The Canadians regardless of how they fare in this 2011 event already know they have qualified for the next FIFA women's world cup tournament.
FIFA recently announced that Canada will be the host nation for the 2015 Women's World Cup event. In addition to Canada getting the automatic bid as the host nation, the women's tournament is finally being expanded from 16 to 24 teams.
The details are still being worked out in terms of the dates (which will be June-July) and sites, but Edmonton, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Montreal, Ottawa, Moncton, N.B., and Halifax were the cities mentioned as potential World Cup match sites. Only six cities will host games at the 2015 tournament, so one city will eventually be eliminated from the potential host mix.
The cool thing is the FIFA Women's World Cup tournament will be back on the North American continent for the first time since the US hosted it in 2003 and knocked off the Canadians 3-1 in the bronze medal match. The US hosted and won it in 1999 with that memorable shoot out over China.. 