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The 2015 Women's World Cup

Women's soccer is practiced among women, being the most practiced sport for this genre worldwide. This sport has become popular in many countries around the world. Soccer is one of the few female sports with professional leagues in this area. In this article, i'll talk about the women's world cup, the teams that faced during this world cup and more interesting things about this beautiful sport. It is important to note that, the latest tournament was in Canada in 2015. In 2015 the women's world cup tournament expanded into 24 teams like EUA, Japan, Germany, Frence and England. The first game in this tournament was Norway

vs Thailand. The Nortwegian team won 4-0 without difficulties against Thailand in the first match of group B. in other matches.n This tournament, cote divore and Ecuador failed to obtain a point, while Brazil defeated spain 1-0 and Japan defeated Australia 1-0 . The surprise eliminations were Mexico and spain. Mexico was defeated by France 5-0, and France was defeated by Germany 4-0 on penalty kicks. Team USA reached the semifinal by defeating China with a head goal by Carli Lloyd. Also Japon defeated the Australians 1-0 and England defeated Canada 2-1. Germany beat France 4-5. The goalkeeper Angere saved the penalty kick againstFrence, that's why they went to the semi-final against EUA. The EUA defeated Germany 2-0 in the semi-final with goals from Carli Lloyd and O'Hara. And Japon beat England 2-1. An England player accidentally scored a goal in their own net. Germany and England fought for third place. England beat Germany with a penalty shot from Fara Williams. England won the third place The final was EUA vs Japon. In the minute 3, in the first corner, the ball arrived till the penalty area, Carly Lloyd ran perfectly, hit the ball with force, to scored the first goal of the game. Japan's defense made a