Football Women's World Cup
Football Women's World Cup | |
Full name | FIFA Women's World Cup |
abbreviation | Women's World Cup |
Association | FIFA |
First edition | 1991 |
Teams | 24 (since 2015) |
Game mode |
Round-robin tournament (6 groups of 4 teams each) Knockout system (from the round of 16) |
Title holder | United States |
Record winner | USA (4 tracks) |
Record player | Kristine Lilly (30 games) |
Record scorer | Marta (17 goals) |
Website | www.fifa.com |
World Champion |
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The FIFA World Cup of Women , officially FIFA Women's World Cup or FIFA Women's World Cup , is a women's football tournament for national teams , which every four years ever taking place since 1991, a year after the men's tournament and the world football body FIFA will be organized.
history
Before the first official women's soccer world championship was held in the People's Republic of China in 1991 , a number of international, mostly unofficial, tournaments for women's national teams had already taken place. The first two tournaments were organized by the Fédération Internationale et Européenne de Football Féminin (FIEFF) : From 7 to 16 July 1970 in Italy the Coppa del Mondo with seven participants (in Bario, Genoa, Bologna and Salerno with a 2-0 final victory from Denmark against Italy; other participants were Mexico, England, Switzerland and Austria as well as the Federal Republic of Germany, for which SC Bad Neuenahr played) and in 1971 in Mexico the Mundial with six teams.
Between 1978 and 1987, four tournaments called the Women's World Invitation Tournament with up to 14 teams took place in Taiwan , in which, in addition to teams from Asia, Oceania and North America, the multiple German women's champion SSG 09 Bergisch Gladbach took part and won in 1981 and 1984.
Between 1982 and 1988, five tournaments called Women's Mundialitos were played in Italy with four and six teams respectively. The Federal Republic of Germany took part in these tournaments for the first time in 1984 and, after two victories in the group stage, had to admit defeat to the Italians in the final.
1988, three years before the first World Cup was held in China, now already under the care of FIFA, the so-called FIFA Women's Invitational Tournament 1988 ( Women's FIFA Invitational Tournament ) with twelve teams from all six football continents instead that the eventual champions Norway was won. Teams from German-speaking countries did not start here.
Set of rules
qualification
In order to be able to participate in the women's soccer world championship, the national teams must qualify. While the respective continental championship is also the qualification for most confederations , UEFA has been holding a separate qualification since 1999. At the world championships in 1991 and 1995, the respective European championships served as qualifications. The host country is automatically qualified for the World Cup. The individual continental associations are entitled to a different number of starting places depending on their playing strength.
Finals
The qualified teams play for the title of world champion with the previously determined host country in a three-week tournament. In the first tournament phase, the group phase, the teams are randomly divided into six groups of four teams each, with some teams seeded according to certain criteria (hosts, world champions, FIFA rankings ) and the other teams from predominantly regionally oriented pots (Europe , South America, Africa, Asia). This is to prevent two teams from one continent from meeting in the preliminary round. Europe is an exception, because if there are more European participants than groups, it cannot be prevented that two European national teams meet in the preliminary round.
Each team plays once against each other team in the preliminary round. A win is rated with three points, a tie with one point. The group first and second reach the quarter-finals, while the group third and fourth are eliminated. If two or more teams are tied, there are several criteria that lead to a decision. First of all, the better goal difference counts. If this is also the same, the number of goals scored counts. From 2015 the number of participants was increased from 16 to 24. As a result, as with the men between 1986 and 1994, the four best thirds in their respective group also advance to the next round. There will now also be a round of 16.
The knockout system continues from the quarter-finals and from 2015 the second round . This means that only the winner moves on to the next round, while the loser is eliminated. If there is a tie after the regular 90 minutes, the game goes into overtime . At the 1999 and 2003 World Cups , extra time was played according to the golden goal rule, i.e. H. the team to score the first goal in extra time wins the game. With such a golden goal from Nia Künzer , the German team became world champions in 2003. However, this rule was abolished again, so that since 2007 a full overtime has been played again. If there is still no winner after extra time, the game will be decided on penalties .
In the quarter-finals until 2011, the group first met a group runner-up from another preliminary group. Two teams from the same preliminary group could meet again at the earliest in the final or in the game for third place. The losers in the semi-finals play for third place in the so-called "small final". The winners of the semi-finals play for the world title in the final. The world champion receives a trophy and is allowed to wear the title until the next world championship.
