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　　The investigation of international football's leadershipcontinues. So too is play at the FIFA Women's WorldCup Canada 2015. Sixteen teams remain in thecompetition. The Women's World Cup began onJune 6. There were teams from 24 countries at thevery beginning. That is the largest number of teamsever represented in a Women's World Cup.

　　FIFA is the governing group for professionalfootball, or soccer, as it is called in the United States.Current and former FIFA officials are currently underinvestigation. This week, Swiss officials announcedthey are investigating possible money laundering incidents connected to the planning of the2018 and 2022 FIFA Men's World Cups.

　　So, which teams are expected to reach the finals of the 2015 Women's World Cup? Peoplefollowing the sport say predicting those teams will be difficult. But they say the top three teamsof the competition are Germany, Japan and the United States. Both the United States andGermany have each won two Women's World Cups. And one of those two countries haseliminated, or ousted, the other in three of the six World Cups.

　　In the first Women's World Cup, held in 1991, the U.S. team defeated Germany 5-2 in asemifinal match. In the 1999 World Cup, the U.S. defeated Germany in a quarterfinal match. ButGermany would return in 2003 to defeat the United States 3-0 in the semifinal match.

　　Some experts believe the winner this year may be the team from Japan. Japan defeated theUnited States in the finals of the 2011 Women's World Cup.

　　Football matches for the round of 16 start Saturday, June 20. The finals will take place onSunday, July 5 at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver.

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