hit the back of the net 24 times, and earned a move to Inter prior to the 2009-10 season. The ex-player and 29-year-old Argentinian Milito, arrived from relegated Spanish side Real Zaragoza, and the returnee performed his best season yet. Thanks to his goals and Thiago Motta's midfield display, Genoa finished in the top 5, and nearly pipped Fiorentina to the final Champions League spot.

The 2008���09 GMHL season was the third season of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League (GMHL). The fifteen teams of the GMHL will play 43-game schedules.Come February, the top teams of the league will play down for the Russell Cup, emblematic of the grand championship of the GMHL. Since the GMHL is independent from Hockey Canada and the Canadian Junior Hockey League, this is where the GMHL's season ends. The South Muskoka Shield won their first Russell Cup beating the Deseronto Storm 4-games-to-2.

The 2008-09 Indonesia Super League season has 18 teams battling out to become the number one in the top flight of football in Indonesia. The league is sponsored by Djarum and is officially called Djarum Super Liga Indonesia (SLI) or Djarum Indonesia Super League (ISL).

The 2008���09 Four Hills Tournament was held at the four traditional venues of Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, located in Germany and Austria.The tournament was won by Austria's Wolfgang Loitzl, who previously had not won a single World Cup event in his career. Loitzl won the last three competitions at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen to claim the overall victory, and became the first Austrian to win the Four Hills since Andreas Widh��lzl in 1999���2000. The opening event at Oberstdorf was won by Switzerland' s Simon Ammann, who was the overall World Cup leader at the time of the competition. Ammann also finished second overall in the Four Hills. Austria's Gregor Schlierenzauer finished third overall, while Martin Schmitt of Germany and Dimitry Vassiliev of Russia rounded out the top five.

The Qaraba�� 2008-09 season was Qaraba��'s sixteenth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their first season under Gurban Gurbanov. They finished the season in 5th place, and won the Azerbaijan Cup defeating Inter Baku in the final.

The Football League Trophy 2008���09, known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy 2008���09 for sponsorship reasons, is the 25th Football League Trophy, a knockout competition for English football clubs in Leagues One and Two, the third and fourth tiers of English football. Luton Town won the competition, beating Scunthorpe United 3���2 after extra time in the final.

The 2008���09 IFA Championship (known as the Ladbrokes.com Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the first season of a major overhaul of the league system in Northern Ireland. The 2008���09 Championship consisted of one division of 17 clubs, with the clubs having intermediate status. The Championship served as the second tier of Northern Irish football for this season.

The 2008���09 Isle of Man League was the 100th season of Football league on the Isle of Man.There were two tiers of men's football, consisting 27 clubs, the Sure Mobile Premier League and the CFS Division Two. There were six senior cup competitions ��� the Manx FA Cup, Railway Cup, Hospital Cup, Woods Cup, Paul Henry Gold Cup and the Charity Shield. Each club had a reserve team in the Isle of Man Football Combination, and they compete in the Junior Cup. There was also the Cowell Cup, an annual Under-19 tournament.

The 2008���09 Israeli Women's Cup (Hebrew: �������� ������������ ��������������, Gvia HaMedina Nashim) was the 11th season of Israel's women's nationwide football cup competition.The competition was won, for the 7th consecutive time, by Maccabi Holon who had beaten ASA Tel Aviv University 4���2 in the final.

The 2008���09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, officially the Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2008���2009, was a series of international speed skating competitions which ran the entire season. The season started on 7 November 2008 in Berlin, Germany, and ended on 7 March 2009 in Salt Lake City, United States. In total, nine competition weekends were held at eight different locations, twelve cups were contested (six for men, and six for women), and 84 races took place. The World Cup is organized by the International Skating Union (ISU).

The 2008���09 season was Fulham's 111th professional season and their 8th consecutive season in the top flight of English football, the Premier League, since their return in 2001. They were managed by Roy Hodgson in his first full season as Fulham manager. They played in the Premier League by virtue of staying up on goal difference from Reading on the last day of the previous campaign and were hoping to improve on their placing of seventeenth.

For the main series, see 2009 GP2 Series season.The 2008���09 GP2 Asia Series season was the second season of the GP2 Asia Series. It began on 18 October 2008 and ended on 26 April 2009 and consisted of twelve races at six events.All teams from the 2008 GP2 Series season except for Racing Engineering took part in the competition, with the thirteenth slot being filled by Qi-Meritus Mahara. The reigning champion Romain Grosjean did not defend his title.

