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A 'sports rivalry' is intense competition between athletic teams or athletes. This pressure of competition is felt by players, coaches, and management, but is perhaps felt strongest by the fans. The intensity of the rivalry varies from a friendly competition on one end to serious violence on the other that, in one case (the Football War), was suggested to have led to military conflict. Team owners typically encourage rivialries as they tend to improve game attendance and television ratings for rivalry matches, but a rivalry that gets out of control can lead to fighting, hooliganism, and rioting.
Many factors can lead to a rivalry developing. Simple geographic proximity as well as frequent meetings in important games can lead to rivalries. Social and political tensions can also be played out by proxy in a sports rivalry, such as when Glasgow's sectarian differences are expressed in the Celtic-Rangers derby (known as the old firm derby), or when the Spanish-Catalan political conflict spills over to a Real Madrid-FC Barcelona football match (also known as El Clasico). Rivalries of the friendlier sort are common between college athletic programs in the United States and often involve pranks that rival student bodies play on each other such as by stealing the other school's mascot or painting school colors somewhere on the opposing school's campus.
In some leagues rivalries are officially regarded as important games and the winner gets an unusual prize (i.e. grill, trophy, high-definition television, El Capitan, etc.)
★ Oxford University vs. Cambridge University
Since before 1820
★ Harvard University vs. McGill University
New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox
San Francisco Giants vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals
''See List of Major League Baseball rivalries''
★ Yomiuri Giants vs. Hanshin Tigers - National Japanese derby
★ Leones del Caracas vs. Navegantes del Magallanes - Venezuelan Classic Rivals
★ Tigres del Licey vs. Águilas Cibaeñas - Dominican Rivalry
:''See Rivalries in the National Football League''
:''See Rivalries of the NBA''
★ Fortitudo vs. Virtus — The "Bologna Derby"
★ Efes Pilsen vs. Fenerbahçe Ülker — The most prominent of many "Istanbul Derbies"
★ Real Madrid vs. Barcelona — Basketball version of the greatest football (soccer) rivalry in Spain
★ Crispa vs. Toyota - This rivalry in the Philippine Basketball Association even led to the players being sent to jail after a brawl
★ Mohan Bagan vs East Bengal
★ Panathinaikos vs Olympiakos - The Athens Derby
★ Aris vs PAOK - The Thessaloniki Derby
★ USSR vs USA defunct
★ China vs Korea
===Tennis===
★ Rafael Nadal vs. Roger Federer
★ Andre Agassi vs. Pete Sampras defunct
★ John McEnroe vs. Bjorn Borg defunct
★ Martina Navratilova vs. Chris Evert defunct
:''See National Hockey League rivalries''.
★ Canada vs. Soviet Union - Most famous international ice hockey rivalry, defunct
★ Canada vs. Russia
★ Canada vs. USA, men
★ Canada vs. USA, women
★ Canada vs. Czech Republic
★ Finland vs. Sweden
★ Czech Republic vs. Slovakia
★ USA vs. Soviet Union - defunct
★ USA vs. Russia
:''See College rivalry.''
★ University of Michigan vs. Ohio State University- Ranked by ESPN in 2000 as the greatest rivalry in North America during the 20th Century [1]
★ University of Texas vs. University of Oklahoma
★ Army vs. Navy
★ Orlando Predators vs. Tampa Bay Storm, the War On I-4
★ San Jose Sabercats vs. Arizona Rattlers
★ Dallas Desperados vs. Austin Wranglers,
★ New York Dragons vs. Philadelphia Soul
★ Toronto Argonauts vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats - Labour Day Classic & QEW Showdown
★ Calgary Stampeders vs. Edmonton Eskimos - Labour Day Classic & Battle of Alberta
★ Saskatchewan Roughriders vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers - Labour Day Classic & Banjo Bowl
★ Montreal Alouettes vs. Toronto Argonauts
★ Montreal Alouettes vs. Ottawa Rough Riders (Defunct)
★ Toronto Argonauts vs. Ottawa Rough Riders (Defunct)
★ Calgary Stampeders vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders - Battle of the Prairies
★ British Columbia Lions vs. Montreal Alouettes
:''See List of Association Football (soccer) Rivalries.''
★ Ottawa Curling Club vs. Rideau Curling Club
★ Randy Ferbey vs. Kevin Martin - Both these curlers have been considered the best in the world, and are from the same city (Edmonton)
★ England vs. Australia - The Ashes series
★ India vs. Pakistan - Considered the most intense rivalry in sports, people even call it the "battle on the pitch". Most likely, riots start all around the world when the match is over.
