2015 in sports

2015 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. This year, some sporting events listed below are qualifying ones, for athletes, to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. From July 2015 to May 2016, the venues for the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics will be tested, by hosting various events in them.

Air sports

 * February 13 – October 13: 2015 Red Bull Air Race World Championship
 * February 13 & 14: 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi
 * Open Master Class winner: 🇬🇧 Paul Bonhomme
 * Open Challenger Class winner: Cristian Bolton
 * May 16 & 17: 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba in 🇯🇵 Chiba
 * Open Master Class winner: 🇬🇧 Paul Bonhomme
 * Open Challenger Class winner: 🇨🇿 Petr Kopfstein
 * May 30 & 31: 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Rovinj in Rovinj
 * Open Master Class winner: 🇦🇹 Hannes Arch
 * Open Challenger Class winner: 🇸🇪 Daniel Ryfa
 * July 4 & 5: 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest in 🇭🇺 Budapest
 * Open Master Class winner: 🇦🇹 Hannes Arch
 * Open Challenger Class winner: 🇸🇪 Daniel Ryfa
 * August 15 & 16: 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Ascot in 🇬🇧 Ascot
 * Open Master Class winner: 🇬🇧 Paul Bonhomme
 * Open Challenger Class winner: 🇨🇿 Petr Kopfstein
 * September 5 & 6: 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Spielberg in 🇦🇹 Spielberg
 * Open Master Class winner: 🇦🇺 Matt Hall
 * Open Challenger Class winner: 🇫🇷 Mikaël Brageot
 * September 26 & 27: 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Fort Worth in 🇺🇸 Fort Worth
 * Open Master Class winner: 🇬🇧 Paul Bonhomme
 * Open Challenger Class winner: 🇫🇷 Mikaël Brageot
 * October 17 & 18: 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Las Vegas in 🇺🇸 Las Vegas
 * Open Master Class winner: 🇦🇺 Matt Hall
 * Open Challenger Class winner: 🇫🇷 Mikaël Brageot

World Championships

 * January 13–24: AirSports FAI Paragliding World Championships 2015 in 🇨🇴 Roldanillo
 * Open Individual Cross Country winner: 🇫🇷 Honorin Hamard
 * Women's Individual Cross-Country winner: 🇫🇷 Seiko Fukuoka Naville
 * Open Team Cross Country winners: (Torsten Siegel, Marc Wensauer, Ulrich Prinz, Andreas "Pepe" Malecki, Yvonne Dathe)
 * February 28 – March 13: AirSports FAI Hang Gliding Class 1 World Championships 2015 in 🇲🇽 Valle de Bravo
 * Open Individual Hang Gliding winner: 🇮🇹 Christian Ciech
 * Open Team Hang Gliding winners: (Christian Ciech, Filippo Oppici, Davide Guiducci, Suan Selenati, Tullio Gervasoni, Valentino Baù)
 * June 27 – July 2: Air Sports FAI Paramotor Slalom World Championships 2015 in 🇵🇱 Legnica
 * Open Paraglider Control Foot Launched Flown Solo winner: 🇫🇷 Jérémy Penone
 * Open Team winners: 🇹🇭
 * Open Paraglider Control Landplane Flown Solo winner: 🇵🇱 Wojtek Bógdał
 * Mixed Paraglider Control Landplane Flown winners:
 * July 20–24: Air Sports FAI Precision Flying World Championships 2015 in Skive
 * Open Individual winner: 🇫🇷 Damien Vadon
 * Open Individual Landing Trophy winner: 🇫🇮 Mauri Hälinen
 * Open Individual Navigation Trophy winner: 🇵🇱 Marcin Skalik
 * Open Team Trophy winners: (Marcin Skalik, Bolesław Radomski, Michał Wieczorek)
 * Open Team Landing Trophy winners: 🇨🇿 (Tomáš Rajdl, David Černý, Jiří Jakeš)
 * August 2–13: Women's Air Sports FAI Gliding World Championships 2015 in Arnborg
 * Women's 15 meters Class winner: 🇫🇷 Anne Ducarouge
 * Women's Club Class winner: 🇩🇪 Sabrina Vogt
 * Women's Standard Class winner: 🇫🇷 Aude Grangeray
 * August 2–15: Air Sports FAI 13.5m Class Gliding World Championships 2015 in 🇱🇹 Pociūnai Airport
 * Open 13.5m Class winner: 🇮🇹 Stefano Ghiorzo
 * August 5–15: Air Sports FAI Glider Aerobatic World Championships 2015 in 🇨🇿 Zbraslavice Airport
 * Open Unlimited winner: 🇭🇺 Ferenc Tóth
 * Open Team Unlimited winners: 🇨🇿 (Přemysl Vávra, Miroslav Červenka, Lucie Pešková)
 * Open Advanced winner: 🇨🇿 Miroslav Černý
 * Open Team Advanced winners: (Sławomir Talowski, Katarzyna Żmudziński, Michał Andrzejewski)
 * August 9–16: Air Sports FAI Aerobatic Model Aircraft World Championships 2015 in Dübendorf
 * Open F3A winner: 🇫🇷 Christophe Paysant-Leroux
 * Open Junior F3A winner: 🇺🇸 Joseph Szczur
 * Open Team F3A winners:
 * August 9–17: Air Sports FAI Paragliding Accuracy World Championships 2015 in Puncak
 * Men's Individual winner: Dede Supratman
 * August 13–16: Air Sports FAI Helicopter World Championships 2015 in 🇵🇱 Przylep
 * Open Helicopter winners: (Maxim Sotnikov, Oleg Puajukas)
 * Women's Helicopter winners: (Liudmila Kosenkova, Elena Prokofyeva)
 * Open Team winners:
 * August 20–29: Air Sports FAI Aerobatic World Championships 201 in 🇫🇷 Châteauroux
 * Men's Unlimited winner: 🇫🇷 Alexandre Orlowski
 * Women's Unlimited winner: 🇫🇷 Aude Lemordant
 * August 26–28: Air Sports FAI F1E For Free Flight Model Aircraft World Championships 2015 in 🇷🇸 Zlatibor
 * Open Junior Individual F1E winner: 🇸🇰 Viktoria Drmlova
 * Open Junior Team F1E winners:
 * Open Individual F1E winner 🇨🇿 Jaromir Orel
 * Open Team F1E winners:
 * September 5–12: Air Sports FAI Sailplane Grand Prix World Championships 2015 in 🇮🇹 Varese
 * Open Individual winner: 🇫🇷 Maximilian Seis
 * October 21–24: Air Sports FAI Indoor Skydiving World Championships 2015 in 🇨🇿 Prague
 * Open Freestyle winners: 🇫🇮
 * Open Junior Freestyle winners:
 * Open Formation Skydiving 4-Way winners:
 * Women's Formation Skydiving 4-Way winners:
 * Open Vertical Formation Skydiving winners:
 * December 1–12: Air Sports FAI Junior Gliding World Championships 2015 in 🇦🇺 Narromine
 * Open Club Class winner: 🇬🇧 Tom Arscott
 * Open Standard Class winner: 🇦🇺 Matthew Scutter
 * December 1–12: FIA World Air Games 2015 in Dubai
 * Gold and total medal winner:

American football

 * Super Bowl XLIX – the New England Patriots (AFC) won 28–24 over the Seattle Seahawks (NFC)
 * Location: University of Phoenix Stadium
 * Attendance: 70,288
 * MVP: Tom Brady, QB (New England)

Indoor

 * November 8, 2014 – February 8, 2015: 2014–15 WA Indoor Archery Calendar
 * November 8 & 9, 2014: Indoor Archery World Cup #1 in 🇲🇦 Marrakesh
 * and won 2 gold medals each. France won the overall medal tally.
 * December 6 & 7, 2014: Indoor Archery World Cup #2 in 🇹🇭 Bangkok
 * 🇰🇷 and the won 2 gold medals each. The United States won the overall medal tally.
 * January 23–25, 2015: Indoor Archery World Cup #3 in 🇫🇷 Nîmes
 * 🇭🇺 and 🇰🇷 won 2 gold medals each. South Korea won the overall medal tally.
 * February 6 – 8, 2015: Indoor Archery World Cup #4 (final) in 🇺🇸 Las Vegas
 * 🇰🇷 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Other indoor archery championships
<!-- ** Women's Indoor Individual Compound winner: 🇧🇪 Sarah Prieels
 * December 8 & 9, 2014: Indoor Para Archery World Cup in 🇹🇭 Bangkok
 * 🇹🇭 and the won 1 gold medal each.  won the overall medal tally.
 * February 24 – 28: European Indoor Archery Championships in Koper
 * Men's Indoor Individual Compound winner: 🇮🇹 Sergio Pagni
 * Women's Indoor Team Compound winners: 🇷🇺
 * Men's Indoor Team Compound winners:
 * Women's Junior Indoor Individual Compound winner: Sarah Holst Sönnichsen
 * Men's Junior Indoor Individual Compound winner: 🇭🇺 Viktor Orosz
 * Women's Junior Indoor Team Compound winners: 🇷🇺
 * Men's Junior Indoor Team Compound winners: 🇸🇮
 * Women's Junior Indoor Individual Recurve winner: 🇺🇦 Solomiya Hnyp
 * Men's Junior Indoor Individual Recurve winner: 🇷🇺 Artem Makhnenko
 * Women's Junior Indoor Team Recurve winners: 🇮🇹
 * Men's Junior Indoor Team Recurve winners: 🇷🇺
 * Women's Indoor Individual Recurve winner: 🇩🇪 Veronika Haidn-Tschalova
 * Men's Indoor Individual Recurve winner: 🇺🇦 Heorhiy Ivanytskyy
 * Men's Indoor Team Recurve winners: 🇮🇹
 * Women's Indoor Team Recurve winners: 🇩🇪 -->**, , , , and 🇺🇦 won 2 gold medals each. Italy won the overall medal tally.

Outdoor

 * May 5 – October 25: 2015 WA Outdoor Archery Calendar
 * May 5 – 10: Outdoor Archery World Cup #1 in 🇨🇳 Shanghai
 * 🇰🇷 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * May 26 – 31: Outdoor Archery World Cup #2 in 🇹🇷 Antalya
 * 🇰🇷 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * August 11–16: Outdoor Archery World Cup #3 in 🇵🇱 Wrocław
 * The won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * September 8–13: Outdoor Archery World Cup #4 in 🇨🇴 Medellín
 * 🇰🇷 won the gold medal tally. The won the overall medal tally.
 * October 24 & 25: Outdoor Archery World Cup Final in 🇲🇽 Mexico City
 * 🇰🇷 won the gold medal tally. South Korea and won 3 overall medals each.

