2015 Slovenian Football Cup Final, Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.


2015 Slovenian Supercup
The 2015 Slovenian Supercup was the eleventh edition of the Slovenian Supercup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Slovenian PrvaLiga and Slovenian Cup competitions. The match was played on 5 July 2015 at the Bonifika stadium in Koper between the 2014–15 Slovenian Cup winners Koper and the 2014–15 Slovenian PrvaLiga winners Maribor.


2015 Slovenian same-sex marriage referendum
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2015 Slovenian same-sex marriage referendum
A referendum on a bill legalising same-sex marriage was held in Slovenia on 20 December 2015. The bill was rejected, as a majority of voters voted against and the votes against were more than 20% of registered voters.


2015 Slovenian same-sex marriage referendum, Background
On 3 March 2015 the National Assembly passed a bill defining marriage as a “union of two” instead of a “union of a man and a woman.” Conservative opponents of the law, including a group called Children Are At Stake, gathered enough signatures to force a referendum on the issue, hoping to block same-sex marriage. On 26 March, the National Assembly voted to block the referendum on the ground that it would violate the constitutional provision which prohibits popular votes on laws eliminating an unconstitutionality in the field of human rights and fundamental freedoms. The proponents of a referendum appealed to the Constitutional Court, which on 22 October declared that the National Assembly does not have the ability to declare a referendum unconstitutional. The National Assembly thus on 4 November scheduled a referendum to be held on 20 December 2015.


2015 Slovenian same-sex marriage referendum, Background
Per article 90 of the Constitution a law is rejected if "a majority of voters who have cast valid votes vote against the law, provided at least one fifth of all qualified voters have voted against the law". A minimum of 343,104 voters (which makes up 20% of about 1.7 million registered voters) are required to cast a valid "no" vote for the result of the referendum to be valid.


2015 Slovenian same-sex marriage referendum, Background
In a 2012 referendum, 54.55% of voters rejected a law that would have expanded rights for same-sex registered partnerships.


2015 Slovenian same-sex marriage referendum, Background
Slovenian Catholic groups, and Pope Francis urged a "no" vote. A number of EU politicians, including Violeta Bulc called for a "yes" vote. All parties in Parliament except SDS and NSi supported a 'Yes' vote.


2015 Slovenian same-sex marriage referendum, Opinion polls
A poll conducted by Delo Stik in February 2015 showed that 51% of Slovenians supported the bill, which was debated in the National Assembly at the time, while 42% were against.


2015 Slovenian same-sex marriage referendum, Opinion polls
Another poll conducted by Ninamedia in March 2015 showed that 42% of respondents supported the new law, while 54% opposed. Support was highest among those younger than 30, and in the Slovene Littoral region.


2015 Slovenian same-sex marriage referendum, Opinion polls
A poll from November 2015 showed that 46% of respondents supported and 54% opposed the bill. The poll suggested a strong division between different groups. While most women, atheists and residents of urban areas supported the bill, a significant majority of men, Catholics and rural population opposed it. The poll also suggested a low turnout and the possibility that the result would be non-binding.


2015 Slovenian same-sex marriage referendum, Results
Early voting began on Tuesday 15 December 2015 and continued for the two following days. Results were released on Sunday 20 December 2015 after all polls closed. The bill was rejected by a majority of those who voted and a sufficient number of "no" votes were cast (more than 20% of all registered voters) thus fulfilling both constitutional requirements for a binding result.


2015 Slovenian same-sex marriage referendum, Aftermath
The parliament is obliged by the result for one year and cannot propose similar legislation in that period. Initiators of the referendum suggested that they will not oppose legislation which would expand social rights for same-sex unions as long as it does not include adoption rights and redefinition of marriage. Supporters of the defeated bill expressed their disappointment over the result and suggested that a number of 'yes' voters clearly decided to boycott the referendum.


2015 Slovenian same-sex marriage referendum, Inaccessible polling places dispute
Before the referendum, two voters with disabilities requested that the authorities make their polling places accessible. Their requests were denied, and the courts rejected their lawsuits and appeals. In 2019, together with the Slovenian Disability Rights Association (Drupis), they submitted applications to the European Court of Human Rights. In January 2020, the Court communicated the cases with the government of Slovenia. As of January 2020, the cases, called Toplak v. Slovenia and Mrak v. Slovenia, are ongoing.


2015 Snooker Shoot-Out
The 2015 Betway Snooker Shoot Out was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4–6 March 2015 at the Circus Arena in Blackpool. It was played under a  variation of the standard rules of snooker.


2015 Snooker Shoot-Out
Dominic Dale was the defending champion, but he lost 20–65  against Luca Brecel in round one.


2015 Snooker Shoot-Out
Michael White won his first professional title by defeating Xiao Guodong 1-0 (54–48) in the final.


2015 Snooker Shoot-Out, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2015 Snooker Shoot-Out, Draw
The draw for round one was made on 12 February 2015 and was broadcast live by Talksport. All times are UTC. There were two century breaks during the tournament. Martin Gould made a 116 break in round two, and Shaun Murphy made a 105 break in round three.


2015 Social Democratic and Labour Party leadership election
A leadership election was held for the Social Democratic and Labour Party of Northern Ireland between 12 and 15 November 2015. The result was a victory for Colum Eastwood.


2015 Social Democratic and Labour Party leadership election, Background
Following poor election results in the 2014 local elections, the 2014 European Parliament election and the 2015 Westminster election, McDonnell resisted calls to stand down. Initially no challenger came forward, though early in June it was rumoured that eventual challenger Colum Eastwood would stand. It was not until late September that Eastwood confirmed that he would stand against McDonnell.


2015 Social Democratic and Labour Party leadership election, Candidates
Two SDLP members announced they would stand in the leadership election. These were:


2015 Social Democratic and Labour Party leadership election, Results
Below is a table summarising the results of the leadership election. With just two candidates there was only one round of votes.


2015 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season
The 2015 season was the 101st in Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras existence. This season Palmeiras participated in the Campeonato Paulista, Copa do Brasil and the Série A.


2015 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Players, Squad information
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Competitions, Campeonato Paulista, First stage
In the first stage, the teams play in a group with all of the clubs of other groups in a single round, qualifying for the quarterfinal the 2 teams with the most points won this stage in each of the groups. Schedule was released on December 1, 2014.


2015 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Competitions, Copa do Brasil, First round
The draw for the first round was held on December 16, 2014.


2015 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Competitions, Copa do Brasil, Round of 16
A draw by CBF was held on August 4 to set the matches of the round of 16.


2015 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Competitions, Copa do Brasil, Quarterfinal
For this round another draw was held on August 31.


2015 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Competitions, Copa do Brasil, Semifinal
The order of the matches was determined by a draw which as held on October 5.


2015 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Competitions, Copa do Brasil, Final
The order of the matches was determined by a draw.


2015 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Competitions, Campeonato Brasileiro, Matches
Schedule released on March 3, 2015. And detailed the first ten rounds on March 17, 2015.


2015 Sogndal Fotball season
The 2015 season was Sogndal's first season back in the OBOS-ligaen following their relegation at the end of the 2014 season. They finished the season as Champions, whilst also reaching the Third Round of the Norwegian Cup where they were defeated by Hønefoss.


2015 Sogndal Fotball season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Sogndal Fotball season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Sogndal Fotball season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Sogndal Fotball season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Sogndal Fotball season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Sokoto State gubernatorial election
The 2015 Sokoto State gubernatorial election was the 8th gubernatorial election of Sokoto State. Held on April 11, 2015, the All Progressives Congress nominee Aminu Tambuwal won the election, defeating Abdallah Wali of the People's Democratic Party.


2015 Sokoto State gubernatorial election, APC primary
APC candidate, Aminu Tambuwal clinched the party ticket. The APC primary election was held in 2014.


2015 Sokoto State gubernatorial election, PDP primary
PDP candidate, Abdallah Wali clinched the party ticket. The PDP primary election was held in 2014.


2015 Sokoto State gubernatorial election, Results
A total of 21 candidates contested in the election. Aminu Tambuwal from the All Progressives Congress won the election, defeating Abdallah Wali from the People's Democratic Party. 32,054 votes was cancelled, valid votes was 926,682, votes cast was 958,736. The winner, Aminu Tambuwal won in all the 23 Local Government Areas in the State.


2015 Solheim Cup
The 2015 Solheim Cup was the 14th edition of the Solheim Cup matches, held 18–20 September at the St. Leon course of Golf Club St. Leon-Rot, St. Leon-Rot, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The Solheim Cup is a biennial team competition between the top women professional golfers from Europe and the United States. It is a three-day match play event between teams of twelve players with a similar format to the Ryder Cup.


2015 Solheim Cup
The United States won by a score of 141⁄2 to 131⁄2; the closest score in the history of the Cup.


2015 Solheim Cup, Format
The Solheim Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The format is as follows:


2015 Solheim Cup, Format
With a total of 28 points, 141⁄2 points are required to win the Cup, and 14 points are required for the defending champion to retain the Cup. All matches are played to a maximum of 18 holes. If the score is even after 18 holes, each team earns one-half point.


2015 Solheim Cup, Team qualification and selection, Eligibility criteria
The European and United States teams had different eligibility criteria:


2015 Solheim Cup, Team qualification and selection, Eligibility criteria
Either:(i) born in a European country; and(ii) holding a current passport of that European country;Or:(i) having been naturalised as a citizen of a European country;(ii) having held a current passport of that European country for the immediately preceding four consecutive years;(iii) having resided in that European country for the immediately preceding four consecutive years. A European country is a nation situated in the continent of Europe and is recognised as an independent state by the United Nations.


