A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any
sport
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contest
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within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests,
ranking
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systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, individual (or other entity) in a particular nation and in a particular field. Often, the use of the term cup or championship is just a choice of words.
Bandy
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List of Finnish bandy champions
Finnish bandy champion is the title given to the team winning the play-off at the end of Bandyliiga, the highest bandy league in Finland.
Bandy was the first team sport, for which a Finnish championship was contested. This was in early 1908 (whi ...
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List of Norwegian bandy champions
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List of Russian bandy champions
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List of Swedish bandy champions
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List of United States bandy champions
United States bandy champions are the winners of the annual play-offs following the regular league of the Division I (US bandy), Division I in the American Bandy League, the top league for bandy in the United States. The championship trophy is call ...
Basketball
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NBA Finals
The NBA Finals is the annual championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern and Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference champions play a best-of-seven series to determine the league ...
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NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, branded as March Madness, or The Big Dance, is a single-elimination tournament played in the United States to determine the men's college basketball national champion of the NCAA Division I, Di ...
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NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
The NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, sometimes referred to as Women's March Madness, is a single-elimination tournament played each spring in the United States, currently featuring 68 women's college basketball teams from the Div ...
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Úrvalsdeild karla
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Úrvalsdeild kvenna
Bridge
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North American Bridge Championships
North American Bridge Championships (NABC) are three annual contract bridge, bridge tournaments sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). The "Spring", "Summer", and "Fall" NABCs are usually scheduled in March, July, and November fo ...
Boxing
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England Boxing National Amateur Championships
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United States national amateur boxing championships
The United States National Boxing Championships bestow the title of United States Champion on Olympic boxers for winning the annual national Olympic boxing tournament organized by USA Boxing, which is the national governing body for Olympic boxi ...
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Golden Gloves
The Golden Gloves of America is an organization that promotes annual competitions of amateur boxing in the United States, in which winners are awarded a belt and a ring, and the title of national champion. The organization currently owns 30 fr ...
Cross country running
National cross country running competitions
Curling
Men's
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Tim Hortons Brier
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United States Curling Men's Championships
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Bruadar Scottish Men's Championship
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French national men's curling championship
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Russian Men's Curling Championship
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Italian Curling Championship
Women's
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Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The Scotties Tournament of Hearts ('; commonly referred to as the Scotties) is the annual Canadian women's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada, formerly called the Canadian Curling Association. The winner goes on to represent Can ...
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United States Curling Women's Championships
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Columba Cream Scottish Women's Championship
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French national women's curling championship
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Italian Curling Championship
Figure skating
American football
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Super Bowl
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College Football Playoff
The College Football Playoff (CFP) is an annual single-elimination tournament, knockout invitational tournament to determine a national champion for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, D ...
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Bowl Championship Series
The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) was a college football post-season selection system that created four or five bowl game match-ups involving eight or ten of the top ranked teams in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of America ...
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NCAA Division I Football Championship
The NCAA Division I Football Championship is an annual post-season college football game, played since 2006, used to determine a national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). From 1978 to 2005, the game was ca ...
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Black college football national championship
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High School Football National Championship
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Irish American Football League
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Shamrock Bowl
Golf
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The Masters Tournament
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The United States Open Championship
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The Open Championship
The Open Championship, often referred to as The Open or the British Open, is the oldest golf tournament in the world, and one of the most prestigious. Founded in 1860, it was originally held annually at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland. Later th ...
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The PGA Championship
Sailing
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Intercollegiate Sailing Association National Championships
Rowing
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USRowing National Championships
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Intercollegiate Rowing Association
The Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) governs College rowing (United States), intercollegiate rowing between Varsity team, varsity men's heavyweight, men's lightweight, and women's lightweight rowing programs across the United States, whil ...
National Championships (college men and lightweight men and women)
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NCAA Division I Rowing Championship (college openweight women)
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British Rowing Championships
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Australian Rowing Championships
Speed skating
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KNSB Dutch Speed Skating Championships
Swimming
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United States Swimming National Championships
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United States Short Course Swimming Championships
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Telkom SA National Aquatic Championships
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Australian Swimming Championships
The Australian Swimming Championships is the national Swimming (sport), Swimming championships for Australia. They are organised by Swimming Australia and separate championships are held annually in both long course (50m) and Short course (swimmin ...
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British Swimming Championships
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Lithuanian Swimming Championships
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Swedish Swimming Championships
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Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships
Tennis
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Australian Open
The Australian Open (stylized ΛO) is a tennis tournament organised by Tennis Australia annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. It is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Sl ...
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French Open
The French Open (), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a tennis tournament organized by the French Tennis Federation annually at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. It is chronologically the second of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam ...
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US Open
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The Championships, Wimbledon
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Track and field
Volleyball
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NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship
Wrestling
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U Sports
U Sports (stylized as U SPORTS) is the national sport governing body for universities in Canada, comprising the majority of degree-granting universities in the country and four regional conferences: Ontario University Athletics (OUA), Résea ...
Wrestling Championships
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Wrestling Canada Lutte Canadian Wrestling Championships
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Pahlevan of Iran
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Russian National Championships
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NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
The NCAA Division I Men's Wrestling Championships have been held since 1928. In addition to determining the national champion in each weight class, the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships also determines All-American wrestlers for each weight ...
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Division II Wrestling Championships,
Division III Wrestling Championships,
NAIA Wrestling Championship
The NAIA wrestling championship is the annual tournament to determine the national champions of NAIA men's collegiate wrestling in the United States and Canada. It has been held annually since 1958. The tournament consists of both a team nation ...
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NCWA Championships
Sports terminology