High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1981 Davis Cup (also known as the 1981 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 70th edition of the tournament between national teams in men`s tennis. This was the first year that the tournament moved to a tiered system, with the creation of the 16-team World Group. Teams that reached the Zonal semifinals in the previous year`s tournament were chosen for the inaugural World Group. Teams who lose in the first round played each other in the Relegation Play-off, with the four losers relegated to their Zonal competition. Winners of the Zonal competitions earned promotion into the next year`s World Group. 53 teams would enter the competition, 16 in the World Group, 23 in the Europe...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rod Frawley and Geoff Masters were the defending champions but only Frawley competed that year with Chris Lewis.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1981 United States Grand Prix West was a Formula One race held on March 15, 1981 at Long Beach, California.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Series began on Sunday, January 11 and ended on Sunday, November 22. Darrell Waltrip won his first Winston Cup championship by 53 points over Bobby Allison. Ron Bouchard was crowned NASCAR Rookie of the Year.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1981 NCAA Men`s Division I Basketball Tournament involved 48 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men`s NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 12, 1981, and ended with the championship game on March 30 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A total of 48 games were played, including a national third place game (the last in the NCAA tournament).
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1981 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 1981 American League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 6, and ended on Sunday, October 11. The Division Series were created on August 6 in response to the 1981 Major League Baseball strike, which caused the cancellation of roughly one-third of the regular season between June 12 and August 9; by the time play was resumed, it was decided that the best approach was to have the first-half leaders automatically qualify for postseason play, and allow all the teams to begin the second half with a clean slate.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1981 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team represented Arizona State University in the 1981 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Sun Devils played their home games at Packard Stadium. The team was coached by Jim Brock in his 10th season at Arizona State.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The New York Yankees` 1981 season was the 79th season for the Yankees. In the ALCS, the Yankees swept the Oakland Athletics for their only pennant of the 1980s. However, they lost in the World Series in 6 games to the Los Angeles Dodgers. New York was managed by Gene Michael and Bob Lemon. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1981 Ice Hockey World Championships took place at the Scandinavium arena in Gothenburg, Sweden from 12 April to the 26 April. Eight teams took part, firstly splitting into two groups of two, with the best two from each group advancing to the final group. These teams then play each other in the final round. This was the 47th World Championships, and also the 58th ice hockey European Championships. The Soviet Union became World Champions for the 17th time, and also won their twentieth European title. Considered the advent of the "KLM" line (Krutov, Larionov, Makarov), Don Cherry commented, "This is the best Russian team I`ve ever seen."
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1981 James Hardie 1000 was the 22nd running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. It was held on 4 October 1981 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst. The race was open to cars eligible to the locally developed CAMS Group C touring car regulations with three engine configuration based classes, a system used uniquely for this race.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 1981. The first round losers went into the Davis Cup World Group Play-offs while the winners progressed to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinalists were guaranteed a World Group spot for 1982.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1981 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round of the 1981 National League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 6, and ended on Sunday, October 11. The Division Series were created on August 6 in response to the 1981 Major League Baseball strike, which caused the cancellation of roughly one-third of the regular season between June 12 and August 9; by the time play was resumed, it was decided that the best approach was to have the first-half leaders automatically qualify for postseason play, and allow all the teams to begin the second half with a clean slate.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Oakland Athletics` 1981 season involved the A`s finishing with the best overall record in the American League West with a record of 64 wins and 45 losses. The season was suspended for 50 days due to the infamous 1981 players strike, and the league resorted to a split-season format with the winners of both halves of the season playing in the first divisional playoff in MLB history. The A`s beat the Kansas City Royals in the AL West playoff, then lost to the New York Yankees in the 1981 American League Championship Series.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Johan Kriek defeated Steve Denton 6–2, 7–6(7–1), 6–7(1–7), 6–4 in the final to win the Men`s Singles title at the 1981 Australian Open.
