Football Women's World Cup / Records

This article describes records in the Women's World Cup . For the records at the men 's world championships, see Soccer World Cup / Records .

Players

Most participations in soccer world championships

•  Formiga (1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019) - seven participations
•  Homare Sawa (1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015) - six participations

Most World Cup appearances

This table lists the 10 players with the most World Cup appearances. All games count, including short stakes.

rank	Player	Games	Tournaments
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		2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
5	Julie Foudy	24	1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
	Birgit Prinz		1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011
	Homare Sawa		1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
8th	Joy Fawcett	23	1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
	Mia Hamm		1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
10	Bente Nordby	22nd	1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
	Maintain Riise		1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
	Bettina Wiegmann		1991, 1995, 1999, 2003

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

Age of the players

Youngest participant:

• The youngest participant in a World Cup: Ifeanyi Chiejine (born May 17, 1983). At the age of 16 years and 34 days, she was used on June 20, 1999 in the game against North Korea. 
• The youngest goalkeeper at a World Cup: Cecilia Santiago . At 16 years and 251 days, she was used in the 2011 World Cup in the first game against England. 
• The youngest participant to score a goal at a World Cup: Jelena Danilowa . At the age of 16 years and 96 days at the 2003 World Cup. 
• The youngest participant to become world champion: Ingrid Sternhoff without commitment at 18 years and 111 days; Marianne Pettersen (Norway) at 19 years and 186 days, used in the 1995 final. 
• The youngest player to make it to a World Cup final: Birgit Prinz at 17 years and 234 days in the 1995 final. 
• The youngest participant to be sent off the field at a World Cup: Alicia Ferguson at 17 years and 238 days. 

Oldest participant:

• The oldest participant in a World Cup: Formiga surpassed Christie Rampone's record on June 9, 2019 at 41 years and 98 days . On June 16, 2015, eight days before her 40th birthday, the latter broke the age record set by Perpetua Nkwocha (Nigeria) four days earlier and increased it to 40 years and 11 days by the time the final. On June 12, 2015 with 39 years and 160 days, Nkwocha beat the previous age record of Meg ( Brazil ) by one day, who played against Germany at the 1995 World Cup with 39 years and 159 days.  
• Formiga is also the oldest goalscorer since June 10, 2015, when she scored the 1-0 in the game for Brazil against South Korea at 37 years and 98 days (final score 2-0). She replaced the previous record holder Charmaine Hooper ( Canada ), who scored a goal against China at the 2003 World Cup at the age of 35 years and 261 days.
• The oldest participant to become world champion: Christie Rampone at the age of 40 and 11 days at the 2015 World Cup. 

Trainers

• Anson Dorrance was the first coach to win 6 World Cup games in a row, with the USA in 1991  (another coach took care of the team in 1995). The record was set by Tina Theune in 2003 , her successor Silvia Neid increased the record to seven games in 2011 (third group game in 2007 to third group game in 2011, ended by the quarter-final defeat against Japan). Jill Ellis then beat the record with eight games in 2019 (starting with the 1-0 victory in the third group game at the 2015 World Cup) and has increased it to 12 games so far.
• Even Pellerud is the first coach to reach the semi-finals with two countries. 1991 and 1995 with Norway and subsequent title win in 1995 against Germany, 2003 with Canada and subsequent defeat in the game for third place (1: 3) against the USA.
• Most participations as a coach: 5, Even Pellerud  (Norway / 3 ×, Canada / 2 ×)
• Most games as a coach:

space	Surname	country	Games	Supervised teams	Participation	title
1	Even Pellerud	Norway	25th	Norway  (16), Canada  (9)	5 (1991, 1995, 2003, 2007, 2015)	World Champion 1995
2	Silvia Neid	Germany	17th	Germany	3 (2007, 2011, 2015)	World Champion 2007
3	Marika Domanski Lyfors	Sweden	14th	Sweden  (10), China  (4)	3 (1999, 2003, 2007)
	Jill Ellis	England / USA	14th	United States	2 (2015, 2019)	World Champion 2015, 2019
	Tom Sermanni	Scotland	14th	Australia  (11), New Zealand (3)	4 (1995, 2007, 2011, 2019)
6th	Thomas Dennerby	Sweden	13	Sweden  (9), Nigeria (4)	3 (2007, 2011, 2019)
	Norio Sasaki	Japan	13	Japan	2 (2011, 2015)	World Champion 2011
8th	Gero Bisanz	Germany	12	Germany	2 (1991, 1995)
	Tony DiCicco	United States	12	United States	2 (1995, 1999)	World Champion 1999
	Yuanam Ma	China	12	China	2 (1995, 1999)
11	John Herdman	England	11	New Zealand  (6), Canada  (5)	3 (2007, 2011, 2015)
12	Pia Sundhage	Sweden	10	USA  (6), Sweden  (4)	2 (2011, 2015)
	Tina Theune	Germany	10	Germany	2 (1999, 2003)	World Champion 2003
14th	José Carlos Borrello	Argentina	09	Argentina	3 (2003, 2007, 2019)
	Leonardo Cuéllar	Mexico	09	Mexico	3 (1999, 2011, 2015)
	Martina Voss-Tecklenburg	Germany	09	Switzerland (4), Germany (5)	2 (2015, 2019)
17th	Yuri Bystritsky	Russia	08th	Russia	2 (1999, 2003)
	Keld Gantzhorn	Denmark	08th	Denmark	2 (1991, 1995)
	Hope Powell	England	08th	England	2 (2007, 2011)
	Vadão	Brazil	08th	Brazil	2 (2015, 2019)
21st	Peter Gerhardsson	Sweden	07th	Sweden	1 (2019)
	Kenneth Heiner-Møller	Denmark	07th	Denmark (3), Canada (4)	2 (2007, 2019)
	Kim Kwang-min	North Korea	07th	North Korea	2 (2007, 2011)
	Phil Neville	England	07th	England	1 (2019)
	Mark Sampson	Wales	07th	England	1 (2015)
	Tamotsu Suzuki	Japan	07th	Japan	2 (1991, 1995)
	Sarina Wiegman-Glotzbach	Sweden	07th	Netherlands	1 (2019)
	Yoon Duk-yeo	South Korea	07th	South Korea	2 (2015, 2019)
29	Jorge Barcellos	Brazil	06th	Brazil	1 (2007)
	Bruno Bini	France	06th	France	1 (2011)
	Wilson De Oliveira Rica	Brazil	06th	Brazil	1 (1999)
	Anson Dorrance	United States	06th	United States	1 (1991)	World Champion 1991
	April Heinrichs	United States	06th	United States	1 (2003)
	Gunilla Paijkull	Sweden	06th	Sweden	1 (1991)
	Greg Ryan	United States	06th	United States	1 (2007)
	Nuengrutai Srathongvian	THA	06th	Thailand	2 (2011, 2019)
As of July 7, 2019, those in bold were in use in 2019. ↑ For several, the team supervised in 2019 is underlined.

