BarcelonaIf the year 2022 has closed with the soccer World Cup, 2023 also sees the World Cup, but for women, with a stage and a format that generates more consensus, from July 20 to August 20 in Australia and New Zealand. It will be a year without the Olympic Games, but with many competitions that already serve to warm up engines thinking about Paris, such as the World Championships in swimming and athletics. And a year in which you will have to be attentive in case you have to say goodbye to Rafa Nadal on the tennis courts. The women’s Barça will try to win the Champions League, rugby will be the protagonist with the World Cup and Badalona will once again be the capital of basketball with the Copa del Rey final.
A Saudi January
Both the Dakar and the Spanish Super Cup are held in Saudi Arabia
The kingdom of Saudi Arabia takes over from Qatar to be the protagonist on a sporting scale these first days of the year. First, with the Dakar, which will cross the Saudi desert for the fourth time, arriving on January 15 in Dammam.
And from January 11 to 15, the country will also host the Spanish Football Super Cup, where Xavi’s Barça will seek their first title. On January 11, the Men’s Handball World Cup starts in Poland and Sweden, which ends on January 29.
From the 16th to the 29th, the first Grand Slam of the tennis season takes place in Australia, with Nadal defending the crown and the doubt as to whether Djokovic will be able to participate. Last year he ended up being deported for not having been vaccinated against covid-19 and for having lied on the form to enter the country.
The Cup, in Badalona
Joventut will organize the tournament at home 38 years later
From February 1 to 11, Morocco will host the Club World Cup with the presence of Real Madrid and Brazilian Flamengo as favourites. February is always synonymous with rugby, with the Six Nations tournament and the French as the reigning champions. And on February 12, he will play the Super Bowl show in the NFL.
From the 16th to the 19th of February, Badalona will once again host a final phase of the Copa del Rey for basketball after 38 years.
In March, the engine returns
The Formula 1 and motorcycling World Cups are underway
As football progresses in its tournaments, the engine will return to action. First with Formula 1, on Sunday 5 with the Bahrain Grand Prix. In total, there will be 24 races with Max Verstappen defending the champion title. The MotoGP World Championship returns on March 26, with the Algarve Grand Prix. The Barcelona marathon will be on the 19th and shortly after it will be the turn for the Cycling Tour of Catalonia.
An April on two wheels
Cycling is activated with the first classic events
With spring, the bikes return with the great classics such as the Tour de Flanders on the 2nd, the Paris-Roubaix on the 9th, the Amstel Gold Race on the 16th, the Walloon Arrow on the 19th and Liège-Bastogne-Liège on the 23rd.
The Augusta Masters will be played in golf and the quarter-finals of the European competitions will be played in football. From April 15 to May 23, top-level tennis returns to Barcelona with the Conde de Godó tournament.
Christmas in May
It’s time to find new European champions in both football and basketball
The first football final will be the Copa del Rey in Seville (June 6), the same weekend as the Conference League in Prague (May 7), followed by the Europa League in Budapest (31 of May). The final of the Euroleague basketball will be in Kaunas from 19 to 21 May, with Sarunas Jasikevicius dreaming that Barça will be champion precisely in his country.
In addition, on May 28, Rafa Nadal will seek to win the Roland Garros tournament for the 15th time. Last year, despite the pain in his foot, he defeated Casper Ruud in the grand final.
Finals time
The Champions and the Giro d’Italia, protagonists in the month of June
The women’s soccer Champions League final will be played on June 3 in Eindhoven and the men’s on June 10 at Istanbul’s Atatürk Stadium. From 14 to 18 June it will be the turn of the final phase of the League of Nations of selections, with Spain, Croatia, Italy and the Netherlands looking for the title with Luis de la Fuente trying to turn the page on the Spanish national team after the years with Luis Enrique on the bench.
In addition, the final phase of the Men’s Handball Champions is played on June 17 and 18. And on June 6, it’s time to enjoy the Giro d’Italia, waiting to see who wins Roland Garros on June 11. And know the champions of both the Spanish basketball league and the NBA.
A July with World Cup
Wimbledon and the Tour ensure a summer of strong emotions
On July 23, a new Tour de France starts, with Tadej Pogacar trying to dethrone the Danish Jonas Vingegaard. The French test, by the way, starts this year in Bilbao. From July 3, Novak Djokovic and Elena Rybakina will defend the title at Wimbledon. From July 14 to 30, the Japanese city of Fukuoka will host the World Swimming Championships.
But the big event will be the Women’s World Cup from June 20 in Australia and New Zealand. Spain, waiting to see which players go there, faces Costa Rica, Namibia and Japan in the group stage. Many of the best Spanish players are still at odds with coach Jorge Vilda and could be left out of the meeting. It will be the first World Cup with 32 teams.
A summer of basketball
Athletics and men’s basketball are experiencing the World Cup this August
In addition to the return of soccer leagues and the Women’s World Cup final on August 20, the World Athletics Championships will be held in Budapest from July 19 to 27. The icing on the cake will be the Men’s Basketball World Cup starting August 25 in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia. Spain is the current champion. And on August 26, Barcelona will experience the start of the Vuelta a España cycling race.
And on August 28, it will be the turn of the last Grand Slam of tennis, in the United States, with Carlos Alcaraz defending the title won this season.
The big rugby party
France organizes the World Cup aspiring to win it for the first time
As well as the return of the Champions League, both men’s and women’s, the big event will be the Rugby World Cup, starting on September 8 with 20 teams in France, with the hosts looking to be champions for the first time. South Africa is defending the 2019 title.
An October of races
The UltraPyrenees will once again be the protagonist
At the end of October there will be a new edition of the Salomon Ultra Pirineu, a reference test for mountain races. In October itself, the state championships of the discipline and the vertical kilometer are held. Also, the basketball league will return. It will be a little later than other years because of the dates of the men’s World Cup.
Champions on wheels
Formula 1 and motorcycling end the World Championships
In November, the Motor World Championships end on the same weekend, with the motorbikes closing the stall in Valencia and Formula 1 in Abu Dhabi, on November 25. Denmark, Norway and Sweden organize the Women’s World Cup from November 30.
A quiet end of the year
Tennis closes the year, along with the traditional tests
The Davis Cup will live the fourth edition with the new format. The group stage of the Champions League will end in a quiet December, unlike this 2022. 2023 will end, as always, with the Sant Silvestre races. It will be time to think about a busy year 2024, with the Olympic Games in Paris as protagonists.
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