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2023 FIFA Women's World Cup The Spanish team celebrates their victory in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, which was held in Australia and New Zealand.

Women’s World Cup

association football competition
Also known as: FIFA Women’s World Cup
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Carli LloydCarli Lloyd (left) of the United States scoring a penalty goal during the semifinal match against Germany in the FIFA Women's World Cup at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, June 30, 2015.

Women’s World Cup, international football (soccer) competition that determines the world champion among women’s national teams.

U.S. women's soccer players in red jerseys celebrate during a FIFA World Cup match, with Megan Rapinoe smiling and holding teammate Lindsey Horan.
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Like the men’s World Cup, the Women’s World Cup is governed by the FĂ©dĂ©ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) and takes place every four years. The field for the Women’s World Cup is determined by various international sectional competitions held over the course of several years before the final elimination event. The inaugural tournament, in 1991, was won by the United States. This initial contest and the 1995 iteration of the Women’s World Cup featured 12 international teams in the final tournament. The field expanded to 16 teams in 1999 and to 24 teams in 2015.

The table provides a list of the results of the Women’s World Cup final.

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*Won on penalty kicks.
1991 United States 2 Norway 1
1995 Norway 2 Germany 0
1999 United States* 0 China 0
2003 Germany 2 Sweden 1
2007 Germany 2 Brazil 0
2011 Japan* 2 United States 2
2015 United States 5 Japan 2
2019 United States 2 Netherlands 0
2023 Spain 1 England 0
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