2015–16 Australian region cyclone season
Over the next couple of days, the system meandered around 160°E and moved through the Solomon Islands, before it was last noted on 5 July. The basin subsequently remained quiet with only several weak tropical lows developing, before the first named tropical cyclone of the season was named Stan during 29 January 2016.


2015–16 Australian region cyclone season
Stan subsequently made landfall on Western Australia and impacted various commodities including oil, natural gas and iron ore. However, impacts were limited due to the low population of the region. The precursor tropical low to Tropical Cyclone Uriah developed over the Indian Ocean, within a monsoon trough of low pressure during 9 February. The system subsequently developed further and was named Uriah during 13 February, before it moved out of the region during the following day. Tropical Cyclone Tatiana developed into a tropical cyclone, during 11 February while it was located over the Coral Sea.


2015–16 Australian region cyclone season
Over the next few days, the system remained over water and dissipated during 15 February after it had produced some powerful, long period swells along Queensland beaches. After Tatiana dissipated four tropical lows occurred in the region, before the season ended on 30 April, including the remnant tropical low of Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston.


2015–16 Australian region cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts
Ahead of the cyclone season, the FMS, the BoM, Météo-France, New Zealand's MetService and National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) and various other Pacific Meteorological services, all contributed towards the Island Climate Update tropical cyclone outlook that was released during October 2015. The outlook took into account the strong El Niño conditions that had been observed across the Pacific and analogue seasons that had ENSO neutral and weak El Niño conditions occurring during the season.


2015–16 Australian region cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts
The outlook called for an above average number of tropical cyclones for the 2015–16 season, with eleven to thirteen named tropical cyclones to occur between 135°E and 120°W compared to an average of 10–12. At least six of the tropical cyclones were expected to become category 3 severe tropical cyclones, while four could become category 4 severe tropical cyclones. It was also noted that Category 5 severe tropical cyclones, with 10-minute sustained windspeeds of 196 km/h (122 mph) were known to occur during El Niño events.


2015–16 Australian region cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts
In addition to contributing towards the Island Climate Update outlook, the BoM issued seven seasonal forecasts during October 2015, for the Australian region and the Southern Pacific with each forecast covering the whole tropical cyclone year. It was forecast that the region would less active than during previous years, with a 91% chance of a below average amount of tropical cyclones, because of the strong El Niño episode that had developed over the Pacific Ocean.


2015–16 Australian region cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts
It was also noted that the first tropical cyclone landfall might be later than usual, with the average first landfall taking place in January during El Niño conditions. For the Western region between 90°E and 125°E, the BoM forecast that the area would also see activity below its average of 7, with a 25% chance of an above average number of tropical cyclones occurring. TCWC Perth also noted that there was a likelihood of two tropical cyclones and a significant likelihood of at least one severe tropical cyclone impacting Western Australia.


2015–16 Australian region cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts
For the North-Western subregion between 105°E and 130°E, it was predicted that activity would be below average, with a 15% chance of above average tropical cyclone activity. The Northern Territory which was defined as being between as being 125°E and 142.5°E had a 36% chance of an above average season. The Eastern region between 142.5°E and 160°E was predicted to have a near normal tropical cyclone season, though it was noted that there was a possibility of a delayed start to the season. The BoM issued a seasonal forecast for both the Western and Eastern South Pacific. The Western region between 142.5°E and 165°E was predicted to have a 15% chance of having an above average number of tropical cyclones, while the Eastern region between 165°E and 120°W was predicted to have a 48% chance of having an above average number of tropical cyclones.


2015–16 Australian region cyclone season, Seasonal summary
During the season only three tropical cyclones developed within the Australian region, which meant that the season was considered to be the least active season since reliable records started in 1969. This low activity was partially attributed to the 2014–16 El Niño event, which caused systems to be displaced eastwards into the South Pacific tropical cyclone basin. A positive Indian Ocean Dipole event caused cooler-than-normal waters in tropical eastern Indian Ocean, near Indonesia, which in turn limited development near Western Australia during the first part of the season.


2015–16 Australian region cyclone season, Seasonal summary
As the 2015–16 tropical cyclone year opened on 1 July 2015, the newly named Tropical Cyclone Raquel moved south-westward into the Australian region. Over the next couple of days, the system meandered around 160°E and moved through the Solomon Islands, before it was last noted on 5 July. The basin subsequently remained quiet with only several weak tropical lows developing, before the first named tropical cyclone of the season was named Stan during 29 January 2016.


2015–16 Australian region cyclone season, Seasonal summary
Stan subsequently made landfall on Western Australia and impacted various commodities including oil, natural gas, and iron ore. However, impacts were limited due to the low population of the region. The precursor tropical low to Tropical Cyclone Uriah developed over the Indian Ocean, within a monsoon trough of low pressure during 9 February. The system subsequently developed further and was named Uriah during 13 February, before it moved out of the region during the following day. Tropical Cyclone Tatiana developed into a tropical cyclone, during 11 February while it was located over the Coral Sea.


2015–16 Australian region cyclone season, Seasonal summary
Over the next few days, the system remained over water and dissipated during 15 February after it had produced some powerful, long period swells along Queensland beaches. After Tatiana dissipated four tropical lows occurred in the region before the season ended on 30 April, including the remnant tropical low of Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston.


2015–16 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 04U
On 16 December, TCWC Perth mentioned that a tropical low may develop northwest of Christmas Island. The agency declared to be a tropical low by the next day when it was producing convection in its area. On 20 December, TCWC Jakarta issued an advisory as the low was inside their area of responsibility, as it was located about 567 km (352 mi) south-southwest of Tanjung Karang. TCWC Perth forecast the low would intensify to a tropical cyclone and move into the Western Region by 24 hours on 21 December. The low was later designated as 04U on 23 December, however, this was the last advisory issued by TCWC Perth and rapidly dissipated overnight.


2015–16 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 05U
Tropical Low 05U developed over land near Borroloola in the Northern Territory during 21 December. Over the next couple of days, the system gradually deepened further as it moved west-northwest inland and passed near Daly Waters and Katherine. The system subsequently approached Darwin during 24 December, where it was causing near gale-force winds offshore. On 26 December, 05U was embedded within a monsoon, giving a potential of intensifying into a tropical cyclone. A couple of days later, 05U drifted southeastwards towards land and failed to reach tropical cyclone intensity. The system was last noted on 2 January while it was located over the Simpson Desert in Queensland, as it was not clear if the low continued towards the east coast or another system had developed.


2015–16 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Stan
During 27 January, the BoM reported that Tropical Low 08U had developed about 750 km (465 mi) to the north of Port Hedland, Western Australia. The system was located within a favorable environment for further development and was forecast to develop into a tropical cyclone over the next couple of days, as it moved southwards towards the coast of Western Australia. 08U was subsequently declared a Category 1 tropical cyclone on 29 January and was named Stan by the BoM. Stan continued to intensify during the day as it slowly moved in a southeast direction towards the east Pilbara coast.


2015–16 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Stan
Stan reached category 2 tropical cyclone strength at 8:00 pm AWST time, when it was located 280 km north of Port Hedland. Stan maintained category 2 strength during the course of 30 January. Category 1 strength hurricane-force winds formed around 9:30 am AWST the same day, near Rowley Shoales where Stan was 100 km south of the island. Stan crossed the east Pilbara coast between Port Headland and Wallal as a strong category 2 tropical cyclone at 2:00 am AWST.


2015–16 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Stan
Stan proceeded to weaken while moving inland, becoming a category 1 tropical cyclone at 8:00 am the same day, and further weakened to become a tropical low at 2:00 pm that afternoon. The remnants of Stan caused record breaking rain in South Australia. Coffin Bay received 75.8mm of rain, The Nullarbor received 62.4mm, and Port Lincoln received 49.6mm of rainfall.


2015–16 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Uriah
Tropical Low 09U developed over the Indian Ocean to the northwest of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, within a monsoon trough of low pressure during 9 February. Over the next few days, the system moved slowly in an area of weak steering flow as it struggled to develop further before it started moving turned to the southwest during 12 February. Later that day the system passed about 100 km (62 mi) to the northwest of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, before conditions became favorable for further development as the system moved away from the islands.


2015–16 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Uriah
As a result, the low was named Uriah by the BoM during 13 February, as it developed into a Category 1 tropical cyclone on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale. The JTWC also initiated advisories on the system during that day and designated it as Tropical Cyclone 13S. Over the next day, the system continued to move south-westwards and became a Category 2 tropical cyclone with 10-minute sustained winds of 95 km/h (60 mph). The system moved out of the region and into the South West Indian Ocean basin during 14 February, where it became an intense tropical cyclone before degenerating into a remnant low during 19 February.


2015–16 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Tatiana
Tropical Low 10U developed during 9 February within the central Coral Sea, about 900 km (560 mi) to the southwest of Honiara in the Solomon Islands. The system was located within a favorable environment for further development, with the low-level circulation center gradually consolidating, while deep atmospheric convection wrapped into the system. Over the next couple of days, the system gradually developed further as it moved eastwards before the JTWC initiated advisories on the system and designated it as Tropical Cyclone 12P during 10 February. Over the next day, the system continued to develop and was named Tatiana by the BoM, as it developed into a Category 1 tropical cyclone.


2015–16 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Tatiana
By this time Tatiana had started to move towards the east-southeast under the combined influence of the monsoon flow and a trough of low pressure. The system subsequently peaked as a Category 2 tropical cyclone with 10-minute sustained winds of 95 km/h (60 mph) during 12 February, before it moved just out of the Australian region and into the South Pacific basin. The system subsequently moved southwards and rapidly weakened during the next day, before it lost its tropical characteristics and degenerated into a subtropical low during 14 February, as the storm moved back into the Australian Basin. After the system had degenerated into a subtropical low, it produced some powerful, long period swells along southeast Queensland beaches.


