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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. In March 2011, Canada won the right to host the event, the first time the country would host the tournament and the third time it has been held in North America. 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〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™ - Matches - USA-Japan - FIFA.com )〕 with a United States victory over Japan. The 2015 tournament saw the World Cup expanded to 24 teams from 16 in 2011. 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/usa-draws-the-group-of-death-in-2015-womens-world-cup/ )〕 The 2015 tournament used goal-line technology for the first time with the Hawk-Eye system.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Women's World Cup: Hawk-Eye used in Canada tournament )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hawk-Eye confirmed as goal-line technology provider for Canada 2015 )〕 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. There were some initial concerns over a possible increased risk of injuries from playing on artificial turf, but a legal challenge suggesting matches should be played on grass as in similar men's tournaments was dropped in January 2015. == Host selection == 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). Bids for the tournament were required to be submitted by December 2010. Only two bids were submitted: * Canada〔(cbc.ca ); Canada in mix for 2015 Women's World Cup; 17 January 2010〕 * Zimbabwe (withdrawn) Zimbabwe withdrew its bid on 1 March 2011. 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. There is also ongoing political and economic instability in the country. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2015 FIFA Women's World Cup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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