FIFA Women's World Cup
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{{Infobox sports league
|current_season=2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
|sport=[[Women's football (soccer)|Football (soccer)]]
|founded=1991
|teams=16 (Finals)
|continent=[[International]] ([[FIFA]])
|champion={{fbw|GER}}
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The '''FIFA Women's World Cup''' is recognized as the most important [[International]] competition in women's [[football (soccer)|football]] and is played amongst [[List of women's national football teams|women's national football teams]] of the member states of [[FIFA]], the sport's global governing body. Contested every four years, the first Women's World Cup tournament, named the '''Women's World Championship''', was held in [[1991]], sixty-one years after the men's first [[FIFA World Cup]] tournament in 1930. The current format has sixteen teams competing every four years for the winner's trophy.
==History==
The tournament was originally the brainchild of the then FIFA president [[João Havelange]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Women's World Cup History|work=Sports Illustrated| url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/1999/womens_worldcup/history/index.html| accessdate=March 25 | accessyear=2007}}</ref> The [[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup|inaugural tournament]] was hosted in [[People's Republic of China|China]] in 1991, with twelve teams sent to represent their countries. The [[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup]] was held in [[Sweden]] with twelve teams. Over 660,000 spectators attended the [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup]] in the [[United States]], <ref>{{cite web | title=FIFA Women's World Cup — USA 1999| work=FIFA.com| url=http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=103/edition=4644/overview.html| accessdate=March 27| accessyear=2007}}</ref> and nearly one billion viewers from seventy countries tuned in to watch sixteen countries fight for the title.{{Fact|date=March 2007}}
The [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]] and [[Germany women's national football team|Germany]] have won the championship twice, and [[Norway women's national football team|Norway]] once. Germany are the two-time defending champions, having won in [[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup|2003]] and [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup|2007]].
In the 1999 edition, one of the most famous moments of the tournament was American defender [[Brandi Chastain]]'s victory celebration after scoring the Cup-winning [[penalty shootout (football)|penalty shot]] against [[China women's national football team|China]]. She took off her jersey and waved it over her head (as men frequently do), showing her muscular torso and [[Brassiere#Types of bra|sports bra]] as she celebrated. The 1999 final in the [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]] in [[Pasadena, California]] had an attendance of 90,185, a world record for a women's sporting event.<ref>{{cite web | title=Women's World Cup History|work=The Sports Network | url=http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=SOC-WWC/STAT/WWC-HISTORY.htm| accessdate=March 25 | accessyear=2007}}</ref>
The 1999 and [[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup|2003 Women's World Cups]] were both held in the United States; in 2003 China was supposed to host it but the tournament was moved because of [[SARS]]. <ref>{{cite news | first=Naomi | last=Koppel | coauthors= | title=FIFA moves Women's World Cup from China because of SARS | date=[[2003-05-03]] | publisher= | url =http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/world/2003-05-03-womens-cup-sars_x.htm | work =USA Today | pages = | accessdate = 2007-03-27 | language = }}</ref> As compensation, China retained its automatic qualification to the 2003 tournament as host nation and was automatically chosen to host the [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup]]. [[Germany]] will host the [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup]], as decided by vote in October 2007.
At the 2007 World Cup in China, U.S. captain [[Kristine Lilly]] competed in her fifth World Cup, making her the only woman and one of three players in history to appear in five World Cups.<ref>{{cite web | title=U.S. Women Still Have One Link to the Past|work=Washington Post | url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/06/AR2007090602641.html?hpid=sec-sports| accessdate=September 7 | accessyear=2007}}</ref>
==Format==
The participants qualify through the regional football confederations of [[Oceania Football Confederation|Oceania (OFC)]], [[UEFA|Europe (UEFA)]], [[CONCACAF|North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)]], [[CONMEBOL|South America (CONMEBOL)]], [[Asian Football Confederation|Asia (AFC)]] and [[Confederation of African Football|Africa (CAF)]].
The competition takes place over the course of three weeks. In the group stage, 16 teams seeded into four groups (A,B,C, and D) compete against each other in a round-robin tournament. After Germany trounced Argentina 11–0 in the opening game of the 2007 World Cup, FIFA president Sepp Blatter conceded that the one-sided match was "not good for the game" and was something that FIFA would consider in deciding whether or not to expand the group phase to 24 teams. <ref>{{cite web | title=FIFA chief dismayed at 11–0 scoreline in women's World Cup opener|work=AFP | url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g7eAH9L60nULKg1Jv5DESmx41cGQ| accessdate=September 11 | accessyear=2007}}</ref>
In the [[knockout phase]], the top two teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals, a [[single-elimination tournament]] in which teams play each other in one-off matches, with [[extra time]] and [[penalty shootout (football)|penalty shootouts]] used to decide the winner if necessary. The winner of Group A plays the runner-up of Group B, The winner of Group B plays the runner-up of Group A, etc.
The winners of the four quarterfinal games move on to the semifinal matches, which determine the contestants for the [[championship game]]. The losing semifinalists compete to determine third place.
