2015 College Football Playoff National Championship
The Ohio State Buckeyes won the game, 42–20, marking the first national championship awarded under the CFP system. Following the game, the AP Poll and Coaches' Poll also named Ohio State as their top team of the season, marking Ohio State's first national championship since 2002 and their 8th overall.


2015 College Football Playoff National Championship, Background
AT&T Stadium (capacity 80,000) was announced as the host site in April 2013. Arlington and Tampa (Raymond James Stadium) were the only cities to submit hosting bids for the inaugural title game.


2015 College Football Playoff National Championship, Background
Each team received 20,000 tickets. Premium seat packages for the event cost $1,899 to $3,899 apiece. The packages can include hotel accommodations, game tickets, parking access, pregame hospitality, and an on-field postgame experience.


2015 College Football Playoff National Championship, Background
College Football Playoff announced that 1,000 tickets will be made available for purchase to fans who have signed up for a random drawing by May 1, 2014. On March 25, 2014, Dr Pepper was announced as the official championship partner and presenting sponsor of the new College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy.


2015 College Football Playoff National Championship, Background
The cost of a thirty-second commercial during the game broadcast reached upwards of $1 million.


2015 College Football Playoff National Championship, Pregame show
Before the game, students dressed in all black from the Episcopal School of Dallas and Saint Philip's School held 15 ft. tall banners of every collegiate football team and marched to Fall Out Boy's "Legends." The students then held out a large American Flag while country music band Lady Antebellum performed the "Star Spangled Banner." The students ran off the field carrying the flag. One student tripped while running off and was dragged hanging onto the flag by the rest, then helped him up off field.


2015 College Football Playoff National Championship, Teams
The teams playing for the national championship were the winners of semifinal bowl games held on January 1, 2015. The semifinal games were the Rose Bowl in Pasadena and the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. The semifinal participants were chosen and ranked 1–4 by the 13-member playoff selection committee, with 1 playing 4 and 2 playing 3.


2015 College Football Playoff National Championship, Teams, Ohio State
Ohio State was 20–24 all-time in bowl games. The Buckeyes made their fifth visit to the state of Texas, having won 4 previous games and outscoring four different schools 120–33. Ohio State, all-time, came into the game with an 8–0 record against Oregon.


2015 College Football Playoff National Championship, Teams, Oregon
Oregon is 13–15 all-time in bowl games. The Ducks are 6–4 in Texas having won three straight games and played their third game in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex (Dallas, Fort Worth and now Arlington).


2015 College Football Playoff National Championship, Game summary
Oregon received the opening kickoff and drove down the field for a touchdown, earning an early 7–0 lead on a 7-yard TD pass from Marcus Mariota to Keanon Lowe. After an exchange of punts, Ohio State started their second possession at their own 5 yard line. On 3rd and 8, Cardale Jones completed a 26-yard pass to wideout Corey Smith for a 1st down. Ohio State then converted a 4th and 3 from the Oregon 38 yard line to keep the drive alive.


2015 College Football Playoff National Championship, Game summary
On the very next play, Ezekiel Elliott broke several tackles for a 33-yard TD scamper, tying the game at 7. A dropped pass on the Ducks next drive led to a punt, which Ohio State returned to the Oregon 46 yard line. A critical pass interference call set Ohio State up near the goal line, and the Buckeyes capitalized with a 1-yard TD pass from Jones to tight end Nick Vanett. The first quarter ended with Ohio State leading Oregon 14–7.


2015 College Football Playoff National Championship, Game summary
After another Oregon punt, the Buckeyes had a chance to stretch their lead,  but a mishandled exchange between Jones and Elliott gave Oregon the ball back. The Ducks marched to the goal line, but failed on 4th and Goal from the 3 yard line. Ohio State escaped the shadow of the goal line, and drove 90 yards, but WR Corey Smith fumbled at the Oregon 11-yard line. Despite the reprieve, the Ducks once again had to punt, and this time, Ohio State made them pay. A Cardale Jones QB sneak from a yard out gave Ohio State a 21–7 lead. Oregon closed out the first half scoring with a field goal, leaving the Buckeyes ahead 21–10 at the break.


2015 College Football Playoff National Championship, Game summary
Ohio State got the ball to begin the second half and drove into Oregon territory. However, Jones threw an interception at the Oregon 30 yard line. The Ducks capitalized on this turnover immediately, with Marcus Mariota finding wide receiver Byron Marshall for a 70-yard touchdown on the first play after the turnover, bringing the Ducks within 21–17. On the next Ohio State drive, Tyson Coleman sacked Jones, and recovered the resulting fumble, setting up an Oregon field goal. The 1 point deficit at the 6:39 mark of the 3rd quarter was as close as Oregon would come.


2015 College Football Playoff National Championship, Game summary
Ohio State closed out the quarter with a 75-yard drive, culminating in a 9-yard Ezekiel Elliott touchdown run. The 4th quarter began with an Oregon punt, and Ohio State went 76 yards for another touchdown, with Elliott finding paydirt from 2 yards out for a 35-20 Ohio State lead. A desperate Oregon went for it on 4th and 11 at their own 14 with under 3 minutes to play, but failed. The Buckeyes iced the game on Elliott's 4th touchdown run of the game, providing the final 42-20 margin.


2015 College Football Playoff National Championship, Broadcasting
The game was televised by ESPN with Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit as English commentators, and Heather Cox and Tom Rinaldi as English sideline reporters and on ESPN Deportes with Eduardo Varela and Pablo Viruega as Spanish commentators. ESPN revived the Megacast coverage it had employed during the 2014 BCS National Championship Game: other ESPN networks (including ESPN2, ESPNEWS, ESPN Classic, ESPNU, and ESPN3) supplemented coverage with analysis and additional perspectives of the game.


2015 College Football Playoff National Championship, Broadcasting
Approximately 33.4 million watched the game. The game set a cable television record for ratings, receiving an 18.5 Nielsen rating.


2015 College Football Playoff National Championship, Broadcasting
The game was broadcast on nationwide radio by ESPN Radio with Mike Tirico and Todd Blackledge on the call, with Holly Rowe and Joe Schad on the sidelines. Locally, the game was broadcast on radio by the Oregon IMG Sports Network flagshiped by KUGN (NewsTalk 590) in Eugene, Oregon with Jerry Allen (play-by-play) and Mike Jorgensen (color commentator), and by the Ohio State IMG Sports Network flagshiped by WBNS-AM (1460 ESPN Columbus) and WBNS-FM (97.1 The Fan) in Columbus, Ohio with Paul Keels (play-by-play), Jim Lachey (color commentator) and Marty Bannister on the sidelines.


2015 College Football Playoff National Championship, Aftermath
Following the game, fans took to the streets of Columbus, Ohio, to celebrate. Fans tore down a temporary goalpost at Ohio Stadium. 89 fires were reported, and members of the Columbus Police Department used tear gas to disperse crowds. Just over a year later, Elliott, who had entered the draft early following his junior season, was brought back to AT&T Stadium when the Dallas Cowboys selected him with the 4th overall pick.


2015 College Football Playoff National Championship, Aftermath
This was the Buckeyes first national championship since 2002 and their 8th in school history. Ohio State lost the turnover battle in this game 4–1, the 4 turnovers being the most ever by a winning team in national championship history, but outgained Oregon in total yards 538–465. The Buckeyes entered 2015 looking to repeat as national champions with the return of Cardale Jones and several other players. However, Jones struggled mightily and was eventually benched for backup JT Barrett. The Buckeyes lost at home to Michigan State in week 13 17–14, ending their chance at another national championship.


2015 College Football Playoff National Championship, Aftermath
They were invited to the Fiesta Bowl against Notre Dame, which they won 44–28. The Buckeyes then returned to the playoff in 2016, despite not winning their conference, but lost in the Fiesta Bowl to eventual national champion Clemson 31–0. Head coach Urban Meyer completed two more successful seasons as the head of the Buckeye program, winning the Big Ten conference title in both the 2017 and 2018 seasons. Coincidentally, the Buckeyes would defeat the Pac-12 champion — the USC Trojans and Washington Huskies, respectively — following each season. Meyer retired following the 2018 season and was replaced by offensive coordinator Ryan Day. Coach Day would lead the Buckeyes back to the playoff in 2019, losing in the semifinal to Clemson, and in 2020, where they would lose to Alabama in the national championship.


2015 College Football Playoff National Championship, Aftermath
Meanwhile, the Ducks fell to 0–2 in national championship games, with their other loss to Auburn in 2010. They also fell to 0-9 all time against Ohio State. Marcus Mariota, who won the Heisman Trophy in 2014, declared for the NFL draft after the season. In 2015, without Mariota, the Ducks offense was depleted, as the team lost momentum going forward. The next season, the Ducks finished 9–4, which included a close loss to Michigan State in East Lansing (31-28).


2015 College Football Playoff National Championship, Aftermath
However, a home blowout loss to Utah (62-20) and a double overtime loss at home to Washington State (45-38) cost the Ducks a chance at going back to the national championship. They ended the 2015 season with a triple overtime loss to TCU in the Alamo Bowl 47-41 despite having a 31–0 lead at one point. The 31-point blown lead remains the largest blown lead in school history. In 2016, Oregon regressed even further, finishing 4-8 and failing to reach a bowl for the first time since 2004, and Helfrich was fired.


2015 College Football Playoff National Championship, Aftermath
In 2017, under new coach Willie Taggart, the Ducks improved and qualified for the bowl season with a 7–5 record. Taggart leveraged the modest but short-lived rebuild into the head coaching position at Florida State University and left the Ducks before their bowl game, becoming the shortest-tenured Ducks coach since the 1940s. The school then promoted offensive coordinator Mario Cristobal to head coach prior to the 2017 Las Vegas Bowl, which the Ducks lost to Boise State 38–28. Cristobal continued to rebuild the Ducks program, culminating in a conference championship and Rose Bowl victory after the 2019 season. In the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, the Ducks repeated as conference champions, despite a runner up finish their division, and qualified for the 2021 Fiesta Bowl.


