The event's name refers to the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Oceania, which are four of the continents represented in the Olympic rings, omitting Europe.

[2] The 2015 competition featured a total of ninety-one athletes from fifteen nations from North America, Africa, Asia and Oceania.

The competition was open to skaters from non-European member nations of the International Skating Union who reach the age of 15 before July 1, 2014.

National associations selected up to three skaters to compete in both singles disciplines and three couples in both Pairs and Ice Dancing.

2014 Ladies' champion Kanako Murakami & Ice dancing champions Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue did not defend their titles as they were not selected by their respected National associations to compete at the 2015 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.

In the Free Skating, the Program Component Score (PCS) is calculated by adding the averaged score of each of the five different components (each component is originally out of 10 marks)- Skating Skills (SS), Transitions & Linking Footwork (TR), Performance & Execution (PE), Choreography & Composition (CH) and Interpretation (IN).

In the Short Dance, the Program Component Score (PCS) is calculated by adding the averaged score of each of the five different components (each component is originally out of 10 marks)- Skating Skills (SS), Transitions & Linking Footwork (TR), Performance & Execution (PE), Choreography & Composition (CC) and Interpretation & Timing (IT).

In the Free Dance, the Program Component Score (PCS) is calculated by adding the averaged score of each of the five different components (each component is originally out of 10 marks)- Skating Skills (SS), Transitions & Linking Footwork (TR), Performance & Execution (PE), Choreography & Composition (CC) and Interpretation & Timing (IT).