==Impact==
Since its conception in 1989, the Women's World Cup has continued to grow in popularity. FIFA estimates that there are currently forty million girls and women playing football around the world.{{Fact|date=March 2007}} Planning for the 2007 Women's World Cup in China reflects the growth.{{Fact|date=March 2007}}
==Tournaments==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width:100%; text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2" width="5%"|Year
!rowspan="2" width="10%"|Host
|width="1%" rowspan="9"|
!colspan="3"|Final
|width="1%" rowspan="9"|
!colspan="3"|Third Place Match
|-
!width="15%"|Winner
!width="8%"|Score
!width="15%"|Runner-up
!width="15%"|3rd Place
!width="8%"|Score
!width="15%"|4th Place
|-
|[[1991]]<br />''[[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup|Details]]''
|{{flag|China}}
|'''{{fbw-big|USA}}'''
|'''2–1'''
|{{fbw-big|Norway}}
|{{fbw-big|Sweden}}
|'''4–0'''
|{{fbw-big|Germany}}
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[1995]]<br />''[[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup|Details]]''
|{{flag|Sweden}}
|'''{{fbw-big|Norway}}'''
|'''2–0'''
|{{fbw-big|Germany}}
|{{fbw-big|USA}}
|'''2–0'''
|{{fbw-big|China}}
|-
|[[1999]]<br />''[[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup|Details]]''
|{{flag|United States}}
|'''{{fbw-big|USA}}'''
|'''0–0'''<br />[[sudden death (sport)#Football (soccer)|asdet]]<br />'''(5–4)'''<br />[[Penalty shootout (football)|on penalties]]
|{{fbw-big|China}}
|{{fbw-big|Brazil}}
|'''0–0'''<br />[[sudden death (sport)#Football (soccer)|asdet]]<br />'''(5–4)'''<br />[[Penalty shootout (football)|on penalties]]
|{{fbw-big|Norway}}
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|rowspan=2|[[2003]]<br />''[[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup|Details]]''
|rowspan=2|{{flag|United States}}
|'''{{fbw-big|Germany}}'''
|'''2–1'''<br />[[sudden death (sport)#Football (soccer)|asdet]]
|{{fbw-big|Sweden}}
|rowspan=2|{{fbw-big|USA}}
|rowspan=2|'''3–1'''
|rowspan=2|{{fbw-big|Canada}}
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|colspan=3|Match decided on [[golden goal]]
|-
|[[2007]]<br />''[[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup|Details]]''
|{{flag|China}}
|'''{{fbw-big|Germany}}'''
|'''2–0'''
|{{fbw-big|Brazil}}
|{{fbw-big|USA}}
|'''4–1'''
|{{fbw-big|Norway}}
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[2011]]<br />''[[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup|Details]]''
|{{flag|Germany}}
|colspan="3"|
|colspan="3"|
|}
*'''Key:'''
**aet — ''after [[extra time]]''
**asdet — ''after [[sudden death (sport)#Football (soccer)|sudden death]] [[extra time]]''
==All-time performance==
{{main|National team appearances in the FIFA Women's World Cup}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Team
!Titles
!Runners-up
!Third-place
!Fourth-place
|-
|bgcolor=#FFF68F|{{fbw|GER}}
|bgcolor=#FFF68F|2 ([[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup|2003]], [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup|2007]])
|1 ([[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup|1995]])
| -
|1 ([[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup|1991]])
|-
|bgcolor=#FFF68F|{{fbw|USA}}
|bgcolor=#FFF68F|2 ([[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup|1991]], [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup|1999]])
| -
|3 ([[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup|1995]], [[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup|2003]], [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup|2007]])
| -
|-
|bgcolor=#FFF68F|{{fbw|NOR}}
|bgcolor=#FFF68F|1 ([[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup|1995]])
|1 ([[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup|1991]])
| -
|2 ([[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup|1999]], [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup|2007]])
|-
|{{fbw|BRA}}
| -
|1 ([[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup|2007]])
|1 ([[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup|1999]])
| -
|-
|{{fbw|SWE}}
| -
|1 ([[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup|2003]])
|1 ([[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup|1991]])
| -
|-
|{{fbw|CHN}}
| -
|1 ([[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup|1999]])
| -
|1 ([[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup|1995]])
|-
|{{fbw|CAN}}
| -
| -
| -
|1 ([[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup|2003]])
|-
|}
==Awards==
===Golden Ball===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!World Cup
!Golden Ball Award
|-
|[[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup|1991 China]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Carin Jennings-Gabarra|Carin Jennings]]
|-
|[[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup|1995 Sweden]]
|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Hege Riise]]
|-
|[[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup|1999 USA]]
|{{flagicon|China}} [[Sun Wen (footballer)|Sun Wen]]
|-
|[[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup|2003 USA]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Birgit Prinz]]
|-
|[[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup|2007 China]]
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Marta Vieira da Silva|Marta]]
|}
===Golden Shoe===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!World Cup
!Golden Shoe Award
!Goals
|-
|[[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup|1991 China]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Michelle Akers]]
|align=center|10
|-
|[[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup|1995 Sweden]]
|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Ann-Kristin Aarønes]]
