2015 Women's World Cup
| Coupe du monde féminine de football 2015 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Canada |
| Dates | 6 June – 5 July 2015 |
| Teams | 24 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 United States (3rd title)
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| Runners-up |
 Japan
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| Third place |
 England
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| Fourth place |
 Germany
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 52 |
| Goals scored | 146 (2.81 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,353,506 (26,029 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Célia Šašić Carli Lloyd (6 goals each) |
| Best player |
Carli Lloyd
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| Best young player |
 Kadeisha Buchanan
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| Best goalkeeper |
Hope Solo
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| Fair play award |
 France
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The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup was the seventh FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international women's football world championship tournament. In March 2011, Canada won the right to host the event, the first time the country would host the tournament and the third time it has been held in North America. Matches were played in six cities across Canada in five time zones. The tournament began on 6 June 2015, and finished with the finals on 5 July 2015 with a United States victory over Japan.
The 2015 tournament saw the World Cup expanded to 24 teams from 16 in 2011.Canada's team received direct entry as host and a qualification tournament of 134 teams was held for the remaining 23 places. With the expanded tournament, eight teams made their Women's World Cup debut. All previous Women's World Cup finalists qualified for the tournament, with defending champions Japan and returning champions Germany (2003, 2007) and the United States (1991, 1999) among the seeded teams.
The 2015 tournament used goal-line technology for the first time with the Hawk-Eye system. It was also the first World Cup for either men or women to be played on artificial turf, with all matches played on such surfaces. There were some initial concerns over a possible increased risk of injuries from playing on artificial turf, but a legal challenge suggesting matches should be played on grass as in similar men's tournaments was dropped in January 2015.
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