2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15
As Movistar continued to ride hard at the beginning of the climb, most of the break was caught, with only Zubeldia able to continue alone for any length of time. He was caught with around 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) remaining. Quintana put in an attack at this point, but he was marked by Luis León Sánchez, as the rest of the Astana team brought the move back. Astana continued setting the pace most of the way up the climb. Dumoulin was struggling to stay with the group with around 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) remaining and he was dropped shortly afterwards.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15
He spent the rest of the climb riding at tempo to attempt to limit his losses. Giovanni Visconti (Movistar) took up the pace-setting at the front of the group. In the last 2 kilometres (1.2 mi), however, Joaquim Rodríguez put in a strong attack that dropped Quintana, along with most of the other riders. Aru and Majka attempted to chase; Aru then dropped off and was caught by Esteban Chaves (Orica-GreenEDGE), Landa and Quintana. Rodríguez continued on to take the stage victory – his tenth in the Vuelta – with Majka 12 seconds behind in second place. Quintana and Aru finished together, 15 seconds behind Rodríguez. Dumoulin, who had at one point been over 1' 20" behind, finished in eleventh place on the stage, 51 seconds back.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15
At the end of the stage, Aru retained the red jersey, but Rodríguez was now just one second behind. Dumoulin dropped to fourth place – 1' 25" behind Aru – with Majka moving up into third. Rodríguez also took the lead in both the points and combination classifications.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16
7 September 2015 — Luarca to Ermita del Alba, Quirós, 185 km (115 mi)


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16
The sixteenth stage was the final stage of the second week of the race. It was the third of three consecutive summit finishes and included seven categorised climbs as the race entered the Cantabrian Mountains. The stage was a 185-kilometre (115 mi) route from Luarca to Quirós. The road climbed from the very start: the third-category Alto de Aristébano (14.6 kilometres (9.1 mi) at 3.4%) began at the end of the neutral zone.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16
After the descent and some small uncategorised climbs came the second-category Alto de Piedratecha (10.6 kilometres (6.6 mi) at 4.8%), the summit of which came after 43 kilometres (27 mi). This was followed by a plateau and a long descent, then the third-category Alto de Cabruñana (4.8 kilometres (3.0 mi) at 6.7%). Around 25 kilometres (16 mi) of flat roads followed, before the second-category climb of the Alto del Tenebredo (3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) at 8.9%). There was then a descent and around 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) of flat roads.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16
At this point there were 43.5 kilometres (27.0 mi) remaining, which included almost no flat roads. First came the second-category climb of the Alto del Cordal (8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi) at 5.7%), then the first-category Alto de la Cobertoria (9.8 kilometres (6.1 mi) at 8.7%). These climbs often come before the famous climb of the Alto de l'Angliru, but the 2015 edition of the race introduced a new climb, the special-category Alto Ermita de Alba. This was a 6.8-kilometre (4.2 mi) climb at 11.1%, including sections at over 20%. The Alto Ermita de Alba was described by Javier Guillén, the race director, as "very tough".


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16
A ten-rider breakaway formed quickly at the beginning of the stage. The riders were Fränk Schleck (Trek Factory Racing), Rodolfo Torres (Colombia), Moreno Moser (Cannondale-Garmin), Cyril Lemoine (Cofidis), Larry Warbasse (IAM), George Bennett (LottoNL-Jumbo), Omar Fraile (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Carlos Verona (Etixx-Quick Step), Pierre Rolland (Europcar) and Tsgabu Grmay (Lampre-Merida). Fraile won each of the first five climbs of the day to extend his lead in the mountains classification. In the peloton, meanwhile, there was a dispute between Astana and Katusha – the teams of Aru and Rodríguez – over who would lead the chase. At one point the lead was over 20 minutes, but eventually Katusha took on the chase and began to bring the lead group back.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16
The lead group broke up on the penultimate climb, the Alto de la Cobertoria, with Torres and Schleck going clear. They were still 10 minutes ahead of the peloton. The two riders came into the final climb together, with Fraile, Verona and Bennett chasing. Schleck attacked Torres several times on the slopes of the Ermita de Alba. Although Torres was able to follow these initial attacks, Schleck put in another, stronger attack with around 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the finish.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16
Schleck rode away on the steepest portion of the climb to take the stage victory – his first victory in a Grand Tour since the 2009 Tour de France and his first ever stage victory in the Vuelta a España. Torres finished second, over a minute behind, with Moser another 38 seconds behind in third.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16
In the main peloton, the main action came on the final three climbs. Tinkoff-Saxo rode hard on the first of these, the Alto del Cordal, before Astana did the same on the Alto de la Cobertoria. This reduced the peloton to a group of fifteen riders. Despite the attempts of the other teams, Dumoulin was able to follow the other riders. On the final climb, Paweł Poljański put in a strong effort on behalf of Majka, before Landa took over at the front of the group.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16
Landa rode hard all the way up the climb; this caused Aru, his teammate, to struggle, as well as several of the other riders. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Chaves were both dropped in the final 2 kilometres (1.2 mi). Dumoulin held on to the group until the final kilometre. At that moment, Rodríguez attacked and finished first among the general classification riders, nearly nine minutes behind Schleck. Aru chased hard, but finished two seconds behind Rodríguez and so lost the red jersey by one second. Dumoulin lost 27 seconds to Rodríguez, putting him 1' 51" behind the race leader with his strongest discipline – the individual time trial – to come after the rest day.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17
9 September 2015 — Burgos, 38.7 km (24 mi) Individual time trial (ITT)


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17
The seventeenth stage followed the final rest day of the race and was the only individual time trial of the Vuelta. It started and finished in the city of Burgos and was mostly flat. The route approximately followed a figure-of-eight pattern. The first loop left the city to the east and took the riders to Cardeñajimeno. Here the course turned south towards Carcedo de Burgos, passing the monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña in Castrillo del Val. This was the hilliest portion of the course.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17
The route turned to the north-west in Carcedo de Burgos and returned to Burgos itself after 21.8 kilometres (13.5 mi). The second loop of the course began by taking the riders west and then north across the Arlanzón River. The route continued west until a tight turn with 11.2 kilometres (7.0 mi) to the finish line. After this, the route continued east and passed the city centre to the north. With 6.9 kilometres (4.3 mi) to go, the route turned back into the city. The final part of the course included several tight corners and finished outside Burgos Cathedral. The course was expected to suit the strong rouleurs and time-trialists; it was unusual among recent Vuelta time-trial courses because it did not contain any significant climbs. The course was particularly expected to favour Tom Dumoulin: during the rest day he described the course as "exactly what I like".


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17
The 167 riders remaining in the Vuelta set off in reverse order. Boy van Poppel (Trek Factory Racing) was in last place on the general classification before the stage and therefore was the first to start. The following 137 riders set off at one-minute intervals; the final 29 riders started at two-minute intervals. Joaquim Rodríguez was the last rider to start.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17
The first rider to set a benchmark time was Gediminas Bagdonas (AG2R-La Mondiale), who finished the course in 49' 22"; Bagdonas caught Boy van Poppel on the finish line, despite starting four minutes behind him. The first significant time, however, was set by Maciej Bodnar (Tinkoff–Saxo), the eighteenth rider to start. He completed the course in 47' 05" and took the lead. Steve Cummings (MTN-Qhubeka) and Vasil Kiryienka (Sky) were among the favourites for the stage victory, but neither was able to challenge Bodnar's time.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17
Two Frenchmen – Jérôme Coppel (IAM) and Romain Sicard (Europcar) – achieved times that would put them in the top 10 at the end of the stage, but Bodnar's time was still leading as the general classification favourites took to the course. As the top five riders were about to start, rain began to fall, although it was not strong enough to affect the riders significantly.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17
Tom Dumoulin put time into his rivals from the very start of the course. He was first at both the intermediate checkpoints and completed the course in 46' 01 ", over a minute ahead of Bodnar. Valverde put in a strong time to finish in third place on the day, with his teammate Quintana sixth. Rodríguez, however, looked uncomfortable on his time trial bicycle throughout the course and lost over three minutes to Dumoulin; he fell to third place overall. Fabio Aru put in a strong ride: he finished tenth on the stage, 1' 53" behind Dumoulin. Dumoulin therefore took over the race lead, but he was only three seconds ahead of Aru. Aru described his own position in the race as "not bad at all".


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 18
10 September 2015 — Roa de Duero to Riaza, 204 km (127 mi)


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 18
Stage 18 was a 204-kilometre (127 mi) route from Roa de Duero to Riaza. The first part of the stage was fairly flat as the peloton travelled southeast. After 75 kilometres (47 mi) was the first climb of the day, the third-category Alto Santibáñez de Ayllón (7.8 kilometres (4.8 mi) at 4%). Soon afterwards was the Alto del Campanario (6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) at 3.9%). The following 80 kilometres (50 mi) were consistently up and down, with barely any flat roads, as the riders travelled south through the Tejera Negra national park, then north towards the stage finish.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 18
The final climb of the day came after 181 kilometres (112 mi). This was the first-category Puerto de la Quesera (10 kilometres (6.2 mi) at 5.2%). From the summit there were 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) of descent to the finish line in Riaza. The stage was expected to favour riders from a breakaway.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 18
The stage again began with a contest to get into the day's breakaway. Eventually a 25-rider breakaway was formed, without any general classification favourites present. Ángel Madrazo (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA) was first at the summit of the first and second climbs of the day, with the peloton over five minutes behind. The break still had a five-minute lead with 50 kilometres (31 mi) to the finish line. Astana came to the front of the peloton in order to support Aru and to attempt to isolate Dumoulin from his teammates; Dumoulin stayed close to Aru's wheel. With 35 kilometres (22 mi) to race, Joaquim Rodríguez put in an attack, but he was chased down by the Astana team.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 18
In the breakaway, Cyril Gautier (Europcar) attacked just before the final climb. On the climb, he was caught and passed by two other riders from the breakaway: Nicolas Roche (Sky) and Haimar Zubeldia (Trek Factory Racing). Roche led over the summit of the Puerto de la Quesera. Astana's work had significantly reduced the breakaway's lead: midway through the climb they were 1' 30" behind the breakaway. There were several attacks during the climb: Aru attacked Dumoulin six times, with Valverde and Chaves also attempting to escape from the group of favourites. None of them were able to get away, however, and the group came to the top of the climb together, a minute behind Roche and Zubeldia.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 18
Roche and Zubeldia came to the finish line together. Roche ensured the stage ended in a fast sprint and took the stage victory. This was Roche's second stage victory in the Vuelta and his first for Team Sky. José Gonçalves (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA), another rider from the early breakaway, finished third, 18" behind Roche. The group of favourites finished together a further 20" back, with no changes to the top 10. Omar Fraile, meanwhile, was almost assured of victory in the mountains classification: his 50-point lead over Fränk Schleck was more than the points available on the remaining stages.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 19
11 September 2015 — Medina del Campo to Ávila, 185.8 km (115 mi)


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 19
Stage 19 was another moderately hilly stage, with a climb and a descent shortly before the finish. It was a 185.8 kilometres (115 mi) route from Medina del Campo to Ávila. The route started with a long section of flat roads that took the riders south through the city of Ávila and across the finish line for the first time, with 99 kilometres (62 mi) left in the stage. There was then a loop to the south-east of the city, which began with the climb of the third-category Alto de Valdavia (13 kilometres (8.1 mi) at 2.7%).