2015 College Football Playoff National Championship, Aftermath
Oregon's appearance as the Pac-12 representative in the 2014 playoff was followed by the Washington Huskies in 2016. Washington lost in the Peach Bowl to Alabama 24-7, and the Pac-12 hasn't returned to the playoffs since. Through the 2020 season, the Pac-12's two playoff appearances are the fewest out of all the Power 5 conferences.


2015 College Football Playoff National Championship, Aftermath
Ohio State and Oregon have met once since this game. They were scheduled to meet in a home and home series in 2020 and 2021, with the 2020 game occurring in Oregon's Autzen Stadium and the 2021 game occurring in Ohio State's Ohio Stadium.


2015 College Football Playoff National Championship, Aftermath
However, the first game was canceled on July 9, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic., the 2021 match-up ended up with Oregon beating Ohio State for the first time ever, 35-28, then-head coaches Ryan Day and Mario Cristobal were the sixth different pair of coaches to meet in the Buckeyes/Ducks series, the two teams are also scheduled to meet in the 2032 and 2033 seasons.


2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
The 2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I basketball teams. The first round started on March 16, 2015. The semifinals were played on March 31, and the championship game was on April 2, 2015. The Evansville Purple Aces beat the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks for their first CIT championship.


2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
Thirty-two participants who belonged to "mid-major" conferences, or were independent, and were not invited to the 2015 NCAA Tournament, National Invitation Tournament (NIT), or College Basketball Invitational (CBI) made up the field.


2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
At the request of the NCAA Men's Basketball Rules Committee, the CIT experimented with a 30-second shot clock during the 2015 tournament.


2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, Participating teams
The following teams received an invitation to the 2015 CIT:


2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, Format
As in the previous year, the CIT used the former model which was traditionally used by the NIT in which teams are re-seeded and match-ups are determined based on the results of the previous round. All games were played on campus sites.


2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, Bracket
Bracket is for visual purposes only. The CIT does not have a set bracket.


2015 Collegiate Rugby Championship
The 2015 Collegiate Rugby Championship was a college rugby sevens tournament held May 30—31 at PPL Park, a soccer stadium in the Chester suburb of Philadelphia, PA. It was the sixth annual Collegiate Rugby Championship (CRC), and the fifth consecutive year that the tournament was held at PPL Park. The tournament is known for sponsorship reasons as the 2015 Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship.


2015 Collegiate Rugby Championship, Qualifying
Several of the 2015 CRC teams were invited to play, but three teams reached the 2015 CRC via conference qualifying tournaments and one via the national  Las Vegas Invitational qualifying tournament:


2015 Collegiate Rugby Championship, Qualifying
University of California, the defending champion from 2013 and 2014, entered the tournament as the favorite, due to the strength and depth of their squad.


2015 Collingwood Football Club season
The 2015 Collingwood Football Club season was the club's 119th season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club also fielded its reserves team in the VFL.


2015 Colombia helicopter crash
On August 4, 2015, 16 policemen died in a helicopter accident in northwestern Colombia. The Colombian Defense Minister, Luis Carlos Villegas, stated that the crash was most likely caused by bad weather.


2015 Colombia helicopter crash
The flight was part of an operation against Clan Úsuga, a criminal organization composed of former right-wing paramilitary group members. Two other helicopters flew on the same mission but did not encounter difficulties and did not hear any hostile fire.


2015 Colombia helicopter crash, Aftermath
The helicopter crash happened 4 days after a Colombian Air Force CASA/IPTN CN-235 transport airplane crashed in Cesar Department, killing all 11 service members aboard. So far in 2015, 35 members of the military or police have been killed in 5 separate accidents involving aircraft. The spate of casualties have led to questions about the efficacy of the military's air operations procedures. A debate was organized in the Congress of Colombia to discuss the accidents, and the Defense Minister and Air Force Commander were called upon to testify. An investigation found that the helicopter may have been shot down.


2015 Colombia season
The 2015 season for the Colombia cycling team began in January at the Tour de San Luis. The team participated in UCI Continental Circuits and UCI World Tour events when given a wildcard invitation.


2015 Colombian landslide
On 18 May 2015 a major landslide hit the town of Salgar, in Antioquia, Colombia. At least 78 people died in the disaster, making it the deadliest single-event disaster in Colombia since the 1999 Armenia, Colombia earthquake.


2015 Colombian landslide, Background
Colombia's rugged terrain and seismic activity make the country susceptible to natural disasters. From 1975 to 2015, there were about 150 serious disasters, which killed a total of 32,000 people. Flooding in the mountains is not uncommon, and occasionally leads to serious landslides. From 2010 to 2011, a series of floods and landslides killed 1,374 people and destroyed more than 100,000 homes.


2015 Colombian landslide, Landslide
On 18 May 2015 a landslide occurred in La Libordiana region of Colombia. At around 3 a.m., the landslide went through the Salgar municipality in Antioquia Department. The landslide occurred after days of rain in the mountains above the town. The Libordiana River, a tributary of the Cauca River that runs through Salgar, then flooded upstream and triggered the landslide. The imminent danger was not apparent since the flooding occurred in a forested region where few people live.


2015 Colombian landslide, Landslide
A survivor remarked: "People were just screaming everywhere, and I ran to help, but the river was impassable, and all the bridges were covered." Another said "We ran outside to the road and went into the chapel, and the lights went out and we were in the dark. Then we looked with flashlights and saw that everything was gone." The force of the landslide destroyed houses and ripped limbs from victims' bodies. According to Salgar mayor Olga Eugenia Osorio, the town of Santa Margarita, one of four towns that lies within the Salgar municipality, was "erased from the map."


2015 Colombian landslide, Aftermath
At least 78 people were killed by the landslide. Victims were found as far as 100 kilometres (62 mi) from the disaster site as the landslide carried bodies down river. An addition 37 people were injured and as of 20 May, an unknown number of people were still unaccounted for. Dozens of houses and other buildings, including a grade school, remained buried. In total, around 500 people were directly affected by the landslide.


2015 Colombian landslide, Aftermath
The landslide left many bodies disfigured, complicating identification. Remains recovered from the debris had to be transported to Medellín for identification, three hours from the disaster site. President Juan Manuel Santos flew to the region to oversee rescue efforts personally. He promised government assistance of around $6,500 per person to help rebuild Salgar, and declared it a public calamity. Food and blankets were provided to people left homeless by the disaster, as survivors were ordered not to return to the town immediately in case of additional landslides. At least 15 trucks of portable drinking water were brought into Salgar. The public was asked to refrain from sending physical donations for disaster relief, but monetary donations were accepted.


2015 Colombian regional and municipal elections
The 2015 Colombian regional and municipal elections were held on Sunday, 25 October 2015 in Colombia to elect the governors of the 32 departments, deputies to departmental assemblies, mayors of 1,102 municipalities, municipal councillors and aldermen on local administrative boards (Juntas Administrativas Locales, JAL).


2015 Colombian regional and municipal elections, Electoral systems
The governors of Colombia's 32 departments are elected to a single four-year term by first-past-the-post. The governor is considered the head of the local administration, but also the president's agent in the department to maintain public order and implement national policies. Each department has a departmental assembly (asamblea departamental), with between 11 and 31 members depending on the department's population, whose members are elected using the same electoral system as that used for congressional elections - namely, optional open party-list proportional representation with the threshold being equal to half of the electoral quotient. Political parties choose whether their lists are 'preferential' (open) or 'non-preferential' (closed). Candidates on the party's open list are reordered based on the results, although votes cast only for the party rather than a candidate only count for purposes of seat allocation between parties.


2015 Colombian regional and municipal elections, Electoral systems
The mayors of Colombia's 1,102 municipalities are elected to single four-year term by first-past-the-post. The mayor is the head of the local administrative and the legal representative of the municipality. Each municipality has a municipal council (consejo municipal) made up of 7 to 21 members depending on the municipality's population. Municipal councillors are elected using the same electoral system used for departmental assemblies.


2015 Colombian regional and municipal elections, Electoral systems
Municipalities may be further subdivide themselves into comunas (in urban areas) and corregimientos municipales (in rural areas) which are administered by a local administrative board (Juntas Administrativas Locales, JAL).


2015 Colombian regional and municipal elections, Electoral systems
Bogotá, the capital, has a special constitutional status as Capital District. Despite being the capital of Cundinamarca department, the government of Cundinamarca has no authority over Bogotá's territory and the city's inhabitants do not vote for the governor of Cundinamarca. While Bogotá is counted as a municipality, it has the powers of both departments and municipalities. The capital is administered by a directly-elected Superior Mayor (Alcalde mayor) and has a 45-member council, both serving four-year terms. Bogotá is subdivided into 20 localities (localidades) each with their own JAL of at least 7 members and a local mayor appointed by the superior mayor from a list submitted by the JAL.


2015 Colombian regional and municipal elections, Electoral systems
Mayors and governors may not serve consecutive terms, but may be reelected to non-consecutive terms. Members of assemblies, councils and local administrative boards have no term limits.


2015 Colombo Sevens
The 2015 Colombo Sevens was the third and final leg of the Asian Sevens Series for the year.


2015 Colonia Cup
The 2015 Colonia Cup was a summer football friendly tournament organized by German club 1. FC Köln and hosted at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, from 1 to 2 August 2015. Besides the hosts, three other European teams took part: Porto (Portugal), Valencia (Spain), and Stoke City (England).


