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2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

Coupe du monde féminine de la FIFA 2015
United States celebrating with the Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	6 June – 5 July
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (3rd title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	England
Fourth place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	146 (2.81 per match)
Attendance	53,341 (1,026 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Carli Lloyd Célia Šašić (6 goals each)
Best player	Carli Lloyd
Best young player	Kadeisha Buchanan
Best goalkeeper	Hope Solo
Fair play award	France
← 2011 2019 →

The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup was the seventh FIFA Women's World Cup, hosted by Canada. The tournament began on 6 June and ended on 5 July. In a rematch of the 2011 final, the defending champions Japan met the United States. The USA scored four goals in the first 16 minutes, with three by Carli Lloyd, on their way to a 5–2 win and their third Women's World Cup title.

Teams

     Qualified      Did not qualify     Did not enter      Country does not have a women's team

Venues

The cities of Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal and Moncton hosted matches.

Vancouver	Edmonton	Winnipeg	Ottawa
BC Place	Commonwealth Stadium	Winnipeg Stadium	Lansdowne Stadium
49°16′36″N 123°6′43″W / 49.27667°N 123.11194°W / 49.27667; -123.11194 (BC Place)	53°33′35″N 113°28′34″W / 53.55972°N 113.47611°W / 53.55972; -113.47611 (Commonwealth Stadium)	49°48′28″N 97°8′45″W / 49.80778°N 97.14583°W / 49.80778; -97.14583 (Investors Group Field)	45°23′53.44″N 75°41′1.14″W / 45.3981778°N 75.6836500°W / 45.3981778; -75.6836500 (Frank Clair Stadium)
Capacity: 54,500	Capacity: 53,058	Capacity: 33,422	Capacity: 24,000
Surface: Polytan LigaTurf	Surface: FieldTurf Duraspine	Surface: FieldTurf Revolution	Surface: FieldTurf
		Montreal	Moncton
		Olympic Stadium	Moncton Stadium
		45°33′28″N 73°33′7″W / 45.55778°N 73.55194°W / 45.55778; -73.55194 (Olympic Stadium)	46°6′30″N 64°47′0″W / 46.10833°N 64.78333°W / 46.10833; -64.78333 (Moncton Stadium)
		Capacity: 61,004	Capacity: 13,000
		Surface: Xtreme Turf	Surface: FieldTurf

Artificial turf

Some believe that artificial turf causes more injuries than normal grass. More than 50 players have protested the use of artificial turf, saying that it is sexist. They filed a lawsuit against FIFA, however, they dropped the lawsuit in January of 2015.

Group stage

     Semi-finals      Quarter-finals      Round of 16      Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
China	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Netherlands	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
New Zealand	3	0	2	1	2	3	–1	2

6 June 2015	Canada	1–0	China	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
16:00 MDT (UTC−6)	Sinclair  90+2' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 53,058 Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

6 June 2015	New Zealand	0–1	Netherlands	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
19:00 MDT (UTC-6)		Report	Martens  33'	Attendance: 53,058 Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)

11 June 2015	China	1–0	Netherlands	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
16:00 MDT (UTC−6)	Wang Lisi  90+1'	Report		Attendance: 35,544 Referee: Yeimy Martinez (Colombia)

11 June 2015	Canada	0–0	New Zealand	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
19:00 MDT (UTC−6)		Report		Attendance: 35,544 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)

15 June 2015	Netherlands	1–1	Canada	Olympic Stadium, Montreal
19:30 EDT (UTC−4)	Van de Ven  87'	Report	Lawrence  10'	Attendance: 45,420 Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)

15 June 2015	China	2–2	New Zealand	Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg
18:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Wang Lisi  41' (pen.) Wang Shanshan  60'	Report	Stott  28' Wilkinson  64'	Attendance: 26,191 Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	0	15	1	+14	7
Norway	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7
Thailand	3	1	0	2	3	10	–7	3
Ivory Coast	3	0	0	3	3	16	–13	0

7 June 2015	Norway	4–0	Thailand	Lansdowne Stadium, Ottawa
13:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Rønning  16' Herlovsen  29', 34' Hegerberg  68'	Report		Attendance: 20,953 Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

7 June 2015	Germany	10–0	Ivory Coast	Lansdowne Stadium, Ottawa
16:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Šašić  3', 14', 31' Mittag  29', 35', 64' Laudehr  71' Däbritz  75' Behringer  79' Popp  85'	Report		Attendance: 20,953 Referee: Carol Anne Chenard (Canada)

11 June 2015	Germany	1–1	Norway	Lansdowne Stadium, Ottawa
16:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Mittag  6'	Report	Mjelde  61'	Attendance: 18,987 Referee: Teodora Albon (Romania)

