2015 FIA WTCC Race of Germany, Report, Race Two
Having held a comfortable lead early on in the lap, Monteiro had reeled in Muller and the two were contesting the lead of the race once again. Ma was still having trouble with rear grip and he lost control and hit the barriers before coming across the track in front of López and hitting the inside barrier near Flugplatz. López joined the lead battle which had split into two groups between Muller and Monteiro and Tarquini and López; López passed both Tarquini and Monteiro on the back straight. Muller claimed a narrow victory over López with Monteiro and Tarquini finishing third and fourth.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary
The 2015 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary (formally the 2015 MOL Group Race of Hungary) was the third round of the 2015 World Touring Car Championship season and the fifth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Hungary. It was held on 3 May 2015 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród near Budapest, Hungary.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary
Race one was won by José María López for Citroën Total WTCC and race two was won by Norbert Michelisz for Zengő Motorsport.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Background
After the second round López led the drivers' championship by 17 points over teammate Sébastien Loeb. Mehdi Bennani led the Yokohama Trophy standings by one point over Norbert Michelisz.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Background
Proteam Racing were absent from the grid following the departure of Dušan Borković from the team after the previous round in Morocco. With Rickard Rydell still recovering from thyroiditis, Nika International did not enter their car for the Hungarian round after deciding not to enter a substitute driver.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Background
Hungary saw the first compensation weight revisions of year; the Citroën C-Elysée WTCC gained the maximum ballast of 60 kilograms (132 lb) to increase their weight to 1,160 kilograms (2,557 lb). The Honda Civic WTCCs, Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1s and Lada Vesta WTCCs remained at the base weight of 1,100 kilograms (2,425 lb).