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 19
There was then a long descent and a gradual ascent before the final categorised climb of the day. This was the second-category Alto de la Paramera (8.7 kilometres (5.4 mi) at 4.5%). The summit of the climb came with 19 kilometres (12 mi) to the finish, and the riders descended back into Ávila. As they entered the city, the road rose steeply on cobbled roads to the finish line.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 19
Unlike several of the previous days, the breakaway was quick to form. It was made up of 24 riders and went clear after 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) of racing. They quickly built a lead of over 15 minutes. The first significant incident of the day was a crash in the main peloton after 72 kilometres (45 mi). Fabio Aru fell to the ground, while Tom Dumoulin was among the riders delayed. Although Aru made several trips to the medical car after the incident, he was not badly injured. The peloton was led throughout the stage by Giant-Alpecin.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 19
With 44 kilometres (27 mi) to the end of the stage, Tiago Machado (Katusha) attacked the breakaway. Markel Irizar (Trek Factory Racing) attempted to follow him but suffered a puncture. Although Machado had a lead of 30 seconds at one point, there was a chase from the group behind and his lead fell. Two riders then bridged across to Machado. These were Alexis Gougeard (AG2R-La Mondiale) and Leonardo Duque (Colombia). The three-man group built a lead that increased to 50 seconds.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 19
Duque was dropped from the group and was caught by Maxime Monfort (Lotto-Soudal) and Natnael Berhane (MTN-Qhubeka), who had also attacked the breakaway group. On the final categorised climb, with 22.5 kilometres (14.0 mi) remaining in the stage and an 18-minute lead over the peloton, Machado was dropped by Gougeard, while Berhane was also dropped by the group behind. Monfort caught Machado; they were then joined by Amaël Moinard (BMC) and Andrey Amador (Movistar) to form a four-man group chasing Gougeard. Although they were at times within sight of Gougeard, he was able to stay away and took a solo stage win. On the cobbled section, Nelson Oliveira (Lampre-Merida) caught and passed the chasing group to take second place on the stage, 40" behind Gougeard, with Monfort taking third.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 19
In the main field, which ultimately finished over 16 minutes behind Gougeard, Valverde attacked on the Alto de la Paramera but was chased by Tinkoff-Saxo. He attacked twice more, eventually being joined by Diego Rosa (Astana) and gaining a few seconds' lead. He dropped Rosa, but the group caught him on the cobbled climb. Dumoulin was supported well by his team: although the lead group had been reduced to 20 riders, he was still accompanied by Lawson Craddock and John Degenkolb.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 19
With the assistance of his teammates, Dumoulin attacked on the climb and was joined by Daniel Moreno (Katusha); although Aru chased hard, he lost a further three seconds to Dumoulin, who therefore increased his general classification lead to six seconds. Giant-Alpecin's directeur sportif, Christian Guiberteau, described Degenkolb's riding in support of Dumoulin as "phenomenal".


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20
12 September 2015 — San Lorenzo de El Escorial to Cercedilla, 175.8 km (109 mi)


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20
Stage 20 was the final mountainous stage of the Vuelta and included four first-category climbs in 175.8 kilometres (109.2 mi) of racing. The stage began in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, leaving the town to the north and reaching Cercedilla after 17 kilometres (11 mi). The route did not pass the finish line but continued north and started the first climb of the day, the Puerto de Navacerrada (9.4 kilometres (5.8 mi) at 6.6%).


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20
After a short plateau and a steep descent, the riders started climbing again with the northern face of the Puerto de la Morcuera (11.5 kilometres (7.1 mi) at 5.4%). After another steep descent, there were around 40 kilometres (25 mi) of flat roads, which took the riders around in a loop. They then returned to Cercedilla using the same roads in the opposite direction. This meant that they first climbed the southern face of the Puerto de la Morcuera (10.4 kilometres (6.5 mi) at 6.6%).


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20
Following the descent, they reached the final climb of the day, the Puerto de Cotos (11 kilometres (6.8 mi) at 5.3%). This brought them back to the plateau with 17.8 kilometres (11.1 mi) to the finish line. They then descended from the plateau back into Cercedilla to the finish line. The stage was Fabio Aru's last chance to take back time on Tom Dumoulin; before the stage Alasdair Fotheringham wrote on Cyclingnews.com that the race was still "too close to call".


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20
The stage again began with a contest to get into the day's breakaway. Eventually a group of ten riders formed. These were Rubén Plaza (Lampre-Merida), Adam Hansen (Lotto-Soudal), Jaco Venter (MTN-Qhubeka), Larry Warbasse (IAM Cycling), Daniel Navarro (Cofidis), Jay McCarthy (Tinkoff-Saxo), José Gonçalves (Caja Rural-Seguros), Eduard Vorganov (Katusha), Moreno Moser (Cannondale-Garmin), Miguel Ángel Rubiano (Colombia) and Yukiya Arashiro (Europcar). 29 more riders escaped from the peloton and chased the leaders. At the top of the first climb, the lead group had a minute's lead, with a further five minutes to the peloton.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20
On the second climb, Plaza attacked alone and built a lead of over two minutes. The two groups behind came together to form a 38-rider chase group. Plaza by this point was 13 minutes ahead of the peloton. His lead to the chasing group fell on the way to the third climb of the day, but then rose again on the climb to reach three minutes. Plaza's lead was nearly two minutes at the top of the final climb and he held on to take the stage victory. Gonçalves and Alessandro De Marchi (Lotto-Soudal) broke away from the rest of the group and took second and third places respectively, over a minute behind Plaza. Plaza's solo effort started 117 kilometres (73 mi) from the finish line and lasted for more than three hours.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20
Astana moved to the head of the main peloton after the second climb of the day. Although Dumoulin was still in the group, he had lost most of his teammates. Astana then attacked with 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) remaining on the third climb: Mikel Landa attacked first; Aru followed him and was joined by Quintana and Rafał Majka. Dumoulin was dropped but was then able to ride back to the group. By this point the group contained just eight riders: Landa, Aru, Quintana, Majka, Dumoulin, Rodríguez, Chaves and Mikel Nieve (Sky). Towards the summit, Dumoulin and Nieve were dropped.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20
Dumoulin attempted to ride back to the group on the descent and flat; Aru, however, had three teammates in the group (Luis León Sánchez and Andrey Zeits had dropped back from the early breakaway) and they were able to defend their lead. On the final climb, Quintana and Majka attacked and gained over a minute's lead ahead of the rest of the group; they were assisted by Andrey Amador, Quintana's teammate, who had also been in the breakaway. Rodríguez rode hard at the front of the group to defend his overall position. Quintana and Majka finished around 50" ahead of Rodríguez, Aru and Chaves. Dumoulin finished nearly four minutes further back. Aru therefore moved into the race lead, with Rodríguez in second and Majka third. Dumoulin dropped to sixth place.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20
Aru said after the stage that he had been able to tell that Dumoulin was tired. He paid particular credit to his teammates who had encouraged him to attack from a long way out. Dumoulin said that he had been "just empty" before he was dropped on the Morcuera. Plaza's stage victory was described as "extraordinary" and "epic" by Cycling Weekly; he said after the climb that he knew the climbs well and had intended to ride all the way to the finish when he made his initial attack. The stage victory was his second in the Vuelta (following a time-trial win in 2005) and also his second Grand Tour stage of the season, after he also won a stage of the 2015 Tour de France.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 21
13 September 2015 — Alcalá de Henares to Madrid, 98.8 km (61 mi)


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 21
The final stage of the 2015 Vuelta was short and flat. It began with a 40-kilometre (25 mi) section of flat roads that took the riders from Alcalá de Henares to a finishing circuit in the centre of Madrid. The finishing circuit itself was 5.8 kilometres (3.6 mi) in length, including four sharp corners. The final corner, a hairpin turn, came with a little over 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) to the finish line. The riders rode ten complete laps of the circuit; the stage was 98.8 kilometres (61 mi) in total. The stage was almost entirely flat. The stage took place in the evening and was intended to be a festive conclusion to the Vuelta.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 21
The first part of the stage was not ridden competitively. At the end of the first complete lap was the day's intermediate sprint. Joaquim Rodríguez had suffered a puncture immediately before the sprint and Alejandro Valverde, who had been two points behind him in the points classification, took the four points available at the lead of the competition.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 21
Rodríguez said after the stage that he was angry that Valverde had taken the green jersey from him when the final stage was meant to be a party; the two riders were known not to get on, following an incident at the 2013 world championships road race. After the sprint, six riders formed a breakaway. These were Ben King (Cannondale-Garmin), Matteo Montaguti (Ag2r-La Mondiale), Omar Fraile (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Laurent Pichon (FDJ), Carlos Verona (Etixx-Quick Step) and Giovanni Visconti (Movistar). Their lead never exceeded 30" and they were caught on the penultimate lap. Despite further attacks, the peloton stayed together and the stage ended in a bunch sprint.


2015 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 21
Giant-Alpecin's lead-out train included Tom Dumoulin and they took over at the front of the peloton with 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) to the finish line. The team gave John Degenkolb a perfect lead-out; although Degenkolb started sprinting early, he was able to take the victory by a large margin over Danny van Poppel to take his first stage victory of the 2015 Vuelta. Jempy Drucker (BMC) finished third. Aru was behind a split in the peloton and lost 20" to Rodríguez; nevertheless, he took the overall victory in the Vuelta by 57". Degenkolb said after the stage that the victory meant a lot following Dumoulin's loss of the overall lead on the previous stage and that the team would leave Spain with "positive feelings".


