Timeline

This is a timeline on the Alternate Sport History starting from the Point of Difference in 1904 all the way until the present time and hopefully into the future.

1900s-1920s[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1900s-1920s

The first twenty years of the timeline would see the formation of some of the major sporting events that would happen during this period. One such event was the FIFA World Cup which after the initial meeting between FIFA members to hold the first World Cup only two years later after the initial discussion in 1904. During this period, the three Grand Tours of cycling all were formed during this period of time with the Tour de France being the oldest with the first edition being in 1903 with the Giro d'Italia having their first edition only six years later.

Major League Baseball also had their first ever season during this period with the Pittsburgh Pirates taking out the World Series. The concept of a Motorsport Grand Prix was also born during this period with the French Grand Prix being the first ever Grand Prix that was held with Hungarian driver, Ferenc Szisz taking out the race. Across the channel in England, the Imperial Cricket Council would create the World Test Championship with four teams competing in that first tournament. Those being the three test-nations at the time (England, Australia and South Africa) and guest nation Ireland. 1913 and 1914 saw two massive shocks with Britain being on the receiving end of both of them. In tennis, they lost to Canada at the International Lawn Tennis Challenge (now known as the Davis Cup). Than in football, the English football team lost to Denmark in extra time at the 1914 FIFA World Cup final.

While that was going on, across the Atlantic, the Indianapolis 500 was first held only two years in 1911 with the winner of the Indy 500 being Ralph Mulford who went on to win once more in 1913. Six years later, the first formation of the National Hockey League was held with four Canadian teams competing. That league then became the only major league to have the Stanley Cup with the other leagues folding during the mid 1920s. South America also saw new developments during the first World War with CONMEBOL forming and the first major continental football tournament was held in the South American Championship.

To be continued

1930s[edit | edit source]