2015 Colonia Cup
The tournament consisted of four matches (two matches per day), with wins being awarded three points and losses awarded zero points. In case of a draw at the end of 90 minutes of play, a penalty shoot-out would take place to determine the winners. Additionally, each goal scored was rewarded with a point, regardless of the match outcome (penalty shoot-out goals did not count).


2015 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament
The 2015 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament was held at CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriot's Point in Mount Pleasant, SC from May 20 through May 23. It consisted of the top 6 finishers in the CAA in a double-elimination tournament. UNC Wilmington won their 4th championship and earned the Colonial Athletic Association's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2015 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament
Entering the event, UNC Wilmington had won the most championships among active teams, with three. James Madison had claimed two titles, while William & Mary, Towson, and second-year member College of Charleston each had one. Former member East Carolina won 7 titles during their tenure in the conference.


2015 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
Continuing the format adopted in 2012, the top six finishers from the regular season will compete in the double-elimination tournament. The top two teams received a single bye and played the winners of the opening round games.


2015 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament team, Most Valuable Player
Corey Dick was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Dick was a first baseman for UNC Wilmington, who went 3 for 5 in the Championship Game with a pair of doubles and two RBI.


2015 Colonial Athletic Association Softball Tournament
The 2015 Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Softball tournament was held at Veterans Memorial Park on the campus of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia from May 6 through May 8, 2015. Hofstra won the tournament, beating the top seeded James Madison Dukes and earning the CAA's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. The entire tournament was aired on CAA.TV with the championship being broadcast on TV on American Sports Network.


2015 Colonial Athletic Association football season
The 2015 Colonial Athletic Association football season was the ninth season of football for the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) and part of the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season.


2015 Colonial Athletic Association football season, Previous season
New Hampshire won the CAA Championship with an 8–0 record in conference play. They were joined in the FCS Playoffs by James Madison, Richmond, and Villanova. James Madison would fall in the First Round to Liberty. New Hampshire would earn the #1 seed and beat Fordham and #8 seed Chattanooga before falling to #5 seed Illinois State in the Semifinals. Richmond would defeat Morgan State in the First Round before falling to #7 seed Coastal Carolina in the Second Round. Villanova would receive the #6 seed and beat Liberty before falling to Sam Houston State in the Quarterfinals.


2015 Colonial Athletic Association football season, Regular season
Rankings reflect that of the STATS FCS poll for that week.


2015 Colorado Buffaloes football team
The 2015 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by third-year head coach Mike MacIntyre, the Buffaloes played their home games on-campus at Folsom Field in Boulder and were members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 4–9, 1–8 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place in the South Division.


2015 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Previous season
Colorado finished the 2014 season with a record of 2–10, 0–9 in Pac-12 play, and last place in the South Division.


2015 Colorado Ice season
The 2015 Colorado Ice season was the team's ninth season as a professional indoor football franchise and seventh in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of ten teams that competed in the IFL for the 2015 season, the Fort Collins-based Colorado Ice were members of the Intense Conference.


2015 Colorado Ice season
Founded in 2007 as part of United Indoor Football, the Colorado Ice became charter members of the IFL when the UIF merged with the Intense Football League before the 2009 season. In their third season under head coach Heron O'Neal, the team played their home games at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, Colorado.


2015 Colorado Ice season
The Colorado Icicles dance team was led by director Rehannon Crumb.


2015 Colorado Ice season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated June 4, 201527 Active, 6 Inactive


2015 Colorado Mammoth season
The Colorado Mammoth are a lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2015 season is the 29th in franchise history and 13th as the Mammoth (previously the Washington Power, Pittsburgh Crossefire, and Baltimore Thunder).


2015 Colorado Mammoth season, Regular season, Final standings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2015 Colorado Mammoth season, Transactions, Entry Draft
The 2014 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 22, 2014. The Mammoth made the following selections:


2015 Colorado Rapids season
The 2015 Colorado Rapids season is the club's twentieth season of existence, and their twentieth season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the American and Canadian soccer pyramids. The team began the season with three scoreless matches and were both the final team that failed to register a goal, and the last that did not allowed one. A loss in their fourth match extended their scoreless streak to four, and their winless streak dating back to last season to 18 matches. Both streaks ended on April 10 against FC Dallas, who the Rapids defeated 4–0.


2015 Colorado Rapids season, Competitions, MLS, Standings
Note: the table below has no impact on playoff qualification and is used solely for determining host of the MLS Cup, certain CCL spots, and 2015 MLS draft. The conference tables are the sole determinant for teams qualifying to the playoffs


2015 Colorado Rapids season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
Colorado will enter the 2015 U.S. Open Cup with the rest of Major League Soccer in the fourth round.


2015 Colorado Rockies season
The 2015 Colorado Rockies season was the franchise's 23rd in Major League Baseball. Walt Weiss returned for his third consecutive season as the Manager. It was the 21st season the Rockies played their home games at Coors Field.


2015 Colorado Rockies season, Regular season
The Rockies played eight extra-inning games during the season, the fewest of any MLB team in 2015.


2015 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2015 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2015 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2015 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2015 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2015 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC season
The 2015 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC season was the club's first season of existence, and their first season in United Soccer League, the third division of the American soccer pyramid. The Switchbacks play in the Western Conference of USL.


2015 Colorado Springs mayoral election
The 2015 Colorado Springs mayoral election took place on  April 7 and May 19, 2015, to elect the mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections. The election was officially nonpartisan.


2015 Colorado Springs mayoral election
Incumbent Mayor Steve Bach, in office since 2011, announced that he would not seek a second term in office.


2015 Colorado Springs mayoral election
Since no candidate won a majority of the vote, a runoff was held on May 19 between Mary Lou Makepeace and John Suthers, the top two finishers in the April general election. Suthers defeated Makepeace in the runoff to become Mayor.


2015 Colorado State Rams football team
The 2015 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rams were led by first-year head coach Mike Bobo and played their home games at Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium. They were members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 5–3 in Mountain West play to finish in a four way tie for second place in the Mountain Division. They were invited to inaugural Arizona Bowl where they lost to fellow Mountain West member Nevada.


2015 Colorado State Rams football team, Game summaries, Arizona Bowl–Nevada
The Rams and Wolf Pack are both members of the Mountain West Conference. However, they are in opposite divisions and did not play each other in the regular season in 2015. This is the first time teams from the same conference have met in a non-championship bowl game since the 1979 Orange Bowl.


2015 Columbia Lions football team
The 2015 Columbia Lions football team represented Columbia University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first year head coach Al Bagnoli and played their home games at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 2–8, 1–6 in Ivy League play to finish a tie for seventh place.


2015 Columbus Challenger
The 2015 Columbus Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Columbus, United States between 21 and 27 September 2015.


2015 Columbus Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw courtesy of a protected ranking:


2015 Columbus Challenger – Doubles
This was the first edition of the tournament. Chase Buchanan and Blaž Rola won the title beating Mitchell Krueger and Eric Quigley in the final 6–4, 4–6, [19–17].


2015 Columbus Crew SC season
The 2015 Columbus Crew SC season was the club's twentieth season of existence, and their twentieth consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer.


2015 Columbus Crew SC season, Review
In coach Berhalter's second season, he led the club to an MLS Cup appearance that resulted in a loss to the Portland Timbers. This season also saw returning striker Kei Kamara contend for the league's golden boot.


2015 Columbus Crew SC season, Roster
Major League Soccer teams are limited to eight players without US citizenship, a permanent resident (green card holder), or other special status (e.g., refugee or asylum status). These international roster slots can be traded. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of January 30, 2015.


2015 Columbus Crew SC season, Competitions, MLS, Results summary
Last updated: 18 Nov 2015Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2015 Columbus Crew SC season, Transfers, Out
Selected by Orlando City SC in the 2014 MLS Expansion Draft.


2015 Columbus Lions season
The 2015 Columbus Lions season was the ninth season for the indoor football franchise and their fourth in the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL). They won PIFL Cup IV over the Richmond Raiders.


2015 Columbus Lions season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated June 14, 201526 Active, 8 Inactive


2015 Columbus, Ohio mayoral election
The 2015 Columbus mayoral election took place on November 3, 2015, to elect the Mayor of Columbus, Ohio. The election was officially nonpartisan, with the top two candidates from the May 5 primary advancing to the general election, regardless of party.


2015 Columbus, Ohio mayoral election
Incumbent Democratic Mayor Michael B. Coleman was not running for re-election to a fifth term in office.


2015 Columbus, Ohio mayoral election, Primary results
The Columbus Mayoral primary was nonpartisan, but candidates were endorsed by their parties. The two candidates who received the most votes advanced to the general election in November regardless of party.


2015 Comerica Bank Challenger
The 2015 Comerica Bank Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 28th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Aptos, United States between 10 and 16 August 2015.


2015 Comerica Bank Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Comerica Bank Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players entered into the singles main draw as alternates:


2015 Comerica Bank Challenger – Doubles
Ruben Bemelmans and Laurynas Grigelis were the defending champions, but chose not to participate.


2015 Comerica Bank Challenger – Doubles
Chris Guccione and Artem Sitak won the tournament, defeating Yuki Bhambri and Matthew Ebden in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–2).


2015 Comerica Bank Challenger – Singles
Marcos Baghdatis was the defending champion but chose not to compete.


2015 Comerica Bank Challenger – Singles
John Millman won the tournament, defeating Austin Krajicek in the final, 7–5, 2–6, 6–3.


2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
The 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, also known as CHOGM 2015 was the 24th Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in Malta from 27 to 29 November. Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena handed the position of Commonwealth Chair-in-Office to Maltese prime minister Joseph Muscat at the meeting.


