2015 Burundian legislative election, Background
In the previous legislative election in 2010, the ruling National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy won a large majority. The election was boycotted by most opposition parties following claims of fraud in the local elections held on 24 May. This left the opposition Union for National Progress and Front for Democracy in Burundi–Nyakuri (which were supportive of the ruling party) the only other parties to win seats.


2015 Burundian legislative election, Background
The announcement by the ruling party that the incumbent President of Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza, would run for a third term in the presidential election, which was planned to be held on 26 June, sparked protest by those who were opposed to Nkurunziza seeking a third term in office.


2015 Burundian legislative election, Background
Critics of the president say his actions jeopardise a peace deal that has kept ethnic tensions in check since the Burundian Civil War ended in 2005 and that Nkurunziza is not constitutionally permitted to seek a third term in office; his supporters argue that his first five-year term should not count because he was elected by a parliamentary vote rather than a popular vote.


2015 Burundian legislative election, Background
Widespread demonstrations in the capital, Bujumbura, lasted for over three weeks. During that time the country's highest court approved Nkurunziza's right to run for a third term in office despite the fact that at least one of court's judges fled the country claiming he had received death threats from members of the government. As a result of the protests the government also shut down the country's internet and telephone network, closed all of the country's universities and government officials publicly referred to the protesters as "terrorists". Since late April tens of thousands of people have fled the country, hundreds of people have been arrested and several protesters and police have been killed while dozens more have been injured.


2015 Burundian legislative election, Background
On 13 May, a coup was announced, led by Maj. Gen. Godefroid Niyombare, while President Nkurunziza was in Tanzania attending an emergency conference about the situation in the country. By the next day the coup collapsed and government forces reasserted control.


2015 Burundian legislative election, Background
The elections were originally planned to be held 26 May, but as a result of the unrest, the election was postponed to 5 June. The East African Community together with South African President Jacob Zuma called on the government to delay the elections. The opposition has also called for a delay, and stated they would boycott the elections on 5 June. The European Union and the Catholic Church of Burundi pulled out of observing the elections, stating that the vote could not be held fairly because of unrest and a crackdown of the media.


2015 Burundian legislative election, Background
The head of the electoral commission, Pierre-Claver Ndayicariye (also President of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission) announced on 3 June that the parliamentary and local elections would not take place as planned on 5 June and were being delayed to an unspecified date. On 8 June 2015, the electoral commission proposed that the parliamentary election take place on 26 June. The date was later set as 29 June 2015.


2015 Burundian legislative election, Electoral system
The National Assembly has 100 directly-elected members, who are elected in 18 multi-member constituencies (equal to the provinces) using the closed list proportional representation system, with seat allocation decided by the d'Hondt method with a national 2% electoral threshold. A further three members of the Twa ethnic group are appointed, and more members are co-opted to ensure a 60-40 split between Hutus and Tutsis, and a 30% quota for female MPs.


2015 Burundian legislative election, Electoral system
The Senate is elected by colleges of local councillors, with three Twa members appointed and more members co-opted to ensure a 50-50 split between Hutus and Tutsis and a 30% quota for female Senators.


2015 Burundian legislative election, Campaign
Sixteen lists of parties, coalitions and independents contested the elections. Seventeen opposition parties announced on 26 June that they would boycott both the parliamentary election and the subsequent presidential election.


2015 Burundian legislative election, Conduct
The African Union announced on 28 June that its election observers would not observe the parliamentary election scheduled for the next day, saying that the "necessary conditions" for "free, fair, transparent and credible elections" did not exist. United Nations observers stated that the elections were not "free, inclusive or credible" due to "a climate of widespread fear and intimidation in parts of the country".


2015 Burundian legislative election, Results, National Assembly
Provisional results announced on 7 July 2015 showed the CNDD–FDD obtaining 77 of the 100 contested seats; the opposition coalition, which had called for a boycott, was credited with 21 seats, and UPRONA obtained two seats. Turnout was placed at 74.32%. The opposition coalition remained on the ballot papers despite boycotting and vowing that it would not participate in the next National Assembly. In the event that the elected deputies from the opposition do not take up their seats, according to the electoral law those seats would be reassigned to parties that received more than 5% of the vote.


2015 Burundian legislative election, Results, Senate
The Senate was elected on 24 July by an electoral college composed of local councillors. The chamber gained two members as a result of the creation of Rumonge Province.


2015 Burundian legislative election, Aftermath
The National Assembly began meeting for its new term on 27 July 2015. Members of Amizero y'Abarundi, the opposition coalition, were divided on whether to take up their parliamentary seats. The main opposition leader, Agathon Rwasa, said that 20 deputies from his party, the National Forces of Liberation (FNL), would take up their seats, but Charles Nditije of the Union for National Progress (UPRONA) said that the 10 UPRONA deputies would not. Nditije said that it would be "impossible to take seats" considering that they had boycotted the election.


2015 Burundian legislative election, Aftermath
On 30 July 2015, Pascal Nyabenda, the President of the CNDD-FDD, was elected as President of the National Assembly. Agathon Rwasa was elected as First Vice-President and Edouard Nduwimana, who had been Minister of the Interior, as Second Vice-President. There were no opposing candidates for any of the three positions. Nyabenda received 101 votes and Rwasa, with the backing of CNDD-FDD deputies, received 108 out of 112 votes. By accepting a top post in the legislature and appearing to adopt a conciliatory approach to the government, Rwasa infuriated some in the opposition, who viewed his actions as betrayal.


2015 Burundian legislative election, Aftermath
Révérien Ndikuriyo, a CNDD-FDD Senator, was elected as President of the Senate on 14 August 2015. He was the only candidate for the post and was unanimously elected. Spès Caritas Njebarikanuye, a CNDD-FDD Senator, was elected as First Vice-President of the Senate, and Anicet Niyongabo, a UPRONA Senator, was elected as Second Vice-President.


2015 Burundian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Burundi on 21 July 2015. President Pierre Nkurunziza ran for a third term despite controversy over whether he was eligible to run again. The opposition boycotted the vote, and Nkurunziza won re-election.


2015 Burundian presidential election, Electoral system
The elections were held using the two-round system. If no candidate had won a majority of the vote in the first round, a second round would have been held.


2015 Burundian presidential election, Candidates, Nkurunziza re-election controversy
The ruling CNDD–FDD and the opposition disagreed over whether President Pierre Nkurunziza was eligible to run for a third term in office. Allies of Nkurunziza claimed that he was eligible for a third term, as his first term began after being elected by Parliament rather than a popular vote, and so was not included in the term limit.


2015 Burundian presidential election, Candidates, Nkurunziza re-election controversy
During a two-day visit to Burundi in March 2015, Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete warned of a risk of violence if the constitution and the 2005 Arusha Peace Agreement is not adhered to. The Roman Catholic Church, which constitute two-thirds of Burundians population and also played a key role in the peace talks, expressed concern as well, insisting that the constitution barred Nkurunziza from running for another term.


2015 Burundian presidential election, Candidates, Nkurunziza re-election controversy
In April 2015 the CNDD–FDD nominated Nkurunziza as its candidate. The decision prompted days of protests and clashes with police in Bujumbura. The government denounced the unrest and accused the opposition of trying to reignite the violence and ethnic tensions of the civil war.


2015 Burundian presidential election, Candidates, Nkurunziza re-election controversy
On 5 May 2015 the Constitutional Court ruled that Nkurunziza was eligible to stand for a third term, although its ruling followed the court's Vice President Sylvere Nimpagaritse fleeing the country, saying that most of the court judges believed that Nkurunziza standing for a third term was unconstitutional, but that they had come under pressure to change their minds. On 13 May a coup attempt was launched by elements in the military opposed to Nkurunziza's third term bid, but loyalist soldiers reasserted control by the next day.


2015 Burundian presidential election, Candidates, Nkurunziza re-election controversy
The African Union and the United States both called for Nkurunziza not to stand for a third term. On 19 May following a meeting of regional leaders, South African President Jacob Zuma called for the election to be indefinitely delayed.


2015 Burundian presidential election, Candidates, Nkurunziza re-election controversy
On 27 May the government urged citizens to donate money to help finance the election, reacting to the possibility of foreign aid being cut by saying that the vote would be held regardless. On 31 May regional leaders of the East African Community called for the election to be delayed by six weeks. While the Burundian government responded positively, protesters were angry that the EAC said nothing about Nkurunziza's candidacy.


2015 Burundian presidential election, Candidates, Nkurunziza re-election controversy
On 8 June 2015 the electoral commission proposed that the date of the presidential election be moved from 26 June to 15 July, delaying the vote by nearly three weeks.


2015 Burundian presidential election, Candidates, Nkurunziza re-election controversy
Nkurunziza began his re-election campaign at a rally on 25 June.


2015 Burundian presidential election, Candidates, Nkurunziza re-election controversy
On 11 July 2015 in response to requests from regional leaders, the government announced another delay, pushing the vote back by six days to 21 July. Although the regional leaders had requested a delay to 30 July to allow time for a potential mediation effort coordinated by the President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, the government pointed to the constitutional requirement that the vote be held no later than 26 July, one month prior to the expiration of Nkurunziza's term. With the election only days away, the mediation effort was largely unsuccessful. Museveni acted as mediator for one day and then placed the Ugandan Minister of Defense, Crispus Kiyonga, in charge of the effort. Government representatives did not attend the talks on 19 July, and they were consequently suspended.