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Testing and free practice
Free practice one took place in wet conditions, the fastest time was set by López with Gabriele Tarquini and Tiago Monteiro second and third in their updated Honda Civic WTCCs. Loeb slid off the track at the first corner early on, crashing into the tyre barriers and ending his session early. After the session, Hugo Valente and John Filippi were viewed to have ignored yellow flags during the session and were given a five–place grid penalties for race one.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Testing and free practice
López was quickest once again in free practice two which was also held in wet conditions. Tarquini and Monteiro were second and third once again while Yvan Muller was fourth.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Qualifying
The first part of qualifying was red–flagged when Tarquini slid on the wet kerb at turn three before setting a time and went into the barriers. When the session resumed, Muller led Robert Huff and López. James Thompson finished the session in fourteenth; it was announced after qualifying that he was withdrawing from the rest of the weekend on medical grounds due to a tooth abscess.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Qualifying
López led an all–Citroën top three in the second part of qualifying, a number of improvements in the final minutes of the session meant Muller, Loeb, Hugo Valente and Ma Qing Hua all secured places in Q3. Monteiro was the first of  the outsiders in sixth with Huff, Coronel and Chilton lining up behind. Michelisz claimed pole position for race two by finishing tenth, Bennani and Stefano D'Aste missed out on the race two grid reversal.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Qualifying
Ma missed out on his Q3 lap when he failed to get out of the pits in time before the red light came on and he was to remain in fifth place. Valente was the next driver to go out and set his lap followed by Loeb who ran wide at the final corner of his out lap and put himself provisionally second behind Valente. Muller was next out and his lap put him on pole with López only going third on his lap after a mistake at turn three.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Qualifying
After qualifying, Campos Racing successfully appealed the penalties for their drivers for race one meaning Valente would start race one on the front row.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Race One
The first start was aborted due to Muller, Valente, López and Ma lining up in the wrong grid slots and an extra formation lap took place. The race started on the second attempt and López moved up past Valente and up the inside of Muller to take the lead into the first corner. Chilton went up the inside of Michelisz at the first corner on lap two but Michelisz had the inside of turn two to defend the move; Chilton then successfully moved up to seventh at turn five with a slight nudge.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Race One
By lap ten López and Muller had distanced themselves from third placed Valente who was running ahead of Ma and Monteiro; Monteiro was putting the pressure on Ma for fourth place. López led home Muller by over 3.9 seconds with Valente finishing both third overall and as the Yokohama Trophy winner.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Race One
Tarquini was later excluded from the race for a breach of parc fermé regulations; the Honda Racing Team JAS checked the tyre pressures before the start of repair time.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Race Two
Tom Coronel jumped ahead of teammate Tom Chilton at the start and into second place while Michelisz led away from pole, at the back of the field Tarquini took to the grass to avoid Filippi. At the first corner there was a coming together with the factory Citroën drivers which ended up with Ma and the Lada of Huff making contact and Huff spinning off. Despite broken left rear suspension Huff limped back to the pit lane where he retired.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Race Two
Loeb was pressuring Monteiro for fourth but was struggling to make a pass and had López in sixth place closing in on him. Defending from Loeb meant Monteiro was losing ground on both Coronel and Chilton who were themselves dropping away from race leader Michelisz. By lap eight Loeb's defence from López allowed Monteiro to open up a gap and pursue Chilton for the final podium spot, further down the order Filippi took D'Aste for eleventh. Michelisz took the top spot of what was an all-independent podium with ROAL Motorsport's Coronel and Chilton coming home second and third.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco
The 2015 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco (formally the 2015 Eurodatacar Race of Morocco) was the second round of the 2015 World Touring Car Championship season and the sixth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Morocco. It was held on 19 April 2015 at the Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan in Marrakech, Morocco.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco
Both races were won by Citroën Total WTCC, José María López won race one and Yvan Muller won race two. Both drivers achieved their second win at the circuit, setting a new record.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Background
After the first round López led the drivers' championship by five points over team mate Sébastien Loeb. Norbert Michelisz led the Yokohama Trophy standings by three points over local driver Mehdi Bennani.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Background
Lada Sport Rosneft expanded to three cars as Mikhail Kozlovskiy started his season following the late build of his car. Rickard Rydell and Nika International missed the round after Rydell was taken ill in the week before.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Background
Yvan Muller took a five-place grid drop for race one after a collision with Bennani at the previous round. John Filippi also lost five places on the grid for race one after a collision with James Thompson in Argentina. Grégoire Demoustier dropped to the back of the grid for race one after blowing an engine in testing prior to the event. Thompson and team mate Robert Huff both moved to the back of the grid for engine changes after the last round. RML Group released an engine update to their customer teams, ROAL Motorsport's Tom Chilton and Campos Racing's Hugo Valente both took this upgrade and dropped to the back of the grid for race one.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Testing and free practice
López was quickest in the test session on Friday as Citroën filled the top three positions with Muller second and privateer Bennani third.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Testing and free practice
It was a Citroën 1–2–3–4 in free practice one with López leading Loeb, Bennani and Muller.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Testing and free practice
López stayed on top in free practice two as Citroën cars filled the top four places once again. The session came to a premature end when Huff crashed his Lada Vesta WTCC into the tyre barriers just before the completion of the half-hour session.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Qualifying
Ma Qing Hua was the quickest driver in the first part of qualifying. None of the Ladas made it through to the second session with Huff in thirteenth their best placed driver.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Qualifying
López was quickest in the second session with Valente second. Ma and Bennani also made it through to the third session along with Chilton. Tom Coronel had slowed in the final moments of the session after his air jack accidentally deployed which briefly brought out the yellow flags and shook up the order slightly. Norbert Michelisz was the best placed Honda driver, narrowly missing out on a Q3 place by four hundredths of a second. Muller ended up tenth to provisionally take pole for race two.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Qualifying
Chilton elected not to go out for the Q3 Superpole session due to a gearbox problem and his impending grid penalty. Bennani was therefore the first car to go out followed by Ma. Valente went out third but braked too late for the first corner and crashed into the tyre wall. López was the last driver to go out and he went to the top of the times with his last lap, to take pole position.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Qualifying
After qualifying, Michelisz's Honda was found to be underweight and was dropped three places on the grid.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Race One
Hours before the start of the first race, Dušan Borković announced he was withdrawing from the rest of the weekend having struggled to fit inside the Honda Civic WTCC and due to the lower specification of the Proteam Racing car compared to the other Hondas.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Race One
López and Ma went side by side into the first corner and Loeb jumped into third ahead of Bennani and Valente stalled on the grid. Chilton ran into the side of Coronel halfway round the lap and broke his right front suspension and he limped back to the pits for repairs. Chilton was in a battle with the Ladas of Thompson and Huff and he was able to out-brake Thompson into one of the circuit's many chicanes to take tenth place.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Race One
Many of the cars were struggling to overtake with Muller pressuring Tiago Monteiro for fifth and further ahead Bennani chasing Loeb for third. Muller tried to go round the outside of Monteiro at the final hairpin on lap eight but could not make the move stick and caught the rear of his car on the front bumper of Gabriele Tarquini as he cut back in.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Race One
A few corners later he was able to make a successful pass down the inside of Monteiro while up ahead Bennani was up the inside of Loeb but missed the corner and gained an unfair advantage; Bennani gave the place back to Loeb on the following lap. By lap ten Muller was now distancing himself from Monteiro but he was still a long way off Loeb and Bennani who had themselves lost ground on Lopez and Ma. Demoustier retired in the pit lane with brake issues in his Craft-Bamboo Racing Chevrolet. Bennani tried to pass Loeb again on lap thirteen but out-braked himself and ran straight on, losing ground on Loeb in the process. López led a Citroën 1–2–3 and became the first driver to have two wins at the circuit. Bennani finished fourth, taking the Yokohama Trophy honours.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Race One
After the race, Chilton had 30 seconds added to his race time in lieu of a drive-through penalty, dropping him from tenth to fourteenth in the final classification.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Race Two
Muller led the field away with Loeb second and Coronel third before Monteiro went around the outside to take third place. Michelisz then tapped Coronel from behind who in turn ran into Monteiro sending both drivers into the barriers at the first corner. Monteiro was able to limp back to the pits while Coronel's car was retired on the spot. Kozlovskiy out-braked himself at the final corner of lap one, clipped the front of Tarquini's car and careering into the back of team mate Huff which brought out the yellow flags in the final sector.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Race Two
The yellow flags in two of the three sectors helped Valente who was defending fourth place from López who had already made up five places from his starting position on the opening lap. López was able to pass Valente at the end of lap four with third placed Chilton his next target. At the end of lap five López went around the outside of Chilton at the final corner and his superior straight line speed meant he was third across the line.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Race Two
Muller and Loeb had opened up a big lead from the cars behind and were in a close battle of their own for the lead of the race. Bennani went up the inside of Valente at turn four on lap seven to try and take fifth from Valente who then turned into the back of the Citroën and spun Bennani into the barriers. The following lap saw Ma lock up and slide into the tyre barrier at turns four and five. Valente and Bennani collided at turn four again on lap thirteen.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Race Two
Bennani once again went up the inside before Valente turned in; this time both cars spun off. Bennani was struggling with his brakes and on the last lap Michelisz, Stefano D'Aste and Tarquini were all able to pass the Citroën; Tarquini making an opportunistic move at the final corner to take seventh off D'Aste. Muller led a Citroën 1–2–3 as Loeb and López completed the podium. Chilton was fourth and the Yokohama Trophy winner, Bennani ended up ninth and Thompson in the last running Lada was tenth.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Race Two
Michelisz was given a 30-second penalty for causing the start crash with Monteiro and Coronel while both Bennani and Valente were given the same penalty for their collisions.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship
The 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship season was the fourth season of the FIA World Endurance Championship auto racing series, co-organized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The series was open to Le Mans Prototypes and grand tourer-style racing cars meeting four ACO categories. World championship titles were awarded for Le Mans Prototypes drivers and for manufacturers in the LMP1 category, and several World Endurance Cups and Endurance Trophies were also awarded in all four categories. The season began at the Silverstone Circuit in April and ended at the Bahrain International Circuit in November after eight rounds, and included the 83rd running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship
Porsche secured the World Manufacturers' Championship at the 6 Hours of Shanghai, beating Audi by eighty points. Porsche's Timo Bernhard, Mark Webber, and Brendon Hartley won the World Drivers' Championship in the final round of the season, ahead of Audi's André Lotterer, Benoît Tréluyer, and Marcel Fässler. Porsche teammates Marc Lieb, Romain Dumas, and Neel Jani were third in the championship standings. Bernhard, Webber, and Hartley won four consecutive races over the course of the season. Porsche also won the World Endurance Cup for GT Manufacturers in the final event, overcoming the lead held by Ferrari earlier in the season. Richard Lietz of Porsche won the World Endurance Cup for GT Drivers over three-time defending Cup winner Gianmaria Bruni and his teammate Toni Vilander.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship
Rebellion Racing and their drivers Mathias Beche and Nicolas Prost won the trophies for LMP1 class private entries despite not participating in the first two rounds of the championship. The championships were Rebellion's fourth and Beche and Prost's second consecutive trophy titles respectively. Roman Rusinov, Julien Canal, and Sam Bird of G-Drive Racing secured the LMP2 class trophies over the KCMG team. Porsche Team Manthey won the LMGTE Professional category trophy for teams over Ferrari representative AF Corse. The LMGTE Amateur category trophies were won by SMP Racing and their drivers Viktor Shaitar, Aleksey Basov, and Andrea Bertolini, ahead of AF Corse's LMGTE Am entry.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, Schedule
A provisional calendar was announced by the ACO at the 2014 6 Hours of Fuji and confirmed at the FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting in Doha shortly after. The schedule remains much the same as 2014, with the notable exception of the 6 Hours of São Paulo being replaced by the 6 Hours of Nürburgring. The planned construction of a new pit complex at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace precluded the event from returning in 2015. The Nürburgring round will be the series' first visit to Germany and will take place between the 24 Hours of Le Mans and 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas, shortening the over three-month gap that was part of the 2014 schedule by three weeks.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, Entries
The FIA unveiled an entry of 35 cars for the 2015 season on 5 February, divided into four categories: Le Mans Prototype 1 (LMP1) and 2 (LMP2), and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance Professional (LMGTE Pro) and Amateur (LMGTE Am). The entry is the largest in the history of the FIA WEC, and seven more cars than the entry in 2014.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, Entries, LMP1
The LMP1-H and LMP1-L categories introduced in 2014 are merged once more into a single LMP1 category, allowing the privateer teams to again face the manufacturer teams. Nissan joins the LMP1 category as a manufacturer after supplying engines in LMP2 since the series' inception in 2012. The Nissan GT-R LM Nismo utilizes a unique layout amongst the LMP1 field, with a front-engine design and a front-wheel drive powertrain. Nissan's drivers include FIA GT1 World Champion Michael Krumm, European Le Mans Series LMP2 champion Olivier Pla who moves from G-Drive Racing, and former Formula One driver Max Chilton. LMP2 veterans Harry Tincknell, Jann Mardenborough, and Alex Buncombe complete the team's full season line-up, while Lucas Ordóñez, Mark Shulzhitskiy, and defending Super GT champion Tsugio Matsuda will drive the team's third entry for Le Mans.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, Entries, LMP1
Debutants in 2014, Porsche retain their line-up but add a third 919 Hybrid for Le Mans: current Force India Formula One driver Nico Hülkenberg will join Nick Tandy and Earl Bamber who were promoted from Porsche's LMGTE program.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, Entries, LMP1
With the retirement of 2013 World Endurance Drivers' champion Tom Kristensen, Audi have promoted Oliver Jarvis to partner with Lucas di Grassi and Loïc Duval in an R18 e-tron quattro. The second Audi retains the same line-up which won the 2012 World Endurance Drivers' championship: Marcel Fässler, Benoît Tréluyer, and André Lotterer. René Rast moves from Audi's GT program to take Jarvis' vacated seat in the third Audi for Le Mans.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, Entries, LMP1
Defending World Endurance Drivers' champions Anthony Davidson and Sébastien Buemi gain a new co-driver at Toyota for 2015, as Kazuki Nakajima switches from the sister car to replace the departed Nicolas Lapierre. Nakajima's spot in the second TS040 Hybrid is filled by Mike Conway, promoted from reserve duty in 2014, to partner Stéphane Sarrazin and Alexander Wurz.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, Entries, LMP1
The two LMP1-L entries from 2014 remain into the new season but with alterations to their campaigns. Kodewa, previously entered under sponsorship with Lotus Cars, is renamed Team ByKolles for 2015. ByKolles retains the CLM P1/01 with AER power that they campaigned in the second half of 2014. Pierre Kaffer is retained alongside Simon Trummer who appeared with Kodewa for one race in 2014. Vitantonio Liuzzi returns to the team after having previously campaigned the Lotus in LMP2 in 2013.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, Entries, LMP1
Rebellion Racing come into 2015 as the defending LMP1 Private Teams champions, but have chosen to forgo the Toyota engines for the same AER powerplant used by Team ByKolles. This decision forced Rebellion to withdraw from the first races of the season in order to adapt their R-Ones for the new motors. The No. 12 Rebellion's drivers remain unchanged, while the No. 13 adds series rookie Daniel Abt and former KCMG LMP2 driver Alexandre Imperatori alongside team veteran Dominik Kraihamer.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, Entries, LMP2
After the LMP2 field in 2014 was the smallest in the history of the WEC, with only four cars competing for the full season despite an initial seven entries in the category, the class has regained popularity with ten entries for 2015. Even with an increase in cars, defending LMP2 champions SMP Racing and driver Sergey Zlobin have opted not to return, instead focusing on the European Le Mans Series to develop their new BR01 chassis.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, Entries, LMP2
2013 LMP2 champions OAK Racing return to the series under their own banner for team owner and driver Jacques Nicolet, while their G-Drive Racing operation which won four races in 2014 expands to a two-car operation in 2015. Sam Bird replaces Olivier Pla in the first G-Drive entry alongside Roman Rusinov and Julien Canal, while Gustavo Yacamán, Ricardo González, and Pipo Derani share the second car. All three entries will use the Ligier JS P2-Nissan combination. KCMG also remain in the series for 2015, replacing their Oreca 03 with the newer 05 chassis.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, Entries, LMP2
Porsche driver Nick Tandy will join KCMG for part of the season when not driving the third Porsche LMP1, while Richard Bradley and Matthew Howson remain with the squad. Former Toyota LMP1 driver Nicolas Lapierre will serve as Tandy's replacement when he is unavailable. Strakka Racing, who had filed a full-season entry in 2014 but failed to participate after development delays with their Strakka Dome S103 chassis, return for 2015 with an unchanged program. Strakka were the only team campaigning Michelin tyres in LMP2 before switching to the Dunlops used by the rest of the category.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, Entries, LMP2
Defending European Le Mans Series champions Signatech, retaining drivers' champions Nelson Panciatici and Paul-Loup Chatin and adding Vincent Capillaire to the team. The team, which previously participated in 2012, will have backing from Alpine with their Oreca-based A450 chassis with Nissan power. Morand Racing also shifts from the European Le Mans Series, partnering with the Japanese firm SARD in a joint effort. The team initially entered two improved versions of the Morgan LMP2 with Judd engines, but funding issues forced the team to downsize to a single entry.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, Entries, LMP2
Former European Le Mans Series drivers' champion Oliver Webb jumps from Signatech to SARD Morand with Pierre Ragues and rookie Zoël Amberg. Extreme Speed Motorsports is the only North American-representative in the series, shifting from the United SportsCar Championship to the WEC with their HPD-Hondas. Team owner Scott Sharp joins Ryan Dalziel, who secured an LMP2 championship for Starworks Motorsport in the 2012 WEC, and David Heinemeier Hansson, who won the LMGTE Am Drivers' championship in 2014. The second HPD-Honda will be crewed by Johannes van Overbeek, Ed Brown, and former Rolex Sports Car Series champion Jon Fogarty.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, Entries, LMGTE Pro
The LMGTE Pro category remains largely unchanged from 2014 as Porsche, Ferrari, and Aston Martin remain the sole manufacturers involved. Three-time LMGTE champions AF Corse's Ferraris will have a near identical line-up as Gianmaria Bruni and Toni Vilander defend their titles in the lead car, while James Calado and Davide Rigon remain in the second Ferrari. Porsche Team Manthey also keeps the drivers for its two cars largely unchanged. Frédéric Makowiecki, Patrick Pilet, and Wolf Henzler share the No. 92, while Jörg Bergmeister and Richard Lietz remain in the No. 91.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, Entries, LMGTE Pro
Michael Christensen is the newcomer to the No. 91, replacing the promoted Nick Tandy. Aston Martin Racing expands their effort to three cars for 2015 after partner Young Driver's entry, which won the LMGTE Am category in 2014, moves to the Pro class. The all-Danish line-up of Nicki Thiim and Christoffer Nygaard are joined by newcomer Marco Sørensen. Robert Bell takes over Bruno Senna's seat alongside Stefan Mücke and Darren Turner, while Alex MacDowall and Fernando Rees are joined by Richie Stanaway, promoted from Aston Martin's LMGTE Am line-up the previous season.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, Entries, LMGTE Am
The field in LMGTE Am features teams which have experience in the WEC. Aston Martin Racing retains their two-car entry, with Paul Dalla Lana and Pedro Lamy's car joined by newcomer Mathias Lauda, and Roald Goethe and Stuart Hall returning to the series for the first time since 2013, adding former FIA GT3 European Champion Francesco Castellacci. AF Corse also remains in the category, downgrading from a two-car entry to a single car for 2015. François Perrodo and Emmanuel Collard move from the departed Prospeed Competition Porsche team to campaign AF Corse's Ferrari alongside Rui Águas.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, Entries, LMGTE Am
Proton Racing keeps their entry with Christian Ried, Klaus Bachler, and Khaled Al Qubaisi, while a second Porsche is added to the squad for actor Patrick Dempsey alongside Porsche factory driver Patrick Long and Marco Seefried. SMP Racing remains in the championship despite not defending their LMP2 championship titles.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, Entries, LMGTE Am
Viktor Shaytar moves from the LMP2 program to the team's Ferrari while being joined by newcomer to the series Aleksey Basov and Ferrari factory driver Andrea Bertolini. 2012 LMGTE Am Teams' champions Larbre Compétition return to the series for the first time since 2013, campaigning the first customer Chevrolet Corvette C7.R. Gianluca Roda and Paolo Ruberti join the team after 8 Star Motorsports did not return to the series along with 2014 LMGTE Am Drivers' champion Kristian Poulsen.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, Regulation changes
The FIA's World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) approved a series of regulation changes for the World Endurance Championship during December 2014. Tyres are limited at each race weekend, bar Le Mans, for the LMP1 and LMGTE categories: each car is allowed four sets of tyres in practice and six during the race. The LMP2 category retains their limit of three sets in practice and four during the race. Tyre manufacturers are also no longer allowed to refuse a supply program with a team. The qualifying format is also altered for the fourth season in a row.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, Regulation changes
Teams will still be required to run two drivers during the qualifying session, but only their best lap is used in determining the qualifying average; previously each driver's best two laps were averaged. LMP2 and LMGTE Am teams are also required to run at least one amateur driver during the qualifying session. A final regulation change is the elimination of the two LMP1 classes introduced in 2014. Regulations will exist for hybrid and non-hybrid LMP1 cars, but all cars are classified under a single LMP1 category. The LMP1 Private Teams trophies are open to non-hybrid LMP1 cars only.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, Regulation changes
A second meeting of the WMSC in March 2015 approved further regulation changes. The LMP1 category has limits introduced to control the costs for manufacturers including a restriction on the number of personnel involved in operations, the homologation of only a single hybrid drivetrain design, and a maximum of five engines each car can use over the season, with the exception of new manufacturers allowed seven engines in their debut season. Limits are also placed on the number of days teams in all categories can conduct tests outside of races.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, Regulation changes
An additional ballast weight can be added to cars whose drivers average less than 80 kg (180 lb). Further regulation changes proposed are an alteration to the minimum and maximum drive time allowances in the LMP1 and LMGTE Pro categories and a reduction in the duration of the qualifying session from 25 minutes to 20 due to each team only requiring a minimum of two laps instead of four.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, Results and standings, Race results
The highest finishing competitor entered in the World Endurance Championship is listed below. Invitational entries may have finished ahead of WEC competitors in individual races.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, Results and standings, Race results
Entries were required to complete the timed race as well as to complete 70% of the overall winning car's race distance in order to earn championship points. A single bonus point was awarded to the team and all drivers of the pole position car for each category in qualifying. For the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the race result points allocation was doubled. Furthermore, a race must complete three laps under green flag conditions in order for championship points to be awarded.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, Results and standings, Drivers' Championships
Five titles are offered to drivers in the 2015 season. The World Championship is reserved for LMP1 and LMP2 drivers while the World Cup for GT Drivers is available for drivers in the LMGTE categories. Further, three FIA Endurance Trophies were also awarded to drivers in the LMP2 and LMGTE Am categories as well as privateers in the LMP1 category.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, Results and standings, Manufacturers' Championships
Two manufacturers' titles were contested in the 2015 FIA WEC, one for LMPs and one for LMGTEs. The World Endurance Championship for Manufacturers was only open to manufacturer entries in the LMP1 category, while the World Endurance Cup for GT Manufacturers allowed all entries from registered manufacturers in LMGTE Pro and LMGTE Am to participate. The two top finishing cars from each manufacturer earned points toward their total.


