"appearance in the Olympic Games. The sport had come full-circle, and it underlined the growing influence of FIP in the world polo community. Argentina, Australia, Chile, England, France, Germany, Switzerland and the United States advanced to the playoffs. But this time there was a surprise: Argentina failed to make the finals. A talented U.S. team beat England by one goal for a 7–6 final score. The U.S. team players were: Horton Schwarz, Julio Ariano, Charley Bostwick and John Wigdahl who scored the winning goal in the sixth chukker. The resulting publicity raised the visibility of FIP among U.S. polo players."
"third place after defeating England. It was the first time in World Polo Championship for Italy to achieve a podium. The tenth edition of the World Polo Championship took place in Santiago, Chile during march and April 2015 and was won by the host, beating the United States in the final. World Polo Championship The World Polo Championship is a polo competition between countries. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the Federation of International Polo (FIP), and is contested by the national teams. There is no restriction on the gender of the players. The inaugural tournament was"
"2015 Pokémon World Championships The 2015 Pokémon World Championships was the seventh annual e-Sport invite-only tournament held by Play! Pokémon, a division of The Pokémon Company that unites the top ""Pokémon"" video game players from around the world. The event was held alongside the Pokémon Trading Card Game World Championships at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts. The tournament was transmitted with live streaming from the official Pokémon Twitch channel. The defending Video Game champions for the year were Se Jun Park from South Korea (Masters Division), Nikolai Zielinsky from the United States (Senior Division) and Kota Yamamoto from"
"2015, Wings of Strength announced the creation of the Rising Phoenix World Championships. Regarded as the successor to the Ms. Olympia, Rising Phoenix World Championships adopted the point qualification system that the Ms. Olympia had. On August 22, 2015, Margaret Martin won the title and best poser award for the first 2015 Wings of Strength Rising Phoenix World Championships. The Rising Phoenix World Championships uses the IFBB Professional League qualification point system formerly used for the Ms. Olympia: Rising Phoenix World Championships The IFBB Wings of Strength Rising Phoenix World Championships is a professional female bodybuilding competition, sponsored by Wings"
"2015 WPA World Ten-ball Championship The WPA 10-Ball World Championship 2015 was the fourth edition of the WPA World 10-ball Championship, the world championship for the discipline of 10-ball pool. It took place from February 17 to 21, 2015 at the SM City Activity Center in General Santos, Philippines. Taiwan's Ko Pin-yi won the World Cup by beating Filipino Carlo Biado 11–9 in the final. In the semi-final, Ko defeated his younger brother Ko Ping-chung, whereas Biado won against Spaniard David Alcaide. Defending champion was Dutchman Huidji See, who won the 2011 event but did not participate in this event."
"2015 FINA Men's Water Polo World League The 2015 FINA Men's Water Polo World League is played between November 2014 and June 2015 and open to all men's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final in Bergamo, Italy from 23–28 June 2015. In the world league, there are specific rules that do not allow matches to end in a draw. If teams are level at the end of the 4th quarter of any world league match, the match will be decided by a penalty"
"Federation of International Polo The Federation of International Polo is the international federation representing the sport of polo, officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee. It was founded in 1982 by representatives of eleven national polo associations, and currently represents the national polo associations of more than 90 countries. FIPs principal aim is to enhance the image and status of the great game of polo internationally. FIPs mission is to promote the practice of the sport of polo worldwide in order to defend and ensure the spirit of fair play and moral fortitude, with the objective of forming the sporting"
"2015 FINA Women's Water Polo World League The 2015 FINA Women's Water Polo World League is played between November 2014 and June 2015 and open to all women's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final in Shanghai, China from 09–14 June 2015. In the world league, there are specific rules that do not allow matches to end in a draw. If teams are level at the end of the 4th quarter of any world league match, the match will be decided by a penalty"
"they won the 2015 World Series, to determine a true champion of baseball. 2015 Japan Series The 2015 Japan Series was the 66th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's postseason championship series. The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, champions of the Pacific League, played the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, champions of the Central League. The Hawks were the defending Japan Series champions, having beaten the Hanshin Tigers in 2014. The series was sponsored by the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and was officially known as the 2015 SMBC Nippon Series. The Hawks defeated the Swallows in five games. Lee Dae-ho won the Japan Series"
