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<div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Award that is given to an individual or team who/which has come last in a competition</div> <p> A <b>wooden spoon</b> is an award that is given to an individual or team that has come last in a competition. Examples range from the academic to sporting and more frivolous events. The term is of British origin and has spread to other <a href="/wiki/Anglosphere" title="Anglosphere">English-speaking countries</a>. In most cases it is simply a colloquial term for coming last – there is no actual award given. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Wooden_spoon_at_the_University_of_Cambridge">Wooden spoon at the University of Cambridge</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wooden_spoon_(award)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Wooden spoon at the University of Cambridge"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The wooden spoon was presented originally at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" title="University of Cambridge">University of Cambridge</a> as a kind of <a href="/wiki/Booby_prize" title="Booby prize">booby prize</a> awarded by the students to the person who achieved the lowest exam marks but still earned a <a href="/wiki/Third-class_degree" class="mw-redirect" title="Third-class degree">third-class degree</a> (a <i>junior optime</i>) in the <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Mathematical_Tripos" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambridge Mathematical Tripos">Mathematical Tripos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stray_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stray-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term "wooden spoon" or simply "the spoon" was also applied to the recipient,<sup id="cite_ref-Gradus_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gradus-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the prize became quite notorious: </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SelwynCollegeCambridge_Library_11.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/SelwynCollegeCambridge_Library_11.jpg/220px-SelwynCollegeCambridge_Library_11.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="295" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/SelwynCollegeCambridge_Library_11.jpg/330px-SelwynCollegeCambridge_Library_11.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/SelwynCollegeCambridge_Library_11.jpg/440px-SelwynCollegeCambridge_Library_11.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3255" data-file-height="4361" /></a><figcaption>Wooden spoon at <a href="/wiki/Selwyn_College,_Cambridge" title="Selwyn College, Cambridge">Selwyn College, Cambridge</a></figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"> <p>And while he lives, he <i>wields</i> the boasted prize<br />Whose value all can feel, the weak, the wise;<br />Displays in triumph his distinguish'd boon,<br />The solid honours of the <i>Wooden Spoon</i><sup id="cite_ref-Tart_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tart-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 98">: 98 </span></sup> </p> </blockquote> <p>The spoons themselves, actually made of wood, grew larger, and in latter years measured up to five feet long. By tradition, they were dangled in a teasing way from the upstairs balcony in the <a href="/wiki/Senate_House_(University_of_Cambridge)" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate House (University of Cambridge)">Senate House</a>, in front of the recipient as he came before the Vice-Chancellor to receive his degree, at least until 1875 when the practice was specifically banned by the university.<sup id="cite_ref-Selwyn_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Selwyn-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Queens_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Queens-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The lowest placed students earning a second-class (<i>senior optime</i>) or first-class degree (<i>wrangler</i>) were sometimes known as the "silver spoon" and "golden spoon" respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-Gradus_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gradus-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In contrast, the highest-scoring male student was named the "<a href="/wiki/Senior_wrangler" class="mw-redirect" title="Senior wrangler">senior wrangler</a>". Students unfortunate enough to place below the wooden spoon, by achieving only an Ordinary degree, were given a variety of names depending on their number.<sup id="cite_ref-Tart_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tart-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 284">: 284 </span></sup> In the 1860s about three-quarters of the roughly 400 candidates did not score enough to be awarded honours, and were known as <i>poll men</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The custom dates back at least to the late 18th century, being recorded in 1803,<sup id="cite_ref-Queens_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Queens-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and continued until 1909.