11 June 2015	Ivory Coast	2–3	Thailand	Lansdowne Stadium, Ottawa
19:00 EDT (UTC−4)	N'Guessan  4' Nahi  88'	Report	Srimanee  26', 45+3' Chawong  75'	Attendance: 18,987 Referee: Margaret Domka (United States)

15 June 2015	Thailand	0–4	Germany	Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg
15:00 CDT (UTC−5)		Report	Leupolz  24' Petermann  56', 58' Däbritz  73'	Attendance: 26,191 Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)

15 June 2015	Ivory Coast	1–3	Norway	Moncton Stadium, Moncton
17:00 ADT (UTC−3)	N'Guessan  71'	Report	Hegerberg  6', 62' Gulbrandsen  67'	Attendance: 7,147 Referee: Salomé di Iorio (Argentina)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	0	4	1	+2	9
Cameroon	3	2	0	1	9	3	+5	6
Switzerland	3	1	0	2	11	4	+8	3
Ecuador	3	0	0	3	1	17	–15	0

8 June 2015	Cameroon	6–0	Ecuador	BC Place, Vancouver
16:00 PDT (UTC−7)	Ngono Mani  34' Enganamouit  36', 73', 90+4' (pen.) Manie  44' (pen.) Onguéné  79' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 25,942 Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)

8 June 2015	Japan	1–0	Switzerland	BC Place, Vancouver
19:00 PDT (UTC−7)	Miyama  29' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 25,942 Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)

12 June 2015	Switzerland	10–1	Ecuador	BC Place, Vancouver
16:00 PDT (UTC−7)	Ponce  24' (o.g.), 71' (o.g.) Aigbogun  45+2' Humm  47', 49', 52' Bachmann  60' (pen.), 61', 81' Moser  76'	Report	Ponce  64' (pen.)	Attendance: 31,441 Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)

12 June 2015	Japan	2–1	Cameroon	BC Place, Vancouver
19:00 PDT (UTC−7)	Sameshima  6' Sugasawa  17'	Report	Nchout  90'	Attendance: 31,441 Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)

16 June 2015	Ecuador	0–1	Japan	Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg
16:00 CDT (UTC−5)		Report	Ōgimi  5'	Attendance: 14,522 Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

16 June 2015	Switzerland	1–2	Cameroon	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
15:00 MDT (UTC−6)	Crnogorčević  24'	Report	Onguéné  47' Ngono Mani  62'	Attendance: 10,177 Referee: Claudia Umpierrez (Uruguay)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
Australia	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Sweden	3	0	3	0	4	4	0	3
Nigeria	3	0	1	2	3	6	–3	1

8 June 2015	Sweden	3–3	Nigeria	Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg
15:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Oparanozie  21' (o.g.) Fischer  31' Sembrant  60'	Report	Okobi  50' Oshoala  53' Ordega  87'	Attendance: 31,148 Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)

8 June 2015	United States	3–1	Australia	Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg
18:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Rapinoe  12', 78' Press  61'	Report	De Vanna  27'	Attendance: 31,148 Referee: Claudia Umpierrez (Uruguay)

12 June 2015	Australia	2–0	Nigeria	Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg
16:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Simon  29', 68'	Report		Attendance: 32,716 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

12 June 2015	United States	0–0	Sweden	Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg
19:00 CDT (UTC−5)		Report		Attendance: 32,716 Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)

16 June 2015	Nigeria	0–1	United States	BC Place, Vancouver
17:00 PDT (UTC−7)		Report	Wambach  45'	Attendance: 52,193 Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

16 June 2015	Australia	1–1	Sweden	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
18:00 MDT (UTC−6)	De Vanna  5'	Report	Jakobsson  15'	Attendance: 10,177 Referee: Lucia Venegas (Mexico)

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9
South Korea	3	1	1	1	4	5	–1	4
Costa Rica	3	0	2	1	3	4	–1	2
Spain	3	0	1	2	2	4	–2	1

9 June 2015	Spain	1–1	Costa Rica	Olympic Stadium, Montreal
16:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Losada  13'	Report	R. Rodríguez  14'	Attendance: 10,175 Referee: Salomé di Iorio (Argentina)

9 June 2015	Brazil	2–0	South Korea	Olympic Stadium, Montreal
19:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Formiga  33' Marta  53' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 10,175 Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

13 June 2015	Brazil	1–0	Spain	Olympic Stadium, Montreal
16:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Alves  44'	Report		Attendance: 28,623 Referee: Carol Chenard (Canada)

