page_title: 2015 in Wales
section_title: Sport
hierarchical_section_title: 2015 in Wales / Sport
caption_attribution_description: English: Promotional mock giant rugby ball at Cardiff Castle as part of the Millennium Stadiums role as one of the host venues of the competition.
context_section_description: Athletics
  29 October - Aled Davies wins his second gold medal at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha with a world record throw in the T42 discus to add to his shot put title won on the first day.
  Boxing
  30 May - Lee Selby becomes IBF Featherweight Champion after beating Russia's Evgeny Gradovich on points in London. Selby becomes the 12th Welshman to hold a world boxing title.
  16 August - Joseph Cordina wins lightweight gold at the European Amateur Boxing Championships in Samokov, Bulgaria.
  15 October - In his debut fight in America, Lee Selby makes a successful first defense of his Featherweight Championship title against Mexico's Fernando Montiel.
  Cricket
  8 July - The 2015 Ashes series opens at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff.
  Cycling
  27 March - Geraint Thomas wins the E3 Harelbeke race and becomes the first Welsh cyclist to win a classic cycle race in 119 years.
  13 September - Owain Doull finishes third, the highest ranked British racer, at the 2015 Tour of Britain.
  Football
  9 January - Cardiff City F.C.'s owner, Vincent Tan, meets supporters and agrees to a return to the traditional blue playing strip, saying his mother helped him come to the decision.
  4 July - Mark Sampson leads the England women's national football team to third place in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, the team's highest finish.
  9 July - The Wales national football team are ranked as the 10th best team in the world, surpassing their previous highest ranking of 22nd.
  10 October - The Wales national football team qualify for the final tournament of the 2016 European football championship, the team's first qualification for a major tournament finals since 1958.
  9 December - Swansea City A.F.C. part company with manager Garry Monk.
  Horse racing
  25 April - Welsh jockey Sean Bowen wins the British conditional jockey championship, becoming the first 17-year-old to win the title.
  27 December - The Welsh Grand National 2015 is postponed until January 2016 because of continuous heavy rain affecting the Chepstow course.
  Rallying
  15 November - Sebastien Ogier wins his third successive Wales Rally GB.
  Rugby league
  7 November - Wales win the 2015 European Cup, remaining unbeaten in all three matches of the tournament.
  Rugby union
  22 March - Wales finish third in the 2015 Six Nations Championship, in a very close tournament that saw winners Ireland, England and Wales separated by ten points difference.
  19 September - The Millennium Stadium hosts Ireland vs. Canada, the stadium's first match as part of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, the only venue to be used outside the host country of England.
  17 October - Wales are knocked out of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, losing 23–19 to South Africa in the quarter finals.
  Snooker
  John Higgins wins the 2015 Welsh Open. Mark Williams is the highest ranked Welsh player, going out in the semi-finals.
  Table tennis
  14 October – Para table tennis player Rob Davies retains his European title in the final of the 2015 European Open in Denmark.
  17 October - Welsh duo, Rob Davies and Tom Matthews take gold in the team para table tennis European Championships.
caption: As part of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, Cardiff Castle displays a mock giant rugby ball breaking through its walls.
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