Group A of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup consisted of hosts Canada, China, New Zealand and the Netherlands. Matches were played from 6 to 15 June 2015.
Draw position | Team | Confederation | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA Rankings at start of event |
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A1 (seed) | Canada | CONCACAF | Hosts | 3 March 2011 | 6th | 2011 | Fourth place (2003) | 8 |
A2 | China | AFC | AFC Women's Asian Cup 3rd place | 17 May 2014 | 6th | 2007 | Runners-up (1999) | 16 |
A3 | New Zealand | OFC | OFC Women's Nations Cup winners | 29 October 2014 | 4th | 2011 | Group stage (1991, 2007, 2011) | 17 |
A4 | Netherlands | UEFA | UEFA play-off winners | 27 November 2014 | 1st | — | — | 12 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Canada (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | China | 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 |
In the round of 16:
Canada [2] | China PR [2] |
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New Zealand | 0–1 | Netherlands |
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New Zealand [4] | Netherlands [4] |
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China | 1–0 | Netherlands |
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China [6] | Netherlands [6] |
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Canada | 0–0 | New Zealand |
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Canada [8] | New Zealand [8] |
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Netherlands | 1–1 | Canada |
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Netherlands [10] | Canada [10] |
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China | 2–2 | New Zealand |
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China [12] | New Zealand [12] |
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The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup was the seventh FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international soccer championship contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Canada for the first time and by a North American country for the third time. Matches were played in six cities across Canada in five time zones. The tournament began on 6 June 2015, and finished with the final on 5 July 2015 with a United States victory over Japan.
The Australia women's national soccer team has represented Australia at the FIFA Women's World Cup on seven occasions in 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019. Australia will co-host the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup with New Zealand. The Matildas automatically qualify as co-host. The team also participated in the 1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament, a precursor to the Women's World Cup.
Group B of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup consisted of Germany, Ivory Coast, Norway and Thailand. Matches were played from 7 to 15 June 2015.
Group C of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup consisted of Japan, Switzerland, Cameroon and Ecuador. Matches were played from 8 to 16 June 2015.
Group D of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup consisted of the United States, Australia, Sweden and Nigeria. Matches were played from 8 to 16 June 2015.
Group F of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup consisted of France, England, Colombia and Mexico. Matches were played from 9 to 17 June 2015.
The knockout stage of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup began on 20 June and ended with the final match on 5 July 2015. A total of 16 teams competed in this knockout stage.
Group E of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup took place from 10 to 20 June 2019. The group consisted of Cameroon, Canada, the Netherlands and New Zealand. The top two teams, the Netherlands and Canada, along with the third-placed team, Cameroon, advanced to the round of 16.
England have participated five times at the FIFA Women's World Cup: in 1995, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019. They have reached the quarter-finals three times and the semi-finals twice.
The New Zealand women's national football team has represented New Zealand at the FIFA Women's World Cup on six occasions in 1991, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023. They have never won a game or advanced beyond the group stage.
Netherlands has qualified twice for the FIFA Women's World Cup: In 2015 and in 2019. They reached the 2nd round in 2015 and the final in 2019.
The Japan women's national football team has represented Japan at the FIFA Women's World Cup on eight occasions in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019. They are the only Asian team to have won the tournament and they are the only team that has won the trophy with a loss during the final tournament. They also were runners-up once.
The Cameroon women's national football team has represented Cameroon at the FIFA Women's World Cup on two occasions, in 2015 and 2019.
The Germany women's national football team has represented Germany at the FIFA Women's World Cup on eight occasions in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019. They have won the title twice and were runners-up once. They also reached the fourth place in 1991 and in 2015.
The Norway women's national football team has represented Norway at the FIFA Women's World Cup on eight occasions in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019. They were runners up in 1991. They won the following tournament in 1995. They also reached the fourth place in 1999 and in 2007.
The China women's national football team has represented China at the FIFA Women's World Cup on eight occasions in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015, 2019 and 2023, finishing as runners up once (1999) and once in fourth place (1995).
The Sweden women's national football team has represented Sweden at the FIFA Women's World Cup on eight occasions in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007,2011, 2015 and 2019. There were runners up once and three times bronze medalists: in 1991, in 2011 and in 2019
The Switzerland women's national football team has played in just one FIFA Women's World Cup, in 2015.
The Canada women's national soccer team has represented Canada at seven of the eight stagings of the FIFA Women's World Cup. The inaugural tournament in 1991 was the only edition for which they failed to qualify.
The Colombia women's national football team has represented Colombia at the FIFA Women's World Cup at two stagings of the tournament, in 2011, 2015.