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FIFA Women's World Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
SportFootball (soccer)
Founded1991
No. of teams16 (Finals)
ContinentInternational (FIFA)
Most recent
champion(s)		 Germany

The FIFA Women's World Cup is recognized as the most important International competition in women's football and is played amongst women's national football teams of the member states of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. Contested every four years, the first Women's World Cup tournament, named the Women's World Championship, was held in 1991, sixty-one years after the men's first FIFA World Cup tournament in 1930. The current format has sixteen teams competing every four years for the winner's trophy.

History

The tournament was originally the brainchild of the then FIFA president João Havelange.[1] The inaugural tournament was hosted in China in 1991, with twelve teams sent to represent their countries. The 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup was held in Sweden with twelve teams. Over 660,000 spectators attended the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States, [2] and nearly one billion viewers from seventy countries tuned in to watch sixteen countries fight for the title.[citation needed]

The United States and Germany have won the championship twice, and Norway once. Germany are the two-time defending champions, having won in 2003 and 2007.

In the 1999 edition, one of the most famous moments of the tournament was American defender Brandi Chastain's victory celebration after scoring the Cup-winning penalty shot against China. 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 final in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California had an attendance of 90,185, a world record for a women's sporting event.[3]

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. [4] As compensation, China retained its automatic qualification to the 2003 tournament as host nation and was automatically chosen to host the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. Germany will host the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, as decided by vote in October 2007.

At the 2007 World Cup in China, U.S. captain Kristine Lilly competed in her fifth World Cup, making her the only woman and one of three players in history to appear in five World Cups.[5]

Format

The participants qualify through the regional football confederations of Oceania (OFC), Europe (UEFA), North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF), South America (CONMEBOL), Asia (AFC) and Africa (CAF).

The competition takes place over the course of three weeks. In the group stage, 16 teams seeded into four groups (A,B,C, and D) compete against each other in a round-robin tournament. After Germany trounced Argentina 11–0 in the opening game of the 2007 World Cup, FIFA president Sepp Blatter conceded that the one-sided match was "not good for the game" and was something that FIFA would consider in deciding whether or not to expand the group phase to 24 teams. [6]

In the knockout phase, the top two teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals, a single-elimination tournament in which teams play each other in one-off matches, with extra time and penalty shootouts used to decide the winner if necessary. The winner of Group A plays the runner-up of Group B, The winner of Group B plays the runner-up of Group A, etc.

The winners of the four quarterfinal games move on to the semifinal matches, which determine the contestants for the championship game. The losing semifinalists compete to determine third place.

Impact

Since its conception in 1989, the Women's World Cup has continued to grow in popularity. FIFA estimates that there are currently forty million girls and women playing football around the world.[citation needed] Planning for the 2007 Women's World Cup in China reflects the growth.[citation needed]

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
asdet
(5–4)
on penalties
China
Brazil 		0–0
asdet
(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
Germany 		2–0
Brazil
United States 		4–1
Norway
2011
Details 		 Germany

All-time performance

Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA Women's World Cup
Team Titles Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
 Germany 2 (2003, 2007) 1 (1995) - 1 (1991)
 United States 2 (1991, 1999) - 3 (1995, 2003, 2007) -
 Norway 1 (1995) 1 (1991) - 2 (1999, 2007)
 Brazil - 1 (2007) 1 (1999) -
 Sweden - 1 (2003) 1 (1991) -
 China - 1 (1999) - 1 (1995)
 Canada - - - 1 (2003)

Awards

Golden Ball

World Cup Golden Ball Award
1991 China United States Carin Jennings
1995 Sweden Norway Hege Riise
1999 USA China Sun Wen
2003 USA Germany Birgit Prinz
2007 China Brazil Marta

Golden Shoe

World Cup Golden Shoe Award Goals
1991 China United States Michelle Akers 10
1995 Sweden Norway Ann-Kristin Aarønes 6
1999 USA Brazil Sissi

China Sun Wen

7
2003 USA Germany Birgit Prinz 7
2007 China Brazil Marta 7

Fair Play Team

World Cup Fair Play Team Award
1991 China Germany Germany
1995 Sweden Sweden Sweden
1999 USA China China
2003 USA China China
2007 China Norway Norway

Records and statistics

Overall top goalscorers

14 goals
12 goals
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals

Most tournaments appeared (players)

Player Appearances
United States Kristine Lilly 5 (1991, 95, 99, 03, 07)
Norway Bente Nordby 5 (1991*, 95, 99, 03, 07)
United States Joy Fawcett 4 (1991, 95, 99, 03)
United States Julie Foudy 4 (1991, 95, 99, 03)
United States Mia Hamm 4 (1991, 95, 99, 03)
Norway Hege Riise 4 (1991, 95, 99, 03)
China Sun Wen 4 (1991, 95, 99, 03)
Germany Bettina Wiegmann 4 (1991, 95, 99, 03)
Brazil Formiga 4 (1995, 99, 03, 07)
Brazil Katia 4 (1995, 99, 03, 07)
Brazil Tânia 4 (1995, 99, 03, 07)
Germany Sandra Minnert 4 (1995, 99, 03, 07)
Germany Birgit Prinz 4 (1995, 99, 03, 07)
Germany Sandra Smisek 4 (1995, 99, 03, 07)
Nigeria Maureen Mmadu 4 (1995, 99, 03, 07)
Canada Andrea Neil 4 (1995, 99, 03, 07)
Australia Cheryl Salisbury 4 (1995, 99, 03, 07)
Japan Homare Sawa 4 (1995, 99, 03, 07)
United States Briana Scurry 4 (1995, 99, 03, 07)

*Did not play but was part of the squad.

FIFA Women's World Cup winning captains and managers

Year Captain Head coach Team
1991 April Heinrichs Anson Dorrance United States USA
1995 Heidi Støre Even Pellerud Norway Norway
1999 Carla Overbeck Tony DiCicco United States USA
2003 Bettina Wiegmann Tina Theune-Meyer Germany Germany
2007 Birgit Prinz Silvia Neid Germany Germany


References

  1. ^ "Women's World Cup History". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 25. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup — USA 1999". FIFA.com. Retrieved March 27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Women's World Cup History". The Sports Network. Retrieved March 25. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Koppel, Naomi (2003-05-03). "FIFA moves Women's World Cup from China because of SARS". USA Today. Retrieved 2007-03-27. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  5. ^ "U.S. Women Still Have One Link to the Past". Washington Post. Retrieved September 7. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "FIFA chief dismayed at 11–0 scoreline in women's World Cup opener". AFP. Retrieved September 11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

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