2015 Vuelta a Murcia
The 2015 Vuelta a Murcia was the 31st professional edition of the Vuelta a Murcia cycle race and was held on 14 February 2015. The race started in Mazarrón and finished at the Castle of Lorca. The race was won by Rein Taaramäe.


2015 Vuelta a Murcia, Teams
Twenty-one teams competed in the 2015 Vuelta a Murcia. These included seven UCI WorldTeams, nine UCI Professional Continental, four UCI Continental teams and a Spanish national team.


2015 Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
The 2015 Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid was the 28th edition of the Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid cycling stage race. It started on 9 May in Colmenar Viejo and ended on 10 May in El Pardo.


2015 Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid, Teams
The start list includes 11 teams (1 UCI WorldTeam, 1 Professional Continental Team, and 9 Continental Teams).


2015 Vålerenga Fotball season
Vålerenga Fotball is a Norwegian association football club from Oslo. They play their home games at Ullevaal Stadion which has a capacity of 28,972. During the 2015 campaign they will compete in Tippeligaen and the Norwegian Cup.


2015 Vålerenga Fotball season, Squad
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2015 Vålerenga Fotball season, Squad, Reserve squad
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2015 Vålerenga Fotball season, Squad, On Loan
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2015 Vålerenga Fotball season, Transfers, Winter
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2015 Vålerenga Fotball season, Transfers, Winter
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2015 Vålerenga Fotball season, Transfers, Summer
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2015 Vålerenga Fotball season, Transfers, Summer
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2015 WA State Challenge Cup
Western Australian soccer clubs competed in 2015 for the Football West State Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the Cool Ridge Cup. Clubs entered from the National Premier Leagues WA, the two divisions of the State League, a limited number of teams from various divisions of the 2015 Amateur League competition, and from regional teams invited from the South West, Goldfields, Great Southern and Midwest regions. This knockout competition was won by Sorrento FC, their third title.


2015 WA State Challenge Cup
The competition also served as the Western Australian Preliminary Rounds for the 2015 FFA Cup. The two finalists – Perth SC and Sorrento FC – qualified for the final rounds, entering at the Round of 32.


2015 WA State Challenge Cup, Schedule
A total of 61 teams took part in the competition, from Perth-based and regional-based competitions.


2015 WA State Challenge Cup, Second round
The round numbers conform to a common format throughout the 2015 FFA Cup preliminary rounds. A total of 23 teams took part in this stage of the competition, from lower divisions of the Amateur League, and from regional teams invited from the South West, Goldfields, Great Southern and Midwest regions. Matches in this round were played by 15 March 2015.


2015 WA State Challenge Cup, Third round
A total of 42 teams took part in this stage of the competition. The draw took place on 16 March, featuring the 15 Qualifiers from the first round, and 27 new teams that enter at this round: Football West State League Division 1 (8 teams), Football West State League Division 2 (10 teams), Amateur League Premier Division (9 teams). Matches in this round were played by 29 March 2015.


2015 WA State Challenge Cup, Fourth round
A total of 32 teams took part in this stage of the competition. 11 of the 12 Clubs from the National Premier Leagues WA entered into the competition at this stage, with the exception of Perth Glory Youth who were not eligible. The draw took place on 30 March. Matches in this round were played on 6 April 2015.


2015 WA State Challenge Cup, Fifth round
A total of 16 teams took part in this stage of the competition. The draw was held on 7 April. Matches in this round were played on 27 April 2015.


2015 WA State Challenge Cup, Sixth round
A total of 8 teams took part in this stage of the competition. The draw took place on 28 April. Matches in this round were played on 1 June 2015.


2015 WA State Challenge Cup, Seventh round
A total of 4 teams took part in this stage of the competition. The draw took place on 2 June. Matches in this round were played by 21 June 2015. The two victorious teams in this round qualify for the 2015 FFA Cup Round of 32.


2015 WA State Challenge Cup, Final
The 2015 Cool Ridge Cup Final was played on 12 September, at the neutral venue of Inglewood Stadium.


2015 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2015 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference, held from March 12–14, 2015 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada.


2015 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
Grand Canyon did not compete in the 2015 men's basketball tournament for the second time. As a D2 to D1 transitioning school, they are ineligible to compete in the NCAA tournament or the NIT (which is also operated by the NCAA) until the 2018 season, so they could not win the conference tournament as the winner received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. However Grand Canyon was eligible to win the regular season title and was eligible to compete in the CIT or the CBI. (The Antelopes did in fact receive a bid to, and participated in, the 2015 CIT.)


2015 WAC Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2015 WAC Men's Soccer Tournament was the 7th edition of the tournament. It determined the Western Athletic Conference's automatic berth into the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.


2015 WAC Men's Soccer Tournament
The Seattle Redhawks won the tournament, besting the Utah Valley Wolverines in the championship match.


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


2015 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2015 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament was held on March 11–14, 2015 at the Orleans Arena in  Paradise, Nevada. This was the fourth consecutive year the WAC Tournament took place in Vegas.


2015 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament, Format
Grand Canyon did not compete in the 2015 women's basketball tournament. As a D2 to D1 transitioning school, they were ineligible to compete in the NCAA tournament until the 2018 season, so they could not win the conference tournament since the winner received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. However Grand Canyon was eligible to win the regular season title and is eligible to compete in the WNIT or WBI should they be invited. Since Idaho left the WAC at the start of the year, 7 teams competed in the 2015 tournament in a traditional single-elimination style tournament. 1 had a bye in the first round 8, 2 played 7, 3 played 6, and 4 played 5 on Wednesday, March 11. The winners met in the semifinals on Friday, March 13. The championship was held on Saturday, March 14.


2015 WAFF U-16 Championship
The 2015 WAFF U-16 Championship is the fourth edition of the WAFF Youth Competition. The previous edition was an Under-16 age group competition held in Palestine in 2013.


2015 WAFF U-16 Championship, Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:


2015 WAFF U-23 Championship
The 2015 WAFF U-23 Championship took place in Doha, Qatar for the first time. Ten nations took part. The competition was held in Doha from 30 September 30 to 14 October with the draw for the tournament on 6 September 2015. Iran won the title after they defeated Syria in the final. This was Iran's last WAFF competition before joining the Central Asian Football Association.


2015 WAFF U-23 Championship
The competition was used as a warm up for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship which is also to be held in Qatar. This competition in turn is used as qualification for the Olympics football tournament of which these sides participating in the WAFF championship were eligible for.


2015 WAFF U-23 Championship, Teams, Squads
Each team had to register a squad of up to 23 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers.


2015 WAFF U-23 Championship, Group stage, Ranking of second-placed teams
The best runner-up across all groups advance to semifinal. The results against the fourth-placed team are not counted when determining the ranking of the runner-up team.


2015 WAFF U-23 Championship squads
The 2015 WAFF U-23 Championship was an international football tournament held in Qatar from 30 September to 14 October 2015. It is the first edition of the U-23 age group competition organised by the West Asian Football Federation.


2015 WAFF U-23 Championship squads
The ten national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of at most 23 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 1992 were eligible to compete in the tournament.


2015 WAFF U-23 Championship squads
The full squad listings are below. The age listed for each player is on 30 September 2015, the first day of the tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association (not the league) to which the club is affiliated. A flag is included for coaches who are of a different nationality than their own national team. Players in boldface were capped at full international level prior to being called up.


2015 WAFL season
The 2015 WAFL season was the 131st season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League (WAFL). The season began on 20 March 2015 and concluded on 27 September 2015 with the 2015 WAFL Grand Final between Subiaco and West Perth at Domain Stadium. Subiaco won the match by 66 points, recording their second consecutive premiership and 13th overall.


2015 WAFL season
For the first time since 1994, the finals series was based on a top-5, rather than the top 4 system that has been used since 1931, with the exception of 1991–1994.


2015 WAFU Nations Cup
The 2015 WAFU Nations Cup was an international association football competition that took place in Saint-Louis, Senegal between 5 and 7 November 2015. The participating nations were Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Gambia, and Liberia.


2015 WAFU Nations Cup
Senegal sent their under-23 team to prepare for the 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations.


2015 WBPF World Championship
The 7th WBPF World Championship was a major international competition in bodybuilding and fitness, as governed by the World Bodybuilding and Physique Federation (WBPF). It took place in The Mall Bangkapi Convention Center venue, Bangkok, Thailand from November 24 to November 30, 2015.


2015 WBPF World Championship
This championship was preceded by 2014 WBPF World Championship held in Mumbai, India and succeeded by 2016 WBPF World Championship held in Pattaya, Thailand.


2015 WBSC Premier12
The 2015 WBSC Premier12 was an international baseball championship sponsored by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), the inaugural event of the WBSC Premier12. It was held from November 8 to 21 in Taiwan and Japan. The South Korean national team won the championship, and split a US$1 million prize.


2015 WBSC Premier12
The top twelve teams in the WBSC World Rankings qualified to participate in the tournament, which began with two groups of six teams playing in a round-robin format for the first round. The tournament then continued with the top four teams in each group playing in the knockout stage, leading to the championship game. In the final, South Korea defeated United States 8–0 to win their first WBSC Premier12 title, and became the first nation to win the championship. Japan finished in third place, while Mexico finished in fourth place. South Korea's Hyun-soo Kim won the Most Valuable Player Award. Shohei Ohtani of Japan had the lowest earned run average of the tournament, and Hayato Sakamoto, also of Japan, was named the tournament's most outstanding defensive player. The next edition 2019 WBSC Premier12 will be hosted in Japan


2015 WBSC Premier12, Teams
The twelve highest-ranked national teams (as of the 2014 end-of-the-year world rankings)  qualified to participate in the inaugural 2015 WBSC Premier 12, based on the most recent WBSC World Rankings, which were updated on November 22, 2014. The membership in the top twelve in the world rankings, which are updated only once every year, was unchanged from 2013. In fact, there was no movement at all between the 7th and 15th positions in the rankings.


