# 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B

Group B of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup consisted of Germany, Ivory Coast, Norway and Thailand. Matches were played from 7 to 15 June 2015. Thailand became the first Southeast Asian country to play at a senior World Cup (male or female) since Indonesia (played as the Dutch East Indies) in the 1938 FIFA World Cup.

## Teams

| Draw position | Team | Confederation | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA Rankings at start of event |
| B1 (seed) | Germany | UEFA | UEFA Group 1 winners | 13 September 2014 | 7th | 2011 | Winners (2003, 2007) | 1 |
| B2 | Ivory Coast | CAF | African Women's Championship 3rd place | 25 October 2014 | 1st | — | — | 67 |
| B3 | Norway | UEFA | UEFA Group 5 winners | 13 September 2014 | 7th | 2011 | Winners (1995) | 11 |
| B4 | Thailand | AFC | AFC Women's Asian Cup 5th place | 21 May 2014 | 1st | — | — | 29 |

## Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Thailand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | |
| 4 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 0 | |
In the round of 16:
* Germany advanced to play Sweden (third-placed team of Group D).
* Norway advanced to play England (runner-up of Group F).

## Matches
### Norway vs Thailand

| Norway | Thailand |
| GK | 1 | Ingrid Hjelmseth |
| RB | 6 | Maren Mjelde |
| CB | 7 | Trine Rønning (c) | 63' |
| CB | 11 | Nora Holstad Berge | 46' |
| LB | 13 | Ingrid Moe Wold |
| RM | 8 | Solveig Gulbrandsen | 69' |
| CM | 4 | Gry Tofte Ims |
| LM | 17 | Lene Mykjåland |
| RF | 19 | Kristine Minde |
| CF | 9 | Isabell Herlovsen |
| LF | 21 | Ada Hegerberg |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 3 | Marita Skammelsrud Lund | 46' |
| FW | 16 | Elise Thorsnes | 63' |
| FW | 20 | Emilie Haavi | 69' |
| Manager: ||
| Even Pellerud ||
| GK | 1 | Waraporn Boonsing |
| RB | 9 | Warunee Phetwiset | 51' |
| CB | 4 | Duangnapa Sritala (c) | 75' |
| CB | 3 | Natthakarn Chinwong |
| LB | 10 | Sunisa Srangthaisong |
| CM | 6 | Pikul Khueanpet |
| CM | 7 | Silawan Intamee |
| RW | 12 | Rattikan Thongsombut |
| AM | 8 | Naphat Seesraum | | 59' |
| LW | 17 | Anootsara Maijarern | | 90' |
| CF | 21 | Kanjana Sungngoen |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 13 | Orathai Srimanee | | 59' |
| FW | 14 | Thanatta Chawong | | 90' |
| Manager: ||
| Nuengruethai Sathongwien ||
* Player of the Match:
* Isabell Herlovsen (Norway)
* Assistant referees:
* Sarah Walker (New Zealand)
* Lata Kaumatule (Tonga)
* Fourth official:
* Ledya Tafesse (Ethiopia)
* Fifth official:
* Petruța Iugulescu (Romania)

### Germany vs Ivory Coast

| Germany | Ivory Coast |
| GK | 1 | Nadine Angerer (c) |
| RB | 4 | Leonie Maier |
| CB | 5 | Annike Krahn |
| CB | 3 | Saskia Bartusiak |
| LB | 22 | Tabea Kemme |
| CM | 20 | Lena Goeßling |
| CM | 16 | Melanie Leupolz | 17' |
| RW | 6 | Simone Laudehr | 73' |
| LW | 18 | Alexandra Popp |
| CF | 13 | Célia Šašić | 46' |
| CF | 11 | Anja Mittag |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 7 | Melanie Behringer | 17' |
| MF | 23 | Sara Däbritz | 46' |
| FW | 19 | Lena Petermann | 73' |
| Manager: ||
| Silvia Neid ||
| GK | 16 | Dominique Thiamale (c) | 40' |
| RB | 22 | Raymonde Kacou |
| CB | 21 | Sophie Aguie | 58' |
| CB | 2 | Fatou Coulibaly | 70' |
| LB | 4 | Nina Kpaho | | 38' |
| CM | 6 | Rita Akaffou | 36' |
| CM | 12 | Ida Guehai |
| RW | 14 | Josée Nahi | 86' |
| AM | 7 | Nadege Essoh | | 51' |
| LW | 11 | Rebecca Elloh | 66' | 72' |
| CF | 18 | Binta Diakité |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 13 | Fernande Tchetche | | 38' |
| FW | 8 | Ines Nrehy | | 51' |
| FW | 10 | Ange N'Guessan | | 72' |
| Manager: ||
| Clémentine Touré ||
* Player of the Match:
* Anja Mittag (Germany)
* Assistant referees:
* Marie-Josée Charbonneau (Canada)
* Suzanne Morisset (Canada)
* Fourth official:
* Michelle Pye (Canada)
* Fifth official:
* Petruța Iugulescu (Romania)

