2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Final

The **2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Final** was the final game of the women's soccer tournament to determine the winners of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, It took place on July 5, 2015, at BC Place, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was played between Japan and the United States, this was also a rematch of the 2011 final which Japan won on penalties. The United States won 5–2, winning its first title in sixteen years and becoming the first team to win three Women's World Cup finals.

## Road to the final

|colspan=2|United States|Round|colspan=2|Japan||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Opponent|Result||Group stage|Opponent|Result|||
|align=left||3–1|style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Match 1|align=left||1–0|
|align=left||0–0|style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Match 2|align=left||2–1|
|align=left||1–0|style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Match 3|align=left||1–0|
|colspan="2" align=center|{| class="wikitable"|||||||
||}|bgcolor="#c1e0ff"|Final standing|colspan="2" align=center|{| class="wikitable"|||
||}|||||||
|Opponent|Result||Knockout stage|Opponent|Result|||
|align=left||2–0|bgcolor="#c1e0ff"|Round of 16|align=left||2–1|
|align=left||1–0|bgcolor="#c1e0ff"|Quarter-finals|align=left||1–0|
|align=left||2–0|bgcolor="#c1e0ff"|Semi-finals|align=left||2–1|

### Details

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|valign="top" width="40%"|{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"||||||
|GK|**1**|Hope Solo|||||
|RB|**11**|Ali Krieger|||||
|CB|**19**|Julie Johnston|||||
|CB|**4**|Becky Sauerbrunn|||||
|LB|**22**|Meghan Klingenberg|||||
|RM|**17**|Tobin Heath|||||
|CM|**12**|Lauren Holiday|||||
|CM|**14**|Morgan Brian|||||
|LM|**15**|Megan Rapinoe|||||
|CF|**13**|Alex Morgan|||||
|CF|**10**|Carli Lloyd (c)|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|DF|**5**|Kelley O'Hara|||||
|FW|**20**|Abby Wambach|||||
|DF|**3**|Christie Rampone|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Jill Ellis|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"|
|GK|**18**|Ayumi Kaihori|||||
|RB|**19**|Saori Ariyoshi|||||
|CB|**3**|Azusa Iwashimizu|||||
|CB|**4**|Saki Kumagai|||||
|LB|**5**|Aya Sameshima|||||
|RM|**9**|Nahomi Kawasumi|||||
|CM|**6**|Mizuho Sakaguchi|||||
|CM|**13**|Rumi Utsugi|||||
|LM|**8**|Aya Miyama (c)|||||
|CF|**11**|Shinobu Ohno|||||
|CF|**17**|Yūki Ōgimi|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**10**|Homare Sawa|||||
|FW|**15**|Yuika Sugasawa|||||
|FW|**16**|Mana Iwabuchi|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Norio Sasaki|}|||||

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### Statistics

|scope=col width=100|Statistic|scope=col width=70|United States|scope=col width=70|Japan|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Goals scored|4|1||||
|Total shots|9|3||||
|Shots on target|5|3||||
|Ball possession|49%|51%||||
|Corner kicks|3|0||||
|Fouls committed|7|3||||
|Offsides|1|0||||
|Yellow cards|0|0||||
|Red cards|0|0||||

|scope=col width=100|Statistic|scope=col width=70|United States|scope=col width=70|Japan|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Goals scored|1|1||||
|Total shots|6|9||||
|Shots on target|2|1||||
|Ball possession|47%|53%||||
|Corner kicks|4|3||||
|Fouls committed|7|7||||
|Offsides|0|1||||
|Yellow cards|0|2||||
|Red cards|0|0||||

|scope=col width=100|Statistic|scope=col width=70|United States|scope=col width=70|Japan|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Goals scored|5|2||||
|Total shots|15|12||||
|Shots on target|7|4||||
|Ball possession|48%|52%||||
|Corner kicks|7|3||||
|Fouls committed|14|10||||
|Offsides|1|1||||
|Yellow cards|0|2||||
|Red cards|0|0||||

## Other websites

- Official website

## Infobox (football match)

- **title**: 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Final
- **image**:
- **size**: 250px
- **caption**: United States players celebrate after lifting the trophy.
- **event**: 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
- **team1**: United States women's national soccer team, United States
- **team1score**: 5
- **team2**: Japan women's national football team, Japan
- **team2score**: 2
- **date**: 5 July 2015
- **stadium**: BC Place
- **city**: Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- **woman player1**: Carli Lloyd (United States)
- **attendance**: 53,341
- **referee**: Kateryna Monzul (Football Federation of Ukraine, Ukraine)
- **weather**: Sunny

- **previous**: 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, 2011
- **next**: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, 2019