2015–16 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 12U
On 1 March, BoM started monitoring a weak tropical low to the south of Java, Indonesia. The low moved in a westward direction until on 5 March, the BoM started issuing bulletins on the system with the designation of 12U and winds of 65 km/h (40 mph), however, it was still classified as a tropical low since gale-force winds were only found in the southern quadrants. The tropical low moved out of the basin on 6 March, without intensifying into a Category 1 tropical cyclone.


2015–16 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 14U
Tropical Low 14U developed within a monsoon trough near Vanderlin Island, in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria, on 14 March.


2015–16 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Other systems
On 1 July, as the 2015–16 tropical cyclone year opened, the newly named Tropical Cyclone Raquel moved southwestward into the Australian region. During that day the system started to move eastwards in response to the background westerly flow before it weakened below tropical cyclone intensity as it moved back into the South Pacific basin during July 2. The system subsequently moved back into the Australian region during 4 July, as it moved through the Solomon Islands. The system was subsequently last noted by the BoM to the southwest of Guadalcanal, on 5 July, as it rapidly lost its tropical characteristics.


2015–16 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Other systems
A low-pressure developed east of the 90th meridian east or the border of the basin on 26 December, and had a moderate chance of intensifying into a tropical cyclone. TCWC Perth later classified it as a weak tropical low with the identifier of 06U. On 28 December, as the low slowly moved south, unfavorable environments hinder the chance of being a cyclone. TCWC Perth made its final bulletin of the tropical low as it slowly drifted west on 29 December.


2015–16 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Other systems
During 19 January Tropical Low 07U developed within the monsoon trough of low pressure, about 300 km (185 mi) to the west of West Island in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Over the next couple of days, the system moved north-eastwards and tried to develop further in a marginally conducive environment for further development. However, the system weakened on 21 January, before it was last noted on 24 January, as it was not expected to develop into a tropical cyclone. During 14 February a weak tropical low lied in an area of marginal conditions for further develop near Christmas Island.


2015–16 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Other systems
Over the next couple of days, environmental conditions surrounding the system became less favorable for further development, before the system was last noted during 16 February. During 26 February, Winston entered the basin as an extratropical cyclone, whilst the JTWC classified it as a subtropical cyclone; ultimately, it made landfall over Queensland as a tropical low and quickly degenerated into a trough, on 3 March.


2015–16 Australian region cyclone season, Storm names
During the season a total of 3 tropical cyclones received a name from BoM, either by TCWC Perth, Darwin, or Brisbane, when the system was judged to have 10-minute sustained windspeeds of 65 km/h (40 mph). There has only been one list that the Bureau of Meteorology have assigned names to tropical cyclones since the 2008–09 season. Tropical cyclones named by the TCWC Jakarta and Port Moresby are rare, with the last named cyclones occurring during 2014 and 2007, respectively. Retired and its replacement names have not yet been confirmed.


2015–16 Austrian Basketball Bundesliga
The 2015–16 Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga season, for sponsorships reasons named the Admiral Basketball Bundesliga, was the 70th season of the first tier of basketball in Austria.


2015–16 Austrian Cup
The 2015–16 Austrian Cup (German: ÖFB-Samsung-Cup) was the 82nd season of Austria's nationwide football cup competition. It began with the matches of the First Round on 17 July 2015 and ended on 20 May 2016 with the final at Wörthersee Stadion in Klagenfurt. Red Bull Salzburg won the title for the third consecutive time by beating Admira Wacker Mödling 5–0. As Salzburg had also won the 2015–16 Austrian Bundesliga and therefore qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League spot reserved for the cup winners went to the domestic league runners-up Rapid Wien.


2015–16 Austrian Cup, First round
The matches took place between 17 and 19 July 2015. The draw was made on 24 June 2015.


2015–16 Austrian Cup, Second round
The matches took place on 22 and 23 September 2015. The draw was made on 2 August 2015.


2015–16 Austrian Cup, Third round
The matches took place between 27 October and 4 November 2015. The draw was made on 27 September 2015.


2015–16 Austrian Cup, Quarterfinals
The matches took place on 9 and 10 February 2016. The draw was made on November 8, 2015.


2015–16 Austrian Cup, Semifinals
The matches took place on 19 and 20 April 2016. The draw was made on 14 February 2016.


2015–16 Austrian Cup, Final
The final was played on 19 May 2016 at the Wörthersee Stadion in Klagenfurt.


2015–16 Austrian Football Bundesliga
The 2015–16 Austrian Football Bundesliga  was the 104th season of top-tier football in Austria. Red Bull Salzburg were the defending champions.


2015–16 Austrian Football Bundesliga, Division
The Bundesliga is the highest division in Austrian football. Which took place in the 2015/16 season for the 42nd time and determined the 104. Austrian soccer champion. The main sponsor was, as for the two previous years, the sports betting company Tipico, which is the reason  why the official league name is Tipico Bundesliga.


2015–16 Austrian Football Bundesliga, Division
Salzburg and Vienna each had two teams, Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Styria and Vorarlberg each had one. Tyrol was the only  state without a team in Austria's highest league. In the 2014/15 season, the SC Wiener Neustadt went down into the First League, while the SV Mattersburg moved up.


2015–16 Austrian Football Bundesliga, Division
The TV provider Sky Germany AG had the rights to show all Bundesliga games in full-length which were broadcast on the Sky sport Austria pay television channel. The channel broadcast all games as conference calls and  individually. In addition, the ORF had the rights to broadcast a game of their choice, which was as a single match labeled the "top match of the round" – which usually took place  Sundays, when the midweek rounds were on Wednesdays. This was not possible though in the last two rounds where  all games had to be broadcast simultaneously. In addition, the ORF was allowed to show a 45-minute summary of the remaining four games of each round.


2015–16 Austrian Football Bundesliga, Mode
In the 2015/16 season were ten clubs in 36 rounds against each other, as in previous years. Each team played twice at home and twice away against every other team.


2015–16 Austrian Football Bundesliga, Mode
Because the European Cup results of the Austrian team in the 2014–15 season, they fell at the end of the season back to 16th place of the UEFA coefficient. Therefore, the Bundesliga and the ÖFB Cup played only one starting position for the Champions League and two in the Europa League in the 2015/16 season.


2015–16 Austrian Football Bundesliga, Mode
The champions of the Bundesliga is entitled to participate in the qualification for the UEFA Champions League and rises to the second qualifying round: The cup winners, runners-up and third place in the Bundesliga games, play in the qualification for the UEFA Europa League and depending on the results, get in the third, second or first round in the competition. The initial rounds can shift due to the selection of players in favor of the Austrian National Team, from the defending champion of the Champions League or Europa League.


2015–16 Austrian Football Bundesliga, Mode
After the Cup victory went to FC Red Bull Salzburg, who qualified for the Champions League, the fourth international position fell to the fourth place team in the Bundesliga. Coincidentally, this was also the Cup finalist, FC Admira Wacker Mödling. The last placed team in the top division, the Bundesliga, SV Grödig, should have relegated to the First League, but withdrew from the professional sector at the end of the season.


2015–16 Austrian Football Bundesliga, Teams
SV Mattersburg, the 2014–15 First League champion, returned to the top level two years after their relegation.


2015–16 Austrian Football Bundesliga, Season statistics, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.


2015–16 Austrian Football Bundesliga, Attendances
Updated to games played on 22 May 2016Source: Notes:1: Team played last season in Erste Liga


2015–16 Austrian Football First League
The 2015–16 Austrian Football First League  (German: Erste Liga, also known as Sky Go Erste Liga due to sponsorship) was the 42nd season of the Austrian second-level football league. It began on 24 July 2015 and ended on 25 May 2016.


2015–16 Austrian Football First League, Teams
Ten teams participate in the 2015-16 season. Austria Salzburg was directly promoted after winning the 2014–15 Regionalliga West. Austria Klagenfurt promoted from the Regionalliga Mitte after winning the promotion play-offs. Wiener Neustadt relegated from the 2014–15 Bundesliga.


2015–16 Austrian Football First League, Results
Teams played each other four times in the league. In the first half of the season each team played every other team twice (home and away), and then did the same in the second half of the season.


2015–16 Austrian Hockey League season
The 2015–16 Austrian Hockey League season began on 11 September 2015 and ended on 12 April 2016. EC Red Bull Salzburg defended their title, beating Orli Znojmo 4-2 in the finals.


2015–16 Austrian Regionalliga
The 2015–16 season of the Regionalliga was the 57th season of the third-tier football league in Austria, since its establishment in 1959.


2015–16 Austrian Regionalliga, No promotion play-offs
Due to vacancies in the Austrian Football First League and SV Grödig's resignation from professionalism, the two-legged promotion play-offs were cancelled. Instead, WSG Wattens, champion of the Regionalliga West, and FC Blau-Weiß Linz, champion of the Regionalliga Mitte were promoted to fill those vacancies.


2015–16 Ayr United F.C. season
The 2015–16 season was Ayr United's third season in League One and their 4th consecutive season in the third-tier of Scottish football. Ayr also competed in the League Cup, Scottish Cup and the Challenge Cup.


2015–16 Ayr United F.C. season, Club statistics, Final League table, Results by round
Ayr United play each other team in the Scottish League One four times, twice in the first half of the season (home and away) and twice in the second half of the season (home and away), making a total of 36 games.


2015–16 Azadegan League
The 2015–16 Azadegan League was the 25th season of the Azadegan League and 15th as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991. The season featured 15 teams from the 2014–15 Azadegan League, two new teams relegated from the 2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League: Paykan and Naft Masjed Soleyman and two new teams promoted from the 2014–15 League 2: Aluminium Arak as champions and Kheybar Khorramabad. Khooneh be Khooneh replaced Bahman Shiraz while Machine Sazi replaced Shahrdari Tabriz. The league started on 17 August 2015 and ended on 16 May 2016. Paykan won the Azadegan League title for the second time in their history. Paykan, Machine Sazi and Sanat Naft promoted to the Persian Gulf Pro League.


