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The FIFA Women's World Cup is the international association football championship for women's national teams who represent members of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. It has been contested every four years since 1991 between teams who qualify through continental competitions, alongside the hosts who have an automatic berth. [ 1 ]
The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's international governing body.
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]
A women's football international match was played in Scotland in 1881. [9] Later instances included games between British, French and Belgian teams in the 1920s, and a women's European Championship in 1957. During this time, women's football was often stifled or banned by male-dominated football federations in many countries.
The Women's World Cup could refer to any of: FIFA Women's World Cup (association football) 1970 Women's World Cup (association football) 1971 Women's World Cup (association football) Mundialito (women) (association football, 1981–1988) UCI Women's Road World Cup (cycling) Women's Cricket World Cup; Women's Cricket T20 World Cup
There have been a total of 8 managers win the Women's World Cup. Jill Ellis is the only manager to win two Women's World Cups. Ellis (Portsmouth, England), along with Anson Dorrance (Bombay, India) are the only managers not born in the country they won the Women's World Cup, however both hold United States nationality.
Lineups in the first women's World Cup final. For the first World Cup Women's Championship, the United States qualified as the North and Central America Qualifications.At a tournament in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, they met in the first round Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, and Martinique (who, as a non-FIFA member, could not qualify for the World Cup).
The 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup was the first FIFA Women's World Cup, the world championship for women's national football teams. It took place in Guangdong , China from 16 to 30 November 1991. FIFA , football's international governing body selected China as host nation as Guangdong had hosted a prototype world championship three years earlier ...