### Germany vs Norway

| Germany | Norway |
| GK | 1 | Nadine Angerer (c) |
| RB | 4 | Leonie Maier |
| CB | 5 | Annike Krahn |
| CB | 3 | Saskia Bartusiak | 59' |
| LB | 22 | Tabea Kemme |
| CM | 20 | Lena Goeßling |
| CM | 10 | Dzsenifer Marozsán |
| RW | 6 | Simone Laudehr | | 66' |
| AM | 11 | Anja Mittag | | 80' |
| LW | 18 | Alexandra Popp | | 70' |
| CF | 13 | Célia Šašić |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 9 | Lena Lotzen | | 66' |
| MF | 23 | Sara Däbritz | | 70' |
| FW | 8 | Pauline Bremer | | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Silvia Neid ||
| GK | 1 | Ingrid Hjelmseth (c) |
| RB | 6 | Maren Mjelde |
| CB | 3 | Marita Skammelsrud Lund |
| CB | 2 | Maria Thorisdottir |
| LB | 13 | Ingrid Moe Wold |
| CM | 14 | Ingrid Schjelderup |
| CM | 4 | Gry Tofte Ims | 46' |
| CM | 17 | Lene Mykjåland |
| RF | 19 | Kristine Minde | 60' |
| CF | 9 | Isabell Herlovsen | 90+2' |
| LF | 21 | Ada Hegerberg |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 8 | Solveig Gulbrandsen | 46' |
| FW | 16 | Elise Thorsnes | 60' |
| FW | 20 | Emilie Haavi | 90+2' |
| Manager: ||
| Even Pellerud ||
* Player of the Match:
* Dzsenifer Marozsán (Germany)
* Assistant referees:
* Petruța Iugulescu (Romania)
* Mária Súkeníková (Slovakia)
* Fourth official:
* Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)
* Fifth official:
* Lata Kaumatule (Tonga)

### Ivory Coast vs Thailand

This was the first ever win for a Southeast Asian country (excluding Australia which geographically is not in Southeast Asia) at a senior World Cup (male or female).
| Ivory Coast | Thailand |
| GK | 16 | Dominique Thiamale (c) |
| RB | 22 | Raymonde Kacou |
| CB | 2 | Fatou Coulibaly |
| CB | 3 | Djelika Coulibaly |
| LB | 13 | Fernande Tchetche |
| CM | 15 | Christine Lohoues |
| CM | 12 | Ida Guehai | | 81' |
| CM | 6 | Rita Akaffou | | 46' |
| RF | 10 | Ange N'Guessan |
| CF | 8 | Ines Nrehy |
| LF | 18 | Binta Diakité | | 34' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 14 | Josée Nahi | | 34' |
| FW | 11 | Rebecca Elloh | | 46' |
| MF | 19 | Jessica Aby | 90+4' | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| Clémentine Touré ||
| GK | 1 | Waraporn Boonsing |
| RB | 9 | Warunee Phetwiset |
| CB | 4 | Duangnapa Sritala (c) |
| CB | 3 | Natthakarn Chinwong | 90+7' |
| LB | 10 | Sunisa Srangthaisong |
| CM | 6 | Pikul Khueanpet |
| CM | 7 | Silawan Intamee |
| RW | 21 | Kanjana Sungngoen |
| AM | 13 | Orathai Srimanee | 73' |
| LW | 17 | Anootsara Maijarern |
| CF | 23 | Nisa Romyen | 43' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 12 | Rattikan Thongsombut | 43' |
| FW | 14 | Thanatta Chawong | 73' |
| DF | 2 | Darut Changplook | 90+7' |
| Manager: ||
| Nuengruethai Sathongwien ||
* Player of the Match:
* Orathai Srimanee (Thailand)
* Assistant referees:
* Princess Brown (Jamaica)
* Elizabeth Aguilar (El Salvador)
* Fourth official:
* Olga Miranda (Paraguay)
* Fifth official:
* Lata Kaumatule (Tonga)