• Most wins: 16, Even Pellerud (12 with Norway, 4 with Canada)
• Most Titles: Jill Ellis with 2 titles.
• Two coaches reached the final twice, but won only once: Even Pellerud (1991 and 1995 with Norway), Norio Sasaki (2011 and 2015 with Japan)
• Most trained countries: 2, Even Pellerud ( Norway 1991, 1995 and 2015; Canada 2003, 2007), Marika Domanski Lyfors  ( Sweden 1999, 2003 and China 2007), John Herdman  ( New Zealand 2007, 2011 and Canada 2015), Pia Sundhage  (USA 2011 and Sweden 2015), Martina Voss-Tecklenburg  ( Switzerland 2015 and Germany 2019), Tom Sermanni ( Australia 1995, 2007, 2011 and New Zealand 2019), Thomas Dennerby (Sweden 2007, 2011 and Nigeria 2019) and Kenneth Heiner-Møller ( Danish national women's football team 2007 and Canada 2019)
• World champion as a player and trainer: none. April Heinrichs was world champion as a player and third as a coach; Silvia Neid as a player vice world champion, as an assistant coach and trainer world champion.
• The youngest coach of a world championship team in 1991 was the American Anson Dorrance at the age of 40.
• The oldest coach of a world champion team was the Japanese Norio Sasaki in 2011 at the age of 53.
• Oldest coach at a World Cup whose age is known: Paulo Gonçalves  (Brazil) aged 66 at the 2003 World Cup.
• A coach and a coach faced each other on the sidelines in 85 games, with 43 wins for the coaches and 27 wins for the coaches. 15 games ended in a draw, four of which were decided on penalties, two successes each for a coach and a coach. (As of June 9, 2019)
• The largest proportion of female coaches was in 2011 when six of 16 teams (37.5%) were coached by women. The highest absolute number was in 2015 with eight trainers (33.3%).
• Leonardo Cuéllar and Yoon Duk-yeo are the only coaches who have participated in a men's World Cup as players. Cuéllar played 1978 with Mexico and. a. against Germany (0: 6), Yoon 1990 with South Korea. Philippe Bergeroo , 2015 coach of the French women , took part as a substitute goalkeeper at the 1986 World Cup, but did not appear.
• Tony DiCicco and Silvia Neid are the only coaches who became world champions as well as Olympic champions with their team, with DiCicco first leading the USA to an Olympic victory in 1996 and three years later to the world title and Neid with Germany in 2007 the world title and nine years later celebrated the Olympic victory.
• Nigeria competed with a different coach in all eight competitions.
• Vanessa Arauz León from Ecuador is 26 years and 124 days, the youngest coach in World Cup history. Arauz is thus in the Guinness Book of Records .

Referees

• Claudia Vasconcelos from Brazil was the first female referee at the World Cup in 1991. She led the small final between Sweden and Germany.
• Most games as referees:
  • 10: Nicole Petignat ( Switzerland ) 1999–2007 
  • 09: Tammy Ogston ( Australia ) 1999-2007 
  • 09: Sonia Denoncourt ( Canada ) 1995-2003 
  • 09: Kari Seitz ( USA ) 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011 
  • 07: Im Eun Ju ( South Korea ) 1999–2003 
  • 07: Anna-Marie Keighley ( New Zealand ) 2015–2019 
  • 07: Kateryna Monsul ( Ukraine ) 2015–2019 
• The youngest referee: Marisela Contreras ( Venezuela ) at the age of 26 years and 11 days in the Norway-Japan match on June 26, 1999 
• The oldest referee: Kateriina Elovitra ( Finland ) at the age of 42 years and 232 days in the Sweden-Canada game on October 5, 2003 
• Most appearances as a referee: Kari Seitz (USA) 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011
• Vadsim Schuk ( Soviet Union , now Belarus ) is the only referee to whistle a World Cup final (1991)
• Tammy Ogston ( Australia ) is the only non-European woman who whistled a World Cup final (2007)
• Bibiana Steinhaus is the first female referee to lead both a World Cup final (2011) and the final at the Olympic Games ( 2012 ).
• Two referees oversaw both the opening game and the final: Tammy Ogston (Australia) in 2007 and Kateryna Monsul (Ukraine) in 2015
• Sonia Denoncourt (Canada) directed two inaugural games: 1995 and 1999
• Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea) and Anastassija Pustowoitowa (Russia) took part both as a player (1999 and 2003 and 2003) and as a referee (2015 and 2019 and 2019).

References and warnings

• First expulsion: Lin Hui Fang at the 1991 World Cup in the 6th minute of the game between Chinese Taipei and Nigeria (final score 2: 0) - at the same time first expulsion for a goalkeeper. 
• First yellow-red card: Suzy in the game against Germany on June 9, 1995. 
• First red card in a World Cup final: Azusa Iwashimizu , 2011 
• First yellow-red card after video evidence : Nothando Vilakazi on June 8, 2019 in the group game against Spain. 
• The fastest sending off: Alicia Ferguson in the game against China at the 1999 World Cup (final score 3: 1) after 2 minutes by referee Sandra Hunt (USA). At 17 years and 238 days, she is also the youngest player to be sent off. 
• Oldest player expelled from the field: Heide Støre received the yellow-red card in 1995 at the age of 31 years and 346 days in the semi-final against the USA. 
• Most red cards in a tournament: 5 (1999)
• Most cautions in a tournament: 77 (1999 and 2007)
• Most cautions in one game: 8 in the game Germany - Brazil 6: 1 on June 9, 1995 and between Brazil and the USA in the 2011 World Cup. While Suzy received two yellow cards in the first game , i. H. the yellow-red card, Rachel Buehler also got the red card in the second game .
• The quickest warning: Ri Hyang-ok in the 1st minute of the game North Korea - Nigeria 1999 
• Catalina Pérez from Colombia and Catalina Pérez from Argentina are the only players with the same name who have been sent off in World Cup matches. The Colombian against the USA in 2015 with a red card , the Argentine against England in 2007 with a yellow-red card .

Penalty kicks

• First converted penalty: Bettina Wiegmann (Germany) on November 19, 1991 in the 10th minute.
• The first penalty awarded: Tone Haugen (Norway) in the 1st World Cup game on November 16, 1991 against China.
• Most penalties received: Germany - 13 (all converted).
• First penalty in an opening game: Canada - China on June 6, 2015 in the 90th + 2nd Minute by Christine Sinclair to the 1-0 final score.
• Brazil September 30, 2007 in the 64th minute, scored by Marta through - Germany: First penalty in a final Nadine Angerer held
• First converted penalty in a final: USA v Netherlands on July 7, 2019 in the 61st minute by Megan Rapinoe to 1-0 intermediate result (final score: 2-0)
• Most penalties converted in one game: 3 in Cameroon's 6-0 win against Ecuador on June 8, 2015.

Gates

Players

• The first World Cup goal : Ma Li (China) after 22 minutes in the 1991 opening game against Norway at the 1991 World Cup.
• Sissi (Brazil) scored the first golden goal in 1999 in the quarter-finals in a 4: 3 nV against Nigeria.
• Nia Künzer scored the first and only golden goal in the final of a Women's World Cup in the 2003 World Cup final against Sweden to make it 2-1 for Germany.

• The first player to score 3 goals in one game at a World Cup: Carolina Morace (Italy) on November 17, 1991 against Taiwan, final score 5: 0.
• Most goals in a game:
  • Michelle Akers (USA) - 5 goals in the game against Taiwan, final result: 7-0 (November 24, 1991). Three of them as a "flawless" hat trick
  • Alex Morgan (USA) - 5 goals in the game against Thailand, final result: 13: 0 (June 11, 2019).
  • Sam Kerr (Australia) - 4 goals in the game against Jamaica, final result: 4: 1 (June 18, 2019).
• The fastest hat trick: Fabienne Humm (Switzerland) on June 12, 2015 against Ecuador - 3 goals within five minutes (47th, 49th and 52nd minutes of the game), which beat the previous record of eight minutes for the Japanese Mio Miotani in 2003 .
• Most goals in a World Cup tournament: Michelle Akers (USA) - 10 goals in 6 games at the 1991 World Cup
• First player to score at least three goals each in three world championships: Bettina Wiegmann : 1991 (3), 1995 (3), 1999 (3) - Marta, Cristiane and Abby Wambach have now also scored at least three goals in three appearances.
• First player to score at least one goal each in four world championships: Bettina Wiegmann : 1991 (3), 1995 (3), 1999 (3) and 2003 (2) - in 2003 she scored the first of two goals on September 20th. Sun Wen became the second player to score a goal in her fourth World Cup on September 21, 2003.
• First player to score at least two goals each in four world championships: Mia Hamm : 1991 (2), 1995 (2), 1999 (2) and 2003 (2) - in 2003 she scored two goals on September 25, Bettina Wiegmann scored her second goal at the 2003 World Cup only on September 27th.
• First player to score at least one goal in five World Cups: Marta : 2003 (3), 2007 (7), 2011 (4), 2015 (1), 2019 (2 on June 13th and 18th), Christine Sinclair also scored on five World Cup tournaments goals, but only on June 20, 2019 the goal for her fifth participation.
• The most successful World Cup goalscorers in total (more extensive list: Women's World Cup ):

