Football Women's World Cup 2015

FIFA Women's World Cup 2015
FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015
Number of nations	24  (of 136 applicants)
World Champion	USA (3rd title)
venue	Canada
Opening game	June 6, 2015
Endgame	5th July 2015
Games	52
Gates	146  (⌀: 2.81 per game)
spectator	1,353,506  (⌀: 26,029 per game)
Top scorer	Célia Šašić (6 goals)
Best player	Carli Lloyd
Best goalkeeper	Hope Solo
yellow cards	112  (⌀: 2.15 per game)
Yellow-red cards	1  (⌀: 0.02 per game)
Red cards	2  (⌀: 0.04 per game)

The final round of the FIFA Women's World Cup 2015 ( English FIFA Women's World Cup in 2015 ) was the seventh playout of the most important tournament for women's football - national and was from June 6 to July 5, 2015 in Canada take place. 24 national teams competed against each other first in the group stage in six groups and then in the knockout system . The USA team became world champions for the third time , defeating defending champions Japan 5-2 in the final.

Award

A total of six countries had expressed their interest in hosting the 2015 World Cup. Chile had already announced in spring 2008 that it wanted to apply for the 2015 World Cup. Other interested parties were New Zealand , Scotland and Turkey . However, these four countries rejected their plans. Canada and Zimbabwe remained the only applicants .

Canada, which had previously hosted the U-19 World Cup for women in 2002 and the U-20 World Cup for men in 2007 , had already applied for the 2011 World Cup , but was narrowly defeated by Germany in the vote . In the event of a bid, the games should be played in six cities. The Canadian government agreed to contribute $ 15 million to the cost of the tournament.

Zimbabwe has never hosted a World or African Championship in the women's field. Had the country won the bid, it would have been the first ever women's world championship to be held in Africa . On March 1, 2011, however, Zimbabwe withdrew its application for infrastructural reasons.

Canada won the bid two days later. The country thus automatically hosted the 2014 U-20 Women's World Cup .

Venues

On May 4, 2012, FIFA announced the six venues for the World Cup. The city of Halifax was initially also discussed as a venue, but in March 2012 decided not to consider it as a venue for cost reasons. Canada's largest city, Toronto , also decided not to be considered a venue in order to avoid scheduling conflicts with the 2015 Pan American Games . The final is to be played in Vancouver . Except for the stadium in Moncton , all the others are fitted with artificial turf . As FIFA regulations prohibit commercial stadium names at official events, the two venues in Ottawa ( Lansdowne Stadium instead of TD Place Stadium ) and Winnipeg ( Winnipeg Stadium instead of Investors Group Field ) will be renamed for the duration of the tournament. The six venues are in five different time zones . The last games of each group take place in different stadiums, and despite sometimes different time zones at the same time, in order to avoid possible non-aggression pacts.

Three of the six stadiums (Edmonton, Montreal and Moncton) were already venues at the U-20 Women's World Cup the year before. Similar to the men's FIFA Confederations Cup , this tournament was designed as a dress rehearsal for the tournament.

Edmonton Moncton Montreal Ottawa Vancouver Winnipeg		Edmonton ( UTC − 6 )	Moncton ( UTC − 3 )
		Commonwealth Stadium	Moncton Stadium
		Capacity: 60,100	Capacity: 10,000
Montreal ( UTC − 4 )	Ottawa ( UTC − 4 )	Vancouver ( UTC − 7 )	Winnipeg ( UTC − 5 )
Olympic Stadium	Lansdowne Stadium	BC Place Stadium	Winnipeg Stadium
Capacity: 66,300	Capacity: 24,000	Capacity: 54,500	Capacity: 33,500

qualification

→ Main article : 2015 Women's World Cup / Qualification

Attendees

The field of participants in the 2015 World Cup has been increased from 16 to 24 teams. With the exception of Oceania and South America, all confederations received at least one additional safe launch site. South America was also able to gain another starting place in the playoffs against a Central American team. The increase is intended to promote the global development of women's football. The number of games to be played increases from 32 to 52, and the teams in the first four places have to play seven games, as with the men, where this has been the case since 1974. In the run-up to the 2011 World Cup, an increase from 16 to 20 or 24 had already been considered. These plans were discarded for sporting and organizational reasons. On June 11, 2012, the FIFA Executive Committee decided on the new allocation of starting places for the six confederations. Thanks to the additional places, eight teams that had never qualified for a World Cup finals qualified, while Argentina , Denmark , Ghana , Italy and Russia of the teams that had taken part in at least two World Cup finals could not qualify and North Korea was not admitted because of the doping offenses at the last World Cup.

