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The prominent women's sports leagues in the United States and Canada serve as the pinnacle of women's athletic competition in North America. The United States is home to the vast majority of professional women's leagues. In North America, the top women's leagues feature both team sports and individual athletes.
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, the United States is ranked #1. The rankings were introduced in 2003, [2] with the first rankings published on 16 July of that year.
FIFA runs the Women's World Cup as a tournament for national teams to find the world champion. Each confederation also runs its own championship to find the best team from among its members: AFC – AFC Women's Asian Cup; CAF – Women's Africa Cup of Nations; CONCACAF – CONCACAF W Championship; CONMEBOL – Copa América Femenina
The Australian women's basketball team, the Opals, won the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women, showcasing the league's role in developing world-class talent. Originally known as the ANZ Championship , which began in 2008 with teams from both Australia and New Zealand , it was the world's premier netball league until 2016.
This is a partial list of women's association football club teams from all over the world sorted by the confederation, association and league they reside in. Some clubs do not play in the league of the country in which they are located, but in a neighboring country's league. Where this is the case the club is noted as such.
A 2021 white paper for YouGov surveyed reasons why viewers around the world don't engage with women’s sports as much. The top reasons given were: "less media coverage," "lack of knowledge of ...
Bailey had previously served as general manager of the United States women's national soccer team from 2007 to 2011, which included leading the support staff for the U.S. team during the 2007 and 2011 FIFA Women's World Cups, as well as the 2008 Summer Olympics. During her tenure with the women's national team, she was in charge of all areas of ...
The International Basketball Federation, or FIBA recognizes 213 national teams divided into 5 zones, each roughly corresponding to a continent (North America and South America are grouped under the Americas.) The newest national team is Montenegro which was recognized in 2006. There are more FIBA-recognized teams than FIFA-recognized teams (209).