2015 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. This year, some sporting events listed below are qualifying ones, for athletes, to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...

. From July 2015 to May 2016, the venues for the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics will be tested, by hosting various events in them.

Calendar by month

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Air sports

* February 13 – October 13:

2015 Red Bull Air Race World Championship The 2015 Red Bull Air Race World Championship was the tenth Red Bull Air Race World Championship series, contested over eight events in seven countries held between February and October. British pilot Paul Bonhomme won his third world title by fiv ...

** February 13 & 14:

2015 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi was the first round of the 2015 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the tenth season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The event was held in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emir ...

in Abu Dhabi *** Open Master Class winner: Paul Bonhomme *** Open Challenger Class winner: Cristian Bolton ** May 16 & 17:

2015 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba was the second round of the 2015 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the tenth season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The event was held in Chiba, Chiba, Chiba, a port city in Japan. Cham ...

in Chiba *** Open Master Class winner: Paul Bonhomme *** Open Challenger Class winner: Petr Kopfstein ** May 30 & 31:

2015 Red Bull Air Race of Rovinj The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Rovinj was the third round of the 2015 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the tenth season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The event was held in Rovinj, a coastal city in Croatia. The race was w ...

Rovinj Rovinj (; it, Rovigno; Istriot: or ; grc, Ρυγίνιον, Rygínion; la, Ruginium) is a city in Croatia situated on the north Adriatic Sea with a population of 14,294 (2011). Located on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula, it is a p ...

*** Open Master Class winner:

Hannes Arch Hannes Arch (22 September 1967 – 8 September 2016) was an Austrian pilot who competed in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship from 2007 to 2016. Arch won the World Championship in the 2008 season. Early life Hannes Arch was born in Le ...

*** Open Challenger Class winner: Daniel Ryfa ** July 4 & 5:

2015 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest was the fourth round of the 2015 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the tenth season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The event was held on the Danube river in Budapest, Hungary. Austria' ...

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

*** Open Master Class winner:

*** Open Challenger Class winner: Daniel Ryfa ** August 15 & 16:

2015 Red Bull Air Race of Ascot The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Ascot was the fifth round of the 2015 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the tenth season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The event was held at the Ascot Racecourse in the United Kingdom. Cham ...

in Ascot *** Open Master Class winner: Paul Bonhomme *** Open Challenger Class winner: Petr Kopfstein ** September 5 & 6:

2015 Red Bull Air Race of Spielberg The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Spielberg was the sixth round of the 2015 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the tenth season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The event was held at the Red Bull Ring, in Spielberg, Austria. After ...

in Spielberg *** Open Master Class winner: Matt Hall *** Open Challenger Class winner: Mikaël Brageot ** September 26 & 27:

2015 Red Bull Air Race of Fort Worth The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Fort Worth was the seventh round of the 2015 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the tenth season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The event was held at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas ...

in Fort Worth *** Open Master Class winner: Paul Bonhomme *** Open Challenger Class winner: Mikaël Brageot ** October 17 & 18:

2015 Red Bull Air Race of Las Vegas The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Las Vegas was the eighth round of the 2015 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the tenth season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The event was held at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, on the outskirts ...

Las Vegas Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...

*** Open Master Class winner: Matt Hall *** Open Challenger Class winner: Mikaël Brageot

World Championships

* January 13–24: AirSports FAI Paragliding World Championships 2015 in

Roldanillo Roldanillo is a town and municipality located in the Department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia. It is also a tourist hotspot and known as Colombia's flying capital. It has hosted a range of international competitions, including the paragliding ...

** Open Individual Cross Country winner: Honorin Hamard ** Women's Individual Cross-Country winner: Seiko Fukuoka Naville ** Open Team Cross Country winners: (Torsten Siegel, Marc Wensauer, Ulrich Prinz, Andreas "Pepe" Malecki, Yvonne Dathe) * February 28 – March 13: AirSports FAI Hang Gliding Class 1 World Championships 2015 in

Valle de Bravo Valle de Bravo () is one of 125 municipalities in State of Mexico, Mexico. The largest town and municipal seat is the town of Valle de Bravo. It is located on the shore of Lake Avándaro, approximately 156 km (97 miles) southwest of Mexico ...

** Open Individual Hang Gliding winner: Christian Ciech ** Open Team Hang Gliding winners: (Christian Ciech, Filippo Oppici, Davide Guiducci, Suan Selenati, Tullio Gervasoni, Valentino Baù) * June 27 – July 2: Air Sports FAI Paramotor Slalom World Championships 2015 in Legnica ** Open Paraglider Control Foot Launched Flown Solo winner: Jérémy Penone ** Open Team winners: ** Open Paraglider Control Landplane Flown Solo winner: Wojtek Bógdał ** Mixed Paraglider Control Landplane Flown winners: * July 20–24: Air Sports FAI Precision Flying World Championships 2015 in Skive ** Open Individual winner: Damien Vadon ** Open Individual Landing Trophy winner: Mauri Hälinen ** Open Individual Navigation Trophy winner: Marcin Skalik ** Open Team Trophy winners: (Marcin Skalik, Bolesław Radomski, Michał Wieczorek) ** Open Team Landing Trophy winners: (Tomáš Rajdl, David Černý, Jiří Jakeš) * August 2–13: Women's Air Sports FAI Gliding World Championships 2015 in Arnborg ** Women's 15 meters Class winner: Anne Ducarouge ** Women's Club Class winner: Sabrina Vogt ** Women's Standard Class winner: Aude Grangeray * August 2–15: Air Sports FAI 13.5m Class Gliding World Championships 2015 in Pociūnai Airport ** Open 13.5m Class winner: Stefano Ghiorzo * August 5–15: Air Sports FAI Glider Aerobatic World Championships 2015 in Zbraslavice Airport ** Open Unlimited winner: Ferenc Tóth ** Open Team Unlimited winners: (Přemysl Vávra, Miroslav Červenka, Lucie Pešková) ** Open Advanced winner: Miroslav Černý ** Open Team Advanced winners: (Sławomir Talowski, Katarzyna Żmudziński, Michał Andrzejewski) * August 9–16: Air Sports FAI Aerobatic Model Aircraft World Championships 2015 in

Dübendorf Dübendorf is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. It is a suburb of Zürich in Switzerland with a population of about 30,000 (2021). It is the fourth largest city in the canton, after Zürich, Winter ...

** Open F3A winner: Christophe Paysant-Leroux ** Open Junior F3A winner: Joseph Szczur ** Open Team F3A winners: * August 9–17: Air Sports FAI Paragliding Accuracy World Championships 2015 in

Puncak Puncak or Puncak Pass (Indonesian for "top" or "peak") is a mountain pass in West Java, Indonesia. The pass connects the city of Bogor and Bandung, and is spread within the regencies of Bogor, Cianjur, and Sukabumi. Puncak Pass is located betwee ...

** Men's Individual winner: Dede Supratman * August 13–16: Air Sports FAI Helicopter World Championships 2015 in Przylep ** Open Helicopter winners: (Maxim Sotnikov, Oleg Puajukas) ** Women's Helicopter winners: (Liudmila Kosenkova, Elena Prokofyeva) ** Open Team winners: * August 20–29: Air Sports FAI Aerobatic World Championships 201 in

Châteauroux Châteauroux (; ; oc, Chasteurós) is the capital city of the French department of Indre, central France and the second-largest town in the province of Berry, after Bourges. Its residents are called ''Castelroussins'' () in French. Climate ...

** Men's Unlimited winner: Alexandre Orlowski ** Women's Unlimited winner: Aude Lemordant * August 26–28: Air Sports FAI F1E For Free Flight Model Aircraft World Championships 2015 in

Zlatibor Zlatibor ( sr-cyr, Златибoр ) is a mountainous region situated in the western part of Serbia. Among the most popular places in Serbia for tourism, Zlatibor's main attractions include health tourism, skiing, and hiking and the longest p ...

** Open Junior Individual F1E winner: Viktoria Drmlova ** Open Junior Team F1E winners: ** Open Individual F1E winner Jaromir Orel ** Open Team F1E winners: * September 5–12: Air Sports FAI Sailplane Grand Prix World Championships 2015 in

Varese Varese ( , , or ; lmo, label= Varesino, Varés ; la, Baretium; archaic german: Väris) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 has reached 80,559. It is the c ...

** Open Individual winner: Maximilian Seis * October 21–24: Air Sports FAI Indoor Skydiving World Championships 2015 in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and List of cities in the Czech Republic, largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 milli ...

** Open Freestyle winners: ** Open Junior Freestyle winners: ** Open Formation Skydiving 4-Way winners: ** Women's Formation Skydiving 4-Way winners: ** Open Vertical Formation Skydiving winners: * December 1–12: Air Sports FAI Junior Gliding World Championships 2015 in

Narromine Narromine ( /næroʊmaɪn/) is a rural Australian town located approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of Dubbo in the Orana region of New South Wales. The town is at the centre of Narromine Shire. The 2016 census recorded a population o ...

** Open Club Class winner: Tom Arscott ** Open Standard Class winner: Matthew Scutter * December 1–12: FIA World Air Games 2015 in

Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...

** Gold and total medal winner:

Alpine skiing

Amateur boxing

American football

Super Bowl XLIX Super Bowl XLIX was an American football game played to determine the champions of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2014 season. The American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots defeated the National Football Conf ...

– the New England Patriots (AFC) won 28–24 over the Seattle Seahawks (NFC) **Location:

University of Phoenix Stadium A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, th ...

**Attendance: 70,288 **MVP:

Tom Brady Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. (born August 3, 1977) is an American football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He spent his first 20 seasons with the New England Patriots organization, with which ...

, QB (New England)

Aquatics

Archery

Indoor

* November 8, 2014 – February 8, 2015: 2014–15 WA Indoor Archery Calendar ** November 8 & 9, 2014: Indoor Archery World Cup #1 in Marrakesh *** and won 2 gold medals each. France won the overall medal tally. ** December 6 & 7, 2014: Indoor Archery World Cup #2 in

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populati ...

*** and the won 2 gold medals each. The United States won the overall medal tally. ** January 23–25, 2015: Indoor Archery World Cup #3 in Nîmes *** and won 2 gold medals each. South Korea won the overall medal tally. ** February 6 – 8, 2015: Indoor Archery World Cup #4 (final) in

*** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Other indoor archery championships

* December 8 & 9, 2014: Indoor Para Archery World Cup in Bangkok ** and the won 1 gold medal each. won the overall medal tally. * February 24 – 28: European Indoor Archery Championships in Koper ** , , , , and won 2 gold medals each. Italy won the overall medal tally.

Outdoor

* May 5 – October 25: 2015 WA Outdoor Archery Calendar ** May 5 – 10: Outdoor Archery World Cup #1 in

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...

*** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. ** May 26 – 31: Outdoor Archery World Cup #2 in

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*** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. ** August 11–16: Outdoor Archery World Cup #3 in

Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...

*** The won both the gold and overall medal tallies. ** September 8–13: Outdoor Archery World Cup #4 in Medellín *** won the gold medal tally. The won the overall medal tally. ** October 24 & 25: Outdoor Archery World Cup Final in

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital city, capital and primate city, largest city of Mexico, and the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North Amer ...

*** won the gold medal tally. South Korea and won 3 overall medals each.

Other outdoor archery championships

* June 8–14: 2015 World Archery Youth Championships in

Yankton, South Dakota Yankton is a city in and the county seat of Yankton County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 15,411 at the 2020 census, and it is the principal city of the Yankton Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes the entirety of Y ...

** won the gold medal tally. The won the overall medal tally. * July 26 – August 2: 2015 World Archery Championships in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * August 23–30: 2015 World Archery Para Championships in Donaueschingen ** won the gold medal tally. China and won 10 overall medals each. * September 1–5: 2015 World Archery 3D Championships in

Terni Terni ( , ; lat, Interamna (Nahars)) is a city in the southern portion of the region of Umbria in central Italy. It is near the border with Lazio. The city is the capital of the province of Terni, located in the plain of the Nera river. It is ...

** and won 3 gold medals each. Italy won the overall medal tally. * September 15–22: Aquece Rio International Archery Challenge 2015 in (Olympic and Paralympic Test Event) ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * October 3 & 4: European Club Team Cup in Riom ** Men's Team winners: Archers Riomois (Paul Bonneau, Thomas Antoine, Lucas Daniel) ** Women's Team winners: La Sentinelle Brienon (Josée Auboeuf, Bérengère Schuh, Laura Ruggieri) * October 6–10: 2015 European Field Archery Championships in

Rzeszów Rzeszów ( , ; la, Resovia; yi, ריישא ''Raisha'')) is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów has been the capital of the Subcarpathian ...

** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * November 1–8: 2015 Asian Archery Championships in Bangkok ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * November 10–19: 2015 Asian Para Archery Championships in Bangkok ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Association football

Athletics (track and field)

Badminton

Bandy

Baseball

Basketball

Beach soccer

* January 23 – December 20: 2015

Beach Soccer Worldwide Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) is the organisation responsible for the founding and growth of association football's derivative sport of beach soccer. The founding partners of BSWW codified the rules of beach soccer in 1992, with BSWW as it is know ...

Calendar of Events ** January 23–25: Copa Beach Soccer Viña del Mar 2015 in *** Winner: ** February 1 – 8: 2015 Copa Sudamericana de Beach Soccer in

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*** defeated 12–2. took third place. ** March 6–8: 2015 Power Horse Beach Soccer African Trophy in

Durban Durban ( ) ( zu, eThekwini, from meaning 'the port' also called zu, eZibubulungwini for the mountain range that terminates in the area), nicknamed ''Durbs'',Ishani ChettyCity nicknames in SA and across the worldArticle on ''news24.com'' from ...

*** defeated 5–4. took third place. ** March 23–28:

2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship The 2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship was a beach soccer tournament which took place in Doha, Qatar on 23–28 March 2015. This was the second consecutive time that the AFC Beach Soccer Championship was held in Doha. All matches were played at th ...

Doha Doha ( ar, الدوحة, ad-Dawḥa or ''ad-Dōḥa'') is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor, it is home to most of the count ...

*** defeated , 3–2 in penalties and after a 1–1 score in regular play, to win their first AFC Beach Soccer Championship title. took third place. ** March 28 – April 4:

2015 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship The 2015 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship was a beach soccer tournament which took place in Costa del Sol, El Salvador on 28 March – 4 April 2015. This was the first time the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship was held in Central America. Al ...

in San Salvador *** defeated , 4–0, to win their third CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship title. Host nation, , took third place. ** April 14 – 19:

2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship The 2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship, also known as the 2015 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations, was a beach soccer tournament which took place in Roche Caiman, Seychelles on 14–19 April 2015. This was the first time that the CAF Beach Soccer ...

Roche Caiman Roche Caïman () is an administrative district of Seychelles located on the island of Mahé. It has a football stadium where its national team play most of the home matches. Like neighbouring Les Mamelles District, Roche Caïman District was cre ...

*** defeated , 2–1 in penalty shots and after a 1–1 tie in regular play, to win their first CAF Beach Soccer Championships title. took third place. ** April 19 – 26:

2015 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship The 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CONMEBOL qualifier, also commonly known as the ''2015 South American Beach Soccer Championship'', was the sixth Beach Soccer World Cup qualification championship for South America, held from April 19–26 at Pl ...

Manta, Ecuador Manta, also known as San Pablo de Manta, is an Ecuadorian city; cantonal head of the Manta Canton, as well as the largest and most populated city in the Manabí Province. It is the tenth most populous in the country. Manta has existed since Pre-C ...

*** defeated , 8–3, to win their fifth CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship title. took third place. ** May 1 – 3:

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

Beach Soccer Cup 2015 in (debut event) ***

FC Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three o ...

defeated CR Flamengo, 6–4, to win the inaugural Barcelona Beach Soccer Cup title.

FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football. Found ...

took third place. ** June 2–7: Euro Winners Cup 2015 in Catania *** BSC Kristall (KRS) defeated DomusBet BS Catania (CTN), 6–2, to win their second consecutive Euro Winners Cup title. FC Vybor (FCV) took third place. ** July 18 & 19: Euro Nationscup

Linz Linz ( , ; cs, Linec) is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria. In the north of the country, it is on the Danube south of the Czech border. In 2018, the population was 204,846. In 2009, it was a European Capital ...

2015 in *** The defeated , 3–2 in penalty shots and after a 3–3 score in regular play, in the final. took third place. ** July 24–26: Friendship Cup 2015 in *** defeated , 3–2, in the final. took third place. ** August 14–16: BSWW Tour

El Jadida El Jadida (, ; originally known in Berber as Maziɣen or Mazighen; known in Portuguese as Mazagão) is a major port city on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, located 96 km south of the city of Casablanca, in the province of El Jadida and the ...

2015 in *** Winner: ** September 2–6: Mediterranean Beach Games

Pescara Pescara (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Pescàrë; nap, label= Pescarese, Piscàrë) is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 119,217 (2018) residents (and approxim ...

2015 in *** defeated , 5–1, in the final. took third place. ** September 18–20:

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Beach Soccer Cup 2015 in *** Winner: Al-Ahli Club ** November 3–7: Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Dubai 2015 in the *** defeated , 5–2, in the final. took third place. ** December 9–13: IV Mundialito de Clubes Beach Soccer in

Barra da Tijuca Barra da Tijuca () (usually known as Barra) is an upper-class neighborhood or bairro in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, located in the western portion of the city on the Atlantic Ocean. Barra is well known for its beaches, its many lake ...