July 13-August 10, 1930: The 1930 FIFA World Cup is held in Uruguay. This is the first time that its held in South America.
August 2-9, 1930: The first British Empire Games is held in Hamilton, Canada. England finished on top of the medal table.
August 10, 1930: Netherlands wins the FIFA World Cup for the first time, defeating Argentina by 2 goals.
October 11, 1930: WEFF is formed in London, England which becomes the first regional confederation.
December 6-14, 1930: The first South America Basketball Championship is held in Uruguay.
December 27, 1930: The first Pallone d'Oro winner is revealed with Inter Milan player, Giuseppe Meazza taking out the award with 16 votes.
September 18, 1931: The first Speedway World Championship is held in London with Australian rider, Vic Huxley taking out the title.
October 4, 1931: Yugoslavia takes the first Balkan Cup in Bulgaria.
February 4-15, 1932 - The 1932 Winter Olympics is held in Lake Placid, United States.
February 13, 1932: The first WEFF Championship qualifier is held in Belfast which also brings the start of 1934 FIFA World Cup qualifying.
June 19, 1932: The 24 Hours of Le Mans is run again for the first time in seven years with Raymond Sommer and Luigi Chinetti taking the win.
July 30-August 14, 1932: The 1932 Summer Olympics is held in Los Angeles, United States.
August 11, 1932: Argentina takes the football competition at the Olympics after defeating the host nation by 4-1. But crowd numbers were down to compared to previous tournaments.
September 11, 1932: The first French Division 1 season is played in France.
February 1, 1933: France win the first WEFF Championship by a score of 3-1 against Wales.
May 16-20, 1933: The final Far Eastern Championship Games is held in Manila, Philippines.
May 28, 1933: Alfredo Binda wins his last of six Giro d'Italias in Milan.
May 12-June 4, 1934: The 1934 FIFA World Cup is held in Italy.
June 4, 1934: Italy win the FIFA World Cup to become the first host team to win the trophy.
August 4-11, 1934: The 1934 British Empire Games is held in London, England.
January 29, 1935: France defeat Switzerland in the final of the 1935 WEFF Championship.
February 17, 1935: FIFA brings back the knockout format to the FIFA World Cup for what will be the first time in 28 years.
April 6, 1935: The last Stanley Cup is won by the Montreal Maroons. This is the same until twelve years when it was brought back.
May 7, 1935: Switzerland win the first EuroBasket competition held at Switzerland. But this would be the only success that the Swiss will have in basketball.
May 15, 1935: Gustaaf Deloor wins the first Vuelta a España to be held.
February 6-16, 1936 - The 1936 Winter Olympics is held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
July 17, 1936: The Spanish Civil War starts
August 1-16, 1936: The 1936 Summer Olympics is held in Hamburg, Germany.
August 1, 1936: The first Rugby Nations Cup begins at the Summer Olympics.
August 15, 1936: Italy wins their second Olympic gold medal by defeating Hungary in the final by a score of 1-0.
December 27, 1936: The 1937 South American Championship begins in Argentina as this is the first time that the competition has expanded beyond five teams.
January 26, 1937: Italy wins the final WEFF Championship over Switzerland at home.
August 17, 1937: Dutch East Indies become the first team from Asia to qualify through to the World Cup.
February 5-12, 1938: The 1938 British Empire Games is held in Sydney, Australia.
February 6, 1938: The first IHF World Men's Handball Championship ends in Germany with the Germans easily winning the title after taking all three matches.
February 12, 1938: Latvia cause a massive upset in the 1938 World Ice Hockey Championships when they defeated the United States by a single goal.
February 13, 1938: Scotland wins their third British Empire Games football gold medal in a row after defeating England 3-2 in the final. This was the last tournament to see a full strength independent British teams competing in football.