<sup id="cite_ref-Cambridge_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cambridge-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1910 onwards the results have been given in alphabetical rather than score order, and so it is now impossible to tell who has come last, unless there is only one person in the lowest class.<sup id="cite_ref-Queens_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Queens-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Last_award">Last award</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wooden_spoon_(award)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Last award"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wooden_Spoon_1910.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Wooden_Spoon_1910.jpg/170px-Wooden_Spoon_1910.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Wooden_Spoon_1910.jpg/255px-Wooden_Spoon_1910.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Wooden_Spoon_1910.jpg/340px-Wooden_Spoon_1910.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1005" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption>The last wooden spoon</figcaption></figure> <p>The last wooden spoon was awarded to Cuthbert Lempriere Holthouse, an oarsman of the <a href="/wiki/Lady_Margaret_Boat_Club" title="Lady Margaret Boat Club">Lady Margaret Boat Club</a> of <a href="/wiki/St_John%27s_College,_Cambridge" title="St John's College, Cambridge">St John's College, Cambridge</a>, in 1909 at the graduation ceremony in the university's Senate House. The handle is shaped like an oar and inscribed with an epigram in <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> which may be translated as follows:<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <blockquote> <p>In Honours Mathematical,<br /> This is the very last of all<br /> The Wooden Spoons which you see here;<br /> O you who see it, shed a tear.<br /> </p> </blockquote> <p>Alternatively:<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <blockquote> <p>This wooden object is the last souvenir of the competitive examinations in mathematics. Look upon it, and weep. </p> </blockquote> <p>The last spoon to be awarded is now in the possession of <a href="/wiki/St_John%27s_College,_Cambridge" title="St John's College, Cambridge">St John's College, Cambridge</a>, with an earlier version being kept at the <a href="/wiki/Selwyn_College,_Cambridge" title="Selwyn College, Cambridge">Selwyn College Library</a>. From 8 June 2009 to 26 June 2009, St John's College held an exhibition of the five surviving wooden spoons in College hands, from St John's (the last one, dating from 1909), Selwyn's (1906),<sup id="cite_ref-Selwyn_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Selwyn-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_College,_Cambridge" title="Emmanuel College, Cambridge">Emmanuel</a>'s (1889) and <a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi_College,_Cambridge" title="Corpus Christi College, Cambridge">Corpus Christi</a>'s (1895 and 1907) in its library to mark the centenary of the "awarding" of the last spoon of all.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are five known wooden spoons in private hands.<sup id="cite_ref-Queens_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Queens-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_sport">In sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wooden_spoon_(award)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: In sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rugby_union">Rugby union <span id="Rugby_Union"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wooden_spoon_(award)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Rugby union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Six_Nations_Championship" title="Six Nations Championship">Six Nations Championship</a>, the wooden spoon is a metaphorical award won by the team finishing in last place. In addition, if a team loses all its matches it is also said to have been "whitewashed".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1892, <i>Rugby Football</i>, by Rev. F. Marshall<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> explains,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "all three matches being lost, Wales thus earned the “wooden spoon” of International football for this season". In 1894, the <i>South Wales Daily Post</i> remarked that within the Home Nations Championships the <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland</a>-<a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Wales</a> match has been to decide which team should be recipient of the ignominious Wooden Spoon.