2015 WBSC Premier12, Teams, Players
The majority of teams in the tournament missed the October 10 deadline for submitting rosters. Major League Baseball (MLB), which sponsors the World Baseball Classic, declined to allow players on MLB 40-man rosters to participate in the tournament. The final rosters included a mix of MLB prospects (such as Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Brett Phillips and Chicago White Sox outfielder Jacob May for the United States), former MLB veterans (such as Curaçaoan infielder Andruw Jones and Dominican infielder Pedro Feliz) and non-MLB stars (including Japanese pitchers Shohei Ohtani and South Korean infielder Park Byung-ho).


2015 WBSC Premier12, Format
For the first stage, the twelve teams were divided into two groups of six. Each team played five games in a round robin format. With the exception of the first game of the tournament, a contest between Japan and South Korea at the Sapporo Dome, Taiwan hosted all games in the group stage at four different ballparks.


2015 WBSC Premier12, Format
The top four teams from each group then advanced to a single-elimination tournament. The semifinal and final round were held in Japan while the location of the quarterfinal, the first round of the playoff stage, was initially undetermined. Thirty-eight games were played over fourteen days, culminating in the consolation game and championship game at the Tokyo Dome on the final day of the tournament.


2015 WBSC Premier12, Broadcast
Fox Sports was awarded broadcast rights in Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Italy, Malta, Netherlands and Turkey. Dutch public broadcast network NOS will also air the tournament in the Netherlands. Rights were also awarded to Eleven Sports Network in Belgium, Poland, Singapore and Malaysia; beIN Sports in Indonesia, Singapore and Oceania; LeTV and PPTV in China; Sky Net in Myanmar; Solar TV in the Philippines; i-CABLE in Hong Kong; OSN in the Middle East and North Africa; SBS in South Korea; Videoland in Taiwan; CIRT in Cuba; and Sportsnet in Canada. In Japan, Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, TV Asahi and J Sports will all be carrying the tournament.


2015 WBSC Premier12, Broadcast
For areas not covered by the event's broadcast partners, the event will be livestreamed for free on the WBSC's .


2015 WBSC Premier12, Playoff stage, Quarterfinals
Though Canada led Group A with a 5–0 record, they were upset in the quarterfinals by Mexico. Zack Segovia led the United States to a victory over the Netherlands. South Korea defeated Cuba, taking a 5–0 lead over Cuba by the second inning. Japan defeated Puerto Rico behind the pitching of Kenta Maeda.


2015 WBSC Premier12, Playoff stage, Semifinals
South Korea had lost to Japan in round-robin play. Japan led their semifinal matchup 3–0 going into the ninth inning, but South Korea scored four runs in the final inning to defeat Japan. Meanwhile, the United States defeated Mexico 6–1, scoring four runs in the fifth inning, to advance to the championship round.


2015 WBSC Premier12, Playoff stage, Third place game
In the third place game, Japan defeated Mexico 11–1, with the game ending after seven innings due to the mercy rule. Japan's Tetsuto Yamada hit two home runs, and Sho Nakata and Nobuhiro Matsuda each hit a home run, and the score was 8–0 after two innings.


2015 WBSC Premier12, Playoff stage, Championship
In the championship game, Lee Yong-kyu of South Korea recorded a run batted in (RBI) double in the first inning off of Zack Segovia. Kim Hyun-soo had an RBI double in the third inning, and scored two more runs on a double in the fourth inning. Park Byung-ho hit a home run off of Brooks Pounders to left field in the fourth inning. Kim finished the game three hits, including two doubles that scored runs. Kim Hyun-soo and Jeong Keun-woo also had three hits apiece, and Jeong recorded a run batted in with a bases loaded walk in the ninth inning.


2015 WBSC Premier12, Playoff stage, Championship
The United States had defeated South Korea during their sole matchup during group play by a score of 3–2 in extra innings. Kim later explained that the South Korean team made adjustments to better prepare for the fastballs thrown by United States pitchers. Before the game, United States players Brett Eibner, J. B. Wendelken, and Jake Barrett became ineligible to play in the championship game as they had been added to the 40-man rosters of their respective Major League Baseball organizations.


2015 WBSC Premier12, Awards
Following 38 global games, the WBSC announced the first-ever Premier12 All-World Team. WBSC also announced the individual awards winners.


2015 WBSC Premier12, Prize money
The WBSC announced that it would be giving away $3,800,000 in prize money to participants, distributed as follows:


2015 WBSC Premier12, Controversies
Despite South Korea's victory in the entire tournament, many South Korean fans and officials were angered and complaining of how the 2015 WBSC Premier League was heavily biased in favor of the co-host nation Japan's team, and that they purposefully set up in advance of Korea's team under disadvantage by restraining them from practicing and giving them rather complicated schedules and obstacles (that including of a stadium fire) that other countries did not needed to go through or have.


2015 WBSC Premier12, Controversies
The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) was also under fire for not doing enough to solve the issues of Japan's favorable play in the tournament. Jeong Keum Jo, KBO's representative official, stated that the KBO has numerously filed a complaint to Japan of the corrupt play, but was only advised to understand that the premier league had to be successful, and so was dismissed.


2015 WBSC Premier12, Controversies
Additional claims are that Japan purposefully pulled the semifinal match schedule to Thursday as a last-minute change when it was announced that South Korea was going to be Japan's opponent; sponsorship and money is said to be the reason of the schedule change. This meant that Korean players were to wake up at 3:30 am to take the flight from Taiwan to Japan, while Japanese players were able to rest and practice more during that time. Korea claims this was to purposefully tire the Korean team ahead of the game.


2015 WBSC Premier12, Controversies
On top of that, further criticism came in when Japan had organized Koda Kawaguchi, a Japanese umpire for the game that of between South Korea and Japan, as it was considered to be a further sign of pro-Japan bias during the tournament. When the game ended with an unexpected South Korean victory, Japan's television networks moved the tournament broadcasting time from 7 PM to 3:45 AM, causing stir in South Korea once more pointing out of how it was unnecessary to do such, and that it was to show fewer people of the highlights.


2015 WBSC Premier12 rosters
The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at the 2015 WBSC Premier12.


2015 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2015 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 13 and March 21, 2015, at four conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Minnesota State was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


2015 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The first round of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format. The top eight or ten conference teams participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top four seeded teams each earn home ice and host one of the lower seeded teams.


2015 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The winners of the first round series advance to the Xcel Energy Center for the WCHA Final Five, a holdover from previous tournaments where it was used as the collective name of the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. The Final Five uses a single-elimination format. Teams are re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings.


2015 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
The 2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament held August 6–9 on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 17th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2015. Shane Lowry shot a final-round 66 to win his first WGC event, two strokes ahead of runner-up Bubba Watson.


2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Course layout
The South Course was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960.


2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Field
The field consisted of players drawn primarily from the Official World Golf Ranking and the winners of the world-wide tournaments with the strongest fields.


2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Field
1. Playing members of the 2014 United States and European Ryder Cup teams.


2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Field
Thomas Bjørn, Keegan Bradley (2,3), Jamie Donaldson (2,3), Victor Dubuisson (2,3), Rickie Fowler (2,3,4), Jim Furyk (2,3,4), Stephen Gallacher, Sergio García (2,3), Zach Johnson (2,3,4), Martin Kaymer (2,3), Matt Kuchar (2,3), Hunter Mahan (2,3,4), Graeme McDowell, Phil Mickelson (2,3), Ian Poulter (2,3), Patrick Reed (2,3,4), Justin Rose (2,3,4), Webb Simpson (2,3), Jordan Spieth (2,3,4), Henrik Stenson (2,3,4), Jimmy Walker (2,3,4), Bubba Watson (2,3,4), Lee Westwood (2,3,4,5)


2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Field
2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 27, 2015.


2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Field
Paul Casey (3,4), Jason Day (3,4), Branden Grace (3,4,5), Bill Haas (3,4), Russell Henley, Charley Hoffman (3), J. B. Holmes (3,4), Billy Horschel (3,4), Thongchai Jaidee (3), Dustin Johnson (3,4), Kevin Kisner (3), Brooks Koepka (3,4), Anirban Lahiri (4), Marc Leishman (3), Shane Lowry (3), Hideki Matsuyama (3), Francesco Molinari (3), Ryan Moore (3,4), Kevin Na (3), Louis Oosthuizen (3), Ryan Palmer (3), Charl Schwartzel (3), Adam Scott (3), Brandt Snedeker (3,4), Brendon Todd (3), Bernd Wiesberger (3,4), Danny Willett (3,4), Gary Woodland (3)


2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Field
3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of August 3, 2015.


2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Field
4. Tournament winners, whose victories are considered official, of tournaments from the Federation Tours since the prior season's Bridgestone Invitational with an Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating of 115 points or more.


2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Field
An Byeong-hun, Bae Sang-moon, Steven Bowditch, Andrew Dodt, Matt Every, Fabián Gómez, James Hahn, Pádraig Harrington, Mikko Ilonen, Søren Kjeldsen, Pablo Larrazábal, Danny Lee, David Lingmerth, David Lipsky, Joost Luiten, Ben Martin, Troy Merritt, Marcel Siem, Gary Stal, Camilo Villegas, Oliver Wilson


2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Field
5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours:


2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Field
Notably missing from the field is former number 1 player Tiger Woods, who is outside the top 200 in the world rankings and whose last tournament win was his eighth title at the 2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.


2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Round summaries, First round
Danny Lee shot a 5-under-par 65 to take the lead by one stroke over Jim Furyk and Graeme McDowell. The greens were firm and difficult and only 21 golfers in the field of 77 managed under-par rounds.


2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Round summaries, Final round
Shane Lowry's 66 (−4) overtook third round co-leaders Justin Rose and Jim Furyk, who each carded 72 (+2). Runner-up Bubba Watson also shot 66 and finished two strokes behind Lowry.


2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship
The 2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship was a golf tournament played March 5–8 on the TPC Blue Monster course at Trump National Doral in Doral, Florida, a suburb west of Miami. It was the 16th WGC-Cadillac Championship tournament, and the first of the World Golf Championships events to be staged in 2015. The tournament was won by Dustin Johnson.


2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship, Course layout
The tournament was played on the TPC Blue Monster course.


2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship, Field
The field consisted of players from the top of the Official World Golf Ranking and the money lists/Orders of Merit from the six main professional golf tours. Seven players were appearing in their first WGC event: Morgan Hoffmann, Steven Jeffress, Brooks Koepka, Gary Stal, Robert Streb, Cameron Tringale and Daniel van Tonder. A further eleven were playing in their first Cadillac Championship: Tommy Fleetwood, Mikko Ilonen, Anirban Lahiri, Alexander Lévy, David Lipsky, Shane Lowry, Koumei Oda, Brendon Todd, Marc Warren, Bernd Wiesberger, and Danny Willett. Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.