2015 Burundian presidential election, Candidates, Opposition
In December 2014 it was announced that eight opposition parties would field a joint candidate for the presidential elections, as well as running together in the parliamentary elections.


2015 Burundian presidential election, Candidates, Opposition
On 10 June 2015 various opposition leaders called for a boycott of the election, rejecting the notion of holding the vote amidst ongoing protests and controversy regarding Nkurunziza's re-election bid and complaining that the election should have been delayed further, especially in light of the EAC's call for a six-week delay.


2015 Burundian presidential election, Candidates, Opposition
17 opposition parties announced on 26 June that they would boycott the election. With the entire opposition, including key opposition candidate Agathon Rwasa, calling for a boycott, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for another postponement on the same day, "in order to create a conducive environment for inclusive, peaceful and transparent elections", and he urged dialogue between the government and the opposition. Albert Shingiro, Burundi's Permanent Representative to the UN, rejected the notion of postponing the vote again.


2015 Burundian presidential election, Candidates, Opposition
He argued that it was constitutionally necessary to hold the vote as planned and that to do otherwise would mean an "institutional vacuum", and he said that it would be unacceptable for the overwhelming majority of voters to be held "hostage" by a small "radical minority" who opposed holding the election on schedule.


2015 Burundian presidential election, Candidates, Opposition
Although the opposition candidates pulled out of the race and called for a boycott, their names remained on ballot papers.


2015 Burundian presidential election, Results
The electoral commission announced on 24 July 2015 that Nkurunziza had won the election with 74% of the vote. Agathon Rwasa was placed second and credited with 20% despite calling for a boycott. The CNDD-FDD described Nkurunziza's re-election as a "stunning victory" and a "divine miracle".


2015 Burundian presidential election, Aftermath
Nkurunziza was sworn in for his third term a few days early, on 20 August 2015. The ceremony was not announced until the same day it was held. Speaking on the occasion, he described his re-election as "a victory of all Burundians". He vowed that if his enemies continued to pursue violence, they would be beaten with the aid of God and "scattered like flour thrown into the air". Later on the same day, Nkurunziza's newly appointed vice-presidents were sworn in: Gaston Sindimwo, the Secretary-General of UPRONA, was designated as First Vice-President, while Joseph Butore of the CNDD-FDD was designated as Second Vice-President.


2015 Burundian presidential election, Aftermath
Nkurunziza appointed a new government on 25 August 2015. Nkurunziza loyalists considered to be hardliners were appointed to key posts, but supporters of Rwasa, who had adopted a conciliatory attitude toward the government, were appointed to head five less important ministries.


2015 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2015 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council Election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2015 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election
17 seats were contested. The Labour Party won 10 seats, the Conservatives won 6 seats, and the Liberal Democrats won 1 seat.


2015 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election
After the election, the total composition of the council was as follows:


2015 Busan Open
The 2015 Busan Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fourteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Busan, South Korea between 4 and 10 May 2015.


2015 Busan Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Busan Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players were given special exempt to gain entry into the singles main draw:


2015 Busan Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry from as a lucky loser:


2015 Busan Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Busan Open – Doubles
Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Nam Ji-sung and Song Min-kyu in the final, 7–6(7–2), 3–6, [10–7].


2015 Busan Open – Singles
Go Soeda was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals.


2015 Busan Open – Singles
Chung Hyeon won the title, defeating Lukáš Lacko in the final 6–3, 6–1.


2015 Butler Bulldogs football team
The 2015 Butler Bulldogs football team represented Butler University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by tenth-year head coach Jeff Voris and played their home games at the Butler Bowl. They were a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in PFL play to finish in a three way tie for fourth place.


2015 Butler Bulldogs softball team
The Butler Bulldogs women's softball team represents Butler University in Indianapolis, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Big East Conference. The 2014–2015 team opened the season on February 6th, 2015 and concluded their regular season on April 21st. The season consisted of 46 games and 5 tournaments. The team won 22 of its first 45 games and lost 23.


2015 C.D. Primeiro de Agosto season
The 2015 season of Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto is the club's 37th season in the Girabola, the Angolan Premier football League and 37th consecutive season in the top flight of Angolan football. In 2015, the club participated in the Girabola and the Angola Cup.


2015 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2015 Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 6–9, 2015 at Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. The champion received an automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Tournament. The 2015 tournament featured 10 teams due to the addition of Elon to the CAA.


2015 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2015 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament was the 33rd edition of the tournament. It determined the Colonial Athletic Association's automatic berth into the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.


2015 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament
The Hofstra Pride won the tournament, besting the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens in the championship match.


2015 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament, Qualification
The top six teams in the Colonial Athletic Association based on their conference regular season records qualified for the tournament.


2015 CAA Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2015 Colonial Athletic Association Women's Basketball Tournament was held March 13–16, 2015 at the Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Champion James Madison received an automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Tournament.


2015 CAA Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2015 tournament features ten teams with the addition of Elon.


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 Championship was held in Seychelles. All matches were played at the Roche Caiman Sports Complex.


2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship
As well as crowning the best beach soccer nation in Africa, the tournament served as the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifier for teams from Africa which are members of CAF, where the top two teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Portugal. In the final, Madagascar defeated Senegal to be crowned champions, and both teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.


2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship, Qualification
The 2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship qualifying rounds decided the participating teams of the final tournament.


2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship, Qualification
Qualification ties are played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the sides are level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule is applied, and if still level, the tie proceeds directly to a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played).


2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship, Qualification, First round
The first legs were scheduled for 13–15 February 2015, and the second legs were scheduled for 20–22 February 2015.


2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship, Qualification, First round
Note: Tunisia and Cameroon withdrew. Sudan and Djibouti were to play a one-off match in Cairo, Egypt, but Sudan withdrew.


2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship, Qualification, Second round
The first legs were scheduled for 13–15 March 2015, and the second legs were scheduled for 20–22 March 2015.


2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship, Qualification, Second round
The seven winners of the second round qualified for the final tournament, where they were joined by the hosts Seychelles.


2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship, Qualification, Second round
Note: Libya withdrew. Djibouti and Morocco played a one-off match in Casablanca, Morocco. Madagascar and South Africa played both matches in Durban, South Africa as the beach venue at Mahajanga was rendered unplayable by several days of rain. Mali and Senegal were to play both matches in Dakar, Senegal, but Mali withdrew.


2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship, Qualified teams and draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 5 April 2015, 16:00 local time (UTC+2), at Cairo. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams, with the following seeding:


2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship, Group stage
Each team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat.


2015 CAF Champions League
The 2015 CAF Champions League (officially the 2015 Orange CAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 51st edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 19th edition under the current CAF Champions League format. The winner qualified for the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup, and earned the right to play in the 2016 CAF Super Cup.


2015 CAF Champions League
TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo won the competition for the fifth time in their history after a 4–1 aggregate victory over USM Alger of Algeria in the final. ES Sétif were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the group stage.


2015 CAF Champions League, Association team allocation
All 56 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Champions League, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their CAF 5-Year Ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition. The title holders can also enter. As a result, theoretically a maximum of 69 teams could enter the tournament – although this level has never been reached.


2015 CAF Champions League, Association team allocation
For the 2015 CAF Champions League, the CAF uses the 2009–2013 CAF 5-Year Ranking, which calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs’ performance over those 5 years in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup. The criteria for points are the following:


2015 CAF Champions League, Association team allocation
The points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows:


2015 CAF Champions League, Teams
The following 57 teams from 44 associations entered the competition.


2015 CAF Champions League, Teams
Teams in bold received a bye to the first round. The other teams entered the preliminary round.


2015 CAF Champions League, Teams
Associations are shown according to their 2009–2013 CAF 5-Year Ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.


2015 CAF Champions League, Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws are held at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt).


2015 CAF Champions League, Qualifying rounds
The draw for the preliminary, first and second qualifying rounds was held on 22 December 2014.


2015 CAF Champions League, Qualifying rounds
Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).


2015 CAF Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Second round
The losers of the second round entered the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup play-off round.


2015 CAF Champions League, Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 5 May 2015. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. Each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.


2015 CAF Champions League, Group stage
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:


2015 CAF Champions League, Knockout stage
Knockout ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).


2015 CAF Champions League, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
In the semi-finals, the group A winners played the group B runners-up, and the group B winners played the group A runners-up, with the group winners hosting the second leg.


2015 CAF Champions League, Knockout stage, Final
In the final, the order of legs was determined by a draw, held after the group stage draw.


2015 CAF Champions League Final
The 2015 CAF Champions League Final was the final of the 2015 CAF Champions League, the 51st edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 19th edition under the current CAF Champions League format.


2015 CAF Champions League Final
The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between USM Alger of Algeria and TP Mazembe of Democratic Republic of the Congo. The first leg was hosted by USM Alger at the Omar Hamadi Stadium in Algiers on 31 October 2015, while the second leg was hosted by TP Mazembe at the Stade TP Mazembe in Lubumbashi on 8 November 2015. The winner earned the right to represent the CAF at the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the quarterfinal stage, as well as play in the 2016 CAF Super Cup against the winner of the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup.