2015 Solheim Cup, Team qualification and selection, Eligibility criteria
Any player who holds dual nationality (of which one shall be the nationality of a European country) shall elect on joining the LET in each of 2013 and 2014 whether she wishes to be eligible for selection for the 2015 European Solheim Cup Team.


2015 Solheim Cup, Team qualification and selection, Eligibility criteria
Team USAMembers of the United States team must be current members of the LPGA Tour and meet one of these three citizenship criteria:


2015 Solheim Cup, Team qualification and selection, Team selection
The European and United States teams were selected by different methods.


2015 Solheim Cup, Team qualification and selection, Team selection
Team EuropeTeam Europe consists of the top four players from the LET Solheim Cup standings, followed by the top four LET members on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of 24 August who were not already qualified via the Solheim Cup standings, and four captain's selections. Qualifying points for Team Europe were awarded weekly to the top-10 finishers at official LET events.


2015 Solheim Cup, Team qualification and selection, Team selection
Team USATeam USA qualifies by earning points for wins and for top-20 finishes on the LPGA Tour over a two-year period. Points were earned beginning with the 2013 CN Canadian Women's Open (25 August) and concluding with the 2015 Canadian Pacific Women's Open (23 August). Points were increased in 2015 and doubled in the five major championships. The eight players with the highest points are automatically selected for Team USA. Two additional players will qualify based on their position in the Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings and two were selected as wildcards by the team captain from among all eligible players.


2015 Solheim Cup, Teams
Age at the start of the 2015 Solheim Cup matches on 18 September 2015. Reid had her 28th birthday on the second day. Rolex rankings as of the date of team selection on 25 August 2015. Maria McBride played in the Solheim Cup as Maria Hjorth.


2015 Solheim Cup, Teams
Age at the start of the 2015 Solheim Cup matches on 18 September 2015. Lincicome turned 30 on 19 September. Rolex rankings as of the date of team selection on 25 August 2015.


2015 Solheim Cup, Day one, Morning foursomes
The opening match was all square after six holes. The USA team of Pressel and Creamer then won four of the next seven holes and went on to win the match 3 & 2. The second match alternated between all-square and 1-up for the European team of Hull and Reid through 16 holes. A birdie on the 17th sealed Europe's 2 & 1 win. The USA team of Kerr and Thompson led the third match throughout, extending the lead to 4-up by the sixth hole.


2015 Solheim Cup, Day one, Morning foursomes
Three birdies in a row on holes 13-15 by the European team of Icher and Muñoz closed the gap to 1-up before the USA team birdied the 17th hole to secure a 2 & 1 win. In the fourth match, the USA team of Lewis and Salas got off to a 1-up lead after two holes but the European team of Gal and Matthew pulled ahead, winning six of the next 14 holes to the USA team's two to win the match 3 & 2.


2015 Solheim Cup, Day one, Afternoon four-ball
Europe's Nordqvist and Hedwall led the first match from the second hole on the way to a 4 & 3 victory; The USA team of Pressel and Creamer won only one hole in the match. Europe's Hull and Nocera were never behind in their match. A run of four birdies in five holes saw them take a 4-hole lead on the 12th. They closed out the match by a 3 & 2 margin on the 16th hole having been dormie three.


2015 Solheim Cup, Day one, Afternoon four-ball
Play had been suspended at about 4:30 pm CET because of a thunderstorm and, although play resumed an hour later at 5:30 pm, there was not enough daylight to complete the final two matches. Play was suspended 7:47 pm and resumed the following day at 7:45 am. After resuming Melissa Reid and Lexi Thompson both had birdies on the 18th to ensure that the third match was halved. In the anchor match Gerina Piller and Brittany Lang fought from a one-hole deficit back to secure a half a point.


2015 Solheim Cup, Day two, Morning foursomes
Because of the delay the previous day, the foursomes did not start until 9:15 am. Reid and Ciganda were never behind in their match and closed it out 4 & 3 on the 15th hole. In the second match Hull and Pettersen were 4 down to Creamer and Pressel before a run of birdies from the 12th hole saw the European team make the match all-square on the 17th hole. Pettersen holed the putt for the win on the 18th.


2015 Solheim Cup, Day two, Morning foursomes
Gal and Matthew always had a lead in the third match but it became a very tight affair and Stanford and Lincicome brought them to the 18th hole with Europe 1-up. The teams halved the 18th with fours to give Europe the win. In the anchor match, the American pairing of Lewis and Piller regained a one-hole lead at the 7th hole and eventually defeated the all-Swedish duo of Nordqvist and Hedwall by a 5 & 4 margin on the 14th hole.


2015 Solheim Cup, Day two, Afternoon four-ball
Match 4 (Lewis/Piller v. Masson/Hedwall) started before Matches 2 and 3. The table below reflects the official order. Play was suspended at 7:40 pm because of darkness and resumed on Sunday.


2015 Solheim Cup, Day two, Afternoon four-ball
The match between Pettersen/Hull and Lee/Lincicome generated some controversy. On the 17th green, with the match all square, Lee missed a putt to win the hole. Taking for granted that the next 18-inch putt was conceded, she picked up her ball. However, Pettersen pointed out that it was not conceded, and the Europeans won the hole.


2015 Solheim Cup, Day two, Afternoon four-ball
The European team captain Carin Koch and vice captain Annika Sörenstam tried to convince Pettersen to change her mind and concede the putt, but as it was a fact that Lee had picked up her ball without the putt being given to her, it wasn't a possibility within the rules of golf, to agree on another outcome of the hole and change the sequence of events afterwards. Pettersen/Hull eventually won the match and Europe took a 10–6 lead going into singles.


2015 Solheim Cup, Day two, Afternoon four-ball
Pettersen, criticized as unsportsmanlike by USA captain Inkster and European golfer Laura Davies, among others, initially refused to back down from her decision. The following day, Pettersen posted an apology for her actions on Instagram, saying "I've never felt more gutted and truly sad about what went down Sunday on the 17th at the Solheim Cup."


2015 Solheim Cup, Day three, Singles
The start of the singles matches was delayed until 10:40 am.


2015 Solheim Cup, Day three, Singles
Going into singles, the United States trailed 10–6 and needed 81⁄2 more points to win back the Cup. The Americans did just that, with Creamer winning the final match to give the USA a one-point victory. It was the biggest comeback in the history of the Solheim Cup.


2015 Solheim Cup, Individual player records
Each entry refers to the Win–Loss–Half record of the player.


2015 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2015 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections and on the same day as the General Election.


2015 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election
The Conservative Party won every seat with 3 exceptions (The Green Party held Chelmsley Wood and Smith's Wood, and UKIP gained Kingshurst and Fordbridge from Labour).


2015 Soul Train Music Awards
The 2015 Soul Train Music Awards was held at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Centric and BET on November 29, 2015. Jill Scott was honored with Soul Train Awards' first ever Lady of Soul Award. The ceremony, hosted by Erykah Badu, honored artists in 12 different categories. American singer, songwriter and poet Jill Scott was honored with the Lady of Soul Award for her contributions to the music industry.


2015 Sousse attacks
On 26 June 2015, a mass shooting occurred at the tourist resort at Port El Kantaoui, about 10 kilometres north of the city of Sousse, Tunisia. Thirty-eight people, 30 of whom were British, were killed when a gunman, Seifeddine Rezgui, attacked a hotel. It was the deadliest non-state attack in the history of modern Tunisia, with more fatalities than the 22 killed in the Bardo National Museum attack three months before. The attack received widespread condemnation around the world. The Tunisian government later "acknowledged fault" for slow police response to the attack.


2015 Sousse attacks, Background
In October 2013, a suicide bomber blew himself up in a botched attack on a Sousse beach while security forces foiled another planned attack nearby. The post-Tunisian revolution led to the 2014 parliamentary election in which the principal secularist party gained a plurality but was unable to govern alone, and ultimately formed a national unity government. Secularist Beji Caid Essebsi was elected president in the 2014 Tunisian presidential election. Since the overthrow of Tunisian president Ben Ali, terrorism increased, leading to 60 victims among security and military troops. Other attacks targeted civilians and tourists. Despite this, Tunisia was considered to be a secure country.


2015 Sousse attacks, Background
On 18 March 2015, the Bardo National Museum in Tunis was attacked by three terrorists, leading to the deaths of twenty-two people, including twenty foreigners visiting the museum. Two of the gunmen, Tunisian citizens Yassine Labidi and Saber Khachnaoui, were killed by police, while the third attacker is currently at large. Police treated the event as a terrorist attack. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack, and threatened to commit further attacks. However, the Tunisian government blamed a local splinter group of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, called the Okba Ibn Nafaa Brigade, for the attack. A police raid killed nine members on 28 March. After the Bardo attack, the government announced new security measures and declared the country safe again.


2015 Sousse attacks, Attack
On 26 June 2015 the Spanish-owned five-star Riu Imperial Marhaba Hotel at Port El Kantaoui, a tourist complex situated on the coast about ten kilometres north of Sousse, Tunisia, was hosting 565 guests, mainly from Western Europe, 77% of its capacity. Tourists from the hotel as well as from the Soviva Hotel located nearby went to the beach.