2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship, Field
1. The top 30 players from the final 2014 FedExCup Points List


2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship, Field
Jason Day (7,9,10), Rickie Fowler (7,9), Jim Furyk (7,9), Sergio García (2,7,9), Bill Haas (7,9), Russell Henley, Morgan Hoffmann, Billy Horschel (7,9), Dustin Johnson (7,9), Zach Johnson (7,9), Martin Kaymer (2,7,9), Chris Kirk (7,9), Matt Kuchar (7,9), Hunter Mahan (7,9), Hideki Matsuyama (7,9), Rory McIlroy (2,7,8,9), Kevin Na (7,9), Geoff Ogilvy, Ryan Palmer (7,9), Patrick Reed (7,9,10), Justin Rose (2,7,9), Adam Scott (7,9), John Senden, Webb Simpson (7,9), Jordan Spieth (7,9), Brendon Todd (7), Cameron Tringale, Jimmy Walker (7,9,10), Bubba Watson (7,9,10), Gary Woodland (7,9)


2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship, Field
2. The top 20 players from the final 2014 European Tour Race to Dubai


2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship, Field
Thomas Bjørn (7,9), Jamie Donaldson (7,9), Victor Dubuisson (7,9), Ross Fisher (8), Tommy Fleetwood, Stephen Gallacher (7,9), Mikko Ilonen, Brooks Koepka (7,9,10), Alexander Lévy, Shane Lowry (7,9), Joost Luiten (7,9), Graeme McDowell (7,9), Louis Oosthuizen (7,9), Ian Poulter (7,9), Marcel Siem, Henrik Stenson (7,9)


2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship, Field
3. The top 2 players from the final 2014 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit


2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship, Field
4. The top 2 players from the final 2014 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit


2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship, Field
5. The top 2 players from the final 2014 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit


2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship, Field
6. The top 2 players from the final 2014 Asian Tour Order of Merit


2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship, Field
7. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 23, 2015


2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship, Field
Keegan Bradley (9), Luke Donald (9), Jason Dufner (9), Branden Grace (8,9), J. B. Holmes (9), Thongchai Jaidee (8,9), Phil Mickelson (9), Ryan Moore (9), Charl Schwartzel (9), Brandt Snedeker (9,10), Lee Westwood (9), Bernd Wiesberger (8,9), Danny Willett (8,9)


2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship, Field
8. The top 10 players from the 2015 European Tour Race to Dubai, as of February 23, 2015


2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship, Field
9. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of March 2, 2015


2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship, Field
10. The top 10 players from the 2015 FedExCup Points List, as of March 2, 2015


2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship, Round summaries, First round
J. B. Holmes shot a 10-under-par 62 (one off the course record) to take a four-stroke lead over Ryan Moore.


2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship, Round summaries, Second round
J. B. Holmes shot a one-over-par 73, 11 strokes worse than his first round, but maintained a lead over Ryan Moore. Adam Scott shot the low round of the day, a 4-under-par 68.


2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship, Round summaries, Third round
J. B. Holmes birdied four straight holes on the back-9 to take a 5-shot lead after 54 holes. Both Holmes and Dustin Johnson recorded a hole-in-one on the par-3 4th within a span of 20 minutes. Bill Haas shot the low round of the day, a seven-under-par 65.


2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship, Round summaries, Final round
Dustin Johnson shot a 3-under-par 69 to overcome a 5-shot deficit and win by one stroke over J. B. Holmes. It was his first win since his six-month leave from the game. Holmes shot a 3-over-par 75.


2015 WGC-Cadillac Match Play
The 2015 WGC-Cadillac Match Play was the 17th WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship, played April 29 – May 3 at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco, California. It was the second of four World Golf Championships in 2015. Top-ranked Rory McIlroy defeated Gary Woodland 4 & 2 in the final, for his second win in a WGC event, after his win in the 2014 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.


2015 WGC-Cadillac Match Play
On September 30, 2014, Cadillac was announced as the new title sponsor.


2015 WGC-Cadillac Match Play, Field
The field consisted of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Ranking on April 19. However, the seedings were based on the World Rankings on April 26.


2015 WGC-Cadillac Match Play, Field
Luke Donald (ranked 50 on April 19, personal reasons), Tim Clark (ranked 57, injury), and Phil Mickelson (ranked 18, personal reasons) did not compete, allowing entry for Miguel Ángel Jiménez (ranked 65), Francesco Molinari (ranked 66), and Mikko Ilonen (ranked 67).


2015 WGC-Cadillac Match Play, Field
Two players made their WGC debut: Andy Sullivan and Ben Martin.


2015 WGC-Cadillac Match Play, Format
A new format was introduced in 2015. Previously, the Championship was a single elimination match play event. Beginning in 2015, the championship started with pool play, with 16 groups of four players playing round-robin matches, on Wednesday through Friday. There are no halved matches in pool play with extra holes played to determine the winner. The top 16 seeded players were allocated to the 16 groups, one in each group. The remaining 48 players were placed into three pools (seeds 17–32, seeds 33–48, seeds 49–64). Each group had one player randomly selected from each pool to complete the group.


2015 WGC-Cadillac Match Play, Format
The winners of each group advanced to a single-elimination bracket on the weekend, with the round of 16 and quarterfinals on Saturday, and the semi-finals, finals, and consolation match on Sunday. If two players are tied at the top of the group, the result of their head-to-head match determines the group winner. If three players are tied, the winner is determined by a sudden-death playoff.


2015 WGC-Cadillac Match Play, Format
Rank – Official World Golf Ranking on April 26, 2015.


2015 WGC-Cadillac Match Play, Results, Pool play
Players were divided into 16 groups of four players and played round-robin matches on Wednesday to Friday.


2015 WGC-Cadillac Match Play, Results, Pool play
Of the 32 matches played, 14 were "upsets" with the lower seeded player beating the higher seeded player. These included #3 Henrik Stenson (lost to #60 John Senden), #6 Justin Rose (lost to #56 Marc Leishman), #7 Jason Day (lost to #49 Charley Hoffman), and #9 Adam Scott (lost to #64 Francesco Molinari).


2015 WGC-Cadillac Match Play, Results, Pool play
Of the 32 matches played, 16 were upsets. These included #5 Jim Furyk (lost to #44 Thongchai Jaidee), #7 Day (lost to #38 Branden Grace), #8 Dustin Johnson (lost to #37 Charl Schwartzel), #9 Scott (lost to #36 Paul Casey), and #10 Sergio García (lost to #39 Bernd Wiesberger). Two players, #13 Rickie Fowler and #60 John Senden, were guaranteed to advance.


2015 WGC-Cadillac Match Play, Results, Pool play
Of the 32 matches played, 18 were upsets. These included #2 Jordan Spieth (lost to #26 Lee Westwood), #3 Stenson (lost to #23 Bill Haas), #4 Bubba Watson (lost to #29 Louis Oosthuizen), #7 Day (lost to #24 Zach Johnson), #9 Scott (lost to #25 Chris Kirk), and #10 García (lost to #30 Jamie Donaldson). Day, Scott and Jimmy Walker were the only top seeds to lose all three matches. Only five of the top seeds advanced: #1 Rory McIlroy, #5 Furyk, #12 J. B. Holmes, #13 Fowler, and #16 Hideki Matsuyama.


2015 WGC-Cadillac Match Play, Results, Pool play
12 of the 16 group winners advanced with perfect 3–0 records. Three groups winners advanced based on head-to-head tie-breaker and one group went to a three-way sudden-death playoff. Branden Grace defeated Zach Johnson and Charley Hoffman on the third extra hole in group 7. In Group 11, all six matches of the three rounds were upsets. A total of 18 of the 96 matches went extra holes, causing some to suggest altering the format next year to include halved matches.


2015 WGC-Cadillac Match Play, Results, Pool play
Grace won sudden-death playoff with a birdie on the third hole.


2015 WGC-Cadillac Match Play, Results, Final 16 bracket
The match between Rory McIlroy and Paul Casey was completed on May 3 having been all square after 21 holes when it became too dark to continue.


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


2015 WGC-HSBC Champions
Russell Knox won by 2 strokes from Kevin Kisner. Danny Willett had a last round 62 to finish joint third with Ross Fisher, a further stroke behind. Knox was playing in his first WGC event and became the first Scot to win a World Golf Championship. Knox had only earned entry as third alternate.


2015 WGC-HSBC Champions, Field
The following is a list of players who qualified for the 2015 WGC-HSBC Champions. The criteria for invitation differed from 2014, with a move towards the leaders in points lists rather than tournament winners. Players who qualify from multiple categories are listed in the first category in which they are eligible with the other qualifying categories in parentheses next to the player's name.


2015 WGC-HSBC Champions, Field
Dustin Johnson (3,4), Shane Lowry (3,5), Rory McIlroy (3,4,5), Bubba Watson (3,4)


2015 WGC-HSBC Champions, Field
Kiradech Aphibarnrat (5), Daniel Berger (4), Paul Casey (4), Sergio García (5), Branden Grace (5), Emiliano Grillo, Thongchai Jaidee (5), Martin Kaymer (5), Chris Kirk, Kevin Kisner (4), Søren Kjeldsen (5), Anirban Lahiri (5), Danny Lee (4), Marc Leishman, David Lingmerth, Hunter Mahan, Hideki Matsuyama (4), Kevin Na (4), Louis Oosthuizen (4,5), Scott Piercy (4), Patrick Reed (4), Charl Schwartzel (5), Adam Scott, Henrik Stenson (4,5), Robert Streb (4), Andy Sullivan (5), Lee Westwood, Bernd Wiesberger (5), Danny Willett (5), Gary Woodland


2015 WGC-HSBC Champions, Field
Steven Bowditch, Harris English, Matt Jones, Daniel Summerhays, Justin Thomas


2015 WGC-HSBC Champions, Field
An Byeong-hun, Luke Donald, Ross Fisher, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, David Howell, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, James Morrison, Alex Norén, Thorbjørn Olesen, Thomas Pieters, Marc Warren, Chris Wood


2015 WGC-HSBC Champions, Field
Cao Yi, Dou Zecheng, Li Haotong, Liang Wenchong, Wu Ashun, Zhang Xinjun


2015 WGC-HSBC Champions, Round summaries, First round
Branden Grace shot a 9-under-par 63 to take a one-stroke lead over Steven Bowditch, Kevin Kisner, and Thorbjørn Olesen.