During the 2008���09 season, the Guildford Flames participated in the semi-professional English Premier Ice Hockey League.

The 2008���09 First Women's Banca Intesa League is the 3rd season of the First Women's Basketball League of Serbia, the highest professional basketball league in Serbia. It is also 65th national championship played by Serbian clubs inclusive of nation's previous incarnations as Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro.The first part of the season consists of 12 teams and 132-game regular season began on 11 October 2008 and will end on 14 March 2009. The second part of the season is the Play Off.

The 2008���09 HV71 season saw HV71's attempt to defend their Swedish Championship title and win the regular season for a second consecutive season. It was the 25th season in the Swedish elite league Elitserien for the club. The club ended fourth after the regular season and managed to go to the finals but was beaten by F��rjestads BK who won the Swedish Championship.HV71 started the season in the beginning of August playing in the Nordic Trophy, finishing in fifth place, and continued to play in an exhibition game against Malm�� Redhawks. HV71 opened the Elitserien regular season against Fr��lunda HC on September 15, winning the game 6-2. During the first 16 regular season games HV71 never scored the first goal in any of the matches. After the end of the regular season, HV71 ended as the fourth ranked team in the Elitserien regular season standings.During the season, HV71 played in the inaugural season of the Champions Hockey League. The first group stage match was played in J��nk��ping on October 8 against the Swiss team SC Bern. HV71 won the game with a score of 6-2. The group stage matches were played in October to beginning of December 2008. HV71 finished second in group B and did not qualify for the semi-finals.

The I-League 2008-2009 season began on 26 September 2008 and finished on 16 April 2009 with a break in December for the Federation Cup and Durand Cup. Most games this season were played on Saturday's and Sunday's to attract larger crowds.

The 2008���09 Irish Cup was the 129th edition of Northern Ireland's premier football knock-out cup competition. The competition began on 25 October 2008 with the first round and ended on 9 May 2009 with the final.Linfield were the defending champions, winning their third consecutive Irish Cup the previous season after a 2���1 win over Coleraine in the 2008 final. This season they reached the semi-finals, but were defeated by Cliftonville.

The FK Baku 2008-09 season was Baku's 11th Azerbaijan Premier League season, and was their second season with Gjoko Had��ievski as their manager, having replaced Boyukagha Hajiyev in July 2007. They finished the season in 1st place in the league and where knocked out of the Azerbaijan Cup at the Semi-final stage by Qaraba��.

The women's team pursuit in the 2008���09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over three races on three occasions, out of a total of nine World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 7���9 November 2008, and the last occasion involving the event taking place in Erfurt, Germany, on 30 January ��� 1 February 2009.The Czech Republic won the cup, while the United States came second, and the Netherlands came third.

Hong Kong Second Division League 2008���09 is the 95th season of a football league in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Second Division League.

The 2008���09 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. The Head Coach was Tom Crean. The team played its home games in the Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.The Big Ten Network included the team in a two-and-a-half-hour special that featured Midnight Madness events from several Big Ten campuses on October 17, 2008, the Indiana event to kick of the season was called "Hoosier Hysteria". The Hoosiers defeated the Northwestern St. Demons on November 14 in Head Coach Tom Crean's opening game.In November 2008, the NCAA imposed a three-year probation on the Indiana men's basketball program and upheld the school's self-imposed sanctions stemming from the actions of former head coach Kelvin Sampson and his staff. School athletic director Rick Greenspan resigned. There was no ban for the program in television, scholarships or post-season play.

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Huddersfield Town's 2008���09 campaign was the club's centenary season.

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The 500 metres distance for women in the 2008���09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 13 races on seven occasions, out of a total of nine World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 7���9 November 2008, and the final occasion taking place in Salt Lake City, United States, on 6���7 March 2009.Jenny Wolf of Germany successfully defended her title, while Margot Boer of the Netherlands came second. Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea repeated her third place from the previous season.

The 2008���09 IRB Sevens World Series was the tenth of an annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board since 1999���2000. South Africa clinched the 2008���09 World Series on Day 1 of the Edinburgh Sevens, its first Series title. The defending series champions were New Zealand, who won the 2007���08 series by winning the season's first 5 tournaments. New Zealand won the 2007���08 series with one tournament remaining after winning the Plate Final of the London leg.[1]Sevens is a stripped-down version of rugby union, with seven players on each side rather than fifteen. Games are much shorter, seven or ten minutes each half, and tend to be very fast-paced. Sevens is traditionally played in a two-day tournament format. However, the most famous event, the Hong Kong Sevens, is played over three days, largely because it involves 24 teams instead of the normal 16. Starting in 2008���09, the Australia leg (which involves the normal 16 teams) was spread out over a three-day period.

Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield 2008���09, officially named as Eisiti Senior Shield (Chinese: ������������������������) due to the competition's sponsorship by Shenzhen Xiangxue Eisiti FC, was the 107th season of one of the Asian oldest football knockout competition, Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield. It was a knockout competition for all the teams of Hong Kong First Division League. The winner would qualify for AFC Cup 2010, if it was a full member of The Hong Kong Football Association.The final match was held in Hong Kong Stadium on 21 December 2008. The tournament was won by TSW Pegasus, who beat Convoy Sun Hei 3���0 in the final, thanks to two goals from Guy Junior Ondoua and one from Beto. Since TSW Pegasus was not a full member of the Hong Kong Football Association, the AFC Cup 2010 qualification of it was not confirmed before the final of 2008���09 Hong Kong FA Cup.

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The 2008���09 Football League Championship (known as the Coca-Cola Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth season of the league under its current title and seventeenth season under its current league division format.Wolverhampton Wanderers won the division to return to the Premier League after a five-year absence.

The 2008���09 season of Hertha BSC began on 17 July 2008 with a UEFA Cup first round qualifying march against Nistru Otaci from Moldova and ended on 23 May 2009, the last matchday of the Bundesliga, with a match against Karlsruher SC. Hertha were eliminated in the second round of the DFB Pokal, and the group phase the UEFA Cup. They finished fourth in the Bundesliga, qualifying for the UEFA Europa League.

The 2008���2009 season was Hereford United's 28th season in the Football League and they competed in League One, the third tier of English football. Hereford's previous season at this level was the 1977-78 season when they finished 23rd - despite having won the same division just two years previously.Hereford reached League One on the back of two promotions in three seasons, having won the Conference play-offs in 2005-06, and finished third in League Two in 2007-08.

The 2008���09 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team began their 43rd season of collegiate play on November 15, 2008 versus the University of Vermont. They were looking to continue the success from their 2007���2008 season where they won the 2008 Colonial Athletic Association tournament championship game and advanced to the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. The 2008���09 Patriots had a 13 ��� 5 regular season record and were runners-up in the 2009 Colonial Athletic Association tournament. The team reached the 2009 National Invitation Tournament, but theyy lost in overtime to eventual tournament champion Penn State.

The Football League 2008���09 (named Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons), was the seventeenth season under its current league division format. It began in August 2008 and concluded in May 2009, with the promotion play-off finals.The Football League is contested through three Divisions. The second division of these is League One. The winner and the runner up of League One will be automatically promoted to the Football League Championship and they will be joined by the winner of the League One playoff. The bottom four teams in the league will be relegated to the third division, League Two.Leicester City played at this level for the first time in their history having spent all their time in the top two divisions. In the opposite direction, Hereford United made their first appearance in the third tier since 1978, after many seasons in non-league and lower-league football.

The 2008���09 HockeyAllsvenskan season was the fourth season of the HockeyAllsvenskan, the second level of ice hockey in Sweden. 16 teams participated in the league, and the top four qualified for the Kvalserien, with the opportunity to be promoted to the Elitserien.Due to the league reducing the number of teams from 16 to 14 teams for the 2009���10 season, the worst team (Mariestad) was relegated to Division 1 while the other two worst teams, ranked 14���15 (Huddinge and Nybro) had to play in the relegation round for survival in HockeyAllsvenskan. In the relegation round, only the best team (��rebro) qualified for the following HockeyAllsvenskan season.

The 2008���09 Gamma Ethniki is the 26th season since the official establishment of the third tier of Greek football in 1983. It started on September 14, 2008 and it is estimated to be finished in May 2009. 36 teams contest the league, divided into two groups of 18 clubs each, using certain geographical criteria. 23 of the participant clubs have contested in the 2007-08 season, 3 of them have been relegated from Beta Ethniki, while 10 of them have been promoted from Delta Ethniki. Last season's champions of North Group were Kavala, and Diagoras of South Group.

The 500 metres distance for men in the 2008���09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 13 races on seven occasions, out of a total of nine World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 7���9 November 2008, and the final occasion taking place in Salt Lake City, United States, on 6���7 March 2009.Yu Fengtong of China won the cup, while Keiichiro Nagashima of Japan came second, and Tucker Fredricks of the United States came third.