2015 CAF Champions League Final
TP Mazembe won the competition for the fifth time in its history and first time since 2010, defeating USM Alger of Algeria 4–1 on aggregate.


2015 CAF Champions League Final, Qualified teams
In the following table, finals until 1996 were in the African Cup of Champions Club era, since 1997 were in the CAF Champions League era.


2015 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Omar Hamadi Stadium
Omar Hammadi Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Bologhine, Algiers, Algeria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of USM Alger. The stadium has a capacity of 17,000 people.


2015 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Omar Hamadi Stadium
The stadium was built in 1919 as the home ground for l’Association Sportive Saint Eugénoise. It was known as the Stade communal de Saint Eugène.


2015 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Omar Hamadi Stadium
In 1957, the third platform will be built, consisting of two superimposed stands on the south side, arched and connecting the two original stands, this new platform will give a modern look at the municipal stadium.


2015 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Omar Hamadi Stadium
After the independence of Algeria in 1962, the stage of St. Eugene will be called Bologhine new name for the town.


2015 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Omar Hamadi Stadium
In 2000 a new stand was built to expand the home stadium capacity, and spent 8,000 to 10,000 spectators, USM Alger club that holds the concession for the stadium has also invested in the development of infrastructure necessary for recovery and training for players: sauna, gym and restaurant.


2015 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Stade TP Mazembe
Stade TP Mazembe is a multi-use stadium located in the Kamalondo suburb of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Since its completion in 2011, it has mostly been used for football matches and is the home venue of TP Mazembe and CS Don Bosco. The stadium has 18,000 seats.


2015 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Stade TP Mazembe
In April 2010 the construction of the new stadium of the TP Mazembe Lubumbashi club began, an enclosure that will meet the standards required by the African Football Confederation (CAF) to host international competitions, the new facilities have a VIP press room, parking for vehicles and synthetic grass.


2015 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Stade TP Mazembe
Until 2011 the TP Mazembe made use of the Stade Frederic Kibassa Maliba.


2015 CAF Champions League Final, Road to final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2015 CAF Champions League Final, Format
The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the order of legs decided by a draw, held after the group stage draw. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).


2015 CAF Champions League Final, Matches, First leg
Assistant referees:Tahssen Abo El Sadat Bedyer (Egypt)Ahmed Taha Hossam (Egypt)Fourth official:Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)


2015 CAF Champions League Final, Matches, Second leg
Assistant referees:Jean Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)Yahaya Mahamadou (Niger)Fourth official:Bakary Camara (Gambia)


2015 CAF Champions League group stage
The 2015 CAF Champions League group stage was played from 26 June to 12 September 2015. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage to decide the four places in the knockout stage of the 2015 CAF Champions League.


2015 CAF Champions League group stage, Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 5 May 2015, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The eight winners of the second round were drawn into two groups of four. Each group contained one team from Pot 1, one team from Pot 2, and two teams from Pot 3. The seeding of each team was determined by their ranking points calculated based on performances in continental club championships for the period 2010–2014.


2015 CAF Champions League group stage, Format
Each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.


2015 CAF Champions League group stage, Format, Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:


2015 CAF Champions League group stage, Groups
The matchdays were 26–28 June, 10–12 July, 24–26 July, 7–9 August, 21–23 August, and 11–13 September 2015.


2015 CAF Champions League knockout stage
The 2015 CAF Champions League knockout stage was played from 26 September to 8 November 2015. A total of four teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2015 CAF Champions League.


2015 CAF Champions League knockout stage, Qualified teams
The winners and runners-up of each of the two groups in the group stage qualified for the knockout stage.


2015 CAF Champions League knockout stage, Format
Knockout ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).


2015 CAF Champions League knockout stage, Bracket
In the semi-finals, the group A winners played the group B runners-up, and the group B winners played the group A runners-up, with the group winners hosting the second leg.


2015 CAF Champions League knockout stage, Bracket
In the final, the order of legs was determined by a draw, held after the group stage draw (5 May 2015, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt).


2015 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds
The 2015 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds were played from 13 February to 3 May 2015. A total of 57 teams competed in the qualifying rounds to decide the eight places in the group stage of the 2015 CAF Champions League.


2015 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, Draw
The draw for the preliminary, first and second qualifying rounds was held on 22 December 2014 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The entry round of each team was determined by their ranking points calculated based on performances in continental club championships for the period 2010–2014.


2015 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, Format
Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).


2015 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, Bracket
The eight winners of the second round advanced to the group stage, while the eight losers of the second round entered the Confederation Cup play-off round.


2015 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, Preliminary round
The preliminary round included the 50 teams that did not receive byes to the first round.


2015 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, Preliminary round
Note: The second leg was played outside of Guinea due to Ebola outbreak. AS Kaloum won 3–2 on aggregate.


2015 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, Preliminary round
3–3 on aggregate. SM Sanga Balende won on away goals.


2015 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, Preliminary round
2–2 on aggregate. MC El Eulma won on away goals.


2015 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, Preliminary round
Asante Kotoko won on walkover after East End Lions withdrew.


2015 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, Preliminary round
Note: The first leg was played outside of Libya due to security concerns. 1–1 on aggregate. Smouha won on penalties.


2015 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, Preliminary round
Note: The second leg was played outside of Liberia due to Ebola outbreak. The match was scheduled to take place in the Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako (Mali), on 1 March 2015 but the Malian Football Federation eventually did not allow Barrack Young Controllers to play there. The match was moved to take place in the Gambia the following week. Real Banjul won 2–1 on aggregate.


2015 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, First round
The first round included 32 teams: the 25 winners of the preliminary round, and the 7 teams that received byes to this round.


2015 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, First round
Note: The second leg was played outside of Guinea due to Ebola outbreak. 2–2 on aggregate. AS Kaloum won on penalties.


2015 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, First round
Note: The first leg was postponed by a week after five Kano Pillars players were wounded in a shooting on 5 March 2015. Moghreb Tétouan won 5–2 on aggregate.


2015 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, Second round
The second round included the 16 winners of the first round.


2015 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, Second round
Note: The second leg was played outside of Guinea due to Ebola outbreak. USM Alger won 3–2 on aggregate.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup
The 2015 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2015 Orange CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The winner earned the right to play in the 2016 CAF Super Cup.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup
Étoile du Sahel of Tunisia won the competition for the second time in their history after a 2–1 aggregate victory over Orlando Pirates of South Africa in the final. Al-Ahly were the defending champions, and after qualifying for the 2015 CAF Champions League, they entered the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup after they lost in the Champions League second round, but they were eliminated in the semi-finals.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup, Association team allocation
All 56 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Confederation Cup, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their CAF 5-Year Ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition. The title holders can also enter if they have not qualified for the CAF Champions League. As a result, theoretically a maximum of 69 teams could enter the tournament (plus eight teams eliminated from the CAF Champions League which enter the play-off round) – although this level has never been reached.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup, Association team allocation
For the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF uses the 2009–2013 CAF 5-Year Ranking, which calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs’ performance over those 5 years in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup. The criteria for points are the following:


2015 CAF Confederation Cup, Association team allocation
The points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows:


2015 CAF Confederation Cup, Teams
The following 63 teams from 43 associations entered the competition.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup, Teams
Teams in bold received a bye to the first round. The other teams entered the preliminary round.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup, Teams
Associations are shown according to their 2009–2013 CAF 5-Year Ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup, Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws are held at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt).


2015 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds
The draw for the preliminary, first and second qualifying rounds was held on 22 December 2014.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds
Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).


2015 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds, Play-off round
The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 May 2015. The winners of the Confederation Cup second round were drawn against the losers of the Champions League second round, with the former hosting the second leg.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup, Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 5 May 2015. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. Each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup, Group stage
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:


2015 CAF Confederation Cup, Knockout stage
Knockout ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).


2015 CAF Confederation Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
In the semi-finals, the group A winners played the group B runners-up, and the group B winners played the group A runners-up, with the group winners hosting the second leg.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup, Knockout stage, Final
In the final, the order of legs was determined by a draw, held after the group stage draw.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup Final
The 2015 CAF Confederation Cup Final was the final of the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup, the 12th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).


2015 CAF Confederation Cup Final
The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Orlando Pirates of South Africa and Étoile du Sahel of Tunisia. The first leg was hosted by Orlando Pirates at the Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg on 21 November 2015, while the second leg was hosted by Étoile du Sahel at the Stade Olympique de Sousse in Sousse on 29 November 2015. The winner earned the right to play in the 2016 CAF Super Cup against the winner of the 2015 CAF Champions League.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup Final
After drawing the first leg 1–1, Étoile du Sahel won the second leg 1–0 on Ammar Jemal's goal, giving them the title on the 2–1 on aggregate.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup Final, Road to final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2015 CAF Confederation Cup Final, Rules
The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the order of legs decided by a draw, held after the group stage draw. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).