1. Marta - 17 goals in five finals (2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)

2. Birgit Prinz (Germany) - 14 goals in five finals (1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011)

00 Abby Wambach 14 goals in four finals (2003, 2007, 2011, 2015)

4. Michelle Akers (USA) - 12 goals in two finals (1991, 1999, no goal in 1995)

5. Sun Wen (China) and Bettina Wiegmann 11 each in four finals (1991, 1995, 1999, 2003) and Cristiane 11 in three finals in 2007, 2011 and 2019 (she did not score in the 2003 and 2015 participations)

• Most goals from penalties:

1. Bettina Wiegmann (Germany) - 8 goals in four finals

2. Marta (Brazil) - 7 goals in five finals

3. Tina Svensson (Norway) - 4 goals in two finals (no more goals)

3. Fara Williams (England) - 4 goals in three finals (once three, once one and once none)

• The fastest World Cup goals after the start of the game:

1. Lena Videkull (Sweden) after 30 seconds in the game against Japan in 1991

2. Marie-Laure Delie (France) after 34 seconds in the game against Mexico in 2015

3. Melissa Tancredi (Canada) after 37 seconds in the game against Australia in 2007

4. Lori Chalupny (USA) after 54 seconds in the 2007 game against Nigeria

• The fastest goals after substitution:
  • Thanatta Chawong (Thailand), in 2015 after 2 minutes in the game against Ivory Coast to make it 3-1.
  • Pia Wunderlich (Germany) and Linda Sembrant (Sweden) each after 3 minutes: in 2003 the 3-0 in the quarter-finals in a 7-1 win against Russia and in 2015 the 3-2 in the preliminary round in a 3-3 win against Nigeria.
• The fastest equalization goals:
  • 1999: Nkiru Okosieme (Nigeria) to 1: 1 against the USA in the 2nd minute. The 0: 1 also fell in the 2nd minute through an own goal by Ifeanyi Chiejine (final score: 1: 7).
  • 2003: Dianne Alagich (Australia), own goal to make it 1-1 for Russia in the 39th minute. Kelly Golebiowski made it 1-0 for Australia in the 38th minute (final score 1: 2).
  • 2015: Raquel Rodríguez (Costa Rica) to the 1-1 final against Spain in the 14th minute. The 1-0 for Spain was scored by Vicky Losada in the 13th minute.

• The youngest goalscorer is Jelena Danilowa (Russia), who scored her only World Cup goal against Australia in 2003 at the age of 16 years and 96 days.
• The oldest goalscorer has been the Brazilian Formiga since June 10, 2015 , who scored the 1-0 in the game for Brazil against South Korea on June 9, 2015 at the age of 37 years and 98 days (final score 2-0).
• The youngest triple goalscorer is Inka Grings (Germany), who scored the goals 1-0, 4-0 and 6-0 against Mexico on June 25, 1999 at the age of 20 years and 237 days.
• The oldest triple goalscorer has been the Brazilian Cristiane since June 9, 2019 , who scored the three goals to the 3-0 victory in the game for Brazil against Jamaica on June 9, 2019 at the age of 34 years and 25 days, replacing Carli Lloyd , who scored three goals in the 2015 World Cup final at age 32 and 354 days.

Goals conceded

• Most clean sheets:
  • 1. Briana Scurry (USA / 1995–2007) and Hope Solo (USA / 2007–2015): 10 each
  • 3. Nadine Angerer (Germany / 2007-2015): 9
• Most goals conceded: Ann Chi Jine (Nigeria) 33 in 10 games between 1991 and 1999, of which only one game was clean
• Most goals conceded in one game: Sukanya Chor Charoenying (Thailand) 13 at 0:13 against the USA on June 11, 2019
• First own goal: Terry McCahill (New Zealand) in the game against Norway on November 19, 1991.
• Fastest own goal: Daiane (Brazil) after 75 seconds against the USA in 2011
• Most own goals in one game: Angie Ponce (Ecuador) - two in 1:10 against Switzerland on June 12, 2015. She also scored the consolation goal for Ecuador with a penalty.
• Latest own goal: Laura Bassett (England) in the 90 + 2. Minute of the 2015 semi-finals against Japan.
• First own goal in a World Cup final: Julie Johnston (USA) made it 2: 4 for Japan in the 2015 final.

Teams

• Most goals overall: USA (138), Germany (121) as of July 7, 2019
• Most penalty goals: Germany (13)
• Most goals conceded overall: Nigeria (63) as of July 7, 2019

Chronicle of the World Cup record goal scorers

Surname	Gates	game	Record holder since ...	Duration (days)	Remarks
Ma Li	1	China - Norway 4: 0 (1: 0)	November 16, 1991, 22nd minute of the game	0000	First World Cup goal, record holder for 28 minutes.
Liu Ailing	2	China - Norway 4: 0 (1: 0)	November 16, 1991, 50 minutes of play	0001	First player to score two goals in a World Cup game
Carolina Morace	3-4	Chinese Taipei - Italy 0: 5 (0: 3)	November 17, 1991	0004th	First player to score three goals in a World Cup game
Heidi Mohr	5-6	Italy - Germany 0: 2 (0: 0)	November 21, 1991	0003	First player to score at least one goal in three and four consecutive games
Michelle Akers	7-12	USA - Chinese Taipei 7: 0 (4: 0)	November 24, 1991	5776	The first player to score five goals in a World Cup match became the first World Cup top scorer in 1991 with her ten goals in six games. Eight years later, she scored goals # 11 and # 12.
Birgit Prinz	13-14	Germany - Japan 2: 0 (1: 0)	September 17, 2007	2822	First record holder to score her goals in four tournaments. The record was set by Marta on July 10, 2011 .
Marta	15-17	Brazil - South Korea 2: 0 (1: 0)	June 9, 2015	1910	First record holder to score a third of her goals from penalties and in 5 tournaments

Series

Players

• Most wins (excluding wins on penalty shootouts):

1. Kristine Lilly 24

2. Julie Foudy and Joy Fawcett 20 each

4. Mia Hamm and Carli Lloyd each 19

6. Birgit Prinz and Abby Wambach 18

• Most World Cup game minutes: Kristine Lilly with 2536 minutes.
• Player with the most World Cup games: Kristine Lilly at 30
• Most World Cup game minutes in a row without conceding a goal: Nadine Angerer with 621 game minutes (World Cup 2007 and opening game of the 2011 World Cup)
• Formiga holds the record for the longest period of time: There are 24 years and 16 days between their first World Cup game on June 7, 1995 (substitution in the 72nd minute) and their last game on June 23, 2019. Previously, Homare Sawa held him : There are 20 years and 1 month between her first World Cup game on June 5, 1995 and her last game on July 5, 2015.
• Most missions as a captain:
  • Steph Houghton (2015 and 2019) - 14
  • Christine Sinclair (2011, 2015 and 2019) and Caroline Seger (2011, 2015 and 2019) - 12 each
  • Aline Pellegrino (2007 and 2011) - 9
  • Birgit Prinz (2007 and 2011) - 8
  • Nadine Angerer (2015), Aya Miyama (2015) and Silvia Neid (1991 and 1995) - 7th each (as of July 7, 2019)
• Most games in a row without conceding a goal: Nadine Angerer (Germany / 2007): 6. The series ended with the opening game at the 2011 World Cup when Christine Sinclair converted a free kick against Germany in the 82nd minute.