2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Background
The summit, which was originally designated to be hosted by Mauritius, was given to Malta when the Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam refused to attend the CHOGM 2013 over the human rights situation prevailing in the host country, Sri Lanka, and thus withdrew as the host of the 2015 summit as protocol had required him to attend the summit in order to personally invite other member states.


2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Venues
The summit was held at various venues in Valletta and Għajn Tuffieħa's Golden Bay with retreats at Fort St. Angelo in Birgu. The opening ceremony and reception were held at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta with executive and special sessions held at the Radisson Golden Sands at Golden Beach. Most press conferences were being held at the InterContinental Hotel in St. Julian's. The official theme of the event was "The Commonwealth - Adding Global Value".


2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Venues
A series of civil society conferences in the form of a People's Forum, Women's Forum, Youth Forum and Business Forum were held in the days leading up to the main summit and explored avenues such as building democracy and rule of law, championing small states, creating economic opportunities, empowering youth, inclusive development, human rights, and public service reform among Commonwealth nations.


2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Venues
Due to poor weather, the official welcoming ceremony for the royal party occurred at San Anton Palace rather than an open air event at St. George’s Square in Valletta as originally planned.


2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Commonwealth Secretary General election
The meeting elected a new Commonwealth Secretary-General to succeed Kamalesh Sharma who is retiring April 2016 at the end of his second term, the maximum that can be served. Candidates for the position included Antiguan ambassador to the United States and former high commissioner to the United Kingdom Sir Ronald Sanders; former Attorney General for England and Wales Baroness Patricia Scotland, nominated by her native country of Dominica; and former deputy secretary-general for political affairs Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba, nominated by Botswana.


2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Commonwealth Secretary General election
Furthermore, Alexander Downer, a former Australian foreign minister and Liberal Party leader who currently serves as Australia's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom had been suggested by British and Australian officials as a possible compromise candidate. Trinidad and Tobago's former planning minister Bhoendradatt Tewarie and Tanzanian foreign minister Bernard Membe were both nominees earlier in the process but withdrew as candidates before the summit began. The election took take place on 27 November.


2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Commonwealth Secretary General election
Baroness Patricia Scotland was elected the 6th Commonwealth Secretary-General after two rounds of voting and will take office on 1 April 2016. According to Antigua's foreign minister, Charles "Max" Fernandez, while the CARICOM countries largely backed Sir Ronald Sanders over Baroness Scotland, African countries favoured Masire-Mwamabe: "After the first round, Sir Ron received the fewest votes. For the second round, Antigua & Barbuda put its support behind Baroness Scotland because we felt we'd be supporting the candidate from another Caribbean country." Fernandez also asserted that Scotland had the support of "European" and Pacific states.


2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Commonwealth Secretary General election
Australia also supported Baroness Scotland after its compromise candidate, Alexander Downer, failed to obtain support. Sanders had been seen as the leading candidate prior to the summit, particularly as the Caribbean Commonwealth countries argued it was their turn to have a secretary-general come from their region, however the failure of the entire CARICOM to support Sanders and a Daily Telegraph article published two days prior to the summit accusing him of corruption may have damaged his campaign.


2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Commonwealth Secretary General election
For the first time in Commonwealth history, the Commonwealth Foundation organised a debate between the candidates as part of the Commonwealth People's Forum. This was held on 25 November - two days before the election - in the Maltese House of Representatives. It was chaired by the Speaker of the House, Angelo Farrugia, who took questions from members of civil society present in the chamber. The three declared candidates at the time of debate - Masire-Mwamba, Sir Ronald and Baroness Scotland - were all present. Two representatives of the Maltese parliament also attended and spoke briefly at the end of the debate.


2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Agenda
The Commonwealth meeting was held immediately prior to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. The Commonwealth conference accordingly held a special session on climate change and global sustainability in an attempt to build political support around the issue prior to the Paris summit;In consideration of small island nations that are being threatened by rising sea levels that accompany climate change, a proposal was discussed to allow these countries to write off their debts in exchange for taking measures to protect the environment.


2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Agenda
The summit, being held in the aftermath of the November 2015 Paris attacks and growing conflict with ISIL, also addressed terrorism and security issues and the European migrant crisis, as well as economic and trade issues. corruption, The continued criminalization of homosexuality in 40 of the Commonwealth's 53 members was not on the official agenda but was an issue brought up by civil society groups and was also raised by both Prime Minister Joseph Muscat (chairing the occasion) and British Prime Minister David Cameron during their remarks to the Commonwealth leaders.


2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Agenda
In addition, newly elected Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal committed herself to using the first two years of her tenure to promote decriminalization of homosexuality in Commonwealth countries that continue to forbid same-sex relationships. Cameron also pledged to increase cooperation among members to deal with "poisonous ideologies" and violent extremism.


2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Agenda
The leaders also chose a new venue for the next summit, originally scheduled for 2017, as Vanuatu, which was originally selected as host, has rescinded its offer to host due to the long-term effects of devastation to the island nation's infrastructure caused by Cyclone Pam in March 2015. The British government will be hosting the next CHOGM in London in the spring of 2018, delayed from late 2017 due to other international commitments. Accordingly, the 26th CHOGM that was planned for Malaysia in 2019 was pushed back to 2020.


2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Attendees
Elizabeth II, as Head of the Commonwealth, along with the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall all attended the summit. The summit coincided with a state visit to Malta by Elizabeth II as Queen of the United Kingdom, her first visit to the country since 2007.


2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Attendees
Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon and French President François Hollande addressed a special session on climate change. Ban and Nicolas Sarkozy, Hollande's predecessor, had previously attended CHOGM 2009 in Trinidad and Tobago prior to the Copenhagen Summit for the same reason. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was absent from the meeting - his government has opposed arguments that the country should curtail its use of coal fired electrical generation and other greenhouse gases. India was instead represented by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.


2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Attendees
Leaders in attendance included Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. At least 15 leaders did not attend the summit and sent cabinet ministers or other officials as representatives including the Tongan Prime Minister Akilisi Pohiva, who absented himself due to health reasons and domestic priorities, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, who sent his deputy prime minister instead, and Vanuatu Prime Minister Sato Kilman, who could not attend due to a government crisis that resulted in a snap election. Tanzania was represented by its High Commissioner, whilst Kenya was represented by its High Commissioner at the Opening Ceremony as Uhuru Kenyatta did not arrive until the second day of the summit.


2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Outcomes, Climate change
The leaders agreed on and issued the Commonwealth Leaders’ Statement on Climate Action which called climate change an "existential threat" to many states and called for the upcoming 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) to produce "an ambitious, equitable, inclusive, rules-based and durable outcome ... that includes a legally binding agreement" to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and control climate change. The statement asserted that "many of our most vulnerable states and communities are already facing the adverse impacts of climate change ... (and) for some it represents an existential threat."


2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Outcomes, Climate change
The leaders also called for developed nations to spend $100 billion a year by 2020 to help developing countries deal with the effects of climate change. To that end, Canada pledged $2.65 billion over five years to help developing countries tackle climate change. The UK committed £21 million for disaster management and £5.5 million for the ocean-based economy whilst Australia has committed $1 million for a new Commonwealth initiative, the Climate Finance Access Hub, and India pledged $2.5 million in assistance. A $1 billion Commonwealth Green Finance Facility, proposed by the Prince of Wales, was also created to support environmental projects among poor Commonwealth nations.


2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Outcomes, Peace and security
The final Communiqué issued by leaders at the end of the CHOGM also addressed the issues of peace and security, affirming that "radicalisation, violent extremism and terrorism in all its forms and ramifications are serious threats to the whole world" and called upon Commonwealth members to fully implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 2178 (2014) on terrorism and extremism and called for the implementation of "national strategies to counter radicalisation, violent extremism and terrorism" including education and the addressing of grievances and alienation by susceptible individuals, particularly young people.


2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Outcomes, Peace and security
The Commonwealth leaders also agreed to a British proposal to create a new unit of experts to counter extremism. The body will be run by the Commonwealth Secretariat, which will combat radicalisation and terrorist recruitment across the Commonwealth. Australia has committed $2.5 million to the unit in addition to a £5 million by Britain.


2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Outcomes, Peace and security
The Communiqué also encouraged all countries to accede to and fully implement the Arms Trade Treaty of 2014 in order to curtail the illicit trade in conventional weapons including small arms.


2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Outcomes, Human rights, good governance, and migration
The statement also reaffirmed commitments to human rights and good governance, and respect for rule of law and democratic principles and "agreed to enhance national and international efforts to address the causes of irregular migration including prevention and abatement of conflict and violent extremism and terrorism; eradicating poverty and promoting sustainable economic development; strengthening the rule of law; nurturing inclusive and pluralist political systems; combatting organised crime, human trafficking and people smuggling, and modern day slavery; and reinforcing respect for human rights" and called for international co-operation and the adherence of international law in regards to migration, calling on "all stakeholders to work towards a lasting solution to this global issue".


2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Outcomes, Sustainable development
On the issue of sustainable development leaders adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and called for its implementation in the hopes that it would "lead to the eradication of poverty in all its dimensions and ensure no one is left behind" and also agreed to "provide continued assistance to member states in attaining long-term debt sustainability by means of technical advice on institutional strengthening, debt financing, debt strategy formulation and debt restructuring."


2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Outcomes, Other issues
The Communiqué also touched on the concerns of small states, pledging to advocate internationally on their behalf, trade, in particular pledging to augment access to trade and investment finance for small, vulnerable, or developing states, youth, and the importance of developing youth leadership, gender equality and women's empowerment, calling in particular for continued efforts to "prevent and eliminate child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation", public health, underlining the importance of immunization programs to tackle diseases such as malaria and committing states to the eradication of polio as a global priority, and calling "on the Commonwealthat large to support the strengthening of policies for universal health coverage in order to build strong and resilient health systems that will, in turn, enable better responses to public health threats and emergencies".