2015 CAF Confederation Cup group stage
The 2015 CAF Confederation Cup group stage was played from 26 June to 13 September 2015. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage to decide the four places in the knockout stage of the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup group stage, Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 5 May 2015, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The eight winners of the play-off round were drawn into two groups of four. There were no seedings.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup group stage, Draw
The following eight teams were entered into the draw, whose identity were not known at the time of the draw:


2015 CAF Confederation Cup group stage, Format
Each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup group stage, Format, Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:


2015 CAF Confederation Cup group stage, Groups
The matchdays were 26–28 June, 10–12 July, 24–26 July, 7–9 August, 21–23 August, and 11–13 September 2015.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup group stage, Groups, Group A
The Stade Malien v Espérance de Tunis match was suspended at the 49th minute due to heavy rain, and was resumed on 10 August 2015, 16:30 UTC±0, from the point of abandonment.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage
The 2015 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage was played from 26 September to 29 November 2015. A total of four teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage, Qualified teams
The winners and runners-up of each of the two groups in the group stage qualified for the knockout stage.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage, Format
Knockout ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).


2015 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage, Bracket
In the semi-finals, the group A winners played the group B runners-up, and the group B winners played the group A runners-up, with the group winners hosting the second leg.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage, Bracket
In the final, the order of legs was determined by a draw, held after the group stage draw (5 May 2015, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt).


2015 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds
The 2015 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds were played from 13 February to 3 May 2015. A total of 63 teams competed in the qualifying rounds to decide the eight places in the group stage of the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Draw
The draw for the preliminary, first and second qualifying rounds was held on 22 December 2014 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The entry round of each team was determined by their ranking points calculated based on performances in continental club championships for the period 2010–2014.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Format
Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).


2015 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Bracket
The eight winners of the second round advanced to the play-off round, where they were joined by the eight losers of the Champions League second round.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Preliminary round
The preliminary round included the 46 teams that did not receive byes to the first round.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Preliminary round
Note: The first leg was played outside of Libya due to security concerns. Al-Ittihad won 7–1 on aggregate.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Preliminary round
Note: The second leg was played outside of Sierra Leone due to Ebola outbreak (also brought forward by a week). ASO Chlef won 2–1 on aggregate.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Preliminary round
Note: Both legs were played outside of Guinea and Liberia due to Ebola outbreak (second leg also brought forward by a week). Horoya won 4–3 on aggregate.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, First round
The first round included 32 teams: the 23 winners of the preliminary round, and the 9 teams that received byes to this round.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, First round
Note: The second leg was played outside of Libya due to security concerns. ASEC Mimosas won 2–1 on aggregate.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, First round
Note: The first leg was played outside of Guinea due to Ebola outbreak. 1–1 on aggregate. ASO Chlef won on penalties.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, First round
Club Africain won on walkover after Dolphins did not arrive on time for the first leg.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Second round
The second round included the 16 winners of the first round.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Second round
2–2 on aggregate. Hearts of Oak won on away goals.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Play-off round
The play-off round included 16 teams: the eight winners of the Confederation Cup second round and the eight losers of the Champions League second round.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Play-off round
The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 May 2015, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The winners of the Confederation Cup second round were drawn against the losers of the Champions League second round, with the former hosting the second leg.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Play-off round
Four ties contained a seeded loser of the Champions League second round (Pot A) and an unseeded winner of the Confederation Cup second round (Pot B), and the other four ties contained a seeded winner of the Confederation Cup second round (Pot C) and an unseeded loser of the Champions League second round (Pot D). The seeding of each team was determined by their ranking points calculated based on performances in continental club championships for the period 2010–2014.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Play-off round
The eight winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage.


2015 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Play-off round
3–3 on aggregate. Al-Ahly won on penalties (advanced to Group A).


2015 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Play-off round
Espérance de Tunis won 5–1 on aggregate (advanced to Group A).


2015 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Play-off round
AC Léopards won 4–3 on aggregate (advanced to Group B).


2015 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Play-off round
CS Sfaxien won 3–1 on aggregate (advanced to Group B).


2015 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Play-off round
Stade Malien won 4–3 on aggregate (advanced to Group A).


2015 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Play-off round
Note: The first leg was played outside of Guinea due to Ebola outbreak. Orlando Pirates won 6–1 on aggregate (advanced to Group B).


2015 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Play-off round
Étoile du Sahel won 3–2 on aggregate (advanced to Group A).


2015 CAF Super Cup
The 2015 CAF Super Cup (officially the 2015 Orange CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd CAF Super Cup, an annual football match in Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), between the winners of the previous season's two CAF club competitions, the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup.


2015 CAF Super Cup
The match was played between ES Sétif of Algeria, the 2014 CAF Champions League winner, and Al-Ahly of Egypt, the 2014 CAF Confederation Cup winner. It was hosted by ES Sétif at the Stade Mustapha Tchaker in Blida on 21 February 2015.


2015 CAF Super Cup
After a 1–1 draw, ES Sétif won 6–5 on penalties to become the first Algerian team to win the CAF Super Cup.


2015 CAF Super Cup, Rules
The CAF Super Cup was played as a single match, with the CAF Champions League winner hosting the match. If the score was tied at the end of regulation, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).


2015 CAF Super Cup, Match
Assistant referees:Songuifolo Yeo (Ivory Coast)Jean Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)Fourth official:Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)


2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The 2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 4th edition of the CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football competition organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to determine which women's national teams from Africa qualify for the Olympic football tournament.


2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Brazil as the CAF representatives.


2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
South Africa qualified for the second Olympics in a row, while Zimbabwe qualified for the first time.


2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Teams
A total of 18 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.


2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Format
Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, extra time would be played. The away goals rule would again be applied after extra time, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.


2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Format
The two winners of the fourth round qualified for the Olympic football tournament.


2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Second round
Note: Liberia, Mali and Tunisia withdrew. Liberia because of administrative reasons, due to Ebola outbreak (initially to play home match in Cameroon). Nigeria versus Mali and Liberia versus Cameroon were to be played in early/mid-May so Nigeria and Cameroon were able to leave earlier for the World Cup.


2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Third round
Note: Zimbabwe failed to secure the necessary funds to travel for the first leg, and FIFA awarded the match 3–0 to Ivory Coast. It was initially indicated by the CAF that Ivory Coast won the tie and the second leg was cancelled, but this was overturned by FIFA. Ivory Coast then failed to show up for the original second leg, but they were not punished, and the second leg was rescheduled. Ivory Coast then withdrew from the tie before the rescheduled second leg.


2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Qualified teams for Olympics
The following two teams from CAF qualified for the Olympic football tournament.


2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Goalscorers
Note: One goal scored by Equatorial Guinea missing goalscorer information.


2015 CARIFTA Games
The 2015 CARIFTA Games took place between 3 and 6 April 2015. The event was held at the Silver Jubilee Stadium in Bird Rock, south-eastern suburb of Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis. During the games, the stadium was officially renamed the "Kim Collins National Athletic Stadium" in honour of the country's 2003 100m world champion Kim Collins. It was the second time after 2008 that the event was hosted by Saint Kitts and Nevis.


2015 CARIFTA Games
A report of the event was given for the IAAF.


2015 CARIFTA Games, Austin Sealy Award
The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Mary Fraser, Barbados. She won three gold medals, 800 m and 1500m in the youth (U-18) category, as well as 3000m open for both junior and youth athletes.


2015 CARIFTA Games, Medal summary, Boys U-18 (Youth)
‡: It is reported that there is a tie for the bronze medal in high jump. However, it is also reported that Enzo Hodebar from Guadeloupe cleared the 2.00m in the first attempt, while Aaron Worrell from Barbados cleared the 2.00m in the third attempt, what should have broken the tie. * : Initially, the U-18 4 × 400 m relay teams from Jamaica and the Bahamas were disqualified resulting in gold for Trinidad and Tobago, silver for the Cayman Islands (3:20.86) and bronze for Saint Kitts and Nevis (3:24.95). However, after successful protests, both teams were reinstated in the medal ranks.


2015 CARIFTA Games, Medal summary, Girls U-18 (Youth)
‡: It is reported that there is a tie resulting in four bronze medallists in high jump. However, only Sakari Famous from Bermuda and Lamara Distin from Jamaica cleared the 1.68m in the second attempt and all other heights in the first attempt. Daejha Moss from the Bahamas cleared both the 1.68m and the 1.65m in the second attempt, while Anelia Austrie from Dominica cleared the 1.68m in the third and the 1.65m in the second attempt. Consequently, there should be only two bronze medals.


2015 CARIFTA Games, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 499 athletes from 25 countries participated. (Relay teams not completely known).


2015 CBA Playoffs
The 2015 CBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the Chinese Basketball Association's 2014-15 season.


2015 CBA Playoffs, Bracket
Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. Teams with home court advantage are shown in italics.


2015 CBR Brave season
The 2015 CBR Brave season was the Brave's 2nd season in the Australian Ice Hockey League since being founded and entering the league in 2014. The season ran from 25 April 2015 to 29 August 2015 for the Brave. CBR finished fourth in the regular season behind the Newcastle North Stars, Melbourne Ice and Perth Thunder. The Brave qualified for the AIHL Finals in Melbourne and played in semi-final one. Canberra were defeated by league premiers, the Newcastle North Stars, 3–4 in their semi-final match and were knocked out of the finals weekend, ending their season.


