Sports Calendar 2025: The major events you cannot miss

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Discover the most important sporting events in 2025 with Marathonbet. With our annual Sports Calendar, keep up to date with all the important events of the year. Get ready to enjoy every competition—don’t miss out on the most important sporting events!

After an exciting 2024, in which the European Championship and the Olympic Games were the standout events, 2025 will also be full of excitement.

There are many sporting events to follow closely throughout the year. That’s why, on the Marathonbet Blog, we’re offering you a detailed calendar of the most important and prestigious events of the year.

Sports Agenda 2025: the highlights

9th February: Super Bowl LIX
19th April: NBA Playoffs
21st May: Europa League final
28th May: Conference League final
31st May: Champions League final
15th June: FIFA Club World Cup 2025

The main novelty and attraction for 2025 is the first edition of the new format of the FIFA Club World Cup. 32 teams from different countries and confederations will fight for a title in a competition which, as with the World Cup, will now be held every four years.

Sporting events 2025

Below, we’ll take a look at each of the most important events in different sports. We have organised each competition chronologically so that you can easily find the most important matches, tournaments and races in the world, and we’ll cover everything from football, basketball and tennis to the big events in motor sports, athletics and handball.

It’s also worth mentioning that some of the dates included are provisional, are based on the calendars from previous years and are pending official confirmation. Prepare your diary and don’t miss any of the major sporting events of the year!

January 2025

2nd – 6th January: ⚽ Supercoppa Italiana (Saudi Arabia)

8th – 12th January: ⚽ Supercopa de España (Saudi Arabia)

12th – 26th January: 🎾 Australian Open (Melbourne Park, Australia)

14th January – 2nd February: 🤾 Men’s Handball World Championship (Joint hosts: Croatia, Denmark, Norway)

31st January – 15th March: 🏉 Rugby Six Nations

February 2025

2nd February: 🏈 Pro Bowl (Florida, USA)

9th February: 🏈 Super Bowl LIX (New Orleans, USA)

12th – 23rd February: ⛷️ Biathlon World Championships (Switzerland)

14th – 16th February: 🏀 NBA All-Star Weekend (San Francisco, USA)

19th February – 9th March: 🏏 ICC Champions Trophy (cricket, Pakistan)

March 2025

2nd March: 🏍️ MotoGP season opener | Thailand Grand Prix

6th – 9th March: 🏃 European Athletics Indoor Championships (Apeldoorn, Netherlands)

16th March: 🏎️ F1 season opener | Australian Grand Prix

18th March: ⚾ MLB season begins

20th – 23rd March: ⚽ Nations League quarter-finals

21st – 22nd March: ⚽ European qualifying groups for the 2026 World Cup start

21st – 23rd March: 🏃 World Indoor Athletics Championships (Nanjing, China)

April 2025

5th April: 🏇 Grand National (horse racing, Aintree, England)

5th – 7th April: 🏀 NCAA Final Four

7th – 13th April: 🏸 European Badminton Championships (Denmark)

8th – 9th April: ⚽ Champions League quarter-finals – 1st legs

9th – 20th April: 🏒 IIHF Women’s Ice Hockey World Championship

10th April: ⚽ Europa League quarter-finals – 1st legs

10th April: ⚽ Conference League quarter-finals – 1st legs

10th – 13th April: 🏌️ US Masters at Augusta

15th– 16th April: ⚽ Champions League quarter-finals – 2nd legs

17th April: ⚽ Europa League quarter-finals – 2nd legs

17th April: ⚽ Conference League quarter-finals – 2nd legs

19th April: 🏀 NBA Playoffs begin

19th April: 🏒 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs begin

19th April – 5th May: ⚫ World Snooker Championship (England)

21st April: 🏃‍ Boston Marathon

26th April: ⚽ Copa del Rey Final (Estadio de La Cartuja, Seville, Spain)

27th April: 🏃‍ London Marathon

29th – 30th April: ⚽ Champions League semi-finals – 1st legs

May 2025

1st May: ⚽ Europa League semi-finals – 1st legs

1st May: ⚽ Conference League semi-finals – 1st legs

1st – 11th May: ⚽ Beach Soccer World Cup (Seychelles)

6th – 7th May: ⚽ Champions League semi-finals – 2nd legs

8th May: ⚽ Europa League semi-finals – 2nd legs

8th May: ⚽ Conference League semi-finals – 2nd legs

9th May – 25th May: 🏒 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship (Joint hosts: Sweden and Denmark)

14th May: ⚽ Coppa Italia final (Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy)

15th – 18th May: 🏌️ US PGA Championship (Quail Hollow Club, North Carolina, USA)

16th – 18th May: ⚽ Last weekend of the Bundesliga season

16th – 18th May: ⚽ Last weekend of the Ligue 1 season

17th May: ⚽ FA Cup final (Wembley, London, England)

17th – 25th May: 🏓 World Table Tennis Championships (Qatar)