February 20, 1938: Germany wins the 1938 World Ice Hockey Championships as they defeated Canada in the final.
February 23, 1938: Costa Rica surprises Central America by finishing with the gold medal in the Central American and Caribbean Games beating Mexico by goal difference.
May 14-29, 1938: The 1938 FIFA World Cup is held in Argentina.
May 29, 1938: Italy becomes the first team to win two consecutive FIFA World Cups after they defeat the Netherlands in the final 2-0.
August 19, 1938: The first football tournament at the Bolivarian Games is held in Bogota, Colombia with Peru taking the gold medal.
October 16, 1938: The first EuroBasket Women tournament ends with Lithuania winning the title over Italy and Poland.
April 1, 1939: The Spanish Civil War ends in a Nationalist victory.
September 1, 1939: World War II starts

1940s[edit | edit source]

December 7, 1940: Leonidas becomes the first player from outside of Europe to win the Pallone d'Oro.
May 18, 1941: Costa Rica wins the first CCCF Championship at their home country as they won all four matches.
January 14, 1942: The 1942 Major League Baseball season is cancelled because of the restrictions that put it in place because of the war.
January 31, 1942: Argentina wins the first Panamerican Championship after defeating Uruguay in the final match.
February 25, 1945: Chile once again finishes in 4th place for the fifth time in a row at the 1945 South American Championship while Argentina takes home the title.
September 2, 1945: World War II ends
March 4, 1946: The Victory International Cup starts in Switzerland.
March 21, 1946: The Victory International Cup ends with France taking home the international cup as they defeated Yugoslavia in the final.
September 1, 1946: The first race under Formula A regulations (later to be known as Formula One) is held in Turin.
December 21, 1946: Colombia is the first host team to win at the Central American and Caribbean Games as they finished ahead of Venezuela by goal difference.
May 4, 1947: Chile becomes the first team to win a qualifier to the 1947 South American Championship after they defeated Bolivia at home.
June 15, 1947: In a popular vote, it was decided that the FIFA World Cup would be expanded to twenty teams to encourage more nations to compete at the top level. This was the same day that Sweden won the hosting rights for the 1950 FIFA World Cup and Chile winning hosting rights for the 1954 FIFA World Cup.
October 15, 1947: The first match of the reborn National Hockey League is played between Toronto and Boston.
October 22, 1947: The British FA is formed after the success of the "match of the century" and the Victory International Cup led to a merge of England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
January 25, 1948: The Ice Hockey competition at the 1948 Winter Olympics is cancelled after the Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace boycotted the Olympics after two American teams were sent to St Moritz.
January 30-February 8, 1948 - The 1948 Winter Olympics is held in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
February 11, 1948: The first South American Championship of Champions is held in Santiago, Chile with was the first continental club competition.
April 17, 1948: The first FIFA Youth Tournament comes to a close in Great Britain with the hosts defeating Italy in the final.
July 29-August 14, 1948: The 1948 Summer Olympics is held in London.
August 13, 1948: Sweden takes out the gold medal after they defeated Yugoslavia 2-1 in the final at Wembley.
May 5, 1949: Paraguay take home their first South American Championship after they defeated Brazil in the final match of the tournament.
September 18, 1949: The first FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship ends in Czechoslovakia with the Soviet Union taking it out by winning all of their matches in the final round.