"Development and Promotion Federation. In December 2012, Pan Sutong was elected as Vice President of the Federation of International Polo in the FIP Annual General Meeting. Tianjin Goldin Metropolitan Polo Club, which opened in November 2010, is owned by Pan Sutong's Goldin Group. The Club has held a number of international polo tournaments since its opening in November 2010, including Goldin International Snow Polo Challenge 2011, Goldin Cold Cup 2011, Goldin U18 Cup 2011, Fortune Heights Snow Polo World Cup 2012-2017, Fortune Heights Super Nations Cup 2012, 2013 and 2014, Maserati Metropolitan Polo Classic 2013 and 2014, and Metropolitan Intervarsity"
"in 2017 at the Sydney Polo Club. In the early 1980s, motivated by a desire to broaden the scope of international polo, as well as to restore the sport’s Olympic status, Marcos Uranga, then President of the Argentine Polo Association, proposed that an international organization be formed among the polo playing countries of the world. The initial meetings took place in Buenos Aires, and by April 1982, the Federation of International Polo, quickly known as “FIP,” was created. FIP’s first President was Marcos Uranga. To that end, Mr. Uranga spearheaded the movement for a World Championship and scheduled the first"
"Paulo, Brazil, with 16 participating countries. In 2015 World Team Championship was held in Moscow with 28 countries participating, with adult and junior teams, male and female teams. 2015 World Championships participating countries: Italy Brazil Russia Spain Germany France Venezuela Japan San Marino Austria Greece Lithuania Hungary Estonia Belgium Morocco Portugal Belarus Israel Czech Republic Bulgaria Latvia Thailand Moldovia Switzerland Cyprus Mauritius Great Britain You can see from the list of participating countries how in many places now people are playing at a competitive professional level. Italy continues to be the Mecca of Beach Tennis, followed closely by Brazil, a"
"to par""<br> 2015 Open Championship The 2015 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 144th Open Championship, held from 16–20 July at the Old Course at St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. It was the 29th Open Championship played at the course and Zach Johnson won in a four-hole playoff for his second major title. World number one Rory McIlroy withdrew prior to the tournament due to an off-course ankle injury; he was the first defending champion absent from the Open in over sixty years, since Ben Hogan opted not to participate in 1954. Masters and U.S. Open"
"2015 WPA World Nine-ball Championship The WPA 9-Ball-World Championship 2015 was the 24th edition of the 9-Ball pool World Championships. It took place from September 7 to 18, 2015 in the al-Attiya Sports Arena of the Al-Arabi Sports Club in Doha. The Qatari capital was the sixth time in a row the venue for the 9-Ball Championships. The event was won by Ko Pin-yi of Chinese Taipei, who defeated America's Shane Van Boening in the final, with a score of 13 racks to 11. Niels Feijen was the defending champion, however, he did not make it past the preliminary round"
"The 2015 World Championship was a 64-player knockout tournament in Sochi, Russia, starting on 15 March. Hou Yifan did not enter the tournament, and so relinquished the title. The highest rated player was Humpy Koneru, but she was eliminated in the quarterfinals. The final was won by Mariya Muzychuk, who beat Natalia Pogonina 2.5–1.5. The challenger qualified by winning the 2013–14 FIDE Women's Grand Prix. The Grand Prix consisted of six single tournaments, with each player taking part in four of these. The first stage was won by Bela Khotenashvili. Humpy Koneru then won the second and third stage to"
"2015 World Matchplay (darts) The 2015 BetVictor World Matchplay was the 22nd annual staging of the World Matchplay, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, from 18–26 July 2015. Phil Taylor was the defending champion, having won the last seven editions of the event and he reached the semi-finals, where his 38-game unbeaten run came to the end against James Wade. Michael van Gerwen won his first World Matchplay title by defeating Wade 18–12 in the final. The prize fund was increased to £450,000 after being £400,000 for the previous five editions"
"2015 F1 Powerboat World Championship The 2015 UIM F1 H2O World Championship was the 32nd season of Formula 1 Powerboat racing. The season consisted of six races, beginning in Doha, Qatar on 14 March 2015, and ending in Sharjah, UAE on 18 December 2015. Philippe Chiappe, driving for the CTIC China Team, entered the season as defending world champion having won his first title, and the first for a Frenchman, the previous year. Chiappe successfully defended his title, securing enough points at the penultimate round in Abu Dhabi and thus became the series' fourth back-to-back championship winner. In addition, the"
"the world’s eight best nations compete for the world title in Sydney’s Hawkesbury region. 2017 World Polo Championship The 2017 World Polo Championship is held at the Sydney Polo Club. The Championship rights were awarded to the club itself. This is unusual as the normal process is to award it to a country. The Sydney Polo Club was offered the opportunity to bid because of their unparalleled fields and grounds. The Australian Polo Federation is in support of the Sydney Polo Club. Destination NSW is the strategic Sponsor of the 2017 World Polo Championship hosted by the Sydney Polo Club."