21st May: ⚽ Europa League final (San Mamés stadium, Bilbao, Spain)

23rd – 25th May: 🏀 EuroLeague Final Four

23rd – 25th May: ⚽ Last weekend of the LaLiga season

23rd – 25th May: ⚽ Last weekend of the English Premier League season

23rd – 25th May: ⚽ Last weekend of the Serie A season

24th May: ⚽ DFB-Pokal Cup final (Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany)

24th May: ⚽ Coupe de France (Stade de France, Paris, France)

25th May: ⚽ Women’s Champions League final (Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal)

25th May: 🏍️ Indy 500 (Indiana, USA)

25th May – 8th June: 🎾 French Open (Roland Garros, Paris, France)

28th May: ⚽ Conference League final (Wrocław Stadium, Warsaw, Poland)

31st May: ⚽ Champions League final (Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany)

June 2025

4th – 5th June: ⚽ Nations League Finals – semi-finals

5th June: 🏀 NBA Finals begin

8th June: ⚽ Nations League Finals – final and third place play-off

11th – 28th June: ⚽ European Under-21 Championship (Slovakia)

11th – 15th June: 🏎️ 24 Hours of Le Mans (France)

12th – 15th June: 🏌️ US Open (Oakmont Country Club, Pennsylvania, USA)

14th June – 6th July: ⚽ CONCACAF Gold Cup (joint hosts: USA & Canada)

14th – 15th June: 🤾 EHF Champions League Final Four (Cologne, Germany)

15th June – 13th July: ⚽ Club World Cup (USA)

23rd – 29th June: 🏀 3×3 Basketball World Cup (Monaco)

26th June: 🏀 NBA draft

28th June – 6th July: 🏀 FIBA Women’s AmeriCup (Chile)

30th June – 13th July: 🎾 Wimbledon Championships (England)

July 2025

2nd – 27th July: ⚽ Women’s Euro 2025 (Switzerland)

5th – 27th July: 🚴 Tour de France

11th July – 3rd August: 🏊🏻‍♂️ World Aquatics Championships (Singapore)

13th July: ⚽ Club World Final (MetLife Stadium, New Jersey, USA)

15th July: ⚾ MLB All-Star Game (Atlanta, USA)

17th – 20th July: 🏌️ The Open Championship (Royal Portrush, Northern Ireland)

August 2025

5th – 17th August: 🏀 FIBA Asia Cup (Saudi Arabia)

12th – 24th August: 🏀 FIBA AfroBasket (Angola)

Mid-August: ⚽ Start of the main European football leagues

22nd August – 7th September: 🏐 FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship (Thailand)

22nd August – 27th September: 🏉 Women’s Rugby World Cup (England)

23rd – 31st August: 🏀 FIBA AmeriCup (Nicaragua)

25th August – 7th September: 🎾 U.S. Open (Flushing Meadows, New York, USA)

25th August – 31st August: 🏸 BWF World Championships, Badminton (Paris, France)

27th August – 14th September: 🏀 EuroBasket 2025 (co-hosted: Cyprus, Poland, Finland, Latvia)

September 2025

4th September: 🏈 NFL 2025-2026 season begins

6th – 7th September: 🏊‍♀️🚴‍♀️🏃🏽 European Triathlon Championships (Turkey)

12th – 28th September: 🏐 FIVB Men’s Volleyball World Championship (Philippines)

13th – 21st September: 🏃 World Athletics Championships (Tokyo, Japan)

23rd – 28th September: 🏌️ Ryder Cup Golf (Bethpage Black Course, New York, USA)

27th September – 19th October: ⚽ FIFA U-20 World Cup (Chile)

October 2025

6th October: 🏒 NHL 2025-26 season begins (date TBC)

12th – 19th October: 🏓 European Table Tennis Championships (Croatia)

12th October: 🏃 Chicago Marathon

21st October: 🏀 NBA 2025-2026 season begins

21st October: ⚾MLB World Series

November 2025

1st – 8th November: 🎾 WTA Finals (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

2nd November: 🏃 New York Marathon

9th – 16th November: 🎾 ATP Finals (Torino, Italy)

14th – 23rd November: 🏐 Beach Volleyball World Championships (Australia)

16th November: 🏍️ MotoGP season finale | Valencia Grand Prix

19th – 23rd November: 🎾 Davis Cup Finals (dates TBC)

27th November – 14th December: 🤾 World Women’s Handball Championship (joint hosts: Germany, Netherlands)

30th November – 18th December: ⚽ FIFA Arab Cup (Qatar)

December 2025

7th December: 🏎️ F1 season finale | Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

15th December – 3rd January: 🎯 PDC World Darts Championship (England)

21st December – 18th January: ⚽ Africa Cup of Nations (Morocco)

You’ll find great odds on all the major sporting events in the Marathonbet Sportsbook. There are also informative articles, including predictions and tips, on many of the top sporting events on the Blog. These include the Champions League, Europa League, Nations League and Football World Cup.