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defeated

CR Vasco da Gama Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (), commonly referred as Vasco da Gama or simply Vasco, is a professional sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Originally a rowing club, Vasco is mostly known for its football team, who it currently compet ...

, 3–2 in penalties and after a 4–4 score in regular play, in the final. Al-Ahli took third place. ** December 18–20: BSWW Tour Copa

Lagos Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national capital of Nigeria until December 1991 fo ...

2015 in *** Winner:

Euro Beach Soccer League

* June 12 – August 23: 2015 Euro Beach Soccer League ** June 12–14: #1 in Moscow *** Group 1 winners: *** Group 2 winners: *** Note: With the group winners, , , and all qualified to compete in the Super Final. ** August 7–9: #2 in

Siófok Siófok (; german: Fock; la, Fuk) is a town in Somogy County, Hungary on the southern bank of Lake Balaton. It is the second largest municipality in Somogy County and the seat of Siófok District. It covers an area of about 124.66 km2 (48.1 ...

*** Division A winners: *** Division B Group 1 winners: *** Division B Group 2 winners: *** Note 1: With the division winners, and qualify for the Super Final. *** Note 2: , , , , and all qualified for the Promotional Final. ** August 20–23: Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal & Promotion Final

Pärnu Pärnu () is the fourth largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet ...

2015 in *** Superfinal: defeated , 5–4, in the final match. took third place. *** Promotional Final: defeated , 3–2 in penalties and after a 6–6 tie in regular play, in the final match. The took third place.

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

* July 9–19:

2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup The 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the eighth edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, the premier international beach soccer competition for men's national teams, which has been organized by FIFA since 2005. Overall, this was the 18th ...

in Espinho at the Praia da Baía ** defeated , 5–3, to win their second FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup title. took third place.

Beach volleyball

Biathlon

BMX racing

Bobsleigh and Skeleton

Boccia

* March 30 – April 5: 2015

Boccia Boccia ( ) is a precision ball sport, similar to bocce, and related to bowls and pétanque. The name "boccia" is derived from the Latin word for "boss" – '. The sport is contested at local, national and international levels, by athletes ...

European Continental Cup in

Sant Cugat del Vallès Sant Cugat del Vallès (; es, San Cugat del Vallés, link=no) is a town and municipality north of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Known as ''Castrum Octavianum'' in antiquity (which literally means ''the castle of Octavianus'') and as ''Pins del Val ...

(debut event) ** Individual BC1 winner: Panagiotis Soulanis ** Individual BC2 winner: Nigel Murray ** Individual BC3 winner: Jacob Thomas ** Individual BC4 winner: Keiran Steer ** Pairs BC3 winners: ** Pairs BC4 winners: ** BC1/BC2 Team winners: * April 29 – May 4: 2015 Boccia Americas Team and Pairs Championships in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...

** Pairs BC3 winners: ** Pairs BC4 winners: ** BC1/BC2 Team winners: * June 10–14: 2015 Boccia Asia/Oceania Team & Pairs Championships in ** Pairs BC3 winners: ** Pairs BC4 winners: ** BC1/BC2 Team winners: * June 17–22: 2015 Boccia World Open #1 in

Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint Joh ...

** Individual BC1 winner: Daniel Pérez ** Individual BC2 winner: Maciel Santos ** Individual BC3 winner:

Grigorios Polychronidis ) is a Greek boccia player with a Paralympic boccia classification of BC3. His specific disability is Spinal Muscular Atrophy. He won the gold medal during the 2012 Summer Paralympics in BC3 mixed pairs along with Maria-Eleni Kordali and Nikola ...

** Individual BC4 winner: Domingos Vieira ** Pairs BC3 winners: ** Pairs BC4 winners: ** BC1/BC2 Team winners: * July 17–23: 2015 Boccia World Open #2 in

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of ...

** Individual BC1 winner: Pattaya Tadtong ** Individual BC2 winner: Worawut Saengampa ** Individual BC3 winner: Jeong Ho-won ** Individual BC4 winner: Leung Yuk-wing ** Pairs BC3 winners: ** Pairs BC4 winners: ** BC1/BC2 Team winners: * July 25 & 26: 2015 Boccia European Team and Pairs Championships in Guildford ** Pairs BC3 winners: ** Pairs BC4 winners: ** BC1/BC2 Team winners: * August 7–15: 2015 Boccia Americas Continental Cup in

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...

(with the

2015 Parapan American Games The 2015 Parapan American Games, officially the V Parapan American Games and commonly known as the Toronto 2015 ParaPan-Am Games, were a major international multi-sport event for Disabled sports, athletes with disabilities, celebrated in the tra ...

) ** Individual BC1 winner: Jose Carlos Chagas ** Individual BC2 winner: Maciel de Souza Santos ** Individual BC3 winner: Richardson Santos ** Individual BC4 winner: Eliseu dos Santos ** Pairs BC3 winners: ** Pairs BC4 winners: ** BC1/BC2 Team winners: * October 28 – November 3: 2015 Boccia World Open #3 in Cali ** Individual BC1 winner: Daniel Pérez ** Individual BC2 winner: Yan Zhiqiang ** Individual BC3 winner: José Macedo ** Individual BC4 winner: Pornchok Larpyen ** Pairs BC3 winners: ** Pairs BC4 winners: ** BC1/BC2 Team winners: * November 12–14: Aquece Rio International Boccia Tournament 2015 in (Paralympic Test Event) ** Individual BC1 winner: David Smith ** Individual BC2 winner: Maciel dos Santos ** Individual BC3 winner: Hygor Santos ** Pairs BC3 winners: ** BC1/BC2 Team winners:

Canadian football Canadian football () is a sport played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's scoring area ( ...

* November 28 – 51st Vanier Cup in

Quebec City Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the metropolitan area had a population of 839,311. It is t ...

** The

UBC Thunderbirds The UBC Thunderbirds are the athletic teams that represent the University of British Columbia in the University Endowment Lands just outside the city limits of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In Canadian intercollegiate competition, the Thu ...

defeated the

Montreal Carabins The Montréal Carabins are the men's and women's athletic teams that represent the Université de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Teams play at the CEPSUM Stadium and at l'aréna du CEPSUM, located at the Université de Montréal campus. ...

, 26–23, to win their fourth Vanier Cup title. * November 29 –

103rd Grey Cup The 103rd Grey Cup was a Canadian football game that was played on November 29, 2015 between the East Division champion Ottawa Redblacks and the West Division champion Edmonton Eskimos to decide the Canadian Football League (CFL) championship f ...

Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749, ...

** The Edmonton Eskimos defeated the Ottawa Redblacks, 26–20, to win their 14th Grey Cup title.

Canoeing

Chess

* February 14 – December 20: 2015 FIDE (World Chess Federation) Calendar

Majors

* October 1, 2014 – May 27, 2015: FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15 ** October 1–15, 2014: #1 FIDE Grand Prix in Baku *** Winners:

Fabiano Caruana Fabiano Luigi Caruana (born July 30, 1992) is an American chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, Caruana became a grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 11 months, and 20 days—the youngest grandmaster in the history of both Italy and the United Sta ...

6.5/11 (+4=5–2) and

Boris Gelfand Boris Gelfand ( he, בוריס אברמוביץ' גלפנד; be, Барыс Абрамавіч Гельфанд, Barys Abramavich Hel'fand; russian: Борис Абрамович Гельфанд, Boris Abramovich Gel'fand; born 24 June 1968) ...

6.5/11 (+3=7–1). ** October 20 – November 3, 2014: #2 FIDE Grand Prix in

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of 2 ...

*** Winner:

Dmitry Andreikin Dmitry Vladimirovich Andreikin (russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Андрейкин, born 5 February 1990) is a Russian chess grandmaster, World Junior Chess Champion in 2010 and two-time Russian Chess Champion (2012 and 2018 ...

7/11 (+3=8–0) ** February 14–28, 2015: #3 FIDE Grand Prix in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...

*** Winner:

Evgeny Tomashevsky Evgeny Yuryevich Tomashevsky (russian: Евгений Юрьевич Томашевский; born 1 July 1987) is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2005. Tomashevsky is a two-time Russian Chess Champion ...

8/11 (+5=6–0) ** May 13–27: #4 FIDE Grand Prix (final) in

Khanty-Mansiysk Khanty-Mansiysk ( rus, Ха́нты-Манси́йск, Khánty-Mansíysk, lit. ''Khanty-Mansi Town''; Khanty: , ''Jomvoćś''; Mansi: , ''Abga'') is a city and the administrative center of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra, Russia. It stan ...

*** Winners: , and 6.5/11 * February 24 – March 4: World Senior Team Chess Championship 2015 in

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label= Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth ...

** (50+) W: ** (65+) W: ** (Women's) W: Women 1 * March 16 – April 7:

Women's World Chess Championship 2015 The Women's World Chess Championship was held from 16 March to 7 April 2015 in Sochi, Russia. It was a 64-player knockout tournament. It was originally scheduled from 11 to 31 October 2014 but problems in finding a sponsor and host city eventually ...

in Sochi ** In the final

Mariya Muzychuk Mariya Olehivna Muzychuk ( uk, Марі́я Оле́гівна Музичу́к; born 21 September 1992) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster and Women's World Chess Champion from April 2015 to March 2016. She is also a twice women's champion of U ...

defeated

Natalia Pogonina Natalia Andreevna Pogonina (russian: Ната́лья Андре́евна Пого́нина; born 9 March 1985) is a Russian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is the runner-up of the Women's World Chess Ch ...

2½ – 1½. * April 13–22: World Amateur Chess Championship 2015 in

Chalkidiki Chalkidiki (; el, Χαλκιδική , also spelled Halkidiki, is a peninsula and regional unit of Greece, part of the region of Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia in Northern Greece. The autonomous Mount Athos region co ...

** Men's winner: Mire Deniz Dogan ** Women's winner: Paula-Alexandra Gitu * April 18–28: Men's

World Team Chess Championship The World Team Chess Championship is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of 10 countries whose chess federations dominate their continent. It is played every two years. In chess, this tournament and the Chess Olympiads ...

Tsaghkadzor Tsaghkadzor ( hy, Ծաղկաձոր) is a spa town and urban municipal community, as well as one of the most popular health resorts in Armenia, located north of the capital Yerevan in the Kotayk Province. According to the 2011 census, the town has a ...

** Winners: (

Ding Liren Ding Liren (; born 24 October 1992) is a Chinese chess grandmaster. He is the highest rated Chinese chess player in history and is also a three-time Chinese Chess Champion. He was the winner of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour, beating Maxime Vac ...

, Yu Yangyi,

Bu Xiangzhi Bu Xiangzhi (; born December 10, 1985) is a Chinese chess player. In 1999, he became the 10th grandmaster from China at the age of 13 years, 10 months and 13 days, at the time the youngest in history. In April 2008, Bu and Ni Hua bec ...

Wei Yi Wei Yi (born 2 June 1999) is a Chinese chess grandmaster. Wei became a grandmaster at the age of 13 years, 8 months and 23 days, the 9th youngest in history. He is the youngest player ever to reach a rating of 2700, accomplishing this feat ...

, Wang Chen) * April 18–29: Women's World Team Championship 2015 in

Chengdu Chengdu (, ; simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), alternatively romanized as Chengtu, is a sub-provincial city which serves as the capital of the Chinese pro ...

** Winners: (

Bela Khotenashvili Bella Khotenashvili ( ka, ბელა ხოტენაშვილი; born 1 June 1988) is a Georgian chess grandmaster. She competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2012, 2015 and 2017. Career Khotenashivili won the World Youth ...

, Lela Javakhishvili, Meri Arabidze, Nino Batsiashvili, Salome Melia) * May 6–15: World Schools Individual Championships 2015 in Pattaya ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * September 1–16: World Junior U20 Championships 2015 in

** Men's winner: Mikhail Antipov ** Women's winner: Nataliya Buksa * September 10 – October 4:

Chess World Cup 2015 The Chess World Cup 2015 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 10 September to 5 October 2015. Sergey Karjakin won the competition on tie-breaks after a four-game final against Peter Svidler. Both fi ...

in Baku ** Winner:

Sergey Karjakin Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin, . (born 12 January 1990) is a Russian chess grandmaster (formerly representing Ukraine). A chess prodigy, he previously held the record for the world's youngest ever grandmaster, (until it was eventually taken ...

* October 2–16: Women's FIDE Grand Prix 2015–16 #1 stage in

Monte Carlo Monte Carlo (; ; french: Monte-Carlo , or colloquially ''Monte-Carl'' ; lij, Munte Carlu ; ) is officially an administrative area of the Principality of Monaco, specifically the ward of Monte Carlo/Spélugues, where the Monte Carlo Casino is ...

** Winner:

Hou Yifan Hou Yifan ( ; born 27 February 1994) is a Chinese chess grandmaster, four-time Women's World Chess Champion and the second highest rated female player of all time.

* October 9–15: World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2015 in Berlin ** Rapid Winner:

Magnus Carlsen Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster who is the reigning five-time World Chess Champion. He is also a three-time World Rapid Chess Champion and five-time World Blitz Chess Champion. Carlsen has h ...

** Blitz Winner:

Alexander Grischuk Alexander Igorevich Grischuk (born October 31, 1983) is a Russian chess grandmaster. Grischuk was the Russian champion in 2009. He is also a three-time world blitz chess champion (in 2006, 2012 and 2015). He has competed in five Candidates ...

* October 24 – November 5: World Youth and Cadets Championships 2015 in ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * November 9–22:

World Senior Chess Championship The World Senior Chess Championship is an annual chess tournament established in 1991 by FIDE, the World Chess Federation. Overview Originally, the minimum age was 60 years for men, and 50 for women. Since 2014, the Senior Championship is split i ...

2015 in

Acqui Terme Acqui Terme (; pms, Àich ) is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Alessandria, Piedmont, northern Italy. It is about south-southwest of Alessandria. It is one of the principal winemaking communes of the Italian DOCG wine Brachetto d'A ...

** Men's 65+ winner: Vladimir Okhotnik ** Women's 65+ winner:

Nona Gaprindashvili Nona Gaprindashvili ( ka, ნონა გაფრინდაშვილი; born 3 May 1941) is a former Soviet and Georgian chess player, and the first woman ever to be awarded the FIDE title Grandmaster in 1978. She was the fifth women's ...

** Men's 50+ winner: Predrag Nikolić ** Women's 50+ winner: Galina Strutinskaia

European Events

* February 23 – March 9: 2015 European Individual Chess Championship in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

** Winner:

Evgeniy Najer Evgeniy Yuryevich Najer (russian: Евгений Юревич Наер, translit=Evgeniy Yuryevich Nayer; born 22 June 1977) is a Russian chess grandmaster and the European champion of 2015. He is also one of the coaches of the Russian women's n ...

* April 18–26: European Small Nations Team Chess Championship 2015 in

St. Peter Port St. Peter Port (french: Saint-Pierre Port) is a town and one of the ten parishes on the island of Guernsey in the Channel Islands. It is the capital of the Bailiwick of Guernsey as well as the main port. The population in 2019 was 18,958. St. P ...

** Winners: * April 28 – May 8:

European Senior Chess Championship The European Senior Chess Championship is a chess tournament for senior chess players organised by the European Chess Union (ECU). Beginning in 2001, entry was open to men aged sixty or over (60+) by January 1 of the year the tournament starts. The ...

2015 in

Eretria Eretria (; el, Ερέτρια, , grc, Ἐρέτρια, , literally 'city of the rowers') is a town in Euboea, Greece, facing the coast of Attica across the narrow South Euboean Gulf. It was an important Greek polis in the 6th and 5th centur ...

** Seniors +50:

Zurab Sturua Zurab Sturua (born 8 June 1959) is a Georgian chess player, who was awarded the title of grandmaster by FIDE in 1991. He won the Georgian Chess Championship in 1975, 1977, 1981, 1984 and 1985 and played for Georgia in the Chess Olympiads of 19 ...

** Seniors +65: Jan Rooze ** Women's Seniors +50: Svetlana Mednikova ** Women's Seniors +65:

* May 18–31: European Women's Championship 2015 in

Chakvi Chakvi ( ka, ჩაქვი ), also known as Chakva, is a resort town in Georgia by the Black Sea coast. It is part of Kobuleti Municipality. Economy Chakvi is known throughout Georgia as being the birthplace of tea production in Georgia. Chakvi ...

** Winner: Natalia Zhukova * June 24 – July 3: European Schools Championship 2015 in

Konya Konya () is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium (), although the Seljuks also called it ...

** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * July 12–20: European Senior Team Championship 2015 in

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** Winner: * July 13–19: European Youth Team Chess Championship 2015 in

Karpacz Karpacz (German: ''Krummhübel'') is a spa town and ski resort in Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland, and one of the most important centres for mountain hiking and skiing, including ski jumping. Its population ...

** Winner: * July 31 – August 6: European Youth Rapid and Blitz Championships 2015 in

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * August 8–16: European Amateur Championship 2015 in Kaunas ** Men's winner: Lukas Jonkus ** Women's winner: Marina Malisauskiene ** Blitz tournament winner: Laurynas Miknevicius * September 20 – October 1: European Youth U8 – U18 Championship 2015 in

Poreč Poreč (; it, Parenzo; la, Parens or ; grc, Πάρενθος, Párenthos) is a town and municipality on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula, in Istria County, west Croatia. Its major landmark is the 6th-century Euphrasian Basilica, wh ...

** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * October 6–10: European Universities Chess Championship 2015 in

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and i ...

** Men's winner:

Sanan Sjugirov Sanan Sjugirov (russian: Санан Сюгиров; born 31 January 1993) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was European champion and world champion in his age category. Sjugirov competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2009 and 2015. Chess career ...