Other outdoor archery championships

 * June 8–14: 2015 World Archery Youth Championships in 🇺🇸 Yankton, South Dakota
 * 🇰🇷 won the gold medal tally. The won the overall medal tally.
 * July 26 – August 2: 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen
 * 🇰🇷 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * August 23–30: 2015 World Archery Para Championships in 🇩🇪 Donaueschingen
 * won the gold medal tally. China and won 10 overall medals each.
 * September 1–5: 2015 World Archery 3D Championships in 🇮🇹 Terni
 * and won 3 gold medals each. Italy won the overall medal tally.
 * September 15–22: Aquece Rio International Archery Challenge 2015 in (Olympic and Paralympic Test Event)
 * 🇰🇷 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * October 3 & 4: European Club Team Cup in 🇫🇷 Riom
 * Men's Team winners: 🇫🇷 Archers Riomois (Paul Bonneau, Thomas Antoine, Lucas Daniel)
 * Women's Team winners: 🇫🇷 La Sentinelle Brienon (Josée Auboeuf, Bérengère Schuh, Laura Ruggieri)
 * October 6–10: 2015 European Field Archery Championships in 🇵🇱 Rzeszów
 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * November 1–8: 2015 Asian Archery Championships in 🇹🇭 Bangkok
 * 🇰🇷 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * November 10–19: 2015 Asian Para Archery Championships in 🇹🇭 Bangkok
 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Beach soccer

 * January 23 – December 20: 2015 Beach Soccer Worldwide Calendar of Events
 * January 23–25: Copa Beach Soccer Viña del Mar 2015 in
 * Winner:
 * February 1 – 8: 2015 Copa Sudamericana de Beach Soccer in 🇧🇷 Recife
 * defeated 12–2.  took third place.
 * March 6–8: 2015 Power Horse Beach Soccer African Trophy in Durban
 * defeated 5–4.  took third place.
 * March 23–28: 2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship in 🇶🇦 Doha
 * defeated, 3–2 in penalties and after a 1–1 score in regular play, to win their first AFC Beach Soccer Championship title. took third place.
 * March 28 – April 4: 2015 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship in San Salvador
 * defeated, 4–0, to win their third CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship title. Host nation, , took third place.
 * April 14 – 19: 2015 CAF Beach Soccer Championship in Roche Caiman
 * defeated, 2–1 in penalty shots and after a 1–1 tie in regular play, to win their first CAF Beach Soccer Championships title. took third place.
 * April 19 – 26: 2015 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship in 🇪🇨 Manta, Ecuador
 * defeated, 8–3, to win their fifth CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship title. took third place.
 * May 1 – 3: Barcelona Beach Soccer Cup 2015 in (debut event)
 * 🇷🇺 FC Lokomotiv Moscow defeated 🇧🇷 CR Flamengo, 6–4, to win the inaugural Barcelona Beach Soccer Cup title. 🇪🇸 FC Barcelona took third place.
 * June 2–7: Euro Winners Cup 2015 in 🇮🇹 Catania
 * 🇷🇺 BSC Kristall (KRS) defeated 🇮🇹 DomusBet BS Catania (CTN), 6–2, to win their second consecutive Euro Winners Cup title. 🇺🇦 FC Vybor (FCV) took third place.
 * July 18 & 19: Euro Nationscup Linz 2015 in 🇦🇹
 * The defeated, 3–2 in penalty shots and after a 3–3 score in regular play, in the final.  took third place.
 * July 24–26: Friendship Cup 2015 in 🇧🇾
 * defeated, 3–2, in the final. took third place.
 * August 14–16: BSWW Tour El Jadida 2015 in 🇲🇦
 * Winner:
 * September 2–6: Mediterranean Beach Games Pescara 2015 in
 * defeated, 5–1, in the final. took third place.
 * September 18–20: Istanbul Beach Soccer Cup 2015 in 🇹🇷
 * Winner: Al-Ahli Club
 * November 3–7: Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Dubai 2015 in the
 * defeated, 5–2, in the final. took third place.
 * December 9–13: IV Mundialito de Clubes Beach Soccer in 🇧🇷 Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
 * 🇪🇸 FC Barcelona defeated 🇧🇷 CR Vasco da Gama, 3–2 in penalties and after a 4–4 score in regular play, in the final. Al-Ahli took third place.
 * December 18–20: BSWW Tour Copa Lagos 2015 in
 * Winner:

Euro Beach Soccer League

 * June 12 – August 23: 2015 Euro Beach Soccer League
 * June 12–14: #1 in 🇷🇺 Moscow
 * Group 1 winners:
 * Group 2 winners:
 * Note: With the group winners,, , and all qualified to compete in the Super Final.
 * August 7–9: #2 in 🇭🇺 Siófok
 * Division A winners:
 * Division B Group 1 winners:
 * Division B Group 2 winners:
 * Note 1: With the division winners, and  qualify for the Super Final.
 * Note 2:, , , , and all qualified for the Promotional Final.
 * August 20–23: Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal & Promotion Final Pärnu 2015 in 🇪🇪
 * Superfinal: defeated, 5–4, in the final match.  took third place.
 * Promotional Final: defeated, 3–2 in penalties and after a 6–6 tie in regular play, in the final match. The  took third place.

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

 * July 9–19: 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Espinho at the Praia da Baía
 * defeated, 5–3, to win their second FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup title. took third place.

Boccia

 * March 30 – April 5: 2015 Boccia European Continental Cup in 🇪🇸 Sant Cugat del Vallès (debut event)
 * Individual BC1 winner: Panagiotis Soulanis
 * Individual BC2 winner: 🇬🇧 Nigel Murray
 * Individual BC3 winner: 🇬🇧 Jacob Thomas
 * Individual BC4 winner: 🇬🇧 Keiran Steer
 * Pairs BC3 winners:
 * Pairs BC4 winners: 🇸🇰
 * BC1/BC2 Team winners:
 * April 29 – May 4: 2015 Boccia Americas Team and Pairs Championships in 🇨🇦 Montreal
 * Pairs BC3 winners:
 * Pairs BC4 winners:
 * BC1/BC2 Team winners: 🇦🇷
 * June 10–14: 2015 Boccia Asia/Oceania Team & Pairs Championships in 🇭🇰
 * Pairs BC3 winners: 🇰🇷
 * Pairs BC4 winners:
 * BC1/BC2 Team winners: 🇹🇭
 * June 17–22: 2015 Boccia World Open #1 in 🇵🇱 Poznań
 * Individual BC1 winner: Daniel Pérez
 * Individual BC2 winner: 🇧🇷 Maciel Santos
 * Individual BC3 winner: Grigorios Polychronidis
 * Individual BC4 winner: Domingos Vieira
 * Pairs BC3 winners:
 * Pairs BC4 winners:
 * BC1/BC2 Team winners:
 * July 17–23: 2015 Boccia World Open #2 in 🇰🇷 Seoul
 * Individual BC1 winner: 🇹🇭 Pattaya Tadtong
 * Individual BC2 winner: 🇹🇭 Worawut Saengampa
 * Individual BC3 winner: 🇰🇷 Jeong Ho-won
 * Individual BC4 winner: 🇭🇰 Leung Yuk-wing
 * Pairs BC3 winners: 🇰🇷
 * Pairs BC4 winners:
 * BC1/BC2 Team winners: 🇹🇭
 * July 25 & 26: 2015 Boccia European Team and Pairs Championships in 🇬🇧 Guildford
 * Pairs BC3 winners:
 * Pairs BC4 winners: 🇸🇰
 * BC1/BC2 Team winners:
 * August 7–15: 2015 Boccia Americas Continental Cup in 🇨🇦 Toronto (with the 2015 Parapan American Games)
 * Individual BC1 winner: 🇧🇷 Jose Carlos Chagas
 * Individual BC2 winner: 🇧🇷 Maciel de Souza Santos
 * Individual BC3 winner: 🇧🇷 Richardson Santos
 * Individual BC4 winner: 🇧🇷 Eliseu dos Santos
 * Pairs BC3 winners:
 * Pairs BC4 winners:
 * BC1/BC2 Team winners:
 * October 28 – November 3: 2015 Boccia World Open #3 in 🇨🇴 Cali
 * Individual BC1 winner: Daniel Pérez
 * Individual BC2 winner: 🇨🇳 Yan Zhiqiang
 * Individual BC3 winner: José Macedo
 * Individual BC4 winner: 🇹🇭 Pornchok Larpyen
 * Pairs BC3 winners:
 * Pairs BC4 winners: 🇭🇰
 * BC1/BC2 Team winners: 🇸🇰
 * November 12–14: Aquece Rio International Boccia Tournament 2015 in (Paralympic Test Event)
 * Individual BC1 winner: 🇬🇧 David Smith
 * Individual BC2 winner: 🇧🇷 Maciel dos Santos
 * Individual BC3 winner: 🇧🇷 Hygor Santos
 * Pairs BC3 winners:
 * BC1/BC2 Team winners:

Canadian football

 * November 28 – 51st Vanier Cup in Quebec City
 * The UBC Thunderbirds defeated the  Montreal Carabins, 26–23, to win their fourth Vanier Cup title.
 * November 29 – 103rd Grey Cup in Winnipeg
 * The Edmonton Eskimos defeated the Ottawa Redblacks, 26–20, to win their 14th Grey Cup title.

Chess

 * February 14 – December 20: 2015 FIDE (World Chess Federation) Calendar

Majors

 * October 1, 2014 – May 27, 2015: FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15
 * October 1–15, 2014: #1 FIDE Grand Prix in 🇦🇿 Baku
 * Winners: 🇮🇹 Fabiano Caruana 6.5/11 (+4=5–2) and 🇮🇱 Boris Gelfand 6.5/11 (+3=7–1).
 * October 20 – November 3, 2014: #2 FIDE Grand Prix in 🇺🇿 Tashkent
 * Winner: 🇷🇺 Dmitry Andreikin 7/11 (+3=8–0)
 * February 14–28, 2015: #3 FIDE Grand Prix in Tbilisi
 * Winner: 🇷🇺 Evgeny Tomashevsky 8/11 (+5=6–0)
 * May 13–27: #4 FIDE Grand Prix (final) in 🇷🇺 Khanty-Mansiysk
 * Winners: 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura (USA), 🇮🇹 Fabiano Caruana (ITA) and 🇷🇺 Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS) 6.5/11
 * February 24 – March 4: World Senior Team Chess Championship 2015 in 🇩🇪 Dresden
 * (50+) W: 🇸🇰
 * (65+) W:
 * (Women's) W: Women 1
 * March 16 – April 7: Women's World Chess Championship 2015 in 🇷🇺 Sochi
 * In the final 🇺🇦 Mariya Muzychuk defeated 🇷🇺 Natalia Pogonina 2½ – 1½.
 * April 13–22: World Amateur Chess Championship 2015 in Chalkidiki
 * Men's winner: 🇹🇷 Mire Deniz Dogan
 * Women's winner: 🇲🇩 Paula-Alexandra Gitu
 * April 18–28: Men's World Team Chess Championship in 🇦🇲 Tsaghkadzor
 * Winners: (Ding Liren, Yu Yangyi, Bu Xiangzhi, Wei Yi, Wang Chen)
 * April 18–29: Women's World Team Championship 2015 in 🇨🇳 Chengdu
 * Winners: (Bela Khotenashvili, Lela Javakhishvili, Meri Arabidze, Nino Batsiashvili, Salome Melia)
 * May 6–15: World Schools Individual Championships 2015 in 🇹🇭 Pattaya


