September 2007 in Sports - 12 September 2007 (Wednesday)

12 September 2007 (Wednesday)

• Basketball:
  • EuroBasket 2007 in Spain — qualifying phase; teams advancing to the quarterfinals are in bold
    • Group F: Germany 67–58 Italy
    • Group F: France 85–64 Turkey
    • Group F: Lithuania 80–61 Slovenia
  • Philippine NCAA basketball tournament 2007 semifinals at the Araneta Coliseum; teams advancing to the Finals in bold.
    • Juniors: (1) San Sebastian 85–74 JRU (4)
    • Juniors: (3) San Beda 96–86 Letran (2)
    • Seniors: (2) Letran 70–61 JRU (3)
    • Seniors: (1) San Beda 74–64 Mapua (4)

• Football (soccer)
  • 2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying
    • Group A: Finland 0 – 0 Poland
    • Group A: Kazakhstan 2 – 2 Belgium
    • Group A: Portugal 1 – 1 Serbia
    • Group B: Lithuania 2 – 1 Faroe Islands
    • Group B: France 0 – 1 Scotland
    • Group B: Ukraine 1 – 2 Italy
    • Group C: Norway 2 – 2 Greece
    • Group C: Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 – 1 Moldova
    • Group C: Turkey 3 – 0 Hungary
    • Group D: Slovakia 2 – 5 Wales
    • Group D: Cyprus 3 – 0 San Marino
    • Group D: Czech Republic 1 – 0 Republic of Ireland
    • Group E: Andorra 0 – 6 Croatia
    • Group E: England 3 – 0 Russia
    • Group E: Macedonia 1 – 1 Estonia
    • Group F: Iceland 2 – 1 Northern Ireland
    • Group F: Denmark 4 – 0 Liechtenstein
    • Group F: Spain 2 – 0 Latvia
    • Group G: Slovenia 1 – 0 Belarus
    • Group G: Bulgaria 3 – 0 Luxembourg
    • Group G: Albania 0 – 1 Netherlands

    The match ends before all the designated injury time is played when a hooligan throws a rudimentary flash grenade that injured Ryan Babel after the lone goal was scored by Ruud van Nistelrooy.

  • 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China (all times local, UTC+8)
    • Group C: Australia 4–1 Ghana, Hangzhou
    • Group D: Brazil 5–0 New Zealand, Wuhan
    • Group C: Norway 2–1 Canada, Hangzhou
    • Group D: China PR 3–2 Denmark, Wuhan

• Cricket:
  • 2007 Twenty20 World Championship
    • Group B
      • Zimbabwe 139/5 (19.5 ov.) beat Australia 138/9 (20 ov.) by 5 wickets
    • Group C
      • New Zealand 74/1 (7.4 ov.) beat Kenya 73 (16.5 ov.) by 9 wickets
        • Kenya's total of 73 is the lowest total ever in a Twenty20 International
    • Group D
      • Pakistan 171/9 (20 ov.) beat Scotland 120 (19.5 ov.)

• Rugby union: 2007 Rugby World Cup in France
  • Pool A: United States 15–25 Tonga at Montpellier
  • Pool B: Japan 31–35 Fiji at Toulouse
  • Pool C: Italy 24–18 Romania at Marseille