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Home / News / Sports News / US wins the FIFA Women's World Cup Final
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    US wins the FIFA Women's World Cup Final

    Sripriya Yegneswaran
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    Last updated on Jul 07, 2015, 07:17 am
    US wins the FIFA Women's World Cup Final
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  • US women's national soccer team emerged victorious in the final of the 2015 FIFA Women's WC by beating the defending champions Japan 5-2.

    This was the third WC title for US after it last won the title in 1999.

    Midfielder Carli Lloyd who scored a hat-trick for US in the 3rd, 5th and 16th minutes of the play was the star of the match.

  • In this article
    Things to know: FIFA Women's World Cup Use of goal line technology Artificial Turf - discrimination against women? Why is artificial turf problematic? Group Stage Matches Round of 16 , QFs and SFs US wins the FIFA Women's World Cup Final Golden Ball winner
  • Jun 2015

    Things to know: FIFA Women's World Cup

    Things to know: FIFA Women's World Cup
  • The FIFA Women's World Cup (WC) started in 1991 and has taken place every 4 years since then.

    The 2015 FIFA Women's WC was the seventh edition of the tournament.

    Canada hosted the 2015 WC and matches were played across six cities of the country.

    The tournament where 24 teams participated, began on June 6 and ended on July 5.

  • Do you know?

    Use of goal line technology

  • The 2015 tournament used goal-line technology for the first time with the Hawk-Eye system. Hawk-Eye indicates within one second whether a goal has been scored by a vibration and visual signal on each match official's watch.

  • Jun 2015

    Artificial Turf - discrimination against women?

    Artificial Turf - discrimination against women?
    Credits:
  • Women's football till now struggles to attain the respect it deserves. The latest case in point was FIFA's decision to hold the 2015 women's WC tournament on artificial turf.

    Some players even took the 'turf war' to court alleging gender discrimination by FIFA.

    The lawsuit was eventually withdrawn because FIFA wouldn't budge but it promised never to use artificial turf at Women's WC again.

  • Information

    Why is artificial turf problematic?

  • Artificial turfs are blamed for increased injuries on field and are known to alter the speed and quality of play. Artificial turfs being synthetic, can overheat upto inhuman temperatures causing dehydration and heat illness

  • 17 Jun 2015

    Group Stage Matches

    Group Stage Matches
  • 24 teams were grouped into 6 groups of 4 teams. The matches were played in a round-robin format where each team played once against every other team in its group.

    The top 2 teams of each group and best four third-placed teams qualified for Round of 16.

    China, US, Germany, Japan, France, Australia and Canada were among the teams that qualified for this round.

  • 1 Jul 2015

    Round of 16 , QFs and SFs

    Round of 16 , QFs and SFs
  • The Round of 16 matches saw 8 teams move to the quarter finals.

    The 8 teams that qualified palyed the QFs were: China v US, Germany v France, Australia v Japan and England v Canada.

    The QFs resulted in US, Germany, Japan and England winning and moving to SFs.

    The semi-finals ended by US winning over Germany and Japan over England.

  • 7 Jul 2015

    US wins the FIFA Women's World Cup Final

    US wins the FIFA Women's World Cup Final
    Credits:
  • US women's national soccer team emerged victorious in the final of the 2015 FIFA Women's WC by beating the defending champions Japan 5-2.

    This was the third WC title for US after it last won the title in 1999.

    Midfielder Carli Lloyd who scored a hat-trick for US in the 3rd, 5th and 16th minutes of the play was the star of the match.

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    Golden Ball winner

  • Carli Lloyd won the Golden Ball award as the tournament's best player. She had the same number of goals and assists (6 goals and 1 assist) as that of the Golden Boot winner Celia Sasic.

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