2015 CBR Brave season, News
In January 2015, the Brave announced the appointment of Brad Hunt as the new head coach of the team for the 2015 AIHL season. Brad was originally going to take on the assistant coach role for 2015 after hanging up the skates at the end of the 2014 season but with former head coach Matti Louma leaving the club to take on a development coaching position in Perth, Hunt was promoted to head coach instead.


2015 CBR Brave season, News
In February 2015, the league commission announced scheduling changes for the 2015 season that saw the Sydney Ice Dogs and Sydney Bears move three home matches from Sydney to Canberra.


2015 CBR Brave season, News
In March 2015, the CBR Brave in conjunction with Ice Hockey ACT announced the formation of the Junior Brave team to compete in the 2015 NSW Midget League. The junior program was coached by former AIHL player and Australian representative Andrew Brunt and finished their first season by finishing second in the league and losing the grand final to defending champions, the Liverpool Saints, 3–1. Three of the Junior Brave players made their debut with the senior CBR Brave team in the AIHL during 2015, including: goalie Alexandre Tetrault and forwards Jayden Lewis and Jordan Brunt. Alexandre Tetrault was also selected to represent Australia in the Under 20 World Championships in Serbia in 2016.


2015 CBR Brave season, News
In July 2015, the CBR Brave and head coach Brad Hunt parted ways by mutual consent. On ice performances during the first half of the regular season and future planning were cited as the main reasons for the decision. Import goaltender, Josh Unice, was appointed interim head coach for the remainder of the season. Alternative captain, Aaron Clayworth, retired from playing and stepped in to take over as assistant coach for the remainder of the season.


2015 CBR Brave season, Transfers
All the player transfers in and out by the CBR Brave for the 2015 AIHL season.


2015 CBR Brave season, Standings, Regular season
1The Ice Dogs were fined three competition points for multiple breaches by-law 4 which requires teams to travel with at least 15 players unless an exemption has been granted.


2015 CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice season
The 2015 season for the CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice cycling team began in February at the 2015 Vuelta a Andalucía. The team participated in UCI Europe Tour races and UCI World Tour events when given a wildcard invitation.


2015 CECAFA Cup
The 2015 CECAFA Cup is the 38th edition of the annual CECAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of the national teams of member nations of the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA). It took place in Ethiopia from 21 November to 5 December 2015.


2015 CECAFA Cup
The tournament was initially scheduled to be hosted in Rwanda. However, in June 2015, it was announced that Ethiopia replaced Rwanda as host due to Rwanda's preparation to host the 2016 African Nations Championship.


2015 CECAFA Cup, Participants
The following teams were confirmed to be participating in the tournament:


2015 CECAFA Cup, Group stage
The draw result was announced by CECAFA on 11 November 2015.


2015 CECAFA Cup, Group stage
If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings (in descending order):


2015 CECAFA Cup, Group stage, Ranking of third-placed teams
The two best ranked third-placed teams also advance to the quarter-finals.


2015 CECAFA Cup group stage
The 2015 CECAFA Cup Group Stage was the opening round of the CECAFA Cup, a competition played between national teams from the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations.


2015 CECAFA Cup group stage
The Group Stage took place from November 21-28, 2015, and consisted of twelve teams divided into three groups of four, with each team playing every other in the group in a round–robin format. The best two teams from each group automatically advanced to the quarterfinals, and the two best third-placed teams advanced as well.


2015 CECAFA Cup group stage
The biggest wins of the group stages were all 4–0 wins: Tanzania beat Somalia, Uganda beat Zanzibar, and Sudan beat Djibouti. The only other game that contained four goals was a 3–1 win for Zanzibar over Kenya.


2015 CECAFA Cup group stage
No team won all of its games; Tanzania and South Sudan were the most successful teams as they both earned seven of nine possible points (two wins and a draw).


2015 CELAC summit
The III CELAC summit or 2015 CELAC summit was the third ordinary heads of state summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States. It was held on 28 and 29 January 2015 in San José, Costa Rica.


2015 CERH European Roller Hockey U-17 Championship
The 2015 CERH European Roller Hockey U-17 Championship was the 34th edition of the CERH European Roller Hockey Juvenile Championship. It was held in Luso (Mealhada), Portugal from 6 to 12 September 2015. Portugal won its 13th title.


2015 CERH Women's Euro
The CERH Women's Euro 2015 or 2015 CERH Women's Championship was the 13th edition of the CERH European Women's Roller Hockey Championship, held between 25 and 29 August, in Matera, Italy. The competition was contested by five teams in a Round-robin format.


2015 CFL Draft
The 2015 CFL Draft took place on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, at 8:00 PM ET on TSN2 and RDS2. 62 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA.


2015 CFL Draft
For the first time since the 2006 CFL Draft, an NCAA player was drafted first overall, with Alex Mateas from the University of Connecticut being selected with the top pick. Six offensive linemen were drafted in the first round, which broke the previous record of five in the 1987 CFL Draft. A total of 44 CIS football players were selected in the draft with the Calgary Dinos earning the most selected players with seven, including two within the first three picks. 13 trades were made involving 15 draft picks, with all of the trades occurring before the draft.


2015 CFL Draft
The first two rounds were broadcast live on TSN with CFL Commissioner Jeffrey Orridge announcing each selection. The production was hosted by Farhan Lalji and featured the CFL on TSN panel which included Duane Forde, Paul LaPolice, Mike Benevides, and Lee Barrette who analyzed the teams' needs and picks.


2015 CFL Draft, Trades
In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.


2015 CFL season
The 2015 Canadian Football League season was the 62nd season of modern Canadian professional football. Officially, it was the 58th season of the league. The Edmonton Eskimos won the 103rd Grey Cup on November 29, defeating the Ottawa Redblacks 26–20 in Winnipeg. The schedule was released February 13, 2015 and the regular season began on June 25, 2015.


2015 CFL season, CFL News in 2015, Salary cap
According to the new collective bargaining agreement, the 2015 salary cap was set at $5,050,000 (average of $109,782 per active roster spot). As per the agreement, the cap is fixed and will not vary with league revenue performance. The base individual minimum salary was set at $51,000.


2015 CFL season, CFL News in 2015, Season schedule
The 2015 season schedule was released on February 13, 2015, with the regular season opening on June 25, 2015 at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium in Montreal, Quebec. It was the first time that Montreal had hosted the season opener since the 2011 CFL season. The major complication this year was the lack of available stadium dates due to the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2015 Pan Am Games occurring over the entire CFL pre-season and first five weeks of the regular season, affecting five member clubs.


2015 CFL season, CFL News in 2015, Season schedule
The BC Lions, Edmonton Eskimos, and Ottawa Redblacks played pre-season games away from their regular stadiums and in some instances, in different cities. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats did not play a regular season home game until week 6 and the Argonauts did not play in Toronto for a regular season game until week 7.


2015 CFL season, CFL News in 2015, Season schedule
Following three straight years of intra-division matchups in the last week of the regular season (and for the last two years, those same matchups in the last four weeks), the league featured inter-division games in the last week. There was also a Sunday game in the last week of the regular season which hadn't occurred since the 2010 CFL season. This season featured seven home-and-home series, up from two from the previous year.


2015 CFL season, CFL News in 2015, Season schedule
Despite Ottawa returning to the league, they did not play the Montreal Alouettes on Labour Day weekend, which is the first time since 2002 where both teams played in the league but did not play that same weekend. There were 15 double headers this year, with four on Fridays, nine on Saturdays, one on Sundays, and one on Labour Day Monday. The league also experimented with games regularly featured on Thursday nights, with one game every Thursday for 10 of the first 11 weeks of the season. The Thanksgiving Day Classic featured just one game for the first time since 1997, which is ironic in that it was the only week of the season with five games being played. For the second straight year, there was no Touchdown Atlantic contest.


2015 CFL season, CFL News in 2015, Hall of Fame
The Canadian Football Hall of Fame game took place on August 22, 2015, featuring the Saskatchewan Roughriders hosting the Calgary Stampeders. Dave Dickenson, Gene Makowsky, Eddie Davis, and Leroy Blugh were inducted as players while Bob O'Billovich, Bob Wetenhall, and Larry Reda joined as builders. Dickenson played for five seasons for the Stampeders and will be coaching in the game, while Makowsky played his entire 17-year career with the Roughriders. Davis played for five years with the Stampeders and nine with the Roughriders, winning Grey Cup championships with both teams.


2015 CFL season, CFL News in 2015, Northern Kickoff
On June 14, 2013, it was announced that the Edmonton Eskimos would host their 2015 preseason game at the new SMS Stadium at Shell Place in Fort McMurray against the Saskatchewan Roughriders on June 13, 2015. As part of the deal, the game was broadcast nationally on TSN, with a start time of 8:00pm MDT. The game was played here to broaden the Eskimos' fanbase and to allow Commonwealth Stadium (the Eskimos' usual home) to host 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Attendance for the game was 11,825 fans (3,175 short of a sellout).