2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, Results and standings, Teams' Championships
All categories award a team trophy for each individual entry, although LMP1 is limited to entries not from a manufacturer.


2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship
The 2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy was the second season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The season consisted of thirteen rounds and started on 25 April with the Portuguese round at Montalegre. The season ended on 29 November, at Rosario, Santa Fe in Argentina.


2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship, Calendar
On 20 February 2015 it was announced that the series would support the opening round of the 2015 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season, at Hockenheim.


2015 FIBA 3x3 World Tour
The 2015 FIBA 3x3 World Tour is the 4th season of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour, the highest professional 3x3 basketball competition in the World. The tournament is organized by FIBA.


2015 FIBA 3x3 World Tour
The final tournament of the 2015 FIBA 3x3 World Tour was held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on 15–16 October 2015. The best two teams from each Masters tournament were qualified to participate in the World Tour finals with the champions qualifying for a berth at the 2015 FIBA 3x3 All Stars, to be held in Doha, Qatar on 11 December 2015.


2015 FIBA 3x3 World Tour, Finals Qualification
Six Masters Tournaments were held in six cities in six countries. 12 teams participate in the finals which is held in Abu Dhabi, UAE on October 15–16. Two best teams from each masters tournament qualified for the finals.


2015 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
The 2015 FIBA Africa Basketball Club Championship (30th edition), was an international basketball tournament  held in Luanda, Angola from December 10 to 19, 2015. The tournament, organized by FIBA Africa and hosted by Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto was contested by 11 clubs split into 2 groups of six and five, the top four of each group qualifying for the knock-out stage, quarter, semi-finals and final.


2015 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup, Draw
AD Bairro FAR Rabat Inter Club Brazzaville Petro Atlético Primeiro de Agosto


2015 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup, Draw
ASCUT d'Atsinanana Étoile Sportive Radès Al Gezira Cairo Kano Pillars Recreativo do Libolo


2015 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup, Final standings
Petro Atlético rosterDélcio Ucuahamba, Domingos Bonifácio, Gerson Gonçalves, Hermenegildo Mbunga, Jason Cain, Joaquim Pedro, Leonel Paulo, Manny Quezada, Paulo Santana, Pedro Bastos, Reggie Moore, Teotónio Dó, Coach: Lazare Andingono


2015 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup squads
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2015 FIBA Africa Club Championship.