 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * September 1–16: World Junior U20 Championships 2015 in 🇷🇺 Khanty-Mansiysk
 * Men's winner: 🇷🇺 Mikhail Antipov
 * Women's winner: 🇺🇦 Nataliya Buksa
 * September 10 – October 4: Chess World Cup 2015 in 🇦🇿 Baku
 * Winner: 🇷🇺 Sergey Karjakin
 * October 2–16: Women's FIDE Grand Prix 2015–16 #1 stage in 🇲🇨 Monte Carlo
 * Winner: 🇨🇳 Hou Yifan
 * October 9–15: World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2015 in 🇩🇪 Berlin
 * Rapid Winner: 🇳🇴 Magnus Carlsen
 * Blitz Winner: 🇷🇺 Alexander Grischuk
 * October 24 – November 5: World Youth and Cadets Championships 2015 in
 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * November 9–22: World Senior Chess Championship 2015 in 🇮🇹 Acqui Terme
 * Men's 65+ winner: 🇫🇷 Vladimir Okhotnik
 * Women's 65+ winner: Nona Gaprindashvili
 * Men's 50+ winner: 🇧🇦 Predrag Nikolić
 * Women's 50+ winner: 🇷🇺 Galina Strutinskaia

European Events

 * February 23 – March 9: 2015 European Individual Chess Championship in 🇮🇱 Jerusalem
 * Winner: 🇷🇺 Evgeniy Najer
 * April 18–26: European Small Nations Team Chess Championship 2015 in 🇬🇬 St. Peter Port
 * Winners: 🇱🇺
 * April 28 – May 8: European Senior Chess Championship 2015 in Eretria
 * Seniors +50: Zurab Sturua
 * Seniors +65: 🇧🇪 Jan Rooze
 * Women's Seniors +50: 🇷🇺 Svetlana Mednikova
 * Women's Seniors +65: Nona Gaprindashvili
 * May 18–31: European Women's Championship 2015 in Chakvi
 * Winner: 🇺🇦 Natalia Zhukova
 * June 24 – July 3: European Schools Championship 2015 in 🇹🇷 Konya
 * 🇹🇷 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * July 12–20: European Senior Team Championship 2015 in 🇦🇹 Vienna
 * Winner: Saint Petersburg
 * July 13–19: European Youth Team Chess Championship 2015 in 🇵🇱 Karpacz
 * Winner:
 * July 31 – August 6: European Youth Rapid and Blitz Championships 2015 in 🇷🇸 Novi Sad


 * 🇧🇾 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * August 8–16: European Amateur Championship 2015 in 🇱🇹 Kaunas
 * Men's winner: 🇱🇹 Lukas Jonkus
 * Women's winner: 🇱🇹 Marina Malisauskiene
 * Blitz tournament winner: 🇱🇹 Laurynas Miknevicius
 * September 20 – October 1: European Youth U8 – U18 Championship 2015 in Poreč
 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * October 6–10: European Universities Chess Championship 2015 in 🇦🇲 Yerevan
 * Men's winner: 🇷🇺 Sanan Sjugirov
 * Women's winner: 🇷🇺 Daria Pustovoitova
 * October 17–25: European Club Cup 2015 in 🇲🇰 Skopje
 * Winner: 🇷🇺 Siberia
 * October 17–25: European Club Cup for Women 2015 in 🇲🇰 Skopje
 * Winner: Nona
 * November 12–22: European Team Chess Championship 2015 in 🇮🇸 Reykjavík
 * Men's winners:
 * Women's winners:
 * December 17–20: European Rapid and Blitz Championships 2015 in 🇧🇾 Minsk
 * Rapid winner: 🇷🇺 Ivan Popov
 * Blitz winner: 🇦🇿 Rauf Mamedov

American Zonals

 * March 31 – April 13: American Zonal 2.1 Open & Women in St. Louis
 * Winners: 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura (m) / 🇺🇸 Irina Krush (f)
 * March 31 – April 6: American Zonal 2.3 Open in 🇪🇨 Santa Elena
 * Winner: 🇨🇺 Lázaro Bruzón
 * April 20–27: American Zonal 2.4 in 🇵🇪 Lima
 * Winner: 🇵🇪 Jorge Cori
 * April 27 – May 3: American Zonal 2.5 in Asunción
 * Winner: 🇦🇷 Sandro Mareco
 * July 9–16: American Zonal 2.2 in 🇨🇦 Guelph
 * Winner: 🇨🇦 Tomas Krnan
 * November 5–13: American Zonal 2.5 Women in 🇦🇷 Villa Martelli
 * Winner: 🇦🇷 Carolina Lujan

American Events

 * April 2–7: CARIFTA Games in Christ Church
 * April 22–28: South American Junior U20 Championship 2015 in 🇨🇴 Santander
 * Boys' winner: 🇦🇷 Julio Benedetti
 * Girls' winner: 🇻🇪 Jorcerys Montilla Reyes
 * May 15–24: American Continental Chess Championship 2015 in Montevideo
 * Men's winner: 🇦🇷 Sandro Mareco
 * June 27 – July 4: Panamerican Youth Festival & Blitz in 🇨🇴 Bogotá
 * : 🇵🇪 (131 points)
 * : (112 p.)
 * : 🇨🇴 (101 p.)
 * July 25–30: North American Junior U20 Championship 2015 in 🇨🇦 Kitchener
 * Men's winner: 🇺🇸 Kesav Viswanadha
 * Women's winner: 🇺🇸 Agata Bykovtsev
 * July 28–30: Central American & Caribbean Team Chess Championship 2015 in Managua
 * Winner:
 * Women's winner:
 * Blitz winner:
 * Women's Blitz winner:
 * August 6–12: Panamerican Schools Chess Championship 2015 in (TBD)
 * August 14–19: Central American & Caribbean Youth Chess Championships 2015 in 🇹🇹 Port of Spain
 * 🇹🇹 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * August 19–26: Panamerican Amateur Chess Championships 2015 in 🇧🇴 Chuquisaca
 * August 21–29: Central American & Caribbean Junior U20 Chess Championships 2015 in 🇻🇪 Porlamar
 * Men's winner: 🇨🇺 Augusto César Campos Jiménez
 * Women's winner: 🇻🇪 Rovira Contreras Tairu Manuel
 * August 21–29: Panamerican Senior Chess Championship 2015 in 🇻🇪 Porlamar
 * Men's +50 winner: 🇨🇦 David H. Cummings
 * Men's +65 winner: 🇻🇪 Anibal Gamboa Gonzalez
 * August 31 – September 7: Panamerican Junior U20 Championship 2015 in 🇸🇻 San Salvador
 * Boys' winner: 🇵🇪 Kevin Cori Quispe
 * Girls' winner: 🇺🇸 Ashritha Eswaran
 * December 2–7: South American Youth Festival 2015 in 🇧🇴 Santa Cruz de la Sierra
 * won both the gold. 🇵🇪 overall medal tallies.

Asian Zonals

 * March 6–16: Asian Zonal 3.3 in Ho Chi Minh City
 * Winners: Lê Quang Liêm (m) /  Phạm Lê Thảo Nguyên (f)
 * March 26 – April 2: Asian Zonal 3.2 in Kathmandu
 * Winners: Ziaur Rahman (m) /  Akter Liza Shamima (f)
 * May 16–25: Asian Zonal 3.1 in Muscat
 * Winners: Pouya Idani (m) / 🇶🇦 Zhu Chen (f)
 * June 3–12: Asian Zonal 3.4 in 🇹🇯 Dushanbe
 * Winners: 🇰🇿 Rinat Jumabayev (m) / 🇰🇿 Dinara Saduakassova (f)
 * June 30 – July 6: Asian Zonal 3.5 Women in 🇨🇳 Zhongshan
 * Winner: 🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi
 * July 4–10: Asian Zonal 3.6 in 🇦🇺 Sydney
 * Winners: 🇦🇺 Max Illingworth (m) / 🇦🇺 Emma Guo (f)

Asian Events

 * May 30 – June 8: 11th Asian Schools Chess Championships 2015 in
 * Winners: The $\phi$ won both the gold. won overall medal tallies.
 * June 8–17: ASEAN+ Age Group Championships 2015 in
 * Winners: won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * July 21–28: Asian Cities Team Championships 2015 in Colombo
 * Winner: 🇮🇳 Bangalore
 * August 1–13: Asian Continental Championships 2015 in Al Ain
 * Men's winner: Salem A.R. Saleh
 * Women's winner: Mitra Hejazipour
 * Men's Rapid winner: Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn
 * Women's Rapid Winner: 🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi
 * Men's Blitz winner: Salem A.R. Saleh
 * Women's Blitz winner: 🇶🇦 Zhu Chen
 * September 6–13: Asian Amateur Championship 2015 in Bandar Seri Begawan
 * Winner: 🇮🇳 T. Shyam Sundar
 * Blitz winner: 🇺🇿 Shahzod Akhidov
 * September 24 – October 2: Asian Seniors Championship 2015 in Larestan
 * Men's +50 winner: 🇵🇰 Mahmood Lodhi
 * Men's +65 winner: 🇮🇳 Wazeer Ahmad Khan
 * Women's +50 winner: 🇳🇿 Helen Milligan
 * Women's +65 winner: 🇰🇿 Bakhyt Badamshina
 * October 3–10: Asian Juniors and Girls U20 Championship 2015 in 🇰🇬 Bishkek
 * Boys' winner: Masoud Mosadeghpour
 * Girls' winner: 🇺🇿 Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova
 * November 23 – December 5: Asian Youth U8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 Championship 2015 in 🇰🇷 Seoul
 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

African Zonals

 * March 13–22: African Zonal 4.4 in Lomé
 * Winner: 🇳🇬 Bomo Kigigha (m) / Omolabake Coker (f)
 * March 25 – April 1: African Zonal 4.1 in 🇹🇳 Hammamet
 * Winners: Mohamed Amine Haddouche (m) /  Amina Mezioud (f)
 * April 17–26: African Zonal 4.3 in 🇲🇼 Blantyre
 * Winners: Daniel Jere (m) /  Lorita Mwango (f)
 * April 17–26: African Zonal 4.2 in 🇺🇬 Kampala
 * Winners: 🇪🇬 Essam El-Gindy (m) / 🇪🇬 Eman Elansary (f)

African Events

 * May 1–13: African Individual Championships 2015 in 🇪🇬 Cairo
 * Men's winner: 🇪🇬 Bassem Amin
 * Women's winner: 🇪🇬 Mona Khaled
 * July 31 – August 10: African Amateur Championships 2015 in 🇲🇿 Maputo
 * Open Category winner: Thuso Mosutha
 * Women Section winner: Phylis Namasiku Mwilola
 * August 14–23: African Schools Individual Championships 2015 in Dar es Salaam
 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * December 4–14: African Youth Championships 2015 in Livingstone
 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * December 27, 2015 – 6 January 2016: African Junior Championships 2015 in Mahé
 * Boys' winner: David Silva
 * Girls' winner: 🇪🇬 Shahenda Wafa

Cricket

 * February 14 – March 29: 2015 Cricket World Cup in and  (the final will take place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground)
 * 🇦🇺 australia defeated 🇳🇿 new zealand, by seven wickets, to win their fifth Cricket World Cup title.
 * July 8 – August 24: 2015 Ashes series between 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england and 🇦🇺 australia
 * July 8–12: First test at the SWALEC Stadium in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cardiff
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england won over 🇦🇺 australia by 169 runs.
 * July 16–20: Second test at the Lord's Cricket Ground in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London
 * 🇦🇺 australia won over 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england by 405 runs.
 * July 29 – August 2: Third test at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Birmingham
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england won over 🇦🇺 australia by 8 wickets.
 * August 6–10: Fourth test at Trent Bridge in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nottingham
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england won over 🇦🇺 australia by 1 innings and 78 runs.
 * August 20–24: Fifth and final test at The Oval in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London
 * 🇦🇺 australia won over 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england by 1 innings and 46 runs.