2015 Sousse attacks, Attack
At around noon, Seifeddine Rezgui Yacoubi, disguised as a tourist, socialised with others, and then took out a Kalashnikov assault rifle concealed in a beach umbrella and fired at the tourists on the beach. He entered the hotel, shooting at people he came across. He was killed by security forces during an exchange of fire. All bullets were found to have been fired from the one weapon; the attacker had four magazines of ammunition. The attacker had spoken to his father on a mobile telephone which he then threw into the sea during the attack; it was retrieved.


2015 Sousse attacks, Attack
An Interior Ministry spokesman said that they were sure that others helped but did not participate directly, providing the Kalashnikov and helping Rezgui to the scene.


2015 Sousse attacks, Attack, Victims
Thirty-eight people were killed, 30 of whom were British. Among the fatalities was Denis Thwaites, a former professional footballer for Birmingham City, and his wife, Elaine. Victims also included people from three generations of one family: Adrian Evans, Patrick Evans and Joel Richards.


2015 Sousse attacks, Perpetrator and associates
The killer, Seifiddine Rezgui Yacoubi, also known as Abu Yahya al-Qayrawani, (29 August 1992 – 26 June 2015) was a 22-year-old electrical engineering student at University of Kairouan from Gaâfour, in northwest Tunisia. He did not have the typical traits of an Islamic extremist: he had a girlfriend, drank alcohol and was a local break-dancing star. He was also believed to be high on cocaine during his rampage. He is believed to have been radicalized over such issues as the Libyan Civil War and Western inaction against the Assad government during the Syrian Civil War.


2015 Sousse attacks, Perpetrator and associates
Rezgui is thought to have been recruited by Ajnad al-Khilafah, an outgrowth of the Tunisian branch of Ansar al-Sharia, which was founded by Seifallah Ben Hassine, who had lived in the UK in the 1990s and whose mentor during that time was Abu Qatada. High Court papers relating to a control order placed on a British-based suspect state that Ben Hassine "aimed to recruit new members and send them to Afghanistan for training". The control order documents add that: "Abu Qatada appears as a watermark running through the whole of this case as being the mastermind."


2015 Sousse attacks, Perpetrator and associates
Ben Hassine is reported to have been killed by the USAF near Adjabiya in eastern Libya on 14 June 2015. The strike was designed to kill Mokhtar Belmokhtar in an Ansar meeting.


2015 Sousse attacks, Perpetrator and associates
After the overthrow of Tunisia's President Zine el-Abedine Ben Ali in 2011, Ben Hassine was released from jail in March 2011 under an amnesty, and later founded Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia, which resisted proscription until 2013 arguing it was carrying out humanitarian work, even though Ben Hassine personally had led the storming of the US Embassy in Tunis on 14 September 2012, three days after Ansar's Libyan counterparts killed US ambassador J. Christopher Stevens in Benghazi, Libya. When Ansar was finally outlawed in August 2013, after the murders of two secular leftist MPs, he was listed as a proscribed terrorist by the United States, and he fled to Libya.


2015 Sousse attacks, Perpetrator and associates
Qatada wrote in a letter published online in January 2014 that Ben Hassine "is among the best of those I have known in intellect" and "the most knowledgeable of people of my intentions ... for he was the closest of people to me".


2015 Sousse attacks, Perpetrator and associates
In January 2017, documents obtained by Panorama identified Chamseddine al-Sandi as the orchestrator behind the attack. He is named in confessions from suspects who were arrested in connection with the shootings. Rezgui was killed at the scene, but the documents obtained by Panorama say that he was recruited and directed by al-Sandi. The confessions say al-Sandi ran a militant cell responsible for both the Sousse shootings and the attack three months earlier at the Bardo National Museum in which 22 people died. Both attacks were claimed by the Islamic State.


2015 Sousse attacks, Aftermath
Immediately after the attack, the flight JAF5017, on its way to Enfidha-Hammamet International Airport, was redirected to Brussels. German tour operator TUI offered German tourists the opportunity to fly back to Germany and to cancel or adjust their bookings in Tunisia. British tour operator Thomson announced that flights to Tunisia would be cancelled until at least 9 July 2015, with ten flights departing on the evening of the attacks to bring 2,500 customers in the resort back to the United Kingdom. EasyJet and Thomas Cook announced that customers planning to visit Tunisia would be able to change their travel plans free of charge.


2015 Sousse attacks, Aftermath
Hotels were targeted in attacks to undermine tourism and because they were considered "brothels" by ISIS. Both tourism and the related industries accounted for up to 14.9% of the Tunisian economy in 2014.


2015 Sousse attacks, Aftermath
The United Kingdom's Home Secretary Theresa May and Foreign Office Minister Tobias Ellwood visited the site of the shooting on 29 June 2015. It was also announced that a Royal Air Force aircraft would be sent to repatriate bodies and evacuate the injured back to the UK. On 29 June an RAF Boeing C-17 Globemaster III flew from RAF Brize Norton to Tunisia to recover four British victims, with the C17 returning via Birmingham Airport to unload one patient, and returning to Brize Norton with the other three.


2015 Sousse attacks, Aftermath
On 29 June, the House of Commons chamber observed a minute of silence shortly before the Prime Minister David Cameron announced that a national minute of silence would be held on 3 July 2015 at 12:00 local time to remember the victims, exactly one week on from the attacks. Cameron later led several COBRA meetings. The Foreign Office sent a team to the hotel to support British survivors and learn more about the British victims.


2015 Sousse attacks, Aftermath
The Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner announced a heightened police presence and security for Armed Forces Day and Pride London events taking place in London over the weekend. On 28 June 2015, the Queen said she and the Duke of Edinburgh were shocked by the attack and offered their deepest sympathy to the injured. Sixteen British counter-terrorism police were deployed to Tunisia in the direct aftermath of the attacks, and almost 400 officers were sent to British airports to identify potential witnesses to the attack who had returned home.


2015 Sousse attacks, Aftermath
Between 1 and 4 July the bodies of all thirty British nationals killed in the attacks were flown from Tunisia to RAF Brize Norton. On 2  July Prime Minister David Cameron and Defence Secretary Michael Fallon began making calls for airstrikes in Syria, believing the Sousse attacks to have been coordinated from there. On 3 July, the UK held a nationwide minute's silence at 12:00 local time to remember the victims of the attacks as government buildings and Buckingham Palace flew the Union Jack at half-mast.


2015 Sousse attacks, Aftermath
Two British tourists, Allen Pembroke and Paul Short, were awarded the Queen's Commendation for Bravery in the 2017 Birthday Honours for aiding victims of the attack while it was still underway.


2015 Sousse attacks, Aftermath
An inquest to the attack was initially scheduled to start in November 2016 but was put back to 2017. On 16 January 2017, the first hearing of the inquest was held in the Royal Courts of Justice in London. The inquest found that the police response to the Tunisia Beach Attacks was "at best shambolic and at worst cowardly" after officers in the vicinity were found to be hiding or running in the opposite direction to the attacker. A security team close to the attack and armed with assault rifles and wearing protective vests, retreated to wait for reinforcements for a half an hour, during which time the lone gunman killed the 38 victims.


2015 Sousse attacks, Aftermath
By March 2017, at least six police officers were referred to trial for criminal negligence for failing to help the victims, and 27 others were referred on similar charges, according to the Tunisian Justice Ministry.


2015 Sousse attacks, Aftermath
A coroner at the inquest ruled that the victims of the attacks were "unlawfully killed" prompting the relatives of British victims to take legal action against tour operator TUI.


2015 Sousse attacks, Reactions
Tunisian president Beji Caid Essebsi called for a global strategy against terrorism and visited Sousse with Prime Minister Habib Essid, who promised to close 80 mosques within the week. The government also planned to crack down on financing for certain associations as a countermeasure against another attack. Essid announced new anti-terrorism measures, including the deployment of reserve troops to reinforce security at "sensitive sites ... and places that could be targets of terrorist attacks." The "exceptional plan to better secure tourist and archaeological sites" will include "deploying armed tourist security officers all along the coast and inside hotels from 1 July," and that:


2015 Sousse attacks, Reactions
The country is under threat; the government is under threat. Without the cooperation of everyone and a show of unity, we cannot win this war. We have won some battles and lost others, but our objective is to win the war... Some mosques continue to spread their propaganda and their venom to promote terrorism. No mosque that does not conform to the law will be tolerated.


2015 Sousse attacks, Reactions
Beji Caid Essebsi also denounced the "cowardly" attacks, promising "painful but necessary" measures to fight extremism in the country. He called for a firm response: "No country is safe from terrorism, and we need a global strategy of all democratic countries,"


2015 Sousse attacks, Reactions
On 4 July, Essebsi removed from his post the provincial Governor of Sousse and at least five senior police officers. Among the policemen dismissed were three from Sousse, one from Gaafour (the home city of Rezgui) and one from Kairouan, where Rezgui was studying.


2015 Sousse attacks, Reactions
On 22 July, Tunisian MPs began a three-day debate on new counter-terrorism legislation. The legislation would allow the courts to impose death sentences to those convicted of terrorism-related offences. The legislation would also make public support of terrorism a jailable offence. If passed, the bill would allow law enforcement and security services to tap phone calls of individuals suspected of terrorism.


2015 Sousse attacks, Reactions
On 8 July, the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office changed the advised status of Tunisia to "Advise against all but essential travel", resulting from 9 July in the planned return home of the estimated 3,000 British nationals in Tunisia at that time. ABTA and travel organisations First Choice, TUI and Thomson have stated that they plan to send no further British tourists to Tunisia until after 31 October 2015.