2015–16 Azadegan League, Attendance, Average home attendance
Updated to games played on 16 May 2016Source: Notes:Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances Not all matches are included in average attendancesNaft MIS and Paykan played last season in Persian Gulf Pro LeagueAluminium Arak, Kheybar Khorramabad and Khooneh Be Khooneh played last season in League 2


2015–16 Azerbaijan Cup
The 2015–16 Azerbaijan Cup is the 24th season of the annual cup competition in Azerbaijan. The final is set to be played on 25 May 2016.


2015–16 Azerbaijan Cup, First round
The First Round games were drawn on 8 October 2015.


2015–16 Azerbaijan Cup, Second round
The three winners of the First Round will progress to the Second Round, which was also drawn on 8 October 2015.


2015–16 Azerbaijan Cup, Quarterfinals
The eight winners from the Second Round are drawn into four two-legged ties.


2015–16 Azerbaijan Cup, Semifinals
The four winners from the Quarterfinals were drawn into two two-legged ties.


2015–16 Azerbaijan First Division
The 2015–16 Azerbaijan First Division  is the second-level of football in Azerbaijan. Neftchala are the defending champions.


2015–16 Azerbaijan First Division, Teams
Kapaz, Ravan Baku and Zira were promoted to Azerbaijan Premier League, while Baku relegated to Azerbaijan First Division. Shusha and Lokomotiv-Bilajary were dissolved.


2015–16 Azerbaijan Premier League
The 2015–16 Azerbaijan Premier League was the 24th season of Azerbaijan Premier League, the Azerbaijani professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. Qarabağ were the defending champions, having won the 2014–15 Azerbaijan season.


2015–16 Azerbaijan Premier League, Teams
Zira FK entered the Premier League one year after their formation, and Kapaz PFK returned to the top level after two years of absence. Zira and Kapaz became fifth and ninth, respectively, in the 2014–15 First Division. They replaced Araz-Naxçıvan PFK, which withdrew from the league in November 2014, and Baku FC, which was relegated at the end of the previous season.


2015–16 Azerbaijan Premier League, Teams
On 21 June 2015 the Professional Football League of Azerbaijan announced that Simurq PIK had refused to play in the 2015–16 Premier League due to ongoing financial problems. They were replaced by Ravan Baku FK, which became third in the 2014–15 First Division after they were relegated from the Premier League one season earlier.


2015–16 Azerbaijan Premier League, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 Azerbaijan Women's Volleyball Super League
The 2015-16 season of the Azerbaijan Women's Volleyball Super League (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Volleybol Superliqası) was the annual season of the country's highest volleyball level. The League of Azerbaijan began on November 6 and included the Georgian Tbilisi club and an Azerbaijani Junior team. Azerrail Baku won the championship final series 3-0 matches over Telekom Baku and Lokomotiv Baku won the bronze medal. The American Madison Kingdon from Azerrail Baku became league's Most Valuable Player.


2015–16 Azerbaijan Women's Volleyball Super League squads
This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the 2015–16 Azerbaijan Women's Volleyball Super League in Baku, Azerbaijan.


2015–16 Azerbaijan Women's Volleyball Super League squads, Teams, Azerrail Baku
The following is the roster of the Azerí club Azerrail Baku in the 2015–16 Azerbaijan Women's Volleyball Super League.


2015–16 Azerbaijan Women's Volleyball Super League squads, Teams, Azeryol Baku
The following is the roster of the Azerí club Azeryol Baku in the 2015–16 Azerbaijan Women's Volleyball Super League.


2015–16 Azerbaijan Women's Volleyball Super League squads, Teams, Lokomotiv Baku
The following is the roster of the Azerí club Lokomotiv Baku in the 2015–16 Azerbaijan Women's Volleyball Super League.


2015–16 Azerbaijan Women's Volleyball Super League squads, Teams, Telekom Baku
The following is the roster of the Azerí club Telekom Baku in the 2015–16 Azerbaijan Women's Volleyball Super League.


2015–16 B Group
The 2015–16 B Group was the 61st season of the Bulgarian B Football Group, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system.


2015–16 B Group
A total of 16 teams contested the league: 10 of which returning from the 2014–15 season, 4 of which promoted from third division and two new teams - the reserves team of Ludogorets Razgrad and Litex Lovech.


2015–16 B Group
This season was different compared to previous seasons in terms of promotion. Since the league structure was changed for the first and second tiers, as well as the licensing criteria needed for teams entering the First League, a select number of teams were promoted administratively to the First League, without consideration of their league positions, which was reflected in the league table.


2015–16 BCHL season
The 2015–16 BCHL season was the 54th season of the British Columbia Hockey League. (BCHL) The seventeen teams from the Interior, Island and Mainland divisions played 58-game schedules, featuring the 2015 BCHL Showcase, hosted in Chilliwack, shortly after the start of the season from September 24 to 27, 2015.


2015–16 BCHL season
In March, the top teams from each division played for the Fred Page Cup, the BCHL Championship. The league champion then moved on to compete in the Western Canadian Junior A championship, the Western Canada Cup, in Estevan, Saskatchewan. If successful against the winners of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, Manitoba Junior Hockey League and the 2016 Western Canada Cup hosts, the Estevan Bruins, the champion and runner-up would then move on to play for the Canadian Junior Hockey League championship, the Royal Bank Cup, in Lloydmyinster, Saskatchewan


2015–16 BCHL season, Standings
Note:  GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points


2015–16 BCHL season, 2015–16 BCHL Fred Page Cup Playoffs, Semi-final Round Robin
The 2016 semifinal simplifies the double round robin concept with the "Three Wins To Get In" format. The first two teams to three wins advances to the final with the first team to reach three wins getting home ice advantage, while the remaining team is eliminated.


2015–16 BCHL season, 2015–16 BCHL Fred Page Cup Playoffs, Semi-final Round Robin
In case of a tie, the two tied teams will play a one game playoff to determine the second spot in the finals. In a three way tie, the teams will face off in a Page playoff format, starting with Chilliwack vs. West Kelowna. The loser of that game would play Nanaimo, and the winners from both games advance to the final.


2015–16 BCHL season, 2015–16 BCHL Fred Page Cup Playoffs, 2016 Western Canada Cup
The Fred Page Cup Champion West Kelowna Warriors advanced to the 2016 Western Canada Cup in Estevan, Saskatchewan where they will play for one of two spots in the 2016 Royal Bank Cup, where they finished first. They would go on to win the first national championship in franchise history.


2015–16 BCHL season, Scoring Leaders
GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, P = Points, PIM = Penalties In Minutes


2015–16 BCHL season, Leading Goaltenders
Note: GP = Games Played, Mins = Minutes Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GA = Goals Against, SO = Shutouts, Sv% = Save Percentage, GAA = Goals Against Average. Regulation losses and overtime losses have been combined for total losses.


2015–16 BFA Senior League
The 2015–16 BFA Senior League was the 25th season of the Bahamas top-flight football league.


2015–16 BIBL season
In the eighth season of the Balkan International Basketball League, nine participants from Bulgaria, Kosovo, the Republic of Macedonia and Montenegro has competed.


2015–16 BIBL season, Format
In the first round the teams were divided into two groups, each containing respectively four and five teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away. The top three teams from each group advanced to the second round. The teams that finished fourth and fifth in their group play additionally in a qualification group to determine two additional participants to the second round.


2015–16 BIBL season, Format
The eight remaining teams are again separated into two groups with four teams each. The teams that already have played during the first round kept the results between them from the first stage and played with the two remaining teams from the other group home and away games. The winners of both groups, as well the runners-up advanced to the semifinals. In them they play in home and away elimination games. The winners of those advanced to the final, decided on home and away games.


2015–16 BIBL season, First round
The games will be played between 13 October 2015 and 20 January 2016.


2015–16 BIBL season, Second round
The games of the qualification round are between 26 and 28 January 2016. The games of the second round will be played between 2 February and 16 March 2016.


2015–16 BIC Basket
The 2015–16 BIC Basket (38th edition), Angola's top tier basketball club competition, will run from January 8, 2016 through June, 2016. It consists of four stages plus the playoffs. At the initial stage (regular season) all ten teams played each other in a double round robin system. In stage 2 (group stage 1), the first six teams from the regular season played in a single round robin in each group.


2015–16 BIC Basket
In stage 3 (group stage 2), the first five teams from group stage 1 played in a round robin in group A whereas the four teams in group B plus the relegated team from group A played round robin classification matches in group B. In stage 4 (semifinals), the first-seeded team played a best-of-five series with the fourth-seeded team whereas the 2nd-seeded team played the third-seeded team with the winners playing a best-of-seven series of matches for the title and the losers playing a best-of-three series for third place.


2015–16 BIC Basket
The 5th-seeded team from group A joined group B to play the group's 3rd-seeded team also in a best-of-five series whereas 1st-seeded plays 2nd seeded. Winners of those group B matches played a best-of-seven series for seventh place, the losers played a best-of-three for ninth place whereas the last two teams in group B will be relegated to the 2nd division championship.


2015–16 BIC Basket, Awards
Team roster: Armando Costa, Cedric Isom, Edson Ndoniema, Felizardo Ambrósio, Francisco Sousa, Gildo Santos, Islando Manuel, Joaquim Gomes, Jorge Tati, Mutu Fonseca, Tariq Kirksay, Tárcio Domingos Head Coach: Ricard Casas


2015–16 BVIFA National Football League
The 2015–16 BVIFA National Football League was the sixth season of the competition. The champions were Sugar Boys, who beat the four-time defending champions, Islanders FC 2–0 in the final.


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team
The 2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It is head coach Dave Rose's eleventh season at BYU and the Cougars fifth season in the West Coast Conference. The Cougars once again play their home games at the Marriott Center.


