![]() The selected host, Canada, had previously hosted FIFA tournaments including the 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship, 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, which set an attendance record for that tournament, and most recently the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. There was also ongoing political and economic instability in the country. The country was seen as a long shot as its women's team was ranked 103rd in the world at the time of the bid and has never qualified for a Women's World Cup. Zimbabwe withdrew its bid on 1 March 2011. Bids for the tournament were required to be submitted by December 2010. The bidding for each FIFA Women's World Cup typically includes hosting rights for the previous year's FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (similar to the men's version, in which the host nation stages the Confederations Cup the year before). ![]() 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, even though there were some initial concerns over a possible increased risk of injuries. ![]() The 2015 tournament used goal-line technology for the first time with the Hawk-Eye system. 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. With the expanded tournament, eight teams made their Women's World Cup debut. Canada's team received direct entry as host and a qualification tournament of 134 teams was held for the remaining 23 places. The 2015 tournament saw the World Cup expanded to 24 teams from 16 in 2011. The tournament began on 6 June 2015, and finished with the final on 5 July 2015 with a United States victory over Japan. Matches were played in six cities across Canada in five time zones. The tournament was hosted by Canada for the first time and by a North American country for the third time. 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.
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