2015 Sousse attacks, Memorials
On 4 March 2019, a memorial to the British victims, and a victim of the Bardo attack, called Infinite Wave, was unveiled in Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex.


2015 Sousse attacks, Other Islamist attacks
Four other Islamist attacks took place on the same day in France, Kuwait, Syria and Somalia. The attacks followed an audio message released three days earlier by ISIL senior leader Abu Mohammad al-Adnani encouraging militants everywhere to attack during the month of Ramadan. No definitive link between the attacks has yet been established. One attack, at a French factory, resulted in the beheading of one person; another bombing at a Shia mosque in Kuwait City killed at least 27; and the other attack on an African Union base in Somalia undertaken by Al-Shabaab, killed at least 70.


2015 South Africa Sevens
The 2015 South Africa Sevens was the second tournament within the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series and the seventeenth edition of the South Africa Sevens. It was held over the weekend of 12-13 December 2015 at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.


2015 South Africa Sevens, Format
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each, with each team playing every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.


2015 South African Athletics Championships
The 2015 South African Athletics Championships was the year's edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for South Africa. It was held on 17–18 April at the Coetzenburg Stadium in Stellenbosch. It served as the selection meeting for South Africa at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics.


2015 South African xenophobic riots
On 11 April 2015, several South Africans attacked foreigners in a xenophobic attack in Durban, South Africa, which extended to some parts of Johannesburg. Several people, both foreign and South African alike, were killed with some of the killings captured on camera.


2015 South African xenophobic riots, Background
In South Africa, there is a sentiment prevalent among a sizable portion of unemployed South Africans that immigrants and expatriates from other parts of Africa who reside in South Africa are responsible for the high unemployment rate that South Africa has. This sentiment sometimes results in such South Africans attacking African expatriates and foreigners, as happened in 2008, with the ultimate goal of driving them out of South Africa. This sentiment is exacerbated by comments from public figures in support it. In this case, some have said it was sparked by an alleged statement by the Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini demanding that all foreigners leave South Africa and "go back to their countries", leaving South Africa more jobs for the unemployed youth of South Africa.


2015 South African xenophobic riots, Attacks
Locals looted foreigners' shops and attacked immigrants in general, forcing hundreds to relocate to police stations across the country. The Malawian authorities subsequently began repatriating their nationals, and a number of other foreign governments also announced that they would evacuate their citizens. More than 300 people were arrested. On 18 April 2015 a photographer from the Sunday Times, James Oatway, photographed a brutal attack on a Mozambican man. The man, Emmanuel Sithole, died from his wounds.


2015 South African xenophobic riots, Attacks
Four suspects were arrested within days of the publication of photographs in the 19 April edition of The Sunday Times of the murder of Mozambican street vendor Emmanuel Sithole in Alexandra township the previous day. Sithole's name is not included in the official list of seven victims killed in the April 2015 attacks, including an Ethiopian, a Mozambican, a Bangladeshi, a Zimbabwean and three South Africans who were all killed in KwaZulu-Natal.


2015 South African xenophobic riots, Attacks
Despite the government's insistence that Sithole's murder was not xenophobic, the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) was deployed in Alexandra township following the publication of the images. On 23 April several thousand demonstrators marched through central Johannesburg to protest against a spate of deadly attacks on immigrants. They sang songs denouncing xenophobia and carried banners that read "We are all Africans" as migrant workers crowded balconies, shouting their support.


2015 South African xenophobic riots, Deaths and casualties
In all seven people including were reported dead as a result of the violence. The dead included both South Africans and foreigners.


2015 South African xenophobic riots, Aftermath
After the incident over 5,000 people took part in a rally held in Durban to show their displeasure with the attacks.


2015 South African xenophobic riots, Aftermath
Following this incidents many African countries had strained diplomatic relations with South Africa. Nigeria recalled its High Commissioner in South Africa following this event.


2015 South Alabama Jaguars football team
The 2015 South Alabama Jaguars football team represented the University of South Alabama in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Joey Jones and played their home games at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. The Jaguars were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in a five way tie for fifth place.


2015 South Alabama Jaguars football team, Schedule
South Alabama announced their 2015 football schedule on February 27, 2015. The 2015 schedule consist of six home and away games in the regular season. The Jaguars will host Sun Belt foes Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Idaho, and Louisiana–Lafayette, and will travel to Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Texas State, and Troy.


2015 South American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships
The 2015 South American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships were held in Lima, Peru, August 24–30, 2015. The competition was organized by the Peruvian Gymnastics Federation, and approved by the International Gymnastics Federation.


2015 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 2015 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Cali, Colombia June 18–22, 2015. The competition was organized by the Colombian Gymnastics Federation and approved by the International Gymnastics Federation. This was the 14th edition of the South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships for senior gymnasts.


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


2015 South American Beach Soccer Championship
The qualifiers were not coordinated by CONMEBOL at the time. The event was organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), under the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualifier title. CONMEBOL reported on the event under the title of South American Beach Soccer Championship. CONMEBOL eventually began organising the qualifiers in 2017, under a new title.


2015 South American Beach Soccer Championship
Brazil defeated Paraguay to be crowned champions, and both teams together with third place Argentina qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.


2015 South American Beach Soccer Championship, Participating teams and draw
A total of 10 teams entered the tournament. This was the first time in the history of the CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship that all ten CONMEBOL teams participated in the competition.


2015 South American Beach Soccer Championship, Participating teams and draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 27 March 2015 at Luque. The 10 teams were drawn into two groups of five teams.


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


2015 South American Championships in Athletics
The 2015 South American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Mayores 2015) was the 49th edition of the biennial athletics competition between South American nations. The event was held in the Peruvian capital of Lima from 12 to 14 June at the Videna Stadium. It was the eighth time Lima hosted the event, having last done so for the 2009 edition. A total of 44 events were held, evenly divided between the sexes, continuing with the event programme established in 2001.


2015 South American Championships in Athletics
Brazil topped both the medal and points tables, with 11 golds, 34 medals, and 285 points. This extended the nation's unbeaten run at the tournament to 22 editions, having last lost in 1974. Colombia and Venezuela were clear as the next most successful nations, each gathering 22 medals; Colombia ranked second on medals with nine gold and Venezuela ranked second on points with 228. Brazil won both the men's and women's team titles, with Venezuela coming second in the women's rankings and Colombia runner-up in the men's.


2015 South American Championships in Athletics
Sandra Arenas of Colombia provided the highlight performance of the meeting with a South American record of 1:31:02.3 hours—a 42-second improvement—to defend her 20,000 m racewalk title. A total of nine championship records were improved. Colombians Gerald Giraldo (men's steeplechase), Muriel Coneo (women's 1500 m) and Evelis Jazmín Aguilar (heptathlon) made it four records for their nation. Brazil's field athletes set two championship records through men's javelin thrower Júlio César de Oliveira and women's discus thrower Andressa de Morais. Ecuador's Bayron Piedra (men's 10,000 m) and Déborah Rodríguez of Uruguay (women's 400 m hurdles) rounded out the eight record breakers. A total of sixteen national records in athletics were also improved at the competition.


2015 South American Championships in Athletics
Two athletes completed individual doubles at the championships, both women. Muriel Coneo of Colombia won both the 1500 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase titles – a feat she had managed at the 2014 South American Games. Uruguay's Déborah Rodríguez did a shorter flat and barriers combination by winning the 800 metres and 400 metres hurdles, both in a national record time. Venezuelan women's sprint duo Nediam Vargas and Nercely Soto each won four medals, reaching both individual and relay podiums and including a gold medal from each. All winners at the competition gained qualification in their event for the 2015 World Championships in Athletics, in line with new IAAF rules.


2015 South American Championships in Athletics, Participation
Twelve of the 13 member federations of CONSUDATLE participated at the championships, plus ODESUR member Aruba. Guyana did not compete at this edition, having done so at the 2013 South American Championships in Athletics.


2015 South American Championships in Athletics – Results
These are the full results of the 2015 South American Championships in Athletics which took place in Lima, Peru, from 12 to 14 June at the Estadio Atlético “La Videna”.


2015 South American Championships in Athletics – Results, Men's results, 100 meters
Heat 1 – 12 June 14:50h - Wind: -0.8 m/s


2015 South American Championships in Athletics – Results, Men's results, 100 meters
Heat 2 – 12 June 14:50h - Wind: -0.9 m/s


2015 South American Championships in Athletics – Results, Men's results, 100 meters
Heat 3 – 12 June 14:50h - Wind: -0.9 m/s


2015 South American Championships in Athletics – Results, Men's results, 200 meters
Heat 1 – 13 June 14:50h - Wind: -0.7 m/s


2015 South American Championships in Athletics – Results, Men's results, 200 meters
Heat 2 – 13 June 14:50h - Wind: -2.0 m/s


2015 South American Championships in Athletics – Results, Men's results, 200 meters
Heat 3 – 13 June 14:50h - Wind: -1.1 m/s


2015 South American Championships in Athletics – Results, Men's results, 110 meters hurdles
Heat 1 – 12 June 11:10h - Wind: 0.6 m/s


2015 South American Championships in Athletics – Results, Men's results, 110 meters hurdles
Heat 2 – 12 June 11:10h - Wind: -1.1 m/s


2015 South American Championships in Athletics – Results, Women's results, 100 meters
Heat 1 – 12 June 16:45h - Wind: -1.1 m/s


2015 South American Championships in Athletics – Results, Women's results, 100 meters
Heat 2 – 12 June 14:30h - Wind: -1.7 m/s


2015 South American Championships in Athletics – Results, Women's results, 200 meters
Heat 1 – 13 June 14:30h - Wind: -1.4 m/s


2015 South American Championships in Athletics – Results, Women's results, 200 meters
Heat 2 – 13 June 14:30h - Wind: -1.3 m/s


2015 South American Junior Championships in Athletics
The 41st South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Cuenca, Ecuador, between May 30–31, 2015.