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team
As a result of a scandal surrounding inappropriate benefits received by BYU starting guard Nick Emery from a BYU booster, the NCAA vacated all of BYU's wins for the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons with the exception of a 2015 win over Weber State in which Nick Emery did not play.


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Before the season, Departures
Ten individuals left the BYU program following the 2014–15 season—four players graduated (including BYU's all-time scoring leader Tyler Haws), two others transferred, and three more left for missions and are expected to return in 2017–18. The remaining individual was assistant coach Mark Pope, who left to become the new head coach at Utah Valley.


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Before the season, Recruiting
BYU has one high school graduate joining the school for the 2015-16 season.


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Before the season, 2014–15 return missionaries
BYU will debut three returned missionaries for the 2015–16 season. Nick Emery, Jakob Hartsock, and Braiden Shaw will all have their debut season for the Cougars after serving missions.


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Before the season, 2014–15 return missionaries
BYU will also see the return of two familiar faces who came to school for one season. Both Cory Calvert & Cooper Ainge return from their missions.


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Before the season, Walk-ons
In addition to Cooper Ainge returning from his mission as a walk-on, BYU will be joined by new walk-on Alan Hamson.


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Before the season, Transfers
On July 28, 2015, Elijah Bryant announced he would transfer to BYU from Elon. Bryant won the CAA Rookie of the Year title in the 2014-15 season. Bryant will redshirt the 2015-16 season and begin play with BYU as a Redshirt Sophomore in 2016-17.


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, 2015–16 media, Nu Skin Cougar IMG Sports Network
KSL 102.7 FM and 1160 AM- Flagship Station (Salt Lake City/ Provo, UT and ksl.com)BYU Radio- Nationwide (Dish Network 980, Sirius XM 143, and byuradio.org)KTHK- Blackfoot/ Idaho Falls/ Pocatello/ Rexburg, IDKMGR- Manti, UTKSUB- Cedar City, UTKDXU- St. George, UT


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Utah Valley
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Blaine Fowler, & Series History: BYU leads series 1–0Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Long Beach State
Broadcasters: Steve Quis & Brad DaughertySeries history: BYU leads series 6–4Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Adams State
Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, & Spencer LintonSeries History: First MeetingStarting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Mississippi Valley State
Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, & Spencer LintonSeries history: Series even 1–1Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Belmont
Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, & Lauren FrancomSeries History: First MeetingStarting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Utah
Broadcasters: Ted Robinson, Bill Walton, & Lewis JohnsonSeries history: BYU leads series 129–127Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Weber State
Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, & Spencer LintonSeries History: BYU leads series 30–10Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Utah State
Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, & Spencer LintonSeries history: BYU leads series 139–92Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Colorado
Broadcasters: Jim Watson & Series History: Colorado leads series 16–6Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Central Michigan
Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, & Lauren FrancomSeries History: First MeetingStarting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Harvard
Broadcasters: Kanoa Leahey & Cory AlexanderSeries History: BYU leads series 1–0Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, New Mexico
Broadcasters: Kanoa Leahey & Cory AlexanderSeries History: BYU leads series 76–55Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Northern Iowa
Broadcasters: Kanoa Leahey & Cory AlexanderSeries History: First MeetingStarting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Saint Mary's
Broadcasters: Roxy Bernstein & Corey WilliamsSeries History: BYU leads series 11–7Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Pacific
Broadcasters: Glen Kuiper & Dan BelluominiSeries History: BYU leads series 6–4Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Santa Clara
Broadcasters: Roxy Bernstein & Corey WilliamsSeries History: BYU leads series 24–5Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, San Francisco
Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, & Spencer LintonSeries History: BYU leads series 13–7Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Gonzaga
Broadcasters: Beth Mowins & Brad DaughertySeries History: Gonzaga leads series 8–5Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Portland
Broadcasters: Tom Glasgow & Francis WilliamsSeries History: BYU leads series 13–1Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Loyola Marymount
Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Brad HollandSeries History: BYU leads series 8–4Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Pepperdine
Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Brad HollandSeries History: BYU leads series 9–7Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Loyola Marymount
Broadcasters: Roxy Bernstein & Corey WilliamsSeries History: BYU leads series 9–4Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Pepperdine
Broadcasters: Beth Mowins & Brad DaughertySeries History: BYU leads series 9–8Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Saint Mary's
Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, & Spencer LintonSeries History: BYU leads series 11–8Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Pacific
Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, & Spencer LintonSeries History: BYU leads series 7–4Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, San Francisco
Broadcasters: Dave McCann &  Blaine FowlerSeries History: BYU leads series 14–7Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Santa Clara
Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Blaine FowlerSeries History: BYU leads series 25–5Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, San Diego
Broadcasters: Roxy Bernstein & Corey WilliamsSeries History: BYU leads series 9–3Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, San Diego
Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, & Spencer LintonSeries History: BYU leads series 10–3Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Portland
Broadcasters: Roxy Bernstein & Corey WilliamsSeries History: BYU leads series 13–2Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Gonzaga
Broadcasters: Beth Mowins & Brad DaughertySeries History: Gonzaga leads series 8–6Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Santa Clara
Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler (BYUtv)Steve Quis, Casey Jacobsen, & Kelli Tennant (TheW.tv)Series History: BYU leads series 26–5Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Gonzaga
Broadcasters: Brent Musburger & Fran FraschillaSeries History: Gonzaga leads series 9–6Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, UAB
Broadcasters: Mitch Holthus & Corey WilliamsSeries History: BYU leads series 2–1Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Virginia Tech
Broadcasters: Mitch Holthus & Corey WilliamsSeries History: BYU leads series 3–0Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Creighton
Broadcasters: Roxy Bernstein & Fran FraschillaSeries History: BYU leads series 6–3Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Valparaiso
Broadcasters: Bob Wischusen, Fran Fraschilla, & Kaylee Hartung (ESPN)Scott Graham & Kelly Tripucka (Westwood One)Series History: Series even 1–1Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team
The 2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team will represent Brigham Young University during the 2015–16 college basketball season. It will be head coach Jeff Judkins fifteenth season at BYU. The Cougars, members of the West Coast Conference, play their home games at the Marriott Center. They enter the season as defending WCC Tournament champions. They finished the season 26–7, 16–2 in WCC play to WCC win regular title. They advanced to the championship game of the WCC Women's Tournament where they lost to San Francisco. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to Missouri in the first round.


2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, Before the season, Recruiting, 2015-16 Class
The 2015-16 recruiting class information will be posted as soon as it becomes available.


2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, Before the season, Recruiting, Future Classes
New Cougar teammates for the 2016-17 season and beyond will be announced throughout the season. They will be posted here when they are announced.


2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, 2015–16 media, BYU Radio Sports Network Affiliates
All Lady Cougar games that don't conflict with men's basketball or football games will be featured live on BYU Radio, found nationwide on Dish Network 980, on Sirius XM 143, and online at www.byuradio.org. Home games will be a BYUtv simulcast while road games will be voiced by Robbie Bullough. Select home games and road games will air on TheW.tv.


2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, Schedule
All BYUtv games, minus the home game vs. Gonzaga, were simulcast on BYU Radio with the BYUtv announcers, listed below. Select other games, listed with an x, were broadcast on BYU Radio with Robbie Bullough on the call. The WCC Championship was also on BYU Radio with Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler providing the call.


2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, Game Summaries, Utah Valley
Broadcasters: , , & Series History: BYU leads series 5–0Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, Game Summaries, Oklahoma
Broadcasters: Bob Carpenter & Dan HughesSeries History: Oklahoma leads series 3–1Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, Game Summaries, Utah State
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason ShepherdSeries History: BYU leads series 33–3Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, Game Summaries, Utah
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason ShepherdSeries History: Utah leads series 62–41Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, Game Summaries, San Diego
Broadcasters: Paula Bott & Susie Erpelding-BarossoSeries History: BYU leads series 8–2Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, Game Summaries, Saint Mary's
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason ShepherdSeries History: BYU leads series 6–4Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, Game Summaries, Pacific
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason ShepherdSeries History: BYU leads series 9–2Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, Game Summaries, Gonzaga
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason ShepherdSeries History: Gonzaga leads series 11–7Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, Game Summaries, Portland
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason ShepherdSeries History: BYU leads series 16–4Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, Game Summaries, Loyola Marymount
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason ShepherdSeries History: BYU leads series 10–1Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, Game Summaries, Pepperdine
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason ShepherdSeries History: BYU leads series 10–2Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, Game Summaries, Loyola Marymount
Broadcasters:  & Hunter PattersonSeries History: BYU leads series 11–1Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, Game Summaries, San Francisco
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason ShepherdSeries History: BYU leads series 14–2Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, Game Summaries, Santa Clara
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason ShepherdSeries History: BYU leads series 11–1Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, Game Summaries, San Diego
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski & Jason ShepherdSeries History: BYU leads series 8–3Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, Game Summaries, Gonzaga
Broadcasters: Sam Adams & Stephanie Hawk-FreemanSeries History: Gonzaga leads series 11–8Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, Game Summaries, BYU vs. Pepperdine
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen KozlowskiSeries History: BYU leads series 12–2Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, Game Summaries, BYU vs. Santa Clara
Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Blaine FowlerSeries History: BYU leads series 12–1Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, Game Summaries, WCC Championship: BYU vs. San Francisco
Broadcasters: Roxy Bernstein & Chiney OgwumikeSeries History: BYU leads series 15–2Starting Lineups:


2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, Game Summaries, NCAA First Round: Missouri
Broadcasters: Lowell Galindo & Nell FortnerSeries History: Missouri leads series 5–0Starting Lineups:


2015–16 Bahrain First Division League
The 2015–16 Bahraini First Division League (also known as VIVA Bahrain League for sponsorship reasons), was the 59th top-level football season in Bahrain. Fourteen teams participated with Muharraq as the defending champions after securing the championship last season for the thirty-third time.