2015 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship
The 2015 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Men (alternatively the Afrobasket U16) was the 4th U-16 FIBA Africa championship, organized by FIBA Africa and played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body and qualified for the 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship. The tournament was held from July 30 to August 8 at the Palais des sports à l’ACI 2000 in Bamako, Mali, contested by 11 national teams and won by Egypt.


2015 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship, Final standings
Egypt rosterAbdelrahman Abdelmaged, Ahmed Khalaf, Esam Mostafa, Hassan Elkhouga, Marwan Eesa, Mohamed Elsayed, Mohamed Hassan, Mohamed Ramadan, Mohamed Youssef, Omar Karkoura, Taref Raafat, Youssef Abdrabou, Coach: Bramislay Jeme


2015 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women
The 2015 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women was the 4th FIBA Africa U16 Championship for Women, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Madagascar from July 11 to 19, with the games played at the Palais des Sports Mahamasina in Antananarivo.


2015 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women
Mali defeated Nigeria – in the final to win their fourth title in a row. and securing a spot at the 2016 U-17 World Cup.


2015 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women, Final standings
Mali rosterAssetou Bagayoko, Assetou Sissoko, Astan Diarra, Awa Sidibe, Djeneba Sangare, Mariam Diabate, Mariam Drame, Mariam Traore, Nafatoumata Haidara, Rokia Doumbia, Safiatou Mariko, Salimatou Kourouma, Coach: Oumarou Sidiya


2015 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women squads
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2015 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women.


2015 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship squads
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2015 FIBA Africa U16 Championship.


2015 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup
The 2015 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup (21st edition), was an international basketball tournament that took place at the Pavilhão Multiusos do Kilamba, in Luanda, Angola, from November 27 to December 6, 2015. The tournament, organized by FIBA Africa and hosted by Grupo Desportivo do Maculusso, was contested by 12 teams split into 2 groups, the first four of each group qualifying for the knock-out stage (quarter, semis and final).


2015 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup
The tournament was won by Primeiro de Agosto from Angola.


2015 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup, Draw
Berco Stars Dolphins INJS C.D. Maculusso Primeiro de Agosto Radi


2015 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup, Draw
Ferroviário de Maputo First Bank I.N.S.S. Interclube KCCA Leopards USIU Flames


2015 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup, All Tournament Team
Team roster: Ana Gonçalves, Fineza Eusébio, Indira José, Isabel Francisco, Leia Dongue, Letícia André, Luísa Tomás, Marinela Muxiri, Maimouna Diarra,Nacissela Maurício, Rosa Gala, Sónia Ndoniema Head Coach: Jaime Covilhã


2015 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup squads
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2015 FIBA Africa Club Championship for Women.


2015 FIBA Americas Championship
The 2015 FIBA Americas Championship for Men, later known as the FIBA AmeriCup, was the FIBA Americas qualifying tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics, in Brazil. This FIBA AmeriCup tournament was held in Mexico City, Mexico. The tournament was won for the first time by the Venezuelan national basketball team. Venezuela and runner-up Argentina, qualified directly for the 2016 Olympics.


2015 FIBA Americas Championship
They joined the FIBA Americas member, United States, who qualified for the Olympics by virtue of winning the 2014 FIBA World Cup, and they elected not to participate at this tournament; and FIBA Americas member, Brazil, who finished 9th in the tournament, but qualified for the Olympics as the host nation. Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico, the next three highest-finishing teams, qualified for the 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament, but none of them won their respective qualifying tournaments, therefore eliminating their 2016 Olympic hopes.


2015 FIBA Americas Championship
The tournament had great attendance every day, breaking FIBA Americas records, and had attendances of 20,000 people, at the third place and finals games.


2015 FIBA Americas Championship, Host selection
On 7 August 2014 at the day of the 2014 Centrobasket final, FIBA Americas announced that Mexico was chosen as the host of the championship, over Brazil and Venezuela. The tournament was to be staged at the Monterrey Arena but on 9 May 2015, the venue was moved to the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, and that the dates were also changed to 6 September to 12 September.


2015 FIBA Americas Championship, Draw
The draw was held in Museum of Steel, Fundidora Park, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon on 25 March. This was how the teams were seeded:


2015 FIBA Americas Championship, Final round, Semifinals
Finalists qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics, while losing semifinalists qualify to the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men.


2015 FIBA Americas Championship qualification
The qualification for the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship in Mexico was held as early as 2013 until 2014. There are several stages of qualification for some teams. Aside from the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship, the tournaments also doubled as qualifiers for basketball at the 2015 Pan-American Games.


2015 FIBA Americas Championship qualification, Qualification format
Each FIBA Americas subzone has a specific number of berths, generally based on the relative strengths of its member national teams. For the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship, the berths distribution is:


2015 FIBA Americas Championship qualification, Qualification format, North America
For the North American zone, since there are only 2 member teams (Canada and the United States) and there are 2 berths, no qualification games are necessary. Furthermore, since the United States won the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup and automatically qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics, they withdrew from the FIBA Americas Championship. Their non-participation opened up an extra berth, which was awarded to the fourth placed team in the South American Basketball Championship 2014.


2015 FIBA Americas Championship qualification, Qualification format, Central America and Caribbean
Some teams from the Central America and Caribbean Commission Zone had to qualify for the 2014 Centrobasket. The qualifying tournament was the 2014 FIBA CBC Championship for Caribbean teams, and the 2013 FIBA COCABA Championship for teams from Mexico and Central America. The top four teams from the 2014 Centrobasket advance to the FIBA Americas Championship; host country Mexico automatically qualified.


2015 FIBA Americas Championship qualification, Qualification format, South America
The 2014 South American Basketball Championship determined the teams that will qualify for 2015 FIBA Americas Championship. Since the USA is skipping this tournament, this opened up an additional berth for South American teams, increasing the number of berths from three to four.


2015 FIBA Americas Championship qualification, 2013 FIBA COCABA Championship
The 2013 FIBC COCABA Championship in El Salvador serves as the qualifier for the 2014 Centrobasket for Central American national teams. The top three advance to the Centrobasket.


2015 FIBA Americas Championship qualification, 2013 FIBA COCABA Championship, Final ranking
These were the final rankings. The top 3 teams qualify for the 2014 Centrobasket.


2015 FIBA Americas Championship qualification, 2014 FIBA CBC Championship
The 2014 FIBA CBC Championship in the British Virgin Islands serves as the qualifier for the 2014 Centrobasket for Caribbean national teams. The top three advance to the Centrobasket.


2015 FIBA Americas Championship qualification, 2014 FIBA CBC Championship, Final ranking
These were the final rankings. The top 3 teams qualify for the 2014 Centrobasket.


2015 FIBA Americas Championship qualification, 2014 Centrobasket
The 2014 Centrobasket in Mexico serves as the qualifier to the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship for teams from the Caribbean and Central America. The top four outside of Mexico, who were named final tournament hosts on the day of the final, advance to the FIBA Americas Championship.


2015 FIBA Americas Championship qualification, 2014 South American Basketball Championship
The 2014 South American Basketball Championship in Venezuela serves as the qualifier to the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship for teams from South America. The top four advance to the FIBA Americas Championship.


2015 FIBA Americas Championship qualification, 2014 South American Basketball Championship, Final ranking
This is the final ranking for the participating teams The top three teams, but with the non-participation of the United States, the fourth-best team was also included.


2015 FIBA Americas Championship squads
These are the rosters of all 10 teams that competed at the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship.


2015 FIBA Americas League
The 2015 FIBA Americas League was the 8th edition of the top intercontinental professional basketball competition in the Americas. Bauru of Brazil, won its first intercontinental title, after they beat Pioneros de Quintana Roo of Mexico, in the Grand Finals.


2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship
The 2015 FIBA Americas Championship for Women, held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas at the 2016 Summer Olympics Basketball Tournament in Brazil. The champion qualified directly for the Olympics.


2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship
On the first day of the tournament, at coincident FIBA Central Board meetings in Tokyo, Brazil's men's and women's teams were granted automatic entry to the Olympic Tournament as highly ranked host teams.


2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship
After allowing for Brazil's and the tournament winner's direct qualification for the Olympics, the next highest three teams in this tournament went to the final 2016 Summer Olympics Basketball Qualifying Tournament, competing against the highest placed non-winners of the other regional Championships. As Brazil fell in the semifinals, Puerto Rico and Venezuela, as the third-placed teams in their groups, contested a fifth-place match. Venezuela eventually won that match and qualified for the Olympic qualifying tournament.


2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship
Canada went on to win its second title - defeating Cuba - the first after 20 years, when the tournament was also held in Canada.


2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship, Venue
FIBA Americas awarded the hosting rights of the championship to Canada Basketball. All games were held at the Saville Community Sports Centre at the University of Alberta's South Campus in Edmonton.


2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship, All-2015 FIBA Americas Women's Team
G –  Melisa GretterG –  Kia Nurse (Tournament MVP) F –  Yamara DelgadoF –  Clenia Noblet F –  Tamara Tatham


2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship Rosters
The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at the 2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship


2015 FIBA Asia Championship
The 2015 FIBA Asia Championship was the 28th and last edition of the FIBA Asia Championship in men's basketball in Asia. It was organised by FIBA Asia.


