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TOP 77 Bucket List Events Around the World Things You Don’t Want To Miss INTRODUCTION I want to thank you and congratulate you for downloading Top 77 Bucket List Events Around the World. This book contains a complete list of things not to miss before you kick the bucket. Thanks again for downloading this book, I hope you enjoy it! PART SPORTING ONE EVENTS The Masters Tournament The Masters tournament is one of the four major golf tournaments held per year at the professional level. Unlike the other three, the Masters tournament is held at the same location every year – in Augusta, Georgia. It’s a tournament that has been made famous by the iconic green jacket of the Augusta National Golf Club. Membership in this club is kept under lock and key – it is by invitation only. However, the tournament itself is an event you don’t want to miss. The Super Bowl The Super Bowl, sponsored by the National Football League in the U.S., is the final football game played at the end of the season. It is always held on Sunday, which is known as Super Bowl Sunday. To some Americans, the game is so big that they count it as an unofficial American holiday. Parties are filled with seven-layer dip, pizza, soda and beer. Among the fans, this is easily the biggest event of the year. FIFA World Cup What the States call soccer, the rest of the world calls football. The FIFA World Cup, or simply the World Cup, is an international tournament held by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). It is open to the senior men’s national teams of participating countries. Although soccer may not be as big in the States as it is elsewhere, it is a huge event for competing countries. It is the one time of year these countries get to shine. The US Open Tennis Championships The U.S. Open Tennis Championships is one four international tennis championships comprising of a group called the Grand Slam. It is one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, beginning in 1881. It is an event held every year, with its first day beginning on the last Monday of every August. The competition is a compilation of five separate championships; men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles. Don’t confuse the US Open Tennis Championships with other US Open sports such as golf or badminton. The EuroCup The Euroleague Basketball Company holds one of the newer sports tournaments. They’ve only been doing it since the year 2000. They hold two professional basketball tournaments in Europe every year – First-Tier Euroleague and Second-Tier Euroleague. Headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, they oversee professional basketball in Europe. Considering that basketball is one of the newer sports across Europe, expect this one to get bigger as it gains popularity every year. Kentucky Derby The Kentucky Derby is one of America’s major horse races held every year in Louisville, Kentucky. The race is known as “The Fastest Two Minutes in Sports,” as well as, “The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports.” It is also known by a third name called, “The Run for the Roses,” because the winner of the race is covered with a blanket of roses. The race has a history that spans almost 150 years. The year 2015 commemorated its 141st year. International Dragon Boat Championship The International Dragon Boat Championship is in ancient Chinese festival turned into the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Carnival. Held in the Victoria Harbor, this carnival is marked by the Dragon Boat races that take place. Hundreds of thousands of spectators come flocking to Victoria Harbor to participate in this once-in-a-lifetime event. The world’s best Dragon Boat athletes duke it out while both the spectators and athletes drench themselves in ice cold, refreshing beer along with live entertainment as a part of Beer Fest. Royal Ascot Races World Bog Snorkeling Icarus Cup Masquerade Flights The Ascot is a thoroughbred horse racing Championships The Icarus Cup Masquerade Flights, or course in England. The Royal Ascot is one of Bog snorkeling is a unique sporting event. Coupe Icare, is an awesome event held in the races that take place on that race course. Competitors race in a water-filled trench France where people compete in costumes. It is the centerpiece of events that take place through a peat bog using snorkels and It is a paragliding event where people race at the Ascot racing course. It dates back to flippers. Conventional swimming techniques while hang gliding. At the event, you’ll find 1711 with Queen Anne. If you ever wanted are not allowed – these athletes must rely aerial acrobatics, hot air balloons, and of to see British royalty in person, this would on flipper power alone. The total race is 120 course, the hang gliders. You’ll also find be a prime place to do it as it is attended by yards as they must race 60 yards one way flight competitions, street performances, live the British Royal family every year. and 60 yards back. Held in Wales in the UK, entertainment, children’s activities and a the World Bog Snorkeling Championships is flight museum. It is held at the same location held every year on the August Bank Holiday. and time as a film festival, so enjoy both while you still can. The Winter Games The Winter Olympics is one of the world’s major international sporting events held every four years with winter-themed sports involving snow and ice. It currently is a three-week event with athletes around the world and takes place in February. These top world athletes compete in 15 various sports from ice hockey and figure skating to bobsledding and curling. The 2014 Winter Olympics was hosted in Sochi, Russia and featured over 2800 athletes from 88 countries participating in 98 events. The Summer Games The Summer Games is the ultimate international sports event on earth. The Games are held every four years in a rotating host country. The Summer Games are vastly larger than the Winter Games, with many more events and attendees. Currently, they are host to over 300 events with over 10,000 competitors from 205 countries. The 2016 Summer Games will be held in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, and the 2020 Summer Games will be hosted in Japan. The 2016 Rio Summer Games will be the first Games held in a South American country. 42 sports will appear in the Games, spread out among 32 competition venues in four regions of Rio de Janeiro. With a total support staff including employees, outsourced staff, and volunteers, there will be over 130,000 people making the event happen. Most recent cost estimates have put the Games at over $11 billion USD. Cricket World Cup Wimbledon Tennis Tour de France Cycling The ICC Cricket World Cup is another major The Wimbledon Tennis Tournament is held The French event, Tour de France is one global sporting event. It began in 1975 in every year and is part of the of the most grueling bicycle races on the England and is held annually every year. Grand Slam group of events. When it comes planet. Lance Armstrong helped make this Cricket is a European sport but is gaining to tennis courts, different materials can be one famous by being its champion seven popularity internationally. In 2015, the used. The Wimbledon tennis tournament years a row from 1999 to 2005. It is a three- Cricket World Cup was hosted jointly by is the only one that is still held on a grass week tournament where cyclists race over Australia and New Zealand. It was the 11th court. It is a two-week tournament taking 2200 miles (3500 km). The route changes Cricket World Cup, held on Valentine’s place at the end of June and beginning of every year, but it stays within the French Day February 14th through March 29. The July. Expect certain traditions to be held in countryside. There are 20 to 22 teams current competition consists of 14 teams place as you attend – strict dress codes for comprising of nine competitors each. who played in 49 different matches in 14 the athletes, strawberries and cream for the This is not an event you want to miss. different venues. England Will Host the attendees, and because it takes place in the 2019 the Cricket World Cup. UK, the British Royal family will be there. Formula One Racing Formula One is a series of motorsport races that take place around the world. T hey feature some of the fastest cars ever made. They have races in Europe, North America, Australia, the Middle East, Asia, South America, and Indonesia. Just like any racing video game, the Formula One Champion title will be granted to that the driver with the most points. You’ll have to log on to their website to find out when and where the next race will take place. FIS Alpine World Ski Championships Val d’ Isère The Alpine World Ski Championships is another major international sporting event featuring several countries. Many of these countries participate in the Winter Olympics. For several decades, this event was directly connected to the Winter Olympics, but in the 1980s, they were held independently. Currently, they are held biannually in the odd-numbered years. In 2015, they are scheduled to be hosted by the United States followed by Switzerland, Sweden, and then Italy in 2021. Rugby World Cup The Rugby World Cup is a men’s international tournament.