The 2008���09 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the 12th season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the Junior-level complement to the 2008���09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which was for Senior-level skaters. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singes, pair skating, and ice dancing.Skaters earned points towards qualification at each of the eight Junior Grand Prix events.

Unlike other leagues within the NCAA, the Ivy League does not play a league tournament for a berth in the NCAA Tournament. Rather, they send the regular season league champion.

Genoa C.F.C. enjoyed its best season in recent history and finished fifth in Serie A. Topscorer Diego Milito hit the back of the net 24 times, and earned a move to Inter prior to the 2009-10 season. The ex-player and 29-year-old Argentinian Milito, arrived from relegated Spanish side Real Zaragoza, and the returnee performed his best season yet. Thanks to his goals and Thiago Motta's midfield display, Genoa finished in the top 5, and nearly pipped Fiorentina to the final Champions League spot. Motta was also sold to Inter in the summer, which left a huge fold in the Genoa squad.

Falkirk competed in the Scottish Premier League, the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup in 2008���09. Although they slipped from a final league position of seventh to tenth, they had had strong runs in both cups, reaching the semi-finals of the League Cup and finishing as runners-up in the Scottish Cup, losing 1���0 to Rangers.

The 2008���09 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the University of Iowa during the 2008���09 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes finished the season with a record of 21���11, 13���5 in Big Ten, and finished the regular season tied for second place in the Big Ten. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament where they lost to Ohio State.

The sixth competition weekend of the 2008���09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was a two-day event focusing on the shorter distances, held at the Kometa Ice Rink in Kolomna, Russia, from Saturday, 24 January, until Sunday, 25 January 2009.

The 2008���09 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 2008���2009 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Hoyas were coached by John Thompson III and played their home games at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. The Hoyas are members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 16-15, 7-11 in Big East play. They lost to St. John's in the first round of the 2009 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament.

The 2008���09 Houston Cougars women's basketball team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH, represents the University of Houston in the college basketball 2008-09 season. It is their 65th year of season play. The head coach for the Cougars is Joe Curl, who is serving in his 11th year in that position. The team plays its home games at Hofheinz Pavilion on-campus in Houston, Texas. The team finished the season with 19 wins.

The 2008���09 Four Hills Tournament was held at the four traditional venues of Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, located in Germany and Austria.The tournament was won by Austria's Wolfgang Loitzl, who previously had not won a single World Cup event in his career.

The Israeli Basketball Super League (BSL) 2008-09 season was the 55th season of the top basketball league in Israel. The season began on 26 October 2008 and ended on 21 May 2009. Maccabi Tel Aviv won its 48th league title, defeating Maccabi Haifa Heat 85-72 in the final. The defending champion was Hapoel Holon.Each out of the 12 participating teams played 22 regular league games, one home game and one away game against each other team. The top eight teams qualified to the playoff, where they played best-of-5 series decided by the rankings at the end of the regular season (first against eighth, second against seventh and so on).The four last ranked team competed in a best-of-5 series relegation playoff, where Elitzur Kiryat Ata and Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel lost and were relegated to Liga Leumit. They will be replaced by Maccabi Elitzur Netanya and Hapoel Afula, who qualified from Liga Leumit.

The 2008���09 Football Conference season was the fifth season with the Conference consisting of three divisions, and the thirtieth season overall. The Conference covers the top two levels of Non-League football in England. The Conference Premier is the fifth highest level of the overall pyramid, whilst the Conference North and Conference South exist at the sixth level.

During the 2008���09 season, the Guildford Flames participated in the semi-professional English Premier Ice Hockey League. It was the 17th year of Ice Hockey played by the Guildford Flames and the second season under Paul Dixon as head coach.During the summer Dixon worked to improve the defensive line by shipping out Dominic Hopkins and Ben Johnson, replacing them with 17-year-old Steven Lee who had already played two seasons with Elite League side Hull, and bringing toughness to the team in the form of Mark Williams from Romford. Other departures included fringe player Ben Duggan who was replaced by Matt Hepburn from the juniors. The main talking point over the summer was the departure of long time top goal scorer Jozef Kohut, leaving the team with what many believed was a weak offence.After an indifferent start to the season with 3 wins and 3 losses, it was announced on 9 October that the Flames would travel to Slovakia and take part in an exhibition against Extraliga side Poprad in a game opened by the Queen during her state visit to the country. After a poor run of results in November and a multiple game ban for import Vaclav Zavoral, the decision was taken to sign Czech Martin Bouz. A surprise departure was the main feature of January with Mark Williams leaving to pursue work commitments and to play closer to home with the Romford Raiders.