FIFA Women's World Cup
The FIFA Women's World Cup is the most important competition in international football (soccer) for women. Organised by FIFA, the sport's governing body, the World Cup tournament was first held in 1991.
The tournament reunites 16 female national football teams each four years, to compete for that sport's women's world championship. The FIFA Women's World Cup came as an idea of a FIFA official during the 1986 Men's World Cup in Mexico. One of the most famous moments in the tournament, and perhaps in the history of sports overall, is when Brandi Chastain took off her jersey and slid to her knees, showing her sports bra as she celebrated scoring the Cup-winning penalty against China in 1999.
The 1999 and 2003 Women's World Cup were both celebrated in the United States; in 2003 China was supposed to host it but it was moved because of SARS. As compensation, China retained its automatic qualification to the 2003 tournament as host nation, and received the 2007 tournament.
The next host country to be decided by vote will be that of the 2011 Women's World Cup.
See also: Women's football (soccer)
Tournaments
| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
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| Champions | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth 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 | China | Brazil | 0 – 0 asdet | Norway | ||
| 5 – 4 on penalty shootout | 5 – 4 on penalty shootout | ||||||||
| 2003 Details | United States | Germany | 2 – 1 asdet | Sweden | United States | 3 – 1 | Canada | ||
| Match decided on golden goal | |||||||||
| 2007 Details | China | ||||||||
- Key:
- aet – after extra time
- asdet – after sudden death extra time
World Cup winners ranking
External link
| FIFA (Men's) World Cup |
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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 | South America 2014 |
| FIFA Women's World Cup |
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China 1991 | Sweden 1995 | USA 1999 | USA 2003 | China 2007 |
| International Football |
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FIFA – World Cup – Women's World Cup – World Rankings – Player of the Year
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