### Thailand vs Germany

| Thailand | Germany |
| GK | 1 | Waraporn Boonsing |
| RB | 9 | Warunee Phetwiset |
| CB | 3 | Natthakarn Chinwong |
| CB | 4 | Duangnapa Sritala (c) |
| LB | 10 | Sunisa Srangthaisong |
| CM | 6 | Pikul Khueanpet |
| CM | 7 | Silawan Intamee |
| RW | 12 | Rattikan Thongsombut | | 89' |
| LW | 17 | Anootsara Maijarern | 82' | 87' |
| SS | 13 | Orathai Srimanee | | 79' |
| CF | 21 | Kanjana Sungngoen |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 20 | Wilaiporn Boothduang | | 79' |
| FW | 11 | Alisa Rukpinij | | 87' |
| DF | 2 | Darut Changplook | | 89' |
| Manager: ||
| Nuengruethai Sathongwien ||
| GK | 1 | Nadine Angerer (c) |
| RB | 2 | Bianca Schmidt |
| CB | 5 | Annike Krahn | 61' |
| CB | 14 | Babett Peter |
| LB | 15 | Jennifer Cramer |
| CM | 16 | Melanie Leupolz |
| CM | 7 | Melanie Behringer |
| RW | 9 | Lena Lotzen |
| AM | 10 | Dzsenifer Marozsán | 46' |
| LW | 23 | Sara Däbritz |
| CF | 13 | Célia Šašić | 46' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 11 | Anja Mittag | 46' |
| FW | 19 | Lena Petermann | 46' |
| DF | 17 | Josephine Henning | 61' |
| Manager: ||
| Silvia Neid ||
* Player of the Match:
* Melanie Leupolz (Germany)
* Assistant referees:
* Lidwine Rakotozafinoro (Madagascar)
* Bernadettar Kwimbira (Malawi)
* Fourth official:
* Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)
* Fifth official:
* Anna Nyström (Sweden)

### Ivory Coast vs Norway

| Ivory Coast | Norway |
| GK | 23 | Cynthia Djohore |
| RB | 17 | Nadège Cissé | | 68' |
| CB | 2 | Fatou Coulibaly (c) | 25' |
| CB | 3 | Djelika Coulibaly |
| LB | 13 | Fernande Tchetche |
| CM | 15 | Christine Lohoues | | 90+3' |
| CM | 12 | Ida Guehai |
| CM | 11 | Rebecca Elloh |
| RF | 14 | Josée Nahi |
| CF | 8 | Ines Nrehy |
| LF | 10 | Ange N'Guessan |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 18 | Binta Diakité | | 68' 90+2' |
| FW | 7 | Nadege Essoh | | 90+2' |
| MF | 6 | Rita Akaffou | | 90+3' |
| Manager: ||
| Clémentine Touré ||
| GK | 1 | Ingrid Hjelmseth (c) | | 79' |
| RB | 16 | Elise Thorsnes |
| CB | 3 | Marita Skammelsrud Lund |
| CB | 2 | Maria Thorisdottir |
| LB | 19 | Kristine Minde | | 46' |
| CM | 8 | Solveig Gulbrandsen |
| CM | 14 | Ingrid Schjelderup |
| CM | 17 | Lene Mykjåland |
| RF | 5 | Lisa-Marie Karlseng Utland | | 64' |
| CF | 21 | Ada Hegerberg |
| LF | 20 | Emilie Haavi | 52' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 13 | Ingrid Moe Wold | | 46' |
| MF | 6 | Maren Mjelde | | 64' |
| GK | 12 | Silje Vesterbekkmo | | 79' |
| Manager: ||
| Even Pellerud ||
* Player of the Match:
* Ada Hegerberg (Norway)
* Assistant referees:
* Maria Rocco (Argentina)
* Mariana de Almeida (Argentina)
* Fourth official:
* Ledya Tafesse (Ethiopia)
* Fifth official:
* Mana Dzodope (Togo)