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See here for a list of players who have appeared in four or more FIFA Women's World Cups. Most championships 2: 32 players. See here for a list of FIFA Women's World Cup winning players. Most medals 5: Kristine Lilly ( United States, 1991–2007), Christie Rampone ( United States, 1999–2015). Most appearances in All-Star Team 2: 10 players. [a]
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup statistics. The following article outlines the statistics for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, which took place in Canada from 6 June to 5 July. Goals scored from penalty shoot-outs are not counted, and matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
Each team's squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup consisted of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers), two more than the 2011 tournament, and the same number as men's World Cup squads. Each participating national association was required to confirm its final 23-player squad no later than 10 working days before the start of the ...
In March 2011, FIFA awarded Canada the right to host the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. The 2015 competition saw the field expand from 16 to 24 teams. [15] During the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, both Formiga of Brazil and Homare Sawa of Japan appeared in their record sixth World Cup, [16] a feat that had never been achieved before by either ...
The 5–2 scoreline set a record for the highest number of goals scored in a Women's World Cup final, and equaled the score of a match played between the United States and Japan at the 1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament. [38] On U.S. television, the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup shattered viewing records for soccer – played by men or women.
An expansion to 24 teams in the 2015 edition was followed by the adoption of the current 32-team format for the 2023 edition, the first with multiple host countries. [10] A total of ten teams have played in the nine finals held since 1991; five have won a title. [12] The United States is the most successful team in Women's World Cup history ...
[94] [95] It was the most viewed English-language U.S. broadcast of any soccer match until the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup final between the United States and Japan. [96] The 2015 Women's World Cup Final between the United States and Japan was the most watched soccer match, men's or women's in American broadcast history. [97]
Participating teams have to register squads for the World Cup, which consisted of 18 players in 1991, 20 players from 1995, up to 21 in 2007, and 23 from 2015 onwards. Squads of teams that have won the Women's World Cup