1950s[edit | edit source]

February 4-11, 1950: The 1950 British Empire Games is held in Auckland, New Zealand.
March 13, 1950: Honduras takes out their first title in the Central American and the Caribbean Games after the competition saw the final round change into a knockout tournament for the first time.
May 13, 1950: The first Formula One race is held at Silverstone which was won by Giuseppe Farina.
June 16-July 17, 1950: The 1950 FIFA World Cup is held in Sweden.
June 21, 1950: The biggest win by a nation in the FIFA World Cup is recorded in this date when Uruguay smashed Jamaica 11-0 at the Olympia in Helsingborg.
July 19, 1950: Sweden took out their first World Cup after they defeated Great Britain 2-1 in the final.
September 3, 1950: Giuseppe Farina take out the first Formula One title as he wins the Italian Grand Prix.
October 3, 1950: Argentina wins the first edition of the FIBA World Championship held in Argentina.
February 25-March 9: The first Pan American Games is held in Argentina.
March 4-11, 1951: The first Asian Games is held in New Delhi, India
March 9, 1951: Argentina take out the first football tournament at the Pan American Games after finishing on top of the five team group.
March 13, 1951: Iran take out the first football tournament at the Asian Games after defeating India in extra time.
May 27, 1951: Juan Manuel Fangio becomes the first non-Italian/non Alfa-Romeo driver to win a Grand Prix after winning the 1951 Swiss Grand Prix.
September 23, 1951: Sweden win their first Nordic Championship in over 25 years after they defeated Norway 5-2 in the final match at Gothenburg.
October 20, 1951: The first Mediterranean Games ends in Alexandra, Egypt with France finishing on top of the medal table.
February 14-25, 1952 - The 1952 Winter Olympics is held in Oslo.
April 13, 1952: Brazil takes home their first Pan American Championship after they defeated Chile in the final matchday of the competition.
July 19-August 3, 1952: The 1952 Summer Olympics is held in Helsinki.
July 25, 1952: Federación de Football de Chile declares that the FIFA World Cup will drop back down to a sixteen team competition from the twenty that it was in the previous Cup.
August 2, 1952: Soviet Union take home their first gold medal in the football competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
August 29, 1952: The first FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship is held in the Soviet Union with the Soviet Union taking out the title over Poland.
March 22, 1953: The first FIBA World Championship for Women is held in Chile with Brazil taking out the title in the final round-robin match against Paraguay.
June 14, 1953: Briggs Cunningham team of Phil Walters and John Fitch become the first non-European team to take out the 24 Hours of Le Mans
August 22, 1953: Belgium and France associations have a talk which would the basis for the formation of EFU.
February 8, 1954: The Cuban Revolution hits a big hurdle when the Castro brothers are sent to 15 years in jail and Fulgencio Batista keeps them in jail for longer than OTL.
February 24, 1954: The first Bandy World Championships is held in despite at the time not being an official tournament.
March 17, 1954: England wins the first Rugby World Cup held in England after defeating France 9-5 in the final.
May 1-9, 1954: The 1954 Asian Games is held in Manila, Philippines.
June 12-July 12, 1954: The 1954 FIFA World Cup is held in Chile.
July 12, 1954: Hungary take out the 1954 FIFA World Cup after they defeated Romania 5-1 at Santiago.
July 30-August 7, 1954: The 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games is held in Vancouver, Canada.
February 25, 1955: The 1955 World Ice Hockey Championships begins in West Germany with it being the first time that two pools have been competing instead of one.
March 12-26, 1955: The 1955 Pan American Games is held in Mexico.
May 7, 1955: The first-ever qualifier for the European Nations Cup is held in Dublin with the Republic of Ireland defeating Saarland 3-0.
September 4, 1955: The first European Cup match is held between Belenenses and Hajduk Split in Portugal.
January 26-February 5, 1956 - The 1956 Winter Olympics is held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
May 30, 1956: The 1956 European Nations' Cup sees France lift the trophy after defeating Romania in the final at Paris 2-0.
September 16, 1956: The first edition of the APFC Asian Cup ends in Korea lifting up the trophy after they finished on top of the four-team group.
September 29, 1956: Port Adelaide five year hold on the South Australian National Football League‎ ends as they lose to South Adelaide in the Grand Final.
November 5, 1956: The first proposals of a British Football League is talked about in Manchester, England to unite the British Leagues into one league instead of three separate leagues that its currently on.
November 22-December 8, 1956: The 1956 Summer Olympics is held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
December 8, 1956: Yugoslavia takes home the gold medal in the football competition defeating host nation Argentina 2-1.
February 8, 1957: Confederation of African Football is formed in Egypt with the four founding members being Egypt, South Africa, Sudan and Ethiopia.
February 16, 1957: Egypt wins the first edition of the Africa Cup of Nations as they defeat Ethiopia in the final.
July 9, 1957: British Football League is confirmed which is a big step in domestic football in the British Isles with sixteen teams competing in the first season which will be held in 1958–59.
September 7, 1957: The first Merdeka Tournament finishes in Malaya with Hong Kong taking out the title.
May 24-June 1, 1958: The 1958 Asian Games is held in Tokyo, South Japan.
June 4-27, 1958: The 1958 FIFA World Cup is held in Switzerland.
June 27, 1958: Brazil wins the 1958 FIFA World Cup after they defeated France in the final with the score being 4-1.
July 18-26, 1958: The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games is held in Cardiff, Wales.
July 19, 1958: The first edition of the FIBA European Champions Cup ends in Madrid with Spanish club Real Madrid defeating Hungarian club Budapest Honvéd by one point over two legs.
August 30, 1958: The first women's road race of the UCI Road World Championships is won by Luxembourg rider, Elsy Jacobs.
February 22, 1959: The first Daytona 500 is held in Daytona with Johnny Beauchamp winning the Daytona 500.
March 5, 1959: Talks about creating an Copa Libertadores occurs with the final result being the formation of an South American counterpart to the European Cup.
March 9-11, 1959: The inaugural World Curling Championship is held in Scotland.
August 27-September 7, 1959: The 1959 Pan American Games is held in Chicago, United States.

