FIFA Women's World Cup Trophy
| Founded | 1991; 31 years ago ( 1991) |
| Region | International ( FIFA) |
| Number of teams | 32 (finals) |
| Current champions | United States (4th title) |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 20 July – 20 August |
| Teams | 32 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 10 (in 9 host cities) |
| ← 2019 2027 → | |
Which country has the most World Cup championships?
Which country has won the most World Cups?
- Spain
- England
- France
- Argentina
- Uruguay
- Germany
- Italy
- Brazil
Where, what, and how often is the World Cup?
The World Cup takes place every four years. This has been the case since its inception in 1930, except in 1942 and 1942 when it was not held due to the Second World War. The most recent World Cup took place in 2018, where France were crowned winners after defeating Croatia in the final. It is the second World Cup title for Les Bleus.
Who won the last World Cup?
With his appearance in the final he became the first player from the United States to play in the tournament and win it ... goals for the USMNT in the World Cup qualifying tournament and has ...
Which US cities will host World Cup?
The tournament will be jointly hosted by 16 cities the United States, Mexico and Canada. It will consist of 60 matches, including the quarterfinals, semi-finals, and the final. Ten U.S. cities will host matches, neighboring Canada and Mexico will split the other six host cities.
Where is the next FIFA Women's World Cup?
Australia & New Zealand 2023The latest interviews, news and features from the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™.
Which country will host FIFA Women's World Cup 2023?
AustraliaNew Zealand2023 FIFA Women's World Cup/Location
Where is the next Women's World Cup 2022?
New ZealandThe 2022 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup was the twelfth edition of the Women's Cricket World Cup, which was held in New Zealand in March and April 2022....2022 Women's Cricket World Cup.Official logoDates4 March – 3 April 2022Host(s)New ZealandChampionsAustralia (7th title)Runners-upEngland10 more rows
Is there a women's World Cup in 2021?
On 12 May 2020, FIFA announced that the tournament would be held between 17 February – 7 March 2021, subject to further monitoring....2021 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.Tournament detailsTeams16 (from 6 confederations)Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)← 2018 2022 →3 more rows
Who won Women's World Cup 2020?
Australia women's national cricket team2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup / ChampionIt was held in Australia between 21 February and 8 March 2020. The final took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on International Women's Day. Hosts Australia won the tournament, beating India by 85 runs, to win their fifth title.
Who won the Women's Soccer World Cup 2021?
U.S.U.S. Wins World Cup and Becomes a Champion for Its Time On Sunday, they lived up to the challenge with a 2-0 victory over the Netherlands.
Where is the World Cup 2026?
United StatesMexicoCanada2026 FIFA World Cup/Location
What does FIFA stand for?
International Federation of Association FootballFIFA / Full nameFIFA — Soccer's World Governing Body Founded in 1904 to provide unity among national soccer associations, the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) boasts 209 members, rivaling that of the United Nations, and is arguably the most prestigious sports organization in the world.
Are Australia in the World Cup?
Australia face Peru and Costa Rica play New Zealand for final FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifying spots - How to watch.
Who won Womens World Cup?
the United StatesThe most recent World Cup, hosted by France in 2019, was won by the United States, who beat the Netherlands 2–0 to win their second consecutive and fourth overall title.
When & Where will the FIFA U 17 Women's World Cup be conducted?
The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2022™, to be hosted in Bhubaneswar, Goa and Navi Mumbai, will be played from 11-30 October 2022.
Who has the most women's World Cup wins?
The USAThe USA have won a record four Women's World Cups.
How many countries are in the Women's World Cup?
The FIFA Women's World Cup™ sees 32 nations compete on the international stage every four years. With continental qualification pathways leading to an exciting finals event, the competition has seen four past champions; USA, Germany, Japan and Norway
What is the Women's International Match Calendar?
Managed by FIFA, the women’s international match calendar (WIMC) is a collective agreement devised following consultation with key stakeholders within the women’s game.
What will Shaping new revenue streams and optimising existing ones around the women's game allow?
Shaping new revenue streams and optimising existing ones around the women’s game will allow expansion of development efforts.
Is women's football a priority?
Women’s football is the single biggest growth opportunity in football today and it remains a top priority for FIFA. Although the game has grown exponentially at all levels, the passion and rising popularity of the sport offers vast untapped potential. FIFA is investing in dedicated funding, human resources and innovative, tailor made development programmes, to bring women’s football into the mainstream, where it belongs.