2015 CFL season, CFL News in 2015, Northern Kickoff
Fort McMurray also hosted a Toronto Argonauts regular season home game. This was done due to the Argonauts' usual home stadium, Rogers Centre, being unavailable because of the 2015 Pan Am Games and Toronto Blue Jays occupying all dates in the month of July. This was the first regular season game played in Fort McMurray and is the most northerly regular season game in CFL history. The Toronto Argonauts defeated the Edmonton Eskimos 26–11 in front of a dismal attendance of only 4,900 fans (only 32.6% sold out), a low figure not seen for a regular season game since the days of the Las Vegas Posse.


2015 CFL season, CFL News in 2015, Northern Kickoff
Fort McMurray was also considered as a host site for the BC Lions' pre-season game against Edmonton, because they also had to vacate their stadium for the Women's World Cup, but the Lions instead opted to hold that game in Thunderbird Stadium, a much closer but smaller venue, for that contest.


2015 CFL season, CFL News in 2015, Quebec City preseason game
On June 13, 2015, the Ottawa Redblacks and the Montreal Alouettes played a preseason game in Quebec City, at the 12,257-seat Telus Stadium. Like other venue changes early in the season, this was to accommodate the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. This was the second time an Ottawa CFL franchise played a preseason game in Quebec City; the Renegades played the Alouettes in front of 10,358 fans at Stade PEPS (now Stade TELUS-Université Laval) on June 7, 2003. The Montreal Alouettes defeated the Ottawa Redblacks 29–6 in front of 4,778 fans.


2015 CFL season, CFL News in 2015, Coaching changes
Following the 2014 season, the BC Lions parted ways with Mike Benevides, who had been the head coach of the Lions since 2012. In those three seasons, Benevides posted a record of 33–21 in the regular season and 0–3 in the post-season. The Lions hired Jeff Tedford as their new head coach. Tedford played quarterback in the CFL in the 1980s and was the head coach of the University of California football team from 2002 through 2012. On August 21, 2015, Alouettes ownership relieved Tom Higgins of his coaching duties and brought general manager Jim Popp to the bench for the fourth time.


2015 CFL season, CFL News in 2015, New CFL commissioner
Nearing the end of the 2014 CFL season, Mark Cohon announced that he would be stepping down from his position as CFL commissioner. Cohon had been the CFL commissioner since 2007, which was the third longest tenure in league history. On January 9, 2015, his term came to an end and Jim Lawson (the chairman of the CFL's board of governors) became the interim commissioner while the CFL's board of governors searched for a new commissioner. On March 17, 2015, Jeffrey Orridge was announced as the new commissioner of the CFL. Orridge assumed office on April 29, 2015. Most recently, Orridge had been employed by the CBC as their Executive Director of Sports and General Manager from April 2011 to March 2015.


2015 CFL season, CFL News in 2015, Sale of the Toronto Argonauts
Two of the principals of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (Kilmer Sports and Bell Canada) announced its intent to acquire the Toronto Argonauts prior to the 2015 season, acquiring the team from BC Lions owner David Braley and ending the last remaining cross-ownership situation in professional football. (The third principal of MLSE, Rogers Communications, declined to acquire a stake. Because Bell already owned exclusive TV rights to the entire league and radio rights to the Argonauts, Rogers had no interest in buying a stake in a team that it could not broadcast.)


2015 CFL season, CFL News in 2015, Sale of the Toronto Argonauts
The sale means that 2015 will likely be the last season for the Argonauts in the Rogers Centre, where the team has had difficulties selling tickets; as soon as 2016, the team will move to MLSE-operated BMO Field, currently a soccer-specific stadium, which will be renovated to accommodate the CFL. The Argonauts were forced to move some home games out of the Rogers Centre because the Toronto Blue Jays, primary tenants of the Rogers Centre, made the playoffs in 2015.


2015 CFL season, CFL News in 2015, Sale of the Toronto Argonauts
MLSE and Braley pursued backup plans in the event the Blue Jays have to schedule playoff games on weeks the Argonauts are set to play; the team considered stadiums such as Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, Alumni Stadium in Guelph, and even UB Stadium in Buffalo, New York, USA as potential venues but ultimately rejected all of them, opting to play their October 6 home game against the Ottawa Redblacks in the home stadium of their opponent because it was "CFL-ready and TV-ready." The Argonauts would move their October 17 and 23 home game to Tim Hortons Field.


2015 CFL season, CFL News in 2015, Broadcasting changes
This was the eighth season in which The Sports Network maintained an exclusive partnership with the CFL for television rights. Beginning this season, TSN branded its Thursday night broadcasts as Thursday Night Football (unrelated to the National Football League package of the same name) and featured a more entertainment-oriented focus.


2015 CFL season, CFL News in 2015, Broadcasting changes
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats ended their longtime relationship with former flagship radio station CHML, the team's home continuously since 1984 and intermittently since 1950, and began a joint venture with crosstown rival CKOC. The Tiger-Cats/CKOC venture saw that station (at the time carrying oldies/classic hits) transformed into Hamilton's first all-sports radio outlet, carrying TSN Radio programming.


2015 CFL season, CFL News in 2015, Rule changes
In March the CFL's Rules Committee submitted a variety of rule changes to the Board of Governors be implemented for the 2015 season: On April 8, 2015, the league's Board of Governors approved most of the proposed changes.


2015 CFL season, CFL News in 2015, Eastern resurgence
The East Division finished with a collective record of better than .500 for the first time since 2004.


2015 CFL season, CFL News in 2015, New logo
On November 27, 2015, two days before the 103rd Grey Cup game, the CFL introduced its newest logo, its fourth in league history: A silver football-shaped design, with three laces signifying the three downs used in Canadian football on top, 'CFL' in block letters in the centre, and a half maple-leaf on the bottom. It replaces the 'leaf/football' logo that had been used since 2002.


2015 CFL season, Regular season, Structure
Teams play eighteen regular season games, playing two divisional opponents three times and all of the other teams twice. Teams are awarded two points for a win and one point for a tie. The top three teams in each division qualify for the playoffs, with the first place team gaining a bye to the divisional finals. A fourth place team in one division may qualify ahead of the third place team in the other division (the "Crossover"), if they earn more points in the season. If a third-place team finishes in a tie with the fourth place team in the other division, the third place team automatically gets the playoff spot and there is no crossover.


2015 CFL season, Regular season, Structure
If two or more teams in the same division are equal in points, the following tiebreakers apply:


2015 CFL season, Regular season, Standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points


2015 CFL season, CFL playoffs
For the first time since the 1983 season, all three of the CFL's Ontario-based teams qualified for the playoffs. The Eskimos won their 14th Grey Cup championship in franchise history, and their first since 2005. Mike Reilly was named Most Valuable Player after completing 21 of 35 pass attempts for 269 yards with two touchdown passes. He was also Edmonton's leading rusher at 66 yards. Shamawd Chambers, who missed the majority of the 2015 season with a knee injury, received the Dick Suderman Trophy as Most Valuable Canadian.


2015 CFL season, Award winners
The CFL changed their weekly awards format beginning with the 2015 season. The CFL now awards the top three players on performance, regardless of position or nationality. They also continued to award players on a monthly basis based on their performance within a set month.


2015 CFU Club Championship
The 2015 CFU Club Championship was the 17th edition of CFU Club Championship, the annual international club football competition in the Caribbean region, held amongst clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). The top three teams in the tournament qualified for the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League.


2015 CFU Club Championship
Central won the tournament by defeating fellow Trinidadian side W Connection in the final. Both teams qualified for the Champions League, along with Montego Bay United of Jamaica, who defeated Haitian side Don Bosco in the third place game.


2015 CFU Club Championship
The first round was held in April 2015 at sites in Haiti, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago. The final round was played in May 2015 in Trinidad and Tobago.


2015 CFU Club Championship, Teams
The tournament was open to all league champions and runners-up from each of the 31 CFU member associations (or cup winners if the league was not played), once their competition ended on or before the end of 2014.


2015 CFU Club Championship, Teams
A total of 15 teams from 9 CFU associations entered the competition, as they met the registration and fee payment deadline of January 7, 2015. This is the first CFU Club Championship to feature a team from the Bahamas, with Lyford Cay Dragons as their entrant.


2015 CFU Club Championship, Teams
There are no defending champions as no final was played in 2014.


2015 CFU Club Championship, First round
In the first round, the 15 teams were divided into three groups of four and one group of three, with each group containing at least two league champions. Each group was played on a round-robin basis, hosted by one of the teams at a centralized venue. The winners of each group advanced to the semi-finals.


2015 CFU Club Championship, Final round
In the final round, the four teams played matches on a knock-out basis, hosted by one of the teams at a centralized venue. The semi-final winners played in the final while the losers played in the third place match.


2015 CIK-FIA Karting European Championship
The 2015 CIK-FIA European Championship was the 44th edition of the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship and held championships in the KZ, KZ2, KF, KFJ and Superkart classes.