2015 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 245 athletes from 11 countries participated, 6 athletes less than the officially published number of 251 comprising also those athletes that did not show.


2015 South American Junior Rugby Championship "A"
The 2015 South American Junior Rugby Championship (Sudamérica Rugby (CONSUR) Championship) Division A is the second edition of the newly formatted South American Junior Rugby Championship for Under 19 national teams. It was held in Asunción from August 9 to August 15. The top 4 nations of South America play the tournament. The winner will play for the Junior CONSUR Cup against Argentina.


2015 South American Junior Rugby Championship "A"
The tournament serves as CONSUR's qualifier for the 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy to be held in Zimbabwe.


2015 South American Junior Rugby Championship "A", Awards
Felipe Etcheverry from Uruguay was chosen as the best player of the tournament.


2015 South American Junior Rugby Championship "A", Sudamérica Junior Rugby Cup
The second edition was played on 10 October in Rosario, between the past champions Argentina against the 2015 South American Junior Rugby Championship "A" champions Uruguay.


2015 South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
The 2015 South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Cochabamba, Bolivia, October 8–11, 2015. The competition was organized by the Bolivian Gymnastics Federation and approved by the International Gymnastics Federation.


2015 South American Roller Hockey Clubs Championship
The 2015 South American Roller Hockey Clubs Championship was to be the 30th edition of the Roller Hockey South American Club Championship. It was held in December 2015 in Club Ciudad, Buenos Aires, in Argentina.


2015 South American Rugby Championship "A"
The 2015 South American Rugby Championship (Confederación Sudamericana de Rugby (CONSUR) Championship) Division A was the second edition of the newly formatted South American Rugby Championship, that included promotion and relegation. 2015, continued on with CONSUR choosing not to elect a host country or city, opting to spread the tournament around South America. For Uruguay, the tournament acted as preparation matches ahead of their appearance in the 2015 Rugby World Cup, their first since 2003. In addition to this, on the 23 April, Uruguay took a week out of this tournament, to host a friendly match against the USA Select side.


2015 South American Rugby Championship "A"
Chile were the champions following their victory over 2015 Rugby World Cup participants Uruguay. This was the first time Chile had won the South American Rugby Championship.


2015 South American Trampoline Championships
The 2015 South American Trampoline Championships were held in Bogotá, Colombia, October 29–November 2, 2015. The competition was organized by the Colombian Gymnastics Federation and approved by the International Gymnastics Federation.


2015 South American U-15 Championship
The 2015 South American Under-15 Football Championship was the 7th edition of the South American Under-15 Football Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the CONMEBOL for the men's under-15 national teams of South America. The tournament was held in the cities of Montería and Valledupar, Colombia between 21 November and 6 December 2015.


2015 South American U-15 Championship, Venues
CONMEBOL appointed Colombia as the host country during its 65th Ordinary Congress on 3 March 2015. The tournament was played in Estadio Municipal de Montería, Montería and Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau, Valledupar.


2015 South American U-15 Championship, Squads
Each team had to submit a squad of 22 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) until 30 October 2015. Players born on or after 1 January 2000 are eligible to compete in the tournament.


2015 South American U-15 Championship, First stage
The draw of the tournament was held on 16 October 2015 during the CONMEBOL Executive Committee meeting at the Hyatt Hotel in Santiago, Chile. The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. Each group contained one team from each of the five "pairing pots": Colombia–Chile, Argentina–Brazil, Paraguay–Uruguay, Ecuador–Peru, Bolivia–Venezuela. The schedule of the tournament was announced on 28 October 2015.


2015 South American U-15 Championship, First stage
The top two teams of each group advanced to the final stage.


2015 South American U-17 Championship
The 2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Paraguay 2015, Brazilian Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-17 Paraguay 2015) was the 16th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by CONMEBOL for players aged 17 and below. It was held in Paraguay from 4 to 29 March 2015.


2015 South American U-17 Championship
This tournament served as CONMEBOL's qualifier for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile. The top four teams, tournament champions Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, and hosts Paraguay, qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, joining Chile who automatically qualified as hosts of the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.


2015 South American U-17 Championship, Venues
Paraguay was named as host country of the tournament on 23 May 2012 at the CONMEBOL Executive Committee meeting held in Budapest, Hungary, prior to the 62nd FIFA Congress. A total of three venues were chosen to host the matches: Estadio Dr. Nicolás Léoz in Asunción, Estadio Deportivo Capiatá in Capiatá and Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Luque.


2015 South American U-17 Championship, Match officials
On 10 February 2015, CONMEBOL announced the referees and assistants referees summoned for the tournament. The assistants Ariel Scime (Argentina), Cleriston Barreto (Brazil), Carlos Changala (Uruguay) and Tulio Moreno (Venezuela) were replaced by Cristian Navarro, Bruno Boschilia, Gabriel Popovits and Luis Murillo respectively.


2015 South American U-17 Championship, Squads
Each team may register a squad of 22 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).


2015 South American U-17 Championship, Draw
The draw was held on 24 October 2014, 10:00 PYT (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Headquarters in Luque, Paraguay. The ten teams involved were settled in five "pairing pots" (Argentina–Brazil, Paraguay–Uruguay, Colombia–Ecuador, Chile–Peru, Bolivia–Venezuela) to be drawn into two groups of five. Initially Argentina and Brazil were announced as seeded teams, however, Paraguay (as hosts) and Uruguay were finally the teams seeded into Group A and Group B respectively and assigned to position 1 in their group. The remaining teams, including Argentina and Brazil, were drawn to determine their group as well as their position within it.


2015 South American U-17 Championship, First stage
The top three teams in each group qualified for the final stage.


2015 South American U-17 Championship, First stage
When teams finished level of points, the final order was determined according to:


2015 South American U-17 Championship, Final stage
When teams finished level of points, the final order was determined according to the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage.


2015 South American U-17 Championship, Final stage
All match times are in local Paraguay Time (UTC−3 for matchdays 1–2, and UTC−4 for matchdays 3–5).


2015 South American U-17 Championship, Goalscorers
There were 116 goals scored in 35 matches, for an average of 3.31 goals per match.


2015 South American U-17 Championship, Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup
The following five teams from CONMEBOL qualify for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, besides Chile who qualified automatically as host.


2015 South American U-17 Championship squads
Players name marked in bold have been capped at full international level.


2015 South American U-20 Championship
The 2015 South American Youth Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 "Juventud de América" Uruguay 2015, Portuguese: Campeonato Sulamericano Sub-20 "Juventude da América" Uruguai 2015) was the 27th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by CONMEBOL for the men's under-20 national teams of South America. It was held in Uruguay from 14 January to 7 February 2015.


2015 South American U-20 Championship
The tournament served as qualifier for several competitions. The top four teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand as the CONMEBOL representatives. Brazil, as hosts, and the champion team qualified directly for the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament while the runner-up team advanced to a play-off against a CONCACAF team for the final berth in the Olympics. Finally, the four teams ranked third to sixth qualified for the 2015 Pan American Games men's football tournament in Canada.


2015 South American U-20 Championship
Argentina won their fifth title. defending champions Colombia finished second, Uruguay finished third, while Brazil finished fourth.


2015 South American U-20 Championship, Venues
Uruguay was chosen as host country of the tournament on 23 May 2012 at the CONMEBOL Executive Committee meeting held in Budapest, Hungary, prior to the 62nd FIFA Congress. The matches were held in 4 venues in 3 host cities, Estadio Profesor Alberto Suppici, Colonia del Sacramento (group A) and Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado (group B) for the first stage while the final stage took place at Estadio Gran Parque Central and Estadio Centenario in Montevideo.


2015 South American U-20 Championship, Squads
Each team could register a squad of 23 players (three of whom had to be goalkeepers).


2015 South American U-20 Championship, Draw
The draw was held on 29 September 2014, 20:15 UYT (UTC−3), at the Hipódromo Nacional de Maroñas in Montevideo. The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five. Argentina and Brazil were seeded into Group A and Group B respectively and assigned to position 1 in their group. Paraguay and Uruguay were also seeded into Group A and Group B respectively but assigned to position 2 within their group (As host, Uruguay decided to play in group B). The remaining teams were placed into "pairing pots" (Colombia–Ecuador, Chile–Peru, Bolivia–Venezuela) and drawn to determine their group as well as the position within it.


2015 South American U-20 Championship, First stage
The top three teams in each group qualified for the final stage.


2015 South American U-20 Championship, First stage
When teams finished level of points, the final order was determined according to:


2015 South American U-20 Championship, First stage
All match times are in local Uruguay Summer Time (UTC−02:00).


2015 South American U-20 Championship, Final stage
When teams finished level of points, the final order was determined according to the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage.


2015 South American U-20 Championship, Goalscorers
There were 99 goals scored in 35 matches, for an average of 2.83 goals per match.


2015 South American U-20 Championship, Qualification for international tournaments, Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup
The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.


