Due to the NHL lockout, the 2004 – 05 season was not played.

Due to the lockout and sympathy strike flights were canceled, resulting in the loss of millions of dollars in revenue.

Due to regional lockout, videogame consoles and their games are often subjected to grey market trade and are chosen as the alternative to modding by some gamers.

Due to the NHL lockout, resulting from a dispute between players and owners, his regular season debut was delayed until January 1995 and the campaign was shortened to 48 games.

Due to the NHL lockout, Kariya was professionally inactive for the 2004 – 05 season, using the time to recover from several nagging injuries.

Due to the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout, Theodore went overseas to play for Djurgården of the Swedish Elitserien.

Due to the NHL lockout, as some NHL players did, Armstrong went to Europe, to play hockey in the Swiss National League A, for SC Rapperswil-Jona, totaling 17 points in only 12 games.

Due to the 2012 NHL lockout, Thornton is playing with HC Davos of National League A.

Due to the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout, Kovalchuk returned to Russia, playing for both Ak Bars Kazan and Khimik Moscow Oblast of the Russian Superleague.

Due to the NHL lockout, Hossa spent the 2004 – 05 season in Europe.

Due to the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout, he did not play in the 2004 – 05 NHL season.

Due to the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout, many former Modo stars returned to the team from the NHL, including Forsberg, Näslund, the Sedins and František Kaberle.

Due to the 2012 NHL lockout, Gonchar signed with the Kontinental Hockey League's Metallurg Magnitogorsk for the 2012-13 season.

Due to the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout, Havlát spent the entirety of the next season back in the Czech Extraliga, as well as Russian Superleague, playing for several teams.

Due to the NHL lockout, as well as rib and knee injuries sustained during the 2004 World Cup, Jovanovski was inactive during the 2004 – 05 season.

Due to the 1994 – 95 NHL lockout, Bure spent single-game stints with HC Spartak Moscow of the Russian Super League and EV Landshut of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga ( DEL ).

Due to the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout, Raycroft signed with Djurgården of the Swedish Elitserien on November 6, 2004.

Due to the 2012 NHL lockout, Fedotenko signed with the Kontinental Hockey League's HC Donbass for the 2012-13 season.

Due to the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout, all NHL players were available to participate as there was no timing conflict with the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Due to the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout, Boyle went overseas to play for Djurgårdens IF of the Elitserien.

Due to the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout, Gáborík again returned to HC Dukla Trenčín where he dominated with 52 points in 29 games.

Due to the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout, Demitra returned to HC Dukla Trenčín for one season.

Due to the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout, Ovechkin remained with Dynamo for one more season.

Due to the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout, Giguère went overseas to play for the Hamburg Freezers in Germany.

Due to this, neither Williams sister has entered the tournament since.

Due to her defeat ( caused by the player's character ) in SVC Chaos, she is sent to the human world ( Earth ) by Kamisama for further training through the fighting tournament hosted by the organization WAREZ, in SNK's next dream match game NeoGeo Battle Coliseum, as a playable hidden character.

Due to these reasons crowds at the tournament were low ; also torrential rainstorms and the crisis on Britain ’ s railways following the Hatfield rail crash did not help encourage spectators.

( Due to tournament structure, it is impossible to play a team from each one of the regions in a single tournament, thus the most # 1 seeds any team can play in a single tournament is three.

Due to its newness, the league does not currently have an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, but the Great West Conference men's basketball tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the CollegeInsider. com Postseason Tournament ( CIT ), while the women's basketball tournament winners head to the Women's Basketball Invitational ( WBI ).

Due to a dip in form, at the 2006 Welsh Open he came to the competition outside the provisional Top 16 after failing to win a ranking tournament for four years.

Due to being ranked inside the top 16, Stevens played in his first Masters tournament since 2007 during the season and was beaten by John Higgins 2 – 6 in the first round.

Due to the number of large stadia required for the Olympic tournament, venues in distant cities – often more than away from the main host – are typically used for the football tournament.

Due to mass participation of teams, the tournament is often called The Cup of the Thousand Teams (, ).

Due to this victory, Modriča qualified for the following season's UEFA Cup tournament.

Due to preparations for the 2007 World Cup and the longer tournament, the final was played in May 2007, where Ireland defeated Canada to defend their title.

Due to the abundance of other top strikers such as Alessandro Del Piero, Francesco Totti and Luca Toni, Inzaghi made his only appearance ( subbing on for Alberto Gilardino ) in a group stage match against the Czech Republic on 22 June 2006, scoring his only goal in the tournament, rounding Petr Čech in a one-on-one encounter to net in Italy's second goal, which made him the oldest player to have scored for Italy in a World Cup.

Due to the Mexico 1986 World Cup stadium and infraestructure preparations, the tournament was split in two short tournaments: Prode-85 and Mexico 86, both of them where considered unofficials for a long time due to the format and to be the first tournament sponsored by Pronosticos Deportivos, a private company.

Due to obligations with FIDE, Ivanchuk and Anand did not participate in the 2002 Dortmund Candidates tournament for the Classical World Chess Championship 2004.

Due to the enormous success of this event, it was decided that that as of 1926, the Sports Week tournament would in turn become the country's official National Football Championship.

Due to the past academic performance of Calhoun's players, UCONN may not be eligible for the 2013 NCAA tournament.

Due to the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics the United States and other nations withdrew from the tournament.

Due to injury problems, Pepper only played one tournament in 2002.

Due to the complete absence of non-creature cards and a limited number of tournament staples, Legions is one of the most controversial set releases by Wizards of the Coast among many players.