2015 FIBA Asia Championship
At the FIBA Asia Congress held in Doha, Qatar, the Central Board awarded the hosting rights to China. On 4 December 2014, the Chinese Basketball Association acquired approval from FIBA Asia to hold the men's championship at Changsha, Hunan, with the women's championship to be held at Wuhan, Hubei.


2015 FIBA Asia Championship
As the winner of the tournament, China qualified for the basketball tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics, while the Philippines, Iran, and Japan would participate at the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, as stated by FIBA and the IOC in qualification quota.


2015 FIBA Asia Championship
The 2015 edition was the last FIBA Asia Championship, rebranded effective in 2017 as the FIBA Asia Cup and would include teams from FIBA Oceania.


2015 FIBA Asia Championship, Qualification
According to the FIBA Asia rules, the host nation China and 2014 FIBA Asia Cup champions Iran automatically qualified. East Asia, West Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Persian Gulf each had two berths while Central Asia and South Asia each had one slot allotted. The other four berths were allocated to the zones according to performance in the 2014 FIBA Asia Cup. Therefore, with Chinese Taipei, Philippines, Jordan, and Japan finishing in the top four in that tournament other than Iran and China which were both direct qualifiers, East Asia gained another two berths while the Southeast Asia and West Asia gained an additional slot each.


2015 FIBA Asia Championship, Venues
Changsha was chosen by the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) as the venue city of the men's championship. Changsha Social Work College's gymnasium was chosen as the primary stadium, while Central South University of Forestry and Technology's gymnasium was the auxiliary stadium.


2015 FIBA Asia Championship, Draw
The draw was held at Changsha on 27 June 2015. Two teams that were unknown at the date of the draw, the South Asia qualifier and the last remaining team from East Asia were known a short time after.


2015 FIBA Asia Championship, Draw
The top four teams from 2013 were seeded; all other teams except the host team were drawn. By the time that there were three teams in each group, China chose their group, then the remaining three unseeded teams were drawn.


2015 FIBA Asia Championship, Draw
Included were the teams' FIBA World Rankings on the day the draw was made.


2015 FIBA Asia Championship, Draw
Chinese Taipei (44) Iran (17) Philippines (31) South Korea (28)


2015 FIBA Asia Championship, Draw
* Later determined as India (ranked 61st) and Hong Kong (ranked 69th), respectively.


2015 FIBA Asia Championship, Squads
Each team had a roster of twelve players. A team may opt to allocate a roster spot to a naturalized player.


2015 FIBA Asia Championship, Controversies, Rescheduling of Semifinals
There was suspicion and outrage when the organizers decided to move the schedule of the semifinals game between Philippines and Japan from its original schedule of 9:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Many fans believe that this move was a way for the Chinese to procure undue advantage come the gold medal match.


2015 FIBA Asia Championship, Controversies, Finals Pregame
A few hours before the championship match, Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas President Manuel V. Pangilinan accused the host country of pulling off shenanigans. He twittered that the delay of the tournament electric bus to bring the Philippine squad to the game venue as it was not charged would give them less time to warm up. He claimed the SBP were not allocated tickets by the Local Organizing Committee (LOC), so the Philippine squad coaching staff and SBP officials were without tickets hours prior to the game although it was standard practice.


2015 FIBA Asia Championship, Controversies, Finals Pregame
He also cited that the Chinese players stayed at a different hotel from the players from the other nations, which violates the FIBA rules. It was also reported that when the Philippine squad finally arrived at the arena, the goal's net where they were shooting was suddenly removed for repair, which gave them even less time to warm up after the delay from the electric bus incident.


2015 FIBA Asia Championship, Controversies, Officiating
The officiating of the referees were also held in question by fans and various teams playing against China, especially the games with Jordan, South Korea, Iran and the Philippines.


2015 FIBA Asia Championship, Controversies, Behavioural issues
There was wide criticism of the rude behavior of the Chinese fans were shouting threats towards visiting teams, doing the dirty finger and throwing bottles and paper at the opposing team benches. There were incidents in which foreign fans in the venue were heckled and insulted by Chinese fans while the Chinese Police just stood by. One particular moment was when Calvin Abueva irritated Chinese supporters after he accidentally bumped Guo Ailun with his shoulder while returning to the bench following his fifth and final personal foul. There was a report that a Filipino cameraman got involved in a verbal exchange with a Chinese cameraman. Filipino veteran sportswriter Quinito Henson added that a Chinese photographer had to be restrained from scuffling with a Filipino lensman for shielding Abueva from crowd abuse.


2015 FIBA Asia Championship qualification
Qualification for the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship was held to determine the participants in the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship. China secured qualification by being named as hosts. The other fifteen berths were disputed per FIBA Asia zone, and via the 2014 FIBA Asia Cup.


2015 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, FIBA Asia Cup
The 2014 FIBA Asia Cup was held at Wuhan, Hubei, China from 11 to 19 July 2014.


2015 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, Central Asia
The Central Asia qualifiers was a one-game playoff between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in Astana.


2015 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, East Asia
The 4th East Asian Basketball Championship was cancelled as no countries were willing to host it. The four countries with the highest FIBA rankings (excluding finals hosts China) took the 4 finals berths available to East Asian teams: South Korea, Chinese Taipei, Japan, and Hong Kong.


2015 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, East Asia
The participation of Japan was dependent if FIBA lifts its suspension in time for the draw.


2015 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, Gulf
The 14th Gulf Basketball Championship was held at Dammam, Saudi Arabia from 13 to 20 October 2014.


2015 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, South Asia
The 4th SABA Championship was held at Bengaluru, India from 3 to 5 July 2015.


2015 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, Southeast Asia
The 11th SEABA Championship was held at Singapore from 27 April to 1 May 2015.


2015 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, West Asia
The WABA Championship was held at Orthodox Club Arena, Amman from 29 May to 2 June 2015. As original hosts Iran were already qualified by winning the 2014 FIBA Asia Cup, they gave up hosting the tournament and withdrew. Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine qualified.


2015 FIBA Asia Championship squads
These are the team rosters of the 16 teams competing in the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship.


2015 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship
The 2015 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship. The tournament was supposed to be held in Bangalore, India from July 2 to 12, but according to FIBA's official tournament website, it is scheduled to be played in Jakarta, Indonesia from October 29 to November 7.


2015 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship
South Korea defeated Chinese Taipei in the Finals, 78–69 to capture their first FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship after finishing second in the first two installments of the competition. Three-time defending champions China on the other hand managed to capture bronze against Japan, 80–58. The top three teams will represent FIBA Asia in the 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship in Spain.


2015 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship, Qualification
Aside from the hosts and defending champion, each FIBA Asia subzone gets two berths each, except for the Central and South Asian zones that shall get one berth each. Rounding out the 16-team tournament are four berths that would be added to each subzone, depending on its teams' performance n the 2013 championship.


2015 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship, Qualification
For the Central Asia slot, India was selected to take its place, thus completing the 16-team field. However, North Korea reportedly withdrew a day before the beginning of the tournament, bringing down the number of participating nations to 15.


2015 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship, Draw
The draw took place on 8 October 2015 in Jakarta, Indonesia.


2015 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women
The 2015 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women. The tournament was held in Medan, Indonesia from August 2 to 9.


2015 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women
China defeated Japan in the rematch of the last edition's finals, 92–75, en route their third title, while Korea edged Chinese Taipei in the battle for Third Place, 60–52. China, Japan and Korea will represent FIBA Asia at the 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women which will be held in Spain.


2015 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women
The championship was divided into two levels: Level I and Level II. The two lowest finishers of Level I met the top two finishers of Level II to determine which teams qualified for the top Level of the 2017 Championship. The losers were relegated to Level II.


2015 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women, Qualifying round
Winners are promoted to Level I of the 2017 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women.


2015 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women, Final round
Top three teams qualify to the 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women.


2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship
The 2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the women's basketball tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The tournament was held in Wuhan, China.


2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship
The championship was divided into two levels: Level I and Level II. The two lowest finishers of Level I met the top two finishers of Level II to determine which teams qualified for the top Level of the 2017 Championship. The losers were relegated to Level II.


2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship, Draw
Included are the FIBA World Rankings prior to the draw.


2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship, Draw
China (8) South Korea (12) Japan (15) Chinese Taipei (35) India (39) Thailand (42)


2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship, Draw
Malaysia (40) Kazakhstan (49) Sri Lanka (54) Hong Kong (58) Philippines (58) North Korea (NR)


2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship, Qualifying round
Winners are promoted to Division A of the 2017 FIBA Asia Women's Cup.


2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship, Final round
Champions qualify to the 2016 Summer Olympics; runner-up and third place qualify to the 2016 World Qualifying Tournament.


2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship, All-2015 FIBA Asia Women's Team
PG –  Asami YoshidaSG –  Shao TingSF –  Kim Dan-biPF –  Ramu Tokashiki (Tournament MVP)C –  Sun Mengran


2015 FIBA CBC Championship
This page shows the results of the 2015 FIBA CBC Championship, which was held in the city of Road Town, British Virgin Islands from June 15 to June 22, 2015.


