2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 4 April 2013 – 2 December 2014 |
| Teams | 134 (from 6 confederations) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 406 |
| Goals scored | 1686 (4.15 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
 Vivianne Miedema (16 goals)
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The qualification for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup determined which 23 teams joined Canada, the hosts of the 2015 tournament, to play for the Women's World Cup.
The field was expanded from 16 teams in the 2011 edition to 24 in the 2015 edition. As a result, a new distribution of slots to each confederation was announced by FIFA on 11 June 2012:
A record of 134 FIFA member nations (not counting Canada) entered the qualifying tournaments. Additionally two non-FIFA nations entered the CONCACAF qualifying. Four African teams withdrew before playing any match.
(26 teams competing for 3 berths)
As in the previous World Cup cycle, the 2014 African Women's Championship served as the qualification tournament for the Women's World Cup. The qualifying saw a record entry of 25 CAF teams (26 if including final tournament host Namibia). Four teams though withdrew before playing any matches.
A total of eight teams (the host nation and seven teams which came through the qualifying rounds) competed at the final tournament in Namibia from 11 to 25 October 2014. The top three teams of the final tournament qualified for the World Cup.
Group A
Group B
Nigeria, Cameroon and Ivory Coast qualified for the World Cup.
(20 teams competing for 5 berths)
As in the previous World Cup cycle, the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament. A total of 20 AFC teams competed for five berths.
The final tournament, held in Vietnam from 14 to 25 May 2014, was competed by eight teams, four of which – Australia, China, Japan and South Korea – were automatically qualified though their 2010 placement, while the others were determined via a qualification tournament.North Korea was banned from the tournament due to the sanction on their doping cases in 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
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