Teams

• The longest winning streaks:
  • USA with 12 games (2015-2019)
  • Norway with 10 games (1995–1999)
• The longest series without defeat:
  • USA 17 games (2011 to 2019, with a loss on penalties in the 2011 final)
  • Germany 15 games (2003 to 2011). The series ended in the quarter-finals 2011 with a 0-1 nV against Japan.
• The longest series of preliminary round games without a loss: Germany with 19 games since 1995. The series began with the last preliminary round game at the 1995 World Cup.
• Longest run with at least one goal per game: Norway with 15 games (1991–1999)
• Longest run of matches without a goal: Germany with 6 matches (2007)
• Most consecutive World Cup game minutes without conceding a goal: Germany with 678 minutes from October 16, 2003 to June 26, 2011
• The longest draw streak: Sweden with three games in 2015
• The longest losing streak: New Zealand with 8 games (1991–2011), previously Denmark with 7 defeats (1995–2007)
• Longest run without a win: New Zealand with 15 games (1991-2019)
• The longest run without a goal: Ghana (1999–2003), Japan (1991–2005), Nigeria (1991–1995 and 2007–2011) and North Korea (2007–2011) with 4 games each.
• The longest negative series with at least one goal conceded: Australia 18 games from the first World Cup game in 1995 to the first group game in 2015. The series only ended in the second group game in 2015 with a 2-0 win against Nigeria.
• The longest preliminary round series: New Zealand - 1991, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019 (three times not qualified in between)

Games

• Most games: USA (50)
• Most wins: USA (40)
• Most draw games: China (7), Australia and USA (6 each); including games that were decided by a penalty shoot-out)
• Most defeats: Nigeria (19 in 26 games) as of July 7, 2019
• Most games without conceding a goal: USA (27), Germany (22) - as of July 7, 2019
• Germany needed the most games to become world champions in 2007: 8 qualifying and six finals.
• The USA required the fewest games (6) in 1999, as they were automatically qualified as organizers.
• The most common final pairings:
  • USA 6 × against Sweden (4 wins, 1 loss, 1 × draw)
  • Germany 5 times against Sweden (2 wins, 3 losses)
  • USA each 4 × against Brazil (2 wins, 1 loss, 1 draw with victory on penalties), Nigeria (4 wins), Norway (3 wins, 1 defeat) and North Korea (3 wins, 1 draw); Germany each 4 × against Japan (3 wins, 1 defeat) and USA (1 win, 3 defeats); Australia each 4 × against Brazil (2 wins, 2 losses)
• The most common final pairings (2 ×) Japan versus the USA (2011 and 2015 - first repetition of a final pairing)
• The most common semi-final pairings (3 ×) Germany against the USA (1991, 2003 and 2015), 2 wins for the USA, 1 win for Germany.
• The most common quarter-final pairing (2 ×) was China against Sweden (1991 and 1995)
• The most common preliminary round pairings:
  • 6 × USA versus Sweden (1991, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019)
  • 4 × USA against North Korea (1999, 2003, 2007, 2011) and Nigeria (1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015)
  • 3 × China against Australia and Denmark; Germany versus Japan; Canada versus Norway; North Korea versus Sweden and Nigeria and Sweden versus Nigeria (2003, 2007 and 2015)

Scoring games

Ranking of the highest victories

space	winner	loser	Result	year	round
1	United States	Thailand	13: 0 (3: 0)	2019	Preliminary round
2	Germany	Argentina	11: 0 (5: 0)	2007	Preliminary round
3	Germany	Ivory Coast	10: 0 (5: 0)	2015	Preliminary round
4th	Switzerland	Ecuador	10: 1 (2: 0)	2015	Preliminary round
5	Norway	Nigeria	08: 0 (2: 0)	1995	Preliminary round
	Sweden	Japan	08: 0 (6: 0)	1991	Preliminary round
7th	United States	Chinese Taipei	07: 0 (4: 0)	1991	Quarter finals
	Norway	Canada	07: 0 (3: 0)	1995	Preliminary round
	China	Ghana	07: 0 (3: 0)	1999	Preliminary round
10	Brazil	Mexico	07: 1 (5: 1)	1999	Preliminary round
	United States	Nigeria	07: 1 (6: 1)	1999	Preliminary round
	Norway	Canada	07: 1 (2: 1)	1999	Preliminary round
	Germany	Russia	07: 1 (1: 0)	2003	Quarter finals
	Norway	South Korea	07: 1 (4: 0)	2003	Preliminary round
Remarks: ↑ Game with the most goals in the second half ↑ Game with the most goals in the 1st half

List of the highest wins in each of the World Cup tournaments

The following table contains the highest win in each of the 5 previous World Cup tournaments. If there are several equal results, the first victory of this height is listed. In some World Cup tournaments, there were sometimes higher wins than the highest in other tournaments.

year	game	Result	round
1991, China	Sweden - Japan	08-0	Preliminary round
1995, Sweden	Norway - Nigeria	08-0	Preliminary round
1999, USA	China - Ghana	07-0	Preliminary round
2003, USA	Germany - Russia	07: 1	Quarter finals
2007, China	Germany - Argentina	11: 0	Preliminary round
2011, Germany	Japan - Mexico France - Canada	04-0	Preliminary round
2015, Canada	Germany - Ivory Coast	10-0	Preliminary round
2019, France	USA - Thailand	13: 0	Preliminary round

List of the highest wins of the respective round

round	year	game	Result
Preliminary round	2019, France	USA - Thailand	13: 0
Round of 16	2015, Canada	Germany - Sweden France - South Korea	04: 1 03: 0
	2019, France	Germany - Nigeria England - Cameroon	03-0 03-0
Quarter finals	1991, China	USA - Chinese Taipei	07-0
Semifinals	1999, USA	China - Norway	05-0
3rd place match	1991, China	Sweden - Germany	04-0
final	2015, Canada	USA - Japan	05: 2

Ranking of countries with at least 20 goals scored at a World Cup

1. USA - 2019 (26 goals in 7 games; 3.7 per game) 

2. Germany - 2003 (25 goals in 6 games; 4.2 per game) 

2. USA - 1991 (25 goals in 6 games; 4.2 per game) 

4. Norway - 1995 (23 goals in 6 games; 3.8 per game) 

5. Germany - 2007 (21 goals in 6 games; 3.5 per game) 

6. Germany - 2015 (20 goals in 7 games; 2.9 per game) 

Knockout games

• Most knockout games played: (As of July 7, 2019)

1. USA 26, of which 20 won, 3 draws (won 2 on penalties, lost 1)

2. Germany 20, of which 11 won, 1 × draw (won on penalties)

3.Norway 16, of which 7 won, 2 × draws (1 × each won and lost on penalties)

4.Sweden 15, of which 8 won, 1 draw (lost on penalties)

• Most overtime games:

Germany was the first team to go into extra time five times and won three of these games - one of them on penalties. Brazil and the USA had to extend three times (Brazil: 2 wins, including 1 on penalties, USA: 2 wins, including 2 on penalties, 1 loss on penalties). Another four countries had to go into overtime twice: China (2 × penalties, 1 win), France (2 × penalties, 1 win), Norway (1 win, 1 defeat on penalties), Sweden (2 defeats, including 1 × on penalties ), Japan (2 wins, 1 of which on penalties)

• Most defeats in knockout games:

1. Germany (8, including 2 in overtime)

1. Norway (8 including 1 by penalty shoot-out)

1. China (8 including 1 by penalty shoot-out)

4. Sweden (7, including 1 by penalty shoot-out)

5.Brazil (6 including 1 by penalty shoot-out)