FIH Hockey World League

 * June 21, 2014 – December 13, 2015: 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League (final will be held in 🇦🇷 Rosario)
 * defeated, 5–1, to win their first Women's FIH Hockey World League title. took third place.
 * July 1, 2014 – December 6, 2015: 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League (final will be held in 🇮🇳 Raipur)
 * defeated, 2–1, to win their first Men's FIH Hockey World League title. took third place.

Indoor Hockey World Cup

 * February 4 – 8: 2015 Indoor Hockey World Cup for Men and Women in 🇩🇪 Leipzig
 * Men: The defeated, 3–2, to win their first Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup title.  took third place.
 * Women: The defeated, 1–0 in a penalty shoot-out and after a 1–1 score in regular play, to win their second Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup title. The  took third place.

2016 Summer Olympics

 * November 24–28: Aquece Rio International Hockey Championship 2015 in (Olympic Test Event)
 * Men's team winners:
 * Women's team winners:

European Hockey Federation (EHF)

 * January 16 – August 30: EHF's Eurohockey 2015 Season
 * January 16–18: EHF Junior Indoor European Championship 2015 in 🇵🇱 Toruń
 * defeated, 2–1, in a shoot-out and after a 2–2 score in regular play. took third place.
 * January 16–18: EHF Junior Indoor European Championship II 2015 in Sveti Ivan Zelina
 * Winner: (16 points, with a GD of 57)
 * Second: (16 points, with a GD of 33)
 * Third: (12 points)
 * January 23–25: Women's EHF Junior Indoor European Championship 2015 in 🇨🇿 Prague
 * defeated, with the score of 5–3 in the final. took third place.
 * February 13 – 15: 2015 MWB EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup in 🇩🇪 Mülheim
 * 🇩🇪 HTC Uhlenhorst Mülheim defeated 🇦🇹 SV Arminen, 5–4, in the final. 🇪🇸 C.H. SPV Complutense took third place.
 * February 13 – 15: 2015 EuroHockey Indoor Club Trophy in Kongens Lyngby
 * 🇵🇱 WKS Grunwald Poznań and 🇨🇿 HC Bohemians Prague are promoted to the EuroHockey Indoor Club Champions Cup 2016.
 * Orient Lyngby and HAHK Mladost are relegated to the EuroHockey Indoor Club Champions Challenge I 2016.
 * February 13 – 15: 2015 EuroHockey Indoor Club Challenge I in Rotterdam
 * HC Rotterdam and A.D. Lousada are promoted to the EuroHockey Indoor Club Champions Trophy 2016.
 * HC Lipovci and 🇭🇺 Soroksari HC are relegated to the EuroHockey Indoor Club Champions Challenge II 2016.
 * February 13 – 15: 2015 EuroHockey Indoor Club Challenge II in 🇧🇬 Varna
 * 🇧🇬 HC NSA Sofia and 🇫🇮 HC Kilppari are promoted to the EuroHockey Indoor Club Challenge I 2016.
 * February 20 – 22: 2015 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup in 🇱🇹 Šiauliai
 * 🇩🇪 UHC Hamburg defeated 🇪🇸 Club de Campo, 8–0, in the final. 🇺🇦 MSC Sumchanka took third place.
 * February 20 – 22: 2015 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Club Trophy in 🇦🇹 Vienna
 * Winner: 🇦🇹 SV Arminen (26 points, with a GD of 14)
 * Second: 🇧🇾 HC Ritm-Azot Grodno (26 points, with a GD of 11)
 * Third: HC Rotweiss Wettingen (22 points)
 * February 20 – 22: 2015 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Club Challenge I in 🇹🇷 Ankara
 * Winner: Slagelse HC (25 points)
 * Second: 🇹🇷 Keçiören Bağlum SK (21 points)
 * Third: 🇧🇬 HC NSA Sofia (16 points)
 * April 1 – 6: EuroHockey League 2014–2015 KO16 and Final Four in Bloemendaal
 * MHC Oranje Zwart defeated 🇩🇪 UHC Hamburg, 6–5, in a shoot-out and after a score of 2–2 in regular play, to claim their first EuroHockey League title. HC Bloemendaal took third place.
 * April 3 – 6: 2015 Women's EuroHockey Club Champions Cup in Bilthoven
 * SCHC defeated fellow Dutch team, HC 's-Hertogenbosch, 3–2 in a shoot-out and after a score of 2–2 in regular play, in the final. 🇪🇸 Club de Campo took third place.
 * May 21 – 24: 2015 Women's EuroHockey Club Champions Trophy in 🇧🇾 Minsk
 * 🇩🇪 UHC Hamburg defeated 🇧🇪 Royal Wellington THC, 10–1, in the final. 🇧🇾 HC Minsk took third place.
 * May 22 – 25: 2015 Men's EuroHockey Club Champions Trophy in 🇮🇪 Dublin
 * 🇧🇾 SC Stroitel Brest defeated 🇨🇿 SK Slavia Praha, 3–1, in the final. 🇦🇿 Atasport took third place.
 * July 19–25: 2015 EuroHockey U18 Championships for Boys and Girls in 🇪🇸 Santander
 * Boys: defeated the, 7–1, in the final.  took third place.
 * Girls: The defeated, 6–1, in the final.  took third place.
 * August 21–30: 2015 EuroHockey Nations Championship for Men and Women in 🇬🇧 London
 * Men: The defeated, 6–1, to win their fourth Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship title.  took third place.
 * Women: defeated the, 3–1 in penalties and after a 2–2 score in regular play, to win their second Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship title.  took third place.

Asian Hockey Federation (AsHF)

 * May 11 – 17: 2015 Men's Indoor Hockey Asia Cup in 🇰🇿 Taldykorgan
 * defeated, 9–2, to win their sixth consecutive Men's Indoor Asia Cup title. took third place.
 * August 10–16: 2015 Women's Indoor Asia Cup in 🇹🇭 Nakhon Ratchasima
 * defeated, 4–2, to win their fourth consecutive Women's Indoor Asia Cup title. took third place.
 * September 5–13: 2015 Women's Junior Asia Cup in 🇨🇳 Changzhou
 * defeated, 3–1 in a shoot-out and after a 2–2 score in regular play, to win their third Women's Junior Asia Cup title. 🇰🇷 took third place.
 * November 14–22: 2015 Men's Junior Asia Cup in 🇲🇾 Kuantan
 * defeated 🇵🇰, 6–2, to win their third Men's Junior Asia Cup title. 🇰🇷 took third place.
 * December 1–6: 2015 Girls U18 AHF Cup in 🇹🇭 Bangkok (debut event)
 * 🇹🇭 defeated in the final.  took third place.
 * December 13–19: 2015 Men's Asian Challenge in Yangon
 * Winner: (9 points) (first Men's Asian Challenge title)
 * Second: (6 points)
 * Third: (3 points)
 * December 21–28: 2015 Women's Asian Challenge in 🇹🇭 Bangkok
 * defeated, 2–0, in the final. took the bronze medal.

Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF)

 * October 3–11: Pan American Challenge 2015 for Men and Women in 🇵🇪 Chiclayo
 * Men: defeated, 1–0, in the final.  took third place.
 * Women: defeated, 3–1, in the final.  took third place.

Oceania Hockey Federation (OHF)

 * October 17–25: 2015 Oceania Cup for Men and Women in 🇳🇿 Stratford, New Zealand
 * Men: defeated, 3–2, to win their nine straight Men's Oceania Cup title.  took the bronze medal.
 * Women: defeated, 2–1 in a shootout and after a 1–1 score in regular play, to win their second consecutive and sixth overall Women's Oceania Cup title.  took the bronze medal.

African Hockey Federation (AfHF)

 * October 24 – November 1: 2015 Hockey African Cup for Nations for Men and Women in Johannesburg
 * Men: defeated, 4–2, to win their seventh consecutive Hockey African Cup for Nations title.  took third place.
 * First (women): (sixth consecutive Women's Hockey African Cup for Nations title)
 * Second (women):
 * Third (women):

Floorball

 * Women's World Floorball Championships
 * Champion:
 * Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships
 * Champion:
 * Champions Cup
 * Men's champion: 🇸🇪 IBF Falun
 * Women's champion: 🇸🇪 KAIS Mora IF

Goalball

 * July 5–12: 2015 IBSA Goalball European Championships Men & Women (A Division) in 🇱🇹 Kaunas
 * Men: 🇹🇷 defeated 🇫🇮, 9–8, in the men's final match. 🇱🇹 won the bronze medal.
 * Women: Turkey defeated, 5–0, in the women's final match. 🇺🇦 won the bronze medal.
 * July 26 – August 1: 2015 IBSA World Youth Games Goalball Championships in 🇺🇸 Colorado Springs, Colorado
 * Boys: defeated, 12–2, in the boys' final match. The  won the bronze medal.
 * Girls: defeated the United States, 4–3, in the girls' final match.  won the bronze medal.
 * November 5–13: 2015 IBSA Goalball Asia/Pacific Championships in 🇨🇳 Hangzhou
 * Men: defeated, 8–4, in the final. 🇰🇷 took the bronze medal.
 * Women: defeated, 1–0, in the final.  took the bronze medal.

Golf

 * Men's major golf championships
 * April 9 – 12: 2015 Masters Tournament
 * Winner: 🇺🇸 Jordan Spieth (first Major title; 3rd PGA Tour win)
 * June 18–21: 2015 U.S. Open
 * Winner: 🇺🇸 Jordan Spieth (second Major title; 4th PGA Tour win)
 * July 16–20: 2015 Open Championship
 * Winner: 🇺🇸 Zach Johnson (first Open Championship title; second Major title; 12th PGA Tour win)
 * August 13–16: 2015 PGA Championship
 * Winner: 🇦🇺 Jason Day (first Major title; 5th PGA Tour win)


 * WGC
 * March 5–8, 2015: 2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship
 * Winner: 🇺🇸 Dustin Johnson (second WGC title; first WGC-Cadillac Championship title; 10th PGA Tour win)
 * April 29 – May 3, 2015: 2015 WGC-Cadillac Match Play
 * Winner: Rory McIlroy (second WGC championship; first WGC-Match Play championship; 10th PGA Tour win)
 * August 6–9, 2015: 2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
 * Winner: 🇮🇪 Shane Lowry (first WGC championship and PGA Tour win)
 * November 5–8, 2015: 2015 WGC-HSBC Champions
 * Winner: Russell Knox (first WGC championship, and PGA Tour and European Tour win)


 * Other men's golf events
 * May 21 – 24: 2015 BMW PGA Championship (European Tour)
 * Winner: 🇰🇷 An Byeong-hun (second Professional win; first European Tour title)
 * August 27 – September 27: 2015 FedEx Cup Playoffs
 * August 27–30: The Barclays Winner: 🇦🇺 Jason Day
 * September 4–7: Deutsche Bank Championship Winner: 🇺🇸 Rickie Fowler
 * September 17–20: BMW Championship Winner: 🇦🇺 Jason Day
 * September 24–27: The Tour Championship Winner: 🇺🇸 Jordan Spieth
 * October 8–11: 2015 Presidents Cup in 🇰🇷 Incheon
 * Team defeated Team International, 15½ to 14½ points, to win their sixth consecutive and ninth overall Presidents Cup title.