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Australian_and_New_Zealand_sports">Australian and New Zealand sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wooden_spoon_(award)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Australian and New Zealand sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term is commonly used in Australian and New Zealand sporting competitions, most notably in the major Australian rules, soccer, rugby league and rugby union leagues (such as the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_League" title="Australian Football League">AFL</a>, the <a href="/wiki/A-League" class="mw-redirect" title="A-League">A-League</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Rugby_League" title="National Rugby League">NRL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Super_Rugby" title="Super Rugby">Super Rugby</a> and <a href="/wiki/ITM_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="ITM Cup">ITM Cup</a>) and refers to the club positioned last on the league table at the end of the season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="VFL/AFL_wooden_spoons"><span id="VFL.2FAFL_wooden_spoons"></span>VFL/AFL wooden spoons</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wooden_spoon_(award)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: VFL/AFL wooden spoons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_Football_League_wooden_spoons" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Australian Football League wooden spoons">List of Australian Football League wooden spoons</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="National_Rugby_League">National Rugby League</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wooden_spoon_(award)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: National Rugby League"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Australian_rugby_league_wooden_spooners" title="Australian rugby league wooden spooners">Australian rugby league wooden spooners</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Big_Bash_League_(cricket)"><span id="Big_Bash_League_.28cricket.29"></span>Big Bash League (cricket)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wooden_spoon_(award)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Big Bash League (cricket)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Big_Bash_League#Wooden_Spoons" title="Big Bash League">Big Bash League § Wooden Spoons</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Suncorp_Super_Netball">Suncorp Super Netball</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wooden_spoon_(award)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Suncorp Super Netball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/2017_Suncorp_Super_Netball_season" title="2017 Suncorp Super Netball season">2017</a> and <a href="/wiki/2018_Suncorp_Super_Netball_season" title="2018 Suncorp Super Netball season">2018 Suncorp Super Netball seasons</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Thunderbirds" title="Adelaide Thunderbirds">Adelaide Thunderbirds</a> claimed the wooden spoon. In the latter year, they lost all fourteen of their regular season matches, resulting in <a href="/wiki/Dan_Ryan_(netball)" title="Dan Ryan (netball)">Dan Ryan</a> being sacked as the club's coach.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Queensland_Firebirds" title="Queensland Firebirds">Queensland Firebirds</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Magpies_(netball)" title="Collingwood Magpies (netball)">Collingwood Magpies</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Vixens" title="Melbourne Vixens">Melbourne Vixens</a> have won the past three wooden spoons, with the Vixens the most recent recipient of the award.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_League_Soccer">Major League Soccer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wooden_spoon_(award)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Major League Soccer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Canada and the United States' men's <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">Major League Soccer</a>, the last place team in the overall standings is generally considered as the "wooden spoon champion".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, unlike other Wooden Spoon awards, there is a physical "trophy" for the award. Before the start of the 2016 MLS season, the Independent Supporters Council decided to create an actual official "trophy" for the lowest place team in the league, as a complement to the <a href="/wiki/Supporters%27_Shield" title="Supporters' Shield">Supporters' Shield</a> which the ISC also manages.<sup id="cite_ref-ESPN-MLS_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPN-MLS-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-independentsupporterscouncil.com_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independentsupporterscouncil.com-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The trophy is passed to the "winning" team at the annual ISC general meeting, and the holders of the Spoon must possess the spoon for the entire following season. At the end of the year, every group awarded the Wooden Spoon are allowed to do what they will with the trophy, including refusing to display it.<sup id="cite_ref-ESPN-MLS_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPN-MLS-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-independentsupporterscouncil.com_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independentsupporterscouncil.com-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Fire_FC" title="Chicago Fire FC">Chicago Fire</a> were the "winner" of the inaugural 2015 wooden spoon trophy and their supporters had the responsibility of creating the first spoon. The award was christened the Andrew Hauptman Memorial Wooden Spoon by Chicago Fire supporters as a protest against the team's then-owner, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Hauptman" title="Andrew Hauptman">Andrew Hauptman</a> (2007–2019).