Is FIFA investing in women's football?
FIFA is investing a lot of time and resources into the development of women’s football on and off the pitch, as well as working closely with member associations and other stakeholders.
When will the Women's World Cup be held?
On 6 March 2014, FIFA announced that bidding had begun for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Member associations interested in hosting the tournament had to submit a declaration of interest by 15 April 2014, and provide the complete set of bidding documents by 31 October 2014. As a principle, FIFA preferred the 2019 Women's World Cup and the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup to be hosted by the same member association, but reserved the right to award the hosting of the events separately.
Where is the 2019 Women's World Cup?
It took place between 7 June and 7 July 2019, with 52 matches staged in nine cities in France , which was awarded the right to host the event in March 2015, the first time the country hosted the tournament. The tournament was the first Women's World Cup to use the video assistant referee (VAR) system. This was the second and last edition with 24 teams before expanding to 32 teams for the 2023 tournament in Australia and New Zealand .
How many teams were drawn in the 2018 FIFA Women's World Rankings?
The 24 teams were drawn into six groups of four teams. The 24 teams were allocated to four pots based on the FIFA Women's World Rankings released on 7 December 2018, with hosts France automatically placed in Pot 1 and position A1 in the draw. Teams from Pot 1 were drawn first and assigned to Position 1.
How many teams qualified for the FIFA World Cup?
A total of 24 teams qualified for the final tournament. Each team's FIFA Rankings in March 2019 are shown in parenthesis.
What is the knockout stage in FIFA Women's World Cup?
In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each), where each team was allowed to make a fourth substitution.
What is the 2020 Summer Olympics?
Main article: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification. The World Cup was used by UEFA to qualify three teams for the 2020 Summer Olympic women's football tournament in Japan, with the three European teams with the best results (considering only the round they reach) qualifying.
How many women's teams were there in the 2023 World Cup?
This was the second and last edition with 24 teams before expanding to 32 teams for the 2023 tournament in Australia and New Zealand .
What is the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup?
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) The European qualifying competition for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup will be a women's football competition that determines the eleven UEFA teams which directly qualify for the final tournament in Australia and New Zealand, and the one team which advance to the inter-confederation play-offs.
When will women's World Cup bans end?
If Russia qualifies for the tournament, its female players will be able to use their country's name, flag or anthem at the Women's World Cup, unlike their male counterparts, as the ban will expire on 16 December 2022. On 20 April 2021, it was announced 51 teams from the 55 eligible would enter the qualifying round.
Why is the Euro 2022 tournament being moved to summer 2021?
Since the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 tournament has been moved from summer 2021 to summer 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, for the first time the series of matches for UEFA's World Cup qualification will be interrupted by a continental championship.
How many teams will be in the 2023 World Cup?
The European qualifying competition for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup will be a women's football competition that determines the eleven UEFA teams which directly qualify for the final tournament in Australia and New Zealand, and the one team which advance to the inter-confederation play-offs. Fifty-one of the 55 UEFA member national teams entered ...
What is the second round of the chess tournament?
Second round: The best three runners-up will enter in the second round and, together with the three winners of the first round, will be drawn into three ties.
Where was the 2021 UEFA draw held?
The draw for the group stage was held on 30 April 2021, 13:30 CEST ( UTC+2 ), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The 51 teams were drawn into 9 groups: 3 groups (Groups A, B, C) of 5 teams, containing one team each from Pots 1–5. Each team of these groups will play 8 matches in total.
When will the first ES be played?
