VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Carli Lloyd won the Golden Ball as best player at the 2015 Women’s World Cup after scoring a hat trick on Sunday to lift the United States past Japan, 5-2 in the final. That gave the U.S. a record third World Cup title.
Lloyd finished the tournament with six goals, tied for the most by any player at the tournament. Germany forward Celia Sasic won the Golden Boot, however, having played fewer minutes than Lloyd (each player had one assist, which is the first tiebreaker.
United States goalkeeper Hope Solo won the Golden Gloves and Canada defender Celia Sasic won the Young Player Award.
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The full list of awards and voting, per FIFA:
adidas Golden Ball Award
Award | Player | No | Team |
adidas Golden Ball | LLOYD Carli | 10 | USA |
adidas Silver Ball | HENRY Amandine | 6 | France |
adidas Bronze Ball | MIYAMA Aya | 8 | Japan |
The Golden Ball is awarded to the best player in the final competition on the basis of a ranking compiled by the FIFA Technical Study Group. A Silver Ball and a Bronze Ball are awarded to the second and third best players.
adidas Golden Boot Award
Award | Player | No | Team | Goals | Assists | Mins. |
adidas Golden Boot | SASIC Celia | 13 | Germany | 6 | 1 | 553 |
adidas Silver Boot | LLOYD Carli | 10 | USA | 6 | 1 | 630 |
adidas Bronze Boot | MITTAG Anja | 11 | Germany | 5 | 2 | 474 |
The Golden Boot is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in the final competition. If two or more players score the same number of goals, the number of assists played (as determined by members of the FIFA Technical Study Group) will be decisive. If two or more players are still equal after taking into account the number of assists, the total minutes played in the final competition will be taken into account, with the player playing fewer minutes ranked first. A Silver Boot and a Bronze Boot for the second and third highest goalscorers will also be awarded.
adidas Golden Glove Award
Award | Player | No | Team |
adidas Golden Glove | SOLO Hope | 1 | USA |
The Golden Glove is awarded to the best goalkeeper in the final competition on the basis of a ranking compiled by the FIFA Technical Study Group.
Hyundai Best Young Player Award
Award | Player | No | Team |
Hyundai Best Young Player | BUCHANAN Kadeisha | 3 | Canada |
The Best Young Player award will be given to the best young player in the tournament, as selected by the FIFA Technical Study Group.
FIFA Fair Play Trophy (max. 1000 Points)
Team | Avg. Points | Matches Played |
France | 869 | 5 |
The FIFA Fair Play Trophy, a fair play medal for each Delegation Member, a diploma and a voucher for USD 10,000 worth of football equipment (to be used for women’s football development) will be presented to the team finishing first in the fair play contest. The applicable rules are in the fair play contest regulations.