• At all World Cup tournaments there was always at least one European and one North American team in the semi-finals, but only 4 × Asian and 2 × South American each.
• In 1999 there were representatives from five confederations in the quarter-finals, in 1991, 1995 and 2015 from only three (Europe, North America and Asia) and in 2019 from two (Europe and North America). At all World Cup tournaments, at least three quarter-finalists came from Europe, five in 1991 and 1995 and seven in 2019.
• Germany and the USA, which were the only teams to ever reach the quarter-finals, always played there (8 ×) against other teams, but also once against each other.

penalties shoot

• Most penalty shootouts : USA (3 ×, two won, 1 × lost), Brazil, China and Norway (2 × each, 1 × won each)
• Most of the goals in penalty shoot-outs were scored at the 2011 World Cup, where the penalty shooters were successful 19 times in 3 penalty shoot-outs.
• Most penalty shoot-outs at a World Cup: 2011 (3 penalty shoot-outs).
• The 1995 World Cup had the fewest goals on penalties. There, the shooters were successful seven times in the first penalty shoot-out in the history of the Women's World Cup, but there were no penalties in 1991, 2003 or 2007.
• Two finals were decided by a penalty shoot-out: at the 1999 World Cup, the USA won 5-4 on penalties after there were neither goals in regular time nor in extra time. In 2011, the USA lost to Japan in the final after a 2-2 draw after a penalty shoot-out at a World Cup.
• The highest rate of penalty shootouts is in the final. Since 1991, 33.3% of the finals have been decided on penalties. This is followed by the game for third place with 16.7% and the quarter-finals with 12.5% ​​each. In the semifinals, however, there has never been a penalty shoot-out. A total of 12.5% ​​of the knockout games have been decided by this so far. (As of July 17, 2011)
• Most saved penalties in penalty shootouts: Gao Hong / China (1995), Ayumi Kaihori / Japan (2011), Hope Solo / USA (2011) 2 penalties each.
• The fewest penalties were converted in the 2011 final: only 4 out of 8.

spectator

• The game with the fewest spectators: Nigeria - Canada with 250 spectators at the 1995 World Cup
• The game with the most spectators: The final of the 1999 USA-China World Cup with 90,185 spectators
• The opening game with the most spectators: USA - Denmark 3-0 with 78,972 spectators
• The game with the most spectators in Europe: Opening game Germany - Canada at the 2011 World Cup with 73,680 spectators.
• The largest number of spectators were at the 2015 World Cup in Canada: 1,353,506 spectators were counted by FIFA for the 52 matches that took place as double events in the group stage (26,029 per match). The highest average was in the US in 1999 when 1,194,221 viewers watched 32 games, an average of 37,319 per game.

host

• The hosts were
  • World Champion: 1 × (USA / 1999)
  • Third: 1 × (USA / 2003)
  • made it to the quarterfinals : 6 × (China / 1991 and 2007, Sweden / 1995, Germany 2011, Canada / 2015, France / 2019)
• The host was eliminated most often or lost significantly to the later
  • World champions: 2 × (USA 2003 in the semi-finals, Germany 2011 in the quarter-finals, France 2019 in the quarter-finals)
  • Third: 2 × (China 1991 vs. Sweden in the quarter-finals, Canada 2015 vs. England in the quarter-finals)
  • Fourth: 2 × (Sweden 1995 vs. China, China 2007 vs. Norway each in the quarter-finals)
• So far, only two countries have been hosts that have previously been world champions: USA / 2003 and Germany / 2011, both as defending champions.
• Two countries hosted twice: China 1991/2007, USA 1999/2003
• Brazil, Nigeria and Norway (each 4 ×), Denmark, Germany (each 3 ×) and most often played against the host.
• Brazil won most often (2 ×) against the hosts (1995, 2007).
• Nigeria was the only country to lose four times to the hosts.
• The USA, which played the most World Cup games, played against the hosts for the first time in the 2019 quarter-finals.
• The hosts never posted the top scorer.
• Biggest win by a host: USA 7-1 Nigeria, 1999 preliminary round
• Biggest loss by a host: China 4-0 Brazil, 2007 preliminary round
• Only undefeated hosts: USA 1999
• Only hosts who conceded more goals than they scored in the preliminary round: China 2007 (5: 6 goals)
• Fewest goals as hosts in the preliminary round: Canada 2015 (2-1 goals)

Newbies

The newcomers to the World Cup (from 1995) failed

• 2 × in the preliminary round with 12 teams: Australia (1995), Canada (1995),
• 8 times in the preliminary round with 16 teams: Ghana (1999), Mexico (1999), North Korea (1999), Argentina (2003), France (2003), South Korea (2003), Colombia (2011), Equatorial Guinea (2011)
• 9 times in the preliminary round with 24 teams: Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Spain and Thailand (all in 2015 in the first final round with 24 participants), Chile, Jamaica, Scotland and South Africa (all in 2019)
• 3 × in the round of 16: Cameroon, the Netherlands and Switzerland (all in 2015, in the first round of 16 of a women's World Cup)
• 2 × in the quarter-finals: England (1995), Russia (1999)

• England were the only newcomer to win their first game until 2015 - albeit against another newcomer (3-2 against Canada, 1995). Then the Dutch managed to do this (1-0 against New Zealand) as the first newcomer against a team with World Cup experience, which has not yet won a World Cup game.
• North Korea is the first newcomer to win a World Cup game against a team that had previously won a World Cup game (1999 against Denmark)
• Biggest defeats by newcomers in their first World Cup game:
  • Ivory Coast - Germany 0:10 (2015)
  • Argentina 0-6 Japan (2003), Ecuador 0-6 Cameroon (2015) and Mexico 1-7 Brazil (1999)
• Biggest win by a newcomer in their first World Cup game: Cameroon 6-0 Ecuador (2015)

World Champion

The reigning world champion

• could defend the title: 2 × (Germany 2007, USA 2019)
• finished second: 1 × (Japan 2015)
• 3rd place: 2 × (USA 1995 and 2003)
• was fourth: 1 × (Norway 1999)
• eliminated in the quarterfinals: 1 × (Germany 2011)
• was twice European champion (Germany 2005 and 2009)
• won the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup five times (USA 1993, 1994, 2000, 2002 and 2018)
• won the Asian Cup once (Japan 2014)

World champions became a team

• as host and former world champion: 1 × (USA / 1999)
• as host: 1 × (USA / 1999)
• in the country of a former world champion: 2 × (Germany 2003 in the USA, Japan 2011 in Germany)
• in the country of a future world champion: not yet
• as former or current world champion: 4 × (USA / 1999, Germany / 2007, USA 2015, USA 2019)
• A team that was not the host and had not previously been world champion became world champions four times (USA / 1991, Norway / 1995, Germany / 2003, Japan 2011)
• as European champion: 2 × (Germany 2003 and 2007)
• as CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup winner: 3 × (USA 1991, 2015, 2019)
• as South American champion: never
• as Asian champions: never before
• in the territory of another confederation: Germany 2 × (2003 in Central and North America, 2007 in Asia), USA 2 × (1991 in Asia, 2019 in Europe), Japan 1 × (2011 in Europe)

Biggest defeat by a defending champion: Norway against China 0-5 in the 1999 semi-finals

Germany played most often (5 times) against the eventual world champion: 1991 / semi-finals, 1995 / final, 1999 / quarter-finals, 2011 / quarter-finals, 2015 / semi-finals and only not eliminated from the eventual world champion in 2019.

In 2003, Germany became the first country to win the World Cup to play against teams from four confederations: 2 × North America, 2 × Europe, 1 × Asia, 1 × South America. At the other world championships - except 2015 - the title was won by playing against teams from three confederations.

Norway is the first former world champion to be eliminated in the preliminary round of a World Cup (2011). Japan is the first world champion who never made it through the quarter-finals before the world title and lost the title again in the final.

Only one team that took part in all eight World Cup tournaments became world champions.

Germany is the only country to have both the women's and men's world champions. However, it has never been able to hold both titles at the same time; only from 2003 to 2006 it was world champion for women and runner-up for men at the same time. If the German women were world champions, the men always came third at the following World Cup; if the men were world champions, the women always finished fourth at the following World Cup.

