Picture : USA winner of the last World Cup in Canada 2015.

 

 

The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 will be organised in France from 7 June to 7 July 2019. We present the statistics of the competition, that began as experimental in 1991 and has expanded in size and importance ever since. The success of the 1999 finals in USA was a turning point for the great development of women football. The USA were in the Top 3 in all seven World Cups !

 

WORLD CUP RANKINGS

Team			Titles						Runners-up			Third Place			Fourth Place	Total
USA			3 (1991,1999,2015						1 (2011)			3 (1995,2003,2007)				7
GERMANY			2 (2003,2007)						1 (1995)						2 (1991,2015)	5
NORWAY			1 (1995)						1 (1991)						2 (1999,2007)	4
JAPAN			1 (2011)						1 (2015)							2
SWEDEN									1 (2003)			2 (1991,2011)				3
BRAZIL									1 (2007)			1 (1999)				2
CHINA PR									1 (1999)						1 (1995)	2
ENGLAND												1 (2015)				1
CANADA															1 (2003)	1
FRANCE															1 (2011)	1

 

Formiga (Brazil) will play her 7th World Cup in 2019 !!!

 

Homare Sawa (Japan)

 

MOST APPEARANCES

#	Player	Appearances
1	FORMIGA  (Brazil)	6 (1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015)
	Homare SAWA (Japan)	6 (1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015)
3	Kristine LILLY (USA)	5 (1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007)
	Bente NORDBY (Norway)	5 (1991*, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007)
	Birgit PRINZ (Germany)	5 (1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011)
	Karina LEBLANC (Canada)	5 (1999*, 2003, 2007*, 2011, 2015*)
	Nadine ANGERER (Germany)	5 (1999*, 2003*, 2007, 2011, 2015)
	Christie RAMPONE (USA)	5 (1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015)

*Did not play but was part of the squad.

 

Kristine Lilly

 

MOST WORLD CUP FINAL TOUR MATCHES

#		Player					Matches
1		Kristine LILLY (USA)					30
2		Abby WAMBACH (USA)					25
3		FORMIGA (Brazil)					24
		Julie FOUDY (USA)					24
		Birgit PRINZ (Germany)					24
		Homare SAWA (Japan)					24
7		Joy FAWCETT (USA)					23
		Mia HAMM (USA)					23
9		Bente NORDBY (Norway)					22
		Hege RIISE (Norway)					22
		Bettina WIEGMANN(Germany)					22

 

Hope SOLO and her 4 IFFHS Trophies : she is a LEGEND !

 

THE BEST WORLD CUP GOALKEEPERS

1999	Goo HONG (CHINA)
	Briana SCURRY (USA)
2003	Silke ROTENBERG (GERMANY)
2007	Nadine ANGERER (GERMANY)
2011	Hope SOLO (USA)
2015	Hope SOLO (USA)

 

 

ATTENDANCE

Tournament			Matches			Attendance
							Total			Average		Highest
1	1991 CHINA			26			510,000			18,344		65,000
2	1995 SWEDEN			26			112,213			4,316		17,158
3	1999 USA			32			1,214,209			37,944		90,185
4	2003 USA			32			679,664			21,240		34,144
5	2007 CHINA			32			1,190,971			37,218		55,832
6	2011 GERMANY			32			845,751			26,430		73,680
7	2015 CANADA			52			1,353,506			26,029		54,027

 

 

 

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