★ Australia vs. New Zealand - The Chappell-Hadlee Trophy One-day International series
★ Canada vs. United States of America - Associate Members Rivalry, USA v Canada at cricket is believed to be the oldest international sporting fixture [1]
★ Australia vs. South Africa
===Rugby league
National Rugby League
★ South Sydney Rabbitohs vs St George Illawarra Dragons
★ South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Sydney Roosters
★ Parramatta Eels vs Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
★ Parramatta Eels vs Canterbury Bulldogs
★ St George Illawarra Dragons vs Cronulla Sharks
★ St George Illawarra Dragons vs Sydney Roosters
★ Canterbury Bulldogs vs Sydney Roosters
★ South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Wests Tigers
★ Brisbane Broncos vs North Queensland Cowboys
★ Brisbane Broncos vs New Zealand Warriors
★ Brisbane Broncos vs St George Illawarra Dragons
★ Brisbane Broncos vs Sydney Roosters
★ Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles vs Western Suburbs Magpies (defunct)
State of Origin
★ NSW Blues vs Queensland Maroons
European Super League
★ St. Helens RFC vs Wigan Warriors
★ Leeds Rhinos vs Bradford Bulls
★ Castleford Tigers vs Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
★ Hull FC vs. Hull Kingston Rovers
★ Warrington Wolves vs Widnes Vikings
===Rugby union
Test Matches
★ New Zealand (All Blacks) vs. Australia (Wallabies) - The Bledisloe Cup
★ England vs. Scotland - The Calcutta Cup
★ England vs Australia (Wallabies) - The Cook Cup (nations were also the finalists of the 1991 and 2003 World Cups)
★ New Zealand (All Blacks) vs. Wales
★ New Zealand (All Blacks) vs. South Africa (Springboks) - The Freedom Cup
★ Australia (Wallabies) vs. South Africa (Springboks) - The Mandela Challenge Plate
★ Ireland vs South Africa
★ Wales vs. England
Super Rugby
★ Brumbies vs Waratahs
★ Brumbies vs Crusaders
★ Waratahs vs Reds
★ Crusaders vs Blues
★ Crusaders vs Highlanders
★ Bulls vs Lions (formerly the Cats)
★ Bulls vs Stormers, an extension of the Blue Bulls-Western Province rivalry
★ Blues vs Highlanders - The Gordon Hunter Memorial Trophy
Guinness Premiership
★ Leicester Tigers vs Bath Rugby
Top 14
★ Bayonne vs Biarritz — the "Basque Derby"
★ Stade Français vs Toulouse
Currie Cup
★ Blue Bulls vs Free State Cheetahs
★ Blue Bulls vs Western Province
Air New Zealand Cup
★ Canterbury vs Auckland
★ Auckland vs North Harbour (Battle of the Bridge)
★ Southland vs Otago
★ Wellington vs Taranaki
★ Waikato vs Auckland
★ Bay of Plenty vs Waikato
★ Manawatu vs Wellington (Roffe Challenge)
The Varsity Match
★ Cambridge vs Oxford
===Formula 1===
★ Ferrari vs. McLaren
★ Alain Prost vs. Ayrton Senna
★ Michael Schumacher vs. Mika Häkkinen
===NASCAR===
★ Chevrolet vs. Ford
★ Jeff Gordon vs. Dale Earnhardt
★ Hendrick Motorsports vs. Roush Fenway Racing
★ Dale Earnhardt vs Darrell Waltrip
===Australian Football League
Traditional Rivals
★ Carlton v Collingwood
★ Hawthorn v Essendon
★ Melbourne v Collingwood
★ Essendon v Collingwood
★ Essendon v Carlton
★ Adelaide v Port Adelaide
★ West Coast v Fremantle
★ West Coast v Sydney
★ Brisbane v Sydney
★ Melbourne v Geelong
★ Essendon v Hawthorn
★ Brisbane v Essendon
★ Brisbane v Collingwood
★ Kangaroos v Essendon
★ Brisbane v Port Adelaide
★ West Coast v Essendon
★ St Kilda v Geelong
★ Victoria v South Australia
★ Victoria v Western Australia
★ St Kilda v South Melbourne (South Melbourne now Sydney Swans.)
★ Collingwood v Fitzroy (Fitzroy Merged with Brisbane Bears to from Brisbane Lions in 1996)
★ Nationalism and sport
★ Sociology of sport
★ Nika riots
★ Canada Versus the Soviet Union: The heyday of the battle for world hockey supremacy (1972-1987).