8 from Europe	Germany	England	France	Netherlands 1	Norway
	Sweden	Switzerland 1	Spain 1
3 from South America	Brazil	Colombia	Ecuador 1
4 from North, Central America and the Caribbean	Costa Rica 1	Canada G	Mexico	United States
3 from Africa	Ivory Coast 1	Cameroon 1	Nigeria
5 from Asia / Australia	Australia	China	Japan	South Korea	Thailand 1
1 from Oceania	New Zealand

¹ first-time participation

^G host

mode

The mode corresponded to the mode last used at the 1994 Men's World Cup in the USA . The 24 qualified teams were divided into six groups. Host Canada was set as the group head of group A in advance. The four teams in each group played once against each other team in the group. The group winners and runners-up as well as the four best thirds in the group qualified for the round of 16, from which it continued in the knockout system . The first two games of each group took place as a double event at one location, for the third group game all teams had to travel to another location, with hosts Canada and the Netherlands having to cover the greatest distance from Edmonton to Montreal. The last games took place in parallel for each group, with double events with games from different groups also occurring here in Edmonton, Winnipeg and Ottawa.

draw

The group draw took place on December 6, 2014 at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa at 12:00 noon (local time). Host Canada was set as the group head of group A in advance. Six teams were seeded by FIFA and formed the draw pot 1. Pots 2 to 4 were put together according to regional criteria.

Pot 1 (seeded teams) : Canada (Group A), Brazil, Germany, France, Japan, USA

Pot 2 (North and Central America, Africa, Oceania) : Costa Rica, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria

Pot 3 (Asia, South America) : Australia, China, Ecuador, Colombia, South Korea, Thailand

Pot 4 (Europe) : England, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain

In order to limit matches between teams of the same continental association, the following rules applied:

• From Pot 2, Costa Rica and Mexico could not be drawn to Canada and the USA.
• From pot 3, Australia, China, South Korea and Thailand could not be drawn against Japan and Ecuador and Colombia could not be drawn against Brazil.

The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F.
Canada	Germany	Japan	United States	Brazil	France
China	Ivory Coast	Switzerland	Australia	South Korea	England
New Zealand	Norway	Cameroon	Sweden	Spain	Colombia
Netherlands	Thailand	Ecuador	Nigeria	Costa Rica	Mexico

Group games

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Canada	3	1	2	0	002: 100	+1	05
2.	China	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
3.	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	04th
4th	New Zealand	3	0	2	1	002: 300	−1	02

Sat, June 6, 2015, 4:00 p.m. * (June 7, 12:00 a.m. CEST) in Edmonton
Canada	-	China	1: 0 (0: 0)
Sat, June 6, 2015, 7:00 p.m. * (June 7, 3:00 a.m. CEST) in Edmonton
New Zealand	-	Netherlands	0: 1 (0: 1)
Thursday, June 11, 2015, 4:00 p.m. * (June 12, 12:00 a.m. CEST) in Edmonton
China	-	Netherlands	1: 0 (0: 0)
Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. * (June 12, 3:00 a.m. CEST) in Edmonton
Canada	-	New Zealand	0-0
Mon., June 15, 2015, 7:30 p.m. * (June 16 01:30 CEST) in Montreal
Netherlands	-	Canada	1: 1 (0: 1)
Mon., June 15, 2015, 6:30 p.m. * (June 16, 01:30 AM CEST) in Winnipeg
China	-	New Zealand	2: 2 (1: 1)

*: all kick-off times in local time

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	2	1	0	015: 100	+14	07th
2.	Norway	3	2	1	0	008: 200	+6	07th
3.	Thailand	3	1	0	2	003:100	−7	03
4th	Ivory Coast	3	0	0	3	003:160	−13	00