** Women's winner: Daria Pustovoitova * October 17–25: European Club Cup 2015 in

Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and List of cities in North Macedonia by population, largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Sk ...

** Winner: Siberia * October 17–25: European Club Cup for Women 2015 in

** Winner: Nona * November 12–22:

European Team Chess Championship The European Team Championship (often abbreviated in texts and games databases as ''ETC'') is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of European nations whose chess federations are located in zones 1.1 to 1.9. This more ...

2015 in

Reykjavík Reykjavík ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. Its latitude is 64°08' N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. With a po ...

** Men's winners: ** Women's winners: * December 17–20: European Rapid and Blitz Championships 2015 in

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

** Rapid winner: Ivan Popov ** Blitz winner: Rauf Mamedov

American Zonals

* March 31 – April 13: American Zonal 2.1 Open & Women in

St. Louis St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which e ...

** Winners:

Hikaru Nakamura Christopher Hikaru NakamuraIrina Krush Irina Borisivna Krush ( uk, Ірина Борисівна Круш; born December 24, 1983) is an American chess Grandmaster. She is the first woman, and as of August 2022 the only woman, to earn the GM title while playing for the United States ...

(f) * March 31 – April 6: American Zonal 2.3 Open in Santa Elena ** Winner:

Lázaro Bruzón Lázaro Bruzón Batista (born 2 May 1982 in Holguín) is a Cuban-American chess grandmaster. He is a former World Junior Champion, two-times American Continental champion, two-time Iberoamerican champion and five-time Cuban champion. Bruzó ...

* April 20–27: American Zonal 2.4 in

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of ...

** Winner: Jorge Cori * April 27 – May 3: American Zonal 2.5 in

Asunción Asunción (, , , Guarani: Paraguay) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay o ...

** Winner: Sandro Mareco * July 9–16: American Zonal 2.2 in

Guelph Guelph ( ; 2021 Canadian Census population 143,740) is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Known as "The Royal City", Guelph is roughly east of Kitchener and west of Downtown Toronto, at the intersection of Highway 6, Highway 7 and Wel ...

** Winner: Tomas Krnan * November 5–13: American Zonal 2.5 Women in

Villa Martelli Villa Martelli town in the Partido of Vicente Lopez, in the Greater Buenos Aires metro area. History The first recorded settlement in the area occurred on May 6, 1910, and the town was officially recognized by the Provincial Legislature on July 2 ...

** Winner: Carolina Lujan

American Events

* April 2–7: CARIFTA Games in Christ Church * April 22–28: South American Junior U20 Championship 2015 in

Santander Santander may refer to: Places * Santander, Spain, a port city and capital of the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain * Santander Department, a department of Colombia * Santander State, former state of Colombia * Santander de Quilichao, a m ...

** Boys' winner: Julio Benedetti ** Girls' winner: Jorcerys Montilla Reyes * May 15–24:

American Continental Chess Championship The Pan American Chess Championship, also American continental Championship is an individual chess tournament organized since 1945. First pan American championships (1945 and 1954) The first Pan American Chess Championship was held in Hollywood ...

2015 in Montevideo ** Men's winner: Sandro Mareco * June 27 – July 4: Panamerican Youth Festival & Blitz in Bogotá ** : (131 points) ** : (112 p.) ** : (101 p.) * July 25–30: North American Junior U20 Championship 2015 in Kitchener ** Men's winner: Kesav Viswanadha ** Women's winner: Agata Bykovtsev * July 28–30: Central American & Caribbean Team Chess Championship 2015 in

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** Winner: ** Women's winner: ** Blitz winner: ** Women's Blitz winner: * August 6–12: Panamerican Schools Chess Championship 2015 in (TBD) * August 14–19: Central American & Caribbean Youth Chess Championships 2015 in Port of Spain ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * August 19–26: Panamerican Amateur Chess Championships 2015 in Chuquisaca * August 21–29: Central American & Caribbean Junior U20 Chess Championships 2015 in

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** Men's winner: Augusto César Campos Jiménez ** Women's winner: Rovira Contreras Tairu Manuel * August 21–29: Panamerican Senior Chess Championship 2015 in

** Men's +50 winner: David H. Cummings ** Men's +65 winner: Anibal Gamboa Gonzalez * August 31 – September 7: Panamerican Junior U20 Championship 2015 in San Salvador ** Boys' winner: Kevin Cori Quispe ** Girls' winner: Ashritha Eswaran * December 2–7: South American Youth Festival 2015 in

Santa Cruz de la Sierra Santa Cruz de la Sierra (; "Holy Cross of the Mountain Range"), commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the largest city in Bolivia and the capital of the Santa Cruz department. Situated on the Pirai River in the eastern Tropical Lowlands of Bolivia ...

** won both the gold. overall medal tallies.

Asian Zonals

* March 6–16: Asian Zonal 3.3 in Ho Chi Minh City ** Winners:

Lê Quang Liêm Lê Quang Liêm (born 13 March 1991) is a Vietnamese chess grandmaster, the top-ranked of his country. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2006. Liêm is the current Asian champion and was the World Blitz Chess Champion in 2013. ...

(m) /

Phạm Lê Thảo Nguyên Phạm Lê Thảo Nguyên (born 7 December 1987) is a Vietnamese chess player who holds the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster. She has qualified for the knockout tournament Women's World Chess Championship 2017 as the winner ...

(f) * March 26 – April 2: Asian Zonal 3.2 in

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** Winners:

Ziaur Rahman Lt. General Ziaur Rahman (19 January 1936 – 30 May 1981), was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1977 to 1981. He was assassinated on 30 May 1981 in Chittagong in an army coup d ...

(m) / Akter Liza Shamima (f) * May 16–25: Asian Zonal 3.1 in

Muscat Muscat ( ar, مَسْقَط, ) is the capital and most populated city in Oman. It is the seat of the Governorate of Muscat. According to the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), the total population of Muscat Governorate was ...

** Winners:

Pouya Idani Pouya Idani ( fa, پویا ایدنی; born 22 September 1995) is an Iranian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE in 2014. He won the World U18 chess Championship in 2013. He is the 2nd best chess player in Iran ( ...

(m) /

Zhu Chen Zhu Chen (, ar, زو تشن; born March 13, 1976) is a Chinese-born Qatari chess Grandmaster. In 1999, she became China's second women's world chess champion after Xie Jun, and China's 13th Grandmaster. In 2006, she obtained Qatari c ...

(f) * June 3–12: Asian Zonal 3.4 in

Dushanbe Dushanbe ( tg, Душанбе, ; ; russian: Душанбе) is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 863,400 and that population was largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe (ru ...

** Winners: Rinat Jumabayev (m) /

Dinara Saduakassova Dinara Saduakassova (born 31 October 1996)WIM title application
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Zhongshan Zhongshan (; ) is a prefecture-level city in the south of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province, China. As of the 2020 census, the whole city with 4,418,060 inhabitants is now part of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen conurbation with 65,565,622 ...

** Winner:

Tan Zhongyi Tan Zhongyi (; born 29 May 1991) is a Chinese chess player who holds the title of grandmaster (GM). She is a former Women's World Champion, winning the 2017 knockout edition of the world championship in Iran where she defeated Anna Muzychuk i ...

* July 4–10: Asian Zonal 3.6 in Sydney ** Winners:

Max Illingworth Max Illingworth (born 5 November 1992) is an Australian former chess player, and current chess trainer and writer. In 2022 he started playing poker professionally. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2016, becoming the fifth Austra ...

(m) / Emma Guo (f)

Asian Events

* May 30 – June 8: 11th Asian Schools Chess Championships 2015 in ** Winners: The won both the gold. won overall medal tallies. * June 8–17: ASEAN+ Age Group Championships 2015 in ** Winners: won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * July 21–28: Asian Cities Team Championships 2015 in

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo m ...

** Winner:

Bangalore Bangalore (), List of renamed places in India, officially Bengaluru (), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan area, metropolitan population of a ...

* August 1–13: Asian Continental Championships 2015 in Al Ain ** Men's winner: Salem A.R. Saleh ** Women's winner: Mitra Hejazipour ** Men's Rapid winner:

Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (; born 23 February 1990) is a Vietnamese chess player. He is the youngest Vietnamese ever to become a Grandmaster, and one of the youngest grandmasters in the history of the game, having qualified for the title ...

** Women's Rapid Winner:

** Men's Blitz winner: Salem A.R. Saleh ** Women's Blitz winner:

* September 6–13: Asian Amateur Championship 2015 in

Bandar Seri Begawan Bandar Seri Begawan (BSB; Jawi: بندر سري بڬاوان; ) is the capital city of Brunei. It is officially a municipal area () with an area of and an estimated population of 100,700 as of 2007. It is part of Brunei-Muara District, the s ...

** Winner: T. Shyam Sundar ** Blitz winner: Shahzod Akhidov * September 24 – October 2: Asian Seniors Championship 2015 in

Larestan Larestan County ( fa, شهرستان لارستان) is located in Fars province, Iran. The capital of the county is Lar. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions of the county later split off to form Evaz Count ...

** Men's +50 winner: Mahmood Lodhi ** Men's +65 winner: Wazeer Ahmad Khan ** Women's +50 winner:

Helen Milligan Helen Milligan (born ''Helen Scott''; 25 August 1962) is a Scottish-New Zealand chess player holding the FIDE titles of Candidate Master (CM) and Woman FIDE Master (WFM), and three-time Asian senior women's champion. In 2004 Milligan co-author ...

** Women's +65 winner: Bakhyt Badamshina * October 3–10: Asian Juniors and Girls U20 Championship 2015 in Bishkek ** Boys' winner: Masoud Mosadeghpour ** Girls' winner: Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova * November 23 – December 5: Asian Youth U8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 Championship 2015 in

** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

African Zonals

* March 13–22: African Zonal 4.4 in

Lomé Lomé is the capital and largest city of Togo. It has an urban population of 837,437

** Winner: Bomo Kigigha (m) / Omolabake Coker (f) * March 25 – April 1: African Zonal 4.1 in Hammamet ** Winners: Mohamed Amine Haddouche (m) / Amina Mezioud (f) * April 17–26: African Zonal 4.3 in

Blantyre Blantyre () is Malawi's centre of finance and commerce, and its second largest city, with an enumerated 800,264 inhabitants . It is sometimes referred to as the commercial and industrial capital of Malawi as opposed to the political capital, L ...

** Winners: Daniel Jere (m) / Lorita Mwango (f) * April 17–26: African Zonal 4.2 in

Kampala Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Ruba ...

** Winners: Essam El-Gindy (m) / Eman Elansary (f)

African Events

* May 1–13: African Individual Championships 2015 in

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of ...

** Men's winner: Bassem Amin ** Women's winner: Mona Khaled * July 31 – August 10: African Amateur Championships 2015 in

Maputo Maputo (), formerly named Lourenço Marques until 1976, is the capital, and largest city of Mozambique. Located near the southern end of the country, it is within of the borders with Eswatini and South Africa. The city has a population of 1,0 ...

** Open Category winner: Thuso Mosutha ** Women Section winner: Phylis Namasiku Mwilola * August 14–23: African Schools Individual Championships 2015 in Dar es Salaam ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * December 4–14: African Youth Championships 2015 in Livingstone ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * December 27, 2015 – 6 January 2016: African Junior Championships 2015 in Mahé ** Boys' winner: David Silva ** Girls' winner: Shahenda Wafa

Cricket

* February 14 – March 29:

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in and (the

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will take place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground) ** defeated , by seven wickets, to win their fifth Cricket World Cup title. * July 8 – August 24:

2015 Ashes series The 2015 Ashes series (named Investec Ashes Series for sponsorship reasons) was a series of Test cricket matches played between England and Australia for The Ashes. The venues were Sophia Gardens ( Cardiff), Lord's (London), Edgbaston (Birmingha ...

between and ** July 8–12: First test at the

SWALEC Stadium The Cardiff Wales Stadium, which is part of Sophia Gardens Cardiff ( ; cy, Gerddi Soffia Caerdydd), is a cricket stadium in Cardiff, Wales. It is located in Sophia Gardens on the River Taff. It is home to Glamorgan County Cricket Club and is l ...

Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...

*** won over by 169 runs. ** July 16–20: Second test at the Lord's Cricket Ground in London *** won over by 405 runs. ** July 29 – August 2: Third test at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground in

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1. ...

*** won over by 8 wickets. ** August 6–10: Fourth test at

Trent Bridge Trent Bridge Cricket Ground is a cricket ground mostly used for Test, One-Day International and county cricket located in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England, just across the River Trent from the city of Nottingham. Trent Bridge is also ...

Nottingham Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robi ...

*** won over by 1 innings and 78 runs. ** August 20–24: Fifth and final test at

The Oval The Oval, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Kia Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, located in the borough of Lambeth, in south London. The Oval has been the home ground of Surrey County Cricket Club since ...

in London *** won over by 1 innings and 46 runs.

Cross-country skiing

Curling

Cyclo-cross biking

Darts

World Darts Federation (WDF)

January ET

* January 3–11:

2015 BDO World Darts Championship The 2015 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 38th World Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation, and the 30th staging at the Lakeside Country Club at Frimley Green. 2014 BDO champion Stephen Bunting did not d ...

Frimley Green Frimley Green is a large village and ward of in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately southwest of central London. It is south of the town of Frimley. Lakeside Country Club was the national venue for the BDO int ...

** Men's winner: Scott Mitchell ** Women's winner:

Lisa Ashton Lisa Ashton (born 27 August 1970) is an English professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. She is a four-time BDO World Darts Women's Champion and has won over ...

* January 14: Youth Pacific Masters in ** Boy's winner: Matthew Thompson ** Girl's winner: Tori Kewish * January 18: 2015 Quebec Open in

Sherbrooke Sherbrooke ( ; ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François and Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional cou ...

** Men's winner: Dawson Murschell ** Women's winner: Dianne Gobeil * January 23–25: Fleetwood Memorial – Las Vegas Open in

** Men's winner: Jeff Smith ** Women's winner:

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* January 23–25: Romanian Classic Darts Open in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

** Men's winner: Jamie Hughes ** Women's winner: Hana Belobradkova * January 24–25: German Gold Cup in Bremen ** Men's winner: Kevin Münch ** Women's winner:

Irina Armstrong Irina Armstrong (russian: Ирина Армстронг) née Loginova (born 6 December 1970) is a Russian-born German female professional darts player who currently plays in the World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Her biggest achievement to da ...

* January 30 – February 1: Dutch Open Darts in ** Men's winner:

Martin Adams Martin Adams (born 4 June 1956) is an English professional darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Nicknamed "Wolfie", he is a three-time BDO World Champion and three-time World Masters champion. He represents Cambridges ...

** Women's winner: Aileen de Graaf

February ET

* February 6 – 8: Camellia Classic in ** Men's winner: Larry Butler ** Women's winner: Stacy Pace * February 27 – March 1: Port City Open in ** Men's winner:

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** Women's winner: Robin Curry * February 28 – March 1: Halifax Open in Halifax ** Men's singles: Kiley Edmunds ** Men's doubles: Delton McDonald / Willie MacIsaac ** Women's singles: Tammy Perry ** Women's doubles: Donna Starrett / Linda Macleod ** Mixed doubles: Darlene MacLeod / Adam Stella

March ET

* March 7–8: Trakai Castle Cup in ** Men's winner: Russell Jenkins ** Women's winner: Lumi Silvan * March 12–15: Virginia Beach Classic in

Virginia Beach Virginia Beach is an independent city located on the southeastern coast of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The population was 459,470 at the 2020 census. Although mostly suburban in character, it is the most populous city ...

** Men's winner:

** Women's winner: Trish Grzesik * March 14–15: West Coast Classic in ** Men's winner: Justin Miles ** Women's winner: Pam Burr * March 14–15: Greater Vancouver Open in

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

** Men's winner: Dawson Murschell ** Women's winner: Ivy Wieshlow * March 14–15: Winmau Iceland Open in Reykjavik ** Men's winner: Barry Zander ** Women's winner: Elínborg Björnsdóttir * March 14: Kronenbourg 1664 Gibraltar Open in ** Men's winner: John Ferrell ** Women's winner: Susanna Young * March 20–22: Berwick Youth Easter Darts in

Berwick-upon-Tweed Berwick-upon-Tweed (), sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, and the northernmost town in England. The 2011 United Kingdom census reco ...

** Boy's winner: Callan Rydz ** Girl's winner: Rebecca Graham * March 21: HAL Masters in ** Men's winner: Roger Janssen ** Women's winner:

Deta Hedman Deta Hedman (born 14 November 1959) is an English darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Biography Hedman was born in Jamaica in 1959. Her parents emigrated to the United Kingdom in the early 1960s, leaving Hedman and he ...

* March 22: Youth Novgorod Cup in

Veliky Novgorod Veliky Novgorod ( rus, links=no, Великий Новгород, t=Great Newtown, p=vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj ˈnovɡərət), also known as just Novgorod (), is the largest city and administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is one of the ...

** Boy's winner: Mikhail Kuritcin ** Girl's winner: Inna Ramonova * March 22: HAL Open Darts in ** Men's winner:

** Women's winner: Aileen de Graaf

April ET

* April 3 – 5: Darts Victoria Easter Classic in ** Men's winner: Robbie King ** Women's winner: Corrine Hammond ** Youth winner: Tori Kewish * April 4: Riga Open in Riga ** Men's winner:

Darius Labanauskas Darius Labanauskas (born 26 July 1976) is a Lithuanian professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. In 2015, he was the WDF world number 1. Career BDO Labanauskas is a three-time Lithuania National Ch ...