Play the world champions against each other

In 2003, Norway and the USA met for the first time in the quarter-finals (0: 1) for two former world champions at a World Cup.

Most of the games (3) between former or reigning world champions at a World Cup took place in 2015 when the three previous world champions took part for the first time alongside the reigning world champion, the least (0) in 1999 (1 former and the reigning one took part) and 2011 (2 former and the incumbent attended).

The following table also includes games in which a partner has not yet been world champion.

Representation in each case as win-draw-defeat. The USA have so far played the most frequently against the other world champions (10 times) and scored the most goals against the other world champions. Japan had to accept the most goals. Norway against the USA and Germany against Japan are with 4 games each with the most frequent matches in World Cup tournaments. Norway is Germany's most common international opponent (38 games). Team USA is the only team that has a positive record against Germany: 21 wins, 7 draws, 5 defeats.

In 2015, two ex-world champions, Germany and Norway, met in the preliminary round for the first time, and two ex-world champions, Germany and the USA, in the semi-finals. In the 2015 final, the defending champion and a former world champion met for the first time.

As of July 5, 2015	Germany	Japan	Norway	United States	total
Germany		3-0-1 6: 1	1 - 1 - 1 4: 3	1-0-3 7:10	5 - 1 - 5 5:14 p.m.
Japan	1-0-3 1: 6		0 - 0 - 1 0 4	0-1-3 4:14	1 - 1 - 7 5:24
Norway	1 - 1 - 1 3: 4	1-0-0 4-0		1-0-3 3: 7	3 - 1 - 4 10:11
United States	3-0-1 10: 7	3 - 1 - 0 14: 4	3-0-1 7: 3		9-1-2 31:14

Play the defending champion against the successor

There were three games between the defending champion and his immediate successor at world championships:

• 1995: Norway 1-0 USA in the semifinals
• 2003: Germany 3-0 USA in the semifinals
• 2011: Japan - Germany 1-0 aet in the quarter-finals
• 2015: USA - Japan 5-2 in the final

Continental champion at world championships

Except for the European champions, the other continental champions were always automatically qualified, as the continental championship was considered a qualification. Only in 1991 and 1995 was the European Championship also qualifying for the World Cup. Since 1999 there has been a separate World Cup qualification in Europe. So far, however, all European champions have also qualified for the World Cup.

The reigning European champion (until 2015 before World Cups always Germany, 2019 the Netherlands)

• became world champion: 2 × (Germany / 2003 and 2007)
• became vice world champion: 2 × (Germany / 1995, Netherlands / 2019)
• was fourth: 2 × (Germany / 1991 and 2015)
• eliminated in the quarter-finals: 2 × (Germany / 1999 and 2011)
• 1 × (Norway / 1993) the European champion was replaced by a new champion before a World Cup.

The reigning South American champions (held since 1991, currently Brazil)

• finished third: 1 × (Brazil / 1999)
• eliminated in the quarterfinals: 2 × (Brazil / 2003, 2011)
• eliminated in the round of 16: 2 × (Brazil / 2015, 2019)
• eliminated in the preliminary round: 3 × (Brazil / 1991 and 1995; Argentina / 2007)

The reigning African champion (always before world championships and currently Nigeria)

• eliminated in the quarterfinals: 1 × (Nigeria / 1999)
• eliminated in the round of 16: 1 × (Nigeria / 2019)
• eliminated in the preliminary round: 6 times (Nigeria / 1991, 1995, 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015)
• 2 × (Equatorial Guinea / 2008 and 2012) the African champion was replaced by a new champion before a World Cup, 2 × (Nigeria / 2002 and 2006) he was able to defend his title before the World Cup and take part in the World Cup as a champion.

The reigning Asian champions (held since 1975, currently Japan)

• became vice world champion: 2 × (China / 1999, Japan / 2015)
• was fourth: 1 × (China / 1995)
• eliminated in the quarterfinals: 3 × (China / 1991 and 2007, Australia / 2011)
• eliminated in the round of 16: 1 × (Japan / 2019)
• eliminated in the preliminary round: 1 × (North Korea / 2003)
• 2 × (China / 1999 and North Korea / 2008) the Asian champion was replaced by a new champion before a World Cup, 2 × (China / 1997 and North Korea / 2003) he was able to defend his title before the World Cup and take part in the World Cup as a champion.

The reigning North and Central America champions (held since 1991, currently the USA)

• became world champion: 3 × (USA / 1991, 2015 and 2019)
• 3rd place: 3 × (USA / 1995, 2003 and 2007)
• eliminated in the preliminary round: 2 × (Canada / 1999 and 2011)
• The North and Central American champions were able to defend their title twice (USA / 1995 and 2002) and take part in the World Cup as champions.

The reigning Oceania champion (played since 1983, currently New Zealand)

• always eliminated in the preliminary round: (New Zealand / 1991, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019; Australia 1995, 1999, 2003)
• has not yet won a World Cup game (New Zealand / 1991, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019; Australia 1995, 1999, 2003)

World ranking first at world championships

The top performers in the FIFA Women 's World Ranking, which has been running since 2003, did the following at World Cup tournaments:

• 2003: USA - third, dropped to second place. New world number one: World Champion Germany (previously third)
• 2007: USA - third, dropped to second place. New world number one: World Champion Germany (previously runner-up)
• 2011: USA - Vice World Champion, place held
• 2015: Germany - fourth, dropped to second place. New world number one: World Champion USA (previously runner-up)
• 2019: USA - World Champion (after that new record distance to the second-placed team)

Olympic champion at world championships

The reigning Olympic champion (held since 1996, currently Germany)

• became world champion: 2 × (USA / 1999 and 2015)
• finished second: 1 × (USA / 2011)
• 3rd place: 1 × (USA / 2007)
• eliminated in the quarterfinals: 2 × (Norway / 2003, Germany / 2019)

World Champion at the Olympic Games

The reigning world champion

• became Olympic champion: never before
• won silver: 2 × (USA / 2000 and Japan / 2012)
• won bronze: 3 × (Norway / 1996, Germany 2004 and 2008)
• eliminated in the quarterfinals: 1 × (USA / 2016)

World champion at continental championships

• The reigning world champion
  • won the European Championship : 2005 and 2009 (Germany)
  • eliminated in the preliminary round: 1997 (Norway)
  • was at three European championships from North America and one from Asia and therefore did not take part
• At the North and Central American Championship :
  • won the championship in 1993, 1994, 2000, 2002 and 2018 (USA)
  • was at three events from Europe and one from Asia and thus did not take part.
• At the Asian Cup :
  • won the championship 2014 (Japan, 1st Asian championship win)
  • was in six AM events from Europe and three from North America and therefore did not take part.

The reigning world champion has never come from Africa, Oceania or South America.

final

Ranking list of finals in a row

1.  USA ( 2011 , 2015 , 2019 ) (3, 1 lost on penalties, 2 won)
2.  Germany ( 2003 , 2007 ) (2, of which 2 won)
3.  Norway ( 1991 , 1995 ) (2, 1 won)
4.  Japan ( 2011 , 2015 ) (2, 1 won on penalties, 1 lost)

Ranking of the vice world champions

No country has been runner-up more than once

Total placements

• 8: USA (4 × world champion, 1 × runner-up, 3 × third)
• 5: Germany (2 × world champion, 1 × runner-up, 2 × fourth)
• 4: Norway (1 × world champion, 1 × runner-up, 2 × fourth)

Final participation

Teams

• 5: USA
• 3: Germany
• 2: Japan, Norway
• 1: Brazil, China, Netherlands, Sweden

Players

Six players played in three finals, with none of the players playing the full playing time in all three games. Only Birgit Prinz and Megan Rapinoe were always in the starting line-up in their three finals. Everyone was able to win the title twice (italics = year without a title).

