2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

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	1,353,506 (26,029 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Carli Lloyd; Célia Šašić; (6 goals each)
Best player(s)	Carli Lloyd
Best young player	Kadeisha Buchanan
Best goalkeeper	Hope Solo
Fair play award	France

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.^[1] 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

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

Edmonton Moncton Montreal Ottawa Vancouver Winnipeg		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 2015.^[2]

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Team advanced to the Round of 16

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	4	1	+2	9
Cameroon	3	2	1	9	3	+5	6
Switzerland	3	1	2	11	4	+8	3
Ecuador	3	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

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
Mittag 24' Šašić 36' (pen.), 78' Marozsán 88'	Report	Sembrant 82'

Lansdowne Stadium, Ottawa

Attendance: 22,486

Referee: Ri Hyang-ok

20 June 2015

17:30 MDT (UTC−6)

China	1 – 0	Cameroon
Wang Shanshan 12'	Report

Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton

Attendance: 15,958

Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

21 June 2015

14:00 ADT (UTC−3)

Brazil	0 – 1	Australia
	Report	Simon 80'

Moncton Stadium, Moncton

Attendance: 12,054

Referee: Teodora Albon

21 June 2015

16:00 EDT (UTC−4)

France	3 – 0	South Korea
Delie 4', 48' Thomis 8'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 15,518

Referee: Salomé di Iorio

21 June 2015

16:30 PDT (UTC−7)

Canada	1 – 0	Switzerland
Bélanger 52'	Report

BC Place, Vancouver

Attendance: 53,855

Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley

22 June 2015

17:00 EDT (UTC−4)

Norway	1 – 2	England
Gulbrandsen 54'	Report	Houghton 61' Bronze 76'

Lansdowne Stadium, Ottawa

Attendance: 19,829

Referee: Esther Staubli

22 June 2015

18:00 MDT (UTC−6)

United States	2 – 0	Colombia
Morgan 53' Lloyd 66' (pen.)	Report

Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton

Attendance: 19,412

Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

23 June 2015

19:00 PDT (UTC−7)

Japan	2 – 1	Netherlands
Ariyoshi 10' Sakaguchi 78'	Report	Van de Ven 90+2'

BC Place, Vancouver

Attendance: 28,717

Referee: Lucila Venegas

Quarter-finals

26 June 2015	Germany	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	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 (a.e.t.)	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

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

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

References

↑ FIFA.com. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ - Matches - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 2014-06-22. Retrieved 2017-10-29. "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015". Archived from the original on 2016-05-25. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
↑ Marissa Payne (January 21, 2015). "Women's World Cup players withdraw 'turf war' lawsuit against FIFA, Canada Soccer Association". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2023-02-21.

Other websites

FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 Archived 2018-06-24 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report Archived 2019-05-11 at the Wayback Machine

[1] FIFA.com. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ - Matches - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 2014-06-22. Retrieved 2017-10-29. "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015". Archived from the original on 2016-05-25. Retrieved 2015-06-08.

[2] Marissa Payne (January 21, 2015). "Women's World Cup players withdraw 'turf war' lawsuit against FIFA, Canada Soccer Association". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2023-02-21.

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