1960s[edit | edit source]

February 8-29, 1960: The final CCCF Championship is held in Cuba.
February 18-29, 1960: The 1960 Winter Olympics is held in Squaw Valley.
April 13-19, 1960: The first edition of the Friendship Games is held in Tananarive, Madagascar
June 9, 1960: The first qualifier for the Speedway World Team Cup is held in Odense.
June 19, 1960: The first edition of the Copa Libertadores is won by Argentinan club San Lorenzo who defeat Uruguay club Nacional 2-1 over two legs.
July 10, 1960: The Soviet Union defeat host nation Czechoslovakia 2-1 in the final of the 1960 European Nations' Cup.
August 9, 1960: In the Davis Cup, Mexico defeat the Americans which meant the Americans for the first time didn't even make the challenge round.
August 25-September 11, 1960: The 1960 Summer Olympics is held in Rome.
September 2, 1960: Sweden win the first edition of the Speedway World Team Cup at home in Göteborg.
September 4, 1960: San Lorenzo defeats Budapest Honvéd in the 1960 Intercontinental Cup.
September 5, 1960: Italy become the first team to advance to a final by coin toss after drawing their semi final 2-2 against Yugoslavia.
September 10, 1960: Hungary claim their first gold medal in football after they defeated the host nation Italy 2-1.
September 18-25, 1960: The first ever Summer Paralympics is held in Rome.
January 21, 1961: Morocco and the United Arab Republic play out the first extra time match in a group stage to decide the spot in Group 2 of CAF qualifying. The United Arab Republic would get a goal in the 113th minute of the match.
February 19, 1961: Sudan play Tunisia in the first Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in history at Tunis with Sudan winning 2-0.
May 31, 1961: Budapest Honvéd becomes the first European club to win two consecutive European Cups after defeating Dutch club, Ajax 2–0 in the final.
August 2, 1961: Sudan and United Arab Republic become the first teams from outside of Asia to compete at the Merdeka Tournament
August 14, 1961: India and United Arab Republic finish with a 1-1 draw to become the first co-champions of the Merdeka Tournament.
September 17, 1961: Budapest Honvéd takes out the 1961 Intercontinental Cup after losing the previous year.
September 18, 1961: The continent of North America has a new federation with the formation of NACFC.
February 15, 1962: Discussions between the IIHF members on the conflict at the Berlin Wall hit breaking point only days out of the 1962 Ice Hockey World Championships with Sweden joining the Communists nations in leaving the tournament.
March 25, 1962: The first match of the NACFC Champions' Cup is held in El Salvador.
March 30, 1962: The first FIBA Africa Championship is completed with the United Arab Republic taking out the title with a 3-1 record.
May 30-June 17, 1962: The 1962 FIFA World Cup is held in Mexico.
June 16, 1962: The third place match between Netherlands and Great Britain end in a draw with the Netherlands winning the coin toss.
June 17, 1962: Yugoslavia takes out the 1962 FIFA World Cup title by defeating the defending champions in Brazil 2-1.
July 8, 1962: Cyclists at the 1962 Tour de France have a protest over the doping issues that occurred in the previous stage.
July 28, 1962: In a meeting between the members of the Deutscher Fußball-Bund, the Bundesliga is formed which would have the league be a 16 team competition.
August 17-26, 1962: The first edition of the European Games is held in the Soviet Union.
August 24-September 4, 1962: The 1962 Asian Games is held in Indonesia.
October 20, 1962: A discussion between the French and other committees in Africa create the All-African Games to start in 1965.
November 16, 1962: With no communism in Cuba, the Cuban Missile Crisis doesn't occur
November 22-December 1, 1962: The 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games is held in Adelaide, Australia.
January 3, 1963: The quarter-finals of the 1963 British League Cup and the regional tournaments in Britain is postponed due to the Big Freeze.
March 17, 1963: Sweden wins the 1963 Ice Hockey World Championships in the biggest tournament to date with three divisions.
March 23, 1963: The first match of the NACFC Championship is held in El Salvador.
March 31-April 7, 1963: The first Arab Cup is held in Lebanon.
April 20-May 5, 1963: The 1963 Pan American Games is held in Brazil.
May 26, 1963: The final round of the 1962–63 British Football League season sees Celtic stop Rangers from taking out the title with a 2-2 draw at Celtic Park.
June 20, 1963: Australia wins the first edition of the Federation Cup for women's tennis after defeating the United States 2-1.
August 14, 1963: New Zealand takes out the first edition of the World Netball Championships in Eastbourne after winning all of their matches.
September 8, 1963: The 1963 South Pacific Games ends in Suva, Fiji with the host nation claiming the most gold medals.
October 18, 1963: Detroit wins the bid for the 1968 Summer Olympics by a single vote over Mexico City.
November 13, 1963: The 1963 Intercontinental Cup becomes the first Intercontinental Cup to be played in a play-off after both Santos and Milan won their home matches.
More will be added.