** Women's winner: Kaisu Rekinen ** Youth winner: Ugnius Jankunas * April 5: Moscow Open Youth in Moscow ** Boy's winner: Mikhail Kuritcin ** Girl's winner: Elena Golyasheva * April 10 – 12: Mediterranean Open in

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** Men's winner: Ümit Uygunsözlü ** Women's winner: Şennur Yaşlı ** Boy's winner: Mertcan Türkyilmaz ** Girl's winner: Olga Abromova * April 10 – 12: White Mountain Shootout in ** Men's winner:

Tom Sawyer Thomas Sawyer () is the titular character of the Mark Twain novel ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (1876). He appears in three other novels by Twain: '' Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' (1884), '' Tom Sawyer Abroad'' (1894), and '' Tom Sawyer, ...

* April 11: Silver Cup Challenge in

Medicine Hat Medicine Hat is a city in southeast Alberta, Canada. It is located along the South Saskatchewan River. It is approximately east of Lethbridge and southeast of Calgary. This city and the adjacent Town of Redcliff to the northwest are with ...

** Boy's winner: Dawson Murschell ** Girl's winner: Clover Arndt * April 18: Bull's German Open in ** Men's winner:

Wesley Harms Wesley Harms (born 11 June 1984) is a Dutch former professional darts player. Career Harms won the BDO International Open in 2011, defeating Stephen Bunting in the final. Harms qualified for the 2012 BDO World Darts Championship as the 13t ...

** Women's winner:

* April 19: Bull's Darts Masters in ** Men's winner:

Jeffrey de Graaf Jeffrey de Graaf (born 21 November 1990) is a Dutch darts player. He has played in six World Championships (four BDO and two PDC) but has lost in the first round each time. He moved from the BDO to the PDC in 2016. Career BDO In 2012, De Graaf ...

** Women's winner: Lorraine Winstanley ** Boy's winner: Callum Rydz ** Girl's winner: Sofia Jan Bendorff * April 24 – 26: Estonia Open in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ...

** Men's winner:

** Women's winner: Maret Liiri * April 26: North Island Masters Singles in ** Men's winner: Cody Harris ** Women's winner: Tina Osborne

May ET

* May 1 – 3: Cleveland Extravaganza in ** Men's winner: Marlise Kiel ** Women's winner: Trish Grzesik * May 2: Zakamsk Youth Cup in

Perm Perm or PERM may refer to: Places *Perm, Russia, a city in Russia ** Permsky District, the district **Perm Krai, a federal subject of Russia since 2005 **Perm Oblast, a former federal subject of Russia 1938–2005 **Perm Governorate, an administra ...

** Boy's winner: Sergei Goncharov ** Girl's winner: Anastasia Kliucek * May 2:

Denmark Open The Denmark Open, or formerly known as Danish Open, is an annual badminton tournament held in Denmark and organized by Badminton Denmark. The Denmark Open was part of the BWF Super Series Premier from 2011 to 2017. BWF categorised it as one o ...

in ** Men's winner:

Glen Durrant Glen Durrant (born 24 November 1970), nicknamed "Duzza", is an English former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He previously won the BDO World Darts Championship three times consecutively fr ...

** Women's winner: Aileen de Graaf ** Boy's winner: Andreas Bergø ** Girl's winner: Kyana Frauenfelder * May 3: Udmurtia Youth Cup in

Izhevsk Izhevsk (russian: Иже́вск, p=ɪˈʐɛfsk; udm, Ижкар, ''Ižkar'', or , ''Iž'') is the capital city of Udmurtia, Russia. It is situated along the Izh River, west of the Ural Mountains in Eastern Europe. It is the 21st-largest city i ...

** Boy's winner: Mikhail Kuirtcin ** Girl's winner: Anastasia Suvorova * May 3: Denmark Masters in ** Men's winner:

** Women's winner:

Fallon Sherrock Fallon Sherrock (born 2 July 1994) is an English professional darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Born in Milton Keynes, Sherrock reached the final of the 2015 BDO Women's Worl ...

** Boy's winner:

Maikel Verberk Maikel () is a masculine given name. It is a form of Michael in the Caribbean, Netherlands, Spain, and Suriname, probably as a phonetic approximation of the English name. In the Netherlands, its first use was not until the mid 1950s and its populari ...

** Girl's winner: Sofie Jahn Bendorff * May 8 – 10: Hungarian Open in

Győr Győr ( , ; german: Raab, links=no; names in other languages) is the main city of northwest Hungary, the capital of Győr-Moson-Sopron County and Western Transdanubia region, and – halfway between Budapest and Vienna – situated on one of ...

** Men's winner: Aaron Hardy ** Women's winner: Veronika Ihász ** Boy's winner: György Vörösházi ** Girl's winner: Vivien Czipó * May 9: Target Finnish Open in ** Men's winner: Daniel Larsson ** Women's winner: Lumi Silvan * May 10: Target Finnish Masters in ** Men's winner: James Hurrell ** Women's winner: Kaisu Rekinen * May 13 – 16: Mediterranean Cup (Invitation) in

Jesolo Jesolo or Iesolo (; vec, Gèxoło) is a seaside resort town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy of 26,447 inhabitants. With around six million visitors per year, Jesolo is one of the largest beach resorts in the country, and ...

** Overall winner: * May 15 – 17: DFW Metroplex Open in (postponed) * May 15 – 17: Uganda International Darts Open in

* May 16: Bull's Trophy Gelsenkirchen in ** Men's winner:

Ryan de Vreede Ryan de Vreede (born 1 September 1992) is a professional Dutch darts player. He plays in the Professional Darts Corporation events. Career PDC De Vreede's first Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) event was the 2009 German Darts Championship ...

** Women's winner: Aileen de Graaf * May 16 – 17: Lithuania Open in ** Men's winner:

** Women's winner: Amanda Abbot * May 17: Bull's Classics Gelsenkirchen in ** Men's winner: Fabian Roosenbrand ** Women's winner:

* May 17: Italy Med Cup Open in

** Men's winner: Mer Cabril Allarce ** Women's winner: Şennur Yaşlı * May 23: Winmau Polish Open in ** Girl's winner: Sofie Bendorff ** Boy's winner: Javanico Jansen ** Men's winner:

** Women's winner:

* May 23 – 24: Sunshine State Classic in

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** Men's winner: Nathan Paice ** Women's winner: Corrine Hammond ** Boy's winner: Braidon Charlton ** Women's winner: Candice Whitley * May 24: Police Masters in ** Girl's winner: Sofie Bendorff ** Boy's winner: Javanico Jansen ** Men's winner: Martin Phillips ** Women's winner:

* May 30: SA Youth Singles in Ridleyton * May 31: Canterbury Open in ** Men's winner: Craig Caldwell ** Women's winner: Carol Williams

June ET

* June 5–7: SDA Swiss Open in

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** Men's winner:

Dave Prins David Michael Prins (born 16 November 1968) is an English professional darts player. Career Prins reached the last 16 of the 2009 Winmau World Masters, where he lost to Tony O'Shea in three straight sets. Prins qualified for his first BDO Wo ...

** Women's winner:

Ann-Louise Peters Ann Louise Peters (née Andersen; born 3 February 1975) is a former Danish darts player. Biography Peters learnt to play darts at the Gåsen club in Assens. She made her debut at the 1990 WDF Europe Youth Cup, where she won the singles thre ...

** Boy's winner:

* June 5–7: BDO International Open in ** Men's winner: Martin Atkins ** Women's winner:

* June 13: Scottish Classic in ** Men's winner: Steve Ritchie ** Women's winner:

* June 13: PUMA NZ Masters in * June 20: Canadian Open in St. Catharines ** Men's winner:

Rory Orvis Rory Orvis (born 22 February 1975) is a former Canadian professional darts player, who played in Professional Darts Corporation events. Career Orvis played in the 2004 PDC World Darts Championship, but lost in the last 48 to Colin McGarry of Nor ...

** Women's winner: Cindy Hayhurst * June 27–28: Central Coast Classic in ** Men's winner: Raymond Smith ** Women's winner: Corrine Hammond * June 27–28: Austrian Open Vienna in

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** Men's winner: Danny Blom ** Women's winner: Veronika Ihász ** Boy's winner:

Rusty-Jake Rodriguez Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (born 24 December 2000) is a professional Austrian darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. In 2017, he was the inaugural winner of the JDC (Junior Darts Corporation) World Championship. Career Rodrig ...

** Girl's winner: Vivien Czipó

July ET

* July 3–5: Australian Grand Masters in Canberra * July 5: Apatin Open in ** Men's winner:

Boris Krčmar Boris Krčmar (born 13 September 1979) is a Croatian professional steel-tip and soft-tip darts player who currently plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He dominated soft-tip darts for over decade and won more than 400 profe ...

** Women's winner: Veronika Ihász * July 8–11: WDF Europe Cup Youth in Bredsten ** and share the Boys overall Championship. ** take the Girls title. * July 12: Japan Open in ** Men's winner:

Seigo Asada is a Japanese professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career BDO Asada won the Japan Open in 2012 by beating Osamu Niki in the final. He won the tournament for the second time in 2014, beating Katsu ...

** Women's winner:

** Youth winner: Kakeru Saito * July 26: Pacific Masters in

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...

** Men's winner: Peter Machin ** Women's winner: Lorraine Burn * July 31 – August 2: Winmau Belgium Open in ** Men's winner:

** Women's winner:

** Men's Youth winner: Maarten Dirk Woord ** Women's Youth winner: Kyana Frauenfelder

August ET

* August 5: PUMA NZ Open in ** Men's winner: Cody Harris ** Women's winner: Tina Osborne * August 7–9: USA Classic in ** Men's winner: Larry Butler ** Men's Winner: Marlise Kiel ** Boy's winner: Dominik Pundt ** Girl's winner: Kerena Reese * August 14–16: Antwerp Open in ** Men's winner: Jim Williams ** Women's winner:

** Youth winner: Job ten Heuvel ** Women's Youth winner: Kyana Frauenfelder * August 21–23: Swedish Open in ** Men's winner: Jamie Hughes ** Women's winner: Casey Gallagher ** Boys Youth winner: Kevin Lundeström ** Girls Youth winner: Samantha Krop * August 21: LDO Swedish Classic in ** Winner: Casey Gallagher * August 29–30: International French Open in ** Men's winner: Dean Reynolds ** Women's winner:

** Youth winner: Levy Frauenfelder

September ET

* September 11–13: Winmau Bulgaria Open in

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and h ...

** Men's winner: Kostas Pantelidis ** Women's winner: Anelia Eneva * September 11–13: Baltic Cup Open in ** Men's winner: John Imrie ** Women's winner: Sarmīte Lavrentjeva * September 12: Catalonia Open in ** Men's winner: Carles Arola ** Women's winner:

Sharon Prins Sharon Prins (also known by her married name Sharon Boxem-Prins; born 24 August 1988) is a former Dutch darts player who played in events of the British Darts Organisation (BDO). Career Prins was born in 1988 in Zoetermeer and became a darts p ...

* September 13: FCD Anniversary Open in ** Men's winner: Kevin Simm ** Women's winner:

* September 18: Auckland Open in ** Men's winner: Craig Caldwell ** Women's winner: Sha Hohipa * September 25–27: Luxembourg Winmau Open in ** Men's winner: Thomas Junghans ** Women's winner:

** Youth winner:

Geert Nentjes Geert Nentjes (born 4 September 1998) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. Career In 2018, he qualified for the 2018 UK Open, but was knocked out in the second round by Darryl Pilgrim. In ...

* September 26–27: North QLD Classic in

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** Men's winner: Raymond Smith ** Women's winner: Natalie Carter

October ET

* October 2–4: Malaysian Open in

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* October 6–11: BDO Winmau World Masters (Invitation) + (World Pro Play-Offs, Invitation) in ** Men's winner:

** Women's winner: Aileen de Graaf ** Boy's winner:

Justin van Tergouw Justin Jeremy van Tergouw (born 20 April 2000 in Utrecht, Netherlandshttp://www.justinvantergouw.nl/hoe-het-begon/) is a Dutch darts player. He won the 2017 BDO World Youth Darts Championship and 2018 BDO World Youth Darts Championship. Caree ...

** Girl's winner: Danielle Ashton * October 9: Klondike Open in

Edmonton Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...

** Men's winner:

Ken MacNeil Ken MacNeil (born December 16, 1975) is a Canadians, Canadian professional darts player who plays in World Darts Federation events. Career MacNeil qualified for the 2010 PDC World Darts Championship by finishing fourth in the North American Ord ...

** Women's winner: Kim Bellay-Rousselle * October 16–18: Witch City Open in ** Men's winner: Jeff Smith ** Women's winner: Robin Curry * October 17–18: Australian Geelong Masters in * October 17–18: Hong Kong Open in * October 21–25: Turkish Open in ** Men's winner: Jim Williams ** Women's winner:

* October 23–25: Colorado Open in ** Men's winner: Timmy Nicoll ** Women's winner: Marlise Kiel * October 23–25: Bob Jones Memorial in Trenton ** Men's winner: David Cameron ** Women's winner: Roxanne Van Tassel * October 25: Next Talent of Darts in ** Geert Nentjes, Cassandra Hof and Owen Roelofs * October 26–31: WDF World Cup (Invitation) in ** Men's winner: Jim Williams ** Women's winner:

** Men's Youth winner: Maikel Verberk ** Women's Youth winner: Tayla Carolissen * October 30 – November 1: Ghost On The Coast in ** Men's winner: Danny Pace ** Women's winner: Stacey Pace

November ET

* November 6–8: Northern Ireland Open in ** Men's winner:

Colin McGarry Colin Edward McGarry (born 22 July 1965) is a Northern Irish former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments. His the nickname The Chief. Career McGarry qualified for the 2004 PDC World Darts Champio ...

** Women's winner:

** Boy's winner:

Nathan Rafferty Nathan Rafferty (born 17 January 2000) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who currently competes in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career Rafferty made his TV debut on the 2018 UK Open Eighteen or 18 may refer to: ...

** Girl's winner: Jamie O'Connor * November 10–12: Malta Open in

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** Men's winner: Ümit Uygunsözlü ** Women's winner: Ann-Kathrin Wigmann * November 13–15: Latvia Open in Riga ** Men's winner:

Ulf Ceder Ulf Ceder (born 17 April 1974) is a Finnish former professional darts player. Career Ceder reached the first round of the 1996 Winmau World Masters where he lost to Roland Scholten. Ceder then reached the last 32 stage of the 2004 WDF Europe ...

** Women's winner: Maud Jansson ** Youth winner: Rihards Slišāns * November 13–15: Seacoast Open in ** Men's winner: Larry Butler ** Women's winner: Robin Curry * November 15: Ted Clements Memorial (Levin Open) in ** Men's winner: Craig Caldwell ** Women's winner: Judy Fenton * November 20–22: Sunparks Masters in ** Men's winner: Yordi Meeuwisse ** Women's winner:

Anastasia Dobromyslova Anastasia Petrovna Dobromyslova-Martin (russian: Анастаси́я Петро́вна Добромы́слова; born 26 September 1984) is a professional darts player. She is a three-time Women's World Professional Darts Champion of the B ...

** Youth winner:

** Women's Youth winner: Kyana Frauenfelder * November 20–22: Czech Open in ** Men's winner:

Jeffrey Sparidaans Jeffrey Sparidaans (born 8 September 1993) is a Dutch professional darts player, currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events. Career In 2015, Sparidaans won the Czech Open. In 2016, he won the Swiss Open. in 2017, he won the Engl ...

** Women's winner: Aileen de Graaf ** Youth winner: Wessel Nijman ** Women's Youth winner: Vivien Czipó * November 21 & 22: Italian Grand Master in ** Men's winner: Norbert Attard ** Women's winner: Giada Ciofi

December ET

* December 5–7: Finder Darts Masters in * December 6: Youth Ural Cup in

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Equestrianism

Fencing

Field hockey

FIH Hockey World League

* June 21, 2014 – December 13, 2015:

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will be held in Rosario) ** defeated , 5–1, to win their first Women's FIH Hockey World League title. took third place. * July 1, 2014 – December 6, 2015: 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League (

will be held in

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) ** defeated , 2–1, to win their first Men's FIH Hockey World League title. took third place.

Indoor Hockey World Cup

* February 4 – 8: 2015 Indoor Hockey World Cup for

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** Men: The defeated , 3–2, to win their first Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup title. took third place. ** Women: The defeated , 1–0 in a

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and after a 1–1 score in regular play, to win their second Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup title. The took third place.

2016 Summer Olympics

* November 24–28: Aquece Rio International Hockey Championship 2015 in (Olympic Test Event) ** Men's team winners: ** Women's team winners:

European Hockey Federation (EHF)

* January 16 – August 30: EHF's Eurohockey 2015 Season * January 16–18: EHF Junior Indoor European Championship 2015 in

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** defeated , 2–1, in a shoot-out and after a 2–2 score in regular play. took third place. * January 16–18: EHF Junior Indoor European Championship II 2015 in Sveti Ivan Zelina ** Winner: (16 points, with a GD of 57) ** Second: (16 points, with a GD of 33) ** Third: (12 points) * January 23–25: Women's EHF Junior Indoor European Championship 2015 in

** defeated , with the score of 5–3 in the final. took third place. * February 13 – 15: 2015 MWB EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup in

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** HTC Uhlenhorst Mülheim defeated SV Arminen, 5–4, in the final. C.H. SPV Complutense took third place. * February 13 – 15: 2015 EuroHockey Indoor Club Trophy in

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** WKS Grunwald Poznań and HC Bohemians Prague are promoted to the EuroHockey Indoor Club Champions Cup 2016. ** Orient Lyngby and HAHK Mladost are relegated to the EuroHockey Indoor Club Champions Challenge I 2016. * February 13 – 15: 2015 EuroHockey Indoor Club Challenge I in

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"Ne ...

