2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Final
BC Place, the venue of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Final
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| Event | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 5 July 2015 | ||||||
| Venue | BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||
| Player of the Match | Carli Lloyd (United States) | ||||||
| Referee | Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine) | ||||||
| Attendance | 53,341 | ||||||
| Weather | Sunny 25 °C (77 °F) |
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The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Final was a professional women's soccer match that took place on 5 July 2015 at BC Place, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to determine the winner of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. It was played between Japan and the United States, in a rematch of the 2011 final. The stakes were high for both sides: if the United States won the match, it would be the only country to have won in three Women's World Cup finals; if Japan had won instead, then it would be the first soccer team, men's or women's, to win twice under the same coach (Norio Sasaki for Japan) since Vittorio Pozzo lead Italy to victory in the 1934 World Cup and the 1938 World Cup 77 years ago. Ultimately, 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.
Because of the expanded competition format, it was the first time the finalists had played a seventh game in the tournament. The United States had previously reached the final game three times, winning twice (in 1991 and 1999) and placing as runners up in 2011. This was Japan's second successive final appearance and was their attempt to be the first country to successfully defend a title since Germany in the 2007 World Cup. Both teams were undefeated throughout the tournament, with the United States only conceding one goal in the six matches leading up to the final and Japan winning all of their matches in regular time.
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