Football Women's World Cup

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Football Women's World Cup
FIFA logoTemplate: Infobox football competition / maintenance / logo format
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 StatesUnited States United States
Record winner United StatesUnited States USA (4 tracks)
Record player AmericanAmerican Kristine Lilly (30 games)
Record scorer BrazilBrazil Marta (17 goals)
Website www.fifa.com
World Champion
Frauen-Fußballnationalmannschaft der Vereinigten Staaten Japanische Fußballnationalmannschaft der Frauen Deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft der Frauen Norwegische Fußballnationalmannschaft der Frauen

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.

year First time participant
1991 Brazil 1968Brazil Brazil China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China China DenmarkDenmark Denmark GermanyGermany Germany
ItalyItaly Italy JapanJapan Japan New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand NigeriaNigeria Nigeria
NorwayNorway Norway SwedenSweden Sweden Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chinese Taipei United StatesUnited States United States
1995 AustraliaAustralia Australia EnglandEngland England CanadaCanada Canada
1999 GhanaGhana Ghana MexicoMexico Mexico Korea NorthNorth Korea North Korea RussiaRussia Russia
2003 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina FranceFrance France Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea
2007 none
2011 Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ColombiaColombia Colombia
2015 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland ThailandThailand Thailand SpainSpain Spain CameroonCameroon Cameroon
Costa RicaCosta Rica Costa Rica Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands EcuadorEcuador Ecuador
2019 ChileChile Chile JamaicaJamaica Jamaica ScotlandScotland Scotland South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa

The tournaments at a glance

year host final Game for third place
winner Result 2nd place 3rd place Result 4th Place
1991
details
China United StatesUnited States
United States
2: 1 NorwayNorway
Norway
SwedenSweden
Sweden
4-0 GermanyGermany
Germany
1995
details
Sweden NorwayNorway
Norway
2-0 GermanyGermany
Germany
United StatesUnited States
United States
2-0 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
China
1999
details
United States United StatesUnited States
United States
0: 0 n.v.
5: 4 i. E.
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
China
BrazilBrazil
Brazil
0: 0 n.v.
5: 4 i. E.
NorwayNorway
Norway
2003
details
United States GermanyGermany
Germany
2: 1
according to the Basic Law.
SwedenSweden
Sweden
United StatesUnited States
United States
3: 1 CanadaCanada
Canada
2007
details
China GermanyGermany
Germany
2-0
BrazilBrazil
Brazil
United StatesUnited States
United States
4: 1 NorwayNorway
Norway
2011
details
Germany JapanJapan
Japan
2: 2 n.v.
3: 1 i. E.
United StatesUnited States
United States
SwedenSweden
Sweden
2: 1 FranceFrance
France
2015
details
Canada United StatesUnited States
United States
5: 2 JapanJapan
Japan
EnglandEngland
England
1: 0 a.d. GermanyGermany
Germany
2019
details
France United StatesUnited States
United States
2-0 NetherlandsNetherlands
Netherlands
SwedenSweden
Sweden
2: 1 EnglandEngland
England
2023
details
Australia / New Zealand

Leaderboards

by country
rank country title Year (s) 2. 3. 4th
1 United StatesUnited States United States 4th 1991, 1999, 2015, 2019 1 3 -
2 GermanyGermany Germany 2 2003, 2007 1 - 2
3 NorwayNorway Norway 1 1995 1 - 2
4th JapanJapan Japan 1 2011 1 - -
5 SwedenSweden Sweden 1 3 -
6th BrazilBrazil Brazil 1 1 -
7th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China China 1 - 1
8th NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 1 - -
9 EnglandEngland England - 1 1
10 CanadaCanada Canada - - 1
FranceFrance France - - 1
after confederations
rank confederacy title 2. 3. 4th
1 CONCACAF CONCACAF 4th 1 3 1
2 UEFA Logo.png UEFA 3 4th 4th 6th
3 Afc.svg AFC 1 2 - 1
4th CONMEBOL CONMEBOL - 1 1 -
5 CAF 2009 Logo.svg CAF - - - -
Oceania Football Confederation logo.svg OFC - - - -

Record players

Formiga: record participant
Homare Sawa (2015): First player to appear in six World Cup finals.
Birgit Prinz (2008): 14 goals for Germany in 24 games in 5 finals
Nadine Angerer (2013)
Final round participation
rank Player Participate Tournaments
1 BrazilBrazil Formiga 7th 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
2 JapanJapan Homare Sawa 6th 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
3 United StatesUnited States Kristine Lilly 5 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
NorwayNorway Bente Nordby 1991 * , 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
GermanyGermany Birgit Prinz 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011
GermanyGermany Nadine Angerer 1999 * , 2003 * , 2007, 2011, 2015
United StatesUnited States Christie Rampone 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
CanadaCanada Karina LeBlanc 1999 * , 2003, 2007 * , 2011, 2015 *
NigeriaNigeria Onome Ebi 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
CanadaCanada Christine Sinclair 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
BrazilBrazil Marta 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
BrazilBrazil Cristiane 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019