2015 CIS Men's Basketball Championship
The 2015 CIS Men's Final 8 Basketball Tournament was held March 12–15, 2015, in Toronto, Ontario. It was hosted by Ryerson University at the Mattamy Athletic Centre at the Gardens, marking the first time Ryerson had hosted, and the first time the tournament had been played in Toronto in its 53-year history. The 2015 tournament saw gold, silver and bronze medals awarded, respectively, to Carleton, Ottawa, and Ryerson. Carleton accepted the W. P. McGee Trophy, awarded to the national champions. This marked the fifth straight national title for Carleton—its 11th in 13 years—and the first team in CIS history to win 11 national championships.


2015 CIS University Cup
The 2015 CIS Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (53rd Annual) was held March 20–23, 2014. It was the first of two consecutive CIS Championships to be held at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax jointly hosted by the St. Francis Xavier University and Saint Mary's University. Each school was a designated 'host' for one of the events; St. Francis Xavier was the 2015 host while Saint Mary's was the host in the second year (2016).


2015 CIS University Cup
The defending champions were the Alberta Golden Bears which advanced to the tournament as the Canada West Champions and #1 seed.


2015 CIS University Cup, New Tournament Format
This two-year bid included a format change that saw eight teams compete and the re-introduction of the bronze medal game. Previous tournaments, going back to 1998 (17 seasons), were a 6-team 2-pool format (3 teams per pool) where one team from each pool would advance to the championship final (in some seasons, the runner-up in each pool would play for Bronze). Instead of a pool format, a tradition single elimination 8-team bracket was chosen and the teams seeded 1–8.


2015 CIS University Cup, New Tournament Format
The tournament length was the same (4 days) with two games on each day (the same half of the bracket per day; 1–8 & 4–5 versus 2–7 & 3–6 with Thursday's winners playing Saturday afternoon and Friday's winners playing Saturday night). The losers of Saturday's semi-finals play in the bronze medal game held prior to the championship final on Sunday.


2015 CIS University Cup, New Tournament Format
USPORTS announced they would reevaluated the format after the two-year run in Halifax for subsequent years.


2015 CIS University Cup, New Tournament Format, Tournament Seeding
In the previous six-team two-pool format, the conference champions were seeded 1-3 and the remaining three teams were shuffled between the pools based on the CIS balancing criteria to reduce intra-conference match-ups (e.g., when there were only two teams from one conference, they were placed in separate pools, and if a conflict arose based on 1-4-6 vs 2-3-5 placement, the lower seeded team was swapped with a lower seeded team in the other pool to maintain the integrity of the draw).


2015 CIS University Cup, New Tournament Format, Tournament Seeding
In the new format, teams were seeded based on the last Top 10 Poll (the Saturday/Sunday prior to the tournament). The three conference champions were seeded one through three, with the order based on their rank. The OUA Runner-up (loser of the Queen's Cup) was seeded 4th, regardless of their rank. The remaining four teams are seeded 5-to-8 based on their rank.


2015 CIS University Cup, New Tournament Format, Tournament Seeding
Teams in the bottom half could be shuffled by two spots, up or down, to reduce intra-conference match-ups in the first round (quarterfinals) while maintaining the integrity of the draw (e.g., if the AUS Champion was seed #1 and the host is an AUS team seeded #8, the AUS host would be swapped with #7 to avoid an AUS-vs-AUS first round match). The Tournament Committee does not have to swap teams to avoid intra-conference matchups in the 1st round, but it is expected and they are afforded the opportunity. An example of not swapping – in 2019, tournament host Lethbridge, chose to remain seed #8 and play #1 Alberta in their first game of the tournament rather than be seed #7 and play #2 UNB.


2015 CIS University Cup, New Tournament Format, Team Selection
The 8 participating teams and their selection criteria are listed below. Each conference would qualified two teams – champion and runner-up. The OUA Conference had an additional selection (3rd-place finisher) and the final spot was the designated host. Where the host has qualified as one of the other 7 spots, the 'host' would be replaced with another team from that conference.


2015 CIS University Cup, University Cup tournament, Participating Teams
The eight teams to advance to the tournament are listed below.


2015 CIS University Cup, University Cup tournament, Tournament format
The tournament was a traditional 8 team - single elimination ladder with a bronze medal game between the two semi-final losers. Games that were tied after regulation played a 10-minute overtime period following the third period. If there was no score after the first overtime, the ice was cleaned and they play 20 minute periods (with ice cleaned between periods) until there was a winner.


2015 CIS University Cup, University Cup tournament, Tournament format
The higher seed was the 'home' team for each game (the home team had to wear their 'white' jerseys and got the last change during stoppages of play).


2015 CIS University Cup, University Cup tournament, Overtime
Games that ended in a regulation tie were resolved solely on 5-on-5 overtime (5 skaters and a goalie for each side) until one team scored. The first overtime period was 10 minutes and started after a three-minute rest. Following this period, the ice was resurfaced and subsequent 20 minute periods were played.


2015 CIS University Cup, Record 15th Title
Alberta's victory was their 15th, the most by any team to date, and five more than University of Toronto Varsity Blues. It also marked the 5th time they had defended a championship title (1979, 1980, 2000, 2006, and 2015). The University of Toronto Blues held the record for title defenses at the time, with 6.


2015 CIS University Cup, Tournament All-Stars
Kruise Reddick, from the Alberta Golden Bears, was selected as the Major W.J. 'Danny' McLeod Award for CIS University Cup MVP. Reddick had 3 goals (1 in each game) and 1 assist for 4 points and a +3 rating in the tournament.


2015 CIS University Cup, Tournament All-Stars
Joining Reddick on the tournament All-Star team were:Forward: Jordan Hickmott (Alberta Golden Bears)Forward: Cam Braes (UNB Varsity Reds)Defenseman: Jesse Craig (Alberta Golden Bears)Defenseman: Jordan Murray (UNB Varsity Reds)Goalie: Andrew D'Agostini (Guelph Gryphons)


2015 CIS Women's Basketball Championship
The 2015 CIS Women's Final 8 Basketball Tournament was held March 12–15, 2015, in Quebec City, Quebec. It was hosted by Université Laval at the PEPS Gymnasium, marking the fourth time Laval has hosted, and the fourth time the tournament has been played in Quebec City.


2015 CIS Women's Ice Hockey Championship
The 2015 CIS Women's Ice Hockey Championship was held from March 12–15, 2015, in Calgary, Alberta. The entire tournament was played at the Markin MacPhail Centre near the campus of the University of Calgary. The Western Mustangs defeated the McGill Martlets in a 5-0 shutout win to capture their first national championship. Anthea Lasis, Ally Galloway, Stacey Scott, Kendra Broad and Casey Rosen scored for the Mustangs. Goaltender Kelly Campbell recorded 38 saves in the win, gaining recognition as the Tournament MVP.


2015 CIS Women's Volleyball Championship
The 2015 CIS Women's Volleyball Championship was held February 26, 2015 to March 1, 2015, in Toronto, Ontario, to determine a national champion for the 2014–15 CIS women's volleyball season. The tournament was played at the Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport at the University of Toronto. It was the second time that the University of Toronto had hosted the tournament, with the other instance occurring in 1996. This was the last championship tournament to be played over four days as the format shifted back to three days starting in 2016. This was also the last championship to be played in February as the CIS shifted the championship schedule two weeks ahead in 2016.


2015 CIS Women's Volleyball Championship
The top-seeded Canada West Champion Trinity Western Spartans defeated the second-seeded Alberta Pandas in the gold medal match to win the first women's volleyball national championship in program history. The Spartans came back from a 0–2 set deficit to win the national title in the exact same manner that they won the Canada West title – by overcoming a two-set deficit to the Alberta Pandas.


2015 CIS football season
The 2015 CIS football season began on August 30, 2015 with ten Ontario University Athletics teams playing that day. The season concluded on November 28 with the UBC Thunderbirds defeating the Montreal Carabins 26-23 in the 51st Vanier Cup championship at Telus Stadium in Quebec City. This year, 27 university teams in Canada played Canadian Interuniversity Sport football, the highest level of amateur Canadian football.


2015 CIS football season, Regular season standings, Top 10
Ranks in italics are teams not ranked in the top 10 poll but received votes. NR = Not Ranked, received no votes. Number in parentheses denotes number votes, after the dash number of first place votes.


2015 CIS football season, Championships
The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2015, according to the rotating schedule, the Canada West Hardy Trophy championship team will visit the Atlantic conference's Loney Bowl championship team for the Uteck Bowl. The winners of the Québec conference Dunsmore Cup will visit the Yates Cup Ontario championship team for the Mitchell Bowl.


2015 CIS football season, Championships, Playoff bracket
The seed of the OUA Semi-Final is done so that the first-place team play the weakest team still alive.


2015 CIS/CCA Curling Championships
The 2015 CIS/CCA Curling Championships are held from March 18 to 21 at the Kitchener-Waterloo Granite Club in Waterloo, Ontario. The host university of the event is Wilfrid Laurier University.


2015 CME Group Tour Championship
The 2015 CME Group Tour Championship was the fifth CME Group Tour Championship, a women's professional golf tournament and the season-ending event on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. It was played at the Gold Course of Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida.