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and A.D. Lousada are promoted to the EuroHockey Indoor Club Champions Trophy 2016. ** HC Lipovci and Soroksari HC are relegated to the EuroHockey Indoor Club Champions Challenge II 2016. * February 13 – 15: 2015 EuroHockey Indoor Club Challenge II in

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** HC NSA Sofia and HC Kilppari are promoted to the EuroHockey Indoor Club Challenge I 2016. * February 20 – 22: 2015 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup in

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** UHC Hamburg defeated Club de Campo, 8–0, in the final. MSC Sumchanka took third place. * February 20 – 22: 2015 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Club Trophy in

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** Winner: SV Arminen (26 points, with a GD of 14) ** Second: HC Ritm-Azot Grodno (26 points, with a GD of 11) ** Third: HC Rotweiss Wettingen (22 points) * February 20 – 22: 2015 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Club Challenge I in

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** Winner: Slagelse HC (25 points) ** Second: Keçiören Bağlum SK (21 points) ** Third: HC NSA Sofia (16 points) * April 1 – 6: EuroHockey League 2014–2015 KO16 and Final Four in

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** MHC

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defeated UHC Hamburg, 6–5, in a shoot-out and after a score of 2–2 in regular play, to claim their first EuroHockey League title.

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took third place. * April 3 – 6: 2015 Women's EuroHockey Club Champions Cup in

Bilthoven Bilthoven is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of De Bilt. It has a railway station with connections to Utrecht, Amersfoort and Baarn. It is home to the Netherlands National Institute for Public Health a ...

** SCHC defeated fellow Dutch team, HC

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, 3–2 in a shoot-out and after a score of 2–2 in regular play, in the final. Club de Campo took third place. * May 21 – 24: 2015 Women's EuroHockey Club Champions Trophy in

** UHC Hamburg defeated Royal Wellington THC, 10–1, in the final. HC Minsk took third place. * May 22 – 25: 2015 Men's EuroHockey Club Champions Trophy in

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** SC Stroitel Brest defeated SK Slavia Praha, 3–1, in the final. Atasport took third place. * July 19–25: 2015 EuroHockey U18 Championships for Boys and Girls in

** Boys: defeated the , 7–1, in the final. took third place. ** Girls: The defeated , 6–1, in the final. took third place. * August 21–30: 2015

EuroHockey Nations Championship The EuroHockey Nations Championship is an international men's field hockey competition organised by the European Hockey Federation (EHF) for the top eight European national teams. It is the top division of the EuroHockey Nations Championships. Th ...

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in London ** Men: The defeated , 6–1, to win their fourth Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship title. took third place. ** Women: defeated the , 3–1 in penalties and after a 2–2 score in regular play, to win their second Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship title. took third place.

Asian Hockey Federation (AsHF)

* May 11 – 17: 2015 Men's Indoor Hockey Asia Cup in

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** defeated , 9–2, to win their sixth consecutive Men's Indoor Asia Cup title. took third place. * August 10–16: 2015 Women's Indoor Asia Cup in

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** defeated , 4–2, to win their fourth consecutive Women's Indoor Asia Cup title. took third place. * September 5–13: 2015 Women's Junior Asia Cup in

Changzhou Changzhou ( Changzhounese: ''Zaon Tsei'', ) is a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu province, China. It was previously known as Yanling, Lanling and Jinling. Located on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, Changzhou borders the provin ...

** defeated , 3–1 in a shoot-out and after a 2–2 score in regular play, to win their third Women's Junior Asia Cup title. took third place. * November 14–22: 2015 Men's Junior Asia Cup in

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** defeated , 6–2, to win their third Men's Junior Asia Cup title. took third place. * December 1–6: 2015 Girls U18 AHF Cup in

(debut event) ** defeated in the final. took third place. * December 13–19: 2015 Men's Asian Challenge in

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** Winner: (9 points) (first Men's Asian Challenge title) ** Second: (6 points) ** Third: (3 points) * December 21–28: 2015 Women's Asian Challenge in Bangkok ** defeated , 2–0, in the final. took the bronze medal.

Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF)

* October 3–11: Pan American Challenge 2015 for Men and Women in

Chiclayo Chiclayo (; qu, Chiklayu) is the principal city of the Lambayeque region in northern Peru. It is located inland from the Pacific coast and from the nation's capital, Lima. Founded by Spanish explorers as "Santa María de los Valles de Chicl ...

** Men: defeated , 1–0, in the final. took third place. ** Women: defeated , 3–1, in the final. took third place.

Oceania Hockey Federation (OHF)

* October 17–25: 2015

Oceania Cup The Oceania Cup is an international men's field hockey competition organised by Oceania Hockey Federation (OHF). It is held every two years to determine which teams will receive an automatic berth to the Men's FIH Hockey World Cup and Summer Olymp ...

for Men and Women in Stratford, New Zealand ** Men: defeated , 3–2, to win their nine straight Men's Oceania Cup title. took the bronze medal. ** Women: defeated , 2–1 in a shootout and after a 1–1 score in regular play, to win their second consecutive and sixth overall Women's Oceania Cup title. took the bronze medal.

African Hockey Federation (AfHF)

* October 24 – November 1: 2015 Hockey African Cup for Nations for Men and Women in

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** Men: defeated , 4–2, to win their seventh consecutive Hockey African Cup for Nations title. took third place. ** First (women): (sixth consecutive Women's Hockey African Cup for Nations title) ** Second (women): ** Third (women):

Figure skating

Floorball

* Women's World Floorball Championships ** Champion: * Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships ** Champion: * Champions Cup ** Men's champion: IBF Falun ** Women's champion:

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Freestyle skiing

Goalball

* July 5–12: 2015 IBSA

Goalball Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball that has bells embedded inside of it into the opponents' goal. The ball is thrown by hand a ...

European Championships Men & Women (A Division) in Kaunas ** Men: defeated , 9–8, in the men's final match. won the bronze medal. ** Women: Turkey defeated , 5–0, in the women's final match. won the bronze medal. * July 26 – August 1: 2015 IBSA World Youth Games Goalball Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado ** Boys: defeated , 12–2, in the boys' final match. The won the bronze medal. ** Girls: defeated the United States, 4–3, in the girls' final match. won the bronze medal. * November 5–13: 2015 IBSA Goalball Asia/Pacific Championships in

Hangzhou Hangzhou ( or , ; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), also romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northwestern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, whic ...

** Men: defeated , 8–4, in the final. took the bronze medal. ** Women: defeated , 1–0, in the final. took the bronze medal.

Golf

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Men's major golf championships The men's major golf championships, commonly known as the major championships, and often referred to simply as the majors, are the most prestigious tournaments in golf. Historically, the national open and amateur championships of Great Britain a ...

* April 9 – 12:

2015 Masters Tournament The 2015 Masters Tournament was the 79th Masters Tournament, and the first of golf's four major championships, held April 9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Jordan Spieth led wire-to-wire and shot a record-tying 270 (−1 ...

** Winner:

Jordan Spieth Jordan Alexander Spieth (born July 27, 1993) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour and former world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking. He is a three-time major winner and the 2015 FedEx Cup champion. Spieth's first majo ...

(first Major title; 3rd PGA Tour win) * June 18–21: 2015 U.S. Open ** Winner:

(second Major title; 4th PGA Tour win) * July 16–20:

2015 Open Championship The 2015 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 144th Open Championship, held from 16 to 20 July at the Old Course at St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. It was the 29th Open Championship played at the course and Zach Johnson ...

** Winner:

Zach Johnson Zachary Harris Johnson (born February 24, 1976) is an American professional golfer who has 12 victories on the PGA Tour, including two major championships, the 2007 Masters and the 2015 Open Championship. In 2023, Johnson will captain the U. ...

(first Open Championship title; second Major title; 12th PGA Tour win) * August 13–16:

2015 PGA Championship The 2015 PGA Championship was the 97th PGA Championship, held August 13–16 on the Straits Course of Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin (the course is physically in Haven but holds a Kohler mailing address due to its Kohler Company ownershi ...

** Winner:

Jason Day Jason Day (born 12 November 1987) is an Australian professional golfer, PGA Tour member and winner of the 2015 PGA Championship. He is a former world number one in the World Golf Ranking, having first achieved the ranking in September 2015. ...

(first Major title; 5th PGA Tour win) ; WGC * March 5–8, 2015: 2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship ** Winner:

Dustin Johnson Dustin Hunter Johnson (born June 22, 1984) is an American professional golfer. He has won two major championships, the 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club with a 4-under-par score of 276 and the 2020 Masters Tournament with a record scor ...

(second WGC title; first WGC-Cadillac Championship title; 10th PGA Tour win) * April 29 – May 3, 2015:

2015 WGC-Cadillac Match Play The 2015 WGC-Cadillac Match Play was the 17th WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship, played April 29 – May 3 at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco, California. It was the second of four World Golf Championships in 2015. Top-ranked Rory McIlroy ...

** Winner: Rory McIlroy (second WGC championship; first WGC-Match Play championship; 10th PGA Tour win) * August 6–9, 2015:

2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational The 2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament held August 6–9 on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 17th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Cha ...

** Winner:

Shane Lowry Shane Lowry (born 2 April 1987) is an Irish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. His notable achievements include winning the 2019 Open Championship, the Irish Open as an amateur in 2009, and the 2015 WGC-Bridg ...

(first WGC championship and PGA Tour win) * November 5–8, 2015:

2015 WGC-HSBC Champions The 2015 WGC-HSBC Champions was a golf tournament played from 5–8 November 2015 at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, China. It was the seventh WGC-HSBC Champions tournament, and the fourth of four World Golf Championships events held in 2015. ...

** Winner:

Russell Knox Russell Knox (born 21 June 1985) is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He had considerable success from 2014 to 2016 during which time he won the 2015 WGC-HSBC Champions and the 2016 Travelers Championship. Together with ...

(first WGC championship, and PGA Tour and European Tour win) ;Other men's golf events * May 21 – 24: 2015 BMW PGA Championship (

European Tour The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fi ...

) ** Winner:

An Byeong-hun An Byeong-hun ( ko, 안병훈; born 17 September 1991), also known as Byeong-Hun An or Ben An, is a professional golfer from Seoul, South Korea. In August 2009, he became the youngest-ever winner of the U.S. Amateur. Amateur career Born in Se ...

(second Professional win; first European Tour title) * August 27 – September 27: 2015 FedEx Cup Playoffs ** August 27–30:

The Barclays The FedEx St. Jude Championship, founded as the Westchester Classic in 1967, is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour. Since 2007, it has been played as the first tournament of the playoff system for the FedEx Cup, with the field limit ...

Winner:

** September 4–7:

Deutsche Bank Championship The Dell Technologies Championship was a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in Norton, Massachusetts, United States, held annually in late summer over the Labor Day weekend. The 2018 edition was the last time the event was staged as th ...

Winner: Rickie Fowler ** September 17–20: BMW Championship Winner:

** September 24–27:

The Tour Championship The Tour Championship (stylized as the TOUR Championship) is a golf tournament that is part of the PGA Tour. It has historically been one of the final events of the PGA Tour season; prior to 2007, its field consisted exclusively of the top 30 ...

Winner:

* October 8–11:

2015 Presidents Cup The 2015 Presidents Cup was the 11th Presidents Cup, played at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Incheon, South Korea from 8–11 October. It was the first time the Presidents Cup was played in Asia. The United States won for the sixth succ ...

in Incheon ** Team defeated Team International, 15½ to 14½ points, to win their sixth consecutive and ninth overall Presidents Cup title. ;

Women's major golf championships Women's golf has a set of major championships which parallels that in men's golf, with the women's system newer and less stable than the men's. As of 2013, five tournaments are designated as majors in women's golf by the LPGA Tour. LPGA major ...

* April 2 – 5:

2015 ANA Inspiration The 2015 ANA Inspiration was the 44th ANA Inspiration, held April 2–5 on the Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. The tournament was in its first year with All Nippon Airways (ANA) as the ...

(renamed from Kraft Nabisco Championship) ** Winner: Brittany Lincicome (second ANA Inspiration and major titles wins; sixth LPGA Tour win) * June 11–14: 2015 KPMG Women's PGA Championship (renamed from Wegmans LPGA Championship) ** Winner:

Inbee Park Inbee Park (, or ; born 12 July 1988) is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Japan Tour. She has been the number one ranked player in the Women's World Golf Rankings for four separate runs: April 2013 ...

(third straight Women's PGA Championship title win; sixth major win; 15th LPGA Tour win) * July 9–12: 2015 U.S. Women's Open ** Winner:

Chun In-gee Chun In-gee ( ko, 전인지, born 10 August 1994), also known as In Gee Chun, is a South Korean professional golfer. She was born in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province. She is a three-time major champion, having won the 2015 U.S. Women's Open, th ...

(first major, U.S. Women's Open title, and first LPGA Tour win) * July 30 – August 2: 2015 Women's British Open ** Winner:

(first Women's British Open title; seventh major win; 16th LPGA Tour win) * September 10–13:

2015 Evian Championship The 2015 Evian Championship was played 10–13 September at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 22nd Evian Championship (the first 19 played as the Evian Masters), and the third as a Women's major golf championships ...

** Winner:

Lydia Ko Lydia Ko (born 24 April 1997) is a New Zealand professional golfer and the No. 1-ranked woman professional golfer. She first achieved the top ranking on 2 February 2015 at of age, making her the youngest player of either gender to be ranked ...

(first major title; 9th LPGA Tour win)

Gymnastics

Handball

World handball championships

* January 15 – February 1:

2015 World Men's Handball Championship The 2015 World Men's Handball Championship was the 24th staging of the World Men's Handball Championship, organised by the International Handball Federation (IHF). The final tournament was held for the first time in Qatar, from 15 January to 1 Fe ...

in ** defeated , 25–22, to win their fifth World Men's Handball Championship title. took the bronze medal. * June 20–26:

2015 IHF Emerging Nations Championship The 2015 IHF Emerging Nations Championship was the first edition of the IHF Emerging Nations Championship, organised by the International Handball Federation (IHF). The tournament was held in Pristina and Gjakova, Kosovo, from 20 to 26 June. A tot ...

Pristina Pristina, ; sr, / (, ) is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. The city's municipal boundaries in Pristina District form the largest urban center in Kosovo. After Tirana, Pristina has the second largest population of ethnic Albanians an ...

and

Gjakova Gjakova, ) and Đakovica ( sr-Cyrl, Ђаковица, ) is the seventh largest city of Kosovo and seat of Gjakova Municipality and Gjakova District. The city has 40,827 inhabitants, while the municipality has 94,556 inhabitants. Geographicall ...

(debut event) ** The defeated , 27–24, to win the inaugural IHF Emerging Nations Championship title. took third place. * July 19 – August 1:

2015 Men's Junior World Handball Championship The 2015 IHF Men's Junior World Championship was the 20th edition of the tournament and held at Brazil from 19 July to 1 August 2015. The decision to select Brazil as the host was announced 1 August 2014. France won their first title by defeating ...

in ** defeated , 26–24, to win their first Men's Junior World Handball Championship title. took the bronze medal. * August 8–20: 2015 Men's Youth World Handball Championship in ** defeated , 33–26, to win their first Men's Youth World Handball Championship title. took the bronze medal. * December 5–20: 2015 World Women's Handball Championship in ** defeated the , 31–23, to win their third World Women's Handball Championship title. took the bronze medal.

European Handball Federation (EHF)

* September 5, 2014 – May 17, 2015:

2014–15 EHF Cup The 2014–15 EHF Cup was the 34th edition of the EHF Cup, the second most important European handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF), and the third edition since the merger with the EHF Cup Winners' Cup. O ...

** Füchse Berlin defeated fellow German team,

HSV Hamburg Handball Sport Verein Hamburg is a handball club from Germany, located in Hamburg. Currently, Handball Hamburg competes in the Handball-Bundesliga. The full name in German is ''Handball Sport Verein Hamburg e.V.'' but the club has traditionally ...

, 30–27, to win their first EHF Cup title.

Skjern Håndbold Skjern Handball ( da, Skjern Håndbold) is a handball club from Skjern, Denmark. Currently, Skjern Handball competes in the Danish Handball League, which they have won twice, in 1999 and in 2017. They have also achieved international success, ...

took third place. * September 5, 2014 – May 31, 2015:

2014–15 EHF Champions League The 2014–15 VELUX EHF Champions League was the 55th edition of Europe's premier club handball competition and the 22nd edition under the current EHF Champions League format. SG Flensburg-Handewitt were the defending champions. FC Barcelona Hand ...

defeated MKB Veszprém, 28–23, to win their ninth EHF Champions League title.

Vive Targi Kielce KS Vive Handball Kielce SA, officially known for sponsorship reasons as Łomża Industria Kielce, is a professional men's handball club based in Kielce in southeastern Poland, founded in 1965 under the name Iskra Kielce. The club plays in the ...

took third place. * September 20, 2014 – May 10, 2015: 2014–15 Women's EHF Champions League ** Budućnost defeated

Larvik HK Larvik Håndballklubb, is a women's handball club from Larvik, Norway. History Larvik HK was founded in 1990 as a merger of the handball departments in the two clubs Larvik Turn and Halsen. They played in the top division since 1992/93. During ...

