Group D of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup consisted of the United States, Australia, Sweden and Nigeria. Matches were played from 8 to 16 June 2015.
Group D was the group of death of the 6 groups of this FIFA World Cup with three top 10-ranked teams. Sweden (5th ranked) and the United States (2nd ranked) were drawn together for the fourth successive World Cup (two of those groups had also featured Nigeria), and were joined by 10th ranked Australia, along with 33-ranked Nigeria.
Teams edit
Draw position | Team | Confederation | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
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FIFA Rankings at start of event |
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D1 (seed) | United States | CONCACAF | CONCACAF Women's Championship winners | 24 October 2014 | 7th | 2011 | Winners (1991, 1999) | 2 |
D2 | Australia | AFC | AFC Women's Asian Cup runners-up | 18 May 2014 | 6th | 2011 | Quarter-finals (2007, 2011) | 10 |
D3 | Sweden | UEFA | UEFA Group 4 winners | 17 September 2014 | 7th | 2011 | Runners-up (2003) | 5 |
D4 | Nigeria | CAF | African Women's Championship winners | 22 October 2014 | 7th | 2011 | Quarter-finals (1999) | 33 |
Standings edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
The group's final standings was the second of only two instances in a FIFA World Cup where advancement may have been different under the old two points for a win scoring system compared to the actual result under the three points for a win system.
In the round of 16:
- United States advanced to play Colombia (third-placed team of Group F).
- Australia advanced to play Brazil (winner of Group E).
- Sweden (as one of the four best third-placed teams) advanced to play Germany (winner of Group B).
Matches edit
Sweden vs Nigeria edit
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United States vs Australia edit
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Australia vs Nigeria edit
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Nigeria[6]
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United States vs Sweden edit
United States[8]
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Sweden[8]
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Nigeria vs United States edit
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Nigeria[10]
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Australia vs Sweden edit
Australia[12]
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Sweden[12]
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Match report – Group D – Sweden v Nigeria" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. June 8, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
- ^ a b "Tactical Line-up – Sweden-Nigeria" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. June 8, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2015. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
- ^ "Match report – Group D – USA v Australia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. June 8, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
- ^ a b "Tactical Line-up – United States-Australia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. June 8, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2015. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
- ^ "Match report – Group D – Australia v Nigeria" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. June 12, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 14, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
- ^ a b "Tactical Line-up – Australia-Nigeria" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. June 12, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 15, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
- ^ "Match report – Group D – USA v Sweden" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. June 12, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 14, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
- ^ a b "Tactical Line-up – United States-Sweden" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. June 12, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 15, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
- ^ "Match report – Group D – Nigeria v USA" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. June 16, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
- ^ a b "Tactical Line-up – Nigeria-United States" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. June 16, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- ^ "Match report – Group D – Australia v Sweden" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. June 16, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
- ^ a b "Tactical Line-up – Australia-Sweden" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. June 16, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2015.