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The first tournament's finalists were Dick Gautier, James Shigeta, Peter Bonerz, and Don Galloway, with Shigeta winning the championship ; the second tournament's finalists were Richard Dawson, Bill Bixby, Hal Linden, and Betty White, with Dawson winning the championship ( Dawson had almost made it to the first tournament finals, but Gautier beat him out during their preliminary week by just one point ).
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The current trophy was created for the 1999 championships, and was the first permanent prize in the tournament's history ; prior to this, different trophies were made for each World Cup.
Russian GM Evgeny Bareev, at the time ranked eighth in the world, led going into tournament's last round, but was crushed by Polgár in their individual game allowing her to share first.
It marked the first time Gretzky did not finish as the tournament's leading scorer with seven points in eight games for fourth overall.
In the first round of the 1986 finals Fisher scored 52 points against Macomb, setting an Oklahoma state girls basketball tournament's single-game scoring record.
Thirty years later, it was the principal venue of Euro 96, hosting all of England's matches, as well as the tournament's final, where reunified Germany won the cup for a third time with the first international Golden Goal in football history.
Player also became the tournament's first overseas winner with his first victory in 1961.
Nebraska has made an NCAA Tournament appearance in every year of the tournament's existence except for the tournament's first year in 1981.
Canada was the tournament's first dominant team, winning the tournament 12 times between 1930 and 1952.
Over the next five years Nicklaus won only twice on the PGA Tour, including his own Memorial Tournament in 1984 for the second time, to become that tournament's first repeat champion.
Three different trophies have been awarded during the tournament's history, with Ghana and Cameroon winning the first two versions to keep after each of them won a tournament three times.
Bodiroga retired from the national team after the EuroBasket 2005 fiasco, in which his team, one of the tournament's favorites, was relegated as early as the first elimination round by the French national team on their own home court, in a tournament that ended with fierce allegations from head coach Željko Obradović of numerous fights between many of the players.
The final Canada Cup was held in 1991 with Canada defeating the United States in the tournament's first all-North American final, for their third straight championship and fourth overall.
He is best remembered for scoring the goal in the 1982 World Cup that enabled Northern Ireland to beat the tournament's hosts, Spain, in a shock 1 – 0 win again reaching the quarter-finals after topping the first stage group, Norman Whiteside became the youngest player ever in the World Cup finals, a record that still stands.
During the 2002 Winter Olympics, Sakic helped lead Team Canada to its first ice hockey gold medal in 50 years, and was voted as the tournament's most valuable player.
When Staunton organized the world's first international chess tournament, the Calcutta Chess Club as a group made one of the largest donations to the tournament's funds, and in addition its principal officers Cochrane and T. C.
Belgium had a surprise exit in the group stage, winning the tournament's first game against Sweden, but losing to Turkey and Italy.
He first reached the quarter-finals of the World Championship in 2004, beating then defending champion Mark Williams 13 – 11 along the way, also making the tournament's highest break.
Although they have not qualified for a major tournament's finals since 1986, they came semi-finalists at the 2008 European Under-19 Championship and qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup which saw their U-20 national team gaining third place to bring home Hungary's first major tournament medal in nearly half a century, feeding their hopes of a future revival.
Ungar was exhausted on the tournament's first day as he had been up for over 24 hours straight trying to raise or borrow enough money to play in the event.
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On October 2, 2009, in a stunning and embarrassing setback for the mayor, Chicago was the first of four finalists to be eliminated during selection ceremonies in Copenhagen.
On 25 and 26 April, May and Taylor appeared on the eleventh series of American Idol at the Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, performing a Queen medley with the six finalists on the first show, and the following day performed " Somebody to Love " with the ' Queen Extravaganza ' band.
His coaching career started with a bang, with the Bombers making Hird's presence felt by thrashing triple preliminary finalists the in the first round.
These votes would be added along with those given to the losers of plank ( in all seasons ) and those of the public ( in the first two seasons ) or of the finalists ( in season 3 ).
With a talented playing list and a strong administration led by Leon Daphne ( the Tigers ' first president from the corporate world, the Alan Bond farce aside ), Richmond looked set to become regular finalists again.
Chorley Cricket Club currently play in the Northern League, and were finalists in the ECB National Club Cricket Championship for three consecutive seasons from 1994 to 1996, winning the trophy on the first two occasions.
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (; born 6 March 1937 ) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut and the first woman to have flown in space, having been selected from more than four hundred applicants and five finalists to pilot Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963.
In October 2001 he auditioned for the first ever edition of Operación Triunfo ( Spanish equivalent of Star Academy ) where he was accepted and was one of the 16 finalists.
She and Mauresmo reached the final, which was the first time in nearly 30 years that the Eastbourne final included both finalists from Wimbledon the previous year.
Both finalists were eliminated in quarter finals two years later in Tunisia, where the hosts won their first title, beating Morocco 2 – 1 in the final.
The 1979 awards were the first in which a list of finalists was released a month before the presentation of the awards.
The first Second Chance round in 2002 had a panel of former winners decide the two finalists.
In 1982, the astronauts for the first German Spacelab mission were selected from the finalists for the first mission, and Furrer was one of the two chosen.
Both finalists from the previous Games would be present ; Belgium being afforded a bye into the first round ; the Czechs drawn against Turkey in the Preliminary Round.
The finalists join the first teams of Berwick Rangers and Livingston in the East of Scotland ( City ) Cup.
In the show, people first audition but eventually the performers are narrowed down to 10 finalists, with each contestant performing live.
Owing to its small population, it is not surprising that Johnians tend to know one another regardless of year, course, or accommodation ( all first years and the majority of finalists live in college, with the second years required to find their own accommodation ), and this bond contributes to College life immensely.
His first game with the Dragons was a golden point loss to the previous season's grand finalists, Melbourne Storm.
They had an excellent start to the season, beating defending grand finalists Manly and premiers Melbourne in away games in the first two rounds.
The tournament was the first European Championship to feature 16 finalists, following UEFA's decision to expand the tournament from eight teams.
The 2004 Champions League final was the first in that competition since 1992 in which one of the finalists was not a G-14 member ; the 2004 final featured member FC Porto and non-member AS Monaco, with Porto winning the final.
Former Schools Cup heavyweights Garbally College were first up to face last years beaten finalists Colaiste Iognaid, losing this quarter-final clash eventually by 0-19.
The first five programs featured the selection of the finalists by the judges.
The first single " Stand Up Next To Me " features the finalists singing on the track.
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