 * Women's major golf championships
 * April 2 – 5: 2015 ANA Inspiration (renamed from Kraft Nabisco Championship)
 * Winner: 🇺🇸 Brittany Lincicome (second ANA Inspiration and major titles wins; sixth LPGA Tour win)
 * June 11–14: 2015 KPMG Women's PGA Championship (renamed from Wegmans LPGA Championship)
 * Winner: 🇰🇷 Inbee Park (third straight Women's PGA Championship title win; sixth major win; 15th LPGA Tour win)
 * July 9–12: 2015 U.S. Women's Open
 * Winner: 🇰🇷 Chun In-gee (first major, U.S. Women's Open title, and first LPGA Tour win)
 * July 30 – August 2: 2015 Women's British Open
 * Winner: 🇰🇷 Inbee Park (first Women's British Open title; seventh major win; 16th LPGA Tour win)
 * September 10–13: 2015 Evian Championship
 * Winner: 🇳🇿 Lydia Ko (first major title; 9th LPGA Tour win)

World handball championships

 * January 15 – February 1: 2015 World Men's Handball Championship in 🇶🇦
 * defeated, 25–22, to win their fifth World Men's Handball Championship title. took the bronze medal.
 * June 20–26: 2015 IHF Emerging Nations Championship in Pristina and Gjakova (debut event)
 * The defeated, 27–24, to win the inaugural IHF Emerging Nations Championship title.  took third place.
 * July 19 – August 1: 2015 Men's Junior World Handball Championship in
 * defeated, 26–24, to win their first Men's Junior World Handball Championship title. took the bronze medal.
 * August 8–20: 2015 Men's Youth World Handball Championship in
 * defeated, 33–26, to win their first Men's Youth World Handball Championship title. took the bronze medal.
 * December 5–20: 2015 World Women's Handball Championship in
 * defeated the, 31–23, to win their third World Women's Handball Championship title. took the bronze medal.

European Handball Federation (EHF)

 * September 5, 2014 – May 17, 2015: 2014–15 EHF Cup
 * 🇩🇪 Füchse Berlin defeated fellow German team, HSV Hamburg, 30–27, to win their first EHF Cup title. Skjern Håndbold took third place.
 * September 5, 2014 – May 31, 2015: 2014–15 EHF Champions League
 * 🇪🇸 Barcelona defeated 🇭🇺 MKB Veszprém, 28–23, to win their ninth EHF Champions League title. 🇵🇱 Vive Targi Kielce took third place.
 * September 20, 2014 – May 10, 2015: 2014–15 Women's EHF Champions League
 * 🇲🇪 Budućnost defeated 🇳🇴 Larvik HK, 26–22, to win their second Women's EHF Champions League title. 🇲🇰 Vardar took third place.
 * October 17, 2014 – May 10, 2015: 2014–15 Women's EHF Cup
 * Team Tvis Holstebro defeated 🇷🇺 Rostov-Don, 55–53, to win their second Women's EHF Cup title.
 * October 18, 2014 – May 10, 2015: 2014–15 Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup
 * Midtjylland defeated 🇫🇷 Fleury Loiret HB, 46–42, to win their first Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup title.
 * November 14, 2014 – May 13, 2015: 2014–15 Women's EHF Challenge Cup
 * 🇫🇷 Mios Biganos defeated 🇵🇱 Pogoń Baltica Szczecin, 49–44, to win their second Women's EHF Challenge Cup title.
 * November 21, 2014 – May 24, 2015: 2014–15 EHF Challenge Cup
 * 🇷🇴 HC Odorheiu Secuiesc defeated ABC Braga, 60–57 on aggregate, to win their first EHF Challenge Cup title.
 * June 26 – July 5: 2015 European Beach Handball Championship in 🇪🇸 Lloret de Mar
 * Men: defeated, 2–1, to win their fourth consecutive European Beach Handball Championship title.  took third place.
 * Women: defeated, 2–1, to win their second consecutive Women's European Beach Handball Championship.  took third place.
 * July 27 – August 2: 2015 European Women's Junior Handball Championship in
 * defeated, 29–26, to win their fourth European Women's Junior Handball Championship title. took third place.
 * August 13–23: 2015 European Women's Youth Handball Championship in 🇲🇰 Skopje
 * defeated, 25–24, to win their third European Women's Youth Handball Championship title. took third place.

Asian Handball Federation (AHF)

 * March 14–23: 2015 Asian Women's Handball Championship in Jakarta
 * defeated, 36–22, to win their 12th Asian Women's Handball Championship title. took third place.
 * May 1 – 7: 2015 Asian Men's and Women's Beach Handball Championship in Muscat, Oman
 * Men's team winners: (4 wins) (Third consecutive Asian Men's Beach Handball Championship title)


 * Women's team winners: (4 wins) (Second consecutive Asian Women's Beach Handball Championship title)


 * August 6–14: 2015 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship in 🇰🇿 Almaty
 * defeated, 30–29, to win their 13th consecutive Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship title. took third place.
 * August 27 – September 4: 2015 Asian Women's Youth Handball Championship in 🇮🇳 New Delhi
 * defeated, 27–22, to win their sixth consecutive Asian Women's Youth Handball Championship title. took third place.
 * December 12–22: 2015 Asian Handball Club League Championship (location TBA)

African Handball Confederation (CAHB)

 * May 14: 2015 African Handball Super Cup in 🇬🇦 Libreville
 * 🇹🇳 Club Africain defeated fellow Tunisian handball team, the Espérance Sportive de Tunis, 26–22.
 * May 14 – 25: 2015 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup in 🇬🇦 Libreville
 * 🇹🇳 Espérance Sportive de Tunis defeated 🇪🇬 Al Ahly SC, 27–26, to win their second consecutive and third overall African Handball Cup Winners' Cup title. 🇹🇳 Club Africain Handball Team took third place.
 * May 15: 2015 African Women's Handball Super Cup in 🇬🇦 Libreville
 * C.D. Primeiro de Agosto defeated fellow Angolan team, the Atlético Petróleos de Luanda, 32–28.
 * May 15–24: 2015 African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup in 🇬🇦 Libreville
 * C.D. Primeiro de Agosto defeated 🇨🇮 Africa Sports, 36–22, to win their first African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup title. ABO Sport took third place.
 * July 1–9: 2015 African Women's Youth Handball Championship in 🇰🇪 Nairobi
 * defeated, 32–26, to win their first African Women's Youth Handball Championship title. The 🇨🇩 took third place.
 * July 11–18: 2015 African Women's Junior Handball Championship in 🇰🇪 Nairobi
 * First place: (11 points; GD: +74) (eighth African Women's Junior Handball Championship title)
 * Second place: (11 points; GD: +72)
 * Third place: (6 points)
 * October 21–30: 2015 African Handball Champions League for Men and Women in 🇲🇦 Nador
 * Men: 🇪🇬 Zamalek SC defeated 🇹🇳 Club Africain, 35–22, to win their ninth African Handball Champions League title. 🇪🇬 Alexandria Sporting Club took third place.
 * Women: C.D. Primeiro de Agosto defeated fellow Angolan team, the Atlético Petróleos de Luanda, 23–21, to win their second consecutive African Women's Handball Champions League title. 🇨🇲 FAP Yaoundé took third place.

Pan-American Team Handball Federation (PATHF)

 * March 24–28: 2015 Pan American Men's Junior Handball Championship in 🇧🇷 Foz do Iguaçu
 * defeated 🇦🇷, 34–23, to win their fifth Pan American Men's Junior Handball Championship title. took third place.
 * March 30 – April 5: Women's Handball PATHF North American Championship 2015 in Salinas
 * defeated, 34–25, in the final. took third place.
 * April 21 – 25: 2015 Pan American Men's Youth Handball Championship in 🇻🇪 San Cristóbal
 * defeated 🇦🇷, 30–20, to win their fifth Pan American Men's Youth Handball Championship title. took third place.
 * May 20– 24: 2015 Pan American Men's Club Handball Championship in 🇧🇷 Taubaté
 * 🇧🇷 Handebol Taubaté defeated fellow Brazilian team, the EC Pinheiros, 26–20, to win their third Pan American Men's Club Handball Championship title. 🇦🇷 River Plate took third place.
 * May 21 – 28: 2015 Pan American Women's Handball Championship in 🇨🇺 Havana
 * defeated, 26–22, to win their ninth Pan American Women's Handball Championship title. took third place.

Oceania Continent Handball Federation (OCHF)

 * June 6–8: 2015 Oceania Handball Champions Cup in 🇦🇺 Sydney
 * 🇦🇺 Sydney University HC defeated fellow Australian team, St Kilda HC, 23–16, to win their fourth consecutive Oceania Handball Champions Cup title. 🇳🇨 AS Dumbea took third place.

IHF Super Globe

 * September 7–10: 2015 IHF Super Globe in 🇶🇦 Doha
 * 🇩🇪 Füchse Berlin defeated 🇭🇺 MKB Veszprém, 28–27 at extra time, to win their first IHF Super Globe title. 🇪🇸 FC Barcelona took third place.