2015 CME Group Tour Championship
The CME Group Tour Championship also marked the end of the season-long "Race to the CME Globe" in 2015. Each player's season-long "Race to the CME Globe" points were "reset" before the tournament based on their position in the points list. "Championship points" were awarded to the top 40 players in the CME Group Tour Championship which were added to their "reset points" to determine the overall winner of the "Race to the CME Globe". The event was televised by Golf Channel Thursday through Saturday on a 2-hour delay, and on ESPN Sunday live.


2015 CME Group Tour Championship, Format, Qualification
Called the "CME Group Titleholders" for its first three editions, qualification for the tournament changed for 2014. Previously, the top three finishers in each tournament, not previously qualified, earned entry to the tournament. For 2014 the field was determined by a season-long points race, the "Race to the CME Globe". All players making the cut in a tournament earned points,  with 500 points going to the winner. The five major championships had a higher points distribution, with 625 points to the winner. Tournaments without a cut  awarded points to the top 40 finishers, except for the Lorena Ochoa Invitational, where only the top 20 are awarded points.


2015 CME Group Tour Championship, Format, Qualification
Only LPGA members are eligible to earn points. The top 72 players on the "Race to the CME Globe" points list gain entry into the CME Group Tour Championship, as well as any tournament winners, whether or not an LPGA member, not in the top 72.


2015 CME Group Tour Championship, Format, Field
1. Top 72 LPGA members and those tied for 72nd on the "Race to the CME Globe" Points Standings


2015 CME Group Tour Championship, Format, Field
Baek Kyu-jung (60), Chella Choi (20), Na Yeon Choi (15), Carlota Ciganda (37), Paula Creamer (52), Austin Ernst (27), Shanshan Feng (9), Sandra Gal (33), Julieta Granada (46), Jaye Marie Green (53), Wei-Ling Hsu (50), Charley Hull (58), Karine Icher (39), Jang Ha-na (11), Ji Eun-hee (38), Ariya Jutanugarn (36), Moriya Jutanugarn (64), Danielle Kang (54), Kim Kaufman (41), Cristie Kerr (12), Christina Kim (57), Kim Hyo-joo (10), In-Kyung Kim (66), Kim Sei-young (4), Lydia Ko (1), Jessica Korda (23), Candie Kung (25), Brittany Lang (29), Alison Lee (31), Ilhee Lee (22), Lee Mi-hyang (24), Min Lee (72), Minjee Lee (13), Mirim Lee (18), Stacy Lewis (3), Xi Yu Lin (42), Brittany Lincicome (16), Pernilla Lindberg (45), Mo Martin (47), Caroline Masson (49), Catriona Matthew (61), Sydnee Michaels (65), Ai Miyazato (70), Mika Miyazato (27), Azahara Muñoz (34), Haru Nomura (55), Anna Nordqvist (8), Ryann O'Toole (69), Park Hee-young (48), Inbee Park (2), Jane Park (63), Suzann Pettersen (14), Pornanong Phatlum (32), Gerina Piller (26), Morgan Pressel (17), Beatriz Recari (71), Ryu So-yeon (6), Lizette Salas (35), Alena Sharp (62), Jenny Shin (21), Jennifer Song (68), Angela Stanford (30), Kris Tamulis (44), Lexi Thompson (5), Yani Tseng (19), Mariajo Uribe (51), Karrie Webb (56), Michelle Wie (67), Amy Yang (7), Yoo Sun-young (43)


2015 CME Group Tour Championship, Format, Field
Lee-Anne Pace (59)  and Sakura Yokomine (40) did not play


2015 CME Group Tour Championship, Format, Field
2. LPGA Members, not otherwise qualified, who won at least one official LPGA tournament during the season


2015 CME Group Tour Championship, Format, Field
3. Non -members who won at least one official LPGA tournament during the season


2015 CME Group Tour Championship, Format, Field
Ahn Sun-ju, Chun In-gee – both eligible but did not enter.


2015 CME Group Tour Championship, Race to the CME Globe, Reset points
Each player's "Race to the CME Globe" points are "reset" before the tournament based on their position in the "Race to the CME Globe" points list. The leader is given 5,000 points, the player in second place 4,500 down to 10 points for the player in 72nd place.


2015 CME Group Tour Championship, Race to the CME Globe, Final points
"Championship points" are awarded to the top 40 players in the CME Group Tour Championship which are added to their "reset points" to determine the overall winner. The winner of the CME Group Tour Championship receives 3,500 points, the second place player 2,400 down to 210 points for the player finishing in 40th place. The effect of the points system is that the top three players in the reset points list prior to the Championship will be guaranteed to win the "Race to the CME Globe" by winning the Championship. The top nine in the reset points list will have a chance of winning the Race depending on the performances of other players.


2015 CONCACAF Awards
The 2015 CONCACAF Awards is the third year for CONCACAF's awards for the top region football players, coaches and referees of the year. The shortlists were published on 12 January 2016. The results were announced on 22 January 2016.


2015 CONCACAF Awards, Mixed-sex, Goal of the Year
Goal of the Year applies only to goals scored during CONCACAF or FIFA official competitions or a league game disputed within the CONCACAF region;


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. All matches were played at Estadio de Fútbol Playa (Costa del Sol) in La Paz Department, with an official capacity of 2,000.


2015 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
The tournament served as the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifier for teams from North, Central America and Caribbean which are members of CONCACAF, where the top two teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Portugal. In the final, Mexico defeated Costa Rica to be crowned champions, and both teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.


2015 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, Participating teams and draw
Note: Guadeloupe is not a FIFA member and thus ineligible to qualify for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.


2015 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, Participating teams and draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 27 January 2015, 10:00 local time (UTC−6), at San Salvador. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams, with the following seeding:


2015 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, Participating teams and draw
El Salvador (assigned to A1) Mexico (assigned to B1) United States (assigned to C1) Costa Rica (assigned to D1)


2015 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, Participating teams and draw
Antigua and Barbuda Barbados Belize Guadeloupe Panama Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands


2015 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, Group stage
Each team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat.


2015 CONCACAF Champions League Final
The 2015 CONCACAF Champions League Final was the final of the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League, the 7th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current format, and overall the 50th edition of the premium football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.


2015 CONCACAF Champions League Final
The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Mexican team América and Canadian team Montreal Impact. The first leg was hosted by América at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City on April 22, 2015, while the second leg was hosted by the Montreal Impact at Olympic Stadium in Montreal on April 29, 2015. The winner earned the right to represent CONCACAF at the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the quarterfinal stage.


2015 CONCACAF Champions League Final
After a 1–1 first leg, América won the second leg 4–2 to win their sixth overall CONCACAF club title.


2015 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Background
For only the second time in seven seasons of the CONCACAF Champions League, the final featured a non-Mexican team, with the only previous occasion where it was not an all-Mexican final being in 2011, where Real Salt Lake lost to Monterrey.


2015 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Background
This was the first final of América in the CONCACAF Champions League era, but they had won the CONCACAF Champions' Cup title five times (1977, 1987, 1990, 1992, 2006). They were aiming to equal Cruz Azul's record of six CONCACAF club titles which was set in last year's final.


2015 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Background
Montreal Impact was the first Canadian team to reach a CONCACAF club final. They were aiming to become the first non-Mexican team to win in the CONCACAF Champions League era, and the third Major League Soccer team to win the CONCACAF club title after D.C. United (1998) and LA Galaxy (2000).


2015 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2015 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Rules
The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule would be used if the aggregate score was level after normal time of the second leg, but not after extra time, and so the final would be decided by penalty shoot-out if the aggregate score was level after extra time of the second leg.


2015 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Matches, First leg
Montreal Impact took the lead in the 16th minute after Ignacio Piatti received a pass from Dominic Oduro to shoot home inside the penalty area. América equalized in the 89th minute, as half-time substitute Oribe Peralta, who was subbed on for Martinez, headed in Rubens Sambueza's free kick. Shortly after the equalizer, Montreal goalkeeper Evan Bush was shown a yellow card for kicking the ball Paul Aguilar, however, replays show that Aguilar jumped in front of the ball as Bush was kicking it away. Aguilar then proceeded to punch Bush in the face, which went unpunished. This yellow card was crucial, as it suspended Bush for the second leg of the final.


2015 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Matches, Second leg
Montreal Impact took the lead in the 8th minute, after Andrés Romero received Ignacio Piatti's pass, dribbled on goal and scored. Darío Benedetto had a golden chance just a few minutes later when he had a seemingly open goal from 4 yards out, but his shot hit the crossbar and the Impact cleared the ball away. Piatti had a great chance to extend the lead for Montreal midway through the first half, but Moisés Muñoz made a great save for Club America.


2015 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Matches, Second leg
The lead lasted until the 50th minute, as Darío Benedetto equalized for América with a scissor kick from Osvaldo Martínez's cross. América took the lead in the 65th minute, when Darwin Quintero headed the ball across goal for Oribe Peralta to head it in. Benedetto increased América's lead two minutes later as he stabbed in a cross from Miguel Samudio, and completed his hat-trick in the 81st minute with a curling shot after another assist from Quintero. Jack McInerney added a consolation goal in the 88th minute as he scored from Piatti's pass.


2015 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Matches, Second leg
Assistant referees:Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)Octavio Jara (Costa Rica)Fourth official:Jefrrey Solís (Costa Rica)