, 26–22, to win their second Women's EHF Champions League title.

Vardar The Vardar (; mk, , , ) or Axios () is the longest river in North Macedonia and the second longest river in Greece, in which it reaches the Aegean Sea at Thessaloniki. It is long, out of which are in Greece, and drains an area of around . Th ...

took third place. * October 17, 2014 – May 10, 2015:

2014–15 Women's EHF Cup The 2014–15 Women's EHF Cup was 34th edition of EHF's third-tier women's handball competition. It started on 17 October 2014. Overview Team allocation The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting ...

** Team Tvis Holstebro defeated

Rostov-Don Rostov-Don (russian: Ростов-Дон) is a female handball team from Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Established in 1965, the club was called Rostselmash until 2002. Rostov-Don is competing in the Russian Super League. They have won the league seven ti ...

, 55–53, to win their second Women's EHF Cup title. * October 18, 2014 – May 10, 2015:

2014–15 Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup The 2014–15 EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup was the 39th edition of the tournament that is organized by the European Handball Federation for the domestic cup winners in the continent. Overview Team allocation The labels in the parentheses show ...

Midtjylland The Central Denmark Region ( da, Region Midtjylland), or more directly translated as the Central Jutland Region and sometimes simply Mid Jutland, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish muni ...

defeated

Fleury Loiret HB CJF Fleury Loiret Handball is a women's handball club based in Fleury-les-Aubrais, Loiret, France. The professionnal team is dissolved in November 2022. Honours *Division 1 Féminine: **''Gold:'' 2015 **''Silver:'' 2016 **''Bronze:'' 2013 * ...

, 46–42, to win their first Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup title. * November 14, 2014 – May 13, 2015: 2014–15 Women's EHF Challenge Cup ** Mios Biganos defeated Pogoń Baltica Szczecin, 49–44, to win their second Women's EHF Challenge Cup title. * November 21, 2014 – May 24, 2015: 2014–15 EHF Challenge Cup **

HC Odorheiu Secuiesc Handbal Club Odorheiu Secuiesc (in Hungarian language, Hungarian: Székelyudvarhelyi Kézilabda Club, commonly abbreviated SzKC) is a Romanian team handball club based in Odorheiu Secuiesc. Founded in the summer 2005 as ''Junior Kézilabda Club' ...

defeated ABC Braga, 60–57 on aggregate, to win their first EHF Challenge Cup title. * June 26 – July 5:

2015 European Beach Handball Championship The 2015 European Beach Handball Championship was held in Lloret de Mar, Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' (Latin)(En ...

in Lloret de Mar ** Men: defeated , 2–1, to win their fourth consecutive European Beach Handball Championship title. took third place. ** Women: defeated , 2–1, to win their second consecutive Women's European Beach Handball Championship. took third place. * July 27 – August 2: 2015

European Women's Junior Handball Championship The European Women's U-19 European Handball Championship is the official competition for junior women's national handball teams of Europe. Organized by the European Handball Federation, it takes place every two years. The competition received its ...

in ** defeated , 29–26, to win their fourth European Women's Junior Handball Championship title. took third place. * August 13–23: 2015 European Women's Youth Handball Championship in

** defeated , 25–24, to win their third European Women's Youth Handball Championship title. took third place.

Asian Handball Federation (AHF)

* March 14–23:

2015 Asian Women's Handball Championship The 2015 Asian Women's Handball Championship was the 15th edition of the Asian Women's Handball Championship, which took place from 14 to 23 March 2015 at Jakarta, Indonesia. The tournament was held under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. It ...

in Jakarta ** defeated , 36–22, to win their 12th Asian Women's Handball Championship title. took third place. * May 1 – 7: 2015 Asian Men's and Women's Beach Handball Championship in

Muscat, Oman Muscat ( ar, مَسْقَط, ) is the capital and most populated city in Oman. It is the seat of the Governorate of Muscat. According to the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), the total population of Muscat Governorate wa ...

** Men's team winners: (4 wins) (Third consecutive Asian Men's Beach Handball Championship title) ** Women's team winners: (4 wins) (Second consecutive Asian Women's Beach Handball Championship title) * August 6–14: 2015 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship in Almaty ** defeated , 30–29, to win their 13th consecutive Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship title. took third place. * August 27 – September 4: 2015 Asian Women's Youth Handball Championship in

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament Ho ...

** defeated , 27–22, to win their sixth consecutive Asian Women's Youth Handball Championship title. took third place. * December 12–22: 2015 Asian Handball Club League Championship (location TBA)

African Handball Confederation (CAHB)

* May 14: 2015 African Handball Super Cup in Libreville ** Club Africain defeated fellow Tunisian handball team, the

Espérance Sportive de Tunis (; ar, الترجي الرياضي التونسي, Attarajī ar-Riyāḍi Attūnisī, link=yes), also known as ''ES Tunis'' and , is a Tunisian sports club based in Bab Souika neighbourhood of Tunis, Tunisia. The club was founded in 1919, thu ...

, 26–22. * May 14 – 25: 2015

African Handball Cup Winners' Cup African Men's Handball Championship for Clubs Winner's Cup is an annual international club handball competition run by the African Handball Confederation. The cup winners from Africa's national handball leagues are invited to participate in this ...

in Libreville ** Espérance Sportive de Tunis defeated Al Ahly SC, 27–26, to win their second consecutive and third overall African Handball Cup Winners' Cup title.

Club Africain Handball Team Club Africain (Arabic language, Arabic: النادي الافريقي, English language, English: African Club) is a Tunisian handball team based in Capital Tunis, that plays in Tunisian Handball League, Tunisian Professional Handball League.

took third place. * May 15: 2015 African Women's Handball Super Cup in Libreville ** C.D. Primeiro de Agosto defeated fellow Angolan team, the Atlético Petróleos de Luanda, 32–28. * May 15–24: 2015 African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup in Libreville ** C.D. Primeiro de Agosto defeated Africa Sports, 36–22, to win their first African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup title. ABO Sport took third place. * July 1–9: 2015

African Women's Youth Handball Championship The African Women's Youth Handball Championship is the official competition for youth women's national handball teams of Africa, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the supervision of the International Handball Federation and ta ...

Nairobi Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper h ...

** defeated , 32–26, to win their first African Women's Youth Handball Championship title. The took third place. * July 11–18: 2015 African Women's Junior Handball Championship in Nairobi ** First place: (11 points; GD: +74) (eighth African Women's Junior Handball Championship title) ** Second place: (11 points; GD: +72) ** Third place: (6 points) * October 21–30: 2015 African Handball Champions League for

and

Nador Nador ( Riffian-Berber: ⵏⴰⴷⵓⵔ) is a coastal city and provincial capital in the northeastern Rif region of Morocco with a population of about 161,726 (2014 census). Nador city is separated from the Mediterranean Sea by a salt lagoon nam ...

** Men:

Zamalek SC Zamalek Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الزمالك للألعاب الرياضية), commonly referred to as Zamalek, is an Egyptian sports club based in Giza. It is one of the most successful football clubs in Africa and the Middle East, an ...

defeated Club Africain, 35–22, to win their ninth African Handball Champions League title. Alexandria Sporting Club took third place. ** Women: C.D. Primeiro de Agosto defeated fellow Angolan team, the Atlético Petróleos de Luanda, 23–21, to win their second consecutive African Women's Handball Champions League title. FAP Yaoundé took third place.

Pan-American Team Handball Federation (PATHF)

* March 24–28:

2015 Pan American Men's Junior Handball Championship The 2015 Pan American Men's Junior Handball Championship took place in Foz do Iguaçu Foz do Iguaçu (''Iguazu River Mouth'') () is the Brazilian city on the border of Iguaçu Falls. The city is the 7th largest in the state of Paraná. The city ...

Foz do Iguaçu Foz do Iguaçu (''Iguazu River Mouth'') () is the Brazilian city on the border of Iguaçu Falls. The city is the 7th largest in the state of Paraná. The city's population is approximately 258,000. It is approximately 650 km (400 mi) wes ...

** defeated , 34–23, to win their fifth Pan American Men's Junior Handball Championship title. took third place. * March 30 – April 5: Women's Handball PATHF North American Championship 2015 in Salinas ** defeated , 34–25, in the final. took third place. * April 21 – 25: 2015 Pan American Men's Youth Handball Championship in San Cristóbal ** defeated , 30–20, to win their fifth Pan American Men's Youth Handball Championship title. took third place. * May 20– 24:

2015 Pan American Men's Club Handball Championship The 2015 Pan American Men's Club Handball Championship took place in Taubaté 20-24 may. It acts as the Pan American qualifying tournament for the 2015 IHF Super Globe. Teams * Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate * SAG Villa Ballester * Hande ...

Taubaté Taubaté is a medium-sized city in the State of São Paulo, in southeastern Brazil. Location Its strategic location between the two most important Brazilian cities (São Paulo away, and Rio de Janeiro away), connected to both by the President ...

** Handebol Taubaté defeated fellow Brazilian team, the

EC Pinheiros The Esporte Clube Pinheiros, founded on 7 September 1899, by German immigrants, under the name Sport Club Germânia (Sport Club Germany), is a multi-sports and social club located in the Brazilian metropolis São Paulo. The full name of the ...

, 26–20, to win their third Pan American Men's Club Handball Championship title. River Plate took third place. * May 21 – 28:

2015 Pan American Women's Handball Championship The 2015 Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the 13th edition of the Pan American Women's Handball Championship, held in Cuba from 21 to 28 May 2015. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 2015 World Women's Handball Cham ...

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

** defeated , 26–22, to win their ninth Pan American Women's Handball Championship title. took third place.

Oceania Continent Handball Federation (OCHF)

* June 6–8: 2015 Oceania Handball Champions Cup in Sydney ** Sydney University HC defeated fellow Australian team, St Kilda HC, 23–16, to win their fourth consecutive Oceania Handball Champions Cup title. AS Dumbea took third place.

IHF Super Globe

* September 7–10:

2015 IHF Super Globe The 2015 IHF Super Globe was the ninth edition. It was held at the Duhail Handball Sports Hall in Doha, Qatar from 7–10 September 2015. Füchse Berlin captured their first title by defeating MKB Veszprém in the final. Teams Eight teams partic ...

** Füchse Berlin defeated MKB Veszprém, 28–27 at extra time, to win their first IHF Super Globe title.

took third place.

Ice hockey

Judo

Luge

Mixed martial arts

* January 3:

UFC 182 ''UFC 182: Jones vs. Cormier'' was a mixed martial arts event held on January 3, 2015, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Background The event was headlined by a Light Heavyweight Championship bout between the champion at that ...

Jon Jones Jonathan Dwight Jones (born July 19, 1987) is an American professional mixed martial artist currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), in which he has competed in the light heavyweight division. He is a former two-time UFC L ...

defeated

Daniel Cormier Daniel Ryan Cormier (; born March 20, 1979) is an American former professional mixed martial artist, amateur wrestler, and current commentator for the UFC. He is a former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight Ch ...

* January 31: UFC 183:

Anderson Silva Anderson da Silva (; born 14 April 1975) is a Brazilian-American mixed martial artist and boxer. He is a former UFC Middleweight Champion and holds the record for the longest title reign in UFC history at 2,457 days. This started in 2006 an ...

defeated

Nick Diaz Nickolas Robert Diaz (born August 2, 1983) is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Diaz is a former Strikeforce, WEC and IFC welterweight champion ...

in Las Vegas * February 28:

UFC 184 ''UFC 184: Rousey vs. Zingano'' was a mixed martial arts event held on February 28, 2015, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Background A UFC Middleweight Championship bout between Chris Weidman and Vitor Belfort was expected to serve ...

Ronda Rousey Ronda Jean Rousey (; born February 1, 1987) is an American professional wrestler, actress, former judoka and mixed martial artist. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand and is the current SmackDown Women� ...

defeated

Cat Zingano Cathilee Deborah "Cat" Zingano (née Albert; born July 1, 1982) is an American mixed martial artist, currently signed to Bellator MMA, competing in the Women's Featherweight division. Zingano also competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championshi ...

in Los Angeles * March 14:

UFC 185 ''UFC 185: Pettis vs. dos Anjos'' was a mixed martial arts event held on March 14, 2015, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Background The event was the third that the UFC has hosted in Dallas, Texas. The event was headlined by a ...

Rafael dos Anjos Rafael Souza dos Anjos (; born October 26, 1984) is a Brazilian American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Welterweight and Lightweight divisions in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is a former UFC Light ...

defeated

Anthony Pettis Anthony Paul Pettis (born January 27, 1987) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He is currently signed to the Professional Fighters League. Pettis formerly fought in the Welterweight, Lightweight, and Featherweight divisions of th ...

in Dallas * April 25:

UFC 186 ''UFC 186: Johnson vs. Horiguchi'' was a mixed martial arts event held on April 25, 2015, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Background The event was the seventh event that the UFC has hosted in Montreal, Quebec. The event was expec ...

Demetrious Johnson Demetrious Johnson (born August 13, 1986) is an American mixed martial artist. He currently competes in ONE Championship, where he is the current ONE Flyweight Champion (135 lb). He is the inaugural and former UFC Flyweight Champion. Known fo ...

defeated

Kyoji Horiguchi is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently competing in Bellator MMA and Rizin FF in the Flyweight division. He is the former bantamweight champion in both organizations. As of December 13, 2022, he is #6 in the Bellator Bantamweight Rankings ...

in Montreal * May 23:

UFC 187 ''UFC 187: Johnson vs. Cormier'' was a mixed martial arts event held on May 23, 2015, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Background The event was expected to be headlined by a UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between then ...

defeated Anthony Johnson in Las Vegas * June 13:

UFC 188 ''UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum'' was a mixed martial arts event held on June 13, 2015, at Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City, Mexico. Background The event was headlined by a UFC Heavyweight Championship unification bout between then champio ...

: Fabrício Werdum vs

Cain Velasquez Caín Ramirez Velasquez (born July 28, 1982) is an American professional wrestler and retired mixed martial artist, currently appearing for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). He is widely known for his time in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, ...

in Mexico City * July 11:

UFC 189 ''UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor'' was a mixed martial arts event held on July 11, 2015, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Background The event took place during the UFC's annual International Fight Week. The event was expected t ...

José Aldo José Aldo da Silva Oliveira Júniorhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/CI3oOc0VAAAr_iv.jpg (, born 9 September 1986), commonly anglicized as Jose Aldo, is a retired Brazilian professional mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist. He last competed i ...

Conor McGregor Conor Anthony McGregor ( ga, Conchúr Antóin Mac Gréagóir; born 14 July 1988) is an Irish professional mixed martial artist. He is a former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight and lightweight double-champion. He is the first ...

in Las Vegas * August 1:

UFC 190 ''UFC 190: Rousey vs. Correia'' was a mixed martial arts event held on August 1, 2015, at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Background The event was headlined by a UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout between former UFC Bantamwei ...

vs Bethe Correia in Rio de Janeiro

Modern pentathlon

Motorsport

Mountain bike racing

Multi-sport events

* January 31 – February 8: 2015 Winter

World Masters Games The World Masters Games is an international multi-sport event held every four years which, in terms of competitor numbers, has developed into the largest of its kind. Governed by the International Masters Games Association (IMGA), the World Mas ...

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* February 4–14:

2015 Winter Universiade The 2015 Winter Universiade, the XXVII Winter Universiade, was a multi sport winter event held in Granada, Spain and Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia. On 14 March 2009, FISU announced that the host would be Granada because they were the only bid. On 25 J ...

Štrbské Pleso Štrbské pleso (, german: Tschirmer See, pl, Szczyrbskie jezioro, hu, Csorbató or ) is a picturesque mountain lake of glacial origin and a top tourist destination in the High Tatras, Slovakia. It is the second-largest glacial lake on the Sl ...

Osrblie Osrblie ( hu, Cserpatak) is a village and municipality in Brezno District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. The village is best known for biathlon races, with Biathlon World Cup events taking place since the mid-1990s and with on ...

and Granada * Note: Four sports would be contested in Slovakia from January 24 – February 1, due to little confidence by the FISU about Granada hosting these events. ** Štrbské Pleso / Osrblie venue: won both the gold and overall medal tallies. ** Granada venue: won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * March 28 – April 5: 2015 Winter Deaflympics in

** Host nation, , won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * May 8–18: 2015 IBSA World Championships and Games in

** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * June 1–6: 2015 Games of the Small States of Europe in

** Host nation, , won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * June 5–16:

2015 Southeast Asian Games The 2015 Southeast Asian Games ( ms, Sukan Asia Tenggara 2015; ; ta, 2015 தென்கிழக்கு ஆசிய விளையாட்டுப் போட்டிகள்), officially known as the 28th Southeast Asian Games, o ...

in ** won the gold medal tally. Host nation, , won the overall medal tally. * June 12–28: 2015 European Games in Baku (debut event) ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * June 26 – July 5: 2015

World Police and Fire Games The World Police and Fire Games (WPFG) is a biennial athletic event, open to active and retired law enforcement and fire service personnel throughout the world. The WPFG Federation is an arm of the California Police Athletic Federation (CPAF), ...

in Fairfax County, Virginia ** The won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * June 27 – July 3:

2015 Island Games The XVI Island Games (also known as the ''2015 NatWest Island Games'' for sponsorship reasons) was held in Jersey, Channel Islands, from 27 June to 3 July 2015. This was the second time that the island has hosted the games, the first being in 199 ...

in ** Host island, , won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * July 2–8: 2015 IWAS World Junior Games in

Stadskanaal Stadskanaal () is a town and municipality with a population of 32,715 in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. It was named after the canal Stadskanaal. From 1800 until 1900 this area was ideal for its peat mining, and so ...

