The pandemic became a thing of the past, the sporting events are back! A mixed World Cup last year doesn’t cause much enthusiasm… But everything is getting better: Here we have the most important sporting events for 2023 that you can wager on at non GamStop bookmakers. Our selection of the most important sporting events in 2023 at a glance
Africa Cup of Nations 2023 in Ivory Coast
There is no exact date or game plan yet, but it is already clear that the 34th edition of the Africa Cup will only be held in summer and not at the beginning of the year in January in February, as is usual due to the climatic conditions. The players in Côte d’Ivoire in June and July are therefore likely to be under enormous pressure, which, according to no fewer experts, could also affect the pace and the general level on the field. But the differences with the European clubs, which otherwise have to do without top performers in January, should be limited. The fact that the African championship will be played for the second year in a row is due to the corona-related cancellation in 2021.
Super Bowl LVII – The Big Highlight With Number 57!
One of the first sports highlights of the year is traditionally the Super Bowl on the second Sunday in February, which will be held for the 57th time in 2023. Who will be represented in the final of the National Football League (NFL) will be determined after the Conference Championships on January 29th. It is already certain that the Los Angeles Rams can no longer defend their title after last year’s success over the Cincinnati Bengals. Unlike last year’s final opponents, the Rams even missed the leap into the playoffs.
Largely independent of the finalists, Super Bowl LVII will again become a global spectacle with probably more than a billion TV viewers around the world. Rihanna, who was hired by the NFL for the Super Bowl halftime show, will also contribute to their entertainment at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
Formula 1 2023
On March 5, the new Formula 1 season will start in Bahrain, with Max Verstappen as the defending champion for the second time in a row. The 25-year-old, who continues to drive for the reigning constructors’ world champion Red Bull, is once again the top favorite. Last year’s second Charles Leclerc, who continues to drive a Ferrari, is seen as the biggest competitor. Verstappen’s teammates Sergio Perez, Carlos Sainz jr. Outsider chances are attributed to the second Ferrari and the two British Mercedes drivers George Russell and ex-world champion Lewis Hamilton.
Because the Chinese Grand Prix, which is actually planned in the racing calendar, has to be canceled for the fourth time in a row due to corona, only 23 races will take place in 2023. Back is the Las Vegas Grand Prix, last held in 1982, which is planned as the penultimate date in November as part of a night race. The Qatar Grand Prix is back after a one-year break, while the 2023 French Grand Prix, which will run from 2018 to 2022, is absent.
When Does the 2023 Tour de France Start?
The 110th edition of the Tour de France 2023, the undisputedly best-known and most important stage race in cycling, begins on July 1 this time in Bilbao and traditionally ends 22 days later on the Avenue des Champs Élysées in Paris.
Over a total distance of 3,404 kilometers, the riders of the 22 teams will be challenged with two rest days on a total of 21 stages, the first two of which will be driven exclusively on Spanish soil before the third stage ends in France.
One of the favorites is certainly defending champion Jonas Vingegaard from Team Jumbo-Visma, who won the Tour for the first time in 2022 and was second on the podium the year before.
Women’s European Football Championship 2023
A year after the European Championship, which captivated a large number of people and ended with hosts England beating Germany 2-1 after extra time, the next major tournament in women’s football will be the 2023 World Cup. From 20 July to 20 August 2023, Australia and New Zealand will host the 13th edition of the tournament, which will be held for the first time with 32 nations instead of the previous 16.
The game will be played in ten different stadiums – seven in Australia and three in New Zealand. The kick-off times are not ideal for European fans, as the games start between 4.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. CEST.
European champions England, like Germany, Sweden, France and the Netherlands as other strong representatives of Europe, are among the hottest title candidates. The top favorites, however, are the defending champions, USA, while the two hosts are said to have outsider chances at best.
Football Asian Cup 2023
Because the next European Championship will not take place until 2024, just like the upcoming Copa America, the soccer stage in summer will increasingly belong to the smaller confederations. The Africa Cup, initially planned for the summer of 2023, was postponed to the following winter, so that only the CONCACAF Gold Cup (North and Central America and the Caribbean) and the Asian Championship will be played.
After China had to give up the hosting role due to the Covid-19 problem, it was decided to play in Qatar. A logical choice given the infrastructure in place thanks to the 2022 World Cup. However, during the planned period (June 16 to July 16, 2023), the temperatures in the desert state are so high that a postponement of the tournament to the winter, analogous to the 2022 World Cup, is being discussed.
Regardless of when the game is played, Qatar will go into the tournament not only as hosts, but also as defending champions after surprisingly winning the title in the last edition in 2019. However, the big Asian soccer nations such as Japan, South Korea and Iran are rated more strongly. The same applies to the selection of Australia, which is associated with the Asian confederation in terms of football.