13 June 2015	South Korea	2–2	Costa Rica	Olympic Stadium, Montreal
19:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Ji So-yun  21' (pen.) Jeon Ga-eul  25'	Report	Herrera  17' Villalobos  89'	Attendance: 28,623 Referee: Carina Vitulano (Italy)

17 June 2015	Costa Rica	0–1	Brazil	Moncton Stadium, Moncton
20:00 ADT (UTC−3)		Report	Raquel  83'	Attendance: 9,543 Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (Greece)

17 June 2015	South Korea	2–1	Spain	Lansdowne Stadium, Ottawa
19:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Cho So-hyun  53' Kim Soo-yun  78'	Report	Boquete  29'	Attendance: 21,562 Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
England	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
Colombia	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Mexico	3	0	1	2	2	8	–6	1

9 June 2015	France	1–0	England	Moncton Stadium, Moncton
14:00 ADT (UTC−3)	Le Sommer  29'	Report		Attendance: 11,686 Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (Greece)

9 June 2015	Colombia	1–1	Mexico	Moncton Stadium, Moncton
17:00 ADT (UTC−3)	Montoya  82'	Report	V. Pérez  36'	Attendance: 11,686 Referee: Therese Neguel (Cameroon)

13 June 2015	France	0–2	Colombia	Moncton Stadium, Moncton
14:00 ADT (UTC−3)		Report	Andrade  19' Usme  90+3'	Attendance: 13,138 Referee: Qin Liang (China)

13 June 2015	England	2–1	Mexico	Moncton Stadium, Moncton
17:00 ADT (UTC−3)	Kirby  71' Carney  82'	Report	Ibarra  90+1'	Attendance: 13,138 Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

17 June 2015	Mexico	0–5	France	Lansdowne Stadium, Ottawa
16:00 EDT (UTC−4)		Report	Delie  1' Ruiz  9' (o.g.) Le Sommer  13', 36' Henry  80'	Attendance: 21,562 Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)

17 June 2015	England	2–1	Colombia	Olympic Stadium, Montreal
16:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Carney  15' Williams  38' (pen.)	Report	Andrade  90+4'	Attendance: 13,862 Referee: Carol Chenard (Canada)

Third placed teams

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Colombia	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Netherlands	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Switzerland	3	1	0	2	11	4	+7	3
Sweden	3	0	3	0	4	4	0	3
Thailand	3	1	0	2	3	10	–7	3
Costa Rica	3	0	2	1	3	4	–1	2

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

20 June – Edmonton

China

1

26 June – Ottawa

Cameroon

0

China

0

22 June – Edmonton

United States

1

United States

2

30 June – Montreal

Colombia

0

United States

2

20 June – Ottawa

Germany

0

Germany

4

26 June – Montreal

Sweden

1

Germany (pen.)

1 (5)

21 June – Montreal

France

1 (4)

France

3

5 July – Vancouver

South Korea

0

United States

5

21 June – Moncton

Japan

2

Brazil

0

27 June – Edmonton

Australia

1

Australia

0

23 June – Vancouver

Japan

1

Japan

2

1 July – Edmonton

Netherlands

1

Japan

2

22 June – Ottawa

England

1

Third place play-off

Norway

1

27 June – Vancouver

4 July – Edmonton

England

2

England

2

Germany

0

21 June – Vancouver

Canada

1

England (aet)

1

Canada

1

Switzerland

0

Round of 16

20 June 2015 16:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Germany	4 – 1	Sweden	Lansdowne Stadium, Ottawa Attendance: 22,486 Referee: Ri Hyang-ok
	Mittag  24' Šašić  36' (pen.), 78' Marozsán  88'	Report	Sembrant  82'

20 June 2015 17:30 MDT (UTC−6)	China	1 – 0	Cameroon	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton Attendance: 15,958 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus
	Wang Shanshan  12'	Report

21 June 2015 14:00 ADT (UTC−3)	Brazil	0 – 1	Australia	Moncton Stadium, Moncton Attendance: 12,054 Referee: Teodora Albon
		Report	Simon  80'

21 June 2015 16:00 EDT (UTC−4)	France	3 – 0	South Korea	Olympic Stadium, Montreal Attendance: 15,518 Referee: Salomé di Iorio
	Delie  4', 48' Thomis  8'	Report

21 June 2015 16:30 PDT (UTC−7)	Canada	1 – 0	Switzerland	BC Place, Vancouver Attendance: 53,855 Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley
	Bélanger  52'	Report

22 June 2015 17:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Norway	1 – 2	England	Lansdowne Stadium, Ottawa Attendance: 19,829 Referee: Esther Staubli
	Gulbrandsen  54'	Report	Houghton  61' Bronze  76'