Sun., June 7, 2015, 1:00 p.m. * (7:00 p.m. CEST) in Ottawa
Norway	-	Thailand	4: 0 (3: 0)
Sun., June 7, 2015, 4:00 p.m. * (10:00 p.m. CEST) in Ottawa
Germany	-	Ivory Coast	10: 0 (5: 0)
Thursday, June 11, 2015, 4:00 p.m. * (10:00 p.m. CEST) in Ottawa
Germany	-	Norway	1: 1 (1: 0)
Thursday, June 11, 2015, 7:00 p.m. * (June 12, 1:00 a.m. CEST) in Ottawa
Ivory Coast	-	Thailand	2: 3 (1: 2)
Mon., June 15, 2015, 3:00 p.m. * (10:00 p.m. CEST) in Winnipeg
Thailand	-	Germany	0: 4 (0: 1)
Moncton June 15, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. * (10:00 p.m. CEST)
Ivory Coast	-	Norway	1: 3 (0: 1)

*: all kick-off times in local time

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Japan	3	3	0	0	004: 100	+3	09
2.	Cameroon	3	2	0	1	009: 300	+6	06th
3.	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	011: 400	+7	03
4th	Ecuador	3	0	0	3	001:170	−16	00

Mon, June 8, 2015, 4:00 p.m. * (June 9, 1:00 a.m. CEST) in Vancouver
Cameroon	-	Ecuador	6: 0 (3: 0)
Mon, June 8, 2015, 7:00 p.m. * (June 9, 4:00 a.m. CEST) in Vancouver
Japan	-	Switzerland	1: 0 (1: 0)
Fri., June 12, 2015, 4:00 p.m. * (June 13, 1:00 a.m. CEST) in Vancouver
Switzerland	-	Ecuador	10: 1 (2: 0)
Fri., June 12, 2015, 7:00 p.m. * (June 13, 4:00 a.m. CEST) in Vancouver
Japan	-	Cameroon	2: 1 (2: 0)
Tue., June 16, 2015, 4:00 p.m. * (11:00 p.m. CEST) in Winnipeg
Ecuador	-	Japan	0: 1 (0: 1)
Tue June 16, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. * (11:00 p.m. CEST) in Edmonton
Switzerland	-	Cameroon	1: 2 (1: 0)

*: all kick-off times in local time

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	United States	3	2	1	0	004: 100	+3	07th
2.	Australia	3	1	1	1	004: 400	± 0	04th
3.	Sweden	3	0	3	0	004: 400	± 0	03
4th	Nigeria	3	0	1	2	003: 600	−3	01

Mon., June 8, 2015, 3:00 p.m. * (10:00 p.m. CEST) in Winnipeg
Sweden	-	Nigeria	3: 3 (2: 0)
Mon., June 8, 2015, 6:30 p.m. * (June 9, 1:30 a.m. CEST) in Winnipeg
United States	-	Australia	3: 1 (1: 1)
Fri., June 12, 2015, 4:00 p.m. * (11:00 p.m. CEST) in Winnipeg
Australia	-	Nigeria	2: 0 (1: 0)
Fri., June 12, 2015, 7:00 p.m. * (June 13, 2:00 a.m. CEST) in Winnipeg
United States	-	Sweden	0-0
Tue., June 16, 2015, 5:00 p.m. * (June 17, 2:00 a.m. CEST) in Vancouver
Nigeria	-	United States	0: 1 (0: 1)
Tue June 16, 2015, 6:00 p.m. * (June 17, 2:00 a.m. CEST) in Edmonton
Australia	-	Sweden	1: 1 (1: 1)

*: all kick-off times in local time

Group E

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	3	3	0	0	004-000	+4	09
2.	South Korea	3	1	1	1	004: 500	−1	04th
3.	Costa Rica	3	0	2	1	003: 400	−1	02
4th	Spain	3	0	1	2	002: 400	−2	01