2015 South American U-20 Championship, Qualification for international tournaments, Qualified teams for Pan American Games
The four teams which finished third to sixth, Brazil, Uruguay, Peru, and Paraguay, qualified for the 2015 Pan American Games men's football tournament in Canada. This was changed from the previous set-up where the South American Under-17 Football Championship was used as qualification for the Pan American Games football tournament.


2015 South American U-20 Championship, Qualification for international tournaments, Qualified teams for Pan American Games
The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2015 Pan American Games men's football tournament.


2015 South American U-20 Championship, Qualification for international tournaments, Qualified teams for Summer Olympics
Same as previous Youth Championships that were held one year prior to the Olympics, CONMEBOL used the tournament to determine which men's under-23 national teams from South America qualify for the Olympic football tournament. Since Brazil already qualified automatically as hosts of the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament, the top-ranked team other than Brazil qualified directly, while the second top-ranked team other than Brazil advanced to a play-off against the third-placed team of the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship for the final berth in the Olympics. Since Brazil finished third in the tournament, Argentina qualified for the Olympics, while Colombia advanced to the play-off, where they defeated the United States to become CONMEBOL's third Olympic representative.


2015 South American U-20 Championship, Qualification for international tournaments, Qualified teams for Summer Olympics
The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament.


2015 South American U-20 Championship squads
The 2015 South American Youth Football Championship was an international association football tournament held in Uruguay. The ten national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.


2015 South American U-20 Championship squads
Each player had to have been born after 1 January 1995.


2015 South American U-20 Championship squads
Players' names marked in bold have been capped at full international level.


2015 South American U-20 Women's Championship
The 2015 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship was the 7th edition of the South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the CONMEBOL for the women's under-20 national teams of South America. The tournament was held in Santos, Brazil between 18 November and 3 December 2015.


2015 South American U-20 Women's Championship
Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea as the CONMEBOL representatives.


2015 South American U-20 Women's Championship
Brazil were crowned champions and maintained their streak of winning all seven editions so far, and qualified for the World Cup together with runners-up Venezuela, who qualified for the first time.


2015 South American U-20 Women's Championship, Venues
The tournament was played in Santos. The stadiums were Santos's Estádio Urbano Caldeira (Vila Belmiro) and Portuguesa Santista's Estádio Ulrico Mursa (Marapé).


2015 South American U-20 Women's Championship, Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 1996 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 22 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).


2015 South American U-20 Women's Championship, First stage
The draw of the tournament was held on 16 October 2015 during the CONMEBOL Executive Committee meeting at the Hyatt Hotel in Santiago, Chile. The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. Each group contained one team from each of the five "pairing pots": Argentina–Brazil, Colombia–Paraguay, Peru–Uruguay, Chile–Ecuador, Bolivia–Venezuela. The schedule of the tournament was announced on 30 October 2015.


2015 South American U-20 Women's Championship, First stage
The top two teams of each group advanced to the final stage. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:


2015 South American U-20 Women's Championship, Final stage
If teams finished level of points, the final order would be determined according to the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage.


2015 South American U-20 Women's Championship, Final stage
This was the first time Venezuela reached the top four in the tournament.


2015 South American U-20 Women's Championship, Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The following two teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.


2015 South Bend mayoral election
The 2015 South Bend, Indiana mayoral election was held on November 3, 2015. The election was won by the incumbent mayor, Pete Buttigieg, who was reelected with more than 80 percent of the votes, defeating Republican Kelly Jones. The election coincided with races for the Common Council and for South Bend City Clerk.


2015 South Bend mayoral election
Before facing each other in the general election, Buttigieg and Jones each won their parties' nominations in primaries, with Buttigieg fending-off a challenge from Common Council member Henry Davis, Jr. and Jones winning an uncontested primary.


2015 South Bend mayoral election
Buttigieg handily won the general election, facing only a weak Republican competitor in a heavily Democratic city.


2015 South Bend mayoral election
After being reelected to a second term as mayor, Buttigieg would later seek national office by first running the 2017 Democratic National Committee chairmanship election, and by later running for the presidency of the United States in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Nominations
Primaries were held May 5. During the primaries, St. Joseph County, where South Bend is located, saw voter turnout of 12% in its various primary elections. This was a decrease of 4% from the primaries four years prior. Absentee voting ballots in the South Bend primaries numbered at 2,133.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Incumbent mayor Pete Buttigieg declared his intention to seek reelection on November 18, 2014. Buttigieg filed to run for reelection on January 19, 2015.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Buttigieg campaigned for renomination upon the progress made during his first term as mayor. This included declining unemployment, new development in the city's downtown, ongoing infrastructure improvements (including the city's "Smart Streets" initiative), and improvements in public safety. He also noted recent economic development announcements by the city that promised to generate $180 million in new investment and up to 1,400 new jobs. Buttigieg also noted that the prior year alone had seen the announcement of 1,349 new jobs. Buttigieg also touted the strength of the city's finances.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Another of his administrations accomplishments which Buttigieg noted was the ahead-of-schedule Vacant & Abandoned Properties Initiative, which sought to either renovate or demolish 1,000 abandoned homes in as many days. He also touted his efforts to advance the city's use of technology, pointing to the reworking of the city's 3-1-1 system. Another success he claimed was the simplification of the city's tax abatement process. Buttigieg also touted himself as a champion for parks improvements, pointing to a $5.6 million parks bond approved by the Common Council in January.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Buttigieg's plans for his second term included creating universal pre-kindergarten and improving public transportation. He also pledged to explore ways of cutting the cost of the federally mandated sewer project the city was to undertake, which was at the time estimated to cost $600 million. Buttigieg responded to criticisms over his transparency by saying, "I would stack our record on transparency up against anybody in this area or anywhere else."


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Buttigieg's opponent was outgoing 2nd district South Bend Common Council member Henry Davis, who filed his candidacy on February 6, 2015. Davis had been a member of the Common Council since 2008, having been elected in 2007, after winning an upset primary election victory over a twelve-year incumbent Common Council member. Davis claimed that he was running for mayor to "restore justice and fairness in the city of South Bend." Davis was critical of Buttigieg's policies, which he claimed were inadequate at addressing the city's problems.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
He criticized Buttigieg's record on crime, vacant housing, financial management, government transparency, unemployment, and economic development. He characterized Buttigieg as both a corrupt and incompetent leader. Davis opposed signature initiatives of Buttigieg. He criticized the "Smart Streets" initiative as ill-conceived and wasteful, and criticized the Vacant & Abandoned Properties Initiative as destructive. Davis denied claims that crime had declined in the city during Buttigieg's tenure, arguing instead that under Buttigieg's administration crime had actually gotten, "more persistent". He accused Buttigieg of misrepresenting crime data to minimize the optics of its severity.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Despite the fact that the city had received the strong bond credit rating of AA, Davis characterized the city as being mired by unsustainable debt. Davis also argued that, among other things, Buttigieg had failed to make good on his promise of restoring the city's neighborhoods. Contrary to Buttigieg's talk of revitalization, for which Buttigieg had pointed to new developments, Davis characterized the city's downtown as "failing". Davis questioned the legitimacy of job gains touted by Buttigieg. Davis was also critical of Buttigieg's handling of a police department scandal involving wiretapping by former police chief Darryl Boykins.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
This scandal, and Buttigieg's handling of it, had been perceived by political analysts as having harmed Buttigieg's relations with South Bend's African American population. In addition, he accused Buttigieg of directing no-bid contracts to political allies and donors. He also alleged that the mayor was pushing privatization schemes from which his political donors would profit. Davis amplified other accusations of corruption in Buttigieg's administration. Davis charged that some residents felt that they been left behind, or even marginalized, by the changes made under Buttigieg's leadership.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
At two points amid the campaign, Davis used his position as a Common Council member to oppose bond issues championed by Buttigieg, both of which were passed by the Common Council despite his opposition. In January, he opposed a $5.6 million parks bond championed by Buttigieg, questioning its size and voicing concern about funds not having been earmarked for specific projects. He also opposed a $25 million bond issue to convert Main and Michigan Streets from one-way to two-way streets as part of Buttigieg's "Smart Streets" initiative, criticizing it as a misplaced priority.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Davis pledged that if he were elected mayor he would implement, community policing and minority recruitment in the police force as means to decrease crime. Davis touted his own record of working to combat illegal parking and dumping in the city. While Buttigieg was touting his Vacant & Abandoned Homes Initiative, Davis was touting his own record of working to slow down the demolitions being undertaken for the initiative.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Davis' candidacy faced scandals, including headlines of his past DUI arrest. Davis also had faced controversies from the previous year, including having posted an explicit image to his Facebook page and  a city resident filing a complaint against him over a message on his Twitter account about Republicans and abortion.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Davis was African American. No ethnic minority had ever been elected to a full-time executive office in St. Joseph County (which would change after the concurrent 2015 South Bend City Clerk election was won by Kareemah Fowler).