2015–16 Bahrain First Division League, Teams
Bahrain SC and Al-Shabab were relegated at the end of the previous campaign and replaced by Al-Ahli and Sitra. Sitra Club bounced back after one season away from the top flight and Al-Ahli were back after spending 4 years in the second tier.


2015–16 Bahraini King's Cup
The Bahraini King's Cup is a cup competition involving teams from the Bahraini Premier League and 2nd tier. Hidd SCC are the current holders of the King's Cup, having defeated Busaiteen in extra time in last year's final.


2015–16 Bahraini King's Cup, Preliminary round
3 teams played a knockout tie. 3 ties were played over one leg. The first match was played between Al-Shabab and Isa Town Club on 28 December 2015. Al-Shabab, Al-Ittihad Bahrain and Qalali Club advanced to the Round of 16 after winning their respective ties.


2015–16 Bahraini King's Cup, Round of 16
The round of 16 had the 3 winners from the previous round, alongside 13 new entrants: 10 from the First Division and 3 from the Second Division. The draw was made 24 December 2015 with the preliminary round draw. 8 teams advanced from this round into the Quarter-Finals. The draw for the upcoming rounds was also made on the same day as the Preliminary Round Draw.


2015–16 Bahraini King's Cup, Semi finals
The two winners from this round progressed to meet in the Final.


2015–16 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team
The 2015–16 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team represented Ball State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by third year head coach James Whitford, played their home games at Worthen Arena as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 21–14, 10–8 in MAC play to finish in a tie for the West Division championship. They lost to Miami (OH) in the first round of the MAC Tournament. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Tennessee State and UT Martin to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Columbia.


2015–16 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team, Previous season
The Cardinals finished the previous season 7–23, 2–16 in MAC play to finish in last place in the West Division. They lost in the first round of the MAC Tournament to Bowling Green.


2015–16 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball team
The 2015–16 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball team represented Ball State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by fourth year head coach Brady Sallee, played their home games at Worthen Arena as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 22–10, 13–5 in MAC play and finished the season in second place in the West Division. They lost in the quarterfinals of the MAC Women's Tournament to Eastern Michigan. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where defeated Iowa in the first round before losing in the second round to Saint Louis.


2015–16 Baltic Basketball League
The 2015–16 Triobet Baltic Basketball League was the 12th season of the Baltic Basketball League and the first under the title sponsorship of Triobet.


2015–16 Baltic Basketball League, Overview
This season’s competition included 6 teams from Estonia, 5 teams from Latvia and Lithuania and one team from Kazakhstan, which played all its games away. For the regular season the teams were divided into two groups of seven teams and competed in a round-robin competition system, with team facing each of their opponents twice. The teams qualified for the eighth-finals based on their ranking after the regular season.


2015–16 Baltic Basketball League, Overview
Out of the five teams who participated in FIBA Europe Cup competition – Ventspils, Juventus, Šiauliai, TÜ/Rock and Pieno žvaigždės – the latter three didn't qualify for the FIBA Europe Cup playoffs and thus begin their journey at the start of the BBL play-offs, seeded respectively first, second and third based on last season’s results. All play-off games were played in home-and-away series.


2015–16 Baltic Basketball League, Overview
Tartu Ülikool/Rock became the first Estonian team to reach the Baltic League finals. In the Finals they lost with an aggregate score of 157–176 to Lithuanian team Šiauliai who won their third title in a row. Third place belonged to Lithuanian side Lietkabelis who beat Latvian team Valmiera/ORDO with aggregate score of 160–154.


2015–16 Baltic Basketball League, Regular season
The Regular season ran from October 13, 2015 to January 27, 2016.


2015–16 Baltic Basketball League, Player statistics
Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played.


2015–16 Baltic Men Volleyball League
The 2015–16 Baltic Men Volleyball League, also known as the League of Hundred, was the 11th edition of the highest level of club volleyball in the Baltic states.


2015–16 Baltic Men Volleyball League, Participating teams
The following teams took part in the 2015–16 edition of Baltic Men Volleyball League.


2015–16 Baltic Men Volleyball League, Main Tournament
All participating 13 clubs were playing according to the double round robin system.


2015–16 Baltic Men Volleyball League, Playoffs
The four winners of each series qualified to the Final Four, while the other four teams were eliminated.


2015–16 Baltimore Blast season
The 2015–16 Baltimore Blast season is the twenty-fourth season of the Baltimore Blast professional indoor soccer club. The Blast, an Eastern Division team in the Major Arena Soccer League, play their home games at Royal Farms Arena in downtown Baltimore, Maryland.


2015–16 Baltimore Blast season
The team is led by owner Edwin F. Hale, Sr. and head coach Danny Kelly. Following a 10-5 victory on February 15 over the Chicago Mustangs, Baltimore clinched first place in the Eastern Division and the top seed in the Divisional Final.


2015–16 Baltimore Blast season
The Blast finished the regular season 15-4 and went undefeated in the postseason, winning four of their six playoff games in overtime, en route to the team's eighth championship. Pat Healey won his second consecutive Defender of the Year award while Lucas Roque received the MASL Finals MVP.


2015–16 Baltimore Blast season, History
Launched in July 1992 as the Baltimore Spirit, an expansion team in the second National Professional Soccer League for the 1992–93 season, the team replaced the original Baltimore Blast which folded earlier in 1992 when the first Major Indoor Soccer League shut down. Ed Hale, an owner of the original Blast, bought the Spirit in July 1998 and changed the name to Baltimore Blast. In 2001, the team was a founding member of the second MISL. When that league shut down in 2008, they co-founded the National Indoor Soccer League which, one season later, became the third MISL.


2015–16 Baltimore Blast season, History
After the 2013-14 season, Baltimore was one of three teams that left the MISL, leading to the league's collapse. Along with five other former MISL teams, the Blast joined the teams of the Professional Arena Soccer League, which was soon rebranded as the Major Arena Soccer League. With the Rochester Lancers folding and the failed launch of Hartford City FC, the MASL Eastern Division for the 2015-16 season consists of former MISL club Syracuse Silver Knights, plus former PASL clubs Waza Flo and Harrisburg Heat.


2015–16 Baltimore Blast season, Off-field moves
All MASL games are now scored with traditional soccer scoring where every goal is worth one point.


2015–16 Baltimore Blast season, Personnel, Team roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 Baltimore Blast season, Personnel, Staff
The team's coaching staff includes head coach Danny Kelly, assistant coach David Bascome, athletic trainer Heather Kohlbus, physical therapist Paul Ernst, team doctor Dr. Richard Levine, and equipment manager Mark Meszaros. The Blast front office includes owner Edwin F. Hale, Sr., team president and general manager Kevin Healey, assistant general manager Mike Conway, director of ticket operations Jason Carrick, and marketing coordinator Stephen Cooke.


2015–16 Bangalore Super Division
The 2015–16 Bangalore Super Division is the 2015-16 season of the Bangalore Super Division which is the third tier of the Indian football system and the top tier of the Karnataka football system. SAI and Income Tax were promoted from Bangalore 'A' Division, whereas Ozone FC, a new team launched by Ozone group, also competed in the season. Ozone emerged the champions and Income Tax and SAI were relegated to A division.


2015–16 Bangladesh Championship League
The 2015–16 Bangladesh Championship League (also known as Minister Fridge Bangladesh Championship League 2015–16 for sponsorship reasons). Season begun in November 2015, ended in January 2016 and was won by Uttar Baridhara SC.


2015–16 Bangladesh Premier League
The 2015 Bangladesh Premier League, also known as BPL 3 or BRB Cables BPL 2015 (for sponsorship reasons), was the third season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), a twenty20 cricket league established by the Bangladesh Cricket Board in 2012. The tournament featured six teams during the third season. The season began on Friday, 20 November  2015, with a lavish opening ceremony held at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka, and the annual kickoff game was held between Chittagong Vikings and Rangpur Riders, which resulted with the Rangpur winning by two wickets in last ball finish.


2015–16 Bangladesh Premier League
The championship game was held on 15 December 2015, in which Comilla Victorians won the championship by defeating Barisal Bulls by three wickets. Alok Kapali from Comilla Victorians was awarded player of the match in the final for his match winning 39 from 28 balls. Ashar Zaidi was awarded the player of the tournament for his all rounding performance of 215 runs and 17 wickets throughout the tournament. Ashar Zaidi of Comilla Victorians was named Most valuable player (MVP), while Abu Hider was the find of the tournament.


2015–16 Bangladesh Premier League, Players' draft
The draft was held on 22 October 2015 in Dhaka. Six franchises participated in the draft method. Players from Category A-D were picked in the draft by six teams. The icon players and platinum category players were excluded from the draft process. Chris Gayle was picked up by Barisal Bulls for 1.65 crores (US$210,000). Total 319 players took part in the draft process, and 82 players were drafted. The six icon players were selected through lottery process.


2015–16 Bangladesh Premier League, Opening Ceremony
The third season of the tournament was officially launched at the  Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on 20 November 2015. During the opening ceremony, All six teams, along with their owners and captains were introduced. The opening ceremony featured live performances from Chirkutt Band, Ayub Bachchu, Momtaz Begum, KK, Jacqueline Fernandez, and Hrithik Roshan. The total cost of the opening ceremony was reported to be 3.5 crores.


2015–16 Bangladesh Premier League, Venues
A total of 34 matches including the championship game was held in two venues. The first and third leg of the tournament was played at Dhaka while the second leg was held at the port city Chittagong. Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium hosted 26 matches while Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium hosted the eight group stage matches.


2015–16 Bangladesh Premier League, Statistics, Highest team totals
The following table lists the five highest team scores during this season.


2015–16 Bangladeshi cricket season
The 2016 Asia Cup was held in Bangladesh in the 2015–16 Bangladeshi cricket season. The season was to be featuring a tour of the country by Australia but it has been postponed amid security concerns. Khulna Division won the National Cricket League (NCL) championship title for the fourth time and Comilla Victorians won the revived Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).