Mixed martial arts

 * January 3: UFC 182: Jon Jones defeated Daniel Cormier in 🇺🇸 Las Vegas
 * January 31: UFC 183: 🇧🇷 Anderson Silva defeated Nick Diaz in 🇺🇸 Las Vegas
 * February 28: UFC 184: Ronda Rousey defeated Cat Zingano in 🇺🇸 Los Angeles
 * March 14: UFC 185: 🇧🇷 Rafael dos Anjos defeated Anthony Pettis in 🇺🇸 Dallas
 * April 25: UFC 186: Demetrious Johnson defeated 🇯🇵 Kyoji Horiguchi in 🇨🇦 Montreal
 * May 23: UFC 187: Daniel Cormier defeated Anthony Johnson in 🇺🇸 Las Vegas
 * June 13: UFC 188: 🇧🇷 Fabrício Werdum vs Cain Velasquez in 🇲🇽 Mexico City
 * July 11: UFC 189: 🇧🇷 José Aldo vs 🇮🇪 Conor McGregor in 🇺🇸 Las Vegas
 * August 1: UFC 190: Ronda Rousey vs 🇧🇷 Bethe Correia in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro

Multi-sport events

 * January 31 – February 8: 2015 Winter World Masters Games in 🇨🇦 Quebec City
 * For results, click here.
 * February 4–14: 2015 Winter Universiade in 🇸🇰 Štrbské Pleso/Osrblie and 🇪🇸 Granada
 * Note: Four sports would be contested in Slovakia from January 24 – February 1, due to little confidence by the FISU about Granada hosting these events.
 * 🇸🇰 Štrbské Pleso / Osrblie venue: won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * 🇪🇸 Granada venue: won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * March 28 – April 5: 2015 Winter Deaflympics in 🇷🇺 Khanty-Mansiysk
 * Host nation,, won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * May 8–18: 2015 IBSA World Championships and Games in 🇰🇷 Seoul
 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * June 1–6: 2015 Games of the Small States of Europe in 🇮🇸 Reykjavík
 * Host nation, 🇮🇸, won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * June 5–16: 2015 Southeast Asian Games in
 * 🇹🇭 won the gold medal tally. Host nation,, won the overall medal tally.
 * June 12–28: 2015 European Games in 🇦🇿 Baku (debut event)
 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * June 26 – July 5: 2015 World Police and Fire Games in 🇺🇸 Fairfax County, Virginia
 * The won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * June 27 – July 3: 2015 Island Games in 🇯🇪 jersey
 * Host island, 🇯🇪 Jersey, won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * July 2–8: 2015 IWAS World Junior Games in Stadskanaal
 * For results, click here.
 * July 3–14: 2015 Summer Universiade in 🇰🇷 Gwangju
 * won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally.
 * July 4–18: 2015 Pacific Games in 🇵🇬 Port Moresby
 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * July 10–26: 2015 Pan American Games in 🇨🇦 Toronto
 * The won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * July 25 – August 2: 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games in 🇺🇸 Los Angeles
 * For results, click here.
 * August 1–9: 2015 Indian Ocean Island Games in 🇫🇷 Saint-Denis, Réunion
 * 🇫🇷 Réunion won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * August 7–15: 2015 Parapan American Games in 🇨🇦 Toronto
 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * August 7–16: 2015 CPISRA World Games in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nottingham
 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * August 28 – September 6: 2015 Mediterranean Beach Games in 🇮🇹 Pescara (debut event)
 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * September 4–19: 2015 All-Africa Games in Brazzaville
 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * September 5–11: 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games in Apia
 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * September 26 – October 3: 2015 IWAS World Games in 🇷🇺 Sochi
 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * October 1–10: 2015 European Masters Games in 🇫🇷 Nice
 * For results, click here.
 * October 2–11: 2015 Military World Games in 🇰🇷 Mungyeong
 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * December 3–9: 2015 ASEAN Para Games in
 * 🇹🇭 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Roller sport

 * May 28 & 29: 2015 Inline Hockey World Masters Cup in 🇩🇪 Düsseldorf
 * Winners:
 * June 20 & 21: 2015 Inline Downhill World Championships in 🇮🇹 Cisterna d'Asti
 * Men's time trial winner: 🇮🇹 Angelo Vecchi
 * Women's time trial winner: 🇫🇷 Séverine Christ Thomas
 * Men's Cross winner: Christian Montavon
 * Women's Cross winner: 🇩🇪 Annalena Rettenberger
 * June 7–13: Men's Inline Hockey FIRS Junior World Championship 2015 in 🇦🇷 Rosario
 * Men's winners:
 * Women's winners:
 * Men's Junior winners:
 * June 20–27: 2015 Rink Hockey "A" World Championship in 🇫🇷 La Roche-sur-Yon
 * In final defeated  6–1.  took third place.
 * August 21–23: Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 2 Tournament in 🇺🇸 Cleveland, Ohio
 * Hosts: Burning River Roller Derby
 * Qualifying tournament for the WFTDA International Championships in St. Paul, Minnesota
 * Qualifying to advance: 🇺🇸 Demolition City Dynamite Dames, 🇺🇸 Kansas City Roller Warriors.
 * August 28–30: Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 2 Tournament in 🇺🇸 Detroit, Michigan
 * Hosts: Detroit Derby Girls
 * Qualifying tournament for the WFTDA International Championships in St. Paul, Minnesota
 * Qualifying to advance: 🇺🇸 Sacred City Sacrificers, 🇺🇸 Music City All-Stars.
 * September 4–6: Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 1 Tournament in 🇺🇸 Tucson, Arizona
 * Hosts: Tucson Roller Derby
 * Qualifying tournament for the WFTDA International Championships in St. Paul, Minnesota
 * Qualifying to advance: 🇺🇸 Arch Rival All-Stars, 🇺🇸 Bay Area All-Stars, 🇦🇺 Victorian Roller Derby League.
 * September 11–13: Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 1 Tournament in 🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas
 * Hosts: Dallas Derby Devils
 * Qualifying tournament for the WFTDA International Championships in St. Paul, Minnesota
 * Qualifying to advance: 🇺🇸 Rat City All-Stars, 🇺🇸 Texas Texecutioners, 🇺🇸 Rose City Wheels of Justice.
 * September 17–26: Roller Skating FIRS Artistic World Championships 2015 in 🇨🇴 Cali


 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * September 18–20: Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 1 Tournament in 🇺🇸 Jacksonville, Florida
 * Hosts: Jacksonville Rollergirls
 * Qualifying tournament for the WFTDA International Championships in St. Paul, Minnesota
 * Qualifying to advance: 🇺🇸 Denver Roller Derby Mile-High Club, 🇺🇸 New Jax City All-Stars, 🇬🇧 London Brawling.
 * September 19–26: 2015 Rink Hockey "U20" World Championship in 🇪🇸 Vilanova i la Geltrú
 * In the final defeated  4–3.  took third place.
 * October 2–4: Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 1 Tournament in 🇺🇸 Omaha, Nebraska
 * Hosts: Omaha Rollergirls
 * Qualifying tournament for the WFTDA International Championships in St. Paul, Minnesota
 * Qualifying to advance: 🇺🇸 Minnesota RollerGirls All-Stars, 🇺🇸 Angel City Hollywood Scarlets, 🇺🇸 Gotham Girls All-Stars.
 * October 26–30: 2015 Inline Freestyle World Championships in 🇮🇹 Torino
 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * November 6–8: 2015 Women's Flat Track Derby Association International Championships in 🇺🇸 Saint Paul, Minnesota
 * Hosts: Minnesota RollerGirls
 * Division 2 results:
 * Bronze: 🇺🇸 Demolition City Dynamite Dames, Evansville, Indiana
 * Silver: 🇺🇸 Music City All-Stars, Nashville, Tennessee
 * Gold: 🇺🇸 Sacred City Sacrificers, Sacramento, California
 * Division 1 results:
 * Bronze: 🇦🇺 Victorian Roller Derby League, Melbourne, Victoria
 * Silver: 🇺🇸 Gotham Girls All-Stars, New York City
 * Gold: 🇺🇸 Rose City Wheels of Justice, Portland, Oregon
 * Tournament MVP: Scald Eagle of the Rose City Rollers
 * November 13–22: 2015 Roller Speed Skating World Championships in Kaohsiung
 * 🇨🇴 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Rugby union

 * October 10, 2014 – April 3, 2015: 2014–15 British and Irish Cup
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Worcester Warriors defeated 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Doncaster R.F.C. 35–5 to win first British and Irish Cup title.
 * October 11, 2014 – May 17, 2015: 2014–15 Sevens World Series
 * winning the Sevens World Series for the 2nd time beating by 10 points in the overall standings.  came in third.
 * October 17, 2014 – May 2, 2015: 2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup (final at the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Twickenham Stadium)
 * 🇫🇷 Toulon defeated fellow French team, Clermont, 24–18, to win a third consecutive European club title.
 * December 4, 2014 – May 23, 2015: 2014–15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
 * winning the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series for the third time beating by 12 points in the overall standings.  came in third.
 * February 5 – March 20: 2015 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
 * Winner: (8 points); Second:  (6 points and PF of 145); Third:  (6 points and PF of 115)
 * February 6 – March 21: 2015 Six Nations Championship
 * Champions: (13th title)
 * Calcutta Cup winner:
 * Millennium Trophy winner:
 * Centenary Quaich winner:
 * Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy winner:
 * February 6 – March 22: 2015 Women's Six Nations Championship
 * Champions: (second title)
 * Triple Crown winner:
 * February 12 – July 4: 2015 Super Rugby season
 * The 🇳🇿 Highlanders defeated fellow New Zealand team, the Hurricanes, 21–14, to win their first Super Rugby title.
 * March 9–23: 2015 World Rugby Pacific Challenge (renamed from IRB Nations Cup)
 * 🇦🇷 Pampas XV defeated the Fiji Warriors, 17–9, at the final match. 🇨🇦 Canada A took third place.
 * May 12 – 24: 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy in 🇵🇹 (renamed from the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy)
 * defeated, 49–24, to win their first World Rugby Under 20 Trophy title. took third place.
 * June 2–20: 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship in (renamed from the IRB Junior World Championship)
 * defeated, 21–16, to win their fifth World Rugby Under 20 Championship title. took third place.
 * July 17 – August 8: 2015 Rugby Championship
 * Champions: (fourth title overall, first in Rugby Championship era)
 * Bledisloe Cup winner:
 * Freedom Cup winner: New Zealand
 * Mandela Challenge Plate winner: Australia
 * Puma Trophy winner: Australia
 * Also notable is that finished in third place, marking the first time they had finished above the bottom of the table since entering the competition in 2012.
 * July 18 – August 3: 2015 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup
 * defeated, 39–29, to win their third World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup title. took third place.
 * August 7–14: 2015 IWRF Americas Championship (Part of the 2015 Parapan American Games)
 * defeated the, 57–54, in the gold medal match. 🇨🇴 took the bronze medal.
 * September 15–19: 2015 IWRF European Championship in 🇫🇮 Pajulahti
 * defeated, 49–48, to win their fifth IWRF European Championship title. took the bronze medal.
 * September 18 – October 31: 2015 Rugby World Cup in (final at Twickenham Stadium)
 * defeated, 34–17, to win their second consecutive and third overall Rugby World Cup title. took the bronze medal.
 * October 12–16: 2015 World Wheelchair Rugby Challenge in 🇬🇧 London
 * defeated the, 54–50, in the final. took the bronze medal.
 * October 26 – November 1: 2015 IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship in 🇯🇵 Chiba
 * defeated, 56–51, to win their first IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship title. took the bronze medal.