★ CBS Sports Line's "7 Seven Rules for the Rivalry-Challenged"
A 'sports rivalry' is intense competition between athletic teams or athletes. This pressure of competition is felt by players, coaches, and management, but is perhaps felt strongest by the fans. The intensity of the rivalry varies from a friendly competition on one end to serious violence on the other that, in one case (the Football War), was suggested to have led to military conflict. Team owners typically encourage rivialries as they tend to improve game attendance and television ratings for rivalry matches, but a rivalry that gets out of control can lead to fighting, hooliganism, and rioting.
Many factors can lead to a rivalry developing. Simple geographic proximity as well as frequent meetings in important games can lead to rivalries. Social and political tensions can also be played out by proxy in a sports rivalry, such as when Glasgow's sectarian differences are expressed in the Celtic-Rangers derby (known as the old firm derby), or when the Spanish-Catalan political conflict spills over to a Real Madrid-FC Barcelona football match (also known as El Clasico). Rivalries of the friendlier sort are common between college athletic programs in the United States and often involve pranks that rival student bodies play on each other such as by stealing the other school's mascot or painting school colors somewhere on the opposing school's campus.
In some leagues rivalries are officially regarded as important games and the winner gets an unusual prize (i.e. grill, trophy, high-definition television, El Capitan, etc.)
Famous sports rivalries
Original
★ Oxford University vs. Cambridge University
Since before 1820
★ Harvard University vs. McGill University
Baseball
Major League Baseball
New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox
San Francisco Giants vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals
''See List of Major League Baseball rivalries''
Rest of the world
★ Yomiuri Giants vs. Hanshin Tigers - National Japanese derby
★ Leones del Caracas vs. Navegantes del Magallanes - Venezuelan Classic Rivals
★ Tigres del Licey vs. Águilas Cibaeñas - Dominican Rivalry
National Football League
:''See Rivalries in the National Football League''
Basketball
National Basketball Association
:''See Rivalries of the NBA''
Rest of the World
★ Fortitudo vs. Virtus — The "Bologna Derby"
★ Efes Pilsen vs. Fenerbahçe Ülker — The most prominent of many "Istanbul Derbies"
★ Real Madrid vs. Barcelona — Basketball version of the greatest football (soccer) rivalry in Spain
★ Crispa vs. Toyota - This rivalry in the Philippine Basketball Association even led to the players being sent to jail after a brawl
★ Mohan Bagan vs East Bengal
★ Panathinaikos vs Olympiakos - The Athens Derby
★ Aris vs PAOK - The Thessaloniki Derby
International
★ USSR vs USA defunct
★ China vs Korea
===Tennis===
★ Rafael Nadal vs. Roger Federer
★ Andre Agassi vs. Pete Sampras defunct
★ John McEnroe vs. Bjorn Borg defunct
★ Martina Navratilova vs. Chris Evert defunct
Ice hockey
National Hockey League
:''See National Hockey League rivalries''.
European leagues
International
★ Canada vs. Soviet Union - Most famous international ice hockey rivalry, defunct
★ Canada vs. Russia
★ Canada vs. USA, men
★ Canada vs. USA, women
★ Canada vs. Czech Republic
★ Finland vs. Sweden
★ Czech Republic vs. Slovakia
★ USA vs. Soviet Union - defunct
★ USA vs. Russia
College athletics
:''See College rivalry.''
★ University of Michigan vs. Ohio State University- Ranked by ESPN in 2000 as the greatest rivalry in North America during the 20th Century [1]
★ University of Texas vs. University of Oklahoma
★ Army vs. Navy
Arena football
★ Orlando Predators vs. Tampa Bay Storm, the War On I-4
★ San Jose Sabercats vs. Arizona Rattlers
★ Dallas Desperados vs. Austin Wranglers,
★ New York Dragons vs. Philadelphia Soul
Canadian football
★ Toronto Argonauts vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats - Labour Day Classic & QEW Showdown
★ Calgary Stampeders vs. Edmonton Eskimos - Labour Day Classic & Battle of Alberta
★ Saskatchewan Roughriders vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers - Labour Day Classic & Banjo Bowl
★ Montreal Alouettes vs. Toronto Argonauts
★ Montreal Alouettes vs. Ottawa Rough Riders (Defunct)
★ Toronto Argonauts vs. Ottawa Rough Riders (Defunct)
★ Calgary Stampeders vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders - Battle of the Prairies
★ British Columbia Lions vs. Montreal Alouettes
Association football (soccer)
:''See List of Association Football (soccer) Rivalries.''
Curling
Club rivalries
★ Ottawa Curling Club vs. Rideau Curling Club
Team rivalries
★ Randy Ferbey vs. Kevin Martin - Both these curlers have been considered the best in the world, and are from the same city (Edmonton)
Cricket
★ England vs. Australia - The Ashes series
★ India vs. Pakistan - Considered the most intense rivalry in sports, people even call it the "battle on the pitch". Most likely, riots start all around the world when the match is over.
