High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1995 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round of the 1995 National League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 3, and ended on Saturday, October 7, with the champions of the three NL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. As a result of both leagues realigning into three divisions in 1994, it marked the first time in major league history that a team could qualify for postseason play without finishing in first place in its league or division. The teams were:
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1995 NBA Expansion Draft was the tenth expansion draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on June 24, 1995, so that the newly founded Toronto Raptors and the Vancouver Grizzlies could acquire players for the upcoming 1995–96 season. Toronto was awarded an expansion team on September 30, 1993, while Vancouver was awarded the league`s 29th franchise on April 27, 1994. They were the first NBA teams based in Canada since the 1946–47 season Toronto Huskies. In an NBA expansion draft, new NBA teams are allowed to acquire players from the previously established teams in the league. Not all players on a given team are available during an expansion draft, since...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1995 Australian Super Touring Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing championship for 2 Litre Super Touring Cars. It was the third series for 2 litre Super Touring Cars to be contested in Australia, but the first to use the Australian Super Touring Championship name. It began on 5 March 1995 at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit and ended on 26 August at Eastern Creek Raceway after eight rounds.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1995 Dunhill Cup was the 11th Dunhill Cup. It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries, each represented by three players. The Cup was played 19–22 October at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. The sponsor was the Alfred Dunhill company. The Scottish team of Andrew Coltart, Colin Montgomerie, and Sam Torrance beat the Zimbabwean team of Tony Johnstone, Mark McNulty, and Nick Price in the final.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1995 NCAA Men`s Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men`s NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 16, 1995, and ended with the championship game on April 3 at the Kingdome in Seattle, Washington. A total of 63 games were played. UCLA, coached by Jim Harrick, won its record 11th NCAA Men`s Basketball Championship and its first since the John Wooden era by defeating the University of Arkansas, who came up one game short in their bid to repeat as champions.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1995 Japanese Formula 3000 season was scheduled over 9 rounds and contested over 8 rounds. 16 different teams, 26 different drivers, 3 different chassis and 3 different engines competed.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 9th IBF World Championships were held in Lausanne, Switzerland, between 22 May and 28 May 1995. Following the results of the women`s doubles.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1995 Superbike World Championship season was the 8th F.I.M. Superbike World Championship season. The season started on May 7 at Hockenheim, and finished on October 29 at Phillip Island after 12 rounds.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1995 NatWest Trophy was the 15th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 27 June and 2 September 1995. The tournament was won by Warwickshire County Cricket Club who defeated Northamptonshire County Cricket Club by 4 wickets in the final at Lord`s.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1995 British Formula Three season was the 45th British Formula Three Championship, won by Oliver Gavin. The season started on March 26 at Silverstone and ended at Thruxton on October 15 following eighteen races. Having finished runner-up to Kelvin Burt two years previously, Gavin took the risk of dropping back down to Formula Three off the back of an unsuccessful Formula 3000 season. He was able to narrowly clinch the title at the final round from fellow Briton Ralph Firman.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1995 World Series matched the Atlanta Braves against the Cleveland Indians, with the Braves winning in six games to capture their third World Championship in franchise history (along with 1914 in Boston and 1957 in Milwaukee), making them the first franchise to win three crowns in three different cities. The Series was also Cleveland`s first Series appearance in 41 years and marked the resumption of the Fall Classic after the previous year`s Series was canceled due to a players` strike. The Series was also remarkable in that five of the six games were won by one run, including the clinching sixth game, a 1-0 combined one-hitter by Tom Glavine and Mark Wohlers.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1995 Japanese Touring Car Championship season was the 11th edition of the series. It began at Fuji Speedway on March 12 and finished after eight events, also at Fuji Speedway on November 5. The championship was won by Steve Soper, driving for BMW Team Schnitzer. It was his only touring car title.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1995 season saw the Steelers return to the Super Bowl for the first time in sixteen years (Super Bowl XIV). The team`s 11–5 finish was good enough for the AFC Central championship and the second seed in the conference. For the second consecutive season Pittsburgh hosted the AFC Championship Game at home by virtue of the Indianapolis Colts` upset of the top-seeded Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium. The Steelers won the game, but fell to the Dallas Cowboys in the Super Bowl in a matchup of teams that were looking to join the San Francisco 49ers as the only other team (at the time) to win five Super Bowls. It was the first time in three Super Bowl meetings that the Steelers had lost to...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1995 Lipton Championships – Men`s Singles event was at the second Masters Series event of the year, the Lipton Championships held at Key Biscayne, Florida. The defending champion was Pete Sampras, but he failed to defend his title as he lost to Andre Agassi in the final.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1995 Cleveland Indians season was the Major League Baseball season that led to the Indians returning to the World Series for the first time since 1954. In a season that started late by 18 games - giving it just a 144 games - the Indians finished in first place in the American League Central Division with a record of 100 wins and 44 losses. This was the first team in the history of the American League ever to win 100 games in a season that had fewer than 154 games.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 9th IBF World Championships were held in Lausanne, Switzerland, between 22 May and 28 May 1995. Following the results of the women`s singles.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1995 Men`s World Ice Hockey Championships was played in Stockholm and Gavle Sweden, from 23 April to 7 May 1995. In the tournament finals, Finland won the gold medal by winning over Sweden 4-1 at the Globen arena in Stockholm. The Finnish goals were scored by Timo Jutila and Ville Peltonen, who scored a hat trick.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Steffi Graf defeated Monica Seles 7-6(8–6), 0–6, 6–3 in the final to win the Women`s Singles tennis title at the 1995 U.S. Open.