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The FIFA Women's World Ranking is a ranking system for women's national teams in association football (commonly known as football or soccer) published by the international governing body FIFA. As of August 2024 [update] , the United States is ranked #1.
The United States women's national soccer team is ending a roller-coaster year in a familiar spot. The USWNT finished the year at No. 1 in the FIFA world rankings, a spot they've held for all but ...
Zambia come into the World Cup as the lowest-ranked team at the tournament, which is hosting 32 teams for the first time. Fifa women’s world rankings (Teams in bold are competing at the World ...
The U.S. women's national team is back at No. 1. After going on a stellar Olympic run to break a 12-year gold medal drought, the USWNT has retaken the top slot in the updated FIFA rankings ...
The FIFA Women's World Cup is a professional association football (soccer) tournament contested by senior women's national football teams, organised by FIFA. [20] The tournament, held every four years and one year after the men's World Cup, was first played in 1991 in China, and was expanded to 32 teams beginning with the 2023 edition.
The 2003 Women's World Cup was initially planned to be hosted by China, with FIFA awarding the hosting rights in October 2000. Following a SARS outbreak, it was re-awarded to the United States in May 2003. [25] The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup set a new attendance record for all FIFA competitions besides the men's FIFA World Cup. [24]
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. Initially, five countries indicated interest in hosting the events: France, England, South Korea, New Zealand and South Africa.
World Cup winners Spain top the Fifa women's world rankings for the first time as England remain fourth.