• 1. Alexandra Krieger (USA): 255 minutes ( 2011 , 2015, 2019)
• 2. Megan Rapinoe (USA): 254 minutes ( 2011 , 2015, 2019)
• 3. Birgit Prinz (Germany): 252 minutes ( 1995 , 2003, 2007)
• 4. Alex Morgan (USA): 251 minutes ( 2011 , 2015, 2019)
• 5. Carli Lloyd (USA): 213 minutes ( 2011 , 2015, 2019)
• 6. Tobin Heath (USA): 172 minutes ( 2011 , 2015, 2019)

(incl. 2019)

Victory rate in the final

1. USA (0.80)
2. Germany (0.67)
3. Japan and Norway (0.5)
4. Brazil, China, Netherlands, Sweden (0.0 each)

(incl. 2019)

Final decisions

• In normal season: 5 × (1991, 1995, 2007, 2015 and 2019)
• By penalty shoot-out: 2 × (1999 and 2011)
• In extra time through Golden Goal: 1 × (2003)

Warnings in the final

Ranking list of warnings:

3: Norway (1991/0, 1995/3), Germany (1995/1, 2003/0, 2007/2), Japan (2011/1, 2015/2) and USA: (1991/1, 1999/1, 2011/0, 2019/1)

2: China (1999/2) and Netherlands (2019/2)

1: Brazil (2007/1)

0: Sweden (2003/0)

Refunds in the final

1: Japan (2011)

Ranking of the continental comparisons in the final

1. North America versus Asia 3 ×, 2 wins for North America (1999, 2015), 1 win for Asia (2011)

2. Europe versus Europe 2 × (1995, 2003)

2. North America versus Europe 2 ×, 2 wins for North America (1991, 2019)

4. Europe against South America 1 ×, 1 victory for Europe (2007)

Group second and third in the final

• Norway (1991) and Sweden (2003) reached the finals as second in the group.
• In 2011, with Japan and the USA, there were two group runners-up in the finals for the first time, and Japan was the world's first group runner-up.

No third group - only possible in 1991 and 1995 and again since 2015 - reached the final.

Neighbors in the final

Countries with a land border have never met in the final.

• The following countries only border on world champions:

Denmark ( Germany ), Canada (USA)

Special features in the final

• Up to and including 2011, all final pairings were unique.
• Up to and including 2011, each final had a newcomer to the final. Apart from the first World Cup, Japan (2011) is the only team that was able to become world champions when they entered the finals for the first time.
• The pairing of the final in 2015 (USA against Japan) meant several innovations:
  • For the first time, two teams experienced in final matches met in the final. The men's first World Cup final between two teams with final experience (Brazil versus Czechoslovakia 1962) took place in the seventh edition of the tournament. In both cases, one of the opponents was the reigning world champion.
  • For the first time, two former world champions - including the current one - faced each other in the final.
  • In addition, it was the first repetition of a final pairing, as both teams had already played against each other in the previous 2011 final. For the men, too, the first new edition of a final pairing (Germany versus Argentina 1990) was a repetition of the immediately preceding World Cup; in both cases the reigning world champion lost his title.
• There is no player who appeared as a goal scorer in two finals.
• Michelle Akers is the only player to have received a yellow card in two finals (1991 and 1999).
• Azusa Iwashimizu (Japan) was the first player to be expelled from the field in 2011.
• Birgit Prinz is the first player to have played in three World Cup finals ( 1995 , 2003 and 2007 ); only one player ( Cafu ) succeeded in this .
• 1999 was the first final (USA - China 5: 4), which had to be decided on penalties. The second final (2011) decided on penalties was also played between the USA and an Asian team.
• 2003 is the only final so far that was decided in extra time. It was the last international tournament in which the golden goal rule still applied.
• Birgit Prinz holds the record for the longest period between two finals. There were 12 years and 117 days between their first (1995) and last (2007) participation in the final.
• The USA in 1991 and Germany in 2003 (4.17 goals per game) needed the most goals per game to become world champions, while Japan scored the fewest in 2011 and the USA in 2015 (2.00 / game).
• The USA in 1991 and Germany in 2003 (4.6 goals per game) needed the most goals per game to reach the final, while the USA and Japan needed the fewest in 2015 (1.5 / game).
• Twice the defeated finalist scored more goals per game than the world champions on the way to the final: China (1999, 3.8 goals / game vs. USA 3.6 goals / game) and USA (2011, 2.2 goals / game) vs. Japan 2.0 goals / game).
• Most goals in a World Cup final (excluding penalties): 7 goals in the 2015 final between the USA and Japan (5-2).
• Fewest goals in a World Cup final (without penalties): no goal in the 1999 final between the USA and China, this is the only final so far in which no finalist has scored a goal.
• The earliest goal in a final: for the USA by Carli Lloyd in the third minute of the 2015 final; The following three goals for the USA (5th, 14th, 16th) were also earlier than the previous record goal by Michelle Akers in the 20th minute of the 1991 final.
• In 2015, for the first time, both finalists scored the same number of goals on their way to the final: 9. At the same time, both teams set the record for the fewest goals necessary to reach the final (only Sweden reached the final in 2003 with only nine goals, but had to play one game less).
• Norway became the first team to become world champions in 1995 without conceding a goal in the final (2-0) and Germany was the first finalist to fail to score in the final.
• The biggest relative difference between the two finalists on the way to the final was in 2003 in favor of the world champion (Germany scored 2.6 times the number of goals from Sweden) and in 2011 in favor of the runner-up world champion (the USA scored 1.1 times the number the gates of Japan).
• Germany is the first world champion to still win after falling behind in the final (2003).
• Japan is the first world champion after two defeats in the final (2011).
• Germany is the first world champion to become world champion without conceding a goal (2007).
• Germany was always world champion in the territory of another confederation. In 2011, Japan, another country, became world champions in the field of another confederation.
• Only the 1995 final in Solna was held in a suburb of the host's capital, but no final in a capital.
• Up to and including 2007 there was always a current continental champion in the final, three times the European champion (2 wins), once each the Asia (no win) and North American champions (1 win). In 2011 there was no continental champion in the final for the first time. In 2015 and 2019 there were two continental champions in the final.

Play for 3rd place

Total placements

1. Sweden and USA (each 3 × third)

3. Brazil and England (each 1 × third)

particularities

• So far, all games for 3rd place are unique
• England are the first team to finish third at least once and fourth at least once. Of all the teams that played for third place more than once, the USA and Sweden always won, Germany and Norway always lost.
• The US is the first country to finish third twice in a row. In addition, the USA is the only country that became world champion after finishing third at the next World Cup.
• Only once did a host finish third (USA 2003).
• Most of the goals were scored in the 2007 3rd place match, when the USA beat Norway 4-1.
• So far, only one game (2015) has been decided in extra time, another (1999) in the subsequent penalty shoot-out.
• For the first time in 2011, Josefine Öqvist (Sweden) received a red card in the game for third place .
• The USA is the only country that finished third after hosting a World Cup at the next World Cup (2007).

Top scorer

• The world champion also provided the top scorer five times: 1991, 1995, 2003, 2011 and 2019.
• The vice world champion provided the top scorer twice: in 1999 and 2007.
• The World Cup third placed the top scorer only once: 1999, but she scored as many as a player ( Sun Wen ) of the vice world champion.
• The World Cup fourth placed the top scorer once: 2015, but she scored as many as one of the world champions' players ( Carli Lloyd ).

Opening game

• Until 2015, Norway and Germany were the only countries that played the opening game twice (1991 and 2003 and 2007 and 2011). Canada and China then took part in the opening game for the second time in 2015 (Canada played the hosts in 2011, Canada hosts in 2015, China hosted 1991 and played the hosts in 2015).