<sup id="cite_ref-ESPN-MLS_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPN-MLS-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The spoon was renamed in 2017 to the <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Precourt" title="Anthony Precourt">Anthony Precourt</a> Memorial Wooden Spoon, after the then-owner of the <a href="/wiki/Columbus_Crew" title="Columbus Crew">Columbus Crew</a>, who at the time was <a href="/wiki/Columbus_Crew#Proposed_relocation_to_Austin" title="Columbus Crew">attempting to move the franchise to Austin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ESPN-MLS_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPN-MLS-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Earthquakes" title="San Jose Earthquakes">San Jose Earthquakes</a> hold the league record for most spoon "wins" overall (1997, 2000, 2008, 2018 and 2024). In the wake of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, the wooden spoon was not officially awarded following the <a href="/wiki/2020_Major_League_Soccer_season" title="2020 Major League Soccer season">2020 MLS season</a> (which would have been won by <a href="/wiki/FC_Cincinnati" title="FC Cincinnati">FC Cincinnati</a>), as the ISC board "felt it was inappropriate to offer such a distinction for shortened and geographically-limited seasons".<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The current spoon holders are the <a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Earthquakes" title="San Jose Earthquakes">San Jose Earthquakes</a> (2024).<sup id="cite_ref-ESPN-MLS_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPN-MLS-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Canadian_Premier_League">Canadian Premier League</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wooden_spoon_(award)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Canadian Premier League"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Premier_League" title="Canadian Premier League">Canadian Premier League</a> has an unofficial trophy, awarded to the team that finishes with the fewest points at the end of the regular season. The most recent recipient are <a href="/wiki/Valour_FC" title="Valour FC">Valour FC</a> as of the <a href="/wiki/2023_Canadian_Premier_League_season" title="2023 Canadian Premier League season">2023 season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CPL_Wooden_Spoon_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPL_Wooden_Spoon-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oxford_and_Cambridge_rowing">Oxford and Cambridge rowing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wooden_spoon_(award)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Oxford and Cambridge rowing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the Cambridge and Oxford <a href="/wiki/Bumps_race" title="Bumps race">bumps races</a>, a crew who get bumped each day (thus moving down four places) are awarded spoons. This is probably<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#CRYSTAL" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not"><span title="Material appears to be speculative in nature. (November 2021)">speculation?</span></a></i>]</sup> related to the use of wooden spoons as a booby prize in the University of Cambridge <a href="/wiki/Mathematical_Tripos" title="Mathematical Tripos">Mathematical Tripos</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tennis">Tennis</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wooden_spoon_(award)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Tennis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A wooden spoon, also known as the "anti-slam", is sometimes spoken about in tennis. It is described as the worst possible outcome in a tournament, won by the player who is defeated in the first round by a player who is defeated in the second round, who is defeated in the third round and so forth, until the final of the tournament. </p><p>Some notable Grand Slam "wooden spooners" include, among others, <a href="/wiki/John_McEnroe" title="John McEnroe">John McEnroe</a> (<a href="/wiki/1978_Wimbledon_Championships" title="1978 Wimbledon Championships">1978 Wimbledon Championships</a>), <a href="/wiki/Katerina_Maleeva" title="Katerina Maleeva">Katerina Maleeva</a> (<a href="/wiki/1985_US_Open_(tennis)" title="1985 US Open (tennis)">1985 US Open</a>), <a href="/wiki/Nathalie_Tauziat" title="Nathalie Tauziat">Nathalie Tauziat</a> (<a href="/wiki/1989_French_Open" title="1989 French Open">1989 French Open</a>), <a href="/wiki/Manuela_Maleeva" title="Manuela Maleeva">Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière</a> (<a href="/wiki/1990_Wimbledon_Championships" title="1990 Wimbledon Championships">1990 Wimbledon Championships</a>), <a href="/wiki/Richard_Krajicek" title="Richard Krajicek">Richard