2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Outcomes, Other issues
The meeting also called for easier movement of Commonwealth citizens between member states.


2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Outcomes, Country issues
Leaders also welcomed progress on continuing national and regional issues such as improve bilateral relations between Belize and Guatemala and their border disagreement, reaffirmed its call for the implementation of existing United Nations resolutions on the Cyprus dispute, expressed solidarity with Guyana in its ongoing border dispute with Venezuela.


2015 Commonwealth Law Conference
The 2015 Commonwealth Law Conference was held in Glasgow, Scotland, in April 2015. The scandal of the conference occurred early when Julian Assange was to address the Conference, and various law lords became aware and opted to not be part of the conference.


2015 Commonwealth Law Conference, Controversy
The Guardian reported that, "Judges from Scotland, England and Wales and the UK supreme court had agreed to speak at or chair other sessions but withdrew – in some cases after arriving at the conference centre – when they found out about Assange's appearance. Among those to boycott the conference were the most senior judge in Scotland, Lord Gill, and two judges on the supreme court, Lord Neuberger and Lord Hodge. A spokesperson for the Judicial Office for Scotland said: "The conference programme was changed to include Mr Assange's participation at short notice and without consultation.


2015 Commonwealth Law Conference, Controversy
Mr Assange is, as a matter of law, currently a fugitive from justice, and it would therefore not be appropriate for judges to be addressed by him. "Under these circumstances, the Lord President, Lord Gill, and the other Scottish judicial officeholders in attendance have withdrawn from the conference." A spokesman for the UK Supreme Court added: "Lord Neuberger and Lord Hodge share the concerns expressed by Lord Gill and his fellow senior Scottish judges ... "As a result of this unfortunate development, they trust that delegates will understand their decision to withdraw from the conference. ..." A spokesman for judiciary of England and Wales said: "The Lord Chief Justice shares the concerns expressed by Lord Gill and Lord Neuberger ... He agreed with the position taken by both, and the judges of England and Wales also withdrew from the conference. ... ""


2015 Commonwealth Youth Games
The 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games was the fifth Commonwealth Youth Games which started in 2000. They were held in Apia, the capital of Samoa. Samoa were the only bidders for the Games.


2015 Commonwealth Youth Games
All events took place in the capital city, Apia. The opening and closing ceremonies were held in Apia Park, which also hosted the athletics, rugby and tennis competitions. All other events (boxing, swimming, squash, weightlifting and lawn bowls) were hosted in the Faleata Sports Complex.


2015 Commonwealth Youth Games
About a thousand athletes from 63 nations and territories participated in the nine sports: aquatics, archery, athletics, boxing, lawn bowls, rugby sevens, squash, tennis and weightlifting. Sierra Leone's delegation of seven athletes were prevented from taking part, as the Samoan government refused to grant them visas, citing fears over the spread of ebola. The Commonwealth Games Federation appealed unsuccessfully to Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi to reverse that decision, but also rejected Ghana's request that Samoa be subjected to sanctions as a result.


2015 Commonwealth Youth Games, Sports
The 2015 programme featured nine sports, two more than the previous Games and matching that of the 2008 edition. Of the sports on the 2011 programme, badminton, cycling and gymnastics were dropped.


2015 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
2015 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the 23rd annual Commonwealth of Independent States Cup since its establishment in 1993. It was hosted in Saint Petersburg, Russia between 16 and 25 January 2015.


2015 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
Saint Petersburg hosted the event for the sixth time, with all matches being held in a single venue (Saint Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex). All participating nations were represented by their youth (U20/U21) national teams.


2015 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup, Format
Twelve teams were divided into three groups of four. The top two of each group qualified automatically for a play-off along with the two best third placed teams. The other third placed team along with the three bottom participants out of each group proceed to the play-off which would place its participants 9th through 12th places.


2015 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup, Format
The winners of the quarter finals advanced further into semi-finals, while the other four less fortunate entered play-off for the fifth place. Next the winners of the semi-finals advanced to the final, while the other two participants played for the third place. Simultaneously the winners of the play-off for the fifth place continued to the fifth place match, while the other two played for the seventh place.


2015 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup, Participants
The following 12 teams, shown with age of youth national team, took part in the tournament:


2015 Comorian legislative election
Legislative elections were held in the Comoros on 25 January 2015, alongside local elections. A second round of voting was held on 22 February in the 21 constituencies where no candidate won in the first round. The Union for the Development of the Comoros emerged as the largest party, winning eight of the 24 seats in the Assembly of the Union.


2015 Comorian legislative election, Background
The term of the Assembly of the Union elected in 2009 was due to expire in April 2014, but was extended. Elections were initially scheduled for early November 2014, but in September President Ikililou Dhoinine announced that they would be delayed until 28 December, with the second round planned for 1 February. They were later delayed again until January 2015.


2015 Comorian legislative election, Electoral system
The 33 members of the Assembly of the Union were elected by two methods; 24 members were directly elected in single member constituencies using the two-round system, whilst nine members were elected by the Island assemblies.


2015 Comorian legislative election, Campaign
The campaigning period officially began on 25 December. A total of 204 candidates registered to run for election to the Assembly, whilst 353 candidates contested the council elections.


2015 Conference League South
The 2015 Conference League South saw the competition increase to 10 clubs. The new clubs were Gloucestershire Warriors who were promoted from the West Of England Rugby League as champions, Torfaen Tigers who moved up from the South Wales Conference and two new clubs Raiders RL and Coventry Bears Reserves. Unfortunately on 10 April Bristol Sonics after postponing their first two games, announced that they would have to withdraw from the league due to player problems and drop down to the West Of England Rugby League. The league season ran from March to September. The teams would play each other home and away with the top four contesting the end of season play-offs to decide the champions


2015 Conference League South, Grand Final Mini Report
Nottingham Outlaws lifted their first Conference League South title by beating holders the Valley Cougars at AFC Corsham in Bath 39-16. Ill discipline cost the Valley Cougars who at one point were down to ten men. By the half hour the Outlaws were 18-0 up thanks to tries by John Christie, Jimmy Goodwin and Adrian Chaima all scored a goal by Dan Smith but the holders hit back with two tries in the final five minutes through Craig Lewis and Mike Hurley the first converted by Ben Jones leaving the score 18-10 at half time.


2015 Conference League South, Grand Final Mini Report
At the start of the second half the first Valley Cougars sin binning cost them an immediate try from George Strachan, again scored a goal by Smith. A second sin binning soon after led again to an immediate try for the Outlaws this time from Goodwin, his second try of the match, Smith on this occasion missing his first conversion to leave the score at 28-10. Amazingly while down to 10 men following another sin binning, player coach Dafydd Hellard scored and with a conversion from Marcus Webb the Valley Cougars reduced the arrears to 12 points. But the lack of numbers eventually made the difference as Nottingham scored two more tries through Chaima, his second, and Adam Cunliffe. Player coach Paul Calland kicking one conversion to go with his field goal


2015 Conference Premier play-off Final
The 2015 Conference Premier play-off Final, known as the 2015 Vanarama Conference Promotion Final for sponsorship reasons, was a football match between Bristol Rovers and Grimsby Town played on 17 May 2015 at Wembley Stadium in London. It was the thirteenth Conference Premier play-off Final, the eighth to be played at Wembley and the first to feature either side.


2015 Conference Premier play-off Final
The two participants finished the regular season in 2nd and 3rd respectively to qualify for the play-offs. Bristol Rovers overcame local rivals Forest Green Rovers 3–0 over two legs while Grimsby Town disposed of Eastleigh 5–1.


2015 Conference Premier play-off Final
Bristol Rovers won the match 5–3 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time. Rovers therefore became the first club since Carlisle United in 2005 to secure an immediate return to the Football League, after their relegation on the last day of the previous season. For Grimsby Town, it was the third successive season that they had failed to win promotion via the play-offs and were condemned to a sixth straight season in the fifth tier. The attendance of 47,029 was a record for a Conference Premier match, beating the previous best of 42,669 when Oxford United defeated York City to win promotion at the same venue in 2010.


2015 Conference Premier play-off Final, Match, Summary
Grimsby Town got off to the perfect start when a purposeful run from Nathan Arnold set up Lenell John-Lewis to shoot from inside the penalty area. His shot was saved by Bristol Rovers goalkeeper Will Puddy but it deflected off John-Lewis' face into the goal, giving the Mariners the lead after just 1:38. Grimsby kept up the pressure and were unfortunate not to be playing against ten men as Puddy handled Ollie Palmer's shot outside the area. However, referee Ross Joyce deemed the offence only worthy of a yellow card. Just over 10 minutes later and Rovers were level after Grimsby failed to deal with a Jake Gosling corner, leaving Ellis Harrison to drive the ball past James McKeown.


2015 Conference Premier play-off Final, Match, Summary
The second half proved a much less open affair as players tired, defenders came out on top and errors were few and far between. Extra time was much the same, as chances for Chris Lines for Rovers and John-Lewis for Grimsby came to nothing. In the last minute of the extra time, Rovers manager Darrell Clarke switched Puddy for substitute keeper Steve Mildenhall for the inevitable penalty shoot-out, in a move reminiscent of that by Dutch coach Louis van Gaal at the previous year's World Cup. Clarke later stated that he felt Mildenhall would have "a better chance with his bigger frame."


2015 Conference Premier play-off Final, Match, Summary
The first five penalties of the shoot-out were successfully converted before Jon-Paul Pittman blazed his over the bar in front of the Grimsby fans. The following two were also successful, leaving veteran Lee Mansell with the deciding spot kick, which he powered in to McKeown's left.


