List of FIFA Women's World Cup finals

FIFA Women's World Cup final
Founded1991; 34 years ago (1991)
RegionInternational
Number of teams10[a]
Current champions Spain (1st title)
Most successful team(s) United States (4 titles)

The FIFA Women's World Cup is a big football (soccer) competition for women's national teams from around the world. It's organized by FIFA, which is in charge of global football. They started it in 1991, and it happens every four years. Teams get in by doing well in their own regions, and the team from the country that's hosting the tournament also gets to play automatically. Just like the men's World Cup, the Women's World Cup ends with a final game. This game is the last one in the knockout stage, and it decides which team is the world champion in women's football. The most recent World Cup was in 2023, and it was hosted by Australia and New Zealand. Spain won that tournament by beating England 1–0, and it was their first time winning.

If, after 90 minutes of regular play, the score is tied, they play an extra 30 minutes called "extra time." If the game is still tied after that, they decide the winner by taking penalty kicks. The team that does better in the penalty shoot-out becomes the champion. [1]So, they've always determined the winner with a one-off match in every tournament.

List of finals

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Locations of FIFA Women's World Cup finals
Key to the list of finals
* Match was won with a golden goal
double-dagger Match was won on a penalty shoot-out after extra time
  • The "Year" column refers to the year the World Cup was held, and wikilinks to the article about that tournament. The wikilinks in the "Final score" column point to the article about that tournament's final game. Links in the "Winners" and "Runners-up" columns point to the articles for the national football teams of the countries, not the articles for the countries.
List of finals matches, their venues and locations, the finalists and final scores
Year Winners Score Runners-up Venue Location Attendance
1991 United States  2–1  Norway Tianhe Stadium Guangzhou, China 63,000[2]
1995 Norway  2–0  Germany Råsunda Stadium Stockholm, Sweden 17,158[3]
1999 United States  double-dagger0–0double-dagger  China Rose Bowl Pasadena, California, US 90,185[4]
2003 Germany  *2–1*  Sweden Home Depot Center Carson, California, US 26,137[5]
2007 Germany  2–0  Brazil Hongkou Football Stadium Shanghai, China 31,000[6]
2011 Japan  double-dagger2–2double-dagger  United States Commerzbank-Arena Frankfurt, Germany 48,817[7]
2015 United States  5–2  Japan BC Place Vancouver, Canada 53,341[8]
2019 United States  2–0  Netherlands Parc Olympique Lyonnais Décines-Charpieu, France 57,900[9]
2023 Spain  1–0  England Stadium Australia Sydney, Australia 75,784[10]

Results by nation

Results by nation
National team Wins Runners-up Total finals Years won Years runners-up
 United States 4 1 5 1991, 1999, 2015, 2019 2011
 Germany 2 1 3 2003, 2007 1995
 Japan 1 1 2 2011 2015
 Norway 1 1 2 1995 1991
 Spain 1 0 1 2023 –
 Brazil 0 1 1 – 2007
 China 0 1 1 – 1999
 Netherlands 0 1 1 – 2019
 Sweden 0 1 1 – 2003
 England 0 1 1 – 2023

References

  1. ↑ "Laws of the Game" (PDF). FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  2. ↑ Basler, Barbara (1 December 1991). "Soccer; U.S. women beat Norway to capture World Cup". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Shannon, David. "Women's World Cup 1995 (Sweden)". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Gildea, William (11 July 1999). "U.S. Effort Nets Second World Cup Title". The Washington Post. p. A1. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  5. ↑ Longman, Jere (13 October 2013). "SOCCER; Golden Goal Proves Magical as Germany Captures Women's World Cup". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup - Sweden 1995". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Japan edge out USA on penalties to lift women's World Cup". The Guardian. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "USA 5-2 Japan". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Megan Rapinoe on the spot as USA beat Netherlands to win Women's World Cup". The Guardian. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  10. ↑ Sanders, Emma (20 August 2023). "Women's World Cup final: England lose to Spain in Sydney". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2023.

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Note

  1. ↑ Only those teams that have appeared in a FIFA Women's World Cup final are counted.