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.
| Draw position | Team | Confederation | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA Rankings at start of event | ||||
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| D1 (seed) | style=white-space:nowrap | CONCACAF Women's Championship winners | 24 October 2014 | data-sort-value="7" | 7th | data-sort-value="7.2" | Winners (1991, 1999) | 2 | ||||
| D2 | style=white-space:nowrap | AFC Women's Asian Cup runners-up | 18 May 2014 | data-sort-value="6" | 6th | data-sort-value="3.2" | Quarter-finals (2007, 2011) | 10 | ||||
| D3 | style=white-space:nowrap | UEFA Group 4 winners | 17 September 2014 | data-sort-value="7" | 7th | data-sort-value="6.1" | Runners-up (2003) | 5 | ||||
| D4 | style=white-space:nowrap | African Women's Championship winners | 22 October 2014 | data-sort-value="7" | 7th | data-sort-value="3.1" | Quarter-finals (1999) | 33 |
The group's final standings was one of the three 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:
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| Player of the Match: Ngozi Okobi (Nigeria)
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| Player of the Match: Megan Rapinoe (United States)
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| Player of the Match: Lisa De Vanna (Australia)
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| Player of the Match: Hedvig Lindahl (Sweden)
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| Player of the Match: Julie Johnston (United States)
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| Player of the Match: Elise Kellond-Knight (Australia)
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