2015 Conference USA Baseball Tournament
The 2015 Conference USA Baseball Tournament will be held from May 20 through May 24 at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Conference USA for college baseball. The tournament champion will receive the league's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2015 Conference USA Baseball Tournament
The tournament was established in 1996, Conference USA's first season of play. Rice has won the most championships, with six.


2015 Conference USA Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
The top eight finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through eight. The tournament will use a double elimination format.


2015 Conference USA Football Championship Game
The 2015 Conference USA Football Championship Game determined the 2015 football champion of Conference USA (C-USA) and was held on December 5, 2015, in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The game was hosted by Western Kentucky (WKU), winner of the conference's East division, and also featured Southern Miss, winner of the conference's West division. This was the 11th edition of the Conference USA Football Championship Game and was won by WKU, 45–28.


2015 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Teams, West Division Champions
The winner of Southern Miss vs. Louisiana Tech on November 28 decided the West division champion. Southern Miss won 58-24.


2015 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Teams, East Division Champions
The winner of Marshall vs. Western Kentucky on November 27 decided the East division champion. WKU won 49–28.


2015 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2015 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for Conference USA, held March 11–14, 2015, in Birmingham, Alabama, at Legacy Arena. On January 21, 2015, Southern Miss self-imposed a postseason ban due to recruiting violations. Despite having 14 members, only 12, excluding Southern Miss, made the tournament


2015 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2015 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament was the 21st edition of the tournament. It determined the Conference USA's automatic berth into the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.


2015 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament
The FIU Golden Panthers won the tournament, besting the Marshall Thundering Herd in the championship match.


2015 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament, Qualification
The top seven teams in Conference USA based on their conference record qualified for the tournament. Top-seeded Kentucky earned a bye to the semifinal round.


2015 Conference USA Softball Tournament
The 2015 Conference USA (C-USA) Softball tournament will be held at Felsberg Field at FIU Softball Field in Miami, Florida from May 7 through May 9, 2015. The tournament winner will earn the Conference USA automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. All games will be televised. The quarterfinals and semifinals will be shown on the C-USA Digital Network while the championship will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network. Ben Holden and Tammy Blackburn will call the championship.


2015 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2015 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for Conference USA was held from March 11–14, 2015 in Birmingham, Alabama. The first two rounds will take place at Bartow Arena while the semifinals and championship will take place at Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex.


2015 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
The top twelve teams qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2015 Conference USA football season
The 2015 Conference USA football season was part of the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season and played from August 2015 through January 2016. The 2015 football season marked the 21st season of the Conference USA's existence and 20th of football competition; although C-USA was established in 1995, it did not begin football competition until 1996.


2015 Conference USA football season, Previous season
Marshall won the conference championship for the first time in the conference, defeating Louisiana Tech 26–23.


2015 Conference USA football season, Membership
The Charlotte 49ers were a transitional Division I FBS member, joining from the FCS Atlantic 10 Conference. They replaced UAB in the East division for the 2015 season.


2015 Connacht Senior Football Championship
The 2015 Connacht Senior Football Championship was the 116th instalment of the annual Connacht Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of Connacht GAA. It was one of four provincial competitions in the 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Mayo entered the competition as defending Connacht champions and retained the title after a 6-25 to 2-11 win against Sligo in the final on 19 July.


2015 Connacht Senior Football Championship
The draw to decide the fixtures was made on 10 October 2014. As in previous competitions, the opponents of London and New York in the opening round were decided in advance. The teams that visit the 'Exiles' are chosen on a cyclical basis. As in the 2010 Connacht Championship, Roscommon faced London and Galway faced New York. Mayo and Sligo were drawn straight into the semi-final stage.


2015 Connacht Senior Football Championship
Under GAA rules introduced in 2014 to allow counties to more easily predict the dates of their qualifier matches, the two sides of the draw were named as either A or B. London, Roscommon and Sligo were named on the A side of the draw, while Galway, Leitrim, Mayo and New York's draw was named as the B side. New York, as in previous seasons did not compete in the All-Ireland qualifiers.


2015 Connacht Senior Football Championship, Teams
The Connacht championship is contested by the five counties in the Irish province of Connacht and the two foreign based teams of London and New York.


2015 Connecticut Open
The 2015 Connecticut Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 47th edition of the Connecticut Open, and part of the Premier Series of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 23 through August 29. It was the last event of the 2015 US Open Series before the 2015 US Open.


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


2015 Connecticut Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2015 Connecticut Open – Doubles
Andreja Klepač and Sílvia Soler Espinosa were the defending champions, but Soler Espinosa chose not to participate this year. Klepač played alongside Lara Arruabarrena, but lost in the first round to Chuang Chia-jung and Liang Chen.


2015 Connecticut Open – Doubles
Julia Görges and Lucie Hradecká won the title, beating Chuang and Liang in the final, 6-3, 6-1.


2015 Connecticut Open – Singles
Petra Kvitová was the defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating compatriot and fourth seed Lucie Šafářová in the final 6–7(6–8), 6–2, 6–2.


2015 Connecticut Open – Singles, Seeds
The top two seeds received a bye into the second round.


2015 Connecticut State Senate 23rd district special election
The 2015 Connecticut State Senate 23rd district special election was held on February 24, 2015, in order to fill Andres Ayala Jr.'s seat after he was appointed to be the director of the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles. Former Senator Ed Gomes, the nominee of the Connecticut Working Families Party, won the special election and regained the seat that he had held before Ayala Jr. had defeated him in the 2012 primary.


2015 Connecticut State Senate 23rd district special election
Gomes was the first person elected to a state legislature with only the nomination of the Working Families Party. He was also the first third-party candidate elected to the Connecticut state legislature since the Socialist Party of America elected four of its members to the state legislature in 1938.


2015 Connecticut State Senate 23rd district special election, Background
Ed Gomes was elected to the Connecticut State Senate in a 2005 special election. Gomes served in the senate until he was defeated in the Democratic primary by Andres Ayala Jr., who went on to win in the 2012 and 2014 elections. However, Ayala Jr. resigned to become the director of the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles in 2015.


2015 Connecticut State Senate 23rd district special election, Campaign
Richard DeJesus won the Democratic nomination on January 23, 2015, against Gomes after Edwin Farrow, who chaired the convention, broke a twenty-six to twenty-six tie between the two candidates. Gomes' campaign stated that Farrow should have recused himself from breaking the tie and accused the convention of having conflicts of interest, but a panel of the Democratic Party of Connecticut found nothing in their report.


2015 Connecticut State Senate 23rd district special election, Campaign
Quentin Dreher won the Republican nomination at the nomination convention on January 12, but chair John Slater filed the certificate of endorsement too late for Dreher to appear on the ballot. Dreher filed a lawsuit to appear on the ballot and won. Gomes won the nomination of the Working Families Party and Kennard Ray served as his campaign manager. Kenneth Moales and Charles hare ran as independents.


2015 Connecticut State Senate 23rd district special election, Campaign
During the campaign it was revealed that DeJesus owed $139,433 in back taxes and $35,700 in child support. Al Sharpton was supposed to appear at a voter registration event for Moales, but cancelled the event after Gomes' supporters reached out to Sharpton as they saw it as an endorsement of Moales.


2015 Connecticut State Senate 23rd district special election, Campaign
Gomes' victory made him the first person elected to a state legislature with only the nomination of the Working Families Party; Lindsay Farrell, executive director of the Connecticut Working Families Party, stated that Gomes' victory was "a very big deal for us". Gomes was the first third-party candidate elected to the state legislature in Connectict since the Socialist Party of America elected four members to the state legislature in 1938. Gomes later became a registered member of the Democratic Party and sought the Democratic nomination in the 2016 election.


2015 Connecticut Sun season
The 2015 WNBA season was a season for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association.


2015 Continental Cup of Curling
The 2015 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling was held from January 8 to 11 at the Markin MacPhail Centre International Arena in Calgary, Alberta. The Continental Cup featured team events, mixed doubles events, singles competitions, and skins competitions, and the brunt of the points were in the skins competitions. TSN broadcast the event, as it has in previous years.


2015 Continental Cup of Curling
The total attendance for the event was 22,606. Team Canada collected CAD$52,000 winners cheque and CAD$13,000 skins bonus. Team Europe collected CAD$26,000 losers cheque.


2015 Continental Cup of Curling, Competition background
In their 2013-2014 Annual Review, the World Curling Federation reported that they can no longer justify further involvement in the Continental Cup, and that the Canadian Curling Association will operate the event starting in 2015.


2015 Continental Cup of Curling, Competition background
This edition of the Continental Cup would be the first in which the new system of competing teams would be implemented. It was intended that in this and future editions of the Continental Cup, Team North America would be replaced by an all-Canadian team entry, where team Canada would compete alternatively against Team Europe in odd years and Team World, made up of teams from the United States and non-European curling nations, in even years. However, this format would only last for the 2015 event. In this edition of the Continental Cup, six teams from Canada competed against six teams from Europe.


2015 Continental Cup of Curling, Competition background
The same competition format as that of the previous year was used. Out of the sixty total points available, a majority of points would be needed to win the cup. The mixed doubles, singles, and team games were worth one point each, and ties were worth one half point each to both teams. The skins games were worth a total of five points. Six mixed doubles and six singles games were played, along with eighteen team games and six skins games.


2015 Continental Cup of Curling, Teams
The teams will be selected from the top teams in each region. Six teams from each region will compete against each other in the competition. The teams from Canada earn the right to represent Team Canada by virtue of winning certain events, namely the Canada Cup of Curling and the Canadian National Championships (the Brier and the Tournament of Hearts). The final two teams are the teams who represented Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics.