Tue., June 9, 2015, 4:00 p.m. * (10:00 p.m. CEST) in Montreal
Spain	-	Costa Rica	1: 1 (1: 1)
Tue., June 9, 2015, 7:00 p.m. * (June 10, 1:00 a.m. CEST) in Montreal
Brazil	-	South Korea	2: 0 (1: 0)
Sat., June 13, 2015, 4:00 p.m. * (10:00 p.m. CEST) in Montreal
Brazil	-	Spain	1: 0 (1: 0)
Sat., June 13, 2015, 7:00 p.m. * (June 14, 1:00 a.m. CEST) in Montreal
South Korea	-	Costa Rica	2: 2 (2: 1)
Wed., June 17, 2015, 8:00 p.m. * (June 18, 1:00 a.m. CEST) in Moncton
Costa Rica	-	Brazil	0: 1 (0: 0)
Wed., June 17, 2015, 7:00 p.m. * (June 18, 1:00 a.m. CEST) in Ottawa
South Korea	-	Spain	2: 1 (0: 1)

*: all kick-off times in local time

Group F.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	France	3	2	0	1	006: 200	+4	06th
2.	England	3	2	0	1	004: 300	+1	06th
3.	Colombia	3	1	1	1	004: 300	+1	04th
4th	Mexico	3	0	1	2	002: 800	−6	01

Tue., June 9, 2015, 2:00 p.m. * (7:00 p.m. CEST) in Moncton
France	-	England	1: 0 (1: 0)
Tue., June 9, 2015, 5:00 p.m. * (10:00 p.m. CEST) in Moncton
Colombia	-	Mexico	1: 1 (0: 1)
Sat, June 13, 2015, 2:00 p.m. * (7:00 p.m. CEST) in Moncton
France	-	Colombia	0: 2 (0: 1)
Sat, June 13, 2015, 5:00 p.m. * (10:00 p.m. CEST) in Moncton
England	-	Mexico	2: 1 (0: 0)
Wed., June 17, 2015, 4:00 p.m. * (10:00 p.m. CEST) in Ottawa
Mexico	-	France	0: 5 (0: 4)
Wed., June 17, 2015, 4:00 p.m. * (10:00 p.m. CEST) in Montreal
England	-	Colombia	2: 1 (2: 0)

*: all kick-off times in local time

Ranking of third party groups

The following criteria applied to the ranking of the third parties:

1. Number of points from all group matches
2. Goal difference from all group matches
3. Number of goals scored in all group matches
4. Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organizing Committee

Pl.	Country (group)	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Colombia ( F )	3	1	1	1	004: 300	+1	04th
2.	Netherlands ( A )	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	04th
3.	Switzerland ( C )	3	1	0	2	011: 400	+7	03
4th	Sweden ( D )	3	0	3	0	004: 400	± 0	03
5.	Thailand ( B )	3	1	0	2	003:100	−7	03
6th	Costa Rica ( E )	3	0	2	1	003: 400	−1	02

The four thirds in the group who made it to the round of 16 were assigned according to a table with all possible combinations in the FIFA rules for this World Cup.

See also : table of allocation of third party groups

Final round

→ Main article : 2015 Women's World Cup / Final Round

game schedule

	Round of 16				Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	China	1
	Cameroon	0
					China	0
					United States	1
	United States	2
	Colombia	0
									United States	2
									Germany	0
	Germany	4th
	Sweden	1
					Germany	11 (5) 1
					France	1 (4)
	France	3
	South Korea	0
													United States	5
													Japan	2
	Brazil	0
	Australia	1
					Australia	0
					Japan	1
	Japan	2
	Netherlands	1
									Japan	2
									England	1			3rd place match
	Norway	1
	England	2
					England	2							Germany	0
					Canada	1							England	11 2
	Canada	1
	Switzerland	0