|align=center|6
|-
|[[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup|1999 USA]]
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Sissi (footballer)|Sissi]]
{{flagicon|China}} [[Sun Wen (footballer)|Sun Wen]]
|align=center|7
|-
|[[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup|2003 USA]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Birgit Prinz]]
|align=center|7
|-
|[[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup|2007 China]]
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Marta Vieira da Silva|Marta]]
|align=center|7
|}
===Fair Play Team===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!World Cup
!Fair Play Team Award
|-
|[[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup|1991 China]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Germany women's national football team|Germany]]
|-
|[[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup|1995 Sweden]]
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]]
|-
|[[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup|1999 USA]]
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[China women's national football team|China]]
|-
|[[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup|2003 USA]]
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[China women's national football team|China]]
|-
|[[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup|2007 China]]
|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Norway women's national football team|Norway]]
|}
==Records and statistics==
===Overall top goalscorers===
;14 goals
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Birgit Prinz]]
;12 goals
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Michelle Akers]]
;11 goals
*{{flagicon|China}} [[Sun Wen (footballer)|Sun Wen]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Bettina Wiegmann]]
;10 goals
*{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Ann Kristin Aarønes]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Marta Vieira da Silva|Marta]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Heidi Mohr]]
;9 goals
*{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Linda Medalen]]
*{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Hege Riise]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Abby Wambach]]
;8 goals
*{{flagicon|China}} [[Liu Ailing]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Mia Hamm]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kristine Lilly]]
*{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Marianne Pettersen]]
;7 goals
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Tiffeny Milbrett]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Sissi (footballer)|Sissi]]
===Most tournaments appeared (players)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Player
! Appearances
|-
| {{Flagicon|USA}} '''[[Kristine Lilly]]'''
| 5 (1991, 95, 99, 03, 07)
|-
| {{Flagicon|NOR}} '''[[Bente Nordby]]'''
| 5 (1991*, 95, 99, 03, 07)
|-
| {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Joy Fawcett]]
| 4 (1991, 95, 99, 03)
|-
| {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Julie Foudy]]
| 4 (1991, 95, 99, 03)
|-
| {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Mia Hamm]]
| 4 (1991, 95, 99, 03)
|-
| {{Flagicon|NOR}} [[Hege Riise]]
| 4 (1991, 95, 99, 03)
|-
| {{Flagicon|CHN}} [[Sun Wen (footballer)|Sun Wen]]
| 4 (1991, 95, 99, 03)
|-
| {{Flagicon|GER}} [[Bettina Wiegmann]]
| 4 (1991, 95, 99, 03)
|-
| {{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Miraildes Maciel Mota|Formiga]]
| 4 (1995, 99, 03, 07)
|-
| {{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Kátia Cilene Teixeira da Silva|Katia]]
| 4 (1995, 99, 03, 07)
|-
| {{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Tânia Maria Pereira Ribeiro|Tânia]]
| 4 (1995, 99, 03, 07)
|-
| {{Flagicon|GER}} [[Sandra Minnert]]
| 4 (1995, 99, 03, 07)
|-
| {{Flagicon|GER}} [[Birgit Prinz]]
| 4 (1995, 99, 03, 07)
|-
| {{Flagicon|GER}} [[Sandra Smisek]]
| 4 (1995, 99, 03, 07)
|-
| {{Flagicon|NGA}} [[Maureen Mmadu]]
| 4 (1995, 99, 03, 07)
|-
| {{Flagicon|CAN}} [[Andrea Neil]]
| 4 (1995, 99, 03, 07)
|-
| {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Cheryl Salisbury]]
| 4 (1995, 99, 03, 07)
|-
| {{Flagicon|JPN}} [[Homare Sawa]]
| 4 (1995, 99, 03, 07)
|-
| {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Briana Scurry]]
| 4 (1995, 99, 03, 07)
|-
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>''Did not play but was part of the squad''.
===FIFA Women's World Cup winning captains and managers===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Captain
! Head coach
! Team
|-
| 1991
| [[April Heinrichs]]
| [[Anson Dorrance]]
| {{Flagicon|USA}} [[United States women's national soccer team|USA]]
|-
| 1995
| [[Heidi Støre]]
| [[Even Pellerud]]
| {{Flagicon|NOR}} [[Norway women's national football team|Norway]]
|-
| 1999
| [[Carla Overbeck]]
| [[Tony DiCicco]]
| {{Flagicon|USA}} [[United States women's national soccer team|USA]]
|-
| 2003
| [[Bettina Wiegmann]]
| [[Tina Theune-Meyer]]
| {{Flagicon|GER}} [[Germany women's national football team|Germany]]
|-
| 2007
| [[Birgit Prinz]]
| [[Silvia Neid]]
| {{Flagicon|GER}} [[Germany women's national football team|Germany]]
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.fifa.com/en/womens/index.html FIFA official site]
* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/wowc/index.html UEFA's page on the FIFA Women's World Cup]
* [http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1666987,00.html Photos: FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007] on Time.com (a division of Time Magazine)
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesw/women-worldcup.html RSSSF's pages]
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