In 2007, the participants received prize money for the first time. In 2011 the amount was increased, the world champion received $ 1,000,000 in prize money and the runner-up world champion $ 800,000.
The expansion of the field of participants from 16 to 24 teams at the 2011 World Cup , which was considered by FIFA in 2007, was initially rejected. The game has only been played with 24 teams since the 2015 World Cup , and a round of 16 will also take place for the first time.
The application process for the 2019 World Cup was opened in March 2014. Like the organizers of the two tournaments in 2011 and 2015, the 2019 host should also host the U-20 World Cup the year before , if possible, which, like the FIFA Confederations Cup , is viewed by men as a dress rehearsal for the World Cup finals.
The application process for the 2023 World Cup started in 2019, when it was decided that the tournament should take place with 32 teams.
Previous regulations
In the first two world championships, only 12 national teams took part in the tournament. The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. In addition to the group winners and runners-up, the two best thirds in the group made it to the quarter-finals.
For the 1999 World Cup , the field of participants was increased from 12 to 16 teams. The so-called golden goal rule also applied, but was abolished in 2004.
In 1991 the playing time was 2 × 40 minutes; possibly extended by 2 × 10 minutes, as in two games in the quarter-finals. Since 1995 the usual rules for men with playing times of 2 × 45 minutes and 2 × 15 minutes in overtime have been in effect.
In 1991 the squad consisted of 18 players, from 1995 to 2003 there were 20, from 2007 to 2011 there were 21 players and since 2015 there have been 23 players. In 1991, 1999 and 2003 there were two goalkeepers in the squad, in 1995 and again from 2007 three.
First participations
There have been a total of 32 different participants in the seven soccer World Cup finals held so far. Brazil, Germany, Japan, Nigeria, Norway, Sweden and the USA have participated in all tournaments so far. The following overview shows which country took part in which final round for the first time.
The tournaments at a glance
year | host | final | Game for third place | ||||||
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winner | Result | 2nd place | 3rd place | Result | 4th Place | ||||
1991 details |
China |
United States |
2: 1 |
Norway |
Sweden |
4-0 |
Germany |
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1995 details |
Sweden |
Norway |
2-0 |
Germany |
United States |
2-0 |
China |
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1999 details |
United States |
United States |
0: 0 n.v. 5: 4 i. E. |
China |
Brazil |
0: 0 n.v. 5: 4 i. E. |
Norway |
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2003 details |
United States |
Germany |
2: 1 according to the Basic Law. |
Sweden |
United States |
3: 1 |
Canada |
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2007 details |
China |
Germany |
2-0 |
Brazil |
United States |
4: 1 |
Norway |
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2011 details |
Germany |
Japan |
2: 2 n.v. 3: 1 i. E. |
United States |
Sweden |
2: 1 |
France |
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2015 details |
Canada |
United States |
5: 2 |
Japan |
England |
1: 0 a.d. |
Germany |
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2019 details |
France |
United States |
2-0 |
Netherlands |
Sweden |
2: 1 |
England |
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2023 details |
Australia / New Zealand |
Leaderboards
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Record players
rank | Player | Participate | Tournaments |
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1 | Formiga | 7th | 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 |
2 | Homare Sawa | 6th | 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 |
3 | Kristine Lilly | 5 | 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007 |
Bente Nordby | 1991 * , 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007 | ||
Birgit Prinz | 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 | ||
Nadine Angerer | 1999 * , 2003 * , 2007, 2011, 2015 | ||
Christie Rampone | 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 | ||
Karina LeBlanc | 1999 * , 2003, 2007 * , 2011, 2015 * | ||
Onome Ebi | 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 | ||
Christine Sinclair | 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 | ||
Marta | 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 | ||
Cristiane | 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 |
* Italic: without insert
rank | Player | Games | Tournaments |
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1 | Kristine Lilly | 30th | 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007 |
2 | Formiga | 27 | 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 |
3 | Carli Lloyd | 25th | 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 |
Abby Wambach | 25th | 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
5 | Julie Foudy | 24 | 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003 |
Birgit Prinz | 24 | 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 | |
Homare Sawa | 24 | 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
8th | Joy Fawcett | 23 | 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003 |
Mia Hamm | 23 | 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003 | |
10 | Bente Nordby | 22nd | 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007 |
Maintain Riise | 22nd | 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003 | |
Bettina Wiegmann | 22nd | 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003 | |
13 | Cristiane | 21st | 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 |
Jill Scott | 21st | 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 | |
Christine Sinclair | 21st | 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 | |
16 | Hedvig Lindahl | 20th | 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 |
Marta | 20th | 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 | |
Sun Wen | 20th | 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003 |
More than 30 games were not possible up to and including 2007.