2015 FIBA CBC Championship for Women
This page shows the results of the 2015 CBC Championship for Women, which was held in the city of Road Town, British Virgin Islands from June 8 to June 12, 2015.


2015 FIBA CBC Championship squads
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2015 FIBA CBC Championship. The player ages are as of  June 15, which was the first day of the tournament.


2015 FIBA COCABA Championship
The 2015 Men's FIBA COCABA Championship was the regional basketball championship of FIBA Americas for the Central American and Caribbean subzone. The top 3 national teams qualified to 2016 Centrobasket. The tournament was held in the city of San José, Costa Rica, from 16 to 20 September 2015.


2015 FIBA COCABA Championship, Preliminary round
The draw for the 2015 FIBA COCABA Championship was held on August 4, 2015. Eight teams were drawn into two pools with 4 teams in each.


2015 FIBA COCABA Championship for Women
The 2015 FIBA COCABA Championship for Women was the regional basketball championship of FIBA Americas for the Central American and Caribbean subzone. First and second national teams qualified to 2016 Centrobasket Women. The tournament was held in the city of Cartago, Costa Rica, from 23 to 27 September 2015.


2015 FIBA COCABA Championship for Women, Preliminary round
The draw for the 2015 FIBA COCABA Championship for Women was held on August 4, 2015. Seven teams were drawn into one pool with 4 teams and another one with 3 teams.


2015 FIBA Europe SuperCup Women
The 2015 FIBA Europe SuperCup Women was the 5th edition of the FIBA Europe SuperCup Women. It was held on 6 and 7 October 2015. After being discontinued in the year 2014, it resumed with a Final Four format with the two finalists of the Euroleague Women and the EuroCup Women. All games were played in Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
The 2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was 29th edition of the European Under-16 Basketball Championship. 16 teams participated in the competition, held in Kaunas, Lithuania in two venues (Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre and the legendary Kaunas Sports Hall), from 8 to 16 August 2015. France was the defending champions.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, First round
In this round, sixteen teams are allocated in four groups of four teams each. The top three teams of each group will advance to the Qualifying Round. The last teams will play in the Classification Group G first, then in the 9th–16th place playoffs.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, Second round
Twelve advancing teams from the First Round will be allocated in two groups of six teams each. The top four teams of each group will advance to the quarterfinals. The last two teams of each group will play in the 9th – 16th place playoffs against the teams from the Group G.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, Classification Group G
The last team of each group of the First Round will compete in this Classification Round.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division C
The 2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division C is the tenth edition of the Division C of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, the third tier of basketball European U-16 championships.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women
The 2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women was the 27th edition of the European championship for women's national under-16 basketball teams. A total of 16 teams participated in the competition, which took place in Matosinhos, Portugal, from 13 to 23 August 2015.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women
The champions were Czech Republic, who defeated Portugal 79–55 to secure their first title in this competition, after being losing finalists in the previous two editions. Portugal achieved their best-ever result in an international basketball competition, having never reached the quarterfinals at this age level. The host nation's Ana Ramos was named the tournament's MVP and selected for the tournament's All-Star Five.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women, First round
The first-round groups draw took place on 30 November 2014 in Budapest, Hungary. In the first round, the sixteen teams are allocated in four groups of four teams each. The top three teams of each group will qualify to the Second Round. The last team of each group will play in the Classification Group G first, then in the 9th–16th place playoffs.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women, Second round
Twelve advancing teams from the First Round will be allocated in two groups of six teams each. The top four teams of each group will advance to the quarterfinals. The last two teams of each group will play for the 9th – 16th places against the teams from the Group G.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women, Classification Group G
The last team of each group of the First Round will compete in this Classification Round.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women Division B
The 2015 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship Division B was the 12th edition of the Division B of the European basketball championship for women's national under-16 teams. It was played in Ohrid and Struga, Republic of Macedonia, from 13 to 23 August 2015. Lithuania women's national under-16 basketball team won the tournament.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women Division B, First round
In the first round, the teams were drawn into four groups of five. The first two teams from each group will advance to the Quarterfinal Groups E and F, the third and fourth teams will advance to the 9th–16th place classification (Groups G and H), the last teams will play in the 17th–20th place classification (Group I).


2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women Division C
The 2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women Division C was the 11th edition of the Division C of the FIBA U16 Women's European Championship, the third tier of the European women's under-16 basketball championship. It was played in Andorra la Vella, Andorra, from 20 to 25 July 2015. Iceland women's national under-16 basketball team won the tournament.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
The 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was the 32nd edition of the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. 16 teams participated in the competition, which was held in Volos, Greece, from 23 July to 2 August 2015.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, First round
In the first round, the sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each. The top three teams of each group qualified for the Second Round. The last team of each group played in the Classification Group G first, then in the 9th–16th place playoffs.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, First round
All times are local – Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3).


2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, Second round
Twelve advancing teams from the First Round were allocated in two groups of six teams each. The top four teams of each group advanced to the quarterfinals. The last two teams of each group played in the 9th–16th place playoffs against the teams from the Group G.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, Classification Group G
The last placed team from each group of the first round competed in a classification round-robin group for lower four seeds in 9th–16th place playoff.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B
The 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B was an international youth basketball competition held in Austria in 2015.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B, First round
In this round, the 24 teams are allocated in four groups of six teams each. The best two teams of each group advance to the Quarterfinal groups.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division C
The 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division C was the 11th edition of the Division C of the FIBA U18 European Championship, the third tier of the European men's under-18 basketball championship. It was played in Gibraltar from 14 to 19 July 2015. Andorra men's national under-18 basketball team won the tournament.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women
The 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women will be the 32nd edition of the European Under-18 Women's Basketball Championship. 16 teams will participate in the competition, held in Celje, Slovenia, from 30 July to 9 August 2015.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women, First round
The first-round groups draw took place on 30 November 2014 in Budapest, Hungary. In the first round, the sixteen teams are allocated in four groups of four teams each. The top three teams of each group will qualify to the Second Round. The last team of each group will play in the Classification Group G first, then in the 9th–16th place playoffs.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women, First round
All times are local – Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).


2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women, Second round
Twelve advancing teams from the First Round will be allocated in two groups of six teams each. The top four teams of each group will advance to the quarterfinals. The last two teams of each group will play in the 9th–16th place playoffs against the teams from the Group G.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women, Classification Group G
Last placed team from each group of first round competes in classification round-robin group for lower four seeds in 9th–16th place playoff.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women, Championship playoffs, Semifinals
Winners of this round moves on to the Final; while the losers contest for the bronze medal.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women Division C
The 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women Division C was the 10th edition of the Division C of the FIBA U18 Women's European Championship, the third tier of the European women's under-18 basketball championship. It was played in Gibraltar from 6 to 11 July 2015. Scotland women's national under-18 basketball team won the tournament.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
The 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 18th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The competition took place in Lignano Sabbiadoro and Latisana, Italy, from 7 to 19 July 2015.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, First round
In this round, the twenty teams were allocated in four groups of five teams each. The top three teams advanced to the Second Round. The last two teams of each group played in the Classification Games.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B
The 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B was the 11th edition of the Division B of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, the second-tier level of the European Under-20 basketball championship. The tournament was played in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, from 9 to 19 July, 2015.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, First round
In this round, the eighteen teams were allocated in two groups of five teams and two groups of four teams. The top two teams in each group advanced to the Second round. The other teams played in the Classification Games.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women
The 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women is the 14th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women. 16 teams participate in the competition, being played in Tinajo and Teguise, Spain, from 2 to 12 July 2015.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women, First round
The first-round groups draw took place on 30 November 2014 in Budapest, Hungary. In the first round, the sixteen teams are allocated in four groups of four teams each. The top three teams of each group will qualify to the Second Round. The last team of each group will play in the Classification Group G first, then in the 9th–16th place playoffs.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women, First round
All times are local – Western European Summer Time (UTC+1).


2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women, Second round
Twelve advancing teams from the First Round will be allocated in two groups of six teams each. The top four teams of each group will advance to the quarterfinals. The last two teams of each group will play for the 9th – 16th places against the teams from the Group G.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women, Classification Group G
Last placed team from each group of first round competes in classification round-robin group for lower four seeds in 9th–16th place playoff.


2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women Division B
The 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women Division B was the 11th edition of the Division B of the Women's European basketball championship for national under-20 teams. It was held in Podgorica, Montenegro, from 2 to 12 July 2015. Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national under-20 basketball team won the tournament.


2015 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
The 2015 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was the 25th edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. The series, played with two legs, was played by EuroLeague champions Real Madrid, and FIBA Americas League champions Bauru. Both games were played in the Ginásio do Ibirapuera, based in São Paulo. The first leg was played on September 25, the second one on September 27.


2015 FIBA Oceania Championship
The 2015 FIBA Oceania Championship for Men was the 22nd edition of the tournament. The tournament featured a two-game series between Australia and New Zealand. It also served as the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The first game was held in Melbourne, Australia on August 15, followed by the second game in Wellington, New Zealand on August 18.


2015 FIBA Oceania Championship
Australia won both games of the series, and with an aggregate score of 160-138, qualified to the 2016 Olympics. With the loss, New Zealand qualified to the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, the final qualifying tournament for the 2016 Olympics.