2015–16 Bangladeshi cricket season, International cricket
Australia was due to tour Bangladesh from 28 September to 21 October 2015 and playing two Test matches but it has been postponed amid security concerns.


2015–16 Bangladeshi cricket season, International cricket
India beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets in the final of the 2016 Asia Cup, held in Bangladesh.


2015–16 Barako Bull Energy season
The 2015–16 Barako Bull Energy season was the 14th and final season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). After the Philippine Cup the franchise was sold to Phoenix Petroleum and renamed as the Phoenix Fuel Masters which played its first tournament in the Commissioner's Cup.


2015–16 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season
The 2015–16 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season is the 37th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


2015–16 Barnet F.C. season
The 2015–16 Barnet F.C. season was the team’s 128th year in existence, and their first back in League Two since the 2012–13 season, after gaining promotion in the 2014-15 season. Along with competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.


2015–16 Barnet F.C. season, Competitions, Pre-season friendlies
On 29 May 2015, Barnet announced their first two pre-season friendlies against Peterborough United and Milton Keynes Dons. On 9 June 2015, Barnet added five more friendlies against Hungerford Town, St Albans City, Maidenhead United, Eastleigh and Northwood. A fixture against Crystal Palace was announced on 19 June 2015.


2015–16 Barnet F.C. season, Competitions, League Cup
On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Barnet were drawn away against Millwall. In the second round, Barnet drew Wolverhampton Wanderers away.


2015–16 Barnet F.C. season, Competitions, Football League Trophy
On 8 August 2015, live on Soccer AM the draw for the first round of the Football League Trophy was drawn by Toni Duggan and Alex Scott.


2015–16 Barnet F.C. season, Competitions, Middlesex Senior Cup
On the Middlesex FA website the second round details were announced, Barnet will face Staines Town.


2015–16 Barnsley F.C. season
The 2015–16 season was Barnsley's second consecutive season in League One following their relegation from the Championship in the 2013–14 season. Along with League One, the club also competed in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.


2015–16 Barnsley F.C. season
Barnsley were promoted to the Football League Championship, after beating Millwall 3–1 in the play-off final. Barnsley also won the Football League Trophy, after beating Oxford United 3–2 in the final.


2015–16 Barys Astana season
The 2015–16 Barys Astana season is the Kontinental Hockey League franchise's 8th season of play and 16th season overall.


2015–16 Basingstoke Bison season
During the 2015-16 season, the Basingstoke Bison participated in the semi-professional English Premier Ice Hockey League. It would prove to be a successful season for Basingstoke as they clinched the league title on Sunday 13 March 2016 after a home victory against Swindon Wildcats. It was their first league title since 1993.


2015–16 Basketball Bundesliga
The 2015–16 Basketball Bundesliga was the 50th season of the Basketball Bundesliga. The regular season started on October 2, 2015, and the season ended with the last game of the Finals on June 12.


2015–16 Basketball Bundesliga, Team information
The ProA champions Gießen 46ers promoted to the BBL, along with runners-up s.Oliver Baskets. Crailsheim Merlins received a wild card from the league, to fill up the spot of Artland Dragons.


2015–16 Basketball Bundesliga, All-Star Game
The 2016 All-Star Game was played at the Brose Arena in Bamberg. Per Günther was named the BBL All-Star Game MVP.


2015–16 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The 2015–16 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina was the 15th season of this championship, with 13 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina participating in it. Igokea won its fifth title on 12 May 2016, when it beat Kakanj 3–1 in the Finals.


2015–16 Basketball Cup of Serbia
The 2015–16 Basketball Cup of Serbia is the 10th season of the Serbian 2nd-tier men's cup tournament.


2015–16 Basketball League Belgium Division I
The 2015–16 Basketball League Belgium Division I season, for sponsorships reasons named the Scooore! League, was the 89th season of the first tier of basketball in Belgium. The season started on October 2, 2015 and ended on 8 June 2016. The defending champion was Oostende, and it successfully defended its title.


2015–16 Basketball League Belgium Division I, Teams
The name of Okapi Aalstar was changed to Crelan Okapi Aalstar due to sponsorship reasons on June 3, 2015.


2015–16 Basketball League Belgium Division I, Regular season
The regular season started on October 2, 2015 with the game Basic-Fit Brussels–Telenet Oostende.


2015–16 Basketball League of Serbia
The 2015–16 Basketball League of Serbia season is the 10th season of the Basketball League of Serbia, the highest professional basketball league in Serbia. It is also 72nd national championship played by Serbian clubs inclusive of nation's previous incarnations as Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro.


2015–16 Basketball League of Serbia
The first half of the season consists of 14 teams and 182-game regular season (26 games for each of the 14 teams) began on October 2, 2015 and will end on March 26, 2016. The second half of the season consists of 4 teams from Adriatic League and the best 4 teams from first half of the season. Playoff starts soon after. The first half is called First League and  second is called Super League.


2015–16 Basketbol Süper Ligi
The 2015–16 Basketbol Süper Ligi was the 50th season of the top-tier professional basketball league in Turkey. The season started on October 10, 2015 and ended on June 13, 2016. Fenerbahçe won its 7th national championship this season.


2015–16 Basketbol Süper Ligi
This was the first season the league's name was Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) instead of Turkish Basketball League (TBL).


2015–16 Basketligaen
The 2015–16 Basketligaen was the 41st season of the highest professional basketball tier in Denmark. The season started on October 3, 2015 and ended on May 9, 2016. Horsens IC won the Danish championship for the second year in a row, after it defeated Bakken Bears in the Finals.


2015–16 Basketligaen, Competition format
The participating teams first played a round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent twice home and twice away for a total of 28 games. The top six teams qualified for the championship playoffs whilst the two last qualified were relegated to Division 1.


2015–16 Basketligaen, Awards
Nimrod Hilliard of Horsens was named the 2016 Finals MVP. Brandon Rozzell of Svendborg Rabbits was named the 2015–16 Regular Season MVP.


2015–16 Basketligan season
The 2015–16 Basketligan season was the 23rd season of the Basketligan, the top tier basketball league on Sweden. The season started on 15 October 2015 and ended on 28 April 2016. Södertälje Kings was the defending champion, and successfully reclaimed its title. In the Finals, Södertalje had a clean sweep over Norrköping 4–0 to capture its 11th title.


2015–16 Basketligan season, Competition format
The participating teams first play a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent three times for a total of 30 games. The top eight teams qualified for the championship playoffs.


2015–16 Basketligan season, Awards
On 4 April 2016, Joakim Kjellbom of Norrköping Dolphins won his third Basketligan MVP Award. Skyler Bowlin of Södertälje Kings won the Basketligan Finals MVP.


2015–16 Bavarian Cup
The 2015–16 Bavarian Cup (German: Bayerischer Toto-Pokal 2015–16) was the nineteenth edition of this competition, first held in 1998 and organised by the Bavarian Football Association (BFV). The winner qualified for the first round of the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal, the German Cup.


2015–16 Bavarian Cup
The competition is open to all senior men's football teams playing within the Bavarian football league system and the 3. Liga. The final was played on 28 May and won by Würzburger Kickers, defeating SpVgg Unterhaching 6–2 in the final.


2015–16 Bavarian Cup
As Würzburg had already qualified for the German Cup though it's 3. Liga third-place finish runners-up Unterhaching took up their qualifying spot through the Bavarian Cup. For the first round of the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal Würzburg drew 2. Bundesliga club Eintracht Braunschweig while Unterhaching drew Bundesliga side FSV Mainz 05.


2015–16 Bavarian Cup, History
The Bavarian Cup, officially referred to as the Bayerischer Toto-Pokal for sponsorship reasons was established in 1998. Until 2009 it was contested by only eight clubs, qualified through the seven annual regional cup competitions. Since 2009 the Bavarian Cup has been expanded to include 64 teams in the first round.


2015–16 Bavarian Cup, History
The defending champions were SpVgg Unterhaching who defeated SpVgg SV Weiden in the 2014–15 final and thereby won the competition for a third time after 2007–08 and 2011–12.


2015–16 Bavarian Cup, Rules and regulations
The competition is open to all member clubs of the Bavarian Football Association except the clubs playing in the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga. Reserve teams are also barred from the competition. The Bavarian clubs from the 3. Liga and Regionalliga Bayern and the 24 District Cup (Kreispokale) winners qualified directly for the first round of the competition, as were the 2014–15 Bayernliga champions and the two participants in the Regionalliga qualification round. The remaining clubs from the two divisions of the Bayernliga and the five divisions of the Landesliga Bayern entered the qualifying stage of the competition.


2015–16 Bavarian Cup, Rules and regulations
Clubs below the Landesliga had to take part in the Kreispokale to qualify. The 2014–15 edition was the last one to feature three qualifying rounds as, from 2015–16 onwards, only two qualifying rounds were held, taking place just before the first round proper. Only the Bayernliga clubs and the best ten clubs from each Landesliga division took part in this.


2015–16 Bavarian Cup, Rules and regulations
For the 2015–16 edition this meant, with league membership in the 2014–15 season taken as reference, the two Bavarian 3. Liga clubs, the 12 Regionalliga Bayern clubs that were not reserve sides and four Bayernliga clubs where automatically qualified. Additionally the 24 Kreispokal winners and 22 clubs qualified through the three rounds of qualifying entered the first round of the Bavarian Cup. The 24 Kreispokal winners, after being allocated to their respective region, were permitted to select the team they wished to play against rather than having a club drawn against them.


2015–16 Bavarian Cup, Rules and regulations
The winner of the 2015–16 Bavarian Cup was automatically qualified for the first round of the German Cup the following season. The second spot awarded to the Bavarian Football Association for the first round of the German Cup will go to the best-placed non-reserve side in the Regionalliga Bayern. Should the same team win the cup and finished as the best non-reserve side in the Regionalliga or qualify automatically as one of the top four teams in the 3. Liga the second spot would have gone to the losing finalist. Should the losing finalist also have qualified already as one of the top four 3. Liga clubs a decider would be played between the two losing semi finalists.


