Friday, June 5, 2015

It's Here: FIFA Women's World Cup 2015 Canada (Featuring Rio 2016 Qualifying)!


All the bullshit within FIFA are gone, and now we have football, at the moment.

FIFA Women's World Cup 2015 is in North America this year, and the action kicks off on Saturday as Canada (host nation) is in action in Group A play at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton.

Defending World Cup champions Japan and US Soccer are back this year, and will start play later in the week.

As far as the groups go, here are the 24 in this year's field:

GROUP A
Canada (host)
China
Netherlands
New Zealand

GROUP B
Germany
Norway
Ivory Coast
Thailand

GROUP C
Japan
Switzerland
Cameroon
Ecuador

GROUP D
United States
Sweden
Nigeria
Australia

GROUP E
Brazil
Republic of Korea
Costa Rica
Spain

GROUP F
England
France
Mexico
Colombia

And yes, the field is to 24 for the first time ever, up from Germany 2011. Amazing.

This is also a new era of FIFA TV in the US, as Fox Sports and NBCU's Telemundo Deportes (free to air) service will take over coverage of all things FIFA in the US. The Bell consortium (mainly CTV and TSN networks) will be host broadcasters in Canada.

There are also some spots available for the Rio 2016 women's football tournament, mainly for some of the top finishers amongst the UEFA representatives in this tournament.

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