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Originally also challenging Buttigieg was businessman David Frank. He was removed from the ballot by the election board due to irregularities with his residency.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
In the final week of the race, Buttigieg ran advertisements in which he encouraged voters to also vote for Kareemah Fowler in the Democratic primary for South Bend City Clerk. He also sent out mailers carrying the same message. Fowler would ultimately win her primary in a landslide, carrying all but one precinct and winning 75% of the vote, defeating longtime member of the Common Council Derek Dieter. Many attributed Fowler's massive margin of victory to Buttigieg's support.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary, Result
In the primary, Buttigieg carried 80 of the city's 85 precincts. Davis carried four precincts in his own 2nd district (which he had represented in the South Bend Common Council since 2008) and one precinct in the neighboring 6th district.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary, Result
Davis, an African American himself, had performed competitively with Buttigieg, and in some cases stronger than Buttigieg, in several largely African American neighborhoods. The five precincts Buttigieg lost to Davis were all heavily African American precincts. The largest vote deficit Buttigieg had in any one of these districts was 111 (in precinct 163, which was 70% African American, and where Buttigieg received only 52 votes to Davis' 163). These districts were geographically contiguous with each other and were located in the heart of South Bend's African American community.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary, Result
In these five precincts, Buttigieg received a combined 172 votes, which equated to over 21% of the vote. Buttigieg, however, did well in other areas of South Bend with significant African American populations. For example, in the city's near northwest side, in precincts 102, 108 and 115, Buttigieg received a 67% of the combined vote from a population that was 49% African American and 39% white.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary, Result
Buttigieg argued that, while he had room to improve his relations with the city's African American population, Davis' and his respective performance in the five contiguous precincts that Davis carried may have had more to do with the fact that these precincts were geographically close to Davis' residence (and all in/bordering the district Davis represented) than it had to do with the ethnicity of voters in those precincts.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary, Result
Buttigieg won in all of the city's six districts, including Davis' own 2nd district, which was heavily African American. However, he only won the 2nd district by 60 votes. The two districts where Buttigieg performed his worst and Davis, conversely, performed his best (the 2nd and 6th districts) are the city's only majority-minority districts.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary, Result
Benefiting Buttigieg's performance was the fact that many areas where he enjoyed higher levels of support had higher voter turnout than other areas of the city.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary, Result
After losing to Buttigieg, Davis reversed his decision to forgo reelection to the South Bend Common Council, and would unsuccessfully run for reelection to South Bend Common Council as an independent, losing to Democratic nominee Regina Williams-Preston. Davis would subsequently return to office four years later, when he successfully ran for his former seat as a Democrat after Williams-Preston opted not to seek reelection and instead run in the 2019 mayoral election.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Nominations, Republican primary
Jones was a jewelry maker who had previously run unsuccessfully for a school board seat. She had first considered running for mayor as a Democrat before running as a Republican. Jones was politically little-known when she launched her candidacy, and would subsequently fail to gain much notability during her candidacy.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Nominations, Republican primary
Republicans had unsuccessfully sought to recruit a more serious challenger to Buttigieg.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Nominations, Republican primary, Result
The number of voters in the 2015 Republican primary was even lower than it had been in 2011, which had previously been the lowest Republican primary turnout in modern South Bend mayoral election history.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, General election
Buttigieg was seen as having strong odds of winning reelection. South Bend is a strongly Democratic city. The Republican Party had seen little success in South Bend mayoral elections for the previous several decades, not having won since 1967. The Democratic nomination in South Bend's mayoral races is considered tantamount to election. Among the groups endorsing Buttigieg was the South Bend Regional Chamber and the St. Joseph County Chamber of Commerce. Buttigieg was also supported by Democratic City Clerk nominee Kareemah Fowler, whose candidacy he had supported himself. Buttigieg also won the endorsement of the South Bend Tribune.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, General election
Buttigieg summed up the progress the city had made in his first term by declaring that, “In just four years, the debate over whether the city is dying is over,” while also declaring that, “our work isn’t done”. In the midst of his reelection effort, Buttigieg came out as gay in a June 2015 op-ed published in the South Bend Tribune. This came only a month after he had secured the Democratic nomination in the primary. By coming out, Buttigieg became Indiana's first openly-gay elected executive. He was the first elected official in Indiana to come out while in office. He was also the highest elected official in Indiana to come out.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, General election
By the end of September, Buttigieg's administration's Vacant & Abandoned Properties Initiative had met its goal of either renovating or demolishing 1,000 abandoned homes 62 days (two months) ahead of its 1,000 day deadline. However, this achievement was not without criticism from those who argued that the pace of this program was too fast. Buttigieg responded to criticism of his program by declaring, “I recognize that this may be the most unpopular thing I’ve done on purpose, but I believe it’s the right thing to do.” Another of Buttigieg's central projects, the "Smart Streets" initiative, also faced some criticism.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, General election
Remaining consistent with what he had stated during the Democratic primary, Buttigieg's plans for his second term continued to include expanding access to pre-kindergarten and improving public transportation. Buttigieg continued to also face criticism over his handling of the police department scandal involving wiretapping by former police chief Darryl Boykins, a scandal which had polarized the population of South Bend largely along racial lines. Some constituents criticized Buttigieg's focus on improving downtown streets, arguing that he had been neglecting the upkeep of streets elsewhere in the city. Buttigieg conceded that poverty remained an issue in South Bend. While unemployment had been on the decline in South Bend, 28% of the city's populace was still living in beneath the federal poverty line. In response to continued criticism of his level of transparency, Buttigieg argued that he had led the “most transparent city of our size in the state.”


2015 South Bend mayoral election, General election
Buttigieg held an immense fundraising advantage over Jones. From the start of 2015 through October 7, Buttigieg reported having raised $337,161, while Jones reported having raised approximately a mere $585. Among those contributing to Buttigieg's campaign were South Bend Cubs owner Andrew T. Berlin and Colin Jost (the latter having been a Harvard classmate of Buttieig's). Also among those donating to his campaign was his 2011 Republican opponent, Norris W. Curry, Jr. Organizations that contributed to his campaign included MWH Americas PAC and Great Lakes Capital.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, General election
To some political observers, Buttigieg's large fundraising seemed to indicate that he was possibly anticipating a future run for a higher office. Viewed as a "rising star" in the Democratic Party, Buttigieg had been regularly speculated as a prospective candidate for higher state or federal offices, both elected and appointed. During the campaign, Buttigieg denied rumors that he was planning to run for the United States Senate in 2016. Asked at a debate whether he would pledge to serve a full second term, Buttigieg was noncommittal, saying, "I can’t speak to everything that will happen in the future.” However, he later walked this response back declaring, “I am planning on serving four years. I want to serve for four years.” Jones questioned the likelihood that Buttigieg would plan to serve out a full four-year term.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, General election
Jones' major platform issue was to provide more housing for South Bend's homeless. She proposed placing tiny homes on vacant lots in the city as a means of addressing homelessness. She proposed using tax increment financing funds and grant money to fund this. Jones also threw her support behind a proposal that would create a $600,000 public polling system in partnership with WNIT. This plan was the brainchild of David Frank, who had earlier been running in the Democratic primary before he was removed from the ballot.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, General election
Jones offered praise for many of Buttigieg's accomplishments as mayor, and also praised his choice for the city's new police chief. She supported his approaches to combatting gang violence and his plans for improving policing through the utilization of technology such as gunfire locators. However, she offered criticism, including for his "Smart Streets" program and efforts to expand bike lanes. Among her criticism of the "Smart Streets" program was that she believed downtown streets needed an additional lane of traffic to be added if they were to be two-way in order to prevent traffic jams. Jones planned to encourage more diverse event programming downtown and stated that she would seek to revitalize the "Fat Daddy's" block at the corner of Monroe and St. Joseph streets. Jones argued that, as mayor, she would be more accessible and receptive to citizens than Buttigieg had been.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, General election
During her campaign, Jones criticized the city's handling of the sale of the former College Football Hall of Fame building to a local developer, arguing that the city received too little in exchange for the site. Buttigieg defended his Smart Street initiative and the sale of the former College Football Hall of Fame building from Jones' criticisms, once saying, "Taxpayers will benefit from a deal that brings $10 million in private investment to the empty Hall of Fame, while Smart Streets is already generating economic growth."


2015 South Bend mayoral election, General election
Jones received little formal support from the Republican Party organization and lacked a strong campaign organization of her own. She also received little other outside support. Jones would have been the first woman to be elected mayor of South Bend had she won the election. As of 2019, no woman has been elected mayor of South Bend.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, General election, Result
At 14.1%, voter turnout was considered to be relatively low.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, General election, Result
Buttigieg won all of the city's 83 precincts. This included heavily Republican precincts in the 5th District, the city's Republican stronghold. However, compared to his previous election, Buttigieg underperformed in some of western South Bend's heavily African American precincts. Some of these precincts, which in 2011 had given him some of his greatest levels of support, gave him some of his weakest results in the 2015 election. Buttigieg's vote share in the city's heavily African American 2nd ward decreased by 5% compared to his 2011 performance. However, the boundaries of the city's wards (including the 2nd) had also been redrawn since 2011 election, accounting for the results of the 2010 United States Census.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, General election, Result
Of the city's six districts, Buttigieg performed best in district 4, which included areas east of the St. Joseph River, including the neighborhoods of East Bank, East Jefferson Boulevard, Edison Park, and North Shore Triangle. There, he received 72% of the vote, with 1,877 votes to Jones' 310 votes.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Aftermath
In his victory speech at the West Side Democratic Club, Buttigieg described his margin-of-victory as representing a mandate.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Aftermath
Speculation about Buttigieg's prospective plans for higher office proved to be accurate; during his second term as mayor, Buttigieg would run unsuccessfully in the 2017 Democratic National Committee chairmanship election, and would subsequently launch a campaign for the United States presidency.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Aftermath
During Buttigieg's presidential campaign, amid polling which showed Buttigieg lagging in African American support, Buttigieg's loss of support in heavily African American precincts between his 2011 and 2015 general election campaigns received renewed attention.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Aftermath
At one point in his presidential campaign, Buttigieg declared that, "the black voters who know me best returned me to office and supported me more the second time around than the first." His campaign subsequently justified this claim by arguing that he received more black support in his 2015 primary than he had in his 2011 primary, pointing to an improved vote share in the heavily African-American 2nd ward versus his 2011 performance. PolitiFact described this claim as being, "not conclusive".