2015 WGC-HSBC Champions, Round summaries, Second round
Kevin Kisner shot a second-round 66 to take a two stroke lead over Russell Knox, who shot the low round of the day, 65. First-round leader Branden Grace shot a 71 to fall to third place, four strokes behind Kisner. Li Haotong, of China, moved up the leaderboard to a tie for 4th with a second-round 69.


2015 WGC-HSBC Champions, Round summaries, Third round
Third round play did not finish Saturday due to Russell Knox choosing not to play the last hole due to darkness. When he finished his hole on Sunday, he was tied for the lead with Kevin Kisner at 16-under-par. They were one stroke ahead of Dustin Johnson and Li Haotong.


2015 WGC-HSBC Champions, Round summaries, Final round
Russell Knox shot a final round 68 to beat Kevin Kisner by two strokes. Li Haotong's T7 finish was the highest PGA Tour finish for a Chinese player.


2015 WK League
The 2015 WK League was the seventh season of the WK League, the top division of women's football in South Korea. The regular season began on 16 March 2015 and ended on 5 October 2015. Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels were the defending champions.


2015 WK League, Playoff and championship
The playoff was played one leg and championship final played over two legs.


2015 WKU Hilltoppers football team
The 2015 WKU Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University (WKU) in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season as members of the East Division of Conference USA. Led by second year head coach Jeff Brohm, they played their home games at Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium in Bowling Green, Kentucky. They finished the season 12–2, 8–0 in C-USA play to be champions of the East Division. They represented the East Division in the Conference USA Football Championship Game where they defeated Southern Miss to win their first ever C-USA championship. They were invited to the Miami Beach Bowl where they defeated South Florida. They led the NCAA in Passing Efficiency, tied the school record for victories and were also ranked in the FBS AP Top 25 for the first time in program history.


2015 WKU Hilltoppers football team, Previous season
The Hilltoppers finished the 2014 season 8–5 overall and 4–4 in conference play. WKU biggest win and upset was against season closer Marshall by 67–66 in overtime, Marshall's first and only loss of their season making them ineligible for a berth in a New Year's Six Bowl. WKU became bowl eligible after defeating UTSA and was invited to play in the inaugural Bahamas Bowl, the first international bowl game since 2010. The Hilltoppers defeated the Central Michigan Chippewas, 49–48.


2015 WKU Hilltoppers football team, Schedule
Western Kentucky announced their 2015 football schedule on February 2, 2015. The 2015 schedule consist of five home and seven away games in the regular season. The Hilltoppers will host CUSA foes Florida Atlantic, Louisiana Tech, Marshall, and Middle Tennessee, and will travel to Florida International (FIU), North Texas, Old Dominion, and Rice.


2015 WMF World Cup
The 2015 World Minifootball Federation World Cup is the first edition of the WMF World Cup held by the World Minifootball Federation. The tournament was contested in nine cities across the United States from 21–29 March 2015.


2015 WMF World Cup, Venues
Host cities include Allen, TX (suburban Dallas); Park City, KS; Ontario, CA; Rochester, NY; Taylor, MI; Flint, MI; San Diego, CA; Tulsa, OK; and Chicago, IL.


2015 WMF World Cup, 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. The teams finishing first, second and two best-placed third teams in each group qualified for the Quarter-finals.


2015 WMF World Cup, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, the eight teams play a single-elimination tournament.


2015 WNBA All-Star Game
The 2015 WNBA All-Star Game is an exhibition basketball game. It was played on July 25, 2015. The Connecticut Sun hosted a WNBA All-Star Game for the fourth time. The Sun previously hosted the game in 2005, 2009, and 2013.


2015 WNBA All-Star Game
Starters for the game were selected by fan voting. Fans were able to select three frontcourt players and two guards. Elena Delle Donne of the Chicago Sky led voting with 18,034 votes. Maya Moore won the MVP of the All-Star game and led the Western Conference to a 117-112 victory over the Eastern Conference.


2015 WNBA All-Star Game, Coaches
Coaches were determined by the previous year's conference championships. Sandy Brondello, coach of the defending WNBA and West champion Phoenix Mercury coached the Western Conference, while Pokey Chatman, coach of the defending East champion Chicago Sky, coached the East. It was the first time coaching the All-Star Game for both coaches.


2015 WNBA All-Star Game, Players, Eastern Conference
In addition to Elena Delle Donne, Shoni Schimmel of the Atlanta Dream were voted as backcourt starters for the East, with Angel McCoughtry of the Dream, Tamika Catchings of the Fever, and Tina Charles of the New York Liberty as frontcourt starters.


2015 WNBA All-Star Game, Players, Eastern Conference
Reserves included Stefanie Dolson  and Emma Meesseman of the Washington Mystics, Cappie Pondexter of the Chicago Sky, Alex Bentley and Kelsey Bone of the Sun, and Marissa Coleman of the Fever.


2015 WNBA All-Star Game, Players, Western Conference
Guard Skylar Diggins of the Tulsa Shock was the top vote getter in the West, and was joined in the backcourt by Seimone Augustus of the Minnesota Lynx. Starting frontcourt for the West were Maya Moore of the Minnesota Lynx, Brittney Griner and Candice Dupree of the Phoenix Mercury. Both Diggins and Augustus were unable to play due to a knee injury, and was replaced in the starting lineup by Sue Bird of the Storm and DeWanna Bonner of the Mercury respectively.


2015 WNBA All-Star Game, Players, Western Conference
Reserves included Lindsay Whalen of the Lynx, Nneka Ogwumike of the Sparks, Plenette Pierson of the Tulsa Shock, and Danielle Robinson of the San Antonio Stars. Whalen was unable to play due to an eye injury, and Jantel Lavender of the Sparks, Kayla McBride of the Stars, and Riquna Williams of the Shock were named as an injury replacement for Diggins, Augustus, and Whalen respectively.


2015 WNBA Finals
The 2015 WNBA Finals was the championship series for the 2015 WNBA season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). On August 26, vegasinsider.com projected that the Minnesota Lynx has the highest odds to win the series (11/10).


2015 WNBA Finals
The WNBA Finals were under a 2–2–1 rotation. The Lynx held home-court advantage as they had a better regular season record (22–12) than the Fever (20–14).


2015 WNBA Finals, 2015 WNBA Playoffs, Indiana Fever
The Indiana Fever finished 20–14, good for third place in the Eastern Conference. The Fever lost their first playoff game against the Chicago Sky, but rallied to win two straight elimination games, setting up a conference final against the New York Liberty. Once again, Indiana lost the first game of the series, but rallied to win two straight to reach the finals for the third time in franchise history, which gave Stephanie White the first rookie head coach to lead her team to the WNBA Finals.


2015 WNBA Finals, 2015 WNBA Playoffs, Minnesota Lynx
The Minnesota Lynx finished with the best record in the Western Conference for the fourth time in five year, finishing with a 22–12 record. With the mid-season addition of Sylvia Fowles from the Chicago Sky, the Lynx eliminated the Los Angeles Sparks in three games. The Lynx then swept the Phoenix Mercury in the Western Conference Finals after a controversial foul called on Mercury guard Noelle Quinn on Maya Moore with 1.5 seconds left in the fourth quarter in Game 2, which gave them a chance to win their third WNBA title in five years.


2015 WNBA Playoffs
The 2015 WNBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the WNBA's 2015 season.


2015 WNBA Playoffs, Format
Following the WNBA regular season, four teams in each conference qualified for the playoffs and are seeded one to four based on their regular season record.


2015 WNBA Playoffs, Format
The first round of the playoffs, or Conference Semi-Finals, consisted of two match-ups in each conference based on the seedings (1-4 and 2-3). The two winners advanced to the second round, or Conference Finals, with a match-up between the 1-4 and 2-3 winners. At the conclusion of the Conference Finals, the winners of these series advanced to the WNBA Finals.


2015 WNBA Playoffs, Format
The Conference Semi-Finals and the Conference Finals are each best-of-three series. Series are played in a 1-1-1 format, meaning the team with home-court advantage (better record) hosts games 1 and 3, while their opponent hosts game 2. The WNBA Finals are a best-of-five series played in a 2-2-1 format, meaning the team with home-court advantage hosts games 1, 2, and 5 while their opponent hosts games 3 and 4.


2015 WNBA draft
The 2015 WNBA draft was the league's draft for the 2015 WNBA season. The Seattle Storm picked first.


2015 WNBA draft
This year's draft was unusual in that two players with remaining college eligibility declared for the draft—Jewell Loyd of Notre Dame, who had one year of eligibility remaining, and Amanda Zahui B. of Minnesota, with two years remaining. Both players were draft-eligible by virtue of their births in 1993; under current draft rules, players who turn 22 in the calendar year of the draft can declare themselves eligible even if they have not completed college eligibility. Before this season, only two players with remaining college eligibility had ever entered the WNBA draft, and only one of these did so before her fourth college season (Kelsey Bone in 2012).


2015 WNBA draft, Draft lottery
The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2015 draft occurred on August 21, 2014. The team that would get the first pick would be the winner of the lottery.


2015 WNBA draft, Draft lottery
Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2015 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:


2015 WNBA draft, Invited players
The WNBA announced on April 13, 2015 that 12 players had been invited to attend the draft. Unless indicated otherwise, all players listed are Americans who played at U.S. colleges.


2015 WNBA season
The 2015 WNBA season was the 19th season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The regular season started on June 5 and playoffs concluded on October 14.


2015 WNBA season
The Minnesota Lynx beat the Indiana Fever 69–52 in game five of the Finals on October 14 to clinch a third WNBA title in five years.


2015 WNBA season, TV and Internet coverage
Games aired on ESPN (1 regular season game), ESPN2 (10 regular season games), ABC (All-Star Game) and NBA TV (47 regular season games).


2015 WNBA season, 2015 WNBA draft
On August 21, 2014, the 2015 WNBA Draft Lottery took place. The Seattle Storm, who had a league-worst record of 12–22 last season, won the draft lottery and had the right to pick first in the 2015 draft. In the draft, held on April 16, the Storm made Jewell Loyd of Notre Dame the top pick.


2015 WNBL Finals
The 2015 WNBL Finals was the postseason tournament of the WNBL's 2014–15 season. The Bendigo Spirit were the two-time defending champions, however they were defeated in the Grand Final by the Townsville Fire. The 2014–15 WNBL Championship was Townsville's first title.


2015 WNWBL season
The 2015 WNWBL season was the 16th season of competition since its establishment in 2000. A total of 5 teams contested the league. The regular season was played between 8 May 2015 and 12 July 2015, followed by a post-season involving the top four from 7 to 9 August 2015 at the Herb Graham Recreation Centre in Mirrabooka, Western Australia.


2015 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
The WPA 9-Ball-World Championship 2015 was the 24th edition of the 9-Ball pool World Championships. It took place from September 7 to 18, 2015 in the al-Attiya Sports Arena of the Al-Arabi Sports Club in Doha. The Qatari capital was the sixth time in a row the venue for the 9-Ball Championships.


2015 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
The event was won by Ko Pin-yi of Chinese Taipei, who defeated America's Shane Van Boening in the final, with a score of 13 racks to 11.


2015 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Niels Feijen was the defending champion, however, he did not make it past the preliminary round of the tournament.


2015 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Format
From September 7 to 10, a qualifying tournament took place in which 128 participants played in three knockout competitions, for twelve starting places. The remaining 116 starting positions were previously awarded via the world rankings or according to a quota from the continental federations, the Qatari federation and as wildcard places by the WPA.


2015 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Format
The 128 qualified for the main tournament players were initially divided into 16 groups. From September 12 to 15 these groups played in a double elimination tournament. From each group four players qualified for the final round, which took place from September 16 to 18 and was played in a knockout system. The event was played with the alternating break format. The goal was to play seven games in qualifying, nine games in the preliminary round, eleven games in the final round and 13 games in the final.


2015 WPA World Ten-ball Championship
The WPA 10-Ball World Championship 2015 was the fourth edition of the WPA World 10-ball Championship, the world championship for the discipline of 10-ball pool. It took place from February 17 to 21, 2015 at the SM City Activity Center in General Santos, Philippines.


2015 WPA World Ten-ball Championship
Taiwan's Ko Pin-yi won the World Cup by beating Filipino Carlo Biado 11–9 in the final. In the semi-final, Ko defeated his younger brother Ko Ping-chung, whereas Biado won against Spaniard David Alcaide.


2015 WPA World Ten-ball Championship
Defending champion was Dutchman Huidji See, who won the 2011 event but did not participate in this event.


2015 WPA World Ten-ball Championship
Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao successfully campaigned against the WPA to select his hometown, General Santos, as the venue for the event, in which he has already organized several pool-billiards tournaments. The tournament was attended by 128 players from over 20 countries. A total of $200,000 in prize money was distributed, the World Champion received $40,000.


2015 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Format
The 128 participating players were divided into 16 groups, in which they competed in a double elimination tournamen against each other. The remaining 64 players in each group qualified for the final round played in the knockout system.


2015 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Format, Prize money
Below was the advertised prize fund for the event. However, shortly after the event, many players commented that they had not received the full prize funds for the event.


2015 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Preliminary round
The preliminary round took place from February 17 to 19.


2015 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Preliminary round
The following 32 players won once in the preliminary round and lost twice, which means early retirement and places 65 to 96:


2015 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Preliminary round
The following 32 players lost twice in the preliminary round, which means early retirement and places 97-128.


2015 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Knockout Round
The final round took place from February 19 to 21.


2015 WPI Engineers football team
The 2015 WPI Engineers football team represented Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the 2015 NCAA Division III football season. It marked the Engineers' 126th overall season and the team played its home games at Alumni Stadium in Worcester, Massachusetts. They were led by sixth year head coach Chris Robertson. They were a member of the Liberty League.


2015 WPI Engineers football team
The Engineers finished the season with a winning record of 7-4.


2015 WPI Engineers football team, Schedule
The 2015 schedule was officially released on June 22, 2015. WPI will face all seven Liberty League opponents: RPI, Hobart, Union, Merchant Marine, St. Lawrence, Rochester, and Springfield. They are also scheduled to play four non-conference games: MIT of the New England Football Conference (NEFC), Worcester State of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MSCAC), and Norwich of the NEFC.


2015 WPSL season
The 2015 Women's Premier Soccer League season is the 19th season of the WPSL.


2015 WSBL season
The 2015 WSBL season was the 27th season of the Women's State Basketball League (SBL). The regular season began on Friday 13 March, with Perry Lakes and Kalamunda hosting East Perth and Mandurah respectively. The 2015 WSBL All-Star Game was played on 1 June at Bendat Basketball Centre – the home of basketball in Western Australia. The regular season ended on Saturday 25 July. The finals began on Friday 31 July and ended on Friday 28 August, when the Rockingham Flames defeated the Willetton Tigers in the WSBL Grand Final.


2015 WSBL season, Regular season
The regular season began on Friday 13 March and ended on Saturday 25 July after 20 rounds of competition.


2015 WSBL season, Finals
The finals began on Friday 31 July and ended on Friday 28 August with the WSBL Grand Final.


2015 WSBL season, All-Star Game
The 2015 WSBL All-Star Game took place at Bendat Basketball Centre on Monday 1 June, with all proceeds going to Youth Focus to help prevent youth suicide.


2015 WTA 125K series
The WTA 125K series was the secondary professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association. The 2015 WTA 125K series calendar consists of six tournaments, each with a total prize fund of $125,000. After 2014, both the Suzhou, and Ningbo events folded, with Suzhou being replaced by a tournament in Dalian, and new events starting in Carlsbad and Hua Hin.


2015 WTA 125K series, Statistical information
These tables present the number of singles (S) and doubles (D) titles won by each player and each nation during the season. The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) a singles > doubles hierarchy; 3) alphabetical order (by family names for players).


2015 WTA 125K series, Statistical information
To avoid confusion and double counting, these tables should be updated only after an event is completed.


2015 WTA Awards
The 2015 WTA Awards are a series of awards given by the Women's Tennis Association to players who have achieved something remarkable during the 2015 WTA Tour.


2015 WTA Awards, The awards
These awards are decided by either the media, the players, the association, or the fans. Nominees were announced by the WTA's Twitter account.


2015 WTA Elite Trophy
The 2015 WTA Elite Trophy was a women's tennis tournament played at the Hengqin International Tennis Center in Zhuhai, China. It was the 1st edition of the singles event and doubles competition. The tournament was contested by twelve singles players and six doubles teams. The event replaced the WTA Tournament of Champions.


2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Tournament, Qualifying, Singles qualifying
The field will consist of the top eleven players not already qualified for the 2015 WTA Finals, plus either (a) the 12th-player not qualified for 2015 WTA Finals, or (b) a wild card. The final two alternates for the 2015 WTA Finals (Venus Williams and Carla Suárez Navarro) would have been eligible to play in WTA Elite Trophy even if they had participated in the WTA Finals.


2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Tournament, Qualifying, Doubles qualifying
The field will consist of the top four pairs of players not already qualified for the 2015 WTA Finals, plus two wild cards. For each wild card not given out, the next highest pair of players not already qualified for the 2015 WTA Finals shall become a participant. As in the case of the singles field, the final alternate pair for the 2015 WTA Finals (Alla Kudryavtseva/Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova) are eligible to play in WTA Elite Trophy even if they subsequently participate in the WTA Finals.


2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Tournament, Format
The singles event features twelve players in a round robin event, split into four groups of three. Over the first four days of competition, each player meets the other two players in her group, with the winner in each group advancing to the semifinal. The winners of each semifinal meet in the championship match. The six doubles teams will be split into two round robin groups, with the winner of each advancing to the final.


2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Tournament, Format, Round robin tie-breaking methods
The final standings of each group were determined by the first of the following methods that applied:


2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Prize money and points
The total prize money for the Huajin Securities 2015 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai 2015 WTA Finals was US$2,150,000.


2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Singles
Venus Williams had a resurgent year in 2015. She began the year by winning the ASB Classic defeating Caroline Wozniacki in three sets. She then followed it up by reaching her first slam quarterfinal at the Australian Open since 2010 losing to Madison Keys. She also was able to reach the quarterfinals of the US Open losing to sister Serena. She won her biggest title since Dubai 2010, by claiming the Wuhan Open defeating Garbiñe Muguruza in the finals. She also was the first alternate for the 2015 WTA Finals but was not used.


2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Singles
Carla Suárez Navarro had a break through season in 2015, including breaking through the top 10 and reaching a career high of no. 8 in the world. She was able to reach three finals in the year, but losing in all of them. The first coming at the Diamond Games, where she needed to withdraw from the final against Andrea Petkovic with a neck injury. She followed it up with her biggest final to date at the Miami Open but lost to world no. 1 Serena Williams winning just two games.


2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Singles
Her third final was at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia where she fell to Maria Sharapova in three sets. Despite strong showings at WTA events, Suárez Navarro struggled at the major events losing in the first round of three of the four slams. She also struggled in the second half of the year, going on an 8 match losing streak from mid-June to late September, and only winning 5 of her last 17 matches going into the 2015 WTA Finals. She also served as an alternate at the WTA Finals but wasn't used.


2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Singles
Karolína Plíšková had a breakthrough year in 2015, including breaking through the top 10 with a career high of number 7. She reached five finals in 2015, the most finals reached by any player. She began the year by reaching the final of the Apia International Sydney losing to Petra Kvitová. She reached her biggest final to date at the Dubai Tennis Championships but fell to Simona Halep in two tight sets. She took her lone title of 2015 at her home tournament at the Prague Open defeating compatriot Lucie Hradecká in three sets. She reached the finals of Aegon Classic and Bank of the West Classic, both losing to Angelique Kerber in three tight sets. Despite these performances at WTA events, she struggled at majors only surpassing the second round once.


2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Singles
Roberta Vinci had a slow start to the year only winning back-to-back matches twice until she reached the final of Nürnberger Versicherungscup losing to compatriot Karin Knapp in three sets. She wasn't able to carry this momentum following the final up with four first round loses. She reached the quarterfinals of Rogers Cup and followed it up with the biggest upset of the year when she ended Serena Williams dreams of a Grand Slam in New York in the semifinal. In the final she faced her compatriot Flavia Pennetta, who was in her first slam final as well, she went down in straight sets. She followed it up with a semifinal showing at the Wuhan Open losing to Venus Williams.