2015 Continental Cup of Curling, Teams
For Team Europe, the teams participating include Olympic bronze medallist Eve Muirhead, Olympic silver medallist Margaretha Sigfridsson, world bronze medallist Anna Sidorova, Olympic bronze medallist Niklas Edin, two-time world champion David Murdoch, and two-time European champion Thomas Ulsrud.


2015 Continental Cup of Curling, Events
All times listed are in Mountain Standard Time (UTC−7). The draws for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday were released on Wednesday night, and the draws for Sunday were released on Saturday afternoon.


2015 Continental Cup of Curling, Statistics
The statistics for team play, including team skins play, are listed below. The percentages are calculated for each player by rating their shots in each game. Each shot the player attempts is scored out of four based on how well the shot is made.


2015 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge
The 2015 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season was the series' sixteenth running and the second under the International Motor Sports Association's sanction. The Grand Sport portion was won by Andrew Davis and Robin Liddell who drove the #6 car for Stevenson Motorsports.


2015 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge, Schedule
Unlike the United SportsCar Championship, which the series supports, no street circuits were used.


2015 Cook Islands Round Cup
The 2015 Cook Islands Round Cup is the forty-second recorded season of top flight association football competition in the Cook Islands, with any results between 1951 and 1969, and also in 1986 and 1988–1990 currently unknown. Tupapa Maraerenga won the title by four points from second place finishers Titikaveka. This was Tupapa's second title in a row and the fifth time they had won the Round Cup in the last six seasons.


2015 Copa ASOBAL
The 2015 Copa ASOBAL was the 26th edition of the Copa ASOBAL. It took place like the previous year in the Palacio de los Deportes, in León, Castile and León, on 19 and 20 December 2015. The tournament was hosted by ABANCA Ademar León and León city council, being the sixth time León hosted Copa ASOBAL.


2015 Copa ASOBAL
FC Barcelona Lassa won its 11th Copa ASOBAL by defeating Naturhouse La Rioja 35–31 in the Final.


2015 Copa ASOBAL, Qualified teams
Qualified teams for this edition are the top three teams on standings at midseason (matchday 15) plus the host team (ABANCA Ademar León).


2015 Copa ASOBAL, TV coverage
The tournament was broadcast in Spain in Canal+ Deportes 2 HD and worldwide via


2015 Copa Amsterdam
The 2015 Copa Amsterdam was the 11th edition of the Copa Amsterdam (Aegon Copa Amsterdam), which took place at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam from 23 to 25 May 2015.


2015 Copa América
The 2015 Copa América was the 44th edition of the Copa América, the main international football tournament for national teams in South America, and took place in Chile between 11 June and 4 July 2015. The competition was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body.


2015 Copa América
Twelve teams competed: the ten members of CONMEBOL and two guests from CONCACAF – Mexico and Jamaica, the latter of which competed in the Copa América for the first time.


2015 Copa América
Uruguay were the defending champions, but were eliminated by the host nation Chile in the quarter-finals. Chile won their first title, defeating Argentina in the final on penalties after a goalless draw. As winners, they qualified for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia.


2015 Copa América, Host country
Originally, it was to be hosted by Brazil, as suggested by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) in February 2011 due to CONMEBOL's rotation policy of tournaments being held in alphabetical order. However, due to the organization of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics in that country, Brazil decided against also hosting the Copa América. CONMEBOL's president Nicolas Leoz had mentioned the possibility of the tournament being organized in Mexico (despite this country not being a member of CONMEBOL) as part of the federation's centenary celebrations. Brazil and Chile's Football Federations discussed the idea of swapping around the order of being hosts of the 2015 and 2019 tournaments. The swap was made official in May 2012.


2015 Copa América, Venues
There were nine different stadiums in eight cities used for the tournament. Most stadiums were renovated or rebuilt for the contest.


2015 Copa América, Teams
Mexico and Japan were initially invited to join the 10 CONMEBOL nations in the tournament. Japan declined the invitation, and China was invited instead, but later withdrew due to the Asian sector of qualification for the 2018 World Cup being held at the same time. In May 2014, it was announced that the Jamaica Football Federation had accepted an invitation to participate. Thus making Jamaica the first Caribbean nation to compete in Copa America.


2015 Copa América, Draw
The draw of the tournament was originally to be held on 27 October 2014 in Viña del Mar, but was postponed to 24 November. The 12 teams were drawn into four groups of three.


2015 Copa América, Draw
CONMEBOL announced the composition of the four pots on 10 November 2014. Pot 1 contained the hosts Chile (which has been automatically assigned to position A1), together with Argentina and Brazil. The remaining nine teams were allocated to the other three pots according to their FIFA World Rankings as of 23 October 2014 (shown in brackets), even though Colombia was rated higher than Brazil. On 23 November 2014, it was announced by CONMEBOL that Argentina and Brazil had been assigned to positions B1 and C1, respectively.


2015 Copa América, Squads
Each country had a final squad of 23 players (three of whom had to be goalkeepers) which had to be submitted before the deadline of 1 June 2015.


2015 Copa América, Squads
The 2015 UEFA Champions League Final date of 6 June caused problems for South American players for Barcelona and Juventus. FIFA international rules require clubs to release players 14 days prior to the start of an international tournament, but the players featured in the final, leaving them at most five days to acclimate. For example, Arturo Vidal arrived two days before Chile's first match against Ecuador, and played with little training with his national team.


2015 Copa América, Squads
Mexico manager Miguel Herrera decided to prioritize the upcoming 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, saying, "We have to win at all costs in order to face the United States in the playoffs that guarantee a spot in the 2017 Confederations Cup." The Mexican squad was a team composed mostly from the local league with little international experience.


2015 Copa América, Squads
Uruguayan forward Luis Suárez was suspended for the whole tournament, as he served a nine-match ban in international football for biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during Uruguay's final group stage match against Italy in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.


2015 Copa América, Group stage
The first round, or group stage, saw the twelve teams divided into three groups of four teams. Each group was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams finishing first, second and two best-placed third teams in each group qualified for the quarter-finals.


2015 Copa América, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, the eight teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the following rules:


2015 Copa América, Statistics, Goalscorers
Chile's Eduardo Vargas and Peru's Paolo Guerrero scored the most goals, with 4 each. In total, 59 goals were scored by 39 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.


2015 Copa América, Statistics, Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.


2015 Copa América, Marketing, Logo and slogan
On 2 April 2014, the official logo was unveiled, along with the slogan "El Corazón del Fútbol" ("The Heart of Football").


2015 Copa América, Marketing, Match ball
On 16 November 2014, the official match ball (OMB) was unveiled at the Estadio Nacional. The name of the ball is Nike Cachaña, which is a Chilean slang term for a successful feint or dribble. During its launch, the Chilean international Arturo Vidal was present. The ball is mainly designed with white as main appearance featured with blue and red applications, representing host nation Chile. The colors of Chilean flag make a statement in the design of this ball: the red representing the people, the blue symbolizing the Chilean sky, and the white for the Andes that so strongly define the geography of this country.


2015 Copa América, Marketing, Mascot
The official mascot of the tournament, a young culpeo fox, was unveiled on 17 November 2014. The name of the mascot, "Zincha" (from Zorro (fox) and hINCHA (fan)), was chosen by the public over two other options, "Andi" and "Kul".


2015 Copa América, Marketing, Official song
"Al Sur del Mundo" by Chilean group Noche de Brujas served as the official song of the tournament. It was performed during the opening ceremony of the competition on 11 June. It features the different cultures of the twelve competing nations.


2015 Copa América, Incidents and controversies
The day after Chile's draw 3–3 against México in their second group match, Jorge Sampaoli decided to give the players a day off training. The players had to be at Juan Pinto Durán by 9 PM, and everyone arrived on time, except Arturo Vidal. Later, it was discovered that he was involved in a traffic accident on his way back to the training ground and put under arrest by driving under alcohol influence. Vidal spent the night in jail, and went to trial the morning after. Vidal's driver license was revoked, and sentenced to pay for the damage done. Later, both Sampaoli and Vidal spoke to press, as Vidal returned to the training ground. Despite contrary reports, Sampaoli opted to keep him on the team.


2015 Copa América, Incidents and controversies
An on-pitch brawl broke out following Colombia's 1–0 win over Brazil in their second group match; Brazilian captain Neymar deliberately kicked the ball at opponent Pablo Armero and attempted to headbutt Colombian matchwinner Jeison Murillo, earning a red card. As a result, Colombian forward Carlos Bacca retaliated by pushing Neymar over, and was himself sent off. CONMEBOL fined Neymar $10,000 and suspended him for four matches, ruling him out for the remainder of the tournament, while Bacca was suspended for two matches.


2015 Copa América, Incidents and controversies
In Chile's quarter-final victory over Uruguay, full-back Gonzalo Jara poked Uruguayan forward Edinson Cavani in the anus, and then fell when Cavani slapped him in retaliation. Both Cavani and Jara received a yellow card for the incident, which resulted in Cavani being sent off because he had previously received another yellow card for insulting one of the referees' assistants. Jara was later suspended for two games, which made him miss the rest of the tournament. His club, Mainz 05 of Germany, criticized Jara for the incident and stated that he would be sold. However he would remain with the club until 16 January 2016 when he agreed to terminate his contract with them.


2015 Copa América Final
The 2015 Copa América Final was the final match of the 2015 Copa América, an international football tournament organized by CONMEBOL that was played in Chile.


2015 Copa América Final
The match was held on 4 July 2015 in Santiago's Estadio Nacional, and contested by hosts Chile, and Argentina. Following a goalless draw, Chile defeated Argentina in a penalty shootout to win their first title and qualify for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia.