rank | Player | Gates | Tournaments |
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1 | Marta | 17th | 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 |
2 | Birgit Prinz | 14th | 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007 |
Abby Wambach | 14th | 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
4th | Michelle Akers | 12 | 1991, 1999 |
5 | Cristiane | 11 | 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 |
Sun Wen | 11 | 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003 | |
Bettina Wiegmann | 11 | 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003 | |
8th | Ann Kristin Aarønes | 10 | 1995, 1999 |
Carli Lloyd | 10 | 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 | |
Heidi Mohr | 10 | 1991, 1995 | |
Christine Sinclair | 10 | 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 |
Awards
Since 1999, the world champion in women's football has received the FIFA Women's World Cup , a 46.5 cm high trophy. In addition, the national teams are allowed to wear a championship star on their jersey for every world championship they win. The German national team has had two stars since the 2007 World Cup, and until its first title win in 2003, it wore the three stars of the men's team above the DFB logo . The German players also wore the FIFA Trophy badge for the current world champion on the jersey on the right side from 2009 to 2011.
At the end of every women's soccer World Cup, awards are given to the best players and the fairest team. There are currently five different awards:
- adidas Golden Ball for the best player
- adidas golden shoe for the most successful goalscorer
- adidas Golden Glove for the best goalkeeper
- Hyundai “Best Young Player” for the best player under 20 years of age
- FIFA Fair Play Award for the fairest team
year | Golden ball | Golden Shoe (Gates) | Golden glove | Best young player | FIFA Fair Play Award |
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1991 | Carin Jennings | Michelle Akers (10) | not forgiven | not forgiven | Germany |
1995 | Maintain Riise | Ann Kristin Aarønes (6) | Sweden | ||
1999 | Sun Wen | Sissi / Sun Wen (7) | China / New Zealand | ||
2003 | Birgit Prinz | Birgit Prinz (7) | Silke Rottenberg 1 | China | |
2007 | Marta | Marta (7) | Nadine Angerer | Norway | |
2011 | Homare Sawa | Homare Sawa (5) | Hope Solo | Caitlin Foord | Japan |
2015 | Carli Lloyd | Celia Šašić (6) | Hope Solo | Kadeisha Buchanan | France |
2019 | Megan Rapinoe | Megan Rapinoe (6) | Sari van Veenendaal | Giulia Gwinn | France |
Records
- Longest run without loss: USA 16 games (2011, 2015 and 2019)
- Longest run without conceding a goal: Germany 6 games (2007)
- Longest winning streak: USA 11 games (2015 to 2019)
- Most goals: USA - 136 goals (as of July 2, 2019)
- Biggest win: USA 13-0 against Thailand (2019)
- The only team that always reached the semi-finals: USA
- Most appearances in finals: USA (1991, 1999, 2011, 2015 and 2019)
- Player with the most number of finals: Birgit Prinz (1995, 2003, 2007)
- First player to score 3 goals in one game: Carolina Morace on November 17, 1991 in Italy's 5-0 win against Chinese Taipei .
- Only player to score 3 goals in a final: Carli Lloyd (2015)
- The only players to score 5 goals in one game: Michelle Akers on November 24, 1991 in the USA quarter-finals against Chinese Taipei (final score 7: 0), including a hat trick , and Alex Morgan in the USA's group game against Thailand on June 11, 2019 (Final score 13: 0), including a hat trick in the second half.
- Fastest goals: Lena Videkull (Sweden) on November 19, 1991 against Japan (final score 8: 0) after 30 seconds, Marie-Laure Delie (France) on June 17, 2015 against Mexico after 34 seconds, Melissa Tancredi (Canada) on 20 September 2007 against Australia (final score 2: 2) after 37 seconds and Lori Chalupny (USA) on September 18, 2007 against Nigeria for a 1-0 final score in the 54th second.