• The hosts played the opening game five times: China / 1991, Sweden / 1995, USA / 1999, Germany / 2011 and Canada / 2015
  • Only one host lost the opening game: Sweden 1-0 against Brazil in 1995.
• The defending champion played the opening game twice: Germany in 2007 and 2011 (in the latter case also as host)
• So far there has only been one opening game without a host and world champion: 2003 between Olympic champions Norway and France at the 2nd World Cup in the United States.
• So far there has not been an opening game that ended in a draw. For the men, however, 7 out of 20 opening games ended without a winner.
• A team that was in the opening game only became world champion twice: 1999 / USA and 2007 / Germany
• In 2015, the opening game was decided for the first time by a goal in added time and a penalty.
• Only Kerstin Garefrekes (Germany 2007 and 2011) and Christine Sinclair (Canada 2011 and 2015) were able to score in two opening games.

Ranking list of elimination in the 1st round (group stage)

 1. Nigeria 6 × with 8 participations (including 4 × in a row) 

 2. New Zealand 5 × with 5 participations 

 3. Canada 4 × with 7 participations 

 4. Japan 4 × with 8 participations 

 5. Argentina , Ghana and Mexico each 3 × with 3 participations   

 8. North Korea 3 × with 4 participations 

 9. Australia 3 × with 7 participations 

(As of June 20, 2019. Countries in bold participated in 2019)

The following countries that participated more than once never failed in the preliminary round: China (7 ×), Germany (8 ×), England (5 ×), Cameroon (2 ×), Netherlands (2 ×), Russia (2 ×), USA (8 ×)

Languages ​​of the World Cup participants

While Spanish is the language of the Men's World Cup, it is English for the women. So far, there have been at least three participants in all World Championships where English is an official language. In addition to English, German, Hausa, Igbo, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish and Yoruba have been spoken at all previous World Cup tournaments. Chinese was not included in 2011. Portuguese is the only language whose country of origin has not yet participated in the World Cup. In 2015, Dutch and Thai were added. In 2019, various Bantu languages spoken in South Africa as well as Scottish will be added

languages	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	2019	total
Ambo						1			01
Jack						1			01
Chinese	2	1	1	1	1		1	01	08th
Danish	1	1	1		1				04th
German	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	01	09
English	3	5	5	5	7th	6th	7th	10	48
Catch						1			01
French		1	1	2	1	3	5	03	16
Hausa	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	01	08th
Igbo	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	01	08th
Italian	1		1				1	01	04th
Japanese	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	01	08th
Korean			1	2	1	1	1	01	07th
Dutch / Afrikaans							1	02	03
North Sotho								01	01
Norwegian	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	01	08th
Portuguese	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	01	09
Russian			1	1					02
Scottish								01	01
Swedish	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	01	08th
Setswana								01	01
Siswati								01	01
Spanish			1	1	1	3	5	03	14th
South Ndebele								01	01
South Sotho								01	01
Thai							1	01	02
Tshivenda								01	01
Xhosa								01	01
Xitsonga								01	01
Yoruba	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	01	08th
Zulu								01	01
total	15th	16	20th	20th	20th	25th	31	40

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Equatorial Guinea
2. ↑ Germany, Switzerland
3. ↑ Australia, England, Ghana, Jamaica, Cameroon, Canada, New Zealand, Nigeria, Scotland, South Africa, USA
4. ^ Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, France, Cameroon, Canada, Switzerland
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Nigeria.
6. ↑ Italy, Switzerland
7. ↑ North Korea, South Korea
8. ^ Netherlands, South Africa
9. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} South Africa.
10. ^ Equatorial Guinea, Brazil
11. ^ Equatorial Guinea, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico, Spain
12. ↑ As there are several official languages ​​in some countries, the number of languages ​​is higher than the number of participants

Until 2007, there were no games other than English-language duels in which players from both teams spoke the same language. In 2011, a Portuguese and a French duel were added in the preliminary round, but no more in the knockout round . In 2015 there were two Spanish duels for the first time.

Duels in the same language	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	2019	total
English	0	2	2	3	5	2	5	7th	25th
French	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	04th
Portuguese	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	01
Spanish	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	02
total	0	2	2	3	5	4th	9	8th

1. ↑ Incl. World Cup 2019 to semi-finals

See also

• Football Women's World Cup / Eternal Table
• Football Women's World Cup # records
• Soccer World Cup / Records

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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] 
2. ↑ If there are several trainers, the date of birth is not included in the statistics and cannot be determined.
3. ↑ FIFA.com: Match Report Germany - Mexico 6: 0 (4: 0) ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Korea Republic 0-1 Uruguay
5. ↑ Guinness World Records : Ecuador's 26-year-old coach claims new record at FIFA Women's World Cup
6. ↑ fifa.com: "Countdown: Only 68 days left"
7. ↑ FIFA.com: Matchreport Chinese Taipei 2-0 Nigeria (1-0)
8. ↑ FIFA.com: Match Report Brazil 1-6 Germany (1-3)
9. ↑ FIFA.com: Match Report China 3-1 Australia (1-0)
10. ↑ FIFA.com: Match Report USA - Norway 0-1 (0-1)
11. ↑ FIFA.com: Match Report Brazil 1-6 Germany (1-3)
12. ↑ FIFA.com: Official Match Document Brazil 2-2 USA (1-1, 0-1) 3-5 IE
13. ↑ England 6-1 Argentina
14. ↑ fifa.com: Numbers of the day ( memento of the original from June 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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.  
15. ↑ FIFA.com: Matchreport Chinese Taipei 0-3 Germany (0-2)
16. ↑ FIFA.com: Match Report: Chinese Taipei 0-5 (0-3) Italy
17. ↑ FIFA.com: Match Report: USA 7-0 Chinese Taipei (4-0)
18. ↑ ^{a b c} fifa.com: "Switzerland drops records, Japan reaches the next round" ( Memento of the original from June 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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.  
19. ↑ Japan - Argentina 6: 0 (2: 0)
20. ↑ fifa.com: "Group stage ends with jubilation and sadness"
21. ↑ Côte d'Ivoire - Thailand 2: 3 (1: 2)
22. ↑ fifa.com: Numbers of the day ( memento of the original from June 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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.  
23. ↑ Germany - Russia 7: 1 (1: 0)
24. ↑ USA - Nigeria 7: 1 (6: 1)
25. ↑ Australia - Russia 1: 2
26. ↑ Spain - Costa Rica 1: 1
27. ↑ FIFA.com: Match Report: Norway 4-0 New Zealand (3-0)
28. ↑ FIFA.com: Live ticker Japan - USA 2: 2 nV (1: 1, 0: 0) 3: 1 iE
29. ↑ [2]  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
30. ↑ fifa.com: Numbers of the day ( memento of the original from June 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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.  
31. ↑ Also four times Sweden against the USA, Brazil against the USA and North Korea against the USA.
32. ↑ Since the USA qualified as hosts for the World Cup, they did not take part in the Gold Cup, which was also the qualification for the World Cup
33. ↑ Australia was able to win a World Cup game for the first time in 2007, but then represented Asia.
34. ↑ Women's world rankings August 29, 2003
35. ^ Women's world rankings October 24, 2003
36. ^ Women's world rankings June 15, 2007
37. ^ Women's world rankings October 5, 2007
38. ^ Women's world rankings March 18, 2011
39. ↑ Women's world rankings July 22, 2011
40. ↑ Women's world ranking March 27, 2015
41. ↑ Women's world rankings July 10, 2015
42. ↑ fifa.com: USA way ahead, Netherlands and Sweden on the up
43. ↑ fifa.com: FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 ™ History & Numbers Statistical Kit 2 (PDF; 972 kB)

Web links

• FIFA.com: 50 facts about the FIFA Women's World Cup ™ (PDF; 335 kB)
• FIFA.com: Statistical Overview: Records & Milestones (PDF; 1.67 MB)
• FIFA.com: Statistical Overview: Final (PDF; 1.5 MB)