2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Canada June 06 - July 05,2015

The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup is the 7th FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial International Women's Football World Championship Tournament.

 Past Years Winners

 Year       Host Country       Winner                  Runner-Up         Result
1991       China                     USA                       Norway               USA beats Norway 2-1
1995        Sweden                Norway                   Germany              Norway beats Germany 2-0
1999        USA                     USA                       China                   USA beats China 5-4 in penalty
2003        USA                     Germany                  Sweden               Germany beats Sweden 2-1
2007        China                     Germany                 Brazil                   Germany beats Brazil 2-0
2011         Germany               Japan                       USA                    Japan beats USA 3-1 in penalty


Defending Champion

Japan won the final of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup held in Germany against the USA on a Penalty Shoot-out following a 2–2 draw after extra-time and became the first Asian Team to win a FIFA World Cup

Team Positions

• 1st place Japan
• 2nd place USA
• 3rd place Sweden
• 4th place France

Mascot
On 17 June 2014, the mascot of the tournament, Shuéme, a Female Great White Owl  was unveiled at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa

The tournament began on 6 June 2015 and will finish on 5 July.

The 2015 tournament is using Goal-line Technology for the first time with the Hawk-Eye System.

It is also the first Women's World Cup to be played on Artificial Turf

 In March 2011, Canada won the right to host the event, the first time the country will host the tournament and the third time it has been in North America.


The 2015 tournament saw the World Cup expanded to 24 teams from 16 in  2011.With the expanded tournament, eight teams made their Women's World Cup debut at the 2015 tournament

For this tournament, the number of teams was expanded from 16 to 24, with the number of matches increasing from 32 to 52

Squads
Each team's squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup will consist of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers), two more than the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

Venues
The cities of Vancouver,Edmonton,Winnipeg,Ottawa,Montreal and Moncton have been selected to host tournament matches

Canada received direct entry as hosts, and a Qualification Tournament of 134 teams was held for the remaining 23 places.

Draw
The draw was held on 6 December 2014   in Ottawa,Canada and other than two groups which have to contain two European teams, no group can contain more than one team from any confederation.

Group A
Canada
China
Netherlands
New Zealand

Group B
Germany
Norway
Thailand
Ivory Coast

Group C
Japan
Switzerland
Cameroon
Ecuador

Group D
USA
Australia
Sweden
Nigeria

Group E
Brazil
Costa Rica
Spain
South Korea

Group F
Colombia
England
France
Mexico

Schedule

 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Final -Vancouver,Sunday July 05,2015

USA Vs Japan


2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Third Place -Edmonton Saturday July 04,2015

Germany Vs England

Teams that qualified for the SF's -June 30 and July 01,2015

• USA
• Germany
• Japan
• England

USA beats Germany 2-0
Japan beats England 2-1

Teams that qualified for the QF's -June 26-27,2015

• China
• USA
• Germany
• France
• Australia
• Japan
• England
• Canada

16 Teams Qualified for the Knock-out Stage -June 20-23,2015

• China
• Cameroon
• USA
• Colombia
• Germany
• Sweden
• France 
• South Korea
• Brazil 
• Australia
• Japan
• Netherlands
• Norway
• England
• Canada
• Switzerland

Group Stage Results

Group A

os	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Canada (H)	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	China PR	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	New Zealand	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	15	1	+14	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Norway	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7
3	Thailand	3	1	0	2	3	10	−7	3
4	Ivory Coast	3	0	0	3	3	16	−13	0

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Cameroon	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
3	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	11	4	+7	3
4	Ecuador	3	0	0	3	1	17	−16	0

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	United States	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Australia	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Sweden	3	0	3	0	4	4	0	3
4	Nigeria	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	South Korea	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
3	Costa Rica	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	Spain	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	France	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	England	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Colombia	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
4	Mexico	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1