Group E of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup consisted of Brazil, South Korea, Spain and Costa Rica. Matches were played from 9 to 17 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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E1 (seed) | Brazil | CONMEBOL | Copa América Femenina winners | 26 September 2014 | 7th | 2011 | Runners-up (2007) | 7 |
E2 | South Korea | AFC | AFC Women's Asian Cup 4th place | 17 May 2014 | 2nd | 2003 | Group stage (2003) | 18 |
E3 | Spain | UEFA | UEFA Group 2 winners | 13 September 2014 | 1st | — | — | 14 |
E4 | Costa Rica | CONCACAF | CONCACAF Women's Championship runners-up | 24 October 2014 | 1st | — | — | 37 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
3 | Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | Spain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
In the round of 16:
Spain | 1–1 | Costa Rica |
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Brazil | 2–0 | South Korea |
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Brazil [4] | South Korea [4] |
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Brazil | 1–0 | Spain |
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Brazil [6] | Spain [6] |
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South Korea | 2–2 | Costa Rica |
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South Korea [8] | Costa Rica [8] |
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Costa Rica | 0–1 | Brazil |
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South Korea | 2–1 | Spain |
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South Korea [12] | Spain [12] |
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This is a record of the Netherlands at the FIFA World Cup. The Netherlands entered qualification for 19 of the 22 FIFA World Cup tournaments to date, qualifying 11 times. They have a record of 3 World Cup final appearances without winning the tournament.
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.
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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. Thailand became the first Southeast Asian country to play at a senior World Cup since Indonesia in the 1938 FIFA World Cup.
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.
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The following article concerns the performance of Brazil at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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