Examples
The following are various examples of a sports riot:
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| Riot name | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nika riots | AD 532 | In what is known to be one of the first forms of sports rioting, supporters of the chariot racing team Greens revolted against the Byzantine Empire's leader and supporter of the Greens' rival Blues Justinian. At least half of the Empire's capital of Constantinople (now Istanbul) was burned by the rioters, and 30,000 people were killed. |
| 1909 Scottish Cup Final | April 17, 1909 | After the Scottish Cup ended in a tie, instead of going into extra time, an angry crowd invaded the pitch and tore down the goalposts, as well as attacking the mounted police, resulting in over 100 injuries. |
| Richard Riot | March 17, 1955 | After the suspension of Montreal Canadiens great Maurice Richard, angry fans wreaked havoc in Montreal, and Richard had to make a public appeal to end the riot. |
| 1964 Lima football riot | May 24, 1964 | In the worst riot in association football history, the host Peru was losing to Argentina, and before the game ended, the fans ultimately rioted, and the police fired tear gas into the crowd, as well as padlocking the gates, leading to 318 deaths, with many from asphyxia. |
| Båstad riots | May 3, 1968 | Demonstrators protested the participation of Rhodesia and South Africa in the Davis Cup, which led to intervention from the Swedish Police. |
| 1971 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia | 1971 | In South Africa's tour, anti-apartheid groups protested, even resulting in a state of emergency in Queensland, leading to 700 people being arrested. |
| 1981 South Africa rugby union tour of New Zealand | 1981 | 10 years after the controversial tour of Australia, South Africa began its tour of New Zealand, and like the '71 tour, South Africa became an international pariah due to its apartheid law. Protestors eventually revolted and broke into the country stadiums before and during games, leading to 2 of the games being cancelled. |
| Aggieville Riots | 1984 1986 |
In 1984 and 1986, after 2 college football games between rivals Kansas State and Kansas, a group of 6,000 celebrating KSU fans, after a 24-7 victory, crowded into a bar, and eventually became rowdy, and initiated a riot. 2 years later, after KSU once again defeated KU, this time 29-12, another group of 6,000 KSU fans, this time wearing "Riotville" shirts, rioted again, and also torched a Volkswagen Beetle. |
| 19 May incident | May 19, 1985 | In Workers Stadium, rioting Chinese fans were silenced by the People's Armed Police. |
| 1986 Montreal Stanley Cup riot | 1986 | After the Canadiens won the finals, fans took to the streets to celebrate, and ended up rioting. |
| 1993 Montreal Stanley Cup riot | June 9, 1993 | A year before the riot in Vancouver, Montreal was struck was a riot. In the epicenter of the riots, Ste. Catherine St., stores were looted and police cars were set on fire. The riots eventually caused $2.5 million dollars in damage, $3.5 million in 2013 dollars. |
| 1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot | June 14, 1994 | In one of 2 riots in Vancouver, the National Hockey League team Vancouver Canucks lost to the New York Rangers in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals. In what was supposed to be a congregation of 50 to 70 thousand fans led to riot after a man fell into the crowd. Policemen attempted to aid the man on bicycles, which the fans attempted to take, and the police fired tear gas into the fans, initiating the riot. |
| 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots | May 17, 2000 | The Wednesday before the UEFA Cup Final, a fan from Copenhagen was stabbed, and eventually, a group of Galatasaray fans confronted and provoked a group of Arsenal fans in a bar, starting a brawl. Later, approximately 500 Arsenal fans attacked from the main road behind the Galatasaray fans. This caused a severe riot in the city square with several restaurant facilities used by fans to fight each other with iron bars and knives also being used. This lasted about 20 minutes before the police attempted to break up the fight with tear gas. The violence, which reportedly included fans from other English clubs, lasted for 45 minutes. There were further also clashes at the airport the day after the game. |
| 2006 Basel Hooligan Incident | May 13, 2006 | Fans of FC Basel 1893 stormed St. Jakob-Park in the waning minutes of a game against FC Zürich. Zürich eventually scored, and ended Basel's chances of a threepeat Swiss Super League championship. In an attack of Zürich player Iulian Filipescu, who scored the winning goal, a flare was thrown at him, and Filipescu and teammate Alhassance Keita was forced to kick at the fans before police detained the hooligans. |
| 2007 A.S. Roma–Manchester United F.C. conflict | April 4, 2007 | During a game between A.S. Roma and Manchester United F.C., groups of fans started throwing missiles over a barrier that was to separate the fans, prompting Italian riot police to enter the stadium, which eventually sparked a brawl. |
| 2008 Montreal riot | 2008 | After the Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins in the playoffs, fans began rioting in celebration. |
| 2010 Montreal riot | 2010 | Montreal was stricken with a fifth riot after the Canadiens defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 7. |
| 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot | 2011 | 17 years after the '94 riot, Vancouver is faced with a second riot, after the Canucks lost, also in Game 7, to the Boston Bruins. Unlike in 1994, the fans met at giant screens, where Game 7 was being televised. Shortly before the game's end, fans began throwing bottles at the screen, as well as burning Canuck and Bruin jerseys and flags. The riot eventually escalated when fans began overturning and burning cars. In all, the fans burned 17 cars, as well as a fire truck, and ultimately, 85 rioters were arrested. |
| 2012 European Men's Handball Championship riots | January 24-25, 2012 | After a match between Croatia and France, Serbian hooligans attacked several Croatian fans, including a notable incident where a group of Croatian fans who were heading home were attacked by 50 masked men with axes, stones and bricks, and a fan was stabbed, with a Croatian van being set alight. |
| Port Said Stadium disaster | February 1, 2012 | In Port Said, Egypt, 79 people were killed by Al-Masry Club fans using knives, swords, clubs, stones, bottles, and fireworks as weapons, who were attacking the Al-Ahly S.C. players. |
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