2015 FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship
2015 FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship was an international under-16 basketball tournament staged in August 2015 by FIBA Oceania. The teams taking part represented Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand and Tahiti. The venues were St. Patrick's College and TSB Bank Arena in Wellington, New Zealand. The winning team was Australia.


2015 FIBA Oceania Women's Championship
The 2015 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women will be the 16th edition of the basketball tournament. In 2015 it took the form of a two-game series between the Australian Opals and New Zealand Tall Ferns. It served as the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The first game was in Melbourne, Australia, on 15 August, the second in Tauranga, New Zealand, on 17 August. The Australian Opals won both games, and qualified for the Olympics, while the losing Tall Ferns qualified for the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women, the final qualifying tournament for the 2016 Olympics.


2015 FIBA South America Under-17 Championship
The 2015 South American Basketball Championship U-17 was the 23rd edition of the FIBA South America Under-17 Championship. Eight teams featured the competition, held in Resistencia, Argentina from September 13 to September 19. The first three places qualified for the 2016 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship.


2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship
The 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Greek: Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα FIBA Under-19 2015) was hosted by Heraklion, Greece, from 27 June to 5 July 2015. It was the third time that Greece hosts the FIBA Under-19 World Championship since 1995 in Athens, when Greece won the gold medal. Greece also hosted the 2003 tournament in Thessaloniki.


2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship
As a result of FIBA rules changes, made effective as of 1 October 2014, this tournament marked the first time that the FIBA Under-19 World Championship used instant replay to review controversial plays and where players were allowed to wear any jersey with numbers from "00" to "99".


2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship
The United States won their sixth title by defeating Croatia 79–71 in the final.


2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, Preliminary round
The draw for the tournament was held on 12 March 2015.


2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women
The 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women (Russian:2015 Чемпионат мира ФИБА среди юношей до 19 лет среди женщин)was hosted by Russia from 18 to 26 July 2015.


2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women
The United States won their seventh title by defeating Russia 78–70 in the final.


2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women, Qualified teams
(*) Japan qualified for the tournament but was suspended by FIBA. A third Asian team had to be named to take Japan's place. The draw took place with the third Asian team's identity yet to be named. On 23 March 2015, Chinese Taipei, fourth-place finisher at the Asia Championship, was confirmed by FIBA to be Japan's replacement.


2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women, Preliminary round
The draw for the tournament was held on 12 March 2015 at the House of Basketball in Mies, Switzerland.


2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or
The 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala was the sixth year for FIFA's awards for the top football players and coaches of the year. The awards were given out in Zürich, Switzerland on 11 January 2016.


2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or
Lionel Messi won the award as the World Player of the Year for the fifth time, extending, his own record of five wins. Carli Lloyd was named as the Women's World Player of the Year, while Luis Enrique received the World Coach of the Year for Men's Football and Jill Ellis the World Coach of the Year for Women's Football.


2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or
The ceremony was hosted by Kate Abdo and James Nesbitt.


2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or, Winners and nominees
In late October 2015, FIFA revealed shortlist for the FIFA Ballon d'Or, FIFA Women's World Player of the Year and FIFA World Coaches of the Year. The shortlists for the women's awards were revealed on 19 October and the men's on 20 October.


2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or, Winners and nominees, FIFA Ballon d'Or
The following 20 men were originally in contention for the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or:


2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or, Winners and nominees, FIFA Women's World Player of the Year
The results for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year were:


2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or, Winners and nominees, FIFA Women's World Player of the Year
The following 7 players were also named to the shortlist for the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year award:


2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or, Winners and nominees, FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football
The following were the final 3 nominees for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football:


2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or, Winners and nominees, FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football
The following 7 managers were also named to the shortlist for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football:


2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or, Winners and nominees, FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football
The following are the final 3 nominees for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football:


2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or, Winners and nominees, FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football
The following 7 managers were also named to the shortlist for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football:


2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the eighth edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, the premier international beach soccer competition for men's national teams, which has been organized by FIFA since 2005. Overall, this was the 18th edition of a world cup in beach soccer since the establishment of the Beach Soccer World Championships which ran from 1995–2004 but was not governed by FIFA. It was also the third edition to take place under the biennial system introduced in 2009.


2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The tournament took place from 9 to 19 July 2015 at Praia da Baía in Espinho, Portugal, after the country's bid was selected by the FIFA Executive Committee on 28 May 2013, from among twelve proposals. This was the second time that Portugal hosted a FIFA competition, after the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship. Fifteen teams advanced through their respective continental qualification competitions to join the host team in the final tournament. The final draw occurred on 28 April 2015 at the Espinho Multimedia Auditorium, setting up a total of 32 matches that were played at the Espinho Stadium – a purpose-built temporary venue with a capacity of 3,500 – and attended by a total of 96,300 people.


2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
After missing the previous edition, Portugal reached the final – eliminating two-time defending champions Russia in the semi-finals – and defeated first-time finalists Tahiti 5–3 to claim their second world title and their first in the FIFA era. Alan and Madjer were the only two surviving players from the Portuguese squad that won their previous world title in 2001 to also win these championships.


2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Host selection
Twelve FIFA member associations from five confederations officially announced their interest in hosting the 2015 Beach Soccer World Cup by the deadline of 14 September 2012. On 28 May 2013, the FIFA Executive Committee, gathered in Mauritius, announced that the tournament would be held in Portugal. It was the second time that Portugal staged a FIFA competition, after the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship.


2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualification
Qualifying rounds took place in 2014 and 2015. Portugal qualified automatically as hosts.


2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualification, African Zone
The CAF Beach Soccer Championship took place in Roche Caiman, Seychelles on 14–19 April 2015. A total of eight teams took part in the tournament, where seven spots (other than host nation Seychelles) were determined through qualifiers held in February and March 2015. The top two teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Senegal and Madagascar won their respective semi-finals on 18 April 2015 to qualify for the World Cup, with Madagascar defeating Senegal in the final on the next day to win the tournament.


2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualification, Asian Zone
The AFC Beach Soccer Championship took place in Doha, Qatar on 23–28 March 2015. A total of 14 teams took part in the tournament (Palestine entered but withdrew). The top three teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Oman and Japan won their respective semi-finals on 27 March 2015 to qualify for the World Cup. On the next day, Iran won the third place match to also book a place in the World Cup, while Oman defeated Japan in the final to win the tournament.


2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualification, European Zone
The UEFA qualifiers took place in Jesolo, Italy on 5–14 September 2014. A total of 23 teams took part in the tournament (Georgia entered but withdrew). The top four teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Switzerland became the first team (other than host nation Portugal) to qualify for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup on 11 September 2014. On the next day, Russia, Spain and Italy also booked a place in the World Cup by advancing to the semi-finals, with Russia defeating Switzerland in the final two days later to win the tournament, and Italy defeating Spain to finish third.


2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualification, North, Central American and Caribbean Zone
The CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship took place in Costa del Sol, El Salvador on 28 March–4 April 2015. A total of 16 teams took part in the tournament. The top two teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Mexico and Costa Rica won their respective semi-finals on 3 April 2015 to qualify for the World Cup, with Mexico defeating Costa Rica in the final on the next day to win the tournament.


2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualification, Oceanian Zone
The OFC Beach Soccer Championship was scheduled to take place in Tahiti on 16–22 February 2015. However, the tournament was cancelled, and Tahiti were designated by the OFC as their representative.


2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualification, South American Zone
The CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship took place in Manta, Ecuador on 19–26 April 2015. A total of 10 teams took part in the tournament. The top three teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Brazil and Paraguay won their respective semi-finals on 25 April 2015 to qualify for the World Cup. On the next day, Argentina won the third place match to also book a place in the World Cup, while Brazil defeated Paraguay in the final to win the tournament.


2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Venue
All matches were played at the Espinho Stadium, a purpose-built 3,500-capacity venue located in Praia da Baía, Espinho.


2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Referees
FIFA chose 24 officials from 24 different countries to referee matches at the World Cup, with at least one referee representing each confederation: four from AFC, three from CAF, five from CONMEBOL, three from CONCACAF, one from OFC and eight from UEFA.


2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Draw
The final draw was held on 28 April 2015 at the Espinho Multimedia Auditorium. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams, with hosts Portugal being seeded in Group A and defending champions Russia being seeded in Group D. Switzerland and Brazil, the second and third-ranked teams in the FIFA World Ranking, were the other two seeded teams. Teams from the same confederation could not be drawn against each other for the group stage, except one of the groups that must contain two UEFA teams as there were five UEFA teams.


2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Squads
Each team must name a squad of 12 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. The squads were officially announced by FIFA on 2 July 2015.


2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Group stage
In the group stage, teams earn 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 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Group stage
Following FIFA's rule changes issued in July 2014, this was the first World Cup to award just one point for a penalty shoot-out win (as opposed to two points in all previous World Cups) as well as penalty shoots outs being best of three rather than sudden death from the start.


