WThe 18th Asian Athletics Championships were held in Guangzhou, China in 2009.
WThe 11th National Games of China were held in various cities in Shandong from October 16 to October 28, 2009. Represented were 33 sports, 43 disciplines and 362 events, including 4 winter sports which were held in Shenyang, Changchun and Qingdao between January and April 2009.
WChina competed in the 2009 Asian Indoor Games which were held in Hanoi, Vietnam from October 30, 2009 to November 8, 2009.
WThe 2009 Asian Karate Championships are the 9th edition of the Asian Karate Championships, and were held in Nanhai Gymnasium, Foshan, China from September 25 to September 27, 2009.
WThe 25th edition of the Men's Asian Amateur Boxing Championships were held from June 7 to June 13, 2009 in Zhuhai, China.
WChina competed in the 2009 Asian Martial Arts Games which were held in Bangkok, Thailand from August 1, 2009 to August 9, 2009.
WChina competed in the 2009 East Asian Games which were held in Hong Kong, China from December 5, 2009 to December 13, 2009. China finished first with 113 gold medals.
WThe 2009 Race of Champions was the 22nd running of the event, and took place on November 3–4, 2009 at the Beijing National Stadium in Beijing, China. It was the first time that the event took place outside of Europe and Africa. It was also the first international sports event to be held in the "Bird's Nest" stadium since the 2008 Summer Olympics.
WThe 2009 Sudirman Cup was held in the Guangzhou Gymnasium in China from May 10 to May 17, 2009, having been arranged in December 2005. It was the eleventh contest.
WThe 2009 Supercoppa Italiana was a match played by the 2008–09 Serie A winners Internazionale and 2008–09 Coppa Italia winners Lazio. It took place on 8 August 2009 at the Beijing National Stadium in Beijing, China. Lazio won the match 2–1 to earn their third Supercoppa title. This edition was the first time the Supercoppa Italiana was held in China, with China becoming the fourth country to host the competition.
WThe 2009 Winter Universiade, the XXIV Winter Universiade took place in Harbin, China. Student athletes from 44 countries took part in the games.
WChina competes at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August in Berlin.
WThe 2009 Omega Mission Hills World Cup took place from 26 November to 29 November at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China. It was the 55th World Cup. 28 countries competed as two-man teams. The team purse was $5,500,000 with $1,700,000 going to the winner. The event was won by Italy with a score of 259 (−29).