- Fastest own goal: Ifeanyi Chiejine (Nigeria) on June 24, 1999 in the game against the USA in the 2nd minute (final score 1: 7) and Daiane (Brazil) on July 10, 2011 in the game against the USA in the 2nd minute ( Final score 3: 5 p.e.)
- Ifeanyi Chiejine (born May 17, 1983) is also the youngest player who was used. At 16 years and 34 days, she was used on June 20, 1999 in the game against North Korea.
- The oldest player in a World Cup final was the American defender Christie Rampone , who came on as a substitute for the final on July 5, 2015 (5: 2) against Japan 11 days after her 40th birthday. The long-time captain got the captain's armband from Carli Lloyd and lifted the World Cup trophy together with Abby Wambach.
- The oldest player in a World Cup game was the Brazilian midfielder Formiga, who was 41 years and 112 days old in the round of 16 on June 23, 2019 (1: 2) against France.
Varia
year | places | Stages | Messages 1 | Teams | Games | ⌀ | spectator | viewers ⌀ | ⌀ | ⌀ | ⌀ | ||||
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1991 | 4th | 6th | 49 | 12 | 26th | 99 | 3.81 | 510,000 | 19,615 | 32 | 1.23 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.04 |
1995 | 5 | 5 | 55 | 12 | 26th | 99 | 3.81 | 112.213 | 4,316 | 70 | 2.69 | 2 | 0.08 | 2 | 0.08 |
1999 | 8th | 8th | 88 | 16 | 32 | 123 | 3.84 | 1.214.209 | 37,944 | 77 | 2.41 | 1 | 0.03 | 4th | 0.13 |
2003 | 6th | 6th | 98 | 16 | 32 | 107 | 3.34 | 679.664 | 21,240 | 65 | 2.03 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.03 |
2007 | 5 | 5 | 119 | 16 | 32 | 111 | 3.47 | 1,190,971 | 37,218 | 81 | 2.35 | 2 | 0.06 | 0 | 0.00 |
2011 | 9 | 9 | 126 | 16 | 32 | 86 | 2.69 | 845.711 | 26,428 | 63 | 1.97 | 0 | 0.00 | 4th | 0.13 |
2015 | 6th | 6th | 136 | 24 | 52 | 146 | 2.81 | 1,353,506 | 26,029 | 112 | 2.15 | 1 | 0.02 | 2 | 0.04 |
2019 | 9 | 9 | 148 | 24 | 52 | 146 | 2.81 | 1,131,312 | 21,756 | 124 | 2.38 | 3 | 0.06 | 1 | 0.02 |
2023 | 32 | 64 | |||||||||||||
Respective record |
See also
Web links
- FIFA Women's World Cup on FIFA.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karel Stokkermans: Women's World Cup - Information on the forerunners. In: rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation , November 4, 2011, accessed July 28, 2013 .
- ↑ Countdown: Only 88 days left. In: fifa.com. FIFA , March 10, 2015, accessed March 10, 2015 .
- ↑ FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 ™ History & Numbers Statistical Kit 2. (PDF; 949 kB) In: fifa.com. FIFA , accessed July 29, 2013 .
- ↑ Blatter: Women's football is developing everywhere. In: fifa.com. FIFA, July 31, 2010, accessed July 29, 2013 .
- ↑ Application process for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 ™ and seven other competitions opened. In: fifa.com. FIFA, March 6, 2014, accessed March 6, 2014 .
- ↑ Series of pictures Great honor for Silke Rottenberg: FIFA President Joseph Blatter honors her as the best goalkeeper at the 2003 World Cup. She played a key role in winning the title, which the team repeated in 2007. (Source: dpa) in the ZDFmediathek , accessed on January 26, 2014.
- ↑ But lost one game on penalties
- ↑ 50 facts about the FIFA Women's World Cup ™. (PDF; 327 kB) (No longer available online.) In: fifa.com. FIFA, March 23, 2011, archived from the original on August 26, 2012 ; Retrieved April 4, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ In its statistics, FIFA lists the game against Denmark on June 27, 1999 as its first game. Archive link ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 335 kB), but in another FIFA statistic it is already in the list of the game against North Korea on June 20, 1999 [1]