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* July 3–14:

2015 Summer Universiade ) , Nations participating = 143 , Athletes participating = 12,885 , Events = 272 in 21 sports , Opening ceremony = , Closing ceremony = , Officially opened by = Park Geun-hye , Athlete's Oath = Kim Seong-yeon and Kim Kuk-young , Judge's Oath = ...

in Gwangju ** won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally. * July 4–18:

2015 Pacific Games The 2015 Pacific Games, also known as Port Moresby 2015 or POM 2015, was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, from 4 to 18 July 2015. It was the fifteenth staging of the Pacific Games as well as the third to be hosted in Port Moresby. More tha ...

Port Moresby (; Tok Pisin: ''Pot Mosbi''), also referred to as Pom City or simply Moresby, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea. It is one of the largest cities in the southwestern Pacific (along with Jayapura) outside of Australia and New ...

** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * July 10–26:

2015 Pan American Games Fifteen or 15 may refer to: *15 (number), the natural number following 14 and preceding 16 *one of the years 15 BC, AD 15, 1915, 2015 Music * Fifteen (band), a punk rock band Albums * ''15'' (Buckcherry album), 2005 * ''15'' (Ani Lorak al ...

** The won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * July 25 – August 2:

2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games The 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games were a multi-sport event for athletes with intellectual disabilities held in Los Angeles, United States from July 25 to August 2, 2015, in the tradition of the Special Olympics movement. These Game ...

in Los Angeles ** For results, clic
here.
* August 1–9: 2015 Indian Ocean Island Games in

Saint-Denis, Réunion Saint-Denis (, , unofficially Saint-Denis de La Réunion for disambiguation; ) is the prefecture (administrative capital) of the French overseas department and region of Réunion, in the Indian Ocean. It is located at the island's northernmost ...

** Réunion won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * August 7–15:

in Toronto ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * August 7–16: 2015 CPISRA World Games in

** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * August 28 – September 6: 2015 Mediterranean Beach Games in

(debut event) ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * September 4–19:

2015 All-Africa Games The 11th African Games took place from September 4–19, 2015 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. This edition marked the 50th anniversary of the Games, as well as their return to Brazzaville, which hosted the first edition in 1965. Host awar ...

in Brazzaville ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * September 5–11:

2015 Commonwealth Youth Games The 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games, officially known as the V Commonwealth Youth Games, and commonly known as Samoa 2015, was the fifth Commonwealth Youth Games which started in the year 2000. It was held from 5 to 11 September, 2015 in Apia, the c ...

Apia Apia () is the capital and largest city of Samoa, as well as the nation's only city. It is located on the central north coast of Upolu, Samoa's second-largest island. Apia falls within the political district (''itūmālō'') of Tuamasaga. ...

** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * September 26 – October 3: 2015

IWAS World Games The International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports (IWAS) World Games (or IWAS World Games) are a multi-sport competition for athletes with a disability, which were the forerunner of the Paralympic Games. The competition has been formerly known as t ...

in Sochi ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * October 1–10: 2015 European Masters Games in

Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard dialect, Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department in France. The Nice urban unit, agg ...

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* October 2–11: 2015 Military World Games in

Mungyeong Mungyeong ( ko, 문경 ' ()) is a city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. The local government, economy, and transportation networks are all centered in Jeomchon, the principal town. Mungyeong has a lengthy history, and is known today fo ...

** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * December 3–9:

2015 ASEAN Para Games The 2015 ASEAN Para Games, officially known as the 8th ASEAN Para Games, and commonly known as Singapore 2015, was a Southeast Asian Disabled sports, disabled multi-sport event held from 3 to 9 December 2015 in the city-state of Singapore. Unli ...

in ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Nordic combined

Nordic skiing

Racquetball

Road cycling

Roller sport

* May 28 & 29: 2015 Inline Hockey World Masters Cup in

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian language, Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second- ...

** Winners: * June 20 & 21: 2015 Inline Downhill World Championships in Cisterna d'Asti ** Men's time trial winner: Angelo Vecchi ** Women's time trial winner: Séverine Christ Thomas ** Men's Cross winner: Christian Montavon ** Women's Cross winner: Annalena Rettenberger * June 7–13: Men's Inline Hockey FIRS Junior World Championship 2015 in Rosario ** Men's winners: ** Women's winners: ** Men's Junior winners: * June 20–27: 2015 Rink Hockey "A" World Championship in

La Roche-sur-Yon La Roche-sur-Yon () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. It is the capital of the department. The demonym for its inhabitants is ''Yonnais''. History The town expanded significantly after Na ...

** In final defeated 6–1. took third place. * August 21–23:

Women's Flat Track Derby Association The Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) is the international governing body for the sport of women's flat track roller derby, and association of leagues around the world. The organization was founded in April 2004 as the United Leagues Co ...

Division 2 Tournament in Cleveland, Ohio ** Hosts:

Burning River Roller Derby Burning River Roller Derby is a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 2006, Burning River is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). History and organization Burning River Roller Derby ...

** Qualifying tournament for the WFTDA International Championships in St. Paul, Minnesota ** Qualifying to advance: Demolition City Dynamite Dames,

Kansas City Roller Warriors The Kansas City Roller Warriors (KCRW) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Kansas City, Kansas that was founded in 2004. The members of the league are split into four home teams that play within the league and two travel teams tha ...

. * August 28–30:

Division 2 Tournament in

Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at t ...

Michigan Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...

** Hosts:

Detroit Derby Girls Detroit Roller Derby (DRD) is a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Detroit, Michigan. The league was formed as Detroit Derby Girls in January 2005 and held their first bouts in February 2006. In November 2016, the league announced ...

** Qualifying tournament for the WFTDA International Championships in St. Paul, Minnesota ** Qualifying to advance: Sacred City Sacrificers, Music City All-Stars. * September 4–6:

Division 1 Tournament in

Tucson, Arizona , "(at the) base of the black ill , nicknames = "The Old Pueblo", "Optics Valley", "America's biggest small town" , image_map = , mapsize = 260px , map_caption = Interactive map ...

** Hosts:

Tucson Roller Derby Tucson Roller Derby (TRD) is a women's flat track roller derby league located in Tucson, Arizona. Founded in late 2003, Tucson Roller Derby is a skater-run non-profit organization and hosts monthly roller derby competitions showcasing bouts invo ...

** Qualifying tournament for the WFTDA International Championships in St. Paul, Minnesota ** Qualifying to advance: Arch Rival All-Stars, Bay Area All-Stars,

Victorian Roller Derby League The 'Victorian Roller Derby League'' (VRDL or Victoria) is a flat track roller derby league based in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 2007, VRDL provides opportunities for all ages and at all levels to participate and compete in Roller Derby. VR ...

. * September 11–13:

Division 1 Tournament in

Dallas, Texas Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County ...

** Hosts:

Dallas Derby Devils The Dallas Derby Devils (DDD) is a flat track roller derby league in Dallas, Texas and surrounding area of Ft. Worth, Texas. Founded in November 2004, the Dallas Derby Devils is the original North Texas roller derby league with a current roster o ...

** Qualifying tournament for the WFTDA International Championships in St. Paul, Minnesota ** Qualifying to advance: Rat City All-Stars, Texas Texecutioners, Rose City Wheels of Justice. * September 17–26: Roller Skating FIRS Artistic World Championships 2015 in Cali ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * September 18–20:

Division 1 Tournament in

Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville is a city located on the Atlantic coast of northeast Florida, the most populous city proper in the state and is the List of United States cities by area, largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020. It is the co ...

** Hosts:

Jacksonville Rollergirls Jacksonville Roller Derby is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Jacksonville, Florida, (USA). Originally formed as the First Coast Fatales, the league became Jacksonville RollerGirls in 2007, and changed to its current name in 201 ...

** Qualifying tournament for the WFTDA International Championships in St. Paul, Minnesota ** Qualifying to advance: Denver Roller Derby Mile-High Club, New Jax City All-Stars, London Brawling. * September 19–26: 2015 Rink Hockey "U20" World Championship in

Vilanova i la Geltrú Vilanova i la Geltrú () is the capital city of Garraf '' comarca'', in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Historically a fishing port, the city has a growing population of approximately 66,000, and is situated 40 km south-west of ...

** In the final defeated 4–3. took third place. * October 2–4:

Division 1 Tournament in

Omaha, Nebraska Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest cit ...

** Hosts: Omaha Rollergirls ** Qualifying tournament for the WFTDA International Championships in St. Paul, Minnesota ** Qualifying to advance: Minnesota RollerGirls All-Stars, Angel City Hollywood Scarlets, Gotham Girls All-Stars. * October 26–30: 2015 Inline Freestyle World Championships in

Torino Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. T ...

** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * November 6–8: 2015

International Championships in

Saint Paul, Minnesota Saint Paul (abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County. Situated on high bluffs overlooking a bend in the Mississippi River, Saint Paul is a regional business hub and the center ...

** Hosts:

Minnesota RollerGirls Minnesota Roller Derby (MNRD) is a flat track roller derby league based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in the United States. Founded in August 2004 as Minnesota RollerGirls by the Donnelly sisters, MNRD was one of the first 30 members of the Women's Fl ...

** Division 2 results: *** Bronze: Demolition City Dynamite Dames,

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*** Silver: Music City All-Stars,

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*** Gold: Sacred City Sacrificers,

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** Division 1 results: *** Bronze:

, Melbourne, Victoria *** Silver: Gotham Girls All-Stars, New York City *** Gold: Rose City Wheels of Justice,

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*** Tournament MVP: Scald Eagle of the Rose City Rollers * November 13–22: 2015 Roller Speed Skating World Championships in Kaohsiung ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Rowing

Rugby union

* October 10, 2014 – April 3, 2015:

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defeated Doncaster R.F.C. 35–5 to win first British and Irish Cup title. * October 11, 2014 – May 17, 2015: 2014–15 Sevens World Series ** winning the

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for the 2nd time beating by 10 points in the overall standings. came in third. * October 17, 2014 – May 2, 2015:

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defeated fellow French team, Clermont, 24–18, to win a third consecutive European club title. * December 4, 2014 – May 23, 2015: 2014–15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series ** winning the

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for the third time beating by 12 points in the overall standings. came in third. * February 5 – March 20:

2015 Six Nations Under 20s Championship The 2015 Six Nations Under 20s Championship was a rugby union competition held between February and March 2015. England won the championship. However, no team won either a Grand Slam or the Triple Crown Triple Crown may refer to: Sports Horse ...

** Winner: (8 points); Second: (6 points and PF of 145); Third: (6 points and PF of 115) * February 6 – March 21:

2015 Six Nations Championship The 2015 Six Nations Championship, known as the 2015 RBS 6 Nations because of the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the 16th series of the Six Nations Championship, the annual rugby union tournament. It was contested b ...

** Champions: (13th title) **

Calcutta Cup The Calcutta Cup is the trophy awarded to the winner of the rugby match between England and Scotland played annually in the Six Nations Championship. Like the match itself (England–Scotland), the Calcutta Cup is the oldest trophy contested be ...

winner: ** Millennium Trophy winner: **

Centenary Quaich The Centenary Quaich (; Scottish Gaelic: ''Cuach nan Ceud Bliadhna''; Irish: ''Corn na Céad Bliain'') is an international rugby union award contested annually by Ireland and Scotland as part of the Six Nations Championship. A "Quaich" is a Gae ...

winner: **

Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy The Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy ( it, Trofeo Garibaldi; french: Trophée Garibaldi) is a rugby union trophy awarded to the winner of the annual Six Nations Championship match between France and Italy. The trophy, designed by former French internati ...

winner: * February 6 – March 22:

2015 Women's Six Nations Championship The 2015 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2015 RBS Women's Six Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the 14th series of the Women's Six Nations Championship, an annual women's rugby u ...

** Champions: (second title) **

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winner: * February 12 – July 4:

2015 Super Rugby season The 2015 Super Rugby season was the 20th season of Super Rugby and the fifth season featuring an expanded 15-team format. For sponsorship reasons, this competition was known as Asteron Life Super Rugby in Australia, Investec Super Rugby in New ...

** The Highlanders defeated fellow New Zealand team, the

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, 21–14, to win their first Super Rugby title. * March 9–23:

2015 World Rugby Pacific Challenge The 2015 Pacific Challenge was the tenth World Rugby Pacific Challenge (known as the IRB Pacific Rugby Cup in previous seasons). The tournament, featuring six national 'A' rugby union teams, was hosted in Fiji. The tournament was won by Pampas XV, ...

(renamed from IRB Nations Cup) **

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, 17–9, at the final match. Canada A took third place. * May 12 – 24:

2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy The 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy was the eighth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, second-tier world championship. A total of 8 nations played in the tournament. The event was held in Portugal and was or ...

in (renamed from the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy) ** defeated , 49–24, to win their first World Rugby Under 20 Trophy title. took third place. * June 2–20:

2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship The 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship was the eighth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event was organised for the second time in Italy by rugby's governing body, World Rugby. Twelve nations played i ...

in (renamed from the IRB Junior World Championship) ** defeated , 21–16, to win their fifth World Rugby Under 20 Championship title. took third place. * July 17 – August 8:

2015 Rugby Championship The 2015 Rugby Championship was the fourth edition of the expanded annual southern hemisphere Rugby Championship consisting of Argentina, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. The 2015 Championship was a shorter competition than normal, with ...

** Champions: (fourth title overall, first in Rugby Championship era) **

Bledisloe Cup The Bledisloe Cup is an annual rugby union competition originally staged between the national teams of Australia's Wallabies and New Zealand's All Blacks that has been contested since the 1930s. The frequency that the competition is held has va ...

winner: ** Freedom Cup winner: New Zealand ** Mandela Challenge Plate winner: Australia ** Puma Trophy winner: Australia ** Also notable is that finished in third place, marking the first time they had finished above the bottom of the table since entering the competition in

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. * July 18 – August 3:

2015 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup The 2015 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup was the tenth edition of the World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup (formerly known as the IRB Pacific Nations Cup), an annual international rugby union tournament. The 2015 title was contested between the Tier 2 n ...

** defeated , 39–29, to win their third World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup title. took third place. * August 7–14: 2015

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(Part of the

) ** defeated the , 57–54, in the gold medal match. took the bronze medal. * September 15–19:

2015 IWRF European Championship 2015 IWRF European Championship was the 10th international European wheelchair rugby competition, taken place between 15 September to 19 September. The championships was contested between Europe's eight top national teams and was held at the Pajula ...

in Pajulahti ** defeated , 49–48, to win their fifth IWRF European Championship title. took the bronze medal. * September 18 – October 31: 2015 Rugby World Cup in (final at

) ** defeated , 34–17, to win their second consecutive and third overall Rugby World Cup title. took the bronze medal. * October 12–16: 2015 World Wheelchair Rugby Challenge in London ** defeated the , 54–50, in the final. took the bronze medal. * October 26 – November 1: 2015

IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship The IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship or IWRF Asia-Oceania Zone Championship is the Asian-Oceanian wheelchair rugby championships that take place every two years between national teams of the continents. The Asia-Oceania Championship is also a qualif ...

in Chiba ** defeated , 56–51, to win their first IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship title. took the bronze medal.

Sailing

Shooting

* January 2 – December 6: 2015 ISSF Shooting Calendar

ISSF World Cup

* February 28 – March 10: World Cup #1 for the Shotgun only in Acapulco ** Men's Trap winner: Massimo Fabbrizi ** Men's Double Trap winner: Jeffrey Holguín ** Men's Skeet winner:

Vincent Hancock Vincent Charles Hancock (born March 19, 1989, in Port Charlotte, Florida) is an American shooter and Olympian who won the gold medal in the men's skeet at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing (with a then Olympic record), 2012 Summer Olympics in ...

** Women's Trap winner: Corey Cogdell ** Women's Skeet winner:

Kim Rhode Kimberly Susan Rhode (born July 16, 1979) is an American double trap and skeet shooter. A California native, she is a six-time Olympic medal winner, including three gold medals, and six-time national champion in double trap. She is the most succ ...

* March 19–29: World Cup #2 for the Shotgun only in Al Ain ** Men's Trap winner: David Kostelecký ** Men's Double Trap winner:

Vasily Mosin Vasily Alexandrovich Mosin (russian: Василий Александрович Мосин; born 9 May 1972, in Kazan) is a Russian sport shooter who specializes in the double trap. At the 2004 Olympic Games he finished in nineteenth place in the ...

** Men's Skeet winner: Anthony Terras ** Women's Trap winner: Silvana Stanco ** Women's Skeet winner: Diana Bacosi * April 8 – 16: World Cup #1 for the Rifle and Pistol in Changwon ** Men's 10m Air Pistol winner:

Jin Jong-oh Jin Jong-oh (진종오; ; born 24 September 1979) is a South Korean sports shooter who competed at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. The only individual four-time Olympic champion in shooting, he is the most successful individua ...

** Men's 10m Air Rifle winner: Péter Sidi ** Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol winner: Jean Quiquampoix ** Men's 50m Pistol winner: ZHANG Bowen ** Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions winner: HUI Zicheng ** Men's 50m Rifle Prone winner:

Matthew Emmons Matthew D. Emmons (born April 5, 1981) is an American rifle shooter. He competed in various events at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics and won a gold, a silver, and a bronze medal. Career Emmons started out as a successful junior and has b ...

** Women's 10m Air Pistol winner:

Liubov Yaskevich Lyubov Ilyinichna Yaskevich (russian: Любовь Ильинична Яскевич; born 17 April 1985) is a Russian female sport shooter. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 10 metre air pistol, finishing fourth, 0.6 of a ...