"shootout. Teams earn points in the standings in group matches as follows: The European preliminary round consisted of two group of four teams. The winner of each group after the home and away series of games qualified for the Super Final. In the Super Final the eight qualifying teams are split into two groups of four teams with all teams progressing to the knock-out stage. The games were played in Shanghai, China from 9 to 14 June 2015. 2015 FINA Women's Water Polo World League The 2015 FINA Women's Water Polo World League is played between November 2014 and June"
"16 non-qualified players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit who were unseeded players. The field was confirmed on 5 July following Players Championship 14. ! Player ! Eliminated ! Played ! Legs Won ! Legs Lost ! LWAT ! 100+ ! 140+ ! 180s ! High Checkout ! 3-dart Average ! Checkout Success 2015 World Matchplay (darts) The 2015 BetVictor World Matchplay was the 22nd annual staging of the World Matchplay, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, from 18–26 July 2015. Phil Taylor was the defending champion, having won the"
"each team from the same pool like in 2014, each team played the three teams from the opposing pool. Following the three rounds of cross pool matches, the six teams were seeded one through to six and played in three final play-offs to determine who finishes first to sixth. The final was contested between Fiji and Samoa, who had previously drawn 30–30 during the Cross-pool matches. Fiji won the final 39–29, scoring 6 tries to claim their second title. Five venues will be used: The full match schedule was announced on 19 February 2015. Notes: Notes: Notes: Notes: Notes: Notes:"
"shootout. Teams earn points in the standings in group matches as follows: The European preliminary round consisted of two group of four teams and a third group of five teams. The winner of each group after the home and away series of games qualified for the Super Final. ( H )–Host Super Final In the Super Final the eight qualifying teams are split into two groups of four teams with all teams progressing to the knock-out stage. The games were played in Bergamo, Italy from 23 to 28 June 2015. 2015 FINA Men's Water Polo World League The 2015 FINA"
"2015 saw the first competition with guest teams. Championship title was won by England. Runners up were South Africa with Northern Ireland third. Fourth place were Wales. Fifth place was Trinidad and Tobago with Scotland sixth. The 2016 saw the Championship title was won by England. Runners up were Wales with Scotland third. Fourth place were Northern Ireland. The Challenge was won by Grenada. Runners up were Ireland with United States third. Other countries playing were Gibraltar fourth, Malta fifth and Israel sixth. The 2017 saw the Championship title was won by England. Runners up were Northern Ireland with Scotland"
"A decision was taken to seek support for the International Polo (FIP) in the form of a postponement of the Championship. Originally open on November 20, 2007. The international governing body accepted at the same time that a new Organizing Committee took over concretize the tournament. Group headed by polista Alfredo Solorzano and the president of the Mexican Federation of Polo, Rogelio Igartúa. 2008 World Polo Championship The 2008 World Polo Championship, eight edition, took place in Mexico during May 2008 and was won by Chile. This event will bring together eight teams from around the world in the Campo"
"2015 PDC World Cup of Darts The 2015 PDC World Cup of Darts was the fifth edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts which took place between 11–14 June 2015 in Frankfurt, Germany. The Netherlands pairing of Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld were the defending champions after beating Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis of England 3–0 in the final. Taylor and Lewis won their third title in the event by defeating Scotland's Gary Anderson and Peter Wright in the final. The tournament remained at 32 teams this year. 16 teams were seeded and drawn to face the"
"2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final The 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final took place from 27 November to 6 December 2015 in Raipur, India. A total of 8 teams competed for the title. Australia won the tournament for the first time after defeating Belgium 2–1 in the final match. Host nation India won the third place match by defeating the Netherlands 3–2 on a penalty shootout after a 5–5 draw. The host nation qualified automatically in addition to 7 teams qualified from the Semifinals. The following eight teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this round"
