2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

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 



  Canada (host)          
  China



  England

  Germany
   Japan

  Netherlands


  Norway


  Sweden


  United States

 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     Capacity: 54,500 Capacity: 53,058 Capacity: 33,422  Capacity: 24,000 Surface: Polytan LigaTurf Surface: FieldTurf Duraspine Surface: FieldTurf Revolution Surface: FieldTurf 200px 200px 200px 200px Montreal Moncton Olympic Stadium Moncton Stadium   Capacity: 61,004 Capacity: 13,000 Surface: Xtreme Turf Surface: FieldTurf 200px 200px

 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 2015.

 Group stage 
Key to colours in group tablesTeam advanced to the Round of 16

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Canada312021+15 China31113304 Netherlands31112204 New Zealand302123–12

 Group B 

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Germany3210151+147 Norway321082+67 Thailand3102310–73 Ivory Coast3003316–130

 Group C 

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Japan330041+29 Cameroon320193+56 Switzerland3102114+83 Ecuador3003117–150

 Group D 

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts United States321041+37 Australia31114404 Sweden30304403 Nigeria301236–31

 Group E 

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Brazil330040+49 South Korea311145–14 Costa Rica302134–12 Spain301224–21

 Group F 

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts France320162+46 England320143+16 Colombia311143+14 Mexico301228–61

 Third placed teams 

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts311143+14 Netherlands311122043102114+73 Sweden303044033102310–73302134–12

 Knockout stage 

Bracket

 Round of 16 

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

 Statistics 

 Top scorers 

6 goals
  Célia Šašić
  Carli Lloyd

 5 goals
  Anja Mittag

 3 goals

  Kyah Simon
  Gaëlle Enganamouit
  Fara Williams
  Marie-Laure Delie
  Eugénie Le Sommer
  Ada Hegerberg
  Ramona Bachmann
  Fabienne Humm

 2 goals

  Lisa De Vanna
  Madeleine Ngono Mani
  Gabrielle Onguéné
  Christine Sinclair
  Wang Lisi
  Wang Shanshan
  Lady Andrade
  Lucy Bronze
  Karen Carney
  Sara Däbritz
  Lena Petermann
  Ange N'Guessan
  Aya Miyama
  Yūki Ōgimi
  Kirsten van de Ven
  Solveig Gulbrandsen
  Isabell Herlovsen
  Linda Sembrant
  Orathai Srimanee
  Megan Rapinoe

 1 goal

  Andressa Alves
  Formiga
  Marta
  Raquel
  Christine Manie
  Ajara Nchout
  Josée Bélanger
  Ashley Lawrence
  Daniela Montoya
  Catalina Usme
  Melissa Herrera
  Raquel Rodríguez
  Karla Villalobos
  Angie Ponce
  Steph Houghton
  Fran Kirby
  Jodie Taylor
  Amandine Henry
  Louisa Nécib
  Élodie Thomis
  Melanie Behringer
  Simone Laudehr
  Melanie Leupolz
  Dzsenifer Marozsán
  Alexandra Popp
  Josée Nahi
  Saori Ariyoshi
  Mana Iwabuchi
  Mizuho Sakaguchi
  Aya Sameshima
  Yuika Sugasawa
  Fabiola Ibarra
  Verónica Pérez
  Lieke Martens
  Rebekah Stott
  Hannah Wilkinson
  Ngozi Okobi
  Francisca Ordega
  Asisat Oshoala
  Maren Mjelde
  Trine Rønning
  Cho So-hyun
  Jeon Ga-eul
  Ji So-yun
  Kim Soo-yun
  Verónica Boquete
  Victoria Losada
  Nilla Fischer
  Sofia Jakobsson
  Eseosa Aigbogun
  Ana-Maria Crnogorčević
  Martina Moser
  Thanatta Chawong
  Tobin Heath
  Lauren Holiday
  Alex Morgan
  Kelley O'Hara
  Christen Press
  Abby Wambach

 1 own goal
  Laura Bassett (playing against Japan)
  Jennifer Ruiz (playing against France)
  Desire Oparanozie (playing against Sweden)
  Julie Johnston (playing against Japan)

 2 own goals
  Angie Ponce (in the same match, playing against Switzerland)

 Team rankings 

RankTeam1 United States7610143+11192 Japan7601118+3183 England7502107+3154 Germany7322206+1411 Eliminated in the Quarterfinals5 France5311103+7106 Canada522143+187 Australia521255078 China52124407 Eliminated in the Round of 169 Brazil430141+3910 Norway421194+5711 Cameroon420294+5612 Colombia411245–1413 Netherlands411234–1414 South Korea411248–4415 Switzerland4103115+6316 Sweden403158–33 Eliminated at the Group stage173102310–9318302134–1219302123–1220301224–2121301236–3122301228–61233003316–130243003117–160

 References 

Other websites

 FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 , FIFA.com
 FIFA Technical Report