** Women's 10 m Air Rifle winner: Snježana Pejčić ** Women's 25m Pistol winner:

Otryadyn Gündegmaa Otryadyn Gündegmaa ( mn, Отрядын Гүндэгмаа; born 23 May 1978), is a Mongolian sport shooter. She competed in 10 m and 25 m pistol events at the 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman ...

** Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions winner: Snježana Pejčić * April 24 – May 4: World Cup #3 for the Shotgun only in

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** Men's Trap winner: David Kostelecký ** Men's Double Trap winner: Antonino Barilla ** Men's Skeet winner: Saif Bin Futtais ** Women's Trap winner:

Satu Mäkelä-Nummela Satu Mäkelä-Nummela (born October 26, 1970, in Orimattila, Finland) is a Finnish sports shooter. She won the gold medal in the Women's Trap event at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She has also won bronze medals in Women's Trap event in 1995 and 20 ...

** Women's Skeet winner: Diana Bacosi * May 11–19: World Cup #2 for the Rifle and Pistol in Fort Benning ** Men's 10m Air Pistol winner:

** Men's 10m Air Rifle winner: Milutin Stefanović ** Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol winner: Oliver Geis ** Men's 50m Pistol winner:

Damir Mikec Damir Mikec ( sr-Cyrl, Дамир Микец; born 31 March 1984) is a Serbian sport shooter. Biography Mikec represented Serbia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. He earned his qualification by finishing 6th at ...

** Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions winner: Yuriy Yurkov ** Men's 50m Rifle Prone winner: Michael McPhail ** Women's 10m Air Pistol winner: Antoaneta Boneva ** Women's 10 m Air Rifle winner: Andrea Arsović ** Women's 25m Pistol winner:

** Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions winner: CHANG Jing * May 26 – June 2: World Cup #3 for the Rifle and Pistol in

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#1 ** Men's 10m Air Pistol winner: João Costa ** Men's 10m Air Rifle winner:

Zhu Qinan Zhu Qinan (; born November 15, 1984, in Wenzhou, Zhejiang) is a male Chinese sport shooter. He won the gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics in the Men's 10 m Air Rifle event and a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the Men's 10 m ...

** Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol winner:

Christian Reitz Christian Reitz (born 29 April 1987) is a German 25 metre rapid fire pistol shooter, the current world record holder. Career He rose to fame during 2005, the first year with the new equipment rules, but was defeated in that year's European Jun ...

** Men's 50m Pistol winner: João Costa ** Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions winner: Andre Link ** Men's 50m Rifle Prone winner: Michael McPhail ** Women's 10m Air Pistol winner: Antoaneta Boneva ** Women's 10m Air Rifle winner: Yi Siling ** Women's 25m Pistol winner: ZHANG Jingjing ** Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions winner:

Barbara Engleder Barbara Engleder (née Lechner; born 16 September 1982, in Eggenfelden) is a German rifle shooter. She competed in the 50 m rifle three positions event at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the ...

* August 6–16: World Cup for all Three Guns in Gabala ** Men's 50m Pistol winner: Mai Jiajie ** Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions winner: Hui Zicheng ** Men's 10m Air Rifle winner:

Cao Yifei Cao Yifei (born May 20, 1988 in Jiaozuo, Henan) is a male Chinese sports shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the ...

** Men's 10m Air Pistol winner: Kim Cheong-yong ** Men's Skeet winner:

** Men's Double Trap winner:

Walton Eller Walton Glenn Eller III (born January 6, 1982) is an American Trap shooting, trap shooter and five-time U.S. Olympic athlete (2000 Summer Olympics, 2000, 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004, 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008, 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012, 2016 Summ ...

** Men's 50m Rifle Prone winner: Kirill Grigoryan ** Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol winner: Hu Haozhe ** Men's Trap winner:

Alexey Alipov Aleksey Aleksandrovich Alipov (russian: Алексей Александрович Алипов, born 7 August 1975) is a Russian olympic Trap shooter. He is the 2004 Olympic champion in that discipline. Career Born in Moscow, he was trained at ...

** Women's 10m Air Rifle winner: Elaheh Ahmadi ** Women's 25m Pistol winner: Cao Lijia ** Women's 10m Air Pistol winner: Zorana Arunović ** Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions winner: Chen Dongqi ** Women's Skeet winner: Katiuscia Spada ** Women's Trap winner:

Yukie Nakayama is a Japanese trap shooter, who competed at three Olympic games and won the silver medal at the 2013 ISSF World Championships. Nakayama made her official Olympic debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she finished thirteenth in th ...

* September 1–7: World Cup #4 for the Rifle and Pistol (final) in Munich #2 ** Men's 10m Air Pistol winner: Vladimir Isakov ** Men's 10m Air Rifle winner:

Yang Haoran Yang Haoran (; born 22 February 1996) is a Chinese sport shooter. He has collected a career tally of fourteen medals (nine golds and five silver) and broke eight world junior records in air rifle shooting at major international competitions, spa ...

** Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol winner: Jean Quiquampoix ** Men's 50m Pistol winner: ZHANG Bowen ** Men's 50m Rifle Prone winner: Michael McPhail ** Men's 50m Rifle Three Positions winner:

** Women's 10m Air Pistol winner: Zorana Arunović ** Women's 10m Air Rifle winner: Elaheh Ahmadi ** Women's 25m Pistol winner: ZHANG Jingjing ** Women's 50m Rifle Three Positions winner: Selina Gschwandtner * October 15–21: World Cup #4 for the Shotgun only (final) in Nicosia ** Men's Skeet winner: Gabriele Rossetti ** Women's Skeet winner: Amber Hill ** Men's Trap winner:

Giovanni Cernogoraz Giovanni Cernogoraz (born 27 December 1982) is a Croatian sports shooter. Competing in shotgun events, he won the Olympic gold medal in men's trap at the London 2012 Summer Olympics. He was elected for Croatian Sportsman of the year by ''Sportsk ...

** Women's Trap winner:

Alessandra Perilli Alessandra Perilli (born April 1, 1988) is a Sammarinese professional target shooter. Her hometown is Borgo Maggiore. She finished 4th after a draw for 2nd place with a French and a Slovakian shooter in the Women's trap at the 2012 Summer Olymp ...

** Men's Double Trap winner:

Steven Scott Steven "Steve" Scott (born 10 January 1985) is a British shooter. Career He won a gold medal in the 2010 Commonwealth Games held from 3–14 October 2010 in Delhi, India, and a bronze medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics. Scott was born ...

IPC Shooting World Cup

* March 30 – November 7: 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup ** March 30 – April 1: World Cup #1 in Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire *** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. ** April 18 – 21: World Cup #2 in Szczecin *** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. ** May 12 – 15: World Cup #3 in

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*** and won 6 gold medals each. Great Britain won the overall medal tally. ** July 10–14: World Cup #4 in Osijek *** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. ** September 15–19: World Cup #5 in Sydney *** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. ** November 3–7: World Cup #6 (final) in Fort Benning *** and won 3 gold medals each. Great Britain and won 6 overall medals each.

Other shooting championships

* March 2–8:

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** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * June 25 – July 2: 2015 ISSF Junior Cup in

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** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * July 19 – August 2:

2015 European Shooting Championships The 2015 European Shooting Championships was held in Maribor, Slovenia from July 19 to 31, 2015. Men's events 300 m rifle Rifle Pistol Running target Shotgun Women's events 300 m rifle Rifle Pistol Shotgun Medal table Reference ...

in Maribor ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * September 9–18: 2015 World Shotgun Championships in

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** , , and the won 4 gold medals each. Italy and the United States won 12 overall medals each. * September 25 – October 1: 2015 Asian 10 m Events Championships in

** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * November 1–12: 2015 Asian Shooting Championships in Kuwait City * Note: This event was stripped of the Rio 2016 Olympic Qualification status, per orders from the IOC. ** and won 16 gold medals each. South Korea won the overall medal tally. * November 25 – December 3: 2015 Oceania Shooting Championships in Sydney ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * November 28 – December 7: 2015 African Shooting Championships in

** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Ski jumping

Snooker

Players Tour Championship

* June 17, 2014 – March 28, 2015: Players Tour Championship 2014/2015 ** June 17–21:

Asian Tour 2014/2015 – Event 1 The Asian Tour 2014/2015 – Event 1 (also known as the 2014 Yixing Open) was a professional minor-rankingsnooker tournament that took place between 17 and 21 June 2014 at the Yixing Sports Centre in Yixing, China. Joe Perry was the defendin ...

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defeated Michael Holt 4–2. ** August 7–10:

European Tour 2014/2015 – Event 1 The European Tour 2014/2015 – Event 1 (also known as the 2014 Kaspersky Lab Riga Open) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 7–10 August 2014 at the Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia. This was the first profes ...

in Riga ***

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defeated Mark Allen (snooker player), Mark Allen 4–3. ** August 20–24: European Tour 2014/2015 – Event 2 in Fürth *** Mark Allen (snooker player), Mark Allen defeated Judd Trump 4–2. ** October 1–5: European Tour 2014/2015 – Event 3 in

*** Shaun Murphy defeated Martin Gould 4–2. ** October 20–24: Asian Tour 2014/2015 – Event 2 in Haining City, Haining *** Stuart Bingham defeated Oliver Lines 4–0. ** November 11–23: European Tour 2014/2015 – Event 4 in

*** Shaun Murphy defeated Robert Milkins 4–0. ** December 11–14: European Tour 2014/2015 – Event 5 in Lisbon *** Stephen Maguire defeated Matthew Selt 4–2. ** January 20–24: Asian Tour 2014/2015 – Event 3 in Xuzhou *** Joe Perry (snooker player), Joe Perry defeated Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4–1. ** February 25 – March 1: European Tour 2014/2015 – Event 6 in Gdynia *** Neil Robertson defeated Mark Williams (snooker player), Mark Williams 4–0. ** March 24–28: Players Tour Championship 2014/2015 – Finals in

*** Joe Perry (snooker player), Joe Perry defeated Mark Williams (snooker player), Mark Williams 4–3.

Snooker season

* May 10, 2014 – May 4, 2015: Snooker season 2014/2015 ** May 8–11: 2014 Vienna Snooker Open in

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*** Mark King (snooker player), Mark King defeated Nigel Bond 5–2. ** June 4–8: 2014 Pink Ribbon (snooker), Pink Ribbon in Gloucester *** Peter Lines defeated Lee Walker 4–1. ** June 23–29: 2014 Wuxi Classic in Wuxi *** Neil Robertson defeated Joe Perry (snooker player), Joe Perry 10–9. ** June 30 – July 6: 2014 Australian Goldfields Open in Bendigo *** Judd Trump defeated Neil Robertson 9–5. ** September 1–6: 2014 Six-red World Championship in

*** Stephen Maguire defeated Ricky Walden 8–7. ** September 8–14: 2014 Shanghai Masters (snooker), 2014 Shanghai Masters in

*** Stuart Bingham defeated Mark Allen (snooker player), Mark Allen 10–3. ** October 10–18: 2014 General Cup in Hong Kong *** Ali Carter defeated Shaun Murphy 7–6. ** October 26 – November 2: 2014 International Championship in

*** Ricky Walden defeated Mark Allen (snooker player), Mark Allen 10–7. ** November 3–9: 2014 Champion of Champions in Coventry *** Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Judd Trump 10–7. ** November 25 – December 7: 2014 UK Championship (snooker), 2014 UK Championship in York *** Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Judd Trump 10–9. ** January 11–18: 2015 Masters (snooker), 2015 Masters in London *** Shaun Murphy defeated Neil Robertson 10–2. ** February 4–8: 2015 German Masters in Berlin ***

defeated Shaun Murphy 9–7. ** January 5 – February 12: 2015 Championship League in Stock, Essex, Stock *** Stuart Bingham defeated Mark Davis (snooker player), Mark Davis 3–2. ** February 16–22: 2015 Welsh Open (snooker), 2015 Welsh Open in

*** John Higgins defeated Ben Woollaston 9–3. ** March 2–3: 2015 World Seniors Championship in Blackpool *** Mark Williams (snooker player), Mark Williams defeated Fergal O'Brien 2–1. ** March 4–6: 2015 Snooker Shoot-Out in Blackpool *** Michael White (snooker player), Michael White defeated Xiao Guodong 1–0. ** March 10–14: 2015 Indian Open in Mumbai *** Michael White (snooker player), Michael White defeated Ricky Walden 5–0. ** March 16–22: 2015 World Grand Prix in Llandudno *** Judd Trump defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–7. ** March 30 – April 5: 2015 China Open (snooker), 2015 China Open in Beijing ***

defeated Gary Wilson (snooker player), Gary Wilson 10–2. ** April 18 – May 4: 2015 World Snooker Championship in Sheffield *** Stuart Bingham defeated Shaun Murphy 18–15.

Snowboarding

Softball

Little League World Series (softball)

* August 2–19: 2015 Little League World Series Schedule for Softball ** August 2–8: 2015 Senior League Softball in Sussex County, Delaware, Sussex County at the Little League Complex *** Team West ( Missoula, Montana, Missoula) defeated Team Central ( Escanaba, Michigan, Escanaba), 10–0, in the final. ** August 2–8: 2015 Junior League World Series (softball), Junior League World Series Softball in Kirkland, Washington, Kirkland at Everest Park *** Team Southeast ( Tampa, Florida) defeated Team Asia-Pacific ( Norzagaray, Bulacan), 9–2, in the final. ** August 2–9: 2015 Big League Softball in Sussex County at the Little League Complex *** Team Southwest ( Monroe, Louisiana) defeated Team West ( Antelope Valley), 9–1, in the final. ** August 13–19: 2015 Little League Softball in Portland, Oregon, Portland at the Alpenrose Stadium *** Team Southeast ( Salisbury, North Carolina) defeated Team East ( Warwick, Rhode Island), 4–2, in the final.

International softball

* June 26 – July 5: 2015 ISF Men's World Championship in Saskatoon ** defeated , 10–5, to win their first ISF Men's World Championship title. took the bronze medal. * June 29 – July 5: 2015 World Cup of Softball in Irvine, California ** The defeated , 6–1, to win their eighth World Cup of Softball title. took the bronze medal. * August 9–15: 2015 ISF Junior Women's World Championship in Oklahoma CityXI WBSC Junior Womens World Championship Website
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Speed skating

Sport climbing

* May 14 – 16: Sport Climbing IFSC Bouldering European Championships 2015 in Innsbruck ** Men's Bouldering winner: Jan Hojer ** Women's Bouldering winner: Juliane Wurm * November 20–22: Sport Climbing IFSC Asian Championships 2015 in Ningbo ** Women's Lead winner: Kim Ja-in ** Women's Speed winner: Tita Suptia ** Women's Bouldering winner: Miho Nonaka ** Men's Lead winner: Keiichiro Korenaga ** Men's Speed winner: Galar Pandu Asmoro ** Men's Bouldering winner: Tsukuru Hori

2015 IFSC Climbing World Cup

* May 17: IFSC Climbing World Cup #1 in Central Saanich ** Women's Speed winner: Iuliia Kaplina ** Men's Speed winner: Qixin Zhong * May 30 & 31: IFSC Climbing World Cup #2 in

** Women's Bouldering winner: Anna Stöhr ** Men's Bouldering winner: Alban Levier * June 5 & 6: IFSC Climbing World Cup #3 in Vail, Colorado, Vail ** Women's Bouldering winner: Megan Mascarenas ** Men's Bouldering winner: Jan Hojer * June 20 & 21: IFSC Climbing World Cup #4 in Chongqing ** Women's Bouldering winner: Akiyo Noguchi ** Men's Bouldering winner: Sean McColl ** Women's Speed winner: Mariia Krasavina ** Men's Speed winner: Qixin Zhong * June 26 & 27: IFSC Climbing World Cup #5 in Haiyang ** Women's Bouldering winner: Petra Klingler ** Men's Bouldering winner: Jongwon Chon ** Women's Speed winner: Anouck Jaubert ** Men's Speed winner: Qixin Zhong * July 10–12: IFSC Climbing World Cup #6 in Chamonix ** Women's Speed winner: Anouck Jaubert ** Men's Speed winner: Libor Hroza ** Women's Lead winner: Mina Markovič ** Men's Lead winner: Ramón Julián Puigblanque * July 17 & 18: IFSC Climbing World Cup #7 in Briançon ** Women's Lead winner: Kim Ja-in ** Men's Lead winner: Gautier Supper * July 31 – August 1: IFSC Climbing World Cup #8 in Imst ** Women's Lead winner: Mina Markovič ** Men's Lead winner: Romain Desgranges * August 14 & 15: IFSC Climbing World Cup #9 in

** ''Finals in Bouldering'' *** Women's Bouldering winner: Shauna Coxsey *** Men's Bouldering winner: Alexey Rubtsov * August 21 & 22: IFSC Climbing World Cup #10 in Stavanger ** Women's Lead winner: Mina Markovič ** Men's Lead winner: Gautier Supper * September 26 & 27: IFSC Climbing World Cup #11 in Puurs ** Women's Lead winner: Kim Ja-in ** Men's Lead winner: Domen Škofic * October 17 & 18: IFSC Climbing World Cup #13 in Wujiang ** ''Fnals in speed'' *** Women's Speed winner: Mariia Krasavina *** Men's Speed winner: Reza Alipourshena *** Women's Lead winner: Kim Ja-in *** Men's Lead winner: Adam Ondra

Squash (sport), Squash

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Track cycling

Trial cycling

Triathlon

Volleyball

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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