¹ Victory on penalties

² Victory after extra time

Round of 16

Saturday, June 20, 2015, 4:00 p.m. * (10:00 p.m. CEST) in Ottawa
Germany	-	Sweden	4: 1 (2: 0)
Saturday, June 20, 2015, 5:30 PM * (June 21, 1:30 AM CEST) in Edmonton
China	-	Cameroon	1: 0 (1: 0)
Sunday, June 21, 2015, 2:00 p.m. * (7:00 p.m. CEST) in Moncton
Brazil	-	Australia	0: 1 (0: 0)
Sunday, June 21, 2015, 4:00 p.m. * (10:00 p.m. CEST) in Montreal
France	-	South Korea	3: 0 (2: 0)
Sunday, June 21, 2015, 4:30 p.m. * (June 22, 01:30 AM CEST) in Vancouver
Canada	-	Switzerland	1: 0 (0: 0)
Monday, June 22, 2015, 5:00 p.m. * (11:00 p.m. CEST) in Ottawa
Norway	-	England	1: 2 (0: 0)
Monday, June 22, 2015, 6:00 p.m. * (June 23, 2:00 a.m. CEST) in Edmonton
United States	-	Colombia	2: 0 (0: 0)
Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 7 p.m. * (June 24, 4 a.m. CEST) in Vancouver
Japan	-	Netherlands	2: 1 (1: 0)

*: all kick-off times in local time

Quarter finals

Friday, June 26, 2015, 4:00 p.m. * (10:00 p.m. CEST) in Montreal
Germany	-	France	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0), 5: 4 i. E.
Friday, June 26, 2015, 7:30 p.m. * (June 27, 1:30 a.m. CEST) in Ottawa
China	-	United States	0: 1 (0: 0)
Saturday, June 27, 2015 at 2:00 PM * (10:00 PM CEST) in Edmonton
Australia	-	Japan	0: 1 (0: 0)
Saturday, June 27, 2015, 4:30 p.m. * (June 28, 01:30 AM CEST) in Vancouver
England	-	Canada	2: 1 (2: 1)

*: all kick-off times in local time

Semifinals

Tuesday, June 30, 2015, 7:00 p.m. * (July 1, 1:00 a.m. CEST) in Montreal
United States	-	Germany	2: 0 (0: 0)
Wednesday, July 1, 2015, 5:00 p.m. * (July 2, 1:00 a.m. CEST) in Edmonton
Japan	-	England	2: 1 (1: 1)

*: all kick-off times in local time

The English women celebrated their third place.

3rd place match

Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 2:00 PM * (10:00 PM CEST) in Edmonton
Germany	-	England	0: 1 a.d.

*: Kick-off time in local time

final

Sunday, July 5, 2015, 4:00 p.m. * (July 6, 1:00 a.m. CEST) in Vancouver
United States	-	Japan	5: 2 (4: 1)

*: Kick-off time in local time

Best goalscorers

The player with the most goals scored in the final round was awarded the Golden Shoe . In the event of a tie, the number of assists given decided. If these were also the same, the player with the lower number of playing minutes won.

rank	Player	Gates	templates	Playtime
1	Célia Šašić Golden Shoe	6th	1	553
2	Carli Lloyd Silver Shoe	6th	1	630
3	Anja Mittag bronze shoe	5	2	474
4th	Ramona Bachmann	3	2	360
	Gaëlle Enganamouit	3	2	360
6th	Eugénie Le Sommer	3	2	399
7th	Fara Williams	3	2	637
8th	Marie-Laure Delie	3	1	288
9	Fabienne Humm	3	0	222
10	Kyah Simon	3	0	295
11	Ada Hegerberg	3	0	360

→ Main article : Football Women's World Cup 2015 / Statistics # female goal scorers

The best goalscorers of the overall competition were with 16 goals each: Shakira Duncan (Jamaica, all in the qualification, 14 of them in the pre-qualification), Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands, all in the qualification) and Anja Mittag (11 of them in the qualification).

Awards

• 

  Carli Lloyd, winner of the Golden Ball and the Silver Shoe

• 

  Célia Šašić, winner of the Golden Shoe

• 

  Hope Solo, winner of the Golden Glove

• 

  Anja Mittag, winner of the bronze shoe

The American Carli Lloyd was awarded the Golden Ball as the best player of the tournament. The silver ball as the second best player went to the French Amandine Henry , the bronze ball went to the Japanese Aya Miyama .

The German Célia Šašić received the golden shoe for the best goalscorer, and her teammate Anja Mittag received the bronze shoe . Carli Lloyd received the silver shoe , and her teammate Hope Solo received the gold glove for the best goalkeeper . "Best Young Player" (born after December 31, 1994) was Canadian Kadeisha Buchanan .