2015–16 Bavarian Cup, Rules and regulations
Because winners Würzburger Kickers qualified to the DFB-Pokal through their third-place finish in the 3. Liga Unterhaching took up their Cup winners spot in the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal while Regionalliga Bayern champions Jahn Regensburg qualified through the league path.


2015–16 Bavarian Cup, Schedule
The first and second qualifying round were played between 1 and 14 July 2015. The draw for the first round was carried out on 31 July, before the 2. Bundesliga game of 1. FC Nürnberg versus 1. FC Heidenheim.


2015–16 Bavarian Cup, Schedule
The dates set originally for the various rounds by the BFV were:


2015–16 Bavarian Cup, 2015–16 season, First round
The first round, played between 4 and 12 August 2015:


2015–16 Bavarian Cup, 2015–16 season, Second round
The second round, played on 18 and 19 August 2015:


2015–16 Bavarian Cup, 2015–16 season, Round of sixteen
The round of sixteen, played between 1 September and 6 October 2015:


2015–16 Bavarian Cup, 2015–16 season, Quarter finals
The quarter finals, played between 30 March and 6 April 2016:


2015–16 Bavarian Cup, 2015–16 season, Semi finals
The semi finals played on 19 and 20 April 2016:


2015–16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season
The 2015–16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season is the 112th season in the club's football history.


2015–16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, Statistics, Goalscorers
This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2015–16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, Statistics, Assists
This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.


2015–16 Bayernliga
The 2015–16 season of the Bayernliga, the second highest association football league in Bavaria, was the eighth season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system and the 71st season overall since establishment of the league in 1945. The league season started on 17 July 2015 and ended on 21 May 2016. It was interrupted by a winter break, which lasted from early December 2015 to late February 2016.


2015–16 Bayernliga, Modus
The northern and southern divisions of the Bayernliga consist of 18 clubs each. Clubs in each division will play each other in a home-and-away format with no league games played between clubs from different divisions during the regular season. The champions of each division are directly promoted to the Regionalliga, subject to fulfilling the licensing regulations of the later with no overall Bayernliga championship game being played between the two league winners. The runners-up of each league take part in promotion round with the 16th and 15th placed clubs in the Regionalliga.


2015–16 Bayernliga, Modus
The four clubs play for one more spot in the Regionalliga in 2016–17 unless the Regionalliga champion wins promotion to the 3. Liga, in which case two spots in the league may become available. Should the champions or runners-up not receive approval for a Regionalliga licence the direct promotion and play off spots will be passed down to the highest placed club with a licence approval.


2015–16 Bayernliga, Modus
The bottom teams in the northern and southern divisions are directly relegated while the 15th, 16th and 17th placed teams from both divisions take part in the relegation play offs with the five Landesliga runners-up. Originally the 14th-placed Bayernliga with the lesser points, SV Erlenbach, was also scheduled to enter the relegation round but this was changed on the day of the draw for the round to avoid potentially having two Bayernliga divisions with seventeen clubs each, thereby assuring Erlenbach of a place in the Bayernliga for the following season.


2015–16 Bayernliga, Modus
Of the 36 clubs in the league ten applied for a Regionalliga licence for 2016–17 by 11 April 2016, the required date for clubs to hand in their application. The ten clubs consisted of five from the northern division, Großbardorf, Seligenporten, Bayern Hof, Weiden and Aubstadt, and five from the southern division, Garching, Heimstetten, Rosenheim, Sonthofen and Unterföhring. Notable clubs that were in contention for promotion at the time but did not apply were VfB Eichstätt and SV Pullach.


2015–16 Bayernliga, 2015–16 standings, Bayernliga Nord
The league featured seven new clubs with DJK Don Bosco Bamberg, 1. FC Sand, ASV Burglengenfeld and 1. SC Feucht promoted from the Landesliga while FC Eintracht Bamberg and SV Seligenporten were relegated from the Regionalliga and VfB Eichstätt transferred from the Bayernliga Süd.


2015–16 Bayernliga, 2015–16 standings, Bayernliga Süd
The division featured six new clubs with SV Kirchanschöring, TSV Kottern, SpVgg Ruhmannsfelden and SV Erlbach promoted from the Landesliga while VfR Garching and SV Heimstetten were relegated from the Regionalliga.


2015–16 Bayernliga, Promotion play-off
A promotion/relegation play-off will be held at the end of the season for both the Regionalliga above and the Bayernliga.


2015–16 Bayernliga, Promotion play-off, To the Regionalliga
The 15th and 16th placed Regionalliga teams, Viktoria Aschaffenburg and FC Augsburg II, played the third-placed teams of the northern and southern divisions. The winners of these games are qualified for the 2016–17 Regionalliga, the losers played each other for one more spot in the Regionalliga after Jahn Regensburg was successful in winning promotion to the 3. Liga. The third placed teams that qualified were SpVgg Bayern Hof in the north and TSV 1860 Rosenheim in the south as the runners-up of the two Bayernliga divisions did not apply for a Regionalliga licence.


2015–16 Bayernliga, Promotion play-off, To the Bayernliga
The second placed teams of each of the five Landesliga divisions, together with the 15th, 16th and 17th placed teams from the two Bayernligas enter a play-off for the remaining three places in the 2016–17 Bayernliga. The eleven teams will be split into three groups with group winner earning a Bayernliga place for the next season. With the promotions of Jahn Regensburg and TSV 1860 Rosenheim to 3. Liga and Regionalliga Bayern respectively, an interdivisional play-off determined the last participant for next season. Group losers ASV Burglengenfeld, SV Erlbach and VfL Frohnlach were supposed to play in a single round-robin, but Burglengenfeld declined and was relegated, leaving Erlbach and Frohnlach to play for the remaining slot.


2015–16 Baylor Bears basketball team
The 2015–16 Baylor Bears basketball team represented Baylor University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Scott Drew's thirteenth season at Baylor. The Bears competed in the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the Ferrell Center. They finished the season 22–12, 10–8 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated Texas in the quarterfinal of the Big 12 Tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Kansas. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Yale.


2015–16 Baylor Bears basketball team, Previous season
The Bears finished the season 24–10, 11–7 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament where they lost to Kansas. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they were upset in the second round by Georgia State.


2015–16 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team
The 2015–16 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team will represent Baylor University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Returning as head coach was Hall of Famer Kim Mulkey for her 15th season. The team plays its home games at the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas and are members of the Big 12 Conference. They finish the season 33–4, 16–2 in Big 12 to win the Big 12 regular season title. They also won the Big 12 Women's Tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Idaho and Auburn in the first and second rounds, Florida State in the sweet sixteen before losing to Oregon State in the elite eight.


2015–16 Beitar Jerusalem F.C. season
The 2015–16 season is Beitar Jerusalem's 47th season in the Israeli Premier League. The club's owner Eli Tabib in June said he would sell the team to someone that will invest money in the club. However, he later changed his mind and decided to continue investing in the squad and not abandon the team. Beitar then signed eight players in pre-season: Liroy Zhairi , Nes Zamir , Dovev Gabay , Uri Magbo , Daniel Askling , Vlad Morar , Nisso Kapiloto , Pablo de Lucas and Jesus Rueda.


2015–16 Beitar Jerusalem F.C. season, First team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 Beitar Jerusalem F.C. season, First team, On loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 Beitar Jerusalem F.C. season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 Beitar Jerusalem F.C. season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 Belarusian Cup
2015–16 Belarusian Cup was the twenty fifth season of the Belarusian annual cup competition. Contrary to the league season, it is conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. The first were played on 23 May 2015. Winners of the Cup qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.


2015–16 Belarusian Cup, First round
In this round 5 amateur clubs and 9 randomly chosen Second League clubs were drawn into 7 fixtures. The matches were played on 23 and 24 May 2015.


2015–16 Belarusian Cup, Second round
In this round 7 winners of the First Round were joined by 11 remaining Second League clubs and 14 First League clubs to play in 16 fixtures. Two leaders of First League as of the moment of the draw (Isloch Minsk Raion and Smorgon) were given a bye to the Round of 32. The matches were played on 10 June 2015.


2015–16 Belarusian Cup, Round of 32
In this round 16 winners of the Second Round were joined by 2 remaining First League clubs and 14 Premier League clubs to play in 16 two-legged fixtures. The matches were played on 16–19 July and 1–2 August 2015.


2015–16 Belarusian Cup, Round of 16
In this round 16 winners of the previous were paired into 8 two-legged fixtures. The draw was conducted on 4 August 2015.


2015–16 Belarusian Cup, Quarter-finals
The first legs were played on 19 and 20 March 2016 and the second legs were played on 6 April 2016.


2015–16 Belarusian Cup, Semifinals
The first legs were played on 20 April 2016 and the second legs will be played on 4 May 2016.


2015–16 Belarusian Cup, Final
The final match was played on 21 May 2016 at OSK Brestsky in Brest.


2015–16 Belarusian Extraliga season
The 2015–16 Belarusian Extraliga season was the 24th season of the Belarusian Extraliga, the top level of ice hockey in Belarus. Twelve teams participated in the league this season. Yunost Minsk won both the regular season and the playoffs.


2015–16 Belgian Basketball Cup
The 2015–16 Belgian Basketball Cup season was the 62nd edition of the national cup competition for men's basketball in Belgium. Telenet Oostende won its 17th Cup title. Khalid Boukichou of Oostende was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.


2015–16 Belgian Basketball Cup, Final
The attendance of 7,000 was a new all-time record for highest attendance in a Belgian Cup Final.


2015–16 Belgian Cup
The 2015–16 Belgian Cup is the 61st season of Belgian's annual football cup competition. The competition began on 24 July 2015 and ended with the final in March 2016. The winners of the competition will qualify for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League Group Stage. Club Brugge were the defending champions.