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Aftermath
PolitiFact pointed out that the 2nd ward's boundaries had been redrawn between the 2011 and 2015 elections, making for an imperfect comparison. PolitiFact also partially attributed the change in his vote share in the 2nd ward between the two primaries to the difference in the number of candidates running, as well as to a difference in the demographic and geographic base of the contenders in the two races.


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Aftermath
During his presidential campaign, including during the September 12, 2019 debate, Buttigieg had discussed the uncertainty and personal difficulty he felt in coming out as gay in the midst of a reelection campaign in what he himself described as a "socially conservative community".


2015 South Bend mayoral election, Aftermath
In the December 19, 2019 debate, Buttigieg, defending his ability to win elections (after fellow contender Amy Klobuchar brought up his heavy loss in the 2010 Indiana State Treasurer election), characterized his 2015 general election victory as a triumph, declaring, "If you want to talk about the capacity to win, try putting together a coalition to bring you back to office with 80% of the vote as a gay dude in Mike Pence’s Indiana."


2015 South Bucks District Council election
The 2015 South Bucks District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members to the South Bucks District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2015 South Cambridgeshire District Council election
Elections to South Cambridgeshire District Council took place on Thursday 7 May 2015, as part of the 2015 United Kingdom local elections. The election was held at the same time as the United Kingdom general election. Nineteen seats, making up one third of South Cambridgeshire District Council, were up for election. Seats up for election in 2015 were last contested at the 2011 election.


2015 South Cambridgeshire District Council election, Summary
The list of candidates was published on 9 April 2015. The Conservative Party and the Labour Party stood candidates in all 19 wards up for election. The Green Party had 17 candidates, the Liberal Democrats had 14 candidates and the United Kingdom Independence Party had six candidates. There were two independent candidates.


2015 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team
The 2015 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represents the University of South Carolina in the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Gamecocks play their home games in Carolina Stadium. The team is coached by Chad Holbrook, who is in his third season as head coach at Carolina.


2015 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team, Rankings
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2015 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team, Gamecocks in the 2015 MLB Draft
The following members of the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball program were drafted in the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft.


2015 South Carolina Gamecocks football team
The 2015 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gamecocks competed as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) as part of its East Division. The team was led by head coach Steve Spurrier, who was in his eleventh year before his resignation on October 12, 2015; co-offensive coordinator Shawn Elliott took over as interim head coach. They played their home games at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina. They finished the season 3–9, 1–7 in SEC play to finish in seventh place in the East division.


2015 South Carolina Gamecocks football team, Previous season
Projected to win the East Division by many entering the season, the 2014 South Carolina Gamecocks football team endured a disappointing 2014 regular season, going 6-6 overall and 3-5 against SEC opponents, and finishing in fifth place in their division. The Gamecocks opened the 2014 season against their new inter-division rival, Texas A&M who replaced Arkansas in the SEC's new scheduling formula. South Carolina ranked #9 in the nation entering the game but lost to the #21 Aggies in an upset that ended their NCAA leading 18-game home winning streak.


2015 South Carolina Gamecocks football team, Previous season
The team won their next two SEC contests over Vanderbilt 48-34 and #6 Georgia 38-35. South Carolina then suffered close losses in their next four games against SEC foes Missouri, Kentucky, Auburn, and Tennessee. The Gamecocks did win their final SEC game in come-from-behind fashion over Florida, but lost to their in-state rival Clemson for the first time since 2008 to close out the season. South Carolina was invited to play in the 2014 Independence Bowl in Shreveport, Louisiana against Miami of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Gamecocks ended the season with a 24-21 win over the Hurricanes to finish the 2014 season 7-6.


2015 South Carolina Gamecocks football team, Schedule
South Carolina announced their 2015 football schedule on October 14, 2014. The 2015 schedule consisted of 7 home games, 4 away games and 1 neutral game in the regular season. The Gamecocks hosted SEC foes Florida, Kentucky, LSU, and Vanderbilt, and traveled to Georgia, Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas A&M.


2015 South Carolina Gamecocks football team, Schedule
The Gamecocks hosted three of the four non–conference play against UCF, the Citadel and in-state rival Clemson. South Carolina traveled to play North Carolina at a neutral site in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Gamecocks hosted the LSU Tigers for the first time since 2008 and traveled to College Station, Texas, for the first time ever on Halloween. On October 13, 2015, Steve Spurrier officially announced his resignation as head football coach, and co-offensive coordinator Shawn Elliott was named interim head coach for the remaining games of the season.


2015 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team
The 2015 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team represented South Carolina State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 14th year head coach Oliver Pough and played their home games at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 7–4, 6–2 in MEAC play to finish in fourth place.


2015 South Coast blackout
The 2015 South Coast blackout was a power outage that affected more than 710,000 residents living in the Lower Mainland  and Vancouver Island regions of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was the largest blackout event in BC Hydro history. The blackout was a result of windstorm that hit the South Coast on August 29–30, 2015, which shut down a generator and wiped out a power grid in the Lower Mainland.


2015 South Coast blackout
The hardest hit areas were Abbotsford, Coquitlam, Langley, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody and Surrey. The blackout lasted more than 72 hours for some neighbourhoods in these municipalities.


2015 South Coast blackout, Blackout
The blackout began with a windstorm that knocked over trees and blew away branches sometime in the early morning of August 29, 2015. Later around noon, a generator blew out, with most of the electricity going out in neighbourhoods in Coquitlam, Port Moody, and Port Coquitlam, with certain buildings equipped with partial emergency lighting and businesses closing for the day as a result of the blackout. Reports also surfaced that people saw sparks blow up on cables in neighbourhoods. Wind speeds reached 90 to 100 km/h at the time of the blackout.


2015 South Coast blackout, Blackout
People who were desperate of getting warm food either had to travel to nearby Burnaby to order, resulting in cramped lineups. The same also happened in select businesses in Port Coquitlam, with cramped lineups also occurring there. The next day, BC Hydro stated that the power to the homes should resume by midnight August 31, 2015, but resumed 6 hours earlier than most expected. However, some local areas of BC took longer to regain power.


2015 South Dakota Coyotes football team
The 2015 South Dakota Coyotes football team represented the University of South Dakota in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth year head coach Joe Glenn and played their home games in the DakotaDome. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 3–5 in MVFC play to finish in a three way tie for sixth place.


2015 South Dakota Coyotes football team
On November 23, head coach Joe Glenn retired. He finished at South Dakota with a four year record of 12–34.


2015 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team
The 2015 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team represented South Dakota State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 18th-year head coach John Stiegelmeier and played their home games at Coughlin–Alumni Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 8–4, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a three way tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs where they lost in the first round to Montana.


2015 South Derbyshire District Council election
The 2015 South Derbyshire District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of South Derbyshire District Council in England. This was the same day as other local elections.


2015 South East Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships
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2015 South East Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships
The 21st South East Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships 2015 were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


2015 South Florida Bulls baseball team
The 2015 South Florida baseball team represented the University of South Florida during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulls played their home games at USF Baseball Stadium as a member of the American Athletic Conference. They were led by head coach Mark Kingston in his first season at South Florida.


2015 South Florida Bulls baseball team, Previous Season
In 2014, the Bulls finished the season 5th in the American with a record of 27–31, 10–14 in conference play. They qualified for the 2014 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament and were eliminated in pool play. They failed to qualify for the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2015 South Florida Bulls baseball team, Season, February
The Bulls opened their season in Clearwater, Florida, close to their campus in Tampa, for a three-game opening weekend tournament with a pair of nationally-ranked clubs in Cal State Fullerton and  Louisville, along with Alabama State. The Bulls went two for three on the weekend, upsetting Cal State Fullerton in the opening game in a pitching duel between Bulls ace Jimmy Herget, who recorded nine strikeouts, and Titans ace Thomas Eshelman, who recorded ten. The Bulls then fell to Louisville, 3–7, before easily defeating Alabama State 12–4 to finish off the weekend 2–1.


2015 South Florida Bulls baseball team, Season, February
The Bulls hosted #5 Florida in a midweek game on February 18, and the Gators defeated the Bulls 13–3 behind six no-hit innings from Brett Morales. In their weekend series from February 20–22, the Bulls took the series against Wagner, winning the first two games handily before settling for an unusual tie in the final game due to a travel curfew for the Seahawks.


2015 South Florida Bulls baseball team, Season, February
In the final week of the month of February, the Bulls played a midweek game against Florida Gulf Coast and fell 2–6, losing their third straight midweek game dating back to 2014. In their weekend series against High Point, the Bulls won two of three games, led by another good start for ace Jimmy Herget.


2015 South Florida Bulls football team
The 2015 South Florida Bulls football team represented the University of South Florida (USF) in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The 2015 college football season was the 19th season for the Bulls, and their third as a member of the American Athletic Conference (The American), this season joining the newly formed East Division. They played their home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL. They were led by Head Coach Willie Taggart, who was in his third year. They finished the season 8–5, 6–2 in American Athletic play to finish in second place in the East Division. They were invited to the Miami Beach Bowl where they lost to WKU.