22 June 2015 18:00 MDT (UTC−6)	United States	2 – 0	Colombia	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton Attendance: 19,412 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart
	Morgan  53' Lloyd  66' (pen.)	Report

23 June 2015 19:00 PDT (UTC−7)	Japan	2 – 1	Netherlands	BC Place, Vancouver Attendance: 28,717 Referee: Lucila Venegas
	Ariyoshi  10' Sakaguchi  78'	Report	Van de Ven  90+2'

Quarter-finals

26 June 2015	Germany	1–1 (5–4 pen)	France	Olympic Stadium, Montreal
16:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Šašić  84' (pen.)	Report	Nécib  64'	Attendance: 24,859 Referee: Carol Chenard (Canada)
		Penalties
	Behringer Laudehr Peter Marozsán Šašić		Thiney Abily Nécib Renard Lavogez

26 June 2015	China	0–1	United States	Lansdowne Stadium, Ottawa
19:30 EDT (UTC−4)		Report	Lloyd  51'	Attendance: 24,141 Referee: Carina Vitulano (Italy)

27 June 2015	Australia	0–1	Japan	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
14:00 MDT (UTC−6)		Report	Iwabuchi  87'	Attendance: 19,814 Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

27 June 2015	England	2–1	Canada	BC Place, Vancouver
16:30 PDT (UTC−7)	Taylor  11' Bronze  14'	Report	Sinclair  42'	Attendance: 54,027 Referee: Claudia Umpierrez (Uruguay)

Semi-finals

30 June 2015	United States	2–0	Germany	Olympic Stadium, Montreal
19:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Lloyd  69' (pen.) O'Hara  84'	Report		Attendance: 51,176 Referee: Teodora Albon (Romania)

1 July 2015	Japan	2–1	England	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
17:00 MDT (UTC−6)	Miyama  33' (pen.) Bassett  90+2' (o.g.)	Report	Williams  40' (pen.)	Attendance: 31,467 Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

Third place play-off

4 July 2015	Germany	0–1	England	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
14:00 MDT (UTC−6)		Report	Williams  108' (pen.)	Attendance: 21,483 Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)

Final

5 July 2015	United States	5–2	Japan	BC Place, Vancouver
16:00 PDT (UTC−7)	Lloyd  3', 5', 16' Holiday  14' Heath  54'	Report	Ōgimi  27' Johnston  52' (o.g.)	Attendance: 53,341 Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

Statistics

Top scorers

6 goals

• Célia Šašić
• Carli Lloyd

• Anja Mittag

• Laura Bassett (playing against Japan)
• Jennifer Ruiz (playing against France)
• Desire Oparanozie (playing against Sweden)
• Julie Johnston (playing against Japan)

• Angie Ponce (in the same match, playing against Switzerland)

Team rankings

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United States	7	6	1	0	14	3	+11	19
2	Japan	7	6	0	1	11	8	+3	18
3	England	7	5	0	2	10	7	+3	15
4	Germany	7	3	2	2	20	6	+14	11
Eliminated in the Quarterfinals
5	France	5	3	1	1	10	3	+7	10
6	Canada	5	2	2	1	4	3	+1	8
7	Australia	5	2	1	2	5	5	0	7
8	China	5	2	1	2	4	4	0	7
Eliminated in the Round of 16
9	Brazil	4	3	0	1	4	1	+3	9
10	Norway	4	2	1	1	9	4	+5	7
11	Cameroon	4	2	0	2	9	4	+5	6
12	Colombia	4	1	1	2	4	5	–1	4
13	Netherlands	4	1	1	2	3	4	–1	4
14	South Korea	4	1	1	2	4	8	–4	4
15	Switzerland	4	1	0	3	11	5	+6	3
16	Sweden	4	0	3	1	5	8	–3	3
Eliminated at the Group stage
17	Thailand	3	1	0	2	3	10	–9	3
18	Costa Rica	3	0	2	1	3	4	–1	2
19	New Zealand	3	0	2	1	2	3	–1	2
20	Spain	3	0	1	2	2	4	–2	1
21	Nigeria	3	0	1	2	3	6	–3	1
22	Mexico	3	0	1	2	2	8	–6	1
23	Ivory Coast	3	0	0	3	3	16	–13	0
24	Ecuador	3	0	0	3	1	17	–16	0

Images for kids

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  Fox Sports' studio for the Women's World Cup at Jack Poole Plaza; the tournament marked one of their first under a new rights agreement for FIFA tournaments.

See also

In Spanish: Copa Mundial Femenina de Fútbol de 2015 para niños