First match (es) will be played on a day between 3–11 October 2022. Source: UEFA
Overview
The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup is scheduled to be the 9th edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for women's national football teams organised by FIFA. The tournament will be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand, the first time that the FIFA Women's World Cup will have two host nations, and is scheduled to take place from 20 July to 20 Augu…
Host selection
FIFA announced that bidding had begun for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup on 19 February 2019. Member associations interested in hosting the tournament had to submit a declaration of interest by 15 March, and provide the completed bidding registration by 16 April. However, FIFA revised the bidding timeline as the tournament expanded to 32 teams on 31 July. Other member associations interested in hosting the tournament now had until 16 August to submit a declarati…
Format
In July 2019, FIFA President Gianni Infantino proposed an expansion of the Women's World Cup from 24 to 32 teams, starting with the 2023 edition, and doubling the tournament's prize money. The proposal came following the success of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and the prior edition of the tournament in 2015, which after increasing from 16 to 24 teams set an attendance record for all FIFA competitions besides the men's FIFA World Cup. Expanding the tournament t…
Qualification
Australia and New Zealand automatically qualified for the tournament as co-hosts. Qualifying matches expect to start in September 2021 and end in late 2022. The slot allocation was approved by the Bureau of the FIFA Council on 24 December 2020. Although Australia automatically qualified for the Women's World Cup as co-hosts, they participated in the AFC Women's Asian Cup. New Zealand however will not participate in the OFC Women's Nations Cup as …
Venues
Australia and New Zealand proposed 13 possible venues across 12 host cities for the tournament in the bid book submitted to FIFA, suggesting a minimum of 10 stadiums be used—five in each country.
On 31 March 2021, FIFA announced the final host city and venue selections. Five cities and six stadiums will be used in Australia, and four cities and stadiums in New Zealand. From the propo…
Schedule
The match schedule was announced by FIFA on 1 December 2021 without kick-off times. The opening match of the tournament, featuring co-hosts New Zealand, will be played on 20 July 2023 at Eden Park. Whilst the inaugural match in Australia, will take place on the same day at Sydney Football Stadium. The group stage fixtures will be split between the co-hosts with each hosting four groups. The third-place match will be played at Lang Park on 19 August 2023, with the final t…
Draw
The final draw is scheduled to take place at the Aotea Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, on 22 October 2022, prior to the completion of qualification. The inter-confederation play-off winners will not be known at the time of the draw.
The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four teams. Hosts New Zealand and Australia automatically placed in position A1 and B1 respectively.
Marketing
The official branding of the tournament was unveiled on 28 October 2021, the emblem features a soccer ball encircled by 32 coloured squares, reflecting the expanded field of the tournament, and the natural terrains of the two host nations. The overall branding of the tournament will feature designs reflecting the host nations' Indigenous peoples, created by Australian artist Chern'ee Sutton and Maori artist Fiona Collis. Furthermore, the tournament's branding will also incorporat…
Overview
The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's international governing body. The competition has been held every four years and one year after the men’s FIFA World Cup since 1991, when the inaugural tournament, then called t…
Format
Qualifying tournaments are held within the six FIFA continental zones (Africa, Asia, North and Central America and Caribbean, South America, Oceania, Europe), and are organised by their respective confederations: Confederation of African Football (CAF), Asian Football Confederation (AFC), Confederation of North, Central America, and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL), Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), an…
History
The first instance of a Women's World Cup dates back to 1970 in Italy, with the first tournament of that name taking place in July 1970. This was followed by another unofficial World Cup tournament in Mexico in 1971, in which Denmark won the title after defeating Mexico, 3–0, in the final at the Azteca Stadium. In the 1980s, the Mundialito was held in Italy across four editions with both Italy and England winning two titles.
Trophy
The current trophy was designed in 1998 for the 1999 tournament, and takes the form of a spiral band, enclosing a football at the top, that aims to capture the athleticism, dynamism, and elegance of international women's football. In the 2010s, it was fitted with a cone-shaped base. Underneath the base, the name of each of the tournament's previous winners is engraved. The trophy is 47 cm (19 in) tall, weighs 4.6 kg (10 lb) and is made of sterling silver clad in 23-karat ye…
Results
No extra time was played.
In all, 36 nations have played in at least one Women's World Cup. Of those, four nations have won the World Cup. With four titles, the United States is the most successful Women's World Cup team and is one of only seven nations to play in every World Cup. They have also had the most top four finishes (8), medals (8)…
Broadcasting and revenue
As of 2017 , the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Final was the most watched football match in American history with nearly 23 million viewers, more than the 2015 NBA Finals and Stanley Cup. It was also the most watched Spanish-language broadcast in tournament history. More than 750 million viewers were reported to have watched the tournament worldwide.
Awards
At the end of each World Cup, awards are presented to select players and teams for accomplishments other than their final team positions in the tournament. There are currently seven awards:
• The Golden Ball for the best player, determined by a vote of media members (first awarded in 1991); the Silver Ball and the Bronze Ball are awarded to the players finishing second and third i…
See also
• FIFA Women's Club World Cup
• FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
• FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup