2015 World Seniors Championship
The age limit of the event was reduced from 45 to 40 years, allowing players such as Mark Williams, Peter Ebdon, Dominic Dale and Fergal O'Brien to enter. Players had to be aged 40 or above at the end of the 2015 World Championship (4 May 2015).


2015 World Seniors Championship
Steve Davis was the defending champion, but he lost 0–2 against Fergal O'Brien in the quarter-finals.


2015 World Seniors Championship
Mark Williams won his 26th professional title by defeating Fergal O'Brien 2–1 in the final.


2015 World Seniors Championship, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2015 World Seniors Championship, Main draw
The draw for the last 16 was made on 3 December 2014 at the Barbican Centre in York during the UK Championship. All former World Seniors Champions and World Snooker Champions, who registered for the event, were seeded through to the final stages in Blackpool. There were three century breaks during the tournament. Mark Williams made a 140 break against Darryn Walker and Fergal O'Brien made a 110 and 105 break against Peter Ebdon.


2015 World Seniors Championship, Qualifying
These matches were played on 20 and 21 December 2014 at the Robin Park Arena, Sports and Tennis Centre in Wigan, England. There were two century breaks during the qualifying. Dominic Dale made a 129 break against Peter Delaney and Rory McLeod made a 104 break against Andrew Milliard.


2015 World Series
The 2015 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2015 season. The 111th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion New York Mets and the American League (AL) champion Kansas City Royals. The series was played between October 27 and November 1, with the Royals winning the series 4 games to 1, clinching the teams' 2nd World Series (first time since the 1985 series) and the latest World Series win in Missouri since the 2011 series (with the St. Louis Cardinals). It was the first time since the 2010 World Series that the Series extended into November.


2015 World Series
The Royals had home field advantage for the first two games of the series because of the AL's 6–3 victory in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. It was the 13th World Series in which home field advantage was awarded to the league that won the All-Star Game, a practice that was discontinued after the 2016 season. The series was played in a 2-3-2 format: the Royals hosted Games 1 and 2, and the Mets hosted Games 3, 4, and 5. (There was no Game 6 or 7, which the Royals would have hosted.)


2015 World Series
The Royals became the first team since the Oakland Athletics in the 1989 World Series to win the World Series after losing in the previous year. It was also the first World Series played between two expansion teams. Salvador Pérez was named the World Series Most Valuable Player.


2015 World Series, Background, New York Mets
The Mets made their fifth appearance in the World Series after sweeping the Cubs 4–0 in the 2015 National League Championship Series (NLCS). They had split their four previous appearances, winning the 1969 World Series against the Baltimore Orioles and the 1986 World Series against the Boston Red Sox, while losing the 1973 World Series against the Oakland Athletics and the 2000 World Series against the New York Yankees, their cross-town rivals.


2015 World Series, Background, New York Mets
The Mets qualified for the postseason by winning the National League (NL) East, their sixth division title. They faced the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2015 NL Division Series, winning in five games. In the 2015 NLCS, Daniel Murphy led the team by hitting home runs in each game of the four-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs. By winning the NLCS, the Mets ensured they have the most World Series appearances by an expansion franchise with five. In addition, the Mets have made World Series appearances in all but one of their six decades of existence, not appearing in any that were played during the 1990s. This was the first World Series appearance for Mets' manager Terry Collins.


2015 World Series, Background, Kansas City Royals
The Royals made their second consecutive appearance in the World Series, both under Ned Yost, and fourth overall. They won the 1985 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals, and lost their two other appearances, the 1980 World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies and the 2014 World Series against the San Francisco Giants. The Royals qualified for the postseason by winning the American League (AL) Central, their seventh division title and their first since winning the AL West in 1985. They faced the Houston Astros in the 2015 American League Division Series, winning in five games. They followed that up in the 2015 American League Championship Series, beating the Toronto Blue Jays in six games.


2015 World Series, Background, Kansas City Royals
By winning the ALCS, the Royals became the first team to play in consecutive World Series since the Texas Rangers played in the 2010 World Series and 2011 World Series.


2015 World Series, Background, Series preview
The series began on October 27. The American League won the 2015 All-Star Game, therefore the Royals had home field advantage for the series.


2015 World Series, Background, Series preview
The Mets and the Royals hadn't played each other since 2013. Though the Mets boasted four starting pitchers who could throw over 95 miles per hour (153 km/h)—Matt Harvey, Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom, and Steven Matz—the Royals had the best team batting average against pitches over that speed during the 2015 season. And while the Mets' starting pitchers had the best strikeout-to-walk ratio in the MLB, the Royals' roster of strong contact hitters led baseball in contact rate. The Royals also had a superior defensive team, finishing second in the majors in Defensive Runs Saved, while the Mets finished 21st.


2015 World Series, Background, Series preview
The Royals bullpen, anchored by Wade Davis and Kelvin Herrera, also provided a strength. While the Mets hitters performed better against left-handed pitchers than right-handed pitchers, the Royals four starting pitchers, Johnny Cueto, Edinson Vólquez, Yordano Ventura, and Chris Young, and primary relievers, Davis, Herrera, Ryan Madson, and Luke Hochevar, are right-handed. This was also the first time the World Series was played by teams which both had entered the league as expansion teams. The Mets joined the National League in 1962, and the Royals joined the American League in 1969.


2015 World Series, Game summaries, Game 1
The ceremonial first pitch was thrown out by George Brett. Matt Harvey started Game 1 for the Mets, while Edinson Vólquez started for the Royals. Vólquez's father had died earlier in the day. He was not aware of his father's death until after he left the game.


2015 World Series, Game summaries, Game 1
On the first pitch thrown by Harvey, Alcides Escobar hit an inside-the-park home run, the first in a World Series game since Mule Haas in the 1929 World Series, and the first hit by a leadoff batter since Patsy Dougherty did it for the Boston Americans in the 1903 World Series. In the fourth inning, Murphy recorded the Mets' first hit, and later scored their first run on a hit by Travis d'Arnaud. Curtis Granderson hit a home run in the fifth inning to give the Mets a 2–1 lead.


2015 World Series, Game summaries, Game 1
The Mets took a 3–1 lead in the top of the sixth when Michael Conforto drove in Yoenis Céspedes with a sacrifice fly. Mike Moustakas then saved a run with a diving stop and throw out to first to end the top of the sixth. Eric Hosmer reduced the lead to 3–2 with a sacrifice fly, and set a new Royals' postseason run batted in (RBI) record in the process.


2015 World Series, Game summaries, Game 1
A single by Moustakas tied the game at three, but in the top of the eighth, Wilmer Flores reached on an fielding error by Hosmer, allowing Juan Lagares to score the go-ahead run and give the Mets a 4–3 lead. In the bottom of the ninth with the Mets two outs away from taking Game 1, Alex Gordon tied the game for the Royals with a home run to deep center field, as Jeurys Familia blew his first save in six postseason opportunities and his first since July 30. With the home run, Gordon became the first player since Scott Brosius in the 2001 World Series, and just the fifth player in history, to tie a World Series game on a home run in the ninth inning.


2015 World Series, Game summaries, Game 1
In the bottom of the 11th inning, Granderson robbed the speedy Jarrod Dyson of a multi-base hit with a running, leaping catch that prevented what probably would have been a lead-off triple. The Mets went on to get out of the inning. In the bottom of the 14th, Escobar reached first on a throwing error by David Wright, and Bartolo Colón gave up a base hit to Ben Zobrist, allowing Escobar to reach third. Hosmer hit a sacrifice fly to Granderson in right field to drive in the winning run.


2015 World Series, Game summaries, Game 1
This was the first time in World Series history that the same player scored both the first run of the game on the first pitch, and the last run of the game on the final pitch. The game ended at 12:18 a.m. CDT, lasting five hours and nine minutes. The game tied the record for the longest game by innings in World Series history, shared with Game 2 in the 1916 World Series and Game 3 in the 2005 World Series. However, the record has since been surpassed by Game 3 of the 2018 World Series, which was 18 innings long. The loss made Colón the oldest player ever to lose a World Series game.


2015 World Series, Game summaries, Game 2
In Game 2, Jacob deGrom started for the Mets, and Johnny Cueto started for the Royals. The ceremonial first pitch was thrown out by Medal of Honor recipients Don Ballard, Charles Hagemeister, and Roger Donlon. Cueto walked Curtis Granderson to lead off the fourth and Daniel Murphy one out later. Yoenis Céspedes's hit into a forceout at second before Lucas Duda's RBI single put the Mets up 1–0. Duda produced the Mets' only other hit in the game in the second and Cueto retired them in order through the ninth.


2015 World Series, Game summaries, Game 2
In the fifth inning, deGrom allowed a leadoff walk to Alex Gordon and subsequent single to Alex Rios before Alcides Escobar's RBI single tied the game. Ben Zobrist's groundout moved the runners up and after Lorenzo Cain lined out to center, Eric Hosmer's two-run single put the Royals up 3–1. Kendrys Morales's single moved Hosmer to third and Mike Moustakas's single made it 4-1 Royals.


2015 World Series, Game summaries, Game 2
The Royals blew the game open in the eighth off of Jon Niese, who allowed a leadoff single to Moustakas, subsequent single to Salvador Pérez, and RBI double to Gordon. Addison Reed relieved Niese and allowed a sacrifice fly to Paulo Orlando and RBI triple to Escobar to make it 7-1 Kansas City.


2015 World Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Cueto walked Murphy with two outs in the ninth before getting Cespedes to fly out to right to finish the complete game, becoming the first AL pitcher to accomplish this feat in the World Series since Jack Morris in Game 7 of the 1991 World Series, as the Royals defeated the Mets and took a two games to zero lead in the series. Cueto became the first AL pitcher since Jim Lonborg in the 1967 World Series to throw a World Series complete game while allowing two hits or fewer.


2015 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3
The series shifted to Citi Field, the home stadium of the Mets, for Game 3. Yordano Ventura started for the Royals and Noah Syndergaard started for the Mets. The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by Mike Piazza to catcher Kevin Plawecki while Billy Joel sang the national anthem. With no designated hitter (DH) in NL parks, the Mets started Michael Conforto, their DH for Game 2, in the outfield instead of Juan Lagares, and the Royals did not start Kendrys Morales, their regular DH.


2015 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Zobrist scored for the Royals in the first inning on a force play. In the bottom of the first inning, Wright hit a two-run homer that also scored Granderson. For the Royals, Alex Ríos drove Salvador Pérez home in the second inning, and scored on a passed ball by d'Arnaud, giving the Royals a 3–2 lead. After a Syndergaard single, Granderson hit a two-run home run just over the right field wall in the third inning, and the Mets took a 4–3 lead.


2015 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3
The Mets added a run in the fourth inning on an RBI single by Conforto, and four more in the sixth inning, including an RBI single by Juan Uribe, in his first at bat since September 20.


2015 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3
The Royals made a few uncharacteristic mistakes in this game, the first coming in the fourth inning when pitcher Yordano Ventura forgot to cover the base on a ground ball to the first baseman, and the second in the sixth inning when Royals pitcher Franklin Morales triple-clutched Granderson's ground ball, allowing all runners to be safe, which led to a 2-run single by Wright.


2015 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3
In the fifth inning, Royals player Raúl A. Mondesí made his Major League Baseball debut, pinch hitting for Danny Duffy. Mondesí became the first player ever to make his MLB debut in the World Series.


2015 World Series, Game summaries, Game 4
The ceremonial first pitch was thrown out by country singer Tim McGraw, son of former Mets relief pitcher Tug McGraw while Demi Lovato sang the national anthem. The starting pitchers for Game 4 were Chris Young of the Royals and Steven Matz of the Mets. Conforto scored the game's first run with a home run in the third inning, and Flores scored later in the inning on a Granderson sacrifice fly, when right-fielder Ríos did not make an immediate throw home (thinking his catch was the third out of the inning).


2015 World Series, Game summaries, Game 4
The Royals cut the deficit to 2–1 in the top of the fifth when Pérez doubled and was then driven in by Gordon. However, in the bottom of the fifth, Conforto hit another home run, becoming the first rookie to hit two home runs in a World Series game since Andruw Jones in 1996. In the sixth inning, Zobrist hit his eighth double of the postseason, tying a postseason record previously set by Albert Pujols and David Freese of the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals. Lorenzo Cain drove in Zobrist in to make it a 3–2 game.


2015 World Series, Game summaries, Game 4
In the eighth inning, after recording the first out, Tyler Clippard walked two consecutive batters to force Terry Collins to bring in Familia. A key fielding error by Daniel Murphy allowed the tying run to score. The Royals took the lead on an RBI single from Moustakas, and then Pérez added an insurance run with another RBI base hit to give Kansas City the 5–3 lead. For Familia, it was his second blown save of the series, and second out of seven opportunities this postseason, though this one could be partly attributed to Murphy's error.


2015 World Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Wade Davis converted a two-inning save for the Royals, his fourth overall this postseason. Davis pitched a perfect eighth, but got into some trouble with one out in the ninth when Murphy hit a hard grounder that Moustakas could not field cleanly, and then Céspedes got a base hit to bring the winning run to the plate in Duda. However, Duda hit a soft line drive that was caught by Moustakas, who then doubled off Céspedes at first to end the game. Céspedes had started running thinking the ball would hit the ground.


2015 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Vólquez returned to the Dominican Republic for his father's funeral the day after Game 1, but he returned in time to start Game 5. Harvey started for the Mets. Tony Bennett performed "America the Beautiful", and the first pitches were thrown by Cleon Jones, Mookie Wilson, and Darryl Strawberry.


2015 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Granderson led off the first inning with a home run for the Mets, and scored the Mets' second run in the sixth inning. The Mets had a chance to break the game open in that sixth inning as they loaded the bases with no outs, but had to settle for one run after Céspedes lined a foul ball off his leg and was injured, leaving the game after popping up for the first out of the inning. Duda hit a sacrifice fly before d'Arnaud grounded out to end the inning.


2015 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Harvey pitched eight shutout innings for the Mets, and convinced Collins to keep him in the game for the ninth. He then gave up a leadoff walk to Cain in the ninth inning, and the Royals got a run when Hosmer drove Cain in with a double, prompting Collins to call upon Familia to relieve Harvey. After a groundout by Moustakas advanced Hosmer to third base with one out, Pérez hit a ground ball to third baseman David Wright.


2015 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Wright, after checking Hosmer at third, threw to first base for the second out; however, Hosmer broke for home as soon as the ball was thrown. Duda, who fielded the out at first, threw wide at home attempting to throw Hosmer out, and the latter scored the tying run. This resulted in Familia blowing his third save of the postseason and the series; his eight save opportunities tied the postseason record set in 2002 by Robb Nen.


2015 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5
In the top of the 12th inning, with Addison Reed pitching for the Mets, Pérez hit a single for the Royals. Pinch running for Pérez, Dyson stole a base and scored on a single by pinch hitter Christian Colón. Colón scored on a hit by Escobar. The Royals loaded the bases, and Cain drove home three more runs with a double off of Bartolo Colón. Davis pitched a shutout inning for the Royals to complete the series and win the championship. With Game 5 having crept well past midnight eastern time, Flores struck out looking to end the game, series, and baseball season, with the Royals winning and ending their 30-year World Series title drought.


2015 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Pérez, who batted 8-for-22 (.364) in the series, and caught every inning for the Royals with the exception of the final inning of the series, won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award. He became the first catcher to win the award since Pat Borders won it in the 1992 World Series, and the second Venezuelan player, following Pablo Sandoval, who won it in the 2012 World Series.


2015 World Series, Game summaries, Composite line score
2015 World Series (4–1): Kansas City Royals (AL) beat New York Mets (NL).


2015 World Series, Broadcasting, Television
Fox broadcast the series in the United States, with play-by-play announcer Joe Buck calling the action along with color analysts Harold Reynolds and Tom Verducci and field reporters Ken Rosenthal and Erin Andrews. The pregame and postgame show featured host Kevin Burkhardt with analysts Frank Thomas, Raul Ibanez, Pete Rose, and Alex Rodriguez. Fox Deportes offered a Spanish telecast of the series in the United States. The MLB International feed featured Matt Vasgersian and John Smoltz with play-by-play and analysis, respectively.


2015 World Series, Broadcasting, Television
Fox suffered an outage during their broadcast of Game 1, resulting in a loss of coverage for 15 minutes, followed by a five-minute delay while officials addressed the availability of video review due to the loss of Fox's feed; the teams agreed to allow the use of footage from the world feed of the game for video review. Fox temporarily switched to the MLB International feed of the game with Vasgersian and Smoltz to restore coverage. The video from the feed was then accompanied by Fox's commentators before the full Fox production was restored.


2015 World Series, Broadcasting, Television
The World Series started on a Tuesday for the second straight year, instead of a Wednesday as in the past. The practice was to avoid games on Thursday and Monday nights, generally big days of television viewing, where Fox's telecast would face stiff competition from Thursday Night Football, ESPN College Football Thursday Primetime, various popular primetime entertainment shows, and Monday Night Football.


2015 World Series, Broadcasting, Television, Ratings
Game 1 of the World Series averaged a 4.6 rating on Fox, making it the most watched Game 1 since the 2010 World Series. Game 2 then had a 3.9 rating, up 24 percent from last season's Game 2. The series also recorded the most watched Game 3 since 2009.


2015 World Series, Broadcasting, Television, Ratings
Game 5 went head-to-head with an NBC Sunday Night Football game between the Green Bay Packers and the Denver Broncos (both undefeated). Media sources like Sporting News predicted this heavy competition would result in series-low ratings. While the football game drew the larger audience, the Royals and Mets did average a 10.0 rating, the highest for a World Series Game 5 since 2003.


2015 World Series, Broadcasting, Radio
ESPN Radio aired the series, with Dan Shulman on play-by-play, Aaron Boone handling color commentary, and Buster Olney serving as field reporter. Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Chris Archer served as a guest commentator for selected innings in Games 1, 2 and 5. Marc Kestecher anchored pre-game and post-game coverage for the network along with Chris Singleton and Peter Pascarelli.


2015 World Series, Broadcasting, Radio
Locally, the series was broadcast on the teams' flagship radio stations with their respective announcing crews. In New York, WOR aired the games in English, with Howie Rose and Josh Lewin announcing, while WEPN-AM aired the games in Spanish, with Juan Alicea and Max Pérez Jiménez announcing. In Kansas City, KCSP broadcast the games, with Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre, Steve Stewart, and Steve Physioc announcing. WEPN-FM and WHB, the ESPN Radio affiliates in New York and Kansas City respectively, aired the network's coverage of the series in those cities.


2015 World Series, Historical notes
This was the first World Series in which both teams were expansion teams, which are teams that were formed after the 1960 season; the Mets began play in 1962, while the Royals began play in 1969.


2015 World Series, Historical notes
Additionally, they have been the most successful expansion teams in the major leagues: the Mets and Royals were the first expansion teams in their respective leagues to win not only a league championship pennant (1969 for the Mets and 1980 for the Royals) but the World Series as well (the Mets in 1969 and the Royals in 1985); with five and four pennants respectively, they are the only expansion franchises with more than two league titles.


2015 World Series, Historical notes
Each team was also seeking to end a championship drought; the Royals' previous championship was in 1985, with the Mets' last title coming one year later in 1986. The Mets and Royals met on Opening Day of the 2016 season, on April 3, 2016, for a Sunday night game in Kansas City. Additionally, the Royals became the first team in World Series history to start three pitchers—Yordano Ventura, Edison Volquez, and Johnny Cueto—born outside the United States.


2015 World Series, Historical notes
In the 1989 film Back to the Future Part II, the Chicago Cubs are depicted as the 2015 World Series champions, defeating a fictional American League team from Miami (the Miami Marlins had not yet been formed), whose mascot is an alligator.


2015 World Series, Historical notes
Screenwriter Bob Gale, who co-wrote the script of Back to the Future Part II, originally intended it as a joke, saying "Being a baseball fan, I thought, 'OK, let's come up with one of the most unlikely scenarios we can think of'", referencing both the Cubs' long championship drought, and the fact that Florida did not have a baseball team in 1989.


2015 World Series, Historical notes
He also explained that the October 21 prediction was based on the postseason structure at the time, and thus could have been accurate had MLB not added the Division Series in 1994 (but not played until 1995 due to the strike) and the Wild Card Game in 2012. Had the predicted schedule held, Chicago would have swept the Miami team in the World Series with the Series starting October 17. Ironically enough, the Cubs did face Miami's team, the Marlins, for the NL pennant in 2003, but lost the NLCS in seven games.


2015 World Series, Historical notes
In the actual 2015 postseason, the Cubs advanced to the National League Championship Series but were eliminated in four games. Coincidentally, the final game of the NLCS took place on October 21, the same date as the fictional events. While the film's prediction proved to be incorrect, the Cubs did win the following year's World Series, marking an end to the team's 108-year championship drought. The official Back to the Future Twitter account acknowledged this, also stating the reason the Cubs had not won in 2015 was the strike's having caused a "disruption in the space-time continuum".


2015 World Series by Renault
The 2015 World Series by Renault was the eleventh season of Renault Sport's series of events, with three different championships racing under one banner. Consisting of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Renault Sport Trophy, the World Series by Renault ran at seven different venues where fans could get into the meetings for no cost whatsoever, such is the uniqueness of the series. It was the first season with Renault Sport Trophy.


2015 World Series by Renault
The series began on 25 April at the Ciudad del Motor de Aragón in Alcañiz, and finished on 18 October at the Circuito de Jerez, just outside Jerez de la Frontera. Round at Silverstone Circuit replaced Moscow Raceway round. Rounds at Circuit Paul Ricard was dropped. While Le Mans Bugatti returned to the series' schedule, while Formula Renault 3.5 Series had two extra races on its own, in support of the Monaco Grand Prix and Red Bull Ring European Le Mans Series round.


2015 World Series of Darts
The 2015 World Series of Darts was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. There were 5 World Series events and one Final event being held – one in the United Arab Emirates, one in New Zealand, one in Japan, two in Australia, with the Finals being held in Glasgow, Scotland.


2015 World Series of Darts Finals
The 2015 Unibet World Series of Darts Finals was the inaugural event of the World Series of Darts Finals. The tournament took place in the Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Scotland, between 21–22 November 2015. It featured a field of 24 players formed up of a mix of players who had competed in the 2015 World Series of Darts, along with some invited players.


2015 World Series of Darts Finals
Michael van Gerwen won the title by beating Peter Wright 11–10 in the final.


2015 World Series of Darts Finals, Qualification and format
The top eight players from the five World Series events of 2015 were seeded for this tournament. They were:


2015 World Series of Darts Finals, Qualification and format
Eight players were invited (as "international prospects"), as were the next four highest ranked players from the PDC Order of Merit on 15 September 2015. Another four places were awarded in a qualifying event that took place in Coventry on October 23, 2015.


2015 World Series of Poker
The 2015 World Series of Poker is the 46th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). It was held from May 27-July 14 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Paradise, Nevada. There were 68 bracelet events, culminating in the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event, which began on July 5. The November Nine concept returned for an eighth year. Instead of a $10 million guaranteed first prize for the Main Event, however, there were now be 1,000 guaranteed payouts.


2015 World Series of Poker
New tournament formats included the $565 Colossus No Limit Hold'em event, the lowest buy-in open event at the WSOP since the 1980 WSOP. The tournament featured four starting flights with a re-entry option for each flight and a $5,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. The $1,000 WSOP.com No Limit Hold'em event awarded the first WSOP bracelet in an online tournament, with the final six players playing at the Rio on July 4. A bounty tournament was also featured, with a player earning $500 for each elimination. A Super Seniors event was also added, open to players 65 or older. In addition to these new formats, the structure for lower buy-in events was also altered and featured five times the buy-in for a starting stack.


2015 World Series of Poker, Main Event
The $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event began on July 5 with the first of three starting flights. The November Nine was reached on July 14, with the finalists returning on November 8. The final table was played over three days. The first day played down to the final six players, the second was played down to three players, and finally the bracelet was awarded on November 10.


2015 World Series of Poker, Main Event
The Main Event drew 6,420 players, creating a prize pool of $60,348,000. The top 1,000 players finished in the money. Each player at the final table earned over $1,000,000, with first place being $7,683,346.


2015 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Performance of past champions
* Indicates the place of a player who finished in the money


2015 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Other notable high finishes
NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.


2015 World Series of Poker, Main Event, November Nine
*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2015 Main Event.


2015 World Series of Poker, Records
The $565 Colossus No Limit Hold'em event established a new record for largest field in a WSOP event, attracting 22,374 entrants. The previous record was set in the 2006 Main Event with 8,773. The event also set a new record as the largest live poker tournament.


2015 World Series of Poker, Records
With his victory in the $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball Championship, Tuan Le became the first player to win the same $10,000 buy-in event in consecutive years since Johnny Chan won the Main Event in 1988. Counting all buy-in amounts, he is the first to accomplish this feat since Thang Luu won his second consecutive $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better event in 2009.


2015 World Series of Poker Europe
The 2015 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) was held from October 8-24 at the Spielbank Casino in Berlin, Germany. There were 10 bracelet events, including a €550 Oktoberfest No Limit Hold'em event and a €550 Pot Limit Omaha event, the lowest buy-in for an Omaha tournament in WSOP history. The series of events  culminated in the €10,450 Main Event beginning on October 18, and the €25,600 High Roller event on October 21. This was the first WSOP Europe since 2013, and the first held in Germany.


2015 World Series of Poker Europe, Main Event
The 2015 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event began on October 18 and finished on October 24. The event drew 313 entrants, generating a prize pool of €3,067,400. The top 32 players finished in the money, with the winner earning €883,000.


2015 World Series of Poker Europe, Main Event, Final Table
*-Career statistics prior to beginning of 2015 WSOPE Main Event


2015 World Series of Poker Europe results
Below are the results for the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe, held from October 8-24 at the Spielbank Casino in Berlin, Germany.


2015 World Series of Poker results
Below are the results of the 2015 World Series of Poker, held from May 27-July 14 at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada.


2015 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
The 2015 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place from 13 to 15 March 2015 in Moscow, Russia. They were the 40th World Short Track Speed Skating Championships.


2015 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Medalists
* Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals.


2015 World Shotgun Championships
The 2015 World Shotgun Championships were held from 9 to 18 September 2015 in Lonato, Italy. As in all odd-numbered years, separate ISSF World Shooting Championships were carried out in the trap, Double Trap and skeet events.


2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
The 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held between 12 and 15 February 2015 in Heerenveen, Netherlands.


2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships, Participating nations
161 speed skaters from 23 nations participated. The number of speed skaters per nation that competed is shown in parentheses.


2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 10,000 metres
The Men's 10,000 metres race of the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 12 February 2015.


2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 1000 metres
The men's 1000 metres race of the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 14 February 2015.


2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The Men's 1500 metres race of the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 13 February 2015.


2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 500 metres
The Men's 500 metres race of the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 15 February 2015.


2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 500 metres, Results
The first run was started at 13:15 and the second run at 15:01.


2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 5000 metres
The Men's 5000 metres race of the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 14 February 2015.


2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's mass start
The Men's mass start race of the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 15 February 2015.


2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's team pursuit
The Men's team pursuit race of the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 13 February 2015.


2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 1000 metres
The women's 1000 metres race of the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 13 February 2015.


2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 1500 metres
The Women's 1500 metres race of the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 15 February 2015.


2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 3000 metres
The Women's 3000 metres race of the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 12 February 2015.


2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 500 metres
The women's 500 meter race of the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 14 February 2015.


2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 500 metres, Results
The first run was started at 15:00 and the second run at 16:32.


2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 5000 metres
The Women's 5000 metres race of the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 13 February 2015.


2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's mass start
The women's mass start race of the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 15 February 2015.


2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's team pursuit
The Women's team pursuit race of the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 14 February 2015.


2015 World Sledge Hockey Challenge
The 2015 World Sledge Hockey Challenge was an international ice sledge hockey tournament organized by Hockey Canada hosted in Leduc, Alberta, from February 1–7, 2015, at the Leduc Recreation Centre. The U.S. National Sled Hockey Team defeated Russia, 2-1 to win the competition.


2015 World Sledge Hockey Challenge, Background
Canada, Russia, South Korea and the United States all return.


2015 World Snooker Championship
The 2015 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 2015 Betfred World Snooker Championship) was a professional snooker tournament which took place from 18 April to 4 May 2015 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the 39th consecutive year that the World Snooker Championship had been held at the Crucible, and was the final ranking event of the 2014–15 snooker season. Sports betting company Betfred sponsored the event for the first time in three years, having previously done so from 2009 to 2012. The top sixteen players in the snooker world rankings were placed into the draw, with an additional sixteen players qualifying for the event at a tournament taking place from 8 to 15 April 2015 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield.


2015 World Snooker Championship
Mark Selby was the defending champion, having defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan in the 2014 final. Selby lost 9–13 in the second round to event debutant Anthony McGill. He became the 16th first-time champion unable to defend his title at the venue. Shaun Murphy, the 2005 winner, met Stuart Bingham in the final. Bingham, who was given odds of 50–1 to win the tournament by bookmakers before the start of the tournament, defeated Murphy 18–15 in the final to win the first world title of his 20-year professional career. At the age of 38, Bingham became the oldest player to win the title since Ray Reardon in 1978.


2015 World Snooker Championship
The tournament featured a total of 86 century breaks, a record for the championship, beating the 83 scored in 2009. The highest break was 145, achieved by both Bingham and Neil Robertson. The event had a prize fund of £1,364,000 with the winner receiving £300,000.


2015 World Snooker Championship, Overview
The World Snooker Championship is an annual cue sport tournament and the official professional world championship of the game of snooker. Founded in the late 19th century by British Army soldiers stationed in India, the sport was originally played in the United Kingdom. In modern times, however, it has been played worldwide, especially in East and Southeast Asia nations such as China, Hong Kong and Thailand.


2015 World Snooker Championship, Overview
The world championship sees professional players compete in one-on-one snooker matches in a single-elimination format, each played over several frames. The player participating in the championship are selected through a mix of the snooker world rankings, and a pre-tournament qualification round. The first world championship in 1927 was won by Joe Davis, the final being held in Camkin's Hall, Birmingham, England. Since 1977, the event has been held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Stephen Hendry is the most successful player in the modern era, having won the championship seven times.


2015 World Snooker Championship, Overview
Englishman Mark Selby won the previous year's championship by defeating fellow countryman Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final 18–14. The winner of the 2015 event earned prize money of £300,000, from a total pool of £1,364,000. The event was sponsored by sports betting company Betfred, who had also done so for the event from 2009 to 2012.


2015 World Snooker Championship, Overview, Format
The 2015 World Snooker Championship was held from 18 April to 4 May 2015 in Sheffield, England. The tournament was the last of 11 rankings events in the 2014–15 snooker season on the World Snooker Tour. It featured a 32-player main draw that took place at the Crucible Theatre, as well as a 128-player qualifying draw that was played at the 8 and 15 April 2015 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, finishing three days before the start of the main tournament. This was the 39th consecutive year that the tournament had been held at the Crucible, and it was the 47th successive world championship to be contested through the knockout format after reverting from a challenge match system in the 1960s.


2015 World Snooker Championship, Overview, Format
The top 16 players in the world rankings automatically qualified for the main draw as seeded players. Selby was seeded first overall as the defending champion, while the remaining 15 seeds were allocated based on the world rankings, released after the penultimate event of the season, the China Open. The number of frames needed to win a match increased with each proceeding round of the main draw, starting with best-of-19-frames matches in the first round, leading up to the final which was played as a best-of-35-frames match.


2015 World Snooker Championship, Overview, Prize fund
The prize fund of the event was raised to £1,364,000 from the previous year's £1,214,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2015 World Snooker Championship, Overview, Participant summary
The event featured 144 participants, with 128 competing in qualifying alongside 16 invited players. The top 16 seeds automatically qualified for the main draw based on the snooker world rankings prior to the tournament. Ali Carter was seeded 13, despite being ranked 31, because his seeding had been frozen while he underwent treatment for cancer. This meant that Michael White, ranked 16, had to play in the qualifying tournament. For the first time, players ranked 17 to 32 had to win three qualifying matches, rather than one.


2015 World Snooker Championship, Overview, Participant summary
Ten former world champions competed in the tournament. Peter Ebdon, Steve Davis, and Ken Doherty lost in the qualifying rounds, but Graeme Dott qualified for the main stages. Six other former champions (John Higgins, Shaun Murphy, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Neil Robertson, Mark Selby, and Mark Williams) automatically qualified by virtue of their top 16 rankings. Davis became the first player to compete in a total of 100 World Championship matches, including qualifiers, as he lost 1–10 to Kurt Maflin. Ten-time women's world champion Reanne Evans attempted to become the first woman to reach the televised stages of the World Championship, but she lost 8–10 to Doherty in the first qualifying round.


2015 World Snooker Championship, Summary, First round
The first round was played as the best of 19 frames held over two sessions between 18 and 23 April. First-round debutants at the championship were England's Craig Steadman, and Stuart Carrington, Scotland's Anthony McGill, and Norway's Kurt Maflin. McGill and Carrington had both played at the Crucible before, in the Junior Pot Black in 2006. Mark Selby led 6–3 and 8–4 against Maflin, but trailed after his opponent won five frames in a row. Selby recovered from 8–9 down to clinch a 10–9 win.


2015 World Snooker Championship, Summary, First round
In his match against Steadman, O'Sullivan risked a sanction for removing a pair of uncomfortable shoes and playing briefly in his socks, before borrowing a replacement pair of shoes from tournament director Mike Ganley. Carter, who had missed the first five months of the season after extensive treatment for cancer, won his match 10–5 against Alan McManus.


2015 World Snooker Championship, Summary, First round
Higgins recorded seven breaks over 50 in a 10–5 victory over Robert Milkins. McGill led Maguire 9–5, and took the deciding frame with a break of 122 after Maguire had won four successive frames to level at 9–9. Marco Fu and Jimmy Robertson were tied at 5–5, with Fu winning five of the next six frames for a 10–6 win. Mark Davis built a 4–0 lead against Ding Junhui, but won only three out of the next thirteen, and lost 7–10. Mark Allen, trailing 1–3, took the next nine frames to progress 10–3 at the expense of Day. Hawkins led Matthew Selt 7–2 and 9–4, but had to win the match in a deciding frame as Selt won the next five frames. Stevens, who had been defeated in the 2000 final by Williams, eliminated Williams at the 2015 event, completing a 10–2 victory.


2015 World Snooker Championship, Summary, First round
Zhang Anda, who at 98th in the rankings was the lowest ranked qualifier, lost the first seven frames in his match against Joe Perry. He won only four frames, and lost 4–10. Neil Robertson compiled a 143 total clearance in the third frame of his 10–2 defeat of Jamie Jones. Murphy, who declared that he was planning to take an attacking approach to matches, as he had in winning the 2005 tournament, won 10–3 against Hull. Robbie Williams led 5–4 against Stuart Bingham after their first session, which featured breaks over 50 in each of the frames, but lost 7–10. Dott defeated Ricky Walden 10–8 after the pair had been level at 4–4 and 7–7. Judd Trump completed a 10–6 win against Carrington with a break of 109 in the 16th frame.


2015 World Snooker Championship, Summary, Second round
The second round was played as the best of 25 frames, held over three sessions between 23 and 27 April. Selby and McGill were tied at 4–4 after their opening session, but McGill led 10–6 after the second. He later won the match 13–9, making Selby the 16th first-time champion who failed to defend his title since the tournament moved to the Crucible in 1977, succumbing to what has become known as the 'Crucible curse'. Ding lost five of the first six frame in his match against Higgins but won the match 13–9 to reach only his third quarter-final in nine years. Higgins praised Ding's positional play after the match, crediting it as the best since Steve Davis.


2015 World Snooker Championship, Summary, Second round
Barry Hawkins trailed Allen 8–11, but won five straight frames to win the match 13–11. Allen commented that his opponent "froze [him] out", whilst Hawkins suggested the win would strengthen him going forward. Bingham reached his second Crucible quarter-final, winning seven out of the last eight frames to defeat Dott 13–5. Three of the other four-second round matches ended with 13–5 wins for O'Sullivan over Matthew Stevens, Murphy over Perry, and Robertson over Carter. Judd Trump defeated Fu 13–8. Robertson compiled a break of 145 in the last frame of his match against Carter.


2015 World Snooker Championship, Summary, Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals were played on 28 and 29 April, as the best of 25 frames, held over three sessions. Trump defeated Ding 13–4 after leading 6–2 and 12–4 after the first two sessions to reach his third World Championship semi-final. He commented that "he won't get beaten" if he continued to play in the same manor for the rest of the tournament. Murphy led the last remaining qualifier McGill  9–7, and won four of the next five to win 13–8 and reach the semi-finals for the first time since 2009.


2015 World Snooker Championship, Summary, Quarter-finals
Bingham made the joint highest break of the tournament in the second round match against O'Sullivan. He reached the first career semi-final after completing 13–9 victory over tournament favourite O'Sullivan, who had beaten Bingham 13–4 at the same stage of the tournament two years prior. A controversial incident occurred in the fifth frame of the match, when O'Sullivan placed his chalk on the table and used it to line up a shot.


2015 World Snooker Championship, Summary, Quarter-finals
Referee Terry Camilleri did not penalise O'Sullivan, even though the rules of snooker call for a seven-point foul if a player uses an object to measure gaps or distances. The referee's handling of the incident was questioned from the commentary box by former world champion Doherty and on Twitter by former tour referee Michaela Tabb. Bingham commented that he had been in tears after the match, calling it "unbelievable".


2015 World Snooker Championship, Summary, Quarter-finals
In the last quarter-final match, Hawkins defeated Robertson 13–12 to reach the semi-finals for a third consecutive year. Hawkins and Robertson produced four century breaks each to equal the record of eight centuries in one match, a new record for a 25-frame match. Their encounter also included the longest frame in the 2015 tournament to that point, at 70 minutes and 22 seconds.


2015 World Snooker Championship, Summary, Semi-finals
The semi-finals were played between 30 April and 2 May, as the best of 33 frames, held over four sessions. All four world championship semi-finalists were English, of whom, Murphy was the only former winner of the event to reach the last four. Murphy took a 6–2 lead over Hawkins in the first session and extended it to 13–3 after the second. Hawkins won the third session, taking five out of eight frames, but trailed 16–8. Murphy wrapped up a 17–9 victory in the final session to reach the third world championship final of his career, after 2005 and 2008. Murphy commented that he was "blown away" at reaching the final of the event again. With five century breaks from Murphy and three from Hawkins, the match equalled the record for the most centuries in a professional match at the Crucible.


2015 World Snooker Championship, Summary, Semi-finals
In a much closer encounter, Bingham led Trump 5–3 after the first session, 9–7 after the second, and 13–11 after the third. From 14 to 16 down, Trump produced two consecutive century breaks to force a deciding frame. Trump had the first chance in the final frame, but suffered a kick allowing Bingham to prevail and defeat Trump 17–16 and reach his first World Championship final. Bingham commented ""It's unbelievable, I cant believe I'm in the world final" Trump, however, commented that despite Bingham playing well, it was "tough to take, really. I needed one good chance. If I’d missed the pot normally then fair play but the kick threw it off line... I feel it’s been a little bit taken away from me."


2015 World Snooker Championship, Summary, Final
The final was held on 3 and 4 May as the best of 35 frames, across four sessions. At the age of 38, Bingham was the oldest first-time finalist at the Crucible since 45-year-old Ray Reardon in 1978, although Reardon had already won five world titles at other venues by that point in his career. It was the third appearance in the final for Murphy, who won the title in 2005 with an 18–16 victory over Stevens and was runner-up in 2009 when he lost 9–18 to Higgins.


2015 World Snooker Championship, Summary, Final
The final was refereed for the first time by Olivier Marteel, from Koksijde in West Flanders, Belgium, who had previously officiated on the semi-final the year prior. He was also the first Belgian to take charge of a World Championship final, and the second referee from continental Europe to do so, after Jan Verhaas.


2015 World Snooker Championship, Summary, Final
To open the final, Murphy took a 3–0 lead, but Bingham fought back to end the session all-square at 4–4. In the second session of nine frames, Murphy began strongly, winning four consecutive frames to move 8–4 ahead, but Bingham won four of the next five to reduce Murphy's lead to 9–8 overnight. Bingham's break of 123 in the 14th frame was the 84th century break compiled at the Crucible in 2015, breaking the previous record of 83 centuries set in 2009. In the third session, Bingham won six of the eight frames to move into a 14–11 lead.


2015 World Snooker Championship, Summary, Final
In the 20th frame, Bingham attempted a maximum break, potting 14 reds and 14 blacks before missing the final red. Although Murphy won four of the first five frames in the final session to draw level at 15–15, Bingham won the 64-minute 31st frame to go 16–15 in front, and then added two more frames for an 18–15 victory and his first world title.


2015 World Snooker Championship, Summary, Final
Bingham had odds of 50–1 to win the event prior to the tournament. The achievement made him the oldest player to win the title since Reardon in 1978. He was the third oldest winner in Crucible history after Reardon in 1978 and John Spencer who was 41 in 1977. Winning the title also took him to a career high of second in the world rankings. The final was noted for its high standard of break-building, with 6 centuries and 24 more over 50 in the 33 frames played.


2015 World Snooker Championship, Main draw
Shown below are the results for each round. Numbers in brackets denote players seedings, whilst players in bold denote match winners. The draw for the first round took place at Hallamshire Golf Club on 16 April 2015, one day after the end of the last qualifying round.


2015 World Snooker Championship, Qualifying
The three qualifying rounds took place between 8 and 15 April 2015 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England. All matches were played as the best-of-19 frames.


2015 World Snooker Championship, Century breaks, Televised stage centuries
There were 86 century breaks in the televised stage of the World Championship. For every century break made during the 17-day championship in Sheffield, the title sponsor, Betfred, pledged to donate £200 to World Snooker's official charity, the Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice. However, in line with the sponsor's declaration, the donation was rounded up to £25,000 as at least 70 centuries were achieved. Neil Robertson and Bingham each compiled a break of 145, the highest breaks achieved in the tournament.


2015 World Snooker Championship, Century breaks, Qualifying stage centuries
There were 83 century breaks in the qualifying stage of the World Championship: Three players, Tom Ford, Craig Steadman and David Morris each made the highest break of qualifying, 140.


2015 World Snowshoe Championships
The 2015 World Snowshoe Championships was the 8th edition of the global snowshoe running competition, World Snowshoe Championships, organised by the World Snowshoe Federation and took place in Quebec City on 31 January 2015.


2015 World Snowshoe Championships, Results
The race, held on the distance of 10 km, has compiled two different ranking (male and female) overall, it was the mass start system and more than 200 snowshoers participated in it.


2015 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
The 2015 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships were held in Astana, Kazakhstan, from 28 February to 1 March 2015.


2015 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, Participating nations
59 speed skaters from 16 nations participated. The number of speed skaters per nation that competed is shown in parentheses.


2015 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships – Men
The men event of the 2015 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships was held on 28 February – 1 March 2015.


2015 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships – Women
The women's event of the 2015 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships was held on 28 February – 1 March 2015.


2015 World Surf League
The 2015 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT) was the first year of the World Surf League, which grew out of the Association of Surfing Professionals. Men and women competed in separate tours with events taking place from late February to mid-December, at various surfing locations around the world. The surfer with the most points at the end of the tour (after discarding their two worst results) was named the 2015 ASP Surfing World Champion. Adriano de Souza of Brazil won the men's world title with 57,000 points. Carissa Moore of the USA won the women's world tile with 66,200 points.


2015 World Table Tennis Championships
The 2015 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Suzhou from 26 April to 3 May 2015. The Championship was staged in China for the fifth time and was the 53rd edition of the individual competition. The decision was announced by ITTF in March 2012. Suzhou became the first Chinese host city at prefecture level which had accumulated sufficient experience by hosting three China Open tournaments from 2009 through 2011.


2015 World Table Tennis Championships, Schedule
Five individual events were contested. Qualification rounds were held from 26–27 April.


2015 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
The 2015 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles was the 53rd edition of the men's doubles championship.


2015 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
Chen Chien-an and Chuang Chih-yuan were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year.


2015 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
Xu Xin and Zhang Jike won the title by defeating Fan Zhendong and Zhou Yu 12–14, 11–7, 11–9, 9–11, 11–7, 11–9 in the final.


2015 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles, Seeds
Matches were best of 5 games in qualification and best of 7 games in the 64-player sized main draw.


2015 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
Zhang Jike was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals.


2015 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
Ma Long defeated Fang Bo 11–7, 7–11, 11–4, 11–8, 11–13, 11–4 in the final to win the title.


2015 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
Matches were best of 7 games in qualification and in the 128-player sized main draw.


2015 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles
The 2015 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles was the 53rd edition of the mixed doubles championship.


2015 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles
Kim Hyok-bong and Kim Jong were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals and secured a bronze medal.


2015 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles
Xu Xin and Yang Ha-eun won the gold medal in the final against Maharu Yoshimura and Kasumi Ishikawa by a score of 11–7, 11–8, 11–4, 11–6.


2015 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles, Seeds
Matches were best of 7 games in qualification and in the 128-player sized main draw.


2015 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
The 2015 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles was the 52nd edition of the women's doubles championship. Guo Yue and Li Xiaoxia were the defending champions.


2015 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
Liu Shiwen and Zhu Yuling won the title by defeating Ding Ning and Li Xiaoxia 8–11, 11–8, 3–11, 11–8, 11–13, 11–8, 11–8 in the final.


2015 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles, Seeds
Matches will be best of 5 games in qualification and best of 7 games in the 64-player sized main draw.


2015 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
Li Xiaoxia was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals.


2015 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
Ding Ning captured the title by defeating Liu Shiwen with 7–11, 15–13, 11–7, 11–9, 9–11, 4–11, 11–8.


2015 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
Matches were best of 7 games in qualification and in the 128-player sized main draw.


2015 World Taekwondo Championships
The 2015 World Taekwondo Championships were the 22nd edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Chelyabinsk, Russia from May 12 to May 18, 2015. The decision to award the games to Russia was made in 2013 as they out-voted both Vietnam and Brazil.


2015 World Taekwondo Championships – Men's bantamweight
The men's bantamweight is a competition featured at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Traktor Ice Arena in Chelyabinsk, Russia on May 17 and 18. Bantamweights were limited to a maximum of 63 kilograms in body mass.


2015 World Taekwondo Championships – Men's featherweight
The men's featherweight is a competition featured at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Traktor Ice Arena in Chelyabinsk, Russia on May 14 and May 15. Featherweights were limited to a maximum of 68 kilograms in body mass.


2015 World Taekwondo Championships – Men's finweight
The men's finweight is a competition featured at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Traktor Ice Arena in Chelyabinsk, Russia on May 15 and May 16. Finweights were limited to a maximum of 54 kilograms in body mass.


2015 World Taekwondo Championships – Men's flyweight
The men's flyweight is a competition featured at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Traktor Ice Arena in Chelyabinsk, Russia on May 12 and May 13. Flyweights were limited to a maximum of 58 kilograms in body mass.


2015 World Taekwondo Championships – Men's heavyweight
The men's heavyweight is a competition featured at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Traktor Ice Arena in Chelyabinsk, Russia on May 16 and May 17. Heavyweights were limited to a minimum of 87 kilograms in body mass.


2015 World Taekwondo Championships – Men's lightweight
The men's lightweight is a competition featured at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Traktor Ice Arena in Chelyabinsk, Russia on May 13 and May 14. Lightweights were limited to a maximum of 74 kilograms in body mass.


2015 World Taekwondo Championships – Men's middleweight
The men's middleweight is a competition featured at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Traktor Ice Arena in Chelyabinsk, Russia on May 16 and May 17. Middleweights were limited to a maximum of 87 kilograms in body mass.


2015 World Taekwondo Championships – Men's welterweight
The men's welterweight is a competition featured at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Traktor Ice Arena in Chelyabinsk, Russia on May 18. Welterweights were limited to a minimum of 80 kilograms in body mass.


2015 World Taekwondo Championships – Women's bantamweight
The women's bantamweight is a competition featured at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Traktor Ice Arena in Chelyabinsk, Russia on May 15 and May 16. Bantamweights were limited to a maximum of 53 kilograms in body mass.


2015 World Taekwondo Championships – Women's featherweight
The women's featherweight is a competition featured at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Traktor Ice Arena in Chelyabinsk, Russia on May 17 and May 18. Featherweights were limited to a maximum of 57 kilograms in body mass.


2015 World Taekwondo Championships – Women's finweight
The women's finweight is a competition featured at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Traktor Ice Arena in Chelyabinsk, Russia on May 12 and May 13. Finweights were limited to a maximum of 46 kilograms in body mass.


2015 World Taekwondo Championships – Women's flyweight
The women's flyweight is a competition featured at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Traktor Ice Arena in Chelyabinsk, Russia on May 13 and May 14. Flyweights were limited to a maximum of 49 kilograms in body mass.


2015 World Taekwondo Championships – Women's heavyweight
The women's heavyweight is a competition featured at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Traktor Ice Arena in Chelyabinsk, Russia on May 15 and May 16. Heavyweights were limited to a minimum of 73 kilograms in body mass.


2015 World Taekwondo Championships – Women's lightweight
The women's lightweight is a competition featured at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Traktor Ice Arena in Chelyabinsk, Russia on May 18. Lightweights were limited to a maximum of 62 kilograms in body mass.


2015 World Taekwondo Championships – Women's middleweight
The women's middleweight is a competition featured at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Traktor Ice Arena in Chelyabinsk, Russia on May 16 and May 17. Middleweights were limited to a maximum of 73 kilograms in body mass.


2015 World Taekwondo Championships – Women's welterweight
The women's welterweight is a competition featured at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Traktor Ice Arena in Chelyabinsk, Russia on May 14 and May 15. Welterweights were limited to a maximum of 67 kilograms in body mass.


2015 World Taekwondo Grand Prix
The 2015 World Taekwondo Grand Prix was the 3rd edition of the World Taekwondo Grand Prix series.


2015 World TeamTennis season
The 2015 World TeamTennis season was the 40th season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States. Pursuant to a sponsorship agreement with Mylan N.V., the official name of the league was Mylan World TeamTennis in 2015. The Washington Kastles defeated the Austin Aces in the WTT Final to win their fifth consecutive King Trophy.


2015 World TeamTennis season, Competition format
The 2015 World TeamTennis season included seven teams split into two conferences (Eastern and Western). The Eastern Conference had three teams, and the Western Conference had four teams. Each team played a 14-match regular-season schedule with seven home and seven away matches. The top two teams in each conference qualified for the conference championship matches hosted by the first-place finishers. The conference champions met in the World TeamTennis Final hosted in 2015, by the Eastern Conference champion. A Western Conference champion that is a higher seed than an Eastern Conference champion would be treated as the "home" team in the WTT Final and have the right to determine order of play. The winner of the WTT Final was awarded the King Trophy.


2015 World TeamTennis season, Franchise movement
On February 23, 2015, WTT announced that a new ownership group had taken control of the Texas Wild and moved the team to Citrus Heights, California, renaming it the California Dream.


2015 World TeamTennis season, Draft
Unlike previous seasons in which WTT conducted its Marquee Player Draft and its Roster Player Draft on different dates about one month apart, the league conducted a single draft at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California on March 16, 2015. The order in which teams selected was based on the results the teams achieved in 2014, with weaker teams selecting earlier and stronger teams selecting later. The team with the worst regular-season record selected first in each round, and the remaining nonplayoff teams followed in order based on their records.


2015 World TeamTennis season, Draft
After the nonplayoff teams chose, the conference championship loser with the worse record of the two selected and was followed by the other conference championship loser. The WTT runner up selected after the conference championship losers, and the WTT champion selected last. The draft position for the relocated California Dream franchise was based on the results achieved as the Texas Wild. Each team could protect certain players from its 2014 roster. Marquee players or doubles teams and wildcard players could be protected if they appeared in a match for the team in 2014.


2015 World TeamTennis season, Draft
Exempt, roster and substitute players who appeared in at least three matches for the team in 2014, could also be protected. Teams could also protect players who qualified for protection based on match appearances in 2013, but were unable to play in 2014, due to injury. Teams holding the right to protect players could trade those rights before or during the draft. In another change from previous seasons, WTT eliminated its separate roster-exempt player draft. Instead, roster-exempt players were chosen in the roster player portion of the draft.


2015 World TeamTennis season, Draft
Since roster-exempt players are not required to be full-time members of the team, the rule change makes it possible for a team to make four selections in the roster player portion of the draft and not have two male and two female full-time players. In such cases, these teams are permitted to make selections in additional rounds of the roster player draft until they have a complete roster. The selections made are shown in the tables below.


2015 World TeamTennis season, Playoff match summaries, Eastern Conference Championship Match
July 30 at Kastles Stadium at Charles E. Smith Center, Washington, District of Columbia: WASHINGTON KASTLES 25, Philadelphia Freedoms 9


2015 World TeamTennis season, Playoff match summaries, Western Conference Championship Match
July 30 at Gregory Gymnasium, Austin, Texas: AUSTIN ACES 25, California Dream 14


2015 World TeamTennis season, Playoff match summaries, WTT Final Match
August 2 at Kastles Stadium at the Charles E. Smith Center, Washington, District of Columbia: Washington Kastles 24, AUSTIN ACES 18 (extended play)


2015 World TeamTennis season, Individual statistical leaders
The tables below show the WTT players who had the highest regular-season winning percentages in each of the league's five events. Only players who played in at least 40% of the total number of games played by their team in a particular event are eligible to be listed among the official WTT league leaders for that event.


2015 World TeamTennis season, Team statistics
The tables below show the regular-season winning percentages of each team in each of the league's five events.


2015 World TeamTennis season, Television
The 2015 season was the second year of a four-year television rights contract between WTT and ESPN, Inc. The WTT Final was telecast live on ESPN2. ESPN3 streamed the conference championship matches along with one match each night during the regular season.


2015 World TeamTennis season, Television
In a June 2, 2015 press release, WTT announced that the WTT Final would start at 11:30 am EDT on August 2, and would be streamed from the start by ESPN3. Live television coverage would begin on ESPN2 at 1:00 pm with the match already in progress. The start times for the conference championship matches would be 7:00 pm local time on Thursday July 30.


2015 World TeamTennis season, Television
Four regular-season matches were nationally televised on the Tennis Channel as well as on regional sports networks Altitude Sports and Entertainment, Comcast SportsNet affiliates, Mediacom Connections and MSG. These matches were as follows:


2015 World TeamTennis season, Television
Nationally televised matches were also streamed on ESPN3. In addition to the televised ones, the following regular-season matches were streamed exclusively on ESPN3:


2015 World TeamTennis season, Sponsorship
On December 8, 2014, WTT announced that its title-sponsorship agreement with Mylan N.V. was extended for two more years through the 2017 season. As part of its partnership with WTT, Mylan will continue to sponsor events at which children meet with WTT players and are introduced to tennis, charitable events and the Mylan Aces program which allows each team to select a local charity for which it can earn money donated by Mylan by recording the most aces in the league on a given day during the regular season.


2015 World Touring Car Championship
The 2015 World Touring Car Championship was a motor racing competition organised by the FIA for Super 2000 cars. It was the twelfth FIA World Touring Car Championship, and the eleventh since the series was revived in 2005. The championship comprised a Drivers Championship and a Manufacturers Championship, which were won by José María López and Citroën respectively.


2015 World Touring Car Championship, Calendar
The 2015 schedule was announced at a meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Doha, Qatar on 3 December 2014. The season is once again being contested over twenty-four races at twelve circuits, but will see several changes of venue. The races at Salzburgring, Spa-Francorchamps, Beijing and Macau have been removed from the schedule. The Races of Germany and Portugal returned to the calendar.


2015 World Touring Car Championship, Calendar
The race in Germany will be held at the Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit while the Portuguese round will be held at the Circuito Internacional de Vila Real, a street circuit 100 kilometres (62 miles) east of Porto. Two new races were added – in Thailand at Burinam and Qatar at the Losail. On 23 January 2015, Twin Ring Motegi was announced as host of the Race of Japan.


2015 World Touring Car Championship, Calendar
On 30 June 2015, it was announced that the season finale at the Losail International Circuit would be moved to Friday 27 November, to prevent the event from clashing with a local political event and the season finales of the 2015 Formula One season. It will be the first time WTCC will race on a Friday.


2015 World Touring Car Championship, Points system
Drivers Championship points were awarded on a 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 basis for the first ten places in each race. Points were also awarded on a 5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first five places after the qualifying session.


2015 World Touring Car Championship, Points system
Manufacturers Championship points were awarded on the same basis as for the Drivers Championship. Only the results obtained by the best two cars classified per manufacturer were taken into account. All other cars of that same manufacturer were considered invisible as far as scoring points was concerned.


2015 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Races, Compensation weights
The most competitive cars keep a 60 kg compensation weight. The other cars get a lower one, calculated according to their results for the three previous rounds. The less the cars get some good results, the less they get a compensation weight, from 0 kg to 60 kg. For the first two rounds, all the cars had a 60 kg compensation weight.


2015 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Races, Compensation weights
Compensation weight comes into effect for the third round, in Hungary, with Citroën penalized by a maximum of 60 kg compensation weight, as the best results cars.


2015 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Championship standings, Drivers' championship
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.


2015 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Championship standings, Yokohama Trophies
World Touring Car Championship promoter Eurosport Events organized the Yokohama Drivers' Trophy and the Yokohama Teams' Trophy within the 2015 FIA World Touring Car Championship.


2015 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Championship standings, Yokohama Trophies
All non-manufacturer teams were eligible to score points towards the Yokohama Teams' Trophy.


2015 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Championship standings, Yokohama Trophies
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.


2015 World U-17 Hockey Challenge
The 2015 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge was an ice hockey tournament held in Dawson Creek and Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada between November 5 and 11. The World Under-17 Hockey Challenge is held by Hockey Canada annually to showcase young hockey talent from across Canada and other strong hockey countries.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships
The 2015 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Houston, United States. The event took place from November 19 to 28, 2015. This event was, together with the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships, the first stage of the Qualification Process for the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships
In September 2016 the championships won the 2016 SportsTravel Best Amateur Single-Sport Event of the Year, awarded for what SportsTravel Magazine described as "its superior organisation and spectator attendance, [and] for creating superior experience for competitors and spectators".


2015 World Weightlifting Championships
Despite this accolade, ESPN would later speculate that these championships may have been "the public bottoming out for weightlifting". Before the event, the International Weightlifting Federation and the United States Anti- Doping Agency had a public conflict over which entity would perform drug testing. After an agreement was reached, the USADA, according to ESPN, "aggressively target-tested athletes from teams at high risk for doping and asked hotel security and cleaning staff to report when they found syringes and vials in wastebaskets." A total of 24 samples from the competition came back positive. With the sport's doping issues now laid bare, the IWF responded by banning Russia and Bulgaria from the 2016 Olympics, and later imposed a one-year suspension on nine nations, including Russia but not Bulgaria.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships, Medal table
Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +105 kg
The men's +105 kilograms event at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 28 November 2015 in Houston, United States.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +105 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 105 kg
The men's 105 kilograms event at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 26 and 27 November 2015 in Houston, United States.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 105 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg
The men's 56 kilograms event at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 20 and 21 November 2015 in Houston, United States.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg
The men's 62 kilograms event at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 20–22 November 2015 in Houston, United States.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 69 kg
The men's 69 kilograms event at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 22 and 23 November 2015 in Houston, United States.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 69 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 77 kg
The men's 77 kilograms event at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 23 and 24 November 2015 in Houston, United States.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 77 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg
The men's 85 kilograms event at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 24 and 25 November 2015 in Houston, United States.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 94 kg
The men's 94 kilograms event at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 25 and 26 November 2015 in Houston, United States.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 94 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's +75 kg
The women's +75 kilograms event at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 27 and 28 November 2015 in Houston, United States.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's +75 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 48 kg
The women's 48 kilograms event at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 20 and 21 November 2015 in Houston, United States.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 48 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 53 kg
The women's 53 kilograms event at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 21 and 22 November 2015 in Houston, United States.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 53 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 58 kg
The women's 58 kilograms event at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships were held on 22 and 23 November 2015 in Houston, United States.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 58 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 63 kg
The women's 63 kilograms event at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 24 and 25 November 2015 in Houston, United States.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 63 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 69 kg
The women's 69 kilograms event at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 24–26 November 2015 in Houston, United States.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 69 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 75 kg
The women's 75 kilograms event at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 27 November 2015 in Houston, United States.


2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 75 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
The 2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from February 6 to 13 at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland.


2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Qualification, Qualification event
Two teams will qualify for the World Championship from the qualifying event held in November 2014 in Lillehammer, Norway.


2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Ina ForrestThird: Dennis ThiessenSecond: Sonja GaudetSkip: Mark IdesonAlternate: Marie WrightCoach: Joe Rea


2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Wang HaitaoThird: Liu WeiSecond: Zhang QiangLead: Xu GuangqinAlternate: He JunCoach: Li Jianrui


2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Markku KarjalainenThird: Sari KarjalainenSecond: Mina MojtahediLead: Tuomo AarnikkaAlternate: Vesa LeppanenCoach: Anne Malmi


2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Jens JägerThird: Christiane PutzichSecond: Martin SchlittLead: Heike MelchiorAlternate: Robert HeringCoach: Bernd Weisser


2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Rune LorentsenThird: Jostein StordahlSecond: Ole Fredrik SyversenLead: Sissel LøchenAlternate: Gina Kristin BrøndboCoach: Per Andreassen


2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Andrey SmirnovThird: Marat RomanovSecond: Oxana SlesarenkoLead: Alexander ShevchenkoAlternate: Svetlana PakhomovaCoach: Anton Batugin


2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Aileen NeilsonThird: Gregor EwanSecond: Jim GaultLead: Angie MaloneAlternate: Hugh NibloeCoach: Tony Zummack


2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Radoslav ĎurišThird: Branislav JakubecSecond: Dusan PitoňákLead: Monika KunkelováAlternate: Imrich LyócsaCoach: František Pitoňák


2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Jalle JungnellThird: Patrik KallinSecond: Ronny PerssonLead: Kristina UlanderAlternate: Zandra ReppeCoach: Peter Narup


2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Patrick McDonaldThird: Steven EmtSecond: Jimmy JosephLead: Penny GreelyAlternate: Meghan LinoCoach: Steve Brown


2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Eastern European Time (UTC+02).


2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Round robin results, Relegation Game
Scotland relegated to 2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event.


2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event
The qualification event of the 2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from November 1 to 6, 2014 at the Lillehammer Curling Club in Lillehammer, Norway. The qualification event was open to any World Curling Federation member nation not already qualified for the World Championship. The event's two top finishers, Norway and Germany, will join the top eight finishers from the last World Wheelchair Curling Championship at this season's event in Lohja, Finland.


2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event
This event would have marked the first appearance of Israel at an international wheelchair curling event, but Israel was deemed ineligible to play due to an inability to meet classification criteria.


2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event, Teams
Skip : Ivan ShopovThird: Svetozar KirovSecond: Pavel SavovLead: Joanna KoldovaAlternate: Neli SabevaCoach: Nikolay Runtov


2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event, Teams
Skip : Radek MusílekThird: Martin TlukSecond: Stepan BenesLead: Jana BřinčilováAlternate: Žaneta SchmuttermeierováCoach: Kateřina Urbanová


2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event, Teams
Skip : Preben Granhøj NielsenThird: Henrik HarlevSecond: Helena SkovgaardLead: Rene GraffCoach: Kasper Poulsen


2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event, Teams
Skip : Jens JägerThird: Christiane PutzichSecond: Martin SchlittLead: Heike MelchiorAlternate: Robert HeringCoach: Bernd Weisser


2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event, Teams
Fourth: Egidio MarcheseSkip: Emanuele SpelorziSecond: Sergio DeflorianLead: Angela MenardiAlternate: Rita Dal MonteCoach: Roberto Maino


2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event, Teams
Skip : Takashi SakatayaThird: Kazuhiro KashiwabaraSecond: Tsutomu IwataLead: Kana MatsudaAlternate: Sanae AsoCoach: Tsutomu Kobayashi


2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event, Teams
Skip : Ojārs BriedisThird: Poļina RožkovaSecond: Ilmārs NicmanisLead: Agris LasmansAlternate: Sergejs ČerniševsCoach: Artis Zentelis


2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event, Teams
Skip : Rune LorentsenThird: Jostein StordahlSecond: Sissel LøchenLead: Terje RafdalAlternate: Ole Fredrik SyversenCoach: Per Andreassen


2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event, Teams
Skip : Robert ZerovnikThird: Ziga BadjeSecond: Milan ZlobkoLead: Mojca BurgerAlternate: Ziva HribarCoach: Gregor Verbinc


2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event, Teams
Skip : Kim Jong-panThird: Seo Soon-seokSecond: Jung Seung-wonLead: Yun Hee-kyeongAlternate: Yang Hui-taeCoach: Shin Kyung-yong


2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event, Teams
Skip : Felix WagnerThird: Eric DecorvetSecond: Claudia HüttenmoserLead: Ivo HaslerAlternate: Mireille GautheyCoach: Stephan Pfister


2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event, Playoffs, R1 vs. B1
Norway advances to World Championship. Latvia goes to Second Place Game.


2015 World Women's Curling Championship
The 2015 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as the Zen-Noh World Women's Curling Championship 2015 for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 14 to 22 at the Tsukisamu Gymnasium in Sapporo, Japan. It marks the second time that a world championship has been held in Japan, after the 2007 World Women's Curling Championship in Aomori.


2015 World Women's Curling Championship, Qualification
The following nations are qualified to participate in the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship:


2015 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Jennifer JonesThird: Kaitlyn LawesSecond: Jill OfficerLead: Dawn McEwenAlternate: Jennifer Clark-Rouire


2015 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Liu SijiaThird: Jiang YilunSecond: Liu JinliLead: Wang RuiAlternate: Yu Xinna


2015 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Lene NielsenThird: Jeanne EllegaardSecond: Stephanie Risdal NielsenLead: Charlotte ClemmensenAlternate: Isabella Clemmensen


2015 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Sanna PuustinenThird: Heidi HossiSecond: Oona KausteLead: Marjo HippiAlternate: Maija Salmiovirta


2015 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Daniela DriendlThird: Analena JentschSecond: Stella HeißLead: Pia-Lisa SchöllAlternate: Marika Trettin


2015 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Ayumi OgasawaraThird: Sayaka YoshimuraSecond: Kaho OnoderaLead: Anna OhmiyaAlternate: Rina Ida


2015 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Kristin SkaslienThird: Anneline SkårsmoenSecond: Julie Kjær MolnarLead: Kristine DavangerAlternate: Pia Trulsen


2015 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Anna SidorovaThird: Margarita FominaSecond: Alexandra SaitovaLead: Ekaterina GalkinaAlternate: Nkeiruka Ezekh


2015 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Eve MuirheadThird: Anna SloanSecond: Vicki AdamsLead: Sarah ReidAlternate: Lauren Gray


2015 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Maria PrytzThird: Christina BertrupSecond: Sara McManusSkip: Margaretha SigfridssonAlternate: Sofia Mabergs


2015 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Alina PätzThird: Nadine LehmannSecond: Marisa WinkelhausenLead: Nicole SchwägliAlternate: Carole Howald


2015 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Aileen SormunenThird: Monica WalkerSecond: Tara PetersonLead: Vicky PersingerAlternate: Becca Hamilton


2015 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams, WCT ranking
World Curling Tour Order of Merit ranking of national teams (year to date total)


2015 World Women's Curling Championship, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+9).


2015 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2015 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 22nd event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Denmark. The decision to select Denmark as the host was announced on 27 January 2011.


2015 World Women's Handball Championship
In the final Norway won 31–23 against the Netherlands to gain their third title. Romania won bronze after they defeated Poland 31–22.


2015 World Women's Handball Championship, Venues
Venues for the tournament were announced on 7 June 2014. Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning hosted the final, both semi-finals, two quarter-finals, matches in the round of 16 and Denmark's group. SYDBANK Arena in Kolding was the venue of two quarter-finals, eighth-finals and neighbour Germany's group, while Arena Nord in Frederikshavn and the new venue in Næstved hosted one eighth-final and one group each.


2015 World Women's Handball Championship, Qualification, Final qualification tournament
A final qualification tournament was held from 15 to 17 June 2015 in Almaty, Kazakhstan to determine the last participant. The schedule was revealed on 3 June 2015.


2015 World Women's Handball Championship, Draw
The draw was held on 24 June 2015 at Koldinghus in Kolding, Denmark at 20:00 local time.


2015 World Women's Handball Championship, Statistics, Final ranking
Places 9–16 were ranked according to their preliminary round results against teams that advanced to the round of 16.


2015 World Women's Handball Championship, Statistics, Final ranking
Team roster: Kari Aalvik Grimsbø, Silje Solberg, Mari Molid, Veronica Kristiansen, Ida Alstad, Heidi Løke, Stine Skogrand, Vilde Ingstad, Nora Mørk, Stine Bredal Oftedal, Linn Jørum Sulland, Pernille Wibe, Betina Riegelhuth, Amanda Kurtović, Camilla Herrem, Sanna Solberg, Marta Tomac. Head Coach: Thorir Hergeirsson.


2015 World Women's Handball Championship squads
This article displays the squads for the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship. Each team consists of up to 28 players, of whom 16 may be fielded for each match.


2015 World Women's Handball Championship squads
Age, club, caps and goals as of 5 December 2015.


2015 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group A, Denmark
A 19-player squad was announced on 9 November 2015. On 21 November 2015, Simone Böhme replaced Anne Mette Pedersen due to a small injury, while Pedersen maybe ready for the tournament. On 25 November 2015, the squad was reduced to 17 players. On 29 November 2015, the squad was reduced to 15 players, leaving one spot open. Pedersen was added back on 5 December 2015. On 7 December, Lotte Grigel had to withdraw because of a serious injury, and Anna Sophie Okkels was announced as her replacement. On 17 December, Mette Iversen Sahlholdt replaced Anna Sophie Okkels due to a minor injury on Sandra Toft.


2015 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group A, Hungary
A 19-player squad was announced on 23 November 2015. It was reduced to 18 on 2 December 2015. The final squad was revealed on 5 December 2015.


2015 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group A, Tunisia
A first 18-player squad, without players from the European leagues, was announced on 17 November 2015. The full 18-player squad was revealed on 22 November 2015. The final squad was announced on 4 December 2015.


2015 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group B, Netherlands
A 20-player squad was announced on 23 October 2015. The final squad was announced on 29 November 2015.


2015 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group B, Poland
A 19-player squad was announced on 10 November 2015. The final squad was revealed on 30 November 2015.


2015 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group B, Sweden
The squad was announced on 3 November 2015. On 24 November 2015, Edijana Dafe pulled out of the tournament due to pregnancy. On 3 December Marie Wall was officially announced as her replacement in the squad.


2015 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group C, France
An 18-player squad was announced on 13 November 2015, which was renewed on 3 December 2015.


2015 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group C, Germany
A 19-player roster was announced on 11 November 2015. The squad was reduced to 18 on 25 November 2015.


2015 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Norway
The squad was announced on 8 November 2015. On 16 December Ida Alstad replaced Vilde Ingstad, due to a minor injury on Mari Molids knee.


2015 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Russia
A 20-player squad was announced on 12 November 2015. The squad was reduced to 18 on 25 November 2015.


2015 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Spain
An 18-player squad was announced on 12 November 2015. The final squad was announced on 1 December 2015.


2015 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification
The European qualification for the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship, in Denmark was played over two rounds. The 2015 hosts Denmark were qualified automatically for the World Championship.


2015 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification
In the first round of qualification, 14 teams who were not participating at the 2014 European Championship were split into four groups. The group winners and the remaining 14 teams from the European Championship played a playoff afterwards to determine the other nine qualifiers.


2015 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification, Qualification phase 1, Seedings
The draw was made on 22 July at 11:00. The group winners advanced to the playoff round.


2015 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification, Qualification phase 1, Group 3
The teams opted to play the group in a home and away series.


2015 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification, Qualification phase 2
The teams played a home-and away series to determine the final tournament participants. The draw was made on 21 December 2014.


2015 World Wrestling Championships
The 2015 UWW World Wrestling Championships were the 12th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held from September 7 to 12 in Las Vegas, United States.


2015 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 130 kg is a competition featured at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Las Vegas, United States on September 8.


2015 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 59 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 59 kg is a competition featured at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Las Vegas, United States on September 8.


2015 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 66 kg is a competition featured at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Las Vegas, United States on September 7.


2015 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 71 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 71 kg is a competition featured at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Las Vegas, United States on September 8.


2015 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 75 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 75 kg is a competition featured at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Las Vegas, United States on September 7.


2015 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 80 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 80 kg is a competition featured at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Las Vegas, United States on September 8.


2015 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 85 kg is a competition featured at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Las Vegas, United States on September 9.


2015 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 98 kg is a competition featured at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Las Vegas, United States on September 7.


2015 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 125 kg
The men's freestyle 125 kg is a competition featured at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Las Vegas, United States on September 12.


2015 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 57 kg
The men's freestyle 57 kg is a competition featured at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Las Vegas, United States on September 12.


2015 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 61 kg
The men's freestyle 61 kg is a competition featured at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Las Vegas, United States on September 11.


2015 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 65 kg
The men's freestyle 65 kg is a competition featured at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Las Vegas, United States on September 10.


2015 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 70 kg
The men's freestyle 70 kg is a competition featured at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Las Vegas, United States on September 12.


2015 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 74 kg
The men's freestyle 74 kg is a competition featured at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Las Vegas, United States on September 12.


2015 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 86 kg
The men's freestyle 86 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Las Vegas, United States on September 11.


2015 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 97 kg
The men's freestyle 97 kg is a competition featured at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Las Vegas, United States on September 11.


2015 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 48 kg
The women's freestyle 48 kg is a competition featured at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Las Vegas, United States on September 9.