The winner of the fair play award was France.

All-Star Team

A total of 23 players were elected to the All-Star team.

goal	Defense	midfield	attack
Nadine Angerer  Karen Bardsley  Hope Solo	Saori Ariyoshi  Lucy bronze  Kadeisha Buchanan  Steph Houghton  Julie Johnston  Meghan Klingenberg  Wendie Renard	Amandine Henry  Elise Kellond-Knight  Eugénie Le Sommer  Carli Lloyd  Aya Miyama  Megan Rapinoe  Mizuho Sakaguchi  Rumi Utsugi	Ramona Bachmann  Lisa De Vanna  Anja noon  Celia Šašić  Élodie Thomis

Referees

The French Stéphanie Frappart (center) and Manuela Nicolosi (left) in April 2015

On March 30, 2015, FIFA nominated 22  female referees plus two assistant referees each  . Seven additional supporting umpires add up to a total of 73 referees who will direct the games.

Bibiana Steinhaus from Germany (referee of the 2011 World Cup final) and Esther Staubli from Switzerland (referee of the final of the UEFA Women's Champions League 2014/15 ) are the only referees from German-speaking countries.
The oldest referee is the Japanese Sachiko Yamagishi (41 years) and the youngest Melissa Borjas from Honduras (28 years).
Quetzalli Alvarado Godínez , Carol Chenard , Thérèse Neguel and Bibiana Steinhaus were already there as referees in 2011.

As in previous World and European Championships, changing referee teams are possible, for example Lucie Ratajová was appointed assistant to different referees at the 2013 European Championship . From April 20 to 24, 2015, the referees and assistants were prepared for the World Cup in Zurich.

Association	Referee	Games					4. O.	Assistant 1	Assistant 2
		number	Lot
AFC	Rita Gani	1	SUI-ECU	1	0	0	3	Widiya Shamsuri	Sarah Ho
	Abirami Apbai Naidu						4th
	Qin Liang	1	FRA-COL	2	0	0	1	Cui Yongmei	Fang Yan
	Ri hyang-ok	4th	NED-CAN	5	0	0	0	Hong Kum-nyo	Kim Kyoung-min
			SWE-NGA
			GER-SWE						Widiya Shamsuri
			GER-ENG						Kim Kyoung-min
	Sachiko Yamagishi	2	USA-SWE	2	0	0	0	Naomi Teshirogi	Sarah Walker (OFC)
			MEX-FRA						Fang Yan
CAF	Gladys Lengwe	1	THA-GER	1	0	0	4th	Lidwine Rakotozafinoro	Bernadettar Kwimbira
	Thérèse Neguel	1	COL-MEX	4th	0	0	1	Mana Dzodope	Souad Oulhaj
	Lidya Tafesse Abebe						4th
CONCACAF	Quetzalli Alvarado Godínez	1	NZL-NED	2	0	0	2	Endeia Caudillo Gómez	Mayte Ivonne Chavez García
	Melissa Borjas	1	ECU-JPN	3	0	0	2	Yolanda Parga (UEFA)	Manuela Nicolosi (UEFA)
	Carol Chenard	4th	GER-CIV BRA-ESP ENG-COL GER-FRA	18th	0	0	0	Marie-Josée Charbonneau	Suzanne Morisset
	Margaret Domka	1	CIV-THA	1	0	0	2	Princess Brown	Elizabeth Aguilar
	Michelle Pye						4th
	Lucila Venegas	3	JPN-SUI	4th	0	0	1	Kimberly Moreira	Shirley Perello
			AUS-SWE					Mayte Ivonne Chavez García	Endeia Caudillo Gómez
			USA-COL
CONMEBOL	Jesica Salomé Di Iorio	3	CIV-NOR ESP-CRC FRA-KOR	6th	0	0	3	Mariana Lorena de Almeida	María Eugenia Rocco
	Yeimy Lucero Martinez Valverde	1	CHN-NED	0	0	0	2	Janette Arcanjo	Liliana Bejarano
	Olga Marilin Miranda Villarreal						5
	Claudia Umpiérrez	3	SUI-CMR USA-AUS ENG-CAN	9	0	0	2	Luciana Mascaraña	Loreto Toloza
OFC	Anna-Marie Keighley	5	NOR-THA	11	0	0	1	Sarah Walker	Lata Kaumatule
			KOR-ESP						Allyson Flynn (AFC)
			ENG-MEX					Allyson Flynn (AFC)	Lata Kaumatule
			CAN-SUI					Sarah Walker	Allyson Flynn (AFC)
			JPN-ENG
	Tupou Patia						3
UEFA	Teodora Albon	3	GER-NOR BRA-AUS USA-GER	7th	0	0	1	Petruţa Iugulescu	Mária Súkeníková
	Stéphanie Frappart	2	AUS-NGA USA-COL	5	0	1	1	Manuela Nicolosi	Yolanda Parga
	Katalin Kulcsár	2	CHN-NZL	8th	0	1	0	Katrin Rafalski	Marina Wozniak
			CMR-ECU					Natalie Aspinall	Anna Nyström
	Pernilla Larsson	1	JPN-CMR	1	0	0	1	Anna Nyström	Natalie Aspinall
	Efthalia Mitsi	2	CRC-BRA FRA-ENG	1	0	0	2	Chryoula Kourombylia	Angela Kyriakou
	Kateryna Monsul *	3	CAN-CHN	5	1	0	0	Natalija Ratschynska	Sanja Rodak
			NGA USA
			USA-JPN						Yolanda Parga
	Esther Staubli	2	BRA-KOR NOR-ENG	1	0	0	0	Ella de Vries	Lucie Ratajová
	Bibiana stone house	2	CAN-NZL CHN-CMR	4th	0	0	0	Katrin Rafalski	Marina Wozniak
	Carina Vitulano	2	KOR-CRC CHN-USA	4th	0	0	2	Michelle O'Neill	Tonja Paavola

