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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. 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 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.[2] 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
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Wikipedia
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The total prize money offered by FIFA for the tournament was US$15 million,
which represents 2.6% of the total prize money for the 2014 Men's World Cup ($576 million)
The winning team, United States, received $2 million,representing 5.7% of the amount received
by Germany for winning the 2014 Men's World Cup ($35 million)

Champions United States (3rd title)--Runners-up Japan
Third place England--Fourth place Germany
Tournament statistics:Matches played 52--Goals scored 146 (2.81 per match)
Attendance 1,353,506 (26,029 per match)