* Italic: without insert

Kristine Lilly (2010): Player with the most World Cup appearances
Finals games
rank Player Games Tournaments
1 United StatesUnited States Kristine Lilly 30th 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
2 BrazilBrazil Formiga 27 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
3 United StatesUnited States Carli Lloyd 25th 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
United StatesUnited States Abby Wambach 25th 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
5 United StatesUnited States Julie Foudy 24 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
GermanyGermany Birgit Prinz 24 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011
JapanJapan Homare Sawa 24 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
8th United StatesUnited States Joy Fawcett 23 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
United StatesUnited States Mia Hamm 23 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
10 NorwayNorway Bente Nordby 22nd 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
NorwayNorway Maintain Riise 22nd 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
GermanyGermany Bettina Wiegmann 22nd 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
13 BrazilBrazil Cristiane 21st 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
EnglandEngland Jill Scott 21st 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
CanadaCanada Christine Sinclair 21st 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
16 SwedenSweden Hedvig Lindahl 20th 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
BrazilBrazil Marta 20th 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Sun Wen 20th 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003

More than 30 games were not possible up to and including 2007.

Marta (2016) scored the most World Cup goals
Finals goals
rank Player Gates Tournaments
1 BrazilBrazil Marta 17th 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
2 GermanyGermany Birgit Prinz 14th 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
United StatesUnited States Abby Wambach 14th 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
4th United StatesUnited States Michelle Akers 12 1991, 1999
5 BrazilBrazil Cristiane 11 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Sun Wen 11 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
GermanyGermany Bettina Wiegmann 11 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
8th NorwayNorway Ann Kristin Aarønes 10 1995, 1999
United StatesUnited States Carli Lloyd 10 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
GermanyGermany Heidi Mohr 10 1991, 1995
CanadaCanada Christine Sinclair 10 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019

Awards

Silke Rottenberg (2008): Best goalkeeper 2003

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
1991 United StatesUnited States Carin Jennings United StatesUnited States Michelle Akers (10) not forgiven not forgiven GermanyGermany Germany
1995 NorwayNorway Maintain Riise NorwayNorway Ann Kristin Aarønes (6) SwedenSweden Sweden
1999 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Sun Wen BrazilBrazil Sissi / Sun Wen (7)China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China China / New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand 
2003 GermanyGermany Birgit Prinz GermanyGermany Birgit Prinz (7) GermanyGermany Silke Rottenberg 1 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China China
2007 BrazilBrazil Marta BrazilBrazil Marta (7) GermanyGermany Nadine Angerer NorwayNorway Norway
2011 JapanJapan Homare Sawa JapanJapan Homare Sawa (5) United StatesUnited States Hope Solo AustraliaAustralia Caitlin Foord JapanJapan Japan
2015 United StatesUnited States Carli Lloyd GermanyGermany Celia Šašić (6) United StatesUnited States Hope Solo CanadaCanada Kadeisha Buchanan FranceFrance France
2019 United StatesUnited States Megan Rapinoe United StatesUnited States Megan Rapinoe (6) NetherlandsNetherlands Sari van Veenendaal GermanyGermany Giulia Gwinn FranceFrance France
1Award not mentioned by FIFA, but reported on dfb.de.

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 Gates Gates spectator viewers yellow cards yellow cards Yellow-red cards Yellow-red cards Refusals / red cards Refusals / red cards
1991 4th 6th 049 12 26th 099 3.81 .0000000000510000.0000000000510,000 000000000019615.000000000019,615 032 1.23 0 0.00 1 0.04
1995 5 5 055 12 26th 099 3.81 .0000000000112213.0000000000112.213 0000000000004316.00000000004,316 070 2.69 2 0.08 2 0.08
1999 8th 8th 088 16 32 123 3.84 000000001214209.00000000001.214.209 000000000037944.000000000037,944 077 2.41 1 0.03 4th 0.13
2003 6th 6th 098 16 32 107 3.34 .0000000000679664.0000000000679.664 000000000021240.000000000021,240 065 2.03 0 0.00 1 0.03
2007 5 5 119 16 32 111 3.47 000000001190971.00000000001,190,971 000000000037218.000000000037,218 081 2.35 2 0.06 0 0.00
2011 9 9 126 16 32 086 2.69 .0000000000845711.0000000000845.711 000000000026428.000000000026,428 063 1.97 0 0.00 4th 0.13
2015 6th 6th 136 24 52 146 2.81 000000001353506.00000000001,353,506 000000000026029.000000000026,029 112 2.15 1 0.02 2 0.04
2019 9 9 148 24 52 146 2.81 000000001131312.00000000001,131,312 000000000021756.000000000021,756 124 2.38 3 0.06 1 0.02
2023 32 64
Respective record
1The reports submitted on time are counted regardless of whether they were withdrawn or not started before the start of the qualification; including defending champions and hosts.

See also

Web links

Commons : Women's Soccer World Cup  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. 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 .
  2. Countdown: Only 88 days left. In: fifa.com. FIFA , March 10, 2015, accessed March 10, 2015 .
  3. FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 ™ History & Numbers Statistical Kit 2. (PDF; 949 kB) In: fifa.com. FIFA , accessed July 29, 2013 .
  4. Blatter: Women's football is developing everywhere. In: fifa.com. FIFA, July 31, 2010, accessed July 29, 2013 .
  5. 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 .
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. But lost one game on penalties
  8. 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / de.fifa.com
  9. 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] @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / de.fifa.com