2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Singles
Caroline Wozniacki began the year by the reaching the final of ASB Classic but lost to Venus Williams. She followed it up with a semifinal performance at the Dubai Tennis Championships losing to Simona Halep. She won her lone title of the year at the Malaysian Open defeating Alexandra Dulgheru in three sets. She reached her third final of the year at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix losing in three sets to Angelique Kerber. This is the first year Wozniacki failed to get to the WTA Finals even as an alternate since 2008. She reached the second round of all slams except for a fourth round showing at the Wimbledon Championships.


2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Singles
Sara Errani did not begin the year well until she reached the final of the Rio Open defeating Anna Karolína Schmiedlová in the final. At the French Open, Errani was able to reach the quarterfinals for the fourth straight year losing to Serena Williams. She reached her second final of the year at the BRD Bucharest Open, once again facing Anna Karolína Schmiedlová but this time losing. She then reached the semifinal of the Rogers Cup losing to Simona Halep. She then reached the quarterfinals of the China Open losing to Timea Bacsinszky.


2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Singles
Madison Keys began 2015 well, she was able to upset Petra Kvitová in the third round, then world no. 4 her biggest win to date based on ranking. Keys eventually reached the semifinals for the first time in her career where she lost to world no. 1 Serena Williams in straight sets. She reached her second career final at the Family Circle Cup losing to Angelique Kerber in three sets. At the Wimbledon Championships, she reached the quarterfinals losing to Agnieszka Radwańska in three sets. She also reached the fourth round US Open losing once again to world no. 1 Serena Williams. She also reached a career high of No. 16.


2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Singles
Elina Svitolina had a breakthrough year proving her place as a rising star on tour. She began the year by reaching the semifinal of the Brisbane International losing to Maria Sharapova. Svitolina won the third title of her career at the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem defeating Tímea Babos in the final. She reached her first slam quarterfinal at the French Open losing to Ana Ivanovic in straight sets. At the Western & Southern Open, Svitolina reached the semifinals by defeating Lucie Šafářová before losing to Serena Williams. She also reached a career high of No. 15.


2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Singles
Jelena Janković had inconsistent results in first half of the year except reaching the final of Indian Wells. She, however, rebounded with strong performance at Wimbledon and then went on to reach the semifinals of Cincinnati and won three titles after a strong Asian swing in Nanchang, Guangzhou and Hong Kong.


2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Singles
Andrea Petkovic had a strong season despite a certain degree of inconsistency. Highlighted by a title in Antwerp as well as semifinal showings in Miami and Charleston. She also reached the quarterfinals of Doha and Eastbourne. She found consistency at the slams reaching the third round of the last three slams.


2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Singles
Svetlana Kuznetsova had an inconsistent season finding her form momentarily within the year. Highlighted by winning the title in her home nation in Moscow and reaching the final of Madrid. She also reached the quarterfinals of Guangzhou as well as the fourth round of the US Open, Miami and Beijing.


2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Singles
Zheng Saisai heads to Zhuhai after being awarded a wildcard to play in front of her home nation. Her season was highlighted by a win of the WTA 125k title in Dalian and a semifinal performance in Shenzhen as well as quarterfinal showings at Tokyo and Guangzhou.


2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Doubles
Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and Andreja Klepač lost in the round of 16 in their first two tournaments in Sydney and Hobart together to Ana Ivanovic and Angelique Kerber and Kiki Bertens and Johanna Larsson respectively. They then reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open, edging Jelena Janković and Arantxa Parra Santonja, upsetting sixth seed Garbiñe Muguruza and Carla Suárez Navarro and ninth seed Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká along the way before losing to fourteenth seed Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie in straight sets.


2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Doubles
They beat Dominika Cibulková and Kirsten Flipkens to reach the quarterfinals in Antwerp but was beaten in three sets by Barbora Krejčíková and Renata Voráčová and then they lost in straight sets to Anastasia Rodionova and Arina Rodionova in Dubai. They then reached the semifinals in Indian Wells, upsetting fourth seed Hsieh Su-wei and Flavia Pennetta, defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova and Coco Vandeweghe, Sabine Lisicki and Andrea Petkovic along the way before losing to second seed Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in straight sets.


2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Doubles
They beat Kiki Bertens and Tatjana Maria to reach the round of 16 in Miami before losing to ninth seed Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká in straight sets. They then beat Oksana Kalashnikova and Kateřina Siniaková in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals in Stuttgart before losing to Arantxa Parra Santonja and Alicja Rosolska in three sets. They lost in the round of 16 to Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová, having beaten Gabriela Dabrowski and Alicja Rosolska in the round of 32. They then suffered a five-week drought without a win, losing their first match in Rome, French Open, Eastbourne, Wimbledon to fifth seed Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová, Janette Husárová and Paula Kania, fourth seed Caroline Garcia and Katarina Srebotnik, Kimiko Date-Krumm and Francesca Schiavone respectively.


2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Player head-to-head
Below are the head-to-head records as they approached the tournament.


2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Road to Elite Trophy
The 2 tables below are part of the tables from Road to Singapore


2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Road to Elite Trophy, Singles, Qualified players
Players with a  gold  rank cell have qualified. Players with a  brown  rank cell were eligible to play but chose not to participate.


2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Road to Elite Trophy, Singles, Other entrants
The following player received a wildcard into the singles draw:


2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Road to Elite Trophy, Doubles, Qualified players
Pairs with a  gold  rank cell have qualified. Pairs with a  brown  rank cell were eligible to play but chose not to participate.


2015 WTA Elite Trophy – Doubles
2015 WTA Elite Trophy – Doubles was a doubles tennis competition held as part of the 2015 WTA Elite Trophy tournament. 2015 was the event's first year. Liang Chen and Wang Yafan won the title, defeating Anabel Medina Garrigues and Arantxa Parra Santonja in the final, 6–4, 6–3.


2015 WTA Elite Trophy – Singles
Venus Williams won the title, defeating Karolína Plíšková in the final 7–5, 7–6(8–6). This resulted in Williams' return to the top 10 rankings for the first time since April 2011.


2015 WTA Elite Trophy – Singles
With the title, Williams became the first woman to win both the WTA Elite Trophy as well as the WTA Finals, which she had won back in 2008.


2015 WTA Finals
The 2015 WTA Finals was a women's tennis tournament at Singapore. It was the 45th edition of the singles event and the 40th edition of the doubles competition. The tournament was contested by eight singles players and eight doubles teams.


2015 WTA Finals, Tournament
The 2015 WTA Finals took place at the Singapore Indoor Stadium from 26 October to 1 November 2015, and was the 45th edition of the event. The tournament was run by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) as part of the 2015 WTA Tour. Singapore is now the ninth city to host the WTA Finals since its inauguration in 1972 and will host the event for at least five years. The event also held two exhibition tournaments, WTA Rising Stars Invitational and the WTA Legends Classic.


2015 WTA Finals, Tournament, Qualifying
In singles, point totals are calculated by combining point totals from sixteen tournaments. Of these sixteen tournaments, a player's results from the four Grand Slam events, the four Premier Mandatory tournaments, and the best results from two Premier 5 tournaments must be included. In doubles, point totals are calculated by any combination of eleven tournaments throughout the year. Unlike in singles, this combination does not need to include results from the Grand Slams or Premier-level tournaments.


2015 WTA Finals, Tournament, Format
The singles and doubles event features eight players in a round robin event, split into two groups of four. Over the first four days of competition, each player meets the other three players in her group, with the top two in each group advancing to the semifinals. The first-placed player in one group meets the second-placed player in the other group, and vice versa. The winners of each semifinal meet in the championship match.


2015 WTA Finals, Tournament, Format, Round robin tie-breaking methods
The final standings of each group were determined by the first of the following methods that applied:


2015 WTA Finals, Prize money and points
The total prize money for the BNP Paribas 2015 WTA Finals was US$7,000,000.


2015 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
On 6 July, Serena Williams became the first player to qualify for the Championships. However, she announced her withdrawal on 2 October.


2015 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
In 2015, Serena Williams decided to start her season at the exhibition event in Perth, at the Hopman Cup teaming up with John Isner, losing in the final to the Polish pairing of Agnieszka Radwańska and Jerzy Janowicz. At the Australian Open, Williams claimed her 19th slam defeating Maria Sharapova, putting her 2nd in the most slams won in the Open Era. Williams ended her 14-year boycott of the BNP Paribas Open but withdrew prior to her semifinal match.


2015 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
She then claimed her eighth Miami Open title defeating Carla Suárez Navarro in just 56 minutes in the final after winning a tough three-set semifinal match against Simona Halep. She then reached the final of the French Open and claimed her 20th slam defeating Lucie Šafářová in three sets, making her only the second person to win each slam three times. She backed it up by winning her 6th Wimbledon title against Garbiñe Muguruza to become the first person to win three slams six times and first player since Steffi Graf to win the first three slams of the year.


2015 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Williams returned from an elbow injury in Toronto but was shocked by Swiss teen Belinda Bencic in the semifinals. She then claimed her fifth title of the year at the Western & Southern Open defeating Simona Halep. At the US Open, Williams had a chance to win the calendar Grand Slam but was upset by Roberta Vinci in three sets in the semifinals. Williams was the three-time defending champion, but on October 2, Williams withdrew from the tournament to heal her injuries and recapture her motivation.


2015 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
On 4 September, Simona Halep became the second player to qualify after her second round win at the US Open.


2015 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Simona Halep began the year by winning the Shenzhen Open over Timea Bacsinszky. She then reached the  quarterfinals of the Australian Open but lost to Ekaterina Makarova in straight sets. She won her second title of the year at the Dubai Tennis Championships defeating Karolína Plíšková in the final. She won the biggest title of her career at the BNP Paribas Open defeating Jelena Janković in the final. However, Halep suffered a dip in form losing to Mirjana Lučić-Baroni in the second round of the French Open and a first-round loss at Wimbledon to Jana Čepelová.


2015 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Halep rebounded at the US Open Series by reaching back-to-back finals at Toronto and Cincinnati, retiring against Belinda Bencic and losing to Serena Williams, respectively. Halep reached the semifinals of the US Open but was upset by eventual champion Flavia Pennetta. This is the second time Halep  has qualified for the Year-End Championships.


2015 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Maria Sharapova was announced as the third qualifier on 10 September.