FIFA Women's World Cup
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The FIFA Women's World Cup is the most important championship in international football competition for women. Organised by FIFA, the sport's largest global governing body, the first Women's World Cup tournament was held in 1991, 61 years after the men's. The inaugural tournament was hosted in China, with 12 teams sent to represent their countries. Over 650,000 spectators attended the FIFA Women's World Cup 1999 and nearly 1 billion viewers from 70 countries tuned in. By the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003, 16 teams competed in the championship finals. Of the four tournaments held to date (2006), the USA has won the championship twice, Norway once and Germany most recently. Women's confederations are the same as men's: Oceania (OFC), Europe (UEFA), North, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF), South American (CONMEBOL), Asian (AFC) and African (CAF). Originally the brainchild of a 1986 Men's World Cup FIFA official, the Women's World Cup has continued to grow in popularity. FIFA estimates that there are currently 40 million girls and women playing football around the world, and the number of women will equal the number of men by 2010. Planning for the 2007 Women's World Cup, in China, reflects the growth.
16 women's national football teams compete every four years for this women's world championship. In the United States, one of the most famous historical moments in the women's tournament is Brandi Chastain's victory celebration after scoring the Cup-winning penalty shot against China in 1999. She took off her jersey and waved it over her head (as men frequently do), showing her muscular torso and sports bra, as she celebrated. The 1999 and 2003 Women's World Cups were both held in the United States; in 2003 China was supposed to host it but the tournament was moved because of SARS. As compensation, China retained its automatic qualification to the 2003 tournament as host nation and received the FIFA Women's World Cup 2007. The host country for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 will be decided by vote.
Tournaments
| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd Place | Score | 4th Place | ||||
| 1991 Details | China | United States | 2–1 | Norway | Sweden | 4–0 | Germany | ||
| 1995 Details | Sweden | Norway | 2–0 | Germany | United States | 2–0 | China | ||
| 1999 Details | United States | United States | 0–0 (5–4) on penalties | China | Brazil | 0–0 (5–4) on penalties | Norway | ||
| 2003 Details | United States | Germany | 2–1 asdet | Sweden | United States | 3–1 | Canada | ||
| Match decided on golden goal | |||||||||
| 2007 Details | China | ||||||||
| 2011 Details | to be determined | ||||||||
- Key:
- *aet - after extra time
- *asdet - after sudden death extra time
All-time performance
| Country | Winner | Second | 3 or 4 | Other
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|---|---|---|---|---|
USA | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0
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Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
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Norway | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
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Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
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China PR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
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Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3
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Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2
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Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4
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| Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4
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Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3
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| Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3
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Ghana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
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| Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
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Korea DPR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
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Russia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
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Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
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Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
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| England | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
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| France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
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| Korea Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
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Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
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| New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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|- style="text-align:center;" | Uruguay 1930 | Italy 1934 | France 1938 | Brazil 1950 | Switzerland 1954 | Sweden 1958 | Chile 1962 | England 1966 | Mexico 1970 | West Germany 1974 | Argentina 1978 | Spain 1982 | Mexico 1986 | Italy 1990 | USA 1994 | France 1998 | Korea/Japan 2002 | Germany 2006 | South Africa 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2022
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|- !style="background:#BFD7FF;text-align:center;"|FIFA Women's World Cup
|- style="text-align:center;" | China 1991 | Sweden 1995 | USA 1999 | USA 2003 | China 2007 | 2011
See also
- Women's football (soccer)
- The History of Women's Football
- FIFA World Cup
External links
- http://www.fifa.com/en/womens/index.html
- [UEFA's page on the FIFA Women's World Cup]
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