* Directed both the opening game and the final.

marketing

Slogan and mascot

On May 9, 2014, the slogan of the tournament To a greater goal ( French : verse le grand but ; German : A big goal before eyes ) was presented as part of the friendly game between Canada and the USA in Winnipeg .

Official match ball of the World Cup

On June 17, 2014 was in the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa the mascot of the tournament presented. It is a snow owl ( Bubo scandiacus ) named Shuéme .

Cue ball

The official match ball is provided by FIFA's technical sponsor, Adidas . It bears the name conext15 .

Protests of the players against artificial turf

In July 2014, Nadine Angerer , Abby Wambach and others expressed their rejection of games on artificial turf at the World Cup in a letter of protest to FIFA and the Canadian football association CSA and called for a rethink due to the high risk of injury. After FIFA stuck to its plans despite increasing concerns and protests, a group of around 40 national players filed a lawsuit in early October 2014. Although a total of 61 players had joined the lawsuit in the meantime, it was withdrawn in January 2015 “in the interests of sport” after FIFA made it clear that there would be no switch to natural grass. The artificial turf in the final Vancouver should only be renewed.

Prize money

In 2015, as in the two previous World Championships, the participants will receive prize money, which has been increased by 50% compared to 2011. Depending on the placement, the participating associations will receive the following prize money:

• World Champion: $ 2,000,000
• Vice World Champion: $ 1,300,000
• Third: $ 1,000,000
• Fourth: $ 800,000
• Quarter-finalists: $ 725,000
• Round of 16ists: $ 500,000
• 17th to 24th place: $ 375,000

For comparison: At the 2014 men's World Cup , world champions Germany received prize money of 35,000,000 US dollars.