2015–16 Belgian Cup, Competition format
The competition consists of ten rounds. The first seven rounds are held as single-match elimination rounds. When tied after 90 minutes in the first three rounds, penalties are taken immediately. In rounds four to seven and the quarterfinals, when tied after 90 minutes first an extra time period of 30 minutes are played, then penalties are taken if still necessary. The semifinals will be played over two legs, where the team winning on aggregate advances. The final will be played as a single match.


2015–16 Belgian Cup, Competition format
Teams enter the competition in different rounds, based upon their 2014–15 league affiliation. Teams from the fourth-level Promotion or lower began in Round 1. Third Division teams entered in Round 3, with Second Division teams joining in the following round. Teams from the Belgian First Division enter in Round 6.


2015–16 Belgian Cup, First round
This round of matches was played on 24, 25 & 26 July 2015  and includes teams of levels 4 to 8 in football league pyramid. Four teams from the lowest division participated, namely KFC Heultje, Korbeek Sport, K. Flandria Dorne and CS Wépionnais. Only CS Wépionnais advanced to become the lowest-ranked team in the second round.


2015–16 Belgian Cup, Second round
These round of matches were played on 1 and 2 August 2015. No new teams entered at this round, CS Wépionnais from the 8th level was the lowest ranked team but was eliminated in this round.


2015–16 Belgian Cup, Third round
This round of matches was played on 7, 8 and 9 August 2015. Teams playing in the Belgian Third Division joined at this stage except for K.V. Woluwe-Zaventem who were given a bye to the fourth round. Lowest ranked teams in this round were Sportief Rotselaar and K. Zwaluwen Olmen playing at level 7 of the football pyramid.


2015–16 Belgian Cup, Fourth round
This round of matches was played on 15 and 16 August 2015. Teams playing in the Belgian Second Division joined at this stage. Lowest ranked team in this round was KFC Merelbeke playing at level 5 of the football pyramid.


2015–16 Belgian Cup, Fifth Round
This round of matches was played on 22 and 23 August 2015. Lowest ranked team in this round was KFC Merelbeke playing at level 5 of the football pyramid.


2015–16 Belgian Cup, 6th Round
These round of matches were played on September 22 and 23. All 16 Belgian Pro League teams entered at this round and received seed status, allowing them to avoid each other. Lowest ranked team in this round was Spouwen-Mopertingen playing in the Belgian Fourth Division.


2015–16 Belgian Cup, 7th Round
The draw was made on 23 September 2015 and the matches took place on 1, 2 and 3 December 2015. Antwerp from the Belgian Second Division was the only team not playing in the Belgian Pro League still present at this stage.


2015–16 Belgian Cup, Quarter-finals
In contrary to previous years, the quarter-finals will be single leg ties. The draw was made on 3 December 2015 and the matches will be played on 16 and 17 December 2015.


2015–16 Belgian Cup, Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was made on 17 December 2015, immediately after the end of the match between Standard and Kortrijk. The semi-finals will be played over two legs, with the first legs played on 20 and 21 January 2016 and the second legs on 2 and 3 February 2016.


2015–16 Belgian Cup, Final
The final took place on 20 March 2016 at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.


2015–16 Belgian Pro League
The 2015–16 season of the Belgian Pro League (also known as Jupiler Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the 113th season of top-tier football in Belgium. It started in the last week of July 2015 and finished in May 2016. Gent were the defending champions.


2015–16 Belgian Pro League
This was the last season under the "Pro League" name; a reorganisation of the Belgian professional leagues followed the season, with the top league to be known from 2016–17 forward as "First Division A".


2015–16 Belgian Pro League, Changes from 2014–15, Structural changes
Some changes were introduced in comparison to the previous season, with the most important one being the relegation rules. Instead of organising a relegation playoff between the teams finishing in the two last positions, this season will rather see the last team relegated immediately, while the 15th placed team will not play in any playoff and will remain in the renamed Belgian First Division A.


2015–16 Belgian Pro League, Changes from 2014–15, Structural changes
The first two of these rules were put in force as a compensation for the rule that the points obtained during the regular season are halved prior to the start of the championship playoff, to the complaint of several teams that had been in the lead after the regular season the past few seasons. The third rule was put in force to avoid the effect of players intentionally taking yellow cards near the end of the regular season, to make sure they were suspended before the playoffs (mostly against lesser teams) and could start the deciding playoffs with a clean sheet.


2015–16 Belgian Pro League, Regular season, Positions by round
Note: The classification was made after the weekend (or midweek) of each matchday, so postponed matches were only processed at the time they were played to represent the real evolution in standings.


2015–16 Belgian Pro League, Championship play-offs
The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the playoff: Club Brugge 32 points, Gent 30, Anderlecht 28, Oostende 25, Genk 24 and Zulte Waregem 22. The points of Anderlecht, Oostende and Zulte-Waregem were rounded up, therefore in case of any ties on points at the end of the playoffs, the half point will be deducted for these teams.


2015–16 Belgian Pro League, Championship play-offs, Positions by round
Below the positions per round are shown. As teams did not all start with an equal number of points, the initial pre-playoffs positions are also given.


2015–16 Belgian Pro League, Europa League play-offs
Group A contains the teams finishing the regular season in positions 7, 9, 12 and 14. The teams that finish in positions 8, 10, 11 and 13 are placed in Group B.


2015–16 Belgian Pro League, Europa League play-offs, Europa League play-off final
The winners of both playoff groups compete in a two-legged match to play the fourth-placed team of the championship play-offs, called Testmatch. The winner of this Testmatch was granted an entry to the second qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.


2015–16 Belgian Pro League, Europa League play-offs, Testmatches Europa League
The matches were played over two legs between the Europa League play-off final winners and the fourth-placed team of the championship play-offs. The winner qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.


2015–16 Belgian Second Division
The 2015–16 season of the Belgian Second Division (also known as Proximus League for sponsorship reasons) began on 8 August 2015 and ended in April 2016.


2015–16 Belgian Second Division, Structural changes
This season was the last under the name Second Division. Starting from 2016-17 the league is known as First Division B as a result of reforms in the Belgian league system. The champions were promoted and 9 teams  relegated to the third division named Amateur First Division or Amateur Superleague, while no team was promoted from the lower division. Promotion playoffs were not played and three-period rankings were not applied.


2015–16 Belgian Second Division, Team changes
After promotion and relegation, only 11 teams of the previous season remained in the league, with 5 others being replaced. One team was not replaced, thus reducing the competition to 17 teams.


2015–16 Belgian Third Division
The 2015–16 season of the Belgian Third Divisions is the 89th season of the third-tier football league in Belgium, since it was established in 1926.


2015–16 Belgian Third Division, Participating teams
The league is composed of 37 teams split into two groups of 18 and 19. Teams will play only other teams in their own division.


2015–16 Belgian Third Division, Participating teams
As a part of changes in the Belgian league system to be implemented in 2016, the Third Division was rebranded as First Amateur Division and contracted to 16 teams. The three-period rankings and promotion playoff between third and fourth tier teams were scrapped. The 11 (or 12) teams in each group relegate to the restructured fourth division called Second Amateur Division, while the last placers also relegate to the new fifth division called Third Amateur Division.


2015–16 Belgian Third Division, Participating teams
For the 2016–17 season onwards, the Amateur Superleague is made up of 16 teams, namely the nine relegated from the 2015–16 Second Division, the 2015–16 champion and runner-up of each Third Division group, the winner of qualifying playoffs contested by four teams in each group, and the winner of the match between losing playoff finalists. These teams must meet technical and administrative criteria.


2015–16 Belgian Third Division, League tables
Due to a reform in the Belgian football league, the Belgian Third Division ceases to exist and is replaced by the Belgian Second Amateur Division from the 2016–17 season, now at the fourth level of Belgian football. A newly created league, the Belgian First Amateur Division is formed at the third level, effectively pushing the teams in this division one level down the pyramid.


2015–16 Belgian Third Division, League tables
Only the top two teams in each division and the two promotion playoff winners are "promoted" to the new league, meaning they will remain at the third level, while most of the teams effectively drop to the fourth level. The two teams finishing in last position in each group are relegated to the Belgian Third Amateur Division, which in fact means a drop from level 3 to level 5 of the pyramid.


2015–16 Belgian Third Division, League tables, Promotion play-offs
The eight teams taking part in the promotion play-offs are playing to win one of the three remaining places in the 2016-17 Belgian First Amateur Division. The final match between the winners of Round 2, Sprimont-Comblain and FCV Dender EH, was not played as both teams already achieved promotion by winning Round 2. Hasselt beat La Louvière Centre in the third place match and took the final promotion spot. The five losing teams will play in the 2016-17 Belgian Second Amateur Division, effectively one level lower than in the 2015-16 season.


2015–16 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team
The 2015–16 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team represented Belmont University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bruins, led by 30th year head coach Rick Byrd, played their home games at the Curb Event Center and were members of the Ohio Valley Conference in the East Division. They finished the season 20–12, 12–4 in OVC play to be champions of the East Division and overall OVC regular season champions. They lost in the semifinals of the OVC Tournament to Austin Peay. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Georgia.


2015–16 Bemidji State Beavers women's ice hockey season
The Bemidji State Beavers women's ice hockey program represented the Bemidji State University during the 2015-16 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.


2015–16 Bengaluru FC season
The 2015–16 season was the third in the history of Bengaluru Football Club. It began on 1 June 2015 and concluded on 31 May 2016, with competitive matches occurring between January and May. The club ended their I-League campaign as champions for the second time, only winning by two points ahead of second placed Mohun Bagan. In the Federation Cup, Bengaluru were eliminated early in the first round, suffering defeat to Aizawl. In the AFC Cup, Bengaluru managed to make it past the Round of 16, defeating Kitchee. The victory had qualified the club for the quarter-finals which would take place the next season.