2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Group stage, Tiebreaking
The ranking of each team in each group will be determined by the following criteria:


2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Group stage, Tiebreaking
If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above criterion, their rankings will be determined as follows:


2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Awards
In the aftermath of the final, FIFA presented individual awards to the three best players of the tournament, top goal-scorers, and to the best goalkeeper. In addition, a collective award was given to the team with the most points in the Fair Play ranking. Since three players all scored 8 goals, other stats such as assists, penalties and matches played were then considered to work out the standings between them. Notably, this World Cup saw the fewest goals ever scored for a player to claim the golden boot.


2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final
The 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final was the last match of the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup which took place on July 19, 2015 at the Praia da Baía, in Espinho. The final was contested between Tahiti, who had never competed in the FIFA final before, and Portugal, who were back to a final ten years after reaching the final of the inaugural Beach Soccer World Cup. Team Portugal won the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup for the first time.


2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)
The UEFA qualifiers for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was a beach soccer tournament which took place in Jesolo, Italy between 5–14 September 2014. The tournament served as the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifier for teams from UEFA, where the top four teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Portugal.


2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)
This was the second time that the Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers were held in Italy. All matches were played at the Beach Arena del Faro di Jesolo in the Lido di Jesolo beach area.


2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Participating teams and draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 18 July 2014 in Jesolo. The 24 teams were drawn into six groups of four teams for the first stage.


2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), First 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 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Final stage
The top team from each group in the second stage advance to the semi-finals to play for the title. The other teams eliminated from the second stage advance to classification play-offs (5th to 8th place, 9th to 12th place, 13th to 16th place) depending on their positions.


2015 FIFA Club World Cup
The 2015 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2015 presented by Alibaba E-Auto for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations, as well as the host nation's league champions. The tournament was hosted by Japan between 10–20 December 2015.


2015 FIFA Club World Cup
Real Madrid were the defending champions, but could not defend their title after being eliminated in the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League semi-finals.


2015 FIFA Club World Cup
Barcelona defeated River Plate 3–0 in the final, winning a record third Club World Cup title.


2015 FIFA Club World Cup, Host bids
The application process for the 2015–2016 as well as the 2017–2018 editions, i.e. two hosts, each hosting two years, began in February 2014. Member associations interested in hosting had to submit a declaration of interest by 30 March 2014, and provide the complete set of bidding documents by 25 August 2014. The FIFA Executive Committee was to select the hosts at their meeting in Morocco in December 2014. However, no such decision regarding the 2015–2016 host was made until 2015.


2015 FIFA Club World Cup, Host bids
The following countries expressed an interest in bidding to host the tournament:


2015 FIFA Club World Cup, Host bids
Japan was officially confirmed as the host of the 2015 and 2016 tournaments on 23 April 2015.


2015 FIFA Club World Cup, Proposed change to format
Under a proposed change to the competition, led by the Oceania Football Confederation, the new format would mean a removal of the knockout rounds for the quarter-finals and play-off round, replacing it with two round-robin groups of three teams, consisting of two teams from the host nation and the champions of AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, and OFC, with the group winners advancing to the semi-finals to play the champions of CONMEBOL and UEFA. This would allow for all teams to play at least two matches, avoiding the current situation where the loser of the play-off round would play only one match. A decision on this would be taken after the 2014 competition finished. However, according to the press release of the host country, the tournament will continue with the original seven-team format in 2015.


2015 FIFA Club World Cup, Qualified teams
1 In bold: Previous tournament winners2 River Plate qualified as the CONMEBOL representatives on 22 July 2015 when UANL, who are from Mexico and not eligible to represent CONMEBOL in the FIFA Club World Cup, were confirmed as their opponents in the final.


2015 FIFA Club World Cup, Venues
On 22 May 2015, Nagai Stadium in Osaka and International Stadium Yokohama in Yokohama were named as the two venues that would be used in the tournament.


2015 FIFA Club World Cup, Squads
Each team had to name a 23-man squad (three of whom had to be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline of 30 November 2015. The squads of six of the seven teams were released by FIFA on 3 December 2015 (except Sanfrecce Hiroshima, who only confirmed their place in the tournament on 5 December 2015). Injury replacements were allowed until 24 hours before the team's first match.


2015 FIFA Club World Cup, Matches
The schedule of the tournament, together with the emblem, was unveiled on 24 August 2015.


2015 FIFA Club World Cup, Matches
A draw was held on 23 September 2015, 14:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland, to determine the positions in the bracket for the three teams which enter the quarter-finals.


2015 FIFA Club World Cup, Final ranking
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.


2015 FIFA Club World Cup, Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.


2015 FIFA Club World Cup, Awards
FIFA also named a man of the match for the best player in each game at the tournament.


2015 FIFA Club World Cup Final
The 2015 FIFA Club World Cup Final was the final match of the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup, an association football tournament hosted by Japan. It was the 12th final of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations as well as the host nation's league champions.


2015 FIFA Club World Cup Final
The final was contested between Argentine club River Plate, representing CONMEBOL as the reigning champions of the Copa Libertadores and Spanish club Barcelona, representing UEFA as the reigning champions of the UEFA Champions League. It was played at the International Stadium Yokohama in Yokohama on 20 December 2015. Barcelona won the game 3–0 to claim their third FIFA Club World Cup title. The win for Barcelona was also their fifth trophy of 2015.


2015 FIFA Club World Cup Final, Background, River Plate
River Plate qualified for the tournament as winners of the 2015 Copa Libertadores, following a 3–0 aggregate win against UANL in the final. This was River Plate's first time competing in the tournament. They have played two times in the Intercontinental Cup, the predecessor of the FIFA Club World Cup, with one win (1986) and one loss (1996). They reached the final after defeating Japanese club Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the semi-finals.


2015 FIFA Club World Cup Final, Background, Barcelona
Barcelona qualified for the tournament as winners of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, following a 3–1 win against Juventus in the final. This was Barcelona's fourth time competing in the tournament, after winning twice in 2009 and 2011, as well as being runners-up in 2006. They have played one time in the Intercontinental Cup, with one loss (1992). They reached the final after defeating Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande in the semi-finals.


2015 FIFA Club World Cup squads
Each team in the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup had to name a 23-man squad (three of whom had to be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline of 30 November 2015. Injury replacements were allowed until 24 hours before the team's first match.


2015 FIFA Club World Cup squads, América
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Auckland City
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Barcelona
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FIFA Club World Cup squads, TP Mazembe
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FIFA Club World Cup squads, River Plate
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup
The 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the sixteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, held in Chile from 17 October to 8 November 2015.


2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Venues
Along with proposing ten venues for Chile's hosting of the 2015 Copa América, the Chilean Football Federation also announced its plans for hosting of the U17 World Cup in the same year. On 8 April 2014, 8 cities were confirmed as host of the competition, with Copiapó and Quillota being dropped.


2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Venues
The Local organising committee have also said that the capital City (Santiago) would not host the final.


2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Qualified teams
In addition to host nation Chile, 23 nations qualified from 6 separate continental competitions.


2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Schedule and draw
The schedule of the tournament was unveiled on 5 May 2015.


2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Schedule and draw
The final draw was held on 6 August 2015, 20:00 local time, at the Centro de las Artes 660 art gallery in Santiago. For the draw, the 24 teams were divided into four seeding pots:


2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Schedule and draw
As a basic principle, teams from the same confederation could not be drawn against each other at the group stage.


2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Match officials
A total of 21 referees, 6 support referees, and 42 assistant referees were selected for the tournament.


2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Emblem and slogan
The emblem and slogan ("Una fiesta en nuestra cancha", a party on our pitch) of the tournament was unveiled on 7 October 2014.


2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Squads
Each team named a squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. The squads were announced on 8 October 2015.


2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Squads
All players of its representative team must have been born on or after 1 January 1998.


2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Group stage
The winners and runners-up of each group and the best four third-placed teams advance to the round of 16. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:


2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Group stage
If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:


2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Group stage, Ranking of third-placed teams
The four best ranked third-placed teams also advance to the round of 16. They are paired with the winners of groups A, B, C and D, according to a table published in Section 18 of the tournament regulations.


2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Knockout stage
In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, the match is determined by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played).


2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Knockout stage, Combinations of matches in the Round of 16
The third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16 were placed with the winners of groups A, B, C and D according to a table published in Section 18 of the tournament regulations.


2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. They were all sponsored by adidas.


2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Awards
In December 2015, Nigerian Samuel Chukwueze was retroactively awarded the Bronze boot award. Kelechi Nwakali had erroneously been awarded the award immediately following the tournament but as he had played more minutes (630) than Chukwueze (535) in the tournament the award was re-allocated.


2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Final ranking
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Marketing, Mascot and anthem
The official mascot, a young boy named Brochico, and anthem, composed by DJ Méndez, were unveiled on 9 July 2015.


2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads
The following is a list of all the squads of the national teams participating in the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.


2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads
Each team had to name a squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. The squads were announced on 8 October 2015.


2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads
All players of its representative team must have been born on or after 1 January 1998. Players in boldface have been capped at full international level at some point in their career.


2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the twentieth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. The competition took place for the first time in New Zealand, the third time on Oceanian soil after Australia staged the 1981 and 1993 editions. A total of 52 matches were played in seven host cities.


2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
During the first meeting of the local organising committee in January 2013, provisional dates of 19 June to 11 July were given towards hosting of games, with a final decision on stadiums and cities originally meant to be taken in February 2013. Two more postponements then followed.