Shooting

 * January 2 – December 6: 2015 ISSF Shooting Calendar

ISSF World Cup

 * February 28 – March 10: World Cup #1 for the Shotgun only in 🇲🇽 Acapulco
 * Men's Trap winner: 🇮🇹 Massimo Fabbrizi
 * Men's Double Trap winner: 🇺🇸 Jeffrey Holguín
 * Men's Skeet winner: 🇺🇸 Vincent Hancock
 * Women's Trap winner: 🇺🇸 Corey Cogdell
 * Women's Skeet winner: 🇺🇸 Kim Rhode
 * March 19–29: World Cup #2 for the Shotgun only in Al Ain
 * Men's Trap winner: 🇨🇿 David Kostelecký
 * Men's Double Trap winner: 🇷🇺 Vasily Mosin
 * Men's Skeet winner: 🇫🇷 Anthony Terras
 * Women's Trap winner: 🇮🇹 Silvana Stanco
 * Women's Skeet winner: 🇮🇹 Diana Bacosi
 * April 8 – 16: World Cup #1 for the Rifle and Pistol in 🇰🇷 Changwon
 * Men's 10m Air Pistol winner: 🇰🇷 Jin Jong-oh
 * Men's 10m Air Rifle winner: 🇭🇺 Péter Sidi
 * Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol winner: 🇫🇷 Jean Quiquampoix
 * Men's 50m Pistol winner: 🇨🇳 ZHANG Bowen
 * Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions winner: 🇨🇳 HUI Zicheng
 * Men's 50m Rifle Prone winner: 🇺🇸 Matthew Emmons
 * Women's 10m Air Pistol winner: 🇷🇺 Liubov Yaskevich
 * Women's 10 m Air Rifle winner: Snježana Pejčić
 * Women's 25m Pistol winner: 🇲🇳 Otryadyn Gündegmaa
 * Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions winner: Snježana Pejčić
 * April 24 – May 4: World Cup #3 for the Shotgun only in 🇨🇾 Larnaca
 * Men's Trap winner: 🇨🇿 David Kostelecký
 * Men's Double Trap winner: 🇮🇹 Antonino Barilla
 * Men's Skeet winner: Saif Bin Futtais
 * Women's Trap winner: 🇫🇮 Satu Mäkelä-Nummela
 * Women's Skeet winner: 🇮🇹 Diana Bacosi
 * May 11–19: World Cup #2 for the Rifle and Pistol in 🇺🇸 Fort Benning
 * Men's 10m Air Pistol winner: 🇰🇷 Jin Jong-oh
 * Men's 10m Air Rifle winner: 🇷🇸 Milutin Stefanović
 * Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol winner: 🇩🇪 Oliver Geis
 * Men's 50m Pistol winner: 🇷🇸 Damir Mikec
 * Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions winner: 🇰🇿 Yuriy Yurkov
 * Men's 50m Rifle Prone winner: 🇺🇸 Michael McPhail
 * Women's 10m Air Pistol winner: 🇧🇬 Antoaneta Boneva
 * Women's 10 m Air Rifle winner: 🇷🇸 Andrea Arsović
 * Women's 25m Pistol winner: Otryadyn Gündegmaa
 * Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions winner: 🇨🇳 CHANG Jing
 * May 26 – June 2: World Cup #3 for the Rifle and Pistol in 🇩🇪 Munich #1
 * Men's 10m Air Pistol winner: João Costa
 * Men's 10m Air Rifle winner: 🇨🇳 Zhu Qinan
 * Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol winner: 🇩🇪 Christian Reitz
 * Men's 50m Pistol winner: João Costa
 * Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions winner: 🇩🇪 Andre Link
 * Men's 50m Rifle Prone winner: 🇺🇸 Michael McPhail
 * Women's 10m Air Pistol winner: 🇧🇬 Antoaneta Boneva
 * Women's 10m Air Rifle winner: 🇨🇳 Yi Siling
 * Women's 25m Pistol winner: 🇨🇳 ZHANG Jingjing
 * Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions winner: 🇩🇪 Barbara Engleder
 * August 6–16: World Cup for all Three Guns in 🇦🇿 Gabala
 * Men's 50m Pistol winner: 🇨🇳 Mai Jiajie
 * Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions winner: 🇨🇳 Hui Zicheng
 * Men's 10m Air Rifle winner: 🇨🇳 Cao Yifei
 * Men's 10m Air Pistol winner: 🇰🇷 Kim Cheong-yong
 * Men's Skeet winner: 🇺🇸 Vincent Hancock
 * Men's Double Trap winner: 🇺🇸 Walton Eller
 * Men's 50m Rifle Prone winner: 🇷🇺 Kirill Grigoryan
 * Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol winner: 🇨🇳 Hu Haozhe
 * Men's Trap winner: 🇷🇺 Alexey Alipov
 * Women's 10m Air Rifle winner: Elaheh Ahmadi
 * Women's 25m Pistol winner: 🇨🇳 Cao Lijia
 * Women's 10m Air Pistol winner: 🇷🇸 Zorana Arunović
 * Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions winner: 🇨🇳 Chen Dongqi
 * Women's Skeet winner: 🇮🇹 Katiuscia Spada
 * Women's Trap winner: 🇯🇵 Yukie Nakayama
 * September 1–7: World Cup #4 for the Rifle and Pistol (final) in 🇩🇪 Munich #2
 * Men's 10m Air Pistol winner: 🇷🇺 Vladimir Isakov
 * Men's 10m Air Rifle winner: 🇨🇳 Yang Haoran
 * Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol winner: 🇫🇷 Jean Quiquampoix
 * Men's 50m Pistol winner: 🇨🇳 ZHANG Bowen
 * Men's 50m Rifle Prone winner: 🇺🇸 Michael McPhail
 * Men's 50m Rifle Three Positions winner: 🇺🇸 Matthew Emmons
 * Women's 10m Air Pistol winner: 🇷🇸 Zorana Arunović
 * Women's 10m Air Rifle winner: Elaheh Ahmadi
 * Women's 25m Pistol winner: 🇨🇳 ZHANG Jingjing
 * Women's 50m Rifle Three Positions winner: 🇩🇪 Selina Gschwandtner
 * October 15–21: World Cup #4 for the Shotgun only (final) in 🇨🇾 Nicosia
 * Men's Skeet winner: 🇮🇹 Gabriele Rossetti
 * Women's Skeet winner: 🇬🇧 Amber Hill
 * Men's Trap winner: Giovanni Cernogoraz
 * Women's Trap winner: 🇸🇲 Alessandra Perilli
 * Men's Double Trap winner: 🇬🇧 Steven Scott

IPC Shooting World Cup

 * March 30 – November 7: 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup
 * March 30 – April 1: World Cup #1 in 🇬🇧 Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire


 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * April 18 – 21: World Cup #2 in 🇵🇱 Szczecin


 * 🇺🇦 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * May 12 – 15: World Cup #3 in 🇹🇷 Antalya


 * and 🇸🇰 won 6 gold medals each. Great Britain won the overall medal tally.
 * July 10–14: World Cup #4 in Osijek
 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * September 15–19: World Cup #5 in 🇦🇺 Sydney
 * 🇰🇷 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * November 3–7: World Cup #6 (final) in 🇺🇸 Fort Benning
 * and 🇰🇷 won 3 gold medals each. Great Britain and 🇺🇦 won 6 overall medals each.

Other shooting championships
<!--** Men's Junior Team 10m Air Pistol winners: 🇱🇻 (Lauris Strautmanis, Gvido Cvetkovs, Emils Vasermanis)
 * March 2–8: 2015 European 10 m Events Championships in Arnhem
 * Men's Junior 10m Running Target Mixed winner: 🇫🇮 Mika Kinisjarvi
 * Men's Junior Team 10m Running Target Mixed winners: 🇫🇮 (Mika Kinisjarvi, Topi Hulkkonen, Mika Heikkilä)
 * Women's Junior 10m Running Target Mixed winner: 🇭🇺 Veronika Major
 * Women's Junior Team 10m Running Target Mixed winners: 🇷🇺 (Nadezda Guseva, Anna Yushkova, Anna Kostina)
 * Men's Junior 10m Air Pistol winner: 🇷🇺 Artem Chernousov
 * Women's Junior Team 10m Air Rifle winners: 🇨🇿 (Lucie Brazdova, Lucie Dudova, Nikola Foistova)
 * Men's Team 10m Running Target winners: 🇷🇺 (Maxim Stepanov, Dmitry Romanov, Alexander Ivanov)
 * Women's Junior 10m Air Rifle winner: 🇭🇺 Lalita Gáspár
 * Men's 10m Running Target winner: 🇷🇺 Maxim Stepanov
 * Women's 10m Running Target winner: 🇷🇺 Irina Izmalkova
 * Men's Junior Team 10m Air Rifle winners: 🇷🇺 (Vladislav Fetisov, Anton Korotkikh, Evgeniy Ishchenko)
 * Men's Junior 10m Air Rifle winner: 🇷🇺 Vladislav Fetisov
 * Women's Junior Team 10m Air Pistol winners: 🇷🇺 (Regina Rizvanova, Margarita Lomova, Daria Lopatina)
 * Women's Junior 10m Air Pistol winner: 🇷🇺 Margarita Lomova
 * Mixed Junior Team 10m AIR 50 Rifle winners: 🇷🇺 (Vladislav Fetisov, Ekaterina Parshukova)
 * Mixed Junior Team 10m AIR 50 Pistol winners: 🇷🇺 (Margarita Lomova, Evgeniu Borovoi)
 * Men's 10m Running Target Mixed winner: 🇸🇪 Emil Martinsson
 * Men's Team 10m Running Target Mixed winners: 🇫🇮 (Tomi-Pekka Heikkilä, Heikki Lahdekorpi, Krister Holmberg)
 * Women's 10m Running Target Mixed winner: 🇷🇺 Irina Izmalkova
 * Women's Team 10m Running Target Mixed winners: 🇷🇺 (Irina Izmalkova, Olga Stepanova, Julia Eydenzon)
 * Women's Team 10m Air Rifle winners: 🇩🇪 (Nina-Laura Kreutzer, Selina Gschwandtner, Barbara Engleder)
 * Men's Junior Team 10m Running Target winners: 🇺🇦 (Ihor Kizyma, Dmytro Melnyk, Volodymyr Strutskyi)
 * Women's Junior Team 10m Running Target winners: 🇷🇺 (Anna Yushkova, Nadezda Guseva, Anna Kostina)
 * Men's Team 10m Air Pistol winners: 🇩🇪 (Manuel Heilgemeier, Philipp Grimm, Florian Schmidt)
 * Women's 10m Air Rifle winner: 🇩🇪 Selina Gschwandtner
 * Men's Junior 10m Running Target winner: 🇫🇮 Mika Kinisjarvi
 * Women's Junior 10m Running Target winner: 🇦🇲 Lilit Mkrtchyan
 * Men's 10m Air Pistol winner: 🇩🇪 Philipp Grimm
 * Women's Team 10m Air Pistol winners: 🇷🇺 (Vitalina Batsarashkina, Liubov Yaskevich, Ekaterina Korshunova)
 * Men's Team 10m Air Rifle winners: 🇷🇺 (Vladimir Maslennikov, Sergei Kruglov, Nazar Louginets)
 * Women's 10m Air Pistol winner: 🇺🇦 Olena Kostevych
 * Men's 10m Air Rifle winner: 🇧🇬 Anton Rizov
 * Mixed Team 10m AIR 50 Pistol winners: (João Costa, Joana Castelão)
 * Mixed Team 10m AIR 50 Rifle winners: 🇷🇸 (Andrea Arsović, Milutin Stefanović) -->** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * June 25 – July 2: 2015 ISSF Junior Cup in 🇩🇪 Suhl
 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * July 19 – August 2: 2015 European Shooting Championships in Maribor
 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * September 9–18: 2015 World Shotgun Championships in 🇮🇹 Lonato


 * ,, and the won 4 gold medals each. Italy and the United States won 12 overall medals each.
 * September 25 – October 1: 2015 Asian 10 m Events Championships in 🇮🇳 New Delhi


 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * November 1–12: 2015 Asian Shooting Championships in Kuwait City
 * Note: This event was stripped of the Rio 2016 Olympic Qualification status, per orders from the IOC.