Krajicek</a> (<a href="/wiki/1994_Wimbledon_Championships" title="1994 Wimbledon Championships">1994 Wimbledon Championships</a>), <a href="/wiki/Goran_Ivani%C5%A1evi%C4%87" title="Goran Ivanišević">Goran Ivanišević</a> (<a href="/wiki/1995_Australian_Open" title="1995 Australian Open">1995 Australian Open</a>), <a href="/wiki/Mary_Pierce" title="Mary Pierce">Mary Pierce</a> (<a href="/wiki/2002_Australian_Open" title="2002 Australian Open">2002 Australian Open</a>), <a href="/wiki/Marat_Safin" title="Marat Safin">Marat Safin</a> (<a href="/wiki/2004_US_Open_(tennis)" title="2004 US Open (tennis)">2004 US Open</a>), <a href="/wiki/Caroline_Wozniacki" title="Caroline Wozniacki">Caroline Wozniacki</a> (<a href="/wiki/2007_French_Open" title="2007 French Open">2007 French Open</a>), <a href="/wiki/Ana_Ivanovic" title="Ana Ivanovic">Ana Ivanovic</a> (<a href="/wiki/2010_Wimbledon_Championships" title="2010 Wimbledon Championships">2010 Wimbledon Championships</a>), <a href="/wiki/Karol%C3%ADna_Pl%C3%AD%C5%A1kov%C3%A1" title="Karolína Plíšková">Karolína Plíšková</a> (<a href="/wiki/2015_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_Singles" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 US Open – Women's Singles">2015 US Open</a>), <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Nadal" title="Rafael Nadal">Rafael Nadal</a> (<a href="/wiki/2016_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_Singles" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 Australian Open – Men's Singles">2016 Australian Open</a>), <a href="/wiki/Jelena_Jankovi%C4%87" title="Jelena Janković">Jelena Janković</a> (<a href="/wiki/2016_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_Singles" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 French Open – Women's Singles">2016 French Open</a>), <a href="/wiki/Naomi_Osaka" title="Naomi Osaka">Naomi Osaka</a> (<a href="/wiki/2017_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_Singles" class="mw-redirect" title="2017 French Open – Women's Singles">2017 French Open</a>), <a href="/wiki/Stefanos_Tsitsipas" title="Stefanos Tsitsipas">Stefanos Tsitsipas</a> (<a href="/wiki/2018_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_Singles" class="mw-redirect" title="2018 Australian Open – Men's Singles">2018 Australian Open</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Je%C4%BCena_Ostapenko" title="Jeļena Ostapenko">Jeļena Ostapenko</a> (<a href="/wiki/2018_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_Singles" class="mw-redirect" title="2018 French Open – Women's Singles">2018 French Open</a> - she was the defending champion, having won in 2017). Recently, <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Auger-Aliassime" title="Félix Auger-Aliassime">Félix Auger-Aliassime</a> achieved it at the <a href="/wiki/2022_Wimbledon_Championships" title="2022 Wimbledon Championships">2022 Wimbledon Championships</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Simona_Halep" title="Simona Halep">Simona Halep</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2022_US_Open_(tennis)" title="2022 US Open (tennis)">2022 US Open (tennis)</a> and again at the <a href="/wiki/2024_Miami_Open" title="2024 Miami Open">2024 Miami Open</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Greg_Rusedski" title="Greg Rusedski">Greg Rusedski</a> (<a href="/wiki/1994_US_Open_(tennis)" title="1994 US Open (tennis)">1994</a> and <a href="/wiki/1995_US_Open_(tennis)" title="1995 US Open (tennis)">1995 US Open</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006_Wimbledon_Championships" title="2006 Wimbledon Championships">2006 Wimbledon Championships</a>), <a href="/wiki/Nicol%C3%A1s_Lapentti" title="Nicolás Lapentti">Nicolás Lapentti</a> (<a href="/wiki/1996_French_Open" title="1996 French Open">1996 French Open</a>, <a href="/wiki/1997_Wimbledon_Championships" title="1997 Wimbledon Championships">1997</a> and <a href="/wiki/2009_Wimbledon_Championships" title="2009 Wimbledon Championships">2009</a> Wimbledon Championships) and <a href="/wiki/Julien_Benneteau" title="Julien Benneteau">Julien Benneteau</a> (<a href="/wiki/2014_US_Open_(tennis)" title="2014 US Open (tennis)">2014</a> and <a href="/wiki/2016_US_Open_(tennis)" title="2016 US Open (tennis)">2016 US Open</a>, <a href="/wiki/2016_French_Open" title="2016 French Open">2016 French Open</a>) have claimed three wooden spoons throughout their career. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wooden_spoon_(award)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/County_Championship#Wooden_spoons" title="County Championship">County Championship Wooden Spoons</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lanterne_rouge" title="Lanterne rouge">Lanterne rouge</a></i> – the last finisher in a cycling race</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wooden_Spoon_Society" title="Wooden Spoon Society">Wooden Spoon Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nul_points" class="mw-redirect" title="Nul points">Nul points</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wooden_spoon_(award)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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