See also

• Soccer World Cup 2015 / Statistics

Web links

Commons : Football Women's World Cup 2015  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 ™ - Official Site of FIFA
• Official schedule (PDF; 268 kB)
• Women's World Cup 2015 - All articles and background information at Spiegel Online

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Announcement of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup ™ schedule. In: fifa.com. FIFA , March 21, 2013, accessed March 21, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Markus Juchem: Chile wants to host the 2015 Women's World Cup. In: womensoccer.de. Womensoccer, May 4, 2008, accessed March 21, 2013 . 
3. ^ Associated Press : Canada in mix for 2015 Women's World Cup. In: cbc.ca. CBC / Radio-Canada , January 17, 2011, accessed March 21, 2013 . 
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5. ↑ Markus Juchem: Only two applicants for the 2015 Women's World Cup. In: womensoccer.de. Womensoccer, January 18, 2011, accessed March 21, 2013 . 
6. ↑ Announcement of the venues for the FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 ™. In: fifa.com. FIFA, May 4, 2012, accessed March 21, 2013 . 
7. ^ Laura Fraser: No Halifax stadium for soccer World Cup. In: thechronicleherald.ca. The Chronicle Herald , March 27, 2012, accessed March 21, 2013 . 
8. ^ The Canadian Press : Canadian host cities for 2015 Women's World Cup unveiled. In: cbc.ca. CBC / Radio-Canada, May 4, 2012, accessed March 21, 2013 . 
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10. ^ Historical meeting of the FIFA Executive Committee on Robben Island. In: fifa.com. FIFA, December 3, 2009, accessed March 21, 2013 . 
11. ↑ Allocation of starting places for Canada 2015 confirmed. In: fifa.com. FIFA, June 11, 2012, accessed March 21, 2013 . 
12. ^ Decisions of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee. In: fifa.com. FIFA, August 25, 2011, accessed March 21, 2013 . 
13. ↑ Canada receives the world in Ottawa. In: fifa.com. FIFA, November 26, 2014, accessed December 3, 2014 . 
14. ↑ ^{a b} FIFA Women's World Cup 2015: The wheels of the draw. In: fifa.com. FIFA, December 6, 2014, accessed March 25, 2015 . 
15. ↑ ^{a b} Regulations: FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 ™. (PDF (359 KB)) In: fifa.com. FIFA, March 2013, pp. 43-44 , archived from the original on June 9, 2015 ; Retrieved June 9, 2015 . 
16. ↑ FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015: Awards. In: fifa.com. FIFA, July 6, 2015, accessed July 6, 2015 . 
17. ↑ Canada 2015 Technical Report published, All-Star Squad announced. In: fifa.com. FIFA, August 17, 2015, accessed August 17, 2015 . 
18. ↑ 22 referees, 7 support referees and 44 assistant referees for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup ™. In: fifa.com. FIFA, March 30, 2015, accessed March 30, 2015 . 
19. ^ European Championship group game Italy-Finland. In: uefa.com. UEFA , July 10, 2013, accessed March 31, 2015 . 
20. ↑ EM semi-finals Denmark-Norway. In: uefa.com. UEFA, July 25, 2013, accessed March 31, 2015 . 
21. ↑ Referees are doing intensive preparation for Canada 2015. In: fifa.com. FIFA, April 24, 2015, accessed April 24, 2015 . 
22. ↑ Canada 2015 has a BIG GOAL IN EYES. In: fifa.com. FIFA, May 9, 2014, accessed June 21, 2014 . 
23. ↑ Official mascot of the FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 ™ presented. In: fifa.com. FIFA, June 17, 2014, accessed June 21, 2014 . 
24. ↑ Statistical Kit FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 ™ TEAMS. (PDF) In: fifa.com. FIFA, April 28, 2015, accessed June 8, 2015 . 
25. ↑ 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup: Artificial Turf Discriminatory, Violates Canadian Law. Protest letter to FIFA and CSA dated July 28, 2014. (No longer available online.) In: canadianprogressiveworld.com. The Canadian Progressive, August 5, 2014, archived from the original on February 16, 2015 ; accessed on February 16, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
26. ↑ ^{a b} Women's World Cup 2015: National players sue against artificial turf. In: spiegel.de. Spiegel Online , October 2, 2014, accessed February 16, 2015 . 
27. ^ Daniel Meuren: Women's football: trench warfare for artificial turf World Cup. In: faz.net. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , October 29, 2014, accessed on February 16, 2015 . 
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29. ↑ FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 ™ Statistical Kit Teams. (PDF; 3.6 MB) In: fifa.com. FIFA, April 28, 2015, p. 40 , accessed June 5, 2015 .