"A against the third ranked team of Group B for the 5th place, the fourth ranked team of Group A against the fourth ranked team of Group B for the 7th place, and finally, the fifth ranked team of Group A against the fifth ranked team of Group B for the 9th and 10th place respectively. 2015 FINA World Water Polo Development Trophy The 5th edition of the Men's FINA World Water Polo Development Trophy was held in Tehran, Iran from May 24 to May 29, 2015. 10 teams qualified for the 2015 FINA World Water Polo Development Trophy. They"
"2015 Open Championship The 2015 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 144th Open Championship, held from 16–20 July at the Old Course at St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. It was the 29th Open Championship played at the course and Zach Johnson won in a four-hole playoff for his second major title. World number one Rory McIlroy withdrew prior to the tournament due to an off-course ankle injury; he was the first defending champion absent from the Open in over sixty years, since Ben Hogan opted not to participate in 1954. Masters and U.S. Open champion Jordan"
"2015 World Grand Prix (darts) The 2015 PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix was the eighteenth staging of the World Grand Prix. It was played from 4–10 October 2015 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after beating James Wade 5–3 in sets in the last year's final, but he was beaten 5–4 in the final by Robert Thornton. The total prize money remained at £400,000. The following is the breakdown of the fund: The field of 32 players is made up from the top 16 on the PDC Order of Merit on"
"25–6. The previous record was a 25–8 achieved by United States against Puerto Rico during the 2014 World Championship. On 9 December 2015, FIVB announced that the tournament would be held in Italy and Bulgaria. For the first time the championship will take place in more than one country. The tournament will take place in six Italian cities (Bari, Bologna, Florence, Assago, Rome and Turin) and three Bulgarian cities (Ruse, Varna and Sofia). Both Italy and Bulgaria have previously hosted the Men's World Championship. Italy last organised the 2010 edition, when Brazil claimed the title their third straight title. Italy"
"2015 World Indoor Bowls Championship The 2015 Just Retirement World Indoor Bowls Championship was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton on Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 09-25 January 2015. The men's singles title was won for a record-extending sixth time by Scotland's Alex Marshall, who beat Andy Thomson in the final. <br> Robert Paxton & Simon Skelton won their first Pairs title, stopping Alex Marshall & Paul Foster from winning a fourth title. <br> Robert Paxton & Marion Purcell won their first Mixed Pairs title, stopping Paul Foster & Laura Thomas from winning a third consecutive title. <br> Laura Thomas"
"2015 Japan Series The 2015 Japan Series was the 66th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's postseason championship series. The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, champions of the Pacific League, played the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, champions of the Central League. The Hawks were the defending Japan Series champions, having beaten the Hanshin Tigers in 2014. The series was sponsored by the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and was officially known as the 2015 SMBC Nippon Series. The Hawks defeated the Swallows in five games. Lee Dae-ho won the Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award. Kenji Akashi, Shota Takeda, and Rick van den Hurk"
"2015 French Open The 2015 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 119th edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros from 24 May to 7 June and consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players also took part in singles and doubles events. Rafael Nadal was the five-time defending champion in the Men's Singles, but lost to Novak Djokovic in the quarter finals. Stan Wawrinka won his first French"