★ Australia vs. New Zealand - The Chappell-Hadlee Trophy One-day International series
★ Canada vs. United States of America - Associate Members Rivalry, USA v Canada at cricket is believed to be the oldest international sporting fixture [1]
★ Australia vs. South Africa
===Rugby league
★ South Sydney Rabbitohs vs St George Illawarra Dragons
★ South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Sydney Roosters
★ Parramatta Eels vs Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
★ Parramatta Eels vs Canterbury Bulldogs
★ St George Illawarra Dragons vs Cronulla Sharks
★ St George Illawarra Dragons vs Sydney Roosters
★ Canterbury Bulldogs vs Sydney Roosters
★ South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Wests Tigers
★ Brisbane Broncos vs North Queensland Cowboys
★ Brisbane Broncos vs New Zealand Warriors
★ Brisbane Broncos vs St George Illawarra Dragons
★ Brisbane Broncos vs Sydney Roosters
★ Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles vs Western Suburbs Magpies (defunct)
State of Origin
★ NSW Blues vs Queensland Maroons
European Super League
★ St. Helens RFC vs Wigan Warriors
★ Leeds Rhinos vs Bradford Bulls
★ Castleford Tigers vs Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
★ Hull FC vs. Hull Kingston Rovers
★ Warrington Wolves vs Widnes Vikings
===Rugby union
★ New Zealand (All Blacks) vs. Australia (Wallabies) - The Bledisloe Cup
★ England vs. Scotland - The Calcutta Cup
★ England vs Australia (Wallabies) - The Cook Cup (nations were also the finalists of the 1991 and 2003 World Cups)
★ New Zealand (All Blacks) vs. Wales
★ New Zealand (All Blacks) vs. South Africa (Springboks) - The Freedom Cup
★ Australia (Wallabies) vs. South Africa (Springboks) - The Mandela Challenge Plate
★ Ireland vs South Africa
★ Wales vs. England
Super Rugby
★ Brumbies vs Waratahs
★ Brumbies vs Crusaders
★ Waratahs vs Reds
★ Crusaders vs Blues
★ Crusaders vs Highlanders
★ Bulls vs Lions (formerly the Cats)
★ Bulls vs Stormers, an extension of the Blue Bulls-Western Province rivalry
★ Blues vs Highlanders - The Gordon Hunter Memorial Trophy
Guinness Premiership
★ Leicester Tigers vs Bath Rugby
Top 14
★ Bayonne vs Biarritz — the "Basque Derby"
★ Stade Français vs Toulouse
Currie Cup
★ Blue Bulls vs Free State Cheetahs
★ Blue Bulls vs Western Province
Air New Zealand Cup
★ Canterbury vs Auckland
★ Auckland vs North Harbour (Battle of the Bridge)
★ Southland vs Otago
★ Wellington vs Taranaki
★ Waikato vs Auckland
★ Bay of Plenty vs Waikato
★ Manawatu vs Wellington (Roffe Challenge)
The Varsity Match
★ Cambridge vs Oxford
===Formula 1===
★ Ferrari vs. McLaren
★ Alain Prost vs. Ayrton Senna
★ Michael Schumacher vs. Mika Häkkinen
===NASCAR===
★ Chevrolet vs. Ford
★ Jeff Gordon vs. Dale Earnhardt
★ Hendrick Motorsports vs. Roush Fenway Racing
★ Dale Earnhardt vs Darrell Waltrip
===Australian Football League
★ Carlton v Collingwood
★ Hawthorn v Essendon
★ Melbourne v Collingwood
★ Essendon v Collingwood
★ Essendon v Carlton
Local Derbies
★ Adelaide v Port Adelaide
★ West Coast v Fremantle
More Recent Rivals
★ West Coast v Sydney
★ Brisbane v Sydney
★ Melbourne v Geelong
★ Essendon v Hawthorn
★ Brisbane v Essendon
★ Brisbane v Collingwood
★ Kangaroos v Essendon
★ Brisbane v Port Adelaide
★ West Coast v Essendon
★ St Kilda v Geelong
State Of Origin
★ Victoria v South Australia
★ Victoria v Western Australia
Past Rivals
★ St Kilda v South Melbourne (South Melbourne now Sydney Swans.)
★ Collingwood v Fitzroy (Fitzroy Merged with Brisbane Bears to from Brisbane Lions in 1996)
See also
★ Nationalism and sport
★ Sociology of sport
★ Nika riots
External links
★ Canada Versus the Soviet Union: The heyday of the battle for world hockey supremacy (1972-1987).
★ CBS Sports Line's "7 Seven Rules for the Rivalry-Challenged"
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