 * 🇰🇷 and won 16 gold medals each. South Korea won the overall medal tally.
 * November 25 – December 3: 2015 Oceania Shooting Championships in 🇦🇺 Sydney
 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * November 28 – December 7: 2015 African Shooting Championships in 🇪🇬 Cairo
 * 🇪🇬 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Players Tour Championship

 * June 17, 2014 – March 28, 2015: Players Tour Championship 2014/2015
 * June 17–21: Asian Tour 2014/2015 – Event 1 in 🇨🇳 Yixing
 * 🇨🇳 Ding Junhui defeated 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Holt 4–2.
 * August 7–10: European Tour 2014/2015 – Event 1 in 🇱🇻 Riga
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Selby defeated Mark Allen 4–3.
 * August 20–24: European Tour 2014/2015 – Event 2 in 🇩🇪 Fürth
 * Mark Allen defeated 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Judd Trump 4–2.
 * October 1–5: European Tour 2014/2015 – Event 3 in 🇧🇬 Sofia
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Shaun Murphy defeated 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin Gould 4–2.
 * October 20–24: Asian Tour 2014/2015 – Event 2 in 🇨🇳 Haining
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Bingham defeated 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Oliver Lines 4–0.
 * November 11–23: European Tour 2014/2015 – Event 4 in 🇩🇪 Mülheim
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Shaun Murphy defeated 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robert Milkins 4–0.
 * December 11–14: European Tour 2014/2015 – Event 5 in Lisbon
 * Stephen Maguire defeated 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matthew Selt 4–2.
 * January 20–24: Asian Tour 2014/2015 – Event 3 in 🇨🇳 Xuzhou
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Perry defeated 🇹🇭 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4–1.
 * February 25 – March 1: European Tour 2014/2015 – Event 6 in 🇵🇱 Gdynia
 * 🇦🇺 Neil Robertson defeated 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mark Williams 4–0.
 * March 24–28: Players Tour Championship 2014/2015 – Finals in 🇹🇭 Bangkok
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Perry defeated 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mark Williams 4–3.

Snooker season

 * May 10, 2014 – May 4, 2015: Snooker season 2014/2015
 * May 8–11: 2014 Vienna Snooker Open in 🇦🇹 Vienna
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark King defeated 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nigel Bond 5–2.
 * June 4–8: 2014 Pink Ribbon in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gloucester
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Lines defeated 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Lee Walker 4–1.
 * June 23–29: 2014 Wuxi Classic in 🇨🇳 Wuxi
 * 🇦🇺 Neil Robertson defeated 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Perry 10–9.
 * June 30 – July 6: 2014 Australian Goldfields Open in 🇦🇺 Bendigo
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Judd Trump defeated 🇦🇺 Neil Robertson 9–5.
 * September 1–6: 2014 Six-red World Championship in 🇹🇭 Bangkok
 * Stephen Maguire defeated 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ricky Walden 8–7.
 * September 8–14: 2014 Shanghai Masters in 🇨🇳 Shanghai
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Bingham defeated Mark Allen 10–3.
 * October 10–18: 2014 General Cup in 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ali Carter defeated 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Shaun Murphy 7–6.
 * October 26 – November 2: 2014 International Championship in 🇨🇳 Chengdu
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ricky Walden defeated Mark Allen 10–7.
 * November 3–9: 2014 Champion of Champions in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Coventry
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Judd Trump 10–7.
 * November 25 – December 7: 2014 UK Championship in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 York
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Judd Trump 10–9.
 * January 11–18: 2015 Masters in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Shaun Murphy defeated 🇦🇺 Neil Robertson 10–2.
 * February 4–8: 2015 German Masters in 🇩🇪 Berlin
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Selby defeated 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Shaun Murphy 9–7.
 * January 5 – February 12: 2015 Championship League in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stock
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Bingham defeated 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Davis 3–2.
 * February 16–22: 2015 Welsh Open in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cardiff
 * John Higgins defeated 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Woollaston 9–3.
 * March 2–3: 2015 World Seniors Championship in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Blackpool
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mark Williams defeated 🇮🇪 Fergal O'Brien 2–1.
 * March 4–6: 2015 Snooker Shoot-Out in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Blackpool
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Michael White defeated 🇨🇳 Xiao Guodong 1–0.
 * March 10–14: 2015 Indian Open in 🇮🇳 Mumbai
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Michael White defeated 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ricky Walden 5–0.
 * March 16–22: 2015 World Grand Prix in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Llandudno
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Judd Trump defeated 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–7.
 * March 30 – April 5: 2015 China Open in 🇨🇳 Beijing
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Selby defeated 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary Wilson 10–2.
 * April 18 – May 4: 2015 World Snooker Championship in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sheffield
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Bingham defeated 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Shaun Murphy 18–15.

Little League World Series (softball)

 * August 2–19: 2015 Little League World Series Schedule for Softball
 * August 2–8: 2015 Senior League Softball in Sussex County at the Little League Complex
 * Team West ( Missoula) defeated Team Central ( Escanaba), 10–0, in the final.
 * August 2–8: 2015 Junior League World Series Softball in Kirkland at Everest Park
 * Team Southeast ( Tampa, Florida) defeated Team Asia-Pacific ( Norzagaray, Bulacan), 9–2, in the final.
 * August 2–9: 2015 Big League Softball in Sussex County at the Little League Complex
 * Team Southwest ( Monroe, Louisiana) defeated Team West ( Antelope Valley), 9–1, in the final.
 * August 13–19: 2015 Little League Softball in Portland at the Alpenrose Stadium
 * Team Southeast ( Salisbury, North Carolina) defeated Team East ( Warwick, Rhode Island), 4–2, in the final.

International softball

 * June 26 – July 5: 2015 ISF Men's World Championship in 🇨🇦 Saskatoon
 * defeated, 10–5, to win their first ISF Men's World Championship title. 🇻🇪 took the bronze medal.
 * June 29 – July 5: 2015 World Cup of Softball in 🇺🇸 Irvine, California
 * The defeated, 6–1, to win their eighth World Cup of Softball title.  took the bronze medal.
 * August 9–15: 2015 ISF Junior Women's World Championship in 🇺🇸 Oklahoma City
 * The defeated, 8–1, to win their fifth ISF Junior Women's World Championship title.  took the bronze medal.

Sport climbing

 * May 14 – 16: Sport Climbing IFSC Bouldering European Championships 2015 in 🇦🇹 Innsbruck
 * Men's Bouldering winner: 🇩🇪 Jan Hojer
 * Women's Bouldering winner: 🇩🇪 Juliane Wurm
 * November 20–22: Sport Climbing IFSC Asian Championships 2015 in 🇨🇳 Ningbo
 * Women's Lead winner: 🇰🇷 Kim Ja-in
 * Women's Speed winner: Tita Suptia
 * Women's Bouldering winner: 🇯🇵 Miho Nonaka
 * Men's Lead winner: 🇯🇵 Keiichiro Korenaga
 * Men's Speed winner: Galar Pandu Asmoro
 * Men's Bouldering winner: 🇯🇵 Tsukuru Hori

2015 IFSC Climbing World Cup

 * May 17: IFSC Climbing World Cup #1 in 🇨🇦 Central Saanich
 * Women's Speed winner: 🇷🇺 Iuliia Kaplina
 * Men's Speed winner: 🇨🇳 Qixin Zhong
 * May 30 & 31: IFSC Climbing World Cup #2 in 🇨🇦 Toronto
 * Women's Bouldering winner: 🇦🇹 Anna Stöhr
 * Men's Bouldering winner: 🇫🇷 Alban Levier
 * June 5 & 6: IFSC Climbing World Cup #3 in 🇺🇸 Vail
 * Women's Bouldering winner: 🇺🇸 Megan Mascarenas
 * Men's Bouldering winner: 🇩🇪 Jan Hojer
 * June 20 & 21: IFSC Climbing World Cup #4 in 🇨🇳 Chongqing
 * Women's Bouldering winner: 🇯🇵 Akiyo Noguchi
 * Men's Bouldering winner: 🇨🇦 Sean McColl
 * Women's Speed winner: 🇷🇺 Mariia Krasavina
 * Men's Speed winner: 🇨🇳 Qixin Zhong
 * June 26 & 27: IFSC Climbing World Cup #5 in 🇨🇳 Haiyang
 * Women's Bouldering winner: Petra Klingler
 * Men's Bouldering winner: 🇰🇷 Jongwon Chon
 * Women's Speed winner: 🇫🇷 Anouck Jaubert
 * Men's Speed winner: 🇨🇳 Qixin Zhong
 * July 10–12: IFSC Climbing World Cup #6 in 🇫🇷 Chamonix
 * Women's Speed winner: 🇫🇷 Anouck Jaubert
 * Men's Speed winner: 🇨🇿 Libor Hroza
 * Women's Lead winner: 🇸🇮 Mina Markovič
 * Men's Lead winner: 🇪🇸 Ramón Julián Puigblanque
 * July 17 & 18: IFSC Climbing World Cup #7 in 🇫🇷 Briançon
 * Women's Lead winner: 🇰🇷 Kim Ja-in
 * Men's Lead winner: 🇫🇷 Gautier Supper
 * July 31 – August 1: IFSC Climbing World Cup #8 in 🇦🇹 Imst
 * Women's Lead winner: 🇸🇮 Mina Markovič
 * Men's Lead winner: 🇫🇷 Romain Desgranges
 * August 14 & 15: IFSC Climbing World Cup #9 in 🇩🇪 Munich
 * Finals in Bouldering
 * Women's Bouldering winner: 🇬🇧 Shauna Coxsey
 * Men's Bouldering winner: 🇷🇺 Alexey Rubtsov
 * August 21 & 22: IFSC Climbing World Cup #10 in 🇳🇴 Stavanger
 * Women's Lead winner: 🇸🇮 Mina Markovič
 * Men's Lead winner: 🇫🇷 Gautier Supper
 * September 26 & 27: IFSC Climbing World Cup #11 in 🇧🇪 Puurs
 * Women's Lead winner: 🇰🇷 Kim Ja-in
 * Men's Lead winner: 🇸🇮 Domen Škofic
 * October 17 & 18: IFSC Climbing World Cup #13 in 🇨🇳 Wujiang
 * Fnals in speed
 * Women's Speed winner: 🇷🇺 Mariia Krasavina
 * Men's Speed winner: Reza Alipourshena
 * Women's Lead winner: 🇰🇷 Kim Ja-in
 * Men's Lead winner: 🇨🇿 Adam Ondra