2015 Copa América Final
A new trophy was supposed to be created for the tournament and was to be unveiled on 4 July 2015 at the final. No trophy was unveiled amidst the FIFA corruption scandal.


2015 Copa América Final, Background
This edition was the seventh hosted by Chile. The match marked the third time Chile had reached a final. They had never won the competition; their last finals appearance was in 1987, when they were defeated by Uruguay. Meanwhile, Argentina reached its fifth final in Chilean territory. Their previous finals appearance was in 2007, when they were defeated by Brazil, while their last championship (including worldwide tournaments) was won in 1993.


2015 Copa América Final, Background
Including the editions from 1916 to 1967, when the Campeonato Sudamericano had a round-robin tournament format without a final match; it was the fifth appearance of Chile, and the twenty-seventh of Argentina, in the top two.


2015 Copa América Final, Match, Summary
Both sides had opportunities to open the scoring, and Chilean goalkeeper Claudio Bravo made a close-range save from Sergio Agüero, who had been set up by Lionel Messi. However, soon afterwards, Argentina made the first substitution due to a hamstring injury, with Ángel Di María making way for Ezequiel Lavezzi. Chile finished the first half with three yellow cards, while Argentina had none.


2015 Copa América Final, Match, Summary
Chile began the second half with attacking momentum, and the first Argentine yellow card went to Javier Mascherano for deliberate handball. With 15 minutes remaining, both teams made substitutions, with Argentina switching their center-forward from Agüero to Gonzalo Higuaín, and Chile making an alteration in midfield, replacing Jorge Valdivia with Matías Fernández. Minutes later, Arturo Vidal went down in the penalty area, but no foul was called.


2015 Copa América Final, Match, Summary
With nine minutes remaining of regulation time, Argentina made their final substitution, Javier Pastore was replaced by Éver Banega; soon after his entrance into the game, Banega was fouled by Charles Aránguiz, who was booked. Argentina then had their best chance of the game with only seconds remaining in regular time. Argentina staged a counterattack after Chile lost the ball. Messi dribbled past two Chilean defenders before passing the ball to Lavezzi near the penalty area, Lavezzi then passed the ball to Higuaín, who charged down the right side with a tight angle to shoot. His shot was inches wide of the inside of the post, however, and instead the ball hit the outside of the net. After regulation time, the game remained goalless.


2015 Copa América Final, Match, Summary
Early into extra time, Chile made their second substitution, replacing Eduardo Vargas with Ángelo Henríquez. In the final minutes of extra time, Chile had a corner, which was cleared by Lucas Biglia and Higuaín. During the second period of extra time, Chile had their best chance to take the lead, after a goal throw from Claudio Bravo failed to be properly cleared away by Mascherano, leaving Alexis Sánchez to run down the pitch and shoot, only for his shot to go over the crossbar. Later on, Messi was fouled, giving a free kick to Argentina, which Gary Medel cleared three times from the Chilean penalty area to take the game into a penalty shootout.


2015 Copa América Final, Match, Summary
Matías Fernández took the first penalty, dispatching it past Argentine goalkeeper Sergio Romero, and Messi netted Argentina's first attempt to keep the scores level after the first round. Second was Vidal, who scored, despite Romero making contact with his shot. Higuaín then missed, with an attempt which went too high. Aránguíz scored from a powerful attempt and then Bravo saved Banega's shot. Alexis Sánchez scored the winning penalty, a Panenka-style finish.


2015 Copa América Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Alexander Guzmán (Colombia)Cristian De La Cruz (Colombia)Fourth official:José Argote (Venezuela)Fifth official:Christian Lescano (Ecuador)


2015 Copa América Group A
Group A of the 2015 Copa América was one of the three groups of competing nations in the 2015 Copa América. It consisted of hosts Chile, guests Mexico of CONCACAF, Ecuador, and Bolivia. Group play began on 11 June 2015 and ended on 19 June 2015.


2015 Copa América Group A, Matches, Chile vs Ecuador
Assistant referees:Hernan Maidana (Argentina)Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina)Fourth official:Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)Fifth official:Ricardo Morgan (Jamaica)


2015 Copa América Group A, Matches, Mexico vs Bolivia
Assistant referees:Rodney Aquino (Paraguay)Carlos Cáceres (Paraguay)Fourth official:Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)Fifth official:Carlos Pastorino (Uruguay)


2015 Copa América Group A, Matches, Ecuador vs Bolivia
Assistant referees:Garnet Page (Jamaica)Ricardo Morgan (Jamaica)Fourth official:Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)Fifth official:Alexander Guzmán (Colombia)


2015 Copa América Group A, Matches, Chile vs Mexico
Assistant referees:César Escano (Peru)Johnny Bossio (Peru)Fourth official:José Argote (Venezuela)Fifth official:Rodney Aquino (Paraguay)


2015 Copa América Group A, Matches, Mexico vs Ecuador
Assistant referees:Jorge Urrego (Venezuela)Cristian De La Cruz (Colombia)Fourth official:Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)Fifth official:Carlos Cáceres (Paraguay)


2015 Copa América Group A, Matches, Chile vs Bolivia
Assistant referees:Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay)Carlos Pastorino (Uruguay)Fourth official:Sandro Ricci (Brazil)Fifth official:Fabio Pereira (Brazil)


2015 Copa América Group B
Group B of the 2015 Copa América was one of the three groups of competing nations in the 2015 Copa América. It consisted of Argentina, Uruguay (title holders), Paraguay, and guests Jamaica of CONCACAF. Group play began on 13 June 2015 and ended on 20 June 2015.


2015 Copa América Group B, Matches, Uruguay vs Jamaica
Assistant referees:Jorge Urrego (Venezuela)Jairo Romero (Venezuela)Fourth official:Jorge Osorio (Chile)Fifth official:Javier Bustillos (Bolivia)


2015 Copa América Group B, Matches, Argentina vs Paraguay
Man of the Match:Lionel Messi (Argentina) was initially named the Man of the Match, but didn't accept the title. Therefore, Nelson Valdez (Paraguay) was named as the Man of the Match.


2015 Copa América Group B, Matches, Argentina vs Paraguay
Assistant referees:Alexander Guzmán (Colombia)Cristian De La Cruz (Colombia)Fourth official:Julio Bascuñán (Chile)Fifth official:Raúl Orellana (Chile)


2015 Copa América Group B, Matches, Paraguay vs Jamaica
Assistant referees:Christian Lescano (Ecuador)Byron Romero (Ecuador)Fourth official:Jorge Osorio (Chile)Fifth official:Jorge Urrego (Venezuela)


2015 Copa América Group B, Matches, Argentina vs Uruguay
Assistant referees:Emerson De Carvalho (Brazil)Fabio Pereira (Brazil)Fourth official:Julio Bascuñán (Chile)Fifth official:Raúl Orellana (Chile)


2015 Copa América Group B, Matches, Uruguay vs Paraguay
Assistant referees:José Luis Camargo (Mexico)Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)Fourth official:Enrique Osses (Chile)Fifth official:Raúl Orellana (Chile)


2015 Copa América Group B, Matches, Argentina vs Jamaica
Assistant referees:Carlos Astroza (Chile)Marcelo Barraza (Chile)Fourth official:Raúl Orosco (Bolivia)Fifth official:Javier Bustillos (Bolivia)


2015 Copa América Group C
Group C of the 2015 Copa América was one of the three groups of competing nations in the 2015 Copa América. It consisted of Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela. Group play began on 14 June 2015 and ended on 21 June 2015.


2015 Copa América Group C, Matches, Colombia vs Venezuela
Assistant referees:Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay)Carlos Pastorino (Uruguay)Fourth official:Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)Fifth official:Carlos Cáceres (Paraguay)


2015 Copa América Group C, Matches, Brazil vs Peru
Assistant referees:José Luis Camargo (Mexico)Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)Fourth official:Raúl Orosco (Bolivia)Fifth official:Juan P. Montaño (Bolivia)


2015 Copa América Group C, Matches, Brazil vs Colombia
Assistant referees:Carlos Astroza (Chile)Marcelo Barraza (Chile)Fourth official:Néstor Pitana (Argentina)Fifth official:Hernan Maidana (Argentina)


2015 Copa América Group C, Matches, Peru vs Venezuela
Assistant referees:Javier Bustillos (Bolivia)Juan P. Montaño (Bolivia)Fourth official:Roberto García (Mexico)Fifth official:José Luis Camargo (Mexico)


2015 Copa América Group C, Matches, Colombia vs Peru
Assistant referees:Hernan Maidana (Argentina)Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina)Fourth official:Carlos Vera (Ecuador)Fifth official:Christian Lescano (Ecuador)


2015 Copa América Group C, Matches, Brazil vs Venezuela
Assistant referees:Rodney Aquino (Paraguay)Carlos Cáceres (Paraguay)Fourth official:Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)Fifth official:Garnet Page (Jamaica)


2015 Copa América de Futsal
The 2015 Copa América de Futsal was the 11th edition of the Copa América de Futsal, the international futsal championship under FIFA rules organised by CONMEBOL for the men's national teams of South America. The tournament was held in Portoviejo, Ecuador between August 23–30, 2015.


2015 Copa América de Futsal, Teams
A total of nine CONMEBOL member national teams participated in the tournament. Bolivia did not participate due to financial problems.


2015 Copa América de Futsal, Venues
All matches were played in one venue: Complejo Deportivo La California in Portoviejo.


2015 Copa América de Futsal, Referees
The official referees for the tournament were announced on 10 August 2015.


2015 Copa América de Futsal, Group stage
The nine teams were drawn into one group of five teams and one group of four teams. The hosts Ecuador were placed in Group A, plus each group contained one team from each of the four "pairing pots": Argentina–Brazil, Colombia–Paraguay, Peru–Uruguay, Chile–Venezuela.